Super Short Angst Novels!! They Have to Be Super Short!! Make Me Suffer! 超短虐文！！一定要超短！！一定要虐死我！

1. 651 我 I’m His Third Substitute 我是他的第三个替身 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted I’m His Third Replacement 112Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 652 相 Longing Makes You Grow Old 相思令人老 Sour Plum and Almond酸梅杏仁Ancient Romance59k WordsCompleted She was his wife, the Regent Princess Consort. She had once helped him win the realm. He forced her to kneel before his lover. He forced her to give up her child. He said he would sell her into a brothel. Her heart turned to ashes, and she set herself ablaze. Only then did he realize that all along, he was the one who couldn’t let go. 44Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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   Short story, angsty at first, sweet at last.

3. 653 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
4. 654 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... 626Reads7.0Score119Shelves

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   Short, heartbreaking (I can't express how sad I am [crying])

5. 655 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
6. 656 林 Lin Ayue and the Light 林阿月与光 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀7k WordsCompleted Lin Ayue and the Light 6Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 657 我 My Youth, Your Stories 我的青春，你们的故事 Chunin of the Hundredfold Refining Tower百炼塔的中忍Modern Romance269k WordsCompleted A collection of several stories that will make your heart ache for the characters’ helplessness and despair. Time is the gentlest executioner. It takes away the ardor of youth, but leaves stories etched in wrinkles, so that every aging pupil holds a starry sky. The stories aren’t long, but they belong to our youth. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Each chapter is a short story. Simple and clear, it reflects the helplessness and heartache of real life. It's very poignant.

8. 658 药 Bitter Medicine, Deep Love 药苦情深 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted Bitter Medicine, Deep Affection 34Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 659 我 I Was Dead for Seven Days Before Anyone Found Me! 我死了七天才被发现！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted I was dead for seven days before anyone found me! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 660 我 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 120kReads9.7Score13.9kShelves

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    Don't eat knives, eat candy.

11. 661 柳 Liu Jingyue 柳惊月 Nine Snowy Branches九枝雪Ancient Romance108k WordsCompleted [Ending] At first, he thought he had merely fallen in love with an assassin, and waited for the day they would meet again. Little did he know that the girl he was waiting for had already been sent by his own hand to marry for peace. He had taught her the difference between good and evil, and shown her compassion. Looking back, he could only think how hypocritical he had been. “I was a fool to think I could save you.” Now she had become a princess revered by all, while he was left consumed with r 87Reads8.8Score—Shelves
12. 662 重 Reborn in Senior Year, the School Hunk Has My Back 重生高三，校草为我撑腰 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀15k WordsCompleted Reborn in My Senior Year of High School, the School Heartthrob Has My Back 15Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 663 八 Little Farmer Girl of the Eighties: Going to School with My Pocket Dimension 八零小农女，带着空间去上学 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted A Little Farm Girl in the 1980s: Taking Her Space to School 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 664 夏 The Summer Breeze, You After Class 夏天的风，下课的你 Lu Yao鹿尧Urban122k WordsCompleted Bai Zimu was forced to transfer schools after standing up for justice. He moves in with his aunt and, not wanting to cause her trouble, decides to pass himself off as a well-behaved student at his new school. But his deskmate is the number-one person on the all-time list of classmates nobody wants, and she’s also the class discipline monitor… /Desk-mate days are so wonderful, that summer you were so loud/ “Wow, someone’s actually called Huang Doudou. Her birthday is just one day away from mine. 3.1kReads9.6Score335Shelves
15. 665 戒 Renouncing Love 戒情 Wen Qian文签11k WordsCompleted I was crazy about Gu Jing for a full ten years. So crazy that everyone in Beijing’s elite circles said I was addicted to him. How bad was it? I wouldn’t let any woman get near him. I wanted to get rid of every woman around him. In the end, Gu Jing sent me to a rehab center. Other people quit smoking, drinking, and gaming. I had to quit Gu Jing. But later, I really did get over him. Then he regretted it. Under the pouring rain, he cried and begged me to love him one more time. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not too abusive, just has a large nape (this is just my personal opinion).

16. 666 不 Unawakened 不悟 Ze Mu则慕Ancient Romance157k WordsCompleted The disgraced minister Gu Hongjian died in battle at Huzhou. After death, a wisp of her ghost returned to the side of her king, Lin Sizhe. Everyone called her a treacherous minister who deserved to be reviled. Only she knew that she had spent nearly her entire life living for Lin Sizhe. But even she never expected that she wouldn't let Lin Sizhe go, even as a ghost. She was supposed to watch him enjoy the spoils of victory she had won for him, then carry on sweet-talking another woman. Gu Hongji 1.6kReads9.2Score145Shelves

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    "The Mountain City Boy" really made me cry. I shouldn't have given it this rating. It's a story that can be read with a critical eye and doesn't make sense. My friends have been strongly recommending it to me, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet.

17. 667 我 The Code I Wrote Wiped Out the Heavenly Tribulation 我写的代码把天劫干没了 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀12k WordsCompleted My Code Wiped Out the Heavenly Tribulation 1Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 668 七 Seven Years Apart 七年时分 Coconut椰椰Modern Romance15k WordsCompleted I loved Lu Xiao for seven years. When I was kidnapped, though, he refused to pay the ransom, simply because his secretary suggested using the opportunity to teach me a lesson. I endured hellish torment. At last, I learned to stay away from Lu Xiao, but then he came crying and begged me to give him one more chance. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 669 到 This Is Where It Ends 到此为止 Xu Zhimeng许织梦Modern Romance123k WordsCompleted [Angst-heavy story. Read with caution. The male lead is not chaste.] “Ru Yi, when you act like this, it makes me think you still can’t let go of me.” All the pain and torment must have begun with those words. Or perhaps it was “You haven’t been able to forget me, Ru Yi.” Much later, when Ru Yi thought back on her tangled history with Pei Shiyu, that was what she believed. He would remember the scent from deep in his memories, carried on a gentle breeze, but he wouldn’t remember how much he h 4.1kReads8.5Score200Shelves

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    It's a very short story; the male lead is a total jerk, and in the end, the female lead ends up with the second male lead.

20. 670 你 You Betrayed Me, So I’ll Bring You Down 你负我，我覆你 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted You Betrayed Me, So I’ll Bring You Down 6Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 671 万 I Use My Harem Protagonist Aura to Crush My Coworkers 万人迷光环，我用来卷死同事 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted I Use My Harem Protagonist Aura to Outwork My Coworkers 6Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 672 百 A Hundred Days to Live: The Girl Who Fell from the Sky and I Walk Toward Eternal Silence 百日病逝，我和天降少女走向永寂 Hai Jingliangong海静凉宫Urban200k WordsCompleted [No supernatural elements + One female lead + Short story + Reflections on life + Both leads die] Su Juan grew up ordinary in every way. Then he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, and the doctor told him he had just three months left. The leaves stirred in the breeze, and a cool wind brushed his face. The scenery was exactly the same, yet with his heart changed so dramatically, everything seemed different. Why had the snacks he'd eaten for years suddenly become so bitter? Even promises mad 29Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Extremely short and angsty story, incredibly heart-wrenching throughout.

23. 673 我 I'm Dying, So Why Are You Still Begging Me to Forgive You? 我要死了，你干嘛还要跪求原谅？ Sword Alone, Ink Traces Remain孤剑笔痕Urban122k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [Regret and Face-Slapping] [Bad-End Romance] [A Story of Redemption] Ye Yuchen was the kind of well-behaved, considerate, gentle boy other families wished they had. But he lived in a home where his family froze him out. He had an older brother and a younger sister, and his awkward place in the family made him the least loved of them all. It was only during a routine hospital checkup that he learned he had less than two years to live. The laughable part was that no one visited h 285Reads8.4Score—Shelves
24. 674 我 I’m Monopolizing the Cultivation World by Selling “Harem Protagonist Auras” 我靠卖“万人迷光环”垄断修真界 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted I Monopolized the Cultivation World by Selling “Harem Protagonist Auras” 19Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 675 加 The Overtime Pay Was Hell Money, But I Signed Anyway 加班费是冥币，但我还是签了 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀10k WordsCompleted The Overtime Pay Was Ghost Money, but I Signed Anyway 14Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 676 他 His Bite Marks 他的咬痕 Mi Xiaoxi咪小汐Modern Romance281k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed and awaiting release] [Short drama now streaming] [Rekindled Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Devotion + Mutual Salvation + Sweet Youthful Romance] In high school, Wen Shumiao had a passionate romance that ended in the most humiliating way possible. They meet again six years later. He's the owner of a tattoo shop, and she's become his employee. He treats her with the cold indifference of a stranger. But when Xie Jin sees Wen Shumiao carrying a suitcase, he final 63.8kReads9.5Score5.6kShelves

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    This book is really good. The story is so touching and I envy the relationship between Miaomiao and Xie Jin, but I really feel so sorry for Xue Yan and Xu Liangzhou! [Crying][crying][crying][crying] It's really good, and the author's writing is so good too.

27. 677 我 Something Seems Off About My Sect 我的宗门，好像不太对劲 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀18k WordsCompleted My Sect Seems a Little Off 15Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 678 雪 Snow Festival! 雪祭！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted Snow Festival! 104Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 679 妻 My Wife Asked Me to Fake a Divorce to Placate Her Lover, So I Made Her Truly Bankrupt 妻子让我假离婚哄情人，我让她真破产 When the Wind Rises in Changlin, Listen to the Snow Fall风起长林听雪落Marriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted My wife asked me to fake a divorce to placate her lover. I made sure she really went bankrupt. 119Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Here are a few recommendations for books where the protagonist's pursuit of her husband is so intense it'll cause her liver and kidneys to ache; you'll feel sorry for the heroine after reading them.

30. 680 攻 After My Failed Romance Route, I Only Wanted to Die, and My Three Love Interests Went Mad 攻略失败后我一心求死，三个攻略对象疯了 Lord Yi Xing弈星君12k WordsCompleted After I died, I transmigrated into a conquest game, and the System assigned me three male leads. If I followed the System's instructions and successfully conquered any one of them, I could return to my original world and come back to life. Drawing on my experience, I created conquest scripts for them, but I failed to conquer every single one. It was only because they had all fallen for the world's beloved heroine. I watched as each of them spoke cruelly to me, wishing I would die as soon as poss 631Reads—Score—Shelves

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    All three are angst-filled novels, but they are also enjoyable reads.

31. 681 女 The Goddess Took Her Backup on a Blind Date, and Things Took an Unexpected Turn 女神带我这备胎去相亲，结果意外 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted My crush took me, her backup option, along on a blind date, and then something unexpected happened. 6.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Short angst stories, tragic endings (BE)

32. 682 朋 She Announced Her Affair on Social Media, So I Married Her Off Pregnant 朋友圈官宣出轨，送她奉子成婚 Net Cap网帽23k WordsCompleted She announced her affair on social media, so I helped her marry her lover with a baby on the way. 967Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 683 老 My Husband Sent Me to a High-Radiation Zone to Learn My Lesson for His White Moonlight 老公为了白月光把我送去强辐射区学乖 Water and Cloud Ravine水云涧10k WordsCompleted To break my stubborn streak, Gu Jinghuai tossed me into the mountains. He just didn't know that the mountain was a high-radiation zone. Five months later, when he brought a group of people to take me back, my body had already begun to rot from radiation exposure. "Su Yue, if you hadn't pushed Zhizhi down the stairs back then, I wouldn't have had to punish you by leaving you in these desolate mountains." "Do you understand what you did wrong now?" I knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhou Zhizhi 25Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 684 分 After We Broke Up, I Married My Ex's Best Friend 分手后，我娶了前任的闺蜜 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance18k WordsCompleted After the breakup, I married my ex's best friend. 4.2kReads—Score—Shelves
35. 685 离 After the Divorce, My Wife's Crematorium Fire Reached Her Lover's Home 离婚后，妻子的火葬场烧到了情夫家 Dreams Adrift in the Orchid Realm兰梦浮生Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted After the divorce, my wife’s revenge came burning down her lover’s house. 396Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 686 妍 Yanyan 妍妍 Wangwang Snow Cake旺旺大雪饼11k WordsCompleted Yanyan 14Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 687 绝 The Desolate Seafloor 绝望海底 Little Bird Stewed in an Iron Pot铁锅炖小鸟Urban332k WordsCompleted [Entertainment + Singing + Sickly Hero + Healing + Tearjerker + Positive Energy + Redemption] Bai Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that he has cancer and needs a huge sum of money for treatment. A singing contest hosted by pdd is underway, drawing a massive audience and offering a huge cash prize! So Bai Chen joins to earn money for his medical bills. In the preliminaries, Bai Chen sings “Under the Sea,” and the entire livestream falls silent, lost in thought. In the knoc 30.5kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    That winter, during her second year of high school, Mu Jiayao dragged her tired body back to school. Just as she reached the school gate, she saw Lin Zimu, one hand in his pocket, kicking pebbles on the ground. He glanced up slightly at her when he saw her, then continued kicking the pebbles. Mu Jiayao was slightly surprised to see him there, but her mind was now completely focused on not wanting to enter the school. The sight of those exam papers made her nauseous, and the thought of those hypocritical people made her even more disgusted. She had already taken a week off, and if it weren't for that annoying homeroom teacher constantly sending messages urging her to return...

38. 688 终 I Finally Became Like Him, But I Don’t Want to Repeat the Past 终于活成他的样子，但我不想重蹈覆辙 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance14k WordsCompleted I finally became just like him, but I don't want to repeat the same mistakes. 711Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 689 丈 My Husband's Calm Is a Despair I Don't Understand 丈夫的平静，是我不懂的绝望 When the Wind Rises in Changlin, Listen to the Snow Fall风起长林听雪落Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted My husband's calmness is a despair I cannot understand 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
40. 690 一 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 199.2kReads9.5Score24.5kShelves

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    In a world filled with mystery and fantasy, Tao Mian, an immortal with a body that never ages, has witnessed countless changes over thousands of years. His nine disciples, each with their own tragic past and indomitable will, return to their master after three lifetimes, only to find that their master remains unchanged, unchanged and immortal.

41. 691 同 My Girlfriend Vanished at Our Class Reunion, Driving Me Insane 同学会女友失踪，搞得我神经错乱 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted My girlfriend vanished at our class reunion, and it drove me out of my mind. 2.5kReads—Score—Shelves
42. 692 抖 I Posted a Birthday Wish for My First Love on Douyin, and the Police Showed Up the Next Second 抖音祝福白月光生日，下一秒警察上门 Net Cap网帽37k WordsCompleted I posted a birthday blessing for my first love on Douyin. The police showed up the next second. 103Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 693 同 My Live-In Girlfriend Gets Intimate with Her Male Best Friend, and I Smile and Go Over to Say Hello 同居女友与男闺蜜亲热，我笑着上前问好 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted My live-in girlfriend got cozy with her guy best friend. I walked over with a smile to say hello. 3kReads—Score—Shelves
44. 694 婚 After the Wedding Invitation Arrived, My Fiancée and Her Lover Went Mad 婚礼请柬送到后，未婚妻女友疯了 Dreams Adrift in the Orchid Realm兰梦浮生19k WordsCompleted After the wedding invitations went out, my fiancée’s girlfriend went crazy. 488Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 695 她 After She Died, the Capital's Crown Prince Went Mad with Grief in the Snow 她死后，京圈太子爷在雪地哭疯了 Zhiyu Nanyuan栀羽南鸢Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted [Tragic romance + childhood sweethearts + physical and emotional torment + the hero’s long road to winning her back + a tearjerker for late-night reading] The day Jiang Wan was diagnosed with stomach cancer, Quan Xiuyuan forced her to kneel and eat slops, then cruelly destroyed her cancer medication. Jiang Wan was falsely accused of plagiarism. Quan Xiuyuan fanned the flames, ruining her career and destroying her reputation. Jiang Wan had loved Quan Xiuyuan for ten years, but he had always belie 1.6kReads6.5Score104Shelves

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    The entire novel, consisting of 100 chapters, is now complete! Read it all in one go! So angsty! So many cuts!

46. 696 美 A Beauty Says She's Pregnant, but I Only Brushed Against Her Skirt 美女说怀孕了，可我只碰了下她裙子 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A beautiful woman says she’s pregnant, but all I did was touch her skirt. 720Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 697 我 I Don’t Want the Bellflowers Anymore 我不要桔梗花了 A Cheng MS阿程MSModern Romance119k WordsCompleted Yu Nianxu, Wei Mu is still here, still protecting you somewhere else. Wei Mu, don't go! Yu Nianxu, wake up! I'm still here. Wei Mu, I'm awake. Where are you? Wei Mu, I'm willing. Wei Mu, goodbye! I'll live well from now on. 156Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    My collection of [Adoration] books are all very short, you can finish them in half an hour to an hour. (The last two are a little longer.) Some have low ratings because they're angsty... [Almost crying]

48. 698 美 A Beauty Shouts from a Cave on a Deserted Island: I'm Your Rib! 美女在荒岛洞内喊：我是你的肋骨！ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted A beauty cries out from inside a cave on a deserted island: “I’m your rib!” 272Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 699 美 The Beautiful Manager Marries the Second Brother, Then Picks the Third at the Wedding? 美女经理嫁二弟，婚礼当场选三弟？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted A beautiful manager marries the second brother, then picks the third brother at the wedding? 126Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 700 我 I Sent My Girlfriend to Prison Myself, Then Brought 997 Withered Jasmine Flowers When I Visited 我亲手送女友入狱，探监带上九百九十七朵枯茉莉 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted I sent my girlfriend to prison with my own hands. When I visited her, I brought 997 withered jasmine flowers. 82Reads—Score—Shelves

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