Short Angsty Stories! A Dozen Chapters or So! The Kind That Makes You Cry Nonstop! 短篇虐文！要十几章的！就是一哭停不下来的那种！

1. 1201 假 If Only You'd Let Me Be Young Again 假如许我再少年 Forest Bath森之汤Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted Ye Qingchen’s despair: She didn’t dare tell him she loved him. Zhou Shi’s grief: He didn’t have time to tell her he loved her. The phrase “if only” describes the overwhelming regret one feels over something that has already happened, and the futile fantasy of trying to change it. [The first time they met, he was twenty-five and she was twenty. He didn’t trust her and missed his chance to save her from despair, sealing her fate. The second time they met, he was thirty and she was twenty-five. The 5.1kReads9.1Score362Shelves

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   Make sure you have tissues ready! 😢😢 The female lead forces the male lead to marry her to get revenge, because she wants to use his status and power. Therefore, the male lead hates her, doesn't trust her, and constantly humiliates and makes things difficult for her after the marriage. In reality, the female lead doesn't have long to live…

2. 1202 快 Quick Transmigration: After Breaking Up Couples, Everyone Gets Hurt 快穿：拆CP后，全员皆虐 Cool but Not Cool酷酷不酷143k WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration + No Fixed Couple + A Touch of Harem Appeal + Breaking Up Canon Couples + Angst] Zhang Junmei was accidentally killed by the heroine of a book, only to learn that she had been nothing but a stepping stone for the book's hero and heroine. In a fit of anger, she bound herself to a System and entered the books as women who loved the hero without hope, vowing to break up the canon couples. But why did everything get more and more painful as she went along? The people who loved 337Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This story breaks up a couple and is quite heart-wrenching. It's not the kind of sadness that's overwhelming, but rather a bittersweet, heart-wrenching pain. It's really good.

3. 1203 老 After My Husband Emotionally Abused Me for the Nth Time, I Finally Had Enough 老公n次冷暴力我后，我不忍了 Cactus Red Packet仙人掌红包Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted After my husband gave me the cold shoulder for the nth time, I couldn't take it anymore 49Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Read the first book first! "I, as Your Legal Wife, Officiate Your Wedding." No melodramatic catfights; the legal wife officiates at her husband's wedding to his lover. The tragic ending is so poignant.

4. 1204 虐 After the Tragic Novel's Heroine Chooses Death, the Hero Is Consumed by Grief 虐文女主选择死亡后，男主他痛不欲生 Seventh Month柒二月Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted I was Fu Si’s longest-serving lover. People in our circle said I was calculating and would end up marrying him. “Marry her? Never.” He dismissed their guess without hesitation. “They’re all worthless, only after my money.” That was the afternoon I endured agony to save him. As he cried out in utter grief, I jumped from the twentieth floor without a moment’s hesitation. And ended the System’s control over me. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 1205 渣 The Scumbag Can't Have Me, Quick Transmigration 渣男对我求而不得【快穿】 Shui Mu Qing水木青Ancient Romance315k WordsCompleted After a car accident leaves her in a vegetative state, Lin Ruo is forced to bind herself to the Scumbag System and begins a masochistic quest to cling to the scumbag’s coattails. First World The scumbag emperor destroys her family and leaves her to die in a sea of flames in order to seize military power. After she dies, the emperor undergoes a dramatic change in personality and spends more than a decade consumed by regret. Lin Ruo rolls her eyes in disdain. [Scumbag Experience: 10%] Second World 5.4kReads9.1Score499Shelves

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   So heart-wrenching! The first world, which can be read as a short story (only about forty chapters), I read it in my dorm room last night and cried my eyes out, without daring to make a sound. Every world ends with the female lead's death! It's so incredibly moving!!!

6. 1206 也 I Once Loved the Stars Above 也曾属意漫天星辰 I Just Want to Eat Dried Fish我就要吃小鱼干Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted He led his troops into battle and returned victorious, but came back with a woman in his arms. She never fought back or fought for attention, yet people kept framing her at every turn. “We promised to be each other's only one for life, but you broke your word.” “I don't love you anymore. Let me go.” 66Reads5.0Score—Shelves

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   Short, sadistic, and brutal

7. 1207 一 I've Always Loved You 一直很爱你 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼22k WordsCompleted I've Always Loved You 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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   Looks good! [Thumbs up]

8. 1208 豪 The Wealthy Heiress Worked Herself to Death, Then Was Reborn and Gave Up 豪门太太操劳而死，重生后摆烂了 Rock Sugar Plum冰糖梅Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [Rich-family romantic angst + dual rebirth + regretful pursuit + rekindled love] Chi Rao has been in love with Huo Wenbin since childhood. Knowing she is not good enough for him, she keeps her feelings hidden. Then Su An'an enters the picture, and the normally calm, self-possessed Huo Wenbin seems like a different person as he and Su An'an bicker, make up, and break up. Only after Su An'an finds true love and decisively breaks up with Huo Wenbin to pursue it does Chi Rao dare approach him carefu 4kReads5.4Score176Shelves

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   🌈💫This short story is really good, I read it in one go, and it really brought tears to my eyes 😂 In the hospital, an elderly woman with white hair sat by the SVIP bed, taking the withered hands of an old man in her own. The old woman said wearily, "Huo Wenbin, I loved you my whole life, went mad my whole life, and resented you my whole life. I should have known you didn't love me." "Huo Wenbin, if there is an afterlife, I don't want to love you anymore. Loving you is just too exhausting." 🍀

9. 1209 军 Military Marriage, Cherished by the Hawk: The Eighties Wife Is Too Alluring 军婚枭宠：八零娇妻太撩人 Fan Jing繁璟Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + devoted to each other + no pocket space or System + cozy, sweet everyday life] On the first night after being reborn, Su Yunzhou knocks out the little villain, then packs her bags and prepares to run away. Her soldier husband panics! To fulfill his great dream of keeping the whole family together, Shen Zhanye worries himself sick. Before marriage, Shen Zhanye says, “Ha! My knees are harder than my skull. Begging on my knees? Not a chance!” After marriage, Su Yunzhou tosses 1.2kReads8.9Score101Shelves
10. 1210 伤 You Left Heartbroken, and Now You Regret It? Too Late! 伤心离开后，你又后悔了？晚了！ Tian Keji天科技11k WordsCompleted You left in heartbreak, and now you regret it? Too late! 719Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The best angst novel on the entire Tomato platform

11. 1211 你 Your First Love Is Back. Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Leaving? 你白月光回来了，我走了你哭什么 Tian Keji天科技10k WordsCompleted Your one true love is back. I’m leaving. Why are you crying? 111Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 1212 你 Your Junior Is a Two-Faced Tease, and My Assistant Is a Total Catch 你学弟是绿茶，我女助理是极品 Tian Keji天科技10k WordsCompleted Your Junior Is a Green Tea, and My Female Assistant Is a Total Knockout 359Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 1213 你 You're Just My Girlfriend. I Never Said I Was Going to Marry You. 你只是我的女朋友，我又没说要娶你。 Tian Keji天科技11k WordsCompleted You're just my girlfriend. I never said I was going to marry you. 1.7kReads—Score142Shelves
14. 1214 精 The Real Young Master Walked Out of the Psychiatric Hospital and Went on a Rampage 精神病院出来的真少爷，我出来后杀疯了 Tian Keji天科技11k WordsCompleted The Real Young Master Who Came Out of the Psychiatric Hospital Went on a Rampage After His Release 374Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 1215 重 Reborn, I Refused to Operate on Her 重生后，我拒绝给她做手术 Yun Xiaoxi云小溪9k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Refused to Operate on Her 249Reads—Score—Shelves

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16. 1216 千 The Heiress's Bullying 千金霸凌 Good Fishy好鱼鱼10k WordsCompleted The real heiress was brought home, leaving me, the fake heiress, in an awkward position. So I packed my things overnight and returned to the small, obscure county town where I should have been born. I transferred to a school overrun with bleached-haired troublemakers and wild girls. I looked at my coat, ruined by spilled milk tea. With a faint sigh, I pulled up the purchase receipt and held out my payment code. “Forty-eight thousand. Pay up.” 4Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 1217 学 The Poor Student at School Wants to Woo My Rich Girlfriend 学校贫困生想追求我大小姐女朋友 Tian Keji天科技11k WordsCompleted A Poor Student at School Wants to Pursue My Rich Young Lady Girlfriend 547Reads—Score105Shelves
18. 1218 妻 My Wife’s Assistant Has Cancer, So I Helped Him Die with Dignity 妻子助理得癌症，我帮他安乐死 Tian Keji天科技12k WordsCompleted My Wife's Assistant Has Cancer, So I Help Him Die with Dignity 1kReads—Score128Shelves
19. 1219 嫁 Marrying into a Prestigious Family 嫁高门 Flowers Along the Way一路笙花11k WordsCompleted Marrying Into a Prestigious Family 5.3kReads—Score127Shelves
20. 1220 不 No More Love 不再爱 Ba Chu巴楚Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted No Longer in Love —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 1221 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book: I Changed the Plot, and My Two Childhood Friends Came Back to Me 穿书女频:改变剧情，两个青梅回头了 Tian Keji天科技10k WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a Book: Change the Plot, and My Two Childhood Friends Come Back to Me 534Reads—Score160Shelves
22. 1222 离 Back to High School Before the Divorce: This Time, I Won't Fall for You 离婚前重回高中，这次我不心动了 Xun Can旬灿Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted (Print edition signed) [Campus rebirth + regretful pursuit + bad-boy wins her heart + living-under-one-roof romance] [Slightly rebellious good girl x laid-back, aloof bad boy] After her grandmother passes away, both the Tan and Lu families feel sorry for Xu Entang, who has no family left, and want to take her in. When she arrives in Beicheng, she sees again the boy she never forgot after meeting him once. Lu Jin is brazen and unruly. Over the years they grow up together, she watches one woman af 101.5kReads9.4Score10.6kShelves
23. 1223 最 The Last Page: It Hurts So Much! 最后一页：我好疼！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted The Last Page: It Hurts So Much! 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This kind of tragic ending story is extremely angsty.

24. 1224 青 Little Fox of Qingqiu: A Millennium of Cultivation, Reduced to Ash in a Day! 青丘小狐：千年修行，一朝成灰！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted The Little Fox of Qingqiu: A Thousand Years of Cultivation, Reduced to Ash in a Single Day! 90Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 1225 笔 A Nation Ruined by the Author's Pen 笔下亡国 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A Fallen Kingdom, Written Into Being 117Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 1226 精 A Psychiatric Patient Wrote Me Ten Rules 精神病人给我写了十条规则 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀10k WordsCompleted A Psychiatric Patient Wrote Ten Rules for Me 4Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 1227 碎 Broken Kisses! 碎吻！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀16k WordsCompleted Broken Kiss! 17Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 1228 风 A Mute Love in Wind and Snow 风雪哑恋 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted A Mute Love Amid Wind and Snow 209Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 1229 清 Old Stories of Qingxi 清溪旧事 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀7k WordsCompleted Old Stories of Qingxi 24Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 1230 蝴 A Butterfly Stopped at Eighteen 蝴蝶停在十八岁 An Yu案予10k WordsCompleted When I was little, whenever I did something wrong, my dad would force me to step on and kill a silkworm I had raised myself. Crying, I picked one from the pile of silkworms. I remembered that silkworm blood was green. My mom laughed beside me. “Your daughter is so stupid. She picked the fattest one to crush.” Later, when there weren’t enough silkworms, I jumped off a building and fell to my death. My blood was red. I woke up to find I had gone back to when my mom was pregnant with me. I stared a 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is about the pain of a dysfunctional family; the female protagonist jumps off a building and travels back in time. The second book is highly recommended; it's about sibling relationships.

31. 1231 错 Mistaking Stars 错认星星 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼28k WordsCompleted Mistaking the Stars 15.6kReads—Score491Shelves
32. 1232 黄 The Yellow River's Mandarin Ducks 黄河鸳鸯 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted The Yellow River’s Star-Crossed Lovers 12Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 1233 他 The Night Before His College Entrance Exam, My Heart Stopped 他高考前夜，我心脏停了 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀10k WordsCompleted The Night Before His College Entrance Exam, My Heart Stopped 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
34. 1234 我 After I Died, All That Came Out Was a Lifetime of Sobs! 我死后，说出来的是一生的呜咽！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted After I Died, All That Came Out Was a Lifetime of Sobs! 68Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 1235 废 A Glimmer of Light in the Wasteland! 废土微光！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀11k WordsCompleted A Glimmer in the Wasteland! 57Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 1236 他 By the Time He Returned, I Was Gone 他归来时，我已不在 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀7k WordsCompleted By the time he returned, I was already gone 21Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 1237 雪 Snow Festival! 雪祭！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted Snow Festival! 104Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 1238 我 Ten Years After My Death, He Dug Up My Body in a Mass Grave 我死后十年，他在乱葬岗挖我尸体 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted Ten years after I died, he dug up my body from the mass grave 708Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 1239 他 By the Time He Kissed Me, I Was Already Cold 他吻我时，我已冰冷 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted He kissed me when I was already cold. 221Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 1240 雪 A Beauty Buried in Snow! 雪葬红颜！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Snow Buries the Beauty! 173Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 1241 两 Two Critical Condition Notices, One Boat Ticket, and an Elopement with No Tomorrow! 两张病危通知书，一张船票，和一场没有明天的私奔！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted Two critical condition notices, one boat ticket, and an elopement with no tomorrow! 703Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 1242 我 I’m His Third Substitute 我是他的第三个替身 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted I’m His Third Replacement 112Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 1243 他 He Traded Heart for Heart 他以心换心 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀7k WordsCompleted He Repays Heart with Heart 715Reads—Score—Shelves

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