Looking for a Tragic BL Story That Feels Despairing and Suffocating from Beginning to End 想要双男虐文 就是全文都透露着绝望和窒息的那种

1. 101 清 When the Tears Run Dry 清泪尽 Lü Jiang Ah律酱啊Two Male Leads59k WordsCompleted He never imagined that his gentle, loyal little guard could be as savage as a wolf. Not only did he seize his kingdom and slaughter his subjects, he also imprisoned and humiliated him. He knows the past is like smoke, but how could a love this deep simply be cast aside? 77Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   They're mostly angst stories, except for old ones and new ones.

2. 102 暗 Has the Shadow Guard Learned His Lesson? His Master Has Already Gone Mad 暗卫他知错了吗？主人他已经疯了 Ao He坳河Two Male Leads181k WordsCompleted For the extra chapters, see the author’s comment in the comments section of the final chapter. Updates are slow. [Devoted bottom / Two male leads / Physical and emotional angst / Average writing / Angst for angst’s sake / Physical abuse warning / Jianghu setting / They can’t communicate / Hard to mend a broken relationship / Both have only ever been with each other] On the day Jiudu was accused of betraying his master, he never imagined he would see Zhong Shangshi again in this life. Every bone 4.1kReads8.5Score471Shelves

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   It's physically grueling at first, but sweet later on.

3. 103 王 Your Highness, Please Don’t Punish Me, This Secret Guard Can’t Take It 王爷别罚了，暗卫受不住 Buyan Hall不燕堂Two Male Leads301k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + devoted to each other + physical and emotional angst + happy ending + amnesia and faked death] [Newly rated] A cold, scheming pursuer who later grovels to win him back x a loyal puppy at first who later becomes the one in charge After the new emperor takes the throne, the ninth prince, Shi Jiu, is stripped of his title and becomes a shadow guard in Prince Yan Yan Chifeng's household. Prince Yan holds immense power and is at odds with the new emperor, so he also comes to hate Sh 4.3kReads8.8Score537Shelves
4. 104 眼 The Blind Fake Young Master Is Weary of Life, but the Tycoon Insists on Spoiling Him 眼盲假少爷厌世，大佬求着宠 Riding Past打马而过Two Male Leads369k WordsCompleted The first line's written now. Can you see it? There are extras! Check my profile! [Two male leads + both sexually inexperienced + love at first sight based on looks + instant attraction + mild coercion + bittersweet romance + HE] [World-weary, aloof bottom Lin Qing + top Fu Yuming, who looks down on him at first but later can't stop seeking him out and asking for punishment] At ten, the young genius Lin Qing is kidnapped and left blind in both eyes. From then on, his standing in the family plum 7.4kReads9.3Score969Shelves
5. 105 琢 Carving Clouds 琢云 Mu Qiqi木砌砌Two Male Leads236k WordsCompleted (A little angst + happy ending + rekindled romance) Lin Zhuoxun x Xiao Yunshen A seemingly cheerful but secretly depressed bottom x a devoted, innocent top The first stirrings of love in youth are pure and passionate. I was once barren earth, but your arrival brought me back to life. 956Reads8.6Score151Shelves
6. 106 断 The Broken String 断掉的弦 Aloof Green Pepper冷漠的青椒Two Male Leads177k WordsCompleted Content warning: Extremely melodramatic, with a plot that goes wherever it wants. Reconciliation after a breakup, the ex’s desperate pursuit, angst for angst’s sake, and lots of descriptions of the love interest’s frail health. Avoid if that’s not for you… Lin Xian was once the purest note in Lu Yanshen’s dazzling youth, a light he pursued with all his talent and fervor. When they reunite five years later, Lu Yanshen has achieved both fame and fortune, while Lin Xian is a destitute pianist ravag 1.1kReads8.1Score107Shelves

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   Xiao Xian was misunderstood by Lu Yanshen for many years. Later, when he returned to China, he knew he was dying and wanted to see the man he had loved for so many years one last time. However, when Lu Yanshen saw him, he not only thought that Xiao Xian was faking his illness but also humiliated him by imprisoning him during the final period of his treatment.

7. 107 二 The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊 Meat Bun Won't Eat Meat肉包不吃肉Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [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 100.4kReads9.7Score19.3kShelves

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   Yes, they are all good-looking and also angsty, especially the first book, which is a bombshell from the very beginning.

8. 108 等 Waiting for You to Turn Around and Say You Love Me 等你回头说爱我 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads151k WordsCompleted [Boys' love + emotional torment + physical torment + a perfect deception + innocent on the outside, dark within + obsessive and twisted + bad ending + strong characters + yandere] No one is simple. Please don't look at people too naively, especially those who seem harmless. Shen Yan is the child of a wealthy family. In other people's eyes, he's nothing but a commodity with a price tag, something to be passed around and bullied at will. He tries with all his might to learn how to love others and 895Reads9.2Score119Shelves

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   Here they are! The first two books are by the same author and are both angst-filled stories. The angst lies in the family and social background and experiences, but they are not mindless. I love them! The last two are quick transmigration stories, and there are a few small worlds in them that left a deep impression on me. I have recommended these books before. Highly recommended!

9. 109 何 What Brings Joy to Life 何生欢喜 Iron Fist Lin Daiyu铁拳林黛玉Two Male Leads136k WordsCompleted Two male leads + body-double romance + BE aesthetic “So, Xu Linxun, what am I to you? A tool you summon whenever you want and discard whenever you're done?” “Say something!” Xu Linxun's eyes were just as cold, their depths impossible to fathom, as if the feelings they had shared over the past three years had never meant a thing to him. “Say something... Tell me, even if you have to lie...” Yu Chensheng dug his fingernails into his palms, the pain cutting to the bone. Still, he forced a smile and 642Reads8.8Score100Shelves
10. 110 最 The Final Seventy Days 最后七十天 Everlasting Peace and Joy长乐永安Two Male Leads57k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + tragic ending + unrequited love + healing + quiet everyday life] [Gentle older brother Shen Qingzhou & Huang Yixing, who has albinism] After growing up wild and free in the countryside for twelve years, he was suddenly told he was an illegitimate child. Less than two days after his mother died, Shen Qingzhou was taken to live in the city by his biological father. Six years later, he was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. His final wish in life was to return to the pla 222Reads8.1Score100Shelves
11. 111 今 Can You Love Me Today? 今天你能爱我吗 Shan Ran煽然Two Male Leads283k WordsCompleted When they married, he made things perfectly clear to that person. He left him not an ounce of dignity: I will never love you. Our marriage is nothing but a useless piece of paper. Don’t presume to use my family’s power to pull any tricks… 272Reads—Score106Shelves
12. 112 野 Wild Taming 野性驯养 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads353k WordsCompleted The physical edition of Yanziqi is now available on all platforms. The wicked get their comeuppance. A cunning, cold-hearted crown prince x a volatile, insecure, sickly bottom Mutual torment + rekindled romance + melodrama + suspenseful twists + 1v1 + coercive love When Liang Yan was a child, his father brought home another boy. The boy looked like a beggar, hardly spoke, and was painfully thin. His father told him the boy would be his companion in study: he was quiet and would become his best f 15.9kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves

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    This is going to be torture! [Crying]

13. 113 傅 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 Moonstone月光石Two Male Leads349k WordsCompleted [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 4.4kReads8.9Score493Shelves

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    The first book is very angsty but has a happy ending; the others all have tragic endings. In short, they're all very angsty and will easily make you wet your eyes 😢. The aftertaste is intense, so proceed with caution.

14. 114 死 Still Waters, Cold as Death 死水薄凉 Frostblade Fish霜刀鱼Two Male Leads99k WordsCompleted [Scumbag Top x World-Weary Bottom] [Mad Dog x Mad Dog] [Forced Love] [Tragedy] The world had never been so dull. It all began when Xu Yanzhi picked up the countdown. Xu Yanzhi, a rich second-generation layabout who did nothing but coast through life and wait to die, encountered Li Yan after he returned to the country ten years later. Forced to tear open his wounds, Xu Yanzhi gradually let his true nature show. I’m done pretending. I actually hate this world. I set fires, hurt people, and framed 831Reads8.7Score110Shelves
15. 115 被 After a Transmigrator Took Over My Body, They Drove My Beloved Insane 被穿越者夺舍后，逼疯了我的爱人 Flameless Qin Mo无焰秦漠Two Male Leads354k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + extreme physical and emotional angst + proceed with caution + mutually exclusive first times + first life has a bad ending + second life has a happy ending + sweet romance in the second life + equally matched leads] Jiang Yuci is the leader of the Demonic Cult, a proud man who rules the world. He and a young Sword God fall in love and vow to spend their lives together. But their happiness doesn't last. A System claiming to be the fated ultimate villain brings a transmigrator w 268Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 116 他 The Way He Looks 他的样子 Rule Breaker违例Two Male Leads195k WordsCompleted Su Nian was a bird kept by Shen Du. Locked in a gray apartment, dressed in gray clothes, and taught to imitate someone else’s smile. Shen Du held his grandmother’s life in his hands, so Su Nian couldn’t fly, couldn’t call out, couldn’t say no. When Shen Du wanted him to be like Cheng Yanbai, he was. When Shen Du wanted him in bed, he went. When Shen Du wanted his body, he gave it. Afterward, Shen Du would turn his back and call out another name: Yanbai. Later, the white moonlight returned. 470Reads—Score100Shelves

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    He spent three years living as someone else, and on his deathbed he said, "Don't inform Shen Du." Shen Du finally read in his diary: "In my next life, I want to be myself, even though you probably still won't want me." — "His Appearance," a tragic ending warning, so heart-wrenching it will hurt your liver.

17. 117 穿 I Transmigrated into a Eunuch and Met a Prince in the Cold Palace 穿成真太监后遇到一个冷宫皇子 Qian Zhizi千栀子Two Male Leads359k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, No Female Lead!!! CP: Eunuch and Cold Palace Prince] Who would have thought my girlfriend's curse would actually come true? What do you do when you transmigrate into the body of a real eunuch? I feel like crying three times a day. But then I ran into a lame prince confined to the cold palace, and happened to witness this seemingly innocent but secretly ruthless kid in the middle of killing someone. Without even realizing it, I somehow flirted with him and got him acting strange. 14.5kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves

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    The pinnacle of angst fiction

18. 118 铜 The Canary Wants to Break Up Again Today 铜丝雀今天也想分手 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads221k WordsOngoing How much does it cost to keep Cheng Jiahe? Rekindled love + both virgins + happy ending + mutual devotion An insecure, gloomy ghost of a man vs. a bright, bold little peacock When Cheng Jiahe was young, he was kicked out of his home. He met someone who came from a poor family but did everything in his power to treat Cheng Jiahe well and give him everything. He thought they were equally lonely and equally down on their luck. He gathered up the courage to confess, only to get rejected. If that wa 8.4kReads8.9Score1kShelves

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    இдஇ——

19. 119 小 A Guide to Raising a Well-Behaved Little Human [Vampires] 小人类的乖乖饲养指南【血族】 Xiao Yang Who Loves White Coral喜欢白珊瑚的肖杨Two Male Leads271k WordsCompleted (Main story complete) [Dark themes + vampires + non-virgin bottom + pet] Alpha found a homeless human on the side of the road, on the brink of death. Male, black-haired, beautiful. There were signs he had been assaulted. 18.3kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
20. 120 只 Only Him 只有他一人 Little Immortal Tangerine仙家小橘Two Male Leads223k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Post-Apocalypse + Transmigration + Genetic Mutations] Internet-addicted teen Zhou Jessie somehow ends up in a world two thousand years in the future. Faced with an Earth transformed beyond recognition, he can do little but scrape by like a total loser. Luckily, he meets Shen Tan, who still has a conscience, and manages to escape danger time and again. To stay alive, he tries to cling to Shen Tan's coattails, but getting close to him is no easy feat. His many attempts all end in 93Reads8.1Score130Shelves
21. 121 平 An Ordinary Person Transmigrates into a Cultivation World 平凡人穿书修真世界 Extra-Spicy Potato-Braised Chicken土豆焖鸡爆辣Two Male Leads695k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + transmigrate into a book + cultivation + insecure, timid, ordinary, and looks-obsessed Yang Fan x cold, manipulative, and awkward Song Xinluo + slow burn + younger male lead + not a power fantasy (the romance and plot both move slowly)] Yang Fan felt that his transmigration into a book had been an accident. There were no prompts, no golden finger, and no encounters with the story's plot. He came to this unfamiliar and dangerous world and spent ten years as an outer sect discip 4.4kReads8.6Score549Shelves
22. 122 摄 The Regent Seems to Have a Serious Problem 摄政王他好像有那个大病 Young Master Cuttlefish乌贼公子Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating and being reborn in the Rui Kingdom, Shen Anyan has to lower his status and put on the act of a vulgar, contemptible scoundrel just to survive. He plans to latch onto some powerful patron and coast through life, but his shocking remarks leave quite an impression on a certain regent. After an accident, the two disguise their identities, each with their own agenda, and begin to draw closer to one another. He plans to take the silver and leave, but the regent refuses to let him 2.2kReads9.0Score276Shelves
23. 123 痞 The Rake Who Couldn’t Be Tamed 痞夫难驯 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads410k WordsOngoing ★ A torture chamber in the name of love, a life-or-death game so cruel it makes your heart tremble ★ [Angst + melodrama + physical abuse + real and fake young masters + everyone gets a bad ending] Three years ago, Gong Mingyou was forced to marry Shen Zhiyu. Everyone said Shen Zhiyu had schemed to make that night happen. Once the rumor spread, Shen Zhiyu’s reputation was ruined. The Lin family’s stock, the company owned by Shen Zhiyu’s biological parents, plummeted. To save their company, Shen Z 1.4kReads7.1Score367Shelves

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    The first book was so heart-wrenching it hurt my liver; I cried from beginning to end while reading it. The second book is currently being serialized and is also very heart-wrenching. The third book is also very heart-wrenching. In short, all three books are incredibly painful. [Crying][crying][crying][crying]

24. 124 他 His Little Fool Doesn't Cry Anymore 他的小傻子不爱哭了 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [BL + both pure + angst + just rated] In a corner of Shengying Noble High School, there was always a figure named Su Nian. As the illegitimate son the Su family kept hidden from the world, he had suffered a childhood accident that left him with a brain injury. He was always half a beat slower than everyone else, and his clear eyes were often filled with timid confusion. When classmates mocked and shoved him, all he could do was tear up, like a little beast nobody wanted. In the hallway, Su Nian 9.3kReads9.3Score695Shelves
25. 125 倒 45-Day Countdown 倒计时45天 Acid Oxygen Carrier Pigeon酸素信鸽Two Male Leads55k WordsOngoing Dual male leads, equally matched, tragic ending. Composer Shen Ci x hypnotist Xie Jin. Both strong, both unhinged, deeply in love with each other, yet destined for no happy ending. He took a blade for him, he became obsessed; he fell in love, he put on an act; he faked his death, he went mad. The qin-flower pattern they designed together became both their love and their tomb. Xie Jin killed the one he loved with his own hands, then married his corpse. In his final moments, Shen Ci hypnotized him 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a diary-style story, and the male lead is truly an incredibly gentle person. While his partner is a little possessive, overall it's a very gentle yet poignant tale. It's not purely angsty, but rather a calm and gentle kind of angst.

26. 126 那 Let's Leave It Here 那就到这里 Yishui Zhaozhao一水昭昭6k WordsCompleted That's where it ends. 498Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book perfectly fits the seven-year itch + terminal illness tragic ending theme. It's a short story that's incredibly heart-wrenching from beginning to end, but the impact is huge afterward.

27. 127 嫁 After Marrying the Enemy Nation’s Crown Prince, I Turned the Tables 嫁给敌国太子后，我逆风翻盘了 Young Master Guiyuan归远少爷Two Male Leads351k WordsCompleted New novel: After Becoming the Tragic, Powerful Villain Rong Se transmigrates into a book and becomes the sinister, ruthless villain in a political intrigue novel, a man who murders his father and brothers and covets the throne. But he is nothing more than a tool and a backdrop for the main couple’s flirtation. He repeatedly gives his all to help their romance, only for them to live happily ever after in the imperial palace while he dies alone, abandoned by everyone and without a whole body. Rong 15.8kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves

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    They're all so heartbreaking, they really hurt my heart. [Feeling wronged][feeling wronged][feeling wronged]

28. 128 谁EN Whose Simp of a Male Supporting Character Gets Held and Kissed by the Male Lead? 谁家舔狗男配被男主抱在怀里亲啊 Dreaming of Night Plays夜戏梦Two Male Leads377k WordsCompleted [Irresistible bottom, bittersweet romance, angst first and sweetness later, livestream variety show, a chaotic love polygon, two male leads, both virgins, happy ending] Wen Yanyu, a universally hated supporting character who hounded the male lead relentlessly and dragged himself into a storm of public outrage, suddenly awakens to his own consciousness. The System binds him and sends him off on missions. After countless cycles of torment leave him exhausted in body and mind, Wen Yanyu returns wit 58.5kReads9.5Score7.6kShelves
29. 129 大 After the Senior Brother Was Reborn, His Junior Brother Pursued Him Relentlessly 大师兄重生后，师弟他疯狂追妻 Bestow赋予Two Male Leads556k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Master-brother who has lost all hope, the receiver x cold-hearted junior brother, the pursuer] - Love is the hardest thing to understand. Yan Jin used to think it was just an excuse made by people whose resolve in the Dao was weak. That was before he met his junior brother, Duan Weizhuo, a sword cultivator who followed the merciless path. They were entangled for years. Yan Jin even became obsessed, eventually falling into demonic cultivation. But in the end, it had all bee 7.4kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
30. 130 痴 After the Foolish Emperor Turned Evil, the Prince Was Forced into Love 痴傻皇帝黑化后，王爷被强制爱了 Su Mu Yijin苏木一槿Two Male Leads391k WordsOngoing [Two male leads # equally matched powerhouses # physical and emotional angst # love and hate # imprisonment # groveling redemption # mutually unhinged] A gloomy, unhinged emperor top × a cunning, patient prince bottom He was once a regent who held power over the entire court, feared and respected for his iron fist. Later, he became the new emperor’s hidden captive, kept on his bed and out of sight. His legs were broken and he was shackled. The regent who once looked down upon the world became 5.2kReads8.7Score395Shelves
31. 131 偷 I Died After Getting Caught Stealing a Kiss From the Big Shot 偷亲大佬被发现后，我死了 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads329k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads, Extra Sweet!!] A ruthless, deadly bodyguard who can take on a hundred men, but sneaks kisses from his boss in private and gets incredibly jealous, as the bottom. A very rich, unbelievably rich, No. 1-ranked tycoon as the top. Jian Xingyi fell in love with Li Tingshen at first sight. He spent five years quietly working his way into the man's life, becoming his personal bodyguard and lifestyle assistant. Every night, while his boss slept, he would sneak through the window into hi 7.1kReads9.1Score701Shelves
32. 132 战 After Losing the War, I Became the Enemy Emperor's Canary 战败后我成了敌国皇帝的金丝雀 One Little Meow喵一声Two Male Leads411k WordsCompleted "I, Feng Qianxue, swear to Heaven that I willingly give myself to Ye Tingxiao, Emperor of the Gong Kingdom. From this day onward, Ye Tingxiao will be my master..." Feng Qianxue, a general of the Xuan Kingdom, was defeated and captured. To save his subordinates, he was forced to become the enemy emperor's caged songbird. To avenge the arrow Feng Qianxue had shot at him on the battlefield three years earlier, Ye Tingxiao toyed with and humiliated him in every way. Yet he couldn't break Feng Qianxu 3.7kReads7.9Score463Shelves
33. 133 用 I Risked My Life to Transmigrate into a Book, and the Whole Internet Begged Me Not to Die 用命穿书后，全网发弹幕求我别死 Bi Lian碧恋Two Male Leads448k WordsCompleted On-screen comments + System + true young master + sweet on the outside, dark on the inside + transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite + intense push and pull + seductive beauty A frail, ill, sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside true young master VS the obsessive, volatile heir to a powerful Beijing family Xiao Qingye was a powerful young master with a terrible reputation. Almost nobody liked him, and his parents treated him like a thorn in their side. Everyone told him to be kind, but 12.4kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
34. 134 假 After Faking My Death, the Scumbag Movie Emperor Spoils Me Relentlessly 假死后，被渣男影帝强势宠爱 Late Spring Day迟日Two Male Leads712k WordsCompleted [Main Story Complete]“Lu Yichao, if you want to save the Lu family, you have to marry me.” He used every means at his disposal to marry the alpha he had secretly loved for seven years. Qi Yanqing knew that Lu Yichao’s heart belonged to someone else: his twin brother, Qi Chuxing. Whether through force or deception, he still made Lu Yichao marry him. In public, they were a loving, sweet couple. Behind closed doors, they could barely stand the sight of each other. After three years together, Qi Yan 3.7kReads8.6Score389Shelves
35. 135 又 After Becoming the Hated Real Young Master Again, He Gives Up Trying! 又穿成万人嫌真少爷后！他摆烂了 Yogurt and Purple Rice Drinkz酸奶紫米露zTwo Male Leads405k WordsCompleted [ABO] [From universally hated to universally adored] [Angst] [Regret and redemption] Wen Xi is transmigrated into a novel about a real and fake young master as the universally hated real one. His biological parents favor the fake young master. The fake young master's childhood friends hate and bully him, and even the students at the elite school he transfers to look down on him and torment him. Everyone loves the fake young master. The school's F4 treat him terribly. Among them, the man who was 18.7kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves
36. 136 心 After I Lost All Hope, My White Moonlight Wouldn't Leave Me Alone 心灰意冷后白月光对朕死缠烂打 Young Master Guiyuan归远少爷Two Male Leads307k WordsCompleted [Upcoming novel] A beautiful, strong, and tragic obsessive, sinister top x a cold, heartless bottom with a wretched fate Qing Ling was haunted by a vicious ghost of unknown origin. From then on, his life, once as still as a dead pond, was swept up in stormy waves. A marriage contract bound him to a destiny already laid out for him. He couldn’t escape or hide, and no matter how unwilling he was, he could only endure abuse and humiliation. Some people are born with lives as fragile as paper. The g 4.6kReads9.3Score626Shelves
37. 137 阴 After the Gloomy Bottom Sought Death at Every Turn, His Scum Top Went Mad 阴郁受一心求死后渣攻疯了 Chu Feng怵风Two Male Leads189k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Everyone's Favorite + Rivalry for His Attention + Old-School Angsty Drama + One-Sided Love from Everyone] Three hundred years ago, Yun Qi and Dao Xuanjun, the current sect master of Nantianji, were both held as hostages at Taichu Pavilion. They met, came to understand each other, fell in love, and then parted ways. To be precise, Dao Xuanjun abandoned Yun Qi on the very day Yun Qi thought he could finally pursue freedom and happiness. Three hundred years later, Yun Qi meets Lu 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm recommending this book. It's not one of those typical tropes, nor is it about falling in love and then seeking revenge. It's about being forced, about seeing no hope, about freedom and physical constraint. It's not the male lead's doing; it's the protagonist's very existence that makes him vulnerable to manipulation, and his search for liberation. Anyway, it had my heart pounding. The synopsis isn't great, but you'll understand after reading a bit. It's quite captivating.

38. 138 原 So Love Has an Expiration Date 原来爱有期限 Happy Little Penguin开森小企鹅Two Male Leads26k WordsCompleted Shao Ning: Everyone says love can overcome any obstacle. It’s not that I don’t believe in love, but love can change in an instant. The only thing that lasts is... a 15-year limit... Maybe Mom, you and Dad were right. In the end, a man and a man just can’t be together. 1.8kReads—Score214Shelves

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    You have to believe me, these are all very angsty. Uh, the second one seems to be about a man and a woman.

39. 139 予 You Gave Me Deep Love and Turned My Life Upside Down 予你情深，乱我一生 Su Ziyao苏子遥Two Male Leads50k WordsCompleted Eighteen years ago, Wen Ziyu was the person He Jingyang promised to stay with forever. Eighteen years later, Wen Ziyu was locked in an attic by He Jingyang and cruelly abused. He Jingyang always said Wen Ziyu owed him and that he'd make him pay little by little. But in the end, it was He Jingyang who owed Wen Ziyu a pair of eyes, a life, and a lifetime of love and devotion. 297Reads6.8Score100Shelves
40. 140 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 6.4kReads9.1Score543Shelves

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    This book is incredibly angsty, but the protagonist is just pretending.

41. 141 留 Keep Him by My Side, Year After Year 留他岁岁年年 Ninety-Three Flower Shop九叁花店Two Male Leads277k WordsCompleted (Complete) [Older man + both each other's first and only + happy ending + reborn + groveling pursuit + clingy, sickly beauty bottom × sharp-tongued, irresistible man in power top] Qing Yuan wouldn't live past twenty-five. With his life running out, he did the most reckless thing he'd ever done. He used his debt of gratitude to force a marriage, marrying He Jingxian, the powerful man of Zhaojing whom he'd secretly loved for years. He Jingxian's eyes were full of icy disgust. “You're dying, and yo 4.6kReads8.9Score480Shelves

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    The first part of the completed novel was full of angst, while the later part was a "wife-chasing-after-the-wives" drama. The second book is Bubble's new novel, it's super good [kiss][kiss], and also quite breathtaking, highly recommended [heart][heart]

42. 142 恶 The Wicked Little Troublemaker Was Born to Be Spoiled by Her Brother 恶毒作精生来就该被哥哥强制宠坏 The Evil Dragon Blows Bubbles恶龙吹泡泡Two Male Leads203k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] [Coercive Love] [Imprisonment] [Older Top] [Both Are Unhinged] [Mutual Pining] [Fake Death] [Bittersweet] [Possessive Fatherly Older Top VS Sensitive, Lonely, Beautiful Lame Bottom] Shen Mao has had a crush on Fu Linjing for years. After being rejected again and again, he spitefully elopes, only to get into a car accident. When he opens his eyes, he is locked inside a mansion. For two years, he is deprived of his freedom. Whenever he tries to escape, the man appears behind him l 7.9kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
43. 143 我 I Want to Leave 我想走 Little Fox Cub狐狸崽崽崽Two Male Leads161k WordsCompleted After ten years of marriage on paper, Yu Shuyi still couldn’t make it to the end of the contract. At first, he begged his husband to look at him, just once. Later, he begged his husband to come home and have a meal with him. In the end, he begged him to let him go. He said there was a saying: Better a brief pain than a long one. So I’ve let myself go. Please let go of me, too. I’m not asking you to love me or forgive me. I’m only asking you to let me go. Don’t save me anymore… Setting: Same-sex 4.4kReads8.4Score403Shelves
44. 144 请 Heaven, Please Give Me a Way Out 请上天给我生路 Qin Yuan沁远Two Male Leads38k WordsCompleted At seventeen, my mother sold me to Northern Myanmar for 400 yuan... I picked up a fruit knife and slashed my wrist. The blade was ice-cold, just like my heart. As I slipped toward unconsciousness, someone picked me up. Warm liquid dripped onto my face, and I heard a familiar voice speak beside me, at once near and far: “Since you’re in so much pain, I won’t save you...” Angst be 114Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 145 快 Quick Transmigration: Every Male Lead I Hurt Has Turned Dark 快穿：渣过的男主全都黑化了 Mai Mai Mai Land迈迈迈兰德Two Male Leads1.4M WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration, 1v1 + pseudo-nonconsensual + yandere gong + dramatic shou] As a top-ranked agent for the Space-Time Administration, Ling Yao has always stuck to one principle: once he completes a conquest, he runs off to court disaster, leaving the male lead gnashing his teeth in hatred while he keeps his own contribution under wraps. As he puts it: “A real man never looks back at an explosion.” Until the System informs him that his spectacular death-seeking stunts have pushed every male 8kReads9.2Score300Shelves

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    Just watch, no explanation needed.

46. 146 痴 Love Placed in the Wrong Hands 痴心错付 Bing Huo冰钬Two Male Leads416k WordsCompleted (Yun Ruiyuan) What did I do wrong to deserve so much pain? After losing everyone who truly loved me, I thought I still had you. I never imagined it was all just wishful thinking. I have no will to live, yet I can’t even die. What must I do to find redemption, or at least escape… (Hua Yuxuan) You have no right to want to live, and dreaming of death is even more foolish. You deserve all of this, and you have to endure it. Who are you to think you can compare with him? But when I see you broken and 345Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Shen Mu was sold into the Fu family by his birth mother due to a conspiracy. Fu Yan resented him because his beloved had been dethroned. Shen Mu suffered torment at Fu Yan's hands and became the laughingstock of Rongcheng. A year later, he became mentally impaired, like a child. At this moment, Fu Yan held the syringe, his hand trembling uncontrollably. Facing the obedient but now lifeless Shen Mu, he nervously repeated, "No, it can't be."

47. 147 被 After All That Abuse, the Amorous CEO Can't Have Me 被虐后，多情霸总对我爱而不得 I Don't Eat Carrots不吃胡萝卜Two Male Leads325k WordsCompleted After the younger brother of Lu Yan's beloved died at He Qingzhou's hands, Lu Yan completely lost his mind. Blinded by hatred, Lu Yan sent He Qingzhou into a den of wolves. After waking up, He Qingzhou was so traumatized that he became simple-minded. Eventually, Lu Yan discovered the truth: the person who caused his beloved's brother's death wasn't He Qingzhou, who had always loved him. Lu Yan regretted what he'd done and wanted to make it up to He Qingzhou, only to find that He Qingzhou's condi 89Reads6.2Score121Shelves
48. 148 下 Inferior Overflow 下等泛滥 The Deer and the Rabbit鹿与兔Two Male Leads368k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] [Heavy Angst] [Not for Bottom-Lovers] Content warning: The top isn't faithful. Huo Wenqing * Gu Yunzhi At eighteen, after an upheaval, Gu Yunzhi is brought back to the Shen family. His father then treats him like a pawn, using him to secure benefits for the family. Seven years of beatings teach him that obedience is the only way to get by. Long years of repression lead him to meet Huo Wenqing. Thinking at last that he has found love, Gu Yunzhi feels light enter his pitch-black 5.7kReads8.7Score401Shelves
49. 149 小 After the Little Blind One Loses All Hope 小瞎子心灰意冷后 Xitang溪棠Two Male Leads328k WordsCompleted [Proud, high-and-mighty bottom who suffers in silence × scumbag top who loves him deeply at first, then falls out of love] ❤️ It’s been renamed. The original title was He Once Loved Me. Don’t go looking for the wrong one, dear readers~ Qiu Jin is a Beta, yet during college he is passionately pursued by the Alpha Yang Chen. Everyone says Yang Chen will eventually fall in love with an Omega, but throughout their three years together at university, Yang Chen turns down every flirtation and cherish 854Reads8.0Score101Shelves
50. 150 被 Forced to Submit 被迫顺从 Potato Noodles with Egg土豆粉加鸡蛋Two Male Leads238k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + angsty forced love + groveling-to-win-him-back + irresistible charmer] Emotionally cold scum gong × stubborn, down-on-his-luck beauty shou “Five million. Marry Fu Yan.” Caught in a scheme, Shen Mu was sold into the Fu family by his own mother. Fu Yan hated him to the core, simply because Shen Mu had taken the place of the person Fu Yan held dearest in his heart. “Fu Yan, how did your dad pick such a piece of junk for you?” Shen Mu became a laughingstock throughout Rongcheng. Fo 2.1kReads8.0Score102Shelves

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