Tragic Novels, BE, with Better Writing and a Somewhat Logical Plot 虐文，BE文笔好点，情节有点逻辑

1. 1 暗 The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted 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

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   Story Synopsis: Character Traits: Absolutely heartbreaking!!! A tragic ending with a beautiful ending!!! Recommended Rating: Five stars

2. 2 江 Fishermen’s Lights on the River, Keeping Me Awake with Sorrow 江枫渔火对愁眠 Can't Catch不能扑Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted She waited for him all her life, but he would never come back. 824Reads8.6Score156Shelves
3. 3 我 I Told You I Love You in Heaven 我在天堂说爱你 Ling Xi灵希Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted At fifteen, Junxi accidentally got blood from an AIDS patient into one of his wounds and contracted the disease. From then on, his normal life was completely upended, and he lived in constant fear that he could die at any moment. But Li Poxiao never left his side, giving him the courage to carry on. Through his pain, he smiled through his tears. “Brother Junxi, my greatest wish is to become your bride. You have to fight to stay alive, because… this is a dream only you can help me fulfill.” A lov 944Reads9.5Score210Shelves
4. 4 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1kShelves
5. 5 我 My Life Is Yours 我的命，都给你 Three Pine Nuts三只松子Modern Romance48k WordsCompleted Ji Mingshu hated Xu Meiling with all his heart and tormented her until she died. But when she was really gone, Ji Mingshu realized... he had fallen in love with her. 1.7kReads8.1Score207Shelves

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6. 6 相 A Shattered Longing 相思碎 Green Ink青墨Two Male Leads49k WordsCompleted One meeting, and they were fated to be entangled for life. Jiang Lingyu never imagined that the person he loved most would destroy everything he treasured with his own hands. “If you ever betray me, I'll make you wish you were dead!” His dignity, his body, and his shattered heart were trampled underfoot and ground into dust. He had obeyed, begged for mercy, and fought back... but in the end, he could only surrender to fate. Who can truly see through love and hate entwined? When all was settled a 708Reads8.6Score101Shelves
7. 7 命 He Was Never in My Destiny 命中无他 Green Ink青墨Two Male Leads49k WordsCompleted He hated the other person’s betrayal and hated how they kept running away from him, again and again. But he also loved them to the bone. He gave them his whole heart, only to have everything taken from him by the person he respected and cared about most. Everyone thinks a lifetime is long, but sometimes it’s too short to grasp. If I could live again, I hope I’d never have met you. 260Reads7.2Score—Shelves
8. 8 故 We’re All Supporting Characters in This Story 故事里面的我们都是配角 A Little Deer一只鹿儿Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted The first time she noticed him, his eyes were lowered, a smile playing on his lips as he said in a low voice, “Little girl.” The second time, he gave her a note that read, “A full stomach leads to lust.” He gave her a knowing smile and asked what she thought of the phrase. “Sounds good,” she said. … And what happened next? Well, her secret crush came true, and they rekindled their love, but in the end, it still couldn’t withstand the cruel joke fate played on them… A short angst story about un 67Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   The writing is excellent, the stories are short, but they're incredibly moving. I highly recommend the first and second books; both are campus romances, and the second one is so good you can cry from the first chapter to the last.

9. 9 青 The Bluebird Flies Over Thorn Island 青鸟飞过荆棘岛 Brocade Years锦年Modern Romance80k WordsCompleted Her life was destined to be bleak, but there was someone willing to offer her his arms and warmth. She bore countless scars in this lifetime, but there was someone willing to hack through every obstacle for her and be her support. Yet would there ever be someone who could peel away her mask and see the cruel truth in her heart? She is an orphan in this beautiful world, a trapped beast in a warm cage. If you met her, would you cherish her? Would you love her? 1.2kReads9.3Score291Shelves
10. 10 听 I Heard You Once Loved Me More Than Life 听说，你曾爱我如命 Wen Liu温流Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted Xie Jingchuan said, “My only wish is for you to disappear from my sight forever.” After five loveless years of marriage, Song Youran had become the person her husband hated most. Later, she really did disappear. Everyone said Mrs. Xie had brought it upon herself and deserved to die with no one to claim her body. But as one old secret after another came to light, he discovered... In the best years of her life, she had once given him the purest love. She had also risked her life for him amid the r 2.6kReads6.6Score156Shelves
11. 11 沈 Shen Qingqing, Happy Wedding 沈清清，新婚快乐 Heartless Lover y薄情郎yModern Romance4k WordsCompleted Shen Qingqing, happy wedding day. —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 不 Naughty 不乖 Success Is Certain一定成功Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted The first time she saw him, at eighteen, she was destitute and down on her luck, while he was incomparably noble, as if a god had descended. She thought she had found salvation, only to realize later that she had walked straight into hell. Huo Yuan thought Jiang Xin was too soft, always accepting whatever came her way. He believed he could keep her under his thumb forever, never imagining that one day she would dare to turn around and leave without a second thought. 8.2kReads8.6Score868Shelves

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    It's angsty, but a really good novel.

13. 13 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is Too Unhinged for the System to Stop 快穿：宿主太疯球，系统拦不住 Yan Shuqing宴殊青Ancient Romance503k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration, Male Lead's POV, No Romance, Unhinged Host] After Yan Nanxu died, he was bound by a System and transmigrated to different worlds. His mission was to correct disruptions in each world. But Yan Nanxu was in a hurry to go back and take his revenge. First world: System: We just need to protect the protagonist and stop the reborn person from hurting him. Yan Nanxu: That guy's too slow. Why don't I do it instead? Second world: System: We just need to help the protagonist and set 4.7kReads9.3Score446Shelves

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14. 14 以 Take My Name, and I’ll Take Yours 以你之姓，换我之名 Yingxin Mainiming颖信埋名Ancient Romance134k WordsCompleted He was once a loyal bodyguard of the Chu family, yet he foolishly dreamed of being the only one by her side. She was once the wife of Prince Ling, but after the Chu family fell, she was cast adrift among the common folk. Taking each other's names, they brave every obstacle and embark together on a love for the ages. 16Reads9.0Score—Shelves
15. 15 陆 President Lu, Stop Tormenting Her! Your Wife Is the One You’ve Always Loved 陆总别虐了，夫人才是你的白月光 Double Happiness双喜喜Modern Romance589k WordsCompleted [The Regretful Ex Tries to Win Her Back + Obsessive] After being framed, Mu Qiuyan became a criminal in the eyes of the law for causing the death of her husband's true love. When she got out of prison, her husband treated her even more cruelly than before. The day she was diagnosed with stomach cancer, she humbly begged him for one last bit of comfort. Lu Zhiyan said, “I'll use the bastard in your belly to pay tribute to Qingqing!” At that moment, Mu Qiuyan's heart died. She leapt into the sea, 5.6kReads8.9Score619Shelves

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    Ding ding~ Here comes the drama queen recommending some angst-filled novels! 🎈 🍓First book (it's a double substitute novel)🍀 Five years ago, the female lead and the male lead Fu were in a car accident. The female lead lost her memory, and the male lead Fu became a vegetable (he woke up five years later). The sweet part starts from room 502. Due to her amnesia, the female lead mistakenly took the second male lead Lu for her love and let him bully her. She went to jail, got stomach cancer, ruined her hand, had her dreams shattered, lost her mother, miscarried... 🍓The second book is a substitute story🍀The female protagonist played with Xie Yanmo (Shen Mo), the heir of the Prince of Pingxi, when she was a child. His nickname was Yan'er. Coincidentally, the third prince, Yun Jinyan, was also named Yan'er. Yun knew that the female protagonist had mistaken him for someone else, but he did not say anything. For the sake of imperial power, Yun exterminated her nine generations and harmed her child. She was reborn only to seek revenge.🍓The third book is about how life does not have miracles, and those who have hurt others will not get their retribution. Not everyone can be lucky enough to have what others consider simple happiness. But living each day bravely, taking each step steadily, and being the best version of yourself is enough.

16. 16 穿 I Transmigrated into a Eunuch and Met a Prince in the Cold Palace 穿成真太监后遇到一个冷宫皇子 Qian Zhizi千栀子Two Male Leads359k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, No Female Lead!!! CP: Eunuch and Cold Palace Prince] Who would have thought my girlfriend's curse would actually come true? What do you do when you transmigrate into the body of a real eunuch? I feel like crying three times a day. But then I ran into a lame prince confined to the cold palace, and happened to witness this seemingly innocent but secretly ruthless kid in the middle of killing someone. Without even realizing it, I somehow flirted with him and got him acting strange. 14.2kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves

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    The writing is exceptionally good; the logic was completely unexpected at first glance. It's truly heart-wrenching, and it's a tragic ending.

17. 17 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host's Plot Falls Apart Every Day 快穿：宿主每天都在崩剧情 Chao Yu朝语Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + no romance + indulgent fantasy + absurd comedy] Cheng Ran became an intern in the Transmigration Department. A social phobic with a mild fear of men, she was forced to play the male lead’s beloved first love, his unforgettable crush... System: You’re supposed to be a wicked first love. Why the hell have both the male and female leads fallen for you?! Cheng Ran: Damn! I don’t know either! I’ve been following the script! The female lead is naturally goofy. A comedy, unapolo 449Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    First book: Gently and Tenderly Stolen You; Second book: Slowly Boiling You Like a Frog in Water; Third book: Stolen You at the End in a Small World; Fourth book: Caught Off Guard by the Stolen Shot (but not a bad ending); Fifth book: You Know They Reap What They Sowed, But You Still Feel Heartache (this one isn't a bad ending either); Sixth book: Need I say more? The title says it all; Seventh book: It's best not to read this, because it made me cry.

18. 18 渣 The Scumbag Can't Have Me, Quick Transmigration 渣男对我求而不得【快穿】 Shui Mu Qing水木青Ancient Romance315k WordsCompleted After a car accident leaves her in a vegetative state, Lin Ruo is forced to bind herself to the Scumbag System and begins a masochistic quest to cling to the scumbag’s coattails. First World The scumbag emperor destroys her family and leaves her to die in a sea of flames in order to seize military power. After she dies, the emperor undergoes a dramatic change in personality and spends more than a decade consumed by regret. Lin Ruo rolls her eyes in disdain. [Scumbag Experience: 10%] Second World 5.3kReads9.1Score491Shelves
19. 19 快 Quick Transmigration: I’ve Sullied the Reputations of Men Around the World 快穿之渣遍全世界 A Happy Little Quackling一只快乐的呱呱精Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A woman disguised as a man, with a universally adored female lead. So sweet, so sweet, so sweet!] Hua Yun was a master of cross-dressing as a man. After a misstep cost her her life, a shady System picked her and brought her to three thousand small worlds to complete romance missions. Hua Yun declared, “I can run wild all over again!” [World One: Rumor has it the capital’s notorious young heir has hooked up with a general!] … [World N: The domineering CEO’s girlfriend has fallen in love with 6.1kReads9.4Score632Shelves
20. 20 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 40.3kReads9.7Score6.3kShelves
21. 21 猎 Time to Hunt: The Tragic Novel's Heroine Awakens 猎杀时刻，虐文女主觉醒之后 Cat Eats Meat Buns猫吃肉包Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Green tea scheming + love-triangle chaos + punishing scumbags + genuine regret and redemption + strategy] There’s a pitiable creature in this world called the tragic-romance heroine. She’s abused in body and soul by scumbag men and wicked women, only to be forced into a happy ending in the end. Ever since Lin You took on commissions to help tragic-romance heroines escape their fates, she’d been running wild through one tragic romance after another. Some regretted everything: “I’m sorry. Please 887Reads9.0Score100Shelves
22. 22 厉 President Li, Your Wife Doesn’t Deserve to Die 厉总，夫人她罪不至死 The Music Never Ceases笙笙不息Modern Romance3.4M WordsCompleted Shen Zhichu had given him her whole heart for sixteen years, only to be told to leave with nothing, just so he could make room for the woman he had always loved. Li Jingshen thought he would be happy once that woman was gone, until he received her diagnosis... He rushed over in a panic, only to find her holding someone else’s hand. “Why didn’t you tell me you had stomach cancer?” “Weren’t you hoping I’d die sooner?” Shen Zhichu laughed scornfully. “Li Jingshen, I don’t want to spend the last of 8.9kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
23. 23 蚀 A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨危情 Qi Lao You淇老游Modern Romance753k WordsCompleted Xia Weiming died, and Shen Xiujin personally sent Jian Tong to a women’s prison. During her three years behind bars, Shen Xiujin’s order to “take good care of her” changed Jian Tong beyond recognition. She was even “persuaded to donate a kidney” while in prison. Before she went in, Jian Tong said, “I didn’t kill her.” Shen Xiujin remained unmoved. After her release, Jian Tong said, “I killed Xia Weiming. I’m guilty.” Shen Xiujin’s face turned livid. “Shut up! Don’t let me hear you say that again 68.3kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
24. 24 犹 I Still Remember That Startling Glance 犹记惊鸿照影 Wind Gathers, Snow Dances风凝雪舞Ancient Romance364k WordsCompleted Beneath the bridge of sorrow, spring waves run green; once, a startled swan’s reflection shimmered there. Her younger sister’s unexpected flight from her wedding left her no choice but to marry into the imperial family. From spending her wedding night alone to learning of the husband’s unforgettable past, she faced it all with calm acceptance. Marrying a prince meant love was never part of the bargain. All she cared about was keeping her family safe and at peace. She stood by his side as he clim 1kReads9.0Score124Shelves

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    These are angst-inducing novels, please take a look at these children! These three books are too much to handle... Thankfully, "Stars" was eventually combined, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to rest in peace!!!

25. 25 星 Starlight Falls Late, Dew Glimmers in the Night 星辰晚来露华浓 Midnight Phantom Moon子夜幽月Ancient Romance340k WordsCompleted Gu Xingwan was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister's household. Su Bai, the seventh prince, was her childhood sweetheart, promised to her before they were even born. Gu Sangzhi, a high-ranking court official, was her older brother, and he doted on her. Then the prime minister's household fell... Su Bai, her childhood sweetheart, was the mastermind behind the plot that destroyed her family... Gu Sangzhi, her own brother, was the one who poisoned her with his own hands... Instead, it was 9Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 被 After Being Forced to Win Over the Unhinged Demon Lord, I Turned the Whole Story Into a Happy Ending 被迫攻略疯批魔尊后，全书HE了 Not Sweet不甜啊Ancient Romance550k WordsCompleted Wen Ruan transmigrated into a cultivation novel as an insignificant cannon-fodder character. The moment the original character appeared, the villainous Demon Lord snapped her neck. Wen Ruan: No way. I have to run! System: No way. There’s a villainous Demon Lord here who needs you to win him over. Do your best to make him fall in love with you~ Wen Ruan: In your dreams. Mu Zhe: In your dreams. And yet On her 101st day undercover in the demon realm, she carried the gravely wounded, dying young Dem 13.2kReads9.4Score2kShelves

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    I just finished the first book, I laughed so hard at the beginning but cried so much at the end 😢 There were so many unresolved issues. The second book was incredibly painful to read, especially when I found out the female lead liked the male lead 🥺 The third book was truly heartbreaking, I felt so sorry for the male lead 🥺🥺🥺

27. 27 初 Early Morning, I Deliberately Forgot You 初晨，是我故意忘记你（孙怡、白敬亭主演《与晨同光》原著） Ziyue籽月Male-Channel Fanfiction301k WordsCompleted The original novel behind the TV series With the Dawn, starring Sun Yi and Bai Jingting! Li Luoshu grew up unloved and was drawn to the warmth and kindness of Chuyao, the eldest daughter of the Li family. When Chuyao's younger brother, Chuchen, died unexpectedly, Li Luoshu moved in with the family as her nominal younger brother to comfort her. Many years later, just as he finally realized that he had loved her deeply for a long time, he had already lost the right to love her... 1.7kReads9.4Score480Shelves
28. 28 我 I Once Promised You a Golden Age of Joy 我曾许你盛世欢颜 Flirtatious Little Bottle风流小瓶子Modern Romance44k WordsCompleted Ye Chen waits for his Mrs. Ye, from the days when youth was like a dream until her hair turns white as snow. But he will never know that his Mrs. Ye was buried long ago in that rotten, muddy grave... 1.7kReads6.6Score267Shelves

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    Waaaaah

29. 29 曾 There Was Once Someone Who Loved Me Like Life Itself 曾有一个人，爱我如生命 Rolling the Sun into a Ball搓圆太阳Modern Romance47k WordsCompleted For more than twenty years, Shen Siyan had stubbornly loved a man named Xiao Zonghan. Even when he resented and hated her, she had never thought of giving up. But now, she was reaching the end of her strength... 1.2kReads6.5Score181Shelves
30. 30 他 He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南 Jing Xing景行Modern Romance209k WordsCompleted When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went 25.2kReads9.7Score4.8kShelves
31. 31 蓝 Blue Flame Revelation: Embers of the Apocalypse 蓝焰启示录：末日余烬 Gui Fa归法Sci-Fi & Apocalypse360k WordsCompleted “Black flame represents bloodlust, madness, and plunder: the desire to devour everything.” “Red flame represents brutality, destruction, and combat: the purest urge to annihilate.” “Blue flame represents the soul, death, and destruction, reaching straight to the ultimate end of existence.” “Golden flame represents purification, divinity, and enhancement, containing order and vitality.” “White flame represents chaos, corrosion, and rebirth: the source of disorder and recreation.” That year, I was 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Zhu Ming looked up at her, a hint of sadness in his eyes. "Should I call you Eve, or Your Majesty?" Zhu Ming's words sounded like a self-answered question, yet also like a mockery. A woman, dressed in the most luxurious attire, with long, shimmering golden hair as dazzling as the rising sun, stood up from her throne. Her white dress was elegant and refined, her face like flawless porcelain. Her beauty seemed divinely sculpted; perfection was a word tailor-made for her. This beauty, so incongruous with this dilapidated world, even made atheists wonder, "Does a god truly exist to create such a beautiful person?" Eve stood still, her lips parted slightly, her voice seemingly from heaven, filled with sacred melodies. She said softly, "Zhu Ming, I'm so glad to see you again." Zhu Ming chuckled softly. "Heh, have you forgotten that your psychic ability—Divine Enchantment—is ineffective against me?" With that, Zhu Ming walked towards the steps. Just as he stepped onto one, a powerful pressure instantly swept over his entire body. Zhu Ming merely frowned, and then an even stronger pressure erupted from him. As the two pressures clashed, countless cracks appeared on the white marble steps. After a brief standoff, Zhu Ming clearly gained the upper hand. He strode up the steps to Eve, a head taller than her. He looked down at her, their combined power causing their clothes to flutter. But the moment their eyes met, a flicker of surprise crossed Zhu Ming's eyes. Eve's eyes were dull, lifeless like prosthetics, like stagnant water devoid of any vitality. Enraged, Zhu Ming grabbed the person in front of him by the throat and lifted her up. "Who are you? Why are you impersonating her?"

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