Boys’ Love, Short, 10–20 Chapters, Angsty, Extremely Angsty, Absolutely Devastating be，短篇，10到20章之内，虐，很虐，非常虐

1. 201 情 Love Broken, Demons Born: Sword Pointed at the Faithless 情断魔生，剑指负心人 Meow Sang Won't Return Home喵桑不回故乡Ancient Romance239k WordsCompleted [Beautiful but ruthless heroine + a touch of angst + growth-oriented heroine + tragic ending] (She is not strong in the early chapters) The thing Nangong Jiuli regretted most in this life was falling for Ming Yu. She could have lived carefree as the only Phoenix Goddess beneath the Nine Heavens, but because of him, she lost her spiritual heart and accidentally fell into demonic cultivation. Everyone said the most important person to the Emperor was me. He was cold to everyone else, but gave me a 135Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 202 病 My Sickly Sweetheart: The Stray Puppy Brother I Took In Became a Wolf 病娇：捡来的奶狗弟弟成了狼崽子 Yu Jun Can't Eat Spicy Food于君不能吃辣Two Male Leads243k WordsCompleted (Cool, aloof beauty as the pursued + Suspense and horror + Obsessive younger black-hearted pursuer) Dr. Shen never imagined that the puppy he'd “rescued” was really a wolf cub, or that he would end up “raising” him into adulthood. The wolf cub knew how to act cute and pitiful, but he could bare his fangs, too. Shen Ling thought of him as a big dog to keep around for fun, though this dog wasn't very well behaved. “Brother Ling, do you know? Every time I see you, I wonder how I can lock you up.” 121Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   My dear Rui Rui, aside from the first book which is a bit long, the remaining four are 30,000-60,000 words each, and they're all dual male protagonist stories. The first one is a pure romance with a yandere (obsessive and possessive) style, so it'll be a bit crazy. The second one is a bit frustrating in the beginning, but there's a huge plot twist later on. The third one is about suicide—isn't that a kind of liberation?

3. 203 鲛 The Merman Has Lost All Hope 鲛人他心灰意冷 Hua Xi花溪Two Male Leads32k WordsCompleted The merman Chen Xiao was lured to the human world by Murong Jing's promises of love, never imagining that a trap had been laid for him long ago! He was imprisoned in the imperial dungeon and tortured day after day. It was all because Murong Jing wanted to take his most precious merman pearl and use it to save his seriously ill first love! After learning the truth, Chen Xiao died in despair. But Murong Jing had always said Chen Xiao disgusted him. So why did he go mad and try to bring him back to 829Reads8.0Score101Shelves
4. 204 美 A Beauty Contacts a Male Listener, but Is There a Shocking Secret Behind It? 美女联络男倾听师，背后藏着惊天秘密？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A Beautiful Woman Gets in Touch with a Male Listener. Is There a Shocking Secret Behind It? 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Short, tragic story, bad ending, heartbreaking to the core, but the ending is fantastic.

5. 205 废 The Discarded Stand-In Has Had Enough 废弃替身想开了 One Little Sweet Fish一口小甜鱼Two Male Leads215k WordsCompleted [No female lead, 1v1, seriously angsty drama + stand-in for the unattainable first love + winning him back at any cost + mutual healing + rekindled romance + 80% angst, 20% sweetness + happy ending] Cen Yu had known Gu Yanting for ten years. For the first five, he was Gu Yanting's sidekick, his underling. In the sixth year, Gu Yanting said, “Your profile looks like Qi Anyi's,” and Cen Yu became a stand-in for Gu Yanting's unattainable first love. In the tenth year, Qi Anyi came back. Gu Yanting 5.4kReads8.8Score330Shelves

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   1. The female lead dies right at the beginning, and the male lead doesn't believe her or is suspicious, but he regrets it later. You'll know once you read it. 43,000 Words in total. 2. A story with two male leads, filled with misunderstandings, melodramatic substitutions, a wife-chasing frenzy, and reconciliation. 80% Sweet and 20% angst. 210,000 Words available. 3. Two male leads. Luo breaks the leg of the other male lead for his white moonlight. Later, the other male lead falls off a cliff, loses his memory, and leaves him completely. Only then does Luo realize that he is his white moonlight, his cinnabar mole. However, there is no reconciliation; the second male lead takes over! 50,000 Words available. [Kiss]

6. 206 予 You Gave Me Deep Love and Turned My Life Upside Down 予你情深，乱我一生 Su Ziyao苏子遥Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted Eighteen years ago, Wen Ziyu was the person He Jingyang promised to stay with forever. Eighteen years later, Wen Ziyu was locked in an attic by He Jingyang and cruelly abused. He Jingyang always said Wen Ziyu owed him and that he'd make him pay little by little. But in the end, it was He Jingyang who owed Wen Ziyu a pair of eyes, a life, and a lifetime of love and devotion. 297Reads6.8Score100Shelves
7. 207 富 The Rich Young Master Angered a God in His Dream, So Everyone Gets Wiped Out 富家公子惹恼梦中神，那就团灭吧 The Strategist策略派14k WordsCompleted A Rich Young Master Angers a Dream God, So the Whole Family Gets Wiped Out 31Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 208 鸩 A Cup of Poisoned Wine, and Drunk with You 鸩酒一杯与君醉 Flowing Wind流风Two Male Leads60k WordsCompleted Blurb: When they first met, he was a subject, and he risked his life to take a sword meant for the other man. Later, that man became emperor, wiped out his entire family, stripped away his pride, and forcibly kept him by his side. He waited, full of hope, for his elder brother to return victorious, but all he received was a cold corpse. In the end, he drank poison in front of everyone, smiling like a spring breeze. “Your Majesty, I offer my life as the price of regicide. May you live for all ete 1kReads8.0Score133Shelves
9. 209 喜 I Went Crazy After Falling for You 喜欢你后我疯了 Sweet Sugar Su甜糖苏Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted For the sake of his first love, Luo Jinxuan breaks Shen Yuning’s leg. The servants of the Luo family find one cruel way after another to torment him. Shen Yuning goes from silent endurance to a complete breakdown, but Luo Jinxuan doesn’t care. He tells him, “You really are crazy.” Later, his first love causes Shen Yuning to fall off a cliff. Shen Yuning nearly dies, and at last Luo Jinxuan pays attention to him. He even says, “If you can get better this time, I’ll marry you. How’s that?” When Sh 309Reads8.8Score—Shelves
10. 210 暗 My Unrequited Love's Tragic Past Life: Reborn, I'll Confess and Change Our Fate 暗恋校花前世凄苦，重生后我要表白改命 The Strategist策略派8k WordsCompleted My Secret Crush, the Campus Belle, Had a Miserable Past Life. Reborn, I’ll Confess and Change My Fate 31Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 211 牙 The Toothpaste Woman Appeared at Midnight. What Should I Choose? 牙膏女午夜出世，我该如何选择啊 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted A Toothpaste Woman Appears at Midnight. What Should I Choose? 14Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 212 强 The Campus Hottie I Forced to Love Me Was Bitter and Cold, So She Stopped Chasing Me After Being Reborn 强扭的校草酸又涩，重生她不追了 Dao Shangxie刀上邪Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Reborn + devoted one-on-one romance + both leads are pure and each other's first + a long road to winning her back] In her previous life, Su Jiani fell in love with the campus heartthrob at first sight. She pursued him for years without success, then resorted to despicable tactics to get pregnant and marry him. Knowing he didn't love her, she gradually lost hope. Reborn before the college entrance exams, she no longer clings to him for help with homework. She gets high marks, but doesn't apply 49.2kReads8.9Score3.8kShelves

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    The first book, only 27 chapters long, made me cry from the very first chapter to the very last. I swear it's the first angst-filled novel I've ever finished reading; my eyes were swollen from crying. The second book, a Peking University graduate student novel, has 37 chapters in total. The writing is exceptionally good, and I couldn't resist rereading it. It's incredibly heart-wrenching.

13. 213 十 Fourteen Letters 十四封信 Mo Wen Sheng墨文笙Modern Romance33k WordsCompleted Ruan Shengsheng × Zhou Mingsen (The contents of the fourteen letters are on Weibo ♥) Ruan Shengsheng had already come to accept death in peace, but his arrival made her begin to fear her own disappearance. He said, “Shengsheng, don’t cry. I’ll always be by your side.” She said, “I went to the temple to pray for your safety for the rest of your life.” At the very end, he held her hand tightly. Tears slid down his cheeks and fell onto their clasped hands. Summer in Yuncheng ended, and their s 1kReads8.4Score338Shelves

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    Super beautiful!!! And so incredibly moving!!! It's super short, only 3044 words in the first minute, but the impact is amazing!!! 🥺🥺🥺

14. 214 重 Reborn, I Let My Fiancée and Her Lover Stay Together for Good 重生后，放手让未婚妻和奸夫牢牢锁死 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted Reborn, I let my fiancée and her lover bind themselves together for good. 168Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Take a look at these books, around ten chapters each.

15. 215 那 The Innocent Loves of Our Youth 那些青葱岁月里，懵懵懂懂的爱情 The Strategist策略派Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted The Innocent Loves of Our Youth 12Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 216 此 This Love Has Become a Memory, Like a Pair of Mandarins Left Behind 此情已自成追忆，零落鸳鸯 Shi Xiaohan时潇晗Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Not a mutually devoted couple, read with caution) BE aesthetics [Princess of Great Yan + Emperor of Great Chu] [Cool beauty + mad emperor] She was Mu Ziwan, the noble legitimate princess of Great Yan. He was Chu Junqian, the young emperor of Great Chu. That year, Chu Junqian was only thirteen. Great Chu and Great Yan went to war, and Great Chu was defeated. His own sister was sent to Great Yan to marry for peace, and it was through this that Chu Junqian first met Mu Ziwan. She was seven years o 696Reads8.9Score101Shelves
17. 217 你 You Tore Up My Critical Condition Notice, So I'll Cut Off Your Group's Lifeline 你撕我病危通知，我断你集团命脉 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭15k WordsCompleted You tore up my critical condition notice. I’ll cut off the lifeline of your entire conglomerate. 207Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 218 笼 The Caged Songbird Ensnared the Mad Emperor 笼中雀她渣了疯批皇帝 Lord Number One Scholar探花大人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Taking Her by Force / The Long Road to Winning Her Back | Sweet, Deceptive Maid × Domineering, Ruthless, Scheming Emperor] Xu Zhixing was emperor twice in his life. The first time he took the throne, he kept Jiang Si imprisoned by his side and personally forced her to drink a pregnancy-preventing potion. But power struggles were rife with hidden murderous intent, and life and death were unpredictable. In just a few short years, the dynasty changed hands several times. After the Qing dynasty was 1.2kReads8.4Score102Shelves
19. 219 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
20. 220 女 My Daughter Calls His Best Friend Dad, and My CEO Ex-Husband Regrets It Bitterly 女儿认他好兄弟当爸爸，总裁前夫肠子都悔青了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭16k WordsCompleted His daughter calls his best friend Dad, and his CEO ex-husband is consumed with regret. 396Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 221 罪 The Guilty Wife 罪妻 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼Modern Romance569k WordsCompleted [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 6.3kReads8.7Score462Shelves
22. 222 李 Li Chengdao 李承道 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted Special forces soldier Li Chengdao unexpectedly transmigrates to a strange valley. He transforms the valley and makes his way out of the mountains. Using the valley as his base, he builds his own Heavenly Dao Group in the world of immortal cultivation. He establishes the Li Family Medical Hall and heals the sick. He makes his fortune with spiritual-root wine, branches into every industry, and becomes the richest man under heaven. He establishes a free Heavenly Dao Academy and cultivates a great 1.1kReads9.2Score245Shelves

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    Cultivation Fantasy Novels

23. 223 闺 My Best Friend’s Private Kitchen 闺蜜私房菜 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭6k WordsCompleted My Best Friend’s Private Kitchen 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
24. 224 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
25. 225 忠 Faithful Hound 忠犬 Qing Shisi卿十四Two Male Leads45k WordsCompleted Zhou Qi says he’ll be Qi Tingyao’s dog for the rest of his life, but he can’t bear to stop there. Through countless sleepless nights, he tears at his own soul and cries out with longing. The feelings he has buried deep in his heart for over a decade finally burst forth. Just how much does he love Qi Tingyao? Perhaps it’s shown in the way he finally finds the strength to let go as he lies dying. 3.6kReads8.6Score396Shelves

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    Both are very good and quite heart-wrenching, but the second one is a bit longer.

26. 226 百 After the Million-Yuan Year-End Bonus Was Canceled, the Whole Company Regretted It 百万年终奖取消后，全公司都后悔了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted The Million-Yuan Year-End Bonus Was Canceled, and the Whole Company Regretted It 2kReads—Score—Shelves
27. 227 都 Urban Mysticism: The Stunning Fortune-Teller Is a Force to Be Reckoned With 都市玄算：绝色卦师飒爆了 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼6k WordsCompleted Urban Mysticism: The Stunning Diviner Takes the World by Storm 6Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 228 裁 They Laid Off the Group Chairman's Heir 裁员裁到集团太子爷 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted They Laid Off the Group's Heir 885Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 229 雪 When Snow Falls in the Northern Frontier, I Find Warmth and Faraway Places 雪落北疆时，遇见温暖与远方 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted When snow falls in the northern frontier, she finds warmth and a world beyond 7Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 230 青 Little Fox of Qingqiu: A Millennium of Cultivation, Reduced to Ash in a Day! 青丘小狐：千年修行，一朝成灰！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted The Little Fox of Qingqiu: A Thousand Years of Cultivation, Reduced to Ash in a Single Day! 90Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The kind of rural scenes that are very touching

31. 231 笼 The Caged Prize: The Alluring Concubine 笼中之物之尤物小外室 Blue and Purple Never Part蓝紫不相离Ancient Romance438k WordsCompleted 1.6kReads8.1Score—Shelves
32. 232 车 Starlight in the Traffic, a Warm Journey into the New Year 车流里的星光，跨年时的暖途 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼6k WordsCompleted Starlight in the Traffic, a Warm Journey on New Year's Eve 4Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 233 他 By the Time He Kissed Me, I Was Already Cold 他吻我时，我已冰冷 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted He kissed me when I was already cold. 221Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 234 真 The Real and Fake Heiresses: Shattered Jade, Perfect Pearls 真假千金，玉碎珠圆 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼8k WordsCompleted The Real and the Fake Heiress: A Perfect Ending 4Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 235 笔 A Nation Ruined by the Author's Pen 笔下亡国 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A Fallen Kingdom, Written Into Being 117Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 236 捡 I Picked Up a Cat, and It Was a Spirit Pet 捡个猫咪是灵宠 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼6k WordsCompleted I Picked Up a Cat, and It Turned Out to Be a Spirit Pet 5Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 237 我 My Domineering Girlfriend 我的霸道女友 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀6k WordsCompleted My Overbearing Girlfriend 48Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 238 B A Collection of Bittersweet Short Stories BE短故事合集 Nian An and Jiu Li念安and九离Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing A collection of all kinds of short stories with bittersweet endings. Each chapter is a new story. These are short stories, and I hope you enjoy my work. 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short tragic ending with beautiful aesthetics, so touching, I cried [crying]

39. 239 劫 Rob the Rich, Ascend to Immortality: Transmigrate to Ancient Times to Steal from Corrupt Officials 劫富升仙：穿越古代盗贪官 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼8k WordsCompleted Rob the Rich to Become Immortal: Transmigrate to Ancient Times and Rob Corrupt Officials 2Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 240 我 After I Died, All That Came Out Was a Lifetime of Sobs! 我死后，说出来的是一生的呜咽！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted After I Died, All That Came Out Was a Lifetime of Sobs! 68Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 241 小 The Young Master Is Reborn and Wants Nothing but to Wait for Death 小少爷重生后一心等死 Startled Bird Enters a Dream惊鸟入梦Two Male Leads485k WordsCompleted [Reborn + one-on-one romance + sweet and doting + happy ending][Goofy, fatherly big shot x sickly young master] When Wen Yinuo was five, he got lost while out on a family trip. He wasn’t found until he was sixteen. But in the second year after he went missing, his family had adopted another child to take his place. Even after Wen Yinuo returned, his parents and relatives gave all their tenderness and love to the adopted child, without sparing a bit for him. Everything Wen Yinuo did was even bran 17.4kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    He finally got home, but was met with disgust and disdain from his family. Even when he fell ill, they thought he had ill intentions. [Almost crying] Just as the New Year was dawning, he jumped off a cliff. [Crying][crying][crying][crying][crying] Life is nice, but he never wants to come back. [Crying] He might as well just cry himself to death.

42. 242 废 A Glimmer of Light in the Wasteland! 废土微光！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀11k WordsCompleted A Glimmer in the Wasteland! 57Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 243 修 I Returned from Cultivation to Find Myself Surrounded by Descendants 修仙归来，我已子孙满堂 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼7k WordsCompleted I Returned from Cultivation, and Now I Have a House Full of Descendants 14Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 244 恶 The Wicked Stepmother's Lonely Heart 恶毒后母，孤独心 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted The Wicked Stepmother's Lonely Heart 2Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 245 他 By the Time He Returned, I Was Gone 他归来时，我已不在 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀7k WordsCompleted By the time he returned, I was already gone 21Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 246 青 A Lone Leaf of a Boat Drifts Beneath the Bright Moon 青舟一叶浮明月 TwinkleJunTwinkle菌Two Male Leads26k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, historical romance] [Multiple perspectives, with each chapter title naming its viewpoint character] [Compassionate, almost divine talent x gentle, free-spirited prince] Chi Yanzhou first learned of Shen Qingmo through what was supposedly the renowned work that made him the capital's greatest literary talent. Before ever seeing his face, Chi Yanzhou had first come to know his soul, that breathtaking tip of the iceberg. “Humans look up at the work of heaven; only gods look down up 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first two books were really heart-wrenching. The first one was a short story, "How absurd it is to love only one person in a lifetime, leaving one to wander alone." The second one was a bit longer, but still very good. [Almost crying] The last one is just me promoting myself a little [facepalm]. It's very short, only 20 chapters. I hope you can support it. Suggestions are welcome.

47. 247 穿 Transmigrated as a Good-for-Nothing Son of a Concubine, I Rose to Power with the Karma System 穿成废柴庶子，靠因果系统权倾朝野 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼42k WordsCompleted Transmigrated as a good-for-nothing illegitimate son, he uses the Karma System to seize power at court 23Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 248 未 The Home We Never Spoke Of 未说出口的家 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀11k WordsCompleted The Home Left Unspoken 22Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 249 阿 Aye, I'm Leaving 阿也，我走了 A Wu阿午Modern Romance88k WordsCompleted [Sensitive, self-conscious heroine x gentle, sunny hero] When Lin Zhiyou was six, her father died in a car accident, and her mother raised her alone. After her mother changed jobs, eighteen-year-old Lin Zhiyou transferred to Nancheng No. 1 High School. There, she met Jiang Ye... A sensitive, self-conscious girl falls in love with a gentle, sunny boy, but the wheels of fate have not turned in her favor... 34Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    This is incredibly heart-wrenching, a tragic ending (BE) story. It'll take at least ten days to two weeks to get over it after reading it [crying][crying][crying][crying][crying]. But if you like BE stories, you should definitely check it out; it's really good and will make your heart ache [almost crying][almost crying][crying][crying].

50. 250 我 Ten Years After My Death, He Dug Up My Body in a Mass Grave 我死后十年，他在乱葬岗挖我尸体 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted Ten years after I died, he dug up my body from the mass grave 708Reads—Score—Shelves

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