Angst, Angst, and More Angst, But with a Happy Ending, Please! 虐虐虐虐虐虐虐虐虐虐超级无敌巨虐 结局he的球球

1. 1051 开 From the Start, I Sold Mattresses, and the Sleeping Heiress Became My Strongest Ace 开局卖床垫，沉睡富婆竟是我最强外挂 A Jialula阿加鲁拉12k WordsCompleted Selling Mattresses from the Start: The Sleeping Rich Heiress Turns Out to Be My Strongest Cheat —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1052 三 At Thirty-One, I Pretend to Go to Work in Shenzhen 三十一岁，我在深圳假装上班 A Jialula阿加鲁拉8k WordsCompleted At Thirty-One, I'm Pretending to Have a Job in Shenzhen —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 1053 偷 Overhearing His Thoughts: The Icy CEO's Mind Is Full of Pink Comments 偷听心声:高冷总裁内心全是粉红弹幕 A Jialula阿加鲁拉16k WordsCompleted Eavesdropping on inner thoughts: The aloof CEO’s mind is full of pink on-screen comments —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1054 四 At Forty-Five, My Daughter and I Swapped Bodies, and I Made a Hundred Million 四十五岁，我和女儿互换身体后狂赚一个亿 A Jialula阿加鲁拉15k WordsCompleted At Forty-Five, My Daughter and I Swapped Bodies, and I Made a Hundred Million —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 1055 虐 After Abusing His Wife, the Scumbag Went Mad and Ran to a Farmer's House to Fight Pigs for Their Feed 虐妻之渣男疯了，跑到农户家抢猪食吃 Waiting for Dawn at Night夜等待黎明16k WordsCompleted After abusing his wife, the scumbag went mad and ran to a farmer's house to steal pig feed and eat it 28Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 1056 言 Romance Short Story: Because I Love, I Love 言情短篇《因为爱所以爱》 Waiting for Dawn at Night夜等待黎明6k WordsCompleted Because I Love You: A Romance Novella 29Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 1057 深 Layers of Resentment in the Deep Palace 深宫怨几重 Shangguan Xuan'er上官轩儿Ancient Romance152k WordsCompleted In this mortal world, in the imperial palace, in the mansions of the wealthy, how much love has gone unreturned and turned into bone-deep hatred? The tangled passions and heartbreak of so many men and women have all vanished into the mists of history. 818Reads—Score101Shelves

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   "Was it you? Did you poison my food?" Lin Wanqing's face turned purple from his grip, but she didn't struggle. She raised her hand, grasped his wrist, and placed three fingers on his pulse point. After a moment, she spoke with difficulty, her voice hoarse: "Your Majesty... Your kidney essence is deficient, and your liver fire is excessive... You should avoid women." (A collection of short stories intertwined with love and hate)

8. 1058 晚 Tales from the Late Tang 晚唐遗事 Tang Tang de Pang Pang唐唐de胖胖Ancient Romance80k WordsCompleted After transmigrating as Huang Chao’s empress, Shen Shu has the script in hand and knows the brutal end awaiting him. She tries to find a glimmer of humanity in the man destined to be reviled for all eternity, in the narrow spaces between the cracks of history. Will she redeem him, conspire with him, or fall with him amid a romance stained red with blood? In the tyrant’s palm, she composes a doomed love song amid the flames of war. 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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   His entire life trajectory was etched in her heart. From humble beginnings to his coronation as king in Chang'an, and finally his demise in Wolf and Tiger Valley, his fate remained unchanged. Knowing that their journey home was fraught with peril, she steadfastly stayed by his side.

9. 1059 道 The Way That Can Be Spoken: She Cultivates the Heartless Dao 道可道，她修无情道 Ninja Turtle Without Mercy忍者无情神龟Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted The brokenhearted, devoted, beautiful-but-tragic police hero × the cold, detached, hollow data analyst heroine | She is his only painkiller They've only ever been with each other! They've only ever been with each other! They've only ever been with each other! Three times, because it's important. Gu Yinan is the youngest captain in the economic crimes squad. He has bipolar disorder and suffers from chronic stomach problems. When solving cases, he's decisive and ruthless, notorious throughout th 197Reads6.5Score135Shelves

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   This is absolutely horrific!

10. 1060 红 A Knotty Red Thread: A Love Bet with a Vengeful Spirit 红线难牵：与怨灵的爱情赌约 Looking Forward to a Sunny Day期待小晴天Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted The little matchmaker spirit Ling Que descends to the mortal realm to meet her KPI, only to be ambushed by a wager from her sworn enemy, the vengeful spirit Jinying. He takes on the role of her direct supervisor, using romantic-drama clichés to win the heroine's heart while creating real-life dilemmas to drive a wedge between childhood sweethearts. As workplace sexual assault and difficult choices over personal gain erupt one after another, Ling Que's red thread of fate is on the verge of snappi 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My name is Gu Ci, the "Ci" in "farewell," the poor male lead~~

11. 1061 我 I Only Wanted to Build a Million-Dollar Business, but My Wife’s Affair Made Me a Billionaire CEO 我本只想做个千万老板，老婆出轨让我变成亿万总裁 Quan Xin荃昕9k WordsCompleted All I wanted was to become a millionaire, but my wife’s affair turned me into a billionaire CEO. 44Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 1062 女 My Innocent Daughter Was Slapped. I Divorced Him on the Spot, and Now He's Regretting It Like Crazy 女儿无辜被扇一巴掌，我当场离婚，他悔疯了 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted My daughter was slapped for no reason. I divorced him on the spot, and now he deeply regrets it. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 1063 你 If You Spoil Me Like This, I'll Forget I Was Forced into It 你这样宠我，我会忘了我是被迫的 Snake and Panda蛇与熊猫Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted The cold, domineering, ruthless heir in power, Huo Mingxiao VS the gentle, strong, well-behaved girl, Qing Muxue [Forced love + domineering marriage + brothers competing + both male leads are villains + possessive male lead + both leads are virgins + happy ending] Twenty years ago, they were kidnapped at the same time. Just as they were about to suffocate in an oil tanker, he grabbed her hand. Later, he was sold to Manguo in her place… Twenty years later, his billionaire father found him. By th 385Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A novel with a slightly angsty happy ending; the more you read, the better it gets.

14. 1064 姑 Fox Whispers of Guyao 姑瑶狐语 Sun Peiran孙培然Ancient Romance25k WordsCompleted Qing Yi, the most adorable little fox spirit on Mount Guy Yao, has one greatest wish in life: to cling to Brother Wei Yan forever. She always slacks off when cultivating. She can be happy for three days after growing a second tail, and doesn't mind much when it shrinks back to one. After all, her black fox big brother, with a beauty mark at the corner of his eye, is there to bail her out. When a peach tree spirit pesters her, her brother swishes his paw and cuts it into several pieces. When she 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The ending should be a happy one, with the whole family together.

15. 1065 莫 Mr. Mo, Stop Torturing Her. Your Wife Is Innocent 莫总别虐了，夫人她是无辜的 Mr. Dawson道森先生Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A sudden accident at sea entangled two people who had barely known each other, drawing them into a relationship born of a mistake. In the name of revenge, Mo Lingbei destroyed everything beautiful in Fu Qing's life, turning her into someone else: a substitute forced to live under another person's identity, forever hidden from the light. But gradually... As the two spent every day together amid this revenge, he slowly came to understand her. The girl he'd once thought was a spoiled, idle, useless 51Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended!

16. 1066 藏 The Hidden Flower Pavilion 藏花楼 Mr. Dawson道森先生Ancient Romance141k WordsOngoing On the day Lou Ze avenged his great wrong, the free-spirited Hua Xiu fell as well. What returned from the ashes was the only goddess in the world, Nangong Hua Xiu. As if their meeting had carried the seeds of their destined separation from the very start. If Lou Ze had known that stealing the seal key to Yueluo Abyss would cost Hua Xiu the person she loved most, would he still have done it? Hua Xiu had never considered such a question. It was simply too foolish... 11Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 1067 假 Her Fake Heiress Childhood Friend and His Family Have Her Back, but She'll Take Everything Back 假千金竹马全家护，她要夺回一切 The Tree That Wants to Fly要飞天的树9k WordsCompleted Her childhood sweetheart and his whole family protect the fake heiress. Now she wants to take it all back. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story of a real and fake heiress + a wife-chasing tale with a tragic beginning followed by sweetness + a heart-wrenching romance!

18. 1068 民 Bandit Village in the Republic of China 民国土匪村 Uncle Li of the Island Reef海岛礁的黎叔Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Period-drama fans, come take a look! (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no ghosts or gods, no System.) It covers romance, household intrigue, bandits, fierce resistance against the Japanese, fleeing famine, and the lives of educated youths. Everyone who’s read it says it’s great! Hei Niu and Xiu Zhen could have lived happily together, but because Xiu Zhen was so beautiful, bandits set their sights on her. By then, Hei Niu had become the chief steward of the Huang family estate. He learned that ban 3kReads8.1Score436Shelves

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    After reading this book, I realized how hard-won our happy life is today.

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