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1. 51 逗 Just Kidding 逗你玩儿 Fish Doesn't Speak鱼不语Modern Romance213k WordsCompleted The sky that year. He was the dark cloud that lingered in Yu Ning’s heart, gloomy and oppressive, impossible to escape. Yu Ning was the gentle breeze he longed to chase, impossible to touch and impossible to hold on to. “Yu Ning, did you ever really like me, even just a little?” “Never.” He fell silent, smiling faintly, his heart pierced with pain. If only that summer, he hadn’t been so cruel and hateful, personally pushing her into the abyss and coldly watching her struggle with all her might. 8.6kReads9.0Score837Shelves

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   This story is quite heartbreaking. The male lead bullies the female lead in school, and the female lead never loves the male lead, which is quite regrettable. However, the male lead also deserves what he got.

2. 52 星 A Galaxy of Sweetness, Year After Year with Zhenyuan 星河糯意，岁岁真源 It's Mengmeng是梦梦的吖Female-Channel Fanfiction461k WordsCompleted Zhang Zhenyuan × Li Nuonuo [The characters’ personalities may differ from those in real life. Please don’t take it too seriously, conflate the story with the real people, or insert yourself into it. If you don’t like that, please don’t read!] Our Island Keep Running 1.1kReads—Score105Shelves
3. 53 T TNT's Teenagers in Times: Falling for Yan Haoxiang TNT时代少年团心动之严浩翔 Soft-Hearted Little Cabbage软弱小白菜Female-Channel Fanfiction70k WordsOngoing Top-tier star Yan Haoxiang vs. rising actress Liu Lansheng A chance encounter brings instant attraction, time spent together sparks feelings, and their love is mutual. Sincere pursuit leads to a sweet romance, and a bright future awaits with everyone's blessings! 55Reads—Score—Shelves

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   If you can't post some of them, you can try looking for the books you want to read on my bookshelf.

4. 54 T TNT Conquest TNT攻略 The Excellent Miss Song Man Tou优秀的宋人头小姐Female-Channel Fanfiction20k WordsCompleted Qiu Ziyan accidentally transmigrated to another world. To return to her original world, she had to complete a series of missions. Here, she acquired a System, and… 26Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 T TNT: My Older Sister Is the Boss! TNT之姐姐是老板！ Classmate Xiao Yan Ya小妍同学亚Female-Channel Fanfiction69k WordsCompleted “Ma Jiaqi, why are you taking my phone? Give it back! Hurry up!” “No! Who's that guy you've been chatting with? Do we know each other? Tell me! Come on! I'll give it back once you tell me.” “Ding-ge, this dish is a little salty!” “It's salty? Then I'll make you another one!” “Yaxuan, I want to go to the amusement park! Are you free sometime soon?” “You want to go have fun? I'll go with you!” “Liu Yaowen! Why are you eating my ice cream? Don't you have one in your hand?” “Jiejie, I want the one y —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 56 别 Don't Try to Sweet-Talk Me 别对我撒娇 Cherry Jam厘子酱Modern Romance332k WordsCompleted [The Playboy Turns Over a New Leaf & Both Leads Are Sexually Inexperienced & The Chase After the Breakup & Two Top Students] “Back then, the wind stirred. Now, my heart does.” 1. With his handsome face and incredible driving skills, Chen Ye made a name for himself in the racing world. On the track, he was the wildest king, and everyone respectfully called him “God Ye.” Plenty of beautiful women were eager to throw themselves at him. Off the track, he was the carefree, unruly young master of the 1.3kReads7.0Score101Shelves
7. 57 T TNT: Dig Your Own Hole, Fill It Yourself TNT：自己的坑自己填 Shui Mu You An水木有安Female-Channel Fanfiction339k WordsOngoing [TNT ensemble cast + heroine-focused + coming-of-age story + individual bonus chapters for everyone] An Nuo transmigrates into an unfinished novel she wrote in elementary school. It turns out this world can't do without her. In the story, the heroine is a girl named Chen Chu who awakens her supernatural ability at eighteen. The moment her power runs wild, the government recruits her into a special training camp. The plot mostly follows the heroine's daily training, fighting monsters and demons, 34Reads6.5Score—Shelves
8. 58 虐 After Tormenting Me, the Scum Prince and My Brothers Line Up for the Crematorium 虐我后，渣王和哥哥们排队火葬场 A Moment of Indulgence一晌贪欢Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [A pampered heroine + a husband who regrets everything + body swap + System + satisfying revenge, they switch back periodically!] She was once the only daughter of the Xiao family, adored by her six older brothers. She married the man she loved and became the Fourth Prince’s Consort. One day, she took in a white lotus with a System of her own. From then on, her brothers fought tooth and nail over the white lotus, while her cold husband began tormenting her in every way… Then, after someone frame 80Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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   Character traits: The female lead becomes very strong later on.

9. 59 马 Ma Jiaqi, Loving You Was Fate 马嘉祺，爱你是宿命 A Lifetime of Romance浪漫一生Female-Channel Fanfiction527k WordsCompleted What happens when a socially anxious person meets someone cold and strict? Will she leave or stay? Ma Jiaqi is a famous superstar, while she is a little assistant forced to stay for the sake of making a living. The gap between them is enormous, yet fate seems to have tied them together. Maybe that’s what you call destiny. 34Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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   It's a bit angsty 🥲, alternating between angst and sweetness!! (Mauve is recommended)

10. 60 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼55k WordsCompleted The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 319Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This isn't artificial sweetener; it's the pinnacle of Republican-era tragic romance novels—read at your own risk due to its powerful aftereffects! 😭💔 My dear readers, today I'm recommending a book that made me cry until I was breathless, pound my bed in the middle of the night, and go to work the next day with swollen, blemished eyes—"Butterfly Shadow Returns to Dust." Let me warn you first: this isn't a fast-food, assembly-line feel-good novel, nor is it the artificial sweetener you're consuming. It's widely considered by countless readers to be the pinnacle of Republican-era tragic romance novels, brimming with tragic ending aesthetics and a divine sense of destiny. If you prefer deeply moving love and extreme regret, please settle down and read it slowly. This one book alone is enough to reach the pinnacle of unresolved tragic romances from the Republican era. The story begins with a fleeting encounter on the riverbank. Fifteen-year-old Lin Die'er, the young heiress of a scholarly family, is forced to marry the man she despised at first sight—Zhang Zhiming, a dark-skinned, honest, and Confucian businessman. On their wedding night, she tearfully vows never to submit. He silently endures her stubbornness, sleeping in her study every night for four whole months without ever crossing the line. She despised him, so much so that even a kiss from him made her want to jump into the river again. But when her older brother slapped her, he was the first to rush forward, shielding her behind him, crouching down, his trembling fingertips brushing her swollen cheek, his eyes red as he asked, "Does it hurt?" At that moment, she was thrown into turmoil, unable to distinguish between resentment, hatred, or the fact that she had already fallen for him. But the cruelest thing about fate was that—just as she had mustered the courage to tell him, "I'm pregnant with your child," a sudden tragedy caused her to disappear forever for several years. When they met again, she stood on the long street in an elegant kimono, speaking to him in broken Japanese, "Sir, you've mistaken me for someone else." Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar woman before him, his heart was shattered into a million pieces. You think this was just a simple missed opportunity? No. She was sold by her mother-in-law for profit to his half-brother, imprisoned in a separate courtyard, suffering torture day and night. She gritted her teeth and survived, giving birth to a son—but the son wasn't his biological child. She wanted him to raise her enemy's child for life; this was her only revenge. From a noblewoman to a young wife of the Zhang family, from a prisoner in a secluded mansion to a courtesan, from a Japanese spy to a soul who took a bullet for someone else, she changed identities six times and had three names in her life. Only one name belonged to her until her death—Lin Die'er. Some loves, though short-lived, are remembered for a lifetime. The line, "The butterfly enters the dust and smoke with no return, ten years later we meet again but do not recognize each other," only after reading it do you understand how painful it is. Flowers may bloom again, but love is destined to never be mended. This is a love story that cannot wait for a long-lasting union, a love that is out of sync and cannot be fulfilled. She loved him, but gave her life to another; she returned her life, but her heart could not be taken back.

11. 61 错 Mistakenly Married to a Spy Consort, the Prince Is Decisive and Ruthless Again 错娶特工妃，王爷又杀伐决断了 Shu Xin舒欣Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + political machinations + powerful male and female leads + witty humor + the fate of the nation] Zou Wanxi, a former special agent, has barely transmigrated when she’s married off to a prince who is gravely wounded and on the brink of death, in the hope that a wedding will bring him good fortune. Zou Wanxi saves the prince’s life. She plans to be a temporary princess consort, pick an auspicious day to get her divorce papers, and then enjoy her freedom on her own. The God of Wa 8.5kReads9.0Score883Shelves

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    Tragic Romance: The male lead believes the female lead is responsible for the death of his "white moonlight" (idealized love interest), and he relentlessly torments her. The female lead is diagnosed with a terminal illness, and the male lead finally learns the truth, leading to a dramatic "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" scenario (the plot is cliché, but the female lead isn't a saint). Title: "There Is No More Her in This World"

12. 62 凤 The Phoenix Cries Across the Nine Heavens 凤唳九天 Xiao Yun晓云Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted “Your Majesty, do you like it?” She lightly lifts the gauzy fabric she wears and smiles seductively, hiding the sinister gleam in her eyes... She throws the harem into chaos, carries on an affair with the ruler of an enemy nation, and plots to usurp the throne. Everyone calls her a wicked consort, yet no one knows she did it all because of a terrible secret... 286Reads8.6Score103Shelves
13. 63 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Seizes Me by Force 蝶影归尘：丈夫的的仇人对我强娶豪夺 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼15k WordsCompleted Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Forces Me into Marriage 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Title: I'm the Villain in Everyone's Eyes, But I Love Her No Less Than Anyone Else—Reading "Butterfly Shadow Returns to Dust" from Xiao Qihao's Perspective --- The world all condemns me, Xiao Qihao, as sinister, obsessive, and ruthless. They're right. I'm the illegitimate son of the Zhang family, taking my mother's surname, without a legitimate status, and raised under someone else's roof since childhood. I'm jealous of Zhang Zhiming—jealous of his status as a legitimate son, jealous of his substantial family fortune, and even more jealous that he married the only woman I ever wanted in my life. Lin Die'er. --- From the first moment I saw her, I knew I was doomed. She was a daughter of a prestigious family, with exquisite features and an unyielding spirit. Zhang Zhiming was incredibly accommodating to her, yet her eyes were filled with impatience and disdain. I saw it clearly—she didn't love him. Since she didn't love him, why couldn't I be placed beside her? Once this thought took root, it could never be uprooted. I began to spy on her daily routine, hiding behind the artificial hill to watch her sit alone by the pond, lost in thought. When she wasn't around, I would sneak into her courtyard and stare intently at the rouge box on her dressing table. I even made a move on Ping'er, simply because she was the closest person to Die'er. Die'er rushed to me, demanding that I marry Ping'er properly. I smiled and said to her, "The position of my legal wife has always belonged to you." Her eyes were like knives, cursing me as shameless. But I didn't care. I only cared about her. --- I finally got her, but she never belonged to me. I bribed Zhang's mother, forged a letter of divorce, and imprisoned Die'er in a separate courtyard. That night, I said to her: "Your mother-in-law has long since betrothed you to me." She cried, struggled, her heart breaking. I kissed her, but she didn't respond, only tears streamed down her face. At dawn, I pushed open the door and left. She was curled up in a corner, her clothes disheveled, her eyes empty. I thought I had won. But later I learned that she was pregnant with Zhang Zhiming's child. To keep the child alive, she made me believe it was mine. She gritted her teeth, trying to please me, closing her eyes and letting me kiss her, but murmuring another man's name where I couldn't hear. At night, she slept in my arms, murmuring in her sleep—"Zhiming…" Those two words were like a knife, piercing my heart. I tightened my arms, whispering in her ear, "It's okay. It doesn't matter who you call in your dreams. In this life, you can only lie beside me." But I couldn't deceive myself. I had her body, but never her heart. --- I gave her all my kindness, yet she wouldn't even give me a genuine smile. I poured all my love into her. I made the villa exquisite and warm, gathered her favorite snacks and treasures, stayed by her side every day, carefully caring for her, putting aside all my malice, learning to be gentle and accommodating. But the look in her eyes was always devoid of warmth. I was unwilling. I was insanely jealous of Zhang Zhiming. Why? Why could she be so unforgettable to him when he did nothing? I gave everything, yet I couldn't earn a single genuine smile from her. I became addicted to opium, trying to numb myself with it. I wanted to forget her, but I couldn't. --- She disappeared, and the rest of my life was filled with searching and regret. My mother sold her to a brothel while I was in seclusion trying to quit opium. When I emerged from seclusion and learned the news, I searched frantically, scouring every street and alley, but I found no trace of her. The child I believed to be Ping'er's was the one I cherished and cared for. I named him "Yi'an"—meaning "unwavering" and "peaceful." I poured all my guilt, indebtedness, and obsession with Die'er into this child. I believed until my death that he was my own flesh and blood. I never discovered the silver necklace she left behind tucked into the swaddling clothes. --- When news of her death arrived, my world collapsed. Years of searching, and what I finally received was news of her death. The woman I longed for but could never have, the woman who ruined half my life and whom I also ruined, she was dead. She took a bullet for someone else, giving her life for another man. I didn't even get to see her one last time, not even a chance to apologize. I held the golden butterfly hairpin she left in the villa, shutting myself away for three days, refusing to eat or drink. I remembered that night she said to me, "I'm just your trophy." I said to the air, word by word— "Die'er, I love you. Because you are you, not some trophy." No one heard. She won't hear me either. --- I'm not a good person, but I truly loved. Everyone says Xiao Qihao is a villain, a scoundrel, the murderer who ruined Die'er's life. I won't defend myself. But I want you to know—my love for her was no less than anyone else's. I just used the wrong method, the wrong method from the very beginning. If I could have met her sooner, if I could have pursued her openly and honestly, if I wasn't Zhang's illegitimate son, if I could have controlled that jealousy and obsession—would the ending have been different? No one can answer me. She will never come back. --- Epilogue: I poured all my guilt and longing for Die'er into the front lines of the War of Resistance. I could turn my blade against my brother, but never against my country. For the rest of my life, I devoted myself to supporting the war effort, teaching that child to love and be good, and spending my life atoning for the sins I had committed. Ping'er became my legal wife, and we had a son and a daughter. But the place in my heart remained empty. I know I am not worthy to say I love her. But if there is a next life—I hope I can stand before her with dignity and say: "Miss Lin, hello. My name is Xiao Qihao. I am not anyone's illegitimate child, nor anyone's substitute. I am just someone who wants to get to know you." --- If you have ever loved someone to the point of obsession, read "Butterfly Shadow Returns to Dust." There are no purely good people here, nor purely bad people. There is only a man named Xiao Qihao who loved someone he should never have loved in the most wrong way. The end, and I feel unsatisfied. [Eating melon][Eating melon]

14. 64 我 I Am His Vermilion Mole for All Eternity 我是他永生永世的朱砂痣 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼Modern Romance186k WordsOngoing [Age gap | Devastating BE | Fate across two lifetimes | Realistic angsty romance | Ye-Tai relationship | Male Ye, female Tai | Love grows over time | School life | Former girlfriends] Falling in love with someone you can't spend your life with is perfectly ordinary in this world. If you've fallen for someone like that too, leave the ending to fate. What belongs to you won't escape you, and reaching for what isn't yours is needless. I, Wu Xile, am eighteen and grew up in a broken single-parent f 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A heart-wrenching novel worth reading

15. 65 T TNT: Only You TNT只有你 Hibiscus, Never Part木槿莫离Modern Romance390k WordsOngoing Dedicated to all the Popcorns. Let's chase the light together with the little Boomers! Break through the world, command the winds and clouds, young men of the era marching shoulder to shoulder! Fill a wishing bottle with all your longing, and when it shines brightly, it will bring you to me! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first story in the be-themed novel features He Junlin as the main character.

16. 66 君 You Head South 君向南行 ccbbyy87Two Male Leads150k WordsCompleted This is a story about seeking dreams, roaming the martial world, and searching for answers, all while finding redemption. The young heroes gradually grow up, and in time they become the people they dreamed of being. Their original ideals remain unchanged: they will uphold justice and fear no danger. 72Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's in classical Chinese and has just finished.

17. 67 T TNT: The Canary Rule TNT：金丝雀法则 Faint Heartache浅悸Female-Channel Fanfiction318k WordsCompleted Why did she get entangled with those seven men? Why wouldn't they let her go? Could the canary trapped in a cage ever fly free? Ruan Qing didn't know, and she couldn't understand how things had ended up this way. The male lead has no feelings or sense of reason at first. He's not a good man, and he acts entirely on impulse. Don't expect too much of him. The female lead isn't a naive pushover either; she won't let others walk all over her. The story is fictional. Please do not treat it as bein 9Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    I haven't read the first two books; the synopsis suggests they're angst-filled. As for the third book, the first part was quite angsty in my opinion, so I didn't finish it. I read the second part, which is about the characters being pampered by their loved ones.

18. 68 T TNT: Wicked and Unrestrained TNT：邪魅狂狷 Red Wine with Coffee红酒拌咖啡Ancient Romance516k WordsOngoing The power struggle between the royal family and the eunuchs, and the tragic romance between an empress and seven people —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 69 T TNT: Did Your Heart Flutter Today, Brother? TNT：哥哥今天心动了吗 Single-Origin Mandheling单品曼特宁Female-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing As the only female member of TNT, Zhou Zhiyao has seven things to say... Do you know what it’s like to see seven guys lift their shirts and show off their abs in front of you every day? Do you know what it’s like to have Ding Chengxin teach you to dance, Ma Jiaqi teach you vocal skills, Zhang Zhenyuan help you study, Song Yaxuan teach you piano, Liu Yaowen train your stamina, Yan Haoxiang teach you etiquette, and He Junlin help you rehearse your lines? Do you know what it’s like to be completely 18Reads8.4Score—Shelves
20. 70 T TNT: The Canary's Cage TNT：金丝雀之笼 Xun Yao寻杳Female-Channel Fanfiction146k WordsOngoing A modern novel about growing up, love, and the challenges of the workplace. The protagonist, Ji Xiao, is a resilient, intelligent, and independent woman caught up in family feuds and workplace turmoil. She could have given up, but she always chooses to persevere. At work, she bravely faces all kinds of pressure and competition, using her intelligence and courage to break through one obstacle after another. In the complicated world of relationships, she experiences both the warmth and pain of lov 1Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    It's not finished yet. Each member of the Shi Group seems so mysterious, it feels like there's still a long storyline to go. Yan Haoxiang's storyline has already started to get really angsty.

21. 71 张 Zhang Zhenyuan, the Unreliable Great Emperor of Fengdu 张真源那不靠谱的酆都大帝 It's Mengmeng是梦梦的吖Female-Channel Fanfiction387k WordsOngoing This story is entirely fictional!!! Please don’t read yourself into it!! Don’t compare it to real people!! If you don’t like it, don’t read it!!! Don’t post hate!!! Don’t compare it to real people!!! Thank you!!! 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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