Any BL with a Tragic Story and a Happy Ending? No Feminine Men 家人们，有双男吗？虐文结局he，不要女性化

1. 1 爆 An Upset Victory: A Top-Tier Star Gets Swept Away by a Nobody 爆冷：顶流被小糊咖拐跑了 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads369k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled love + showbiz + happy ending] A doting, top-tier-star seme, A little-known, sickly uke. Lu Qing lost Gu Zhiyan, the person who loved him most, so he nearly gave his life for another chance to meet him. But the Gu Zhiyan he meets again is no longer the poor kid he was a year ago. He has transformed into a top-tier star with tens of millions of fans and the sole heir to the Gu family, the foremost clan in Beijing’s elite circles. Gu Zhiyan shuts Lu Qing out completely. 8.8kReads9.3Score75014d adds

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   Sometimes, after reading too many sweet stories, you really need a bit of angst to balance things out. But everyone should be careful when reading angst, because it really might affect your heart! 😢

2. 2 追 Chasing His Wife! The Capital's Crown Prince Is Way Too Wild! 追老婆！京圈太子爷过分野！ White Flower Snake Water白花蛇草水Two Male Leads260k WordsCompleted [If you can’t accept the top being a jerk early on, please, don’t click in and ruin the experience for both of us] [Two male leads + both virgins + younger top + forced love + groveling redemption + multiple couples + personal growth] Wang Xinghe found a handsome man outside his shop. The man was 189 centimeters tall, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and was ruggedly handsome. Unfortunately, he had amnesia. The amnesia was one thing, but his behavior was strange too. He always turned his 8.1kReads9.3Score67814d adds
3. 3 怨 Bound by a Madman's Grudge 怨骨疯缠 Peerless Scallion a绝世一根葱aTwo Male Leads470k WordsCompleted Publication rights have been signed. Originally titled Grudgebound Bones [Double madness + a truly ghostly male lead + twisted love + forced confinement romance + lovers bound by pure hatred + happy ending] “We're better off hating each other. Never tell me you love me, or I'll kill you.” The two had been inseparable friends at the orphanage, once linking pinkies and promising never to part for the rest of their lives. Then one year, a wealthy couple came to adopt a child. They took a liking to 174.6kReads9.6Score38.9k14d adds

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   They're all angst-filled stories, all picked from my bookshelf 😳

4. 4 清 The Cool Substitute Leaves the Stage, and Mr. Qi Drops to His Knees 清冷替身一退场，祁总立马跪地上 Winter Snow, Summer Sun冬雪夏阳Two Male Leads277k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it's normal for it to be low. It'll go up later~) (Two male leads + no female lead + regretful pursuit + both leads sexually and romantically inexperienced + a messy pile of melodrama + initially awful, later devoted top + cool and reserved bottom who keeps enduring until he finally snaps + older top, eight-year age gap + happy ending + not a wish-fulfillment story, but an angst-filled one) Lin Yi'an was Qi Yan's contract lover for four years. At first, he thought Q 3.2kReads8.8Score35114d adds
5. 5 潮 The Forbidden Zone Where Tides Surge 潮涌禁区 Dashing Ink Scholar飒墨书生Two Male Leads216k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads]+ [ABO]+ [Military]+ [Angsty Romance]+ [Chasing His Lover to the Crematorium] Would everything have been different if I hadn’t walked down that alley that day? Too bad life has no “what ifs.” Every choice leads to one inevitable ending, and all my tangled feelings and secrets began there. 1. Honest, insecure Beta bottom × unhinged, obsessive Alpha top 2. (Two male leads, forced love, plenty of angst along the way, happy ending, but bring a strong heart.) 138Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 6 强 Forced Marriage and Spoiling [ABO] 强制婚宠【ABO文】 Doll Face娃娃面Two Male Leads222k WordsCompleted Ruan Qingyu was once a top Omega escort among Shanghai’s elite, passed around like a plaything for five years. At last, he faked his death and escaped, winning back his freedom. But three years after he vanished, he was cornered by the one young Alpha who should never have recognized him. “Faking your death?” Cheng Yu trapped the frightened beauty in his arms. “Should I have a golden cage built and lock you inside, so you can’t run away?” The once-naive heir to a wealthy family had now become a 2.2kReads8.9Score21514d adds
7. 7 迟 Love Came Too Late and Too Strong, but I Can Never Have It Again 迟来的爱太深重，可惜再也要不了 Bright and Spirited意气明绕Two Male Leads115k WordsCompleted (Two male leads + angsty story + heartbreaking + urban) How could you fall in love with me? “I tried to hold myself back.” (It wasn't that I fell in love with you. You were the one who put an end to my reason.) When I realized you loved me, it was already too late. I could no longer accept it. The person you love most is right beside you, yet you can't feel his love for you. What you thought was devotion is actually separated by an intangible, impassable chasm. 571Reads—Score10114d adds
8. 8 放 Give Up, He Doesn't Love You 放弃吧，他不爱你 Falling Smoke烟之落Two Male Leads302k WordsCompleted [Completed / Dual Male Leads / Wealthy Families / Marriage Alliance / Unrequited Love] (Also known as: Give Up, He Doesn't Love You) For the sake of profit, Lin Ran was treated as a tool from childhood. Later, he married Lu Qichen, but their marriage was merely a means of securing an alliance between their families. Lin Ran willingly took care of everything for him, becoming the perfect person to have by his side. He was always at Lu Qichen's beck and call and personally handled every matter, si 510Reads8.1Score10114d adds
9. 9 小 The Little Troublemaker Doesn't Have Long to Live 小坏蛋他命不久矣 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads273k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled love + the pursuit of a former lover + happy ending] School bully, sickly bottom Academic superstar, top On Xiao Yu's birthday, his father locked him up in a conversion camp. From that day on, he lost Fu Zechen, the person who loved him most. By the time he escaped that living hell, battered and bruised, Fu Zechen had discarded him without a moment's hesitation. When they met again, his eyes held no trace of affection, only indifference and estrangement. “You're not w 15.5kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds

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   On his birthday, the protagonist was locked up in a rehabilitation center by his father. When he finally escaped that hellish place, battered and bruised, and went to see the other protagonist with great joy, the other protagonist was indifferent and said that the protagonist was not worthy of him. In short, the protagonist was abused at the beginning, but later he went through a "wife-chasing" saga.

10. 10 情 After His Lover Was Abandoned, the Mad Mr. Lu Pursues His Wife by Force 情人被抛弃后，疯批陆总强制追妻 Nineteen Ninety-Seven一九九七Two Male Leads362k WordsCompleted [Double male leads, the scum pursues his wife to the crematorium, mad scum seme, mildly coercive, mildly adored by everyone, one-on-one] Lu Jin whispered into Qi Zhan's right ear, “I love you.” Qi Zhan couldn't hear him. Lu Jin's tears suddenly began to fall... Qi Zhan was a B-list celebrity. When he was young, he became Lu Jin's lover to make a name for himself. He was with Lu Jin for four years and loved him for four years, but in the end, he couldn't compete with the arrival of Lu Jin's “firs 6.8kReads8.4Score52714d adds
11. 11 清EN Stolen Kisses with a Brooding Tycoon After Dumping My Cheating Ex 清冷美人甩掉渣男与阴郁大佬偷吻 Hui Shi卉诗Two Male Leads297k WordsCompleted [Male-Male Romance + Switching Partners + Tension and Push-Pull + Revenge on Scumbags + Bittersweet + Melodramatic] Pei Yang’s boyfriend cheated on him. Inside the car, Pei Yang watched silently through the window. Even though his fingers trembled with rage, he didn’t get out to break up the two men locked in a kiss. He gave a cold laugh and calmly told the man in the driver’s seat, whom he had met only once, “Turn around. Take me to a hotel.” He showed no breakdown, no heartbreak, no hysterics. 3.3kReads8.8Score44414d adds
12. 12 戒 Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记 Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted A diary recording the final two months of my life... Maybe I'm just not meant to be loved. Otherwise, why would everyone who loved me leave? 12.6kReads8.2Score2.4k14d adds

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    Those who love the novel "The Bondage" are saved! It's guaranteed to be incredibly heart-wrenching, especially the last book; I'll eat my hat if you don't cry! 😢😢😢

13. 13 死 The One Thing I Wanted to Record Before I Died 死前，我唯一想记录的 He Yuyi鹤羽依Two Male Leads25k WordsCompleted I fell in love with my non-blood-related older brother, but he found me disgusting and sent me to a conversion therapy center. After I got out, my mental state deteriorated day by day, and in the end, before I died, I wrote this 3.1kReads8.1Score65614d adds
14. 14 鲸 Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊 The Evil Dragon Blows Bubbles恶龙吹泡泡Two Male Leads39k WordsCompleted Little fish, little fish, may you swim out of the abyss soon. His younger brother, whom he had raised by hand despite no blood relation, sent him to a detention center for two years to “set him straight” and told him to come out once he was normal. Those two years were a nightmare that devoured him, one he could never wake from. His body and mind were tormented, his feelings worn away, and he was trained into numb, hopeless submission. “Knowing you raised me makes me sick. Why don’t you just die 23kReads8.1Score4k14d adds
15. 15 寒 The Cold Wind Cuts 寒风翦 Meimei and Hehe美美与和和Two Male Leads951k WordsCompleted [Ten-Year Age Gap, Both Inexperienced] He was his moonlight, yet became the blazing sun he could never let go of. Lu Chengze was the calamity Shen Yibai could never escape in this lifetime. For fifteen years, they had relied on and accompanied each other. Shen Yibai was the person closest to Lu Chengze. But when that boy grew into an officer with immense power, he repaid him not with respect, but with coercion and imprisonment that allowed no resistance. “You’re not my weakness.” Lu Chengze con 1.7kReads6.8Score17314d adds

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    The tragic story ends happily.

16. 16 重 The Reborn CEO's Plan for Unconditional Devotion 重生总裁，极致偏爱计划 Lemon Leaf青柠叶Two Male Leads278k WordsCompleted (The top is reborn and dotes on the bottom; devoted top x aloof bottom) (The bottom has had a pretty miserable life, so bottom fans, beware) “Three hundred and sixty-five nights, and not even six thousand a night? Are you damn well worth that much?” In his previous life, Shang Yan kicked Xia Rongxu out of the villa over a misunderstanding. He didn’t regret it until he watched that frail figure breathe their last. For more than seven hundred days and nights, alone with the rest of his life before 29.3kReads9.3Score3.3k14d adds

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    The beginning was so heartbreaking; one argument led to the permanent loss of the one she loved.

17. 17 前 My Ex Is a Top-Tier Star, So I’ll Ride His Coattails, Hard! 前男友是顶流，我蹭，我硬蹭！ Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads267k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rebirth + entertainment industry + rekindled romance] A beautiful, strong, tragic, sickly bottom-tier actor. A superstar idol top. The day Lin Ran was diagnosed with cancer, he held his final livestream. He thought it was goodbye, but never expected to receive an invitation to appear on a variety show. When they meet again, his ex-boyfriend has become a top-tier star with tens of millions of followers. He says, “Lin Ran, you're so shameless!” He says, “Lin Ran, are you sick?” H 11.5kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds

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    Both heart-wrenching and captivating, once you start reading, you won't be able to put it down! I finished it in one go, and the aftertaste was so strong it kept me awake at night—you absolutely must read it. Completely meets the requirements.

18. 18 绿 The Wild Little Tea-Green Psycho Can't Keep It Up Anymore 绿茶小疯子他野不动了 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads243k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads, Happy Ending] A handsome, bad-boy school bully as the pursuer, A sickly recipient who plays the pig to eat the tiger. When Wen Mo was nineteen, his parents brought him back home. His mother gave him his very first gift. He wore it with delight. A year later, a confirmed diagnosis made him realize it was his mother's death warrant for him! A genetic mutation, organ failure, and paralysis on one side of his body. In just two short months, he'd gone from full of life to nearly at 3.5kReads9.3Score31414d adds
19. 19 万 The Most Hated Guy Is Seriously Fierce 万人嫌他超凶的 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads379k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled romance + everyone faces their comeuppance + happy ending] A sickly, universally disliked bottom, a top who’s an esports superstar. After receiving a diagnosis, Shen Ning cruelly abandoned Qin Jiu, the only person he had to rely on. Two years later, they met again. The penniless boy from back then had become a rising esports superstar. Shen Ning tried to explain, but a single stab ended all hope. Dragging his battered body along, he watched his beloved take the stage 7.7kReads9.2Score62814d adds
20. 20 小 That Little Trouble-Maker Is Absolutely Unhinged 小作精他超疯的 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads249k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance + rekindled love + entertainment industry + happy ending] A volatile, depressed, troublesome, sickly bottom in public and in private, A top who is emotionally impaired but an outstanding actor. Jiang Li is a madman. During a sugar-baby arrangement, he was the first to fall in love and become obsessed. He knew Yi Zhen didn't love him, yet he kept clinging to him, his body covered in wounds. He said, “I supported you for two years. Now it's your turn to support me for two years! 10.8kReads9.3Score84914d adds
21. 21 谁 Who Still Cares Whether Their Ex Lives or Dies After a Breakup? 谁家分手后还管前男友死活啊 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads360k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + seductive, treacherous shou + devoted, fatherly gong + rekindled romance + a groveling pursuit] The biggest mistakes Song Qingyan ever made were acting on his own, making the first move, exposing their relationship, breaking up, and then trying to get back together without asking! He successfully drove himself to the brink of death over and over. The first time, his heart stopped for five minutes. The second time, his heart stopped for ten minutes. The third time, he nearly die 8.5kReads9.4Score67014d adds
22. 22 老 Dear Husband, Could You Please Die? 老攻啊，你能去死吗？ Buying Spicy Strips Takes Coupons Too买辣条也用劵呀Two Male Leads214k WordsCompleted [Low ratings for a new book mean its score will rise + two male leads + corrupted white lotus + revenge] His lover betrayed him. He will make him understand what hell is. I’m no good at writing blurbs, so just dive right in! No need to think, just go for it! 11.2kReads8.7Score89714d adds

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    He thought he and Gu Shen were each other's first love, but it turned out Gu Shen already had a child before they started dating. He thought he and their family were closer than blood relatives, but they lied to him, blessing him and Gu Shen while holding their own grandchild. No wonder they said they wouldn't mind not having offspring, as long as the young couple was happy. It turns out they already had one, which is why they didn't mind!

23. 23 快 Quick Transmigration: The Yandere Male Lead Has Turned Dark Again 快穿之病娇男主又黑化了 Peach Blossom Soup桃花羹Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + crematorium chase + happy ending] “Make him fall in love with you, then abandon him without mercy. Get your corruption points, then make him regret everything.” The System issued the mission in a flat, emotionless voice. Luo Shi'an: “???” First world. The male lead gradually broke Luo Shi'an's pride, trampling all over his self-respect. Yet after Luo Shi'an died, the man went mad clutching his corpse, repeating over and over that he loved him and wanted to marry him. Second wor 2.8kReads9.4Score31714d adds
24. 24 快 Quick Transmigration: After Torturing the Big Shot to Tears, I Faked My Death and Escaped 快穿：把大佬虐哭后我死遁了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, scum gong regrets his actions, chases his wife to the crematorium, sickly, coughing blood, forced love, shou fakes his death and escapes, BE in the small worlds, HE in the end] [System: Reminder, Host Yun Chen, this is an S-rank conquest world. The principal gods of every plane are extremely powerful!] [Yun Chen: Oh.] - The domineering CEO, wealthy enough to rival a nation: You’re nothing but a substitute picked out of the mud. My one true love is the chosen one! Yun Chen fell i 21.3kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
25. 25 周 Dr. Zhou's White Moonlight Is Dying 周医生的白月光快死了 Ten-Line Que十行阙Two Male Leads219k WordsCompleted [Fragile, ill bottom VS cold, aloof top] [Heart-wrenching angst + mutually exclusive devotion, 1v1 + bad ending + extreme bottom fans, beware] Wen Ci had terminal stomach cancer. The doctor said he had at most thirty days left, and Wen Ci could live those thirty days for Zhou Ying. But Wen Ci died on the twenty-seventh day. After his death, Wen Ci left behind twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf. 19.7kReads9.3Score3k14d adds

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    I just finished reading this book, and I cried all night. It's about Wen Ci, who died of late-stage gastritis, leaving behind twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf.

26. 26 穿 Transmigrate into a Book and Raise a Child: The Darkened Boy's Possessive Love 穿书养崽，黑化崽子强制爱 Nangong Yuxuan南宫雨轩11k WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a Book and Raise a Child, Only for the Darkened Child to Force His Love on You 2.6kReads—Score—14d adds

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    If you raise me, you'll just disappear and disappear. System, you'd better give him back to me.

27. 27 离EN Seriously, What Alpha Eats Little Cakes? 离谱，谁家Alpha吃小蛋糕啊 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads479k WordsCompleted [This book has been acquired for publication. Tap the author’s profile for more details] [Two powerful leads + chasing his lover + scheming + intense romantic tension + ABO] Ji Chi was a top-tier Alpha, the son of Jiangcheng’s richest man and a born favorite of fortune. Everyone assumed he would marry an Omega from an equally powerful family. He thought so too. That was before this top-tier Alpha started avoiding an Omega with no pheromones day after day. Things took a strange turn. Friend 1: “Y 40.4kReads9.6Score5.2k14d adds

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    Don't be fooled by the title of the second book! It's my favorite, incredibly angsty, all of them are heartbreaking, but it has a happy ending.

28. 28 无 The Affliction of Silence 无言之症 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads287k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] His Love Is Deafening Dual rebirth + mutual salvation + realism + happy ending + extreme madness Antisocial, cold and aloof heartthrob vs. beautiful, quirky little troublemaker After being imprisoned for three months, Xu Mi was killed by Chen Huangnian over a single breakup. Only in his final moments did he realize that the boyfriend he had spent every day with had an antisocial personality. When he opened his eyes again, he was back ten years ago, at the time whe 15.1kReads9.6Score2.5k14d adds
29. 29 痴 After the Devoted Bottom Let Go, His Top Begged Him to Get Back Together 痴情受放手后，老攻哭求复合 Freshly Clad, Riding a Fine Horse鲜铱怒马Two Male Leads256k WordsCompleted [BL] A thick-skinned, vain, makeup-loving, not-so-good-looking boss + a cold, sharp-tongued second-in-command who dreams of divorce _ Jiang You was plain-looking and quiet, but he was one of the most influential figures in A City's business circles and the rightful heir to the Jiang Group. _ Jiang You had been secretly in love with Fu Jing for years. Just before graduation, he finally worked up the courage to pursue him, figuring he'd bring him home as his wife once they graduated. _ Instead, Fu 6.4kReads8.4Score60214d adds

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    The first one made me cry a lot, but it's a happy ending and I highly recommend it as it's still ongoing. I sincerely hope Jiang You can find love. The second one was also very tear-jerking and I highly recommend it, but it ended badly. Did you cry when you woke up from the dream? Both are top-notch reads.

30. 30 噬 Bloodthirsty Skull Soul 噬血骷魂 Min Jian皿剑Two Male Leads475k WordsCompleted Adapted from the author's dream. Kind-faced but ruthless seme / gentle and considerate at first (Gu Fengyan) x optimistic, impulsive uke (Shen Lingjue) / Supporting characters: the side couple Yan Cangming x Qu Wenxiang, Xue Yuxi and the other twenty-four young masters of Shengling, You Mei Gu Fengyan and Shen Lingjue had been friends since childhood, as well as comrades who had faced life and death together. Gu Fengyan had loved Shen Lingjue for years, silently protecting and accompanying him. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 31 心 Unquenchable Passion: The Big Shot's Trap 心火难熄：大佬的圈套 Girl in the Wheat Field麦田里的女孩Two Male Leads349k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads / Powerful Heir to a Prestigious Beijing Family x Taciturn, Obsessive Lawyer / 1v1 / Second Chance Romance / Sweet Romance / Both Pure / Happy Ending] As children, he made him a promise: he would come back for him. But day after day, he waited, and that promise was never fulfilled. Years later, the two met again, but the Lin family's influence forced Xiao En to leave the country. They were apart for three whole years. Three years passed in the blink of an eye. Amid the crowds at 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds

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    Two male leads, multiple couples, reconciliation after a breakup, a "chasing husband" scenario, sweet romance, strong protagonists, not brainless, not naive, not effeminate, not repressed, a satisfying story with plenty of witty banter, and revenge is a must.

32. 32 快 Quick Transmigration: Ding! Your Crematorium Has Arrived. Please Pick It Up 快穿，叮，火葬场到货请查收 Just Ink就墨Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + Quick Transmigration + Putting scumbags in their place + Feel-good story + Regret and redemption] After finally avenging his great grudge, Gu Yao is left all alone. Cancer takes him naturally, and he becomes bound to a System. To keep the world's storylines running, he conscientiously fulfills his role as a supporting character. But why has he become the white moonlight of every Child of Fortune?! The emperor he admired as a boy uses him as a stepping stone to the throne. G 5.5kReads9.3Score50914d adds

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    It looks really good 🥰

33. 33 出 After Prison, I Was Forced into Love by a Mad Big Shot 出狱后，我被疯批大佬强制爱了 Liang Bei x良北xTwo Male Leads369k WordsCompleted Male-male romance + forced love + melodrama + groveling redemption + unhinged characters + physical and emotional torment + angst with a sweet payoff + confinement + happy ending The pursuer knows he’s a scumbag. He’s inhuman at first, then goes mad chasing his love, even stabbing himself. * To get revenge on Chen Jing, Duan Jinyan personally sent him to prison, leaving him disfigured, deaf, and covered in ugly scars. After his release, Chen Jing ran into Duan Jinyan again. He begged Duan to lea 3.3kReads6.3Score18014d adds

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    It's incredibly angsty. The protagonist is forced into anything from beginning to end, and it's extremely melodramatic, like a complete soap opera. It's got every cliché imaginable. The male lead is a complete scumbag and insane, and the protagonist suffers terribly from the abuse—both physically and emotionally. The male lead's pursuit of his lover is so intense that he even stabs himself in the back...

34. 34 老 After His Wife Left, the Disabled Tycoon Stood Up 老婆走后，残疾大佬他站起来了 Red Bull Sweet Potato红牛地瓜Two Male Leads416k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication. Check the author’s profile for updates] [Hong Kong-style high-society romance + male lead pursues his ex at all costs + melodrama + rekindled love + slight everyone-loves-the-protagonist vibe + class difference + bittersweet + both virgins + happy ending] [Sharp-tongued, disabled top (faking it) VS proud CEO bottom] Hong Kong media reports: Shen Changting, a calligraphy master with disabled legs, the heir to Hong Kong City, a man of immense power, refined and prope 34.1kReads9.2Score3.9k14d adds

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    Meets the requirements: BL (Boys' Love) angst novels, mostly featuring a "wife-chasing-after-the-crescent" ending.

35. 35 暗 Joy Blossoms in a Dark Alley 暗巷生欢 A Fish Enters the Boat有鱼入舟Two Male Leads274k WordsCompleted [Publication rights signed: @Youyu Ru Zhou] [Healing + Devoted Couple + Intense Push and Pull + Bittersweet, Over-the-Top Drama + Major Twists] [Cold-Blooded Big Shot × Frail Beauty, A Clawed Cat Toying with a Tiger] Xia Xunqian was sickly and had depended on others since childhood. Even as an adult, he still had nowhere of his own. When his father sent him to live with Feng Lin, Xia Xunqian chose to obey. He was docile and compliant, and knew every trick in the book when it came to staying aliv 15kReads9.6Score2k14d adds
36. 36 谁 Whose Prisoner Gets Cuddled and Coaxed by a Mad General? 谁家囚奴被疯批将军抱在怀里哄啊 Yangyang Loves Porridge羊羊爱吃粥Two Male Leads538k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + seductive pursuit + coercive love + rekindled romance after heartbreak] [Audiobook now available] [Fragile, weepy, down-and-out, universally adored young master × scheming, devoted, dangerously obsessive great general] Su Yuqing was so good-looking, but with his elder brother's influence in the capital, no one dared make a move on him. But life is unpredictable. The Su family was arrested, and Su Yuqing was exiled to a bitterly cold place a thousand miles away. The once-arrog 8.6kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds
37. 37 炽 A Blazing Prison 炽热囚牢 Li Baiyi Is So Rich李百亿好有钱Two Male Leads227k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Rekindled Love + Mutual Devotion + Both Chaste + Happy Ending + Older Top] After spending three years in prison, Shen Siyan made a name for himself in the business world the second year after his release. Then the ex-boyfriend who had betrayed him came knocking. Looking at the man who, four years ago, had sent him to prison to protect his own reputation, Shen Siyan swore to grind him underfoot. He said, “Would you mind dying for me?” He said, “Beg me. Beg me to help you.” He sa 3.6kReads9.1Score41414d adds
38. 38 偷 I Died After Getting Caught Stealing a Kiss From the Big Shot 偷亲大佬被发现后，我死了 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads329k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads, Extra Sweet!!] A ruthless, deadly bodyguard who can take on a hundred men, but sneaks kisses from his boss in private and gets incredibly jealous, as the bottom. A very rich, unbelievably rich, No. 1-ranked tycoon as the top. Jian Xingyi fell in love with Li Tingshen at first sight. He spent five years quietly working his way into the man's life, becoming his personal bodyguard and lifestyle assistant. Every night, while his boss slept, he would sneak through the window into hi 6.8kReads9.1Score67714d adds
39. 39 小 Has the Little Troublemaker Made Up with Her Ex Today? 小作精今天哄好前男友了吗 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads368k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled romance + chasing his husband + some angst + melodrama] The thing Pei Heng regretted most in his life was taking Shi Jin's drunken words seriously. Shi Jin said they should break up, and Pei Heng left without a second thought. Shi Jin wanted to get back together, but Pei Heng blocked him, deleted him, and cut off every way back. Shi Jin wouldn't stop pursuing him, but Pei Heng ignored him and rejected him time and again. Only when the Pei family announced his engageme 10.7kReads8.4Score74614d adds
40. 40 哥 Bro, Give Me a Hug 哥抱抱我吧 Gardenia Cools the Blood栀子凉血Two Male Leads319k WordsCompleted [Both are devoted to each other!!! Each other’s first love!!!] [Please don’t relate any illnesses in this story to real life. If you feel unwell, make sure to seek medical attention and take good care of yourself. If you have depression, please make sure to get help❗❗❗❗] One more thing: this is my first time writing a novel, so please forgive its many shortcomings. Thank you, everyone. Lin Xu went missing. His father tricked him into going to a youth training camp, where he was subjected to se 3.3kReads9.1Score35314d adds
41. 41 万 Everyone Hated Her, Then She Showed Her Face and Took the Internet by Storm 万人嫌露脸后全网爆火 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads448k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads] A sickly, universally despised bottom; A seemingly cold and heartless top who has fallen deeply in love. A year ago, Xu Mian was rumored to have thrown matches, and was boycotted by the entire internet. He retired early. With his mother seriously ill and his right hand partially disabled, he became the target of abuse from everyone in the esports scene, like a rat crossing the street, and endured it for an entire year. Caught between life and death, he struggled to stay alive: 12.8kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds
42. 42 小 After the Little Fool Ran Away, the Big Shot Went Mad 小傻子逃跑后，大佬他疯了 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads319k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, ultra-pampering] A silly bottom who thought he was pretending to be dumb, only to discover he really was dumb, and a fatherly CEO top who thought he was aloof but turned out to be hopelessly in love. Chi Tang died, and then Chi Tang came back to life! There was a pileup on the highway. Chi Tang’s last memory was being crushed between two cars and dying a gruesome death. He closed his eyes, opened them again, and discovered that he had been reborn in the body of a fool with the s 3.1kReads8.6Score34014d adds

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    It's great, all chapters are finished, and there are currently extra chapters. [Added to bookshelf] [A masterpiece by Sparrow Eater]

43. 43 洗 After Clearing Her Name, the Sickly Beauty Becomes Everyone’s Favorite 洗白后，病美人成了团宠 Meng Cixi梦辞兮Two Male Leads278k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Reborn + (Slight) Wife-Chasing Crematorium + Sickly Bottom] Everyone thinks Wen Zhuo is a scheming illegitimate son, a domineering bully who terrorizes his schoolmates and is rotten to the core. No one knows he’s actually the one who has suffered the most. Just after he was accepted back into his wealthy biological father’s family, his father died. His only relative, his older brother, wants nothing to do with him. His friends betray him, and his adoptive parents abuse and exp 6.6kReads8.9Score49414d adds
44. 44 你EN You Go Crazy, I Go Crazier, Side by Side on a Dating Show 你发癫，我更癫，恋综上面肩并肩 Six-Six Fruit六六果Two Male Leads640k WordsCompleted [Audio drama now available~~~] [Dual Male Leads + One-on-One Romance + Dating Reality Show, Hilarious, Sweet, and Satisfying] [Unhinged Young Heartthrob VS Even More Unhinged CEO] He transmigrates into a book and immediately gets pressured by a scumbag into breaking off their engagement? Shen Yan goes berserk on the spot: “If you want to save face, you have to give some too. Having a mistress doesn’t make you right. Pay me four million, or I’ll see you outside the proctology clinic!” Early i 25.2kReads9.5Score3.6k14d adds

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    It disguises itself as a madcap story but is actually a angst-filled one, making you laugh and cry in turns.

45. 45 许 I Promise You a Love as Deep as the Sea 许你深情深似海 The Years Since We Parted此去经年Two Male Leads51k WordsCompleted Luo Ji was a ray of light in Shen Yi’s dark childhood. But after Shen Ge ruthlessly stole that light away, it became the arrow that wounded him most deeply. One misunderstanding, three years of torment, and everyone took their turn trampling him until he was utterly ruined. When Luo Ji finally learned the truth, he held his battered heart close and stopped believing in love. Shen Yi: “Once you’re dead, I won’t love you anymore.” 404Reads8.4Score10414d adds

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    These two books have such angst and tragic endings 😢

46. 46 被 After My Enemy Found Me 被仇家找到之后 Lord Xiu朽爷Two Male Leads431k WordsCompleted Angst first, sweetness later~ Chi Jing never imagined that in just five years, he would go from an untouchable rich kid to the most wretched of nobodies. He imagined even less that the man he'd once looked down on would stand before him, surrounded by admirers, his eyes alight with the satisfaction of revenge. They say what goes around comes around, and everyone reaps what they sow. Make him atone properly... Pah, none of that is happening! Chi Jing says: Get back on your feet and beat the hel 2.1kReads6.6Score19314d adds

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    Very principled, not easily backed down, very demanding, and often gets hurt.

47. 47 倔 Stubborn Host, Forced to Accept a Lunatic’s Love! 倔强宿主，惨遭疯批强制爱！ Jian Qingzi见清子Two Male Leads445k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Love Without Realizing It + Coercive Love + Imprisonment + Tracker] Sheng Qing died, but unexpectedly transmigrated into a book and met a System. If he could win over the male lead, he would come back to life. He thought he’d transmigrated into a novel with two male leads, but it turned out to be a romance novel! To win over the male lead and come back to life as quickly as possible, Sheng Qing specially wrote himself a plan. Plan One: Flatter him. Plan Two: Get rid of every po 11.7kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds

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    It gets really heartbreaking later on.

48. 48 万 The Universally Hated Young Master Reborn 万人嫌小少爷重生以后 Known to All众知Two Male Leads170k WordsCompleted Gu Xingqiao is a little simple-minded. He was born after a difficult labor that cost Lady Gu her life, and a few years later, his older brother and father abandoned him. The unwanted Gu Xingqiao met the powerful, gentle Lin Xiujin. Lin Xiujin was a ray of light in his miserable childhood, and as time passed, that light reached into his heart. Lin Xiujin came across a little bundle of misery with nowhere to go. He took him home, doted on him, and protected him. But he never expected the little on 7.4kReads8.1Score41114d adds

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    The protagonist is a simpleton, abandoned by his family and taken in by the other protagonist. Later, the other protagonist realizes that his feelings for the protagonist go beyond familial affection and begins to distance himself, allowing others to bully him. The protagonist dies, and the other protagonist deeply regrets his actions, leading to a double rebirth and a dramatic "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" scenario.

49. 49 求 A Guide to Getting Your Husband Killed 求丈夫去世教程 Poisoned by a Devil Mushroom魔鬼蘑菇中毒Two Male Leads416k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + tragic love and bitter hatred + adversaries turned lovers + happy ending + imprisonment and coercion + both reborn + both villains + both devoted to each other] Original title: The Barren Sea of Happiness In the year when their hatred was at its fiercest, Li Quegui floored the accelerator and sent his husband and sworn enemy to his death, then took his own life. When he opened his eyes again, Lin Xianqiu was sitting by the bed, looking at him with concern. He was seven years y 10kReads9.5Score1.5k14d adds

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    This one is quite angsty, but it has a happy ending.

50. 50 谁EN Who Says I Have It All? Forced to Love a Top E from the Start 谁有哥带派！开局就被顶E强制爱 Glutinous Rice and Pineapple Rice糯米菠萝饭Two Male Leads360k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance / Enigma-Alpha romance / forced love / both leads are devoted and powerful] [Wild, fiery, stuttering beauty of an Alpha ✖️ cruel, hard-of-hearing rich Enigma with a bad-dog streak] [Content warning: The receiving partner stutters; the pursuing partner has hearing loss and wears hearing aids every day] [No moral compass! No moral compass! No moral compass! Don't apply real-world values to this story. Readers with strong moral convictions should proceed with caution] Li Mao wil 27.1kReads9.5Score4.1k14d adds

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    This book is absolutely amazing!!! The writing is superb, and both leads are incredibly strong!!! The protagonist isn't feminine at all, and the relationship between them is quite bumpy because their pursuits are different—one wants freedom, and the other wants their lover to stay by their side. It's captivating from beginning to end, has a happy ending, and only gets sweet near the conclusion. I read it in one go. I'm the kind of person who easily abandons books (I've only finished three books on Tomato Books so far).

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