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

1. 51 得 When I Learned Everyone Hated Me, I Decided to Give Up 得知自己是万人嫌，我决定摆烂 Nine Drinks九个酒Two Male Leads380k WordsCompleted [Bittersweet Romance + Healing] Qingning could never understand. He was the real young master, so why did everyone like Lin Lexin so much? His birth parents feared Lin Lexin would be devastated if he learned the truth, so they chose to hide his real identity. His eldest brother thought he was bullying Lin Lexin and wanted to send him abroad, while his second brother simply shoved him down the stairs. He tried to imitate Lin Lexin, only to be told he was a pitiful imitation. So when he bound 4.1kReads8.2Score312Shelves

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   Not every book is good, but some are really heart-wrenching. Sensitive readers should avoid them. [Crying]

2. 52 屿 Island Mist at Dusk 屿沫夕晖 Warmth Hides in Tenderness温暖藏匿于温柔Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing They first met on a rainy night, when he collapsed in front of her. She took him to the hospital and became a fleeting ray of light in his dark world. His confession from inside a music box was drowned out by his family calling him home. She only said, “I’m going back to China,” and he thought it was a gentle rejection. From then on, they became strangers, each drifting through their own abyss. Years later, they met again. He was the cool-headed associate chief physician in cardiac surgery, an 986Reads—Score101Shelves

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   The female lead suffers from severe depression due to her family background and engages in self-harm. The male lead also lives a confused life because of his mother's death when he was young. The female lead enters the hospital in a manner similar to the male lead's mother's suicide attempt and they reunite.

3. 53 丧 The Depressed, Wicked, Sickly Villainess Gives Up 丧系恶毒病美人女配摆烂了 Lousy Idle Fish烂烂的闲鱼Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted 1v1. A sickly heroine who falls ill at the slightest provocation. The male lead supports her unconditionally. Neither the original male nor female lead is vilified. The heroine truly has little will to survive, so please proceed with caution if that bothers you. There are some showbiz elements, but not many. The male lead’s legs are fine; he won’t stay disabled, so don’t worry. Yun Nuan, who died after enduring a long illness, discovers that she has entered a book. In the story, she uses her su 9.6kReads9.3Score925Shelves

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   I cried my eyes out while watching it.

4. 54 标 I Washed Off the Mark, and the Crazy E Is Begging Me to Stay 标记洗了，疯批E哭着留我 Mountains and Rivers, Clear Skies and Fields山川晴野Two Male Leads282k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + ABO (EA Romance) + 1v1, Both Pure and Faithful, Happy Ending + Chinese-Style Interstellar Setting + Love and Hate + Rekindled Romance] [The noble, aloof, and peerlessly elegant crown prince, who falls from his pedestal and rises again to reclaim the throne] [A rebel army commander who seems like a shameless playboy but is actually a devoted romantic, a wolf in the early stages and a loyal hound later on] Born into privilege, the crown prince was blessed with loving parents, 134Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 愚 When Will My Foolishly Filial Husband Finally Wake Up? Ten Years of Marriage Have Left Me Heartbroken 愚孝丈夫何时才醒悟？我的十年婚姻熬成一地心寒 Nangong Yuxuan南宫雨轩8k WordsCompleted When Will My Foolishly Filial Husband Finally Wake Up? Ten Years of Marriage Have Left Me Utterly Heartbroken 166Reads—Score—Shelves

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   An unhappy marriage, despair to the point of hopelessness.

6. 56 她 She, the Gloomy Madwoman, Was Read Like a Book 她，阴郁疯批被读心 Hui Li绘栗Modern Romance635k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Unconventional Heroine + Mind Reading + Wealthy Family + The Long Road to Winning Her Back + No Fixed Couple + Otome-Game Vibes] [Main story complete. It’s recommended that you turn off the comments while reading.] She, Lan Yetan, is a mentally ill girl with no desire to stay alive. After dying, she inexplicably transmigrates into the novel Green Tea Sweetheart: Soft and Sweet. At first, she plans to drift aimlessly through the world as a lonely ghost. Wait. Why has she bee 11.2kReads8.9Score923Shelves
7. 57 等 Waiting for You to Turn Around and Say You Love Me 等你回头说爱我 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads151k WordsCompleted [Boys' love + emotional torment + physical torment + a perfect deception + innocent on the outside, dark within + obsessive and twisted + bad ending + strong characters + yandere] No one is simple. Please don't look at people too naively, especially those who seem harmless. Shen Yan is the child of a wealthy family. In other people's eyes, he's nothing but a commodity with a price tag, something to be passed around and bullied at will. He tries with all his might to learn how to love others and 881Reads9.2Score118Shelves
8. 58 恶 The Vicious Bad Boy Is Imprisoned by His Nemesis and Forced to Raise a Child 恶毒酷哥被死对头囚禁带娃 Clear Broth清水锅Two Male Leads233k WordsCompleted [Audio drama now available, come give it a listen] [Two male leads + equally matched + vicious, wicked, handsome bottom + younger, handsome, trashy top + both are virgins + plenty of melodrama + satisfying face-slapping] [Side couple + beautiful and strong + refined older top + straightforward, loyal bottom + see extra chapters] To avenge his mother, Qin Xibei personally sends his own father to prison. Then, just as he is about to wipe out the son his father had with his mistress, his younger br 9kReads8.6Score695Shelves
9. 59 别 Hey! How Could My Sweet Wife Possibly Be Mentally Ill? 别闹！老婆那么乖怎么会是精神病 Yue Qingying月轻影Two Male Leads509k WordsCompleted (The rating has only just come out, so it’ll go up.) ABO + intense push and pull + marriage before love + equally matched leads + sweet romance + both virgins + mutual flirting Proud, aloof, secretly passionate White-Zephyr-fox bottom VS domineering, unhinged, jealous husband Gray-Wolf top - Everyone said Gu Zhen was a born wolf, his eyes gleaming green at the sight of power. When he heard that the noble families’ prized white magnolia was choosing a marriage partner, the wolf’s nose twitched. H 8.8kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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   I really feel sorry for Qi Changning. Even with severe depression, he still grew into a magnolia blooming at the pinnacle of power! He endured it all alone for 18 years. It was very painful, but he was also incredibly strong!

10. 60 穿 After Becoming a Terminally Ill Heiress, I Can’t Enjoy Life at All! 穿成绝症千金后，活不了一点！ Near Death, I Sat Up in Shock垂死病中惊坐起Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Su Muran spent twenty years treading carefully, then died in an unusually frigid sea. Her birth had killed her mother, and both her father and brother resented her. “Dad, let me tidy that up for you.” Su's father irritably drove her out. “Big brother, I made this cake for you.” She eagerly hoped he would accept it. He threw the cake on the ground with a look of disgust. “Get lost!” The Su family disliked Su Muran, and the servants bullied her. She was tired. Because her mother had given her life 10.4kReads8.9Score757Shelves

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    The beginning was very tragic; after finally dying, he was kidnapped to another world, but Siyi is a very good baby.

11. 61 绝 After My Terminal Diagnosis, My Contract Boyfriend Chased Me to the Crematorium in Tears 绝症后，契约男友哭着追进火葬场 Eighteen Bronze Walnuts十八铜核桃仁Two Male Leads291k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, Old-School Angsty Drama, A Real Pursuit After the Breakup, Scum Top Transformed into a Crying, Devoted Dog, Angst Before Affection, Both Reborn, Happy Ending] [Stoic Bottom with a Terminal Illness & Hard-Mouthed-at-First, Tender and Affectionate Top] Lin Shi'an was diagnosed with lung cancer, with only three months left to live. Seven years ago, when Li Feng's mother was gravely ill, Lin Shi'an paid two million to buy ten years of his time and personally made him a popular movie 5.4kReads8.9Score541Shelves
12. 62 记 The Memory Trial: The Moment the Nation Wept for Him 记忆审判：那一刻，全国为他痛哭 Big Fish, Ah大鱼呀Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Narcotics Police] [Anti-Drug Campaign] [Narcotics Officer] [Sacrifice] A scarecrow stands in the wilderness, shielding the endless expanse behind it. In early autumn, ten years after he left home, he asked someone to place his final wish in your hands. The fire he lit never went out. Only the one who kept watch has gone. The national emblem on his cap is like his name: “Please bury it with me.” Birds sweep across the blank spaces of time, like a long story waking from beneath the dust. His eyes 5.1kReads9.2Score700Shelves

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    Then I'll have to pull out my most treasured book. I've read it all, and it's all bound in a box—I guarantee it's high quality.

13. 63 穿 Transmigrate to Yunnan Worm Valley: A Survival Guide for the Consort of King Xian 穿越云南虫谷：献王妃求生指南 Like Snow, Remembering the Passing Years似雪忆流年Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Ghost Blows Out the Light] + [yandere] + [King Xian is a straight-up tyrant, no redemption arc] The rating has just been posted, so it’ll go up. Updates are steady, so you can’t go wrong giving this a try! I transmigrated, but instead of getting a comeback story, I landed straight in the palace of King Xian of the ancient Dian Kingdom! All around me, women wailed in agony. Before me stood a mad tyrant with a bronze sword in hand and a sinister look in his eyes. No System! No supernatural abilit 57.1kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves

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    In ancient times, the male protagonist relentlessly criticizes the tyrannical ruler, refusing to be redeemed. He's obsessed with ascending to immortality and kills indiscriminately, leaving the female protagonist only able to eke out a living.

14. 64 渣 Has the Scumbag Gong Been Burned at the Crematorium Yet? 渣攻今天火葬场了吗 Green Underwear裤衩子增绿Two Male Leads250k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + regret and redemption + villainous bottom] A refined scoundrel who finally sees the light, top x a sharp-tongued, vindictive villainous bottom Qi Xu hated his sanctimonious younger brother, Qi Yun. Just because Qi Yun was born out of wedlock, he was always framing Qi Xu, openly and behind his back. One time, when no one was looking, Qi Xu shoved him down the stairs. The very next day, Shen Zichi showed up with his men and broke Qi Xu’s leg. Every time Qi Xu caused trouble for Q 2.8kReads6.4Score156Shelves
15. 65 总 The Cannon Fodder in a Harem Novel Awakens 总受文中的炮灰觉醒了 Idle Guest Third Prince闲客三太子Two Male Leads763k WordsCompleted Wu Mian never imagined he’d be a disposable extra in a story where everyone desires the male lead. He was just a broken brick tossed aside to make the jade shine. He was adopted by the Qu family, and falling for his childhood friend Qu Hansheng seemed only natural. But his love was never returned. He was tricked into stealing the Qu family’s secrets. When the matter was “exposed,” he was thrown out. Without the Qu family’s protection, he was reduced to picking through trash to survive. Little by 3.6kReads8.5Score473Shelves
16. 66 合 Roommates: I Have Two Months to Live, So Don't Fall for Me 合租：还剩两个月命，不要爱上我 A Song of the Starry Han一曲星汉Urban174k WordsCompleted At twenty-six, Xia Xing was diagnosed with a terminal illness in the prime of his life. He had only two months left... After quitting his job, he moved out of the dorm and rented a place elsewhere. His roommate was Qin Ziyue, the beautiful teacher from his university. Under the same roof, the wheels of fate began to turn... A sweet little treat, safe to enjoy. 777Reads8.7Score—Shelves
17. 67 生 Hated by Everyone in Life, I Became Their Beloved After Death 生前万人嫌，死后却成了白月光 Jun Xuanling君玄龄Urban216k WordsCompleted [Redemption] [Sweet Romance] [Healing] Senior high school student Chen Shu suddenly gains a superpower: he will be eighteen forever. He starts by using his power to enjoy a free feast of rare delicacies. Then he meets a girl on a bridge who is about to take her own life. With his superpower, he begins a romance with her... One that will never end. 1.7kReads8.7Score154Shelves
18. 68 女 Life with the Goddess: I Feel Like I've Seen You Somewhere Before 女神同居往事，我好像在哪见过你 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban126k WordsCompleted Li Huangxuan was a recent college graduate, stuck in a miserable nine-to-five job and always broke. Like every young person just starting out, he felt lost and uncertain about the future. He longed for a love that would leave a lasting mark. He had a crush on his coworker, Xu Wanqing, but was too timid to approach her. Then one day, his roommate moved out, and a goddess named Lin Ximeng moved in next door, turning his life upside down. A month of living together gradually drew the two of them cl 43.2kReads9.7Score4.6kShelves
19. 69 别 Stop Asking Me to Forgive You. Can You Just Let Me Go Before I Die? 别求我原谅了，临死前放过我好吗 Nonsense-Talking Anchovy糊言乱语的咸鱼Urban213k WordsCompleted [A pure healing story. The protagonist is destined to die + guiding spirits to the afterlife] Also known as [I Guide All Living Beings Through the Mortal World] After a checkup, Lu Yuan learns that he has at most six months left to live. So Lu Yuan decides to cast aside the heavy burdens that were never his to bear and start living for himself! Just then, he encounters the “Forget Worries Tavern,” and after his death, he becomes its owner. 1.3kReads9.0Score108Shelves
20. 70 赝 The Counterfeit 赝品 Green Ink青墨Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Song Cheng had been with Qin Minghua for five years. He always thought that even if he couldn’t win Qin Minghua’s love, at least he was someone special to him. But when that person appeared, he finally understood that both his feelings and his life were nothing more than tools Qin Minghua used to protect them. Out of love, Song Cheng resigned himself to giving up everything he had, but everything slowly began to move in a different direction. A fierce love and hatred, like an endless b 51Reads6.3Score—Shelves
21. 71 最 My Last Two Months: I Want to Say a Proper Goodbye to the World 最后两个月，我想与世界好好告别 Looking into the Distance看远方Urban157k WordsCompleted At eighteen, in the prime of my youth, I was diagnosed with a terminal illness. I had only two months left to live. But I couldn't bear to leave my loving parents, my doting grandparents, or the friends and family I cherished most… Since I couldn't change the fact that I was going to die, I wanted to choose how to spend the final stretch of my life. I'd make the most of my last two months in this world and say a proper goodbye to it. 1.3kReads8.7Score103Shelves
22. 72 诸 Riddled with Illness, I Refuse Treatment. Why Are You Crying? 诸病缠身，我不治，你们哭什么 So, Mister所以先生Urban307k WordsCompleted [Also known as: "Your Son Has Been Gone for a Long Time" and "My Depression Was Getting Better, but I Still Had Stomach Cancer"] Guo Lu was just passing through, a person suffering from depression, schizophrenia, and stomach cancer. After learning that he had only a few years left if he did not seek treatment, Guo Lu wanted nothing more than to end it all on his own terms. After the conflicts with his family accumulated and finally exploded time and again, the people close to him at last learned 4.4kReads8.8Score392Shelves
23. 73 心 After I Lost All Hope, My White Moonlight Wouldn't Leave Me Alone 心灰意冷后白月光对朕死缠烂打 Young Master Guiyuan归远少爷Two Male Leads307k WordsCompleted [Upcoming novel] A beautiful, strong, and tragic obsessive, sinister top x a cold, heartless bottom with a wretched fate Qing Ling was haunted by a vicious ghost of unknown origin. From then on, his life, once as still as a dead pond, was swept up in stormy waves. A marriage contract bound him to a destiny already laid out for him. He couldn’t escape or hide, and no matter how unwilling he was, he could only endure abuse and humiliation. Some people are born with lives as fragile as paper. The g 4.5kReads9.3Score612Shelves

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    This... I'm so crying!

24. 74 死 Still Waters, Cold as Death 死水薄凉 Frostblade Fish霜刀鱼Two Male Leads99k WordsCompleted [Scumbag Top x World-Weary Bottom] [Mad Dog x Mad Dog] [Forced Love] [Tragedy] The world had never been so dull. It all began when Xu Yanzhi picked up the countdown. Xu Yanzhi, a rich second-generation layabout who did nothing but coast through life and wait to die, encountered Li Yan after he returned to the country ten years later. Forced to tear open his wounds, Xu Yanzhi gradually let his true nature show. I’m done pretending. I actually hate this world. I set fires, hurt people, and framed 831Reads8.7Score110Shelves
25. 75 蘑 Back to Field: Ten Suicide Notes Revealed, Leaving the Entire Internet in Tears 蘑菇屋：十封遗书曝光，泪崩全网 I Am Ten Yuan吾乃十元钱Male-Channel Fanfiction179k WordsCompleted Season 6 of Yearning for Life premiered. As soon as everyone arrived, they were stunned by the beautiful scenery. Before long, they discovered a strange little cabin. Inside, they found ten letters. The first read: “Nuan Nuan, the flowers on the island have bloomed. That means I’ve come to see you…” Lin Feng The whole internet buzzed: Had Lin Feng come to the island to pursue Nuan Nuan? Who was this Lin Feng? They read the second letter, then the third… all the way to the tenth. Only then did th 2.7kReads9.1Score319Shelves
26. 76 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 166.5kReads9.8Score19.1kShelves
27. 77 伪 The Fake Stand-In Is Gone 伪替身走了 I Don't Eat Mianpi不吃面皮子Two Male Leads260k WordsCompleted A conflicted, oblivious-to-his-own-love top x a self-deprecating, timid, and pitiful bottom As the Qi family's adopted son, Qi Lian receives neither the attention of his stepfather nor the love of his biological mother. Wherever he goes, he feels like an unwanted extra, until Qin Shiming happens to help him one day. From then on, Qin Shiming is all he can think about. They have been married for three years. Their marriage is built on deals and compromises, and on Qi Lian's one-sided happiness. T 33Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 78 你 Hello, Ghost Bride. I Think We've Met Somewhere Before 你好阴婚娘子，我好像在哪见过你 Spear Through the Mist雾渡长枪Mystery21k WordsCompleted [White Moonlight + Local Legends + A Dream of Yellow Millet] Jiang Chen was born in the yin year, on the Ghost Festival, at the yin hour. He was born with an ill-fated destiny and a heavy yin aura. Rumor had it that he had caused his parents' deaths. To ward off the calamity fated to befall him when he came of age, he had no choice but to enter into a ghost marriage. But the bride from this ghost marriage looked more and more familiar to him. It was as if he'd seen her somewhere before. 2.1kReads—Score147Shelves

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    I'm sorry, I wish I could have married you sooner.

29. 79 电 Esports: Wild God, Your Marksman Has Jumped Off a Building Again 电竞：野神，你家射手他又跳楼了 a Sheng Never Restsa笙不息Two Male Leads403k WordsOngoing (The main story is complete, everyone, so enjoy without worry.) [Depressed beauty (bottom) x unruly loyal puppy (top)] [1v1 + redemption + esports + happy ending] Chi Yunshuo had planned to take a few jobs, pay off his debts, and then say goodbye to the world. But the second he stepped onto the rooftop, he received a message inviting him to join a team. Looking at the words "tryout" on the screen, he suddenly remembered that he had agreed to try out for Team AT not long ago. Chi Yunshuo: Maybe.. 37.7kReads9.0Score7kShelves

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    This has to be it!

30. 80 我 I’m Done Being a Simp, So Why Won’t You Leave Me Alone? 我不做舔狗了，为什么要来纠缠我 Drunk Beneath the Flowers醉眠花下Two Male Leads261k WordsCompleted The company has brought in a new general manager, and it’s the very person I used to act like a lovesick puppy over. What do I do? Jiu Yue Bai still remembered falling in love with Zhuo Yinqiu at first sight and being willing to do anything to win their heart. He brought food when they were hungry and clothes when they were cold. Even when he had nothing to eat or drink himself, he worked to earn money to buy things for Zhuo Yinqiu. During those years as a lovesick puppy, every single time he wa 111Reads5.9Score—Shelves
31. 81 假 After Faking My Death, the Scumbag Movie Emperor Spoils Me Relentlessly 假死后，被渣男影帝强势宠爱 Late Spring Day迟日Two Male Leads712k WordsCompleted [Main Story Complete]“Lu Yichao, if you want to save the Lu family, you have to marry me.” He used every means at his disposal to marry the alpha he had secretly loved for seven years. Qi Yanqing knew that Lu Yichao’s heart belonged to someone else: his twin brother, Qi Chuxing. Whether through force or deception, he still made Lu Yichao marry him. In public, they were a loving, sweet couple. Behind closed doors, they could barely stand the sight of each other. After three years together, Qi Yan 3.7kReads8.6Score373Shelves
32. 82 一 One Baby After Another: Who Says the Commander Is Too Cold? 一胎又一胎，到底谁说首长太清冷 Sweetie Xi小甜甜喜Modern Romance262k WordsCompleted Bound by a family-arranged marriage, Wen Jianxin is forced to marry a man whose moods are impossible to predict. She thought she could endure it forever, but she overestimated herself. Spending the rest of her life with him would be worse than dying. A proud, aloof young lady and an unreasonable man with a limp Set in the 1950s; coercive romance; both leads are sexually and romantically exclusive 7.8kReads8.0Score244Shelves

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    It was suffocating, and the later parts were especially tear-jerking; it made my heart ache. [Crying]

33. 83 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 171.7kReads9.6Score38.4kShelves
34. 84 病 The Obsessive Campus Belle Is Acting Strange, and Insists We Stay Together Forever 病娇校花她不对劲，非要和我锁死 Biglin比格麟Urban599k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead, Fake Yandere + No System, No Golden Finger + Everyday Life, Everyday Life, Everyday Life, Light Novel] Everyone at school knows that the gentle, generous Lin Anran is incredibly hard to win over. Her drawer is stuffed with love letters, but she never even looks at them. She turns down every confession, too. At first, everyone thought she was just a well-behaved girl who didn't want to date. Until someone saw her... Lingering by class monitor Shen Yu's side after school, pressed 16.8kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves

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    Great Confucian scholars will debate the scriptures for me.

35. 85 我 I'm a Corporate Drone Who Transformed into a Broken Girl and Clung to My Brother 我，社畜，变身破碎少女赖上兄弟 Pisces' Sheep双鱼的羊Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Gender transformation + pure romance + slight angst + healing + a broken girl + both leads' first love] “Gu Feng, I have nowhere else to go. Could you... take me in?” Late at night, Gu Feng opened the door. The person waiting outside wasn't his good friend Su Yu, but a beautiful girl in an oversized hoodie, her face as pale as paper and her frail body looking as if it might snap in two. The sunny young man who had once stood 179 centimeters tall had become a broken, sickly thin girl, just 167 c 82.5kReads9.4Score9.5kShelves
36. 86 强 The Deposed Emperor, Spoiled Rotten 强宠废帝 Xuan Lan轩岚Two Male Leads450k WordsCompleted [Complete, 1v1, both pure, groveling pursuit, both reborn] Before rebirth, it was all tragedy. After rebirth, it all ends happily. If you love tragic endings, you can read only the part before the rebirth. He was a young general in red, his cloak snapping as he made ruthless decisions on the battlefield. He was the dazzling, brilliant Crown Prince of the Mu Kingdom, the pride of the court. He was also a young emperor who could calm the realm with a stroke of his brush and secure it from horsebac 2.6kReads8.6Score345Shelves

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    The first book is the original novel of "The Deposed Emperor Becomes a Consort," where the seme gradually extinguishes the uke's hope, until the uke dies of despair. The previous life was a tragic ending, the next a happy ending. The second book is modern, with forced love and angst. 😢

37. 87 牢 Imprisoned in a Cage 牢笼禁锢 Han Yuming寒钰冥Two Male Leads818k WordsCompleted Warning ⚠️⚠️⚠️ The submissive is forced into this situation by mistake!!!!!! Warning ⚠️⚠️⚠️ Both are pure ➕ passion catches fire ➕ forced love ➕ age gap ➕ Stockholm syndrome This story is rather dark. (The rating just came out, so don't run off just because it's low.) Xie Pinshen only went to a friend's birthday party, never expecting to catch the eye of his friend's uncle. That very night, he was forced into Shen Qingming's room. The man firmly told him that he had fallen in love with him. 16.2kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
38. 88 青 After Losing Her Memory, the Childhood Sweetheart Became the Young General's Cherished Love 青梅失忆后成了少年将军掌中娇 Kelisiting克莉斯汀Ancient Romance223k WordsCompleted [Clever, Cunning Foxlike Heroine VS Steady, Stern, Humble Hero] [One-on-One Romance, Sweet Pampering, Adorable Child, Childhood Sweethearts] [The Hero Suffers] The night before, Shen Zuihuan was still preparing for her engagement ceremony. The next morning, she woke up in shock to discover she had been married for five years already! Her fiancé was nowhere to be found, and her current husband was the childhood friend she had hated most of all. He was even holding a child who looked exactly like 25.9kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    The female lead before her amnesia was truly desperate; it was suffocating to watch.

39. 89 清 My Aloof Roommate Gets Drunk and Begs for a Hug! The Ferocious Dog Can’t Hide His Grin 清冷室友醉酒求抱！恶犬他爽翘嘴 Sui Wang随望Two Male Leads350k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Enemies-to-Lovers + A Straight Guy Winning Himself Over + Livestreaming] [Cool, Self-Destructive, Depressed Beauty with a Tragic Past × Sharp-Tongued but Soft-Hearted Rebellious Rich Kid; Healing Sweet Romance, 1v1] Everyone at A University knew Wen Ling was an untouchable beauty, with cool silver hair and a face as cold and flawless as ice and jade. Even when he smiled, there was a hint of indifference in his eyes. In truth, he was falling apart. His younger sister died in a c 14.1kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves

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40. 90 久 Reunited After All These Years: Dr. Chen, Eyes Red, Begs Me Not to Cry 久别重逢：陈医生红着眼求我别哭 Yue Zhong Sui月衷岁Modern Romance192k WordsCompleted [Passionate, rebellious doctor and race car driver x beautiful, depressed painter]+ [Reunion after years apart + rekindled love + angsty romance + devoted to each other + happy ending] In college, Nie Qing had a passionate, all-consuming romance, but it ended in the most humiliating way, with both of them saying cruel things they could never take back. Six years later, they meet again. He is a brilliant surgeon who commands the medical world, while she has given up her dream of dancing and turn 10.1kReads6.4Score1.4kShelves

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    My darlings, the female lead has depression and always exudes a faint melancholy, viewing things in a pessimistic way.

41. 91 我 Caregiving at the Mental Hospital 我在精神病院当陪护 Dian Lan滇岚Modern Romance156k WordsCompleted A troubled heart can be healed with medicine. A troubled mind means something is wrong with your mental health. The moment I walked into a psychiatric hospital with my daughter, my world collapsed! As I stayed by her side through treatment, for a moment I wondered: Why did I have to come into this world? Why was I given a family like this? Why did I have a child like this? When all these questions surfaced, I wanted to cry. I didn't want to live! 172Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come on, this one fits the bill best. The female protagonist is 16 years old and suffers from depression, on the verge of death. Her mother accompanies her to a mental hospital, and the two end up in a love-hate relationship. The author is constantly repenting for not doing a good job as the mother!

42. 92 以 A Life Offered in Sacrifice 以身唯祭 Raise a Toast from Afar遥敬一杯酒Two Male Leads314k WordsCompleted Severe physical torment | Severe heartbreak | Possessive love | Happy ending | A love born of hatred | He’ll regret losing him | One-on-one | True love | Love rekindled after heartbreak | Political scheming and misunderstandings | Both leads are each other’s first Only then did Xiao Jingyan finally understand: he had taught Jing Heng the art of war, but Jing Heng had learned how to offer himself as a sacrifice for love. Xiao Jingyan had once believed that Jing Heng’s betrayal was the greatest sh 7.6kReads8.5Score726Shelves

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    That would be utterly hopeless.

43. 93 君 Your Grace Is a Prison 君恩如狱 Raise a Toast from Afar遥敬一杯酒Two Male Leads608k WordsOngoing Sorry the rating is a little low right after it came out 🥰 Forced love | Taking by force | Emperor gong | Gentle general gong | Strategist shou | Deeply angsty romance | Physical and emotional trauma | Rekindled romance | Ancient political intrigue | Extreme push and pull | Three male leads | All for the shou | Beautiful, strong, and tragic To save his mother, the once brilliant top scholar was branded a traitor for colluding with the enemy and personally reduced by the emperor to a plaything fo 3.3kReads8.6Score248Shelves
44. 94 痴 After the Foolish Emperor Turned Evil, the Prince Was Forced into Love 痴傻皇帝黑化后，王爷被强制爱了 Su Mu Yijin苏木一槿Two Male Leads391k WordsOngoing [Two male leads # equally matched powerhouses # physical and emotional angst # love and hate # imprisonment # groveling redemption # mutually unhinged] A gloomy, unhinged emperor top × a cunning, patient prince bottom He was once a regent who held power over the entire court, feared and respected for his iron fist. Later, he became the new emperor’s hidden captive, kept on his bed and out of sight. His legs were broken and he was shackled. The regent who once looked down upon the world became 5.2kReads8.7Score387Shelves
45. 95 无 No Official Relationship 无实名关系 Three Three Days三三日Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted New rating just in: [Brooding, insecure sweetheart vs. aloof on the outside, warm-hearted young master] [Rekindled romance | School life first, then city life | Each other's first love | Happy ending] * Cheng Zhike witnessed a farcical debt-collection scene in a dead-end alley. He was just an onlooker enjoying the spectacle, but somehow ended up taking home the filthy schoolmate who was being hounded for money. The schoolmate was beautiful, with sparkling, limpid almond eyes that seemed able t 17.5kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves

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    "She resists systematic psychotherapy because she doesn't want to lose the illusion about you." [Crying][crying][crying] When the male lead accompanied the female lead to see the doctor, the doctor's words made him burst into tears. The male lead was heartbroken. [Crying][crying][crying]

46. 96 想 After I Wanted to Die, Everyone Started Loving Me 想死后，所有人都开始爱我 Not a Common Name非俗名Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Yandere + regret and redemption] Shi Chuyi is an orphan. He dreams of having a family more than anything. In his previous life, after going through hell to return home, he found a fake young master already living there. The fake young master was gentle and refined, perfect in every way, and everyone loved him. But it was all an act. He showed his vicious true colors only to Shi Chuyi, framing and slandering him at every turn and turning everyone around him against him. His four biological broth 3.4kReads8.6Score229Shelves

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    Afraid of being hurt again, I've become like a hedgehog. [Crying][crying][crying]

47. 97 鬼 Demon Slayer: Sis, Want to Play Dead Together? 鬼灭：姐姐，一起诈尸吗？ Another Hope另一个希望Anime Fanfiction653k WordsOngoing [No romance + family and friendship + focus on the Kocho Sisters and their bond at the Butterfly Mansion + canon pairings written according to my mood + not a wish-fulfillment story + lots of original settings + the heroine is literally a soul + all nine Hashira are present + making up for regrets] Mu Yu hadn’t even finished reading the manga when she transmigrated. And to top it off, she became Shinobu’s second older sister. As everyone knows, being an older sister is a high-risk profession. Sh 964Reads8.2Score126Shelves

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    Xiaoyu was feeling quite desperate; she wanted to do something but felt powerless to do anything about it.

48. 98 我 A True Record of My Romance With Mr. Pei 我和小裴先生的恋爱实录 A Jiu0921阿九0921Two Male Leads125k WordsCompleted Pei Ran: I met, understood, and fell in love with Mr. Shen when we were young. From then on, we held hands and grew old together. Shen Zhixing: I liked Pei Ran. It was a secret I kept from everyone when we were young. I love Pei Ran. It’s a truth that will never change, from now into the future, and I’m willing to tell the whole world. 13.5kReads9.5Score2kShelves

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    I don't like reading those kinds of stories, but I can recommend two pure romance novels. However, the person who asked for the topic asked you to avoid BL (Boys' Love) stories three times, but it seems no one heard you; it's all about BL protagonists ヽ(๏~๏)ﾉ

49. 99 雪 Snowflake Town 雪粒镇 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance130k WordsCompleted [Ji Handeng, a fragile, sickly, dark-minded younger brother x Xu Qiongqiong, a kind, resilient older sister who loves money] [Modern romance + mutual salvation + healing + older woman/younger man romance + revenge + cover-up + high-stakes twists] Xu Qiongqiong and Ji Handeng are siblings with no blood ties. In a small, poor town full of secrets, they rely on each other and keep one another warm. Their days hold happiness and pain, darkness and budding affection. Their shared goal is to leave Xue 84.7kReads9.7Score11.5kShelves
50. 100 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 790Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Everyone in Tingfeng Tower stood behind others, while behind them, there was no one. Heart-wrenching pain, a bittersweet smile mingled with tears; everything was regrettable, yet everything was worthwhile.

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