Short Tragic Stories That'll Make Even Someone with a High Tear Threshold Cry 虐文，短，本人泪点高求虐哭

1. 501 婚 Marriage Is a Shattered Reflection 婚姻如破碎的镜像 King Revolver左轮王Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Marriage is like a shattered mirror 3.1kReads—Score—Shelves
2. 502 我 The Story of My Sister-in-Law and Me: Warm Spring, Late Song 我和嫂嫂的故事——晚歌春暖 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The Story of Me and My Sister-in-Law: Spring Blossoms at Dusk 396Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 503 我 After I Chose Divorce, My Wife Regretted It 我选择离婚后，老婆她悔疯了 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted After I Chose Divorce, My Wife Regretted It Too Late 290Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 504 要 If I Could Start Over, I Would Hope Never to Meet You Again 要是能重来，我希望不再遇到你 The Typing Puppy码字的修勾6k WordsCompleted If I could do it all over again, I hope I wouldn't meet you again. 183Reads—Score—Shelves

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   You can give it a try; angst-filled novel recommendations.

5. 505 他 His Bad Ending 他的be结局 Long Stagnation久淤Fantastical Romance106k WordsOngoing [A memory-lost fox girl + a fatherly boyfriend bent on wiping out her clan: just what you need] [High-maintenance heroine + hopelessly devoted hero] Note: The hero goes off the rails later on and does all kinds of terrible things. “Yuanyuan, I'll wait for you until I die.” A thousand years ago, he slaughtered Luo Yuan's entire clan. He raised his sword to kill her, all so he could take her demon core and live forever. Her clan poured all their strength into covering Cangqiong Mountain in moonlig —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The later parts are very angsty, but the early parts set up some sweet moments. The story is very convoluted, and the female lead is constantly being pushed along by fate, forced to make choices (extermination of her clan, amnesia, substitution, sacrifice). If you're sensitive to these themes, please proceed with caution. 😊

6. 506 你 You Spent a Lifetime Hating the One Who Fought with Everything They Had to Love You 你用一辈子的恨，防了一个拼了命爱你的人 The Typing Puppy码字的修勾Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted You spent a lifetime of hatred guarding yourself against someone who was willing to give everything to love you. 504Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 507 岁 [May You Be Safe and Sound Every Year] 【岁岁平安】 Three-Year-Old Nian年三岁Modern Romance126k WordsCompleted [Campus Tragedy + Sweet Romance and Redemption + Unrequited Love Turned Mutual] Resilient Zhu Ping'an x Cowardly Campus Heartthrob Chen Sui In her second year of high school, a ray of light quietly appeared in Zhu Ping'an's world. His name was Chen Sui. Everyone said their names were a perfect match: year after year, peace and safety; every year, safe and sound. But though her name meant “wishing for peace,” Zhu Ping'an never got to live a long life. When someone asked whether the ending matter 131Reads—Score101Shelves

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   It was incredibly heart-wrenching; I cried buckets during the last few chapters. [Crying][crying]

8. 508 雪 Prisoner of the Snowfall Palace 雪烬宫囚 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance939k WordsCompleted [Historical Fantasy] [Romance] [Revenge] [Angst] [Plot Twists] [Redemption] [Mutual Firsts] [Happy Ending] I am the most beloved Ninth Princess of Liang. The day the capital fell, my father, who had doted on me beyond measure, shoved me off the Star-Viewing Tower, hoping to trade my life for his own escape. Qin Yi, the rebel leader, caught me below. Emotions I couldn't understand surged in his bloodshot eyes. "Tell me, who threw you down?" I fainted in his arms, which reeked of blood. The man be 4.5kReads6.4Score274Shelves

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   It's confirmed! I'm easily moved to tears, and I've already cried.

9. 509 浮 Pagoda: The Lord Steals His Minister’s Wife 浮屠：君夺臣妻 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Historical15k WordsCompleted Futu: The Lord Takes His Minister's Wife 927Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 510 简 Simple Storm: It Started with a Peep 简单风暴：从一次偷窥开始 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted “You gave yourself to me just to protect that man?” A storm of fury rose in the man's eyes as he stared at the silent girl. “Do you think I'll still marry you? Get out!” On a stormy night, the coldhearted man mercilessly drove her out of the villa... 147Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 511 九 Nine Lifetimes of Reincarnation, A Love Begun and Lost 九世轮回，缘起缘灭 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫11k WordsCompleted Nine Lifetimes of Reincarnation, Fate Begins and Ends 590Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 512 宠 He Doted on His Concubine and Neglected His Wife, So I Divorced the General 宠妾灭妻，我把将军给休了 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫26k WordsCompleted He Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects His Wife, So I Divorced the General 540Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 513 姐 Big Sis! The Heated Brick Bed! The Woodpile! 姐姐！土炕！柴禾垛！ Late-Night Reading念晚书Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Rural life in a famine year | Heart-wrenching romance | The male lead grovels to win her back] During the famine of the 1960s, orphan Su Guilan meets Jiang Jiayuan by chance. With a dirt bed as their home and coarse grain to fill their stomachs, she does everything she can to raise him. To save Jiang Jiayuan from the brink of death, she sacrifices her reputation and trades her innocence for food that will keep him alive. In the end, Jiang Jiayuan despises her. As the years pass, life wears Jian 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh]

14. 514 断 A Grudge Written in Broken Bones 断骨之怨 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance48k WordsCompleted A Grudge Carved in Broken Bones 811Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 515 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! 19Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Trust my judgment; every book I recommend is a gem! The first one is sweet at the beginning but gets angsty later on, and it's quite short. The second one is alright too. In the third one, the male lead misunderstands the female lead for a long time, but in the end, he learns the truth, so it's not too angsty. I won't say much about the rest; just check them out, they're pretty good.

16. 516 只 May Our Love Stay True, and Time Never Let Us Down 只愿情深，不负时光 Fo Jiu佛九Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted There's never any fairness in love. The one who is favored takes it for granted, while the one who gives their whole heart keeps backing down. So he traded nineteen years of devotion for her cold indifference, driven into a desperate abyss of pain and madness. And she still mocked his love from her lofty perch, trampling it into the dirt without a second thought. But then... 40Reads8.1Score—Shelves
17. 517 宠 He Doted on His Wife Without Limit, Yet She Jumped Off a Building 宠妻无度，她却跳楼了 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted He Doted on His Wife Without Limit, Yet She Jumped off a Building 136Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I tried to tear myself up, but I failed.

18. 518 他 He Slaughtered My Entire Family, So I Stabbed Him Through the Heart 他屠戮我满门，我给他穿心一剑 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫37k WordsCompleted He Slaughtered My Entire Family, So I Stabbed Him Through the Heart 620Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 519 二 Falling into the Trap Again 二次深陷 Star in My Heart心上星Modern Romance580k WordsCompleted Wen Yan loved Yu Chengzhou. She loved him for a full ten years, only to be betrayed after a decade of devotion and reduced from a wealthy heiress to his caged bird. Five years later, she returned as a highly sought-after jewelry designer. With all eyes on her, she became the first woman bold enough to reject him. In this battle of wits and this pursuit of love, would he be the one to lose his heart, or would she fall for him all over again? 43Reads8.1Score—Shelves
20. 520 囚 Kept as a Fox Concubine, I Ran Away 囚狐为妾，我直接逃了 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance40k WordsCompleted I Was Kept as a Fox Concubine, So I Ran Away 369Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 521 他 He Turned Me into a Blind Woman 他把我变成了盲女 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫26k WordsCompleted He Turned Me into a Blind Woman 979Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 522 小 The Little Stand-In Is Reborn: Mr. Huo, Please Don’t Expose My Secret Identity 小替身重生之霍总请不要扒我马甲 What Else Can I Do还能怎么办呢Two Male Leads240k WordsCompleted [Both leads are sexually inexperienced + male-male ABO + reborn under a secret identity + light substitute trope + rekindled love with a happy ending + angst first, sweetness later + doting romance as he wins back his love + lighthearted and funny] Brooding, scheming Alpha CEO x silly, lovesick Omega starlet Warning: This is a love story, and neither of them is perfect. Both the pursuer and the pursued make mistakes, and there are misunderstandings, which will all be clearly explained as the sto 2kReads8.9Score137Shelves

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    Angst, short, but all happy endings.

23. 523 再 The Crown Princess Again 再为太子妃 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫11k WordsCompleted Become the Crown Princess Again 132Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 524 痴 My Devoted Puppy Ran Away, Young Master Wu, Hurry and Win Your Husband Back 痴心小狼狗跑了，后悔吴少快追夫 What Else Can I Do还能怎么办呢Two Male Leads325k WordsCompleted [Two male leads] [Showbiz + wealthy families] [Pursuing his husband to the crematorium] [Rekindled love] [Two powerful leads] [Younger seme] [One-on-one, both virgins, happy ending] [Sweet and angsty] [Mutual devotion] A heartbroken, younger, wolfish superstar seme x a regretful, wealthy, flirtatious, scummy uke Wu Qi, second young master of the Wu family, had just been dumped. In a fit of impulsiveness, he did the most reckless thing of his twenty-five years. In the end, a love game built on li 2.8kReads8.8Score193Shelves
25. 525 山 Where the Hills Are Green, the General Has a Heart 山有扶苏，将军有情 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted There Are Fusu Trees on the Mountain, and a General with a Heart 95Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 526 暗 An Assassin’s Love and Revenge, Beyond Romance 暗卫情仇，无关风月 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance38k WordsCompleted A Dark Guard's Love and Grudge, Beyond Romance 127Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 527 女 The Goddess Took Her Backup on a Blind Date, and Things Took an Unexpected Turn 女神带我这备胎去相亲，结果意外 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted My crush took me, her backup option, along on a blind date, and then something unexpected happened. 6.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    A short, heart-wrenching story, a tragic ending, and the conclusion was shocking.

28. 528 快 Quick Transmigration: Flirting with Villainous Male Leads in Terrifying Otherworlds 快穿之在惊悚异世界撩反派男主 What Else Can I Do还能怎么办呢Two Male Leads184k WordsOngoing Whether in the real world or another realm, it's always one-on-one. [Two male leads + transmigration + forced love + obsessive, unstable top + exclusive devotion] Devoted, beautiful, obsessive top x unlucky, survival-minded bottom Rich kid and screenwriter Qi Ke has written piles of outrageous, melodramatic scripts. He never imagined they'd one day get him killed. Luckily, a System from another world pulls him out of trouble, but nothing comes for free: he has to complete missions. The System ca 12Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 529 只 I Wish We’d Never Met 只愿再也不识君 Wei Yang未央Ancient Romance40k WordsCompleted I Only Wish to Never Know You Again 2Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    The first book is super good, but it's a sad ending! "Li Po Xiao, I Love You" by Jiang Junxi [almost crying]. In the second book, the female lead forgives the male lead, but she still dies!! The third book, if you don't read the last chapter, you'll think it's a sweet story!! The fourth book is very angsty; I cried almost the entire time from the moment the male lead said on the phone that he regretted loving her. But many people say it's not angsty. These are just books I personally like and recommend. If you don't like them, there's no need to argue, haha ​​😊

30. 530 分 After We Broke Up, I Married My Ex's Best Friend 分手后，我娶了前任的闺蜜 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance18k WordsCompleted After the breakup, I married my ex's best friend. 4.2kReads—Score—Shelves
31. 531 我 My Boss Really Isn't Human 我的老板真不是个人 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Urban206k WordsCompleted I inherited the Rebirth Lodge from my grandmother, and accidentally unleashed a thousand-year-old ghost king from the Tang Dynasty. From then on, the old ghost started living life to the fullest. He binge-watches palace intrigue dramas, plays Honor of Kings and Genshin Impact, livestreams feng shui readings, and does everything he can to help me make money. He even wants to flirt with girls! Me: Your Majesty, could you please show a little restraint? 12Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 532 他 He Said I Was Too Loud, So I Fell Completely Silent 他嫌我太吵，我彻底安静了 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫12k WordsCompleted He Said I Was Too Noisy, So I Went Completely Quiet 56Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 533 同 My Girlfriend Vanished at Our Class Reunion, Driving Me Insane 同学会女友失踪，搞得我神经错乱 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted My girlfriend vanished at our class reunion, and it drove me out of my mind. 2.5kReads—Score—Shelves
34. 534 我 I Was His Blade, and He Shattered My Soul 我为他刃，他断我魂 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted I Became His Blade, and He Shattered My Soul 89Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 535 美 A Beauty Says She's Pregnant, but I Only Brushed Against Her Skirt 美女说怀孕了，可我只碰了下她裙子 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A beautiful woman says she’s pregnant, but all I did was touch her skirt. 720Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 536 江 Fishermen’s Lights on the River, Keeping Me Awake with Sorrow 江枫渔火对愁眠 Can't Catch不能扑Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted She waited for him all her life, but he would never come back. 818Reads8.6Score155Shelves

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    It has to be these two books.

37. 537 我 I Want Us to Be Together 我想和你好好的 Shui Lingxiao水凌霄Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted On the day Yun Rumeng is sentenced to six years in prison, Lu He'an has a grand wedding. The husband she was married to for five years finally gets the divorce he wanted and marries the woman he has always cherished. Afraid of the dark, she enters a prison where the sun never shines. He visits her for six years. She only sees him once. "Lu He'an, if I survive these six years, I'll make sure you and her never know another peaceful day!" Later, he writes a letter to his wife in prison every week a 702Reads8.2Score132Shelves

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    This one, a short story, is about how she died, and how he died too, filled with remorse and atonement.

38. 538 美 The Beautiful Manager Marries the Second Brother, Then Picks the Third at the Wedding? 美女经理嫁二弟，婚礼当场选三弟？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted A beautiful manager marries the second brother, then picks the third brother at the wedding? 126Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 539 走 Through the Trials 走过劫难 Li Xinxin李馨欣Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted Disaster strikes a once-happy family of five. After suffering a heartbreak so piercing it feels like ten thousand arrows, how will a mother who has only just reached middle age, and is already frail and sickly, lead her three underage children through hardship and toward the future...? 137Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story that will make you cry

40. 540 驯 Tame Him 驯他 At Summer's Tail夏天尾巴上Modern Romance466k WordsCompleted [Because I don’t really love you, every attempt to please you is just a long-hidden scheme] Gentle, pampered, strong-willed voice-acting beauty VS a tsundere, awkward, bad-at-communicating astronomy hothead who loves jumping to conclusions Everyone in Hucheng knew that Xie Yuan was Qi Ran’s childhood betrothed. His little fiancée was gorgeous, with shining hair and porcelain skin. She looked like a delicate beauty, spoke in a sweet, lilting voice, and was kind and obedient. She had practically 1.3kReads8.0Score105Shelves

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    🌈🌈🌸This is a sweet urban romance novel about a delicate fiancée taming a rebellious young master, turning the "annoying" Qi Ran into her devoted lover. The core of the story is that "Xie Yuan, as Qi Ran's childhood fiancée, is disguised as a 'delicate beauty' and is repeatedly driven away by the unruly Qi Ran, yet she refuses to give up—in reality, she comes prepared to tame this rebellious wild horse into her own."

41. 541 同 My Live-In Girlfriend Gets Intimate with Her Male Best Friend, and I Smile and Go Over to Say Hello 同居女友与男闺蜜亲热，我笑着上前问好 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted My live-in girlfriend got cozy with her guy best friend. I walked over with a smile to say hello. 3kReads—Score—Shelves
42. 542 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 2.7kReads8.9Score235Shelves

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    Oh dear, just look at this! Everyone's so silent, it's really heartbreaking. [Crying][crying][crying]

43. 543 别 Don't Give In Too Quickly, Don't Forgive Too Easily 别太快心软，别轻易原谅 Jiu Wan九绾Modern Romance482k WordsCompleted [Sharp-tongued, haughty heir × bright, vivacious princess, one-on-one romance, bickering lovers, groveling for her back, rekindled love, slow-burn everyday life] Tao Jingyan and Jiang Zhiyu had been together for two years. They had argued, fought, and truly loved each other. Until one day, she overheard Jiang Zhiyu talking with a friend. “Didn’t you keep Miss Tao around as a stand-in because her profile looked like Meng Tao’s? Now that Meng Tao’s back, what are you going to do?” “What do you 9.2kReads7.6Score360Shelves
44. 544 宿 Host, the Villain’s Corruption Level Has Exploded 宿主，反派黑化值爆了 Xiao Qiange萧浅歌Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Song Zhishu believes that even in death, you should go out with dignity. No matter how impressive you were in life, if your grave gets dug up, you can't make anyone click “666.” So after Song Zhishu got into a car accident, she didn't even get a grave. White Dumpling: Host, 666! With no other choice, she embarked on the irreversible road of lowering the villain's corruption score. But she thinks all those awesome protagonists in novels are a bunch of liars. She has no golden finger, no little sw 13Reads5.2Score—Shelves

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    I can't bear the thought of someone not sharing this suffering with me 😭 It's so agonizing 😭 (Female-oriented content)

45. 545 让 Have Her Pretend to Be a Rich Heiress's Girlfriend? Winning Five Million Is Nothing 让她假扮千金女友，中奖五百万不值一提 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted She pretended to be a rich heiress’s boyfriend, and winning five million was no big deal. 68Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 546 我 I Won’t Fall for You 我不会喜欢你 Falling Blossoms and Flying Rain落花飞雨Two Male Leads110k WordsCompleted Mo Qian spent six years trying to warm a cold, unyielding heart. But life is full of disappointments, and love is one of them. Even on the day he died, he never received the love he had yearned for. But he could never have imagined that after his death, the one he had loved in this world would finally awaken, overcome with grief. Day after day, they knelt before the tiny pile of ashes he had become, sobbing and weeping, until they died beneath those ashes. ***Content warnings: * A groveling ex a 994Reads8.8Score103Shelves
47. 547 她 After Her Eighth Proposal, I Left to the Sound of Her Singing 她求婚八次后，我在她的歌声中离开 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted After she proposed eight times, I left to the sound of her singing. 110Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 548 何 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 Xian Yuke羡鱼珂Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 143kReads9.7Score106.8kShelves

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    This isn't mindless torture! All the grand events of my life have been swept away by the turbid current.

49. 549 初 My First Love Faces Off Against an AI Beauty. What Should I Do? 初恋大战AI美女，我该怎么办啊 The Strategist策略派12k WordsCompleted My First Love Is Going Head-to-Head with an AI Beauty. What Should I Do? 44Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 550 美 The Beautiful CEO Married a Delivery Rider. After She Died, I Got Drunk and Called for Her 美女总裁嫁给外卖骑手，她死后，我醉后喊她 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted A Stunning CEO Married a Delivery Rider. After She Died, I Called Out to Her While Drunk. 158Reads—Score—Shelves

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