Looking for Sophisticated Angsty Novels Without Romance 想看点高级的虐文，不要有男女感情戏的那种

1. 51 黑 The Corrupted Moon Was Redeemed After Her Rebirth 黑化月亮复生后，被救赎了 Heated Lemon Water加热柠檬水Mystery241k WordsCompleted Fan Favorite / Pairing Undecided (Anything Is Possible) / Mutual Salvation / White Moonlight Returns from the Dead Qing Yan died in the Zhang Family Ancient Tower, in Black Glasses' arms. Years later, he returned and appeared before the Nine Gates once more, but everything had changed beyond recognition. Suspicion and heart palpitations, probing and cautiousness. After countless rescues and glimmers of hope, who, in the end, saved whom? Are you really him... Did you really come back...? Now tha 6.9kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
2. 52 清 The Cool Substitute Leaves the Stage, and Mr. Qi Drops to His Knees 清冷替身一退场，祁总立马跪地上 Winter Snow, Summer Sun冬雪夏阳Two Male Leads277k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it's normal for it to be low. It'll go up later~) (Two male leads + no female lead + regretful pursuit + both leads sexually and romantically inexperienced + a messy pile of melodrama + initially awful, later devoted top + cool and reserved bottom who keeps enduring until he finally snaps + older top, eight-year age gap + happy ending + not a wish-fulfillment story, but an angst-filled one) Lin Yi'an was Qi Yan's contract lover for four years. At first, he thought Q 3.2kReads8.8Score35114d adds

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   So heartbreaking!!! I cried 😭😭😭😭😭😭!!! Two male leads!!!

3. 53 全 Everyone Was Reborn: My Little Sister Is a Sweet, Innocent Airhead 全员重生：妹妹是个傻白甜 Following the Stars随星辰Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted Everyone thinks Sui Yan is a villain. Her childhood friend, the boy she grew up with, says, “Sui Yan, you’ve changed. You’ve become more and more disgusting.” Her best friend says, “Sui Yan, stay away from me. I never want to see you again.” Her stepsister says, “Sui Yan, I hate you.” Her two biological brothers say, “Sui Yan, I don’t have a sister like you.” And the person she loves most says, “Someone like you, Sui Yan, is someone I could never love.” Sui Yan died. It should have made everyone 3.4kReads9.1Score26414d adds

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   Sui Yan died, on her twentieth birthday. In life, she was abandoned by everyone and died of illness. In death, however, she took everyone's hearts with her... I read this a long time ago 🥺, highly recommended.

4. 54 百 Bound by No Rules, She Is the One Hundred and First 百无禁忌，她是第一百零一 A Midsummer Night一夜盛夏Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Ten years ago. Wen Zhixia was a quiet, reserved good girl. Gu Pingsheng was a rebellious school bully with a roguish smile. When Wen Zhixia smashed a liquor bottle over the head of a thug who tried to assault her in an alley, Gu Pingsheng was astonished and captivated. So the little bookworm had a temper after all. When they were young, it seemed the whole world knew that Gu Pingsheng loved Wen Zhixia, his feelings too deep to contain. For her, he drank the strongest liquor, stood in the heavies 920Reads7.4Score10514d adds

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   This book, while touching in its portrayal of the romance between the male and female leads, is essentially a angst-filled story. It's truly angst-filled from beginning to end, though there are sweet moments in the middle. I also really like the female lead's personality; she's not the weak, innocent type, but rather gentle yet very cool.

5. 55 魔 The Demon Lord Quits 魔尊不干了啦 User78147232用户7814723217k WordsCompleted The Demon Venerable Is Done With This! 684Reads—Score10414d adds

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   Every book is heart-wrenching. Don't be fooled by the fact that the first one is a short story; it's incredibly painful. 😢 Book 1: "Junior Brother, long time no see." "Xuan Sang hereby swears that he is willing to sever his path to immortality, shatter his soul, and destroy the Heavenly Dao to restore peace." The belated Heavenly Dao still favored his child. The rest you'll have to read for yourselves; once you start, no one will utter a sound. 😢

6. 56 白 Bai E: Then I’ll Defy You and Never Give In 白厄：那我偏偏，绝不顺从 Eat Up the Milk in One Gulp一口吃掉牛奶Mystery315k WordsOngoing [Haunted Castle]: Entering the Instance for the First Time [Angel and Demon Game]: Feng Jin [Its Gaze]: Watching Together [The Feast of the Gods]: Xiadie [The Shape of Memory]: Iron Tomb, If Route [Typhoon High School]: The Golden Descendants’ School Life [Shadows of the Past]: Lots of fun, transmigrating to Dan Feng’s era Currently updating: [The Lone King’s Banquet]: A chance encounter with the young Wandi Just rated: [National Destiny] + [Watching Together] + [Greek Mythology] + [Norse Mythol 1.3kReads7.8Score10514d adds
7. 57 被 Forced to Become the Hot-Blooded Manga Hero, He Faked His Death on the Spot 被迫成为热血漫主角后他直接死遁 A Moon Rabbit一只月兔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance] [No Female Lead] [Hot-Blooded Shonen] [Everyone Is Evil] [The Protagonist Is a Genuine Villain, With No Redemption] [Ensemble Cast] The hot-blooded shonen manga Villain's Fate is a blend of excitement, warmth, laid-back fun, and comedy. Its polished art, unexpected plot twists, and characters who leave readers aching for what might have been have earned it a devoted following. However, the author went on hiatus at the story's climax and stayed away for three years. Then, after three 22.2kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds
8. 58 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.3kReads9.6Score36k14d adds
9. 59 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 183.4kReads9.5Score25.3k14d adds
10. 60 快 Quick Transmigration: The Universally Disliked Fight to Become the No. 1 Fan Favorite 快穿：万人嫌争做人气角色No1 Han yuu寒yuuAncient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Shi Wuqing died, someone claiming to be a System found her. If she collected enough “popularity points,” she could come back to life. Shi Wuqing agreed. Then she was sent into various novels, where she became the cannon-fodder character readers hated most. Her mission was to become the character readers loved most, with the highest popularity, by the end of each novel! World One: Shi Wuqing became the scheming younger sister who took the heroine's place and married the prince. At the begi 42.4kReads9.5Score5.1k14d adds
11. 61 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 34.7kReads9.6Score5k14d adds
12. 62 月 I Earn 100,000 a Month Giving the CEO's First Love a Scrub 月薪十万，我给霸总白月光搓澡 White Kitty Tuan Tuan白喵团团Two Male Leads502k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + Two CEOs acting like kids] Everyone knows that Huo is hopelessly in love with his white moonlight, and mercilessly mistreats Yue Lanshan, who stood by him through thick and thin. Yue Lanshan endured it for eight years, until he became terminally ill. Imprisoned in a basement, he wasted away and died. Everyone thought Huo would lavish all his love on his white moonlight, but instead he wept at Yue Lanshan’s grave for eight years, then drove his car off a cliff to die with him, l 381Reads8.0Score10214d adds

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    Funny yet poignant, highly recommended!!!

13. 63 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 4.8kReads9.5Score1.1k14d adds

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    There's no affection involved 😄😄😄

14. 64 记 Memory Exposed! My Brothers Weep and Beg for Forgiveness 记忆曝光！哥哥们痛哭流涕求原谅 Grape Milk Foam葡萄奶盖Ancient Romance369k WordsCompleted [Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance + Male Lead Seems Innocent but Is Actually Dark (Yandere + Green Tea)] In the eyes of the world, Sang Shu is a murderous, wicked female fiend, guilty of countless crimes. People want to tear out her tendons, break her bones, gouge out her eyes, rip out her heart, and have her torn apart by horses! At last, Sang Shu is sent to the execution platform. The emperor orders her to suffer the harshest punishment, and the people nail her to the pillar of shame, whipping 40Reads6.8Score—14d adds
15. 65 我 I'm Put on Trial in a Livestream, and All of China Is in Tears 我被直播审判，全华夏泪崩了 Winter11冬日11Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Xuan was framed and driven into a desperate situation. To appease the public, the authorities decide to broadcast his trial. Meanwhile, a machine capable of retrieving memories is invented, and all of Lin Xuan’s memories are played back. Lin Xuan’s younger sister, Lin Yu, a goddess of her generation, watches her own brother’s broadcast. She wants to know why the good brother she once knew turned into this kind of person! When his memories are brought to light, the entire nation breaks down i 666Reads5.6Score—14d adds
16. 66 桑 The Sang Method of Secretly Loving You 桑式暗恋法则 Gentle Scholar温柔文人Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted [Physical edition now available] Sang You transmigrated, landing back on the first day of her freshman year of high school. The three years of high school she'd finally made it through had suddenly been reset to square one. Thinking about going back to a high school life where she had nothing, not even a full head of hair, made her want to die. Later, she stopped wanting to die, but everyone else said she was crazy. She was a freshman, yet not long after the term began, she skipped ahead to seni 69.2kReads9.6Score10.2k14d adds

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    My short sad ending story 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

17. 67 予 You Gave Me Deep Love and Turned My Life Upside Down 予你情深，乱我一生 Su Ziyao苏子遥Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted Eighteen years ago, Wen Ziyu was the person He Jingyang promised to stay with forever. Eighteen years later, Wen Ziyu was locked in an attic by He Jingyang and cruelly abused. He Jingyang always said Wen Ziyu owed him and that he'd make him pay little by little. But in the end, it was He Jingyang who owed Wen Ziyu a pair of eyes, a life, and a lifetime of love and devotion. 287Reads6.8Score10014d adds

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    This was originally a male-male story, but it's angst 🥺

18. 68 和 After My CEO Ex and I Switched Bodies, He Could See Again 和总裁前夫互穿后他不瞎了 Nothing but Ink徒有墨Modern Romance177k WordsCompleted An Su thought she’d had enough of trying to win over her prideful husband after standing by Mo Shen for three years. Divorce! But who could have expected them to switch bodies overnight? Then she discovered that he could see again, and had maxed out his ability to spot fake women. He even casually drove away all her admirers, and no longer wanted to be her ex-husband! An Su: ??? [Lighthearted romance] [Hilarious daily life] [Mutual pampering] [Souls switched] [Body swap] [Gender swap] [Spotting 77Reads8.8Score—14d adds

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    Once you look at it, you'll know where the torture lies; it's a bit creepy.

19. 69 爱 A Guide to Gathering Love [Quick Transmigration] 爱意收集指南【快穿】 Green Mountain Smiles青山见笑Two Male Leads347k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it just came out. Revisions will be made from time to time. [Warning: Two male leads + quick transmigration + a promiscuous, irresistible heartbreaker as the love interest + devoted couple + the System is also made of fragments / Complete] To escape his obsessed pursuers, Xia Yue enters worlds controlled by the negative fragments of the Lord God. The System tells him: [You flaunt your beauty, live wantonly, and beguile people's hearts. Your endings are always tragic.] [ 2kReads9.0Score22314d adds
20. 70 精 My Split-Personality Junior Is a Puppyish Bad Boy 精分学弟是小狼狗 Shang Shi Lei殇十泪Two Male Leads402k WordsCompleted Yan Zemu, the new campus heartthrob at B University, is aloof, polite, and distant in public, like an icy lotus that says, “Don’t fall for me. It won’t end well.” But Qi Yang knows the truth. His junior is sweet and doting, and supposedly has a girlfriend. He’s always asking Qi Yang for advice on how to woo his girlfriend in the computer science department, leaving the female students green with envy over the mystery woman whose name they don’t even know. But by chance, Qi Yang discovers that th 61Reads8.5Score—14d adds
21. 71 被 Years After Being Forced to Love 被强制爱多年以后 Green Mountain Smiles青山见笑Two Male Leads413k WordsCompleted [Complete and ready to read, with bonus chapters in progress] Like the beginning of every Q-style BDSM romance, Xie Wenyi falls in love with Liu Shan at first sight. They’ve fought and ended up in the hospital. Liu Shan has worn a collar and lived in a basement and a dark room. Six years have passed, and they get along like an ordinary married couple... Not a chance! A stubborn but timid runaway bottom x an older, controlling, fatherly top [Everyday Life + Long-Married Couple Dynamics + Testing 32.8kReads9.4Score3k14d adds
22. 72 弃 The Innocent Abandoned Consort: Prince, Please Let Me Go 弃妃无罪：王爷请你放过我 Chen Youning宸有凝Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Prince + imperial power + tragic romance] At first, he grabs her by the throat, his expression sinister and alluring. “How much truth is there in those tears of yours? Cheng Luoxun, I’ll make you pay in blood.” In the end, she fulfills his wish, barely conscious and almost lifeless. When the peach blossoms bloom in the third month, he gently takes her hand. “You said I didn’t love you, but you never once asked me if I did.” The candles flicker dimly in the room. He looks up, and there is nothin 1kReads8.0Score10114d adds
23. 73 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 2.9kReads9.3Score55814d adds

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    It's incredibly heart-wrenching; it's best not to watch them together, or you'll cry your eyes out in the bathroom. And both have a 9.4 rating.

24. 74 穿 The First Day After I Transmigrated into Tomb Notes, I Got Caught by Xiaoge 穿越盗笔第一天，我被小哥逮着了 Sharp-Tongued Bagpipe牙尖风笛Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding + Zhang Qiling + Hei Xiazi + No Pairings] [The kind of protagonist your mom would smack you for being. Lighthearted, everyday interactions.] [The author did so much research that they got fed up with all the romance, so there's no romance. The author ships every couple they see, just not the protagonist.] Qi Quan transmigrates one day and discovers that he has amnesia. His right index and middle fingers are unusually long, and mosquitoes don't bite him. After thinking it over for a 2.6kReads9.2Score1k14d adds

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    I'm splitting this into two batches; there are quite a few. If you have time, please look through all the ones I've recommended; you're bound to find something you like.

25. 75 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 3.3kReads9.1Score45714d adds
26. 76 盗 Tomb Raiding: How Did Ping Yinan Become the White Moonlight?! 盗墓：平意难竟成了白月光？！ Zhang Yue'er张月儿Two Male Leads504k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads!!! No Female Lead!!! 111011!!!] Also known as How Do I Survive After All My Secret Identities Are Exposed?! I’ll do my best to keep everyone in character. The timeline may differ, and the world of The Lost Tomb is its own independent world. The pacing may be a little fast at first. Bai Yulan transmigrates into The Lost Tomb to rewrite the tragedies he couldn’t accept. He must contend not only with the Wang Family and “It,” but also with the will of Heaven. Who wins and who loses 4.2kReads9.2Score69814d adds
27. 77 盗 Tomb Raider Notes: The Beloved White Moonlight Is Beautiful, Powerful, and Tragic 盗笔之白月光他美强惨 Marilyn Body Wash玛丽莲沐浴露Mystery113k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + tomb raiding + System + no female lead + beautiful, strong, and tragic] A beginner's first attempt. This isn't a power fantasy, and although there's a System, its golden finger isn't very powerful. The story's timeline may differ for the sake of the plot. If you don't like it, just leave. Ship whoever you want. I started writing this story to cook up something for myself, so I may prioritize my own ideas. Su Fu was a popular idol in the real world, but died while saving some 1.3kReads8.9Score20414d adds
28. 78 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 101kReads8.7Score10.2k14d adds
29. 79 花 The Flowers Bloomed 花，开了 AhriiiTwo Male Leads55k WordsCompleted If not for that glass of “Glacier,” he would never have inexplicably walked toward him. If he had never met Chen Ji, he would probably still be shrouded in darkness, unable to believe that anyone in this world could truly love him. An Yi is the top seller in this part of town, a butterfly dancing on the edge of taboo, dazzling yet elusive. Chen Ji, a spotless top student, is like a little deer lost in forbidden territory. He has stepped into more than this absurd place: he has also entered An Y —Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 80 你 Hello, My Love 你好，我的爱 Worried Unicorn操心的独角兽Two Male Leads24k WordsCompleted The Place He Returns To: Sequel (Part Two) If you can’t handle an unresolved ending, don’t read this! Don’t read this! Don’t read this! It’ll turn your whole worldview upside down! This is meant to have a happy ending, though a few parts feel forced. The protagonist is a hopeless romantic. If you can’t accept that, stay away! Thank you for reading! Song Qing never left, but he said it was all just a competition. What is he hiding? I refuse to believe it. I search desperately. Will things ultimat 8Reads8.0Score—14d adds
31. 81 他 Where He Belongs 他的归处 Worried Unicorn操心的独角兽Two Male Leads22k WordsCompleted The internet was flooded with stories of Song Qing’s heroic deeds. I saw a video someone had taken: Song Qing leapt gracefully into the lake like a carp, then slowly disappeared, as if that had always been where he belonged. 3.9kReads8.1Score64414d adds
32. 82 十 Fourteen Sentences 十四句 Eat More Vitamin C多吃维CModern Romance201k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Fourteen Lines, bearing the same title, is now available on multiple platforms.] Life is like duckweed on the water, so why doubt that people will meet and part? Morality and ethics clash with matters of the heart. A realistic story. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. The greatest regret isn’t that people enter your life at different times, but that you’re meant to meet without being meant to be together. A remorseful husband tries to win back his wife. Written as realis 2.3kReads8.9Score22914d adds
33. 83 终 At Last, I Admit Defeat 终于愿赌服输 Spring Thunder Cannon春雷炮Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted “Why couldn't you be the one who got sick?” “Why couldn't you be the one who died?” With drunken eyes, the man bends down and whispers the most heartless words in the gentlest voice. But he doesn't know that she really is going to die. 13.1kReads8.2Score86314d adds
34. 84 终 At Last, I Don't Love You Anymore 终于不再爱你 You Nian幽年Two Male Leads184k WordsCompleted “In this life, fate has been cruel. After all the twists and turns, I’m left with no one to love but myself.” For the past twenty years, Jian Yu had stubbornly loved a man with all her heart, through tears and anguish. After twenty fleeting years, one day, she finally let go. Xing Qingfeng finally understood that when someone’s heart truly dies, they can abandon everything and leave without looking back, never to appear again. 40Reads8.8Score—14d adds
35. 85 无 The Affliction of Silence 无言之症 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads287k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] His Love Is Deafening Dual rebirth + mutual salvation + realism + happy ending + extreme madness Antisocial, cold and aloof heartthrob vs. beautiful, quirky little troublemaker After being imprisoned for three months, Xu Mi was killed by Chen Huangnian over a single breakup. Only in his final moments did he realize that the boyfriend he had spent every day with had an antisocial personality. When he opened his eyes again, he was back ten years ago, at the time whe 15.1kReads9.6Score2.5k14d adds

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    #The female lead's first-person narrative is quite heartbreaking; even my friends cried while reading it.# It was very painful to read. He was sent to a detention center by his lover's mother, and his lover was also dating someone else. In the end, he could only die. #Not suitable for normal people; more suitable for people like me with no moral compass.

36. 86 奈 Alas, the Years Have Wasted My Love 奈何流年枉情深 A Ying阿影Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted “Manman, Jin Liang isn’t someone you can afford to love.” Three years ago, Xia Man ignored her father’s advice and stubbornly fell in love with Jin Liang. From then on, she flew straight into the flames, doomed to ruin. She endured humiliation and went to prison just to protect the person he held dearest. His heartlessness left her utterly despairing. After she was left battered and bruised, she stopped loving him. But he searched the ends of the earth for her, arriving before her, weary fro 551Reads6.0Score—14d adds
37. 87 昼 Day and Night of Delusion 昼夜妄想 Reverse Oxygen逆氧Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted He’s the capital’s spoiled young heir, a wild, reckless man with a savage streak no one can tame. She’s a pitiful girl living under someone else’s roof, meek, timid, and clear-eyed. One day, he tells her, “Shen Yang, help me win her over, and I’ll grant you one wish.” But he has no idea she’s been secretly in love with him for seven whole years! She watched with her own eyes as he did one crazy thing after another for her best friend! Then one day, he says, “Shen Yang, she said yes to my proposa 21.4kReads8.0Score1.5k14d adds

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    ① He was a scion of Beijing's elite, a roguish and wild young man, untamed and unruly. She was a pitiful, dependent girl, obedient yet timid yet clear-headed. One day, he said to her, "Shen Yang, help me win her over, and I'll grant you one wish." But he never knew that she had secretly loved him for seven long years! She witnessed firsthand the insane things he did for her best friend. ② After five years of loveless marriage, Song Youran became the person her husband hated most. Later, she truly disappeared.

38. 88 听 I Heard You Once Loved Me More Than Life 听说，你曾爱我如命 Wen Liu温流Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted Xie Jingchuan said, “My only wish is for you to disappear from my sight forever.” After five loveless years of marriage, Song Youran had become the person her husband hated most. Later, she really did disappear. Everyone said Mrs. Xie had brought it upon herself and deserved to die with no one to claim her body. But as one old secret after another came to light, he discovered... In the best years of her life, she had once given him the purest love. She had also risked her life for him amid the r 2.6kReads6.6Score15714d adds
39. 89 我 I'm Already in the Late Stages of Cancer, So What's Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? 我都癌症晚期了，疯一点怎么了 Han Dabai韩大白Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted Original title: I’m Already in the Late Stages of Cancer, So What’s Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? Lin Qian, hailed as the most eligible young lady in the capital, was gentle, refined, elegant, and proper. She could read at three, write poetry at five, was exceptionally well-read, and excelled at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Everyone who met her praised her without end. Lin Qian had been raised from childhood on the principle: “At home, obey your father; after marriage, obey your 20.5kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds

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    Even worse than a tragic ending! It's not just a simple angst story; the beginning and middle are very sweet 😆😆😆 But the ending made me cry 😢😢😢 I really didn't expect the ending; it's such a pity. It felt like a happy ending, but even worse than a tragic one.

40. 90 坏 Oh No! I Transmigrated into the Sister of the Heroine in an Angsty Romance 坏了！我穿成虐文女主的姐姐 Xu Xun蓿寻Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Zhi had only wanted to find a brainless sweet romance to relax with, but she never expected to be duped by an angst-ridden story disguised as a sweet romance! In this novel, the male lead drives the female lead's family into bankruptcy, gets her whole family killed, and then locks her up, subjecting her to every kind of physical and emotional abuse. Yet after a series of melodramatic events, the male lead apologizes and gives in, and the female lead has already forgotten the deep blood feud b 6kReads9.3Score59814d adds
41. 91 疯 The Big Shot in the Mad God's Arms Exudes Green-Tea Charm 疯批神明怀里的大佬他茶香四溢 Shang Buyu商不予卿Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Beautiful, domineering, unhinged goddess × sickly, devoted, humble tycoon; female-led romance, both leads’ first love] Shang Qing is a goddess who wanders among three thousand worlds. Though she is a goddess, she delights in tormenting people’s hearts. Lazy and eccentric, she is aloof and cold. When it comes to the troubles of the world, she judges by her own likes and dislikes. Rather than a goddess, she seems more like a wicked demon. Then she meets someone who is just as dark beneath the sur 2.2kReads9.0Score26614d adds
42. 92 不 No Forgiveness, No Getting Back Together: Miss Su Is Thriving on Her Own 不原谅，不复合，苏小姐独美 Shi Yi拾一Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing After six years together, Jiang Yihuai puts an arm around his new flame and breaks up with her. Su Yumian makes no fuss. She packs her suitcase, takes the enormous breakup settlement, and moves out without hesitation. His friends all egg him on: “How long do you think Su Yumian will last this time?” Everyone in the capital knows she loves Jiang Yihuai desperately, so much that she has no pride or temper. She’ll come crawling back within three days, for sure. But three months pass… And she still 49.5kReads8.6Score4.5k14d adds

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    The male lead gets a little pitiful later on, but he deserves it.

43. 93 在 Becoming Everyone's Beloved in a Horror Game 在恐怖游戏里成为全员白月光 A Li with Erotomania被爱妄想症阿离Mystery420k WordsCompleted [No CP + Gentle, Alluring White Moonlight Female Lead + Beloved by Every Player and Ghost + One-Sided Crushes All Around + A Massive Contest Among Suitors] After the White Moonlight System leaves, Lin Ling is assigned to a horror game. Her mission is to become the white moonlight of the ghosts and players. Lin Ling has a pair of eyes as gentle as water, and she looks at everyone with deep affection. Every move of hers tugs at people’s hearts. She never says a word about love, yet every kind of c 7kReads9.2Score96314d adds

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    Wow, this is amazing! The female lead can give you a tragic storyline where you mistakenly kill her when you love her the most, then the misunderstanding is cleared up, but the female lead doesn't suffer the consequences.

44. 94 虞 Yu Zhao Reborn: Cutting Ties and Settling Scores 虞昭重生断恩仇 Glass Salted Fish玻璃咸鱼Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original novel of the short drama "After Switching to the Heartless Path, My Senior Brothers Wept and Begged for Forgiveness" In her previous life, Yu Zhao spent her whole life fighting Ye Congxin to win back the affection of her master and five senior brothers. In the end, she became a traitor despised by everyone and was killed by the very master she loved. Reborn, she gave up trying to mend her relationship with her master and senior brothers, and took the initiative to cultivate the Heartles 15.8kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds

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    ✨1 This is a cultivation novel. In her past life, the female lead painstakingly tried to please everyone in her sect, only to meet a tragic end. 🥺 In this life, she refuses to tolerate it, leaves the sect, and starts cultivating new techniques on the path of immortality. ✨2 The beginning is a bit cliché, but you can see the female lead gradually giving up on the scumbag boyfriend. If all goes as expected, the professor will likely be the male lead. 💕 ✨3 This is a novel requested by the author. After being reborn, the female lead leaves home and goes to the male lead's house, and then her brothers regret it. [Sad]

45. 95 重 After Being Reborn, I Became the Beloved Female Side Character 重生后，女配的我被团宠了 Suoda's Wife索大的媳妇Modern Romance406k WordsCompleted Warning: This is not a female-lead power fantasy about revealing a secret identity. If that’s what you’re looking for, you can leave. [Some angst + reborn + adored by everyone + sweet romance + variety show] In her previous life, after the youngest daughter of Beijing’s wealthy Lu family went missing, they blamed their eldest daughter, Lu Yinghan, for failing to look after her little sister and drove her out. Lu Yinghan made her own way in life, but on her twentieth birthday, she was diagnosed w 132.2kReads9.2Score11k14d adds
46. 96 抽 After Drawing Cards, You Must Always Play Your Role with a Smile 抽卡过后一定要笑着扮演 A Bowl of Medicine That Can Make You Cry for Ages with One Punch打一拳能哭很久的药汤Modern Romance622k WordsOngoing The arrogant, willful girl in scarlet calls herself a princess, bossing around every member of her escort team and claiming that protecting her is the greatest honor. Even the strongest of them, the male lead known as the “Light of Humanity,” cannot escape her clutches. She appoints him as her knight and orders him around more than anyone else, even making him kneel on one knee to put on her shoes. When the world livestreams the rescue of the World Tree, everyone sees the pampered princess tremb 3kReads9.2Score34914d adds

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    This book, this book, this book, basically every world is about saving the world. The only flaw of this book is that I discovered it before it was finished.

47. 97 厉 President Li, Your Wife Doesn’t Deserve to Die 厉总，夫人她罪不至死 The Music Never Ceases笙笙不息Modern Romance3.4M WordsCompleted Shen Zhichu had given him her whole heart for sixteen years, only to be told to leave with nothing, just so he could make room for the woman he had always loved. Li Jingshen thought he would be happy once that woman was gone, until he received her diagnosis... He rushed over in a panic, only to find her holding someone else’s hand. “Why didn’t you tell me you had stomach cancer?” “Weren’t you hoping I’d die sooner?” Shen Zhichu laughed scornfully. “Li Jingshen, I don’t want to spend the last of 8.9kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds

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    This one is so angsty, I don't even dare to watch it.

48. 98 最 The Ten Years I Loved You Most: Loving You Until Death 最爱你的那十年之至死不瑜 Epilogue Embraces a Tree尾声抱木Two Male Leads145k WordsCompleted A reborn story, He Zhishu x Ai Ziyu I want to give Zhishu a bright future. Jiang Wenxu fans, stay away! Seriously, stay away! I have an absolutely enormous grudge against Jiang Wenxu. I’ll assume the worst of him and show no mercy, so Jiang Wenxu fans, please don’t come here. Don’t come to the comments to whitewash Jiang. It’s really annoying. Wasn’t my description clear enough? If you want to say that you feel sorry for Jiang or that he knew he was wrong, there are plenty of other places for th 3.8kReads9.1Score73814d adds

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    This book is guaranteed to make you cry 😭. It's a fanfiction titled "The Ten Years I Loved You the Most." The author wrote it to give Zhishu a happier ending. It's truly amazing; I read it while feeling heartbroken.

49. 99 人 Mermaid Chanson 人鱼香颂 Xie Zhi解知Ancient Romance103k WordsCompleted Mermaids roam a ghost ship by night, where a long-sealed transoceanic love letter lies aboard a whale-bone fishing vessel! Fourteen breathtaking love stories, sweet enough to delight, angsty enough to hurt. Deep old velvet, a beautiful fool, a refined knight commander, a younger wolf pup, and an irresistibly alpha heartthrob. Pick your favorite pairing from this delicious mix. Turn hardship into absinthe and drink it down with the bitter salt of the waves. Shed tears like pearls, shed the tender 2.1kReads9.6Score45414d adds

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50. 100 寻 Seeking Zhao 寻昭 The Vast Galaxy Shattered漫漫星河碎Modern Romance149k WordsCompleted “Brooding, aloof young master × Heaven’s favored heiress” “Two powerful leads × wealthy families × secret identities × satisfying read × unrequited love” This story began with a secret crush and ended with two hearts finding their way to each other. Everyone knew that Zhou Yanci, heir to the century-old Zhou family, was restrained and celibate. Still young, he was already a leader within his organization and a high-ranking military officer. With a face that could bewitch anyone, he was the objec 11Reads6.6Score—14d adds

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