Angst, Short, Brutal, Painful 虐文，短，狠，痛。

1. 401 笔 A Nation Ruined by the Author's Pen 笔下亡国 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A Fallen Kingdom, Written Into Being 117Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 402 归 Love Vanished with the Wind, Leaving No Trace! 归爱随风，无觅处！ World of Blossoms繁花世界27k WordsCompleted Love returns with the wind, but there's nowhere to find it! 173Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 403 午 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeon or Die (Season Two) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去（第二季） Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩14k WordsCompleted Midnight Entry: You Can Only Survive by Clearing the Dungeon (Season 2) 2Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 404 虫 The Zerg Queen Is Just My Appetizer! 虫族女王，我的开胃菜罢了！ A Spark Sets the Prairie Ablaze星火燎燃65k WordsCompleted The Insect Queen? Just an Appetizer! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 405 我 My Domineering Girlfriend 我的霸道女友 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀6k WordsCompleted My Overbearing Girlfriend 48Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 406 神 A Goddess Falls to Earth and Promises You a Lifetime 神落凡尘，许卿一生 World of Blossoms繁花世界25k WordsCompleted A god falls to the mortal world and promises you a lifetime. 50Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 407 午 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeon to Survive (Season 3) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去(第三季) Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩35k WordsCompleted Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeons to Survive (Season 3) 2Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 408 暮 Mu Sinan 暮思南 Fish of the Cabbage白菜的鱼Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted Blurb drafted on 2022.10.6. [At last, dawn arrives, and she lies buried in the earth as it breaks.] On her barren, cracked land, he planted sunflowers for her with his own hands. She had been in the dark for so long that she had forgotten what it felt like to be bathed in light. Then one day, she finally found the sun. It shone on her for so long that she foolishly began to think she could make it her own. But she forgot: the sun and she belonged to different worlds. When she was eighteen, s 1.3kReads9.3Score313Shelves

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   The first one is highly recommended, but the female lead in the third one dies in chapter 8 [crying][crying][crying] It's really super heartbreaking.

9. 409 狼 Werewolves, Vampires, Demons: I’m Retired, So Why Won’t You Leave Me Alone? Are You Tired of Living? 狼人，吸血鬼，恶魔，我都退休了你们还不消停，活腻了 A Spark Sets the Prairie Ablaze星火燎燃17k WordsCompleted Werewolves, vampires, demons: I’ve retired, and you’re still causing trouble? Are you tired of living? —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 410 清 Old Stories of Qingxi 清溪旧事 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀7k WordsCompleted Old Stories of Qingxi 24Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 411 颠 Upside-Down Dragon 颠阳倒龙 World of Blossoms繁花世界31k WordsCompleted Upside-Down Yang, Dragon Reversed 32Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 412 恰 Like a Cold Moon Turning Toward the Sun 恰似寒月向骄阳 Crossing the Stars渡星辰Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [Original title: And Let the Breeze Carry Us Toward the Sun] Everyone knows Song Kexin is the younger sister being fostered by the Lu family. When they first met, she said, “Brother”; he replied, “Sister-in-law?” · He was the darling of heaven, a blazing sun high above the clouds. To Song Kexin, he was the passionate beginning of her youth... the place where the light came in... . Lu Yubai: “You're too young to date.” Song Kexin: “So I can once I'm an adult?” · Song Kexin dreamed of turning eigh 2.5kReads9.1Score193Shelves
13. 413 副 Dungeon Invasion: From the Start, I Conquer the World-Ending Demoness, and the System Wants Me to Have Her Babies? 副本入侵：开局攻略灭世魔女，系统让我和她生猴子？ A Spark Sets the Prairie Ablaze星火燎燃43k WordsCompleted Instance Invasion: From the Start, I Conquer the World-Destroying Demoness, and the System Wants Me to Have Monkey Babies with Her? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 414 黄 The Yellow River's Mandarin Ducks 黄河鸳鸯 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted The Yellow River’s Star-Crossed Lovers 12Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 415 重 Reborn Werewolf: I Awaken an SSS-Rank Moon-Howling Heavenly Wolf Bloodline! I Tear the Scumbag and His Homewrecker Apart 重生狼人：我觉醒SSS级啸月天狼血脉！手撕了渣男绿茶 A Spark Sets the Prairie Ablaze星火燎燃24k WordsCompleted Reborn as a Werewolf: I Awakened the SSS-Rank Moon-Howling Heavenly Wolf Bloodline! I Tore Apart My Trash Ex and His Homewrecker —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 416 他 The Night Before His College Entrance Exam, My Heart Stopped 他高考前夜，我心脏停了 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀10k WordsCompleted The Night Before His College Entrance Exam, My Heart Stopped 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
17. 417 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won't Make Wedding Clothes for Someone Else 重生八零：不为他人做嫁衣 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩28k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: I Won't Live for Others 2Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 418 穿 Reborn as the Weakest Vampire, I Take Wolfmen on Their Final Rides 穿成最弱吸血鬼，滴滴接单送狼人上路 A Spark Sets the Prairie Ablaze星火燎燃30k WordsCompleted Reborn as the Weakest Vampire, I Take Delivery Orders to Send Werewolves to Their Doom 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 419 碎 Broken Kisses! 碎吻！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀16k WordsCompleted Broken Kiss! 17Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 420 烂 After-Sales Service for a Life Gone Wrong 烂尾人生的售后服务 Cuttlefish Cutting the Wind墨鱼裁风36k WordsCompleted After-Sales Service for a Life Gone Wrong —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's funny and insightful; you'll have many thoughts after reading it.

21. 421 我 I’m a Werewolf, and My Vampire Bride Stabbed Me in the Back at Our Wedding 我，狼人，在婚礼被吸血鬼新娘背刺 A Spark Sets the Prairie Ablaze星火燎燃17k WordsCompleted I’m a Werewolf, and the Vampire Bride Stabbed Me in the Back at Our Wedding 2Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 422 最 The Last Page: It Hurts So Much! 最后一页：我好疼！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted The Last Page: It Hurts So Much! 47Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 423 重 Reborn in 1988: Cutting Off the Pyramid Scheme Storm 重生1988：截断传销风暴 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩Modern Romance19k WordsCompleted Reborn in 1988: Cutting Off the Pyramid Scheme Storm 3Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 424 年 Period: He's Set His Sights on the Village Chief's Daughter 年代：他盯上村长闺女 Dreaming of the Moon Palace梦游月宫Urban1.2M WordsOngoing In 1982, in a mountain village in Northeast China, 26-year-old Cuier was widowed and raising a child. She suffered constant abuse at the hands of villains and could only endure it to protect her daughter. Her late husband’s younger brother, Erjun, returned home after leaving the army. Upright and resolute, he repeatedly stepped in to protect his sister-in-law. They warmed one another through hardship, and feelings quietly blossomed between them. At last, they had something to look forward to. Bu 8.9kReads7.9Score539Shelves

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    The opening was too brutal and heartbreaking.

25. 425 我 After I Died, All That Came Out Was a Lifetime of Sobs! 我死后，说出来的是一生的呜咽！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted After I Died, All That Came Out Was a Lifetime of Sobs! 68Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 426 厉 President Li, Your Wife Doesn’t Deserve to Die 厉总，夫人她罪不至死 The Music Never Ceases笙笙不息Modern Romance3.4M WordsCompleted Shen Zhichu had given him her whole heart for sixteen years, only to be told to leave with nothing, just so he could make room for the woman he had always loved. Li Jingshen thought he would be happy once that woman was gone, until he received her diagnosis... He rushed over in a panic, only to find her holding someone else’s hand. “Why didn’t you tell me you had stomach cancer?” “Weren’t you hoping I’d die sooner?” Shen Zhichu laughed scornfully. “Li Jingshen, I don’t want to spend the last of 8.9kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    I've read both of these books at least five times before recommending them! The first one is a bit older, but it uses those very themes to really pierce your heart. I personally think it's excellent. I highly recommend the second one!!! Seriously, it's so incredibly moving. I suggest you read this book twice. On the second read, you'll start to connect the dots and even discover some very subtle foreshadowing. Anyway, this book is truly heart-wrenching.

27. 427 青 Little Fox of Qingqiu: A Millennium of Cultivation, Reduced to Ash in a Day! 青丘小狐：千年修行，一朝成灰！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted The Little Fox of Qingqiu: A Thousand Years of Cultivation, Reduced to Ash in a Single Day! 90Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 428 他 They Think I'm Easy to Manipulate, but They Don't Know I'm Just Putting on an Act 他们以为我任人拿捏，殊不知我只是在演戏 Sleepy Little Fish zZ小鱼困了zZ6k WordsCompleted They think I’m easy to manipulate, but they don’t know I’m just putting on an act. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so heartbreaking, the tragedy was too much! [I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry]

29. 429 废 A Glimmer of Light in the Wasteland! 废土微光！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀11k WordsCompleted A Glimmer in the Wasteland! 46Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 430 夫 My Husband and His Childhood Sweetheart Made Me Miscarry, So I Finally Got Over Him 夫君和青梅害我流产，我恋爱脑好了 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted My Husband and His Childhood Sweetheart Made Me Miscarry, and I Got Over My Lovesick Foolishness 803Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look, it's finished.

31. 431 我 After I Was Ordered to Divorce, My Ex-Husband Regretted It 我奉旨和离后，前夫悔不当初 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月Ancient Romance36k WordsCompleted After I received the imperial decree to divorce, my ex-husband regretted it too late. 10kReads—Score203Shelves
32. 432 他 By the Time He Returned, I Was Gone 他归来时，我已不在 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀7k WordsCompleted By the time he returned, I was already gone 21Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 433 他 He Went to Bury Him 他去葬他 Eating History Until It Sticks to Your Teeth吃史粘牙Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted He wanted to leave with his beloved, but they only smiled and brushed their nose against his. When he opened his eyes again, he had hit his head against his beloved's gravestone. Letters lay scattered across the ground in front of it. He gazed at the white snow and the yellowed tombstone. Afraid his beloved would be too lonely on the journey, he brought a vast sweep of periwinkles to bury them. [The romance is mutual, with neither side being coy] [Chapters 1 and 2 are terrible. I'll come back an 214Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short, bitter,,

34. 434 大 On My Wedding Day, My Fiancé Eloped Overnight with My Sister-in-Law, So I Chose Someone Better 大婚之日，未婚夫和嫂嫂连夜私奔，我另择良人 Quan Xin荃昕Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted On my wedding day, my fiancé eloped with my sister-in-law in the middle of the night, so I chose someone else 20Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 435 未 The Home We Never Spoke Of 未说出口的家 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀11k WordsCompleted The Home Left Unspoken 25Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 436 我 Ten Years After My Death, He Dug Up My Body in a Mass Grave 我死后十年，他在乱葬岗挖我尸体 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted Ten years after I died, he dug up my body from the mass grave 708Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 437 白 Lotus Blossoms from White Bones! 白骨生莲！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted Lotus Blossoms from White Bones! 25Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 438 给 After Becoming a Living Medicine for My Husband's White Moonlight, the Game Began 给夫君的白月光当药人后，游戏开始了 Nine Yuan九块钱10k WordsCompleted After Becoming My Husband's White Moonlight's Living Medicine, the Game Began 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I sacrificed myself to feed the Gu worms to save my husband, enduring their gnaws until my death. After death, my soul saw a barrage of comments and realized that my husband was a con artist, and the poisoning was a complete scam from beginning to end.

39. 439 陪 With You Until Twenty-Nine 陪你到二十九岁 Half a Green Candle青烛半盏31k WordsCompleted By Your Side Until You're Twenty-Nine 78Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reading this in the middle of the night without shedding a tear is truly impressive. Even "If Forests Have Fairy Tales" didn't make me cry, but this one did.

40. 440 雪 Snow Festival! 雪祭！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted Snow Festival! 104Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 441 他 He Traded Heart for Heart 他以心换心 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀7k WordsCompleted He Repays Heart with Heart 715Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 442 校 The Campus Heartthrob's First Love Is Back, and I Can No Longer Hide My Love Letters 校草白月光回国，我暗恋情书藏不住 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted The campus heartthrob's first love is back in the country, and I can't hide my secret love letter anymore. 876Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The abuse was unbearable, and she suffered terribly. Her beloved, her "white moonlight," and everyone else trampled on her most selfless love during her bitter youth. He was also a member of the school bullies; everyone bullied and harassed her simply because she was ugly. Even her roommates bullied her, demanding she buy them milk tea as a form of filial piety. Ugly and poor, her naive confession was like a moth drawn to a flame, ending in vain. Loving someone she couldn't have, tears streamed down her face. She even had to bring him Americano, who loved playing basketball. Watching him and his "white moonlight" so happily matched, she forced herself to act as if nothing had happened, living a life of unrequited love. Jealousy drove him to tolerate everyone insulting her, calling her ugly and unworthy of him. His unrequited love sought help from an online dating partner to defile her, only to be met with cold indifference. He began to love her, protecting her when she was publicly humiliated, but it was too late; her love was shattered. She realized he was just an ordinary man. After losing her memory, she still fell in love with the person she fell in love with at first sight. He married her because she was pregnant, yet he still felt jealous of her legitimate status. After regaining her memory, she wanted a divorce to escape him, a man fundamentally bad. Years later, after being pregnant and running away, why did she still need his help after their broken relationship was mended?

43. 443 她 She Hid Her Pregnancy and Faked Her Death, Leaving the CEO Gray Overnight 她隐藏孕肚假死，总裁一夜白头 October Is Not Cold Yet十月未凉Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Pure angst, physical and emotional torment. Not for the faint of heart. Complete] The day Wen Qing received her pregnancy test results, the doctor told her that her heart was in severe failure and she was near death. At the same time, she received intimate photos of her husband, Zhou Gu, with another woman. The two were even expecting a child together. Only then did she finally understand: Zhou Gu had never forgotten his first love, keeping her in his heart all these years. And Wen Qing had mis 13.1kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves

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    Key point: The middle part of the third book is incredibly heart-wrenching. The female lead commits suicide by jumping into the sea at the male lead's wedding, leaving behind the words, "Ah Shen, I don't love you anymore." The ending is a happy reunion. Seriously, I cried in the middle of the night reading this, and my double eyelids turned into single eyelids in the morning! It's a great read, very satisfying.

44. 444 两 Two Critical Condition Notices, One Boat Ticket, and an Elopement with No Tomorrow! 两张病危通知书，一张船票，和一场没有明天的私奔！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted Two critical condition notices, one boat ticket, and an elopement with no tomorrow! 703Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 445 掌 Prisoner in His Palm 掌心囚 Lu Shiyi陆拾一Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A single piece of candy from Mu Nanzhou won Jiang Xizhi’s heart. Only later did she learn that he could give that same piece of candy to anyone. After an accident, she became the culprit who hurt his beloved, and went from Kyoto’s most dazzling young heiress to a disgraced convict. After five years in prison, all she wanted was to live a decent life. But with the label of “convict” hanging over her, she struggled to survive among all kinds of people. When she met Mu Nanzhou again, she didn’t dar 8.9kReads8.4Score727Shelves
46. 446 我 My Younger Brother Actually Followed Me Here 我的弟弟竟然跟过来了 Back to the Old Home旧家往回Two Male Leads59k WordsCompleted Two male leads, brothers who live next door. They meet by chance on a wall, and together see things through to the end. If lots of people want to read it, I'll write my next book from the younger brother's perspective. This one is mainly told from the older brother's perspective, with him as the pursuer. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend one book.

47. 447 同 May We Die Together, Be Buried Together, and Share One Epitaph 同死同冢同碑题 Stars Love Forging Swords星星热爱铸剑11k WordsCompleted May We Die Together, Be Buried Together, and Share One Inscription 52Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Oh, this is so painful!

48. 448 战 Lord Zhan, Stop Torturing Her! Your Wife Was Framed 战爷别虐了，夫人她是被冤枉的 October Is Not Cold Yet十月未凉Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [The short drama adaptation of the same name is now streaming] [Physical and emotional torment + obsessive imprisonment + reborn] “Zhan Sihan, don’t kneel in front of my daughter’s grave and sully her path to reincarnation.” A conspiracy sent Yun Xi tumbling from heaven into hell. The man she loved branded her unchaste, and her child became a bastard reviled by everyone. For her daughter’s sake, she struggled and fought back in the abyss, only to have her legs broken and suffer a miscarriage. It 10kReads8.9Score695Shelves
49. 449 我 I'm Not the Grim Reaper of Obstetrics and Gynecology 我不是妇产科死神 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭12k WordsCompleted I'm Not the Grim Reaper of Obstetrics and Gynecology 233Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short story with a touch of angst

50. 450 男 My Boyfriend Has a Female Best Friend, and I Have a Male Best Friend 男朋友有女兄弟，我有男闺蜜 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭16k WordsCompleted My boyfriend has a girl best friend, so I have a guy best friend. 1.9kReads—Score—Shelves

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