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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Ten Realms: I Was Ordinary 十界：我本平庸
(We are all ordinary people. Some say they don’t understand what I’m writing! The truth is, I simply want to tell the story of an ordinary person who keeps growing, improving, and learning. He feels lost and helpless, never knowing what to do. His life is full of stumbles, but through repeated setbacks and lessons, he slowly grows! Some people are born in Rome, while he is stuck in the mud. In Rome, it’s easy to cross the finish line. But there’s something all the more inspiring about perseverin
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After a Tormented Romance with the CEO, I Faked My Death and Ran Away 和总裁虐恋情深后，我假死逃跑了
Angst before sweetness, domineering CEO “Lin Yinuo, don't think I'll feel sorry for you just because you're acting like this. You're nothing but a woman who schemed against me!” Gu Qingcheng, Lin Yinuo tried to kill herself! Come back, quick! “Gu Qingcheng, you really are heartless. I never want to see you again for the rest of my life!” “Nuonuo, don't fall asleep! Let's go home, okay? I'll take you home right now, back to our home!”
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The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡
[The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the
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Guide Me into the Mortal World 渡我入凡尘
[Powerful, high-ranking hero ➕ possessive second male lead ➕ insecure, devoted third male lead ➕ one heroine and three men ➕ romantic rivalry ➕ political intrigue ➕ faked death ➕ bad ending] Little white lotus Lu Fan: “I won't let down those who love me. But I won't forgive those who hurt and used me, either. I bore the children you wanted, but none of you will raise them yourselves! Xiao Yanchen, the child you helped ascend the throne is mine and Zhou Yuheng's. Xia Xiuyuan, the child you appoin
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The Story of Guan Xi 官禧传
[Court intrigue + love and hate intertwined + sweet yet angsty romance] The long-awaited wedding she had looked forward to with all her heart turned out to be a trap set long ago by the man she loved. Overnight, her entire family was slaughtered. For Guan Xi, it was a devastating blow. The love that had seemed so pure was, it turned out, full of lies and deception. Sometimes I wonder if these words can truly tell the whole story of Guan Xi’s life. There is a quiet resilience about Guan Xi. She l
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Quick Transmigration: No Pure Romance for Crazy, Twisted Villains 快穿：禁止疯批变态谈纯爱
[Quick transmigration, unhinged characters, including forced love, taking someone by force, raising children, and more (ahem); male lead is split into different fragments, all handsome young men!] An unhinged, perverted, two-faced, delicate (???) and devoted (actually hopelessly lovesick) male lead X a female lead who's sweet and naive at first, then just sweet later on (actually, her true nature comes out) Ruan Zhi is forced into the "Villainess Training Game." Apparently, the game thinks she's
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Tears Beneath Mount Fuji 富士山下的眼泪
[If you meet the love of your life, go hand in hand beneath Mount Fuji] [Reconciliation after heartbreak | Bittersweet sweetness | Saving each other | Realistic | Happy ending] [Devoted puppy who barges into her life ✖️ melancholic, icy little white flower] Yang Zhimo’s first encounter with Xiang Zhuye was part of a carefully laid plan. The most dazzling ring, the most heartfelt proposal, the man she loved most. Years later, Yang Zhimo still believes that was the closest she ever came to happine
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A Moonlit Wish 月明愿
[Tragic historical romance with a bad ending, slow start and strong payoff] [Those who love each other may not end up together, and those who do may not truly love each other] [In this world, perhaps the hardest things to obtain are not money and power] [The hardest thing to find is a heart that never changes] Preface: A thousand years ago, the realm was divided in two. The Celestial Dynasty and the Southern Wu Dynasty each claimed half the territory. Fearing the military might of Southern Wu,
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After Transmigrating, I Became His Slave 穿越后却成了他的奴
Hu Xue, a naive and sweet rookie teacher, was struggling at work when she unexpectedly transmigrated to Xilan Continent, a country where men held absolute power and women had no status. She became the female slave of Liu Yibo, the man she had secretly loved, who had also transmigrated there. Drawing on his modern knowledge, Liu Yibo quickly rose from the son of a wealthy family to a general leading troops into battle. Hu Xue, meanwhile, endured countless hardships as a female slave, learning all
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Yi Xun Is Hard to Find 易洵难寻
Love is like a mountain spring, its gentle current winding all the way to Jiangnan. [Though I know your heart is true, I cannot find you. I hope you will turn back again and ease this longing of mine.] Qi Wan, an illegitimate daughter of the Qi family in Jiangnan, has been overlooked since childhood. She has no interest in business and only wants to live out her life in peace and freedom. Then Yi Xun appears and changes everything. He teaches Qi Wan the ways of business and stays by her side day
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After Fleeing My Wedding, I Fell in Love with the Cold General 逃婚后，我与高冷将军谈恋爱
"A Woman Disguised as a Man - Everyone’s Darling - Angsty Romance" To uncover the truth about her father and brothers’ murder, Su Yan disguises herself as a man and infiltrates the military camp. She and Mu Qingchen go through life and death together, never realizing that he has known all along that she is a woman… Just as they are about to marry, the bloody truth hits Su Yan…
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Layers of Resentment in the Deep Palace 深宫怨几重
In this mortal world, in the imperial palace, in the mansions of the wealthy, how much love has gone unreturned and turned into bone-deep hatred? The tangled passions and heartbreak of so many men and women have all vanished into the mists of history.
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Your Highness, Your Foolish Side Consort Has Fallen for Your Guard 殿下，你的痴傻侧妃看上属下了
Her mother gave her a potion to make her stupid. Her older sister gave her a potion to make her infertile. Why should other people get to control her life? Third Miss Tang has memories that don’t belong to her, and ever since she was little, she’s been a troublemaker who’s a bit slow on the uptake. She can’t do any of the things a noble young lady is supposed to know, but she can do everything she isn’t supposed to. Forced to marry the Crown Prince as a secondary consort, she becomes the
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I Transmigrated Into Dream of the Red Chamber as Xue Baochai 穿越红楼之我是薛宝钗
Hey, have you heard? That dim-witted tyrant of the Xue family lets his wicked servants run wild and abducts young women. They say his sister had her eye on the girl. Who knows what she plans to do with her once she gets her home? What kind of family is this? The brother likes men, and the sister likes women. Shh, don’t go telling anyone... You saved my life, and I can never repay you. But surely I don’t have to repay you! Is that how you treat the person who saved your life? Pah! It’s your broth
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Beauty Is Gone, and Kindred Spirits Are Hard to Find 红颜已逝，知己难觅
On the palace wall, she used her blood to write “Shen Yanzhi” again and again. As she lay dying, she asked about the jade hairpin. He held it up, and she let go of her regrets, asking the hairpin to stay by his side in her place. She died three days later, leaving behind a blood-written poem: “If we meet again in another life, I’ll wed no prince and paint no brows.” He buried the jade hairpin and their unsigned marriage certificate beneath a pear tree. For a hundred years afterward, he scoured t
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Through the Trials 走过劫难
Disaster strikes a once-happy family of five. After suffering a heartbreak so piercing it feels like ten thousand arrows, how will a mother who has only just reached middle age, and is already frail and sickly, lead her three underage children through hardship and toward the future...?
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The Obsessive Big Shot Gets Jealous Every Day: Book Transmigration 偏执大佬每天都在吃醋【穿书】
[Sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + showbiz + completed] Gu Xuan wakes up one day in an angsty romance novel, as a minor character with the same name who lies through his teeth and fawns on the powerful, only to meet a grisly end. As a lifelong single, straight-as-an-arrow man of steel, Gu Xuan thinks, “Whoever wants to be a disposable extra can have the job. Aren’t all these lovely girls around the world, with no one to care for them, so much better?” But then... Hey! Why is the protago
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The Caged Prize: The Alluring Concubine 笼中之物之尤物小外室
My new novel is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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A Family by the Yishui River 沂水河畔一家人
This book tells the story of a large family over nearly a century, from the late Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century, through turbulent changes, banditry and warfare, twists and turns, and eventual reversals of fortune. Led and subtly influenced by the protagonist, several generations endure decades of hardship yet remain upright, united, and determined to improve. In different eras and historical circumstances, they do everything they can, persevering in their efforts to contribute
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The Emperor's Marriage: I Would Conquer the World for You 帝王嫁：为君倾天下
[No female lead + Two male leads + Two emperors] Domineering, devoted emperor VS aloof, proud hostage prince “You and I are twins. I'll take your place and go to the Northern Kingdom. But you must help me protect the Southern Kingdom. Remember, protect it.” The realm's supreme authority is divided between the Southern and Northern Kingdoms. The Southern Kingdom favors peace, while the Northern Kingdom favors war. To foster friendly relations, the Southern Kingdom sends a prince to the Northern K
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Captain, Can You Even Handle This? 队长，你行不行啊
Su Yan’an, a C-list celebrity, was lucky enough to be invited to take part in an esports-themed variety show. She never expected Jiang Jingxiao, captain of the team that won the global finals, to be invited too. As soon as the show started, people spread rumors that the two of them didn’t get along. Some staff even claimed they’d heard the pair fighting in their room. Su Yan’an’s eyes brimmed with tears. Jiang Jingxiao was a fox, the very definition of a polished scoundrel, and yet his fans s
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Sickly Obsession 病态诱捕
Transmigrating into a book + proceed with caution: possessive, unstable love interest. Manga adaptation and publication rights have been signed; the print edition is now available. Other people who transmigrate into a book get a golden finger, a powerful System, and a huge protagonist halo. Li Dezhuang transmigrates into a book as a minor character: a disposable side character who’s good for nothing but his looks, with a ridiculously old-fashioned name to boot. To survive, Li Dezhuang resolves t
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Fox Whispers of Guyao 姑瑶狐语
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
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I Was Raised by Monsters 我被怪物养大
The story is set in a modern city in a parallel world. Legend has it that City A is home to an urban myth called the White Cat Agency. The agency is run by a group of monsters and demons. As long as you pay the appropriate price, they'll fulfill any request you make. Money, organs, emotions, memories, years of life... Anything could become a bargaining chip. Seventeen years ago, an infant boy of unknown origins was found by the agency's owner and raised by a group of monsters. Seventeen years l
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Unspoken Longing 未言心盼
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.
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Her Fake Heiress Childhood Friend and His Family Have Her Back, but She'll Take Everything Back 假千金竹马全家护，她要夺回一切
Her childhood sweetheart and his whole family protect the fake heiress. Now she wants to take it all back.
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After Torturing Me, the Lovesick Marquis Chases Me to the Ends of the Earth 虐完我，病娇侯爷追妻火葬场了
(Historical romance with heartbreak, a groveling hero chasing his wife, physical and emotional angst, a hero who comes to his senses, and a heroine who has moved on) In the end, he had to tear out his heart and bones to win back her love. Four years of marriage, and in the end he demoted her to concubine. She became a laughingstock! “A whore doesn't deserve to be the principal wife.” “Make room in the courtyard for Madam Ji. If she gets pregnant, we can make her the principal wife.” “Yan'er, I b
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At Thirty-Six, I Finally Dumped That Good-for-Nothing Scumbag 三十六岁，我终于甩掉了烂人渣男
At thirty-six, I finally dumped my worthless scumbag boyfriend
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Bending at the Waist 折腰
Blurb: Zhou Xingzhi x Su Zheshen Su Zheshen sacrificed all his pride for love, but never got so much as a confession of affection from Zhou Xingzhi. Some people are destined to be inescapable, yet impossible to love.
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Quick Transmigration: Why Hasn’t the Male Lead Come to Kill Me Yet? 快穿：男主怎么还没来杀我
Jing Mo was a mission-taker who played an utterly wicked villain. In each little world, all he wanted was to finish his mission early and recover his memories. But he never expected to hit a wall in the very first world. 1: Jing Mo was hated by the entire internet. He not only targeted the top-tier star, but was also buried in scandals, beyond even the Yellow River’s power to wash clean. Yet the sweet, naive male lead stubbornly stuck by his side, saying he wanted to protect him. 2: Jing Mo was
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Don't Look Back, or You'll See Your Grave 莫回头，回头见坟头
Don't Look Back, or You'll See Your Grave
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I Swallowed the Cruel, Deadly Poison the Emperor Had Hidden Away 苦苦咽下帝王藏好的凉薄剧毒
She bitterly swallowed the cold, poisonous cruelty the emperor had hidden away
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Time with My Robot Girlfriend 与机器人女友的时光
Love Outshines the Human Form in a Metal Shell When the soul of human girl Ling Yin enters the metal body of robot Shi Ya, not even three or four hundred pounds of titanium alloy, cold programming, or the ever-present threat of being scrapped can stand in the way of her profound love for Dong Yi, a love that transcends life and death. She fears she is merely a copy of code, a shadow of Ling Yin, a machine unworthy of him. But he gives everything he has to tell her: You were never a substitute. Y
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Young Master Shen: His Wife Came Back with His Child to Make Him Suffer 沈少：夫人她带球回来虐你了
Five years ago, a ridiculous marriage bound them together. After ten years of unrequited love, she finally worked up the courage to tell him, “I love you. Can’t you at least try to love me too?” But he coldly replied, “I’d have to be crazy to love you.” But later, in the first year after she left, he stood by her grave, drunk, and said, “There are plenty of women. It’s not as if I need you.” In the second year: “Lin Xiaoran, I didn’t wrong you. Please come back, okay?” In the third year: “I don’
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My Unrequited Love Was Buried in Midsummer 我的暗恋葬于盛夏
My Unrequited Love Was Buried in Midsummer
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Mr. Li, Stop Torturing Her. Your Wife Wants Nothing More Than to Die 黎总别虐了，夫人她一心求死
[Angst + the regretful chase for a lost wife] Chu Sisi was wrongly imprisoned for three years before being released. She thought she could start her life over. But her parents abandoned her, her younger sister framed her, and her beloved fiancé made her, a murderer, atone for her crimes. She was no longer the lofty young lady of the Chu family. She had even become someone else’s plaything. After watching her best friend die right in front of her and losing her child, she jumped from the twenty-s
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An Emperor's Tormented Love: Your Consort Is Already in Her Coffin 帝王虐恋：臣妾已是棺中人【虐】
An Emperor’s Tormented Love: Your Majesty, I’m Already in My Coffin [Angst]
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Perhaps There Was Once Light in the Deep Sea 也许深海曾有光
After an earthquake, young Jiang Ning began living with Song Ao, her younger brother by neither blood nor marriage, who had autism. In Song Ao’s world, Jiang Ning became his only splash of color. Years later, Jiang Ning was surprised to discover that her new boss was Shen Fang, the school heartthrob she had harbored innocent feelings for in her youth. At the same time, though, she sensed that her relationship with Song Ao was gradually changing, blurring the line between family love and romance.
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Reborn From the Ashes, I’ve Returned to Settle Every Score 涅槃重生归来有仇报仇有怨报怨
“Reborn after returning from Nirvana, she settles every score and repays every grievance. A bond from a past life becomes a fate in this one.” Eight hundred years ago, she and he vowed to be husband and wife in their next life, promising to love each other for all eternity. Centuries passed, the world changed, and the past faded like smoke. Eight hundred years later, she was reborn, but fate had other plans. It was as if she'd been born into the wrong family. Her father showed her no affection,
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You Can't Bring Back a Runaway Bride 落跑娘子追不回
I make my own fate, not heaven. She is no innocent little flower, no frail girl everyone can bully and trample on. If someone takes a swing at her or sets her up, she'll pay them back twice over. Su Wan, a merchant's daughter full of schemes, defies fate, plots her escape, and seeks refuge with one of the capital's most powerful families. Using their influence, she secures a good marriage prospect and gives her whole heart to her fiancé's family. But things don't go as planned. A spiteful woman
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I Just Transmigrated to Ancient Times, and My Lord Captor Insists I Share His Bed 刚穿古代就被掳主公非要我侍寝
[Domineering pursuit and possession + beautiful heroine] [Body transmigration + patriarchal male lead] [Heroine is pure, hero is not] [Male-oriented ✘ ensemble cast] Second-year college student Ruan Qiao is immersed in a classical dance performance at the freshman welcome gala. The spotlight goes dark, then comes back on, and she is no longer onstage. A bone-chilling wind and the unfamiliar stench of blood mixed with alcohol hit her. All around her, people are shouting in a language she cannot u
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Nowhere for My Thoughts to Return 无念可归
[A groveling ex chases his wife to the crematorium] + [Absolutely no forgiveness] + [Obsessive] + [Overbearing CEO] + [Love unrequited] + [Angst] In a single night, Chen Nian, once a celebrated socialite in the capital, became a fallen heiress. With her mother gravely ill and no money for her younger brother's tuition, she was at the end of her rope when she crossed paths with Xiao Yancheng, a man who could turn the world upside down with a flick of his hand. A bank card with two million yuan. O
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Not the Wood in the Forest, but the Grain with an Extra Stroke! 不是森的木，是木多一撇的禾！
[Secret crush + intense push and pull + playboy + heroine dies + hero marries + second male lead dies for love + tragic ending] The roses are in bloom, and I miss you. Jian He kept a diary. It was opened after she died... You were like a book. I read it from cover to cover, only to find myself back on the first page. Your kindness was too gentle. Did you remember me? When someone appears too often, even a coward can fall for them! * Jian He loved Ji Senshu. She fell for him again and again, and
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Jiang Chuze, I Won’t Love You Anymore 江楚泽，我不会爱你了
Everyone knows that An Ruoxuan, the beautiful eldest daughter of the An family in Xingdu, chased after the cold-faced young master of the Jiang family in Beicheng from the time they were children. She tried every way she could to cling to him, earning a reputation as his little shadow and a stalker. But then the aloof young master got together with Su Munan, An Ruoxuan's best friend... Eight years later, Jiang Chuze turned around and married An Ruoxuan. She thought she was going to heaven, but i
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Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌
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
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I Spend My Life Running Toward You 我用一生奔向你
Cheng Wan thought she was the only one who knew how much she liked Cheng Du. She never imagined that one day she would become hopelessly entangled with him. Cheng Du drew Cheng Wan into falling for him while keeping his unspoken secret to himself. He kept her trapped at his side, giving her no chance to catch her breath. He used every means at his disposal and stopped at nothing. He would drag Cheng Wan down into hell with him.
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I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德
I’m a Scout: Zhan De
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A Dream Buried for Ten Years 十年沉梦
A twenty-six-year-old soul lives inside a sixteen-year-old body. Su Wan returns reborn to her high school years, carrying the exhaustion, trauma, and regret of the decade to come. Before her are her living, breathing father and her radiant, smiling older sister: the warmth she once longed so desperately to reclaim. The ancient ring from that snowy night is her only link to the past, and it holds all the riddles behind her rebirth. She thinks this will be a lonely journey, until she meets a boy n
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After Prison, I Got Heart Disease and Had Two Kids in Tow 出狱后，我得心脏病还揣着两个娃
Original title: On Our Wedding Night, General Lu Cried Over His Wife's Grave After Torturing Her to Death The humiliation of their three-year marriage wasn't enough. Now her beloved husband was going to send her to prison with his own hands. After getting out, Lin Miao was diagnosed with “end-stage heart disease.” Her heart throbbed with pain again and again. All she wanted was to live out the rest of her days in peace, but Lu Beixiao never stopped tormenting her. When the truth came to light,
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I Accidentally Became the Tsundere Employer's White Moonlight 一不小心成了傲娇雇主的白月光
[Two male leads + tragic romance + the one who was left behind pursues his lover through hell + equally matched leads] [Two male leads + warmth] [Dark imprisonment, brutal torture, memory control, stealing someone's lover] Volume One: First Meeting in the Jungle focuses on daily life as they struggle to survive in the jungle, with scenes of being shot, poisoned, treated for injuries, and fed. It's a bittersweet but lighthearted read. Volume Two: The Ordeal of Captivity includes deception, dark i
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