Short Stories!! They Must Be Short, Please! The Shorter the Better!! Around 80,000 Words!! 短篇！！一定要短谢谢越短越好！！八万字左右！！

1. 2401 什 What? I'm the Only Man at the Company Retreat?! 什么？公司团建就我一人男的？！ Jing Ling镜翎24k WordsCompleted What? Am I the only guy at the company retreat?! —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 2402 诡 Haunted by a Bewitching Dream: I Killed That Ghost King Nine Times 诡梦缠情：我杀了那尊鬼王九次 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风7k WordsCompleted Haunted by a Bewitching Dream: I Killed the Ghost King Nine Times 106Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 2403 室 After My Roommate's Recommendation Slot Was Stolen, I Helped Her Turn the Tables with Bullet Comments 室友保研名额被顶替后，我用弹幕帮她逆袭 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted After My Roommate's Graduate School Recommendation Was Stolen, I Helped Her Turn the Tables with On-Screen Comments 1Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 2404 总 Director: Stop Making a Scene. Me: Sure, I've Filed a Real-Name Report with the Police 总监：别闹了。我：好的，已实名举报警方 The More I Fight, the Braver I Get, Gang越战越勇刚27k WordsCompleted The Director: “Cut it out.” Me: “Sure. I’ve already filed a real-name report against the police.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 2405 她 She's in the Narrow Alley!! My World Has Collapsed?! 她在窄巷！！我的世界崩了？！ Jing Ling镜翎Modern Romance19k WordsCompleted She’s in the narrow alley!! My world has fallen apart?! —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 2406 说 Wasn’t This Supposed to Be a Villain System? Why Are All the Missions About Saving the World? 说好的反派系统，怎么全是救世任务？ This Is the Second Eye这是第二颗眼睛38k WordsCompleted I thought this was supposed to be a Villain System. Why are all the missions about saving the world? —Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 2407 细 A Slow, Steady Life Before the Bustle 细水长流待繁华 Sauce Koi酱汁锦鲤Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted [A short, sweet treat, come and enjoy] Lu Lu: “Zi Feiyu is a celibate heartthrob!” Song Xiaoyu: “My brother has a 36-pack.” Lu Lu: “Zi Feiyu can make cute little whimpering noises.” Song Xiaoyu: “My brother has a 36-pack.” Lu Lu: “Zi Feiyu can wash his hair while doing a one-handed handstand!” Song Xiaoyu: “My brother has a 36-pack.” Lu Lu: “Zi Feiyu dares to eat…” Zi Feiyu: “Stop. I wouldn’t dare, and I don’t have a 36-pack either.” What? The literary world's big shot and the brother with a 36- —Reads—Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   20,000 Words [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

8. 2408 徐 The Fun Side of Teacher Xu's Lessons 徐老师的教学趣事 Moonlit Night with the Wind月夜随风6k WordsCompleted Teacher Xu's Funny Classroom Stories 54Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 2409 我 After I Died, My Forensic Pathologist Husband Dissected Me with His Own Hands 我死后，法医丈夫亲手解剖了我 Stealing a Moment of Pleasure半晌贪欢Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted After I died, my forensic pathologist husband dissected me with his own hands 558Reads—Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   All are short stories with tight plots.

10. 2410 师 My Master Cut Out My Exquisite Heart to Save His Beloved, So I Turned Him into a Soul Lamp 师尊剖我玲珑心救白月光，我反手将师尊炼成魂灯 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted My Master Cut Out My Exquisite Heart to Save His Beloved, So I Turned Around and Refined Him into a Soul Lantern 2Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 2411 他 They Traded Me for 380 Yuan in Bride Price, and I Died on the Platform 他们拿我换了380块彩礼，我死在站台 The More I Fight, the Braver I Get, Gang越战越勇刚Modern Romance26k WordsCompleted They Traded Me for 380 Yuan in Bride Price, and I Died at the Station —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 2412 送 I'll Send You a Little Peach Heart (The Original Novel of the Urban Romance Drama A Moment of Fortune) 送你一颗小桃心（都市爱情剧《一刻千金》原著小说） Su Xing'an苏幸安Modern Romance142k WordsCompleted Qiao He, a young jade carver, is infatuated with Huo Tinglan, the special guest on the show "Antique Street". The moment he appears, his refined good looks and sharp tongue set the internet ablaze. Qiao He joins the crowd to watch, draws a chibi sketch of Huo Tinglan fresh from his bath, and posts it with the caption #HandsomeMrHuo#. She goes viral too, earning a little fame among his fans. She sends Huo Tinglan a private message to confess her feelings, but accidentally types, “Mr. Huo, I reall 818Reads9.6Score102Shelves

    Reader note

    I read this short story in one go; I just finished it at 2 AM on May 5th, 2024.

13. 2413 不 No! I Transmigrated to the Northern Song Dynasty as a Jurchen?! 不要啊，魂穿北宋当金人？！ Jing Ling镜翎26k WordsCompleted No! I’ve possessed a Jin in the Northern Song?! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 2414 让 You Were Supposed to Be Reborn, Not Mess With Me, the GM! 让你重生，没让你惹我这个GM！ This Is the Second Eye这是第二颗眼睛38k WordsCompleted I told you to be reborn, not to mess with me, the GM! —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 2415 惊 Shocking! The Military Police Bureau Has a Hidden Female Detective 惊！兵马司藏了个女捕头 Don't Ask About the Money Ahead莫问钱程Mystery219k WordsCompleted Note: A feel-good story with a sweet couple, not a traditional mystery or detective story. She disguises herself as a man and joins the Military and Horse Bureau, surrounded by rough, burly men. Her goal is to uncover the truth one day and win justice for her entire Chu family. But who could have guessed that a pair of peach-blossom eyes would see right through the identity she had so carefully hidden? From then on, wherever she went, he followed. She investigated cases while he stood by and mad 281Reads8.4Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    This book is truly amazing, its title is a complete misnomer!

16. 2416 嫌 You Find Your Beloved's Substitute an Eyesore? After I Faked My Death, the Tycoon Regretted It Too Late 嫌白月光替身碍眼？我死遁后首富他悔不当初 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted You Think Your Beloved's Substitute Is an Eyesore? After I Faked My Death, the Tycoon Regretted Everything 2Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 2417 夫 My Husband Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects Me, So My Mother-in-Law Found Me a Better Man 夫君宠妾灭妻，婆母给我找了更好的良人 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted My Husband Doted on His Concubine and Cast Me Aside, So My Mother-in-Law Found Me a Better Match 72Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Super short and brilliant short story recommendations!

18. 2418 高 A Deadly Karaoke Session After the College Entrance Exams 高考后的致命K歌 Jing Ling镜翎17k WordsCompleted Fatal Karaoke After the College Entrance Exam —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 2419 说 I Was Supposed to Be a Happy-Go-Lucky Slacker, So Why Did the Fake Saintess Punish Me by Making Me Her Real Husband? 说好的当一条咸鱼，怎么被假圣女罚当真夫君了？ This Is the Second Eye这是第二颗眼睛36k WordsCompleted I thought I was supposed to live like a happy-go-lucky nobody. How did the fake Saintess end up punishing me by making me her real husband? —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 2420 闪 After Our Whirlwind Wedding, President Pei Lost Control 闪婚后，裴总失控了 Lu Sanwan吕三碗Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted [Reunion + mutual secret crushes + each other’s first love + devoted to each other + sweet romance] [Cool, gentle good girl + refined, devoted heir] In their first year of high school, Pei Jinheng fell in love at first sight with the gentle, beautiful Lin Qiao. From then on, the cool and refined Pei Jinheng became a talkative, cocky, handsome rogue whenever he was around Lin Qiao. But one misunderstanding after another drove them further apart. Then, when Pei Jinheng turned twenty-six, the Pei a 4.8kReads—Score452Shelves

    Reader note

    A short, sweet story of 120,000 words

21. 2421 长 There Was Once a Young Man in Chang'an ("A Thousand Miles of High Towers, Untouched by Wind or Snow") 长安曾有少年郎（“高台千里，勿沾风雪”） A Sen阿森Ancient Romance161k WordsCompleted [Revenge and court intrigue + childhood sweethearts + tragic palace romance + maximum angst] [Loyal young general VS coldhearted heiress bent on revenge VS gentle, devoted emperor. A tangled love between three people, with heartbreak that cuts to the bone] Qing Ru'an's life was buried beneath the fire that raged through the snowstorm that year. Her entire family was slaughtered, both her parents were gone, and the Qing family, the richest in Zizhou, was reduced to ruins overnight. The once-proud 3.3kReads9.4Score773Shelves

    Reader note

    Two hours to watch the emperor's four words in his youth, "Never overturn the verdict," ruined three people.

22. 2422 失 Seven Years Without a Voice 失声七年 Jing Ling镜翎Modern Romance17k WordsCompleted Seven Years Without a Voice —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 2423 救 I Saved Him from a Fire, but He Mistook Someone Else for His Savior 救他火场重伤，他却错认恩人 Stealing a Moment of Pleasure半晌贪欢Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted I rescued him from a fire when he was badly injured, but he mistook someone else for his savior. 143Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 2424 停 When I Cut Off My Husband’s Mistress’s Secondary Card, He Panicked 停掉小三副卡后，老公慌了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted After I Canceled My Mistress's Supplementary Credit Card, My Husband Panicked 427Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 2425 意 An Accident? A Hole! 意外？破洞！ Jing Ling镜翎Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted An Accident? A Hole! —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 2426 重 Reborn, I Left My Scumbag Ex and Discovered I Was a Big Shot’s One True Love 重生，远离渣男后，发现自己是大佬白月光 Yao Zi'an遥子安40k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Left My Trash Ex Behind and Discovered I Was the Big Shot's White Moonlight —Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The first one has 40,000 views, the second one has 30,000 views.

27. 2427 女 The Female Lead Is Too Beautiful and Alluring, and the Villainous Big Shot Grabs Her by the Waist 女配太美太撩人，反派大佬掐腰宠 Luo Luoluo Luo Luo落洛洛洛洛Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 59.4kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves

    Reader note

    Don't be fooled by the unassuming and slightly vulgar title; the content is truly rich. Every character has their own emotional arc, and each one made me want to cry. I rarely cry over novels anymore, but this book made me laugh and cry at the same time – it was so gripping! 😂

28. 2428 白 A White Night Affair 白夜关系 Hoodie Freak卫衣怪Two Male Leads103k WordsCompleted [Switching tops + powerful leads + intense push and pull + happy ending] They aren't friends or lovers. They're the strangers who know each other best in the dark of night. When night gives way to dawn, their brazen love can no longer be hidden, and everything changes. 1.1kReads8.7Score115Shelves

    Reader note

    20,000 Words! 90,000 Words! 100,000 Words! Who understands the value of this word count? It's short and engaging!

29. 2429 工 The Construction Site’s Top Player and His Chef Sidekick 工地野王的厨神小辅助 Lost Deer迷失鹿Two Male Leads101k WordsCompleted Guan Xiaoyu is pushing his lunchbox cart when he falls head over heels for Pu Jing, the handsome, cool guy working at a construction site. He’s so distracted by Pu Jing’s looks that the cart veers off course, nearly sending him and the cart to the River God! At the last second, Pu Jing reaches out and hauls him back to safety. How can he repay a life-saving favor? Guan Xiaoyu decides to do it with food: plenty of sweet-and-sour ribs, appetizing fish with pickled cabbage, and bitter melon and duc 28Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    A short story that just finished, only 100,000 words long, a sweet romance novel with two male leads.

30. 2430 姐 After My Sister Was Paralyzed, I Became Her Substitute 姐姐瘫痪后，我成了她替身 Stealing a Moment of Pleasure半晌贪欢Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted After My Sister Was Paralyzed, I Became Her Replacement 67Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 2431 夹 My Girlfriend's Cutesy Voice Won't Stop Chattering! 夹子音女友有点嘴碎！ Jing Ling镜翎Modern Romance17k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Has a Clingy Voice and Talks a Little Too Much! —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 2432 丈 After Her Husband’s Death, the Powerful Man Treated Her Like His Most Treasured Possession 丈夫去世后，大佬视她掌中宝 Yao Zi'an遥子安34k WordsCompleted After her husband dies, a powerful man cherishes her like a treasure —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 2433 我 My Virtuous Wife Is Poison 我的贤妻是毒药 Jing Ling镜翎15k WordsCompleted My Virtuous Wife Is Poison —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 2434 你 It’s So Good That You Came 你来了，就很好 Three Months in a Row连三月Modern Romance112k WordsCompleted Zhang Xixi, Xia Shushi, Xue Yisheng, Ju Nanchuan, and Lu Zhanxin were a group of bright young people who grew up together in the uninhibited days of their youth. Along the road to adulthood, they experienced the sweetness of innocent love and the warmth of understanding and companionship, as well as the regrets of things that remained out of reach no matter how hard they tried. Through the intertwining of two timelines, the author tells the story of the same group of people and their intertwined 1.4kReads9.3Score166Shelves

    Reader note

    This coming-of-age novel, with its dual timelines of past and present, is fantastic; it brought me to tears.

35. 2435 门 A Crack in the Door?! A Hole?! 门缝？！有洞？！ Jing Ling镜翎36k WordsCompleted A Crack in the Door?! A Hole?! —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 2436 替 The Substitute 替身 Stealing a Moment of Pleasure半晌贪欢8k WordsCompleted Substitute 799Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 2437 王 The Princess Consort Is Pregnant, but the Child Isn't Her Best Friend's Prince's 王妃有喜了，但孩子不是闺蜜王爷的 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭7k WordsCompleted The Princess Consort Is Pregnant, but the Father Isn’t Her Best Friend’s Prince 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
38. 2438 重 After Being Reborn, I Dug His Heart Out With My Own Hands 重生后我亲手剜了他的心 Jing Ling镜翎Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted After Being Reborn, I Gouged Out His Heart With My Own Hands —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 2439 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 83kReads9.4Score13.3kShelves

    Reader note

    [Laughing][Laughing and crying] This book is absolutely amazing! The male lead is a rough guy who dotes on the female lead and falls in love at first sight. The female lead can easily control and completely dominate him with just a few words. The male lead is totally love-struck!

40. 2440 闪 My Flash-Married Husband Is Spying on Me 闪婚老公监控我 Ink-Stained Lotus墨迹莲Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted Yue Menghe and Chu Yuxuan bond over their similar experiences and quickly rush into marriage. After the wedding, Yue Menghe realizes she knows nothing about her husband. Not only does he refuse to share a bed with her, he even foolishly asks his friend to seduce her. Worst of all, she discovers that he has installed surveillance cameras in her room to spy on her. After a huge fight, she decides to divorce him. Only before the divorce does she learn her husband’s shocking secret from Chu Yuxuan’s 1Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The first of Qiong Yao's romance novels was originally titled "Wishing We Last Forever," and the second was originally titled "The One Who Loves You Most Is Me."

41. 2441 姐 My Sister Ran Away from Her Wedding, So I Decided to Take Her Place 姐姐逃婚我决定取而代之 Ink-Stained Lotus墨迹莲Modern Romance179k WordsCompleted They met five years ago. He was a doctor at a clinic, and she was his patient. She fell for him at first sight and was willing to give up everything for him, even her college entrance exams. She enrolled in a nursing program at a technical school, earning only a technical diploma, all because his clinic needed a suitable nurse! Three years later, after completing her studies, she came back to a bombshell: he was engaged to her twin sister! With tears in her eyes, she buried her secret love and d 8Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 2442 被 Under My Yandere Wife’s Control, I Plunged into the Abyss of Marriage 被病娇老婆掌控，我坠入婚姻深渊 Dugu Cang Hu独孤沧虎Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted Controlled by My Yandere Wife, I Fall into the Abyss of Marriage 467Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Actually, I've always been curious. I'm just a loser, a total nerd, dressed head-to-toe in cheap clothes from Taobao, costing less than sixty yuan in total. What is Su Yao after? Could it really be me? [Please follow]

43. 2443 当 When I Stopped Sending Money, the Green Tea Goddess Went Crazy 当我停止转账后，绿茶女神疯了 Dugu Cang Hu独孤沧虎Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted When I Stopped Sending Her Money, the Green Tea Goddess Went Crazy —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 2444 宝 Good Baby 宝贝乖乖 That Writer那个作家Two Male Leads161k WordsCompleted Super sweet, no angst, 1v1, futuristic space, ABO setting, kids included P.S. This author loves making up headcanons. Stone-faced, inarticulate Imperial Marshal as the top X drama-loving surgeon as the bottom A sweet surgeon who gave his life to save someone unexpectedly transmigrates to the future, only to find himself inexplicably engaged to the Imperial Marshal? What? The Marshal doesn’t have long to live?! He’s exactly my type. Did I say you could die so soon?! 625Reads9.0Score102Shelves

    Reader note

    160,000 Words need to be written! Shuangnan, so sweet!

45. 2445 直 The Livestream Went Off the Rails: The Intern Who Buttoned Up Wrong Was Actually a Director 直播崩，扣错纽扣实习生竟是董事 Dugu Cang Hu独孤沧虎Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted The Livestream Went Off the Rails: The Intern Who Buttoned Up Wrong Turned Out to Be a Board Director —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 2446 年 My Year-End Bonus Dropped from 1.08 Million to 24,000? My Boss Panicked When I Quit 年终奖从108万降到2万4？我跳槽后领导慌了 A Little Blue Fish in the Pond Woke Up一池小蓝鱼醒了7k WordsCompleted My year-end bonus dropped from 1.08 million to 24,000? My boss panicked after I changed jobs 32Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    A great and satisfying read, highly recommended.

47. 2447 清 Seven Qingming Rideshare Encounters: Father's Password 清明网约车七次奇遇：父亲密码 Dugu Cang Hu独孤沧虎7k WordsCompleted Seven Strange Encounters on Qingming: My Father's Password —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 2448 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
49. 2449 好 Such a Good Girl 好一个乖乖女 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet romance with a touch of angst] [Fake-good, scheming heroine x domineering wealthy tyrant] [Both leads are each other’s only one] Duan Xiuming first met Lu Mingyu at a wedding. She was stunningly beautiful, yet looked like a well-behaved good girl, sitting off to the side and painting because someone had told her to. “Boring woman,” he judged. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu gave him a huge surprise! She destroyed her painting and co 31.7kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves

    Reader note

    🌴💫These two short stories have already been adapted into short dramas, but I still prefer the written version; it's truly addictive!🍃💫Especially the first one—no wonder it's a highly-rated short story; over a million people are reading it!💥💘The heroine's revenge and scheming against the Lu family are so captivating, and the Qin family becomes her springboard to becoming a prominent family.💘🌿The male lead never asks the heroine any questions; he immediately cooperates with whatever she asks. I really love it!

50. 2450 薄 Peppermints and Climbing Ropes: How Many Husbands Is She Hiding? 薄荷糖登山绳：她藏多少个老公？ Dugu Cang Hu独孤沧虎Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted Mint Candy and a Climbing Rope: How Many Husbands Is She Hiding? —Reads—Score—Shelves

Other lists with What? I'm the Only Man at the Company Retreat?!