Short, Tragic-End Angsty Novels That’ll Make You Ugly-Cry and Help You Lose Weight 虐文短，BE，巨好哭，能够减肥

1. 201 听 I Heard You Once Loved Me More Than Life 听说，你曾爱我如命 Wen Liu温流Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted Xie Jingchuan said, “My only wish is for you to disappear from my sight forever.” After five loveless years of marriage, Song Youran had become the person her husband hated most. Later, she really did disappear. Everyone said Mrs. Xie had brought it upon herself and deserved to die with no one to claim her body. But as one old secret after another came to light, he discovered... In the best years of her life, she had once given him the purest love. She had also risked her life for him amid the r 2.6kReads6.6Score15714d adds

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   I saw it in a Douyin ad. It's really short and heart-wrenching; you can finish it in no time. There are only 20 chapters, especially the fifth one.

2. 202 雨 Silent Rain 雨无声 An'an Xiao Qi安安小七Modern Romance167k WordsCompleted A timid, insecure heroine with depression × a sunny, gentle, refined hero [Sweet and angsty, with a bad ending] [He saves her] After an accident turned Shi Yu’s world upside down, she shut herself away and never came back out. She never expected to meet that person. She thought their paths would part for good after high school graduation. Yet when they met again, she still couldn’t help paying attention to him. From then on, her world slowly brightened, and she found her salvation. Shen Jingyan 545Reads8.7Score10514d adds

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   I personally found all of these books quite heart-wrenching. The characters in books 6, 7, and 8 are somewhat connected, and they're very good.

3. 203 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... 1.2kReads6.5Score18114d adds

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   This is the worst possible ending I've ever seen; it's so heartbreaking, I couldn't stop crying. [Crying][crying][crying]

4. 204 等 Waiting for the Moon to Fall 等月亮坠落 Parting Year After Year岁岁别离Modern Romance215k WordsCompleted (The physical book of the same title is now available.) [Sweet healing romance + reunion after a long separation + secret crush comes true + devoted couple with mutual fidelity] A gentle novelist with social anxiety VS a cocky, charming criminal police officer What's it like to see again the person you fell for when you were young? - Back in school, Su Sui had a huge crush on a boy. He was the shining star everyone adored, so she hid her little feelings deep in her heart. She secretly wrote him 22.4kReads9.4Score4k14d adds
5. 205 停 Stuck at Seventeen 停留十七岁那年 What Makes the Heart Flutter心什么动Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted [Campus romance × Youth × Mutual unrequited love × Heartbreak] Cold, rebellious boy × Sweet, well-behaved honor student * [Xie Yixiao was born wild and unruly, proud and untamed. Yet somehow, this boy fell in love with a good student from a broken home, a quiet, sweet, and sensible girl.] * [Ye Mian came from an incomplete family. Her parents weren't around when she was growing up. Then, when she was six, she learned that both of them had died. She was raised by her grandmother.] * [To part beca 2.8kReads7.2Score26614d adds
6. 206 你 You Won’t Remember Me 你不会记得我 Sui Ying随楹Modern Romance49k WordsCompleted [Simplified Chinese edition signed for publication] Chen Yuanwang can seem gentle even when he isn’t smiling. But he shows no one any special warmth. Qin Qiu’s unrequited love ends in regret. She never gets to taste the candied hawthorn Chen Yuanwang promised to treat her to, and he never remembers her. In her youth, he will forever be the male lead whose name fills her diary and whose initials cover her scratch paper. But she will never become his leading lady. 236Reads8.8Score11114d adds

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   Our separation was short and cruel, so we parted in winter, forever separated by life and death, never to meet again.

7. 207 蚀 Love That Cuts to the Bone: The CEO’s Wife Seeking Atonement 蚀骨虐情，总裁的赎罪妻 An Jin Liang Liang安瑾凉凉Modern Romance119k WordsCompleted [Angst + Captivity + Never Forgiven + All the Pain] Five years ago, ballet princess Su Nian’s career was cut short onstage, and all the evidence pointed to her best friend, perfumer Shen Qingshi. Lu Chenzhou saw it with his own eyes and personally sent her to prison. Five years later, when Shen Qingshi was released, freedom was not waiting for her. Instead, Lu Chenzhou had built her another cage. With a contract, he bound her to his side as his personal “atonement wife.” He stripped her of her d 1.7kReads—Score10014d adds

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   This is a completely tragic novel, extremely tragic, and sadistically tragic. The female protagonist is framed by her best friend and can only atone for her friend's sins for the rest of her life. She loses her child and her closest loved one. Interested readers can add it to their bookshelves in advance to follow the story.

8. 208 陆 Mr. Lu, Are You Satisfied Now That She’s Dead? 陆先生，她死了你可满意 Lu Yitang鹿苡糖Modern Romance43k WordsCompleted “Mr. Lu, are you satisfied now that she's dead?” Sang Yuwan looked at him coldly. She truly wished she could kill the despicable man standing before her with her own hands. “Who are you trying to fool? You think putting her photo on some random urn makes it her? Ridiculous!” Lu Cichuan's eyes were faintly red as he stared fixedly at Sang Yuwan, as if he could still brazenly torment Li Mo as long as Sang Yuwan said she wasn't dead. But... Sang Yuwan was gone. That was true. 3.2kReads6.6Score29814d adds

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   These are all pretty good, they look great!

9. 209 出 After Her Release From Prison, Her Childhood Friend Leaves Her Mute and Mindless 出狱后，她被竹马虐得又傻又哑 Cheng Zhi城稚Modern Romance166k WordsCompleted [Angst, childhood sweethearts, physical torment, heartbreak, groveling for a second chance] As the saying goes, “Fools are blessed.” But Yuan Xi, this little fool, had no such luck. That little fool never had a blessed day in her life. In the end, she was left with nothing. She didn’t know how things had ended up this way. They weren’t supposed to be like this. It was cold, so terribly cold. Why didn’t anyone care? In the corner of a dark room, the girl trembled silently. “Please don’t abandon m 32.4kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds

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   I've read these books many times.

10. 210 深 The Black Moonlight in the Abyss 深渊中的黑月光 Tao Tao Tao Peach Ya陶陶陶桃子吖Modern Romance406k WordsCompleted [Gentle, steadfast little white flower × obsessive, lovesick madman] Su Mianmian liked a boy for five years, and was bullied for those same five years. What helped her endure those difficult days was a ray of light shining into her dark life. Only when they finally met in person did she learn that the boy she had loved for five years was the very person who had dragged her into the abyss. Seeing his demonic face, she ran. She deleted every way to contact her bully, thinking that once she made it 9.7kReads8.8Score66214d adds

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    I highly recommend these angst-filled novels. They're definitely worth reading, very heart-wrenching, and all are completed works. They'll make you cry 😭😭😭😭

11. 211 嫡 The Eldest Daughter's Long Hairpin 嫡女簪长缨 Shi Siyan十四晏Ancient Romance4.5M WordsOngoing [Strong heroine + national hatred and family vengeance + reborn male lead] “Report! On the fourteenth day of the eighth month, eighty thousand soldiers of Dongling were trapped on Yin Mountain and completely wiped out!” A bloodstained letter from home. Every one of the eleven Bai family men is dead. That day, Bai Mingwei, eldest daughter of the Bai family, removed her hairpins and jewelry, wiped off her bridal makeup, donned armor, and set out with a coffin on her back. The battlefield ahead off 9.2kReads9.2Score89614d adds

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    I cried buckets 😭, and I lost a lot of weight while reading it, especially the first book, it was so touching.

12. 212 公 After the Princess Gives Up, Her Tutor Wants a Happy Ending Again 公主放弃后太傅他又想he了 Winey Fish酒鱼鱼Ancient Romance339k WordsOngoing The day Fu Hanzhi gave up on Chi Wenyu, snow began to fall over Shengjing. The young Grand Tutor sat behind his desk, his expression as detached as the snowflakes drifting outside. His gaze was as cold as ice that would never melt, yet a rare smile tugged at his lips. It was a mocking smile. He said, “Princess Zhaorong is nothing special after all.” So, right in front of him, Fu Hanzhi pulled from her hair the jade hairpin she had once spent ages begging him to give her. Her black hair tumbled l 7.2kReads8.5Score60214d adds
13. 213 稻 Beneath Daocheng 稻城之下 Paris Is Pretending to Be Drunk巴黎在装醉Modern Romance52k WordsCompleted (A collection of seven short, tragic stories) Story One: Thoughts of Yunshu The tears he shed unwittingly drenched her entire summer. Story Two: Beneath Daocheng “Little Freckles, I have to give you back to this world now.” Story Three: Xu Xi Because he loved her, he let her go. 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I highly recommend watching it, it's all very good!

14. 214 繁 When the Flowers Fade, Serenity Remains 繁花落尽是清欢 Yang Xiaoqi's Peanuts杨小柒的地豆Ancient Romance630k WordsCompleted [The second male lead wins her heart + happy ending + punishing the scumbags + the male lead loves her but cannot have her, and dies alone] When she was five, she met the clear-eyed young Ye Lanqing. Plum blossoms covered the branches, and he came through the flying snow. With just one glance, he transformed Leng Yihuan's world. From then on, she had her beloved Qing-gege to think about. When he was twelve, his parents died in battle. He grew up overnight, turning cold and single-mindedly bent o 19.8kReads8.5Score1.4k14d adds
15. 215 先 A Confession Made First 先声告白 Paris Is Pretending to Be Drunk巴黎在装醉Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted Bad ending (completed) There was a melody that should never have belonged to the past. When she was young, Wu Siqing searched all over the internet, but never found any information about it. Only later did she understand. It was the dawn that fate had destined them to recognize too late. I liked you so much that I confessed first. But only at the very end I realized that you had always been the one to confess first. “Do you know another name for He Shou Wu?” “No.” “Another name for He Shou 4Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 216 我 After I Died, Everyone Was Left to Regret It 我死后，全员火葬场 Xiaoxiang Rain潇湘雨15k WordsCompleted After I Died, Everyone Held a Cremation for Me 40Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I've been dead for three months, and Fu Hansheng was completely unaware. His heart was entirely devoted to my half-sister, Jiang Miaomiao. He accompanied her to her doctor's, gave her the best care, and even set off fireworks all night on her birthday to make her happy. Hearing that those who see the Northern Lights will be blessed with lifelong happiness, Fu Hansheng actually accompanied Jiang Miaomiao to Northern Europe to see the aurora borealis while I was pregnant. As for me, his legally married partner, Fu Hansheng never cared. He always assumed that no matter what he did, I would obediently wait for him to come home. Until the police found my fragmented remains and, based on DNA testing, tracked down Fu Hansheng. Knowing the truth, Fu Hansheng went mad! He didn't let anyone who harmed me get away with it, including himself.

17. 217 闺 My Best Friend's Uncle Keeps Flirting with Me and Spoiling Me 闺蜜小叔他又撩又宠 An Jiuling安九凌Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Professor + Six-Year Age Gap + Campus] [Rebellious, Hilarious Girl X Abstinent, Scheming Uncle] When Wen Li was seventeen, she fell for her best friend’s uncle, the famously untouchable heartthrob of Yida University. The man had cool, pale skin and wore silver wire-frame glasses. His white shirt and black trousers gave him an air of refined elegance. When they first met, Wen Li was caught after climbing a wall to skip school. To get back down, she worked up the courage to flirt 11.6kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
18. 218 祁 Mr. Qi, Loving You Is a Living Hell 祁先生，爱你是人间炼狱 Lin Jiulan hT林玖兰hTModern Romance208k WordsOngoing The story begins with the words, “This woman is yours.” Then Jiang Zhiyu is framed by Qi Han’s fiancée, who hires an assassin to kill him. Because of this, Qi Han destroys the Jiang family and sends her brother to prison. In the end, does he love her, or does he just feel guilty? Let’s find out. 178Reads6.1Score—14d adds

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    This is so heart-wrenching! The male lead drove the female lead crazy and wouldn't feed her, causing her to have a stomach hemorrhage [crying]. I've already lost weight [crying].

19. 219 安 An’an Never Grows Up 安安长不大 Yan Xiaojiu盐小玖Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted He was Xu Shuyan, the top student in his year and the school’s untouchable heartthrob. He was naturally aloof, wanted nothing to do with people, and always kept to himself. One day, in a torrential downpour, with lights blazing all around, he sat quietly on a stool outside the door, drenched to the skin. She couldn’t understand why, so she held an umbrella over him and took him somewhere out of the rain. After that day, she began bringing him breakfast, walking to and from school with him, and d 990Reads9.0Score19914d adds

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    They're all incredibly beautiful and each has its own unique charm.

20. 220 藕 An Unbroken Bond 藕断丝连 Xiaoxiang Rain潇湘雨13k WordsCompleted Tangled Affection 327Reads—Score10814d adds

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    My husband, Shen Yue, suffered amnesia in a car accident and doesn't remember me being pregnant. He only calls his beloved Li Zhizhi "wife." He and Li Zhizhi flaunt their affection in front of me and even threaten to divorce me to marry her. I signed the divorce papers as he wished and went to the hospital to have an abortion. Three months later, Shen Yue knocked on my door late at night. Staring at my flat stomach, he asked me in a daze, "Where's our child?" I laughed, "I've already divorced you, why would I keep the child and delay my remarriage?"

21. 221 学 Behave Yourself! 学乖！ Bu Xue'er步雪儿Modern Romance236k WordsCompleted School Life | Healing | Family of Origin | Bittersweet Romance | BE “That person stumbled into your lightless corner and stood before you, backlit, holding out a hand. It was salvation, and it was a god.” Gentle and sensitive × Cold on the outside, warm within He had always been the center of attention, born into a prominent family and exceptional in every way. She was as insignificant as a speck of dust. To everyone else, they were like parallel lines that could never meet, destined never to cr 1.6kReads8.9Score29314d adds

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    It's so heartbreaking. The female leads all die from illness, and the male leads can't have the women they love. I'm crying so much! [Crying][crying]

22. 222 暮 Mu Sinan 暮思南 Fish of the Cabbage白菜的鱼Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted Blurb drafted on 2022.10.6. [At last, dawn arrives, and she lies buried in the earth as it breaks.] On her barren, cracked land, he planted sunflowers for her with his own hands. She had been in the dark for so long that she had forgotten what it felt like to be bathed in light. Then one day, she finally found the sun. It shone on her for so long that she foolishly began to think she could make it her own. But she forgot: the sun and she belonged to different worlds. When she was eighteen, s 1.2kReads9.3Score31414d adds

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    If the person you love leaves you in the year you love them most, will you live out your life like this again? Will it be a suicide pact, forgetting, being unable to let go, fantasy, or growing old alone?

23. 223 愿 Wishing on the Stars 愿星星 A-Man's Darling阿瞒宝贝Modern Romance218k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight × redemption × mutual devotion × age gap × modern romance] [Stories always begin like this: the right place, the right time, completely unexpected.] Jiang Ling never imagined he’d become such a “beast,” falling for an underage girl, a little mute at that. The girl was timid, like a little rabbit, and couldn’t handle the slightest fright. Ever since Jiang Ling met this “little rabbit,” he hadn’t dared raise his voice. The old Jiang Ling: “Me, fall for some fresh little melon? 3.5kReads8.9Score47414d adds
24. 224 捧 Holding a Wisp of Moonlight 捧一缕月光 Chi En Is Never Late迟恩不迟Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted [Fake sweet albino beauty × rebellious racer] [Passionate, pure-hearted girl with a short life × commitment-phobic auto mechanic] [1v1, both chaste, equally matched, half school life and half adult life, healing, angst] The rumors said Racer Fifth Brother was rebellious, ill-tempered, aloof, and never gave anyone the time of day. Boss Shen was the best-known mechanic on Huainan Road: skilled, handsome, and kindhearted. Wait, weren't they the same person?! Hold on, kindhearted? Wen Wan, who'd bee 382Reads8.7Score—14d adds
25. 225 暗 This Grand, Silent Drama of Unrequited Love 暗恋这场声势浩大的哑剧 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance126k WordsCompleted A bittersweet youthful school romance about unrequited love from popular author Meng Zhiwan, and a companion novel to The Sad Little Thing Called a Secret Crush and The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain. This one-sided love story is a silent play with just one actor: me. Also known as The Moment I Speak, My Voice Disappears. Lonely girl Chen Ji VS sunny boy Lin Jingye. I carefully cherished you, and you became the only spring I ever had in my life. “Chen Ji, may you always be safe and well, overcome 20.9kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds

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    Although they're all pretty popular, this one is so incredibly good-looking, there's no denying it! You absolutely have to watch it, my darlings!

26. 226 蚀 A Bone-Deep Seduction 蚀骨诱哄 Zai Zhi再吱Modern Romance111k WordsCompleted “Big brother, could you be gentle with me just once...” “Sure. How would you like that? Cut off a finger, pull out your nails, or roll across a bed of nails? If you hurt someone, you have to pay the price!” Shen Changmu looked with utter disgust at the woman writhing on the floor, her whole body trembling with pain. She was the wife his grandfather had forced him to marry. He didn't love her, though he couldn't deny that she knew exactly how to seduce him, tempting him again and again until he 2kReads6.0Score10214d adds

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    This is a three-lifetime, extremely tragic novel. A mistake is a mistake, and true love, once betrayed, can never be forgiven or let go. It's the kind of story where you cry yourself to death. "Brother, please, just this once..." "Sure, cut off a finger, pull out a nail, or roll on a nail bed? If you hurt someone, you should pay the price." She was an abandoned orphan, but was kindly taken in by Grandpa Shen. She thought she had fallen into heaven, but instead, she fell into hell. The person she fell in love with at first sight ended up hurting her the most. Even if the misunderstanding is cleared up, what good is it? The gentle Yan who once had a heart full of Shen Changmu is gone forever. Even if she tries to make amends in three lifetimes, she still won't dare to love again...

27. 227 惊 A Stunning Figure Appears in the Inkstone 惊鸿入砚来 Late Branches at Dawn杳杳枝晚Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted *The comic adaptation of the same name, “Jinghong Enters the Inkstone,” is now available [The beloved little terror of the General’s Manor vs. the cool, gentle Seventh Prince] (Childhood sweethearts, older man, sweet at first then angsty, one-on-one romance, multiple perspectives) When they were childhood sweethearts, he promised her they would be together for life, each the other’s one and only. She believed him. With joy in her heart, she donned her wedding robes and married him. But on the da 2.6kReads8.1Score17014d adds

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    Sweet at first, then angsty [crying] After torturing the female lead, then the male lead, then the second female lead, and finally me [crying]

28. 228 她 She Can't Get Out 她走不出 Lovesick Moon痴心的月亮Modern Romance167k WordsCompleted The first time Shen Qing met Mu Zhinian, they were on a bus, where the boy shielded her from a creepy man's wandering hands. It wasn't until after the opening ceremony that Shen Qing learned he was the top student in their year! His repeated acts of kindness made her fall for him. He always appeared when she was in trouble. The last time, he told her to keep moving forward. She tried, but she was still trapped in a cage called Mu Zhinian. A gentle, shy girl vs. a cool, kindhearted boy Love can o 141Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 229 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1k14d adds

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    Both are tragic endings, and both are incredibly heartbreaking.

30. 230 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. 120kReads9.7Score13.9k14d adds

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    💦💦💦A masterpiece rated 9.9 By Tomato Books🌹 The title is undeniably corny. But the content is truly brilliant. Absolutely fantastic! Amazing! Just look at the ratings 🎉🎉🎉 and the readership to know whether this book deserves its 9.9 Rating. It's explosive and incredibly engaging from the very beginning, the kind that gets more and more addictive the more you read. Such a good and exciting book deserves a strong recommendation; let more book lovers check it out! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

31. 231 世 The Person Who Loves Me Most in the World 世界上最爱我的人 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.0M WordsCompleted The purest kind of love is this: you rejected me, and I’ll never resent you for it, but I won’t come near you again. If you ever need my help, I’ll still give everything I have to help you... 61.4kReads9.3Score7.3k14d adds
32. 232 入 Nightfall 入夜 Empty-Headed脑袋空空Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The door opened, and a tall, slender man stepped out. Lin Mian stared at him, dumbstruck, forgetting even to snap out of it. “What are you looking at, hmm?” 7kReads9.3Score2.5k14d adds
33. 233 斯 Si Nianqingqing 斯年轻轻 Silent Dixie沉默迪克西Modern Romance34k WordsCompleted [Groveling to win her back] [No getting back together] [Tragic ending] Cheng Qingqing's grand love for Fu Sinian was a mistake. She corrected it as soon as she realized, and would never look back at him again. She would never care how pathetically he begged. “Qingqing, I like you. I really do. Please, don't leave me. Please come home with me. Please give me a home. I'm begging you, don't leave me...” “Please...” It was actually Cheng Qingqing's birthday. At twenty-six, she seemed to have finally 483Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    I watched this, and it made me so sad. I hope Cheng Qingqing never meets Fu Sinian again in her next life. [Crying][crying][crying]

34. 234 暗 Unrequited Love Is a Poem That Never Ends 暗恋是一首写不尽的诗 Qianqian's Blessing芊芊赐福Modern Romance146k WordsOngoing Shen Qianqian is a new first-year high school student, gentle and lovely, youthful and beautiful, and an undisputed top student and goddess of the school. She befriends Meng Xiaotian, a girl with a strong artistic streak who is quirky, lively, and warmhearted. One chance encounter brings her face-to-face with the handsome, sunny Fu Su, and she begins a long journey of secret admiration. Like cherry blossoms drifting through the school, her feelings reach every corner of campus. A secret crush is —Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 235 暗 The Unspoken Words of a Secret Crush 暗恋是说不出的那句话 Four Watermelons四西瓜Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted An early writing exercise. Read at your own risk! [Youthful Campus Romance + Bittersweet Ending + Mutual Secret Crushes + The Push and Pull of Unspoken Love] [Cool-headed, resilient good girl Fang Ling × gentle, cunning Chen Yan] Two emails take her back to her second year of high school… That year, Fang Ling met Chen Yan, a transfer student. From their first meeting until the end of the college entrance exams, they spent a long time together, and the feelings she could not suppress spread thro 6Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 236 重 Reborn Half an Hour Before My Daughter’s Death 重生在女儿死前半小时 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted Reborn Half an Hour Before My Daughter's Death 132Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Extremely heart-wrenching short stories

37. 237 我 My Qingdao Girl 我的青岛姑娘 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Celebrities] + [Female TV host] + [First love] + [Tenant] + [Older sister] + [Bad man] + [Super Big Tank Kobe] “I seriously can’t figure it out. With all these gorgeous women around, why do they have to like a guy like you?” My buddies are always asking me that. They all think I’m one of those men who believe women love a bad boy, but I’m really not a bad man! The truth is simple: we see women differently. They see a current starlet, the most beautiful woman in the entertainment industry. I see 33.2kReads9.4Score4.2k14d adds
38. 238 我 I'm Not the Grim Reaper of Obstetrics and Gynecology 我不是妇产科死神 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭12k WordsCompleted I'm Not the Grim Reaper of Obstetrics and Gynecology 210Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 239 我 After I Died, My Brother Said He Was Sorry 我死后，哥哥说他错了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted After I Died, My Brother Said He Was Wrong 21Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 240 身 Trapped in a Well's Corner, My Heart Reaches for the Stars 身在井隅，心向星光 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted Though Trapped in a Well, My Heart Reaches for the Stars 11Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 241 我 After I Gave Up Loving Him, My CEO Husband Regretted It 我放弃爱他后，总裁老公后悔了 Xiaoxiang Rain潇湘雨20k WordsCompleted After I Gave Up on Loving Him, My CEO Husband Regretted It 22Reads—Score—14d adds

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    On our sixth wedding anniversary, Gu Nanxuan promised to celebrate with me, but he stood me up. I waited until midnight, but he didn't come back. Later, I saw on the trending topics that he was setting off fireworks for his first love, Xia Zhiyi, on a yacht worth hundreds of millions. Everyone was waiting to see my reaction as his legal wife, but I didn't cry or make a scene; I went to the hospital and had an abortion. Later, Gu Nanxuan finally found out we were no longer together. He broke down and asked me why. "Why keep a tainted man around?"

42. 242 我 I'm the Unwanted Child in My Family 我是家里多余的孩子 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭10k WordsCompleted I'm the Unwanted Child in My Family 16Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 243 只 Light in the Palm of My Hand 只手捉光 Chive Fish Ball Bun韭菜鱼丸包Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] [Print preorders open March 21. See you there!] [Campus romance + sweet indulgence + mutual devotion + straightforward pursuit] Everyone knew Shen Heyu was cold and ruthless, with fists of iron and a stubborn refusal to yield. No one at school dared cross him. That is, until a girl transferred to Class Two from Jincheng. Everyone: Brother Yu hates having a deskmate more than anything. Shen Heyu cleared the clutter from the seat beside him and raised his hand. “Tea 13.6kReads9.5Score2.2k14d adds

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    These six books aren't exactly short, but they're incredibly tear-jerking, especially the second one, which is quite short but has a very heart-wrenching epilogue; the third one is one where I'm easily moved to tears, and even after reading it four times, it's still very painful, and I cry every time I read it.

44. 244 我 I Made My Noisy Mother-in-Law Work the Night Shift 我让噪音婆婆去上夜班 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭9k WordsCompleted I Made My Noisy Mother-in-Law Work the Night Shift 50Reads—Score—14d adds
45. 245 怀 Suspecting My Wife of Cheating, I Hid in a Cardboard Box for Three Days and Nights 怀疑妻子出轨，我躲在纸箱里三天三夜 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭8k WordsCompleted Suspecting My Wife Was Cheating, I Hid in a Cardboard Box for Three Days and Nights 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
46. 246 属 The Diary of the Man Who Belongs to Him 属于他的先生日记 Ci Nengsu赐能素Two Male Leads35k WordsCompleted (This is a story about the secondary couple. The main couple’s story, Pretending to Be a Couple, Becoming True Love, has a bonus ending where everyone gets a happy ending.) Mo Lie x Bai Ren [Two male leads + unrequited love + tragic ending + angst] Mo Jia x Mu Qingzhou To Mo Jia, falling for someone was a wonderful thing. But... The person he loved was a man. A man he was not allowed to love. If unrequited love was bitter, then for Mo Jia, it was something very, very sweet. What was the meaning 241Reads8.0Score10014d adds

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    [Dual Male Leads, Tragic Ending] Nine chapters in total. The male lead suffers from depression due to his mother's control and is further oppressed by his teacher, making even contact with the person he likes extremely cautious. The person he likes is a doctor who helplessly watches him die before her eyes.

47. 247 吻 Kiss the Breeze 吻清风 Pluck a Star揪一颗星星Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted The boy standing against the light: Tang Qingxu. I used to write about you. Now, at last, I can write about us. My greatest delusion in this life was that I could try to hold back the wind. *Content warning: This is a tragic ending. The male lead moves on and gets married; the female lead dies the day he lets go. If you can’t handle that ending, feel free to skip this one. 101Reads8.9Score—14d adds

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    These ten books are all incredibly good! I felt incredibly sad after reading each one, and they're all definitely worth reading. Except for the third one, the rest are all about unrequited love in school. I love them all! Highly recommended!!!

48. 248 患 After Getting Cancer, I Asked for a Divorce 患癌症后，我提出了离婚 Little Wine Soldier小酒卒Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Male-oriented][Emotional entanglements + career + bittersweet romance + no getting back together after a breakup.] One mistaken diagnosis ended one mistaken marriage. It also made Xu Yiming understand that when life takes a different turn, everything changes. We are all part of this life. Some people cast you aside like trash, but others love you more than life itself. A friendly reminder: Xu Yi and Xu Hui are not blood relatives, and they are not related by adoption either. 14.6kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds

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    Those who don't cry are tough people; I admire him.

49. 249 跟 I Followed My Wife to a Hotel, and I Regretted It 跟踪老婆到酒店后，我后悔了 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted I followed my wife to a hotel, and regretted it 5.7kReads—Score—14d adds
50. 250 人 While I Was Away on a Business Trip, My Home Became Their Love Hotel 人在外地出差，我家成了他们的钟点房 Making a Living as a Kept Man硬吃软饭Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted While I was away on a business trip, my home became their hourly hotel 3.3kReads—Score—14d adds

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