Short Tragic Romance Stories from Douyin 抖音虐文短篇

1. 2001 凌 2:47 A.M.: An Elderly Woman Living Alone Is Dragged Away by Her Own Son 凌晨2：47，独居老太被亲儿子拖走 Evening Breeze Confession Gate晚风告白门Marriage & Romance20k WordsCompleted 2:47 a.m., an elderly woman living alone is dragged away by her own son. —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 2002 加 After 23 Days of Overtime, My Boss Called Me Petty When Someone Else Took the Credit 加班23天，功劳被抢后领导骂我小题大做 Evening Breeze Confession Gate晚风告白门21k WordsCompleted After 23 days of overtime, my boss stole the credit and then scolded me for making a fuss. —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 2003 新 The New Director Is the Senior I Secretly Loved, and He Insults Me the Moment We Meet 新总监竟是暗恋的学长，见面就骂 Evening Breeze Confession Gate晚风告白门21k WordsCompleted The new director is actually the senior I had a crush on, and he started by yelling at me. —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 2004 未 Fiancée: “What Were You Doing at That Old Lady’s House for Forty Minutes?” 未婚妻：“你在老太家四十分钟干了啥？” Evening Breeze Confession Gate晚风告白门Marriage & Romance21k WordsCompleted Fiancée: “What were you doing at that old lady’s house for forty minutes?” —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 2005 提 After I Asked for a Divorce, My Husband Worth Millions Regretted It 提离婚后，身价千万的老公后悔了 Spiderweb Turtle蛛网龟Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted After I Asked for a Divorce, My Millionaire Husband Regretted It —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Abuse article, chasing his wife in the crematorium, the abuse is heartbreaking

6. 2006 姑 Fox Whispers of Guyao 姑瑶狐语 Sun Peiran孙培然Ancient Romance25k WordsCompleted Qing Yi, the most adorable little fox spirit on Mount Guy Yao, has one greatest wish in life: to cling to Brother Wei Yan forever. She always slacks off when cultivating. She can be happy for three days after growing a second tail, and doesn't mind much when it shrinks back to one. After all, her black fox big brother, with a beauty mark at the corner of his eye, is there to bail her out. When a peach tree spirit pesters her, her brother swishes his paw and cuts it into several pieces. When she 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Look, he's getting better

7. 2007 未 Unspoken Longing 未言心盼 Sun Peiran孙培然Two Female Leads31k WordsCompleted Two female leads, everyday life, BE, told entirely through dialogue. BE: please don’t read if you dislike it. Jiang Xinpan, a Chinese teacher, rents a place when her school dormitory is renovated, and falls in love with her landlady, Yu Weiyan. The story draws on some of my own life experiences and is a novel I wrote for myself. It’s very short, written purely for love. The style is extremely restrained, with lots left unsaid; it only presents parts of the full story. 30Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 2008 掌 Dust in the Palm 掌间尘 Sun Peiran孙培然Historical19k WordsCompleted Dust in the Palm 2Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 2009 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 459Reads—Score—Shelves

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   After returning from a drug raid, his pregnant wife disappeared, and he was miserable.

10. 2010 潮 The Tides Rise and Fall: Half a Lifetime Adrift 潮起潮落：半生沉浮 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪15k WordsCompleted The Tide Rises and Falls: A Half-Life of Ups and Downs 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A nice short story is here!

11. 2011 风 Wind Over Liangshan, Clouds Over Erhai 风过凉山，云散洱海 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The Wind Crosses Liangshan, the Clouds Clear Over Erhai 6Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 2012 删 Erase My Memories, or Fall in Love with You Again? 删除记忆，还是再次爱上你 Wisecracking Little Taoist贫嘴小道士20k WordsCompleted Erase My Memories, or Fall in Love with You Again —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    People with regrets can't see it.

13. 2013 顾 The Entire Gu Family Keeps Causing Trouble, So Their Mascot Quits 顾总全家一起作，吉祥物不干了 The Tree That Wants to Fly要飞天的树9k WordsCompleted President Gu and his whole family kept causing trouble. The mascot has had enough. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The true and false daughter + Chasing his wife in the crematorium, torture first and then sweetness + sadistic writing. The second book Chasing his wife in the crematorium is heart-wrenching + refreshing writing + boss boss + scumbag abuse + super twist, come on

14. 2014 以 I'll Wait for You All My Life as Your Fiancée 以未婚妻的名义等你一辈子 An Innocent Old Trickster单纯的老六Modern Romance12k WordsCompleted I’ll Wait for You All My Life as Your Fiancée —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The joint abuse article is both sweet and abusive

15. 2015 你 How Could You Forget? You Were the One Who Said You Loved Me First 你怎么忘了，是你先说的爱我 Zeng Jihe Zhou曾几何时舟Marriage & Romance31k WordsCompleted How Could You Forget? You Were the One Who Said You Loved Me First 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I guess this article should be left alone, I personally think it's quite sad.

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