Short Tragic Stories! Make Them Heartbreakingly Sad! I Want to Cry My Eyes Out! 短篇虐文！求虐到撕心裂肺那种！最好把我哭死！

1. 201 西 Spring Grief in the Western Palace: Whose Heart Has Fate’s Splendor Left Cold? 西宫春怨：命途繁锦冷了谁人心 Fu Su, Wen Leng扶酥、问冷Ancient Romance74k WordsCompleted The sorrowful women who emerged from behind the beaded curtains wept for all they longed for but could never have, all they begged for but could never reach. Their tears smudged their makeup and aged their faces. Year after year, their silk brocades faded, until they hardened like cocoons and their hearts turned to ash… The palace walls were red, richer than the last glow of sunset. Deep courtyards could never lock away the breeze from a maiden’s round fan. Women carried so much sorrow. Beneath 34Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 202 红 The Lotus Fragrance Fades in Autumn 1 红藕香残玉簟秋1 Jenny the Brutal Hammer暴锤者珍妮Ancient Romance124k WordsCompleted [Addictive sweet-and-angsty historical romance + political intrigue + dramatic twists + an emperor’s love + past and present lives + mad, devoted hero] Yuan Jiu was born in the Heavenly Prison and has been plagued by nightmares since birth. In her dreams, there is always a dashing young man racing through a raging inferno. He gallops toward her, murderous intent surging from him, and a three-foot sword pierces her chest. She has died countless times in her dreams, yet she has never been able to 182Reads7.9Score—Shelves
3. 203 爱 Love Is the Eighty-One Trials: Ten Stories of Love-Struck Souls 爱情就是「九九八十一难」：十个为爱痴狂的故事 Ask the Cold问冷Modern Romance74k WordsCompleted [Anthology stories + women's psychology + women's growth] A woman's world isn't made up of love alone, but the ups and downs of love and relationships between men and women have never left women alone. It's like a nightmare, laying traps along every path that doesn't go smoothly, waiting for those consumed by love to step into thin air and fall. Every time a foolish woman wakes from a nightmare, she realizes that life is short, and loving too deeply hurts the most. When all is said and done, a w 2Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 204 拿 Loving You with My Life: 20 Fated Romances That Break Your Heart 拿命爱你：20段痛到心碎的宿命虐恋 Moss on Green Tiles青瓦苔Ancient Romance157k WordsCompleted [Love and hate intertwined + beautiful yet tragic heroine + palace intrigue + historical romance + heart-wrenching love + short stories] The world turns and tumbles, while the histories of old hold up a mirror. So many beauties once had their hearts broken over a promise, only to become tragic ballads of a turbulent age. From Chen Ajiao, kept in a gilded cage, to the incomparable Xishi; from Wang Yourong, a wife who weathered hardship alongside her husband, to Feng Xiaolian, whose allure lasted 22Reads8.1Score—Shelves
5. 205 我 I’ve Been Tangled Up with Two Foxes, One Big and One Small 我被一大一小两只狐狸缠上了 Ordinary NPC平凡人Npc8k WordsCompleted I'm Being Hounded by Two Foxes, One Big and One Small 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Fantasy little sadistic novel

6. 206 被 After They Set Me Up, I Went on a Rampage 被算计后，我杀疯了 Ordinary NPC平凡人Npc8k WordsCompleted After I was set up, I went on a killing spree. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 207 穿 Reborn as a Doomed Extra, I Decide to Bet Everything 穿成早死炮灰，我决定赌上一把 Ordinary NPC平凡人Npc10k WordsCompleted Reborn as a doomed cannon-fodder character, I decide to risk it all 1Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 208 我 My Lover Came Back from the Dead, but I Dared Not Approach 我爱人死而复生，我却不敢向前 Ordinary NPC平凡人Npc12k WordsCompleted My beloved came back from the dead, but I don’t dare step forward 2Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 209 婆 A Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law's Feud 婆媳仇 Shangguan Xuan'er上官轩儿Modern Romance160k WordsOngoing My mother-in-law is a champion at double standards. When her own daughter sleeps until midmorning, she's "blessed." When I get up ten minutes late, I'm a "lazy daughter-in-law." My husband is the ultimate "dutiful son," and his catchphrase is always, "My mom has it so hard." 9.5kReads—Score314Shelves

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   My mother-in-law is a double standard. My daughter is "lucky" if she sleeps until midnight, and I am a "lazy daughter-in-law" if I wake up ten minutes early. My husband is a top-notch "foolish and filial man", and his mantra is always "It's not easy for my mother." My sister-in-law took a fancy to the jade bracelet I gave her as a bride, and my mother-in-law asked me to "borrow" it to her on the spot. I endured it for three years until they threw the manuscript I had written overnight into the stove and called me a freeloader. Looking at the manuscript paper that turned to ashes, I wiped away my tears and smiled. One 2

10. 210 恰 Just Like Your Sorrow 恰似你的忧伤 Fish Lantern Su鱼灯苏Modern Romance55k WordsCompleted Much Like Your Sorrow 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One day, when your beard has fallen, when my hair is thinning, when all the love has fallen, we will finally meet again, and we will be able to stay together across the world.

11. 211 千 Young Master Qianchou: Searching for a Wife in the Ghost Realm 千仇公子，鬼域寻妻录 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三42k WordsCompleted Young Master Qianchou: A Record of Seeking His Wife in the Ghost Realm —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 212 江 A Dream of Blood and Butterflies in the Martial World 江湖蝶血梦 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三Eastern Fantasy133k WordsCompleted A tale of men and women of the martial world setting out on their adventures opens a story of love. Set in an imaginary Ming Dynasty, the story weaves together the imperial court and martial arts factions, with bureaucratic struggles, military conflicts, and the travels of Yan Yang and Liu Xian'er through the martial world. Yan Yang is a schemer, while Liu Xian'er is an assassin. Together they fight corrupt officials and wipe out bandits, investigating a mystery surrounding their origins and lay —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 213 赤 Red-Clad Soul 2 赤衣魂2 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三30k WordsCompleted Red-Clad Soul 2 2Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 214 废 The Good-for-Nothing General's Son 废柴将军子 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三57k WordsCompleted The Good-for-Nothing General’s Son —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 215 乱 Chronicles of Survival in a Chaotic Era 乱世求生录 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三65k WordsCompleted Chronicles of Survival in Troubled Times 3Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 216 断 The Broken Sword's Bond 断剑缘 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三51k WordsCompleted The Broken Sword’s Fate —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 217 铁 The Iron-Blooded Bandit 铁血义匪 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三30k WordsCompleted Iron-Blooded Bandit 1Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 218 荒 Chronicles of the Famine Years 荒年记 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三57k WordsCompleted Chronicles of the Famine Years 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 219 错 Mistaken for My Dad, Warmed for a Lifetime 错认爹也暖一生 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三19k WordsCompleted A Lifetime of Warmth from Mistaking Someone for Dad 1Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 220 1 1938: Iron-Blooded Heroines, Chronicles of a Hundred Generals Fighting the Japanese 1938.铁血红颜，百将荡倭录 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三Modern Romance72k WordsCompleted 1938: Iron-Blooded Heroines, A Hundred Generals’ Campaign Against the Japanese 2Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 221 民 Strange Tales of Republican-Era China 民国诡闻录 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三61k WordsCompleted Strange Tales of the Republican Era 236Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 222 碎 A Love Story in Shattered Jade 碎玉的爱情故事 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三6k WordsCompleted A Love Story in Shattered Jade —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 223 万 Love Through a Thousand Torments: A Collection of Tortured Romances 万劫情深：虐恋短篇集 Frostblade of Ruicheng瑞城的寒霜剑Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted The bone-deep tenderness of concealing a terminal illness, the blood-curdling devotion of being bound as a substitute, a thousand-year obsession spanning the divide between life and death, and a battlefield farewell sealed by the flames of war... Every short story is a trial of love taken to its utmost extreme. They were once each other’s light, only to be ground to ash by fate. They spent the rest of their lives loving with all they had, yet it was never enough to overcome misunderstandings, pr 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short sadistic novels, the stories are short and sadistic, sadistic, sadistic, sadistic, sadistic, sadistic [crying][crying][crying][crying]

24. 224 樊 Dawn Within the Cage 樊笼内的破晓 Old Qinggan老青柑Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted Some people are born trapped in a cage. Invisible barriers, woven from the soil of one’s upbringing, the path laid out in advance, the constraints of one’s surroundings, the cocoon of one’s perceptions, and the shackles of morality, build a cold, solid cage that holds her captive. She is raised within it, as if this were all life could ever be. If she does not awaken, if she does not save herself, the ending is clear: the cage will silently devour her, and she will vanish in a slow death. Yet de 9Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    Recommended sadistic novel, the heroine slowly becomes stronger, very beautiful

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