Maximum Angst. If It Can't Kill Me, Make It Hurt Even More 特虐，只要虐不死，就往死里虐

1. 151 美 The Beautiful CEO Married a Delivery Rider. After She Died, I Got Drunk and Called for Her 美女总裁嫁给外卖骑手，她死后，我醉后喊她 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted A Stunning CEO Married a Delivery Rider. After She Died, I Called Out to Her While Drunk. 146Reads—Score—14d adds
2. 152 美 A Beauty Contacts a Male Listener, but Is There a Shocking Secret Behind It? 美女联络男倾听师，背后藏着惊天秘密？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A Beautiful Woman Gets in Touch with a Male Listener. Is There a Shocking Secret Behind It? 29Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 153 美 The Beauty Turned Down My Confession, Then Showed Up at My Door Two Years Later? 美女拒绝我表白，两年后竟主动找上门？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted A Beautiful Woman Turned Down My Confession. Two Years Later, Why Did She Come Looking for Me? 57Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 154 我 I Like You So Much, I Can't Control Myself 我太喜欢你了，我控制不了自己 The Strategist策略派8k WordsCompleted I Like You So Much, I Can't Control Myself. 56Reads—Score414d adds
5. 155 富 The Rich Young Master Angered a God in His Dream, So Everyone Gets Wiped Out 富家公子惹恼梦中神，那就团灭吧 The Strategist策略派14k WordsCompleted A Rich Young Master Angers a Dream God, So the Whole Family Gets Wiped Out 27Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 156 牙 The Toothpaste Woman Appeared at Midnight. What Should I Choose? 牙膏女午夜出世，我该如何选择啊 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted A Toothpaste Woman Appears at Midnight. What Should I Choose? 11Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 157 那 The Innocent Loves of Our Youth 那些青葱岁月里，懵懵懂懂的爱情 The Strategist策略派Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted The Innocent Loves of Our Youth 12Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 158 1 100 Tales of Tormented Love 100个虐恋小故事 Mo Wenxinlan墨问心兰Fantastical Romance270k WordsCompleted I am the ancient Greek god in charge of tragic romance. In my previous life, Tomato tortured me. In this life, I’m going to make readers cry. A collection of short stories: gods and demons, ghosts and monsters, unfinished business between the living and the dead, reincarnation, transmigration through time and space, and other heartbreaking tales… There’s no such thing as too tragic, only more tragic. 1.5kReads—Score18214d adds
9. 159 命 With Only Two Months to Live, They Finally Break Down and Repent 命剩最后两月，他们终于崩溃忏悔 Xiao Baihu筱白狐Urban224k WordsCompleted [Tearjerker]+ [Heartbreaking]+ [Bad Ending]+ [No Clichés, Realistic Story] The world beneath the neon lights is dazzling, but it has never shone for just one person. Lonely souls are always searching for comfort, but the medicine that could heal their wounds died long ago in childhood. When the stories they left behind finally become known, all that awaits them is a corpse that has long since grown cold. His parents spend their entire lives mired in a failed marriage, treating Bai Mo like a garb 11.8kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
10. 160 梧 Wutong Lane 梧桐巷 Song Che Doesn't Eat Fish宋澈不吃鱼Modern Romance174k WordsCompleted [Bright and kind-hearted Ning Wan x gentle genius Song Qingyan] [Love at first sight + Secret love comes true + Youthful heartache + BE] When the innocent, sunny Ning Wan fell in love with Song Qingyan at first sight, he was the golden boy in everyone's eyes. She wrote her secret feelings in her diary, planning to keep them to herself. By a twist of fate, Song Qingyan became her temporary guardian. During the days when she was ostracized and bullied, he became the light in her life. She held on 27.6kReads9.6Score6.2k14d adds
11. 161 再 There’s No Going Back Ever Again 再也回不去了】 Fireworks and Sparks花火火花Two Female Leads241k WordsCompleted [Heartbreaking throughout | No redemption | No getting back together after a breakup | The perpetrator’s remorse, from their perspective] There are no hysterical accusations, no shouting matches. All of Su Nian’s pain has become involuntary physical reactions. Convulsions, vomiting, screaming, fainting. This is her cruelest and most helpless accusation against Lin Xi. Lin Xi remembered the last words Su Nian said to her until the day she died. She said, “Lin Xi, go. Seeing you hurts.” 1.9kReads—Score14414d adds
12. 162 我 My Depression Diary 我的抑郁日记 Dragon Maiden Naga龙女那伽Modern Romance283k WordsOngoing This is the personal story of someone living with depression. The book documents the entire journey, from diagnosis to recovery: from suspicion to diagnosis, from treatment to relapses, and finally toward healing. After countless inner struggles, the author hopes this story can help others who have been through the same thing. 475Reads—Score10114d adds
13. 163 暗 The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted 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 79.3kReads9.7Score13.8k14d adds
14. 164 姐 My Sister Is a Saint. I'm Drowning, but She Orders Me to Comfort a Poor Viper 姐姐是圣母，我要淹死了，她命我去温暖可怜的毒蛇 Summer Fruit Tea夏日果茶11k WordsCompleted My sister is a saint. Even as I was drowning, she ordered me to go comfort a poor venomous snake. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 165 你 Did You Become an Adult on the Night You Cried the Hardest? 你哭得最伤心的那个晚上变成大人了吗？ Little Flower Reading小花阅读Modern Romance143k WordsCompleted When was the last time you had a good cry? That night, embrace your disappointment and face your sadness. Looking back after time has passed, perhaps it was a gift that helped you grow. Don't be afraid. Take a big step forward. We don't always have to play the adults. The way you charge headlong into things, the way you are so childlike, can be just as adorable. 179Reads9.3Score—14d adds
16. 166 重 Life with Severe Depression 重度抑郁生活 Nian Yexi姩刈汐Modern Romance359k WordsOngoing Everyone, love yourselves and be happy every day. I love you all too‧˚₊*̥(∗︎*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)‧˚₊*̥ My darlings, mwah ( *ˊᵕˋ)✩︎‧₊ I picked the work’s tags at random 8Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 167 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
18. 168 他 He Kept Summer Hidden 他藏了夏天 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted That night, the young man slowly bent down, bracing his hands on his thighs so he could look her in the eye. It was as if he were declaring that they stood as equals in matters of the heart. Keeping his voice low, he asked, “Senior, I like you. Do you like me?” Ji An raised her hand to stroke Xu Linxi’s cheek and softly ordered him, “Close your eyes.” Xu Linxi trembled, then obediently lowered his lashes. Ji An’s lips curved into a smile. She placed both hands on either side of his face, rose on 8.7kReads9.1Score2.1k14d adds
19. 169 杏 When Spring Deepens After the Apricot Blossoms Set Fruit 杏花结子春深后 Still Remembering Sky-Blue Porcelain犹忆天青瓷Ancient Romance276k WordsCompleted She is a lowly convict slave in the palace laundry, humble as dust. He is the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, noble and radiant. Though their stations could hardly be further apart, they fall hopelessly in love. Only when their feelings are at their deepest does she unexpectedly learn that his father, the emperor, had her father framed so he could claim her mother for himself. Where can this ill-fated romance spanning two generations possibly lead? ----- A prince steals his minister’s wife + 1kReads—Score10714d adds

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    I've watched it three times, and the tragic ending of "A Lifetime of Tugs" still leaves me heartbroken! I can't get over it!

20. 170 雪 Snow Fell for Eleven Years, Then I Met You Again 雪落十一年，又逢野 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted Snow Fell for Eleven Years, Then We Met Again in the Wild 9Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 171 竹 After My Childhood Friend Got Glue in My Hair, He Regretted It Like Crazy 竹马摸我头发上胶水后，他悔疯了 Quan Xin荃昕Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted After my childhood friend got glue in my hair, he regretted it like crazy 35Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 172 清 The Breeze Never Reaches Mozi Mountain 清风不至莫子山 LiuqibaZz六七八ZzModern Romance157k WordsOngoing Between father and son, and between master and disciple, there is physical and emotional torment, as well as sternness and tenderness. The conflicts between Meng Buzhi and his son, Meng Xubai, and the mutual salvation between Meng Buzhi and his disciple, Mo Zishan, make this a story about food, growing up, and love~ The breeze may be gone, but it lives on. 2.9kReads—Score22314d adds

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    It's so angsty, the beginning is already so heartbreaking.

23. 173 没 No One Loves Him 没有人爱他 The Third Prince's Civilian Girlfriend三太子的圈外女友32k WordsCompleted No One Loves Him 459Reads—Score1314d adds

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    Extreme torture—torture them to death as long as they don't die.

24. 174 嘉 Jiadou's Little Red Flower 嘉朵小红花 The Third Prince's Civilian Girlfriend三太子的圈外女友29k WordsCompleted Jiadou's Little Red Flower 73Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 175 她 Her Youthful Years 她的豆蔻年华 The Third Prince's Civilian Girlfriend三太子的圈外女友14k WordsCompleted Her Sweet Sixteen 218Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 176 他 He Risked His Life to Protect Me, and Gave Her His Heart 他以命护我，以心予她 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted He Protected Me with His Life and Gave Her His Heart 346Reads—Score414d adds
27. 177 心 May Your Heart's Desires Bring You Peace, Day and Night 心有所妄，朝暮皆安 Quan Xin荃昕11k WordsCompleted With a Heart Full of Longing, Peace in Every Dawn and Dusk 324Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 178 灰 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 Clouds of Rough Noodles Again又见糙面云Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 37.7kReads9.4Score4.5k14d adds

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    Having read thousands of contemporary romance novels, this is my favorite couple. They are truly strong, not the superficial strength and love often found in online novels. It's very sophisticated and not suitable for readers with a "feel-good" mentality. It's more suitable for experienced and thoughtful readers. The scope is vast; a must-read!

29. 179 月 Moonlit Night, Conquest 月夜，征服 Long Wind Chasing Waves长风逐浪Urban387k WordsOngoing Lin Fan, a poor country boy from a mountain village, awakens an ancient medical inheritance by accident. From then on, his medical skills are divine, and his fate takes a turn for the better. By day, he's an unremarkable village doctor. But who could have guessed... 215Reads6.9Score11814d adds

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    The book's sense of destiny and entanglement is just right. The encounters are due to reasons, the stays are predestined, and the choices are measured. It's not deliberately romantic, but it's gentle, lingering, and leaves a lasting impression. I'll be thinking about it for a long time after finishing it! Does anyone else have such a strong aftertaste as me?

30. 180 傻 The Foolish Boy Makes a Comeback, Shocking the Whole Village 傻小子逆袭，全村都惊了 Please, Let Me Go Viral求求你让我大火Urban718k WordsOngoing Down-on-his-luck college student Ye Tian was beaten into an idiot after doing the right thing and sent back to his rural hometown, where he stayed with Li Tianbao. The village was full of gossip, and Wang Cuihua complained day after day. In their desperation, Li Tianbao turned his attention to his idiot cousin. He might be simple-minded, but he had once been a top student at a medical university, stood six feet one, and was handsome to boot. What they didn't know was that a mysterious jade pend 9.8kReads6.9Score74214d adds
31. 181 山 The Mountain Village's Peaches Are Ripe 山村蜜桃熟了 Please, Let Me Go Viral求求你让我大火Rural Life516k WordsOngoing Village simpleton Li Ming is taken in for eight years, enduring nothing but contempt. By chance, he gains the ancient legacy of Shennong, and from then on his medical skills reach the heavens and his cultivation advances by leaps and bounds. When his mind clears, he discovers the feelings others have secretly harbored for him all these years, as well as the secret buried by the village chief. See how Li Ming uses his miraculous medical skills and cultivation techniques to carve out a path to a c 10kReads6.3Score65514d adds
32. 182 烽 War-Torn Romance: The Young Marshal's Contracted Mistress 烽烟为聘：少帅的契约外室 Dreaming and Soaring漫梦飞翔Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted Jiang Xinyue, the Commander's daughter, was forced to become a surrogate for her older sister. Made to sign a humiliating contract, she became Rong Qiubai, the Governor of Jiangzhong's secret mistress in the military, imprisoned in a gilded cage and cut off from the light of day. She treated him coldly; he had been plotting for a long time. He took her by force, and she was consumed by hatred and love. The warlord's young master, Zheng Hemin, her childhood sweetheart, went mad for her. He used w 852Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male leads are all deeply affectionate, while the female leads are all tortured terribly!

33. 183 民 Tears of a Republican Era Hero, Half for the People and Half for a Beauty 民国英雄泪，半为苍生半美人 Dreaming and Soaring漫梦飞翔Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted I hear the flute’s plaintive tune and the xiao’s clear notes, but cannot quite make them out. Old companions from the jianghu scatter like dust. In all my life, I have shed only two lines of tears: half for the people, half for a beauty. Zheng Xiao is a brilliant military staff officer. In Jingxi City, he meets the charming and lively Yao Yudi. The daughter of a commander, Yao Yudi has been imprisoned and abused by her father for years, all while searching for a slim chance to survive. She delib 46Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 184 爱 My Love Is Real, and So Is My Desire to Kill You 爱是真的，想杀你也是真的 Tai Moshen太末生Marriage & Romance21k WordsCompleted My Love Is Real, and So Is My Desire to Kill You 31Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's worth a look!

35. 185 烬 Jinli: The Gardenias Haven't Fallen Asleep 烬璃：栀子未眠 Tai Moshen太末生30k WordsCompleted Jin Li: The Gardenia Has Yet to Sleep 24Reads—Score114d adds
36. 186 替 The Contract Wife, The Ice-Cold CEO Falls Hard 替嫁契约妻，高冷禁欲总裁沦陷 Loves Bauhinia Flowers爱紫荆花Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted Forced by her adoptive parents, Xia Yutong takes the place of her arrogant, overbearing stepsister and marries Lu Yunfei, a notorious playboy caught up in one scandal after another. But the wedding takes a shocking turn. The man who comes to escort her home is not the playboy Lu Yunfei, but Lu Yanci, the feared devil of the business world. He runs the vast Lu business empire, wields enormous power, and is ruthless in his methods. He is aloof, chaste, and indifferent to women. On their wedding ni 12.4kReads6.8Score86914d adds

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    A marriage of convenience that blossoms into love; the aloof and cunning CEO initially mistreats the female lead, but later falls for him and embarks on a tumultuous journey of pursuing her.

37. 187 折 Luring the Beauty into Her Cage: The Hostage General's Prisoner of Vengeance 折娇入笼：质子将军的复仇囚宠 A Reed Can Cross the River一苇杭Ancient Romance262k WordsCompleted A secret imperial decree, five years of bitter hatred. He dragged his moonlight from the clouds and crushed her with his own hands. Years ago, Su He, the daughter of the prime minister, showed kindness and took in a gloomy hostage prince. Five years of love ended in her family’s ruin and her country’s downfall. He returned after laying waste to the realm, locking the proud woman away as his lowest slave. Humiliation, imprisonment, torment of body and soul. He thought hatred was all he felt. Unti 984Reads6.1Score10914d adds

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    It's angsty, but also very good.

38. 188 爆 Explosive! The Undercover Big Shot Has Fallen for Me 爆！卧底大佬他沦陷了 Spring Returns Beneath the Trees林下又见春Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [BE] [BE] [BE] [Undercover police officer in Myanmar × genius doctor with a split personality] [No arguments, misunderstandings, or groveling] [Both leads are devoted only to each other] Myanmar, a rainy night, Guanyuan. A muffled thud came from the backyard. She saw him and glanced over without a trace of emotion. “Disgusting. Throw him out.” Lu Chen froze, then hurriedly spoke up. “I have money. Lots of money.” Su Qingyan stopped and glanced back at the man on the ground. “Take him inside.” .. 150Reads—Score10414d adds

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    Pure tragic ending, extremely angsty!!

39. 189 狂 A Wild Quest for Redemption 狂野求渡 Three Fish Tails三枝鱼尾Modern Romance213k WordsOngoing [Cold, aloof heartthrob + dark heroine + scheming second female lead + pure-hearted supporting male lead] The untouchable beauty falls with her eyes wide open, while the gloomy heroine saves herself one step at a time! After the Jiang family took Cen Endu in, she became little more than a shadow in Jiang Qu’s life. To get revenge on Jiang Qu, she approached Jiang Qu’s boyfriend, Fu Yunyang! But she ended up provoking his deranged, obsessive older brother, Fu Yunye. After Fu Yunye exposed her in 10Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 190 我 My Unrequited Love Was Buried in Midsummer 我的暗恋葬于盛夏 Junior Sister123师妹12312k WordsCompleted My Unrequited Love Was Buried in Midsummer 460Reads—Score—14d adds

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    She said that ginkgo trees take twenty years to bear fruit because they need to grow roots first. Only when the roots are deep can the fruit grow steadily. It took me over thirty years to grow roots. Now the roots are stable, and the fruit has ripened. You taste them for me and see if they're ripe. Ginkgo nuts.

41. 191 帝 An Emperor's Tormented Love: Your Consort Is Already in Her Coffin 帝王虐恋：臣妾已是棺中人【虐】 Junior Sister123师妹12318k WordsCompleted An Emperor’s Tormented Love: Your Majesty, I’m Already in My Coffin [Angst] 56Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 192 可 Maybe I'm Not a Good Person 可能，我不是一个好人 Junior Sister123师妹12317k WordsCompleted Maybe I'm Not a Good Person 71Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 193 姑 Fox Whispers of Guyao 姑瑶狐语 Sun Peiran孙培然Ancient Romance25k WordsCompleted Qing Yi, the most adorable little fox spirit on Mount Guy Yao, has one greatest wish in life: to cling to Brother Wei Yan forever. She always slacks off when cultivating. She can be happy for three days after growing a second tail, and doesn't mind much when it shrinks back to one. After all, her black fox big brother, with a beauty mark at the corner of his eye, is there to bail her out. When a peach tree spirit pesters her, her brother swishes his paw and cuts it into several pieces. When she 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Reading two books back-to-back, both incredibly angsty, is more effective.

44. 194 未 Unspoken Longing 未言心盼 Sun Peiran孙培然Two Female Leads31k WordsCompleted Two female leads, everyday life, BE, told entirely through dialogue. BE: please don’t read if you dislike it. Jiang Xinpan, a Chinese teacher, rents a place when her school dormitory is renovated, and falls in love with her landlady, Yu Weiyan. The story draws on some of my own life experiences and is a novel I wrote for myself. It’s very short, written purely for love. The style is extremely restrained, with lots left unsaid; it only presents parts of the full story. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
45. 195 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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    White robes stained with blood, a testament to both iron will and tender heart. This book, "Snow-Stained Memories," transforms "pure love, solely for China" into the most moving love letter.

46. 196 地 Five Corpses in the Cellar 地窖里的五具尸体 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折7k WordsCompleted Five Bodies in the Cellar 901Reads—Score1714d adds

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    If you like the title, you can read it.

47. 197 把 My Mom Regretted It After She Forced Me Into Prison 把我逼进监狱后我妈后悔了 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折8k WordsCompleted After Driving Me Into Prison, My Mother Regretted It 2.3kReads—Score—14d adds
48. 198 烙 A Scar Etched Into My Heart 烙在心底的伤疤 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪7k WordsCompleted The Scar Etched Into My Heart 9Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A super heartbreaking short story

49. 199 我 You Were in My Dreams 我的梦里有个你 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪8k WordsCompleted You’re in My Dreams 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Heartbreaking story

50. 200 尘 Warmth Amid the Ashes 尘途烬暖 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪17k WordsCompleted Warm Ashes Along the Dusty Road 17Reads—Score—14d adds

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