Tragic Novels to Read While Crying, Anyone Have Any? 悲情小说，一边流泪一边看，谁🈶……

1. 301 十 The End of Ten Days: Ashes of Reincarnation 十日终焉·轮回烬 Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子9k WordsCompleted Ten Days to the End: Ashes of Reincarnation 12Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 302 无 No One Heard Her Voice 无人听见她的声音 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山7k WordsCompleted No One Heard Her Voice 7Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 303 本 True to Myself 本心 A Commoner Named Chen俗人一陈Modern Romance151k WordsCompleted No one can live solely for others, but neither can we completely cast aside our responsibilities. In real life, we often waver between “living for others” and “living for ourselves,” all the while judged by moral standards. Family relationships are not static; they change over time. Families that endure hardship may fall apart, rebuild themselves, or eventually go their separate ways, living along parallel paths of their own. As we struggle to survive, how do we come to understand ourselves and 731Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The restraint of emotions, the helplessness of life, and the sense of responsibility of middle-aged people are presented here in a relatively restrained manner.

4. 304 航 One Piece: The Red Tide Returns to Sea, Reborn at Marineford 航海王：赤潮归航，顶上重生 Chongqing and Sichuan Spicy Girl川渝辣妹子Male-Channel Fanfiction18k WordsCompleted One Piece: The Crimson Tide Sails Home, Reborn at Marineford 1Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 305 救 Help! This Lousy System Is Making Me Found a Sect! 救命！这破系统让我开宗立派！ The Crying of Xiao Xiao萧萧之鸣Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world as a sickly man, the male lead triggers a System: if he fails to save twenty people within three years, he’ll die of his illness. He sets off on a journey to save people, meeting one lovely confidante after another along the way. In the end, he’s forced to found a sect and finds his happy ending. (This is not a cultivation novel.) The premise is fairly fresh, leaving behind the traditional level-up-and-fight-monsters formula. The protagonist is frail at firs 35.4kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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   The overall style is lighthearted, but a closer look brings tears to your eyes.

6. 306 校 The School Bully’s Love Is the Knife I Kill With 校霸的爱，是我杀人的刀 Sleepyhead Baby瞌睡虫宝宝13k WordsCompleted The School Bully's Love Is the Knife I Kill With 7Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 307 她 She Is Like the Deep Sea 她似深海 The Strange One at Midnight夜半的诡Modern Romance629k 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? 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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   "She Is Like the Deep Sea" – A reunion that begins with revenge, a story of substitution, misunderstanding, and a love as deep as the sea that ultimately takes an unexpected turn. When ten years of hatred collide with ten years of silent protection, when the hunter believes he has everything under control, little does he know that he has already stepped into that seemingly calm but deep sea that is capable of swallowing up everything in the past.

8. 308 十 Ten People's Secret Crushes, Only One Couple 十个人的暗恋，只成一双人 Ten-Day Pact十日誓约13k WordsCompleted Ten Secret Crushes, but Only One Couple 3Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 309 为 I Attended My Own Funeral for Love 为爱参加自己葬礼 Crimson Snow's Song绛雪吟Mystery52k WordsCompleted Shen Zhifei accidentally entered a parallel world and saw his parents there consumed by grief. Out of love, he tried to enter that world again, attended his own funeral, and left behind a letter expressing his love... 9Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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   This is good! 👍

10. 310 我 I Brought Him Back to Life, but He Called Me Selfish 我复活了他，他却说我自私 The Tree That Wants to Fly要飞天的树8k WordsCompleted I Brought Him Back to Life, but He Called Me Selfish 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Extremely angsty story + heart-wrenching romance + life-or-death separation...!

11. 311 樊 Dawn Within the Cage 樊笼内的破晓 Old Qinggan老青柑Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted Some people are born trapped in a cage. Invisible barriers, woven from the soil of one’s upbringing, the path laid out in advance, the constraints of one’s surroundings, the cocoon of one’s perceptions, and the shackles of morality, build a cold, solid cage that holds her captive. She is raised within it, as if this were all life could ever be. If she does not awaken, if she does not save herself, the ending is clear: the cage will silently devour her, and she will vanish in a slow death. Yet de 5Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this angst-filled novel; it's really good.

12. 312 谁 Whose Youth Is Without Scars? 谁的青春不带伤 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Urban127k WordsCompleted In the eighties and nineties, I was a child too. I went from being confused and bewildered to a rebellious teenager, from a student whose ideals shone bright to a laborer struggling through hardship. Friendships faded and were forgotten; my first love left a deep mark before ending in heartbreak. Being young means constantly growing up. 84Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 313 我 My First Love 我的初恋情人 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Modern Romance164k WordsCompleted I met Yu on an early spring day. It was overcast and windy. He was passing by my house just as I came out of the yard. Our eyes met, and his lit up at once. He stopped in his tracks. My face flushed, and I lowered my head to look at my old cloth shoes, with my toes poking out. My family was so poor that my clothes were covered in patches. Yu didn’t seem to care about my shabby clothes. He kept walking, glancing back at my face. I didn’t know who he was or what he was doing in our village. But a 118Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 314 净 After Leaving with Nothing, She Protected Me for the Rest of My Life 净身出户后，我被她守护余生 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted After I left with nothing, she protected me for the rest of my life 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly rated short story, I cried so much while reading it my phone was ruined.

15. 315 东 Working in Dongguan: Sharing a Rental with Fellow Hometown Folks 东莞打工记之老乡合租篇 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山12k WordsCompleted Working in Dongguan: Sharing an Apartment with Fellow Hometown Folks 71Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 316 深 I Stumbled Upon a Murder Late at Night, and While Giving My Statement, I Realized the Cop Interrogating Me Was the Killer 深夜撞见凶杀案，录口供时我发现，审讯我的警察是真凶 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山11k WordsCompleted I Stumbled Upon a Murder Late at Night. While Giving My Statement, I Realized the Police Officer Interrogating Me Was the Killer 5Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 317 离 After Divorce, I Unlocked a God-Tier Goddess Conquest System 离婚后开启神级女神攻略系统 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Urban277k WordsCompleted Tomato Originals + Urban Fantasy + System + Urban Romance After Lin Feng gets divorced and kicked out of his home, he steps out of the villa and unexpectedly unlocks the Goddess System. What? Fail a System mission and I’ll be punished? No way I’m letting that happen. What? Complete a mission and I’ll get a god-tier skill? Then I’ll give it everything I’ve got. From then on, he masters god-tier skills, builds a successful business, wins the hearts of goddesses, and starts a spectacular new life. 121Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 318 重 Reborn in the 1970s: A Blessed Space Helps Me Raise Kids and Build Wealth 重生70：福宝空间带崽致富 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Modern Romance118k WordsCompleted Reborn + adorable baby + sweet romance + pocket dimension + farming Reborn in the 1970s, she opens her eyes to find herself in a thatched hut. Her awful relatives show up to steal her food, her predecessor is so sick she's barely clinging to life, and in her arms is her clingy three-year-old little sister. The neighbor sighs. This broken-down family is so poor even the mice want nothing to do with it. Su Fuling gives a cold laugh. I have a pocket dimension where I can grow crops, raise chickens, 5Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 319 规 Rule-Bound Horror: The Midnight Mirror Person 规则怪谈之午夜镜面人 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山19k WordsCompleted Tales of the Strange Rules: The Midnight Mirror Man 4Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 320 离 After the Divorce 离婚之后 Nian Lianqiu念莲秋Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [An animated series based on this book is coming soon. If you enjoy Qiuqiu's work, please keep an eye out for it!] This story tackles a subject close to real life, one I've always wanted to write about but never dared to. After writing a few feel-good power fantasies, I found myself returning to this subject, with an even stronger urge to express what I wanted to say. And so this book was born… Yang Zhixuan was a full-time homemaker who was divorced after fifteen years of marriage. On a snowy ni 10.4kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
21. 321 糖 Candy with a Tangy Bite 糖果偏酸 Luo Zhi落之Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted (The main story is complete.) The domineering, impossibly cool school bully vs. the beautiful, strong-willed, wounded little bookworm. School life, healing, and mutual secret crushes. Chutang was being bullied at school. The day she met Jihuai was the start of autumn. She was sixteen that year. Jihuai saved her, perhaps because he felt sorry for her. “You don't need to stick your nose into my business.” “Hey, I'm the one who helped you.” Desperate for a meal, Chutang shamelessly followed Jihu 79Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one is good!

22. 322 偷 I Can Hear Their Thoughts: I Roast the Fake Heiress into Submission 偷听心声：我靠吐槽完虐假千金 Ning Ershao凝二少Modern Romance425k WordsCompleted Qing Yanling made a living as an audiobook narrator, roasting melodramatic novels. One morning, she woke up inside the brainless rich-family novel she’d savaged the night before, as the “real heiress” who’d been switched at birth and, after returning home eighteen years later, was outshone in every way by the fake heiress. According to the original plot, she would be too weak to defend herself, framed by the fake heiress and ruined, then meet a miserable end on the street. Qing Yanling looked a 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'll join in the fun too!

23. 323 反 The Villainous Senior Brother Just Wants to Keep a Low Profile, but the Heroine Won't Play by the Rules 反派师兄只想苟，女主不按套路走 Ning Ershao凝二少Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Chen Yuze, the senior disciple of Xuanyun Peak in the Xuanxiao Sect, had been reborn with all his memories of his previous life intact. He knew full well that he was destined to be the villain. This time, he wanted no part in the entanglement between the male lead, Ye Chenhao, and the female lead, Zhang Qingyu. He was done being a stepping stone. All he wanted was to retreat into seclusion in the back hills of Xuanyun Peak and stay out of worldly affairs. He even wanted the entire peak to do the 7Reads6.6Score—Shelves
24. 324 站 Loving You from Afar 站在远处爱 Already Exists 11已存在的11Modern Romance336k WordsCompleted Liang Qingtong is new to the workplace and deeply admires Lu Chengyang, an industry role model. That exceptional man is her idol, her dream guy. By chance, she becomes his subordinate, and before she knows it, she seems to have fallen for him. He is decisive and efficient at work, but when it comes to love, he has no idea what he’s doing! We’re all just a bunch of unfortunate people: we can’t have the ones we love, we don’t cherish the ones we have, and when we’re together, we suspect each other 77Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Here we are, the young us hidden deep in our memories. Many years later, when Liang Qingtong recalls Lu Chengyang again, will she feel a trace of regret? The male boss she once madly infatuated with is ultimately someone she came so close to, yet who has now drifted away! Fresh out of college, Liang Qingtong has been trying to stay in the big city for years! Her naivety, her fearless spirit, or perhaps her simplicity, also attracted Lu Chengyang's attention! Amidst complex emotions and cutthroat business battles, Lu Chengyang longed for a clean, pure world to breathe in. The girl who unexpectedly entered his life was, of course, an accident... Liang Qingtong only wanted a relationship that couldn't tolerate any flaws, not even a little! Who understands a girl's stubbornness! Letting go hurts, but isn't possessing also a double pain?

25. 325 绿 Green Vine 绿萝 Abstinence Pavilion戒思阁Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted This book is for everyone who has ever waited. This is a novel about all the things left unsaid: not saying you like someone, not saying you are waiting, not saying whether it was worth it. But all those unspoken words are tucked inside candy wrappers, hidden in a tin box, and buried in the beeping sounds of a phone booth. The bravest thing Lin Dong ever did was not repairing that imported machine or saving enough for a down payment on a house with a courtyard. It was telling Su Xiyue, “It's t 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The bravest thing Lin Dong ever did in his life wasn't fixing that imported equipment, nor saving money to go to Mount Tai, but telling Su Xiyue, "It's too late." He waited for her for seven years. In those seven years, he wrote letter after letter, never sending them. He buried chicken legs under the old locust tree, carefully folded candy wrappers, hiding himself as someone who couldn't speak. Later, he learned to say no. Later, he met Han Ruoyu. She said nothing, but did everything. She chased him for eight days, scolding him all the way back from the south. She said, "If you live one day, I'll stay with you; if you live ten years, I'll wear you down for ten years." The people in this book aren't very talkative. But they do more than they say. If you've ever thought of a kiss you never sent in the dead of night, if you've ever saved those candy wrappers you couldn't bear to throw away, if you've ever waited for someone—you'll see yourself in this book.

26. 326 女 Girl, Think Carefully Before Marrying Far from Home 女孩，远嫁请慎重 Dong Li董梨Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Marrying far from home + protagonist's suffering + family drama] [Inspired by a true emotional story] Zhang Yuyan was born after her father's death. She grew up dependent on others, gentle, timid, and meek, always trying to please those around her in hopes of finding a place where she could belong. Her stepfather refused to let her attend high school or go to college, so after graduating from middle school, she enrolled in a vocational school to learn a skill that would let her supp 48Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    A surreal and tragic story that fully captures the joys and sorrows of a woman's life.

27. 327 原 The First Wife Transmigrates into the Mistress: A Woman’s Life in the Sixties 原配穿越小三，六零后女人的一生 Dong Li董梨Modern Romance413k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Transmigration + family drama + raising children + everyday life] This story depicts the hardships faced by the generation born in the 1960s and 1970s, the farmers who left their villages to work in the cities and struggled step by step to establish a home there. When they were young, they worked hard to earn money for their children and to build a home, leading busy lives with elderly parents to care for and children to raise, while enduring all the hardships life brought. By the tim 619Reads9.3Score102Shelves
28. 328 荞 Tears of Buckwheat Blossoms 荞花泣 Qing Yuesheng青月生Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted This is a tragic story. The stranglehold of arranged marriages on women cuts like a blunt knife, while the desperate struggle to survive in a remote mountain village feels like a net with no escape. Under the shackles of the times, individual resistance ends in tragedy, like a moth flying into a flame. The gender oppression embedded in the tribe’s feudal culture makes life even more suffocating. Every time A Wei reaches for hope, reality crushes it in her grasp. The indifference around her, from 1Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 329 狼 The Wolf Girl 狼女孩 Dong Li董梨Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted A city girl accidentally meets an international human trafficker online and falls into an online romance with him. She escapes during the deal, but with nowhere else to go, she ends up stranded in the wilderness. Driven by the will to survive, she draws on her mental strength and develops all kinds of survival skills. After losing faith in human nature along the way, and for various other reasons, she decides to stay in the mountains and live alongside wild animals. But she has no intention of b 380Reads9.2Score109Shelves
30. 330 城 Diary of Survival in the City 城市生存日记 Rouge Moon胭脂月Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No Golden Finger + A Terrible Start from the Start + Self-Redemption + A Realistic Guide to Urban Homelessness] Watch a little waif scavenge and save money, making life a little better, one step at a time. He Qinghuan barely escaped her home deep in the mountains with her life, and now wanders the city. She must avoid being discovered as homeless and sent back, while making full use of the city's resources to feed herself and survive until she's old enough to work and support herself. Looking u 331Reads8.3Score153Shelves

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    There is sadness, but even more so, there is redemption and warmth.

31. 331 双 My Strict Teacher Became My Scheming Boss 双面严师成了我的腹黑上司 LiuqibaZz六七八ZzTwo Male Leads480k WordsOngoing A wolf who loves to discipline people with his hands, has a fiery temper, is overbearing and fiercely protective, and is all bark with a soft heart meets a poor, kind puppy who is ordinary, obedient, patient, and cries when wronged... Lu Linchuan is both an adjunct professor and the heir to Luqi Media. Ran Mingyang is a student Lu Linchuan thinks highly of, and after graduation becomes his assistant. Their backgrounds, family circumstances, and personalities are as different as fire and ice. One 5.4kReads7.4Score357Shelves

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    Physically and emotionally abusive [crying][crying][crying]

32. 332 莫 Don't Look Back, or You'll See Your Grave 莫回头，回头见坟头 The Tree That Wants to Fly要飞天的树Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted Don't Look Back, or You'll See Your Grave 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Beautiful tragic love stories

33. 333 羽 The Feathered People: Strange Tales of Ailao Mountain 羽人：哀牢诡事 Wolf's-Tail Fern狼尾蕨Mystery117k WordsCompleted Otherworldly powers × two male leads × ensemble cast × mystery and adventure. Strange incidents plague the Ailao Mountains. Wings appear on my back, an ancient secret erupts from Fuxian Lake, and a female streamer dies a bizarre death. The Wu Clan's vengeful spirits refuse to rest, the Feather Clan hunts them down to the last, and a divine tree connecting to the underworld emerges. From the very beginning, I had stepped into a dead end. 286Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Superpowers! Alien races! A world based on the Classic of Mountains and Seas! A supernatural suspense adventure novel with a bang-up opening! Hit-and-run, murder, escape, lake explosion... The protagonist is caught in a vortex of conspiracy! Will he be manipulated by the mastermind, or will he fight back?! Two male leads plus an ensemble cast, each character is fully developed! Suspenseful, mind-bending, thrilling!

34. 334 夜 Listening to Zen Night After Night, Desire Awakens with Every Step 夜夜听禅，步步生欲 A Passing Guest in the Flow of Time往事流年稍作客Modern Romance158k WordsCompleted #Tomato's most tempting Buddhist-monk romance#Qipao beauty vs. unhinged monk#Captivity/stand-in/agonizing regret#From Buddha to demon 🩸 The night he snapped his prayer beads, I knew that this Buddha of mine was filthy through and through. 🩸 Everyone says Shen Tingchan is the cleanest man in Beiping. He devotes himself to meditation in the Buddhist hall and avoids women. Even the prayer beads around his wrist are steeped in sandalwood incense. Until that night of torrential rain, when he pinned 75Reads—Score104Shelves
35. 335 京 The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡 A Book Worth a Fortune一本千万利Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing [The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the 7.8kReads8.9Score712Shelves

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    The male lead appears carefree and nonchalant, but harbors unhealed wounds within. He only reveals his vulnerability to the female lead, and this contrast is absolutely captivating.

36. 336 跨 Across the Cycle of Yin and Yang, I Finally Meet Mr. Gu Again 跨越阴阳轮回，我终于再遇顾先生 Junlin Tianxia 2026君临天下2026Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted I died a miserable death after plastic surgery, and my obsession became a ghost. I refused Meng Po’s soup and crossed the realms of yin and yang through countless cycles of rebirth. To take revenge, I cultivated spiritual essence and forged an immortal beauty, transforming from a lowly wandering soul into a peerless beauty of yin and yang. To find him, I crossed life and death and searched the River of Forgetfulness. At the end of the cycle of rebirth, I finally met my pure-yang Mr. Gu again. Ac —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A tragic novel; the protagonist dies a horrific death on the operating table and cannot find peace, clinging to a lingering obsession that prevents her from being reincarnated.

37. 337 少 Young Master, You're Engaged, So Stop Flirting. Your Online Love Is the Maid's Daughter 少爷有婚约别撩了，您的网恋对象是保姆的女儿 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted The young master is already engaged, so don’t flirt with him. Your online dating match is the nanny’s daughter. 191Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This tragic novel brings tears to my eyes. The female protagonist is abused and sold by her mother who favors sons over daughters. The man she seeks help from is the one she ends up with. She's pregnant with his child and doesn't want to hinder his pursuit of her. It's a tale of a desperate struggle between moral values ​​and love – what choice does she make?

38. 338 上 In My Past Life, He Skinned My Face; In This One, I Make Their Beds 上一世他剥我的脸，这一世我为他们铺床叠被 The Tree That Wants to Fly要飞天的树9k WordsCompleted In my previous life, he peeled the skin from my face. In this life, I make their beds and fold their quilts. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a tragic romance novel featuring a wife-chasing-after-the-cremation arc, rebirth, redemption, a strong female lead, and suspenseful plot twists. For his beloved, Ah Yu, whose face was disfigured, he wanted to peel off my beautiful skin and put it on her face. I endured the pain of being skinned alive, watching them with resentment! After death, he even had my soul suppressed, condemned to eternal damnation. Reborn, I don't seek revenge; I'm willing to stand in their way and help this loving couple be together.

39. 339 穿 The Book Transmigrator Swapped Brides, Married in Her Place, and Raised Fish. I Returned to Win Without Lifting a Finger 穿书女换亲替嫁养鱼，我回归躺赢 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance118k WordsOngoing [Reclaiming Her Body + Emotional Push and Pull + Family Life + Devoted Husband + Marriage Before Love] Su Wan's body was taken over by a woman who had transmigrated into a book for three years. During that time, the transmigrator pulled one outrageous stunt after another. First, she plotted, "Dad marries into the family, and I get rich," tricking her father into marrying a rich woman. Then she forced the wealthy woman's son, a future business tycoon, into her grasp. She had her eldest sister tak 6.7kReads—Score157Shelves

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    Daily life + farming and beachcombing + getting rich + regaining her body [OK][OK] Su Wan's body was occupied by a transmigrated woman for three years. During these three years, the transmigrated woman's antics were outrageous. First, she plotted "my father marrying into the family and I becoming rich," tricking her father into marrying a rich woman, and then forcibly taking the rich woman's son, the future richest man, into her possession. Her sisters became pawns in her marriage alliances, tools for her to get rich in the future. Not only that, she also raised a pond full of big fish... The two biggest ones were the male protagonist of the book, who was reborn from scratch and would definitely become incredibly wealthy in the future. The other was her husband, whom she had recently married! He would inherit billions in assets in the future. The book only described him in one sentence: the only outcome of angering him was death. Now Su Wan has regained her body and also gained some of the transmigrated woman's memories. But the situation she faces is also beyond her control... The transmigrated woman has attracted a bunch of fish! Her husband is furious! Her eldest sister hates her, and her fourth sister is dissatisfied with her! Just as she was stunned, Huo Chenxiao walked over...

40. 340 弃 The Tearless Orphan II 弃儿无泪二 Mu Feng Wuchen, Branch Office沐枫无尘分号Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted From the day she was born, she was abandoned by her family. After many twists and turns, she was finally taken in with compassion by her current adoptive parents. But life still had no smiles for her. For the sake of the family’s livelihood, her adoptive mother often tried to set her life on a predetermined path. Trapped by layer upon layer of restrictions, her future seemed shrouded in gloom. She had no say in her marriage, and even after starting a family and building a career, she could not e 22Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 341 等 Waiting for the Word, Mistaking Beauty for Love 等字，误红颜 Mu Feng Wuchen, Branch Office沐枫无尘分号Modern Romance94k WordsCompleted Because of a disability she had from birth, people excluded her. When she grew up, her family’s deep-rooted standing led her parents to arrange her marriage to an ordinary man. But their good fortune did not last. Her parents’ only son had no children after five or six years of marriage. To protect her son’s reputation, her mother came up with a scheme: she had her daughter-in-law conceive a son with another man. Years later, the daughter-in-law could no longer bear the loneliness and found a lo 5Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 342 他 He Ended Up at a Widow's House 他穿到了寡妇家 Northern Snow Hut北方雪屋Ancient Romance531k WordsCompleted Because of the wicked eldest uncle’s scheme, the original Wen Liang inexplicably died in a widow’s bed. Wen Liang from the apocalypse happened to transmigrate into his body, beat up the widow, then went back and gave the Wen family a thorough beating. But the people at the Wen family’s old home were like vampires, setting their sights on Wen Liang’s family. Later, the original’s younger sister, Wen Yu, was also framed by the eldest uncle and the widow, forced to become someone’s concubine, and d 2.9kReads—Score174Shelves

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    A book that helps relieve stress

43. 343 安 An Yu's Wall 安屿的墙 Lupi鲁皮Modern Romance388k WordsCompleted (Slow-burn romance / Secret Crush + Regret + Modern Romance + Long-Distance Love + Youth) Tang Yu'an and Su Yan, a love that missed its chance for four years. When Su Yan had a secret crush on Tang Yu'an, another man entered her life, and Tang Yu'an learned how to use people through that man. In the end, fate gave them another chance, only for everything to fall apart again the morning after a tender night together. Will Su Yan and Tang Yu'an ever make it to the end together? No one knows. 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Is no one reading realistic novels anymore?

44. 344 晚 Tales from the Late Tang 晚唐遗事 Tang Tang de Pang Pang唐唐de胖胖Ancient Romance80k WordsCompleted After transmigrating as Huang Chao’s empress, Shen Shu has the script in hand and knows the brutal end awaiting him. She tries to find a glimmer of humanity in the man destined to be reviled for all eternity, in the narrow spaces between the cracks of history. Will she redeem him, conspire with him, or fall with him amid a romance stained red with blood? In the tyrant’s palm, she composes a doomed love song amid the flames of war. 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She knew his entire destiny: rising from humble beginnings, becoming emperor in Chang'an, and ultimately dying in the Wolf and Tiger Valley. Yet she remained by his side, watching him succumb to blood and fire, embracing his lonely, beast-like soul in the dead of night, unrecorded in history. This was an admiration whose ending was known, a most tragic gaze upon fate.

45. 345 我 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 120kReads9.7Score13.9kShelves

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    The most tragic works of realism

46. 346 负 The Negative-Equity Lovers 负资产恋人 Wuchuan Wind五川风Urban171k WordsOngoing (A work of realism. The story starts slowly, but its impact builds.) A middle-class man in his thirties is hit by the property bubble’s collapse. With his assets shrinking and his marriage all but over, I had planned to give up and lie flat in this city. Until one day, Lin Shu, a fragile-looking college girl full of contradictions, barged into my chaotic life under the guise of a mysterious tenant. She’s sensitive and vulnerable, yet has an instinct for influencer culture that runs deep. To put 28Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 347 疯 Prequel to the Mad Scientist: A Cybernetic Experimental Monster and His Obsession with Reviving His Girlfriend 疯魔科技博士前传：复生女友的执念，赛博实验体怪物 Light Shines Everywhere 9光明遍照930k WordsCompleted The Mad Scientist's Origin Story: An Obsession with Resurrecting His Girlfriend, and a Cybernetic Experimental Monster 186Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are side stories, filled with heart-wrenching emotional entanglements. You can find more works on the homepage.

48. 348 重 Reborn, I Became an Enslaved Robot with No Freedom 重生后，我变成无自由的程序奴隶机器人 Light Shines Everywhere 9光明遍照9Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Became an Unfree Robot Slave to Programming 9Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 349 她 Her Heat 她的潮热 As Far as You're Concerned若你而言Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted This is Li Xiaowen's story. A slow-paced slice-of-life novel with an ensemble cast, about women's growth and empowerment. It has family, friendship, and romance, and most importantly, trauma from one's family of origin. If that's not your thing, just quietly move on. Please don't leave a bad review, thank you. 256Reads6.5Score108Shelves

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    Let me also recommend my book.

50. 350 帝 An Emperor's Tormented Love: Your Consort Is Already in Her Coffin 帝王虐恋：臣妾已是棺中人【虐】 Junior Sister123师妹12318k WordsCompleted An Emperor’s Tormented Love: Your Majesty, I’m Already in My Coffin [Angst] 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A brutally angsty story.

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