Looking for Tragic Stories That’ll Leave You Crying in Your Sleep 求虐文，半夜做梦都流眼泪的那种
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Quick Transmigration: The Male Lead Thinks I’m His Rival in Love 快穿之男主把我当情敌
Quick transmigration, 1v1, and probably pretty sweet A two-faced, calculating flirt, with a different personality in every world Lu Yu never expected that, while just trying to complete a mission, he’d keep becoming the female lead’s beloved first love. As the male lead’s target to win over, the male lead always sees him as a thorn in his side... Hey, listen to me! I’m not going to steal the female lead from you! The male lead never expected that the rival he can’t stand would keep running over
563Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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Quick Transmigration: The Powerhouses Wept When the White Moonlight Faked Her Death 快穿：白月光死遁后大佬们哭疯了
[Everyone's Favorite, Love Triangle Chaos, Quick Transmigration] The newly bound god looks innocent and guileless, but keeps earning an S for every mission! The CEO who gave him a surveillance doll gives in: “As long as you stay alive, I'll let you go.” After his first fake death fails, Ruomu is frantic: “Your destined partner is right behind you!” The difficult-to-please actor, secretly haughty and clingy: “Even if I die, you're taking me with you!” After his second fake death fails, Ruomu is b
1.6kReads9.0Score136Shelves
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Quick Transmigration: After Faking My Death Due to a Terminal Illness, the Yandere Tycoon Went Mad 快穿：我靠绝症死遁后病娇大佬他疯了
[Yandere x obsessive, angst + catharsis, two power players putting on a show] [System: Host Yu Tang, a world’s main god is incredibly powerful and impossible to overthrow!] The tycoon who controlled the lifeblood of the economy: “Heh, you think you can escape my grasp?” Yu Tang: “Oh, really? I have late-stage stomach cancer, so I’ll die before you do.” The Federation’s celebrated war hero: “You’re nothing but my plaything. Be good and stay by my side!” Yu Tang: “But I have a serious heart con
15.9kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held
60.3kReads9.7Score9kShelves
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Love at First Sight, Thank You for Loving Me 一见卿心，承蒙你喜欢
Tearjerker: [The Second Male Lead Wins] “Our hands will never let go. If one of us lets go, the other has to hold on tight.” That beautiful promise vanished after his car accident. He fell for another woman and no longer remembered Shi Qing, the one who had made that promise with him. Even after they married, the only thing he ever did for her was fulfill his duties as a husband. After falling into despair, she ended things with a divorce. “Mr. President, Miss Shi's flight to Switzerland is at t
247Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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Transmigrating to Punish Scoundrels 从穿越开始虐渣
[Satisfying scumbag takedowns + physical and emotional torment + broken relationships that can’t be mended + he dies every time] Wei Li, a model citizen, was hit by a truck while saving a brat who had run into the road. He’d imagined that the wonderful medical staff would bring him back to life, but instead, his soul floated out of his body as he watched the ambulance carry away his crushed, bloody corpse. For the first time in his life, he was speechless. With his body in that state, what were
787Reads9.3Score101Shelves
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Quick Transmigration: The Host Is Too Unhinged for the System to Stop 快穿：宿主太疯球，系统拦不住
[Quick Transmigration, Male Lead's POV, No Romance, Unhinged Host] After Yan Nanxu died, he was bound by a System and transmigrated to different worlds. His mission was to correct disruptions in each world. But Yan Nanxu was in a hurry to go back and take his revenge. First world: System: We just need to protect the protagonist and stop the reborn person from hurting him. Yan Nanxu: That guy's too slow. Why don't I do it instead? Second world: System: We just need to help the protagonist and set
6.5kReads9.3Score608Shelves
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A Cup of Poisoned Wine, and Drunk with You 鸩酒一杯与君醉
Blurb: When they first met, he was a subject, and he risked his life to take a sword meant for the other man. Later, that man became emperor, wiped out his entire family, stripped away his pride, and forcibly kept him by his side. He waited, full of hope, for his elder brother to return victorious, but all he received was a cold corpse. In the end, he drank poison in front of everyone, smiling like a spring breeze. “Your Majesty, I offer my life as the price of regicide. May you live for all ete
1.8kReads8.0Score200Shelves
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A Love So Deep 痴痴情深
The naive Su Cheng had a heart as pure as snow, and thought only of the prince. But the prince felt nothing for him. Again and again, he called him by the wrong name, let go of his hand, and wounded his devoted heart. Did the prince know that even a naive boy could understand love, and that even he could be heartbroken?
344Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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The Duties of a Stand-In 替身本分
Gu Zhi spent seven years as Shang Yizhou's substitute lover, always on edge and careful to know his place. At last, one day, he went from being a backup to the real thing. The famously gentle movie star Shang clasped his hand. “I like you. Would you be willing to like me too?” Gu Zhi fell helplessly in love, believing he had finally moved Shang Yizhou. But he never expected the truth. From beginning to end, he had only ever been a substitute, a smokescreen.
111Reads9.1Score—Shelves
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Knowing You 与君知
The biggest mistake Hero Bai ever made was falling in love with his childhood friend. Years later, when they met again, his old friend had joined the demonic cult... Wait, he was its leader? The orthodox martial world and the demonic cult have been at odds for years, but now that this man has appeared right in front of him, how could Bai not pursue him?
100Reads8.3Score—Shelves
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The Ugly Slave 丑奴儿
Cheng Huan acts up and does whatever he wants in front of the emperor. He thought that no matter how harshly the emperor punished him, he would never actually hurt him. But when that cup of poisoned wine was brought before him, he finally understood that it had all been one enormous misunderstanding...
147Reads9.2Score—Shelves
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The Ten Years I Loved You Most 最爱你的那十年
To Jiang Wenxu, He Zhishu was as essential as air and water. He could take him for granted and squander what they had without a second thought, but when he finally lost him, it was too late for regrets.
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A Shattered Longing 相思碎
One meeting, and they were fated to be entangled for life. Jiang Lingyu never imagined that the person he loved most would destroy everything he treasured with his own hands. “If you ever betray me, I'll make you wish you were dead!” His dignity, his body, and his shattered heart were trampled underfoot and ground into dust. He had obeyed, begged for mercy, and fought back... but in the end, he could only surrender to fate. Who can truly see through love and hate entwined? When all was settled a
1.1kReads8.6Score105Shelves
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He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南
When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went
27kReads9.7Score5.3kShelves
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I Told You I Love You in Heaven 我在天堂说爱你
At fifteen, Junxi accidentally got blood from an AIDS patient into one of his wounds and contracted the disease. From then on, his normal life was completely upended, and he lived in constant fear that he could die at any moment. But Li Poxiao never left his side, giving him the courage to carry on. Through his pain, he smiled through his tears. “Brother Junxi, my greatest wish is to become your bride. You have to fight to stay alive, because… this is a dream only you can help me fulfill.” A lov
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The Story of Lichuan (Two-Volume Set) 沥川往事（全二册）
Past Love in Lichuan: While working at a café, heroine Xie Xiaoqiu meets Wang Lichuan, an architect who has returned from overseas. The two share the same ideals and quickly become a couple. Just as they are falling deeply in love, Lichuan suddenly leaves without a word, and Xiaoqiu becomes a prisoner of her love. The mystery of why Lichuan abandoned her torments Xiaoqiu. She cannot understand how such passionate love could disappear overnight, and she waits for Lichuan to return and give her an
1.1kReads9.5Score227Shelves
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This Host Is Something Else: Told to Die for the Villain, He Actually Did 这宿主绝了，让他替反派死他真死
(Complete) Villain + Corruption + Master and Disciple + Mutual Devotion + One-on-One (the villains are all souls of the Main God) To come back to life, movie star Yu Tang binds himself to a quick transmigration System. His mission is to show the villains care and warmth, then die for them, driving them completely over the edge. But when he has finally earned enough points and wants to be revived, the System tells him: The worlds he visited have all collapsed. Yu Tang: ??? System: So you need to
42.5kReads9.6Score5.5kShelves
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Quick Transmigration: The Boss's Guide to Himself 快穿之BOSS的自我攻略
Shen Yan was forced (?) to play quick transmigration. [Conquer the Boss and Come Back to Life] Shen Yan ignored it. [Accept the mission, and you can visit all kinds of different worlds and eat all kinds of delicious food.] Shen Yan: ! Tempted.jpg Shen Yan entered the mission world full of anticipation, and just kept eating. System: ...Host, the mission! The mission! Shen Yan looked up from a pile of food. "But the Boss sent all this..." The school bully blushed. "I'll buy you tasty food ever
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Quick Transmigration: After I Die, All the Yandere Big Shots Go Mad 快穿：我死后病娇大佬全疯了
As a nobody in the quick transmigration cannon-fodder group, Gu Bai has endured all sorts of spectacular deaths before finally graduating from pitiful cannon fodder to a member of the protagonist group. But why does every mission take place in a world from the cannon-fodder group? And these big shots have completely wrecked their character settings. “Gu Bai, if you die, I'll be buried with you.” Good grief, he's even more of a lunatic now. Later, when Gu Bai receives the System's mission-complet
310Reads9.4Score—Shelves
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I Die Young in Every World 每个世界我都英年早逝
Mo Yinglan accidentally read a nasty old sadomasochistic romance novel, and watched helplessly as various male protagonists who poked at his cuteness were brutally tortured along the way. The most infuriating thing was that the ending was a brainless happy reunion. "..." "What a joke of the century!" "The brain is not normal, no, this guy has no brain at all!" "If it were me, I would definitely die decisively when the scumbag surnamed Jiang 'comes to his senses'. I can't torture him to death bec
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A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨危情
Xia Weiming died, and Shen Xiujin personally sent Jian Tong to a women’s prison. During her three years behind bars, Shen Xiujin’s order to “take good care of her” changed Jian Tong beyond recognition. She was even “persuaded to donate a kidney” while in prison. Before she went in, Jian Tong said, “I didn’t kill her.” Shen Xiujin remained unmoved. After her release, Jian Tong said, “I killed Xia Weiming. I’m guilty.” Shen Xiujin’s face turned livid. “Shut up! Don’t let me hear you say that again
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The Whole Family’s Little Princess Is Four 团宠囡囡四岁啦
A brilliant girl with countless secret identities is reborn in the body of a four-year-old toddler and adopted by Lincheng’s richest family. Now she has not only a gentle, smiling CEO for a daddy, but also a stunning, charismatic celebrity for a mommy, along with four brothers whom everyone finds unbearable. At first, her four brothers look at her with disdain. “What even is a little sister? She’ll definitely be ugly and cry all the time! Girls are such a hassle. No, no, we don’t want one. Hurry
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