A Gut-Wrenching Story That’ll Make You Lose Ten Pounds! Short, Brutal, and Guaranteed to Make You Cry. The More Heartbreaking, the Better 暴瘦十斤的虐文！短！虐！泪点特别高，越虐越好

1. 401 躺 Lie Flat Immortal Venerable 躺平仙尊 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Eastern Fantasy146k WordsCompleted [Rapid-fire laughs + lighthearted + no romance] Lin Xian transmigrates to a cultivation world gripped by cutthroat competition. His previous incarnation was the ultimate grind king, who worked himself to death from cultivating nonstop. Lin Xian binds himself to a System that rewards him with cultivation whenever he rests, lies flat, or slacks off, but punishes him if he cultivates seriously... 1.2kReads—Score10314d adds

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   The plot is fast-paced, the jokes are frequent, and it's addictive.

2. 402 大 Great Ming: I Transmigrated as the Great Ming War God Li Jinglong, and I Have an Arsenal 大明：穿越大明战神李景隆，我有一个武器库 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文Historical10k WordsCompleted Great Ming: I Transmigrated as the Great Ming's God of War, Li Jinglong, and I Have an Arsenal 40Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 403 跨 At Midnight on New Year’s Eve, I Sent My Scumbag Boyfriend and Best Friend to Prison 跨年夜零点，我送渣男闺蜜入狱 Drinking Alone by Moonlight月光下独酌Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted At midnight on New Year’s Eve, I sent my cheating boyfriend and best friend to prison —Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 404 老 The Day My Husband Turned Gentle, My Best Friend’s Marriage Died 老公变温柔那天，闺蜜的婚姻死了 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚6k WordsCompleted The Day My Husband Turned Gentle, My Best Friend's Marriage Died 6.2kReads—Score6014d adds
5. 405 说 Weren't You Going to Kick Me Out? How Did You End Up Kicking Out the Real Young Master? 说好的要赶我走？怎么把真少爷赶走了 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文12k WordsCompleted You Said You'd Drive Me Away, So Why Did You Drive Away the Real Young Master? 67Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 406 小 A Reborn Soldier in the Three Kingdoms: From the Start, He Sees Through the Red Cliffs Stratagem and Cao Cao Makes Him a Marquis of Ten Thousand Households 小兵重生三国，开局识破赤壁计，曹操封我万户侯 Drinking Alone by Moonlight月光下独酌17k WordsCompleted A Lowly Soldier Is Reborn in the Three Kingdoms. From the Start, He Sees Through the Red Cliffs Stratagem, and Cao Cao Makes Him a Marquis of Ten Thousand Households —Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 407 朕 I’m Dead, But Not Entirely 朕死了，但没完全死 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚11k WordsCompleted I Am Dead, But Not Entirely 2.1kReads—Score—14d adds
8. 408 在 After Seeing Three Betrayals Outside the Hotel, I Completely Lost My Mind 在酒店门口看见三次背叛，我彻底疯了 I Want to Write Light Novels我要写小白文9k WordsCompleted After Seeing Three Betrayals Outside the Hotel, I Completely Lost My Mind 27Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 409 冷 The Tomb Keeper of the Cold Palace: A Fallen Consort’s Memoirs Topple the Throne 冷宫守墓人，我靠废妃自传掀翻了皇权 Drinking Alone by Moonlight月光下独酌Ancient Romance27k WordsCompleted The Tomb Keeper of the Cold Palace: I Upend Imperial Power with the Autobiographies of Disgraced Consorts —Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 410 我 Something’s Off About My Consort: Why Is He Prettier Than I Am? 我的驸马不对劲：他怎么长得比我还娇艳 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted My Prince Consort Is Acting Strange: Why Is He Prettier Than Me? 519Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 411 一 A Little Cloud 一片小云朵 Cangjin沧烬Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted [Sunny boy Xu Ji × sensitive, overthinking Qiao Tong] [Bad ending] When they first meet, midsummer sunlight falls across the boy’s clothes, and Xu Ji’s smile catches Qiao Tong completely off guard. Bit by bit, Xu Ji brings light to Qiao Tong’s dark world. After the college entrance exams, Xu Ji gathers the courage to reveal the secret he has kept in his heart for so long. “Qiao Tong, will you give me the chance to walk beside you?” “I like you.” Waves pound against the shore. Xu Ji’s words crash 42Reads—Score914d adds
12. 412 一 In Uniform, Yet Unable to Save the One Beside Me 一身警服，难渡枕边人 Listening to the Wind, Finding Joy听风拾悦9k WordsCompleted A police uniform, but he can’t bring the woman beside him to justice. 41Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Romantic angst + extreme angst + suffocating angst + tragic ending + wife-chasing-after-the-wisp scenario. Trust me, authors who enjoy angst will not disappoint you.

13. 413 灰 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 Clouds of Rough Noodles Again又见糙面云Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 37.7kReads9.4Score4.5k14d adds

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    A contemporary romance novel featuring two highly intelligent and charismatic leads, the male lead being a true aristocrat. The female lead is extremely charming, a character who consciously succumbs to temptation. The plot is highly artistic, realistic yet thrilling, with exceptionally exciting financial and business battles. A must-read.

14. 414 朕 My Harem Just Wants to Run Away, and My Ministers Just Want to Rebel 朕的后宫只想跑路，朕的臣子只想造反 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚12k WordsCompleted My Harem Just Wants to Run Away, and My Ministers Just Want to Rebel 688Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 415 老 After My Husband Cheated, The 老公出轨后，我和小三的“爸爸”成了连襟 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted After My Husband Cheated, I Became Family by Marriage with My Mistress's "Dad" 21Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 416 嘉 Jiadou's Little Red Flower 嘉朵小红花 The Third Prince's Civilian Girlfriend三太子的圈外女友29k WordsCompleted Jiadou's Little Red Flower 73Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Death is not the end, forgetting is.

17. 417 全 Everyone in the Sect Is a Reborn Big Shot Except Me, the Real Rookie 全宗门都是重生大佬，只有我是真菜鸟 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚9k WordsCompleted Everyone in the Sect Is a Reborn Big Shot Except Me, the One Real Rookie 54Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 418 月 The Moon Sets Over Nanke, A Dream of Fleeting Life 月挽南柯，一梦浮生 cinyueyuer15k WordsCompleted The Moon Draws Nanke, a Dream of Mortal Life —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The first chapter of this campus/workplace angst novel has many plot twists; high-level hunters often travel in the form of their prey. Woohoo!

19. 419 我 Before My Dad Died, He Set Me Up with the Wildest Man in Beijing 我爸临终前，给我点了个京圈最野的男人 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted Before my dad died, he set me up with the wildest man in the capital's inner circle —Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 420 星 When the Sparks Set the Prairie Ablaze 星火燎原时 cinyueyuer11k WordsCompleted When Sparks Set the Prairie Ablaze —Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 421 左 Go Left at the Light, Right at the Crossing 左灯右行 Young Master of the Zhu Family竹家少爷Two Male Leads330k WordsCompleted “Who are you in my eyes? Who do you want me to stand in for? We trade each other’s joys and sorrows, and the one who loves more is always the first to cry.” “Embracing you wears you out. The one who loves more is always the first to turn false.” Liao Juntao, “Who” “I love you, and it’s like driving against the lights.” Tanya Chua, “Red High Heels” So, if two people aren’t right for each other, they shouldn’t get together in the first place. You agree, Gu Xiangbei? Character setup: A street-c 1.8kReads9.2Score26014d adds

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    Let go of Xiang Bei. My whole life is because of you, my nemesis.

22. 422 系 The System Forced Me to Be a Simp, So I Simped the School Bully into Becoming My Real Boyfriend 系统逼我当舔狗，我把校霸舔成了真男友 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The System Forced Me to Be a Simp, So I Turned the School Bully into My Real Boyfriend 57Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 423 前 My Ex Dumped Me, So I Became His Stepmom 前男友甩了我，我反手成了他后妈 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted My Ex Dumped Me, So I Became His Stepmom —Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 424 我 I Really Want a Divorce, So Why Won't You Agree? 我真要和离，你又不乐意了 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣10k WordsCompleted I Really Am Going to Divorce You, So Why Won't You Agree Now? 2.9kReads—Score—14d adds

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    Please recommend some really good short stories.

25. 425 两 My Two Childhood Friends Broke Up, but I’m the One Who Got the Short End of the Stick 两个发小闹分手，倒霉的却是我 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted My Two Childhood Friends Broke Up, but I Was the One Who Suffered 100Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 426 本 I'm the Princess, and I Can Do Whatever I Want. What Are You Going to Do About It? 本公主就是嚣张跋扈，你能奈我何？ Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted This Princess Is Just Arrogant and Overbearing. What Can You Do About It? 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
27. 427 春 A Prayer for Spring 春的祷告 The Rest of My Life in Ruocheng若城余生Modern Romance53k WordsCompleted Sui Xiran’s life was marked by uncertainty from the very beginning. Her parents divorced, and her world was confined for years to the pale walls of hospital rooms. On sheets of paper, she drew the sea she had never seen, again and again. Then one day, a boy as warm as sunlight opened the door and entered the silent remainder of her life, bringing light and warmth with him. They met in a hospital room where the smell of disinfectant mingled with the light of spring, and fell for each other amid 61Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is so heartbreaking! [Crying emojis]

28. 428 弹 The Comments Told Me to Stay Away from the Male Lead, So I Ripped Off His Bathrobe 弹幕劝我别碰男主，我反手扯掉他浴袍 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚11k WordsCompleted The Comments Told Me to Stay Away from the Male Lead, So I Tore Off His Bathrobe Instead 853Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 429 别 Don't Mess with Her, Her Cultivation Is the Way of Slaughter 别惹她，小师妹修的可是杀道 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣10k WordsCompleted Don't Mess with Her, Little Junior Sister Cultivates the Path of Slaughter 306Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 430 救 Help! My Husband's Doctor Friend Is Delayed in Graduating 救命！我老公的医生朋友延毕了 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted Help! My Husband's Doctor Friend Is Still in Grad School 30Reads—Score—14d adds

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    "Your sister's kidney is a match for Lin Yue." When the older sister of my beloved made this suggestion, I assumed Gu Chengyan would act without hesitation, like all domineering CEOs. After all, he had made me kneel in the pouring rain all night for Lin Yue. But instead, he coldly pulled out a legal document: "Illegal organ transplantation is prohibited within the territory of the People's Republic of China. If you want my company, just say so; there's no need for this roundabout way." I was stunned. This wasn't right.

31. 431 危 Dangerous Contract: The Tycoon's Resentful White Moonlight 危险契约：霸总与他的怨气白月光 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊7k WordsCompleted A Dangerous Contract: The Tyrant CEO and His Resentful White Moonlight 6Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 432 末 On the Day of the Apocalypse, a Six-Foot-Tall Man-Mom Fell from the Sky 末日那天，天上掉下来一个一米九的男妈妈 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚8k WordsCompleted On the Day of the Apocalypse, a Six-Foot-Two Mama-Boy Fell from the Sky 36Reads—Score—14d adds
33. 433 我 I'm Just a Cannon Fodder! Why Is the Emperor Spoiling Only Me? 我是炮灰!为何皇上偏独宠我一人？ Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted I'm Just a Cannon Fodder! Why Does the Emperor Favor Only Me? 431Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 434 白 The Night His White Moonlight Had a Fever, I Called a Divorce Lawyer 白月光发烧那夜，我拨通了离婚律师电话 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊8k WordsCompleted The Night His White Moonlight Came Down with a Fever, I Called a Divorce Lawyer 839Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 435 五 The Boyfriend I Rented for 500 Yuan Is My Boss’s Brother 五百块租来的男友，是我老板的哥哥 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The Boyfriend I Rented for 500 Yuan Is My Boss's Older Brother 1.7kReads—Score—14d adds
36. 436 一 I Accidentally Slept with My Heartless Dao Master, But I Really Didn't 一不小心睡了无情道师尊，我真不是 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣10k WordsCompleted I Accidentally Slept with My Ruthless Daoist Master, but I Really Didn't... 115Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 437 莫 Don't Look Back, or You'll See Your Grave 莫回头，回头见坟头 The Tree That Wants to Fly要飞天的树Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted Don't Look Back, or You'll See Your Grave 29Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It was so heart-wrenching and beautiful!

38. 438 重 Reborn and Rejecting the Marriage, I Left the Scumbag and His Cousin Red-Faced 重生拒婚，我把渣男和他表妹的脸打肿了 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Reborn and Refusing the Marriage, I Beat My Jerk Ex and His Cousin Black and Blue 223Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 439 什 What?! The Entire Court Is My Harem? 什么!满朝文武都是我的鱼? Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣9k WordsCompleted What?! The Entire Court Is My Fish? 33Reads—Score514d adds
40. 440 今 Not Tonight, My Back Hurts 今天不行，我腰疼 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted Not tonight, my back hurts 25Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 441 挨 Just Stay by Her Side 挨着她就好 Ming Han明菡Historical8k WordsCompleted Just Stay by Her Side 25Reads—Score214d adds

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    This is great!

42. 442 嫡 The Crippled Prince My Elder Sister Refused to Marry, I Helped Him to the Throne 嫡姐不愿嫁的残废王爷，被我扶上了龙椅 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted My Elder Sister Refused to Marry the Disabled Prince, So I Helped Him Take the Throne 31Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 443 清 How Can the Cold, Aloof Wolf King Be Like This? 清冷狼王怎么能这样？ Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣9k WordsCompleted How Can the Cool Wolf King Be Like This? 25Reads—Score414d adds
44. 444 这 Is There Really Such a Thing as Everlasting True Love? 这世上真有永恒的真爱吗 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊9k WordsCompleted Is There Really Such a Thing as Eternal Love? 57Reads—Score—14d adds
45. 445 哥 After My Siblings Came Out, I Became My Family’s Only Hope 哥哥姐姐出柜后，我成了家里唯一的希望 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted After My Older Brother and Sister Came Out, I Became the Family's Only Hope 23Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 446 狐 A Fox's Substitute: The Cold-Faced Warlord Happily Becomes Her Devoted Servant 狐替浅渊，冷面督军心甘情愿沦为裙下臣 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣18k WordsCompleted A Fox in the Shallow Abyss, the Cold-Faced General Willingly Becomes Her Devoted Admirer 28Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 447 十 Twelve Years of Marriage, and I Was Just a Cover for the Man He Loved Most 十二年婚姻，我只是他最爱男人的挡箭牌 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted Twelve Years of Marriage, and I Was Only a Shield for the Man He Loved Most 1Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 448 别 Stay Away from Me, or You’ll Become a Simp 别靠近我，会变成舔狗 Singing at Dusk Among the Pines松间唱晚7k WordsCompleted Don't Get Too Close to Me, or You'll Turn into a Hopeless Simp 34Reads—Score—14d adds
49. 449 王 The Prince Insists on Loving Me, But I'm Really a Fake Princess 王爷强制爱，可我真是冒牌王妃呀 Bamboo Scenery and Refined Pleasures竹景雅趣Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The Prince's Forced Love, but I'm Really Just a Fake Princess Consort 21Reads—Score—14d adds
50. 450 烟 Fireworks and Handcuffs: A CEO's Journey to Staying on the Right Side of the Law 烟花与手铐：一个霸总的守法之路 Ten Thousand Gu万蛊11k WordsCompleted Fireworks and Handcuffs: A CEO's Journey to Lawfulness 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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