High-Quality Angst! An Original Plot, a Smart Hero, and Beautifully Written Short Stories 高质量虐文！剧情不老套，男主不无脑！短篇文笔好

1. 201 踹 I Kicked the Scumbag to the Curb! On New Year’s Day, I Reclaimed an Entire Mountain 踹飞渣男！我在大年初一收回了整座山 Yun Chuyin云楚吟13k WordsCompleted I Kicked the Scumbag to the Curb! On New Year’s Day, I Reclaimed the Entire Mountain 20Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 202 她 The Third Day After She Disappeared 她消失的第三天 Jin Er斤二Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted Delicate darling x rugged man Substitute x crematorium x happy ending - When Zhao Haitang was eighteen, she became a blood bank for the Qin family’s young lady. Everyone said Miss Qin’s older brother was a ruthless man who had fought his way out of the slums alone while caring for his sickly little sister. He had risen from the dregs of society to become one of Dongzhou’s new elite. Cross him, and he’d make you suffer for it. Zhao Haitang paid no attention to the rumors. She was madly in love wi 162.9kReads9.1Score23.5kShelves

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   It has to be this one.

3. 203 假 What If I Were a Parasitic Vine? 假如我是菟丝花 Refining Ice Moon炼冰月Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted Signed for a print edition, publication pending | Instinctive attraction | Pure love in the early stages | Passionate love in the later stages | When they first met, Su Yunluo never dared imagine that Xie Chen would actually seduce her. After all, back then he was the teacher's pride and joy, the top student admired by the whole school, the God of Xie. Everyone said that this God of Xie was aloof and chaste, untouchable, and above worldly concerns. Only Su Yunluo quietly saw through it. It was a 72.9kReads9.4Score9.8kShelves

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   I wonder if you'd enjoy this kind of normal romance between ordinary people in a typical school setting? Both the male and female leads are intelligent and have normal personalities. It depicts the normal stirrings of young love between a boy and a girl, and is partly based on true events. So, you could say it's completely free of clichés.

4. 204 尘 A Secret Love Poem in the Dust 尘埃里的暗恋诗 Refining Ice Moon炼冰月Modern Romance396k WordsCompleted (Print edition signed) + (Animated series coming soon. Search “The Small-Town Girl's White Moonlight” to reserve your spot) [Based on a true story + both leads are each other's first and only + happy ending] [In the beginning: innocent schoolyard crush; later: mutual devotion and a mix of sweet and steamy love] Xia Changjun's crush was so hard to bear. It began too early. She had liked him since elementary school. The gap between them was too wide. He was the prince of their small town. Every te 57.6kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
5. 205 在 Playing the Black Moonlight in a Painful Hong Kong Novel 在疼痛香江文学里当黑月光 residueModern Romance189k WordsCompleted Ensemble cast!!! A hodgepodge of eight couples, ship them however you like. The blurb is about the previous generation, whose story is full of messy, realistic drama! It's only the first eight chapters, so please don't let that put you off. The previous generation's tempestuous love and bitter hatred make it easier to understand how complicated things are for this generation: they want to love but can't, and want to let go but can't. Female lead: Ren Ruyi. Male lead: Xin Xia. If you want to read 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Eight couples, a tale of love and hate, sweet and romantic, you can ship them all, whatever you want. This book tells the story of a group of people—a group who emerged from the rainy nights of Temple Street. Zhong Aixiao squatted behind the counter of the "Xiang Ji" goldfish stall, raising Xin Xia for Xin Tongda. She waited for six years, wrote six letters, the last one containing only five words: "I'm not waiting anymore." Brother Fu sat on a plastic chair by the door, drinking beer for six years, waiting for her to turn around and see him. The day Xin Tongda signed the "protection agreement" determined everyone's fate. He went to the Philippines, accepting a drink from Jiang Meiling in a bar. He didn't know that drink would later become the son of a man named Jiang Che. From the age of three, Xin Xia carried a girl across all the puddles of Temple Street. He kept her photos in a folder called "Weather," facing them alone in a dark room late at night. He loved her, but he dared not let her know the weight of his love. Ren Ruyi had a system living in her mind. She did tasks, she wavered between two people, she thought she was just a player. Until the system crashed, she went to London, playing the piano for strangers in the snow, and met a boy named Xinyue, where she learned for the first time "protection" instead of "being loved." Jiang Che walked out of the tea restaurant kitchen and all the way to the boardroom of the Xin Group. He married Jiang Shuiqing—the woman who knew he had someone else in his heart but still chose him. She died in the delivery room, her last words being, "Where is my daughter?" When Tang Zhenyi was ten, she took a knife for a five-year-old boy. That scar remained on her left palm for twenty years. Later, she had plastic surgery, changed her face, entered the Xin family circle, and at the arrival gate of Charles de Gaulle Airport, was stopped by the now-grown boy by his full name. Song searched for her for twenty years. Everyone was caught in the karma of the previous generation. Everyone was trying to forge their own path. "When I'm sad, I try to be more understanding." But understanding is never a kind of magnanimity. It's a person's name. It's an exile that will never reach its shore. "I'm drawn to girls who laugh easily, but that girl isn't you." The person who said this sat in the front row of the wedding, a half-full glass of iced tea in hand, watching the entire event unfold. There isn't a single purely evil character in this book. Nor does anyone live up to their initial aspirations. But they are all still moving forward. Under the neon lights of Temple Street, amidst the sea of ​​lights in Victoria Harbour, in every snowy night and every endless rain. "After all the twists and turns, I still found you." ?

6. 206 他 He Asked for a Third Wedding, I Wrote My First Will 他求第三次婚礼，我写第一份遗嘱 Wandering Plume, Wandering Dream流翎逸梦Marriage & Romance21k WordsCompleted He asks for a third wedding. I write my first will. —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 207 卿 Dear You: I Once Had a Terrible Deskmate 卿卿如晤：我曾经有个坏同桌 Refining Ice Moon炼冰月Modern Romance251k WordsCompleted The animated comic is coming soon! Two top students flirting with each other | Steamy and sweet | Small-town romance | No contrived plot, not a power fantasy Chen Qingqing thinks her love story with Lin Jingze is too embarrassing to tell anyone. Other people fall in love by dating. First comes a confession, then fingertips brushing, then lips meeting. But the two of them... went straight to bed. They were former deskmates who hadn't seen each other in years, and on the day they reunited, their f 26.8kReads8.9Score3.4kShelves
8. 208 沦 A Prisoner in His Bed: The Maid Pretends to Behave While Plotting Her Escape 沦为榻上囚，通房装乖只想逃 A Headwind Like Brotherhood逆风如结义Ancient Romance474k WordsOngoing [A clear-eyed, long-suffering noblewoman fallen into disgrace × a dark, powerful minister with an overwhelming need for control | coercive possession + a long road to winning her back + faking her death to escape + careful plotting at every turn + taming a dog] (Some negative reviews deliberately suggest things like a pregnancy escape plot, but the story doesn't even get that far.) Once a noblewoman from a respected family, she watched her clan fall overnight and became a lowly slave sentenced t 47.9kReads7.3Score4.4kShelves
9. 209 穿 After Transmigrating into 99 Books, I Prolong My Life by Faking My Death, While the Male Lead Pursues His Wife by Dying for Love 穿书99本，我靠死遁续命，男主靠殉情追妻 Wandering Plume, Wandering Dream流翎逸梦10k WordsCompleted After Transmigrating into 99 Books, I Keep Myself Alive by Faking My Death, While the Male Lead Pursues Me by Attempting Suicide —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 210 生 Share a Bed in Life! Share a Grave in Death! She Can't Escape After Being Forced to Become His Wife 生同衾！死同穴！强夺为妻逃不掉 Round Little Egg圆滚滚蛋Ancient Romance373k WordsCompleted [Possessive love + classic melodrama + love that never comes with time] [A frail, beautiful woman who gives in after marriage VS a deeply devoted man with an overwhelming need for control] Everyone envies Lou Wantang. She’s only the daughter of a county magistrate, yet she gets to marry Prince Chen, a man of great power, and receive his undivided favor. But only she knows she was forced into it. In other people’s eyes, Pei Sijin is a man of noble status, handsome and strong, and a devoted, fa 27.3kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    Friends, this book is so heartbreaking! The female lead and the second male lead are such a pity. They had already accepted their fate, so why torture them? I really feel sorry for the female lead and the second male lead. They were clearly a couple, so why break them up? But this novel is quite good, and the male lead truly loves the female lead. If you also think this novel is good, please give me a like!

11. 211 他 He Said My Secret Crush Was a Nuisance 他说我的暗恋是困扰 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted He Says My Secret Crush Is a Nuisance 762Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's heartbreaking. He's not brainless; in the beginning, his aloofness is incredibly painful to watch. She doesn't know he's better at hiding his crush than she is. She thinks her hidden crush is even more intense than his. He's always stubborn, mocking her bittersweet crush to everyone. For him, it's a problem. She's afraid of losing friends and can only maintain a childhood friendship—a coward who doesn't dare confess. But when he asks her alone if she has a crush on him, she doesn't realize his palms are sweating. She doesn't dare answer and can only ask him if he does. Her hands tremble, but she tries to remain calm, placing them behind her back. His ears turn bright red as he tries to pull something out of his pocket, but she's afraid of revealing her crush and runs away. He's disappointed and wants to transfer schools. Hearing this makes her even more heartbroken. She bitterly thinks she'll never see him again. When she gets into university, she hears that familiar voice being confessed to by the school beauty. It's him, but he hugs her and says she's his girlfriend, only telling her that she rejected the school... Using the flower as a shield, she thought it was a surprise, but hearing such words angered her so much that she publicly denied being his girlfriend. Everyone said she was ordinary and yet dared to reject such a handsome school heartthrob. In her anger, she accidentally dropped the yellowed pearl hairpin that her mother had given her as a keepsake. She cried and looked back for it. They argued, and he returned the hairpin to her, but the school beauty trampled on it and threw five yuan at her to humiliate her. She began to hate the school beauty. She threatened him to pretend to be her boyfriend, wanting to make the school beauty jealous. The school beauty gave her money to leave him. She agreed and then lost her memory. He took the opportunity to say that she was his girlfriend. Her mother found her and gave her five million to leave him. She also agreed to go abroad to study as soon as possible. After returning to China, she didn't know that he had become her CEO. She regained her memory, and he proposed to her. She only cared about the ring and not him, the free gift. She was imprisoned by him. When they got their marriage certificate, she tried to escape, but he blocked her way. The school beauty appeared at the wedding.

12. 212 说 He Said He Loved Me, Then Knelt at My Grave Twice, Weeping Bitterly 说爱我，他两次跪在墓前痛哭落泪 Wandering Plume, Wandering Dream流翎逸梦13k WordsCompleted He said he loved me, then knelt before my grave twice, weeping bitterly. —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 213 回 Back Before You Became the Light 回到你成为光之前 Jiujiu Doesn't Want to Work 996酒酒不想996Modern Romance300k WordsOngoing [Qi Shengnan × Shen Yanzhou → one-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first + fictional setting + mutual salvation + a touch of ensemble cast] When Qi Shengnan was six, she once met a very handsome person in the park near her home. Strangely, a red scarf was draped over his thigh. She gave him a strawberry-flavored candy and her umbrella too... When high school began, Qi Shengnan ended up in the same class as Shen Yanzhou, the top student in the city. She ran, he chased, and she wished s 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Especially beautiful

14. 214 我 My Zhizhi 我的栀栀 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼22k WordsCompleted My Zhizhi 6.1kReads—Score172Shelves

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    ✅Highly Recommended Short Story|"I Witness Your Wedding as Your Legal Wife" He rushed to the aurora borealis, to his lover, and ultimately perished in the snowstorm. I was the legal wife in name only, yet I personally brought their love to fruition. There were no hysterical arguments; restrained pain is the most deadly. The Icelandic snow buried the regret, and the unspoken words became an eternal regret. A must-read for those who love angst; promise me, this will be your first book!

15. 215 此 No More Yearning After This Parting 此去再无相思 Smiling Li Li笑逐颜开李李17k WordsCompleted There Will Be No More Longing After I Leave 25kReads—Score—Shelves
16. 216 蚀 The White Rose That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨白玫瑰 An Air Conditioner一匹空调Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Angst + One True Love Each + Love and Hate + Extreme Push and Pull + Love Even in Death] A boy rescued from a dog cage rises to become a powerful elite, while a fallen heiress becomes his captive. He was once the boy she rescued from a dog cage. Years later, he returned for revenge, destroying her family and forcing her to become his possession. Ling Yuhan knew that even if he possessed Huiyan, he could never possess her heart. When he discovered she wanted to reunite with her former fiancé, Li 5.4kReads8.9Score391Shelves

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    The male lead is bad, the male lead is bad, the male lead is bad, the male lead is bad!

17. 217 泥 No Flowers Bloom in the Mud 泥泞里开不出花 Cool but Not Cool酷酷不酷Modern Romance95k WordsCompleted At sixteen, Zhou Yezhu was pulled away from her grandmother's earthen house by the results of a DNA test and thrown into the cold world of the wealthy. Her birth mother's indifference, her foster brother's bullying, her "sister's" gentle scheming, and a boy's deliberate advances all told her the same thing: You don't belong here. Love came with conditions, family affection had a price tag, and even dignity had to be earned with good grades. Zhou Yezhu lowered her head and swallowed all her rese 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Do you know what sour feels like? Do you know what it feels like to have your heart skip a beat? These books will definitely not disappoint you.

18. 218 银 The Ginkgo Never Spoke 银杏不曾语 Cool but Not Cool酷酷不酷Modern Romance146k WordsCompleted The year 2000. Six-year-old Zhuo Zhao gazed at her reflection in the mirror: pretty, wealthy, and doted on, just like a character in a TV drama. She was absolutely certain she was the villainess of this world. Then she met Jiang Tuochi. He called himself the "first-grade schoolyard king" and picked a fight with her just days after school started. She wasn't intimidated in the least, and bit him until he cried. They went from sworn enemies drawing a line down the middle of their desk to allies r 16Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 219 缺 Oxygen Deprivation 缺氧 Lemon Fox柠檬狐Modern Romance686k WordsCompleted Who is Tang Wu? The Tang family's least-loved illegitimate daughter. Apart from her talented hands for painting, all she has is a pretty face. Who is Huo Yunshen? The third son of the Huo family, and the most eligible bachelor in all of Binhai City, pursued by countless women. When they first met, Tang Wu summoned all her courage and offered herself to Huo Yunshen. At the time, Huo Yunshen thought women were fussy, troublesome, and noisy. It wasn't until their lavish wedding, when Tang Wu leaped 1.2kReads9.0Score353Shelves

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    It's really beautiful!!!

20. 220 快 Quick Transmigration: After Breaking Up Couples, Everyone Gets Hurt 快穿：拆CP后，全员皆虐 Cool but Not Cool酷酷不酷143k WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration + No Fixed Couple + A Touch of Harem Appeal + Breaking Up Canon Couples + Angst] Zhang Junmei was accidentally killed by the heroine of a book, only to learn that she had been nothing but a stepping stone for the book's hero and heroine. In a fit of anger, she bound herself to a System and entered the books as women who loved the hero without hope, vowing to break up the canon couples. But why did everything get more and more painful as she went along? The people who loved 337Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 221 尤 The Temptress 尤物 Er Xi二喜Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Enchantress will be released on March 25 at 8 p.m. (A devoted one-on-one romance, with both leads each other’s first and only.) Zhou Yi is notorious in their circle for being a shameless playboy. Everyone thinks he cares about pleasure, not feelings. That is, until a video leaks one day. In it, Zhou Yi looks like a devout believer, clasping a woman’s slender wrist in his hand. His eyes are filled with fervor and tenderness as he murmurs in a low, hoarse voice, “Jiang Yin 4kReads9.5Score860Shelves
22. 222 在 I Found a Beauty in the Trash 在垃圾桶里捡到尤物 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads250k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Yandere + Younger Top + Possessiveness + Captivity + Unhinged] On a rainy night, icy rain washed over the city’s concrete jungle, scrubbing at the filth hidden away in its dark corners. Lu Jiuyuan sat in the back of a warm, luxurious car, gazing indifferently at the neon lights streaming past the fogged-up window. The driver was steady at the wheel. Inside the car, only the lilting notes of classical music and the low hum of the air conditioner could be heard. Flawless appearan 13Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    It's so heartbreaking, it'll make you cry!

23. 223 雪 A Beauty’s Heart Beneath the Snow 雪祭美人心 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Modern Romance188k WordsCompleted [Bittersweet sweet romance + campus heartthrob + younger man’s secret crush + growing-up romance + devoted love and angst] [Gentle, understanding big brother type × pure heiress who loves stirring up trouble] Three years ago, Shen Ruochu fell in love with a cool, aloof boy she should never have loved, and from then on there was no turning back. She gave herself to him; he drew her into his game. When the scandal broke, everyone said the daughter of the Shen family had no shame. In a single night 3Reads8.2Score—Shelves
24. 224 他 His Little Fool Doesn't Cry Anymore 他的小傻子不爱哭了 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [BL + both pure + angst + just rated] In a corner of Shengying Noble High School, there was always a figure named Su Nian. As the illegitimate son the Su family kept hidden from the world, he had suffered a childhood accident that left him with a brain injury. He was always half a beat slower than everyone else, and his clear eyes were often filled with timid confusion. When classmates mocked and shoved him, all he could do was tear up, like a little beast nobody wanted. In the hallway, Su Nian 9.3kReads9.3Score695Shelves
25. 225 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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    High-quality angst novels, not mindless angst, no substitutes, no reincarnation.

26. 226 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
27. 227 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
28. 228 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
29. 229 浸 Immerse Yourself in Me 浸入你 Zili er紫漓erModern Romance456k WordsCompleted To make money, I worked part-time as a designated driver at a nightclub. My story with Zhou Jinyi began with that wild night driving him home. That night, I was his designated driver, sitting beside him as he got drunk and burned with desire. The things he said were over the line and utterly shameless. But he didn't take advantage of me like the other customers had. I got him safely to his mansion beyond the Fourth Ring Road, and he handed me a huge tip. I took the money, thanked him, and was ab 9.2kReads9.0Score903Shelves

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    I started reading angst-filled novels in middle school. These are some of the ones I read on Tomato Bookstore with less clichéd plots and relatively fresh, well-written stories. There's also another one, "Swaying Charm," which I can't select for some reason; the male lead is Jiang Yu and the female lead is Chen Luochu.

30. 230 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
31. 231 1 At Seventeen, He Told Me Love Means Letting Go 17岁的他告诉我，爱是放手 A Will to Live Forever长生有意7k WordsCompleted At seventeen, he told me that love means letting go. 340Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm really out of ideas.

32. 232 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
33. 233 天 Daybreak Came, and I Couldn’t Find You 天亮了，我找不到你了 A Will to Live Forever长生有意8k WordsCompleted Day has broken, and I can't find you anymore. 170Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 234 受 Taking the Vows 受戒 Jiang Er将尔Modern Romance302k WordsCompleted From the very first day she met Pei Zhi, she wanted to dirty him. Every inch of him, inside and out. “A story about a serial heartbreaker who decides to go straight” 2.2kReads8.6Score117Shelves
35. 235 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
36. 236 我 When Will I Finally See Daylight? 我什么时候能等到天光大亮 A Will to Live Forever长生有意6k WordsCompleted When will I finally see the light of day? 142Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 237 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
38. 238 相 We Were Never Meant to Meet Again 相逢相聚本无期 A Will to Live Forever长生有意6k WordsCompleted There was never any promise that we would meet again. 40Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 239 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
40. 240 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼55k WordsCompleted The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 319Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "She bore a son for her enemy, but the son wasn't his biological child." The pinnacle of Republican-era tragic romance, *Butterfly Shadow Returns to Dust*, was so heart-wrenching it made my heart ache for three days. Lin Die'er, a daughter of a prestigious family, was sold by her mother-in-law to her husband's half-son. The man imprisoned her in a separate courtyard, torturing her day and night, all to force her to bear a child. He was unaware of her secret. Later, she did indeed give birth to a son for him—but the child wasn't his. She gritted her teeth and survived, just so he would raise her enemy's child for the rest of his life. Meanwhile, her husband, Zhang Zhiming, searched the entire country for ten years, his hair turning white overnight. When they met again, she was now a Japanese spy, Chiba Kaoruko. Facing his red eyes and trembling hands, she coldly said, "Sir, you've mistaken me for someone else." This is the pinnacle of heartbreak in Republican-era tragic romance novels. If you want to be moved to tears, settle down and read it to the end.

41. 241 长 The Road Ahead Is Long, and Before I Can Speak, Tears Fall 长路漫漫唯我欲语泪先流 Dipi Mouse Ah地皮鼠吖Fantastical Romance167k WordsCompleted [Coming-of-age + pure love + tragic wuxia romance + fictional setting + short story + original] Xiao Yuyu is the reincarnation of Immortal Lord Ningshuang. The Demon Lord’s seal is about to break, and all living beings hang by a thread. She bears the fate of finding the Ten Void Swords and saving the world. The road ahead will force her to lose her dearest friends and loved ones with her own hands, and endure partings in life and death. Fate turns upside down, and those who love each other canno 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is not brainless

42. 242 河 Peace and Prosperity in a Flourishing Age 河清海晏时和岁丰 A Will to Live Forever长生有意Ancient Romance189k WordsOngoing Changning was never destined to know peace. War will not let this age find peace, either. I will be the hero of this age and forge a new world. I will play a game of strategy, using the lives of everyone on the board to pave a road to a golden age. I am leaving. I will resign from the palace and go. Xiao Mingyan: I am the princess of Great Xiao. Since I have enjoyed the offerings of the people, I must shoulder a great responsibility. I am on the board, but I will not let others manipulate me. I 118Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 243 断 Duan Ruoshui 断若水 Xiao Xi and the Cat小汐和猫Ancient Romance89k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Historical Romance] [Good-for-Nothing System] [Not a Power Fantasy] [Free-spirited Male Lead x Clearheaded, Independent Female Lead] Yin Ruo transmigrated into a book for the eighth time. This time, due to a twist of fate, the System gave her not a shred of memory and left her with just one main quest: survive. When Yin Ruo opened her eyes, she found herself lying among a pile of corpses. What a disastrous start! Pursuers were hot on her heels, and bodies littered t 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Excellent, the logic is sound, I recommend it!

44. 244 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
45. 245 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Seizes Me by Force 蝶影归尘：丈夫的的仇人对我强娶豪夺 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼15k WordsCompleted Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Forces Me into Marriage 21Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 246 飞 The Canary That Flew Away 飞走的金丝雀 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫18k WordsCompleted The Canary That Flew Away 135Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 247 分 After the Breakup, the Tycoon Who Runs the Family Spoiled Me Rotten 分手后，豪门掌权人把我宠上天 Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut栗子栗子栗栗子Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Sang Yu and Lu Jiayu grew up together. She is a teacher, and he is a superstar actor. One trending topic nearly cost Sang Yu her life. They couldn’t escape the seven-year itch. Watching with her own eyes as her fiancé fell in love with a popular award-winning actress while filming, Sang Yu finally gave up. She doesn’t want anything that’s been tainted. When everything is overturned and the pieces are reshuffled, she decides to strike first. She dumps Lu Jiayu, the hottest actor around. But after 3.9kReads9.2Score362Shelves

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    So cruel! So cruel! So cruel! It made me cry [I'm about to cry]

48. 248 七 The Lovely Military Wife of the 1970s 七零年代俏军嫂 Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut栗子栗子栗栗子Modern Romance398k WordsCompleted [No Golden Finger + No Business Ventures + No Buying a Courtyard House] Wen Yu and Shao Wen Ye are complete opposites: one is a pampered young woman from Shanghai, the other a soldier stationed at the border. They have nothing in common, yet their parents' arranged marriage binds them together. Little do they know, this is exactly what Wen Yu wants. To marry the man she's been dreaming about, Wen Yu travels thousands of miles to the southwestern border. At first, Shao Wen Ye takes things as they 8.7kReads8.9Score485Shelves

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    🔥🔥🔥A high-quality angst novel. Wen Yu and Shao Wenye are married by their parents. The female lead travels a long way from Shanghai to find the male lead, but is met with his indifference. As they spend more time together, the male lead discovers her different side and starts to pamper her.

49. 249 魂 Lost in a Trance 魂不守舍 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Mystery19k WordsCompleted Distraught 26Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 250 快 Quick Transmigration: Don't Let the Villain Turn Evil 快穿之反派别黑化 Clear Dreams in March三月清梦Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Su Huan is bound to a System and transmigrates into the bodies of supporting characters with tragic fates. Even when she's dealt a terrible hand from the start, she always manages to play a winning card and turn things around with a stunning face-slapping comeback. But whenever she focuses on stirring up trouble in each world, there's always a villain who gets obsessed with her and turns dark. A lovesick man gazes at her gloomily, smiling with downcast eyes: “I can pretend to be just the way you 4.8kReads9.4Score474Shelves

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    🌿Here it comes, my darlings! This book is incredibly heart-wrenching. I cried buckets because her medication ran out, but he wouldn't give her a replacement, just out of jealousy and a sullen act, wanting to punish her. He thought she was much better and could skip her medication for a day or two. But then she relapsed and there was no medicine left; they went to the hospital but couldn't save her. (Chapter 283)

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