The Protagonist Is Depressed, Utterly Radiating Despair 主角抑郁，浑身都透露着绝望

1. 651 宋 The Splendor of Bianjing in the Song Dynasty: Provoke Her, and the Storm Will Pass! 宋韵京华：惹她，山雨歇！ Lush Pine and Bamboo松筠葱葱Historical184k WordsCompleted 1. (Transmigration to Song history) (Ancient-style romance, infinite worlds) (Literary foundations and imaginative ideas) (One female lead, occasionally a full cast of men) (Funny and never long-winded). Best savored slowly, one little bite at a time. 2. The two male leads are really just a pair of grown-up brats whose delayed adolescence is still dragging on. Once their rebellious phases end and they stop making everything about themselves, their worldviews will emerge. 3. Each incident is ordi 18Reads8.2Score—Shelves
2. 652 运 The Man Who Hauled Provisions Was Made a Prince, While I Was Stripped of My Command 运粮草的被封王，我却被夺了兵权 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted The Man Who Hauled Supplies Was Made a King, While I Was Stripped of My Command 744Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A very desperate short story

3. 653 什 What? Mr. Xie Is My Virtual Boyfriend? 什么，谢总是我养的纸片人？ Sea Salt Cream Cap海盐奶盖Modern Romance256k WordsCompleted At seventeen, the Ning family found their biological daughter. Gu Yu, the adopted daughter, was discarded like trash and sent back to the impoverished mountains, where she moved into a cave dwelling. Life was hard, but luckily she found a life-simulation game. [Life-simulation game + cozy daily life + life gets better + sweet happy ending] ←←← Female lead's perspective * Male lead's perspective ↓↓↓ Xie Changxiao was gravely ill. The doctors said he had only three months left to live. The day he 2.1kReads9.3Score330Shelves

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   A fake heiress versus a sickly young master. The day they met, he didn't want to raise his hand, but someone pressed the emergency call button for him...🌼 What to do when you encounter a nurturing game when you're at your poorest? I need help urgently...💜💖 Nurturing game, heartwarming daily life, sweet happy ending, a story of love and redemption from the male lead's perspective. He, who had little will to live, met the woman who wanted to save him. 🌺 Highly recommended, you won't regret reading it.

4. 654 师 The Master’s Wife’s Chaos Body and the String of Events It Set Off 师娘的混沌体，所引发的连串事情 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted A series of events set off by the Shiniang's Chaotic Body —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 655 废 Wasteland Blood Moon: A King-Rank Bloodvine Parasite Lives Inside Me 废土血月：我体内寄生着王级血藤 Song of Falling Feathers羽落天歌Two Female Leads528k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + no saintly heroine + decisive and ruthless + powerful heroine + two heroines + no idiocy + a satisfying mix of angst and gratification] Good news: I'm breathtakingly beautiful. Bad news: I'm locked in an iron cage, about to be auctioned off for a fortune. Even worse news: there's a chatty blood vine in my head trying to take over my body. Wei: (freaking out) “I'm a royal strain! I'm fifth-tier! And you used my vines to skewer meat for barbecue?!” Jiang Shuyue: Shut up. I'm in charg 160Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   This book deserves five stars! It captivated me completely. Keep up the good work, author!

6. 656 这 In This Life, I Just Want to Treat You a Little Better! 这一世，我只想对你更好一些！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted In this life, I just want to treat you even better! 734Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 657 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves

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   I bet you're not hopeless, are you? [Laughs]

8. 658 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, Even a Tool Character Wants to Defy Fate 穿书后，工具人也想逆天改命 Flower Flower Flower Wins花花花胜Ancient Romance470k WordsCompleted “After transmigrating into a book, the tool character really wants to lose it on the spot!” [Transmigrate into a book + reborn + mutual salvation + healing + ensemble cast] "World-weary, emotionally detached girl × cool, sensitive boy who’s a hopeless romantic" [This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! The plot and romance take priority, and every character acts according to their established personality.] “Jiang Zhunan, you’re so fake.” “Gu Xianqing, you’re such a poser.” Jiang Zhunan had been 1.5kReads8.7Score211Shelves

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   The female protagonist is suicidal in the early stages. (Entourage story)

9. 659 这 In This Life, Would You Still Want to Be with Me? 这一世，你还愿意和我在一起吗？ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀11k WordsCompleted In This Life, Are You Still Willing to Be with Me? 217Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 660 看 Invisible Tenderness! 看不见的温柔！ A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted Invisible Tenderness! 677Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 661 成 After Becoming the Stepping Stone for Four Male Leads 成为四个男主的踏脚石之后 I'm Excellent我是优秀Ancient Romance627k WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a Book + Love Triangle Drama + Doted on by Everyone Later + Martial World + Multiple Male Rivals] Content warnings: Nonsensical plot, heroine-focused readers beware, frustrating early chapters, timid heroine. Shen Zhiyuan had a stepping-stone System. The System told her she would turn evil out of unrequited love and eventually become one of the villains in the book. Her mission was to serve as a stepping stone for the male leads, then die a glorious death beneath their sword 476Reads9.1Score108Shelves

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    The author updates intermittently; the beginning is somewhat humorous, but the later part is extremely despairing—she just wants to go home... And in the end, she goes blind.

12. 662 被 My Husband and Mother-in-Law Set Me Up, and I Snapped 被丈夫和婆婆算计，我怒了 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted My Husband and Mother-in-Law Set Me Up, and I Snapped 222Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 663 皇 The Empress Gets Her Revenge on the Spot 皇后有仇当场报 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted The Empress Gets Her Revenge on the Spot 236Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 664 他 He Found My Suicide Note 他捡到了我的遗书 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted He Found My Suicide Note 496Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 665 缅 Reborn: Escaping a Telecom Scam Compound in Northern Myanmar 缅北电诈园重生逃亡记 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀10k WordsCompleted Reborn and Escaping a Telecom Fraud Compound in Northern Myanmar —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 666 影 I Calculated the Actress’s Fate 影后的命，我算的 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀7k WordsCompleted I Read the Actress’s Fate 319Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 667 美 The Secret in the Beautiful Woman’s Hands Made Me Stop Resisting 美妇手中的机密，让我停止了反抗 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6k WordsCompleted The Secret in the Hands of a Beautiful Woman Made Me Stop Resisting —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 668 他 He Killed Me, Then We Shared a Body 他杀了我，然后和我共用一具身体 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted He Killed Me, Then Shared My Body 74Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 669 盗 The Thief Stole Three Women and the Country 盗贼偷了三个女人和这个国家 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀6k WordsCompleted The Thief Stole Three Women and This Country 28Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 670 魔 A True Account of Starting a Business at a Demon Realm Resort 魔界度假村创业实录 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀9k WordsCompleted A True Account of Starting a Business at a Resort in the Demon Realm 16Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 671 皇 The Empress Only Wants to Be Empress Dowager 皇后娘娘她只想当太后 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted Her Majesty the Empress Only Wants to Become the Empress Dowager 297Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 672 疯 The Mad Emperor Imprisoned Me in a Shrine and Made Me His “Bodhisattva” 疯批皇帝把我囚在佛堂，让我当他的“菩萨”。 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted The mad emperor imprisoned me in the Buddhist temple and made me his “Bodhisattva.” 24Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 673 宗 The Sect Tournament: I Won First Place with My Thesis 宗门大比，我靠论文拿了第一 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀14k WordsCompleted I Took First Place in the Sect Tournament with My Paper 15Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 674 仙 The Immortal Venerable Says I Laid an Egg 仙尊说我生了颗蛋 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀8k WordsCompleted The Immortal Venerable Says I Laid an Egg 20Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 675 什 What! The Depressed CEO Wants to Hire Me as Her Secretary 什么！抑郁女总裁要聘我当秘书 Red House红房Urban536k WordsCompleted [One heroine]+ [Pure romance]+ [Bickering couple]+ [Mutual healing]+ [Lighthearted, humorous daily life] The first time Li Wen met Lin Yao, she was jumping into a river. He pulled her out, then casually asked, “Would you like to go to a hotel with a stranger who happens to be a good person?” When they met for the second time, Li Wen asked, “Now that you see water, do you still feel like getting close to nature?” By the third time they met, Li Wen had become the woman’s secretary. Years later, af 7.1kReads9.3Score747Shelves

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    I used the last moments of my life to teach you how to cherish.

26. 676 异 The Divine Mage of Another World 异世法神 A Single Spirit Shines Alone一灵独耀Eastern Fantasy98k WordsCompleted The protagonist's soul transmigrates into a world of magic and battle qi, only to find himself possessing a corpse that has been dead for three days… Many people know that the body is dead, so someone immediately informs on him… News that the dead body of the Farah family's genius young master has come back to life quickly spreads across the world… The protagonist, possessing this corpse, must keep the truth hidden. Otherwise, his family, his country, and the Church will all burn him alive as a 3Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 677 当 When They Wanted to Turn Back, I Was Already Gone 当她们想回头时，我却早已不在 Xina Qixi Nai西奈栖息耐Urban460k WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was the youngest son of the prestigious Jiang family, lost as a child. After they found him, they never accepted him. No matter how hard Jiang He tried to please them, nothing worked. During a fire, his three older sisters abandoned him without hesitation, anxiously taking the fake young master away and leaving him to burn alive... In this life, Jiang He stops debasing himself by begging for the ridiculous, biased love of that family. He simply waits quietly until he com 10.6kReads8.6Score924Shelves
28. 678 丝 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Tale of Li Chongan, Jade Keeper 丝路玉鉴：守玉丞李崇安传 White Prism LEE白棱镜LEE38k WordsCompleted Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Story of Li Chong'an, Keeper of the Jade 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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29. 679 丝 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Lin Clan's Joinery Art and the Soul-Hanging Staircase 丝路玉鉴：林氏榫卯诀之悬魂梯 White Prism LEE白棱镜LEE16k WordsCompleted Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Lin Clan's Mortise-and-Tenon Technique and the Soul-Hanging Ladder 7Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 680 丝 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The He Clan's Hydrology and the Shule River Valley 丝路玉鉴：河氏水文之疏勒河谷 White Prism LEE白棱镜LEE15k WordsCompleted Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The He Clan's Hydrology and the Shule River Valley 4Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 681 丝 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Su Clan's Astrology and the Buddhist Caves of Longyou 丝路玉鉴：苏氏星象之陇右佛窟 White Prism LEE白棱镜LEE22k WordsCompleted Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Su Clan's Astrology and the Buddhist Caves of Longyou 10Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 682 丝 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Zhao Clan's Spells and the Secret Treasure of Anxi 丝路玉鉴：赵氏符咒之安西秘宝 White Prism LEE白棱镜LEE31k WordsCompleted Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Zhao Clan's Talismans and the Secret Treasure of Anxi 7Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 683 丝 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: The Li Family Jade Pendant, Key to Hexi 丝路玉鉴：李氏玉坠之河西密钥 White Prism LEE白棱镜LEE31k WordsCompleted Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: The Li Clan's Jade Pendant and the Secret Key to Hexi 3Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 684 丝 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Destiny as an Undercover Agent in Chang'an 丝路玉鉴：李烬宿命之长安卧底 White Prism LEE白棱镜LEE35k WordsCompleted Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: Li Jin's Fate as an Undercover Agent in Chang'an 3Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 685 丝 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Good Fortune, the Stunning Beauty 丝路玉鉴：李烬幸事之绝色佳人 White Prism LEE白棱镜LEE37k WordsCompleted Jade Appraisal Along the Silk Road: Li Jin's Good Fortune and the Peerless Beauty 2Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 686 丝 Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin’s Secrets and the Triangle Star Pattern 丝路玉鉴：李烬秘事之三角星纹 White Prism LEE白棱镜LEE34k WordsCompleted Silk Road Jade Chronicles: Li Jin's Secrets, the Triangular Star Pattern 2Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 687 咫 Near, Yet Worlds Apart 咫尺，天涯 Frost-Stained Blue Collar霜染青衿Two Male Leads133k WordsCompleted The closest they ever came was with a single packet of tissues between them. On the subway, he coughed up blood, and the other handed him a tissue. Their hands were close enough to touch. That was the closest they had ever been. Later, they fell in love. In a ten-square-meter prefab room, they shared a single bed, huddled together so close they could hear each other’s hearts beating. He thought they would spend their whole lives like that. Until he was diagnosed with ALS. He began avoiding the o 1Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 688 野 Wildfire and Poetry 野火与诗 Frost-Stained Blue Collar霜染青衿Two Male Leads100k WordsOngoing Shen Xuezhou and Lu Yanzhou: one is called “Xuezhou,” the other “Yanzhou.” Their names come from Bai Juyi’s poem: “You lie buried beneath the spring earth, your bones turned to dust; I remain among the living, my hair white beneath the snow.” One is a drifting boat in the snow with nowhere to call home; the other, an isolated island burdened with debt. They meet in a narrow alley in Nancheng, wrapping themselves up tight in indifference and jokes, yet seeing at a glance the emptiness in each oth —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 689 坏 Bad Kid: But I Wasn't Bad to Begin With 坏小孩：可我原本不坏 Heart Facing the Sun v心若向阳vUrban194k WordsOngoing What? The school's top student has unexpectedly gotten to know two "bad kids," one a cocky, cool-looking troublemaker, the other quiet and steady. And now they're asking me to commit crimes with them? Am I going to become a bad kid, too? Mystery + crime + school-age boys + little girls + youth + childhood + cuteness + family + scheming characters + multiple twists + multiple foreshadowed clues + strikingly realistic daily life. Guaranteed to make you laugh through your tears. Who could have gu 95Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is depressed, radiating despair, and has even given up on himself, no longer being the top student in the school.

40. 690 全 The All-Rounder Little Girl Is Hounded by Illness 全能小孩她病魔缠身 Abyss of Fallen Stars坠星之渊Modern Romance615k WordsOngoing [Also known as: The Star’s Wish, the Wish Comes Late] [Everyone’s favorite + powerhouse + near-future setting + secret identities + technology + no romance + interstellar + mecha + sister-obsessed family + female-oriented + can talk to animals] (The rating just came out. It’ll rise… probably?) The twelve great families lost a wife and a daughter in the Eighteenth Calamity: the wives died, and the children went missing. The children had been lost for fifteen years. The families tried everything a 398Reads7.1Score100Shelves

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