What Are Tomato Novel’s Four Great Bad-End Stories? 番茄四大be文是什么？

1. 251 蚀 A Love That Cuts to the Bone: The Madam Has Taken Her Own Life 蚀骨虐情，夫人已自尽 Ling Yu Ye铃语夜Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted [Angst and heartbreak + no reconciliation after the breakup + the male lead gets a tragic ending] If there is a next life, I never want to fall in love with you again... Lin Shuyue married the man she loved most in this life, but on their wedding night, a basin of cold water drenched her from head to toe: he loved her older sister. He hated scheming people more than anything. So he tormented her, imprisoned her, and hated her. Again and again, he hurt her. Until, in the end, she lost their child 3.6kReads—Score130Shelves
2. 252 朕 My Setting Is That I Love Her 朕的设定是爱她 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance71k WordsCompleted [System transmigration into a book + mutual healing + winning over a lovesick obsessive] A new historical romance from Zhier, author of one of Zhihu’s three great tragic novels, Late Departure. The main story is lighthearted and funny, but the extras will break your heart. She is his nightmare, and also his cure! He is written to love her, so no matter what she does, he will never blame her. “Yan Yu, I truly and sincerely love you. Don’t forget me, I beg you.” “Don’t be afraid. Your elder sister 398Reads8.6Score113Shelves
3. 253 我 I Know Sorrow and Autumn 我知悲与秋 Rain in the Northern City北城陌雨Modern Romance93k WordsCompleted [College campus + youthful angst + reunion after years apart + sweet at first, then heartbreaking + BE ending + realistic + female coming-of-age] (The main story is complete. The latest bonus chapter has been posted in the Stories section on the homepage.) One autumn, Jiang Nian saw her eighteen-year-old self at the other end of the road. She held the eighteen-year-old girl tight, as if she had returned to that autumn five years ago. That day, nineteen-year-old Jiang Yiming stood amid the crowd 36Reads8.1Score—Shelves
4. 254 盛 Midsummer Is Eternal 盛夏是永恒 Chi Yu Moran池鱼沫染Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted A girl with heart failure × a cold, short-tempered boy Mutual salvation [School-life tragedy] An eternal, unchanging love, yet it was in the brief span of my life that an eternal love was created... The little sun warmed everyone, but in the end, she couldn't escape the endless cycle of summer. Under the stars, she made a wish: "May my Luoluo have peace year after year." Little scenes: "Hey, would you be interested in dating?" "Why are you such a stick-in-the-mud?" "Why is my darling so cute?" " 306Reads8.4Score101Shelves
5. 255 再 I'll Never Love You Again 再也不要爱你 Hard to Kill难杀Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted A short, heart-wrenching story. Extremely heartbreaking! So much melodrama and angst! Read with caution! Please ignore the extra chapter. The author wrote it while losing their mind, and sincerely apologizes! Jian Meng is dying, and Ji Jing’an doesn’t know. He’s busy worrying about his wedding to someone else, indifferent to the poor woman at home. He has always believed Jian Meng would wait for him forever, just as she has for the past ten years. It was the last winter, and Jian Meng’s last bir 17.2kReads8.2Score974Shelves
6. 256 我 I Work at the Soul Trade Center as the Chief God [Infinite] 我在灵魂交易中心当主神【无限】 I Never Eat Cilantro本人从不吃香菜Two Female Leads609k WordsCompleted [Two female leads] This story is all about fighting evil with evil and violence with violence. There are no reformed playboys and no rekindled romances. The time period and relationship status for each transaction will be noted at the beginning. If it's not to your taste, feel free to skip to another world; it won't affect your reading experience. Female-lead fans, female-lead fans, female-lead fans. It's important, so I'll say it three times. If you find the story isn't to your taste, you're fr 5.7kReads9.4Score603Shelves

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   All three are about two female characters. The first book shouldn't be considered too angsty, but almost every world ends in a tragic ending. The second book is half angst and half sweet, and the third book only has a few sweet chapters, and even those are tinged with sadness...

7. 257 每 Someone Worries I’ll Kill Myself Every Day 每天都有人担心我会自杀 Alice's Forest Cottage爱丽丝的森林小屋Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted Lin Qingran died in the cold seawater, her life ending forever at the age of twenty-four. Afterward, the family members closest to her were consumed with regret and got the chance to start over. Can they change her fate this time? And what about the person she couldn’t stop thinking of, even as she died? Will they find their happy ending? Lin Qingran noticed that her family had started acting a little differently. Their annual family meeting had become a quarterly one. Her usually stern grandfa 5.1kReads9.0Score371Shelves
8. 258 记 Memory Judgment: She Doesn't Want You Anymore 记忆审判：她不要你们了 Xing Yan66星衍66Modern Romance693k WordsCompleted [Everyone's redemption arc + lightning-fast face-slapping + no forgiveness + satisfying angst] After an attempted murder, Jiang Liuying goes viral across every major platform. In the end, everyone votes her onto the national list of the most evil people of the 22nd century. Rumor has it that when she was four, she abandoned her eldest brother, ran off, and left him in a kidnapper's car. After returning to the Jiang family, she framed the adoptive parents who had raised her for ten years and show 4.7kReads8.7Score592Shelves
9. 259 远 I Keep My Distance from the Beloved Junior Sister: This Cannon Fodder Only Wants to Save Her Senior Sister 远离团宠小师妹，炮灰只想救师姐 The Fish’s Search知鱼之寻Two Female Leads994k WordsCompleted [Two female leads; the protagonist only wants to slack off, survive, and save her senior sister; both are domineering; angsty setup early on, both become powerful later, neither outshines the other] This isn't a feel-good power fantasy. If that's not for you, move along. The focus is on the romance. [Gentle, cultured, icy beauty with a soft exterior and a sharp edge x fiery, world-weary, frank and passionate woman who transmigrated into a book] Ji Banxi transmigrates into a book, ending up in a 9.9kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
10. 260 快 Quick Transmigration: The Eighteen Ways of a Supporting Female Character 快穿之女配十八式 Meisheng魅生Ancient Romance4.1M WordsCompleted A car accident claimed her life, and a System from nowhere forcibly bound itself to her. She had no choice but to enter novels and fulfill the wishes of various supporting female characters in exchange for being reborn. “System binding successful. Failure to complete a mission will deduct double the points. Once your points reach zero, the Host will be forcibly erased. Beginning the first mission...” 1.3kReads8.3Score187Shelves

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    The story about the princess of a fallen kingdom is absolutely amazing.

11. 261 夏 Summer Regrets 夏日遗憾 Frosted Tiles霜瓦Modern Romance126k WordsCompleted "You're worthy of anyone's love, but my heart already belongs to someone." - Jiang Zelin "The swaying shadows of bamboo in the breeze are speaking for me: I like you." - Li Lang "A filthy rat in the gutter has no right to love the bright moon in the sky." - Han Qi When cicadas began chirping outside the window, summer arrived right on time. Layer upon layer of tree shadows fell across the windowsill, swaying in the breeze and bringing a touch of coolness. A playful breeze stirred the elegant 30Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 262 G GB: Begging for Mercy! The Demon Lord Keeps Me With a Baby GB卑微求怜！魔尊用崽留住我 Thinking of You, Never Coming Back念念不回Ancient Romance308k WordsCompleted The rating just came out, so it’ll go up [Male Lead Gets Tortured / Sickly Hero’s Redemption / Female-Dominant] (Lots of painful scenes: flogging, needle torture, lightning punishment, soul-locking nails, and more) (The male lead is paralyzed from the waist down, but he will recover.) Good news: I’ve transmigrated into the heroine! Bad news: it’s a story where the heroine is abused, the kind where the male lead digs out her core and heart and brutally tortures her! Rong Xi kicks the trash of a m 3.4kReads8.7Score354Shelves

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    The endings of both books were absolutely tragic. The second book ended with a sequel to the romance 😭😭😭

13. 263 被 The Imprisoned Immortal Lord, Captured in War 被囚禁的战俘仙君 Falling in a Frenzy疯疯疯落Two Male Leads300k WordsCompleted The story of an imprisoned captive Immortal Lord, held by his archenemy Demon Lord for the sake of all living beings. “Two male leads / forced hatred / imprisonment / humiliation / abuse / coercion / draw-a-bead game” The Immortal Lord and the Demon Lord fought each other for ten thousand years. In their final battle, the Immortal Lord was captured. His archenemy brought the captive Immortal Lord back to the Demon Palace and locked him up. “Kill you?” The Demon Lord gave him a half-smile. “That 7.1kReads8.5Score740Shelves
14. 264 会 I Can Sweet-Talk, But I Can't Stop 会哄，不会停 Hui Shi卉诗Two Male Leads384k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + charged push-and-pull + both devoted to each other + sworn enemies + melodrama + no moral compass] On his nineteenth birthday, Ran Ting makes a wish: he wants his nemesis, Jie Zhishen, to be captivated by his charm. It was just an offhand wish, but it actually comes true. Damn it! Except the wish-granting god clearly misunderstood what he meant! He meant for Jie Zhishen to worship him and admire him, to willingly kneel at his feet and become his lackey! Not, not... not to fall 49.9kReads9.0Score8.4kShelves

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    Although it's a happy ending, the angst-filled parts really hurt my heart.

15. 265 h Harry Potter: Forced to Act Tough, I Took the Name Voldemort hp：被迫装b的我姓伏地魔 NPCone Black and WhiteNPCone黑与白Male-Channel Fanfiction971k WordsCompleted [No CP] [With restrictions] [Character growth] [Shut-in] [Transmigration] [System] [Forced male-male flirtation, beware] [A small amount of quick transmigration elements] Beware: this is not a pure wish-fulfillment novel. The protagonist is Samael Gaunt Voldemort. He is a child summoned by Voldemort, not his biological son. Since Voldemort did not reveal the child's existence at first, Samael only publicly revealed his Voldemort surname once he was at Hogwarts. Snape: A little devil. Dumbledore: 1.3kReads7.6Score128Shelves

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    1. Why doesn't anyone believe Xiao Sa? Xiao Sa, do you even remember you were just a carefree otaku? 2. Although it's not exactly a tragic ending, who can control the scholar's true nature? I'm really afraid he'll stop updating again. 3. If you don't put yourself in the reader's perspective, this might not be considered too angsty. I think the later parts aren't as angsty as the earlier ones. 4. Revolutionary martyrs, patriotism. Forever salute. 5. Kazama didn't die... He... He was just asleep. ... Yes, just asleep. When he wakes up, he'll be home, right? 6. My name is Sheng An, Sheng as in prosperous times, An as in peace and prosperity. My name is Qiu Yu, Qiu as in a thousand autumns, Yu as in favorable weather.

16. 266 假 After Faking Nobility, I Became a God 假冒贵族后我成神了 A Scholar Through and Through书生本色Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Fake aristocrat + true queen + secret identities + everyone’s favorite + nation-building + personal growth] Luo Wei transmigrates into the body of a lowly commoner who passed herself off as a noble girl to enroll at school. Her identity is about to be exposed, and she’ll be despised and cursed by the entire school before being hanged at the gallows in the marketplace. Luo Wei: What’s there to be afraid of? I just have to pretend to be a noble. As someone from the twenty-first century, I can act 128.3kReads9.5Score13.9kShelves
17. 267 打 I Lost a Fight, So I Deserved to Become a Peerless Fairy Monster 打架输了活该穿成绝世大妖精 Big Dragon Fruit大那火龙果Ancient Romance566k WordsCompleted [Male-to-female transformation, gender-bender, exclusive romance, brainless fun, thrilling throughout with a touch of angst.] [Fantasy immortal-demon world meets ancient reality] [forced love + sweet romance + no saintly heroine] [Insight + bewitching charm + dazzling beauty + demonic physician + lightning-fast makeovers] Before transmigrating, he was a ruthless demon lord. Afterward, she became an ordinary young woman. The original owner was the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's house 457Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is Tomato's fifth worst-case scenario novel.

18. 268 安 An’an Never Grows Up 安安长不大 Yan Xiaojiu盐小玖Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted He was Xu Shuyan, the top student in his year and the school’s untouchable heartthrob. He was naturally aloof, wanted nothing to do with people, and always kept to himself. One day, in a torrential downpour, with lights blazing all around, he sat quietly on a stool outside the door, drenched to the skin. She couldn’t understand why, so she held an umbrella over him and took him somewhere out of the rain. After that day, she began bringing him breakfast, walking to and from school with him, and d 983Reads9.0Score200Shelves

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    Waaaaah, "She Stops Coaxing Him" ​​was the first book I ever read on Tomato Book Club.

19. 269 快 Quick Transmigration: The Universally Disliked Fight to Become the No. 1 Fan Favorite 快穿：万人嫌争做人气角色No1 Han yuu寒yuuAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Shi Wuqing died, someone claiming to be a System found her. If she collected enough “popularity points,” she could come back to life. Shi Wuqing agreed. Then she was sent into various novels, where she became the cannon-fodder character readers hated most. Her mission was to become the character readers loved most, with the highest popularity, by the end of each novel! World One: Shi Wuqing became the scheming younger sister who took the heroine's place and married the prince. At the begi 42.7kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
20. 270 亲 Hey, Your Wife Is Gone! 亲亲，你老婆没咯 Thirteen Envious十三羡Two Male Leads365k WordsOngoing A new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 872Reads8.0Score102Shelves

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    Don't let its low rating fool you, it's actually super good! 🤭🤭🤭

21. 271 祁 Mr. Qi, May We Never Meet Again! 祁先生，后会无期！ Broad-Minded and Strong心宽体棒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Short drama now streaming] Guan Min died saving Guan Hua. Gentle and kind, Guan Min made rebellious Guan Hua look like a complete delinquent. Guan Hua, with her terrible reputation, made Qi Zhanzhi, who loved Guan Min, marry her. Gripping her by the throat, Qi Zhanzhi snarled, “Why couldn’t it have been you who died!” But later, Qi Zhanzhi climbed the mountain on his knees, bowing at every step until he reached Qiyuan Palace. Before the statue of the Buddha Tathagata of the Three Treasures, he 8.1kReads8.8Score548Shelves

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    I disagree that the first two books are missing! I read them before, but I still remember the plot vividly; it's unforgettable, so intense, it's hard to accept. The first book begins in an abyss. The female lead is condemned by the world, friends, and relatives because of her boyfriend's death—they were at the swimming pool that day, but he died. In the middle, I thought the arrival of the male lead's brother would be salvation, but it was the beginning of a bottomless abyss. Ultimately, the female lead commits suicide, throwing herself into the sea. She did think about their future, but alas, perhaps this was the best ending... The second book's female lead is entirely the male lead's fantasy. She died in a bus accident on her way home that year, along with everyone else on the bus... The third book's female lead dies because her sister died saving her, and she feels immense guilt, living as her sister. Because of her sister, she completely abandons her dignity, living numbly every day. Finally, the male lead realizes his feelings and tries to win her back, but it's too late. The last book is so heartbreaking. The second male lead, he's such a tragic figure. He gave everything for the female lead, but she couldn't overcome her inner turmoil. In the end, it seems she committed suicide by jumping off a building. Well, to be precise, it was because of her mental health issues; she hallucinated someone following her, and she jumped. But what I can't accept is that in that winter, after buying food and flowers to visit and care for the female lead on her way to the hospital, he witnessed her jump. How could they be so cruel?! Sigh... I'm so sad. [Almost crying]

22. 272 这 He’s Clearly Powerful, Yet He Insists on Messing with His Loli Master 这个人明明很强却偏要坑萝莉师傅 A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Archmage Lin En transmigrated to another world. To keep the gods from treating him like a crop to be harvested, he disguised himself as a mage apprentice in Winter Spring Valley and decided to stay under the radar until he reached max level. But who could have guessed that his loli master could hear his thoughts? “Disciple, what do you think of this forbidden spell of mine?” [Kindergarten-level stuff. I don't even know if one splash of water could hurt anyone.] “Disciple, with five hundred more 31.1kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves

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    Not many words, but a great knife [crying][crying][crying][crying] My little butterfly!

23. 273 国 National Fate Horror: Saluting the Monsters Brings the Whole Internet to Tears 国运怪谈：向怪物敬礼，全网泪崩 Wutong Lianying梧桐潋影Urban629k WordsOngoing [National Destiny + No System + Pure Mental Power + Heart-Wrenching Emotional Moments + National Treasures + No Sanctimonious Heroine] In a parallel world where entertainment reigns supreme and capital calls the shots, national-destiny horrors descend. The contestant representing the Dragon Kingdom turns out to be a crazy old man wandering the streets in search of the “People’s Heroes Monument”! “Play a suona for the useless old fossil!” “The Dragon Kingdom is humiliating itself in front of the 33Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 274 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
25. 275 时 How Am I Supposed to Survive Around Conan When I Keep Coughing Up Blood 时不时吐血的我在柯南身边怎么活 Moonlight Tea明月茶Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [Detective Conan + No Romance + Little Sister Ai + Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Hero] Feng Jianhe transmigrates and gets a buff from the start: his constitution is permanently set to -1… Also known as: “How Do I Survive Beside the Grim Reaper When I Keep Coughing Up Blood?”, “The Hospital Is My Home, and Everyone Helps Me Get Back There,” and “There’s No Need to Worry About Me, I’m Really Fine. The Important Thing Is That I Didn’t Kill Anyone.” Shipping fans, keep to your own corner~ 13.7kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
26. 276 重EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 Bian Lu边鹿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse758k WordsCompleted (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.7kReads9.7Score17.5kShelves
27. 277 盗 Tomb Raiding: Master Hua's Brother Became a Wang Family Member 盗墓：花爷的兄弟当上了汪家人 Clouds Beyond the Waterside水岸云涯Mystery353k WordsCompleted As Xie Fulong lay on the brink of death, he was bound to a System and transmigrated into one fictional world after another. His mission was to protect the protagonist until the story ended, or the world would collapse. This time, his mission was to protect the heroine until the story ended in the world of a certain tomb-raiding fanfic. And this time, his identity was... Xie Yuchen's younger brother, kidnapped by the Wang family when he was a child. 5kReads8.9Score743Shelves

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    The first book, "Heated Lemonade," written by that old sixth brother, was alright. Not too angsty. It's just about being killed by your own brother, forced to grow up by the Wang family, forced to fight alongside hundreds of people, and ultimately forced to eat human flesh and drink human blood. It's just about being dismembered and killed while still conscious. Anyway, as long as he didn't die in the end, it's not angsty at all, trust me. The second book, those who know, know why it's angsty. The third book, in my opinion, was really good at the beginning, the kind that's gentle and comforting, but at the end, that one line, "He's already dead, Xie Yuchen, may you live a long and healthy life..."

28. 278 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
29. 279 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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    I think it's these four.

30. 280 蝴 Butterfly and Spring 蝴蝶与春 A Cat’s Midsummer猫猫的炎夏Modern Romance199k WordsCompleted [Be! Be! Be!] [Modern Romance + Childhood Friends + Favoritism + Showbiz + ALS + Tragedy + Be] Because of an agreement, Qi Wu could only stay with the You family until she turned eighteen. After spending a few months with You Le, the little-known actor she could barely ever see and who was almost like an older brother to her, in the lead-up to the college entrance exams, she developed feelings she couldn’t put into words. Qi Wu knew she was only staying with the You family temporarily and would 99Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This isn't the most heart-wrenching one I've ever seen, but it doesn't have many ratings.

31. 281 盗 Tomb Raiding: I, Young Master Tang, Specialize in Fixing Unfinished Business! 盗墓：小唐爷我，专治意难平！ White Peach Bucket白桃桶桶Mystery300k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented!!! System + a no-regrets tomb-raiding story + immersive acting] [The protagonist is acting from beginning to end, so their personality is definitely not always the same] [OOC + mountains of original headcanon] Tang Zhou wakes up as the young master of a martial arts school run by a family in The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. Looking at the very real, carefree Wu Xie before him, he thinks of Pan Zi's tragic death. Tang Zhou: I'm not accepting this lousy plot! So the Iron Triangle an 11.9kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
32. 282 斯 Si Nianqingqing 斯年轻轻 Silent Dixie沉默迪克西Modern Romance34k WordsCompleted [Groveling to win her back] [No getting back together] [Tragic ending] Cheng Qingqing's grand love for Fu Sinian was a mistake. She corrected it as soon as she realized, and would never look back at him again. She would never care how pathetically he begged. “Qingqing, I like you. I really do. Please, don't leave me. Please come home with me. Please give me a home. I'm begging you, don't leave me...” “Please...” It was actually Cheng Qingqing's birthday. At twenty-six, she seemed to have finally 505Reads8.1Score—Shelves
33. 283 下 Summer in Xiachuan Town 下川镇的夏天 Taro Ball Candy Jar芋圆糖罐Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted Summer in Xiachuan Town was a passionate, heartfelt regret. I never had him, yet it felt as if I’d lost him a thousand times over. A bus approached from afar. Jiang Yihuan couldn’t tell if it was the right one. She looked up through the window and saw Li Chengze’s face. He was standing by the bus door. As soon as the bus stopped and the doors opened, he rushed down and pulled Jiang Yihuan into his arms. “Jiang Yihuan, I’ve missed you so much.” Li Chengze rested his head on her shoulder and spoke 81Reads—Score—Shelves

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    1 and 8 are both male-male romance novels. For other romance novels, I highly recommend reading 6; it's not long, but the foreshadowing is exceptionally well done.

34. 284 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Get Stronger by Spitting Blood, and Everyone Thinks I’m Dead 盗墓：吐血变强，全员以为我死了 White Peach Bucket白桃桶桶Mystery374k WordsCompleted [No romantic tension, no babysitting, pampered-all story with a secret identity] [Female-oriented! Friendship and family bonds; a strong yet tragic male lead] Mountains of headcanons, severe OOC Tang Zhou, a tool character, binds himself to a Happy Ending System for The Grave Robbers’ Chronicles. His main job is saving people; his side job is raising kids. He earns the reward promised by the System by dying a perfect death, even nailing his own coffin shut. But after he’s well and truly dead, th 8.2kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves
35. 285 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1kShelves
36. 286 渣 The Scumbag Can't Have Me, Quick Transmigration 渣男对我求而不得【快穿】 Shui Mu Qing水木青Ancient Romance315k WordsCompleted After a car accident leaves her in a vegetative state, Lin Ruo is forced to bind herself to the Scumbag System and begins a masochistic quest to cling to the scumbag’s coattails. First World The scumbag emperor destroys her family and leaves her to die in a sea of flames in order to seize military power. After she dies, the emperor undergoes a dramatic change in personality and spends more than a decade consumed by regret. Lin Ruo rolls her eyes in disdain. [Scumbag Experience: 10%] Second World 5.3kReads9.1Score491Shelves

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    The first book was the first angst-filled novel I ever read. The female lead died in the year the male lead loved her most; that day, he was supposed to confess his love—who could understand that! The second book, honestly, the male and female leads loved each other, but there was a barrier, preventing them from getting closer. Three lives were in between (to be precise, one, I'm not sure if the other two count), and later they almost could have been together forever. The third book, don't be fooled by the title into thinking it's a comedy; it's not. Seriously, I cried every single chapter of the first few. I haven't read the fourth book yet, but I've heard it's an angst-filled novel.

37. 287 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Survive Thanks to My Self-Sacrificing Personality 盗墓：我靠付出型人格存活 Hui Jian灰渐Two Male Leads489k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + all pairings + slight everyone-loves-him vibe + strong, beautiful, tragic protagonist + doted on by all] A mountain of headcanon ahead. Sorry for any out-of-character moments. The System has something to say: I got bound to someone, and he’s really not quite right. He says he’s afraid of forming bonds with other people. He says he tends to give others his whole heart. He says he has a self-sacrificing personality. At first, I wondered how self-sacrificing he could be. Later, I 10.1kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
38. 288 倔 Stubborn Host, Forced to Accept a Lunatic’s Love! 倔强宿主，惨遭疯批强制爱！ Jian Qingzi见清子Two Male Leads445k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Love Without Realizing It + Coercive Love + Imprisonment + Tracker] Sheng Qing died, but unexpectedly transmigrated into a book and met a System. If he could win over the male lead, he would come back to life. He thought he’d transmigrated into a novel with two male leads, but it turned out to be a romance novel! To win over the male lead and come back to life as quickly as possible, Sheng Qing specially wrote himself a plan. Plan One: Flatter him. Plan Two: Get rid of every po 11.7kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
39. 289 十 Fourteen Letters 十四封信 Mo Wen Sheng墨文笙Modern Romance33k WordsCompleted Ruan Shengsheng × Zhou Mingsen (The contents of the fourteen letters are on Weibo ♥) Ruan Shengsheng had already come to accept death in peace, but his arrival made her begin to fear her own disappearance. He said, “Shengsheng, don’t cry. I’ll always be by your side.” She said, “I went to the temple to pray for your safety for the rest of your life.” At the very end, he held her hand tightly. Tears slid down his cheeks and fell onto their clasped hands. Summer in Yuncheng ended, and their s 1kReads8.4Score338Shelves
40. 290 烛 The Candlelight Pavilion 烛幽台 At Ease with the Universe随宇而安Ancient Romance366k WordsCompleted [Historical fantasy + parallel worlds + soul swapping + endless loops + Mobius strip. After "A Thousand Peach Blossoms Bloom in One Lifetime", acclaimed author Sui Yu Er An returns with another fantasy hit! Jiang Hui × Qi Huan: three lifetimes of entanglement across parallel worlds, as they seek the essence of love in intersecting timelines.] At nineteen, Jiang Hui set out to avenge her father’s murder. On her wedding night, she and Qi Huan died together. But though she was gravely wounded, she 4.7kReads9.5Score716Shelves

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    This angst story made me cry so much 🥺🥺

41. 291 儿 My Son’s College Entrance Exam Countdown Begins the Day He First Urges Me to Divorce 儿子高考倒计时，却是儿子第一次劝我离婚开始之时 Tangerine Sand桔沙6k WordsCompleted With the countdown to my son’s college entrance exams underway, the moment he first urged me to get a divorce arrived too. 225Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a tragic love story. The female protagonist, a full-time housewife, endures the unbearable pain of a marriage that feels like a tomb for her for 20 years. Finally, she can't bear it anymore and wants a divorce, but it doesn't work out. The male protagonist reunites with his "white moonlight" (his first love), and immediately divorces her. She's rich, and he offers to remarry her, but will she accept the "chasing after her" scenario?

42. 292 摄 Is the Regent Retiring Today? 摄政王今天退休了吗 Cen Qingci岑清辞Two Male Leads736k WordsCompleted In the first year of Jinghe, ten-year-old Xiao Yunhao ascended the throne with the support of Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan had originally been a prince with a different surname, but was later granted the imperial surname for his outstanding military achievements. The late emperor's final decree appointed Xiao Yan as regent to assist the young emperor until he could rule in his own right. In the seventh year of Jinghe, the Tartars invaded the border. Ignoring Xiao Yan's steadily declining health over the p 4kReads8.6Score370Shelves
43. 293 以 He Thought I Was on Drugs, but the Autopsy Found My Stomach Full of Painkillers. He Cried Until He Vomited Blood 以为我在嗑药，尸检看到满胃止痛药，他哭到吐血 Liu Fang, Who Loves Sophora Root喜欢苦马豆的刘芳18k WordsCompleted He Thought I Was on Drugs. At the Autopsy, He Saw My Stomach Full of Painkillers and Cried Until He Coughed Up Blood 3Reads—Score136Shelves
44. 294 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6kShelves
45. 295 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

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    I can't speak for others, but the four major tragic endings in Daomu Biji are...

46. 296 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
47. 297 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Yin-Yang Twins 盗墓笔记之阴阳双生 Playing with the Setting Sun戏残阳Mystery223k WordsCompleted (Pure angst. Some characters may be out of character. This is a story about redemption; please don’t read if that bothers you. Apologies for the OOC.) “Thud.” The knife slipped from his hand and fell into the bathtub. A smile of relief spread across his face as his consciousness gradually faded from this world. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a completely different world. Hearing people call a name stirred memories of a hugely popular novel from his previous life: The Grave Robbers' Chr 8.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
48. 298 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. 1.2kReads9.0Score257Shelves

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    I'd call these the pinnacle of Tomato's tragicomedy aesthetics. The aftereffects are incredible; I cried buckets after reading each one. It felt like I was living through a massive, silent drama myself. [Crying emojis]

49. 299 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Walnut Seller 盗墓：那个卖核桃的 Xue Yin薛喑Two Male Leads174k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads] + [Angst] + [Severe Protagonist Suffering, Not for the Faint of Heart] 2026 editor’s note: Please read the author’s statement in the book’s discussion section. Thank you, everyone. The protagonist is completely love-struck, extremely so, and there will be no switching love interests. If you can’t accept that, feel free to leave using the top-right corner. Li Cu × Qian Heng After spending seven or eight years out in the dirt, Qian Heng had thoroughly wrecked his health. With now 2.9kReads9.3Score566Shelves
50. 300 癫EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335kReads9.8Score46.9kShelves

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    Both are comedies. The first one is hilarious at the beginning, but near the end, the female lead discovers she's a character from another novel, separates from the male lead, and cries her eyes out (they come back later for a happy ending). The second one is hilarious at the beginning but cries terribly in the middle. I haven't finished reading it, so I don't know the ending.

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