Heartbreakingly Angsty Stories That Make Your Heart Hurt 痛到心脏不行的虐文

1. 351 我 I Just Started Acting Like a Person. Why Did You All Stop Smiling? 我只是活的像个人了，你们怎么都不笑了？ Yuzu Builds a Bridge柚出一座桥11k WordsCompleted I just started living like a person. Why did you all stop smiling? 8Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 352 将 He Locked Me in a Coffin to Be Buried with Him, Then Went Mad 将我关进棺材陪葬后，他疯了 Song You松柚9k WordsCompleted Afraid that his beloved would be scared after death, my husband locked me in a coffin with her on the night of her seventh-day memorial. “Tie her up tight. Don't let her make a sound and disturb Xiaoya's rest!” I struggled desperately, bashing my head until it was bloody. With all my strength, I scratched streak after streak of blood into the coffin. But my nails came off and my fingers were worn down to the bone. In the end, I could only suffocate to death inside. But after I died, when he open —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 353 坊 The Three Scoundrels of the Market 坊市三贱客 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩17k WordsCompleted The Three Scoundrels of the Market 4Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 354 我 I Died in the Year He Hated Me Most 我死在了他最恨我的那一年 He Sees Qingmuchuan他见青木川11k WordsCompleted I died the year he hated me most. Unable to bear his hatred any longer, I chose to take my own life. When the funeral home handed my ashes to Nan Heting, he patted the urn and smiled for the first time that day. “It's too dirty. She should have been reduced to dust!” He swept his hand, and the urn crashed to the floor. That's right. He thought I had caused the death of the woman he loved most. He had stayed by my side for years, all for this moment. He walked away, trampling my ashes, but before 20.8kReads—Score641Shelves
5. 355 替 The Mad Consort by Proxy: Prince, I Hope You're Well 《替嫁疯妃，王爷别来无恙》 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩Ancient Romance16k WordsCompleted My Replacement Bride Is a Madwoman, Stay Away, Prince! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 356 未 My Fiancée Betrayed Me, but It Became My New Beginning 未婚妻背叛，却是我的新生 Thoroughly Seared Iron火烧通透铁17k WordsCompleted My Fiancée Betrayed Me, But It Became My New Beginning 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Is it okay to make people cry from the pain?

7. 357 老 They Stole My Family Home. I Awakened a Truth-Telling System and Gave Those Ungrateful Wretches a Thorough Face-Slapping 老宅被抢，我觉醒真话系统，狠狠打脸白眼狼 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩15k WordsCompleted My Ancestral Home Was Seized, So I Awakened a Truth-Telling System and Gave the Ungrateful Backstabbers a Thorough Face-Slapping 4Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 358 我 My Whole Family Isn't Human 我的全家不是人 Thoroughly Seared Iron火烧通透铁Mystery12k WordsCompleted My Family Isn't Human 6Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 359 蒙 Wrongfully Imprisoned for Five Years, the Business World's Disowned Son Returns in Triumph 蒙冤五载，商界弃子强势归来 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩22k WordsCompleted Falsely Accused for Five Years, the Business World's Castoff Returns in Force 8Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 360 是 You Forced Me to Divorce You, So Why Do You Regret It Every Day? 是你逼我离婚的，为啥天天后悔 Thoroughly Seared Iron火烧通透铁10k WordsCompleted You Were the One Who Forced Me to Divorce You, So Why Do You Regret It Every Day? 13Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 361 合 A Marriage Contract, and the Cold CEO Secretly Falls for Me 合约成婚，冷面总裁悄悄动心了 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩16k WordsCompleted A Contract Marriage, and the Cold-Faced CEO Secretly Falls for Her 8Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 362 我 I Won Five Hundred Million, but My Wife Wants a Divorce! 我中了五个亿，老婆却要离婚！ Thoroughly Seared Iron火烧通透铁Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted I Won Five Hundred Million, but My Wife Wants a Divorce! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 363 七 The 1970s: My Whole Family Regretted It After I Remarried 七零：改嫁之后全家后悔了 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩Modern Romance14k WordsCompleted The 1970s: The Whole Family Regrets Her Remarriage 4Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 364 离 After the Divorce, I Became the Artist He Could Never Hope to Win Over 离婚后我成了他高攀不起的画家 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩29k WordsCompleted After the Divorce, I Became the Painter He Could Only Dream of Marrying 6Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 365 梧 Wutong Lane 梧桐巷 Song Che Doesn't Eat Fish宋澈不吃鱼Modern Romance174k WordsCompleted [Bright and kind-hearted Ning Wan x gentle genius Song Qingyan] [Love at first sight + Secret love comes true + Youthful heartache + BE] When the innocent, sunny Ning Wan fell in love with Song Qingyan at first sight, he was the golden boy in everyone's eyes. She wrote her secret feelings in her diary, planning to keep them to herself. By a twist of fate, Song Qingyan became her temporary guardian. During the days when she was ostracized and bullied, he became the light in her life. She held on 27.9kReads9.6Score6.3kShelves

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    Read these books, they'll definitely make you cry your eyes out.

16. 366 发 Captain of the Faqiu Order: The Lost Coffin of Mount Mang 发丘中郎将·邙山遗棺 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩19k WordsCompleted The Tomb Raider General: The Ancient Coffin of Mount Mang 6Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 367 听 Listen to the South 听南 Parting Words诀别词Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, Xia Tingnan was in her third year of middle school, while her next-door neighbor Xu Bingran was a sophomore in high school. Both the Xia and Xu parents were busy, so Xia Tingnan, who loved sleeping in, was put in Xu Bingran's care. Xu Bingran was disciplined, sensible, a good student with dreams, and known as “Xu Bingran of No. 1 High School.” Xia Tingnan was lazy, scatterbrained, a happy slacker with decent grades, and everyone's beloved “cutie.” And so began a four-year routine: 29.2kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves

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    I'm still heartbroken after watching it; does anyone understand?

18. 368 重 On the Day I Was Reborn, I Tore Up the Family Inheritance Agreement 重生之日，我撕毁全家的遗产协议 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩Urban29k WordsCompleted On the Day I Was Reborn, I Tore Up My Family's Inheritance Agreement 2Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 369 犟 Stubborn Bones 犟骨 One Big Fish Head一条大鱼头Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + The Chase to Win Her Back + Two Cool, Distant Personalities + Eight-Year Age Gap] (Not a pure one-to-one romance. Please read the blurb before starting!!!! If it’s not your cup of tea, don’t read!!!! Malicious ratings will lower your luck!) “Arrogant and refined, stern and composed, a CEO from the elite” Zhou Congjin vs. “Cool and stubborn, worldly-wise, an ordinary-class beauty from a scholarly family” Shen Yi Shen Yi had always known that someone like Zhou Congjin 68.2kReads9.0Score19.3kShelves

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    I cried so much I didn't want to eat for a week, which coincided with my diet. [Crying]

20. 370 绿 Two Volumes of Green Song’s Youthful Fiction 绿亦歌青春文学两册 Green Song绿亦歌342k WordsCompleted A classic coming-of-age novel by Lü Yige. Love You When the Wind Blows: After fifteen years in a dream, she gave him the best years of her youth and her greatest love. Those old memories can never be found again. To the Long Years: He said to her, “Zhao Yimei, I hope you never get anything you wish for in your life.” One of them went far away to America, while the other wandered in a foreign land. Their love was separated by mountains and seas, and by the tangled love and hate between their two —Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Although these two books are not particularly angsty, they are extremely heartbreaking to read.

21. 371 纸 Paper Effigies and the Yin Shop (Part One) 纸扎阴铺(一) Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩17k WordsCompleted Paper Effigies and the Yin Shop (1) 18Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 372 深 A Deeply Devoted Temptation 深情诱引 Bird Pine Rice鸟松米Modern Romance676k WordsCompleted A novel in the Niaosongmi Universe: Deep Affection and Allure. The short drama The Height of Summer, a special story about the eldest brother and sister-in-law, is now online. [Love after an arranged marriage, a regretful husband’s pursuit of his wife, one-on-one romance, both devoted only to each other] [Gentle, cool-headed ophthalmologist vs. devoted, wayward young master] Lin Yuxi used to think Zhou Yanjing was a carefree playboy with a fickle heart. Only after they married did she learn just 92.8kReads9.2Score7.9kShelves
23. 373 千 The Heiress Returns to Her Family 千金回归一家亲 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩33k WordsCompleted The Heiress Returns, Reuniting the Family 19Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 374 接 After Bringing His First Love Back to the Country, Mr. Huo Was Dumped by His Wife 接白月光回国后，霍总被太太甩了 Reverse Oxygen逆氧Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Angst first, then catharsis + groveling chase] Three years into their marriage, Huo Yanzhou's first love, who had been away for six years, returned to the country. She even brought back a five-year-old son for him. Yun Chu handed him the divorce papers with both hands. “Let's divorce. It'll be better for you, for me, and for her.” The man replied coolly, “Divorce? Are you sure you can bear to?” Yun Chu tossed down the divorce papers and cut herself completely out of his life. She left the past 118.2kReads7.6Score5.1kShelves
25. 375 血 Bloodstained, a Wild Rose with an Unyielding Spirit 血染，傲骨野玫瑰 Jun Luo Qing君落轻Modern Romance282k WordsCompleted [Women's Fiction] Important note: The heroine is not actually Xi Lianyue. This will be explained later. Because she looked like someone else, she was made to take the blame. Four years in prison were not enough. Even after her release, she still couldn't escape the mire of reality. She was forced into a pond of piranhas, used as a live test subject, made to fight Tibetan mastiffs, and had both legs broken. After all the persecution, the truth was finally revealed piece by piece. The men who had 4.7kReads9.0Score438Shelves

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    The katana! It was so heart-wrenching! So unfair! I'm crying so hard! [Crying][crying][crying][crying][crying]

26. 376 霍 Mr. Huo, You Are the Words I Can't Bring Myself to Say 霍先生，你是我的言不由衷 Er Qiao二桥Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted With a two-year contract, she married a man rumored to be suffering from a serious illness. The world laughed at Shi Hua for being stuck in a sexless marriage, while she glared furiously at the man beside her. “Mr. Huo, didn't we agree...” “You still have the energy to talk?” “No, Mr. Huo, weren't we supposed to get divorced?” “Oh.” “I remember you were in the next room last night.” “I was sleepwalking.” He switches rooms in the middle of the night and calls it sleepwalking; he acts all lovey-do 1.3kReads8.8Score224Shelves

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    The first book is subtly cruel, making you feel very sad. The later plot is unpredictable and very interesting. The second book is short, but it's heartbreaking enough. The third book is extremely heart-wrenching. I won't say more, just watch.

27. 377 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 166.5kReads9.8Score19.1kShelves

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    I highly recommend these angst-filled novels; they're the pinnacle of the genre, so heart-wrenching they'll make your liver ache and your brain go oxygen-deprived from crying! [Crying emojis]

28. 378 芜 The Phoenix of Wu 芜凰 Chen Xiaochen晨晓晨Ancient Romance711k WordsCompleted "If this girl is born in the north, the Phoenix will dance across the heavens, and her status will be beyond measure. If she is born in the south, the Phoenix will break a wing, bringing ruin upon her clan from below and chaos to the imperial court from above." Grandmaster Tian Yi's words came true. The "Song of Great Song," the most exalted young lady in Jiankang, never did manage to "spread her golden wings and bring peace to the world..." A Che said, "You may not be fit to be empress, but you 7.2kReads9.1Score712Shelves
29. 379 高 How to Tame a Cold Beauty 高岭之花驯养法则 Zui Linlang醉琳琅Two Male Leads109k WordsCompleted [Two male leads / obsessive possessiveness / imprisonment / unhinged top] Unhinged, impulsive top × aloof beauty bottom The Shen family falls into ruin, and its once-proud heir is cast from his pedestal. The most powerful man in the capital offers him a helping hand, in exchange for a lifetime of service. [Old-school melodramatic, coercive romance!! Bottom fans, beware!! If it’s not your thing, don’t read. Let’s both be happy!!] 2.7kReads8.8Score189Shelves

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    The first book had a happy ending, but the process was incredibly heart-wrenching [crying]

30. 380 孤 Passion on a Lonely Sea 孤海迷情 Like Smoke, Like Fire如烟如火Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted I was sailing to meet my fiancé, who lived far away, when the ship wrecked. After narrowly escaping death, I ended up stranded on a deserted island. Little did I know, it was a deadly island crawling with countless strange and venomous insects... 185Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    At the beginning of this story, the male lead feigns gentleness to approach the female lead. Later, his true colors are revealed, and the female lead tries to escape, but he won't allow it. He forcibly keeps her by his side, imprisoning and possessing her in a basement. It's a niche genre with a very tragic plot, but it's a very good read and I recommend it.

31. 381 戒 Conversion Camp: Tamed by Love 戒同所：以爱驯服 Huai Jin Mianyang淮今绵阳Two Male Leads272k WordsCompleted Just started getting ratings; the main story is complete [No CP + Slight Ensemble Cast + Conversion Therapy + Mind Control + In the Name of Love] [If you like angst, come on in.] I'm required to write at least 50 characters, but I think every extra word would be a spoiler. So, happy New Year's Eve, everyone. Tang Tang, happy New Year's Eve to you too. Welcome to my world. 498Reads8.5Score100Shelves
32. 382 春 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    These are all rather heart-wrenching novels, mostly short or medium-length stories. They're painful to read, but also very satisfying, and you can easily finish one in one sitting!

33. 383 泥 Muddy Waters 泥泞 Ball of Yarn线团团Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Lin Ruan is Jiangcheng’s most notorious cripple. People trample on her and look down on her, until she rises in status through her child, wins Gu Minxing’s favor, and becomes the envy of everyone as Mrs. Gu. Only later does Lin Ruan realize that he was never her refuge. He is the harbinger of her doom. He wants her to submit willingly, to beg at his feet. 19kReads9.2Score2kShelves
34. 384 我 I Once Loved You Like Dust 我曾爱你如尘埃 Yu Nu玉钕Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted She carefully protected the baby in her belly, wearing a pristine white wedding dress and holding his arm as they walked into the hall of marriage. She thought this was the happy ending of Cinderella and her prince... But, under the gaze of all the guests, he shook off her hand. “What a joke. Why would I marry my enemy’s daughter?” So all that tenderness could have been nothing but a lie. “Xu Jinyi, I hate you.” “I know. You loved me that much back then, so now you hate me just as much, just lik 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The second book was such a disappointment...

35. 385 恨 Endless Hatred, Love Without a Trace 恨无休止爱无痕 Cat Cake有猫饼Modern Romance55k WordsCompleted The marriage she had always dreamed of, and the man she loved most, turned out to be nothing but a scam. She gave him her whole heart and waited faithfully for three years, believing he would come back to her. Little did she know she was only driving herself into an abyss. He Zhishen, if I could do it all over again, I would never love you. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These books are all so heart-wrenching.

36. 386 呵 Ha! Think You Can Get Away? 呵！逃得掉吗？ Willow Leaf Tea Mountain柳叶茶山Two Male Leads473k WordsOngoing [Forced love + unhinged character + imprisonment + younger man] "Why are you crying? Hmm?" Ji Linran couldn't speak. He could only keep shedding tears. The man on top of him looked on coldly. "Crying won't help. Why not think about how to please me instead?" Ji Linran realized the man was looking at him strangely, and when he tried to run away... "Do you think you can get away?" The man's voice was neither warm nor cold, but it somehow sent a chill through him. Terror rose in Ji Linran's heart, 34.4kReads8.9Score4.1kShelves

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    It's basically forced love, but it gets better later on, becoming quite sweet. The second book is similar to the first, while the third book is extremely angsty. I recommend you read it.

37. 387 余 For the Rest of Our Lives, I'll Stay by Your Side Until Our Hair Turns White 余生，许你共白首 Mi Mi Mi Mi米米米米Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted He had never hated anyone so much. In the end, he drove her mad. Only then did he realize that they had once loved each other deeply... —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 388 我 Caregiving at the Mental Hospital 我在精神病院当陪护 Dian Lan滇岚Modern Romance156k WordsCompleted A troubled heart can be healed with medicine. A troubled mind means something is wrong with your mental health. The moment I walked into a psychiatric hospital with my daughter, my world collapsed! As I stayed by her side through treatment, for a moment I wondered: Why did I have to come into this world? Why was I given a family like this? Why did I have a child like this? When all these questions surfaced, I wanted to cry. I didn't want to live! 172Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books are a bit heartbreaking!

39. 389 沦 Reduced to a Plaything: The Mad Boss's Double Captivity 沦为玩物：疯批大佬的双重囚禁 Mu Xianing牧夏宁Two Male Leads330k WordsCompleted The rating just went live, so it’ll go up later. [Two male leads + coercive love + confinement] A City was the hunting ground of Huo Ye and Jiang Xiting, and Shen Mian and Mu Can were their most prized trophies. Huo Ye was so obsessive he had gone mad, keeping Shen Mian locked away in Yunding and taking him night after night. Jiang Xiting was a violent madman, locking Mu Can in the abyss and humiliating him as he pleased. The two caged songbirds found salvation in each other, huddling together f 16.3kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
40. 390 幸 Happiness, or the Lack of It 幸福不幸福 Dian Lan滇岚Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing If memories were a game, Happiness would have died many times over. If reality were a game, Happiness would often be left battered and bruised. She wanders the streets of memory, where every shop is shuttered. It seems this world has no room for Happiness. Even as she scrapes by, enduring harsh words and cold looks, she still isn’t ready to give up... 143Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 391 我 Didn't We Love Each Other? 我们不是相爱的吗 Ai Xiaotu艾小图Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted After falling in love with Lu Yingqin, she learned only four words: face reality. After leaving Lu Yingqin, she could cut her long hair short, burn her diary, and delete her photos. The one thing she could never destroy was her memories. When she saw Lu Yingqin again, she could pretend not to see him, walk away in silence, or smile and exchange pleasantries. The one thing she could never do was stop loving him. There is a kind of man whose heart your tears cannot sear. Even if you were Meng Jian 72Reads8.5Score—Shelves
42. 392 许 A Lifetime of Joy, Just for You 许你一生欢喜 Love in the Mortal World红尘爱Modern Romance49k WordsCompleted Yu Huan loved Gu Shaoting for ten years. Even knowing there was someone else in his heart, she still married him without hesitation. When their twins were born, one died and the other was switched. Yu Huan was kept in the dark about it all… Then Gu Shaoting and the woman he loved dug out her daughter’s heart to save their illegitimate child, and Yu Huan finally went completely mad… 12Reads5.4Score—Shelves
43. 393 于 So He Decided to Die 于是他决定去死 The Unhurried Pansy Garden不慌不忙的三色堇院子Two Male Leads270k WordsCompleted He smashed an ashtray into his forehead, and with it began the bloody chapter of their lives together. Gu Chengye had always gotten everything he wanted, until he met Chen Chi. The quiet boy looked at him without fear, only cold hatred. That look fascinated him. So he took, imprisoned, and destroyed, using the methods he knew best in an attempt to turn Chen Chi into an obedient possession. He thought it was control. Conquest. He was wrong. Chen Chi was a silent flame. Unable to burn through the 2.7kReads8.4Score261Shelves
44. 394 我 I Love You, I Deserve to Die 我爱你，我该死 Rice Candy米糖糖Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted Song Xixi spent more than a decade loving a man. In the end, she died at the hands of the person she loved most. He wanted her kidney, and she gave it to him. He wanted her life, and she gave it to him. He wanted her to turn back and love him once more, but she knew there was no going back... 159Reads5.0Score—Shelves
45. 395 安 An’an Never Grows Up 安安长不大 Yan Xiaojiu盐小玖Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted He was Xu Shuyan, the top student in his year and the school’s untouchable heartthrob. He was naturally aloof, wanted nothing to do with people, and always kept to himself. One day, in a torrential downpour, with lights blazing all around, he sat quietly on a stool outside the door, drenched to the skin. She couldn’t understand why, so she held an umbrella over him and took him somewhere out of the rain. After that day, she began bringing him breakfast, walking to and from school with him, and d 983Reads9.0Score200Shelves

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    These are all highly-rated novels, I cried buckets 😭 My personal favorites are "She Stopped Comforting Him" ​​and "East Palace".

46. 396 蚀 Love Imprisoned to the Bone 蚀骨囚宠 Fo Jiu佛九Modern Romance46k WordsCompleted He used love and hate to drive her mad, yet still refused to let her go. She died smiling before his eyes, leaving him with the deepest sorrow imaginable. 89Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    These books are all quite angst-inducing.

47. 397 薄 Goodbye Forever, Brother Bo 薄哥哥，再也不见了 Bunny Pillow兔兔抱枕Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted [Heartbreaking] When she learned she had only a year to live, Bo Qingyuan fled, escaping the hell Bo Muchao had kept her in for six years. She was an unwanted extra, taken in when the Bo family adopted Bo Yinyin. For five years, she served as a bone marrow donor for Bo Yinyin. After Yinyin died, everyone called her a murderer and said she had to atone. Six years imprisoned, six years tormented. Surely she had paid for even the gravest sin by now? At the end of her life, she said, “Brother Bo, le 2.9kReads6.7Score242Shelves

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    It's so heartbreaking, there are so many tear-jerking moments, bring tissues.

48. 398 旧 Old Dreams of 1913 旧梦1913 Shen Yuzao沈鱼藻Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Republican-era tragic romance + a love lost to regret + loving someone you cannot have] Three years in the Republic, and not a single rainstorm came. A whole lifetime, and not once did I hear you say, “I love you.” A sweet, spirited heiress × a devoted, restrained military officer. We lost each other in a time of turmoil, and after that brief farewell, we never met again. Repairing the roof with thatch for you and listening to the rain beside your bed were nothing but an old dream that could ne 3.1kReads9.4Score660Shelves
49. 399 你 You Left Me Drenched in Storms 你赐我满身风雨 Tang Yingxiao唐颖小Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted They say the Third Madam of the Lu family is generous and gracious. She's the ideal wife every man dreams of. After three years of marriage, just as Lin Wennuan thought she could make it through the rest of her life in peace, her mother-in-law suddenly sprang up and pressured her to have a child. Lu Zhengshen said, “Have a child, and I'll reward you handsomely.” She sneered and threw a splash of hot water in his face. There went the perfect-wife image. … After that, Lin Wennuan used every trick 565Reads8.7Score111Shelves
50. 400 虐 After Driving His Wife to Her Death, the Overbearing CEO Went Mad 虐死夫人后，霸总他疯了 Gu Shisan顾十三Modern Romance183k WordsCompleted A new novel by the author of Reborn, I Became the Little Fairy of a Possessive Big Shot. It’s a sweet romance, so please show it lots of support. Xia Sang is a stutterer everyone looks down on. In her five years of marriage to Huo Shengjing, she has only ever done one thing: loved him. She would live and die for him, and even suffered disfigurement while saving him. But Huo Shengjing hates her. He has one of her fingers cut off, ruins her voice with acid, tricks her into having an abortion, and 425Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    See? It's incredibly angsty, neither book has a happy ending, and the female leads in both books die.

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