Looking for a Novel That's Oppressive from Start to Finish, One That Leaves You Breathless 求全篇很压抑，让人喘不过气的书

1. 451 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 21.9kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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   Why would you want to read this kind of book? Well, this one is the best choice.

2. 452 被 After My Yandere Disciple Tortured Me 被病娇徒弟酷刑加身后 Yun Xiaoye云小夜Ancient Romance350k WordsCompleted [Female master and male disciple + two equally powerful leads. A beauty subjected to torture + a puppy-like young man who suffers abuse.] [Early stage: a loyal, high-martial-arts female general starved of affection and a sinister, vicious, lovesick tyrant] [Middle stage: a dazzling, bewitching empress who brings ruin to the nation and a meek, submissive, frail emperor] [Late stage: a crazed, obsessive avenging empress and a puppy-like young man who endures abuse just to survive] She was once a f 1.2kReads8.1Score102Shelves
3. 453 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

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   It's labeled as a angst-filled story, but it's actually a multi-female protagonist wish-fulfillment novel! [Laughs]

4. 454 雪 The Snow Canon, the Mist Canon: Chronicle of the Twins 雪典，雾典，双生纪 Bo L Tang波l棠Ancient Romance748k WordsCompleted “The first snow between heaven and earth fell atop Kunlun Mountain. Back then, snow did not yet know what melting was, and mist did not know what it meant to disperse. They thought everything in the world would last forever.” “Later, the snow melted and became water. The mist dispersed and became nothing. Only then did they understand: what was eternal was not themselves, but the person who paused in the snow, and the eyes that glanced back through the mist.” 54Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 455 飘 Drifting, Drifting 飘呀飘 Ye An冶岸Modern Romance183k WordsCompleted She said that she and I were both maggots in the gutter, with filthy blood... “Cowards are afraid of happiness; even cotton can hurt them.” But I discovered that beyond my mother, there were warm arms and broad shoulders. Love isn’t limited to blood ties. I no longer have to face my future in fear, pretending to be calm... 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   She said we were both maggots in the gutter, even our blood was dirty… Cowards are afraid of happiness, they get hurt even by cotton… But I discovered that besides my mother, there are warm embraces and broad shoulders; love isn't limited to blood ties. I no longer need to face my future with fear and feigned calm…! The story is somewhat depressing and ambiguous, not Mary Sue-ish, but rather realistic. The female protagonist was abused by her mother from a young age until her mother's suicide, receiving the consequences of long-term abuse, and then finding redemption through adoptive parents and friends… The author is also incredibly gentle.

6. 456 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted 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 473.6kReads9.7Score67.7kShelves

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   This book of knives has brought tears to so many people.

7. 457 雨 The Rain Canon 雨典 Bo L Tang波l棠Ancient Romance387k WordsCompleted When rain falls upon the world, it is no longer just water. It becomes a bridge between two people meeting, tears of parting, the sorrow of waiting, and a promise to stay together. How many bonds of affection between heaven and earth last only as long as a passing shower? And I am merely the passerby holding an umbrella. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 458 记 The Gravekeeper of the Cemetery of Memories 记忆坟场的守墓人 Luan He Xing滦鹤行Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6k WordsCompleted The Gravekeeper of the Memory Graveyard 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   1.) *The Gravekeeper of Memory Graveyard* – A hard science fiction work about memory, betrayal, and redemption. 🔥 Recommendation 🔥 On the ruins of a collapsed civilization, memory becomes the most expensive commodity, and the body becomes a replaceable vessel. Kane Walker, the creator of memory network technology, once dreamed of connecting human consciousness with technology, but witnessed his invention being twisted by rioters into the most cruel tool of rule—plundering others' bodies, erasing their existence, to grant the powerful immortality. A global riot leaves his wife in a vegetative state, his memories are violently erased, but he survives thanks to an emergency code. Ten years of infiltration, he steals the body of his enemy, disguises himself as a memory technician, and gradually approaches the core of power. But the truth is far colder than revenge… "They erased his memories, but they couldn't erase his revenge." 2.) *Burying the Moon* – A science fiction masterpiece about destruction, rebirth, and eternal nostalgia. 🔥 Recommendation 🔥 > When the moon stops turning, humanity faces annihilation. > To save themselves, they decided to bury their companion star. But deep within the moon's core, they unearthed a cosmic tombstone spanning four billion years… The moon is not a satellite, but a coffin; humanity is not savior, but gravedigger. An unprecedented "Moonlight Project," a cosmic dilemma tearing at the soul. An ultimate choice that shakes the stars, a cosmic lament for a vanished civilization. When the bright silver disc transforms into a "galactic necklace" encircling the Earth, children marvel at its beauty, while the elderly search for the vanished moonlight. Under the faint glow of the galactic necklace, listen to humanity's heaviest footsteps. "To survive, we must kill the moon."

9. 459 抖 A Masochistic Catgirl's Guide to Self-Rescue 抖m猫娘自救指南 This Person Left No Suicide Note这个人没有遗书Urban237k WordsCompleted [Gender-bender + 1v1 + protagonist is slightly bratty + System + mild emotional angst + later reincarnation] I got transported into a game. That should have been a good thing, but... Why did I, a grown man, get turned into a catgirl?! Although Qiuyu wanted to go along with the idea of making the best of things, this world didn't seem keen on making life easy for him. I got swept up by the Committee right at the start. They really made me go in for questioning that fast. Still, I guess it's not a 2.3kReads8.9Score292Shelves

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   It looks good and meets my needs.

10. 460 课 Spring and Autumn in the Textbooks 课本春秋 Bo L Tang波l棠Modern Romance212k WordsCompleted Seasons in the Textbook A Republican-era classroom, with one teacher and several students [Volume One] First School Year (Autumn 1932–Summer 1933): The Beginning of Learning Opening Note: In the autumn of 1932, the ancestral hall in Qingxi Town opened its doors as a school. Five children walked inside. Over the next six years, they would see the whole world from here. A Poem for the Opening The ancestral hall’s threshold stands three inches high. The children lift their feet to cross, unawar 25Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 461 埋 Burying the Moon 埋葬月亮 Luan He Xing滦鹤行Sci-Fi & Apocalypse9k WordsCompleted Burying the Moon —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 462 百 The Ancestor's Parody of Versailles: A Lecture Hall of Laughter 百家笑谭老祖宗的凡尔赛讲堂 Bo L Tang波l棠583k WordsCompleted Emergency report! Emergency report! The Chinese cultural heritage system has triggered a Level Three Red Alert! The meeting room at the Heavenly Dao Administration was in chaos. Three curves plunged on the holographic display: The first line, labeled [System Comprehension], had fallen from 85% in the Tang Dynasty to 32% in the 21st century. The second line, labeled [Integrity Index], had gone from the dazzling galaxy of the "Hundred Schools of Thought" era to today's scattered "quotes from fa 14Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 463 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Advised the Female Ghost to Study Hard! 惊悚游戏：开局劝女鬼好好学习! Sun and Moon日月Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural instance dungeon: Class 3, Year 1 has finished loading. Players, get ready.] What happens when a hot-tempered young man enters a horror game? Xie Yao: “Why aren't you studying? What are you doing here!” Ghost student: “Big bro, I was wrong! Ah, don't hit my face!” Xie Yao: “Why is your mouth open? Have you finished your homework?” Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Please, I'll do it right now! Don't hit me!” Xie Yao turned around. “What are you doing?” All the ghosts: “Uh... we're being friendl 2.7kReads9.2Score270Shelves

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    See? See? They're all silent.

14. 464 官 The Officialdom Game 官奕 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋Urban632k WordsOngoing My name is Wei Zilong, and I’ve spent my career in government. Through my story, I want to show everyone what the political arena is really like... When you’re in public service, you can’t always control your own fate. If you never weather a storm, how can you ever mature? 13.1kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves

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15. 465 一 One Candy, and You're Mine for Life 一颗糖，缠你一辈子 Shiluo Niang什洛娘Modern Romance137k WordsCompleted [Rich Heiress x Insecure, Brooding Puppy] [Perverted Deaf Guy] -- Unfortunately, Ling Yue's family fell on hard times. Fortunately, someone came to her rescue. But the person who saved her was the poor boy she'd helped years ago, and he loved her so obsessively that She thought she had been given a new life, only to fall into another kind of hell. -- “Xiaoyue, why don't you love me?” In the pitch darkness, Jiang Muchen's voice was hoarse, tinged with a broken quality. “Aren't you my wife?” His 3.5kReads8.3Score238Shelves

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    It's all so depressing. I wish there were no more human trafficking or school bullying in the world.

16. 466 只 I Only Make Money, Never Romance: I'm the Best Professional Simp! 只赚钱不谈情，职业舔狗我最行！ A Long Sigh长叹一声Urban3.9M WordsOngoing (Succubus + winning back the husband + lighthearted comedy + everyday campus life + no System + not reborn + sweet and angsty) A gambling-addicted dad, an alcoholic mom, a sick little sister, and a broken-hearted him. To make money, Lu Xing chose to provide emotional support instead of doing either brainwork or manual labor. Everyone knows Lu Xing is the humble pursuer of the aloof campus beauty Wei Qingyu. He loves her to his very core and takes care of her in every possible way! Wei Q 261.1kReads9.5Score18.8kShelves
17. 467 不 I Don't Regret Our Parting, Only That It Came Too Soon 不恨离别，只恨匆匆 Half a Plate of Dumplings半盘饺子Ancient Romance30k WordsCompleted The Imperial City is ancient and mysterious. Behind its red walls and yellow-tiled roofs lie countless secrets and sorrows unknown to the world. “Flowers bloom and fade behind the silent courtyard gate; two beauties stand side by side beneath the jade pavilion. They long to speak of affairs within the palace, but dare not say a word in front of the parrot.” This is a simple story told by three women of the inner palace, each with a very different fate, as they recount their own loves and heartbr 41Reads—Score101Shelves

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    I was breathless after reading it; it was only 30,000 words, but I read it in one go.

18. 468 痛 A Painful Kiss 痛吻 Shiluo Niang什洛娘Modern Romance230k WordsCompleted [The recommended novel's animated series is now available] Official title: A Kiss of Pain [Against school bullying] [Angst] Zhao He came from a poor family and a humble background. To Shen Xiangwan, she was lower than a dog. She lived under the shadow he cast, enduring a life worse than death. When she was finally set free and left the school That demon said he'd fallen in love with her. And she plunged straight into another abyss. -- After escaping, Zhao He jolted awake from a dark midnight dre 21.2kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
19. 469 两 Collection of Two Forgettings: Records of an Unknown Daoist Couple Among Clouds and Waters 两忘集——无名道侣云水录 Bo L Tang波l棠44k WordsCompleted The Collection of Two Forgotten: The Unnamed Daoist Couple's Record of Clouds and Waters 7Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 470 我 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 我知道她的秘密后，她却带我去了民政局 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋32k WordsCompleted After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
21. 471 过 Adoption into the Family 过继 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋Urban1.9M WordsCompleted This is a novel about a man growing up through blood and tears. Along with the cruelty of reality comes the trickery of fate. But if you’re a man, wipe away your tears and face every hardship. Make yourself tough as steel, unbreakable... 29.9kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
22. 472 活 Alive! As Long as She’s in This Town, She’s Alive 活性！只要她还在这座小镇就活着 Bo L Tang波l棠Rural Life114k WordsCompleted You are alive. Your body is alive. But are you still human at heart? Did you see someone today? Did you make a choice today, not because it was easy, but because it was right? Did you do something today where no one could see, something only you would ever know about? It was small, so small you’d feel embarrassed even to mention it. But you did it. That is your humanity. That is your vitality. To be alive, you need humanity. Even if you mutate, you can still be human. Without humanity, you’re no 11Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 473 大 I Just Graduated from College, and You Want Me to Fight Loki? 大学刚毕业，你让我打洛基？ How Can There Be No End以何无涯Urban178k WordsOngoing [Cthulhu Mythos + Modern Urban High Martial Arts + Vast Worldbuilding + A Touch of Western Fantasy] The size is just right, neither too big nor too small, as if it had been made just for her. “Use the most important thing I have to...” 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is my own book. If you don't like it, you can come and hit me! [Making faces][making faces][making faces]

24. 474 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves

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    Reading this book is truly suffocating. The world setting and rules are oppressive, and the protagonist struggles with every step. After finishing it, I felt choked up.

25. 475 上 The Ancient Powerhouses Have Arrived 上古大佬团驾到 Bo L Tang波l棠Eastern Fantasy108k WordsCompleted The ancient supreme gods Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, long since retired and all but legendary, were bored one day. They decided to take their wives, Xihe and Changxi, on a “business trip” that was really a “government-funded vacation,” visiting the Heavenly Court and the Underworld, both under the administration of the current management, the Jade Emperor. When word got out, the officials governing the Three Realms fell into unprecedented panic and chaos. They mistook a simple family outing for 11Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 476 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.6kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves
27. 477 末 Apocalypse: Even After Changing Gender, I Still Have to Face a Mad World 末世：性转了也要面临疯癫的世界 Huang Xuan篁玄Sci-Fi & Apocalypse475k WordsCompleted (The main story is complete) (No System + gender transformation + supernatural abilities + apocalypse + not a power fantasy + self-torment + protagonist suffering) (Once again, this is a story where the protagonist suffers. Please avoid it if that's not your thing.) A taste for heart-wrenching misery, nerves on edge at every sound, extravagant banquets, and draining someone to the bone. Seven years have passed since the apocalypse began. Zhong Yang dies in an accident, then wakes up transfor 1.4kReads8.3Score138Shelves

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    This book is pure, unadulterated torture for the protagonist.

28. 478 糖 Candied Hawthorn Inn 糖葫芦客栈 Bo L Tang波l棠Fantastical Romance133k WordsCompleted Pure dialogue, a novel told entirely through lines of speech. The martial world can be a little bitter, so why not try a candied hawthorn? The first bite is tart, but the sweetness lingers. Another one, dear guest! Welcome to the Candied Hawthorn Inn! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 479 软 The Timid Wife Tries to Escape! Imprisoned in the Attic by a Deranged, Obsessive Husband 软妻想逃！被疯批病娇囚养于阁楼 Mo Jiu Xuan He墨酒玄鹤Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted [Southeast Asian Boss + ruthless male lead + innocent, timid female lead + dominant man and vulnerable woman + forced possession + obsessive love + everyone stays pure + one man, two women + dark themes + slightly twisted + surveillance + locked-room confinement] The seasons in Southeast Asia are indistinct, much like his feelings for the girl, shrouded in mystery. Was it obsession, possessiveness, or a love that would never fade? To keep the girl by his side, Fu Chenyu spent every last bit of e 193Reads6.1Score186Shelves

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    This book made me feel very depressed and suffocated while I was reading it.

30. 480 血 The Blood-Red Wedding Dress: My Five-Hundred-Year-Old Ghost Girlfriend 血色嫁衣我的五百岁女鬼女友 Bo L Tang波l棠Mystery214k WordsCompleted A female ghost in a blood-red wedding dress! A sinister plot that extinguished all humanity! A meeting five hundred years in the making: she came back in this life for you! Young Gu Linchuan secluded himself in Jiangnan to prepare for his exams, only to encounter Rong Qianlu, a five-hundred-year-old female ghost dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. Her family was slaughtered when she was alive, turning her into a vengeful spirit, but Gu Linchuan’s gentleness brought out her vulnerable side. The 10Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 481 犯 Criminal Synopsis 犯罪提要 Poems Flow from the Pen笔落诗成Two Male Leads1.4M WordsOngoing Silver-haired beauty with a genius IQ [Qin Yinluo (Chong Hu)] vs. shameless, scheming, lovesick big shot [Long Jinfeng] [Double purity, equally matched, two big shots, two male leads + crime solving + undercover criminal investigation + comedy + happy ending + sweet romance] What should you do when the one who got away returns home after years apart? Long Jinfeng's answer: Easy. A golden cage and chains. Qin Yinluo had been away for many years and met all kinds of people, but few had ever struck 1.6kReads9.5Score106Shelves

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    Every single one of these books is so heartbreaking, it breaks my heart.

32. 482 推 Push: The First Time I Got Pushed, I Hit Back! 推——第一次被推就打回去！ Bo L Tang波l棠64k WordsCompleted Push Back! The First Time Someone Pushes You, Hit Them Right Back! 16Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 483 被 Twenty Years in Captivity 被囚禁的二十年 A Lucky Lop-Eared Rabbit一只发财的垂耳兔Two Male Leads1.2M WordsOngoing Lin Yang was an ordinary teacher. Seven years ago, Song Tianqi seized him outside a convenience store, making him the family's secret wife. He thought that was as bad as things could get. Then, the year before last, Song Tianqi took him to the old Song family home for New Year. That's when he discovered the kind of place he'd walked into: locked in the attic was a man who had been imprisoned for forty-five years. He had lost all his memories and didn't even remember his name. In the room next d 22.9kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves
34. 484 溺 Drowned: The Unexpected Charm of a Depressed Boyfriend 溺亡【抑郁小男友的反差萌】 Three Flying Birds三只飞鸟Two Male Leads170k WordsCompleted [Rekindled love, reunion after years apart, reunited from the very first chapter, depression, bittersweet romance, contrast, powerful leads, equally matched, no angst between the couple, both each other’s first and only, happy ending] Tender, devoted CEO Jiang Xu (top) × depressed, aloof yet unexpectedly adorable Gu Chong (bottom) A story about a comic artist and a pianist. (The author would rather not get flamed, so extreme top- and bottom-focused readers should proceed with caution.) Five year 2.4kReads9.1Score307Shelves
35. 485 待 When the Flowers Bloom Again Next Year 待到来年花开日 Jiang Yunqian江云千Two Male Leads231k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Transmigration + Immortality + Reincarnation + Daily Life + Lighthearted, Funny, Sweet Romance] Gu Xiujun and Jiang Yuan transmigrated to this world at different times, but one of them forgot his former life and experiences after transmigrating… One is immortal, while the other is reincarnated. Gu Xiujun endures an endless life, while Jiang Yuan walks the path of reincarnation. In this unfamiliar world, they’re good companions who help each other pass the time. But… companions 173Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Immortality + Reincarnation, a slow-paced daily life

36. 486 杀 Slaughter Kindergarten: Killergarten 杀戮幼儿园——Killergarten Bo L Tang波l棠78k WordsCompleted Killergarten 2Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 487 第 The Third Pole: Between Gods and Mortals 第三极：人神之间 Xiao Xiao Mu Liangchen萧萧暮良辰Sci-Fi & Apocalypse518k WordsOngoing A steampunk world where steam engines and difference engines roar. In the West, the religious empire of Elisagnanu Aymilan worships the prophecies of precise difference engines in the name of “divine order.” In the East, the imperial Qin dynasty commands raging steam and gunpowder behemoths, enforcing a ruthless and efficient Legalist system. Caught between them, the neutral nation of Sallesgley glimmers as fragile as glass. The protagonist, Judas Peidio Fitzgerald Kennedy, is a low-ranking divi 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Dao Ge, Li Jiu, Banmian, and Gao Wobei's books are all very depressing, regardless of the type of depressing.

38. 488 我 I, the Most Hated One, Died. What Are You Crying For? 我一个万人嫌死了，你们哭什么？ Flowers Falling in Misty Rain烟雨花落Two Male Leads245k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Angsty, Over-the-Top Romance + Everyone’s Least Favorite + Everyone Gets Their Redemption] Ye Sui knew from childhood that he was an illegitimate son, and that illegitimate sons were guilty by nature. So his father treated him like he didn’t exist. His mother sold him off to pay her debts. His eldest brother hated him because his mother had indirectly caused the death of his brother’s mother, who had been his father’s mistress. His second brother had been the demon in his nigh 6.6kReads7.9Score518Shelves
39. 489 山 The Rivers and Mountains Trilogy 山河故人三部曲 Bo L Tang波l棠Modern Romance96k WordsCompleted A small town in Jiangnan, Mudanjiang in the northeast, and the ancient city of Xi'an. Different places, the same vision. Beautiful China! Jiangnan's bridges and flowing streams, the northeast's ice and snow, Xi'an's lamb paomo. Beautiful mountains, beautiful rivers, and even more beautiful people. The scenery is written through its people, and the people are reflected in the scenery! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 490 腊 Snow on the Twenty-Seventh Day of the Twelfth Month: That Snowy Night, I Fled Hell with My Daughter in My Arms 腊月二十七的雪：那个雪夜，我抱着女儿逃离了地狱 Gan Lian干恋6k WordsCompleted Snow on the Twenty-Seventh Day of the Twelfth Month: That Snowy Night, I Fled Hell with My Daughter in My Arms 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Never open the first book, "That Moon Snow," when you're emotionally vulnerable. It's filled with son preference, a mama's boy husband, and endless violence—it's suffocatingly realistic. The heart-wrenching moments aren't deliberately created; they're the despair hidden in everyday life. The third book involves life-or-death experiences and being abducted by human traffickers—it's oppressive and suffocating.

41. 491 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
42. 492 七 Seven-Day Captivity: A Letter from the Abyss 七日囚——深渊的来信 Bo L Tang波l棠29k WordsCompleted Seven Days Imprisoned: A Letter from the Abyss 8Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 493 姻 When the Dream of Marriage Ends 姻梦醒 Gan Lian干恋Modern Romance131k WordsCompleted An unhappy marriage is like a nightmare! You put up with things and make allowances in your dreams... Like being trapped in a nightmare, even waking up is difficult. The protagonists in this book have all endured the nightmares of marital troubles and hardship in real life. One day, they will come to a realization... and build brilliant lives of their own! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 494 用 I Risked My Life to Transmigrate into a Book, and the Whole Internet Begged Me Not to Die 用命穿书后，全网发弹幕求我别死 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads448k WordsCompleted On-screen comments + System + true young master + sweet on the outside, dark on the inside + transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite + intense push and pull + seductive beauty A frail, ill, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside true young master VS the obsessive, volatile heir to a powerful Beijing family Xiao Qingye was a powerful young master with a terrible reputation. Almost nobody liked him, and his parents treated him like a thorn in their side. Everyone told him to be kind, but 12.4kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
45. 495 忘 Forgotten River Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Ghost Festival Teahouse 忘川茶寮——中元茶寮鬼话连篇 Bo L Tang波l棠38k WordsCompleted Wangchuan Teahouse: Ghost Stories Galore at the Zhongyuan Teahouse 1Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 496 前 The Trials of Life and Death in the First Half of My Life 前半生历劫生死 Gan Lian干恋Modern Romance116k WordsCompleted At a human traffickers' hideout, the other children and I huddled together, trembling with fear as we watched two sisters from the neighboring family being bullied. Their cries, curses, and pleas for mercy rang in my ears. I still don't know where a five-year-old like me found the courage. I hurled the broken bowl in my hand at one of the thugs, smashing it against his head. "Who gave you the guts to hit me?" the bloodied man roared, then punched me so hard I went flying... —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 497 丧 A Zombie's Hiking Diary 丧尸的徒步旅行日记 Li Jiu理久Sci-Fi & Apocalypse296k WordsCompleted [Leisurely Travels + Everyday Storylines + No Romance] [Content note: No fighting or drama, and the protagonist isn't cold-blooded, going on killing sprees, or antisocial. This is purely a story about taking walks!] When the apocalypse broke out, Yu Qingxian chose to die. But her attempt failed, and she became a zombie. She had been socially anxious and depressed in life, so she decided to travel on foot. Since everyone was a zombie anyway, she didn't feel so afraid anymore. 24.2kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
48. 498 他 He Regrets It 他有悔 Lady Jinxi金喜娘Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted [Reunion after years apart + groveling to win her back from the start + secretly raising their child + scheming, possessive, devoted male lead] Eight years after their divorce, Xiang Yilin never expected to run into his ex-wife at the hospital. Xu Yan, once a pampered heiress who had never lifted a finger, had become a doctor, and now had a limp. His seven-year-old son asked who she was. He paused for a long moment. “Someone I haven’t seen in a very long time.” All his life, Xiang Yilin had been 1.7kReads7.7Score362Shelves

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49. 499 琢 Carving Clouds 琢云 Mu Qiqi木砌砌Two Male Leads236k WordsCompleted (A little angst + happy ending + rekindled romance) Lin Zhuoxun x Xiao Yunshen A seemingly cheerful but secretly depressed bottom x a devoted, innocent top The first stirrings of love in youth are pure and passionate. I was once barren earth, but your arrival brought me back to life. 956Reads8.6Score151Shelves
50. 500 午 Midnight Nightmares: I Can’t Escape My Gloomy Landlord’s Clutches 午夜梦魇，我逃不出阴郁房东的禁锢 Gan Lian干恋9k WordsCompleted Midnight Nightmare: I Can't Escape My Gloomy Landlord's Confinement 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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