Tragic Stories!!! I Want Heartbreaking Angst!!!!! 虐文！！！我要肯刀子！！！！！

1. 951 烬 Ashen Bones, Passionate Embrace 烬骨合欢 Yu Yuan钰芫Ancient Romance150k WordsCompleted I still remember the years when we were children, laughing and talking without end, close as we played in the courtyard with its swings. We shared sour plums, and leaned together by the pine-framed window through many a spring. Now each of us has grown old in a different corner of the world, yet still searches for warmth on the page. Sometimes I turn to the verses on red leaves, and we look at each other, recalling old tearstains. The first ten years of Jiang Wanqing’s life were blissfully happy 141Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Crying][almost crying][crying][almost crying]

2. 952 做 Become the Big Shot's Beloved 做大佬的白月光 Heavenly Fire, Flowing Glaze天火流琉璃Two Male Leads196k WordsCompleted Two Male Leads, 1v1, Both Pure Three years later, Yu Linran found Qian Mo running a street stall. He apologized, vowed to change, and begged for forgiveness, but he could never win back Qian Mo's heart. It was already dead. Five years earlier, Qian Mo's mother had been gravely ill, and he had asked Yu Linran for money. Yu Linran refused. Only after his mother passed away did Yu Linran show up in front of him. He hated him, but what good would hating him do? It wouldn't bring his mother back. So 830Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's okay.

3. 953 替 After My Substitute Faked Her Death, the CEO Went to Hell and Back to Win Her Back 替身死遁后，总裁他追妻火葬场了 Princess-Flavored Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry公主味儿的西红柿炒蛋Two Male Leads291k WordsCompleted Synopsis It took Cen Xi more than four years together to realize he was just a stand-in. Worse still, he was still in love with Gu Zifeng. He was like a trumpet vine, forever twining around a towering oak. But the oak's first love had returned, a self-reliant silk-cotton tree. The two trees seemed far apart aboveground, yet their roots intertwined beneath the soil. Everyone, including Cen Xi himself, thought the oak and the silk-cotton tree were a better match. Unable to bear it any longer, 62Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   It's coming, it's coming 1. From the first-person perspective, it's really a knife, bebe 2. The stand-in story, fake death, go through the next few books! The second recommendation is Taifu Plane. I feel passionate about it, but his sword is also a real sword. The second recommendation is "The Queen of the End of the World is Coming". Who knows? Like!!!

4. 954 让 I Made Him a Cannon Fodder, and He Ran Off with the Possessive Male Lead 让他当炮灰，还把偏执男主拐跑了 Chubby Lefty肥嘟嘟左左门Two Male Leads468k WordsCompleted Two male leads + quick transmigration + angsty fiction + old-school melodrama Most of the story puts the male leads through heartbreak, with the occasional turn for the other lead. There is no groveling-to-win-back-the-lover arc, and the ending is tragic. Mu Luo was originally a System. After finally working his way up to the top, it was his turn to take on a mission. Huh? Why are all these male leads acting so strangely? They've all gone off character. 592Reads9.3Score101Shelves
5. 955 快 Quick Transmigration: Don't Mess with the Villain, or He'll Really Die 快穿：别惹反派，惹急了他真死 Feasting with the Bears 666大宴群熊666Two Male Leads888k WordsOngoing [Angst and catharsis, with a bleak start and an uplifting finish; includes faked deaths and happy endings. The gong's personality determines the story: soul fragments, scumbag gongs, jokester gongs, devoted gongs, wooden gongs…] (The first six instances are complete. Dive in without worry.) On a replay of the instance, an all-powerful villain falls into the protagonist's hands, reduced to a prisoner. The once aloof villain is now at death's door. "Let me go." "Want to die?" "Yes." "Hah. Dream on 6.4kReads9.3Score679Shelves
6. 956 女 Matriarchy: There Are Just Too Many Divine Immortal Cultivators 女尊：神人修仙者实在是太多了 I'm a Clown, You Know我是小丑你知道Xianxia190k WordsOngoing Shi Xi transmigrated into a Matriarchy world. From the start, she was sold by a human trafficker to a successful candidate in the imperial examinations. But on their wedding night, her wife suddenly dropped dead, leaving her a breathtakingly beautiful widower. This is a cultivation world, and she might even be a cultivation furnace. After all, what kind of decent person doesn’t poop or pee? As a cultivation furnace, if she can’t change her fate of being... used, she might as well find herself an 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Cry][cry][cry][cry][cry]

7. 957 这 Quick Transmigration: This Disposable Extra Is Too Gorgeous 【快穿】这个炮灰太绝色 Unrestrained Qian Yang千扬不羁Two Male Leads222k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + angst in the first four stories] A variety of scum gongs, villainous gongs, and other gongs x a gentle, refined young master shou Shi Qinglan was born into a life of privilege. Polite and dignified, he was the beloved young master everyone adored. Unfortunately, excessive worry damaged his health, and he was a short-lived soul who died at a young age. Luckily, he bound himself to a plot-maintenance System. As long as he followed the script and completed his cannon-fodder role, 1.5kReads6.5Score101Shelves
8. 958 退 You Asked to Break Off Our Engagement. Now That I'm Emperor, You're Begging to Get Back Together 退婚你提的，我当皇帝你又求复合 Long-Serving Swordmaster长工绝剑Historical5.5M WordsOngoing Xiao Ning transmigrates as an idle prince and hopes to live a leisurely life. But the old emperor, who has no heir, unexpectedly dies, and Xiao Ning suddenly receives an edict naming him the next emperor! Everyone knows him as a debauched, shameless, good-for-nothing playboy. But when Xiao Ning enters court, the whole realm is suddenly awakened to the truth! This young prince isn’t as simple as he seems! He is the sword-bearer of Luojian Mountain Manor, one of the realm’s three great sword manor 7.2kReads7.7Score551Shelves

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   The first book starts with a knife, the second book poisons you

9. 959 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 202.9kReads9.4Score19.9kShelves

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   Is this a knife? It's so sweet. I've never seen such a sweet knife.

10. 960 无 The Boundless Dragon Domain 无尽龙域 Ninety Thousand Miles at the Speed of Sound音速九万里Eastern Fantasy284k WordsCompleted Also known as: “After the Empress Called Off the Engagement, She Regretted It to the Point of Turning Green”; “Ye Hao is extravagant and debauched, brazenly lustful, and dared to make light of the Saintess. His crimes are unforgivable. Today, I strip him of his hereditary princely title and fief, and reduce him to a commoner.” “Ye Hao, I am deeply disappointed in you. Our betrothal is hereby annulled.” 1.6kReads6.6Score—Shelves

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    If you can't think about it, just read this. For now, it's just a frustrating FW life article...

11. 961 我 My Wife's World 我妻世界 Why Say So Much何必言深Urban2.4M WordsCompleted When worlds descend and the world itself is threatened, no one can stay out of it! Biological anomalies! Climate anomalies! Geological anomalies! Anomalies in the laws of nature! All anomalies must be eliminated! Become the world’s [white blood cells] and devour them! The West: “I will protect our world!” The East: “We will protect our shared home!” Zhang: “I will protect my wife!” Everyone: “???” [Comedic and lighthearted] [Includes hand-drawn monster illustrations] 32.7kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves

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    It is said that all the works of this author are very sharp...

12. 962 至 The Darkest Hour Before Dawn 至暗凌晨 Coriander Buyer香菜采购员Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Set in an alternate world. Everything in this story is fictional. One female lead. No one remembers who was the first person to question whether this world was real. To the humans still living on Earth, the world is made up of nothing more than a vast expanse of water called the ocean and stretches of solid ground called continents. When creatures of legend force their way into the familiar yet unfamiliar world of humankind, terrifying the foolish, when beings from another world stain the azure 3.1kReads9.0Score259Shelves

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    I've been stabbed, Chapters 133 and 134 made me cry [crying]

13. 963 异 Esper War: My Seven Billion Eyes Monitor the World 异能战争：我七十亿双眼监控全球 Half a Lifetime of Foolish Innocence半生傻白Urban547k WordsCompleted [Author Arc Complete] [Clown Arc Complete] [Doctor Arc Begins] Over the course of 60 years, the Sariel Zerg unknowingly parasitized billions of people. They gained complete control over every aspect of the world, including the economy, politics, military, and education. Beneath the bustling cities, humanity had already reached the end of the world. One day, Luo Yan awakened an M-rank ability (authority), surpassing even SSS rank: [Observer]: 1. Everyone you see becomes an [Observation Target] (w 910Reads8.5Score131Shelves

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    Don't look at the ratings, I'm really sad

14. 964 我 My Qingdao Girl 我的青岛姑娘 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Celebrities] + [Female TV host] + [First love] + [Tenant] + [Older sister] + [Bad man] + [Super Big Tank Kobe] “I seriously can’t figure it out. With all these gorgeous women around, why do they have to like a guy like you?” My buddies are always asking me that. They all think I’m one of those men who believe women love a bad boy, but I’m really not a bad man! The truth is simple: we see women differently. They see a current starlet, the most beautiful woman in the entertainment industry. I see 37.9kReads9.4Score4.6kShelves

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    The first three books about tanks are not much to say, the fourth short book is quite interesting regardless of the twist, the fifth one is a bit low-profile about tanks which is also good, and the last book I accidentally discovered, The Paper (The Lost City of Alien Beasts), is unexpectedly quite interesting😍

15. 965 人 The World’s Wayward Son 人间浪子 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Old Wei's suicide changed the course of Lin Yifei's life. The Lin Yifei who used to watch everyone's mood and grovel just to make ends meet finally stood up for himself! It turned out that a life of having nothing left to lose could bring so many surprises and unexpected turns! 19.6kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
16. 966 原 Genshin Impact: I Was Reincarnated as the Character I Hate Most 原神：我，穿成了我最讨厌的角色 Money-Losing Wretch赔钱货Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted He transmigrates into the world of Genshin Impact and becomes the character he hates most. The moment Riluo experiences his life, everything changes. Before me lies an endless abyss. I have no future, so I place all my hopes in the “present.” So, this time, can you take my place and save him? 578Reads8.6Score105Shelves

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    Not bad, the next two books are together and should be read in order.

17. 967 原 Genshin Impact: The Final Journey 原神：最后的旅途 Bamboo Shadows in the Autumn Woods竹影秋林Anime Fanfiction568k WordsCompleted “Hello, everyone. I'm Yingdong, and I've transmigrated.” “Hello, everyone. I'm Noel, the System.” “Quit showing off. You're just a useless cheat.” “This System is omnipotent! Powerful! Beautiful! Capable of anything! You lousy Host, apologize right now!” When you transmigrate and gain an uncontrollable ability to teleport, what would you do? Join the Knights, the Millelith, or the Shuumatsuban; drink with the Anemo Archon, chat with the Geo Archon and the Electro Archon, heh heh... Of course, yo 144Reads7.4Score—Shelves
18. 968 虐 Chronicles of Tormented Love: A Collection of Short Tragic Romances 虐恋编年纪：短篇虐恋文合集 Jerry, Who Loves Milk爱喝牛奶的杰瑞Modern Romance354k WordsOngoing “If I could do it all over again, I wish I’d never met you.” “I loved you once, but now I can only let you go...” “If we meet again, I’ll tell you... that I loved you too.” “The day we broke up, the rain poured down... He didn’t try to stop me. He just watched me leave.” Welcome to A Chronicle of Tormented Love: A Collection of Short Tragic Romance Stories. Here you’ll find a wealth of gripping tales filled with tangled emotions, inviting you to explore another side of love: tragic romance. Th —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The following books come with knives! Although they are all short stories, they are very powerful.

19. 969 再 Goodbye to the Love I Could Never Get Back 再见了，那段我无法挽回的爱 Jerry, Who Loves Milk爱喝牛奶的杰瑞Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted Goodbye to the love I could never win back 1Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 970 前 My Past and Present Lives Exposed? The Whole World Is Shaken 前世今生曝光？举世震撼 Murong Longcheng慕容龙城Eastern Fantasy539k WordsCompleted Ye Changge accidentally transmigrates to the Reincarnation Continent and becomes the owner of a Reincarnation Seal. He also possesses the strongest customizable simulator! First life: For love, he abandons Buddhism and turns to evil, slaughtering the entire Lingshan! Second life: His sister attracts the covetous attention of various factions. To protect her, Ye Changge stands alone with his sword, opposed by the whole world! He severs the path to immortality! Slays the Immortal Gate! Seals away 6.4kReads9.2Score534Shelves

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    In the first book, the protagonist is voluntarily trapped in the formation at the beginning. Later, his memories are exposed, and his disciples all regret it. They have past lives and their identities are confused. The second book, after the system was simulated, was found by the heroines in the simulation [laughing] Although the third book is not rated high, it starts with a bad start and is a little sweeter in the middle, but the ending is also bad. All three books are huge [laughing] [shy]

21. 971 我 I Told You I Love You in Heaven 我在天堂说爱你 Ling Xi灵希Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted 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 934Reads9.5Score184Shelves

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    Please check the cartload of knives.

22. 972 当 When My First Love Returns, Where Do We Go from Here? 当初恋归来，我们将何去何从？ Jerry, Who Loves Milk爱喝牛奶的杰瑞7k WordsCompleted When your first love comes back, where do we go from here? —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 973 渣 My Ex-Girlfriends Beg for Forgiveness After My Diary Exposes What a Jerk I Was 渣男日记被曝光，前女友哭求原谅 Cat-Crazy宠猫狂魔Urban418k WordsCompleted Lin Luoxue, the only queen of the entertainment industry in Daxia! In four years since her debut, she released ninety-nine songs, and all ninety-nine became massive hits. Her many musical styles were even praised for having advanced Daxia’s music scene by nearly a century! But at the launch of her hundredth new song, Lin Luoxue suddenly changed the subject and revealed that she once had a scumbag ex-boyfriend who made her life a living hell! He was a vile man who cheated her out of money, used h 667Reads8.4Score102Shelves
24. 974 她 They’re Chasing Me Like Crazy, but I’m Just a Clone 她们疯狂倒追，可我只是分身啊 The Hidden Dragon Flirts with the Phoenix潜龙戏凤Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted My new book, “The Heavenly Dao Reveals How an Ordinary Mortal Became an Emperor in Ten Days, and the Whole World Closes In” is a sky screen exposure story. His clone has been overwhelmed by people pursuing him while trying to lull the System into complacency, but his true self has been laying an audacious plan against the heavens. Mo Shang only wants to make up for his regrets, but his cold, beautiful masters and senior sisters have gone mad. In his previous life, Bai Ling died saving him. Ying 1.7kReads5.2Score100Shelves

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    A little bit cruel.

25. 975 确 A Love That’s Real 确有情 The Sixteenth Night既望Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted [Part Two Has Been Updated] Yang Huiqing spent many years abroad. The first thing she did after returning home was insist on marrying Ji Qinglin. Just how little did the two of them know each other? They didn't meet until the day of their wedding photoshoot, and neither of them even had the other's contact information. She had assumed that in this marriage of convenience, forged for the benefit of their families, they would at most treat each other with polite respect. But who could have guessed 14.1kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
26. 976 我 Our Story Ended When We Became Enemies 我们的故事，止于你我身份对立时 Jerry, Who Loves Milk爱喝牛奶的杰瑞Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted Our story ended when you and I found ourselves on opposing sides. —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 977 历 A Wandering Ghost in History 历史上空飘荡的幽魂 Tangerine Throne橘座啊Historical230k WordsCompleted “From now on, Ji will be your surname. Daji, that will be your full name.” “Military power is sovereign power!!” “We’re really nothing but weeds by the roadside. When the wind blows, we sway along with it.” “The last time I came to Zhaoge, it was to collect my father’s body.” “When there are no more slaves, the common people become the lowest of the low.” “Your Majesty, sentence me to have my heart cut out. I want to see whether there’s still any Great Shang left inside.” “Great Shang! Great Sha 235Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    I'll be fooled by the knife

28. 978 女 Female Empress and Immortal Maidens, Please Behave: This Great Villain Just Wants an Easy Life 女帝仙子请自重，大反派只想咸鱼 Shuangwen Aotian爽文傲天Eastern Fantasy592k WordsCompleted [Plot-driven twist on the usual formula, farming, a relaxed pace, and not a villain story] Qin Yixian transmigrates into a power fantasy novel and chooses the villain route. He gets a hundred lives, binds himself to a System, and becomes the novel's greatest villain, enjoying one crushing victory after another... Yet Qin Yixian is killed 99 times in a single day and reborn 99 times. It turns out his killer is a die-hard romantic, and a shameless cheater with overpowered abilities... For the sake 2.5kReads7.0Score161Shelves

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    The knife you asked for is here [laughs evilly] It's very sharp, okay, if you don't have a knife, you'll cut me.

29. 979 反 Villain: My Memories Are Revealed, and the Heroines Are Reborn to Atone 反派:记忆曝光，女主重生赎罪 This Sword Immortal Is Unbeatable这个剑仙强无敌Eastern Fantasy278k WordsOngoing Lin Yang, the greatest villain on the Tianhuang Continent. He cruelly stole his younger sister’s Supreme Bone, extracted his fiancée’s Chaotic Blood, killed his beautiful master in a fit of rage after she rejected his confession, allied himself with the source of darkness, and sacrificed a million lives… Everyone wanted to hack him to pieces, but no one could kill him. Yet, astonishingly, he severed the cycle of reincarnation and burned his soul to death before a lonely grave. The System was fur 1.5kReads8.0Score104Shelves
30. 980 大 After the Eldest Senior Brother Ran Away, His Junior Brothers All Went Mad 大师兄逃跑后，师弟们全疯了 Chen Twenty-One辰二十一Two Male Leads618k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Everyone’s Favorite + Ultimate Love-Rival Showdown + Dark Pursuit] [One Wink from the Beautiful Senior, and Every Junior Turns Rabid] - After being imprisoned, Yun Zhao escaped. He hid in the demon realm for a hundred years, telling stories and sunbathing, only to be found again... - Yun Zhao was once a renowned beauty and sword cultivator in the immortal realm. His Frost Moon Sword Dance sent ghosts and monsters wailing. He had been so dazzling and full of life. But later, he 1.7kReads9.4Score270Shelves

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    [Note] The first book made the macho man cry at two or three in the middle of the night. [Facepalm] Second book review: Tragedy is tearing something valuable to pieces for others to see! [Understood] The last three double-male torture novels, here comes the flying knife~[Attention]

31. 981 得 Only When They Learned I Was Dying Did They Realize How Much I Mattered 得知我命尽，她们才发现我的重要 Square Root Mountain根号山Urban304k WordsCompleted He was adopted as a child, but after his adoptive parents suddenly passed away, those women treated him like a jinx. His household registration was even transferred to a driver's name. Song Bei didn't care, though, and dutifully did everything he was asked. He spent his whole life studying and researching his eldest sister's strange illness, sacrificing his entire childhood, only to be regarded as an uneducated good-for-nothing. His sisters never waited for him to eat, but he learned to cook for 2.6kReads8.3Score101Shelves

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    The first book with hundreds of sword manuals

32. 982 穿 Book Transmigration: What Should I Do If My Disciple Is the Villain? 穿书：徒弟是反派该怎么办 Cold Heart, Cold Feelings, Pretty Girl凉心凉情好姑凉Two Male Leads397k WordsCompleted [No heroine + career-focused + unexpected contrast] “Master, do you know how much I hate you?” “Master, do you know how many times I’ve wanted to kill you?” “And Master, do you know how much I’ve sacrificed to make all this happen?” The person who had transmigrated into a book sighed inwardly... Of course he knew. He was the original author, after all. Just then, the System’s voice rang out. [Dear Host, you... should get down on your knees and beg for mercy now.] —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 983 每 I Die Young in Every World 每个世界我都英年早逝 Wu Lanzi Ye无斓孜叶Two Male Leads566k WordsCompleted Mo Yinglan happened to read an old-school, melodramatic tragic romance novel and watched helplessly as the various male leads who ticked all his boxes were brutally tormented from start to finish. Most infuriating of all, it ended with a brainless happy ending for everyone. “...” “What kind of century-old joke is this?” “Is this guy right in the head? No, wait, he doesn't have a brain at all!” “If it were me, I'd absolutely die the moment that scumbag surnamed Jiang ‘came to his senses.’ If I co 2.1kReads8.5Score125Shelves
34. 984 宿 The Host Has No Sense of Decency 宿主他不守男德 Hotpot Roast Duck火锅烧鸭Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted Nan Xun is the top-performing employee in a System full of melodramatic romance scenarios. Before he can get a promotion or a raise, his career faces a crisis. He only had a little too much to drink at the celebration banquet, then kissed his cool, aloof boss in front of everyone. So Nan Xun gets thrown into the Punishment System. System: As a sinner whose crimes are beyond measure, the Host must gather enough hatred points to escape the punishment world. The Host must complete the mission witho 4.1kReads9.5Score417Shelves

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    Synopsis of the story: It's all very sad, especially the first one, Ayu made her cry so much!!!

35. 985 蓝 The Blue Gum Tree Waits in Vain for the Mistletoe Bird 蓝桉等不到释槐鸟 Chive Leaf I韭叶IModern Romance133k WordsCompleted “If I loved you a little less, would I be able to say a little more to you?” The girl, Ru An, had a secret crush on Lin Fu, the brightest star in school. She loved writing in her diary. Over her three years of high school, she filled five diaries. Not once did she mention Lin Fu by name, yet every line was about him. She described Lin Fu as full of life and spirit, but couldn't find a single word that suited herself. She had always lived by the rules, following the same routine. The only courage 23.5kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves

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    This book is super good. I thought the rating was low and I didn't want to read it at first. But then I found out that the writing is good and it's really sad. The heroine likes the heroine but doesn't like the heroine. The one who protects the heroine dies. In the end, the heroine also dies [crying][crying][crying][crying][crying][crying]

36. 986 快 Quick Transmigration: The Crazy Male Leads I Saved Have All Gone Off the Rails 快穿：拯救的疯批男主全翻车了 Little Cicada一只小蝉蝉Two Male Leads716k WordsCompleted (Quick transmigration + one-on-one romance + mutual devotion + sweet, satisfying romance) As a quick transmigration troubleshooter, Tang Tu's job is to clean up the messes left behind by quick transmigrators who fail their missions. To that end, he's played countless roles. After every mission, he follows the principle that if he dies fast enough, the crazed male lead can't hurt him, and manages to dodge one disaster after another. But one day, he wakes up to find the System gone and the crazed 7.7kReads9.4Score657Shelves
37. 987 七 My Dearest, on the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month 七月七日卿 Wan Cheng绾橙Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted Huo Shaoqing hated Qiyue and wanted nothing more than for her to disappear from his world. Qiyue loved Huo Shaoqing. After loving him for seven years, she finally understood that some kinds of love mean letting go. When death came calling, Huo Shaoqing finally realized that he had fallen deeply in love with her long ago. 366Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    It's really sad, especially in the third book where the heroine gets sick and dies at the end.

38. 988 萌 The Adorable Baby Is Here: CEO Daddy, You’re Such a Handful 萌宝来袭：总裁爹地太难缠 Sheng Bus hi盛不世Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted “Woman, you spent five years in prison. Why are you still so ruthless?” Bo Ye grips her by the throat. “Why wouldn’t I be?” Tang Shi smiles, her eyes reddening. “If I weren’t ruthless, how would I have survived those five years in prison?” Only later does he realize that he owes her an apology. But she is already gone… 5Reads8.8Score101Shelves
39. 989 蚀 A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨危情 Qi Lao You淇老游Modern Romance753k WordsCompleted 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 96.4kReads9.2Score6.6kShelves
40. 990 裂 A Heart Torn Without a Trace, an Endless Farewell 裂心无痕，终无期 Xia Nannan夏南楠Modern Romance48k WordsCompleted She plunged a knife into her own heart and smiled with heartbreaking sadness. “If I cut out this heart that loves you, it won't hurt anymore.” Only then did Qi Liangnian understand what it meant to have your heart torn apart. It hurt so much... 496Reads5.4Score—Shelves
41. 991 男 A Man at Forty 男人四十 Fire Beneath the Moon月下火Urban2.4M WordsCompleted If it hadn’t been for a spur-of-the-moment paternity test, Fang Hao would have gone on believing he was the happiest man in the world. His wife was Jiangdong City’s most beautiful woman, they had a pair of fraternal twins, a car and a house, and he was a resident doctor at the People’s Hospital. But the paternity test revealed that the twins had two different fathers: one was him, and the other was another man. 283Reads7.6Score100Shelves

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42. 992 出 After Prison, I Got Heart Disease and Had Two Kids in Tow 出狱后，我得心脏病还揣着两个娃 So Delicious, So Delicious好吃好吃Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted Original title: On Our Wedding Night, General Lu Cried Over His Wife's Grave After Torturing Her to Death The humiliation of their three-year marriage wasn't enough. Now her beloved husband was going to send her to prison with his own hands. After getting out, Lin Miao was diagnosed with “end-stage heart disease.” Her heart throbbed with pain again and again. All she wanted was to live out the rest of her days in peace, but Lu Beixiao never stopped tormenting her. When the truth came to light, 873Reads8.1Score100Shelves
43. 993 薄 Bo Yu, I Don't Dare Love You Anymore 薄欲，我不敢再爱你了 Mu Ziliangchen慕梓凉尘Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted Su Qingwu had been married to Bo Yu for five years, and he had trampled her sincere love until it was shattered to pieces. She thought he really was as cold as the rumors said, even in bed, utterly devoid of emotion. But after Bai Xiaoxiao returned, Su Qingwu realized that Bo Yu hadn’t been born cold and indifferent. He knew better than anyone how to treat someone with tenderness and affection. Su Qingwu was left battered and broken, eventually losing all feeling. When she returned in full fin 1.2kReads7.0Score102Shelves
44. 994 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 141.7kReads9.5Score16kShelves

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    The first one seems to be a suspenseful and exciting novel, but in fact, it is full of knife pulls at the end. I guarantee that you will enjoy the knife. The second one has average writing, but it is all about knives, from the first chapter to the end. The third one goes without saying. The protagonist seems to be in the light again, but in fact he becomes warmer in the darkness. The protagonist's relatives and friends should be careful. Don't worry, it is enough.

45. 995 夫 After His Wife Died, CEO Li Went Mad 夫人死后厉总他疯了 A Gentleman Needs No Seal君子不玺Modern Romance882k WordsCompleted [Obsessive devotion + possessiveness + imprisonment + angst before sweetness + winning back his wife after driving her away + both leads are sexually pure] The first time Shen Li saw Li Sihan, she was captivated by his dark eyes. He promised to give her a home, and Shen Li believed him. At last, she had a home of her own. A year later, Shen Li’s beautiful dream shattered. It had all been an elaborate scheme. He personally sent her to prison, but even after she got out, she still couldn’t escape 685Reads7.9Score151Shelves
46. 996 追 The Immortal Maiden Begs Me Not to Leave at Her Regretful Ex’s Funeral 追夫火葬场：仙子跪求我别走 Loves Eating Water and Electric Fish爱吃水电鱼Eastern Fantasy291k WordsCompleted Keywords: chasing her husband to win him back, corruption, yandere violence, obsessive love, multiple worlds, tearjerker, bittersweet, happy ending. (A lot of readers may not like quick transmigration, but I still hope you’ll give this book a try. Some arcs are long and some are short, but they all revolve around chasing her husband to win him back. I’m sure readers who enjoy this trope will like this book too.) Because of a promise he made to her, Xu Cheng travels between worlds to complete mis 1.9kReads7.2Score103Shelves

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    ①Become black, chase the husband, travel through multiple worlds, and have a happy ending ②Personally, the only shortcoming is that the word count is still relatively small ③The male protagonist is abused in the first part, and the female protagonist is chasing her husband and abusing the female protagonist in the second part, double endings

47. 997 困 Imprisoned by Love 困爱成囚 Flowers Along the Way一路笙花Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Rumor has it that Gu Yansheng, the adopted daughter of the Gu family, had loved the Ninth Master of the Lu family in the imperial capital for years. He couldn't stand her, and for the sake of the woman he cherished, he sent her to prison and had her tortured for five whole years. But no one expected that when the Ninth Master eventually married, his bride would be none other than Gu Yansheng, the woman with a prison record! Everyone eagerly awaited the spectacle, expecting to see how the Ninth M 16.4kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
48. 998 师 Master, Will You Fall in Love with Me? 师尊你会爱上我吗 Lu Cha吕搽Eastern Fantasy299k WordsCompleted Female-Dominant Cultivation + No System + Transmigration + Not Invincible + One Female Lead + No Harem (She transmigrates back to the modern world later; it is no longer a female-dominant world.) After rewarding herself the night before, Gu Yun sleeps in the next morning. Her vision goes black, and she transmigrates to a world called the Tianxuan Continent. Gu Yun cultivates at the Tianyan Immortal Sect. She becomes Shen Qiuchi's disciple and falls in love with her, but Shen Qiuchi, who cultivat 2.7kReads9.1Score165Shelves
49. 999 原 Genshin Impact: Transmigrated into a Famous Yae Publishing House Author 原神：穿成八重堂知名作者 Drinking All the Lanling饮尽兰陵Anime Fanfiction305k WordsCompleted [System, angst, one heroine] Recently, a hugely popular author appeared at Yae Publishing House, winning the hearts of all Inazumans in just half a month. What nobody knew was that, thanks to Yae Miko’s “generous rewards,” the author was forced to keep working every day... Yae Miko: “The moonlight is so clear tonight. It would be a shame not to do something with it. Come take a moonlit stroll with me. No refusing.” Gu Yihan: “I really want to finish my manuscript, but... my wife comes first!” Pa 358Reads7.0Score102Shelves

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    Slightly sweet in the early stage, but huge in the later stage🔪, enter with caution! [Note]

50. 1000 冷 Hot and Cold 冷热 Don't Run别跑Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted In the shifting warmth and chill of your gaze, a vow points straight to the heavens. One rainy night, the doctor Jiang Sui accidentally witnesses a murder. Having seen the entire crime unfold, she becomes the killer's target. Relying on her wits, she escapes death time and again, yet through a twist of fate, she steps into the maze of the criminal underworld. Warning: angst-heavy story. If that bothers you, don't read! 305Reads9.3Score101Shelves

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