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

1. 251 你 Hello, Ghost Bride. I Think We've Met Somewhere Before 你好阴婚娘子，我好像在哪见过你 Spear Through the Mist雾渡长枪Mystery21k WordsCompleted [White Moonlight + Local Legends + A Dream of Yellow Millet] Jiang Chen was born in the yin year, on the Ghost Festival, at the yin hour. He was born with an ill-fated destiny and a heavy yin aura. Rumor had it that he had caused his parents' deaths. To ward off the calamity fated to befall him when he came of age, he had no choice but to enter into a ghost marriage. But the bride from this ghost marriage looked more and more familiar to him. It was as if he'd seen her somewhere before. 1.7kReads—Score109Shelves

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   She died on the day she loved him most.

2. 252 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 164.3kReads9.8Score18.9kShelves

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   Just read it, and you won't utter a sound.

3. 253 阳 When the Sunflowers Fade 阳花落尽 Mu Fanzhi木繁之Modern Romance151k WordsCompleted [Possessive Love | Forced Romance | Both Leads Are Faithful | Angsty Romance | Heartbreak from Beginning to End] He said, “You’re mine. From the first day you saw me until the day you die, you’ll be mine. You can’t look at anyone else or talk to anyone else. Be good and do as I say, or I’ll make sure you regret it.” The male lead is unhinged at first, with a bit of a redemption arc later. Read with caution if that bothers you! 5.9kReads6.9Score216Shelves

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   🍇✨①The female lead was sold to the male lead's family by her parents when she was young, who lied to her that it was to help her brother who was ill. The male lead suffers from bipolar disorder and has a strong desire to control the female lead. He doesn't allow her to look at or talk to other people. When he goes crazy, he tortures her, causing her to frequently get injured and break bones. She is driven to the brink of collapse...

4. 254 谢 Thank You for Giving Me a Heart of Sorrow 谢你赠我一心伤 Mo Xi墨兮Ancient Romance49k WordsCompleted The most ridiculous thing in An Lingxi’s life was probably that she loved Xuanyuan Mo more than life itself, while Xuanyuan Mo thought of nothing but taking her life… 57Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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   ①It's very good, very heart-wrenching. The story is so touching, I cried several times. I was so angry I wanted to torture Huo and Li to death, haha. It's true what they say, it's fun to mistreat your wife for a while, but then you'll be in deep trouble trying to win her back.

5. 255 一 Waiting Twenty Years 一等二十年 At the Beginning of Lifeo人之初o13k WordsCompleted Waiting Twenty Years 141Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Extremely angsty throughout, a tragic novel set in the Republican era.

6. 256 女 Life with the Goddess: I Feel Like I've Seen You Somewhere Before 女神同居往事，我好像在哪见过你 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban126k WordsCompleted Li Huangxuan was a recent college graduate, stuck in a miserable nine-to-five job and always broke. Like every young person just starting out, he felt lost and uncertain about the future. He longed for a love that would leave a lasting mark. He had a crush on his coworker, Xu Wanqing, but was too timid to approach her. Then one day, his roommate moved out, and a goddess named Lin Ximeng moved in next door, turning his life upside down. A month of living together gradually drew the two of them cl 43kReads9.7Score4.6kShelves
7. 257 诸 Riddled with Illness, I Refuse Treatment. Why Are You Crying? 诸病缠身，我不治，你们哭什么 So, Mister所以先生Urban307k WordsCompleted [Also known as: "Your Son Has Been Gone for a Long Time" and "My Depression Was Getting Better, but I Still Had Stomach Cancer"] Guo Lu was just passing through, a person suffering from depression, schizophrenia, and stomach cancer. After learning that he had only a few years left if he did not seek treatment, Guo Lu wanted nothing more than to end it all on his own terms. After the conflicts with his family accumulated and finally exploded time and again, the people close to him at last learned 5.8kReads8.8Score435Shelves
8. 258 深 Layers of Resentment in the Deep Palace 深宫怨几重 Shangguan Xuan'er上官轩儿Ancient Romance152k WordsCompleted In this mortal world, in the imperial palace, in the mansions of the wealthy, how much love has gone unreturned and turned into bone-deep hatred? The tangled passions and heartbreak of so many men and women have all vanished into the mists of history. 873Reads—Score101Shelves

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   For ten years, the Empress served as a substitute for the Emperor's unrequited love, eliminating his rivals. Only when the Emperor returned to the palace did she discover that the Emperor himself had forced her to swallow an abortifacient to carry his unborn child to term. The Regent knelt before her, offering her a knife: "Kill him, or kill me."

9. 259 我 The Fourteen Years We Had 我们仅存在的十四年 Huai Liu Qi淮柳泣Two Male Leads54k WordsCompleted The other side of the truth Is my cowardice My former reckless abandon A life of carefree joy Shattered into a marble pattern I still love you, and never gave up My beloved I suddenly saw a hundred gulls rise in the woods The past was not yet our youth My apology, love is the evening breeze My beloved I'm sorry -- Zuo Jinhan 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's so heartbreaking, the first book is super short.

10. 260 堕 Fallen 堕 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted That year, I was twenty-nine, and Mo Huai was thirteen. When I, someone who no longer wanted to live, met him, someone else who no longer wanted to live, we somehow found the strength to keep going, at least for a little while. So we decided to rely on each other and make it through together. 45.5kReads9.6Score5.3kShelves
11. 261 我 We Ran Out of Time to Be Happy 我们来不及幸福 Ink Snow Lotus墨雪莲Modern Romance51k WordsOngoing In the cemetery, I buried midsummer with my own hands, and my blazing youth came to an end alongside it. Beneath the mulberry tree when we were twelve, she was the only light in my bleak life. But I went to Germany to earn my doctorate, and cowardly pushed away the girl who had waited for me with all her heart. I’m a top hematologist who can cure countless patients, yet I couldn’t save the woman I loved from leukemia. After death, I was trapped in a cycle of reincarnation, reliving every regret 5Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 262 织 Woven Shadows 织影 Liao Jianqingshan廖见青山Modern Romance63k WordsCompleted Shadows Woven 213Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I finished watching it in one morning. Many people said it was angsty and asked for a happy ending.

13. 263 老 After My Husband Took His Mistress's Side, I Kicked Him Out 老公包庇绿茶后，我直接让他滚了 Gardenia Berry栀子莓莓11k WordsCompleted After my husband takes the side of his homewrecking mistress, I tell him to get lost 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I've been getting tortured lately 🥲

14. 264 惊 Only When Love Cuts to the Bone Does Longing Finally Show 惊觉相思不露，原来只因入骨 A Midsummer Night一夜盛夏Modern Romance868k WordsCompleted In Sifang City, there is a woman with a notoriously bad reputation: Sheng Xia. Men think she’ll sleep with anyone. Women think she’s shameless and promiscuous. But in truth, she simply fell in love with one person. For him, for the first time in her life, she resorted to the most despicable means. Five years into their marriage, she endured his sneers and emotional abuse. She risked her life for him again and again, yet still couldn’t earn so much as a second glance. “Yi Ye, is it really so hard 2.6kReads8.7Score242Shelves
15. 265 重 Reborn: Catching My Husband Cheating in the Village, Only for the Scumbags to Do It in Front of the Kids! 重生之我在村里抓奸，狗男女竟当着孩子面！ Gardenia Berry栀子莓莓11k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Caught the Cheating Couple in the Village, and They Were Doing It Right in Front of the Kids! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 266 暮 Mu Sinan 暮思南 Fish of the Cabbage白菜的鱼Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted Blurb drafted on 2022.10.6. [At last, dawn arrives, and she lies buried in the earth as it breaks.] On her barren, cracked land, he planted sunflowers for her with his own hands. She had been in the dark for so long that she had forgotten what it felt like to be bathed in light. Then one day, she finally found the sun. It shone on her for so long that she foolishly began to think she could make it her own. But she forgot: the sun and she belonged to different worlds. When she was eighteen, s 1.3kReads9.3Score313Shelves
17. 267 儿 My Son’s College Entrance Exam Countdown Begins the Day He First Urges Me to Divorce 儿子高考倒计时，却是儿子第一次劝我离婚开始之时 Tangerine Sand桔沙6k WordsCompleted With the countdown to my son’s college entrance exams underway, the moment he first urged me to get a divorce arrived too. 162Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The entire story is intensely angsty. In the beginning, a full-time housewife endures a miserable marriage, a veritable tomb, for 20 years. She wants a divorce, but only her son supports her decision. Then, he reunites with his former love, whom he immediately divorces. She's now wealthy, and he offers to remarry her, but will she accept the relentless pursuit?

18. 268 我 I Pretended I Didn't Love Him, So He Put on an Act with His Cousin to Make Me Turn Back, but I Have Only a Month to Live 我装不爱他，他找表妹演戏逼我回头，可我只剩一月寿命 An Anan桉anan8k WordsCompleted I pretended I didn't love him. He staged a scene with his cousin to make me come back, but I had only one month left to live. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 269 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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    The first book mainly tells the story of being bullied from high school to college. The second book is about two male protagonists torturing each other and both dying in the end. I cried so much 😭😭😭

20. 270 渡 Save Me, Not the Drunkard 渡我不渡醉 Bamboo Song Pear竹音梨Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted [A guarded, wounded hero × a gentle, steadfast heroine who saves him | Mutual devotion · Rekindled Romance] “Everyone who gets close to me comes to a bad end. You should leave.” “It's not your fault, Jiang Zui. You haven't done anything wrong.” Kneeling in the light, she led him out of the shadows and told him he wasn't a curse. He deserved to be loved. This was a silent standoff, and a gentle salvation. Jiang Zui thought his life would never see the light until he met Su Yuhe at seventeen. Afra 3kReads—Score192Shelves

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    These niche, heart-wrenching novels are so popular, it would be an absolute injustice if they didn't become hits! They're packed with tear-jerking moments!

21. 271 金 After Mr. Zhou Spoiled His Canary Rotten 金丝雀被周先生惯坏以后 Mountain Moon Lulls Me to Sleep山月入眠Modern Romance523k WordsOngoing [Bittersweet Pursuit | Love Amidst Hatred | Angst Before Love | The Powerful One Gets on His Knees] At eighteen, Ye Yutang knocked on Zhou Zhenglin’s car window to pay off gambling debts. The craziest man in Hong Kong City became her sugar daddy. He gave her money and crushed every bit of defiance in her. She eloped with the driver, but their train was stopped as soon as it left Hong Kong City. Right in front of her, he broke two of the driver’s fingers, then wiped away her tears with a bloodsta 1.1kReads—Score115Shelves

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    In this world, whoever falls in love first dies first, but I died for you first.

22. 272 她 She Isn't Coming Back 她不再回来了 Naughty Little Deer小鹿不乖Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted [Secret crush # campus angst # reunion after years apart # both are virgins # modern romance # tragic ending] [Animated comic coming soon] At the start of the school year that autumn, Lu Zhixia’s bright, starry eyes landed on him, and she froze. Was she really going to share a desk with Jiang Chiye, her longtime nemesis? And that wasn’t all. They were living under the same roof, too. She expected them to fight until the whole world shook, but instead, Lu Zhixia found that her nemesis seemed to d 5.1kReads8.7Score582Shelves
23. 273 顾 Sleeping Peacefully Beneath the Sophora Tree 顾枕槐安 Autumn Soul of a Thousand Years千岁秋魄Two Male Leads63k WordsCompleted Younger man + substitute + love grows over time + regretful pursuit of the ex + putting scumbags in their place + angst, angst, and more angst!!! Before he turned eighteen, Du Huai’an had no father in his life. The year he turned eighteen, his mother, who had raised him alone, was diagnosed with stomach cancer. So she took him to meet the man who was supposedly his father. That was when he learned his father was the head of the prestigious Zhu family in Jingyuan. He entered the Zhu family as the 1.6kReads8.4Score153Shelves

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    Extremely angsty, a short story of 16 chapters. A story of relentless torture from beginning to end. A tale of someone who uses another as a substitute, only to be brutally abused in return! Younger man/older woman relationship + substitute + wife-chasing drama + revenge against scumbags!

24. 274 念 Longing Unanswered 念念不忘，再无回响 Yan Jiujing宴九京Two Male Leads605k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads \ ABO \ Angst Novel \ Substitute \ Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] Important warning ❤️ The main love interest gets a bad ending; the second male lead ends up with him~ Yu Moyi had a white moonlight in his heart, but they couldn’t be together because their pheromones were naturally incompatible. So he found an Omega who looked a lot like his white moonlight: Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan was obedient and devoted to him. No matter how badly Yu Moyi treated him, he never got angry. Yu 5.9kReads9.2Score505Shelves

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    After so many years together, he never cared about the little things that concerned him, always seeing another person's shadow through him, always abandoning him time and time again. No one ever thought that he was also a living, breathing person, not someone's shadow. [Almost crying]

25. 275 河 Clear Rivers and Calm Seas 河清海晏 Pipi皮皮8k WordsCompleted “In my previous life, my girlfriend and I were both stabbed to death by a mentally ill person at a shopping mall. As I died, I held her body as it grew colder and wept uncontrollably. If I had another chance, I would never let the tragedy happen again. Then I entered a loop…” 958Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 当 When a Person with Depression Meets a Hopeless Romantic 当抑郁症患者遇上恋爱脑 Empty Mountain in Spring春山空Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted [Love-struck computer science heartthrob VS depressed literature student] Jiang Li, whose family life was deeply unhappy, thought her bleak existence would remain stagnant. But someone’s arrival upended her plans and sent her life in an entirely new direction. Tips: “ I… I wasn’t abandoning you. I was wrong. It was my fault… I shouldn’t have gotten mad at you.” Pei Yanci’s expression darkened. His eyes reddened as he rested his chin on Jiang Li’s soft, fluffy head and struggled to speak. “It w 8.6kReads9.0Score938Shelves

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    The female lead suffers from depression. She appears well-behaved, but loses the will to live after her grandmother's death. She meets the male lead in college. In chapter 72, her depression flares up, and she desperately wants to die. The male lead is heartbroken and stays by her side constantly. Her best friend is also there. It's both sweet and heartbreaking. The female lead is covered in wounds, and the male lead is incredibly distressed. It's guaranteed to make you cry. The male lead regrets breaking up with the female lead. The story is initially agonizing for the female lead, but later it's agonizing for the male lead.

27. 277 分 Reunited After Five Years Apart, Mr. Huo Goes Mad and Forces a Marriage 分手五年再遇，霍总发疯逼婚 Little Red Ball红团团Modern Romance149k WordsCompleted [The pursuit-after-divorce arc + both leads' romantic purity + rekindled love + marriage before love + bad boy x good girl + coercive love + forced possession + rotten man with a sincere heart + bittersweet push and pull + emotional angst] Shen Wanqing has never forgotten what happened in her senior year of high school. She was just beginning to fall in love, secretly crushing on the school's most handsome boy, Huo Sicheng. Through incredible luck, she became his girlfriend. But after only a mon 6.7kReads—Score209Shelves

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    Recommended by [Aimer][Aimer][Aimer]

28. 278 夏 Summer Stars 夏之星辰 Shijia Ya释迦呀Modern Romance445k WordsCompleted [One devoted couple][Obsessive CEO pursues the girl who used to follow him everywhere][A groveling pursuit, no limits to winning her back, a husband who spoils her rotten] “Don’t you like me even a little?” “I don’t like you. I don’t like you now, and I never will.” In the end, he still couldn’t win her heart... Only after she turned and walked away did he realize how terribly he’d been wrong... He loved her deeply without realizing it, and lost the girl who had stayed by his side for eighteen y 11.7kReads9.0Score629Shelves
29. 279 合 Roommates: I Have Two Months to Live, So Don't Fall for Me 合租：还剩两个月命，不要爱上我 A Song of the Starry Han一曲星汉Urban174k WordsCompleted At twenty-six, Xia Xing was diagnosed with a terminal illness in the prime of his life. He had only two months left... After quitting his job, he moved out of the dorm and rented a place elsewhere. His roommate was Qin Ziyue, the beautiful teacher from his university. Under the same roof, the wheels of fate began to turn... A sweet little treat, safe to enjoy. 770Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    It's all knives!!

30. 280 强 Possessed by Force, I Can’t Escape the Devil 强势占有，遇上恶魔逃不掉 A Dreamlike Yellow Millet黄粱一萌Modern Romance570k WordsCompleted The twin sisters, who had only just come into the world, should have been born to lives of privilege. But a malicious plot abruptly changed the course of their fate. The younger sister was abandoned at the hospital, and from then on her life took a completely different path. The elder sister was like a beautiful flower in a greenhouse, basking in her parents’ love as she grew into a young heiress admired by all. But the younger sister was taken back to the countryside by a woman who worked as a 17.7kReads7.2Score757Shelves

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    I feel sorry for the female lead; the male lead is reckless and a womanizer.

31. 281 租 My Tenant Is Actually the Campus Beauty 租客竟然是校花 A Song of the Starry Han一曲星汉Urban399k WordsCompleted [Urban Slice of Life, Campus Romance, Campus Beauty, No Harem, Realistic Romance, Mutual Devotion, Sweet Romance] Lin Yifan got dumped... But you can't hang yourself from just one tree. He rented his apartment to the campus beauty, Qin Muxue. The two gradually developed feelings for each other... Then he learned the truth behind his first love's breakup with him... As the girl of his dreams faded away... As time stood still... As a boy grew into a man, how would he choose between loving and bein 21Reads6.0Score—Shelves
32. 282 恶 Demon War God, Stop Playing with Me 恶魔战少别玩我 A Dreamlike Yellow Millet黄粱一萌Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted The new book’s rating is very low at first, but it will gradually rise. To get revenge on Su Qingqiu, Zhan Tingxiao forced himself on Zhan Wan, then handed her over to his archenemy, Li Jintian. The man seemed gentle and considerate toward Zhan Wan, but he was hiding an even greater scheme. He deliberately tricked Zhan Wan into thinking she was pregnant. Before the baby was full term, he forced a doctor to take it out. The premature infant drove Zhan Wan to a mental breakdown. Her intelligence r 15.2kReads6.2Score548Shelves
33. 283 本 Born of the Same Roots 本是同根生 Xiao Pi Duo's Meal小屁多的饭Two Male Leads520k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + light comedy + angst + mutual pining + second-chance romance] [Cool, aloof beauty top + pure-hate warrior bottom] They only ever speak their minds when arguing, and are determined to turn their tug-of-war over a crush into a four-way love affair. Even after entering a wealthy family, an illegitimate child is still an illegitimate child. Qiao Mu finds everyone despicable, especially Gu Xuyan, who is always trying to take his life. He never says he likes anyone outright, but lets 11Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    A completely angsty novel featuring two male leads in an incestuous relationship. When love blossoms, whether they speak of it or not, it's a dead end.

34. 284 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

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    Delicate writing style, incredibly heart-wrenching, and extremely short.

35. 285 亲 I Made Myself a Boyfriend, and Somehow I Fell for Him Despite My Alexithymia 亲手造了个男友，患述情障碍的我竟动了心 Elizabeth Wine伊丽莎白酒13k WordsCompleted I made myself a boyfriend, and somehow, despite my alexithymia, I fell for him. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This story has no external villains; the biggest enemies are Lin Yu's heart, which is incapable of feeling emotions, and Shen Ti's code body, which is incapable of truly experiencing feelings.

36. 286 她 She Never Meant to Be Reborn 她没想重生啊 A Little Rain Last Night昨夜有小雨Ancient Romance322k WordsOngoing Shen Qingyao died by her husband Xiao Lin's sword, a single thrust through the heart. She felt neither resentment nor hatred. She had been caught in bed with another man, albeit by accident, and accepted her fate. This ill-fated relationship should have ended there. But she never expected several obsessive, deranged men to drag her bodily back from the underworld. When she opened her eyes, she was reborn at the beginning of the tragedy, back at the starting point of this ill-fated marriage. 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It was so moving, it made my heart ache.

37. 287 一 The One-Hour Bride 一小时新娘 Unfazed Scallion-Braised Crucian Carp淡定的葱烤鲫鱼Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted The One-Hour Bride 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It takes you back to the naivety of youth, and then into the helplessness of middle age. See if you're moved to tears by the end.

38. 288 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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    It's really making my babies cry.

39. 289 万 The Universally Hated Young Master Reborn 万人嫌小少爷重生以后 Known to All众知Two Male Leads170k WordsCompleted Gu Xingqiao is a little simple-minded. He was born after a difficult labor that cost Lady Gu her life, and a few years later, his older brother and father abandoned him. The unwanted Gu Xingqiao met the powerful, gentle Lin Xiujin. Lin Xiujin was a ray of light in his miserable childhood, and as time passed, that light reached into his heart. Lin Xiujin came across a little bundle of misery with nowhere to go. He took him home, doted on him, and protected him. But he never expected the little on 7.8kReads8.1Score442Shelves

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    The protagonist is a simpleton, abandoned by his family and taken in by the other protagonist. Later, the other protagonist realizes that his feelings for the protagonist go beyond familial affection and begins to distance himself, allowing others to bully him. The protagonist dies, and the other protagonist deeply regrets his actions, leading to a double rebirth and a dramatic "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" scenario.

40. 290 美 Beauty’s Bones 美人骨 Gongsun Xuan公孙萱Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A hero's tender embrace, a beauty's burial place. Even if she has to crawl, she'll survive in this merciless place and make him her devoted admirer! 258Reads8.0Score100Shelves

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    These three books were the most heart-wrenching ones I've ever read. The second one, "Deeply Corrupting Love," was absolutely amazing. I cried for a long time while reading it; it was truly heart-wrenching.

41. 291 非 Neither Family nor Stranger 非亲非故非陌生 Forest Bath森之汤Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted For thirteen years, Song Li endured He Qian’s torment and humiliation, walking on eggshells every single day. The truth finally came to light in the year He Qian loved her most, but by then, nothing could change Song Li’s resolve to die... Only when He Qian held the blood-soaked woman in his arms did he truly understand what despair meant. 6.8kReads8.8Score290Shelves

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    The first book's female lead is tortured to death by the male lead, who only realizes his feelings for her at the very end. "Ten years of pain cannot be healed overnight." [Crying][crying][crying] The second book's male lead constantly torments the female lead in the early stages; he dies without ever giving her the diamond ring, and she keeps rejecting him. "Constant amnesia, resurgence, never stopping, always waiting, life and death separations." [Crying][crying][crying] These two are the most heart-wrenching, comparable to "A Love So Deep It's Devastating."

42. 292 离 Divorce? I Regret It 离婚，我后悔了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊13k WordsCompleted Divorce? I Regret It 254Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Regret, irony, betrayed affection, and a frantic chase after her husband] He was unromantic, only good at reasoning; he wasn't rich enough, nor handsome enough. I disliked his lack of charm and desperately wanted a divorce to find my other brothers, Zhang, Li, and Wang. After the divorce, I discovered—Zhang only wanted casual sex, Li just wanted to play around, and Wang was married with children. I owed over ten thousand yuan on my credit cards, and no one would bail me out. I went back to my ex-husband to remarry, thinking he was waiting for me. But he was holding another girl's hand and said calmly, "I just don't love you anymore." At that moment, I understood—the blessings I lost through my own actions couldn't be regained, no matter how much I begged.

43. 293 少 Young Marshal, Your Runaway Sweetheart Is Crying Again 少帅，你的落跑甜妻又哭了 Yu Xuan, Master of Favors顺水人情的禹宣6k WordsCompleted Young Marshal, Your Runaway Sweetheart Is Crying Again 1Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 294 反 Reverse Domestication 反向驯化 The Little Monster Who Ran Away from Home离家出走的小怪兽Modern Romance481k WordsCompleted [Possessive pursuit] + [groveling redemption arc]~ At the beginning, Shen Qingye said: “Meng Wanning, in this world, there’s nothing I can’t get if I want it.” “There was no road until I made one. You’ll walk whichever road I give you.” Back then, he never imagined that one day he would bow his proud head and kneel humbly before Meng Wanning. “I’m the one who hurt you, not the baby. Ningning, if you hate someone, hate me. Don’t abort the child.” Much later, someone asked Shen Qingye, “When 1.4kReads7.9Score100Shelves
45. 295 影 After the Movie Star Cheated, I Livestreamed Our Breakup and the Internet Exploded 影帝出轨后，我直播分手全网炸了 Yu Xuan, Master of Favors顺水人情的禹宣7k WordsCompleted After the Movie Emperor Cheated, I Livestreamed Our Breakup and Set the Internet Ablaze 1Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 296 桑 The Sang Method of Secretly Loving You 桑式暗恋法则 Gentle Scholar温柔文人Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted [Physical edition now available] Sang You transmigrated, landing back on the first day of her freshman year of high school. The three years of high school she'd finally made it through had suddenly been reset to square one. Thinking about going back to a high school life where she had nothing, not even a full head of hair, made her want to die. Later, she stopped wanting to die, but everyone else said she was crazy. She was a freshman, yet not long after the term began, she skipped ahead to seni 65.6kReads9.6Score9.8kShelves

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47. 297 那 That 14,000-Yuan Fig Leaf 那一万四的遮羞布 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊14k WordsCompleted That 14,000-Yuan Fig Leaf 135Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 298 先 The First to Say I Love You Is the First to Leave: The Jerk Cried and Begged Me to Come Back 先说爱的人先退场：渣男哭着求我回头 Yu Xuan, Master of Favors顺水人情的禹宣9k WordsCompleted The First to Say “I Love You” Is the First to Leave: The Jerk Begs Me Through Tears to Take Him Back —Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 299 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
50. 300 魔 The Demon Lord Begs Me Not to Run Away 魔尊求我别跑路 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊26k WordsCompleted The Demon Lord Begs Me Not to Run Away 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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