Seeking Short Tragedies That Hurt So Much You'll Cry Until Your Liver Aches and You Can't Breathe 求虐文，短，哭到肝疼，让人哭到窒息的小说

1. 801 今 Snow Falls over Northern Beijing Tonight 今夜京北有雪 Shan Ji Ji 5山己几5Modern Romance530k WordsCompleted [Noble, Aloof Scion of an Elite Family] ✖️ [Radiant Beauty and Artifacts Restorer] [Happy Ending] [Six-Year Age Gap] [Beijing Circle] [A Subtly Unexpected Side to the Heroine] Content Warnings: [Angst and Sweetness] [Neither Lead Is the Other’s First] [Pseudo-Substitute Romance] (The man has a past, the woman doesn’t) “Love is something only the best of the best can afford. True romantics are born into wealthy families.” A friend once warned Jiang Wanhao, “Wanhao, Mr. Shen once had a lover for 22.8kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves

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   Ram ram ram, ram it so hard, my tears are all gone, my heart aches when I see it

2. 802 宠 He Doted on His Wife Without Limit, Yet She Jumped Off a Building 宠妻无度，她却跳楼了 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted He Doted on His Wife Without Limit, Yet She Jumped off a Building 132Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 803 婆 After My Mother-in-Law Forced Me to Drink a Fertility Potion, I Made Sure She’d Never Have Descendants 婆婆逼我喝下生子汤后，我让她断子绝孙 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted After My Mother-in-Law Forced Me to Drink a Fertility Potion, I Made Sure She’d Never Have Descendants 149Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 804 遗 Behind the Will 遗嘱背后 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫18k WordsCompleted What Lies Behind the Will 9Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 805 老 My Husband Wants Me to Donate Bone Marrow to My Stepson 老公让我给继子捐骨髓 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted My Husband Asked Me to Donate Bone Marrow to My Stepson 551Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 806 山 Where the Hills Are Green, the General Has a Heart 山有扶苏，将军有情 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted There Are Fusu Trees on the Mountain, and a General with a Heart 83Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 807 我 My Son Is a Vampire 我的儿子是吸血鬼 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫10k WordsCompleted My Son Is a Vampire 4Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 808 5 My 58-Year-Old Mother-in-Law Is Pregnant with a Posthumous Child 58岁高龄的婆婆怀上了遗腹子 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Completed My 58-Year-Old Mother-in-Law Is Pregnant with a Posthumous Child —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 809 再 The Crown Princess Again 再为太子妃 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫11k WordsCompleted Become the Crown Princess Again 133Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 810 车 Car Crash Amnesia: She Summoned My Spirit 车祸失忆：她给我喊魂 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫46k WordsCompleted Amnesia After a Car Crash: She Calls My Soul Back 3Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 811 上 I Hand Over a Time Portal, and a Little One Shows Our Ancestors a Golden Age 上交时空门，萌娃带先辈看盛世 How Could You Want Me to Lychee你要我怎能荔枝Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted Three-year-old Beibei gets lost in her grandfather’s museum and accidentally binds herself to a “Historical Museum System.” She can transmigrate at will to key moments in modern history. What’s more, she can “steal” famous figures from history books and bring them to the present for a “vacation.” And then everything takes a sudden turn: In a cave dwelling at the Red Star Base, Beibei pulls out a tablet. “Grandpa, look! This is our home in the future. It has so many planes!” The kindly chief gran 50.4kReads8.1Score8.8kShelves

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    Personally, I think the third and fourth books are better.

12. 812 断 A Grudge Written in Broken Bones 断骨之怨 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance48k WordsCompleted A Grudge Carved in Broken Bones 797Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 813 新 On My Wedding Night, I Caught My Husband and His Best Friend in a Secret 新婚夜，我撞见老公和他好兄弟的秘密 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted On Our Wedding Night, I Caught My Husband and His Best Friend in a Secret 247Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 814 末 The War of the Apocalypse: Project Phoenix 末世之战·凤凰计划 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫41k WordsCompleted Apocalypse War: Project Phoenix 3Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 815 直 Livestreaming Rescue Missions on the Qinghai-Tibet Route: The Nation Has My Back 直播青藏线救军嫂，国家为我护航 Young Master Seventeen小生十七Urban416k WordsCompleted (Short drama adaptation signed) Needing money for tuition, the streamer Chu Xiao takes on a challenge and sets out late at night along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, National Highway 109. To his surprise, he comes across a broken-down military vehicle at Tanggula Mountain. A soldier's wife goes into labor, and she must reach the hospital in Golmud, 300 kilometers away, within three hours. On the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, driving at a hundred kilometers an hour is suicide! As viewers in the livestream t 5kReads6.6Score360Shelves
16. 816 婆 After My Mother-in-Law Secretly Posted My Prenatal Test Results 婆婆偷晒孕检单后 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted After My Mother-in-Law Secretly Posted My Prenatal Checkup Results 50Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 817 暗 An Assassin’s Love and Revenge, Beyond Romance 暗卫情仇，无关风月 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance38k WordsCompleted A Dark Guard's Love and Grudge, Beyond Romance 102Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 818 卧 A Mole's Redemption 卧底者的救赎 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫22k WordsCompleted A Spy’s Redemption 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 819 根 A Good, Upstanding Kid, With the Dongfeng-5C Shaking the Land 根正苗红小孩哥，东风5C震山河 Blazing Bright耀火了Urban597k WordsOngoing Li Mu binds to a Patriotic System, and from then on, a bright young boy with impeccable patriotic credentials rises to fame. Host: “What’s the most powerful weapon in history?” Everyone else: “The nine-toothed rake, the halberd of Fang Tian.” Li Mu: “Dongfeng Express! Its range covers the whole world. It deters war and keeps the world in order!” Host: “What’s the highest achievement for a civil official in history?” Everyone else: “The posthumous title Wen Zheng, or being enshrined in the Confuc 65.1kReads7.0Score5.4kShelves
20. 820 剑 Sword Dance for the Demon-Subduing Consort 剑舞镇妖妃 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted The Sword-Dancing Demon Queen 21Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 821 老 My Husband Traded My Luck to Shield His First Love from Disaster 老公换我气运给他初恋挡灾 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted My Husband Traded My Good Fortune to Shield His First Love from Disaster 27Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 822 不 I Don't Want Your Love, Just Your Life 不要你的爱，只要你的命 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫16k WordsCompleted I Don’t Want Your Love, Just Your Life 47Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 823 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Urban1.8M WordsOngoing “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 81.8kReads9.4Score8.5kShelves
24. 824 何 What Brings Joy to Life 何生欢喜 Iron Fist Lin Daiyu铁拳林黛玉Two Male Leads136k WordsCompleted Two male leads + body-double romance + BE aesthetic “So, Xu Linxun, what am I to you? A tool you summon whenever you want and discard whenever you're done?” “Say something!” Xu Linxun's eyes were just as cold, their depths impossible to fathom, as if the feelings they had shared over the past three years had never meant a thing to him. “Say something... Tell me, even if you have to lie...” Yu Chensheng dug his fingernails into his palms, the pain cutting to the bone. Still, he forced a smile and 937Reads8.8Score100Shelves

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    These books are very cruel. Although the ratings are low, they are really good.

25. 825 出 The Day After I Returned from a Business Trip, My Mom Killed Herself 出差回来第二天，我妈自杀了 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫21k WordsCompleted The Day After I Got Back from a Business Trip, My Mom Took Her Own Life 17Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 826 直 You're Spraying Pesticide on Livestream, Then Rushing into a Thunderstorm to Save a Passenger Plane? 直播撒农药，你冲进雷暴救客机？ Matsuyama Shuichi, Who Loves Hemp Seeds喜欢麻籽的松山秀一Urban241k WordsCompleted “Are you crazy? Taking off in a super-thunderstorm? Do you think you're flying a fighter jet? That's a beat-up agricultural crop duster that's almost ready for the scrapyard!” Su Zhe, a young man who had dropped out of aviation college, started livestreaming aerial farm work to keep the rundown farm his father had left him afloat. But high above him, at an altitude of ten thousand meters, a Boeing airliner carrying two hundred passengers and several defense experts was struck by rare ball lightn 4.9kReads6.3Score394Shelves
27. 827 第 The Tenth Year 第十年Tenth Lu Liuri陆六日Modern Romance102k WordsCompleted (A fearless little ray of sunshine × a gentle, humble “fake madman”) The tenth year after he died, I'm getting married. My groom is gentle and considerate, but he isn't him. Everyone knows that Huo Sibei is a madman. Because I love him, I become the second madwoman in their eyes. Prejudice kills without shedding blood. A girl who secretly loved him jumped off a building right in front of him. From then on, Huo Sibei was branded a murderer. He drove his grandmother to her death, then took 7.9kReads8.1Score266Shelves
28. 828 蓦 One Fleeting Glance, and I Knew Love Had Faded 蓦然一顾知阑珊 Xian Zhou Chai羡舟钗Modern Romance40k WordsCompleted She married him without hesitation in the prime of her life, but couldn't escape the seven-year itch. As her life entered its final countdown, she could no longer find the young man who had once loved her so deeply. She devoted her entire life to him, and only at the very end did he finally realize what he had lost... 115Reads5.6Score—Shelves

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    They are all books that make you cry while you hide under the covers and cry uncontrollably. You can give them a try. Some of them may not be very well written, but they are still very sad. They are designed to treat love brain [crying][crying]

29. 829 魂 Lost in a Trance 魂不守舍 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Mystery19k WordsCompleted Distraught 29Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 830 今 Will You Come Home with Me Today? 今天跟我回家吗 Bu Sheng Ben Sheng不生本生Two Male Leads125k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + tragic ending] Gentle and laid-back Zhou Jingqiu vs. flirtatious without realizing it, terminally ill Xuan Bai (A warm, healing story with a little humor and some gloomy moments) Not long after the new school term began, Zhou Jingqiu got a strange new deskmate. What made his new deskmate strange was that he was clearly a good student who kept encouraging Zhou Jingqiu to study hard, yet he skipped class on the very first night of school and was often absent. That wasn't all: his 77Reads—Score102Shelves
31. 831 情 In the End, Deep Love Leaves Nothing but Heartbreak 情深终负尽 Flying Bird飞鸟Modern Romance40k WordsCompleted After five years of dating and three years of marriage, Qin Yue underwent IVF more than a dozen times, but in the end Gu Yanzhi still rejected her. “You can't have children. You're not fit to be my wife.” Later, Gu Yanzhi saw another man tenderly holding Qin Yue, whose belly was swollen with pregnancy... 184Reads8.0Score—Shelves
32. 832 我 I’ll Give Our Love Back to You 我把爱情还给你 Bai Youbai白又白Modern Romance53k WordsCompleted Gu Qingrang, loving you is too exhausting. 56Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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    Some of these are quite shocking, hahaha, but when I first watched it, it was very sad. After watching it more, it became boring.

33. 833 猫 Revenge in a Cat's Body 猫身复仇 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Mystery15k WordsCompleted Revenge in Cat Form 3Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 834 我 I Love You, and I’m Guilty 我爱你，我有罪 Qi Lao You淇老游Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted Tang Xiaoran says: “My feelings run too deep. If I’m alive but can’t hold you, I’ll go mad.” Everyone has something they can’t let go of. For Tang Xiaoran, it’s Shen Muyan. Tang Xiaoran is too single-minded. Her devotion turns into an obsession, and obsession hurts both the person who holds it and the person it’s directed at. … Shen Muyan says: “Good riddance to that woman. Let’s go have a drink to celebrate.” But when he’s drunk, he asks his friend, “Did I miss something really important?” “Yes 1.4kReads7.0Score100Shelves
35. 835 狼 The Wolf and the Tuberose 狼与荼蘼 Northern Battle Letter北战书Modern Romance144k WordsCompleted There's a scam in this world called Shen Muyan loving Su Qianyang. When the deception is exposed, he gradually closes in on her, baring his vicious fangs. His voice is gentle yet cruel. “A Yang, do you know a wolf's nature? Once its loyalty has been killed, all that remains is hatred!” When a wolf turns back, it's either to repay a kindness or to take revenge! Shen Muyan says he will repay Su Qianyang a hundredfold for the trap she laid for him! So he tortures her until she is utterly broken. * 542Reads8.3Score—Shelves
36. 836 彼 Each Other's Lights 彼此的灯火 Gazing at the Bright Moon from Afar遥遥望明月Modern Romance128k WordsCompleted #Island-and-lighthouse redemption #Grounded coming-of-age epic #Deeply healing #Empowering each other #Resilient hero #Ideal heroine In the darkness, he is the second pair of eyes through which she sees the world; in the light, she is the whole sun he never dares hope for. Ye Mingxiao’s world is a gray web woven from his parents’ arguments and the silent bullying in the corners of his school. He curls up on his own island, until, at the age of six, he sees Li Yueyue, a girl surrounded by love an —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first one was written by myself. If you want to see it, you can move to the introduction and see if it interests you. Except for the third book (which can be salty or sweet), the seventh book is quite good as a short story. They are all very cruel and sadistic, so please watch with caution.

37. 837 赠 I Give You the Bittersweet Pain of Parting 赠君人间苦别离 Spring Thunder Cannon春雷炮Ancient Romance43k WordsCompleted Xie Jingsheng hated Hua Zhezhi. When he was at his lowest, she not only kicked him while he was down, but nearly got him killed. The first thing he did after returning victorious was marry her, then drive her slowly insane. Hua Zhezhi was left with a crippled leg and suffered endless humiliation. When she was near death, she asked with red-rimmed eyes, “I never betrayed you. Why have you treated me this way?” “Keep making things up,” he said viciously, squeezing her throat. “Let’s see if you can 544Reads6.0Score—Shelves
38. 838 目 You Are All I See 目光所至都是你 Mu Han慕寒Modern Romance49k WordsCompleted After three years of marriage, Huo Mingxuan repeatedly hurt Qin Qianmo, the woman who truly loved him, for the sake of the woman he held dear in his heart. It wasn't until someone cut out her heart that he suddenly realized his own heart had gone empty too. Years after their separation, at a grand banquet hosted by the He family of the imperial capital, the woman he couldn't bear to see even in his dreams arrives beneath the starlight. Huo Mingxuan loses control on the spot and rushes to her lik 405Reads8.3Score—Shelves
39. 839 我 I’ll Wait for You at the Finish Line, Loving Me 我在终点等你爱我 Mu Qiqi慕七七Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted During her three years in a psychiatric hospital, Lin Wan endured a living hell every day, reduced to something barely human. Every month, Ye Nanchen came to test whether she was truly insane. Then one day, while no one was watching, she leapt from the windowsill and found her final release. Later, everyone in Jiangcheng said Ye Nanchen had gone mad. His beloved wife was clearly dead, her body right in front of him, yet every day he came up with new ways to force her to appear. “Lin Wan hated me 610Reads5.5Score102Shelves
40. 840 未 My Fiancé Made Me Take the Fall for My Best Friend, Never Knowing I Was the Real Heiress 未婚夫让我替闺蜜顶罪，没想到我才是真千金 Eighty-Eight八拾捌9k WordsCompleted My Fiancé Asked Me to Take the Fall for My Best Friend, Never Expecting That I Was the Real Heiress 459Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Sad short story

41. 841 顾 Gu Nian's Deep Love 顾念情深 You Qian Qian呦乾乾Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted He said, “Gu Nian, wait for me a little longer. I promise I’ll make you happy.” She remembered what he had said so many years ago. Four years later, he came back. He returned as Jiangcheng’s most powerful man. Pinning her against the cold wall, he gritted his teeth and said, “Love me? You’re not worthy!” “Why don’t you just die?” And she really was going to die. 100Reads6.0Score—Shelves
42. 842 世 No One in the World Is Like Her Anymore 世上无人再像她 Fo Jiu佛九Modern Romance40k WordsCompleted Shen Ange knew that love could leave you battered to the bone, but without love she would become a walking corpse. Stubbornly, she believed that life was long enough for her to wait until he came back to her. In the end, though, she could no longer hold on... 1.8kReads8.1Score198Shelves
43. 843 宁 I Wish We'd Never Met 宁可不曾遇见你 One-of-a-Kind Little Beibei绝版小贝贝Modern Romance66k WordsCompleted Even as the bathwater turned completely red with blood, he never came. 939Reads6.5Score—Shelves
44. 844 屋 Under One Roof: The Forbidden Distance of 37.2°C 屋檐下：37.2℃的禁忌距离 Daylight Island白昼岛9k WordsCompleted Under One Roof: The Forbidden Distance of 37.2°C —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A bit cruel, but very beautiful!

45. 845 此 The Road Ahead Is One of Heartbreak 此去离殇 Little Phantom幻小妖Ancient Romance61k WordsCompleted “You never deserved to be my wife.” Once, she had loved him with all her heart, only to be met with his cold rejection. Time passed, and she died before his eyes. All the love she had never gotten to confess became a sharp sword plunging into his heart… 248Reads8.0Score—Shelves
46. 846 北 North of Beicheng, the Sea Has Yet to Sleep 北城以北海未眠 Meet Lianshan遇见连山Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted Ever since she was twelve, she had followed him around, always calling him “Brother Beicheng.” There was no turning back time. All the years had left her with were coldness and cruelty. She lost a kidney, and she lost her child. In the midst of that terrible fire, she watched the man she loved most carry another woman away. As she closed her eyes, she thought, Gu Beicheng, if I could turn back time, I would never have met you. 666Reads6.1Score—Shelves
47. 847 那 That Snowy Night, and the Household Register Full of Lies 那年雪夜，和那本写满谎言的户口本 Daylight Island白昼岛7k WordsCompleted That Snowy Night, and the Household Register Full of Lies —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 848 原 Turns Out Every Ending Is Filled with Longing 原来结尾都相思 Yu Sheng雨升Modern Romance49k WordsCompleted How do you hurt someone who loves you until they’re utterly broken? Perhaps you throw their love on the ground and trample it again and again, until it’s shattered, until it’s gone. 180Reads6.2Score—Shelves
49. 849 情 A Love So Deep, a Longing Unforgotten 情深不解相思意 Wen Xu问许Ancient Romance50k WordsCompleted In his eyes, she was the most despicable of princess consorts. He carved out her heart and drove nails into her bones. But when she really died, his heart had nowhere left to call home... 36Reads5.5Score—Shelves
50. 850 考 I Scored 700, but Didn’t Go to Tsinghua or Peking University 考了700分，但没去清华北大 Daylight Island白昼岛Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted I Scored 700, but Didn’t Go to Tsinghua or Peking University 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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