Short, Brutal, Heartbreaking: The Kind That Keeps You Crying the Whole Time! 短、狠、虐，要虐到全程都在哭的那种！

1. 151 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Walnut Seller 盗墓：那个卖核桃的 Xue Yin薛喑Two Male Leads174k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads] + [Angst] + [Severe Protagonist Suffering, Not for the Faint of Heart] 2026 editor’s note: Please read the author’s statement in the book’s discussion section. Thank you, everyone. The protagonist is completely love-struck, extremely so, and there will be no switching love interests. If you can’t accept that, feel free to leave using the top-right corner. Li Cu × Qian Heng After spending seven or eight years out in the dirt, Qian Heng had thoroughly wrecked his health. With now 2.9kReads9.3Score563Shelves
2. 152 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Wu Family's Beautiful, Strong, Tragic Young Master Has Peerless Gu Arts 盗墓：美强惨吴家小太爷蛊术齐天 Chu Zhe怵谪Two Male Leads164k WordsCompleted [Beautiful Yet Broken + Decisive and Ruthless + Villain Persona + A Touch of Angst] Before Mo An's mother died, she left him only a photograph and a name. She told him that the man in the photo, Wu Erbai, was his biological father. Her dying wish was for Mo An to reclaim his place in the family and never be alone again. At fifteen, Mo An found his biological father, but his father refused to acknowledge him. From then on, he had nothing. What can a teenager do when he has neither father nor moth 14.3kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
3. 153 盗 Tomb Raiding: When Will It End? 盗墓之何时了 Mr. No Introduction不介绍先生Two Male Leads335k WordsCompleted [Twins + original male protagonist + original pairing, appearing later + two male leads + angst galore early on, bittersweet and painful] Jia An, a false peace. Wu An, no peace. Wang An, a deluded peace. Every one of them is him, and none of them is. Twins. As a boy, he thought he was one of two possible fates in the womb. But in truth, he was a destiny forged one hundred percent by others. The Wu family chose him. The Nine Gates chose him. And countless people far away, beyond his reach, create 1.3kReads8.7Score219Shelves
4. 154 星 The Galaxy Falls Into My Arms 星河落下入怀中 Sunrise over the Starry River日出星河Marriage & Romance42k WordsCompleted The Galaxy Falls into My Embrace 198Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Extremely heart-wrenching short story!!

5. 155 我 I Died in the Year He Hated Me Most 我死在了他最恨我的那一年 He Sees Qingmuchuan他见青木川11k WordsCompleted I died the year he hated me most. Unable to bear his hatred any longer, I chose to take my own life. When the funeral home handed my ashes to Nan Heting, he patted the urn and smiled for the first time that day. “It's too dirty. She should have been reduced to dust!” He swept his hand, and the urn crashed to the floor. That's right. He thought I had caused the death of the woman he loved most. He had stayed by my side for years, all for this moment. He walked away, trampling my ashes, but before 21.9kReads—Score656Shelves

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   I absolutely love "The Sound of Rain Falls Late" and "See You Tomorrow Forever." "But reality isn't a fairy tale; no prince came to save her." "Since ancient times, autumn has been a season of sorrow and desolation. Yet, the silent autumn day surpasses even the spring morning."

6. 156 以 I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月 Er Qiao二乔Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian 75.3kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves
7. 157 缺 Oxygen Deprivation 缺氧 Lemon Fox柠檬狐Modern Romance686k WordsCompleted Who is Tang Wu? The Tang family's least-loved illegitimate daughter. Apart from her talented hands for painting, all she has is a pretty face. Who is Huo Yunshen? The third son of the Huo family, and the most eligible bachelor in all of Binhai City, pursued by countless women. When they first met, Tang Wu summoned all her courage and offered herself to Huo Yunshen. At the time, Huo Yunshen thought women were fussy, troublesome, and noisy. It wasn't until their lavish wedding, when Tang Wu leaped 1.2kReads9.0Score353Shelves
8. 158 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... 1.7kReads6.6Score270Shelves
9. 159 陆 Mr. Lu, Are You Satisfied Now That She’s Dead? 陆先生，她死了你可满意 Lu Yitang鹿苡糖Modern Romance43k WordsCompleted “Mr. Lu, are you satisfied now that she's dead?” Sang Yuwan looked at him coldly. She truly wished she could kill the despicable man standing before her with her own hands. “Who are you trying to fool? You think putting her photo on some random urn makes it her? Ridiculous!” Lu Cichuan's eyes were faintly red as he stared fixedly at Sang Yuwan, as if he could still brazenly torment Li Mo as long as Sang Yuwan said she wasn't dead. But... Sang Yuwan was gone. That was true. 3.2kReads6.6Score306Shelves
10. 160 我 After I Gave Up Loving Him, My CEO Husband Regretted It 我放弃爱他后，总裁老公后悔了 Xiaoxiang Rain潇湘雨20k WordsCompleted After I Gave Up on Loving Him, My CEO Husband Regretted It 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    On our sixth wedding anniversary, Gu Nanxuan promised to celebrate with me, but he stood me up. I waited until midnight, but he didn't come back. Later, I saw on the trending topics that he was setting off fireworks for his first love, Xia Zhiyi, on a yacht worth hundreds of millions. Everyone was waiting to see my reaction as his legal wife, but I didn't cry or make a scene; I went to the hospital and had an abortion. Later, Gu Nanxuan finally found out we were no longer together. He broke down and asked me why. "Why keep a tainted man around?"

11. 161 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

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    I cried so hard last night that I could hardly breathe. It was short and heartbreaking; it took me over an hour to finish. "See you tomorrow" is a lie, and unspoken love is a regret.

12. 162 任 The Mission Starts Over a Hundred Times 任务重来一百次 milieModern Romance20k WordsCompleted “You came to save me, so why can’t you look only at me? Why do you have to give your attention to those one, two, three insignificant people?” “You seem so shy. You never take my hand first. Even just now, you only did it because of someone else.” “Now that you have me, you don’t treat me as well as you used to. There wasn’t any strawberry milk today either, was there?” 6.3kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
13. 163 神 Divine Punishment Descends 神罚莅临 Witch's Evil Knight巫衣邪士Sci-Fi & Apocalypse214k WordsOngoing The virtuous suffer poverty and die young, while the wicked enjoy wealth and long lives. When you are oppressed by evil, have you ever wished, even for a moment, that the underworld existed? If it did, would you dare to peer into it for even one-millionth of a second? The year quantum computing underwent a revolution, Company R offered an answer: the Cyber Underworld. Professor Qi Yuan used computer simulations to resurrect sinners in a virtual world after death, where they would endure eternal 267Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ethical dilemmas + subtle philosophical reflections + subtle sharp wits + intellectual battles + high-concept + strong emotions + dramatic plot twists. He uses a quantum computer to create a virtual underworld to judge all evil in the world—but who will judge him?

14. 164 十 Fourteen Blades 十四刀 Yi Zhi Zhu宜枝竹32k WordsCompleted Fourteen Blades 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The entire article has a subtle sense of sadness.

15. 165 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 81.1kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves
16. 166 原 It Turns Out There’s No Light in the Deep Sea 原来深海没有光 Pian Qian翩浅Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted Girls from the south, most of them love the romance of snow drifting through a northern winter night. But what they don't know is that once the snow has fallen, howling winds soon follow. In an instant, they sweep away all the romance, exposing the bone-chilling cold beneath. 195Reads8.5Score—Shelves
17. 167 安 An’an Never Grows Up 安安长不大 Yan Xiaojiu盐小玖Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted He was Xu Shuyan, the top student in his year and the school’s untouchable heartthrob. He was naturally aloof, wanted nothing to do with people, and always kept to himself. One day, in a torrential downpour, with lights blazing all around, he sat quietly on a stool outside the door, drenched to the skin. She couldn’t understand why, so she held an umbrella over him and took him somewhere out of the rain. After that day, she began bringing him breakfast, walking to and from school with him, and d 978Reads9.0Score208Shelves
18. 168 朋 She Announced Her Affair on Social Media, So I Married Her Off Pregnant 朋友圈官宣出轨，送她奉子成婚 Net Cap网帽23k WordsCompleted She announced her affair on social media, so I helped her marry her lover with a baby on the way. 967Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's incredibly heart-wrenching, but it's still so good.

19. 169 当 After the Foolish Substitute Wife Faked Her Death 当替身傻妻假死以后 The Music Never Ceases笙笙不息Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Completed. A deeply angsty novel with a devoted heroine and a scumbag hero who gets what he deserves.) Huo Chenzhou's first love ran away with another man, so when he couldn't marry her, he married her older sister instead. Forced to be Meng Jiao's substitute, Meng Sheng spent two years loving Huo Chenzhou with all her might. In return, he gave her nothing but endless neglect. She lost her child, then her kidney... and was locked up in an asylum, where her hand was severed, leaving her a la 1.9kReads8.5Score105Shelves

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    Please don't cry, Meng Sheng's life was too bitter, it's heartbreaking!!! The author has disappeared, probably depressed!!!

20. 170 离 After the Divorce, My Wife's Crematorium Fire Reached Her Lover's Home 离婚后，妻子的火葬场烧到了情夫家 Dreams Adrift in the Orchid Realm兰梦浮生Marriage & Romance17k WordsCompleted After the divorce, my wife’s revenge came burning down her lover’s house. 396Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 171 妻 My Wife Asked Me to Fake a Divorce to Placate Her Lover, So I Made Her Truly Bankrupt 妻子让我假离婚哄情人，我让她真破产 When the Wind Rises in Changlin, Listen to the Snow Fall风起长林听雪落Marriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted My wife asked me to fake a divorce to placate her lover. I made sure she really went bankrupt. 119Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 172 抖 I Posted a Birthday Wish for My First Love on Douyin, and the Police Showed Up the Next Second 抖音祝福白月光生日，下一秒警察上门 Net Cap网帽37k WordsCompleted I posted a birthday blessing for my first love on Douyin. The police showed up the next second. 103Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 173 她 She Reported My Father-in-Law for Saving Someone, Six Years Later I Destroyed Her Contract 《她举报我岳父救人，六年后我碎她合同》 Cold Moon Seals the Letter寒月封书Male-Channel Fanfiction42k WordsCompleted She Reported My Father-in-Law for Saving Someone. Six Years Later, I Tore Up Her Contract 167Reads—Score—Shelves

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24. 174 困 Imprisoned by Love 困爱成囚 Flowers Along the Way一路笙花Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Rumor has it that Gu Yansheng, the adopted daughter of the Gu family, had loved the Ninth Master of the Lu family in the imperial capital for years. He couldn't stand her, and for the sake of the woman he cherished, he sent her to prison and had her tortured for five whole years. But no one expected that when the Ninth Master eventually married, his bride would be none other than Gu Yansheng, the woman with a prison record! Everyone eagerly awaited the spectacle, expecting to see how the Ninth M 15.3kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    This is so grueling, it's practically a weight-loss miracle! [Crying emoji]

25. 175 婚 After the Wedding Invitation Arrived, My Fiancée and Her Lover Went Mad 婚礼请柬送到后，未婚妻女友疯了 Dreams Adrift in the Orchid Realm兰梦浮生19k WordsCompleted After the wedding invitations went out, my fiancée’s girlfriend went crazy. 488Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 176 闺 My Best Friend Livestreams to Expose Me: What Did You Put in That Cake Ten Years Ago? 闺蜜直播打假我：十年前那块蛋糕，你到底放了什么 Cold Moon Seals the Letter寒月封书11k WordsCompleted My Best Friend Livestreams a Fact-Check on Me: What Exactly Did You Put in That Cake Ten Years Ago? 133Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 177 藏 She Hid Her Pregnancy and Left the Child Behind; Reborn, I Won't Chase Him Again 藏起孕肚去父留子，重生我不追了 Wu Li Chouchou乌里丑丑Ancient Romance456k WordsCompleted (Publication deal signed) Reborn, one-on-one, both pure, aloof beauty goes mad for love, husband-chasing crematorium (A heartbroken heroine x a hero who wants to be her dog) A Shang stole the position of Xie Hengyu's wife. Everyone knows Xie Hengyu is a sword cultivator prodigy with a brilliant future in the cultivation world, while A Shang is merely a lowly half-demon who became his wife through underhanded means. In the end, she was falsely accused of colluding with the demon clan and died a t 37.3kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
28. 178 丈 My Husband's Calm Is a Despair I Don't Understand 丈夫的平静，是我不懂的绝望 When the Wind Rises in Changlin, Listen to the Snow Fall风起长林听雪落Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted My husband's calmness is a despair I cannot understand 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
29. 179 假 The Fake Heiress Wants My Bone Marrow. I Want Her Life 假千金要我的骨髓，我要她的命 Ying Er121313滢儿12131312k WordsCompleted The Fake Heiress Wants My Bone Marrow. I Want Her Life 92Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 180 中 Kicked Out by a Powerful Family on Mid-Autumn Night, I Was Raised to the Top University by Five Street Vendors 中秋夜被豪门赶出门，五个摊主把我供上人大 Cold Moon Seals the Letter寒月封书26k WordsCompleted On Mid-Autumn Night, the wealthy family kicked me out. Five street vendors helped me get into Renmin University. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 181 清 A Qing-Era Consort Who Captured Kangxi's Heart 清穿康熙心上妃 Oh Ah Wei哦啊喂Ancient Romance49k WordsOngoing A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 63Reads—Score103Shelves

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    It's so heartbreaking, heartbreaking from beginning to end!

32. 182 罪 Forbidden Love: The Sandstorms and Loess of Those Years 罪爱：那年风沙，那年黄土 Little Chai Fa Facai小柴發發财Two Male Leads107k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + angst + period drama + tragic ending + heart-wrenching angst with a lasting impact] Grandpa told me a story. Sixty years ago, the educated youth Bai Xing fell in love with Gu Mancan and died at the execution grounds. That year, I met Li Yuheng and thought I could rewrite the ending. But they still drove us to our deaths. The same windblown sands as that year. The same return of our souls to the earth. The love of two generations was buried in the same spring. Grandpa sa 288Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The most agonizing thing is that feeling of powerlessness—it exists in the world, in the times, and in people.

33. 183 囚 Imprisoned by Love: Wildfire Scorches the Stars 囚爱：野火灼星 Little Chai Fa Facai小柴發發财Two Male Leads113k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + forced love + two powerful leads + heartbreakingly angsty and sickeningly sweet] A love fated across three lifetimes, a tragic romance spanning two. He is the sharpest blade of the Six Fan Gate; I am the coldest bandit of Blackwind Stronghold. When I locked this jade-faced constable in a stone cell, all I wanted was to break his pride. The torture devices couldn’t make him talk, but they made me addicted. “Shangguan Xingyang,” I licked the blood from the corner of his lips. “T 177Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 184 惊 What?! Who Writes a Tragic Romance Where the Male Lead Gets Tortured? 惊！谁家虐文虐的是男主呀 Yao Sui Bu Zhi He Nian尧岁不知何年Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted 8.7kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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    The female lead tortured the male lead to death! [Crying]

35. 185 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Tragic-Novel Heroine Gets a Unhinged Script 快穿：当虐文女主拿了疯批剧本后 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted In every tragic romance, the heroine is tormented by the hero until her heart is torn apart, and her heart, kidneys, and brain are cut out. Yet the heroine loves the hero without fail, devoting herself wholeheartedly to her career as his doormat. Now Jingsha has become the heroine of a tragic romance. She's obsessive, unstable, scummy, and downright crazy. She torments the male lead, then the male supporting character, then the female supporting character. In the end, they all love her but can n 8.9kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
36. 186 痛 A Hundredfold Pain Transfer! When I Get Hurt, the Male Lead Coughs Blood, and I Tearfully Make Ten Billion 痛感百倍转移！我受伤男主吐血，含泪赚走一百亿 Wahaha That Never Comes等不到的娃哈哈12k WordsCompleted Pain gets transferred a hundredfold! When I get hurt, the male lead spits blood, and I make a tearful hundred billion 365Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 187 虐 The Tragic Novel's Heroine Has a Wicked Mouth 虐文女主有张缺德的嘴 I'm the Poop-Catching Emperor窝是擒屎皇10k WordsCompleted The Tragic Novel Heroine Has a Wicked Mouth 9.1kReads—Score163Shelves
38. 188 G GB: My Enemy Becomes My Slave, and I Make Him Pay GB：仇人成了我奴仆，狠狠虐他 Tiny Moss微苔Ancient Romance591k WordsCompleted [Warning: This is an angsty story! The female lead torments the male lead, physically and emotionally. Expect kneeling, imprisonment, whips... If you can’t handle that, read with caution!] [Cool, vengeful queen vs. sweet, gentle demon king] Both leads are devoted to each other, both leads are devoted to each other, both leads are devoted to each other!!! When Chi Feiyan passed by a brothel, she rescued a beautiful boy and took him in as her disciple. She raised him with care, teaching him and pa 15.5kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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    The female lead tortured the male lead to death! 😢

39. 189 让 You Want Me to Be the Wicked Female Lead? I'll Rewrite the Plot and Become a CEO 让我当恶毒女配？我改剧情当霸总 Yi Qiansha忆茜纱Ancient Romance647k WordsCompleted [Laugh-Out-Loud Shenanigans + Transmigration into a Book + Plot Rewrites + Strong Female Lead + No Romance] This book is absolutely unhinged (originally titled "I Changed the Plot and Made the Regent Eat You-Know-What". That title was rejected, so it got a new one.) After getting dumped by her domineering CEO boyfriend, Shu Yan happens upon a Supporting Female Character Revenge System. It lets her transmigrate into all kinds of novels and rewrite the plots for the supporting female characters. · 13.6kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
40. 190 精 A Psychopath Transmigrates into a Tragic Novel's Heroine: Cross Me and Die! 精神病穿成虐文女主，逆我者亡！ Sorrowful Snow, Chilling Mist殇雪泠烟Modern Romance111k WordsCompleted Mu Zhiyi is a bona fide psychopath with violent tendencies and a knack for playing all sorts of roles. By chance, she gets bound to a System and transported into a CEO romance novel, where she becomes the heroine of a tragic romance. What? The CEO mocks her impatiently? Beat him up. The CEO insults her? Beat him up. The CEO thinks he's the master of this house? Beat him up again. As if! Mu Zhiyi is Her Majesty the Queen. Anyone who dares show her disrespect gets a sound thrashing! Oh, the male l 12Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 191 妈 Mom, I Really Did What You Wanted and Went to Die 妈妈，我如你的愿真的去死了 Ruan Sijing阮思鲸9k WordsCompleted During a bout of depression, I stood on the rooftop, wanting to jump. The firefighters finally managed to talk me down. My mother arrived late and rushed over to slap me: "All you do is embarrass me! Why didn't you actually jump? You keep trying to scare people every day, threatening to jump! I wish you'd hurry up and die, so I wouldn't have to see you and get annoyed!" Later, when I really did die, she went to my grave every day and wept her heart out. 1.8kReads—Score138Shelves

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    Both of these are subtle and intensely angsty, and you can finish watching them in half an hour.

42. 192 新 New Utopia 新，乌托邦 Broken Strings in the Rain雨中断弦Urban379k WordsOngoing [Political Thriller] [Montage Style] [Psychologically Oppressive] [Dystopian] (The plot moves slowly at first. Please be patient and read to the end.) After the catastrophe, a city-state rose from the ground. People called it New Utopia. Beneath its gleaming order, those in power had long since ceased to be human. Monsters wore human skin and occupied the highest offices. Their eyes were connected, and everything was under surveillance. A colossal beast hung in the sky, while monsters roamed t 2.4kReads—Score204Shelves

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    Although this is a horror novel, it has plenty of gruesome elements.

43. 193 分 The Video Tape After the Breakup 分手后的录像带 Pure Butter Hot Pot Base纯牛油锅底9k WordsCompleted I broke up with my boyfriend during the year he was at his poorest. A year later, he was a huge success and married a sweet, lively girl who was prettier than me. On a variety show, the host asked him whether, after winning every major award at such a young age, he still had any regrets. He put an arm around Xiao Yue’s waist. “I want to know how she’s doing after breaking up with me.” The host paused. “She’s... not doing well at all.” Pei Si finally smiled. “Then I can rest easy.” “But Ms. Qin l 23.1kReads—Score993Shelves
44. 194 穿 Three Years After I Transmigrated, the City Lord Became My Prisoner 穿越3年后，城主成我阶下囚 Ziyushi紫语石Ancient Romance812k WordsCompleted Content warning: This is a revenge story with a tragic romance. The male lead seeks redemption. It includes injury, imprisonment, and whipping, so proceed with caution. The leads are bitter enemies bound by fate, in both this life and their past lives. Angst and heartbreak, both leads are strong and devoted to each other, happy ending Proud, aloof Emperor Star VS revenge-driven Seven Killings queen In her first life, Yun Shuyue fell blindly in love with Huo Chenfeng. Little did she know the ma 1.1kReads8.1Score103Shelves

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    The male lead is relentlessly tortured, yet he can't die from it; it's a story of female protagonist tormenting male protagonist! After killing the female lead, the male lead falls in love with her. The female lead travels through time to seek revenge, and the male lead knew from the beginning that she was going to kill him, yet he did so willingly! The male lead is incredibly strong, a tragic figure, and the story is almost entirely filled with torture starting from chapter 28.

45. 195 穿 I Transmigrated and Took My Older Brother on a Quest Through the Cultivation World 穿越之，我带年上哥哥勇闯修仙界 Onion Trader洋葱交易员Fantastical Romance118k WordsOngoing [Quirky heroine / heroine with no System / cultivation grind / male lead’s System hides a conspiracy / everyone is a villain / childhood-friend bond / heroine’s rise to power / starting a company in the cultivation world] A car accident in a torrential downpour sent Chu An’an, along with her dependable older brother Qin Sinian, hurtling into a perilous cultivation world! She thought that if she clung to her brother, she could lie flat and coast through life. But when she looked around, she real 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended, sweet romance.

46. 196 疯 The Mad King's Tormented Love: I Imprisoned My Master 疯王虐爱：我囚禁了我的主人 Two Thousand Madam二千娘娘Ancient Romance103k WordsOngoing Is it easier to conquer a kingdom, or to win the woman you love? I don't know what others would say, but as far as I was concerned, Xiao Chi never wanted to be with me, not even until the day I died. [The male lead is unfaithful and a complete playboy] [The male lead is both clever and handsome, but does terrible things. The female lead never loves him, from beginning to end.] “I already own this whole kingdom. Why won't you turn around and look at me?” The male lead, Xiao Jingzheng, was born a 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Except for the length, everything else meets the requirements.

47. 197 全 My Family Wanted Me to Be Their Brother's ATM, So After They Stole 600,000 from Me, I Took Them to Court 全家让我当扶弟魔，偷我60万后我送他们上法庭 Ying Er121313滢儿12131313k WordsCompleted My whole family expected me to bankroll my younger brother. After they stole 600,000 yuan from me, I took them to court. 68Reads—Score—Shelves

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48. 198 重 He Left Me for Dead in the Wilderness, Then Suffered Backlash and Began a Countdown to Death 重伤我弃于荒野，他惨遭反噬，生命进入倒计时 Listening To Rain At Star Pond星池听雨12k WordsCompleted He left me for dead in the wilderness after grievously wounding me. He suffered a vicious backlash, and his life began counting down. 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Tragic novel, wife-chasing crematorium

49. 199 2 At 26, Having Never Even Held a Girl's Hand, I Became the Father of My Seven-Year-Old Orphaned Niece 26岁连女生手都没牵过的我成了7岁孤儿侄女的爹 Cold Moon Seals the Letter寒月封书9k WordsCompleted At 26, I Had Never Even Held a Girl's Hand. Now I'm the Dad of My Seven-Year-Old Orphaned Niece 118Reads—Score—Shelves
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