Short Angsty Novels with a Massive Emotional Aftershock!!! 短篇虐文，后劲贼大！！！
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Loving You for the Rest of My Life, Until It Hurts 余生爱你成殇
Gu Shen said, “You made Manman, who’s a model, sprain her ankle. Now you have to pay for it.” With those few careless words, Qiao Xin’s right hand, the hand of the most promising artist, was ruined. Her torn paintings lay scattered across the floor, splattered with scarlet blood. One could still make out that every painting depicted the same handsome, cold-faced man. Qiao Xin huddled in a dark corner, disheveled, staring at the ruined paintings as she murmured over and over, “Gu Shen, I didn’t d
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- 402 My Whole Family Are Occult Masters, While I'm Just a Lazy Fish 全家玄门大佬，而我咸鱼一条 Everyone in My Family Is a Master of the Mystical Arts, but I'm Just a Lazybones 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 403 I Saved the Whole Village, Only to Become Their Plaything? My Dead Husband Returned and Slaughtered the Ungrateful 救全村却沦为玩物？亡夫归来杀光白眼狼 She saved the whole village, only to become their plaything? Her dead husband returns and slaughters every ungrateful traitor. 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 404 I Once Loved the Stars Above 也曾属意漫天星辰 He led his troops into battle and returned victorious, but came back with a woman in his arms. She never fought back or fought for attention, yet people kept framing her at every turn. “We promised to be each other's only one for life, but you broke your word.” “I don't love you anymore. Let me go.” 66Reads5.0Score—Shelves
- 405 My Granddaughter Called Me Outdated on Livestream, So I Turned Around and Licensed It to Her Competitor 孙女直播嫌我过时，我转身授权了竞争对手 My granddaughter called me outdated on her livestream, so I turned around and gave a license to our competitor 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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Among the Blossoms 万花丛中
[Love Grows Over Time + Love at First Sight + Sweet Romance] “A Kui, don’t let my leaving take away your sunshine. I want to remain beautiful in your heart, just as I am now. Let me stay in this moment forever. Meeting you was the one thing I’ve never regretted. If you ever miss me someday, just look around. Every rose in the garden is me. The warm summer breeze is me. The little birds in the sky are me. Even the earth beneath your feet is me. A Kui...”
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- 407 Over Five Cents, I Cost the Company Fifty Million 就为5分钱，我让公司损失5000万 Over Five Cents, I Cost the Company 50 Million 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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Sugar of Sin 罪之糖
[Yandere]+ [Both Leads Are Each Other’s Only One]+ [Groveling Redemption]+ [Age Gap]+ [Sweet and Soft] Their first meeting that year marked the beginning of a nightmare. One glance, just one glance, and he yearned to have her by his side on every pitch-black night. Fu Ye schemed to keep Su Su bound to him. Every escape she attempted brought her endless torment. “Su Su... love me!” His voice was like something from hell. Fu Ye, a sinister and cruel man, controlled every part of Su Su’s life. His
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- 409 After Being Sidelined and Laid Off, My Former Boss Begged Me to Acquire the Company 被架空裁员后，前老板跪求我收购 After They Sidelined Me and Laid Me Off, My Former Boss Begged Me to Buy the Company 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Time Has Passed, Yet We're Still Here 时光走远，你我还在
The first time I saw Xie Disheng, I was eighteen. He stood quietly among the crowd. The crowd was noisy, but he was quiet. There are no words to describe that kind of beauty. Later, when I read the Yuefu song “Song of the White-Stone Man,” I came across these lines: “White-Stone Man lives by the river. The River Earl leads the way, fish follow behind. The piled stones are like jade, the rows of pines like emeralds. His beauty is peerless beneath the heavens.” The person I thought of when I read
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With You Until Twenty-Nine 陪你到二十九岁
By Your Side Until You're Twenty-Nine
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- 412 My Archenemy Has Had a Crush on Me Since He Was Eight 死对头他八岁就开始暗恋我 My Archrival Has Had a Crush on Me Since He Was Eight 14Reads—Score—Shelves
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Wutong Lane 梧桐巷
[Bright and kind-hearted Ning Wan x gentle genius Song Qingyan] [Love at first sight + Secret love comes true + Youthful heartache + BE] When the innocent, sunny Ning Wan fell in love with Song Qingyan at first sight, he was the golden boy in everyone's eyes. She wrote her secret feelings in her diary, planning to keep them to herself. By a twist of fate, Song Qingyan became her temporary guardian. During the days when she was ostracized and bullied, he became the light in her life. She held on
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Look at Him, Rising in His Vermilion Tower 你看他朱楼起
Later, that gunshot was the last trace she left behind in this world. One late night, Jiang Yansheng searched through every document in the house, all to find a pregnancy diagnosis that might never have existed. Whenever he closed his eyes, the image of Pei Ge with a swollen belly seemed all too real. He couldn't shake the feeling that she was still alive. That somewhere in the world, she had even given birth to the child he had always longed for. [It's time to change the blurb again, 3/4.]
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- 415 Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03） Back in middle school, Xie Zeyang met Shen Bingqing. Their names were almost the opposite of their natures: he was as cold as ice, while she burned bright as the sun. He could still vaguely recall every time they parted when they were young. At thirteen, beneath the lights at the entrance to an alley. She waved with a radiant smile and said to him, “See you tomorrow, class monitor!” At seventeen, on the beach on a midsummer night. She poked her head out of the tent, eyes crinkling as she called 23.3kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves
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August Wutong 八月梧桐
[Childhood friends + unrequited love + tragic BE] She was his childhood friend, the girl he had loved since they were children, and the light of his life. Luo Yutong's notebook was filled with traces of her, but An Zishu never knew. Later, when An Zishu learned of his love, he had already left. Perhaps he had waited too long without ever hearing her say, “I love you.” He said, “An Zishu, in my next life, I’ll confess my feelings sooner.” He said, “I bet you’ll never know that I love you.” He sai
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After I Decided to Stop Loving Him, He Regretted It 我决定不再爱他后，他后悔了
Five years after I married Ye Nanchen, Tang Ning, the unattainable woman Ye Nanchen had always loved, came back. Our marriage slowly began to crack. Ye Nanchen started standing me up from time to time. The first time was the day I won a design award. Ye Nanchen said he wanted to celebrate with me. But the moment Tang Ning called, he left to see her. The second time was on my birthday. The candles were lit, but I hadn't made a wish yet. Tang Ning called again, and off he went. The third time was
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- 418 I Only Took a Peek at Him 我只偷看他一眼 During the speech by the freshman class representative, Chen Nan fell for Lu Xu at first sight, and for the rest of her life. The pink sunset beyond the window filled the entire sky, like a beautiful landscape painting. The clouds looked drunk, their cheeks flushed with color. Chen Nan held her breath and stole a sidelong glance at Lu Xu. His profile was youthful and striking, and he held his book with perfect posture. A ray of light fell on the yellowed pages, and touched him as well. The dayli 16.8kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
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Through the Summer 渡夏天
There was only one thing Lin Mumu kept from Chen Yusen in her whole life. She was like a little sun, warming him and slowly melting his cold exterior, teaching him how to smile and how to love. But the sun itself was quietly burning out. She would remain forever in that summer when she was eighteen. He said, “I only ever got married once. My bride was eighteen, wore a white dress, and had dimples when she smiled.” Later, he became the best doctor and saved countless people, but he could never sa
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- 420 Maybe We Never Really Loved 也许真的没爱过 Highly recommended!!! After his pursuit of true love fails, a devoted romantic finds his true love. But will the heroine really have a change of heart and throw herself into his arms? Is the first love the more skilled player, or is the love between the hero and the second heroine stronger than ever!? Pure romance at first, then pure heartbreak!!! All I can say is, there’s one twist after another, so many twists they’ll make you question your entire life!!! Love? Love is the cruelest thing of al —Reads—Score—Shelves
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You Committed a Crime in the Name of Love 你在爱情里犯了罪
[Angst first, sweetness later + wealthy CEO] Before the divorce, he sent her to a mental hospital for the sake of a scheming woman, where she was tortured relentlessly. He said, “Su Jinye, the law won't punish you severely, but I can!” She knelt and begged him, “Please let me go. I'll divorce you and never show up again!” After the divorce, he suddenly blocks her path when she tries to leave, doing everything he can to please her. He says, “Honey, where are you going to leave me?” She smiles bri
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A Sour Kiss 酸吻
[Locked-room seduction] The male lead isn’t human, he’s a cat!!! [Short story, complete] [Obsessive love] [Sweet romance] The year Suanzhi hurt Chen Jin the most was the year she secretly changed her college application. From then on, one went north and the other went south. Suanzhi went north, while Chen Jin stayed in the south. Suanzhi used to be a notorious problem girl. The wildest thing she ever did was probably have a very public relationship with Chen Jin. “Oh? Chen Jin? I was just h
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Longing for Distant Mountains 远山思
That spring, they first met by the water. The girl who fell into the lake stirred ripples in his heart. The son of the Marquis of Zhen Guo rescued her from the water, and from then on she tried to keep up with him, never realizing that he had eyes only for her older sister. When she was at her most heartbroken, the only one by her side was the childhood friend who had grown up with her. The everyday moments she had never noticed became deep bonds between them, and after all their twists and turn
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- 424 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 81.1kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves
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The Year I Loved You Most 最爱你的那一年
A short childhood-sweethearts campus tragedy Song Xiyuan has been sickly since childhood, but she takes life in stride and sees things clearly. Then one day, she, who has never worn makeup, starts learning how. Duan Jingchen has always been the kind of child other parents wish they had: smart, hardworking, and good at school. Then one day, the person who has always been by his side disappears. The sun was shining brightly that day, yet Song Xiyuan said something completely out of the blue: “Duan
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- 426 The Perilous Game: No Escape 危情游戏之不可逃离 A car accident landed Chu Zichen with a five-year sentence. Five years behind bars wore away his sharp edges and completely changed his personality. But no one knew he wasn't the owner of the car that caused the accident and fled the scene. When he gets out five years later, what will be waiting for him: the lover etched into his very bones, or the creditor bound to him by a sea of blood and vengeance? …All people, places, and names in this story are fictional. Any resemblance is purely —Reads—Score—Shelves
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My Best Friend Livestreams to Expose Me: What Did You Put in That Cake Ten Years Ago? 闺蜜直播打假我：十年前那块蛋糕，你到底放了什么
My Best Friend Livestreams a Fact-Check on Me: What Exactly Did You Put in That Cake Ten Years Ago?
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- 428 The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事 Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing 77.1kReads9.7Score13.5kShelves
- 429 Sorry, I Won't Be the Other Woman 对不起，我不当小三 Sorry, I’m Not Being the Other Woman —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 430 She Reported My Father-in-Law for Saving Someone, Six Years Later I Destroyed Her Contract 《她举报我岳父救人，六年后我碎她合同》 She Reported My Father-in-Law for Saving Someone. Six Years Later, I Tore Up Her Contract 167Reads—Score—Shelves
- 431 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily 70.1kReads9.5Score12.7kShelves
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A Love for Springtime: Summer Trees, Heaven’s Hope (Complete Edition) 夏有乔木雅望天堂（全集）
A heartbreaking coming-of-age legend that has moved hundreds of millions of readers for seven years! Qu Weiran is a good student, excelling in both character and academics. But when his adoptive father appears, his mask is shattered, and everyone learns that he is nothing but a pitiful victim of domestic abuse. Even a boy as dark and troubled as he is keeps a girl in his heart: Xia Tong, the gentle girl he loves. But Qu Ningyuan, a boy who shares his father but not his mother, has fallen for her
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- 433 Humanity's New Crisis a Thousand Years Later 一千年后的人类新危机 A New Crisis for Humanity a Thousand Years from Now 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 434 He Kept Summer Hidden 他藏了夏天 That night, the young man slowly bent down, bracing his hands on his thighs so he could look her in the eye. It was as if he were declaring that they stood as equals in matters of the heart. Keeping his voice low, he asked, “Senior, I like you. Do you like me?” Ji An raised her hand to stroke Xu Linxi’s cheek and softly ordered him, “Close your eyes.” Xu Linxi trembled, then obediently lowered his lashes. Ji An’s lips curved into a smile. She placed both hands on either side of his face, rose on 8.7kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
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11:30 PM: Reboot 23点30分：重启
11:30 p.m.: Reboot
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- 436 I Restored the Ancient Well in the Old Alley, and My Neighbor Reported Me for Occupying Public Land 我修好老巷古井，邻居举报我占公地 I Restored the Ancient Well in the Old Alley, but My Neighbor Reported Me for Occupying Public Land 8Reads—Score—Shelves
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See You Tomorrow, Monday 周一，明天见
[A short bad-ending story. Readers who can't handle angst, beware.] Xu Qingze was Zhou Yi’s boyfriend. He was in a car accident abroad. Everyone told Zhou Yi he was dead, but she stubbornly refused to believe it. She cried herself blind, ruined her health, and clung to life by a thread. Just as Zhou Yi was about to die, Xu Qingze came back. With a warm smile, he held out his hand to Zhou Yi. “Hello, my name is Xu Qingze.” Zhou Yi: Xu Qingze, how dare you forget me. But I’m glad you forgot me. (
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- 438 Tomorrow, I Cancel My Own Wedding 明天，我取消自己的婚礼 Tomorrow, I Cancel My Own Wedding 87Reads—Score—Shelves
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You Are Bound to My Heart for Life 系我一生心
[Pure Campus Romance]+ [Mutual Secret Crush]+ [The Feelings of Youth]+ [Bad Ending] I once loved you with devotion, passion, and fearlessness. Fifteen years of love felt like walking through the dark. The long road to win her husband back, She shamelessly pried open his hand and said, “Here, I’ve given you all my dowry. I hope you’ll take good care of me for the rest of our lives.” Seven years later, when she saw him again, he was with his fiancée, asking her to plan the grandest wedding for the
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Mr. Lu, Are You Satisfied Now That She’s Dead? 陆先生，她死了你可满意
“Mr. Lu, are you satisfied now that she's dead?” Sang Yuwan looked at him coldly. She truly wished she could kill the despicable man standing before her with her own hands. “Who are you trying to fool? You think putting her photo on some random urn makes it her? Ridiculous!” Lu Cichuan's eyes were faintly red as he stared fixedly at Sang Yuwan, as if he could still brazenly torment Li Mo as long as Sang Yuwan said she wasn't dead. But... Sang Yuwan was gone. That was true.
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After Entering a Sweet Romance Novel, I Gave the Tragic Hero a Piece of Candy 穿进甜文后给悲剧男配送颗糖
The physical book goes on sale across major platforms on July 18 at 7 p.m. Search for Stars in the Dark Night. In a sweet romance, the heroine is delicate and adorable, the male lead spoils her endlessly, the second male lead is obsessively devoted to her, and the third quietly watches over her. The fourth, the fifth, and so on... Then there’s a certain minor male character, a short-lived young man with a congenital illness. Because he once helped the heroine, she treats him differently, earni
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- 442 The Mission Starts Over a Hundred Times 任务重来一百次 “You came to save me, so why can’t you look only at me? Why do you have to give your attention to those one, two, three insignificant people?” “You seem so shy. You never take my hand first. Even just now, you only did it because of someone else.” “Now that you have me, you don’t treat me as well as you used to. There wasn’t any strawberry milk today either, was there?” 6.3kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
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A Tenant of the Underworld 在地府做钉子户
To sever a doomed bond, Xie Lingzhi hid in the Underworld for a hundred years, even declaring that she wouldn’t leave until she’d stayed for five hundred. The King of Hell couldn’t meet his KPI, so he came over in a huff, then left again. He found her even more troublesome than the Great Sage Sun, who had destroyed the Book of Life and Death. In a fit of anger, he cut off her provisions. With no other choice, Xie Lingzhi set up a stall on Ghost Street, but wound up bringing Liang Chuanhui back w
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My Fiancé Died Before Me and Never Changed His Heart, While I Changed Mine After I Died 未婚夫原来死得比我早还没变心，而我死了就变心
My fiancé turned out to have died before me and never stopped loving me, while I changed my heart after he died
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The Rose of Destruction 毁灭玫瑰
The Rose of Destruction
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- 446 Fish Don’t Venture into Deep Forests, but Rongqing May Find a Place to Stay 鱼不赴深林，但容情会有寄 Fish don't seek out the deep forest, but Rong Qing has a place to call home. 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 447 The Delicate Beauty’s Tears 折娇啼 [The hero regrets everything to the point of madness + the leads torment each other + a friend steals the heroine away + the second male lead gets the girl + no reconciliation after a breakup + pure historical angst + the heroine ends up with the second male lead] Shen Yanzhi, heir to the Marquis of Jinghai in the Great Chu Kingdom, had just come third in the palace examination when he was unexpectedly captured by the Eastern Qiang Kingdom and married off to Qin Guiwan, a woman of Eastern Qiang 8.3kReads9.3Score887Shelves
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The Guilty Wife 罪妻
[Physical and emotional angst + substitute male lead + regretful husband chasing his wife] Shen Nanzhou hated Tang Yin with every fiber of his being. To take revenge on her, he forced her to donate her liver, use herself as a test subject for drugs, and suffer from a terminal illness. He drove her daughter to her death, destroyed the man who had protected her, and ruined everything she cared about. He told her, "Tang Yin, I dream every night about the day you die." Later, when the truth came out
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Fallen 堕
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.
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- 450 After a Sleazy Guy Hit on Me, I Married Him 被油腻男搭讪后，我和他结婚了 I Married Him After a Sleazy Guy Hit on Me 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
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