Angsty Novellas!!! 10–40 Chapters of Heart-Wrenching Pain!!! 虐文！！！短篇10-40章虐到肝疼的那种！！！

1. 101 百 After the Million-Yuan Year-End Bonus Was Canceled, the Whole Company Regretted It 百万年终奖取消后，全公司都后悔了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted The Million-Yuan Year-End Bonus Was Canceled, and the Whole Company Regretted It 1.9kReads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 十 Fourteen Sentences 十四句 Eat More Vitamin C多吃维CModern Romance201k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Fourteen Lines, bearing the same title, is now available on multiple platforms.] Life is like duckweed on the water, so why doubt that people will meet and part? Morality and ethics clash with matters of the heart. A realistic story. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. The greatest regret isn’t that people enter your life at different times, but that you’re meant to meet without being meant to be together. A remorseful husband tries to win back his wife. Written as realis 4.5kReads8.9Score479Shelves

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   📖"Fourteen Sentences"|Reality turns to taboo sadomasochism💔 - "We mistake the street lamp for the moon and taste the forbidden fruit on the edge of the moral cliff" 🌫️[Character] 🗝️Wen Lan (female protagonist)|The sober and sinking moth × the arsonist who extinguishes the last spark with his own hands 🧷Shen Xubai (male protagonist)|A trapped beast in a moral cloak×The judge who sentenced her to life imprisonment in fourteen sentences 💥[High Abuse Warning] • On a rainy night, she tore up the pregnancy test form, and the scraps of paper mixed with blood stuck to the hotel carpet • He made the sign of the cross in the confessional, but nailed her to the pillar of shame with the 14th "last time" 📜[Foreshadowing of fate] - She always said "That's it", and he always replied "Wait a minute" - Later, someone always carved the fourteenth sentence "Like dew, like lightning" on the window sill of the mental hospital with their fingernails 🩸[Reason for tweeting] When Shen Xubai put the wedding ring back on his ring finger, Wen Lan was grinding antidepressants into whiskey. The most painful part of this ungrateful gamble was not the moment when it was revealed, but the fact that every morning afterwards, she was still looking forward to his good morning text message. (Warning⚠️You will be permanently afraid of marriage after reading this! It is so real that it feels like you are peeping at the shadow behind the curtains of your neighbor's house😱) 🌇"There is no fate between us. It was just that when he passed by, I mistakenly heard the sound of brakes as my heartbeat." Fourteen sentences are not long nor short, enough to describe a person's life [crying]

3. 103 蓝 The Blue Gum Tree Waits in Vain for the Mistletoe Bird 蓝桉等不到释槐鸟 Chive Leaf I韭叶IModern Romance133k WordsCompleted “If I loved you a little less, would I be able to say a little more to you?” The girl, Ru An, had a secret crush on Lin Fu, the brightest star in school. She loved writing in her diary. Over her three years of high school, she filled five diaries. Not once did she mention Lin Fu by name, yet every line was about him. She described Lin Fu as full of life and spirit, but couldn't find a single word that suited herself. She had always lived by the rules, following the same routine. The only courage 12.3kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
4. 104 月 Moonlight No Longer Shines on Dreams of the Past 月光不照昔时梦 Xu Zhimeng许织梦Modern Romance189k WordsCompleted [Angst Warning] Qu Zhao: “Are you afraid…” “Afraid of what?” “That someday, your daughter will meet a man like you, just as I did.” Even the sun will one day die. The Milky Way and Andromeda are expected to collide in three billion years. Everything has an end. What about her and Fu Zongxian? Surely this madness would end someday. In his thirty years of life, Fu Zongxian had never asked for anything for himself. But at that moment, gazing at the photograph of his mother, he couldn’t help praying 4.2kReads8.9Score301Shelves
5. 105 神 Divine-Grade 神品 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Eastern Fantasy691k WordsCompleted Three Law Secret Realms have appeared in the underground city of the East Sea, sparking a fierce scramble among countless factions. The reason is that the protagonist possesses the divine ability to make his words come true! He can complete alchemy and artifact crafting with just a thought. And since he also has an immortal artifact, he joins the competition for the secret realms! 393Reads—Score—Shelves

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6. 106 师 Abbess, I’m Here! 师太，我来了！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted Abbess, Here I Come! 352Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 107 师 The Master’s Wife’s Chaos Body and the String of Events It Set Off 师娘的混沌体，所引发的连串事情 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted A series of events set off by the Shiniang's Chaotic Body 1Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 108 阿 Auntie, I Don't Want to Work Hard Anymore ¥¥¥ 阿姨，我不想努力了¥¥¥ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted Auntie, I Don't Want to Work Hard Anymore ¥¥¥ —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 109 运 The Man Who Hauled Provisions Was Made a Prince, While I Was Stripped of My Command 运粮草的被封王，我却被夺了兵权 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted The Man Who Hauled Supplies Was Made a King, While I Was Stripped of My Command 863Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 110 看 Invisible Tenderness! 看不见的温柔！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted Invisible Tenderness! 649Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 111 皇 The Empress Gets Her Revenge on the Spot 皇后有仇当场报 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted The Empress Gets Her Revenge on the Spot 529Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 112 被 My Husband and Mother-in-Law Set Me Up, and I Snapped 被丈夫和婆婆算计，我怒了 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted My Husband and Mother-in-Law Set Me Up, and I Snapped 196Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 113 这 In This Life, I Just Want to Treat You a Little Better! 这一世，我只想对你更好一些！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted In this life, I just want to treat you even better! 858Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 114 这 In This Life, Would You Still Want to Be with Me? 这一世，你还愿意和我在一起吗？ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀11k WordsCompleted In This Life, Are You Still Willing to Be with Me? 226Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 115 九 The Nine Bestowments 九锡 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Historical11k WordsCompleted Nine Bestowments 275Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 116 影 I Calculated the Actress’s Fate 影后的命，我算的 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀7k WordsCompleted I Read the Actress’s Fate 336Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 117 他 He Found My Suicide Note 他捡到了我的遗书 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted He Found My Suicide Note 627Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 118 缅 Reborn: Escaping a Telecom Scam Compound in Northern Myanmar 缅北电诈园重生逃亡记 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀10k WordsCompleted Reborn and Escaping a Telecom Fraud Compound in Northern Myanmar —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 119 他 He Killed Me, Then We Shared a Body 他杀了我，然后和我共用一具身体 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted He Killed Me, Then Shared My Body 72Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 120 美 The Secret in the Beautiful Woman’s Hands Made Me Stop Resisting 美妇手中的机密，让我停止了反抗 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6k WordsCompleted The Secret in the Hands of a Beautiful Woman Made Me Stop Resisting —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 121 皇 The Empress Only Wants to Be Empress Dowager 皇后娘娘她只想当太后 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted Her Majesty the Empress Only Wants to Become the Empress Dowager 316Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 122 盗 The Thief Stole Three Women and the Country 盗贼偷了三个女人和这个国家 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀6k WordsCompleted The Thief Stole Three Women and This Country 34Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 123 仙 The Immortal Venerable Says I Laid an Egg 仙尊说我生了颗蛋 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted The Immortal Venerable Says I Laid an Egg 24Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 124 疯 The Mad Emperor Imprisoned Me in a Shrine and Made Me His “Bodhisattva” 疯批皇帝把我囚在佛堂，让我当他的“菩萨”。 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted The mad emperor imprisoned me in the Buddhist temple and made me his “Bodhisattva.” 24Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 125 授 Hand Him the Reins 授他以柄 Zhou Fuyao周扶妖Ancient Romance96k WordsCompleted With the city about to fall and the kingdom on the brink of ruin, Pei Qing wrote a letter asking that man for help. For seven whole days, there was no reply. But just when all hope seemed lost, he arrived. His peerlessly handsome face was full of disdain and contempt. Xiao Yuan walked into the imperial bedchamber with blood dripping from his blade and lazily called out, “Elder Brother.” Having earned merit by rushing to the emperor’s defense, he naturally expected a reward. “I have plenty of gol 29.7kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves

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    Don't join the party with the happy ending of a sadistic short story! Because it was really uncomfortable to watch the end 😣 It was a love-hate entanglement that was still unfolding even though I knew it was doomed... After watching it, I felt uncomfortable for several days before I came out TT

26. 126 长 A Long Farewell 长辞 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance102k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + tragic romance + both leads reborn] Another heartbreaking historical romance from Zhihu’s popular author Zhier, following An Ending at Dusk! Through a haze of consciousness, she relived her entire life, finally pausing on that sunny afternoon. He stood beneath a tree, his eyes covered with white cloth, smiling as he asked what she wanted. A young gentleman, handsome and refined as jade. One glance was enough to stay in her memory for years. If only she had known that meeting h 2.9kReads8.4Score278Shelves
27. 127 清 Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03） Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Urban125k WordsCompleted Back in middle school, Xie Zeyang met Shen Bingqing. Their names were almost the opposite of their natures: he was as cold as ice, while she burned bright as the sun. He could still vaguely recall every time they parted when they were young. At thirteen, beneath the lights at the entrance to an alley. She waved with a radiant smile and said to him, “See you tomorrow, class monitor!” At seventeen, on the beach on a midsummer night. She poked her head out of the tent, eyes crinkling as she called 25.9kReads9.6Score6.5kShelves
28. 128 渣 The Scumbag Can't Have Me, Quick Transmigration 渣男对我求而不得【快穿】 Shui Mu Qing水木青Ancient Romance315k WordsCompleted After a car accident leaves her in a vegetative state, Lin Ruo is forced to bind herself to the Scumbag System and begins a masochistic quest to cling to the scumbag’s coattails. First World The scumbag emperor destroys her family and leaves her to die in a sea of flames in order to seize military power. After she dies, the emperor undergoes a dramatic change in personality and spends more than a decade consumed by regret. Lin Ruo rolls her eyes in disdain. [Scumbag Experience: 10%] Second World 5kReads9.1Score428Shelves

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    The first book! It made me cry for three mornings [crying] [crying] [crying] The first and last planes were so painful that I ended up with "nothing" in the end [crying] Many people must know that the second book is a fantasy, but seeing her put on a wedding dress really didn't hold back [crying] There is also a third book, an ancient proverb, just nine thousand words! It took ten minutes to watch ten hours [crying][crying][crying]

29. 129 报 Revenge? The Scalpel Turns on My Unrequited Love 报复？手术刀划向白月光 Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance8k WordsCompleted Revenge? The Scalpel Turns on His One True Love 434Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Almost crying][Almost crying][Crying][Crying][Crying][Crying][Love][Love][Send heart][Send heart]

30. 130 飞 When Birds Meet Fish 飞鸟与鱼遇见 Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance16k WordsCompleted When Birds and Fish Meet 89Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 131 失 I Regret Losing You 失去你，我追悔莫及 Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance13k WordsCompleted Without you, I regret everything. 178Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 132 内 This CP in Chinese Entertainment Nearly Went BE! 内娱这CP差点儿要be了！ Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance6k WordsCompleted This CP in the Chinese entertainment industry almost broke up! 79Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 133 怎 How Could I Bear to Miss You? 怎么忍心错过你？ Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance14k WordsCompleted How Could I Bear to Miss You? 85Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 134 我 I Wish You Would Mend My Whole World 我多想你为我的全世界缝缝补补 Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance112k WordsCompleted He grew up in a completely free and open-minded family. Though his family was fabulously wealthy, he instinctively kept his distance from the glittering world. He wanted to find someone and build a life unlike his parents': simple and passionate. She was adorable and mysterious. He thought she was like a heroine from a martial arts tale. She told him, “The moment we met, my soul hugged you and said, ‘Please don't date anyone else.’” He told her, “Let's get married first, then fall in love.” What 49Reads8.1Score—Shelves
35. 135 云 Love at the Edge of the Clouds 云边的爱情 Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance13k WordsCompleted Love Beyond the Clouds 56Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 136 非 It's You or No One, Even If I Have to Fight the Whole World! 非你不可，就算与全世界为敌！ Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance11k WordsCompleted You’re the Only One for Me, Even If It Means Defying the Whole World! 16Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 137 消 The Missing Sister 消失的姐姐 Clever Cat King聪明的猫King9k WordsCompleted The Missing Sister 118Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 138 拯 Rescuing Your Desert: I'm Your Guardian of the Galaxy 拯救你的荒漠：我是你的银河卫士 Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance9k WordsCompleted Saving Your Desert: I Am Your Galactic Guardian 7Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 139 斯 Si Nianqingqing 斯年轻轻 Silent Dixie沉默迪克西Modern Romance34k WordsCompleted [Groveling to win her back] [No getting back together] [Tragic ending] Cheng Qingqing's grand love for Fu Sinian was a mistake. She corrected it as soon as she realized, and would never look back at him again. She would never care how pathetically he begged. “Qingqing, I like you. I really do. Please, don't leave me. Please come home with me. Please give me a home. I'm begging you, don't leave me...” “Please...” It was actually Cheng Qingqing's birthday. At twenty-six, she seemed to have finally 834Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    I cry every time I watch it [cry]

40. 140 最 The Last Diary Entry 最后一篇日记 Sui Ying随楹Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted [Simplified Chinese edition signed for publication] I only used looking at the flowers as an excuse. All I really wanted was to see you once. 34.5kReads9.1Score6.2kShelves
41. 141 病 Sick Obsession 病态痴迷 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼Modern Romance412k WordsCompleted After three years with Jiang Qichuan, Wen Mian became pregnant. Her heart was full of joy, but all she got from him was: “She’s back.” She left without a word, hiding her pregnancy. But he refused to let her go. He drove her family to their deaths and clipped her wings, turning her into a canary in a cage once more, kept from the light of day. Jiang Qichuan said, “You were the one who started dreaming above your station.” Only later, after a fire claimed two lives, did he finally see her pregnan 1.3kReads6.9Score100Shelves

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    Ah, my dears, I cried to death in the first book. How should I let go [crying] In the second book, the heroine in other novels is either blood cancer, stomach cancer, or leukemia, but not this book. And why Jiang Qichuan didn't survive. He should be allowed to live to witness the love story of Shen Helin and Wen Mian, Shen Helin & Wen Mian

42. 142 一 Clouds Drift Away, Yet the Clear Evening Sky Remains 一云归去，不负晚晴 Xuan Ran宣染Modern Romance30k WordsCompleted When he drove her to her death, he said, “I will never regret what I did to you!” So she fell from a high-rise, shattered beyond recognition. Yet he searched the whole world, desperate to find even a trace of her… 76Reads8.1Score—Shelves
43. 143 爱 Love Has No Return 爱无归期 A Lady一个娘子Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted When Yun Sheng married Li Xijue, she was determined to keep trying until she hit a brick wall. She couldn't believe he could simply forget her completely. Later, the wall crumbled, and her heart died. The three-year marriage she had staked everything on fell apart. When she woke from her dream, her family was ruined and she had lost spectacularly. Only then did she finally understand: the man who never once looked her way, even when she was terminally ill, had always wanted to send her to her de 363Reads6.7Score—Shelves
44. 144 安 An’an Never Grows Up 安安长不大 Yan Xiaojiu盐小玖Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted He was Xu Shuyan, the top student in his year and the school’s untouchable heartthrob. He was naturally aloof, wanted nothing to do with people, and always kept to himself. One day, in a torrential downpour, with lights blazing all around, he sat quietly on a stool outside the door, drenched to the skin. She couldn’t understand why, so she held an umbrella over him and took him somewhere out of the rain. After that day, she began bringing him breakfast, walking to and from school with him, and d 868Reads9.0Score198Shelves

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    These books are so cruel that they make your liver hurt.

45. 145 我 I Request Permanent Account Deletion 我申请永久注销账号 Ming Yuxin明玉心Modern Romance22k WordsCompleted There isn't much of a synopsis. This is simply the story of a life born on the wrong track, reset to zero... Shen Shi'an: "The world is so vast, yet when I look around, there's not a single person who loves me!" There are bonus chapters, so check out the author's notes in Chapter One! #The tags don't match the story. The author didn't choose them (breaks down)# My new work is here! Welcome to read my story. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell 3.4kReads8.1Score451Shelves
46. 146 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? 19kReads8.2Score3.6kShelves
47. 147 娘 The Empress Refuses Love, While the Tyrant Goes Mad and Turns to the Dark Side 娘娘不入爱河，暴君疯批入魔 Huang Dandan黄蛋蛋Ancient Romance635k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, devoted couple + palace intrigue + regretful pursuit, clear-headed heroine, everyone's unattainable ideal] Meng Tang is a gracious, gentle empress who never competes for favor. Everyone thinks she is a true white lotus standing tall in the harem, and even the tyrant believes it. He takes a new concubine, and she smiles, congratulates him, and arranges for the newcomer to spend the night with him. He sends her restorative medicine, and she obediently takes it, knowing full we 29.1kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves

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    Just watch it. No one will say a word when you watch it, and you will cry to death.

48. 148 山 The Camellia Tree 山茶花树 Praying for Memories in Reverse祈回忆倒叙Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted “A Huai, the camellias on the mountain back home are blooming. I really wish you could go see them with me again.” “The camellias on the mountain bloom and wither, then bloom again, but the camellia in my heart will never fade.” 110Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short story about abuse, suitable for babies who don't want to read long stories.

49. 149 月 A Moonlight Redemption 月光般救赎 Praying for Memories in Reverse祈回忆倒叙Ancient Romance113k WordsCompleted He was as tender as moonlight, not as fiery as the sun, but his love was as open and unrestrained as the rising sun. He said, “Qinghuan, the thing I’ve never regretted in this life is loving you. I’ll love you until the very end of my life.” But she said, “Jun Yiche, I don’t love you. Don’t meet me in your next life.” After meeting her, he was terribly unlucky. Everyone’s misfortune was because of her. All she wanted was to never be entangled in worldly affairs again. Later, beneath a plum tree 1Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 150 薄 Mr. Bo, We’re Nothing but Strangers Now 薄先生，你我情同陌路 Ji Xiaonuan季小暖Modern Romance63k WordsCompleted [Short Story Contest] After seven years of marriage, she has suffered endless torment at his hands. She has angina and only a year left to live, but he ignores it and plans to marry her younger sister. No one knows she is the real Mrs. Bo. Forced to kneel before her own sister and admit she is a shameless mistress seeking attention, she endures his bloodthirsty sneers and his endless humiliation and trampling of her dignity. After losing her child, she goes mad with despair and leaps from the up 165Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    I haven't gotten over it after reading the second book. It's so uncomfortable. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

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