What's the Scariest Novel You've Ever Read? Which One Made Us Want to Hurt Each Other? 至今看过最恐怖的小说，是哪一本让我们互相伤害

1. 201 传 Bureau of Legend Management 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 207.3kReads9.6Score28.9kShelves
2. 202 来 The Autobiography of a Tomb Raider 来自一位盗墓者的自传 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 610.4kReads9.6Score64.4kShelves
3. 203 我 Slay the Gods 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1.1MReads9.9Score166.1kShelves
4. 204 雪 Snowflake Town 雪粒镇 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance130k WordsCompleted [Ji Handeng, a fragile, sickly, dark-minded younger brother x Xu Qiongqiong, a kind, resilient older sister who loves money] [Modern romance + mutual salvation + healing + older woman/younger man romance + revenge + cover-up + high-stakes twists] Xu Qiongqiong and Ji Handeng are siblings with no blood ties. In a small, poor town full of secrets, they rely on each other and keep one another warm. Their days hold happiness and pain, darkness and budding affection. Their shared goal is to leave Xue 112.6kReads9.7Score15.1kShelves

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   📙🍏🍎[Zhiyi + Chinese horror + strange stories + suspense and thriller + folk metaphysics + unit story] How many of those scary and everyday taboos do you know?

5. 205 夜 Nightcry Tower: Eleven Horror and Suspense Stories 夜哭楼：十一个恐怖悬疑故事 Han Shisan韩十三Mystery94k WordsCompleted [Horror | Suspense | Mystery | Folklore | Short story collection] The green lamp, a ghost knocking at the door in the dead of night, the Golden Buddha, a female ghost... As everyone knows, what is truly terrifying isn't seeing a ghost, but the human heart! This collection brings together eleven horror and suspense stories by Han Shisan, originally published in well-known magazines across China. They'll send chills down your spine and turn even the fainthearted into brave souls! 679Reads9.3Score101Shelves
6. 206 守 The Tower Keeper's Diary 守塔人日记 The Unusual Tower Keeper异常守塔人Mystery731k WordsCompleted The fan group is up! Group number: 817759346. It’s called the Anomaly Archives. Everyone’s welcome to join!!! (*￣︶￣) A slow-burn blend of SCP, Cthulhu, and an alternate world. Anomalies and reality, monsters and humanity, flesh that devours bodies, organs that create worlds, and a world that defies science. In a war against anomalies, how can ordinary people survive? 235Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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7. 207 猛 The Return of the Hungry Ghosts 猛鬼回潮 Divination Rat卦鼠Mystery305k WordsCompleted A rising tide of evil spirits: a collection of Chinese and international horror and suspense stories. Horror, mystery, and thrills. There are many protagonists, from China to overseas, with one story per installment. From local wandering ghosts, vengeful spirits, and paranormal incidents to foreign witchcraft and curse magic. 45Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 208 东 Strange Tales of the Northeast 东北鬼事异闻 Divination Rat卦鼠Mystery236k WordsCompleted A collection of strange tales about ghosts and supernatural happenings in Northeast China. Some are hearsay, while others are terrifying paranormal events that happened right before the storyteller's eyes. A weasel spirit gaining human form, a fox stealing an elixir, a corpse crushed beneath a millstone... 2.6kReads—Score—Shelves
9. 209 百 The Hundred Ghosts Return in a Tide 百鬼回潮 Divination Rat卦鼠Mystery236k WordsCompleted The Hundred Ghosts Return: A collection of Chinese ghost stories inspired by modern tales of the strange and the terrifying. Legends of a hundred ghosts: the Poison-Eating Ghost, the Hanging Ghost, the Daolao Ghost, the Wild Ghost, the Reincarnation Ghost, the Jealous Wife of the Ford, the Ferocious Ghost, and more. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 210 鬼 A Collection of Ghost Story Files 鬼故事合集档案 Cao Mengde176曹孟德176Mystery321k WordsOngoing This collection features several ghost stories, each centered on supernatural events. It includes both traditional folk tales of ghosts and monsters and eerie phenomena in modern cities. —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 211 紫 Purple Sun 紫阳 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing When the Hu invaded, he lost his family, his home, and his newlywed wife, who was taken from him. He searched for her across a thousand miles but failed to find her. Through a twist of fate, he embarked on the path of Shangqing cultivation. A pedantic scholar gained immortal arts, mastered the immortal way, saved the people, and brought order to the world. 8.3kReads9.2Score961Shelves
12. 212 神 Beyond the Divine Order 神序之上 Haohao on a Lonely Island孤岛上的皓皓Urban171k WordsCompleted [No System + no cliches + no overpowered hero + no idiocy + slow pace + gets more exciting as it goes] Above the vast firmament, every life has a meaning of its own. Legend says that six shrines built by ancient gods remain in the world. They have endured for thousands of years and continue to pass down their legacy. They say that holy relics have been lost in this world. These objects hold the history of the ancient gods and contain endless knowledge. They are known as transcendent tokens. Zhon 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 213 逝 The Way of Passing 逝道 Laughing at Heaven and Earth笑法天地Eastern Fantasy358k WordsOngoing Where does creation begin? In a frigid lunar crater, a black coffin, a strange stone, and a mysterious primordial pattern lead Lin Yuan onto an ancient starry road in search of the secrets behind the origin of creation… —Reads6.7Score—Shelves
14. 214 毒 Toxic Love at School 毒染校园虐恋情深 Qiu Jizhuoma求吉卓玛Mystery202k WordsCompleted An apparently ordinary suicide involving a naked corpse at a third-rate university catches the attention of the anti-drug squad. Over the next seven years, in their battle against drug lords, the squad uncovers collusion between senior officials and the criminals, while also rooting out a traitor within its own ranks. The story follows several young women who have just graduated from university. Faced with money, desire, and the hardships of life, how will they choose their fate, and how will th —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 215 借 Borrowing a Soul to Return to a Corpse 借魂还尸 Qiu Jizhuoma求吉卓玛Mystery12k WordsCompleted Borrowing a Soul to Revive a Corpse 1Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 216 苍 The Vast and Empty Cosmos 苍茫虚霩 Qiu Jizhuoma求吉卓玛Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted 🔥 The epic Eastern fantasy novel The Vast Expanse is available to read in full for free! Across the three thousand great worlds, the Vast Expanse is the only “cleansing ground.” The four clans of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind stand guard, suppressing the endless resentment of the Demonheart Planet. Beneath the Rift of the Void lies the secret of destruction and rebirth. For every sacrificial rite, the strongest must offer themselves up to ensure the world’s survival. The boy Nan Fa appears ordina 59Reads8.3Score—Shelves
17. 217 爱 I Can't Bear the Price of Loving You 爱上你的代价让我承受不起 Herb of the Apricot Grove杏林之草Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted Su Yichen, courtesy name Youxian and childhood nickname Mo'er, is called Su Mo by his family. Ever since he was little, he has loved the older boy who once saved him, Prince De, Xiao Yixuan. When he grows up, he uses his own abilities to help Xiao Yixuan ascend the throne, only to see his mother forced off a cliff. Left crippled, he throws himself into the moat... 337Reads8.8Score—Shelves
18. 218 穿 Transmigrating to a Parallel World: The Years Flow Like Water 穿越平行时空之流年似水 Even a Broken Wind Chime Sounds Sweet破风铃也悦耳Urban815k WordsOngoing A top student at Gaoyang Magic City Conservatory of Music, he couldn't make his debut after graduating because of his "rebellious" (plain-looking) and "arrogant" (mediocre) demeanor. So he started his own music tutoring business and became the boss, focusing on teaching music (reluctantly)! His standards were so high that he stayed single until the age of forty (no one was interested!), earning himself the title of a confirmed bachelor. While traveling, perhaps because he saw a woman drowning, h —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
19. 219 重 Reborn: A Spatial Powerhouse, an Ability-Wielding Second Sister, and a Lucky Little Sister 重生之空间大姐异能二妹锦鲤小妹 Dreams Drifting On梦之悠悠Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Superpowers + Lucky Charm + A Satisfying Story About Three Sisters] On the day they are reborn, the eldest sister unlocks a pocket dimension, the second sister awakens the power to read minds, and the youngest sister is born with the extraordinary luck of a lucky charm! Each of the three sisters has her own cheat, and together they take down villains and make their fortune! Troublemakers show up at their door? Throw them out! Evil people plot against them? Expose th 157Reads9.5Score101Shelves
20. 220 神 A Mysterious Spirit Root Appears, and I Use Code to Conquer the Path to Immortality 神秘灵根现，我用代码闯仙途 Cold Rain Stretches Across the Sky寒雨连天Eastern Fantasy907k WordsCompleted In the Virtual Realm, an unprecedented adventure begins. The Code Spirit Root, a mysterious talent, sends Mo Yunxuan down the path of immortal cultivation. In this world of fantasy and innovation, code is no longer a collection of cold numbers and symbols. It is a mysterious power that opens the way to immortality. How will Mo Yunxuan use his Code Spirit Root to unravel the mysteries of the Virtual Realm and realize his dream of cultivating immortality? Come along and embark on this thrilling ad 2Reads8.6Score—Shelves
21. 221 重 Reborn: My Clones Embark on the Path to Invincibility 重生之分身走上无敌路 The Needle and Thread引线的针Eastern Fantasy170k WordsOngoing Zhou Ji, the strongest rogue cultivator, meticulously schemes his way into a ninth-rank secret realm and claims its greatest fortune. This draws the envy of countless powerful figures, who hunt him all the way to the summit of Mount Buzhou. Little do they know that Zhou Ji has already refined a clone and used reincarnation to fade from everyone’s sight. After that, a young man named Ji Zhou, who has refined the “Wordless Heavenly Book,” sets out on the path to invincibility with the cultivation 1Reads7.4Score—Shelves
22. 222 重 Reborn, I Lay Low by Stealing Others' Fortune to Become the Protagonist 重生，我靠灭人气运苟成主角 Swaying Back and Forth摇摇晃晃Mystery254k WordsOngoing At Qingyun Temple, the Yin-Yang Ferry, and Old Locust Lane, entrances to the underworld appear after eleven at night. A yin-fated soul endures tribulation, the Five Defects leave their mark, the Yellow Springs ferry souls across, the blood moon brings upheaval… “Your birth chart has enough to replenish my three souls and seven spirits.” “I found you, my…” “Yin energy entered your fate at birth, and the Five Defects haunt you.” “It is the tribulation you were born to face.” At birth, you were wri —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 223 异 The Emperor of Another World Is a Master Thief 异世帝尊是神偷 Crazy Little Shrimp疯狂的大虾米Eastern Fantasy669k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate to Another World + Comedy + Medicine + Love and Hate] He, the esteemed leader of the Swallow Sect in the twenty-first century, transmigrated into the body of a newborn baby. His father was imprisoned, and his mother was being hunted. Ye Wuhen was lost in the mountains and raised by wolves. To save his parents, he joined the Lingyun Sect and trained hard, becoming a dark horse among its disciples. He never expected his sanctimonious grandfather to show up. In public, he was the e 6.3kReads9.2Score813Shelves
24. 224 长 The Living Hell of the Immortal Realm 长生天之人间炼狱 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Urban235k WordsCompleted I'm the damn heir to the title of Great Emperor, yet I've been put through hell in the mortal world. When I return to claim my throne, I'll use my blade to wash away every humiliation I've suffered! Demon Emperor, just you wait! Fifteen days in heaven, one hundred and fifty years on earth. That's more than enough time! 12Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 225 雇 Hiring a Handsome Guy to Guard the House 雇个帅哥来镇宅 Zahari扎哈里Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Horror, one heroine] What do you do when you’re nearly broke? With no other options, Shang Yi reluctantly took a night-shift job, and it completely upended his worldview! The elevator, hallways, underground parking garage, bathrooms… Those places were already enough to give him a headache. But what troubled him even more was the attention he got from beautiful women… Strange incidents kept happening in the residential complex, yet the residents went on living there as if nothing were wrong. The 73Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 226 灵 A Collection of Short Supernatural Stories 灵异故事短篇集 Silent and Unmarked未语无痕Mystery6.7M WordsCompleted A series of three-person adventures beginning with Chapter 1245. Each chapter is a standalone story, blending folk customs, urban legends, horror, suspense, and comedy. The six protagonists each have distinct personalities, taking you between terrifying thrills and lighthearted fun. Hope you enjoy! 185Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 227 小 Little Dongbei 小东北 Greasy Middle-Aged Uncle油腻的中年大叔Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Nature has yin and yang, and society has good and evil. An imbalance between yin and yang brings chaos, but so does drawing too sharp a line between good and evil. When righteousness dwells within, evil cannot intrude. When yin is balanced and yang is secure, the spirit is at peace. Your path is yours to choose: follow your nature, let go of judgment, and wisdom will shine. The Dao moves by returning to its source. In a word, avoid extremes and don't make the same mistake twice... 149Reads7.1Score—Shelves
28. 228 麻 Lin Shisan, Heir to the Ma Yi Tradition 麻衣传人林十三 Green Pepper and Shrimp青椒肉虾Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing I was born with a pair of snake eyes, and everyone at the forest farm said I was a demon child born of a snake. The night I was born, thunder crashed again and again. The next day, a huge, gold-scaled python was found dead from a lightning strike outside Laolingou. Something was squirming inside its belly. Master Sang sliced open the python with a single stroke and carried out a blood-soaked baby. He named me Lin Shisan. From that moment on, my fate was bound to Master Sang’s for life… 23kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
29. 229 东 The Daoist Tradition of Northeast China 东北道家 The Ways of the World江湖人情世故Mystery117k WordsCompleted A story about real-life Taoist priests and spirit mediums in Northeast China. The content is based on true events. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. An illiterate author writing a book has it rough. Add it to your bookshelf to show your support. 579Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 230 女 Girls' Dormitory 女生宿舍 Professional Charlatan职业神棍Mystery947k WordsCompleted Every school has its share of ghost stories, especially places steeped in yin energy, like the girls' dormitory... I'm a veteran who used to be an atheist. But it wasn't until I became a security guard at Taiping School that I learned the truth...! 160Reads8.3Score—Shelves
31. 231 我 I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店 Er Lei二雷Mystery806k WordsCompleted I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both 135Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Now I keep my eyes open until dawn, and I feel unsafe even if I turn on the light in the middle of the night! [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]

32. 232 冒 The Fake Master Walks Between Yin and Yang: Sweet-Talking the Living, Battling Vengeful Ghosts 冒牌大师走阴阳：哄完活人斗厉鬼 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 618Reads—Score109Shelves

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33. 233 柜 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Woman in the Cabinet 51Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 234 秘 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常14k WordsCompleted Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 102Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 235 恶 The Nightmare Apartment [Dark Comedy] 恶梦公寓【黑色幽默】 Midnight深夜十二点Mystery32k WordsOngoing [Horror, paranormal, infinite flow, pure horror with no humor] [Realistic instances with richly developed backstories] My name is Chen Lin. The story begins one night when I get a distress call from my younger sister. It isn't until I enter an ancient castle with four people of unknown origins that I realize what a terrifying, desperate world lies hidden beneath our own... “There's no such thing as undeserved good fortune. The source of the light is the true essence of evil.” “When you read this —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Infinite stream of horror,,,,

36. 236 湘 Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录 Xiaoxiang Lady Traveler潇湘女客Mystery289k WordsCompleted My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran 210Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It is a Shonan version of "Liao Zhai", a water town version of "A Hundred Ghosts at Night", and it is also a warm and strange film about "guarding". There is no pretense, only real fear and warmth. . . . . . . .

37. 237 干 Cheers Curse: Anyone Who Mishears It Dies 干杯咒：听错的去死 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery11k WordsCompleted “That American exchange student says ‘Cheers’ to me in his dreams every night, until I realize he misheard ‘Go to hell.’” In the graduate dormitory, Dennis grows paler by the day, and the doctors can’t figure out why. Then Mina brings back the exorcist’s verdict: Seven years ago, a girl whose foreign boyfriend cheated on her jumped from this building. Every night, her shattered head presses against Dennis’s ear and repeats “Cheers” in English... But when we reach the tenth repetition, the corner —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Exciting!! Adrenaline is soaring [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]

38. 238 包 Bao Dadan’s True Accounts of Ghost Encounters 包大胆撞鬼实录 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery12k WordsCompleted “You’ve heard of people who are ‘bold beyond belief,’ but have you ever seen someone scare a ghost into shutting itself away?” My name is Bao Dadan. It’s not a stage name, it’s my real name. My friends say I’m missing a screw, but they changed their minds after seeing it for themselves: I talked the “haunting female ghost” the landlord warned me about into silence; I roasted a “human-faced fish” deep in the mountains with pepper until it shrieked; even the “Slit-Mouthed Woman” covered her mask a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 239 对 The Deadly Mirror Image in the Symmetrical Bathroom 对称浴室的死亡镜像 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery10k WordsCompleted “At three in the morning, I saw my ‘future husband’s’ face in the mirror, and three days later, he ran me over with his SUV until I was nothing but scraps.” My landlady told me in a hushed voice that if I recited an incantation to a mirror at midnight for 49 days in a row, I’d see my destined partner. On the 47th day, her son’s twisted smile appeared in the mirror. I screamed and fled the apartment, but at the intersection he ran over me four times, reversing each time. The police said he kept s —Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 240 恐 Horror Sketches 恐怖素描 Pan Yewei潘野微Mystery11k WordsCompleted “The day I was accepted into art school through the recommendation program, I drew the killer who murdered Teacher Zhou with my own hands: the faceless woman who had been draped over my back for three whole months.” In the dead of night, a blizzard battered the studio windows with a crackling roar. I curled up in the bathroom and vomited, but a pale body slowly emerged in the mirror. Her long hair wound around my neck, her rotting fingertips stroked my spine, and where her face should have been. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 241 灵 Paranormal Podcast 灵异播客 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery8k WordsCompleted “What’s the most convincing paranormal story you’ve ever heard? As a paranormal podcast host, I thought I was just collecting urban legends, until a laugh that wasn’t mine came through my headphones. While I was adjusting the audio track, a shrill whisper seemed to breathe right into my ear, and a new waveform mysteriously appeared in the recording software. An expert told me, ‘That’s another audio signal. It isn’t human.’ Worse still, after I said, ‘Don’t come looking for me through my headphon —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 242 催 The Hypnosis Trap: The Forgotten Bloody Hand 催眠陷阱：被遗忘的血手 look9k WordsCompleted “I caused my husband and child’s deaths with my own hands, then spent an entire year forgetting them. The truth only tore through my memories as I fell, after my psychiatrist pushed me onto the rooftop.” The travel magazine from a year ago, the coffee cup that appeared out of nowhere in the living room, the unfamiliar father and son in the photo frame... I thought I was simply suffering from depression, until I encountered those blood-soaked hands during hypnosis and realized that forgetting was —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 243 夜 The Night Shift Passage: An Invitation from the Dead 夜班通道：亡者邀请函 lookMystery8k WordsCompleted “Every night at ten, I open the supermarket’s rolling shutter right on time, never knowing that another world lies hidden at the end of the aisles: a black-gang nightclub that was burned to the ground. For two years, I watched my coworkers ‘disappear’ one by one. Even their names seemed to be erased, until Wang Tao grabbed my arm in the emergency exit, and a girl crawling with maggots in the Golden Ballroom pressed close to my ear and said, ‘Welcome to Brother Feng’s club. All the guests here... —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 244 死 My Dead Friend 死去的好友 lookMystery8k WordsCompleted “I inherited my childhood friend’s billion-dollar fortune, but then received a call from him in the middle of the night. Yang Zhiyi, the man I’d pushed off a cliff with my own hands, gripped my throat with dirt-covered hands and asked me, one word at a time, in the mirror: ‘Why are you scheming against even my ghost?’” A staged mountaineering accident, a ‘will’ pieced together from lines in short videos: I thought I’d gotten away with a perfect murder, until a pair of glasses mysteriously appear —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 245 阴 A Midnight Invitation to the Yin-Yang Eyes 阴阳眼的午夜邀约 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery11k WordsCompleted “I’ve seen with my own eyes a boy with yin-yang eyes, blessed by Guanyin, get torn at by a shadow in a cemetery. I’ve heard Teresa Teng’s songs drifting out of a bakery’s refrigerator. And in a restaurant attic, I once came across a bloodied face embedded in the floor. But the creepiest thing of all is the ‘little ghost’ in my son’s playroom, growing up on the ‘fragrance’ it smells.” Notes written during a late-night cemetery exploration, a wandering spirit in cloth shoes in the kitchen during a —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 246 小 The Strange Happenings on Little C’s Moments 小C的朋友圈诡事 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery9k WordsCompleted “My social media feed hides the truth behind seven cases of the living encountering evil spirits: Reporter Xiao Chen’s right shoulder is covered in bruises marked with the bite prints of an infant spirit; a junior student is chased to her apartment by a split-headed zombie on Halloween; tenant Xiao Chang waves through the window to a boy with no eyes every night at ten... The creepiest thing is the severed-hand granny who suddenly reaches out in front of a meat grinder at the market at three in 1Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 247 猫 The Watcher Beyond the Cat’s Eye 猫眼外的凝视者 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery7k WordsCompleted “That night, at dawn, the ‘person’ outside my peephole stared into my eyes for a full three minutes, until I realized its pupils weren’t moving.” A late-night food delivery buzzer jolted me awake, but there was no one outside the door. It wasn’t until I crushed the eyeball stuck to the peephole that the news began reporting a series of dismemberment murders in this very building. Even more terrifying, when I approached the peephole with trembling hands to check, that bloodshot eye was still pres —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 248 公 Nobody Working the Night Shift at This Company Is Human 公司里上夜班的都不是人 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery7k WordsCompleted “You are absolutely not allowed to linger after work.” That was the rule my boss personally gave me on my first day. But when I returned to the office late at night to pick up the engagement ring, the elevator showed an overload despite being empty, the printer started spitting out a death certificate bearing my name, and on my social feed, my girlfriend was smiling sweetly as she posted an engagement photo with my boss. Even more terrifying, I kicked a corpse on the fourth-floor stairwell. That —Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 249 最 The Woman You Must Never Cross 最不能得罪的女人 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery6k WordsCompleted Seven years ago, a yellow weasel slipped into my bed in the middle of the night and said it could help me get revenge. I agreed three times. Two bachelors hanged themselves in the village, the tongues of the village shaman’s entire family of four were torn out, and the son of the village chief, whose whole family of eight had been wiped out, went mad. It wasn’t until I got on the bus bound for the county town that I realized none of the passengers had feet. They were all dead people who had “sho 1Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 250 雪 Terror on a Snowy Night 雪夜惊魂 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery7k WordsCompleted I’ll never forget that winter night when a blizzard trapped me on the top floor of the seventh floor. The keycard unlocked Room 744 with a beep, and the smell of mold mingled with the cold, stinging my nostrils. The 340,000 yuan in my backpack weighed heavily on my shoulders. I snapped the three deadbolts shut behind me, only to hear a soft click from the aluminum window frame. Have you ever seen a figure hanging upside down outside a seventh-floor window? Its entire face was pressed against the 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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