Looking for a Story Where the Hero Dies of Illness, but the Heroine Continues to Love Him Deeply 求那种男主因为病痛而去世，女主一直深爱的男主，

1. 1 撩 Don’t Run After Flirting, the Yandere CEO Can’t Take It 撩完别跑，病娇霸总受不了 Sparse Willow Leaves柳叶疏Modern Romance140k WordsCompleted College student Li Chenzhou has a daughter. For her sake, she has no choice but to become Mu Qianfan’s secret lover. Mu Qianfan hates her for having no shame, for loving money more than life, and, most of all, for her face. But when the truth comes to light, Mu Qianfan suddenly realizes he has been hating the wrong person all along. He wants to start over, only to discover there’s no turning back. 82Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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   The male protagonist suffered from severe heart disease and eventually passed away.

2. 2 重 Reborn: I’ll Make the Humble School Heartthrob Fall for Me 重生，绝对诱哄卑微校草 I Just Love Four Happiness Meatballs就爱四喜丸子Modern Romance185k WordsCompleted Female lead reborn, mutual secret crushes, a humble male lead, past and present lives. One-on-one romance, both leads devoted only to each other, happy ending, healing. The female lead speaks her mind, really does, and knows how to flirt with him. The male lead seems like a taciturn, aloof campus heartthrob, but inside he's a chatty little crybaby. The female lead's mind-reading ability only works on him. Xie Qichuan died in the hospital of respiratory failure. He wanted so badly to tell Xia He, 3.2kReads9.4Score43714d adds

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   Book 1: The female lead deeply loves the male lead; they both have a mutual unrequited love. In their past life, the male lead rejected the female lead due to illness. After his death, the female lead is reborn with the ability to read minds and pursues him. Book 2: The female lead deeply loves the male lead, but ultimately dies from illness. This is a tragic love story. The female lead, Shen Siyin, stubbornly loves the male lead, Xiao Zonghan, never giving up even when misunderstood and resented by him. After falling seriously ill, she endures both emotional and physical torment, her love and hate for Xiao Zonghan intertwined. She dies amidst the pain of illness and her hatred for him.

3. 3 曾 There Was Once Someone Who Loved Me Like Life Itself 曾有一个人，爱我如生命 Rolling the Sun into a Ball搓圆太阳Modern Romance47k WordsCompleted For more than twenty years, Shen Siyan had stubbornly loved a man named Xiao Zonghan. Even when he resented and hated her, she had never thought of giving up. But now, she was reaching the end of her strength... 1.2kReads6.5Score16614d adds
4. 4 我 I Love You, and I’m Guilty 我爱你，我有罪 Qi Lao You淇老游Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted Tang Xiaoran says: “My feelings run too deep. If I’m alive but can’t hold you, I’ll go mad.” Everyone has something they can’t let go of. For Tang Xiaoran, it’s Shen Muyan. Tang Xiaoran is too single-minded. Her devotion turns into an obsession, and obsession hurts both the person who holds it and the person it’s directed at. … Shen Muyan says: “Good riddance to that woman. Let’s go have a drink to celebrate.” But when he’s drunk, he asks his friend, “Did I miss something really important?” “Yes 1.1kReads7.0Score10014d adds

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   This is the book. I cried all night and had to take the day off work because my eyes were swollen from crying. 😢😢

5. 5 时 Time Like Poetry 时光如诗 Cheng Qianyang成浅阳Modern Romance443k WordsCompleted Time once gone can never be reclaimed; let us wander freely and linger awhile. The tragic, moving tale of Lord Xiang and Lady Xiang has been passed down through the ages. Will Zhan Shi and Rong Shi meet a different ending? One is a Chinese literature student, the other owns a cake shop. How will they face the threat of a terminal illness? Will they give up or hold on? Will they part ways or support each other? Rong Shi: My illness will freeze me like ice. Zhan Shi: My heart will melt you. 474Reads8.7Score—14d adds

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   The male protagonist eventually dies from illness, but the female protagonist still loves him deeply.

6. 6 被 After They Found Out I Was Adopted, It Turned Out I Wasn't Their Biological Child 被人领养发现后，竟不是亲生 Snowy Willows by the Cold River寒江雪柳Urban181k WordsCompleted Ye Chen was a child fate had once tormented. He lost his family at a young age and had no one to rely on. After being adopted and raised for eighteen years, he discovered that he wasn't their biological child. In the final three years of his life, Ye Chen suffered from stomach cancer and was abandoned by the sisters who had grown up with him. Yet he persevered, challenging fate in his own way and making all five sisters kneel and beg for forgiveness, only to discover in the end that he could not 15Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A heart-wrenching and captivating storyline that will keep you hooked.

7. 7 诸 Riddled with Illness, I Refuse Treatment. Why Are You Crying? 诸病缠身，我不治，你们哭什么 So, Mister所以先生Urban307k WordsCompleted [Also known as: "Your Son Has Been Gone for a Long Time" and "My Depression Was Getting Better, but I Still Had Stomach Cancer"] Guo Lu was just passing through, a person suffering from depression, schizophrenia, and stomach cancer. After learning that he had only a few years left if he did not seek treatment, Guo Lu wanted nothing more than to end it all on his own terms. After the conflicts with his family accumulated and finally exploded time and again, the people close to him at last learned 4.3kReads8.8Score39214d adds
8. 8 身 After I Died Miserably of Stomach Cancer, My Seven Sisters Regretted It 身患胃癌惨死后，七个姐姐后悔了 50 Yuan Phone Credit话费50Urban221k WordsCompleted [Clearing his name / No forgiveness / No cultivation] “I’m going to kick Lin Luo out of the Lin family. Lin Qitian is the only young master in our family.” Lin Chuyue, the eldest sister and CEO of a multinational conglomerate, said coldly. Their second sister, a famous actress; their third, a brilliant surgeon; their fourth, a computer genius; their fifth, a top military officer; their sixth, a renowned voice actor; and their seventh, a hugely popular campus beauty all agreed! But just as they w 773Reads8.3Score11814d adds
9. 9 命 With Two Years Left to Live, My Seven Sisters Beg Me to Forgive Them 命剩下两年，七个姐姐跪求我原谅 Orange, You’ll Never Get Enough橙子你爱不完Urban641k WordsCompleted [One heroine][Entrepreneurship][Regret and redemption][Romance] Chu Yan once thought he was the happiest man in the world. He had seven stunning older sisters who doted on him. Everything changed when the Chu family found their real son. It turned out… he was only a substitute. Before Chu Yan could tell his family he had been diagnosed with brain cancer, they kicked him out of the Chu household. Then his real family came looking for him and took him in. With only two years left to live, Chu Yan 1.2kReads8.8Score15814d adds
10. 10 我 I Fell in Love with a Long-Legged Older Man 我爱上了大长腿叔叔 Foxtail Grass by the River河边的狗尾巴草Modern Romance182k WordsCompleted Today is my graduation ceremony, and I’m incredibly excited. I haven’t seen my tall uncle in ages. He’s the big brother who’s been supporting me, only twelve years older than I am. He won’t let me call him that, but to me, he’s my big brother. He promised he’d come to my graduation ceremony today! After I graduate, he’ll take me to his company… But the ceremony ended, and the figure I’d been longing to see never showed up. As soon as I could, I nervously called him. But the person who answered w 1.3kReads6.1Score—14d adds

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11. 11 我 My CEO Husband Is a Disabled Crybaby 我的总裁先生是个残疾的爱哭包 Foxtail Grass by the River河边的狗尾巴草Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted After graduating from college, Su Ruanruan lands a job at Musen, a company under the Qiao Group that she has long dreamed of joining. When she moves into the company's apartment building, she meets her neighbor Qiao Yichen, who has lost both arms. Overflowing with compassion, she sets out on a mission of kindness and draws the depressed, withdrawn Qiao Yichen out of his own little world… 1.2kReads6.8Score10214d adds
12. 12 你 You Are the Light That Shines in My Darkness! 你是我黑暗里的那一束光！ Foxtail Grass by the River河边的狗尾巴草Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted Gu Jingyan had just returned from studying abroad and was about to take over the Gu family business when a car accident left him gravely injured. He lost most of his memories, went blind, and had his right leg amputated above the knee. By chance, he met the heroine, Su Wanning, who saved him. Only later did Su Wanning discover that the reclusive musician Kong Niansheng, whom she had always admired, was actually the little blind man in her arms... 662Reads8.2Score—14d adds
13. 13 校 Campus Belle, Stop Acting So High and Mighty. I'm Getting Married 校花别傲娇了，我都要结婚了 Lin Ying麟影Urban591k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Campus Beauty + One Female Lead + No System or Golden Finger + Light, Everyday Romance] After his bad friends egged him on, Luo Geng confessed to the campus beauty Qi Qianru. All he got in return was a smiling, “I don’t believe you.” Luo Geng thought she was testing him. To prove he really liked her, he pursued her even harder. Only later did Luo Geng realize that “I don’t believe you” really meant, “I want you to keep being my doormat.” After he finally worked himself to death in a ho 2.3kReads9.2Score26514d adds

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    This is my third read. I've read dozens, if not fifty or a hundred, of these kinds of novels, but when I read this one, it still felt refreshing. The delicate writing vividly portrays the distinct personalities of the characters, and the depiction of the romance between the male and female leads is very well done, bringing their emotions to life. It's a very good novel and highly recommended.

14. 14 带 I’ll Fly You to the Stars 带你飞往宇宙 Jiu Eryi九耳伊Modern Romance186k WordsCompleted [Short Youth Romance / Mutual Devotion: Cool, Slow-to-Warm Good Girl VS Gentle, Healing Pilot] Even if the stars abandon you, I would still choose to journey on by your side., Charon Star saying At fifteen, the girl arrives in an unfamiliar city. Because of a heart-shaped red birthmark on her forehead, her new classmates mock and bully her. A star suddenly falls into her world from the sky, warming her girlhood and becoming the fate she can never escape for the rest of her life. Charon will alwa 18Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    The first book fits the bill quite well. I read it a long time ago, so I've forgotten most of the details, but I enjoyed it back then. However, the male lead in the first book didn't die from an illness, and the ending was quite open-ended. The latter two books are also tragic endings (BEs). They were both pretty good.

15. 15 缺 Oxygen Deprivation 缺氧 Lemon Fox柠檬狐Modern Romance686k WordsCompleted Who is Tang Wu? The Tang family's least-loved illegitimate daughter. Apart from her talented hands for painting, all she has is a pretty face. Who is Huo Yunshen? The third son of the Huo family, and the most eligible bachelor in all of Binhai City, pursued by countless women. When they first met, Tang Wu summoned all her courage and offered herself to Huo Yunshen. At the time, Huo Yunshen thought women were fussy, troublesome, and noisy. It wasn't until their lavish wedding, when Tang Wu leaped 1.1kReads9.0Score34114d adds
16. 16 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8k14d adds
17. 17 陆 Mr. Lu, Stop Pretending. Your Wife Sacrificed Herself for You 陆总别演了，夫人为你殉情了 Blue Congee蓝粥Modern Romance277k WordsCompleted To save her brother’s company, Xu Yuyao married her neighbor’s older brother, Lu Jinsheng, at the age of twenty-four, becoming his contract wife. These days, he can be tender one moment and cold the next. He seems nothing like the sincere boy he once was, but she later discovers that there may be more to it than meets the eye... At the beginning of the story, he says, “Call me Brother Sheng, and I’ll be your Brother Sheng for life.” At the end, she says, “Lu Jinsheng, I’ve come to find you.” As 1Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 18 她 Why Does She Think I’ll Confess Again After I’m Reborn? 她怎么觉得重生了，我还会表白呢 Selling Flowers with Wine提酒卖花Urban581k WordsCompleted Song Zimo pursued Dai Jingjing for seven whole years, but never won her heart. Then, out of nowhere, a car accident happened. He lost his life trying to save her. He had no regrets. To him, it was a kind of release, a reason to finally let go. After all, he no longer loved Dai Jingjing. But the moment Song Zimo, covered in blood, collapsed in Dai Jingjing’s arms, she suddenly realized she couldn’t live without him. What Song Zimo never expected was that when he opened his eyes, he was back on th 124Reads6.4Score—14d adds
19. 19 我 I Just Reincarnated, So How Did I Become a Scumbag? 我刚重生，怎么就成渣男了 Unworried Stinky Mandarin Fish臭鳜鱼不愁Urban1.3M WordsCompleted If you could live your life over again and return to nineteen, with the girl you loved in your youth but could never have still running toward you, her ponytail swinging from side to side, what would you choose? 8.2kReads7.9Score51614d adds
20. 20 觉 I Awakened the Shock System and Became the Enemy of the Entire School 觉醒震惊系统我成了全校公敌 Lord Gray Mist灰雾儿君Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Campus belle + top student + tycoon + national treasure + entertainment + one heroine, with mutual devotion. Also known as The Shocking Truth! This Student Is a Prodigy!, Late from the Start, I Recited the Text Backward and Stunned Everyone!, and We Just Started Military Training, and the Campus Belle Personally Helped Me Bribe the Instructor! (The male and female leads meet fairly late. Hang in there through the first 40 chapters. Military training and college life come after they meet around c 3.6kReads8.9Score40814d adds
21. 21 亲 Dear Oncologist 亲爱的肿瘤科医生 Xiao Qi Loves Rainy Nights小七爱雨夜Modern Romance261k WordsCompleted [Devastating romance + sickly male lead] That doctor treated her, saved her, stayed by her, and loved her... With his tenderness, he brought a warm ray of light into her cold, dark world. So she let herself go, living as hard as she could in the world he gave her... But one day, the man began to drift farther and farther away, until she happened to find a note he had left for her. It said: [I hope you remember that there was someone in this world who loved you deeply, and would have loved you f 143Reads—Score—14d adds

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    You can try this. Sorry, I wrote it myself. 😳

22. 22 朋 My Friend 朋友呀 Hot-Tempered Wind Who Loves Lufengosaurus喜欢禄丰龙的火气风Urban1.1M WordsOngoing The rating has only just come in. It'll go up later, so don't let it scare you off! Stick with it until Chapter 7 and there'll be a surprise [Youthful Campus Life + Friendship + Dark Humor + Antihero + Philosophical Reflection + Slow-Burn, Richly Detailed] The night before last, I had dinner with a buddy I'd known for more than twenty years. We hadn't seen each other in over three years, but he seemed to be doing unbelievably well. We talked about work and life, and he even said he wanted to 252Reads8.3Score—14d adds

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    In both books, the male protagonist dies of illness, while the female protagonist survives and fulfills their shared dream.

23. 23 半 Half-Mountain Ferry: No Shore Beyond, So I Make a Way 半山渡：彼岸无岸，我开路 Get Me得我Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted A boy’s pursuit of pleasure turns into a youth filled with the bittersweet aches of growing up. [Depressed, frail, adored-by-all campus beauty × a battlefield of love rivals | 1990s school days | bittersweet youth, tragic ending | push and pull | dissociative identity | based on a true story] Who can save her shattered soul? ① The domineering class monitor: “Even if I can’t win your heart, I’ll have you.” Du Qinghuan bit her lower lip. “You wouldn’t dare!” His desire got the better of him. “Gues 102Reads8.9Score—14d adds
24. 24 可 The Zebra of Hoh Xil 可可西里的斑马 Die Mian Sheng蝶面生Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted [Bittersweet Ending] [Redemption] Zebras are social animals. When alone, a zebra cannot sleep. After losing her best friend, 27-year-old Song Qinian is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Struck by this double blow, she decides to live for herself for once. She wants to travel across the northwest, then leave her life behind in Hoh Xil. On the way, she meets Pei Zhiyuan, whose legs are paralyzed. Together, they set out toward paradise. He counsels her time and again and stays by her side, but in the 86Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist of this book died of illness, but the male protagonist loved her his whole life.

25. 25 重 Reborn: My Ice-Cold College Girlfriend Is So Sweet 重生：我的高冷校花女友太甜了 Little Fish Eats Kun小鱼吃鲲Urban584k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + both leads reborn + System + everyday life] Only after Jiang Che died did he learn that his wife had loved him with all her heart. She clutched his photo every day, weeping her eyes out, and after four years, died at his grave. He was consumed by regret, but fortunately, Heaven gave him a chance to be reborn. He vowed to cherish and love her in this life. What he never expected was that his wife had also been reborn. “Wifey, why didn’t you tell me?” “You didn’t tell me, so how w 9.6kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds

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    Rating: ★★★★ All I can say is, it's so sweet! Even I, a single person, find it sweet. Wait, I'm a single dog, what are you laughing at? 🥺 Wow! I want to be in a relationship too.

26. 26 男 My Boyfriend Is a Big White Wolf Who Thinks About It Every Night 男友是匹大白狼每天晚上都会想 Xiao Qi Loves Rainy Nights小七爱雨夜Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing This is actually a collection of romance stories. Each little story is 80,000 words, with a proper beginning and end. Feel free to click in and browse. There’s bound to be one that touches your heart. Also known as The Frail Beauty’s Beloved Shatters to Pieces, So I Travel Through Worlds to Bring Him Home [Quick transmigration without a System; the male lead is frail, the heroine pursues the hero, and he dotes on her like crazy. It’s sweet, angsty, and romantic, with a touch of mystery and a ha 309Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It is composed of short stories, several of which end with the male protagonist's death.

27. 27 寄 A Letter to Wushan 寄巫山 Huang Shumiao黄树苗Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted [Difficult family background + healing + bittersweet coming-of-age story] She waited decades before finding the suicide note hidden inside the Christmas tree building blocks. What she had once thought was a sudden departure, a vanishing without a trace, a separate journey down the road they had traveled; what she had once thought was too distant to pursue… Many years later, she learned that his grave had always been in a cemetery just a few dozen kilometers from her home. 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The story gets better and better as it goes on, especially the confession in the letter the male lead wrote before he died of brain cancer or something, and the tragic ending of the side couple was really well written. The female lead seems to have adopted a child and never married.

28. 28 重 Reborn: Back to the Start of My Confession 重生之我回到了表白之初 Milk Tea That Won’t Make You Gain Weight不会胖的奶茶Urban433k WordsOngoing “Do you really like me?” “I'm sorry.” After an unexpected incident, Chen Yuanzhi returned to the moment when he had confessed to his first love. This time, instead of waiting, he chose to be her friend. 8Reads5.7Score—14d adds

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    These books are very good, and the content is extremely rich. You should definitely check them out; they are truly rare gems.

29. 29 背EN My Family Is So Ridiculously Powerful, My System Broke 背景有亿亿亿亿亿点大，系统崩了 Ye Huohuo叶火火Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted A System that makes you invincible from the start? Chen Mu asked, “What can you do?” System: [Complete missions to earn massive rewards: cultivation techniques, money, divine weapons… Everything you need to make the Host invincible!] Cultivation techniques? My uncle is the foremost creator of them. A few casual strokes from him are enough to produce the finest technique in the world! Money? My older sister’s trading company does business throughout the entire Great Azure World. It’s richer than 48.1kReads9.1Score5.1k14d adds
30. 30 刚 I Just Got Reborn and Refused to Be a Simp, So Why Is the Campus Beauty Chasing Me Now? 刚重生不做舔狗，校花就反舔我？ Hehe Haha Laughing Through the Jianghu哼哼哈哈笑江湖Urban230k WordsCompleted Also known as: [I Won't Be the Campus Belle's Simp Anymore. I'll Turn Around and Hold My Childhood Friend's Hand] [Rebirth + Campus Belle + School Life + One Female Lead + Childhood Friends + Business] Gu Bai had just been reborn, and he decided he wouldn't be a simp anymore! Who could have guessed that the campus belle would start chasing after him instead? It made Gu Bai feel deeply uncomfortable. "Xu Rourou, since you don't like me, let's go our separate ways in peace." "No, Gu Bai, I was wro 182Reads6.4Score—14d adds
31. 31 我 I Told You I Love You in Heaven 我在天堂说爱你 Ling Xi灵希Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted At fifteen, Junxi accidentally got blood from an AIDS patient into one of his wounds and contracted the disease. From then on, his normal life was completely upended, and he lived in constant fear that he could die at any moment. But Li Poxiao never left his side, giving him the courage to carry on. Through his pain, he smiled through his tears. “Brother Junxi, my greatest wish is to become your bride. You have to fight to stay alive, because… this is a dream only you can help me fulfill.” A lov 865Reads9.5Score19914d adds

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    This is a must!! 😢😢😢

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