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1. 1 予 You Gave Me Deep Love and Turned My Life Upside Down 予你情深，乱我一生 Su Ziyao苏子遥Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted Eighteen years ago, Wen Ziyu was the person He Jingyang promised to stay with forever. Eighteen years later, Wen Ziyu was locked in an attic by He Jingyang and cruelly abused. He Jingyang always said Wen Ziyu owed him and that he'd make him pay little by little. But in the end, it was He Jingyang who owed Wen Ziyu a pair of eyes, a life, and a lifetime of love and devotion. 358Reads6.8Score100Shelves

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   Most of the readings are short stories, but they are so sad [crying][crying]

2. 2 欲 Wild Desire 欲野 Silver Fir银杉Two Male Leads335k WordsCompleted [Two childhood friends + ruffian, bad-boy seme x refined, orchid-like uke + Book 2 in a trilogy] Danggui is a Chinese medicinal herb. It is warm in nature and sweet, pungent, and bitter in taste. There is a Chinese medicine clinic in Yuncheng called Danggui. Its owner, Mu Zelan, is named after a medicinal herb. Tall and elegant, he's as refined and otherworldly as an orchid, one of the Four Gentlemen of Chinese art. He is strikingly handsome and has turned down countless admirers. No one knows t 2.7kReads9.3Score372Shelves
3. 3 得 After Getting a Terminal Diagnosis, I Lay Flat and Waited to Die. Then My Ex-Boyfriend Panicked 得绝症躺平等死后，前男友他慌了 Lu Jiuxing鹿久星Two Male Leads432k WordsCompleted This is actually a silly comedy. When Gu Huaijin learns at the hospital that he has only three months to live, Qin Zhan breaks up with him. Qin Zhan’s first love is back. Gu Huaijin quietly agrees to the breakup. He plans to lie in the rocking chair on the balcony, eyes closed, gently rocking until his life comes to an end. But after the breakup, Qin Zhan clings to him every day and refuses to leave, no matter how many times he’s driven away. [As for why Qin Zhan didn’t chase after his first lov 7.2kReads8.4Score567Shelves
4. 4 掏 I Gave You My Heart, and You Left Me with Empty Joy 掏心于你，赠我一场空欢喜 Nan Jin南靳Two Male Leads49k WordsCompleted When Shi Yi was by his side, Huo Zhanting spent every day wondering when that wicked man would die. Later, Shi Yi really did die, and Qiao Ran returned to his side. Yet Huo Zhanting spent every day wondering when Shi Yi would come back. 95Reads6.2Score—Shelves
5. 5 赝 The Counterfeit 赝品 Green Ink青墨Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Song Cheng had been with Qin Minghua for five years. He always thought that even if he couldn’t win Qin Minghua’s love, at least he was someone special to him. But when that person appeared, he finally understood that both his feelings and his life were nothing more than tools Qin Minghua used to protect them. Out of love, Song Cheng resigned himself to giving up everything he had, but everything slowly began to move in a different direction. A fierce love and hatred, like an endless b 49Reads6.3Score—Shelves
6. 6 何 What Brings Joy to Life 何生欢喜 Iron Fist Lin Daiyu铁拳林黛玉Two Male Leads136k WordsCompleted Two male leads + body-double romance + BE aesthetic “So, Xu Linxun, what am I to you? A tool you summon whenever you want and discard whenever you're done?” “Say something!” Xu Linxun's eyes were just as cold, their depths impossible to fathom, as if the feelings they had shared over the past three years had never meant a thing to him. “Say something... Tell me, even if you have to lie...” Yu Chensheng dug his fingernails into his palms, the pain cutting to the bone. Still, he forced a smile and 987Reads8.8Score100Shelves
7. 7 爱 Loving You Until Thirty 爱你爱到三十岁 Mu Jiangyu穆将愉Two Male Leads287k WordsCompleted Lin Muran never imagined that, in the end, things would turn out so bleakly. If she had known, she would never have gone home with Luo Chen, no matter what. Five years may not seem long, but they're enough to leave a sincere heart shattered and a person so utterly destroyed that not even their ashes can be found. For the rest of her life, all she will see is herself. 126Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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
9. 9 我 I Won’t Fall for You 我不会喜欢你 Falling Blossoms and Flying Rain落花飞雨Two Male Leads110k WordsCompleted Mo Qian spent six years trying to warm a cold, unyielding heart. But life is full of disappointments, and love is one of them. Even on the day he died, he never received the love he had yearned for. But he could never have imagined that after his death, the one he had loved in this world would finally awaken, overcome with grief. Day after day, they knelt before the tiny pile of ashes he had become, sobbing and weeping, until they died beneath those ashes. ***Content warnings: * A groveling ex a 1.3kReads8.8Score103Shelves
10. 10 鲛 The Merman Has Lost All Hope 鲛人他心灰意冷 Hua Xi花溪Two Male Leads32k WordsCompleted The merman Chen Xiao was lured to the human world by Murong Jing's promises of love, never imagining that a trap had been laid for him long ago! He was imprisoned in the imperial dungeon and tortured day after day. It was all because Murong Jing wanted to take his most precious merman pearl and use it to save his seriously ill first love! After learning the truth, Chen Xiao died in despair. But Murong Jing had always said Chen Xiao disgusted him. So why did he go mad and try to bring him back to 1.2kReads8.0Score106Shelves
11. 11 每 I Die Young in Every World 每个世界我都英年早逝 Wu Lanzi Ye无斓孜叶Two Male Leads566k WordsCompleted Mo Yinglan happened to read an old-school, melodramatic tragic romance novel and watched helplessly as the various male leads who ticked all his boxes were brutally tormented from start to finish. Most infuriating of all, it ended with a brainless happy ending for everyone. “...” “What kind of century-old joke is this?” “Is this guy right in the head? No, wait, he doesn't have a brain at all!” “If it were me, I'd absolutely die the moment that scumbag surnamed Jiang ‘came to his senses.’ If I co 2.3kReads8.5Score147Shelves
12. 12 快 Quick Transmigration: Every World Leaves Me Coughing Up Blood 快穿：每个世界都累到吐血 Sparrow Really Looks Good雀实好看Two Male Leads769k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + fakes his death and leaves in every world with a tragic ending] Aicao, a born workaholic, dies suddenly from overwork and gets bound to a 555 System. He becomes a new employee of the Quick Transmigration Bureau and sets off on a path to promotion, traveling through different worlds, completing missions, and earning points! An ambitious workaholic, Aicao soon grows dissatisfied with cannon-fodder missions. To earn more points, he needs to become more important to the plot and ma 3kReads9.4Score257Shelves
13. 13 快 Quick Transmigration: I Faked My Death After Fulfilling Their Wishes 快穿：完成心愿后我死遁了 Zhu Zhi竹吱Two Male Leads341k WordsCompleted Luo Ning struggled to make his way in show business and finally became a double-crown Best Actor, reaching the top before he was even thirty. Years of staying up late triggered a heart attack that killed him suddenly. Luo Ning was devastated: he hadn’t even had a chance to enjoy life before life beat him. Strangely, something calling itself a System told him that if he bonded with it, completed missions, and accumulated enough points, he could come back to life. Luo Ning: “Let’s do it!” Simply p 5.4kReads9.2Score524Shelves
14. 14 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 63.3kReads9.5Score12kShelves

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    The first book: When I first heard it, I felt that the male protagonist Gu Chi's long wait has finally come to a successful conclusion. I think it fits our criteria for a perfect article. At the end of the text, I suddenly felt sad. It turns out that family and friendship are so great. Everyone worked together to create a dream for Gu Chi so that he could leave with a smile at the last moment. I was also touched by Gu Chi's affection. The second book: This book really touched my heart. Every sentence was unsaid but every word touched my heart. The male protagonist finally married someone else, leaving the female protagonist to die alone. The female protagonist could not accept it and died. In fact, I like the role of the second male protagonist very much. He really cared for the heroine like a lover in the name of a close friend. Later, she passed away, and he took good care of Xiao Yumu as if he was also raising the heroine. Really beautiful

15. 15 最 The Last Diary Entry 最后一篇日记 Sui Ying随楹Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted [Simplified Chinese edition signed for publication] I only used looking at the flowers as an excuse. All I really wanted was to see you once. 26.3kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves

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    After reading it, I can't walk out now. I'm not crying, but I just feel my heart throbbing and hurting. It's so cruel to me [crying]

16. 16 任 The Mission Starts Over a Hundred Times 任务重来一百次 milieModern Romance20k WordsCompleted “You came to save me, so why can’t you look only at me? Why do you have to give your attention to those one, two, three insignificant people?” “You seem so shy. You never take my hand first. Even just now, you only did it because of someone else.” “Now that you have me, you don’t treat me as well as you used to. There wasn’t any strawberry milk today either, was there?” 7.2kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
17. 17 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 137.8kReads9.8Score15.6kShelves
18. 18 赠 To Wang Lun 赠汪伦 Su Ta苏他Modern Romance75k WordsCompleted The magnum opus of rising hit author Su Ta, a masterpiece of tragic romance! The dashing policewoman Pei Shu vs. Qin Shen, a beautiful, tragic suspect. I love you with time I've stolen. Sooner or later, I'll have to pay it back. Don't be afraid. I'll be here, loving you. Because of my selfishness and greed, we were able to love each other for a brief time. "I'm sorry, darling. This time, I really have to let go of your hand." "Qin Shen, don't let go of my hand. I can't find my way home." In his 872Reads9.5Score171Shelves

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    1. The female protagonist is a policeman, and the male protagonist is a theft suspect. The male and female protagonists have been entangled with each other for more than two years. After the male protagonist's dog died, the female protagonist invited him to her house for a drink. She wanted to trick the male protagonist, but he reversed the trick and was flirted with by the male protagonist. Neither male nor female protagonist had a good childhood. They healed each other. The male protagonist has been investigating the truth about his father's death. After all kinds of experiences, the bad guy was betrayed by the male protagonist. The protagonist was killed, but the male protagonist was shot on the spot, but the male protagonist was not dead at that time, he was just putting on a show for others to see. The male protagonist himself did not have much time. He wanted the female protagonist to live a good life, so he adopted a child to raise for her. The female protagonist always knew that the male protagonist was not dead, and also knew that the male protagonist wanted her to come out, so she pretended to live a good life for him. Later, the male protagonist died, and the female protagonist also died within a few years. Because of my selfishness and greed, we fell in love briefly before. ! The 2 male protagonists' abuse stories are a bit bland. The two like each other and have been together for eight years, but what guarantee can be given to the love between two men? After all, Zhang Hui couldn't hold it any longer and broke up with Ji Nan. The end result was that Ji Nan took medicine and died, and Zhang Hui bought the house where he and Ji Nan had lived. If Zhang Hui could be more brave and persevere, there might be a happy ending between them. 3. The story of a female student and a tattoo artist. The heroine's parents didn't like her since she was a child. She met the hero in high school. The hero's parents died in an accident. Her relatives were always thinking about the compensation from the hero's parents. The hero asked the heroine to work part-time in a tattoo shop. The two healed each other. , Liked each other, but the male protagonist was sick and would not live long. Later, because of the incident involving the male protagonist's grandmother, the male protagonist passed away. The male protagonist's relatives refused to give the body to the female protagonist unless the female protagonist gave them one hundred thousand. The female protagonist sold a kidney, bought the male protagonist back, and buried it properly. Twenty years after the hero's death, the heroine dug a pit next to the hero's grave and lay in it. Before she died, it seemed as if the hero had come to pick her up. "Ren Suifeng, the world is too bitter, I will always be sunny and cheerful in my next life."

19. 19 限 Eight Years to Make Good 限期八年 Wenye's Cat问也的猫Two Male Leads31k WordsCompleted “I’m sorry. I love you very much.” “I hope that in your next life, you can treat me right.” Their eight-year affair, hidden in the shadows, was riddled with misunderstanding and hurt. Ji Nan thought they would spend the rest of their lives together, only to hear Zhang Hui say, “I can’t go on anymore.” 162Reads6.2Score—Shelves
20. 20 古 Ancient-Era Short Story: Yingxin 古代短篇-莹心 Jiu Lu Feixiang九鹭非香Eastern Fantasy5k WordsCompleted Yuchen was an excellent assassin. He never had a single doubt when killing, nor did he feel any fear afterward. But after he killed Yingxin, he began to think of her constantly. Yingxin seemed to have become the ghost people talked about, slipping into his dreams and invading his thoughts. Sometimes she even appeared in the instant he blinked, leaving him dazed. The farther he went, the more he thought of her. Suddenly, he remembered a word Yingxin had once said to him, a word he had never under 79Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    How can I put it this way? I wanted to cry when I read it. The article is very short and contains a lot of heart-wrenching words! Highly recommended!!!

21. 21 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 85kReads9.6Score15kShelves

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    "It was midsummer when we met, and it was midsummer when we parted. His little rose was hidden in that midsummer forever." "She was eighteen years old. If she were still here this year, she would be twenty-one years older than me."

22. 22 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 37.5kReads9.7Score5.9kShelves

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    Similar to a group portrait, those who died in the end were injured and killed.

23. 23 一 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 217.9kReads9.5Score25kShelves

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    Recommended by Wuhen, selected by Fengxue, and good books from female channels, they will warm your heart. ☞ A campus love song in the middle of summer: a sweet and sweet student meets a handsome bad guy, the long-lasting love in the sadistic novel, and the sweet 1v1 agreement! Youth sweet pet + modern romance + campus + sadistic novels + long-term love + 1v1 ☞ The daily life of the master: I sing, you knock the pot, even if you live forever, you are afraid of the pot. Fantasy imagination + fantasy + time travel system + empress invincibility + overhead. Turn to the last page and start a new chapter. This book is worth your careful reading. ꧁꧂

24. 24 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
25. 25 短 Short Story Collection 【短篇合集】 Listening to Rain Beneath the Wutong Tree闲梧听雨Ancient Romance23k WordsCompleted [Collection of Short Stories] 73Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A collection of short stories about abuse, super awesome!

26. 26 白 Daytime Indulgence 白日贪欢 Flowing and Dazzling流漫陆离Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Top-Tier Wealthy Family + Refined Yet Vile Medical Genius + Thorny Rose, Unhinged Beauty + Mutual Firsts + Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Flirting] What Gu Nanxing regrets most is meeting the man named Shen Si when she was young! When they meet again three years later, he is the youngest head of psychiatry in Nancheng, while she has become a family member of one of his patients. Their sparks fly, and one night of passion leaves them wanting more. Gu Nanxing intends to pull down her skirt an 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Nice!!! Ahhhhhh!

27. 27 风 A Captivating Allure 风情摇曳 San Muli三慕里Modern Romance791k WordsCompleted Also known as “Swaying” Chen Luochen gave Jiang Yu her whole heart, but in the end, he still gave up half his life for someone else. Later, whenever she heard the name Jiang Yu, her heart remained as calm as still water, without the slightest ripple. 9.5kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves

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    I came to Tomato to read this after reading the physical book but didn't follow up. I feel bad about reading this [Thinking]

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