Looking for a Terminally Ill Protagonist Who Wants to Die 求主角绝症，求死

1. 1 绝 The Desolate Seafloor 绝望海底 Little Bird Stewed in an Iron Pot铁锅炖小鸟Urban332k WordsCompleted [Entertainment + Singing + Sickly Hero + Healing + Tearjerker + Positive Energy + Redemption] Bai Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that he has cancer and needs a huge sum of money for treatment. A singing contest hosted by pdd is underway, drawing a massive audience and offering a huge cash prize! So Bai Chen joins to earn money for his medical bills. In the preliminaries, Bai Chen sings “Under the Sea,” and the entire livestream falls silent, lost in thought. In the knoc 29.7kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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   Bai Chen is definitely still alive, right?

2. 2 身 With a Terminal Illness, I Heal the Whole World with My Songs 身患绝症的我，用歌治愈全世界 Old-Age Rice Scoop老年饭勺Urban442k WordsCompleted [Slice of life + entertainment + System + healing + livestreaming + redemption + one heroine] At just eighteen, Wen He is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. A System descends and binds itself to him: “Set Sail for Your Dream.” Even though he grew up in a cold and unfeeling family, and even as illness ravages his body, Wen He still heals everyone with his songs. Having been caught in the rain himself, he wants to hold an umbrella over others. His song “The Good Things of This World Are Intertwi 8.8kReads9.3Score990Shelves

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   🔥🔥Highly Recommended🔥🔥Everyone should check it out🔥🔥 [Slice of Life + Entertainment + System + Healing + Live Streaming + Redemption + Single Female Lead] Eighteen-year-old Wen He is diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer. A system descends upon him and binds itself to him. [Setting Sail for Dreams]

3. 3 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 12.3kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
4. 4 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
5. 5 愚 On April Fools’ Day, He’s Diagnosed with a Terminal Illness 愚人节，他确诊绝症 A Drunken Beauty in the Southern City南城伊人醉Urban141k WordsCompleted After his parents divorced, Qin Wang grew up under the harsh treatment of his gambling-addicted father and cruel stepmother. He lived as an unwanted guest, always walking on eggshells. Only after meeting that girl did he begin to feel the beauty of the world. Later, he worked hard to get into the university of his dreams, escaped his hellish family, and got together with the kindhearted girl. Just as he thought his happy life was about to begin, fate played a cruel joke on him. He was diagnosed 81Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 6 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
7. 7 确 After I Was Diagnosed with a Terminal Illness, I Dumped My Top-Tier Star Girlfriend 确诊绝症后，我甩了身为顶流的她 Kun's Destiny鲲之缘Urban320k WordsCompleted [Angst + Pure Love + Campus + Entertainment Industry + Bad Ending] Three years ago, Tang Yuzhi was unexpectedly diagnosed with a terminal illness. Not wanting to hold back his promising girlfriend, Xue Ningbing, he chose to leave without a word. Three years later, Xue Ningbing has become a top-tier star. She has never forgotten the promise she made to him three years ago, and decides to search for the man who once abandoned her. He avoids her and pushes her away, all to make her let him go. She 1.8kReads7.2Score138Shelves
8. 8 他 He's Gone! 他不在了！ Sister Zhang Rong张容姐Urban141k WordsCompleted When Gu Chang’an was three, his father remarried and his mother left. His family was shattered, and so was he. From then on, home was no longer Gu Chang’an’s harbor or his refuge from the storm. When he felt wronged, he had nowhere to hide. Until Ding Tingting appeared. She was like a beam of light shining down on Gu Chang’an… 738Reads8.2Score—Shelves
9. 9 得 I Have Cancer, and My Desk Mate Held Me and Wept When She Found Out 得了癌症，同桌得知后抱着我痛哭 Xiao Yang小楊Urban142k WordsCompleted A mother who left, a father addicted to gambling. I thought that was already bad enough, but I never imagined fate would play such a cruel joke on me. Still, there will always be people in this world who believe in love, chasing after it through gales and blizzards for a lifetime. I'm only afraid of the pain of parting. 322Reads8.0Score100Shelves
10. 10 癌 Terminal Cancer: My Campus Beauty Girlfriend Breaks Down When She Finds Out 癌症晚期：校花女友知道后崩溃了 Evening Glow Wutong晚霞梧桐Urban233k WordsCompleted [One heroine + online romance + daily life + lighthearted romance + pure love + heartbreak + the beauty of tragic endings] With terminal cancer, Jiang Jin decided to put on a show. “So you’re saying we were all just pawns in your act?” Xie Yumo glared at Jiang Jin, her face dark with anger. Jiang Jin shook his head and smiled like a spring breeze. “You’re all the protagonists.” “Then was your love for me fake too?” “No.” “What about the cancer? Hurry up and say it’s fake!” “It isn’t.” “Why? Why 2.9kReads6.3Score110Shelves
11. 11 和 After Divorcing the Female CEO, I Wound Up in the Arms of a Stunning Doctor 和女总裁离婚后，误入绝色女医怀 Jiang Haochen江浩辰Urban371k WordsCompleted [Complete. The animated adaptation is out. Click the author's profile for the new novel.] Original title: Divorced in the Late Stages of Cancer, Then Everyone Started Loving Me [Everyday life + slow burn + one heroine + no System or golden finger + no turning back + occasional madness] In their four years of marriage, Song Yilang thought he was lucky to have a beautiful wife and a happy family. So he worked himself to the bone, hoping to stand side by side with Lin Su. But when he got cancer and 8.2kReads9.1Score392Shelves
12. 12 我 I'm Dying, Can You Leave Me Alone? 我要死了，能别来打扰我吗？ The Landlord's Orange Cat房东家的橘猫Urban429k WordsCompleted (This story includes traditional mythology, mainly to set things up for the male and female leads. Let me say it again: the protagonist does not cultivate immortality! The protagonist does not cultivate immortality! The mythology doesn’t take up much of the story. For reference, see Fox Spirit Matchmaker. If you don’t like it, please don’t read.) As for why it’s listed under urban slice-of-life, the System assigned the category automatically.) [Regret + No Forgiveness + Angst] In the face of 2.1kReads9.1Score178Shelves
13. 13 陆 Mr. Lu, Are You Satisfied Now That She’s Dead? 陆先生，她死了你可满意 Lu Yitang鹿苡糖Modern Romance43k WordsCompleted “Mr. Lu, are you satisfied now that she's dead?” Sang Yuwan looked at him coldly. She truly wished she could kill the despicable man standing before her with her own hands. “Who are you trying to fool? You think putting her photo on some random urn makes it her? Ridiculous!” Lu Cichuan's eyes were faintly red as he stared fixedly at Sang Yuwan, as if he could still brazenly torment Li Mo as long as Sang Yuwan said she wasn't dead. But... Sang Yuwan was gone. That was true. 3.2kReads6.6Score306Shelves

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    If you haven't read these books, what are you doing playing with the Tomato Game? [Cool]

14. 14 身 After I Died Miserably of Stomach Cancer, My Seven Sisters Regretted It 身患胃癌惨死后，七个姐姐后悔了 50 Yuan Phone Credit话费50Urban221k WordsCompleted [Clearing his name / No forgiveness / No cultivation] “I’m going to kick Lin Luo out of the Lin family. Lin Qitian is the only young master in our family.” Lin Chuyue, the eldest sister and CEO of a multinational conglomerate, said coldly. Their second sister, a famous actress; their third, a brilliant surgeon; their fourth, a computer genius; their fifth, a top military officer; their sixth, a renowned voice actor; and their seventh, a hugely popular campus beauty all agreed! But just as they w 779Reads8.3Score118Shelves
15. 15 只 I Have Only Three Months to Live, and Now They Want My Forgiveness! 只剩三个月命，他们来求我原谅！ Moonlit Phantom Eyes月幻瞳Urban551k WordsCompleted Chen Shu has stomach cancer and only three months left to live. In the final three months of his life, Chen Shu no longer wants to accommodate others, put the greater good first, or keep compromising. He wants to say goodbye to the past, see the world through his own eyes, and finally be himself! The irony is that all the care he once desperately wanted but could never get is finally coming his way... They all regret it now, but isn’t it too late? He doesn’t need it anymore! The one thing Chen S 1.1kReads6.6Score100Shelves

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    They're all pretty good-looking. [Laughs]

16. 16 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
17. 17 跪 You Want Me to Forgive You If You Kneel? I Just Want to Die in Peace 跪着我就原谅？我只想安静的死去 Immortal Shadow on Cold Mountain寒山仙影Urban323k WordsCompleted Modern urban slice of life, one female lead, no System, no magic, and a story of regret. As the youngest son of the Yang family, Yang Tian has been meek and obedient since childhood. His father and sisters have groomed him to be a pawn in the family’s rise to power. To his surprise, when he refuses to marry the hideously ugly eldest daughter of the Pang Group, his father and sisters kick him out of the family home. Not long before, Yang Tian had learned that he was terminally ill. Seeing how lit 214Reads8.0Score—Shelves
18. 18 我 I'm Dying, So Why Are You Still Begging Me to Forgive You? 我要死了，你干嘛还要跪求原谅？ Sword Alone, Ink Traces Remain孤剑笔痕Urban122k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [Regret and Face-Slapping] [Bad-End Romance] [A Story of Redemption] Ye Yuchen was the kind of well-behaved, considerate, gentle boy other families wished they had. But he lived in a home where his family froze him out. He had an older brother and a younger sister, and his awkward place in the family made him the least loved of them all. It was only during a routine hospital checkup that he learned he had less than two years to live. The laughable part was that no one visited h 283Reads8.4Score—Shelves
19. 19 阎 The King of Hell Called My Name, and I Laughed 阎王点卯到头，我笑了 Yan Wan言晩Urban213k WordsCompleted [Terminal illness + Fantasy + BE] With little time left, Mu Ren realized he could shed an astonishing number of tears. He thought that a child who grew up surrounded by love probably wouldn’t be so easily moved. Even with death approaching, Mu Ren still couldn’t bring himself to tell his parents about his illness, not after all the wreckage they had left in his life. His birth had been neither wanted nor blessed. He had thought he could accept death with equanimity. But who could have guessed th 42Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 别 Don’t Ask Me to Forgive You. I Just Want to Die with Dignity 别求我原谅，我只想从容赴死 Er Rang二让Urban200k WordsCompleted [Regret and remorse] [No forgiveness] [Extreme sports] [Livestream] [Protagonist dies] Lu He enjoyed less than a month of happiness in the first half of his life. His mother became a vegetable, and they blamed him. The family business was struggling, and they blamed him. Even when his adopted younger brother only got a minor scrape, they blamed him. And now, ALS had come for him too. He was about to die. Why should he still be sensible and obedient, constantly making things difficult for himself 1.1kReads8.5Score103Shelves
21. 21 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
22. 22 高 High Martial: After His Memories Were Revealed, the Whole Country Wept for Him 高武：记忆曝光后，全国为他流泪 Leisurely Evening Breeze晚风悠人Urban488k WordsCompleted [No System + Passionate + No Female Lead + Fast-Paced and Straightforward + No Forced Showing Off and Face-Slapping + Genius] He was once Daxia's top prodigy, with countless military achievements to his name. But during one mission, he defected to the foreign races and turned his blade on his own people. When the footage was released, everyone condemned him. The entire country wanted to tear the flesh from his bones and peel off his skin. But after one memory was revealed, everyone learned what 3kReads8.9Score274Shelves

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    Death is also a kind of relief for the protagonist.

23. 23 妈 Mom Says: Having a Son Like Me Is a Total Failure 妈妈说：有我这种儿子，真失败 The One Chasing Shooting Stars追赶流星的人Urban403k WordsCompleted Rising star Li Chulu appears on the show Little Lu's Appointment and openly admits that she failed as a parent. She says her son has loved fighting since he was little, hates reading and studying, likes going out to fool around, and comes home late every night. “Having a son like that is a failure!” But when the production crew gets in touch with Li Chulu's son and projects his memories onto the big screen, everyone discovers that things aren't quite as Li Chulu described... He fought from a you 1.2kReads7.8Score144Shelves
24. 24 记 Memory Judgment: She Doesn't Want You Anymore 记忆审判：她不要你们了 Xing Yan66星衍66Modern Romance693k WordsCompleted [Everyone's redemption arc + lightning-fast face-slapping + no forgiveness + satisfying angst] After an attempted murder, Jiang Liuying goes viral across every major platform. In the end, everyone votes her onto the national list of the most evil people of the 22nd century. Rumor has it that when she was four, she abandoned her eldest brother, ran off, and left him in a kidnapper's car. After returning to the Jiang family, she framed the adoptive parents who had raised her for ten years and show 4.7kReads8.7Score592Shelves
25. 25 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
26. 26 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
27. 27 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. 28 长 Eldest Son: My Siblings Simulated My Life, and I Broke Down in Tears 长子：兄妹模拟我人生，泪崩 Flight Captain飞行团长Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Anti-drug trafficking] [Narcotics officer] [High IQ] [Mastermind] [Undercover] The Wei family has five children. The second is a wealthy businessman, the third has an impressive background, the fourth is a research professor, and the fifth is a pop star. Only the eldest has amounted to nothing. He’s notorious and despised by his siblings. Because he sold off his younger siblings and drove his family away! He’s done every kind of evil, and his siblings loathe and spurn him! Then, on the day the 75.4kReads9.5Score11.9kShelves
29. 29 我 After I Raised the Cutest Girlfriend, the Campus Belle Burst Into Tears 我养成超可爱女友后，校花急哭了 Little Soft Candy小能软糖Urban1.3M WordsOngoing “I don't like you... I reject you!” Jiang Che's confession was rejected, he did poorly on the college entrance exam, and his life took a nosedive... After an accident, he was reborn at eighteen, on the eve of the college entrance exam. This time, Jiang Che decided he wouldn't be a lovesick doormat anymore. But after Jiang Che left, Su Rongyin, the childhood friend and school beauty who had rejected his confession, came chasing after him. “Jiang Che, why are you ignoring me?” “Jiang Che, can't we 56.4kReads9.5Score5.3kShelves

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    It's incredibly good! Chinese people don't lie to other Chinese people.

30. 30 反 Villain: You Asked to Break Off the Engagement, So Why Are You Crying Now? 反派：退婚你提的，现在你哭什么 A Fleeting Life Like Sand浮生若沙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [The hottest high-martial-arts villain novel of 2026! Collected by millions! A smash-hit completed book with as many as 2.47 million readers at its peak!] Heir to one of the world’s top martial sage families! His father is the Dragon Kingdom’s strongest fighter, a Ninth-Rank Grandmaster! His grandfather is one of Blue Star’s transcendent martial sages! Su Yu transmigrates into an urban fantasy novel. But instead of becoming the protagonist, he ends up as the female lead’s villainous, groveling c 31.4kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves
31. 31 直 Livestream Post Goes Viral! The Refined Scoundrel Is Losing Control 直播贴！全网疯！斯文败类失控中 Sui Wang随望Two Male Leads470k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + sweet romance and redemption + voice-actor online romance + a carefully laid seduction] [Soft, sweet, and innocent good boy + a cunning, secretly flirtatious top voice actor] Yan Nuo is a social recluse. With his fluffy, loosely curled light-gold hair, he looks well-behaved and easy to fool. Hoping to make some friends, he joins the voice-acting scene as a voice actor. Who would have thought a top star would appear out of nowhere and invite him to fake a couple act?! The top st 9.7kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves

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    May you endure boundless loneliness and find the vastness of the stars and the sea within you.

32. 32 后 Regret It? Where Were You Before? 后悔？早干嘛去了？ The Big Rabbit Is Gone大兔子并了Urban354k WordsCompleted [Regret] [Three Older Sisters] [Repentance Arc] [Male Lead Has a Terminal Illness] [Angsty Protagonist] [The Protagonist Dies in the End] In his previous life, he was the real young master of the Ye family, lost for many years. After being brought back, he bent over backward for everyone and was the ultimate doormat, only to receive his parents' indifference, his sisters' bullying, and the adopted son's schemes in return... In the end, he could only die amid endless suffering! Given another chan 64Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 开 From the Start, an Old Man with Terminal Cancer Unlocks the Campus Belle's Lifesaving Secret 开局老登癌症晚期，解锁校花救命 A Single Sound了了一声Urban649k WordsCompleted Lin Miaoyu, the university's campus beauty, failed an exam and was caught red-handed stealing a test paper by the security guard, Lin Tiezhu. Afraid of being taken to the security office, they struck a deal: they would pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend for 24 hours. When Lin Miaoyu learned that Wang Tiezhu had terminal cancer and wanted to be a real man just once… On the second floor of the teaching building, a faint light flickered in an office that should have been pitch-black! Which 2kReads—Score105Shelves

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    You only have 15 days left to live at the start.

34. 34 我 I Was Diagnosed with Cancer, and My Girlfriend Said She Wanted to Break Up 我查出癌症，女友说要分手 Xiao Xiaoxiong萧小熊11k WordsCompleted I Was Diagnosed with Cancer, and My Girlfriend Said She Wanted to Break Up 148Reads—Score—Shelves

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    How about taking a look at this?

35. 35 男 My Boyfriend Is a Big White Wolf Who Thinks About It Every Night 男友是匹大白狼每天晚上都会想 Xiao Qi Loves Rainy Nights小七爱雨夜Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing This is actually a collection of romance stories. Each little story is 80,000 words, with a proper beginning and end. Feel free to click in and browse. There’s bound to be one that touches your heart. Also known as The Frail Beauty’s Beloved Shatters to Pieces, So I Travel Through Worlds to Bring Him Home [Quick transmigration without a System; the male lead is frail, the heroine pursues the hero, and he dotes on her like crazy. It’s sweet, angsty, and romantic, with a touch of mystery and a ha 321Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Composed of short stories, each one showing you the beauty of the protagonist struggling with a terminal illness.

36. 36 王 Wang Mingzhen Reborn in 1997 王明贞重生一九九七 Big Boss Norma诺玛大大Modern Romance223k WordsCompleted (The rating has only just come out and will rise, so please ignore it.) The heroine is reborn and resolves to become the person she wants to be. Who knew an unexpected turn would bring her face-to-face with the big shot from her previous life? He’s volatile, clingy, and always on the verge of tears. She has no choice but to take him along as she rises to the top. When Wang Mingzhen learns she can’t have children, she wants to break up. She tells Gu Xizhou, “Gu Xizhou, I want you to be happy. Do 190Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist is reborn into a family that still favors sons over daughters. She stays away from awful people and lives the life she wants. The male protagonist is love-struck and protective, with strong moral values ​​and no intellectual decline.

37. 37 只 I Have One Month to Live, and the Whole World Is Telling Me to Die 只剩一个月命，全世界人喊我去死 Dad Uncle Qi奶爸七叔Urban385k WordsCompleted (Anthology + multiple stories + major heartbreak + bring tissues) Xiang Jin’an valued his family and friends above everything else. And every one of them hoped he would die!!! At sixteen, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. When they learned he was going to die, his family and friends said: His father: “Hurry up and die. Then I won’t have to beat you every day. I’m exhausted too, so it’d be a relief if you died!!!” His mother: “When you’re about to die, don’t do it at home. It’ll bring bad lu 7Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    This one is truly dead.

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