I Want to Read Something Heartbreaking. The More Tragic, the Better 想吃刀子，越虐越好
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The Crazy CEO's Sick Obsession: Sweetheart, You Can't Escape 疯批总裁病态囚宠，乖乖你别想逃
The main story is complete! [Physical and emotional torment + taking her by force + forced love + confinement + fleeing while pregnant] At nineteen, Su Xuanwan was at rock bottom: both her parents had died, and her younger sister was gravely ill. That was when she met Xiao Yu. He was the lifeline she clung to as she drowned, but also the chain that dragged her into even deeper darkness. To pay her sister’s medical bills, she became a caged bird. By day, she was a cautious executive assistant. By
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
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A Common Man Takes the Stage 匹夫驾到
(Signed for print publication) (One heroine, no System, not a power fantasy, Chinese-style supernatural abilities) Among the infinite parallel worlds, there is a special world called Nanke, and a special group of people known as Calamity Exorcists. They soar through the skies and burrow underground, know the past and present, and travel between parallel worlds in different eras to carry out missions. A young man who calls himself a commoner is chosen by fate to enter Nanke’s mysterious academy,
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Wutong Lane 梧桐巷
[Bright and kind-hearted Ning Wan x gentle genius Song Qingyan] [Love at first sight + Secret love comes true + Youthful heartache + BE] When the innocent, sunny Ning Wan fell in love with Song Qingyan at first sight, he was the golden boy in everyone's eyes. She wrote her secret feelings in her diary, planning to keep them to herself. By a twist of fate, Song Qingyan became her temporary guardian. During the days when she was ostracized and bullied, he became the light in her life. She held on
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Late in the Day 行止晚
[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.
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I Only Took a Peek at Him 我只偷看他一眼
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
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The House of Dread 诡舍
[Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of
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Torment 虐
Those unorthodox fiends who rely on creating Pain to gather chakra are called the Pain Cult. And people often say that those who hurt themselves to improve their concentration are masochists.
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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
[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
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Dr. Zhou's White Moonlight Is Dying 周医生的白月光快死了
[Fragile, ill bottom VS cold, aloof top] [Heart-wrenching angst + mutually exclusive devotion, 1v1 + bad ending + extreme bottom fans, beware] Wen Ci had terminal stomach cancer. The doctor said he had at most thirty days left, and Wen Ci could live those thirty days for Zhou Ying. But Wen Ci died on the twenty-seventh day. After his death, Wen Ci left behind twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf.
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After Getting a Terminal Diagnosis, I Lay Flat and Waited to Die. Then My Ex-Boyfriend Panicked 得绝症躺平等死后，前男友他慌了
This is actually a silly comedy. When Gu Huaijin learns at the hospital that he has only three months to live, Qin Zhan breaks up with him. Qin Zhan’s first love is back. Gu Huaijin quietly agrees to the breakup. He plans to lie in the rocking chair on the balcony, eyes closed, gently rocking until his life comes to an end. But after the breakup, Qin Zhan clings to him every day and refuses to leave, no matter how many times he’s driven away. [As for why Qin Zhan didn’t chase after his first lov
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Imprisoned by a Mistaken Favor 误恩囚
[Two male leads + both devoted to each other + angst + physical torment + fictional setting + unequal status + happy ending] [Bottom fans, get out] Synopsis: After an accident, Ning Huairu, the young lady of Wangyue Manor, rescued Wen Jinchuan, who had been poisoned. When he woke, however, he mistakenly believed that Shiqi (Ning Huaizhi) had saved him. And so he began to indulge and favor Shiqi. He forgave Shiqi’s schemes, his cruelty, his selfishness. Having never known what it was to be favore
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Everyone in This Story Is Crazy. Please, Won't You Kill Me? 全文疯批，请杀了我好吗
[Power couple + Mutually faithful] [Angst early on, more angst in the middle, the male lead turns into a lovesick puppy later; tragic ending, but with rebirth] The pursuer thinks the pursued betrayed him. The pursued spends two years hiding away, then gets caught and brought back. The pursuer starts beating and tormenting him in every way, and even brings his fiancée to see him. She'll stop at nothing and wants to kill him every day. After enduring endless humiliation, Bai Feiying tries to escap
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A Collection of Short, Tragic Bad-End Stories 短篇be虐文合集
I originally wanted to write a collection of angsty stories, but in the end I decided to write just one and bring it to a close. I can't change the title now, so come on in and have a look. Legend has it that the Demon God was gravely wounded by the Divine Clan and suffers excruciating pain every night, teetering on the brink of death. Only one thing can ease his suffering: the inner core of a Divine Fox. For hundreds of years, the Demon God has repeated the same words in his mind: I must take
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You’re So Dirty. I Don’t Want You Anymore 你那么脏，我不要你了
You’re so filthy. I don’t want you anymore.
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I Died Before Him in the Year I Loved Him Most 在最爱他的那一年，我死在他面前
I died in front of him in the year I loved him most.
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Lawyer Fu, Stop Hurting Her. Dr. Wen Doesn't Want You Anymore 傅律师别虐了，温医生不要你了
[Rebellious, wolfish lawyer x stern, devoted, beautiful but tragic doctor] [Two male leads + both are virgins + rekindled romance + groveling pursuit + younger man/older man + angsty romance + happy ending] [Two male leads! Two male leads! Two male leads!] When he ended things, Fu Zhiyue grabbed Wen Chuhuai by the throat and mocked him for being heartless and mercenary. “Every day I spent with you made me sick to my stomach.” “Wen Chuhuai, seeing you half-dead like this, do you know how satisf
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The Male Lead Gets Knifed Every Day 男主每天都在挨刀子
An accident sent Gu Yu plummeting from the heights of a prominent wealthy family into the depths of poverty! After enduring abuse at the hands of his adoptive parents and going through countless hardships to return to his birth family, he was ambushed by the family’s adopted son! His family was cold and uncaring. His parents showed him no affection, his classmates shunned him, and online users hurled insults at him. Even the marriage that was supposed to unite two wealthy families was stolen by
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15 Hell-Level Bad Endings: You Stop at Flirting, While I’m In Too Deep 15个地狱级be：你点到为止，我泥足深陷
[Modern romance + domineering CEO + substitute + marriage + tragic love] Giving your whole heart in love will only leave you in pieces. Why do you think I’ll still be here just because you turn around? That if you crook your finger, I’ll make the same mistake all over again? I’m not the kind of person who forgets the pain once the wound heals. In love, the one who holds the power is never the one being loved. It’s the one brave enough to confess their feelings and brave enough to let go. I loved
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Burning Hot! 炙热沦陷！
(The print edition, titled Song of Sheng, is now available, and the online comic of the same name is complete.) [Flirty Romance]+ [Reborn School Life]+ [Mutual Healing]+ [Obsessive Sweet Romance] A striking, warm, and gentle girl with vivid features × a brooding, handsome, and rebellious young man Only when Shengge was dying did she learn that a boy had loved her with all his heart. The first time they met in her previous life, the carefree boy asked her, “Hey, new student, what's your name?” Sh
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Listen to the South 听南
Ten years ago, Xia Tingnan was in her third year of middle school, while her next-door neighbor Xu Bingran was a sophomore in high school. Both the Xia and Xu parents were busy, so Xia Tingnan, who loved sleeping in, was put in Xu Bingran's care. Xu Bingran was disciplined, sensible, a good student with dreams, and known as “Xu Bingran of No. 1 High School.” Xia Tingnan was lazy, scatterbrained, a happy slacker with decent grades, and everyone's beloved “cutie.” And so began a four-year routine:
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Perhaps There Was Once Light in the Deep Sea 也许深海曾有光
After an earthquake, young Jiang Ning began living with Song Ao, her younger brother by neither blood nor marriage, who had autism. In Song Ao’s world, Jiang Ning became his only splash of color. Years later, Jiang Ning was surprised to discover that her new boss was Shen Fang, the school heartthrob she had harbored innocent feelings for in her youth. At the same time, though, she sensed that her relationship with Song Ao was gradually changing, blurring the line between family love and romance.
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The Mountains and Rivers Will Tell Me the Answer 山河会告诉我答案
A retired anti-drug police officer × a law student with a rebellious streak. He teaches her how to behave; she teaches him to let go of his past. From a scumbag everyone despised to an anti-drug officer who gave his life for his country, only Xu Shuwen, dying in a hospital bed, unwaveringly believed that Song Xusheng had never let her down. Xu Shuwen, the ideal of the world × Song Xusheng, the obsession of the world. They write a story of love with their lives. Qi Tian wants to help the person w
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The Mountain Moon Knows Nothing of the Heart 山月不知心底事
[The original novel of The Moon Knows Nothing of My Heart, starring Song Qian and Ou Hao] Everyone has a Seine River in their heart, dividing it in two: the left bank is soft, the right bank hard; the left bank is emotional, the right bank rational. Most of Xiang Yuan’s heart belongs to the right bank. Once, she had a left bank too. Beneath the bright mountain moon that year, Ye Qianze told her, “We’ll never be apart.” She plunged into the dazzling city, chasing her dreams with nothing but coura
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Transmigrating to Ancient Times: Starting from Scratch to Build a Happy Earth Village 穿越古代从零开始打造幸福地球村
Zhao Baihui’s life motto is: Zhang Bairen became the Jade Emperor, so how could I, Zhao Baihui, with the same “Bai” in my name, amount to any less? Thanks to a brother from his generation, he unexpectedly ends up... who knows where. Whatever. With the System on my side, all I have to do is take things one step at a time! The System activates, and every member receives a daily allowance of 10 yuan. The fanatical rabble save up, buy, buy, buy, build, build, build. No need to think, just enjoy the
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The Soul-Calming Wife: My Wife Can Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 【镇魂妻：我的老婆能镇百鬼】
Because of the sins committed by my ancestors, the King of Hell came to claim my family. My grandfather and both my parents died one after another. To save my own life, I was forced to marry Wang Banxian’s foolish daughter. She was fat, ugly, and completely out of her mind, but she was the reincarnation of the Goddess of Yin, able to suppress a hundred ghosts. And every time she subdued a ghost, she underwent a transformation and grew more beautiful. With a beautiful wife by my side, I can roam
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You Made Me Divorce You. Why Are You Crying Now That I've Left? 你逼我离婚，我走你哭啥
Jiang Chen loved Xia Yunhe with all his heart for six years, from the start of their relationship through their marriage, only to have someone come between them. Heartbroken, he chose to divorce her. After six years of misery, he finally let himself go and showed the world what he could do. Like a great roc rising on the wind, he soared ninety thousand miles into the sky, making an astonishing debut in his career and leaving countless people stunned. But by then, Xia Yunhe regretted everything.
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A Selection of Tearjerker Tragedy Novels 爆哭虐文精选
Darkness swallowed me like a rising tide. I knelt beside the bed, clutching the sheets so tightly that my knuckles turned white. Tears poured down my face, blurring everything before my eyes. It felt as though countless fine needles were piercing my heart, the pain spreading throughout my body. Something seemed lodged in my throat, leaving me able to make only broken sobs. Each one felt as if it were tearing its way out from the depths of my soul. The memories I once cherished were now sharp bla
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She Died the Year She Loved Him Most 她死在最爱他的那年
Shen Xinyi: "I like you." Lu Moxuan: "You're not my type." Shen Xinyi: "You treat me so well. What else could it mean but that you like me? Do you pity me?" Lu Moxuan said coldly, "I don't know." "Hey, did you hear? Shen Xinyi is dead." Shen Xinyi: "I may die, but my love won't." Lu Moxuan: "My existence is proof that you were here." Lu Moxuan looked at Shen Xinyi, tortured to death by drug dealers, as tears streamed down his face. "I haven't even told you I love you. How could you
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The Wife Left on the Highway 被丢在高速上的妻子
The Wife Abandoned on the Highway
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I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神
The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa
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The South Wind Passes Through, and You and I Are Both Guests 南风过境，你我皆客
Shen Shu always thought she had been dealt a winning hand, but she couldn’t understand how she’d ended up playing it so badly. An abortion, her looks ruined, her career in shambles, and her reputation in tatters. She didn’t know how she’d wound up like this. Maybe it was because Fu Shenyan had come into her life. After all, love really can destroy a woman’s life.
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The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊
[The audiobook adaptation of the same name, starring Gu Jiangshan and Sanshi, is complete. Tune in and give it a listen!] Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning's disciple had been a mistake. His master was far too much like a cat, while he was like a silly dog wagging its tail and fawning over him. Dogs and cats can't reproduce together, and the silly dog hadn't wanted to reach out his fluffy paws toward that cat in the first place. He'd always thought dogs should be with dogs, like his senior bro
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The Light Boat Has Crossed Ten Thousand Mountains 轻舟已过万重山
The Skiff Has Passed Countless Mountains
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Falling Again 复沦陷
[Rekindled love + winning her back + bittersweet push and pull + angst before sweetness + two strong-willed leads] Years later, Lin Ran saw Fu Xingjian again. This time, she was a lowly contractor, while he was the high-and-mighty client. It was just like back in college: she was the humble girl with a secret crush, while he was the aloof campus heartthrob with eyes only for his childhood sweetheart. Lin Ran stayed calm and treated him like a stranger, but Fu Xingjian acted strangely, helping h
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