Give Me All the Heartbreaking Angst! The Kind That Hurts So Much You’re Up at Midnight!!! 虐虐虐虐文，半夜虐的心痛那中！！！

1. 51 姜 Jiang Wei: Father-in-Law and Son-in-Law Serve the Same Court 姜维：翁婿同朝 A Pearl in Hand明珠在手Female-Channel Fanfiction632k WordsCompleted Complete. An unofficial history of the Three Kingdoms!! The story of young general Jiang Wei's life, from his return to Shu to his death for his country: the Northern Expeditions and a love story. Jiang Wei and his wife Fei Zhao, daughter of Fei Yi and a county princess of Shu Han, embrace as they die for their country. Ten thousand bolts from the repeating crossbow pierce them, and she carries their unborn twins. The Sima clan means to separate them; when they cannot, they cut them apart. The h 84Reads—Score—14d adds

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   All characters suffer tragic endings. In the chaotic Three Kingdoms period, everyone is caught in the crossfire; the sweeter the beginning, the more painful the end. This is true in over a dozen parallel worlds, where all beings suffer, desires are unfulfilled, and happiness is never possible. (Multiple perspectives in the side stories, even more heartbreaking moments.) The second male lead secretly loves the most talented. He appears thirty chapters late, missing out on opportunities by seven or eight years, loving painfully and humbly. In his final desperate act of madness, he dies, his clan is wiped out, and he suffers eternal damnation, his name repeatedly tarnished by many. Even after his death, more people continue to discover traces of his deep love. In over a dozen different side story "IF" scenarios, he still struggles to find a happy ending (he is tortured countless times in different ways).

2. 52 你 You Watch Her Perform, I’ll Announce Our Divorce 你看她表演，我公告离婚 Little Sister Won't Listen妹妹不听话Modern Romance453k WordsCompleted Tomatoes are the most satisfying! The hero and second male lead get divorced The male lead watches the green tea put on a show, while the heroine goes straight to the newspapers and announces their divorce! A powerful financial magnate * a young lady whose family has fallen on hard times Married first, love later * both leads are sexually inexperienced Every male character in the story is a virgin, whether he's the second or third male lead... Xu Qing'an married Shen Yuanyuan simply because he t 11.5kReads7.1Score34414d adds

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   Chasing After His Wife to the Funeral Home! The most satisfying story of a male protagonist and supporting male character getting divorced! The opening chapter is agonizing for the female lead. The male lead hasn't touched the female lead for a year after their marriage, then turns off his phone to watch a scheming woman's performance. The female lead is in a car accident, and he immediately announces their divorce and disappears. Five years later, the male lead is heartbroken and desperately chasing after his wife and child...

3. 53 在 I Found a Beauty in the Trash 在垃圾桶里捡到尤物 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads250k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Yandere + Younger Top + Possessiveness + Captivity + Unhinged] On a rainy night, icy rain washed over the city’s concrete jungle, scrubbing at the filth hidden away in its dark corners. Lu Jiuyuan sat in the back of a warm, luxurious car, gazing indifferently at the neon lights streaming past the fogged-up window. The driver was steady at the wheel. Inside the car, only the lilting notes of classical music and the low hum of the air conditioner could be heard. Flawless appearan 12Reads6.9Score—14d adds

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   You can enter, you can enter, you can enter

4. 54 他 His Little Fool Doesn't Cry Anymore 他的小傻子不爱哭了 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [BL + both pure + angst + just rated] In a corner of Shengying Noble High School, there was always a figure named Su Nian. As the illegitimate son the Su family kept hidden from the world, he had suffered a childhood accident that left him with a brain injury. He was always half a beat slower than everyone else, and his clear eyes were often filled with timid confusion. When classmates mocked and shoved him, all he could do was tear up, like a little beast nobody wanted. In the hallway, Su Nian 9.4kReads9.3Score70314d adds
5. 55 渡 Take Me Across the Abyss: A Fatal Attraction 渡我深渊：致命吸引 Ye Ye Zi叶叶紫Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Amnesia and the Pursuit of His Wife · Fleeing While Pregnant · The Body Remembers · Family Power Struggles · A Child Bombshell · He forgot the whole world, but couldn’t forget the instinct to love her. Two tangled love stories, both unable to escape the deep bonds of fate. [Forbidden Reunion · Fate Sets Things in Motion from the Start] At twenty-nine, seven years after their breakup, Xiang Lan found herself standing without warning before her ex-boyfriend Min Xiao’s memorial. The man in the pho 28Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 56 她 She’s Even More Unhinged Than in Her Previous Life, and She’s Here to Tame the Gentle Tyrant 她比前世更疯批，专治温柔暴君 Ye Ye Zi叶叶紫Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted First life: Tyrannical princess + gentle tyrant + national enmity and family vendettas + love turned to hatred = blood feud Second life: A beauty trains her dog + a puppy-like wolf of a young heir + an older woman who charms both men and women + intelligence and courage = ? [Female-dominant world. Both leads are pure in both lives.] In her previous life, Pei Nanyi, the most radiant Princess Jialing of Dayan, was left disgraced after her husband died in battle. In a blizzard, Helian Qi, the third 6Reads7.0Score—14d adds
7. 57 长 Chronicles of Changting 长汀记 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Ancient Romance168k WordsCompleted Legend has it that long ago, a divine dragon lived in the Changting River. With all living beings in its heart, wherever it went, the seasons brought favorable weather, fruits grew in abundance, and the people lived in peace and prosperity. The Dragon King could only send rain after receiving an order from the Heavenly Emperor. But the divine dragon defied the order and made rain on its own, violating the laws of Heaven. As punishment, it was trapped beneath the Changting River, unable to move. 2Reads6.8Score—14d adds
8. 58 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 2.3kReads8.9Score22914d adds

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   A masterpiece with a 9-point rating, super enjoyable and a no-brainer recommendation!!! Life is like duckweed, gathering and scattering, nothing to doubt. Morality and ethics collide with love. The most regrettable thing is not the order in which people appear in our lives, but being destined to meet but not to be together.

9. 59 都 Urban: After I Leave, You Have to Live Well! 都市：我走后，你一定要好好的！ Rest the Mind息心Urban110k WordsCompleted [Male-oriented + urban romance + heartbreak + soul-crushing drama + short story] One month before the college entrance exams. Su Yang goes to the hospital for a checkup, only to be told by the doctor that he has just three months to live. He doesn’t want to worry anyone, and doesn’t even tell his childhood friend, Liu Xue. He just wants to leave this world quietly, all alone. But Su Yang has long been part of Liu Xue’s plans for the future. When she frantically finds him... Su Yang: “Liu Xue, I’ 54Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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   Short, angst-filled male-oriented novels, recommended for you.

10. 60 弃 The Tearless Orphan II 弃儿无泪二 Mu Feng Wuchen, Branch Office沐枫无尘分号Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted From the day she was born, she was abandoned by her family. After many twists and turns, she was finally taken in with compassion by her current adoptive parents. But life still had no smiles for her. For the sake of the family’s livelihood, her adoptive mother often tried to set her life on a predetermined path. Trapped by layer upon layer of restrictions, her future seemed shrouded in gloom. She had no say in her marriage, and even after starting a family and building a career, she could not e 20Reads—Score—14d adds

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    If you don't cry, I'll eat my hat.

11. 61 老 Don't Be Afraid, Honey. I Have a Redemption System to Help Me Win You Back 老婆别怕，我有赎罪系统换我追你 One Bored Rich Lady无聊富婆一枚Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted “Runaway Heiress x Possessive New Money Peacock” “Mind Reading + Both Reborn + Wife-Chasing System” * In her previous life, Song Yi was an untouchable heiress who treated Jiang Lin like a plaything. She took him by force, abandoned him, then left the country without a second thought. Later, when the Song family went bankrupt, he was the only person who could save her. He trapped her in a five-year marriage, holding her captive. Everyone said Jiang Lin was a distant, untouchable flower: cold, ele 3.1kReads—Score12614d adds

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    In her past life, the eldest daughter of the Song family treated him like a plaything. After the family went bankrupt, she was imprisoned for five years by the obsessive male lead. Reborn at the age of seventeen, she desperately tries to escape him, but he relentlessly pursues her.

12. 62 山 Dancing Elms in the Mountain Wind 山风舞榆 Ying Canhanran瑛灿瀚然Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted The Mountain Wind Dances with the Elm 83Reads—Score114d adds
13. 63 恰 Just Like Your Sorrow 恰似你的忧伤 Fish Lantern Su鱼灯苏Modern Romance55k WordsCompleted Much Like Your Sorrow 14Reads—Score—14d adds

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    When longing becomes an intractable illness, when the time we didn't have time to settle becomes the past, a specimen, after you left, my right hand aches constantly, a dull ache, just like your brightness, just like your sorrow. 😢 [Already hooked]

14. 64 万 Love Through a Thousand Torments: A Collection of Tortured Romances 万劫情深：虐恋短篇集 Frostblade of Ruicheng瑞城的寒霜剑Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted The bone-deep tenderness of concealing a terminal illness, the blood-curdling devotion of being bound as a substitute, a thousand-year obsession spanning the divide between life and death, and a battlefield farewell sealed by the flames of war... Every short story is a trial of love taken to its utmost extreme. They were once each other’s light, only to be ground to ash by fate. They spent the rest of their lives loving with all they had, yet it was never enough to overcome misunderstandings, pr —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I advise you not to click on it easily, lest you cry your eyes out; even more so, I fear that after reading it, you'll be filled with sorrow and unable to move on for a long time. I bet no one can turn the last page with a smile.

15. 65 一 One Short Tragic Romance Story a Day 一天一个短篇虐文故事 Frostblade of Ruicheng瑞城的寒霜剑Modern Romance4.2M WordsCompleted A Collection of Tragic Short Stories: Every Word Bleeds, Every Line Leaves You Aching One devastatingly heartbreaking short story every day! Modern-day missed chances intertwine with sorrows from ancient times, along with bone-deep pain drawn from true stories. These tales lay bare life’s regrets, every word striking straight to the heart until it hurts to read! If you finish without being moved, I’ll call you my “ancestor.” Come take on this lingering ache! 43Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 66 樊 Dawn Within the Cage 樊笼内的破晓 Old Qinggan老青柑Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted Some people are born trapped in a cage. Invisible barriers, woven from the soil of one’s upbringing, the path laid out in advance, the constraints of one’s surroundings, the cocoon of one’s perceptions, and the shackles of morality, build a cold, solid cage that holds her captive. She is raised within it, as if this were all life could ever be. If she does not awaken, if she does not save herself, the ending is clear: the cage will silently devour her, and she will vanish in a slow death. Yet de 3Reads9.3Score—14d adds

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    I recommend some angst-filled novels, they're really good.

17. 67 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼55k WordsCompleted The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 342Reads—Score814d adds

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    [The lines that made me cry until I was breathless all came from the same book—] "Sir, you've mistaken me for someone else. My name is Chiba Kaoruko, and I grew up in Japan." Turning the corner, she crouched down in a secluded spot, covering her mouth and weeping silently. "Don't touch me! If you dare touch me, I'll kill myself by banging my head against the wall!" *He slept on the floor in silence for four months. Until she was slapped by her older brother—he rushed to protect her, his eyes red as he gently stroked her cheek: "Does it hurt?" * "When you come back… I have a surprise for you." It was the news of her pregnancy. He would never receive this gift again. "In my whole life, I've only ever hurt you, I've never touched her in the slightest." "If there's a next life, let's be an ordinary couple, okay?" She answered, "Yes. Okay." But her gaze was fixed on Jiangnan, on the man in the blue robe by the river that year. She loved him, but gave her life to another. She gave her life, but her heart could never be retrieved. This isn't a fast-paced, satisfying read; it's a slow, agonizing read: *Butterfly Shadow Returns to Dust* | The pinnacle of Republican-era tragic romance | A must-read for those seeking a tragic ending.

18. 68 越 The More Off-Roading, the More Addictive It Gets 越野越上瘾 A Passing Guest in the Flow of Time往事流年稍作客Ancient Romance111k WordsOngoing ◆ Powerful leads tame each other ◆ Obsessive Emperor × Proud, Defiant Princess ◆ Explosive revenge plot ◆ A tragic romance that lasts until death ◆ “You once shackled me. Now I’ll repay you by turning your empire into a cage.” “Ye Huang, the wilder you get, the more addictive it becomes. This time, I’ll play along with you all the way to the depths of hell.” She was Liang’s most bewitching and unruly Ninth Princess, Helian Ye Huang. Three hundred li beyond the capital stood the royal hunting gro 1Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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