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1. 251 拆 Three Million in Relocation Money, None for Me, and They Still Want Me Gone 拆迁款300万，没我事，还要让我滚。 0An Ordinary Person00一个平凡的人0Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted There’s 3 million in demolition compensation, but I’m not getting any of it, and they still want me gone. 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It was quite frustrating to watch! The ending was relatively satisfying though!

2. 252 迷 Lost Feelings 迷失的情感 0An Ordinary Person00一个平凡的人0Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted Lost Feelings 7Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 253 爱 Loving You Until Our Hair Turns White 爱你，心酸到白首 Yan Shui颜水Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted She said, “Fu Chenlian, you aren't blind in the eyes, you're blind in the heart. I could never love you again, not in this lifetime.” He said, “Luo Xiaoxin, in life you're mine, and in death you'll still be mine. Don't even dream of leaving me in this lifetime.” I love you, and though my heart aches until my hair turns white, I have never given up. I love you so deeply it cuts like a knife, and all I can do is cling to you until death. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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4. 254 惟 I Only Hope We Won't Know Each Other in the Next Life 惟愿来生不相识 Little Deer Is Bambi小鹿是斑比Modern Romance40k WordsCompleted On the seventh day after her father's death, she learned she had terminal stomach cancer. Seven months pregnant, she begged him not to make her donate blood to his first love, but he cruelly shoved her to the ground anyway. She would never forget the icy look in his eyes... He thought the document she sent him would be divorce papers. He never imagined it would be her last letter... 77Reads5.8Score—Shelves
5. 255 恋 She Went Crazy After Falling for a Young Hunk 恋上小鲜肉后，她疯了。 0An Ordinary Person00一个平凡的人0Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted She went crazy after falling for a young heartthrob. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 256 你 You Never Once Chose Me 你从不曾偏爱我 Little Pig Is Pairing You Up小猪配你Modern Romance69k WordsCompleted Throughout their three years of marriage, she kept hoping he would turn around and look at her. But his heart belonged only to the woman he cherished most. When he caused their child’s death, she turned away in despair. Yet he grabbed her hand and said, “I don’t want a divorce!” 79Reads6.5Score—Shelves
7. 257 梅 Love Blooms Again, but I Fall into a Tender Trap 梅开二度，却陷入温柔陷阱 0An Ordinary Person00一个平凡的人0Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted A second chance at love, only to fall into a tender trap 42Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 258 我 If I Leave, We’ll Never Meet Again 我若离去，后会无期 Gentleman Cat君子猫Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted “Remember to take your medicine. If you get pregnant, get rid of it.” In the six months since they married, this was the only thing Bai Zhuohan ever said to her as a matter of course. So Tang Sheng thought women who heard “Drink more hot water” every day were already incredibly lucky. He immersed himself in a world of wine and women, never coming home night after night, with scandals piling up everywhere. He waited for her to beg him, waiting until it became an obsession. She stayed at home 76Reads8.7Score—Shelves
9. 259 爸 Dad, Have You Changed? 爸爸，变了吗？ 0An Ordinary Person00一个平凡的人08k WordsCompleted Dad, have you changed? 16Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 260 短 Short-Term Contract Sweetheart: The CEO Renews by Playing the Victim 短期契约甜妻：总裁靠卖惨续签 Rambling Nightlight夜光神叨叨Modern Romance193k WordsCompleted To repay a debt of gratitude, Tang Nianshi married Ren Qingxiu, who had lost his sight. She planned to help him through the darkness, then divorce him after a year. After going blind, Ren Qingxiu finally agreed to his grandfather’s wish and married the poor orphan with neither father nor mother. He planned for them to treat each other with courtesy and simply make do with married life. But just a few months into their marriage, Ren Qingxiu wanted to get Tang Nianshi home after she stayed out lat 59Reads9.2Score—Shelves
11. 261 再 On the Day of My Remarriage, My Ex-Wife's Older Sister Nearly Flipped the Table 再婚这天，前妻姐差点掀桌子 Valley of the Kings帝王谷12k WordsCompleted On the Day of His Remarriage, His Ex’s Older Sister Almost Flips the Table 22.8kReads—Score129Shelves

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12. 262 我 I Love You, and I’m Guilty 我爱你，我有罪 Qi Lao You淇老游Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted Tang Xiaoran says: “My feelings run too deep. If I’m alive but can’t hold you, I’ll go mad.” Everyone has something they can’t let go of. For Tang Xiaoran, it’s Shen Muyan. Tang Xiaoran is too single-minded. Her devotion turns into an obsession, and obsession hurts both the person who holds it and the person it’s directed at. … Shen Muyan says: “Good riddance to that woman. Let’s go have a drink to celebrate.” But when he’s drunk, he asks his friend, “Did I miss something really important?” “Yes 1.2kReads7.0Score100Shelves
13. 263 这 In This Life, I Kept My Distance From the Second Princess, and She Went Mad 这一世，我远离二公主，她疯了 Valley of the Kings帝王谷8k WordsCompleted In This Life, I Stay Away from the Second Princess. She Goes Mad 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
14. 264 妻 My Wife Chases True Love but Still Refuses to Let Me Go 妻子追真爱，却还要霸占我 Valley of the Kings帝王谷11k WordsCompleted My Wife Pursues Her True Love, Yet Still Wants to Keep Me to Herself 5.8kReads—Score100Shelves
15. 265 归 My Wife Returned, and She Turned Out to Be a Princess of Beijing's Elite Circle 归来妻子，身份竟是京圈公主 Valley of the Kings帝王谷11k WordsCompleted My Wife Returns, and She Turns Out to Be a Princess of the Capital’s Elite Circle 5.6kReads—Score153Shelves
16. 266 古 A Collection of Short Historical Romance Stories 古言短篇故事合集 Yi Xin怡伈Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted [Short stories] + [Mutual devotion] + [Protective male lead] + [Native male lead] + [Native female lead] + [Female lead with a modern soul] These stories mainly focus on historical romance, and this collection features short tales of doting love, heartbreak, sweetness, and more. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them. Each story is under 100,000 words. Every story moves at a brisk pace, with no filler or dragging things out. Part One: The War God Prince's Fated Consort, co 2Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 267 失 The Amnesiac Photographer’s Memories and Conspiracy 失忆摄影师的记忆与阴谋 Yi Xin怡伈Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted The Memories and Conspiracy of an Amnesiac Photographer 2Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 268 末 Bloodbath at the End of the World: I’ll Give My Life to Protect Its Only Newborn 末世血战：用命护住末世唯一新生儿 Yi Xin怡伈12k WordsCompleted End Times Bloodbath: Risking My Life to Protect the Last Newborn in the Apocalypse —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 269 深 A Shadow Hidden in Deep Leaves Becomes the Light 深叶藏影终成光 A Cat Just Like a Young Girl宛如少女的猫Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Shadows Hide in Deep Leaves, Until They Become Light 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short stories about youth, with dramatic plots and heart-wrenching moments.

20. 270 以 I Love You in the Name of Hate 以讨厌之名喜欢你 A Cat Just Like a Young Girl宛如少女的猫Modern Romance12k WordsCompleted I Love You in the Name of Hate —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 271 他 After He Took the Throne, He Gave Me to Someone Else as a Concubine 他登基后把我赐给别人做妾 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Ancient Romance14k WordsCompleted After he ascended the throne, he bestowed me upon someone else as a concubine 2.4kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Short, angst-filled stories.

22. 272 瞎 The Blind Young Master Wants to Marry Me 瞎子少爷要娶我 Eighty-Eight八拾捌14k WordsCompleted The Blind Young Master Wants to Marry Me 365Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 哥 Brother, My Blind Date Is Better Than You 哥哥，我的相亲对象比你好 Eighty-Eight八拾捌11k WordsCompleted Big brother, my blind date is better than you 287Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 274 不 I Won't Be Your Mortal Concubine; I'll Be a Celestial Goddess 不做你凡间妃，要做我九天仙 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted I Won't Be Your Mortal Concubine; I'll Be a Celestial Maiden in the Ninth Heaven 268Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 275 王 The Prince Regretted It After He Pushed Me Down the Mountain 王爷推我下山后，他后悔疯了 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted After the Prince Pushed Me Off the Mountain, He Went Mad with Regret 593Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 被 After Being Cast Out of the Sect, the Demon King Asked Me to Be His Wife 被逐出宗门后，妖王喊我做娘子 Eighty-Eight八拾捌11k WordsCompleted After Being Cast Out of the Sect, the Demon King Asked Me to Be His Wife 271Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 277 妹 My Sister Is Boy-Crazy, So Why Is Everything My Fault? 妹妹恋爱脑，怎么都是我这个姐姐的错？ Eighty-Eight八拾捌11k WordsCompleted My sister is hopelessly lovesick. How is everything somehow my fault as her older sister? 89Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 278 情 Deep in Love, Yet Unaware 情深且不知 Fusu扶苏Ancient Romance21k WordsCompleted [Tragic Romance] He was the man who killed my father, and I hated him with all my heart. In the end, I discovered I had hated the wrong person. The daughter of a bandit chief happened to save a scholar, and from then on, she gave him her heart. But her wedding night became the night her family was slaughtered. Her beloved, once the person closest to her, had become her father's killer! He was an emperor, cold and indifferent. He unexpectedly fell in love with her, yet could only push her further 69Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    This ancient romance novel is so heart-wrenching, it'll break your heart.

29. 279 他 He Didn't Comfort Him 他没哄他 Nine Leaves九叶叶叶Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + campus + lighthearted + unrequited love + a touch of bittersweetness + BE + short story] (Soothing someone = comforting them = deceiving them) Gloomy top student [Mu Qi] × doomed delinquent [Ling Shu] Every relationship needs someone to make the first move. That's inevitable. So Ling Shu spent two years preparing before stepping back into Mu Qi's life. Liking someone doesn't guarantee you'll end up together, and love doesn't have to be earth-shattering. So Mu Qi kept watch ove 166Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 280 眴 Shimmering and Far Away 眴兮杳杳 Bichuan's Friend笔川友人Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted [Youthful campus romance + bittersweet secret love + reunion after years apart + a groveling ex who begs to win her back] + [A woman who admires the strong and knows how to listen VS a dashing, roguish rich kid] “She and I are friends.” Before his mind could catch up, the explanation had already slipped out. “Mm, I know.” Fang Yaowan looked away, her eyes darkening. Then she added, “We’re friends too.” Sensing that something was wrong, Sheng Qionglang was about to speak, but she beat him to it. 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Answer me, do you like me?" "I don't know."

31. 281 穿 After I Transmigrate to Ancient Times, I Make a Fortune by Clearing Out the Storehouses 穿越古代，靠搬空库房发家致富 Xinyao'er心瑶儿Ancient Romance498k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Yao Xinyue was a habitual thief. During one theft, she accidentally fell off a cliff. When she opened her eyes, she had crossed through time and transmigrated into the body of a widow, just as her mother-in-law was beating her. The timid, weak woman changed her ways completely. Her dictionary had no such thing as divorce. It only had one option: bury the husband! She wouldn’t stop until he was dead, then she’d make sure he stayed dead. She had thought she could spend her li 1.9kReads8.0Score223Shelves
32. 282 误 Lost in a Wealthy Family: My Life as a Stand-In 误入豪门：我的替身生涯 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Modern Romance24k WordsCompleted Mistakenly Married into Wealth: My Life as a Stand-In —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Novels that are angsty at first but sweet later

33. 283 从 From Mixed Spiritual Roots to God-Slaying Empress, I'm Determined to Cultivate Immortality 从杂灵根到弑神女帝这仙我修定了 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生16k WordsCompleted From a mixed spiritual root to the Godslaying Female Emperor: I’m determined to cultivate immortality. —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 284 工 A Dog Took My Desk, So I Bound a Slacking-Off System 工位被狗占后我绑定了摸鱼系统 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Modern Romance19k WordsCompleted After a dog took over my desk, I bound myself to the Slacking System. —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 285 我 All My Sect's Disciples Are Women 我的宗门都是女弟子 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Eastern Fantasy157k WordsCompleted A corporate drone wakes up as the most miserable sect leader in the cultivation world, only to be surrounded by nine female disciples the moment he lands. “No spirit grain? Then we’ll skewer you and make you into a sword tassel!” The System’s a menace, constantly forcing him to act weak: getting insulted until he cries triggers “Pain Transfer,” making his disciples clutch their heads in pain; prancing around with his sword makes him so cute that even the villains laugh themselves limp. He could 3Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 286 冰 The Ice Coffin Equation: The Fourth Person in the Midnight Library 冰棺方程式：午夜图书馆的第四人 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Mystery15k WordsCompleted The Ice Coffin Equation: The Fourth Person in the Midnight Library —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 287 天 Ten Billion Fell from the Sky, and I Became a Winner in Life 天降十亿后我成了人生赢家 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生25k WordsCompleted Ten Billion Yuan Fell from the Sky, and I Became a Winner in Life 4Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 288 我 My Disaster of a Best Friend Is the God of Wealth 我的怨种闺蜜是财神 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生10k WordsCompleted My Pain-in-the-Neck Best Friend Is the God of Wealth —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 289 误 After Accidentally Binding to the Matchmaking System, My Nemesis and I Got Our Happy Ending 误绑姻缘系统后，我和死对头HE了 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Modern Romance22k WordsCompleted After Accidentally Binding Myself to the Matchmaking System, I Got a Happy Ending with My Arch-Enemy 2Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 290 校 The Campus Belle's Bodyguard Isn't That Cold 校花保镖不太冷 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Modern Romance16k WordsCompleted The School Beauty's Bodyguard Is a Little Cold —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 291 米 Michelin Vs. Lao Gan Ma: The Real and Fake White Moons of Finance 米其林VS老干妈，金融真假白月光 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted Michelin vs. Lao Gan Ma: The Financial World’s Real and Fake White Moonlights —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 292 相 What Should I Do If I Meet My Female Boss on a Blind Date? 相亲遇到女上司怎么办 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Modern Romance24k WordsCompleted What Should I Do If I Meet My Female Boss on a Blind Date? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 293 神 God-Tier Roast System: I Speak for the People in This World 神级吐槽系统：我在人间当嘴替 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生17k WordsCompleted The God-Tier Roast System: I’m Humanity’s Mouthpiece —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 294 吃 I Became Everyone's Darling After Eating a Cactus 吃完仙人掌成为团宠 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse18k WordsCompleted I Became the Favorite After Eating a Cactus —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 295 救 Help! I Ate My Way to Bankruptcy at a Blind Date Banquet 救命！我把相亲宴吃破产 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted Help! I Ate My Way to Bankruptcy at a Matchmaking Banquet 7Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 296 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼55k WordsCompleted The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 319Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I loved him for ten years, yet I was only fit to be her shadow. The first time I saw him, I was being chased and pushed into a fire. He rescued me from human traffickers, took off his coat and draped it over my shoulders, saying gently, "Girl, you are free." From that moment on, I knew I was destined to follow him for life. Not out of gratitude, but because—he was the first person who didn't want anything from me, but simply wanted me to live. I followed him across the country, accompanying him in his search for someone. For ten whole years. One year, his temples turned completely white overnight at the Anqing ferry crossing. Because someone told him that his wife had appeared there. He chased for three days and three nights, but the one he caught wasn't you. He squatted at the dock all night, and when I found him the next day, his temples were completely white. He never cried when he drank. When sober, he wouldn't shed a single tear. Only when drunk, lying alone on the inn's bed, calling out, "Butterfly, Butterfly, where are you, where are you?", Tears streamed from his eyes into the pillow. I wiped them away for him. He never knew. He bought the house in the south of the city. The courtyard was filled with gardenias, a swing was set up, and the children's room was furnished. Every year he went there, sitting alone in the empty courtyard, staring blankly at the gardenia tree. The flowers bloomed and withered, withered and bloomed again. You never came back. Later, he finally found her. She stood in the pavilion, wearing an elegant kimono, her eyes cold and aloof, like a figure from a painting. I stood outside the pavilion, suddenly feeling very small, very small—like a blade of grass by the roadside, looking up and seeing a flower blooming in the sky. I am illiterate, my hands are calloused from washing and cooking, and I wear faded coarse cloth clothes. But she, even the wrinkles on her cuffs are beautiful. No wonder. No wonder he missed her for so many years. That day, he knelt in front of the Yang family mansion for a whole day, exchanging all his wealth for betrothal gifts, just wanting her to come back. She refused. She spoke to him in broken Japanese, "Sir, you've mistaken me for someone else." When he came out, the light in his eyes had died. He walked past me without even seeing me. His eyes were always only for her. I rushed into the pavilion, knelt before her, and tearfully told her every word of the suffering he had endured over the years: his searching, his longing, his drunkenness, his insomnia, his gray hair. I asked for nothing else but for her to come back—if she would come back, I could leave. I could disappear completely. She just stood there, looking at me expressionlessly. Finally, in that broken tone, she coldly said, "If you love him, stay by his side. Warm him. Sooner or later he will feel your love and accept you." Then she turned and walked away, step by step. I knew she wasn't heartless. The blood from her fingernails had stained the lining of her sleeve. Like me, she was hiding her deepest pain behind the coldest expression. Later, he finally married me. On our wedding day, he drank heavily, becoming completely drunk. I helped him back to our room, and he leaned on my shoulder, still calling her name. A year later, I gave birth to our daughter, and he named her Nian Die. Zhang Zhiming's daughter, Zhang Nian Die. At that moment, I understood. In his heart, I would forever be just a shadow of her. Nian Die, Nian Die. Unrequited love will never be reciprocated. Until his death, he carried the silver butterfly hairpin she left behind. I stood before his grave, without crying. I simply placed another hairpin—the one she wore last—with his. "You are finally reunited," I said. "She waited for you her whole life, and you waited for her your whole life. In the next life, don't miss each other again." And that exquisite crystal ball—the only gift he ever personally chose for her—I quietly placed in my daughter's swaddling clothes. Let Nian Die grow up with it; it was the only remaining tenderness her father had left in his life. [Crying][crying][crying][crying][crying]

47. 297 拒 I Turned Down a Wealthy Family: My True Love Is a Cleaner 拒绝豪门，我的真爱是个保洁员 LeyjeanvioModern Romance26k WordsCompleted I Rejected a Powerful Family: My True Love Is a Cleaner —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Between the toilet brush and the gold card, he chose the former without hesitation.] "Aunt Lin, you don't need to clean here." I smiled slightly, lowered my head, and used my hair to conceal the coldness in my eyes. Aunt? Fifteen years ago, the sound of my footsteps could make all the servants in the palace kneel in reverence. I, the lost princess of the Sanya Kingdom, would tear away my disguise at my wedding, just to reclaim my true love. But no one knew that I held a trump card that could change everything.

48. 298 前 My Ex-Wife Paid My Debts. After Her Mother Beat Her into Critical Condition, I Fought My Mother-in-Law to the Bitter End 前妻替我还债，被她妈打成重伤后，我和岳母死磕到底 The Huo Family's Little Chili Pepper霍家小辣椒12k WordsCompleted My Ex-Wife Paid Off My Debt. After Her Mother Beat Her So Badly She Was Severely Injured, I Took on My Mother-in-Law 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Here comes a short, male-oriented story about human nature and heartbreak.

49. 299 女 The Goddess Took Her Backup on a Blind Date, and Things Took an Unexpected Turn 女神带我这备胎去相亲，结果意外 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted My crush took me, her backup option, along on a blind date, and then something unexpected happened. 6.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so heart-wrenching, it's terrifying.

50. 300 分 After We Broke Up, I Married My Ex's Best Friend 分手后，我娶了前任的闺蜜 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance18k WordsCompleted After the breakup, I married my ex's best friend. 4.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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