Looking for Short BL Novellas with a Bad Ending 求双男，短篇，be，

1. 1 我 I Spent Ten Yuan on a Secondhand Marketplace and Bought a Fiancé 我在二手平台花十块钱，买了个未婚夫 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚12k WordsCompleted I Spent Ten Yuan on a Secondhand Marketplace and Bought Myself a Fiancé 11.6kReads—Score9314d adds

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   The plot is fast-paced, packed with laughs, and it's super entertaining.

2. 2 躺 Lie Flat Immortal Venerable 躺平仙尊 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Eastern Fantasy146k WordsCompleted [Rapid-fire laughs + lighthearted + no romance] Lin Xian transmigrates to a cultivation world gripped by cutthroat competition. His previous incarnation was the ultimate grind king, who worked himself to death from cultivating nonstop. Lin Xian binds himself to a System that rewards him with cultivation whenever he rests, lies flat, or slacks off, but punishes him if he cultivates seriously... 1.2kReads—Score10314d adds
3. 3 五 The Boyfriend I Rented for 500 Yuan Is My Boss’s Brother 五百块租来的男友，是我老板的哥哥 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The Boyfriend I Rented for 500 Yuan Is My Boss's Older Brother 1.7kReads—Score—14d adds
4. 4 权 No One Can Escape My Powerful Brother’s Obsessive Love 权臣哥哥的疯爱无人能逃 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚6k WordsCompleted No one can escape the mad love of the powerful minister’s older brother 2kReads—Score—14d adds
5. 5 愿 May You Ride This Horse and Come to Me Night After Night 愿君骑此马，日日踏夜来 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted May you ride this horse and come by night, day after day 643Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 6 天 The Sky Is Falling! I Woke Up with My Mentor’s Precious Son Beside Me 天塌了！一觉醒来身边躺着导师的宝贝儿子 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚7k WordsCompleted The sky’s falling! I woke up to find my advisor’s precious son lying beside me 280Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 7 穿 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Win Over the Unhinged Villain 穿书后我把疯批大反派给攻略了 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted After I transmigrated into a book, I won over the unhinged villain 186Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 8 抢 You Stole My Betrothal Token? No One Can Stop My Fiancé When He Loses It 抢我定亲信物？我未婚夫疯起来谁都拦不住 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Trying to steal my betrothal token? Once my fiancé snaps, no one can stop him. 152Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 9 穿 A Furnace’s Self-Cultivation After Transmigrating into a Book: First, Turn the Client into a Lovesick Fool 穿书炉鼎的自我修养：先把甲方熬成恋爱脑 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚6k WordsCompleted A Transmigrator’s Guide to Being a Human Cauldron: First, Turn Your Client into a Lovesick Fool 36Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 10 买 The Furnace I Bought Is Obedient Yet Wild, and Dual Cultivation Boosts My Power 买来的炉鼎又乖又野，双修还能涨修为 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚7k WordsCompleted The human cauldron I bought is both obedient and wild, and dual cultivation can even boost my cultivation. —Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 11 系 The System Wants Me to Conquer the Immortal Venerable. He Whines: Humans and Cats Can't Cultivate Together 系统让我攻略仙尊，他委屈巴巴：人和猫是不能双修的 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚12k WordsCompleted The System told me to conquer the Immortal Venerable. He pouted pitifully: "People and cats can't cultivate dual cultivation together." 15Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 12 系 The System Forces Me to Be a Villainous Ex-Wife, So My Son and I Get Rich by Acting 系统逼我当恶毒前妻，我和儿子靠演戏暴富了 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted The System Forces Me to Play the Wicked Ex-Wife, but My Son and I Get Rich by Acting 39Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 13 年 The Young Shaman Doctor Prescribed This: Kiss Him Every Day 年轻巫医给我开了个方子：每日和他吃嘴子 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted The young witch doctor wrote me a prescription: kiss him every day. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 14 毒 After Three Days of Hallucinogenic Poisonous Mushrooms, I Summoned Every Handsome Man in the Prince's Estate 毒蘑菇致幻三天，我把王府的英俊男人全点了一遍 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚6k WordsCompleted After three days of hallucinations from poisonous mushrooms, I picked out every handsome man in the prince's manor. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 基 I Was the Strongest Fighter at the Base, but the Zombie Emperor Took Me Home to Raise Me 基地最强战力的我，被丧尸皇捡回去养了 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted I was the strongest fighter at the base, but the Zombie Emperor took me in and raised me. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 16 豪 My Wealthy Boyfriend Panicked: We Haven't Even Broken Up, and You're Looking for a Lover? 豪门男友急了：我们还没分手，你在找小情人？ Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚9k WordsCompleted My rich boyfriend panicked: "We haven't even broken up yet, and you're looking for a boy toy?" 17Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 17 太 Crown Prince, Stop Looking. The One Who Saved You Has Already Married a Handsome, Worthy Man 太子爷别找了，救你的人已经嫁了帅气良人 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted Crown Prince, stop looking. The person who saved you has already married a handsome, virtuous man. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 18 救 I Saved a Stranger, and the First Thing He Said Was: I'm Married. Don't Think About Sleeping with Me. 救了个陌生男人，他开口第一句：我已婚，别想睡我。 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted I saved a stranger, and the first thing he said was, "I'm married. Don't think you can sleep with me." 54Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 19 傻 The Foolish Girl's Journey to the Capital to Find a Husband: Wrong City, Right Brother 傻妞进京找夫记，找错城市找对哥 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚6k WordsCompleted A silly girl heads to the capital to find her husband: she goes to the wrong city but finds the right guy. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 20 报 The Best Way to Get Back at a Bad Neighbor Is to Woo His Wife 报复恶邻最好的办法，是追他娘子 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Historical6k WordsCompleted The best way to get back at a nasty neighbor is to pursue his wife. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 21 那 That Year, It Was You 那年是你 Xian Shiliu羡十六Two Male Leads86k WordsCompleted School Life / Bad Ending / Short Story / Redemption Original title: Known For Ji Wen, this life was nothing but regret: the inferiority bred by his family, the discrimination he faced as a child, the poverty of his circumstances, and a love that lived forever in memories. Then, one year, he met Xun Yi, and his whole world lit up. 3Reads8.4Score—14d adds
22. 22 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. 3.6kReads8.6Score39314d adds
23. 23 我 I Won’t Fall for You 我不会喜欢你 Falling Blossoms and Flying Rain落花飞雨Two Male Leads110k WordsCompleted Mo Qian spent six years trying to warm a cold, unyielding heart. But life is full of disappointments, and love is one of them. Even on the day he died, he never received the love he had yearned for. But he could never have imagined that after his death, the one he had loved in this world would finally awaken, overcome with grief. Day after day, they knelt before the tiny pile of ashes he had become, sobbing and weeping, until they died beneath those ashes. ***Content warnings: * A groveling ex a 953Reads8.8Score10314d adds
24. 24 念 Longing Unanswered 念念不忘，再无回响 Yan Jiujing宴九京Two Male Leads605k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads \ ABO \ Angst Novel \ Substitute \ Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] Important warning ❤️ The main love interest gets a bad ending; the second male lead ends up with him~ Yu Moyi had a white moonlight in his heart, but they couldn’t be together because their pheromones were naturally incompatible. So he found an Omega who looked a lot like his white moonlight: Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan was obedient and devoted to him. No matter how badly Yu Moyi treated him, he never got angry. Yu 5.9kReads9.2Score50114d adds
25. 25 人 Human Shape 人样 Little Pickled Garlic 425小糖蒜425Two Male Leads337k WordsCompleted Everyone knows that Meng Chengxian is just a dog raised by the Meng family. If anyone dares touch Meng Yancheng, he becomes a wild dog. When Meng Yancheng no longer wants him, he becomes a stray. When faced with a blood feud, he becomes a mad dog. When all is said and done, he's a dead dog left to rot in the wilderness. In the end, he never managed to live like a real person. 24Reads8.9Score—14d adds
26. 26 那 Let's Leave It Here 那就到这里 Yishui Zhaozhao一水昭昭6k WordsCompleted That's where it ends. 547Reads—Score—14d adds

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    My heart still aches after reading the short story.

27. 27 不 Sorry, I Became the God of the Apocalypse First 不好意思，我先成了末日之神 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚6k WordsCompleted Sorry, I Became the God of the Apocalypse First 11Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The plot is fast-paced, the jokes are frequent, and it's super entertaining!

28. 28 一 Twins by Two Fathers: How Many Secrets Lie Within the Marquis’s Inner Quarters? 一胎双生两个爹，侯门深院藏了多少秘密？ Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted Twins with Two Fathers: How Many Secrets Lie Hidden in the Marquis's Mansion? —Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 29 约 We Agreed Not to Fall in Love, Yet He Keeps Walking Around Half-Dressed 约好不谈情，他却天天不好好穿衣服 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted We Agreed Not to Talk About Love, Yet He Keeps Showing Up Every Day Barely Dressed 7Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 30 我 I Asked My Senior Brother If It Was Big, and He Replied, “Want to See?” 我问师兄大不大，他回我：要看吗？ Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚6k WordsCompleted I asked my senior brother if it was big. He replied, “Want to see?” —Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 31 全 The Handsome Miaojiang Upperclassman Everyone Fears, Whom I Completely Devoured 全校都怕的苗疆帅学长，被我吃干抹净了 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚8k WordsCompleted The handsome senior from Miaojiang, feared by the whole school, was thoroughly devoured by me —Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 32 客 Customer Service: Dear, He’s Not Sick, He Just Wants to Get Up to No Good with You 客服：亲，他不是发烧，是想和你干坏事 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚6k WordsCompleted Customer service: Dear, he isn’t running a fever. He wants to do naughty things with you. —Reads—Score—14d adds
33. 33 不 Don't Fall in Love at First Sight with the Cool, Handsome Guy! Your Kidneys Are in Danger! 不要对高冷男神一见钟情！肾危！ Alone in Chang'an独自长安13k WordsCompleted Don't Fall in Love at First Sight with the Ice-Cold Male God! It's Bad for Your Kidneys! 136Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Matching. Short story with two male protagonists.

34. 34 我 When I Loved You 我爱你的时候 Yu Jia豫佳Two Male Leads223k WordsCompleted Wealthy Families / Angsty Romance / Male-Male Romance / Playing Dumb to Catch the Enemy Off Guard / Bad Ending When I loved you, you shone like the stars. When I stopped loving you, you scattered like dust. Lu Shiba loved Qin Xiaojiu for so many, many years, until at last he finally let go... Lu Shiba discovered that he was terminally ill. Then he accidentally learned that his partner had been cheating on him for a long time. Qin Jiu had money and spent his days eating, drinking, and having fun 5Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    This is a must! A short film! Perfect fit!

35. 35 等 Waiting for You to Turn Around and Say You Love Me 等你回头说爱我 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads151k WordsCompleted [Boys' love + emotional torment + physical torment + a perfect deception + innocent on the outside, dark within + obsessive and twisted + bad ending + strong characters + yandere] No one is simple. Please don't look at people too naively, especially those who seem harmless. Shen Yan is the child of a wealthy family. In other people's eyes, he's nothing but a commodity with a price tag, something to be passed around and bullied at will. He tries with all his might to learn how to love others and 854Reads9.2Score11414d adds
36. 36 疯 Tales from the Asylum 疯人院故事 Xia Xuanying夏玄英Two Male Leads193k WordsCompleted They said Lin Zili was crazy, so he was locked away in an asylum. Then they said Zhou Liangyan was crazy too, and he ended up in the asylum as well. Crazy people really are perfect for each other. 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Can I recommend my own story? It's a story with two male leads. I hope you like it.

37. 37 真 Half Sincere, Half False 真心半假 A Lazy Little Taba一只懒塔塔Two Male Leads102k WordsCompleted Four short stories, four different endings: ① The groveling ex wins him back, happy ending ② They love each other but cannot stay together, tragic ending ③ A new love interest ④ Hell for everyone. “Half Sincere”, Groveling ex, happy ending Amnesiac pianist × cold-blooded guardian He raised him into a vine that clung to him, only to be caught in its grasp first. “If We Were Both Caught in the Snow Someday”, Bittersweet tragic ending If someday we were caught in the snow together, then at least in 27Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A collection of short stories, four stories, four different endings. No slapstick humor, no melodramatic misunderstandings, no saintly white lotuses.

38. 38 当 After an Old Omega Fell Head Over Heels, He Ran Away 当一个老O怦然心动之后，跑了 The Rogue's Wooden Fish痞子的木鱼24k WordsCompleted After an old O fell head over heels, he ran away 2.3kReads—Score6614d adds

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    I like this understated style, without any melodrama or messy plot points. It left a lasting impression, though the ending felt a bit abrupt.

39. 39 我 My Dearest You 我亲爱的你啊 Jie You'en桀幼恩Two Male Leads108k WordsCompleted A little context: campus youth + mutual healing + realistic fiction + based on a true story (a leisurely pace, told in a gentle, unhurried way) [Do you know why goldfish bump into the glass of their tank?] “I” had only been in prison for a few days when I was assigned to share a cell with a “short-tempered madman.” From then on, every day felt like walking on eggshells. When a thread of his unknown past begins to unravel, how will “I” untangle the clues and uncover the truth behind his story? “T 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Knife, knife, only knife

40. 40 他 He Didn't Comfort Him 他没哄他 Nine Leaves九叶叶叶Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + campus + lighthearted + unrequited love + a touch of bittersweetness + BE + short story] (Soothing someone = comforting them = deceiving them) Gloomy top student [Mu Qi] × doomed delinquent [Ling Shu] Every relationship needs someone to make the first move. That's inevitable. So Ling Shu spent two years preparing before stepping back into Mu Qi's life. Liking someone doesn't guarantee you'll end up together, and love doesn't have to be earth-shattering. So Mu Qi kept watch ove 181Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 41 他 Master of His Bed, Light of His Chongli 他的枕席之主，他的重黎之光 Diving Kitty潜水喵Two Male Leads59k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced, physical and emotional angst, uniforms, a light sci-fi space setting, slight coercion, false replacement] Nan Li looked up at Lu Lin, a tear rolling down her cheek. “Lu Lin, please let me go...” A few bolts of lightning flashed across the horizon. The tear caught their light as it fell into Lu Lin's heart, shattering his memories. “Kill me, and I'll let you go!” A short story with a short blurb. 24Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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    BE, short story, two male characters, good.

42. 42 那 The Broken-Winged Butterfly 那只折翼蝶 Le Xiaoqi乐小奇8k WordsCompleted The Broken-Winged Butterfly 9Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A short story featuring two male protagonists; a bit of a disappointment, a bittersweet and angsty tale.

43. 43 回 Looking Back, Autumn Has Fallen Across the Land 回首山河已是秋 Drunk Beneath the Sky醉卧天水9k WordsCompleted When I Look Back, Autumn Has Fallen Across the Land 11Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A one-way reincarnation system. Each rebirth and return to the same place feels like trying to find a lost sword by marking the boat where it fell into the water... When I look at you, I still think of you from my first life...

44. 44 我 My Name Is Chunsheng. This Is My Life. I Fell into the Arms of the One I Love 我叫春生，这是我的一生，我坠入了爱人的怀抱 Lin Qingyang林清扬8k WordsCompleted My name is Chunsheng. This is my life, and I fell into the arms of the one I love. 32Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Modern setting, ten-minute read, Shuangnan (two protagonists), angst, bad ending.

45. 45 他 He Died in the Seventh Year He Loved Me 他死了，死在了他爱我的第七年 Lin Qingyang林清扬6k WordsCompleted He died in the seventh year of loving me. 45Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 46 全 Everyone in This Story Is Crazy. Please, Won't You Kill Me? 全文疯批，请杀了我好吗 Jiu Jiu Ziqi酒酒子琪Two Male Leads297k WordsCompleted [Power couple + Mutually faithful] [Angst early on, more angst in the middle, the male lead turns into a lovesick puppy later; tragic ending, but with rebirth] The pursuer thinks the pursued betrayed him. The pursued spends two years hiding away, then gets caught and brought back. The pursuer starts beating and tormenting him in every way, and even brings his fiancée to see him. She'll stop at nothing and wants to kill him every day. After enduring endless humiliation, Bai Feiying tries to escap 2kReads9.0Score26414d adds
47. 47 势 An Uneven Match 势不均力不敌 Doll Face娃娃面Two Male Leads310k WordsCompleted [Forced love + sugar daddy + angst] The Balance of Power is Unequal, also known as Crying and Begging for Mercy: Mr. Zhao Is Extremely Possessive Just after gaining his freedom, Jian Zhou ran into Zhao Zhen on a snowy night and felt a secret, forbidden greed for him. That very greed forced him to become Zhao Zhen's plaything. There was no escape. Zhao Zhen was a famous rich second-generation heir in Gongcheng, yet he had made his own fortune and become a man everyone feared. He had never thought 4kReads9.3Score29914d adds
48. 48 重 Reborn, I Led My Brother Astray 重生后，兄弟被我带偏了 Fragrant Fragrant with a Brush执笔香香Two Male Leads150k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + two alphas, both devoted + sweet and angsty + seductive flirtation] [Brilliant, beautiful, tragic top student + scheming, loyal guard-dog seme + mutual salvation] He lived a whole life with the other man's heart. Reborn, he wanted only to repay him with his own life. Shen Yi approached Zhou Yu, hoping to change the fate that would see him tortured to death at twenty-seven. Guilt was his original motive; protecting Zhou Yu was what he truly wanted. But when Zhou Yu smiled and ki 3Reads—Score114d adds

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    It's really super beautiful

49. 49 锋 Though the Blade Lies Buried, a Hidden Fragrance Still Drifts 锋沉犹有暗香浮 Drunk Beneath the Sky醉卧天水10k WordsCompleted The Blade Lies Still, Yet a Faint Fragrance Drifts 7Reads—Score—14d adds

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    😢The male lead died, and their love was extinguished before it even blossomed. For the sake of his beloved, he took her place and died in her place.😢😢😢

50. 50 漂 A Flirtatious Pretty Bunny Lured Him In, and the Aloof Movie Emperor Went Wild 漂亮兔0手一勾，高岭影帝发了疯 Wu Wu妩舞Two Male Leads457k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Nontraditional ABO + Showbiz + Dating Reality Show + Super Sweet Romance + Healing + Comedy] Xia Nanxing has transmigrated! He’s gone from an ABO world to a normal one, becoming Xia Nanxing, the celebrity hated by the entire internet. On the surface, he’s actor Xu Qingxiang’s biggest anti-fan. In reality, his home is plastered with Xu Qingxiang posters. He’s an obsessive, borderline-creepy superfan. Xia Nanxing takes a deep breath, tears down the posters, and signs up for a dat 2kReads9.4Score39614d adds

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    Two male protagonists, a classic series

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