Top 10 Tearjerkers! 虐文榜十！

1. 251 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼55k WordsCompleted The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 319Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is exactly the kind of epic Republican-era tragic romance you've been looking for: a story of misplaced timelines, tragic endings, and unresolved heartbreak. This isn't a fast-paced, feel-good story, nor is it artificially sweetened. This is a Republican-era tragic romance that requires careful and attentive reading—six identities, three name changes, a lifetime of love for only one person, yet unable to express it until death.

2. 252 美 A Beauty Contacts a Male Listener, but Is There a Shocking Secret Behind It? 美女联络男倾听师，背后藏着惊天秘密？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A Beautiful Woman Gets in Touch with a Male Listener. Is There a Shocking Secret Behind It? 29Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 253 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Seizes Me by Force 蝶影归尘：丈夫的的仇人对我强娶豪夺 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼15k WordsCompleted Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Forces Me into Marriage 21Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 254 周 Mr. Zhou’s Love Is as Cheap as Grass 周先生的爱，如草般轻贱 Da Ya大呀Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted [A tragic short story. The heroine is dead from the start. No resurrection, no rebirth.] [Melodramatic and clichéd] In the kidnapping case where he had to choose between two people, Zhou Yansheng saved his first love and abandoned his wife. Later, he realized his mistake, but his wife could never come back… 37.7kReads5.4Score1.5kShelves

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   "President, Madam is dead." Zhou Yansheng had just fallen asleep on the hospital bed when he received the call from Assistant Li. "What did you say?" His voice was hoarse. Assistant Li repeated, "Madam... She's dead." Zhou Yansheng was stunned for a few seconds. Last night, he went to ransom the 100 million yuan. The kidnappers demanded he choose between his wife, Xu Sisi, and his beloved Xu Xiaonuan. The two were each hanging from a large tree on the edge of a cliff. Below them, the turbulent, bottomless Minjiang River flowed. Zhou Yansheng offered to go back and get another 100 million yuan to ensure their safety. But the kidnappers, fearing complications, only wanted the 100 million yuan ransom and forced him to choose one to save on the spot. He hesitated for less than ten seconds before saying, "I choose Xu Xiaonuan."

5. 255 美 The Beauty Turned Down My Confession, Then Showed Up at My Door Two Years Later? 美女拒绝我表白，两年后竟主动找上门？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted A Beautiful Woman Turned Down My Confession. Two Years Later, Why Did She Come Looking for Me? 57Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 256 她 After Her Eighth Proposal, I Left to the Sound of Her Singing 她求婚八次后，我在她的歌声中离开 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted After she proposed eight times, I left to the sound of her singing. 102Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 257 我 I Really Don't Want to Be an Official 我真不想当官啊 Longevity Breeze长生风Two Female Leads575k WordsOngoing [Wuxia] [Three Female Leads] (The three female leads drive the main plot) [Two Female Leads] (The main romance) [Love Grows Over Time] [Light Fantasy] [Heavy Political Intrigue] [Light Harem Intrigue] Er Wuwen lost her memory in an accident. Afterward, all she wanted was to lie flat and live as a carefree slacker. But another accident pulled her into a struggle, setting her off on a journey to solve a case... She never expected to become a powerful enforcer for the imperial court. What should sh 329Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Hi everyone, I'd like to recommend this book. It's a bit angsty at the beginning, but if you're interested in Tang Dynasty and martial arts stories, you might want to check it out. It features two female leads with minimal romance at the start; the focus is on solving cases. There are multiple couples, and it's more of an ensemble piece. The two main female leads are a traumatized, icy protagonist and a persistently pursuing, sunny one.

8. 258 初 My First Love Faces Off Against an AI Beauty. What Should I Do? 初恋大战AI美女，我该怎么办啊 The Strategist策略派12k WordsCompleted My First Love Is Going Head-to-Head with an AI Beauty. What Should I Do? 37Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 259 我 I Like You So Much, I Can't Control Myself 我太喜欢你了，我控制不了自己 The Strategist策略派8k WordsCompleted I Like You So Much, I Can't Control Myself. 56Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 260 富 The Rich Young Master Angered a God in His Dream, So Everyone Gets Wiped Out 富家公子惹恼梦中神，那就团灭吧 The Strategist策略派14k WordsCompleted A Rich Young Master Angers a Dream God, So the Whole Family Gets Wiped Out 27Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 261 让 Have Her Pretend to Be a Rich Heiress's Girlfriend? Winning Five Million Is Nothing 让她假扮千金女友，中奖五百万不值一提 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted She pretended to be a rich heiress’s boyfriend, and winning five million was no big deal. 63Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 262 牙 The Toothpaste Woman Appeared at Midnight. What Should I Choose? 牙膏女午夜出世，我该如何选择啊 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted A Toothpaste Woman Appears at Midnight. What Should I Choose? 11Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 263 那 The Innocent Loves of Our Youth 那些青葱岁月里，懵懵懂懂的爱情 The Strategist策略派Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted The Innocent Loves of Our Youth 12Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 264 陆 President Lu, Your Wife Really Is Dead This Time 陆总，夫人这次真死了 Little Lemon小小柠檬Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted [Body and Heart Torment] [Both Pure] [Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] [Misery First, Satisfaction Later] She was his blood bag for five years and spent five years in prison. He turned her from the pride of South City into its trash, and even then, he still refused to let her go. He forced her to donate an organ to his beloved, and she died on the operating table. Only then did he finally begin to regret it. Five years later, the winds stir in South City, and a woman named Chu Wan returns wi 987Reads8.4Score109Shelves

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    It's a must-have on the list of angst-filled novels.

15. 265 流 After Three Years in Exile, My Cold-Faced Cousin Begs Me to Climb Higher 流放三年，冷面表兄求我攀高枝 September Three九月三Ancient Romance302k WordsCompleted Jiang Qingyue spent fourteen years as a convict slave, enduring one torment after another, only to be suddenly told that the court had made a mistake. Her true identity was the real daughter of the Jiang family, switched at birth. Everyone said her good fortune had finally come: her father held high office, her mother came from a scholarly family, and her brothers were all fine young men. She thought so too. But instead, her family asked her to take the place of the impostor daughter and endure 62Reads7.1Score116Shelves
16. 266 指 A Feast at Your Fingertips 指尖盛宴 Forest Bath森之汤Modern Romance166k WordsCompleted Four years after they last saw each other, Gu Senning took Zeng Zhanzhan to court, accusing her of drugging him and taking the project files from his computer. He had no idea that four years earlier, she had been severely injured in a car accident while saving him, leaving her permanently blind... Later, Gu Senning was consumed by remorse. When she lay in the hospital, with no will to live, he was enjoying life! When she writhed in pain, her whole body convulsing and drenched in cold sweat, he s 4.4kReads8.2Score144Shelves

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    The female lead has gone blind, but the male lead doesn't know and even misunderstands her! It's incredibly heart-wrenching!

17. 267 死 Three Years After My Death, the Mad Young Marshal Dug Up My Grave 死后第三年，疯批少帅掘了我的坟 Xi Fengyue西枫月7k WordsCompleted Three Years After My Death, the Mad Young Marshal Dug Up My Grave 129Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short angst stories recommended!

18. 268 深 Collarbones Locked Away: A Republican-Era Woman's Confession 深宅锁骨—一个民国女人的自白 Xi Fengyue西枫月Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted A Locked Collarbone: The Confession of a Woman from Republican-Era China 38Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 269 河 The River God’s Bride: My Wedding Dress Is Made of Paper 河神娶亲：我的嫁衣是纸做的 Xi Fengyue西枫月Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The River God Takes a Bride: My Wedding Dress Is Made of Paper 27Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 270 剥 After I Gave Up My Five Senses to Save Him, the Mad Regent Cried Himself Blind 剥离五感救他后，疯批摄政王哭瞎了眼 Xi Fengyue西枫月Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted He gave up his five senses to save the man he loved, and the mad regent wept himself blind. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 271 将 General, I Won’t Protect This Golden Age Anymore 将军，这盛世江山，我不守了 Xi Fengyue西枫月Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted General, I Won't Defend This Prosperous Empire Anymore 8Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 272 王 Wang Baochuan Reborn: She Tosses the Embroidered Ball, This Time Sending Xue Pinggui to Hell 王宝钏重生：抛绣球招亲，这次送薛平贵下地狱 Xi Fengyue西枫月Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Wang Baochuan Reborn: She Tosses the Embroidered Ball to Find a Husband, This Time Sending Xue Pinggui to Hell 10Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 那 Those Sunflowers Covering the Wall Couldn't Keep You Here After All 那满墙的向日葵，终究没能留住你 Xi Fengyue西枫月7k WordsCompleted Those sunflowers covering the wall still couldn't make you stay in the end 4Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 274 死 Three Days After My Death, the Lawyer Delivered a Safe. My Ex-Girlfriend Read Its Contents and Wept on Her Knees at My Grave 死后三天，律师送来保险箱，前女友看完跪哭墓前 Xi Fengyue西枫月6k WordsCompleted Three Days After My Death, a Lawyer Delivered a Safe. My Ex-Girlfriend Read Its Contents and Fell to Her Knees, Weeping at My Grave 6Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 275 全 The Top Student in School Swapped My Lifesaving Medicine, Then Jumped Off a Building a Week Later 全校第一的哥哥换掉我的救命药，一周后他却跳楼了 Xi Fengyue西枫月7k WordsCompleted My Top-of-the-Class Brother Switched My Lifesaving Medicine. A Week Later, He Jumped Off a Building 5Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 重 Reborn: If I Had Never Met the Light 重生：如果不曾遇见光 Xi Fengyue西枫月11k WordsCompleted Reborn: If We Had Never Found the Light 5Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 277 我 After I Died, My Forensic Pathologist Husband Dissected Me with His Own Hands 我死后，法医丈夫亲手解剖了我 Stealing a Moment of Pleasure半晌贪欢Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted After I died, my forensic pathologist husband dissected me with his own hands 558Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Every single one is absolutely amazing and heart-wrenching.

28. 278 摸 I Touched a Stranger's Chest and Heard My Late Husband's Heartbeat 摸着陌生人的胸口，我听到了亡夫心跳 Xi Fengyue西枫月7k WordsCompleted With My Hand on a Stranger’s Chest, I Heard My Late Husband’s Heartbeat 7Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 279 救 Saving My Daughter Ten Thousand Times: I Turned the Gods into Evil Spirits 救女一万次：我把神明杀成了恶鬼 Xi Fengyue西枫月9k WordsCompleted Saving Her Ten Thousand Times: I Turned the Gods into Demons 7Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 280 死 Dead at 21:03: To Save Her, I Rebooted the World a Hundred Thousand Times 死在21:03：为了救她，我重启了世界十万次 Xi Fengyue西枫月8k WordsCompleted Died at 21:03: To Save Her, I Rebooted the World a Hundred Thousand Times 13Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 281 救 I Saved Him from a Fire, but He Mistook Someone Else for His Savior 救他火场重伤，他却错认恩人 Stealing a Moment of Pleasure半晌贪欢Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted I rescued him from a fire when he was badly injured, but he mistook someone else for his savior. 143Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 282 第 The 101st Time I Ordered General Huo to Die 第101次赐死霍将军 Xi Fengyue西枫月Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted The 101st Execution of General Huo 6Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 283 姐 After My Sister Was Paralyzed, I Became Her Substitute 姐姐瘫痪后，我成了她替身 Stealing a Moment of Pleasure半晌贪欢Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted After My Sister Was Paralyzed, I Became Her Replacement 67Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 284 他 He Sacrificed His Memories Again and Again, All to Save Me 他数次献祭记忆，竟都是为了救我 Xi Fengyue西枫月7k WordsCompleted He sacrificed his memories again and again, all to save me 11Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 285 婚 The Avenger at the Wedding: I Love You from Hell 婚礼上的复仇者：我在地狱爱你 Xi Fengyue西枫月8k WordsCompleted The Avenger at the Wedding: I Love You in Hell 56Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 286 婚 The Wedding Became a Funeral, and the Ruthless CEO Went Gray Overnight 婚礼变葬礼，疯批霸总一夜白头 Xi Fengyue西枫月7k WordsCompleted A wedding turns into a funeral, and the ruthless CEO goes gray overnight. 47Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 287 妈 The Seventh Door of Mother 妈妈的第七扇门 Tale of the Literary Star文星传Urban304k WordsCompleted For a long time, I never understood my mother’s past. This was the first time I had looked so deeply back on her life: one generation of women interpreting another. In the 1990s, my eighteen-year-old mother left a small mountain village in Nanyang and headed alone for the glittering city. A scrap of gum wrapper brought her face to face with the calamity of her life: Liu Dawang. And so the door to her fate opened. She made a living in urban villages and hotpot restaurants, leaning on her best fr 631Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Is there anything more cruel than this? While other people's life is like a mystery box, my mom opened a package of misfortune: a cheating husband, a hypocritical sycophant, and an unlucky domineering CEO, without missing a single one.

38. 288 替 The Substitute 替身 Stealing a Moment of Pleasure半晌贪欢8k WordsCompleted Substitute 799Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 289 虐 Brutal!!! On My Wedding Day, My Ex Sent Me His Ashes 虐！！！结婚当天，前任寄来他的骨灰 Xi Fengyue西枫月5k WordsCompleted Angst!!! On their wedding day, her ex sent over his ashes. 31Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 290 藏 The Hidden Terminal Illness Medical Record 藏起的绝症病历 Xi Fengyue西枫月8k WordsCompleted The Hidden Medical Record of a Terminal Illness 54Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 291 朝 Longing for Our Reunion Day After Day, Forgetting Each Other Year After Year 朝朝盼重逢，念念总相忘 Two Leaves两朵叶子Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted [Angst, angst, angst! Extremely angsty, proceed with caution!] Five years ago The golden boy Ji Lingchuan knelt on the ground, desperately begging Xia Zhiyi not to leave him. But she coldly told him to get lost, then turned around and married someone else. Five years later The bar hostess Xia Zhiyi knelt before the untouchable Mr. Ji, fawning over him. He shoved her away, saying she was filthy. He hated her, bullied her, and was consumed by the desire to take revenge on her. But when he saw a li 757Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    It's incredibly heartbreaking. The female lead is truly pitiful, and the male lead is also very tragic. They love each other but cannot be together.

42. 292 抽 The Day They Drained My Marrow, Mr. Jiang’s Stand-In Died 抽干骨髓那天，江总的替身死了 Xi Fengyue西枫月Female-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted The day his bone marrow was drained, General Manager Jiang’s stand-in died 61Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 293 媚 Alluring Face, Enslaved Soul 媚颜奴骨 One Sword, Dust Settled一剑尘了Fantastical Romance402k WordsCompleted [Complete, tragic bad ending, coercive romance. Read with care: no System, no transmigration, no golden finger, original characters, first-person narration!!!] The heroine, Xu Tianxing, is a cultivator from the Lower Abyss Realm and the young palace mistress of a third-rate sect. It all begins when she finds an Upper Realm Dao Lord who has been gravely wounded... To deal with the trouble, she plans her moves carefully and breaks through the realm barrier to reach the Middle Abyss Realm, where cu 696Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    No system, no time travel, no rebirth; tragic ending; cultivation setting; caution: not purported; 1vN; please don't read if you only accept sweet stories with two virgins; forced marriage; the female lead has been with three men; imprisonment and childbirth... A niche genre. Fast-paced, engaging, very angsty, with a small ensemble cast; each character has their own unique traits and backstory.

44. 294 他 His Little Fool Doesn't Cry Anymore 他的小傻子不爱哭了 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [BL + both pure + angst + just rated] In a corner of Shengying Noble High School, there was always a figure named Su Nian. As the illegitimate son the Su family kept hidden from the world, he had suffered a childhood accident that left him with a brain injury. He was always half a beat slower than everyone else, and his clear eyes were often filled with timid confusion. When classmates mocked and shoved him, all he could do was tear up, like a little beast nobody wanted. In the hallway, Su Nian 9.2kReads9.3Score692Shelves

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    Definitely worth buying, a truly exceptional item!!!

45. 295 我 I Designed Your Bride's Wedding Dress with My Own Hands 我亲手为你的新娘设计了婚纱 Sui Wei岁微Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted Cover image source: XHS, Snowy Day Originally titled “Out of Focus” A secret crush is one person out of focus; loving someone you can’t have is two people on parallel lines. When you appeared, the whole world went out of focus. The first time we met, I tripped in front of you. From then on, I’ve always stumbled right where you are. Jian Lushun, goodbye forever. 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's very short. It's told from the female lead's perspective, focusing on her unrequited love. The male lead also likes the female lead's friend.

46. 296 贵 The Rich Young Masters' Plaything 贵少爷们的玩物 I Eat Preserved Mustard Greens我吃梅菜Modern Romance182k WordsOngoing [Angsty Romance] [Multiple Male Leads] [Not a Clean Romance] [Exes Begging for Forgiveness] Have you ever loved someone like this? Loved every strand of his hair, every glance he gave you, so that even the most insignificant thing he said could make you feel giddy with happiness. Knowing full well he wasn't the right person, yet still throwing yourself into the flames like a moth, with no regrets even as you burned. When Cheng Xiaoxiao was eighteen, she loved someone just like that. I'm too laz 41.2kReads—Score4.2kShelves

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    My angst-filled novels are tied for first place.

47. 297 蚀 A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨危情 Qi Lao You淇老游Modern Romance753k WordsCompleted Xia Weiming died, and Shen Xiujin personally sent Jian Tong to a women’s prison. During her three years behind bars, Shen Xiujin’s order to “take good care of her” changed Jian Tong beyond recognition. She was even “persuaded to donate a kidney” while in prison. Before she went in, Jian Tong said, “I didn’t kill her.” Shen Xiujin remained unmoved. After her release, Jian Tong said, “I killed Xia Weiming. I’m guilty.” Shen Xiujin’s face turned livid. “Shut up! Don’t let me hear you say that again 68.3kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
48. 298 荨 The Road Ahead Is Hard 荨路难 Qi Yingjia齐楹嘉Ancient Romance132k WordsCompleted “Emperor and consort” “Angst” “Daughter of a great clan” “Young emperor” “Childhood sweethearts” “Both pure” In all my life, the most naive thing I ever did was believe that there could be a way for both sides to win on the chessboard. 3.5kReads8.1Score219Shelves

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    It's so heartbreaking, so incredibly heartbreaking. I cried until I couldn't breathe. It's just too cruel.

49. 299 出 After Prison, the Empire’s Richest Man Won’t Stop Tormenting Me 出狱后，被帝国首富追着虐 Oh, Fruit果子啊Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted She had been a model student since childhood. Then she hit someone in a car accident. After spending three years in prison, she thought the past was finally behind her. Just when she believed a bright future lay ahead, a new nightmare began! The impeccably dressed man gripped her chin, his touch gentle but his voice cold to the bone. “Give me an heir, and I’ll let you go.” “You’ll spend the rest of your life atoning for your sins.” 137Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Just cry it out, I can't sleep at night.

50. 300 沈 Mr. Shen, Stop Tormenting Me. Please Let Me Go! 沈先生别虐了，请放我走！ Ran Ran Qing Qian染染清浅Modern Romance292k WordsCompleted A car accident changed both their fates. After humiliating her in every possible way, he finally realized that he was the biggest joke of all! Miss Qiao, is it too late for me to pursue you now? Mr. Shen, please let me go! 998Reads7.2Score101Shelves

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