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Short Angsty Stories with No Over-the-Top Drama

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GPT-6 Luna

I’ve looked through so many angst-story discussions, and they’re all the same few books. I really love tragic endings and beautiful sorrow, the kind that leaves you with red eyes from crying. Just please, nothing like SGWQ; I can’t get into that style.

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101 Seeking Dreams in Bieyuan Purple ZixinModern Romance31k WordsCompleted 1Reads8.5Score—Shelves
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A short story with very upright and cruel views.
102 "The Light That Once Illuminated Me" Regret Purple ZixinModern Romance6k WordsCompleted —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
103 Soul-Dispersing Bluebell Purple Zixin6k WordsCompleted —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
104 My Ex-Boyfriend and I Joined a Dating Show New Little Bai LiuModern Romance17k WordsCompleted —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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This book is not crazy at all, it looks very plain, but at the end I felt a little bit sad. Inferiority is the first feeling when I like people. I build a wall because of inferiority, thinking that it can protect me. In the end, both of them were covered in bruises. The sadness was heart-wrenching. The conversation between the male and female protagonists at the end was both realistic and tear-inducing, making me cry [crying]
105 Luoshui Silence: Crazy Criticizes the Emperor for Abusing His Wife and Vomits Blood Every Night Snow Geese in VancouverMarriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted 16Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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The super sadistic BE behind Luo Shen Fu is so painful to watch!
106 Emberbone Albizia YuqianAncient Romance150k WordsCompleted 108Reads5.8Score—Shelves
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[I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry]
107 Youyoujinnian Zhu RongyangModern Romance205k WordsCompleted 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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💦💦💦💦 Lin Yuan, who has always felt that girls are the most troublesome, never thought that he would meet a girl like Yan Ran. She doesn't cry or make trouble when he hurts her. She takes revenge but is brave and heroic. She is low-key Buddhist but versatile. She is like a Doraemon. She appeared in his life and drew beautiful memories for him in his early years. She was the incomplete part of him. The two of them were a complete circle together, but they both ignored their fate. After meeting more than ten years later, he knew her secret. This time she no longer avoided it. This time he had confidence. The road in life was long and difficult. This time, could they be favored by fate?
108 Mu Yu Becomes Sad (Mu Yu Ci) Mu Qili6k WordsCompleted 6Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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It's very reassuring to be tortured
109 Blessed with Stars Mu Qili6k WordsCompleted 10Reads8.5Score—Shelves
110 Overturning the Night, Love Leaves Pujiang Dess Barbie Powder15k WordsCompleted 1Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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It writes about ordinary life, both sadistic and healing. It is worth reading to the end.
111 The Cauliflower Snake Asked for a Title, I Named Him Wang Qiang Nan Mo Mei Qiao10k WordsCompleted —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
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Not bloody, not bloody
112 One Peach Tree Lasts a Thousand Years ZxinranAncient Romance11k WordsCompleted 13Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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What does it feel like to be a double for a thousand years? I am the peach blossom demon under the peach tree. Thousands of years later, he knelt in front of me, and I only said one sentence... [Shy] Beautiful pictures with text + extras
113 The Wind Chimes Ring Again, and No One from the Past Returns Home. Yue ChengModern Romance8k WordsCompleted 3Reads8.5Score—Shelves
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Not bloody. The male protagonist performs a task and is misunderstood by the female protagonist. The male protagonist thought that the female protagonist hated him, and he never knew until his death that the female protagonist was waiting for him to marry her. The male protagonist says he is afraid, but the female protagonist is also afraid. [Crying][Crying] Both of us have been suffering for 28 years, and it is clear that we are about to have a good life.
114 Happy 100Th Birthday Chuan Shenyan8k WordsCompleted 36Reads8.5Score—Shelves
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Bursting with positive energy
115 You Broke Your Promise Shi QingyaoModern Romance138k WordsCompleted 70.5kReads9.5Score12.7kShelves
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In the year of graduation, Tan Qing asked someone to deliver a letter to Cheng Dongyun. During the summer vacation, he often passed by his community hoping for a reply, but to no avail. Many years later, Cheng Dongyun found the letter and Tan Qing's diary in the bookcase. After rereading it, he solemnly replied to the letter, apologizing for the late reply and asking Tan Qing to live a good life there with his missing family.
116 The Flowers Have Gone Before Spring Comes Li BingxingModern Romance209k WordsOngoing 574Reads6.4Score108Shelves
117 The Final Seventy Days Everlasting Peace and Joy57k WordsCompleted 287Reads8.1Score100Shelves
118 Weathering the Midlife Crisis of Marriage Together Qiao Yiyi17k WordsCompleted —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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This is a short story. It was really sad at first, but I started to cry when I saw it.
119 The Sky Is Still Blue 0An Ordinary Person012k WordsCompleted 57Reads9.0Score—Shelves
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Essays about life and emotions.
120 After Falling in Love with Xiaoxianrou, She Went Crazy. 0An Ordinary Person0Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted 32Reads8.4Score—Shelves
121 The Demolition Payment Is 3 Million. It's Nothing to Do with Me, but They Still Want Me to Get Out. 0An Ordinary Person0Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted 27Reads8.4Score—Shelves
122 Dad, Have You Changed? 0An Ordinary Person08k WordsCompleted 14Reads8.5Score—Shelves
123 After Rebirth, I Will Still Marry You. 0An Ordinary Person0Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted 60Reads9.2Score—Shelves
124 The Accident That Day, We Exchanged Our Lives 0An Ordinary Person010k WordsCompleted 5Reads8.5Score—Shelves
125 Taken Away? 0An Ordinary Person08k WordsCompleted 1Reads8.6Score—Shelves
126 Scored Twice, but Fell into a Gentle Trap 0An Ordinary Person0Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted 38Reads8.9Score—Shelves
127 Lost Emotions 0An Ordinary Person0Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
128 The Goddess Took My Spare Tire on a Blind Date, and the Result Was Unexpected The Strategist10k WordsCompleted 11.1kReads9.3Score—Shelves
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Be, tortured to the point of angina pectoris
129 After We Broke Up, I Married My Ex's Best Friend The StrategistMarriage & Romance18k WordsCompleted 6.4kReads9.0Score—Shelves
130 My Girlfriend Went Missing from My Class Reunion and It Made Me Crazy. The StrategistMarriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted 5.2kReads9.5Score—Shelves
131 The Beauty Said She Was Pregnant, but I Only Touched Her Skirt The StrategistMarriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted 1.7kReads9.0Score—Shelves
132 I Had a Crush on the School Beauty and It Was Miserable in My Previous Life. After My Rebirth, I Want to Confess My Love and Change My Life. The Strategist8k WordsCompleted 50Reads8.4Score—Shelves
133 A Beautiful CEO Married a Food Delivery Rider. After She Died, I Called Her When I Was Drunk. The StrategistMarriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted 214Reads8.7Score—Shelves
134 I Have Had a Crush on a Beautiful Colleague for Three Years. Will She Agree After Confessing My Love? The Strategist12k WordsCompleted 121Reads8.8Score—Shelves
135 A Beautiful Woman Contacts a Male Listener. Is There a Shocking Secret Behind Her? The StrategistMarriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted 63Reads8.6Score—Shelves
136 A Beautiful Woman Refused My Confession and Then Came to My Door Two Years Later? The StrategistMarriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted 115Reads8.8Score—Shelves
137 After She Proposed Eight Times, I Left with Her Singing The Strategist10k WordsCompleted 182Reads8.7Score—Shelves
138 First Love Versus AI Beauty, What Should I Do? The Strategist12k WordsCompleted 88Reads8.8Score—Shelves
139 I Like You so Much, I Can't Control Myself The Strategist8k WordsCompleted 87Reads8.7Score—Shelves
140 If the Rich Man Offends the God in His Dream, Let's Destroy Him. The Strategist14k WordsCompleted 60Reads8.6Score—Shelves
141 Let Her Pretend to Be a Wealthy Girlfriend, and Winning a Lottery of Five Million Is Not Worth Mentioning. The StrategistMarriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted 138Reads8.9Score—Shelves
142 The Toothpaste Girl Was Born at Midnight, How Should I Choose? The Strategist10k WordsCompleted 36Reads8.5Score—Shelves
143 The Ignorant Love in Those Green Years The StrategistModern Romance6k WordsCompleted 20Reads8.4Score—Shelves
144 You on the Rooftop Soaring BlueModern Romance23k WordsCompleted —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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Rebirth, school bullying
145 My Mother Is the Mistress in the Article About Chasing My Wife, and I Am the Illegitimate Daughter. Lord Yichen Palace22k WordsCompleted 61Reads9.0Score—Shelves
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Just looking at it makes me want to cry@
146 I Became the Second Female Lead in an Angsty Novel, So I'm Lying Flat Purple-Robed Evil EmperorAncient Romance408k WordsCompleted 11.6kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
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(Shuangjie + the heroine is beautiful, soft and scheming) Cheng Qingqing, a girl in modern society, passed through the book and became the cousin of the Duke of the country, and died tragically of the second female abuser.
147 A Collection of Short, Tragic Bad-End Stories J Le JiangAncient Romance101k WordsCompleted 807Reads8.0Score—Shelves
148 He Signed the Agreement and Sneered! You'll Be Crawling Back in Three Months Phoenix Song at DawnModern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted 23.3kReads7.2Score2.2kShelves
149 Ambiguity: a Collection of Short Stories About Abuse BoyanMarriage & Romance400k WordsCompleted 445Reads8.8Score—Shelves
150 My Father Has Alzheimer's Happy-Go-Lucky Wordsmith9k WordsCompleted 2Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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Absolutely not bloody