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1. 601 低 Whisper It! Darling, I Only Want You 低声哄！宝贝，我只要你 Clear and Pure澈净Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication / Short drama of the same name now streaming] [Gentle, insecure top student x arrogant, carefree rich playboy] [College romance + Both leads are inexperienced + Fake playboy + Mutual pining becomes real + He’s never loved anyone else + Sweet and flirty] Fu Ciyu had always been a star at Jingcheng University. Born into one of the capital’s top wealthy families, he was unruly and hard to tame. Girls were always around him, but he had never given anyone his heart. Everyone 51.3kReads9.5Score6.5kShelves

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   😏😏Wow, the female lead's heart is sparkling, knowing that her feelings for the male lead are fleeting, like the wind. Helplessly, she's deeply in love, and when he gets engaged, she runs away in tears. Hey, that night the male lead, like a madman, hugs her and cries out, "Don't abandon me!" This plot is going to be interesting.

2. 602 我 I Don’t Want the Bellflowers Anymore 我不要桔梗花了 A Cheng MS阿程MSModern Romance119k WordsCompleted Yu Nianxu, Wei Mu is still here, still protecting you somewhere else. Wei Mu, don't go! Yu Nianxu, wake up! I'm still here. Wei Mu, I'm awake. Where are you? Wei Mu, I'm willing. Wei Mu, goodbye! I'll live well from now on. 156Reads7.3Score—Shelves
3. 603 拯 Rescuing Your Desert: I'm Your Guardian of the Galaxy 拯救你的荒漠：我是你的银河卫士 Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance9k WordsCompleted Saving Your Desert: I Am Your Galactic Guardian 15Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 604 强 A Forceful Claim 强势染指 Xiangqiao香巧Modern Romance394k WordsCompleted [Roguish, Rugged Hero] [Daddy-Type Boyfriend] [ oozing hormones] [Guiding Lover] [Sweet Romance] [Nine-Year Age Gap] [Food] [Kissaholic] [Both Pure and Inexperienced] I'm currently working on signed editions for publication. If you're interested, you can check them out at the usual place. This is part of the same series as Jiang Baichuan and Hai Tian's A Soldier in Uniform, Rose in Hand, Dedicated to the Princess. (The male lead cooks, talks dirty, and fusses over every last detail like a dad. T 62.6kReads9.4Score6.9kShelves
5. 605 有 A Breeze Blows By 有风吹过来 Xiao Ji小祭Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted The wind began to blow. He said to her, “Yan Li, before I leave, I want to help you like this world just a little. At the very least, I don’t want you to feel so hopeless anymore.” When two equally lonely people, both empty inside, find each other, even the smallest change can be a form of salvation. 168Reads9.4Score—Shelves
6. 606 割 Letting Go 割愛 A Little Bad One一只歹Modern Romance48k WordsCompleted [Short tragic ending + obsessive male lead] After my mother remarried, my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me, was always finding new ways to bully me. But after our parents died, he changed completely. He stopped bullying me and instead stayed by my side, taking care of me without ever giving up on me. It was as if he’d become a different person. 70Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   These are all angst-filled novels, around 50,000 words each! 🌈First book: While everyone was gossiping about Yan Xiaoan behind her back, Yan Xiaoan remained single-mindedly devoted to Lu Yunzhan for three years. 🌈Second book: She used an agreement to keep the male lead by her side, but still couldn't win his affection… She loved him, she felt guilty, so she chose to let go—to set him free.

7. 607 消 The Missing Sister 消失的姐姐 Clever Cat King聪明的猫King9k WordsCompleted The Missing Sister 62Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 608 求 Please Love Me Openly 求你明恋我 Elk Seventeen麋鹿十七Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available. Search for A Confession I Couldn’t Hide to get a signed copy] [Roguishly handsome, irresistible Jin Zhuo x sweet, alluring Qin Yingxia] [Both Pure + College Romance + Secret Crush Becomes Mutual + Sweet Romance + Light Ensemble Cast] Qin Yingxia had been secretly in love with Jin Zhuo for seven years. She worked as hard as she could to get into Imperial University, all so she could be a little closer to him. On the first day of school, she accidentally took t 47.8kReads9.5Score7.4kShelves
9. 609 山 The Boy from the Mountain City 山城少年 Mo Cha墨茶Modern Romance21k WordsCompleted In the mountain city, there are not only young men, but also big sisters. We were once each other's salvation. Watching the young man shine so brightly, I couldn't selfishly keep him trapped by my side. Without Big Sister in this world, that young man would be gone too. 45Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   This means every single one of these stories will make you cry, folks! They're all tragic love stories, trust me, you absolutely have to read them! They're all tragic love stories and not very long. My top recommendation is "I Died at Twenty-Eight," it's truly not a caged bird longing for its old forest, but a caged bird returning to its beloved island [crying][crying][crying]. Rating: Five stars!!!

10. 610 爷 My Godforsaken Life 爷这操蛋的人生 Huang Dada慌大大Two Male Leads155k WordsCompleted Yu Yan × Mu Siming Yu Yan thought his life was a complete fucking mess. When he was little, his mother abandoned him to become someone else's stepmother. His shameless old man married a woman only a few years older than Yu Yan and made her his stepmother. When he grew up, he finally managed to earn some money by writing a novel, only for the shitty platform to lock it. After going through hell to find a bridge with good feng shui, he planned to jump off and kill himself, hoping he wouldn't have 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Double male protagonist tragic ending novel

11. 611 爱 Maybe It’s for the Best That Love Is Gone 爱失去了也好 Love in the Mortal World红尘爱Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted A business marriage made Lu Zhengnan hate Xia Wanqing. For three years of marriage, he came home only once a month. After learning she was terminally ill, Xia Wanqing intended to leave quietly, but again and again she was brought back to his side... until she died in his arms. 5Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    A heart-wrenching story!!! From utter joy to utter despair. It takes ten years to love someone, but only an instant to hate them.

12. 612 娇 Sweet, Soft, and a Little Airheaded: Bad Boys Just Can't Get Enough 娇娇软软小笨蛋，坏男人喜欢死啦 Potatoes and Pig Trotters土豆猪蹄Modern Romance456k WordsOngoing A collection of short stories featuring gorgeous little darlings and all kinds of wicked men with filthy mouths Strong male lead, weak female lead | Questionable values | Dark and obsessive 1. [Childhood Friends, Three's a Crowd] Luo Yan's only memories of the time before graduation are of heat and humidity. But it wasn't Xu Yuan who made it that way. It was Shen Jingyan. The man kissed away her tears and leaned close to her ear, his voice husky and low. “Yan Yan, will you remember now?” 2. [The 398Reads7.8Score124Shelves
13. 613 下 In My Next Life, I Won’t Love You Again! 下辈子，不再爱你！ Hou Hou猴猴Modern Romance55k WordsCompleted Xiao Yi once promised me a home, but gave me the deepest pain instead. A year later, I became someone else's girlfriend, only to hear that he had endured every hardship I went through, all to win me back... 6Reads6.3Score—Shelves
14. 614 赠 To Wang Lun 赠汪伦 Su Ta苏他Modern Romance75k WordsCompleted The magnum opus of rising hit author Su Ta, a masterpiece of tragic romance! The dashing policewoman Pei Shu vs. Qin Shen, a beautiful, tragic suspect. I love you with time I've stolen. Sooner or later, I'll have to pay it back. Don't be afraid. I'll be here, loving you. Because of my selfishness and greed, we were able to love each other for a brief time. "I'm sorry, darling. This time, I really have to let go of your hand." "Qin Shen, don't let go of my hand. I can't find my way home." In his 1kReads9.5Score212Shelves

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    "I only know her surname is Zhou"—"I hope you remember my name, I'm Zhou Tingwan." "I say autumn surpasses spring"—"Since ancient times, autumn has been associated with sorrow and loneliness." "His little rose is forever hidden in that summer." "Qingqing, happy marriage." "What are you here for?"—"I've come to find my lover." "My white moonlight is handsome, academically gifted, gentlemanly, gentle, devoted, and deeply affectionate—all the buffs stacked." "The person I hate the most is Ruan Yusheng"—"The person I like the most is also Ruan Yusheng." "In this vast youth, for me, amidst the bustling crowd, just seeing him once is enough." "This time, I really have to let go of your hand"—"I can't find my way home." "Ah Huai, can you set off fireworks for me one more time?"—"I'll do it as many times as I want." "Unrequited love is certain death."

15. 615 为 Tearing My Heart Apart for You 为你撕心裂爱 Yu Nuannuan余暖暖Modern Romance49k WordsCompleted What does it mean to love deeply? To be doomed beyond redemption, or ground to dust? Ruan Zhenzhen's heart died at the moment she lay dying, her child was lost, and her grandfather was grieved to death. After rising from the ashes, the man who regretted everything knelt before her and begged for forgiveness. But how can a dead heart come back to life? “Huo Sinian, the only way I'll forgive you is if you die!” 204Reads5.7Score—Shelves
16. 616 也 Perhaps There Was Once Light in the Deep Sea 也许深海曾有光 Ding Huaijin丁怀瑾Modern Romance75k WordsCompleted After an earthquake, young Jiang Ning began living with Song Ao, her younger brother by neither blood nor marriage, who had autism. In Song Ao’s world, Jiang Ning became his only splash of color. Years later, Jiang Ning was surprised to discover that her new boss was Shen Fang, the school heartthrob she had harbored innocent feelings for in her youth. At the same time, though, she sensed that her relationship with Song Ao was gradually changing, blurring the line between family love and romance. 546Reads9.3Score138Shelves
17. 617 快 Quick Transmigration: How to Save a Helpless, Self-Reliant Villain 快穿：论拯救柔弱不能自理反派 Salt Wanwan盐晚晚Two Male Leads202k WordsCompleted [Top, 1v1, mutually faithful] Fang Wanyu, one of the world's top assassins, failed an assassination and was abandoned by his organization. While fleeing, he happened to take one extra glance at a gorgeous man passing by, and the people sent after him shot him dead. His body hadn't even gone cold when he was forcibly bound to some ridiculous System. He still hadn't met anyone who could make him obedient. Fang Wanyu: I'd rather jump off a cliff and die than blindly do a damn thing you say! 008: Co 329Reads8.4Score100Shelves

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    These are angst-filled stories, some long, some short, but none are very long, and I highly recommend them.

18. 618 最 Nothing Hurts More Than Loving You 最痛不过我爱你 Begonias Before the Rain海棠未雨Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted Zhou Ansheng killed himself, just as she wished. He gave Mrs. Xiao's place to the woman he cherished most. She loved him for so many years, and lost everything: her self-respect and pride, her closest family, her family business, and even the child she had yet to carry to term... Blood from her wrists stained the flowers along the road to the underworld, and every blossom knew how deeply she had loved him! She said, “I hope there is no next life. I hope we never meet again. The most painful thin 25Reads5.4Score199Shelves
19. 619 废 The Discarded Stand-In Has Had Enough 废弃替身想开了 One Little Sweet Fish一口小甜鱼Two Male Leads215k WordsCompleted [No female lead, 1v1, seriously angsty drama + stand-in for the unattainable first love + winning him back at any cost + mutual healing + rekindled romance + 80% angst, 20% sweetness + happy ending] Cen Yu had known Gu Yanting for ten years. For the first five, he was Gu Yanting's sidekick, his underling. In the sixth year, Gu Yanting said, “Your profile looks like Qi Anyi's,” and Cen Yu became a stand-in for Gu Yanting's unattainable first love. In the tenth year, Qi Anyi came back. Gu Yanting 5.4kReads8.8Score330Shelves

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    That's all, don't doubt it. Super captivating short, angsty novels, so heart-wrenching you'll question your existence [smirk][smirk] My explanation seems a bit... Oh well, whatever, just read on!

20. 620 为 To Stay Alive, I Work Hard Every Day to Play My Part 为了活命，每天都在努力扮演角色 The Demon King Needs Dinner魔王要吃饭Two Male Leads566k WordsCompleted [Male lead focus + quick transmigration + some arcs have bad endings] Tang Jie is a suspense comic artist. One day, while taking out the trash, he has the misfortune of being knocked unconscious by a flowerpot falling from above. When he wakes up, he finds himself unexpectedly bound to a supporting-character roleplaying System. [Worlds:] 1. Fairy tale: Snow White and the wicked stepmother 2. Modern: Piano prodigy and stuttering domineering CEO 3. Suspense: Puppet master and marionette 4. Marti 236Reads8.5Score—Shelves
21. 621 虐 Tortured Love 虐恋 Miao Miao淼淼Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted As she teetered between life and death, Wen Xingyi wanted to tell the girl she had been at eighteen: Don’t secretly draw that man. Don’t write so many diary entries about him. And above all, don’t fall in love with him. Because that man was a demon all along. 229Reads5.3Score—Shelves
22. 622 思 Sinan 思南 Little Sunflower Must Work Hard小葵要勤奋Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted [Yandere male lead / sweet on the outside, dark within / healing / mutual devotion] [The male lead had a tragic childhood that twisted his personality. The female lead will heal him later.] In Su Nanjia's eyes, Gu Jinyu has always been sunny and gentle. Only after they get together does she realize that everything before was just an act. He has never been a good person, not in the past and even less so now. He hides the darkness inside him, pretending to be the man she loves, and graduall 2.7kReads8.9Score231Shelves
23. 623 穿 What Do I Do When the Protagonist Is Sick in Every World I Transmigrate Into? 穿的每个世界主角都有病怎么办 What Pen Name Won't Be Taken什么笔名不会重复Two Male Leads580k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Beloved Darling Script + Everyone Loves the Protagonist + Quick Transmigration] Professor Lu Jin'an had a weak stomach, and he took his work so seriously that he never ate properly. One day, his stomach hurt so badly that he passed out. Perhaps his workaholic spirit caught the eye of some System. After learning that he had terminal stomach cancer and that his body would soon suffer beyond endurance, he signed on without even asking what the job entailed. Don't ask! The answer is th 174Reads8.3Score—Shelves
24. 624 穿 I Became the Beloved Child Who Died Young 穿成早夭的团宠 June Flying Flames六月飞火Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No main CP, side CPs + everyone’s darling + doomed early-death white moonlight] At the Main God’s request, the System Zhaozhao travels to different worlds as a quick transmigrator, completing missions. His journey through life begins, and one legend after another unfolds. He is the exceptionally gifted divine son of the solemn God Realm. He is the beloved little prince of the lonely Underworld. He is the Black-Bellied Immortal Venerable’s one and only sword spirit. He is the Buddhist son, older 24.9kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
25. 625 我 I Love You, I Deserve to Die 我爱你，我该死 Rice Candy米糖糖Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted Song Xixi spent more than a decade loving a man. In the end, she died at the hands of the person she loved most. He wanted her kidney, and she gave it to him. He wanted her life, and she gave it to him. He wanted her to turn back and love him once more, but she knew there was no going back... 161Reads5.0Score—Shelves
26. 626 筝 Spoiled by the Zither 筝宠 Sunset in the West夕阳西下Two Male Leads453k WordsCompleted "I can't believe you're so cheap. You can't live without a man, can you?!" Faced with Qin Yifeng's fury, Lu Zheng felt nothing but sorrow. If he hadn't heard Qin Yifeng say to Shen Yun just a day earlier, "When I'm done playing with him, I'll give him to you..." he would have asked what it meant. But there was no need now. He understood: it was just an excuse Qin Yifeng had made up because he was tired of him. He would leave, disappearing completely from Qin Yifeng's sight. But why did Qin Yifen 32Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    It's so incredibly heartbreaking! [Crying][crying][almost crying][almost crying]

27. 627 穿 I Transmigrated into a Eunuch and Met a Prince in the Cold Palace 穿成真太监后遇到一个冷宫皇子 Qian Zhizi千栀子Two Male Leads359k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, No Female Lead!!! CP: Eunuch and Cold Palace Prince] Who would have thought my girlfriend's curse would actually come true? What do you do when you transmigrate into the body of a real eunuch? I feel like crying three times a day. But then I ran into a lame prince confined to the cold palace, and happened to witness this seemingly innocent but secretly ruthless kid in the middle of killing someone. Without even realizing it, I somehow flirted with him and got him acting strange. 14.5kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves

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    The first book wasn't too angsty, but the protagonist's death after the villain's redemption was quite heartbreaking, though it had a relatively happy ending. [Heart emoji] The second book had a tragic ending; the ending was both right and wrong. The conflict between class and ideology felt very real. In the very end, he passed away, reciting the simplest custom of his hometown while thinking of his lover. [Heart emoji] The third book was sweet at first, angsty in the middle, and sweet at the end. There was another very angsty one I can't remember; I didn't add it to my bookshelf at the time. The plot was about a general who thought the emperor had killed his father, but there was a hidden truth. The two loved each other but still hurt each other, and they eventually reconciled.

28. 628 我 My Master Seems a Little Hungry 我家师尊有点饿 Salted Sticky Rice Dumpling糯米咸粽Two Male Leads517k WordsCompleted An immortal sect master × a teasing actor-demon god, who ends up abducted and taken back to the demon realm to become... a bandit chieftain’s wife? The Demon God, feared by all six realms, fails his tribulation and turns into a “little soot ball.” He’s accidentally rescued by Wumo, the foremost immortal of the immortal sect, only to discover that the other is researching... a hundred ways to cook and eat him? Wumo, a top foodie who transmigrated to another world, wants to stew or roast everythin 72Reads9.1Score—Shelves
29. 629 恨 Who Can I Tell My Grudge To? 恨谁诉？ Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads122k WordsCompleted Each chapter is a standalone tragic love story with an open ending, so use your imagination. Some stories are set in ancient times and others in the modern day, but they're all tragic. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip them. 686Reads8.7Score137Shelves
30. 630 锦 Spring in the Brocade Tent 锦帐春 A Two-Ounce Scoop of Moonlight取二两月光Ancient Romance414k WordsCompleted Song Jinyan had been in love with Ji Jing for half her life, giving him everything she had and helping him reclaim his kingdom. But the first thing he did after ascending the throne was exile her parents and elder brother to the southern borderlands. It turned out the love she thought they shared had been nothing but an act put on by Ji Jing to reclaim his kingdom. He had never loved her. At last, Song Jinyan’s heart died. She plotted to escape the palace, but Ji Jing came clinging after her aga 88Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    Link above [shy] Number one is angsty, number two is even more angsty

31. 631 只 May Our Love Stay True, and Time Never Let Us Down 只愿情深，不负时光 Fo Jiu佛九Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted There's never any fairness in love. The one who is favored takes it for granted, while the one who gives their whole heart keeps backing down. So he traded nineteen years of devotion for her cold indifference, driven into a desperate abyss of pain and madness. And she still mocked his love from her lofty perch, trampling it into the dirt without a second thought. But then... 40Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    I'm in "good spirits," it's so sweet! So sweet! So sweet! It's so sweet that my saliva is involuntarily dripping from my eyes (Note: Don't try to read this with your brain!!!).

32. 632 三 Three Years, Eleven Pages: Don’t Cry When You Finish 三年，十一页，看完别哭 Snow Wolf on the Summit云巅雪狼Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted Three years, eleven pages. Don't cry when you finish reading. 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Is it cruel enough? [Thinking] Marrying someone who doesn't love you, then struggling to disappear in a state of haggardness.

33. 633 替 The Duties of a Stand-In 替身本分 Cold Mountain Tea Blossoms寒山茶灼Two Male Leads262k WordsCompleted Gu Zhi spent seven years as Shang Yizhou's substitute lover, always on edge and careful to know his place. At last, one day, he went from being a backup to the real thing. The famously gentle movie star Shang clasped his hand. “I like you. Would you be willing to like me too?” Gu Zhi fell helplessly in love, believing he had finally moved Shang Yizhou. But he never expected the truth. From beginning to end, he had only ever been a substitute, a smokescreen. 106Reads9.1Score—Shelves
34. 634 宦 A Bewitching Eunuch 宦中娇 Yun Zibing云子冰Ancient Romance440k WordsCompleted Yun Tang was the most esteemed young lady in the capital. When her family fell into ruin, she entered the imperial palace, where she was forced to endure humiliation after humiliation... The Ninth Duke, cold-hearted and merciless in the eyes of the world, seemed to reveal his true nature in front of her, tormenting and humiliating her at will. Yun Tang endured it all, until she suddenly realized that the demon who had destroyed her was the very young man she had always held dear. "A Li, when we 1.1kReads6.3Score153Shelves
35. 635 忠 Faithful Hound 忠犬 Qing Shisi卿十四Two Male Leads45k WordsCompleted Zhou Qi says he’ll be Qi Tingyao’s dog for the rest of his life, but he can’t bear to stop there. Through countless sleepless nights, he tears at his own soul and cries out with longing. The feelings he has buried deep in his heart for over a decade finally burst forth. Just how much does he love Qi Tingyao? Perhaps it’s shown in the way he finally finds the strength to let go as he lies dying. 3.6kReads8.6Score396Shelves
36. 636 纵 A Prodigy Roams the Martial World 纵横江湖之天骄 Rain at the End of Night末夜雨Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional wuxia] [The jianghu and the imperial court] [Political intrigue] [No invincible protagonist] [No harem] [No System] [No transmigration] Once you enter the jianghu, you belong to it for life. The jianghu and the imperial court are two separate worlds, but two princes have turned them into a tangled game of chess. The Asura was born for revenge. He leaves a trail of corpses in his wake on the jianghu's winding road, only to forget why he first raised his blade once he has achieved fam 1.1kReads8.8Score103Shelves

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    If you're going to go all out with the torture, go straight to volume three [facepalm]. Anyway, when I was reading it, I felt incredibly tortured.

37. 637 等 The You Who Never Came 等不来的你 Fo Jiu佛九Modern Romance40k WordsCompleted He swore he would never follow in his parents' footsteps, and that the woman he loved would be his, even if he had to take her by force. But later, he not only let her go, he never looked back... [A companion story to "Only After Loving Do You Know Pain"] 17Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 638 病 The Lovesick Lord Li Spoils Me Rotten in His Arms 病娇厉爷在我怀里恃宠而骄 Rich Little Lamb羊暴富儿Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Showbiz + yandere + devoted husband] Rumor has it that the Li family has an untouchable ancestor: devastatingly handsome, frail, and disabled. You can’t scold him or criticize him. You can only spoil him, or keep your distance. Gu Zhiyu, who transmigrates into a yandere novel as a minor cannon-fodder character, thinks the same way. But no matter where she hides each night, he always finds her... “Zhizhi, would you do me the favor of falling into my hands?” Later, she notices that whenever he se 5.5kReads9.4Score689Shelves

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    The first book was so exciting, the arguments were so satisfying! The second one was probably about redemption. Actually, I felt a little sorry for him at first, because he was always wronged and couldn't be cleared up. Then they took him to see the things the detective was watching, and he realized he had done wrong. He begged for forgiveness, but the detective wouldn't forgive him. When he arrived, he had already experienced this before. This transmigrator didn't know about the foolish things he had done before. He achieved his goal and became a god. The third book was pretty good, but I'm going to read it now. The fourth book is probably about face-slapping, about everything he suffered before his rebirth. I don't know how the ending is, but it should be very good. The middle part was quite satisfying, with lots of beatings.

39. 639 快 Quick Transmigration: After Torturing the Big Shot to Tears, I Faked My Death and Escaped 快穿：把大佬虐哭后我死遁了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, scum gong regrets his actions, chases his wife to the crematorium, sickly, coughing blood, forced love, shou fakes his death and escapes, BE in the small worlds, HE in the end] [System: Reminder, Host Yun Chen, this is an S-rank conquest world. The principal gods of every plane are extremely powerful!] [Yun Chen: Oh.] - The domineering CEO, wealthy enough to rival a nation: You’re nothing but a substitute picked out of the mud. My one true love is the chosen one! Yun Chen fell i 21.2kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
40. 640 重 Personal Growth After Being Reborn 重生后的自我成长 Blue Sea Shadow蓝海影Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted Growing Into Myself After Being Reborn —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Modern romance novels with angst, please add them to your collection!

41. 641 爱 Only After Loving Do You Know the Pain 爱过方知痛 Fo Jiu佛九Modern Romance39k WordsCompleted To Li Endian, Shen Shizhou was the light of the first half of her life, and the darkness of the second... 8Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 642 快 Quick Transmigration: The Male Leads My White Moonlight Used to Toy With All Go Mad 快穿：白月光渣过的男主全疯了 Yao Yaoling夭妖铃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Completed) [One-on-one romance + both leads are each other’s first and only + sweet romance + heroine is the male leads’ unattainable first love] [Yandere and unhinged love interests + romantic rivalry + happy endings in every world] Mu Tiantian was an outstanding employee of the World Administration Bureau. Just as she was about to retire and enjoy her life, she was suddenly warned that all the mission worlds from her past were on the verge of collapse?! The male leads she had hurt stared at 8.3kReads8.8Score589Shelves
43. 643 快 Quick Transmigration: After Faking My Death Due to a Terminal Illness, the Yandere Tycoon Went Mad 快穿：我靠绝症死遁后病娇大佬他疯了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads824k WordsCompleted [Yandere x obsessive, angst + catharsis, two power players putting on a show] [System: Host Yu Tang, a world’s main god is incredibly powerful and impossible to overthrow!] The tycoon who controlled the lifeblood of the economy: “Heh, you think you can escape my grasp?” Yu Tang: “Oh, really? I have late-stage stomach cancer, so I’ll die before you do.” The Federation’s celebrated war hero: “You’re nothing but my plaything. Be good and stay by my side!” Yu Tang: “But I have a serious heart con 12.2kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
44. 644 除 Everyone Knows This Secret Except You 除你之外都知道这个秘密 Really Want to Try Old Beijing Fermented Mung Bean Juice特想尝老北京豆汁儿Modern Romance121k WordsCompleted [Scatterbrained little ray of sunshine × sharp-tongued top student] You ask what happened after that. Well, after that… Xiang Nan was once Sheng Gu’s light. When they meet again, Sheng Gu decides to become the one who chases the light. You just stand in the light. I’ll stay behind you and protect you, whether you can see me or not. Xiang Nan watches the sharp-tongued college genius who keeps showing up in front of her every day: “Oh no, why am I starting to fall for him?” “Does he actually lik 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Campus romance novel! Completed! The male and female leads have a mutual crush, with the male lead falling for the female lead first. In the end, the male lead probably doesn't even know that the female lead once liked him too.

45. 645 爱 I Love You Until I’m Mad and Crazed 爱你成疯成魔 Fo Jiu佛九Modern Romance47k WordsCompleted Under pressure framed as love, Su Xin gave up the man she had loved for ten years. But that became his excuse to torment her... 12Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 646 青 Bitter Memories: Who Belongs to Whom? 青涩的回忆之谁是谁的谁 Blue Sea Shadow蓝海影Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted Tender Memories: Who Belongs to Whom —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 647 绝 I Will Never Forgive You! My Brothers Kneel and Beg Me to Come Home 绝不原谅！哥哥们下跪求我回家 Orange, You’ll Never Get Enough橙子你爱不完Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The Sister-Chasing Regret Tour] [An Invincible Female-Led Power Fantasy] [Absolutely No Forgiveness] [The Heroine Shines on Her Own] Before she was reborn, Fu Nian was the Fu family's biological daughter, lost and raised elsewhere. Desperate for the affection of the family she had only just found, she gave way to her adopted younger sister in everything. In the end, her sister plotted her death, while her biological parents and brothers spat insults at her and didn't even show up for her funera 2.3kReads8.9Score321Shelves
48. 648 他 He Kept Summer Hidden 他藏了夏天 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted That night, the young man slowly bent down, bracing his hands on his thighs so he could look her in the eye. It was as if he were declaring that they stood as equals in matters of the heart. Keeping his voice low, he asked, “Senior, I like you. Do you like me?” Ji An raised her hand to stroke Xu Linxi’s cheek and softly ordered him, “Close your eyes.” Xu Linxi trembled, then obediently lowered his lashes. Ji An’s lips curved into a smile. She placed both hands on either side of his face, rose on 8.7kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
49. 649 蚀 Love Imprisoned to the Bone 蚀骨囚宠 Fo Jiu佛九Modern Romance46k WordsCompleted He used love and hate to drive her mad, yet still refused to let her go. She died smiling before his eyes, leaving him with the deepest sorrow imaginable. 89Reads8.1Score—Shelves
50. 650 余 For the Rest of My Life: He Waited Twenty-Two Years for Me 余生为期：他等了我二十二年 South of the Small Town小城以南Modern Romance180k WordsCompleted School life / Winning her back / Sweet and angsty / Reunited after a breakup / Both leads are virgins The year Bai Xiaoxiao died, she was twenty-seven. She died of an incurable illness, but she lied to Gu Sinian and told him she had fallen in love with someone else. On the day they signed the divorce papers, Gu Sinian's hand shook as he wrote his name on the agreement. He didn't try to stop her. What he didn't know was that every step Bai Xiaoxiao took after turning away from him brought her c 82Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The short story is complete, consisting of only a few dozen chapters. It's a tragic love story about a terminal illness and a bittersweet pursuit of the wife.

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