Books You Start Smiling and Finish in Sorrow 笑着进去，却是悲哀的离开的书

1. 201 氪 Spending Money Doesn't Work? I'll Get Them Through the Long March With My Life 氪金没用？我用命带他们走完长征 Luo Luo's Luo Luo洛洛的洛洛Urban1.8M WordsOngoing “Guys, whatever you do, don’t trust that designer named Luo An! He’s a fraud!” Kuang Ge, a top streamer with tens of millions of followers, is bawling in his livestream like a three-hundred-pound toddler, clutching his VR headset and refusing to let go. “He said it was a relaxing travel game, but from the start he dumped me on a snowy mountain in forty-below temperatures!” “He said there’d be no pay-to-win or in-app purchases, but I had to risk my life just to get a cold, hard black bun!” “He sa 77.5kReads9.4Score8kShelves

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   Be mentally prepared, my tears are low. I have been crying since Xiaohu died, and I don't dare to look at it. Old thief Luo, old thief Luo, you won't stop until I kill him with a knife.

2. 202 被 After Being Forced to Conquer a Career-Driven Female Lead, I Lay Flat 被迫攻略事业型女主后，我躺平了 Chen Rui琛瑞Two Female Leads315k WordsCompleted “INFP Libra mildly yandere assistant × ENFJ Leo cool, softhearted CEO” [Important: Please don't stereotype; the story focuses on the romance; both leads have no prior partners; happy ending] Meng Ran, a bright and beautiful college junior, accidentally transmigrated into a book called The Abstinent CEO's Most Beloved Darling Ever and somehow got bound to some kind of System. Her mission somehow became winning over the female lead. And then… Meng Ran: “I haven't read this book.” System: [Dear re 1.1kReads8.9Score150Shelves

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   Watching the protagonist slowly rush to death

3. 203 异 City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 470kReads9.7Score74.3kShelves

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   It's so sweet, the whole story is without a knife

4. 204 小 My Junior Sister Says Even a Madman Is a God 小师妹说神经也是神 Lop-Eared Rabbit Who Loves Cilantro爱吃香菜的垂耳兔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Zhu transmigrates into a novel about a girl adored by everyone, as a disposable female side character. The junior apprentice sister is gifted and loved by all, while the side character has cultivated for years and is still useless. In the end, she's pushed out to take a blade for the junior sister and dies miserably in the street. She opens her eyes to the sight of a whole sect full of hopeless sycophants, and Jiang Zhu wants to die. The heroine's suitors are everywhere. How about I bec 40.8kReads9.3Score4.8kShelves

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   It's lighthearted and funny in the front, but it's very sharp in the back [crying][crying][crying]

5. 205 弥 Mimian 弥喃 m Zhi Yim知意Modern Romance101k WordsCompleted Shen Qing remembers meeting a boy in her hometown when she was young. She was seventeen then, and fell for his handsome looks at first sight. “Shen Qing, people need something to hold on to in order to keep living.” “Let me be the reason you keep going.” The recklessness of youth always comes at a price. 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This one, I like it anyway, and then, no matter how you look at it, the ending is B

6. 206 H Harry Potter: Max-Level Formation Master, Scattering Talismans Everywhere HP：满级阵法师遍地撒符 Caomu Yi草木乙Female-Channel Fanfiction2.1M WordsOngoing [Currently updating sporadically, and the ending is a bit of a mess. Read at your own risk.] [Original female protagonist, with several characters harboring one-sided feelings for her. Check out the story first if you want to avoid certain tropes.] The main focus is on family bonds and career! Everyday life! The heroine is all smiles on the outside but cold-hearted within, a shrewd opportunist. Wang Mu (Aivila) was an NPC in an old-school angst novel. She fought with all her might to defy her 3.2kReads9.3Score384Shelves

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   Elvira is not a stranger - Elvira is a noble elf. The author really writes very well

7. 207 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 128.5kReads9.6Score15.1kShelves

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   1.2 Can be regarded as a group portrait story. It was quite funny at the beginning and had a lot of foreshadowing. I cried all the time when the knife was so bad at the end. Looking at the title of the third book, I thought it was a cool revenge type, but from the beginning the text is filled with sadness and the writing is particularly delicate.

8. 208 疯 After the Mad Emperor Redeemed Himself, All Under Heaven Became His Devoted Subjects 疯批帝尊洗白后，天下皆为裙下臣 Chuchu Ziyu初初子语Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Original title: After Constantly Trying to Get Myself Killed, I Became the Emperor Venerated by All Di Yange transmigrates into a wish-fulfillment novel aimed at male readers, where she can only return home by getting herself killed. To make it back as soon as possible, she disguises herself as a man and does everything she can to oppose the protagonist and befriend the villains. In the end, through one careless mistake, she not only saves all the villains but also follows their path, rising ste 37.9kReads9.4Score6.8kShelves

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   She finally came home, but they died

9. 209 被 Forced to Become the Hot-Blooded Manga Hero, He Faked His Death on the Spot 被迫成为热血漫主角后他直接死遁 A Moon Rabbit一只月兔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance] [No Female Lead] [Hot-Blooded Shonen] [Everyone Is Evil] [The Protagonist Is a Genuine Villain, With No Redemption] [Ensemble Cast] The hot-blooded shonen manga Villain's Fate is a blend of excitement, warmth, laid-back fun, and comedy. Its polished art, unexpected plot twists, and characters who leave readers aching for what might have been have earned it a devoted following. However, the author went on hiatus at the story's climax and stayed away for three years. Then, after three 22.8kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
10. 210 瑶 Yao Yao Hasn't Seen the Snow 瑶瑶不见雪 Meowed a Meow, Ah i喵了个喵吖iAncient Romance209k WordsCompleted My Beloved Xie Yao If you truly can’t recognize me, that’s all right. I’ll do my best to approach you again under a new identity. So, Yaoyao, if you really can’t recognize me, just remember: I’m the one with a red cinnabar mole in the palm of my hand. Goodbye, Yaoyao. Until we meet again! 4.6kReads8.2Score134Shelves

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    The tearful person lost five pounds

11. 211 盗 Tomb Raiding: Losing My Memory Again Today! 盗墓：今天也在失忆呢！ Egg Noodles in Clear Broth, Extra Egg清汤鸡蛋面加蛋Two Male Leads261k WordsOngoing Lin Cizhen really thinks he's the most miserable person in the world. From the start, someone lifts the lid off his coffin, and to top it off, he discovers that he has transmigrated! As if transmigrating weren't bad enough, the gods of this world forcibly erased his memories. So his first meeting with the Tender Beef Five turns out like this: Xiaoge: Come on, let's go home. Black Glasses: My eldest boy! You must've had a hard time finding me! Xiaohua: This guy's brain... doesn't seem to work too 4.5kReads9.1Score593Shelves

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    Family members strongly recommend these books, they are all cruel. In the first one, the elder brother killed his younger brother because of the words of others, and the younger brother was afraid of his elder brother when he came back. The second one is about illness. The third one is the 4th and 5th books on longevity. I suggest reading the 5th book first, and then the 4th and 6th books. It seems that the protagonist of the team is very cold and even wants to kill the protagonist. In the end, the protagonist died in the sea. It seems [thinking] [thinking] [thinking] these books made me cry.

12. 212 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Immortal Cursed to Live Forever 盗墓：身怀诅咒的长生者 Ten Years of Innocence十年天真Two Male Leads526k WordsCompleted [No female lead + two male leads + several couples. Please don't read if that's not your thing!] “Ah Qi, I don't want you to get hurt.” “Old Qing, take care of yourself.” “Little Brother, I'm here to take you home.” “Wu Xie, take me home.” “Tianzhen, Little Brother, it's raining. Hurry back!” “You guys, be careful, whatever happens.” Muchen Pearl, Ten-Year Promise, Retirement 6.3kReads9.5Score780Shelves
13. 213 九 The Eunuch of a Thousand Years Is Bewitchingly Beautiful 九千岁他百媚千娇 Beautiful Lady美人娘Ancient Romance265k WordsCompleted (A deranged villain who is a real eunuch × a cat-demon empress, both inexperienced, happy ending) (A redemption story focused mainly on the romance. The male lead is a villain through and through, with no redemption. The female lead is carefree and oblivious. No pointless side characters. The storybook world isn't the real mortal realm. Some scenes are quite bloody, so read with care.) He had once been a demon living in hell, a maggot in filthy mud, a loathsome walking corpse, a killing machine 10.4kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves

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    The first one was more sincere (the male protagonist is really evil, I won't clean it up) The second one was a little forgotten, anyway, it made me cry all the time.

14. 214 我 Me and the Roses Are Always at Your Princess's Service! 我与玫瑰，随时为公主待命！ Milky Candy Puff奶糖酥Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available. Search for Sweet Mist on your favorite platform to buy it.] [One-on-one sweet romance, heart-fluttering and indulgent, with no limits to his devotion.] Zhou Jin, captain of the criminal investigation squad, was unruly, untamed, and hated being pestered. He had no patience for coaxing anyone, either. But after one assignment, he made an exception and took a young woman into his home. The next day, everyone on the team was gossiping: Would the young woman get y 36.2kReads9.6Score5.4kShelves
15. 215 变 Transformers: Li Ren Has the Worst Luck 变形金刚：黎刃有点倒霉 Autumn Moon Has Endless Edges秋月有有有边Anime Fanfiction584k WordsCompleted For female readers. Not a wish-fulfillment story, so please read with care. [One male lead + transmigrate + no female lead + all characters are friends] G-24 thinks he’s pretty unlucky. When he wakes up, the energy fluid on his body and the ground seems to tell him he’s stumbled into a murder scene, and that the victim is himself. He may have lost his memory, but G-24 meets a good buddy who patiently teaches him! He may run into trouble, but his good buddy will help him! He may be given a hard t 678Reads8.9Score103Shelves

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    Look, look, look at it, no one will say a word! Except for the first one, the others all score 9 or above, and the quality is guaranteed~

16. 216 火 Naruto: I Grow Stronger by Becoming a Beautiful, Tragic Side Character 火影：靠成为美强惨配角变强 A Fluffy Bear Blanket一条熊熊毛毯Two Male Leads1.6M WordsOngoing [Naruto fan fiction! Female-oriented! Two male leads! With viewing sessions!] [The protagonist is a natural actor and has scenes of pretending to be abused. His pairing is Kakashi. Many details are headcanon, and there may eventually be scenes where genuine friendship turns into something more. Don't read if that's not your thing.] After transmigrating as Uchiha Naluo, Naluo bound himself to a popularity System. He can only grow stronger by earning popularity. So this world has become a source o 20.6kReads9.5Score1.5kShelves
17. 217 傻 What, Both the Red and Black Teams Are My Secret Identities? 傻了吧，红黑双方都是我马甲 Ju Fei橘肥Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted When kindred spirits meet, they raise a cup in your honor. He is the frail teacher admired and respected by the five members of the police academy group, his slender frame serving as a guiding light. “Come on, I’m still alive, you know,” he said with a cough. This sorrow will never end. That day, the hand of justice steeped in darkness touched an impossibly flawless twin flower, hidden deep in the mire. “Scotch... Leave the organization.” “I’m counting on you, Mr. Bourbon.” May you grow wings an 3.7kReads9.4Score587Shelves
18. 218 奥 Ultraman Hatchling: The Tragedy Begins with Escaping the Lab 奥特幼崽：发刀从逃离实验室开始 Lingdu Baifan灵渡百帆Anime Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing [Beloved by all, sweet romance, no leveling-up progression, not a power fantasy, no main couple, possibly a side couple (My mistake: I thought the blurb made it clear this was a story about a beloved little one, but I’m marking it explicitly now)] Ling Qi never expected that after being run over by a heavy truck, she would open her eyes and find herself reborn in an illegal laboratory. Then she realized this seemed to be the Ultraman world, and she was probably an experimental subject herself. L 7.3kReads9.1Score677Shelves
19. 219 一 Embracing Youthful Splendor, Forever Young 一揽芳华青春不朽 Sangze sangze桑泽sangzeAncient Romance1.3M WordsOngoing My new work is here! Please head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 224Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🌈These books are okay.

20. 220 综 Film and TV Crossover: Lan Qing Seeks the Jade 综影视：蓝青寻玉 Autumn Drizzle秋雨微微Two Male Leads3.1M WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads, No Female Lead, Pairings Split] Qing: Whether you're an immortal, a demon, a devil, or a mortal, you're the one I love. Yu: Even if I forget everything else, I will never forget loving you. Lan Qing and Run Yu are ambushed as they leave a world. Run Yu's soul shatters while protecting Lan Qing, and with the help of their grandmaster, Lan Qing embarks on a journey to gather the fragments of his beloved's soul. Till the End of the Moon: Split-Personality Senior Brother (Tantai Jin 10.5kReads7.4Score351Shelves
21. 221 少 The Blood of Youth: Xiao Yu’s Rebirth 少年歌行萧羽重生文 Waiting with a Gentle Breeze清风以待Anime Fanfiction361k WordsOngoing If Xiao Yu were reborn and got another chance, would he still cling to the past? I'm the original author, ahhhhh, everyone! 808Reads8.9Score—Shelves
22. 222 十 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 1.7MReads9.9Score233.7kShelves

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    Authority!!! Who knows the lethality of saying goodbye?

23. 223 身 With a Terminal Illness, I Heal the Whole World with My Songs 身患绝症的我，用歌治愈全世界 Old-Age Rice Scoop老年饭勺Urban442k WordsCompleted [Slice of life + entertainment + System + healing + livestreaming + redemption + one heroine] At just eighteen, Wen He is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. A System descends and binds itself to him: “Set Sail for Your Dream.” Even though he grew up in a cold and unfeeling family, and even as illness ravages his body, Wen He still heals everyone with his songs. Having been caught in the rain himself, he wants to hold an umbrella over others. His song “The Good Things of This World Are Intertwi 14.2kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    The first book by Qing Yan tells the story of his coming to earth and experiencing calamities. The second book "It turns out that there is real time and space travel in this world." The solitary butterfly is hovering, its pink wings spread. And it should hurt the bright and clear, and come close to the snow frequently. A year ago, Little Butterfly dreamed of Zhuang Ziang. A year later, Zhuang Ziang dreamed of a little butterfly. Is it Zhuang Zhou who dreams of a butterfly, or a butterfly who dreams of Zhuang Zhou? The psychiatrist said that it takes 7 years to completely forget a person, but 7 is a prime number and cannot be eliminated or forgotten. A poem from the Qing Dynasty and a cup of wine make the peach land difficult to find. Zhuang Zhou once again dreamed of turning into a butterfly, and could not live freely in the world. It's hard to say about the third book, because it's not finished, but Lemonade is definitely cruel. Chapter 4 Bai Chen did not die, he just went to heaven to sing. Book 5 [Wen He is like a green lotus, which emerges from the mud but remains unstained. The most beautiful and unique flower is born from the dirtiest and most filthy place.] [The family is unfortunate and has been plagued by illness for decades! The world kisses you with pain, but you reciprocate it with songs...] "The so-called depression means that the soul has lost the ability to deceive itself." "The counselor enters the game with his own body..." "It is still unknown whether he can defeat half of the sky with a chess move." Borrow the world and respect all living beings. Borrow all things and send them to you. Borrow heaven and earth to respect all living beings; borrow all things to give you the sixth book, which is the follow-up to the seventh book, A Little Moon Made of Lemonade. Book 8 "From today on, we will walk into the darkness, and then face the darkness alone. We will have to endure the long-term, lonely, boundless darkness that envelopes us like a tide. After becoming the Gray Men, no one in the entire Great Xia will know our identity except our person in charge. There will even be a day when we have to stand on the opposite side and point guns at each other. If that day comes, then please pull your trigger and use the marksmanship taught by the instructor. Put the bullet into my chest and embed it in my hot and beating heart! "Because, where we will become gray people in the future, that line is paved with the lives and blood of countless gray people. If it really reaches that point, it proves that your life is more valuable than my life. I will not hesitate to separate my flesh and bones, use my flesh and blood as cement, and my bones as steel bars, to pave the road farther and stronger, and what you have to do is, Just step on me and walk higher and further..." "..." This is what Chen Fan said when he graduated. In the 9th book, Little Sun Xie Wuyu was pushed into a formation created by him by the person who raised him. Since then, there is only Xie Wuyu in the world. In the 10th book, Little Star Wu Xing, this one, everyone, look at this picture.

24. 224 记 The Memory Trial: The Moment the Nation Wept for Him 记忆审判：那一刻，全国为他痛哭 Big Fish, Ah大鱼呀Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Narcotics Police] [Anti-Drug Campaign] [Narcotics Officer] [Sacrifice] A scarecrow stands in the wilderness, shielding the endless expanse behind it. In early autumn, ten years after he left home, he asked someone to place his final wish in your hands. The fire he lit never went out. Only the one who kept watch has gone. The national emblem on his cap is like his name: “Please bury it with me.” Birds sweep across the blank spaces of time, like a long story waking from beneath the dust. His eyes 6.6kReads9.2Score719Shelves
25. 225 我 My Life Is Yours 我的命，都给你 Three Pine Nuts三只松子Modern Romance48k WordsCompleted Ji Mingshu hated Xu Meiling with all his heart and tormented her until she died. But when she was really gone, Ji Mingshu realized... he had fallen in love with her. 1.8kReads8.1Score228Shelves

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    Really awesome and beautiful

26. 226 师 My Senior Brothers Are Panicking: The Little Junior Sister Has Really Brought the Sky Down! 师兄们慌了，小师妹真捅破了天！ A Star's Wish星有愿Ancient Romance755k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Top-Tier Talent, Powerful and Thrilling, Master of All Six Paths, Strong Female Lead, Everyone Has a One-Sided Crush, Ensemble Cast, No Romance] “My name is Ning Xin. By the time you read this, I will have been dragged onto the Spirit Platform to have my spiritual roots tested in public, and drawn down seven blessings from the Heavenly Dao...” That day, the entire cultivation world was thrown into an uproar. “The Heavenly Dao has been silent for over a thousand years and never respo 13.9kReads8.4Score2.3kShelves

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    ✨Beginning: I stand at the beginning of the story, watching you go to the ending of death. ✨End: I stand at the end of the story, changing your ending of death with my own hands. ✨The heroine has the most powerful holy Chaos Spirit Root. At the beginning of the spiritual root test, she elicited seven heavenly blessings, which caused a sensation in the entire world of immortality. ✨The heroine has cultivated all six talents, and is the top talent. ✨The heroine's weapons: Demon Lord's Sword, Thousand Chance Umbrella, Thunder Whip, Trial Tower, Floating Life Like a Dream, Shennong Cauldron, Floating Pen ✨The heroine's friends are spread across one palace, two valleys, seven sects and four colleges, all of them are high-spirited and proud sons of heaven. We all work together for the common destiny of the world of immortality, and there is happiness in cooperation. ✨The heroine is the strongest in the world of immortality. She can walk sideways in the entire world of immortality. The heroine has a group portrait, no cp, she is beautiful, strong and cool.

27. 227 我 After I Went Off the Rails, My Whole Villainous Family Turned Over a New Leaf! 我发癫后，全家反派都从良了！ Zong Li纵里Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Absurd Memes + 1v1, Both Leads Are Sexually Inexperienced + Beloved by All + Wild, Unhinged Couple: Xi Congrong] [A Totally Unhinged, Random, All-Rounder Heroine vs. A Villainous Male Lead Who’s Elegant, Scheming, and Has an Unusual Way of Thinking] You are the nanny’s daughter, with a tragic background: a gambling-addicted father, a fragile mother, and a lily-white innocent side to you. On your first day accompanying your mother to work at the mansion, the real heiress makes things difficult f 10.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    Author, you lied to me, didn't you say this was a sweet article? It's so sweet. It turns out that the name Anxi is not a curse, but a blessing.

28. 228 文 Are the Artifacts Crying in the Middle of the Night? Begging Me to Take Them Back to China 文物半夜都在哭？求我带她回华夏 Explosive Little Chili Pepper会爆炸的小辣椒Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Originally titled The Relics Weep at Midnight? Please Take Me Back to China Also known as: Global Players, Log In and Bring the Relics Home! [Relics Personified] + [National Treasures] + [Heartwarming] + [A Touch of Superpowers] “Isn’t this just a casual cleaning game?” After transmigrating to a parallel world that had forgotten its history, Gu Qing flew into a rage when he saw his fellow countrymen forget their humiliation and regard plunder as cultural exchange! He turned the bloody history of 4.4kReads8.5Score818Shelves

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    They say that swordsmen don't use the national sword, but I prefer to use it! I've been crying while reading this book [I'm about to cry] and add a little selfishness ~ My book will be online soon, I think it is very suitable, so I will recommend it in advance. "We once shared the stars with each other, but we have no friends again." He is a boy with different eyes who has been abandoned by the world, and is on the verge of despair in the cold alley in the cold winter. It was she who came through the snow, held his hand, and gave him the only bright time in his life. During a sect competition, young people from all ethnic groups met as strangers. They come from different races and different forces, and they have become the closest partners in life and death. The young people stood side by side and looked at the stars with a smile, thinking that the years are still long and there will always be a long time to come. Until disaster strikes the city and people's lives are in danger. They knew there was no return, but they smiled and comforted the second-generation children who were looking forward to their return for the New Year: "Wait until I come back." A lie and a rush. They went to the battlefield with the determination to die and sacrificed their lives for the stability of their descendants. All my former colleagues never came back. Later, he went through many vicissitudes of life, rebuilt the sect, and devoted everything he had to paving the way for the second generation. He only hoped that these children would no longer have to be like them, unable to even say goodbye. Peace returns to the world, and mountains and rivers are stable. But the person who led him home in the cold winter, the group of teenagers who transcended races and depended on each other for life and death, could never come back. "I once had a whole spring, and then there was only winter in the world." "They protected the world, but they failed to protect each other." This book of mine has a lot of group portraits, and I bought a lot of them. I cried while writing it. I hope everyone is looking forward to his online release [Sending Hearts]

29. 229 惊 A Stunning Figure Appears in the Inkstone 惊鸿入砚来 Late Branches at Dawn杳杳枝晚Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted *The comic adaptation of the same name, “Jinghong Enters the Inkstone,” is now available [The beloved little terror of the General’s Manor vs. the cool, gentle Seventh Prince] (Childhood sweethearts, older man, sweet at first then angsty, one-on-one romance, multiple perspectives) When they were childhood sweethearts, he promised her they would be together for life, each the other’s one and only. She believed him. With joy in her heart, she donned her wedding robes and married him. But on the da 3kReads8.1Score189Shelves

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    "She is my sun, but I extinguished her light with my own hands." - An ancient proverb about abuse, childhood sweethearts, sweet first and then cruel, with a twist, three perspectives, and the three protagonists are all pitiful people

30. 230 模 The Template Was Bound Wrong, and the Male Lead Will Die If He Doesn't Conquest Me 模板绑错后，男主不攻略我就会死 Meizi Baby Ya梅子宝贝丫Ancient Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [Male Rivals Competing for Her] [Love Triangle Drama] [Female Lead Fakes Her Death] [Redemption] [All Male Leads Are Virgins] [Content Warnings: The female lead will fall in love, and romance takes center stage. Her goal is to go home, not to become a cultivation powerhouse who cares about nothing else. She is not kind to the male leads. If you get emotionally invested and feel bad for them easily, this may not be for you. The story has one couple at a time, and the love-triangle drama comes lat 22kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves

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    What about the psychology committee member? I feel bad [almost crying]

31. 231 杀 Kill That Tomato Writer 杀死那个番茄作家 Anna Karenina's Card卡列尼娜的卡Urban656k WordsCompleted [Many years later, facing the firing squad, Kareni Na Ka will recall the afternoon when I dragged him into the book.] “Can I really write the blurb like this...?” “Tsk, I’m imitating One Hundred Years of Solitude.” “Who even reads One Hundred Years of Solitude these days? Do you read it?” “Then... should we change it?” “Never mind, let’s keep it. Nobody reads blurbs anyway.” 1.9kReads—Score211Shelves

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    Definitely this book, I went in with my big teeth bared and left with a sad face [crying]

32. 232 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 55.9kReads9.7Score8.2kShelves

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    Recommending books doesn't mean you have to be good at it. These two books are just too good. [Cry] [Cry] [Cry] [Cry] Every favor and every treasure given to Yueyue is earned by herself, and she works hard to live a good life. And Xiao Liu'er made me heartbroken even more. Really, even though the ending may be good, I will really cry from beginning to end. The author uses the most relaxed writing style and the most witty sentences to only write the most heart-wrenching story.

33. 233 假 If Only You'd Let Me Be Young Again 假如许我再少年 Forest Bath森之汤Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted Ye Qingchen’s despair: She didn’t dare tell him she loved him. Zhou Shi’s grief: He didn’t have time to tell her he loved her. The phrase “if only” describes the overwhelming regret one feels over something that has already happened, and the futile fantasy of trying to change it. [The first time they met, he was twenty-five and she was twenty. He didn’t trust her and missed his chance to save her from despair, sealing her fate. The second time they met, he was thirty and she was twenty-five. The 5.2kReads9.1Score358Shelves

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    The more I watched, the more depressed I became, and in the end I couldn't get out [crying][crying] The heroine forced the hero to get married in order to take revenge, so the hero hated her and didn't believe her. After the marriage, he humiliated and made things difficult for her. In fact, the heroine was not going to die soon...

34. 234 桑 The Sang Method of Secretly Loving You 桑式暗恋法则 Gentle Scholar温柔文人Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted [Physical edition now available] Sang You transmigrated, landing back on the first day of her freshman year of high school. The three years of high school she'd finally made it through had suddenly been reset to square one. Thinking about going back to a high school life where she had nothing, not even a full head of hair, made her want to die. Later, she stopped wanting to die, but everyone else said she was crazy. She was a freshman, yet not long after the term began, she skipped ahead to seni 66kReads9.6Score11.3kShelves

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    This is this book [I'm about to cry] [I'm about to cry] [I'm about to cry] [I'm about to cry]

35. 235 诡 The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 759.7kReads9.6Score134.6kShelves

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    Even if the knife does not kill you, it is my fault [smile][smile][smile][smile][smile][smile][smile][smile][smile][smile]

36. 236 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 37.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
37. 237 盗 Tomb Raiding: Guys, I’ve Transmigrated 盗墓，家人们我穿越了 Meteor Tears流星泪Mystery505k WordsCompleted (This work is complete. Every creator's work is hard-won, so please respect the original. Otherwise, I'll report you. Thanks. Warnings: 1. The main plot is all about keeping your head down, keeping your head down, keeping your head down, keeping your head down, keeping your head down. If you don't get it, move on. Don't insult me. 2. Liu Yuning will be mentioned a few times early on, but it won't affect your reading. It's purely the author's self-indulgence, and I'm a fan of his. If you don't li 9.4kReads8.6Score830Shelves
38. 238 盗 Tomb Raiding: An Outsider 盗墓：局外人 Nan Yang楠阳Mystery268k WordsCompleted No CP. [The romance tag was added automatically by the System.] After an unexpected transmigration, she only wanted to be an outsider. But because of a little kindness on her part, she somehow became part of the story. She experiences their stories from the perspective of an observer. The female lead has a special constitution: her blood can cure illness and extend life. She has no fighting ability at first, and the early part gets a little angsty, but later she reaches the pinnacle of combat po 3kReads8.8Score416Shelves
39. 239 恶 The Villainess's Daughter Is Reborn 恶毒女配的女儿重生了 Lazy Uncle Bookworm懒也书叔Ancient Romance252k WordsCompleted [Completed] In the eyes of most people in the Celestial Realm, Bai Yi was a bastard, a good-for-nothing born without a shred of immortal power. Bai Yi had possessed other people's bodies, practiced forbidden arts, and fallen into demonic cultivation. Countless people had died at her hands over the years, and her enemies had hunted her down in droves. She had escaped by the skin of her teeth time and again, yet in the end, she still died without so much as a body left behind. She was sacrificed a 591Reads9.0Score102Shelves

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

40. 240 囚 The Caged Oriole 囚莺 Free Cat自由的猫Ancient Romance127k WordsCompleted [Trash Male Lead] [Warlord in a Chaotic Era] [Manipulation and Exploitation] [Fair-Skinned Heroine] [Unyielding] [Self-Redemption] In the eyes of outsiders, Qiu Wanying was lucky to have won the marquis's favor. They thought her ancestors' graves must be glowing with good fortune, but no one knew the suffering in her heart. She had come from a peaceful era to a feudal dynasty. Under the rule of male patriarchy, women of this age were like dough for anyone to knead as they pleased. She resent 4.4kReads8.6Score269Shelves
41. 241 藏 She Hid Her Pregnancy and Left the Child Behind; Reborn, I Won't Chase Him Again 藏起孕肚去父留子，重生我不追了 Wu Li Chouchou乌里丑丑Ancient Romance456k WordsCompleted (Publication deal signed) Reborn, one-on-one, both pure, aloof beauty goes mad for love, husband-chasing crematorium (A heartbroken heroine x a hero who wants to be her dog) A Shang stole the position of Xie Hengyu's wife. Everyone knows Xie Hengyu is a sword cultivator prodigy with a brilliant future in the cultivation world, while A Shang is merely a lowly half-demon who became his wife through underhanded means. In the end, she was falsely accused of colluding with the demon clan and died a t 43.9kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
42. 242 万 The Most Hated Big Brother Is Everyone's Darling 万人嫌大哥被团宠了 Even Cats Want to Write Novels小猫也想写小说Two Male Leads364k WordsOngoing The main story is complete. It is only marked as ongoing because there are bonus chapters. [One-on-one romance + younger man/older partner + gentle, handsome homemaking wife-type bottom x carefree, domineering young master (a jerk top) + mutual healing + from universally disliked to everyone’s favorite + showbiz] Abandoned by everyone, Gu Moyan spent his whole life longing for familial love. He trapped himself in a cocoon, turning himself into a complete shut-in, and lived with constant regret a 499Reads8.8Score112Shelves

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    ② Just look at it. When you look at it, you will be speechless. ② "My name is Wu Bin, and I am the lucky one." "My name is Wu Bin, the unfortunate luck."

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