Any Romance Novels That Are Quiet and Uneventful but End on a Heartbreaking Note? 有没有很平淡但是结局很遗憾的言情小说
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Following His Footsteps From Youth to the Height of Her Glory 追随他脚步从青葱岁月到韶华灼灼
From high school to university and then into the workplace, she followed him for years. Ye Mu had long known that the road they walked together would end in separation, but she held on until she had no strength left. Li Ling always believed marriage was nothing more than an equal exchange based on weighing the pros and cons, and that's exactly how he treated it. It wasn't until Ye Mu vanished from his life completely that he realized she had taken all the joy from his life. From then on, life be
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She Died the Year She Loved Him Most 她死在最爱他的那一年
Sang Yuan never expected that, after an accident, her husband Gu Yuhui would have his memories sent back to when he was eighteen, a time when he loved someone else. Every night, Gu Yuhui would regain a month’s worth of memories. In those dreams, he fell in love with his unrequited love all over again. He was convinced there was no love in his marriage to Sang Yuan. Then Sang Yuan died, and his memories returned to the moment they first met. She had been a ray of light that illuminated his world
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I'll Slowly Give You Up 我会慢慢放弃你
The alcohol warms her heart. Su Qinghe nestles in Gu Yanchen's arms, clutching the hem of his shirt with trembling fingers. Nervous, she says, "Gu Yanchen, my heart is beating so fast. No one's ever held me like this before. I'm a little flustered." He lowers his head and kisses the crown of her head, tightening his arms around her waist. The pounding of his heart makes her ears burn. He gives a hoarse, soft laugh. "Don't be scared. My heart's beating even faster than yours. It hasn't slowed dow
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Diary of Survival in the City 城市生存日记
[No Golden Finger + A Terrible Start from the Start + Self-Redemption + A Realistic Guide to Urban Homelessness] Watch a little waif scavenge and save money, making life a little better, one step at a time. He Qinghuan barely escaped her home deep in the mountains with her life, and now wanders the city. She must avoid being discovered as homeless and sent back, while making full use of the city's resources to feed herself and survive until she's old enough to work and support herself. Looking u
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My Son’s College Entrance Exam Countdown Begins the Day He First Urges Me to Divorce 儿子高考倒计时,却是儿子第一次劝我离婚开始之时
With the countdown to my son’s college entrance exams underway, the moment he first urged me to get a divorce arrived too.
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Nothing Is Certain in Death 逝事无常
A collection of episodic fantasy stories set in the early Tang dynasty, featuring an ensemble cast and complicated relationships. The heroine, Lin Zheng, is [humorous, clever, considerate, devoted to those she loves, and clear-eyed]. Male Lead 1, Ning Wuyi, is [determined, just, sunny, youthful, and cunning]. Male Lead 2, Chu Qiancheng, is [gentle, perceptive, sincere, and exceptionally skilled in magic]. While fleeing and searching for her family, Lin Zheng accidentally gets caught up in a myst
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The Waning Glow 最阑珊
[Not a wish-fulfillment novel + neither lead is perfect + real people with real feelings] (Heir × Commandery Princess, a political marriage between two kingdoms, marriage before love, both devoted to each other, happy ending) The hero becomes a loyal puppy later on, with a world that consists only of the heroine and everyone else. The heroine is wise, noble-born, and deeply unfortunate. * She still remembered that Qixi Festival, when colorful lanterns hung high and candlelight filled the sky. Su
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A Love Called No More Avoiding 名为不再回避的喜欢
A Love Called No Longer Holding Back
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Day and Night, Stars and River 日昼星河
“Qiu Liang, you don’t love me at all!” Qing Yao was the person Qiu Liang loved with all his heart, but those were also the last words Qing Yao ever said to him. The regret in love isn’t that it has something to do with you, but that it has nothing to do with me anymore…
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Beyond the Stars 1 星外1
[No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no brainless nonsense, and no power fantasy. Read at your own discretion.] Gazing up at the stars, you see that “they,” hundreds of millions of miles away, are gazing at the stars too. Who are “they”? Singers? Stone Men? Barmofeitren? Tyrannosaurs? Merchants? Slayers? Whatever kind of “them” they may be, whether alien immigrants or extraterrestrials, they remain unknown.
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Xue Wutong 雪梧桐
[Republican-era ensemble cast + love of country + two powerful leads + older man/younger woman + sweet romance + pursuit of love + powerful man bows his head + heartbreaking angst + bad ending] In the Republican era, Nanjing was home to two renowned romantics. I do not believe in Buddha, but I would kneel at every temple in Nanjing if only Heaven would give me back my wife. Zhou Qingshi, courtesy name Changyu, was the eldest son and eldest grandson of the Zhou family, and ninth in birth order.
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My Younger Days 我的年少时
I dedicate this book to my one and only youth, which I remember with such regret! [Redemption + unrequited love + love that goes both ways + tragic ending] When I was six, I followed my mother to another village after she remarried. My broken family made me want to escape from my mother from a young age. I met Yang Luobei when I was seven. We were each other’s only friend. While he went to school, I stayed home to look after my younger siblings. When he started high school, I had only just gradu
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Till the End of the Moon: Transmigrating as Ye Bingshang and Saving Myself 长月烬明之穿成叶冰裳自救
Yun Shang is both an ordinary and an extraordinary person. She’s ordinary because she’s an unremarkable nobody in a crowd, a little orphan who struggles to grow and survive like a weed. She’s extraordinary because she has no idea why she transmigrated into the world of Till the End of the Moon. She became Ye Bingshang. To stay alive, she follows the rules for transmigrators, keeps her head down, and stays away from the male and female leads. Ye Bingshang/Yun Shang: “Gods above, I, your humble be
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My Right Eye Is Twitching 右眼跳
“Loss is inevitable. There’s no need to rush things.” In the age of machines, this is a handcrafted work of art. With its fresh premise and beautiful prose, this book is full of wit and utterly absorbing. It follows the everyday lives of three young people in a small city, with both laughter and tears. All in all, it’s fun, funny, and a great read. Readers affectionately call it “a high school reading comprehension passage.” That is all. [A Little Spoiler] When your right eye twitches, your hea
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Regret Is Only Human 遗憾,人之常情
People often talk about regret. It always torments us, stays with us, and lingers in our minds, impossible to shake. [Female lead with depression x gentle, devoted secret admirer] Her father's sudden death deals a devastating blow to Su Fei, who already suffers from depression. She tries to end her life more than once. During that time, her boyfriend, Shen Shangxing, stays by her side without fail, afraid she'll do something rash. She thinks Shen Shangxing is the man she loves, never realizing t
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