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

1. 1051 年 Young and Promising 年少有为 A Dao阿刀Urban2.1M WordsCompleted How deeply does one's family shape them? Some grow up insecure, timid, and lacking confidence; others become violent and end up behind bars; still others see their marriages torn apart, losing their spouses and children. After countless heartbreaking realizations, some people spend their whole lives healing from childhood, while others are healed for life by their childhood. 21.3kReads9.0Score2.8k14d adds

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   I cried, in front of me

2. 1052 月 Moonlight No Longer Shines on Dreams of the Past 月光不照昔时梦 Xu Zhimeng许织梦Modern Romance189k WordsCompleted [Angst Warning] Qu Zhao: “Are you afraid…” “Afraid of what?” “That someday, your daughter will meet a man like you, just as I did.” Even the sun will one day die. The Milky Way and Andromeda are expected to collide in three billion years. Everything has an end. What about her and Fu Zongxian? Surely this madness would end someday. In his thirty years of life, Fu Zongxian had never asked for anything for himself. But at that moment, gazing at the photograph of his mother, he couldn’t help praying 2.8kReads8.9Score20214d adds

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   This is the pinnacle of angst-filled fiction in my mind. Fu Zongxian will probably never know that he and Qu Zhao actually have a child together...

3. 1053 明 How Many Years Has the Moon Shone on My Heart? 明月何年照我心 Great Dream Tree Man大梦树人Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted (Not a feel-good story. This is angsty. If you want a feel-good story, you may want to skip this one. The low ratings have been getting me down.) Yan Mingchuan said, “Anran, I love you.” Anran was unimpressed, and utterly repulsed by him. The man before her was the nightmare of her life. Later, Anran stood before him, timidly gazing at his face with greedy longing. But he said, “Anran, there can never be anything between us.” Later still. The moon shone especially brightly that day. Yan Mingchua 2.5kReads7.1Score10014d adds

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   This is pretty angsty, you can tell from the ratings. But the part where he chases after his husband later on is satisfying.

4. 1054 三 The Wife at Thirty 三十之妻 Call Me the Female Bandit我叫女土匪Urban2.1M WordsCompleted “Dad... Dad, a bad man is hitting Mom... Waaaah...” His three-year-old daughter called him, sobbing. “Don’t cry, sweetheart. Where are you?” Chen Fei was frantic with worry. “We’re at home. Dad, hurry and save Mom!” His daughter was crying her heart out. Just as Chen Fei was about to ask more, he heard screams coming through the phone... 317Reads8.0Score13314d adds

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   Whether it's a slash or not is unknown, but it's definitely a divine book.

5. 1055 三 Thirty and Ferocious 三十如虎 Young Master Liu公子柳Urban3.6M WordsCompleted Qin Nan was working hard away from home when his wife suddenly called. Strange sounds came from the other end. Suspicious, Qin Nan began investigating, only to discover another side of his wife. From then on, his life fell apart. At thirty, he still had the heart of a tiger. After enduring hardship after hardship, Qin Nan returned as a king, determined to make those who had bullied him pay dearly! 324Reads8.5Score16914d adds
6. 1056 莫 Do No Harm 莫伤 God Says We're Strangers神说陌路Two Male Leads308k WordsCompleted Deception + hypocrisy + BE Happy memories, his parents’ affection, and his older brother’s care had all been nothing but a dream, a delusion. “After you get married, I don’t want to see him live a happy life. He doesn’t deserve it.” Those were the words Mo Shang’s father said to Lu Yancheng in person on their wedding day. Because he looked like his maternal grandparents, his own mother despised him, his older brother bullied him, and neither of his parents loved him. “What kind of person do you 229Reads6.0Score—14d adds

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   It had two male leads, and I cried so much after watching it! [Crying]

7. 1057 新 Ultraman Gaia: I Am Justice 新盖亚奥特曼：我便是正义 Cat's Having Bad Luck Again猫猫又倒霉了Anime Fanfiction248k WordsCompleted Luo Hongren, the human host of Ultraman Gaia, is also known as the alien killing machine and the monster-wrecking maniac. [The monster or alien killed people, but it didn’t mean to?] “Well said! Then it can pay for its crimes with its life.” [It has a tragic past, so it wants to destroy the world?] “I’ll save your soul... Your body? I only said I’d save your soul!” [Humans are sympathizing with an alien that has killed countless people?] “Hello? Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital? One of your patien 41Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Although the synopsis of this book is enjoyable, the protagonist is a classic unlucky guy who starts off from the top and falls into obscurity, but things start to change later on. If you're interested, you can check it out.

8. 1058 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
9. 1059 妻 My Wife's Lies 妻子的谎言 Warm Water and Green Cucumber温水青瓜Urban909k WordsCompleted By chance, my life changed forever... 30Reads8.9Score—14d adds
10. 1060 妻 My Wife's Betrayal 妻子的背叛 Ya Yi犽一Urban3.8M WordsCompleted At thirty, my company has gone bankrupt and my family has fallen apart. What am I supposed to do now...? 158Reads8.7Score10114d adds
11. 1061 被 After Being Pestered by a Yandere, He Became Depressed 被病娇缠上后他抑郁了 Fu Ma覆马Modern Romance701k WordsCompleted Romance, yandere female CEO, depressed male lead, happy ending, melodrama, melodrama, melodrama, both leads suffer, read with caution Original title: After He Became Entangled with a Yandere, He Fell into Depression Du Wan Sheng is a wealthy, troubled female CEO whose way of thinking differs from everyone else’s. Her strange behavior makes her difficult to understand. Yu Xiu Ran is the top student and dream guy in everyone’s eyes, gentle, considerate, and the kind of child parents point to when 1.3kReads8.4Score11014d adds

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    You absolutely must read the first and fourth books! [Smirk]

12. 1062 燕 Yanjing, Where the Dream Began 燕京，梦开始的地方 Blazing Blade火岚刀锋Modern Romance177k WordsOngoing Yanjing has been a blessed land for heroes since ancient times. Su Mo, a decorated soldier from a remote mountain village in Guizhou, has returned to civilian life. He, too, has chosen this place where his dream began... He has arrived in this blessed land, but is it also where he will fulfill his dream? Let’s wait and see... —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Here we are, brothers!

13. 1063 余 For the Rest of My Life, Loving You Is My Illness 余生，爱你成疾 Ji Xiaonuan季小暖Modern Romance131k WordsCompleted Eleven years ago, Lu Tingchen promised that Su Nian would be the only woman in his life. Eleven years later, he had become the powerful president of the Lu Corporation, surrounded by countless beautiful women. She was nothing but his gravely ill, worn-out wife, forced to watch him fool around outside their marriage for three years. When his mistress got pregnant and moved into their home, Su Nian became the clingy nuisance everyone accused of refusing to divorce him. “Lu Tingchen, you said I wou 300Reads6.6Score10114d adds

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    My friends, this book is really heartbreaking. I suggest those who are easily moved to tears don't read it. I cried so much! The male lead is such a jerk and the female lead is so pitiful!!!

14. 1064 我 We Fell in Love in a Parallel Universe 我们在平行时空相爱 Two Packs of Liqun a Day一天两包利群Urban256k WordsCompleted I had a very, very long dream. I dreamed that every grain of sand on that beach replayed my past. Then, suddenly, another wave carried me to a parallel world. There, I seemed to see someone much like me, someone who also had memories I could never forget, day or night... 540Reads9.4Score10314d adds

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    You'll like the book about tanks.

15. 1065 从 It Began When I Ran Away from Home 从离家出走开始 Silent Mountain, Black Dog默山黑犬Urban641k WordsCompleted (Scams from the start + goofy antics + meme references.) “If you hadn’t provoked her, why would she cry?” “She’s still little. Can’t you, as her big brother, be the bigger person?” “It takes two to tango. You’re both at fault!” The parents were sick and tired of their children’s daily squabbles. To save themselves the trouble, they asked the older brother to make a small sacrifice. From that moment on, the scales of fairness began to tip, and favoritism and sacrifice became part of everyday life 73Reads7.9Score—14d adds

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    Hahaha... Sweet... All sweet... Hehehe... All sweet...

16. 1066 那 That Starry Sky of Emotions 那一片情感的星空 Blazing Blade火岚刀锋Urban107k WordsOngoing Emotions have always been a false premise, from ancient times to the present. In ancient days, they inspired people to pledge their lives to one another. Today, they tear families apart... But the protagonist, Su Mo, is a tangled mess of contradictions. Who can understand what lies within him, and who can rise above the mortal world...? —Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 1067 痴 A Love So Deep 痴痴情深 Lü Jiang Ah律酱啊Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted The naive Su Cheng had a heart as pure as snow, and thought only of the prince. But the prince felt nothing for him. Again and again, he called him by the wrong name, let go of his hand, and wounded his devoted heart. Did the prince know that even a naive boy could understand love, and that even he could be heartbroken? 145Reads8.4Score—14d adds
18. 1068 疯 After Reforming, the Mad Enchantress Has Every God at Her Feet 疯批妖姬洗白后，诸神皆为裙下臣 One Who Came Running Out of the Mountains大山里跑出来的Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, everyone dotes on her, everyone gets their comeuppance, the villainess is redeemed, but she refuses to forgive] After transmigrating into a book as Jun Qing, a wicked female demon condemned by Heaven, she fails to clear her name time and time again because of the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions. Her Imperial Lord father strips her of her divine status. Her three older brothers despise her. The little slave she took in betrays her, and her God of War disciple personally dra 1.7kReads8.6Score32814d adds
19. 1069 在 No Escape from Fate 在劫难逃 Green Ink青墨Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted Yu Yang thinks Li Han is his destined calamity. He gave him everything, even his life. But with their memories missing, the sweetness they once shared has become ammunition for hurting each other! After betrayal, exploitation, misunderstanding, and reckless cruelty, how can a shattered heart find its former lover again? “Yu Yang, you were the one who came after me first! Leave? Don't even think about it. Even if you're rotten and reeking, you have to stay by my side!” I'll stay with you until I 39Reads8.4Score—14d adds
20. 1070 以 Risking It All to Fish Out 280,000 Yuan in Lifesaving Money 以身入局，钓出28万救命钱 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙9k WordsCompleted Putting Himself on the Line to Lure Out 280,000 Yuan in Lifesaving Money 9Reads—Score—14d adds

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    You've asked for trouble, here you go!

21. 1071 绝 I Will Never Forgive You! My Brothers Kneel and Beg Me to Come Home 绝不原谅！哥哥们下跪求我回家 Orange, You’ll Never Get Enough橙子你爱不完Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The Sister-Chasing Regret Tour] [An Invincible Female-Led Power Fantasy] [Absolutely No Forgiveness] [The Heroine Shines on Her Own] Before she was reborn, Fu Nian was the Fu family's biological daughter, lost and raised elsewhere. Desperate for the affection of the family she had only just found, she gave way to her adopted younger sister in everything. In the end, her sister plotted her death, while her biological parents and brothers spat insults at her and didn't even show up for her funera 2.4kReads8.9Score33314d adds
22. 1072 喂 I Fatting Up My Childhood Friend and Bestie, Then Sent Them to Prison 喂肥竹马和闺蜜，送他们进监狱 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted I fattened up my childhood sweetheart and best friend, then sent them to prison 26Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 1073 从 Transmigrating to Punish Scoundrels 从穿越开始虐渣 March Fireworks烟花三月Two Male Leads336k WordsCompleted [Satisfying scumbag takedowns + physical and emotional torment + broken relationships that can’t be mended + he dies every time] Wei Li, a model citizen, was hit by a truck while saving a brat who had run into the road. He’d imagined that the wonderful medical staff would bring him back to life, but instead, his soul floated out of his body as he watched the ambulance carry away his crushed, bloody corpse. For the first time in his life, he was speechless. With his body in that state, what were 298Reads9.3Score10114d adds

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    The first book is incredibly heart-wrenching. The second book is incredibly heart-wrenching. (Completed, happy ending) The third book is incredibly heart-wrenching. (Updates are too slow, so I don't recommend reading it, but the plot is really good. If you want to read it, you'll have to be patient.) P. S.: If you have any further questions, you can find me below; I'll reply quickly.

24. 1074 温 A Gentle Trap: I Was Blinded by Lust 温柔陷阱，我被“色”字迷了眼 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙6k WordsCompleted A Tender Trap: The Word "Lust" Blinded Me 18Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 1075 皇 The Empress Leaped to Her Death, and the Mad Tyrant Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 皇后纵身一跃，疯批暴君哭红了眼 Huang Dandan黄蛋蛋Ancient Romance635k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, devoted couple + palace intrigue + regretful pursuit, clear-headed heroine, everyone's unattainable ideal] Meng Tang is a gracious, gentle empress who never competes for favor. Everyone thinks she is a true white lotus standing tall in the harem, and even the tyrant believes it. He takes a new concubine, and she smiles, congratulates him, and arranges for the newcomer to spend the night with him. He sends her restorative medicine, and she obediently takes it, knowing full we 21.5kReads9.3Score2k14d adds

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    Eat knives less often.

26. 1076 我 I'm Already a God, Why Be Your Brain-Dead Fan? 我已是神明何必做你的脑残粉 Beitang Xinyan北堂新雁Two Male Leads412k WordsCompleted Original title: I'm Already a God, Why Be Your Brain-Dead Fan? (Complete, enjoy without worry) This is an angst-filled story! Don't be fooled by the title! Kind, sincere, and beautiful sickly angel bottom x emotionally oblivious domineering CEO top Two male leads, each other's first love, equally matched, devoted to each other, one-on-one romance. Two dreams in one life, one pair destined for each other. [Physical and emotional suffering + a mountain of personal worldbuilding + nothing beats bei 26Reads—Score—14d adds

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    They are all angst stories, mainly focusing on physical abuse.

27. 1077 刑 A Detective's Story: The Fishing King Solves the Mystery of the Sunken Body 刑警故事，钓鱼王破解沉尸之谜 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙Mystery17k WordsCompleted A Criminal Police Story: The Fishing King Solves the Mystery of the Sunken Corpse 5Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 1078 秋 On an Autumn Night, I Found My Way Home 秋夜知归途 Zhufeng珠风Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted In an age torn apart by war, she is sold into a warlord’s household at just seventeen. By a twist of fate, she meets the young marshal Pei Che... and is drawn into the heart of the maelstrom. When she learns that the people closest to her were responsible for selling her, she is devastated. She cuts ties with them and never looks back. 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's angsty at first, then sweet [almost crying][drooling]

29. 1079 穿 Reborn as a Frail Medicine Jar, I Get a Regent King as a Reward 穿成病弱药罐子，奖励一个摄政王 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads501k WordsCompleted [Sickly, slow-burn, and talkative + unhinged, scheming, and aloof] Su Li transmigrates, only to become a sickly invalid, a complete weakling. The current emperor and the regent have been at each other's throats for years. He's always enjoyed watching those two scheming fools fight, but things are getting more and more out of control. Wait... Why are they trying to wipe out the entire Marquis's household when they're the ones fighting each other? Are you kidding me? One day, the regent tilted his 2.4kReads9.3Score36414d adds
30. 1080 敲 Knocking at the Door, a Terrifying Surprise: You're My Little Sweetheart 敲门惊魂，你是我的小宝贝儿 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙8k WordsCompleted A Knock at the Door, A Chilling Nightmare: You're My Little Darling 5Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 1081 优 Model Delinquent 优等败类 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads310k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication: @You Yu Ru Zhou] [Two powerful leads + devoted to each other + 1v1 + madman + pervert + a wild mix of melodrama + younger love interest + happy ending] Xu Yi has a wife. She's beautiful, sweet, and obedient, so gorgeous that the whole world covets her. Everyone envies Xu Yi for winning such a beauty, but only Xu Yi knows that she's insane. The day Tan Fei Lian, a self-aware advanced experimental subject, escaped from the laboratory... Was the beginning of Xu Yi's nightma 16.9kReads9.6Score2.4k14d adds
32. 1082 凶 The Haunted House: The Midnight Wind Chime Murders 凶宅之午夜风铃杀人事件 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙8k WordsCompleted The Haunted House: The Midnight Wind Chime Murders 4Reads—Score114d adds
33. 1083 背 Carrying a Coffin to Bury the Mortal World, Immortal for Ninety Thousand Years 背棺葬人间，长生九万年 Moonlit Chang'an月明长安Eastern Fantasy500k WordsCompleted [Immortality + System + coffin-making + claiming lives + ultimate villain look + no female lead] Lu Wusheng transmigrates to a fantasy world and inherits a shop that sells incense and candles. Making paper money every day increases his lifespan. Placing people in coffins increases his cultivation. And so, over the long years, Lu Wusheng begins an endless cycle of making money and coffins, hunting down souls and claiming lives. In the endless river of time, Lu Wusheng has witnessed ghost kings ma 2.5kReads8.8Score23314d adds

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    This is also good. I spent 30 hours reading the 200 chapters, word by word. I liked the part about Yu Chan's 50,000-word wait. I also liked a line from the academy master: "A teacher for a day is a father for life." He is both a teacher and a father. The disciple's debts are repaid by the master. I also liked a line from the book: "If death is an inevitable festival, then life is the beginning of all disasters."

34. 1084 胆 Cowards, Keep Out: A Courier Battles Sadako 胆小鬼勿进：快递员大战女鬼贞子 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙8k WordsCompleted Cowards Keep Out: The Courier vs. Sadako, the Ghost 7Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 1085 威 After Threatening Them, I Got Hypnotized Instead 威胁她们之后反被催眠 I Like the Son of Heaven Best最喜欢天子了Urban470k WordsOngoing Jiang Qi has a face nobody can forget, but no one knows that it’s his only asset. His father is a gambling addict, and his mother remarried long ago. Since childhood, he has had to navigate his way among wealthy girls just to scrape together enough for tuition and meals. Jiang Qi hates himself for living this way, but he has no choice. Until his father sold their only home. Qin Zhaoyue, who bought the house, joked that Jiang Qi could pay the rent with his body. With nowhere else to go, Jiang 2kReads6.4Score10214d adds

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

36. 1086 逆 Defying the Odds: A Poor Student’s Rise to Gaokao Champion 逆天，学渣逆袭成高考状元 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙9k WordsCompleted Against All Odds: The Underachiever Who Rose to Become the Top Scorer on the College Entrance Exam 1Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 1087 我 I Am an Exiled Immortal 我是谪仙人 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙18k WordsCompleted I Am an Exiled Immortal 2Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 1088 快 Quick Transmigration: Why Hasn’t the Male Lead Come to Kill Me Yet? 快穿：男主怎么还没来杀我 Shang Shi Lei殇十泪Two Male Leads451k WordsCompleted Jing Mo was a mission-taker who played an utterly wicked villain. In each little world, all he wanted was to finish his mission early and recover his memories. But he never expected to hit a wall in the very first world. 1: Jing Mo was hated by the entire internet. He not only targeted the top-tier star, but was also buried in scandals, beyond even the Yellow River’s power to wash clean. Yet the sweet, naive male lead stubbornly stuck by his side, saying he wanted to protect him. 2: Jing Mo was 97Reads8.5Score—14d adds

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    Extremely heart-wrenching! Don't be fooled by its description!! It will truly break your heart!!!

39. 1089 我 Doing Business in the Heavens, I Fleeced Every Immortal in Sight 我在天上做生意，薅秃了各路神仙 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙8k WordsCompleted I Do Business in Heaven, Shearing All the Gods Bald 8Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 1090 惊 Horror Game: My Second Personality Is an Evil God 惊悚游戏，我的第二人格是邪神 Call Me Great Lord叫我大官人Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Madman] [Dark Humor] [Mind Games] [Thriller] A Thriller game descends, and Chen Xie, a patient at a psychiatric hospital, is dragged into it. With an evil god living inside him, he possesses both absolute rationality and absolute madness. Evil God: I’m the absolutely rational one. You’re the absolutely insane one! Mutant Doctor: This guy chopped me to death, then went off to make mutants himself! Ghost Teacher: He doesn’t just break the school rules, he straight-up blows the pr 4.2kReads9.3Score49014d adds

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    If you're looking for something angsty, the first book might take a long time to read, but it's quite brutally honest. I haven't been able to get past the others yet, especially the 1000-page chapter. If you like crazy stories, you can choose the first book. If you want to experience angst quickly, you can check out the second one. The third book is also highly recommended. It's by an older author who came from another platform, unlike most of the current works which are written by elementary school students. The writing style is also the best of the three. It's interspersed with some unresolved issues, like a cunning old fox (all of this author's books are cunning). It makes you laugh for a while and then stabs you with a small knife, but there are fewer of those later on. Maybe something big is brewing up!

41. 1091 这 This Holy Son Is Way Too Cautious 这个圣子太稳健啦 Fat Cat in the Deep Alley深巷肥猫Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Reborn + Satisfying power fantasy + Daily life + Cunning protagonist + Lighthearted + Subverts expectations] “This is paradise for the strong and a graveyard for the weak.” Su Huai, a burned-out office worker, wakes up to discover he has transmigrated to the Immortal Domain, a place where the strong prey on the weak and danger lurks everywhere. After seven chaotic lives ending in tragic deaths and fresh starts, with no favor from the System, he finally uses the experience of his previous lives 16.6kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
42. 1092 我 My Childhood Friend Ascended the Throne 我的竹马登基了 Guang Jun's Promise广君一诺Ancient Romance332k WordsCompleted [Comedy + Zhihu-style storytelling + Ridiculous antics + Strong Male and Female Leads + Childhood Sweethearts + A Little Angst] My name is Gu Xiang, and I’m a celebrated female general. Qi Yan and I have been at odds since we were children. He’s a petty man who loves to kick people when they’re down. As for why Qi Yan loves picking on me so much, it’s because he’s jealous of me. Jealous because everyone loves me and even the flowers bloom when they see me. Chapter excerpt: “Qi Yan, what do you 853Reads6.2Score—14d adds

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    It was incredibly heartbreaking, I cried so much.

43. 1093 在 I Got Caught in the Rain in Your World 在你的世界淋过雨 Green Lamp Through the Years青灯度流年Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted Ji Linyu has always believed that her father used his power to frame the Ji family and force him to marry Zhou Jianyi. For six years, he has done nothing but use her and put on an act, all so he can bring down the Zhou family one day! The greatest pain of Zhou Jianyi's life is that her father has barely been laid to rest, her brother's death remains unexplained, her mother is hovering between life and death, and she herself is barely holding on. At her lowest point, Ji Linyu threatens to leave h 2.5kReads5.4Score15314d adds

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    This is a short story, but it's full of sharp, cutting moments!

44. 1094 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, 53Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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    Here it comes! 1. The first-person perspective is really heart-wrenching. 2. The substitute trope and the fake death in several quick transmigration novels! Second to last recommendation: The Grand Tutor's World - I got really into it, but the angst is real! Last recommendation: "The Queen of the Apocalypse Descends" - anyone know what I mean? I love it!!!

45. 1095 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. 525Reads9.3Score10114d adds
46. 1096 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 Leads891k 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 5.1kReads9.3Score59114d adds
47. 1097 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 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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

48. 1098 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, 254Reads6.5Score10114d adds
49. 1099 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 4.2kReads7.7Score35814d adds

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    The first book starts with a stab, the second book will poison you to death.

50. 1100 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 174.6kReads9.4Score15.5k14d adds

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

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