Stories That Wrench Your Heart: Utterly, Utterly Heartbreaking #虐到心肝疼，超级虐，虐虐虐虐虐虐虐

1. 251 何 What Brings Joy to Life 何生欢喜 Iron Fist Lin Daiyu铁拳林黛玉Two Male Leads136k WordsCompleted Two male leads + body-double romance + BE aesthetic “So, Xu Linxun, what am I to you? A tool you summon whenever you want and discard whenever you're done?” “Say something!” Xu Linxun's eyes were just as cold, their depths impossible to fathom, as if the feelings they had shared over the past three years had never meant a thing to him. “Say something... Tell me, even if you have to lie...” Yu Chensheng dug his fingernails into his palms, the pain cutting to the bone. Still, he forced a smile and 642Reads8.8Score100Shelves
2. 252 快 Quick Transmigration: Everyone Gets a Bad Ending 快穿之全员BE Year After Year, Day After Day岁时朝夕Two Male Leads578k WordsCompleted Before Wen Bai remembered everything, he always thought he had died in a car accident. Only later did he learn that he had jumped into a river and died. After taking on a new identity and experiencing someone else’s life, he thought it wasn’t so bad. But when he broke the cycle, he stumbled straight into an even deeper abyss. That person was powerful to the point of being twisted, consumed by an envy so intense it made people want to run, and by suspicion… He had never truly trusted Wen Bai. Wen 30Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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   ①How could he find complete release? Only death could offer relief. This was his only near-successful attempt at suicide. On the way to the dark room, he broke free and slammed his head against a sharp corner of the wall. Blood gushed from his forehead, gradually blurring his vision. Yu An lay on the ground; his forehead must have been badly gashed. He would surely die from blood loss. Thinking this, his vision grew increasingly blurry. He still raised his hand, relying on his senses, to touch the wound on his forehead, trying to draw more blood. Until he completely lost consciousness… He thought he could finally find release, but unexpectedly, he was rescued. After this suicide attempt, the surveillance on him became increasingly tight. Each room was already lined with impact-resistant foam, and all sharp objects were smoothed down to prevent suicide attempts. Now, someone would come into his room periodically to check if he still had suicidal thoughts. The torture didn't stop; instead, it became even more insane than before. His spirit was worn down. Until he was put on a heart transplant, it turned out that organ trafficking was taking place here. How disgusting... Yu An knew that his heart had been bought with money, but he felt no anger whatsoever. He only hoped that he would die on the operating table during the surgery.

3. 253 全 After Everyone Got a Bad Ending, the Worlds Merged 全员be后，世界融合了 Courtyard of Still Water止水之庭Two Male Leads463k WordsCompleted The Ex-Wife-Chasing Crematorium Blurb: Yan Mo, an ordinary young man, is whisked away by a conquest System and somehow becomes someone else's beloved wife. A complete novice who has never been in love, he diligently learns how to love someone. Other people rely on their acting skills to win someone over. He relies on sincerity. All his efforts and sacrifices, all his waiting and affection, earn him nothing but ruthless abandonment. At last, utterly disillusioned, Yan Mo loses his temper. He's do 3.3kReads8.1Score501Shelves
4. 254 娈 The Favored Male Concubine 娈宠 Luo Aiqing洛艾卿Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + mutually devoted + scheming gong + sickly shou + possessiveness + forced love + imprisonment + sweet and angsty + happy ending] An emperor's affection is the most unpredictable thing in the world. One moment, you're in heaven; the next, he can cast you into the deepest hell. In this life, what he thought would be salvation turned out to be the cage that trapped Ye Yuchen for all his days. Heng Yue gave Ye Yuchen the most intense love, but also pain that cut to the bone. The 379Reads6.4Score—Shelves
5. 255 巨 Heartbreaking! The Madam Has No Vital Signs in the Resuscitation Room 巨虐！抢救室里夫人已无生命体征 Laughing at Your Single-Minded Love笑你情有独钟Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted [Angst novel + physical and emotional abuse + win-back-the-wife funeral pyre + body swap + obsessive love] Lu Jingchen would never know that Shen Ning’s heart first died when his beloved’s call came out of nowhere, then fell into despair when he personally handed her over to kidnappers just to trade her for the woman in his heart. He also never knew how furious, hysterical, and utterly broken she felt when his beloved appeared before her with a pregnant belly the same size as hers. And when she 6.7kReads8.5Score653Shelves

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   💥Lots of heart-wrenching scenes, especially the first one: The female lead was originally a wealthy heiress from a prominent Beijing social circle, and she and the male lead were childhood sweethearts. However, the male lead, because of his "white moonlight" whom he had only known for less than three days, personally sent the female lead to prison for five years, causing her family to be destroyed and her life to end. It was both heartbreaking and physically cruel😭😭 In the end, the male lead also experienced a "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" scenario.

6. 256 他 The Day His First Love Returned, I Hid My Pregnancy 他的白月光回国那天，我藏起孕肚 Luo Wuyou洛无忧Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Also known as Get Lost, Ex-Husband: revenge against scumbags + a self-reliant heroine] “Let's get divorced. She's back.” On their second wedding anniversary, Shen Yunwu was ruthlessly abandoned by Qin Ye. She silently clutched her pregnancy test results, then vanished without a trace. Who could have guessed that from that day on, Qin Ye would go mad searching for her everywhere? One day, he saw the woman he'd been searching for walk by happily, holding a little child by the hand. “Whose child i 3.8kReads8.8Score660Shelves
7. 257 白 Her First Love Is Back, and the Substitute Is Done 白月光回国，替身她不干了 Half a Cup of Colored Glass半盏琉璃Modern Romance592k WordsCompleted Xu Nanyan spent three years as a humble stand-in lover, but still couldn't make Lu Huaijing fall for her. More than a thousand days and nights of devoted companionship couldn't compete with the return of his one true love. Forget it. She was done being his stand-in! She walked away without hesitation and returned to her family, taking her place as the heiress of a financial empire. * Ever since Xu Nanyan left, Lu Huaijing had been like a fish out of water, lost and confused. When countless admir 485Reads5.5Score—Shelves
8. 258 白 After My One True Love Returned, I Fled in the Dead of Night 白月光回国后，我连夜逃跑 Potatoes Must Stay Positive土豆要积极向上Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted Also known as: The CEO’s Substitute, Whose Life Is Worth More Than His On the eve of her engagement, Song Nianle’s childhood sweetheart slept with her half-sister. Song Nianle turned around and found herself an even richer CEO from Beijing’s elite circles. But the CEO had a beloved white moonlight in his heart. He could give her money and his body, but never his heart. Song Nianle didn’t want his heart, either. When she heard his beloved was coming back to the country, Song Nianle decided n 957Reads—Score103Shelves
9. 259 白 Your First Love Is Back in the Country. Why Wait to Get Divorced? 白月光回国，不离婚还等什么 Ning Xiaoxi宁小希Modern Romance487k WordsCompleted After two years of marriage, Lin Qiaoqiao thought that even if Lu Sicheng’s heart were made of stone, she could still warm it. But when his beloved returned to the country, he still asked her for a divorce without hesitation. Seeing him care for his beloved so tenderly while treating her like she was worthless, Lin Qiaoqiao’s heart twisted with pain. When he left her and their child bleeding in a pool of blood to go save his beloved, Lin Qiaoqiao lost all hope, wrote out the divorce papers, and 1.1kReads7.3Score132Shelves
10. 260 成 I Helped Him Be with His True Love, So Why Does He Regret It? 成全他和白月光，他怎么后悔了 Fresh Tea Leaves清新茶叶Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted On their wedding anniversary, Cheng Xianyuan pulls on his pants and heads straight to see his old flame, then warns Song Yun to be sure to take birth control pills. Because Cheng Xianyuan doesn’t want children. Even though the whole Cheng family is looking forward to their child. Only Song Yun knows that Cheng Xianyuan doesn’t love her, so of course he doesn’t want a child born to her. Cheng Xianyuan gives his old flame a gemstone necklace worth millions without a second thought, and publicly fl 210Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 261 去 To Hell With the First Love! The Substitute Makes the Tycoon See Red 去他的白月光，替身把大佬气红眼 Super-Cute Samoyed超萌萨摩耶Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Complete. The rating just came in and will rise, so please leave a five-star review~] [Stand-In Takes Her Place + Regret and Pursuit + Mutual First Love + One-on-One Romance] Everyone says Xia Shi hit the jackpot: she looks just like the woman Yu Jingxiu has loved for years. For three years, Xia Shi dutifully played the sweet, obedient little flower. She went from an obscure supporting actress to one of the entertainment industry’s most popular stars. The day Yu Jingxiu’s beloved returned to th 170Reads6.6Score—Shelves
12. 262 白 His White Moonlight Returns Home, and Mrs. Zhou Is Done! 白月光回国，这周太太她不当了！ E E Er E婀蛾尔厄Modern Romance563k WordsCompleted [Suave but wicked, sharp-tongued daddy-type CEO] x [Spoiled, dramatic clingy flower] [Both are each other's first] [Scheming to seize someone + a long, grueling pursuit to win her back + extreme push and pull + a war of love] Ever since Jiang Yue asked Zhou Songnian for a divorce, her life has gone completely off the rails. At first, she thought she'd be dealing with the reality of a dignified catfight among wealthy wives, a cheesy TVB primetime melodrama where two women fight over one man: "She 18.1kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
13. 263 1 15 Hell-Level Bad Endings: You Stop at Flirting, While I’m In Too Deep 15个地狱级be：你点到为止，我泥足深陷 Drunk on Gold纸醉金靡Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Modern romance + domineering CEO + substitute + marriage + tragic love] Giving your whole heart in love will only leave you in pieces. Why do you think I’ll still be here just because you turn around? That if you crook your finger, I’ll make the same mistake all over again? I’m not the kind of person who forgets the pain once the wound heals. In love, the one who holds the power is never the one being loved. It’s the one brave enough to confess their feelings and brave enough to let go. I loved 895Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    This is such amazing writing! The inner thoughts of a girl in love are so real and delicate! 👏 Top-tier angst novel! Someone you've loved for years, and then suddenly you wake up one morning and they don't love you anymore—is it a realization or just heartbreak? 👍

14. 264 景 Beautiful Years 景年 Yun Huohuo云火火Modern Romance30k WordsCompleted [Angst! Angst! Angst! Angst!] My name is Jiang Nian. I was born in the height of summer and died in the depths of winter. Fate was always fleeting, and even meeting you was a blessing. We were destined to meet in this life, but not to be together. May we continue our bond in the next. The debts of this life must be repaid in this life. On the road to the afterlife, don’t look back. May we have a better fate and grow old together in the next life! I still remember the words Lin Anjing said to 507Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    This is the only one that is short and heart-wrenching. The female lead dies, the male lead regrets it terribly, and is in great pain at the end!

15. 265 老 You’re Not Getting Away, Wife! Mr. Gu Begs for a Hug 老婆休想逃，顾总卑微求抱抱 A Fuyu Wine一芙酒Two Male Leads477k WordsCompleted [BL + Reunited After a Breakup + Mutual Devotion + Devoted Couple + Happy Ending] (The rating just came in, don’t run away~) First love is always passionate. At nineteen, Jiang Nanan had just started college when he met the twenty-one-year-old Gu Shijing, and immediately pursued him with all his might. On his twentieth birthday, Jiang Nanan told Gu Shijing what he wished for: he wanted Gu Shijing to be his boyfriend. But just when Gu Shijing was most deeply in love with him, Jiang Nanan abandone 12kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    It's so cruel it makes your teeth itch.

16. 266 追 Chasing His Wife! The Capital's Crown Prince Is Way Too Wild! 追老婆！京圈太子爷过分野！ White Flower Snake Water白花蛇草水Two Male Leads260k WordsCompleted [If you can’t accept the top being a jerk early on, please, don’t click in and ruin the experience for both of us] [Two male leads + both virgins + younger top + forced love + groveling redemption + multiple couples + personal growth] Wang Xinghe found a handsome man outside his shop. The man was 189 centimeters tall, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and was ruggedly handsome. Unfortunately, he had amnesia. The amnesia was one thing, but his behavior was strange too. He always turned his 8.2kReads9.3Score685Shelves
17. 267 分 After Six Years Apart, President Wen Volunteers to Be the Backup 分开六年，闻总他主动做备胎 Wu Miao巫喵Two Male Leads338k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + equally matched + coercive relationship + winning back his love at any cost + rekindled romance] Two people who never spoke during their three years as high school classmates began a four-year forced relationship after the college entrance exams, all for 300,000 yuan. At the time, Wen Ye smiled at Li Yang and said, “Come with me to university in the capital. I'll take care of everything.” Li Yang thought that someone with no one to rely on had finally found a safe harbor. But.. 13kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
18. 268 诱 A Stolen Kiss! Reborn, I Make Mr. Bo Chase Me to the Gates of Hell 诱吻！重生后薄总追妻火葬场 Chonglou Ancient Road重楼古路Two Male Leads277k WordsCompleted [Sweet CEO romance + groveling redemption arc + showbiz] A scheming CEO top who regrets his ways x a gentle, devoted homemaker bottom After being murdered by his unattainable first love and the latter's lover, Bo Lin's soul was trapped in the villa. He watched the star he'd frozen out and treated as a substitute, a devoted homemaker, quietly sort through his belongings. Jiang Li clutched Bo Lin's shirt and wept. “You said… I wasn't even worthy to hold his shoes.” Reborn three years in the past, 948Reads6.3Score102Shelves
19. 269 出 After Prison, I Was Forced into Love by a Mad Big Shot 出狱后，我被疯批大佬强制爱了 Liang Bei x良北xTwo Male Leads369k WordsCompleted Male-male romance + forced love + melodrama + groveling redemption + unhinged characters + physical and emotional torment + angst with a sweet payoff + confinement + happy ending The pursuer knows he’s a scumbag. He’s inhuman at first, then goes mad chasing his love, even stabbing himself. * To get revenge on Chen Jing, Duan Jinyan personally sent him to prison, leaving him disfigured, deaf, and covered in ugly scars. After his release, Chen Jing ran into Duan Jinyan again. He begged Duan to lea 3.3kReads6.3Score180Shelves
20. 270 快 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Girl Has No Protagonist Destiny 快穿：女配没有主角命 Tending a Grapevine挽根葡萄藤Modern Romance518k WordsOngoing Sang Wan has lost her memories. She can only get them back by completing the tasks assigned to villainess supporting characters in each world. She tries her best to survive, to win people over and fit into each world. Only then does she realize that some people are born protagonists, naturally superior to everyone else, while others use every ounce of strength just to stay alive. A casualty of the romance between an overbearing campus heartthrob and a naive junior student, A disposable extra who 1.2kReads8.7Score104Shelves

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    Everyone's recommending angst-filled novels, so let me recommend a sweet one for you guys. [Eating melon emoji][eating melon emoji]

21. 271 临 Before He Dies, He Wants to Give Up His Allergen 临死前，他要戒掉过敏源 Crimson Jiangnan江南绯色Two Male Leads429k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance + angst + late-blooming devotion + the hero’s long road to winning him back] Shen Pei’an was ill. On his birthday, the doctor told him he didn’t have much longer to live. He hadn’t planned to hide it. He meant to wait until Ren Xu had celebrated his birthday with him, then tell him the truth. But the big star Ren Xu never came. All Shen Pei’an got was a birthday cake that would trigger his allergies. He was twenty-eight. It was his ninth year in love with Ren Xu. There would 1.2kReads6.6Score101Shelves
22. 272 快 Quick Transmigration: Becoming the White Moonlight Who Makes Powerful Men Weep 快穿：穿成虐哭大佬的白月光 Miss Cat一只猫小姐Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted At first, none of them liked her. Later, she became the unreachable first love in their hearts! A scum-trashing Mary Sue romance, with regretful exes chasing their wives! After cultivating for a thousand years, the parasitic vine spirit Si Si finally succeeds in ascending. But during the Ascension Ceremony, her superior gets her in trouble. The Heavenly Dao orders her to help cannon-fodder supporting heroines in three thousand worlds fulfill their wishes. Only after earning enough merit can she 11.9kReads9.1Score802Shelves

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    In the eyes of the Pei family, Si Si had to die. Si Si herself might not have done anything wrong, but her mistake was that Pei Ji cared too much about her. She would disturb the peace of their future family head, because in their world, true rulers don't need love. Ugh, are they crazy? Being loved is wrong? [Crying]

23. 273 争 Jealousy, Jealousy 争妒争妒 She Xia舍下Ancient Romance135k WordsCompleted He kept making the wrong choice; she gave her heart to the wrong man!!! Everyone in the capital knew the decade-long joke! Su Shu, the legitimate daughter of the Xiang family, pursued Mu Chengxuan, the Great General Who Protects the Nation, for ten years! Then one day, he actually married her!!! Their wedding stunned the entire capital! A decade of love should have been the envy of all, yet less than a year later, the Chancellor’s residence was raided and Su Shu died of an illness. This shocked 323Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    With the stubbornness of a young girl, she said, "Brother Xuan, I love you!" "I don't love you!" He repeated again and again. She waited from age 8 to 18, finally receiving the imperial decree of marriage. She married with joy, but the person in the bridal chamber wasn't him. When she learned the whole truth, she regretted loving him, regretted marrying him. When they met again, she had forgotten him, but he had fallen in love with her…

24. 274 穿 Reborn as a Frail Medicine Jar, I Get a Regent King as a Reward 穿成病弱药罐子，奖励一个摄政王 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads501k WordsCompleted [Sickly, slow-burn, and talkative + unhinged, scheming, and aloof] Su Li transmigrates, only to become a sickly invalid, a complete weakling. The current emperor and the regent have been at each other's throats for years. He's always enjoyed watching those two scheming fools fight, but things are getting more and more out of control. Wait... Why are they trying to wipe out the entire Marquis's household when they're the ones fighting each other? Are you kidding me? One day, the regent tilted his 2.4kReads9.3Score330Shelves

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    I'd cry myself to sleep in bed at night, but all my stories always had happy endings.

25. 275 暗 Joy Blossoms in a Dark Alley 暗巷生欢 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads274k WordsCompleted [Publication rights signed: @Youyu Ru Zhou] [Healing + Devoted Couple + Intense Push and Pull + Bittersweet, Over-the-Top Drama + Major Twists] [Cold-Blooded Big Shot × Frail Beauty, A Clawed Cat Toying with a Tiger] Xia Xunqian was sickly and had depended on others since childhood. Even as an adult, he still had nowhere of his own. When his father sent him to live with Feng Lin, Xia Xunqian chose to obey. He was docile and compliant, and knew every trick in the book when it came to staying aliv 15.4kReads9.6Score2kShelves
26. 276 咬 Bite the Scales 咬鳞 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads708k WordsCompleted [Pink little mermaid x high-ranking commander] [Gentle, cunning, and devoted x resilient, ferocious, and cruel little darling + corruption + melodrama + sweet and angsty romance + 1v1 + devoted couple, happy ending] Xing Nan is a rare pink mermaid, so rare that everyone covets him. Everything around him is dangerous. The first person he meets after escaping from the laboratory is Pei Wenyang. He begs Pei Wenyang to save him. Pei Wenyang is the gentlest human he's ever met. He dries Xing Nan's 19.2kReads9.6Score3kShelves
27. 277 王 My Lord, Please Accept My Condolences 王爷，请节哀顺变 Ten-Mile Apricot Blossom Village十里杏花村Ancient Romance265k WordsCompleted When Zhang Jinyu was thirteen, she saved Xiao Yichen, who was on the verge of death. To get a miracle-working physician to treat him, she willingly spent a year as his cook. All good things must come to an end. When they parted, Zhang Jinyu repeatedly told Xiao Yichen that he had to marry her when they grew up. But three years later, when Zhang Jinyu stood right in front of him, Xiao Yichen didn't recognize her. Under pressure from the imperial edict arranging their marriage, he was deeply unwil 139Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    The male lead forgets his childhood vow and doesn't remember the female lead. Forced into an arranged marriage, he ends up with her. 😂 However, he mistakes her for his first love and constantly torments her. Finally, the female lead fakes her death to escape, and the male lead's hair turns white overnight.

28. 278 最 The Last Diary Entry 最后一篇日记 Sui Ying随楹Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted [Simplified Chinese edition signed for publication] I only used looking at the flowers as an excuse. All I really wanted was to see you once. 27.1kReads9.1Score4.8kShelves

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    This book is truly both heart-wrenching and captivating. The author's writing is absolutely superb. It's not overly agonizing, but the tear-jerking moments are all in the details; I cried my eyes out. All I can say is that I wish everyone's youth is without regrets, and if you love, say it out loud! [Smile][smile] Shen, Lin, Yao Yao, and Wan Wan were all innocent, yet their endings were all unhappy. Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world. Another spring has arrived, the magnolias are in bloom, but no one is there. Just a few chapters, yet they made me cry like a fool.

29. 279 与 Wither Them, Let Them Bloom 与之枯萎，予之盛放 Fu Fuer福福儿Two Male Leads507k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + older man/younger man + devoted to each other + regret and pursuit] [Cold, strict, ruthless scheming top × frail, disillusioned bottom] Ruan Hanlin once thought Ruan Yushu was a lonely weed growing in the wilderness. Only after he left did he suddenly realize that Ruan Yushu was a tree, a tree that bloomed in the sunlight. The years they spent tangled together had nearly buried him. Ruan Hanlin was willing to wither alongside him, and let him bloom. 3.4kReads8.7Score250Shelves

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    Don't miss out, this is an absolutely super sweet romance novel!

30. 280 送 He Sent Me to the Enemy Camp, Then Went Mad with Regret After Taking the Throne and Coveting His Minister's Wife 送我入敌帐，登基后悔疯夺臣妻 Wenxin Ruoshui文心若水Ancient Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Original title: A Qing as Dust Upon the Steps to the Throne. The animated series Feng Mou Di Wang Xin is now available. [Possessive Love] [Power Struggles for the Realm] [Love and Hate] [All Male Leads Are Chaste] [Physical and Emotional Anguish] [Male Leads One and Two Chase the Heroine] She is the daughter of a military family. Her father is falsely accused of colluding with the enemy, and her entire family is sentenced to death. The official overseeing the execution is none other than the Cro 26.5kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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    The male lead is very scheming. In order to gain power, he not only ransacked the female lead's home, but also made her abort her child and gave it to the second male lead. The second male lead also beat the female lead, making her life worse than death!

31. 281 不 Naughty 不乖 Success Is Certain一定成功Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted The first time she saw him, at eighteen, she was destitute and down on her luck, while he was incomparably noble, as if a god had descended. She thought she had found salvation, only to realize later that she had walked straight into hell. Huo Yuan thought Jiang Xin was too soft, always accepting whatever came her way. He believed he could keep her under his thumb forever, never imagining that one day she would dare to turn around and leave without a second thought. 8.3kReads8.6Score881Shelves

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    It's so heartbreaking. The female lead is the male lead's lover, and he's about to get engaged to another woman, but he still can't let go of her. He thinks he can control her, but she turns and leaves without hesitation. They're destined to have no future together... [Laughs][laughs]

32. 282 命 With Only Two Months to Live, They Finally Break Down and Repent 命剩最后两月，他们终于崩溃忏悔 Xiao Baihu筱白狐Urban224k WordsCompleted [Tearjerker]+ [Heartbreaking]+ [Bad Ending]+ [No Clichés, Realistic Story] The world beneath the neon lights is dazzling, but it has never shone for just one person. Lonely souls are always searching for comfort, but the medicine that could heal their wounds died long ago in childhood. When the stories they left behind finally become known, all that awaits them is a corpse that has long since grown cold. His parents spend their entire lives mired in a failed marriage, treating Bai Mo like a garb 12.3kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    Good knife, I got numb from the knife.

33. 283 恢 After Regaining My Sight, I Was Abandoned 恢复视力后，我被抛弃了 Luo Ye Muchen洛夜沐宸9k WordsCompleted After I Regained My Sight, I Was Abandoned —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is so heartbreaking! Who would stay up all night, hiding under the covers and crying?

34. 284 痛 Losing the One I Love 痛失所爱 Luo Ye Muchen洛夜沐宸Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted Losing the One I Loved 7Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 285 重 After Being Reborn, I Changed Who I Sponsored, and My Scumbag Ex Panicked 重生后我换了资助对象，渣男慌了 Luo Ye Muchen洛夜沐宸Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted After I Was Reborn, I Changed the Person I Sponsored, and My Scumbag Ex Panicked 6Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 286 火 Trapped in a Fire 火灾被困 Luo Ye Muchen洛夜沐宸10k WordsCompleted Trapped in a Fire —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 287 影 Actor Emperor, Go Easy on Me: Mr. Luo's Runaway Ex-Wife 影帝轻点虐：洛先生的在逃前妻 The Mangosteen Isn't Sweet山竹不甜Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted [She suffers first, then he does + One-on-one romance + Sweet and angsty] After three years of marriage, Zhao Ruoyu has always known that Luo Jialan doesn't love her. But their respectful, peaceful life together has kept her from daring to hope for anything more, until that woman appears. He points his gun at her again and again. In that moment, she knows that the star she cherished has fallen, never to be found again. 172Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    They're all very heart-wrenching; I believe many readers have already read the fifth one!!!

38. 288 林 Autumn Colors on the Hill Stain the Capital 林上秋色染京华 Liu Xiaochuan刘小穿Two Male Leads263k WordsCompleted Also known as Murder Concerto. Complete, with the rating gradually rising. No System, no quick transmigration, no golden finger, no supplies. The second half takes a political turn. This is not a wish-fulfillment story, the characters aren't naive and innocent, no one is reborn, and the redemption goes only one way. Transmigration, an alternate world, two strong leads, emotional and physical angst, frail health, yandere, imprisonment, coercion. A yandere emperor with an overwhelming possessive s 873Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Two male leads, sickly, yandere, stomach cancer, the bottom has extremely upright values, this has absolutely nothing to do with pure romance, don't be fooled by the classification.

39. 289 咬 Biting the Sweet Pear 咬清梨 A Huihui一颗慧慧Modern Romance595k WordsCompleted (Print edition now available) [Romantic tension + bittersweet angst + unrequited love + healing] Shen Qingli’s greatest regret was probably sleeping with the man she had secretly loved for eight years, then asking him to pay her. After that, Gu Heng couldn’t get enough of her. They spent the nights tangled together, then acted like strangers by day. When she found out Gu Heng was getting married to form a family alliance, she drew a line between them. She thought they could part on good terms, b 30.1kReads9.3Score3.6kShelves

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    🔥💣What does it feel like to have a crush on someone? Shen Qingli, who has had a crush on Gu Heng for nine years; Shen Qingli, who is Gu Heng's lover; Gu Heng, who endures hardship due to family reasons; Gu Heng, who sacrifices his own family for Qingli... Having a crush is painful, but let's not let it become a regret.

40. 290 替 The Substitute Falls in Love 替身沦陷 Mu Xiaoyue木小玥Modern Romance295k WordsCompleted Yan Yue was a rich heiress, beautiful and wealthy. All the young heirs in Beicheng wanted to marry her. But Yan Yue had never thought much of anyone. She lived like an aloof immortal, free of worldly desire. Then one day, news spread through Beicheng that Yan Yue had married Jiang Chi, the notorious playboy. Later, everyone said Yan Yue was hopelessly in love with Jiang Chi. Only Jiang Chi knew that Yan Yue had given her heart to someone else long ago, and there was no place in it for him. She c 1.2kReads7.8Score103Shelves
41. 291 薄 Young Master Bo’s Second Wife, Bound by Guilt 薄少的二婚罪妻 Yan Shu燕书Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After a setup, he believed she was a murderer and sent her to a year in hell: her fingers were severed, she lost her baby, and she suffered every kind of torment. She pleaded desperately, “Mr. Bo, please let me go. The Lu family and I have nothing left.” He gave a cold, scornful laugh. “Let you go? You wish.” Only after her family was destroyed and she leapt into the sea, leaving no body behind, did he sit for three nights in the pouring rain, clutching her ashes. Only then did he realize he lov 1.1kReads7.7Score102Shelves
42. 292 假 If Only You'd Let Me Be Young Again 假如许我再少年 Forest Bath森之汤Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted Ye Qingchen’s despair: She didn’t dare tell him she loved him. Zhou Shi’s grief: He didn’t have time to tell her he loved her. The phrase “if only” describes the overwhelming regret one feels over something that has already happened, and the futile fantasy of trying to change it. [The first time they met, he was twenty-five and she was twenty. He didn’t trust her and missed his chance to save her from despair, sealing her fate. The second time they met, he was thirty and she was twenty-five. The 5kReads9.1Score362Shelves

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    It's so heartbreaking, my heart is pounding. [Crying][crying][crying]

43. 293 病 The Frail Little One Is Spoiled Rotten 病弱崽崽超受宠的 Berry Meow莓莉喵Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration, raising-kids story, two male leads, adored by everyone and everyone's heartthrob! The little one gets doted on early in each world, with a romance between the two male leads developing later! The little one is just the cutest!] [Because of his poor health, the little one gets a disease buff in every world and dies young, becoming everyone's white moonlight. The ending is guaranteed to be happy!] As he lay dying, Qian Yuan was chosen by a System and tasked with winning peop 26.7kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves

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    These BL (Boys' Love) novels with angst will make you cry buckets of tears!!! The first one features a tragic love story where the protagonist dies young in every world; the adorable little guy made me cry so much~~

44. 294 世 There Is No Her in This World Anymore 世间再无她 Dreaming Drunk on Black Coffee清咖醉梦Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted [Angsty romance + obsessive love + the groveling ex’s road to redemption] “Bo Sihan, please believe me. I didn’t do it. I didn’t kill Xia Wei.” Wen Yan kneels and begs him, but the man kicks her away. “Get out!” To avenge the woman he loves, he personally sends Wen Yan to prison for five years. With red-rimmed eyes, Wen Yan asks him, “If you learn the truth one day, will you regret what you’ve done today?” He answers furiously, “Even if you die, I’ll never regret it!” But the moment Bo Sihan le 7.5kReads6.7Score174Shelves

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    This book is incredibly angsty, both physically and emotionally. You'd be lucky if you didn't need three packs of tissues to read it.

45. 295 穿 I Became the Beloved Child Who Died Young 穿成早夭的团宠 June Flying Flames六月飞火Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No main CP, side CPs + everyone’s darling + doomed early-death white moonlight] At the Main God’s request, the System Zhaozhao travels to different worlds as a quick transmigrator, completing missions. His journey through life begins, and one legend after another unfolds. He is the exceptionally gifted divine son of the solemn God Realm. He is the beloved little prince of the lonely Underworld. He is the Black-Bellied Immortal Venerable’s one and only sword spirit. He is the Buddhist son, older 24.7kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
46. 296 虐 After Torturing Her Childhood Sweetheart to Death, President Gu Starts His Wife-Chasing Hell 虐死竹马后，顾总他追妻火葬场 Iron Fist Lin Daiyu铁拳林黛玉Two Male Leads169k WordsOngoing Two male leads + both reborn + lovers reunited + happy ending + main couple suffers before finding happiness + the male lead grovels to win back his wife + secondary couple is all sweetness Shen Luo and Gu Li had been childhood sweethearts. Shen Luo had devoted himself to Gu Li for twenty years, and Gu Li had bullied him for every one of them. Because Gu Li knew Shen Luo loved him and would never leave him. But then, one night, the once-arrogant heir to the Gu family completely lost his mind. Be 1.1kReads7.4Score102Shelves

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    🌈①: Shen Luo followed Gu Li devotedly for twenty years, and Gu Li bullied Shen Luo for twenty years. Because Shen Luo would never leave him. 🍉 One day, Shen Luo, who loved him with all her heart, became a stone tombstone. The arrogant young master of the Gu family went completely mad one night. 🌈②: Wen Zhinian was a noble young master. After his family fell into ruin, he was taken in by Cui Moyan, a student he had previously sponsored. He thought Cui Moyan would trample him into the mud, but in the end, 🍄 he realized that Cui Moyan had already placed him in the deepest part of his heart.

47. 297 病 The Frail Beauty Pants After Three Steps, and Her Childhood Friend Carries Her Home 病美人三步一喘！竹马摇尾抱回家 Sui Wang随望Two Male Leads539k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + childhood friends growing up together + brotherly affection turns into something more + wooing a big puppy] [Cool, aloof, long-haired beauty with a sickly constitution who knows how to reel them in × silver-haired, handsome, wolfish athlete who turns into a loyal puppy; genius painter × archer; sweet romance, one-on-one!] Yun Wulian had been sickly since childhood. He was out of breath after three steps and coughing after five, and would suddenly faint or come down with a fever 33.5kReads9.5Score5kShelves
48. 298 踹 After Dumping My Sugar Daddy, I Chase My Husband Through Hell 踹掉金主后，我追夫火葬场 Water Spinach Is My Favorite最爱空心菜Two Male Leads296k WordsCompleted [The aloof, refined young master who turns adorable when drunk, the one being pursued] vs. [The mature, steady, devoted CEO who gets jealous easily and is fiercely possessive, the pursuer] [Both are each other’s first and only. One-on-one romance. The one being pursued falls in love over time; the pursuer’s secret crush comes true. A little angst at first, then lots of sweetness. Happy ending.] [Side couple: sworn enemies, a pampered rich kid vs. a penny-pinching tightwad with a playful grin] We 1.8kReads8.8Score139Shelves
49. 299 顶 The Top-Tier Star Has Long Had His Eye on His White Moonlight 顶流他觊觎白月光已久 Pale Blue Mochi浅蓝麻薯Two Male Leads566k WordsCompleted [Double male leads + dating reality show + frail health + reunion after years apart] [Warm on the outside, cold on the inside, love-struck celebrity seme VS long-haired beauty with a frail constitution, uke] The uke has aphasia at first. The country's top dating show has invited Jun Ziqing, the top-tier star and renowned actor? Fans: Not sure. Let's wait and see. Huh? Wasn't he supposed to be polite and refined, and have a cleanliness obsession 2.2kReads8.9Score256Shelves
50. 300 小 After the Little Fool Dies, the Sinister Tycoon Sends Him to the Crematorium 小傻子死后，阴鸷大佬他火葬场了 Shun Jiu舜九Two Male Leads402k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Both Reborn] Everyone said Yan Yanzhi was punching above his weight by marrying Wei Xingrui, because Yan Yanzhi was an idiot. But Yan Yanzhi didn't see it that way. He knew Wei Xingrui's eating habits better than anyone in the world, and he knew countless ways to cheer him up. Wei Xingrui had chosen him because he was clever and well-behaved, surely. It wasn't until Wei Xingrui brought home a man who looked seven or eight parts like him that Yan Yanzhi realized he was wrong. T 3.6kReads9.0Score408Shelves

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    It was so painful it caused my heart to ache.

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