Short Tragic Novels, Absolutely Heartbreaking 短篇虐文，特别特别虐

1. 701 你 You Became the King, While I Became a Tragic Memory 你为君王，妾已成殇 Chen Chen沉沉Ancient Romance60k WordsCompleted After loving him for ten years, she helped him ascend the throne, but he slaughtered her entire family. These vast lands were stained with nothing but her family's blood. On a ten-mile bridal procession, he married the woman he loved and made her empress. Dressed all in white, she leapt from the city tower. Xiao Jingyu, my love for you has led me down a road from which there is no return. 357Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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   They're all pretty masochistic...🌚🌝

2. 702 婚 Before He Could Put on His Wedding Ring, He Vanished on Their Wedding Night 婚戒未戴：他消失在新婚夜 Yu Xuan, Master of Favors顺水人情的禹宣Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted Wedding Ring Still Unworn: He Vanished on Our Wedding Night 2Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 703 新 On My Wedding Night, My Sister-in-Law Brought a “Noble Squad” to Inspect the House 新婚夜被大姑子带“贵族团”监房 Yu Xuan, Master of Favors顺水人情的禹宣9k WordsCompleted On Our Wedding Night, My Sister-in-Law Took a “Noble Clan” to Lock Me Up —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 704 逆 Three Minutes in Reverse: A Top-Tier Star Photographer Discovers My Secret 逆时3分钟：我的秘密被顶流摄影师撞破了 Yu Xuan, Master of Favors顺水人情的禹宣26k WordsCompleted Three Minutes in Reverse: A Top-Tier Star Photographer Stumbles Upon My Secret —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 705 如 How Can I Love You, My Dear? 如何爱你，亲爱的你！ Yu Xuan, Master of Favors顺水人情的禹宣Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted I pursued Chen Yang for five years, from the university campus in Jiangcheng to the steel-and-concrete jungle of Shanghai, clinging to him like a parasitic vine as I desperately tried to climb the tree he was. I thought that if I tried hard enough, I could eventually replace Su Man, the moonlight in his heart. Then, a week before his engagement party, he threw the limited-edition lighter I’d given him into the Huangpu River. The icy water splashed across my face as he said, “Lin Wei, you’ve neve —Reads6.9Score—Shelves
6. 706 霍 Mr. Huo, Your One True Love Is Back 霍总，你的白月光回来了 Yu Xuan, Master of Favors顺水人情的禹宣22k WordsCompleted Mr. Huo, Your White Moonlight Has Returned —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 707 轨 A Heart Off Course 轨心 Li Erbao李贰宝94k WordsCompleted Heart of the Track 84Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 708 重 Choosing Again 重选 Li Erbao李贰宝86k WordsCompleted Choose Again 1Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 709 天 An Outrageous Bride Price Reveals My Billionaire Mother 天价彩礼炸出个首富亲妈 Li Erbao李贰宝52k WordsCompleted A Bride Price That Shocks the Nation Reveals My Billionaire Mom 4Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 710 高 The Top Gaokao Scorer Is a Fake Heiress 高考状元是冒牌真千金 Li Erbao李贰宝6k WordsCompleted The Top Gaokao Scorer Is a Fake True Heiress 3Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 711 边 War at the Border: My Mother-in-Law's Invasion and My Counterattack 边界战争：婆婆的入侵与我的反击 Li Erbao李贰宝14k WordsCompleted Border War: My Mother-in-Law’s Invasion and My Counterattack —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 712 风 Even Love and Longing Betrayed Me 风月也曾负相思 Gu Shisan顾十三Ancient Romance50k WordsCompleted Her hands were stained with blood, yet she won this vast kingdom for him. He was the ruler, and she was his slave; decades of companionship could not outweigh a single tear from the woman he loved. To save his beloved, he offered her up to the enemy army. She endured every kind of torture, willingly. Still for the sake of his beloved, he severed her left arm, took her unborn child, and drained her blood to keep the other woman alive. Then, with a great army before her, her hair white as snow, sh 166Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    The first book's female protagonist never forgave the male protagonist, even until her death. The second book is a bit mindless and angsty, but it's really heartbreaking. The male lead only understands his feelings after the female lead stabs herself five times.

13. 713 当 I Refused to Work Overtime as a Contractor, and the Client's CEO Came to Recruit Me Personally 当外包的我拒绝加班后，甲方CEO亲自来挖我 Li Erbao李贰宝13k WordsCompleted After I, a Contractor, Refused to Work Overtime, the Client’s CEO Came to Recruit Me in Person 7Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 714 凰 The Phoenix-Blood Poison Queen: Reborn to Seize the Star-Picking Tower 凰血毒后：重生逆谋摘星楼 Li Erbao李贰宝Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted The Phoenix-Blood Poison Queen: Reborn to Plot Her Revenge and Claim the Star-Picking Tower —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 715 吃 Eat Cecilia 吃掉塞西莉亚 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted Devour Cecilia 22Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 716 疯 The Deranged CEO’s Prisoner in the Palm of His Hand 疯批总裁的掌心囚 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted [The most extreme possessive love | The craziest male lead on the whole internet | A heartbreaking, suffocating read] Warning: Major scenes include a medical examination of injuries | shaving her head | an ankle bracelet | a tracking necklace | a tattoo | injection of a symbiotic drug | faking her death | reunion at a flower shop | exposure on a livestream | kneeling in a rainstorm | a heart | sinking together in the deep sea | a first meeting in a parallel world Tags: possessive love | obsessiv 984Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 717 禁 Forbidden Treatment 禁忌治疗 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Two Male Leads237k WordsCompleted (Two male leads, both powerful · Transmigrate into a book · Coercive love · Unhinged · Yandere · Brooding and obsessive · Play the pig to eat the tiger · Winning over the villain · Love grows over time · Devoted love · Powerful families · Mutual redemption · Happy ending) Transmigrate into a book and find yourself facing an unhinged, yandere big shot? Everyone else runs, but I’m going to get closer. Lin Jian (the psychologist and recipient): “Lu Yanning, you’re not crazy. You’re ill, and I’m he 493Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 718 病 The Illness Called Love 病名为爱 Xi Niu悉牛Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted Lin Chi has cancer, and the doctor says she has only six months to live. As she grieves, Lu Shenyuan tells her he’ll give her a grand funeral. Sick with love for him, Lin Chi is willing to give him everything, even though her life is about to end. But all he gives her in return is, “Do you think you deserve me?” Whether or not they are a good match, she chooses to love him with all her heart. So when her time finally runs out, she can only forgive him for not loving her. 123Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    The first book I highly recommend is the one where the female lead dies; sisters, remember to have tissues ready! The second book wasn't a domineering CEO story; it was more realistic and relatable, and it left me with a rather unsatisfying feeling.

19. 719 墓 A Job Application on a Tombstone 墓碑上的求职信 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted A Job Application on a Tombstone 1Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 720 女 The Governess's Secret: The Polar Day Investigation 女管家的秘密：极昼调查 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀11k WordsCompleted The Housekeeper's Secret: Investigation Under the Midnight Sun 1Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 721 微 A Floating City, Barely at Peace 微安浮城 Hearsay道听途说Modern Romance113k WordsCompleted Have you ever loved someone so much that you drank poison to quench your thirst? Have you ever hated someone so much that you became completely hysterical? Chen Anran has experienced both. But years later, when Gu Cheng stands at the lectern, bright and calm just as he was ten years ago, all that hatred vanishes without a trace. All that remains is a fierce longing for the man who disappeared for ten years. 115Reads9.2Score—Shelves
22. 722 君 Rulers and Subjects Sink Together 君臣共沉沦 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Two Male Leads221k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, ancient political intrigue, imperial tutor and emperor, the pupil turns on his mentor, obsessive and paranoid, forced push and pull, love and hate, devastating romance, one-on-one] I helped a puppet emperor take the throne. He was obedient, gloomy, and easy to control. As his imperial tutor, I plotted and maneuvered at court, believing I had everything in hand. I never knew that the wolf I had raised with my own hands stole my clothes every night and kissed them humbly in corner 412Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 723 我 I'm a God in a Magical World, but It's Now Post-Nuclear War 我是魔法世界的神，但现在是核战后 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted I Am the God of the Magical World, but It's Now Post-Nuclear War 1Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 724 我 I, a Half-Orc, Outwork Everyone at the Academy of Magic 我，半兽人，卷死魔法学院 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀11k WordsCompleted I, a Half-Orc, Will Outwork the Academy of Magic 3Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 725 冰 Living Together Between Ice and Fire 冰火同居 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted Living Together: Ice and Fire —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 726 古 The Ancient Castle Contract! 古堡契约！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀10k WordsCompleted The Ancient Castle Contract! —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 727 我 I Raise Tentacles at the Academy of Magic 我在魔法学院养触手 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀6k WordsCompleted Raising Tentacles at the Academy of Magic —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 728 冷 Hot and Cold 冷热 Don't Run别跑Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted In the shifting warmth and chill of your gaze, a vow points straight to the heavens. One rainy night, the doctor Jiang Sui accidentally witnesses a murder. Having seen the entire crime unfold, she becomes the killer's target. Relying on her wits, she escapes death time and again, yet through a twist of fate, she steps into the maze of the criminal underworld. Warning: angst-heavy story. If that bothers you, don't read! 294Reads9.3Score101Shelves

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    The other side of the sea is no longer the sea; it's a regret deep in my heart.

29. 729 拼 The Pinduoduo System Bound Me, a Wicked Dragon 拼多多系统绑定了我这头恶龙 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀6k WordsCompleted The Pinduoduo System Bound Itself to Me, the Evil Dragon 3Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 730 魔 The Mortal Emperor of the Magical World 魔法世界的凡人帝王 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted The Mortal Emperor of the Magical World 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 731 请 Please Abuse Me 请对我施暴 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted Please Abuse Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 732 我 I Erased My Own Existence 我刷掉了自己的存在 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted I Erased My Own Existence —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 733 陆 Mr. Lu's Long Road to Winning His Wife Back 陆先生追妻火葬场 Mu Chacha沐茶茶Modern Romance458k WordsCompleted After five years together, Wen Yao discovered that Lu Nanxi’s biggest flaw was that he could never remember her name. Wen Yao told him, “The Yao in my name has the roof radical, like in ‘a graceful lady.’” But in Lu Nanxi’s phone, her name was still saved as Yao, using a different character. Later, Wen Yao learned about another woman. She was talented, with long, flowing hair. She liked wearing white dresses and loved to smile. Her name was Lin Yao. Wen Yao’s eyes reddened with pain. So she was 6.2kReads6.9Score240Shelves

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    It was so heartbreaking, I cried while watching it.

34. 734 最 The Last Forbidden Spell Book 最后一本禁咒书 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted The Last Forbidden Spellbook 2Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 735 复 Diary of a Reviver 复活者日记 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted Diary of a Resurrected Man —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 736 神 The Godforsaken Mercenary Corps 神弃佣兵团 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted The Godforsaken Mercenary Corps 1Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 737 情 Your Coldness Outlasts My Love 情深不及你薄凉 Autumn Slightly Chilly22秋微凉22Modern Romance48k WordsCompleted During their three years of marriage, Song Yun tried to win his heart and make him hers. Then the woman he had always treasured returned, and a divorce agreement caught her completely off guard. Song Yun had given him so much and helped him gain the power he held today, yet for the sake of the woman he loved, he forced her to donate her corneas! Song Yun was left battered and broken. A car accident finally set her free, but she had no idea that he had gone mad searching for her… 11Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    This book, well, it's just...

38. 738 皇 The Empress Only Wants to Be Empress Dowager 皇后娘娘她只想当太后 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted Her Majesty the Empress Only Wants to Become the Empress Dowager 300Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 739 妻 After My Wife Betrayed Me, I Schemed to Make Her Beg for Forgiveness 妻子背叛后，我用一场阴谋让她跪求原谅 Lion City Commoner狮城布衣Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted After My Wife Betrayed Me, I Used a Scheme to Make Her Beg for Forgiveness —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend some angst-filled novels [Admiration][Sending Hearts][Thumbs Up][Cool][Flying Kiss]

40. 740 被 After I Was Assaulted, I Personally Sent My Husband to Court 被侵犯后我亲手将丈夫送上法庭 Lazy Little Wife's Favorite小懒婆稀罕11k WordsCompleted After I was assaulted, I personally sent my husband to court. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 741 契 My Contract Husband Is the Person I've Been Dating Online for Three Years 契约婚姻的丈夫竟是我网恋三年对象 Lazy Little Wife's Favorite小懒婆稀罕Marriage & Romance23k WordsCompleted My Husband in This Marriage of Convenience Turned Out to Be the Man I’d Been Dating Online for Three Years —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 742 婆 After My Mother-in-Law Said I Couldn't Have a Son, I Pulled Out My PhD Diploma 婆婆嫌我生不出儿子后我拿出了博士证 Lazy Little Wife's Favorite小懒婆稀罕20k WordsCompleted After My Mother-in-Law Accused Me of Being Unable to Bear a Son, I Pulled Out My PhD Diploma —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 743 虐 Tortured Love Collection (6 Volumes) 虐恋情深合集（共6册） Green Song绿亦歌1.1M WordsCompleted Loving someone you cannot have, when you clearly love each other deeply but still cannot be together... A collection of deeply moving love stories filled with hardship and heartbreak. Includes six works: Green Song's Love Comes with the Wind, Qing Shan Feng Liu's Why Did I Have to Meet You?, Zuo Tong's Goodbye, Gu Nanxun, Green Bridge Qiao's I Like Everything About You, Su Mo's You Are the Most Precious Person in the World, and Xia Zhi's I Heard I Once Loved You. —Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    I haven't finished the first book yet, but they all say it's angsty. I highly recommend the second book; it's truly excellent. I cried several times. It's not very long, and the female lead dies in the end where the boy she once deeply loved died. The third book is a collection of short stories, all of which leave me feeling unsatisfied. The fourth book is also a collection of short stories. The fifth book is very realistic, but it's also very upsetting.

44. 744 以 I Thought My Wife Had Been Violated and Flew into a Rage, Only to Discover She Was the Mastermind 以为老婆被辱我怒冲云霄，才发现她是幕后黑手 Lazy Little Wife's Favorite小懒婆稀罕20k WordsCompleted I Thought My Wife Had Been Assaulted, So I Went on a Rampage, Only to Discover She Was the Mastermind —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 745 前 My Ex-Wife’s Torturous Love Affair on Camera: I’m the Last Viewer 前妻的虐恋录像，我是最后一个观众 Lazy Little Wife's Favorite小懒婆稀罕19k WordsCompleted A Recording of My Ex-Wife's Torturous Romance: I Was the Last Viewer —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 746 青 Ten Years of Qing Ci’s Scenery 青辞十年景 Nine Snowy Branches九枝雪Modern Romance15k WordsCompleted Ten Years of Qing Ci 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Ten Years of Farewell to Qing" I died in my favorite month of June. Even in death, I couldn't forget the scene of Shen Nuo pushing me away, protecting someone else. Shen Nuo and I met in the sunniest summer. The first time I looked into his clear, shallow eyes, I could never escape them. I ended the marriage. I set him and Si Nanxi free. Later… Shen Nuo, his eyes bloodshot, pleaded, "Su Qing… don't do this to me…" "This medicine isn't yours… it's someone else's, isn't it…?" "Su Qing… come back with me…" But I could never go back. I remained in the misty, rainy Jiangnan region. In the end, I never dared to ask, "Do you love me?" I was afraid Shen Nuo would lie to me, yet I was also afraid he wouldn't lie…

47. 747 婚 A Silent Marriage: The Culprit Is in My Bed 婚途无声:真凶竟在我枕边 Lazy Little Wife's Favorite小懒婆稀罕20k WordsCompleted A Silent Marriage: The Killer Is Right Beside Me 2Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 748 新 The Third Person in the Villa on Our Wedding Night 新婚夜别墅里的第三个人 Lazy Little Wife's Favorite小懒婆稀罕12k WordsCompleted The Third Person in the Villa on Our Wedding Night —Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 749 妻 My Wife’s Betrayal Built My Business Empire 妻子的背叛，却成就了我的商业帝国 Lazy Little Wife's Favorite小懒婆稀罕14k WordsCompleted My Wife's Betrayal Built My Business Empire —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 750 我 I Made My Cheating Wife Leave with Nothing in 100 Days 我用一百天，让出轨老婆净身出户 Lazy Little Wife's Favorite小懒婆稀罕11k WordsCompleted I Made My Cheating Wife Leave with Nothing in 100 Days —Reads—Score—Shelves

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