Extremely Short, Extremely Angsty Stories 特短文章，特虐

1. 901 软 The Guide to Living Off Your Wife: She Only Lets Me Lie Flat and Spend Her Money 软饭硬吃指南：老婆只许我躺平花钱 Rebellious Ministers and Traitors乱臣贼子22k WordsCompleted The Guide to Living Off Your Wife: She Only Lets Me Lie Flat and Spend Money 78Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 902 七 My Dearest, on the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month 七月七日卿 Wan Cheng绾橙Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted Huo Shaoqing hated Qiyue and wanted nothing more than for her to disappear from his world. Qiyue loved Huo Shaoqing. After loving him for seven years, she finally understood that some kinds of love mean letting go. When death came calling, Huo Shaoqing finally realized that he had fallen deeply in love with her long ago. 281Reads6.7Score—Shelves
3. 903 爱 Love Withers on the Wind 爱随风凋零 King Revolver左轮王10k WordsCompleted Love Withers on the Wind 32Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 904 她 She Ruined My Wedding Night, So I Ruined the Rest of Her Life 她毁了我新婚夜，我毁了她后半生 Rebellious Ministers and Traitors乱臣贼子Marriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted She Ruined My Wedding Night, So I Ruined the Rest of Her Life 10.3kReads—Score—Shelves
5. 905 你 You Are the Only Light in My Life 你是我生命里唯一的光 Milk Candy牛奶糖Modern Romance48k WordsCompleted You are the only light in my life 44Reads5.1Score—Shelves
6. 906 君 When You Finally Regret It, I’ll Be Long Gone 君知悔时妾已殁 A Little Blue Fish in the Pond Woke Up一池小蓝鱼醒了Historical6k WordsCompleted By the time you regret it, I’ll be gone. 68Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Super engaging short story!!! High-quality content!!! Highly recommended!!!

7. 907 结 Humiliated on Our Tenth Wedding Anniversary: My Beloved Wife and Her Trainer Lying Beside Me 结婚十年纪念日社死：娇妻和教练在我旁边躺着 Rebellious Ministers and Traitors乱臣贼子Modern Romance16k WordsCompleted The Most Embarrassing Anniversary: My Darling Wife and Her Trainer Are Lying Beside Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 908 结 On Our Third Wedding Anniversary, I Personally Filmed My Husband's Execution 结婚三周年，我亲手拍下了丈夫的死刑 A Little Blue Fish in the Pond Woke Up一池小蓝鱼醒了7k WordsCompleted On our third wedding anniversary, I personally filmed my husband's execution. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 909 我 Loving You Is a Calamity 我爱你，是一场劫 Mu Mu沐沐Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted Mo Xiaoruan said, “I want to see this world only because I want to see you.” But Su Zheyu replied, “I will never love you, not in this lifetime...” Fine, then I choose to stop seeing this world, and stop seeing you... After five years of marriage, she used a method that destroyed herself, hoping to make him suffer unbearably... 103Reads6.1Score—Shelves
10. 910 堕 Fallen 堕 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted That year, I was twenty-nine, and Mo Huai was thirteen. When I, someone who no longer wanted to live, met him, someone else who no longer wanted to live, we somehow found the strength to keep going, at least for a little while. So we decided to rely on each other and make it through together. 45.5kReads9.6Score5.3kShelves

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    💖This is the book I've read countless times, it's the only one that's truly captivating 👀, the only novel I've stayed up all night reading. It's incredibly powerful, absolutely explosive, the kind of book that gets you hooked from the first glance 🎉🎉🎉

11. 911 他 He Sings in the Rain 他在雨里唱歌 Tang Tang de Pang Pang唐唐de胖胖12k WordsCompleted He Sings in the Rain 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The day of the car accident, he was carrying strawberries he had just bought. Three months after I was diagnosed with stomach cancer, he secretly went for bone marrow matching. The day after the donation surgery, he rode his electric bike to the hospital to deliver the soup I had made, and was hit by a truck that ran a red light, throwing him more than ten meters. I didn't shed a single tear at the funeral. Relatives said I was cold-blooded; no one knew that he had just donated bone marrow to me, his terminally ill girlfriend, just last week.

12. 912 念 If You Never Forget, Your Longing Will Be Answered~~ 念念不忘，必有回响~~ A Little Blue Fish in the Pond Woke Up一池小蓝鱼醒了14k WordsCompleted If you can’t forget, your longing will surely be answered~~ 54Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 913 听 Listen to the South 听南 Parting Words诀别词Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted Ten years ago, Xia Tingnan was in her third year of middle school, while her next-door neighbor Xu Bingran was a sophomore in high school. Both the Xia and Xu parents were busy, so Xia Tingnan, who loved sleeping in, was put in Xu Bingran's care. Xu Bingran was disciplined, sensible, a good student with dreams, and known as “Xu Bingran of No. 1 High School.” Xia Tingnan was lazy, scatterbrained, a happy slacker with decent grades, and everyone's beloved “cutie.” And so began a four-year routine: 29.2kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
14. 914 迫 After Gulping Down the Emperor's Poisonous Reward, I Rebelled 迫不及待喝下皇帝赏的毒药后，我谋反了 Roast-Braised Peppa Pig烤卤猪佩奇Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted After Downing the Emperor’s Poisoned Gift Without Hesitation, I Started a Rebellion —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is so heartbreaking! After watching it, I want to join you in cursing the male lead! [Crying][crying]

15. 915 结 After Seven Years of Marriage, a Stranger in the Elevator Asked Me, "Which Floor Are You Going To?" 结婚七年，我在电梯里被一个陌生男人问「你去几楼」？ A Little Blue Fish in the Pond Woke Up一池小蓝鱼醒了8k WordsCompleted We've been married for seven years, and in the elevator a strange man asks me, "Which floor are you going to?" 9Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 916 暗 Unrequited Love Is a Poem That Never Ends 暗恋是一首写不尽的诗 Qianqian's Blessing芊芊赐福Modern Romance146k WordsOngoing Shen Qianqian is a new first-year high school student, gentle and lovely, youthful and beautiful, and an undisputed top student and goddess of the school. She befriends Meng Xiaotian, a girl with a strong artistic streak who is quirky, lively, and warmhearted. One chance encounter brings her face-to-face with the handsome, sunny Fu Su, and she begins a long journey of secret admiration. Like cherry blossoms drifting through the school, her feelings reach every corner of campus. A secret crush is —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 917 重 Reborn in 1982, I Ran Away from My Wedding 重生82，我逃婚了 A Little Blue Fish in the Pond Woke Up一池小蓝鱼醒了Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted Reborn in '82, I Ran Away from My Wedding 8Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 918 第 The Eighth Winter 第八年雪 Deng Deng Has Me噔噔有我Modern Romance27k WordsCompleted The Eighth Year of Snow —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 919 除 My In-Laws Demand I Give My Younger Brother-in-Law Our Wedding Home on New Year's Eve? I Make the Whole Family Kneel and Beg for Mercy! 除夕逼我赠婚房给小叔子？我反手让婆婆全家跪地求饶！ A Little Blue Fish in the Pond Woke Up一池小蓝鱼醒了9k WordsCompleted My in-laws pressured me on New Year's Eve to give my brother-in-law our wedding home? I made the whole family kneel and beg for mercy instead! 28Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 920 拒 Say No to 996: It Starts with You and Me 拒绝996从你我做起 Antiques Are Not for Sale古董不贩卖10k WordsCompleted Say no to 996, starting with you and me. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 921 无 Heartless Calamity: Xiao Liu's Death 无心劫：小柳身死 Bi Qing'ai碧青嗳Ancient Romance17k WordsCompleted Heartless Tribulation: Xiao Liu’s Death 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A heartbreaking story where both characters die, resulting in a tragic ending.

22. 922 地 The Corpse on the Ground Has My Face 地上那具尸体长着我的脸 A Little Blue Fish in the Pond Woke Up一池小蓝鱼醒了10k WordsCompleted The corpse on the ground has my face 6Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 923 狠 The Ruthless CEO 狠人霸总 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊11k WordsCompleted A Ruthless CEO —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I've been trying to seduce Su Xiaoqing for three years, but I haven't even held her hand. She laughed at me in front of the whole class, saying, "Lin Shen, even if you keep trying to seduce me for another ten years, I still won't look at you." Later, her best friend secretly told me that Su Xiaoqing said in private, "Even if I get divorced and raise a child alone, I will never date a toad like him."

24. 924 情 Deep in Love, Yet Unaware 情深且不知 Fusu扶苏Ancient Romance21k WordsCompleted [Tragic Romance] He was the man who killed my father, and I hated him with all my heart. In the end, I discovered I had hated the wrong person. The daughter of a bandit chief happened to save a scholar, and from then on, she gave him her heart. But her wedding night became the night her family was slaughtered. Her beloved, once the person closest to her, had become her father's killer! He was an emperor, cold and indifferent. He unexpectedly fell in love with her, yet could only push her further 69Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    Short stories, tens of thousands of words long, very tragic bad endings. 1️⃣🌹The first book, the female protagonist's family is massacred on her wedding night, and the person she loves most becomes her enemy. She hates him to the bone, but the male protagonist is cold and indifferent, pushing her further and further away. They love each other but don't know it. In the end, the female protagonist realizes that she hated the wrong person, and she dies tragically.

25. 925 离 Tears of the Departed 离人泪 Author Little Maruko作者小丸子Ancient Romance48k WordsCompleted Three years ago, she risked her life to get the antidote and save him. Three years later, he returned in triumph as the supreme ruler, yet hated her to the core. He massacred her entire clan, drained her blood, crushed her bones, and wouldn't even spare the child in her womb. Only when he pierced her chest with his sword did Mu Wanqing understand that some people's hearts are made of stone. No matter how hard she tried to warm them, they would never thaw. 167Reads5.4Score—Shelves
26. 926 舔 I Chased Her for Three Years, and She Wouldn’t Even Let Me Hold Her Hand. After the Divorce, She Cried and Begged Me to Take Her Back 舔狗三年她手都不让牵，离婚后她哭着求我接盘 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted I Chased Her for Three Years, and She Wouldn't Even Let Me Hold Her Hand. After the Divorce, She Cried and Begged Me to Take Her Back 30Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 927 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
28. 928 姐 The 26 Years My Brother-in-Law Was Away: My Sister Fell for a Bad Man 姐夫缺席的26年，姐姐爱上了“坏男人” Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted The 26 Years Her Brother-in-Law Was Away, Her Sister Fell for a “Bad Man” 73Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 929 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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    Second male lead~

30. 930 错 A Twisted Love: The CEO Has Been Plotting This for a Long Time 错位孽缘：霸总他蓄谋已久 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted A Twisted, Ill-Fated Romance: The CEO Has Been Plotting This for a Long Time 3Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 931 婚 The Night Before My Wedding, I Flew a Thousand Miles to Find the Man Who Hated Me 婚礼前夜，我飞千里去找那个恨我的男人 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊11k WordsCompleted On the Eve of My Wedding, I Flew a Thousand Miles to Find the Man Who Hated Me 3.5kReads—Score—Shelves
32. 932 夫 After His Wife Jumped, President Gu’s Bones Shattered One by One 夫人跳楼后，顾总骨头寸寸碎裂 Jiran1983孑然198312k WordsCompleted After His Wife Jumped, President Gu’s Bones Shattered One by One 7.5kReads—Score105Shelves

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    I personally tried it and it was incredibly heart-wrenching, yet also incredibly satisfying. [Crying][crying][crying]

33. 933 合 Contract Moonlight 合约月光 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊12k WordsCompleted Contract Moonlight 433Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 934 重 Reborn by the Sea: She Buried Him in His Enemy’s Trap 重生之海：她用仇人的陷阱埋了他 The Ancestor Tree of Jinjian Mountain剑金山的祖树9k WordsCompleted Reborn by the Sea: She Buried Her Enemy in His Own Trap —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 935 虐 A Chilling Game of Tormented Love 虐骨寒戏情 A-Lin's Kid阿林小孩Modern Romance146k WordsCompleted [Revenge-Seeking Villainess + Everyone Suffers + Female Lead Isn't Love-Brained + Male Lead Never Redeemed] She opens by pushing the villainess into an abyss. “Snowflakes” scatter, yet she doesn't panic in the slightest. A frail little white flower in public, a bloodthirsty dark moonlight in private… The male lead imprisons her at his side to avenge his younger sister, never realizing that she deliberately disguised herself to get close to him and make him taste the pain of losing his family. 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short, angsty story with a super fast-paced plot that doesn't drag. You won't regret reading it!

36. 936 傲 The Proud Rich Heiress’s Husband-Chasing Road to Ruin 傲娇富婆的追夫火葬场 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊12k WordsCompleted The Tsundere Heiress’s Long Road to Winning Him Back 763Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 937 暗 Loving You in Secret Was My Choice 暗恋你，是我的选择 A Thousand Words语千言Modern Romance111k WordsCompleted [Lin Mengchu: sweet and adorable on the outside, rational and clear-headed top student on the inside VS Gu Shiyi: seemingly roguish and rakish, but actually a warmhearted, devoted voice actor] It’s a BE, a BE, a BE. We’re saying it three times because it’s important!!! The tags may say youthful sweet romance, but that doesn’t change the fact that the ending is an absolute BE! School life in the first half, life in society in the second. Though we’ve never met, I’ve been in love with you for 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I cried so hard in the middle of the night, it was so emo [crying]

38. 938 我 I Turned the Tables and PUA’d the CEO 我反向PUA了霸总 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊12k WordsCompleted I turned the tables and PUAed the domineering CEO 15Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 939 一 I Wanted to Die, So My Brothers Sent Me to the Crematorium 一心求死后，哥哥们火葬场了 Eighteen Pomegranate Seeds石榴籽十八13k WordsCompleted After I wanted nothing but to die, my brothers came crawling back too late 2.1kReads—Score170Shelves
40. 940 我 Me and the Roses Are Always at Your Princess's Service! 我与玫瑰，随时为公主待命！ Milky Candy Puff奶糖酥Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available. Search for Sweet Mist on any platform to buy it.] [One-on-one sweet romance, doting with no limits] Zhou Jin, captain of the criminal investigation team, is unruly and wild. He hates being pestered more than anything and has no patience for comforting people. Yet after one mission, he made an exception and took a young woman into his home. The next day, everyone on the team was whispering: Would the girl get yelled into tears by Captain Zhou? She did cry, all 41.7kReads9.6Score6.3kShelves

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    I've read all the books recommended in these kinds of angst-filled novels. Maybe it's because I'm easily moved to tears, or maybe I'm just a heartless person, but I really didn't find them angst-filled at all. The only one that made me cry was this one; the female lead's family relationships really made me cry buckets.

41. 941 新 On Our Wedding Night, My Husband Held Me and Cried All Night 新婚夜，丈夫抱着我哭了一整夜 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted On our wedding night, my husband held me and cried all night 29Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 942 这 This Time, You’ll Cry While I Laugh 这一世，换你们哭我来笑 Xiaoxiang Rain潇湘雨Modern Romance17k WordsCompleted This time, you’ll be the ones crying while I laugh. 1.9kReads—Score—Shelves
43. 943 天 The Sky Is Still Blue 天，依然蔚蓝 0An Ordinary Person00一个平凡的人012k WordsCompleted The sky is still blue 78Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A particularly poignant short story. The torment of life and emotions.

44. 944 季 Mr. Ji, Stop Hurting Me. Miss Shu Is Already Married 季总别虐了，舒小姐已嫁人 Warm Words温言暖语Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted As Ji Sihan’s secret lover, Shu Wan stayed by his side for five years. She thought that if she was obedient and sweet, she could warm his heart. But she never expected to be abandoned in the end. Shu Wan had always been gentle. She neither argued nor made a scene, and didn’t even ask him for a penny. She simply walked out of his world. But when she was about to marry someone else, he suddenly pinned her against the wall and kissed her like a madman. Shu Wan couldn’t quite figure out what Mr. Ji 27.4kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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    These books are incredibly heart-wrenching; you'd better buy some paper before you read them! [Crying]

45. 945 芦 The Reeds Sway and Sway 芦苇，荡啊荡 Round Lantern Festival Dumplings圆宵圆子11k WordsCompleted The Reeds Sway and Sway 7.3kReads—Score159Shelves

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    It was so heartbreaking. I cried so much.

46. 946 拆 Three Million in Relocation Money, None for Me, and They Still Want Me Gone 拆迁款300万，没我事，还要让我滚。 0An Ordinary Person00一个平凡的人0Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted There’s 3 million in demolition compensation, but I’m not getting any of it, and they still want me gone. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 947 错 Miss This Chance, and There's No Future 错过就没有未来 Mo Mo Mo茉莫沫Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted Based on a true story: Does disappointment come from loving too much, or from no longer loving at all… “Gu Lengchen, next time, if you like someone, admit it right away. Sometimes, once you miss your chance, there’s no going back.” “Mo Yan, thank you for appearing in my life, even if only briefly. You healed me, and though it didn’t last long, you helped me find the courage I’d lost for so long.” “Mo Yan, we missed our chance with each other.” “Momo, this time, I really did hurt you.” “Mo Yan, I 6Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 948 虐 After He Tortured His Wife to Death, the Mad Young Master Bo Held a Funeral for the World 虐死夫人后，疯批薄少为天下办丧 Plain Years素年Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Bo Muzhou was convinced that Tang Hua was the culprit behind the death of the woman he loved. He imprisoned her, tormented her, and humiliated her, using the cruelest, most brutal methods to break her pride and drive her into the mud. He said he could never love a sinner, and that sinners should have died long ago! The day she died, blood stained the snow. Holding her unrecognizable corpse in his arms, he went mad... Reborn, she returned with a cute younger boyfriend at her side and a billionair 565Reads7.1Score—Shelves
49. 949 恋 She Went Crazy After Falling for a Young Hunk 恋上小鲜肉后，她疯了。 0An Ordinary Person00一个平凡的人0Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted She went crazy after falling for a young heartthrob. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 950 迷 Lost Feelings 迷失的情感 0An Ordinary Person00一个平凡的人0Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted Lost Feelings 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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