Stories That Put the Male Lead Through the Wringer 虐男主，往死里虐的那种文

1. 1 跪 I Kneel Before the Crown, Yet My Sister Hates Me to the Bone 跪奉冠冕，姐姐恨我入骨 Y ZhizhiY之之Modern Romance318k WordsCompleted [Wealthy-family feuds + psychological control + unequal status + physical and emotional torment] When Jiang Yun was five, she watched with her own eyes as her mother was carried away. She saw her father holding Jiang Sheng, while the woman who had wrecked their family moved into the Jiang household. Her father felt guilty and tried to make it up to Jiang Yun in every possible way, but the good times didn't last. That woman got pregnant. Jiang Yun knew it. All that talk about having no choice, 2.8kReads6.4Score16914d adds

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   It's very angsty. It seems like the second book will be even more angsty for the male lead than the first one, but the second book is a new story.

2. 2 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
3. 3 强 Forced into a Torturous Love 强制虐爱 Jiu Jiu Ziqi酒酒子琪Two Male Leads269k WordsCompleted [Physical and emotional torment + sickly protagonist + obsessive love + unhinged behavior + movie star + groveling redemption + mutually exclusive romance] Proud, sickly beauty on the receiving end + extremely controlling, possessive pursuer Mo Jingrui was born without feelings. He only likes being in control and stamping on other people’s dignity, tormenting their minds until they submit to him completely. He drives Song Huaizhi’s father to his death, brings down the Song family, and forces 7.7kReads8.6Score64614d adds

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   Both are about two male leads and involve physical abuse; they made me cry buckets of tears, they were truly heart-wrenching.

4. 4 全 Everyone in This Story Is Crazy. Please, Won't You Kill Me? 全文疯批，请杀了我好吗 Jiu Jiu Ziqi酒酒子琪Two Male Leads297k WordsCompleted [Power couple + Mutually faithful] [Angst early on, more angst in the middle, the male lead turns into a lovesick puppy later; tragic ending, but with rebirth] The pursuer thinks the pursued betrayed him. The pursued spends two years hiding away, then gets caught and brought back. The pursuer starts beating and tormenting him in every way, and even brings his fiancée to see him. She'll stop at nothing and wants to kill him every day. After enduring endless humiliation, Bai Feiying tries to escap 2kReads9.0Score26414d adds
5. 5 养 The Trouble with Keeping Pets 养宠为患 Jiu Jiu Ziqi酒酒子琪Two Male Leads145k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + unhinged + yandere + angst for the bottom + satisfying read] = The ex regrets it and chases his love at the crematorium After his secret was exposed, Bai Feicheng was brutally beaten and tortured for two whole years. Unable to bear the humiliation, he fled with a broken heart. Only then did Bai Chenghao realize he had fallen in love with him. But he pursued him the wrong way, deepening the misunderstanding between them once again. Angst, bad ending or happy ending: I’ll let y 492Reads8.7Score10014d adds
6. 6 你 You’re the One Torturing Me, So Why Are You Crying So Loud? 你虐我，你哭那么大声干嘛 Jiu Jiu Ziqi酒酒子琪Two Male Leads323k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Obsession + Dramatic Angst + Coercion + Locking Someone Away + Both Virgins + The Top’s Regretful Pursuit] After a setup exposes Yun Jiu’s true identity, Mu Hanchen’s love turns to hatred. He imprisons and beats him, using every means at his disposal to threaten and force him. “I pampered you for seven years, and this is how you repay me, you ungrateful wretch?” “Mu Hanchen, did you ever really love me? You only ever treated me like a toy.” The person Yun Jiu hates most in t 1.2kReads7.5Score11014d adds
7. 7 可 Could You Please Comfort Me? 可不可以哄哄我 Er Li二厘Modern Romance295k WordsCompleted [Both leads are inexperienced in love | Forced love | The childhood friend who came out of nowhere is direct about demanding love | Reunited after a breakup] As a child, Shen Shengsheng once played house with an older boy and promised she would be his wife when she grew up. It was something a three-year-old said. As time passed, no one took it seriously. But more than ten years later, a boy came to Jincheng and wouldn't leave her alone. Shen Shengsheng gently tried to reason with him. “I think w 7.6kReads8.9Score45514d adds

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   These are all by Erli. Erli is amazing at writing stories that torture the male characters. There are tons of chaotic situations, and they're incredibly exciting. As long as the male characters aren't killed, she tortures them to death!

8. 8 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
9. 9 揽 Capturing Beauty 揽娇 Er Li二厘Modern Romance297k WordsCompleted Also known as After Losing My Memory, I Became the Secret Wife of a Brooding Big Shot [Male Lead Angst + Married First, Love Later + Showbiz + Secret Crush Comes True + Fake and Real Heiresses] Until the real Ji family heiress returned, Ji Wuzhi was arrogant and carefree. Then she became a laughingstock in Jingbei. She was even forced to marry someone she didn’t love. The man no one in Jingbei dared to cross was Xu Siye, the brooding head of the Xu family, known as Fourth Master. Ji Wuzhi tried 925Reads8.5Score10514d adds
10. 10 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
11. 11 小 That Flirty Little Minx Is Fickle and Wicked 小撩精她又渣又坏 Er Li二厘Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted [Two Yanderes + Scheming Heartbreaker + Sweet Romance + A Little Angst + Devoted to Each Other + Male Lead Starts Out as a Purehearted Brat and Later Goes Completely Crazy + The Bad Girl Turns Over a New Leaf] Rumor has it Jiang University has a ridiculously handsome campus bad boy who’s always all over the school forum. Too bad he never flirts with girls or dates. His eyes are only for games, not women. He’s the chaste bad boy everyone craves but no one can have. One day, an announcement came o 2.9kReads8.9Score21614d adds
12. 12 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 mental and physical torment until he went insane for six months, sustained only by a portrait of the female lead. Later, in a heartbreaking turn of events, he witnesses the female lead kissing the second male lead on the streets of London, England, and collapses from heartbreak, coughing up blood. The brotherly love story is also tragic; his younger brother dies for love, and three days later, the woman he has loved for nine years marries his childhood sweetheart in a lavish wedding, causing him to break down and attempt suicide by overdosing on pills. [I'm almost crying]

13. 13 父 Father, Don't Be Angry. Your Son Knows He Was Wrong 父皇别凶，儿臣知错了 Cat Beastie猫兽兽Ancient Romance582k WordsCompleted (The entire novel is complete, so jump in and enjoy!) [Father-Son Bond + Ancient-Style Political Intrigue + Crown Prince's Upbringing + Physical and Emotional Torture, Followed by a Groveling Redemption] He drinks the poisoned wine his mother gives him, becoming the sharpest blade of Great Qi. His proud spirit is broken bit by bit, and he becomes the empire's most loyal, solitary subject. He thinks that as long as he endures and obeys, he can eventually earn a little of his father's affection. B 16.4kReads7.6Score1.3k14d adds

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    This is a father-son angst novel where the male protagonist (son) is truly tortured from beginning to end. The torture is frequent, mainly physical, but the emotional parts are also heart-wrenching.

14. 14 我 I Witness Your Wedding in the Name of Your Lawful Wife 我以正妻之名为你证婚 Qingqiu Nanzhu青丘南烛41k WordsCompleted I Bear Witness to Your Wedding in the Name of Your Legal Wife 5.9kReads—Score75.9k14d adds

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    The tragic love story is absolutely amazing. I highly recommend the first book, "The Name of the Rightful Wife." The more you read it, the better it gets.

15. 15 以 I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月 Er Qiao二乔Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian 74.3kReads9.4Score6.7k14d adds
16. 16 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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    They're all stories that torment the male lead.

17. 17 重 The Reborn Princess Consort Captures His Heart, and the Prince Falls Completely 重生王妃撩惹心尖，王爷彻底沦陷 A Little Yanruo一只焱若Ancient Romance634k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Rebirth, revenge against scumbags, and face-slapping satisfaction] Ruthless, possessive prince VS radiant, resilient heroine [The male lead chases his wife to the crematorium] “Xiao Junyan, will you marry me?” Lin Wanxi stands before him, her eyes full of anticipation, shimmering like rippling water. Xiao Junyan's expression darkens. “I am not the right match for you.” “But we've already been intimate.” Xiao Junyan pinches the bridge of his nose. “I never touched you.” “You did.” “I 524Reads8.7Score—14d adds
18. 18 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
19. 19 别 Don't Be So Flirtatious 别那么风流 Jun Buqi君不弃Modern Romance298k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] [Playboy Reformed | He Pursues Her | Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium | One-on-One] [Bright, easygoing girl ✖️ elegant, roguish playboy] With a flawless, breathtakingly beautiful face, he charmed every woman in sight and was notorious for his carefree ways. She was a little princess who had grown up adored by everyone, and the younger sister of his friend. He shouldn’t have laid a hand on her. He wasn’t worthy of her. But again and again, he fought his feelings, 18.6kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
20. 20 穿 Book Transmigration: The Mad Demon Venerable Begs Me to Love Him One More Time 穿书：疯批魔尊求我再爱他一次 Summer and Winter and夏与冬与Ancient Romance428k WordsCompleted [Face-slapping the sect + crazy male lead + adorable child + mutually faithful romance + heroine’s personal growth] Jiang Miaomiao transmigrates into a book and, from the start, is forced to risk her life to save her junior sister… They say that dual cultivation with someone who has inherited the Moon Goddess’s bloodline makes you immune to all poisons and lets your cultivation advance by leaps and bounds. To survive, she pretends to admire the great demon and deliberately gets close to him. But 909Reads9.1Score10114d adds
21. 21 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
22. 22 贵 The Imperial Consort Is Ravishingly Beautiful, but All She Wants Is Power and Wealth 贵妃千娇百媚，只求权势富贵 Fujiwara Tofu藤原豆腐Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A mad, obsessive emperor with jealousy to spare x a consort who has renounced love and walled off her heart] [One-on-one romance + both reborn + devoted to each other in body and heart, in both lives] One-line summary: A story about an emperor who lost the love of his life, and how he slowly teaches the woman he loves to understand love, jealousy, anger, and longing. As the eldest son born to the empress, Qi Junyi was born to privilege. He seized power in his youth, was named crown princ 10.6kReads8.1Score64414d adds
23. 23 娘 After the Empress Consort Closed Her Heart to Love, the Emperor Became Addicted to Begging for Her Affection 娘娘断心绝爱后，陛下跪舔上瘾了 Jie Chong解虫Ancient Romance435k WordsCompleted [Both leads are reborn] [Alternate history] [He pursues his wife after losing her; the hero is humble and devoted] [In her previous life, she was a love-struck fool; reborn, she is a clear-eyed and captivating consort × In his previous life, he loved her without realizing it; reborn, the powerful emperor eagerly becomes her devoted admirer] In her previous life, Su Yunning was infatuated with her cousin, the emperor, for over twenty years. She had no children of her own, willingly became his con 23.5kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
24. 24 银 The Silver Bracelet Binds an Immortal: One Hundred Ways to Tame a Celestial Lord 银镯锁仙：驯服仙君一百式 Shi An时岸Ancient Romance202k WordsCompleted [Coercion + male-targeted angst + strong heroine and weak hero + one-on-one] [Merciless, ruthless heroine in power vs. kindhearted, gentle, beautiful and tragic hero] [The score was just launched, so please don’t judge it by the low rating T_T. It should change later.] [Warning: male-targeted angst! Physical and emotional torment! No redemption arc! The heroine is always the dominant one.] [The heroine can bear children. Strictly speaking, this is a strong-woman romance.] On my eighteenth birthd 3kReads8.0Score21014d adds

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    This is pure torture; it's amazing the male lead didn't go insane. [Cool]

25. 25 拔 After I Slashed Him, My Yandere Disciple Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 拔刀杀我后，病娇孽徒他哭红了眼 A Cat on a Pear Blossom Branch一枝梨花猫Ancient Romance432k WordsCompleted [Yandere male disciple + soft, adorable female master + both reborn + transmigrate into a book + a little angst + a long road to winning her back + heroine adored by all] Twists upon twists + no omniscient perspective + calculating male lead early on, humble and desperate later [Original title: Hard to Placate! My Yandere Disciple Turns Darker Every Day] Wen Nuan transmigrates into the story at its very beginning. Looking at the dying young man onstage, she knows that one day he will bring the N 2.5kReads8.2Score13814d adds

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    The abuse builds gradually, and it's incredibly cruel to the male lead.

26. 26 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

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    This book is definitely a torture for the male lead, and the writing is excellent.

27. 27 惊 What?! Who Writes a Tragic Romance Where the Male Lead Gets Tortured? 惊！谁家虐文虐的是男主呀 Yao Sui Bu Zhi He Nian尧岁不知何年Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted 8.5kReads9.0Score1k14d adds

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    Finally, a novel where the male lead suffers! I won't say who got the most satisfaction, but the female lead is incredibly skilled in martial arts from the start, crippling the male lead's skills right from the beginning. Then, the male lead embarks on a path of constant beatings: his blind father, his mentally challenged brother, his scheming sister, and even Consort Li—he takes them all down in one fell swoop, seizes the throne, and ascends to the throne!!! This is truly a satisfying novel!!!

28. 28 分 After Our Breakup, the Powerful Man Abroad Lost His Mind 分手后异国大佬他急疯了 South of the Small Town小城以南Modern Romance214k WordsOngoing Heir to a powerful family abroad x dazzling, aloof art student Powerful man bows to love / win-her-back-at-all-costs pursuit / bittersweet push and pull / international romance Shen Zhuo dated a foreign boyfriend, believing she'd found a man who truly cared for her. Then one day, she saw his phone light up with an encrypted email: "Mr. Lucien Howard, the Mirandi engagement banquet is ready." So his name was fake, and his identity was fake. The man who had been holding her tenderly just a moment 1.6kReads—Score10914d adds

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    The male lead is tortured, both physically and emotionally.

29. 29 萧 President Xiao, I've Come to Love You 萧总，我来爱你了 Zheng Er筝尔Modern Romance318k WordsOngoing In her previous life, she hated him with all her heart, believing he had killed her mother. She listened to the second male lead’s lies and poisoned his medicine every day. Sitting in his wheelchair, he watched her personally hand him the poison and drank it all. By the time she discovered the truth, the poison had already reached his bones. Reborn, she clasped Xiao Yi’s hand tightly and said: “This time, let me be the one to love you.” 3kReads—Score25714d adds

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    This one. The male lead is physically and emotionally abusive.

30. 30 缠 Entangled Possession 缠绵占有 Sweet Woodruff繁缕花Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted Original title: Entwined Possession Bad Woman vs. Hopeless Romantic [Capital Tycoon from Beijing’s Elite Circle x Glamorous, Alluring Model + Male Stand-In + Winning Her Back + The Powerful One Bows His Head + Devoted Couple] Everyone in the upper echelons of the capital knew that Mr. Tan had a girlfriend who loved him deeply. No matter whether Tan Qishen was right or wrong, Yan Man would obediently come to soothe him. Yet Tan Qishen remained cold toward her. Yan Man could clearly feel it, but s 15.3kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds

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    The male and female leads are lovers 💑. The male lead is spoiled and arrogant, and the female lead always has to coax him. This time, the female lead is tired of it and doesn't want to coax him anymore. She directly sends him three words: "Let's break up." The male lead [crying][crying][crying]

31. 31 沐 Mu Jinru Rufeng: General Mu Held Hostage in an Enemy Kingdom 沐瑾如枫之沐将军敌国为质 Candied Fruit糖果蜜饯Ancient Romance494k WordsCompleted “A hostage general and the young lady of the Minister’s residence A princess and her devoted guard” Torture his body and break his heart! Whippings and imprisonment! After General Mu, victorious in a hundred battles, conquered thirty-two cities of Yan, the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty sealed his inner power and sent him to Gulan as a hostage. The extravagant, debauched princess had him forcibly dragged to her residence. She forced him into black iron shackles, locked him in a dungeon, made h 1kReads8.0Score10014d adds
32. 32 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
33. 33 恶 The Wicked Heartthrob: Every Male Lead Is a Dog at My Feet 恶毒万人迷：男主都是我脚边的狗 Bear One Cat熊一猫Ancient Romance419k WordsCompleted (The rating will rise now that the book has just started.) [True Villainess + Stunning, Irresistible Beauty + Multiple Male Leads, All Chaste + Male Leads Suffer + Male Rivalry] Qing He was born cold-hearted and aloof, selfish and self-serving. Blessed with breathtaking beauty, she plays the villainess in world after world. [World One: Debauched Grand Princess vs. Gloomy, Sadistic Hostage Prince] She humiliates and torments him, training him to be her most obedient dog. But he’s a mad dog. When 2.4kReads8.2Score19814d adds

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    This is a transmigration novel featuring a truly wicked woman who abuses the male lead, is beautiful yet ruthless, loves no one, and is destined for power. All the male leads are virgins, and there are many male characters. The female lead trains dogs, abuses the male lead and supporting male characters, and in the end, the male lead willingly becomes her dog. She eventually becomes an empress. The first world is already completed.

34. 34 救 Saving the Obsessive, Troubled Boy 救赎那个偏执阴暗少年 Xiao Ke Bu Cai.小可不才.Modern Romance229k WordsCompleted [Rebirth and Redemption + Mutual Devotion + Devoted and Sweet Romance + The Heroine Makes Her Feelings Clear + The Hero Has a Secret Crush + From School Days to the Wedding] A brooding, insecure boy × a bright, sweet, flirtatious girl 1. Only after Jiang Wanyue died did she learn that a boy had gazed up from the abyss countless times, hoping to catch a glimpse of the moon in the sky. When the moon fell one day, the boy’s world collapsed completely, leaving not a trace of light. Reborn, this time 16.8kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds

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    I read this book last night, and my eyes are swollen this morning! 💰💰It's incredibly angsty, a slow and steady kind of angst. I cried myself to sleep at night, my liver ached from crying, and I lost ten pounds in three days. This is my number one most angsty novel; I can't read it again. Recommendation rating: five stars.

35. 35 太 Her Highness the Crown Princess Reigns Supreme, While Her Sickly Prisoner Begs for Her Favor 太女殿下在上，病娇质子卑微求宠 Cherry Mini Ball樱桃迷你丸Ancient Romance803k WordsCompleted [Women rule | Mutual devotion | Loyal dog-like hero | Strong heroine and hero | Hero is submissive] [Mighty, domineering Crown Princess/Empress vs. childhood friend and hostage prince from an enemy kingdom] The little hostage prince whom the Crown Princess had cherished since childhood betrayed her. He joined forces with her eldest half-sister to frame her for treason, then returned to his homeland to attack her. The Crown Princess was furious. She led her troops to drive back the Eastern Xiao K 4.3kReads8.9Score28714d adds

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    This story involves torturing the male protagonist, but it's mostly physical abuse (the male protagonist resists and it's consensual), it's a case of one person willing to hit and the other willing to be hit.

36. 36 宋 President Song Is Critically Ill. Madam, Please Stop Torturing Him 宋总已病危，夫人别虐了 Bitter Melon Sauce and White Sugar苦瓜酱白糖Modern Romance402k WordsOngoing Gu Wanrou died, and Song Yichen told Wen Zhixi, “Let’s get divorced. The mistress of the Song family can’t have a single stain on her reputation. You’ve disgraced that position.” Wen Zhixi screamed herself hoarse trying to explain, but he said, “She harmed the Gu family’s daughter. That alone proves she’s deranged and deserves to die.” Yet, after being gravely wounded, he told Fu Xinian, “Yes, I love her. My feelings haven’t changed in all these years. What does Gu Wanrou amount to? She’s not wo 1.6kReads—Score10614d adds

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    Is that enough? Is it cruel enough?

37. 37 宫 Mr. Gong, Stop Kneeling! Your Sweetheart Is Reborn and Spoiling You! 宫总别跪！你的乖乖重生宠夫啦！ Remembering Each Other两相忆Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [Marriage first, love later + mutually devoted 1v1 + heroine adored by all + reborn and healed + strong heroine + both pursue each other + a partner who guides the other + evenly matched + two strong leads + HE] [Humble, obsessive heir to the capital’s most powerful family VS scheming, powerful young lady] “Sweetheart, you’re the reason I’m alive.” Protecting Murong Qingcheng is Gong Chen’s faith, and a promise he has kept through two lifetimes. But his sweetheart doesn’t love him. She hates him 4.9kReads8.7Score31214d adds

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    This book is the kind that will almost make you cry just by reading it. The male lead has a heart condition, is tormented by the female lead, abandoned by his family, and even murdered by his own relatives. [Crying]

38. 38 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 503Reads—Score—14d adds

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    She cried until she could barely breathe after chasing after her husband! Junze poured all the favor he had shown her in his youth into his tenderness, protecting her with everything he had, unaware that every step she took to get closer to him was to seek revenge on his adoptive father. Only when he was on his deathbed did she realize that this love had been etched into her very bones!

39. 39 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
40. 40 虐 Tragedy!!! The Kidney Debt 虐！！！肾债 Xi Fengyue西枫月8k WordsCompleted Heartbreaking!!! A kidney debt 102Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Extremely heart-wrenching short stories

41. 41 婚 The Avenger at the Wedding: I Love You from Hell 婚礼上的复仇者：我在地狱爱你 Xi Fengyue西枫月8k WordsCompleted The Avenger at the Wedding: I Love You in Hell 65Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 42 博 The Year I Got My PhD, I Sent My Advisor to a Psychiatric Hospital 博六那年，我送导师进了精神病院 Xi Fengyue西枫月7k WordsCompleted In my sixth year of doctoral studies, I sent my advisor to a psychiatric hospital. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 43 抽 The Day They Drained My Marrow, Mr. Jiang’s Stand-In Died 抽干骨髓那天，江总的替身死了 Xi Fengyue西枫月Female-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted The day his bone marrow was drained, General Manager Jiang’s stand-in died 70Reads—Score214d adds
44. 44 婚 The Wedding Became a Funeral, and the Ruthless CEO Went Gray Overnight 婚礼变葬礼，疯批霸总一夜白头 Xi Fengyue西枫月7k WordsCompleted A wedding turns into a funeral, and the ruthless CEO goes gray overnight. 54Reads—Score—14d adds
45. 45 夫 Husband and Wife Become Outlaws to Avenge Their Daughter 夫妻化身法外修罗为女报仇 Xi Fengyue西枫月7k WordsCompleted A Couple Become Outlaws to Avenge Their Daughter 6Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 46 死 On the Seventh Day After My Death, He Dug Up My Grave 死后第七天，他刨开了我的坟 Xi Fengyue西枫月Female-Channel Fanfiction7k WordsCompleted On the seventh day after my death, he dug up my grave. 70Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 47 撕 She Came Back After I Tore Up My Dead Wife's Photograph 撕碎亡妻遗照后，她回来了 Xi Fengyue西枫月8k WordsCompleted After She Tore Up Her Late Wife’s Portrait, She Came Back 24Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 48 虐 Brutal!!! On My Wedding Day, My Ex Sent Me His Ashes 虐！！！结婚当天，前任寄来他的骨灰 Xi Fengyue西枫月5k WordsCompleted Angst!!! On their wedding day, her ex sent over his ashes. 25Reads—Score—14d adds
49. 49 真 The Day the Real Heiress Came Home, My Little Brother Swallowed a Whole Bottle of Sleeping Pills 真千金回家那天，弟弟吞了一整瓶安眠药 Xi Fengyue西枫月7k WordsCompleted The Day the Real Heiress Came Home, Her Younger Brother Swallowed a Whole Bottle of Sleeping Pills 100Reads—Score—14d adds
50. 50 高 That Kid Who Scored 700 on the College Entrance Exam Jumped Off a Building? 高考700分的那孩子，跳楼了？ Xi Fengyue西枫月6k WordsCompleted That Kid Who Scored 700 on the Gaokao, Jumped Off a Building? 18Reads—Score—14d adds

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