Short Stories 短篇小说

1. 1751 凶 The Murder Happens in Chapter Four 凶案发生在第四章 Against the Dustlight逆倒尘光啊23k WordsCompleted The Murder Takes Place in Chapter Four 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A super good short story!

2. 1752 出 I Came Back from a Business Trip to Find My Wife Pregnant by the Driver 出差回来，老婆怀了司机的孩子 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文Marriage & RomanceCompleted When I returned from a business trip, my wife was pregnant with the driver's child —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 1753 薄 Shadows in the Mist 薄雾凝影 Jiang Mimi’s Owner姜咪咪的主人Mystery51k WordsOngoing My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1754 谁 No One Touches My Dowry Car! I Flipped the Table at the Family Reunion Dinner! 谁也别想动我的陪嫁车，团圆饭我掀了桌！ Lu Ersan陆二三三13k WordsCompleted No one is taking my dowry car! I flipped the table at the family reunion dinner! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 1755 暗 On the Day My Crush Got Married, I Was Reborn Before the College Entrance Exams 暗恋的他结婚那天，我重生回到了高考前 Xiangmei Loves Frozen Milk爱吃冰冻牛奶的香梅41k WordsCompleted On the Day My Secret Crush Got Married, I Was Reborn Back Before the College Entrance Exam 726Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Short Campus Unrequited Love

6. 1756 我 My System Is Broken and Teaches Me to Guilt-Trip People Every Day 我的系统有病，天天教我道德绑架 Against the Dustlight逆倒尘光啊11k WordsCompleted My System is broken. Every day, it teaches me how to guilt-trip people. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 1757 把 Was I Really the One Who Gave My Girlfriend to My Best Friend? 把女朋友送给好兄弟的，竟然是我自己？ I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文14k WordsCompleted Wait, I Was the One Who Set My Girlfriend Up with My Best Friend? 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
8. 1758 绑 After My Mermaid System Backfired, I Focused on My Career! 《绑定海后系统翻车后，我走事业了！》 Reciting Cranes, Watching the Courtyard吟鹤观庭19k WordsCompleted After My Sea Queen System Backfires, I Focus on My Career! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 1759 归 Love Letters Branded Beneath the Ruins 归墟烙情书 A Stroll Through the Mortal World on a Whim兴来尘世走一遭7k WordsCompleted Love Letters Branded in Guixu —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 1760 弟 My Sister-in-Law Moved Into My House and Threw Out My Luggage, and I Couldn't Be Happier 弟媳住进我房子就把我的行李扔出去，我高兴坏了 Lu Ersan陆二三三22k WordsCompleted My Brother-in-Law's Wife Moved into My House and Threw Out My Luggage, and I Was Delighted —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 1761 冥 The Underworld King's Scythe Ran Away from Home 冥王的镰刀离家出走了 Phoenix Chick Dumpling凤雏团子Modern Romance114k WordsCompleted [Hot-Tempered, Blunt Female Sect Leader x A Disciplined, Double-Standard CEO] Mo Dao, a wolfish girl from the Northwest, is a college campus anti-hustle activist by day and the strongest fighter in a quiet Taoist temple by night! The Temple's Survival Rules: Mess with the Sect Leader = Get thrown over her shoulder three times Confess to the Sect Leader = Get verbally roasted 10,086 times ▼Click to see how this wolfish girl uses a suona to send love to the afterlife!▼ (Also known as "That 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A novel of 100,000 words, whose name doesn't do it justice.

12. 1762 七 The Seventies: After My Divorce, the Strongest Officer Clings to Me for Dear Life 七零，离婚后被最强军官死命缠 Tong Xinyuan同心元Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history 1970s + devoted couple + military marriage + regretful husband chasing his wife + food] After dying tragically in a car accident, Mu Wanwan is reborn on the very day of her wedding night. In her previous life, she was infatuated with Wen Lin. Repaying a debt of gratitude, she married into the Wen family, going from a village girl to the wife of an officer living in a military compound. Everyone thought she had married above her station. Mu Wanwan knew perfectly well that Wen L 5.1kReads7.6Score265Shelves

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    🌈Wow, I never expected there to be such a short story masterpiece on Tomato! [Cool][Cool] Highly recommend: The male lead has amnesia and is found by the female lead! The male lead is a special forces captain who went missing during a mission with his teammates. When he wakes up again, he has amnesia and mistakes the fair-skinned and exceptionally beautiful female lead for his wife!!!

13. 1763 如 If Every Rescue Means You Forget Me 如果每一次拯救，代价都是被你遗忘 Against the Dustlight逆倒尘光啊13k WordsCompleted What if the price of saving you every time is being forgotten by you? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 1764 未 My Fiancée Declared Her Love for a Foreigner on Social Media, and the Whole Internet Found Out 未婚妻在社交媒体上表白外国人，被全网曝光 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文8k WordsCompleted My fiancée declared her love for a foreigner on social media, and the whole internet found out 652Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 1765 和 After Marrying My Rival, We Went Our Separate Ways: I Fell in Love, and He Went Crazy 和死对头婚后各过各的，我谈恋爱，他疯了。 Matcha Dark Green抹茶墨绿14k WordsCompleted After marrying my sworn enemy, we each went our own way. I started dating, and he went crazy. 40Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 1766 朱 The Vermilion Bird Devours the Moon, While Star Ashes Shine Forever 朱雀蚀月，星烬长明 Yan Sihai Who Loves Four-Treasure Soup爱吃四宝上汤的闫四海Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted The Vermilion Bird Devours the Moon, While the Star Embers Burn On —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 1767 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 83kReads9.4Score13.3kShelves
18. 1768 霜 Through Frost and Snow, the Road Leads Home 霜风踏雪路归途 Linzi Wuxie麟子无邪Historical394k WordsCompleted In the twenty-third year of Yongchang, during the Great Yong dynasty, Li Mufeng, a prince banished to the Cold Palace, finds a jade clasp carved with a wolf's head in the snow at the Hanwu Hall. He has no idea it was left behind ten years ago by Chen Linshuang, the Prince of Zhenbei. One is an obscure prince whose mother was poisoned to death, hiding his sharpness behind a chessboard and using astrological divination to stir up the struggle among nine princes for the throne. The other is the Wol 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 1769 离 On the Day of My Divorce, I Married the Business Tycoon My Cheating Ex-Husband Had Groveled Before 离婚当天，我嫁给了出轨前夫跪舔的商界大佬 Against the Dustlight逆倒尘光啊24k WordsCompleted On the day I divorced, I married the business tycoon my cheating ex-husband had been groveling to. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1770 时 Trapped in New Year's Eve by a Rented Boyfriend in a Time Loop 时间循环，被租来的男友困在除夕 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted A Time Loop: Trapped on New Year's Eve by My Rented Boyfriend 79Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 1771 错 I Accidentally Kissed the Company’s New CEO, and Now He Won’t Leave Me Alone 错吻公司新总裁后，他赖上我了 Matcha Dark Green抹茶墨绿12k WordsCompleted After Accidentally Kissing the Company’s New CEO, He Wouldn’t Leave Me Alone 779Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 1772 听 After Hearing People's Thoughts, I Realized Everyone Around Me Was a Demon! 听见心声后，我发现身边全是恶鬼！ Gentle Chill in the Flowing Water流水轻寒Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted After hearing people’s inner thoughts, I realized everyone around me was an evil spirit! 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist breaks free from constraints and embraces freedom, finding both cats and dogs, and experiencing love and being loved!

23. 1773 八 Eighties Sweetheart: A Wild Roughneck to Cherish 八零心尖宠：捡个糙汉野又撩 Listening to the Wind Blow听风在吹Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted Xia Li transmigrates into the 1980s as a poor, timid orphan. Just when she thinks she’ll have to go hungry from now on, she picks up a wild man. Aside from being a little dim, the wild man has no other flaws. He hunts in the mountains and farms the fields every day, keeps her warm at home and can fight outside. He’s like a huge guard dog who protects his family. The villagers secretly mock Xia Li for keeping herself a wild man, but she doesn’t care. Who would have guessed that one night, the wil 1kReads8.9Score102Shelves
24. 1774 糙 My Rugged Landlord Is Flirty and Fierce, and I’m Hooked 糙汉房东又撩又凶，好上头 A Gentleman Like a Stranger君子如陌Modern Romance457k WordsCompleted The short drama [One Hit, One Love: My Landlord Is a Bodyguard] is now streaming. The novel is also known as [Living Together, the Rough-Hewn Man Flirts Until She Begs for Mercy]. A foul-mouthed, rugged landlord VS a delicate, beautiful academic prodigy. Age gap + hormones + doting boyfriend + irresistibly sweet, wild flirtation + mutual devotion + secret crush + healing. Love at first sight is really just falling for someone's looks. The first time Chu Cheng met Ye Wanwan, she was escaping fro 3.5kReads9.3Score535Shelves

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    A talkative, rough-around-the-edges landlord versus a delicate, beautiful, and academically gifted woman! The later plot is incredibly exciting! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration] The female lead is also a bit cunning, and the male lead is bursting with hormones! This is definitely something you'll want to watch! I'll feel bad for you if you don't!

25. 1775 流 Before a Stray Cat Died, It Brought Back the Wedding Ring I'd Lost Three Years Ago 流浪猫死前，把我失窃三年的婚戒叼了回来 Against the Dustlight逆倒尘光啊8k WordsCompleted Before it died, a stray cat brought back my wedding ring, which had been missing for three years. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 1776 妻 My Wife Cheated with Her First Love, So I Divorced Her and Found a New Wife 妻子出轨白月光，我果断离婚换老婆 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文9k WordsCompleted My Wife Cheated with Her First Love, So I Divorced Her and Found a New Wife 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
27. 1777 我 What I Make Isn’t Food, It’s the Universe’s Source Code 我做的不是饭是宇宙源代码 A Stroll Through the Mortal World on a Whim兴来尘世走一遭20k WordsCompleted What I Make Isn’t Food, It’s the Universe’s Source Code —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 1778 让 I Was Asked to Manage a Class of Good-for-Nothings, So How Did It Become the Martial God Hall? 让你代管废材班，怎么成武神殿了 A Heart Facing the Sun向阳的心Urban5.0M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + slow-burn character growth early on + fake enlightenment + comedy + teacher-student bond (it only takes off in the middle and later parts, so don’t read if that’s not your thing)] Three homeroom teachers were driven away in half a month. Class Five, Grade One was full of little tyrants, and every student was a hopeless martial arts talent. Even with the director of academic affairs offering an extremely generous salary, no one would take charge of them. That was when Su Yang act 64.6kReads9.4Score5.2kShelves
29. 1779 在 After Seeing Three Betrayals Outside the Hotel, I Completely Lost My Mind 在酒店门口看见三次背叛，我彻底疯了 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文9k WordsCompleted After Seeing Three Betrayals Outside the Hotel, I Completely Lost My Mind 27Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 1780 他 He Uses Devotion as Bait 他以深情为饵［双男主］ Three Thousand Lumens三千流明12k WordsCompleted He Used Devotion as Bait [Two Male Leads] 33Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 1781 说 Weren't You Going to Kick Me Out? How Did You End Up Kicking Out the Real Young Master? 说好的要赶我走？怎么把真少爷赶走了 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文12k WordsCompleted You Said You'd Drive Me Away, So Why Did You Drive Away the Real Young Master? 71Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 1782 我 After I Married a Mortal, He Went Mad 我与凡人成亲后，他疯了 Raindrops Splashing Up溅起的雨花17k WordsCompleted He Went Mad After I Married a Mortal 8.3kReads—Score104Shelves
33. 1783 拒 After Refusing to Be a Pushover, I Won the Nobel Prize 拒绝当软柿子后我拿了诺奖 Years Return to Chang'an岁返长安13k WordsCompleted After Refusing to Be a Pushover, I Won the Nobel Prize —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Beautiful female protagonist rebirth stories

34. 1784 病 The Sickly Prince Always Wants to Cling to Me [BL] 病弱皇子总想黏着我[双男主] Three Thousand Lumens三千流明12k WordsCompleted The Frail Prince Always Wants to Cling to Me [BL] 61Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 1785 渣 My Cheating Girlfriend Ran Off with a Rich Heir, Then Begged for My Forgiveness After Going Bankrupt 渣女出轨富二代，破产后跪求我原谅 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文7k WordsCompleted My cheating gold digger ran off with a rich heir, then begged me to forgive her after she went bankrupt 213Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 1786 生 I Gave Birth to a Daughter, but She Was Switched for My Husband's Illegitimate Son 生了女儿却被换成丈夫的奸生子 Helian Rongrong赫连融融Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted I Gave Birth to a Daughter, but She Was Switched with My Husband’s Illegitimate Son 40Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 1787 锦 The Letter Returns: The Eldest Princess’s Rebirth 锦书还：长公主的涅槃 Years Return to Chang'an岁返长安Ancient Romance18k WordsCompleted The Brocade Letter Returns: The Princess's Rebirth —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 1788 恶 Every Villain Has Someone Who Ships Him [BL] 恶人自有恶人嬷［双男主］ Three Thousand Lumens三千流明10k WordsCompleted Bad People Get Their Own Bad-Person Fangirls [Boys' Love] 24Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 1789 妻 My Wife Cheated with a College Student, So I Took My Revenge in a Frenzy 妻子出轨大学生，我疯狂报复 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文9k WordsCompleted My Wife Cheated on Me with a College Student, So I Took My Revenge in a Frenzy 143Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 1790 胃 After My Stomach Cancer Countdown Began, My Family Chased Me to the Crematorium 胃癌倒计时后全家追我火葬场 Jiang Baibai酱白白12k WordsCompleted When my parents hung up on me for the ninety-ninth time, I walked into the household registration office with my cancer diagnosis in hand. “Hello, I’d like to have my household registration canceled in advance.” Ten minutes later, my parents rushed in with my adoptive sister. My father, a police officer, slapped me as soon as he walked through the door: “You’re wasting police resources just to fight with your sister over a man? Is that what all your education has come to?” 114Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 1791 重 Before the Sacrifice, My Brothers Begged Me for Forgiveness 重回献祭前，哥哥们跪求我原谅 Years Return to Chang'an岁返长安6k WordsCompleted Before the Sacrifice, My Brothers Begged Me to Forgive Them —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 1792 我 I Think You’re Disgusting [BL] 我嫌你脏［双男主］ Three Thousand Lumens三千流明10k WordsCompleted I Think You're Dirty [Boys' Love] 251Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 1793 民 A Republican-Era Stand-In, Hoping Life Could Be as It Was at Our First Meeting 民国替身，只希望人生若如初见 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文8k WordsCompleted A Republican-Era Stand-In, Hoping Life Could Be as It Was at First Meeting 48Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 1794 重 After Being Reborn, I Exposed the CEO’s One True Love 重生后我揭穿了总裁的白月光 Years Return to Chang'an岁返长安12k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Exposed the CEO's White Moonlight —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 1795 撩 She Seduced and Tricked the Blind, Disgraced Crown Prince! The Villainess Fled After Getting Pregnant 撩骗瞎眼废太子！恶女怀崽后跑了 Freedom Soda自由汽水Ancient Romance349k WordsCompleted [Story complete] Wicked heroine + seduction + heroine pursues hero [Both leads are virgins + Reborn + Blind Crown Prince + Runaway Pregnant Wife + The Long Road to Winning Back a Wife + Flirting and Spoiling] A gloomy, lovesick, deposed Crown Prince in the beginning, turning into a clingy puppy later, opposite a clever, flirtatious merchant’s daughter In her previous life, on the day Song Wanyin was supposed to marry her childhood sweetheart and fiancé, he joined the army, and she ended up going 5.7kReads8.9Score392Shelves

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    A short, ancient-style romance novel featuring a rebirth theme. The story is concise and engaging, with a lighthearted and humorous tone and vivid character portrayals. The female protagonist suffered at the hands of a man in her previous life; in this life, she must leave her father behind and raise a child on her own.

46. 1796 权 The Powerful Minister’s Cherished One [BL] 权臣的掌心娇「双男主」 Three Thousand Lumens三千流明9k WordsCompleted The Powerful Minister's Darling [Boys' Love] 13Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 1797 妻 After My Wife Cheated and Betrayed Me, My Family Was Ruined 妻子出轨背叛后，家破人亡 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文8k WordsCompleted After My Wife Cheated on Me and Betrayed Me, My Family Was Ruined 168Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 1798 梦 Dreams of Red Dresses, Shattered 梦断红裙 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛24k WordsCompleted Dreams of Crimson Skirts 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended high-quality short stories.

49. 1799 飞 Ascension Isn't Becoming an Immortal, It's Taking the Bait 飞升不是成仙，是上钩。 Fugui, Who Isn't Good with Words不善言辞的富贵9k WordsCompleted Ascending to immortality isn't becoming an immortal. It's taking the bait. 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are fresh off the press, you can give them a try.

50. 1800 困 Trapped by a Devoted Yandere 困于偏执攻的深情 Three Thousand Lumens三千流明9k WordsCompleted Trapped in the Devotion of an Obsessive Lover 55Reads—Score—Shelves

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