Angsty Short Stories That’ll Leave You Sobbing at Midnight 虐的，短文，半夜哭死的那种

1. 451 超 So Sweet! She's Sweet and Flirty, and the Big Shot Would Give His Life for Her 超甜！她乖又撩！大佬命都给她了 Su Qianqian苏钱钱Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted [Complete Short Story] [Mutual healing, secret love comes true + Both inexperienced in love + Happy ending] [Possessive, puppy-like bad boy at first, clingy sweetheart later] [Sweet romance + Rebirth + Devoted husband] Reborn on the first day of freshman year, Lin Suisui ran frantically up to the rooftop. When she saw the man sitting there smoking, exactly as he had on the rooftop in her previous life, her eyes turned red. “Chen Suifeng, is that cigarette really so good?” “Want to try something 83.9kReads9.2Score11.3kShelves

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   It has a happy ending, but it's a bittersweet one, the kind where you find sweetness amidst shards of glass. After the male and female leads break up, oh my god, I cried so much, especially when the female lead says, "Hello Chen Suifeng, my name is Lin Suisui." It was so heartbreaking 😭😭😭😭

2. 452 重 Reborn, I Watched My Family Fall Apart 重生后，我看着自己家家破人亡 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山9k WordsCompleted After being reborn, I watched my family fall apart and die. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 453 重 Reborn to Study Medicine, My Wife from My Previous Life Becomes a Simp 重生学医，前世妻子成舔狗 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山7k WordsCompleted Reborn to Study Medicine, My Wife from My Past Life Becomes a Devoted Follower 11Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 454 他 The Day He Died, She Put on Her School Uniform 他死的那天，她穿上了校服 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted The Day He Died, She Put on Her School Uniform 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Falling in love is a self-torture act of mutual consent.

5. 455 门 Between the Door and the World Outside, My Fiancée Regrets It Like Crazy! 门里门外，未婚妻她悔疯了！ King Revolver左轮王10k WordsCompleted Inside and outside the door, my fiancée is consumed with regret! 6.9kReads—Score—Shelves

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   A classic, highly-rated short story, very enjoyable! [Cool][cool]

6. 456 我 My Boyfriend Was Hired by My Dad 我的男朋友，是我爸花钱雇的 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊12k WordsCompleted My Boyfriend Was Hired by My Dad 41Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 457 妻 My Wife Insisted on Staying with Her First Love, So I Buried Our Marriage with My Own Hands 妻子执意陪白月光，我亲手埋葬了婚姻 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted My wife insisted on staying by her first love's side, so I buried our marriage with my own hands. 6.5kReads—Score122Shelves
8. 458 我 I Took My Rich Girlfriend Back to My Village, and My Mom Set Her Straight on the Spot 我带千金女友回村，我妈当场给她立规矩 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊10k WordsCompleted I Took My Rich Girlfriend Back to the Village, and My Mom Laid Down the Rules for Her on the Spot 1Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 459 发 After I Discovered My Wife Was Cheating 发现妻子出墙后 King Revolver左轮王13k WordsCompleted After discovering his wife was cheating on him 5kReads—Score106Shelves
10. 460 妈 Mom, You Can Go Now 妈，你走吧 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted Mom, You Can Go Now 3Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 461 对 I'm Sorry, I Once Loved You Deeply 对不起，我曾经深爱你 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted I’m Sorry, I Once Loved You Deeply 6.2kReads—Score—Shelves
12. 462 放 Let My Daughter Go. Do Whatever You Want to Me 放了我女儿，随你们糟蹋 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted Let my daughter go, and you can do whatever you want to me. 53Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 463 妻 My Wife's Secret Text Messages 妻子的秘密短信 King Revolver左轮王11k WordsCompleted My Wife's Secret Text Messages 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
14. 464 婚 Marriage Is a Shattered Reflection 婚姻如破碎的镜像 King Revolver左轮王Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Marriage is like a shattered mirror 3.1kReads—Score—Shelves
15. 465 三 Unfinished Bridal Finery on the Three Lives Stone 三生石上，未圆的红妆 The Key Ran Away from Home钥匙离家出走16k WordsCompleted An Unfinished Bridal Dress on the Three-Life Stone 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's too heartbreaking. I've already had my fill of heartbreak, so I'll just read the last chapter to have a laugh.

16. 466 她 After She Cheated, She Lost the Love of Her Life Forever 她出轨后永失所爱 King Revolver左轮王10k WordsCompleted After She Cheated, She Lost the One She Loved Forever 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
17. 467 十 Searching for Him Through Thirteen Lifetimes, Only to Find Nothing 十三世寻他，终究一场空 The Key Ran Away from Home钥匙离家出走18k WordsCompleted Thirteen Lifetimes Searching for Him, Only to End in Vain 9Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 468 分 You Want to Split 60,000 with Me? I Started Out Worth 50 Million! 分我六万？我开局身价五千万！ King Revolver左轮王13k WordsCompleted You Only Want to Give Me Sixty Thousand? I'm Worth Fifty Million from the Start! 509Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 469 番 One Hundred Do-Overs: Side Story 《任务重来一百次》番外 milieModern Romance7k WordsCompleted Extra Story for "The Mission: One Hundred More Tries" 666Reads—Score101Shelves

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    It's very short, only four chapters, and there's a plot twist (I recommend checking out the extra chapters).

20. 470 穿 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Tormented My Heartless Boss Until He Became a Coal-Mining Extra 穿书后我把黑心老板虐成挖煤炮灰 The Key Ran Away from Home钥匙离家出走17k WordsCompleted After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Tormented My Heartless Boss Until He Became a Coal-Mining Cannon Fodder 44Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 471 他 He Actually Stole My Wife 他竟偷走我的妻 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted He Actually Stole My Wife 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
22. 472 我 My Mirror, My Co-Conspirator 我的镜子，我的同谋 Bai Jinghong Sleeps Not at Night白惊鸿夜无眠Urban83k WordsCompleted [Depressing] + [Short Story] + [Parasitic Relationship] Seventeen-year-old Kurose Shin lives bound to his mother, who gave birth to him only so they could die together. Transfer student Minazuki Shizuka is the first person who asks nothing of him. The two hollow souls agree to be mirrors for each other, searching for a crack where light can enter their suffocating little town. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This depressing short story truly delivers a suffocating feeling 😭 A 17-year-old boy is used by his mother as a tool for his own death, until a transfer student arrives—two empty souls agree to be each other's mirrors, desperately searching for a ray of light to survive in a suffocatingly oppressive town. The aftereffects are incredibly powerful; this bond of mutual redemption tinged with brokenness is so heartbreaking!!!

23. 473 妻 The Hell My Wife Hid in the Receipts 妻子藏在收据里的地狱 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted The Hell My Wife Hid in the Receipts 519Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 474 夜 Knocking at Midnight: Who's Spying?! 夜半敲门声：谁在偷窥？！ Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙11k WordsCompleted Knocks at Midnight: Who’s Watching?! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Various forms of torture, like cruel punishment, there's bound to be one that will break your defenses!

25. 475 备 A Backup Plan? I'm Done Putting Up with This! 备胎？老子不伺候了！ King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted A Backup Plan? I'm Done Putting Up With This! 366Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 476 逼 You Forced Me to Drink? I Flipped the Table! 逼我敬酒，我直接掀了桌！ Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙11k WordsCompleted You Force Me to Drink a Toast? I’ll Flip the Table! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 477 你 You Chose Your First Love, So I Let You Go on the Spot (Late Love Won't Save You) 你选白月光，我当场成全（晚情不渡） King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted You chose your first love, so I let you have him right then and there (Late Love Finds No Ferry). 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
28. 478 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—Shelves
29. 479 拿 I Got the Underachiever Script, Then Went on a Rampage 拿到学渣剧本后，我杀疯了 Pig-Holding Kid捧猪小童Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No System, no golden finger] + [An exam-prep story where the heroine really studies, with a realistic tone and a healing theme] Xiao Xiao drifted through the fourth-dimensional space as a spirit for many years. While trying to save someone, she transmigrated into the body of a high school student named Wen Yue. The moment she entered the original host’s body, she regained all her memories of studying, but only in the sciences. [Holy crap, Yue-jie, you’re first in science in the citywide mock ex 5.4kReads9.2Score818Shelves

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    The first four are all angst-filled, but the last one isn't; you can check it out if you're interested.

30. 480 既 If You Love Your First Love So Much, Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Gone? 既爱白月光，我走了你哭啥？ King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted If you love your first love so much, why are you crying now that I've left? 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
31. 481 爱 Love's Stray Cat 爱情流浪猫 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙18k WordsCompleted Love’s Stray Cat 1Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 482 爱 Love Makes No Promises, and My Beloved Never Comes Home 爱不期许，良人不归 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted Love Makes No Promises, and My Beloved Never Came Back 165Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 483 豪 The Hidden Secrets of the Wealthy 豪门的隐秘 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙8k WordsCompleted The Secrets of the Wealthy 2Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 484 继 After My Stepfather Tore Up My College Acceptance Letter, I Laughed 继父撕我录取通知书后，我笑了 King Revolver左轮王22k WordsCompleted After my stepfather tore up my college acceptance letter, I smiled 55Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 485 我 Me? I Have Six Girlfriends?! 我？有六个女朋友？！ Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙18k WordsCompleted Me? I Have Six Girlfriends?! —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 486 她 Her Boy Is So Sweet 她的少年很甜哎 Qing Yu清予Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Healing + Mutual Salvation] In her previous life, Lu Jiayan was killed by a scumbag and her half sister. Not long after her death, Xie Fang took revenge for her in the most brutal way imaginable. Reborn, Lu Jiayan walks toward him with all the tenderness in her heart. All she wants is for the young man she loves to stay spirited, honest, and bright, and to be loved all his life. From then on, a ray of light entered Xie Fang’s world. That light was Lu Jiayan. 189Reads8.7Score106Shelves

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    I think the book "After Two-Way Trip, My Academic Destiny Ended" is the best. The first few chapters aren't too angsty, but it gets incredibly heartbreaking around chapter 100.

37. 487 虐 After Driving His Wife Away, Lord Lu Cries His Eyes Out Every Day 虐跑夫人后，陆爷天天以泪洗面 Murong Yaner慕容烟儿Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted [Powerful CEO + Physical Torment + Possessiveness + He Chases His Wife to Win Her Back] A scheme made Lin Muwan the culprit who crippled the second female lead, the innocent white lotus Bai Lianhua. Lu Tingchen hated her to the core and tormented her in every way. While trying to save him, she unexpectedly became pregnant with his child, but he coldly said, “I'll tear the little bastard out of your belly with my own hands.” In that moment, Lin Muwan's heart died completely. In the end, she died 626Reads8.4Score106Shelves

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    This book is incredibly heart-wrenching. The female lead suffers terribly in the early stages, and later she takes revenge on the male lead, who also suffers greatly. The ending is a tragic one.

38. 488 装 I Pretended to Be Blind for Three Years, but My White Moonlight Said She Knew All Along 装瞎三年，白月光却说她早就知道了 The Rabbit's Corner兔子的角落Marriage & Romance38k WordsCompleted I Pretended to Be Blind for Three Years, but My Dream Girl Said She Knew All Along 3kReads—Score—Shelves

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    I really cried myself to death in the middle of the night.

39. 489 斩 Kill Line: Escape from Paradise Island 斩杀线：逃出天堂岛 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙11k WordsCompleted Kill Line: Escape from Paradise Island —Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 490 她 She Set Her Sights on Someone Better 她另攀高枝 Sweet Knife with Fire Wheels带风火轮的甜刀Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [The male lead’s desperate pursuit of his wife ✚ the second male lead takes his place] Huo Xiao, Fourth Master Huo, was the unattainable heartthrob of Rongcheng. He kept a sweet, obedient substitute by his side, but when his true love returned, the little substitute was forced to give way, crying until her eyes were swollen. His friend felt sorry for her. “She’s crying so pitifully. Aren’t you going to comfort her?” Huo Xiao: “She’s just a substitute. Why should I comfort her?” Later, Huo Xiao k 9kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    After watching "Uncle, Don't Regret It, She's Already in My Arms," ​​I felt so heartbroken. Huo Xiao, at first I hated you so much! Why did you let others bully the female lead? And then you secretly retaliated against those who hurt her! You clearly loved her, so why did you act like this? It was so contradictory. But then the truth came out, and I felt so sorry for you. Why couldn't you be a little selfish? You told thirteen-year-old Shen Shiqian, "I will hold the lamp in the darkness, lighting the way for you." But you were only fifteen then!

41. 491 碎 Light Shattered in Glass Candy Wrappers 碎在玻璃糖纸里的光 The Rabbit's Corner兔子的角落Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Campus × Mutual Pining × Sweet Romance • Flirting × Older Male Lead] At twenty, Lin Yinuann tucked all her feelings into transparent candy wrappers, living quietly, with thorns beneath the surface. That was until Wen Muyang collided with her world. Only then did she realize that even barren places could be touched by the warmth of sunlight. At first, Wen Muyang was simply curious. Why had a girl who once been so lively and dazzling grown so quiet and cautious? Once her disguise was seen through 1.1kReads—Score114Shelves
42. 492 暴 Beating Up a Fox Spirit Who Wants a Title: What Do I Do When She Won't Leave Me Alone? 暴揍讨封狐狸精：被她赖上怎么办 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙6k WordsCompleted I Beat Up the Fox Spirit Who Wanted Me to Name Her: What Do I Do When She Won't Leave Me Alone? 12Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 493 等 Waiting for You to Turn Around and Say You Love Me 等你回头说爱我 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads151k WordsCompleted [Boys' love + emotional torment + physical torment + a perfect deception + innocent on the outside, dark within + obsessive and twisted + bad ending + strong characters + yandere] No one is simple. Please don't look at people too naively, especially those who seem harmless. Shen Yan is the child of a wealthy family. In other people's eyes, he's nothing but a commodity with a price tag, something to be passed around and bullied at will. He tries with all his might to learn how to love others and 881Reads9.2Score118Shelves

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    These books are truly heart-wrenching, so heart-wrenching that I cried my eyes out. I just can't get over them. [Crying][crying][crying]

44. 494 那 That Night, I Knocked on the Wrong Door 那一夜，我敲错了家门 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted That night, I knocked on the wrong door 11Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 495 死 After I Died, He Began to Love Me 死后，他开始爱我 Mu Shuilin木水林Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted Sang Yuan never expected that, after an accident, her husband Gu Yuhui would have his memories sent back to when he was eighteen, a time when he loved someone else. Every night, Gu Yuhui would regain a month’s worth of memories. In those dreams, he fell in love with his unrequited love all over again. He was convinced there was no love in his marriage to Sang Yuan. Then Sang Yuan died, and his memories returned to the moment they first met. She had been a ray of light that illuminated his world 6kReads9.1Score407Shelves
46. 496 长 There Was Once a Young Man in Chang'an ("A Thousand Miles of High Towers, Untouched by Wind or Snow") 长安曾有少年郎（“高台千里，勿沾风雪”） A Sen阿森Ancient Romance161k WordsCompleted [Revenge and court intrigue + childhood sweethearts + tragic palace romance + maximum angst] [Loyal young general VS coldhearted heiress bent on revenge VS gentle, devoted emperor. A tangled love between three people, with heartbreak that cuts to the bone] Qing Ru'an's life was buried beneath the fire that raged through the snowstorm that year. Her entire family was slaughtered, both her parents were gone, and the Qing family, the richest in Zizhou, was reduced to ruins overnight. The once-proud 3.3kReads9.4Score773Shelves
47. 497 最 The Year I Loved You Most 最爱你的那一年 Luo Qinghuan络清欢Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted A short childhood-sweethearts campus tragedy Song Xiyuan has been sickly since childhood, but she takes life in stride and sees things clearly. Then one day, she, who has never worn makeup, starts learning how. Duan Jingchen has always been the kind of child other parents wish they had: smart, hardworking, and good at school. Then one day, the person who has always been by his side disappears. The sun was shining brightly that day, yet Song Xiyuan said something completely out of the blue: “Duan —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 498 我 I Won the Year-End Grand Prize, but My Boss Turned Into a Chameleon 我抽中了年终大奖，老板却成了变色龙 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙6k WordsCompleted I Won the Year-End Grand Prize, but My Boss Turned into a Chameleon 1Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 499 念 Longing Unanswered 念念不忘，再无回响 Yan Jiujing宴九京Two Male Leads605k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads \ ABO \ Angst Novel \ Substitute \ Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] Important warning ❤️ The main love interest gets a bad ending; the second male lead ends up with him~ Yu Moyi had a white moonlight in his heart, but they couldn’t be together because their pheromones were naturally incompatible. So he found an Omega who looked a lot like his white moonlight: Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan was obedient and devoted to him. No matter how badly Yu Moyi treated him, he never got angry. Yu 5.9kReads9.2Score507Shelves

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    I felt very sad after watching it.

50. 500 金 The Golden Cage: Never Fall in Love with a Stranger 金囚笼：不要和陌生人谈恋爱 Fifty-Year-Old Immortal五十老仙8k WordsCompleted The Golden Cage: Don't Fall in Love with Strangers —Reads—Score—Shelves

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