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1. 1 再 I'll Never Love You Again 再也不要爱你 Hard to Kill难杀Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted A short, heart-wrenching story. Extremely heartbreaking! So much melodrama and angst! Read with caution! Please ignore the extra chapter. The author wrote it while losing their mind, and sincerely apologizes! Jian Meng is dying, and Ji Jing’an doesn’t know. He’s busy worrying about his wedding to someone else, indifferent to the poor woman at home. He has always believed Jian Meng would wait for him forever, just as she has for the past ten years. It was the last winter, and Jian Meng’s last bir 17.8kReads8.2Score97414d adds

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   If there were fairy tales in the forest, it would be so heartbreaking for me.

2. 2 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 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8k14d adds
3. 3 暗 The Echo of a Secret Crush, and Then It Ends Badly 暗恋回声又be Chirp Chirp Doesn't Know g吱吱不知gModern Romance138k WordsCompleted [A reckless, carefree young man vs. a sensitive, insecure girl] (Bad ending) One woman remains unmarried, trapped in the past. The other has a happy marriage and shines brightly. Zhao Huaili is a notorious playboy in Beicheng. He has an impossibly upright-looking face, yet lives a wild life. He may not be the darling of heaven, but he is surrounded by admirers. Lu Zhinan is the Lu family’s shameful illegitimate daughter. Bright-eyed and kind, she always gives people the impression of a girl with 661Reads8.7Score12414d adds
4. 4 死 After I Died, He Began to Love Me 死后，他开始爱我 Mu Shuilin木水林Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted Sang Yuan never expected that, after an accident, her husband Gu Yuhui would have his memories sent back to when he was eighteen, a time when he loved someone else. Every night, Gu Yuhui would regain a month’s worth of memories. In those dreams, he fell in love with his unrequited love all over again. He was convinced there was no love in his marriage to Sang Yuan. Then Sang Yuan died, and his memories returned to the moment they first met. She had been a ray of light that illuminated his world 5.9kReads9.1Score40014d adds
5. 5 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 79.3kReads9.7Score13.8k14d adds
6. 6 死 The Year I Died Was the Year I Loved You Most 死在了最爱你的那一年 Sui Sui, That's Me是穗碎呀Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted The most carefree young lady in Qinghe falls for an obscure transfer student, and from that moment on, she's smitten. ❤️ She, Yun Nanmian, was meant to be a pampered young lady. Her beloved parents gave their lives to save an obscure nobody, who had promised to be her lifelong support. It was all a lie. Every bit of it. He, Chi Shengrui, is the illegitimate son of the Chi family, cast aside by his clan and transferred to Qinghe. He should have fallen into the mire and spent his life in darkne 120Reads—Score—14d adds

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   These are good, but I think one of them is a happy ending (HE) or not, I can't remember. But they all have angst, because I have a group for sad endings (BE).

7. 7 谁 Who Says Longing Is Silent? 谁说思念无声 Qingya青崖Modern Romance61k WordsCompleted She knelt in the pouring rain, begging him to give her father a proper burial. All she got in return was: “You should've been the one to die!” Her hatred burned fiercely, while her love slowly faded away. She said, “I spent my whole life loving you, but you hurt me, hated me, and ruined my life. You said I owed you. Now I've paid you back!” A knife pierced her chest. She smiled, proud and desolate. “Don't cry at my grave. You'll soil my path to the afterlife!” 166Reads8.4Score—14d adds
8. 8 你 If You Leave, I’ll Miss You Most 你若离去最相思 A Strong Wind Late in the Day晚来风急Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Years later, the people of Yucheng still treated that scandalous tale of the wealthy as a favorite topic of idle conversation. A shrewd woman from the streets had clawed her way to the top and become the pampered wife of a ridiculously rich man. She was addicted to gambling and had once racked up ten million in gambling debts. She was vulgar and flashy, a notorious social butterfly. And yet Gu Hansheng still doted on her. Until this wicked woman of the century dug her own grave and caused th 1.6kReads8.9Score14614d adds
9. 9 罪 The Guilty Wife 罪妻 As Vigorously as Fire如火如荼Modern Romance569k WordsCompleted [Physical and emotional angst + substitute male lead + regretful husband chasing his wife] Shen Nanzhou hated Tang Yin with every fiber of his being. To take revenge on her, he forced her to donate her liver, use herself as a test subject for drugs, and suffer from a terminal illness. He drove her daughter to her death, destroyed the man who had protected her, and ruined everything she cared about. He told her, "Tang Yin, I dream every night about the day you die." Later, when the truth came out 6.3kReads8.7Score47414d adds
10. 10 以 I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月 Er Qiao二乔Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian 74.3kReads9.4Score6.7k14d adds
11. 11 爱 Love Is Colder Than Death 爱比死更冷 Summer Glow盛夏微光Modern Romance53k WordsCompleted Her father ruined his family for the sake of profit. Years later, he returned for revenge, and she was sold to him to pay off the debt. She thought he hated her to the core, never knowing he loved her with all his heart. When their child died in an accident, she lost the only reason she had to keep living. Like a fluttering butterfly, she leapt into the abyss. “Li Wenyi, do you like... this... ending...?” 442Reads6.5Score—14d adds
12. 12 我 I’ll Wait for You at the Finish Line, Loving Me 我在终点等你爱我 Mu Qiqi慕七七Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted During her three years in a psychiatric hospital, Lin Wan endured a living hell every day, reduced to something barely human. Every month, Ye Nanchen came to test whether she was truly insane. Then one day, while no one was watching, she leapt from the windowsill and found her final release. Later, everyone in Jiangcheng said Ye Nanchen had gone mad. His beloved wife was clearly dead, her body right in front of him, yet every day he came up with new ways to force her to appear. “Lin Wan hated me 535Reads5.5Score10214d adds
13. 13 那 That Little Alley 那条小巷子 Chi Yuan迟远Modern Romance177k WordsCompleted [Redemption + mutual pining + school life + angst + tragic ending] [One longs for the warmth of a home × one hopes to escape the control of her family] In the autumn of 2010, Xu Mo dragged her suitcase into that narrow alley. It was long and deep, and that year she was lost in its shadows. In the alley, she met Jiang Jiahe feeding the cats. That day, Jiang Jiahe helped her find a home. Secret love is a privilege reserved for cowards, and Xu Mo was a coward! She clung to that privilege until th 838Reads8.5Score19914d adds

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    Each chapter is more heart-wrenching than the last. If you want to lose weight drastically, read these few chapters—I've tried them and they work! Make sure you have tissues ready!!! 1️⃣ Don't be fooled by the low rating; the last dozen or so chapters are non-stop crying. The author's writing is heart-wrenching. 2️⃣ This is a very short story. I cried continuously from the moment An An was hospitalized until the end. May she be happy in her next life! 3️⃣ This is the first heart-wrenching novel I read after being recommended. I hope the male lead meets the female lead soon. 4️⃣ I don't know why the rating is so low. I read it in my dorm late at night, and I didn't dare to cry loudly during the last few chapters. Why did the female lead get so sick? 5️⃣ This is the second heart-wrenching novel I read. If you want to lose weight drastically, you must read this one. It's incredibly popular, and many bloggers have adapted it. I read it during winter break, and it took me a week to recover.

14. 14 安 An’an Never Grows Up 安安长不大 Yan Xiaojiu盐小玖Modern Romance163k WordsCompleted He was Xu Shuyan, the top student in his year and the school’s untouchable heartthrob. He was naturally aloof, wanted nothing to do with people, and always kept to himself. One day, in a torrential downpour, with lights blazing all around, he sat quietly on a stool outside the door, drenched to the skin. She couldn’t understand why, so she held an umbrella over him and took him somewhere out of the rain. After that day, she began bringing him breakfast, walking to and from school with him, and d 990Reads9.0Score19914d adds
15. 15 无 No One Came to Save Her from the Deep 无人救她于深海 Liang Shiqi梁拾柒Modern Romance135k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Youthful unrequited love + prodigal son turns over a new leaf + bittersweet romance + plenty of unresolved heartbreak + tragic ending (The male lead is hard to like at first. It's not exactly a tearjerker, but sensitive readers should proceed with caution.)] Youth is a foolish thing: foolishly falling for someone. At the beginning of the story, Xu Nuo falls in love with Zhou Yiming at first sight, as if sinking into the deep sea. At the end, Xu Nuo holds the box contai 19.3kReads8.9Score3.8k14d adds
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 2.8kReads7.2Score26614d adds
17. 17 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 68.9kReads9.5Score12.5k14d adds

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    These novels are all tragic. They depict the heartache of unrequited love and the pain of betrayal.

18. 18 陆 President Lu, Your Wife Really Is Dead This Time 陆总，夫人这次真死了 Little Lemon小小柠檬Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted [Body and Heart Torment] [Both Pure] [Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] [Misery First, Satisfaction Later] She was his blood bag for five years and spent five years in prison. He turned her from the pride of South City into its trash, and even then, he still refused to let her go. He forced her to donate an organ to his beloved, and she died on the operating table. Only then did he finally begin to regret it. Five years later, the winds stir in South City, and a woman named Chu Wan returns wi 999Reads8.4Score10914d adds
19. 19 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 80.8kReads9.7Score14.1k14d adds
20. 20 一 Just Across the Wall 一壁之遥 Three Mountains三山Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted When Song Chu was fourteen, by the reckoning of the era, she had already loved Xiao Lang for six years. Every day, she sat on the threshold of the General's residence, listening as her maid reported which family's daughter had fallen for Xiao Lang, while waiting for the carriage bringing him back from court to appear in the distance. She waited for the graceful young man in his crimson court robes to reach out a hand as finely sculpted as jade, step down with the help of his page, pay his respec 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The first book, having been published in the popular romance magazine "Fireworks," speaks volumes about its prestige. The second book's male protagonist suffers more from being alive than dead, yet he has no choice but to die.

21. 21 我 I Personally Dissected My Wife 我亲手解剖了我的妻子 Three Mountains Echo三山EchoModern Romance9k WordsCompleted I dissected my wife with my own hands —Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 22 白 A Gentle Pup by Day, a Vicious Wolf by Night 白日暖犬，夜里恶狼 Sunshine in the South南方的艳阳Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins, male lead has a deranged side that loves the heroine desperately and abjectly + redemption + confinement warning] Chen An was riding his bike home from school when he saw injustice and stepped in to help, rescuing Xu Jianxia from a gang of thugs who had cornered her on a street corner. But in the process, he accidentally stabbed someone. Three years later, he got out of prison, with no one there to claim him. Then she took him home. “Chen An, there's 13Reads—Score—14d adds

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    At first, I thought it would be exciting, but later I got completely immersed in it. It wasn't particularly angsty, but I just inexplicably wanted to cry. Later I realized that it was a delicate beauty of tragic endings, with every word carrying a knife without explicitly mentioning it.

23. 23 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 20.9kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds

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    These are all tragic love stories, they're really good, highly recommended, they'll make you cry!

24. 24 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1k14d adds
25. 25 清 Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03） Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Urban125k WordsCompleted Back in middle school, Xie Zeyang met Shen Bingqing. Their names were almost the opposite of their natures: he was as cold as ice, while she burned bright as the sun. He could still vaguely recall every time they parted when they were young. At thirteen, beneath the lights at the entrance to an alley. She waved with a radiant smile and said to him, “See you tomorrow, class monitor!” At seventeen, on the beach on a midsummer night. She poked her head out of the tent, eyes crinkling as she called 23.3kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds
26. 26 梧 Wutong Lane 梧桐巷 Song Che Doesn't Eat Fish宋澈不吃鱼Modern Romance174k WordsCompleted [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 27.6kReads9.6Score6.2k14d adds
27. 27 我 I Want a Complete Family 我想要个完整的家 Chuan Shenyan川慎言18k WordsCompleted I Want a Complete Family 62Reads—Score—14d adds

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28. 28 校 Aftereffects of a Campus Romance 校园恋后遗症 Chuan Shenyan川慎言6k WordsCompleted The Aftereffects of a School Romance 27Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 29 再 Goodbye, My Eighteenth Year! 再见啦，我的十八岁！ Sucking on Sunflowers吸吸向日葵19k WordsCompleted Goodbye, my eighteen-year-old self! 6Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's so good! And it has a really strong aftertaste.

30. 30 恰 Like Cold Light Meeting the Proud Sun 恰似寒光偶遇骄阳 Zhi Nuan Xiang Yang之暖向阳Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted Do you know the journey my heart took when I saw you again? I’ve wondered whether it was the memories of the past that I couldn’t forget, because they were so precious to me. I thought that if I did enough, maybe you’d choose me, even though I knew I’d never get to wait for you. Maybe what doesn’t seem worth much to you matters a great deal to me. I don’t regret it. Having someone like you in my youth, in my world, was wonderful. I’m proud that I knew you, that I met you. 4.6kReads—Score22614d adds
31. 31 替 After Years as a Substitute, I Entered the Entertainment Industry Under a New Secret Identity 替身多年，转身进娱乐圈换马甲 Shun Yue顺玥Modern Romance133k WordsCompleted [Entertainment Industry + Stand-In + Bad Ending + Groveling Redemption] The heroine, Mu Luo, suffers from congenital thrombocytopenia. After an accident leaves her with a fever and amnesia, she forgets her boyfriend, Qian Yeyu. To conceal Qian Yeyu’s death, the hero, Mo Cheng, his cousin, steps in and takes his place. Later, Mu Luo’s illness takes her life. Unable to accept her death, Mo Cheng jumps from a building and leaves the world alongside her. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book is heart-wrenching from beginning to end. The male lead suffers terribly, being used as a substitute, and the female lead gets sick and ultimately jumps off a building.

32. 32 碎 Crisis of the Shattered Crown 碎冕危情 Chubby Bao Ya胖宝芽Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted When Gu Yan Ci personally sent Lin Wan to prison, he told her, “A vicious woman like you doesn't deserve to stand by my side.” Three years behind bars cost her more than her freedom. She lost a kidney, too. After she was released, he kept her imprisoned at his side again, using every means at his disposal to torment her body and mind. Only when she leaped from the Gu Group's building, leaving behind a suicide note that read, “Gu Yan Ci, I give my life back to you. I only ask that we never meet a 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book is really good. The female lead is framed and imprisoned, where she loses her child. After she gets out, she is tortured and schemed against by the male lead and the second female lead. Anyway, it gets better and better as you read on. The second male lead is super nice.

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