Heartbreaking Stories That’ll Make Your Heart Ache 虐文，虐到心绞痛的那种

1. 51 深 Above the Abyss [Crime] 深渊之上【犯罪】 Zhang Depang张嘚胖Modern Romance293k WordsCompleted [Just started getting rated, score will rise!] [Dark + pretend siblings + physical and emotional torment + yandere + redemption] [Original title: Above the Abyss] “Brother, let's play hide-and-seek.” “Okay.” “Brother, you can't open your eyes until you've counted to a hundred!” “Okay.” An accident forced the siblings apart for sixteen years. When Shen Nanfeng infiltrated a criminal organization undercover, he discovered that the younger sister he had longed for all those years, Chi Yu, played a 8.3kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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   I cried so much after watching it late at night that my eyes were swollen, and snot and tears were streaming down my face. The female lead's life was ruined, and the male lead was her only salvation. The tragic ending was inevitable; it was too heartbreaking.

2. 52 全 Everyone in This Story Is Crazy. Please, Won't You Kill Me? 全文疯批，请杀了我好吗 Jiu Jiu Ziqi酒酒子琪Two Male Leads297k WordsCompleted [Power couple + Mutually faithful] [Angst early on, more angst in the middle, the male lead turns into a lovesick puppy later; tragic ending, but with rebirth] The pursuer thinks the pursued betrayed him. The pursued spends two years hiding away, then gets caught and brought back. The pursuer starts beating and tormenting him in every way, and even brings his fiancée to see him. She'll stop at nothing and wants to kill him every day. After enduring endless humiliation, Bai Feiying tries to escap 2.1kReads9.0Score278Shelves

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   The first book is really heart-wrenching! It's short, so if you like short stories, you can read this one. But honestly, I don't even know how to describe it [crying][crying] It's heart-wrenching throughout, the kind that will make you cry involuntarily. I highly recommend it. The second one is pretty good, but not as heart-wrenching as the first. The plot is excellent, very immersive, and the seme wears a hearing aid! The story is lively, funny, and engaging, the kind that gets more and more addictive the more you read. The third one is the kind where you torture your wife for a while, then face a nightmare trying to win her back. It's also incredibly heart-wrenching, and I highly recommend it. The uke calls the seme "master." It's extremely heart-wrenching in the beginning, the middle, and even the later part is still quite intense. For those who like heart-wrenching stories, I recommend all three. If you prefer milder heart-wrenching stories, you can read the second one; the dialogue between the seme and uke is hilarious, kind of like a strong-strong pairing. The third one is also a strong-strong pairing, while the first one is both physically and emotionally abusive [sad].

3. 53 替 After the Stand-In Left, the Tycoon Panicked! 替身走后大佬他慌了！ Xiao Wang Has No Pen Name小王没笔名Two Male Leads226k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + a substitute for the beloved + a long road to winning back his love, hot-tempered alpha scum pursuer, cool, gentle beta beloved] ABO [No one in this world loves me anymore] Lin Mu fell in love at first sight with the man who took him away. Later, he went to live with Li Yuanjing, and stayed with him for three years. Throughout those three years, he knew perfectly well that he was only a substitute for Li Yuanjing’s beloved, yet Lin Mu still knowingly lost himself in those deep 3.5kReads9.0Score268Shelves
4. 54 成 Giving My Husband His Freedom, Along with His First Love 成全老公，和他的白月光 Spring Breeze Greens the South Again an春风又绿江南anTwo Male Leads500k WordsCompleted [Male-Male Romance + Marriage Before Love + Workplace Romance + Husband Chases His Ex in Desperation + Rekindled Love + HE] (Important! Important! This is a male-male romance novel. No offense intended to readers of straight romance, but please make sure you know what you’re getting into before you start! Please stop reading once you’ve finished! I’m begging you!) Yu Qingli knew Ji Yan had feelings for someone else, but so what? The two of them were never going to end up together. For six yea 1.5kReads7.5Score103Shelves
5. 55 假 After I Faked My Death, the Scumbag Went Gray Overnight 假死后渣男一夜白头 Wei Lanxingchen蔚澜星晨Two Male Leads266k WordsCompleted [Completed, Both Have No Other Partners, Toxic Top and Clear-Headed Bottom, Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium, Rekindled Love] Because of Yang Yi’s remark, “Homosexuals are disgusting,” Liang Muy u set a sweet trap for him under the pretext of getting revenge. Having grown up starved of love, Yang Yi couldn’t resist his tender advances and soon fell into his trap. Liang Muy u congratulated himself, unaware that he was the one falling deeper with every step. The truth would come out eventually. 798Reads8.0Score—Shelves
6. 56 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted 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

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   I truly shed tears for these three books, especially the first one; who can forget about tragic romance novels?

7. 57 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 196.2kReads9.5Score26.2kShelves

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   The average score is 9.7. Every book is angsty. If it weren't angsty, I'd walk backwards in the future. The first book is sweet overall (just kidding, it's definitely angsty), with a bit of angst in the middle. The second book is angsty towards the end; after chapter 25, it becomes a sweet story. The third book is full of angst, but the angst ends sweetly. The fourth book is the kind of angst that's silly. The fifth book is the same as the fourth. Many people have read the sixth book, so I won't say much; it's all angst. The last book is also extremely angsty.

8. 58 踹 I Dumped My Ex-Husband, and Now He Won't Leave Me Alone 踹了前夫后，他开始死缠烂打 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads361k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Love After Marriage + Second Chance at Love] A sweet-faced but scheming bottom, and a fatherly top who's a little lovesick, but not too much. No one knew that Shang Jingchuan had carried a secret love for ten years. The moment he first saw his sister-in-law, he fell in love at first sight, and even went so far as to marry a stand-in who looked eighty percent like her. Chen Nuo was the illegitimate son of the Chen family. He carefully schemed his way into Shang Jingchuan's heart 13.4kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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   Both are so angsty!!! So many cuts!!! So many cuts!!! So many cuts!!! 🔪🔪🔪🔪

9. 59 小 That Little Trouble-Maker Is Absolutely Unhinged 小作精他超疯的 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads249k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance + rekindled love + entertainment industry + happy ending] A volatile, depressed, troublesome, sickly bottom in public and in private, A top who is emotionally impaired but an outstanding actor. Jiang Li is a madman. During a sugar-baby arrangement, he was the first to fall in love and become obsessed. He knew Yi Zhen didn't love him, yet he kept clinging to him, his body covered in wounds. He said, “I supported you for two years. Now it's your turn to support me for two years! 11kReads9.3Score836Shelves
10. 60 夏 Starlight on a Summer Night 夏夜星光 Tan Bei摊北Two Male Leads117k WordsCompleted Second Chances Obsessive, troubled bottom × Stubborn, devoted top Lu Xing × Xia Ye Nine years ago, Xia Ye and Lu Xing entered each other’s lives. Eight years ago, they were forced apart. One went abroad, while the other was trapped in the capital. Seven years ago, Lu Xing thought he would be back soon. Six years ago, Lu Xing called Xia Ye, and they broke up. Five years ago, Lu Xing spent nearly two years in a psychiatric hospital. Four years ago, he was released, but it seemed his soul was still 76Reads6.9Score—Shelves
11. 61 万 Everyone Hated Her, Then She Showed Her Face and Took the Internet by Storm 万人嫌露脸后全网爆火 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads448k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads] A sickly, universally despised bottom; A seemingly cold and heartless top who has fallen deeply in love. A year ago, Xu Mian was rumored to have thrown matches, and was boycotted by the entire internet. He retired early. With his mother seriously ill and his right hand partially disabled, he became the target of abuse from everyone in the esports scene, like a rat crossing the street, and endured it for an entire year. Caught between life and death, he struggled to stay alive: 12.5kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
12. 62 说 You Said You'd Be My Sugar Daddy, So Why Have You Had a Crush on Me for Seven Years? 说好的金主爸爸，你暗恋我七年啊 Wu Zhi邬枝Two Male Leads347k WordsCompleted (Original title: You Said You'd Be My Sugar Daddy, So Why Have You Had a Crush on Me for Seven Years?) [Double Male Leads + Both Pure + 1v1 + Rekindled Romance + Dramatic Angst + Bittersweet + Mild Coercion] With a single check, Duan Jinnian bought Qi Suqing's freedom, and bought back the man who had abandoned him three years ago. He tossed Qi Suqing a contract, then gently lifted his pale, jade-like chin with a fingertip. "From now on, don't hide from me or hold back when we're together." "If 6.6kReads9.1Score918Shelves
13. 63 最 The Year I Loved You Most 最爱你的那一年 Luo Qinghuan络清欢Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted A short childhood-sweethearts campus tragedy Song Xiyuan has been sickly since childhood, but she takes life in stride and sees things clearly. Then one day, she, who has never worn makeup, starts learning how. Duan Jingchen has always been the kind of child other parents wish they had: smart, hardworking, and good at school. Then one day, the person who has always been by his side disappears. The sun was shining brightly that day, yet Song Xiyuan said something completely out of the blue: “Duan —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In particular, I was deeply moved after finishing the book "She Stopped Coaxing Him".

14. 64 想 After I Wanted to Die, Everyone Started Loving Me 想死后，所有人都开始爱我 Not a Common Name非俗名Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Yandere + regret and redemption] Shi Chuyi is an orphan. He dreams of having a family more than anything. In his previous life, after going through hell to return home, he found a fake young master already living there. The fake young master was gentle and refined, perfect in every way, and everyone loved him. But it was all an act. He showed his vicious true colors only to Shi Chuyi, framing and slandering him at every turn and turning everyone around him against him. His four biological broth 3.5kReads8.6Score232Shelves
15. 65 重 Reborn, the Villain's Older Brother Is Doted on Like a King 重生后反派哥哥被宠上天 Wood and Grass, No Human木草非人Two Male Leads518k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + CEO + everyone reborn + atypical everyone’s least favorite becomes everyone’s darling + redemption arc + sweet, loving daily life + happy ending] (Main story complete, bonus chapters updating slowly) [The gong seems like a scumbag but isn’t really one. 1v1 redemption arc, no replacing the gong. Please mind the tags and don’t read if this isn’t for you. Don’t leave bad reviews to threaten me.] Jiang Mingsheng believed he was a failure at everything. Because of the way his parent 27.8kReads9.3Score3.1kShelves
16. 66 爱 Loving You, I Will Never Let You Down 爱你不负情深 March三月Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Gu Nuan is Lu Tingchen's mistress, kept on the side, but she's not like his other women. He found her by the roadside after a car accident. She has no memories at all, and aside from Lu Tingchen, she wants nothing else. But Lu Tingchen has only ever treated her as a cheap stand-in for the woman he truly loves. "Lu Tingchen, if I died, would you regret it?" "Then go die!" ... After losing her memory, Gu Nuan is kept at home like a fool, controlled by Lu Tingchen, who treats her as a substitute an 4.3kReads6.8Score316Shelves

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    Each book is more heart-wrenching than the last! I can't even bear to recall the contents of the first one! The male and female leads were originally a normal couple. The female lead and the male lead's sister were best friends when they encountered bad people. The male lead's sister told the female lead to find someone to save her, and she was assaulted. In the end, she chose to commit suicide. The male lead's family, including the male lead himself, all blamed the female lead. The male lead tormented her in various ways, and she eventually developed depression. In the hospital, she jumped off a building when the male lead returned with porridge. Actually, the female lead was quite inspiring, but she couldn't escape the male lead's repeated torment and verbal abuse. I cried every time I read it and didn't dare to read it a second time!

17. 67 每 Someone Worries I’ll Kill Myself Every Day 每天都有人担心我会自杀 Alice's Forest Cottage爱丽丝的森林小屋Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted Lin Qingran died in the cold seawater, her life ending forever at the age of twenty-four. Afterward, the family members closest to her were consumed with regret and got the chance to start over. Can they change her fate this time? And what about the person she couldn’t stop thinking of, even as she died? Will they find their happy ending? Lin Qingran noticed that her family had started acting a little differently. Their annual family meeting had become a quarterly one. Her usually stern grandfa 5.1kReads9.0Score368Shelves
18. 68 绝 After My Terminal Diagnosis, My Contract Boyfriend Chased Me to the Crematorium in Tears 绝症后，契约男友哭着追进火葬场 Eighteen Bronze Walnuts十八铜核桃仁Two Male Leads291k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, Old-School Angsty Drama, A Real Pursuit After the Breakup, Scum Top Transformed into a Crying, Devoted Dog, Angst Before Affection, Both Reborn, Happy Ending] [Stoic Bottom with a Terminal Illness & Hard-Mouthed-at-First, Tender and Affectionate Top] Lin Shi'an was diagnosed with lung cancer, with only three months left to live. Seven years ago, when Li Feng's mother was gravely ill, Lin Shi'an paid two million to buy ten years of his time and personally made him a popular movie 5.4kReads8.9Score518Shelves
19. 69 说 Weren’t You Supposed to Hate Gays? So Why Do You Lose Control the Moment I Flirt? 说好的恐同呢？怎么一撩就失控 Lu Yin鹿吟Two Male Leads342k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + reborn + mutual devotion + mutual secret crush + flirtatious tension + bittersweet romance + both pure in body and heart] A naughty puppy of a bottom × a restrained, patient CEO top Chi Yanxing died in the season when dead trees bloom again. Jiang Shiwei carried a promise and hid his deep love for years. When his beloved died, he followed him in death. “Every time you misbehaved, smiled at someone else, or avoided me, I wanted to make you cry.” Their secret love became real aft 6.5kReads9.2Score976Shelves
20. 70 前 My Ex Is a Top-Tier Star, So I’ll Ride His Coattails, Hard! 前男友是顶流，我蹭，我硬蹭！ Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads267k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rebirth + entertainment industry + rekindled romance] A beautiful, strong, tragic, sickly bottom-tier actor. A superstar idol top. The day Lin Ran was diagnosed with cancer, he held his final livestream. He thought it was goodbye, but never expected to receive an invitation to appear on a variety show. When they meet again, his ex-boyfriend has become a top-tier star with tens of millions of followers. He says, “Lin Ran, you're so shameless!” He says, “Lin Ran, are you sick?” H 11.7kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
21. 71 暗 The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing 77.1kReads9.7Score13.5kShelves

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    The second book already blew me away, and "You Broke Your Promise" was also incredibly heart-wrenching. The first book was about Ye Feng, the second about Ye Xiao—they're siblings! ◉‿◉ Both are such a disappointment (╥╥)

22. 72 我 After I Was Reborn, the Heir Apparent Pursued Me to the Bitter End 我重生后，世子追妻火葬场了 Ten Thousand Measures of Moonlight in the Mortal World万斛人间月Ancient Romance485k WordsCompleted [Win Her Back at All Costs + Rebirth + Raising a Child] Shen Shuyi and Song Hengyue had been married for five years. They were not exactly a loving couple, but they did treat each other with respect. But when his childhood friend, the woman he cherished most, was surrounded by enemy troops, he abandoned Shuyi, who was carrying their second child. In her fury, she went into premature labor and suffered a difficult delivery. After being reborn, Shen Shuyi looked at her eldest son, who could alread 16.5kReads8.5Score893Shelves

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    ☘️In her past life, the female lead loved the male lead deeply, but he was rather perfunctory towards her, always failing to keep his promises. 🍁When the female lead was about to give birth, even though the male lead's father had already pleaded for him to be spared from the battlefield, and the emperor had agreed, 🐦‍🔥he still insisted on leaving despite hearing of his beloved's and his brother's defeat on the battlefield, ignoring the female lead's impending delivery. The female lead tried to stop him but died. Reborn, she was heartbroken, no longer loving the male lead, and no longer caring about his broken promises. Unable to divorce him, she only wanted to watch her child grow up.

23. 73 暮 Mu Sinan 暮思南 Fish of the Cabbage白菜的鱼Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted Blurb drafted on 2022.10.6. [At last, dawn arrives, and she lies buried in the earth as it breaks.] On her barren, cracked land, he planted sunflowers for her with his own hands. She had been in the dark for so long that she had forgotten what it felt like to be bathed in light. Then one day, she finally found the sun. It shone on her for so long that she foolishly began to think she could make it her own. But she forgot: the sun and she belonged to different worlds. When she was eighteen, s 1.3kReads9.3Score313Shelves
24. 74 许 I Promise You a Love as Deep as the Sea 许你深情深似海 The Years Since We Parted此去经年Two Male Leads51k WordsCompleted Luo Ji was a ray of light in Shen Yi’s dark childhood. But after Shen Ge ruthlessly stole that light away, it became the arrow that wounded him most deeply. One misunderstanding, three years of torment, and everyone took their turn trampling him until he was utterly ruined. When Luo Ji finally learned the truth, he held his battered heart close and stopped believing in love. Shen Yi: “Once you’re dead, I won’t love you anymore.” 429Reads8.4Score104Shelves
25. 75 谁EN Who Says I Have It All? Forced to Love a Top E from the Start 谁有哥带派！开局就被顶E强制爱 Glutinous Rice and Pineapple Rice糯米菠萝饭Two Male Leads360k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance / Enigma-Alpha romance / forced love / both leads are devoted and powerful] [Wild, fiery, stuttering beauty of an Alpha ✖️ cruel, hard-of-hearing rich Enigma with a bad-dog streak] [Content warning: The receiving partner stutters; the pursuing partner has hearing loss and wears hearing aids every day] [No moral compass! No moral compass! No moral compass! Don't apply real-world values to this story. Readers with strong moral convictions should proceed with caution] Li Mao wil 27.2kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves
26. 76 小 The Little Troublemaker Doesn't Have Long to Live 小坏蛋他命不久矣 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads273k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled love + the pursuit of a former lover + happy ending] School bully, sickly bottom Academic superstar, top On Xiao Yu's birthday, his father locked him up in a conversion camp. From that day on, he lost Fu Zechen, the person who loved him most. By the time he escaped that living hell, battered and bruised, Fu Zechen had discarded him without a moment's hesitation. When they met again, his eyes held no trace of affection, only indifference and estrangement. “You're not w 16kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    The first book was a tragic ending (BE), the others were all happy endings (HE). I'm easily moved to tears, and I cried my eyes out when I read the first book. [Crying]

27. 77 谁EN Whose Simp of a Male Supporting Character Gets Held and Kissed by the Male Lead? 谁家舔狗男配被男主抱在怀里亲啊 Dreaming of Night Plays夜戏梦Two Male Leads377k WordsCompleted [Irresistible bottom, bittersweet romance, angst first and sweetness later, livestream variety show, a chaotic love polygon, two male leads, both virgins, happy ending] Wen Yanyu, a universally hated supporting character who hounded the male lead relentlessly and dragged himself into a storm of public outrage, suddenly awakens to his own consciousness. The System binds him and sends him off on missions. After countless cycles of torment leave him exhausted in body and mind, Wen Yanyu returns wit 58.5kReads9.5Score7.6kShelves
28. 78 我 I Witness Your Wedding in the Name of Your Lawful Wife 我以正妻之名为你证婚 Qingqiu Nanzhu青丘南烛41k WordsCompleted I Bear Witness to Your Wedding in the Name of Your Legal Wife 5.9kReads—Score75.9kShelves

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    Behind every wedding ceremony lies regret and heartache. I recommend the first book; you'll cry nonstop.

29. 79 离 The Phoenix's Departure 离凰 Lan Jia Sanshao蓝家三少Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted She stayed by his side without a name or status, becoming the shameless woman everyone talked about. In return, a fire burned all the love and hatred they had once shared to ashes. When they first met, he was a prince high above the world, hiding his true intentions to survive the struggle for the throne. That night's fire would strip away his weakness, flesh and bone alike. Buddhists say that life turns full circle every seven years. When they met again seven years later, his eyes were red. Th 5.4kReads9.0Score682Shelves

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    Highly recommended!! If you're looking for angst-filled stories, this is for you! Every single one of these is amazing! 😭 Get your tissues ready!

30. 80 他 He Says It's Not Too Late 他说不晚 Huohuo the Painter画画的火火Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion | Healing | A playboy turns over a new leaf | School days to city life | Reunited after years apart | Wealthy families] When they were young, Li Zhiwan stumbled out of a secluded alley, covered in blood, and collapsed to the ground. Gu Yuqian stood at the far end of the long alley, holding a black umbrella as he looked at the girl’s desperate, pleading eyes. In the end, the boy ran toward her, radiating cold, and saved her from the brink of despair. After that, whenever heavy 12.2kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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    A deeply moving and tragic love story. The first book features a girl with depression who hurts herself; the male lead loves and understands her, the only one who can truly empathize with her. The second book is a tragic ending, filled with extreme love.

31. 81 炉 Cauldron Master Rescue Plan! 炉鼎师尊拯救计划！ Mumu Candy木木糖Two Male Leads402k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Two Male Leads!] [Both Leads Are Pure in This Life!] (Transmigrate into a book + reborn + master and disciple + mutual salvation + revenge + pure love + bittersweet) A cool, proud, beautiful Immortal Venerable gong × a possessive, devoted, occasionally healing-type disciple shou who fights for what he wants After Lin Shuyan read a novel that turned his worldview upside down and spoke up for its protagonist shou, he transmigrated into the book!!! And became the protagonist shou Yu Wen 57kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves

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    I cried from beginning to end with the first book [crying]. It had a really strong sense of destiny, and it was also quite funny; sometimes I'd be crying one second and laughing the next. The second book was also quite bittersweet, and rather heart-wrenching, the kind that makes your heart ache [almost crying]. Plus, both main characters have the surname Lin [smirking].

32. 82 霸 His Love Is an Obsession: Mr. Mu's Priceless Bride 霸爱成瘾：穆总的天价小新娘 Lemon-Scented Cat柠檬味的猫Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted That year, she entered the Mu family to atone for her father’s crimes. He declared, “No one is allowed to help her without my permission!” She stayed silent, refusing to ask him for help! She lived in the basement and worked to earn money, enduring ten years of hardship. When he found out, he flew into a rage. “Have you still not learned to come to me for help?!” She had always believed he hated her and nothing more. She didn’t know that, beyond his hatred, he had given her everything... 9.6kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves

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    The beginning of this book is incredibly angsty. The female lead is terrified of the male lead, it's so heart-wrenching, I cried myself to death in the middle of the night, it really hurt me, like I had angina at night. Don't be misled by the title.

33. 83 万 The Scorned Cannon-Fodder Wants to Save Herself, but Her Entire Sect Is in the Crematorium 万人嫌炮灰想自救，全师门火葬场 Snow on Zhou Mountain周山有雪Two Male Leads506k WordsCompleted (Two male leads + cultivation + power progression + regret and redemption + bottom protagonist) One day, after an unexpected awakening, Lin Zhiyu discovers that he is the universally hated cannon fodder in a book, while his junior fellow disciple… is the universally adored protagonist?! His junior fellow disciple, Ji Chen, ascends to immortality, while Lin Zhiyu is driven to his death by the protagonist and his admirers, his body and soul destroyed. After seeing this ending, Lin Zhiyu says, “To 20.4kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
34. 84 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
35. 85 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

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    The first book was alright, but the second one truly made me, a grown man, cry. It's also a must-read in my opinion among angst-filled novels.

36. 86 女 Life with the Goddess: I Feel Like I've Seen You Somewhere Before 女神同居往事，我好像在哪见过你 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban126k WordsCompleted Li Huangxuan was a recent college graduate, stuck in a miserable nine-to-five job and always broke. Like every young person just starting out, he felt lost and uncertain about the future. He longed for a love that would leave a lasting mark. He had a crush on his coworker, Xu Wanqing, but was too timid to approach her. Then one day, his roommate moved out, and a goddess named Lin Ximeng moved in next door, turning his life upside down. A month of living together gradually drew the two of them cl 43kReads9.7Score4.6kShelves
37. 87 岁 Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢 I Really Love Little Crabs超爱小螃蟹Ancient Romance669k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On 266.5kReads9.6Score31.1kShelves

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    Heartbreakingly angsty. I was so scared to cry in my dorm at night that I could only cover my mouth with the blanket and shed silent tears. It's incredibly angsty, the author's writing is excellent, and the plot isn't cliché. Highly recommended!

38. 88 薄 Where Punishment Falls, Obsession Takes Root 薄刑落处，痴念入骨 Peaches桃桃sAncient Romance218k WordsOngoing Forced Love + Intense Push and Pull + Unhinged Female Lead + Dog Training + Love Triangle Showdown + Winter That Burns 1 v2 + Groveling Redemption [Sweet-Acting, Black-Hearted Princess with a Hollow Core ❌ Scheming, Cunning Man ❌ PTSD-Ridden Yandere] Her kingdom falls and her family is ruined. The princess, born to privilege, sinks into the mire. She becomes a prisoner, a disgraced princess of a fallen kingdom, and a plaything for others to torment in the palm of their hand. - Everyone says he 9.6kReads6.3Score379Shelves

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    Both male leads are too ruthless.

39. 89 1 After 101 Bad Endings, I Broke the System 101次be后，我崩了系统 Lone Sun Hanging in the Sky孤日悬天Two Male Leads276k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + episodic stories + tragic endings in the small worlds + both leads have no other partners, one-on-one romance + happy ending in the main world] Ling Ye x Cheng Yuan The same tops and bottoms appear in every world. The main theme is love and hate, with the occasional healing, lighthearted story. 1: A captured prince from an enemy kingdom who endures humiliation and bides his time x a dissolute heir who falls from grace overnight Hate: 100 to 100; Love: 0 to 100 2: An anti 2kReads8.1Score309Shelves

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    This reminds me of a question: Do you even have the capacity to love? Do you even deserve to love? This isn't just mindless angst [almost crying].

40. 90 江 Jiang Chuze, I Won’t Love You Anymore 江楚泽，我不会爱你了 Xiangli Xiaoxin香梨笑心Modern Romance722k WordsCompleted 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 1.5kReads8.5Score101Shelves

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    The first book is a bit long, but really angsty; the second book is short, but has a strong aftertaste. Sisters, go for it! [Shy]

41. 91 冰 Glacier Rose 冰川玫瑰 Nian Xiantai唸仙台14k WordsCompleted Glacial Rose 369Reads—Score103Shelves

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    I prefer reading short stories with happy endings, but these two stories with tragic endings were quite heartbreaking after I read them by chance [almost crying].

42. 92 心 Cherished Darling 心肝宠 Jiu Ling九棂Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted (Top-tier wealthy family, a modern Jiangnan beauty as the heroine, an obsessive male lead, the heroine pursues him at first, then he spoils her relentlessly, devoted to each other, happy ending) For the sake of the child in her belly, Lu Zhiling was forced to marry an obsessive tycoon. Everyone thought she wouldn’t live long enough to give birth. To stay alive, she began winning him over. Before she knew it, she had become the apple of his eye. Later, she prepared to run away. His car was perche 80.4kReads9.5Score8.2kShelves

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    These books are absolutely amazing! Number 2 is a happy ending, so go read it now—it's both heart-wrenching and makes you cry!

43. 93 强 Forced Into Marriage, Spoiled Without Restraint 强宠为婚 Liang Zhihe梁之鹤Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted Both virgins / forced love / possessive pursuit / love at first sight / angst / unconventional happy ending The male lead is obsessive, unhinged, and not a good person (that won’t change). The heroine is weak (if you don’t like that, don’t read). Forced love, not an empowering heroine’s revenge story. Readers who are protective of the heroine should beware. That summer, beneath a loquat tree heavy with golden fruit, Song Jin stood quietly in a white shirt. The sunlight filtered through the leave 16.7kReads8.4Score585Shelves

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    The male protagonist falls in love with the female protagonist at first sight, forces himself on her, and imprisons her. The female protagonist tries to escape, but the male protagonist uses her family to threaten her, forcing her to submit. In the end, they marry and have a baby.

44. 94 不 Naughty 不乖 Success Is Certain一定成功Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted The first time she saw him, at eighteen, she was destitute and down on her luck, while he was incomparably noble, as if a god had descended. She thought she had found salvation, only to realize later that she had walked straight into hell. Huo Yuan thought Jiang Xin was too soft, always accepting whatever came her way. He believed he could keep her under his thumb forever, never imagining that one day she would dare to turn around and leave without a second thought. 8.3kReads8.6Score881Shelves
45. 95 厉 President Li, Your Wife Doesn’t Deserve to Die 厉总，夫人她罪不至死 The Music Never Ceases笙笙不息Modern Romance3.4M WordsCompleted 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

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    These two books are incredibly heart-wrenching; once you start reading, you can't stop. There's a certain quality to them that makes you want to keep reading, and the content is truly agonizing [crying emoji].

46. 96 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

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    Page 1 is a bit of a angst-filled thriller, but page 2, which has been published in print, is definitely worth checking out. Page 3 has a high rating; I've lost several "little pearls" (likely referring to points or rewards) myself!

47. 97 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 127.1kReads9.6Score17.2kShelves

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    It was so heart-wrenching, I cried until my eyes were swollen.

48. 98 攀 Marrying Up 攀高枝 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance424k WordsCompleted [Film and TV rights sold] [Print edition published] Zhang Zhixu had everything from birth. A family with a century of prestige, enviable talent, and a career that kept rising step by step. But he found life terribly dull. Then, one day, an accident struck, and his soul entered a woman's body. A woman who couldn't read a single character, yet dreamed of marrying into a powerful family and becoming a phoenix. · Chen Baoxiang had traveled a thousand miles from the countryside to the capital, hoping 165.6kReads9.6Score23.2kShelves
49. 99 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 235.3kReads9.7Score27.5kShelves
50. 100 何 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 Xian Yuke羡鱼珂Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 143kReads9.7Score106.8kShelves

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