Short Tragic Stories, Remember: Short, Short, Short 短篇虐文，记住，短短短。

1. 451 他 He Turned Me into His Beloved Stepmom 他把我变成了他最爱的小妈 Liu Hongyi, Who Loves Toast and Eggs爱吃吐司蛋的柳红衣Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted He turned me into his favorite little stepmother —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 452 叮 Ding! Give Up Custody, or Your Daughter Will Be Erased 叮！放弃抚养权，你女儿将被抹杀 Liu Hongyi, Who Loves Toast and Eggs爱吃吐司蛋的柳红衣Marriage & Romance30k WordsCompleted Ding! Give Up Custody, or Your Daughter Will Be Erased 1Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 453 敬 After the Tea Ceremony, My Parents Were Driven into the Utility Room to Wipe Up Blood 敬茶后，我爸妈被赶进工具间擦血 Liu Hongyi, Who Loves Toast and Eggs爱吃吐司蛋的柳红衣25k WordsCompleted After the tea ceremony, my parents were thrown into the utility room to wipe up the blood —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 454 一 A Soy Sauce Stain Led Me to Discover My Husband Had Been Livestreaming Us for Two Months 一块酱油渍，让我发现丈夫直播我俩月 Liu Hongyi, Who Loves Toast and Eggs爱吃吐司蛋的柳红衣Marriage & Romance23k WordsCompleted A Soy Sauce Stain Led Me to Discover My Husband Had Been Livestreaming Me for Two Months 31Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 455 嫌 She Mocked My Chinese-Made Car as a Piece of Junk, Then the Commander Revealed His Military ID and Made Her Drop to Her Knees 嫌我的国产车破，首长亮出甲字军牌她吓跪了 Liu Hongyi, Who Loves Toast and Eggs爱吃吐司蛋的柳红衣Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted She mocked my domestic car for being a wreck. Then the commander flashed his military plate, and she dropped to her knees in terror. —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 456 重 Back to 1992: The First Thing I Did Was Send My Uncle-in-Law to the Crematorium 重回92，第一件事就是把姑父送进火葬场 Liu Hongyi, Who Loves Toast and Eggs爱吃吐司蛋的柳红衣Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted Back to 1992: My First Order of Business Was Sending My Uncle-in-Law to the Crematorium 1Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 457 杀 After They Killed My Grandma, They Made Me Repaint Her Corpse 杀我外婆后，他们让我给尸体重新“画皮” Liu Hongyi, Who Loves Toast and Eggs爱吃吐司蛋的柳红衣22k WordsCompleted After They Killed My Grandma, They Made Me Repaint the Corpse's Skin 1Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 458 午 The Midnight Restorer: The Money for This Family Tree Is Too Hot to Handle 午夜修复师：这本族谱的钱，烫手 Liu Hongyi, Who Loves Toast and Eggs爱吃吐司蛋的柳红衣24k WordsCompleted The Midnight Restorer: Money from This Family Tree Is Too Hot to Handle —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 459 夜 Horror on the Night Bus: The Passenger in the Back Seat Isn't Human! 夜班车惊魂：后座的客人他不是人！ Liu Hongyi, Who Loves Toast and Eggs爱吃吐司蛋的柳红衣26k WordsCompleted A Night Bus to Terror: The Passenger in the Back Isn't Human! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 460 那 That Night, I Buried a Cat for the Souls Lost in the Fire Twenty Years Ago 那晚，我给二十年前的火灾亡魂埋猫 Liu Hongyi, Who Loves Toast and Eggs爱吃吐司蛋的柳红衣29k WordsCompleted That Night, I Buried a Cat for the Ghosts of Those Who Died in the Fire Twenty Years Ago 2Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 461 为 I Faked My Death for Three Years to Test My Wife, Then Scattered My Son's Ashes on the First Day Back 为考验我妻子假死三年，回归第一天扬了儿子骨灰 Liu Hongyi, Who Loves Toast and Eggs爱吃吐司蛋的柳红衣Marriage & Romance30k WordsCompleted I faked my death for three years to test my wife. On the first day I returned, I scattered my son's ashes. 139Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 462 第 The Sixth Time I Saw You 第六次看见你 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted The Sixth Time I Saw You 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's short and heart-wrenching, but very good.

13. 463 尘 Fragrance of Dust, Like the Days of Old 尘香如顾 Quan Xin荃昕9k WordsCompleted The Scent of Dust, Like You 513Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 464 他 He Risked His Life to Protect Me, and Gave Her His Heart 他以命护我，以心予她 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted He Protected Me with His Life and Gave Her His Heart 397Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 465 情 Deep in Love, Yet Unaware 情深且不知 Fusu扶苏Ancient Romance21k WordsCompleted [Tragic Romance] He was the man who killed my father, and I hated him with all my heart. In the end, I discovered I had hated the wrong person. The daughter of a bandit chief happened to save a scholar, and from then on, she gave him her heart. But her wedding night became the night her family was slaughtered. Her beloved, once the person closest to her, had become her father's killer! He was an emperor, cold and indifferent. He unexpectedly fell in love with her, yet could only push her further 69Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    Short story, incredibly heart-wrenching. This is so good!

16. 466 贺 To Celebrate His Marriage to a Richer Woman, I Had an Abortion and Submitted a Report 贺他另娶高枝，我引产献上举报信 Evening Breeze Confession Gate晚风告白门Marriage & Romance22k WordsCompleted I Congratulated Him on Marrying Up, Then Had an Abortion and Handed In a Tip 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Oh my god, following this book has messed up my sleep schedule. Every night before bed I want to read one more chapter, and then I read until two or three in the morning, and then I can't get up the next day. I love it and hate it at the same time.

17. 467 我 I Tried Out for a Job in a Morgue Drawer While My Ex CEO and His New Lover Watched and Rated Me 我躺停尸柜试岗，前任霸总和新欢围观打分 Evening Breeze Confession Gate晚风告白门21k WordsCompleted I Lay in a Morgue Drawer for a Trial Shift, While My Ex, the Former Tycoon, and His New Love Watched and Rated Me 1Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 468 我 I Nail Coffins Shut for Corpses, but He Asked Why I Was Still Alive 我给尸体钉棺材，他却问我怎么还没死 Evening Breeze Confession Gate晚风告白门30k WordsCompleted I prepare corpses for burial, but he asks why I'm still alive. —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 469 我 I'm a Mortuary Makeup Artist, but I've Moved Into an Inn That Serves Only Leftovers 我，殡仪馆整容师，住进只吃剩饭的客栈 Evening Breeze Confession Gate晚风告白门20k WordsCompleted I'm a mortuary makeup artist, and I've moved into an inn that serves nothing but leftovers. —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 470 心 My Scheming Disciple Stole My Job, Then Cried in Front of Everyone, Begging Me Not to Blame Her 心机徒弟抢我饭碗，还当众哭着求我别怪她 Evening Breeze Confession Gate晚风告白门22k WordsCompleted My scheming disciple stole my place, then wept in front of everyone and begged me not to blame her —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 471 穿 I Reincarnated as Her Aunt, Then Tore Up Her Last Letter 穿成小姨后，我撕了她那张遗书 Evening Breeze Confession Gate晚风告白门Modern Romance23k WordsCompleted After transmigrating as her aunt, I tore up her suicide note 1Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 472 丈 My Husband Forced Me to Divorce Him, So I Was Reborn in 1984 to Save Grandma 丈夫逼我离婚，我重生回1984救外婆 Evening Breeze Confession Gate晚风告白门Modern Romance22k WordsCompleted My husband forced me to divorce him, and I was reborn in 1984 to save my grandmother —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 473 救 After the Redemption Story Ends 救赎文完结后 Sailed Through Countless Storms千帆过尽16k WordsCompleted After the Redemption Novel Ends 2kReads—Score102Shelves
24. 474 戒 Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记 Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted A diary recording the final two months of my life... Maybe I'm just not meant to be loved. Otherwise, why would everyone who loved me leave? 12.6kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves

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    This is really short, but it's also incredibly heart-wrenching 😢

25. 475 你 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance138k WordsCompleted The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily 70.1kReads9.5Score12.7kShelves

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    I don't need to elaborate on the most basic aspects of its value, right?

26. 476 我 I Only Took a Peek at Him 我只偷看他一眼 Zhi Jiu枝玖Anime Fanfiction188k WordsCompleted During the speech by the freshman class representative, Chen Nan fell for Lu Xu at first sight, and for the rest of her life. The pink sunset beyond the window filled the entire sky, like a beautiful landscape painting. The clouds looked drunk, their cheeks flushed with color. Chen Nan held her breath and stole a sidelong glance at Lu Xu. His profile was youthful and striking, and he held his book with perfect posture. A ray of light fell on the yellowed pages, and touched him as well. The dayli 16.8kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
27. 477 月 Moonlight No Longer Shines on Dreams of the Past 月光不照昔时梦 Xu Zhimeng许织梦Modern Romance189k WordsCompleted [Angst Warning] Qu Zhao: “Are you afraid…” “Afraid of what?” “That someday, your daughter will meet a man like you, just as I did.” Even the sun will one day die. The Milky Way and Andromeda are expected to collide in three billion years. Everything has an end. What about her and Fu Zongxian? Surely this madness would end someday. In his thirty years of life, Fu Zongxian had never asked for anything for himself. But at that moment, gazing at the photograph of his mother, he couldn’t help praying 2.9kReads8.9Score203Shelves

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    I don't need to say more about the most basic gold content.

28. 478 我 The Day I Died, the Young Master I Loved Married Another 我死的那天，我喜欢的公子娶了新娘 Read a Little Story Every Day每天读点故事Ancient Romance5k WordsCompleted Even before she died, Huo Qinghe had been entirely alone. No one thought of her, so no one burned paper offerings for her. She had no money to grease the wheels, either. After waiting a long time, her turn finally came around again. Aside from listening to stories here day after day, the King of Hell made them relive the pain of their deaths at all other times, hoping to make them cherish life and find the will to go on. It was also meant to clear away the resentment they carried from this life 636Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 479 梧 Wutong Lane 梧桐巷 Song Che Doesn't Eat Fish宋澈不吃鱼Modern Romance174k WordsCompleted [Bright and kind-hearted Ning Wan x gentle genius Song Qingyan] [Love at first sight + Secret love comes true + Youthful heartache + BE] When the innocent, sunny Ning Wan fell in love with Song Qingyan at first sight, he was the golden boy in everyone's eyes. She wrote her secret feelings in her diary, planning to keep them to herself. By a twist of fate, Song Qingyan became her temporary guardian. During the days when she was ostracized and bullied, he became the light in her life. She held on 27.9kReads9.6Score6.3kShelves
30. 480 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 81.1kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves
31. 481 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
32. 482 暗 The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing 77.1kReads9.7Score13.5kShelves
33. 483 听 Listen to the South 听南 Parting Words诀别词Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, Xia Tingnan was in her third year of middle school, while her next-door neighbor Xu Bingran was a sophomore in high school. Both the Xia and Xu parents were busy, so Xia Tingnan, who loved sleeping in, was put in Xu Bingran's care. Xu Bingran was disciplined, sensible, a good student with dreams, and known as “Xu Bingran of No. 1 High School.” Xia Tingnan was lazy, scatterbrained, a happy slacker with decent grades, and everyone's beloved “cutie.” And so began a four-year routine: 29.2kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
34. 484 暗 This Grand, Silent Drama of Unrequited Love 暗恋这场声势浩大的哑剧 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance126k WordsCompleted A bittersweet youthful school romance about unrequited love from popular author Meng Zhiwan, and a companion novel to The Sad Little Thing Called a Secret Crush and The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain. This one-sided love story is a silent play with just one actor: me. Also known as The Moment I Speak, My Voice Disappears. Lonely girl Chen Ji VS sunny boy Lin Jingye. I carefully cherished you, and you became the only spring I ever had in my life. “Chen Ji, may you always be safe and well, overcome 21.6kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
35. 485 他 He Lives in the Moonlight 他住在月光里 Wan'er Jiujiu莞尔啾啾Urban216k WordsCompleted A moving story about a young woman with depression who gradually finds the courage to confront it and fight back. 213Reads9.4Score—Shelves
36. 486 等 Waiting for the Wind to Arrive 等风降临 Zhou Wanyu周晚欲Anime Fanfiction209k WordsCompleted At 17, Lin Jiang first met Jiang Weifeng on an evening when "the rosy clouds flew alongside a lone wild duck." He was a wild weed growing as he pleased, while she was a greenhouse flower. So began her long, secret crush. She only dared to use the username 38.6°C to request songs for him, watching from afar and missing him in secret. Graduation came, and they parted without a single word of goodbye, each heading to a different city. While packing up, Jiang Weifeng saw Lin Jiang's QQ account on hi 1.9kReads9.5Score415Shelves
37. 487 开 From the Start, Dual Cultivation to Save the White-Stocking School Beauty 开局双修拯救白丝校花 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺55k WordsCompleted From the Start, Dual Cultivation to Save the White-Thigh-Highs School Beauty —Reads—Score—Shelves

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38. 488 重 Reborn: A Glimmer in the Attic, the System Says This Is Redemption 重生之阁楼微光，系统说这是救赎 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺Modern Romance17k WordsCompleted Reborn: A Glimmer in the Attic, the System Says This Is Redemption 1Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 489 校 The Campus Breeze Is Sweet: Part One 校园里的风是甜的上集 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted The Campus Breeze Is Sweet, Part One 1Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 490 恶 The Reborn Vicious Heiress: System Life Countdown 恶毒千金重生系统生命倒计时 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺49k WordsCompleted The Vicious Heiress’s Rebirth System: Life Countdown —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 491 尘 Breaking the Vow of Dust 《尘缘破戒》 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺18k WordsCompleted Breaking the Precepts of Dust and Fate —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 492 鹊 The Magpie's Mistake 《鹊误》 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted The Magpie's Mistake —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 493 三 Three Years of Shattered Dreams 《三年碎梦》 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺12k WordsCompleted Three Years of Shattered Dreams 2Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 494 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book as the Villainess, and My System Lets Me Eavesdrop on the Powerful 穿书恶毒女配带系统偷听大佬心声 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺36k WordsCompleted The Villainess from a Book Uses a System to Eavesdrop on the Big Shot's Inner Thoughts 6Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 495 同 My Classmate's Older Sister Has Had a Crush on Me for Ages 同学的姐姐对我暗恋已久 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺12k WordsCompleted My Classmate’s Older Sister Has Had a Crush on Me for Ages 2Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 496 当 A Corporate Drone Transmigrates and Helps a Good-for-Nothing Heiress Rise to Become a Favored Consort 当社畜穿越废柴千金逆袭贵妃 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted A Corporate Drone Transmigrates as a Good-for-Nothing Heiress and Rises to Become a Favored Consort —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 497 替 The Stand-In Awakens: The Tragic Romance Protagonist Fights Back 《替身觉醒：虐文主角反杀剧本》 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺7k WordsCompleted The Stand-In Awakens: The Abused Novel Protagonist Fights Back 2Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 498 一 How Much Must You Bear Before You're Grown Up? 一个人，要扛多少，才算长大？ Qiu Xueyi邱学艺12k WordsCompleted How much does a person have to bear before they can be called grown-up? 11Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 499 七 The Qixi Deity's Faint Light 《七夕神结微光》 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺28k WordsCompleted The Qixi God Knot's Faint Glow —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 500 预 The Woman Who Could See the Script Ahead 预知剧本的女人 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺6k WordsCompleted The Woman Who Knew the Script in Advance 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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