Looking for Short, Angsty Stories, Between 1 and 20 Chapters 求短虐文，1～20篇之间

1. 701 清 The Qingling Rankings 清凌榜 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷43k WordsCompleted The Qingling Rankings 4Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 702 我 The Girlfriend Who Disappeared 我消失的女朋友 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Sci-Fi & Apocalypse14k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Who Disappeared 6Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 703 诡 The Strange Sword 诡剑 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷98k WordsCompleted The Ghost Sword 1Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 704 穿 Transmigrated to Another World to Work as a Cleaner 穿越异界干保洁 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷Urban27k WordsOngoing There isn't just one system of power in the world! Flying cars, lightsabers, talismans, virtual reality, artificial intelligence... Is it science or fantasy? A top game developer transmigrates to another world just to lie flat and take a job as a cleaner?! Is it a distortion of human nature or a collapse of morality...? —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 705 九 The Nine-Lived Cat Girl 九命猫女 Herbs药草Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted I'm a nine-lived cat woman, and the people of my clan were slaughtered to the last by the Kingdom of Shuo. After being reborn several times, the King of Shuo came to cherish me above all else. But he doesn't know that our love across three lifetimes is all for the sake of settling one lifetime's score. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Spending your heart and soul in love will only end up with heartbreak [crying][crying][crying]

6. 706 相 Love's Ashes 相思烬 Mo Fei墨非Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted On my wedding day, I poisoned the nuptial wine. The Crown Prince drained his cup with a smile, then suddenly grabbed me by the nape. “So even the Shen family's legitimate daughter resorts to such despicable tricks?” I looked at the black blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and smiled. “Your Highness is mistaken. I'm treating the poison. What you have is ‘Love's End,’ from the Western Regions.” 3Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 707 青 My Childhood Sweetheart, the Crown Prince, Was Lured Away by an Enemy Princess 青梅竹马的太子夫君，被敌国公主勾跑了 Clouds Unknown不知雲雲Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted My childhood sweetheart, Crown Prince husband Rong Yu, knocked me off my horse with a spear, its sharp tip aimed at my throat. He used that familiar red-tasseled spear to warn me to stay away from the exotic beauty he had just brought back. Only then did I understand the saying from those romance stories: a beautiful beginning can end in heartbreak. But I'm no delicate young lady who'll hide in her room and cry. I'll return the favor with that spear, then go back to the frontier where I belong. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 708 错 Jade in Error 错玉 A Bu阿布Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book for seven years, I married the second male lead, Pei Yue, and had his child. We lived in perfect harmony, and I thought my life was complete. Then I was kidnapped, and Prince Jun whispered mockingly in my ear, “Do you know it was your beloved husband who sent you to my bed?” I refused to believe him. But when I fought my way home, I found Pei Yue had married my divorced half-sister. His once-cold eyes now brimmed with tenderness, as if a dream he'd cherished for 1Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 709 芙 Lotus Ashes: Blood on the Emperor's Pillow 芙蓉烬：帝王枕上血 Sweet and Quirky Editorial Team甜逗编辑部Ancient Romance21k WordsCompleted That year, the flames of Longhu Stronghold lit up half the sky. He stood amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, clad in a dragon robe stained red. I wore my phoenix crown and bridal robes, only to become a caged bird in his palace. “Have you ever hated me?” he asked, stroking my face, his eyes filled with an obsession that would not fade. I laughed through my tears. I only hated myself. He killed my entire family, yet I couldn't bring myself to take revenge. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 710 通 The Maid’s Nightly Wails: I’m Carrying the Master’s Child 通房丫鬟的夜夜哀嚎：我怀了老爷的种 Sweet and Quirky Editorial Team甜逗编辑部Ancient RomanceCompleted “The boy who grew up with me has become my own brother.” I am the lowliest maid in the Li household, a bedchamber servant, and the “Yiyi” he has cherished since childhood. He knelt for three days to beg for a proper status for me. Under the moon, we secretly exchanged vows, and he swore that I would be the only woman he would ever take as his wife. But on the eve of our wedding, his father pinned me to the bed. He sneered, “You’re nothing but a servant. You don’t even qualify as my son’s bedcham —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 711 枕 Passion on the Pillow: A Trial of Love 枕上欢：情字劫 Sweet and Quirky Editorial Team甜逗编辑部Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted Do you believe the person you love most could personally send you plunging into hell? I was once the wildest girl in the mountain stronghold, until that scholar entered my life. He taught me passion and promised to marry me, but on our wedding night, he slaughtered my entire clan. “I can't bring myself to kill you,” he said, then imprisoned me deep in the palace and let his concubines torment me. That night, I faked my death and escaped, only to discover a blood-written letter in his secret pass 4Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 712 镇 The Duke of Zhen's Divorce Decree Made Me Empress 镇国公一纸休书，我当上了皇后 Meow Meow Meow喵了个喵Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted I'm a pomegranate spirit. To repay a debt of gratitude, I married a great hero. He guarded the frontier, while I spent four years as a wife in name only. I never imagined he'd send me a divorce letter for the sake of his love rival. “Help me marry her, or I'll have no choice but to divorce you.” But as soon as he said those words, the green tea schemer turned on him, leaving him disgraced and ruined on his return to the capital. With the blood from my heart in my hand, I smiled as I watched him —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 713 骄 The Ashes of Passion: A Calamity of Mortal Life 骄欢烬浮生劫 Sweet and Quirky Editorial Team甜逗编辑部Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted “You once picked a spring blossom for me, then pushed me into the flames with your own hands.” I was the most spoiled legitimate daughter of the Zhao family in the capital. The day we first met, he was dressed in white as pristine as snow, his sword flashing like moonlight as he rescued me from danger in the streets. At his words, “I love you,” I starved myself to resist an arranged marriage, insisting I would marry no one else. But on our wedding night, he coldly left me alone, then gripped my —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 714 我 I Gave the Demon Lord My Whole Heart, but One Tear from His White Moonlight Means More 我对魔尊掏心掏肺，不如白月光一滴眼泪 Eating Corn Every Day每天吃玉米Xianxia11k WordsCompleted I stood by Xie Yan through the hardest time of his life. Yet he repeatedly disregarded my feelings for the sake of his first love. I endured it because I loved him. Until he cut the vine core from my little brother to save her life. Only when my little brother’s soul was utterly destroyed in my arms did I realize I had been wrong. But I couldn’t avenge him. Because I was dying. —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 715 重 After Being Reborn, I Ditched My Love-Brained Self 重生后我丢掉了恋爱脑 Fusang扶桑Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted While gathering herbs in the mountains, I saved a handsome young man who was on the brink of death. He said the only way to repay me for saving his life was to give himself to me, so he became my husband. But less than half a month after our wedding, he disappeared. Later, my village was destroyed, and I was imprisoned, tortured, and killed. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the moment just before I was about to leave to gather herbs. I promptly set down my basket, but I never expec 2Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 716 重 After Being Reborn, I’m Done Pretending 重生后，我不装了 Ranran冉冉Ancient Romance15k WordsCompleted At seventeen, I married Xie Wei, just as I had always wished. But I had stolen this marriage from the woman he loved most. Then, during the palace coup, I was struck down by a rain of arrows. He rushed toward me without a thought for his own safety, as if he wanted to die with me. At last, I was certain: he loved me. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 717 若 If We Meet Again as We Were, We Should Be Strangers 若如初见应不识 Sweet and Quirky Editorial Team甜逗编辑部Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted I am Zhu Qingzhao, the most honored empress of the Great Yin dynasty, and the most ridiculous laughingstock in all the land. My childhood sweetheart, the emperor, treated me like dirt. He personally banished me to the Cold Palace and allowed his new empress to carve out my heart and lungs. Yet the chief minister, the man I called “Elder Brother,” had hidden his feelings for me for twenty years. As I lay dying, he murmured, “Qingzhao, let me take you away.” The world calls me a wicked woman who m 2Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 718 冷 The Abandoned Empress of the Cold Palace Is Done 冷宫废后不干了 Pear Blossom Cat梨花猫Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted I rose to the height of power, only to be tricked into the Cold Palace, suffer a miscarriage, and lose my memory? When I woke, I discovered that my rival in love was weeping and begging forgiveness, my mother-in-law was kneeling and pleading for mercy, and the scoundrel emperor was sobbing as he admitted his mistakes. I pretend to have amnesia and act fragile, watching them panic and grovel as I carefully plot my every move, all for the day I settle the score! Now that I’ve claimed the throne, w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 719 我 I Courted the Sixth Prince Nine Times, and Died Tragically Every Time 我攻略六皇子九次，九次惨死 Tree Tree树树Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted To awaken the Seventh Prince, the one I love, I stood atop the highest watchtower in the imperial city. The Sixth Prince told me his shadow guards had secured the area, so I had nothing to worry about. But he didn’t know that moments later, the rebels would set fire to the powder magazine beneath the tower, turning this magnificent palace into a sea of flames... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 720 九 The Nine-Lives Master 九命相师 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三39k WordsCompleted The Nine-Lives Face Reader 4Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 721 夜 Night Frost 夜霜 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三16k WordsCompleted Ye Shuang —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 722 都 Urban Love Triangle: A Love Gone Wrong 都市修罗场之错爱 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三30k WordsCompleted An Urban Romantic Rivalry: Love Gone Wrong 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 723 佛 The Buddha Falls, and the Asura Rebellion Begins 佛陨修罗乱 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三12k WordsCompleted The Buddha Falls, the Asura Runs Amok —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 724 倾 The Hand That Topples Kingdoms 倾国女手 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三52k WordsCompleted The Nation-Toppling Woman’s Hand 1Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 725 南 Counterattack in the Southern City 南城逆战 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三35k WordsCompleted Nancheng: Counterattack —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 726 欲 The Trial of Desire 欲念劫 Ke Yang Shisan柯洋十三26k WordsCompleted A Trial of Desire —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 727 我 I Died in My Rival’s Place, and My Family Sent Me to the Zero Zone 我替情敌赴死，全家将我送入归零区 Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光25k WordsCompleted I Took My Rival in Love’s Place in Death, and My Family Sent Me to the Zero Zone —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Help, how can there be such an article that is so appealing to me? The protagonist's IQ was online throughout the whole process, and the face-slapping session was so enjoyable that I almost got scolded by my mother for suppressing laughter in bed in the middle of the night.

28. 728 镇 He Took the Shop's Showpiece Temperature-Controlled Car to Pick Up His Mistress 镇店古屏的恒温车，被他拿去接小三了 Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光29k WordsCompleted He took the shop’s prized climate-controlled car to pick up his mistress —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 729 猫 A Cat Demon Stole the Phoenix Crown, and the Emperor Told the Empress to Put Up with It 猫妖抢了凤冠，皇帝让皇后再忍忍 Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光38k WordsCompleted A Cat Demon Stole the Phoenix Crown, and the Emperor Told the Empress to Put Up With It a Little Longer 1Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 730 同 Everyone Looked Down on Me at the Class Reunion, Until My Driver Walked In 同学聚会被全场看不起，直到我的司机推门进来 Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光32k WordsCompleted Everyone at the Class Reunion Looked Down on Me, Until My Driver Walked Through the Door 618Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 731 档 A Police Academy Student with a Classified File 档案加密的警校生 Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光22k WordsCompleted A Police Academy Student with a Classified File 212Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 732 错 I Mistook the Female CEO for My Mom and Even Asked Her for Living Expenses 错把女总裁当亲妈，我还找她要生活费 Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光34k WordsCompleted I Mistook the Female CEO for My Mom, and Even Asked Her for Living Expenses 38Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 733 被 The One the Whole Company Mocked for Fixing Computers Was Actually Her Biggest Client 被全公司嘲笑修电脑的，竟是她最大的客户 Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光27k WordsCompleted The One Everyone at the Company Mocked for Fixing Computers Turned Out to Be Her Biggest Client 175Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 734 闺 My Best Friend Bought the House Across the Hall in Cash and Told Them Not to Tell Me 闺蜜全款买我对门，还叮嘱别告诉我 Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光34k WordsCompleted My best friend bought the house across from mine in cash, then told them not to let me know 16Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 735 藏 I Kept Eight Languages Secret for Three Years, Then My Boss Tested Me in German 藏了八门语言三年，老板用德语试探我 Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光30k WordsCompleted I kept my eight language skills hidden for three years. Then my boss tested me in German 64Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 736 刷 I Teased a Cute Young Boy in a Video, So My Big Sister Packed Up a Top-Tier Star and Sent Him Over 刷视频调戏小正太，亲姐连夜打包顶流倒贴 Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光22k WordsCompleted Teasing a cute little boy while scrolling videos, my older sister packed up a top-tier star and sent him over to me overnight 25Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 737 高 I Arrived 40 Minutes Late to the Gaokao, and the Whole Class Cried When They Learned I Was Already Number One in the Province 高考迟到四十分钟，全班痛哭我已是省第一 Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光26k WordsCompleted I arrived forty minutes late to the college entrance exam. The whole class was in tears, but I'd already ranked first in the province 1Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 738 开 My Room Allocation Was Taken from Me at the Start, So I Laughed: My Husband Became an ATM 开局被夺分房名额，我笑了：老公变ATM Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光Modern Romance22k WordsCompleted From the start, they took away my spot on the housing list. I laughed: my husband had become an ATM 8Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 739 别 Stay Out of the Basement! That’s Where Grandma and I Buried the Bodies 别去地下室！那是我和奶奶的埋尸地 Seventeen Moments拾柒拾光21k WordsCompleted Don’t Go Into the Basement! That’s Where Grandma and I Were Buried 2Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 740 三 What Should I Do When Three Men Pursue Me at Once? 三个男人同时追求我怎么办 Geng Yinan Mo庚姨南墨Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted What Should I Do If Three Men Pursue Me at the Same Time? 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Terrible stomachache,

41. 741 红 Old Beauty, Imperial Schemes 红颜旧，帝王谋 Flower, Yet Not a Flower花也非花Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted Old Love, Imperial Schemes 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ancient proverbs, short stories, deep sadomasochistic love between emperors and concubines, BE [crying] [crying]

42. 742 这 After This Child Was Kidnapped, They Left Him at the Train Station 这个孩子被拐后，却丢在了火车站 Dream Doll梦娃娃Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted After This Child Was Abducted, They Were Abandoned at a Train Station 2Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 743 他 He's a Police Officer, Yet Drug Dealers Wiped Out His Entire Family 他是警察，却遭遇毒贩疯狂灭门 Dream Doll梦娃娃32k WordsCompleted He Was a Police Officer, but Drug Dealers Wiped Out His Family in a Brutal Attack 5Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 744 晚 Goodnight, Little Caterpillar 晚安毛毛虫 Dream Doll梦娃娃Modern Romance107k WordsCompleted A tragic romance with sweetness first, then heartbreak. Read with caution. She gets a message saying her husband is having sex with a young woman. She storms into the hotel, beats up the mistress, then beats up her husband. In her fury, she suffers a miscarriage too. After enduring the pain of losing her child, she asks for a divorce and threatens to hurt herself if he refuses. After they divorce, the second male lead, who has remained faithful to her for twenty years, launches his pursuit, whil 1Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 745 他 He Died Clutching My Smile 他攥着我的笑容死去 User63776993用户637769938k WordsCompleted He died clutching my smile. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's hard to choose, so I chose these carefully. [Laugh][laugh][laugh]

46. 746 你 You’re the Campus Belle, I’m a Doting Student. We Could Never Get Close 你是班花，我是学渣，根本走不近 User63776993用户63776993Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted You were the class beauty, and I was a lousy student. We could never get close. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 747 后 My Stepmom Died, and I Hung Up on My Scumbag Dad in a Rage 后妈去世，我愤怒挂了渣爹电话 User63776993用户637769938k WordsCompleted After My Stepmom Died, I Hung Up on My Deadbeat Dad in a Fit of Rage 3Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 748 我 When I Started the Car, Her Eyes Were Like Hooks 我发动车子时，她的眼神像钩子 User63776993用户637769938k WordsCompleted When I started the car, her gaze was like a hook. —Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 749 她 The Way She Smokes Reminds Me of My Unrequited Love 她抽烟的姿势，像看上我的白月光 User63776993用户637769938k WordsCompleted The way she smoked looked like she had her eye on my first love. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 750 挂 After I Reported My Salary Card Lost, She Cried and Threatened to Ruin My Reputation 挂失工资卡后，她哭着说要把我搞臭 User63776993用户63776993Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted After I canceled her salary card, she cried and said she was going to ruin my reputation 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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