Angst! More Angst! The Kind That’ll Make You Cry Your Eyes Out! 虐！虐虐虐 非常虐 哭死的那种！

1. 451 重 After Being Reborn, I’m Done Pretending 重生后，我不装了 Ranran冉冉Ancient Romance15k WordsCompleted At seventeen, I married Xie Wei, just as I had always wished. But I had stolen this marriage from the woman he loved most. Then, during the palace coup, I was struck down by a rain of arrows. He rushed toward me without a thought for his own safety, as if he wanted to die with me. At last, I was certain: he loved me. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 452 若 If We Meet Again as We Were, We Should Be Strangers 若如初见应不识 Sweet and Quirky Editorial Team甜逗编辑部Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted I am Zhu Qingzhao, the most honored empress of the Great Yin dynasty, and the most ridiculous laughingstock in all the land. My childhood sweetheart, the emperor, treated me like dirt. He personally banished me to the Cold Palace and allowed his new empress to carve out my heart and lungs. Yet the chief minister, the man I called “Elder Brother,” had hidden his feelings for me for twenty years. As I lay dying, he murmured, “Qingzhao, let me take you away.” The world calls me a wicked woman who m 2Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 453 冷 The Abandoned Empress of the Cold Palace Is Done 冷宫废后不干了 Pear Blossom Cat梨花猫Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted I rose to the height of power, only to be tricked into the Cold Palace, suffer a miscarriage, and lose my memory? When I woke, I discovered that my rival in love was weeping and begging forgiveness, my mother-in-law was kneeling and pleading for mercy, and the scoundrel emperor was sobbing as he admitted his mistakes. I pretend to have amnesia and act fragile, watching them panic and grovel as I carefully plot my every move, all for the day I settle the score! Now that I’ve claimed the throne, w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 454 我 I Courted the Sixth Prince Nine Times, and Died Tragically Every Time 我攻略六皇子九次，九次惨死 Tree Tree树树Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted To awaken the Seventh Prince, the one I love, I stood atop the highest watchtower in the imperial city. The Sixth Prince told me his shadow guards had secured the area, so I had nothing to worry about. But he didn’t know that moments later, the rebels would set fire to the powder magazine beneath the tower, turning this magnificent palace into a sea of flames... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 455 学 The Underdog Strikes Back: I Came First, but My Parents Are Dead 学渣逆袭：我考了第一但爸妈已死 Gentle Little Tiger温柔小老虎Urban168k WordsCompleted When I was young, I didn’t understand how hard my parents worked. I always complained that they didn’t give me enough. But by the time I understood, we had already been separated by life and death! Life is like a game of chess. One wrong move, and every move after it is wrong. If I could turn back time, I would cherish everything I have so much more! 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's so cruel. [Cover face][Cry][Cry][Cry][Cry][Cry][Cry]

6. 456 被 After Being Drugged, Having My Proposal Stolen, and Getting Fired, I Became the Client 被下药、被偷方案、被开除后，我成了甲方爸爸 Listening to Zen Beneath the Snow卧雪听禅9k WordsCompleted After being drugged, having my proposal stolen, and getting fired, I became the client with all the power 1Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 457 赔 The Day They Divided Up My Compensation, I Sat on the Doorstep Chewing a Cold Steamed Bun 赔偿金被分光那天，我蹲在门槛上啃冷馒头 Listening to Zen Beneath the Snow卧雪听禅8k WordsCompleted The day my compensation money was divided up and taken, I sat on the doorstep gnawing on a cold steamed bun —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 458 我 I Paid 40,000 Yuan for His Hospital Bills, Only to Catch My Cousin Splitting My Aunt’s Life-Saving Money in the Emergency Stairwell 我出四万住院费，却撞见表哥在安全通道分大姑的救命钱 Listening to Zen Beneath the Snow卧雪听禅15k WordsCompleted I paid 40,000 yuan for her hospital bills, only to catch my cousin splitting up my aunt’s life-saving money in the emergency stairwell. —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 459 退 My Son Kicked Me Out over My 3,800-Yuan Pension, So I Left My Million to My Granddaughter 退休金三千八被儿子扫地出门，我转身把百万留给外孙女 Listening to Zen Beneath the Snow卧雪听禅10k WordsCompleted My son kicked me out over my 3,800-yuan pension. I turned around and left my million to my granddaughter. —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 460 高 After the College Entrance Exams, My Niece Ran Away. Under the Bed Were Eight Cloth Bags and a Secret I’d Kept for Three Years 高考后，侄女跑了，床底八个布袋，和我藏了三年的秘密 Listening to Zen Beneath the Snow卧雪听禅9k WordsCompleted After the college entrance exams, my niece ran away. Beneath the bed were eight cloth bags and a secret I had kept for three years. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 461 高 On the Day of the College Entrance Exams, My Daughter Demanded a Family Bucket. A Few Words from Me Set the Residents’ Group on Fire 高考当天，女儿逼我买全家桶，我说了几个字业主群炸了 Listening to Zen Beneath the Snow卧雪听禅14k WordsCompleted On the day of the college entrance exams, my daughter insisted I buy a family bucket. I said a few words, and the homeowners’ group chat exploded. —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 462 苏 Mr. Su, Your Deep Love Came Too Late 苏先生，深情已迟暮 Little White Gets Whiter小白了又白Modern Romance221k WordsCompleted Some things seem like they’re yours by right when you have them. Only after losing them do you realize you never deserved them. Su Chenyu, there is someone in this world who loves you simply because you are Su Chenyu. That person is Feng Yue. “Su Chenyu, I once loved you with single-minded devotion. I was hurt, I lost, and I accepted it. Can’t you let me go…?” “Feng Yue, even in death, you can only be buried in my Su family’s grave…” 476Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    Very cruel!!

13. 463 扯 The Day I Tore Open the Shroud, I Was Reborn 扯开寿衣那天，我重生了 Listening to Zen Beneath the Snow卧雪听禅9k WordsCompleted The day I tore open the burial shroud, I was reborn 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 464 顾 President Gu Kneels to Apologize, but His Wife Is Already Reduced to Ashes 顾总屈膝认错，夫人已挫骨扬灰 Little White Gets Whiter小白了又白Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted At twenty, Luo Wan declared that she would marry Gu Anchen, the only man in all of Lincheng she wanted. From then on, she became a thorn in Gu Anchen's heart. Gu Anchen said, "If you can make me marry you, Luo Wan, then let's see if you can make me fall in love with you." While she loved him, he trampled on her feelings for the sake of another woman... Until her heart turned cold and her love was gone, she finally turned around and let him have what he wanted. But he turned his love into a threa 36Reads5.9Score—Shelves
15. 465 大 They Scammed Me for 2,600 on My Wedding Day. Two Years Later, I Livestreamed Blocking Her Son's Wedding Car and Collected 3,000 大喜之日被讹2600，两年后我直播堵她儿子婚车收了3000 Listening to Zen Beneath the Snow卧雪听禅10k WordsCompleted On my wedding day, she swindled me out of 2,600. Two years later, I blocked her son’s wedding convoy during a livestream and collected 3,000. —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 466 我 I Pray the Gods Will Protect Her 我祈神明庇佑她 Yin Yingxi银盈溪Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted [Tragic ending] [A sweetly innocent, deaf figure model × a careful, restrained delinquent with a checkered past] [Both pure in love + age gap + love at first sight + healing] Qi Zhen is the most notorious hoodlum in the old town. Just hearing his name is enough to make the authorities in their peaked caps fret. Until he turned thirty, he figured he’d just live one day at a time. But after meeting that girl, everything changed. He wanted to live a long, long life so he could always take care of h 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Deaf mannequin vs. Scoundrel with bad records, male crush "He always wants to wait, wait until she will accept him, wait until she will like him, wait until she will marry him." Finally, "Xiaoyu, you don't have to wait for me, I can't go back."

17. 467 一 All My Compromises Bought Me Nothing but His Unrepentant Betrayal 一味地迁就换来的是心安理得的背叛 Listening to Zen Beneath the Snow卧雪听禅6k WordsCompleted All That Constant Giving In Got Me Was His Brazen Betrayal —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 468 我 I Told You I Love You in Heaven 我在天堂说爱你 Ling Xi灵希Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted At fifteen, Junxi accidentally got blood from an AIDS patient into one of his wounds and contracted the disease. From then on, his normal life was completely upended, and he lived in constant fear that he could die at any moment. But Li Poxiao never left his side, giving him the courage to carry on. Through his pain, he smiled through his tears. “Brother Junxi, my greatest wish is to become your bride. You have to fight to stay alive, because… this is a dream only you can help me fulfill.” A lov 934Reads9.5Score184Shelves

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    It's really good to cry(´;;`)

19. 469 忍 Three Years of Swallowing Humiliation, Then One USB Drive Sent My Boss to Prison 忍辱三年，一个U盘送领导入狱 Listening to Zen Beneath the Snow卧雪听禅13k WordsCompleted After Three Years of Enduring Humiliation, a USB Drive Sent My Boss to Prison —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 470 娇 My Wife Is Too Fierce: Mr. Gu Can't Afford to Mess With Her! 娇妻太狠，顾少惹不起！ Nalan Yunxi纳兰云熙Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Gu Jingshen loved Lin Annuan for many years, yet when she became pregnant, he coldly told her, “Get rid of the baby!” Only then did Lin Annuan understand that she had been naive about love. How could a substitute ever win his heart or bear his child? After losing the baby, Lin Annuan left in despair… Two years later, she returned. Gu Jingshen came after her. “Nuannuan, come back to me!” Lin Annuan: “Get lost!” Everyone in Nancheng knew that the president of CK Group was waiting for a woman. Lat 97Reads6.9Score—Shelves
21. 471 别 The Kid Everyone Else Has 别人家的小孩 Dodder Flower Bud菟丝花骨朵Modern Romance625k WordsCompleted [Not a Strong Female Lead, Mild Angst] Xia Wanwan is an only child who has always excelled in both character and academics. To outsiders, she's the quintessential “other people's child,” but no one knows how much she envies other people's children. Outsiders have no idea how frightening her family is. She's insecure, afraid, and repressed. After staying silent for too long, she finally erupts, only to give in once again under her mother's latest onslaught. She once thought her world would always 16Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    These are okay

22. 472 沈 Shen Ali 沈阿梨 Is This a Fairy?这是仙女吗Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted Shen Ali 4.4kReads—Score271Shelves
23. 473 被 The Day My Resume Was Torn Up, the Trillionaire Heir Was Waiting Downstairs 被撕简历那天，千亿太子爷在楼下等我 Listening to Zen Beneath the Snow卧雪听禅26k WordsCompleted The Day My Resume Was Torn Up, the Trillionaire Heir Was Waiting for Me Downstairs —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 474 驭 The Blue Whisper 驭鲛记（恰似故人归原著） Jiu Lu Feixiang九鹭非香Ancient Romance351k WordsCompleted Starring Dilraba Dilmurat! The complete, unabridged version! The original novel behind the screen adaptation, The Blue Whisper Ji Yunhe, the top demon tamer of the Demon Taming Valley, develops a love that transcends species with the merman Changyi amid a power struggle with Princess Shunde. Bound by misunderstandings and deep affection, the two torment one another. As Princess Shunde becomes unstoppable and chaos engulfs the land, where will Ji Yunhe, a half-demon at the end of her strength, go 398Reads9.4Score101Shelves
25. 475 日 Day and Night, Stars and River 日昼星河 Yang Yi杨欹Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted “Qiu Liang, you don’t love me at all!” Qing Yao was the person Qiu Liang loved with all his heart, but those were also the last words Qing Yao ever said to him. The regret in love isn’t that it has something to do with you, but that it has nothing to do with me anymore… 17Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    A super sad short story, I almost cried to death when I read it for the first time.

26. 476 浓 Soul-Locking Fog: I Love Her with His Memories 浓雾锁魂：我带着他的记忆爱着她 Mo Wu陌吾Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted The girl he fell for was the daughter of “his” wife. Chen Luo had lived for eighteen years without ever experiencing joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. A dense fog lay locked in his mind, concealing the memories of a man who had been dead for eighteen years. Then he met Du Xiaoyu in the library. The instant he saw the jade pendant around her neck, he blurted out a name: “Xiao’er.” Du Xiaoyu didn’t know he was calling her mother. She knew even less that her father’s memories, all his love, and all 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The latest chapters are a bit depressing

27. 477 十 Ten Realms: I Was Ordinary 十界：我本平庸 Sanqi Confused Fish三七糊涂鱼Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing (We are all ordinary people. Some say they don’t understand what I’m writing! The truth is, I simply want to tell the story of an ordinary person who keeps growing, improving, and learning. He feels lost and helpless, never knowing what to do. His life is full of stumbles, but through repeated setbacks and lessons, he slowly grows! Some people are born in Rome, while he is stuck in the mud. In Rome, it’s easy to cross the finish line. But there’s something all the more inspiring about perseverin 5.7kReads9.1Score445Shelves

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    The fireworks in the world are the most soothing to mortal hearts

28. 478 雪 Xue Wutong 雪梧桐 Xun Bai荀柏710k WordsCompleted [Republican-era ensemble cast + love of country + two powerful leads + older man/younger woman + sweet romance + pursuit of love + powerful man bows his head + heartbreaking angst + bad ending] In the Republican era, Nanjing was home to two renowned romantics. I do not believe in Buddha, but I would kneel at every temple in Nanjing if only Heaven would give me back my wife. Zhou Qingshi, courtesy name Changyu, was the eldest son and eldest grandson of the Zhou family, and ninth in birth order. 390Reads8.6Score—Shelves
29. 479 明 I Know You Came to Use Me, Yet I'm Still Willing to Take the Bait 明知你来利用我，我还愿意上钩 Chen Mulan陈慕澜Urban176k WordsCompleted The Gao Group is plunged into a cash-flow crisis after an overseas project fails, and its chairman, Gao Zhenxiong, collapses from a heart attack. His eldest son, Gao Tingyu, takes charge of the wreckage, only to realize that the sole person who can save the company is Shu Hancheng, founder of Hanhai Capital: a shrewd capital hunter who built his fortune from scratch. But Shu Hancheng remains cool toward the Gao Group’s overtures. Gao Tingyu comes up with a bargaining chip: his younger sister, Ga 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A woman abuses a man, a domineering boss, pure love, business war😏[Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss]

30. 480 蔓 A Winding Road to Marriage 蔓蔓婚路 He Wei禾维Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted Have you ever woken up in an unfamiliar hotel room and found a stranger lying beside you? In the fifth year of her marriage, after her relationship fell apart, she was forced to attend a blind date dinner. For the first time in her life, she got drunk in front of a strange man. But they had only talked for ten minutes. How could there be any feelings between them? Wait a minute, wasn’t he the man she was supposed to meet on the blind date? With a face so devastatingly handsome, he made her wonde 1.1kReads9.0Score104Shelves
31. 481 装 Decorate Your Dreams 装饰你的梦 Tang Zhi唐帜Modern Romance262k WordsCompleted [University Campus] [Unrequited Love] [Tragedy] A love story at Zhongshan Medical University. The male lead, Tan Shengxu, is devoted to the female lead, Zhong Mengwei. But because of a misunderstanding born of circumstance, she thinks he is her enemy and rejects his advances. In truth, he is the one she has been longing for. Heartbroken, Tan Shengxu gives up on their relationship in despair. Zhong Mengwei regrets it too late and starts pursuing him, but to no avail. Her love leaves her depressed 88Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A sadistic article, an extremely sadistic article!!!! ,

32. 482 囚 Prisoner of Love! Crazy Huo Forces His Love on Me 囚爱之徒！疯批霍爷强制爱 Seven Years Adrift七年飘摇Modern Romance586k WordsOngoing Original title: Captive to Love An angsty romance. The male lead is a ruthless, unstable man who forces his love on the heroine, then desperately tries to win her back. Readers who only like couples who have been faithful to each other should steer clear. If it’s not for you, don’t read it. Content warnings: A powerful man and a vulnerable woman, a truly evil character, genuine punishment, criminal underworld, and a story that may challenge your values. One conspiracy, two people entangled. C 18Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Abuse the body and mind, real punishment, abuse the female protagonist in the early stage, and abuse the male protagonist in the later stage

33. 483 我 I Don’t Want to Help Another Immortal Heir Survive a Tribulation 我不想再陪仙二代渡劫了 Zhang Lian张廉Modern Romance726k WordsCompleted A mansion worth billions falling into your lap has to come with a catch. She had barely had a second to celebrate inheriting the old mansion before learning it owed the bank three million! A celestial lord dropping from the sky is bound to cause trouble! What? You're telling me this mansion was built to help you cultivation students descend to the mortal world and undergo tribulations? And I have to find jobs for you, too? Fine! I'll find them. You'd better work hard and pay off the mortgage. Bu 640Reads8.9Score123Shelves

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    Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuah

34. 484 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 Romance137k 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 —Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    [Learned][Learned][Learned][Cry][Cry][What]

35. 485 无 Infinite Burning Madness 无限灼心疯 Tangerine Sand桔沙7k WordsCompleted Infinite Burning Heart Madness 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Fate took pity on me and gave me the ability to resurrect, resurrecting other family members, and then pushed me into the abyss. I couldn't resurrect my mother, and my life went into the abyss. I couldn't get out of the world I created. My tears were dripping, but my heart was bleeding.

36. 486 动 Mending Bones, Restoring Love 动骨恢情 Chu Linmu楚林木Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Face-slapping + scumbag takedown + a little angst with sweetness + humor + souls swapped between a man and a woman + down-to-earth and relatable + ordinary people with great wisdom + wealthy families + workplace business battles + youthful, sweet romance. Impossible to put down!] The years pass peacefully. Everyone has a first love in their heart, but not everyone can have a Jiang Miao Jie in theirs! In her previous life, Lin Muzi was robbed of her destined match, missed out on her dream guy, f 121Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    Deep sadomasochistic love

37. 487 虐 Tortured by Love: The CEO’s Enchantress 虐宠，总裁的尤物 Big Snowball2009大雪球2009Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted [Tragic Romance + Yandere + Obsessive Possessiveness] “Bai Shengsheng, there's nowhere in this world you can go except the palm of my hand...” It's all fun to torment your wife until it's time to chase her back! 18Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Sad sad sad sad sad

38. 488 三 Three Years Later, the CEO Goes Along with the Mistake 三年后，总裁将错就错 The Proud Cat傲娇的猫儿Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted Three days and three nights of torment weren’t enough. On their wedding night, he walks into the bridal chamber and destroys everything she once held dear. Mo Liancheng loathes Luo Shenshen to the core, all because of a woman who died. Three years after their separation, Master Mo returns. In the name of hatred, he weaves a carefully crafted web of love, only to get hopelessly trapped in it himself! Little does he know that he fell in love with Luo Shenshen three years ago... 1.4kReads8.4Score135Shelves
39. 489 敖 Ao Guang's Tale: The Love Tribulation of the Rainmaking Sea God 敖光传：司雨镇海之神的情劫 Armor and Fish铠甲和鱼Ancient Romance159k WordsCompleted [Not a Nezha story + set after the War of the Witches and Demons + love tribulation + divided divine soul + vast difference in status + bittersweet romance + joy after hardship + rekindled love] Dragon King Ao Guang rules over the Four Seas and the Eight Wastelands, commanding the Four Seas and earning the respect of the Three Realms. Ao Guang's love is the love of a god: powerful, domineering, and eternal. But he always looks down at her from on high, never truly entering her world to understan 56Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    Really nice

40. 490 惹 Caught by a Domineering CEO 惹上霸道总裁 Dudu Nini嘟嘟妮妮Modern Romance298k WordsOngoing [Overbearing CEO + immense power and influence + rules both the underworld and legitimate world + cold as the Grim Reaper + devoted to her alone + incredibly sweet] He is an overbearing CEO who strikes terror into everyone’s heart. Cool and aloof by nature, he has a handsome face that has never once shown a smile. There have been countless rumors about him over the years, but no matter what happens, he remains calm and composed. That is, until he meets her... She is a warm, sunny girl, a goddess 141Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is powerful and domineering, but he only loves the female protagonist. She escapes from him and chases her. You are destined to be mine!!

41. 491 墨 Mr. Mo, Your Wife Says You're Crazy 墨总，夫人说你是疯子 The Proud Cat傲娇的猫儿Modern Romance804k WordsCompleted After three years in prison, Lin Xiaohan finally sees daylight again. On her wedding night, she is humiliated in every way and vows to become the CEO's wife. Mo Zhan despises the Lin family, yet loves Lin Xiaohan desperately. “If loving you can't make you stay, then I'll make you hate me. Hate is better than leaving!” “You're insane!” “That's right. Loving you drove me completely mad.” They torment each other even as they fall in love, locked in a bitter romance for years. Will this ill-fated re 253Reads8.3Score—Shelves
42. 492 西 Spring Grief in the Western Palace: Whose Heart Has Fate’s Splendor Left Cold? 西宫春怨：命途繁锦冷了谁人心 Fu Su, Wen Leng扶酥、问冷Ancient Romance74k WordsCompleted The sorrowful women who emerged from behind the beaded curtains wept for all they longed for but could never have, all they begged for but could never reach. Their tears smudged their makeup and aged their faces. Year after year, their silk brocades faded, until they hardened like cocoons and their hearts turned to ash… The palace walls were red, richer than the last glow of sunset. Deep courtyards could never lock away the breeze from a maiden’s round fan. Women carried so much sorrow. Beneath 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These ancient Chinese abuse novels are so sad that they break your heart

43. 493 虐 After Tormenting Me, the CEO Shamelessly Chases His Wife 虐完我，总裁追妻不要脸 The Proud Cat傲娇的猫儿Modern Romance633k WordsCompleted [Angsty, passionate romance] Forced into marriage, three years as husband and wife, and she was nothing but a stand-in for a living corpse. When the truth came out, Lin Qingwan’s heart turned to ash. After a car accident, Mo Zhen Ting finally understood his own heart: the one he had always loved was his wife. He enjoyed hurting his wife, but now he must chase her through hell. Can he still win back the woman he loves? “Take care, President Mo...” 313Reads8.3Score—Shelves
44. 494 红 The Lotus Fragrance Fades in Autumn 1 红藕香残玉簟秋1 Jenny the Brutal Hammer暴锤者珍妮Ancient Romance124k WordsCompleted [Addictive sweet-and-angsty historical romance + political intrigue + dramatic twists + an emperor’s love + past and present lives + mad, devoted hero] Yuan Jiu was born in the Heavenly Prison and has been plagued by nightmares since birth. In her dreams, there is always a dashing young man racing through a raging inferno. He gallops toward her, murderous intent surging from him, and a three-foot sword pierces her chest. She has died countless times in her dreams, yet she has never been able to 170Reads7.9Score—Shelves
45. 495 情 Deep in Love, Yet Unaware 情深且不知 Fusu扶苏Ancient Romance21k WordsCompleted [Tragic Romance] He was the man who killed my father, and I hated him with all my heart. In the end, I discovered I had hated the wrong person. The daughter of a bandit chief happened to save a scholar, and from then on, she gave him her heart. But her wedding night became the night her family was slaughtered. Her beloved, once the person closest to her, had become her father's killer! He was an emperor, cold and indifferent. He unexpectedly fell in love with her, yet could only push her further 86Reads7.8Score—Shelves
46. 496 长 A Long Road Beneath the Moonlight 长路有月色 A Little Cloud一朵云朵朵Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, Bai Le was tossed out of the country like a piece of trash! Ten years later, at her younger sister's wedding, she steals her own brother-in-law, schemes to bankrupt her father's company, and drives her stepmother insane! She doesn't understand love because no one has ever loved her, so she intends to destroy everyone who has ever hurt her! This story is entirely fictional. All the names of cities, people, settings, and other details appearing in it are fictional! 22Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    Abuse novels, you can read them

47. 497 拿 Loving You with My Life: 20 Fated Romances That Break Your Heart 拿命爱你：20段痛到心碎的宿命虐恋 Moss on Green Tiles青瓦苔Ancient Romance157k WordsCompleted [Love and hate intertwined + beautiful yet tragic heroine + palace intrigue + historical romance + heart-wrenching love + short stories] The world turns and tumbles, while the histories of old hold up a mirror. So many beauties once had their hearts broken over a promise, only to become tragic ballads of a turbulent age. From Chen Ajiao, kept in a gilded cage, to the incomparable Xishi; from Wang Yourong, a wife who weathered hardship alongside her husband, to Feng Xiaolian, whose allure lasted 24Reads8.1Score—Shelves
48. 498 女 The Empress: From Her Coronation, She Searched for Her Foolish Husband 女帝：从登基开始寻找傻子老公 King Fu Su孤王扶苏Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted She is a princess of the Tianchao Empire, but the clan persecutes her and forces her to marry a fool. She gives birth to a pair of adorable twins, a boy and a girl, then is driven out of the capital. Not long afterward, she hears that her father, the emperor, has been murdered and all her brothers and sisters slaughtered. The news spreads across the entire Tianchao Empire. Countless people across the empire are shocked! At last, the southern army rallies behind the emperor's last surviving heir. 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cry, cry, it is not a sin.

49. 499 旧 A Farewell Letter from Last Summer 旧夏天的离别信 Until the Tuberose Blooms荼靡未至Modern Romance70k WordsCompleted The wind suddenly turned gentle, sweeping up the red bean leaves scattered across the ground and sending them swirling around him. Her figure seemed to appear before his eyes once more. The farewell letter he had worried between his fingers until it was creased fluttered away on the breeze. In the distance, the yew trees rustled softly, mingling with the clear chime of a bell. It was just like the day they first met: he had been wearing a school uniform faded from too many washes, carrying a spo 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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50. 500 强 My Tough Husband, Keep It Down 强悍老公安静点 Warm Autumn Colors秋风暖色Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted “What will it take for you to let me go?” “Never in this life. Not in the next, or the one after that!” “You demon!” “Thanks for the compliment. Now... I’ll show you what a real demon is like!” 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can try it

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