Looking for Angsty Stories That Break Your Heart and Keep You Up at Night 求虐文，虐到心疼，虐到肝疼，虐到睡不着的
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Imprisoned by Love 困爱成囚
Rumor has it that Gu Yansheng, the adopted daughter of the Gu family, had loved the Ninth Master of the Lu family in the imperial capital for years. He couldn't stand her, and for the sake of the woman he cherished, he sent her to prison and had her tortured for five whole years. But no one expected that when the Ninth Master eventually married, his bride would be none other than Gu Yansheng, the woman with a prison record! Everyone eagerly awaited the spectacle, expecting to see how the Ninth M
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An Upset Victory: A Top-Tier Star Gets Swept Away by a Nobody 爆冷：顶流被小糊咖拐跑了
[Two male leads + rekindled love + showbiz + happy ending] A doting, top-tier-star seme, A little-known, sickly uke. Lu Qing lost Gu Zhiyan, the person who loved him most, so he nearly gave his life for another chance to meet him. But the Gu Zhiyan he meets again is no longer the poor kid he was a year ago. He has transformed into a top-tier star with tens of millions of fans and the sole heir to the Gu family, the foremost clan in Beijing’s elite circles. Gu Zhiyan shuts Lu Qing out completely.
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- 3 Defective Omega 劣质omgea Their marriage was in name only, and it lasted four years. “Your pheromones disgust me.” Four years together couldn’t melt the ice between them. What was the point of desperately trying to save the relationship? The seeds of their separation had taken root long ago. Correction: The novel’s actual title is “Inferior Omega.” It can’t be changed after signing the contract, but feel free to dive into the story! 5.7kReads8.2Score554Shelves
- 4 He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南 When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went 25.2kReads9.7Score4.8kShelves
- 5 I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月 [The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian 75.3kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves
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Quick Transmigration: The Obsessive Main God Begs the Little Fox to Stay 快穿：病娇主神求求放过小狐狸
Yan Fei is a little gray fox. To make up for his past mistake, he transmigrates across different worlds to save the Main God. He must not only fulfill the Main God’s wishes, but also protect his chastity. But can someone explain why the upright and wholesome Main God in every world ends up setting his sights on Yan Fei? The sweet, naive prince turns into a cold, ruthless emperor: “Guard, you’re being disobedient.” The aloof top student becomes an obsessive CEO: “Try running away, big brother.” T
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- 7 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 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
- 8 Wah! The Crazy Villain Has Submitted to His Charming Host Countless Times 呜！疯批反派臣服腰精宿主万万次 [Quick transmigration, yandere, mutual seduction] Jun Yu, crown prince of a dark empire, was reduced to ashes after his coup failed. Chosen by the System as an executor, he travels to different worlds to save villains who have fallen into darkness. A possessive big shot pins him to the bed. “If you run, I’ll break your legs.” The cold-blooded tyrant says, “For you, I’d abolish the imperial harem. So what?” The corrupted, yandere disciple says, “Master, I’ll make you feel the pain of having your 978Reads9.4Score137Shelves
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The Last Diary Entry 最后一篇日记
[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.
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- 10 The Emperor Goes Too Far 皇上太过分 I... had actually transmigrated. How should I put it? I’d landed straight in a situation as... twisted as being imprisoned. The reason? The body’s original owner had offended the emperor... As the imperial preceptor, ending up in this state was infuriating. Let’s see how Gong Chenxiu turns things around. Cold-blooded, scheming emperor: Ye Yinhan Bewitchingly sinister imperial preceptor: Gong Chenxiu 1.3kReads9.2Score199Shelves
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Women, Don't Go to Northern Myanmar. There's No One There. 女人不要去缅北那里没有人
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
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- 12 After Quick Transmigration, I Found True Love with the Male Supporting Character 快穿虐渣后和男配真香了 [1v1 + Quick Transmigration + Scumbag Torture + Feel-Good Story] There are scumbags aplenty in this world. Don’t go handing out charity for no reason! When Xie Su enters the mission worlds of the “Scumbag Crematorium,” he serves justice on heaven’s behalf: In the modern world, the lover used and driven to death by a scumbag; In the ancient world, the wife pushed into the fire by a scumbag; In the entertainment industry, the stand-in stepped on so a scumbag could rise to fame; He tortures the 77Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 13 Everyone Avoids the Troublemaking Girls, but I Take Them All In 世人皆避精神小妹我尽数收留 Spiritual little sisters, yoga pants: which one can make you stop in your tracks? ...Stop looking, this is the one! To give everyone a good show, I spent 6,000 yuan to live with a spiritual little sister for a month, together around the clock. What? You say that's still not enough? Then how about adding a System, too!? Gu Xingchen transmigrates back ten years and uses his System to turn his life around. Every spiritual little sister in the county follows him... Their world is on guard against th 44.1kReads6.1Score2.8kShelves
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Quick Transmigration: The Pretty, Pitiful One Dies to Escape Again 快穿：漂亮小可怜他又死遁了
[Quick transmigration + 1v1 + everyone’s favorite + faked death + regret and redemption + angsty melodrama] Also known as: The Poor Darling Faked His Death, and Now His Scumbag Lovers Have Gone Mad Wen Lian was in a car accident. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself bound to a System. His mission: travel through small worlds, become the unforgettable “white moonlight” in a scumbag’s heart, then make a glorious exit by faking his death. World One: He’s a small-time actor treated as a
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The Day He Married His Childhood Sweetheart, His Little Cousin, I Disappeared 在他娶青梅小表妹那天，我消失了
The Day He Married His Childhood Sweetheart, My Little Cousin, I Disappeared
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- 16 He Chose to Save His First Love, and After I Died, He Fell Apart 他选择救白月光，我死后他崩溃了 He Chose to Save His Moonlight, and Fell Apart After I Died 725Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Only After I Gave Up on the Abusive, Unhinged, Disabled Prince Did He Finally Regret It 我不要受虐疯批残王后，他才悔悟 Only After I Refused to Stay with the Abusive, Deranged Prince Was He Filled with Regret 344Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 I’m Done With the Man I Couldn’t Warm Up After Three Years of Slaving Away for Him 当牛马三年都捂不热的人我不要了 I’m Done with the Man I Spent Three Years Trying to Warm Up 235Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Quick Transmigration Heroine Is So Heartless, the Powerful Men Are All in Tears 快穿女主太无情，大佬们都哭麻了 (No romance, brainless wish fulfillment) Everyone gets their comeuppance, and nobody is forgiven. A powerful heroine and the ultimate scumbag-slayer! After Qiao Yi was tortured in body and soul by a scumbag and his nasty lover and died, she accidentally transmigrated into the body of someone with the same name, who had suffered just as terribly. All kinds of melodramatic torture played out all over again. Damn it, you love cutting out people’s kidneys to give to your one true love so much? What 47Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 20 Quick Transmigration: The Tragic-Novel Heroine Awakens as a Black-Hearted Lotus 快穿：虐文女主觉醒成了黑心莲 [Quick transmigration + satisfying revenge on scumbags + strong female lead (the heroine is mistreated early on, and doesn't start out powerful; after awakening later, she takes revenge on scumbags with ruthless intensity, and if violence can solve it, she won't waste words)] No-brainer, no romance. After enduring physical and emotional torment, she awakens and turns the scumbags' own tactics against them, leaving them nowhere to turn. She tears apart fake sweethearts and manipulative women, tak 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 The Crazy Ancestor Rampages Through a Torture Novel 疯批老祖在虐文里嘎嘎乱杀 (The System is the villain + the heroine specializes in curing lovesick fools + nontraditional quick transmigration + 1v1, devoted couple with no other partners + not satisfying just for the sake of it) ✔️ (Ancient setting) Sweet romance (a fallen princess is reborn and makes a comeback) ✔️ (Modern setting) A little angst (a research prodigy's journey to reject scumbags) ✔️ (Republican-era setting) Moderate angst (the young marshal's little wife who takes his misfortunes upon herself) ✔️ (Immort 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 My Childhood Sweetheart Cheated With His Junior, So I Dumped Him and Married a Tycoon 竹马背着和学妹暧昧我踹他嫁大佬 My Childhood Friend Cheated with His Junior, So I Dumped Him and Married a Powerful Man 243Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Day I Fled, My Villainous Nemesis Went on a Rampage Online 逃遁那天，反派死对头在线发疯了 The Day I Fled, My Archrival, the Villain, Went Crazy Online 94Reads—Score—Shelves
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Don't Be Afraid, Honey. I Have a Redemption System to Help Me Win You Back 老婆别怕，我有赎罪系统换我追你
“Runaway Heiress x Possessive New Money Peacock” “Mind Reading + Both Reborn + Wife-Chasing System” * In her previous life, Song Yi was an untouchable heiress who treated Jiang Lin like a plaything. She took him by force, abandoned him, then left the country without a second thought. Later, when the Song family went bankrupt, he was the only person who could save her. He trapped her in a five-year marriage, holding her captive. Everyone said Jiang Lin was a distant, untouchable flower: cold, ele
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- 25 We Ended Things the Night He Went to Find His One True Love 我们结束了，在他去找白月光那晚 We Ended Things the Night He Went to See His First Love 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 After My Cheating Ex Dumped Me, My Best Friend and I Faked Our Deaths 被渣后，我和闺蜜死遁了 After I Was Betrayed, My Best Friend and I Faked Our Deaths 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Reborn, I Made My Childhood Sweetheart and His Illegitimate Daughter Stick Together 重生后，我让竹马和私生女锁死 After Being Reborn, I Made My Childhood Friend and His Illegitimate Daughter Stay Together 54Reads—Score—Shelves
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Deadly Love and Torment 致命虐恋
This is a coming-of-age story about Tong Zhiyan, Yun Xiaoxi, Li Qingwu, Yun Shunan, Bo Hanshen, Qu Nanzhi, and the others. Youth is beautiful, but brief. The people we once thought we would be with forever will one day go their separate ways, perhaps even forgetting one another amid the wider world. But no matter what happens, we once traveled the same road together. However we remember one another in the future, that will always be our youth!
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- 29 You Committed a Crime in the Name of Love 你在爱情里犯了罪 [Angst first, sweetness later + wealthy CEO] Before the divorce, he sent her to a mental hospital for the sake of a scheming woman, where she was tortured relentlessly. He said, “Su Jinye, the law won't punish you severely, but I can!” She knelt and begged him, “Please let me go. I'll divorce you and never show up again!” After the divorce, he suddenly blocks her path when she tries to leave, doing everything he can to please her. He says, “Honey, where are you going to leave me?” She smiles bri 1.1kReads8.5Score102Shelves
- 30 The Metaphysics Master Unmasked, Shaking the World 玄学大佬掉马后轰动全世界 [Overpowered Heroine + Ghost Hunting + Metaphysics + Satisfying Read + Sweet Romance] Everyone said Ye Qingge was an ill-omened, cursed loner who brought misfortune to anyone who got close to her. Later... Third Young Master Lu: “My wife is timid. You metaphysics masters should stay away from her. You’ll frighten her.” The metaphysics masters nearly wept. Even the Ghost King of Ten Thousand Years cries when he sees her. Which one of them is supposed to be timid? Third Young Master Lu said again, 69Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 31 Her Words Always Come True. Why Would You Mess With Her? 她嘴开过光，你们惹她干嘛？ Her Words Always Come True. Why Would You Mess with Her? 288Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 While I Was Away on Business, My Boyfriend Brought His One True Love Home 我出差时，男友把白月光带回了家 While I was away on a business trip, my boyfriend brought his first love home. 119Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 He Flirted Openly With a Rising Star, Then Regretted It Only After I Dumped Him 公然和小花暧昧，分手才知道后悔 He openly flirted with the rising star, only to regret it after we broke up. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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After Her Release From Prison, Her Childhood Friend Leaves Her Mute and Mindless 出狱后，她被竹马虐得又傻又哑
[Angst, childhood sweethearts, physical torment, heartbreak, groveling for a second chance] As the saying goes, “Fools are blessed.” But Yuan Xi, this little fool, had no such luck. That little fool never had a blessed day in her life. In the end, she was left with nothing. She didn’t know how things had ended up this way. They weren’t supposed to be like this. It was cold, so terribly cold. Why didn’t anyone care? In the corner of a dark room, the girl trembled silently. “Please don’t abandon m
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The South Wind Passes Through, and You and I Are Both Guests 南风过境，你我皆客
Shen Shu always thought she had been dealt a winning hand, but she couldn’t understand how she’d ended up playing it so badly. An abortion, her looks ruined, her career in shambles, and her reputation in tatters. She didn’t know how she’d wound up like this. Maybe it was because Fu Shenyan had come into her life. After all, love really can destroy a woman’s life.
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- 36 President Li, Your Wife Doesn’t Deserve to Die 厉总，夫人她罪不至死 Shen Zhichu had given him her whole heart for sixteen years, only to be told to leave with nothing, just so he could make room for the woman he had always loved. Li Jingshen thought he would be happy once that woman was gone, until he received her diagnosis... He rushed over in a panic, only to find her holding someone else’s hand. “Why didn’t you tell me you had stomach cancer?” “Weren’t you hoping I’d die sooner?” Shen Zhichu laughed scornfully. “Li Jingshen, I don’t want to spend the last of 8.9kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
- 37 When I Realized My Husband Had Changed, I Let Him Go Without Hesitation 发现老公变了，我果断放手 When I realized my husband had changed, I let him go without hesitation. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 I’ve Been Tangled Up with Two Foxes, One Big and One Small 我被一大一小两只狐狸缠上了 I'm Being Hounded by Two Foxes, One Big and One Small 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 I Caught My Wife Cheating, Let Her Go, and Came Out on Top 发现老婆背叛，放手后我躺赢了 After Discovering My Wife's Betrayal, I Let Go and Won at Life 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 I Accidentally Uncovered the Truth, So I Divorced Him and Walked Away 偶然发现真相，我果断离婚走人 I Stumbled Upon the Truth and Decisively Divorced Her 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 I Was Reborn on My Way to Pick Up My First Love 我重生在去接白月光的路上 I Was Reborn on My Way to Pick Up the Girl I Had Always Loved 25Reads—Score—Shelves
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Possessed by Force, I Can’t Escape the Devil 强势占有，遇上恶魔逃不掉
The twin sisters, who had only just come into the world, should have been born to lives of privilege. But a malicious plot abruptly changed the course of their fate. The younger sister was abandoned at the hospital, and from then on her life took a completely different path. The elder sister was like a beautiful flower in a greenhouse, basking in her parents’ love as she grew into a young heiress admired by all. But the younger sister was taken back to the countryside by a woman who worked as a
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- 43 Demon War God, Stop Playing with Me 恶魔战少别玩我 The new book’s rating is very low at first, but it will gradually rise. To get revenge on Su Qingqiu, Zhan Tingxiao forced himself on Zhan Wan, then handed her over to his archenemy, Li Jintian. The man seemed gentle and considerate toward Zhan Wan, but he was hiding an even greater scheme. He deliberately tricked Zhan Wan into thinking she was pregnant. Before the baby was full term, he forced a doctor to take it out. The premature infant drove Zhan Wan to a mental breakdown. Her intelligence r 15.2kReads6.2Score548Shelves
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The Universally Hated Young Master Reborn 万人嫌小少爷重生以后
Gu Xingqiao is a little simple-minded. He was born after a difficult labor that cost Lady Gu her life, and a few years later, his older brother and father abandoned him. The unwanted Gu Xingqiao met the powerful, gentle Lin Xiujin. Lin Xiujin was a ray of light in his miserable childhood, and as time passed, that light reached into his heart. Lin Xiujin came across a little bundle of misery with nowhere to go. He took him home, doted on him, and protected him. But he never expected the little on
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After Prison, I Was Forced into Love by a Mad Big Shot 出狱后，我被疯批大佬强制爱了
Male-male romance + forced love + melodrama + groveling redemption + unhinged characters + physical and emotional torment + angst with a sweet payoff + confinement + happy ending The pursuer knows he’s a scumbag. He’s inhuman at first, then goes mad chasing his love, even stabbing himself. * To get revenge on Chen Jing, Duan Jinyan personally sent him to prison, leaving him disfigured, deaf, and covered in ugly scars. After his release, Chen Jing ran into Duan Jinyan again. He begged Duan to lea
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Ten Years of Devotion, Reduced to Ashes 十年深情，终成灰烬
Ten Years of Devotion, Reduced to Ashes
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Favoritism Doesn’t Raise Dutiful Children 偏心养不出孝子
Favoritism Doesn’t Raise Dutiful Children
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Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏
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
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- 49 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 50.6kReads9.7Score7.4kShelves
- 50 The Mark of Kindness 善良的印记 The Mark of Kindness 18Reads—Score—Shelves
