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1. 101 野 Wild Taming 野性驯养 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads353k WordsCompleted The physical edition of Yanziqi is now available on all platforms. The wicked get their comeuppance. A cunning, cold-hearted crown prince x a volatile, insecure, sickly bottom Mutual torment + rekindled romance + melodrama + suspenseful twists + 1v1 + coercive love When Liang Yan was a child, his father brought home another boy. The boy looked like a beggar, hardly spoke, and was painfully thin. His father told him the boy would be his companion in study: he was quiet and would become his best f 15.9kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves

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   The story begins with imprisonment. It seems the seme hates the uke, but in reality, he loves him terribly. The seme orchestrates a thirteen-year scheme for the uke, forcing himself to play the role of someone who doesn't love him. It really made me cry so much; it's incredibly moving. The author's writing is superb, and I sincerely recommend it to everyone.

2. 102 一 A Room With the Lights Dimmed 一室暗灯 Diving into the Sea to Dodge Fish跳海躲鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing That day, I groveled before a billionaire, wagging my tail for his approval. I thought he was my salvation when I had nowhere else to turn. All I got was one humiliation after another. I became the biggest joke in his circle. Later, I accidentally stumbled upon his secret, peeling back layer after layer of his heart until grief brought me to tears. And he peeled mine open too, only to stab it viciously, once, twice... countless times. Ruan Qing, who brought me into the industry, was once an inn 483Reads8.7Score163Shelves

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   A very delicate portrayal of love and hate.

3. 103 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 460Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's fun to abuse your husband for a while, but chasing him back will lead to a nightmare! Junze fell in love with her the moment he saw her in his third year of junior high school, showering her with all his affection. He thought her confession was his salvation, but instead, he fell into a hell of revenge. Her adoptive father's mistakes made her hard-hearted. She bullied him, humiliated him, and imprisoned him until he was on his deathbed and then regretted it!

4. 104 任 The Mission Starts Over a Hundred Times 任务重来一百次 milieModern Romance20k WordsCompleted “You came to save me, so why can’t you look only at me? Why do you have to give your attention to those one, two, three insignificant people?” “You seem so shy. You never take my hand first. Even just now, you only did it because of someone else.” “Now that you have me, you don’t treat me as well as you used to. There wasn’t any strawberry milk today either, was there?” 6.3kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves

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   This book is incredibly angsty; I suggest reading this part first before reading the extras. It feels like searching for sweetness amidst shards of glass, only to find none and instead, the glass shards cut you instead. If you truly understand the meaning, it's genuinely heart-wrenching; otherwise, it will seem like just another ordinary novel. This novel isn't very long either; I finished it in less than an hour (including the extras), only about 20,000 words.

5. 105 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 1.7kReads8.1Score—Shelves
6. 106 魂 Haunting My Dreams 魂牵梦萦 When You Think of Home当君怀归日Modern Romance797k WordsCompleted He was the moon in the heavens, hanging high and bright. She thought she could carefully guard this secret seed of love and keep it from sprouting, but day after day spent together had allowed it to grow into a towering tree. When her love became bone-deep and impossible to suppress, she had no choice but to reach out and bring the divine one down to earth. 8.7kReads9.1Score631Shelves

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   You should read this book. One look and I was silently moved to tears by the deaths of Lu Qingshi and Jiang Qian. Lu Qingshi's love was so profound, even in death, yet I couldn't move on for a long time.

7. 107 那 The Omega Who Betrayed Him 那个背叛他的Omega What Else Can I Do还能怎么办呢Two Male Leads256k WordsCompleted [Male leads + ABO + bittersweet romance + second chances after a breakup + emotional push and pull + happy ending] Sharp-tongued but softhearted director Alpha top x pitiful, married Omega bottom Wu Jia married into a wealthy family, but now his husband is dead, he's buried in debt, and the impoverished Omega wants to return to his first love, his ex-boyfriend. But Xu Chongwen, now a wildly popular television director, looks at the gaunt, disfigured man before him and feels nothing but disgust. 1.8kReads8.4Score163Shelves
8. 108 王 My Lord, the Princess Consort Says She’ll Never See You Again 王爷，王妃说此生不复相见 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance421k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance Tragedy + No Getting Back Together + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] A tragic romance! A tragic romance! A tragic romance! Ye Chuyan loved Pei Xiuyan for twelve years, but never moved him in the slightest. All she got in return was Pei Xiuyan wiping out the Ye family and having her father and brothers tortured to death over three days in the snow. At last, she understood: for the rest of her life, there would be no love between her and Pei Xiuyan, only hatred, until one o 27.1kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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   He was the dazzling red of her youth—until he threw her from the attic for his beloved, causing her to break her bones and lose her child; for his power, he ruined her family and destroyed her home. That overwhelming hatred consumed her. 🥺 She was the one who handed him the knife—she deserved to suffer this torment in this hell on earth!

9. 109 偏 My Possessive Boyfriend: No Tragic Ending Allowed 偏执男友，拒绝be结局 What Else Can I Do还能怎么办呢Two Male Leads150k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + transmigration + System + love and hate + equally matched + intense push and pull] Also known as: If You Don’t Love Me, You’ll Die Related novel: Quick Transmigration: Flirting with the Villainous Male Lead in a Horror World Obsessive, mad, yandere, devoted bottom x amnesiac, vengeful top trapped in a tragic cycle Note: Pei Chang’en is the top. In their previous life, Xiao Mu drove Pei Chang’en to the gates of the city, slaughtered all the guards who had defended it alongside 32Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 110 初 My First Love, the Girl of My Dreams, Is Back, and Hong Kong's Elite Have Gone Mad 初恋白月光回国，港圈疯魔了 Dong Xia冬夏Modern Romance800k WordsCompleted At twelve, Lin Ran moved in with her mother and became dependent on others, living at Shen Garden, the estate of the century-old wealthy Shen family in Hong Kong. There were two young masters in the household. The elder, Shen Jinghan, was noble and aloof, a man of few words. The younger, Shen Zhuoyu, was charming and flirtatious, always calling her “sweet little Ran.” When she was grown, Shen Jinghan pulled her into the study, a solemn, chilly place. There, she saw him, handsome as carved jade, 8.4kReads8.2Score18.6kShelves
11. 111 惊 Jing Yu Xun Jin 惊予浔槿 The Rabbit's Corner兔子的角落Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Marriage first, love later | Older man | Sweet romance | 1v1, both leads are each other's only partner | Slow burn] [The rating just came out, but it'll go up later] In Beijing's elite circles, everyone said the eldest daughter of the Luo family was cold and indifferent. Luo Jin thought so too, and figured she was perfectly suited to being a pawn in a marriage alliance. So when the “smiling King of Hell” proposed to her in front of everyone at a banquet, she asked only six words: “When are we r 11kReads8.4Score993Shelves

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    😭😭😭😭This book

12. 112 替 The Contract Wife, The Ice-Cold CEO Falls Hard 替嫁契约妻，高冷禁欲总裁沦陷 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted Forced by her adoptive parents, Xia Yutong takes the place of her arrogant, overbearing stepsister and marries Lu Yunfei, a notorious playboy caught up in one scandal after another. But the wedding takes a shocking turn. The man who comes to escort her home is not the playboy Lu Yunfei, but Lu Yanci, the feared devil of the business world. He runs the vast Lu business empire, wields enormous power, and is ruthless in his methods. He is aloof, chaste, and indifferent to women. On their wedding ni 13kReads6.8Score893Shelves

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    Here are a few angst-filled novels I recommend: arranged marriage to love, wife-chasing drama, and a cold, ruthless CEO falling for her.

13. 113 我 I Woke Up My Husband from His Vegetative State 我让植物人老公苏醒 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance286k WordsCompleted [Love after marriage + age gap + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + powerful man lowering his head] Su Tong is the Su family’s adopted daughter. Clever from a young age, she excelled in school and graduated from Harvard, becoming an outstanding neurosurgeon. The Su family’s biological daughter, Su Shishi, refuses to honor the betrothal arranged for her when she was young and marry Huo Yunzhou, a business magnate from Haicheng who has been in a vegetative state since a car accident. So her adop 2kReads8.0Score143Shelves
14. 114 冷 After Five Years of Cold War, Why Are You Losing Control Now That I Want a Divorce? 冷战五年，我提离婚你失控什么 Lunar Scrap Collector月球拾荒Modern Romance349k WordsOngoing [Marriage first, love later; regretful pursuit; bittersweet romance; the powerful one learns to bow his head; mutual healing; one-on-one; both are each other’s first and only; happy ending] [Cool-headed, headstrong painter × aloof, elegant CEO] Five years ago. Sui Nuan was a celebrated prodigy at Jiangcheng University: cool, beautiful, and hard to pursue. Just before graduation, she suddenly announced she was dropping out to marry Jiangcheng’s most powerful heir, Jiang Yanci, the eldest son who 1.7kReads—Score105Shelves

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    Those who enjoy reading bittersweet stories are in for a treat.

15. 115 新 On Our Wedding Night, My Comatose Husband Put His Arm Around My Waist 新婚夜，植物人老公搂住我的腰 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Sweet Romance + Age Gap + Husband Chasing His Wife + Both Chaste] Tong Yao is forced to take her twin sister’s place and marry Gu Jingchen, a former business tycoon who is now in a vegetative state. The whole city pities her, believing she will spend her life as a wife in name only. But on their wedding night, the sleeping man suddenly wraps an arm around her waist. The once decisive king of the business world wakes up and takes back his immense power. Everyone wait 3.6kReads6.6Score283Shelves
16. 116 爱 When I Love You, Even My Breath Trembles: 20 Loves That Burned Like Moths to a Flame 爱你时，呼吸都颤抖：20场飞蛾扑火的暗恋 You Zhi Yu尤知遇Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted [Anthology + Secret Crush + Reunion + Winning Back an Ex + Marriage and Relationships + Love Games] It was the eleventh year of my secret crush on He Chengyi. One night, he staggered to my door, reeking of alcohol, and knocked. He wanted me, so I gave myself to him. I had kept myself pure all these years for his sake, after all. But at the last moment, he called out the name of his ex-girlfriend, Lin Xue. I could put up with anything from him, even the fact that Lin Xue was the one he loved most 197Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    "Late-blown affection is more valuable than a straw sword"—this saying is gaining more and more weight! A must-read for those who love the "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" trope!

17. 117 深 Above the Abyss [Crime] 深渊之上【犯罪】 Zhang Depang张嘚胖Modern Romance293k WordsCompleted [Just started getting rated, score will rise!] [Dark + pretend siblings + physical and emotional torment + yandere + redemption] [Original title: Above the Abyss] “Brother, let's play hide-and-seek.” “Okay.” “Brother, you can't open your eyes until you've counted to a hundred!” “Okay.” An accident forced the siblings apart for sixteen years. When Shen Nanfeng infiltrated a criminal organization undercover, he discovered that the younger sister he had longed for all those years, Chi Yu, played a 8.3kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    It's really beautiful, I won't say more.

18. 118 闪 My Flash-Marriage Husband Is Actually a Trillionaire CEO 闪婚老公，竟是千亿总裁 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted 4.6kReads—Score166Shelves
19. 119 上 General, Your Little Male Zerg Has Run Away Again! 上将，你的小雄虫又跑了！ Gao Gao夰羔Two Male Leads255k WordsCompleted Main story complete + [the husband-chasing crematorium / 1v1, both devoted only to each other / native male Zerg / reunited after a breakup / fated mates / powerful and influential / no rebellion] Male Zerg top x female Zerg bottom [The bottom is physically and emotionally attracted to the top, but is very rational and will exploit the top’s genuine feelings to achieve his goals] A week before the wedding, Lu Xiangche saw evidence that his future spouse had rebelled. He also recalled being decei 4.1kReads5.8Score327Shelves

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    It shouldn't be to the point of crying excessively.

20. 120 新 On My Wedding Night, I Revived a Comatose Tycoon 新婚夜，我救活了植物人大佬 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance515k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later] [Sweet Romance] [Age Gap] [Scheming Male Lead] Jiang Yan grew up in a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. From childhood, she studied medicine under her grandparents, both seasoned physicians, and mastered the art of acupuncture. However, fate had other plans. Her father's company was on the brink of collapse, and to save it, she was forced to marry Lu Jingming, a business genius who had been left in a vegetative state by a car accident. Known for h 2.4kReads6.8Score149Shelves
21. 121 和 After Breaking Up with the Movie Star, I Hid My Pregnancy and Thrived on My Own 和影帝分手后我藏起孕肚独美了 Lotus Root Slices藕片Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Both Leads' First Love + Bittersweet and Sweet Romance, Breaking Free and Growing Strong, Proud Hero Chases His Wife, Mutual Redemption, Rekindled Romance, Adorable Child] Cui Tang once loved Gu Qiaoxi to the point of obsession. She faked a pregnancy to trick him into marriage and even threatened to die, but still couldn't make him stay. On the night before they broke up, they made love until they were spent. At dawn, Gu Qiaoxi said, “Cui Tang, you're disgusting!” That day, Cui Tang lay in the 13kReads8.6Score924Shelves

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    🔥🔥Female Lead🌱🌱Illness💕1️⃣The female lead suffers from depression. When they broke up, the male lead said hurtful things to her, calling her a jerk. The female lead attempted suicide by cutting her wrists (thankfully, she didn't succeed). 💕2️⃣The female lead suffers from depression. This book isn't just about torturing the male and female leads; it's purely about torturing me. 💕3️⃣The female lead has late-stage stomach cancer. The beginning is sweet, but the later parts are heartbreaking. They met in the height of summer, and they parted in the height of summer. His little rose will forever remain hidden in that summer.

22. 122 植 The Comatose Tycoon Falls in Love with Me 植物人大佬，爱上我 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + devoted to one another + sweet romance] An Ran is a highly skilled neurosurgeon who should have been making a name for herself saving lives. Instead, her greedy stepmother and father force her into the dark depths of fate. Tempted by money, they push her into what seems like an endless, loveless marriage, marrying her off to Mu Tingchen, a legendary business tycoon left in a vegetative state after a car accident. Once, Mu Tingchen ruled the business world with an ir 1.1kReads6.4Score—Shelves
23. 123 你 How Did Things Come to This Between Us? 你我何至于此啊 Yan Ci Ah砚辞啊10k WordsCompleted How Did It Come to This Between Us? 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I felt so sad and angry after watching it. [I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry]

24. 124 破 After My Bankruptcy, My Ex-Boyfriend Became My Boss 破产后前男友成了我老板 Little Future Predictor预言小未来Two Male Leads625k WordsCompleted [Alternate Universe | Two Male Leads | Reunited After a Breakup | Redemption, Sweet and Angsty] The day Cheng Xi went bankrupt, he finally learned what it meant to have everyone turn against him. His parents and older brother fled overseas overnight and vanished without a trace. His fair-weather friends blocked him. And Gu Yun, the poor student he had once “forced” to live with him, was laughing and chatting at a café with a younger schoolmate. Cheng Xi quietly left the city. Three years later, 2.9kReads6.5Score179Shelves

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    So angsty! I couldn't sleep last night, and watching this made me even more depressed.

25. 125 禁 The Abstinent Tycoon Is Addicted to Me 禁欲大佬对我上瘾 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance144k WordsCompleted [1v1 sweet romance + both leads are devoted to each other + powerful man lowers his head] After getting drunk, Sheng Yanxi accidentally wandered into the presidential suite of Ling Jingchen, the fearsome “tyrant” of Hancheng. After one reckless night, she woke up, saw the outline of the man beside her, and was scared out of her wits. It was Ling Jingchen! The cold-faced tyrant whose slightest stomp could make all of Hancheng tremble! While he was still asleep, she fled in a panic. Ling Jingchen 3kReads—Score132Shelves
26. 126 乖 A Good Wife's Guide to Playing Bad 乖老婆装坏指南 Shun Jiu舜九Two Male Leads369k WordsCompleted Help: Last night, I got drunk and made a scene at a hot pot restaurant, then ordered a male escort. Now he wants me to be his wife. What should I do? After waking up with a hangover, Sheng Minyi felt like his world had collapsed! In his previous life, he was the cannon-fodder foil in a story about a real and a fake young master, the one whose place had been stolen. His family despised him, and he died horribly in the wilderness, with no one even claiming his body. Reborn, he decided that whoever 17.4kReads8.8Score441Shelves

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    Min-i means 1.1 Yuan in the slum dialect. It's because he was the prize his adoptive parents won at the gambling table after betting 1.1 Yuan, hence his name. [Almost crying][Almost crying][Almost crying][Almost crying]

27. 127 我 I Restored the Capital’s Tycoon’s Sight, and He Spoils Me Rotten 我让京圈大佬复明，他把我狠狠宠 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted [Substitute marriage, love after marriage, ex-husband’s redemption, sweet romance, both leads are virgins] Huo Jingchen had a fiery temper, devastating looks, and a decisive, domineering way of doing things. He was arrogant and unruly, with a strong streak of tsundere pride. He was recognized throughout the business world as a genius, famous for his ruthlessness and cunning. His decisive, ruthless methods earned him the nickname “Living Yama,” and made his business rivals tremble at the mere men 1.1kReads—Score100Shelves
28. 128 白 The White Moonlight’s Ultimate Power to Wound 白月光的顶级杀伤力 Huohuo the Painter画画的火火Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted Complete (alternate title: Snowflakes and the Moon) [Powerful playboy × college student] [Both leads are inexperienced in love + wealthy families + rekindled romance + remorseful pursuit + sweet romance + six-year age gap] Ying Xia and Lin Zhiyu had been together for years, and everyone said they were destined to fail. People said that men from his background could never love anyone sincerely. Ying Xia didn’t believe them. She loved him without hesitation. Until the day he married, when she watc 4.6kReads8.8Score245Shelves

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    It's super good but very heartbreaking.

29. 129 新 On Our Wedding Night, I Woke My Husband from His Coma 新婚夜，我让植物人老公苏醒了 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance169k WordsCompleted [Marriage before love + winning her back after breaking her heart + age gap + sweet romance + scheming male lead] Her older sister was suffering from kidney failure and urgently needed money for a transplant. Jiang Yawei swallowed her pride and went home to beg her scumbag father to pay for the surgery, only to catch her boyfriend of three years kissing Jiang Feifei, her half-sister. Her father and stepmother seized the chance to hold her sister’s life-saving money over her head, forcing her to 1.9kReads—Score146Shelves
30. 130 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 5.1kReads9.1Score362Shelves

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    She was crying so hard she couldn't breathe. [Crying][crying][crying]

31. 131 京 The Capital’s Power Player, His Wife’s One and Only 京圈大佬，独宠娇妻 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, deep love later + sweet romance + scheming male lead + regretful groveling + age gap] Su Tong never imagined her own father could be so blinded by greed that he’d use her as a bargaining chip and heartlessly send her to the bed of Gu Tingshen, a powerful figure in the capital’s elite circles. Gu Tingshen was notorious among the capital’s elite for being abstinent and calculating, intensely controlling, cold, domineering, and sharp-tongued. Everyone treated him with awe and fear. 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
32. 132 春 A Prayer for Spring 春的祷告 The Rest of My Life in Ruocheng若城余生Modern Romance53k WordsCompleted Sui Xiran’s life was marked by uncertainty from the very beginning. Her parents divorced, and her world was confined for years to the pale walls of hospital rooms. On sheets of paper, she drew the sea she had never seen, again and again. Then one day, a boy as warm as sunlight opened the door and entered the silent remainder of her life, bringing light and warmth with him. They met in a hospital room where the smell of disinfectant mingled with the light of spring, and fell for each other amid 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You should check it out, it's really good! [Almost crying]

33. 133 爆 Spoiled Rotten: The Green Tea Chancellor's Beloved Comes Back to Life 爆宠，绿茶丞相的心上人复活后 Kelisiting克莉斯汀Ancient Romance151k WordsCompleted [Clever, kind, and resilient heroine VS proud, refined hero who's a humble, fake-sweet puppy] [One-on-one sweet romance, the hero suffers, time gap, raising a child] Xu Zhaozhao once transmigrated three thousand years into the past, to the Jin Dynasty, to complete a mission. But the mission failed, and she was forced to marry Xie Zhen, the eldest son of the Xie family. They had a daughter, Xie Yunlu. At last, her organization came to retrieve her and send her back to the modern world. Then she r 3.1kReads7.6Score214Shelves

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    [Ten Thousand Mu of Books * One Mu of Selected Works] Highly Recommended Heartbreaking Novels [Top Post] Ancient Romance + Fantasy Romance + Infinite Flow! The process is extremely heartbreaking, but thankfully the ending is happy! The first and fourth books are incredibly heartbreaking! (If you like fantasy romance - gods fighting, come and see 👀 After reading, you'll feel that every character is three-dimensional, full, and very vivid, each with their own characteristics. The heartbreaking love between the two is also very well portrayed ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧) 📚 The first, third, and fifth books are heartbreaking for the male lead, while the second and fourth books are heartbreaking for the female lead first and then for the male lead.

34. 134 缅 Back from Northern Myanmar, I Marry a Beijing Tycoon 缅北归来，我嫁给京圈大佬 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance123k WordsCompleted [Forced Marriage + Powerful Tycoon’s Relentless Pursuit + Sweet Age-Gap Romance] After her boyfriend betrays her, Li Shiqi is sold to northern Myanmar. In her darkest hour, she happens upon Mu Tingye, the capital’s most powerful business tycoon, and only then manages to escape. Having fled a living hell, she is instead forced into marriage by the aloof, celibate business magnate. At first, Mu Tingye only wants to keep her under his thumb. But before long, he falls head over heels and spoils her 207Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 135 皇 The Empress Leaped to Her Death, and the Mad Tyrant Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 皇后纵身一跃，疯批暴君哭红了眼 Huang Dandan黄蛋蛋Ancient Romance635k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, devoted couple + palace intrigue + regretful pursuit, clear-headed heroine, everyone's unattainable ideal] Meng Tang is a gracious, gentle empress who never competes for favor. Everyone thinks she is a true white lotus standing tall in the harem, and even the tyrant believes it. He takes a new concubine, and she smiles, congratulates him, and arranges for the newcomer to spend the night with him. He sends her restorative medicine, and she obediently takes it, knowing full we 22kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
36. 136 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 40.3kReads9.7Score6.3kShelves
37. 137 怦 My Heart Beats Only for You 怦怦只为你 Elk Seventeen麋鹿十七Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted She pursues him at first, then he chases her later (many high school scenes have been removed, so read with caution if that bothers you!) Proud, aloof doctor × glamorous cellist “Xia Jiang, I like you. Have you decided if you’ll be my boyfriend yet?” Jiang Xia, beautiful and wild, fell for the arrogant, cold illegitimate son of a wealthy family, Xia Jiang. But Xia Jiang was sick of her, and everyone at Xuncheng No. 3 High School knew it. * Jiang Xia, the only daughter of a wealthy family in Xunc 2.1kReads8.6Score101Shelves

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    🌺The female lead has a heart condition that she hadn't had for over a decade, until that day when she overheard a conversation between the male lead's friends at a bar…🌿But on the night she actually left, he frantically grabbed her wrist…

38. 138 疯 The Mad, Unreasonable Divine Venerable Is Impossible to Placate: Make Another Move and I’ll Make You Cry! 疯批神尊超难哄，再动，弄哭你！ Tang Jueyu唐九珏Ancient Romance583k WordsCompleted [Devoted One-on-One Couple + Faithful to Each Other + Unrivaled Sweet Romance + Regret and Pursuit + Coercive Love + Happy Ending] [Obsessive, Unhinged God Venerable × Delicate, Beautiful Demoness] “Have I not treated you well? Can’t you even endure this little bit of pain for me?” With those few words, Lu Qingjue makes Sang Luo lose her demon bones, turning her from a demon into a half-demon, half-human. She endures the agony of her bones cracking once a month and bears Lu Qingjue’s repeated cr 720Reads8.4Score—Shelves
39. 139 重 Reborn as the Villainess, I Run Away Pregnant, and the Cold, Powerful Official Pursues Me to the Ends of the Earth 重生女配带球跑，清冷权臣追断腿 Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut栗子栗子栗栗子Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted [The Wife-Chasing Crematorium, the Second Male Lead Takes the Crown] On the day Fu Ci married, Jiang Wan went into a difficult labor. As she lay at death’s door, she thought back on her brief life and could only feel that it had all been absurd and laughable. Her father was a treacherous minister. After his crimes were exposed, his entire clan was sentenced to execution. Fu Ci was a brilliant prodigy, the youngest prime minister in the realm. For her sake, he set aside his pride and knelt in the 10.6kReads8.9Score630Shelves
40. 140 我 [Quick Transmigration] After I Died, the Male Lead Regretted Everything 【快穿】我死后男主追悔莫及 Fu Shu伏菽Modern Romance746k WordsCompleted [BE aesthetic | tearjerking and cathartic | no melodramatic angst | immersive slow transmigration | flirtatious White Moonlight x gentle, obsessive man | sweet and bittersweet | 1v1, both leads’ firsts | parallel-world happy-ending bonus chapters] World 1: Villainous fake heiress x loyal true young master World 2: Canary x owner World 3: Arrogant princess x future tyrant World 4: Bright, beautiful school bully and underachiever x poor, handsome top student World 5: Black-lotus stepmother x true 9.2kReads9.3Score795Shelves
41. 141 听 I Heard You Once Loved Me More Than Life 听说，你曾爱我如命 Wen Liu温流Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted Xie Jingchuan said, “My only wish is for you to disappear from my sight forever.” After five loveless years of marriage, Song Youran had become the person her husband hated most. Later, she really did disappear. Everyone said Mrs. Xie had brought it upon herself and deserved to die with no one to claim her body. But as one old secret after another came to light, he discovered... In the best years of her life, she had once given him the purest love. She had also risked her life for him amid the r 2.6kReads6.6Score153Shelves

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    Oh my god, look! She's crying uncontrollably! [Crying][crying][crying]

42. 142 重 Reborn as a Slave, I Drive the Obsessive Emperor to Madness 重生为奴，偏执帝王为我疯魔 Rolled into a Ball卷成团Ancient Romance266k WordsCompleted [Not your typical palace intrigue; romance takes center stage, with little palace scheming. A historical romance about a domineering CEO chasing his wife, with plenty of angst] In her previous life, she married into the Eastern Palace and gave Pei Yan her whole heart. He ignored her, devoted only to the woman he cherished. A cruel twist of fate led to her untimely death. Three years later, she is reborn as the young palace maid who once served her personally. Pei Yan, now emperor, keeps her by 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is an unconventional rebirth-themed romance novel where the female lead is reborn into another person's body three years in the future, while the male lead starts out in a crematorium. Both leads suffer together [laughing and crying emoji].

43. 143 大 The Imperial Consort of the Great Sheng Dynasty 大盛皇妃 Shu Yiyu书亦娱Ancient Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Ensemble cast + revenge + black lotus heroine + not both virgins + high-IQ palace intrigue rising to political power struggles + tragic romance + alternate history + love rivals The palace is the main battleground: beneath its dazzling, extravagant facade are witty, charming daily moments and a brutal core of deadly conflict. Palace secrets are portrayed in meticulous detail. Some content may be upsetting. A bad ending. If you enjoy it, please leave a five-star review. Ling Longxiu was born to a 545Reads—Score102Shelves

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    A tragic ending story, a subversive palace intrigue masterpiece, meticulously depicting palace secrets with an unconventional plot. The logic is clear, the daily life is lighthearted and humorous, the power struggles are intense, and the female protagonist is ridiculed upon entering the palace. She must rely entirely on herself. There are no cheat codes, no time travel, and no reincarnation; she navigates the treacherous and dark harem. The content may be disturbing, and some readers may find it too emotionally draining. The female protagonist, a discarded wife, cleverly uses schemes to achieve multiple goals while seeking revenge. Have you ever seen a palace intrigue novel where both men and women fight? It portrays the tragedy of ancient feudalism, showcasing the brutality of court struggles and the complexities of human nature.

44. 144 不 It Was Just Pretend Dating That Turned Real, So What If I’m Addicted? 不就是假戏真做，上瘾怎么了 Know the Mist, Don't Feel Like Talking知雾不想言Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted (Rating just posted, it'll go up) Brooding, obsessive man x resilient innocent girl [Forced Marriage | Obsessive Love | Substitute | Chasing Her to the Crematorium | Saving Each Other | Reunion After Years Apart] Ji Cheng died in the inheritance murder plot he'd set up to take the fortune from his twin brother, Ji Hang. When Ji Hang rose from the pool of blood, he discovered that the bride about to marry his brother was Wen Zhi, the woman he'd secretly loved for years. A mad idea took root in hi 4.3kReads8.6Score292Shelves

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    1️⃣ Forced marriage x bittersweet redemption x substitution. Taking the place of his deceased twin brother and marrying his bride 😗 A brooding, obsessive maniac x a resilient, innocent girl; the tension is palpable. The male lead is an excellent cook, so you can enjoy it without worry.

45. 145 日 Thinking of You Day and Night 日撕夜想 Know the Mist, Don't Feel Like Talking知雾不想言Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted Cool, aloof songbird x obsessive, lovesick man [Forced possession | Intense push and pull | Healing | Happy ending | Sweet and angsty, with coercion | Flirtatious and sensual, both leads are sexually inexperienced] In the shadow of an overlooked terrace, Song Ning is pinned against the cold railing as Fu Jinshen kisses her deeply. His palm presses into her waist, her lipstick stains his lips, yet his gaze passes over her shoulder and meets Lin Jichuan's eyes as he finally looks over from insid 1.9kReads8.2Score116Shelves
46. 146 双 Double Rebirth: She Lost Her Memories and Love, He Pursues His Wife Relentlessly 双重生：她失忆忘情，他缠撩追妻 Jiu Dai九黛Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted [Starts on campus, then moves to the city + both leads are reborn + sweetness and angst intertwined + winning back the wife] A gentle, pure-hearted fairy vs. a refined young master Three gunshots rang out at a seaside wedding. Tong Xiao and Hua Qianqian fell in pools of blood. Their deaths brought an end to the hatred and to a love that could never be fulfilled. When they woke again, it was fifty years later! In this life, Hua Qianqian has lost her memories and wakes up in a man’s arms. He says 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book really wrung me out! Two people who clearly love each other are unable to be together because of the hatred of the previous generation [crying]. After being reborn, the villainous female supporting character causes trouble, preventing the male and female leads from being together! But their interactions are quite sweet~ Oh, and the female lead turns evil at the end! So satisfying! That's how it should be!

47. 147 怪 You're Too Dazzling! 怪你太耀眼！ Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted The print edition is now available. [Happy ending, both leads devoted to each other + healing + secret love becomes mutual] [Sunny girl X hearing-impaired boy] Jiang Er was killed by a tractor. Jiang Er was reborn. The bad news: she's now a high school sophomore with more resentment than a ghost. The worse news: Fu Tinghan, the not-so-familiar husband she'll have in the future, is in her class. In their previous life, they were married for two years, yet remained strangers. An arranged mar 37.3kReads9.4Score6.5kShelves

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    It's angsty but has a happy ending. [Kissing emoji][Kissing emoji]

48. 148 重 Our Reunion Descends into Chaos, and Love's Redemption Comes Too Late 重逢失序，赎爱迟 One Big Fish Head一条大鱼头Modern Romance277k WordsCompleted [Reunion after a long separation + a groveling chase for his wife + seven-year age gap + a powerful man bowing to love] - When Jian Ding first entered the working world, she met the first man who ever made her heart flutter. He was strikingly handsome and composed, the heir to a top global financial group, yet came from a family where neither parent cared for him. Song Xunbai wasn't much of a talker and rarely smiled. His face was usually set in a stern expression. Even when they were dating, hi 13.7kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves

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    I was watching the drama "Early Spring Sunny" recently and it reminded me of this post. It made me feel really heartbroken [laughing and crying emoji].

49. 149 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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    Ahhhh, this is an incredibly good BL (Boys' Love) angst novel! The protagonist is the white moonlight of early morning dreams in every world, and he also suffers from various illnesses that will make your heart ache. Happy ending!

50. 150 我 Those Ten Years of Ours 我们那十年 CrerModern Romance315k WordsCompleted Song Yanzhi had quietly loved Xu Yuanzhou for ten years. Throughout those years, she followed closely in his footsteps and worked hard, even changing the course of her life for him. After a twist of fate brought them together, she ultimately left covered in wounds. Xu Yuanzhou always thought his feelings for Song Yanzhi came from a sense of responsibility. It wasn't until she quietly disappeared from his world that he realized that, through all their time together, this girl had already made her 12Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    The female lead secretly loves the male lead. After they unexpectedly get together, the male lead's ex-girlfriend returns, and the two become entangled, causing the female lead great suffering. She ultimately suffers a miscarriage and, heartbroken, leaves. The male lead then regrets pursuing her.

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