Short Stories That Feel Like Epic-Length Reads 把短篇，读出长篇的感脚

1. 1 穿 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 The Little Cat Fell Asleep小猫睡了Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 30.8kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves

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   This Thai drama is amazing! The male lead is so pure and innocent, it's so down-to-earth. Every character is so well-developed, and everyone is such a kind and good person. The men are handsome and the women are beautiful. The female lead is from another time, and the male lead is the epitome of pure love. Everyone finds a happy ending. It's so good!

2. 2 重 Reborn on My Wedding Night, the Sickly Prince Regent Warms My Feet 重生新婚夜，病娇摄政王给我暖脚 Nanhuang南凰Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn + sweet romance + obsessive love + mutual devotion + secret identities, one couple] Nan Xi, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, was a fool in her past life. She fell for a treacherous scumbag who was handsome on the outside but full of sinister schemes within, and ended up abandoned by everyone, dying miserably at the hands of him and his mistress. Given a second life, she gets her brains back! Looking at the powerful, handsome regent by her side, she cannot help questioning h 10.8kReads9.1Score3.8kShelves

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   A heart full of affection was fed to wolves, sisterly love shattered to pieces! Nan Xi suddenly awoke, seeing the true colors of her so-called relatives—her half-sister Nan Yue was hypocritical, and her lover Gu Qingshu was a heartless scoundrel, having conspired to use her to the bitter end! Overwhelming hatred surged within her; she almost wanted to kill that black-hearted white lotus! "Want to acknowledge your ancestors? Want to pave your way to success?" Nan Xi suppressed her murderous intent, a cold smile curving her lips. "Sister, is this… a favor to me?" The past of taking whatever she wanted from him had to end! Just as she was sharpening her blade, preparing to wreak havoc, a cold and noble figure forcefully entered her world. That powerful, rumoredly ruthless and cruel, sickly regent prince, had her under his wing. He wouldn't tolerate her suffering the slightest grievance. Those who bullied her? He would slowly crush all their defenses! Those who hurt her? He would effortlessly make them wish they were dead! Amidst the treacherous winds of the court, he manipulates events with a flick of his wrist, all to provide her with a carefree and peaceful haven. Even more astonishing is that the bloodthirsty and ruthless Regent transforms into a clingy, affectionate figure in her presence! He insists on holding her in his arms every night before he can sleep, and when feeding her medicine, he patiently blows on the liquid to cool it. The possessive obsession in his eyes is chilling, yet his words are tender and deeply moving: "Xi'er, this vast empire cannot compare to the smile in your eyes. Whoever makes you unhappy, I will make them unhappy forever." On her path of rebirth and revenge, Nan Xi, holding the script in her hand and trampling the scum underfoot, is feeling a sense of exhilaration when she is unexpectedly entangled by a possessive and yandere devil. He dotes on her to the bone, protects her with his life, offers the world as his dowry, and promises her a lifetime of exclusive love! **"The Regent is a Yandere, So Be Pampered"**—Watch how the seemingly cunning heroine outwits demons and monsters, only to be doted on by a possessive and doting tycoon. Extremely sweet and pampering, it's incredibly satisfying! 😳

3. 3 雪 Xueqin, Open the Door! It's Fu Wenpei! 雪琴开门，我是傅文佩 Feng QiMoon风七moonFemale-Channel Fanfiction172k WordsCompleted A plot-focused story based on Romance in the Rain, following the original storyline without breaking up any couples, and featuring a System. No twilight romance, just making trouble. I transmigrated into Fu Wenpei, and now it's my turn to smash the door down. Guaranteed satisfaction. 229Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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   It's really good, I watched it all in one go, I recommend it.

4. 4 农 The Farmhouse Bride Is a Crybaby 农家萌妻是哭包 Swallows Bathed in the West Wind燕子沐西风Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted To fill the military quota, the best marriage prospects from every village, along with the sniveling Xia Chuncao, are dragged into the Li household with a litter of piglets. What? Seven bachelors in one family? A father and six sons? Li Qingbai, the fourth son, is a sly old fox. He personally schemes against his five brothers, sending one hand off to military service and using the other to find them wives, all while setting himself up to become a general. His little wife bursts into tears at the 3.4kReads9.4Score469Shelves
5. 5 软 [Quick Transmigration] The Adorable Fox's Daily Life as Everyone's Favorite 【快穿】软萌狐狸的团宠日常 Lainuosia莱诺西亚Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Also known as The Boss’s Replacement Fox Is Soft and Sweet. 1v1, and it’s the same person throughout. Villainous bosses from different worlds × a soft and adorable little fox [whom everyone keeps mistaking for a scheming flirt] Qi Yi was a fox accidentally chosen by the System and forced to become cannon fodder in a story about a stand-in lover. Cannon fodder had no rights. The little fox was bullied until his eyes turned red with tears. Then one day, he accidentally revealed his fluffy ears and 251Reads5.7Score108Shelves

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   Quick transmigration!! Dual male leads!! Because the little fox only showed her ears and belly... The male leads on the page went crazy!!

6. 6 分 After We Broke Up, My Ex Transferred Five Million to Me 分手后前任给我转账五百万 Qiqi Has a Little Dog琪琪拥有小狗叭Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted After We Broke Up, My Ex Transferred Five Million to Me —Reads—Score—Shelves

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7. 7 恶 After the Wicked Villainess Awakens, She Can Hear the Crown Prince's Thoughts 恶毒女配觉醒后，能听到太子心声 Qiqi Has a Little Dog琪琪拥有小狗叭Ancient Romance21k WordsCompleted After the Vicious Supporting Female Lead Awakens, She Can Hear the Crown Prince's Thoughts —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 雨 The Umbrella Always Tilts Toward You 雨伞总倾向你 Qiqi Has a Little Dog琪琪拥有小狗叭Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted The Umbrella Always Tilts Toward You —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 恋 Love Emergency! The Parrot Keeps Reciting Love Poems 恋爱告急！鹦鹉总在背情诗 Qiqi Has a Little Dog琪琪拥有小狗叭Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted Love Emergency! The Parrot Keeps Reciting Love Poems —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 这 This Time, I'll Be the One to Chase You 这次换我追你 Qiqi Has a Little Dog琪琪拥有小狗叭Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted This Time, I'll Chase You —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 今 Tonight, I Can't Escape His Grasp 今夜难逃他掌心 Qiqi Has a Little Dog琪琪拥有小狗叭Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Tonight, There's No Escaping His Grasp —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 春 Springtime in My Arms 春意入我怀 President of the Late-Nighters Club晚睡集团总裁Modern Romance467k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Springtime in My Arms is now available] [College campus + a prodigal turns over a new leaf + he pursues her + one-sided redemption] [Roguish, bad-boy swagger vs. cool, pure-hearted girl] At university, Yu Xi encounters the biggest obstacle of her life: Jin Zhuoxiao, a playboy with a notorious reputation. Jin Zhuoxiao comes from a good family and is handsome. His only two flaws are probably his terrible personality and his boundless womanizing. As his direct victim, Yu Xi 57.8kReads9.2Score8.5kShelves

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    The female lead is resilient, a pure and aloof beauty, like a white moonlight. The male lead, seemingly carefree and sexually charged on the surface, is actually devoted and loyal in love, a reformed playboy. He is the female lead's salvation. Although misunderstandings lead to their separation, this part of the story is both sweet and heartbreaking, but in the end, they are reunited. "Yu Xi, spring has come." I've reread it several times; it's so good, so incredibly good!!!

13. 13 血 Blood Jade Bodhi: A Fateful Bond 血玉菩提·菩提孽缘 Wandering Player in a Fleeting Life浮生戏客Ancient Romance29k WordsCompleted Blood Jade Bodhi: The Bodhi’s Ill-Fated Love —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 重 Reborn: The Actress Rewrites Her Fate 重生影后逆天改命 Wandering Player in a Fleeting Life浮生戏客47k WordsCompleted The Reborn Actress Defies Fate —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 冰 The Ice-Cold CEO’s Runaway Sweetheart 冰山总裁的落跑甜心 Wandering Player in a Fleeting Life浮生戏客Modern Romance52k WordsCompleted The Runaway Sweetheart of the Ice-Cold CEO —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 恶 The Wicked Supporting Lady Saves the Second Male Lead with a System 恶毒女配靠系统拯救男二 Nine Leaves九叶叶叶Ancient Romance15k WordsCompleted The Villainess Uses the System to Save the Second Male Lead —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The ending left me wanting more.

17. 17 银 Silver Moon Rose: The Immortality Paradox 银月蔷薇【永生悖论】 Aowu Who Loves Milk Tea爱喝奶茶的嗷呜Urban52k WordsCompleted When the silver moon cast its uncanny glow over the earth for the seventh time, a rose gleaming with metallic luster quietly bloomed on the back of the young Xing Yaosheng’s hand. It was both a mark of destiny and the key to the riddle of immortality. Su Jinwan watched her son fall into strange mutterings, never imagining that this moment would completely overturn her understanding of life and eternity. The awakening of Xing Yaosheng’s twin bloodline was not only crucial to thwarting the conspir —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short story, completed. The first one is 50,000 words long; it's not bad to read before bed.

18. 18 星 Starlight Projector 星光放映机 Aowu Who Loves Milk Tea爱喝奶茶的嗷呜Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Starlight Projector —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 描 Mandarin Ducks on a Gilded Pillow 描金的枕上鸳鸯 Aowu Who Loves Milk Tea爱喝奶茶的嗷呜Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted Mandarin Ducks on a Gold-Decorated Pillow —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 匠 Craftsmanship Endures: The Tapestry of Years in Qingluan County 匠心永存:青峦县的岁月织章 Aowu Who Loves Milk Tea爱喝奶茶的嗷呜Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted The Craftsman's Spirit Endures: A Tapestry of Time in Qingluan County —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 寒 Plum Blossoms Cooked in Snow 寒梅煮雪 Aowu Who Loves Milk Tea爱喝奶茶的嗷呜Ancient Romance10k WordsCompleted Snow Boiled with Cold Plum Blossoms 1Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 烬 Snow Ashes Woven into Silk 烬雪成绡 Aowu Who Loves Milk Tea爱喝奶茶的嗷呜Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted Ashes and Snow Woven into Silk —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 系 The System Is Forcing Me to Grovel at the Cost of My Life 系统拿命逼我舔 Aowu Who Loves Milk Tea爱喝奶茶的嗷呜Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted The System Is Forcing Me to Suck Up at the Cost of My Life —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 渣 My Scumbag Father Takes a Second Wife? I’ll Empty the Treasury and Leave With My Mother 渣爹娶平妻？我搬空宝库带娘和离 Miss Five1五小姐1Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Wen Ning died at the age of six on the road to exile after her family was condemned. Carrying her memories into the cultivation world, she became an alchemist who could not cultivate. She spent her whole life trying to make an elixir of immortality. She failed. Before she died, she took a Soul-Returning Pill, hoping to continue her alchemy, but instead her soul returned to her previous life, when she was only five. The family’s condemnation and exile were still a year away. 4.1kReads8.4Score617Shelves
25. 25 黑 Black and White 黑白 Pomelo Tea柚子茶16k WordsCompleted Born into a family that favors boys over girls, I was unwanted, and my own mother handed me over to human traffickers. When I saw my birth mother, Lin Lan, again, all I felt for her was disgust. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ⚫️⚪️ **Black and White | If the world only had two colors, would you choose truth or lies?** "My camera is special—" "It can only take black and white photos, but it can reveal hidden evils." 📸 A deadly battle between a genius female photographer and a serial killer: ✨ Every black and white photo hides a bright red clue to the crime. ✨ The deliberately blurred shadows are actually markings for the placement of corpses. ✨ And when she discovers her policeman boyfriend in the latest photo who has "no shadow"... 🕳️ **When sight is taken away, the truth begins to distort:** ▫️ Why did all the deceased claim to have seen color before their deaths? ▫️ Who took the 13th photo that suddenly appeared in the album? ▫️ The scariest thing isn't that the devil is outside the mirror, but that the person in the mirror has already switched places. 🌑 **"You think black and white is the true color of the world?"** **"No, that's just a filter the devil shows us."** 📌 **#Suspense #MindTeasing #PsychologicalThriller #ColorMurder** 👉 Click to enter this visual trap (Warning: You may temporarily lose your color perception ability after reading) 🔪

26. 26 挂 I Booked an Appointment with My Ex, and He Locked the Door 《挂号挂到前男友，他反锁了门》 Situ Wang Of Baishui Town白水镇的司徒忘17k WordsCompleted I Went to See a Doctor and Got My Ex-Boyfriend. He Locked the Door. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist's period was delayed, and when she went to the hospital to register, she happened to get an appointment with her ex-boyfriend. The test results showed that she was pregnant, resulting in a huge misunderstanding.

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