Novels like Defective
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- 1 Side Story 番外 At the request of the folks in the group, here's the requested mahjong-table reunion medley of extra stories. 22.9kFavorites361kClicks/ch1.8kGifts
- 2 Defective: Radio Drama Finale Extras 残次品广播剧完结番外 I had nowhere else to put this, so I’ll leave it here. This is a freebie, please don’t throw stones. A memento for the completion of the Defective drama audio series. Thanks to the production team. Theme: What can you even establish with just eight thousand words 89kFavorites429kClicks/ch19kGifts
- 3 Ultimate Blue Seal 终极蓝印 The story of how a good-for-nothing little flat-chested girl, who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun and has just been dumped, grows into a real man who's an expert at every kind of trickery and deception. Soft sci-fi, a coming-of-age story... All right, actually, it's fantasy sci-fi, and it's pure nonsense. Minors, don't try this at home = = 1v1, happy ending, no abandonment Author's column This story will go VIP on February 17. Reposting is prohibited. If you reposted it before, ple 32.1kFavorites57.9kClicks/ch8.2kGifts
- 4 A Traveler's Return 逆旅来归 (Thanks to a certain Cai for the cover, and to my editor for fixing it up after the title change ^^) All right, this is really a chaotic story packed with all the cliched tropes: modern-day rebirth, an old cucumber painted green, an older character raising a younger one, and so on. (Why do I feel like I can see thunderbolts everywhere... shudder.) Ahem. But as a non-typical person, our shou is still a non-typical shou, and our rebirth... is probably non-typical too. The reborn part doesn't begi 37kFavorites50.8kClicks/ch13.8kGifts
- 5 The Traveling Healer 游医 In 2041, a remarkable device was invented. People in the industry jokingly called it a "projector." It can connect to the human mind and project complex thoughts into a bizarre, tangible space. This space may or may not be stable. The laws of physics are irrelevant, and anything strange can happen. And so a new kind of psychologist emerged. By transforming the space, they enter the world projected by the mind and investigate the root of a patient's condition through adventure. And so... this is 33.9kFavorites40.4kClicks/ch12.2kGifts
- 6 Mountains and Rivers Within and Without 山河表里 A grand adventure about two people secretly in love with each other. Please note that this is a fantasy story. Don't let the prologue mislead you. Couple: The bottom appears first. Updates are scheduled for 11 a.m. every day. Barring unforeseen circumstances, if I can't update, I'll post a leave notice ^_^ Content warnings: The setting isn't scientifically accurate, the characters aren't scientifically accurate, and neither are the plants and animals. Thanks to “...” for the cover. I genuinel 259.6kFavorites347.1kClicks/ch81.8kGifts
- 7 The Last Guardian 最后的守卫 Ancient times to modern day. Set on a fictional continent, this is a story about lovers who reunite after breaking up. The top stays the same. Scheming top VS troublemaking bottom Author's page This good-for-nothing, trashy author loves switching tops, so this story goes very much against my own tastes, and writing it will be a struggle. - - I hope readers who also like switching tops won't egg me on. This story will go premium on Wednesday, December 28. Reposting is prohibited. If you've repos 61.4kFavorites74.6kClicks/ch22.8kGifts
- 8 The Zither 锦瑟 A melodramatic human-demon romance set in a xianxia world... All right, a demon top and a human bottom. A hypocritical bottom VS an obsessive top Darling, let's rebel! 1v1, happy ending, won't be abandoned P.S. This story is entirely made up. I occasionally do research on a whim, but most of it isn't reliable... Minors, please don't imitate = = Author's page This story will become VIP on June 27. Reposting is prohibited. If you reposted it before, please delete and remove it immediately. Th 109.7kFavorites148kClicks/ch21.4kGifts
- 9 The Blade in the Beast Thicket 兽丛之刀 A story about eating meat, drinking, and fighting monsters in a wild world of beastfolk. A fake-goofball, fake-cute seme versus a naturally airheaded, savage uke~ Thanks to Xiao Li for the cover~ VIP status begins May 11, with three updates that day. After that, long review comments will earn points. Thanks for your support! Author's page Theme: 69kFavorites120.1kClicks/ch23.4kGifts
- 10 The Bad Path 坏道 (Thanks to Gui Chacha for the cover ^_^) This is a crime-solving story packed with people who behave strangely and people with twisted minds, featuring all sorts of bizarre cases and plenty of lovely, handsome men and beautiful women. Dominant, secretly seductive top x naturally spacey bottom with an unclear dark side Also featuring a secondary couple: clingy top x playboy bottom A string of mysterious child disappearances, a corpse in the sewers, a killer returned from the dead, a bomber who 122.4kFavorites160.1kClicks/ch20.3kGifts
- 11 Capitalist Swordsman 资本剑客 A story about a nouveau riche who finds a down-and-out older young woman. A light, fluffy story. Some place names and other names are fictionalized, and some events are pure speculation. This is a birthday story for my universe's most beautiful, super invincible queen mother~~mua~~ Author's Column Link to my new story: Theme: 34kFavorites47.5kClicks/ch9.3kGifts
- 12 Dog 狗 Short story No moral compass. Read at your own risk. Thanks to Xiao Li for the cover~ But it really is a short story... Theme: 28kFavorites131.9kClicks/ch1.4kGifts
- 13 Seventh Master 七爷 I climb the shore at Baling, then turn to look back at Chang’an. The nation is in decline, its grand edifice on the verge of collapse. With decadent music mingling with the chaos of the apocalypse, no one caught in the game knows who will be cast aside and who will prevail. When a devious schemer meets someone stubborn enough to follow one path to the bitter end, let’s see who can outlast the other. Last time, we talked about criminal psychology. This time, let’s discuss political power and stra 205.6kFavorites267.6kClicks/ch48kGifts
- 14 A Life Like a Tree 一树人生 (Thanks to Guichacha for the cover ^_^) The first person to fall in love is the first to lose. Xie Yi said, “I’ve lived for twenty-eight years, and I finally understand what that means.” Unrequited love is a form of self-destruction. But what about hopeless unrequited love? Little Xie Yi waited until no one was around, then kicked an empty soda can into the air, acting entirely without shame. “Hopeless unrequited love takes more dedication than those human-bomb suicide terrorists. Pah!” “Wang 39.2kFavorites76.9kClicks/ch4.5kGifts
- 15 Blazing Fire, Burning Sorrow 烈火浇愁 “On the crest of the magma waves, embers burn without end.” Ancient times to modern day, younger love interest. Thanks to the lovely little friend “Chengzi Lvya Lv” on Lofter for the cover art. The lettering is so beautiful =w= Theme: 1MFavorites1.4MClicks/ch2.6MGifts
- 16 Big Brother 大哥 At thirteen or fourteen, Wei Qian was a boy without parents, struggling to make ends meet while looking after his little sister, who was a burden he couldn’t get rid of. Then he picked up a vagrant who clung to him shamelessly, and named him Xiao Yuan. Wei Qian dreamed of making something of himself. He was a money-grubber who valued money over his own life, and spent the first half of his life fighting his way upstream with an iron will, making success and fame his top priority. After finally g 440.5kFavorites458kClicks/ch238kGifts
- 17 Crossing the Threshold 过门 “The gate is narrow and the road is small.”, Matthew See the main character section for the CP. This time, the gong is a two-character type. Happy ending. Beware of role reversal. =w= Chapter 26 onward is VIP. Three updates that day. Points for long reviews. If you’ve reposted this, please take it down as soon as possible. Thanks for supporting the official release! Cover art thanks to “Riding a Donkey to Watch Baji 481.2kFavorites533.3kClicks/ch640.8kGifts
- 18 EN Guardian 镇魂 As the title says, an urban supernatural story. Gentle, reserved beauty top VS hot-tempered, split-personality... bottom who thinks he's the top. Beware of possible role reversal. Please read the blurb. Thanks to Xiao Li for the cover! VIP serialization starts December 21 (what an unlucky day to rush for). Three chapters on the first day. From then on, leaving a long review will earn points. Those who reposted this, please take it down as soon as possible. Thanks for supporting the official v 853.5kFavorites1.1MClicks/ch892.6kGifts
- 19 Twenty-One 21岁 A Birthday Story for Xia Xiaohei Theme: 36.7kFavorites519.3kClicks/ch7.1kGifts
- 20 Fifteen Years of Passing Time 流光十五年 Uncle Qu Yuan said, "The whole world is muddy, but I alone am clear; the whole world is drunk, but I alone am sober." Then, grief-stricken, he jumped into the river... This story teaches us that even though we often dream of being different, we still long to belong somewhere, to be part of a particular group of people with a shared label. Because humans are social animals. This is simply a story about growing up. If, at some point while you were growing up, you felt out of place among the people 22.8kFavorites45.1kClicks/ch4kGifts
- 21 Six Lines 六爻 A cultivation story about how a declining sect is restored by a vain monkey, a troublemaker, a sharp-tongued jerk, a fool, and a little rascal. The pairing is with the eldest senior brother, older man-younger man~ Fussy top × caustic, sharp-tongued bottom Many thanks to O-Tsu! Cover by Xiao Li! Column link VIP status begins Sunday, July 6. Three chapters that day. After that, I will award points for long reviews. This work is exclusive to this site; repost 761.8kFavorites662.8kClicks/ch748.9kGifts
- 22 EN Sha Po Lang 杀破狼 HE, trust me =w= Gentle, devoted, sickly-yandere younger top VS good-for-nothing, deaf-and-blind bottom, trust me =w= Unconventional steampunk =w= Important things must be said three times: The top appears first! The top appears first! The top appears first! …But overall, this isn’t a top-focused story =w= Many thanks to “Riding a Donkey to See Ba Ji” for the cover! Author page link VIP s 1.3MFavorites1.1MClicks/ch1.3MGifts
- 23 EN The Faraway Wanderer 天涯客 Years pass swiftly once you enter the martial world; young men grow old in its midst. This is the story of a chief imperial secret agent who leaves the court and enters the martial world. Wherever there are people in this vast world, there is a martial world. Theme: 591.6kFavorites672.2kClicks/ch350.5kGifts
- 24 The Age of Great Heroes 大英雄时代 (Originally titled Tomboy) In 2429, Earth's last era of peace came to an end amid a bustling twilight, ushering in a prolonged war. The heroes, still naive and not yet grown into their wings, were already being sent beyond the atmosphere into a brutal battlefield. The age of blood and fire began, and in an instant reduced the endless neon lights of the central business district and the glamorous model posters in the shop windows to ashes. “To my fellow people of Earth: Our enemies are not invi 93.9kFavorites150.7kClicks/ch48.6kGifts
- 25 Pure White Devil 纯白恶魔 He blinked, and woke up apparently diagnosed with dementia. He couldn’t remember his name or even his family name. All he vaguely recalled was the strange left eye that kept him fed. When that eye saw a corpse, it could tell how the person had died and who the killer was, if there was one. Well, he could be a “Sherlock Holmes 2.0,” “Poirot’s godson,” or “Conan’s big brother”… Or he could just take the civil service exam and become a police officer. Who knew the world would change so fast? He ope 310.2kFavorites271.6kClicks/ch1.2MGifts
- 26 EN Silent Reading: Mo Du 默读 Childhood, upbringing, family background, social connections, trauma... We keep tracing and searching for the motives behind criminals' actions, exploring the faintest shades of their joy and sorrow. Not so we can put ourselves in their shoes and sympathize with them, let alone forgive them. Not to find excuses for their crimes. Not to bow down before the so-called complexity of human nature. Not to reflect on social conflicts, and certainly not to let ourselves become monsters too. We're only 1.7MFavorites1.6MClicks/ch2.6MGifts
- 27 Off the Rails 脱轨 Thanks to the lovely “Put on That Secret Identity!” for the cover art =w= Do you believe there are countless parallel universes identical to the one you live in? The very same person might be an arrogant heiress in one universe and a penniless working girl in another. All parallel universes are supposed to remain separate, never intersecting. But one day, after a long-planned accident, the haughty heiress Jiang Xiaoyuan becomes another version of herself in a different universe. Once family b 128.9kFavorites198.4kClicks/ch43.6kGifts
- 28 Pollution-Free, Harmless 无污染、无公害 “When I was a kid, the last line of my essays was always, ‘I aspire to become someone useful to society.’ I probably made that resolution twenty or thirty times a semester. I never meant a word of it.” “Only when I grew up did I realize that being harmless to society is already the greatest achievement of my life.” The martial arts alliance leader is in a foul mood after working late and nearly working himself to death. He refuses to organize the next annual martial arts tournament. The descend 283.3kFavorites427.1kClicks/ch568.9kGifts
- 29 Supreme Year 太岁 “If I had a choice, I’d rather be a tiny ant among the mortal world, living in ignorance and dying in obscurity, never seeing the light of day beneath the fog of Jinping City. That would be better than taking this treacherous path to the heavens.” A steampunk cultivation world. Updates around eleven. If I can’t update, I’ll post a notice. Warning: Long and tedious. Theme: Overthrowing subjective idealism 485.2kFavorites516.3kClicks/ch1.7MGifts
- 30 The Great War Against Procrastination 大战拖延症 Ye Zilu, a chronic procrastinator, has been muddling through life, caught between the torment and comfort of her “loyal, good friend.” Then the old cloth teddy bear by her bed gets possessed by a hapless man who was left in a vegetative state after a car accident. After that, misfortune starts drifting over Ye Zilu like a contagious disease, and at last she can’t even muddle through life anymore. What’s a girl to do...? Fight procrastination! [Procrastination refers to “putting things off unti 46.3kFavorites93.8kClicks/ch9.8kGifts
- 31 Bandits 有匪 “One day, you will cross the silent, tranquil Ximo River, leave the old Peach Blossom Spring encircled by mountains, and enter a night sky shrouded in endless gloom. You will witness countless unclimbable mountains collapse one after another, and impassable seas dry up into fields. Remember: your fate hangs on the tip of a blade, and that blade must always point forward.” “May you glimpse the light of day before the cold iron blade is blunted.” A birthday tribute for our beloved Empress Dowager 507.9kFavorites586.7kClicks/ch382.5kGifts
- 32 Bailey's Beads 贝利珠 You procrastinate, feel empty and depressed, can’t sleep at night and can’t wake up during the day. You’re good at collecting useless trivia, but useless at anything useful. You feel like a limp slug, with only three functions left: breathing, going to the bathroom, and scrolling on your phone with your thumb. Oh, if only you could evolve past the bathroom part, too. One day, you get a phone call. The caller claims to be you from the future, and says that years from now, you’ll become a murdero 172kFavorites122.3kClicks/ch962.5kGifts
- 33 Melting City 熔城 To the edge of the world. The words on the billboard were clear through the scope. Much of the paint had peeled away, and the sign was upside down. Let the sunlight of the Main City wake you every morning. It was an advertisement for a housing development. When Lian Chuan first passed by, the billboard had already been hanging like that for who knew how long, as if to prove that being woken by the sunlight each morning was nothing but a collapsing dream. The Main City had long since run out of 277kFavorites216.6kClicks/ch305.3kGifts
- 34 A Lucky Coin 一个钢镚儿 I've got this little stutterer. Happy ending. Thanks to @Lingyu Qimeng for the cover lettering! Thanks to @Erxi Zha Guoji for the little informant! Theme: 552.1kFavorites490.4kClicks/ch504.1kGifts
- 35 Records of Exorcising Demons in the Tianbao Era 天宝伏妖录 The phoenix led millions of birds from the edge of the sky, a sea of rolling clouds like flames behind it, as it swept past Chang'an. The golden-winged roc perched high atop Xingqing Palace, its eyes reflecting all the people of this flourishing realm. In the silence, countless fortunes rose and fell, like tides ebbing and flowing. Li Jinglong dragged his battered body forward, a brilliant light shining from his hand as he kept moving toward Hongjun. “The living… are travelers passing through… 419.6kFavorites352.1kClicks/ch408.7kGifts
- 36 The Gentleman from 1930 1930来的先生 The companion series, Linglong Moon, is now underway, telling the Republican-era story of Jin Qiuyue and Bai Lusheng. A happy ending for the complete timeline! http://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=3397459 A third-rate model with no talent beyond his looks wants so badly to be famous that it practically leaps off the screen. By a stroke of fortune, a wealthy benefactor falls into his lap. "Sir, are you saying you came from 1930?" Republican-era transmigrated 126.9kFavorites129.1kClicks/ch13.8kGifts
- 37 I'm Just Here to Borrow a Light 我就是来借个火 A middle-aged man who writes ghost stories meets a goofy young man who claims to be a ghost. Emphasized in bold: This is not supernatural and not scary. End emphasis. Everyone must be used to blurbs this blunt by now. The insecure author sat cross-legged on a chair and spoke in a low voice. I always come up with something before starting a story, the author thought, then said even more quietly. [But then I started writing without coming up with anything, and didn't even have time to fiddle wit 104.1kFavorites142.1kClicks/ch27.8kGifts
- 38 The Cat's Rose [Interstellar] 猫咪的玫瑰[星际] “We have been sailing for hundreds of years, losing our home planet, losing our way, and losing the love symbolized by the rose.” As the apocalypse began, the “Voyager” left Earth behind. Lin Si was the Voyager’s top biologist. The only failure in his life was an experimental subject who never woke up during the “Limitless” genetic modification project. After a black hole accident, the experimental subject woke up with an unknown mutation caused by radiation. Wasn’t this supposed to be the st 193.3kFavorites187.1kClicks/ch76.3kGifts
- 39 The Blade of the Galactic Empire 银河帝国之刃 Theme: 165.1kFavorites245.2kClicks/ch24.9kGifts
- 40 The Heavenly Path 步天纲 After finally landing a job at a government agency dedicated to fighting demons, Dongzhi dreamed of balancing work and romance, pursuing his aloof dream man and having a passionate love affair. But dreams were lovely, and his dream man was not so easy to win over. A train bound for spring marked the beginning of it all. Lonely snow among the mountains, the smoke of battle long since cleared. In the brilliant morning light, Dongzhi’s gaze fell on Long Shen’s back. A thousand words came down to a 188.8kFavorites293.2kClicks/ch370kGifts
- 41 Upstairs by the Bridge 桥头楼上 You stand on the bridge watching the scenery, while someone watching the scenery looks down at you from the tower; The bright moon turns the tall building into a painting, and hung at the bridgehead, the painting becomes part of the scenery. Adapted from Bian Zhilin's short poem “Fragment” Notes: 1. A short mystery, around 100,000 characters (that's the estimate, anyway; it might not be accurate). 2. I'll probably update 4–6 times a week, at 11 a.m. Jinjiang only allows VIP stories to post abs 258kFavorites248.7kClicks/ch433.5kGifts
- 42 Dream Stealer 夺梦 In the dream of the dreamer, the one being dreamed of awoke. Borges “I am in the sunlight, I am in the wind, I am between heaven and earth, and I am in your dreams too.” One night, the desperate college student Yu Hao encounters a mysterious visitor called “General,” who travels through dreams. Together, they unravel the layers of mist clouding the world of consciousness and ignite the beacon fires winding along the Great Wall. The darkness recedes. The sun rises and lights up the long night, 249.1kFavorites271.6kClicks/ch477.4kGifts
- 43 The Turing Code 图灵密码 Wen Tianhe always thought he was going to become a domineering CEO. Unexpectedly, he ended up becoming the domineering CEO's man. It is hard to get past the edge of a blade, which is why the wise say that the path to enlightenment is difficult. W. Somerset Maugham, "The Razor's Edge" A blade's edge is hard to cross. It has no friends, because whoever it tries to embrace, it accidentally cuts in two. Yue · Domineering-CEO-ski Guan, "Silence Is Golden" Theme: 475.4kFavorites600.7kClicks/ch490.2kGifts
- 44 UAAG Air Crash Investigation Team UAAG空难调查组 Four years ago, a mysterious air disaster took the lives of his comrades and loved ones. Now, Fu Cheng, the youngest Air Force major in Huaguo, has been specially recruited by UAAG (United Aviation Accident Group), a newly established multinational aviation accident investigation organization that provides consulting services to countries around the world. Words of a plea for help come from a lost black box, while the wreckage of a shattered aircraft reflects the distance between life and death 112.8kFavorites133.3kClicks/ch146.2kGifts
- 45 The Unicorn's Hoofprints 麟趾 Everyone says He Rong is wonderful in every way, with just one small imperfection. Ever since the day he fell from his horse and was left disabled, his life seems to have been fated to be as arduous as it is remarkable. Though I have seen the vastness of the world, I still cherish the green of grass and trees. No CP, no CP, no CP. Thanks to Yunu Tongxue for the cover~ Theme: 55.6kFavorites86.3kClicks/ch67.7kGifts
- 46 Broken Jade, Cast Pearls 碎玉投珠 Nobody in the antiques trade is a fool. Both the top and the bottom are particular about everything. Take one step back, and they're brothers in all but blood. Take one step forward, and they're the one for each other. One more step, and they spend the rest of their lives together. A happy ending, growing old side by side. Ding Hanbai: “The thing I love most in this business is jade. Stones come in all grades, and people too, from dragons and phoenixes to ants and vermin. With a name like Hanba 913kFavorites733.7kClicks/ch367.2kGifts
- 47 What Lies Within 安知我意 The blurb for my new story, No Way Out, is up. Take a look if you’re interested. After changing jobs, Shen Duoyi meets his new boss, Qi Shi’an. It turns out the two of them had a brief entanglement and an unspoken spark when they were young. As misunderstandings are cleared up, they start over and draw closer, surrounded by growing flirtation, until it finally erupts into a sweet romance. Qi Shi’an is an all-round senior dealmaker skilled in martial arts, diving, and finance. Shen Duoyi is a han 196.6kFavorites313.9kClicks/ch95.4kGifts
- 48 Criminal Psychology 犯罪心理 One day, while Lin Chen was reading, Xing Conglian asked him: “You’re a psychologist. Can you help me figure out what kind of person I’d be suited to marry?” Lin Chen remembered telling him that love was the most impossible thing in the world to quantify. Even a psychologist couldn’t predict it, because the process of two people falling in love was full of countless variables. Xing Conglian asked, “What are variables?” Lin Chen thought at the time: A variable is that I thought you were just an o 802.2kFavorites610.5kClicks/ch727.5kGifts
- 49 Meowsilla 喵斯拉 Cats are adorable, but what if a cat the size of Godzilla suddenly appeared in the city? A disaster... So many years, so many things, so many people... Nothing had ever "awakened" the God of War Iroka. Until one day, someone hit his cat. Protagonist: Who the hell knows what I've been through... Note: 1. The cat won't turn into a human. The CP isn't the cat, but the cat's owner. 2. This isn't a pet story about cuteness overload. Theme: 56.6kFavorites158.1kClicks/ch180.1kGifts
- 50 Lantern Light on Peach Blossoms 提灯映桃花 A modern urban danmei melodrama: intense angst and drama, possessive love, a painful romance, wealthy-family feuds, mutual destruction, and a conventional happy ending I once saw the Crown Prince of King Ling of Zhou, playing the flute beneath a peach tree in bloom. A modern urban story about exorcising demons. A seme with enough kingly charisma to wake up every day dazzled by his own good looks, and an indefatigable uke who just won't stay down no matter how many times he's beaten. Maxed-out 574.3kFavorites677.8kClicks/ch131.6kGifts
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