Help! Any Angst-Filled BL Novels That’ll Make Me Cry Myself Thin? Urgent! 9命！有没有双楠虐文哭死的那种可以减肥的！急！

1. 51 顾 Sleeping Peacefully Beneath the Sophora Tree 顾枕槐安 Autumn Soul of a Thousand Years千岁秋魄Two Male Leads63k WordsCompleted Younger man + substitute + love grows over time + regretful pursuit of the ex + putting scumbags in their place + angst, angst, and more angst!!! Before he turned eighteen, Du Huai’an had no father in his life. The year he turned eighteen, his mother, who had raised him alone, was diagnosed with stomach cancer. So she took him to meet the man who was supposedly his father. That was when he learned his father was the head of the prestigious Zhu family in Jingyuan. He entered the Zhu family as the 1.5kReads8.4Score147Shelves

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   Just finished. Short story. Be! From start to finish! Take a pillow on the locust tree, take a pillow on the locust tree, and have a dream, full of joy. A story about treating someone else as a substitute, but being tortured like crazy! Under the year+substitute+chasing his wife in the crematorium+abusing scum!

2. 52 鲸 Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊 The Evil Dragon Blows Bubbles恶龙吹泡泡Two Male Leads39k WordsCompleted Little fish, little fish, may you swim out of the abyss soon. His younger brother, whom he had raised by hand despite no blood relation, sent him to a detention center for two years to “set him straight” and told him to come out once he was normal. Those two years were a nightmare that devoured him, one he could never wake from. His body and mind were tormented, his feelings worn away, and he was trained into numb, hopeless submission. “Knowing you raised me makes me sick. Why don’t you just die 31.3kReads8.1Score5.5kShelves

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   This book is so sad that I cried in bed in the middle of the night. [Cry][cry]

3. 53 限 Eight Years to Make Good 限期八年 Wenye's Cat问也的猫Two Male Leads31k WordsCompleted “I’m sorry. I love you very much.” “I hope that in your next life, you can treat me right.” Their eight-year affair, hidden in the shadows, was riddled with misunderstanding and hurt. Ji Nan thought they would spend the rest of their lives together, only to hear Zhang Hui say, “I can’t go on anymore.” 145Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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   Can read fire well

4. 54 戒 Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记 Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted A diary recording the final two months of my life... Maybe I'm just not meant to be loved. Otherwise, why would everyone who loved me leave? 18.8kReads8.2Score3.6kShelves
5. 55 温 A Gentle Thorn 温柔刺 Xie Bai谢白Two Male Leads179k WordsCompleted It's easy to fall for someone, but hard to forget them. Zhu Qi'an loves Xiao Hanyuan, and the whole world can know it. But the two of them can never overcome reality. . Only later did he learn: The person you love and admire, that very gentleness, can also pierce your heart without mercy and leave you in unbearable pain. Even at the end of his life, he would still give everything for him. 17Reads6.3Score—Shelves
6. 56 十 Red Roses in December 十二月的红玫瑰 Iron Fist Lin Daiyu铁拳林黛玉Two Male Leads85k WordsCompleted (Dual male leads, angsty 1v1 romance, both devoted only to each other, bad ending, power couple, mutual salvation, pure love with plenty of heartbreak.) My dear Mr. Mo: I’m sorry. In the end, I failed to keep my promise to you and became a coward who fled this world. If you can forgive my selfishness and weakness, then when spring returns next year, please leave a bouquet of red roses at my grave. Choose the most beautiful one in the flower shop. I think I’ll be able to smell its fragrance. [Nei 132Reads8.6Score—Shelves
7. 57 余 For the Rest of Our Lives, We’ll Be Part of Each Other’s 余生，皆与彼此有关 Tomato, Not Tomato番茄非西红柿Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted Loving someone means letting yourself become humble to the very core, like a speck of dust. When they treat you well, a flower blooms from that dust, like a desert flower: lowly, yet dazzling. We met through a mistake, let things develop by continuing to make that mistake, and finally ended with tear-reddened eyes. Our relationship was nothing more than “I like you,” while you “know.” 7Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 58 忠 Faithful Hound 忠犬 Qing Shisi卿十四Two Male Leads45k WordsCompleted Zhou Qi says he’ll be Qi Tingyao’s dog for the rest of his life, but he can’t bear to stop there. Through countless sleepless nights, he tears at his own soul and cries out with longing. The feelings he has buried deep in his heart for over a decade finally burst forth. Just how much does he love Qi Tingyao? Perhaps it’s shown in the way he finally finds the strength to let go as he lies dying. 3.8kReads8.6Score459Shelves
9. 59 黄 The Golden Cage 黄金囚笼 M MaiqiM麦琪Two Male Leads106k WordsOngoing Unhinged, possessive top + chasing his lover after losing him + sweet and angsty Cha Chen never imagined that the ungrateful brat he had raised would bite him, leave him with a huge mess to clean up, then dust himself off and disappear without a trace. “Mo Xiaobei, he ran away.” “Mo Xiaobei, ran away.” “Ran away.” But this time, things were a little different. Mo Xiaobei actually showed up of his own accord and threw himself into Cha Chen’s arms. He chased, Mo Xiaobei fled, but there was nowhere 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The third book is cruel and coercive

10. 60 火 There’s a Place for President Shen at the Crematorium 火葬场有沈总一席之地 The February Breeze Is Like Noodles二月春风似面条Two Male Leads143k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads] [Coercive Love] [Groveling for Forgiveness] [Beloved by Everyone] [Possessive Top] [False Replacement] Cold as frost, flawless as jade: those were the words Shen Lei used in his heart when he first met Chen Xi. His cool, detached features also looked so much like that person’s. Shen Lei pursued Chen Xi with great fanfare and won him over, only to discover that Chen Xi was constantly surrounded by an endless stream of admirers. After one argument and suspicion after another, 5Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 61 做 Become the Big Shot's Beloved 做大佬的白月光 Heavenly Fire, Flowing Glaze天火流琉璃Two Male Leads196k WordsCompleted Two Male Leads, 1v1, Both Pure Three years later, Yu Linran found Qian Mo running a street stall. He apologized, vowed to change, and begged for forgiveness, but he could never win back Qian Mo's heart. It was already dead. Five years earlier, Qian Mo's mother had been gravely ill, and he had asked Yu Linran for money. Yu Linran refused. Only after his mother passed away did Yu Linran show up in front of him. He hated him, but what good would hating him do? It wouldn't bring his mother back. So 884Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes, this one. . .

12. 62 病 Pathological Surrender 病理沦陷 Blending with the Dust and Light离光同尘Two Male Leads272k WordsCompleted I’ve always foolishly wished someone would love me. [Cold, mentally ill, twisted top (Xie Wenxue) × pitiful bottom with erotomania (Lu Qingyi)] [Two male leads + both pure + mutual pining + healing each other + choosing each other + yandere + unhinged + light imprisonment and forced love + white moonlight + mental illness] [An unconventional healing story. Both leads are ill. Their feelings are fraught in the beginning, and later there’s a white moonlight and a groveling pursuit. Half sweet, hal 140Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    What a sad story, two mental patients fall in love, they are each other's medicine and each other's poison [please read carefully]

13. 63 他 He Didn't Comfort Him 他没哄他 Nine Leaves九叶叶叶Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + campus + lighthearted + unrequited love + a touch of bittersweetness + BE + short story] (Soothing someone = comforting them = deceiving them) Gloomy top student [Mu Qi] × doomed delinquent [Ling Shu] Every relationship needs someone to make the first move. That's inevitable. So Ling Shu spent two years preparing before stepping back into Mu Qi's life. Liking someone doesn't guarantee you'll end up together, and love doesn't have to be earth-shattering. So Mu Qi kept watch ove 189Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you like mild abuse, you can read this book

14. 64 郭 General Guo's Physician Jiang 郭将军的姜大夫 Zhang Jiulang九郎张Two Male Leads327k WordsCompleted [Guo Chengyu x Jiang Xiaoshuai] Even if I lived another life, I would still find you. “Maybe I didn't love you enough in my last life.” “I want Doctor Jiang to love me willingly, not just be carried away by passion. I'll wait as long as it takes.” “Don't be afraid. I'll always be here.” “From now on, I'll be by your side.” “Guo Huaijin, I love you.” 71Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Just want to recommend.

15. 65 穿 Book Transmigration: The Beautiful Villain Is Forced Into Love by the Darkened Male Lead 穿书：绝美反派被黑化男主强制爱 Cheng Nezha城哪吒Two Male Leads471k WordsCompleted (Complete) BL + both leads are chaste + transmigrate into a book + cultivation + confinement Straight man Ning Ke wakes up one day inside the cultivation novel written by his younger sister. From the start, he’s destined to be the villain, tortured and killed by the male lead! Fortunately, a System appears at the crucial moment and binds itself to him. It turns back time and sends him to the male lead’s past to fix plot holes and keep himself alive! So Ning Ke dons secret identities and, one aft 16.4kReads9.6Score2.7kShelves

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    This is very cruel in the middle and back [I almost cry]

16. 66 真 Half Sincere, Half False 真心半假 A Lazy Little Taba一只懒塔塔Two Male Leads102k WordsCompleted Four short stories, four different endings: ① The groveling ex wins him back, happy ending ② They love each other but cannot stay together, tragic ending ③ A new love interest ④ Hell for everyone. “Half Sincere”, Groveling ex, happy ending Amnesiac pianist × cold-blooded guardian He raised him into a vine that clung to him, only to be caught in its grasp first. “If We Were Both Caught in the Snow Someday”, Bittersweet tragic ending If someday we were caught in the snow together, then at least in 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Four short stories, four endings, 1. Chasing wife and crematorium HE, 2. Being in love and unable to defend BE, 3. Switching attacks, 4. Everyone in hell.

17. 67 熬 Outliving My Wicked Mother-in-Law and Stepmother, I Survive a Century of Chaos 熬死恶婆后娘，乱世活百年 Han Zifeng, Who Loves Vegetable Yogurt爱吃蔬菜酸奶的寒子峰Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted [No contrived plot] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] [No cheat abilities] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Rural life] [Hardship] Thank you all so much for your support and comments. Mom, my story finally got a rating! Though it only just came out!! Chen Xiulan was my maternal grandmother. She passed away at the age of 103. Only now does that promise I’d let lie for so many years pierce my heart: I once promised to write her a thick memoir. As a child, I was always clinging to her, listening t 614Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Adapted from stories around me

18. 68 时 A Painkiller for Time and Space 时空止疼片 Han Zifeng, Who Loves Vegetable Yogurt爱吃蔬菜酸奶的寒子峰Modern Romance188k WordsCompleted [Realistic] [You Were Once Here] [Beautiful] At 37, he should have been at the height of his fame, with a bright future ahead. But an unexpected fall from a building brought his life to a permanent stop at its most dazzling moment. I was just an ordinary fan who quietly admired him. One day, I happened to come across news about him, and an immense grief hit me so hard I could barely breathe. In my memory, he was always so radiant: earnest and focused at work, gentle and bright in life, with a s 2Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 69 盛 Spoiled Beyond Measure: President Li's Cherished Darling 盛宠之下：厉总的掌心娇宠 Girl in the Wheat Field麦田里的女孩Two Male Leads544k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + cold-faced financial tycoon seme x devoted affection magnet uke + both leads are each other's first and only + no substitute trope + rekindled love + happy ending + multiple couples] Any resemblance between the characters, locations, names, plot, and anything else in this story and real people or places is purely coincidental. This story is entirely fictional! Li Xiuchen, the richest man in S City, is cold, handsome, and wealthy, with power to turn the world upside down. But th 463Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both male protagonists have a good pair of partners. In the first book, a fire caused the two to part ways, and the other partner no longer remembered them when they met. In this book, each pair of partners has its own protagonist in the end. The second book, Soul Travel, ends in the modern era. The third book is a prison style. The fourth book is reborn in an ancient style. The king and his ministers are strong. The fifth book is reborn in modern times, reborn only to get love. The sixth book is about a real and fake young master who suffers from leukemia. The seventh book is a lifelong mistake.

20. 70 待 Until We Meet Again: A Thousand-Year Promise 待到重逢之千年之约 Girl in the Wheat Field麦田里的女孩Two Male Leads287k WordsCompleted [One-on-one, two male leads, both devoted to each other; doting CEO top x wilderness rescue team captain bottom + different time and space + multiple couples + happy ending] The times, characters, and places in this story are all fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Our love runs as deep as the sea, our bond is etched in the Three Lives Stone. Fate binds us across the world, and we will never part. To find the one I love and stay together until our hair turns white. If there is 70Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 71 重 Reborn: My Sovereign 重生：我的君主大人 Girl in the Wheat Field麦田里的女孩Two Male Leads264k WordsCompleted Two male leads: the devoted general Beiming Han as the pursuer × the sweet, gentle prince Mu Yichen as the pursued This story takes place in a fictional setting. Any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidental. In his previous life, Mu Yichen was willing to sacrifice everything for Beiming Han: the throne, his martial arts, his dignity, and even his life. Until his final moment, he was still worrying about Beiming Han. He left behind only one sentence: “If there is another life, let us n 268Reads8.6Score—Shelves
22. 72 蚀 A Heart-Eroding Crisis 蚀心危情 Girl in the Wheat Field麦田里的女孩Two Male Leads386k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + multiple side couples + wealthy CEO] If I died just like this, would I finally be free? It all began with that conspiracy. He was convicted and sent to prison, enduring a long sentence, losing his closest friend, and suffering the betrayal of his lover. In an instant, the whole world turned against him. To stay alive, he had no choice but to abandon his kind heart, fight fate, and make enemies of everyone. When he got a second chance at life, all he wanted was to leave the con 70Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 73 请 Reborn: Please Love Me Again 【重生】请你再爱一次 Girl in the Wheat Field麦田里的女孩Two Male Leads287k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + domineering CEO and rising star + multiple side couples] No mistaken love, and everyone gets a happy ending, so read without worry. In his previous life, after accumulating enough disappointment, Feng Lin decided to part amicably with Wan Yi. But Wan Yi did not want to end their relationship. When the two left the civil affairs bureau, Wan Yi stared at the green divorce certificate in his hand, unable to accept it. “I’ll take you home.” “Fine. Let’s say this is our last goodbye. 56Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 曙 When the Dawn Sets 曙光落幕时 Girl in the Wheat Field麦田里的女孩Two Male Leads350k WordsCompleted Dominant CEO gong × designer shou. Both have secret identities. Dual male leads. The shou switched places with someone else, changing the course of both their lives. Yet somehow, he eventually returned to his birth family and found the love that had been meant for him all along. He thought the door to happiness was finally about to open for him, but an unexpected illness brought him to a halt. As he battled his illness, the gong stayed by his side, quietly and unwaveringly. After weathering ever 11Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 75 第 At First Sight 第一眼 Girl in the Wheat Field麦田里的女孩Two Male Leads218k WordsCompleted [Two male leads] [Sweet and doting, both pure] [Sweet and doting, no angst] [Cold, taciturn CEO × innocent young master] They met at an auction. Just one glance was enough for them to know they were meant for each other. Love at first sight isn’t impossible, just rare and hard to come by! Wei Bo’an, I, Xiao Tianqi, want to stay by your side forever, and love you for all eternity. We still have a long life ahead, so don’t worry. Believe me: no matter how you change, I’ll always love you just the 44Reads5.7Score—Shelves
26. 76 野 Wild Taming 野性驯养 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads353k WordsCompleted The physical edition of Yanziqi is now available on all platforms. The wicked get their comeuppance. A cunning, cold-hearted crown prince x a volatile, insecure, sickly bottom Mutual torment + rekindled romance + melodrama + suspenseful twists + 1v1 + coercive love When Liang Yan was a child, his father brought home another boy. The boy looked like a beggar, hardly spoke, and was painfully thin. His father told him the boy would be his companion in study: he was quiet and would become his best f 19.2kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
27. 77 假 Fake Smile Diary 假笑日记 Bad Brain坏脑袋Two Male Leads298k WordsCompleted I'm Xu Yiwen. Just as I was about to enter the world, I met Chang Jiayou. He took me in, though he said that wasn't what he was doing. I have no family, and he said he could be my family. So he loved me in the name of family. But love can't be hidden. I discovered that his feelings for me were more than ordinary. Countless times, he wanted to come closer, but in the end he never did. So I decided to confess. I wanted to be his lover. I don't understand what kind of feeling this is. I only know i 40Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend this

28. 78 愿 May the Bright Moon Shine Upon Us 愿明月高照 Thinking of the Rising Storm思风云起Two Male Leads217k WordsCompleted A love triangle, a heartbreaking romance: two people fighting over one person's love. One wants to preserve everything about him, while the other wants to possess him completely. Will he choose his lover or his childhood friend? One is He Bai, a genius painter. The other is Fu Yan, a business tycoon. He Bai gives up his life for Lian Yiran, while Fu Yan is driven mad for him. Lian Yiran, meanwhile, lies in a hospital bed, reduced to a vegetative state. The love and hate entangling the three of t 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The beginning is the ending, death is death, madness is madness, the rest are memories

29. 79 E E's Golden Cage: A Love Prison for a Broken Old Beta E的黄金笼囚爱老Beta残鸟 Shuizezhou水泽州Two Male Leads614k WordsCompleted [Complete] The groveling pursuit begins in earnest from Chapter 61 [Entertainment industry | EABO | Younger man | Status gap | Rivals in love | Raising a child] Main story, EB | Qin Jian × Mu Yansheng (amnesiac, cold-hearted, crazy, controlling top-tier star enigma seme | honest, domestic older beta uke, disfigured) At nineteen, Mu Yansheng was disfigured in a fire while saving Qin Jian. His dream of becoming an actor was shattered, so he could only do odd jobs and work as a script supervisor on 3kReads—Score232Shelves

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    I recommend this book [almost crying] [crying]

30. 80 江 Jiang Chi's Guide to Winning Over His Husband [BL] 江驰的追夫手册【双男主】 Junior Sister123师妹1236k WordsCompleted Jiang Chi's Guide to Winning Over His Man [Two Male Leads] 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    All sweet and sour

31. 81 择 Choosing a Worthy Match 择膏粱 Insomnia Sundae with Extra Crispy Coconut失眠圣代添加脆脆椰椰Two Male Leads1.0M WordsOngoing [Xianxia + Remarriage + Young Married Couple + Rekindled Love + Scumbag Chases His Wife to the Crematorium + Younger Pursuer] This is the story of a bad boy who tries every trick in the book to remarry his wife. Wei Zhi, the bad boy, looks down on the wife his parents “carefully chose” for him. Not only does she come from a poor family, she’s also delicate. The moment anyone picks on her, she bursts into tears. Just looking at her annoys him. Wei Zhi tries everything, from beating and berating h 538Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    ? You are sure!!??

32. 82 赌 A Gambling Dad, a Sick Mom, and a Broken Him 赌博的爹，生病的妈，破碎的他 Insomnia Sundae with Extra Crispy Coconut失眠圣代添加脆脆椰椰Two Male Leads810k WordsOngoing [Male-Male Romance]+ [The Pursuit After Losing Her]+ [Substitute Romance]+ [Substitute Marriage]+ [Love Triangle Showdown]+ [Age Gap]+ [Size Difference] A gambling father, a sick mother, a useless first love, a broken-hearted him, a husband who bullies him, and now he has to be the stepmother to a younger brat. Life for Li Yuanjin is a constant struggle: he can neither live nor die. Born after his father’s death, he moved with his mother into his stepfather’s home, where he endured years of beat 469Reads8.1Score—Shelves
33. 83 强 Forced Love: From Shadow Guard to the Prince’s Most Cherished One 强制索爱：从暗卫成为王爷的心尖宠 Floating Life in the Mountains山居浮生14k WordsCompleted Forced to Love: From Hidden Guard to the Prince's Cherished One 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The abuse article is here, wipe the tears with tissue paper

34. 84 我 Only After I Died Did My Senior Brother Realize He Loved Me 我死后，师兄才知他爱我 Floating Life in the Mountains山居浮生20k WordsCompleted Only After I Died Did My Senior Brother Realize He Loved Me 610Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 85 世 The Young Lord Planted a Night-Pleasure Gu, and the General Wept 世子种下夜欢蛊后，将军哭了 Floating Life in the Mountains山居浮生17k WordsCompleted The Heir Apparent Wept After the General Planted the Night-Pleasure Gu 478Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 86 太 The Crown Prince Returned, but His Shadow Guard Never Came Back 太子归来，却再也等不回他的暗卫 Floating Life in the Mountains山居浮生21k WordsCompleted The Crown Prince returns, but can never again wait for his secret guard 160Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 87 暗 After His Shadow Guard Betrayed Him, the Crown Prince Hated Me to the Bone 暗卫背叛之后：太子他恨我入骨 Floating Life in the Mountains山居浮生18k WordsCompleted After the Secret Guard’s Betrayal: The Crown Prince Hates Me to the Bone 326Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 88 死 After Faking My Death, I Took on a New Secret Identity, but the Cold-Faced Prince Knew Everything 死遁后我换了马甲，冷面王爷他全都知道了 Floating Life in the Mountains山居浮生19k WordsCompleted After Faking My Death, I Took on a New Secret Identity, but the Cold-Faced Prince Knew Everything 179Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 89 千 A Thousand Years of Waiting: I'd Become a Tree for You 千年守候，我愿为你化作一棵树 Floating Life in the Mountains山居浮生21k WordsCompleted After a thousand years of waiting, I would become a tree for you. 61Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 90 他 His Deadly Tenderness Trapped Me in an Endless Cycle of Reincarnation 他的致命温柔，把我困在无尽轮回里 Floating Life in the Mountains山居浮生21k WordsCompleted His Lethal Tenderness Trapped Me in an Endless Cycle of Reincarnation 13Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 91 星 Starfall King 星罗王 Chen Ming from Bazhong巴中陈茗Two Male Leads262k WordsCompleted Prince Tuyang Danzhen of the Xingluo Kingdom grew up starved of love. Then he found his sun: Fu Wangtian. His heart opened for his sun. When the light came, he became happy and warm. When it disappeared, he closed his heart and silently endured, armoring himself with coldness and strength. Though covered in wounds, he never gave up on love! Was that right or wrong? 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Sweet and sad.

42. 92 孤 Guardian of the Lonely Isle 孤屿守护者 Listening to the Wind on the Plains原上听风Two Male Leads620k WordsCompleted After running into danger during a mountain patrol and vanishing, Fang Yu miraculously returned on the seventh day. But was he truly himself, or an "avatar" assimilated by some ancient, frigid ecological consciousness deep in the Greater Khingan Mountains? Did he return to protect them, or did his return herald the beginning of a far greater and more merciless natural process? The many strange developments left his partner, Ye Zhihan, deeply suspicious. Caught between the scientific understandin 45Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    A story about two male protagonists who abuse each other. They must torture each other and they must cry. It's sad and sweet at the same time.

43. 93 时 Secrets in the Folds of Time 时间褶皱里的秘密 Listening to the Wind on the Plains原上听风Two Male Leads128k WordsCompleted At midnight, the hands of an old clock turned backward. The cold gleam of the badge worn by 30-year-old Shen Yanzhe caught the sight of 26-year-old Shi Mingyu murmuring to empty air. The streets folded in the torrential rain, and his partner, missing for three years, crawled out of a mirror, clutching a bloodstained list of artifacts. A silver glow seeped from the wound on Shi Mingyu’s arm, reflecting Shen Yanzhe’s final glimpse of him disappearing in a blaze of light. When the studio’s wind chi 16Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 94 心 The Scheming Adopted Son Is Raising a Puppy Again Today 心机义子今天也在养小狗 Tofu Pudding and Crucian Carp豆花鲫鱼Two Male Leads379k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Younger top, two male leads, one-on-one romance, ancient military setting, alternate history, happy ending] [Nameless orphan × (supposed) bandit's adopted son] [The young master is always right] × [I've worked hard for years and don't want to do this anymore. I need to find a sucker to take over my job.] Sincere, passionate gong × gentle, scheming shou Their tangled love and hatred twists and turns, until it all comes to nothing, like flowers reflected in a mirror and the moon in wat 83Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 95 开 From the Start, a Failing Student? Hehe, I’m Just Pretending! 开局成学渣？嘿嘿我装哒！ Grass-Head Leaf草头叶子Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted [My Little-Known Secrets Series: Tian Hao] [Traditional + realistic fiction + no fixed couple + chuunibyou + bittersweet] [No fixed couple means you can ship anyone] [Warning: extreme physical and emotional angst] [The physical and emotional angst starts at chapter 100. Read with caution] [Protagonist: Tian Hao] Everyone knows that Bole Middle School has three great things: a huge campus, lots of students, and a genius named Tian Hao. Growing up as the kind of kid other parents point to as an ex 54Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Recommend this book silently

46. 96 我 My Little-Known Secret 3 我那鲜为人知的秘密3 Grass-Head Leaf草头叶子Two Male Leads368k WordsOngoing [Two Men + Comedy + Plot + Everyone's Favorite + Men Competing + Love Triangle Chaos + Bittersweet] [My Little-Known Secrets series: University Arc] Shi Jun only wanted to live a quiet, steady life, but somehow keeps getting dragged into one chaotic love triangle after another. An innocent younger brother A sweet, clueless employee A fellow disciple who disappeared without a trace A friend who'd stand by him through thick and thin A partner who fights by his side A sinister, evil tycoon A trea 93Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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49. 99 涸 An Encounter in a Dried-Up Riverbed 涸辙之遇 Chen Ming from Bazhong巴中陈茗Two Male Leads190k WordsOngoing The Taowu people were massacred in Fujin and fled to the neighboring country of Dawo, hiding in the dense mountains and forests of Blackgate. The Dawo government searched for them year after year and finally found their trail. Now the Taowu people are trapped with nowhere to turn... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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