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1. 451 微 A Floating City, Barely at Peace 微安浮城 Hearsay道听途说Modern Romance113k WordsCompleted Have you ever loved someone so much that you drank poison to quench your thirst? Have you ever hated someone so much that you became completely hysterical? Chen Anran has experienced both. But years later, when Gu Cheng stands at the lectern, bright and calm just as he was ten years ago, all that hatred vanishes without a trace. All that remains is a fierce longing for the man who disappeared for ten years. 115Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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   I'm actually quite hesitant to read tragic love stories because they're so memorable and linger in my mind. Even though I finished this book a long time ago, it's still vivid in my memory. The reason I read it was simply because I thought it was just a sweet romance novel, and I ended up crying my eyes out all night. Seriously, if you're a fan of tragic love stories, I highly recommend it!!!

2. 452 重 After Being Reborn, I Became the Beloved Female Side Character 重生后，女配的我被团宠了 Suoda's Wife索大的媳妇Modern Romance406k WordsCompleted Warning: This is not a female-lead power fantasy about revealing a secret identity. If that’s what you’re looking for, you can leave. [Some angst + reborn + adored by everyone + sweet romance + variety show] In her previous life, after the youngest daughter of Beijing’s wealthy Lu family went missing, they blamed their eldest daughter, Lu Yinghan, for failing to look after her little sister and drove her out. Lu Yinghan made her own way in life, but on her twentieth birthday, she was diagnosed w 134.2kReads9.2Score11.3kShelves

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   Check this out! I just read half of this post, don't look at the title!! This isn't a sweet romance! The female lead is reborn when she was 7 years old, but her family doesn't like her, and then the little girl wants to leave home. I've only read this far, but it really made me cry so much! The 7-year-old has a younger sister who's 2 years younger than her, and all the family's attention is on that sister. Her family members aren't good people either! They take the female lead's kindness for granted! And when the female lead is being bullied at school, she's always thinking about her family's reputation!

3. 453 小 Little Mermaid, Be Good: Professor Fu’s Overwhelming Love 小人鱼乖乖，傅教授的强势宠爱 Fu Fu Lailai福富来来Modern Romance269k WordsCompleted [Innocent, naive little mermaid × research scientist who uses her] [Both are each other’s one and only / angst / wife-chasing / tragic ending in the main story, happy ending in the bonus chapters / All technical details are fictional. Do not mistake them for reality!] Jia Qian, from the depths of the sea, believes she has found true love. She willingly sacrifices her pearl and enters into a mate contract with a human. She looks forward to the birth of their child and to a future with Fu Yanchen. 560Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   🎉Heartbreaking! It turns out he really would kill her, without any mercy. The naive little mermaid was deceived by the male lead as soon as she came ashore. She thought it was true love, but he was only using her. He truly wanted her dead, abandoning her on a deserted island and even abandoning their child.

4. 454 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

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   Short, concise, and unconventional; the male lead has no ex-girlfriend or "white moonlight" (idealized female lead). The female lead suffers terribly, and the male lead goes insane.

5. 455 可 Maybe I'm Not a Good Person 可能，我不是一个好人 Junior Sister123师妹12317k WordsCompleted Maybe I'm Not a Good Person 76Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 456 订 My Girlfriend Abandoned Me at Our Engagement Party to Find Her One True Love 订婚宴女友抛下我，转身去找她的白月光 Proud as the Light傲的像光一样Urban652k WordsCompleted On the day of our engagement banquet, my fiancée left me standing there in front of everyone and ran off with another man. I took the microphone and walked onto the stage. “Today’s also a celebration of my promotion. Everyone, eat and drink your fill.” Later, she asked me to hold another engagement banquet, but I handed her an invitation instead. “Let’s skip the engagement banquet. If you’d like, you’re welcome to come to my wedding.” 146Reads5.2Score155Shelves

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   💥💥On her wedding day, the female lead, a childhood sweetheart, chooses to accompany her male best friend who has fallen and injured himself, abandoning the male lead. Deeply hurt, the male lead chooses to divorce his wife to be with her. The female lead can't believe he would divorce her. A few days later, she panics and desperately tries to win him back, only to find herself in a nightmare of trying to win him back.

7. 457 帝 An Emperor's Tormented Love: Your Consort Is Already in Her Coffin 帝王虐恋：臣妾已是棺中人【虐】 Junior Sister123师妹12318k WordsCompleted An Emperor’s Tormented Love: Your Majesty, I’m Already in My Coffin [Angst] 56Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 458 订 The Night Before Our Engagement, She Went to Meet Her First Love in Secret 订婚前夜，她去私会白月光 Crazy Bee疯狂的蜜蜂Urban470k WordsOngoing Reborn, Chen Xiang returned to the eve of his engagement. Though he knew his fiancée, Xu Wenwen, would sneak off to meet the man she had always loved that very night, Chen Xiang pretended not to notice. Only at the engagement banquet, when everyone was wondering how he would react, did Chen Xiang finally speak. “Today, I’ll make it clear to everyone that I, Chen Xiang, am not the one who’s heartless and disloyal. You, Xu Wenwen, are the one who wronged me.” “Our engagement ends here. And your Xu 166Reads5.2Score—Shelves
9. 459 予 I Offer You a Prison: Part One, Diary 予你为牢·上：日记 Junior Sister123师妹12311k WordsCompleted I Make You My Prisoner, Part One: Diary 12Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 460 蔷 The Rose Has Faded 蔷薇不复 Cilantro Loves Carrots香菜爱吃胡萝卜Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted The Rose Is No More 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    By a twist of fate, the male protagonist publicly displays the love letter the female protagonist gave him, thus sealing the fate of her unrequited love. When his beloved dies, he blames everything on the female protagonist, ultimately leading to her suicide due to depression. Only then does the male protagonist regret his actions, but belated affection is worthless; love is dead, and the rose is gone forever.

11. 461 订 On the Eve of Our Engagement, She Went to KTV with Her White-Moonlight Love 订婚前夕她跟白月光去了KTV Nine Wonders Knight九奇骑士Urban1.6M WordsCompleted At the engagement ceremony. Ye Qingyu, drunk, took the microphone and openly confessed her feelings for the man she had always loved, right in front of all the guests. Everyone turned to look at Jiang Cheng, the groom-to-be. They all wanted to see him make a fool of himself. But Jiang Cheng started clapping. “Charging ahead for love takes courage. I respect it! You two should just make it official!!” … 12.4kReads6.7Score583Shelves
12. 462 原 Forgive Me, This World Has No Fairy Tales 原谅这世上没童话 An Xiaomo安小漠Urban144k WordsCompleted [“I can no longer tell whether you're a friend or the love I let slip away.”] [Forgive me, from south to north; forgive me, as the ending I face turns to ash...] After ten years of living meekly, she had long since stopped expecting fairness from reality. At seventeen, she traveled alone to a small northern city, thinking nothing could pull her out of the gloom. Then a radiant boy shook her resolve. At first she resisted him, but gradually, something subtle changed between them. With him protect 54Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    Sigh, thinking about how Ah Huai left at 27 and got married, I feel at peace. He could finally tell his beloved wife, "I've only ever kissed you." Thinking about it now, I'm such a coward. I'm crying so much I can't sleep.

13. 463 十 Ten Years, One Sword, All to Wait for You [Male-Male Romance] 十年一剑，只为等你【双男主】 Junior Sister123师妹1236k WordsCompleted Ten years of honing one’s sword, all for the chance to meet you [Two Male Leads] 17Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 464 匪 The Bandit’s Darling 匪宠 Shuang Ying双映Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted Third Master’s wine, Third Master’s gun, Third Master’s fists and feet conquering the world, and his most beloved little sweetheart. In all his life, Third Master cried for only one person. After she was gone, time passed so slowly. At last, Li Mucheng came to understand: fingers are too short, mountains too high, and the waters too far. The people you miss in this life are gone from your reach forever. 10Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    "The Bandit's Pet"!! It made me cry!! It's so heartbreaking!!

15. 465 贺 Mr. He Canceled Our Engagement for His White Moonlight, So I'm Not Marrying Him 贺总为白月光取消订婚，我不嫁了 Xing Hui星茴Modern Romance646k WordsCompleted [Devoted Couple + The Ex Chases His Wife to the Crematorium + Sharp-Tongued Female Lead + Male Lead Turns Dark + Unhinged + Coercive Love] He Hansheng had a beloved first love whom he treasured like a jewel. On their anniversary, he had a candlelit dinner with her. On her birthday, he went for a walk with his first love. He even ditched the concert he’d promised to attend with her to spend time with his first love. Then, on the day of their engagement party, He Hansheng canceled it because of a 46.7kReads7.4Score2.6kShelves
16. 466 长 Changye Wuyue 长烨无月 Awakening at Ten夢醒十分Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted [A princess sent away for a political marriage × an obsessive crown prince and emperor] [Tragic romance] (The comic adaptation is now available.) A general dies in battle, and a princess is sent far away to marry for peace. The young man who had been her childhood sweetheart remained forever on the battlefield in the desert. As a princess of her nation, she was sent far away to Great Jin for a political marriage. The desert battlefield claimed the young General Zhou, while the bright and spiri 30.6kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves

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    Super heart-wrenching. Don't judge the first book by its rating; one dies of illness, the other commits suicide for love—it feels like a happy ending. I have a physical copy of the second book, so it's alright, but it's a shame they're in opposite directions, one in the south, the other in the north. The third book… needless to say, it's set in ancient times, and the female lead doesn't love the male lead; she only has eyes for the second male lead. I haven't read the later ones, but they're quite angsty.

17. 467 要 Oh No, My Ex Showed Up on the Variety Show! 要命了，前男友杀到综艺上来了！ Mu Ashuang慕阿双Modern Romance584k WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy | Showbiz novel | Variety show livestream] [Funny, radiant actress and aloof top-tier star actor] Everyone knows that rising star Fu Xi has an ex-boyfriend who remains her first love, and that he passed away just three months ago. Netizens have all urged Fu Xi to pull herself together, and a wave of online tributes to her ex-boyfriend has swept the internet. After spending three months filming deep in the mountains, a certain award-winning actor finally gets online and sees the en 14.3kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    🌵This novel is incredibly heart-wrenching. As everyone knows, rising star Fu Xi has a first love she can't forget, and he just passed away three months ago. Many netizens are encouraging her to pull herself together, and a wave of mourning for her ex-boyfriend has even swept the internet.

18. 468 开 An Engagement Banquet from the Start, and My Fiancée Abandons Me 开局订婚宴，未婚妻弃我而去 A Struggling Student Who Wants to Be a Top Scholar想当学神的学渣Urban296k WordsCompleted After a night of heavy drinking, orphan Zhao Lin unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of another orphan named Zhao Lin in a parallel world. He discovers that he is at an engagement banquet, and the groom is none other than himself. He has barely had time to feel happy when his fiancée, Liu Ruyan, takes a phone call and announces that the engagement banquet is off and will be held again on another date. Then, ignoring everyone’s pleas, she drives away. A real man lives between heaven and eart 1.7kReads5.5Score100Shelves
19. 469 思 Sinan’s Endless Wait 思南已无期 Qian Kun乾昆Modern Romance181k WordsCompleted [Healing + love that grows over time + sweet romance + devoted couple + angsty campus romance] When they first met, Lin Sinan never imagined that the annoying Si Nan would become her first love. He said, “Life would be so lonely without friends.” He said, “Just keep charging ahead. Don’t be afraid, I’ll always protect you.” He said, “I’ll never let you lose again.” He said, “Lin Sinan, have some confidence. You’re an amazing girl.” He said, “Let’s both go to college in the north. Then we c 11Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 470 重 Reborn: The Flirty Little Temptress Chases Her Husband to the Crematorium 重生后小撩精追夫火葬场 Gentle Susu温柔素素Modern Romance208k WordsCompleted [Reborn power fantasy + everyone’s favorite + powerful people all around the heroine] In her previous life, Su Xiaohan trusted the wrong people and was brutally killed. Then, in a single moment, she was reborn on the very day she was supposed to marry the scumbag! The first thing she did was call the man who loved her more than life itself! Su Xiaohan: Come get me, and I’ll run away from the wedding with you! Master Li sneered. He had long since grown to hate her and didn’t believe a word she sa 221Reads6.2Score—Shelves
21. 471 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
22. 472 吻 Kiss the Breeze 吻清风 Pluck a Star揪一颗星星Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted The boy standing against the light: Tang Qingxu. I used to write about you. Now, at last, I can write about us. My greatest delusion in this life was that I could try to hold back the wind. *Content warning: This is a tragic ending. The male lead moves on and gets married; the female lead dies the day he lets go. If you can’t handle that ending, feel free to skip this one. 102Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Hmm... Don't look at the ratings, it's really angsty. The beginning is incredibly sweet, but the end is incredibly angsty. The second book is constantly angsty.

23. 473 忘 Beneath the River of Forgetfulness, A Cherry Blossom Promise 忘川河下，赴一场樱花之约 Listening to the Wind, Finding Joy听风拾悦21k WordsCompleted Beneath the River of Forgetfulness, keep an appointment beneath the cherry blossoms. 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Extreme angst + tragic ending + heart-wrenching romance between the emperor and empress. When national hatred clashes with personal love, their short life intertwined with love and hate, that burning love is ultimately buried beneath a sky full of cherry blossoms. After reading, only one question remains: How can we be at peace with each other? The regret of unrequited love, a must-read for fans of tragic endings!

24. 474 渣 The Scumbag Can't Have Me, Quick Transmigration 渣男对我求而不得【快穿】 Shui Mu Qing水木青Ancient Romance315k WordsCompleted After a car accident leaves her in a vegetative state, Lin Ruo is forced to bind herself to the Scumbag System and begins a masochistic quest to cling to the scumbag’s coattails. First World The scumbag emperor destroys her family and leaves her to die in a sea of flames in order to seize military power. After she dies, the emperor undergoes a dramatic change in personality and spends more than a decade consumed by regret. Lin Ruo rolls her eyes in disdain. [Scumbag Experience: 10%] Second World 5.4kReads9.1Score499Shelves

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    So heart-wrenching! The first world, which can be read as a short story (only about forty chapters), I read it in my dorm room last night and cried my eyes out, afraid to make a sound. Every world ends with the female lead's death! It's truly incredibly moving!!

25. 475 花 The Flowers Bloomed 花，开了 AhriiiTwo Male Leads55k WordsCompleted If not for that glass of “Glacier,” he would never have inexplicably walked toward him. If he had never met Chen Ji, he would probably still be shrouded in darkness, unable to believe that anyone in this world could truly love him. An Yi is the top seller in this part of town, a butterfly dancing on the edge of taboo, dazzling yet elusive. Chen Ji, a spotless top student, is like a little deer lost in forbidden territory. He has stepped into more than this absurd place: he has also entered An Y —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One is a novel with two male protagonists, the other is a romance novel, and it's a angst-filled one! It's a short story! I cried so much I couldn't sleep until midnight [crying]

26. 476 离 My Ex-Husband Is Irresistible After Our Divorce 离婚后我的前夫真香了 Wusu Bubble Rice Cracker乌苏泡仙贝Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Rose Crossing the Moon launches on November 14] [The ex-chases-wife-to-the-crematorium trope, not the typical kind; reuniting after a breakup] [Cool, aloof, rational beauty with a warm heart * A big, awkward puppy who says one thing and means another, but is willing to change] "His rose garden remained a desolate wasteland." "If love were a field of study, you would be my one and only lifelong subject." After five years of marriage, Bai Luo'an left Huo Ling a folder. Inside 15.8kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    There's no heart-stealing or kidney-ripping cliché; the author's writing is excellent, the angst is subtle yet intense, the female lead is very strong, and the divorce isn't drawn out; the overall pace is fast-paced.

27. 477 魂 Haunting My Dreams 魂牵梦萦 When You Think of Home当君怀归日Modern Romance797k WordsCompleted He was the moon in the heavens, hanging high and bright. She thought she could carefully guard this secret seed of love and keep it from sprouting, but day after day spent together had allowed it to grow into a towering tree. When her love became bone-deep and impossible to suppress, she had no choice but to reach out and bring the divine one down to earth. 8.7kReads9.1Score631Shelves

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    It's incredibly heart-wrenching, so heartbreaking it'll break your heart. I cried so many times and still can't get over it. You absolutely shouldn't miss it. ① The male lead's sister died saving the female lead. [What?!] The male lead blames the female lead, tormenting her with a mix of love and hate. He forces her to attend social events right after her abortion, and in the end, he marries someone else. [Sad] The female lead, suffering from severe depression, commits suicide by jumping off a building! ② For six years of marriage, he only used her and played along, all for the sake of one day bringing down the Zhou family! [Facepalm][Facepalm] In her most miserable moment, he threatened to leave her with nothing, refusing to even give her the 800,000 yuan for her surgery. Only at the very end did he discover that her father had been guarding that dirty secret for the sake of the Ji family, while he had orchestrated it all, [Angry] causing her family's ruin! When he finally found her, she was nothing more than a corpse six weeks pregnant…

28. 478 平 The Greatest Sorrow in Life Is Unrequited Love 平生最苦是相思 Shattered Ice碎碎冰Ancient Romance31k WordsCompleted On her wedding day, she thought it marked the beginning of happiness. Little did she know it was the beginning of his revenge... 193Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    🌸Heartbreaking! Short! I hope you can still believe in love after reading these books [crying] I can't believe it anymore, I'm really crying my eyes out, I can't get over it [sad]

29. 479 哥 Brother, the Rain Has Stopped 哥哥，雨停了 Mo Wen Sheng墨文笙Modern Romance104k WordsCompleted [Chi Nian × Jiang Shi] I held a bouquet of roses, wanting to give them to the brother I loved most. Sadly, I never got the chance... In 2007, I saw my brother for the first time. The young man stood by the window, looking relaxed as the bow in his hand played a beautiful melody. In 2010, the rain stopped, and my brother left. In 2012, my brother promised that the following summer he would return to Beicheng and never leave me again. In 2013, the white flower pinned to my chest kept reminding me 320Reads8.7Score101Shelves

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    So heartbreaking! "The white flower on my chest keeps reminding me of the fact that my brother is gone..." [Crying][crying]

30. 480 北 North of Beicheng, the Sea Has Yet to Sleep 北城以北海未眠 Meet Lianshan遇见连山Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted Ever since she was twelve, she had followed him around, always calling him “Brother Beicheng.” There was no turning back time. All the years had left her with were coldness and cruelty. She lost a kidney, and she lost her child. In the midst of that terrible fire, she watched the man she loved most carry another woman away. As she closed her eyes, she thought, Gu Beicheng, if I could turn back time, I would never have met you. 542Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    She'd been by his side since she was twelve, [heart][heart] always calling him "Brother Beichen." [Almost crying] Time cannot be turned back; all that time left her with was indifference and ruthlessness. [Crying] She lost a kidney and her child. [Sad][sad] In that fire, she watched the man she loved most leave with another woman. [Sad] In the moment she closed her eyes, Gu Beichen, if time could turn back, I don't want to meet you again.

31. 481 余 The Rest of My Life Is You 余生皆是你 Xia Xiaosu夏小苏Modern Romance53k WordsCompleted It wasn’t until the moment she was shoved in front of a bullet meant for the woman he loved that Yan Xi finally believed she truly meant nothing to him… She had risked everything and given him all she had, but all he gave her in return was endless pain. He used her as a human shield for that woman and trampled all over her feelings. He even used her, pregnant with his child, to trade for his kidnapped fiancée. As she hung beneath the blazing sun, waiting for the organization to execute her, he w 263Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    [Kiss][Kiss][Admiration][Admiration] Shen Zhichu loved him wholeheartedly for sixteen years, only to be asked to leave with nothing, just to make room for his beloved. Li Jingshen thought he would be happy without that woman, until he received her medical 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?" "Didn't you want me to die sooner?" Shen Zhichu laughed mockingly, "Li Jingshen, in the last moments of my life, I don't want to love you anymore."

32. 482 亲 Darling, Victoria Harbour 亲爱的，维多利亚港 Zhou Xian周弦Modern Romance18k WordsCompleted (Print edition signed) “It feels as though we've weathered storm after storm over the years. In this little boat, you and I have drifted for half our lives. I wish every time, the rain would fall on our boat as it carries us home. I love you, so I let you go.” 11.5kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    "Beauty is so beautiful, it's so heartbreaking." [Almost crying] He's the heir of a powerful family in Hong Kong. How could he possibly stoop down and cherish the daughter of a coal mine owner? Seven years—the female lead's seven years of youth—ultimately resulted in him marrying someone else. Who promised you heaven and earth, who shared your passionate love?

33. 483 她 She Hid Her Pregnancy and Faked Her Death, Leaving the CEO Gray Overnight 她隐藏孕肚假死，总裁一夜白头 October Is Not Cold Yet十月未凉Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Pure angst, physical and emotional torment. Not for the faint of heart. Complete] The day Wen Qing received her pregnancy test results, the doctor told her that her heart was in severe failure and she was near death. At the same time, she received intimate photos of her husband, Zhou Gu, with another woman. The two were even expecting a child together. Only then did she finally understand: Zhou Gu had never forgotten his first love, keeping her in his heart all these years. And Wen Qing had mis 13.1kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves

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    A purely angst-filled story, both physically and emotionally devastating. The day she received her pregnancy test results, the doctor told her [thinking][making a face][making a face] she had severe heart failure and was nearing death. At the same time, she received [making a face][cool][cool] intimate photos of her husband with another woman, who was pregnant with her child. To give this woman an explanation, he personally inserted a needle into her heart. He thought he had controlled the force, unaware that her heart had already failed. Watching her slowly lose life in his arms, he went mad…

34. 484 铃 Windbell Bamboo 铃风竹 Qing Yan卿焰Modern Romance367k WordsOngoing Gu Qingling was like a warm breeze. She swept into Song Lingxiu’s world, driving away the chill of the mundane and warming him to the core. He wanted the wind to stay by his side forever, but the wind never stopped to look his way. When the wind blew somewhere else, jealousy consumed him. He destroyed the person she most wanted to care for and caused her to die young. Song Lingxiu sailed to Changze Mountain to ask the gods to bring the wind back to life, but along the way he encountered a kitten —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book features the male and female protagonists mistaking each other for each other, leading to a love-hate relationship. The second book has the male protagonist reborn multiple times, leaving the female protagonist covered in wounds. The third book has Shen Xiujin causing the female protagonist to be unjustly imprisoned.

35. 485 病 Sick Obsession 病态痴迷 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼Modern Romance412k WordsCompleted After three years with Jiang Qichuan, Wen Mian became pregnant. Her heart was full of joy, but all she got from him was: “She’s back.” She left without a word, hiding her pregnancy. But he refused to let her go. He drove her family to their deaths and clipped her wings, turning her into a canary in a cage once more, kept from the light of day. Jiang Qichuan said, “You were the one who started dreaming above your station.” Only later, after a fire claimed two lives, did he finally see her pregnan 570Reads6.9Score100Shelves

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    It's so heart-wrenching, but also really good.

36. 486 终 At Last, I Realize What I Owe You 终觉亏欠 Not-Bitter Bitter Melon不苦苦瓜Two Male Leads144k WordsCompleted Young Liang Anxian will never forgive the person he becomes as an adult. Cheating scum-gong story! Enter at your own risk! Bad ending! Bad ending! Bad ending! Realistic setting, no rebirth, and no golden finger. 922Reads—Score—Shelves

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37. 487 季 Mr. Ji, Stop Hurting Me. Miss Shu Is Already Married 季总别虐了，舒小姐已嫁人 Warm Words温言暖语Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted As Ji Sihan’s secret lover, Shu Wan stayed by his side for five years. She thought that if she was obedient and sweet, she could warm his heart. But she never expected to be abandoned in the end. Shu Wan had always been gentle. She neither argued nor made a scene, and didn’t even ask him for a penny. She simply walked out of his world. But when she was about to marry someone else, he suddenly pinned her against the wall and kissed her like a madman. Shu Wan couldn’t quite figure out what Mr. Ji 27.4kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves
38. 488 夫 After His Wife Dies in a Fire With Their Child in Her Arms, Mr. Lu Goes Mad 夫人抱崽葬身火海后，陆总他疯了 Love Poem memory情诗memoryModern Romance329k WordsCompleted [Angsty romance] + [win-her-back-at-all-costs] + [never forgive] + [no getting back together] + [obsessive] + [second male lead wins] Lu Hengnian hates Fu Xingran so much that he forces her to donate skin without anesthesia, slaps her, pushes her in front of a knife, and makes her give birth prematurely… When he has to choose between two lives at death’s door, he doesn’t hesitate to save his first love, abandoning her and their child to die. At last, he drives her to the brink. Yet through the v 1.1kReads8.5Score101Shelves

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    [Fear][Fear][Frustration] This is the correct way to read a tragic novel! Why should you be forgiven for just one mistake?! Lu Hengnian hated Fu Xingran so much that he forced her to donate skin without anesthesia, slapped her, pushed her to take a knife for him, and forced her to have a premature birth... [Bookmark][Heavy punch][Heavy punch] When faced with a life-or-death choice, he unhesitatingly chose his white moonlight, sacrificing her and their child's lives. Finally, he drove her to the brink, but he knelt on the ground, pleading and regretting his actions across a vast sea of ​​fire, "Ranran, I was wrong. I was blind and mistaken, I took the wrong revenge. The person I love has always been you. Look, I've become the person you like the most again. Don't do anything foolish, come home with me, okay?" Her answer was a desperate smile, a resolute turn, and she perished in the fire. He finally went completely mad.

39. 489 虐 After Torturing His Wife to Death, Mr. Luo Went Mad 虐死夫人后，骆先生他疯了 Clever Little Cutie小聪明大漂亮Modern Romance443k WordsCompleted The male lead chases his wife after losing her + Second male lead takes the throne Coercive possessiveness, a rabid male lead, twisted and perverse Captivity, forced love, old-school melodramatic angst Please, if this isn’t your thing, don’t click in just to insult me… Divider Luo Yinghui killed Shen Yunxi’s entire family. He thought the Shen family deserved it. The Shen family’s young lady had been in love with him since childhood. With nowhere else to go, she could only cling to him like a par 1.4kReads6.7Score100Shelves
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    Tired of reading angst-filled stories? Time for some sweet romance! This one is absolutely packed with sugar! It's a true "group-doting" story, with the protagonist being pampered by the entire world's consciousness. His interactions with other characters are so sweet they'll make you cry, and the interactions between Gin and the protagonist are definitely not out of character!

42. 492 霍 Mr. Huo, Stop Torturing Me. Miss Bai Has Run Away with the Child 霍总别虐，白小姐带着孩子逃跑了 Starry Clouds星星云Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted Angsty romance + obsessive love + fleeing while pregnant + desperate pursuit to win her back On a rainy, pitch-black night, a man in a perfectly tailored suit, his face cold, chased away the thugs who were harassing her. Bai Youtong quietly fell for him, but he only saw her as a tool to satisfy his desires. “Ten million. Spend a year with me.” “Okay.” Bai Youtong’s hands trembled as she took the black card. From then on, she became his secret lover. Six months later, news outlets reported that H 8Reads5.2Score—Shelves
43. 493 我 My Childhood Friend Ascended the Throne 我的竹马登基了 Guang Jun's Promise广君一诺Ancient Romance332k WordsCompleted [Comedy + Zhihu-style storytelling + Ridiculous antics + Strong Male and Female Leads + Childhood Sweethearts + A Little Angst] My name is Gu Xiang, and I’m a celebrated female general. Qi Yan and I have been at odds since we were children. He’s a petty man who loves to kick people when they’re down. As for why Qi Yan loves picking on me so much, it’s because he’s jealous of me. Jealous because everyone loves me and even the flowers bloom when they see me. Chapter excerpt: “Qi Yan, what do you 808Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    I cried so much, it was so heartbreaking, highly recommended!

44. 494 银 When the Ginkgo Leaves Fall 银杏落下时 Wanyan Yuning完颜雨凝Two Male Leads62k WordsCompleted [If you enjoy this, please leave lots of comments and ratings. Love you!] #BoysLove #Angst #Tragedy #BEAesthetic #Realistic #MutualDevotion #UnforgettableRegret #ConversionTherapy #DoubleDeath At nineteen, Cheng Ye and Lu Ming thought love could conquer everything. A ginkgo-leaf bookmark, two handmade rings, and a promise to go south. They ran away together on a rainy night and kissed beneath a bridge, believing that if they went far enough, they could reach a future of their own. But their pa 309Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Angst! Short! Bad ending! Two male leads! Emotionally and physically agonizing!

45. 495 缺 Oxygen Deprivation 缺氧 Lemon Fox柠檬狐Modern Romance686k WordsCompleted Who is Tang Wu? The Tang family's least-loved illegitimate daughter. Apart from her talented hands for painting, all she has is a pretty face. Who is Huo Yunshen? The third son of the Huo family, and the most eligible bachelor in all of Binhai City, pursued by countless women. When they first met, Tang Wu summoned all her courage and offered herself to Huo Yunshen. At the time, Huo Yunshen thought women were fussy, troublesome, and noisy. It wasn't until their lavish wedding, when Tang Wu leaped 1.1kReads9.0Score341Shelves
46. 496 快 Quick Transmigration: The Dark Moonlight Villainess Makes the Male Lead Cry Again 快穿黑月光：女配又把男主虐哭了 Osmanthus Boughs明桂别枝Modern Romance699k WordsCompleted [Not a revenge fantasy] Every novel world has a female supporting character who causes trouble at every turn. Qian Tao nervously takes the place of these supporting characters and follows the plot. But why do the male leads end up yearning for her, only to fall to their knees and beg her to forgive them?! #With no man in your heart, your sword becomes divine# #The male leads fall for the heroine, then chase after her and regret everything# [Professional supporting actress, working on the job] A 2.5kReads9.0Score198Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who replaces the original female supporting character in three thousand worlds, single-mindedly completing her villainous missions. The protagonist's personality is quite likable. This novel, including the epilogues, is less than 400 chapters, and the author's writing is excellent—highly recommended!!! The second book is a particularly heart-wrenching historical romance. The female protagonist lives her entire life in the shadow of the late empress. The emperor may never have loved her; in her entire life, he only said "I'm sorry" three times to her. Furthermore, *Palace Wall Willow* subverts the traditional understanding of the harem in novels; it avoids the clichéd intrigue and power struggles. Mengwa's descriptions of each concubine are very detailed, making it well worth reading.

47. 497 快 Quick Transmigration: The Universally Disliked Fight to Become the No. 1 Fan Favorite 快穿：万人嫌争做人气角色No1 Han yuu寒yuuAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Shi Wuqing died, someone claiming to be a System found her. If she collected enough “popularity points,” she could come back to life. Shi Wuqing agreed. Then she was sent into various novels, where she became the cannon-fodder character readers hated most. Her mission was to become the character readers loved most, with the highest popularity, by the end of each novel! World One: Shi Wuqing became the scheming younger sister who took the heroine's place and married the prince. At the begi 42.8kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves

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    No romantic pairing. The female lead is emotionally detached [crying] but very strong, sob sob. The male lead in the first world was so pitiful, I cried all night for him, my eyes are swollen. He's the epitome of a tragic male lead. The other worlds are also very heartbreaking, but I still can't forget the male lead from the first world [crying][crying][crying]

48. 498 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

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    These are all short, angsty stories. However, the female lead dies at the end of the second book. The first book only has 6 pages.

49. 499 修 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization 修真文明指南 Crispy Pork Belly香脆五花肉Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing The laws of physics in the world of cultivation, the periodic table of chemical elements along the path of cultivation, the theory of biological evolution among fantasy races... See how the protagonist uses his golden finger, a kaleidoscope of lives, to keep acquiring other people's cultivation realms and venture ever farther into an unknown world of cultivation. The book features a huge cast of supporting characters, including Lord Niu (Newton), Xiao Ai (Einstein), Lord La (Lavoisier), and Lord 9kReads—Score819Shelves

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    The first few dozen pages will definitely make you cry.

50. 500 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

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