Any Short Stories That Are Brief but Really Good? 有没有短篇小说，虽然篇幅很短，但很好看。

1. 1501 老 My Wife Pretended to Be Sweet for Three Years, but She’s a Yandere 老婆装乖三年，其实是病娇 Dugu Cang Hu独孤沧虎Marriage & Romance25k WordsCompleted My Wife Pretended to Be Sweet and Obedient for Three Years, but She’s Actually a Yandere 277Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1502 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
3. 1503 最 On My Last Day, I Was Called in for a Talk 最后一天，我被喊去谈话 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错17k WordsCompleted On My Last Day, I Was Called in for a Talk 633Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1504 网 Web Novel: I Can See Next Month's Trending Searches 网文：我能看到下个月的热搜 Bring on a Drinking Snack来个下酒菜Urban23k WordsCompleted Web Novel: I Can See Next Month's Trending Searches —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A new short story, ready to be adapted into a comic book.

5. 1505 反 The Villainess Studies Hard at the Aristocratic Academy 反派大小姐在贵族学院狠狠学习 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted [The male lead is Chi. The romance develops slowly, and until anyone confesses, it's just friendship.] He Ying regains her memories in an old-school campus novel and is horrified to realize she's the vicious rich young lady. Instead of inheriting a fortune worth trillions, she's been chasing men and bullying the sweet, innocent heroine. What a ridiculous way to live. After learning that inheriting the family fortune depends on her academic performance, He Ying declares, “If I don't earn this mon 8.7kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves

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   Although it only has 100 chapters, the female protagonist is clear-headed and rational; everything unfolds according to her predictions. The plot isn't simplistic; it's complete and logical. The author writes exceptionally well, and many of the points made have very positive and reasonable values. You'll be pleasantly surprised as you read on. [Almost crying][Almost crying][Almost crying]

6. 1506 病 My Yandere Wife Is Even Better at Pretending After Having Our Baby 病娇老婆带崽后，更能装了 Dugu Cang Hu独孤沧虎Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted My Yandere Wife Is Even Better at Pretending After Having Our Baby 93Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 1507 我 I 'Bought' an Old Man for Fifty Thousand 我用五万“买”个老头 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错8k WordsCompleted I “Bought” an Old Man for 50,000 88Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 1508 同 My Coworker Wants Her Aggressive Son to Call Me Godmother 同事要让她的超雄儿子认我做干妈 Eighty-Eight八拾捌12k WordsCompleted My coworker wants her hyperactive son to call me his godmother. 168Reads—Score—Shelves

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9. 1509 求 Survival Game: New Traits from the Start 求生游戏：开局刷新词条 Bring on a Drinking Snack来个下酒菜32k WordsCompleted Survival Game: Refreshing Traits from the Start —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 1510 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

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11. 1511 全 The Toad Everyone at School Mocked Easily Won the Campus Beauty’s Heart 全校都在讥讽的癞蛤蟆，轻松得到校花 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错12k WordsCompleted The Toad Everyone at School Mocked Easily Won the Campus Belle 2Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 1512 那 Those Junky Things Can Talk! 那些破烂、会说话！ Bring on a Drinking Snack来个下酒菜29k WordsCompleted Those junk things can talk! —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 1513 土 Snow at Tumu Fortress 土木堡的雪 Lazybones, Don't Rush Me懒虫别催9k WordsCompleted Snow at Tumu Fortress 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The greatest advantage of short stories is that the author has no room for padding; every cut is solid. This one is a typical example of short but substantial. After reading it, I felt like I had devoured a whole roast chicken—full, fragrant, and with a slightly salty aftertaste, the saltiness of tears.

14. 1514 燃 Our Gas Bill Skyrocketed, and My Wife Was Hiding a Man at Home 燃气费暴增，老婆在家里藏着一个男人 Fish, Cat, Mouse鱼猫鼠13k WordsCompleted Our Gas Bill Soared, and My Wife Was Hiding a Man at Home 481Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 1515 感 Thanks to My Mother-in-Law's Washbasin, I Saw This Family for What It Really Is 感谢婆婆的洗菜盆，让我看清这个家的真面目 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted Thanks to my mother-in-law’s vegetable-washing basin, I finally saw this family for what it really is 276Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 1516 隔 The Neighbor’s Affair 隔壁偷人 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted An Affair Next Door 53Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 1517 接 At the Wedding, the Bride’s Male Best Friend Handed Out an Invasive Questionnaire. I Tossed My Suit and Married the Bridesmaid 接亲时新娘男闺蜜出隐私问卷，我扔掉西装，娶了伴娘 Tai Yiyou Xin太亦又心Marriage & Romance35k WordsCompleted At the wedding, the bride’s male best friend handed me an invasive questionnaire. I tossed my suit aside and married the bridesmaid instead —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend it, it's really good!

18. 1518 她 She Doesn’t Want Eternal Life, She Only Wants Me 她不要永生，只要我 A Little Blue Fish in the Pond Woke Up一池小蓝鱼醒了14k WordsCompleted She doesn’t want eternal life. She only wants me. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! It's incredibly good and the content is fantastic!!

19. 1519 你 The Years You Lived in My Place 你替我活过的那些年 Bring on a Drinking Snack来个下酒菜Female-Channel Fanfiction31k WordsCompleted The Years You Lived in My Place 2Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1520 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
21. 1521 水 The Water Bill Skyrocketed, So I Found Someone Else Hiding in My House 水费暴增，我查出家里藏着另一个人 Crystal and Shrimp Dumplings水晶和虾饺Marriage & Romance18k WordsCompleted Our Water Bill Skyrocketed, So I Discovered Someone Else Was Hiding in Our Home 23Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 1522 窑 The Brothel Girl’s Deadly Allure (Spy Thriller) 窑姐儿的致命诱惑（谍战） Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错15k WordsCompleted The Brothel Girl’s Deadly Temptation (Espionage) 18Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 1523 灵 My Spiritual Root Was Stolen? No Worries! I Still Have a Heart Demon! 灵根被夺？不慌！我还有心魔！ Mao Year Star卯年星27k WordsCompleted My spiritual root was stolen? No need to panic! I still have my inner demon! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Fantasy and Xianxia short stories

24. 1524 父 My Father Is Dead, and the Whole Family Wants Me to Step Down 父亲死了，全家都想让我退位 The Fallacy of the Fog Track雾轨的谬误29k WordsCompleted My father is dead, and my whole family wants me to step down. 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are high-quality short stories, emotionally resonant, and incredibly memorable! They're so captivating, the more you read, the better they get—you simply can't stop! [Fear][heart emoji][crying emoji][fear][shock emoji][laughing emoji]

25. 1525 怪 The Strange Illness Clinic 怪病馆 Bring on a Drinking Snack来个下酒菜28k WordsCompleted The Strange Illness Clinic 2Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 1526 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
27. 1527 豪 A Wealthy Family Sacrifice? I Gave Up and Went to Die, and My Whole Family Went Mad 《豪门献祭？我摆烂赴死，全家疯了》 Crystal and Shrimp Dumplings水晶和虾饺38k WordsCompleted A Sacrifice to the Wealthy Family? I Give Up and Embrace Death, and My Whole Family Goes Mad —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 1528 女 My Girlfriend Said, If I Can't Get the Ore, I Can Get Her 女友说，搞不到矿就搞我 Being Shallow Isn't Wrong肤浅不是错Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted My girlfriend said, “If you can't get your hands on a mine, then get your hands on me.” 5Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 1529 我 I'm a Charlatan, Yet Somehow My Disciple Helped Me Ascend to Immortality! 我，神棍，居然靠徒弟成仙了！ Mao Year Star卯年星29k WordsCompleted I'm a fraud of a fortune-teller, yet somehow my disciple became an immortal thanks to me! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 1530 合 Hehuan Sect: Crossing the Threads of Fate 合欢宗，牵丝渡 Bring on a Drinking Snack来个下酒菜Male-Channel Fanfiction20k WordsCompleted The Hehuan Sect: Crossing the Threads of Fate —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 1531 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
32. 1532 退 After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Set the Whole City Ablaze on the Trending Charts 退婚后，我引爆全城热搜 Fish, Cat, Mouse鱼猫鼠11k WordsCompleted After Calling Off the Engagement, I Took Over the City's Trending Searches 1Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 1533 我 I Earn 55,000 a Month, but My Wife Sends 50,000 to Her Parents Every Month. When My Dad Needed Surgery, She Sent 200 我月薪5万5，老婆每月给娘家转5万，我爸手术她转了200 Bring on a Drinking Snack来个下酒菜Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted I earn 55,000 a month, and my wife sends 50,000 to her family every month. When my dad needed surgery, she sent 200. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 1534 小 The Kitten Chases Butterflies [Summer Lost Its Warmth] 小猫抓蝴蝶【拾夏失温】 Immortal Fujii Itsuki神仙藤井树Modern Romance29k WordsCompleted | Campus Romance | Secret Crush | Tragic Ending | Mutual Redemption | One-on-One First Love, Both Inexperienced | Youth | Time Reversal and Rebirth | Angsty Romance | Mystery | [Lu Yubei & Qiao Anhao] [Lonely, unloved, and pitiful X Depressed, sunny-hearted prodigy] Qiao Anhao grew up in an orphanage. Her only goal in life was to bury herself in her studies, get into college, find a job, and live a peaceful life. At seventeen, everything was awful. Relentless school bullying clung to her. Mig 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a relatively obscure short story by Tomato. It's not recommended because it doesn't meet the word count requirement, but it's complete, so feel free to read it. [Shy][shy][shy][shy][shy][shy][shy][shy]

35. 1535 姑 My Sister-in-Law Borrowed Money to Help Her Lover Get an Abortion 姑姐回娘家借钱给小三打胎 Eighty-Eight八拾捌Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted My Sister-in-Law Returned to Her Parents’ Home to Borrow Money for Her Lover’s Abortion 315Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 1536 婆 My Mother-in-Law Forced Me to Leave with Nothing, So I Married the Richest Man. Now She's Gone Mad with Regret 《婆婆逼我净身出户，我转身嫁首富她悔疯了》 Fish, Cat, Mouse鱼猫鼠24k WordsCompleted My Mother-in-Law Forced Me to Leave With Nothing, So I Turned Around and Married the Richest Man. Now She's Gone Mad With Regret 34Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 1537 星 Starlight in Harmony: Fate and Choice 《星河同辉：宿命与抉择》 Little Ice Cream, Add Ice Cubes小雪糕点冰块38k WordsCompleted Starlight in Harmony: Fate and Choice —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She was the only female commander in the First Military Region, and he was the youngest legendary commander in the Thirteenth Military Region. At their engagement banquet, he gently embraced her slender waist: "If you're not feeling well, rest more. Leave the affairs of the military region to me." She lowered her eyes and smiled faintly, concealing the calluses on her palms from years of holding a gun. On the day of the military exercise, he personally led his elite troops in a surprise attack on the "enemy camp," only to find her standing in front of the command vehicle in her combat uniform. A thousand soldiers roared in unison, shaking the heavens: "Greetings, Commander!" The man's binoculars suddenly fell from his hand: "My fiancée… is the enemy commander-in-chief?!"

38. 1538 欧 The Five-and-a-Half-Year-Old Luckiest Girl: I Win at Immortal Cultivation by Doing Nothing 欧皇五岁半：修仙全靠躺赢 Little Ice Cream, Add Ice Cubes小雪糕点冰块Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted Born into the world of immortal cultivation, I become a five-year-old bundle of joy and charm my way through the sects. Until one day, I'm tossed into a perilous secret realm, where I casually pull out an artifact and leave all the geniuses stunned. “Junior sister, that toy sword of yours looks a lot like the ancient Immortal-Slaying Sword...” “Hey, this talking mirror says it's the Haotian Mirror.” I tilt my head in confusion. “Isn't it normal for toys to talk?” Then the supreme Divine Venerabl 6Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 1539 长 Sweetness in the Long Night 长夜逢甜 Eighty-Eight八拾捌19k WordsCompleted Sweetness in the Long Night 837Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 1540 离 On the Day We Divorced, He Begged Me Not to Sign 《离婚当天，他跪求我别签》 Crystal and Shrimp Dumplings水晶和虾饺16k WordsCompleted On the Day We Divorced, He Begged Me Not to Sign 104Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 1541 捡 The Junior Brother I Took In Wants Me to Pity Him 捡来的师弟求我怜他 A Cloud-Twig Tooth一枝云牙Female-Channel Fanfiction13k WordsCompleted The Junior Brother I Took In Begs Me to Cherish Him —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is really good! I got a little annoyed with the original male lead in the middle, but later I felt that everyone had a tough time. The junior brother is such a tsundere puppy!

42. 1542 强 Coming on Strong! 强撩！ Dao Shangxie刀上邪Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted [Delicate, cool-headed genius VS possessive CEO who spoils his wife without limits] In her previous life, genius Wen Zhi abandoned her scientific research career to enter show business and died after falling from a building. Reborn, she impulsively marries into the Huo family. That night, he pulls her into his arms. “Wen Zhi, I can never get enough of kissing or holding you. I won’t be able to stop myself from wanting more...” She gives in. - He is a top financier and CEO, a programming genius a 324Reads8.7Score101Shelves

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    Books by the same author, amazing, incredibly inspiring!

43. 1543 我 My Mom Is the Real Heiress Who Ran Away Pregnant from a Powerful Family. Reborn, I'll Protect My Parents' Love 我妈是豪门带球跑的真千金，重生后由我来守护父母爱情 Eighty-Eight八拾捌14k WordsCompleted My mom is the true heiress who ran away from her wealthy family while pregnant. After being reborn, I’ll protect my parents’ love story. 101Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 1544 反 The Villainess Rewrites the Plot on Livestream: After Binding the Wrong System, She Turns the Tables and Wins Him Over 反派她爆改剧情直播间：她绑错系统后，直播反向攻略 Crystal and Shrimp Dumplings水晶和虾饺14k WordsCompleted The Villainess Rewrites the Plot in Her Livestream: After Binding the Wrong System, She Turns the Tables and Goes After Her Targets 1Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 1545 差 Nearly Murdered, I Found Love Across Time 差点被谋杀遇到穿越时空的爱 Orange Orange Songzhi橙橙颂芝Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted I Nearly Got Murdered, Then Found Love Through Time Transmigration 259Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A good short story, highly recommended! [Sending heart]

46. 1546 网 After My Online Romance Went Horribly Wrong, I Became a Top-Tier Star 网恋翻车后我成了顶流 Little Ice Cream, Add Ice Cubes小雪糕点冰块Modern Romance197k WordsCompleted My blind date from an online romance was a disaster, but I became an overnight sensation thanks to my “heartbreak beauty.” > After binding to a strange System, I discovered that my fan count could be exchanged for pills from the cultivation world. > The more viciously the haters cursed me, the better my skin got and the more explosive my acting became. > Even the Crown Prince of the capital lowered himself to chase me to the film set. “Miss Li, what kind of pills are you taking?” > I waved my ph 2Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 1547 我 I Kissed the Top-Tier Star on Set from Morning Till Night, and My Ex, the Movie Emperor, Went Mad with Regret 我和顶流在剧组从早亲到晚，前任影帝悔疯了 Eighty-Eight八拾捌8k WordsCompleted I Kissed the Top-Tier Star from Morning till Night on Set, and My Ex, the Best Actor, Went Crazy with Regret 329Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 1548 热 Trending Soon: The Top-Tier Star Just Wants to Slack Off 热搜预订：顶流他只想摆烂 Crystal and Shrimp Dumplings水晶和虾饺27k WordsCompleted Trending Soon: The Top-Tier Star Just Wants to Slack Off —Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 1549 一 A Beauty’s Wrath: The Sword-and-Book Feud 一怒红颜怒刺之书剑恩仇劫 Orange Orange Songzhi橙橙颂芝6k WordsCompleted A Beauty's Wrath: The Book, the Sword, and the Feud 75Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 1550 天 You Don't Love Angels? No Matter, the Villainess Has Arrived 天使你们不爱？没关系恶女降临了 I've Just Crossed a Few Mountains刚翻过了几座山Mystery21k WordsCompleted This is a short story!! [Sweet on the outside, ruthless within + villainess + wicked woman + revenge on scumbags + second male lead takes the lead] After being pushed off a cliff by the man she loved shortly after their wedding, the innocent Yue Li is reborn and discovers that her life was built on an enormous lie... When the angel is gone and the villainess descends, everyone who bullied, deceived, or used her will pay the price. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A new short story I discovered, it truly touched my heart! [Kissing emoji]

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