Short Angsty Novels! They Must Be Short And Complete 短篇虐文！一定要短。完结。

1. 451 白 Ode to White Hair 白头赋 Little Paper Boat纸船儿Ancient Romance41k WordsCompleted In a daze, she seemed to see that young man again, standing in the spring sunshine as he asked her: “Do you have feelings for me?” 125Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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   A collection of 20 short, heart-wrenching stories; there's bound to be one that suits your taste.

2. 452 妻 My Wife’s Deadly Test 妻子的致命测试 Wandering Dragon浪子龙15k WordsCompleted My Wife’s Deadly Test 878Reads—Score100Shelves
3. 453 狼 The Wolf King Broke Our Bond at the Mating Ball, So He Deserved the Backlash 狼王居然在伴侣舞会上和我解除缔约，活该他被反噬 Jing Jiezi荆介子8k WordsCompleted The Wolf King Actually Broke Our Bond at the Mates' Ball. Serves Him Right for Suffering the Backlash 69Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 454 我 My Life Is Yours, All of It 我的命，全都给你 Zhi Ao Zhao枝凹昭Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted [Heartbreaking Romance + No Logic + Unhinged Fiction + Whatever Comes to Mind + Urban Cultivation + Face-Slapping + Pouring Out One's Heart] (This is entirely fictional. Please do not relate it to real life.) She lost both her parents and relied on financial aid to finish school. Independent yet sensitive and fragile! He came from a powerful family, counted money until his hands cramped every day, and was charming and handsome, yet cold and ruthless! * One thought they didn't matter to the other 1.1kReads8.3Score143Shelves
5. 455 我 I Really Did Get a Zero on the Gaokao 我高考真的是零分 I Love Spicy Food我爱吃辣子10k WordsCompleted I Really Did Get Zero on the Gaokao 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
6. 456 吸 Vampire: The Tenth Ancient Law 吸血鬼：古法第十条 Jing Jiezi荆介子11k WordsCompleted Vampires: Rule Ten of the Old Ways 52Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 457 虐 The Tragic Heroine Finally Found Her Voice 虐文女主长了嘴 July七月10k WordsCompleted I transmigrated into a tragic novel where everyone dies, right at the moment the male lead’s first love returns. The first love clutched my hand and sobbed. “I’m sorry, sis. I just can’t let go of Yunshen. You’ve had him to yourself for three years. It’s time to give him back to me, don’t you think?” Gu Yunshen pulled out the divorce papers. “I wronged Xinyan back then. It was my fault, and I have to own up to it.” Armed with the script, I snorted. “Idiot, she’s pregnant and in a hurry to get 103Reads—Score108Shelves
8. 458 穿 Transmigrating into Journey to the West with Four “Proper” Books 穿越西游，手握四本“正经” Jing Jiezi荆介子6k WordsCompleted Transmigrating into Journey to the West with Four 'Proper' Books in Hand 309Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 459 清 Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03） Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Urban125k WordsCompleted Back in middle school, Xie Zeyang met Shen Bingqing. Their names were almost the opposite of their natures: he was as cold as ice, while she burned bright as the sun. He could still vaguely recall every time they parted when they were young. At thirteen, beneath the lights at the entrance to an alley. She waved with a radiant smile and said to him, “See you tomorrow, class monitor!” At seventeen, on the beach on a midsummer night. She poked her head out of the tent, eyes crinkling as she called 23.3kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves
10. 460 最 The Year I Loved You Most 最爱你的那一年 Luo Qinghuan络清欢Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted A short childhood-sweethearts campus tragedy Song Xiyuan has been sickly since childhood, but she takes life in stride and sees things clearly. Then one day, she, who has never worn makeup, starts learning how. Duan Jingchen has always been the kind of child other parents wish they had: smart, hardworking, and good at school. Then one day, the person who has always been by his side disappears. The sun was shining brightly that day, yet Song Xiyuan said something completely out of the blue: “Duan —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    They're all short stories, and all incredibly heart-wrenching; I almost cried myself to death [almost crying].

11. 461 带 Suspended for Bringing My Kid to Work, I Put Him on the Chairman’s Desk: Keep Your Grandchild, I’m Done 带娃上班被停职，我把娃扔上董事长桌：你孙子我不要了 Hua Wuyang of Yuxue Palace玉雪宫的华无阳16k WordsCompleted I Was Suspended for Bringing My Kid to Work, So I Plopped Him on the Chairman’s Desk: I Don’t Want Your Grandson Anymore 37Reads—Score152Shelves
12. 462 美 A Beauty Signs On to the Cloud, and the CEO Is No Longer “Virtual” 美女签约云端，总裁不再“虚拟”。 Jing Jiezi荆介子15k WordsCompleted A Beauty Signs On to the Cloud, and the CEO Is No Longer “Virtual.” 32Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 463 我 I Love You, I Deserve to Die 我爱你，我该死 Rice Candy米糖糖Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted Song Xixi spent more than a decade loving a man. In the end, she died at the hands of the person she loved most. He wanted her kidney, and she gave it to him. He wanted her life, and she gave it to him. He wanted her to turn back and love him once more, but she knew there was no going back... 161Reads5.0Score—Shelves
14. 464 我 I Spent Ten Yuan on a Secondhand Marketplace and Bought a Fiancé 我在二手平台花十块钱，买了个未婚夫 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚12k WordsCompleted I Spent Ten Yuan on a Secondhand Marketplace and Bought Myself a Fiancé 11.7kReads—Score108Shelves

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    These short stories are very good.

15. 465 病 The Beautiful Yandere Turns into a Distant Goddess in an Instant, All Because of a Parentage Test 病娇美女秒变清冷女神，只因为一封亲子报告。 Jing Jiezi荆介子Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted The possessive beauty turns into a cool, aloof goddess in an instant, all because of a paternity test report. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 466 十 Fourteen Sentences 十四句 Eat More Vitamin C多吃维CModern Romance201k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Fourteen Lines, bearing the same title, is now available on multiple platforms.] Life is like duckweed on the water, so why doubt that people will meet and part? Morality and ethics clash with matters of the heart. A realistic story. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. The greatest regret isn’t that people enter your life at different times, but that you’re meant to meet without being meant to be together. A remorseful husband tries to win back his wife. Written as realis 2.7kReads8.9Score235Shelves
17. 467 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 757Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Following orders from the bureau chief, he infiltrated a drug den, outsmarted the drug lord, and returned home in triumph. However, his girlfriend, Yingying, was sent to Japan, thus beginning his long and arduous journey to find her...

18. 468 美 The Beauty Joins the Consciousness Cloud 美女入职意识云编 Jing Jiezi荆介子20k WordsCompleted A Beauty Joins the Consciousness Cloud Compilation Team 5Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 469 一 An Inch of Longing, an Inch of Ashes 一寸相思一寸灰 Chu Shimei楚诗魅Ancient Romance23k WordsCompleted Every inch of longing turns to ashes. 170Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short, angsty, completed, one book has a tragic ending, one has a happy ending.

20. 470 成 After Becoming an Immortal, the Male Leads from Tragic Romance Novels Beg Me to Forgive Them 成仙后，虐文男主们跪求我原谅 Chu Shimei楚诗魅Ancient Romance684k WordsCompleted [Content warning: old-school angst. If you like feel-good stories, stay away!] [Content warning: old-school angst] [Content warning: old-school angst] Shen Qingzi is the fated heroine in the Cycle Envoy's stories. Over eighty lifetimes, she helps eighty immortals who have descended to the mortal world overcome their trials. In every life, she suffers through tragic love and endures every kind of torture the mortal world has to offer. In her eighty-first life, she meets Wen Ting, the Crown Prince 217Reads8.7Score—Shelves
21. 471 被 After My Girlfriend Dumped Me, I Signed a Deal with a Female CEO 被女友抛弃后，我和女总裁签了个协议 Jing Jiezi荆介子Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted After My Girlfriend Dumped Me, I Signed a Contract with a Female CEO 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
22. 472 褪 Moonlight on a Faded Shirt 褪色衬衫上的月光 Xuan Wuxin轩无心8k WordsCompleted Moonlight on a Faded Shirt 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm pursuing you all to see.

23. 473 暗 My Unrequited Love's Tragic Past Life: Reborn, I'll Confess and Change Our Fate 暗恋校花前世凄苦，重生后我要表白改命 The Strategist策略派8k WordsCompleted My Secret Crush, the Campus Belle, Had a Miserable Past Life. Reborn, I’ll Confess and Change My Fate 31Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 474 余 I'll Spend the Rest of My Life Waiting for You 余生只待你 Young Master Liangye公子凉夜Urban128k WordsCompleted In high school, Bai Zhi and Lin Yu became classmates. Back then, Bai Zhi was rebellious and willful, a troublesome student who gave her teachers headaches. After an encounter in a downpour, Lin Yu saw through her pain, and the two became close friends. They were accepted into the same university and promised to start there together. Before they could enroll, Lin Yu learned that Bai Zhi was the daughter of the mastermind behind a kidnapping case that had once shocked the entire city. He had been 2.2kReads9.6Score328Shelves
25. 475 女 The Goddess’s Beloved Is Dead, and His Consciousness Is Hidden in Someone Else’s Brain 女神的白月光死了，他的意识藏进了另一个人的大脑中 Jing Jiezi荆介子11k WordsCompleted The goddess's beloved died, and his consciousness hid inside someone else's brain 69Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 476 诬 You Accuse This Princess of Having a Child Out of Wedlock? Has the Imperial Family’s Blade Gone Dull? 诬陷本郡主未婚生子，当皇室的刀不利了？ Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted You accuse this princess of having a child out of wedlock? Has the imperial family's blade gone dull? 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The first story features a princess who cleverly counters every move, exposing the conspiracy of the crown prince and the descendants of the deposed king, leading to their execution. The second story is a lighthearted and entertaining tale: the fiancé awakens a super-rich system and wants to break up, while the dog awakens a world-destroying system and wants to destroy the world, but still loves its master the most.

27. 477 只 May the Lights Never Go Out 只愿灯火长明 Tangerine-Scented Warm Sunshine橘味暖阳11k WordsCompleted May the Lights Never Go Out 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's quite heartbreaking. He gave his life for her peaceful life, and in the end, she chose to follow him.

28. 478 牙 The Toothpaste Woman Appeared at Midnight. What Should I Choose? 牙膏女午夜出世，我该如何选择啊 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted A Toothpaste Woman Appears at Midnight. What Should I Choose? 14Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 479 按 Longing, Billed by the Hour 按时计价的思念 Jing Jiezi荆介子15k WordsCompleted Longing, Billed by the Hour 16Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 480 未 My Fiancé and the Tycoon System Ran Off, While My Dog Awakened a World-Destroying System 未婚夫和神豪系统跑了，我的狗觉醒灭世系统 Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤8k WordsCompleted My Fiancé Ran Off with His God-Tier System, and My Dog Awakened a World-Destroying System 2Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 481 非 Neither Family nor Stranger 非亲非故非陌生 Forest Bath森之汤Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted For thirteen years, Song Li endured He Qian’s torment and humiliation, walking on eggshells every single day. The truth finally came to light in the year He Qian loved her most, but by then, nothing could change Song Li’s resolve to die... Only when He Qian held the blood-soaked woman in his arms did he truly understand what despair meant. 6.8kReads8.8Score290Shelves

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    The female lead's ending was too tragic! After being misunderstood for 13 years, on the day the truth came out, she committed suicide by poisoning herself in front of the male lead, resulting in the deaths of both herself and her unborn child!

32. 482 小 Regicide on Little New Year’s Eve 小年夜弑君 Jing Jiezi荆介子10k WordsCompleted The Night Before the Lunar New Year, I Slayed the Emperor 2Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 483 世 No One in the World Is Like Her Anymore 世上无人再像她 Fo Jiu佛九Modern Romance40k WordsCompleted Shen Ange knew that love could leave you battered to the bone, but without love she would become a walking corpse. Stubbornly, she believed that life was long enough for her to wait until he came back to her. In the end, though, she could no longer hold on... 1.6kReads8.1Score168Shelves

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    First, I want to emphasize that all four books are really short, you can basically finish them in a few hours, but the aftertaste is incredibly powerful, it takes days to get over them. The first one is truly explosive, those with a strong romantic streak should definitely read it, think about it, it made me cry buckets; the second one is about a girl who has a crush on someone, gets over her unrequited love, and finds peace (and many couples in this book don't end up together, it's really heartbreaking), it's really hard to accept; the third one is written by the same author as the second one, I haven't finished reading it yet but I've heard it's also a bit angsty, the author's writing is very delicate, it's really comfortable to read; the last one is okay, but it really makes you want to cry, all four are very good 👍

34. 484 月 Full Moon Night: The Regulars in the Old Building 月圆夜，老楼里的固定食客 Jing Jiezi荆介子8k WordsCompleted A Full Moon Night, Regulars in the Old Building 66Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 485 薄 Mr. Bo, We’re Nothing but Strangers Now 薄先生，你我情同陌路 Ji Xiaonuan季小暖Modern Romance63k WordsCompleted [Short Story Contest] After seven years of marriage, she has suffered endless torment at his hands. She has angina and only a year left to live, but he ignores it and plans to marry her younger sister. No one knows she is the real Mrs. Bo. Forced to kneel before her own sister and admit she is a shameless mistress seeking attention, she endures his bloodthirsty sneers and his endless humiliation and trampling of her dignity. After losing her child, she goes mad with despair and leaps from the up 127Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    They're all pretty short, and I'm super sensitive to tears. The first one was the only one that really made me sad. I'll just give it a light recommendation.

36. 486 许 I Promise You a Lifetime of Longing 许你一生长相思 Shui Lingxiao水凌霄Modern Romance52k WordsCompleted Xu Nuannuan is mute. At eighteen, Mu Sibai brings her back from the countryside. Overnight, she goes from a country girl to the envy of every woman in the capital: Mrs. Mu. She is mute, and also a spare bone marrow donor Mu Sibai keeps for the woman he loves. Two years after arriving at the Mu family home, she finally understands that the man has given her nothing but coldness and cruelty. On a bitterly cold night, Xu Nuannuan takes a knife and, with tears of blood streaming down her face, plung 548Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    It was both agonizing and short, physically and emotionally devastating; I cried so much I used up a whole pack of tissues.

37. 487 女 The Goddess Was Blackmailed for No Reason, So I Built a Firewall in a Hurry 女神被无端“勒索”，我紧急筑起了“防火墙” Jing Jiezi荆介子10k WordsCompleted A Goddess Is Unjustly “Blackmailed,” So I Hastily Built a “Firewall” 7Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 488 我 I Want Us to Be Together 我想和你好好的 Shui Lingxiao水凌霄Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted On the day Yun Rumeng is sentenced to six years in prison, Lu He'an has a grand wedding. The husband she was married to for five years finally gets the divorce he wanted and marries the woman he has always cherished. Afraid of the dark, she enters a prison where the sun never shines. He visits her for six years. She only sees him once. "Lu He'an, if I survive these six years, I'll make sure you and her never know another peaceful day!" Later, he writes a letter to his wife in prison every week a 702Reads8.2Score132Shelves
39. 489 对 I’m Sorry, I Don’t Dare to Love You Anymore 对不起，我不敢再爱你 Qiao Mumu乔木木Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted Ning Anran loved Bo Yeting so much that she lost herself. But Bo Yeting didn't love her. The woman in his heart was Mu Junya, who had once risked her life to save him. But when he lost Ning Anran, and the whole truth was laid bare before him, he regretted it. He searched the entire world for Ning Anran, who had disappeared, like a madman. But she no longer dared to love him. 333Reads6.3Score—Shelves
40. 490 苗 The Miaojiang Poison Master Defies Fate, Becomes an Ice Gu Dao Ancestor 苗疆女蛊师逆天转性，修成冰蛊道祖 Jing Jiezi荆介子9k WordsCompleted A Miaojiang Gu Sorceress Defies Fate, Changes Her Nature, and Cultivates the Path of the Ice Gu Dao Ancestor 84Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 491 许 Make a Wish to Forget You 许一个愿忘记你 Qi Lao You淇老游Modern Romance72k WordsCompleted Tong Anhao says everyone has a unique scent. So, in order to become like her, the white rose in Fu Jinyan's heart, Tong Anhao changes her own scent little by little, day after day, under the guise of being a perfumer. All for the warmth of one smile from him. But as she grows more and more like her, Tong Anhao despairs: a grave will always stand between her and happiness, the grave of Tong Weian! 490Reads8.8Score—Shelves
42. 492 穿 Transmigrate as Napoleon: The Qin General Without a System 穿越成拿破仑：秦国将军不带系统 Jing Jiezi荆介子Male-Channel Fanfiction8k WordsCompleted Transmigrated as Napoleon: The Qin General Has No System 4Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 493 灵 After Spirit Cat P Took Out My Whole Family, I Discovered We Were the Richest Family in the World 灵猫P我全家后，发现我家是首富 Ballad of Falling Blossoms落花谣10k WordsCompleted After a spirit cat P's my whole family, I discover we're the richest family in the country —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm bound to a spirit cat, and it constantly manipulates me. "You're so useless, sick like this, just wasting air." "Your parents are so stupid too." "They have money but don't buy me top-quality cat food, they just use it to top up hot pot vouchers?" "Being bound to an owner like you is the worst luck I've ever had." It longs for its former wealthy owner, always saying that's paradise. It thinks it's a fallen phoenix, and our home is just a chicken coop unworthy of it. It dreams of breaking the contract and returning to its former owner. And later, it actually got its wish...

44. 494 悟 Wukong’s Misadventure in the World of Dream of the Red Chamber 悟空误入，红楼世界奇遇记 Jing Jiezi荆介子7k WordsCompleted Wukong's Misadventure: A Strange Tale in the World of Dream of the Red Chamber 4Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 495 蛇 I Gave My Sister the Snake Bone, and Now My Whole Family Begs Me to Let Her Ascend 蛇骨给了妹妹，全家跪求我放她飞升 Ballad of Falling Blossoms落花谣10k WordsCompleted I Gave My Sister the Snake Bones, and Now My Whole Family Is Begging Me to Let Her Ascend 2Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 496 惟 I Only Hope We Won't Know Each Other in the Next Life 惟愿来生不相识 Little Deer Is Bambi小鹿是斑比Modern Romance40k WordsCompleted On the seventh day after her father's death, she learned she had terminal stomach cancer. Seven months pregnant, she begged him not to make her donate blood to his first love, but he cruelly shoved her to the ground anyway. She would never forget the icy look in his eyes... He thought the document she sent him would be divorce papers. He never imagined it would be her last letter... 77Reads5.8Score—Shelves
47. 497 破 The Journey to Break the Ice: Lost in Love and Redemption 破冰之旅！爱的迷途与救赎 Jing Jiezi荆介子Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted A Journey to Break the Ice: Lost in Love and Redemption 4Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 498 准 My Future Daughter-in-Law Is Forcing Me to Give Up My Civil Service Job 准儿媳逼我交出编制 Ballad of Falling Blossoms落花谣13k WordsCompleted My Future Daughter-in-Law Demanded I Give Up My Civil Service Job —Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 499 从 I Missed You in Your World 从你的世界错过 Bai Zhuojun白濯君Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted Xia Qianya has blood cancer and doesn't have long to live, so Sheng Tingmo takes all his resentment out on An Yuexi. If An Yuexi hadn't driven Qianya away through underhanded means four years ago, Qianya would already be his wife. She stole the happiness that should have belonged to Qianya, leaving her to die with regrets, so Sheng Tingmo hates her! So he embarked on a series of acts of revenge: bankrupting her family, sending her father to prison, and tormenting her both physically and emotiona 54Reads8.2Score—Shelves
50. 500 我 I’m Just a Female Physician 我只是个医女 Jing Jiezi荆介子Ancient Romance34k WordsCompleted I'm Just a Physician 97Reads—Score—Shelves

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