Looking for a Tragic Ending. I Didn’t Even Cry at See Spring, and My Tear Threshold Is So High I Feel Like Something’s Wrong with Me 求be文，《见春天》都没哭，泪点高到感觉自己有病

1. 201 那 That Good-for-Nothing Is Me? Then I'll Wipe Them Out 那个窝囊废是我？灭了 He Quanguo何全国44k WordsCompleted That Useless Loser Is Me? Take It Down. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Short story!

2. 202 汪 The Wang Family's Chessboard: She Is a Sacrificial Pawn and the Blood of His Heart 汪家棋盘，她是弃子，也是心尖血 Jing Yu静玗Mystery717k WordsCompleted She knelt in the blood-soaked ancestral hall of the Wang family, clutching the bone fragment of the last opponent she had defeated. Of the twenty-seven candidates, she was the only one left alive. Three ribs were broken, her left eye was temporarily blind, and the flesh on her back hung in bloody strips, as if chewed by a wild dog. This was the price of becoming the young clan leader. The Wang family never kept dead weight. She met Zhang Qiling again in an ancient tomb while pursuing the Snake-B 533Reads6.3Score104Shelves
3. 203 初 My First Love Faces Off Against an AI Beauty. What Should I Do? 初恋大战AI美女，我该怎么办啊 The Strategist策略派12k WordsCompleted My First Love Is Going Head-to-Head with an AI Beauty. What Should I Do? 37Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 204 盗 Tomb Raiding: Guys, I’ve Transmigrated 盗墓，家人们我穿越了 Meteor Tears流星泪Mystery505k WordsCompleted (This work is complete. Every creator's work is hard-won, so please respect the original. Otherwise, I'll report you. Thanks. Warnings: 1. The main plot is all about keeping your head down, keeping your head down, keeping your head down, keeping your head down, keeping your head down. If you don't get it, move on. Don't insult me. 2. Liu Yuning will be mentioned a few times early on, but it won't affect your reading. It's purely the author's self-indulgence, and I'm a fan of his. If you don't li 6.1kReads8.6Score603Shelves
5. 205 让 Have Her Pretend to Be a Rich Heiress's Girlfriend? Winning Five Million Is Nothing 让她假扮千金女友，中奖五百万不值一提 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted She pretended to be a rich heiress’s boyfriend, and winning five million was no big deal. 63Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 206 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Kid Brother Found a Shut-In Kid 盗墓：小哥捡了个自闭崽 Don't Cloud the Sky别云上Mystery257k WordsCompleted Xiaoge favoritism + family and friendship + everyone’s darling + raising a kid What happens when Xiaoge picks up a kid even more withdrawn than he is? Xiaoge: cold expression, staring. Kid: expressionless, staring. The kid has zero close-range attack power, but moves with effortless grace, is unbeatable at ranged attacks, has superb medical skills, can send you to meet the King of Hell in minutes, and keeps lots of Gu. The kid is very withdrawn and doesn’t like to talk at first. The kid is a swe 6.9kReads8.9Score866Shelves
7. 207 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? 29Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 208 美 The Beauty Turned Down My Confession, Then Showed Up at My Door Two Years Later? 美女拒绝我表白，两年后竟主动找上门？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted A Beautiful Woman Turned Down My Confession. Two Years Later, Why Did She Come Looking for Me? 57Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 209 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 15.2kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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   I really believe in the full stop, especially the palace walls and willow branches that have stopped running late.

10. 210 我 I Like You So Much, I Can't Control Myself 我太喜欢你了，我控制不了自己 The Strategist策略派8k WordsCompleted I Like You So Much, I Can't Control Myself. 56Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 211 我 I Was Twenty-Eight When I Died 我死的时候二十八岁 Yi Mo Yao以沫瑶Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted At twenty, Song Jiniao was hailed by the entertainment world as the “Nation's Goddess,” while Lin Ti died unexpectedly at an awards ceremony. She would never forget what happened that day, or the bone-chillingly cold look in that man's eyes. From then on, Shen Jiulin dragged her from her pedestal and plunged her into the abyss. The Nation's Goddess fell from grace overnight, her fame as fleeting as a flower that blooms for one day. At twenty-one, forced to choose between her mother and stepfathe 685Reads8.5Score107Shelves
12. 212 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 27Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 213 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? 11Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 214 等 Waiting for Winter to End, Longing for Spring 等冬尽，盼春来 Xiaoxiang Qimin潇湘祈敏Modern Romance187k WordsCompleted Youthful Heartbreak | BE Aesthetics | Mutual Redemption | Fated by Life and Death Lose 10 pounds just from reading this [Quiet, Resilient Girl × Wild, World-Weary School Bully] In 2012, in a seaside town, Jiang Sheng and Nan Siye meet in the rundown Nanyang residential compound. She is a silent lamb to the slaughter, bullied by her classmates. Her mother has left home to work, her father disappeared ten years ago and never returned, and she lives under someone else’s roof. He is the school bull 1.6kReads8.2Score504Shelves

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    The first piece is about narcotics police that I recently read. It's from Meng Zhiwan's *If the Forest Had a Fairy Tale*, and the later parts are quite touching. I also like the white paper; one of the pages is particularly moving. Wutong Lane, number nineteen—it's a magical number.

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 我 In the End, I Long for Freedom 我终究向往自由 Dancing in the Lemon Tree柠檬树上跳舞Modern Romance179k WordsCompleted [Youthful campus romance + secret crush + mutual devotion + tragic ending] The first time Shen Huai saw Xu Xiawei, it was as if something struck him in the heart. In an instant, he was certain that Xu Xiawei was the person destined for him. He loved Xu Xiawei, but love made him timid. He was always careful, constantly afraid of disturbing her. Shen Huai said, “I don’t want my feelings to become a burden to her.” Yet he was always sneaking glances at Xu Xiawei. When he wanted to give her a card, 4Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 217 第 The Twelfth Love Letter 第十二封情书 371Two Male Leads78k WordsCompleted [Top-quality novel + two male leads + unrequited love + short story + coming of age + tragic ending + school life + letters] [What am I? A grain of sand among ten thousand generations, A stone this big. I can love this version of myself too., “I,” Leslie Cheung] A story of unrequited love: no getting close, no confession, and certainly no mutual affection. It's silence, a secret, a treasure. It's the wild madness of youth, with no regrets. 1.2kReads9.0Score272Shelves

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    After reading them, I was really confused. In the first book, I was completely focused on the forced scenes, but after reading more carefully later on, I cried so much. In the second book, I never expected the protagonist to actually die; I thought it was just a wish-fulfillment story. In the third book, the two little villains started to suffer from chapter 100 onwards. Okay, I won't say more; please read it yourself.

18. 218 深 The Black Moonlight in the Abyss 深渊中的黑月光 Tao Tao Tao Peach Ya陶陶陶桃子吖Modern Romance406k WordsCompleted [Gentle, steadfast little white flower × obsessive, lovesick madman] Su Mianmian liked a boy for five years, and was bullied for those same five years. What helped her endure those difficult days was a ray of light shining into her dark life. Only when they finally met in person did she learn that the boy she had loved for five years was the very person who had dragged her into the abyss. Seeing his demonic face, she ran. She deleted every way to contact her bully, thinking that once she made it 9.7kReads8.8Score662Shelves

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    I can't take it anymore, the first and third ones are just too heartbreaking.

19. 219 如 If That Plane 如果那架飞机 Wen Tong温铜Modern Romance144k WordsCompleted [A Beijing elite-family romance] [Bad ending] [The male lead's story alternates between Beijing and Hong Kong; the female lead is from Guangdong] [Zhuo Qingheng, born into a powerful family, who built a Fortune Global 500 company from scratch | Wen Han, a resilient, sensitive young woman from an ordinary family who ultimately achieves great success] 1 In 2014, fresh out of school and just starting her career, Wen Han arrived in Beijing for the first time. With money tight, she could only afford 2kReads8.1Score327Shelves

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    I think these two books are amazing! The first one is a romance novel about high-ranking officials, and the second one is a campus romance novel—oh, they were so heart-wrenching!

20. 220 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 188.6kReads9.5Score25.6kShelves

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    The first book had a sweet ending, but the middle was a bit angsty. "I came when spring was not in my time, but I left when spring was in full bloom." 😢 The second, third, eighth, and ninth books were truly heartbreaking; I couldn't stop crying. 😫😫😫😢😢

21. 221 恨 Who Can I Tell My Grudge To? 恨谁诉？ Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads122k WordsCompleted Each chapter is a standalone tragic love story with an open ending, so use your imagination. Some stories are set in ancient times and others in the modern day, but they're all tragic. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip them. 683Reads8.7Score135Shelves

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    Anping is really tough.

22. 222 本 This King's Sleeve Is Thoroughly Severed 本王这袖，断的彻底 Born Under a Lucky Star八字过硬Two Male Leads562k WordsCompleted [Preorders for The World Cannot Keep What It Loves Most open at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 15. For the first 15 minutes, signed copies are available with no quantity limit; from 16 to 30 minutes, copies personally signed by the author are available with no quantity limit!] [Two male leads + The prince has a bit of a sense of humor] Everyone knew Prince Pu was gay. Even the man on the imperial throne turned a blind eye. Prince Pu had loved many people in his life. A horseman from the frontier 34.7kReads9.6Score5kShelves

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    It's sweet and makes me feel at ease.

23. 223 梨 Pear Blossom Cross Lane 梨花十字巷 Dull Orange呆橙Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted [Redemption + HE + childhood friends + secret crush] The room was dark, bottles scattered everywhere as the stale smell of smoke lingered in the air. Wen Shuangli walked closer and said, “So you smoke too.” Zhou Yixing grabbed her wrist. His usually cool, distant eyes glistened with tears as he said, looking hurt and pitiful, “Wen Shuangli, don’t hate me. If you hate me, I’ll die…” “Why are you calling me Wen Shuangli? Didn’t I tell you to call me Big Sister?” Wen Shuangli said sternly. Zhou Yix 274Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    You've probably all heard of these books, go check them out!! "Lose 10 Pounds Quickly" has high ratings!!! "I Died at Twenty" is another one. I don't know if anyone has read this novel, but I read it a long time ago. The plot was so moving, I cried from beginning to end. The female lead's name is An Ning, but she was never at peace.

24. 224 冬 Half a Letter in Winter 冬天的半封信 Zhu Qiutian祝秋天Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted They met in winter, grew close, parted ways, and found each other again. “See you in winter.” I’ll see you in winter. It turned out to mean goodbye until winter comes again. 71Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These books are really quite heart-wrenching.

25. 225 心 My Heart Belongs to One Person 心之所向，只为一人 Think What I Think思己所念Two Male Leads500k WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding | Xie Yuchen is the one and only | Many others have feelings for him | Everyone’s favorite | Wang Pangzi isn’t included, but they’re close friends | Top | Sorry for the OOC; the plot is a little clichéd, so please don’t flame me] Our dear boy only loves Xie Yuchen. The story mainly focuses on Xie Yuchen. Gods, what this world wants has never been a god who pities all living things, but a tiny bit of happiness. He was a child of the gods, born with their qualities. Then he met a god 619Reads6.7Score115Shelves

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    The second book is both sweet and angsty, 134 pages... Those who have read it can only say it's great.

26. 226 杳 No Such Person Exists 杳无此人 Dreaming Night Owl夜猫梦梦Modern Romance169k WordsCompleted [Undercover Assassin vs. Narcotics Detective] “Jinchen, after I’m gone, I’m entrusting my sister to you.” “Don’t tell her what happened to me. She cries at the drop of a hat, and if she finds out, she’ll cry her head off.” “Yu Jinyan, you big liar! Now that you’re gone, who’s going to protect me? I have no family left…” The day after Yu Jinyan died, Yu Jinchu vanished without a trace, as if she had disappeared from the face of the earth. Jiang Jinchen searched for her like a madman. Seven years 319Reads—Score125Shelves

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    Drug bust story, everyone dies.

27. 227 穿 I Transmigrated into The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, and They All Fell Apart After I Faked My Death 穿越盗笔，假死后他们都崩溃了 Heated Lemon Water加热柠檬水Mystery151k WordsCompleted Qing Yan transmigrated into the world of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles twenty years ago, and Zhang Qiling and Hei Xiazi raised him like a pig for all those years. Then, forced by a Corpse Beetle Pill to become a player in the game, Qing Yan accidentally uncovered a shocking secret about himself. From then on, the Nine Houses had another lunatic... No, that's not right. Qing Yan: Sorry, Brother Xiao Hei! I didn't mean to! Hei Xiazi: Kid, you sure put on a good act. Qing Yan: Sorry, Brother X 11kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
28. 228 蓝 The Blue Gum Tree Waits in Vain for the Mistletoe Bird 蓝桉等不到释槐鸟 Chive Leaf I韭叶IModern Romance133k WordsCompleted “If I loved you a little less, would I be able to say a little more to you?” The girl, Ru An, had a secret crush on Lin Fu, the brightest star in school. She loved writing in her diary. Over her three years of high school, she filled five diaries. Not once did she mention Lin Fu by name, yet every line was about him. She described Lin Fu as full of life and spirit, but couldn't find a single word that suited herself. She had always lived by the rules, following the same routine. The only courage 17kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
29. 229 春 Spring Banquet 春日宴 Egrets in Pairs白鹭成双Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
30. 230 黑 The Corrupted Moon Was Redeemed After Her Rebirth 黑化月亮复生后，被救赎了 Heated Lemon Water加热柠檬水Mystery241k WordsCompleted Fan Favorite / Pairing Undecided (Anything Is Possible) / Mutual Salvation / White Moonlight Returns from the Dead Qing Yan died in the Zhang Family Ancient Tower, in Black Glasses' arms. Years later, he returned and appeared before the Nine Gates once more, but everything had changed beyond recognition. Suspicion and heart palpitations, probing and cautiousness. After countless rescues and glimmers of hope, who, in the end, saved whom? Are you really him... Did you really come back...? Now tha 7kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
31. 231 春 Spring Breeze and the Sea 春日微风与海 Insomniac Kitty失眠ing小猫Modern Romance151k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion + years of secret love] [Reserved comic artist vs. straightforward male celebrity] [Main story complete] Jiang Nianke's comic was being adapted into a TV series, but she never expected the male lead to be Zhou Yuxi, her high school deskmate and the boy she'd had a crush on!!! All right, she still had a crush on him now... Her best friend An Chuxia told her that after Jiang Nianke left without a word back then, he went from a sunny, cheerful boy into a cool, aloof heartthrob. Jia 87Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 232 咬 Bite the Scales 咬鳞 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads708k WordsCompleted [Pink little mermaid x high-ranking commander] [Gentle, cunning, and devoted x resilient, ferocious, and cruel little darling + corruption + melodrama + sweet and angsty romance + 1v1 + devoted couple, happy ending] Xing Nan is a rare pink mermaid, so rare that everyone covets him. Everything around him is dangerous. The first person he meets after escaping from the laboratory is Pei Wenyang. He begs Pei Wenyang to save him. Pei Wenyang is the gentlest human he's ever met. He dries Xing Nan's 19kReads9.6Score3kShelves

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    The first one needs no introduction; it's a sweet romance novel that everyone recommends. The second one has regrets for every couple, but it's a happy ending. It's so heart-wrenching that even though I didn't cry while reading "Whale Falls into the Abyss" (I'm just using it to illustrate the tear-jerking moments, not to belittle it), I cried four times while reading this one (it's extremely heart-wrenching in the middle, but incredibly sweet at the beginning and end).

33. 233 铜 The Bronze Sparrow Locks the Golden Hairpin 铜雀锁金钗 Brewing Tea with Life's Flavors世味煮茶Two Male Leads320k WordsCompleted To love someone painfully is to wish you could lock them away with a golden lock. The first time Duan Yelin saw Xu Hang, he wanted to keep him locked up in a gilded cage, and that was exactly what he did. He took Xu Hang by force, the robber; Xu Hang was the helpless victim, enduring it in silence. Xu Hang was unwilling, but he wanted to live. There was still so much he hadn’t done, so in the end, he went into the Little Copper Pass. Years of entanglement. After fou 42.3kReads9.7Score12kShelves
34. 234 一 Waiting Twenty Years 一等二十年 At the Beginning of Lifeo人之初o13k WordsCompleted Waiting Twenty Years 141Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Baozi, come check out this one! It's a angst-filled novel set in the Republican era.

35. 235 昼 Day and Night of Delusion 昼夜妄想 Reverse Oxygen逆氧Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted He’s the capital’s spoiled young heir, a wild, reckless man with a savage streak no one can tame. She’s a pitiful girl living under someone else’s roof, meek, timid, and clear-eyed. One day, he tells her, “Shen Yang, help me win her over, and I’ll grant you one wish.” But he has no idea she’s been secretly in love with him for seven whole years! She watched with her own eyes as he did one crazy thing after another for her best friend! Then one day, he says, “Shen Yang, she said yes to my proposa 21.9kReads8.0Score1.6kShelves

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    The ratings are mostly quite high, and they're all tragic endings (BEs). Some of them are so heartbreaking that you can barely breathe after watching them [crying].

36. 236 前 My Ex Is a Top-Tier Star, So I’ll Ride His Coattails, Hard! 前男友是顶流，我蹭，我硬蹭！ Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads267k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rebirth + entertainment industry + rekindled romance] A beautiful, strong, tragic, sickly bottom-tier actor. A superstar idol top. The day Lin Ran was diagnosed with cancer, he held his final livestream. He thought it was goodbye, but never expected to receive an invitation to appear on a variety show. When they meet again, his ex-boyfriend has become a top-tier star with tens of millions of followers. He says, “Lin Ran, you're so shameless!” He says, “Lin Ran, are you sick?” H 11.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    I'm still reading the first book and I'm already crying my eyes out [crying]. Even if I were reborn and your illness still couldn't be cured, I would still die with you [crying].

37. 237 娱 Showbiz: After Being Diagnosed with Depression, I Used Music to Heal the World 娱乐：确诊抑郁后，用歌治愈世界 July Sword Edge七月剑锋Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Entertainment + healing + livestreaming + redemption + no System + no heroine + no harem] Su Chen, who suffers from severe depression, decides to jump into the sea and end his life. But by chance, his soul transmigrates into a parallel world with a barren entertainment industry. The original Su Chen in this parallel world also suffered from severe depression. Having never known love, he decides to heal the world with his songs. One song, “Murmurs,” resonates with the entire internet. One song, 6.7kReads8.4Score639Shelves

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    Mainly books 1, 2, 12, and 16.

38. 238 入 Infested 入蛊 Er Qiao二乔Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted “Why does my heart race uncontrollably whenever I see you?” “So that’s what it means to be bewitched by you.” “Bewitched, and loving you to the bone.” 626Reads8.5Score102Shelves
39. 239 我 After CCTV Exposed Me, the Entire Internet Was Left Devastated 我被央妈曝光后，全网致郁了 My Dream Is to Be a Landlord梦想是当包租公Urban251k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Angst + Pure Romance + Songs] “Baby, take your medicine!” Qin Xia looked at his blurry girlfriend. He reached out, wanting to touch her, but he could never quite reach her. “If I take the medicine, will I never see you again?” “Silly, I just want you to get better soon...” Her figure began to disappear. After Qin Xia won the Best Singer award, he stood before the cheering crowd and slowly said, “The only way I can see her, you call a delusion.” 19.1kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
40. 240 新 New Utopia 新，乌托邦 Broken Strings in the Rain雨中断弦Urban397k WordsOngoing [Political Thriller] [Montage Style] [Psychological Oppression] [Dystopian] (The story moves slowly at first, but more kinds of ghosts will appear later.) The calamity ended, and a city-state rose from the ground. People called it the New Utopia. Beneath its gleaming order, those in power were no longer human. Monsters wore human skin and occupied positions of authority. Their visions were linked, and everything was under surveillance. A colossal beast hung in the sky, while monsters roamed th 2.3kReads—Score195Shelves

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    There were too many knives inside.

41. 241 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
42. 242 渡 Save Me, Not the Drunkard 渡我不渡醉 Bamboo Song Pear竹音梨Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted [A guarded, wounded hero × a gentle, steadfast heroine who saves him | Mutual devotion · Rekindled Romance] “Everyone who gets close to me comes to a bad end. You should leave.” “It's not your fault, Jiang Zui. You haven't done anything wrong.” Kneeling in the light, she led him out of the shadows and told him he wasn't a curse. He deserved to be loved. This was a silent standoff, and a gentle salvation. Jiang Zui thought his life would never see the light until he met Su Yuhe at seventeen. Afra 2.9kReads—Score185Shelves

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    A privately collected collection of exquisite, albeit angsty, romance novels. The quality far surpasses many popular online romance stories; this one is a must-read! It's excellent, a perfect blend of sweet and angst, with very nuanced character development.

43. 243 亲 Dear Child 亲爱的小孩 Nai Nai奈奈Modern Romance98k WordsCompleted Riding my bike fast into the sea breeze, I began to sing softly without thinking: “Dear child, did you cry today…” Just that one line, and I froze in shock, unable to make another sound. I realized that claiming I couldn’t bear the cold of that city, making excuses about not wanting to stay and watch other people reunite with their families, and traveling here to a place where spring seemed to last all year, had all been ways of fulfilling the wish the two of us had made years ago. Only then did 41Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    I'm easily moved to tears, and even those with a serious case of youthful tragedy aesthetics can hardly soften my hardened heart 🙃👍🏻 I read this book about two years ago; it's one of Nana's lesser-known works, but it's truly excellent. I'm not exaggerating when I say I dare not read it a second time 😭 The emotions are incredibly delicate, the characters are awkward and complex, there are no absolutely bad guys, and the impact is immense 😭 You absolutely must read it❗️❗️❗️

44. 244 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
45. 245 乔 Bridge and Harmony 乔和 Li Yonghe李庸和Urban111k WordsCompleted I came into this world alone, yet I could not escape falling secretly in love. Qieqie never imagined a boy would burst into her life and become an indispensable part of her growing years. The boy she loved was exceptionally talented, pure and untainted. But in the blink of an eye, fate toyed with him, and he fell into an abyss. He suffered torment, and she stayed by his side. Neither of them was the other's cure, but they became each other's lifeline. The clown became a warrior, and the princess 574Reads9.4Score111Shelves

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    It's very niche, but it's all very [crying][crying]

46. 246 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

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    Very niche, but very 😢😢

47. 247 能 Can You Please Stop Distracting Me from Studying? 能不能不要影响我学习 Finding Joy in a Fleeting Life浮生知欢Two Male Leads238k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled love + first person + happy ending + childhood friends] He snatched the love letter from my hands and pointed at the pink envelope scented with roses. “What’s this?” I answered awkwardly, “A love letter.” “Ha. I knew it.” You knew? What did you know? Before I could react, Nie Muqi tore the letter to pieces right in front of me, leaving me dumbfounded, then tossed it into the trash can between us. “Xiahou Changhuan, quit doing stupid things like this!” 6kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    I won't say much about the first two books, but after reading the last two, I felt really bittersweet. (›´ω`‹)

48. 248 她 After Disguising Herself as a Man, She Becomes the Beloved of the Immortal Sect’s Powerhouses 她女扮男装后，被仙门大佬团宠了 Yun Tian Ge云婖歌Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted "Main story complete" "No romance + secret identities revealed + woman disguises herself as a man + family affection + close-knit sect + every sect member has a secret identity" After the Beiyuan Sect found and repaired Qiyu, a damaged spirit artifact, she always thought her master, master's wife, senior brothers and sisters, and junior brothers were all ordinary people. Only after several unexpected incidents did she discover... The usually gentle and kind sect leader, her master, was the Sacre 272Reads9.1Score101Shelves

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    I've finished all of these books except the last one. The last one made me cry; I just couldn't continue reading it. They're all quite heart-wrenching, and they're not long novels, just short stories. There's another one that was also incredibly moving, but it made me so emotionally distraught that I deleted it and can't find it anymore.

49. 249 在 I Got Caught in the Rain in Your World 在你的世界淋过雨 Green Lamp Through the Years青灯度流年Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted Ji Linyu has always believed that her father used his power to frame the Ji family and force him to marry Zhou Jianyi. For six years, he has done nothing but use her and put on an act, all so he can bring down the Zhou family one day! The greatest pain of Zhou Jianyi's life is that her father has barely been laid to rest, her brother's death remains unexplained, her mother is hovering between life and death, and she herself is barely holding on. At her lowest point, Ji Linyu threatens to leave h 2.5kReads5.4Score153Shelves
50. 250 区 You’re Just a Background Character, So Why Make Trouble? 区区背景板你作什么妖 Old Hunter涉猎老大Two Male Leads613k WordsCompleted Zhuang Qiu had known ever since he could remember that he was just a background character, someone nobody noticed. He died during a trial at the age of twenty-three. But he fell in love with Ji Qingning, the second male lead who used a wheelchair. Zhuang Qiu often sneaked glances at his legs. They were truly a sight to behold. To make Ji Qingning fall for him, Zhuang Qiu timed his arrival to save him, cooked for him, mended his purse, and even took him to the cliffside where he'd always wanted t 740Reads8.7Score114Shelves

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