Angst Novels! Torture the Male Lead! Make It Hurt!!! Female Lead Tormenting the Male Lead?! 虐文！！虐男主！！！虐到肝疼！！女虐男？？？

1. 1 白 After His First Love Returns, Her Substitute Husband Loses Control 白月光回来后，替身老公失控了 You Lili由礼礼Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted Everyone knew Jiang Wangyin was born to be in control. Steady and self-possessed, he was unfathomable, and he had never once lost his composure in his life. Ji Mai had always believed that, too. Even when he discovered she was secretly taking birth control pills, he calmly discussed it with her. “They’re bad for your health. You can’t keep taking them.” Even when he learned the truth about why she had chosen to marry him, he merely suppressed his emotions and closed her diary. “It’s fine if I re 3.2kReads8.3Score26314d adds

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   Every single one of these stories is heart-wrenching; every single one features a male protagonist who suffers abuse while the female protagonist is initially heartless.

2. 2 渣 He Turned Dark After I Dumped the High Priest 渣了少祭司后，他黑化了 Dongfang Yu 99东方钰99Ancient Romance527k WordsCompleted [Content warnings: selfish heroine, not a strong female lead, coercive love, the man suffers early on and the woman later, imprisonment and coercion, childbirth. Read with caution if these bother you.] * Chu Zhaoli, the Princess of the Central Plains, travels to the southern frontier and deliberately seduces an innocent young priest, all to take the blood from his heart and save the man she loves. Living together day and night in the Miao village, the young priest gives her his whole heart, only 1.4kReads8.2Score14414d adds
3. 3 冠 A Crown That Resounds Across the World 冠鸣天下 Shrimp and Crab All Together虾蟹一通Ancient Romance821k WordsCompleted [Dashing heroine who saves the world X lovesick, powerful yet tragic leader of the Demon Cult] [She Chases Him to His Doom + Forceful Possession Later On + Three Men and One Woman + Chaste Men, Non-Chaste Woman + Martial Arts (Light Fantasy)] [Content warning: old-school angst! This is a story about driving a madman to fall for her, then killing him with her own hands to carve out his heart and save the man she loves. Expect physical and emotional torment!] Lu Guanming (the heroine) is forced in 117Reads8.3Score—14d adds
4. 4 占 Possessive Love: The Obsessive CEO’s Little Wife 占有欲强：偏执总裁的私有小娇妻 Er Li二厘Modern Romance417k WordsCompleted [1v1, devoted to each other, sweet romance, scheming and obsessive male lead, aloof beauty x heavenly beauty] A fleeting encounter at a bar was all it took for Lu Beiyan to fall deeply in love with Shi Ran. When they met again, she already had a boyfriend, but Lu Beiyan used every means at his disposal to keep her by his side. His love for her was possessive and obsessive, an all-consuming devotion. To her, he was a nightmare, an abyss, a cage she could never escape. “Ranran, you can’t get away 8.7kReads9.1Score51514d adds
5. 5 抛 After I Dumped the Fox Clan’s Young Master, He Started Crying Pearls 抛弃狐族少主后，他掉小珍珠了 Summer Snow Ice夏日绵绵冰Ancient Romance378k WordsCompleted [Unrequited Love + Corruption + Humble Pleas for Love + Mutual First Love] One day, a princess who had grown up in the Cold Palace was suddenly released, and an imperial edict landed squarely on her head. An arranged marriage? To a monster? They could keep dreaming! The princess never sat around waiting for her fate. She tried everything she could to escape. Her heart was like stone, and no matter how that fox demon tempted and bewitched her, she would never let herself become entangled in lov 419Reads7.5Score—14d adds
6. 6 替 The Stand-In's Guide to Winning Themself Over 替身的自我攻略 Er Li二厘Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted [Male substitute + obsessive love + male lead suffers + second chance at love + later, possessive pursuit by force. The male lead is arrogant, domineering, obsessive, and calculating, with extremely strong controlling and possessive tendencies] Delicate, frail female lead X obsessive, calculating male lead At Jingbei High School, Wen Li met a boy who looked a lot like Pei Yang. One glance was all it took for her to be drawn to him. He’d look even more like Pei Yang if he had a mole at the corner 7.7kReads8.4Score45114d adds
7. 7 禁 The Forbidden Gu and the Imprisoned Butterfly 禁蛊囚蝶 Lanterns in a Thousand Mountains千山提灯Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted [Dark, ghostly male lead + forced love + yandere + imprisonment] [Obsessive, yandere young man from the Western Regions X spirited, resilient girl from the Central Plains] The moment he saw her, it was like a butterfly taking flight, stirring the sands of fate in his heart. “Big sister, when I grow up, I'll come marry you.” “Sure.” Ten years later, he returned as promised. She didn't know that the joking words “kids say the darndest things” had been engraved in his heart's blood as the ancient l 1.1kReads8.2Score12814d adds
8. 8 顶 Master-Level Dog Training! The Obsessive Psycho Is Sweet and Attentive 顶级训狗！病娇他乖巧又贴心 Qi Qi Like Wine戚戚似酒Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A little angst for the male lead] [A crazy female lead] [Redemption] [Male lead is a little ray of sunshine at first, then a little yandere] [Female lead strings along four men] [An early work, unlike the style of the author's other stories. Read with caution. The male lead's suffering starts in Chapter 120.] Mo Mo refuses to give money to her gambling-addicted father, only for him to drug her. She thinks he is the buyer, but later realizes it was a misunderstanding. He gets attached to her and 818Reads7.0Score10214d adds
9. 9 假 The Fake Heiress Crooks a Finger, and the Brooding Yandere Turns into Her Lapdog 假千金勾勾手，阴湿病娇变姐狗 Frost Falls on the Long Night长夜成霜Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Fake and real heiresses + dog-training romance + awakened supporting villainess + a battlefield of competing men] [Brooding, lovesick puppy vs. clearheaded, resilient fake heiress] Shen Lingwei discovers by chance that she is the wicked fake heiress in a novel. She is destined to beat and berate the male lead, Jiang Sibai, when he is a boy, humiliating him in every way. Until the real heiress, the heroine, returns and wins over the lovesick male lead Jiang Sibai with her love. From 1.2kReads8.7Score14614d adds
10. 10 重 Reborn, the Aloof Immortal Lord Is Willingly Becoming a Cultivation Furnace 重生后，清冷仙君竟甘为炉鼎 An An An An桉安安桉Ancient Romance379k WordsOngoing The rating was just added, so it'll go up later. A few warnings: 1. This is the most traditional kind of boy-girl romance. It's not a gender-bender romance or a four-way relationship. The author genuinely doesn't know how to write those. If that's a dealbreaker, readers can just imagine it as a gender-bender romance themselves. I really can't write that, sorry (T⌓T). 2. The male lead is strong, but the female lead is even stronger. Although the story is told from the male lead's perspective, man 1.3kReads8.7Score11614d adds

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    The male lead is incredibly tormented, subjected to all sorts of beatings and punishments. Out of guilt, he even helps the female lead find ways to torture herself.

11. 11 夫 After My Husband Took His Own Life, I Spoiled Him Rotten! 夫君自尽后，我把他宠上了天！ Thinking of You, Never Coming Back念念不回Fantastical Romance238k WordsCompleted [Female-led romance / male lead gets angst / reborn and spoils her husband / mutual salvation] (Cold poison, child forced to test medicines, blindness, torture, soul extraction... The male lead suffers terribly!) [Stoic healer heroine ✘ charming fox demon male lead] Falling in love is easy, staying together is hard In her previous life, Yan Qinghuan saved the little fox who had been abused and tormented as a child forced to test medicines. She protected him, loved him, married him, and said she 4.1kReads8.1Score30414d adds

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    Purely abusive to the male protagonist, both physically and emotionally; two books by the same author with crossover elements.

12. 12 师 Will My Master Become Her Prisoner in Bed? I'll Break His Pride! 师尊沦为她榻上囚？折他傲骨！ Thinking of You, Never Coming Back念念不回Ancient Romance219k WordsCompleted [Female Tortures Male / Imprisonment / Female Dominant / Love and Hate Entwined] (Unhinged Demon Queen x Cold, Aloof Immortal Master) The day Mu Chenshuang was taken in as Xie Ciyu's disciple, she fell in love with her beautiful master and developed a fierce desire to possess him. But after she gave him her heart, her father and clan were all slaughtered by her master. That was the price she paid! She imprisoned her master, tormented and humiliated him, subjected him to brutal torture, and chain 3.9kReads8.0Score41814d adds
13. 13 女 Matriarchy: My Aloof Master Was Punished Until He Fell to the Dark Side 女尊：清冷师尊他被责罚到恶堕 Lin Xiangshen林向深Ancient Romance281k WordsCompleted (Male lead suffers, both are reborn, sweet on the outside and dark within, male lead's perspective) Cool and aloof yet secretly passionate master vs. obedient on the outside, ruthless and lovesick disciple In her previous life, Wen Yueci was manipulated into killing her most beloved disciple. She went mad for three hundred years and exhausted her life's cultivation before finally earning the chance to turn back time. When she saw the disciple who had once loved her so carefully again, she discov 6.5kReads8.0Score42714d adds

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    All of these movies are great, regardless of their order. Highly recommended! [Smirk]

14. 14 G The Reborn Empress: The Grand Tutor Is Crying After I Torment Him Again GB重生女帝：太傅又被朕虐哭了 Zhuo Hua琢华Ancient Romance206k WordsCompleted Torture the male lead! Torture the male lead! Torture the male lead! Both are virgins! Both are virgins! [Cold, cruel, violent yandere empress VS aloof, broken, frail imperial tutor] [Reborn + empress + torturing the male lead + both are virgins + female lead forces the male lead + love and hate + chasing her husband] She tortures the male lead in the first half, then chases after her husband in the second. 5.1kReads8.2Score39014d adds
15. 15 公 The Princess's First Sword Upon Returning to the Palace Strikes the Cold Imperial Preceptor's Robe 公主回宫第一剑先斩清冷国师袍 Yi Chang'an翊长安Ancient Romance692k WordsCompleted [Unhinged princess & abstinent Imperial Preceptor] [Forced love] [Devoted to each other] [Love and hate] [A battle of wills] [Possessive love] Si Chen, the Imperial Preceptor of Great Chu, is as pure as snow atop the nine heavens, an immortal sent down to the mortal world. He has guided the stars and the fate of the nation for four hundred years. A secret divination reveals that the Ninth Princess he raised, Chu Qingyue, is destined to become a black dragon and bring calamity. If she takes the t 4.6kReads9.0Score46514d adds
16. 16 被 The Imprisoned Immortal Lord, Captured in War 被囚禁的战俘仙君 Falling in a Frenzy疯疯疯落Two Male Leads300k WordsCompleted The story of an imprisoned captive Immortal Lord, held by his archenemy Demon Lord for the sake of all living beings. “Two male leads / forced hatred / imprisonment / humiliation / abuse / coercion / draw-a-bead game” The Immortal Lord and the Demon Lord fought each other for ten thousand years. In their final battle, the Immortal Lord was captured. His archenemy brought the captive Immortal Lord back to the Demon Palace and locked him up. “Kill you?” The Demon Lord gave him a half-smile. “That 7.1kReads8.5Score76114d adds
17. 17 G GB: My Enemy Becomes My Slave, and I Make Him Pay GB：仇人成了我奴仆，狠狠虐他 Tiny Moss微苔Ancient Romance591k WordsCompleted [Warning: This is an angsty story! The female lead torments the male lead, physically and emotionally. Expect kneeling, imprisonment, whips... If you can’t handle that, read with caution!] [Cool, vengeful queen vs. sweet, gentle demon king] Both leads are devoted to each other, both leads are devoted to each other, both leads are devoted to each other!!! When Chi Feiyan passed by a brothel, she rescued a beautiful boy and took him in as her disciple. She raised him with care, teaching him and pa 14.9kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
18. 18 G GB Tames Her Husband: Crushing the Pride of the Iron-Blooded Beast King GB驯夫：捏碎铁血兽王的傲骨 Flowers with a Touch of Embellishment繁花夹点缀Ancient Romance607k WordsCompleted [Transmigrated Woman from the Apocalypse vs. Chief of a Beastman Tribe] Both pure and faithful, both pure and faithful, both pure and faithful!! One woman, N men! A world where humans are superior and beastmen are inferior: a land in another world. Women rule, men are beneath them; girl-love, stronger men and even stronger women, women torment men, kneeling as punishment, imprisonment, whipping, beastman slaves, and no rivalry between women. Female lead: both righteous and wicked, with the beari 368Reads6.7Score10314d adds
19. 19 月 The Moon Locks the Abyss 月锁渊 Yang Jiaqingqing杨佳青青Ancient Romance328k WordsCompleted [Just got a rating: male protagonist suffering + angst + hatred + devoted to each other + tragic ending + strong female and male leads] Five years ago, on the day Lu Chengyuan and Shen Qingyue were betrothed, a great fire broke out at Qingfeng Pavilion. Everyone at the pavilion died or was gravely injured, except Qingyue. After five years of secluded cultivation, Shen Qingyue masters a divine art. The first thing she does is storm Jinghong Pavilion and capture Lu Chengyuan alive, determined to m 1.5kReads6.5Score12314d adds
20. 20 九 Nine-Tailed Fox Slave: The Fox Demon Is Being Tortured to Death by the Demon Lord 九尾成奴：狐妖快被魔尊虐死了 Only Wushan唯巫山Two Male Leads427k WordsOngoing [Newly rated] [Angst, physical and emotional torment, two male leads, and mutual devotion] [Cruel, violent Demon Lord seme x lowly, wretched fox demon uke] [Content warning: extremely cruel, with no limits. The seme is genuinely violent!] A hundred years ago, Su Zongchen slaughtered the entire village where Yan Jinqi lived. Hunted by the Kunlun Mountains, he eventually destroyed his own demon core and became a demon slave. (There was a misunderstanding.) Consumed by hatred, Yan Jinqi used forbid 493Reads7.3Score10114d adds
21. 21 闯 Entering His World of Darkness 闯入他失明的世界 I'm Sister Yuyu我叫鱼鱼姐姐Modern Romance473k WordsCompleted [Mutual firsts × blind cafe owner × down-on-her-luck genius woman × intense push and pull] On the most humiliating night of Jiang Zhaowei’s life, a blind man took her home. After losing a high-stakes bet, her career collapsed and her house was repossessed. In a single night, she lost every safety net she had. On a stormy night, drunk and in a sorry state, she stumbled into a cafe, and into Wen Xingzhou’s world. Wen Xingzhou was blind. He couldn’t see her face, the rain-soaked state she was in, o 2.3kReads8.6Score23314d adds

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    Extremely heart-wrenching, I cried constantly. This is truly the best novel I've ever read about a disabled male lead. I've been following it for over a month, and the author said it will be finished in the next few days. It's so good! The male lead is blind but deeply in love with the female lead. Although it's a mix of sweet and heartbreaking moments, I can't put it down every day.

22. 22 大 Miss, Stop Playing Around. Your Puppy Might Be Dead 大小姐别玩了，小狗好像有点死了 Y ZhizhiY之之Modern Romance196k WordsOngoing The rating just came in~ [Coercion + Status Gap + Physical and Emotional Anguish + Childhood Sweethearts + Rekindled Romance] The Yu family raised Luo Yushu for twelve years, letting him eat and live alongside their eldest daughter and treating him like a young master. He remembers all her little habits and understands Yu Chu even better than she understands herself. Yu Chu cannot understand how this ungrateful wolf could use the trust of the Yu family to betray her! Every piece of evidence poin 10.7kReads6.4Score67814d adds

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    The male protagonist was severely punished.

23. 23 重 Reborn with a Pure-Love Script, I Tormented Myself Instead 重生之拿了纯情剧本虐惨自己 Not Thinking of Spring's Delay不念春迟Modern Romance419k WordsCompleted The rating just came out [GB Angst + Male Lead Gets Hurt + Read the Warnings! The Side Plot Has BL + HE Ending] This is an angst story! The male lead suffers! The supporting male characters suffer! At first, the male lead mainly hurts himself, and he is truly brutal about it! Kneeling, whipping, needle torture, bone carving... He begged for a full twenty years before he was granted a chance to be reborn! After he is reborn, the male lead remembers everything, but the heroine does not. He begs f 107Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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    Absolutely Cruel, Extremely Tortured

24. 24 穿 Three Years After I Transmigrated, the City Lord Became My Prisoner 穿越3年后，城主成我阶下囚 Ziyushi紫语石Ancient Romance812k WordsCompleted Content warning: This is a revenge story with a tragic romance. The male lead seeks redemption. It includes injury, imprisonment, and whipping, so proceed with caution. The leads are bitter enemies bound by fate, in both this life and their past lives. Angst and heartbreak, both leads are strong and devoted to each other, happy ending Proud, aloof Emperor Star VS revenge-driven Seven Killings queen In her first life, Yun Shuyue fell blindly in love with Huo Chenfeng. Little did she know the ma 1.1kReads8.1Score10314d adds
25. 25 反 After the Villainous Master's Death, His Traitorous Disciple Went Mad 反派师尊死后，逆徒他疯批了 Yi Cheng Fengyu一橙风语Two Male Leads710k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book as the villainous master × his fallen disciple] [Two male leads + hilarious System + a groveling pursuit after the breakup + younger, dangerously obsessive male lead] [This is a deranged groveling romance so awful even the System wants to quit!] Whether it was cutting off his feet, or disfiguring him, or even the time three hundred years ago when Li Fuyi personally ripped out his master's immortal bones to save his own favored disciple... Whenever Li Fuyi came, the mast 2kReads7.3Score58314d adds
26. 26 帝 Has the Imperial Tutor Resigned Yet? 帝师今天辞职了吗 Jade Jue墨玉玦珏Two Male Leads241k WordsCompleted Wise, aloof imperial tutor top x obsessive, loyal-dog new emperor bottom How many misunderstandings and how much pain must the newly enthroned young emperor and the imperial tutor, whose entire clan has been wiped out, overcome before they can grow together, rebuild their homeland, and stay by each other's side? Happy ending (screaming!) 279Reads8.4Score—14d adds
27. 27 把 After Training My Brothers to Heel, He Gradually Became Obsessed 把哥哥兄弟训成狗后，他逐渐痴迷 Loves Green Pears爱吃青梨子Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted The ratings just opened, so they'll rise later. A cunning, scheming young master from the capital X A beautiful, innocent little princess from Hong Kong [Sweet Romance + Love Rival Drama + Rekindled Romance + Winning Her Back + Some Ensemble Cast] Zhou Yujian, a refined young gentleman back from studying in the United States, has a face that's nothing short of perfect. His family is influential, and women chasing him could form a line stretching from the United States to the capital. Yet for fiv 8.9kReads8.0Score73414d adds

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    The story is incredibly tragic for the male lead. Because of his father, he was forced to break up with the female lead and was then imprisoned by his father for two years, suffering immense mental and physical torment, even going insane for six months. During this time, he relied entirely on portraits of the female lead for support. Later, in a heartbreaking turn of events, he witnesses the female lead kissing the second male lead on the streets of London, England, despite his weakened state. He is so devastated that he vomits blood and falls into a coma. The story also features a tragic love triangle. His younger brother dies for love, and just three days later, the woman he has loved for nine years marries his childhood sweetheart in a lavish wedding. He suffers a devastating emotional breakdown and attempts suicide by overdosing on pills.

28. 28 公 The Princess Is Fierce and Beautiful, and Her Shadow Guard Keeps Crossing the Line 公主暴戾绝色，影卫日日以下犯上 Nanhuang南凰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + Feel-good power fantasy + Yandere + Devoted loyalist] Fate played a cruel trick: the most powerful imperial princess on the Jiuzhou Continent was reborn in the body of a lovesick little princess from Western Qi. The moment she awoke, the world was shaken. A scumbag points at her and curses? She orders coldly, “Drag him out and give him fifty more lashes!” The overlord of the business world is her subordinate, the most revered emperor in Jiuzhou is her older brother, the mighty 17.2kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds

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    Torture! Torture of men! Extreme torture! Not recommended for those with weak hearts! Those who enjoy thrilling and varied ways of torturing men, jump right in!!! You know what I mean~ [licking screen][licking screen][licking screen]

29. 29 将 General! The Young Master Is Crying from the Pain Again 将军！公子他又疼哭了 One Admonition一诫Ancient Romance484k WordsCompleted [Female-led romance + GB] A fierce, violent female general or noble princess versus a clever, loyal, obedient prince or consort. Ling Ao, the great general of the Zhenyuan Army, is the only princess of the Ling Dynasty’s Emperor Linghe. She commands the army and is doted on by her father and mother. The Haitang Courtyard in the General’s Residence is already full of exceptionally handsome beauties. So why would she need a consort? Cang Yue, a male concubine sent by the Yuerong Kingdom, has a que 6.3kReads9.0Score37214d adds
30. 30 装 Playing Innocent, I Am Hounded Every Day by the Ruthless CEO 装乖，疯批总裁日日缠哄 Halfway Up the Mountain花半山Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted [Healing + Humble Devotion + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] [Cool, spirited, warm-hearted beauty vs. a secretly unhinged obsessive] Jiang Cha's body was taken over by another soul for three years. Pei Qingji was abused for three years, left covered in scars and suffering from severe psychological trauma. Three years later, she finally got the chance to fight her way back, only to discover that everyone had turned against her! But why hadn't Pei Qingji divorced her after being tormented so badl 4.6kReads8.5Score61114d adds
31. 31 离 After the Divorce, His Whole Family Dotes on His Sickly Ex-Wife 离婚后，全家都团宠他的病娇前妻 Miss Shadow影子小姐Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted [Real and fake daughters + doted on by the whole family + mad, lovesick female lead + win-back-the-wife funeral pyre] Bo Zili’s ex-wife, who had died in prison three years ago, suddenly appeared at a press conference attended by thousands, and became his project partner. “I’m back, alive and kicking. Surprised? Didn’t see that coming?” His face darkened on the spot. The woman’s red lips curled into a smile, sweet and infuriating. “So angry? Then how does President Bo plan to punish me? Hmm?” Eve 1.6kReads9.0Score11914d adds
32. 32 疼 Ouch! My Wife, Go Easy! The Fox Is Crying Again 疼！妻主轻点打，狐狸又哭了 Luo Yunshuang洛云霜Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Matriarchal Society + Metaphysics + Cultivation + Political Intrigue + Sweet Romance] [Diviner Wife and Mistress VS Fox Who’s a God of Death] [Occult Arts Series: Immortal Path] At first. “Your Highness, please kill me…” “Be good. I won’t kill you.” Later. “Who am I to you?” “My wife and mistress. You are my wife, and you are my master.” “Then, as my husband, what should you do?” “Serve my wife and mistress, and obey her orders.” Not for readers who are extremely focused on the heroine. This 7.8kReads9.2Score74814d adds
33. 33 长 The Princess’s Tactics Are Impeccable, but Her Little Slave Can’t Handle Her Flirting 长公主手段高，小奴隶他不经撩 Wei Xun唯寻Ancient Romance322k WordsCompleted [Master-servant romance + slight yandere elements + reborn revenge against scumbags + sweet romance + heroine spoils hero. A story about a princess who builds her power and takes revenge while doting on her little slave, then goes on to become emperor.] [Unhinged, dark princess vs. sweet, loyal puppy-like little slave] In her previous life, Gu Xun trusted the wrong people and watched her country fall and her family perish. Reborn, Gu Xun vows to protect her homeland and make the so-called destin 4kReads9.4Score46914d adds
34. 34 G GB: The Princess Consort Is So Delicate, She Pushes the Prince Off His Feet GB：王妃身娇体软把王爷推倒了 Dream King梦kingAncient Romance417k WordsCompleted [Female lead pursuing a crippled prince + coercion + transmigrate into a book + redemption + rebellious heroine vs. a prideful, secretly passionate prince] Jiang Pan transmigrated into a book, ending up in the body of a beautiful, delicate woman named Jiang Pan who was being held captive. This Jiang Pan was also a great beauty, and a beast-taming esper from the Lingxing Century. Before Jiang Pan transmigrated into the book, the cold, ruthless, noble, and handsome crippled prince was like this 6.1kReads9.1Score70514d adds
35. 35 末 The Apocalypse Commander Was Broken by Her 末世指挥官被她虐坏了 Yi Luoqin亦落芩Sci-Fi & Apocalypse551k WordsCompleted A top-tier man’s best dowry is his insecurity 1v1 | Romance | Male Lead Suffers | Transmigration | System | Pocket Dimension | Farming | Food Lin Jiu, a female engineer with a degree from a top Chinese university, has barely transmigrated to a wasteland world when she is forcibly bound to a bizarre System. [Hello, Host. Want to survive the apocalypse? Humiliate, undermine, and psychologically control the male lead to earn points and exchange them for supplies.] Lin Jiu: “I’m a good person!” Sys 12.3kReads9.1Score2.1k14d adds
36. 36 王 Prince? Just a Dog Who Betrayed His Master 王爷？叛主的狗而已 Dandelion Slow Mail蒲公英慢递Ancient Romance165k WordsOngoing Cold-Hearted Princess of the Fallen Dynasty vs. Insecure, Devoted Prince The male lead gets put through the wringer! Body and soul!! Though he holds great power and is remarkably clever, he is utterly humble before the heroine, too afraid even to ask for her love. Eight years ago, she was the most exalted princess of Great Chu, and he was the prince consort she had carefully nurtured and cherished since childhood. She loved and respected him, but he deceived and betrayed her, helping his father 2.4kReads—Score25014d adds

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    A cold-hearted, aloof princess from a previous dynasty versus a deeply devoted, albeit insecure, prince who tortures the male lead! Tortures the male lead! Tortures him both physically and emotionally!! The male lead, a high-ranking, powerful, and exceptionally intelligent man, is incredibly humble before the female lead, even afraid to confess his love. He even prepares a secret room for himself, collecting a collection of torture instruments to offer to the female lead in her cruelty.

37. 37 病 The Yandere Immortal Keeps Clinging to Me, and This Time I Really Can't Escape 病娇仙子缠上我，这次真跑不掉了 Yu Shi'an御十安Eastern Fantasy331k WordsCompleted [Yandere Immortal Maiden + Possessive Love + Twisted and Unhinged + No System + Captivity + Powerful Woman and Weak Man + Daily Life + Intense Possessiveness + Strong Need for Control] The first thing Xiao Fan does after being reborn is run for his life. He remembers that in the future, the Moonlight Sect's saintess, Su Li, will chain him to the bed until he dies. Xiao Fan's escape plan is flawless, but on a rainy night, she gently corners him by a cliff. One moment, she's draping her outer robe 3.2kReads6.3Score14614d adds

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    Carefully selected, quite good.

38. 38 疯 Cruel Torment: After Being Trained by the Sick, Obsessive Eldest Princess 疯狂折磨：被病娇长公主调教后 Returning Guest by the Green Lamp归客青灯Ancient Romance350k WordsCompleted (A friendly warning: This is an angst novel, and a very, very angsty one. The woman tortures the man! If you can’t handle that, read at your own risk!) [Psychotic love + frontier princess (not a traditional grand princess) + single heroine + strong woman/weak man + female top/male bottom + intense physical torment + devastating emotional torment] The Central Plains lie to the north, where the desert stirs with turmoil. In the old capital, a cry of heartbreak rings out. “Hey! Have you heard? A 4.3kReads8.2Score24414d adds
39. 39 惨 Oh No! I Was an Emperor, but the Matriarchal Kingdom Captured Me as a Servant 惨了！大帝的我，被女尊掳走为仆 Cold Peach Blossoms桃花冷Eastern Fantasy393k WordsCompleted (Matriarchal world + protagonist suffers + xuanhuan setting + female demon empress + unhinged + System) Lu Que transmigrated to a xuanhuan world, where his junior sister and disciples betrayed him, forcing him to flee the sect. Three thousand years later, he rose to the rank of Great Emperor in one fell swoop. But before he could return to the sect for revenge, he crossed paths with a woman in red. From that day on, Lu Que’s nightmare began… 24.3kReads8.8Score1.7k14d adds
40. 40 重 Reborn: My Girlfriend Is a Yandere 重生，我的女友是病娇 Clouds and Mist, a Dreamlike Shadow云烟幽若梦Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Urban + reborn + System + yandere + one heroine + strong female lead + don’t read if you can’t handle it] “Why did you have to investigate the truth? Couldn’t we just keep getting along like we used to?” Shangguan Yingrui stroked Ziyun’s face and asked with concern, “Why aren’t you saying anything? Are you scared?” Ziyun: “You’re crazy! If I hadn’t investigated the truth, you’d have kept me in the dark forever!” “Am I crazy?” Shangguan Yingrui smiled with a sickening delight, as if she’d j 5.4kReads8.5Score44614d adds
41. 41 我 After I Washed Off My Heavy Makeup, the Cold CEO Regretted Everything 我洗掉浓妆之后，高冷总裁后悔了 Teacher Xiao Guo小郭老师Modern Romance651k WordsCompleted [Max-level powerhouse heroine and a husband who brings his wife good fortune] After transmigrating into a book, Gu Nian casually rescues a down-and-out young man. He raises his head from the mire. Bruises can’t conceal his refined features, and he hoarsely vows to repay her kindness. His gaze falls on her face, and his dull eyes light up for a moment. The young man works three jobs every day, saves up to buy a gold bracelet, then presents it to her like a precious treasure. Gu Nian gives it a gl 1kReads8.0Score10114d adds
42. 42 退 After Our Engagement Is Broken, CEO Li Chases His Wife to the Ends of the Earth 退婚后厉总追妻火葬场 Qiu Qiqi秋琪琪Modern Romance735k WordsCompleted Jing City is a bustling place where powerful families and political intrigue intertwine. The four great families of the capital, the Nan, Li, Jing, and Ye, each have their own influence. Nan Qiao was switched at birth and returned to the Nan family at eighteen. However, at her homecoming banquet, Li Mohan was attacked with a cold poison by a rival, and the evidence pointed straight to Nan Qiao. Furious, he smashed the token that symbolized their engagement and called it off. Nan Qiao was also in 3.5kReads8.4Score20214d adds

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    It's truly heartbreaking.

43. 43 离 After the Divorce, Mr. Shen Regretted It 离婚后，沈总他后悔了 Qiu Qiqi秋琪琪Modern Romance388k WordsCompleted To put her grandfather’s mind at ease, Gu Ziyao brings her engagement agreement and asks Shen Junyan to marry her. He agrees coldly, but insists they keep the marriage secret for three years and stay out of each other’s business. For three years, she shoulders the family business alone, facing difficulties, being plied with alcohol, and having rumors spread about her, yet never once asking him for help. On the eve of their three-year agreement’s end, fate plays a trick on them 1.3kReads6.8Score12614d adds
44. 44 爆 Spoiled Rotten: The Green Tea Chancellor's Beloved Comes Back to Life 爆宠，绿茶丞相的心上人复活后 Kelisiting克莉斯汀Ancient Romance151k WordsCompleted [Clever, kind, and resilient heroine VS proud, refined hero who's a humble, fake-sweet puppy] [One-on-one sweet romance, the hero suffers, time gap, raising a child] Xu Zhaozhao once transmigrated three thousand years into the past, to the Jin Dynasty, to complete a mission. But the mission failed, and she was forced to marry Xie Zhen, the eldest son of the Xie family. They had a daughter, Xie Yunlu. At last, her organization came to retrieve her and send her back to the modern world. Then she r 3.1kReads7.6Score20914d adds

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    The first book's second half is particularly cruel to the male lead (you can start reading from chapter 74). The second book has a male lead who pretends to be a reformed playboy, saying, "Yuanyuan, I've really become good, please give me another chance?" The third book is also quite cruel to the male lead (you can start reading from chapter 59 when the female lead goes abroad). I won't explain the others individually, but they all involve cruelty to the male lead, so feel free to read them. 4. From the beginning 5. Chapter 80 6. Chapter 46 7. From the beginning 8. Chapter 30 9. Chapter 38 10. From the beginning 11. From the beginning

45. 45 拜 Please! After I Was Reborn, the Little Madman Clung to Me and Wouldn’t Let Go 拜托！重生后小疯子抱着我不撒手 Ganlu Temple's Iron T Mo Yan甘露寺铁T莫言Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted A madman driven insane by love x the sweet girl who heals him Lu Miaomiao is kept by the mysterious madman of the Feng family for more than ten years. At first, Lu Miaomiao is afraid of him and always wishes she could stay as far away from him as possible. But after she dies, the madman everyone fears becomes a fool, lost in his own fantasies and unwilling to wake up. At last, on a lonely night no one knows about, he follows her into death. Reborn, she plans to keep her distance from the mad 11kReads9.3Score1k14d adds

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    💥💥💥 [Refined Selfish Female Lead + Obsessive Possessive Male Lead] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and exquisitely self-centered. Even so, countless people love her. ② The female lead is rich, so she wants love. If she can't have it, she'll steal it. A high-and-mighty beauty descends from her pedestal, but only Shi Yu knows that he is largely like this; he is inherently extreme and wicked.

46. 46 青 After Losing Her Memory, the Childhood Sweetheart Became the Young General's Cherished Love 青梅失忆后成了少年将军掌中娇 Kelisiting克莉斯汀Ancient Romance223k WordsCompleted [Clever, Cunning Foxlike Heroine VS Steady, Stern, Humble Hero] [One-on-One Romance, Sweet Pampering, Adorable Child, Childhood Sweethearts] [The Hero Suffers] The night before, Shen Zuihuan was still preparing for her engagement ceremony. The next morning, she woke up in shock to discover she had been married for five years already! Her fiancé was nowhere to be found, and her current husband was the childhood friend she had hated most of all. He was even holding a child who looked exactly like 26.1kReads9.3Score2.4k14d adds

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    💥Both are completed novels, no yellowed buttons! 💥 Both of these involve a female lead who loses her memory and falls deeply in love with the male lead. The male lead is filled with anxiety and fear that she will regain her memory. In the end, the female lead regains her memory and the misunderstandings are cleared up. Both are happy endings and incredibly good, with just the right amount of angst for the male lead. Highly recommended! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

47. 47 陷 Caught in Her Trap of Passion 陷入她的深情陷阱 Hello Soda哈喽汽水Modern Romance102k WordsCompleted [Male lead angst | Pseudo-siblings | Both pure and each other’s first love | HE] [Spoiled heiress X devoted, self-effacing male lead] When Shen Jiazhi was ten, her parents brought home a boy from the mountains. Their adopted son, Shen Que, was only a year older than her. She resented this country boy for stealing her parents’ love, so she set a trap to make him fall for her. Shen Que fell into it easily, willingly becoming her captive. In public, they acted like strangers. In private, they kisse 2.8kReads—Score16114d adds

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    Both are male-torture stories. The first one has a happy ending; the male lead is subservient, and the female lead, unaware of his love, uses every means to hurt him. The second one has a tragic ending; the female lead never loves the male lead, and the male-torture aspect is more intense.

48. 48 痴 A Lovesick Playboy Meets a Heartless Good Girl 痴情浪子遇见绝情乖乖女 Hello Soda哈喽汽水6k WordsCompleted A Lovestruck Rogue Meets an Ice-Cold Good Girl 3.9kReads—Score10014d adds
49. 49 重 Reborn Once More, Who’d Still Be a Doormat? 重活一世，谁还当舔狗啊？ Chen Xize辰熙泽Modern Romance138k WordsOngoing Gentle, domineering young man vs. cold, beautiful man with a mad streak (Heroine pursues her husband through a hard-won redemption arc + healing young man + gentle hero + cold, ruthless heroine who only lets the hero see her vulnerable side) Jun Ze returned to three years after he had endured endless torment… Still the day before his one-night stand with Xi Ruxue… He pushed himself up in bed and saw the same pink furniture wherever he looked. He was still Xi Ruxue’s secret contract lover, someon 475Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a heart-wrenching story that will make your liver ache and leave you crying until you can't breathe! Junze fell for her at first sight in his third year of junior high school, and his unrequited love blossomed into an open confession, only to be crushed by her father's revenge. She imprisoned him, ruined his career, and shattered his true feelings, until he was critically ill and on his deathbed, at which point she finally chased after him in a gruesome way! [Crying][crying][crying]

50. 50 命 One Year Left to Live: The Female CEO Goes Wild 命还剩一年，女总裁疯了 Chen Xize辰熙泽Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted (Pursuing her husband + tragic ending + angst + not a wish-fulfillment story) (Gentle, considerate younger man who’s secretly a mad wolfdog, paired with a cold, heartless flirt who’s secretly a sweet, teasing wife who calls him “hubby”) Back then, she looked the bedraggled young man up and down, his hair soaked through. Jun Ze raised his eyes to meet hers. With his bangs wet, his ice-blue phoenix eyes were revealed. He was born with heterochromia, yet his eyes were extraordinarily beautiful. The 1.8kReads8.1Score—14d adds

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