Looking for a Book That Leaves You Feeling Helpless and Despairing 想要一本看了会产生无力感和绝望感的书

1. 1 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 118.9kReads9.5Score16.6kShelves

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   Feeling powerless? No, no, no, this book will tell you what true oppression and despair are.

2. 2 2 Saving the World in 24 Hours 24小时拯救世界 Si Hui司绘Urban2.3M WordsOngoing What would you do if you had only 24 hours to save the world? After countless rebirths and resets, Zhu Shijiu has endured the unbearable pain of dying tens of thousands of times. With each endless loop, his will has teetered closer to collapse. He has tried everything to escape, but nothing has worked. Every time he dies, he returns to the day before that damned world is destroyed! All he can do is follow every thread and search for clues, using each death to uncover the truth. 24 hours to save 3.7kReads8.8Score387Shelves

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   It begins as a story of ordinary people who discover the world is about to be destroyed and try everything they can to struggle against it.

3. 3 开 An S-Rank Horror from the Start, but They Give Me a C-Rank Talent? 开局S级怪谈，但给我C级天赋？ Pale Era苍白纪元Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Endless Twists + Wild Ideas and Clever Logic + Mild Horror + Protagonist and Villains Are Both Smart] [This is absolutely not a mindless power fantasy. If you don't like the first instance, go ahead and curse me out.] [This isn't a traditional rule-based horror story. The horrors can think and are intelligent, so readers who prefer traditional rule-based horror should steer clear.] Horrors run rampant, and strange tales are everywhere. Beneath every shadow may lurk an unknown t 141.1kReads8.9Score14.1kShelves

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   The first book is so bad it's impossible to return to the real world; the villains are ridiculously intelligent, and the dungeon rules are utterly hopeless. Anyway, it's a good read. The second book is much longer and more substantial, featuring all sorts of alien and mutated creatures.

4. 4 末 Doomsday: The Road to Ruin 末日绝途 Mayfly Spring and Autumn蜉蝣春秋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.5M WordsOngoing Blue rain began to fall from the sky. Unknown monsters suddenly descended upon this world. Human society collapsed in an instant. No cheats, no protagonist's halo, no spiritual qi revival! Every step we take leads us closer to despair! To those who died at the very beginning of the apocalypse, I envy you, because you never had to experience a despair more despairing than death. My name is Chen Ge. I will witness the coming of the apocalypse. 60.6kReads8.9Score4kShelves
5. 5 杀 Kill That Immortal 杀死那个神仙 An Old Non一只老非Mystery761k WordsOngoing Warning: The male lead kills the female lead from the start! If that bothers you, turn left! [This really is a very fun novel] [It’s really not that scary] [Trust me] The world says that immortals are noble, compassionate, and kind, that they stand above all things. So kill that immortal!!! 1.4kReads9.3Score100Shelves

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   Book 1: The Immortal God of Impurity, the Despair of Ants. Book 2: The World is Illusory! The Despair of Dust. Book 3: Reincarnation. Book 4: The Despair of Mortals. Book 5: Science Faces the Unknown, Only Helpless Regression: The End of Science. Book 6: The Despair of an Individual. Book 7: Endless Life, Unending Reincarnation.

6. 6 女 The Female Lead Keeps Rewinding? This Is Just a Wife-Chasing Hell 女主无限回档？追妻火葬场罢了 A Maozi一只maoziUrban731k WordsCompleted [Yandere protagonist + gender-bending GL 1v1 + role-playing + behind-the-scenes + plot-driven + some angst (mild) (the protagonist is safe) + regretful pursuit] Lin Niannian transmigrates into the role of a scheming fake heiress. She thinks it’s just an ordinary story about a real and fake heiress, but then the female lead, a powerful heroine, is reborn with a cheat that lets her rewind after death, and wants to kill her. What should she do? Luckily, she gets bound to a role-playing System. To 13kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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   It's heartbreaking, it's devastating.

7. 7 病 Sickly-Attached Villainess, Stay Away! The Psycho Really Will Bite 病娇女配别过来，疯批真的会咬人 Po Si Jiu颇司纠Two Female Leads379k WordsCompleted [Dual heroines] x [Pure love] x [Yandere vs. unhinged] x [Book Transmigration] x [System] Ye Qingxian transmigrates into a romance novel as a cannon-fodder character. The System tells her: “You’ve failed to win over the yandere female supporting character 98 times. Since you’ve already earned 98 Nanqiao, let’s try a different approach this time.” So, on her 99th attempt, with Yu Xuetan approaching step by step, watermelon knife in hand, Ye Qingxian is forced to play the unhinged one. She runs he 338Reads7.1Score104Shelves
8. 8 亲 Hey, Your Wife Is Gone! 亲亲，你老婆没咯 Thirteen Envious十三羡Two Male Leads365k WordsOngoing A new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 921Reads8.0Score102Shelves

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   After reading Chapter 51, you'll feel a sense of powerlessness. Anyone familiar with anime should definitely read it; you'll feel like you've successfully overcome your tribulation after finishing it. The commentary's attack power is also this [thumbs up][thumbs up][thumbs up]

9. 9 穿 After Becoming a Terminally Ill Heiress, I Can’t Enjoy Life at All! 穿成绝症千金后，活不了一点！ Near Death, I Sat Up in Shock垂死病中惊坐起Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Su Muran spent twenty years treading carefully, then died in an unusually frigid sea. Her birth had killed her mother, and both her father and brother resented her. “Dad, let me tidy that up for you.” Su's father irritably drove her out. “Big brother, I made this cake for you.” She eagerly hoped he would accept it. He threw the cake on the ground with a look of disgust. “Get lost!” The Su family disliked Su Muran, and the servants bullied her. She was tired. Because her mother had given her life 10.6kReads8.9Score783Shelves
10. 10 想 The One Who Wants to Become a God 想成为神明的人 Sun Xiaokong12138孙小空12138Urban104k WordsOngoing [Alternate World] [Combat] [Fantasy] A fantasy stage where anything goes! If I'm not gutsy, I'll do something reckless. There's no time to walk! I have to run! “Someone has to die! If that someone is me, then I'm willing!” “Ancestors, bear witness!” “Your unfilial child...” “I'll blow you to hell!” The early chapters are a little rough, and the protagonist starts out extremely weak. No System, slow pacing. This is an original story, and any similarities are purely coincidental. Please go easy on 78Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look at my [facepalm][facepalm][facepalm] so thunderous!

11. 11 命 With Only Two Months to Live, They Finally Break Down and Repent 命剩最后两月，他们终于崩溃忏悔 Xiao Baihu筱白狐Urban224k WordsCompleted [Tearjerker]+ [Heartbreaking]+ [Bad Ending]+ [No Clichés, Realistic Story] The world beneath the neon lights is dazzling, but it has never shone for just one person. Lonely souls are always searching for comfort, but the medicine that could heal their wounds died long ago in childhood. When the stories they left behind finally become known, all that awaits them is a corpse that has long since grown cold. His parents spend their entire lives mired in a failed marriage, treating Bai Mo like a garb 12.3kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
12. 12 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 164.3kReads9.8Score18.9kShelves
13. 13 在 I Got Caught in the Rain in Your World 在你的世界淋过雨 Green Lamp Through the Years青灯度流年Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted Ji Linyu has always believed that her father used his power to frame the Ji family and force him to marry Zhou Jianyi. For six years, he has done nothing but use her and put on an act, all so he can bring down the Zhou family one day! The greatest pain of Zhou Jianyi's life is that her father has barely been laid to rest, her brother's death remains unexplained, her mother is hovering between life and death, and she herself is barely holding on. At her lowest point, Ji Linyu threatens to leave h 2.5kReads5.4Score159Shelves
14. 14 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.5kReads9.6Score14.8kShelves
15. 15 她 She's So Sweet. She's Faking It 她好甜，她装的 You Qian尢浅Modern Romance209k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Male lead is a fake playboy + Female lead has sunny-type depression] [Reborn + School life + Saving each other] Xu Li was reborn. In this life, she was still a fun-loving party girl who liked pretty young women and had a smile sweet enough to make your teeth ache. Liang Ji had never met anyone who smiled so sweetly and seemed so carefree. Before he knew it, he was drawn to her sunny aura. The more he got to know her, the more deeply he fell, until he was hopelessly in love with her. L 4kReads9.2Score435Shelves
16. 16 这 He’s Clearly Powerful, Yet He Insists on Messing with His Loli Master 这个人明明很强却偏要坑萝莉师傅 A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Archmage Lin En transmigrated to another world. To keep the gods from treating him like a crop to be harvested, he disguised himself as a mage apprentice in Winter Spring Valley and decided to stay under the radar until he reached max level. But who could have guessed that his loli master could hear his thoughts? “Disciple, what do you think of this forbidden spell of mine?” [Kindergarten-level stuff. I don't even know if one splash of water could hurt anyone.] “Disciple, with five hundred more 30.9kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves

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    The title reminded me of this book, mainly because the despair I felt towards the end was overwhelming; the more I liked it at the beginning, the more hopeless it became later.

17. 17 本 This King's Sleeve Is Thoroughly Severed 本王这袖，断的彻底 Born Under a Lucky Star八字过硬Two Male Leads562k WordsCompleted [Preorders for The World Cannot Keep What It Loves Most open at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 15. For the first 15 minutes, signed copies are available with no quantity limit; from 16 to 30 minutes, copies personally signed by the author are available with no quantity limit!] [Two male leads + The prince has a bit of a sense of humor] Everyone knew Prince Pu was gay. Even the man on the imperial throne turned a blind eye. Prince Pu had loved many people in his life. A horseman from the frontier 34.6kReads9.6Score4.9kShelves

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    These books are truly excellent.

18. 18 无 No One Came to Save Her from the Deep 无人救她于深海 Liang Shiqi梁拾柒Modern Romance135k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Youthful unrequited love + prodigal son turns over a new leaf + bittersweet romance + plenty of unresolved heartbreak + tragic ending (The male lead is hard to like at first. It's not exactly a tearjerker, but sensitive readers should proceed with caution.)] Youth is a foolish thing: foolishly falling for someone. At the beginning of the story, Xu Nuo falls in love with Zhou Yiming at first sight, as if sinking into the deep sea. At the end, Xu Nuo holds the box contai 19.2kReads8.9Score3.8kShelves

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    The first few books were really sad. Some of the storylines made me really want to help them, but it was such a pity (-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩___-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩). There was a really strong sense of powerlessness, and some parts felt suffocating and oppressive [almost crying]. I hope the last book will cheer you up a bit. You're all so lovely! Cheer up, be happy every day! [Heart emoji]

19. 19 周 Dr. Zhou's White Moonlight Is Dying 周医生的白月光快死了 Ten-Line Que十行阙Two Male Leads219k WordsCompleted [Fragile, ill bottom VS cold, aloof top] [Heart-wrenching angst + mutually exclusive devotion, 1v1 + bad ending + extreme bottom fans, beware] Wen Ci had terminal stomach cancer. The doctor said he had at most thirty days left, and Wen Ci could live those thirty days for Zhou Ying. But Wen Ci died on the twenty-seventh day. After his death, Wen Ci left behind twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf. 19.8kReads9.3Score3kShelves
20. 20 鲸 Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊 The Evil Dragon Blows Bubbles恶龙吹泡泡Two Male Leads39k WordsCompleted Little fish, little fish, may you swim out of the abyss soon. His younger brother, whom he had raised by hand despite no blood relation, sent him to a detention center for two years to “set him straight” and told him to come out once he was normal. Those two years were a nightmare that devoured him, one he could never wake from. His body and mind were tormented, his feelings worn away, and he was trained into numb, hopeless submission. “Knowing you raised me makes me sick. Why don’t you just die 23.4kReads8.1Score4kShelves
21. 21 一 A Handful of Yellow Sand 一抔黄沙 Chi Buhuang池不慌Ancient Romance219k WordsCompleted Gu Zheng was born into a family of military officers. Clever and mischievous, she had a perfect family and a childhood sweetheart, Meng Huai. Her days were happy and carefree. But after both her parents died, a series of upheavals turned her life upside down, forcing her to change. She began to hide her true feelings and rely on herself, growing darker inside... It took Meng Huai a long time to bring back the innocent, lively, and mischievous girl she had been when they were young, but things ne 34Reads8.0Score—Shelves
22. 22 死 Still Waters, Cold as Death 死水薄凉 Frostblade Fish霜刀鱼Two Male Leads99k WordsCompleted [Scumbag Top x World-Weary Bottom] [Mad Dog x Mad Dog] [Forced Love] [Tragedy] The world had never been so dull. It all began when Xu Yanzhi picked up the countdown. Xu Yanzhi, a rich second-generation layabout who did nothing but coast through life and wait to die, encountered Li Yan after he returned to the country ten years later. Forced to tear open his wounds, Xu Yanzhi gradually let his true nature show. I’m done pretending. I actually hate this world. I set fires, hurt people, and framed 831Reads8.7Score110Shelves
23. 23 任 The Mission Starts Over a Hundred Times 任务重来一百次 milieModern Romance20k WordsCompleted “You came to save me, so why can’t you look only at me? Why do you have to give your attention to those one, two, three insignificant people?” “You seem so shy. You never take my hand first. Even just now, you only did it because of someone else.” “Now that you have me, you don’t treat me as well as you used to. There wasn’t any strawberry milk today either, was there?” 6.3kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
24. 24 扯 Pull the Moon Down 扯月亮坠落 Beautiful Lady美人娘Modern Romance175k WordsCompleted - Fortunately, this was already the following spring. Somewhere in the world, they would bloom and flourish, nourishing their souls with freedom. - (Brash crybaby × repressed, broken artist) (Reunion after a long separation, healing, both are pure, happy ending) 4.6kReads9.3Score373Shelves
25. 25 风 The Wind Kisses the White Rose 风吻白玫瑰 Qitao Zhizhi柒桃枝枝Modern Romance117k WordsCompleted A cheerful girl with depression vs. a lonely, gentle top student Chen Yan meets a strange person at the hospital. That day, he sees many sides of her. One moment she is chatting away, the next she is silently crying. Since high school, she has called herself “Young Master Xiao Jiang” and become everyone’s mood-maker. Everyone thinks that is just who she is, but Chen Yan is the only one who has seen the side she keeps hidden. So he says, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here to save you.” He has seen her at 79Reads8.9Score—Shelves
26. 26 周 Zhou Jingchuan, You're Too Late 周敬川，你来迟了 A Li Le阿黎勒Two Male Leads112k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + terminal illness + chasing your husband back + angsty romance] The thing Pei You regretted most in his life was following someone into an alley that night. He lost the prayer beads his older brother had given him, saved a girl, and then caught the attention of her brother, Zhou Jingchuan. Zhou Jingchuan was gentle and considerate, maneuvering closer one step at a time. Pei You thought it was love, until he saw the prayer beads bearing his own name fall from Zhou Jingchuan. 7.2kReads8.3Score583Shelves
27. 27 戒 Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记 Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted A diary recording the final two months of my life... Maybe I'm just not meant to be loved. Otherwise, why would everyone who loved me leave? 12.6kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves

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    Not every one of them left me feeling powerless, but they are all worth appreciating.

28. 28 全 Global Reset: I Deceive the Gods in the Apocalypse 全球清零：我在末世欺骗神明 Tang Xuan唐玹Mystery303k WordsOngoing No System, no invincibility, no infinite-flow, and no mindless plot. This book is a slow burn, with plenty of groundwork in the story, so please be patient. Thank you~. What would a world without emotions look like? What would a world stripped of humanity become? What future awaits human civilization? In the apocalypse, society collapses completely. Humanity must rethink the very nature of society and search for the future of civilization. Shh. Turn off the lights and step with me into th 49Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    The most devastating part is that phrase "based on a true story".

29. 29 死 After I Died, He Began to Love Me 死后，他开始爱我 Mu Shuilin木水林Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted Sang Yuan never expected that, after an accident, her husband Gu Yuhui would have his memories sent back to when he was eighteen, a time when he loved someone else. Every night, Gu Yuhui would regain a month’s worth of memories. In those dreams, he fell in love with his unrequited love all over again. He was convinced there was no love in his marriage to Sang Yuan. Then Sang Yuan died, and his memories returned to the moment they first met. She had been a ray of light that illuminated his world 6kReads9.1Score407Shelves

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    A car accident caused the male protagonist to regress to his eighteen-year-old self, regaining a month's worth of memories each night! His love for his first love reached its peak during this time. The female protagonist, who was newly pregnant, accompanied him as he tried to recover his memories. However, the amnesiac male protagonist's feelings were completely elsewhere. After many trials, the female protagonist said, "You're not the 36-year-old Gu Yu Hui. You can't, as the 18-year-old Gu Yu Hui, bully the 36-year-old person I love most." In the end, the female protagonist died during childbirth, her dying wish being that the male protagonist would never regain his memories! Finally, the male protagonist regained his memories, falling in love with the female protagonist at first sight. The person he had finally won over was lost by his 18-year-old self! I really cried!

30. 30 女 Women, Don't Go to Northern Myanmar. There's No One There. 女人不要去缅北那里没有人 Mo Mi莫羋Urban323k WordsCompleted The world is beautiful. I won't be coming back in my next life. Bailu (a pseudonym) said something after returning from northern Myanmar that I still can't forget. She said: "When Heaven was taking me apart, it got the balance just right. Any harder, and I'd have died. Any gentler, and I might have had a decent life." My so-called best friend tricked me into going to northern Myanmar. That's when I learned that women here aren't even treated as human beings. Beatings, imprisonment, being drained 21kReads7.4Score1.2kShelves

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    Everyone can take a look; they're all sweet romance novels. [Top Post] 💕

31. 31 王 Your Highness, Please Don’t Punish Me, This Secret Guard Can’t Take It 王爷别罚了，暗卫受不住 Buyan Hall不燕堂Two Male Leads301k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + devoted to each other + physical and emotional angst + happy ending + amnesia and faked death] [Newly rated] A cold, scheming pursuer who later grovels to win him back x a loyal puppy at first who later becomes the one in charge After the new emperor takes the throne, the ninth prince, Shi Jiu, is stripped of his title and becomes a shadow guard in Prince Yan Yan Chifeng's household. Prince Yan holds immense power and is at odds with the new emperor, so he also comes to hate Sh 4.3kReads8.8Score537Shelves

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    Everyone can take a look; they're all sweet stories. [Thumbs up][Sending hearts]

32. 32 一 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 199.2kReads9.5Score24.5kShelves

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    Reading Yi Shao's first two books left me feeling utterly hopeless. 1. One mystery after another; the bullet fired years ago hit "me" years later. 2. The protagonist is an immortal, and the writing gives the feeling that immortality is a curse. 3. There were many foreshadowing elements planted in the early stages, which were all resolved later; it's basically a story of a bitter gourd's adventures... 4. Why did they have to let an 18-year-old save the world? I'm really afraid the protagonist won't wake up later.

33. 33 收 After Adopting the Down-and-Out Female Lead, I Died Horribly in Front of Her 收养落魄女主后，惨死在她面前 Li Huan离焕Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [In your first simulation, you transmigrate to a cultivation world.] [You become a refugee fleeing famine. Along the way, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her older brother.] [You depend on each other and become one another's only support.] [At the end of the simulation, you shield the grown girl and give your life to hold off a horde of demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in her eyes goes out too.] [In your second simulation, you transmigrate to a world where steam and mag 119kReads9.1Score13.9kShelves

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    That's all for now, I'm going to go cry some more.

34. 34 我 I Request Permanent Account Deletion 我申请永久注销账号 Ming Yuxin明玉心Modern Romance22k WordsCompleted There isn't much of a synopsis. This is simply the story of a life born on the wrong track, reset to zero... Shen Shi'an: "The world is so vast, yet when I look around, there's not a single person who loves me!" There are bonus chapters, so check out the author's notes in Chapter One! #The tags don't match the story. The author didn't choose them (breaks down)# My new work is here! Welcome to read my story. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell 2.9kReads8.1Score400Shelves
35. 35 死 The One Thing I Wanted to Record Before I Died 死前，我唯一想记录的 He Yuyi鹤羽依Two Male Leads25k WordsCompleted I fell in love with my non-blood-related older brother, but he found me disgusting and sent me to a conversion therapy center. After I got out, my mental state deteriorated day by day, and in the end, before I died, I wrote this 3.1kReads8.1Score647Shelves
36. 36 盗 Tomb Raiding: I, Young Master Tang, Specialize in Fixing Unfinished Business! 盗墓：小唐爷我，专治意难平！ White Peach Bucket白桃桶桶Mystery300k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented!!! System + a no-regrets tomb-raiding story + immersive acting] [The protagonist is acting from beginning to end, so their personality is definitely not always the same] [OOC + mountains of original headcanon] Tang Zhou wakes up as the young master of a martial arts school run by a family in The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. Looking at the very real, carefree Wu Xie before him, he thinks of Pan Zi's tragic death. Tang Zhou: I'm not accepting this lousy plot! So the Iron Triangle an 11.7kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
37. 37 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Get Stronger by Spitting Blood, and Everyone Thinks I’m Dead 盗墓：吐血变强，全员以为我死了 White Peach Bucket白桃桶桶Mystery374k WordsCompleted [No romantic tension, no babysitting, pampered-all story with a secret identity] [Female-oriented! Friendship and family bonds; a strong yet tragic male lead] Mountains of headcanons, severe OOC Tang Zhou, a tool character, binds himself to a Happy Ending System for The Grave Robbers’ Chronicles. His main job is saving people; his side job is raising kids. He earns the reward promised by the System by dying a perfect death, even nailing his own coffin shut. But after he’s well and truly dead, th 8.1kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
38. 38 红 Red and White Wedding 红白囍 AyeAyeCaptainTwo Male Leads186k WordsCompleted [Republican-era nostalgia + supernatural + two male leads + equally matched powerhouses + pure-hearted madmen] [Brilliant and passionate young diviner Tian Suanzi, Mu Geshen X cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside heir to a family of physicians, the saintly doctor Chai Shuxin] A funeral is mournful, a wedding joyful, I travel from the world of the living to the Yellow Springs, Prepare incense, candles, paper horses, and a bridal sedan, Lady Meng offers us the nuptial wine. White paper, red rob 50kReads9.7Score11.9kShelves
39. 39 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: I Give All I Can, Wishing You Peace and Joy 盗笔，尽吾所能，愿卿平安喜乐 Zhi Mengyao芷梦瑶Two Male Leads166k WordsCompleted As he pressed the remote in his hand, Qi Yuan thought that if he could live his life over again, he would do what he wanted and never let anything hold him back. He never imagined he really would get another life, much less that this time he'd have more than one invincible golden finger: he'd also become a god's older brother. That was fine by him. When he read the book back then, he had regretted being powerless to help them and watching them all meet tragic ends. Now he could change their fate 7.7kReads9.1Score959Shelves
40. 40 原 So Love Has an Expiration Date 原来爱有期限 Happy Little Penguin开森小企鹅Two Male Leads26k WordsCompleted Shao Ning: Everyone says love can overcome any obstacle. It’s not that I don’t believe in love, but love can change in an instant. The only thing that lasts is... a 15-year limit... Maybe Mom, you and Dad were right. In the end, a man and a man just can’t be together. 1.8kReads—Score214Shelves
41. 41 他 Where He Belongs 他的归处 Worried Unicorn操心的独角兽Two Male Leads22k WordsCompleted The internet was flooded with stories of Song Qing’s heroic deeds. I saw a video someone had taken: Song Qing leapt gracefully into the lake like a carp, then slowly disappeared, as if that had always been where he belonged. 4.1kReads8.1Score657Shelves

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42. 42 黑 Hei Xiazi, Don’t Regret It 黑瞎子，不要后悔 Mu Xing Yu牧星宇Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted [No plot, just everyday life. This short story was written especially because fans asked for a knife-edged romance. There are no fixed characterizations, and the plot isn’t meant to be scrutinized, so put away your high-powered magnifying glasses, folks. Make sure you know what you’re getting into before you read!] Su Luoluo feels the world is so big that there’s nowhere she can settle down. And yet, it’s also so small that no matter how she tries to hide, she can’t escape him. What Black Glas 600Reads6.9Score100Shelves
43. 43 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Girl Who Disappeared 盗墓：消失的那个她 Leader of the Blind瞎子头子Mystery438k WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding + Tragedy, Extremely Heartbreaking, Read with Caution. Female Lead: Black Glasses’ Girlfriend] (In my story, Black Glasses is suspicious and ruthless, unlike his personality in The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. This is the author’s own interpretation, so please don’t compare the two. Read with caution, thank you.) No one knew that Black Glasses had once had a girlfriend. No one knew that she had vanished without a trace. Ten years later, Wu Xie, Wang Pangzi, Xie Yuchen, and the others 4.9kReads8.3Score397Shelves
44. 44 下 Next Chapter 下一章 Wan Fusu畹扶苏Two Female Leads32k WordsCompleted [Two female leads + short story + final rally before death + mutual salvation + not a rebirth story + based on real events + tragic ending] Ni Sisi: “I don’t care what other people think. I only care how you feel.” Zuo Qingshu: “I’ve always been happy, and it’s all because of you.” Those who don’t love each other torment one another, while those who do are separated by life and death. They overcame every obstacle and should have made it to the altar. But on the eve of their wedding, a mentally 1.1kReads8.8Score276Shelves
45. 45 被 They Overheard the System’s Mission, Then Robbed Tombs to Fund Me 被偷听系统任务后他们盗墓氪我 Liu Lili流栗栗Two Male Leads630k WordsCompleted [System + mind reading + male-male romance + not quite a reverse harem, but everyone has a one-sided crush] This is the seventh time, and the last. Host, please choose one of the five main characters and confirm your target for the romance mission. Romance Mission System Fixing one regret only creates more regrets. Sang Mo The Five Tender Beef Cuts, who overheard the mission: ? That man had a stunningly beautiful face. He lay on the ground, convulsing and curled up in utter despair, blood contin 6.5kReads8.9Score846Shelves
46. 46 二 The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊 Meat Bun Won't Eat Meat肉包不吃肉Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [The audiobook adaptation of the same name, starring Gu Jiangshan and Sanshi, is complete. Tune in and give it a listen!] Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning's disciple had been a mistake. His master was far too much like a cat, while he was like a silly dog wagging its tail and fawning over him. Dogs and cats can't reproduce together, and the silly dog hadn't wanted to reach out his fluffy paws toward that cat in the first place. He'd always thought dogs should be with dogs, like his senior bro 100.4kReads9.7Score19.3kShelves
47. 47 这 What Is This Ability Even For? 这个能力究竟有什么用 Mm, Everyone Is Happy嗯俱欢颜Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted Light suspense, dreams, and redemption. This is not a power fantasy, so come give it a try~ If the world were a hoax, what would become of those of us living in it? At fifteen, Han Linxi awakened a strange, inexplicable ability. From then on, she went from eagerly exploring what it could do to desperately enduring the troubles it brought, gradually losing herself... When her life hit rock bottom, she met Chen Chen, who claimed to be a detective. During their time working together, she regained 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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48. 48 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Walnut Seller 盗墓：那个卖核桃的 Xue Yin薛喑Two Male Leads174k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads] + [Angst] + [Severe Protagonist Suffering, Not for the Faint of Heart] 2026 editor’s note: Please read the author’s statement in the book’s discussion section. Thank you, everyone. The protagonist is completely love-struck, extremely so, and there will be no switching love interests. If you can’t accept that, feel free to leave using the top-right corner. Li Cu × Qian Heng After spending seven or eight years out in the dirt, Qian Heng had thoroughly wrecked his health. With now 2.9kReads9.3Score563Shelves
49. 49 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 81.1kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves
50. 50 最 The Last Diary Entry 最后一篇日记 Sui Ying随楹Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted [Simplified Chinese edition signed for publication] I only used looking at the flowers as an excuse. All I really wanted was to see you once. 27.1kReads9.1Score4.8kShelves

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