I Want to Read a Tragic Story, but Not a Romance 我想看虐文，不过这个虐我希望不是言情版的
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Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Forced to Bind with a Sickly System 喜灰之被迫绑定病弱系统
This novel is set in "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Dunk for Future". As the protagonist, Weslie’s happiness level is practically zero. Clearly, something is wrong. Because Weslie doesn’t care about his own health, he is forced to bind himself to the Weakness System. He can maintain his health only by constantly completing the tasks the System assigns him. But in the end, Weslie still fails to complete the final three tasks, because his System vanishes. It just disappears for no apparent reaso
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After the Beauty Everyone Hated Gave Up, They All Regretted It 万人嫌美人死心后，他们都后悔了
Shen Xingzhi was foolish all his life, chasing after his senior brother and doing all sorts of stupid things just to get him to look his way. When he heard his senior brother had returned from his travels, he was overjoyed, only to see him holding a beautiful, delicate young man who had fainted in his arms. He was jealous and furious. He saw how everyone in the sect, the people he had cared for so sincerely, adored someone else, and he relentlessly targeted that young man. In the end, his senior
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Quick Transmigration: Saving the One Everyone Hates 快穿之救赎万人嫌
[Two male leads, quick transmigration, bottom's POV, from universally disliked to universally adored, an oblivious straight bottom, groveling and chasing after the one who got away, fragmented top] The longest-serving intelligent combat robot in the Federation Empire, Unit 010 Xu Siyan, was bound to a quick transmigration System after falling in battle. His mission: become universally disliked, and save those who are universally disliked. Can someone tell him why, despite diligently carrying out
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Quick Transmigration: I’m the Protagonist in Torture Novels 快穿：我在虐文里当主角
[Two male leads] [Angsty story, angsty story. If you cry easily, proceed with caution!] In every world, I was always one step ahead of you. Have you ever regretted not truly trusting me, just once?
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After I Gave Up Hope of Surviving My Terminal Illness, They Begged Me to Live 绝症死心后，他们求我活下去
[Two male leads + angst + groveling pursuit + ancient-style ABO] A love-starved, suspicious scum gong vs. a cold, heartbroken, frail shou The Chu family had two sons: the elder was stunningly handsome, while the younger knew both the past and the present. Rong Yong once thought he would grow old hand in hand with the elder Chu son, and become a peerless ruler and subject with the younger. But a marriage substitution shattered everything. The one he loved most became his younger brother’s fiancée
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After Quick Transmigration Through 300 Worlds, I Returned to Take Revenge 快穿三百个世界后，我归来杀疯了
Shen Wang and Gu Xingchuan had been childhood sweethearts. During the three years they were in love, Shen Wang thought Gu Xingchuan was a wonderful gift from the world. He never imagined that the person Gu Xingchuan cherished wasn’t him, but his own white moonlight. For that white moonlight, Gu Xingchuan betrayed him. He lost his company, his loved ones, and his heart. In the end, he lost his life, too. But he wasn’t willing to die in such a miserable, inglorious way. To come back alive and take
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The Quick Transmigration Outcast Says He Doesn't Want to Do This Anymore 快穿万人嫌表示，他不想干了
[Quick transmigration + obsessive and unhinged characters + regret and redemption + two male leads + beloved by all] P.S. Each timeline is fairly long, so this is a slower-paced transmigration story. P.S. The protagonist has a different name in each world. P.S. Please don’t insult the author. As an employee of the Quick Transmigration Bureau, Shi Yun was known as a workaholic. He wanted to rack up enough years for retirement as soon as possible, and after eighty years, he finally got to enjoy hi
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But When He Left, the Whole Garden Was in Spring 偏他去时春满园
When Gu Lan heard he had only ten months left to live, he was unexpectedly calm and accepting. Looking back on his life, it had been a complete mess. In this world, he was nothing more than a pathetic nobody whom no one cared about... Perhaps no one would cry for him when his life finally came to an end... Gu Lan accepted the outcome without resistance. After all, ever since he returned to this family, he had never received anything. If that was the case, why should he be afraid of losing anythi
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Showbiz: After Being Diagnosed with Depression, I Used Music to Heal the World 娱乐：确诊抑郁后，用歌治愈世界
[Entertainment + healing + livestreaming + redemption + no System + no heroine + no harem] Su Chen, who suffers from severe depression, decides to jump into the sea and end his life. But by chance, his soul transmigrates into a parallel world with a barren entertainment industry. The original Su Chen in this parallel world also suffered from severe depression. Having never known love, he decides to heal the world with his songs. One song, “Murmurs,” resonates with the entire internet. One song,
8.7kReads8.4Score867Shelves
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You Beat Me Up for Every Kiss. Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Dead? 亲一下都暴打我，我死后你哭什么
[Two male leads + both reborn + groveling for his love + reunited after a breakup + bittersweet, sweet romance + mutual firsts + happy ending] [Beautiful, sickly little crippled bottom x domineering, unhinged straight top] The rating has only just opened, and very few people have rated it, so it’s low for now. It’ll go up later. Thank you. A car accident four years ago took Huaiqiu, the one person Shifeng cherished above all others, and left Huaichun with a limp. Before Huaiqiu died, he asked Sh
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After Becoming a Terminally Ill Heiress, I Can’t Enjoy Life at All! 穿成绝症千金后，活不了一点！
Su Muran spent twenty years treading carefully, then died in an unusually frigid sea. Her birth had killed her mother, and both her father and brother resented her. “Dad, let me tidy that up for you.” Su's father irritably drove her out. “Big brother, I made this cake for you.” She eagerly hoped he would accept it. He threw the cake on the ground with a look of disgust. “Get lost!” The Su family disliked Su Muran, and the servants bullied her. She was tired. Because her mother had given her life
12.3kReads8.9Score1kShelves
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The Young Master Is Reborn and Wants Nothing but to Wait for Death 小少爷重生后一心等死
[Reborn + one-on-one romance + sweet and doting + happy ending][Goofy, fatherly big shot x sickly young master] When Wen Yinuo was five, he got lost while out on a family trip. He wasn’t found until he was sixteen. But in the second year after he went missing, his family had adopted another child to take his place. Even after Wen Yinuo returned, his parents and relatives gave all their tenderness and love to the adopted child, without sparing a bit for him. Everything Wen Yinuo did was even bran
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Sickly, Beautiful, and Tragic [Immersive Quick Transmigration] 病弱美强惨【沉浸式快穿】
[The ratings don't tell the whole story, okay?] An angst-heavy story! The male lead suffers, and there are depictions of poor health. If that's not for you, run now!! [Male lead transmigrates + entirely fictional setting + immersive roleplay + strong protagonist with few golden fingers] [There seems to be a CP, but in practice there might as well be none. Ensemble cast, so ship whoever you like.] The story of Chen Yanzhi, young master of the Chen family of Jiangnan, and System 995 (Save Me), as
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Quick Transmigration: The Beautiful Cannon Fodder Faked Death After Derailing the Plot 快穿：漂亮炮灰搞崩剧情后死遁了
[Two male leads + quick transmigration + split fragments + everyone dotes on him + adored by all + love at first sight + delicate shou + faked death] Lu Jin'an loses his memory while drifting through space. Apart from his extraordinarily beautiful face, he has no special talents. Hoping to recover his memories, he signs a contract with the System to play cannon fodder in various worlds, wreak havoc, and die miserably. Reborn as a vicious male supporting character with heart disease, he despises
61.1kReads9.3Score4.8kShelves
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Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记
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?
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After My Terminal Diagnosis, My Contract Boyfriend Chased Me to the Crematorium in Tears 绝症后，契约男友哭着追进火葬场
[Two Male Leads, Old-School Angsty Drama, A Real Pursuit After the Breakup, Scum Top Transformed into a Crying, Devoted Dog, Angst Before Affection, Both Reborn, Happy Ending] [Stoic Bottom with a Terminal Illness & Hard-Mouthed-at-First, Tender and Affectionate Top] Lin Shi'an was diagnosed with lung cancer, with only three months left to live. Seven years ago, when Li Feng's mother was gravely ill, Lin Shi'an paid two million to buy ten years of his time and personally made him a popular movie
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Longing Unanswered 念念不忘，再无回响
[Two Male Leads \ ABO \ Angst Novel \ Substitute \ Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] Important warning ❤️ The main love interest gets a bad ending; the second male lead ends up with him~ Yu Moyi had a white moonlight in his heart, but they couldn’t be together because their pheromones were naturally incompatible. So he found an Omega who looked a lot like his white moonlight: Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan was obedient and devoted to him. No matter how badly Yu Moyi treated him, he never got angry. Yu
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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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After Imprisoning the Woman He Loved, Lord Bo Regretted It Too Late 囚禁所爱后，薄爷他悔不当初
[Male-male romance + both leads are pure + forced love + confinement + possessiveness + sickly bottom + crematorium-style regret] Lu Yunzhi died in the year Bo Yanchen hated him most... Bo Yanchen: “Lu Yunzhi, save An Ran, and I'll give you everything you want.” Lu Yunzhi gave a bitter smile. “There's no need.” He turned and walked away, never to return! The photograph he kept close to his chest fell to the ground. On the back, several lines of writing stood out clearly. “Bo Yanchen, I paid for
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After the Divorce, the Hot-Tempered Tycoon Pursues His Wife on His Knees 离婚后，暴躁大佬追妻跪姿很标准
“The obsessive, short-tempered mogul chases his wife in a rage. The more cruelly he treated her before, the more perfectly he’ll kneel to beg her back.” Yi Huajin is a famously aloof beauty in the art world. He is a renowned artist, celebrated not only for his unparalleled talent but also for a face that rivals any top celebrity’s. Yet he fell in love with Feng Shao, the formidable business tycoon. He waited for him for three years, pursued him for three years, and was married to him for three y
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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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A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生
[This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master
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City of Beasts 异兽迷城
[The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life
470kReads9.7Score74.3kShelves
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Ability Hunters 猎能者
[The complete, newly revised editions of Peng Pai's Hunter of the Gifted I: Hunter Academy and Hunter of the Gifted II: Legend of Kunpeng] Gu Xinghe is an introverted high school student. On his birthday, his only friend, Lu Yang, is attacked by a terrifying creature because of him and falls into a coma, while Gu Xinghe himself is saved by a girl with supernatural powers. Determined to save his only friend, Gu Xinghe will stop at nothing to enroll in the girl's Hunter Academy, where he hopes to
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[Spiritbreaker] 【破灵】
[Xuanhuan + sci-fi + fantasy + multiple endings + nontraditional cultivation +…] Along countless branching paths, will the boy ever find his way home? Among countless interwoven lights and shadows, which are false, and which are real? We have all locked ourselves behind doors, clinging to the past and struggling in vain. Some say the heart is where everything begins; the wider the heart, the farther the road. But aren't we still standing right where we started? Dreams weave between reality
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Infinite: I Dance on the Grave of the Boss's Wife 无限：我在boss老婆坟头蹦迪
The main story is complete. The low rating is mostly because the stats are poor. Readers, please leave a rating and help it go up! [Infinite Flow + Two Male Leads + Survival + Angsty Love and Hate + Male Ghost Bottom + Top's POV + Everyone Is Clean + Mutual Devotion] * Yan Qi x Xie Ruche (don't reverse the pairing) * A handsome top and a beautiful bottom, a real treat to look at together. But he's not a bking, and this isn't a pure power fantasy. * They meet as old acquaintances, become enemies
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My Partner Came Looking for Me 我对象来找我了
My partner came looking for me
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Jade Speaks Not 玉不自言
Jade Speaks Not
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Bells Ringing at Midnight 夜半串铃声
He Wencheng, head of the He family, a prominent rice and grain merchant in the capital, lost both his parents when he was young. He grew up thanks to the kindness of his paternal aunt, and their bond was closer than that of mother and son. One night, He Wencheng dreamed that his aunt was seated in the main hall, saying she missed him. He Wencheng had already arranged to meet some grain merchants from the south and could not break his word. So he sent his son He Ziying, a young scholar known as t
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I'm the One Who Transmigrated, What Have I Got to Fear? 姐穿越了姐怕谁
Leng Rongyue, the legitimate daughter of the Qinxing Marquis's household, is breathtakingly beautiful, yet fated to die young. When the heroine's mother is murdered by her scumbag father, her aunt's daughter and mistress, and her biased grandmother, Leng Rongyue is only six years old. The legitimate young lady has no choice but to endure and fight for survival. At the Mid-Autumn Banquet, the emperor, buoyed by wine, personally writes an imperial decree betrothing his beloved youngest son, Prince
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Two Phoenixes Soar, Proud Above the World 凤凰双飞傲天下
“When the Phoenix Soars, Its Song Resounds Across the World,” a 40-chapter trial run. “Twin Phoenixes Soar Proudly Over the World” is the second installment, now starting as a new novel. Please read “When the Phoenix Soars, Its Song Resounds Across the World” before reading “Twin Phoenixes Soar Proudly Over the World”! The male and female leads are phoenix immortals who descended to the mortal world, a pair of extraordinary young lovers. One is a crown prince, the other a commandery princess. To
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You Say I'm Blessed with Heaven-Defying Luck? 你们说我气运鸿天？
While protecting others, the young Chen Hong was somehow transported to another world. As time passed, he gradually realized that his dreams were fragments of a past life, and that he had not originally belonged to this world. When he awoke with hazy memories of his previous life, the fortune bead wound into the red cord around his wrist whispered softly... It could rewrite fate, at the cost of burning “fortune.” The temple on the back hill of Qingshi Village glows blue in the dead of night. And
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