Extremely Angsty, the Kind That Breaks Your Heart and Brings You to Tears 特虐，虐到心疼的那种，虐到流眼泪，看了就特难受

1. 1001 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. 1002 惨 Oh No! I Was an Emperor, but the Matriarchal Kingdom Captured Me as a Servant 惨了！大帝的我，被女尊掳走为仆 Cold Peach Blossoms桃花冷Eastern Fantasy393k WordsCompleted (Matriarchal world + protagonist suffers + xuanhuan setting + female demon empress + unhinged + System) Lu Que transmigrated to a xuanhuan world, where his junior sister and disciples betrayed him, forcing him to flee the sect. Three thousand years later, he rose to the rank of Great Emperor in one fell swoop. But before he could return to the sect for revenge, he crossed paths with a woman in red. From that day on, Lu Que’s nightmare began… 24.1kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves

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   This book has 183 chapters in total. Chapters 180 are all angst-filled. To put it simply, it starts with the female lead torturing the male lead like a dog. Then, the male lead is captured by another woman, and the female lead frantically cultivates to save him. This process is very difficult, and this woman tortures the male lead to the point of insanity. In total, the male lead is in a terrible state for over a hundred chapters. Then comes the "chasing after the husband" scenario. After saving the male lead, the female lead helps him recover his memories every day, which is also extremely difficult. The female lead loves the male lead to the bone and doesn't want him to remember the past when she tortured him, so she simply erases those memories. She thought they could live happily as a family of three, but then the dog system restores all of the male lead's memories, and he immediately becomes the strongest and tortures the female lead. Personally, I think the male lead tortures the female lead more than the female lead, since she has done a lot for him. In the end, the female lead tortures the female lead first because she loves to torture him so much. The process of torturing the female lead is truly agonizing, and each act of torture is written with a heart-wrenching feeling, making it somewhat immersive and painful for the reader. However, the ending is good. The dog system becomes human for a while, allowing the two to start over, returning to the day they first met. Only the female lead has memories, and the ending is a small part of the story.

3. 1003 蓦 One Fleeting Glance, and I Knew Love Had Faded 蓦然一顾知阑珊 Xian Zhou Chai羡舟钗Modern Romance40k WordsCompleted She married him without hesitation in the prime of her life, but couldn't escape the seven-year itch. As her life entered its final countdown, she could no longer find the young man who had once loved her so deeply. She devoted her entire life to him, and only at the very end did he finally realize what he had lost... 59Reads5.6Score—Shelves

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   It was so heartbreaking, I cried halfway through, and by the end I was watching it late at night and couldn't breathe. The female lead closed her eyes and never woke up again. I cry every time I watch it. 😭

4. 1004 她 After She Cheated, She Lost the Love of Her Life Forever 她出轨后永失所爱 King Revolver左轮王10k WordsCompleted After She Cheated, She Lost the One She Loved Forever 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
5. 1005 通 The Bedchamber Maid 通房丫鬟 Snow on the Cold River寒江雪Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted As a bedchamber maid, Hua Rong has always remembered her place. She mustn't fall in love with her master, let him become addicted to women, or compete with his future young madam for his affections. After finally enduring until age and fading looks let her buy back her freedom, Hua Rong sets her sights on an honest, decent widower and plans to share a simple life with him. But her highborn master pins her to the wall, eyes red, and asks, “You'd rather have that old man than me?” Hua Rong: “...” 2.6kReads9.2Score674Shelves

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   This is such a heart-wrenching story, highly recommended!

6. 1006 太 Her Highness the Crown Princess Reigns Supreme, While Her Sickly Prisoner Begs for Her Favor 太女殿下在上，病娇质子卑微求宠 Cherry Mini Ball樱桃迷你丸Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted [Women rule | Mutual devotion | Loyal dog-like hero | Strong heroine and hero | Hero is submissive] [Mighty, domineering Crown Princess/Empress vs. childhood friend and hostage prince from an enemy kingdom] The little hostage prince whom the Crown Princess had cherished since childhood betrayed her. He joined forces with her eldest half-sister to frame her for treason, then returned to his homeland to attack her. The Crown Princess was furious. She led her troops to drive back the Eastern Xiao K 4.4kReads8.9Score274Shelves

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   They're all pretty heart-wrenching 😭😭😭 Especially the last 5 books!

7. 1007 分 You Want to Split 60,000 with Me? I Started Out Worth 50 Million! 分我六万？我开局身价五千万！ King Revolver左轮王13k WordsCompleted You Only Want to Give Me Sixty Thousand? I'm Worth Fifty Million from the Start! 404Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 1008 贵 The Rich Young Masters' Plaything 贵少爷们的玩物 I Eat Preserved Mustard Greens我吃梅菜Modern Romance182k WordsOngoing [Angsty Romance] [Multiple Male Leads] [Not a Clean Romance] [Exes Begging for Forgiveness] Have you ever loved someone like this? Loved every strand of his hair, every glance he gave you, so that even the most insignificant thing he said could make you feel giddy with happiness. Knowing full well he wasn't the right person, yet still throwing yourself into the flames like a moth, with no regrets even as you burned. When Cheng Xiaoxiao was eighteen, she loved someone just like that. I'm too laz 41.2kReads—Score4.2kShelves

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   All I can say is that if you enjoy angst-filled stories, you absolutely shouldn't miss this one.

9. 1009 我 I Should Fly Toward the Clear Sky 我应像鸟飞往晴空 Xiao Si Shi小肆莳11k WordsCompleted I Should Be Like a Bird, Flying Toward the Clear Sky 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male lead broke off the engagement himself, then regretted it and kidnapped her back, even demanding that the female lead raise his daughter with his ex-wife. But the two children the female lead was pregnant with are gone! It's so heartbreaking, it's excruciating...

10. 1010 婢 The Beautiful Maid 婢子绝色 Rain Tapping the Pipa雨打琵琶Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted “Come here and let me hold you.” Looking at Lin Shuang'er trembling before him, Ye Beicheng suppresses the madness in his eyes. Everyone knows the God of War Prince of Great Song is cold, restrained, and uninterested in women. Yet he takes a servant girl to his bed and cherishes her like a treasure. Lin Shuang'er was born poor, with a life worth less than dirt. She knows she shouldn't become so attached to her master's affection. But this master stands up for her, lowers himself for her, and giv 4.7kReads9.2Score1kShelves
11. 1011 那 My Imprisoned Husband Keeps Trying to Kill Me 那个被囚的夫君总想要我狗命 The Dead Yandere Who Loves Sleeping in Coffins爱睡棺材的死病娇Ancient Romance432k WordsCompleted (Both leads are each other's first; female lead disguises herself as a man) Everyone knew the Ninth Prince, Mu Chenyin, as a cold-blooded, ruthless killer who never blinked at taking a life, a living King of Hell whom everyone feared. No one knew that the merciless Ninth Prince was only the other side of her split personality. Every night, a veiled figure would sneak in looking guilty to apply medicine to the peerless beauty she had imprisoned. After seven days, she could no longer hold back 143Reads8.4Score—Shelves
12. 1012 他 He Actually Stole My Wife 他竟偷走我的妻 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted He Actually Stole My Wife 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
13. 1013 我 Our Family, Buried Alive by Life 我们这一家，被生活活埋 Jie Ma介麻30k WordsCompleted Our Family Was Buried Alive by Life 54Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I was so tortured!!! It was horribly tortured!!!

14. 1014 霜 When Frost Silks Fall, Tribulation Comes 霜丝落尽成劫 Rika Under the Moon月下绘里香Fantastical Romance118k WordsOngoing [Tragic Romance] [Coercive Possession] [Divine Clans] [Amnesia] [Unhinged Male Lead] [Sweet on the Surface, Dark Within] [Groveling to Win Her Back] [Rival Clans' Political Marriage] The blood of the phoenix god never dissipates once separated from the body. It condenses into threads. With these threads as a guide, one can cleanse a god, nurture a magical artifact, or weave a calamity that defies heaven and earth. Dai Lanxi is the most doted-on youngest daughter of the divine clan, yet she has 7Reads—Score105Shelves

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    A tragic love story, filled with both hatred and passion, and intense emotional turmoil.

15. 1015 只 Live Long Enough, and No One Can Beat Me 只要活的够久，就没人是我对手 The Day I Ascended to Godhood成神这天Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [System]+ [Transmigration]+ [Playing It Safe] Xu Fan transmigrates to a fantasy world and obtains an Immortality System. The System’s only function is to extend his lifespan. Today’s run: lifespan +2 days Today’s boxing practice: lifespan +3 days Today’s kicking practice: lifespan +5 days “A gentleman’s revenge can wait five hundred years.” After Xu Fan waited five hundred years and finally found his enemy again, the only thing he could do was dance on his enemy’s grave. Question: What 9.4kReads9.0Score745Shelves

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    Don't be fooled by the title; this book is a slow, agonizing torture, tearing you apart piece by piece. [Crying][crying][crying]

16. 1016 女 The Empress Runs Wild: Her Bewitching Imperial Consort Is Irresistible 女帝倾狂：妖孽皇夫太撩人 Hua E婳鹅Ancient Romance631k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Luo Huanqing goes from being a top esper who ruled a territory in the post-apocalyptic world to a tyrant reviled by everyone for her cruelty! Assassinations, poison, schemes, and open plots: a whole crowd is tearing itself apart over the throne beneath her... Luo Huanqing has this to say So what if they're willing to risk their lives? Whether it's a fight against heaven, earth, or other people, she'll take them all on! But for all her calculations, she never expected to fal 646Reads8.8Score100Shelves
17. 1017 东 The Eastern Palace’s Caged Sparrow: Changning’s Mistake 东宫囚雀：长宁误 Rika Under the Moon月下绘里香Ancient Romance395k WordsOngoing [Love and hate entwined | Discipline | Revenge | Political scheming] I am the fallen dynasty's princess, the most docile canary in the Eastern Palace. The Crown Prince killed my father, destroyed my homeland, and used rules to cage me into the most obedient plaything in his palm. He told me to learn political strategy, so I did. He told me to smile, so I smiled. After lying low for five years, I finally got the chance I'd been waiting for: the day he was trapped in a desperate situation. I broug 184Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 1018 妻 The Hell My Wife Hid in the Receipts 妻子藏在收据里的地狱 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted The Hell My Wife Hid in the Receipts 539Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 1019 海 The Day He Sent Me to the Palace, Before the Begonias Fell 海棠未落他送我入宫那天 Lan Nianli, Who Loves Soy-Braised Crucian Carp爱吃酱香鲫鱼的蓝念离16k WordsCompleted The Day He Sent Me to the Palace Before the Begonias Had Fallen —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1020 满 You Reek of Fish! Get Lost! This Princess Won’t Put Up With It 满身鱼腥味？滚！本公主不吃压力 Jie Ma介麻16k WordsCompleted Smell like fish? Get out! This princess doesn't eat stress. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 1021 病 The Lovesick Character Persona Has Fallen Apart 病娇人设崩塌了 Sweet Peach Yaoyao甜桃夭夭Modern Romance575k WordsCompleted [The print edition is coming soon and will be available on all platforms. See you at 7:00 p.m. on July 31!] Xie Huai, the famous young heir of the capital, fell in love at first sight with Song Nuan, the dazzling freshman representative on stage, when he was a freshman in high school. Xie Huai suffers from depression and is possessive and volatile. He won't let any boys near Song Nuan, and anyone who gets close ends up expelled. Terrified, Song Nuan is forced to transfer schools, but Xie Huai fo 50.3kReads9.4Score5kShelves

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    Xie Huai, a young master from the capital, fell in love with Song Nuan, the freshman representative, in high school. His obsessive, eccentric, and possessive nature forced Song Nuan to transfer schools. Years later, when they reunited, he could no longer control his feelings. Song Nuan later realized that Xie Huai's love, though clumsy, was profound and unparalleled.

22. 1022 疯 The Mad Empress Is Reborn and Finds Her Happy Ending with the Ice-Cold Imperial Preceptor 疯批女帝重生和高岭之花国师HE Endless Summer无尽夏Ancient Romance450k WordsCompleted [Reborn + strong heroine and hero + female top and male bottom + coercive love + obsessive, unstable love interest] [A calculating, ruthless princess vs. a cold, ascetic, aloof master of the state] A strong heroine's rebirth and rise to power, a face-slapping revenge fantasy about punishing scumbags and growing stronger, and dragging a god from his pedestal. Princess Ling Xuan of Changming was gifted and undefeated on the battlefield, repelling foreign enemies and serving the imperial family all 404Reads7.6Score—Shelves
23. 1023 备 A Backup Plan? I'm Done Putting Up with This! 备胎？老子不伺候了！ King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted A Backup Plan? I'm Done Putting Up With This! 393Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 1024 哥 Brother, I’m Done Getting Treatment 哥哥，我不治了 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼19k WordsCompleted Big Brother, I’m Done with Treatment 1.5kReads—Score104Shelves

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    The kind of crying that can't stop the tears from flowing [crying]

25. 1025 我 When I Used My Beauty to Kill the Emperor, He Said He'd Find Me Early in Our Next Life 我以美貌弑君时，他说来生要趁早 Lan Nianli, Who Loves Soy-Braised Crucian Carp爱吃酱香鲫鱼的蓝念离Ancient Romance18k WordsCompleted When I Killed the Emperor with My Beauty, He Said He'd Find Me Early in His Next Life —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 1026 为 Drifting North for Love? Holding Someone Else’s Hand? Turning Around to Say Goodbye? 为爱北漂？牵别人的手？转身说再见？ Jie Ma介麻44k WordsCompleted Drift north for love? Take someone else's hand? Turn around and say goodbye? —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 1027 我 My Cat Is the Crown Prince of a Former Dynasty 我的猫是前朝太子 A Xin Zi一颗鑫子8k WordsCompleted My Cat Is the Crown Prince of the Former Dynasty —Reads—Score—Shelves

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28. 1028 他 By the Time He Learned to Remember, I Was Already Married 他学会记得的时候，我已经嫁人了 Ruo Yun Fu若云拂26k WordsCompleted By the time he learned to remember, I was already married 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She stayed by his side for two years. She watched over him when he was sick, remembered his criticisms, and never spoke of his blindness. Her most frequent phrase was "Excuse me"—as if afraid of blocking someone's path, or as if ready to leave at any moment. Jiang Yanzhou thought she would never leave. It wasn't until she stood beside someone else in a wedding dress that he realized he didn't even have the right to say "Don't go." This book leaves you feeling choked up, yet you can't help but finish it in one go. The male lead's belated affection is more cruel than the female lead's silence. A tragic love story with a tragic ending; proceed with caution, but it's worth it.

29. 1029 被 After I Used and Dumped Him, He Went More and More Insane 被我始乱终弃后，他日渐疯批 Ling Xiu铃岫Ancient Romance478k WordsCompleted [One devoted couple + 1v1 romance + the hero’s long road to winning her back + a touch of dark yandere obsession + a strange but mutual pursuit + happy ending] [Cool, aloof genius cultivator × proud, poised young lady who has everything under control] Su Xi is the sort of person you’d expect to find as a villainess. Proud and domineering, wanton and willful, arrogant and accustomed to throwing her weight around. In her previous life, because she was a demonic cauldron, she ended up betraying her 3.6kReads9.2Score359Shelves

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    These three books are phenomenal, and I'm incredibly heartbroken by their endings! [Crying emojis] The titles are all very original, and the content isn't just gratuitous torture; it's all very depressing and heartbreaking. The first book was heartbreaking [crying emojis] [crying emojis] [crying emojis] [crying emojis] [crying emojis] [crying emojis] [crying emojis] The second book is extremely depressing [crying emojis] [crying emojis] The third book's "prison chapter" is also depressing [crying emojis]. After reading them, I felt that the author's writing was truly profound and incredibly moving. I highly recommend them. These three are the most heartbreaking novels I've read in recent years.

30. 1030 被 The Truth Came to Light After My Lingchi Execution, and the Whole World Wept for Me 被凌迟后真相大白，天下为我哭疯 Three Two Five三二五Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted A transmigrator stole her body, and she could only watch helplessly as the interloper poisoned her husband, abused her own child, returned to the General's Residence as the true heiress, poisoned the false heiress, and committed one wicked deed after another. Everyone turned against her, and she was sentenced to death by a thousand cuts... Three years later, she reclaimed her body and walked down from the execution platform in blood-soaked clothes. She swore to take back everything she had lost 1.4kReads8.9Score136Shelves
31. 1031 爱 Loving You Is a Sickness No Medicine Can Cure 爱你成疾，药石无医 Jun Yiran君逸然Modern Romance41k WordsCompleted They had known each other for ten years and been classmates for four. Shu Ning loved Xiao Zhanting with all her heart, giving him one of her kidneys, losing a child for him, and breaking her own heart. Yet Xiao Zhanting hated her with a passion and personally sent her to her death... 37Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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    Compared to heart-wrenching dramas, this one is even more intense! The only thing I'm worried about is not having enough tissues—it's just too tear-jerking.

32. 1032 既 If You Love Your First Love So Much, Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Gone? 既爱白月光，我走了你哭啥？ King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted If you love your first love so much, why are you crying now that I've left? 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
33. 1033 香 Soft and Fragrant in His Arms, the Capital’s Princeling Falls for Her 香软入怀，京圈太子爷沦陷了 Loves Big Tomatoes Most最爱大番茄12k WordsCompleted Soft and Sweet in His Arms, the Capital’s Top Heir Falls for Her 16.1kReads—Score291Shelves

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    How about a sweet and fluffy romance novel that isn't angsty?

34. 1034 囚 Imprisoned by Love: The Deranged Gu Begs Me on His Knees Not to Leave 囚爱入骨：疯批顾少跪求我别走 A Xin Zi一颗鑫子17k WordsCompleted Imprisoned in Love: The Mad Young Master Gu Kneels and Begs Me to Stay 1Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 1035 破 A Broken Mirror Cannot Be Mended 破镜难重圆 Jun Yiran君逸然Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted Childhood sweethearts, married for ten years. Fu Shiyu came back with Shen Jiaman in his arms and forced Xia Ran to design her wedding dress. Xia Ran had poured her heart and soul into Fu Shiyu, yet could only watch helplessly as he caused their child’s death... Fu Shiyu, in the end, you and I were never meant to find happiness together. 22Reads5.5Score—Shelves
36. 1036 爱 Love Makes No Promises, and My Beloved Never Comes Home 爱不期许，良人不归 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted Love Makes No Promises, and My Beloved Never Came Back 147Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 1037 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 40.3kReads9.7Score6.3kShelves
38. 1038 莫 Do No Harm 莫伤 God Says We're Strangers神说陌路Two Male Leads308k WordsCompleted Deception + hypocrisy + BE Happy memories, his parents’ affection, and his older brother’s care had all been nothing but a dream, a delusion. “After you get married, I don’t want to see him live a happy life. He doesn’t deserve it.” Those were the words Mo Shang’s father said to Lu Yancheng in person on their wedding day. Because he looked like his maternal grandparents, his own mother despised him, his older brother bullied him, and neither of his parents loved him. “What kind of person do you 244Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    1. All seven relationships ended badly. He gave his heart and soul time and time again, exhausting his love, but he could not warm their cold hearts. He only regretted it after losing them. The aloof CEO treats his brother like a white moonlight; the self-proclaimed straight prince resists his passionate pursuit; the feng shui master, burdened with guilt over his deceased apprentice, causes him to bury a living person; the top celebrity in the entertainment industry, who trades emotional intelligence for IQ, can't tolerate his mediocrity; the unassuming e-sports player hesitates to respond to his sincere feelings; until finally, someone tells him he has a woman and child outside and asks for a divorce… He chooses to leave, but the world won't let him go, forcing him to choose one [facepalm]. The premise deserves five stars [thinking]. The writing is also quite good, but the ending is a pity. The low rating is indeed for a reason. If the ending were that the protagonist leaves and tries to love himself, that would be a true happy ending. Highly recommended, but I don't recommend reading to the end. 2. This book isn't actually that good. Many plot points are genuinely serious, so I suggest skipping around. However, he writes very well about the protagonist being trapped in memories, hallucinations, deception, and despair. Mo Shang, Mo Shang, in the end, the only person in this world who truly loves him is Wei Luo, whom he imagined. Not recommended for close reading, but the angst-filled parts have some research value. 3. Lin Shuyi loved someone for over ten years, but after ten years of marriage, she couldn't love him back. Lin Shuyi's ten years: I'm willing, I love you so much, I love you, I'm sorry, I'm so tired, I don't want to, let me go, let me die [almost crying]. The male lead is truly a god [facepalm]. The rebirth side story is also very bitter. After Shuyi dies in the main story, she is forced to be trapped in reincarnation. Five times she resists, all ending in a bad ending, until the male lead grows old in the original world and finds her. Urgent reminder: Do not read the last chapter!!! You will regret it [crying]. 4. He went mad. He fell hopelessly in love with an innocent boy. Imprisonment, oppression, threats, drove the boy to despair and compromise. The boy tried to escape again and again, only to fall into the traps he set. Coercion, taming, punishment, left the boy heartbroken. He used every despicable means to tear open the boy's heart, to seize everything about the boy, and to try to become the boy's whole world. He succeeded; the boy fell ill, and he won back the boy's dead heart. The first half is quite heartbreaking, but the second half is all sweet. [Thinking] Highly recommended, and there's also a super cute scarf on the big screen. [Laughing] 5. Bai Congming isn't stupid; he's the smartest. The innocent and adorable Bai Congming is truly heartbreaking. "Mom said that when the bougainvillea blooms, she'll be watching me from inside." "Brother Ding... Can you not go so soon... And live in the bougainvillea?" "Mom will go too, Brother Ding will go too, if the bougainvillea is so wonderful... Then Xiaobai will go too." The line "Mom lives in the bougainvillea" really made me cry right then and there. [Crying] Xiaobai's innocence has always been healing those around him; he's the most beautiful little flower fairy. [Almost crying] Highly recommended, but it might seem a bit bland at first glance; it's best to read a few chapters a day.

39. 1039 薄 Heartless 薄幸 Little Cat Sprout猫小芽Modern Romance585k WordsOngoing [Republican Era Romance] [Reunion After Years Apart] [Possessive Love] [A Love Entangled in Hatred] [The Regretful Husband’s Road to Redemption] [Love and Conflict Between Nation and Family] [Ensemble Cast] Everyone says Fu Qizhen is heartless. She was once the refined young lady of the scholarly Fu family in Jingping, and He Zhiyan’s childhood sweetheart and fiancée. But the year his family was destroyed and his father died in battle, she coldly abandoned him and married into the Cheng family, 33.3kReads8.7Score3.1kShelves

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    I love reading tragic novels set in the Republican era—nine out of ten stories set in the Republican era are tragic.

40. 1040 曾 He Once Looked Down on Me. Now I'm Out of His League 曾经他不屑，如今他高攀不起 A Xin Zi一颗鑫子11k WordsCompleted He Once Looked Down on Her. Now He's Not Worthy of Her. —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 1041 公 Your Highness, You Dug Out the Male Lead’s Pride with Your Own Hands 公主殿下，男主被你亲手挖去傲骨 Heartbeat心跳Ancient Romance246k WordsCompleted [Matriarchal society + heroine mistreats hero + both are pure + low-status hero] Three years ago, Ninth Princess Xiao Yue snatched Jiang Cheng, the young master of the Jiang family, from the general's residence. Three years later, he loves her with all his heart. Now she plans to take the zither player from Zuifeng House as her secondary consort. Her every thought is on her new favorite, and she grows colder toward him by the day. The zither player, innocent and kind in public, smiles maliciousl 2.9kReads7.3Score142Shelves
42. 1042 他 He Regrets It 他有悔 Lady Jinxi金喜娘Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted [Reunion after years apart + groveling to win her back from the start + secretly raising their child + scheming, possessive, devoted male lead] Eight years after their divorce, Xiang Yilin never expected to run into his ex-wife at the hospital. Xu Yan, once a pampered heiress who had never lifted a finger, had become a doctor, and now had a limp. His seven-year-old son asked who she was. He paused for a long moment. “Someone I haven’t seen in a very long time.” All his life, Xiang Yilin had been 1.7kReads7.7Score362Shelves

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    This is the most heart-wrenching novel I've read in the past two years. It has a tragic ending; the male lead, harboring deep hatred, stays by the female lead's side, ultimately losing the one he loves most. The female lead refuses to forgive him. The book is titled "He Has Regrets."

43. 1043 雪 Snowfall in the Dark Alley 雪落暗巷 Huai Qin Nan An淮秦南安Two Male Leads203k WordsCompleted (The main story is complete) [One-on-one pure romance, not your typical angsty love story] Xie Fusang × Pei Yiliu/Ruan Yue Bottom with a psychological disorder × psychiatrist top Original title: Drowned At three in the morning after the first snow, there were not only plum blossoms ready to bloom, but also a notebook beneath the thin snow, holding memories and love. It snowed for three days and three nights, and the thin layer of snow grew deep. Strange. The notebook had no water on it, so why 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm begging you on my knees to read this book. You can finish it in a few hours, and its message will shock you for a long time afterward. It's not angsty at first, but it gets really angsty later on, even the epilogues are angsty, and the author's own words are angsty... It's just like that, knife after knife, knife after knife.

44. 1044 人 A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史 Mark P. Donnelly马克·P.唐纳利Historical151k WordsCompleted For thousands of years, humanity has devised many ingenious and cruel ways to inflict pain on its own kind. This tragic yet seemingly universal trait has corroded the civilization humanity strives to achieve. Though we now seem to detest torture, for more than 3,000 years it was part of the laws of all Europe and much of the Far East. A Brief History of Human Torture explores the many forms of punishment, torture, coercion, and torment. It takes readers into the arenas of ancient Rome, medieval 7.6kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves

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    The first book needs no introduction, it's all angst. The second book tortures the protagonist at the beginning and the antagonist at the end, in short, it tortured me the whole time. The fourth book really left me heartbroken! The seventh book is so "sweet"! I couldn't stop the tears from my eyes. The last book has a substitute, pregnancy, and schizophrenia.

45. 1045 继 After My Stepfather Tore Up My College Acceptance Letter, I Laughed 继父撕我录取通知书后，我笑了 King Revolver左轮王22k WordsCompleted After my stepfather tore up my college acceptance letter, I smiled 49Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 1046 长 There Was Once a Young Man in Chang'an ("A Thousand Miles of High Towers, Untouched by Wind or Snow") 长安曾有少年郎（“高台千里，勿沾风雪”） A Sen阿森Ancient Romance161k WordsCompleted [Revenge and court intrigue + childhood sweethearts + tragic palace romance + maximum angst] [Loyal young general VS coldhearted heiress bent on revenge VS gentle, devoted emperor. A tangled love between three people, with heartbreak that cuts to the bone] Qing Ru'an's life was buried beneath the fire that raged through the snowstorm that year. Her entire family was slaughtered, both her parents were gone, and the Qing family, the richest in Zizhou, was reduced to ruins overnight. The once-proud 3.3kReads9.4Score773Shelves

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    Ancient Chinese Romance, Extremely Heartbreaking, You Must Read! 1. She saved his life, buried his parents, and he protected her his whole life. In the end, he never married and died far from home. Qi Xiuyuan said, "Impossible. We shared the same bed in life and the same grave in death. She is to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, and whether in life or death, she must be by my side." "But the only thing you ever asked for in this life was for me to release Mu Yuanbai." 2. The beginning is slightly humorous, but later, after Zhao Wan'er's death, Zhang Jingxing held Zhao Wan'er for a long time, until her body slowly grew cold in his arms, unwilling to believe that she had left him. Whenever he thought of her, he would plant a cassia tree, which gradually became a cassia forest. When Fengqi Palace burned down, he took their marriage certificate and cassia cakes and went to find the person she loved most. The eldest sister (forgive me for not finding her name) gave me just as much heartbreak as the protagonist. She seemed to have never considered herself, always taking care of their family. 3. The male and female protagonists are reborn. In her previous life, she loved him for a lifetime, but he did not know. In her death, she regretted it and realized how much she loved him. In this life, he vowed to treat her well, but she left him after awakening her memories of her previous life. "Yin Xun doesn't believe in Buddhism, but he prayed to Buddha for the first time," placing all his hopes on Buddha. She returned, her memories fading little by little, but fate couldn't be changed; she would still die. "Yin Xun, I want to die on a snowy morning, to watch the snow fall all night." He held her, watching the snow fall all night. "I want to be a butterfly among the flowers, a gentle breeze in April, or a single snowflake among millions. What about Your Majesty?" "Not entering the cycle of reincarnation, perhaps." "I lied to you... I still want to enter the cycle of reincarnation, I still want to meet you, to see the butterflies among the flowers, to feel the April breeze, to walk in the snow." In the end, he still lost her. 4. At their first meeting, he knelt on the snow, and she gave him a pastry. They both survived in the cracks of the palace. He had laid out a game of chess, every move planned, everyone in the game was his pawn, except for her. He destroyed her kingdom, transforming himself from a mere hostage into someone else. He loved her and only wished to be with her forever, but ultimately he succumbed to familial love. When they met again, she was dressed in red, leaping from the city wall; he, too, was dressed in red and struck by an arrow. They met amidst the endless snowstorm, and they met and died amidst the endless snowstorm. Heartbreakingly poignant; highly, highly, highly recommended.

47. 1047 过 An Expired Insurance Policy, Someone Who Never Came Home 过期的保单，未归的人 A Xin Zi一颗鑫子7k WordsCompleted An Expired Policy, Someone Who Never Came Home —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 1048 长 Changhua Hall 长华殿 Yan Xixi晏西西Ancient Romance372k WordsCompleted [Two unhinged leads + ruthless pursuit + regretful pursuit + no getting back together] Everyone said Sheng Zhaoning was the most loyal dog at Wei Yi's side. She came when summoned and left when dismissed, as lowly as the mud beneath his feet. One night, after drinking, someone asked Wei Yi, “Do you really not like her?” Wei Yi looked as if he'd heard a joke. “She's just a dog. What makes her think I'd like her?” Everyone laughed. Outside the door, Sheng Zhaoning lowered her eyes and finally gave 13.8kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    The female lead is the male lead's personal bodyguard. Before meeting her beloved Crown Prince, she secretly loved him but was hurt by him. The male lead and the female lead stabbed the Crown Prince to death, creating a major rift between them. The only thing keeping her alive was a tiny bit of news about her beloved Crown Prince.

49. 1049 长 Immortal and Undying: Starting by Tricking Ying Zheng 长生不死：从忽悠嬴政开始 Ni Tian Ruirui逆天瑞瑞Historical1.3M WordsCompleted [Historical] [Longevity] [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Wits and strategy] I, Chen Xun, an utterly ordinary modern office worker, opened my eyes to find myself an undocumented nobody at the end of the Warring States period. Starving and freezing, I gave my only flatbread to a boy being held down in the mud, his eyes wild as a wolf cub's. Only later did I learn his name was Zhao Zheng, the future... Qin Shi Huang. I taught him math and science; he taught me the art of ruling. I trained alongside 1.7kReads7.2Score201Shelves

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    Go see for yourself.

50. 1050 疯 The Mad Tycoon’s Captive, Plotting an Escape Every Day 疯批大佬强制囚禁，日日预谋出逃 Sweet and Sour Fried Potatoes糖醋炒土豆Two Male Leads369k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + coercive love + one-on-one, both chaste + imprisonment + happy ending] “Please… Lin Zheng, I’m begging you, don’t come any closer…” Whenever Su Nian’an heard the basement’s iron door creak open, he would instinctively shrink into the corner of the bed, trembling uncontrollably. But Lin Zheng remained unmoved. “Nian’an, as long as you stop trying to escape and say you’re willing to obey me of your own accord, sincerely and wholeheartedly, this will all end right away.” Later, 38.1kReads8.5Score4.8kShelves

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