I Cried Myself Dry Reading Decorate Your Dreams. Are There Any Even More Heartbreaking Books? 看《装饰你的梦》哭干了泪水，还有更虐的书吗？

1. 1 对 A Bet on Love 对赌爱情 Tang Zhi唐帜Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted [From School Uniforms to Wedding Gowns + Close Female Friends + Romantic Tension + Scoundrel Hero + Reuniting After a Breakup + The Wild Heart Reforms] Tang Yuying is hopelessly in love with Li Zhi, but her feelings go nowhere. Then a huge wave sweeps her away, and no one knows whether she is alive or dead. Eight years later, her twin sister, Tang Yucui, tracks down Li Zhi to avenge her younger sister, only to fall in love with the man she came to punish. A leopard never changes its spots. Li Zh 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The subject matter is novel and unique to Tomato.

2. 2 相 Longing Cannot Dispel Sorrow 相思不解愁 Tang Zhi唐帜Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted [College campus + unrequited love + love that can’t be returned + depression] Xu Shijie secretly loved Lin Mengying, but when she didn’t return his feelings, he transferred his affections to Chen Miaohan. Treated as a stand-in, Chen Miaohan grew despondent and took her own life for love. Xu Zhi styled himself a ladies’ man, falling for one person after another, but ended up all alone. Beware of thieves, fires, and best friends: Li Meiqi specialized in stealing her friends’ love interests, and en 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Campus short story about secret love and abuse. . !

3. 3 忘 All the Love in My Heart Is Gone 忘尽心中情 Tang Zhi唐帜Modern Romance22k WordsCompleted [Campus romance + unrequited love + secret crush + playboy turns over a new leaf] This is the sequel to my work, A Longing Beyond Sorrow. Xu Shijie visits Jintai Temple to pray for Chen Miaohan’s departed soul. There, he meets Lin Mengying again, now recovered from depression, and also runs into Chen Miaohan’s younger sister, Chen Miaoying. Their story will continue… Lin Mengying is still hopelessly in love with Xu Shijie, but her love remains unreturned. Xu Zhi wanders through one relationship 14Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 以 I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月 Er Qiao二乔Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian 71.8kReads9.4Score6.4kShelves
5. 5 让 You Want Me to Turn Over a New Leaf? Just You Wait! 让我浪子回头？你给我等着！ Rest the Mind息心Urban675k WordsCompleted Original title: Auntie, Don't Be Afraid Before taking his own life, Su Yang swore that if he got another chance at life... He would find someone who truly understood him! A woman who truly loved him! When he suddenly woke up, he found an older woman kneeling beside him. She was wearing a tattered pair of pajamas and trembling as she looked at him. “Please don't hit me, okay? I have to attend my child's parent-teacher meeting tomorrow...” 347Reads8.7Score100Shelves

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   Abuse, abuse, abuse, abuse!

6. 6 我 I Once Loved You Like My Own Life 我曾爱你如生命 Su Miaomiao苏喵喵Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted During their three years of marriage, she loved him with all her heart, lowering herself to the dust. But he saw her as an enemy and refused to spare even the child in her womb. Her heart turned cold as death, and with all hope gone, she finally leapt into the river... 47Reads5.7Score—Shelves
7. 7 我 I’ll Wait for You at the Finish Line, Loving Me 我在终点等你爱我 Mu Qiqi慕七七Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted During her three years in a psychiatric hospital, Lin Wan endured a living hell every day, reduced to something barely human. Every month, Ye Nanchen came to test whether she was truly insane. Then one day, while no one was watching, she leapt from the windowsill and found her final release. Later, everyone in Jiangcheng said Ye Nanchen had gone mad. His beloved wife was clearly dead, her body right in front of him, yet every day he came up with new ways to force her to appear. “Lin Wan hated me 605Reads5.5Score102Shelves
8. 8 甜 After the Sweet Romance Turns Dark 甜宠文变虐后 Tomato and Shrimp番茄虾仁Modern Romance12k WordsCompleted I'm the heroine of a sweet romance novel, and to move the plot along, I had no choice but to marry the male lead, Li Zhouyi. For five years of marriage, I gave up every shred of dignity just to get him to look at me... At last, Li Zhouyi was moved. He promised to take care of me for the rest of our lives. But just then, the woman he had always loved transmigrated back into the book. He abandoned me in front of everyone, making me a laughingstock. I knelt on the ground, begging him to say those t —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 从 I Missed You in Your World 从你的世界错过 Bai Zhuojun白濯君Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted Xia Qianya has blood cancer and doesn't have long to live, so Sheng Tingmo takes all his resentment out on An Yuexi. If An Yuexi hadn't driven Qianya away through underhanded means four years ago, Qianya would already be his wife. She stole the happiness that should have belonged to Qianya, leaving her to die with regrets, so Sheng Tingmo hates her! So he embarked on a series of acts of revenge: bankrupting her family, sending her father to prison, and tormenting her both physically and emotiona 76Reads8.2Score—Shelves
10. 10 虐 The Tragic-Novel Heroine Awakens, and All Four Male Leads Get Bad Endings 虐文女主觉醒了，四个男主be了 Wind-Swept Little Padded Jacket窜风小棉袄Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted [Everyone is obsessed with her + male rivalry showdown + no fixed pairing + heroine never falls in love] Original title: [The Tragic Novel's Heroine Awakens, and All Four Male Leads Get Bad Endings] Synopsis: On a peaceful, warm afternoon, Yu Xi suddenly became conscious of her situation and realized she was the heroine of a tragic romance. Moyou University is a gathering place for the wealthy children of the upper class in the capital. There, she would meet four very different male leads: a reb 130Reads8.5Score—Shelves
11. 11 穿 I Survive a Torture Novel by Being Ridiculously Absurd 穿进虐文的我靠沙雕苟命 Man Xi漫夕Two Male Leads427k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate-into-a-book System + forced romance, one-on-one] Lin Zhen transmigrates into a melodramatic angst novel, and from the start, because he knows the heroine, the sickly male lead is about to chop off his fingers. To stay alive, Lin Zhen has no choice but to abandon all dignity and shout, “I’m here to seduce you!” Lu Yan: ??? To make matters worse, he’s also bound to a thoroughly unreliable top heartthrob System and draws a pile of ridiculous items like a “Perky Butt Card” and “Capt 6.9kReads9.3Score842Shelves
12. 12 虐 Short Stories of Men Getting Their Hearts Broken 虐男短篇合集 Gugu, What Are You Writing?鼓鼓写啥Ancient Romance220k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + short stories + men get put through the wringer + wildly satisfying] Male-lead fans, proceed with caution. - [Story One] The male lead's perspective: Cui Ying: She doesn't blame me for spending years in the palace without bearing a child. She understands that I'm in poor health. She's so good to me. I love her so much. Cui Sixian: ...Your little softie husband is terrifying. The female lead's perspective: After fifteen years of plotting, the empress finally eradicates the s 1.8kReads8.9Score146Shelves
13. 13 拯 Quick Transmigration: A Guide to Saving the Abused Novel's Male Lead 【快穿】拯救虐文男主指南 Little Fishcake Soup小鱼饼汤Two Male Leads777k WordsOngoing [Two male leads, one-on-one romance, quick transmigration System] Bai Yunshen binds himself to System 001, which is designed to save the male leads of angsty novels, and sets out on a journey to rescue them. But he soon discovers that although the male leads in each world have different names and personalities, they all have the same face. After clearing the final world, Bai Yunshen stares at the unbelievably familiar face of the Lord God and falls into deep thought. (Note: Please don’t confuse 1.3kReads9.3Score156Shelves
14. 14 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 2.3kReads9.0Score287Shelves
15. 15 死 After I Died, He Began to Love Me 死后，他开始爱我 Mu Shuilin木水林Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted 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 7.2kReads9.1Score520Shelves
16. 16 穿 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 The Little Cat Fell Asleep小猫睡了Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 32.4kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves
17. 17 再 I'll Never Love You Again 再也不要爱你 Hard to Kill难杀Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted A short, heart-wrenching story. Extremely heartbreaking! So much melodrama and angst! Read with caution! Please ignore the extra chapter. The author wrote it while losing their mind, and sincerely apologizes! Jian Meng is dying, and Ji Jing’an doesn’t know. He’s busy worrying about his wedding to someone else, indifferent to the poor woman at home. He has always believed Jian Meng would wait for him forever, just as she has for the past ten years. It was the last winter, and Jian Meng’s last bir 13.5kReads8.2Score828Shelves
18. 18 任 The Mission Starts Over a Hundred Times 任务重来一百次 milieModern Romance20k WordsCompleted “You came to save me, so why can’t you look only at me? Why do you have to give your attention to those one, two, three insignificant people?” “You seem so shy. You never take my hand first. Even just now, you only did it because of someone else.” “Now that you have me, you don’t treat me as well as you used to. There wasn’t any strawberry milk today either, was there?” 7.2kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
19. 19 我 I Once Promised You a Golden Age of Joy 我曾许你盛世欢颜 Flirtatious Little Bottle风流小瓶子Modern Romance44k WordsCompleted Ye Chen waits for his Mrs. Ye, from the days when youth was like a dream until her hair turns white as snow. But he will never know that his Mrs. Ye was buried long ago in that rotten, muddy grave... 2.4kReads6.6Score340Shelves
20. 20 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. 26.1kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves

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    Forget it if you torture me to death.

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