Looking for Novels That Will Break My Heart. The More Heartbreak, the Better 求刀人的书，刀子越多越好

1. 251 双 A Mutual Misunderstanding for a Lifetime 双向：终生误 Clouds and Mist Drifting By云来雾绕Ancient Romance290k WordsCompleted There has always been someone in my heart. He was my childhood sweetheart and my fiancé. From the time I was little, I knew I was meant to marry him when I grew up. I waited eagerly, only for a sudden upheaval to shatter everything. Qingqing, a lifetime is long. Don’t live only for me. Live to take in this splendid world, to breathe in its fragrant blooms, to savor its sweetness. Brother Fu, I listened to everything you said. I came to find you only after I could no longer see the beautiful wo 682Reads9.1Score100Shelves
2. 252 行 Late in the Day 行止晚 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 25.2kReads9.6Score3.3kShelves
3. 253 长 A Long Farewell 长辞 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance102k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + tragic romance + both leads reborn] Another heartbreaking historical romance from Zhihu’s popular author Zhier, following An Ending at Dusk! Through a haze of consciousness, she relived her entire life, finally pausing on that sunny afternoon. He stood beneath a tree, his eyes covered with white cloth, smiling as he asked what she wanted. A young gentleman, handsome and refined as jade. One glance was enough to stay in her memory for years. If only she had known that meeting h 1.8kReads8.4Score221Shelves
4. 254 朕 My Setting Is That I Love Her 朕的设定是爱她 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance71k WordsCompleted [System transmigration into a book + mutual healing + winning over a lovesick obsessive] A new historical romance from Zhier, author of one of Zhihu’s three great tragic novels, Late Departure. The main story is lighthearted and funny, but the extras will break your heart. She is his nightmare, and also his cure! He is written to love her, so no matter what she does, he will never blame her. “Yan Yu, I truly and sincerely love you. Don’t forget me, I beg you.” “Don’t be afraid. Your elder sister 398Reads8.6Score113Shelves
5. 255 大 The Boy I Found in the Heavy Snow Killed My Entire Family (II) 大雪捡来的少年，杀了我全家（二） Purple Desire紫欲Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted The Boy I Rescued in the Snow Killed My Entire Family (II) 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A must-read for knife lovers! It's so painful! Many readers were heartbroken after reading the first part. The author has only just started the second part, and it's already great. I love the strong female protagonist the author portrays!

6. 256 人 In Another World, I Pick Up an Amnesiac Girl From the Start 人在异界，开局捡到个失忆少女 A Praying Mantis by the Roadside路边的一只螳螂Anime Fanfiction148k WordsOngoing One female lead, a little angst, loads of sweetness, a DNF reskin story A boy with fragmented memories transmigrates to another world, where he meets an amnesiac girl and begins a sweet everyday life. “By the way, didn’t you lose your memory? How do you know so much?” Lin Mo asked the bold girl in front of him, puzzled. “Lin Mo taught me,” Seria replied sweetly, though she kept one thought to herself: “But in the future.” A new author with a new book. The first ten chapters really are a bit rou —Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   The first book is my own work, "Little Knife," with a single female lead. I hope it receives positive feedback from readers. The second book is highly recommended; it's similar to my own work, starting slowly but improving significantly, but it's much better written than mine.

7. 257 双 My Strict Teacher Became My Scheming Boss 双面严师成了我的腹黑上司 LiuqibaZz六七八ZzTwo Male Leads478k WordsOngoing A wolf who loves to discipline people with his hands, has a fiery temper, is overbearing and fiercely protective, and is all bark with a soft heart meets a poor, kind puppy who is ordinary, obedient, patient, and cries when wronged... Lu Linchuan is both an adjunct professor and the heir to Luqi Media. Ran Mingyang is a student Lu Linchuan thinks highly of, and after graduation becomes his assistant. Their backgrounds, family circumstances, and personalities are as different as fire and ice. One 5.6kReads7.4Score396Shelves

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   A dense array of knives...

8. 258 悲 Song of the Sorrowful Flower 悲花鸣 Mo Wenxinlan墨问心兰Ancient Romance759k WordsOngoing Wen Xinlan and Mo Wan Feng were childhood sweethearts who grew up together, playing side by side and sharing countless happy moments. But fate had other plans, and they were forced to part, each going their own way. Years later, they unexpectedly met again in a bustling crowd. Their old affection rekindled like a spark, and the longing they had buried in their hearts surged back to the surface. Having endured the pain of separation, they rekindle their love, and a poignant romance begins... 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Mo Wanfeng and Wen Xinlan were childhood sweethearts, deeply in love with each other. Mo Wanfeng carved his own bone into a hairpin for her, vowing to become the top scholar in the imperial examination and marry her. He restrained himself, feeling his lowly status and unwilling to tarnish her reputation. Only after passing the examination did he fulfill his promise, marrying her with eight sedan chairs and the traditional rites of marriage. Even though the wedding date was set, he still adhered to the proper etiquette. When the emperor bestowed a marriage upon him, he refused to comply, even at the cost of his life. On the eve of his wedding to the princess, using the Wen family as leverage, he planned to fake his death to escape the marriage, risking the crime of deceiving the emperor to elope with her. After the marriage, he tried every means to escape Li Yunyan. Even after losing his memory, he never touched Li Yunyan. Upon regaining his memory, his first instinct was to cure Wen Xinlan's poison, enduring the torment of the poison and unrequited love alone. Even seeing Wen Xinlan and Li Yunxuan's loving relationship, he refused to tell Wen Xinlan the truth, because the truth would condemn her to a lifetime of hell. Every night, he could only be with her in his dreams. His love for her was etched into his very bones, yet every time they met, he could only pretend to be a stranger. When Wen Xinlan was forced to have sex with Li Yunxuan, he became completely corrupted. This once frail scholar began practicing swordsmanship to save his beloved. He hated his own weakness for not being able to protect her, and he forced himself to practice martial arts despite the strain on his body. After Wen Xinlan's death, he resolutely followed her to the afterlife. He was never a weak scholar. His love was always unwavering. Li Yunxuan was aloof and cold from a young age, showing no warmth to anyone except Wen Xinlan, for whom he possessed a unique tenderness. He knew Wen Xinlan always harbored feelings for Mo Wanfeng, yet he still silently stayed by her side. He could have used his power to marry Wen Xinlan into the royal family, but he only said to her, "It's alright, I can wait." On the day of Wen Xinlan's wedding to Mo Wanfeng, she was tricked by Li Yunyan, mistaking him for Mo Wanfeng. Those repeated calls of "Mo Lang" became his lifelong pain. Upon learning of his father's imprisonment, he secretly investigated and discovered it was Li Yunyan's doing. For her sake, he willingly abandoned his dignity and begged Li Yunyan to release the Wen family. However, Wen Xinlan knew nothing of this; until her death, she remained misunderstanding that Li Yunxuan had ruined her reputation, framed her father, and separated her from Mo Wanfeng. She hated him to the core, yet the only thing he had ever done to wrong her was ruin her reputation. After their marriage, he constantly tried to please her, but she never accepted his kindness. Only after losing her memory and her feelings for Mo Wanfeng did she slowly begin to accept him. He showered her with affection, spending lavishly to win her smile. He dedicated the rest of his life to weaving a three-year dream. When Li Yunyan attempted to assassinate her, he unhesitatingly shielded her from a fatal arrow, narrowly escaping death. After regaining her memories, her hatred for him intensified, and she even tried to kill him several times. He never evaded her attacks; she tried to kill him twice and poison him once, yet he still chose to indulge her. He risked his life, gambling with his life, on whether she still loved him. He couldn't bear the sweetness of the past turning into hatred. He became ruthless, imprisoning her. To spare Wen Xinlan from the torment of the poison, he willingly transformed into a demon to forcibly cure her. He was jealous of Mo Wanfeng; he could have killed him, but he didn't, knowing that if he did, Wen Xinlan would follow him in death. Only when Wen Xinlan, seeking revenge, chose to commit suicide by poison and have an abortion to sever their relationship did he finally give up. Before she died, Wen Xinlan wanted him to live, and he ultimately kept his word. Wen Xinlan died because of him, and at that moment, he truly regretted it. Wen Xinlan's only wish before death was for him to live, because she never wanted to see him again in this life, not even in the underworld. He knew she hated him, so he agreed to her request, allowing Mo Wanfeng and her to be together. She and Mo Wanfeng reunited in the underworld, while he was to be forever separated from her, spending the rest of his life atoning for his sins, forever living in the prison of memories, repenting for his past. This is a pure romance novel with very little political intrigue or palace drama. Both the Mo-Wen and Wen-Li couples suffer terribly; the male and female leads love each other but cannot be together, while the second male lead marries the female lead but can never win her heart. The female lead, to get revenge on the second male lead, is willing to poison herself and have an abortion to destroy him. Regardless of which couple you ship, it's a tragic ending; there are no epilogues or afterlife, only genuine heartbreak. The female lead misunderstands the second male lead until her death, and the male lead eventually commits suicide. The second male lead promised the female lead he would grant her whatever she wanted, but she wanted him to live because she wanted to never see him again. Therefore, the second male lead lives on alone, forever separated from the female lead.

9. 259 我 I’ll Make You All Regret This for the Rest of Your Lives! 我要让你们全都抱憾终生！ Ice Cream Dragon冰淇淋龙Anime Fanfiction140k WordsOngoing Bound to a System, Su Xu's mission is to enter different worlds and play pivotal roles, using the most devastating farewells to trigger an emotional upheaval in those around her. The System asks her: How can you maximize efficiency? Su Xu's answer: Become the brightest sun in their lives, then let that light go out completely just as it reaches its peak. And so... In the world of Demon Slayer, she is the stepsister who comes to the Kamado family’s aid in their darkest hour. After they promise to 37Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 260 糖 Candy with a Tangy Bite 糖果偏酸 Luo Zhi落之Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted (The main story is complete.) The domineering, impossibly cool school bully vs. the beautiful, strong-willed, wounded little bookworm. School life, healing, and mutual secret crushes. Chutang was being bullied at school. The day she met Jihuai was the start of autumn. She was sixteen that year. Jihuai saved her, perhaps because he felt sorry for her. “You don't need to stick your nose into my business.” “Hey, I'm the one who helped you.” Desperate for a meal, Chutang shamelessly followed Jihu 73Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're not afraid of knives, then watch.

11. 261 诡 The Supernatural Returns? I'm at the Martyrs' Cemetery! 诡异复苏？人在烈士陵园! Tang Men堂门Male-Channel Fanfiction10k WordsCompleted The paranormal is resurging? I'm at the Martyrs' Cemetery! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The knife's coming! [Laughing][Crying]

12. 262 在 I'll Wait for You at the End of the World 在世间的尽头等你 Dawnlight宸光微曦Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted (Urban legends + xianxia romance + traditional culture + past and present lives + reborn + tragic love between human and ghost) You lie beneath the spring, your bones turned to dust. I remain in the human world, my hair white with snow! Death is not the end. Being forgotten is! If, when I leave this world, a long-missed loved one or beloved comes to receive me, I would gladly and peacefully depart with a smile. If such a miracle truly happened, then death would not be a sorrow to me, but a reuni 31Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    Come and see the tragic life of the male protagonist!

13. 263 爆 Explosive! The Undercover Big Shot Has Fallen for Me 爆！卧底大佬他沦陷了 Spring Returns Beneath the Trees林下又见春Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [BE] [BE] [BE] [Undercover police officer in Myanmar × genius doctor with a split personality] [No arguments, misunderstandings, or groveling] [Both leads are devoted only to each other] Myanmar, a rainy night, Guanyuan. A muffled thud came from the backyard. She saw him and glanced over without a trace of emotion. “Disgusting. Throw him out.” Lu Chen froze, then hurriedly spoke up. “I have money. Lots of money.” Su Qingyan stopped and glanced back at the man on the ground. “Take him inside.” .. 151Reads—Score104Shelves

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    This book is incredibly moving and has a tragic ending.

14. 264 系 The System Abandoned Me, So I Took the Heavenly Dao as My Father 系统弃我不顾，我认天道为父 There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted [No female lead + no System + traditional cultivation + comedy + bloody slaughter] Fifteen-year-old Li Chuyi finally awakens a System, only for it to try to run away before the day is out. Fortunately, before leaving, the System tells Li Chuyi to make the Heavenly Dao of this world his godfather. From then on, Li Chuyi becomes the Heavenly Dao’s godson, the darling of the world, blessed with good fortune. He finds money on the road and stumbles across so many senior cultivators’ graves that he c 24.5kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves

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    Li Chuyi's hair fluttered in the wind. She laughed loudly, "Being alone is the true joy of solitude."

15. 265 我 Will I Still Be Waiting for You on Your Birthday? 我还会等到你的生日吗 Master of the BE Aesthetic掌管BE美学6k WordsCompleted Will I Still Be Waiting for You on Your Birthday? 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's only 7 minutes long, but the ending is foreshadowed right from the start. Even on your inevitable death journey, I still hoped to see the light within you, but I never got to see your true birthday. [Crying][crying][crying]

16. 266 D [Quick Transmigration] Debuff Loading 【快穿】Debuff正在加载中 Luo Xia Qing Jiu洛下清九Two Male Leads469k WordsCompleted [Completed / No CP / Not wholesome, not wholesome, not wholesome. Readers who require wholesome content are not welcome / Extreme fans who obsess over specific tropes, please turn back and leave / If you don’t like it, just turn back and go / Told from the recipient’s perspective / Protagonist is emotionally detached, unstable, and career-obsessed / Protagonist has self-destructive tendencies and engages in self-harm / Multiple characters in each world develop one-sided feelings for the protagon 632Reads9.4Score111Shelves
17. 267 杏 When Spring Deepens After the Apricot Blossoms Set Fruit 杏花结子春深后 Still Remembering Sky-Blue Porcelain犹忆天青瓷Ancient Romance276k WordsCompleted She is a lowly convict slave in the palace laundry, humble as dust. He is the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, noble and radiant. Though their stations could hardly be further apart, they fall hopelessly in love. Only when their feelings are at their deepest does she unexpectedly learn that his father, the emperor, had her father framed so he could claim her mother for himself. Where can this ill-fated romance spanning two generations possibly lead? ----- A prince steals his minister’s wife + 983Reads—Score102Shelves

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    It's incredibly heart-wrenching; the male and female leads struggle their entire lives, yet it still ends in a tragic ending, which is truly painful. I cried buckets of tears and felt so unsatisfied! The second male lead is also very devoted, and the love triangle is incredibly captivating. I love the author's subtle Chinese-style writing and melancholic tone; it's thought-provoking.

18. 268 路 The Bystander Female Lead Is Loved by Everyone 路人女配她被所有人爱着 Jiangbei, Searching for Meaning in Travel寻找旅行意义的江北Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing Ordinary girl + Tomie-like, universally captivating beauty + everyone has one-sided feelings for her + turning gay men straight After accidentally transmigrating into a boys' love novel, unlucky Wen Yang has no intention of getting involved in this ridiculous plot. She even manages to spend eighteen years after transmigrating into a book as a mere background female character. After she accidentally encounters a strange woman on a moonless night, Wen Yang is cursed. The curse is called... love? W 2.7kReads—Score256Shelves
19. 269 路 After the Walk-On Character Got an Everyone-Loves-Me Aura 路人甲拥有万人迷光环后 Sprinting Down the Road to Self-Destruction在作死的路上狂奔Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A quick transmigration story. The heroine is an ordinary person with an ordinary appearance and a mild personality. She really is ordinary! All the handsome guys fall in love with her at first sight. It’s the ultimate Mary Sue story! Everyone has a one-sided crush on her, so if that’s not your thing, please don’t read. Thanks for understanding. [A lot of readers couldn’t accept the first world. You can take a look at the settings revealed in the conversation with the System in Chapter 11, then s 10.2kReads9.1Score616Shelves
20. 270 女 How Could the Villainess Be So Adored? 女配怎么会被痴迷 Jiangbei, Searching for Meaning in Travel寻找旅行意义的江北Ancient Romance519k WordsCompleted P.S. A harem of men, not a universally adored heroine. Steady updates, and pretty surreal content. Gender-bending, love at first sight (a lot of it), a challenge to resist falling in love, and the men aren't necessarily virgins. A girl who had never been loved made a desperate wish: to be loved by someone forever. Her powerful obsession drew an unknown being into this world, though it should never have existed here. A gaze as pure as a god's, yet terrifying, follows you. That unknown being is li 1.6kReads—Score100Shelves
21. 271 对 Imprisoned for 100 Days by a Celestial Dragon 【女囚男】对天龙人的百日监禁 He He Wuhui Zi合禾无卉子Modern Romance608k WordsOngoing Stockholm syndrome: When a victim develops an emotional attachment to their abuser. A variation on the domineering CEO imprisoning his canary. This is a captivity-and-taming story where the heroine imprisons the domineering CEO. It is not a 4i romance, just a regular harem romance with a popular heroine. After the imprisoned CEO falls for the heroine, he becomes afraid she’ll abandon him and will do whatever it takes to come back. The second man she imprisoned was the president of the Jiang Cor 133Reads8.4Score122Shelves
22. 272 主 The Boyfriend Who Cheated First 主动出轨的男友 He He Wuhui Zi合禾无卉子Mystery174k WordsOngoing Yandere, corruption, a reverse harem, and everyone loves the heroine!! This is completely, utterly, outrageously unhinged. If you can't handle it after reading the first chapter, leave immediately. The chapters that follow are full of land mines, one after another. I'm not kidding. Ninety-nine percent of the story is told from male perspectives, and there are several of them, each with a different point of view. The author isn't good at writing blurbs, so the audience is small. If you hit a trig 20Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 身 As a Girl Everyone Loves, Shouldn't I Be Proud of My Players? 身为万人迷，我玩家骄傲了吗 Jiangbei, Searching for Meaning in Travel寻找旅行意义的江北Sports135k WordsOngoing Fourth Disaster + multiple secret identities + a player everyone loves + no romance As a gaming enthusiast, Jiang Wei became a moderately well-known game tester not long after losing her job. Her main task is to test the gameplay experience of various games. She takes on all sorts of identities in the games: Yuan San, the River God's bride, trapped for her entire life in a small mountain village with no way out; Xu Lingyuan, the city lord's daughter, who wept as she sent the little beggar away w 102Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 274 美 Beauty Is the Deadliest Weapon 美色是最强杀器 He He Wuhui Zi合禾无卉子Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I lov 651Reads—Score120Shelves
25. 275 快 Quick Transmigration: The Heartthrob Is Always Getting Hit On 快穿：万人迷总被碰瓷 Ghostly Green Flame鬼火绿Ancient Romance286k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + unbelievably gorgeous + no couples + love at first sight + Rongmei lives for herself and loves her freedom] Each world has only one-sided crushes, with no secondary couples. With multiple male leads, the heroine comes off as rather fickle. She has no unrequited-love storyline. The writing is awkwardly self-indulgent, with an over-the-top, artsy style and a stream-of-consciousness plot. No male or female lead or supporting character who appears in the story is vilified. The 2.9kReads9.0Score168Shelves
26. 276 恶 The Wicked Heartthrob's Quick Transmigration: Trapped in a Shura Field 恶毒万人迷快穿之深陷修罗场 Wine Seller沽酒户Female-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [Villain Harem] ✔ [Legend of the White Snake] ✔ [The Lotus Lantern] ✔ [The Sea's Son] Swear to the heavens, curse you to live forever ✔ [Trashy Female Alpha] ✔ [Undercover Senior Sister] Black turned white: the immortal sect's chief disciple, but a spy for the demonic path ✔ [The Investiture of the Gods] The defiant King of Shang, determined to take everyone down ✔ [Corpse of the King] She is an emperor, but she is not human ✔ [Sinking in the Deep Sea] A villainous researcher and a little mermai 5.6kReads8.9Score573Shelves
27. 277 甜 Why Is This Sweet Host a Villainess? 甜系宿主她怎么是恶女 Jiangbei, Searching for Meaning in Travel寻找旅行意义的江北Two Female Leads530k WordsCompleted GL, one-on-one romance with a protagonist who appears in different roles across the arcs. Zhouzhou has a bit of a universal charmer vibe. Industrial-strength sugar (not really), no logic, and some arcs move at a slow pace. Zhouzhou is a laid-back, lazy top who isn’t particularly domineering. A passionate Host who spends all day trying to get high scores and complete missions vs. a System that’s been thoroughly battered by reality and has become a couch potato. “What’s our wish? The stars and the 332Reads—Score103Shelves
28. 278 伪 The Impostor's Observation Log 伪装者的观测日志 Jiangbei, Searching for Meaning in Travel寻找旅行意义的江北Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Dark] Series 2 Jiang Wang is called the perfect test subject for “love.” Though she has the ability to make everyone fall in love with her, she can't understand how the purest human emotions come into being. By a twist of fate, during that great fire, a System named 012 came to her. Together, they embarked on a new journey, beginning an observer's tour of the world of pretenders... PS: Baby Jiang Wang is a master of disguise. She can imitate the appearance and emotions of people she has seen a 591Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 279 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 584.5kReads9.7Score73.4kShelves

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    Just you wait and see!

30. 280 氪 Spending Money Doesn't Work? I'll Get Them Through the Long March With My Life 氪金没用？我用命带他们走完长征 Luo Luo's Luo Luo洛洛的洛洛Urban1.9M WordsCompleted “Guys, whatever you do, don’t trust that designer named Luo An! He’s a fraud!” Kuang Ge, a top streamer with tens of millions of followers, is bawling in his livestream like a three-hundred-pound toddler, clutching his VR headset and refusing to let go. “He said it was a relaxing travel game, but from the start he dumped me on a snowy mountain in forty-below temperatures!” “He said there’d be no pay-to-win or in-app purchases, but I had to risk my life just to get a cold, hard black bun!” “He sa 119.2kReads9.5Score14.8kShelves

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    The first book, in summary, features two male protagonists, a master-disciple relationship, and heart-wrenching moments that reveal the depths of human nature and an unyielding sense of duty—"You won't know your destiny until you see the guest from Wushan." The second book will tell you more once you read it (^O^). Books 3 and 4 are mainly patriotic stories, like "Anti-Drug Police" and "The Long March." Book 8 is a comic, and it's truly exceptionally good; every short story is incredibly moving, including "The Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun" and "Little Scissors"... Definitely worth reading!

31. 281 历 History’s Regrets: The Young Years 历史的遗憾·少年篇 The Ancients Were Trendy古人很潮Historical112k WordsCompleted What are history's regrets? They are the past, flowing away like water, never to return; the Qin Empire's great ambition for the ages reduced to a cupful of dust; the An Lushan Rebellion bringing a flourishing age to an abrupt end; the noble moonlight and lonely courage in the young Qu Yuan's heart; the idealist Yu Qian dying amid the boundless mortal world; the hot tears shed by those who read these lines in the histories... Step into the swirling dust of the dynasties and catch a fleeting glim 8.2kReads9.4Score2kShelves
32. 282 春 A Secret Crush Hidden in Spring 春日藏欢喜 Wen Daidai文黛黛Two Male Leads233k WordsCompleted [Reunion after a long separation + slow-burn romance + sweet little moments + entirely fictional + a story within a story within a story + pure fiction, with no real-life inspiration] Aloof, taciturn, and sexually frigid (gong) ☆ Lu Xingheng × emotionally steady and always cold (shou) ☆ Jiang Wan This story is set in a fictional world, and every chapter is entirely made up and unrelated to real life. It is a work of pure fiction based on hearsay, written in an irrational state and containing 238.3kReads8.0Score5.4kShelves
33. 283 他 After He Escaped Death, He Forced Me to Sign a Penance Contract 他死里逃生后，逼我签下赎罪契约 I Returned to the Crowd我重返人群Modern Romance178k WordsCompleted A handsome, powerful, tragic, obsessive, and deranged man with a double face × a patient, clear-headed heiress fallen on hard times Five years later, we meet again. He's Jiangcheng's most ruthless obsessive man, and I'm an heiress with nowhere left to turn. He hangs me over a cliff and says, “Let me show you the despair I felt when I jumped into the sea back then.” He forces me to sign a contract of atonement and says, “I won't spare a single member of the Lin family.” I thought he hated me so m 2kReads—Score115Shelves

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    If you're going to be brutal, go all the way! This extreme angst is incredibly poignant. The plot is packed with cuts. Unlike those predictable, formulaic stories you've read, this angst is refreshingly original. And it's brutally intense! The male lead appears utterly insane on the surface, but harbors deep, hidden emotions. It's about adults weighing the pros and cons, making extreme choices. The more love there is, the more agonizing it becomes!

34. 284 谁EN Who Says an Assassin Can't Raise His Younger Brothers Well? 谁说杀手养不好弟弟 A Happy Goose一个开心鹅Modern Romance366k WordsCompleted In another world, Fu Yanzhi was the top assassin on the dark web, but his own younger brothers betrayed him. They leaked information to the enemy, leading to his death. Then the System chose him to transmigrate into a book, where he became a boy with the same name as himself. He had to fulfill the original host’s dying wish and protect his younger brothers. (The male lead and his younger brothers aren’t blood relatives. They all met at a human trafficker’s place.) In the end, Fu Yanzhi completed 186Reads—Score—Shelves

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    So heartbreaking! [Crying][crying][crying]

35. 285 盗 Tomb Raiding: Losing My Memory Again Today! 盗墓：今天也在失忆呢！ Egg Noodles in Clear Broth, Extra Egg清汤鸡蛋面加蛋Two Male Leads261k WordsOngoing Lin Cizhen really thinks he's the most miserable person in the world. From the start, someone lifts the lid off his coffin, and to top it off, he discovers that he has transmigrated! As if transmigrating weren't bad enough, the gods of this world forcibly erased his memories. So his first meeting with the Tender Beef Five turns out like this: Xiaoge: Come on, let's go home. Black Glasses: My eldest boy! You must've had a hard time finding me! Xiaohua: This guy's brain... doesn't seem to work too 3.6kReads9.1Score479Shelves
36. 286 名 Detective Conan: I Really Just Want to Go Home 名柯：我真的只想回家啊 Bamboo Grove Without Bamboo竹林没有竹子Anime Fanfiction663k WordsOngoing [Main story complete, Detective Conan, fake angst plus wild fan theories and turning him into a saint, no CP, saving the five-man squad from their tragic fate, Red Faction, apologies for out-of-character portrayals, fast-paced] Shingo Akamatsu was trapped in the game Red vs. Black when his gaming pod malfunctioned. From then on, he became a man of mystery in Beika City. With the System's save-and-load feature to rely on, he did whatever he pleased, constantly finding ways to get himself hurt. Bu 45kReads9.4Score4.8kShelves
37. 287 鬼 Demon Slayer: The Tragic Beauty Everyone Begs to Revive 鬼灭美强惨，众人血书求复活 Eleven and Thirteen Again十一又十三Anime Fanfiction496k WordsOngoing [Nontraditional Demon Slayer watch-along, ensemble cast, some angst and a little heartbreak (?), happy ending, shipping Fenghua, Giyu and Shinobu, Obanai and Mitsuri, and a whole bunch more. ꜀(^. .^꜀ )꜆੭ Cat head for protection. I said it, so please don’t blame the characters I write about. Thank you ꕤᴗ ᴗ)♡] Ida Tsuru died. He traded his life on his eighteenth birthday for the survival of the Demon Slayer Corps and the death of Kibutsuji Muzan. Then the Watch-Along System kicked in. On an ordina 1.2kReads—Score132Shelves
38. 288 开 From the Start, I Save Kanae and Create My Own Breathing Style 开局救下香奈惠，自创呼吸法 Eleven and Thirteen Again十一又十三Anime Fanfiction432k WordsCompleted [No romance; a very, very slow burn that follows the plot. Includes a System and focuses on making up for regrets. Everyone in the Demon Slayer Corps survives. Canon couples and fan-favorite pairings are included.] Because someone saved a person who was supposed to die, someone else has to take on the fate that person was meant to suffer. "I came here to save them, so of course I want to save as many people as possible," says Ideta Tsuru, his eyes sparkling with quiet delight. "So even if saving 2kReads8.4Score334Shelves
39. 289 紫 The Purple Garment Apocalypse 紫衫启示录 Raising a Little Dinosaur in My Pocket裤兜里养小恐龙Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Readers, don't worry. I know what you're resisting deep down, and I'll smash every last bit of it to pieces. “World, we hate each other.” “Without lies, there can be no civilization.” “Organized crime is a stain on society, and you are a stain on organized crime.” “I can break down your moves because you've used those same moves on me.” “Rat race culture is the inflation of hard work.” “You kidnapped me, and now you're asking me about the meaning of life!?” “Hmph! Namo Amitabha!” “Tch! Jesus Chr 1.5kReads—Score199Shelves

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    The real knife, only once, was used by the author with extremely cunning and painful technique! Its aftereffects are immense! It's no less powerful than Fantine's death in *Les Misérables*!

40. 290 萧 President Xiao, Your Wife Says You Have to Sleep in the Study Tonight 萧总，夫人让你今晚睡书房 Little Fish Boiled in Water水煮小鱼鱼Modern Romance665k WordsCompleted “The Pursuit of a Wife After Losing Her” + “A Heartbreaking Romance” When Mu Zhixia was five, she was as spoiled as a little princess, the only light on the long road traveled by Mu Jingheng and Xiao Xulin. But later, in the name of protecting her, Mu Jingheng married her off to his subordinate. On their wedding night, the groom fled, making her a laughingstock throughout the Dongli Kingdom. Meanwhile, Mu Jingheng turned around and decided to marry the person she hated most. She struggled and fo 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Everyone has their own difficulties, and the ending shouldn't have been like this, but it seems like this is the only way... Just when you think it's heartbreaking enough, there's something even more heartbreaking... Sob sob sob.

41. 291 你 I’ll Ferry You Through This Fleeting Life 你的浮生我来渡 A Grand Dream Is No Match for Thoughts of Youth大梦不若思华年Modern Romance184k WordsCompleted Love had long since risen with the wind, but even after the wind died down, the longing remained. I searched for her a thousand times in the crowd, but never found her beneath the fading lights. I knelt before the gods for a thousand years, yet they never once showed me mercy. My thoughts and longing for her filled my heart, but after a thousand years, we were together for only a morning and an evening. I crossed the River of Forgetfulness and retraced the path I had taken, wandering endlessly o 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hide your weapons like crazy in the early game, then go on a killing spree in the late game.

42. 292 十 Moonlight on the Seventeenth Floor 《十七楼的月光》 Summer Roses Are Stunning夏季的玫瑰美艳动人25k WordsCompleted Moonlight on the Seventeenth Floor 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Almost crying][Feeling wronged][Feeling wronged][Feeling wronged]

43. 293 我 I'm Already in the Late Stages of Cancer, So What's Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? 我都癌症晚期了，疯一点怎么了 Han Dabai韩大白Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted Original title: I’m Already in the Late Stages of Cancer, So What’s Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? Lin Qian, hailed as the most eligible young lady in the capital, was gentle, refined, elegant, and proper. She could read at three, write poetry at five, was exceptionally well-read, and excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Everyone who met her praised her without end. Lin Qian had been raised from childhood on the principle: “At home, obey your father; after marriage, obey your 21.2kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

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    This post is torture for the readers; the comments section is full of 😭😭😭😭

44. 294 他 He Risked His Life to Protect Me, and Gave Her His Heart 他以命护我，以心予她 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted He Protected Me with His Life and Gave Her His Heart 433Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 295 御 Beast Taming: This Wolf Seems Off 御兽：这只狼不对劲 Hazy Beneath the Night Rain夜雨下的朦胧Eastern Fantasy482k WordsCompleted A no-brainer power fantasy!!!! Guaranteed thrills! A lone shadow’s fading mark points to the sky, tassels and parting words make gold seem real. In the depths of winter, I know the rest of a hundred sorrows; crimson rain understands your tender pity. Jade fades, its light and scars left to my eyes; a thousand sorrows weave darkness through the heart of the heavens. You once bestowed a name on me, letting it hang from a verdant branch. Now, after ten thousand years, I cannot bear to look back. T 99Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I want to laugh [heart][heart][heart][heart]

46. 296 恨 The Unmarried Legitimate Daughter: May You Return and Never Part 恨嫁嫡女之君归不离 Chu Jingqi褚景七Ancient Romance663k WordsCompleted [Inner-courtyard scheming + political intrigue + reborn + devoted to each other + equally matched leads + mutual pampering] "You guard the realm with your longsword; I await your return in red." In her previous life, the legitimate daughter of Prince Lang was trapped in the inner quarters and tormented to death by her worthless scumbag husband. This time, she means to kill the scoundrel herself, but the great general Xiao Buli beats her to it. She thought that being given another chance would 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ancient Chinese romance novels are purely angst-filled.

47. 297 不 Not Wandering 不游 Back When I Was Young and Reckless年少犯浑时Sports866k WordsOngoing A mistake in a game decision left a young man paying for it for the rest of his life. A mysterious man in white made a promise in the Year of the Apocalypse. A failed experiment and a replacement? “Maybe the world is just like this, more or less the same everywhere. Maybe I'm simply sick.” In the Year of the Apocalypse, he was an ambitious man, a madman fanatically devoted to his own ideals. 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A transmigration adventure story set in another world; very sweet (and angsty).

48. 298 那 That Red Land 那片红色的土地 Xiong Dayu熊大雨Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr 11.3kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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    Go home quickly! I... I can't go back...

49. 299 我 I Want a Complete Family 我想要个完整的家 Chuan Shenyan川慎言18k WordsCompleted I Want a Complete Family 68Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Knife knife knife knife knife

50. 300 校 Aftereffects of a Campus Romance 校园恋后遗症 Chuan Shenyan川慎言6k WordsCompleted The Aftereffects of a School Romance 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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