What Heart-Wrenching Stories Can Make Even Readers Who Struggle to Empathize Cry? 有什么书是连共情能力弱的人看了都哭的虐文？

1. 1 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

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   This is incredibly heart-wrenching. I consider myself someone who easily cries while reading, but I was already sobbing uncontrollably after just a few pages. Yu An is like a little fish, a little fish, a little fish, swim quickly, free in all directions; a little fish, a little fish, unable to swim, all directions are a cage.

2. 2 原 Genshin Impact: The Vision Shines Again 原神：神之眼再度亮起 What Do You Call a Story?你说故事是什么Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Mu Xian Gunnhildr, eldest son of Mondstadt’s ancient knightly family. His natural gentleness led Mu Xian to treat everyone around him with kindness, and his resolve to save others crystallized into a brilliant Vision. But the world’s rejection soon followed. Indifference, malice, and exploitation for ulterior motives: it seemed no one cared about Mu Xian. The erosion wore away his gentleness, and his Vision grew completely dim. The moment his soul merged with the ley lines, the contract he had s 4kReads8.8Score358Shelves

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   It's truly heartbreaking. Constantly betrayed, disliked by family, and manipulated by the one she loves. So cruel! So cruel! So cruel!!

3. 3 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 81.1kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves

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   Super heart-wrenching ❤️, the male and female leads secretly love each other for 15 years. Only after the male lead gets married does he realize the female lead doesn't dislike him, and only when the female lead meets the right person does she realize the male lead had loved her.

4. 4 见 Seeing Spring 见春天 Ling Min凌忞6k WordsCompleted See Springtime 341Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These are all stories that I found very heart-wrenching, especially the second one. The male and female leads secretly loved each other for 15 years, and it wasn't until the male lead got married that he realized the female lead didn't dislike him. The female lead only discovered the male lead's feelings for her after meeting the right person.

5. 5 暗 The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing 77.1kReads9.7Score13.5kShelves
6. 6 暗 This Grand, Silent Drama of Unrequited Love 暗恋这场声势浩大的哑剧 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance126k WordsCompleted A bittersweet youthful school romance about unrequited love from popular author Meng Zhiwan, and a companion novel to The Sad Little Thing Called a Secret Crush and The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain. This one-sided love story is a silent play with just one actor: me. Also known as The Moment I Speak, My Voice Disappears. Lonely girl Chen Ji VS sunny boy Lin Jingye. I carefully cherished you, and you became the only spring I ever had in my life. “Chen Ji, may you always be safe and well, overcome 20.9kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
7. 7 你 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance138k WordsCompleted The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily 68.9kReads9.5Score12.5kShelves
8. 8 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8kShelves
9. 9 潇 The Rain Falls Late 潇潇雨声迟 A Chen阿辰30k WordsCompleted When Ji Qingyu handed over the divorce papers, Shen Yufeng was busy soothing his fifty-second mistress over the phone. “Shen Yufeng, let’s get divorced.” “Sign them, wait a month, and once the mandatory cooling-off period is over, we’ll go our separate ways and have nothing more to do with each other.” He gave a distracted “Mm,” took the papers, flipped straight to the last page without even looking at them, and casually signed his name. After signing, he stood up and grabbed his coat, still mur 3Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 清 Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03） Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Urban125k WordsCompleted Back in middle school, Xie Zeyang met Shen Bingqing. Their names were almost the opposite of their natures: he was as cold as ice, while she burned bright as the sun. He could still vaguely recall every time they parted when they were young. At thirteen, beneath the lights at the entrance to an alley. She waved with a radiant smile and said to him, “See you tomorrow, class monitor!” At seventeen, on the beach on a midsummer night. She poked her head out of the tent, eyes crinkling as she called 23.3kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves
11. 11 我 I Only Sneaked a Glance at Him 我只偷看他一眼 Zhi Jiu枝玖Anime Fanfiction188k WordsCompleted During the speech by the freshman class representative, Chen Nan fell for Lu Xu at first sight, and for the rest of her life. The pink sunset beyond the window filled the entire sky, like a beautiful landscape painting. The clouds looked drunk, their cheeks flushed with color. Chen Nan held her breath and stole a sidelong glance at Lu Xu. His profile was youthful and striking, and he held his book with perfect posture. A ray of light fell on the yellowed pages, and touched him as well. The dayli 16.8kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
12. 12 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves

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    📜 **"Please Call Me Ghost Messenger"|He traded his life for a lamp in the mortal world, yet no one knows his name.** Zhang Ziliang died. When he died, no one cried, no one saw him off, not even a proper tombstone. Yet this unassuming man, at the cost of his soul's annihilation, performed rituals to release the souls of ten thousand wronged spirits and shield the living from disaster for the entire city. He smiled and said, "A ghost messenger, isn't that what they do?"—But who remembers that in life he was just an ordinary person afraid of the dark and pain? 🌑 **"If no one remembers you, then I will be your tombstone."** The Ghost Messenger's certificate turned to ashes in the flames, but his name will forever become the most secret legend in the mortal world.

13. 13 二 The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊 Meat Bun Won't Eat Meat肉包不吃肉Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [The audiobook adaptation of the same name, starring Gu Jiangshan and Sanshi, is complete. Tune in and give it a listen!] Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning's disciple had been a mistake. His master was far too much like a cat, while he was like a silly dog wagging its tail and fawning over him. Dogs and cats can't reproduce together, and the silly dog hadn't wanted to reach out his fluffy paws toward that cat in the first place. He'd always thought dogs should be with dogs, like his senior bro 100.9kReads9.7Score19.5kShelves

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    Just read this book; once you start, you won't utter a sound. It's absolutely captivating and meets all your requirements.

14. 14 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 31.8kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
15. 15 G GB: My Enemy Becomes My Slave, and I Make Him Pay GB：仇人成了我奴仆，狠狠虐他 Tiny Moss微苔Ancient Romance591k WordsCompleted [Warning: This is an angsty story! The female lead torments the male lead, physically and emotionally. Expect kneeling, imprisonment, whips... If you can’t handle that, read with caution!] [Cool, vengeful queen vs. sweet, gentle demon king] Both leads are devoted to each other, both leads are devoted to each other, both leads are devoted to each other!!! When Chi Feiyan passed by a brothel, she rescued a beautiful boy and took him in as her disciple. She raised him with care, teaching him and pa 15.3kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    The ultimate female-centric male-abuse novel! Whip marks, chains, kneeling punishment, and heartbreaking scenes deliver a barrage of emotional blows! A dark and brutally cruel love story that will send chills down your spine. The male lead suffers both physically and emotionally, finding sweetness amidst the shards of glass. The female lead's insane revenge plot drags the arrogant male lead down from his pedestal, a suffocatingly cruel tale complete with elements of imprisonment, traumatic literature, and a dignity-shattering machine. I stayed up all night reading... The scene where the male lead cries his eyes out and kneels on shattered glass sent shivers down my spine!

16. 16 折 Moonlight as a Prison: The Cold Young Lady Brings Her Bodyguard to Tears 折月为囚：清冷小姐虐哭暗卫 Fortune and Prosperity富贵聚财Ancient Romance386k WordsOngoing (The male lead suffers a lot. Read with caution if you're sensitive to angst.) (This is a fictional story set in an imaginary world.) Main couple: Xu Ruyan, a cool and ruthless daughter of the prime minister, and Song Zhiyu, a humble, devoted hidden guard. Secondary couple: Zhao Zhaoning, a beautiful and unpredictable princess, and Xu Qingfeng, a carefree young general. Xu Ruyan, the prime minister's legitimate daughter, grew up in a household rife with power struggles. She became cold and ruthl 1.4kReads8.2Score100Shelves
17. 17 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Tragic Novel's Heroine Fakes Her Death, the Male Lead Goes Mad 快穿：虐文女主死遁后，男主疯了 Mian Mian Xin绵绵欣Ancient Romance231k WordsOngoing System Tangyuan: Host! Our mission is to enter tragic romance novels as the heroine and collect enough love and regret points from the male leads. Yu Jiao: A tragic romance? Don’t worry, I’ll make it tragic. After faking her death in several worlds, the System’s heart trembled with fear: Host, please stop making things so tragic! The male leads have already wrecked several little worlds trying to find you! Yu Jiao, who flirts and runs, never takes anything to heart: Hehe! What a thrill! * Yu Jia 26Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    It's so heart-wrenching, it'll break your heart, it'll make your liver hurt, and you just can't stop watching!!!

18. 18 我 I'm Not Dirty 我不脏的 Wang Bufan王不凡Modern Romance771k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion and purity + reborn + healing + sweet romance + possessive love] From the moment we met, you were like a ray of sunlight shining into the darkness, slowly pulling me out of the mire. Six-year-old Jiang Tian visits the Gu family and sees Gu Ze collapsed in the snow. She pulls him out, takes the hot-water bottle her mother gave her, and hands it to him. “Big brother, you’re so handsome. If I give this to you, will you marry me someday?” Gu Ze gazes at the girl before him, who look 10kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
19. 19 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Enters a BE Script 快穿白月光穿进be剧本 Carefree Chatterbox佛系叽歪Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted #Shocking! The Dream Girl Meets a Love-Struck Hero in Every World!# [Dream Girl + Satisfying Romance + Healing and Redemption + No Fixed Couple] After Qing Dai’s fiftieth blind date ends in failure, she’s told it’s because the fragments of her soul scattered across different little worlds have left a trail of broken hearts: They were the CEO’s dream girl, the campus heartthrob’s secret wife, the regent’s cinnabar mole, the secretly adored imperial princess in a matriarchal world… As the dream gi 33.2kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
20. 20 穿 I Became the Second Female Lead in an Angsty Novel, So I'm Lying Flat 穿成虐文女二我躺平了 Purple-Robed Evil Emperor紫裳邪皇Ancient Romance408k WordsCompleted (Both leads are pure; the heroine is beautiful, sweet, and clever.) Cheng Qingqing is a modern young woman who transmigrates into a book as the doomed second female lead, a relative staying at the Duke’s residence. The second female lead is breathtakingly beautiful but brainless, spending all her time scheming to seduce the heir and the Third Prince. Cheng Qingqing is speechless at this plot. She isn’t boy-crazy, but she has no choice but to follow the story. While playing her part, she quietly 16.8kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
21. 21 我 The System Punished Me by Making Me Bleed. Why Are You Crying? 我被系统惩罚流血，你们哭什么 Jie Ni Bai杰尼白Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted The Villainess System had never encountered such a difficult tasker. Every time, she chose to reject the task and accept the punishment of bleeding. But can someone explain why this woman has maxed out the male lead’s affection by bleeding from all sorts of places? System: Host, please choose whether to accept the Level Two task: [Steal the original heroine’s scenes]. Failure will result in coughing up blood. Lin Zhumian: I choose to refuse. Then, while acting, she spat out a mouthful of blood. 10.8kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
22. 22 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 188.6kReads9.5Score25.6kShelves
23. 23 沉 After Immersing Myself in Winning Over the Male Lead, I Ran Away 沉浸式攻略男主后，我跑了 Mai Shuang脉双Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Fake Death + Bad Ending + Regret and Redemption + No CP] Zhi Yi was born into the quick transmigration agency’s inheritor family, tasked with writing worlds. Her lazy, greedy, and slippery System finds her heartbreaking, gut-wrenching worlds every day. Zhi Yi: … After transmigrating into the body of a poor girl from a fallen family, the young master declared, “A poor girl like you thinks she’s good enough to love me?” Later, the young master knelt beside her sickbed, cryi 394Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 猎 Time to Hunt: The Tragic Novel's Heroine Awakens 猎杀时刻，虐文女主觉醒之后 Cat Eats Meat Buns猫吃肉包Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Green tea scheming + love-triangle chaos + punishing scumbags + genuine regret and redemption + strategy] There’s a pitiable creature in this world called the tragic-romance heroine. She’s abused in body and soul by scumbag men and wicked women, only to be forced into a happy ending in the end. Ever since Lin You took on commissions to help tragic-romance heroines escape their fates, she’d been running wild through one tragic romance after another. Some regretted everything: “I’m sorry. Please 887Reads9.0Score100Shelves
25. 25 暗 Secret Crush! Big Brother Is Wild and Irresistible 暗恋！哥哥他又野又撩 Moonfield Mountain Fox月野山狐Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted [College Campus | Unrequited Love Turns Mutual | Playboy Turns Over a New Leaf | Sweet Romance as He Wins Her Back] Meng Shiyi has been secretly in love for years with her brother's good friend. He Xi Lou is famously rebellious and carefree at Imperial University, and his ex-girlfriends could circle the entire campus. At first, he laughs nonchalantly. “Relax, you're my friend's little sister. I wouldn't touch you~” Later, he pins her in his arms, his voice teasing and sensual. “Shiyi, little sis 26.2kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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    😢😢😢When Su Nian first brought up breaking up, Lu Chenyuan was peeling shrimp for her, his fingertips still smeared with shrimp roe, not bothering to wipe it away. He simply looked up at her, his dark eyes like falling snow, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Why?" She thought he would be angry, would question her, after all, this head of the Lu Group was always a man of his word. But he wasn't. He simply put the peeled shrimp into her bowl, his voice even softer: "Where did I do something wrong? Tell me, and I'll change."

26. 26 行 Late in the Day 行止晚 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 25.7kReads9.6Score3.3kShelves

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    Cry, I cry every time I watch it, it's so heartbreaking.

27. 27 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1kShelves
28. 28 蓄 Deliberately Teasing and Kissing the Young Lady 蓄意撩惹，缠吻大小姐 Anhua桉桦Modern Romance370k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Younger Man/Older Woman Romance + Flirting and Push-Pull Tension + Willingly Surrendering] [Radiant, Flirtatious Heiress * Brilliant, Proper, and Courteous Medical Doctor] _ Jiang Zhi, heir to the Jiang Group, is a gorgeous, dazzling heiress. After breaking up with her first love at twenty-one, she developed a deep-seated fear of men. For seven years, those beautiful, flirtatious fox eyes never lingered on anyone for more than a second, until the day she was hospitalized 1.1kReads8.1Score100Shelves

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    A must-see! Extremely heart-wrenching, filled with passionate and tender love 😏

29. 29 快 Quick Transmigration: After Torturing the Big Shot to Tears, I Faked My Death and Escaped 快穿：把大佬虐哭后我死遁了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, scum gong regrets his actions, chases his wife to the crematorium, sickly, coughing blood, forced love, shou fakes his death and escapes, BE in the small worlds, HE in the end] [System: Reminder, Host Yun Chen, this is an S-rank conquest world. The principal gods of every plane are extremely powerful!] [Yun Chen: Oh.] - The domineering CEO, wealthy enough to rival a nation: You’re nothing but a substitute picked out of the mud. My one true love is the chosen one! Yun Chen fell i 21.2kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves

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    A story combining a death ruse, a strategy guide, a system, and physical and emotional torture. In short, it's really quite good.

30. 30 他 He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南 Jing Xing景行Modern Romance209k WordsCompleted When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went 25.2kReads9.7Score4.8kShelves

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    I cried so hard I almost collapsed! This anti-drug novel totally captivated me! Anyone understand? 😭 I just finished reading "He Is in the South of the Clouds" and cried until I was breathless!!! The premise of an anti-drug police officer and a reporter initially seemed like a typical tragic romance, but the author's writing is absolutely brilliant. They skillfully weave together national duty and personal love, delivering a brutally honest emotional experience. The impact is so strong that even seeing the words "South of the Clouds" now makes me gasp for breath… 💔 A tear-jerking scene: The female lead is maliciously harassed and forced to expose her wounds in front of others. She's trembling with grievance, yet she grits her teeth and swallows her bitterness… But when the male lead returns, in their small apartment, Cheng Li can comfortably act like a child, and Shen Xun spoils him unconditionally. This fleeting sweetness only underscores the capriciousness of fate, adding insult to injury! And then there's the scene where the uncle is looking for the female lead with the ring. Shen Xun's clarity is heartbreaking. Knowing she might not live to see him again, she still clings to her memories, stubbornly persisting. This kind of "I understand your mission, and I'm willing to stand by you" kind of love is absolutely amazing! 🔍 Character Delight Warning: The male lead, Cheng Li, is a true, passionate anti-drug police officer, shouldering the weight of national duty, his love both restrained and profound. The female lead, Shen Xun, isn't a clinging vine; she's clear-headed and resilient, becoming his "comrade-in-arms" in her own way. Their relationship isn't one-sided; it's a two-way journey of "you protect justice, I protect you." The bittersweet feeling is something only those who experience it truly understand! 📖 The Plot's Enduring Impact: The open ending really got me hooked! Some believe Cheng Li will forever remain in Yunnan, but I prefer to believe he returned as Morpheus Lee. As readers have said, Shen Xun and the other "treasure hunters" will eventually fulfill their promise of "I'll come back to marry you," filled with belated guilt… (Even knowing it's self-deception, I can't help but hope so!) 💡 Reader Reviews: "All the emotions are vividly portrayed; after reading, I only had one thought: a tribute to the anti-drug police!" "In just a few dozen chapters, the journey from acquaintance to love is anything but rushed; only the ending is too cruel, I cried until I was breathless." (I can only say that those who have read it understand this suffocating feeling of pain and satisfaction!) Sisters who want to experience "crying until your mind goes blank, yet unable to resist rereading," hurry up!!! After reading, you'll understand what "heroism in words" means, what "the lingering sense of injustice can circle the earth three times" means… Warm reminder: Prepare plenty of tissues.

31. 31 我 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 120kReads9.7Score13.9kShelves

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    A 26-year-old female tenant moved into my house, and she always cried late at night. Until that night, I found a yellowed medical record in her drawer, and I finally understood why she rejected all suitors. A heartwarming urban love story of healing and redemption unfolds, revealing the secret behind her gentleness...

32. 32 蚀 A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨危情 Qi Lao You淇老游Modern Romance753k WordsCompleted Xia Weiming died, and Shen Xiujin personally sent Jian Tong to a women’s prison. During her three years behind bars, Shen Xiujin’s order to “take good care of her” changed Jian Tong beyond recognition. She was even “persuaded to donate a kidney” while in prison. Before she went in, Jian Tong said, “I didn’t kill her.” Shen Xiujin remained unmoved. After her release, Jian Tong said, “I killed Xia Weiming. I’m guilty.” Shen Xiujin’s face turned livid. “Shut up! Don’t let me hear you say that again 68.3kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
33. 33 天 The Huo Family’s Pricey Pampered Bride 天价宠婚：霍总的小娇妻 White Tea白茶Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted Before he knew Nian Yaxuan's true identity, the young master of Yuecheng, Huo Lingchen, would say: “Someone! Throw this woman out of Shangyang Mall!” “Someone! Toss this woman into the sea!” “Someone! Bury this woman alive!” One of his assistants muttered under his breath, “Mr. Huo, the woman you want buried alive is... your wife.” Huo Lingchen shot him a chilling look and kicked him in the leg. “Get out and haul bricks at a construction site!” Why hadn't he said so earlier? This was ruining his 7.2kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves

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    This novel is wonderful, with a clear beginning and end. It's one of the most beautiful love stories I've ever read. In the story, the relationship isn't affected by external factors. Compared to real-life love stories, I really like the love story in the book. I also hope my love story is like that, of course, disregarding the material aspects and only hoping for a spiritual one, where love exists because of love itself.

34. 34 弥 Maitreya Heavenly Emperor 弥勒天帝 Heaven and Earth Dream of Butterflies天地梦蝶Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation + creation of the heavens and myriad worlds + fantasy + beauties galore] Citi Tianxing has already reached the peak of the Heavenly Emperor realm, yet he resolutely gives up his position as sovereign over all worlds and ventures toward an even higher, unknown realm. He seeks to question the heavens: What is the meaning of cultivation? What is the purpose of creation? Follow him as he battles across the Myriad Worlds, comprehending the great mysteries of darkness, light, life, 150Reads6.2Score—Shelves
35. 35 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 976.7kReads9.4Score99.9kShelves
36. 36 大 The Great Sage Returns: Sun Wukong Vows to Slaughter Every God and Buddha! 大圣归来，我孙悟空誓必屠尽神佛！ Heaven-Mandated Mayfly天命蜉蝣Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted As the four disciples of Tang Sanzang received their titles on Spirit Mountain, a man who looked like a beggar stood at its foot, disdain in his eyes. He muttered bitterly, “Tathagata, I, Old Sun, will be back.” A different Journey to the West, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven's journey of revenge. 29.1kReads9.1Score6.6kShelves
37. 37 西 Journey to the West: Defying Heaven 西游之逆天而行 Immortal Boy仙童Eastern Fantasy384k WordsCompleted On the journey to the Western Heaven to obtain the scriptures, Sun Wukong refuses to be subdued. Using the scheme of the False and True Monkey Kings, Buddha Tathagata replaces him with the Six-Eared Macaque. The Six-Eared Macaque protects Tang Sanzang as he obtains the scriptures and becomes the Victorious Fighting Buddha! Sun Wukong’s true body is destroyed, while his spirit is imprisoned in the desolate Spirit Mountain ravine, with the Great Sun Tathagata’s curse weighing upon him. Tang Sanzan 22Reads6.7Score—Shelves
38. 38 洪 Honghuang: The Myriad Immortals Formation Is Broken, and the Jie School Summons Me Back 洪荒：万仙阵被破，截教召我归来 I Really Am a Whale我是真鲸了Eastern Fantasy382k WordsCompleted Gu Changsheng transmigrated into the Primordial World, became Tongtian’s chief disciple, and activated the Mission System. At the start of the Witch-Demon Tribulation, he went beyond the realms to cultivate. … At the end of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, after the battle at the Myriad Immortals Formation and the Jie Sect’s crushing defeat, Tongtian finally remembered his chief disciple. When Gu Changsheng returned to the Primordial World, he discovered that the Jie Sect had been all bu 14.5kReads8.0Score791Shelves
39. 39 紫 Purple Sun 紫阳 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing When the Hu invaded, he lost his family, his home, and his newlywed wife, who was taken from him. He searched for her across a thousand miles but failed to find her. Through a twist of fate, he embarked on the path of Shangqing cultivation. A pedantic scholar gained immortal arts, mastered the immortal way, saved the people, and brought order to the world. 7.5kReads9.2Score827Shelves
40. 40 飞 Ascension Begins with the Primordial Chaos Art 飞升，从天地混沌诀开始 Never Stop永不止步Eastern Fantasy5.8M WordsCompleted [Traditional cultivation fantasy + decisive and ruthless heroine + mutated dual immortal roots + no transmigration, no System + two heroines] [Includes a space that appears later, spiritual fields, alchemy, formations, talisman-making, and raising spirit insects] The young Yang Che accidentally fell into a cultivator's cave dwelling and obtained the Ancient God Art and a mysterious spiritual herb, the Nine-Leaf Black Sun Fruit! He learned to cultivate spirit herbs, make pills and talismans, set 54.4kReads8.7Score5.2kShelves
41. 41 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves
42. 42 剑 Sword Sovereign 剑天子 Yi Nan一难Eastern Fantasy3.6M WordsCompleted Dongyang is a young man unable to practice cultivation. He comes alone to the imperial capital of the Great Xia Dynasty in search of a cure for his illness. After enduring endless humiliation and being turned away by all four sects, he accidentally wanders into the ruined Changsheng Abbey, where he unexpectedly finds a powerful benefactor waiting to help him… 3.1kReads8.7Score323Shelves
43. 43 天 Fish of the World 天下游鱼 Happy Acorn开心橡果Eastern Fantasy7.5M WordsCompleted By the Canglan River, a young man wears a straw raincoat and bamboo hat, holding wine in one hand and a fishing rod in the other. His heart has no place in the world, yet he finds himself in the jianghu... I come from a place beyond knowing. I want to see this world, just as unknown to me... 90.7kReads9.0Score8.9kShelves
44. 44 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 561.4kReads9.3Score72kShelves
45. 45 紫EN Purple Cauldron Immortal Fate 紫鼎仙缘 Ma Dafugui马大富贵Eastern Fantasy8.1M WordsCompleted Ye Han, a poor cowherd, accidentally loses his cattle, but what seems like a misfortune turns out to be a blessing: he obtains a mysterious purple cauldron that devours the heavens. Watch as he rises against fate with nothing but an ordinary talent, enters the ranks of the top cultivators, and makes the name Ye Han resound across countless worlds. He looks down upon the Five Elements and roams freely through the Nine Heavens! Cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core 56.3kReads8.7Score6.1kShelves
46. 46 九 The Nine-Reincarnation Art: Taking Another’s Place 九世轮回诀之李代桃僵 Song Deqiu, Who Likes Persian Sturgeon喜欢波斯鲟的宋德秋Eastern Fantasy384k WordsOngoing Yang Kailin traveled through the Gate of Time to the Northern Song dynasty, two thousand years in the past. He entered the secret realm of Bianshan and learned the Nine Lives Reincarnation Art. To save Pan Xinrui, he trained with all his might and overcame countless trials. He once took a photo with a literary giant, then fought a war beyond the cosmos, relying on his strength to rescue Pan Xinrui… —Reads—Score—Shelves

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