Looking for Quiet, Subtle Tragedies with a Bad Ending 有没有平静淡淡的be虐文

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 72.8kReads9.4Score6.5kShelves

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   Beginning: Hello, my name is Shen Nian, and I will never forget it. Ending: Hello, my name is Shen Nian, and I will never forget it.

2. 2 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 73.4kReads9.7Score13.4kShelves

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   I cried to death 😭, a novel with great stamina. The author is really good at writing about secret love. It took me a long time to read it. I really like the author's writing style. It is very delicate. The storyline is also relatively realistic. The characters are very distinct, such as Lin Xu's sensitivity, Ye Feng's unrulyness, and Xia Mo's scheming. The writing is very vivid. I think if Lin Xu had not dragged Lu Ming away at that time, maybe Lin Xu and Ye Feng could resolve their misunderstanding, Lin Xu might have become brave, and Ye Feng could understand his own thoughts, and they might be together. "The Little Sad Thing of Secret Love" by Meng Zhiwan

3. 3 周 Dr. Zhou's White Moonlight Is Dying 周医生的白月光快死了 Ten-Line Que十行阙Two Male Leads219k WordsCompleted [Fragile, ill bottom VS cold, aloof top] [Heart-wrenching angst + mutually exclusive devotion, 1v1 + bad ending + extreme bottom fans, beware] Wen Ci had terminal stomach cancer. The doctor said he had at most thirty days left, and Wen Ci could live those thirty days for Zhou Ying. But Wen Ci died on the twenty-seventh day. After his death, Wen Ci left behind twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf. 19.5kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves

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   It's cruel, the ending is [cry][cry][cry]

4. 4 他 His Addiction 他瘾 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 31.5kReads8.0Score2.3kShelves

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   I am so heartbroken that I dare not watch it anymore.

5. 5 公 The Princess Becomes a Prisoner, and Her Violent, Mad Lover Loses Control 公主沦为阶下囚，暴戾疯批失控了 Guo Little Cat蝈小猫Ancient Romance509k WordsCompleted After the Great Zhou dynasty fell, Princess Yuning Yu Qingyi, the former emperor's most beloved daughter, was captured and made the regent prince Li Heng's concubine-servant. Li Heng hated her and wanted nothing more than to have her torn apart by horses. He imprisoned her, whipped her, and crushed her dignity, but she never gave in. All he ever got in return was her contempt and hatred. “You must know that death isn't the most painful thing in this world. Living in misery is.” But she was like 1.9kReads6.5Score125Shelves

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   Watch whatever you want

6. 6 你 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance138k WordsCompleted The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily 69kReads9.5Score13kShelves

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   Highly recommend Habeibei, I really cried 😭 I lost ten pounds suddenly

7. 7 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 104.6kReads9.7Score16.7kShelves
8. 8 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 20.8kReads9.6Score4.6kShelves
9. 9 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 85.5kReads9.6Score15.3kShelves
10. 10 罪 The Guilty Wife 罪妻 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼Modern Romance569k WordsCompleted [Physical and emotional angst + substitute male lead + regretful husband chasing his wife] Shen Nanzhou hated Tang Yin with every fiber of his being. To take revenge on her, he forced her to donate her liver, use herself as a test subject for drugs, and suffer from a terminal illness. He drove her daughter to her death, destroyed the man who had protected her, and ruined everything she cared about. He told her, "Tang Yin, I dream every night about the day you die." Later, when the truth came out 5.3kReads8.8Score419Shelves

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    Super pretty

11. 11 太 The Crown Prince Gave Away His Country 太子他把国家送人了 Li Sanwan黎三万Two Male Leads223k WordsCompleted [Complete]“No CP + no love interest + focused solely on building a career and saving the world + no female lead + reborn + tragic ending” A twist of fate turned Zhu Fanyi from the protagonist into a supporting character. Reborn, he turned his fate around. The System sobbed, “Heaven won’t let me go home. I want to atone and give everything back to you!” At first, Zhu Fanyi couldn’t have cared less. He thought, Don’t flatter yourself and dump that mess on me. Going along with fate is actually pre 1.8kReads9.3Score313Shelves

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    This book is super beautiful, it will make your liver hurt, my prince [crying][crying][crying]

12. 12 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 20.3kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves

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    Abuse, emotional novel, Love for a Long Time, Completed

13. 13 薄 Bo Yu, I Don't Dare Love You Anymore 薄欲，我不敢再爱你了 Mu Ziliangchen慕梓凉尘Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted Su Qingwu had been married to Bo Yu for five years, and he had trampled her sincere love until it was shattered to pieces. She thought he really was as cold as the rumors said, even in bed, utterly devoid of emotion. But after Bai Xiaoxiao returned, Su Qingwu realized that Bo Yu hadn’t been born cold and indifferent. He knew better than anyone how to treat someone with tenderness and affection. Su Qingwu was left battered and broken, eventually losing all feeling. When she returned in full fin 1.4kReads7.0Score102Shelves
14. 14 季 President Ji, Stop Tormenting Me. Miss Shu Has Married Someone Else 季总别虐了，舒小姐嫁人了 Warm Words温言暖语Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted As Ji Sihan’s secret lover, Shu Wan stayed by his side for five years. She thought that if she was obedient and sweet, she could warm his heart. But she never expected to be abandoned in the end. Shu Wan had always been gentle. She neither argued nor made a scene, and didn’t even ask him for a penny. She simply walked out of his world. But when she was about to marry someone else, he suddenly pinned her against the wall and kissed her like a madman. Shu Wan couldn’t quite figure out what Mr. Ji 38.2kReads9.2Score4kShelves
15. 15 陆 President Lu, Stop Tormenting Her! Your Wife Is the One You’ve Always Loved 陆总别虐了，夫人才是你的白月光 Double Happiness双喜喜Modern Romance589k WordsCompleted [The Regretful Ex Tries to Win Her Back + Obsessive] After being framed, Mu Qiuyan became a criminal in the eyes of the law for causing the death of her husband's true love. When she got out of prison, her husband treated her even more cruelly than before. The day she was diagnosed with stomach cancer, she humbly begged him for one last bit of comfort. Lu Zhiyan said, “I'll use the bastard in your belly to pay tribute to Qingqing!” At that moment, Mu Qiuyan's heart died. She leapt into the sea, 5.3kReads8.9Score553Shelves
16. 16 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 4.9kReads9.0Score465Shelves
17. 17 夫 After His Wife Died, CEO Li Went Mad 夫人死后厉总他疯了 A Gentleman Needs No Seal君子不玺Modern Romance882k WordsCompleted [Obsessive devotion + possessiveness + imprisonment + angst before sweetness + winning back his wife after driving her away + both leads are sexually pure] The first time Shen Li saw Li Sihan, she was captivated by his dark eyes. He promised to give her a home, and Shen Li believed him. At last, she had a home of her own. A year later, Shen Li’s beautiful dream shattered. It had all been an elaborate scheme. He personally sent her to prison, but even after she got out, she still couldn’t escape 715Reads7.9Score155Shelves
18. 18 墨 Mr. Mo, Stop Torturing Her. Your Wife Is Dying 墨总别虐了，夫人她快死了 Sheng Sheng笙笙Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She loved him until she had no dignity left. He made her deaf, then personally sent her to prison. Jian Xi swore she would never make the same mistake again. So why was the man kneeling before her, begging for forgiveness? Jian Xi smiled sweetly. “You can have my forgiveness, but only if you die.” 547Reads6.9Score102Shelves
19. 19 穿 I Became the Heroine of an Angsty Romance, and I Beat the CEO's Head In! 穿成虐文女主，总裁被我打爆头！ Meowing Moon月亮喵喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + entertainment industry] Yun Zhaozhao transmigrates into a tragic romance novel as its heroine, forced to marry the story's greatest villain, a powerful man who is brooding, scheming, and sickly possessive. In the book, the heroine is nearly killed by him. But the System assigns Yun Zhaozhao a mission: win over the villain! To stay alive, Yun Zhaozhao has no choice but to flirt with him in every way she can, kissing him, hugging him, and whispering swee 77Reads9.0Score—Shelves
20. 20 病 After Her Sickly Husband Died, the Crown Prince Took Her into the Eastern Palace 病弱夫君去世后，太子夺我入东宫 Fei Nongmo妃弄墨Ancient Romance581k WordsCompleted [The short drama of the same name, Marry into the Eastern Palace, is now available] Three years ago, at the Eastern Palace’s consort selection banquet, the Crown Prince scolded her: “The Shen girl is coquettish and ingratiating, and her conduct is outrageous.” His words made Shen Lizhu the laughingstock of the capital’s noblewomen, forcing her to retreat to her maternal grandparents’ home in Jiangnan. Three years later, the Crown Prince is ordered to leave the capital and tour Jiangnan. Shen Liz 15.1kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves

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    Three years ago, at the concubine selection banquet in the East Palace, Shen Jiaozhu became the laughing stock of the capital with the prince's rebuke: "The Shen family's daughter is so charming that her words and deeds are incompatible." This forced her to hide in her maternal grandfather's house in the south of the Yangtze River. Three years later, the prince was ordered to go out to the capital to inspect the south of the Yangtze River. Shen Jiaozhu originally thought that he and this royal nobleman would never meet again in this life, but unexpectedly saved the prince who was being chased and seriously injured. The prince seemed to have forgotten what happened at the East Palace banquet, and how he had humiliated her. He took off his personal jade pendant and gave it to Shen Jiaozhu, and promised: "There is no way I can repay the kindness of saving my life."

21. 21 囚 The Caged Oriole 囚莺 Free Cat自由的猫Ancient Romance127k WordsCompleted [Trash Male Lead] [Warlord in a Chaotic Era] [Manipulation and Exploitation] [Fair-Skinned Heroine] [Unyielding] [Self-Redemption] In the eyes of outsiders, Qiu Wanying was lucky to have won the marquis's favor. They thought her ancestors' graves must be glowing with good fortune, but no one knew the suffering in her heart. She had come from a peaceful era to a feudal dynasty. Under the rule of male patriarchy, women of this age were like dough for anyone to knead as they pleased. She resent 4.5kReads8.6Score260Shelves

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    The female protagonist traveled from modern times to ancient times and was forced by the male protagonist. However, the female protagonist was very conscious and wanted to return to modern times. However, the male protagonist found out and forced her to stay (T^T)

22. 22 我 Opening a Little Restaurant in Shengjing 我在盛京开小馆 Four Bayberries四颗杨梅Ancient Romance381k WordsCompleted [Alternate world, slow burn, not a wish-fulfillment novel, food + court intrigue + transmigration. Read with caution if that’s not your thing.] Miss Li’s Changhuan Eatery, tucked away on Qingxing Alley, serves delicious food at affordable prices. The officials who get up early for roll call tug at their increasingly tight uniforms, but still can’t help ordering another bowl of fresh pork wontons. Pei Hongzhi happened to eat there once and discovered that Miss Li didn’t just make excellent breakf 52.9kReads9.4Score8.5kShelves

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    It's not rebirth, but it's definitely revenge. It's not a routine about couples being separated and reborn for revenge, but it's about the feud between the country and the family, the hatred in the court, and the addition of fireworks and life, which is food. The story is eloquently told and I like it very much. Not the same old routine.

23. 23 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 165Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 你 You Said We'd Grow Old Together 你说与子偕老 Longing to the Bone&入骨相思&Two Male Leads123k WordsCompleted Heard that an ice-cold beauty had transferred to the class next door, Tong Kang started waiting on the way home from school every day, hoping to talk to him. Tong Kang: Hey, I'm from the class next door. My name's Tong Kang. What's yours? Huai Ci: ... Tong Kang: Hey, why won't you talk to me? Huai Ci: ... Tong Kang: You got bullied and wouldn't even call out for me to save you. Do you hate me that much? Tong Kang was so angry he stopped talking to him altogether. Huai Ci's thoughts: That' 99Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Be Wen, plain

25. 25 娇 Delicate Bones 娇骨 Zhi Yun支云Ancient Romance907k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorder opens July 17] [Film and TV rights sold] [Reader's guide: sweet romance, devoted couple, feel-good wish fulfillment, with clever schemes and political intrigue, many clues and details, and a large cast of well-developed characters. The heroine never gets the short end of the stick; anything that doesn't make sense will be explained later] Prince Xuan, He Junting. In the novel Devoted to the Imperial Consort, the author wrote of how he slaughtered the entire Northern Di co 139.2kReads9.5Score18kShelves

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    These abuses are quite bland [awkward laugh][awkward laugh][awkward laugh][awkward laugh]

26. 26 满 Spring Over the City 满城春 A Copper Coin一枚铜钱Ancient Romance560k WordsCompleted [New Bonus Chapters] The Liu family of the capital is an illustrious noble house, so powerful that even the imperial clan treats them with deference. Liu Yan, the youngest legitimate daughter of the Liu family's second branch, is gifted and blessed with both wisdom and good fortune. When her stepmother joins the family as she turns five, Liu Yan expects a fierce battle. But her stepmother turns out to be quite unlike anyone expected. With her older brother looking out for her and her childhood s 21.9kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
27. 27 风 Willows in the Wind 风中柳 Yu Ling雨泠Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ruthless heroine➕female-lead power fantasy➕light ensemble-style palace intrigue➕face-slapping and scum-bashing➕primarily focused on building her career] (Female lead is a virgin; male lead is not) Jiang Fu, the Jiang family’s fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter, was lovely and graceful. Unfortunately, her stepmother was cruel and her father was heartless. As an illegitimate daughter, she had no say even in the marriage that mattered most to a woman. Her family could manipulate her as they p 2.6kReads8.8Score321Shelves
28. 28 穿 I Became the Only Male Empress in History. What Do I Do? 穿成历史上唯一的男皇后，怎么办 Chen Duoyu dy陈多鱼dy11k WordsCompleted What should I do after being reincarnated as the only male empress in history? 632Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Two male protagonists be

29. 29 做 After Three Years as His Emotional Dumping Ground, I Deleted Him with Five Videos 做他情绪垃圾桶的第三年，我用五条视频删了他 Nan Zhi Yiyu南枝一萸8k WordsCompleted After Three Years as His Emotional Trash Can, I Deleted Him with Five Videos —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Realistically speaking, I felt sad after reading this

30. 30 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 4.5kReads8.9Score432Shelves

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    💐①His words made her fall completely off the altar. When they met again, the arrogant prince had completely lost the qualification to be with her now. After she got married, he was still reluctant to leave her, waiting for the flowers to bloom. 🌸Follow the dull old bookworm and stay away from the book shortage. 🌸

31. 31 山 The Boy from the Mountain City 山城少年 Mo Cha墨茶Modern Romance21k WordsCompleted In the mountain city, there are not only young men, but also big sisters. We were once each other's salvation. Watching the young man shine so brightly, I couldn't selfishly keep him trapped by my side. Without Big Sister in this world, that young man would be gone too. 59Reads8.2Score—Shelves
32. 32 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 59.6kReads9.7Score8.8kShelves

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