Nothing But Angst!!! Knives Flying Everywhere!!! 全虐！！！刀子满天飞的那种！！！

1. 1151 陆 A Gentle Scolding from Mr. Lu: The Poor Little Thing Doesn't Have Long to Live 陆先生轻虐，小可怜他命不久矣 Taro Paste with Everything芋泥加一切Two Male Leads366k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, both sexually inexperienced, sickly, rekindled love, groveling pursuit of his lover, angst before sweetness.] Lin Ran and Lu Qingzhou were once lovers who understood and loved each other. When they graduated, Lin Ran’s mother suddenly fell gravely ill. The enormous medical bills left him at a loss. Just then, Lu Qingzhou’s father, Lu Xingzhi, approached Lin Ran. Taking advantage of the situation, he offered him a huge sum of money and forced him to leave Lu Qingzhou. To save 14.2kReads7.4Score1.7kShelves
2. 1152 厉 Mr. Li’s Darling Is Such a Handful 厉先生的宝贝太磨人 Mr. Silly范二先森Two Male Leads522k WordsCompleted [Completed] ♡ [Cold and devoted top vs. sweet, frail bottom] ♡ A hypocritical top who only says cruel things, and though he carries a grudge, can't bring himself to take revenge ✨ Three years ago, Yu Sinian, who was “greedy for wealth and disdainful of poverty,” cruelly broke up with Li Yunting and left for a foreign country. After the breakup, Li Yunting thought the traitor was living it up overseas with a rich second-generation heir. He hated him for three years, never expecting that when they 1.6kReads7.3Score114Shelves
3. 1153 老 My Wife's So Stubborn? That's Fine, I'll Pretend to Be a Crybaby 老婆是犟种？没关系我装哭包 Eighteen Bronze Walnuts十八铜核桃仁Two Male Leads344k WordsCompleted [M/M, Reunited After a Breakup, A Messy Stew of Cliches, Two Deranged Men, Sweet and Sour, Mutual Firsts] Before: Obsessive, aloof, tight-lipped but softhearted top vs. sunny, sharp-tongued, broken bottom After: Scheming, shameless, tearful crybaby top & resigned, indulgent bottom * The Jiang family went bankrupt and fled overseas, leaving Jiang Yao behind. With no other choice, Jiang Yao worked to pay off his debts, debts, debts, debts, debts. There was no way in hell he could pay them off! Bre 1.5kReads8.2Score162Shelves
4. 1154 前 I Never Knew How Wonderful My Husband Was, So Now I’m Reborn and Clinging to Him 前世不知老公好，作精重生要抱抱 San Moumou三某某Two Male Leads432k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + both reborn + both are pure + the shou pursues his husband (the gong loves him too much, so there's hardly any chasing) + bittersweet romance + breaking up and getting back together + ABO (no children) + showbiz] [Gentle, fatherly, guiding older Alpha × prickly, proud, fussy, pitiful Omega] Three years after Song Yu'an's death, Ying Qiuxu decided to kill himself. When he opened his eyes again, he was reborn four years earlier, on the night he first met Song Yu'an. Seeing Song Y 12.2kReads9.2Score2kShelves
5. 1155 妆 A Thousand Dead Bones Beneath Her Makeup 妆成万骨枯 Your Little Monster你家妖啊Two Male Leads209k WordsCompleted When Feng Lichen first met Jun Huai, he was merely a prince being used by others. When they met again, Feng Lichen had become an emperor who ruled the world. Whenever Feng Lichen saw Jun Huai, he called him “Huaihuai” and could hardly resist throwing himself into his arms. But Jun Huai despised him. Whenever Feng Lichen offered him his sincere affection, all he received in return was a cold stare and scorn. Jun Huai's innate loyalty made Feng Lichen love and hate him at once. He couldn't bear to 266Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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   I cry buckets every time I watch it. [Crying][crying][crying]

6. 1156 和 Dating an AI Never Ends Well 和人机谈恋爱是没有好结果的 Come On Over你来吧Two Male Leads150k WordsCompleted [Realistic android top x human bottom] In the thirteenth year of the apocalypse, He Bi finds half a robot while scavenging for junk. After asking his good neighbor to put the robot back together, He Bi discovers it’s an artificial idiot. He was only joking when he said they were lovers. Somehow, this android’s brain got stuck on the idea, and now the setting won’t delete. 75Reads—Score—Shelves

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   All of them are tragic endings (BE), and the writing is all excellent. The first and third books feature double deaths, and the fourth book needs no introduction—it's famous for its tragic ending aesthetics.

7. 1157 风 Even Love and Longing Betrayed Me 风月也曾负相思 Gu Shisan顾十三Ancient Romance50k WordsCompleted Her hands were stained with blood, yet she won this vast kingdom for him. He was the ruler, and she was his slave; decades of companionship could not outweigh a single tear from the woman he loved. To save his beloved, he offered her up to the enemy army. She endured every kind of torture, willingly. Still for the sake of his beloved, he severed her left arm, took her unborn child, and drained her blood to keep the other woman alive. Then, with a great army before her, her hair white as snow, sh 171Reads6.1Score—Shelves
8. 1158 H HP: Riddle’s Memoirs HP里德尔回忆录 Terrified Double Chin惊恐的双下巴Female-Channel Fanfiction261k WordsCompleted [BE warning + morally gray leads + heroine starts out love-struck and grows over time + second male lead takes the lead] My distant beloved was born on a snowy night seventy-four years ago. We spent a long childhood together in the orphanage, and once walked hand in hand through Hogwarts' winding corridors all day, sharing endless words of love. We fell in love half a century ago, naively dreaming of giving everything up to chase an uncertain future. But love was too hard. Neither of us underst 3.7kReads8.9Score533Shelves

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   This is a Harry Potter novel, and although its rating isn't high, it's really good. It fits the characters perfectly, has a happy ending, and includes a side story. The two grew up together in an orphanage and, because they share the same magical abilities, they have a kind of alliance relationship. Later, at Hogwarts, their feelings slowly change. Sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle genuinely hopes that sixteen-year-old Alice will be happy in the future, even if she's not with him. However, as he pursues more and more things and desires more and more, his love gradually changes, turning into a kind of control where he treats Alice as an appendage. The female lead initially helps the male lead cover up many things, but later discovers that he has altered his memories. Because their relationship already had many cracks, the female lead resolutely leaves and, starting in 1950, goes to America for work and lives a happy and fulfilling life.

9. 1159 囚 Prisoner Slave: Your Highness, Please Go Easy on the Punishment 囚奴：求殿下轻点罚 Only Wushan唯巫山Two Male Leads422k WordsCompleted (Just rated, no negative reviews so far) [Physical Abuse + Emotional Abuse + Every Kind of Suffering + Two Male Leads + Both Pure + Two Powerful Leads + Happy Ending] There will be sweet moments, but there's more suffering. Their statuses are worlds apart, and the bottom is very lowly. [Suspicious, Sadistic, and Ruthless Top × Unhinged, Scheming, and Humble Bottom] The empress sends the spy A Yan (the bottom) to the residence of the third prince, Xiao Jue. Suspicious by nature, Xiao Jue (the t 2.4kReads8.8Score234Shelves

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   As a slave and undercover agent, he was constantly beaten, punished, and suspected. Just when he was about to see the light of day, he was dragged back into hell—extreme torture.

10. 1160 阉 The Eunuch 阉人 So It Is Said笑之曰Two Male Leads193k WordsCompleted Shuangjiang stood by Li Yue’s side as he went from a prince walking on thin ice to the throne, watching him marry one beautiful woman after another. Ten years ago, Shuangjiang said to the powerless Li Yue, “I’m only a eunuch. I wouldn’t dare eat this osmanthus cake.” Li Yue said, “Shuangjiang is my favorite person. From now on, I’ll bring you as much osmanthus cake as you want.” Ten years later, Shuangjiang was frail and ill, longing for a piece of osmanthus cake. Li Yue said, “You’re only a eun 2.9kReads8.4Score264Shelves
11. 1161 锁 Locking Tang in as Empress 锁棠为后 Rain Guest of Startling Beauty惊鸿雨客Ancient Romance518k WordsCompleted On the third day after Yan fell, Princess Lu Tang knelt before her father's spirit tablet in mourning clothes, weeping until she could barely stand. Footsteps sounded behind her. It was the boy who had once been held hostage in Yan for three years, now the Emperor of Qin, Shen Mo. He crouched down and brushed her cheek with his fingertips. “Five years ago, when you were fourteen, I watched you dance. I've never forgotten it.” He took her by the wrist and pulled her away from the spirit tablet 2kReads8.6Score101Shelves

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    This book is so heart-wrenching! It begins with the destruction of the country and the loss of the family, and the forced conquest of the woman as empress!

12. 1162 痴 A Love So Deep 痴痴情深 Lü Jiang Ah律酱啊Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted The naive Su Cheng had a heart as pure as snow, and thought only of the prince. But the prince felt nothing for him. Again and again, he called him by the wrong name, let go of his hand, and wounded his devoted heart. Did the prince know that even a naive boy could understand love, and that even he could be heartbroken? 154Reads8.4Score—Shelves
13. 1163 我 I'm a Snake, and It's Perfectly Reasonable That I Raised a Horde of Demons 我一条蛇，教出一群魔头很合理吧 Listening to the Waves听浪Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Mythical Beast + Immortality + No Female Lead + Taking Disciples + Invincible] Zhu Jiuyin transmigrates into a snake that eats raw flesh and drinks blood. He starts out with eternal life, only to be sealed beneath Mount Buzhou for all eternity. Fortunately, he activates the Master-Disciple Rewards System. His disciples’ cultivation can be returned to him a thousandfold! To win his freedom, Zhu Jiuyin begins taking disciples like crazy. [Ding! Your disciple has gained one year of cultivation. Re 60.9kReads8.9Score4.5kShelves

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    💔 "I Told You to Cultivate Immortality Properly, But You Went to Become a World-Destroying Demon?"💔 🔪Don't be fooled by the title; this is a heart-wrenching journey, filled with daggers and guaranteed to make your tear ducts burst! 👻"Little one, Master is here!" A heartwarming opening, but the prelude to tragedy. 🩸Red blood and candied hawthorns, a bittersweet mix of sweetness and pain, the heart-wrenching intensity is off the charts. 💥Master's promise, a resolute act that crushes everything, companionship on the road to the underworld. 🏡"Little one, wait a little longer, Master will take you home soon." Home is the only warmth, yet it's unattainable. 🌟9.0 High score, fantasy, no harem, ongoing, 68,000 readers😢Get your tissues ready; this is a spiritual cleansing, an ultimate emotional experience. 😢

14. 1164 大 The Eldest Miss’s Exclusive Troublemaking Lackey 大小姐的专属惹事跟班 Minotaur Warrior牛头人战士Urban1.6M WordsCompleted My name is Qin Luo, and I found myself inside an urban novel that combined every kind of Dragon King storyline. From the start, I got the “Strongest Lackey System.” The more lackey-like things I did, the stronger I became. What else could I do? I chose to become Su Muwan's personal lackey. She would eventually become the final great villain. I provoked all sorts of chosen ones, seized their opportunities, and did every kind of evil. You ask who is pulling my strings? Hmph! You're not worthy of k 54.1kReads9.2Score5.3kShelves
15. 1165 顾 President Gu’s Personal Maid 顾总裁的专属女仆 Snowman from the South南方雪人Modern Romance331k WordsCompleted [Powerful CEO’s possessive love + angst before sweetness + happy ending + devoted to each other + desperate pursuit after the breakup] [Male lead: pilot + wealthy heir] [Female lead: the daughter of a servant, raised in his family’s home] Her grandmother favored boys, so her mother took her to the city and worked as a housekeeper for the Gu family. She and her mother lived in their employer’s home, where she endured all kinds of bullying from the young master from childhood onward. * When they 1.1kReads6.8Score104Shelves

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    It's so heart-wrenching, so heart-wrenching [crying] Especially the second part, you can tell how good it is just from the title [smirking]. It's a story where the male lead is framed and imprisoned, and then comes out to take revenge on the female lead. It's a substitute/angst story.

16. 1166 她 The Third Day After She Disappeared 她消失的第三天 Jin Er斤二Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted Delicate darling x rugged man Substitute x crematorium x happy ending - When Zhao Haitang was eighteen, she became a blood bank for the Qin family’s young lady. Everyone said Miss Qin’s older brother was a ruthless man who had fought his way out of the slums alone while caring for his sickly little sister. He had risen from the dregs of society to become one of Dongzhou’s new elite. Cross him, and he’d make you suffer for it. Zhao Haitang paid no attention to the rumors. She was madly in love wi 173.1kReads9.1Score25.1kShelves

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    It's so heart-wrenching, it's amazing! So good, so good, so incredibly satisfying!

17. 1167 厉 Mr. Li Returns After Ten Years in Prison 厉先生坐牢十年回来了 Sister Xian Dai籼黛姐姐Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted His fiancée was murdered, and he was framed and sent to prison for ten years. After getting out, he insulted her in front of her family, cold and cruel, and raised the knife of revenge. But when she said, “I didn’t kill her. I was trying to save her...” it was already too late. Her family had been destroyed, and there was no forgiveness between them. There never would be. At the end of her rope, she pointed a knife at him. It was despair, collapse, and an end... When the truth came out, he was a 613Reads6.7Score—Shelves
18. 1168 金 Mr. Jin, Your Wife Has Run Away with Your Daughter Again! 金总，太太又带小姐离家出走了！ Jin Er斤二Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted Prissy troublemaker x shameless rogue Childhood sweethearts x regret and redemption x happy ending In their third year of marriage, Lu Ying asked for a divorce. The man sat carelessly, his long, phoenix-shaped eyes nonchalant. “Is this because I went with her to the hospital but didn't go with you?” Lu Ying: “Yes.” “Fine,” he said, clearly not taking it seriously. “Then I won't go with you anymore.” Lu Ying: “I'll leave with nothing.” The unruliness vanished from his eyes. With the speed of 122.9kReads8.9Score12.7kShelves
19. 1169 快 Quick Transmigration: A Tragedy Is Destined 快穿强制注定悲剧 Rain Falls, Hard to Gather雨落难收Two Male Leads477k WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads8.1Score139Shelves

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20. 1170 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villainous Ex Is Forced to Reform 快穿：恶毒前任他被迫洗白 Luo Luo Ying洛洛嘤Two Male Leads471k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 9.3kReads8.8Score591Shelves
21. 1171 快 Quick Transmigration: Everyone Gets a Bad Ending 快穿之全员BE Year After Year, Day After Day岁时朝夕Two Male Leads578k WordsCompleted Before Wen Bai remembered everything, he always thought he had died in a car accident. Only later did he learn that he had jumped into a river and died. After taking on a new identity and experiencing someone else’s life, he thought it wasn’t so bad. But when he broke the cycle, he stumbled straight into an even deeper abyss. That person was powerful to the point of being twisted, consumed by an envy so intense it made people want to run, and by suspicion… He had never truly trusted Wen Bai. Wen 30Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    ① [On the second day, they took me to a small dark room, tied me to an electric chair, branded me with hot irons, and raped me while holding up photos…] [On the third day, they were beasts. They bullied me, forcing me to cooperate in filming videos. When I refused, they pulled out two of my fingernails; it hurt so much.] [On the fourth day, I stole a phone and called Xiao Yan. The call connected for two seconds before being hung up… I was dragged back again. To punish me, they tore a piece of skin off my waist. They are demons…]

22. 1172 等 Waiting for You to Turn Around and Say You Love Me 等你回头说爱我 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads151k WordsCompleted [Boys' love + emotional torment + physical torment + a perfect deception + innocent on the outside, dark within + obsessive and twisted + bad ending + strong characters + yandere] No one is simple. Please don't look at people too naively, especially those who seem harmless. Shen Yan is the child of a wealthy family. In other people's eyes, he's nothing but a commodity with a price tag, something to be passed around and bullied at will. He tries with all his might to learn how to love others and 912Reads9.2Score124Shelves
23. 1173 虐 After Torturing Her Childhood Sweetheart to Death, President Gu Starts His Wife-Chasing Hell 虐死竹马后，顾总他追妻火葬场 Iron Fist Lin Daiyu铁拳林黛玉Two Male Leads169k WordsOngoing Two male leads + both reborn + lovers reunited + happy ending + main couple suffers before finding happiness + the male lead grovels to win back his wife + secondary couple is all sweetness Shen Luo and Gu Li had been childhood sweethearts. Shen Luo had devoted himself to Gu Li for twenty years, and Gu Li had bullied him for every one of them. Because Gu Li knew Shen Luo loved him and would never leave him. But then, one night, the once-arrogant heir to the Gu family completely lost his mind. Be 1.2kReads7.4Score102Shelves
24. 1174 替 After the Stand-In Faked Her Death, the Coldhearted Iceberg Wept a River 替身假死之后冷酷冰山泪流成河 Salty Fish and a Giant Watermelon咸鱼大西瓜Two Male Leads588k WordsCompleted Xu Chengyan spent five years by the side of the eldest young master of the He family, always at his beck and call and indulging him in everything. Even though He Yang was always cold toward him, Xu Chengyan was perfectly willing to put up with it. He thought that as long as he was the most special person to He Yang, he might melt that iceberg one day. Then one day, He Yang's one true love returned from abroad. Xu Chengyan saw with his own eyes how the man who was always distant with him became i 551Reads8.5Score137Shelves
25. 1175 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Dies After Maxing Out Affection 快穿：白月光她刷满好感就死遁 Holding Frost at Dusk暮夜执霜Ancient Romance752k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + outwardly warm, inwardly cold heroine + no fixed pairing + not fragments of one soul + redemption-focused + every small world ends in tragedy] How do you max out both your targets' love and heartbreak values? Yue Yuyi's answer is to choose the best possible target, become the moonlight in his heart, then fake her death when he loves her most. She edits each conquest into a polished video and earns points from the viewers. She enjoys every minute of it. System: Master, you 12.2kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves

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    This! This is really heartbreaking. "Still laughing? Nobody wants you anymore." "Clear breeze and bright moon, unwavering until death." "Remember to think of me." "Okay." "A wisp of fox fur, a fleeting ephemera." "I want to see him, I will definitely like him!" "I will definitely like you too." "Because your eyes are beautiful."

26. 1176 皇 The Prince Becomes a Slave, and the Regent Goes Too Far 皇子为奴，摄政王他欺人太甚 A Sail Hangs一帆悬Two Male Leads197k WordsCompleted [Male/male romance + ancient political intrigue + physical and emotional angst + equally matched leads] Cold, ruthless, and suspicious Regent, devoted in love x a patient, seemingly obedient prince with ambitions Xiao Chengjing treated Chi Yan'an, the young prince sent to him as a slave, like a plaything and ground him into the dirt. He watched him crawl meekly and hold his tongue, yet failed to see the ambition and cunning beneath those clear eyes. As a spy, he had to tread carefully. One wron 1.9kReads6.5Score154Shelves

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    They're all physically and emotionally torturous. The first one is a tragic ending, the second one is a happy ending. I'm so sad! [Crying][crying][crying][crying][crying]

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