My Secret Collection of Tearjerkers, So Heartbreaking I Can't Bear to Read Them Twice 私藏虐文，虐到不敢看第二遍

1. 751 十 Red Roses in December 十二月的红玫瑰 Iron Fist Lin Daiyu铁拳林黛玉Two Male Leads85k WordsCompleted (Dual male leads, angsty 1v1 romance, both devoted only to each other, bad ending, power couple, mutual salvation, pure love with plenty of heartbreak.) My dear Mr. Mo: I’m sorry. In the end, I failed to keep my promise to you and became a coward who fled this world. If you can forgive my selfishness and weakness, then when spring returns next year, please leave a bouquet of red roses at my grave. Choose the most beautiful one in the flower shop. I think I’ll be able to smell its fragrance. [Nei 66Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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   "Actually, I know you're secretly watching me." "Because I'm secretly watching you too." (This is an 80,000-word BL (Boys' Love) tragic romance novel that just finished airing today. It's a pure love story with a deep but shallow fate. The story is short and realistic, with a regrettable and unsatisfying ending. The protagonists have very positive values, so readers can enjoy it without worry.) [Kiss]

2. 752 陆 President Lu, Stop Acting So Arrogant. Miss Jian Is Engaged to President Gu 陆总别傲了，简小姐和顾总订婚了 Just a Water Bottle就是一水瓶Modern Romance467k WordsCompleted [Love after marriage + regret and groveling + sweet romance + devoted to each other] Three days before their engagement, Lu Chengze leaves Jian Yao to visit a delicate beauty and announces he might not make it back in time for the ceremony. After drinking herself senseless for a night, Jian Yao stops the young heir of the capital’s most powerful family as he passes by. “Get engaged to me.” Everyone knows Lu Chengze means everything to Jian Yao. They assume she’s only acting out in a fit of anger 6.8kReads9.1Score758Shelves
3. 753 繁 President Fan, Stop Tormenting Me. Your Wife Is Already Married 繁总别虐了，夫人已嫁人 Ginger Candy姜糖Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Angsty Romance + CEO + Dark Obsession + Everyone Chases Their Wife Into the Crematorium] Three years ago, she fell in love at first sight with the refined and mature Fan Ye. She gave him her whole heart and doggedly pursued him, until at last they were married. She thought she had found her happily ever after. Three years later, the Yu family went bankrupt, her mother died and her father was gone, her brother was badly injured, and Fan Ye forced her to leave with nothing. She finally understood 1.2kReads8.7Score105Shelves

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   You'll regret not watching it, but watching it will give you a heart attack...

4. 754 我 I Gave My Wife 800,000 to Open a Shop, and She Labeled Her Summer Hire a Perpetual Motion Machine 我出80万给老婆开店，她给暑假工备注永动机 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted I gave my wife 800,000 yuan to open a shop, and she labeled the summer hire “perpetual motion machine” 397Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 755 女 Matriarchy: The Villain Starts by Improving Her Looks to Redeem Herself 女尊：反派从提升颜值开始洗白 Owl of the Night黑夜的猫头鹰Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted System novel The protagonist transmigrates into the childhood of a villain in a matriarchal world. The heroine is reborn and knows the male lead is a villain; the male lead knows the heroine knows he's a villain... The protagonist can gain skill cards and improve his own abilities and talents by raising his targets' favorability. Target favorability raised to 80. Host awarded a white skill card: Swordsmanship Insight. Target favorability raised to 90. Host awarded three white experience cards, w 12.2kReads9.0Score985Shelves
6. 756 此 Strangers for the Rest of Our Lives 此生陌路不复 Xian Yiren咸移仁Modern Romance58k WordsCompleted When Chu Junmo forcibly tears open her wound, leaving it drenched in blood, Li Fuyi knows she must pay for the crime she committed at eighteen. Because of him, she found the light; because of him, she descended into eternal night. There are no winners in this battle. There are only two people doomed to endless ruin. 604Reads8.2Score102Shelves
7. 757 误 After Wandering into the Changing Room, I Had a Cool Coach Chasing Me Down to Teach Me to Swim 误闯更衣室后，高冷教练追着教我游泳 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted After Wandering into the Locker Room, the Ice-Cold Coach Keeps Chasing Me to Teach Me How to Swim 569Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 758 万 The Day Everyone Hated Her Fell into the Sea, the Mad Big Shot Cried Until His Eyes Were Red 万人嫌坠海那天，疯批大佬哭红眼 Miss Cat一只猫小姐Modern Romance751k WordsCompleted [Airheaded beauty, adored by everyone + possessive love + regret and redemption + salvation + a tangled love-triangle showdown] She’d barely pulled the male lead’s pants down when Zhi Ning awakened to her own consciousness. System: You have two choices. One: Become the wicked supporting character. Two: Become the wicked supporting character who wrecks everyone’s lives. * Zhi Ning’s first twenty years went smoothly. She was the spoiled, dazzling rich girl among the daughters of the elite. She wa 3.8kReads8.2Score353Shelves

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   It was so heartbreaking, I cried so much while reading this book 😭

9. 759 属 The Diary of the Man Who Belongs to Him 属于他的先生日记 Ci Nengsu赐能素Two Male Leads35k WordsCompleted (This is a story about the secondary couple. The main couple’s story, Pretending to Be a Couple, Becoming True Love, has a bonus ending where everyone gets a happy ending.) Mo Lie x Bai Ren [Two male leads + unrequited love + tragic ending + angst] Mo Jia x Mu Qingzhou To Mo Jia, falling for someone was a wonderful thing. But... The person he loved was a man. A man he was not allowed to love. If unrequited love was bitter, then for Mo Jia, it was something very, very sweet. What was the meaning 243Reads8.0Score100Shelves

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   [Dual Male Leads, Tragic Ending] Nine chapters in total. The male lead suffers from depression due to his mother's control and is further oppressed by his teacher, making even contact with the person he likes extremely cautious. The person he likes is a doctor who helplessly watches him die before her eyes.

10. 760 江 Jiang Chuze, I Won’t Love You Anymore 江楚泽，我不会爱你了 Xiangli Xiaoxin香梨笑心Modern Romance722k WordsCompleted Everyone knows that An Ruoxuan, the beautiful eldest daughter of the An family in Xingdu, chased after the cold-faced young master of the Jiang family in Beicheng from the time they were children. She tried every way she could to cling to him, earning a reputation as his little shadow and a stalker. But then the aloof young master got together with Su Munan, An Ruoxuan's best friend... Eight years later, Jiang Chuze turned around and married An Ruoxuan. She thought she was going to heaven, but i 1.5kReads8.5Score101Shelves
11. 761 别 Don't Mess with a 42-Year-Old Woman: She's Got All the Evidence 别惹42岁姐姐，她手里全是证据 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风9k WordsCompleted Don't Mess with This 42-Year-Old Woman, She Has Evidence on Everyone 409Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 762 原 Turns Out I'm the Villainous Fiancée in a Comic 原来我是漫画文里恶毒未婚妻 Fourth Month in Lu'an六安肆月Modern Romance281k WordsCompleted [Noble academy + rival suitors and romantic showdowns + wealthy families + everyone’s dream girl] A novel where readers pick a love interest, though it may end with no romantic pairing. Lin Jingyi has been reborn. In her previous life, she was an invisible stepdaughter in a wealthy family, a self-conscious, sensitive burden dependent on the Jiang family. Her life was full of darkness and timidity. Jealous of her fiancé’s close relationship with Su Qing, a special-admissions student at their scho 6.2kReads9.0Score530Shelves
13. 763 阳 The Sunshine Isn't Warm 阳光不温暖 Jiang Zhiyu江芷寓Modern Romance171k WordsCompleted Luo Yiyi lost both her parents when she was young and had only her grandmother to rely on. After finally getting into Haicheng No. 1 High School, she became the victim of severe school bullying. Qin Yan, the pampered daughter of the Qin family, was her bully, while Qin Yan’s older brother, Qin Chuan, spoiled her rotten. After enduring Qin Yan’s petty tricks and Qin Chuan’s lies, Luo Yiyi was left wounded in both body and mind. Just before the college entrance exams, Qin Chuan accidentally discov 152Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 764 婆 After My Mother-in-Law Had a Stroke, I Found 800,000 Under Her Bed 婆婆中风后，我在她床底翻出了八十万 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风7k WordsCompleted After My Mother-in-Law Had a Stroke, I Found 800,000 Yuan Under Her Bed 205Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 765 愿 Wishing on the Stars 愿星星 A-Man's Darling阿瞒宝贝Modern Romance218k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight × redemption × mutual devotion × age gap × modern romance] [Stories always begin like this: the right place, the right time, completely unexpected.] Jiang Ling never imagined he’d become such a “beast,” falling for an underage girl, a little mute at that. The girl was timid, like a little rabbit, and couldn’t handle the slightest fright. Ever since Jiang Ling met this “little rabbit,” he hadn’t dared raise his voice. The old Jiang Ling: “Me, fall for some fresh little melon? 3.9kReads8.9Score512Shelves
16. 766 顾 President Gu, Please Cooperate with Your Treatment 顾总，请配合治疗 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted Mr. Gu, Please Cooperate with Your Treatment 680Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 767 深 The Black Moonlight in the Abyss 深渊中的黑月光 Tao Tao Tao Peach Ya陶陶陶桃子吖Modern Romance406k WordsCompleted [Gentle, steadfast little white flower × obsessive, lovesick madman] Su Mianmian liked a boy for five years, and was bullied for those same five years. What helped her endure those difficult days was a ray of light shining into her dark life. Only when they finally met in person did she learn that the boy she had loved for five years was the very person who had dragged her into the abyss. Seeing his demonic face, she ran. She deleted every way to contact her bully, thinking that once she made it 9.7kReads8.8Score662Shelves
18. 768 诡 Haunted by a Bewitching Dream: I Killed That Ghost King Nine Times 诡梦缠情：我杀了那尊鬼王九次 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风7k WordsCompleted Haunted by a Bewitching Dream: I Killed the Ghost King Nine Times 106Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 769 你 You Still Haven't Confessed to Me 你还没跟我告白 Awu Awu Wants to Write Now啊呜啊呜想码字咯Modern Romance105k WordsCompleted [Hot-tempered, possessive troubled boy & sweet, gentle girl] A tragic ending, an angsty campus romance. When they first met, Chi Wen was an exemplary student at No. 16 High School, excelling in both academics and conduct. Bian Qingye, meanwhile, was the fearsome “Ye-ge” from the vocational school next door. Everyone said he was exactly what his name suggested: wild, and wild in everything he did. He changed girlfriends faster than he changed clothes. At that age, what girl wouldn’t want to leav 63Reads6.4Score—Shelves
20. 770 撞 Caught Them in the Act, Then Scalded Someone with Boiling Water 撞破好事，滚水烫人 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted Caught Them in the Act, Got Scalded with Boiling Water 729Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 771 炮 Reborn as a Cannon Fodder: The Female Lead Gives Up Fighting Back 炮灰重生：女配放弃挣扎以后 Really, Really Sleepy超想睡觉觉Ancient Romance742k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Shen Qingluo had been a textbook cannon-fodder supporting female character, always serving as a foil to her legitimate older sister. Her older sister was graceful and accomplished, beautiful and talented. Shen Qingluo was quiet, timid, and useless. Her older sister was loved by everyone, while Shen Qingluo was always ignored and overlooked. Her father treated her older sister like the apple of his eye, while even sparing Shen Qingluo a glance seemed like too much trouble. T 4.4kReads8.6Score275Shelves

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    When the poisoned wine was handed to her, she neither cried nor made a scene, for she knew her husband would not save her; he only loved her elder sister, and he was one of the culprits behind this poisoned wine.

22. 772 狼 The Wolf and the Tuberose 狼与荼蘼 Northern Battle Letter北战书Modern Romance144k WordsCompleted There's a scam in this world called Shen Muyan loving Su Qianyang. When the deception is exposed, he gradually closes in on her, baring his vicious fangs. His voice is gentle yet cruel. “A Yang, do you know a wolf's nature? Once its loyalty has been killed, all that remains is hatred!” When a wolf turns back, it's either to repay a kindness or to take revenge! Shen Muyan says he will repay Su Qianyang a hundredfold for the trap she laid for him! So he tortures her until she is utterly broken. * 419Reads8.3Score—Shelves
23. 773 校 A Date with the Campus Belle 校花有约 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风9k WordsCompleted A Date with the Campus Belle 252Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 774 非 Neither Family nor Stranger 非亲非故非陌生 Forest Bath森之汤Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted For thirteen years, Song Li endured He Qian’s torment and humiliation, walking on eggshells every single day. The truth finally came to light in the year He Qian loved her most, but by then, nothing could change Song Li’s resolve to die... Only when He Qian held the blood-soaked woman in his arms did he truly understand what despair meant. 6.8kReads8.8Score290Shelves
25. 775 床 I Found 100,000 Yuan Under the Mattress and Finally Understood My Late Wife's Intentions 床垫下翻出十万块，我才懂亡妻的苦心 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted I found a hundred thousand yuan hidden under the mattress, and only then did I understand my late wife's painstaking intentions. 585Reads—Score103Shelves
26. 776 只 I Just Want to See You Again, in Heaven or Hell 只想再见你，天堂或地狱 A Little Fox一只狐狸呀Modern Romance53k WordsCompleted Sui Ning’an loved Feng Yunze with a surging tide of passion she kept hidden, but he loved her younger sister. After an accident left no trace of Sui Ning’an, Feng Yunze finally lost the wife he had treated like dirt. In his grief and madness, he announced to the world that there would only ever be one Mrs. Feng. When news of her surfaced again, Feng Yunze was overjoyed. He smashed open the door in the dead of night, his bloodshot eyes glaring at the man in her bed as he demanded, “Are you really 33Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    Gu was sent to a detention center for two years of reform by his non-blood-related younger brother, during which time he suffered physical and mental torture and emotional erosion. His brother verbally abused him, and Gu responded with "As you wish." For him, death was the beginning of a happy new life.

27. 777 前 My Ex's Stupidity Tax: His Wife Valued at 200,000 前夫哥的智商税：老婆估值二十万 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风35k WordsCompleted The Ex-Husband's Stupidity Tax: His Wife Is Worth 200,000 441Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 778 玩 Pleasure at the Cost of Wisdom 玩物丧智 The Very Long Cat很长的猫Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted Song Yanxiu appeared in her life only to drag her into hell! He bullied and humiliated her, and killed her father. Xia Mo watched with her own eyes as he was sentenced to death. Ten years later, he appeared before her again under a new identity. His abuse was even more vicious than it had been ten years ago. He wanted to see her wishing she were dead. The words Xia Mo said to herself most often were, “I mustn’t lose my mind.” This time, she would kill the devil with her own hands! But then she h 45Reads6.8Score—Shelves
29. 779 罪 The Guilty Wife 罪妻 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼Modern Romance569k WordsCompleted [Physical and emotional angst + substitute male lead + regretful husband chasing his wife] Shen Nanzhou hated Tang Yin with every fiber of his being. To take revenge on her, he forced her to donate her liver, use herself as a test subject for drugs, and suffer from a terminal illness. He drove her daughter to her death, destroyed the man who had protected her, and ruined everything she cared about. He told her, "Tang Yin, I dream every night about the day you die." Later, when the truth came out 6.3kReads8.7Score462Shelves
30. 780 逗 Just Kidding 逗你玩儿 Fish Doesn't Speak鱼不语Modern Romance213k WordsCompleted The sky that year. He was the dark cloud that lingered in Yu Ning’s heart, gloomy and oppressive, impossible to escape. Yu Ning was the gentle breeze he longed to chase, impossible to touch and impossible to hold on to. “Yu Ning, did you ever really like me, even just a little?” “Never.” He fell silent, smiling faintly, his heart pierced with pain. If only that summer, he hadn’t been so cruel and hateful, personally pushing her into the abyss and coldly watching her struggle with all her might. 7.5kReads9.0Score732Shelves
31. 781 徐 The Fun Side of Teacher Xu's Lessons 徐老师的教学趣事 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风6k WordsCompleted Teacher Xu's Funny Classroom Stories 54Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 782 得 After Getting a Terminal Diagnosis, I Lay Flat and Waited to Die. Then My Ex-Boyfriend Panicked 得绝症躺平等死后，前男友他慌了 Lu Jiuxing鹿久星Two Male Leads432k WordsCompleted This is actually a silly comedy. When Gu Huaijin learns at the hospital that he has only three months to live, Qin Zhan breaks up with him. Qin Zhan’s first love is back. Gu Huaijin quietly agrees to the breakup. He plans to lie in the rocking chair on the balcony, eyes closed, gently rocking until his life comes to an end. But after the breakup, Qin Zhan clings to him every day and refuses to leave, no matter how many times he’s driven away. [As for why Qin Zhan didn’t chase after his first lov 8kReads8.4Score726Shelves
33. 783 望 May You Be Safe 望汝安 i Cheni陈Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted “You pushed me into the abyss, and you still think I could love you?” “Chen Si, I don't love you.” “Ji Sian, you have to love me. You can only love me.” This is the story of a bully falling in love with the person he bullied. One act of kindness from Ji Sian pushed her into an endless abyss. If she could turn back time, she would wish she had never met a boy named Chen Si... P.S. The male lead is not a virgin. If that's not your thing, please move along. 5.7kReads8.6Score283Shelves
34. 784 囚 Prison of No Escape 囚狱 Silver Fir银杉Two Male Leads665k WordsCompleted [Neither is chaste + older, insecure pursuer x gentle, straightforward recipient + Book 1 of a trilogy] When they first met, Tang Qian walked up to Sheng Bei and tapped his glass with his own. He was direct. “Are you seeing anyone? Would you like to... get to know me?” Sheng Bei's eyes were cold. “No. Don't bother.” Tang Qian had never been one to give up before hitting a wall. “Hi, I'm Tang Qian. Is even getting to know each other a little out of the question?” He had never met a man like him, 4.3kReads9.5Score550Shelves

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    That's about it.

35. 785 原 The First Wife Left the Child and Walked Away, Now the God of War Is Desperate to Win Her Back 原配去父留子，战神追妻火葬场了 Shi Yidian拾一典Ancient Romance337k WordsCompleted [Historical romance + marriage first, love later + the husband must win back his wife] (Reader advisory: The new book has a low rating for now, but it will rise. The heroine is the same woman as the original wife. The leads divorce, and the hero dies regretfully in the end.) In her previous life, Shen Yunqing and her husband's beloved were both tied to a sheer cliff. Their enemy forced him to choose: save his beloved, or save her, his cannon-fodder wife. He could save only one. Her cold, battle- 11.8kReads8.5Score846Shelves

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    ✨Shen Yunqing and her beloved Bai Yueguang were tied to a cliff face. 🌿The enemy forced the male lead to choose between his wife and Bai Yueguang, the future heir's wife. The cold, warlike husband didn't hesitate to save Bai Yueguang first, leaving Shen Yunqing and her unborn child to sink to the bottom of the cliff. 🍓After learning of the female lead's pregnancy, the male lead was heartbroken and filled with remorse, committing suicide overnight. However, fate intervened, and they were reunited on their wedding night. She was no longer the same; she had abandoned her love and eloped. The male lead, with his memories intact, embarked on a tumultuous journey to win her back.

36. 786 他 He Knows He Was Wrong 他知道错了 Peachwood Yaoyao桃木瑶瑶Modern Romance184k WordsCompleted [Bullying + tragic ending + coercive love + mutual devotion] That year, at the park, she found a place in Jiang Ye's heart. But in Su Yin's heart, he was a demon, a nightmare. When they first met in the classroom, Jiang Ye said to Su Yin, “I don't want anything in particular. I just think my dull, boring life might finally get a little more interesting. We have plenty of time!” He had no idea those words would mark the beginning of Su Yin's nightmare, pushing her into an endless abyss! . 1.6kReads8.1Score103Shelves
37. 787 折 Bending at the Waist 折腰 Qi Nian其念Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted Blurb: Zhou Xingzhi x Su Zheshen Su Zheshen sacrificed all his pride for love, but never got so much as a confession of affection from Zhou Xingzhi. Some people are destined to be inescapable, yet impossible to love. 30Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    That's about it (๑>؂<๑)

38. 788 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Yin-Yang Twins 盗墓笔记之阴阳双生 Playing with the Setting Sun戏残阳Mystery223k WordsCompleted (Pure angst. Some characters may be out of character. This is a story about redemption; please don’t read if that bothers you. Apologies for the OOC.) “Thud.” The knife slipped from his hand and fell into the bathtub. A smile of relief spread across his face as his consciousness gradually faded from this world. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a completely different world. Hearing people call a name stirred memories of a hugely popular novel from his previous life: The Grave Robbers' Chr 8.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    It's very heart-wrenching. The first book features two lifetimes, with the protagonist pushed into the abyss by her family. "My name is Wu Xing, the 'Xing' of misfortune." As for the second book, I won't go into details.

39. 789 撒 Playing Sweet and Soft 撒软 Xing Jian Ke星见可Two Male Leads384k WordsCompleted (Angst, angst, angst!!! Two male leads, two male leads, no female lead!!!) [Two male leads + Gu Zhan, a sick, unhinged Gu Group CEO who commits every kind of evil × Shen Qianyue, a refined, elegant, charmingly wicked legal star + Both leads faithful to each other + Both reborn] Gu Zhan, CEO of the Gu Group, is a bloodthirsty madman. Everyone in the capital trembles at the sound of his name. Shen Qianyue, the capital’s youngest lawyer, is modest and courteous, a refined gentleman in the eyes of t 922Reads8.3Score105Shelves
40. 790 见 Meeting Summer 见夏天 As Always, An'an安安如故Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted Xia Linxi x Tang Yu Xia Linxi is a sophomore with excellent grades and impeccable conduct. Tang Yu is a carefree bar singer. They’re worlds apart, with nothing in common. No one could have imagined that one day the two of them would end up together. In a dark alley, Xia Linxi saw Tang Yu locked in an intimate embrace with a strange woman, but she simply left in silence. She believed the man before her was nothing like the womanizing facade he showed the world. She saw right through him at a glan 1.6kReads8.5Score291Shelves

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    Hey yo, hey hey

41. 791 到 This Is Where It Ends 到此为止 Xu Zhimeng许织梦Modern Romance123k WordsCompleted [Angst-heavy story. Read with caution. The male lead is not chaste.] “Ru Yi, when you act like this, it makes me think you still can’t let go of me.” All the pain and torment must have begun with those words. Or perhaps it was “You haven’t been able to forget me, Ru Yi.” Much later, when Ru Yi thought back on her tangled history with Pei Shiyu, that was what she believed. He would remember the scent from deep in his memories, carried on a gentle breeze, but he wouldn’t remember how much he h 4.1kReads8.5Score200Shelves

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    The realistic portrayal was so heartbreaking.

42. 792 小 After the Little Fool Dies, the Sinister Tycoon Sends Him to the Crematorium 小傻子死后，阴鸷大佬他火葬场了 Shun Jiu舜九Two Male Leads402k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Both Reborn] Everyone said Yan Yanzhi was punching above his weight by marrying Wei Xingrui, because Yan Yanzhi was an idiot. But Yan Yanzhi didn't see it that way. He knew Wei Xingrui's eating habits better than anyone in the world, and he knew countless ways to cheer him up. Wei Xingrui had chosen him because he was clever and well-behaved, surely. It wasn't until Wei Xingrui brought home a man who looked seven or eight parts like him that Yan Yanzhi realized he was wrong. T 3.6kReads9.0Score408Shelves
43. 793 绯 Scarlet Prescription 绯色处方 Angelica Sent to Faraway远志寄当归Modern Romance152k WordsCompleted [A ruthless female doctor caught in a playboy's possessive love] Everyone thinks Lin Yan is a cool, gentle cardiothoracic surgeon, easy to tame and easy to control. No one knows she is a formidable woman with a shocking secret, who knows how to play the pig to eat the tiger. Chen Jiahao, a playboy famous for his domineering ways, meets Lin Yan at his family's hospital and falls for her at first sight. Without giving her a chance to refuse, he abducts her and keeps her at his side. Are they bound 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist's pain lies in not being able to have the female protagonist, while the female protagonist's pain lies in having to use and deceive him. One imprisons and forces love, the other sacrifices herself in self-torture to find redemption. Ultimately, the beneficiaries are the 30 million completely unrelated patients.

44. 794 渡 Crossing Autumn 渡秋天 Frozen Bones冻死骨Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [Insecure, sensitive girl x gentle, gentlemanly golden boy] [Angst] There were two boldest things Lin Yan ever did in her life. The first was secretly loving Tang Jinxu for many years. On a drizzly evening, Lin Yan sat on the back of his bicycle, gazing at his broad back. Carefully, she reached out and lightly touched the hem of his shirt. She pulled away at once, her touch so slight it could easily go unnoticed. Blushing, Lin Yan suppressed the fierce excitement and joy surging inside her, pre 784Reads6.2Score253Shelves
45. 795 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

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    I didn't cherish you when I loved you, and you say you love me when I don't. How pathetic!

46. 796 宝 Baby, You’re So Seductive, I Want to Kiss You: The Fake Heiress Is Forced to Fall in Love! 宝宝好欲想亲，假千金被强制爱！ A Wandering Little Cat辗转小猫Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted Fake heiress vs. possessive, unhinged brother | 1v1 forced romance | Love and hate intertwined She was the Zhou family’s fake heiress, raised by them for eighteen years, and she’d called him “Big Brother” countless times. He exposed her true identity and cast her into the abyss, then forcibly kept her by his side when she had nowhere else to turn, swearing he would lock her there for the rest of her life. Love was obsession, possession, and the stubborn resolve to never let go, even if she hat 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm stubborn; I insist on watching it a second time. Only when my heart aches from watching it will I finally behave.

47. 797 停 Stuck at Seventeen 停留十七岁那年 What Makes the Heart Flutter心什么动Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted [Campus romance × Youth × Mutual unrequited love × Heartbreak] Cold, rebellious boy × Sweet, well-behaved honor student * [Xie Yixiao was born wild and unruly, proud and untamed. Yet somehow, this boy fell in love with a good student from a broken home, a quiet, sweet, and sensible girl.] * [Ye Mian came from an incomplete family. Her parents weren't around when she was growing up. Then, when she was six, she learned that both of them had died. She was raised by her grandmother.] * [To part beca 2.9kReads7.2Score267Shelves
48. 798 灰 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 Clouds of Rough Noodles Again又见糙面云Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 36.3kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves

    Reader note

    This year's absolute top-tier contemporary romance novel! The author's writing is superb, the business battles are thrilling, and the emotions are delicate. It's not a typical "feel-good" novel, but it's genuinely enjoyable. Not suitable for younger readers; better suited for seasoned readers with some life experience and refined taste. There are currently no substitutes. If anyone has a book of this caliber, please recommend it to me. The male and female leads must be genuinely strong; rebirth systems are out of the question. I want truly powerful protagonists.

49. 799 我 My Misty Dream 我的雾梦 Yu Jun Can't Eat Spicy Food于君不能吃辣Two Male Leads168k WordsCompleted [Yandere] Yu Jun, a college guy who was enthusiastic about selling campus cards, sold two to freshman Qi Xin, and that was where their story began. Surely a grown man like him wouldn’t cave in over two campus cards? “Hey, underclassman, want a card?” “Sure, senior! I want the big ones. Two of them!” “Coming right up!” The underclassman seemed a little unhinged, which was honestly hard to put up with. Yu Jun’s advice: 1. Don’t install surveillance cameras, listening devices, and the like. 2. Do 31Reads9.1Score—Shelves
50. 800 她 She, the Gloomy Madwoman, Was Read Like a Book 她，阴郁疯批被读心 Hui Li绘栗Modern Romance635k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Unconventional Heroine + Mind Reading + Wealthy Family + The Long Road to Winning Her Back + No Fixed Couple + Otome-Game Vibes] [Main story complete. It’s recommended that you turn off the comments while reading.] She, Lan Yetan, is a mentally ill girl with no desire to stay alive. After dying, she inexplicably transmigrates into the novel Green Tea Sweetheart: Soft and Sweet. At first, she plans to drift aimlessly through the world as a lonely ghost. Wait. Why has she bee 11.3kReads8.9Score923Shelves

    Reader note

    This was the first angst-filled novel I ever read, and I'm willing to reread it, but it's still very angsty.

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