Any Heartbreaking, Well-Written Stories About a Hated Protagonist Everyone Dislikes? 有没有万人嫌团厌的虐心好看的书啊

1. 251 白 A White-Haired Wolfdog with an Attitude? The Cool Rival Is Tamed in an Instant 白毛狼狗很拽？清冷对家一驯就乖 Wen Wei闻娓Two Male Leads355k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + younger man/older man + secret crush + cool, aloof bottom and flirtatious top + showbiz] [Bad-boy heartthrob with a mouth full of cheeky lines × noble, cold-hearted beauty and award-winning actor] A legend of the silver screen, Jiang Minxing is known throughout the industry as the snow atop a mountain: aloof and solitary. But every force has its match. His longtime rival, Shi Huang, has always been loud and flamboyant, dragging him into trending topics time and again. From luxu 46kReads9.5Score7.5k14d adds
2. 252 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Green Tea Crown Prince Wouldn’t Leave Me Alone 穿书后，绿茶太子对我纠缠不休 Five Blessings Rabbit五福兔Two Male Leads539k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Straight Man + Younger, Mutual Firsts + 1v1 + Somewhat Goofy + Bottom-Focused] + Cool, sharp-tongued, carefree bottom x unhinged, scheming, green-tea top Jiang Lin transmigrates into a book as a doomed great Confucian scholar who is killed from the start. The scholar is a shameless self-promoter, a worthless glutton and drunkard with not a shred of real talent. His reputation is entirely built on marketing. The bad news: the Crown Prince believed the hype and sneaked over to s 9.6kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds
3. 253 快 The Quick Transmigration Outcast Says He Doesn't Want to Do This Anymore 快穿万人嫌表示，他不想干了 Sixteen Trigrams十六卦象Two Male Leads290k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + obsessive and unhinged characters + regret and redemption + two male leads + beloved by all] P.S. Each timeline is fairly long, so this is a slower-paced transmigration story. P.S. The protagonist has a different name in each world. P.S. Please don’t insult the author. As an employee of the Quick Transmigration Bureau, Shi Yun was known as a workaholic. He wanted to rack up enough years for retirement as soon as possible, and after eighty years, he finally got to enjoy hi 3kReads7.6Score26414d adds

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   Dual male lead type

4. 254 妈 My Mom Is the Other Woman in a Wife-Chasing Romance, and I’m the Illegitimate Daughter 妈妈是追妻文里的小三，我是私生女 Palace Master Yichen逸晨宫主22k WordsCompleted My Mom Is the Other Woman in a Wife-Chasing Romance, and I'm an Illegitimate Daughter 60Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The inevitable tragedy of illegitimate daughters

5. 255 她 She Is Like the Deep Sea 她似深海 The Strange One at Midnight夜半的诡Modern Romance632k WordsOngoing [A love story about growing up.] She was like the deep sea. After knowing Su Nian for twenty years, and loving her, then hating her, that was the most accurate way I could describe her. My name is Lu Chen. Ten years ago, she left me and returned to another man. I built a company and a respectable life without her. Ten years later, she sent her resume to my company. A contract full of schemes bound us together once again. This time, was she here to come ashore, or to sink with the ship? 27Reads—Score—14d adds

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   "She Is Like the Deep Sea" is a reunion that begins with revenge, and an ultimate reversal about substitutes, misunderstandings, and a love as deep as the sea. When ten years of hatred collide with ten years of silent protection, when the hunter thinks he has everything under control, little does he know that he has stepped into that seemingly calm but deep sea that can swallow up everything in the past.

6. 256 勾 After Flirting with My Unhinged Junior Brother, I Somehow Became Everyone's Crush 勾搭疯批师弟后，我竟成了万人迷 A Promise Worth Its Weight in Gold一言九鼎Two Male Leads434k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + one-on-one, both each other's first and only + from universally despised to universally adored] Ji Ci transmigrated into a book. He went from a pure and sunny college student to the vicious male supporting character beside the universally adored protagonist of a Green River novel. System: [Endure humiliation and survive. One day, Host will achieve greatness and reach the pinnacle of life!] Ji Ci: Got it. So whenever the protagonist was in danger, he took the blade for him. When 19.4kReads9.5Score3.3k14d adds
7. 257 死 After Faking My Death Failed, the Whole Main Cast Went Mad! 死遁失败后，主角团全疯了！ Hmph Hmph Ji哼哼唧Two Male Leads349k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, a universally adored shou, romantic rivalry and chaos, identities exposed, everyone loves the one they can't forget] Gentle yet aloof beloved shou X cool, devoted junior gong. Younger gong, one-on-one, happy ending. After dying, Xie Ying transmigrates into an old-fashioned, melodramatic body-double novel as the beloved white moonlight who dies young. After the white moonlight dies, the protagonist shou, who looks five parts like him, will take his place as the true white moonlig 14.8kReads9.4Score2.1k14d adds
8. 258 惊EN Shocking! Forced to Follow the Plot as an Extra at an Elite Academy 惊！贵族学院当路人甲被迫走剧情 Slurping Noodles at Midnight半夜嗦粉Two Male Leads500k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Transmigrate into a Book + Harem Magnet + F4 Love Triangle] Jimo transmigrated into a book, becoming an ordinary person in a melodramatic, Mary Sue school romance set among the wealthy. To keep the plot on track and finish his mission, Jimo diligently played the part of a perfectly ordinary background character. So when the delicate, sweet male protagonist was bullied, Jimo sneaked in to rescue him. When the sweet boy showed off his body on social media, Jimo reported the post 15.5kReads8.9Score2.6k14d adds
9. 259 叶 Where Falling Leaves Return 叶落归芷 Quan Xin荃昕12k WordsCompleted When the Leaves Fall, They Return to Zhi 149Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 260 心 May Your Heart's Desires Bring You Peace, Day and Night 心有所妄，朝暮皆安 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted With a Heart Full of Longing, Peace in Every Dawn and Dusk 324Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 261 花 Blossoms Fall Upon the Inkstone 花朝落砚 Quan Xin荃昕18k WordsCompleted Huachao Luo Yan 1kReads—Score—14d adds
12. 262 万 The Hated Stand-In Gives Up, but Four Tycoons Take Turns Spoiling Her 万人嫌替身摆烂，4个大佬排队宠 Young Master Qianzhi千织公子Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted [Hilarious Transmigration Into a Book + Male Rivals Fighting for Her + Substitute Romance, Slacking Off and Going Wild + 1v1 Sweet Romance + Multiple Endings] Chu Yan suddenly dies and transmigrates into a novel about a domineering CEO who torments his lover, becoming a disposable substitute doomed to be tormented in body and heart by four powerful men as they treat her as a stand-in for their beloved. In the end, she gets herself killed! From the start, she’s a newly acknowledged illegitimate d 2.2kReads8.6Score26514d adds

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    From being disliked by everyone to being loved by everyone

13. 263 十 A Dream Buried for Ten Years 十年沉梦 Maple Snow Drifting in the Rain枫雪飘霖Modern Romance232k WordsCompleted A twenty-six-year-old soul lives inside a sixteen-year-old body. Su Wan returns reborn to her high school years, carrying the exhaustion, trauma, and regret of the decade to come. Before her are her living, breathing father and her radiant, smiling older sister: the warmth she once longed so desperately to reclaim. The ancient ring from that snowy night is her only link to the past, and it holds all the riddles behind her rebirth. She thinks this will be a lonely journey, until she meets a boy n 16Reads—Score—14d adds

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    When I got close to you, I realized that this love had already lasted a long time.

14. 264 天 A Disastrous Start: The Strongest Bandit Chief Has Taken the Women of My Family. Should I Pretend I Don’t Know Them? 天崩开局，最强寨主掠夺我家的女人们？我该装不认识吗 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted A disastrous start: the strongest bandit chief is after the women in my family? Should I pretend I don't know them? 45Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A heart-wrenching and captivating book about a male protagonist who is disliked by almost everyone in a tribal chief's group for being incompetent. Even his family dislikes him for being tall, strong, and useless. But in the end, the male protagonist turns out differently.

15. 265 堕 Fallen into the Abyss, Unaware of the Pain of Parting 堕渊不谙离恨苦 Luo Li Nan Wei洛璃楠微Eastern Fantasy161k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] [Both Powerful] [Xianxia] [Some Angst] [Pursuing His Lover After Losing Him] [Reconciliation and a Happy Ending] An unpredictable, deranged Venerable Lord x a gentle, refined young master Mu Mianchen wanted to honor his engagement and help his junior sister, so he went to the Demon Realm, hoping to make his death seem justified. But Liu Cheny you did not kill him. Instead, he refined him into a puppet. Controlled in the Realm of Rebirth, Mu Mianchen was made to seize a sword. 709Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Little Knife, Little Madman, hehehehe

16. 266 悲 A Tragic Woman 悲情女人 Wishing Only to Smile at the Morning Flowers只愿朝花笑Urban154k WordsCompleted In a secluded corner of the river of time lived a group of women, like flowers swaying in wind and rain. Cruelly battered by fate, their petals scattered and their lives faded away. Their lives were like a mournful song, every note pulsing with hardship, every passage recounting endless sorrow. Let us enter their world, listen to the sighs sealed away by time, feel the pain soaked in tears, and bear witness to their suffering and resilience in the face of tragic fates. 2.2kReads8.9Score18514d adds

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    It's so tear-jerking!

17. 267 快 Quick Transmigration: The Hated Little Sweetheart Is Always Doted on by Powerful Men 快穿：万人嫌小漂亮总被大佬娇宠 Rain at Dusk by the Long Pavilion长亭晚雨Two Male Leads492k WordsOngoing Just got the results, so the score is low [quick transmigration + sweet romance + adored by all + love rivals + regret and redemption] The protagonist is a sweet, gentle, pretty boy. Please take note if that’s not your thing. If you don’t like it, please just leave. If you insult me, I’ll cry (T^T) Thank you ❤️ Wen Yan gets bound to a System. The mission is simple: Transmigrate into various books as characters everyone hates for causing trouble, and collect “Disdain Points.” But System: [Coldly 271Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    Highly recommend Shuangnan, the universally disliked pretty girl [kissing emoji] Collect hate points

18. 268 三 Three Lives, Three Worlds: Bewitching Control, Girl Across the Way, Look Over Here 三生三世：魅控，对面女孩看过来 I Am Going, Little Apple我去小苹果Urban82k WordsOngoing Also known as Reborn in 1998: Girl Across the Way, Look This Way Broken System: Take Me Back to 1998, Girl Across the Way, Look This Way Reborn: Three Lives, Three Worlds, Girl Across the Way, Look This Way Rebirth System: Girl Across the Way, Look This Way Reborn in the summer of 1998. The streets are full of bell-bottoms, TV is showing The Legend of the White Snake, pagers keep going off, and even the air smells of popsicles and soda. Best of all, there's a girl with a ponytail in the dorm acr 20Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I wish I could borrow a thousand days in the human world to accompany him as he views the mountains and rivers year after year.

19. 269 玩 A Fateful Game of Draw-a-Card, and I Accidentally Drew Myself 玩摸牌定命，不小心摸到了我自己 The Night Is Too Late月色太晚8k WordsCompleted I Played a Tile Game to Determine My Fate, and Accidentally Drew Myself 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Thousands of people are suspicious of the group.

20. 270 神 After the Goddess Saw the Comments, She Went on a Killing Spree 神女看见弹幕后，杀疯了 The Night Is Too Late月色太晚8k WordsCompleted After the Divine Maiden Saw the Comments, She Went on a Killing Spree —Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 271 全 Master of All Skills 全技大师 Crocodile Wontons鳄鱼馄饨Sports2.2M WordsCompleted What? A Supreme Immortal Aperture Physique? I only get one chance, and they made me this useless body? Damn it! No! I'm different from them. I have a hidden quest built in! 438Reads—Score—14d adds

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    [Stunned][Stunned]

22. 272 老 My Husband Held His Mistress and Humiliated Me with His Guilt 老公抱着小三，用愧疚凌辱我 Yangyu Bao洋鱼包Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted My Husband Holds His Mistress and Humiliates Me with Guilt 54Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Here are some angst-filled novels I've been enjoying lately.

23. 273 犯 After I Cheated, My Cold Husband Showered Me with Tenderness Every Night 犯错出轨后，冷淡丈夫夜夜对我百般温柔 Yangyu Bao洋鱼包Completed After Cheating on Me, My Cold Husband Treats Me with Tenderness Every Night —Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 274 我 My Youthful Romance 我的青春爱恋 Sparse Shadows in the Apricot Grove杏坛疏影Modern Romance112k WordsOngoing Lin Wan had a secret talent: the poems she wrote reflected the truest colors of people’s hearts. Then, one autumn, Zheng Hao, wearing a dark green sweater, stood in the light and asked her if she liked Yu Qiuyu. For the first time, her pen trembled, and the colors on the page blurred into something out of place. She spent three years of her youth writing poems for him, gave him her first night beneath the moonlight in a white shirt, and even followed him into the neon-lit depths of the night. Bu 53Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I highly recommend this book; it's incredibly heart-wrenching and portrays youth in a very realistic way!

25. 275 贵 The F5 Nobles’ Academy Boys Are All Head Over Heels for Me 贵族学院F5都对我神魂颠倒 Qiu Yingyu秋莹羽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + revenge + a battle among male rivals + campus F5 + brothers at odds + going mad for love and willingly becoming a substitute + taming bad boys] In her previous life, Wen Shuning thought she had two rays of light in her life. The first was her fiancé, but his tenderness and thoughtfulness were all an act. He despised her and looked down on her. When he learned she wasn't a daughter of the Wen family, he dumped her without hesitation. Just then, her second ray of light appeared, but from 13.8kReads8.9Score2.4k14d adds

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    ✌First Book🍀In her past life, Wen Shuning thought her fiancé and another man were her light. However, the former abandoned her after learning that she was not a member of the Wen family, and the latter pursued her only because of a word from her sister, pushing her into the abyss. After being reborn, she decided to tame men like puppies.

26. 276 师 After Slacking Off, Senior Sister Went from Universally Hated to Universally Adored 师姐她摆烂后，从万人嫌到万人迷 Wen Wen温文Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Shiyuan worked tirelessly to please everyone in her sect, yet they accused her of neglecting her cultivation and not doing her job. In the end, her engagement was broken off, and she was strung up on the Divine Punishment Platform, where her tendons were torn out and her bones ripped apart. Eldest Senior Brother: “You’re just jealous of Junior Sister.” Second Senior Brother: “If you dare bully Junior Sister again, I won’t go easy on you!” Fourth Junior Brother: “You wicked woman, you’ll ge 4.7kReads7.8Score42614d adds
27. 277 羽 Ascension, Yet No Immortality 羽化非仙 Tangtang Doesn't Sleep糖糖不睡觉Xianxia739k WordsOngoing [No System, no golden finger, no harem, not a transmigration story] [There is no sect competition, and yet it is the truest sect competition of all: the losers will see their lives, sects, traditions, and even their entire races erased.] The righteous path is not as bright and noble as it appears; The demonic path is not as cruel and bloodthirsty as it is portrayed; But evil cultivators are even more wicked than anyone could imagine. Here, there is love that spans ten thousand years, hatred that 5.1kReads—Score63914d adds

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    The righteous path is full of worms, the demonic path is full of madmen! The righteous path has invaded the demonic path! The protagonist witnesses a cultivator transform into an ugly worm upon ascending to immortality! From then on, he searches for the truth while struggling to survive…! [Original novel reader][Added to bookshelf]

28. 278 吴 Wu Junyan’s Path to Immortality 吴君彦修仙传 Dreamwalking Through Spring梦游缘春Eastern Fantasy315k WordsCompleted Wu Junyan is a pampered yet naive and mischievous rich young man in the Song Dynasty. Forced to study under his father’s strict discipline, he unexpectedly becomes infatuated with the path of cultivation. With a mysterious book titled The Immortal’s Travels in hand, he sets out on a cultivation journey full of absurdity and setbacks. From the farce of refining immortal pills into laxatives to the embarrassment of transmigrating into the modern era and stumbling into a scam, he repeatedly lands h 41Reads—Score—14d adds

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    My nemesis's eyes started to look strange.

29. 279 跟 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.1kReads8.8Score2.9k14d adds

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    Here's one for you.

30. 280 闺 My Best Friend Sold Me to a Beastly Rich Playboy for 500,000. That Was the Start of My Nightmare... 闺蜜为了50万，把我卖给禽兽公子哥，噩耗从此埋下... Little Green Turtle小绿龟8k WordsCompleted My best friend sold me to a beastly rich young master for 500,000 yuan. That was where the nightmare began... —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This was so heartbreaking…it made me cry. [Crying]

31. 281 第 Reborn for the Third Time, I Turned the Tables Through a Gold-Digger Livestream 第三次重生，我靠捞女直播间逆袭 Tomatoes Without Ice西红柿不加冰Modern Romance145k WordsOngoing [Vicious gold digger] vs. [Fated heroine adored by everyone] vs. [Third time reborn] vs. [Gold Digger Livestream] After two lifetimes, Xu Le has lost everything. In her first life, her parents were brutally killed. She struggled to survive, only to be tortured to death in the end. In her second life, she suffered more than death itself, and even the right to end her own life was forcibly taken away. Only after dying did she learn the truth. She was supposed to be this world’s adored-by-everyon 13Reads—Score—14d adds

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    👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍

32. 282 御 Beast Taming: This Wolf Seems Off 御兽：这只狼不对劲 Hazy Beneath the Night Rain夜雨下的朦胧Eastern Fantasy482k WordsCompleted A no-brainer power fantasy!!!! Guaranteed thrills! A lone shadow’s fading mark points to the sky, tassels and parting words make gold seem real. In the depths of winter, I know the rest of a hundred sorrows; crimson rain understands your tender pity. Jade fades, its light and scars left to my eyes; a thousand sorrows weave darkness through the heart of the heavens. You once bestowed a name on me, letting it hang from a verdant branch. Now, after ten thousand years, I cannot bear to look back. T 98Reads—Score—14d adds

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    [Crying][crying][crying]

33. 283 五 Five Years of Waiting Came to Nothing: My Husband Brings His New Love to Demand a Divorce 五年痴等成空，夫君带女逼我和离 Cang Yuesheng仓月生Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted [Both Chaste] [Romance with His Older Brother's Wife] [Male-Male Story] [The Male Lead is repeatedly seen completely naked but stays faithful. Later, what looks like infidelity is actually a guard in disguise; the male lead remains devoted to the female lead throughout.] [Dear readers, we're very sorry! When you reach Chapter 139, please skip straight to Chapter 146. Chapters 140 to 145 are inconsistent and can be ignored.] On their wedding night, unrest broke out at the border, and her husband 5.8kReads9.3Score43414d adds

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    A classic, period drama set in a palace and family! The female lead should have dumped the scumbag early on! But life wasn't so easy for women in ancient times! Hoping for a peaceful ending for the female lead [laughs]

34. 284 我 I Was Reborn, and This Time I'm Going on a Rampage 我重生了，这一世我嘎嘎乱杀 Cang Yuesheng仓月生Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In my past life, I was schemed against and killed by Bai Lianhua and Liu Ruyan! This time, I'll send every one of the people who hurt me straight to hell! Seeing them hate me to the bone yet be powerless to do anything about it is so satisfying! This time, let me weave the path that sends you all to hell! I'm the head of the Wen family business. Watch me put men aside and focus on my career. I'm the leading lady of my own story! I just love building my business! When I try to put men aside, they 1.9kReads9.4Score19314d adds

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    The male lead falls in love with the female lead at first sight; she's so beautiful! Handsome man and beautiful woman! [Thumbs up]

35. 285 兄 My Brother Draws His Sword to Kill Me, So My Enemy and I Rewrite Fate Through Time 兄长拔剑杀我，仇人同我逆时改结局 He Quanguo何全国Ancient Romance29k WordsCompleted My Brother Drew His Sword to Kill Me, While My Enemy and I Turn Back Time to Change Our Fate 16Reads—Score—14d adds

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    To roam the world with a sword is everyone's dream! But once you're in the martial world, you're not in control of your own destiny!

36. 286 乡 The Carefree Little Country Doctor 乡村小神医真逍遥 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Urban199k WordsCompleted A university student who graduated from medical school is terminally ill and has little time left. One day, by chance, he ruins someone else's plans, but turns misfortune into fortune and receives the legacy of a mysterious person... He brings blessings to the people, enjoys a carefree life in the countryside, and roams the world at will... 297Reads7.0Score10514d adds

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    Very good

37. 287 我 Me and My Dongguan Sisters 我与东莞姐姐 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Urban266k WordsCompleted [A Tale of Passion and Brotherhood] [Love and Longing] Gao Yang, a country boy with an uncanny talent, leaves his hometown for the first time! He heads to Dongguan to seek refuge with his older sister, only to discover that people are far more sinister than they seem. Through a series of coincidences, he ends up working in a factory, quickly rises through the ranks, and finds himself surrounded by romantic prospects. In the end, he gets dragged into a gang war and sets out on a path of no return 7.9kReads6.4Score46014d adds
38. 288 一 Yizhi Xiaoqi's 17th Book 一纸小旗第17本书 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Urban648k WordsCompleted A country boy with superb medical skills lands a job at an electronics factory in the kingdom of women. From then on, there's no stopping him. With charm and skill to back him up, he thrives and rises to the pinnacle of life! 1.3kReads8.1Score14814d adds
39. 289 唐 The Tang Dynasty’s Spoiled Noble: I’m the Laughingstock of Chang’an 【唐朝纨绔：我在长安当笑话】 Fermented Paste, Slander That Destroys the Bones浆水胶积毁销骨Historical241k WordsCompleted Lin Yi, 28, is a product manager at an internet company. He’s good at making PowerPoint presentations, shifting blame, and slacking off, and knows a little physics and chemistry, though only at a very basic level. During a company outing, he gets electrocuted while playing a Tang-dynasty-themed murder mystery game. When he wakes up, he has become Li Xian, the only son of the Marquis of Zhennan, Li Chengen, and Chang’an’s most notorious wastrel and troublemaker. The original Li Xian has just had —Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 290 我 I'm the Most Useless Man in the World 我是全世界最废物的男人 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼12k WordsCompleted I Am the Most Useless Man in the World 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A Republican-era tragic love story | A tragic ending | Time difference | Patriotism This is not a fast-food, assembly-line thriller, nor is it mass-produced saccharine sweetness. This is a Republican-era tragic love story that requires you to calm down and have tissues ready. Time difference, unrequited love, and the ultimate tragic ending aesthetic—this book is enough to reach the pinnacle of the heart-wrenching stories of Republican-era tragic love. In her life, she had six identities and three names. Only "Lin Die'er" belonged to herself until death. At fifteen, she was a pampered heiress from a prestigious family. Chasing fish by the river, her laughter was radiant, but after falling into the water, she was forced to marry the dark-skinned man who saved her life. She disliked his square face, thick eyebrows, and dark, rough appearance, and on her wedding night, she tearfully vowed to never obey him. He used four months of silent observance, the warmth of a bowl of osmanthus cake, and the hoarse "Does it hurt?" When he shielded her from a slap, to slowly open the door to her heart. She finally mustered the courage to tell him, "I'm pregnant with your child"—but her mother-in-law, under the guise of profit, sold her to a man she had never met. Later, she became a prisoner in a secluded mansion. Confined to a separate courtyard, tormented day and night, she gave birth to a son. The man didn't know the child wasn't his. She gritted her teeth and survived, just so he would raise her enemy's child for the rest of his life. Then she became a courtesan, a Japanese female spy, Chiba Kaoruko, and finally, a soul who took a bullet for someone else. From a noblewoman to a young wife in the Zhang family, from a prisoner in a secluded mansion to a courtesan, from a Japanese spy to a soul who took a bullet for someone else—in this life, her identity changed six times, and her name three times. Only the name "Lin Die'er" belonged to her until her death. He was the man she fell for at first sight, the man she waited for her entire life. Their first meeting was by the riverbank; she was chasing fish along the edge of a boat, her light blue dress fluttering in the wind. Twenty-five-year-old Zhang Zhiming stood in the pavilion, his gaze never leaving her. Ten years later, they met again on the long street. His temples were streaked with gray, but he recognized her instantly—those almond-shaped eyes, that dimple when she pursed her lips, an image etched into his very being. He rushed forward like a madman, his leather bag scattering across the ground, a dozen silver butterfly hairpins rolling onto the cobblestones. She, however, merely withdrew her hand coldly, saying in broken Japanese, "Sir, you've mistaken me for someone else." He died without knowing that the child he had held in the Xiao family mansion, named Yi'an, was his and her only son. She died without knowing who she truly loved in her life. This love, so misaligned, was destined to be unfulfilled. He was the one who slowly fell in love, but by then it was too late. She was the one who fell in love at first sight, waiting a lifetime for him. She loved him, but gave her life to another. She gave her life, but her heart could never be retrieved. The romance of this world could not wait for a lasting union; the butterfly's shadow returned to dust, with no hope of return. Why is this book worth reading? There are no purely good or bad people, only the masses swept up by fate in a chaotic world. The writing is delicate and restrained, with emotions building layer by layer. It avoids deliberate sentimentality yet every word pierces the heart. Set against the backdrop of the Republican era, featuring multiple identities, time zone discrepancies, and a strong sense of national duty, its scope far surpasses ordinary romance novels. Every regret bears the imprint of the era and the pull of fate. If you prefer deeply moving love stories and profound regrets, take your time and read slowly. Flowers may bloom again, but love is destined to never be mended. The book is finished, and I feel a deep sense of unease. [Crying]

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    The story's growth trajectory is very realistic. There are no sudden transformations; all the maturity and insight are accumulated through repeated experiences and choices, making it very real and moving.

43. 293 月 Moonlit Night, Conquest 月夜，征服 Long Wind Chasing Waves长风逐浪Urban387k WordsOngoing Lin Fan, a poor country boy from a mountain village, awakens an ancient medical inheritance by accident. From then on, his medical skills are divine, and his fate takes a turn for the better. By day, he's an unremarkable village doctor. But who could have guessed... 215Reads6.9Score11814d adds
44. 294 傻 The Foolish Boy Makes a Comeback, Shocking the Whole Village 傻小子逆袭，全村都惊了 Please, Let Me Go Viral求求你让我大火Urban710k WordsOngoing Down-on-his-luck college student Ye Tian was beaten into an idiot after doing the right thing and sent back to his rural hometown, where he stayed with Li Tianbao. The village was full of gossip, and Wang Cuihua complained day after day. In their desperation, Li Tianbao turned his attention to his idiot cousin. He might be simple-minded, but he had once been a top student at a medical university, stood six feet one, and was handsome to boot. What they didn't know was that a mysterious jade pend 9.8kReads6.9Score74214d adds
45. 295 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 2.8kReads—Score18314d adds

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    No one could resist Jiang Zui's deep affection, and no one could withstand Su Yuhe's unwavering redemption.

46. 296 血 Crimson Neon: The Tenth Shattered Pregnancy 血色霓虹：破碎的第十次怀孕 Yang Xinsheng杨新生Marriage & Romance23k WordsCompleted Blood-Red Neon: The Tenth Broken Pregnancy —Reads—Score—14d adds

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47. 297 昼 Burning by Day, Reduced to Ash by Night 昼焚夜烬 Yang Xinsheng杨新生10k WordsCompleted Day Burns, Night Turns to Ash 6Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 298 光 All Beings Beneath the Light 光遇众生 The Quiet Duke静谧的公爵Anime Fanfiction976k WordsOngoing Adventure + high-IQ showdowns + suspicious, scheming characters + no female lead + ensemble cast + slow pace + revelations about the world’s truth, layer by layer (A Sky: Children of the Light fanfiction) After transmigrating into the world of Sky: Children of the Light, the Duke becomes a Light Child manipulated by the ancestors. “Go make an offering,” they say. “It is your supreme glory.” He believes them and fights his way forward with his companions, only to discover the horrifying truth aft 166Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The premise is incredibly original, completely breaking away from clichés. The author is a newcomer but seasoned, and I highly recommend it to readers who enjoy niche and in-depth stories! The ensemble cast is the best I've seen this year; each important character has their own complete storyline and struggles, there are no mere plot devices! It's a slow burn but has a huge impact, the kind of story that gets better with each reading, leaving you feeling emotional for a long time at the end about everyone's fate… The premise is super original, the author has a very creative mind, and although a newcomer, the writing and plot are anything but immature. Highly recommended!

49. 299 回 Making Dirty Money from Recycling? Today I Take No Pawns, Only Your Tears 回收挣黑心钱？今天不收典当，只收你的眼泪 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted Making dirty money from recycling? Today, I won't take your pawned goods. I'll take your tears. 41Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The unscrupulous businessman initially thought he could make a fortune, but he was ruined by a stranger. He lost a 600,000 yuan foreclosed property, a 150,000 yuan car, a 90,000 yuan gold bracelet, and a 200,000 yuan phone. She died, and he went bankrupt. What happened next?

50. 300 大 Burying My Youth in the Dadu River 大渡河水葬青春 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪9k WordsCompleted Youth Buried in the Dadu River 19Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I cried while watching it, and suddenly I felt so happy.

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