Angsty Stories, Short and Tightly Written. Ideally the Kind That Make You Lose Ten Pounds Just by Reading 虐文，短而精细。最好是那种一看就能瘦十斤的书鹅

1. 1 以 I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月 Er Qiao二乔Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian 71.6kReads9.4Score6.4kShelves

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   One wrong step and the other wrong, the male and female protagonists tortured each other for several years

2. 2 娇 The Sweet Little Boss Is Actually a Wicked NPC! 娇软小老板竟是恶毒NPC！ Sweet Candy Baby糖甜宝贝Two Male Leads678k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads, a crazy, split-personality ghost BOSS who dotes on his wife and has an extremely possessive streak as the top x a sweet, soft, weak, wicked NPC who’s a clueless, obedient, universally adored bottom; includes alternate versions] Wen Di is appointed a wicked NPC in a horror instance. Highly motivated, he schemes tirelessly to complete his tasks, doing every bad thing he can think of. As a result, he not only gets the players’ attention, but also attracts the BOSS. The BOSS falls 5kReads9.0Score574Shelves

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   Knowledge is the wings of life

3. 3 白 Ode to White Hair 白头赋 Little Paper Boat纸船儿Ancient Romance41k WordsCompleted In a daze, she seemed to see that young man again, standing in the spring sunshine as he asked her: “Do you have feelings for me?” 128Reads5.4Score—Shelves
4. 4 我 I Once Promised You a Golden Age of Joy 我曾许你盛世欢颜 Flirtatious Little Bottle风流小瓶子Modern Romance44k WordsCompleted Ye Chen waits for his Mrs. Ye, from the days when youth was like a dream until her hair turns white as snow. But he will never know that his Mrs. Ye was buried long ago in that rotten, muddy grave... 2.3kReads6.6Score317Shelves
5. 5 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 205.8kReads9.5Score23.9kShelves

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   They were both cruel, and I felt really uncomfortable after reading them. In the first book, every world was BE and I felt uncomfortable once I finished reading each world. In the second book, the protagonist accepts an apprentice as an apprentice, and the protagonist is an immortal immortal who keeps losing.

6. 6 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 89.5kReads9.7Score14.9kShelves

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   They all liked each other, but there were many misunderstandings that remained unresolved.

7. 7 行 Late in the Day 行止晚 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 24.8kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves

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   Each one is short but has regrets

8. 8 死 After I Died, He Began to Love Me 死后，他开始爱我 Mu Shuilin木水林Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted Sang Yuan never expected that, after an accident, her husband Gu Yuhui would have his memories sent back to when he was eighteen, a time when he loved someone else. Every night, Gu Yuhui would regain a month’s worth of memories. In those dreams, he fell in love with his unrequited love all over again. He was convinced there was no love in his marriage to Sang Yuan. Then Sang Yuan died, and his memories returned to the moment they first met. She had been a ray of light that illuminated his world 7kReads9.1Score508Shelves
9. 9 有 Are There Any Short Tragic Romance Stories? 有没有那种虐文短篇小说 Qian Fan千帆Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted My boyfriend loves me very much, but there’s someone in his heart he can never forget. Lu Ke and I agreed that we’d meet each other’s parents over the New Year. Now it seems we were never meant to be. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   My boyfriend loves me very much, but there is someone in his heart that he can never forget. Lu Ke and I agreed to meet our parents during the Chinese New Year. Now it seems that we are not destined to be together after all. 1 "Why did you block your ex-girlfriend when you posted about me?" I held up Lu Ke's phone and couldn't stop trembling all over. However, he just sat silently on the sofa, letting water droplets flow from the wet hair he had just washed. After a while, he spoke. "Why are you looking through my phone?" Maybe he just wanted to break the silence between us, but he didn't want to use the stupidest method in a hurry. After two years of dating, I never looked at Lu Ke's cell phone. Because he was so good to me, so good that I felt like I was not worthy of such kindness. ,

10. 10 虐 After the Tragic Novel's Heroine Dies, the Hero Goes Mad 虐文女主死后，男主他疯了 Going Out to Play, Clinging to the Wall扶墙出去玩Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted After the Tragic-Novel Heroine Dies, the Male Lead Goes Mad 55Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 一 One Heartbreaking Story Per Chapter 一章一个虐心故事 Huangfu Ziqi皇甫梓琪Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted [Regrets + tragic ending + angst + short story + complete] So many regrets become stories that can never be mended, destined to exist only in our minds. A love too difficult to put into words is life's greatest sorrow. 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My boyfriend loves me very much, but there is someone in his heart that he can never forget. Lu Ke and I agreed to meet our parents during the Chinese New Year. Now it seems that we are not destined to be together after all. 1 "Why did you block your ex-girlfriend when you posted about me?" I held up Lu Ke's phone and couldn't stop trembling all over. However, he just sat silently on the sofa, letting water droplets flow from the wet hair he had just washed. After a while, he spoke. "Why are you looking through my phone?" Maybe he just wanted to break the silence between us, but he didn't want to use the stupidest method in a hurry. After two years of dating, I never looked at Lu Ke's cell phone. Because he was so good to me, so good that I felt like I didn't deserve such kindness. ,

12. 12 你 You Torture Me, I Torture You: Life After Being Reborn Is Sweet as Honey 你虐我，我虐你，重生生活甜蜜蜜 Water Sheep 66水羊六六Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted [Both Reborn + Chasing the Wife to the Crematorium + System + Multiple Male Leads + Multiple Yanderes + Love Triangle Showdown + Dramatic Plot] In her first life, he disguised himself to get close to Murong Xi, giving her the most tender love imaginable. Then everything changed. It had all been Fu Jingshen's scheme. He shed his disguise, revealing the devil lurking beneath. But he didn't know that his heart had already fallen for her. Her parents died, and then her brother passed away. That was 109Reads6.3Score—Shelves
13. 13 病 The Sickly Heroine Goes on a Rampage in a Tragic Romance 病娇女主在虐文中杀疯了 Crazy Little Beauty疯疯小美Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Shen Shuangnian jumped off a building, she never imagined she’d get caught in a tree and survive. Then, for no apparent reason, she was bound to an angst-novel System and transmigrated into a book. The original heroine had it as bad as anyone could: the villainess tricked her into having an abortion, and the male lead left her paralyzed and driven mad. But Shen Shuangnian had just one rule: she could torment anyone, but never herself. She would defy fate and turn the tables, tormenting the 14Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 福 At Three and a Half, Fu Bao Is Doted on by Her Eight Uncles 福宝三岁半，她被八个舅舅团宠了 Cute Guy萌汉子Modern Romance3.5M WordsCompleted When her stepmother miscarried after falling down the stairs, little Su Bao was punished by being forced to kneel in the snow for a day and a night, then branded a jinx and driven from home. Just as she was about to die, her eight domineering CEO uncles rushed to her side and gathered little Su Bao in their arms! The eldest uncle's face turned icy. “It's getting cold. I think it's time the Lin family went bankrupt.” The second uncle glared furiously. “Anyone who hurts my little Bao will be hunte 24.2kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves

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    The stepmother fell down the stairs and had a miscarriage. Xiao Su Bao was punished to kneel in the snow for a day and a night, and was driven out of the house as a broom star. Just when she was about to die, eight tyrant uncles arrived and held Xiao Su Bao in his arms! The uncle's face was cold: It's getting cold, I think the Lin family should go bankrupt. The second uncle stared angrily: Anyone who hurts my little treasure will be punished no matter how far away! The old man of the Su family even picked up a cane and gave Daddy a beating on the spot! Daddy regretted it and refused: So what if the little daughter of the Su family is not the killer who killed her mother and made her father bankrupt?! Unexpectedly, after little Su Bao returned to the Su family, the fortunes of several uncles became better and better. Even the bedridden old lady of the Su family could dance in the square... In the end, the overbearing father, who was like a god descending from the sky, pampered her into a little princess that was envied by the whole world.

15. 15 哦 Uh-Oh! The Cannon Fodder of a Tragic Romance Quits! 哦豁！虐文炮灰不干了！ Su Er苏饵Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads] + [Book Transmigration] + [sweet romance] + [suspense]!!! Good news: Qi Si was reborn! Bad news: He'd transmigrated into an old-school melodramatic CEO romance. Even worse, he was a cannon-fodder supporting male character, there to help build the leads' great love story. In the original plot, Qi Si obsessively targeted the heroine for the sake of the second female lead, only to be slapped to death by the hero. His family was dragged into it, too, and they ended up ruined. Qi Si 18.5kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves

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    The first sober and cute queen in the world VS the unswervingly arrogant emperor. Living in the emperor's family, how can she always fulfill everyone's wishes? We will always be friends, and we will protect you forever; a gentleman's words are hard to chase. In a daze, I saw the moon rise, as if I had returned to the New Year when I first married him. He took me out of the palace. I covered his mouth and could only see his bright eyes. I won't tell anyone, because what he said, I always have only you in my eyes, and my heart is beating so fast that it's about to jump out of my body. That is the most beautiful love story I have ever heard in my life.

16. 16 快 Quick Transmigration: Back Off, You’re Asking for Trouble 快穿：别过来，你在找虐 A Little Morning and Evening一只朝夕Two Male Leads900k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Fake Coercion + Frail Health + Faking His Death + A Melodramatic Grab Bag] The small worlds all end badly. As a member of the Torture Fiction Team with exceptional professional skills, Xu Bai travels with the System, Xiao Liu, conquering one challenge after another until they reach a Grade B world. He is determined to max out the affection ratings, reach Grade A as soon as possible, and get promoted with a pay raise! There are two targets to win over in each world. The title h 6.7kReads9.1Score538Shelves

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    1. The male protagonist pursues his wife in the crematorium and is forced to love her to death, and then escapes with regret. 2. The male protagonist fakes and forces a sick and weak dog to die of blood (quickly read) 3. The male protagonist thinks that the male partner is going to steal a woman from him, but it turns out that the male protagonist wants to rob the male protagonist's uncle (through the book)

17. 17 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 21.6kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves

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