Any Short Stories with Characters Who Are Direct and Upfront? I'm Impatient and Don't Want Endless Will-They-Won't-They 有没有打直球的短篇小说啊！性子急真的不想看拉扯

1. 851 规 Rules-Based Horror: Help an Elderly Person 规则类怪谈：扶老人 Silly, So Silly糊涂啊糊涂Mystery7k WordsCompleted Rules-Based Horror: Help the Elderly —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 852 别 Don't Trust the Sweets That Come with a "Handout" 别信“资助”的糖 Stubborn City Soldier倔强的城市小兵18k WordsCompleted Don't trust the candy from a —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 853 进 I Evolved to the End, Only to Remember I Was a Mayfly 进化到终点，才想起是蜉蝣 Stubborn City Soldier倔强的城市小兵15k WordsCompleted I Evolved to the End, Only to Remember I Was a Mayfly —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 854 我 I Give SPAs at a Women’s Prison 我在女子监狱做SPA Stubborn City Soldier倔强的城市小兵11k WordsCompleted I Run a Spa in a Women's Prison 652Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 855 重 Reborn: My Humble Husband Begs for My Love, So I'll Make the Most of What Fate Brings 重生之卑微老公求疼爱：既遇则安 Chattering Morels叽里呱啦见手青Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted An Zhi x Ji Yuzhi Gentle, healing beauty vs. aloof on the surface but secretly possessive CEO (☑️ Complete, extra sweet with no angst, and a satisfying ending) To fulfill their grandfathers' dying wish, the two were bound together by a so-called “childhood betrothal.” Their three-year marriage seemed respectful and harmonious, but love was quietly growing. Neither of them dared to confess their feelings... He thought she married him to fulfill her grandfather's wish, unaware that she had long si 2kReads9.1Score173Shelves

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   Things are progressing fast, the male and female leads have started talking! It's been so sweet! [Admiration]

6. 856 卿 Qingqing, Please Take Pity on Me 卿卿求语怜 Early Every Morning朝朝早早Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Broken Mirror Mended + Both Pure, 1v1 + Each Other’s First Love] “Date me?” “Sure.” “Marry me?” “Sure.” If Tang Wan had known that this would be how they started again after reuniting, she never would have been so willful back then. She’d spent half a year chasing after him before finally pulling the aloof top student off his pedestal. They’d barely had time to enjoy being in love when a petty disagreement led to a breakup. Then came the whole package: transferring schools, leav 200Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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   A short story, straightforward throughout; love means speaking up. It's a reconciliation story where the female lead is extremely proactive, and the male lead is gradually "trained."

7. 857 晓 Xiaowei Transmigrates: A Three-Hundred-Year Promise Beneath the Full Moon 晓巍穿越：三百年月圆之诺 Stubborn City Soldier倔强的城市小兵Ancient Romance283k WordsCompleted Moonlight had flowed through the crack in the jade pendant for three hundred years. Back in that year of repeat classes, the plane-tree leaves always fell on the spine of her blue-covered book while she bent over her calculations. He deliberately knocked over her workbook. When she looked up, flecks of light clung to her eyelashes, and “little, little mountain ghost” slipped from his lips like a pebble tossed into a tranquil lake. Only later did he learn that this teasing nickname had long since 1Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 858 凌 CEO Ling’s Beloved Is a God of Death 凌总的心尖宠是杀神 Still Feeling Cold依然觉得寒冷Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted ◆ One-on-one romance | Two strong leads | The chase-to-win-her-back-from-hell trope | Extremely angsty love | Happy ending | A brutal journey ◆ Gorgeous, badass underworld queen x possessive tycoon heir In her senior year of high school, the families were locked in a bloody struggle for power. After being ambushed, he fled to the countryside, where he met a wild girl with defiance in her very bones. He wanted to die. She overturned a nest of snakes and laughed, bold and wild: “Want to die? The 3.8kReads9.3Score408Shelves

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   Straightforward, the male lead loves it.

9. 859 玄 Boundless Mystic Medicine: My CEO Wife Stands by Me as We Protect the World 玄医无界：总裁娇妻伴我守全球 Stubborn City Soldier倔强的城市小兵Urban494k WordsCompleted On a stormy night in Yuncheng, Lin Chen, heir to the mystical art of medicine, marries Su Wanqing, the CEO of the Su Corporation, under a contract. She possesses a bloodline tied to spiritual jade and is plagued by evil spirits. Their marriage begins as a deal that benefits them both, but one crisis after another brings them closer and awakens genuine feelings. He uses black iron needles to dispel evil spirits and spiritual herbs to cure strange ailments, while she protects him with the power of 2Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 860 我 I Take 3,000 Women to Build an Empire in the East Sea 我带3000女性，东海建帝国 Stubborn City Soldier倔强的城市小兵34k WordsCompleted I Lead 3,000 Women to Build an Empire in the East China Sea —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 861 丹EN The Supreme Sage of Alchemy 丹道第一圣 Third Brother of Shituo Ridge狮驼岭老三Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted As a max-level alchemist, is it really that unreasonable to eat pills for every meal? And learning martial arts to become invincible for self-defense makes perfect sense, right? The year's breakout hit [No System, genius protagonist, invincible lead, ensemble cast] 186.8kReads9.3Score22.2kShelves
12. 862 爆 Hilarious Cultivation: Kicked Down the Mountain 爆笑修仙：被踢下山 Jianghu Brother Ge, Trying Not to Laugh憋笑江湖军哥Urban1.1M WordsCompleted You bastard, now you remember the spatial ring?! A bunch of bald monks from the Buddhist sect get together to meditate and chant sutras. What the hell does that have to do with you? You just had to make them skip straight to becoming Buddhas, you bastard, by tossing two hornet nests into the crowd! Getting beaten up for it would have been bad enough, but you just had to sneak into their merit pool, and wreak havoc on the Sacred Merit Lotus they’d cultivated for ten thousand years, eating all the 55.9kReads8.7Score4.9kShelves
13. 863 暗 Imprisoned in a Secret Room 暗室囚禁 Entrusting Thoughts to a Dawn Dream寄思晓梦Completed I Was Imprisoned by a Demon for Two Years. After I Was Rescued and Came Home, I Became the One Nobody Needed... —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 864 同 Deskmate, How Do You Solve This Problem? 同桌，这道题怎么做 Qi Yiqi七一琪Modern Romance230k WordsCompleted Someone started a poll on Weibo: If you were given one million yuan, would you go back to high school? Lin Qingyao, an overworked office worker who'd been on the job for a year, chose “Yes” without hesitation. Then she transmigrated into a novel she'd read not long ago, as a background character who didn't even have a name, just as she was about to start her second year of high school. Lin Qingyao: ... Could it really be that easy? But what was done was done. What else could she do? She'd just h 570Reads8.6Score106Shelves
15. 865 小 The Little Black Alley: I Pinned My First Love Against the Wall 小黑巷子：我壁咚了初恋 Stubborn City Soldier倔强的城市小兵10k WordsCompleted The Dark Alley: I Pinned My First Love Against the Wall 136Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 866 当 A Nude Model’s Brush with the “Casting Couch” 当平面模特，遇上“潜规则” Stubborn City Soldier倔强的城市小兵10k WordsCompleted Working as a Fashion Model, I Encountered “Casting Couch” 115Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 867 男 My Dream Guy Has a Man in His Heart?! Should I Go After Someone Else? 男神心里装男人？！那换个追追？ Stars Fill the Lake星满湖8k WordsCompleted My crush has a man in his heart?! Should I pursue someone else? 2Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The first two short pieces, written with a fast and impatient style, are relatively well-paced, while the later longer piece leans towards a more literary style.

18. 868 顶 I'm Done Being a Top-Tier Star and Workaholic. Let My Slacker Brother Take Over 顶流卷王我不当了，让摆烂弟上 Stars Fill the Lake星满湖11k WordsCompleted I'm Done Being a Top-Tier Star and Grinding Away. Let My Laid-Back Little Brother Take Over 2Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 869 南 Rain in Nanjing, Wind on Erhai Lake 南京的雨洱海的风 Stars Fill the Lake星满湖Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [Older Woman-Younger Man Romance + Light Mystery + Animation Industry] An arson attack born of jealousy destroyed Cheng Xi's pipa-playing hand and derailed Meng Qingzhu's academic career. When she is branded an “academic seductress,” disgraced and ruined, the boy she once gave a raincoat to on a rainy night has long since shed his youthful innocence. Now a calculating “wolf,” he tears apart the lies for her, bringing a storm and a light powerful enough to sweep everything away. This is a story o 33Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 870 古 Past and Present, Swapping Lives: She Takes Down Scumbags in My Rich Family, While I Farm in Exile for Her 古今互穿：她替我豪门虐渣，我替她流放种田 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月25k WordsCompleted She travels between ancient and modern times: she helps me take down scum in a wealthy family, while I help her farm in exile. 12.7kReads—Score213Shelves

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    A short story that's straightforward, fast-paced, and to the point!

21. 871 抢 You Stole My Trash Ex? Taste the Massacre First 抢我渣前夫？6，灭门惨剧你先尝 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted [Rebirth, revenge, family intrigue, sweet romance, satisfying read, one-on-one romance] Also known as "My Reborn Half-Sister Wanted to Switch Marriages, So I Let Her. Now She’s the One Crying" Lu Jintang and Lu Zhaoyue were both reborn. As soon as she returned, Lu Zhaoyue eagerly declared, “I’ll give you the Xie family match. I’ll marry into the Xiao family in your place!” Lu Jintang happily agreed and married without hesitation into the seemingly doomed Xie family. Lu Zhaoyue was overjoyed. At 4.7kReads—Score468Shelves
22. 872 错 I Mistook My Husband for an AI 错把夫君当AI Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月13k WordsCompleted I Mistook My Husband for an AI 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
23. 873 夫 My Husband and His Childhood Sweetheart Made Me Miscarry, So I Finally Got Over Him 夫君和青梅害我流产，我恋爱脑好了 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted My Husband and His Childhood Sweetheart Made Me Miscarry, and I Got Over My Lovesick Foolishness 803Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 874 夫 After My Husband Passed the Exams, He Courted a Princess, But I’m the Real Heiress 夫君高中后攀附郡主，可我才是真千金啊 Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted After my husband passed the imperial exams, he cozied up to the county princess. But I’m the real daughter! 283Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 875 我 I'm Trapped in a Death Loop. Who Is the Real Killer? 我陷入了死亡循环，真凶究竟是谁？ Gazing at the Wind and Moon览风月13k WordsCompleted I'm Trapped in a Death Loop. Who Is the Real Killer? 174Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 876 门 Between the Door and the World Outside, My Fiancée Regrets It Like Crazy! 门里门外，未婚妻她悔疯了！ King Revolver左轮王10k WordsCompleted Inside and outside the door, my fiancée is consumed with regret! 6.9kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Over 200,000 readers, highly recommended! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

27. 877 发 After I Discovered My Wife Was Cheating 发现妻子出墙后 King Revolver左轮王13k WordsCompleted After discovering his wife was cheating on him 5kReads—Score106Shelves
28. 878 对 I'm Sorry, I Once Loved You Deeply 对不起，我曾经深爱你 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted I’m Sorry, I Once Loved You Deeply 6.2kReads—Score—Shelves
29. 879 妻 My Wife Insisted on Staying with Her First Love, So I Buried Our Marriage with My Own Hands 妻子执意陪白月光，我亲手埋葬了婚姻 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted My wife insisted on staying by her first love's side, so I buried our marriage with my own hands. 6.5kReads—Score122Shelves
30. 880 婚 Marriage Is a Shattered Reflection 婚姻如破碎的镜像 King Revolver左轮王Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Marriage is like a shattered mirror 3.1kReads—Score—Shelves
31. 881 妻 My Wife's Secret Text Messages 妻子的秘密短信 King Revolver左轮王11k WordsCompleted My Wife's Secret Text Messages 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
32. 882 你 You Chose Your First Love, So I Let You Go on the Spot (Late Love Won't Save You) 你选白月光，我当场成全（晚情不渡） King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted You chose your first love, so I let you have him right then and there (Late Love Finds No Ferry). 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
33. 883 她 After She Cheated, She Lost the Love of Her Life Forever 她出轨后永失所爱 King Revolver左轮王10k WordsCompleted After She Cheated, She Lost the One She Loved Forever 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
34. 884 既 If You Love Your First Love So Much, Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Gone? 既爱白月光，我走了你哭啥？ King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted If you love your first love so much, why are you crying now that I've left? 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
35. 885 穿 I Became the Stepmother of a Rebellious Heiress 穿成豪门叛逆女主的后妈 Sleepless Star未眠星Modern Romance277k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + livestreaming + sweet romance + devoted couples] Xu Shu never thought she'd transmigrate into a book one day. Unfortunately, she hadn't gotten very lucky: she wasn't the heroine, beautiful and from a good family, or the second female lead competing with the heroine for the male lead. Instead, she had become the heroine of this school-life novel's wicked stepmother. - After transmigrating into the book, Xu Shu had to keep completing livestreaming tasks assigned from ab 442Reads9.1Score102Shelves

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    This book is it! So sweet, so sweet! The female lead brought it up first! [Kissing emoji]

36. 886 他 He Actually Stole My Wife 他竟偷走我的妻 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted He Actually Stole My Wife 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
37. 887 备 A Backup Plan? I'm Done Putting Up with This! 备胎？老子不伺候了！ King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted A Backup Plan? I'm Done Putting Up With This! 366Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 888 爱 Love Isn't Gentle, and I Won't Lick My Wounds 爱不温柔，我不舔舐伤口 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted Love isn't gentle, and I won't lick my wounds. 449Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 889 你 You Turned Away, So I Learned Not to Love You! 你选择转身，我学会不爱！ King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted You chose to walk away, so I learned how not to love you! 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
40. 890 妻 The Hell My Wife Hid in the Receipts 妻子藏在收据里的地狱 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted The Hell My Wife Hid in the Receipts 519Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 891 年 Forty Years Old, Flirting with a Wild and Steamy Puppy Boy 年经40，撩的奶狗野又欲 Clouds Surge, Rain Falls云涌雨落Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted [Complete][HE + One-on-One Romance, Rebellious, Unhinged Puppy-Like Younger Man + Elegant, Capable Older Woman, Wealthy Family + Sweet Romance, Comedy + Feel-Good Payback, Can Be Cuddly or Wild] Watch out for fire, burglars, and best friends; slay demons and devils, and take down the ex-husband. When two pieces of trash got together, Feng Qing decided to let the pair of wild quails be together. She told her ex-husband, “In this vast sea of people, meeting you must have been my comeuppance. You'l 2.4kReads8.1Score124Shelves
42. 892 总 The CEO’s First Love Returns, So I Leave. Then He Goes Insane! 总裁老公白月光归来，我退场，他却疯了！ King Revolver左轮王12k WordsCompleted My CEO Husband’s First Love Is Back, So I Step Aside, but He Goes Crazy! 200Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 893 老 My Wife’s Deadly Perfume 老婆的致命香水 King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance15k WordsCompleted My Wife’s Deadly Perfume 30Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 894 重 Reborn, I Leave My Husband’s Entire Family Behind and Shine on My Own 重生后，我甩开老公全家独美 Wine God Xixi酒神喜喜11k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Left My Husband’s Entire Family Behind and Found Happiness on My Own —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short story of about 10,000 words, featuring a strong female lead and the male lead's family having a crematorium; the plot moves directly.

45. 895 兄 My Brother's Getting Married, So This Fat Guy Is Stepping In 兄弟结婚，胖子我顶上了 A Single Sound了了一声Urban816k WordsCompleted Tian Bohao, a three-hundred-jin man, looked at his bride, Xiao Yingxue, who stood before him with tears in her eyes and not a word to say. Ring, ring! Wasn't that a phone call? It had to be the newlyweds having a spat and calling me for help. He answered and deliberately turned on the speaker. “Elephant?” Cao Xiang's voice came through the phone, frantic but deliberately hushed, begging for help: “Haizi! Haizi! I've landed in serious trouble this time. It's an emergency, and you've got to 12kReads6.1Score454Shelves

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    My brother got married and my first love came along, so the fat guy had no choice but to step in, and he really did!

46. 896 开 Dumped from the Start, Then Spoiled by the Handsome Lu! 开局被退婚，亲亲陆少宠上天！ King Revolver左轮王14k WordsCompleted From the Start, I’m Dumped by My Fiancée, but Doting Lu Won’t Let Me Go! 119Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 897 契 A Sweet Contract Romance: I’m Mr. Lu’s Most Precious Treasure! 契约甜宠，我是陆总的心尖尖！ King Revolver左轮王20k WordsCompleted A Sweet Contract Romance: I’m Mr. Lu’s Apple of His Eye! 46Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 898 穿 Transmigrated to 1997 as a Fake Heiress, I Took My Butcher Husband’s Place at the Altar! Now They’re All Regretting It! 穿越1997假千金，替嫁我的杀猪老公！他们悔疯了！ King Revolver左轮王Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted I Transmigrated to 1997 as a Fake Heiress and Married Off to My Butcher Husband! Now They’re Regretting It Like Crazy! 46Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 899 竹 My Childhood Friend Set a Trap, and I Personally Got My Husband to Sign the Share Transfer Agreement! 竹马设局，我亲手送老公签了股权转让书！ King Revolver左轮王Marriage & Romance20k WordsCompleted My childhood friend set a trap, and I personally handed my husband the equity transfer agreement to sign! 147Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 900 我 I'm Not a Eunuch 我不是太监 Young Lingxi少年泠汐Historical385k WordsCompleted A modern-day office worker transmigrates overnight. The newly arrived “eunuch” in the palace is actually a fake eunuch who still has all his male equipment. Armed with modern knowledge, exceptional courage, and the innate advantage of being the only real man in the harem, he goes from keeping his identity hidden to winning everyone over, gradually taking control of power, and ultimately rising to the top of the world. Lighthearted, exhilarating, and humorous, this story is all about the thrillin 291Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Speaking my mind! My worldview collapsed after reading it.

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