hi everyone, firstly its my experience to read web novel/light novel and i choose ATG, early chapter i like him a lot, but in the end i dont like the way he treat every girls and dont have responbility. so right now i'm looking novel (wuxia/xianxia/xuanhuan) which MC has same or less personality with Yang Guo from Return of Condor Heroes wuxia: - orphan - handsome - cunning/smart - arrogant (not arrogant like yun che who easliy kill people just because insult, but arrogant like selfpride) - brain over muscle (but MC develop to strong from hardwork) - devoted to one lover (but many girls fallin for him bc his personality) - like to tease girls (but not in perverted way like yun che) - MC develop from playful & flirt guy when young, to calm, polite and loner when he in middle age thanks
That tends to be a basic requirement for most MC(orphan,one parent dead, kicked out of clan or a trash)
not Orphan but he did 'lose' his parents and trying to save one. Heavenly Jewel Change oh and he's very very responsible with his harem
Da Tang Shuang Long Zhuan, fit your description, there is two MC in this story they are friends and are always together they have different personality one is more reserved the other more playful (they are orphans, they are handsome, cunning/smart, have pride, they have brain and muscle, one love to tease girl the other don't really know how to interact with them but not at a beta level) I think you shoul read this one.
Try Heavenly Jewel Change World Defying Dan God Spirit Realm Book Eating Magician (he actually does not do anything to any of the harem) Night Ranger (not much harem) Shura's Wrath
Transcending the Nine Heavens was kinda like this in the first ~300 chapters except for the orphan part, but then the main character had to go and "cheat on his girl while drugged" *flips table* . Dang it, it was my favorite novel of all time with an actually loyal mc, but then the author ruined it ;-; I still recommend it tho, because the first ~300 chaps are awesome, later you can decide to drop it if it ticks you off. MC: handsome, cunning, arrogant, brain over muscle (damn good tactical moves instead of using force), devoted to one lover (for a while...), MC is simply awesome with how smart he is Shen Yin Wang Zuo is a pure gentleman novel, but the mc never flirts (or does anything else) with girls other than his *one* love interest. MC: handsome, smart, team leader (he makes up the battle plan for the team with great foresight), devoted to one lover (others also fall for him but he never sways), MC is always a calm and polite gentleman These are all i have, and by the way, finding chinese novels without harem ending is going to be damn hard XD