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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 74.2kReads9.4Score6.6kShelves

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   I can't stop crying, and my heart aches from the abuse. The heroine is a super good person.

2. 2 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 1.2kReads8.0Score108Shelves

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   Book 1: He stared at his no longer beautiful tail, his voice was hoarse, as if it was mixed with rough gravel. Murong Jing's brows twitched, looking at the fragile and embarrassed shark in front of him, he said an unclear "hmm". The moment the two of them said these two words, a servant had already cut open the shark's arm, and the light blue blood slowly flowed out, but it was not as bright as before. The shark raised his head and looked deeply at the face he had been obsessed with before, "Murong Jing." Murong Jing's heart skipped a beat and he looked at the shark. A mocking smile appeared on the corner of the shark's mouth, "I'm going to die." Murong Jing looked at him, his affectionate peach blossom eyes were full of coldness, "Chen Xiao, the shark is immortal, this is what you told me." "You deceived me of my shark beads, pulled my shark scales, and you kept taking them from me.

3. 3 影 After the Movie Star Jumped Into the Sea, President Qin Went Mad 影帝跳海后秦总疯了 Li Xiaoju鲤小橘Two Male Leads264k WordsCompleted [Angst-ridden romance, groveling, bad ending, guaranteed tears] Popular entertainer Leng Qing approaches Qin Kun to save her younger brother, unaware she has fallen into a trap. The hunter becomes the prey, and by the time she realizes she's trapped, it's already too late! His possessiveness ensnares the person he loves deeply, and himself as well, becoming an impassable barrier between them. 298Reads8.8Score—Shelves
4. 4 她 She Stopped Comforting Him 她不哄他了 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 90.3kReads9.6Score16.1kShelves

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   "She Stops Coaxing Him No More" is a campus love novel that touches the heart. It depicts the story of two completely different boys and girls who met, got to know each other, and fell in love at the intersection of fate with a youthful touch. Jiang Qiao, a gentle and well-behaved girl, chose to bravely pursue her dreams in the face of the cruelty of life; Xu Si, a seemingly rebellious delinquent, gradually showed his inner kindness and warmth under the influence of Jiang Qiao. Their love is like a midsummer rose, short and gorgeous, making people feel the value of life and the power of love in tears. If you long for a profound emotional experience, this book will be a choice you can't miss.

5. 5 裂 Sunlight Through the Cracks 裂缝里的阳光 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 130.2kReads9.8Score15.4kShelves

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   These two books didn't feel too sad when I read them, but they were so powerful that I cried until mushrooms grew on my pillow. The heroine took a bus and was stuck in a traffic jam for 10 hours, but 21 years had passed by the outside world. The newlywed husband has become a middle-aged uncle and has a son. So many reversals. Don't read the last chapter if you are tearful. Seriously, take my advice!

6. 6 戒 Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记 Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted A diary recording the final two months of my life... Maybe I'm just not meant to be loved. Otherwise, why would everyone who loved me leave? 15.3kReads8.2Score3.1kShelves

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   29,000 Words, I really cried from beginning to end. The male protagonist, a university professor, was dragged into a rehabilitation center by his husband's mother. I only stayed there for two months and lost my freedom and life.

7. 7 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 16kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves

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   These books are absolutely disgusting. In the first book, they loved each other, but stomach cancer still took her life. In the second book, she has a crush on him and refuses to look back, nor does she dare to confess. In the end, she could only watch him be with someone else. In the third book, they have been in love with each other for nine years, but he gets close to her again and again but gets no response from her. Finally, she pushed him to someone else with her own hands. In the fourth book, the heroine suffers from depression. The heroine's experience is really suffocating. How long will it take for the pain of the original family to be healed? In the fifth book, they fell in love, but no one confessed. The blank paper on which the confession was written was only discovered after the two got married, and this became a regret for the two when they were young. In the sixth book, the heroine accidentally killed her friend (who was also her Bai Yueguang, and the hero was her salvation), and she has been living in self-blame. In the end, the girl who loved diving stayed in the sea forever.

8. 8 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
9. 9 饲 Keeping a Dog 饲犬 Empty Mountain in Spring春山空Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [A sensitive girl with depression vs. the finance department’s campus heartthrob + mutual devotion + healing + both leads’ first love] Her father died young, her mother had ignored her for years, and her stepfather harbored ill intentions. Jiang Yao’s life was unbearable. She could never escape the shadow of her family, and her pain grew so great that she could no longer go on living. Her life was so awful that she wanted to end it early. She climbed out of the abyss, only to be forced back into 4.6kReads8.9Score575Shelves
10. 10 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 3.3kReads9.3Score671Shelves

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    This book is really super cruel! I cried all night [crying] Qian Heng has never been liked by anyone. He finally fell in love with someone, but that person turned a blind eye. Qian Heng was disappointed again and again [crying][crying][crying][crying][crying]

11. 11 暗 A Dark Obsession Turns to Madness 暗瘾成狂 Heavenly Fire, Flowing Glaze天火流琉璃Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted Each volume is a completely new, standalone story. Volume One: Love Under the Stars: After Chen Guang was in a car accident, he lost the use of his legs. Bai Weixing cared for him for three years, enduring his insults and being driven away countless times. At last, his legs recovered, but she had no reason to stay by his side anymore. So she sensibly left. Chen Guang, however, couldn’t get used to her absence. Over the course of those more than a thousand days and nights, he had grown accustomed 409Reads—Score—Shelves

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    What is love? Love is deception, possession, and calculation, and so is not loving. So what is the difference between loving and not loving.

12. 12 与 Sinking into a Beautiful Dream with Her 与她沉溺美梦 The Light Shines In光照进来Modern Romance392k WordsCompleted Jaded, aloof wild rose × sharp-tongued, straight-laced math genius | Rekindled love × angst and sweetness × yandere × mutual salvation × devoted couple, happy ending In just five years, Zhou Shuci went from a math genius to the founder of the Wanshi Group, ruling over a six-hundred-billion commercial empire and controlling half of Jingzhou City. Yet all he wanted to know was whether she regretted leaving him for twenty million. When they met again after years apart, her mere presence brought 6.6kReads8.4Score497Shelves

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    The heroine suffers from depression. She has been with the hero for seven years and been separated for five years. The heroine makes people feel so sad [crying]. The heroine's parents favor boys over daughters, and the hero's family is not happy either. Really cry to death

13. 13 快 Quick Transmigration: Are You Kidding Me? I Got the Femme Fatale Script Again 快穿：疯了？又是我拿祸水剧本 Little Bunny Rabbit小呀么小兔叽Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Yi Yuyan transmigrates into one tragic novel after another, playing the supporting women who are mercilessly tormented by the male leads. The heroines throw every scheming trick at her, but all she needs is her beauty. Before transmigrating: Cold and aloof Master: “It’s a beast, after all. Being able to save Qing’er is a blessing for you.” Overbearing CEO: “You’re just a substitute. How dare you compare yourself to Yun’er?” Proud Emperor: “You’ve been nothing but a pawn from the start. She’s the 6.9kReads9.0Score635Shelves

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    These two books made me cry so much!!!! I really like Ye Jiahe and Shen Luozhi in the first book, it makes me cry so much!

14. 14 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Tears Up the Cannon Fodder Plot Again 快穿：白月光又撕了炮灰剧本 Miss Cat一只猫小姐Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted At first, none of them liked her. Later, she became the unreachable first love in their hearts! A scum-trashing Mary Sue romance, with regretful exes chasing their wives! After cultivating for a thousand years, the parasitic vine spirit Si Si finally succeeds in ascending. But during the Ascension Ceremony, her superior gets her in trouble. The Heavenly Dao orders her to help cannon-fodder supporting heroines in three thousand worlds fulfill their wishes. Only after earning enough merit can she 14.6kReads9.1Score1kShelves
15. 15 暮 Mu Sinan 暮思南 Fish of the Cabbage白菜的鱼Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted Blurb drafted on 2022.10.6. [At last, dawn arrives, and she lies buried in the earth as it breaks.] On her barren, cracked land, he planted sunflowers for her with his own hands. She had been in the dark for so long that she had forgotten what it felt like to be bathed in light. Then one day, she finally found the sun. It shone on her for so long that she foolishly began to think she could make it her own. But she forgot: the sun and she belonged to different worlds. When she was eighteen, s 1.3kReads9.3Score316Shelves
16. 16 不 No Need to Say Goodbye 不须辞 Poetry Without Tea诗无茶Two Male Leads261k WordsCompleted [Sweet-faced schemer who cries easily x icy beauty] [Ancient setting + acclaimed novel + two male leads + fantasy + alternate world + equally matched leads + happy ending + younger love interest] Thirty thousand years ago, Chang Shu found a little black dragon and brought it back to his chambers to nurse it carefully. Once its wounds had healed, he tried to send it away. The little black dragon took human form, tears in its eyes. It walked up to him, tugged at his sleeve, and showed him the woun 17.3kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves

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    I personally think this book is quite sad, but the ending is he

17. 17 他 When Did He Stop Loving Me? 他是什么时候开始不爱我的 Junior Sister123师妹1236k WordsCompleted When did he stop loving me? 86Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 那 He Never Replied to That Message 那条消息，他永远没回 Junior Sister123师妹1238k WordsCompleted That message, he never replied to. 80Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 帝 An Emperor's Tormented Love: Your Consort Is Already in Her Coffin 帝王虐恋：臣妾已是棺中人【虐】 Junior Sister123师妹12318k WordsCompleted An Emperor’s Tormented Love: Your Majesty, I’m Already in My Coffin [Angst] 37Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 逃 Caught After Trying to Escape: The Mad, Powerful Minister’s Cruel Kisses and Possessive Love 逃跑被抓回，疯批权臣欺吻强夺 Jiang Shian江十桉Ancient Romance419k WordsCompleted [Coercive romance + wife-pursuing crematorium + devoted couple] Everyone said the eldest son of the Pei family was noble and virtuous, elegant beyond compare. But Jiang Yingwan felt an inexplicable fear of him. Especially when those dark, cold eyes turned her way, a chill ran down her spine. Years ago, the Jiang and Pei families had made a verbal marriage pact. The Old Madam Pei wanted her to marry Pei Yanchen, but the two families were no longer social equals, and Jiang Yingwan already loved so 43.2kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves
21. 21 穿 Reborn as a Blind and Mute Little Darling, the Yandere Villain Won't Stop Pampering Me 穿成盲哑小可怜，反派病娇追着哄 Xiaoxiao Is Not Naughty笑笑不乖Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted [A pitiful, mute girl with poor eyesight x a possessive, lovesick younger boy who is a little wolf dog in the making before his dark turn] He Sheng transmigrates into a novel and becomes a weak little cannon-fodder character who exists only in other people’s memories. From the start, she nearly drowns and dies. The System forcibly bound to her tells her that she can increase her life span and live to ninety-nine only by getting close to Fu Hanye, the novel’s lovesick, sickly villain. He Sheng’s 1.7kReads9.0Score173Shelves
22. 22 甜 The Sweet and Gentle Boy Is Wild and Wicked 甜兮兮的温柔少年他很疯很坏 Mao Tutu猫屠屠Modern Romance520k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Darkening + Sickly Male Lead + Reconciliation After a Breakup + The Male Lead's Redemption] After living her life over again, Wen Yisheng swore she would stay far away from Wen Zhi! She'd rather sleep on the streets or under a bridge than live with the Wen family again! Because the Wen family's eldest son, who seemed gentle and refined to outsiders, never smoked or fought, studied hard, and loved helping people, was a mad and wicked monster underneath! He was cruel and obsessive. “You 23.4kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
23. 23 假 I Pretended to Seduce a Possessive Mogul, but He Took the Bait 假装勾引病娇大佬，谁知他上钩了 Sweet Xiaobei甜小贝Modern Romance299k WordsCompleted [Lovesick Obsession, Sweet Romance, Transmigrate into a Book, One-on-One and Faithful Couple] Xia Yuan transmigrates into a twisted novel and becomes the wicked supporting female character who meets a tragic end. Her only chance of survival is to cling to the deranged male lead. System: “Win over the deranged male lead, and you can go home!” Xia Yuan smiles sweetly. “I’ll make the deranged male lead the happiest person in the world!” - The deranged male lead builds a gold-wire cage with his own 26.1kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
24. 24 你 You Watch Her Perform, I’ll Announce Our Divorce 你看她表演，我公告离婚 Little Sister Won't Listen妹妹不听话Modern Romance453k WordsCompleted Tomatoes are the most satisfying! The hero and second male lead get divorced The male lead watches the green tea put on a show, while the heroine goes straight to the newspapers and announces their divorce! A powerful financial magnate * a young lady whose family has fallen on hard times Married first, love later * both leads are sexually inexperienced Every male character in the story is a virgin, whether he's the second or third male lead... Xu Qing'an married Shen Yuanyuan simply because he t 11.5kReads7.1Score427Shelves

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    The male protagonist doesn't touch the female protagonist for a year after getting married, and the female protagonist is cool and calm. When the male protagonist is watching the Green Tea Show, the female protagonist directly announces her divorce! Abuse your wife for a while, Chasing Wife Funeral Home!

25. 25 我 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.1M WordsCompleted After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 125.7kReads9.7Score14kShelves

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    "To this world, you are a trouble. But to me, you are the whole world." "May you all be masters of life, hello! Stranger!"

26. 26 亦 Yizheng Sheng 亦筝笙 Wind Gathers, Snow Dances风凝雪舞Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted Who promised a young man the sweetness of love, leaving behind a memory etched into his heart? Who envied the beauty and the famous general, composing a song of joy and sorrow, of partings and reunions? War rages in the north. Smoke and flames engulf a troubled age. Who will hold whose hand and grow old together? And who will be whose one and only, for a lifetime? Yi Sheng: Dad always says that girls who love to smile are sure to have good luck someday. Turns out he 551Reads8.4Score107Shelves

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    "Zhaoxi Old Grass" brother and sister Qiao He and Qiao Zhi have a sadomasochistic relationship, Be, and the emotional entanglements are complicated. "Yizheng Sheng" The daughter of a wealthy family and a high-ranking general in the Republic of China, the love between family and country is small and helpless, war and fate, heaven and man are forever separated, tears!!! The heroine of "Spring Blossoms" is treated as a plaything by Murong Jing, but she develops feelings and goes through twists and turns during the relationship. It's like falling in love with a rapist. The humbleness of the heroine is in contrast to the coldness of the hero. The level of sadism is high. I dare not watch it but want to watch it👀 "Crane Huating - New Edition" Prince Xiao Dingquan and Gu Abao fell in love and suffered a lot in the palace struggle. A Bao devoted his whole life to helping the prince, and the tragedy of their love is heartbreaking

27. 27 分 After the Breakup, the Boss Turns Dark and Obsessed: Wild Seduction and Spoiling 分手后大佬黑化变疯批，野撩诱宠 Lu Yin鹿吟Two Male Leads282k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Reuniting After a Breakup + Powerful CEO + Both Untouched + Possessive Takeover + Tension and Flirting + Reunion After Years Apart + Seductive Pursuit] [After He Wronged His Ex, the Big Shot Went Dark] Everyone knew the big shot was cool and dispassionate, but no one knew about the obsession hidden deep in his heart. After a carefully engineered reunion, he took the other man by force and made him move in. The darkened big shot's image crumbled: he turned wild and seductive, in 656Reads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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