Web Novels These Days Run to Tens of Thousands of Pages. I Want Something Short and Sweet 现在网文动不动就上万页，我要短而精的

1 喜 Joy in the Tang Dynasty 喜唐 Weiwei's Wei微微的薇Historical3.6M WordsCompleted Bright and glorious is the Tang, favored by Heaven to rule the myriad lands. Our founding ancestors answered Heaven’s call, and the four imperial clans followed its ways. Heaven granted us boundless blessings, and our clans share a common virtue. Our descendants carry on the legacy, offering sacrifices to the gods and matching the Pole Star. What did it really mean for all nations to pay tribute? Was it about uncritically worshipping foreign languages, or going abroad and being treated as honore 126.6kReads9.4Score14.1kShelves

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✨"Hahaha, Datang" Travel through the Tang Dynasty and have fun! The protagonist does not take a serious and Machiavellian line, but relies on modern thinking to live in the Tang Dynasty. The interaction with historical figures is very interesting. The style of the Tang Dynasty + easy to play jokes. The length is concise but the fireworks of the Tang Dynasty are full of excitement. You can watch the various aspects of the Tang Dynasty with a smile~ ⚔️"The Jin Army besieged the city, and Song Qinzong was reborn (Xing Song Dynasty)" The soul of Song Qinzong was rewritten as Jingkang! The protagonist brings historical memory to turn the tide, and the court games and military confrontations are fierce. He comes back from a desperate situation to revive the Song Dynasty. The plot is compact and not watery. Watch how the reborn emperor changed his fate against the will of the gods. The sense of history is full~ 📚 "Let you be a book boy, and you win the first prize in the imperial examination for the young master (a poor family)" The soul-piercing book boy counterattacks the imperial examination! Taking the place of the young master and cheating all the way through the imperial examination, the details of the imperial examination and the struggle in the court are super real. From a poor scholar to the number one scholar, the growth line is cool and reasonable. In the serialization, you can watch the little people stir up the chaos in the court~ 🎭"Rogue Imperial Master" The ruffian's soul passes through and becomes the imperial master! Using modern "bastard" thinking to train the emperor, the court turned into a large-scale live-action scene, with both funny interactions and powerful battles of wits. The wonderful chemical reaction between the emperor and the emperor was solid in length but super fast-paced. The more you read, the more you read~ 🔮"I, the Immortal of the Ming Dynasty, experienced the sixteen emperors (The Immortal Guest of the Ming Dynasty)" The Immortal witnessed the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty! Survive the sixteen emperors, participate in major events such as Jingnan and Tumu Fortress, and see the changes in the Ming Dynasty from the perspective of immortality. The historical details and characters are exquisitely portrayed. The series is an immersive experience of the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty. It is thick and emotional~ 🏹"The Iron-Blooded Remaining Ming" Survive with iron-bloodedness in the last years of the Ming Dynasty! Rise up and fight in troubled times, battlefield fighting, civil uprisings are super hard-core, there is no brainless fun, only the struggle of human nature and family and country in troubled times. The blood and fire of the late Ming Dynasty, intrigues, and war dramas are fully described in the series~ 🏯"Heritage of the Ming Dynasty" The soul travels through the Ming Dynasty to carry out inheritance! Rise from the grassroots level, integrate resources, and continue the inheritance of the Ming Dynasty. The court and people's livelihood lines run parallel. Let's see how the protagonist creates a new situation in the complex environment of the Ming Dynasty. The completed plot is complete, and the Ming Dynasty is fascinating~

8 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 18.9kReads8.9Score4kShelves

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Short enough and complete, worth watching

10 疯 The Mad Tyrant Wants to Steal Her: You’re the One Who Tempted Me First! 疯批权臣夺她，是你先勾我的！ Bright, Gentle Laughter笑语晏晏Ancient Romance429k WordsCompleted [Possessive pursuit + Untouchable beauty brought down from her pedestal + Scheming heroine + Both leads are pure] The eldest son of the Xie family was as refined as a gentle breeze beneath a clear sky, as elegant as an orchid or jade tree, and, more unusually, possessed the heart of a bodhisattva. A year ago, he had taken charge of sheltering a destitute cousin who had come to seek refuge. The rescued Wanruo was deeply grateful, and looked up to and adored her cousin. Their story of a loving bro 105.2kReads9.2Score11kShelves

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It's a bit forced love. The super sweet male protagonist in the back is especially funny when he's jealous and also secretly happy when he's jealous.

11 亚 Abaddon 亚巴顿 Nauseating for Years作呕经年Sci-Fi & Apocalypse193k WordsCompleted [Post-apocalypse + zombies + ordinary people] The Abaddon zombie virus outbreak came out of nowhere. There are no superpowers or advanced technologies. I'm just an ordinary high school student, and all I want is to survive. Note: Told from the perspective of an ordinary high school student, this story follows his struggle to survive and grow during the zombie outbreak. It stays grounded in reality and aims to give readers a more realistic experience. This is a true post-apocalyptic novel. 9.7kReads8.8Score879Shelves

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Short and concise, this is one of the most realistic apocalyptic novels I have ever read.

14 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 85kReads9.4Score7.4kShelves

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These novels are small in length but have wonderful stories. Read them quickly.

17 替 Taming the Prairie's Vicious Hound After a Marriage Swap 替嫁后驯服了草原恶犬 March Sluggishness三月意懒Ancient Romance251k WordsCompleted [Bad ending, happy ending in the bonus chapter, read with caution] [Compassionate, gentle white moonlight x world-destroying, unhinged little romantic] Xiao Chiying was a princess sent by the Liang Kingdom to marry into the northern Huyan clan. Her younger sister transmigrated and told her what would happen in the future: According to the historical records, the princess would not survive two years. There was a very good chance the one who killed her would be Wule Minya, the Huyan clan’s fourth 991Reads8.9Score144Shelves

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, The article is short and concise, without a word of nonsense. The male protagonist is like a wild wolf in the prairie. He is very ruthless and has a pitiful life experience. After meeting the female protagonist, he immediately transforms into a little puppy. The female protagonist is a marriage princess and is extremely gentle and kind! The story has several twists and turns. In the ending, the heroine dies, but the extra heroine comes back to life as the moon goddess. The main text is the extra he!! It's super, super good-looking.

18 未 The Unfinished Will 未完的遗书 Crazy Langlang疯子浪浪9k WordsCompleted An unfinished final letter —Reads—Score—Shelves

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The first book, The Unfinished Suicide Note, has all the protagonists written to death. Is this heartbreaking and regretful?! The second book, The Derailment Chapter, although written about derailment, is not heartbreaking at all, but rather satisfying. The third book, Revenge, has the protagonist's points taken away by his best friend, and he is also abducted into the mountains... It's heartbreaking~ The last one, few people can understand it. Put it on top just to make up the numbers

22 当 When Xia Dongchun Transmigrated into Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 当夏冬春穿进如懿传 Dongfang Lanlan东方懒懒Female-Channel Fanfiction190k WordsCompleted (The rating is low because few people have rated it; it has only just opened for ratings.) After Xia Dongchun dies in the Cold Palace, she isn’t reincarnated. Instead, she becomes a ghost, floating overhead and watching the women in the palace fight for power. The more she watches, the more frightened she becomes. Her mind simply can’t make sense of all these complicated schemes. Then she is reborn and assigned as a concubine to Prince Bao, Hongli. At first, she trembles with fear, worried she’l 1.2kReads9.1Score127Shelves

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Come, come, come, these three short and precise books [lick screen] [send heart] [send heart]

23 丧 A Zombie's Hiking Diary 丧尸的徒步旅行日记 Li Jiu理久Sci-Fi & Apocalypse296k WordsCompleted [Leisurely Travels + Everyday Storylines + No Romance] [Content note: No fighting or drama, and the protagonist isn't cold-blooded, going on killing sprees, or antisocial. This is purely a story about taking walks!] When the apocalypse broke out, Yu Qingxian chose to die. But her attempt failed, and she became a zombie. She had been socially anxious and depressed in life, so she decided to travel on foot. Since everyone was a zombie anyway, she didn't feel so afraid anymore. 32.3kReads9.6Score5.7kShelves

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Come, come, come, these three short and precise books [lick screen][send heart][send heart]

25 雪 Snowflake Town 雪粒镇 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance130k WordsCompleted [Ji Handeng, a fragile, sickly, dark-minded younger brother x Xu Qiongqiong, a kind, resilient older sister who loves money] [Modern romance + mutual salvation + healing + older woman/younger man romance + revenge + cover-up + high-stakes twists] Xu Qiongqiong and Ji Handeng are siblings with no blood ties. In a small, poor town full of secrets, they rely on each other and keep one another warm. Their days hold happiness and pain, darkness and budding affection. Their shared goal is to leave Xue 128.7kReads9.7Score17.1kShelves

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It's definitely short and precise. Everyone who's seen it says they like it. It's such a great twist and it's very satisfying for those who watch it.

26 在 I Am an Immortal Venerable. What Do You Want? 在下仙尊，有何贵干？ Fan Yu M梵鱼MEastern Fantasy106k WordsOngoing “Fellow cultivator, your brow looks dark to me!” “That’s just the dark circles from staying up late reviewing memorials...” “Then there’s definitely demonic energy about!” More than three hundred years into the Great Zhou Immortal Era, the least reliable team in the cultivation world appeared out of nowhere: a down-and-out Immortal Venerable who made a living selling fake medicine, a sword prodigy who lost his memory after being struck by lightning, and a mutt who could refine pills. They conned 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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"Fellow Taoist, I see your hall is dark!"🤔 "Those are the dark circles under your eyes from staying up late to approve memorials..."🌚 "-That means you have evil spirit!"😃 More than three hundred years of the Great Zhou Immortal Calendar,🔥the most unreliable combination in the world of immortality turned out to be: a down-and-out immortal who made a living by selling counterfeit medicine, a swordsman genius who lost his memory after being struck by lightning🗡, and a native dog who knew how to make alchemy. 🙉They deceived, they cheated, they... Accidentally saved the world?👀 "Master, is it really okay for us to lie like this?"🐳 "Nonsense! This is called worldly experience!"👊 When the fragments of memory are gradually pieced together, and when the enemies of the past appear again, the master and apprentice pair understand that the most painful calamity is the years they walked through with a smile. 💫

27 裂 Sunlight Through the Cracks 裂缝里的阳光 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 114.7kReads9.8Score13.9kShelves

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The word count is only 160,000 words, but it is well written and very touching at the end.

28 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 38.7kReads9.7Score6.5kShelves

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This is the shortest book I have ever read. I feel like I haven't read enough [crying]

29 看 You Look Down on the Sharingan? Kamui Will Teach You a Lesson 看不起写轮眼？直接神威教做人 Little Wang@小小汪@Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Note: Kamui’s Sharingan awakens gradually, one tomoe at a time. If you don’t have the patience to wait, don’t read! Su Bai transmigrates to a world where everyone cultivates ninjutsu to fight magical beasts. From the start, he not only draws the Kamui Sharingan, but also gets a stat-boosting System that makes him stronger with every point he spends! “Ding! Water nature has reached the maximum level after adding points!” “Ding! Earth nature has reached the maximum level after adding points!” “D 21.3kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves

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These two books are pretty good

32 他 The Puppet He Thought He Controlled 他以为的提线木偶 Fan Yu M梵鱼MModern Romance31k WordsCompleted Interior designer Ruan Ruan meets psychology professor Zhou Chen for the first time in a café. Drawn to his calm, rational nature, she has no idea that he is researching “controlling personalities,” and that she is about to become his subject of observation... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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[Smile][smile][smile]

34 重 Reborn in 2000, I Really Don't Want to Do Charity 重生2000，我真不想做慈善啊 Tianzhen Wuxie添珍无鞋Urban231k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + no System + reborn with a golden finger + underdog comeback] Volume One: Qingcheng in Turmoil, A Business Takes Flight. [First Male Lead’s Perspective]: The genius singer Chen Hao returns to the age of eight, twenty years in the past. Unwilling to accept his weak, ineffectual father being abandoned by his wife, he uses the song “The Sky Is Bright” to send his dad straight to the 315 Gala, where he performs alongside Han Hong. Then, at just eight years old, Chen Hao starts busin —Reads—Score—Shelves

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It's only 160,000 words in total. Isn't it short enough?

35 白 Ode to White Hair 白头赋 Little Paper Boat纸船儿Ancient Romance41k WordsCompleted In a daze, she seemed to see that young man again, standing in the spring sunshine as he asked her: “Do you have feelings for me?” 155Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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It's a short article, a little teary-eyed and a little crazy, but it's great. Take a look