Give Me Angst! I Need Angst! It’s Been Too Long Since a Story Wrecked Me 刀，求刀，太久没被刀了，皮氧了

1. 51 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves
2. 52 别 Stop Asking Me to Forgive You. Can You Just Let Me Go Before I Die? 别求我原谅了，临死前放过我好吗 Nonsense-Talking Anchovy糊言乱语的咸鱼Urban213k WordsCompleted [A pure healing story. The protagonist is destined to die + guiding spirits to the afterlife] Also known as [I Guide All Living Beings Through the Mortal World] After a checkup, Lu Yuan learns that he has at most six months left to live. So Lu Yuan decides to cast aside the heavy burdens that were never his to bear and start living for himself! Just then, he encounters the “Forget Worries Tavern,” and after his death, he becomes its owner. 1.7kReads9.0Score108Shelves
3. 53 前 My Ex-Girlfriend Loved Me Too Much: After She Died, She Had Her Ashes Sent to My House 前女友太爱我，死后骨灰寄我家 I'll Be Rich Someday我总会暴富Urban333k WordsCompleted New book out now: Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moon, You Alone Are My Future [Male-Oriented Romance + Everyday Healing + Heartbreaking Tragedy + Wildly Imaginative Ashes + The Kind of Story You'd Find at a Corner Shop in the Clouds] This story is partly based on real life. Lu Yuan unexpectedly receives a package. It's from Jiang Lai, his ex-girlfriend, who he broke up with seven years ago. The package contains Jiang Lai's ashes! She has also left him an inheritance of five million, but claiming it w 239Reads8.8Score—Shelves
4. 54 我 I Witness Your Wedding in the Name of Your Lawful Wife 我以正妻之名为你证婚 Qingqiu Nanzhu青丘南烛41k WordsCompleted I Bear Witness to Your Wedding in the Name of Your Legal Wife 5.9kReads—Score75.9kShelves

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   Those with a low tear threshold should prepare to cry their eyes out. In "I, as Your Wife, Witness Your Wedding," the male lead abandons everything, going all in for a happy ending, but fate intervenes. His lover, however, remains resolute. Oh my god... You should go see it for yourselves.

5. 55 开 From the Start, This Livestreamer Summons Spirits and Gets Even with His Enemies 开局直播招魂，这主播有仇真报啊 Eating Pomegranates Without Spitting Out the Seeds吃石榴不吐籽Mystery366k WordsCompleted [Comedy, lighthearted, supernatural, invincible, livestreaming] [One female lead] On a dark, stormy night, a bizarre livestream caught everyone’s attention. Countless viewers watched a “sacrifice and spirit-summoning” unfold live. At first, people thought it was all scripted. Until “he” really came. He said, “My name is Cang Ji. Remember it.” He laid one horrific case after another bare for all to see. He made sure the culprits met a gruesome end. At first, viewers said: [It’s just a script. You 698Reads8.9Score125Shelves
6. 56 他 Where He Belongs 他的归处 Worried Unicorn操心的独角兽Two Male Leads22k WordsCompleted The internet was flooded with stories of Song Qing’s heroic deeds. I saw a video someone had taken: Song Qing leapt gracefully into the lake like a carp, then slowly disappeared, as if that had always been where he belonged. 4.1kReads8.1Score657Shelves
7. 57 c After Cosplaying Wounded Wendy, I Transmigrated to Teyvat cos战损温迪后，穿越提瓦特了 Jiu Er Yu玖儿瑜Anime Fanfiction655k WordsOngoing The rating just came out and will rise★ [Beautiful, strong, tragic + Battle-scarred + Everyone’s favorite + Funny daily life + Friendship-focused, no CP] Good news: I transmigrated into my dream deity and get to be right beside my favorite character! Bad news: From the start, I’m gravely wounded and on the brink of death, yet the whole city worships me as the real deal! Even wilder news: The real Anemo God has awakened! “I really am not Barbatos! Please believe me!” For the Nth time, Venti offe 5.7kReads9.1Score532Shelves

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   The first book's angst came in segments; the second book had fewer angsts; the third book was about family ties, with angst throughout and few moments of warmth; the fourth book's protagonist was a time traveler, so the angst only appeared in the side plot points.

8. 58 别 Don’t Ask Me to Forgive You. I Just Want to Die with Dignity 别求我原谅，我只想从容赴死 Er Rang二让Urban200k WordsCompleted [Regret and remorse] [No forgiveness] [Extreme sports] [Livestream] [Protagonist dies] Lu He enjoyed less than a month of happiness in the first half of his life. His mother became a vegetable, and they blamed him. The family business was struggling, and they blamed him. Even when his adopted younger brother only got a minor scrape, they blamed him. And now, ALS had come for him too. He was about to die. Why should he still be sensible and obedient, constantly making things difficult for himself 1.1kReads8.5Score103Shelves
9. 59 小 The Young Master Is Reborn and Wants Nothing but to Wait for Death 小少爷重生后一心等死 Startled Bird Enters a Dream惊鸟入梦Two Male Leads485k WordsCompleted [Reborn + one-on-one romance + sweet and doting + happy ending][Goofy, fatherly big shot x sickly young master] When Wen Yinuo was five, he got lost while out on a family trip. He wasn’t found until he was sixteen. But in the second year after he went missing, his family had adopted another child to take his place. Even after Wen Yinuo returned, his parents and relatives gave all their tenderness and love to the adopted child, without sparing a bit for him. Everything Wen Yinuo did was even bran 17.4kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
10. 60 弟 My Little Brothers Are So Fierce! I’m Clearly the Eldest 弟弟们好凶！！！明明我才是大哥 Lu Zhigui路知归Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + the whole family dotes on the protagonist + frail eldest brother + family bonds and friendship + no romance for the protagonist + old-school angst] The eldest brother may seem a little childish in the description due to psychological reasons. If that bothers you, please don’t read! When he was eighteen, both of his parents died, leaving him with five younger brothers. The people around them were greedy and covetous. To protect himself and his brothers, Jiang Guanqing squeezed two day 221.7kReads9.0Score41.7kShelves
11. 61 我 I'm Dying, So Why Are You Still Begging Me to Forgive You? 我要死了，你干嘛还要跪求原谅？ Sword Alone, Ink Traces Remain孤剑笔痕Urban122k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [Regret and Face-Slapping] [Bad-End Romance] [A Story of Redemption] Ye Yuchen was the kind of well-behaved, considerate, gentle boy other families wished they had. But he lived in a home where his family froze him out. He had an older brother and a younger sister, and his awkward place in the family made him the least loved of them all. It was only during a routine hospital checkup that he learned he had less than two years to live. The laughable part was that no one visited h 285Reads8.4Score—Shelves
12. 62 重 After Being Reborn, I Became the Beloved Female Side Character 重生后，女配的我被团宠了 Suoda's Wife索大的媳妇Modern Romance406k WordsCompleted Warning: This is not a female-lead power fantasy about revealing a secret identity. If that’s what you’re looking for, you can leave. [Some angst + reborn + adored by everyone + sweet romance + variety show] In her previous life, after the youngest daughter of Beijing’s wealthy Lu family went missing, they blamed their eldest daughter, Lu Yinghan, for failing to look after her little sister and drove her out. Lu Yinghan made her own way in life, but on her twentieth birthday, she was diagnosed w 134.2kReads9.2Score11.3kShelves
13. 63 原 Genshin Impact: A Wish Pool Character, the Demon God Reborn 原神：卡池角色，涅槃之魔神 I'm Just Passing By我只是路过的Anime Fanfiction3.7M WordsOngoing Jun Bai was unhappy with the island storyline in Version 4.8, so he joined a huge number of veteran players in charging onto the MiHoYo community forum. Then he accidentally transmigrated to the world of Teyvat. Bound to a Plot Modification System, he becomes a character in the gacha pool. As long as he earns popularity, he can gain the power to alter the plot. And so, the Phoenix of Rebirth, Phimicus, makes his entrance. Saving Guizhong, protecting the Yakshas, guarding the Raiden Shogun: every 14.8kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
14. 64 无 Endless Trials 无尽的试炼 Pikachu Ghost皮卡鬼Urban166k WordsOngoing [Urban adventure + rags-to-riches story + a trio’s journey of healing + lighthearted comedy] (No harem, no System, no formulaic plot, no brainless characters) [Emotional highs and lows, sweet moments and heartbreak, one after another. The impact really hits afterward, so read with care if you’re sensitive to that.] From the start, all he has is a pair of underpants, yet he dares to declare: “I’m going to become a billionaire!” A genius doctor, abused and driven onto the streets; an eccentric, go —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The academically gifted male protagonist has a truly tragic past! He suffered domestic violence for 20 years, and at the start of the story, he awakens to his true self and runs away from home with only two pairs of underwear! The beginning is all knives, knives, knives, and more, but it's also filled with humor and lightheartedness. Later, he encounters a reclusive, loser uncle who hasn't left his house in 38 years, who surprisingly offers him 2 million yuan to help him woo a sexy, mature female assassin! The plot is incredibly captivating, and the writing is exquisite. This book is definitely a gem; the complete version has been updated to its climax! Read it with confidence!

15. 65 未 My Fiancé Tortured Me to Death, Then Wanted to Die for Me 未婚夫把我折磨至死，他却要殉情 Quan Xin荃昕Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted My Fiancé Tormented Me to Death, Yet He Wants to Die for Love 441Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Knives flying everywhere

16. 66 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 118.9kReads9.5Score16.6kShelves

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    It's so graphic, it's almost unbearable for people with heart conditions; the whole thing is like a knife.

17. 67 雪 Snow-Buried Eyes, Love Reduced to Zero 雪葬双眸，爱意归零 Quan Xin荃昕10k WordsCompleted Snow buries her eyes, and love fades to nothing 464Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 68 名 After Conquering the World, the Female CEO Regrets Losing Her Husband 名震全球后，女总裁追夫火葬场 Fox of Lingyin灵隐狐Urban1.8M WordsCompleted For seven years of marriage, Lin Fan kept his sharp edges hidden and folded away his wings, becoming a steady, responsible husband and father. But his wife and daughter considered him old-fashioned and boring. Their attention was drawn to another man, carefree and unrestrained… Lin Fan was tired. After signing the divorce papers, the real him returned. But once he made his dazzling comeback, she regretted it… 1.9kReads6.5Score270Shelves
19. 69 你 You Are the Fireworks of This World 你是人间烟火 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban985k WordsCompleted One rainy night, while I was out delivering food, a beautiful woman in a luxury car knocked me down. Little did I know, that would be the start of our fateful connection. She was incredibly apologetic: she gave me money, apologized, and left me her contact information. But then, somehow, I ended up getting beaten up because of it. Furious, I swore that if I ever saw her again, I’d demand to know why! But fate had other plans. When we met again, who would have thought it had all been predestined? 18.7kReads8.6Score2kShelves
20. 70 卧 The Undercover Agent Returns, and Security Exposes His Scars 卧底回归，一身疤痕被安检曝光了 User16805119用户16805119Urban308k WordsCompleted Shen Shao is unexpectedly reborn in a parallel world and becomes an undercover agent for the military. He is ordered to investigate the leader of the international criminal organization K2. During his time undercover, he even rises to become the organization’s second-in-command. But during the final arrest operation, a bomb suddenly explodes. Several shrapnel fragments lodge in his body, leaving Shen Shao gravely wounded. With no other choice, he leaves the military and returns home. Just as She 1.8kReads7.8Score172Shelves
21. 71 现 A Modern Female Rogue Cultivator's Astral Travels 现代女散修的元神漫游记 Fan Yishan梵一善Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted A female rogue cultivator from the city wanders into a ruined temple and unexpectedly finds a strange book capable of revealing the universe's ultimate secrets. From then on, she can leave her body in spirit form and encounters all kinds of supernatural events in the city. She often befriends the Black and White Impermanence, thinking she is about to ascend, but this wildly imaginative astral adventure through the city has only just begun! It turns out there are all sorts of ways to cultivate bo 71Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    The knife is coming! "The immortal touched my head, bestowing upon me immortality!" To protect the female protagonist, the Radiant Immortal burned his primordial spirit, smashing through the data barrier and vanishing into nothingness… I cried so loudly.

22. 72 蘑 Back to Field: Ten Suicide Notes Revealed, Leaving the Entire Internet in Tears 蘑菇屋：十封遗书曝光，泪崩全网 I Am Ten Yuan吾乃十元钱Male-Channel Fanfiction179k WordsCompleted Season 6 of Yearning for Life premiered. As soon as everyone arrived, they were stunned by the beautiful scenery. Before long, they discovered a strange little cabin. Inside, they found ten letters. The first read: “Nuan Nuan, the flowers on the island have bloomed. That means I’ve come to see you…” Lin Feng The whole internet buzzed: Had Lin Feng come to the island to pursue Nuan Nuan? Who was this Lin Feng? They read the second letter, then the third… all the way to the tenth. Only then did th 2.5kReads9.1Score290Shelves
23. 73 诸 Riddled with Illness, I Refuse Treatment. Why Are You Crying? 诸病缠身，我不治，你们哭什么 So, Mister所以先生Urban307k WordsCompleted [Also known as: "Your Son Has Been Gone for a Long Time" and "My Depression Was Getting Better, but I Still Had Stomach Cancer"] Guo Lu was just passing through, a person suffering from depression, schizophrenia, and stomach cancer. After learning that he had only a few years left if he did not seek treatment, Guo Lu wanted nothing more than to end it all on his own terms. After the conflicts with his family accumulated and finally exploded time and again, the people close to him at last learned 5.8kReads8.8Score435Shelves
24. 74 绝 After I Left With a Terminal Illness, My Contract Girlfriend Went Crazy Looking for Me 绝症离开后，合约女友找疯了 Pu Tong朴通Urban1.0M WordsCompleted An Miaoxi is the CEO of a publicly listed company. While waiting for the man she has always cherished to return from abroad, and to ward off unwanted attention from others, she picks up Lin Xun, a reborn transmigrator she happens to find by the roadside, and makes him her contract boyfriend. For five years, Lin Xun has cared for her in every way and kept their home running like clockwork. But An Miaoxi has always regarded him as nothing more than a “substitute” for the man in her heart. When the 3.6kReads7.6Score315Shelves
25. 75 世 The Person Who Loves Me Most in the World 世界上最爱我的人 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.0M WordsCompleted The purest kind of love is this: you rejected me, and I’ll never resent you for it, but I won’t come near you again. If you ever need my help, I’ll still give everything I have to help you... 61.8kReads9.3Score7.5kShelves
26. 76 我 Waiting for You Amid Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moonlight 我在风花雪月里等你 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, I Wait for You in Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moon, is now available on Hongguo. We all pretend to be sad, comforting someone else who is sad. It isn't until one day, when we go to another city, that we finally understand: there's no such thing as pretend sadness. Shanghai or Dali, it doesn't matter. The cities shine with lights, but loneliness lives only in people's hearts! This is a story about a disillusioned man fleeing the city, only to find love in Dali. 85.8kReads9.3Score10.5kShelves
27. 77 毛 Mao Xiaoxue 毛小雪 Seagull Doesn't Want Fries海鸥不想吃薯条Modern Romance82k WordsOngoing What? The tutor my dad hired is my ex-girlfriend? At first, no one paid attention to this epidemic. That is, until it began affecting everyone. An unknown epidemic suddenly breaks out in Xiguo. Mao Xiaoxue and He Hai embark on the path to becoming doctors. Can He Hai save the woman he loves? Can Mao Xiaoxue bring the epidemic to an end? The source of the outbreak remains shrouded in mystery. Is it a natural disaster or a man-made one? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The only masterpiece on the entire Tomato Bookstore whose title doesn't do it justice.

28. 78 我EN My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 120kReads9.7Score13.9kShelves
29. 79 制 Making the Defense of Jinling, Players Charge Forward in Tears 制作金陵保卫战，玩家边哭边冲锋 Steamed Bun with Red Bean Paste馒头豆沙包Urban1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Lin Yan. In my previous life, I was a game-design workhorse. In this life, after transmigrating to a parallel world, I still work in game development. The difference is that I've awakened a System called “World War.” By combining this world's technology with the System, I can create breathtaking, fully immersive virtual reality games. And so, art that would shake the world was born... “The Battle of Shanghai and the Defense of Nanjing”; “One Against Seventeen: The Surprise Attack on t 7.2kReads8.7Score582Shelves
30. 80 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score325Shelves

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    How about giving this a try? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more captivating it becomes! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics make it an absolute must-read this year.

31. 81 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Raised the Heroine into a Yandere 穿书后，我把女主养成病娇了 Insulin Overdose狂打胰岛素Urban422k WordsOngoing [One heroine + yandere + redemption + secret photography + stalking and surveillance + sharing a cigarette + setting a trap] Cui Shun transmigrated into a book. He became an arrogant, domineering wastrel. His greatest trait was being wicked. And constantly courting death. He bullied, beat, scolded, and humiliated the heroine. In the end, the male lead, a heaven-defying hero, would dump him in the sea in a sack to feed the fish. To avoid being killed off by the plot, Cui Shun decided to start tre 557.4kReads9.2Score88.8kShelves
32. 82 重 Reborn for a Second Life, Who'd Still Chase After Her? 重活一世，谁还要追她啊？ Retired Hero退役勇者Urban912k WordsOngoing [Reborn at school]+ [Chasing her husband]+ [A mellow, everyday-life story] A new novel from a veteran author with a million words under their belt. Quality guaranteed! A car accident leads Chen Jianji to discover the diary left behind by Lin Qingxue, the wife who had been by his side for ten years. It also tears away every pretense in their marriage. Lin Qingxue had always been cold and terse, yet her diary is filled with disgust and resentment toward him. By contrast, what she writes about anot 353.1kReads6.5Score30.7kShelves
33. 83 暗 Unrequited Love Is a Pantomime of Insecurity 暗恋，是一场自卑的默剧 Mu Yu yu暮雨yuUrban906k WordsOngoing (A new author and a new book! It has just received its first rating, and the score will go up!) [Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, no stock trading, just authentic everyday Chinese school life] People say youth is rose-colored, but that's only true for the protagonists. As an NPC in Earth Online, Ye Zhouhong's youth has no dramatic plot twists, only a secret crush he doesn't dare to speak aloud. He doesn't dare get close. He doesn't dare confess. He thinks this silent drama will end with 176.9kReads9.3Score20.9kShelves
34. 84 穿 I Transmigrated as a Villain and Became My Sister's Savior 穿越成恶人，我成了妹妹的救世主 Master of the Star-Picking Pavilion摘星阁阁主Urban534k WordsCompleted (One female lead + urban setting + happy ending) Lin Jianshen transmigrates, finding himself in the body of a scoundrel who abused his adopted younger sister. Seeing the young woman covered in injuries, he decides to take the blame for the man's bad name, but he has to save her. He has brought countless characters to life in short dramas, yet the more dependent her gaze becomes, the more flustered he gets. He thinks he has fooled her, but then she rushes into his arms. "I know you're not him." " 119.1kReads9.2Score19.9kShelves
35. 85 你EN What Makes You Think I'll Keep Liking You Forever? 你凭什么认为我会一直喜欢你呢 Night Rain i夜雨iUrban1.2M WordsCompleted [Everyday romance] [One female lead] [Mutual healing] Because of a promise made in childhood, Chen Lu spent seven whole years pursuing the girl he’d grown up with. In the end, all he got was a cold rejection. Chen Lu smiled in acceptance, but his heart had turned to ash… until he met the sweet, clumsy girl who’d come to thank him. The girl was lovely and innocent, standing alone in the rain right where the two of them had agreed to meet. “Why haven’t you left…?” The girl slowly lifted her head. 121.5kReads9.7Score14.2kShelves

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    Recommended 3 and 6

36. 86 极 Loathing the World 极度厌恶世界 Mu Yang Bai Yu木羊白羽Urban106k WordsOngoing Bai Chen looked like an utterly ordinary high school student. In his early years, he had been painfully alone. His parents were unfit, his classmates looked down on him, and life was like a savage beast devouring him. Then, one breezy, drizzly evening, he saw an angel who belonged to him alone. From that moment on, Bai Chen saw the real world. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can tell how angsty it is just from the title.

37. 87 迟 Your Late Affection Is Worth Less Than Grass. I’m Leaving the Family, So Why Are You Crying? 迟来深情比草贱，我叛出家你哭啥 La La Little Pumpkin啦啦小南瓜Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Mo was reborn, back in the Xu family mansion. In her previous life, she was found and brought home, only to be treated unfairly. Her family hated her, and the fake young master framed her, leaving her to die with grievances unavenged. When she opened her eyes again, she decided to leave home and cut ties with her hypocritical family. But to her surprise, the whole family regretted it and begged her to come home, weeping. But affection that comes too late is worth less than grass. This time, s 158.8kReads8.1Score10.2kShelves
38. 88 助 I Helped Her Reach the Top, Then Faked My Death. If You Don’t Want to Get Hurt, Who Will? 助她登顶后死遁，你不挨刀谁挨刀 Wild Dog by the Deer鹿边野狗Eastern Fantasy806k WordsOngoing Qi He transmigrated into the body of a poor orphan whose parents had both died and who had grown up relying on meals from neighbors. A disastrous start was bad enough, but he was also bound to a golden finger called the "Help Her Reach the Top System." The name alone made it clear: he was destined to pave the way for someone else. Fortunately, the System promised that once he reached the top, he would become invincible! And one year in the simulated world was just one day in reality, so dying di 98.7kReads8.0Score11.5kShelves
39. 89 超 Super God Academy: Oh No! I've Become a Commander! 超神学院 坏了！我成指挥官了！ Lazy Little Jia怠惰小珈Anime Fanfiction877k WordsCompleted “I never should’ve saved that girl named Kesha. Seriously, I was just carried away and thought I was hot stuff... Who knew she’d ask me to become a general! And then send me to take on the Lord of the Heavenly Palace!!” “I never should’ve picked up that gun. Now the Taotie, the demons, and the male angels are all gunning for me! I’m just an ordinary Earth commander!” “I never should’ve listened to Morgana’s crap. Now I’m a demon general, and there’s no clearing my name! Three years! Do you know 84Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is someone who can disappear at any time, saving his former love even when forgotten by everyone. He utters famous lines like, "Only when I disappear will a world where no one gets hurt be achieved."

40. 90 敢 Dump Me and I'll Chop You to Pieces! Chop You to Pieces! Chop You to Pieces! Chop You to Pieces! Chop You to Pieces! 敢分手就柴刀柴刀柴刀柴刀柴刀！ Mr. Liangzi凉子先生Urban328k WordsOngoing (Yandere, twisted, single heroine, mildly horror-themed and bizarre) "I cheated on you. Let's break up." "I must have been sick of living to say something like that." A body that can't move freely, a girl who can't leave. In his past life, this life, and the next... he'll be with her forever. Breaking up? All that awaits him is a gleaming cleaver, lost memories, and the beautiful girl smiling at him when he opens his eyes again. 153.3kReads8.7Score19.2kShelves
41. 91 纯 The Towering Tree of Pure Love: Remember My Name, Chu Sheng 纯爱界的参天树，我叫楚生你记住 A Volume of Old Books一卷陈书Urban1.7M WordsOngoing Transmigrate into a book + no brainless characters + true love + half sweet, half angsty + one female lead + partial System After transmigrating into the book as a wicked male supporting character, he spends a while slacking off, then falls in love with the heroine who is supposed to kill him. Has he come to his senses too late? The most heartbreaking thing in the world is falling in love with a girl at the very moment you shouldn't. A journey of atonement and self-redemption begins. How can he 56kReads8.3Score7.1kShelves
42. 92 快 Quick Transmigration: After Torturing the Big Shot to Tears, I Faked My Death and Escaped 快穿：把大佬虐哭后我死遁了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, scum gong regrets his actions, chases his wife to the crematorium, sickly, coughing blood, forced love, shou fakes his death and escapes, BE in the small worlds, HE in the end] [System: Reminder, Host Yun Chen, this is an S-rank conquest world. The principal gods of every plane are extremely powerful!] [Yun Chen: Oh.] - The domineering CEO, wealthy enough to rival a nation: You’re nothing but a substitute picked out of the mud. My one true love is the chosen one! Yun Chen fell i 21.2kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves

    Reader note

    On my wedding anniversary with my wife, I prepared a meal and a gift, waiting for her to come home. But instead, she told me that she wanted me to donate a kidney to her beloved, my adopted brother.

43. 93 攻 After the Mission Succeeds, I Die of Illness, and the Heroine Finally Breaks Down 攻略成功后病死，女主终于崩溃了 Liejin列锦Urban346k WordsCompleted [Reborn + One Heroine + Romance + The Heroine Chases the Hero After Losing Him + Sweet First, Then Angst, Then Sweet Again] Jiang Xu has been reborn five times, and every time he dies at the hands of the same person. This time, he decides to get to the root of the problem. Can't beat her? Then win her over! Protect her when she needs him, guide her, give her love and care, and then... die in front of her. Jiang Xu thinks he has made it past the three-year mark, but fate seems unwilling to l 20.7kReads8.0Score1.9kShelves
44. 94 我 After CCTV Exposed Me, the Entire Internet Was Left Devastated 我被央妈曝光后，全网致郁了 My Dream Is to Be a Landlord梦想是当包租公Urban251k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Angst + Pure Romance + Songs] “Baby, take your medicine!” Qin Xia looked at his blurry girlfriend. He reached out, wanting to touch her, but he could never quite reach her. “If I take the medicine, will I never see you again?” “Silly, I just want you to get better soon...” Her figure began to disappear. After Qin Xia won the Best Singer award, he stood before the cheering crowd and slowly said, “The only way I can see her, you call a delusion.” 19.9kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
45. 95 戒 Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记 Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted A diary recording the final two months of my life... Maybe I'm just not meant to be loved. Otherwise, why would everyone who loved me leave? 12.6kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves

    Reader note

    Both books are very angsty, and they're not long, only a dozen or so chapters each.

46. 96 跑 Run! Why Did You Stop? 跑啊，怎么不跑了？ Willow Leaf Tea Mountain柳叶茶山Two Male Leads461k WordsCompleted [Unhinged yandere + forced love + confinement + both leads are each other's first and only] “Go on, run. Why did you stop? Aren't you good at running?” “...Please, let me go...” “Wouldn't it be nice to stay by my side? Why do you insist on running away?” Qin Siyu felt a possessive, obsessive fixation on Xie Ze. When Xie Ze realized it and tried to get away, it was already too late... “Shh... Don't say a word. Just stay like this and let me look at you...” 92kReads8.5Score9.2kShelves
47. 97 被 After My Yandere Disciple Imprisoned Me, I Gave Up and Flaunted My Cat Ears 被疯批徒弟囚禁后我靠猫耳摆烂了 Big Garfield大加菲猫Two Male Leads247k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Faked Death + Unrequited Devotion + Win-Back-the-Lover Arc + Happy Ending] After transmigrating into the role of a villainous Demon Venerable destined to have his waist chopped in two by his deranged disciple, Juan Changsheng looks at the System panel's deadly mission and decides to give up on the spot. As long as he fakes his death quickly, there'll be no grief, only love. But just as his rebellious disciple Xie Yunzhou closes in to punish him With a poof, Juan Changsheng grow 10.9kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves
48. 98 穿EN Trapped in a Novel: The Stunning Villain and the Darkened Hero's Obsessive Love 穿书：绝美反派被黑化男主强制爱 Cheng Nezha城哪吒Two Male Leads471k WordsCompleted (Complete) BL + both leads are chaste + transmigrate into a book + cultivation + confinement Straight man Ning Ke wakes up one day inside the cultivation novel written by his younger sister. From the start, he’s destined to be the villain, tortured and killed by the male lead! Fortunately, a System appears at the crucial moment and binds itself to him. It turns back time and sends him to the male lead’s past to fix plot holes and keep himself alive! So Ning Ke dons secret identities and, one aft 10.9kReads9.6Score1.7kShelves
49. 99 强 Imprisoned Against My Will: Master, You Can't Escape 强制囚禁，师尊你逃不掉的 Falling in a Frenzy疯疯疯落Two Male Leads273k WordsCompleted "The rating just came out low, but it’ll go up."“Master, you’ve been naughty. You’ll have to be punished~” [Two male leads / forced love / yandere / younger love interest / mutually devoted / redemption] Mu Chenyuan transmigrates into a forced-love novel, becoming the vicious master who mistreated his disciple and forced him to fall into demonic cultivation. The original owner did the damage, but he has to pay for it. From the start, he’s imprisoned by his disciple. Luckily, the System tells him 7.1kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
50. 100 万 The Most Hated Guy Is Seriously Fierce 万人嫌他超凶的 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads379k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled romance + everyone faces their comeuppance + happy ending] A sickly, universally disliked bottom, a top who’s an esports superstar. After receiving a diagnosis, Shen Ning cruelly abandoned Qin Jiu, the only person he had to rely on. Two years later, they met again. The penniless boy from back then had become a rising esports superstar. Shen Ning tried to explain, but a single stab ended all hope. Dragging his battered body along, he watched his beloved take the stage 8kReads9.2Score632Shelves

    Reader note

    The first three are by the same author, both featuring male protagonists, and are particularly angsty, but with happy endings. Personally, I think this author's writing style is quite good. The last one is a gift from Sanjiu: a spinning blade ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌

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