Short Tragic Romance With a Beautifully Tragic Ending 虐文，be美学 短

1. 1 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.9kReads9.6Score14.9kShelves

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   There are also He Qing Hai Banquet, Seeing Spring, etc. I am Sister Dao [crying]

2. 2 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 987Reads9.0Score206Shelves
3. 3 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 71.7kReads9.4Score6.4kShelves
4. 4 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 89.5kReads9.7Score14.9kShelves
5. 5 任 The Mission Starts Over a Hundred Times 任务重来一百次 milieModern Romance20k WordsCompleted “You came to save me, so why can’t you look only at me? Why do you have to give your attention to those one, two, three insignificant people?” “You seem so shy. You never take my hand first. Even just now, you only did it because of someone else.” “Now that you have me, you don’t treat me as well as you used to. There wasn’t any strawberry milk today either, was there?” 7kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
6. 6 梧 Wutong Lane 梧桐巷 Song Che Doesn't Eat Fish宋澈不吃鱼Modern Romance174k WordsCompleted [Bright and kind-hearted Ning Wan x gentle genius Song Qingyan] [Love at first sight + Secret love comes true + Youthful heartache + BE] When the innocent, sunny Ning Wan fell in love with Song Qingyan at first sight, he was the golden boy in everyone's eyes. She wrote her secret feelings in her diary, planning to keep them to herself. By a twist of fate, Song Qingyan became her temporary guardian. During the days when she was ostracized and bullied, he became the light in her life. She held on 27.3kReads9.6Score6.3kShelves
7. 7 他 He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南 Jing Xing景行Modern Romance209k WordsCompleted When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went 24.9kReads9.7Score4.9kShelves
8. 8 我 I Only Took a Peek at Him 我只偷看他一眼 Zhi Jiu枝玖Anime Fanfiction188k WordsCompleted During the speech by the freshman class representative, Chen Nan fell for Lu Xu at first sight, and for the rest of her life. The pink sunset beyond the window filled the entire sky, like a beautiful landscape painting. The clouds looked drunk, their cheeks flushed with color. Chen Nan held her breath and stole a sidelong glance at Lu Xu. His profile was youthful and striking, and he held his book with perfect posture. A ray of light fell on the yellowed pages, and touched him as well. The dayli 15.4kReads9.6Score3.6kShelves
9. 9 你 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance138k WordsCompleted The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily 64.3kReads9.5Score12.1kShelves
10. 10 十 Fourteen Letters 十四封信 Mo Wen Sheng墨文笙Modern Romance33k WordsCompleted Ruan Shengsheng × Zhou Mingsen (The contents of the fourteen letters are on Weibo ♥) Ruan Shengsheng had already come to accept death in peace, but his arrival made her begin to fear her own disappearance. He said, “Shengsheng, don’t cry. I’ll always be by your side.” She said, “I went to the temple to pray for your safety for the rest of your life.” At the very end, he held her hand tightly. Tears slid down his cheeks and fell onto their clasped hands. Summer in Yuncheng ended, and their s 1kReads8.4Score356Shelves

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    The contents of these two books are so exciting that I cried every time I read them. They are so sad ❤️❤️You can read them in just half an hour!!!! [Cry][cry][cry][cry]

11. 11 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. 27.1kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves
12. 12 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 20.8kReads9.6Score5.5kShelves

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    It's very sad. I burst into tears after reading it. It's very easy to cry. I recommend reading them all. It's really good to read!

13. 13 暗 The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing 70.9kReads9.7Score12.8kShelves
14. 14 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? 13.2kReads8.2Score2.7kShelves

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    It's quite sad. You can finish it in about 20 minutes. By the end, almost everyone around the protagonist is gone.

15. 15 无 No One Came to Save Her from the Deep 无人救她于深海 Liang Shiqi梁拾柒Modern Romance135k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Youthful unrequited love + prodigal son turns over a new leaf + bittersweet romance + plenty of unresolved heartbreak + tragic ending (The male lead is hard to like at first. It's not exactly a tearjerker, but sensitive readers should proceed with caution.)] Youth is a foolish thing: foolishly falling for someone. At the beginning of the story, Xu Nuo falls in love with Zhou Yiming at first sight, as if sinking into the deep sea. At the end, Xu Nuo holds the box contai 19.9kReads8.9Score4kShelves

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    I would like to call it the ceiling of BE literature [Mazhu][Mazhu][Mazhu][Mazhu][Mazhu]

16. 16 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 144.7kReads9.8Score16.6kShelves
17. 17 金 The Captive Beauty of the Golden Hall 金殿囚娇 Southwest Kui Ba西南魁拔Ancient Romance222k WordsCompleted 1V1 + dual purity Li Jingsheng is a pampered, beloved princess of Great Yan. She has heard that a hostage prince is locked away deep in the palace, but paid it no mind. Then one day, she accidentally wanders into a dilapidated hall and discovers that the prisoner is her fourth elder brother, whom she has never met, and whose family has been at odds with hers for generations. His white cat is so adorable that she casually asks her father to let him out. She never expects that she has just release 1.4kReads8.7Score108Shelves

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    + "Seeing Spring", "Butterfly and the Whale", "He Qing Haiyan", "A Very Old Summer", "Qi Qi & Lin Yuan", "The Unknown Story", "Respecting the Landscape", "Chen Xingran & Zheng Mo", "Chen Yabai" & Xiao Yuan's classmate", "Qi Tan & Ning Sang Sang", "Bright & Bright Moon & Chen Ping", "Respect the Landscape", "Good Policewoman & Chen Boyan", "Snow in the Eighth Year", "An An will not grow up", "I say I love you in heaven" [crying]

18. 18 病 Yandere Psycho! The Good Girl Gets Punished with Wall-Facing After Breaking the House Rules 病娇疯批！乖宝犯家法后被罚面壁 Eating Meat Every Day每天吃肉肉Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted [Mad, possessive male lead + love-brained man who wins himself over + sweet and gentle heroine + age gap + doting romance] When the Jiang family went bankrupt, Jiang You was taken in by Huo Hechen and brought to the Huo family. The most powerful man in the entire capital, he was cruel and ruthless, the fearsome Mr. Huo everyone dreaded. Yet he was especially attentive to Jiang You. He laid down strict rules for her from childhood and kept her under tight control. Jiang You was afraid of him, lik 22.1kReads8.8Score2kShelves
19. 19 我 I Once Promised You a Golden Age of Joy 我曾许你盛世欢颜 Flirtatious Little Bottle风流小瓶子Modern Romance44k WordsCompleted Ye Chen waits for his Mrs. Ye, from the days when youth was like a dream until her hair turns white as snow. But he will never know that his Mrs. Ye was buried long ago in that rotten, muddy grave... 2.2kReads6.6Score302Shelves

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    It's this be aesthetic that's so cool! Can anyone understand the feeling of being tortured to the point where it hurts? [Adoration] [Adoration] Stop talking, I just love reading this kind of abuse.

20. 20 陆 Mr. Lu, Are You Satisfied Now That She’s Dead? 陆先生，她死了你可满意 Lu Yitang鹿苡糖Modern Romance43k WordsCompleted “Mr. Lu, are you satisfied now that she's dead?” Sang Yuwan looked at him coldly. She truly wished she could kill the despicable man standing before her with her own hands. “Who are you trying to fool? You think putting her photo on some random urn makes it her? Ridiculous!” Lu Cichuan's eyes were faintly red as he stared fixedly at Sang Yuwan, as if he could still brazenly torment Li Mo as long as Sang Yuwan said she wasn't dead. But... Sang Yuwan was gone. That was true. 3.5kReads6.6Score387Shelves
21. 21 终 At Last, I Admit Defeat 终于愿赌服输 Spring Thunder Cannon春雷炮Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted “Why couldn't you be the one who got sick?” “Why couldn't you be the one who died?” With drunken eyes, the man bends down and whispers the most heartless words in the gentlest voice. But he doesn't know that she really is going to die. 12.8kReads8.2Score745Shelves
22. 22 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... 1.2kReads6.5Score188Shelves
23. 23 向 Always Coldhearted, How Could I Ever Speak of Deep Love? 向来凉薄，何言情深 A Little Nutty神经西西Modern Romance39k WordsCompleted The day Lu Yanqian jumped to her death, Huo Jincheng was lost in a world of wine and lights. She loved him, giving everything she had without hesitation. He hated her, destroying everything without hesitation. Later, in a life without her, he grew used to being alone. Through the long years, he had no one but himself to walk beside him. I once thought loving you was only an act, but it turned out I was already incurably ill, loving you to the bone. Lu Yanqian, I regret it. 3.6kReads8.2Score148Shelves
24. 24 命 One Year Left to Live: The Female CEO Goes Wild 命还剩一年，女总裁疯了 Chen Xize辰熙泽Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted (Pursuing her husband + tragic ending + angst + not a wish-fulfillment story) (Gentle, considerate younger man who’s secretly a mad wolfdog, paired with a cold, heartless flirt who’s secretly a sweet, teasing wife who calls him “hubby”) Back then, she looked the bedraggled young man up and down, his hair soaked through. Jun Ze raised his eyes to meet hers. With his bangs wet, his ice-blue phoenix eyes were revealed. He was born with heterochromia, yet his eyes were extraordinarily beautiful. The 1.5kReads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Abuse article!! [Crying][Crying] Women abuse men thousands of times, men treat women like first love, the heroine calls the hero dirty time and time again, saying that he is worthless and only worthy of his father's apology, but he still loves her. Finally, with one year left to live, he doesn't want to hurt her, and he is sick from overwork and plans to let her go... But there are always people who dare not let him go.

25. 25 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight's Time to Shine 快穿，白月光进行时 Ink, Starlight, and Moonlight墨韵星月Ancient Romance290k WordsCompleted No romance, no romance, no romance! I'm saying it three times because it's important! Transmigrating into an undetermined gender. My new book, Quick Transmigration: Scheming Her Way into Everyone's Heart, is now being serialized! From the moment I became conscious, I had been asleep in a pitch-black space. There was nothing in it. All I knew was that my name was Li Chen. Wanting to leave and see the world outside, I agreed to bind myself to a System and began transmigrating again and again to re 312Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    Both are from BE, two short stories and one quickie.

26. 26 对 I’m Sorry, I Can’t Keep My Promise 对不起，原谅我无法兑现诺言了 Ink, Starlight, and Moonlight墨韵星月15k WordsCompleted I’m sorry. Forgive me for being unable to keep my promise. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 鹤 Dancing Cranes at the River of Forgetfulness 鹤舞忘川 Ink, Starlight, and Moonlight墨韵星月Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted The Crane Dances Over the River of Forgetfulness 6Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 顾 Sleeping Peacefully Beneath the Sophora Tree 顾枕槐安 Autumn Soul of a Thousand Years千岁秋魄Two Male Leads63k WordsCompleted Younger man + substitute + love grows over time + regretful pursuit of the ex + putting scumbags in their place + angst, angst, and more angst!!! Before he turned eighteen, Du Huai’an had no father in his life. The year he turned eighteen, his mother, who had raised him alone, was diagnosed with stomach cancer. So she took him to meet the man who was supposedly his father. That was when he learned his father was the head of the prestigious Zhu family in Jingyuan. He entered the Zhu family as the 1.7kReads8.4Score160Shelves

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    Just opened a new book. It will be over soon, be. Only guaranteed to torture! From start to finish! Take a pillow on the locust tree, take a pillow on the locust tree, and have a dream, full of joy. A story about treating someone else as a substitute, but being tortured like crazy! Under the year+substitute+chasing his wife in the crematorium+abusing scum!

29. 29 也 Perhaps There Was Once Light in the Deep Sea 也许深海曾有光 Ding Huaijin丁怀瑾Modern Romance75k WordsCompleted After an earthquake, young Jiang Ning began living with Song Ao, her younger brother by neither blood nor marriage, who had autism. In Song Ao’s world, Jiang Ning became his only splash of color. Years later, Jiang Ning was surprised to discover that her new boss was Shen Fang, the school heartthrob she had harbored innocent feelings for in her youth. At the same time, though, she sensed that her relationship with Song Ao was gradually changing, blurring the line between family love and romance. 517Reads9.3Score120Shelves

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    It's so cruel. I have to think for a while after reading each book. I really like it very much. I love reading it. If you like be, you must read these books. They are all short stories.

30. 30 江 Fishermen’s Lights on the River, Keeping Me Awake with Sorrow 江枫渔火对愁眠 Can't Catch不能扑Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted She waited for him all her life, but he would never come back. 946Reads8.6Score166Shelves

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    #AbuseWriting is so easy to cry

31. 31 白 Even in Death, She Is a Beautiful White Moonlight 白月光她连死都美 Grape Tea葡萄茶茶Ancient Romance618k WordsCompleted Ending: Bad Ending | No CP | Read with caution | Everyone has had a moonlight that belonged to them alone, lighting the path ahead. The scholar was adrift and disheartened; the prince was despondent and had given up on himself; the senior brother was down on his luck and had no one to rely on... Only after meeting her did they learn what true love and deep devotion meant. Wen Qing committed suicide, and the System found her because she could neither obtain a utopian love as everlasting as the fl 4.8kReads8.8Score310Shelves

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    🌈📖Everyone once had their own moonlight that illuminated their way forward. At that time, the scholar was homeless and frustrated, at that time the prince was dejected and abandoned himself, at that time the senior brother was helpless... Only when he met her did he know what sincerity and deep affection are. Wenqing's suicide was found by the system because she could not get the utopian love of eternal flowers, and because she never recognized worldly love. She always believed that how a person treats love will determine what kind of ending she will get, and because of this innocence and this obsession with death, she was unable to have an ending that she recognized. In systematic terms, she is the perfect candidate for Bai Yueguang, because what she loves is only love, never a certain person. She is willing to give everything, including her life, for pure and flawless love, it is just love... The ending is, no CP

32. 32 周 Dr. Zhou's White Moonlight Is Dying 周医生的白月光快死了 Ten-Line Que十行阙Two Male Leads219k WordsCompleted [Fragile, ill bottom VS cold, aloof top] [Heart-wrenching angst + mutually exclusive devotion, 1v1 + bad ending + extreme bottom fans, beware] Wen Ci had terminal stomach cancer. The doctor said he had at most thirty days left, and Wen Ci could live those thirty days for Zhou Ying. But Wen Ci died on the twenty-seventh day. After his death, Wen Ci left behind twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf. 20.9kReads9.3Score3.4kShelves

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    🍀🍀🍀Wen Ci had terminal gastric cancer and only had thirty days left to live. He wanted to live for Zhou Ying for these thirty days, but he died on the twenty-seventh day. After his death, he left only twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf.

33. 33 爱 Loving You Is Like Lonely Fireworks 爱你似寂寞烟火 Steamed Pork Who Can Jump会跳粉蒸肉Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted When they were young, she was always following him around, calling him Brother Chen. Later, they got married. She still loved him dearly, but he hated her to the core. She knew there was a woman named An Jiaqi between them. To save An Jiaqi, he took her blood just before she was due to give birth, and demanded the life of their child. It wasn't until the fire, when she watched him save that woman and leave her in the flames, that her heart finally died. On New Year's Eve, with fireworks filling 16Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 记 You Are Everything in My Memories 记忆深处，你是全部 lingyungzsModern Romance59k WordsCompleted What does it feel like to love someone yet be forced to hate her? Tang Junhao woke night after night with his heart torn apart, wishing he could rip the three characters “Su Qingyi” out of his mind, but no matter how much he suffered, he couldn’t do it. He thought tormenting her would make him feel a little better. But when Su Qingyi vanished from his life completely, he panicked... It turned out that, deep in my memories, you were everything! 40Reads8.1Score—Shelves
35. 35 如 If This Isn’t the Ending 如果这不是结局 Jing Shangxing景上星Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted She pleaded with heartbreaking desperation, “Love me! Please, love me. If you love me, I can have your child too!” He grabbed her chin, his gaze sharp as a devil's. “You're no different from all those women outside...” It wasn't until he saw her body that he regretted it... He regretted it, begged, and fell to his knees, all just to keep her by his side... Time passed, the years softened, and everything finally fell into place... 12Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 在 I Got Caught in the Rain in Your World 在你的世界淋过雨 Green Lamp Through the Years青灯度流年Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted Ji Linyu has always believed that her father used his power to frame the Ji family and force him to marry Zhou Jianyi. For six years, he has done nothing but use her and put on an act, all so he can bring down the Zhou family one day! The greatest pain of Zhou Jianyi's life is that her father has barely been laid to rest, her brother's death remains unexplained, her mother is hovering between life and death, and she herself is barely holding on. At her lowest point, Ji Linyu threatens to leave h 2.7kReads5.4Score175Shelves

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    Super pretty! You won't be able to leave after watching it, so don't miss it. ①The male protagonist's sister died to save the female protagonist, 😂😂The male protagonist blamed the female protagonist, loved and hated each other, and tortured each other. The female protagonist forced the female protagonist to socialize just after the abortion. In the end, the male protagonist married someone else, and the female protagonist was severely depressed and committed suicide by jumping off a building! ② In the six years since their marriage, he has only used her and made fun of her, 🤣🤣 just to bring down the Zhou family! When she was at her most miserable, he threatened her to leave the house. In the end, he found out that her father was clinging to that dirty secret for the sake of the Ji family, 😋😫 but he personally planned it and destroyed her family! When he found her, it was just a body that was 6 weeks pregnant...

37. 37 魂 Haunting My Dreams 魂牵梦萦 When You Think of Home当君怀归日Modern Romance797k WordsCompleted He was the moon in the heavens, hanging high and bright. She thought she could carefully guard this secret seed of love and keep it from sprouting, but day after day spent together had allowed it to grow into a towering tree. When her love became bone-deep and impossible to suppress, she had no choice but to reach out and bring the divine one down to earth. 11.9kReads9.1Score849Shelves
38. 38 我 I Fell into the Love Trap I Wove Myself 我陷入亲手织的爱情陷阱 Doodle-Doo La-La Ajila嘟嘟啦啦阿吉拉Modern Romance28k WordsCompleted I Fell into the Love Trap I Wove Myself —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's 30,000 words short, BE says it twenty times! It's a sad and enjoyable story, but it's not mindless! The love that has been planned for a long time from the beginning is destined to be hurt!

39. 39 暗 This Grand, Silent Drama of Unrequited Love 暗恋这场声势浩大的哑剧 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance126k WordsCompleted A bittersweet youthful school romance about unrequited love from popular author Meng Zhiwan, and a companion novel to The Sad Little Thing Called a Secret Crush and The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain. This one-sided love story is a silent play with just one actor: me. Also known as The Moment I Speak, My Voice Disappears. Lonely girl Chen Ji VS sunny boy Lin Jingye. I carefully cherished you, and you became the only spring I ever had in my life. “Chen Ji, may you always be safe and well, overcome 19.6kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves

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    This!! It feels better than the Secret Love trilogy

40. 40 行 Late in the Day 行止晚 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 24.8kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves

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    I cried after reading it over and over again. It's really uncomfortable. It's very powerful. You'll be sad whenever you think about it. If you haven't seen it, go read it. If you have, go read it. Why doesn't anyone recommend such a cruel article?

41. 41 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 55.5kReads9.7Score8.2kShelves
42. 42 偏 But When He Left, the Whole Garden Was in Spring 偏他去时春满园 Flying Peacock会飞的孔雀Two Male Leads100k WordsCompleted When Gu Lan heard he had only ten months left to live, he was unexpectedly calm and accepting. Looking back on his life, it had been a complete mess. In this world, he was nothing more than a pathetic nobody whom no one cared about... Perhaps no one would cry for him when his life finally came to an end... Gu Lan accepted the outcome without resistance. After all, ever since he returned to this family, he had never received anything. If that was the case, why should he be afraid of losing anythi 85Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    ⭐️Two male protagonists, pure love 🌷This is really crying, the male protagonist has terminal brain cancer + depression🥺, only his grandparents, Lin Nan and Lin Nan's family love him all the way🪴

43. 43 重 Reborn, I Thought I’d Try Becoming a Superstar 重生了当个天后试试水 A Dream of Xiyan汐颜一梦12k WordsCompleted I Reincarnated, So I Thought I'd Try Being a Top Star —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short article, be... Woooooooooooooooo...

44. 44 竹 My Childhood Friend Slaughtered My Entire Clan. After I Poisoned Him, I Regretted It 竹马屠我满族，毒死他后我悔了 A Dream of Xiyan汐颜一梦Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted My Childhood Friend Slaughtered My Entire Clan. I Poisoned Him to Death, Then Regretted It —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 故 A Short Story, Shattered Beyond Repair 故事很短，碎的彻底 A Dream of Xiyan汐颜一梦Modern Romance33k WordsCompleted [A slow-to-open, well-behaved girl from a family that favors boys over girls × a cool, handsome guy from a single-parent family who is cold on the outside but warm within. Short story, first person, female protagonist's perspective, family conflict, misunderstandings and reconciliation, tearjerker, character growth, sweet moments, tragic ending] I was born into a family that favored boys over girls. From a young age, I did my best to play the part of the “good daughter,” the “good big sister,” a 5Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 爱 My Love Is by My Side, Yet Hundreds of Years Away 爱人在身边，却隔几百年 A Dream of Xiyan汐颜一梦Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted My Beloved Is by My Side, Yet Centuries Away —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 妖 How Can a Demon and a Monk Fall in Love? I Never Meant To... 妖与和尚怎能入爱河？我本无心… A Dream of Xiyan汐颜一梦9k WordsCompleted How Can a Demon and a Monk Fall in Love? I Never Meant To... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 外 Mists over the Bund 外滩烟云 A Dream of Xiyan汐颜一梦8k WordsCompleted Mists over the Bund —Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 赤 Scarlet Farewell 赤别 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance138k WordsCompleted The signature youth BE romance by popular author Shi Qingyao. Sincere young Bei Jiang × cool, distant dream girl Nan Zhi. From the south to the north, one glance lasts a lifetime. Between her and her boy lie countless mountains they can never cross. When they first met, she smiled brightly. “My name is Nan Zhi. Nan as in south.” The boy looked up and gripped the hem of his shirt. “My name is Bei Jiang. Bei as in north.” They met for the first time in summer. The air was sultry, stirring the brig 1.8kReads9.4Score554Shelves

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    Short and brutal! Great staying power!

50. 50 最 The Last Farewell Letter 最后一封离别信 Sui Ying随楹Modern Romance24k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication in simplified Chinese] May this letter find you well, and may these words make you feel as if we were face to face. Jiang Xunian. This is the second letter I’ve written to you, and my last goodbye. Perhaps I should introduce myself to you again. Hello, my name is Yan Shun. 1.8kReads9.1Score561Shelves

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