Angst Stories, Seeking the Ultimate Bad-End Aesthetic, Painful Enough to Break Your Heart 虐文，求极致be美学，虐到肝疼。

1. 301 就 This Is the Kind of Forced Love I Live For!!! 就这个强制爱爽！！！ Winter Daylight Lamp冬昼灯Two Male Leads317k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + forced love + unhinged + coercive pursuit + switching tops + a battlefield of male rivals] Lu Jinye has finally snatched his beautiful wife and brought him home. - Three days ago, Lu Jinye found Jiang Wan, who had been missing for a long time, in the basement of his older brother’s house. Lu Jinye had once clung to candid photos, relying on his love for Jiang Wan to get through countless nights when his bipolar disorder flared up. That is, until he saw with his own eyes the sce 2.3kReads8.8Score219Shelves

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   See? See? I've already cried.

2. 302 自 Freedom Lies Farther Than Love 自由比爱更远 Little Wonder Fish小精鱼Two Male Leads134k WordsOngoing The ratings just opened, please give me a hand 😋 Thank you, everyone. This one is a bit suffocating, so feel free to steer clear if it’s not your thing. [Angst + both are virgins + tragic ending + physical and emotional abuse + canary romance + yandere] Possessive, controlling top x freedom-seeking bottom He called it love. I thought it was a prison. When I first met Han Shuye, he was like winter sunlight: cold, yet gentle. He would make me a bowl of hangover soup in the middle of the night, his 35Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 303 全 After Everyone Got a Bad Ending, the Worlds Merged 全员be后，世界融合了 Courtyard of Still Water止水之庭Two Male Leads463k WordsCompleted The Ex-Wife-Chasing Crematorium Blurb: Yan Mo, an ordinary young man, is whisked away by a conquest System and somehow becomes someone else's beloved wife. A complete novice who has never been in love, he diligently learns how to love someone. Other people rely on their acting skills to win someone over. He relies on sincerity. All his efforts and sacrifices, all his waiting and affection, earn him nothing but ruthless abandonment. At last, utterly disillusioned, Yan Mo loses his temper. He's do 3.3kReads8.1Score501Shelves

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   🌟🌟🌟Two male leads: a domineering older man, childhood sweethearts, a metaphysical master, a top celebrity, a gaming prodigy, a twisted psychologist, and a firm owner (the seme).🌸🌸🌸💐The uke is inexplicably taken away by a strategy system to become someone else's wife. He diligently learns how to love, giving his all, working hard, and waiting patiently, only to be ruthlessly abandoned in the end. 🔥🔥🔥Slowly, the uke comes to his senses, stops doing the missions, and abandons the scumbag. As he prepares to go home, he discovers that the final world is beginning to merge.

4. 304 不 Wasn’t This Supposed to Be a Contract Marriage? Then Why Are You Sneaking Kisses? 不是契约婚姻吗？怎么偷偷亲我！ Dreaming of Night Plays夜戏梦Two Male Leads283k WordsCompleted [A bittersweet, melodramatic showbiz romance, very melodramatic. The bottom had a former crush, but both leads are virgins, and it has a happy ending.] A gentle, restrained, fatherly, scheming yandere top × a gentle, resilient, fiercely protective, deeply devoted catlike bottom Shen Shili was orphaned as a child and taken in by his uncle's family. Bullying and coldness followed him throughout his childhood. His good looks got him scouted into showbiz, and just as his life finally got back on tra 2.4kReads8.8Score313Shelves
5. 305 重 Reborn in the Dragon Bed, the Beloved Consort Cries in the Emperor's Arms 重生在龙塌，宠妃抱着陛下哭 Staggering Along蹒跚行Ancient Romance461k WordsCompleted [A spoiled, sweetly obedient favorite consort VS a gentle, jade-like emperor who's sweet on the outside and ruthless within (they are not each other's first, but he dotes on her exclusively from the beginning to the end)] Jiang Shuyi's life as a favorite consort went smoothly for fifteen years. The emperor was gentle and benevolent, doting on her without restraint, and not a single woman in the harem dared challenge her. But she was blind to her own sister's treachery. In the end, her closest 100.7kReads9.2Score11.2kShelves

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   Sigh... I really

6. 306 万 The Hated Junior Brother Saw the Light After Being Reborn 万人嫌师弟重生后看开了 Dance of Falling Leaves落叶之舞Two Male Leads482k WordsCompleted [Two male leads / rebirth / bitter love / one-on-one main story / receiving lead] The main story and all alternate timelines are complete. Read with confidence. Main story: A cool, alluring, beautiful and powerful shou, and a devoted, loyal, younger half-demon puppy. Alternate timelines and extras: A brooding, obsessive master gong / a cool, gentle, steady, dependable senior brother gong. After his master ran him through the heart with a sword and sent him tumbling off a cliff, Luo Qingxuan lear 3.4kReads8.9Score365Shelves
7. 307 漂 Pretty Darling, You’re Too Good at Flirting! Are You Trying to Get Yourself Killed? 漂亮宝贝这么会钓，不要命啦！ Cai Cai Wants to Get Rich菜菜要发财Two Male Leads546k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + satisfying face-slapping + intense push and pull + both devoted only to each other] [An alluring, hot-tempered flirt of a bottom X a celibate powerhouse top with an overwhelming possessive streak] In his past life, Lin Que was framed maliciously and eventually died a miserable death from severe bipolar disorder. Only after his death did he learn that he was the true young master of a wealthy family, his identity maliciously switched at birth. The one who framed him was the fake 26.9kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves
8. 308 梧 Wutong Lane 梧桐巷 Song Che Doesn't Eat Fish宋澈不吃鱼Modern Romance174k WordsCompleted [Bright and kind-hearted Ning Wan x gentle genius Song Qingyan] [Love at first sight + Secret love comes true + Youthful heartache + BE] When the innocent, sunny Ning Wan fell in love with Song Qingyan at first sight, he was the golden boy in everyone's eyes. She wrote her secret feelings in her diary, planning to keep them to herself. By a twist of fate, Song Qingyan became her temporary guardian. During the days when she was ostracized and bullied, he became the light in her life. She held on 27.9kReads9.6Score6.3kShelves
9. 309 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 188.6kReads9.5Score25.6kShelves

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   If you're looking for something to read, this is the place to go! Just give it a shot!!!

10. 310 小 The Young Master Is Reborn and Wants Nothing but to Wait for Death 小少爷重生后一心等死 Startled Bird Enters a Dream惊鸟入梦Two Male Leads485k WordsCompleted [Reborn + one-on-one romance + sweet and doting + happy ending][Goofy, fatherly big shot x sickly young master] When Wen Yinuo was five, he got lost while out on a family trip. He wasn’t found until he was sixteen. But in the second year after he went missing, his family had adopted another child to take his place. Even after Wen Yinuo returned, his parents and relatives gave all their tenderness and love to the adopted child, without sparing a bit for him. Everything Wen Yinuo did was even bran 17.1kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
11. 311 我 I Request Permanent Account Deletion 我申请永久注销账号 Ming Yuxin明玉心Modern Romance22k WordsCompleted There isn't much of a synopsis. This is simply the story of a life born on the wrong track, reset to zero... Shen Shi'an: "The world is so vast, yet when I look around, there's not a single person who loves me!" There are bonus chapters, so check out the author's notes in Chapter One! #The tags don't match the story. The author didn't choose them (breaks down)# My new work is here! Welcome to read my story. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell 2.9kReads8.1Score398Shelves
12. 312 小 After the Poor Little Assistant Ran Away, the Top-Tier Star Lost It 小可怜助理跑路后，顶流急眼了 Cauliflower Mantou花菜馒头Two Male Leads227k WordsCompleted [Cute, sweet, single-minded, partially deaf, pitiful bottom VS scheming, sharp-tongued, tsundere, possessive superstar top] [Unrequited Love Becomes Mutual] [The Top Chases His Wife to the Crematorium] Li Xi is dying, with only a year left to live. By chance, he meets Shen Muyuan, the idol he has loved for years. To seize his one and only chance, he makes the wrong decision, never expecting it to bind him to Shen Muyuan for good. Only after becoming Shen Muyuan’s assistant does Li Xi realize tha 2.9kReads8.9Score418Shelves

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    My heart was pounding as I watched the later parts.

13. 313 又 After Becoming the Hated Real Young Master Again, He Gives Up Trying! 又穿成万人嫌真少爷后！他摆烂了 Yogurt and Purple Rice Drinkz酸奶紫米露zTwo Male Leads405k WordsCompleted [ABO] [From universally hated to universally adored] [Angst] [Regret and redemption] Wen Xi is transmigrated into a novel about a real and fake young master as the universally hated real one. His biological parents favor the fake young master. The fake young master's childhood friends hate and bully him, and even the students at the elite school he transfers to look down on him and torment him. Everyone loves the fake young master. The school's F4 treat him terribly. Among them, the man who was 18.5kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves
14. 314 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 2.9kReads9.3Score566Shelves

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    These books are all very good.

15. 315 他 He’s Lost Control 他已失控 Never Annoyed by Time时不烦Two Male Leads591k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + love and hate + winning back his wife after driving her away + punishing scumbags] Gu Yanchi: The more starved for love someone is, the more likely they are to convince themselves that giving everything is what they should do. Lin Du: So, do you still love me? You don't anymore, do you... 3.7kReads8.9Score319Shelves

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    The author has already noted: A broken mirror cannot be mended.

16. 316 长 The Sin of Immortality 长生罪 Stay Ambitious About Making Money赚钱要积极向上Two Male Leads31k WordsCompleted (A Ping Xie fanfic, continuing from Wu Xie not meeting Zhang Qiling ten years later. The whole story is sweet, with no angst at all (not necessarily true: the author doesn't think it's angsty, but judging by readers' feedback, this book seems pretty heartbreaking 😂). Wu Xie had long known he wouldn't be able to meet Zhang Qiling, but he made the trip anyway just to put his feelings to rest. Who could have guessed that his heart wouldn't give up, but instead would only grow more hopeful? That fix 183Reads8.0Score101Shelves
17. 317 被 After a Transmigrator Took Over My Body, They Drove My Beloved Insane 被穿越者夺舍后，逼疯了我的爱人 Flameless Qin Mo无焰秦漠Two Male Leads354k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + extreme physical and emotional angst + proceed with caution + mutually exclusive first times + first life has a bad ending + second life has a happy ending + sweet romance in the second life + equally matched leads] Jiang Yuci is the leader of the Demonic Cult, a proud man who rules the world. He and a young Sword God fall in love and vow to spend their lives together. But their happiness doesn't last. A System claiming to be the fated ultimate villain brings a transmigrator w 274Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is full of angst, and the first life is a tragic ending.

18. 318 十 Fourteen Letters 十四封信 Mo Wen Sheng墨文笙Modern Romance33k WordsCompleted Ruan Shengsheng × Zhou Mingsen (The contents of the fourteen letters are on Weibo ♥) Ruan Shengsheng had already come to accept death in peace, but his arrival made her begin to fear her own disappearance. He said, “Shengsheng, don’t cry. I’ll always be by your side.” She said, “I went to the temple to pray for your safety for the rest of your life.” At the very end, he held her hand tightly. Tears slid down his cheeks and fell onto their clasped hands. Summer in Yuncheng ended, and their s 1kReads8.4Score338Shelves

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    She said, "Ayan, I'm not in pain, don't cry..." I instantly burst into tears; I can't bear to see our friendship end. [Crying][crying]

19. 319 规 Rule Horror: From Bikini Bottom to the Jade Capital, Killing All the Way 规则怪谈：从比奇堡杀到白玉京 bing Rules the Worldbing临天下Mystery250k WordsCompleted [Suspense horror + twists + darkness + madness + no female lead + myriad worlds] The rating just came out, so it's a little low. The early chapters are slightly dumbed down, but things improve quite a bit starting with the Green Grasslands arc. The story begins: “Patrick, do you know how a sponge eats?” Su Ran had just woken up when he heard this and froze, only to see SpongeBob's skin gradually turning inside out as he came closer and closer. Welcome to Bikini Bottom. If you don't want to die a 3.7kReads8.4Score245Shelves

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    It's a little scary, but really good.

20. 320 明 An Honest Person Doesn't Keep a Secret Crush 明人不搞暗恋 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads287k WordsCompleted [Print edition officially signed] Homeless, I Was Taken In and Raised by My Archrival Original title: No Secret Crushes for Honest People Campus romance + secret crush + happy ending + rivals to lovers + growing up together + third-person narration Benevolent, compassionate top VS unruly, stubborn, insecure bottom My father didn’t care for me, my mother didn’t love me, and somehow I got saddled with the blame. After my landlord kicked me out, I stood alone on the street and began to questio 24.1kReads9.5Score4.3kShelves

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    Who understands the feeling of wanting to watch but being too afraid to?

21. 321 假 If Only You'd Let Me Be Young Again 假如许我再少年 Forest Bath森之汤Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted Ye Qingchen’s despair: She didn’t dare tell him she loved him. Zhou Shi’s grief: He didn’t have time to tell her he loved her. The phrase “if only” describes the overwhelming regret one feels over something that has already happened, and the futile fantasy of trying to change it. [The first time they met, he was twenty-five and she was twenty. He didn’t trust her and missed his chance to save her from despair, sealing her fate. The second time they met, he was thirty and she was twenty-five. The 5kReads9.1Score357Shelves

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    The female lead forces the male lead to marry her in order to get revenge, hoping to use his status and power. Therefore, the male lead dislikes and distrusts her, and after the marriage, he constantly humiliates and makes things difficult for her. In reality, the female lead doesn't have long to live… It ends badly. [Crying]

22. 322 再 I'll Never Love You Again 再也不要爱你 Hard to Kill难杀Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted A short, heart-wrenching story. Extremely heartbreaking! So much melodrama and angst! Read with caution! Please ignore the extra chapter. The author wrote it while losing their mind, and sincerely apologizes! Jian Meng is dying, and Ji Jing’an doesn’t know. He’s busy worrying about his wedding to someone else, indifferent to the poor woman at home. He has always believed Jian Meng would wait for him forever, just as she has for the past ten years. It was the last winter, and Jian Meng’s last bir 17.2kReads8.2Score974Shelves

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    Just look at them, they're all silent. Books 5 and 6 are from the same series.

23. 323 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 66Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    I cried from beginning to end with this book. [Crying]

24. 324 说 You Said You’d Kill Me, So Why Do You Regret It Now? 说好的要杀我，你们怎么后悔了 The Long Wind Blows Away长风吹去Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Xianxia Fantasy + Memories Revealed + No System + One Heroine + Tragedy + Slow Burn] A friendly warning: This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! Important things must be said three times! Before the Heavenly Void Palace. “Chen Zun, you murdered your master and betrayed the Dao. You personally trapped me in a ten-thousand-year ice cave to suffer punishment. Today, you will pay with your life!” “Demon Lord, you slaughtered 4kReads8.3Score366Shelves
25. 325 七 Seven Years of Old Wounds 七年陈伤 One Pen Conquers the World一支笔打天下Two Male Leads289k WordsCompleted Devoted, brilliant, and tragic academic bottom x CEO who must grovel to win him back Two strong leads + love at first sight + deeply painful romance + groveling pursuit + reunion after a long separation + a broken relationship that cannot be mended + healing pets + self-redemption Chu Ye Han gave his whole heart to the favored son of heaven, Han Yu, and saw him as the light that would save him. He loved him devotedly for seven whole years! He thought he would receive love and promises in return 702Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A heart-wrenching story, so painful to read.

26. 326 顾 Mr. Gu, Please Stop Torturing Me. Your Wife Is Dying 顾总求你别虐，夫人她快死了 Watching the Stars望繁星Modern Romance615k WordsCompleted Complete [Angst and suffering + obsessive possessiveness + a groveling pursuit after the breakup] Su Jiameng saves Gu Chengli twice: first by carrying him out of a fire, then by donating bone marrow to cure his leukemia. In return, he tells her, “I'll make you wish you were dead!” Gu Chengli is convinced she killed the woman he loved. He hates the autistic son she gave birth to and resents her for taking the place of Mrs. Gu! Only when she jumps from a towering building does he realize that the 13.9kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
27. 327 沈 President Shen, Stop Hurting Her. Your Wife Is Really Dead This Time 沈总别虐了，夫人这次真的死了 Flame Color焰色Modern Romance608k WordsCompleted “Take off one pant leg and spread your legs.” On the cold operating table, Su Yu killed her own child with her own hands... But all she got in return was Shen Anzhou saying, “It was just a bastard. So what if it died!” The man who once treasured her above all else now wanted to tear her apart and drink her blood. Su Yu was finally tired. “Shen Anzhou, let me go. I’ll let you go too...” Only now did Shen Anzhou realize that his heart could hurt this much. “Xiaoyu, give me one more chance.” His vo 5kReads5.4Score337Shelves
28. 328 我 After CCTV Exposed Me, the Entire Internet Was Left Devastated 我被央妈曝光后，全网致郁了 My Dream Is to Be a Landlord梦想是当包租公Urban251k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Angst + Pure Romance + Songs] “Baby, take your medicine!” Qin Xia looked at his blurry girlfriend. He reached out, wanting to touch her, but he could never quite reach her. “If I take the medicine, will I never see you again?” “Silly, I just want you to get better soon...” Her figure began to disappear. After Qin Xia won the Best Singer award, he stood before the cheering crowd and slowly said, “The only way I can see her, you call a delusion.” 19.1kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
29. 329 深 A Seductive Love 深情引诱 Spring Dawn Again春又晓Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan Zi had loved Shen Yuhan with all her heart for six years, only for him to toss a divorce agreement in front of her and demand that she sign it. Heartbroken, Jiang Wan Zi hid her hospital diagnosis: lung cancer. Shen Yuhan thought he would be happy without her, until he found out she was dying. He rushed to her in a panic, only to see Jiang Wan Zi collapsed in a pool of blood, crying helplessly, “Shen Yuhan, save the baby...” Shen Yuhan went mad. Holding her already cold body, he refuse 703Reads8.7Score—Shelves
30. 330 银 When the Ginkgo Leaves Fall 银杏落下时 Wanyan Yuning完颜雨凝Two Male Leads62k WordsCompleted [If you enjoy this, please leave lots of comments and ratings. Love you!] #BoysLove #Angst #Tragedy #BEAesthetic #Realistic #MutualDevotion #UnforgettableRegret #ConversionTherapy #DoubleDeath At nineteen, Cheng Ye and Lu Ming thought love could conquer everything. A ginkgo-leaf bookmark, two handmade rings, and a promise to go south. They ran away together on a rainy night and kissed beneath a bridge, believing that if they went far enough, they could reach a future of their own. But their pa 323Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! A fantastic BL (Boys' Love) tragic ending novel! It's so heart-wrenching, it's absolutely agonizing!

31. 331 克 The Secret of Klein Blue 克莱因蓝的秘密 A Fish in Kindergarten幼儿园里的鱼Modern Romance81k WordsCompleted Everyone is an island, left to grow desolate and grieve alone. - Epigraph He came toward her, travel-worn, carrying an old glass lantern. After years apart, he said, “Long time no see.” She kicked him. “Long time no see, my foot! Pan Shiyi, where have you been all year?” He said, “I came to confess my feelings for you.” She promptly fainted. A storm at sea left everyone stranded on a remote island. She opened an inn, and he refused to leave. When he couldn't pay his bill, he said, “Then I'll of 50Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    It's really good, but also oppressive and accompanied by endless despair.

32. 332 夜 Young Master Ye, Stop Tormenting Me. Your Wife Is Already Gone 夜少别虐了，夫人已尸骨无存 Autumn Unseen不见秋Modern Romance189k WordsCompleted [Elite Family Tragedy | Obsessive Love | CEO’s Regretful Pursuit | Faked Death and Rebirth]“Su Yan, a wicked woman like you might as well be dead.” Su Yan had loved Ye Xiaohan for twelve years, but Ye Xiaohan despised her in every way. Su Yan thought that one day, Ye Xiaohan would realize how good she was, but he continued to hurt her without restraint. After suffering endless humiliation and abuse, and even having the child they shared taken away from her... Su Yan finally understood that Ye Xi 1.6kReads8.3Score169Shelves
33. 333 宋 Mr. Song, It's Hard to Hate You 宋先生，与你难生恨 Ning Chun宁淳Two Male Leads20k WordsCompleted When we kissed, our sticky saliva clung between us like a dying fish struggling for life. It had long since foretold the worst. Mr. Song, only you and I can know this hatred. | Words for Mr. Song, a whisper in the same hue as my beloved. Our memories flashed by like scenes from a film, and I remember every detail with perfect clarity. I hate that my feelings can’t be taken back, making it hard for you to choose and driving me to torment myself. 452Reads—Score107Shelves
34. 334 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 117.1kReads9.5Score16.4kShelves
35. 335 安 An’an Never Grows Up 安安长不大 Yan Xiaojiu盐小玖Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted He was Xu Shuyan, the top student in his year and the school’s untouchable heartthrob. He was naturally aloof, wanted nothing to do with people, and always kept to himself. One day, in a torrential downpour, with lights blazing all around, he sat quietly on a stool outside the door, drenched to the skin. She couldn’t understand why, so she held an umbrella over him and took him somewhere out of the rain. After that day, she began bringing him breakfast, walking to and from school with him, and d 983Reads9.0Score200Shelves

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    The be novel is super, super good!

36. 336 恰 Like a Cold Moon Turning Toward the Sun 恰似寒月向骄阳 Crossing the Stars渡星辰Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [Original title: And Let the Breeze Carry Us Toward the Sun] Everyone knows Song Kexin is the younger sister being fostered by the Lu family. When they first met, she said, “Brother”; he replied, “Sister-in-law?” · He was the darling of heaven, a blazing sun high above the clouds. To Song Kexin, he was the passionate beginning of her youth... the place where the light came in... . Lu Yubai: “You're too young to date.” Song Kexin: “So I can once I'm an adult?” · Song Kexin dreamed of turning eigh 2.5kReads9.1Score190Shelves
37. 337 春 A Secret Crush Hidden in Spring 春日藏欢喜 Wen Daidai文黛黛Two Male Leads233k WordsCompleted [Reunion after a long separation + slow-burn romance + sweet little moments + entirely fictional + a story within a story within a story + pure fiction, with no real-life inspiration] Aloof, taciturn, and sexually frigid (gong) ☆ Lu Xingheng × emotionally steady and always cold (shou) ☆ Jiang Wan This story is set in a fictional world, and every chapter is entirely made up and unrelated to real life. It is a work of pure fiction based on hearsay, written in an irrational state and containing 238.3kReads8.0Score5.4kShelves
38. 338 我 After I Died, My Five Brothers Wept with Regret 我死后，五个哥哥悔红了眼 Greedy for Sweets贪贪有糖Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted [Multiple male leads + everyone is unhinged + born bad + forced love + physical and emotional torment] After their parents died in a car accident, the brothers took their grief out on their stand-in younger sister. Cen Nian went from being the cherished little princess to a plaything everyone trampled on. Her brothers treated her like an enemy, hurling cruel insults and tormenting her without mercy. In this game from hell, no one was a winner. Eventually, just as they wanted, Cen Nian becam 268Reads8.8Score1.6kShelves
39. 339 倔 Stubborn Host, Forced to Accept a Lunatic’s Love! 倔强宿主，惨遭疯批强制爱！ Jian Qingzi见清子Two Male Leads445k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Love Without Realizing It + Coercive Love + Imprisonment + Tracker] Sheng Qing died, but unexpectedly transmigrated into a book and met a System. If he could win over the male lead, he would come back to life. He thought he’d transmigrated into a novel with two male leads, but it turned out to be a romance novel! To win over the male lead and come back to life as quickly as possible, Sheng Qing specially wrote himself a plan. Plan One: Flatter him. Plan Two: Get rid of every po 11.7kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
40. 340 暗 Unrequited Love Is an Inner Monologue 暗恋是一场内心的独白 Xi Muqing汐慕青Modern Romance938k WordsCompleted [Schoolyard secret crush + win-her-back redemption arc] Happy ending. A story about me secretly loving someone who falls for my best friend. The heroine suffers first, then the hero. Because of the wounds left by her family, she has been sensitive and insecure since childhood. He, meanwhile, is outstanding in every way, a talented and popular figure at school. Little by little, she is drawn to him, and by the time she realizes it, she has fallen deeply in love. In high school, she secretly lov 4.1kReads7.0Score159Shelves
41. 341 乞 Begging for Love 乞欢 Tang Li Li棠梨离Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted [Heartbreak]+ [Unrequited Love]+ [School Romance, Bad Ending] [Redemption × Quirky, Spirited Girl × Aloof, Cold, Introverted Boy] Xia Wei was a beautiful girl who had just transferred into the class. Wild-tempered, impatient, and bold, she soon became famous throughout No. 14 High School. A gorgeous top student, she was both beautiful and formidable. People nicknamed her the Queen of Thorns. At eighteen, Xia Wei was bright and sunny, warming everyone around her like a little sun. So many student 50Reads6.6Score—Shelves
42. 342 属 The Diary of the Man Who Belongs to Him 属于他的先生日记 Ci Nengsu赐能素Two Male Leads35k WordsCompleted (This is a story about the secondary couple. The main couple’s story, Pretending to Be a Couple, Becoming True Love, has a bonus ending where everyone gets a happy ending.) Mo Lie x Bai Ren [Two male leads + unrequited love + tragic ending + angst] Mo Jia x Mu Qingzhou To Mo Jia, falling for someone was a wonderful thing. But... The person he loved was a man. A man he was not allowed to love. If unrequited love was bitter, then for Mo Jia, it was something very, very sweet. What was the meaning 248Reads8.0Score100Shelves
43. 343 养 The Trouble with Keeping Pets 养宠为患 Jiu Jiu Ziqi酒酒子琪Two Male Leads145k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + unhinged + yandere + angst for the bottom + satisfying read] = The ex regrets it and chases his love at the crematorium After his secret was exposed, Bai Feicheng was brutally beaten and tortured for two whole years. Unable to bear the humiliation, he fled with a broken heart. Only then did Bai Chenghao realize he had fallen in love with him. But he pursued him the wrong way, deepening the misunderstanding between them once again. Angst, bad ending or happy ending: I’ll let y 510Reads8.7Score100Shelves

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    Sweet

44. 344 诱 The Bait Falls in Love 诱敌动了心 Time Is a Lonely Blade of Grass岁月是颗孤独草Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted She thought a man like Lu Zhizhan was only playing around on a whim. That day, beneath the dim lights, Jiang Kehua sat demurely at his side, willing to be his plaything. To learn the truth behind her father's imprisonment, she struck an intimate bargain with Lu Zhizhan. When both sides have gotten what they want, the last thing they should do is fall for each other. So she kept reminding herself to put away those feelings she shouldn't have. Until one night, when passion swept them away, the man 48kReads9.5Score5.9kShelves
45. 345 爆 An Upset Victory: A Top-Tier Star Gets Swept Away by a Nobody 爆冷：顶流被小糊咖拐跑了 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads369k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rekindled love + showbiz + happy ending] A doting, top-tier-star seme, A little-known, sickly uke. Lu Qing lost Gu Zhiyan, the person who loved him most, so he nearly gave his life for another chance to meet him. But the Gu Zhiyan he meets again is no longer the poor kid he was a year ago. He has transformed into a top-tier star with tens of millions of fans and the sole heir to the Gu family, the foremost clan in Beijing’s elite circles. Gu Zhiyan shuts Lu Qing out completely. 8.9kReads9.3Score745Shelves

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    I cried sobbing uncontrollably for most of the night.

46. 346 大 After the Senior Brother Was Reborn, His Junior Brother Pursued Him Relentlessly 大师兄重生后，师弟他疯狂追妻 Bestow赋予Two Male Leads556k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Master-brother who has lost all hope, the receiver x cold-hearted junior brother, the pursuer] - Love is the hardest thing to understand. Yan Jin used to think it was just an excuse made by people whose resolve in the Dao was weak. That was before he met his junior brother, Duan Weizhuo, a sword cultivator who followed the merciless path. They were entangled for years. Yan Jin even became obsessed, eventually falling into demonic cultivation. But in the end, it had all bee 7.4kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
47. 347 出 Escape Failed: The Desperate Straight Man Is Forced into Submission by a Psycho 出逃失败，绝望直男被疯批强制后 Q CandyQ皮糖Two Male Leads393k WordsCompleted (The score is low because it just started.) One-on-one. Content warning: The bottom has kissed a woman before, but nothing more. The top is extremely twisted and dark, with terrifying methods. If you're a fan of the bottom, don't read. The rich playboy and womanizer Shen Fang makes one mistake, and gets tangled up with Jiang, heir to the Jiang Group, a deranged, gloomy lunatic with a screw loose. And so, one chases while the other runs, but there's no escape. A desperate straight man is pursued 31.2kReads8.4Score3.5kShelves

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    See for yourself, it's so heartbreaking [crying][crying]

48. 348 暗 The Echo of a Secret Crush, and Then It Ends Badly 暗恋回声又be Chirp Chirp Doesn't Know g吱吱不知gModern Romance138k WordsCompleted [A reckless, carefree young man vs. a sensitive, insecure girl] (Bad ending) One woman remains unmarried, trapped in the past. The other has a happy marriage and shines brightly. Zhao Huaili is a notorious playboy in Beicheng. He has an impossibly upright-looking face, yet lives a wild life. He may not be the darling of heaven, but he is surrounded by admirers. Lu Zhinan is the Lu family’s shameful illegitimate daughter. Bright-eyed and kind, she always gives people the impression of a girl with 684Reads8.7Score129Shelves
49. 349 玉 Shattered Jade, Linked Cities 玉碎连城 The Reed Marsh Isn't Lush蒹葭不苍Two Male Leads275k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Tragic BE + Love and Hate + Conflict Between Nation and Family] Gentle, refined prince of a fallen kingdom VS brutal, suspicious emperor Once, the young man held him tight and promised they would never part: “Ah Yu, let's stay together like this forever, all right?” Now the emperor has destroyed his country, killed his father and brothers, and dragged him to a foreign land to humiliate him in every way: “A prince of a fallen kingdom is naturally a slave.” Chu Heng lets his cons 510Reads8.1Score103Shelves

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    Each of these three books has a tragic ending, and I was deeply moved after reading them.

50. 350 停 Stuck at Seventeen 停留十七岁那年 What Makes the Heart Flutter心什么动Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted [Campus romance × Youth × Mutual unrequited love × Heartbreak] Cold, rebellious boy × Sweet, well-behaved honor student * [Xie Yixiao was born wild and unruly, proud and untamed. Yet somehow, this boy fell in love with a good student from a broken home, a quiet, sweet, and sensible girl.] * [Ye Mian came from an incomplete family. Her parents weren't around when she was growing up. Then, when she was six, she learned that both of them had died. She was raised by her grandmother.] * [To part beca 2.9kReads7.2Score266Shelves

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