Looking for a Story Where the Male Lead Is Tortured and Dies at the End, with a Bad Ending 求一本虐男主的书，最后男主死了，要be结尾

1 重 If I Could Start Over, I Wouldn't Love You Again 重来一次，我不会再爱你 One Flower, One Cat, One World一花一猫一世界Ancient Romance54k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Welcome to read my work on Tomato Novels. I hope you will enjoy it. Your support is my motivation for writing, and I will strive to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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The male lead betrays the female lead, and the female lead never looks back.

2 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 29.5kReads9.3Score3.1k14d adds

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If only you were a police officer!

3 系 The System Turns Me into a Great Demon 系统把我培养成大魔头 Gale's Return疾风归途Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted A cultivator of the demonic path who grows stronger over time. The protagonist is put through the wringer: abused, greedy, and arrogant. This is not an invincible-protagonist story. It features dark humor, a demonic powerhouse, the Sect Master of the Heaven-Defying Sect, intelligent and thoughtful supporting characters, a small ensemble cast, no female lead, alchemy, sword cultivation, and the creed that a man with no woman in his heart draws his blade with divine power. Also featuring a Soul-Su 114Reads5.8Score—14d adds

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It's terrible, this book

4 复 Flower of Revenge [Noble Academy] 复仇之花【贵族学院】 I'm the King of Ghosting我是鸽王Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted [Elite School] [Conglomerates] [Revenge] [Perfect Disguise] Her father died of acute leukemia, and she was bullied by the son of the very person responsible for his death. Unable to fight back and despairing of everything, Xu Enshan leaped off Mapo Bridge without much hesitation. The cold river water covered her nose and mouth. It was agonizing, but she was finally free. But a bored demon brought her back to life, hoping to watch a good show. It would grant Xu Enshan three wishes. Reader’s 76kReads9.5Score12.4k14d adds

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All the male protagonists died

5 雪 Snow-Stained Longing 雪染为念 First Bud 1984初蕾1984Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted [A reunion only to say goodbye? A star-crossed love blooms in the snowy borderlands] [Battle-hardened border guard and aid-work doctor + reunion after a long separation + rekindled love + defending the borderlands] A friendly note: This story moves between two periods of time, told in alternating sections. “The border is too harsh. Don't come after me...” “Wei Yunzhou, if you dare marry me, I'll dare say yes!” Jiang Zhiyue said, her eyes red with tears. Two years later, she found him again at th 2.8kReads9.3Score26614d adds

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Jiang Zhiyue used to make ginger soup for Wei Yunzhou, and he would always rush to drink it. But after she made it and placed it by the bedside, the ginger soup would get cold and then hot again, and then cold again. No one drank it anymore, so it had to be thrown away, just like throwing away her memories!

6 时 The Spacetime Penetrator 时空穿透机 Ma Hao, Who Loves Tibetan Mastiffs喜欢藏熬的马浩Sci-Fi & Apocalypse101k WordsCompleted The novel is steeped in profound loneliness and sacrifice. The protagonist's journey is heartbreaking: from a condemned man who has resigned himself to death, to an objectified “vessel,” and then to a “person” who rediscovers his feelings only to keep losing everything. In the end, he chooses to sacrifice himself, not for some nebulous “great mission,” but to protect the last faint glimmer of humanity: Xiao Yi's future. The ending brings not the thrill of heroism, but a quiet born of deep exhaus 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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He wasn't a hero, but a martyr. What he sacrificed wasn't some hypocritical "great mission," but the humanity, emotions, and yearning for "truth" deep within him that technology couldn't erase. His story is a profound tragedy: a personal tragedy: he lost all his loved ones and never found himself. An existential tragedy: he was thrown into an absurd situation, desperately searching for meaning, only to discover that meaning doesn't exist. A tragedy of his time: he was a pebble thrown into the torrent of history; no matter the ripples he created, he couldn't change the river's course (Zhao Kuangyin still ascended to the throne). He is a heartbreaking character because he shows us that even with near-divine abilities, one cannot escape human suffering; even with the ability to travel through time, one cannot find a home to call home. His core appeal lies in the immense tension between this extreme power and extreme powerlessness, and in that absolute darkness, a small yet tenacious spark of humanity that never truly died out.

7 顶 The Top Actress's Guide to Comic-Book Romance 顶级影后的漫画攻略手册 Qiao Qiao Ate Too Much Again乔乔又吃撑了Modern Romance220k WordsOngoing After actress Lin Chu died suddenly and bonded with the defective System 233, she was forced into a badly botched male-oriented comic as a vicious villainess. Her goal: use her acting skills to raise the male lead’s affection to 100%, while racking up popularity with the comments section. With acting worthy of a textbook, she became a legend: she turned the cold-faced male lead, whose initial affection score was below zero, from “I can’t stand the sight of her” into “I go crazy without her.” The 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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The female lead actress for the mission