Any Bad-Boy Types With a Handsome Edge? Any Tragic Romance? Please! 痞帅，有没有啊，虐文有没有啊啊啊啊啊啊啊

1. 1 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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   The male protagonist in this book is handsome, he smokes and fights, but he is very kind. The female protagonist died of cancer, and the male protagonist never married.

2. 2 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 237.2kReads9.5Score35kShelves

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   The first and third books tortured the female protagonist, the second one tortured the male protagonist, and in the end it was all HE, sweet and sad at the same time!

3. 3 和 After Eloping with Her Childhood Friend, Her Rugged Commander Husband Went Crazy 和竹马私奔后，糙汉首长急疯了 Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + married first, love later + winning back his wife!] Song Shengsheng had a nightmare and discovered that she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel: the male lead’s first wife, who died young. In the book, beauty was her only asset. To escape her husband, she wrote a letter reporting that her military officer husband came from a politically suspect background. That wasn’t all. When 34.2kReads8.8Score3kShelves
4. 4 皇 The Empress Leaped to Her Death, and the Mad Tyrant Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 皇后纵身一跃，疯批暴君哭红了眼 Huang Dandan黄蛋蛋Ancient Romance635k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, devoted couple + palace intrigue + regretful pursuit, clear-headed heroine, everyone's unattainable ideal] Meng Tang is a gracious, gentle empress who never competes for favor. Everyone thinks she is a true white lotus standing tall in the harem, and even the tyrant believes it. He takes a new concubine, and she smiles, congratulates him, and arranges for the newcomer to spend the night with him. He sends her restorative medicine, and she obediently takes it, knowing full we 27.9kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
5. 5 和 After Their Divorce, Her Stand-In Ex-Husband Cried Himself to Death at the Crematorium 和离后，替身前夫哭死在火葬场 Beauty Zhang Sanfeng美女张三疯Ancient Romance279k WordsCompleted [A double-substitute story where “you think I'm your substitute, but you're actually the real substitute.” The ex-husband chases his wife, but this time he truly gets his comeuppance. Both leads are first-timers. An obsessive, possessive heroine x a flirtatious, self-destructive hero. Older woman/younger man romance.] Ye Qingying fell in love with Shen Xu at first sight and did everything for him. She even emptied the Ye family coffers to shower the Shen family with gifts. Everyone in the capita 779Reads8.5Score103Shelves

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   These three books are superb. I have read them over and over again for a long time. I have read them many times.

6. 6 新 Wedding-Night Joy: The Sweet Princess Consort Can't Stop Throwing Up 新婚夜有喜，娇娇王妃孕吐不止 Deng Feng灯枫Eastern Fantasy370k WordsCompleted [Redemption + yandere + obsessive, brooding love from afar + very sweet romance + devoted couple, HE] Yun Jiao transmigrates into a feast at the third funeral of Prince Yan. The man lying in the ice coffin slowly sits up. Yun Jiao, chewing away: “What a coincidence. You faked your death too?” “Mm.” “I’ve been dead for half a year. What about you?” “Tut. When I’m in a bad mood, I die for a while.” They say Prince Yan is a complete madman who does whatever he pleases. When he’s in a good mood, he 22.1kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
7. 7 改 She Remarried the Mad Prince, and Her Cheongsam Beauty Set the Capital Ablaze 改嫁疯批太子爷，旗袍美人艳翻京圈 Zhang Jiujiu张九酒Modern Romance672k WordsCompleted [Cool, stunning beauty in a qipao with a fragile constitution VS scheming, unhinged young master of Beijing’s elite] [Mad dog turns into a loyal hound] [One-on-one, both virgins] Song Qingyou was born with the bones of a beauty. Her dazzling looks made her famous throughout the capital, yet she had been sickly since childhood, as delicate and fragile as a precious porcelain doll. When she divorced, everyone assumed that without Fu Tingshen’s protection, this frail beauty would never find a footh 6.2kReads9.2Score720Shelves
8. 8 禁 The Celibate Instructor Turns into a Bad-Boy CEO, Irresistibly Seductive 禁欲教官变痞帅霸总，又欲又会撩 Wen Liu of Yancheng岩城的温留Modern Romance115k WordsOngoing [Everyone’s darling + age gap + domineering devotion] Jian Nanxing had just graduated from college. She was breathing hard, her body as hot as if it were on fire, the heat spreading over every inch of her skin. A delicate sheen of moisture covered her face. The once chaste, aloof instructor now looked at Jian Nanxing with undisguised desire. His fierce, passionate kisses seemed ready to consume her whole. His face flushed red, beads of sweat covering it and falling in large drops. … Jian N 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   What kind of sparks will arise when a cool beauty meets a handsome, abstinent boy? If you tease someone first without knowing it, what will happen next?

9. 9 宝 The Baby Is Too Sweet: The Bad-Boy Big Shot Flirts With and Spoils Her Ten Thousand Times 宝宝太甜，痞帅大佬撩宠一万次 A Little Milk Candy一颗小奶糖Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted [Sweet, gentle girl × cocky, handsome, reckless racer] [Reborn with tons of sweetness + an irresistibly flirtatious male lead + cocky guy turns into a devoted wife-slave + sweet romance] Ruan Tiantian is reborn at eighteen, back in her freshman year of college. What she doesn’t know is that in her previous life, after she died, the bad-boy Shen Xiuyu, who had always followed her around, actually killed someone for her. A dazzling young heir to a financial empire ended up becoming a murderer. In 729Reads8.9Score100Shelves
10. 10 野 Wild Is What Makes It Thrilling 野，才带感 Le Man乐满Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted A roguishly handsome, cool former special forces soldier VS a younger, aloof beauty who studies psychology [Special forces + love at first sight + both virgins + rugged hero + heroine heals hero + anti-drug police + psychologist] In a bar restroom, the student council president, who had been coveting An Yingxia for ages, took advantage of her. Taking advantage of the alcohol, the man clamped a hand around her slender, pale wrist, his eyes reddening at the corners. “Yingxia, be my girlfriend?” H 1.5kReads9.0Score180Shelves
11. 11 后 A Tattoo on Her Lower Back 后腰纹身 Little Suer小酥儿Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted Everyone says the top young master Ling Yu has a secret first love. But from the moment he first laid eyes on Mu Ning, her exquisite, aloof face stirred his desire. Of all the women in the world, only she matched his tastes in every way. Driven by a man's desire to conquer, he vowed to tear away the coldness beneath her pure beauty. One day, Ling Yu propped his head on his right hand, his robe loosely open as he lounged lazily on the bed. His fingertips traced the bewitching tattoo on the woman' 7.6kReads9.1Score656Shelves
12. 12 他 He Just Doesn't Like Me That Much 他只是没那么喜欢我 Coconut Watermelon椰椰西瓜Modern Romance112k WordsCompleted [Campus Tragedy] Sensitive girl x genius boy He was the bright, sunny boy who became the main character of my youth. His charming eyes left me dazzled for a long time. I knew he might have felt only the slightest bit of affection for me, and that I was just a passerby in his life. But it didn’t matter. Even if he hurt me ten thousand times, I would still like him. He always told me I would meet someone better, but I knew there could never be another him. As they walked down a path, they shared 1.3kReads—Score102Shelves

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    ① They walked to the path and had a heart-to-heart talk. This was a walk they had taken for many years. "Are you and her happy now?" Ye Ningxing asked casually. "Yes, I told you she is so cute. She is so cute when she acts like a spoiled child." "Will she make trouble unreasonably?" Ye Ningxing only wanted to pay attention to this point. "Yes. How can a girl not be unreasonable?" The girl's nose became sore and tears fell down. The story is over, and the boy who belongs to me will always stay in that passionate and hot seventeen years old. 🌸②[Heart-crushing] When she knew she only had one year left to live, Bo Qingyuan escaped and escaped from the hell that had trapped her for six years in the Bo Mu Dynasty. As a by-product of the Bo family's adoption of Bo Yinyin, she was not popular with the Bo family. She worked as a bone marrow bank for Bo Yinyin for five years. After Yinyin's death, everyone said she was the murderer. She Six years of confinement and six years of torture must be atonement. No matter how serious the crime is, it should be atoned for, right? At the end of her life, she said, Brother Bo will never be seen again. Bo Muchao's throat hurt so much that she couldn't make a sound: I missed the day and night with you... 🌸③ At the class reunion, Bai Yueguang, who went abroad to study abroad for Fu Chengzhou, came back. Someone shouted: "Mr. Fu, Yanran came back just because of you." "You have to treat her well." Fu Chengzhou clenched the cup, his voice was hoarse. "Okay." But I have been married to him for three years. In order to save him, he lost a leg. But he didn't even have the courage to admit that I was his wife. Later, I took the initiative to divorce and disappeared from his world. But he looked for me like crazy.

13. 13 薄 Goodbye Forever, Brother Bo 薄哥哥，再也不见了 Bunny Pillow兔兔抱枕Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted [Heartbreaking] When she learned she had only a year to live, Bo Qingyuan fled, escaping the hell Bo Muchao had kept her in for six years. She was an unwanted extra, taken in when the Bo family adopted Bo Yinyin. For five years, she served as a bone marrow donor for Bo Yinyin. After Yinyin died, everyone called her a murderer and said she had to atone. Six years imprisoned, six years tormented. Surely she had paid for even the gravest sin by now? At the end of her life, she said, “Brother Bo, le 1.7kReads6.7Score102Shelves
14. 14 他 He Regrets It, but I Don't Love Him Anymore 他后悔了，可我也不爱了 Hard to Bear a Grudge难生恨13k WordsCompleted He regretted it, but I didn't love him anymore. 2.2kReads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 蚀 A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨危情 Qi Lao You淇老游Modern Romance753k WordsCompleted Xia Weiming died, and Shen Xiujin personally sent Jian Tong to a women’s prison. During her three years behind bars, Shen Xiujin’s order to “take good care of her” changed Jian Tong beyond recognition. She was even “persuaded to donate a kidney” while in prison. Before she went in, Jian Tong said, “I didn’t kill her.” Shen Xiujin remained unmoved. After her release, Jian Tong said, “I killed Xia Weiming. I’m guilty.” Shen Xiujin’s face turned livid. “Shut up! Don’t let me hear you say that again 100.2kReads9.2Score6.8kShelves

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    He dug out my kidney and actually said he loved me~ Are there any friends who are still reading the president's stories that are physically and mentally abusive? The bone-eroding crisis really impressed me. Who knows this sentence "a simple fairy tale has turned into a joke"? I really can't stand it anymore!

16. 16 停 Stuck at Seventeen 停留十七岁那年 What Makes the Heart Flutter心什么动Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted [Campus romance × Youth × Mutual unrequited love × Heartbreak] Cold, rebellious boy × Sweet, well-behaved honor student * [Xie Yixiao was born wild and unruly, proud and untamed. Yet somehow, this boy fell in love with a good student from a broken home, a quiet, sweet, and sensible girl.] * [Ye Mian came from an incomplete family. Her parents weren't around when she was growing up. Then, when she was six, she learned that both of them had died. She was raised by her grandmother.] * [To part beca 1.8kReads7.2Score297Shelves

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    That year the cicadas were chirping noisily, and the sun was shining through the mottled leaves. The young and ignorant love sprouts, and the dream quietly sprouts in the heart. The laughter and tears on campus, the running and shouting on the playground, the days spent side by side with my best friends, and the secretly fond memories of me when I was young are all hidden in that time. This is a retrospective about youth. There are no bloody ups and downs, only pure and beautiful memories, taking you to rediscover the most flawless stage in life.

17. 17 他 He Kept Summer Hidden 他藏了夏天 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted That night, the young man slowly bent down, bracing his hands on his thighs so he could look her in the eye. It was as if he were declaring that they stood as equals in matters of the heart. Keeping his voice low, he asked, “Senior, I like you. Do you like me?” Ji An raised her hand to stroke Xu Linxi’s cheek and softly ordered him, “Close your eyes.” Xu Linxi trembled, then obediently lowered his lashes. Ji An’s lips curved into a smile. She placed both hands on either side of his face, rose on 10.4kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves

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    The secret love, misunderstandings and regrets between them are easily relatable to me. The inner monologues of the male and female protagonists are really... The interaction between them is full of youthful throbbing and helplessness.

18. 18 他 His Bite Marks 他的咬痕 Mi Xiaoxi咪小汐Modern Romance281k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed and awaiting release] [Short drama now streaming] [Rekindled Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Devotion + Mutual Salvation + Sweet Youthful Romance] In high school, Wen Shumiao had a passionate romance that ended in the most humiliating way possible. They meet again six years later. He's the owner of a tattoo shop, and she's become his employee. He treats her with the cold indifference of a stranger. But when Xie Jin sees Wen Shumiao carrying a suitcase, he final 78.9kReads9.5Score7.6kShelves

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    The handsome, wild and bad racing driver × the little painter who wants to be good or not! Come and take a look! Really well written! I'm so upset. Can the author give me some money for tissue paper? I want to watch it again.

19. 19 偷 I Read the School Beauty’s Diary, and She’s Had a Crush on Me for Ten Years 偷看校花日记，她暗恋我十年 Mr. Kai凯先生Urban112k WordsCompleted [Not for readers with high blood pressure. The male lead is a terrible person.] One evening, the campus belle came to visit. When she left, she forgot her bag. Lin Zhufeng happened to catch a glimpse inside and found her diary. He discovered that she had actually... (Wednesday afternoon, February 4, 2012. The weather was clear. I fell onto the train tracks, and a train came rushing toward me. Just as my life hung by a thread, Lin Zhufeng jumped down and saved me. I fell in love with him.) (D 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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