Short Angsty Stories Where the Heroine Dies and the Male Lead Regrets It 女主死了 男主后悔的短篇虐文

1. 1 陆 Mr. Lu, Are You Satisfied Now That She’s Dead? 陆先生，她死了你可满意 Lu Yitang鹿苡糖Modern Romance43k WordsCompleted “Mr. Lu, are you satisfied now that she's dead?” Sang Yuwan looked at him coldly. She truly wished she could kill the despicable man standing before her with her own hands. “Who are you trying to fool? You think putting her photo on some random urn makes it her? Ridiculous!” Lu Cichuan's eyes were faintly red as he stared fixedly at Sang Yuwan, as if he could still brazenly torment Li Mo as long as Sang Yuwan said she wasn't dead. But... Sang Yuwan was gone. That was true. 3.2kReads6.6Score29814d adds

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   In all of them, the female lead dies and the male lead regrets it, and they're all short. Don't let the low ratings fool you, they're really good.

2. 2 终 At Last, I Admit Defeat 终于愿赌服输 Spring Thunder Cannon春雷炮Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted “Why couldn't you be the one who got sick?” “Why couldn't you be the one who died?” With drunken eyes, the man bends down and whispers the most heartless words in the gentlest voice. But he doesn't know that she really is going to die. 13.1kReads8.2Score86314d adds
3. 3 我 After I Died, My Forensic Pathologist Husband Dissected Me with His Own Hands 我死后，法医丈夫亲手解剖了我 Stealing a Moment of Pleasure半晌贪欢Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted After I died, my forensic pathologist husband dissected me with his own hands 522Reads—Score714d adds

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   The female lead died, and the male lead went through a "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" ordeal.

4. 4 救 I Saved Him from a Fire, but He Mistook Someone Else for His Savior 救他火场重伤，他却错认恩人 Stealing a Moment of Pleasure半晌贪欢Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted I rescued him from a fire when he was badly injured, but he mistook someone else for his savior. 126Reads—Score314d adds
5. 5 姐 After My Sister Was Paralyzed, I Became Her Substitute 姐姐瘫痪后，我成了她替身 Stealing a Moment of Pleasure半晌贪欢Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted After My Sister Was Paralyzed, I Became Her Replacement 58Reads—Score314d adds
6. 6 替 The Substitute 替身 Stealing a Moment of Pleasure半晌贪欢8k WordsCompleted Substitute 726Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 7 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 79.3kReads9.7Score13.8k14d adds

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   The first book, only 27 chapters long, made me cry from the very first chapter to the very last. I swear it's the first angst-filled novel I've ever finished reading; my eyes were swollen from crying!!! The second book, 37 chapters in total, is written by a Peking University graduate student with exceptionally good writing. I couldn't resist rereading it; it's very heartbreaking and poignant.

8. 8 我 After I Died, Everyone Was Left to Regret It 我死后，全员火葬场 Xiaoxiang Rain潇湘雨15k WordsCompleted After I Died, Everyone Held a Cremation for Me 40Reads—Score—14d adds

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   I've been dead for three months, and Fu Hansheng was completely unaware. His heart was entirely devoted to my half-sister, Jiang Miaomiao. He accompanied her to her doctor's, gave her the best care, and even set off fireworks all night on her birthday to make her happy. Hearing that those who see the Northern Lights will be blessed with lifelong happiness, Fu Hansheng actually accompanied Jiang Miaomiao to Northern Europe to see the aurora borealis while I was pregnant. As for me, his legally married partner, Fu Hansheng never cared. He always assumed that no matter what he did, I would obediently wait for him to come home. Until the police found my fragmented remains and, based on DNA testing, tracked down Fu Hansheng. Knowing the truth, Fu Hansheng went mad! He didn't let anyone who harmed me get away with it, including himself.

9. 9 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

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   The female protagonist committed suicide by jumping off a building.

10. 10 死 After I Died, He Began to Love Me 死后，他开始爱我 Mu Shuilin木水林Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted Sang Yuan never expected that, after an accident, her husband Gu Yuhui would have his memories sent back to when he was eighteen, a time when he loved someone else. Every night, Gu Yuhui would regain a month’s worth of memories. In those dreams, he fell in love with his unrequited love all over again. He was convinced there was no love in his marriage to Sang Yuan. Then Sang Yuan died, and his memories returned to the moment they first met. She had been a ray of light that illuminated his world 5.9kReads9.1Score40014d adds

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    🍀①After losing his memory, the male lead pushed the female lead down for his "white moonlight" (his first love), causing her to bleed to death. After her death, he regained his memory and was filled with remorse… 🍀③Xia Man died on the day of his engagement. She waited for the flowers to bloom, but she couldn't wait for the person who would accompany her to see them… [Upvote][Upvote]

11. 11 薄 Goodbye Forever, Brother Bo 薄哥哥，再也不见了 Bunny Pillow兔兔抱枕Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted [Heartbreaking] When she learned she had only a year to live, Bo Qingyuan fled, escaping the hell Bo Muchao had kept her in for six years. She was an unwanted extra, taken in when the Bo family adopted Bo Yinyin. For five years, she served as a bone marrow donor for Bo Yinyin. After Yinyin died, everyone called her a murderer and said she had to atone. Six years imprisoned, six years tormented. Surely she had paid for even the gravest sin by now? At the end of her life, she said, “Brother Bo, le 3.1kReads6.7Score27214d adds
12. 12 奈 Alas, the Years Have Wasted My Love 奈何流年枉情深 A Ying阿影Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted “Manman, Jin Liang isn’t someone you can afford to love.” Three years ago, Xia Man ignored her father’s advice and stubbornly fell in love with Jin Liang. From then on, she flew straight into the flames, doomed to ruin. She endured humiliation and went to prison just to protect the person he held dearest. His heartlessness left her utterly despairing. After she was left battered and bruised, she stopped loving him. But he searched the ends of the earth for her, arriving before her, weary fro 551Reads6.0Score—14d adds
13. 13 出 After Her Release From Prison, Her Childhood Friend Leaves Her Mute and Mindless 出狱后，她被竹马虐得又傻又哑 Cheng Zhi城稚Modern Romance166k WordsCompleted [Angst, childhood sweethearts, physical torment, heartbreak, groveling for a second chance] As the saying goes, “Fools are blessed.” But Yuan Xi, this little fool, had no such luck. That little fool never had a blessed day in her life. In the end, she was left with nothing. She didn’t know how things had ended up this way. They weren’t supposed to be like this. It was cold, so terribly cold. Why didn’t anyone care? In the corner of a dark room, the girl trembled silently. “Please don’t abandon m 32.4kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds
14. 14 等 Waiting for Wind and Rain, But Never for You 等风等雨，等不到你 Xie Man谢漫Modern Romance53k WordsCompleted Xu Zhengxi believed that as long as she held on, love and marriage would eventually lead her to brighter days. She gave up studying abroad, threw away her future, and abandoned her dreams, all to be the person he could confide in. He called her cruel and coldhearted. She once smiled and replied, “Because I love you.” Later, when her life hung by a thread, he remained as indifferent as ever. She took off her ring and returned it to him, smiling faintly. “Let’s get divorced.” She had compassio 312Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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    All four books feature male protagonists who initially dislike and hate female protagonists, but ultimately regret their actions after the female protagonist dies.

15. 15 世 No One in the World Is Like Her Anymore 世上无人再像她 Fo Jiu佛九Modern Romance40k WordsCompleted Shen Ange knew that love could leave you battered to the bone, but without love she would become a walking corpse. Stubbornly, she believed that life was long enough for her to wait until he came back to her. In the end, though, she could no longer hold on... 1.6kReads8.1Score17414d adds
16. 16 我 I Once Promised You a Golden Age of Joy 我曾许你盛世欢颜 Flirtatious Little Bottle风流小瓶子Modern Romance44k WordsCompleted Ye Chen waits for his Mrs. Ye, from the days when youth was like a dream until her hair turns white as snow. But he will never know that his Mrs. Ye was buried long ago in that rotten, muddy grave... 1.6kReads6.6Score27214d adds
17. 17 曾 There Was Once Someone Who Loved Me Like Life Itself 曾有一个人，爱我如生命 Rolling the Sun into a Ball搓圆太阳Modern Romance47k WordsCompleted For more than twenty years, Shen Siyan had stubbornly loved a man named Xiao Zonghan. Even when he resented and hated her, she had never thought of giving up. But now, she was reaching the end of her strength... 1.2kReads6.5Score16614d adds

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    A short, angsty story where the female protagonist dies right at the beginning.

18. 18 我 I Love You, I Deserve to Die 我爱你，我该死 Rice Candy米糖糖Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted Song Xixi spent more than a decade loving a man. In the end, she died at the hands of the person she loved most. He wanted her kidney, and she gave it to him. He wanted her life, and she gave it to him. He wanted her to turn back and love him once more, but she knew there was no going back... 166Reads5.0Score—14d adds

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    The female lead is dead, and the male lead suddenly becomes deeply in love!

19. 19 非 Neither Family nor Stranger 非亲非故非陌生 Forest Bath森之汤Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted For thirteen years, Song Li endured He Qian’s torment and humiliation, walking on eggshells every single day. The truth finally came to light in the year He Qian loved her most, but by then, nothing could change Song Li’s resolve to die... Only when He Qian held the blood-soaked woman in his arms did he truly understand what despair meant. 6.4kReads8.8Score26914d adds

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    🍀①The male lead suffered amnesia in a car accident, forgetting the female lead and becoming indifferent to her. He pushed her away for his "white moonlight" (his first love), causing her to bleed to death...[Sad] 🍀②Shen Nian hesitated; she saw a glimmer of hope; she was almost able to have happiness. Lu Lingchuan, why did you abandon her? Why didn't you save her...[Crying][crying][crying]

20. 20 再 I'll Never Love You Again 再也不要爱你 Hard to Kill难杀Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted A short, heart-wrenching story. Extremely heartbreaking! So much melodrama and angst! Read with caution! Please ignore the extra chapter. The author wrote it while losing their mind, and sincerely apologizes! Jian Meng is dying, and Ji Jing’an doesn’t know. He’s busy worrying about his wedding to someone else, indifferent to the poor woman at home. He has always believed Jian Meng would wait for him forever, just as she has for the past ten years. It was the last winter, and Jian Meng’s last bir 17.8kReads8.2Score97414d adds

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    This is an incredibly angsty short story! The male lead didn't cherish the female lead when she was alive, but he deeply regretted it after her death… ✨① The female lead loved him for ten years. When she was dying, he was preoccupied with his wedding to someone else. He thought she was joking when she died, but he was filled with immense regret after finally realizing she was dead.

21. 21 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 68.9kReads9.5Score12.5k14d adds

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    The book that made me cry

22. 22 厉 President Li, Your Wife Doesn’t Deserve to Die 厉总，夫人她罪不至死 The Music Never Ceases笙笙不息Modern Romance3.4M WordsCompleted Shen Zhichu had given him her whole heart for sixteen years, only to be told to leave with nothing, just so he could make room for the woman he had always loved. Li Jingshen thought he would be happy once that woman was gone, until he received her diagnosis... He rushed over in a panic, only to find her holding someone else’s hand. “Why didn’t you tell me you had stomach cancer?” “Weren’t you hoping I’d die sooner?” Shen Zhichu laughed scornfully. “Li Jingshen, I don’t want to spend the last of 8.9kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds
23. 23 我EN After I Died, the Scumbag Went Mad 我死后，渣男疯了 July Chestnut七月栗子Modern Romance998k WordsCompleted I loved Fu Mingyu for ten years, but he made me lure a deranged serial killer out for the sake of his unattainable first love, determined to see me dead. In the end, I really did die at the killer's hands... But when he saw my corpse, he went mad. When I woke again, I had been reborn in the body of a strange woman, and the husband lying beside me looked exactly like the killer who had brutally murdered me... 6kReads8.8Score62914d adds

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    🌿The female lead is so pitiful, repeatedly hurt by the male lead for his unrequited love. ♉️On that fatal night, the male lead, protecting his new love, cruelly forced the female lead to lure a murderer, leading to her tragic death. Even in death, she couldn't find peace; her body was made into a specimen and confined in a glass display case. 🎋And Fu Mingyu, who had been constantly hurting the female lead, 🌈s suddenly went mad at this moment. But what use was his madness now? The female lead was ultimately pushed into endless darkness and death by his own hands, never to return.

24. 24 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 5.1kReads9.1Score36114d adds

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    The female lead is dead. [Crying][crying][crying]

25. 25 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8k14d adds
26. 26 古 A Piece of Cake, Even Running the Gangsters 古惑仔扛把子什么的，拿捏 Snow at Dusk一暮之雪Female-Channel Fanfiction103k WordsCompleted [Inspired by the setting and characters of the Young and Dangerous movies. This is a fictional story! It may be a little absurd, so just have fun reading and don't take it too seriously!] [Strong Female Lead] [Male Lead Is Not Chaste] [The Heroine Has Been Kissed and Hugged by Others] [Twelve-Year Age Gap] Jiang Tiansheng, head of the Hongxing Society, brings home a strange woman, setting off a storm of bloodshed and chaos. She is highly intelligent and well educated, yet swears like a sailor an 504Reads—Score—14d adds

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    1. To save a woman who looked exactly like Little Stutterer, Chan Ho-nam pushed her away. She was disfigured and died tragically before his eyes. His hair turned white overnight… 2. After signing the divorce papers, his wife and his first love were kidnapped simultaneously. He instinctively chose the first love, who was pregnant with his child. After his wife fell into the deep sea, he went insane… 3. He secretly married the female lead for the sake of his first love. After she returned, he divorced her. Due to her childhood experiences, the female lead chose to jump into the sea while pregnant. After learning of her pregnancy, the male lead guarded her belongings for three years…

27. 27 生 A Deadly Game: If You Want Me Dead, Then Let's Fall Together 生死局，让我去死，那就一起堕落 Snow at Dusk一暮之雪Modern Romance181k WordsCompleted [Adapted from a novel I love. The story will go wherever I want it to!] [Both leads are each other’s only one] A domineering, arrogant jerk who likes forcing people into love; a cool, stubborn, unhinged woman who refuses to be controlled. Neither is a good person. They’re both masters of talking tough and hurting each other. At first, the heroine has no one to rely on, and the hero schemes against her until she’s left with nothing. Later, she returns in triumph, proving that the so-called favore 369Reads5.6Score—14d adds
28. 28 为 He Abandoned His Pregnant Wife, Married in Secret for a Year, for His First Love 为了白月光抛弃隐婚一年怀孕的妻 Snow at Dusk一暮之雪Modern Romance100k WordsCompleted Lan Ruotong: Are you sick? Mo Yechen: Do you have any medicine? A domineering military officer secretly marries his wife for a year while waiting for the woman he never forgot. When his old flame returns, he divorces his young wife. In a fit of anger, she jumps into the sea while pregnant. The domineering officer is consumed with regret and keeps vigil over his wife’s belongings for three years. After returning, Lan Ruotong (Fu Yiyi) is no longer the pushover she used to be. Can she accept the o 7.9kReads8.5Score45914d adds
29. 29 用 Love So Deep, Desolation to the Bone 用情至深，刺骨荒凉 Lan Xiaoxi蓝小溪Modern Romance30k WordsCompleted To save the woman he loved, she lay on the operating table and endured the agony of having her kidney removed. But she never imagined he could be cruel enough to have their child taken from her with his own hands, cause her parents’ deaths, and finally drive her to the end of her rope… 86Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    These books are all so short, the female leads all die and the male leads regret it [crying emoji][crying emoji][crying emoji]. I read them for 4 hours and cried for 3 hours [crying emoji][crying emoji][crying emoji].

30. 30 厉 After Lord Li’s Perfect Image Crumbles, Secretary Shen Can’t Escape 厉爷人设崩塌后，沈秘书她逃不掉 May Blossoms五月番花Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Sweet Romance + Devoted Husband + Mutual Devotion] [Cold, obsessive CEO with a disturbing, possessive streak × Cool, beautiful personal secretary] Shen Nanci, the third young lady of the Shen family, is the personal secretary to the CEO of the Li Group. She bears a striking resemblance to Su Qingnuan, Li Hengyan’s unrequited love and a top-tier star in the entertainment industry, though only by about forty percent. For the sake of the family business, Shen Nanci’s father sold her to L 3.1kReads8.8Score19214d adds

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    These books are absolutely wildly popular in this genre; this is a must-read, the first one of its kind! [Sending hearts][Almost crying][Sending hearts][Almost crying]

31. 31 重 Reborn, I Remarried, and My Ex-Husband Panicked 重生后改嫁，前夫急了 Two Pigs and a Mouse两只猪一只鼠Ancient Romance100k WordsCompleted [Both protagonists are reborn] [The husband chases his wife, but never wins her back] The key point: the heroine has given up on her former husband * In her previous life, Xie Zhuxin's father accidentally saved Yi Yunxiao, the badly wounded Marquis of Zhenbei. They married, but three years later she overheard her drunken husband speaking the truth: in his eyes, their marriage had been nothing more than “repaying a favor by taking advantage of it.” That very night, Xie Zhuxin wrote a divorce agr 997Reads8.6Score10414d adds

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    The female lead's ex-husband regretted his actions after her death in her previous life. After being reborn twice, he relentlessly pursued her, but she chose someone else.

32. 32 傅 President Fu’s Cold-Hearted Guilty Wife 傅总的冷情罪妻 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [The short drama of the same name is now streaming on Douyin! Come watch!] [Tortured romance + CEO + obsessive love + possessiveness + groveling to win her back] Shen Yan loved Fu Xinghan for ten years, and married him. After two years of marriage, the woman Fu Xinghan cherished returned to the country. Shen Yan became a sinner beyond redemption, and he cast her aside like worthless trash. Blind to the truth, he did everything he could to torment her until she was broken, making her life a livin 2.1kReads8.4Score16914d adds

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    Take my advice: you absolutely, absolutely, absolutely must have tissues ready. The female lead did not survive past episode ten. The male lead torments the female lead every day with his mistress, and even after learning she has cancer, he refuses to believe it. Fifth book: She had cancer, and he even asked her to donate bone marrow. In the end, she lay on the operating table and "fell asleep."

33. 33 全 Wanted Worldwide: Who Dares Marry Li Shao’s Woman? 全球通缉，厉少女人谁敢娶 A Little Nutty神经西西Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted During the years she was married to Li Yinghan, Wen Qing endured neglect and endless humiliation, eventually dying on the operating table just to keep the woman he cherished alive... Years later, she returns as a celebrated painter, vowing to reclaim everything that belongs to her and make those who wronged her pay. The irony is that the man who once couldn't wait for her to disappear now clings to her desperately whenever they meet. Later, President Li tries every trick in the book to win ba 108Reads8.0Score—14d adds
34. 34 最 The Ten Years I Loved You Most 最爱你的那十年 I'd Rather Die Than Be Without Etiquette无仪宁死Two Male Leads141k WordsCompleted To Jiang Wenxu, He Zhishu was as essential as air and water. He could take him for granted and squander what they had without a second thought, but when he finally lost him, it was too late for regrets. 317Reads9.3Score—14d adds
35. 35 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 2.8kReads8.9Score20214d adds
36. 36 夫 After His Wife Died Giving Birth to Twins, Gu Went Mad 夫人一尸两命后顾爷他疯了 Yu Zimeng余梓萌Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Favorite + Secret Identities + Two Powerhouses + Genius + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] After returning in triumph, she earned the nickname “Madwoman.” She was ruthless, obsessive, and never cared about the consequences. The male lead, Fifth Master Gu, was calculating and shrewd, with connections everywhere. When he met the crazy female lead, the two crazies fell for each other. Both leads are absolute powerhouses, with secret identities that seem impossible to uncover. The story is 40Reads8.5Score—14d adds
37. 37 韩 Han Jinshen, We Lost Our Baby! 韩晋深，我们的孩子没了！ Lin Keyu林可遇Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted On the day of the first snowfall, Han Jinshen received two packages. One contained the ashes of the baby in Wan Yin’s womb. The other contained… Wan Yin’s ashes… Cradling the ashes of mother and child, Han Jinshen began to vomit blood! 1.3kReads7.0Score—14d adds
38. 38 柳 Liu Jingyue 柳惊月 Nine Snowy Branches九枝雪Ancient Romance108k WordsCompleted [Ending] At first, he thought he had merely fallen in love with an assassin, and waited for the day they would meet again. Little did he know that the girl he was waiting for had already been sent by his own hand to marry for peace. He had taught her the difference between good and evil, and shown her compassion. Looking back, he could only think how hypocritical he had been. “I was a fool to think I could save you.” Now she had become a princess revered by all, while he was left consumed with r 83Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    The male protagonist personally sent his lover down the path of a political marriage, and tragically lost his beloved.

39. 39 在 I Got Caught in the Rain in Your World 在你的世界淋过雨 Green Lamp Through the Years青灯度流年Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted Ji Linyu has always believed that her father used his power to frame the Ji family and force him to marry Zhou Jianyi. For six years, he has done nothing but use her and put on an act, all so he can bring down the Zhou family one day! The greatest pain of Zhou Jianyi's life is that her father has barely been laid to rest, her brother's death remains unexplained, her mother is hovering between life and death, and she herself is barely holding on. At her lowest point, Ji Linyu threatens to leave h 2.5kReads5.4Score15314d adds

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    [Crying][crying][crying]

40. 40 林 Deep in the Forest, No Deer in Sight 林深，不见鹿 The One Waiting for the Wind等风的人Modern Romance156k WordsCompleted When golden winds meet jade dew, one such encounter surpasses countless moments in the mortal world. Childhood sweethearts, back then he said, “I’ll always be by your side.” But forever is too far away, and promises made too easily always come to nothing. She suddenly passed away shortly before his wedding. In the end, his promise to always be by her side faded away on the wind. You send word from the mortal world, your hair dusted with snow. I lie beneath the earth, my bones worn to dust. 14Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Completely consistent.

41. 41 皇 After the Empress Became a Little Hungry Ghost, the Mad Tyrant's Eyes Turned Red 皇后成小饿鬼后，疯批暴君红了眼 When the Clouds Sleep云眠之时Ancient Romance360k WordsCompleted [Historical romance + mad, obsessive love interest + paranoid and sinister + little hungry ghost + adorable kids + one-on-one romance] Recently, a little hungry ghost arrived at the palace. Her magic was weak, her thoughts simple, and she got hungry very easily. Sometimes the other ghosts bullied her, and she'd crouch in a corner, feeling sorry for herself as she quietly munched on her favorite big rocks. All in all, she was a cute, timid little useless ghost. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Fest 3.1kReads6.8Score22114d adds

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    The young emperor's first act of defiance was the night he lost his beloved and attempted suicide by poison. The usually aloof emperor rose abruptly, his face deathly pale, barely able to stand. Inside Jingyang Palace, the young emperor held the warm person in his arms tightly, his body trembling slightly. He parted his lips slightly, coughed up a few drops of blood, and his hair turned white overnight. Three years later, she became a little hungry ghost, with weak magic, simple thoughts, and an extreme tendency to get hungry. Sometimes, when bullied by other ghosts, she would squat dejectedly in a corner, silently chewing on her favorite large rock. In short, she was a cute yet pathetic useless ghost. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, she secretly went out to forage for food and was accidentally taken in by Crazy P💥.

42. 42 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 21.5kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
43. 43 总 The CEO Is Seriously Ill 总裁他病的不轻 Spring Thunder Cannon春雷炮Modern Romance40k WordsCompleted Su Lilu spent her life yearning for a love that was never returned. The man she loved never once responded. One day, she tore up her cancer diagnosis and drove her car into a fatal crash. After she died, he began to love her… Reborn, he gazed at her smiling face, his eyes full of madness. In the year after her death in his previous life, the pain ate away at him, and only then did he realize he had already fallen in love with her. So in this life, he would stop at nothing to keep her by his side 1.9kReads6.2Score11814d adds

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    The male lead only regretted his actions after the female lead died, and then it was like a nightmare of chasing after his wife. [Crying][crying][crying][crying]

44. 44 向 Always Coldhearted, How Could I Ever Speak of Deep Love? 向来凉薄，何言情深 A Little Nutty神经西西Modern Romance39k WordsCompleted The day Lu Yanqian jumped to her death, Huo Jincheng was lost in a world of wine and lights. She loved him, giving everything she had without hesitation. He hated her, destroying everything without hesitation. Later, in a life without her, he grew used to being alone. Through the long years, he had no one but himself to walk beside him. I once thought loving you was only an act, but it turned out I was already incurably ill, loving you to the bone. Lu Yanqian, I regret it. 2.7kReads8.2Score11514d adds
45. 45 虐 After Driving His Wife to Her Death, the Overbearing CEO Went Mad 虐死夫人后，霸总他疯了 Gu Shisan顾十三Modern Romance183k WordsCompleted A new novel by the author of Reborn, I Became the Little Fairy of a Possessive Big Shot. It’s a sweet romance, so please show it lots of support. Xia Sang is a stutterer everyone looks down on. In her five years of marriage to Huo Shengjing, she has only ever done one thing: loved him. She would live and die for him, and even suffered disfigurement while saving him. But Huo Shengjing hates her. He has one of her fingers cut off, ruins her voice with acid, tricks her into having an abortion, and 425Reads7.2Score—14d adds
46. 46 北 North of Beicheng, the Sea Has Yet to Sleep 北城以北海未眠 Meet Lianshan遇见连山Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted Ever since she was twelve, she had followed him around, always calling him “Brother Beicheng.” There was no turning back time. All the years had left her with were coldness and cruelty. She lost a kidney, and she lost her child. In the midst of that terrible fire, she watched the man she loved most carry another woman away. As she closed her eyes, she thought, Gu Beicheng, if I could turn back time, I would never have met you. 505Reads6.1Score—14d adds
47. 47 我 I’ll Wait for You at the Finish Line, Loving Me 我在终点等你爱我 Mu Qiqi慕七七Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted During her three years in a psychiatric hospital, Lin Wan endured a living hell every day, reduced to something barely human. Every month, Ye Nanchen came to test whether she was truly insane. Then one day, while no one was watching, she leapt from the windowsill and found her final release. Later, everyone in Jiangcheng said Ye Nanchen had gone mad. His beloved wife was clearly dead, her body right in front of him, yet every day he came up with new ways to force her to appear. “Lin Wan hated me 535Reads5.5Score10214d adds

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    All of them are male, the second and third are both male.

48. 48 相 A Shattered Longing 相思碎 Green Ink青墨Two Male Leads49k WordsCompleted One meeting, and they were fated to be entangled for life. Jiang Lingyu never imagined that the person he loved most would destroy everything he treasured with his own hands. “If you ever betray me, I'll make you wish you were dead!” His dignity, his body, and his shattered heart were trampled underfoot and ground into dust. He had obeyed, begged for mercy, and fought back... but in the end, he could only surrender to fate. Who can truly see through love and hate entwined? When all was settled a 704Reads8.6Score10114d adds
49. 49 鸩 A Cup of Poisoned Wine, and Drunk with You 鸩酒一杯与君醉 Flowing Wind流风Two Male Leads60k WordsCompleted Blurb: When they first met, he was a subject, and he risked his life to take a sword meant for the other man. Later, that man became emperor, wiped out his entire family, stripped away his pride, and forcibly kept him by his side. He waited, full of hope, for his elder brother to return victorious, but all he received was a cold corpse. In the end, he drank poison in front of everyone, smiling like a spring breeze. “Your Majesty, I offer my life as the price of regicide. May you live for all ete 1kReads8.0Score12514d adds
50. 50 敬 I Swear by My Love, Though It Brings Me Sorrow 敬我相思不成悲 Gu Shisan顾十三Ancient Romance49k WordsCompleted She was a peerlessly beautiful young woman, famous throughout the land, yet fate had placed her in a brothel. Meng Zhijun believed Murong Yan was the man meant for her. She endured humiliation and kept her head bowed, all so she could stay by his side. She thought they would grow old together. But the man she loved most broke her fingers and ruined her face. In the end, he carved the bones from her body, one by one, and made them into a shocking bone flute. “A Zhi, look. Your bones are perfect f 56Reads5.7Score—14d adds

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