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. 351 夫 Madam, President Yan Deserves to Die a Thousand Deaths! 夫人，颜总罪该万死啊！ Die Die Qing Cai蝶蝶青菜Modern Romance419k WordsCompleted Bai Wanxi killed someone. Yan Qingyun personally sent her to a psychiatric hospital. When she got out, all she had left was a disabled body. Yan Qingyun still wouldn’t leave her alone. “I want you to live as a prisoner and spend the rest of your life atoning to me.” “I’m a murderer. I’m guilty, and I’m willing to accept my punishment,” she said indifferently. He flew into a rage. “Bai Wanxi, I’ll make your filthy soul burn in hell.” She thought the psychiatric hospital was the eighteenth level o 637Reads8.4Score—Shelves
2. 352 墨 Sweet Potatoes Stewed in Ink 墨汁炖红薯 Li Liangliang凉凉李Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted [Brooding, possessive man + warm and healing romance + sweet enough to make you feel like an auntie] He suffers from severe depression and has been rescued after three suicide attempts. He fears crowds and hates the sunlight. All he wants is to hide in his dark world until the day he can finally be free. But that changed when he followed the family driver to the countryside. “Pig, want a sweet potato?” “Good, mean chicken.” “Ah, that goose bit me!” He stared wide-eyed in fright and turned to run 4.6kReads9.2Score522Shelves

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   This book is angsty, very angsty, especially the male lead. It's so tragic. I'm just afraid you'll come back and scold me for recommending it.

3. 353 明 Marry Me Beneath the Bright Moon 明月嫁卿卿 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Chuyu thought she and Kang Rui were deeply in love, and that no one could ever come between them. Yet that person had been living by their side all along, pampered under the title of “sister-in-law.” After being reborn, Song Chuyu didn’t spare Kang Rui a glance as he rode through the streets in triumph, and she certainly wouldn’t marry him again. * When Kang Rui woke up to find himself back in the impoverished days of his youth, he struggled to get used to the drafty windows after having li 87.9kReads9.3Score11.3kShelves

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   Torture the male lead + double rebirth + second male lead rises to power. 🔥🔥 The male lead gets promoted and becomes noble through the female lead, but he secretly keeps another woman, who is also his "eldest sister-in-law"! Both the male and female leads are reborn. He thought she would still marry him against all odds like in his previous life, but this time the female lead marries the second male lead. The male lead wants to win back the female lead, but she refuses to serve him!

4. 354 哑 The Mute Slave 哑奴 Qiangtang羌塘Two Male Leads367k WordsCompleted The Prince of Zhenbei holds immense power, standing above all others. He is lustful, promiscuous, interested in both men and women, and utterly brutal. He has taken nine concubines, and not one has survived. Now the Prince of Zhenbei has set his sights on the prefect’s daughter. To escape a fate of being tortured to death by the prince, the household switches bride and groom: a mute servant is sent in her place beneath the bridal sedan. The mute servant is as beautiful as an immortal, but was bo 4.3kReads8.5Score598Shelves
5. 355 浓 Soul-Locking Fog: I Love Her with His Memories 浓雾锁魂：我带着他的记忆爱着她 Mo Wu陌吾Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted The girl he fell for was the daughter of “his” wife. Chen Luo had lived for eighteen years without ever experiencing joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. A dense fog lay locked in his mind, concealing the memories of a man who had been dead for eighteen years. Then he met Du Xiaoyu in the library. The instant he saw the jade pendant around her neck, he blurted out a name: “Xiao’er.” Du Xiaoyu didn’t know he was calling her mother. She knew even less that her father’s memories, all his love, and all 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Chen Luo possessed Shen Yuan's memories. While he loved Du Xiaoyu, he was also influenced by Shen Yuan's memories, making him unable to overcome his obsession with Du Xiaoyu. After fulfilling Shen Yuan's wish, he ultimately chose to let go and leave.

6. 356 和 After Breaking Up with the Movie Star, I Hid My Pregnancy and Thrived on My Own 和影帝分手后我藏起孕肚独美了 Lotus Root Slices藕片Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Both Leads' First Love + Bittersweet and Sweet Romance, Breaking Free and Growing Strong, Proud Hero Chases His Wife, Mutual Redemption, Rekindled Romance, Adorable Child] Cui Tang once loved Gu Qiaoxi to the point of obsession. She faked a pregnancy to trick him into marriage and even threatened to die, but still couldn't make him stay. On the night before they broke up, they made love until they were spent. At dawn, Gu Qiaoxi said, “Cui Tang, you're disgusting!” That day, Cui Tang lay in the 13kReads8.6Score924Shelves

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   ① The male lead pressured the female lead to grow up, resulting in her mental breakdown and suicide. Later, when they met again, he couldn't even recognize his child. [Eating popcorn emoji] ② Initially, the male lead thought no one in the world was easier to fool than the female lead, so he tricked her with a fake marriage certificate. However, behind that piece of paper lay the thing he had always longed for. [Eating popcorn emoji][Eating popcorn emoji]

7. 357 被 After My Educated Youth Husband Abandoned Me, I Stopped Being Foolish 被知青老公抛下后，不犯傻了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [Rekindled love after a breakup, a scumbag man’s regret, an over-the-top pursuit of his wife, not a strong female lead, the heroine is emotionally fragile and needs time to grow, the hero is a two-faced piece of trash, happy ending. If you can’t stand seeing the heroine suffer, don’t read.] … Yu Yuan was a hardworking, honest young woman. When she reached the age to marry, her mother picked a decent-looking young intellectual sent down to the countryside and made him her husband. He didn’t refu 4.3kReads7.5Score120Shelves
8. 358 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 757Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In Tingfeng Tower, everyone stood behind others, while behind themselves, there was no one. A lonely figure, a solitary soul, laughed through tears of sorrow, everything was regrettable, yet everything was worthwhile.

9. 359 揽 Capturing Beauty 揽娇 Er Li二厘Modern Romance297k WordsCompleted Also known as After Losing My Memory, I Became the Secret Wife of a Brooding Big Shot [Male Lead Angst + Married First, Love Later + Showbiz + Secret Crush Comes True + Fake and Real Heiresses] Until the real Ji family heiress returned, Ji Wuzhi was arrogant and carefree. Then she became a laughingstock in Jingbei. She was even forced to marry someone she didn’t love. The man no one in Jingbei dared to cross was Xu Siye, the brooding head of the Xu family, known as Fourth Master. Ji Wuzhi tried 1kReads8.5Score105Shelves

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   This story is incredibly cruel to the male lead; this author's works are all about torturing the male lead. I'd be very sad if I missed it.

10. 360 鲛 The Merman Has Lost All Hope 鲛人他心灰意冷 Hua Xi花溪Two Male Leads32k WordsCompleted The merman Chen Xiao was lured to the human world by Murong Jing's promises of love, never imagining that a trap had been laid for him long ago! He was imprisoned in the imperial dungeon and tortured day after day. It was all because Murong Jing wanted to take his most precious merman pearl and use it to save his seriously ill first love! After learning the truth, Chen Xiao died in despair. But Murong Jing had always said Chen Xiao disgusted him. So why did he go mad and try to bring him back to 829Reads8.0Score101Shelves
11. 361 魔 The Demon Lord's Rebel Disciple, a Bird in a Cage 魔尊逆徒的笼中雀 Morning Breeze on the Horizon天际晨风Eastern Fantasy210k WordsCompleted [Master-Defying Disciple] [Physical and Emotional Torment] [Reverse Pursuit] [Yandere Torments the Protagonist] (The main story is a historical xianxia setting; the bonus chapters take place in a modern legal world.) The ancient powerhouse Xie Yungui guarded his deceased wife's spirit tablet for thirty thousand years. He never imagined that one day he would kneel before his former disciple. Hua Xiangwan gripped his spirit core. "Master, Wan'er has come to take you home." He taught her for three 4kReads5.8Score292Shelves

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    Purely male-torture story; the female lead is practically a darling of heaven, the strongest villain in the entire book. She tortures the male lead all the way to the extra chapters! [Cool]

12. 362 穿 I Was Reborn as a Discarded Consort and Wanted to Lie Flat, but the Regent Set His Sights on Me 穿成废妃想躺平，我被摄政王盯上 Jun Yue Feng Xi君悦风兮Ancient Romance255k WordsCompleted Shen Zhiwan transmigrates. She becomes an obscure concubine in the late emperor’s harem. No favor, no family connections, no children. She lives in the most remote side hall in the entire palace, so far out of the way that even the palace cleaners can’t be bothered to come by. Someone else might have wailed and cried, but Shen Zhiwan just wants to set off firecrackers in celebration. A thirty-year-old overworked office drone drops dead from exhaustion, then wakes up to free meals and lodging, no 11Reads—Score194Shelves

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    This book perfectly fits the description. The male lead is a powerful regent who descends from his pedestal for love. Initially, the male lead suspects and tests the female lead because of her undercover identity, but he gradually becomes attracted to her. Due to their opposing social statuses, the female lead is very wary of him and tries to distance herself from him. The male lead silently devotes himself to the female lead, secretly jealous, and loves her but cannot have her. Until the female lead fakes her death, escapes the palace, and marries the second male lead, the male lead goes to steal her away. It's not until 95% of the way through the book that the male lead realizes the female lead loves him. It's both sweet and heart-wrenching, highly recommended!

13. 363 重 Reborn: Addicted to My CEO Husband's Mark 重生：总裁老公标记成瘾 Hibernation Enthusiast爱好冬眠Two Male Leads211k WordsOngoing [ABO | Two Male Leads | Marriage First, Love Later | Selfish and Self-Serving | Scumbag | Two Powerful Leads | Proceed with Caution if You Favor Either Lead | Wife-Chasing Crematorium | Top's POV] [Cold, Controlling Alpha Top x Cool Omega Bottom Who Suddenly Presents as S-Rank] In his previous life, Shen Zhao was betrothed to the younger son of the Gu family, and his days passed quietly without incident. Reborn, he already knows about the shocking twist awaiting them on the day of the final pr 290Reads—Score285Shelves

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    This story is destined to be heartbreaking!!!

14. 364 盲 The Blind Consort 盲妃 Egret Jiuzhou白鹭九州Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted On the wedding day of Li Wenxing, the notorious and merciless general, and Jiang Yan, the beautiful blind young master of the Jiang family, every citizen in the city kept their doors shut and dared not step outside. The streets were empty and lifeless. Jiang Yan had loved Li Wenxing for thirteen years. He had thought Li’s promise to love him faithfully was sincere, never imagining that Li not only didn’t love him, but had long since given his heart to someone else and hated Jiang to the bone. Af 386Reads6.9Score100Shelves
15. 365 太 Her Highness the Crown Princess Reigns Supreme, While Her Sickly Prisoner Begs for Her Favor 太女殿下在上，病娇质子卑微求宠 Cherry Mini Ball樱桃迷你丸Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted [Women rule | Mutual devotion | Loyal dog-like hero | Strong heroine and hero | Hero is submissive] [Mighty, domineering Crown Princess/Empress vs. childhood friend and hostage prince from an enemy kingdom] The little hostage prince whom the Crown Princess had cherished since childhood betrayed her. He joined forces with her eldest half-sister to frame her for treason, then returned to his homeland to attack her. The Crown Princess was furious. She led her troops to drive back the Eastern Xiao K 4.4kReads8.9Score274Shelves

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    Absolutely torture the male lead, torture the male lead, torture the male lead!

16. 366 妹 My Precious Little Sister Wants a Divorce and to Run Away While Pregnant, but She Won't Escape Her Captivity 妹宝想离婚带球跑，休想逃被囚禁 Tangerine Sand桔沙Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The pampered girl wants to get a divorce and run away while pregnant. Dream on: she's going to be imprisoned. 334Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Later, she tormented him. Despite the entanglements of their powerful families, they were forced into a business marriage, a union that blossomed into love. They had a child, but no feelings remained. She was constantly imprisoned by him, unable to go anywhere. He mistook her midnight whispers for dreams. When she pretended to measure his neck with a rope, he discovered her lie and said she was measuring a necklace, asking if he believed her. He then went berserk, binding her hands with the rope to bring her to her senses and make her realize they were enemies. She and the child cried their eyes out, and his heart ached, but he showed no pity. She packed her bags to escape, but he discovered her. He couldn't understand how painful it was for her to leave. Why would he act this way when he didn't like her? His father pressured him to divorce his wife, but he refused. Her mother urged her to divorce him, and she seemed to have fallen in love with him. However, the deep-seated hatred stemming from their family feud persisted. Her relatives came to rescue her with weapons, but he was monitoring his enemies and family outside. She watched helplessly as her loved ones were injured. Unable to accept this reality, she attempted suicide by banging her head against a wall when he wasn't looking, wanting to die with them. Without her family, she had lost all will to live. He was moved and asked the doctor to save her. The housekeeper, seeing his heartbreaking tears, wondered if he had fallen in love with her. He didn't know that he had fallen in love but refused to admit it. However, she had amnesia and even forgave him for wanting to kill her. He began to recognize his own heart and wanted to make her happy, treating her like a beloved person. He started feeding her, even his son, whom he had never fed before. He knew she was already in his heart. He realized what loving someone was like; he had never known that loving someone could make him give everything. Yet, she asked him if he loved her. He still stubbornly refused to admit it. He remembered his grandfather's words: "A man without love is carefree." She asked him again if he loved her, and in his sleep, he unconsciously and gently admitted it. Until she regained her memory, their marriage was blocked by his father. He had thought their marriage was secure. His father offered him 50 million to leave her, but he resolutely refused. But when he heard her say she wanted 500 million as a breakup fee, his heart sank. It turned out she didn't love him; their love was just a pipe dream. He thought their love could overcome everything, including generations of hatred. He never expected that all she cared about was money. He was deeply hurt. For the first time, she returned to her parents' home openly. He chased after her for love, not even considering the danger to his life. He begged her to come home, but she refused. Her family thanked him, leaving her confused. Why was there gratitude from enemies? Then his father arrived. Were the two feuding families about to fight again? Or were they setting aside their prejudices to prevent the next generation from facing all the family feuds?

17. 367 表 Her Love Letter Went to the Wrong Address, and the Delicate Young Woman Joined the Army in Tears 表白信寄错，娇娇女含泪随军 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Period setting + local characters + marriage before love + coercive romance) Pay special attention to “coercive romance.” (The male lead is dark and obsessive, like a sinister ghost; the female lead is pampered, prickly, sharp-tongued, and heartless. Read on only if you can handle that. If you can't, don't force yourself. The values in the story do not represent the author's values.) The main story is complete. Zhu Qingning had fallen in love at first sight. After mulling it over for a long tim 17.6kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves

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    The male lead suffers, haha. The female lead doesn't like him. Some people ask why the female lead isn't nicer to him. Well, he forces her to be with him. If the female lead hates him, she should just accept it.

18. 368 夏 A Love for Springtime: Summer Trees, Heaven’s Hope (Complete Edition) 夏有乔木雅望天堂（全集） Ziyue籽月Modern Romance475k WordsCompleted A heartbreaking coming-of-age legend that has moved hundreds of millions of readers for seven years! Qu Weiran is a good student, excelling in both character and academics. But when his adoptive father appears, his mask is shattered, and everyone learns that he is nothing but a pitiful victim of domestic abuse. Even a boy as dark and troubled as he is keeps a girl in his heart: Xia Tong, the gentle girl he loves. But Qu Ningyuan, a boy who shares his father but not his mother, has fallen for her 6.1kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves

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    The heart-wrenching novel that made me cry buckets in high school still makes me cry buckets now. TV dramas and movies can never capture the feeling of a novel. Having only watched some movie clips and commentary, I feel like I've desecrated these two books. Friendly reminder: bring your own tissues.

19. 369 瞎 My Blind Husband Is a Hopeless Romantic. I Can Lie to Him and Deceive Him, but He Won’t Leave 瞎子夫君恋爱脑，欺他骗他都不跑 Deer in the Deep Forest深林的鹿Ancient Romance357k WordsCompleted Shen Zhixi only wanted to have a child with Song Lianzhou, not take responsibility for him. Men were all worthless and could never be relied on. Their only use was helping women get pregnant. Her own father taught her the first lesson in hating men. She had never met her biological father. He got her mother pregnant out of wedlock, then abandoned them, leaving mother and daughter to endure everyone’s scorn. Later, her childhood sweetheart betrayed and set her up, making her give up on men for g 7.4kReads9.1Score882Shelves

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    This story is a bit angsty for the male lead in the beginning! The female lead needs a child of her own to save a severely injured but handsome man. Even more fortunately, the man is blind. She hides him in her secret place, spending her days and nights with him. After becoming pregnant, she immediately abandons him. She leaves cleanly, but the abandoned blind man goes mad.

20. 370 爆 Spoiled Rotten: The Green Tea Chancellor's Beloved Comes Back to Life 爆宠，绿茶丞相的心上人复活后 Kelisiting克莉斯汀Ancient Romance151k WordsCompleted [Clever, kind, and resilient heroine VS proud, refined hero who's a humble, fake-sweet puppy] [One-on-one sweet romance, the hero suffers, time gap, raising a child] Xu Zhaozhao once transmigrated three thousand years into the past, to the Jin Dynasty, to complete a mission. But the mission failed, and she was forced to marry Xie Zhen, the eldest son of the Xie family. They had a daughter, Xie Yunlu. At last, her organization came to retrieve her and send her back to the modern world. Then she r 3.1kReads7.6Score214Shelves

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    💥💥💥① The male lead waited for the female lead for 15 years, 😍 and their child grew up. But when the female lead reappeared, the male lead wasn't angry, but rather afraid and wanting to keep her. 🍀② The male lead always thought the female lead disliked him and their child, and even used him as a substitute. In reality, what the male lead perceived as coercion was actually the female lead's initiative. Overall, it's super good!

21. 371 小 After the Little Blind One Loses All Hope 小瞎子心灰意冷后 Xitang溪棠Two Male Leads328k WordsCompleted [Proud, high-and-mighty bottom who suffers in silence × scumbag top who loves him deeply at first, then falls out of love] ❤️ It’s been renamed. The original title was He Once Loved Me. Don’t go looking for the wrong one, dear readers~ Qiu Jin is a Beta, yet during college he is passionately pursued by the Alpha Yang Chen. Everyone says Yang Chen will eventually fall in love with an Omega, but throughout their three years together at university, Yang Chen turns down every flirtation and cherish 854Reads8.0Score101Shelves

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    Shen Mu was sold into the Fu family by his birth mother due to a conspiracy. Fu Yan resented him because his beloved had been dethroned. Shen Mu suffered torment at Fu Yan's hands and became the laughingstock of Rongcheng. A year later, he became mentally impaired, like a child. At this moment, Fu Yan held the syringe, his hand trembling uncontrollably. Facing the obedient but now listless Shen Mu, he nervously repeated, "No, it can't be."

22. 372 落 Falling Blossoms Sink into the Starry River: A Song of the Nine Heavens’ Endless Night 落红沉星河：九重天阙长夜歌 Xuehen Loves Stir-Fried Banana Flowers爱吃素炒芭蕉花的雪恨Fantastical Romance590k WordsCompleted [Xianxia romance with angst + a husband-chasing-after-the-funeral story] Immortals and demons cannot coexist, yet the one the Heavenly Queen Yun Zhao has always loved is the Demon Lord Mo Zhuo. As long as she is by his side, he is willing to do anything for her, and considers it a joy. But when he risks death to bear her daughter, Yun Zhao is at another man’s side. Holding their daughter, Su Yan keeps watch beside the iron tree that has not bloomed in ten thousand years. At last, he understands 1.2kReads—Score102Shelves

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    It's incredibly heart-wrenching! The male lead is tortured to the point of no return.

23. 373 新 New Utopia 新，乌托邦 Broken Strings in the Rain雨中断弦Urban397k WordsOngoing [Political Thriller] [Montage Style] [Psychological Oppression] [Dystopian] (The story moves slowly at first, but more kinds of ghosts will appear later.) The calamity ended, and a city-state rose from the ground. People called it the New Utopia. Beneath its gleaming order, those in power were no longer human. Monsters wore human skin and occupied positions of authority. Their visions were linked, and everything was under surveillance. A colossal beast hung in the sky, while monsters roamed th 2.3kReads—Score195Shelves

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    There are too many knives inside.

24. 374 被 Forced to Submit 被迫顺从 Potato Noodles with Egg土豆粉加鸡蛋Two Male Leads238k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + angsty forced love + groveling-to-win-him-back + irresistible charmer] Emotionally cold scum gong × stubborn, down-on-his-luck beauty shou “Five million. Marry Fu Yan.” Caught in a scheme, Shen Mu was sold into the Fu family by his own mother. Fu Yan hated him to the core, simply because Shen Mu had taken the place of the person Fu Yan held dearest in his heart. “Fu Yan, how did your dad pick such a piece of junk for you?” Shen Mu became a laughingstock throughout Rongcheng. Fo 2.1kReads8.0Score102Shelves
25. 375 青 After Seventeen Years as Childhood Sweethearts, He Woke Up and Said, “Hello” 青梅竹马十七年，他醒来说了句你好 Ah Tutu啊图图16k WordsCompleted After seventeen years as childhood friends, he woke up and said, "Hello." —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both of them torment the male lead.

26. 376 东 Snow over Donglin: The Phoenix's Lingering Dream 东临雪·凤仪遗梦 Xuehen Loves Stir-Fried Banana Flowers爱吃素炒芭蕉花的雪恨Historical34k WordsCompleted Snow over Donglin: The Lost Dream of Fengyi 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
27. 377 皇 The Prince Becomes a Slave, and the Regent Goes Too Far 皇子为奴，摄政王他欺人太甚 A Sail Hangs一帆悬Two Male Leads197k WordsCompleted [Male/male romance + ancient political intrigue + physical and emotional angst + equally matched leads] Cold, ruthless, and suspicious Regent, devoted in love x a patient, seemingly obedient prince with ambitions Xiao Chengjing treated Chi Yan'an, the young prince sent to him as a slave, like a plaything and ground him into the dirt. He watched him crawl meekly and hold his tongue, yet failed to see the ambition and cunning beneath those clear eyes. As a spy, he had to tread carefully. One wron 1.8kReads6.5Score148Shelves

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    Each book depicts intense torture, both physical and psychological, with numerous forms of punishment.

28. 378 下 Inferior Overflow 下等泛滥 The Deer and the Rabbit鹿与兔Two Male Leads368k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] [Heavy Angst] [Not for Bottom-Lovers] Content warning: The top isn't faithful. Huo Wenqing * Gu Yunzhi At eighteen, after an upheaval, Gu Yunzhi is brought back to the Shen family. His father then treats him like a pawn, using him to secure benefits for the family. Seven years of beatings teach him that obedience is the only way to get by. Long years of repression lead him to meet Huo Wenqing. Thinking at last that he has found love, Gu Yunzhi feels light enter his pitch-black 5.7kReads8.7Score401Shelves
29. 379 将 The General's Legitimate Daughter and the Beishu Hostage Prince: He Won Everything, but Never Saw Me One Last Time 将军嫡女x北朔质子：他赢了一切却没见我最后一面 Ah Tutu啊图图13k WordsCompleted The general’s legitimate daughter x the hostage prince of Beishuo: He won everything, yet never saw me one last time —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 380 套 Grab a Sack! I'm Getting the Frail, Lovesick CEO for Free! 套麻袋！零元购病弱恋爱脑总裁！ Iced Oolong Tea乌龙茶加冰Modern Romance406k WordsCompleted [Sickly Male Lead + Secret Crush + Dating Reality Show + Healing + Devoted Couple, Happy Ending] [Sickly, Insecure CEO Male Lead × Bold, Straightforward Female Lead Who Dotes on Her Husband] Jiang Ran, a rich heiress, was forced to play the original novel's male lead's devoted doormat. The ungrateful man squandered her resources, cheated on her with her cousin, and even tried to take over her family fortune. After finally accomplishing her goal, Jiang Ran faked her death and vowed to strike bac 2.4kReads9.3Score187Shelves

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    A sickly, humble, handsome, and tragically strong male protagonist! 🚨🚨🚨 He suffers extreme physical abuse: stomach cramps and bleeding, lumbar spine injury, high fever and fainting, whip marks and vomiting blood, traumatic hyperventilation, leg injury, and a wheelchair... The female protagonist fakes her death, causing him to break down in despair. 💔

31. 381 鲸 Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊 The Evil Dragon Blows Bubbles恶龙吹泡泡Two Male Leads39k WordsCompleted Little fish, little fish, may you swim out of the abyss soon. His younger brother, whom he had raised by hand despite no blood relation, sent him to a detention center for two years to “set him straight” and told him to come out once he was normal. Those two years were a nightmare that devoured him, one he could never wake from. His body and mind were tormented, his feelings worn away, and he was trained into numb, hopeless submission. “Knowing you raised me makes me sick. Why don’t you just die 23.4kReads8.1Score4kShelves
32. 382 契 The Empty Contract: He Sacrificed His Wife's Name and Became Chancellor 契空还：献祭妻名，他成了宰相 Fire Seeds for Pears火种取梨Ancient Romance159k WordsCompleted She was the sacrifice he offered up for fame and success. He spent his life repaying her. A scholar from a poor family, seeking success in the imperial examinations, signed a contract: he would sacrifice the most important person in his future. He had no idea that person was the musician who served tea at the music house. He bought her freedom, and beneath a locust tree, they wed under the witness of heaven and earth. On their wedding night, his new wife gave him a cup of honeyed wine that kille —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I don't know if this counts as angst.

33. 383 惊 Goodness! The Sickly Beauty Is Crying in My Arms Again 惊，病娇美人又在我怀里哭了 A Cup of Autumn Moonlight一盏秋月Ancient Romance358k WordsCompleted [From the start, straight into a hellish love triangle + Both Pure, One-on-One Romance + Focus on the Romance] [The rating is low because there aren't many ratings] Jiang Jiu is dragged back by the System once again to win over Song Zhiqing. She still remembers the first time she chose a target. The moment she laid eyes on the gentle beauty with his peerless looks, she threw herself straight into the romance. She never expected that after they fell in love, the gentle beauty would turn into a si 4.8kReads9.0Score441Shelves

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    I don't understand why this book isn't popular, why its rating isn't rising? Is it because people who only care about the female lead aren't reading anymore? Or is it that no one likes books that torture the male lead...?

34. 384 亡 The Fallen Crown Prince, a Prisoner in Chains 亡国太子阶下囚 Night Lanling Water夜兰陵水Two Male Leads237k WordsCompleted This is an angsty story: physical torment in the first half, emotional torment in the second, coercive love, imprisonment in a dark room, and revenge. Mo Jingxuan spent three years plotting the destruction of the Yu Kingdom and preparing to take revenge on its emperor. After finally fighting his way to the city walls, he discovered that the damned emperor had died just days before he could break through the gates. With nowhere else to direct his overwhelming hatred, he turned it on Lin Chen, the 728Reads6.5Score101Shelves
35. 385 简 Jian Tong Reborn: This Time, You're the One Going to Hell 简童重生：这一次，换你下地狱 Betty Hong贝蒂虹Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + revenge + putting the male lead through hell + no romance] 1. The main plot is mostly about tormenting the male lead, while the side plot takes it out on everyone else. The whole point is to leave readers who've finished the original book feeling thoroughly satisfied, inside and out! 2. The male lead will experience every kind of torment the heroine suffered in the original story, including but not limited to prison, having a kidney stolen, humiliation, and being framed. 3. 5.5kReads8.6Score478Shelves

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    This one!!!!! Highly recommended! The male lead gets put through the wringer, seriously! In the very first arc, they break his legs and send him to prison, hahaha.

36. 386 单 One-Sided Love 单方面爱恋 Blue Sky Blue661300蓝天蓝661300Modern Romance41k WordsCompleted Blurb: What is love? Giving without expecting anything in return, wanting only for the other person to be happy, even if they don't love you at all, and having no regrets. If one day she has to leave, she won't just be leaving his side, she'll be leaving this world, too. Will this one-sided love end in heartbreak, or mark the beginning of a love shared by both? 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can check this out when you're bored!

37. 387 真 The True Heiress's Fiancé Begged Me to Marry Him, So I Ran Away Pregnant 真千金未婚夫求着我嫁，我带球跑了 Tangerine Sand桔沙Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The real heiress's fiance begged me to marry him, so I ran off with his baby 111Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead suffers misery. Early on, he falls in love with a down-on-her-luck, materialistic woman and proposes to her. The woman, wanting a better life, agrees, thinking she'll fall in love with him. However, she uses him, gets pregnant, and runs off with a male model. He cries in despair, facing a nightmare of trying to win her back.

38. 388 快 Quick Transmigration: The Crazy Male Lead Is So Lustful and Such a Flirt 快穿：疯批男主太色太能撩 Meatball Is a Driver肉团是个司机Modern Romance822k WordsOngoing [1v1 + mutually devoted + yandere and unhinged + mutual salvation + sweet romance] Sang Tian was once a lofty goddess, but after tempting a deity into falling from grace, her soul shattered and multiple worlds were destroyed. As a “sinner,” she was bound by the Heavenly Dao to a System and sent to repair every collapsing world. She had been promised nothing but sweet romance in these little worlds. Looking at the unhinged man before her, Sang Tian wondered: Is it too late to regret this?! Tsunde 2.3kReads8.2Score132Shelves

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    🆘🆘 These are really nice, ladies!! Safe to eat! ✊️✊️✊️✊️🥇🥇

39. 389 抛 After I Dumped the Fox Clan’s Young Master, He Started Crying Pearls 抛弃狐族少主后，他掉小珍珠了 Summer Snow Ice夏日绵绵冰Ancient Romance378k WordsCompleted [Unrequited Love + Corruption + Humble Pleas for Love + Mutual First Love] One day, a princess who had grown up in the Cold Palace was suddenly released, and an imperial edict landed squarely on her head. An arranged marriage? To a monster? They could keep dreaming! The princess never sat around waiting for her fate. She tried everything she could to escape. Her heart was like stone, and no matter how that fox demon tempted and bewitched her, she would never let herself become entangled in lov 437Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    They all make the male lead suffer.

40. 390 陆 Mrs. Lu, Your Protector Is Here 陆太太，你的靠山来了 Sea of Blue Finds海拾蓝Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's only one, 1v1 + secret crush + chasing his wife to the crematorium + extra sweet] Three years into their marriage, just when their love for each other was at its deepest, Lu Zechuan left the country without warning, coldly abandoning Ji Qingzhu. Two years later, he suddenly returned and asked for a divorce. Ji Qingzhu felt that all her waiting had been one big joke. Once she had calmed down, she put away all the love in her heart and drew a clear line between herself 67Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead was tortured to death! 💔 "Ji Qingzhu, you don't know, from the moment I fell in love with you, not a single second has I stopped loving you. But I can't go against your wishes and force you to stay by my side." —Lu Zechuan

41. 391 病 Sickly Obsession: The Possessive CEO Lu Loves Her Like His Life 病态占有：偏执陆总嗜她如命 Little Fuzzball小毛球Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted (A brooding, lovesick demon king vs. a bright little ray of sunshine, sweet romance + possessive love + seductive charm) After Su Qingyan died, she saw the cold, sinister empire CEO everyone avoided. He had killed the scumbag couple who caused her death, then knelt before her grave with blood-soaked hands and kissed her body. “Yan’er, it’s too cold underground. I’m coming to keep you company...” Back in her youth, she mercilessly took revenge on the scumbag and his mistress while investigating L 52.8kReads9.3Score5.7kShelves
42. 392 快 Quick Transmigration: The Heartless Woman Has Peerless Beauty 快穿之渣女她有盛世美颜 Qing Yao清夭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Yao, Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, travels through the Three Thousand Worlds collecting fragments of her soul. She has broken the hearts of countless powerful men, but later, all the men she hurt turn dark. When Su Yao returns to the small worlds to erase their darkening points, she thinks, They love me so much. If I show them even a little sincerity, they'll soften no matter how dark they've become. They still love me. But after she returns, the powerful men she hurt pin her down, their eye 1.1kReads9.0Score102Shelves
43. 393 乖 Good Dog 乖犬 Mao Tutu猫屠屠Modern Romance241k WordsOngoing [Younger male lead with a possessive streak] Mu Huan casually saved a gloomy young boy. It was an insignificant first meeting, and she soon forgot all about him. One day, a student who had skipped grades joined her class. The boy was introverted and solitary, an obscure, gloomy presence in everyone else’s eyes. Her friend said: “The new student seems like a gloomy little stalker, the kind who follows the heroine around.” Mu Huan was repulsed and tossed out two words: “Disgusting.” Later, the boy 476Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    Both of these books are quite angsty for the male lead. In the first one, no matter how outrageous the female lead's actions are, the male lead unconditionally indulges her. The second one is a story about a young man who falls madly in love with the female lead, and there are still some angst-filled moments for the male lead.

44. 394 把 After I Tormented the Dying Male Lead Back to Health, I Couldn't Get Away 把濒死男主虐痊愈后，我跑不掉了 Xian Dan Huang娴淡凰13k WordsCompleted After nursing the dying male lead back to health by putting him through the wringer, I couldn't get away anymore 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    90% Of the story revolves around torturing the male lead, a torment born out of love for him as he nears death. The female lead is bound to a system mission to torture him to prolong his life. Once she has completely healed him, the female lead wants to let go and leave, but the male lead is completely smitten and refuses to let her go.

45. 395 他 He Died in the Year He Hated Her Most 他死在他最恨她的那一年 Counting Stars in the Rain数星雨23k WordsCompleted He died in the year he hated her most. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 396 重 Reborn: The Cold CEO Knows How to Soothe, Flirt, and Act Cute 重生，禁欲总裁会哄会撩会撒娇 Er Fu二伏Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Sweet, gentle beauty VS devoted, humble, obsessive CEO] [Mutual salvation + sweet wealthy-family romance + humble male lead + both leads' first love] Only after Bai Moqing died did she learn that Shang Sinian had loved her deeply, yet hadn't even dared to get close to her. After she was killed by a scumbag, he took revenge for her and then died with her. Reborn, all she wanted was to cling to her CEO husband's coattails, take down the scumbag, and turn her life around! She never expe 14.2kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
47. 397 怎 What Should I Do? The Possessive Boy Always Looks at Me with Tears in His Eyes 怎么办！偏执少年总是哭着看我 Nian Zhaozhao年朝朝呀Modern Romance408k WordsCompleted [A dazzling, free-spirited siren × a cool, obsessive good boy] [He falls for her in secret + he pursues her + mutual healing + intense push and pull + happy ending + both are each other’s first] Lu Tingbai did everything he could to find a way to get close to Wen Zhi, but one remark from her crushed all his courage. She gave him a teasing smile. “Someone like Lu Tingbai? I don’t go for good boys.” Later, she cornered him in the stairwell while he was jealous. Her red lips nearly brushed his Adam 3.3kReads8.6Score252Shelves
48. 398 秦 Hello, Mr. Qin. Want to Be Each Other’s First-Love Substitutes? 秦总好，互相做白月光替身吗？ Meng Sanqian Qian梦三千阡Modern Romance68k WordsOngoing [Mutual Substitutes + Regret and Redemption + Unhinged Heroine + Male Lead Suffers + Heroine Isn't Serious About Love + 1v1] [The heroine is genuinely insane, not just figuratively] [Gentle, unhinged, highly intelligent heroine x cold, love-struck young nobleman] “Imitation isn't the same as truth. A little resemblance is enough to bring tears to someone's eyes.” It wasn't until Xu Ning saw Qin Huaiyu that she truly understood those words. Understand the orange. Become the orange. Xu Ning went t 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I really don't read angst novels! But this one is so intensely angsty! The male lead's suffering is like torture for me! The female lead is a crazy idiot; she's actually hitting him because she has a child, and she completely treats the male lead like a substitute, utterly heartless! And it's not just some mindless angst from both leads; it's genuinely a series of unfortunate coincidences. Plus, the male lead is purely love-struck, a master of self-control.

49. 399 重 Reborn to Become a Widow, but the Prince Can Read Minds 重生只想丧偶，王爷竟然会读心 Clumsy Goop菜鸡糊糊Ancient Romance445k WordsCompleted The whole book is complete, everyone! Enjoy it without worry. Mwah mwah mwah (´ε` )♡ [Both reborn + mind-reading + absurd comedy + the husband’s long road to winning back his wife + male lead angst] (Cold-faced border prince vs. beloved legitimate daughter) Wei Yue: He thought he was the cinnabar mole in his wife’s heart in their previous life. He never expected someone else to be in her heart! Jiang Jianwei: [Heaven gave me another chance, so of course I’m going to let loose! To hell with his c 288Reads—Score106Shelves
50. 400 拜 Please! After I Was Reborn, the Little Madman Clung to Me and Wouldn’t Let Go 拜托！重生后小疯子抱着我不撒手 Ganlu Temple's Iron T Mo Yan甘露寺铁T莫言Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted A madman driven insane by love x the sweet girl who heals him Lu Miaomiao is kept by the mysterious madman of the Feng family for more than ten years. At first, Lu Miaomiao is afraid of him and always wishes she could stay as far away from him as possible. But after she dies, the madman everyone fears becomes a fool, lost in his own fantasies and unwilling to wake up. At last, on a lonely night no one knows about, he follows her into death. Reborn, she plans to keep her distance from the mad 11.1kReads9.3Score998Shelves

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