Short Angsty Novels with a Massive Emotional Aftershock!!! 短篇虐文，后劲贼大！！！

1. 1401 烬 Ashes at Dusk: After the Flames, the Sky Is Ablaze with Sunset 烬晚：灰烬之后，晚霞漫天 Cat Watching Fish赏鱼的猫28k WordsCompleted Ashen Dusk: After the Ashes, the Sky Blazes with Sunset —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1402 逆 Queen in the Spotlight: I Raised the Film Emperor into a Wolf 逆光女王：我把影帝养成了狼 Cat Watching Fish赏鱼的猫46k WordsCompleted Queen in the Backlight: I Raised the Best Actor into a Wolf —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 1403 紫 The Purple Jade Ginseng Blooms, and My Ex-Husband Starts Chasing Me Again 紫玉参开花，前夫他追妻火葬场 Cat Watching Fish赏鱼的猫44k WordsCompleted The Purple Jade Ginseng Blooms, and My Ex-Husband Starts His Long Road to Winning Me Back —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1404 追 Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium: After My Ex-Husband Went Bankrupt, I Bought His Company 追妻火葬场：前夫破产后我收购了公司 Cat Watching Fish赏鱼的猫30k WordsCompleted The Ex-Wife Revenge Bonfire: After My Ex-Husband Went Bankrupt, I Acquired His Company 5Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 1405 妈 My Mama's Boy Husband Sneaks Off to Boot Camp, and the Whole Family Blows Up When He Returns 妈宝老公偷上改造营，学成后全家炸了 Cat Watching Fish赏鱼的猫35k WordsCompleted Mama's Boy Husband Sneaks Off to Boot Camp, Comes Back a Changed Man, and the Whole Family Blows Up 3Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 1406 婆 My Mother-in-Law Drank Rejuvenation Tea and Turned into a 25-Year-Old Bestie 婆婆喝了返老还童茶，变身25岁闺蜜 Cat Watching Fish赏鱼的猫32k WordsCompleted Mother-in-Law Drinks Rejuvenation Tea and Turns into a 25-Year-Old Bestie —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 1407 和 Peacemaker System: From Social Pariah to Community Hero 和事佬系统：从社死到社区之光 Cat Watching Fish赏鱼的猫Urban192k WordsCompleted After an AI mocked him at a painfully embarrassing public moment, calling him "not smart enough," socially anxious teenager Lin Mo was forced to bind himself to a sharp-tongued mediation System! The cool, stunning lawyer Su Qing joins the team, viewers go wild shipping the couple, and sharp-tongued Chen Bo delivers one face-slapping comeback after another. Delivery robot battles, Wi-Fi love triangles, pet matchmaking turning into fan-club gatherings... When algorithms collide with human feelin —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 1408 同 My Classmate's Older Sister Has Had a Crush on Me for Ages 同学的姐姐对我暗恋已久 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺12k WordsCompleted My Classmate’s Older Sister Has Had a Crush on Me for Ages 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Abusive short stories

9. 1409 尘 Breaking the Vow of Dust 《尘缘破戒》 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺18k WordsCompleted Breaking the Precepts of Dust and Fate —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 1410 鹊 The Magpie's Mistake 《鹊误》 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted The Magpie's Mistake —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 1411 重 Reborn: A Glimmer in the Attic, the System Says This Is Redemption 重生之阁楼微光，系统说这是救赎 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺Modern Romance17k WordsCompleted Reborn: A Glimmer in the Attic, the System Says This Is Redemption 1Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 1412 替 The Stand-In Awakens: The Tragic Romance Protagonist Fights Back 《替身觉醒：虐文主角反杀剧本》 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺7k WordsCompleted The Stand-In Awakens: The Abused Novel Protagonist Fights Back 2Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 1413 三 Three Years of Shattered Dreams 《三年碎梦》 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺12k WordsCompleted Three Years of Shattered Dreams 2Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 1414 一 How Much Must You Bear Before You're Grown Up? 一个人，要扛多少，才算长大？ Qiu Xueyi邱学艺12k WordsCompleted How much does a person have to bear before they can be called grown-up? 11Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 1415 预 The Woman Who Could See the Script Ahead 预知剧本的女人 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺6k WordsCompleted The Woman Who Knew the Script in Advance 6Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 1416 七 The Qixi Deity's Faint Light 《七夕神结微光》 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺28k WordsCompleted The Qixi God Knot's Faint Glow —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 1417 砚 Inkstone Meets the Sinking Boat 《砚遇沉舟》 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺Modern Romance14k WordsCompleted Where Ink Meets the Sunken Boat —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 1418 当 A Corporate Drone Transmigrates and Helps a Good-for-Nothing Heiress Rise to Become a Favored Consort 当社畜穿越废柴千金逆袭贵妃 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted A Corporate Drone Transmigrates as a Good-for-Nothing Heiress and Rises to Become a Favored Consort —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 1419 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book as the Villainess, and My System Lets Me Eavesdrop on the Powerful 穿书恶毒女配带系统偷听大佬心声 Qiu Xueyi邱学艺36k WordsCompleted The Villainess from a Book Uses a System to Eavesdrop on the Big Shot's Inner Thoughts 6Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1420 人 The World Keeps Me Here, But the Years Pass Without You 人间留我，岁月无你 That Day, Those Clouds, That Sea那天那云那海17k WordsCompleted The world still has me, but the years have no you. —Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    I was heartbroken for days after reading it; it was so cruel. The story is about a woman who foresees her lover's death and pours all her love and time into spending his final days with him. On the night before he dies, she lies in his arms listening to him talk about their future. It's so heartbreaking, and there's even an extra chapter from the male lead's perspective after his death.

21. 1421 十 Fourteen Blades 十四刀 Yi Zhi Zhu宜枝竹32k WordsCompleted Fourteen Blades 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The emotions of young people are unforgettable

22. 1422 被 Three Hundred Years Without the Immortal Venerable After My Spiritual Root Was Severed 被断灵根后，不见仙尊三百年 Berry Pizza浆果比萨13k WordsCompleted Three Hundred Years Without Seeing the Immortal Venerable After My Spiritual Root Was Severed 68Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He was clearly the immortal I loved most, yet he put me in such a predicament because of a woman. After my feelings were extinguished, I resolutely left. I haven't seen the immortal for three hundred years since.

23. 1423 她 She Insists the Child Is His 她非说孩子是他的 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted She Insists the Child Is His 121Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Family Matters, Family Ethics, DNA Testing, Blood Oath] She cut her finger and wrote a blood oath at the Liu family ancestral hall, swearing she had never cheated. A paternity test, however, proved her wrong. She claimed she conceived at a public bathhouse and sued the owner for 200,000 yuan. She lost the case and moved in with a man, stubbornly insisting the paternity test was inaccurate. Until irrefutable evidence confronted her—the child's biological father was that man. She still clung to the belief: "Looking alike is just a coincidence."

24. 1424 缩 A Miniature Version of Him Calls Out “Daddy” in a Baby Voice 缩小版的他，奶声奶气喊爸爸 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊29k WordsCompleted A Miniature Version of Him Calls Out to Daddy in a Babyish Voice 793Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 1425 谁 Whoever Goes Back on Their Word Is a Dog 谁反悔谁是狗 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊35k WordsCompleted Whoever Goes Back on Their Word Is a Dog 4.5kReads—Score—Shelves
26. 1426 我 My Brother Keeps Falling for It Again and Again 我哥他又双叒叕真香了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊36k WordsCompleted My Brother Has Fallen for It Again and Again 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
27. 1427 离 After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Is as Merciless as a Blade 离婚后，前夫他绝情似刀 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Was as Ruthless as a Blade 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
28. 1428 前 My Ex-Husband Begged Me on His Knees Not to Leave 前夫跪着求我别走 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊17k WordsCompleted My Ex-Husband Knelt and Begged Me Not to Leave 199Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 1429 他 He Made a Wish 他许了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Historical17k WordsCompleted He Made a Wish 1kReads—Score—Shelves
30. 1430 追 Eight Years of Chasing You: Please Sign Here 追妻八年，请签收 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊30k WordsCompleted Chasing My Wife for Eight Years: Please Sign Here 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
31. 1431 姐 I’m Done Putting Up with You, Sis 姐姐不奉陪了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance20k WordsCompleted I’m Done Putting Up With You, Sister 164Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 1432 复 Remarry? Maybe in My Next Life 复婚？下辈子吧 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance14k WordsCompleted Remarry? Maybe in Your Next Life 288Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 1433 他 He Said I Was Pure 他说我很干净 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance26k WordsCompleted He Said I Was Pure 261Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 1434 被 After Being Strangled to Death, I Was Trapped Beside My Daughter for Twenty Years 被掐死后，我困在女儿身边二十年 Three Barks三声犬吠10k WordsCompleted After I Was Strangled to Death, I Was Trapped Beside My Daughter for Twenty Years 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please watch! Please watch! ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩

35. 1435 孕 The Day My Pregnant Wife Was Murdered, I Was Writing a Self-Criticism in the Detention Room 孕妻被害那天，我在禁闭室写检讨 Three Barks三声犬吠23k WordsCompleted The day my pregnant wife was killed, I was writing a self-criticism in the detention room 2Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 1436 三 Three Bows to a Cold and Dusty World 三拜红尘凉 Plum Blossoms in the Cold Night寒夜折梅7k WordsCompleted Three Bows, and the Mortal World Turns Cold 37Reads—Score147Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend a short, angsty historical romance novel I wrote myself ✨ It was quite popular a while ago, and I've now revised and updated it again! It's a historical time-travel story [no male lead], leaning towards realism, with a tragic undertone throughout. While others time-travel to become empresses or princesses, she's forced into a marriage to ward off bad luck, embarking on an endless journey of escape. Sisters who enjoy strong emotional impact and unforgettable tragedies should definitely check it out!

37. 1437 我 [Quick Transmigration] After I Died, the Male Lead Regretted Everything 【快穿】我死后男主追悔莫及 Fu Shu伏菽Modern Romance746k WordsCompleted [BE aesthetic | tearjerking and cathartic | no melodramatic angst | immersive slow transmigration | flirtatious White Moonlight x gentle, obsessive man | sweet and bittersweet | 1v1, both leads’ firsts | parallel-world happy-ending bonus chapters] World 1: Villainous fake heiress x loyal true young master World 2: Canary x owner World 3: Arrogant princess x future tyrant World 4: Bright, beautiful school bully and underachiever x poor, handsome top student World 5: Black-lotus stepmother x true 9.2kReads9.3Score795Shelves

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    This quick transmigration novel features short, independent worlds filled with angst! These incredibly moving quick transmigration stories made me cry buckets of tears! The male leads are particularly tormented! ① To be reborn, the female lead signs a contract with a system. She can be resurrected by transmigrating to different worlds, conquering the male leads, and becoming their "white moonlight." However, the system doesn't tell her that the person she torments, the brooding and insane one, is actually an old acquaintance?! The female lead is speechless…

38. 1438 快 Quick Transmigration: The Tragic Endings of a Cannon Fodder Side Character 快穿：炮灰女配be之旅 Black Hair, White Snow青丝白雪Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Fake death + angst + bad ending + conquest + regretful pursuit + heroine never falls in love + different character settings for the heroine in each world + male leads die in every world] Jialuo, a cannon-fodder villainess, awakens to her own consciousness, binds herself to a System, and travels through fictional worlds to turn the tables on her fate. At first, the villainess is just a test of the protagonists’ love, hated by everyone around her. After Jialuo arrives, she becomes the heroine the 3.2kReads8.6Score211Shelves
39. 1439 快 Quick Transmigration: Becoming the White Moonlight Who Makes Powerful Men Weep 快穿：穿成虐哭大佬的白月光 Miss Cat一只猫小姐Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted At first, none of them liked her. Later, she became the unreachable first love in their hearts! A scum-trashing Mary Sue romance, with regretful exes chasing their wives! After cultivating for a thousand years, the parasitic vine spirit Si Si finally succeeds in ascending. But during the Ascension Ceremony, her superior gets her in trouble. The Heavenly Dao orders her to help cannon-fodder supporting heroines in three thousand worlds fulfill their wishes. Only after earning enough merit can she 11.9kReads9.1Score802Shelves
40. 1440 做 After Three Years as His Emotional Dumping Ground, I Deleted Him with Five Videos 做他情绪垃圾桶的第三年，我用五条视频删了他 Nan Zhi Yiyu南枝一萸8k WordsCompleted After Three Years as His Emotional Trash Can, I Deleted Him with Five Videos 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead was the male lead's emotional dumping ground for three years, but later he came to his senses and cut off contact. (Short story with no reconciliation and a tragic ending)

41. 1441 霸 The Domineering CEO Is Sick, but I’ve Got the Cure 霸总他有病，但我有药啊 Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted The Overbearing CEO Is Sick, But I've Got the Cure 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The sweeter the beginning, the more heartbreaking the end.

42. 1442 诬 You Accuse This Princess of Having a Child Out of Wedlock? Has the Imperial Family’s Blade Gone Dull? 诬陷本郡主未婚生子，当皇室的刀不利了？ Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted You accuse this princess of having a child out of wedlock? Has the imperial family's blade gone dull? 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
43. 1443 婚 At the Wedding, the Groom Turned Out to Be a Stranger 婚礼现场，新郎竟是陌生人 Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted At the wedding, the groom turns out to be a stranger. 323Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 1444 出 You Cheat and Deny It? I’ll Get You a Cover on a Major Magazine 出轨不认？送你一个大刊封面 Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted You Cheat and Deny It? I'll Get You a Magazine Cover 84Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 1445 嫡 The Legitimate Daughter Saw Through Every Tea-Style Trick 嫡女她预判了所有茶艺招数 Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted The Legitimate Daughter Saw Through Every Tea-Serving Trick 35Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 1446 假 The Fake Heiress Said, “You’re the Older Sister, You Go First,” but the Real Heiress Is Still Babbling 假千金已经姐来我走，真千金还在咕呱 Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤8k WordsCompleted The fake heiress has already traded places with me, while the real heiress is still a baby. 104Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 1447 姨 My Concubine Stepmother Wants Me to Be a Second Wife, So I Marry Her and Her Daughter Off to the Same Widower 姨娘想让我当填房，我送她母女同嫁鳏夫 Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted My concubine aunt wanted me to become a widow's second wife, so I arranged for her and her daughter to marry him instead 398Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 1448 当 When Half the People in a Tragic Romance Are Normal 当虐文里有一半是正常人 Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤11k WordsCompleted When Half the Characters in a Tragic Romance Are Normal People 46Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 1449 高 The Aloof CEO Is Actually My High School Desk Mate, Whom I Often Teased 高冷女总裁竟是我经常戏弄的高中同桌 Cat from Pudong浦东的猫咪35k WordsCompleted The Cool and Aloof CEO Is Actually My High School Desk Mate, Whom I Often Teased —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    High-quality short stories, highly recommended!

50. 1450 我 Me and the Woman Who Lives Downstairs 我和楼下的女邻居 Cat from Pudong浦东的猫咪32k WordsCompleted Me and the Woman Who Lives Downstairs 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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