I Don't Know What Came Over Me, but Now I Suddenly Want to Read Angst. BL 脑子抽了，突然想看虐文，双楠

1. 1 重 The Reborn CEO's Plan for Unconditional Devotion 重生总裁，极致偏爱计划 Lemon Leaf青柠叶Two Male Leads278k WordsCompleted (The top is reborn and dotes on the bottom; devoted top x aloof bottom) (The bottom has had a pretty miserable life, so bottom fans, beware) “Three hundred and sixty-five nights, and not even six thousand a night? Are you damn well worth that much?” In his previous life, Shang Yan kicked Xia Rongxu out of the villa over a misunderstanding. He didn’t regret it until he watched that frail figure breathe their last. For more than seven hundred days and nights, alone with the rest of his life before 29.3kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves

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   I've watched all of these; they're guaranteed to be good.

2. 2 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

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   Waaaaaah!

3. 3 小 Young President Pei Regrets It 小裴总他后悔了 Sauce Village酱之里Two Male Leads350k WordsOngoing [Two male leads + groveling redemption + forced love + younger man + unhinged pursuer] [Happy ending in the main story, tragic ending in the extras] Because of a misunderstanding, Pei Qi tormented Pei Wang and sent him to a conversion therapy center. Three years later, Pei Qi accidentally learned the truth. He wanted to make amends, but his Wangwang no longer wanted to love him. When his wife tried to escape, he locked him inside a villa. Pei Wang, you're as tenacious as wild grass. Pei Qi, you 411Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   It's pretty heartbreaking, to be honest, especially chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 13. The others seem to get more heartbreaking towards the end. Anyway, it's just pure heartbreak. [I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry]

4. 4 哑 The Mute’s Diary (Bad Ending) 哑巴日记（be） Autumn Grasses Drunk on Spring Colors秋芜醉春色8k WordsCompleted A Mute's Diary (Bad Ending) 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves
5. 5 鲸 Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊 The Evil Dragon Blows Bubbles恶龙吹泡泡Two Male Leads39k WordsCompleted Little fish, little fish, may you swim out of the abyss soon. His younger brother, whom he had raised by hand despite no blood relation, sent him to a detention center for two years to “set him straight” and told him to come out once he was normal. Those two years were a nightmare that devoured him, one he could never wake from. His body and mind were tormented, his feelings worn away, and he was trained into numb, hopeless submission. “Knowing you raised me makes me sick. Why don’t you just die 23kReads8.1Score4kShelves
6. 6 戒 Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记 Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted A diary recording the final two months of my life... Maybe I'm just not meant to be loved. Otherwise, why would everyone who loved me leave? 12.6kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves
7. 7 死 The One Thing I Wanted to Record Before I Died 死前，我唯一想记录的 He Yuyi鹤羽依Two Male Leads25k WordsCompleted I fell in love with my non-blood-related older brother, but he found me disgusting and sent me to a conversion therapy center. After I got out, my mental state deteriorated day by day, and in the end, before I died, I wrote this 3.1kReads8.1Score656Shelves
8. 8 新 Today, After the Rain 新雨后的今天 White Mountain Crane Qing白山鹤卿Two Male Leads527k WordsCompleted [Male author + mutual devotion + reunion + based on a true story] Shen Luojia lost control only twice in his life. The first time was in the hallway of Xiangyu Shipbuilding Experimental Middle School, when he ran into a boy so quiet he seemed almost transparent. Li Hebai, a boy who even hid in a corner when he cried. Shen called it love at first sight. Everyone else called it crazy. The second time was in the office at Cat House. Gripping a katana, he told a group of people who looked like they 34Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 高 How Did My Aloof Ex-Boyfriend Turn Into a Clingy Puppy? 高冷前男友怎么变成黏人小狼狗了 It's Shaoshao是少少呀Two Male Leads604k WordsCompleted A loyal, repentant gong who turns into a fiercely protective husband A gentle shou with severe depression, living only for revenge Three years ago, Mu Yang was completely devoted to Xiao Han. He loved and spoiled him, took care of every little thing, thought about him every waking moment, and always gave in to him. Mu Yang believed sincerity would be met with sincerity. Instead, all his heartfelt love earned him was Xiao Han's cold indifference. One wrong move, and Mu Yang lost everything. He f 1.1kReads6.8Score102Shelves
10. 10 清 The Cool, Straight-Laced Man Is Forced into Love by a Mad Emperor 清冷直男，被疯批皇帝强制爱了 Cold Embroidered Spring Blade绣春刀寒Two Male Leads655k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + coercive romance + fake-death fiction] Spring, Year Thirteen of the Jinghe Era Dusk settled in. The trees and grass stood bleak, and the wind howled like a mournful cry. On an otherwise peaceful, even uneventful afternoon, the emperor had only just awoken when he received news that Chen Yuzhen had fallen into the great river. The Yishui flowed broad and fast. He had died so suddenly, so quickly, and so lightly. He had left not even a whole corpse behind. The emperor was still s 20.4kReads9.0Score2kShelves
11. 11 狗 The Caged Canary in a Trashy Romance 狗血文里被囚禁的金丝雀 The Snoring Cat打呼噜的猫Two Male Leads286k WordsCompleted Fourth escape attempt: failed. A black metal collar now encircled Jiang Ye’s neck, fitted with a tracker. The moment he stepped outside the villa, an electric shock would knock him unconscious. Everyone knew that Young Master Bo kept a canary, pampering him like a treasure and never bringing him out in public. While people gossiped and even started betting on how much longer the canary would last, news broke that the Bo family heir was getting married. That canary stood fearlessly beside the hea 11.5kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
12. 12 别 Don’t Make Me Lose It 别逼我犯病 Xizi Fragrance西子香Two Male Leads364k WordsOngoing [One-on-One Romance Between Two Men + Transmigrate into a Book + Absurd Comedy + Cannon Fodder and Villain] An accident once left Gu He with post-traumatic stress disorder. Whenever his eyes encounter bright light or reflected light, he feels unbearable pain and can't stop crying. In severe cases, he even suffers brief bouts of blindness. His life was bleak, and he stumbled through it alone until he was thirty-three. Then one night, as he crossed the street, the headlights of a car running a red 752Reads8.7Score105Shelves
13. 13 美 After the Tragic Beauty Catches the Eye of a Younger Obsessive Tycoon 美强惨被年下偏执大佬盯上后 Child with Autism自闭症儿童Two Male Leads357k WordsCompleted [The chase to win his wife back is underway~] Yan Qingming was lofty and peerlessly beautiful, like a tempting rose, gorgeous yet dangerous, someone everyone could only admire from afar. Everyone secretly hoped they could pull him down from his pedestal and watch him fall into the mud, where he would be theirs alone to admire... That is, until he took a frail young man home from the roadside and cared for him devotedly. In the end, that boy turned his life completely upside down! Qi Xiaolin had 446Reads6.2Score—Shelves
14. 14 谁EN Whose Simp of a Male Supporting Character Gets Held and Kissed by the Male Lead? 谁家舔狗男配被男主抱在怀里亲啊 Dreaming of Night Plays夜戏梦Two Male Leads377k WordsCompleted [Irresistible bottom, bittersweet romance, angst first and sweetness later, livestream variety show, a chaotic love polygon, two male leads, both virgins, happy ending] Wen Yanyu, a universally hated supporting character who hounded the male lead relentlessly and dragged himself into a storm of public outrage, suddenly awakens to his own consciousness. The System binds him and sends him off on missions. After countless cycles of torment leave him exhausted in body and mind, Wen Yanyu returns wit 57.3kReads9.5Score7.4kShelves
15. 15 周 Dr. Zhou's White Moonlight Is Dying 周医生的白月光快死了 Ten-Line Que十行阙Two Male Leads219k WordsCompleted [Fragile, ill bottom VS cold, aloof top] [Heart-wrenching angst + mutually exclusive devotion, 1v1 + bad ending + extreme bottom fans, beware] Wen Ci had terminal stomach cancer. The doctor said he had at most thirty days left, and Wen Ci could live those thirty days for Zhou Ying. But Wen Ci died on the twenty-seventh day. After his death, Wen Ci left behind twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf. 19.8kReads9.3Score3kShelves

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    I cried... They're all so good, highly recommended!!! 111🥺🥺🥺

16. 16 完 My Perfect Boyfriend Is Beautiful and Cries Easily, but Why Is He a Monster? 完美男友漂亮爱哭，但咋是怪物？ Bring on the Good Fortune and Money招财进宝钱你快来Two Male Leads101k WordsOngoing [Rental Apartment] [Nonhuman] [Tentacles] [Younger Man] [Tsundere, Innocent on the Outside and Dark Within] [Powerful Figure Turns Humble] [Devoted to His Lover] [Forced Love] On a train, Qi Muyang was in the middle of "claiming" his coming-of-age gift when an unexpected young man disrupted him. He wanted to bite through the young man's neck. But later... Biting through his neck turned into giving him hickeys. Beating him up turned into clinging to him, cuddling and hugging. Just as Qi Muy 16.7kReads—Score4.8kShelves

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    It's sweet at first, but the moment the truth is revealed, it becomes angsty. It has both sweet and angsty elements, and it's superhuman and involves forced love.

17. 17 温 A Gentle Boyfriend, Pretty and Tearful, Yet a Brooding Ghost 温柔男友，貌美爱哭，但阴湿男鬼 Bring on the Good Fortune and Money招财进宝钱你快来Two Male Leads552k WordsCompleted (Just received a rating, working hard on the story) [Two male leads + gloomy beauty top + younger bottom + mildly terrifying and twisted + forced love + black-hearted beneath a sweet exterior + groveling ex’s redemption arc + bittersweet + happy ending] Jiang Ling finally returns to the tribe with Qi Mo. On the eve of their wedding, he discovers that his husband is a monster! Jiang Ling runs away from the wedding in the middle of the night. The young man who has lost his wife pleads in a hoarse 8.3kReads8.9Score1kShelves
18. 18 不 Was It Just for Fun? Why Are You Crying Now That I Have a Terminal Illness? 不是玩玩而已？我得绝症你哭什么 What a Big Cabbage好一颗大白菜Two Male Leads327k WordsCompleted Original title: Can You Leave a Sweet Orange by My Grave? Cool boxer bottom × seemingly nice-guy but actually wicked, flirtatious top (First person + chasing the spouse into the crematorium + melodrama + tragic ending) Li Feng is a coward. After learning he has a terminal illness, he decides to earn enough money and then die. Before then, a man named Qin Xiao suddenly barges into his life. Suddenly, he doesn’t want to die anymore. He wants to live. Just as he’s about to tell Qin Xiao ever 17.7kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves

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    The brutal torture really brought tears to my eyes. [I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry][I'm about to cry]

19. 19 周 Zhou Jingchuan, You're Too Late 周敬川，你来迟了 A Li Le阿黎勒Two Male Leads112k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + terminal illness + chasing your husband back + angsty romance] The thing Pei You regretted most in his life was following someone into an alley that night. He lost the prayer beads his older brother had given him, saved a girl, and then caught the attention of her brother, Zhou Jingchuan. Zhou Jingchuan was gentle and considerate, maneuvering closer one step at a time. Pei You thought it was love, until he saw the prayer beads bearing his own name fall from Zhou Jingchuan. 7.2kReads8.3Score583Shelves

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    I cried... They're all so good, highly recommended!!! 111 [Almost crying][Almost crying][Almost crying]

20. 20 老 After His Wife Left, the Disabled Tycoon Stood Up 老婆走后，残疾大佬他站起来了 Red Bull Sweet Potato红牛地瓜Two Male Leads416k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication. Check the author’s profile for updates] [Hong Kong-style high-society romance + male lead pursues his ex at all costs + melodrama + rekindled love + slight everyone-loves-the-protagonist vibe + class difference + bittersweet + both virgins + happy ending] [Sharp-tongued, disabled top (faking it) VS proud CEO bottom] Hong Kong media reports: Shen Changting, a calligraphy master with disabled legs, the heir to Hong Kong City, a man of immense power, refined and prope 34.2kReads9.2Score4kShelves

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    1. This book is highly recommended! It's not one of those clichéd angst novels. Although the characters don't speak, the logic is sound. It's not angst for the sake of angst; it's very poignant, making you feel sad but unable to stop reading. 2. It started as a simple financial relationship, but one person developed feelings 💔 and the other felt pressured and began to back down…

21. 21 情 After His Lover Was Abandoned, the Mad Mr. Lu Pursues His Wife by Force 情人被抛弃后，疯批陆总强制追妻 Nineteen Ninety-Seven一九九七Two Male Leads362k WordsCompleted [Double male leads, the scum pursues his wife to the crematorium, mad scum seme, mildly coercive, mildly adored by everyone, one-on-one] Lu Jin whispered into Qi Zhan's right ear, “I love you.” Qi Zhan couldn't hear him. Lu Jin's tears suddenly began to fall... Qi Zhan was a B-list celebrity. When he was young, he became Lu Jin's lover to make a name for himself. He was with Lu Jin for four years and loved him for four years, but in the end, he couldn't compete with the arrival of Lu Jin's “firs 6.9kReads8.3Score550Shelves
22. 22 接 You Hit Me Just for a Kiss, So I’m Done with You. Why Are You Crying? 接个吻都揍我，不要你了你哭什么 Get-Rich Little Panda暴富小熊猫Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + equally strong leads + reborn + rekindled love + bittersweet + mutually devoted + happy ending] [Sharp-tongued, spoiled rich-boy bottom vs. restrained, stoic straight-man top] In college, Chu Feng used underhanded tactics to force the aloof campus heartthrob into a relationship. He thought they had both fallen in love over time, since the heartthrob indulged him in everything. After graduation, he boldly proposed, and the other man said yes. After they married, the heartthrob k 37.8kReads8.8Score4.6kShelves
23. 23 是 You Cheated, So I Got Married. Now the Aloof Mr. Duan Has Lost His Mind 是你出轨，我嫁人后高冷段总疯了 Ocean Starlight海洋星光Two Male Leads552k WordsCompleted Lan Yuan had loved Duan Chenglv since childhood and pursued him for more than a decade. At last, the two were about to marry. Their new home was ready, but Duan Chenglv fell for someone else. Watching Duan Chenglv and his lover appear together everywhere, Lan Yuan drove a bulldozer into the home where they were supposed to live after the wedding. His love for Duan Chenglv was buried beneath the dust of its collapse. Once his love died, Lan Yuan married someone else. On Lan Yuan's wedding day, Du 830Reads6.6Score102Shelves
24. 24 丧 Stray Dog 丧家犬 A Bite of Coconut Jelly吃一口椰冻Two Male Leads317k WordsCompleted [Reader advisory: A cruel lover faces retribution in this angst-heavy story. First person, bad ending.] [Contracted for publication] [Cold, elite, callous top x rough, middle-aged bottom] Zhou Xian was reborn. In his previous life, he died like a stray dog on the day his former lover Shen Wen married the man he had always loved. This time, he was reborn three months before his death. To get revenge, he asked Shen Wen to date him for one last three months. * Successful in his career, Shen Wen had 494Reads9.3Score105Shelves
25. 25 被 After the Enemy Crown Prince Tricked Me Into Becoming His Substitute 被敌国太子骗做替身之后 Tea for You予茶Two Male Leads467k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple, angst, serious angst!!! Frail, sickly beauty of a divine physician and prince bottom × initially deranged, later puppy-like crown prince who pursues his love top] (The rating is low because the novel just came out, but it will rise.) The Ninth Prince of Linzhao, Ji Yuxuan, is handsome, brilliant, and exceptionally capable. In court, he wields influence at will, leaving the ministers lamenting. Among the noble families, he wins the secret affections of official's daughters and t 291Reads7.3Score103Shelves

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    Both are extremely angsty. [Heart] In the first book, the seme uses the uke as a substitute, tormenting a dashing young man until he loses all his confidence. [Heart] In the second book, there's an emperor and a hostage, with imprisonment. [Heart] In the third book, why doesn't he just open his mouth?

26. 26 踹 I Dumped My Ex-Husband, and Now He Won't Leave Me Alone 踹了前夫后，他开始死缠烂打 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads361k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Love After Marriage + Second Chance at Love] A sweet-faced but scheming bottom, and a fatherly top who's a little lovesick, but not too much. No one knew that Shang Jingchuan had carried a secret love for ten years. The moment he first saw his sister-in-law, he fell in love at first sight, and even went so far as to marry a stand-in who looked eighty percent like her. Chen Nuo was the illegitimate son of the Chen family. He carefully schemed his way into Shang Jingchuan's heart 13.4kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    Both are so heart-wrenching T^T But the ending is quite sweet ♪(^∇^*) Highly recommend it!!!

27. 27 用 I Risked My Life to Transmigrate into a Book, and the Whole Internet Begged Me Not to Die 用命穿书后，全网发弹幕求我别死 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads448k WordsCompleted On-screen comments + System + true young master + sweet on the outside, dark on the inside + transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite + intense push and pull + seductive beauty A frail, ill, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside true young master VS the obsessive, volatile heir to a powerful Beijing family Xiao Qingye was a powerful young master with a terrible reputation. Almost nobody liked him, and his parents treated him like a thorn in their side. Everyone told him to be kind, but 12.2kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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    These are all angst-filled novels, especially the first two [crying][crying] I cried all night while hiding under the covers, they were really heartbreaking.

28. 28 帝 The Emperor's Marriage: I Would Conquer the World for You 帝王嫁：为君倾天下 Cold Heart, Cold Feelings, Pretty Girl凉心凉情好姑凉Two Male Leads943k WordsCompleted [No female lead + Two male leads + Two emperors] Domineering, devoted emperor VS aloof, proud hostage prince “You and I are twins. I'll take your place and go to the Northern Kingdom. But you must help me protect the Southern Kingdom. Remember, protect it.” The realm's supreme authority is divided between the Southern and Northern Kingdoms. The Southern Kingdom favors peace, while the Northern Kingdom favors war. To foster friendly relations, the Southern Kingdom sends a prince to the Northern K 4.9kReads9.3Score537Shelves
29. 29 重 After I Was Reborn, the Movie Emperor's White Moonlight Turned Dark 重生后影帝的白月光黑化了 Baili Cha Cha百里茶茶Two Male Leads1.6M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Entertainment Industry] In her previous life, Gu Wangyan was manipulated by a scumbag and lost his life! Before he died, he discovered that he was movie emperor Shen Xiangting’s white moonlight! Reborn in a new life, the white moonlight turned dark! Scumbag ex: “Wangyan, I fell out with my family for you.” Gu Wangyan: “Oh, the weather’s turning cold. The Lu family should go bankrupt.” Possessive older brother: “My little brother wouldn’t hurt a fly. Don’t you bully him.” Th 19.4kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves
30. 30 够 So Wild! The Little Psycho Can't Escape After Meeting the Big Psycho 够野！小疯批遇见大疯批逃不掉了 It's Erliang是二两吖Two Male Leads238k WordsCompleted "He runs, I chase, and he can't escape even with wings." [Psychologically unstable, unhinged, sickly beauty bottom x chaste, gentle, older, fatherly film emperor top] [Two male leads, intense push and pull, entertainment industry, ABO, System, healing, bittersweet romance, a different kind of groveling redemption, mutual firsts, happy ending] Jiang Yi died. Then he came back to life. He was also forced to bind himself to a lecherous System that ordered him to win over the aloof film emperor Ying 4.7kReads9.0Score533Shelves
31. 31 隐 After Living in Seclusion, I Became the Crown Prince's Secret Male Consort 隐居后，成了太子的秘密男妃 Sexy Hot Mom性感的辣妈Two Male Leads303k WordsCompleted Dual male leads + sweet romance + face-slapping + political intrigue In his previous life, Bai Yusu was a stepson who had been driven insane. After transmigrating into a book, he only wanted to live a quiet, honest life. He married a beautiful young wife, never expecting that his delicate bride, who never went out, was actually the Crown Prince! * Four sons vie for the throne, and danger lurks everywhere. The Crown Prince, a peerless beauty famous throughout the capital, is ambushed while travel 276Reads8.2Score—Shelves
32. 32 漂 Pretty Darling, You’re Too Good at Flirting! Are You Trying to Get Yourself Killed? 漂亮宝贝这么会钓，不要命啦！ Cai Cai Wants to Get Rich菜菜要发财Two Male Leads546k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + satisfying face-slapping + intense push and pull + both devoted only to each other] [An alluring, hot-tempered flirt of a bottom X a celibate powerhouse top with an overwhelming possessive streak] In his past life, Lin Que was framed maliciously and eventually died a miserable death from severe bipolar disorder. Only after his death did he learn that he was the true young master of a wealthy family, his identity maliciously switched at birth. The one who framed him was the fake 26.9kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves
33. 33 得 After Getting a Terminal Diagnosis, I Lay Flat and Waited to Die. Then My Ex-Boyfriend Panicked 得绝症躺平等死后，前男友他慌了 Lu Jiuxing鹿久星Two Male Leads432k WordsCompleted This is actually a silly comedy. When Gu Huaijin learns at the hospital that he has only three months to live, Qin Zhan breaks up with him. Qin Zhan’s first love is back. Gu Huaijin quietly agrees to the breakup. He plans to lie in the rocking chair on the balcony, eyes closed, gently rocking until his life comes to an end. But after the breakup, Qin Zhan clings to him every day and refuses to leave, no matter how many times he’s driven away. [As for why Qin Zhan didn’t chase after his first lov 8.4kReads8.4Score760Shelves

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    ① This story is a double whammy of love and family, the best part is that those people aren't unloving, they just love others more, so most of the time, you have to step aside [smile]. ② If it weren't for those bad guys, they would have been a very happy couple [crying]. Fortunately, heaven gave them a second chance.

34. 34 清 Sinking with Eyes Wide Open 清醒着沉沦 Er Dongge珥冬歌Two Male Leads208k WordsCompleted [Book 2 in the series, complete] [Younger man + neither lead is inexperienced + each other's first love + rekindled romance] Lu Yanming, a fickle playboy, has one great humiliation in life: when he was young and foolish, he mistook a beautiful young man in women's clothes for a girl and fell hopelessly in love with him. Ten years later, just as Lu Yanming was ready to leave his playboy days behind and get married, he ran into his first love again. Because of his looks and sexual orientation, Sha 3.3kReads9.3Score320Shelves
35. 35 爆 An Upset Victory: A Top-Tier Star Gets Swept Away by a Nobody 爆冷：顶流被小糊咖拐跑了 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads369k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled love + showbiz + happy ending] A doting, top-tier-star seme, A little-known, sickly uke. Lu Qing lost Gu Zhiyan, the person who loved him most, so he nearly gave his life for another chance to meet him. But the Gu Zhiyan he meets again is no longer the poor kid he was a year ago. He has transformed into a top-tier star with tens of millions of fans and the sole heir to the Gu family, the foremost clan in Beijing’s elite circles. Gu Zhiyan shuts Lu Qing out completely. 8.9kReads9.3Score745Shelves

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    Looking for some angst? Come on over, look here! Don't miss out, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! [Laughs][laughs]

36. 36 小 The Little Troublemaker Doesn't Have Long to Live 小坏蛋他命不久矣 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads273k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled love + the pursuit of a former lover + happy ending] School bully, sickly bottom Academic superstar, top On Xiao Yu's birthday, his father locked him up in a conversion camp. From that day on, he lost Fu Zechen, the person who loved him most. By the time he escaped that living hell, battered and bruised, Fu Zechen had discarded him without a moment's hesitation. When they met again, his eyes held no trace of affection, only indifference and estrangement. “You're not w 15.9kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    Oh, this one! It's about a poor, bullying school bully (bottom) and a rich young master (top). The bottom has a crush on the top because his father is an alcoholic, and later the bottom is sent to a rehabilitation center. He develops depression and even masturbates 😭

37. 37 小 That Little Trouble-Maker Is Absolutely Unhinged 小作精他超疯的 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads249k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance + rekindled love + entertainment industry + happy ending] A volatile, depressed, troublesome, sickly bottom in public and in private, A top who is emotionally impaired but an outstanding actor. Jiang Li is a madman. During a sugar-baby arrangement, he was the first to fall in love and become obsessed. He knew Yi Zhen didn't love him, yet he kept clinging to him, his body covered in wounds. He said, “I supported you for two years. Now it's your turn to support me for two years! 10.9kReads9.3Score847Shelves
38. 38 谁 Who Still Cares Whether Their Ex Lives or Dies After a Breakup? 谁家分手后还管前男友死活啊 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads360k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + seductive, treacherous shou + devoted, fatherly gong + rekindled romance + a groveling pursuit] The biggest mistakes Song Qingyan ever made were acting on his own, making the first move, exposing their relationship, breaking up, and then trying to get back together without asking! He successfully drove himself to the brink of death over and over. The first time, his heart stopped for five minutes. The second time, his heart stopped for ten minutes. The third time, he nearly die 8.5kReads9.3Score671Shelves
39. 39 绿 The Wild Little Tea-Green Psycho Can't Keep It Up Anymore 绿茶小疯子他野不动了 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads243k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads, Happy Ending] A handsome, bad-boy school bully as the pursuer, A sickly recipient who plays the pig to eat the tiger. When Wen Mo was nineteen, his parents brought him back home. His mother gave him his very first gift. He wore it with delight. A year later, a confirmed diagnosis made him realize it was his mother's death warrant for him! A genetic mutation, organ failure, and paralysis on one side of his body. In just two short months, he'd gone from full of life to nearly at 3.6kReads9.3Score319Shelves
40. 40 万 The Most Hated Guy Is Seriously Fierce 万人嫌他超凶的 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads379k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled romance + everyone faces their comeuppance + happy ending] A sickly, universally disliked bottom, a top who’s an esports superstar. After receiving a diagnosis, Shen Ning cruelly abandoned Qin Jiu, the only person he had to rely on. Two years later, they met again. The penniless boy from back then had become a rising esports superstar. Shen Ning tried to explain, but a single stab ended all hope. Dragging his battered body along, he watched his beloved take the stage 7.9kReads9.2Score647Shelves
41. 41 前 My Ex Is a Top-Tier Star, So I’ll Ride His Coattails, Hard! 前男友是顶流，我蹭，我硬蹭！ Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads267k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rebirth + entertainment industry + rekindled romance] A beautiful, strong, tragic, sickly bottom-tier actor. A superstar idol top. The day Lin Ran was diagnosed with cancer, he held his final livestream. He thought it was goodbye, but never expected to receive an invitation to appear on a variety show. When they meet again, his ex-boyfriend has become a top-tier star with tens of millions of followers. He says, “Lin Ran, you're so shameless!” He says, “Lin Ran, are you sick?” H 11.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

    Reader note

    There are countless heart-wrenching novels by Tomato (a popular Chinese writer), and who wouldn't offer a cigarette to a lemon (another popular Chinese writer)? I'm a country bumpkin, but I love reading them; they make me cry so much!

42. 42 偷 I Died After Getting Caught Stealing a Kiss From the Big Shot 偷亲大佬被发现后，我死了 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads329k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads, Extra Sweet!!] A ruthless, deadly bodyguard who can take on a hundred men, but sneaks kisses from his boss in private and gets incredibly jealous, as the bottom. A very rich, unbelievably rich, No. 1-ranked tycoon as the top. Jian Xingyi fell in love with Li Tingshen at first sight. He spent five years quietly working his way into the man's life, becoming his personal bodyguard and lifestyle assistant. Every night, while his boss slept, he would sneak through the window into hi 6.9kReads9.1Score684Shelves
43. 43 小 Has the Little Troublemaker Made Up with Her Ex Today? 小作精今天哄好前男友了吗 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads368k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled romance + chasing his husband + some angst + melodrama] The thing Pei Heng regretted most in his life was taking Shi Jin's drunken words seriously. Shi Jin said they should break up, and Pei Heng left without a second thought. Shi Jin wanted to get back together, but Pei Heng blocked him, deleted him, and cut off every way back. Shi Jin wouldn't stop pursuing him, but Pei Heng ignored him and rejected him time and again. Only when the Pei family announced his engageme 10.8kReads8.4Score752Shelves
44. 44 小 After the Little Fool Ran Away, the Big Shot Went Mad 小傻子逃跑后，大佬他疯了 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads319k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, ultra-pampering] A silly bottom who thought he was pretending to be dumb, only to discover he really was dumb, and a fatherly CEO top who thought he was aloof but turned out to be hopelessly in love. Chi Tang died, and then Chi Tang came back to life! There was a pileup on the highway. Chi Tang’s last memory was being crushed between two cars and dying a gruesome death. He closed his eyes, opened them again, and discovered that he had been reborn in the body of a fool with the s 3.1kReads8.6Score340Shelves
45. 45 万 Everyone Hated Her, Then She Showed Her Face and Took the Internet by Storm 万人嫌露脸后全网爆火 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads448k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads] A sickly, universally despised bottom; A seemingly cold and heartless top who has fallen deeply in love. A year ago, Xu Mian was rumored to have thrown matches, and was boycotted by the entire internet. He retired early. With his mother seriously ill and his right hand partially disabled, he became the target of abuse from everyone in the esports scene, like a rat crossing the street, and endured it for an entire year. Caught between life and death, he struggled to stay alive: 12.6kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
46. 46 万 The Universally Hated Young Master Reborn 万人嫌小少爷重生以后 Known to All众知Two Male Leads170k WordsCompleted Gu Xingqiao is a little simple-minded. He was born after a difficult labor that cost Lady Gu her life, and a few years later, his older brother and father abandoned him. The unwanted Gu Xingqiao met the powerful, gentle Lin Xiujin. Lin Xiujin was a ray of light in his miserable childhood, and as time passed, that light reached into his heart. Lin Xiujin came across a little bundle of misery with nowhere to go. He took him home, doted on him, and protected him. But he never expected the little on 7.6kReads8.1Score426Shelves

    Reader note

    These two are especially torturous, believe me.

47. 47 万 The White-Haired God of War, Hated by All, Can No Longer Hide His True Self 万人嫌的白发战神藏不住了 Mu An Xiyu木安西雨Two Male Leads253k WordsCompleted #ABO #Interstellar Era #Scorned by All, Revenge on the Trash #Secret Identity Revealed Powerful, protective, fatherly Alpha top × beautiful, strong yet tragic, sickly Omega bottom #He is the Yun family’s most shameful good-for-nothing eldest son, and the most formidable weapon on the battlefield against the alien species When Yun Ji crawls back from the abyss with a broken body, he is full of fury and has a head of white hair. On the battlefield, he is the famous “Immortal” general. Not wanting 5.1kReads8.9Score732Shelves
48. 48 前 My Ex Is a Killer, Fierce, Ruthless, and Violent 前男友是杀手，又凶又狠还打人 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads461k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + groveling pursuit + happy ending] A beautiful, strong, tragic assassin uke, A ruthless, cold-blooded CEO seme. Xiao You'en has died three times. The first time, he was seven and nearly beaten to death fighting over a steamed bun. The second time, he was locked up and nearly starved to death by the person he trusted most. The third time, he simply didn’t want to live anymore. The pain of bullets tearing through his body seemed to rip his soul to pieces. One shot, two shots, thr 5.6kReads8.9Score540Shelves
49. 49 病 Sickly, Hated by All, and Sweetly Obedient: The Top Tycoon Leaves the Variety Show to Spoil Him 病弱万人嫌乖茶，顶级大佬离综宠 Time Is Not on My Side岁不与我Two Male Leads456k WordsCompleted [BL ABO + livestreamed divorce variety show + darkening, possessive gong vs. universally disliked shou who becomes universally adored + intense push and pull + raising a child + 1v1 + sweet, swoony wish fulfillment + devoted couple + happy ending] After Rong Rong dies, he learns that he was the universally disliked character in a novel about someone adored by all. His twin brother is a dazzlingly popular star, blessed with every wonderful quality and loved by everyone. Rong Rong is lower than di 9.1kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
50. 50 忠 Faithful Hound 忠犬 Qing Shisi卿十四Two Male Leads45k WordsCompleted Zhou Qi says he’ll be Qi Tingyao’s dog for the rest of his life, but he can’t bear to stop there. Through countless sleepless nights, he tears at his own soul and cries out with longing. The feelings he has buried deep in his heart for over a decade finally burst forth. Just how much does he love Qi Tingyao? Perhaps it’s shown in the way he finally finds the strength to let go as he lies dying. 3.6kReads8.6Score385Shelves

    Reader note

    Personally, I think these books are pretty good. They're relatively short, the plots are fairly tight, and they're all finished, so feel free to read them.

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