Bad Endings, Unrequited Love Between the Male and Female Leads, Angsty Stories BE 男女主爱而不得 虐文

1. 51 寒 Winter Is Coming, and Spring Will Never Return 寒冬将至，春不再来 NickyFemale-Channel Fanfiction145k WordsOngoing Qin Nianyi × fzd This book has a tragic ending!!! Both leads are athletes. It was his encouragement and the words “Until we meet again” that led Qin Nianyi to take up table tennis. She went from an unknown little girl to one of the team’s key players... There are sweet and painful moments along the way, but the ending is heartbreaking. I hope you’ll enjoy it and support the story. This work is entirely fictional. Please don’t associate it with any real people. If it’s not for you, just move alon 43Reads—Score—14d adds
2. 52 偏 Favorite or Exception 偏爱还是例外 Su Ting'er苏婷儿Modern Romance101k WordsCompleted When she was five, she met a boy who would change her life, but fate played one cruel joke after another on her. The moment Mu Qiqi watched Du Ze jump down with her... “Maybe he’s the reason I’m alive in this world?” Her birth mother abandoned her. The orphanage caught fire, and the director who had cared for her like a mother died. Her adoptive parents died in a car accident on the first day of school. All the love she had ever been shown vanished overnight. In the end, even the person she love —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   If you are drowning in the abyss, I am willing to shed my light and venture into the darkness alone to find you. The story is a two-way street, first tragic, then sweet, then tragic again. The story is short, but Mu Qiqi's unrequited love is long, long enough that she thought she could be with him forever after waiting fifteen years. She grew weary of the world, and he ran towards her, saying, "Don't be afraid, I've come to be with you." From beginning to end, he never lied to her. She longed to be like Xiao Ran and Ouyang Qianqian, going from school to wedding, but she never imagined their ending would be a tragedy.

3. 53 大 The Imperial Consort of the Great Sheng Dynasty 大盛皇妃 Shu Yiyu书亦娱Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Ensemble cast + revenge + black lotus + multiple couples + intense push and pull + a sense of fate + not mutually chaste + high-IQ palace intrigue escalating into political schemes + tragic romance + fictional history + a battlefield of love rivals The main battleground is the imperial court: beneath its glittering, splendid facade lie witty, amusing daily life and a brutal, blood-soaked core. The palace secrets are depicted in detail. Some content may be disturbing. This is a bad ending. If you 835Reads—Score10214d adds

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   Traditional palace intrigue stories, some with a mind-bending twist, where the female protagonist cleverly uses schemes to achieve multiple goals while seeking revenge in the palace. Have you ever seen a palace intrigue story where both men and women are involved in the struggle? This story depicts the tragedy of the ancient feudal system, showcasing the brutality of court struggles and the complexities of human nature. Each character is well-developed, with their own goals and principles. It's not a story about two virgins; the female protagonist experiences a tumultuous love affair with the male lead and the second male lead.

4. 54 守 Protecting My Love Rival 守护情敌 Clear and Bright Beneath the Moon月下清扬15k WordsCompleted Protecting My Love Rival —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   It's so melodramatic, only torturing the male lead! The female lead loves the second male lead but is forced to marry the first. The worst part is, the second male lead even says a threesome isn't out of the question just to be with the female lead—do they all think the male lead is dead? 😒

5. 55 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 790Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Love is like a kite, affection is like the string; it rises with the wind and falls with it.

6. 56 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De —Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 57 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼55k WordsCompleted The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 342Reads—Score814d adds

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   The ultimate pinnacle of Republican-era tragic love stories has arrived. At fifteen, she was forced to marry a man she couldn't bear to look at. He was dark-skinned, with a square face and thick lips. She cursed him, comparing him to a door god, and refused to submit, even at the cost of her life. Yet, he remained by her side for four months, never touching her. Until she was slapped by her elder brother, he was the first to rush to her side, shielding her behind him. He knelt down, his trembling hand gently touching her swollen face, his eyes red as he asked, "Does it hurt?" At that moment, her heart fluttered. But just as she mustered the courage to tell him, "I'm pregnant with your child," a sudden tragedy caused her to disappear for ten years. He searched for her for ten years, his black hair turning white. When they met again, she stood on the long street in a kimono, saying to him in broken Japanese, "Sir, you've mistaken me for someone else." She dared not acknowledge him. Because behind her lay the mission of her family and country; she owed another man her life. He didn't know that she conceived his child on the night she hated him. He also didn't know that the child was being raised as his own son by the enemy who had ruined their lives. She gritted her teeth and survived, just so that her enemy would raise her beloved man's child for the rest of his life. This book is called *Butterfly Shadow Returns to Dust*. It's not artificially sweetened, nor is it a fast-paced, feel-good story. It's the kind of story that will have you glued to a box of tissues, and after you finish, you'll be staring at the ceiling in a daze for a very long time.

8. 58 今 Today, We Part 今朝此为别 Liu Xuantong刘玄同Ancient Romance138k WordsOngoing [Love and hate tangled together in an age of decline and chaos] + [A childhood sweetheart can’t compete with the one who arrives later] + [The heroine’s growth] Alone, she ventures into the Jin Dynasty. Once timid and hesitant, this modern office worker is reborn into the declining Zhao family, wealthy merchants in the capital. Just then, the dynasty falls and the times descend into chaos. The Zhao family, whose fortunes depended on serving the imperial court, collapses completely. Her childhood 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A story set in ancient China! In the end, the male and female protagonists each succumb to the torrent of tragedy…

9. 59 媚 Born with a Bewitching Charm 媚骨生香 Her Highness the Nightmare梦魇殿下Ancient Romance150k WordsCompleted 262Reads9.5Score4214d adds

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   There wasn't any unrequited love, but the male lead sacrificed himself so that the female lead could live. Believe me, it's very well written! The character portrayals are superb!

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