A Bittersweet Period Romance: The Heroine Dies, and the Hero Regrets It for the Rest of His Life. A Tragic Ending! 古风小虐文，女主死后，男主悔恨终身，结局be！

1. 1 我 After I Was Reborn, the Heir Apparent Pursued Me to the Bitter End 我重生后，世子追妻火葬场了 Ten Thousand Measures of Moonlight in the Mortal World万斛人间月Ancient Romance485k WordsCompleted [Win Her Back at All Costs + Rebirth + Raising a Child] Shen Shuyi and Song Hengyue had been married for five years. They were not exactly a loving couple, but they did treat each other with respect. But when his childhood friend, the woman he cherished most, was surrounded by enemy troops, he abandoned Shuyi, who was carrying their second child. In her fury, she went into premature labor and suffered a difficult delivery. After being reborn, Shen Shuyi looked at her eldest son, who could alread 15.8kReads8.5Score84314d adds

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   In this book, the female protagonist dies and is reborn, but she never forgives the male protagonist in the end. The epilogue about her past life is especially heart-wrenching.

2. 2 你 I Accept Your Regret 你的悔恨，我收下了 Gesha Is Delicious瑰夏真好喝Eastern Fantasy603k WordsCompleted One heroine or no heroine. A true “she regrets losing him” story, with maximum regret. The heroine is guaranteed to be traumatized. Chen Anyun was killed by a truck, but his talent for writing tragedies that killed off characters without mercy caught the System's attention. He transmigrated into a xianxia world where several female-led novels had merged, becoming the most miserable, ill-fated male supporting character. His main purpose was to guide the heroines toward awakening through his painf 5.3kReads8.2Score41314d adds

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   The author put a lot of effort into the flashback chapters, which covered the past lives of the various female protagonists. The author then gave the readers a big stab to the heart in their present lives, and that was it. The ending was similar to the dream ending.

3. 3 花 Flower Demon 花妖 Cotton Flower棉花花Ancient Romance337k WordsCompleted [Past and Present Lives + One True Love + Palace Intrigue and Power Struggles] A thousand years of longing will not go unanswered; a lifetime of devotion will never bring regret! A brilliant, resilient surgeon versus a suspicious, ruthless God of War general! Meeting him was the bond of fate from her past life, and the tribulation of this one. A tearjerking tale of a white plum blossom in the immortal realm of Qilian, a true dragon, and a snowflake reincarnated to endure a trial. The white plum 6.4kReads9.5Score97014d adds

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   A heart-wrenching story of reincarnation and tribulation in the perilous Qilian Mountains, involving a white plum blossom and a true dragon snowflake. 😭😭 A thousand years of reincarnation, unwilling to be reborn, because the obsession in her heart is too deep to forget him. Therefore, she cannot overcome this heavenly tribulation; she only wants to be with him—this is her last chance. 😭

4. 4 折 The Delicate Beauty’s Tears 折娇啼 Jing Mo旌墨Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted [The hero regrets everything to the point of madness + the leads torment each other + a friend steals the heroine away + the second male lead gets the girl + no reconciliation after a breakup + pure historical angst + the heroine ends up with the second male lead] Shen Yanzhi, heir to the Marquis of Jinghai in the Great Chu Kingdom, had just come third in the palace examination when he was unexpectedly captured by the Eastern Qiang Kingdom and married off to Qin Guiwan, a woman of Eastern Qiang 8.2kReads9.3Score87514d adds
5. 5 三 The Three-Foot Heavenly Abyss Sword, the Blind Man, and the Heartless Killer 三尺天渊剑，瞎眼男子，无心狠人 Actor in Red戏子红衣Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + play the pig to eat the tiger + no System + cold and merciless] Xiao Luochen transmigrates into a world of political intrigue written for female readers, becoming the disowned son of a declining family. From the start, his cultivation is crippled, and his childhood sweetheart, the heroine, kicks him out of the house. Then the vicious villainess snatches him away, intent on abusing and tormenting him? This crazy, vicious villainess is completely unhinged! What? The heroin 11.8kReads8.6Score1.6k14d adds

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   😇😇😇Reading ten thousand books, one's emotions run deep! This mainly tells the story of: [Decisive and ruthless + feigning weakness to deceive others + no system + cold-blooded]. Xiao Luochen transmigrates to a female-oriented political intrigue world, becoming the abandoned son of a declining family. ... What is love in this world? It doesn't matter, reading is the most important thing! 🧐🧐🧐

6. 6 我 I'm the Hero of a Wish-Fulfillment Novel. How Could I Put Up With This Miserable Romance? 我，爽文大男主，能受虐文的气？ Love Drinking Ice-Cold Cola爱喝冰可乐Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [A mix of gut-wrenching angst, satisfying triumphs with no humiliating setbacks, domineering Dragon King CEOs, ignoring the rules, memes, and variety] After transmigrating to another world for eighteen years, the angst-novel System finally showed up. Su Chen said he had no use for it, absolutely none. The System would only slow down his unstoppable progress. The worlds of angst novels are crawling with protagonists? Just watch me speedrun one in a month! If killing an entire family solves the pr 6.6kReads6.8Score39514d adds
7. 7 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 3.9kReads8.3Score37014d adds
8. 8 反 Villain: After I Die, Do the Heroines All Go Mad? 反派：我死后，女主们竟都疯了？ Zi Dong橴冬Eastern Fantasy561k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the role of a genius villainous senior brother, he had two Supreme Bones and could have been invincible. But his master, senior sisters, and junior sisters wanted him to dig one out to save his protagonist junior brother? But this was clearly a scheme by the demoness of the Ancient Realm, meant to bring him crashing down from his pedestal... Yet no one was willing to believe him. Fine, so that’s how you want to play? “The Supreme Bone would only help my junior brother g 1kReads6.1Score10014d adds
9. 9 自 The Immortal Lord Regrets It After I Sever My Ties to Love 自斩情根后，仙君后悔了 Zi Qiqi Si梓亓肆6k WordsCompleted After Cutting Out His Heart, the Immortal Lord Regretted It 36Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 10 我 After I Died, the Mad Emperor Regretted It for the Rest of His Life 我死后，疯批帝王悔恨终身 Human World Cocoa人烟可可13k WordsCompleted After I died, the mad emperor regretted it for the rest of his life. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 11 虐 After Torturing the Princess Consort to Death, the Regent Went Mad 虐死王妃后，摄政王他疯了 Round and Plump土肥圆Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted For his sake, she gave everything she had to keep him safe. She became the Feng family’s disgrace. But once he had secured his position as prince, he called her a canary he kept in a cage. He even said the child in her belly was a bastard. He said she had caused the death of the one he cherished most. He would keep her alive for all eternity, tormenting her and making her live in hell. She obediently stayed alive. Xuan Yuan Heng drove her toward death step by step, torturing her little by little 643Reads5.2Score—14d adds
12. 12 穿 Transmigrated into a Tragic Novel: After I Died, I Made Every Male Supporting Character Weep 穿书虐文，我死后虐哭所有男配 The Plums Are Ripe梅子熟了Ancient Romance110k WordsCompleted Su Yuan transmigrated into a tragic novel. Betrayed by the junior brother she trusted most, she was branded a useless test subject for the Medicine Valley and thrown into a secret prison, where she endured every kind of torture. Then, accused of betraying her country and aiding the enemy, she was cast out of her home by her own brother. Every last commoner hated her and wanted to feast on her flesh and bones. She survived only because the emperor happened to be in a good mood that day and “tempo 104Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 13 执 Obsession Turns to Sorrow: The Regent's Substitute Romance 执念成殇：摄政王的替身情缘 Yue Shuyue玥舒月9k WordsCompleted A Lingering Obsession: The Regent's Substitute Romance —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Although it's a short story, it's really heartbreaking. It's incredibly moving and makes you cry.

14. 14 为 After Staying in Ancient Times for Love, I Regretted It 为爱留在古代后，我后悔了 Grapes and Succulents葡萄多肉Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted Just as I chose to stay in the ancient world and marry Xie Yanchen, the System suddenly disappeared. Without the System's support, my beauty quickly faded with age. Xie Yanchen gradually lost patience with me. He even took in concubines by the dozen and lavished them with affection. One of them provoked me and beat my maid to death. I had the concubine sold off, and he flew into a rage. “Ranran, she was only a maid!” He thought that without the System, I would be completely assimilated into this —Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 15 梦 Dreams Shattered in Purple Mist 梦断紫烟 Several Chilly Springs几春寒Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Dreams Shattered in Purple Mist —Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 16 好 Such a Good Girl 好一个乖乖女 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet romance with a touch of angst] [Fake-good, scheming heroine x domineering wealthy tyrant] [Both leads are each other’s only one] Duan Xiuming first met Lu Mingyu at a wedding. She was stunningly beautiful, yet looked like a well-behaved good girl, sitting off to the side and painting because someone had told her to. “Boring woman,” he judged. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu gave him a huge surprise! She destroyed her painting and co 30.4kReads9.5Score4k14d adds

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    It's great! I love it. The female lead's revenge and scheming against the Lu family are so captivating. The Qin family also becomes a stepping stone for her to rise to prominence. The male lead never asks the female lead any questions; he just immediately cooperates with whatever she asks. I really enjoy it.

17. 17 被 After My Yandere Disciple Tortured Me 被病娇徒弟酷刑加身后 Yun Xiaoye云小夜Ancient Romance350k WordsCompleted [Female master and male disciple + two equally powerful leads. A beauty subjected to torture + a puppy-like young man who suffers abuse.] [Early stage: a loyal, high-martial-arts female general starved of affection and a sinister, vicious, lovesick tyrant] [Middle stage: a dazzling, bewitching empress who brings ruin to the nation and a meek, submissive, frail emperor] [Late stage: a crazed, obsessive avenging empress and a puppy-like young man who endures abuse just to survive] She was once a f 1.1kReads8.1Score10214d adds

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    Millions of years ago, the white plum blossoms of the Qilian Mountains, touched by the grace of a true dragon, developed feelings, thus beginning a forbidden love. Heavenly punishment forced them to descend to the mortal realm to undergo tribulations, separating them for a thousand years. Now, the thousand-year promise has arrived; how will their destinies intertwine?

18. 18 被 Forced to Play Out Six Different Plots 被迫走六种剧情 Roar, Roar, Garlic啸一啸蒜了Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Nontraditional, fast-paced cathartic revenge + taming the dog + groveling exes + battlefield of romantic rivals + everyone secretly in love with her + everyone turning into dark, obsessive madmen] Xie An was a professional supporting actress in the modern quick transmigration division. She’d just finished her last assignment when she was told a bug had occurred. Six small worlds had merged, and she had to reload and replay them, completing all six storylines at once in this new plane. She thoug 2.8kReads8.8Score25514d adds
19. 19 成 After Becoming an Immortal, the Male Leads from Tragic Romance Novels Beg Me to Forgive Them 成仙后，虐文男主们跪求我原谅 Chu Shimei楚诗魅Ancient Romance684k WordsCompleted [Content warning: old-school angst. If you like feel-good stories, stay away!] [Content warning: old-school angst] [Content warning: old-school angst] Shen Qingzi is the fated heroine in the Cycle Envoy's stories. Over eighty lifetimes, she helps eighty immortals who have descended to the mortal world overcome their trials. In every life, she suffers through tragic love and endures every kind of torture the mortal world has to offer. In her eighty-first life, she meets Wen Ting, the Crown Prince 211Reads8.7Score—14d adds

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    Want to experience a heart-wrenching epic of love, hate, and revenge? This is an absolute must-see! The novel's plot is full of twists and turns, intertwining love, hate, and revenge. It features a deeply heartbreaking past and a satisfying revenge, taking you on a unique journey through the world of love and hate.

20. 20 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1k14d adds

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    The kind of ancient-style angst that makes you cry your eyes out.

21. 21 十 Twelve Moments 十二瞬 Qing Chen清辰Eastern Fantasy193k WordsCompleted [Fantasy + healing + strange tales in an ancient setting] The companion volume to popular author Qing Chen's Tales of the Rhinoceros Horn, this is a delightfully cute and funny collection of healing folk tales set in ancient times! Behind every medicinal ingredient lies the greatest sorrow or joy of the human world. The Sea Market, the Ruins of Return, the Peach Blossom Spring, the Yellow Springs... A succession of wondrous sights and eerie realms, filled with all kinds of spirits and human stor 611Reads9.5Score13414d adds
22. 22 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. 25.7kReads9.6Score3.3k14d adds

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