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. 351 系 The System Wants Me to Conquer the Immortal Venerable. He Whines: Humans and Cats Can't Cultivate Together 系统让我攻略仙尊，他委屈巴巴：人和猫是不能双修的 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚12k WordsCompleted The System told me to conquer the Immortal Venerable. He pouted pitifully: "People and cats can't cultivate dual cultivation together." 9Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 352 不 My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Her Grave 不听劝的婆婆归西了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭13k WordsCompleted My Stubborn Mother-in-Law Went to Meet Her Maker 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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3. 353 降 After Taking a Pay Cut and Quietly Giving Up, My Boss Begged Me for Forgiveness All Night 降薪摆烂后，老板连夜跪求我原谅 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted After My Pay Was Cut, I Started Slacking Off. My Boss Begged Me on His Knees to Forgive Him That Very Night —Reads—Score1.1kShelves
4. 354 月 During My Confinement, I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out 月子里，我赶跑了婆婆 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted I Kicked My Mother-in-Law Out During My Postpartum Month 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
5. 355 一 Couple for a Week 一周情侣 Jin Ran槿然Modern Romance26k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance] After a breakup, her roommate forced her to sign up for “Couples for a Week.” Tong Xinyue went with an I-don't-care attitude, never expecting her assigned “boyfriend” to be her archenemy. He looked down at her, using his height to his advantage. “If we want the prize money, we're going to have to work together... really, really well.” 97Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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   Short, sweet stories, the kind that will make your teeth ache, high in sugar but no angst, enjoy! 😆😆😆😆😆

6. 356 社 A Socially Anxious Girl Chases Love and Keeps Embarrassing Herself 社恐追爱，反复社死 Jin Ran槿然Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance] Su Xiao is a homebody author who writes fluffy, feel-good wish-fulfillment stories. When she added her editor on WeChat, she didn’t think much of it. She just muttered, “Lian Yi? Isn’t that the male lead in my story? That’s quite a coincidence.” Revising her manuscript had left her dizzy and exhausted, and she had no time to dwell on it. She sent off the story and fell straight asleep. The next day. Lian Yi: “Su Xiao, just how many times have you fantasized about me?” 103Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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   Short, sweet stories, the kind that will make your teeth ache, high in sugar but no angst, enjoy! [Laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing]

7. 357 酒 The Clingy Drunk 酒后粘人精 The Di Jiang Divine Beast, Who Has Everything Go Smoothly一切顺利的帝江神兽9k WordsCompleted A Clingy Drunk 11.5kReads—Score—Shelves

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   A sweet and angsty short story with no angst, a humorous and silly delightful treat. The characters are engaging, the story is lighthearted and funny, perfect for reading before bed without feeling stifled.

8. 358 我 I Thought My Childhood Friend Was My Lucky Charm, but He Wants to Marry Me 我把发小当锦鲤，他却想把我娶回家 The Di Jiang Divine Beast, Who Has Everything Go Smoothly一切顺利的帝江神兽11k WordsCompleted I Thought My Childhood Friend Was My Lucky Charm, but He Wants to Marry Me 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
9. 359 我 My Brother Ascended to Heaven to Be a Celestial Beast of Burden, While I Found a Divine Beast and Took It Easy in the Mortal World 我哥飞升天庭当牛马，我捡神兽摆烂人间 The Di Jiang Divine Beast, Who Has Everything Go Smoothly一切顺利的帝江神兽15k WordsCompleted My Brother Ascended to the Heavenly Court to Be a Wage Slave, While I Picked Up Divine Beasts and Took It Easy in the Mortal World 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
10. 360 瓜 The Melon-Field Writer's Epic Fail 瓜田写手翻车记 The Di Jiang Divine Beast, Who Has Everything Go Smoothly一切顺利的帝江神兽13k WordsCompleted The Melon-Field Writer’s Epic Fail 599Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 361 系 The System Made My Best Friend Find Me a New Husband: Plaster and Ink Fragrance 系统逼我闺蜜给我换了个老公——石膏与墨香 The Di Jiang Divine Beast, Who Has Everything Go Smoothly一切顺利的帝江神兽12k WordsCompleted The System Made My Best Friend Find Me a New Husband, Plaster and the Scent of Ink 1kReads—Score—Shelves
12. 362 离 On the Night of My Divorce, My Tycoon System Was Exposed, Shocking the Entire City 离婚当晚，我神豪系统曝光震惊全城 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希11k WordsCompleted The Night I Divorced, My Billionaire System Was Exposed, Shocking the Entire City 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Several highly rated short and exciting novels

13. 363 老 My Husband Wants Me to Donate Bone Marrow to My Stepson 老公让我给继子捐骨髓 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted My Husband Asked Me to Donate Bone Marrow to My Stepson 531Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short stories that can be read in just over ten minutes

14. 364 退 I Activated the Immortal Emperor System on the Day My Engagement Was Broken, and Swept the Whole City 退婚当天激活仙帝系统，我横扫全城 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希13k WordsCompleted I Activated the Immortal Emperor System on the Day My Engagement Was Called Off, and Swept Through the Whole City 2Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 365 5 My 58-Year-Old Mother-in-Law Is Pregnant with a Posthumous Child 58岁高龄的婆婆怀上了遗腹子 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Completed My 58-Year-Old Mother-in-Law Is Pregnant with a Posthumous Child —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 366 开 My Girlfriend Cheated at the Start, So I Used Carbon-14 Dating to Send Her and Her Family to Their Graves 开局被绿，我反手用碳十四送渣女全家入 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希16k WordsCompleted I got cheated on from the start, so I hit back by using carbon-14 dating to send the scummy girl and her whole family into... —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 367 妻 After My Wife Gave All Our Savings to Her Brother, I Sold Our Marital Home 妻子把积蓄都给了弟弟后，我卖掉了婚房 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted After My Wife Gave All Our Savings to Her Younger Brother, I Sold Our Marital Home 219Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 368 胭 Rouge-Red Beauty Shatters the Buddha’s Heart 胭脂红颜破佛心 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希22k WordsCompleted Rouge-Bedecked Beauty Shatters the Buddha's Heart —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 369 温 Wen Ci Covers Old Love 温辞覆旧欢 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted Wen Ci Overturns Old Romance —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 370 哥 Brother, I’m Done Getting Treatment 哥哥，我不治了 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼19k WordsCompleted Big Brother, I’m Done with Treatment 1.5kReads—Score104Shelves

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    You can finish these books in half a day, they're incredibly heart-wrenching!!

21. 371 重 Reborn, I’m Held in the Arms of a Mad, Powerful Minister 重生后，被疯批权臣掐腰宠 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希8k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Was Held by the Waist by a Mad Power-Wielding Minister 1Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 372 你 Why Haven't You Come to Cheer Me Up Yet? 你怎么还不来哄我 Hot and Sour Rice Noodles酸辣粉16k WordsCompleted My fiancé died in the line of duty five years ago. His body was never found. But at 8:17 p.m. on August 20 this year, Captain Wang called me himself. He said, “Shen Guannan has been found. He's alive and well, but he's married.” 59Reads—Score102Shelves
23. 373 被 After the Entire Internet Blacklisted Me, I Revealed My Identity as the Ultimate God of War 被全网封杀后，我曝光巅峰战神身份 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希13k WordsCompleted After Being Blacklisted Across the Internet, I Revealed My Identity as the Supreme War God —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 374 权 The Power-Hungry Darling in His Palm 权利的掌中娇 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希16k WordsCompleted The Power's Darling in the Palm of Her Hand 2Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 375 巡 Qi Xiaotang, Inspector of the City 巡城御史戚小塘 Han Guang晗光Mystery23k WordsCompleted Qi Xiaotang was also a seventh-rank censor. Why “also”? The Imperial Censors of the Thirteen Circuits and the Censors-in-Chief of the Six Offices were the emperor’s guardians of public conduct, each one an important figure. But Qi Xiaotang, a patrol censor for the Five Wards, spent every day rushing around the streets, dusty from head to toe. Most of the cases he handled were trivial neighborhood disputes, and the locals had even affectionately nicknamed him the “Street-Sweeping Censor.” Still, 629Reads9.5Score101Shelves

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    🍀A bizarre atmosphere, mind-bending details, and an ending completely different from what you imagined—a total plot twist! The first two stories are best read several times to fully understand.🍀The language is simple and engaging, yet full of wisdom.

26. 376 春 Picking Begonias on a Spring Night 春夜折海棠 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希14k WordsCompleted Begonia Blossoms on a Spring Night 1Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 377 不 A Love That Never Forgot Its First Promise 不忘初心的爱恋 When I Was Young许我年少时11k WordsCompleted A Love That Never Forgets Its Original Promise 28Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 378 京 The Capital's Number One Vicious Woman: Putting Spoiled Brats in Their Place 京城第一恶女，专治纨绔不服 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希21k WordsCompleted The capital’s number one wicked woman: I put spoiled playboys in their place. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 379 和 After Breaking Up with My Girlfriend, I Met the Right One 和女友分手后，转身遇见对的人 When I Was Young许我年少时Modern Romance12k WordsCompleted After Breaking Up with My Girlfriend, I Turned Around and Met the Right One 16Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 380 旧 Old Candles Beneath the Palace Walls 旧烛覆宫墙 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted Old Candles Over the Palace Walls —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 381 青 My Childhood Sweetheart Fell for Someone Else, So I Married Her Older Sister! 青梅变心，我转身娶她姐姐！ When I Was Young许我年少时Modern Romance12k WordsCompleted My Childhood Sweetheart Changed Her Heart, So I Turned Around and Married Her Sister! 410Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 382 我 What We Have Is No Coincidence 我们之间不是偶然 Qi Meng齐梦Modern Romance111k WordsCompleted Love spoken aloud is still love, and so are the feelings kept secret. From the moment we met, our story was never a coincidence. "Mutual Wounds" Like snow-capped mountains and a long street, we melt away when the sun rises. Some feelings are doomed from the start, and some people are destined to part from the moment they meet. “Niannian, haven’t you always wondered how your dad died?” Li Nian always thought the Ji family was her and her mother’s salvation from a life of hardship. She never knew 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book contains short stories, ranging from heart-wrenching tales that push the boundaries of tragic endings to the bittersweet reunion of long-lost lovers, to sweet romances. [Thumbs up]

33. 383 月 The Sweet Osmanthus Refuses to Follow Convention 月桂不赴世俗 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希18k WordsCompleted The laurel does not bend to worldly conventions. —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 384 舔 Three and a Half Years as a Simp, Then the System Told Me I Had the Wrong Target 舔狗三年半，系统说我攻略错对象 Beauty Zhang Sanfeng美女张三疯Ancient Romance386k WordsCompleted [The physical edition of Abandon the Dark and Join Him, Volume One, is now available for purchase online] [The Second Male Lead's Redemption Arc] 1. Qiao Yin spent three years and eleven months fawning over Lu Jinzhi. Everyone in the capital knew she would marry no one but him, yet the System told her: She had pursued the wrong target. Qiao Yin: ... 2 Qiao Yin suddenly vanished from Lu Jinzhi's side. On the first day of her disappearance, Lu Jinzhi sneered: Just a little game of playing hard to 49.9kReads9.4Score6kShelves

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    It's so good! The female lead spent three years trying to seduce the second male lead, only to be told by the system that she had made a mistake.

35. 385 我 I Can't Believe I'm the Neighboring Big Sister's Boyfriend in the Making 我竟然是邻家姐姐的养成系男友 When I Was Young许我年少时Modern Romance12k WordsCompleted I Can't Believe I'm the Boyfriend My Neighboring Older Sister Is Raising 32Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 386 离 During the Divorce Cooling-Off Period: He Brought His Illegitimate Child Home 离婚冷静期：他把私生子领回了家 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希28k WordsCompleted The Divorce Cooling-Off Period: He Brought His Illegitimate Child Home 2Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 387 短 A Collection of Short Stories 短故事集锦 Whispers in the Lime Breeze青柠微语Ancient Romance125k WordsCompleted This book is made up of short stories in various genres, and each one stands alone. Readers, please feel free to point out anything that could be improved. I hope you enjoy them! 30Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    I'm giving my own book a shout-out. [Sending a heart]

38. 388 新 On My Wedding Night, I Caught My Husband and His Best Friend in a Secret 新婚夜，我撞见老公和他好兄弟的秘密 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted On Our Wedding Night, I Caught My Husband and His Best Friend in a Secret 162Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If not 80,000, is 10,000 okay?

39. 389 端 I'm the Master of Keeping Everyone Happy, but My Childhood Friends Have Me Cornered... 端水大师的我，被青梅姐妹堵门…… When I Was Young许我年少时11k WordsCompleted I Was the Master of Keeping Everyone Happy, Until the Sisters Who Were My Childhood Sweethearts Cornered Me... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 390 老 Old Campus Demolition Crew: Don't Touch That Wall 老校区拆迁队：别碰那面墙 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希11k WordsCompleted Old Campus Demolition Crew: Don’t Touch That Wall. —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 391 女 My Daughter Wants to Sell the House to Start a Business, So I Flipped the Dinner Table 女儿要卖房创业，我掀了饭桌 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted My Daughter Wants to Sell the House to Start a Business, So I Flipped the Dinner Table 856Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 392 我 A Normal Romance with My Yandere Childhood Friend! 我和病娇青梅，谈个正常的恋爱！ When I Was Young许我年少时12k WordsCompleted Me and My Childhood Friend with a Yandere Streak: Let’s Have a Normal Relationship! 1.3kReads—Score148Shelves
43. 393 毕 Graduated and Unemployed? The Rules at My New Job Are Insane 毕业失业？我入职的公司规则有点疯 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希26k WordsCompleted Graduated and Unemployed? The Rules at My New Job Are Insane —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 394 老 My Husband Traded My Luck to Shield His First Love from Disaster 老公换我气运给他初恋挡灾 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted My Husband Traded My Good Fortune to Shield His First Love from Disaster 23Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 395 合 Divorced by Contract, Caught in a Showdown Between My Ex-Wife and Childhood Friend! 合约离婚，前妻和青梅的修罗场！ When I Was Young许我年少时12k WordsCompleted A Contractual Divorce, and a Love Triangle Between My Ex-Wife and Childhood Sweetheart! 835Reads—Score129Shelves
46. 396 跨 Fireworks Across a Thousand Miles 跨越千里的烟火 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希24k WordsCompleted Fireworks Across a Thousand Miles —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 397 和 After a Fake Marriage to the CEO, I Became a Real Billionaire Heiress 和总裁假结婚后，我成了真亿万富婆 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭14k WordsCompleted After Faking a Marriage with the CEO, I Became a Real Billionaire Heiress 42Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 398 喝 A Love Confession After a Drunken Night 喝醉酒后表白出的爱情 When I Was Young许我年少时8k WordsCompleted A Love Confession Made While Drunk 53Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 399 凌 The Knocking at Three in the Morning 3 凌晨三点的敲门声3 Tamashi of the Rooftop天台的塔玛希12k WordsCompleted The Knocking at Three in the Morning 3 —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 400 摊 I'll Come Clean: The Boyfriend I Rented Is a Trillionaire CEO 摊牌了，我租的男友是千亿总裁 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted The Truth Is Out: The Boyfriend I Rented Is a Trillionaire CEO 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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