Brothers, Any Angsty Stories? I Really Need Some Pain Lately! 兄弟萌，有没有刀子文呀，最近兄弟我欠刀子！

1. 101 萌 The Guardian Star of Moe Academy 萌学园之守护星 Three-Eyed Wood三目木Female-Channel Fanfiction100k WordsCompleted From the moment Shan Nai was born, the elders of her family told her what her duty was: to protect Princess Naya. So she trained relentlessly in magic from a young age. When she was old enough, she went to Moe Academy. At first, Shan Nai was aloof and proud, but little by little, she found companions she could truly fight alongside. 58Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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   The female protagonists in both of these books died in the end 😭 So heartbreaking

2. 102 嗜 A Sweet Tooth's Patient 嗜甜患者 Chi Fei迟非Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted At the first exam after National Day, a prodigy suddenly appeared at No. 3 High School. She was unnaturally pale and drifted along when she walked, so the second-year science students privately called her “the female ghost.” At first, Pei Ji thought it was terribly rude to call a girl that. Then one night, after partying late, he ran into her on his way home. She was wearing a long Republican-era dress, her hair loose over her shoulders, holding a burner full of incense ash. She turned her eyes 544Reads9.3Score113Shelves

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   This is an article about depression; it's heartbreakingly poignant, yet also incredibly sweet. My heart aches for the female lead, Zhizhi. Without the male lead, Pei Ji, I wonder if she would have eked out a living in a mental hospital, or died long ago? The male lead is the female lead's salvation!

3. 103 综 Crossover: I'm Just an Ordinary Cosplayer 综：在下只是一个普普通通的coser Words of the Night夜之言Anime Fanfiction362k WordsCompleted Have you transmigrated today? 7kReads9.4Score537Shelves

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   Bro, I really love this. The first one was the visually stunning fake sword I imagined, and the second one was the beautifully designed dark-as-a-sword cosplay.

4. 104 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 174.6kReads9.4Score15.5kShelves

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   The story started getting angsty not long after it began; it was so sweet, so incredibly sweet.

5. 105 自 Self-Destruction [Narcissus] 自我沦陷【水仙】 Li Yiliang李一靓Two Male Leads722k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + ABO + secret identities + interstellar mecha + equally powerful leads + selfcest] This is a selfcest story, meaning someone falls in love with himself. The once-corrupted protagonist is reborn in the past of a parallel world as an Omega, then falls in love with his counterpart in that world, who is still an Alpha. Here comes the proper synopsis: Betrayed by his family and sentenced as a Federation rebel, Luo Yan was killed by a supernova. He was then reborn in the past of a p 1.2kReads9.3Score159Shelves

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   An ABO transmigration story where the Omega transmigrates into someone else's body and falls in love with the Alpha. Initially, the original body's owner is alive but later dies, and then the Omega and Alpha...

6. 106 通EN The Netherworld Scholar Immortal 通幽小儒仙 You Zi Yin油子吟Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted “Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem 64.3kReads9.4Score6.8kShelves

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   When it comes to angst-filled novels, those about immortality definitely deserve a mention. The first three are all about immortality, so just read them and you're done. But I have to talk about the fourth one |･ω･`) I only read about 20 chapters, I didn't dare read any more, it was just too damn angst-filled 🤦 I don't know what happened later, but I really can't stand the way children are used for angst.

7. 107 全 After Everyone Got a Bad Ending, the Worlds Merged 全员be后，世界融合了 Courtyard of Still Water止水之庭Two Male Leads463k WordsCompleted The Ex-Wife-Chasing Crematorium Blurb: Yan Mo, an ordinary young man, is whisked away by a conquest System and somehow becomes someone else's beloved wife. A complete novice who has never been in love, he diligently learns how to love someone. Other people rely on their acting skills to win someone over. He relies on sincerity. All his efforts and sacrifices, all his waiting and affection, earn him nothing but ruthless abandonment. At last, utterly disillusioned, Yan Mo loses his temper. He's do 3.3kReads8.1Score501Shelves
8. 108 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villain Turned Himself into Everyone's Favorite 快穿：反派把自己玩成了万人迷 What an Amazing Man好绝一男的Two Male Leads279k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 127Reads9.3Score—Shelves
9. 109 快 Even in Quick Transmigration, I’m Everyone’s Darling 快穿也是万人迷 Sighing at the Life of Floating Clouds浮云叹生Two Male Leads927k WordsCompleted (Dear readers, please note that the tags aren’t quite accurate! This is a quick transmigration story with no CP. The protagonist is male, a heartthrob, and everyone falls for him. His White Moonlight status will be unlocked.) Lin Chujiu never imagined he’d become the object of so many powerful figures’ infatuation. Other people who transmigrate can’t wait to gain all kinds of special advantages. Lin Chujiu is the opposite. Determined to destroy his heartthrob aura, he dutifully follows the plot 4.9kReads9.3Score450Shelves
10. 110 快 Quick Transmigration Heartthrob: The Cannon Fodder Host Has Suitors Galore 快穿万人迷：炮灰宿主他桃花不断 Urge the Pen to Write催落笔Two Male Leads332k WordsOngoing [Everyone’s darling + everyone’s punching bag! Regret-and-redemption arcs + intense rivalries! One-on-one with a split-protagonist love interest + sweet and angsty!] Xu Lai is dragged into a mission world to play a disposable character and follow the plot. The System thinks his mission is simple, and so does he. He follows the plot to the letter. When the protagonist tells him to go west, he never goes east; if they tell him to climb a mountain of blades, he won’t dive into a sea of fire. At las 640Reads9.1Score103Shelves
11. 111 原 Genshin Impact Banner Character: I Make Players Across the Internet Cry 原神卡池角色，我刀哭全网玩家 Whoever Gets Nervous Loses Half谁急输一半Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing [Game character + meme references + heartbreaking ending + theatrical protagonist] Mu Yang transmigrates to Teyvat and obtains the Character Popularity System. With enough popularity, his powers grow stronger, and he can even customize his own storyline, influencing Blue Star in turn. And so, Mu Yang begins his outrageous antics. Meanwhile, on a parallel Blue Star, discussions about him are taking over forums and livestream chats. “This new character is so handsome, guys. Absolutely breathtaking 2.2kReads8.9Score169Shelves

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    Eat more knives, it's good for your health. Secondly, I cried so much I ran out of tissues (two boxes).

12. 112 原 Genshin Impact: A Proper Villain Must Oppose the Seven Nations 原神：合格的反派要与七国为敌 City of Delusions臆想城Two Male Leads268k WordsCompleted |Resurrection|Two-faced|Sweet-talking villain|Playing dumb to catch the tiger| Si Nian, an original male lead. A heartthrob with white hair and red eyes. Sweet-talking on the surface, sharp-tongued behind people’s backs. A Fatui Harbinger known as [Shadow]. Si Nian’s adoptive parents made him take his older brother’s place as the sacrificial bride of the Dragon Sovereign of Water. In the sea, monsters devoured him until only his bones remained. But he was unexpectedly possessed by the power of t 2.8kReads9.2Score304Shelves
13. 113 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves

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    It's so heartbreaking! 😂😂😂😂

14. 114 说 Weren't You Supposed to Be a Cool Beauty? Why Do You Blush Whenever I Tease You? 说好的清冷美人，怎么一逗就脸红 Meizi Went Blind梅子瞎了Two Male Leads577k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance with two male leads, both each other’s only partners; a dirty-talking, devoted top and a cool, beautiful bottom; reborn pursuit of his wife + showbiz + ridiculous comedy + everyone’s favorite + healing + intense push and pull + face-slapping feel-good story + mostly everyday life, and once you get through the first chapter, it’s sweet romance] After his beloved dies, Young Master Zhou is consumed by despair. By a twist of fate, he is reborn and wastes no time setting out to w 62kReads9.6Score9.9kShelves

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    Both are good, and the relationship is a mix of sweet and angsty.

15. 115 本 This King's Sleeve Is Thoroughly Severed 本王这袖，断的彻底 Born Under a Lucky Star八字过硬Two Male Leads562k WordsCompleted [Preorders for The World Cannot Keep What It Loves Most open at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 15. For the first 15 minutes, signed copies are available with no quantity limit; from 16 to 30 minutes, copies personally signed by the author are available with no quantity limit!] [Two male leads + The prince has a bit of a sense of humor] Everyone knew Prince Pu was gay. Even the man on the imperial throne turned a blind eye. Prince Pu had loved many people in his life. A horseman from the frontier 34.7kReads9.6Score5kShelves
16. 116 名 Detective Conan: A Broken Little One Needs the Police Five to Put Him Back Together 名柯：破碎崽崽，需要警五拼好哦 Foxxy Learns to Cook狐狐肖肖学做饭Anime Fanfiction415k WordsCompleted Click here to see the Police Academy Five break down after learning what the experiments did to their kid. The main story is complete. (HE!!! + beautiful, tragic test subject + hurt/comfort with everyone doting on the protagonist + the Police Academy group saves the protagonist instead + Hiromitsu Morofushi + the protagonist is a little kid, so there's no romance, only platonic relationships.) Blurb: Hiromitsu Morofushi and Rei Furuya had a childhood friend named Takanashi Itsuki. Takanashi Itsu 1.4kReads9.2Score194Shelves

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    3, 4, 5, and 6 are all by the same author, and they all have rather angsty stories, but they all end happily ever after.

17. 117 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Yin-Yang Twins 盗墓笔记之阴阳双生 Playing with the Setting Sun戏残阳Mystery223k WordsCompleted (Pure angst. Some characters may be out of character. This is a story about redemption; please don’t read if that bothers you. Apologies for the OOC.) “Thud.” The knife slipped from his hand and fell into the bathtub. A smile of relief spread across his face as his consciousness gradually faded from this world. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a completely different world. Hearing people call a name stirred memories of a hugely popular novel from his previous life: The Grave Robbers' Chr 8.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    They're all tomb raiders. The first book says, "My name is Wu Xing, Wu as in 'mouth-sky,' and Xin as in 'unfortunate.'"

18. 118 奔 Through the Sea of Sand, I'm Here for Revenge 奔走沙海，我是来报仇的 Meteor Tears流星泪Mystery346k WordsCompleted There were seventeen people, and there would be an eighteenth. Ji Mingcheng was the younger sister of one of those seventeen people. Stockholm syndrome. What a bitterly ironic term. Unfortunately, her brother had fallen into its grip. All this absurdity, all for someone called Wuxie? If he was so good at manipulating people's hearts, then she would make him pay the price. (The best hunters often appear as prey. Weakness is her byword, disguise her usual state, but ruthlessness is her true nature 608Reads8.6Score104Shelves
19. 119 沙 Sand Sea: Quietly Making a Name for Myself 沙海，安静出圈 Yanling Yuwan延陵玉婉Mystery302k WordsCompleted Wang Ning only wanted to quietly make it to the end of the story, but she never expected to be pushed right into it. Even more unexpectedly, once the story ended, everything became even more uncontrollable. Wu Xie, Li Cu, Hei Xiazi, Xie Yuchen, Zhang Qiling, Zhang Rishan, and Wang Can all started acting strangely. Wang Ning says, “Wake up, all of you! I’m just a minor character!” 2.8kReads8.6Score266Shelves
20. 120 快 Quick Transmigration: The Wicked Female Supporting Character Tears the Script to Shreds 快穿：恶毒女配撕碎剧本 Cloudlike Tea Leaves茶叶云片Modern Romance774k WordsOngoing [Sweet and angsty, with no tired tropes + immersive quick transmigration + one-on-one romance + love at first sight + the heroine is the original host] The goddess Yan Ning drunkenly tumbles into a book and becomes a series of ill-fated supporting heroines. Her spirit pet, Zhu Zhu the Pig, quickly reads through all the plots and finds her. But why isn't anything going the way the script says? [World One] The amnesiac CEO's fiancée A certain CEO: “After I lost my memory, I got jealous of myself 23.4kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    The plot is full of twists and turns, and quite angsty, especially the fifth world.

21. 121 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 168.8kReads9.8Score19.3kShelves

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    Don't worry, it's not angsty at all, it's super satisfying, all feel-good stories 😏😏 Especially the first book, it's so heartwarming 😏

22. 122 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232kReads9.5Score28.6kShelves
23. 123 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 102.2kReads9.5Score9.6kShelves
24. 124 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.2kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves
25. 125 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
26. 126 捡 I Found a Contestant and Returned to Aotu World to Become Everyone’s Favorite 捡到参赛者，回到凹凸世界当团宠 Mo Shiqi莫十七Anime Fanfiction354k WordsOngoing When all the contestants transmigrated to the human world, why didn’t things go according to the script?! What, they got smaller??? I found fifteen contestants and raised them with all my heart. On the day the youngest came of age, they all joined forces to kidnap me and take me to Aotu World. After transmigrating, I turned into a fifteen-year-old. I treated you all like my sons and daughters, and now you’re confessing your love to me??? The story is split into two parts. The first is a bittersw 723Reads9.2Score101Shelves
27. 127 鬼 Demon Slayer: My Brothers Are an Upper Rank and the First Swordsman 鬼灭：我的哥哥是上弦和初始剑士 Chuunibyou Is A Disease, And I Won't Treat It中二是病我不治Anime Fanfiction790k WordsCompleted This book is also known as [The Third Child of the Tsugikuni Family] and [The Child Adopted by the Tsugikuni Family] (There shouldn't have been any dots in the title, but none of the versions passed review [sad]) Now for the content warnings. 1. The protagonist is a demon, and a tsundere. Read with caution if that's not your thing. 2. The story's angst is wrapped in sugar, and I can promise it's all sweetness (?). But sometimes I end up making it angsty without meaning to. 3. There's no CP. Ther 5.8kReads9.5Score856Shelves
28. 128 关 On Having a Former Top Assassin as My Dad’s Mortal Enemy 关于我爸是前刺客首席仇人这件事 Not Here to Watch the Show无心看戏Two Male Leads207k WordsCompleted The Shadow Assassins of the Xuanwu Kingdom are the strongest assassin organization in the world. Their assassins are renowned throughout the kingdom, especially those at the top of the rankings. My father is the leader of the Shadow Assassins of the Xuanwu Kingdom. On that mission where life and death hung in the balance, the sour-faced brat who came out alive alongside me was there too. Fanfic with original headcanons CP: Wu Liuqi/Qi 3.7kReads9.4Score441Shelves
29. 129 光 The Light’s Chosen Charges into Jujutsu Kaisen 光之崽种勇闯咒回 Wen Xian闻弦Anime Fanfiction359k WordsCompleted [Sky: Children of the Light + Jujutsu Kaisen + adored by all + no romance + everyday life + second person] Good news: Sky: Children of the Light has a crossover with Jujutsu High Chronicles! You were lucky enough to get access to the test server. After spending several days slacking off at the school, you suddenly remember: wait, aren't you playing Sky: Children of the Light? So what have you even been doing these past few days?! How did you suddenly end up saving the world? Whatever, you can re 2.9kReads9.4Score329Shelves
30. 130 赤 Scarlet Farewell 赤别 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance138k WordsCompleted The signature youth BE romance by popular author Shi Qingyao. Sincere young Bei Jiang × cool, distant dream girl Nan Zhi. From the south to the north, one glance lasts a lifetime. Between her and her boy lie countless mountains they can never cross. When they first met, she smiled brightly. “My name is Nan Zhi. Nan as in south.” The boy looked up and gripped the hem of his shirt. “My name is Bei Jiang. Bei as in north.” They met for the first time in summer. The air was sultry, stirring the brig 2kReads9.4Score584Shelves

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    Wuhu~ Who hasn't read Tomato's angst-filled novel yet?

31. 131 风 Is the Wind Still Blowing? 风还在吹吗 T Steals Sesame BunsT偷麻头Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [Bisexual, Mutual Secret Crush] [Male Lead Dies/Female Lead Dies for Love] Their similar names were a red thread secretly tied by the Matchmaker. Chen Shuye often felt secretly delighted by how much her name resembled Cheng Shuye's. Their similar names seemed to draw them closer and deepen their bond. In their senior year of high school, he said, “Chen Shuye, I’ve helped you so many times. So, can I copy your college application form?” Chen Shuye smiled. “Sure.” But after she called the police 3.6kReads9.2Score843Shelves
32. 132 晓 The Dawn Breeze Blows Away the Begonia Blossoms 晓风吹尽海棠花 No See the Sky不见天Modern Romance89k WordsCompleted [Childhood Friends + Unrequited Love + Tragic Ending] At the beginning of the story, a boy held an unconscious girl and promised to protect her. At the end, he could only watch helplessly as she died at sea, beyond anyone’s power to save. “Do you know? To me, the hardest thing isn’t parting or death. It’s knowing that if I don’t leave you, I’ll witness the tragedy that awaits us with my own eyes, yet be powerless to stop it.” 6Reads5.7Score—Shelves
33. 133 青 The Bluebird Flies Over Thorn Island 青鸟飞过荆棘岛 Brocade Years锦年Modern Romance80k WordsCompleted Her life was destined to be bleak, but there was someone willing to offer her his arms and warmth. She bore countless scars in this lifetime, but there was someone willing to hack through every obstacle for her and be her support. Yet would there ever be someone who could peel away her mask and see the cruel truth in her heart? She is an orphan in this beautiful world, a trapped beast in a warm cage. If you met her, would you cherish her? Would you love her? 1.2kReads9.3Score298Shelves
34. 134 在 I Got Caught in the Rain in Your World 在你的世界淋过雨 Green Lamp Through the Years青灯度流年Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted Ji Linyu has always believed that her father used his power to frame the Ji family and force him to marry Zhou Jianyi. For six years, he has done nothing but use her and put on an act, all so he can bring down the Zhou family one day! The greatest pain of Zhou Jianyi's life is that her father has barely been laid to rest, her brother's death remains unexplained, her mother is hovering between life and death, and she herself is barely holding on. At her lowest point, Ji Linyu threatens to leave h 2.5kReads5.4Score153Shelves
35. 135 绝 After I Left With a Terminal Illness, My Contract Girlfriend Went Crazy Looking for Me 绝症离开后，合约女友找疯了 Pu Tong朴通Urban1.0M WordsCompleted An Miaoxi is the CEO of a publicly listed company. While waiting for the man she has always cherished to return from abroad, and to ward off unwanted attention from others, she picks up Lin Xun, a reborn transmigrator she happens to find by the roadside, and makes him her contract boyfriend. For five years, Lin Xun has cared for her in every way and kept their home running like clockwork. But An Miaoxi has always regarded him as nothing more than a “substitute” for the man in her heart. When the 3.4kReads7.6Score301Shelves

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    This has a small knife, you can go and take a look.

36. 136 盗 Tomb Raiding: Losing My Memory Again Today! 盗墓：今天也在失忆呢！ Egg Noodles in Clear Broth, Extra Egg清汤鸡蛋面加蛋Two Male Leads261k WordsOngoing Lin Cizhen really thinks he's the most miserable person in the world. From the start, someone lifts the lid off his coffin, and to top it off, he discovers that he has transmigrated! As if transmigrating weren't bad enough, the gods of this world forcibly erased his memories. So his first meeting with the Tender Beef Five turns out like this: Xiaoge: Come on, let's go home. Black Glasses: My eldest boy! You must've had a hard time finding me! Xiaohua: This guy's brain... doesn't seem to work too 3.3kReads9.1Score457Shelves

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    The first book is a angst-filled novel with two male protagonists, both physically and emotionally tormented. The second is a Tomb Raider fanfiction where the protagonist's body gradually deteriorates, and the author constantly delivers angst. The third book features a protagonist plagued by various illnesses, leading to a tragic ending for everyone involved. The fourth book is slightly better than the previous three; the protagonist transmigrates but suffers from cancer, relying on a system to prolong his life. It's plagiarized, and also ends in a tragic ending.

37. 137 诸 Riddled with Illness, I Refuse Treatment. Why Are You Crying? 诸病缠身，我不治，你们哭什么 So, Mister所以先生Urban307k WordsCompleted [Also known as: "Your Son Has Been Gone for a Long Time" and "My Depression Was Getting Better, but I Still Had Stomach Cancer"] Guo Lu was just passing through, a person suffering from depression, schizophrenia, and stomach cancer. After learning that he had only a few years left if he did not seek treatment, Guo Lu wanted nothing more than to end it all on his own terms. After the conflicts with his family accumulated and finally exploded time and again, the people close to him at last learned 4.4kReads8.8Score392Shelves
38. 138 快 Quick Transmigration: Conquest of Scumbag Men - Jian Tongruo 快穿之渣男攻略-简童若 Jian Tong Ruo简童若Ancient Romance728k WordsCompleted As a go-between who travels through countless worlds, fulfilling the wishes of heroines and supporting characters who died full of resentment, she has always believed that the male leads belong to someone else. She never lets herself fall in love. The male leads’ cruel, heartless ways force Ye Xing to keep racing from one world to another. After completing one perfect mission after another, Ye Xing becomes the object of every male lead’s pursuit. What a shame. Ye Xing sneers. “You heartless male 203Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Wrapped knife, huh? 😳😳

39. 139 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Dies After Maxing Out Affection 快穿：白月光她刷满好感就死遁 Holding Frost at Dusk暮夜执霜Ancient Romance752k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + outwardly warm, inwardly cold heroine + no fixed pairing + not fragments of one soul + redemption-focused + every small world ends in tragedy] How do you max out both your targets' love and heartbreak values? Yue Yuyi's answer is to choose the best possible target, become the moonlight in his heart, then fake her death when he loves her most. She edits each conquest into a polished video and earns points from the viewers. She enjoys every minute of it. System: Master, you 12.3kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
40. 140 快 Quick Transmigration: After Faking My Death Due to a Terminal Illness, the Yandere Tycoon Went Mad 快穿：我靠绝症死遁后病娇大佬他疯了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads824k WordsCompleted [Yandere x obsessive, angst + catharsis, two power players putting on a show] [System: Host Yu Tang, a world’s main god is incredibly powerful and impossible to overthrow!] The tycoon who controlled the lifeblood of the economy: “Heh, you think you can escape my grasp?” Yu Tang: “Oh, really? I have late-stage stomach cancer, so I’ll die before you do.” The Federation’s celebrated war hero: “You’re nothing but my plaything. Be good and stay by my side!” Yu Tang: “But I have a serious heart con 12.4kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
41. 141 重 Reborn as a Shy Little Introvert with a Lovable Romantic Streak 重生小自闭，呆萌恋爱脑 Eating Beans Makes You Chubby吃豆豆长肉肉Two Male Leads559k WordsCompleted [Romance between two men] [Sweet romance] [Devoted to each other] [Reborn] [A reclusive genius, emotionally clueless bottom] VS [A gentle, doting, fiercely protective top] Yu Duo is a beautiful boy who has put every skill point he has into intelligence ever since birth. His mathematical talent is astonishing, but when it comes to emotional intelligence, he is a complete idiot. Yes, our Yu Duo is a little autistic. But even our little autistic boy has someone he likes. Though he cannot express it 14.7kReads9.5Score2kShelves

    Reader note

    The second and seventh books are bittersweet, while the last one gets increasingly heart-wrenching as you read on.

42. 142 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Girl Who Disappeared 盗墓：消失的那个她 Leader of the Blind瞎子头子Mystery438k WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding + Tragedy, Extremely Heartbreaking, Read with Caution. Female Lead: Black Glasses’ Girlfriend] (In my story, Black Glasses is suspicious and ruthless, unlike his personality in The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. This is the author’s own interpretation, so please don’t compare the two. Read with caution, thank you.) No one knew that Black Glasses had once had a girlfriend. No one knew that she had vanished without a trace. Ten years later, Wu Xie, Wang Pangzi, Xie Yuchen, and the others 4.7kReads8.3Score370Shelves

    Reader note

    Here, I only have one angst novel.

43. 143 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 394.7kReads9.3Score44.1kShelves

    Reader note

    This knife made me mentally unstable for several days.

44. 144 他 He's Just a Fool 他只是个傻子 Salted Fish with Soybean Paste咸鱼蘸大酱Two Male Leads413k WordsCompleted [Boys' Love / melodrama / happy ending / modern / angst / win-back romance / silly fool fiction] Qin Yun was deemed a failure and sent to a remote mountain village to oversee the management of a mine. There he met a fool. Though dim-witted, the fool was good at taking care of others. In this impoverished backwater, Qin Yun made a move on the only little fool he found tolerable to look at. But after hurting him recklessly again and again, Qin Yun never expected the fool to say he didn't love him 62Reads8.7Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    So beautiful!!

45. 145 阉 The Eunuch 阉人 So It Is Said笑之曰Two Male Leads193k WordsCompleted Shuangjiang stood by Li Yue’s side as he went from a prince walking on thin ice to the throne, watching him marry one beautiful woman after another. Ten years ago, Shuangjiang said to the powerless Li Yue, “I’m only a eunuch. I wouldn’t dare eat this osmanthus cake.” Li Yue said, “Shuangjiang is my favorite person. From now on, I’ll bring you as much osmanthus cake as you want.” Ten years later, Shuangjiang was frail and ill, longing for a piece of osmanthus cake. Li Yue said, “You’re only a eun 2.7kReads8.4Score253Shelves
46. 146 美 The Fallen Beauty Becomes a Possession in a Powerful Man’s Hands 美人落魄后沦为大佬掌中物 Green Plum Wine Cellar青梅酒窖子Two Male Leads140k WordsCompleted [++Dual Male Leads + Powerful Tycoon + Coercive Possession + Forced Love + Messy, Angsty Entanglement + Amnesia + The Pursuit of His Wife at the Crematorium + Happy Ending++] [++Controlling, Obsessive Top vs. Gentle, Beautiful, Tragic Bottom Who Loves to Act Cute++] That year, spring was in full bloom. Jiang Jin never dreamed that he would meet Lu Tinghan in the year before he was due to graduate from university. Lu Tinghan was like a vicious dog dressed in a luxurious coat, biting him until h 1.6kReads8.4Score110Shelves
47. 147 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Walnut Seller 盗墓：那个卖核桃的 Xue Yin薛喑Two Male Leads174k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads] + [Angst] + [Severe Protagonist Suffering, Not for the Faint of Heart] 2026 editor’s note: Please read the author’s statement in the book’s discussion section. Thank you, everyone. The protagonist is completely love-struck, extremely so, and there will be no switching love interests. If you can’t accept that, feel free to leave using the top-right corner. Li Cu × Qian Heng After spending seven or eight years out in the dirt, Qian Heng had thoroughly wrecked his health. With now 2.9kReads9.3Score558Shelves
48. 148 原 Genshin Impact: From the Start, I Reincarnate as Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and Reclaim the Throne 原神：开局转生大慈树王重回王座 Vow Through the Seasons起誓四季Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted “The world has forgotten me…” Greater Lord Rukkhadevata embraces the Lesser Lord Kusanali, then her form dissolves into stardust. “What? My Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was forgotten by the world just like that?” “Just you wait, devs. Let's see if I don't come after you!” Yi Fu watches the Genshin Impact Sumeru storyline, furious. He was already nearly ready to grab a knife and go after the devs when he saw Lesser Lord Kusanali, Nahida, imprisoned by the Akademiya for 500 years. And now h 4.9kReads9.5Score573Shelves
49. 149 国 National Fate: Playing Zhongli, with Raiden Ei as My Teammate 国运：扮演钟离，队友雷电影 Snowy Pear Stew丰雪煮梨Urban912k WordsOngoing Spiritual qi has revived on Blue Star, and the Seven Statues of The Seven descend. Everyone awakens one of the seven original elemental powers and becomes a powerful ability user. One day, the Forbidden Land of National Destiny appears, and three people are randomly chosen from each country to represent it. The contestants are bound to their respective countries, and any resources they obtain are returned to the real world a hundredfold. Xu Qing, playing Zhongli, the fishing-loving Anemo Archon 2.2kReads9.1Score309Shelves
50. 150 原 Genshin Impact: Raising a Top-Tier Star Banner Character 原神顶流卡池角色养成记 Right Right Left右右左Anime Fanfiction763k WordsOngoing (There is an official pairing, so feel free to skip this if you don't like it.) Yin Hang suddenly transmigrates to the world of Genshin Impact, where the System actually wants to turn him into a top-tier star character on a limited banner? So Yin Hang adopts the alias Xines and joins the story, vowing to empty players' wallets. A character both meta chasers and story lovers will pull for like crazy: Xines makes a spectacular debut! 267Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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