“I Don’t Need Saving. I Never Will.” Now I Suddenly Want to Read a Tragic Romance. “不需要救赎，永远不需要”孩子我突然想看虐文了

1. 1 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 117.1kReads9.5Score16.4kShelves

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   Heartbreaking? These three books are the real heavyweights, especially the first and second ones, which brought many people to tears.

2. 2 一 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 198.1kReads9.5Score24.7kShelves
3. 3 鲸 Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊 The Evil Dragon Blows Bubbles恶龙吹泡泡Two Male Leads39k WordsCompleted Little fish, little fish, may you swim out of the abyss soon. His younger brother, whom he had raised by hand despite no blood relation, sent him to a detention center for two years to “set him straight” and told him to come out once he was normal. Those two years were a nightmare that devoured him, one he could never wake from. His body and mind were tormented, his feelings worn away, and he was trained into numb, hopeless submission. “Knowing you raised me makes me sick. Why don’t you just die 23kReads8.1Score4kShelves
4. 4 我 I, the Most Hated One, Died. What Are You Crying For? 我一个万人嫌死了，你们哭什么？ Flowers Falling in Misty Rain烟雨花落Two Male Leads245k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Angsty, Over-the-Top Romance + Everyone’s Least Favorite + Everyone Gets Their Redemption] Ye Sui knew from childhood that he was an illegitimate son, and that illegitimate sons were guilty by nature. So his father treated him like he didn’t exist. His mother sold him off to pay her debts. His eldest brother hated him because his mother had indirectly caused the death of his brother’s mother, who had been his father’s mistress. His second brother had been the demon in his nigh 6.4kReads7.9Score508Shelves

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   This is so heartbreaking, it's a complete tragedy.

5. 5 真 The Real Young Master Doesn't Need Anything Anymore 真少爷什么都不需要了 CtHfNo16k WordsCompleted The Real Young Master Doesn't Need Anything Anymore 6.9kReads—Score158Shelves
6. 6 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves

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   The first book was quite grievous, the third book I couldn't bear to read past the second chapter, and the fourth book was very depressing.

7. 7 宗 Every Sect Wants to Kill Me, So I Just Reload After Death! 宗门都想噶我，我直接死亡回档！ Chao Lianyun巢怜云Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a Book + Villainess + Death Rewinds Time + Eldritch Cultivation + Unhinged + Quirky Style] Lu Xiaojin transmigrated into a book, becoming the lovesick senior apprentice sister in a cultivation novel where everyone falls for the heroine. She kept fighting the heroine for men and ended up dying horribly. No problem. She wasn't stupid. She knew how the plot went, so she could avoid trouble, stay away from the men, and survive. But! Can someone tell her why her junior apprentice 24.8kReads9.2Score3.6kShelves

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   All are heart-wrenching. The first book is about one person's despair saving everyone's lives; the second is about mutual redemption; the third is about the pain of immortality; the fourth is about being willing to face death for the sake of loved ones; the fifth needs no introduction; the sixth is about trying your best but being unable to change anything; the seventh also needs no introduction; the eighth is about killing the one you love, only to become someone else's beloved, and ultimately dying… The ninth book is about homosexuality.

8. 8 接 You Hit Me Just for a Kiss, So I’m Done with You. Why Are You Crying? 接个吻都揍我，不要你了你哭什么 Get-Rich Little Panda暴富小熊猫Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + equally strong leads + reborn + rekindled love + bittersweet + mutually devoted + happy ending] [Sharp-tongued, spoiled rich-boy bottom vs. restrained, stoic straight-man top] In college, Chu Feng used underhanded tactics to force the aloof campus heartthrob into a relationship. He thought they had both fallen in love over time, since the heartthrob indulged him in everything. After graduation, he boldly proposed, and the other man said yes. After they married, the heartthrob k 37.8kReads8.8Score4.6kShelves
9. 9 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 117.8kReads9.6Score13.7kShelves
10. 10 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves
11. 11 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8kShelves
12. 12 周 Mr. Zhou’s Love Is as Cheap as Grass 周先生的爱，如草般轻贱 Da Ya大呀Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted [A tragic short story. The heroine is dead from the start. No resurrection, no rebirth.] [Melodramatic and clichéd] In the kidnapping case where he had to choose between two people, Zhou Yansheng saved his first love and abandoned his wife. Later, he realized his mistake, but his wife could never come back… 37.7kReads5.4Score1.5kShelves
13. 13 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 231.9kReads9.5Score28.4kShelves
14. 14 我 I Forcefully Took My Imperial Sister's Man as My Husband 我对皇姐的男人强娶豪夺了 Xin He Yuan新荷源11k WordsCompleted I stole my imperial sister's man by force. 229Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 师 After My Master Failed to Ascend, He Wants to Marry Me 师尊飞升失败后，要娶我为妻 Xin He Yuan新荷源9k WordsCompleted After My Master Failed to Ascend, He Wants to Marry Me 302Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 赘 The Live-In Son-in-Law: The Whole World Thinks I Love You 赘婿：全世界以为我爱你 Million-Dollar Salary百万年薪Urban401k WordsCompleted [Urban romance + one heroine + live-in son-in-law. This is not a wish-fulfillment story: the male lead suffers early on, and the female lead suffers later. Not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story!] Everyone in Yuncheng knew the Jiang family had a live-in son-in-law who was a lovesick doormat. He’d spent years fawning over their daughter, Jiang Yiwei, always at her beck and call... But everyone in Yuncheng also knew that the Jiang family’s eldest daughter had loved Song Qingche 4.9kReads8.5Score234Shelves

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    All three are angst-filled novels. The first one is a bit toxic in the beginning, so I suggest skipping chapters; the quality improves quite a bit in the middle and later parts, and it becomes very readable. The second one is about transmigrating into an anime, and it's more of an ensemble piece; the scene where the protagonist self-destructs is truly heartbreaking. The third one is an angst-filled Ultraman fanfic, and it's genuinely painful to read.

17. 17 不 No Way! This Demonic Cultivator Is Way Too Righteous! 不是吧？这魔修过于正义！ Sour Orange橘子酸酸Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + No female lead + Invincible hero + Fast-paced + Gets better the more you read + Characters aren’t one-dimensional] (Every character has their own distinctive personality.) Yan Qing transmigrates into a popular action anime called Martial Arts Across the Nine Heavens. Identity: The top prodigy of the Demon Sect. Original ending: He acts like a lovesick puppy, gives his rival his spiritual root, and gets humiliated to death. Faced with such a cannon-fodder ending, Yan Qing is furi 21.7kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
18. 18 奥 Ultraman: The New Generation's Social Death Plan 奥特：新生代社死计划 Lan Qixuan澜祈煊Anime Fanfiction777k WordsCompleted While Aerya, Zero, and the New Generation were spending time together, a sudden mission appeared before Aerya and Zero: a plea for help from another vast universe. In that universe, the balance between light and darkness was severely disrupted, and the universe was on the brink of collapse. So they decided that, since they had nothing else to do lately, they might as well help. And so the New Generation, Zero, and Aerya set off on their mission to play the villains… (Featuring White Toru and Whi 9.1kReads9.4Score691Shelves
19. 19 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—Score147Shelves

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    🥺🥺🥺 (;´д`) ゞ

20. 20 死 The One Thing I Wanted to Record Before I Died 死前，我唯一想记录的 He Yuyi鹤羽依Two Male Leads25k WordsCompleted I fell in love with my non-blood-related older brother, but he found me disgusting and sent me to a conversion therapy center. After I got out, my mental state deteriorated day by day, and in the end, before I died, I wrote this 3.1kReads8.1Score656Shelves
21. 21 不 Was It Just for Fun? Why Are You Crying Now That I Have a Terminal Illness? 不是玩玩而已？我得绝症你哭什么 What a Big Cabbage好一颗大白菜Two Male Leads327k WordsCompleted Original title: Can You Leave a Sweet Orange by My Grave? Cool boxer bottom × seemingly nice-guy but actually wicked, flirtatious top (First person + chasing the spouse into the crematorium + melodrama + tragic ending) Li Feng is a coward. After learning he has a terminal illness, he decides to earn enough money and then die. Before then, a man named Qin Xiao suddenly barges into his life. Suddenly, he doesn’t want to die anymore. He wants to live. Just as he’s about to tell Qin Xiao ever 17.7kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves

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    This book is a complete disaster! His mother left him nothing but the wrong genes; after his sister's successful surgery, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Li Feng wasn't too bothered; he left money for his sister and prepared a burial plot for himself. But when he was struggling to make ends meet, he met someone who was kind to him. After many twists and turns, he no longer wanted to die, but fate played a cruel trick on him…

22. 22 戒 Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记 Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted A diary recording the final two months of my life... Maybe I'm just not meant to be loved. Otherwise, why would everyone who loved me leave? 12.6kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves

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    My hands were shaking when I chose these two... The first one was actually written by a middle school student... The second one was also very heart-wrenching... Thinking about it now still makes me feel so sad...

23. 23 将 A General Is No Boy 将军非少年 Jinhu瑾狐Ancient Romance706k WordsCompleted If “I love you” is good fortune, then for her, “You’re free” is salvation. “Si Youjin, you can protect these splendid rivers and mountains, you can protect these beautiful years, but can you protect yourself?” She sat atop the city wall and gave no answer… 3.2kReads9.3Score392Shelves

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    ① Sang Nian plunged the sword into her body, blood dripping from her withered fingers. She raised her eyes, a look that was both a cry and a laugh: "I can't go home anymore, Xie Chenzhou." ② She should have been a happy young lady living in the General's Mansion, but because of her mother's selfish desires, the General's Mansion lost a young lady, and the world gained Si Youjin. "If it can bring peace to the country and safety to the people, what does death matter to a mere Si Youjin?" Before the age of twelve, she "learned to inherit the glory of the entire family of the Great General, learned to protect the happiness of her mother and elder sister. Learned to be a sharp blade, to pacify the world for the Emperor." Si Youjin looked at the closed door in the distance. When the Emperor discovered her true gender, she only said, "Si Youjin will always be Si Youjin, always Baoyuan's sharpest blade. Whether she's male or female, it's all the same to Baoyuan." When the Emperor ordered her execution, he said, "I still want to know what you were thinking when you drank the fake poison." "I'm free." Her wish at the Lantern Festival was that Youjin could break free from her shackles and live freely. "The sons of the Si family live for the country, die for the people." She spoke again, "The blood oath contains only twelve characters: the Si family has no more sons to return." ③ "Dr. Zhou, my bones don't hurt anymore."

24. 24 原 Genshin Impact: The Vision Shines Again 原神：神之眼再度亮起 What Do You Call a Story?你说故事是什么Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Mu Xian Gunnhildr, eldest son of Mondstadt’s ancient knightly family. His natural gentleness led Mu Xian to treat everyone around him with kindness, and his resolve to save others crystallized into a brilliant Vision. But the world’s rejection soon followed. Indifference, malice, and exploitation for ulterior motives: it seemed no one cared about Mu Xian. The erosion wore away his gentleness, and his Vision grew completely dim. The moment his soul merged with the ley lines, the contract he had s 4kReads8.8Score358Shelves

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    He was such a gentle child, yet he was abandoned by the world and betrayed by his friends. When they regretted it, they discovered that the gentle boy from back then was long gone.

25. 25 醒 Wake Up, Bro, You're Not the Heroine 醒醒，哥不是女主 Xiao Si枭祀Two Male Leads839k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + two male leads + uke protagonist + both virgins + love and hate + angst + bad endings in some worlds] System: Hello, Host. Your task is to play the great villain, help the male and female leads grow, then fake your death and leave. Mo Li: Is making the male lead fall in love with me part of the mission? System: ...? Mo Li: The male lead... Wait, do I lose points for dying with him, too? World 1: The little enemy I raised myself x Underworld kingpin World 2: Gentle, devo 4.5kReads8.9Score557Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book... Mo Li plays a villain, yet the male lead falls in love with her. Every subsequent sub-world receives an A rating. I especially recommend the second sub-world, "After being released from prison, let's drink together." "Okay." "Just kidding, I'm going to die!" 😭😭😭

26. 26 用 I Risked My Life to Transmigrate into a Book, and the Whole Internet Begged Me Not to Die 用命穿书后，全网发弹幕求我别死 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads448k WordsCompleted On-screen comments + System + true young master + sweet on the outside, dark on the inside + transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite + intense push and pull + seductive beauty A frail, ill, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside true young master VS the obsessive, volatile heir to a powerful Beijing family Xiao Qingye was a powerful young master with a terrible reputation. Almost nobody liked him, and his parents treated him like a thorn in their side. Everyone told him to be kind, but 12.2kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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    1. In just over twenty chapters, the protagonist is sent to a rehabilitation center by his adopted younger brother because he loves him—it's incredibly heartbreaking. 2. The overall feeling throughout the story is that love cannot overcome all difficulties. Neither of them is at fault, yet the story ends in a tragic ending for various reasons. 3. The protagonist's early life in the happy ending is extremely painful, so heart-wrenching it's almost painful.

27. 27 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

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    Meng Zhiwan's writing is all so good, especially her unrequited love stories that end in tragedy.

28. 28 暗 This Grand, Silent Drama of Unrequited Love 暗恋这场声势浩大的哑剧 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance126k WordsCompleted A bittersweet youthful school romance about unrequited love from popular author Meng Zhiwan, and a companion novel to The Sad Little Thing Called a Secret Crush and The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain. This one-sided love story is a silent play with just one actor: me. Also known as The Moment I Speak, My Voice Disappears. Lonely girl Chen Ji VS sunny boy Lin Jingye. I carefully cherished you, and you became the only spring I ever had in my life. “Chen Ji, may you always be safe and well, overcome 20.9kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves

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    While watching: Please have mercy, but after watching... It wasn't actually that heartbreaking... Really, um, it's just that sometimes you feel regret and your heart stops...

29. 29 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
30. 30 别 Don’t Ask Me to Forgive You. I Just Want to Die with Dignity 别求我原谅，我只想从容赴死 Er Rang二让Urban200k WordsCompleted [Regret and remorse] [No forgiveness] [Extreme sports] [Livestream] [Protagonist dies] Lu He enjoyed less than a month of happiness in the first half of his life. His mother became a vegetable, and they blamed him. The family business was struggling, and they blamed him. Even when his adopted younger brother only got a minor scrape, they blamed him. And now, ALS had come for him too. He was about to die. Why should he still be sensible and obedient, constantly making things difficult for himself 1.1kReads8.5Score103Shelves

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    Hehehe 🤤🤤 Knife knife

31. 31 清 Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03） Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Urban125k WordsCompleted Back in middle school, Xie Zeyang met Shen Bingqing. Their names were almost the opposite of their natures: he was as cold as ice, while she burned bright as the sun. He could still vaguely recall every time they parted when they were young. At thirteen, beneath the lights at the entrance to an alley. She waved with a radiant smile and said to him, “See you tomorrow, class monitor!” At seventeen, on the beach on a midsummer night. She poked her head out of the tent, eyes crinkling as she called 23.3kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves
32. 32 戒 Conversion Camp: Tamed by Love 戒同所：以爱驯服 Huai Jin Mianyang淮今绵阳Two Male Leads272k WordsCompleted Just started getting ratings; the main story is complete [No CP + Slight Ensemble Cast + Conversion Therapy + Mind Control + In the Name of Love] [If you like angst, come on in.] I'm required to write at least 50 characters, but I think every extra word would be a spoiler. So, happy New Year's Eve, everyone. Tang Tang, happy New Year's Eve to you too. Welcome to my world. 498Reads8.5Score100Shelves

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    The sheep-themed novel is a must-read! Ziqi's reputation is great. The last diary entry is incredibly heart-wrenching, so please enjoy the sweet moments while reading, babies! [Sending heart] It might help balance the angst.

33. 33 迟 Your Late Affection Is Worth Less Than Grass. I’m Leaving the Family, So Why Are You Crying? 迟来深情比草贱，我叛出家你哭啥 La La Little Pumpkin啦啦小南瓜Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Mo was reborn, back in the Xu family mansion. In her previous life, she was found and brought home, only to be treated unfairly. Her family hated her, and the fake young master framed her, leaving her to die with grievances unavenged. When she opened her eyes again, she decided to leave home and cut ties with her hypocritical family. But to her surprise, the whole family regretted it and begged her to come home, weeping. But affection that comes too late is worth less than grass. This time, s 152.4kReads8.1Score9.5kShelves
34. 34 全 Everyone in This Story Is Crazy. Please, Won't You Kill Me? 全文疯批，请杀了我好吗 Jiu Jiu Ziqi酒酒子琪Two Male Leads297k WordsCompleted [Power couple + Mutually faithful] [Angst early on, more angst in the middle, the male lead turns into a lovesick puppy later; tragic ending, but with rebirth] The pursuer thinks the pursued betrayed him. The pursued spends two years hiding away, then gets caught and brought back. The pursuer starts beating and tormenting him in every way, and even brings his fiancée to see him. She'll stop at nothing and wants to kill him every day. After enduring endless humiliation, Bai Feiying tries to escap 2.1kReads9.0Score270Shelves
35. 35 养 The Trouble with Keeping Pets 养宠为患 Jiu Jiu Ziqi酒酒子琪Two Male Leads145k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + unhinged + yandere + angst for the bottom + satisfying read] = The ex regrets it and chases his love at the crematorium After his secret was exposed, Bai Feicheng was brutally beaten and tortured for two whole years. Unable to bear the humiliation, he fled with a broken heart. Only then did Bai Chenghao realize he had fallen in love with him. But he pursued him the wrong way, deepening the misunderstanding between them once again. Angst, bad ending or happy ending: I’ll let y 510Reads8.7Score100Shelves
36. 36 被 After My Life Was Stolen, I Got to Drink at My Husband’s Wedding 被偷人生后我喝上了我老公的喜酒 Rabbits Like Being Petted兔兔可以揉Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted An AOB world, time travel, a tragic love story. Complete. Wen Wandong and his husband, Han Chenqiu, were in a car accident. His husband died, but he survived. Three months later, an enemy tried to murder him, and he barely escaped with his life. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself at his husband’s wedding banquet, where his husband failed to recognize him and had him committed to a psychiatric hospital. As Wen Wandong agonized over what was going on, he grabbed a knife and tried to s 137Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't miss it!

37. 37 周 Dr. Zhou's White Moonlight Is Dying 周医生的白月光快死了 Ten-Line Que十行阙Two Male Leads219k WordsCompleted [Fragile, ill bottom VS cold, aloof top] [Heart-wrenching angst + mutually exclusive devotion, 1v1 + bad ending + extreme bottom fans, beware] Wen Ci had terminal stomach cancer. The doctor said he had at most thirty days left, and Wen Ci could live those thirty days for Zhou Ying. But Wen Ci died on the twenty-seventh day. After his death, Wen Ci left behind twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf. 19.8kReads9.3Score3kShelves
38. 38 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?” 5.8kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
39. 39 开 From the Start, I Risked My Life Against Drug Dealers, Bringing Hundreds of Millions to Tears 开局跟毒贩以命换命，数亿人泪崩 Old-Age Rice Scoop老年饭勺Urban394k WordsCompleted An He saves a little girl and gets hit by a semi-truck, awakening a life simulator. The scenes from his simulated lives are also connected to the Myriad Worlds, where they are livestreamed. [The first time, in 1999, he was the son of anti-narcotics officers. He watched his parents die before his eyes, then his whole family was relentlessly hunted by drug traffickers.] [To protect his family, An He walked straight into the trap and faced the traffickers alone, trading his life for theirs.] [He ma 6.5kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    Damn, 1000 hours, this is the most brutal one.

40. 40 国 The Imperial Preceptor Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore 国师他不想努力了 A Promise at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭卿许23k WordsCompleted The Imperial Preceptor Doesn't Want to Work Hard Anymore 93Reads—Score—Shelves

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    After crying my eyes out during the second movie, watching the first one helped me recover – perfect!

41. 41 最 The Last Diary Entry 最后一篇日记 Sui Ying随楹Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted [Simplified Chinese edition signed for publication] I only used looking at the flowers as an excuse. All I really wanted was to see you once. 27.1kReads9.1Score4.8kShelves
42. 42 他 Where He Belongs 他的归处 Worried Unicorn操心的独角兽Two Male Leads22k WordsCompleted The internet was flooded with stories of Song Qing’s heroic deeds. I saw a video someone had taken: Song Qing leapt gracefully into the lake like a carp, then slowly disappeared, as if that had always been where he belonged. 4kReads8.1Score650Shelves
43. 43 被 We Who Were Killed by the World 被世界杀死的我们 A Promise at the Orchid Pavilion兰亭卿许31k WordsCompleted We Who Were Killed by the World 113Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 救 After the Redemption Story Ends 救赎文完结后 Sailed Through Countless Storms千帆过尽16k WordsCompleted After the Redemption Novel Ends 2kReads—Score102Shelves

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    The first book, "Qingqing," is a must-have; it was so heart-wrenching! The second short story is set after the completion of the redemption novel; the male lead has grown tired of the female lead…

45. 45 母 After My Imperial Consort Mother Ran Away While Pregnant and Came Back, I Turned Evil 母妃带球跑回来后，我黑化了 Saint's Upper-Leaf Meiai圣塔的上叶美爱Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted After My Concubine Mother Returned, Pregnant, I Turned to the Dark Side 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't seek redemption. The female protagonist is the one sacrificed in her parents' love story. She once thought her mother hated her father and helped her mother escape, which made her life miserable. Even so, she longed to escape and find her mother, but unexpectedly, before she could leave, her parents reconciled.

46. 46 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. 3.6kReads8.6Score385Shelves
47. 47 绝 The Desolate Seafloor 绝望海底 Little Bird Stewed in an Iron Pot铁锅炖小鸟Urban332k WordsCompleted [Entertainment + Singing + Sickly Hero + Healing + Tearjerker + Positive Energy + Redemption] Bai Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that he has cancer and needs a huge sum of money for treatment. A singing contest hosted by pdd is underway, drawing a massive audience and offering a huge cash prize! So Bai Chen joins to earn money for his medical bills. In the preliminaries, Bai Chen sings “Under the Sea,” and the entire livestream falls silent, lost in thought. In the knoc 29.7kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
48. 48 清 The Cool, Straight-Laced Man Is Forced into Love by a Mad Emperor 清冷直男，被疯批皇帝强制爱了 Cold Embroidered Spring Blade绣春刀寒Two Male Leads655k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + coercive romance + fake-death fiction] Spring, Year Thirteen of the Jinghe Era Dusk settled in. The trees and grass stood bleak, and the wind howled like a mournful cry. On an otherwise peaceful, even uneventful afternoon, the emperor had only just awoken when he received news that Chen Yuzhen had fallen into the great river. The Yishui flowed broad and fast. He had died so suddenly, so quickly, and so lightly. He had left not even a whole corpse behind. The emperor was still s 20.4kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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    It had a happy ending, but it was really heartbreaking. Chen Xizhen went from being a top scholar to someone else's plaything, all because he loved him. [Crying] I won't say anymore, you can watch it yourselves. [Almost crying]

49. 49 劣 Defective Omega 劣质omgea Sleepy Tangerine困桔了Two Male Leads246k WordsCompleted Their marriage was in name only, and it lasted four years. “Your pheromones disgust me.” Four years together couldn’t melt the ice between them. What was the point of desperately trying to save the relationship? The seeds of their separation had taken root long ago. Correction: The novel’s actual title is “Inferior Omega.” It can’t be changed after signing the contract, but feel free to dive into the story! 5.6kReads8.2Score543Shelves

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    Purely angst, short stories, every single one will bring you to tears.

50. 50 二 The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊 Meat Bun Won't Eat Meat肉包不吃肉Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [The audiobook adaptation of the same name, starring Gu Jiangshan and Sanshi, is complete. Tune in and give it a listen!] Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning's disciple had been a mistake. His master was far too much like a cat, while he was like a silly dog wagging its tail and fawning over him. Dogs and cats can't reproduce together, and the silly dog hadn't wanted to reach out his fluffy paws toward that cat in the first place. He'd always thought dogs should be with dogs, like his senior bro 100.9kReads9.7Score19.5kShelves

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    Both are quite angsty; my eyes are constantly filled with urine.

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