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1. 1 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 71.9kReads9.4Score6.4kShelves

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   This is the most sadistic romance novel I have ever read [crying][crying]

2. 2 替 The Stand-In's Guide to Winning Themself Over 替身的自我攻略 Er Li二厘Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted [Male substitute + obsessive love + male lead suffers + second chance at love + later, possessive pursuit by force. The male lead is arrogant, domineering, obsessive, and calculating, with extremely strong controlling and possessive tendencies] Delicate, frail female lead X obsessive, calculating male lead At Jingbei High School, Wen Li met a boy who looked a lot like Pei Yang. One glance was all it took for her to be drawn to him. He’d look even more like Pei Yang if he had a mole at the corner 8.4kReads8.4Score569Shelves

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   The female protagonist is Bai Yueguang. Because of Bai Yueguang's transfer to school, she saw the male protagonist's face and found that the male protagonist and Bai Yueguang were very similar, and they got along together after that. Until the male protagonist found out that he was a substitute, he cut his own face with a knife. The male protagonist loved the female protagonist very, very much, which was quite sad.

3. 3 蓝 The Blue Gum Tree Waits in Vain for the Mistletoe Bird 蓝桉等不到释槐鸟 Chive Leaf I韭叶IModern Romance133k WordsCompleted “If I loved you a little less, would I be able to say a little more to you?” The girl, Ru An, had a secret crush on Lin Fu, the brightest star in school. She loved writing in her diary. Over her three years of high school, she filled five diaries. Not once did she mention Lin Fu by name, yet every line was about him. She described Lin Fu as full of life and spirit, but couldn't find a single word that suited herself. She had always lived by the rules, following the same routine. The only courage 19kReads9.0Score4.3kShelves

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   Good-looking, sour

4. 4 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 67.5kReads9.7Score12.1kShelves

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   What kind of love is the most regrettable and unforgettable❤️

5. 5 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 14.3kReads9.7Score3.2kShelves
6. 6 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 94.3kReads9.7Score15.2kShelves
7. 7 虐 After Torturing My Master to Death, the Demon Lord Pursues His Husband to the Ends of the Earth 虐死师尊后，魔尊他追夫火葬场 Flowers Falling in Misty Rain烟雨花落Two Male Leads61k WordsCompleted A white-haired, emotionless cultivator who killed her husband to prove her righteousness VS her disciple, a corrupted ancient Demon Venerable Five hundred years ago, the greatest genius of the Immortal Sect killed her husband during their wedding ceremony to prove her righteousness. Five hundred years later, Xuan Ye, the disciple Rong Li had killed, transformed into an ancient Demon Venerable and came to take revenge on her. He imprisoned her, abused her, and humiliated her. He turned the once-r 653Reads8.4Score106Shelves

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   It's beautiful, very exciting, and I didn't skip the whole story. Well... If I say it's sad, it doesn't feel like it. I didn't even shed tears. Maybe it's because the chapter is short and the pace is so fast throughout, but it's still worth watching. Shuangnan, slightly sadistic, short story, fast-paced. Strong recommendation

8. 8 快 Quick Transmigration: After Torturing the Big Shot to Tears, I Faked My Death and Escaped 快穿：把大佬虐哭后我死遁了 Seagull Swimming沙鸥游泳Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, scum gong regrets his actions, chases his wife to the crematorium, sickly, coughing blood, forced love, shou fakes his death and escapes, BE in the small worlds, HE in the end] [System: Reminder, Host Yun Chen, this is an S-rank conquest world. The principal gods of every plane are extremely powerful!] [Yun Chen: Oh.] - The domineering CEO, wealthy enough to rival a nation: You’re nothing but a substitute picked out of the mud. My one true love is the chosen one! Yun Chen fell i 21.7kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves

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   I think the plots in Small World are very sad. The author wants to make me cry.

9. 9 蚀 Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨虐情 Hua Baoyue花抱月Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Tragic Romance]+ [The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption] Ruan Yunzheng loved Fu Yinghan deeply. But when his only sister was harmed and all fingers pointed at her, he sentenced her to death without hesitation! He tormented her relentlessly, body and soul, but she never gave in! Only when she was on the brink of death and explained one last time that she hadn’t done it, and he still refused to believe her, did she finally give up on him! So this man’s heart really was made of stone! When news ca 19.7kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves

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   Have a good cry! Be!

10. 10 短 A Collection of Short, Tragic Bad-End Stories 短篇be虐文合集 J Le JiangJ乐姜Ancient Romance101k WordsCompleted I originally wanted to write a collection of angsty stories, but in the end I decided to write just one and bring it to a close. I can't change the title now, so come on in and have a look. Legend has it that the Demon God was gravely wounded by the Divine Clan and suffers excruciating pain every night, teetering on the brink of death. Only one thing can ease his suffering: the inner core of a Divine Fox. For hundreds of years, the Demon God has repeated the same words in his mind: I must take 704Reads8.0Score—Shelves
11. 11 桔 The Bellflower Is Not White 桔梗不白 Paris Is Pretending to Be Drunk巴黎在装醉Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted Every moment spent near him was full of telltale slips. A performance called unrequited love is the hardest one to pull off. - (The male lead doesn't cheat. He appears as a ghost, hoping the heroine will finally give up on him and stop grieving. He also sacrifices his reputation so netizens will stop attacking her. If someone has to be swallowed up by public opinion, he wants it to be him. It's a self-destructive attempt to save her: he gives up his life and his good name, as long as she's all r 134Reads8.1Score105Shelves

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    Very nice, good review

12. 12 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 30.3kReads8.0Score2.1kShelves

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    This is a sad book, really. The heroine has been secretly in love with the hero for seven years, but the hero forces her to help him chase the heroine's brother's girlfriend. The heroine saved the hero when he was a child, but the hero recognized the wrong person. The heroine grew up in the hero's family, and then the hero chases him to the crematorium. If you like Be, you can see the ending, and if you like He, watch the extras. Make your own choice! Good-looking, good-looking, good-looking!

13. 13 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

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    The first four books are by the same author, and they are all about youth. They are so well written! The fifth and sixth books are about palace abuse, the seventh is heartbreaking, the eighth and twelfth are relatively short with only over 100 pages, and the tenth and eleventh are written from the perspective of the male protagonist.

14. 14 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 19.4kReads9.6Score5.1kShelves
15. 15 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
16. 16 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
17. 17 如 Like Spring Water 如春水 As Far as She Is Concerned于她而言Modern Romance24k WordsCompleted At sixteen, Ji An’an transmigrated. In Ningshui Town, she met He Linchao. They came to know each other, understand each other, and fall in love. Ji An’an gave the best three years of her youth to this one time and place. Time turned back. When she awoke again, Ji An’an had returned to 2022. Those three years had been like a dream. Everything around her made it clear that she was still only sixteen. Had those three missing years really been spent in a dream? But the pocket watch against her chest 4Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 你 You Live in My Memories 你存在我的回忆里 Li Shan You璃山有Modern Romance84k WordsCompleted [Unrequited love + BE + youth on campus] (From the male lead's perspective, in the discussion section at the end of the final chapter) They say unrequited love is a kind of courtesy, secretly building a castle behind someone's back. For He Tongyou, it meant spending her entire youth weaving a lie that she didn't like him. They say unrequited love is when the teacher calls your name and I look up before you do. For Xu Jing, it meant embracing the breeze that had passed over her, then missi 25Reads8.1Score—Shelves
19. 19 暗 The Secret Crush No One Knows About 暗恋这件不为人知的秘密 Muzi Banli木子半李Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted In her third year of middle school, Yu Wan fell in love with someone. He had pale eyes that always seemed to hold laughter, yet somehow left people feeling inexplicably sad. Yu Wan liked him year after year, until the boy fell for a girl. Beneath a sky full of fireworks, she saw him smiling dazzlingly at the person beside him. “From the moment we met, you became the star that never sets, day or night.” But that star had never belonged to her. Yu Wan never imagined that one drunken night would br 617Reads8.7Score100Shelves
20. 20 江 Fishermen’s Lights on the River, Keeping Me Awake with Sorrow 江枫渔火对愁眠 Can't Catch不能扑Modern Romance54k WordsCompleted She waited for him all her life, but he would never come back. 1kReads8.6Score174Shelves
21. 21 原 It Turns Out There’s No Light in the Deep Sea 原来深海没有光 Pian Qian翩浅Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted Girls from the south, most of them love the romance of snow drifting through a northern winter night. But what they don't know is that once the snow has fallen, howling winds soon follow. In an instant, they sweep away all the romance, exposing the bone-chilling cold beneath. 178Reads8.5Score—Shelves
22. 22 学 Behave Yourself! 学乖！ Bu Xue'er步雪儿Modern Romance236k WordsCompleted School Life | Healing | Family of Origin | Bittersweet Romance | BE “That person stumbled into your lightless corner and stood before you, backlit, holding out a hand. It was salvation, and it was a god.” Gentle and sensitive × Cold on the outside, warm within He had always been the center of attention, born into a prominent family and exceptional in every way. She was as insignificant as a speck of dust. To everyone else, they were like parallel lines that could never meet, destined never to cr 1.9kReads8.9Score360Shelves
23. 23 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
24. 24 予 A Fairytale for You 予你童话 The Flower Roll That Isn't Rolled花卷都不卷Modern Romance147k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Short story! Short story! Short story!] [Volume One: Angel] If someone asked what it felt like to be pursued by the inspiration for your novel, novelist Wei Anqi would say, “This isn’t right. Why isn’t he following the usual script?” As the inspiration for the novel, Jing Shaoqian would say, “This is great. I can cheat!” [Volume Two: Mermaid] Su Jiandong, heir to a family of imperial chefs, has a secret: he’s in love with a somewhat dim-witted “mermaid” he rescued at sea. Xiao Yuero 61Reads8.7Score—Shelves
25. 25 荒 Thinking of You for Thirteen Years in the Wasteland 荒芜深处，念你十三载 I'd Be a Liar If I Said I Didn't Love Sleeping我不爱睡觉才怪10k WordsCompleted In the depths of the wasteland, I have longed for you for thirteen years —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Family Knife, I'd love to know what other people think of it.

26. 26 除 I Cannot Make You My Princess Consort, but I Can Grant You a Lifetime of Glory 除了王妃之位本王许你一世荣华 Iron Marble铁弹珠Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as: Other than the title of princess consort, I promise you a lifetime of glory Angst with sweetness. If you can handle the angst, come on in. Du Xiyue is a wisp of a wandering soul from the apocalypse. She was a military doctor with special abilities and a pocket dimension. Tired of the tense, dangerous life of the apocalypse, she no longer wants to live for anyone else. In this life, she just wants to be an ordinary woman. She thought she had found true love, but the prince only wa 2.4kReads8.8Score263Shelves

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    A mixture of abuse, sweetness, and knives.

27. 27 快 Quick Transmigration: After Becoming the Protagonist of an Angsty Novel, I Slaughter My Way Through the World 快穿：穿成虐文主角后杀穿全世界 Windwatching King望风大王Two Male Leads523k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration, no CP + lots of men with one-sided crushes + crowd favorite + physically unbeatable protagonist] Tang Lanqing, a victor in an infinite-flow world, accepts an invitation (or rather, gets tricked) by a romance System and enters tragic romance worlds as the protagonist… No matter. They may not understand plain speech, but he knows a thing or two about fighting (*^ー^) 1. Reborn as a devoted, long-suffering love interest looked down on by the scum gong and all his friends? He’l 6kReads9.3Score701Shelves
28. 28 快 Quick Transmigration: The Right Way to Play Out a Tragic Romance 快穿：论虐文剧情的正确打开方式 Listening to the Evening's Song in the Breeze清风听晚吟Two Male Leads370k WordsCompleted [No CP + dual male leads + feel-good face-slapping] 1 System: [Host, we're following an angst novel script. We'll activate the angst-then-sweet mode. In this world, you'll gradually go through heart-wrenching angst, getting kicked out of the house, wandering the streets, being penniless, and getting into a car accident while saving the male lead, among other scenarios. In the ending, the male lead will come to his senses and remember how good you were to him. He'll finally fall in love with you 823Reads9.1Score103Shelves
29. 29 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 1.4kReads9.3Score157Shelves
30. 30 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 7.1kReads9.3Score865Shelves
31. 31 快 Quick Transmigration: After Entering a Torture Novel, the Host Tears the Whole World Apart 快穿：穿进虐文后宿主手撕全世界 It's July是7月啊Modern Romance773k WordsCompleted After three hundred years of grueling competition at the Villain Business Center, top overachiever Xin Ku finally earned a promotion and a raise, and successfully transitioned into the heroine role. Gu Li thought a heroine's life would mean money in one hand, handsome men in the other, and basking in the world's adoration. System: “Dear, I recommend you start dreaming. This is the center for tragic romance heroines!” System: “Your mission is to collect scumbag-punishment points. We recommend tha 1.3kReads9.1Score143Shelves
32. 32 虐 Turning a Tragic Romance into Horror: No Grudges Last Longer Than a Page Turn 虐文爆改惊悚流，主打没有隔页仇 Twenty-Four Blades二十四刀Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Romance with a female lead and male love interest: warning] [A battle of predators runs throughout] [The male lead goes crazy later on, but the heroine stays cold-blooded and in control] For no apparent reason, Xin Que transmigrates into a romance novel about a man who deludes himself into thinking all is well, then tries to win back his ex in a torturous, drawn-out saga. The original plot's big idea is that even though the heroine loses her life, the male lead loses the love of his life, so he 8.6kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
33. 33 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Tragic-Novel Heroine Gets a Unhinged Script 快穿：当虐文女主拿了疯批剧本后 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted In every tragic romance, the heroine is tormented by the hero until her heart is torn apart, and her heart, kidneys, and brain are cut out. Yet the heroine loves the hero without fail, devoting herself wholeheartedly to her career as his doormat. Now Jingsha has become the heroine of a tragic romance. She's obsessive, unstable, scummy, and downright crazy. She torments the male lead, then the male supporting character, then the female supporting character. In the end, they all love her but can n 9.4kReads9.3Score1kShelves
34. 34 猎 Time to Hunt: The Tragic Novel's Heroine Awakens 猎杀时刻，虐文女主觉醒之后 Cat Eats Meat Buns猫吃肉包Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Green tea scheming + love-triangle chaos + punishing scumbags + genuine regret and redemption + strategy] There’s a pitiable creature in this world called the tragic-romance heroine. She’s abused in body and soul by scumbag men and wicked women, only to be forced into a happy ending in the end. Ever since Lin You took on commissions to help tragic-romance heroines escape their fates, she’d been running wild through one tragic romance after another. Some regretted everything: “I’m sorry. Please 1.1kReads9.0Score100Shelves
35. 35 当 When a Goofball Becomes the Heroine of an Angsty Romance 当沙雕穿成虐文女主 On the Strings of the Clear Moon清月弦上Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted Lu Zhiyao woke up as the real daughter in a novel, only to find that her parents doted on the fake daughter, Lu Qianqian. Worse still, she discovered she was the heroine of a tragic romance! The male lead would treat her with utter contempt, yet she’d still act like a lovesick puppy? Her biological parents and fake sister would torment her, yet she’d still forgive them? Lu Zhiyao declared, “Anyone who follows the original plot is a dog!” Every day, Lu Zhiyao got three chances to change the plot 1kReads9.1Score159Shelves
36. 36 去 To Hell with the Tragic-Novel Heroine! I Want to Become a Demon-Slaying Celestial Venerable 去他丫的虐文女主，老娘要做捉妖天尊 Yan Shengsheng言笙笙Ancient Romance448k WordsCompleted The serious blurb: Yan Zi was so enraged by a tragic romance novel that she died, only to become the heroine of that very novel. The moment she entered the story, she found herself at the plot's turning point. The villainous male lead was about to strip her of her memories, magic, and divine status, then send her down to the mortal world. Yan Zi immediately turned and ran, jumping down to the mortal world herself and landing in the thatched hut where the injured God of Cultivation was recuperati 657Reads9.0Score100Shelves
37. 37 血 Bloodstained, a Wild Rose with an Unyielding Spirit 血染，傲骨野玫瑰 Jun Luo Qing君落轻Modern Romance282k WordsCompleted [Women's Fiction] Important note: The heroine is not actually Xi Lianyue. This will be explained later. Because she looked like someone else, she was made to take the blame. Four years in prison were not enough. Even after her release, she still couldn't escape the mire of reality. She was forced into a pond of piranhas, used as a live test subject, made to fight Tibetan mastiffs, and had both legs broken. After all the persecution, the truth was finally revealed piece by piece. The men who had 5.7kReads9.0Score524Shelves
38. 38 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 5.4kReads9.3Score567Shelves
39. 39 穿 I Transmigrated into an Old-School Tragic Romance, and I'm Giving Everyone a Happy Ending 穿进古早虐文，本红娘要全员HE Clear Pines, Falling Colors清松落色Ancient Romance784k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted to each other + comedy + transmigrate into a book + female supporting character + sweet romance + System] (A silly transmigrated heroine × a crafty, clever hero) (This story doesn't vilify the original leads, break up the original couple, or steal the original protagonists' opportunities. Everyone gets along.) After spending eighteen years bedridden, she suddenly dies. When she wakes up, she has become Hua Qingsu, the third daughter of the Minister of Revenue's household 10.6kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
40. 40 快 Quick Transmigration: The Tortured Novel’s Heroine Quits 快穿：虐文女主她撂挑子不干了 Luo Yu Yiyang落雨翊央Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Sweet Story, One-on-One Mutual Devotion, Gu Yu and Feng Ling] In tragic romance worlds, authors torment their heroines until they all quit, leaving the fictional worlds on the brink of collapse! Gu Yu, who dies after staying up all night reading a tragic romance, is chosen by a System and becomes the heroine of various heartbreaking novels. By repairing rifts in these worlds, she can earn a chance to be reborn and make money. But along the way, she falls in love with someone. He is mysterious y 263Reads9.2Score107Shelves
41. 41 快 Quick Transmigration: The Drama Queen Is Everyone's Darling in Torture Romances 快穿：戏精在虐文里当万人迷 Yan Jiuya颜玖丫Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Long-form campus writing contest entry]#The heroine of an angsty novel changes her fate online# After Yu Tang, a reckless heartbreaker, dies, the System binds her. She must change the heroines' fates in angsty romance novels and win over the characters in those stories. The dog-faced, domineering CEO: “Let's get divorced. There's a woman I love, and you're not even fit to lick her toes.” Yu Tang: “I divorced you, but the woman you can't have seems to be me.” The obsessive disciple who fell into 304Reads9.1Score103Shelves
42. 42 储 Storing Charm 储媚色 Cloud Rabbit云兔子Ancient Romance512k WordsCompleted Li You transmigrated into a book, becoming the delicate, flowerlike heroine of a historical romance about political intrigue and tragic love, a heroine the male lead would torment in body, heart, and soul from beginning to end. But the moment she arrived, Li You discovered that her cousin, the story's wicked second female lead, had been reborn. So she was about to be demoted to a mere cannon-fodder character? Li You: "..." Fine, let me lie down for a while. On her wedding day, her cousin didn't 11.1kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
43. 43 穿 I Became the Abused Heroine’s Sister, So I Taught Her to Tear Her Scumbag Ex Apart 穿成虐文女主姐姐，教她手撕渣男 Jiang Ci姜词Ancient Romance186k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + System + sweet romance + breathtaking beauty + devoted love + half-demon + punishing scumbags + overpowered] Mu Liruo transmigrated into a book one day. The good news was that she became the female lead’s sister, and the two were extremely close. The bad news was that the female lead was in an angsty romance. Her mission was to help the female lead stay away from the male lead and turn the angsty romance into a sweet one. After taking in the plot, Mu Liruo had just on 1.4kReads9.2Score136Shelves
44. 44 在 Living Off Others in a Melodramatic Angsty Novel! 在狗血虐文里软饭硬吃！ Good Medicine Tastes Bitter良口苦药Two Male Leads242k WordsOngoing [Dual male leads + quick-transmigration anthology + top-focused + healing + both leads are each other's only partners + happy ending + bittersweet romance] [Important: Both leads are each other's only partners. Extreme top fans or bottom fans, stay away!!!] They say there are countless melodramatic, angst-filled novels, and half of them feature a contract, a stand-in, or a white moonlight. This story takes place in a special kind of angsty world, where the protagonists and readers suffer, everyo 1.6kReads9.2Score158Shelves
45. 45 修 Cultivation: The Frail, Cunning Young General Fights Heaven and Becomes a God 修仙：病弱谋略小将军，战天封神 Yi Ben Shu熠坌叔Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The long road of cultivation stretches on through countless cycles of reincarnation. My entire family was wiped out, and four thousand corpses rotted away, yet at last I set foot on the path to immortality once more. In a frail body, I possess a talent for strategy. I was a revered young general in the mortal world, but a good-for-nothing in the cultivation world. Step by step, through every trial, I will forge my Dao heart, find my destined opportunities, seek a Dao companion, and walk the righ 25Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 修 Cultivation 修仙 Demon Mage Who Loves Birthday Cake爱吃祝寿蛋糕的法魔Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsOngoing A story of ordinary mortals, with no System, no harem, and no transmigration. The cultivation stages are Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul… A young boy shoulders the burden of supporting his family. While gathering herbs, he accidentally falls off a cliff. At the crucial moment, a mysterious pearl appears, turning disaster into fortune and leading him into the world of cultivation. He takes one step at a time on the path to immortality, living freely and at ease. 36.1kReads8.5Score2.8kShelves
47. 47 准 I Was About to Quit Showbiz, Then I Made a Comeback 准备退圈儿的我翻红了 Ginger, Scallion, Garlic姜葱蒜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Two Heroines + Lighthearted Comedy + Daily Life + Showbiz] She died in an accident just before her debut, then woke up transmigrated into the body of a top actress! Burdened with scandals and disliked by the public, her career was beyond saving. She thought the original owner was rich, so she might as well enjoy a life of luxury. But there were only four digits left in the bank account… After taking a beating from society in her previous life, she hadn’t found any better luck in this one. She 11.3kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
48. 48 武 Shattering the Starry River with Martial Might 武碎星河 Demon Night妖夜Eastern Fantasy7.9M WordsCompleted Gods gaze down from the stars, while demons roar in hell. This is a fantastical world where countless races vie for supremacy and gods and demons wreak havoc. A poor young man wields a blade and fights against the current. He will become the king of this world! [The animated adaptation of this novel, Shattering the Starry River with Martial Might, is now airing] 151.7kReads9.1Score18kShelves
49. 49 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.4M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 894.3kReads9.6Score225.5kShelves
50. 50 背 The Follower Who Betrayed the Snake God 背叛蛇神的信徒 Peanut Lamb花生小羊Ancient Romance196k WordsCompleted The Wen clan of Huazhou excelled at chess and had worshipped the Snake God for generations. But the emperor's wife and daughter were mysteriously killed by a snake demon. The emperor decreed that all demons be exterminated. The Wen clan defied the decree and was wiped out. The clan's legitimate daughter escaped and swore revenge. With nowhere else to turn, she returned to Huazhou to beg the Snake God for help. The god was powerless to undo what had happened to the Wen clan. Devastated beyond mea 14Reads8.6Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    It is an ancient sadistic novel. The heroine is the legitimate daughter of a former aristocratic family who has a blood feud. She is rational and ruthless and will use any means. The hero is an ancient snake god worshiped by the heroine's family for generations.

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