Heartbreaking Angst, Even More Painful Than The Last Immortal. Make My Heart Ache 虐虐虐比蚀骨危情还虐的，虐到肝疼

1. 1 以 I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月 Er Qiao二乔Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian 74.3kReads9.4Score6.7k14d adds

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   Let me recommend one of my books! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

2. 2 出 After Her Release From Prison, Her Childhood Friend Leaves Her Mute and Mindless 出狱后，她被竹马虐得又傻又哑 Cheng Zhi城稚Modern Romance166k WordsCompleted [Angst, childhood sweethearts, physical torment, heartbreak, groveling for a second chance] As the saying goes, “Fools are blessed.” But Yuan Xi, this little fool, had no such luck. That little fool never had a blessed day in her life. In the end, she was left with nothing. She didn’t know how things had ended up this way. They weren’t supposed to be like this. It was cold, so terribly cold. Why didn’t anyone care? In the corner of a dark room, the girl trembled silently. “Please don’t abandon m 32.4kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds

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   This one is absolutely amazing! Extremely angsty, short stories, it'll give you heartache while reading [crying]. Prison, miscarriage, torture to the point of being mentally impaired, torture to the point of being mute.

3. 3 只 I Only Wish We’d Part Ways in the Next Life 只愿来生与君绝 Drunken Glazed Moon醉琉月Ancient Romance50k WordsCompleted She was determined to die. That night, she set a fire and killed more than a hundred people. The Emperor ordered, “Execute her at once.” She was dragged to the execution ground, where she gave him a faint smile. As the white silk fell and her life slipped away, the Azure Dragon jade pendant appeared in that very instant. At that moment... he went mad! 636Reads5.3Score10114d adds

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   These books are all incredibly heart-wrenching, especially the second and third. In the second book, the female protagonist endures unimaginable darkness, becoming deaf, having a body temperature of only 29°C, consuming only liquids, and devoid of emotions. In the third book, the female protagonist disappears for twenty years before finally returning, and the male protagonist finally reunites with her, only to discover in the end that it was all just his imagination.

4. 4 豪 The Heiress Cast Out by a Tycoon Family Rejects Their Adoration 豪门弃女她拒绝团宠 City of Delusions臆想城Modern Romance124k WordsCompleted (A delicate, brilliant, and tragic heroine who excels at strategy, and a devoted hero with businesses everywhere that keep him from doing his proper job) (Light secret-identity elements) Everything in this story is set up to serve the plot, so don't worry too much about it! Jiang Li. She clawed her way out of the mud and mire. Nearly every misfortune imaginable befell her. Trusting no one and relying only on herself became her life's guiding principle. Su Jinran. Born into privilege an 125Reads8.3Score—14d adds
5. 5 她 She Came from Hell 她从地狱而来 Bing Yan冰言Modern Romance208k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, devoted to each other, short story] She died on the day she came of age. That day, she suffered a terrible humiliation. Everyone trampled her self-respect and dignity into the dirt, over and over again. She was reborn. This time, she would grow stronger before anyone else. She swore she would drag every person who had hurt her in her previous life straight to hell. After being reborn, she discovered at the age of eighteen that the world had changed beyond recognition… 69Reads9.2Score—14d adds
6. 6 最 The Royal Family Is Truly Heartless 最是皇室无情人 Xia Xiaoli夏小礼Ancient Romance50k WordsCompleted For generations, the Mu family had loyally served the country. In the end, their entire clan was sentenced to execution. The official presiding over the execution was her husband, the most brilliant and extraordinary of the Great Jing Kingdom's Third Princes. Then she awoke to the truth: The man she loved was a member of the royal family, the most heartless people in the world... 621Reads7.0Score11914d adds
7. 7 一 A Forced-Love Angsty Romance 一篇强制爱狗血虐文 Liang Bei x良北xTwo Male Leads369k WordsCompleted Male-male romance + forced love + melodrama + groveling redemption + unhinged characters + physical and emotional torment + angst with a sweet payoff + confinement + happy ending The pursuer knows he’s a scumbag. He’s inhuman at first, then goes mad chasing his love, even stabbing himself. * To get revenge on Chen Jing, Duan Jinyan personally sent him to prison, leaving him disfigured, deaf, and covered in ugly scars. After his release, Chen Jing ran into Duan Jinyan again. He begged Duan to lea 2.9kReads6.3Score16714d adds

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   It's so angsty, it'll break your heart! The beginning is that the protagonist (uke) is framed by the antagonist's (seme's) unrequited love interest and imprisoned for five years. In prison, he suffers various forms of mental and physical torture, resulting in disfigurement, deafness, and a body riddled with injuries that destroy his will. After his release, he's captured by the antagonist and can't escape. Because he disobeys, the antagonist kneels on broken glass and donates his bone marrow to his business partner without anesthesia. Later, the protagonist escapes but encounters a crazy second male lead, who captures him and forces him to hide under the bed and release snakes at the antagonist. The antagonist is cold-blooded and cruel, forbidding the protagonist from having any contact with others, and secretly kills everyone around him… There's an amnesia trope, a "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" scenario… Anyway, it's very melodramatic and angsty.

8. 8 罪 The Guilty Wife 罪妻 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼Modern Romance569k WordsCompleted [Physical and emotional angst + substitute male lead + regretful husband chasing his wife] Shen Nanzhou hated Tang Yin with every fiber of his being. To take revenge on her, he forced her to donate her liver, use herself as a test subject for drugs, and suffer from a terminal illness. He drove her daughter to her death, destroyed the man who had protected her, and ruined everything she cared about. He told her, "Tang Yin, I dream every night about the day you die." Later, when the truth came out 6.3kReads8.7Score47414d adds

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   They're all so heart-wrenching, but they're really good.

9. 9 王 My Lord, the Princess Consort Says She’ll Never See You Again 王爷，王妃说此生不复相见 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance421k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance Tragedy + No Getting Back Together + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] A tragic romance! A tragic romance! A tragic romance! Ye Chuyan loved Pei Xiuyan for twelve years, but never moved him in the slightest. All she got in return was Pei Xiuyan wiping out the Ye family and having her father and brothers tortured to death over three days in the snow. At last, she understood: for the rest of her life, there would be no love between her and Pei Xiuyan, only hatred, until one o 26.7kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
10. 10 极 Tortured to the Extreme 极虐 Young Master Jiang江家大少Modern Romance635k WordsCompleted An Nuan was a gifted pianist, but after being framed and sent to prison, she emerged three years later to find her life turned upside down! Then she met Si Lingfeng, the most powerful man in City C. He loved and cherished her with all his heart. If she said she wanted the stars, he would pluck them from the sky without a second thought. From their very first meeting, he pursued An Nuan passionately! When it came to winning her over, Si Lingfeng embodied every word: cunning, calculating, settin 714Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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    So bad it's beyond words. Don't believe me? Let's have a showdown!

11. 11 夫 Madam, President Yan Deserves to Die a Thousand Deaths! 夫人，颜总罪该万死啊！ Die Die Qing Cai蝶蝶青菜Modern Romance419k WordsCompleted Bai Wanxi killed someone. Yan Qingyun personally sent her to a psychiatric hospital. When she got out, all she had left was a disabled body. Yan Qingyun still wouldn’t leave her alone. “I want you to live as a prisoner and spend the rest of your life atoning to me.” “I’m a murderer. I’m guilty, and I’m willing to accept my punishment,” she said indifferently. He flew into a rage. “Bai Wanxi, I’ll make your filthy soul burn in hell.” She thought the psychiatric hospital was the eighteenth level o 658Reads8.4Score—14d adds
12. 12 傅 President Fu, Your Wife Has Signed the Divorce Agreement 傅总，夫人已签离婚协议 Yunduan Qiqi云端七七Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted [Heartbreakingly tragic + intensely satisfying + stand-in + contract marriage + groveling pursuit of his wife] Powerful CEO of a wealthy family × coldhearted designer who has shut her heart away After three years of marriage, Lin Xi is Fu Hanzhou's most dutiful ornament and his beloved's personal blood bank. On the night she miscarries, he coldly signs the papers. “You're not worthy of bearing my child.” The day her heart dies, she leaves a blood-written note saying, “May we never meet again,” 5.7kReads—Score27914d adds

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    This one! Super angsty! Extremely angsty! A massive "wife-chasing-after-the-wives-in-a-lifetime" novel, a female-centric revenge story, every chapter is full of suspense, twists and turns, and climaxes. The writing is concise and fast-paced. The beginning is angsty for the female lead, and later she relentlessly tortures the male lead, to the point of being atrocious. It's incredibly satisfying, so read it with confidence!

13. 13 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 312Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 14 总 The CEO’s Cinderella Doesn’t Play by the Rules 《总裁的灰姑娘不按套路出牌》 Clever Cat King聪明的猫King11k WordsCompleted The CEO’s Cinderella Doesn’t Play by the Rules 28Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 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 35Reads8.1Score—14d adds
16. 16 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. 106Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 17 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! 47Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 18 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 43Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 19 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! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 20 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? 49Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 21 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 54Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 22 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 14Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 23 消 The Missing Sister 消失的姐姐 Clever Cat King聪明的猫King9k WordsCompleted The Missing Sister 53Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 24 他 After He Escaped Death, He Forced Me to Sign a Penance Contract 他死里逃生后，逼我签下赎罪契约 I Returned to the Crowd我重返人群Modern Romance178k WordsCompleted A handsome, powerful, tragic, obsessive, and deranged man with a double face × a patient, clear-headed heiress fallen on hard times Five years later, we meet again. He's Jiangcheng's most ruthless obsessive man, and I'm an heiress with nowhere left to turn. He hangs me over a cliff and says, “Let me show you the despair I felt when I jumped into the sea back then.” He forces me to sign a contract of atonement and says, “I won't spare a single member of the Lin family.” I thought he hated me so m 2kReads—Score11414d adds

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    Short, you can finish it in a few hours! If you hate melodramatic and tragic novels, this is for you! It's true that you can be extremely heart-wrenching without terminal illness, amnesia, or kidney injuries, and this book does just that!

25. 25 爱 I Love You Like My Life: The Domineering CEO's Kiss 爱你如命：霸道总裁吻上瘾 Qinying Nanfei沁盈南飞Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After suffering her mother's brutal death, her father's selfishness, her stepmother's abuse, and her sister's jealousy, Rong Xi keeps fighting against fate. When she returns after completing her studies, she breaks free from her prison-like shackles, only for her best friend's teasing to plunge her heart into an icy abyss once more... An elevator malfunction leaves her locked in a passionate embrace with Shao Nan. From then on, she cannot escape his clutches, yet he is surrounded by beautiful wo 13Reads—Score—14d adds

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    So heartbreaking! Just don't cry yourself to death, bring tissues, and remember to read it with your boyfriend, he can wipe your tears! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration] Follow me for a constant stream of great reads! [Heart][Heart] First Book: I won't marry anyone in the world but her! Your marriage can only be a marriage of convenience between wealthy families! I don't need a wealthy family, I am the wealthy family! Get out of here, stop bothering my son! Don't hurt him, I'm leaving now! Who are you? Why do I feel like I know you? Forget me, just pretend you never knew me! Second Book: Why are you treating me like this?! You don't deserve to have my child! Stop dreaming, he's mine! Why don't you believe me? Get away! Let's get a divorce! She's dead! Third Book: Good thing she's not dead! Whose bastard is she carrying?! Give me bone marrow, sign the papers! She's disappeared! Please don't leave me! Fourth Book: You scheming woman, you only want my money, here you go! Still pretending, how long are you going to keep up the act? I'm pregnant, with your child! Whose child it is is still uncertain, and this isn't the first time you've gotten pregnant behind my back! You think you can just leave? Not so easy! Please, let me go! Fourth book: What are you doing! Doing it with you, what do you mean, what are you doing?! You'd better be sensible and let him go, stay away from him. She's carrying someone else's bastard child! You've got some nerve, daring to cheat on me! Save our child, please! She won't die, ignore her! Where is she? This time she's really dead!

26. 26 不 Not Bothering You Is My Final Kindness 不打扰，是我最后的温柔 Yi Qiao溢乔Modern Romance43k WordsCompleted You are the one poison I can never quit. For you, I am willing to pay with my life, just to keep you safe. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 27 余 The Hardest Thing for the Rest of My Life Is Letting You Go 余生最难是成全 Ye Nansheng夜南笙Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted There is a kind of love in this world called Jiang Xiaonuan's love… Jiang Xiaonuan loves Mo Jiang with such humility that it breaks your heart. This foolish woman gives without resentment or regret. Love makes her lose herself. For Mo Jiang, she is willing to do anything, but in the end, all that awaits her is one calamity after another. Yet Mo Jiang teaches Jiang Xiaonuan over the rest of his life what the hardest thing of all is: letting go for someone else's sake... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 28 真 True Love Never Expires 真爱不过期 Drizzle细雨微微Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted Shu Xin and Xi Mocheng were entangled with each other for thirteen whole years. They dated for eight years. When her mother opposed their relationship, she took a check for 200,000 and left in a hurry. After two years apart, she returned to his side and begged him to forgive her. They were married for three years. The only thing she ever insisted on was demanding money from him, saying it could cure any illness. Money, money, money. This woman never opened her mouth without asking for money. Fin 16Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 29 曾 There Was Once Someone Who Loved Me Like Life Itself 曾有一个人，爱我如生命 Rolling the Sun into a Ball搓圆太阳Modern Romance47k WordsCompleted For more than twenty years, Shen Siyan had stubbornly loved a man named Xiao Zonghan. Even when he resented and hated her, she had never thought of giving up. But now, she was reaching the end of her strength... 1.2kReads6.5Score16614d adds
30. 30 替 The Legitimate Daughter Took the Fall and Served Three Years in Prison. After She Cut Ties, Her Family Begged for Forgiveness 替罪嫡女入狱三年，断亲后全家跪求原谅 Fan Xiaoshu范小舒Ancient Romance599k WordsCompleted [Angsty historical romance + physical and emotional torment + household intrigue + true and fake heiresses + second male lead gets the girl + both leads are sexually inexperienced + groveling chase] Lu Qingyan was the marquis’s most cherished legitimate daughter. Her parents and brothers doted on her, making her the most pampered young woman in the capital. But everything changed after their adopted daughter, Lu Wanwan, joined the household. First, the parents and brothers who had once cherished 21.5kReads8.5Score1.8k14d adds
31. 31 被 After My Sect Tore Out My Heart and Drained My Blood, I Became a Demon on the Spot 被师门掏心放血后，我原地成魔 Watching the Girls from the Wall坐在壁上观姑娘Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Angst + Strong Female Lead + Revenge + Cultivation + A Chain of Cause and Effect] The soul-nourishing jade shattered, and out came a “me” who had stolen someone else's place? Luo Li returned with half a broken jade pendant and tore away Ye Qingqing's mask. You stole my royal status and my place in the sect. You even killed the person who saved my life and harmed my loyal servant of ten thousand years! When the brand of “monster” was seared into her heart, and a contract of “until death do us pa 391Reads9.3Score—14d adds

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    My name is Xiao Wu, and I am currently in an ice cave. My third senior sister, Qingxue, lies quietly on the ice bed. She is no longer breathing, but her cheeks are still rosy, as if she were merely asleep, and a light frost still clings to her long eyelashes. Before her ice bed, everyone has set up a soul-reviving array. My eldest senior brother said that in forty-nine days, she would come back to life. But there's a condition: she needs a heart. So, my eldest senior brother, who always doted on me, personally cut open my chest and took my heart. My third senior sister and I went to the secret realm together. I used all my cultivation to rescue her from the evil people and carried her all the way back to the sect. But when we appeared at the sect gate, everyone believed that I had killed my third senior sister, even our master thought so. They felt it was only right that I compensate her with a heart. I wanted to explain that I didn't kill her, so why wouldn't they listen to me and make me bear all this? I moved closer to my third senior sister's ice bed and took her hand. But when I moved my hand away and saw the two characters "Xiao Wu" crookedly written in blood in her palm, my heart felt like it had been stabbed by a sharp blade. My gaze darkened, and a bitter smile tugged at the corner of my mouth. The protective mirror suspended in my sea of ​​consciousness cracked again, and a mouthful of blood uncontrollably spilled from the corner of my mouth. I suddenly stood up, muttering repeatedly, "So that's how it is." With a "slap," a loud slap landed on my face, and my body swayed, my forehead slamming heavily against Qingxue's ice bed. The excruciating pain almost suffocated me, but then, I was lifted up again. In a daze, I saw my second senior brother's handsome but angry face. Memories flooded back like a tide. When I first entered the mountain gate, my second senior brother was very withdrawn. Because of his low cultivation talent, he was unhappy, and Master even considered expelling him from the mountain gate. At that time, he always had a sad look on his face, and I felt sorry for him, so I tried my best to cheer him up. Later, I discovered his fondness for flowers and herbs and his interest in studying medicinal formulas, so I asked him if he wanted to refine pills, offering to teach him. He looked on with astonishment, as if he were examining an unfathomable treasure. After that, I taught him pill refining step by step, and we studied formulas together. Until he refined a top-grade pill, his cultivation level improved, and he became a favorite of our master again. But now? He grabbed my collar, pulled my emaciated body up, and pulled a pill from his robes, shoving it into my mouth. Soon, I felt a violent tremor run through my body, followed by a searing pain in my limbs. I instantly understood—it was the Bone-Corroding Pill! I called out hoarsely, "Second Senior Brother," only to be met with his angry rebuke: "Fifth Brother, how dare you disturb Third Senior Sister? This is your retribution!" With that, he shoved me away, my body crashing onto the ice bed. The pain in my back was nothing compared to the agony of the Bone-Corroding Pill. The most terrifying thing about the Bone-Corroding Pill is that it makes my consciousness increasingly clear, allowing me to clearly feel every bit of pain in my body, leaving me nowhere to escape. My body twists and turns like a dehydrated maggot. In a daze, I heard my second senior brother whisper, "Third junior sister, I'll punish this vicious woman for you." Then, he turned and left. In my sea of ​​consciousness, the Heart-Protecting Mirror cracked again. I don't know how much time passed, but I felt an unusual cold. I opened my eyes, trembling all over, and found myself still in the ice cave. Standing up, the lingering effects of the Bone-Corroding Pill were still there. I felt like a skinned cat, every step felt like walking on a mountain of knives. It was only one mountain from the ice cave to my dwelling, but it took me a whole day to walk there. Passersby on the street saw me and their mouths were full of mockery. They looked at me with disdain and said coldly, "Isn't that Luo Li, the sect leader's personal disciple? Now she's like a drowning dog." I listened quietly, walking forward numbly. Those hurtful words were like knives, stabbing me until I bled. I returned to my lodgings in a daze, feeling for the first time that all my efforts had been so ridiculous. I curled up in a corner, clutching my wounded heart, and slowly raised my tearful eyes, as if I saw my mother whom I had longed for day and night. I stretched out my slender hand, choking back sobs as I murmured, "Mother, please take me with you? Your daughter is in so much pain." However, only the indifferent sound of the wind answered me. Just when I was in despair, I heard slow footsteps outside. To my ears, the sound was like a demon demanding my life. Without thinking, I roughly knew who it was. Tension made my muscles tense, not knowing what kind of torment awaited me next.

32. 32 长 A Long Road Beneath the Moonlight 长路有月色 A Little Cloud一朵云朵朵Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, Bai Le was tossed out of the country like a piece of trash! Ten years later, at her younger sister's wedding, she steals her own brother-in-law, schemes to bankrupt her father's company, and drives her stepmother insane! She doesn't understand love because no one has ever loved her, so she intends to destroy everyone who has ever hurt her! This story is entirely fictional. All the names of cities, people, settings, and other details appearing in it are fictional! 6Reads5.7Score—14d adds

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    A tragic, completed novel featuring a strong, pitiful female lead!

33. 33 八 Eight Lives of Tormented Love: Missing Each Other in Every Life 八世虐恋：世世错过 Frostblade of Ruicheng瑞城的寒霜剑Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Eight lifetimes of heartbreaking love, meeting only to miss each other time and again! Separated by the divide between immortals and demons and set against each other by their nations, they are left with a lifetime of regrets thanks to schemes and prejudice. In their eighth life, Su Qingyan, reborn to take revenge, joins forces with Xiao Che, a powerful regent, to break through the traps and bring corrupt officials to justice. Their story turns from a devastatingly tragic ending to a happy one, 131Reads—Score—14d adds

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    These are all angst-filled novel stories, guaranteed to make you cry in minutes. I don't believe anyone can finish reading them without sobbing uncontrollably, especially the second story—it's short and incredibly angsty, guaranteed to make you cry in minutes! [Facepalm][Facepalm][Facepalm][Facepalm][Facepalm][Facepalm][Facepalm]

34. 34 一 One Short Tragic Romance Story a Day 一天一个短篇虐文故事 Frostblade of Ruicheng瑞城的寒霜剑Modern Romance4.2M WordsCompleted A Collection of Tragic Short Stories: Every Word Bleeds, Every Line Leaves You Aching One devastatingly heartbreaking short story every day! Modern-day missed chances intertwine with sorrows from ancient times, along with bone-deep pain drawn from true stories. These tales lay bare life’s regrets, every word striking straight to the heart until it hurts to read! If you finish without being moved, I’ll call you my “ancestor.” Come take on this lingering ache! 43Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 35 惨 The Cruel Abuse of the Fallen Kingdom's Grand Princess, the Ruthless Sovereign Cuts Out His Heart to Win Her Back 惨虐亡国长公主，狠戾君上剖心追 Xiao Xiao Is Just Xiao Xiao萧萧就是萧萧Ancient Romance598k WordsCompleted The official ending is a happy ending! The bonus chapters fulfill some readers' requests. In the first, the second male lead gets the girl; in the second, it's a happy ending! [The male lead is an utterly deranged, obsessive yandere in the early chapters! If you're a heroine-only fan and can't accept that, don't read it!!!] [Steadfast, headstrong exiled princess + ruthless, deranged new emperor] [Angst + forcible possession + forced love + imprisonment of body and heart + alternate historical se 8.1kReads8.3Score47914d adds

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    Torture! Torture! Torture! Extreme torture! Physical and emotional torture! Incredibly torture!

36. 36 我 I’ll Wait for You at the Finish Line, Loving Me 我在终点等你爱我 Mu Qiqi慕七七Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted During her three years in a psychiatric hospital, Lin Wan endured a living hell every day, reduced to something barely human. Every month, Ye Nanchen came to test whether she was truly insane. Then one day, while no one was watching, she leapt from the windowsill and found her final release. Later, everyone in Jiangcheng said Ye Nanchen had gone mad. His beloved wife was clearly dead, her body right in front of him, yet every day he came up with new ways to force her to appear. “Lin Wan hated me 535Reads5.5Score10214d adds

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    I highly recommend the first book; it's really heart-wrenching, extremely so. The second book is also very heart-wrenching. It's an ancient romance novel where the male and female leads are cousins. They are in love with each other, but the male lead's family disapproves. In the end, the male lead marries his cousin, and the female lead dies on the day of the male lead's wedding.

37. 37 爆 Explosive! The Undercover Big Shot Has Fallen for Me 爆！卧底大佬他沦陷了 Spring Returns Beneath the Trees林下又见春Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [BE] [BE] [BE] [Undercover police officer in Myanmar × genius doctor with a split personality] [No arguments, misunderstandings, or groveling] [Both leads are devoted only to each other] Myanmar, a rainy night, Guanyuan. A muffled thud came from the backyard. She saw him and glanced over without a trace of emotion. “Disgusting. Throw him out.” Lu Chen froze, then hurriedly spoke up. “I have money. Lots of money.” Su Qingyan stopped and glanced back at the man on the ground. “Take him inside.” .. 150Reads—Score10414d adds

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    This one! Everyone's a tragic character, it's super heartbreaking [crying emoji]

38. 38 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 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1k14d adds

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    Speaking of angst-filled novels, these five are definitely Tomato's five treasures of angst-filled stories. Don't even look at the rating for the fourth one; it made me cry buckets in the middle of the night, and I wished I were a boy to marry the second female lead. I believe everyone has read *Gong Liu Qiang*, an undisputed gem of angst-filled novels. The other three are also very familiar to everyone, so I won't go into detail.

39. 39 强 Forcing Family Bonds Is Fatal: They Regret It After I Escape 强扭亲情太致命逃离后她们却后悔 Digging for Gold Mountain with a Hoe锄头挖金山Urban497k WordsCompleted [No rebirth-and-regret plot + fake and real young masters + the whole family pays dearly + one-on-one, single heroine + sweet romance + no forgiveness, no turning back] Lin Yang was brought back to the Lin family at thirteen, expecting to live a happy, fulfilling life. Reality, however, hit him hard. His biological parents had eyes only for their adopted son, Lin Yao. His three older sisters endlessly favored Lin Yao, too. Even the woman he had loved for over a decade only loved Lin Yao. After f 84Reads5.8Score—14d adds
40. 40 宦 A Eunuch's Ambitions: Tormented by the World of Mortals 宦情：红尘虐 Meeting on the Fifth, Like Old Friends初五见如故Ancient Romance252k WordsCompleted [Not a chaste couple + truly eunuch male lead + sweet at first, angst later + devoted love] Wang Yunqu had been inexplicably fixated on Xiao Qibai since childhood. Even after he was subjected to castration, she still married him without hesitation, exchanging vows and sharing their wedding night. She thought they would live happily together in mutual love from then on. But the emperor threatened her with the life of the person she loved, forcibly made her a consort, and compelled her to bear a d 204Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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    It's very heart-wrenching; the love story between the female lead and a real eunuch.

41. 41 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 56Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    Highly recommended!

42. 42 杏 When Spring Deepens After the Apricot Blossoms Set Fruit 杏花结子春深后 Still Remembering Sky-Blue Porcelain犹忆天青瓷Ancient Romance276k WordsCompleted She is a lowly convict slave in the palace laundry, humble as dust. He is the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, noble and radiant. Though their stations could hardly be further apart, they fall hopelessly in love. Only when their feelings are at their deepest does she unexpectedly learn that his father, the emperor, had her father framed so he could claim her mother for himself. Where can this ill-fated romance spanning two generations possibly lead? ----- A prince steals his minister’s wife + 997Reads—Score10714d adds

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    Extremely heart-wrenching, the male and female leads struggle their entire lives but ultimately suffer a tragic ending, leaving one heartbroken and inconsolable. The second male lead is also deeply devoted, making the three-way entanglement incredibly captivating. I love the author's subtle Chinese-style writing and melancholic tone, which leaves a lasting impression.

43. 43 银 When the Ginkgo Leaves Fall 银杏落下时 Wanyan Yuning完颜雨凝Two Male Leads62k WordsCompleted [If you enjoy this, please leave lots of comments and ratings. Love you!] #BoysLove #Angst #Tragedy #BEAesthetic #Realistic #MutualDevotion #UnforgettableRegret #ConversionTherapy #DoubleDeath At nineteen, Cheng Ye and Lu Ming thought love could conquer everything. A ginkgo-leaf bookmark, two handmade rings, and a promise to go south. They ran away together on a rainy night and kissed beneath a bridge, believing that if they went far enough, they could reach a future of their own. But their pa 358Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Two male leads! Bad ending! Short and angsty story! It gets more and more heartbreaking as it goes on!

44. 44 烟 A Kiss Beneath the Fireworks 烟花下的拥吻 He Liu詥珋Modern Romance594k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    You Ning, Sun You Ning. How selfish you are! You're only thinking about your own love; you've probably lost your mind. Just now, when you saw him, you were even smug, thinking you'd taken another big step closer to him? But if you love him… truly love him, then you shouldn't be thinking only of yourself. You should take back your love, your desires… let him find a better woman… At this point, I can no longer control myself; tears are welling up in my eyes…

45. 45 都 Urban: After I Leave, You Have to Live Well! 都市：我走后，你一定要好好的！ Rest the Mind息心Urban110k WordsCompleted [Male-oriented + urban romance + heartbreak + soul-crushing drama + short story] One month before the college entrance exams. Su Yang goes to the hospital for a checkup, only to be told by the doctor that he has just three months to live. He doesn’t want to worry anyone, and doesn’t even tell his childhood friend, Liu Xue. He just wants to leave this world quietly, all alone. But Su Yang has long been part of Liu Xue’s plans for the future. When she frantically finds him... Su Yang: “Liu Xue, I’ 54Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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    Male-oriented angst novels, every word is brutally honest, don't blame me if you cry.

46. 46 虐 Tortured by Love: The CEO’s Enchantress 虐宠，总裁的尤物 Big Snowball2009大雪球2009Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted [Tragic Romance + Yandere + Obsessive Possessiveness] “Bai Shengsheng, there's nowhere in this world you can go except the palm of my hand...” It's all fun to torment your wife until it's time to chase her back! 20Reads6.7Score—14d adds

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    Don't be angry, everyone!

47. 47 许 I Promise You a Lifetime of Longing 许你一生长相思 Shui Lingxiao水凌霄Modern Romance52k WordsCompleted Xu Nuannuan is mute. At eighteen, Mu Sibai brings her back from the countryside. Overnight, she goes from a country girl to the envy of every woman in the capital: Mrs. Mu. She is mute, and also a spare bone marrow donor Mu Sibai keeps for the woman he loves. Two years after arriving at the Mu family home, she finally understands that the man has given her nothing but coldness and cruelty. On a bitterly cold night, Xu Nuannuan takes a knife and, with tears of blood streaming down her face, plung 541Reads6.0Score—14d adds
48. 48 困 Imprisoned by Love 困爱成囚 Flowers Along the Way一路笙花Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Rumor has it that Gu Yansheng, the adopted daughter of the Gu family, had loved the Ninth Master of the Lu family in the imperial capital for years. He couldn't stand her, and for the sake of the woman he cherished, he sent her to prison and had her tortured for five whole years. But no one expected that when the Ninth Master eventually married, his bride would be none other than Gu Yansheng, the woman with a prison record! Everyone eagerly awaited the spectacle, expecting to see how the Ninth M 15.1kReads9.0Score1.5k14d adds
49. 49 碎 The Moon and Stars Pale Beside Your Eyes 碎月星河不及你眉眼 Xiang Lansi项蓝诗Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing This book features a faithful heroine and hero, and an emotionally devastating story. Keep tissues handy before you start reading. If it doesn't make you cry, come after me. Tong Yan loved Mu Linchen with all her heart. Three years as husband and wife, three years of misplaced love, brought her nothing but his lies and betrayal. To make room for the woman he had always loved, he forced Tong Yan to divorce him and even demanded that she give birth to their child and then let his true love raise i 19Reads5.0Score—14d adds
50. 50 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 18.2kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds

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