Angst Novels With Relentless Heartbreak from Start to Finish!!! 虐文小说，全程高虐的那种！！！

1. 501 你 You Are on the Cliff 你在悬崖上 Tang Yingxiao唐颖小Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Ji Wujing stayed with Ye Lansheng for seven years, without a name or a place in his life. When she was young and naive, she fell in love with him and foolishly dreamed of becoming his bride. But she no longer wants that. All she wants is to leave him in the best way possible. 4kReads9.0Score399Shelves
2. 502 我 My Unrequited Love Doesn't Count 我的暗恋不算话 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted My Unrequited Love Doesn't Count 381Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A heart-wrenching campus romance: Should you confess if you like someone? She thought about it for a long time and finally decided to confess. A love triangle between one girl and two boys begins to break down in their senior year of high school. She had a crush on him for a long time. A young girl's unrequited love is hard to fathom; she couldn't tell if he loved her or not. She mustered her courage to confess, but he treated it like a truth or dare game. In their senior year, they always thought about applying to the same university, hoping to protect him from being taken away by someone else. She asked her best friend if he had someone he liked, but his friend gave a bitter smile and said, "You'll know when we get to university." Some loves are about to be revealed. She sensed her best friend's... His gentleness and care for her, even the comfort she felt nestled in his best friend's arms, seemed to fuel his jealousy. He questioned his best friend about whether he liked her, which his friend denied. At the end of high school, when she was moving her books home, both he and his best friend helped. He offered to take their first post-graduation trip together, but because he didn't reciprocate her feelings, she angrily asked his best friend if he wanted to go on the trip too. He became even angrier seeing her and his best friend so close, and threw a book at her. She closed her eyes, opened them, and her best friend blocked it. She anxiously took his best friend with her. While seeing the school doctor, she began to question whether she truly loved someone else. She kissed him, but her heart didn't race; yet, kissing his best friend made her heart flutter. At that moment, she realized who she truly loved, but she couldn't accept the truth. She blocked him and his best friend, refusing to see either of them. But then his best friend contacted her, confessing his feelings. She was at a loss. She thought that going to university would mean she had nothing to do with them anymore, but she overheard their confessions. Everyone envied her. Her heart was in turmoil; the bittersweet feeling of unrequited love was replaced by the agonizing indecision. She chose to ignore it all, leaving behind the mother she hated most... Her relative called her, saying her grandmother was hospitalized and needed money. Before she could return home, she missed seeing her grandmother one last time. The White Rabbit milk candy her grandmother gave her was her favorite. Her beloved grandmother was gone. She hated her mother for making her a left-behind child. She was bullied alone in the countryside. He was the first to stand up for her when she was bullied, and the second was his good brother. Some heartbreaks cannot be healed by love. The pain of losing a loved one was unbearable. He and his good brother comforted her. Should she choose one of them and put an end to her unrequited love?

3. 503 一 A Clean Break 一拍两散 Tang Yingxiao唐颖小Modern Romance2.1M WordsOngoing The day Chen Nian left. Xu Yanqing wore her favorite white shirt and stood in front of her. “Was it fun?” He looked wretched and forlorn, the corners of his eyes red, as if she were the heartless one between them. 1.5kReads8.9Score717Shelves
4. 504 出 After Prison, I Was Forced into Love by a Mad Big Shot 出狱后，我被疯批大佬强制爱了 Liang Bei x良北xTwo Male Leads369k WordsCompleted Male-male romance + forced love + melodrama + groveling redemption + unhinged characters + physical and emotional torment + angst with a sweet payoff + confinement + happy ending The pursuer knows he’s a scumbag. He’s inhuman at first, then goes mad chasing his love, even stabbing himself. * To get revenge on Chen Jing, Duan Jinyan personally sent him to prison, leaving him disfigured, deaf, and covered in ugly scars. After his release, Chen Jing ran into Duan Jinyan again. He begged Duan to lea 3.3kReads6.3Score180Shelves

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   It's incredibly cruel. At the beginning, the protagonist is framed by his white moonlight and imprisoned for five years. In prison, he is repeatedly tortured and abused, his fingernails are pulled out, he is pierced with a collarbone chain, he becomes deaf, and his face is disfigured.

5. 505 深 A Deeply Devoted Temptation 深情诱引 Bird Pine Rice鸟松米Modern Romance676k WordsCompleted A novel in the Niaosongmi Universe: Deep Affection and Allure. The short drama The Height of Summer, a special story about the eldest brother and sister-in-law, is now online. [Love after an arranged marriage, a regretful husband’s pursuit of his wife, one-on-one romance, both devoted only to each other] [Gentle, cool-headed ophthalmologist vs. devoted, wayward young master] Lin Yuxi used to think Zhou Yanjing was a carefree playboy with a fickle heart. Only after they married did she learn just 95.4kReads9.2Score8.1kShelves

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   Both of these books are incredibly heart-wrenching, with novel plot designs, one thing leading to another, making them very exciting.

6. 506 和 The Time I Spent in Love With Her 和她相恋的时光 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + devoted one-on-one romance + rekindled love + healing with a touch of angst] A grounded, everyday story with smart characters. Gao Yuchen, an isolated orphan, happens to meet her next-door neighbor, Mu Yang. Mu Yang pursues her passionately, and they soon fall in love. She thinks they’ll be happy together, only to discover that their happiness was built on a lie, albeit one told with good intentions by the male lead. She coldly tells him she never wants to see him again. I 804Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   These are some good books; they have sweet moments and angst, with a touch of angst but not mindless.

7. 507 山 The Mountains and Seas Leave Me Heartbroken 山海意难平 Tang Yingxiao唐颖小Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Wanbai is a wealthy heiress born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Everyone dotes on her and gives her whatever she wants. Then she falls for Fu Juxing, an illegitimate son with no status. Everyone urges her to think it over before acting. But she stubbornly refuses to listen, saying with confidence, “Do you know what it means to boil a frog in warm water? I'll make him fall in love with me, and then he won't be able to pull himself away.” After three years of marriage, he becomes her pe 515Reads8.0Score100Shelves
8. 508 冷 After Three Years of Cold War, She Asked for a Divorce, but His Eyes Turned Red 冷战三年，她提离婚他却红了眼 Barefaced素颜Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Hong Kong elite vs. fallen socialite] [Marriage first, love later + a long road to winning her back] [One-on-one romance] They’d been married for three years. He’d never cared about her, she’d had a crush on him for years, and he had someone else in his heart. Then she finally saw the light! After Li Qian watched Gu Tingchen abandon her for his first love for who knew how many times, she suddenly understood something. If someone doesn’t love you, it won’t matter how careful you are or how despe 4.5kReads8.5Score972Shelves
9. 509 爱 Love Will Come to Rest 爱会停歇 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [Playboy Turns Devoted] [Love Grows Over Time] [Sweet with a Little Angst] [Class Difference] Chen Chao, a rich playboy, falls sincerely in love with Yu Jiawen, who comes from an ordinary family. He knows he isn't the kind of person she'd ideally choose, but he can't let go of his feelings for her. "Yu Jiawen, do you know? Meeting you made me feel like I could have a proper relationship too." "I've thought about giving you up, but I just can't accept it. Watching you date, marry, and have childr 3.2kReads8.4Score150Shelves
10. 510 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

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    Reborn twice, the little fool's heart is filled with despair.

11. 511 重 A Long Road to Reunion 重逢路漫漫 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [The right people will find their way back to each other, no matter how many twists and turns it takes.] [One true pairing, both leads are each other's only ones + reunion after a long separation + winning back his wife and claiming his child + adorable kids playing matchmaker] Zhou Yuan met Qin Yue by chance and fell in love at first sight. After one passionate night together, an urgent assignment sent him overseas. Before leaving, he thought he'd arranged everything properly, never imagining t 5.2kReads8.9Score252Shelves
12. 512 疯 The Ruthless Madman Kicks Down the Door and Forces His Love, Stomping Right Across the Line 疯批踹门强制爱，踩着红线哐哐迈 Red Bull Sweet Potato红牛地瓜Two Male Leads311k WordsCompleted [Complete / devoted to each other + equally formidable leads + obsessive, coercive love + redemption + 11-year age gap] He Qian was forced into a relationship. The other person was a lunatic! The first time He Qian tried to escape, he was intercepted along the way and dragged into the woods outside the city… Zhou Xuying stared at him with cold, crazed eyes. “He Qian, is running away really so much fun?” He Qian was dragged back and kept as a canary for five years. Over those five years, He Qian 16.3kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves

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    Both are about two male leads and involve physical abuse; they made me cry buckets of tears, they were truly heart-wrenching.

13. 513 震 Shocking! My Boyfriend Turned Out to Be the Horror Dungeon Boss 震惊！男友竟是恐怖副本BOSS Tuoba Dumpling拓跋饺子Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Two powerful leads + Horror-game instances + Lighthearted and funny + Boyfriend is the BOSS + Devoted husband + Both are virgins] On her birthday, Shen Jiahe’s boyfriend told her that the number of players entering horror-game instances had surged, and as the instance’s big BOSS, he had to work overtime and couldn’t come home. Shen Jiahe laughed in anger. He could have just said he was cheating on her! Instead, he came up with such a ridiculous excuse! She dumped the scumbag that 51.4kReads9.2Score5.9kShelves

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    Oh my god, it's absolutely gorgeous! It's so good it'll make your eyes widen! The boyfriend is actually the boss of a horror dungeon. In this fairytale world of infinite glass, it unfolds a dreamlike romance. The female lead is incredibly powerful, definitely not a naive or innocent character. She displays extraordinary abilities and an astonishingly high IQ—it's such a delightful surprise! A perfect score, a must-see! A must-recommend!

14. 514 岁 After All These Years, We Finally Meet Again 岁月流转终相见 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance485k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + Rekindled Love + Healing Through Family + Realistic Happy Ending] After drifting apart like clouds, ten years passed like flowing water. When we met again, my heart recognized you before I did. A summer romance came to an abrupt end because of an unfortunate misunderstanding. More than ten years later, thirty-five-year-old Gu Yan discovered by chance that he had a daughter in high school, and was reunited with the girl he had loved when he was young. Long-buried memo 5.4kReads7.4Score196Shelves
15. 515 予 You Gave Me Deep Love and Turned My Life Upside Down 予你情深，乱我一生 Su Ziyao苏子遥Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted Eighteen years ago, Wen Ziyu was the person He Jingyang promised to stay with forever. Eighteen years later, Wen Ziyu was locked in an attic by He Jingyang and cruelly abused. He Jingyang always said Wen Ziyu owed him and that he'd make him pay little by little. But in the end, it was He Jingyang who owed Wen Ziyu a pair of eyes, a life, and a lifetime of love and devotion. 297Reads6.8Score100Shelves
16. 516 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 757Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 517 我 I Have Three Stunning Masters 我有三个绝色师父 Lao Han老韩Urban4.2M WordsOngoing I have three stunning masters. My eldest master, Luo Wu, is a peerless god of slaughter, as beautiful as a nation. My second master, Su Qingcheng, is a living medicine immortal who can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones. She has saved countless people. My third master, Qin Luyao, is unparalleled in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and the arts of divination and strategy... 11.5kReads9.2Score547Shelves
18. 518 初 I Couldn’t Hide My Heart’s Flutter When We First Met 初见心动藏不住 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight] [She Pursues Him] [Nine-Year Age Gap] [Sweet, Realistic Romance] [Happy Ending] At twenty, the lively and spirited Chen Luo Chu meets Chu Yun. One look is all it takes for her to fall for him. She can barely hide the light in her eyes, and there is only one thought on her mind: make him hers. Once she confirms he is single, she boldly confesses, "Big brother, will you be my boyfriend?" Chu Yun gently turns her down with a simple, "We're not right for each other." But Chen L 1.3kReads—Score104Shelves
19. 519 报 Report! The Cool Director Has Been Snatched Away by the Tycoon Again 报告！清冷导演又被大佬抓走了 Miss Berger伯格小姐Two Male Leads200k WordsCompleted The main story is complete; bonus chapters are still in progress. [Locked-room captivity + yandere + male ghost + two unhinged leads + wallpapering + melodrama + wife-chasing funeral + personality disorder] (Younger man/older man, seven-year age gap, neither is sexually inexperienced. If that bothers you, please move along.) A refined, polite scoundrel hiding a madman, the possessive top × a cool, withdrawn, gloomy bottom with PTSD Gu Zhiyan has a lifesaver, but he has forgotten him. All he reme 253Reads6.7Score—Shelves
20. 520 我 I'm a Haunted House Sleep Tester 我在凶宅当试睡员 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted I worked for a real estate company, but later I was transferred to another department. I never expected to encounter something terrifying on my very first day... 5.7kReads8.8Score600Shelves

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    When you're young, it's best not to encounter novels that are too amazing. The first one was pure angst, the second and third were supernatural, and the simple writing style depicting life was often the most relatable to real life.

21. 521 惊EN Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 26.5kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
22. 522 许 I Promise You a Love as Deep as the Sea 许你深情深似海 The Years Since We Parted此去经年Two Male Leads51k WordsCompleted Luo Ji was a ray of light in Shen Yi’s dark childhood. But after Shen Ge ruthlessly stole that light away, it became the arrow that wounded him most deeply. One misunderstanding, three years of torment, and everyone took their turn trampling him until he was utterly ruined. When Luo Ji finally learned the truth, he held his battered heart close and stopped believing in love. Shen Yi: “Once you’re dead, I won’t love you anymore.” 429Reads8.4Score104Shelves
23. 523 单 Mr. Zhou, My Unrequited Love 单恋的周先生 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Older Woman, Younger Man + Redemption + Realistic Romance] Three-year age gap. [Secret Love Becomes Mutual, from the Male Lead’s Perspective; Marriage First, Love Later, from the Female Lead’s Perspective] Everyone is level-headed and clear-minded. The woman Zhou Wang had kept in his heart for three years. He thought there could never be anything between them and was ready to give up, but then he unexpectedly learned what she had been through. His heart ached for her, and at the same time, he f 1.4kReads8.2Score103Shelves
24. 524 霍 Lord Huo, Stop Torturing Me! Your Wife Has Married Someone Else! 霍爷别虐了，夫人已嫁他人了！ Beanbean Big Gold Ingot豆豆大元宝Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted “I will never love you in this lifetime. You’re destined to grow old alone.” That was what Huo Xiao told her when she married him. In three years of marriage, Huo Xiao had never once touched her. To the outside world, she was Miss Su, the little deaf girl, but never Mrs. Huo. Her birth family used her to climb the social ladder, her in-laws looked down on her, and Huo Xiao’s friends bullied her without the slightest restraint. At last, on a sunny, peaceful day, she came to terms with everything 17.5kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves

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    This is my first time writing a book review, and I'm really heartbroken. I'm usually someone who cries easily, and I rarely cry when reading angst, but towards the end of this book, I was crying non-stop and couldn't stop.

25. 525 疯 The Mad Crown Prince’s Cherished Captive 疯批皇兄的掌中娇 Bald Girl Who Loves Peaches秃头少女爱吃桃Ancient Romance38k WordsCompleted [A possessive, obsessive Crown Prince X a beautiful, delicate Princess] [The male lead is unhinged, obsessive, and fiercely controlling + the Princess is as sweet and delicate as her name suggests + she can never escape his grasp + both are virgins] Zhao Jiaojiao’s father was the top candidate in the palace examinations, and her mother was the daughter of a Minister of the Court of Justice. But before Zhao Jiaojiao was born, her father was framed by a villain and died in prison. The entire Zhao 171Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    LOL, this is a short story with four main characters: the male lead, the second male lead, the female lead, and the second female lead. None of them are sweet; every single one of them is heartbreaking, extremely so!!! You should read the reviews first; Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people!

26. 526 深 Deep Inside My Core 深入我芯 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Mutual Devotion + One Couple Only + Sweet Romance] Their first two meetings were accidental. Every coincidence after that was part of his carefully laid plan. When Jiang Yi Shen met Tang Xin, he fell for her at first sight. He quietly set his plans in motion, and the two got to know each other, fell in love, and walked hand in hand into marriage, sharing the warm everyday moments of life from the first flush of romance to raising children. Side story one: Xu Man thought sh 2.4kReads8.7Score148Shelves
27. 527 变 A Twisted, Tormenting Love 变态虐恋 Wang Weihan王微涵Two Male Leads125k WordsCompleted A twisted, sadistic top × a gentle, kind-hearted bottom [Two male leads + twisted and sadistic + groveling redemption + HE] Angst! Lots of angst! Read with caution! (The author has a very sound moral compass, so you can rest assured.) Because of his family circumstances, Shao Wenyu's personality grows more and more twisted. He hates anything he can't control. Yet he can reserve all his tenderness for the one person he loves, his white moonlight. But he never expected that one day he would be re 4.2kReads8.2Score251Shelves
28. 528 抗 War of Resistance: My Strategist's Eye Awakens, Revealing a Mini Map! 抗战：我谋士入局，觉醒小地图！ Huang Bei 97煌北97Urban2.0M WordsOngoing As he transmigrated through the darkest period of history, Lin Tian Chen awakened a visualized map in his mind. “I’ll enter the game as a strategist and raise the banner to win half a move against Heaven.” From then on, the army gained a commander who could direct the battlefield like a god. With limited resources, he would execute tactical flanking maneuvers to perfection; with abundant resources, he would unleash firepower on an unparalleled scale. He led his forces north to campaign in Guando 5kReads9.6Score617Shelves
29. 529 顶 I Can't Take It Anymore! My Ex-Husband Pins Me Against the Wall and Kisses Me Every Day 顶不住了！前夫天天把我摁墙上亲 Yu Zhouzhou魚周周Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted Consumed by jealousy, Sheng Xiangsi pushed her pregnant husband’s first love down the stairs, causing her to lose the baby and bleed out. Rumors swept through Jiangcheng: Sheng Xiangsi was arrogant, domineering, and cruel-hearted. To avenge his first love, her husband sent her abroad, abandoning her to fend for herself. Four years later, Sheng Xiangsi returned to Jiangcheng. She and Fu Hanjiang smiled and let bygones be bygones. From then on, they would be strangers whenever they crossed paths. 18.6kReads8.7Score2.4kShelves
30. 530 误 Imprisoned by a Mistaken Favor 误恩囚 The Deer and the Rabbit鹿与兔Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Mutual Devotion + Angsty Romance + Physical Abuse + Alternate World + Unequal Status + Happy Ending] [Not for Bottom-Leading Fans] Synopsis: After an accident, Ning Huairu, the young lady of Wangyue Manor, saves Wen Jinchuan, who has been poisoned. When he wakes, however, he mistakenly believes that Shiqi (Ning Huaizhi) saved him. And so he begins to indulge and favor Shiqi. He forgives Shiqi's methods, his cruelty, and his selfishness. Having never received such affection befo 4.9kReads9.1Score325Shelves
31. 531 遇 Meeting Her Made My Heart Beat Faster 遇见她心动不止 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance493k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + mistaken identity + mutual secret crushes + healing + female growth] Everyone is level-headed and knows what they’re doing, so read without worry. Jiang Nan, insecure and neglected by her family, meets He Chengyang. A twist of fate sends their budding romance down the wrong path. He Chengyang mistakes Jiang Nan, the girl he fell in love with at first sight, for her older sister, Jiang Xue, and they begin a brief relationship. (Nothing inappropriate happens between them.) W 7.1kReads8.5Score352Shelves
32. 532 天 The Pricey Servant 天价仆人 Green Garment绿衣Two Male Leads428k WordsCompleted [Cool-headed, composed, secretly passionate x playboy] A young male servant came to live in the house, and Bai Fengyu's favorite thing to do was punish him, punish him, and punish him again. The more the young servant was pushed around, the more spirited he became. He dared to challenge the tiger, and spent all day picking fights with heaven, earth, and thin air. He was just like a little hedgehog. “What do I do? I think I've fallen for him,” Bai Fengyu thought to himself. Lu Lingge: “That idiot 168Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 533 风 Is the Wind Still Blowing? 风还在吹吗 T Steals Sesame BunsT偷麻头Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [Bisexual, Mutual Secret Crush] [Male Lead Dies/Female Lead Dies for Love] Their similar names were a red thread secretly tied by the Matchmaker. Chen Shuye often felt secretly delighted by how much her name resembled Cheng Shuye's. Their similar names seemed to draw them closer and deepen their bond. In their senior year of high school, he said, “Chen Shuye, I’ve helped you so many times. So, can I copy your college application form?” Chen Shuye smiled. “Sure.” But after she called the police 3.5kReads9.2Score854Shelves

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    Every single one of them is incredibly heart-wrenching!!! So sad!!! So agonizing!!! I cried every time I read one!!!

34. 534 不 Disobedient? Forced Love in the Little Black Room—Don’t Even Think About Running, Baby 不乖？小黑屋强制爱，宝贝别想逃 Pockets Full of Money钱兜装满Two Male Leads402k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + coercive love + both leads' first and only + mutual salvation + doted on exclusively] [Obsessively possessive ghostly CEO top x beautiful con-artist bottom who dares to beat up anyone but is scared of the top] At a wealthy family's banquet, Gu Xinglan ran into Qin Wan, the little con artist who had ruined his life years ago. This time, he wouldn't let him get away again. That very night, he dragged him home, used his leverage to threaten him, and ruthlessly took him by force, 4.8kReads8.9Score539Shelves
35. 535 黑 Forbidden Love in Black 黑色禁恋 Qianqian Four Joys仟仟四喜Two Male Leads187k WordsCompleted Dual male leads + unhinged characters + captivity + love growing over time + love and hate + split personality A father who jumped from a building, a mother with a bad leg, a younger sister still in elementary school, and him, weighed down by debt and forced to give up the woman he loved. Under the pressure, Gu Nianqing becomes Xu Yi’s canary, trapped in the palm of his hand and entering a life of dependence with no say of his own. At first, Xu Yi’s meticulous care warms Gu Nianqing’s heart, but 688Reads6.2Score—Shelves
36. 536 桃 Peach Blossom Sword 桃花剑 Long Xian Bu Xian长仙不仙10k WordsCompleted Peach Blossom Sword 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves

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    There are way too many knives [crying]

37. 537 一 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 199.2kReads9.5Score24.5kShelves

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    The first book, "Unrequited Love," was a tragic ending that made me cry late at night 😭. The second book is the pinnacle of tragic ending aesthetics. The story begins with the mutual unrequited love between a boy and a girl and ends with the two drowning in the same seabed one after the other, while the forest is her salvation... The third book asks whether immortality is a gift from heaven or a curse, causing him to watch helplessly as his disciples die one by one in front of him in this endless river of time.

38. 538 锁 Locked in Love, Broken by Sorrow 锁爱成殇 Mo Xingjing漠行晶Two Male Leads559k WordsCompleted He was his master’s loyal shadow, a blade that could be discarded at any moment. Cheng Mu, Shen Yi’s personal bodyguard, was exceptionally skilled, reserved, and taciturn. He had no name, no family, and no regrets. He had only one conviction: protect his master, even if it cost him his life. Shen Yi was a noble young master, high above the rest, handsome and cold, with everything under his control. He had countless favored companions at his beck and call, yet he always treated Cheng Mu as if he 1.2kReads8.7Score—Shelves
39. 539 群 An Ensemble Cultivation Tale: My Junior Uncle Is Destined to Be a Jerk 群像修仙：我家小师叔命里缺德 Long Xian Bu Xian长仙不仙Xianxia528k WordsOngoing Come on in and take a look. What if it turns out to be a masterpiece?~ Lin Qiya came in first in the civil service exam, only to be sent packing by a big truck on the eighteenth floor and transmigrate to a strange place. Here, the kind of rare genius other people only talk about could fill an entire plaza. Heroes from all over the world are as numerous as carp crossing a river, so how come they all drown when they get here? This is the greatest sect under heaven: the Xuantian Sect. The sect is a 1.4kReads—Score121Shelves
40. 540 窥 Seeing Through 窥破 Yi Jiang一姜Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Farewell Ceremony is now available on all major platforms.] [Reclusive, cold, troubled girl × possessive, hot-tempered young rogue] Wan Li pressed her fingerprints ten times, and from then on, lost her heart. “Tsk, it's not like you're signing a contract. Don't be nervous.” The young man raised an eyebrow slightly, a smile tugging at his lips. Everyone said Ji Lanzhuo was a dissolute playboy no one could control. Wan Li wasn't afraid. She threw herself in headfirst and fell 2.5kReads9.3Score373Shelves

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    Be, the kind of crying until you suffocate.

41. 541 强 Forced Love? How Can You Make a Pure Romance Out of a Brooding Yandere? 强制爱？阴湿病娇你怎么搞纯爱啊 Ke Xi珂西Two Male Leads251k WordsCompleted (The rating has only just been released, and I’m working hard on the chapters) [Two male leads + gloomy ghostly man + younger love interest + horror + angsty romance + yandere forced love + groveling redemption + happy ending] Qi Feihe didn’t like Jiang Shui at all. He only thought Jiang Shui had a miserable life, so he locked him up. The person Qi Feihe had always loved was the online friend known as “Little Fox.” He had secretly had a crush on Little Fox. But that fox was too pure for Qi Feihe 1.6kReads8.9Score162Shelves
42. 542 终 At Last, I Admit Defeat 终于愿赌服输 Spring Thunder Cannon春雷炮Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted “Why couldn't you be the one who got sick?” “Why couldn't you be the one who died?” With drunken eyes, the man bends down and whispers the most heartless words in the gentlest voice. But he doesn't know that she really is going to die. 13.8kReads8.2Score901Shelves

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    These are short, angsty stories, all completed, so you can read them without worry! I'm easily moved to tears, so I read them without making a sound [crying]. Go read them now! I won't spoil anything [licking screen][licking screen][licking screen]

43. 543 春 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    I've read these two books countless times; I always reread them whenever I hit a creative block.

44. 544 沦 Reduced to My Childhood Friend’s Canary 沦为竹马的金丝雀 Hua Qianshu花仟树Two Male Leads349k WordsCompleted To keep his childhood sweetheart alive, Lin Qianmo “betrayed” Xiao Yuan and chose to stay by the enemy emperor's side, enduring humiliation and hardship. At last, Xiao Yuan became emperor and conquered the enemy capital. Lin Qianmo thought his savior had finally arrived, but what came instead was Xiao Yuan's merciless revenge. Xiao Yuan had long been consumed by hatred over his former lover's betrayal. So Lin Qianmo was imprisoned deep in the palace like a caged songbird, humiliated and tortured 2.5kReads7.1Score159Shelves
45. 545 藕 An Unbroken Bond 藕断丝连 Xiaoxiang Rain潇湘雨13k WordsCompleted Tangled Affection 265Reads—Score108Shelves

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    My husband, Shen Yue, suffered amnesia in a car accident and doesn't remember me being pregnant. He only calls his beloved Li Zhizhi "wife." He and Li Zhizhi flaunt their affection in front of me and even threaten to divorce me to marry her. I signed the divorce papers as he wished and went to the hospital to have an abortion. Three months later, Shen Yue knocked on my door late at night. Staring at my flat stomach, he asked me in a daze, "Where's our child?" I laughed, "I've already divorced you, why would I keep the child and delay my remarriage?"

46. 546 冷 The Cold King's Stolen Consort: His Side Consort Is No One's Plaything 冷王盗妃，侧妃不承欢 Moonrise in the Clouds月出云Ancient Romance544k WordsCompleted They were betrothed for eight years, and she waited in vain for four. When he finally came, he was holding another peerlessly beautiful woman in his arms. In a single night, she went from principal consort to secondary consort. Deep within the marquis's estate, she endured the loneliness in silence. She neither fought for his favor nor accepted his affection. She had thought that if she helped him and stood by him through every hardship, they would soar together as a pair, and in the end she wou 232Reads8.9Score156Shelves
47. 547 畸 Twisted Coercion 畸形强制 Today I Come Clothed今我来衣Two Male Leads355k WordsCompleted The rating just came out. It’ll go up later. “No one ever taught me what love was, so after that day, I always thought I hated you. Only later did I realize I loved you so much that it hurt.” [One-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s only partner, obsessive love and control are very intense! Includes confinement scenes] Unhinged biological heir gong X aloof, seemingly perfect adopted heir shou The shou seems universally disliked but is actually universally adored Shen Ji had no grand ambi 550Reads8.7Score102Shelves
48. 548 月 Moonlight No Longer Shines on Dreams of the Past 月光不照昔时梦 Xu Zhimeng许织梦Modern Romance189k WordsCompleted [Angst Warning] Qu Zhao: “Are you afraid…” “Afraid of what?” “That someday, your daughter will meet a man like you, just as I did.” Even the sun will one day die. The Milky Way and Andromeda are expected to collide in three billion years. Everything has an end. What about her and Fu Zongxian? Surely this madness would end someday. In his thirty years of life, Fu Zongxian had never asked for anything for himself. But at that moment, gazing at the photograph of his mother, he couldn’t help praying 2.9kReads8.9Score203Shelves
49. 549 全 Everyone in This Story Is Crazy. Please, Won't You Kill Me? 全文疯批，请杀了我好吗 Jiu Jiu Ziqi酒酒子琪Two Male Leads297k WordsCompleted [Power couple + Mutually faithful] [Angst early on, more angst in the middle, the male lead turns into a lovesick puppy later; tragic ending, but with rebirth] The pursuer thinks the pursued betrayed him. The pursued spends two years hiding away, then gets caught and brought back. The pursuer starts beating and tormenting him in every way, and even brings his fiancée to see him. She'll stop at nothing and wants to kill him every day. After enduring endless humiliation, Bai Feiying tries to escap 2.1kReads9.0Score278Shelves
50. 550 侯 Forbidden Love in the Marquis's Household 侯府孽情 I Came Riding on Shit我踏翔而来Two Male Leads73k WordsCompleted Lord Liu Chenyuan has taken a fourth wife into the Liu estate. Pity the principal wife, running herself ragged with all the household work while the lord hasn’t looked at him in ages. In the eyes of the servants at the Marquis of Liu’s residence, the new Fourth Lady seems to have claimed all of the lord’s affection. The servants can’t help wondering, “How is Madam doing now?” Han Fengyou is always so calm and gentle, helping others prepare for their weddings as he watches his husband take a new 1kReads6.1Score145Shelves

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