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1. 1 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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   It's so cruel, I highly recommend it.

2. 2 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
3. 3 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
4. 4 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 85kReads9.6Score15kShelves
5. 5 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 89.5kReads9.7Score14.9kShelves
6. 6 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 70.9kReads9.7Score12.8kShelves
7. 7 十 Fourteen Letters 十四封信 Mo Wen Sheng墨文笙Modern Romance33k WordsCompleted Ruan Shengsheng × Zhou Mingsen (The contents of the fourteen letters are on Weibo ♥) Ruan Shengsheng had already come to accept death in peace, but his arrival made her begin to fear her own disappearance. He said, “Shengsheng, don’t cry. I’ll always be by your side.” She said, “I went to the temple to pray for your safety for the rest of your life.” At the very end, he held her hand tightly. Tears slid down his cheeks and fell onto their clasped hands. Summer in Yuncheng ended, and their s 1kReads8.4Score338Shelves
8. 8 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
9. 9 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
10. 10 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
11. 11 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
12. 12 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
13. 13 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 55.9kReads9.7Score8.2kShelves
14. 14 我 I Only Took a Peek 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 15kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves

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    Tortured to the point of heartbreaking.

15. 15 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 20.8kReads9.6Score5.5kShelves
16. 16 暮 Mu Sinan 暮思南 Fish of the Cabbage白菜的鱼Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted Blurb drafted on 2022.10.6. [At last, dawn arrives, and she lies buried in the earth as it breaks.] On her barren, cracked land, he planted sunflowers for her with his own hands. She had been in the dark for so long that she had forgotten what it felt like to be bathed in light. Then one day, she finally found the sun. It shone on her for so long that she foolishly began to think she could make it her own. But she forgot: the sun and she belonged to different worlds. When she was eighteen, s 1.4kReads9.3Score319Shelves
17. 17 柠 Her Scent of Lemon 柠檬味的她 Young Hydrogen幼氢Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted They say Nancheng No. 1 High School has a rebellious school bully, Shen Ci, arrogant and proud of his talent. They say the girls who have liked him could line up from the school gates all the way to the edge of Nancheng. Everyone knows Lin Zhi is hopelessly in love with Shen Ci. Lin Zhi: “Shen Ci, I like you.” Shen Ci: “Sorry, I don't like boring, dull girls like you.” Reborn one day, Lin Zhi decides to avoid Shen Ci as much as possible and have nothing more to do with him. Strangely, one day th 1.4kReads8.1Score122Shelves
18. 18 她 She Said She Loved the Sea 她说喜欢海 Half-Island Iron Box by半岛铁盒byModern Romance336k WordsCompleted Lin Chiyu, the fish in a pond that longs for its old depths, a caged bird yearning for its old forest. She suffers from depression, and her mother favors boys over girls. Her mother only cares about whether her younger brother likes or needs something, never considering Lin Chiyu at all. Just like this ordinary bowl of egg noodles. Someone enveloped in darkness doesn't yearn for the light. [Contains a relationship between two men. Read with caution.] 1.2kReads8.9Score241Shelves
19. 19 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
20. 20 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
21. 21 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
22. 22 乖 Good Girl! The Campus Belle Is Smoothing Things Over with the Big Shot Again 乖！校花她又在哄大佬了 Cheng Jingjing橙京京Modern Romance422k WordsCompleted “In print now” “Short drama now streaming” Only after her death did Shen Zhi learn that the quiet, taciturn boy in her memories had loved her so deeply. For her, he was willing to leave home and endure years of hardship, all so she could find happiness. He had always watched over her in silence, where she could never see. By heaven's grace, Shen Zhi was reborn in her middle school years. Looking at the boy before her, injured after fighting for her, she rose onto her toes and gently touched 5.9kReads9.2Score669Shelves

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    Short sad article, nice to read.

23. 23 星 I Have Both the Starlight and Him 星光与他皆得 Li Chumo李初末Modern Romance845k WordsCompleted [Reborn + top student + sweet romance] In her previous life, Mu Fuxin was a well-behaved girl, but her family background made her insecure and sensitive. Because she was pretty, people spread rumors about her. She fell into depression, tormented herself with overthinking, and could never let herself be at peace. After her mother remarried, other people stirred up trouble, making her already sensitive nature even gloomier. She failed to see her stepfather’s kindness and thought she was standing u 11.5kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
24. 24 重 Reborn: The Stunning Campus Beauty Is Actually My Deskmate! 重生：绝美校花竟是我的同桌！ Meng Shiyi萌十一Urban501k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Sweet Romance + System + One Heroine] Su An, who had suffered from a terminal illness in his previous life, was mysteriously reborn and received the standard golden finger. A God-Tier PDA System! Looking at the campus belle sitting across from him, Su An thought to himself, “I love studying, studying loves me. Studying makes me happy!” Suddenly, the stunning campus belle Gu Yiran turned to look at Su An. “Babe, I went for an IV yesterday. What was I getting an infusion of? A whole nig 7.2kReads9.4Score1kShelves
25. 25 公 Born a Princess 公主命 Layer Upon Layer of Cloudy Peaks几重云岫Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted (Broken engagement, reunion, sweet romance, doting older-boyfriend type) A radiant, gentle guzheng virtuoso × a scheming, unhinged CEO with a fatherly streak Ming Sheng, the second daughter of the Ming family, was gentle and aloof, with eyes like autumn waters and distant, graceful brows. Her guzheng playing was so masterful it seemed otherworldly. Yet everyone in Yuncheng knew she had spent three years chasing He Xiting, losing every last bit of her dignity in the process. He Xiting was in love 6.3kReads8.8Score610Shelves
26. 26 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 63.3kReads9.5Score12kShelves
27. 27 偷 Stealing a Kiss from the Little Moon 偷吻小月亮 Cherry Jam厘子酱Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [Mutual devotion + the second male lead takes the lead + a regretful husband’s pursuit + a teary heroine and a roguish, wild hero] A pampered little princess meets a big, bad wolf with a wild streak. At a friend’s request, Xie Qi went to the airport to pick up his younger sister. He waited until the airport had emptied out, but she still hadn’t shown up. Irritated, he returned to his car and called his friend. The answer was that she had arrived ages ago, on the very flight he’d been waiting for 184Reads7.1Score—Shelves
28. 28 春 Spring and Moonlight 春与月光 Parting Words诀别词Modern Romance116k WordsCompleted [A Million Readers' Highly Praised Favorite! Childhood Friends / Secret Crush Comes True / Tension Builds / One-on-One, Sweet Romance!] After a family crisis, Zhou Yue temporarily moves in with Lin Qi. The two grew up together and have always been close. Zhou Yue's striking looks and height, along with his excellent grades, make him the center of attention. As everyone keeps probing, Lin Qi repeatedly insists otherwise. What Lin Qi doesn't know is that, in Zhou Yue's heart, he built himself a ga 35.1kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
29. 29 趁 Confess When the Wind Picks Up 趁风起时告白 Dull Orange呆橙Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted Chi Jinjin has always been cautious, never taking risks. The boldest thing she ever did was secretly love the most popular boy in school for two years, then confess to him, only to be rejected miserably. After that, she put those feelings aside and buried the wild fantasies of her girlhood with her own hands. She never expected that, in college, the boy she had loved from afar would suddenly return from overseas. Leaning lazily against the railing, he hooked a finger through the chain on her sho 1.8kReads8.8Score149Shelves
30. 30 装 Decorate Your Dreams 装饰你的梦 Tang Zhi唐帜Modern Romance262k WordsCompleted [University Campus] [Unrequited Love] [Tragedy] A love story at Zhongshan Medical University. The male lead, Tan Shengxu, is devoted to the female lead, Zhong Mengwei. But because of a misunderstanding born of circumstance, she thinks he is her enemy and rejects his advances. In truth, he is the one she has been longing for. Heartbroken, Tan Shengxu gives up on their relationship in despair. Zhong Mengwei regrets it too late and starts pursuing him, but to no avail. Her love leaves her depressed 88Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Although the ending of "Decorate Your Dreams" is regrettable, it also tells us a truth: only when you see through everything can you let go of your obsession. What you think you've lost is just something you never got. Those who are stuck in the same spot will never reach the next stop! Readers who have read this article will have the same wish, which is to wish Zhong Mengwei to find the happiness that truly belongs to her!

31. 31 我 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score190.9kShelves
32. 32 盛 A Perfect Summer Crush 盛夏满分暗恋 Qi Xue栖雪Modern Romance629k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication | Secret crush becomes reality | Reunited after a breakup | Sweet romance | One-on-one, both leads faithful in body and heart] Shen Shengyi was known in Peking University's finance department for being carefree and flirtatious. He was picky, handsome, and hard to win over. With the cards stacked in favor of Heaven's Chosen, he was bold and rebellious, always surrounded by admirers and never short of friends. At a design competition, Chi Wu was pulled onstage at the 51kReads9.5Score6kShelves
33. 33 癫 Crazy, All Crazy, A Little Madness Is Good 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 371.2kReads9.8Score54.4kShelves
34. 34 这 This Is a True Story 这是一个真实的故事 Quiet Words in a Circle圈子静语Marriage & Romance4k WordsCompleted Good and evil each have their due rewards. Heaven sees all with perfect clarity; it’s only a matter of when the moment comes. 5.2kReads—Score238Shelves

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    Abuse article, short story, abuse from beginning to end, campus crush. .

35. 35 时 [Short Story] Time Never Runs Backward 【短篇故事】时光，不会倒着走 Ying Ying in莹莹inModern Romance5k WordsCompleted [Short Story] Time Never Runs Backward 41Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 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 24.9kReads9.7Score4.9kShelves

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    Short abuse article!!!

37. 37 以 In the Name of Summer 以夏天的名义 Plucking a Branch of Osmanthus w折枝桂wModern Romance362k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication | Mutual first loves | Sweet, indulgent romance | Playboy turns back | Secret crush becomes reality | Hero has to win her back] Zhou Wang was exactly as his name suggested: proud and arrogant, with countless girls around him. He moved through a crowd of beauties like a bee among flowers, earning the nickname “the affiliated high school's goddess collector.” But the young master Zhou had impossibly high standards and seemed uninterested whenever anyone confessed to him. Th —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 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 19.1kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
39. 39 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 141.1kReads9.8Score16.1kShelves
40. 40 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

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    Tortured from beginning to end.

41. 41 无 No One Came to Save Her from the Deep 无人救她于深海 Liang Shiqi梁拾柒Modern Romance135k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Youthful unrequited love + prodigal son turns over a new leaf + bittersweet romance + plenty of unresolved heartbreak + tragic ending (The male lead is hard to like at first. It's not exactly a tearjerker, but sensitive readers should proceed with caution.)] Youth is a foolish thing: foolishly falling for someone. At the beginning of the story, Xu Nuo falls in love with Zhou Yiming at first sight, as if sinking into the deep sea. At the end, Xu Nuo holds the box contai 19.3kReads8.9Score3.9kShelves
42. 42 他 Where the Light Fades 他在阑珊处 Yan Qi燕七Modern Romance175k WordsCompleted The year they first met, she asked him, “Lawyer Jiang, if there is another life, what kind of person would you want to be?” He remained silent for a long time, but had no answer. Later, they met again after years apart. Time had turned everything upside down. She had lost her voice and no longer fit into his world. Many years later, when someone asked him that question again, he smiled faintly and answered without hesitation: “Someone without ambitions, staying by her side as we grow old togethe 35Reads9.1Score—Shelves
43. 43 望 May You Be Safe 望汝安 i Cheni陈Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted “You pushed me into the abyss, and you still think I could love you?” “Chen Si, I don't love you.” “Ji Sian, you have to love me. You can only love me.” This is the story of a bully falling in love with the person he bullied. One act of kindness from Ji Sian pushed her into an endless abyss. If she could turn back time, she would wish she had never met a boy named Chen Si... P.S. The male lead is not a virgin. If that's not your thing, please move along. 9kReads8.6Score399Shelves
44. 44 吻 Kiss Me and Say You Like Me 吻你说喜欢 Extra-Large Soup Dumpling超大小笼包Modern Romance256k WordsCompleted Written for freedom and hope, and for the faraway places we have never seen... [Stray dog story | Small-town redemption | Sweet-and-angsty romance | School life] At the beginning of the story, she arrives in an unfamiliar little town, defiant and self-reliant, her pride and sharp edges intact. People have told her she was born under an unlucky star, but she couldn’t care less. Whether her life is fortunate or not is up to her. * There’s a boy in town who, according to the rumors, is gloomy and 410Reads9.3Score101Shelves
45. 45 第 The Twelfth Second 第十二秒 SunnessMystery274k WordsCompleted Nine years ago, she vanished without a trace while pregnant, leaving him only one clue: an eleven-second phone call to his police station, and a longing she never got to express. Nine years later, a strange warning call and two photographs of her set ablaze the longing he had buried for so long. As the police investigate and he makes inquiries of his own, a flood of astonishing secrets and buried memories comes to light. Through layer upon layer of mist, her face gradually emerges... Once, t 4.8kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves
46. 46 他 He Lives in the Moonlight 他住在月光里 Wan'er Jiujiu莞尔啾啾Urban216k WordsCompleted A moving story about a young woman with depression who gradually finds the courage to confront it and fight back. 235Reads9.4Score—Shelves
47. 47 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
48. 48 百 The Hundred Demon Manual 百妖谱 Shaluo Shuangshu裟椤双树Ancient Romance165k WordsCompleted A man, a monk, and a fox wander the world, laughing and arguing along the way. White demons, countless affairs, and every kind of human emotion: a world of strange wonders and the warmth and hardships of human life. 11kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves

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    Collection of short stories. Cry to death

49. 49 旧 Old Dreams of 1913 旧梦1913 Shen Yuzao沈鱼藻Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Republican-era tragic romance + a love lost to regret + loving someone you cannot have] Three years in the Republic, and not a single rainstorm came. A whole lifetime, and not once did I hear you say, “I love you.” A sweet, spirited heiress × a devoted, restrained military officer. We lost each other in a time of turmoil, and after that brief farewell, we never met again. Repairing the roof with thatch for you and listening to the rain beside your bed were nothing but an old dream that could ne 3.6kReads9.4Score750Shelves

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    Help! Forget it if you torture me to death.

50. 50 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 100.2kReads9.2Score6.8kShelves

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