Angst, So Much Angst, 200,000 to 300,000 Words. Make It Hurt, Destroy Me!! 虐，超级虐 ，二三十万字 ，可劲虐，虐死我吧！！

1. 1 鲸 Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊 The Evil Dragon Blows Bubbles恶龙吹泡泡Two Male Leads39k WordsCompleted Little fish, little fish, may you swim out of the abyss soon. His younger brother, whom he had raised by hand despite no blood relation, sent him to a detention center for two years to “set him straight” and told him to come out once he was normal. Those two years were a nightmare that devoured him, one he could never wake from. His body and mind were tormented, his feelings worn away, and he was trained into numb, hopeless submission. “Knowing you raised me makes me sick. Why don’t you just die 23kReads8.1Score4kShelves
2. 2 陪 I'll Walk Beside You for a Hundred Thousand Years 陪你走过十万年 Bird Flying Into the Sea入海鸟Ancient Romance85k WordsOngoing [Afterlife] [Numb-Feeling Female Lead] x [Devoted Male Lead] [Mind-Bending] I fell in love. According to the people around me, he was someone who didn't exist. I didn't believe them. I could feel his presence as clearly as anything. His name was Ling Fu, and he died in the "1.16" bombing at Nanwu Airport. I was carried to the hospital amid the chaos. Later, the police found me and said, "There was no such person among the airport passengers that day, and no such person on the list of the dead." —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I highly recommend this new book! The first few chapters completely stunned me! I was speechless while reading it.

3. 3 眠 Asleep Without End 眠眠无期 Late Cranes Flying Through the Mountains山间飞鹤晚Modern Romance32k WordsOngoing I spent most of my youth on him. So what? If the light won’t come to me, I’ll go find it myself. I’ve never regretted loving him. I’ll keep chasing after him until the day I die. “I’m so tired, Lin Zhoumian. I’m letting you go.” “I’m sorry.” A tragic romance. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   If you're bored, you can check this out 🥺, it's the kind where both the male and female leads have pretty tragic lives.

4. 4 世 I'll Wait for You at the End of the World 世界尽头等到你 Qinglin Zhichu青林之初Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted From Qing Lin Zhichu, author of The Book of Cangbi and A Song That Toppled the World, comes a modern tragic romance! The man she loved went to his death with another woman six years ago, leaving her alone to face the aftermath. The man who loved her grew up by her side, married her, and claimed her as his own, yet never won her heart. The years slipped away in vain, and you lost your chance with the woman of your dreams. In a daze, Qiao Luo once again sees, beyond the swaying willow branches of 54Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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   These five books are a must!!! [1] Showing the emotional ups and downs of people in real society [2] It reflects many of the darker aspects of contemporary society. [3] Bai redeemed his childhood, and Jiang Chen amazed the years. [4] It made me, someone with a low tear threshold and delicate emotions, cry. [5] I experienced the pain of quitting smoking.

5. 5 昭 The Old Grass of Zhaoxi 昭奚旧草 Shuhai Cangsheng书海沧生Ancient Romance296k WordsCompleted Across the vast lands of Huangyan, more than a hundred states rose in Huaguo. The feudal lords were enfeoffed, and their domains became the nations of Zhaoming. The archives record more than three million books, each containing the lives of eighty million people. Among those countless lives, each person is little more than a speck. Turn the pages with one hand, and fifty years pass in the blink of an eye, like spring blossoms falling. In one of those books stood a begonia garden. Inside it was a 5kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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   These aren't super angsty, but they'll still make you tear up a bit! I'm recommending them to you! Most importantly, they're good! [Learned something new] Rating: Five stars!

6. 6 反 The Villainess Kills with Her Beauty 反派她以美貌杀人 Shattered Starlight夜空碎光Ancient Romance355k WordsCompleted (The heroine is a true villain. If you prefer morally upright characters, read with caution.) She was the villain of a book, but she never knew it. But what did that matter? Her beloved was dead. How could those responsible for his death be allowed to live? She toyed with the world in the palm of her hand, laying schemes within schemes and concealing deadly intent at every turn. Her gentle nature and ethereal beauty were both weapons, and no one could stand in the way of her revenge. The person 4.1kReads9.4Score479Shelves
7. 7 伴 Accompanied by Smoke 伴烟 Laba Coconut腊八椰子Ancient Romance106k WordsCompleted [Naive, Wild Girl x Gentle Scholar + Happy Ending] She loved him, so she ran to him with all the courage she could muster. Liu Yunzhi treated her wonderfully, caring for her and asking after her, soothing her to sleep at night, reading to her whenever he had time, stroking her slightly rounded belly, and discussing baby names with her. She lost herself in it, deceiving herself as she sank into the gentle web he had woven, dreaming that they would be the only two in each other’s lives forever. Bu 2.3kReads9.3Score220Shelves
8. 8 逃 Escape from the Peach Blossom Trap 逃夭 Xi Xi Dong Dong西西东东Ancient Romance251k WordsCompleted After losing her memory, Su Wan lost all her martial arts skills and was left disfigured. For no apparent reason, she married into the Lin family and was swept into a bloody storm. Yun Chen used love as bait, scheming at every turn as he deliberately drew close to her. He used her to wipe out his enemies, only to fall deeply in love with her before he realized it. When the truth came to light and her memories returned, she learned that it had all been a lie: the two of them were sworn enemies, a 415Reads9.0Score110Shelves
9. 9 代 The Substitute Princess Consort 代嫁王妃 A Plate of Dawn Greens一碟晓菜Ancient Romance835k WordsCompleted On her wedding night, she takes her younger sister’s place as the bride, only to discover she’s been tricked. The groom has been switched for a notorious lecher who marries four wives a year. Rumor has it he’s cursed to bring death to his wives, and not one of the four has survived more than three days. Unluckily for her, she’s just become his fifth. To save her own life, she sets fire to the bridal chamber on their wedding night and takes a handsome man with her as she flees in the chaos. But h 16Reads9.0Score—Shelves
10. 10 笑 Laughing Across the Three Kingdoms (Complete in 2 Volumes) 笑倾三国（全2册） Dream Three Lifetimes梦三生Ancient Romance377k WordsCompleted She gives birth to a baby, only to discover that she is Cao Chong's mother?! The emperor has her brought into the palace and intends to make her empress. Could the blind old woman's words really have come true? A generation's ambitious hero, a peerless physician, and the bonds of a past life intertwine in this one. Everything is fate's design, and everything unfolds like a painted scroll of history. It turns out history has never changed. Can she break free from the chains of fate? A rebellious, 776Reads9.1Score115Shelves
11. 11 以 In the Name of the Rose 以玫瑰之名 Lin Di'er林笛儿Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted [The regretful ex’s arduous pursuit + the second male lead steadily claims the top spot + putting the scheming ex in her place] When she married him, she knew there was someone else in his heart. But lovers rarely get their happy ending, and he and that person could never be together. Then that person came back. Later, she met a man with captivating, peach-blossom eyes. Their encounter began with a little temptation and a little revenge... This is a story of a promise: the distance between him a 4.9kReads9.5Score563Shelves
12. 12 他 He Lives in the Moonlight 他住在月光里 Wan'er Jiujiu莞尔啾啾Urban216k WordsCompleted A moving story about a young woman with depression who gradually finds the courage to confront it and fight back. 213Reads9.4Score—Shelves
13. 13 与 With Jin Chang’an (Based on the Screen Adaptation Starring Song Yi and Cheng Lei) 与晋长安（宋轶、丞磊主演影视原著） Jiu Lu Feixiang九鹭非香Ancient Romance155k WordsCompleted The hit drama starring Song Yi and Cheng Lei is now airing! A beloved historical romance by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang! Female general vs. puppy-like boy. The child she casually picked up turns out to have two sides? A cold little gentleman by day, a loyal black knight by night. Is he a puppy turning into a wolf, and which side is the real him? A tale of love and hate between a female general and the heir of an enemy state! Li Shuang, the adopted daughter of a great general, guards the borders of the Grea 5.9kReads9.6Score957Shelves
14. 14 女 The Supporting Actress Turns Her Life Around: The Regent’s Beloved 女配翻身：摄政王的心尖宠 Little Miser小财迷Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted What can you do if you transmigrate into a book as a wicked supporting woman who keeps courting death and bullying the male lead while he’s still powerless? Lin Qingqian let out a long sigh. What can she do? Life may torment you a thousand times over, but you still have to treat it like your first love and keep going. To avoid a miserable death, Lin Qingqian decides to make amends for the mistakes her predecessor made. Whenever the male lead, Gu Changeng, is bullied, she comforts him and does ev 185Reads8.7Score—Shelves
15. 15 契 Contract Marriage: The Obsessive CEO's Unrequited Love 契约婚姻之疯批总裁爱而不得 An Jinse With a Fountain of Inspiration才思泉涌的安锦瑟Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted Bai Duo had loved Murong Shuo for years and was about to marry him when Ye Yunting stole her away at the altar. Ye Yunting’s one true love, He Min, returned from abroad, and Bai Duo was branded a heinous sinner. Ye Yunting tormented her in every way imaginable. After three years of marriage, exhausted in body and mind, Bai Duo decided to divorce him. In the end, the truth came out, and Ye Yunting and Murong Shuo died together. Heartbroken, Bai Duo took her own life for love. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I cried buckets after reading it; it was so heartbreaking. Why can't people who love each other be together in the end? I hope that in real life we can find our own love and not have tragic endings. Genre: Modern CEO Romance

16. 16 赠 A Lifetime of Deep Love, Given to You 赠你一世情深 Brother Tong桐哥Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted I have a secret I've kept in my heart: I've loved Gu Tingchen for nine whole years. When I was young, I used to follow him everywhere. As I grew older, I finally became his wife. But he gave me no love, not even a shred of tenderness. I tried to tempt him into a love affair with the promise of a divorce and the power of the Shi family, but he never wavered. He would never remember the anxious little girl who used to follow behind him so carefully. It wasn't until after our divorce that I saw the 939Reads8.8Score246Shelves
17. 17 季 Mr. Ji, Stop Hurting Me. Miss Shu Is Already Married 季总别虐了，舒小姐已嫁人 Warm Words温言暖语Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted As Ji Sihan’s secret lover, Shu Wan stayed by his side for five years. She thought that if she was obedient and sweet, she could warm his heart. But she never expected to be abandoned in the end. Shu Wan had always been gentle. She neither argued nor made a scene, and didn’t even ask him for a penny. She simply walked out of his world. But when she was about to marry someone else, he suddenly pinned her against the wall and kissed her like a madman. Shu Wan couldn’t quite figure out what Mr. Ji 27.4kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves
18. 18 蚀 A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨危情 Qi Lao You淇老游Modern Romance753k WordsCompleted Xia Weiming died, and Shen Xiujin personally sent Jian Tong to a women’s prison. During her three years behind bars, Shen Xiujin’s order to “take good care of her” changed Jian Tong beyond recognition. She was even “persuaded to donate a kidney” while in prison. Before she went in, Jian Tong said, “I didn’t kill her.” Shen Xiujin remained unmoved. After her release, Jian Tong said, “I killed Xia Weiming. I’m guilty.” Shen Xiujin’s face turned livid. “Shut up! Don’t let me hear you say that again 68.3kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves

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    Xia Shiyu ultimately didn't go to see the forest 💕💕, but instead went to accompany her childhood friend Xu Zang to the sea 🥺🥺… If the forest has fairy tales, please bring them to my side. If you are afraid of the ocean, then come with me to the forest.

19. 19 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8kShelves
20. 20 往 The Past Was Like Summer 往事如夏 Sun in the Starry Sky星空里的太阳Modern Romance100k WordsOngoing [School Life] + [Modern Romance] + [Urban Romance] + [Strong Female Lead] Mu Ning and Ji Nanfeng grew up together. Ji Nanfeng had always been deeply in love with the girl he spent every day with, but she had always seen him as an older brother. Then one day, something happened that changed Mu Ning's life... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a really good book. If you're bored and don't know what to read, you can click to check out the book below and savor it at your leisure. It's indeed excellent. Brothers and sisters who are experiencing a reading slump can give it a try.

21. 21 一 The Poisonous Consort 一品毒妃 Mo Qianchang墨千裳Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted Su Ziyu is a poison-medicine doctoral expert from the twenty-second century, undefeated in the art of poison and unmatched among poison doctors. But fate had other plans. In an instant, she transmigrated thousands of years into the past, to the Eastern Zhou dynasty, becoming Su Ziyu, the cowardly, weak-willed, foolish concubine-born daughter of the prime minister’s household. Imprisoned, with her birth mother dead, her stepmother persecuting her, and her sisters poisoning her, she faces a brutal 4.8kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
22. 22 错 After We Missed Our Chance, Who Am I to You? 错过之后我是你的谁 Green Marsh Times青泽时光Modern Romance151k WordsOngoing We met when we shouldn't have, fell in love when we shouldn't have, and let go when we shouldn't have. If we could do it all over again, I wish we had never met, never fallen in love, and never walked away from each other that night. But it all happened. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    As a newbie on the road, I'll be sharing traditional romance and urban fiction. I want to take you closer to the concepts of "white moonlight" and "cinnabar mole." Did you also have your own "white moonlight" during your high school years?

23. 23 缘 Why Is Fate in This World? 缘何在人间 Who Is Better Than Me孰若吾Urban137k WordsOngoing The wind from the hills and fields once swept through the boy's lean years. Han Feng rose from the countryside, crossed the desolation of his years as a left-behind child and the wistfulness of his school days, and step by step entered a city enclosed by steel and concrete. As life carried him from place to place, he experienced the meetings and partings of love, tasted the hardships and struggles of making a living, and witnessed the shifting tides of the capital markets, where human nature re —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    So, are you coming back to see me?

24. 24 一 A Brief Nap 一晌眠 Shen Tiancai申甜菜Modern Romance107k WordsOngoing When they first met, he was the young, high-spirited Young Master Chen, who loved to act on a whim and make trouble. She was an actress carrying the weight of ethnic hatred... When they met again, he had become Dr. Chen, worn down by age and steeped in the smell of medicine. He neither coveted nor yearned for the world's glamour, longing only for simple happiness. She was the glamorous Boss Zhang, dazzling before all eyes... Come see a Nanjing family rise and fall, and witness a generation's fer —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It brought tears to the eyes of a sister with a heart of steel [Seriously, I'm not kidding, Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people]. At their first meeting, he was the young, spirited, and mischievous Master Chen. She was an actress burdened with national hatred… When they met again, he was the weary, medicinally-smelling Dr. Chen. He didn't crave or yearn for worldly vanities, only cherishing simple happiness. She was the glamorous Boss Zhang in public… Witness the rise and fall of a family in Nanjing, witness the patriotic fervor of a generation. Better to part ways than to cling together in hardship. From Nanjing to Wuzhen, from Wuzhen to Tongxiang, from Tongxiang to Jiujiang, from Jiujiang to Fuyang, finally circling back to their hometown of Nanjing… Each letter carried countless things and secrets, unknown to them, they only knew they were fleeing, constantly fleeing. It is said… out of rage, I took up my knife, cut off my flesh to return to my mother, removed my bones to return to my father, gave my heart to my beloved, returned my father's essence and mother's blood, returned my true feelings to you, and with a fragment of my soul, went straight to the Western Paradise to plead with Buddha.

25. 25 谁 Whose Waiting Blooms Like a Flower 谁的等待，恰似花开 Wang Huohuo王火火Modern Romance178k WordsCompleted Lin Yixin was just an ordinary woman in the bustling mortal world. Before she met Shao Chuyi, she had a respectable job, a seemingly happy family, and, like many girls, a past she could look back on fondly. A love affair during college had come out of nowhere, yet she had buried it deep in her heart and could never let it go. No one knows where love begins, but once it does, it runs deep. In the fleeting years, some things came to an end and others found their happy endings. Yet for Lin Yixin, s —Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    I think these two books are good! First, emotional insecurity, hesitation, timidity, and cowardice. Secondly, having endured countless hardships and nearly been wiped out...

26. 26 谁 Who Will Save the Crumbling Heavens? 谁来挽天倾 Ye Zhi Knows the Wind's Strength叶知风劲Eastern Fantasy288k WordsOngoing In the year 2660, Earth is not only divided among powerful warlords who carve it up into kingdoms, but also overrun by demon clans who wreak havoc across the land. Beyond Earth's atmosphere, extraterrestrial demons also lurk, viewing humanity as two-legged sheep and casting covetous eyes on the blue planet. The Great Way is on the brink of collapse, and billions of living beings suffer beyond measure. Who in this world can step forward and save it from ruin? 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend a new book and would greatly appreciate any feedback. Thank you so much!

27. 27 这 This Time, I'll Teach You How to Be a Person 这一世，我教你做人 Going It Alone in Life独闯生活Modern Romance126k WordsOngoing To bring good luck to her gravely ill father, Sun Yao had no choice but to bow her head and marry her first love, whom she had broken up with years ago. She never expected that turning back would cost her life. Just as... “Driver, please, go faster. If you don’t, I’m going to die.” Sun Yao pleaded helplessly with the driver. “Skreeee!” The long, piercing screech of brakes rang out. Sun Yao wasn’t paying attention and slammed her face into the seat in front. “Get out! If I keep driving you, I’m g —Reads—Score—Shelves

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