Books Where the Heroine Hurts the Hero Early On, Then Chases Him in a Groveling Romance Later 女主前期虐男主，后期追夫火葬场的书

1. 201 得 When I Learned My Professor Fiancée Had Taken My Admission Letter, I Called Off the Wedding 得知当年是教授未婚妻取走录取通知后，我决定退婚了 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机12k WordsCompleted When I learned that my professor fiancée had taken my admission letter back then, I decided to break off the engagement 2.2kReads—Score—14d adds
2. 202 未 My Fiancée Went on a Month-Long Business Trip with Her Male Assistant, So I Let Her Go 未婚妻和男助理出差一个月，我选择放手 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机11k WordsCompleted My Fiancée Went on a Month-Long Business Trip with Her Male Assistant, So I Let Her Go 7.4kReads—Score3714d adds
3. 203 妻 My Wife Said She'd Stay by My Side Forever, Yet Secretly Got Pregnant by Someone Else 妻子说此生只伴我，却背着我怀上了别人的孩子 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机Historical12k WordsCompleted My wife said she would stay by my side for the rest of her life, yet she secretly got pregnant with another man's child 1.6kReads—Score1514d adds
4. 204 玩 After Losing a Game, My Girlfriend Registered Her Marriage to Someone Else 玩游戏输了后，女友和别人领了证 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机11k WordsCompleted After losing a game, my girlfriend got married to someone else. 1.2kReads—Score514d adds
5. 205 妻 My Wife Neglected Me for Three Years for Her Attendant. After I Chose to Divorce Her, She Went Mad 妻子为侍君而冷落我三年，我选择和离后，她却疯了 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机Historical10k WordsCompleted My wife neglected me for three years for the sake of her favored consort. When I chose to divorce her, she went mad. 235Reads—Score214d adds
6. 206 当 After I Reset Their Affection, My Two Childhood Friends Went Crazy 当我清空好感度后，两个青梅却疯了 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机13k WordsCompleted After I reset their affection levels to zero, my two childhood friends went crazy 744Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 207 生 At My Birthday Party, I Caught My Fiancée Having an Affair with My Adoptive Brother 生日宴上，我撞破了未婚妻和养弟的私情 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机12k WordsCompleted At my birthday banquet, I caught my fiancée having an affair with my adopted younger brother —Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 208 未 After My Fiancée Went on a Trip to the Islands with Her Intern, I Decided to Let Her Go 未婚妻和实习生去海岛旅游后，我决定放手了 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机9k WordsCompleted After my fiancée went on a trip to an island with her intern, I decided to let her go 259Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 209 相 After My Girlfriend of Seven Years Hung a Love Lock with Her Senior, I Decided I Was Done with Her 相恋七年的女友跟学长挂同心锁后，我决定不要她了 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机11k WordsCompleted After my girlfriend of seven years hung a love lock with her senior, I decided I was done with her 741Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 210 未 My Fiancée Planned to Marry Her Male Best Friend. After I Left, She Panicked 未婚妻要跟男闺蜜办婚礼，我走后，她却慌了 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机11k WordsCompleted My Fiancée Is Marrying Her Male Best Friend. But After I Leave, She Panics 1.4kReads—Score914d adds
11. 211 出 After Prison, I Made My Girlfriend Pay for Framing Me 出狱后，我让害我入狱的女友付出代价 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机8k WordsCompleted After getting out of prison, I made the girlfriend who had me sent there pay the price 42Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 212 女 My Girlfriend Called Me a Beggar on My Birthday. After I Left, I Discovered It Was All an Act 女友在生日上说我是乞丐，我离开后，却发现她是在演戏 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机10k WordsCompleted My girlfriend called me a beggar at her birthday party. After I left, I discovered she had only been putting on an act 8.7kReads—Score2914d adds
13. 213 未 My Fiancé Wants to Turn Against Me Over the Demolition Payout, Not Knowing It’s My Dad’s Project 未婚夫为了拆迁款要跟我翻脸，殊不知这是我爸的项目 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机9k WordsCompleted My Fiancé Wants to Turn Against Me for the Relocation Compensation, Not Knowing It's My Dad's Project 4Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 214 得 After Learning My Girlfriend No Longer Loved Me, I Decided to Give My Life for My Country 得知女友不再爱我后，我决定以身报国 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机8k WordsCompleted When I learned my girlfriend no longer loved me, I decided to give my life for my country 396Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 215 妻 My Wife Said She Was Working Late, but I Saw Her on Her Senior's Social Media 妻子半夜出门加班，我却看见她出现在学长的朋友圈 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机12k WordsCompleted My wife left in the middle of the night, saying she had to work overtime, but I saw her in a senior's social media post 607Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 216 我 After I Left, All Four Heroines Went Insane 我离开后，四个女主全疯了 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机13k WordsCompleted After I Left, All Four Heroines Went Crazy 200Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 217 妻 My Wife Cared for Her Benefactor and His Son. I Let Her Go, and Now She’s Regretting It Like Crazy 妻子替恩人照顾父子，我选择放手后，她却悔疯了 Little Lamb Typewriter小羊牌打字机12k WordsCompleted My Wife Took Care of Her Savior and His Son. I Let Her Go, but She Was Overcome with Regret 4.2kReads—Score914d adds
18. 218 他 He Is a Rose in the Wasteland 他是荒芜的玫瑰 Hai Yunling海韫翎Modern Romance146k WordsCompleted [Gentle, devoted male lead + groveling-to-win-her-back arc + he never wins her back, a true groveling arc] Top male escort vs. healing female doctor (new heroine takes the lead) (If you only read stories where both leads are each other's first, please proceed with caution.) Wen Chun mistakenly believes Rong Sijue is a heartless scumbag who abandoned her when she was gravely ill. When they meet again, all she wants is to make him pay. Rong Sijue loved Wen Chun until he was covered in wounds, giv 490Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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    If you enjoy watching male lead torture and "chasing after the husband" scenarios, then go for it without hesitation! 🍋

19. 219 首 The Rich Heiress Loved Only the Top Scholar. After I Refused to Marry Her, I Rose to Minister 首富嫡女只爱状元郎，不娶她后我官至尚书 Leisurely Clouds彩云悠悠14k WordsCompleted The Heiress to the Richest Man Only Loved the Top Scholar. After I Refused to Marry Her, I Rose to Minister of Personnel 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I thoroughly enjoyed reading both books about pursuing one's husband.

20. 220 重 Reborn, I'm Done Being the Princess's Consort 重生后，这驸马我不干了 Leisurely Clouds彩云悠悠16k WordsCompleted Reborn, I'm Done Being the Imperial Consort 306Reads—Score414d adds
21. 221 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! 7.2kReads—Score6614d adds

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    A series of stories about chasing after a wife/husband that culminates in a "cremation scene"—highly recommended! [Eating melon seeds][eating melon seeds][eating melon seeds]

22. 222 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—14d adds

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    Classic, highly-rated short stories, the "chasing-back-to-husband" trope [eating melon seeds][eating melon seeds][eating melon seeds]

23. 223 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—14d adds
24. 224 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—Score12214d adds
25. 225 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—Score10614d adds
26. 226 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—14d adds
27. 227 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—14d adds
28. 228 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—14d adds
29. 229 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—14d adds
30. 230 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 2.2kReads—Score2914d adds
31. 231 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—14d adds
32. 232 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—14d adds
33. 233 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—14d adds
34. 234 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—14d adds
35. 235 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—14d adds
36. 236 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—14d adds
37. 237 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—14d adds
38. 238 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—14d adds
39. 239 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—14d adds
40. 240 重 Reborn, the Fake Heiress Panics, but I'm Done Pretending! 重生后假千金她慌了，我不装了！ King Revolver左轮王17k WordsCompleted After Being Reborn, the Fake Heiress Panics: I’m Done Pretending! 57Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 241 长 The Princess’s Tactics Are Impeccable, but Her Little Slave Can’t Handle Her Flirting 长公主手段高，小奴隶他不经撩 Wei Xun唯寻Ancient Romance322k WordsCompleted [Master-servant romance + slight yandere elements + reborn revenge against scumbags + sweet romance + heroine spoils hero. A story about a princess who builds her power and takes revenge while doting on her little slave, then goes on to become emperor.] [Unhinged, dark princess vs. sweet, loyal puppy-like little slave] In her previous life, Gu Xun trusted the wrong people and watched her country fall and her family perish. Reborn, Gu Xun vows to protect her homeland and make the so-called destin 4kReads9.4Score46914d adds

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    In her past life, Gu Xun's country was destroyed and her family perished because she trusted the wrong person. Reborn, she is determined to protect her homeland and make the so-called destined couple pay the price. On her path of revenge, she unexpectedly saves a little slave, never imagining that this little creature would gradually heal her wounded heart.

42. 242 开 From the Start, the Villainous Empress Dragged Me into Her Sect to Have a Baby 开局被反派女帝绑进宗门造娃 Guo Little Cat蝈小猫Eastern Fantasy509k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + Empress + Symbiosis + Dad life + One heroine] After being expelled from the Exorcists' Association and betrayed by his ex-wife, Jiang Yu thought his life had hit rock bottom. Who knew that as soon as he transmigrated, a stunning beauty would fall right into his arms, and she was an empress at that! Did the Heavenly Dao take pity on him and give him a wife from the start? No, wait! His wife is actually a villain! He saved her, but she repaid his kindness by kidnapping him to her se 257Reads5.0Score—14d adds

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    This book is amazing! The empress likes the male lead, plays with him and tortures him, she's very yandere, but in the end she falls in love with him!

43. 243 女 My Girlfriend Ran Off at Her Engagement Party? I'll Wipe Out Her Entire Clan 女友订婚宴上私奔？我灭她全族 White Tofu Daoist白豆腐道长Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Qin Yan, young master of the Qin family, gains a set of memories and discovers that he is living in the world of a novel, where he is a villain who fawns over the heroine. In the story, at their engagement banquet, his fiancée, the heroine, elopes with the male lead, humiliating the Qin family. Qin Yan tries to get revenge again and again, but the male and female leads join forces to kill him instead. In the end, even the entire Qin family is wiped out. Qin Yan can't accept such an ending. His Q 7.1kReads7.3Score50114d adds

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    🌿🌿Tormenting your husband might feel good for a moment, but the journey to win him back is a nightmare. For the sake of her beloved, the female lead ruthlessly gave false testimony, framing the male lead and personally sending him to his execution. After his death, she deeply regrets her actions, returns reborn, and embarks on a tumultuous journey to win him back!

44. 244 提 I'm Done Being an ATM. The School Beauty's Whole Family Is Freaking Out 提款机不当了，校花儿全家急疯了 Wan Qianqian万芊芊Urban3.4M WordsCompleted After pursuing Tang Yue for eight years, Jiang Lin finally won her heart. He spent his life working toward a happy home with his wife and children, and built up a fortune worth billions. Only on his deathbed did he learn that his two sons were actually Tang Yue’s children with the man she had always loved, and that he had spent his entire life doing all the work for someone else to reap the rewards. The two sons he had raised with such care pulled out his oxygen mask with their own hands. Tang Y 37.8kReads7.8Score3.3k14d adds

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    After eight years of pursuing Tang Yue, Jiang Lin finally achieved his goal of a happy marriage. He dedicated his life to his wife, children, and a warm home, only to discover on his deathbed that his two sons were actually Tang Yue's and her beloved's biological children, while he himself had been a pawn in their marriage. The two sons he had raised with such care removed his oxygen mask, while Tang Yue and her beloved held a grand twilight wedding. Jiang Lin died with his eyes wide open in disbelief. Reborn, he still expects his father to buy him meat buns? Dream on!

45. 245 你 You Chose Your Guy Best Friend, So Why Are You Crying Now That I've Let Go? 你选男闺蜜，我放手后你哭什么 Autumn Comes Like Fire秋来似火Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Never Looking Back]+ [Farming]+ [Career] He gave everything for his girlfriend, like a moth rushing into a flame, only for her to run away on their wedding day. She even took the hard-earned money he’d worked himself to the bone for and used it to pay off her male best friend’s debts. Given another chance, Gu Zhe decides to save all his love for someone who deserves it. Watching Gu Zhe and the campus belle together, Song Yihan’s eyes turn red. “Gu Zhe, didn’t you used 2.1kReads7.6Score11214d adds
46. 246 离 After My Divorce, I Got Tricked into a Dating Show, and My Ex-Wife Panicked 离婚后，我被坑上恋综，前妻急了 A Chang'an Seeker of Fame and Fortune长安名利客Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + dating reality show + wife-chasing repentance + livestreaming + entertainment industry] “Shen Yu, you have to sign the divorce papers today. I can't just stand by and watch you drag our daughter down with you. You're a hopeless mess, and you don't deserve my precious daughter.” Inside a villa in the Magic City of Huaxia, a middle-aged woman, her face twisted with rage, flung a stack of divorce papers onto the coffee table. A handsome man with exquisitely sculpted features sat 63.7kReads8.1Score6.4k14d adds

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    For three years after marrying Princess Xiao Wanyu, Qin Yan always knew he was merely a substitute. Therefore, on the day Princess Xiao Wanyu returned to the capital, Qin Yan left without looking back, abandoning all wealth and status. Xiao Wanyu initially thought Qin Yan was just a replacement and wouldn't affect her, but his departure turned her life upside down.

47. 247 逼 You Forced Me to Divorce, and Now I’m a King of Pop: Ex-Wife, Why Are You Crying? 逼我离婚后我成天王：前妻你哭啥 Bai Xiao百笑Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After ten years of love went to the dogs and his ex-wife forced him into a divorce, Xu Li awakened memories of his past life and soared to success. His ex-wife's best friend, a diva, relentlessly pursued him after he released a song called “Actor”! His song “You at the Same Desk as Me” made his domineering CEO deskmate secretly fall for him. His song “I Once Thought About Dying” made Japan's greatest songstress swoon. As Xu Li charged ahead in the entertainment industry, the ex-wife who had forc 3.6kReads8.3Score25214d adds
48. 248 校 Don't Cry, Campus Belle. Your Tears Disgust Me 校花别哭了，你的眼泪我嫌脏 Mie Mie Has It Tough咩咩好难Urban400k WordsCompleted [One heroine + everyday romance + no forgiveness!] "Han Lin, the way you have no sense of boundaries makes me sick." "I understand. I won't do it again." Han Lin had spent ten years chasing after Lu Qingxue. He was tired. He'd planned to close his heart to love, but then a pretty little girl suddenly attached herself to him. "Big brother, can I add you on WeChat?" "Big brother, can I hug you?" "Big brother, you're the best~" At first, he thought this adorable girl had been sent by heaven 5kReads9.2Score71714d adds
49. 249 放 I Dumped the Cheating Princess and Chose the Noble Girl Next Door 放弃出轨长公主，改选青梅世家女 Yi Wanhou邑万户Historical636k WordsCompleted Alternate Wei-Jin setting + nested “chase your husband to the crematorium” plots + a transmigrated book character taking over the role of a living King of Hell + the second female lead rises to the top + the consort prince usurps the throne Chen Qian accidentally transmigrates into a third-rate historical romance novel, becoming a cuckolded consort prince whose wife, the woman he married, kills him by cutting out his heart and draining its blood. See how the protagonist, Chen Qian, escapes the o 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds

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    Repeated crematoriums, crematoriums within crematoriums, transmigrating into a book and becoming the living Yama, the second female lead rises to power.

50. 250 婚 She Ran After Her First Love at Our Wedding 婚礼上她追着白月光跑了 King Revolver左轮王8k WordsCompleted She ran after her first love at our wedding. 188Reads—Score—14d adds

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