Angst, More Angst, and Even More Angst: The More Heartbreaking, the Better 虐，虐虐，重要的事说三遍，没有最，只求超级

1. 51 回 Back to the 1970s 回到七十年代 Yinghuo Chongchong颖火虫虫Modern Romance394k WordsCompleted The author’s three male characters: Gu Yicheng is a bold, passionate man whose love is fierce and wholehearted. Luo Yunting is a possessive, restrained man whose love runs deep and steady. Nie Jiu is a sinister and ruthless man whose love knows no bounds. The story begins in the 1970s. The heroine, Ding Yuyao, is reborn. She is a delicate beauty with a resilient personality. From an utterly unremarkable, seventeen-year-old country girl, she turns her life around through her own hard work: becomi 217Reads9.0Score—14d adds

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   It was so heartbreaking...

2. 52 我 My Misty Dream 我的雾梦 Yu Jun Can't Eat Spicy Food于君不能吃辣Two Male Leads168k WordsCompleted [Yandere] Yu Jun, a college guy who was enthusiastic about selling campus cards, sold two to freshman Qi Xin, and that was where their story began. Surely a grown man like him wouldn’t cave in over two campus cards? “Hey, underclassman, want a card?” “Sure, senior! I want the big ones. Two of them!” “Coming right up!” The underclassman seemed a little unhinged, which was honestly hard to put up with. Yu Jun’s advice: 1. Don’t install surveillance cameras, listening devices, and the like. 2. Do 30Reads9.1Score—14d adds

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   Two male leads, yandere

3. 53 面 The Woman Behind the Mask 面具下的女人 Dim黯淡Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The Wife Behind the Mask Turns Out to Be Hiding So Many Secrets... 17Reads5.4Score—14d adds

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   Damn, I've never seen such a strange request in my life, so I've prepared something even more intense for you. It's not only abusive, but also cuckolding and infuriating. I hope you'll still be healthy after reading it 😏😏😏

4. 54 女 A Woman at Thirty-Five 女人三十五 Streetlight街灯Urban612k WordsCompleted Women at thirty-five are like wolves and tigers: After my company went bankrupt, I saw my wife with a strange man... 98Reads6.4Score—14d adds
5. 55 我 After My Beautiful Boss Made a Move on Me 我被美女上司逆推后 The Ultimate Tea Lover极品爱喝茶Urban1.5M WordsCompleted A female boss with no filter, a bold and fiery manner, and a pair of eyes that see straight through the world. She is young but shrewd, radiates both heroic spirit and a hint of wickedness, and seems wild and absurd on the surface. What kind of romance could unfold between this brilliant woman, mature in thought and levelheaded in a crisis, and an ordinary office worker? 7Reads—Score414d adds
6. 56 男 A Man at Thirty 男人三十 Feng Qingyang风青杨Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When he woke up, he somehow had a wife. 268Reads8.0Score—14d adds
7. 57 男 A Man at Forty 男人四十 Twin Eagles of the Firmament苍穹双鹰Urban4.5M WordsCompleted Betrayed by his sworn brother, saddled with a mountain of debt, and stripped of his high-paying job; betrayed by his wife, left with nothing, and discovering that their fake divorce has become real! See how a forty-year-old man takes revenge and gives those two scoundrels a resounding slap in the face! 1.2kReads8.3Score11114d adds
8. 58 背 The Feeling of Betrayal 背叛的感觉 Chen He陈和2k WordsCompleted —Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 59 男 A Man Never Bows 男人不折腰 Black Water Cup黑色水杯Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Chu Fan never imagined that while he was working himself to the bone overseas to make money, his love would betray him... After discovering the betrayal, Chu Fan's life took a completely new path... 11Reads6.8Score—14d adds
10. 60 男 A Man at Thirty Is Like a Wolf 男人三十如狼 Peerless Beauty盛世美颜Urban1.2M WordsOngoing Lately, Zhang Haidong had felt that something was off about his wife. She often stayed out all night, so he secretly followed her and discovered that things were indeed not so simple... Zhang Haidong returned home in a daze, intending to ask for a divorce, but his wife brought it up first. She also told him she was pregnant, and the father of the child was actually... 56Reads8.9Score—14d adds
11. 61 人 Middle-Aged Man: A Second Spring 人到中年：男人第二春 Speechless, Wielding a Pen无语抡笔Urban1.6M WordsCompleted He went to prison for three years out of loyalty to a friend! But when he got out, he discovered that his company had gone bankrupt, his wife had betrayed him, and his mother was gravely ill and on the verge of death! But Lin Fei wasn't crushed by life's hardships. Instead, he emerged reborn, rose higher and higher, and soared to success once more! The worst you can do is beg for food. As long as you don't die, you'll have your day! A man should never say he can't do it! 1.8kReads8.8Score24014d adds
12. 62 女 Women at Thirty 女人三十 Duan Xiaodao段小刀2k WordsCompleted At her age and with her circumstances, even if she could be choosy, she would have to settle for whatever others had left behind. 2Reads—Score414d adds
13. 63 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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    Yang Yanchen harbored tenderness for half his life, Xiao Qihao ruined his life with obsession, and Zhang Zhiming waited in vain for a lifetime. All three lost, except for Die'er, who ended all entanglements with her life. Her butterfly shadow fell to the ground, never to be seen again.

14. 64 是 Love Warmed the Chilling Boy 是爱暖了少年凉 An Jinnian安锦年Modern Romance142k WordsCompleted July 7, clear, Wednesday This is the most desolate and helpless day in my memory, a day that leaves me trembling with fear. Today marks ten years since you began hating me. How should I celebrate it with you, Lin Luo? On this summer night, you and I finally went our separate ways for good. Perhaps this sorrow was destined from the start: when I was abandoned on the Ferris wheel at seven, when I was adopted by your family, and when your mother’s blood stained the hatred in your eyes. Back then, I —Reads8.6Score—14d adds

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    This is also something I find hard to accept.

15. 65 走 The Journey 走过 Chen Caijie陈彩洁Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted Walking Through is a poignant romance novel. The carefree days of youth are beautiful, but they can also be painful. Everyone’s growth is its own story of youth, and every story is different. Some lives are smooth sailing, filled with happiness and joy; others are quiet and ordinary, with gentle days; still others are passionate and dramatic, full of fervor and determination... Chunyan’s youth was full of twists and hardships. Yet, in the face of one trial after another, she never gave in. She c 528Reads6.7Score—14d adds

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    It's so painful and heartbreaking.

16. 66 守 Keeping Watch Over Our Marriage 守望婚姻 Chen Caijie陈彩洁Modern Romance168k WordsCompleted This is the tragic story of a rural woman left behind in the countryside. Juhua is a traditional village woman, and like other rural women, she has no source of income. Without financial standing in her household, she can only rely on her husband's earnings to support the family. She is the sort of person who endures whatever comes her way. Her two sweet, clever children seemed to offer a chance to change her fate, but misfortune plunged her back into an abyss of suffering... 57Reads6.7Score—14d adds
17. 67 华 A Dazzling Transformation 华丽蜕变 Chen Caijie陈彩洁Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Kindness needs an edge, and tolerance needs limits! Liu Xia, who grew up in the countryside, was too kind and always gave in. She missed two chances at true love, then stumbled into the wrong marriage and was tormented in a miserable relationship. Fortunately, the college sweetheart who had always loved her reappears, helping her see the error of her ways, escape her unhappy marriage, and open up a whole new chapter in her life! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 68 歌 The Song Never Became a Hill 歌未成丘 Twenty Pieces of Moonlight贰拾碎月Modern Romance240k WordsOngoing “Little girl, don’t touch that vinyl. Li Zongsheng will cry.” When Lu Chenzhou took the album The Elves in My Life from her hands, the scent of pinewood at his cuff mingled with the smell of medicine. The twenty-five-year age gap was an uncrossable chasm. He taught her how to brew tea: “Love is like pu’er. The third steep is when the true flavor comes out.” But on the night he coughed up blood, she kissed his cool lips. “What if there’s only one steep left?” The night they eloped, an old-fashion —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    In a space filled with the scent of pine and medicine, Lu Chenzhou snatched the book "The Spirit in Life" from the young girl's hand, whispering, "Little girl, don't touch that vinyl record, Li Zongsheng will cry." The 25-year age gap was like an insurmountable chasm between them. He taught her how to brew tea, saying, "Love is like Pu'er tea, its true flavor only comes out on the third infusion," but on the night he coughed up blood, she kissed his slightly cool lips, asking, "What if there's only one infusion left?" An elopement, an old-fashioned camera capturing her in a white dress standing in a deserted train station, him humming "I've Crossed the Ocean to See You," swallowing the metallic taste in his throat and turning it into a gentle smile. And ten years later, at a Paris gallery, her exhibition opens—what will the story's ending be...?

19. 69 快 Quick Transmigration: What?! The Cold-Faced Master Is Crying Again 快穿：惊！冷面师尊又在哭唧唧 Nine-Tailed Cat九尾猫Ancient Romance179k WordsOngoing She was the God of the Lord God’s vengeance, but lost her heart while carrying out a mission. The mission still had to be completed. And she still needed a husband... As for how to outwit him and win the battle of wits, she’d have to figure it out herself. 10Reads6.8Score—14d adds

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    This game is primarily about physical abuse; if you don't like that, please don't read it.

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