Looking for Heartbreaking Novels, The Kind That Make You Cry 求虐文，虐哭的那种，
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My Wife's Betrayal 妻子的背叛
Su Cheng's wife is widely recognized as a beauty and is the lead anchor for the local news. One night, Su Cheng notices marks on his wife's neck. After that, nothing is ever the same.
410Reads7.8Score142Shelves
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A Man at Thirty: My Wife's Lies 男人三十：妻子的谎言
I always thought I was lucky to have met a perfect woman like Yu Huan and married her. But who could have imagined that our peaceful, happy life would be changed by a photo and a voice message? Was it the seven-year itch, or had she never loved me at all? Once a cheater, never again. Yu Huan, I’m going to kill you!
847Reads6.3Score106Shelves
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A True Story: My Beijing Love Affair 真实经历：我的北京爱情往事
The year I graduated from college, I couldn’t find a job. I was ready to give up and go home, but when I thought of the hopeful look in my parents’ eyes, I gritted my teeth and stayed in Beijing. Then, while renting a place, I got ripped off by a sublessor. The very next evening, I was kicked out. I wandered through the unfamiliar city with my luggage in hand…
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15 Hell-Level Bad Endings: You Stop at Flirting, While I’m In Too Deep 15个地狱级be：你点到为止，我泥足深陷
[Modern romance + domineering CEO + substitute + marriage + tragic love] Giving your whole heart in love will only leave you in pieces. Why do you think I’ll still be here just because you turn around? That if you crook your finger, I’ll make the same mistake all over again? I’m not the kind of person who forgets the pain once the wound heals. In love, the one who holds the power is never the one being loved. It’s the one brave enough to confess their feelings and brave enough to let go. I loved
679Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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Urban: After I Leave, You Have to Live Well! 都市：我走后，你一定要好好的！
[Male-oriented + urban romance + heartbreak + soul-crushing drama + short story] One month before the college entrance exams. Su Yang goes to the hospital for a checkup, only to be told by the doctor that he has just three months to live. He doesn’t want to worry anyone, and doesn’t even tell his childhood friend, Liu Xue. He just wants to leave this world quietly, all alone. But Su Yang has long been part of Liu Xue’s plans for the future. When she frantically finds him... Su Yang: “Liu Xue, I’
107Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨危情
Xia Weiming died, and Shen Xiujin personally sent Jian Tong to a women’s prison. During her three years behind bars, Shen Xiujin’s order to “take good care of her” changed Jian Tong beyond recognition. She was even “persuaded to donate a kidney” while in prison. Before she went in, Jian Tong said, “I didn’t kill her.” Shen Xiujin remained unmoved. After her release, Jian Tong said, “I killed Xia Weiming. I’m guilty.” Shen Xiujin’s face turned livid. “Shut up! Don’t let me hear you say that again
158.7kReads9.2Score11.6kShelves
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Loving You Is a Pain I Can’t Speak Of 爱你是我难言的痛
Lin Lian married Zhan Lianshi, a man wealthy enough to rival a nation, despite her humble background. Everyone said she must have done something wonderful in a past life to marry such an exceptional man, and she thought so too. Then, during their year of marriage, he cared for her, spoiled her, and cherished her. She fell in love with him.
5.4kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
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The Coldhearted Young Master Lu's Beloved 薄情陆少的心尖宠
She was a rich heiress, yet the lover she had as a young woman destroyed her family! When they met again, he used her mother to threaten her! He stood up for her, took a bullet for her, and treated her so well! She thought he loved her as much as she loved him, with all his heart. But it was all a scheme! He watched as she was abducted and tortured, and did nothing. In the end, she lost her child and finally left in despair! Only after she was gone did he go mad searching for her! They met again
358Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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Your Highness, You Dug Out the Male Lead’s Pride with Your Own Hands 公主殿下，男主被你亲手挖去傲骨
[Matriarchal society + heroine mistreats hero + both are pure + low-status hero] Three years ago, Ninth Princess Xiao Yue snatched Jiang Cheng, the young master of the Jiang family, from the general's residence. Three years later, he loves her with all his heart. Now she plans to take the zither player from Zuifeng House as her secondary consort. Her every thought is on her new favorite, and she grows colder toward him by the day. The zither player, innocent and kind in public, smiles maliciousl
3.7kReads7.3Score160Shelves
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The Sisters I Raised Only Want to Send Me to Prison 我养大的妹妹们，只想把我送监狱
They swore that if they ever saw Ye Yuncheng, they would send him to prison! . Four of the most outstanding women of the new era, each at the peak of her field, appeared on a live broadcast to accuse their shared older brother, Ye Yuncheng. They said he had caused their parents’ deaths, kept them from seeing their relatives, schemed to seize their family fortune, and belittled all their achievements! Ye Yuncheng gave a bitter smile and swallowed all the pain and slander. But the viewers roared i
2.5kReads8.5Score416Shelves
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Fake Smile Diary 假笑日记
I'm Xu Yiwen. Just as I was about to enter the world, I met Chang Jiayou. He took me in, though he said that wasn't what he was doing. I have no family, and he said he could be my family. So he loved me in the name of family. But love can't be hidden. I discovered that his feelings for me were more than ordinary. Countless times, he wanted to come closer, but in the end he never did. So I decided to confess. I wanted to be his lover. I don't understand what kind of feeling this is. I only know i
34Reads9.4Score—Shelves
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held
60.3kReads9.7Score9kShelves
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Just Kidding 逗你玩儿
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.
7.5kReads9.0Score745Shelves
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After Reforming, the Mad Enchantress Has Every God at Her Feet 疯批妖姬洗白后，诸神皆为裙下臣
[Transmigrate into a book, everyone dotes on her, everyone gets their comeuppance, the villainess is redeemed, but she refuses to forgive] After transmigrating into a book as Jun Qing, a wicked female demon condemned by Heaven, she fails to clear her name time and time again because of the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions. Her Imperial Lord father strips her of her divine status. Her three older brothers despise her. The little slave she took in betrays her, and her God of War disciple personally dra
2.9kReads8.6Score527Shelves
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There Was Once Someone Who Loved Me Like Life Itself 曾有一个人，爱我如生命
For more than twenty years, Shen Siyan had stubbornly loved a man named Xiao Zonghan. Even when he resented and hated her, she had never thought of giving up. But now, she was reaching the end of her strength...
1.5kReads6.5Score177Shelves
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The Scumbag Can't Have Me, Quick Transmigration 渣男对我求而不得【快穿】
After a car accident leaves her in a vegetative state, Lin Ruo is forced to bind herself to the Scumbag System and begins a masochistic quest to cling to the scumbag’s coattails. First World The scumbag emperor destroys her family and leaves her to die in a sea of flames in order to seize military power. After she dies, the emperor undergoes a dramatic change in personality and spends more than a decade consumed by regret. Lin Ruo rolls her eyes in disdain. [Scumbag Experience: 10%] Second World
5kReads9.1Score428Shelves
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Fishermen’s Lights on the River, Keeping Me Awake with Sorrow 江枫渔火对愁眠
She waited for him all her life, but he would never come back.
1.3kReads8.6Score216Shelves
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He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南
When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went
27kReads9.7Score5.3kShelves
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Lord Tianjue, We Shall Never Meet Again in This Life or the Next 天玦神君，你我死生不复相见
“Lord Tianjue has descended to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation.” “Lord Tianjue has been sentenced to endure the lightning tribulation at the Immortal-Slaying Platform.” “Lord Tianjue... Pei Nie has fallen into demonic cultivation. He's become the Demon Venerable feared by everyone in the Three Realms.” “Pei Nie slaughtered everyone in the world for Zhizhi…” Pei Nie searched for Zhizhi across ten lifetimes, but everything between them had long since changed. Meng Po sighed. “Yet in
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I’ll Spend My Life with My Seasons 我和我的季节过一生
A life spent with the seasons tells the story of Zhao Xuan’s life. His grandmother once picked cicada shells beside golden rice fields, and her kind smile became eternal. Zhao Xuan takes you into the school days that belonged to him.
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Love Among the Mountains and Rivers 山水情
(Urban slice of life, inspirational growth, a nostalgic era, rich in detail) The beauty of mountains and rivers, the many faces of humanity, the fickleness of the world. The protagonist, Jiang Nan, knows right from wrong and values loyalty and affection. He grows from a poor boy who suffers humiliation into a fine young man admired by everyone. This story is grounded in real life, with family bonds, friendship, romance, and a deep love for his hometown. He leads the villagers to prosperity, ris
7.9kReads9.1Score894Shelves
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A Woman from a Poor Family 寒门女人
(Family melodrama + romance + revenge) Bai Xue's birth brought her mother untold hardship. Crushed by feudal beliefs, she and her mother struggled just to breathe, hoping to escape that man's clutches as soon as they could. Overwhelmed with grief, she could no longer face the love her boyfriend gave her. Every day was agony, and the hatred in her heart drove her to swear she would find the man who had violated her and make him pay. Will she find him? What will become of her and her boyfriend? R
2.6kReads9.0Score255Shelves
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My Toxic Romance Girlfriend 我的虐恋女友
[Urban Romance] + [Everyday Urban Life] + [Tortured Love] + [First Love] Eighteen is beautiful. My eighteenth year wasn't. My immaturity wore down her love, and her habit of wandering through a sea of admirers wore down my sense of security. When you meet the wrong way, a happy ending is never in the cards. How many people does a boy have to go through before he grows up?
47Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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Please, No More Yandere Behavior 拜托别再病娇啦
Possessive love x age gap x growing-up romance Suppose someone ten years older than you lived under the same roof. He could recite every page of your diary from memory. He knew every one of your interests and hobbies by heart. He kept strict control over all your social activities. He gave you his affection, indulgence, and love, along with more wealth and luxury than you could ever enjoy. But at the same time, he gave you his forcefulness, domineering nature, and harshness, weighing on you unti
327Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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The Iron-Blooded Tigers Battle the Ming 铁血虎贲战大明
Chinese special forces king Wu Zhantian was betrayed by a traitor during a mission. To avoid being captured by the enemy, Wu Zhantian set off the miniature bomb strapped to his body, dying alongside dozens of enemy special forces soldiers. By chance, he touched the laws of the game. He rebuilt his body, copied abilities, and saved the Ming Dynasty from ruin. To stop the Yangzhou Massacre and the Jiading Massacres, Wu Zhantian, China's special forces king, refused to stand by. He tore Aobai apart
831Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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Rising to Power Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之崛起
After getting drunk and tumbling down a flight of stairs, the protagonist Wu Xiaoyao accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. Luckily, he has the essential transmigration golden finger: releasing animals. See how Wu Xiaoyao carves out a place of his own in this fiery era.
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Transmigrate to the Water Margin: Dominate the World 穿越水浒之雄霸天下
Wu Zhantian was one of China’s top special forces soldiers. While carrying out a top-secret mission, he was betrayed by a traitor. To ensure his teammates could withdraw safely, Wu Zhantian stayed behind alone. Seriously wounded in a sneak attack by the Japanese invaders, he chose to detonate the button bomb he carried rather than be taken prisoner. He and dozens of members of the Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces perished together. Wu Zhantian thought he was as good as dead, but the flourishing
758Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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Whoa, I Can Travel Between Two Worlds 哇塞我能两界往返
The protagonist, Wu Xiaoyao, is an outstanding graduate of a military academy in the 21st century. He returns to his hometown to start a business and opens a small farm. One day, while fishing by the river, he accidentally falls into the water and unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s. Even more astonishingly, he can travel between the two worlds, with two eras appearing before him. Watch how Wu Xiaoyao makes a splash in both of these momentous times!
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The Controller of Ten Thousand Worlds, Roaming the City 万界掌控者都市逍遥
Wu Zhantian, a young man from Huaxia, accidentally fell from the summit of Mount Hua. He was rescued by the Venerable Myriad Swords, who happened to be passing by Earth. Wu Zhantian was then taken to the top-tier world of the Hongmeng Realm, where he became the Venerable Myriad Swords' disciple and began cultivating. By chance, his master found the Origin of the World in the Myriad Venerables' Secret Realm. But Dragon Rock Emperor, an ancient skeleton, and the Venerable Myriad Swords' eldest dis
899Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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Transmigrate to the Song Dynasty: The Empire's Mighty Rise 穿越之大宋雄风
A wondrous transmigration, invincible from the start. See how our protagonist, Wu Yue, recruits the heroes of Liangshan, gets up close and personal with Li Shishi, defeats mighty bandits and sweeps away powerful invaders. See how we Han people conquer the world.
609Reads7.2Score—Shelves