I Have a High Threshold for Tears: Recommend Your Most Heartbreaking Short Reads 本人泪点高，想看看你们心中第一的虐文，又短又虐
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The Matriarch Smiles, and Her Scumbag Husband’s Family Faces Certain Doom 主母微微一笑，渣夫全家生死难料
[Rebirth, divorce, revenge on scumbags, sweet romance with both leads pure] Shen Chunran only learned the truth when she died in her previous life: her husband claimed to respect her, but his heart belonged to someone else. He stole her dowry and destroyed her family. Her mother-in-law wept and begged her to stop using her medical skills to save people, saying a woman should stay in her place. In truth, she was clipping Shen Chunran’s wings and dimming her brilliance. Her grandmother lamented ho
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There Was Once Someone Who Loved Me Like Life Itself 曾有一个人，爱我如生命
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...
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The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟
Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred
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Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏
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
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I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月
[The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian
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You Broke Your Promise 你失信了
The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily
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- 7 No One in the World Is Like Her Anymore 世上无人再像她 Shen Ange knew that love could leave you battered to the bone, but without love she would become a walking corpse. Stubbornly, she believed that life was long enough for her to wait until he came back to her. In the end, though, she could no longer hold on... 1.6kReads8.1Score17414d adds
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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
[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
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
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
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- 10 Ancient Times 上古 The original novel behind the series Ancient Love Poetry, starring Zhou Dongyu and Xu Kai. The ancient gods were nearly wiped out ten thousand years ago. Now, only four ancient gods remain in the world. The first three are true gods in every sense, but the last one... Some say she was absurdly lucky and born into a blessed life. Others say that, of all those in the Three Realms and Eight Wildernesses, she is the one who looks most glorious on the outside but is the loneliest within. Whether the 97Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 11 I Only Sneaked a Glance at Him 我只偷看他一眼 During the speech by the freshman class representative, Chen Nan fell for Lu Xu at first sight, and for the rest of her life. The pink sunset beyond the window filled the entire sky, like a beautiful landscape painting. The clouds looked drunk, their cheeks flushed with color. Chen Nan held her breath and stole a sidelong glance at Lu Xu. His profile was youthful and striking, and he held his book with perfect posture. A ray of light fell on the yellowed pages, and touched him as well. The dayli 16.8kReads9.6Score3.8k14d adds
- 12 Late in the Day 行止晚 [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 25.7kReads9.6Score3.3k14d adds
- 13 Looking Toward Jiangnan 望江南 [Healing / Campus Romance / Bittersweet Ending] Dedicated to a brief, blazing youth! Ji Mengnan only remembered that night’s heavy rain and the river behind her, churning like boiling water. Is loving someone a lifelong thing? Everything Ji Mengnan did afterward, all the ways she tried to keep living, was because of that love. If it weren’t for Jiang Qing, she would have died at seventeen. The boy was the only ray of light in the darkness, but light never stays forever, and it doesn’t shine on h 367Reads9.1Score10114d adds
- 14 Wait for Me, Come See Me 等你，来看我 “Will you miss me?” “I will.” “Will you come find me?” “I will.” “If I came to see you, would you be happy?” “I would.” “You’re lying.” Years later, Zhao Yan, who has spent half her life quiet and careful, always following the rules, sets off to wander just like her friend Xue Ni. She once fell in love with a boy she shouldn’t have loved. As fireworks filled the sky, she was too embarrassed even to confess. When they meet again after years apart, she chooses to run away on her wedding day. - Xue 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Paper-Thin Family Ties 纸薄亲情 The female lead was born at a time her parents resented. They believed she had ruined their lives, and from then on they neglected her and doted only on her younger sister. Throughout ten years of favoritism, she never knew what it was like to have a loving family. Even her death failed to earn her parents’ attention. She never imagined that after dying, she would be able to watch her family as a spirit. Nor did she expect what she saw to be even more despairing than anything she had witnessed w —Reads—Score114d adds
- 16 Spring Banquet 春日宴 She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.6kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
- 17 After Being Reborn, My Five Brothers Beg Me in Tears to Return Home 重生后，五个哥哥哭着求我回府 [Currently being published] [She chases him after the breakup + sweet romance + satisfying read] In her previous life, Jiang You'an was a cannon-fodder side character in a novel where the whole family doted on the heroine. Her entire family favored her younger sister, and she was beaten to death with clubs. After being reborn, she refuses to repeat her past mistakes, only to discover that her family regrets everything and begs for her forgiveness. Everyone wants to make amends? Hah, I’m not int 7.7kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
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The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事
Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing
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- 19 At Last, I Admit Defeat 终于愿赌服输 “Why couldn't you be the one who got sick?” “Why couldn't you be the one who died?” With drunken eyes, the man bends down and whispers the most heartless words in the gentlest voice. But he doesn't know that she really is going to die. 13.1kReads8.2Score86314d adds
- 20 I Once Promised You a Golden Age of Joy 我曾许你盛世欢颜 Ye Chen waits for his Mrs. Ye, from the days when youth was like a dream until her hair turns white as snow. But he will never know that his Mrs. Ye was buried long ago in that rotten, muddy grave... 1.6kReads6.6Score27214d adds
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I'll Never Love You Again 再也不要爱你
A short, heart-wrenching story. Extremely heartbreaking! So much melodrama and angst! Read with caution! Please ignore the extra chapter. The author wrote it while losing their mind, and sincerely apologizes! Jian Meng is dying, and Ji Jing’an doesn’t know. He’s busy worrying about his wedding to someone else, indifferent to the poor woman at home. He has always believed Jian Meng would wait for him forever, just as she has for the past ten years. It was the last winter, and Jian Meng’s last bir
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- 22 Lord Qi, Stop Tormenting Her. Your Wife Has Already Forgotten You 祁爷别虐了，夫人她已经把你忘了 A baseless frame-up destroyed her family. One life and five years in prison: she thought she had repaid everything he claimed she owed him. But he told her, “Shi Ran, you caused the death of the woman I loved. You’ll never repay what you owe me in this lifetime!” 227Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 23 Everyone in This Story Is Crazy. Please, Won't You Kill Me? 全文疯批，请杀了我好吗 [Power couple + Mutually faithful] [Angst early on, more angst in the middle, the male lead turns into a lovesick puppy later; tragic ending, but with rebirth] The pursuer thinks the pursued betrayed him. The pursued spends two years hiding away, then gets caught and brought back. The pursuer starts beating and tormenting him in every way, and even brings his fiancée to see him. She'll stop at nothing and wants to kill him every day. After enduring endless humiliation, Bai Feiying tries to escap 2kReads9.0Score26414d adds
- 24 I Really Did Love You Once 也曾真的喜欢你 This story features a possessive, obsessive love interest and plenty of heartbreak. If Ji Shibing had known that her thoughtless act years ago would mark the beginning of this ill-fated relationship, she would not have even glanced at Mo Xuanchen as he lay dying in the hallway. But there are no what-ifs… After tossing the medicine bottle and wineglass onto the floor, Ji Shibing lay back in the hanging chair. Feeling the breeze from outside gently ruffle her hair, she found her eyelids growing he 3Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 25 Love Came to Him 爱情，他来过 Xia Yue had a secret crush on Xu Ningshen for seven years, only to get this in return: “I never said I liked you.” As people all around her looked at her with scorn, Shao Linghui appeared before Xia Yue. He gave her all the dignity she deserved, only to push her into the abyss once again. Years later, Xia Yue thought that at least there had been love between her and Shao Linghui, and that was enough. This story is a little angsty. The heroine is beautiful, strong, and tragic; the hero's characte 505Reads8.8Score10314d adds
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Ultraman: Dark Tiga Goes on a Rampage 奥特曼：黑暗迪迦杀疯了
I never expected this book’s reputation to take such a nosedive three years after it ended, but I still have to say: those brats on that site are making a ridiculous fuss. They don’t read the book, but they always have to follow the latest trend. The saddest ones are those who once spent dozens, even over a hundred hours reading it, only to come back and give it one star. What, you thought it was good back then, but now you think it’s no good? You haven’t grown up. You’ve lost the ability to thi
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- 27 EN Apocalypse: Stockpiling a Billion in Supplies from Day One 末世：开局先囤十亿物资 [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Spatial Ability + Stockpiling Supplies + Ruthless, No Saintly Savior + Building a Faction] “Mr. Chen, your one hundred family buckets of fried chicken have arrived.” “Mr. Chen, your one hundred roast ducks have arrived.” “Boss Chen, your ten thousand tons of pork have arrived.” Chen Luo, known as the Void King, relied on his unmatched ability to lie low until every survivor had died. In the whole world, only monsters remained; there were no humans left. With nothing left 117.9kReads9.3Score9.4k14d adds
- 28 Glory's Top Player 荣耀王者 “There are five of you across the way. You’re already surrounded!” Su Zhe, the one true god of the King’s Canyon! He’s the invincible king in the hearts of hundreds of millions of players, an esports pianist who can control five characters at once, and a Canyon maniac who can wipe out an entire team alone! But Su Zhe never imagined that his girlfriend would run off with someone else over a skin in the game. To teach the two cheaters a lesson, and to pursue the dream he once had, the former Glory 17.4kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 29 Honghuang: I, Shen Gongbao, Humbly Ask All Fellow Daoists to Stay 洪荒：贫道申公豹，请诸道友留步 Keywords: [Shen Gongbao * helpful and righteous * timely rain * warmhearted * values loyalty over beauty * Herald of Loyalty and Righteousness * Joyful Tathagata * Leopard Buddha] Shen Gongbao woke up one day reborn in the primordial world, on Kunlun Mountain. My name is Shen Gongbao, and I actually transmigrated into Shen Gongbao? The General Who Divides the Waters after the Investiture of the Gods? The general who plugs up the eye of the North Sea? Who understands this kind of miserable fate? 24.3kReads9.1Score2.1k14d adds
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He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南
When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went
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I Survive a Torture Novel by Being Ridiculously Absurd 穿进虐文的我靠沙雕苟命
[Transmigrate-into-a-book System + forced romance, one-on-one] Lin Zhen transmigrates into a melodramatic angst novel, and from the start, because he knows the heroine, the sickly male lead is about to chop off his fingers. To stay alive, Lin Zhen has no choice but to abandon all dignity and shout, “I’m here to seduce you!” Lu Yan: ??? To make matters worse, he’s also bound to a thoroughly unreliable top heartthrob System and draws a pile of ridiculous items like a “Perky Butt Card” and “Capt
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- 32 In the End, We Part 终是离 Jiang Buli's life was exchanged for by Xuanzhi, so his life belongs to her. After Xuanzhi died, he was no longer even entitled to die. He spent his days in the dense Wutong Forest, reminiscing about the time he spent by Xuanzhi's side... (Everyone gets a tragic ending.) 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 A Collection of Short, Tragic Bad-End Stories 短篇be虐文合集 I originally wanted to write a collection of angsty stories, but in the end I decided to write just one and bring it to a close. I can't change the title now, so come on in and have a look. Legend has it that the Demon God was gravely wounded by the Divine Clan and suffers excruciating pain every night, teetering on the brink of death. Only one thing can ease his suffering: the inner core of a Divine Fox. For hundreds of years, the Demon God has repeated the same words in his mind: I must take 622Reads8.0Score—14d adds
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Day and Night, Stars and River 日昼星河
“Qiu Liang, you don’t love me at all!” Qing Yao was the person Qiu Liang loved with all his heart, but those were also the last words Qing Yao ever said to him. The regret in love isn’t that it has something to do with you, but that it has nothing to do with me anymore…
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The Pampered Servant 一等宠奴
After an unexpected transmigration, the top assassin A Si becomes a lowly servant in the Prince of Huainan’s household. Someone everyone can bully? Not a chance. She’s an expert in every weapon and skill under the sun, and killing and arson are right up her alley. Go ahead and try bullying her! As her master, Xiu Linyang is quite pleased. “You worthless servant, is there anything in this world you can’t do?” The woman answers smugly, “This servant can do anything, Your Highness.” “Oh?” The princ
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An Unmarried Older Daughter, Shunned by All 女大不嫁，众叛亲离
This book is also known as “Husband’s Sister Still Unmarried, Younger Brother’s Wife Urges the Whole Family to Throw Her Out!” (I hope my novel can be adapted for film or television! For that reason, I’ve temporarily made an animated short video of about three minutes for each of the novel’s first ten chapters. Since the copyright won’t belong to me until twenty years from now, I’ve only made animations for the first ten chapters...) The main idea: In a family with many children, a son is like a
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After Transmigrating into a Book, the Ghost Girl Comes to Bewitch the Immortal Lord Again 书穿后，女鬼她又来魅惑仙君大人了
The heroine falls into a novel and becomes a disposable extra who is doomed to die as soon as she appears! To survive, she is willing to abandon all dignity and stop at nothing: shamelessness, trickery, seduction, and running away. With money in hand, she's free to do as she pleases in this vast world! That is, until she meets him... In the human world, he is an ascetic uncle-master. In Heaven, he is the God of Water, who has severed all emotion and desire. So you're determined to keep your vows
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- 38 I Am a Lady Tutor 我是女先生 I'm hard to kill. These were the words I heard from the moment I was born. A blind fortune-teller said I was a White Tiger Sha, a girl born with a boy's fate, innately tough and destined to bring misfortune to my husband, my children, and myself. Everyone in the village said I wouldn't survive. My yang energy was too strong. Even if they managed to keep me alive, I'd grow up to be an idiot. But my grandma, a spirit medium who presided over the altar, refused to give up. Every year, she burned a 3.3kReads9.4Score44914d adds
- 39 I Am Intersex 我是阴阳人 My mother said that when I was born, her first reaction was to strangle me, because it was impossible to tell whether I was male or female. My grandmother called me a freak and a jinx, saying I would only bring shame on the family. It was then that my maternal grandmother, who had traveled all the way from the countryside to visit my mother, adopted me. So, by chance, I got to enjoy a pure childhood, free from scornful looks. Following my half-immortal grandmother, I unexpectedly discovered how 8.5kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
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