Looking for a Book! The Female Lead Has Depression 寻书！女主有抑郁症

1. 1 以 I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月 Er Qiao二乔Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [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 74.3kReads9.4Score6.7k14d adds

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   This book! I cried so much about the female lead. The female lead and the male lead's sister were walking together at night when they encountered bad guys in an alley. The male lead's sister saved the female lead and was assaulted by the bad guys. Then the male lead's sister jumped off a building. Then the male lead's whole family hated the female lead. The female lead had depression and ultimately jumped off a building herself. 🥺

2. 2 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! 183Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Come here, baby, you can take a look at this if you don't have the book. [Heart]

3. 3 当 When a Person with Depression Meets a Hopeless Romantic 当抑郁症患者遇上恋爱脑 Empty Mountain in Spring春山空Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted [Love-struck computer science heartthrob VS depressed literature student] Jiang Li, whose family life was deeply unhappy, thought her bleak existence would remain stagnant. But someone’s arrival upended her plans and sent her life in an entirely new direction. Tips: “ I… I wasn’t abandoning you. I was wrong. It was my fault… I shouldn’t have gotten mad at you.” Pei Yanci’s expression darkened. His eyes reddened as he rested his chin on Jiang Li’s soft, fluffy head and struggled to speak. “It w 8.5kReads9.0Score94414d adds

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   This story perfectly fits the description. The female protagonist suffers from depression, and her parents are incredibly cruel. Fortunately, she meets the male protagonist, who, along with his family, is exceptionally kind.

4. 4 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 9.4kReads9.3Score87914d adds

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   Ahhh, the female lead's personality is so adorable! Even though she has depression, you can feel how she brings hope to others. She's such a wonderful person.

5. 5 星 The Stars Fold the Moon 星星折月亮 Chen Yi忱一Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion + healing + high school romance] “Mom, I think something's wrong with me.” “What are you carrying on about now? When will you finally be as easy to deal with as your sister?” - In her second year of high school, Yu Xin realizes that something is definitely wrong with her. With an abyss on one side and hell on the other, she chooses a third path: saving herself. They meet at an internet cafe, and Yu Xin knows right away that she wants to be with Xie Jin. From first getting close 17.1kReads8.9Score2.2k14d adds

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   The female protagonist is constantly saving herself.

6. 6 悖 Transgression 悖德 Yuan Yu原屿Modern Romance354k WordsCompleted Wen Youci is a laughingstock among Beicheng’s wealthy elite. Her older sister, Wen Muxue, and brother-in-law, Fu Jingnian, were the perfect couple, deeply in love and perfectly in harmony. Yet after her sister’s death, Wen Youci ended up marrying into the Fu family under murky circumstances. People in their circle joked that she was following in her mother’s footsteps, scrambling to become someone’s second wife and raise his child, who happened to be her own nephew. But Wen Ci was an expert at p 2.9kReads8.4Score16614d adds

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   The female lead suffers from severe depression, but that doesn't prevent her from being highly intelligent.

7. 7 碎 Light Shattered in Glass Candy Wrappers 碎在玻璃糖纸里的光 The Rabbit's Corner兔子的角落Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Campus × Mutual Pining × Sweet Romance • Flirting × Older Male Lead] At twenty, Lin Yinuann tucked all her feelings into transparent candy wrappers, living quietly, with thorns beneath the surface. That was until Wen Muyang collided with her world. Only then did she realize that even barren places could be touched by the warmth of sunlight. At first, Wen Muyang was simply curious. Why had a girl who once been so lively and dazzling grown so quiet and cautious? Once her disguise was seen through 1.1kReads—Score11614d adds

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   My first book!! I feel so sorry for the female lead 😢😢😢

8. 8 装 I Pretended to Be Blind for Three Years, but My White Moonlight Said She Knew All Along 装瞎三年，白月光却说她早就知道了 The Rabbit's Corner兔子的角落Marriage & Romance38k WordsCompleted I Pretended to Be Blind for Three Years, but My Dream Girl Said She Knew All Along 3kReads—Score—14d adds
9. 9 不 Miss Snail Who Doesn’t Want to Work Hard 不想努力的蜗牛小姐 Water Leaves No Trace水不留痕Modern Romance296k WordsCompleted The series comic drama adapted from this novel, "Miss Snail Charges Ahead", is now available to watch on Fanqie and Hongguo. Du Xiaona is a sophisticated, self-serving young woman. To escape her birth family, she tricks her parents into giving her money to buy a house, then orchestrates a blind date, an engagement, and a broken engagement in quick succession... Du Xiaona had planned to stay single for life, but circumstances involving both her parents and herself draw her into one scheme and pre 9.4kReads8.9Score88614d adds

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   I've always thought depression was just whining, and procrastination infuriated me. But after reading this book, I think I need to change my mind.

10. 10 亲 One Kiss and He Goes Weak! 亲一下就软！ Phoenix Song at Dawn朝凤鸣Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted "Signed for publication" (A cocky, irreverent, handsome school bully × a cool beauty with a gentle, easygoing nature, the “good girl” top student) A prodigal son turns over a new leaf, carefree and rebellious, campus romance, sweet and angsty redemption, rekindled love, one-on-one, both leads are devoted only to each other “Shen Li, you can repeat the year. Don't gamble with your future. You still have a chance at one of next year's guaranteed places at Qingbei.” “No, teacher. I've made up my 137.9kReads8.5Score16.8k14d adds

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    This story about a woman with depression is really good. (Happy Ending)

11. 11 他 He Says It's Not Too Late 他说不晚 Huohuo the Painter画画的火火Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion | Healing | A playboy turns over a new leaf | School days to city life | Reunited after years apart | Wealthy families] When they were young, Li Zhiwan stumbled out of a secluded alley, covered in blood, and collapsed to the ground. Gu Yuqian stood at the far end of the long alley, holding a black umbrella as he looked at the girl’s desperate, pleading eyes. In the end, the boy ran toward her, radiating cold, and saved her from the brink of despair. After that, whenever heavy 12.2kReads9.2Score1.5k14d adds

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    This is really heartbreaking.

12. 12 他 He Won't Be Tamed 他不驯 Dai in Her Boudoir呆字闺中Modern Romance366k WordsCompleted [Powerful leads + both leads are faithful + pursuing his wife + mutual devotion + redemption] [Powerful man who crashes into her life for love x movie queen who keeps saving herself] One-line summary: A story about two people who don't know how to love, clumsily learning to love each other. Synopsis: Jiang Jin was the world's ultimate calamity. He commanded the worlds of finance and arms dealing, reveling in the thrill of destroying everything. But Shen Yang had transmigrated into a book and 12.6kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds

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    On the surface, it's about transmigrating into a book, but in reality, it's about entering a game that can only end with death. One sentence from the author resonated deeply with me: "When you really can't hold on any longer, you might as well treat life as a game that can only end with death. And in this grand game of self-redemption, whether you can tear off the labels and complete your self-resistance depends entirely on yourself." Shen Yang and Jiang Jin seem to have failed in the game, but in reality, they have undergone a true rebirth.

13. 13 萧 After Mr. Xiao Was Reborn, He Had to Pamper His Depressed Young Wife 萧总重生后，抑郁小娇妻全靠哄 Muzi Yingbao木子颖宝Modern Romance995k WordsCompleted Han Jinxi married Xiao Huainian at twenty-one. In their three years of marriage, she bet everything she had and ended up losing miserably. The last time Xiao Huainian saw her, she was a twenty-four-year-old girl smiling sweetly on a cold tombstone. But in his memories, she... had a troubled look on her face most of the time. Even when she died, Xiao Huainian felt no sorrow. But he couldn't bring himself to be happy, either, because he realized... that after Han Jinxi was gone, his heart seemed t 2.7kReads8.6Score5.1k14d adds
14. 14 女 The Female Lead Keeps Rewinding? This Is Just a Wife-Chasing Hell 女主无限回档？追妻火葬场罢了 A Maozi一只maoziUrban731k WordsCompleted [Yandere protagonist + gender-bending GL 1v1 + role-playing + behind-the-scenes + plot-driven + some angst (mild) (the protagonist is safe) + regretful pursuit] Lin Niannian transmigrates into the role of a scheming fake heiress. She thinks it’s just an ordinary story about a real and fake heiress, but then the female lead, a powerful heroine, is reborn with a cheat that lets her rewind after death, and wants to kill her. What should she do? Luckily, she gets bound to a role-playing System. To 13kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds

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    The first book, well, you can skip to the second one. The female lead has depression and is adopted by the male lead's family. Later, the male lead goes to university, and the female lead comes back and starts to harass him. The childhood sweetheart suffers because she can't win over the male lead, and the male lead likes the female lead.

15. 15 我 I Run! She Chases! My Yandere Sister Loves Me More Than Life 我逃！她追！病娇妹妹嗜我如命 Yu Yuzi Yu郁郁子瑜Urban301k WordsCompleted [One female lead (Lin Qingyin) × devoted love × slice of life × campus × entertainment industry × sweet at first, tragic later × happy ending] Trust me, this will be the most unusual yandere you've ever seen. On a snowy night in Lin Qingyu's childhood, his parents suddenly brought home a girl in ragged clothes. “Qingyu, come meet your little sister. Her name is Qingyin, Lin Qingyin.” After they had spent several years together, relatives took Lin Qingyin overseas, claiming she'd be able 4.3kReads9.4Score43314d adds
16. 16 坚 I Firmly Choose My Childhood Friend with an Overwhelming Need to Possess Me 坚定选择占有欲超强青梅 Call Me Big Bai叫我大白Urban256k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead + Anti-Simping + Sweet Everyday Life] One day, when Wen Ming was twenty-four, he transmigrated to a matriarchal world. He had a dream. A guy claiming to be the God of Rebirth told him, “Sorry, we're running short on true loves for our recently reborn heroines.” “What do you mean?” “You know, after they're reborn, they choose a devoted simp.” “So?” “You can fill the slot.” And so, when he woke up... The roguishly handsome delinquent girl suddenly quit smoking and drinking and sta 9.5kReads8.9Score79014d adds
17. 17 我 There Are Just Too Many Troubled Girls Around Me 我身边的问题少女有点太多了 Even the Jade Emperor Can Fly天王老子会飞天Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Several yandere girls with severe attachment issues] [Light everyday life] [Intensely heavy yandere romance] [No System] [Love-triangle chaos] [A somewhat oppressive tone] The mental illnesses of these girls who suffer from depression all make them beg for Qi Cheng’s attention like dogs wagging their tails... In his previous life, orphan Qi Cheng transmigrates to a parallel world after a car accident, becoming the only son of a prominent family in the capital. With his distinguished fam 3.2kReads9.1Score23114d adds
18. 18 我 Me, Cowardly and Vicious 我，怂且恶毒 The Rabbit Is Easy to Talk To兔子好说话Modern Romance213k WordsCompleted [Reborn heroine + male lead with a System] [A cowardly, spiteful heroine who meekly does bad things x a male lead who says one thing but means another, a nurturing mom-type] Yun Luo never thought someone like her could be reborn. By all rights, she should have gone to hell. Why had she been reborn and returned to high school? …High school really was a lot like hell. _ Nan Yan never thought he would be bound to a System. The System said this world was actually a novel, and his mission was to refo 29.1kReads9.4Score5.3k14d adds
19. 19 光 Light Through the Cracks 光从裂缝来 Yu Tang'er余棠儿Modern Romance116k WordsCompleted Senior-year valedictorian Yun Shitang VS transfer student Shen Yuxin, the class's bottom-ranked student (Sweet romance in the beginning, with the heroine choosing herself in the end) (Friends helping each other heal) Under the crushing pressure of her studies, senior-year valedictorian Yun Shitang is on the verge of breaking down. Just then, Shen Yuxin transfers into her class and becomes her desk mate. As they interact more and more, their relationship quickly heats up. For this good girl, her 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book is so good! Even though it's a new book, I really feel sorry for the female lead. She suffers from severe depression due to academic pressure, and the male lead and her friends help her save herself. It's so good!

20. 20 普 An Ordinary Girl's Redemption 普通女孩的救赎 Dodo Who Loves Lemonade爱喝柠檬水的哆哆10k WordsCompleted An Ordinary Girl's Redemption 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A short story; the female lead is ordinary, the male lead is a redemption story; the female lead suffers from depression. [Salute]

21. 21 遇 I Found My Dream Guy, but He's Not Straight 遇到了天菜，但他不是直男 Sugar-Free Glass无糖玻璃Modern Romance142k WordsOngoing [Slow-burn bittersweet romance / mutual devotion / both leads are emotionally guarded] [A seemingly fragile, depressed woman meets a genuinely devoted but prideful man; later, he becomes an older lover who guides her] A few things to know: 1) This is a very, very slow burn. The early chapters are a little bittersweet and full of tension, because falling in love isn't easy. 2) Both leads have their issues. The heroine's emotional walls take even longer to come down, but this is definitely not a p 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead's depression stems from feeling abandoned by her entire family. Her father lied to her, claiming her mother cheated on her, and he also started his own family. Living alone, she craves company, prefers living in an older neighborhood, and always turns on the TV when she gets home. However, she doesn't eat properly, doesn't take care of herself, and seems content just existing. The male lead is her unconscious salvation; he enjoys feeding her, cooking for her, and walking the dog with her, making her feel warm. But ultimately, the female lead's attraction to him is primarily based on his looks.

22. 22 重 The Reborn Psychiatrist Saves the Genius White Moonlight 重生心理医师拯救天才白月光 Lin Luohe林落禾Modern Romance725k WordsOngoing [Campus romance × sweet love × depressed young heiress × saving a genius white moonlight] Lin Yi died at twenty-two, in the most beautiful year of her life. Wen Weilin broke down on the spot. The aloof boy, who could stay calm even as Mount Tai crumbled before him, wept like a child at her grave. Then he was reborn in the year Lin Yi had just come of age. This time, I'm going to find you at your university. I'm going to... save you from the depths of depression. He resolutely changed his ma 6Reads—Score—14d adds

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    [Campus Romance x Depressed Heiress x Saving the Genius's White Moonlight] Wen Weilin was reborn the year Lin Yi turned 18. This time, I'm going to your university to find you, I want... You to leave the abyss of depression. "Xiao Yi, you are the ray of light in my life. Falling in love with you wasn't accidental, it was the inevitable direction of my heart." "You're so outstanding, so many girls like you, why did you choose me?" "Because I love your brokenness more than your perfection. I often think, what would my life be like if I hadn't met you? Perhaps I would have quietly lived my life as a heiress, worry-free and uneventful, waiting for the day my illness would relapse, or I would leave this world. But I met you. Weilin, meeting you is lucky, my illness is cured, my life has become richer, I'm alive again. 🌵🌵

23. 23 微 A Gentle, Warm Glow 微微暖熠 Mu Yuyini穆妤忆旎Modern Romance186k WordsCompleted The novel centers on the friendship between Lin Wei and Jiang Yi. Like a ray of sunshine, Jiang Yi protects Lin Wei, who has grown timid under the shadow of her past. From being there for her in everyday life to facing provocations together, Jiang Yi’s sincerity dispels the gloom in her heart. Under Jiang Yi’s influence, Lin Wei gradually finds her courage and learns to face her past, while Jiang Yi shows a strong sense of responsibility through their friendship. Warm, small details weave togeth 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead suffers from depression, and the second female lead gradually recovers. She's very beautiful, and her depression stems from school bullying, which has nothing to do with her family background.

24. 24 深 A Letter from the Abyss 深渊里的来信 Lingering Notes袅袅音尘Modern Romance80k WordsOngoing A girl with depression VS a sunny, warm-hearted boy An accident when she was thirteen changed Xia Siyu's life. Simply staying alive took all her strength. When she could no longer hold on, a sunny, warm-hearted boy entered her world. The first half of her life had been so painful, but after Zhou He'an appeared, she experienced the warmest days of her life. She wanted to live! Desperate to escape the darkness, she fought against her depression. That light was so dazzling. Just when she thought sh —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A depressed girl versus a sunny, warm boy: An accident at age 13 changed Xia Siyu's life. Just surviving was a struggle for her. When she couldn't hold on any longer, a sunny, warm boy entered her world. Her early life had been so bitter until Zhou He'an appeared, bringing her the warmest days of her life. She wanted to live! Depressed, she desperately wanted to escape the darkness. That light was too dazzling. Just when she thought she had finally seen the light, she realized she had been trapped in an abyss all along… Zhou He'an, meeting you was the most beautiful thing in my life! Please be brave and move forward from now on! Regretfully, what she thought was salvation turned out to be a light that never truly belonged to her.

25. 25 被 A Heartthrob Takes Over His Body, and the Timid Doormat Takes the Whole School by Storm 被男神魂穿，软糯受气包飒翻全校 One Bored Rich Lady无聊富婆一枚Modern Romance231k WordsOngoing The refined, scheming crown prince VS the soft, timid little bunny with an inferiority complex Healing | Unrequited Love Comes True | Soul Transmigration | Reborn and Pursuing His Wife Xie Yanci opens his eyes and finds that he has transmigrated into someone else’s body! He has ended up in the body of Song Qiwan, a girl who lets everyone walk all over her. The girl clutches a diary filled with his name as her bullies pin her down in the restroom and pour dirty water over her head. The school’s 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead suffers from depression and self-destructive tendencies, but she still tries her best to live. The male lead is a noble young master who hasn't even seen the female lead before. After being reborn, he becomes a guiding lover, gradually redeeming her. 👏

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