Angst Stories. Requirements: Torture the Male Lead! Torture the Male Lead! Torture the Male Lead! 虐文，要求：虐男主！虐男主！虐男主！

1. 551 同 After I Agreed to Divorce, the Second Male Lead Cried, and the Villain Went Looking for a New Dad 同意离婚后男二哭红眼反派找后爸 A Scoundrel Who Just Eats and Drinks混吃混喝的小混子Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + villain + regretful pursuit of his wife + second male lead takes the throne + clear-headed heroine never looks back + adored by everyone] Deng Qianli transmigrated into a book. From the start, she was handed a divorce agreement. She flipped through the thick stack of assets to be divided in the divorce and clicked her tongue twice. Well, he wasn't too stingy. She agreed, then happily waited for the divorce to go through. At first: “Let's get divorced.” The man pushed 2.2kReads9.1Score138Shelves

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   The female lead is reborn and abuses the male lead and the second male lead to take his place.

2. 552 执 Relentless Entanglement 执缠 Five-Thousand-Year-Old Salted Fish五千年咸鱼Ancient Romance328k WordsCompleted [Modern Woman in Ancient Times + Not Both Pure + Take by Force + Possessive Obsession + Farming in the Beginning + Many Male Side Characters Like the Heroine, Enter with Caution if That Bothers You…] Before setting out on his campaign, Xiao Gongtai repeatedly made Ji Yin promise she would wait for him to return, and wait for him to come back to Qingshi County and marry her. Ji Yin agreed to everything. Half a year later, Xiao Gongtai returned victorious. Instead of going to the capital to rep 5.1kReads8.8Score337Shelves

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   Completed novel! The female lead never loved the male lead from beginning to end; she loved the second male lead, and even having a child with him was unacceptable. She was extremely clear-headed and never compromised!

3. 553 归 Love Vanished with the Wind, Leaving No Trace! 归爱随风，无觅处！ World of Blossoms繁花世界27k WordsCompleted Love returns with the wind, but there's nowhere to find it! 173Reads—Score—Shelves

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4. 554 惊 What?! The Beautiful Girl Woke Up to Find Her Child Was Three! 惊！美少女一觉醒来孩子三岁！ Yu Yier余宜尔Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted [Published print edition: Nian Nian Xiang Xu] [Both leads' first love + adorable child + CEO + sweet romance + healing + villain] Original title: What?! A Beautiful Young Woman Woke Up to Find Her Child Was Three! At eighteen, Xu Chuniann confessed her feelings to her crush. After a night of drinking, she woke up six years in the future. From what she could tell, her twenty-four-year-old self was difficult and capricious. Her husband, whom she had secretly loved for years, had given up on her, a 44kReads9.2Score5.3kShelves

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   The male and female leads were deeply in love, but after marriage, the female lead was manipulated by the plot, repeatedly hurting the male lead and their daughter. The male lead was heartbroken and incredibly wronged, eventually becoming numb and indifferent. To break free from the control, the female lead forcibly struggled, losing six years of her memory and reverting to an 18-year-old innocent girl. Upon seeing her, the male lead realized this wasn't his wife at all, but clearly a young girl! Overwhelmed with resentment and insecurity, he burst into tears, crying, "How could you forget us?" Tears streamed down his face like an abandoned child. 🥰🥰

5. 555 神 A Goddess Falls to Earth and Promises You a Lifetime 神落凡尘，许卿一生 World of Blossoms繁花世界25k WordsCompleted A god falls to the mortal world and promises you a lifetime. 50Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 556 长 The Grand Princess Is Reborn to Take Revenge, and Her Enemy Becomes Her Servant 长公主重生复仇，仇人成为我侍奴 Mu Ruolisheng慕若离笙Ancient Romance431k WordsCompleted The male lead suffers in the early chapters! Contains lots of punishment and imprisonment. He’ll suffer at first, but once the misunderstandings are cleared up later, the angst stops. Happy ending. He is the Prince of Beiyuan, a man of great power and status, yet the emperor fears him and has him framed and left with amnesia, whereupon he ends up in a brothel. She is a bright, beloved little princess who rescues him from danger. But in their previous life, things didn’t end well for them... The 1.2kReads6.5Score101Shelves

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   The first book features a male protagonist who is the lord/prince of nine cities. He abandons everything—his status, position, and even his life—and is brutally tortured, all to make amends to the reborn female protagonist (extremely angsty). The second book is a dual rebirth story. The female protagonist is a princess, and the male protagonist is a war god from a neighboring country, but due to amnesia, he becomes her slave. Initially, the female protagonist mistreats the male protagonist, but after misunderstandings are cleared up, they fight side-by-side and eventually become a couple (occasionally a little angst and flirtation after reconciliation) (slightly angsty). The third book features a male protagonist who was originally a CEO. After being hit by the female protagonist in a car accident and losing his memory, he is manipulated into working two jobs in a small town to support her (sweet and angsty).

7. 557 说 I Was Supposed to Be Cannon Fodder, So Why Is the Male Lead Clinging to Me? 说好我是炮灰，男主怎么缠上我了 Jian Zhu见祝Fantastical Romance580k WordsOngoing [Myth and folklore + fated romance + mutual devotion + adventure + reincarnation + transmigration] If bringing your lover back to life meant you could never love them again, would you still save them? Yue Jian had read the entire book and knew all too well how the young Yun Sheng’s story would end. For now, he was gentle and clingy, calling her “Big Sis” every other breath. But one day, he would kill her without hesitation for the heroine destined for him by fate. To rewrite her fate as a do 44Reads—Score—Shelves

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   You could check out this one. The male lead is constantly anxious and somewhat pathetic, reading things like, "I... What did I do wrong, sister? Tell me, I'll change, okay? Sister... Please don't hate me, okay?" It's a story that torments the male lead; any misunderstandings leave him heartbroken. The novel's premise is also quite novel. Give it a try, trust me.

8. 558 忘 Twin Lotuses on the Wangchuan River (Part One) 忘川河上并蒂莲（上） World of Blossoms繁花世界Marriage & Romance25k WordsCompleted Twin Lotuses on the River of Forgetfulness (Part 1) 101Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 559 穿 The Villainess Who Became the Fake Girlfriend of an Amnesiac Big Shot 穿成假冒失忆大佬女友的恶毒女配 Wen Qi闻栖Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Everyday life / A slow-burn romance / Cohabitation before love / Both leads have no other romantic partners / Sweet romance] After transmigrating, Song Yunfei becomes the villainess who pretends to be the girlfriend of an amnesiac CEO. In the original novel, the villainess accidentally hit the CEO of Yanjin Group with her car. Afraid of going to jail, she pretended to be his girlfriend while he had amnesia. She even lied that he was a poor nobody, then took him to a remot 66.1kReads9.2Score8.9kShelves
10. 560 穿 I Became a Cannon-Fodder Side Character, and the Whole Sect Fell for Me 穿成炮灰女配，全宗对我爱而不得 Sanri Sauce三日酱Ancient Romance561k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Cannon-Fodder Comeback + Obsessive Madman + Devoted Couple] Lan Jiu transmigrates into a book and becomes the cannon-fodder senior disciple in a tragic master-disciple romance about immortal cultivation. In six months, she’ll die by the sword of her master, Yan Jiucang, after he falls to demonic cultivation. A disposable cannon-fodder? Hah. Lan Jiu turns around and starts stirring up trouble. Ancient divine swords, White Tiger spirit beasts, powerful opportunities… They’re all h 1.4kReads8.4Score150Shelves

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    It's incredibly heart-wrenching. The male lead is a cold and aloof master who initially cultivates the ruthless path. He falls in love with the female lead and develops a demonic attachment, which imprisons and harms her. The female lead fakes her death and leaves. After finding her, the male lead willingly becomes her male concubine, not even daring to be jealous.

11. 561 忘 Twin Lotuses on the Wangchuan River (Part Two) 忘川河上并蒂莲（下） World of Blossoms繁花世界Marriage & Romance27k WordsCompleted Twin Lotuses on the River of Forgetfulness (Part 2) 30Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 562 前 The Tyrant Died for Love in My Past Life, So I Spoil Him Rotten in This One 前世暴君殉情，今生宠他成瘾 Huaxia Cat华夏猫Ancient Romance517k WordsCompleted [Mutual Devotion + Sweet Romance + Winning Him Back + Everyone’s Darling + Medical Skills + Rebirth + Ridiculously Sweet, No Angst] (The heroine mistreated the hero in her previous life. A villainess pursues her husband. Don’t read if you mind.) Xie Qinghuan spent over ten years battling the tyrant Chu Hanxiao, and then she died. Only after her death did she learn that the tyrant she had hated all her life had given his life for her. The man she couldn’t get over, meanwhile, married her half-sis 1.7kReads9.1Score206Shelves

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    Six novels featuring male protagonists who suffer abuse, covering various themes!

13. 563 不 I'm Not a Mosquito Coil, So Why Are They All Fixated on the Villainess?! 不是蚊香？为何都追着女配不放！ Yan Zhiyouli言枝柚理Modern Romance803k WordsCompleted [One woman, multiple men + all the men are virgins + sweet romance + regretful pursuit + competing for her affection + heterosexual!!!] Jiang Tingyu learns by accident through the comments that she's just a villainess in a 1VN danmei Mary Sue novel. Her fiance, her older brother, her aloof senior... They'll all fall head over heels for the protagonist, Su Rang, leading to one melodramatic plot after another: forced love, regretful pursuit, kneeling and slapping themselves while begging forgivene 15kReads8.5Score2.5kShelves

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    The female lead is immoral, intolerant of any pressure, rich and happy but heartless, and abuses the male lead. Don't watch if you're into gay men trying to straighten them, or if your moral compass is too high. One of the men has a penchant for choosing concubines.

14. 564 走 Through the Trials 走过劫难 Li Xinxin李馨欣Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted Disaster strikes a once-happy family of five. After suffering a heartbreak so piercing it feels like ten thousand arrows, how will a mother who has only just reached middle age, and is already frail and sickly, lead her three underage children through hardship and toward the future...? 137Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 565 颠 Upside-Down Dragon 颠阳倒龙 World of Blossoms繁花世界31k WordsCompleted Upside-Down Yang, Dragon Reversed 32Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 566 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Enters a BE Script 快穿白月光穿进be剧本 Carefree Chatterbox佛系叽歪Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted #Shocking! The Dream Girl Meets a Love-Struck Hero in Every World!# [Dream Girl + Satisfying Romance + Healing and Redemption + No Fixed Couple] After Qing Dai’s fiftieth blind date ends in failure, she’s told it’s because the fragments of her soul scattered across different little worlds have left a trail of broken hearts: They were the CEO’s dream girl, the campus heartthrob’s secret wife, the regent’s cinnabar mole, the secretly adored imperial princess in a matriarchal world… As the dream gi 33.4kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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    🍇This book is a bit crazy and tortures the male lead. The female lead went back to the modern world, leaving behind a system to take her place... The male lead is waiting for the female lead to regret her actions, and even does all sorts of brainless things to try to prove that he is right.

17. 567 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Dies After Maxing Out Affection 快穿：白月光她刷满好感就死遁 Holding Frost at Dusk暮夜执霜Ancient Romance752k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + outwardly warm, inwardly cold heroine + no fixed pairing + not fragments of one soul + redemption-focused + every small world ends in tragedy] How do you max out both your targets' love and heartbreak values? Yue Yuyi's answer is to choose the best possible target, become the moonlight in his heart, then fake her death when he loves her most. She edits each conquest into a polished video and earns points from the viewers. She enjoys every minute of it. System: Master, you 12.2kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves

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    The female protagonist portrays each dimension as a film, where she remains the male protagonist's unrequited love. Each dimension ends with her faking death, leaving the male protagonist alone to live his life guarding her corpse (most of the time, not even her remains are left). The story subtly conveys sadness, with many tragic endings foreshadowed, making it particularly tear-jerking.

18. 568 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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    The female protagonist is reborn, and all she wants in this life is to have a child. She abandons her father and keeps the child, setting her sights on the intelligent and handsome deposed crown prince (who has good genes). After becoming pregnant, she runs away, escaping three times, causing the crown prince to weep and vomit blood, even wanting to die with her.

19. 569 虐 After Tormenting the Crown Prince, She Chases Him to Win Him Back 虐完太子殿下，她追夫火葬场了 Eighteen Beats on the Clear Reed Flute十八拍清笳Ancient Romance292k WordsCompleted [Modern woman transmigrates into ancient times + devoted couple + only have eyes for each other + second and third male leads forcefully pursue her + he suffers first, then she does] [Gentle, refined Crown Prince × legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister] She accidentally slept herself to death, then woke up as the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister, who was betrothed to the Crown Prince as a child. All she wanted was to live a quiet, safe life. She had no intention of falling in love at th 171Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 570 沉 Years of Quiet Reflection 沉淀的岁月 Li Xinxin李馨欣Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted The story follows the lives of three high school girls from rural backgrounds. In the fall of 1964, the confident, ambitious “top student” Yu Hongying, the warmhearted and forthright “knight-errant” Li Chunfen, and the reserved, introspective lady Yue Shuqian unexpectedly meet in their first-year dormitory, along with the “campus belle” Yang Yuhuan and the “fake Marxist-Leninist” Wu Lihong. This sets off a series of stories, some serious, some amusing, some bizarre, and some full of joy and sorr 528Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 571 夫 The Third Year After His Wife Left 夫人走的第三年 White Dog白白的狗Ancient Romance195k WordsCompleted Widower romance / bitter-sweet second chances / a touch of angst / bickering couple The heir to the Duke of Liang's household has been a widower for three years. Everyone in the capital says he has mourned his wife for three years, proof of how deeply he loved her. Only he knows the truth: he got promoted, got rich, and his wife died. What a wonderful life! From then on, he could indulge in cockfighting and dog racing, with no one to hold him back. But... the nights were cold, and strange things 13.5kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    It was so heartbreaking, as anyone who's seen it knows. I cried buckets at the end.

22. 572 夫 My Wife Torments Me a Hundred Times Over, Yet I Love Her Like It's Our First Time 夫人虐我千百遍，我待夫人如初恋 Soft Bread松软面包Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love] [Female lead torments male lead] [Physical and emotional torment] Gu Zhijing knew that Lu Yao didn't like him. He had planned to watch from afar and wish her a lifetime of happiness with the person she loved, but fate had other plans. A series of twists and turns forced them into an arranged marriage, leaving Lu Yao to hate and resent him as they tormented each other. 612Reads6.4Score—Shelves
23. 573 星 Visitor from the Stars 星际来客 Gu Xuying顾絮影Sci-Fi & Apocalypse151k WordsOngoing No CP, peerless beauty An ordinary chubby homebody is unexpectedly parasitized by an alien creature and forced to embark on a path of transformation. After the parasite takes hold, he undergoes inhuman training, gradually changing from a giant weighing over three hundred pounds into a handsome man with a well-proportioned physique. His personality shifts from that of a shut-in to something inhumanly cold-blooded, while his intelligence skyrockets through study. Before the alien race can captur 142Reads9.5Score—Shelves

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    It's really good. Ye Qijun has become Mr. Ye and then the next Nas. The current Ye Qijun can't even cry anymore. The beginning was so heartbreaking, I don't know about the later parts, I haven't finished reading it.

24. 574 偏 Possessive Mr. Shi, Your Reborn Wife Is Here to Cherish You 偏执时少，你娇妻重生来疼你了 Mu Han慕寒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [A possessive, emotionally unstable man x a woman who never lets a slight go unanswered, 1v1 sweet romance and satisfying face-slapping, with a happy ending] Sheng Qianyi died, but before she did, she saw the man everyone feared pick up her last white bone from the ashes and carve it into a Buddha statue. Possessive yet devoted, he begged her to come back and show him some affection. Reborn into a new life, Sheng Qianyi reveals all her secret identities, kicks her trashy ex to the curb, tears th 3kReads9.3Score444Shelves
25. 575 蘑 Back to Field: Ten Suicide Notes Revealed, Leaving the Entire Internet in Tears 蘑菇屋：十封遗书曝光，泪崩全网 I Am Ten Yuan吾乃十元钱Male-Channel Fanfiction179k WordsCompleted Season 6 of Yearning for Life premiered. As soon as everyone arrived, they were stunned by the beautiful scenery. Before long, they discovered a strange little cabin. Inside, they found ten letters. The first read: “Nuan Nuan, the flowers on the island have bloomed. That means I’ve come to see you…” Lin Feng The whole internet buzzed: Had Lin Feng come to the island to pursue Nuan Nuan? Who was this Lin Feng? They read the second letter, then the third… all the way to the tenth. Only then did th 2.5kReads9.1Score290Shelves
26. 576 重 Reborn, I Remarried, and My Ex-Husband Panicked 重生后改嫁，前夫急了 Two Pigs and a Mouse两只猪一只鼠Ancient Romance100k WordsCompleted [Both protagonists are reborn] [The husband chases his wife, but never wins her back] The key point: the heroine has given up on her former husband * In her previous life, Xie Zhuxin's father accidentally saved Yi Yunxiao, the badly wounded Marquis of Zhenbei. They married, but three years later she overheard her drunken husband speaking the truth: in his eyes, their marriage had been nothing more than “repaying a favor by taking advantage of it.” That very night, Xie Zhuxin wrote a divorce agr 1.1kReads8.6Score104Shelves

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    In his past life, the male protagonist had a white moonlight in his heart, but he was indifferent to the female protagonist after marriage. He began to regret it after she died. After being reborn twice, he went through a "wife-chasing" ordeal, but the female protagonist had already married someone else.

27. 577 开 Captured by a Yandere from the Start 开局就被病娇捕获 Afraid The Baby Will Hit The Ground怕娃落地Urban288k WordsCompleted [Yandere + Rich Older Sister Begs Him to Spare Her + Sweet Romance + One Female Lead + Light Comedy] Loved by readers of both male- and female-oriented fiction!!!! Three years ago, Xiang Yang was a penniless college student. Desperate to make ends meet, he got involved with the wealthy Jian Su. His comfortable life made him let his guard down, and he actually started dating the campus belle!!!! Little did he know that Jian Su was a ruthless, yandere tycoon! Disobedient little boys have to be tie 323Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    This book starts with intense torture.

28. 578 穿 Book Transmigration: The Mad Demon Venerable Begs Me to Love Him One More Time 穿书：疯批魔尊求我再爱他一次 Summer and Winter and夏与冬与Ancient Romance428k WordsCompleted [Face-slapping the sect + crazy male lead + adorable child + mutually faithful romance + heroine’s personal growth] Jiang Miaomiao transmigrates into a book and, from the start, is forced to risk her life to save her junior sister… They say that dual cultivation with someone who has inherited the Moon Goddess’s bloodline makes you immune to all poisons and lets your cultivation advance by leaps and bounds. To survive, she pretends to admire the great demon and deliberately gets close to him. But 960Reads9.1Score101Shelves
29. 579 摸 After Slacking Off, the Tragic-Novel Hero Became a Legendary Punching Bag 摸鱼后，虐文男主爆改传奇耐揍王 Twenty-Four Blades二十四刀Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted [Gender-bender + romance warning] [The male lead is purely submissive, the female lead is unhinged, and they're both villains] [Unhealthy, gloomy, and with no character growth. Just deranged, twisted torment between a pair of lunatics] Qian Chao is the most unremarkable dead-last clerk at a world-management company, coasting through each day and waiting to retire. Perhaps the company had finally had enough of these server leeches. With one official notice, it transferred Qian Chao to the tran 528Reads8.9Score102Shelves

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    Twenty-Four Knives' family guarantees angst, but it has a happy ending.

30. 580 接 You Hit Me Just for a Kiss, So I’m Done with You. Why Are You Crying? 接个吻都揍我，不要你了你哭什么 Get-Rich Little Panda暴富小熊猫Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + equally strong leads + reborn + rekindled love + bittersweet + mutually devoted + happy ending] [Sharp-tongued, spoiled rich-boy bottom vs. restrained, stoic straight-man top] In college, Chu Feng used underhanded tactics to force the aloof campus heartthrob into a relationship. He thought they had both fallen in love over time, since the heartthrob indulged him in everything. After graduation, he boldly proposed, and the other man said yes. After they married, the heartthrob k 37.8kReads8.8Score4.7kShelves
31. 581 虐 Turning a Tragic Romance into Horror: No Grudges Last Longer Than a Page Turn 虐文爆改惊悚流，主打没有隔页仇 Twenty-Four Blades二十四刀Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Romance with a female lead and male love interest: warning] [A battle of predators runs throughout] [The male lead goes crazy later on, but the heroine stays cold-blooded and in control] For no apparent reason, Xin Que transmigrates into a romance novel about a man who deludes himself into thinking all is well, then tries to win back his ex in a torturous, drawn-out saga. The original plot's big idea is that even though the heroine loses her life, the male lead loses the love of his life, so he 7.3kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
32. 582 校 The Campus Heartthrob Is Flawed, but He's Not for Sale 校草全瑕，但不出 Mouse to the Eighth Power鼠的八次方Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted [A fragile little flower who's actually a female ghost + a handsome but puppy-like campus heartthrob + reborn + college + high summer] [A painful coming-of-age campus romance: it's time to make the male lead suffer] Jian Wuxia is the heroine of a painful coming-of-age campus romance. She goes through it all: a car accident, dropping out of school, rumors, bullying, and the death of a friend. She doesn't care. As long as the male lead loves her, that's enough. Her love moves the heavens, and Jian 2.3kReads9.4Score400Shelves

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    This book is very well written. The female protagonist is killed by the male protagonist (I'm not sure if that counts) and comes back to haunt him. Just looking at the title, it fits the description.

33. 583 我 I Raised My Younger Brother on Trash, but After He Made It Big, He Cut Ties with Me 我靠捡垃圾养大了弟弟，他飞黄腾达后跟我断了关系 I Don’t Like Duck Pancakes不爱吃鸭饼12k WordsCompleted I raised my younger brother by collecting trash. After he made it big, he cut ties with me. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the first book, the female protagonist raises the male protagonist, but as his ambition grows, he becomes increasingly dissatisfied and wants to reach the pinnacle of life by marrying a wealthy heiress. The female protagonist, realizing the situation, decisively breaks off the relationship. Even when he tries to return, she doesn't care. Throughout the entire story, the female protagonist is never hurt; instead, the male protagonist's business fails, and he loses his career. In the second book, the female protagonist is cheated on, which is initially a blow, but she quickly recovers, returns to the workplace, and gradually reclaims everything that is rightfully hers. In the end, the male protagonist loses everything.

34. 584 祁 Mr. Qi, May We Never Meet Again! 祁先生，后会无期！ Broad-Minded and Strong心宽体棒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Short drama now streaming] Guan Min died saving Guan Hua. Gentle and kind, Guan Min made rebellious Guan Hua look like a complete delinquent. Guan Hua, with her terrible reputation, made Qi Zhanzhi, who loved Guan Min, marry her. Gripping her by the throat, Qi Zhanzhi snarled, “Why couldn’t it have been you who died!” But later, Qi Zhanzhi climbed the mountain on his knees, bowing at every step until he reached Qiyuan Palace. Before the statue of the Buddha Tathagata of the Three Treasures, he 8.2kReads8.8Score560Shelves

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    This story is incredibly angsty and brutally honest; be prepared to be devastated if you don't have tissues ready. The entire story has nearly 700 chapters, with almost 300 in the main text (yes, almost all of them, mostly angst, and a tragic ending), and nearly 400 in the epilogue. It's a sweeter story; if you don't like angst, you can start reading from chapter 310 (which has a happy ending). However, the main story is primarily angsty, and the happiness in the epilogue is just a dream for the male lead. If you don't like tragic endings, you can skip the main text and start directly from the epilogue.

35. 585 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 4.3kReads8.2Score139Shelves

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    Gu Senning sues Zeng Zhanzhan for drugging him and stealing project data from his computer. Little does he know, she was seriously injured and permanently blinded in a car accident four years ago while saving him! Gu's long and arduous journey to win back his wife involves not only dealing with Zeng's doting parents but also overcoming three fiercely protective brothers…

36. 586 把 After I Transferred My Pain to My Cheating Husband, He Hurt Even More Than I Did 把伤害转移给出轨老公后，他比我还疼 I Don’t Like Duck Pancakes不爱吃鸭饼12k WordsCompleted After I transferred the pain to my cheating husband, he hurt even more than I did. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 587 厉 President Li, Your Wife Doesn’t Deserve to Die 厉总，夫人她罪不至死 The Music Never Ceases笙笙不息Modern Romance3.4M WordsCompleted Shen Zhichu had given him her whole heart for sixteen years, only to be told to leave with nothing, just so he could make room for the woman he had always loved. Li Jingshen thought he would be happy once that woman was gone, until he received her diagnosis... He rushed over in a panic, only to find her holding someone else’s hand. “Why didn’t you tell me you had stomach cancer?” “Weren’t you hoping I’d die sooner?” Shen Zhichu laughed scornfully. “Li Jingshen, I don’t want to spend the last of 8.9kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    The story is filled with torment for the female lead at the beginning and then for the male lead. The second male lead takes over; the original male lead stole the male lead's love, but the female lead finds out and ends up with him. After discovering the female lead's relationship with the male lead, the original male lead tries to reconcile with her, but she refuses and subjectes him to all sorts of torment.

38. 588 离 After the Divorce, the Beautiful CEO Regretted It Bitterly 离婚后，美女总裁悔断肠 Watching the Sea by Green Mountain观海青山Urban412k WordsCompleted [Tragic Romance] + [She Chases Him After Losing Him] + [Revenge]. Extremely heartbreaking in the early and middle portions, so be warned! Not recommended for readers with strong patriarchal views. Some kinds of love can only be proven precious by walking away. When she loved him, she hounded him relentlessly, breaking his heart until he could barely breathe. After he left, she came to her senses and spent the rest of her life in regret. Affection that comes too late is wor 22Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 589 穿 After Transmigrating Beyond the Ending, Emperor Zhu Di Loved Me Obsessively 穿越时空结局后，帝王朱棣偏执爱 Sugar Baby糖小宝Ancient Romance501k WordsOngoing [Modern Policewoman x Devoted Emperor | His One and Only | Equals Matched in Strength | Alternate Ming Dynasty] Zhang Chuchu, a Hong Kong policewoman, transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty four years ago. After losing her memory, she mistook Zhu Di for her boyfriend. The day her memories returned, she walked away. But the very first decree Zhu Di issued after ascending the throne was to make her a consort. "Just do whatever you want. Anything that gets in your way, I'll take care of." A concubine h 597Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female police officer travels back to ancient times, but she is determined to return to the modern world. The male lead, Zhu Di, is willing to be her substitute.

40. 590 江 The River Moon Shines on the Early Years 江月照初年 Watching the Sea by Green Mountain观海青山Urban151k WordsCompleted Seven years of devotion and giving still couldn't compete with half a month after his first love came back... Heartbroken, Jiang Yan resolves to leave, and Su Jingyao, who is obsessed with her first love, begins to panic... Only when her first love's true, ugly nature is revealed does she wake up and realize how badly she's messed up... By the time she understands how much she loves Jiang Yan, it's too late... The man who once loved her for seven years has left her forever... [Winning Him Back] 2.5kReads8.1Score101Shelves
41. 591 离 After the Divorce, President Ji Chases His Ex-Wife Through Hell 离婚后，季总追妻火葬场 Drunk, Clasping Clear Maple醉挽清枫Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted After years of marriage, Meng Tian still couldn't warm Ji Beichen's heart. Then she fell ill, and her heart died too. She decided to accept his request for a divorce, setting him free and freeing herself. But... 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Abusing your wife may feel good for a while, but the more you abuse her, the better.

42. 592 无 Infinite Reincarnation: I Get Items Every Time I Die, but I Can't Kill Myself 无限轮回：我能靠死亡无限获得道具，却杀不死自己 Poor Thing in Summer夏天的可怜8k WordsCompleted Infinite Reincarnation: I Can Obtain Items Forever Through Death, but I Can’t Kill Myself —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes, some are included, but the beginning feels like a lighthearted read, while the later parts are definitely angsty. Those with patience can check it out, as the angst develops slowly [smirk]. It's a good read for first-timers or those who rarely read angst, because I'm afraid people who frequently read angst will scold me [evil grin].

43. 593 更 After I Changed Targets, the Cool and Collected Chief Secretary Turned Dark 更换攻略对象后，清冷首辅黑化了 Hidden for a Month藏一月Ancient Romance378k WordsCompleted [Dark Pursuit After Betrayal + No Getting Back Together + Rivalry Between Men for the Heroine + Second Male Lead Wins] Thirty days remained on the conquest countdown when Shen Lanyin decided to replace her with the real heiress as his betrothed. Unwilling to be erased, she drugged Shen Lanyin. At the height of their passion, she wrapped her arms around his neck. “Lanyin, you’ll marry me, won’t you?” He said nothing. She settled for less. “Would you take Zhu Yue as your second wife?” Shen Lanyin’ 12.1kReads8.8Score891Shelves

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    🍓This story is cruel to the male lead. He doesn't cherish what he has, the second male lead takes his place, and the male lead turns evil and suffers a terrible ordeal in his pursuit of his wife.

44. 594 当 When I Reunited with My Ex-Boyfriend 当和前男友重逢后 Drunk, Clasping Clear Maple醉挽清枫Modern Romance131k WordsCompleted What should you do when the ex-boyfriend you broke up with becomes your coworker? What should you do when you get back together with your ex-boyfriend? What should you do when people oppose your reconciliation with your ex-boyfriend? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 595 女 Matriarchal Republic of China: The Violent Tycoon's Little Nightingale 女尊民国：暴戾财阀的小夜莺 Bai Youyou白油油Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted Toxic melodrama, female pursuer, angst, one-on-one and mutually faithful. Don't talk to me about morals. I'm shallow, and if you don't like it, move along. Zhu Mingzhi always knew his place: a quiet ornament who was expected to be obedient. Once, Young Master Zhu was the light of a powerful financial family. Everything changed when the once-gentle, thoughtful heiress viciously tore apart the congratulatory gift he'd prepared with such care and demanded that he pay for a life with his own. Simply 835Reads8.7Score100Shelves

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    A very good female-dominated, male-submissive, abusive novel

46. 596 你 You Watch Her Perform, I’ll Announce Our Divorce 你看她表演，我公告离婚 Little Sister Won't Listen妹妹不听话Modern Romance453k WordsCompleted Tomatoes are the most satisfying! The hero and second male lead get divorced The male lead watches the green tea put on a show, while the heroine goes straight to the newspapers and announces their divorce! A powerful financial magnate * a young lady whose family has fallen on hard times Married first, love later * both leads are sexually inexperienced Every male character in the story is a virgin, whether he's the second or third male lead... Xu Qing'an married Shen Yuanyuan simply because he t 10.9kReads7.1Score326Shelves

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    The male lead hadn't touched the female lead in a year of marriage. The female lead was aloof, never complaining or making a fuss. While the male lead was watching a manipulative woman's performance, the female lead directly published a divorce announcement in the newspaper! She disappeared! Abusing one's wife might be fun for a while, but winning her back will be a nightmare!

47. 597 俯 Bow Down and Surrender 俯首沉沦 Iced Four-Fruit Soup四果汤加冰Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted [Rekindled Romance + Male Lead Suffers + Older Man + Motherly Male Lead] [Brilliant Mathematician x Cold-Faced Ex-Husband Who Does the Laundry] They fell in love at eighteen, married at twenty, and divorced at twenty-two. In four years, Xu Songyi lived through what it takes most people twenty years to experience. On a stage watched by the whole world, she once announced that she was married. Two years later, that passionate marriage came to an abrupt end. After collecting their divorce papers at 43.5kReads8.1Score5.4kShelves

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    I highly recommend this author's new novel! It's amazing!! A confident and flamboyant genius mathematician versus a cold-faced, stubborn, but soft-hearted ex-husband. The author is as known for her angst-filled stories; the male lead appears aloof and avoidant, but is actually head over heels in love. He just resents the female lead for abandoning him in the US after their divorce, but she easily forgives him with a little coaxing. What I loved most was when the male lead misunderstood her remarriage, both hating her for flirting with him and simultaneously convincing himself to be the other woman—it was so bittersweet! But actually, the female lead has had a tough time too. Her family background makes her divorce reasons very understandable. And who has ever seen a divorced woman still paying her ex-husband 100,000 RMB a month in child support?! Ex-husband, don't love him too much, hahaha!

48. 598 金 Sugar Daddy, Please Step Aside 金主爸爸请靠边 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊17k WordsCompleted Sugar Daddy, Please Step Aside 86Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He was a top student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University whom I practically bribed; initially, I was only attracted to his youthful and handsome face. I proudly shared him with my best friend, thinking I had everything under control. It wasn't until he turned around and married someone else that my heart broke—I realized it wasn't just him I was attracted to. After the divorce, I found him and placed the pregnancy test results in front of him: "The child is mine, and I want you too." This game that began with money should end with sincerity. But when all the calculations fade away, what's left between us?

49. 599 爱 Love Came Too Late 爱已晚 Drunk, Clasping Clear Maple醉挽清枫Modern Romance28k WordsCompleted Also known as: Belated Love When her beloved’s first love returns home, she goes mad, but she also falls ill, so she decides to let him go. But he doesn’t want to let her go... What is she supposed to do now? 8Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 600 重 Reborn: The Trials of a Second Wife 重生之继室难为 Drunk, Clasping Clear Maple醉挽清枫Ancient Romance244k WordsCompleted I was the illegitimate daughter of the Marquis of Nanping. From a young age, I was raised by my stepmother, and I was very close to my elder sister. When she died from a hemorrhage during childbirth, I married her husband to care for her two children. But my brother-in-law already has someone he loves. What am I supposed to do...? (This book has three volumes in total, and each volume tells a different story.) 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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