A Truly Short Story, But One That Gets More Terrifying the More You Think About It 真的是篇幅短小，但是细思极恐的短篇故事。

1. 1051 租 Rental House Horror: I’m Trapped in a Deadly Ritual of Forbidden Witchcraft 租房惊魂：我被卷入了失传巫术杀局 Mumu Qi沐沐柒Mystery12k WordsCompleted Terror in a Rented Room: I Was Dragged into a Deadly Scheme Involving a Lost Art of Witchcraft —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Short and scary

2. 1052 我 We Spend Our Lives Flying Toward That Blue Planet 我们用一生向那颗蓝色星球飞行 Defy Heaven and Chase the Wind逆天追风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse14k WordsCompleted We spend our whole lives flying toward that blue planet. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 1053 神 The Spirit Medium’s Healing Hands 神婆的妙手 Mumu Qi沐沐柒10k WordsCompleted The Divine Medium's Healing Hands —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1054 老 Haunted House Livestream: Viewers Request Ghost Operas 老宅直播：观众点播鬼戏 Wu Zhi Yi無之一Mystery14k WordsCompleted Livestreaming from the Old House: Viewers Request Ghost Operas 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A strange story every day

5. 1055 让 I Told You to Squander Money, So How’d You Become the World’s Richest Man? 让你败家，你咋败成了世界首富？ Knowing Fish and Water知鱼知水12k WordsCompleted I Told You to Squander the Money, So How Did You Become the World's Richest Person? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Wonderful short story, enjoyable to finish in one go! Comments and likes are welcome! [Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss]

6. 1056 休 After Divorcing Him, I Made Him Wish He Could Reach Me 休夫后，我让他高攀不起 Knowing Fish and Water知鱼知水20k WordsCompleted After Divorcing Him, I Made Him Realize He Could Never Measure Up to Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 1057 自 The Vending Machine Only Takes Eyeballs 自动贩卖机只收眼球 Wu Zhi Yi無之一Mystery12k WordsCompleted The Vending Machine Only Accepts Eyeballs —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 1058 你 Your Wi-Fi Neighbor Is Watching You 你的Wi-Fi邻居正在看着你 Wu Zhi Yi無之一Mystery16k WordsCompleted Your Wi-Fi Neighbor Is Watching You —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 1059 冰 The Ice Age: A Young Woman Tames a Ferocious Tiger on Her Own 冰河末世，小女子独力驯猛虎 Knowing Fish and Water知鱼知水Sci-Fi & Apocalypse12k WordsCompleted The Ice Age Apocalypse: A Young Woman Tames a Ferocious Tiger All by Herself —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 1060 暗 The Dark River's Book of Crimes 暗河罪书 Mister Thirteen先生拾叁Mystery153k WordsCompleted I write with care, creating stories readers feel were worth their time and cases they can talk about. Some characters and events in this novel are based on real cases, blending reality with fiction. Not AI-generated + no goody-two-shoes heroines + mind-blowing twists + explosive plot + every facet of life People can look up and see the Milky Way billions of light-years away, yet look down and fail to see the underground rivers just a few hundred meters beneath their feet. In those dark, turbulen 1kReads8.2Score198Shelves

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    There are about 10 chapters of a case, and the foreshadowing may be a bit boring at first. But after seeing each case, my hair bursts. Those who still insist on not adding them to the bookshelf after reading the three cases are all ruthless people among ruthless people. I would like to call them adopted fathers.

11. 1061 我 My Roommate Is a Paper Doll 我的合租室友是纸人 Wu Zhi Yi無之一Mystery24k WordsCompleted My Roommate Is a Paper Effigy —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 1062 我 My Shadow Is Livestreaming 我的影子在直播 Wu Zhi Yi無之一16k WordsCompleted My Shadow Is Live-Streaming —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 1063 虐 Tragic Romance Shorts: Spring Comes to Deadwood 虐文短篇之枯木逢春 Carrots for Better Eyesight萝卜补眼Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted Tragic Short Stories: Spring Comes to Deadwood 37Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book keeps changing the ending

14. 1064 电 The Button for the Thirteenth Floor 电梯里的第13层按钮 Wu Zhi Yi無之一Mystery10k WordsCompleted The Button for the 13th Floor in the Elevator 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 1065 冷 The Cold-Faced Tyrant Had the Whole Nation Hunt Me for Two Years 冷面暴君全国通缉我两年 Carrots for Better Eyesight萝卜补眼Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted The Cold-Faced Tyrant Put Me on the Most-Wanted List for Two Years 1Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 1066 尸 The Corpse-Talking Deliveryman 尸语外卖员 Wu Zhi Yi無之一Mystery10k WordsCompleted The Corpse-Talking Food Delivery Rider —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 1067 霸 The Bold, Beautiful Bride Chases Her Husband 霸道俏娘子狂追夫 Carrots for Better Eyesight萝卜补眼Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted The Bold and Beautiful Young Wife Chases Her Husband —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 1068 井 A Delivery from the Bottom of the Well, Please Sign for It 井底快递，签收一下 Wu Zhi Yi無之一Mystery12k WordsCompleted A Delivery from the Bottom of the Well: Please Sign for It —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 1069 被 The Forgotten, the Unwritten 被遗忘的人，不被书写的人 Sugar Card糖卡Mystery157k WordsCompleted [A collection of linked stories. Read them one at a time, or follow the overarching plot.] There are always so many people in this world who are forgotten, whose stories are never told. The protagonist is a law-school underachiever who has failed the bar exam twice. Unable to find work, he turns to writing mystery novels just to make ends meet. By a twist of fate, he becomes entangled in one strange and baffling case after another. As he and his companions peel away layer upon layer of mystery a 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    More than 100,000 words, read it quickly

20. 1070 江 Tales of the Uncanny in Jiangnan 江南诡事录 Zhuge Laoliu诸葛老六Mystery577k WordsCompleted I was born in an old town in Jiangnan, and from childhood I loved hanging around beneath the eaves of the old teahouse. I would listen as Zhou the Blind sipped his strong tea and spun yarn after yarn, recounting the strange tales he had heard over most of his life. Half of what this book records came from the stories passed by word of mouth beneath the teahouse storyteller’s gavel; the other half came from what I saw and heard as I grew up wandering the streets and alleys of Jiangnan. Now the te 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Unit drama stories, four or five chapters per volume, one story

21. 1071 婚 The Bridal Bed Doll 婚床上的压床娃娃 Coo Coo Doesn't Sing鸽鸽不歌13k WordsCompleted The Wedding Bed Doll —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horrible😱😱😱

22. 1072 将 Beneath the General’s Tomb, the Boy Was Laid to Rest 将军冢下，那个少年埋骨了 Fairy Qi's Leg Hair仙琪的腿毛11k WordsCompleted Beneath the General’s Tomb, That Boy Was Buried —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Well, is there anyone willing to support me? [Send heart][Send heart][Send heart][Send heart] Comments or something

23. 1073 送 Kitchen God Candy 送灶糖 Coo Coo Doesn't Sing鸽鸽不歌13k WordsCompleted Stove God Candy —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 1074 旧 Firelight in the Old Alley, Snowfall Without End 旧巷烟火，雪落无期 Fairy Qi's Leg Hair仙琪的腿毛15k WordsCompleted Firelight in the Old Alley, Snowfall Without End —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 1075 古 The Ancient Well Claims Another Life 古井索命 Coo Coo Doesn't Sing鸽鸽不歌14k WordsCompleted The Ancient Well's Deadly Curse —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 1076 冥 A Ghost Marriage Match 冥婚配 Coo Coo Doesn't Sing鸽鸽不歌10k WordsCompleted Ghost Marriage Match —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 1077 夏 Summer Mint and an Old Bicycle 夏日薄荷与旧自行车 Fairy Qi's Leg Hair仙琪的腿毛Modern Romance30k WordsCompleted Summer Mint and an Old Bicycle —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 1078 野 The Wild Grave Shows the Way 野坟引路 Coo Coo Doesn't Sing鸽鸽不歌18k WordsCompleted A Wild Grave Shows the Way —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 1079 银 The Sigh of Ginkgo Leaves 银杏叶的叹息 Fairy Qi's Leg Hair仙琪的腿毛14k WordsCompleted The Ginkgo Leaf’s Sigh —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 1080 缝 The Seamstress's Curse: Old Clothes Summon Spirits 缝衣煞·旧衣招魂 Coo Coo Doesn't Sing鸽鸽不歌11k WordsCompleted The Vengeful Seamstress: An Old Garment Summons a Soul —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 1081 橘 The Orange CEO Care Manual 橘色总裁饲养手册 Fairy Qi's Leg Hair仙琪的腿毛54k WordsCompleted The Tangerine CEO’s Care Guide —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 1082 元 The Shattered Realm of Primordial Contracts 元契碎域 Fairy Qi's Leg Hair仙琪的腿毛Eastern Fantasy325k WordsCompleted In ancient times, the Divine Realm, which controlled the six great elements of fire, water, wind, earth, light, and darkness, collapsed. Its fragments fell to form three continents, scattering elemental power across the land and leaving each region with entirely different laws of magic. The Emerald Reach, the Scorched Wastes, and the Floating Water City are separated by the Rift Sea, a stretch filled with chaotic elements. Ordinary people are torn apart the moment they enter, and only those who —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 1083 穿 Transmigrating Through Eerie Instances 穿越诡异副本 Coo Coo Doesn't Sing鸽鸽不歌6k WordsCompleted Transmigrating into a Bizarre Instance —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 1084 穿 I Transmigrated into a Powerful Aristocrat and Spoiled My Chambermaid Until She Became My Wife! 穿越顶级权贵，我把通房丫鬟宠成正妻！ RTY, Rich for Life一生有钱的RTY8k WordsCompleted I transmigrated into the world of the highest aristocracy and spoiled my personal maid until she became my legal wife! 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Millions of reads

35. 1085 半 Knocks at the Door in the Dead of Night 半夜三更里的敲门声 Coo Coo Doesn't Sing鸽鸽不歌14k WordsCompleted Knocking at the Door in the Dead of Night —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 1086 那 The Father Who Wanted Me to Marry My Stepbrother Was Frozen Solid by My Stepmother 那个让我嫁给继哥的父亲，被继母冻成了冰棍 RTY, Rich for Life一生有钱的RTY8k WordsCompleted The Father Who Wanted Me to Marry My Stepbrother Was Frozen Solid by My Stepmother —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 1087 楼 The Third Person in the Hallway Is Watching Me 楼道里的第三个人在看着我 Coo Coo Doesn't Sing鸽鸽不歌14k WordsCompleted The Third Person in the Hallway Is Watching Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 1088 灵 The Spirit Needle Saves the World 灵针渡世 Little Sugar Loves Bread爱吃面包的小糖Modern Romance152k WordsCompleted Mystery | Acupuncture | Past Lives | Medicine | Souls The book is made up of over a hundred short stories, including "Secrets of the Underworld," "Tragedy at the Pear Garden," "The Two-Faced Lover," "The Ventriloquist's Revenge," and "The Sister Who Stole Lives." Each tightly crafted tale combines to reveal the redemption and karmic cycles of ordinary people. The story begins at an apothecary run by a young woman named Madam Liu. She lives alone with her young daughter, who suffers from a strang 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A few chapters and a short story ~ fast pace

39. 1089 麻 Spicy Corpse Snails 麻辣尸螺 Cushion Draba垫状点地梅10k WordsCompleted Spicy Snail Corpses 616Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror and heavy mouth! Flip, flip, and flip again!!!

40. 1090 深 Treasure Hunting in the Deep Mountains: A Thrilling Journey on the Brink of Death 深山寻宝，生死边缘的惊险之旅 Fifth Young Master伍家公子Mystery10k WordsCompleted Treasure Hunting Deep in the Mountains: A Perilous Journey on the Edge of Life and Death 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Take a look at this one

41. 1091 中 After I Won the Lottery, My Mother-in-Law Demanded a Cut. I Pulled Out the Prenuptial Agreement and Face-Slapped Her Whole Family 中奖后婆婆要求分账，我拿出婚前协议打脸他们全家 Yu Bu'er虞不二10k WordsCompleted After I won the lottery, my mother-in-law demanded a share. I brought out our prenuptial agreement and served the whole family a face-slapping. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These short stories are great!

42. 1092 听 After Hearing My Boyfriend's Family's Thoughts, I Fled on an Overnight Train 听见男友一家心声后我连夜坐火车跑路了 Yu Bu'er虞不二10k WordsCompleted After hearing my boyfriend's family thoughts, I caught a train and ran away in the middle of the night. —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 1093 重 Reborn, I Had to Part from Him in Death All Over Again 重生后我又再次和他死别 Yu Bu'er虞不二10k WordsCompleted After being reborn, I once again had to part from him in death. —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 1094 罪 Case Files 罪案集 Ji Nanyi季南一Mystery126k WordsOngoing [No romance, plot-focused + mind-bending suspense + bizarre murder cases + unusual perspective] We do not worship absolute peace. But when no crime is ever brought to justice, crime becomes the norm, and chaos takes the place of order. Ten years ago, Lian Huai watched with his own eyes as the entire building, his parents included, was reduced to rubble by an explosion. The trauma drove him insane. Unable to live a normal life and exhibiting an antisocial personality, he was locked in a psychiatr 907Reads8.1Score153Shelves

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    After reading it, I felt that my interest in supernatural novels had become higher, and countless foreshadowings converged into the final ending. Detailed description, the more scared you are, the more you want to watch it, just like La Tiao.

45. 1095 午 Midnight Birth 午夜接生 I'll Play the Qin for You抚琴给你听Mystery11k WordsCompleted Delivering a Baby at Midnight 5Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 1096 午 Pressed Down by a Ghost at Midnight 午夜鬼压床 I'll Play the Qin for You抚琴给你听11k WordsCompleted Midnight Sleep Paralysis 9Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 1097 千 Never Get Plastic Surgery 千万别整容 Nine Is Supreme九为尊Mystery9k WordsCompleted Never Get Plastic Surgery —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short story that is terrifying to think about.

48. 1098 伪 Impostor! 伪人！ Nine Is Supreme九为尊Mystery8k WordsCompleted Impostors! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 1099 诡 The Haunted Elevator 诡异电梯 Nine Is Supreme九为尊Mystery8k WordsCompleted The Eerie Elevator —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 1100 我 I’m a Sleep Coach 我是哄睡师 Nine Is Supreme九为尊9k WordsCompleted I’m a Sleep Coach —Reads—Score—Shelves

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