Looking for Short, Heartbreaking Stories! 求短篇虐文！

1. 1 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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   Short and brutal. I almost cried. I can read this book in less than half an hour.

2. 2 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? 13.7kReads8.2Score2.9kShelves
3. 3 命 With Only Two Months to Live, They Finally Break Down and Repent 命剩最后两月，他们终于崩溃忏悔 Xiao Baihu筱白狐Urban224k WordsCompleted [Tearjerker]+ [Heartbreaking]+ [Bad Ending]+ [No Clichés, Realistic Story] The world beneath the neon lights is dazzling, but it has never shone for just one person. Lonely souls are always searching for comfort, but the medicine that could heal their wounds died long ago in childhood. When the stories they left behind finally become known, all that awaits them is a corpse that has long since grown cold. His parents spend their entire lives mired in a failed marriage, treating Bai Mo like a garb 13.3kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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   There are 99 chapters in total, which is considered a short sad story.

4. 4 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

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   They are all quite short. The first book only has 4 chapters. The last chapter has a big twist. It corresponds to the sadistic scenes in the previous chapter.

5. 5 新 My New Wife Cheated with Her White Moonlight, So I Turned Cold-Hearted 新婚妻子出轨白月光，我心狠了 Nineteen Buddhas十九佛29k WordsCompleted My New Wife Cheated with Her First Love, So I Hardened My Heart 538Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's hard to calm down. I recommend it.

6. 6 死 Five Years After His Death, His Regrets Have the Entire Internet in Pieces 死后五年遗憾让全网意难平 Nineteen Buddhas十九佛10k WordsCompleted Five years after his death, the regrets still leave the whole internet heartbroken. 71Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 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 55.9kReads9.7Score8.2kShelves

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   Suitable for watching emo in the middle of the night secretly under the quilt😭😭😭

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 63.3kReads9.5Score12kShelves

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   After reading these books, I feel like I have lost several pounds [crying][crying][crying][crying][crying]

9. 9 见 Meeting Summer 见夏天 As Always, An'an安安如故Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted Xia Linxi x Tang Yu Xia Linxi is a sophomore with excellent grades and impeccable conduct. Tang Yu is a carefree bar singer. They’re worlds apart, with nothing in common. No one could have imagined that one day the two of them would end up together. In a dark alley, Xia Linxi saw Tang Yu locked in an intimate embrace with a strange woman, but she simply left in silence. She believed the man before her was nothing like the womanizing facade he showed the world. She saw right through him at a glan 1.5kReads8.5Score324Shelves
10. 10 敬 I Honor the Mountains and Waters, Not the Past 敬山水，不敬过往 The Warm Sun Gets Drunk on Snow暖阳醉了雪Modern Romance228k WordsOngoing By a twist of fate, two people who seemed destined never to cross paths collided and sparked something magical at just the right moment. Even after facing doubts, their extraordinary relationship blossomed brilliantly for a time. Sadly, life is unpredictable, and so many things in life never turn out as we hope. One journey through mountains and rivers was already a blessing spanning three lifetimes. (Adapted from the author’s real-life experience) 50Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 他 He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南 Jing Xing景行Modern Romance209k WordsCompleted When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went 24.2kReads9.7Score4.7kShelves
12. 12 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 14.3kReads9.7Score3.2kShelves
13. 13 暗 This Grand, Silent Drama of Unrequited Love 暗恋这场声势浩大的哑剧 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance126k WordsCompleted A bittersweet youthful school romance about unrequited love from popular author Meng Zhiwan, and a companion novel to The Sad Little Thing Called a Secret Crush and The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain. This one-sided love story is a silent play with just one actor: me. Also known as The Moment I Speak, My Voice Disappears. Lonely girl Chen Ji VS sunny boy Lin Jingye. I carefully cherished you, and you became the only spring I ever had in my life. “Chen Ji, may you always be safe and well, overcome 19.1kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
14. 14 暗 The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing 67.5kReads9.7Score12.1kShelves
15. 15 段 Duan Nian, Letting Go 段念，断念 Think Not of You勿念卿卿Modern Romance26k WordsCompleted My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 73Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is so cruel. The male protagonist lost his memory due to work and married someone else and ended up dead. The female protagonist's baby is really suffering. Help [I'm about to cry]

16. 16 诡 The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 319.1kReads9.5Score38.4kShelves

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    What would you do if you were allowed to resurrect infinitely? Of course, it would be to become the world's overlord step by step!

17. 17 限 A Farewell on Borrowed Time: The Conqueror’s Final Heartbeat 限期告别：攻略者最后一次心跳 Sangsangxin丧丧心Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted A Farewell on Borrowed Time: The Conqueror's Final Heartbeat 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The system forced her to leave, the daughter cried for her mother, and the hero became even more clingy after losing his memory... I swallowed this blade!

18. 18 蚀 Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨虐情 Hua Baoyue花抱月Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Tragic Romance]+ [The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption] Ruan Yunzheng loved Fu Yinghan deeply. But when his only sister was harmed and all fingers pointed at her, he sentenced her to death without hesitation! He tormented her relentlessly, body and soul, but she never gave in! Only when she was on the brink of death and explained one last time that she hadn’t done it, and he still refused to believe her, did she finally give up on him! So this man’s heart really was made of stone! When news ca 19.7kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves

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    I personally think this book is quite sad.

19. 19 不 Wait, How Did My AI Girlfriend Cultivate into a Sword Immortal? 不是，我电子女友咋修成剑仙了 Universe's Invincible Tyrannosaurus Roast Goose宇宙无敌暴龙烧鹅Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication, read with confidence] [One heroine] [Fresh premise] [Virtual girlfriend raising + pay-to-power-up] My name is Chen Huai'an. I have cancer, and I'm about to die. Lately, I've gotten hooked on a game where you raise a virtual girlfriend. I spend money to buy her cultivation techniques and magical treasures. Even though my wallet is empty, I couldn't be happier. I always thought it was just a game, until one day my virtual girlfriend gave me a pill. The next second, the pil 216.7kReads9.3Score70.6kShelves

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    Very interesting, highly recommended, never get tired of it (some books may require you to lose your mind) (·∀·)

20. 20 修 Cultivation: Starting as a Slave 修真：从奴隶开始 Awake in a Haze梦醒迷离Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted [Longevity + master of staying under the radar] Chen Xin obtains a cultivation modification tool. All he wants is to become an invincible cultivator devoted to pursuing immortality, but a mistaken choice of starter pack leaves him stuck with ten lifetimes of slave origins. A hundred years of effort across ten lifetimes as a slave is not even one ten-thousandth of what those gifted prodigies possess from birth, but Chen Xin will never give up on the path to immortality. “Being born poor is no dis 24.7kReads8.3Score2.7kShelves
21. 21 鉴 Antique Appraisal: From Failing Student to Master 鉴宝：从学渣到大师 Three-Foot Demon Sash三尺妖带Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Underachiever makes a comeback + unrivaled treasure appraisal] So what if I'm a terrible student? Am I eating your rice? All I did was take a nap in class. All I did was have a dream. All I did was dream about next year's college entrance exam questions. Wait, what? I dreamed about next year's exam questions? I can even absorb knowledge from books and instantly turn it into real-world abilities... Whoa! Am I about to make a comeback as a terrible student? This is awesome... 14.2kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
22. 22 谁 Who Let Him Become a Tycoon at Kindergarten? 谁让他在幼儿园当神豪的？ Buddha on Line One佛祖在壹号线Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Everyday Complaints + One Female Lead + Comedy + Slow Burn] [Short drama in production, stay tuned~~] Thanks for the question~ I’m in kindergarten, and the Divorce Comeback System arrived thirty years too early. [Your life is a failure. The Divorce Comeback System will help you reach the pinnacle of life.] [If you could start over, would you rewrite your life?] Bai Ye, who had just wet the bed, stuffed his shorts into his childhood sweetheart’s mouth. Looking at the ridiculous System interface, 3.3kReads8.4Score296Shelves
23. 23 道 I Did It, Daoist! Three Flowers Gather at the Crown! Huh? 道爷我成了，三花聚顶！嗯？ Too Many Cats猫太多Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Laugh-out-loud comedy] [A goofy, hilarious protagonist] [Mostly lighthearted slice of life] [Invincible] [A cure for the blues] Good news: I’ve got a cultivation System. Bad news: The System transmigrated without me. Good news: I can still contact the System. Bad news: These System missions seem a little off. In the city, Chen Jiamu looks at the mission he’s received: [Go to Mount Wudang and join a sect!] So he takes an overnight train to Mount Wudang. [Host has successfully joined Mount Wudang 401Reads7.8Score105Shelves
24. 24 觉 Awakened the Worst Talent? My Clones Can Simulate! 觉醒最烂天赋？我的分身能模拟！ Who Says I Can't Do It?谁说我不行Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment + mastermind behind the scenes + thrilling!] What would it be like if you awakened a clone talent, and your clones were bound to a simulation System that could give them the strength an ordinary person would gain over a lifetime, all in just a few minutes inside a simulated world? Lin Ke glanced at his pitifully weak stats panel. Then he looked at the dazzling figures before him, his clones who had already become the Grand Marshal, Prime Minister, and Great General of the Human 623Reads8.8Score103Shelves
25. 25 末 Apocalypse: From the Start, I’m Trapped on a Highway Bus with the Campus Beauty 末世，开局跟校花被困高速大巴 Not a Bus Driver不是大巴司机Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsCompleted [Not reborn + hoarding enthusiast + pocket dimension + vehicle shelter + all-new setting] At night on the highway, a bus cruises along smoothly. The college students aboard chat and laugh, while office workers keep replying to work messages. A strange fog quietly descends, and unknown creatures howl outside the bus. Everyone is trapped by the fog and monsters. The temperature plummets, and food grows scarce. Then Xu Wanli gains a hoarding-enthusiast pocket dimension. Store food (cucumbers) 25.7kReads6.8Score2.1kShelves
26. 26 开 From the Start, I Was Divided Up for Food, So I Swallowed the Evil Spirit Whole 开局被分食，我直接生吞邪崇 Bi Huo彼火Urban1.3M WordsOngoing "A Must-Read in 2026" [Eerie Revival]+ [Revenge before the day is out]+ [Saintly do-gooders must die]+ [The protagonist is crazy, not stupid]+ [No female lead]+ [This is actually a food story] The red moon rises, and the eerie returns. After transmigrating to a world where the eerie has returned and evil spirits roam the earth, Ye Kui opens his eyes to see himself being devoured by monsters! But if monsters can eat people, there’s no reason people can’t eat monsters! After three years of plottin 9.8kReads8.9Score973Shelves
27. 27 这 This Alchemist Plays Dirty 这个炼丹师玩的真脏啊 Shu Dong术栋Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Eastern fantasy, a world of immortal cultivation, no tired old tropes. The daily life of a lunatic cultivator: no pressure, just easygoing fun. I think it’s hilarious, anyway, though most readers find it bizarre. There’s no tragic, angst-filled plot. The protagonist, Huang Liang, accidentally transmigrates and sells novels in the cultivation world, only to have them pirated. He starts an online business, only to have it brutally seized. His human-puppet dolls are so well-made that nobody buys t 6.1kReads8.7Score607Shelves
28. 28 杀 I Gain Points for Killing, and Now I'm Forced to Livestream a Death Game 杀人加点的我，被迫直播死亡游戏 Yong Ming雍名Urban946k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3.9kReads8.3Score300Shelves
29. 29 都 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil 154.1kReads9.3Score14.2kShelves
30. 30 寿 The Lifespan Master 寿命师 Yu瑀Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Good fortune can hide within misfortune, and misfortune can hide within good fortune. Often, there is no clear line between luck and bad luck. When people gain many things, they must also lose many things. Everything has two sides. What do you think, dear readers? 2kReads7.3Score291Shelves
31. 31 从 From Spider to Ruler of the World 从蜘蛛到世界支配者 Can't Think of a Name, So Anything Goes不会起名随便来Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes Style] [Evolution] [Creating Monsters] At first, he focuses on growing bigger, breaking world records, and collecting powers. Later, he starts creating monsters and takes the behind-the-scenes route. Fang Ming is reborn as a pet spider. All he has to do is keep molting and growing. With a leg span of 26 centimeters, he breaks the world record. With a leg span of 30 centimeters, he sends the scientific community into an uproar. With a leg span of 40 centimeters, he overturns ev 26.7kReads7.8Score3.1kShelves
32. 32 诡 The Weird Path to Immortality: I Become a God in a Strange World 诡道长生：我在诡异世界封神 Xian Muo衔木oEastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted [Eerie] [Gu cultivation] [A completely revamped power system] The blind Lin Hun is a corpse collector, a white-clad servant in his ninth life at the Demon Suppression Bureau. Born ill-fated, he cultivates the eerie path with his crippled body. He spends his days collecting, stitching, and refining corpses, surrounded by the Eerie. Then he unexpectedly awakens the divine Eerie art, "The Lifespan-Boiling Gu Cultivation Method": Use lifespan as fuel, boil up supernatural abilities, and cultivate Gu 28.1kReads8.2Score3.3kShelves
33. 33 自 Discipline Makes You Free, Not Free to Chase Beautiful Women 自律让你自由，没让你美女自由 Han Meng寒萌Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [System + Growth + Comeback Wish Fulfillment + Marathon + Road Cycling + Freestyle Swimming + Cross-Country Skiing + Biathlon] (Two short dramas adapted from this book are already streaming. Go check them out: “Discipline Gives You Freedom, Not Freedom with Beautiful Women” and “From Self-Discipline to the Pinnacle: She Regretted It Too Late.”) So what if his ex-girlfriend dumped him? Li Bai got a Self-Discipline System. Keeping a regular schedule every day earns him money. Working out every day 15.1kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
34. 34 末 Apocalypse Descends: I Have a Cyberpunk World 末世降临：我有一个赛博世界 Blue-Glowing Gatling Gun冒蓝光的加特林Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Travel Between Two Worlds]+ [Apocalypse]+ [Cyberpunk]+ [Superpowers]+ [Not a Dark Story]+ [Plot-Focused] When the Apocalypse arrives, strength is everything. The powerless can only have their lives controlled by the strong. In the world of Cyberpunk, wealth reigns supreme. The poor can only have their will dictated by the rich. Fortunately, Ji Xuan gains the ability to travel back and forth between the two worlds. He is an evolver in the Cyberpunk world. And a cybernetics master in the Apocalyp 2kReads7.7Score202Shelves
35. 35 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 117.7kReads8.7Score13kShelves
36. 36 人 In Republican-Era China, from Police Chief to the Strongest Warlord 人在民国，从警察局长到最强军阀 Only Music Can Please the Dantian唯曲悦丹田Urban398k WordsCompleted [Republican Era + Summoning + Mass Troop Deployment + System + Power Fantasy + No Female Lead] After transmigrating to the Republican era, Qin Chuan draws a police station right from the start. Starting as a police chief, he soon wields absolute power! District Police Station: 545 personnel in total. The station has a patrol squad, a garrison squad, and a logistics squad. The garrison squad has 300 officers under one garrison captain, armed with Mosin-Nagant rifles. The patrol squad has 150 off 496Reads9.1Score120Shelves

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