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1. 1 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

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   [Recommendation] *She Stops Coaxing Him* 💔 A summer encounter, roses wither at seventeen. Xu Si's Jiang Qiao is the white moonlight of a man with terminal stomach cancer, her schoolbag filled with medicine and unspoken affection. Only when the classroom seat is forever empty does he understand the tenderness she hid in the milk carton. The most heartbreaking part: I count down the days of my life to love you, but you think I'm distancing myself. (High-angst warning: Sugar candy wrapped in razor blades, you'll cry half your pillow after reading!) 🥰

2. 2 红 Red and White Wedding 红白囍 AyeAyeCaptainTwo Male Leads186k WordsCompleted [Republican-era nostalgia + supernatural + two male leads + equally matched powerhouses + pure-hearted madmen] [Brilliant and passionate young diviner Tian Suanzi, Mu Geshen X cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside heir to a family of physicians, the saintly doctor Chai Shuxin] A funeral is mournful, a wedding joyful, I travel from the world of the living to the Yellow Springs, Prepare incense, candles, paper horses, and a bridal sedan, Lady Meng offers us the nuptial wine. White paper, red rob 50kReads9.7Score11.9k14d adds

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   📖 "Red and White Wedding"|Republic of China Era Supernatural × Strong Couple Destiny🔥 **"The incense you prayed for peace broke in half, a terrible omen."** Mu Gesheng, the school bully who had repeated three years, squatted on the threshold of the City God Temple, twirling seven tails-down coins between his fingers. Anping, the top student, trembled with fear, clutching a stack of "5.3" exam papers—he should have known that his deskmate, who could make his home in the century-old haunted temple, was no ordinary hoodlum. ✨**Highlighted Scenes** - Mu Gesheng lifts his school uniform to reveal a back covered in cinnabar talismans: "The No. 1 High School is built on a mass grave, and the octagonal building where you have classes is a soul-suppressing formation." - Blood suddenly seeps from a desk in the classroom at midnight. Anping is choked and pressed against the window. Mu Gesheng bites his fingertip and draws blood between Anping's eyebrows: "Close your eyes! Don't look at the thing in the wedding dress outside the window!" - When Anping opens the notebook left behind by the class representative, every page is filled with "Mu Gesheng, save me," while the person in question is laughing while eating spicy snacks: "Oh, is this the marriage compatibility chart on my coffin lid?" 🌙**Dual Strong Character Setting** He is a shrewd fortune teller at the City God Temple, and also a school bully who repeats a grade with a river of red test papers; He is a model class monitor who believes in science, but always bumps into his deskmate using an enamel mug to exorcise evil spirits at midnight. When all the soul-suppressing bells in the octagonal building shattered, Mu Gesheng pushed Anping into the bridal sedan chair: "We'll handle both the wedding and the funeral together, and settle accounts after we've paid our respects to heaven and earth." #RepublicofChinaSupernaturalAesthetics #TwoMaleLeadersMutualRedemption #AllCoincidencesAreDestinedCalamities

3. 3 穿 Transmigrated into a Novel Where Everyone Gets a Bad Ending: Let's See How Far I Can Go Off the Rails 穿进全员be文且看我疯到最后 free Sweet Little Fishfree甜小鱼Ancient Romance124k WordsCompleted [No CP + Transmigrate into a Book + Light Ensemble Cast + Strong Female Lead + Lighthearted Comedy + Unhinged] Youth has no price tag; sudden death could come at any moment. Ren Ran transmigrated into a story where every character got a bad ending. She became the third senior sister of the Rong Kai Sect, whose golden core would be dug out and soul corrupted in a plot against her, leaving not even a corpse behind... The original story began with her death and the evil rumors about her. It spun a 6Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Synopsis of *Transmigrating into a Novel Where Everyone Suffers a Tragic End and Watching Me Go Mad to the End*: Ren Ran transmigrates into a cultivation novel where everyone suffers a tragic fate. The original owner of this body was assassinated during the Central Continent Grand Competition, her body never recovered, and she was falsely accused of practicing evil arts. The book also features the eldest senior sister who died tragically while working as an undercover agent in the Demon Valley, the second senior brother who fell into evil ways, and many other characters with tragic destinies. After joining the sect, Ren Ran tries to establish a gentle and kind persona and strives to change everything. **Angst Points:** The tragic fates of the characters in the original book are heartbreaking. Ren Ran's efforts to change things may face many difficulties and helplessness. Watching the characters struggle in the vortex of fate, yet unable to escape their tragic ending, is extremely heart-wrenching. Synopsis of *The White Moonlight in the Dungeon Isn't a Good Person*: With resources depleted, sea levels rising, and land submerged, surviving humans are divided into new areas. Mu Kechen, a high-ranking member of Zone E, leads a team into the center of the fog to explore for resources, entering a dungeon space. This is a non-CP (couple) ensemble piece; the characters' values do not represent the author's. Heartbreaking Points: In the brutal post-apocalyptic environment, the team members face various dangers and challenges, with an extremely high mortality rate. They strive for survival and hope, yet may fall one by one in dungeons. The helplessness of struggling in despair yet unable to escape fate will be heartbreaking for readers. Synopsis of *The Cursed Nation: The Jade Tablet*: Set against the backdrop of the Warring States period, the novel tells the story of Jiang Chenyu, a noblewoman who gradually becomes an empress. Characters such as Ji Ying, Ye Xihe, Zhao Yin, and Xue Cai all have distinct personalities and tragic fates, helplessly caught in the power struggles. Heartbreaking Points: Ji Ying spends her life scheming for her family, kinship, and the world, but does not have a good end; Ye Xihe is beautiful but has a tragic background, ultimately going mad for love; Xue Cai dies young. Each character has a heartbreaking aspect, and their tragic fates intertwine, making it impossible not to shed tears for their experiences.

4. 4 副 The Dungeon's Beloved, She's No Good Person 副本白月光她不是好人 Bu Nishang, Who Loves Carpet Beetles喜欢黑皮蠹的步霓裳Mystery183k WordsCompleted A no-romance ensemble story, with a team that aren’t good people in the traditional sense. The characters’ values do not represent the author’s. Resources are depleted, sea levels are rising, and the land has been flooded. The surviving humans have divided themselves by region, forming five new zones, A, B, C, D, and E, which maintain contact while keeping one another on guard. Fog spreads everywhere, and the remaining islands are sinking into danger. The leaders of each zone have no choice but 3Reads—Score—14d adds
5. 5 祸 The Nation's Calamity: The Painted Jade (Two Volumes) 祸国·图璧（全二册） Fourteen Towers十四阙Ancient Romance448k WordsCompleted The vast land of Wei is divided among the four kingdoms of Yan, Bi, Yi, and Cheng. Jiang Shen Yu, the younger daughter of Bi's right chancellor, is graceful, virtuous, and gentle. She admires Ji Ying, a young master of the Ji clan, one of the four great families. Just as their families prepare to arrange a marriage, King Zhao Yin interferes and issues an imperial decree summoning her to the palace. With no choice but to act for her family's sake, Jiang Shen Yu accepts the decree and enters the p 1.4kReads9.4Score30214d adds
6. 6 铜 The Bronze Sparrow Locks the Golden Hairpin 铜雀锁金钗 Brewing Tea with Life's Flavors世味煮茶Two Male Leads320k WordsCompleted To love someone painfully is to wish you could lock them away with a golden lock. The first time Duan Yelin saw Xu Hang, he wanted to keep him locked up in a gilded cage, and that was exactly what he did. He took Xu Hang by force, the robber; Xu Hang was the helpless victim, enduring it in silence. Xu Hang was unwilling, but he wanted to live. There was still so much he hadn’t done, so in the end, he went into the Little Copper Pass. Years of entanglement. After fou 42.3kReads9.7Score12k14d adds

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   📖 "The Golden Hairpin Locked in the Bronze Sparrow"|Warlord's Forced Seizure × Cold and Aloof Young Master of a Pharmacy🔥 **"Xu Hang, if you run away once, I'll tear down a door of the Xu family's pharmacy."** In the midst of war and chaos, warlord Duan Yelin pinned the young master of Heming Pharmacy against the medicine cabinet and kissed him deeply, the mugwort juice staining his moon-white robe. Five years ago, on the night of the massacre of the Xu family, it was Commander Duan who personally put shackles on him: "From now on, your life is tied to mine." 💊**Highlighted Scene** - Duan Yelin crushed the leg bone of the heartless hospital director in public, then turned and threw expired medicine into Xu Hang's arms: "Doctor Xu isn't a saint? If you can't cure him, you go to jail and brew medicine for him." - Xu Hang's wrist, which was pounding medicine, was gripped like an iron clamp. Duan Yelin bit his earlobe and chuckled: "What are you hiding for? What part of your body haven't I tasted?" The bitterness of the mugwort mixed with the smell of blood lingered on their lips and teeth, and outside the gauze curtain were armed guards. - The sound of shattering porcelain echoed from the Marshal's mansion late at night. Xu Hang clutched a shard to his throat, but Duan Yelin smiled and grasped his bleeding hand: "If you die, I'll make every pharmacy in Hezhou City pay for your death." ✨**Forced Love Ceiling** He was a benevolent healer, a ruthless killer. The truth behind the massacre was hidden in the pharmacy's ledgers, and a loaded Browning pistol lay hidden under his pillow in the bedroom. When Xu Hang finally poured the poison into Duan Yelin's teacup—he was grabbed by the waist and pulled into his arms: "Good boy, this time, do you want to lock the gold bracelet or the jade hairpin?" #ForcedLoveOfAHeroInTurbulentTimes #ColdBeauty'sCounterattack #EveryHardWordIsADisguisedLoveLetter

7. 7 病 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 183.4kReads9.5Score25.3k14d adds

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   Spring Returns to the Trees of a Withered Branch: A Feast of Bizarre Tragic Endings in a Group Portrait. "Spring Returns to the Trees of a Withered Branch" subtly weaves the bittersweetness of tragic endings into every fold of the cultivation world. Sang Nian transmigrates into the body of a villainous supporting female character. Her system's mission abruptly shifts from "torturing the male supporting character Xie Chenzhou" to "conquering him," only to be reborn three hundred years later with a new mission still loading… But Sang Nian isn't alone; every supporting character has their own tragic trajectory: Xie Chenzhou's shackles of fate, those fleeting minor characters who either perish due to the hardships of the cultivation world or are crushed by fate due to emotional entanglements—they are vibrant yet fragile, like candles flickering in the wind, illuminating others' stories while quietly extinguishing their own. The ensemble cast isn't just a backdrop; it's a collection of souls, each carrying their own regrets as they depart. Some yearn for what they cannot have, others protect what they cannot. In the cycle of cultivation, every being journeys towards their own "unfinished" existence. The aesthetics of tragic endings are splashed across a long scroll depicting the suffering of all beings. The impact after reading is so powerful that it allows you to experience a more heart-wrenching pain of ensemble cast desolation than any tragic romance within a cultivation novel. Who understands?! #SpringReturnsToTheBrokenTree #CultivationEntireCastTragedy #NovelRecommendation

8. 8 嘘 Shh, Whatever You Do, Don't Play a Murder Game on a Dating Show 嘘，千万别在恋综里玩杀人游戏 My Cat Went Bald我家猫秃头了Modern Romance261k WordsCompleted Cen Yueyue is a D-list actress who gets incredibly lucky when her agent shoves her onto a dating reality show starring famous actors, where she’s cast as a disposable extra. The director’s script calls for her to make a scene and squeeze every last drop of usefulness out of her supporting role. So on the very first night, the man Cen Yueyue is supposed to fall for gets a short arrow through the head. Night has fallen. Close your eyes. Killer, open your eyes and choose your prey... A mountain vil 7.3kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
9. 9 梦 Dream-Soul Bell 梦魂玲 Lin Chuyue林楚月Two Female Leads333k WordsCompleted “When the Dream-Soul Bell rings, spirits scatter” is a legend that has been passed down across the Divine Land for generations. They say that if the Dream-Soul Bell appears in the world, a bloody storm will soon follow. There is another tale, too: whoever gathers the four divine artifacts scattered across the Divine Land, the Phoenix Zither, the Kunlun Mirror, the Reverse-Flow Bracelet, and the Heaven-Sealing Seal, can inherit the power of the ancient gods, gain a divine body, and wield supreme 228Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 10 穿 The Porcelain Doll of the Mad Crown Prince 穿成疯批太子的瓷娃娃 Lan Yangyang浨洋洋Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted Reborn as the Porcelain Doll of a Mad Prince 224Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 11 漫 The Manga Prophecy Murder Case 漫画预言杀人事件 Hong Yao红摇Mystery393k WordsCompleted [Comic artist X avenger] A flop comic Chen He had abandoned three years ago suddenly went viral because it had predicted a murder. Netizens trembled in the comic's comments: [Have you seen the news? Why is this scene exactly like what they're showing on TV?!] [Am I seeing things? They only just found the body, but the comic was published three years ago!] [How did the artist come up with a burial site like that? What are the odds?] [I have a pretty wild theory...] [Could the author actually be t 56.8kReads9.5Score11.8k14d adds
12. 12 最 The Last Diary Entry 最后一篇日记 Sui Ying随楹Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted [Simplified Chinese edition signed for publication] I only used looking at the flowers as an excuse. All I really wanted was to see you once. 27.1kReads9.1Score4.8k14d adds
13. 13 世 No One Knows He's the Real Stand-In 世人不知，他才是替身 Old Luo Earns Money to Raise His Daughter老罗赚钱养女儿10k WordsCompleted No one knew that he was the real substitute. 1.2kReads—Score10114d adds
14. 14 芥 Mustard Seed (Two-Volume Set) 芥子（全两册） Ju Hua Sanli橘花散里Historical342k WordsCompleted A classic masterpiece by Ju Hua San Li, author of The General’s Lady! The little-known people who lived alongside 24 historical figures. The maid who refused to accept the death sentence imposed on her alongside Yang Guifei, the child who wanted to avenge his sister by assassinating Jing Ke... Little people have no names. They live on in history in another way. Three thousand worlds, and everyone is a mustard seed! Mount Sumeru holds a mustard seed, and a mustard seed contains Mount Sumeru. In t 243Reads9.5Score14014d adds
15. 15 分 The Video Tape After the Breakup 分手后的录像带 Pure Butter Hot Pot Base纯牛油锅底9k WordsCompleted I broke up with my boyfriend during the year he was at his poorest. A year later, he was a huge success and married a sweet, lively girl who was prettier than me. On a variety show, the host asked him whether, after winning every major award at such a young age, he still had any regrets. He put an arm around Xiao Yue’s waist. “I want to know how she’s doing after breaking up with me.” The host paused. “She’s... not doing well at all.” Pei Si finally smiled. “Then I can rest easy.” “But Ms. Qin l 19.4kReads—Score88714d adds
16. 16 棠 Old Longings for Tang Xin 棠心旧念 Hard to Bear a Grudge难生恨12k WordsCompleted Old Memories of Tang Xin 6.9kReads—Score20614d adds
17. 17 寒 The Ashes of Cold Food Festival 寒食烬 This Pen Name Must Be Available, Right?这个笔名不会有了吧Two Male Leads201k WordsOngoing Fictional setting Two male leads + revenge + lovers who fight each other + angsty Republican-era romance He returns from studying abroad, hoping to rekindle an old flame, only to discover that his ex-boyfriend has become his stepmother. What is he supposed to do? Furious, he confronts him again and again, demanding to know why he abandoned him. He hurls one cruel remark after another, wounding the other man and himself in the process. But the other man remains unmoved, accepting it all without a 4Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 18 周 Dr. Zhou's White Moonlight Is Dying 周医生的白月光快死了 Ten-Line Que十行阙Two Male Leads219k WordsCompleted [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. 19.7kReads9.3Score3k14d adds
19. 19 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
20. 20 任 The Mission Starts Over a Hundred Times 任务重来一百次 milieModern Romance20k WordsCompleted “You came to save me, so why can’t you look only at me? Why do you have to give your attention to those one, two, three insignificant people?” “You seem so shy. You never take my hand first. Even just now, you only did it because of someone else.” “Now that you have me, you don’t treat me as well as you used to. There wasn’t any strawberry milk today either, was there?” 5.8kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds

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    Just read them; there's no specific order. The last one is about meat buns.

21. 21 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
22. 22 戒 Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记 Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted 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? 12.6kReads8.2Score2.4k14d adds
23. 23 鲸 Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊 The Evil Dragon Blows Bubbles恶龙吹泡泡Two Male Leads39k WordsCompleted Little fish, little fish, may you swim out of the abyss soon. His younger brother, whom he had raised by hand despite no blood relation, sent him to a detention center for two years to “set him straight” and told him to come out once he was normal. Those two years were a nightmare that devoured him, one he could never wake from. His body and mind were tormented, his feelings worn away, and he was trained into numb, hopeless submission. “Knowing you raised me makes me sick. Why don’t you just die 23kReads8.1Score4k14d adds
24. 24 他 Where He Belongs 他的归处 Worried Unicorn操心的独角兽Two Male Leads22k WordsCompleted The internet was flooded with stories of Song Qing’s heroic deeds. I saw a video someone had taken: Song Qing leapt gracefully into the lake like a carp, then slowly disappeared, as if that had always been where he belonged. 3.9kReads8.1Score64414d adds
25. 25 行 Late in the Day 行止晚 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 25.7kReads9.6Score3.3k14d adds

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