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1. 101 深 A Collection of Late-Night Love Stories 深夜情感故事集 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Modern Romance176k WordsCompleted [Angst + Feel-Good Revenge + Sweet Romance + Healing] I'm not good at writing introductions, so just dive right in. You're in for a surprise. A modern urban romance. Each chapter is a story of its own. Different men and women, entangled in different relationships. The regrets of a young, innocent love, the petty troubles of marriage, the strains of family ties, the warmth and coldness of workplace relationships, and the good and evil deep in human nature. Perfect for reading late at night before 140Reads—Score—Shelves

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2. 102 结 After Ten Years of Marriage, I Refuse to Be Invisible at Home Anymore 结婚十年，我不再做家里的透明人 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted After Ten Years of Marriage, I Refuse to Be Invisible at Home Anymore 542Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 103 年 Those Loves of Our Youth 年轻时的那些情 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted Those Feelings from Our Youth 365Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 104 在 White Moonlight Amid the Sound of the Tides 在潮声里的白月光 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance14k WordsCompleted The White Moonlight in the Sound of the Tide 930Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 105 年 The Love Lives of Young Men and Women 年轻男女的那点事 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted The Things Young Men and Women Get Up To 731Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 106 禁 Forbidden Love, Buried Before My Daughter's Wedding 禁忌之恋，葬在女儿婚礼前 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted Forbidden Love, Buried Before My Daughter's Wedding 503Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 107 东 Working in Dongguan: Sharing a Rental with Fellow Hometown Folks 东莞打工记之老乡合租篇 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山12k WordsCompleted Working in Dongguan: Sharing an Apartment with Fellow Hometown Folks 74Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 108 老 After My Husband Died, I Became Their Prey 老公死后，我成了他们的猎物目标 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山15k WordsCompleted After My Husband Died, I Became Their Prey 182Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 109 我 My Online Boyfriend Is Getting Married 我的网恋男友要结婚了 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted My Online Boyfriend Is Getting Married 188Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 110 女 The Goddess Is Pregnant, So I Went to Help Her Through It 女神怀孕了，我去帮忙养胎 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山15k WordsCompleted The Goddess Is Pregnant, So I Went to Help Her Through It 234Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 111 我 My Landlady Is Ten Years Older Than Me 我的房东姐姐比我大十岁 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted My Landlady Is Ten Years Older Than Me 85Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 112 重 Reborn, I Personally Pushed My Childhood Friend Away 重生后，我亲手推开了我的青梅 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山10k WordsCompleted After Being Reborn, I Personally Pushed My Childhood Friend Away 76Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 113 嫌 You Broke Up With Me for Being Poor, So Why Are You Crying and Begging Me Now? 嫌我穷提分手，转头你哭着求我？ The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted You dumped me for being poor, and now you come crying and begging me? 11Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 114 和 After My Husband and I Swapped Bodies, He Went Crazy 和老公互换身体后，老公要疯了 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Modern Romance137k WordsCompleted Modern romance + premium novel + body swap + funny everyday life Five years after registering their marriage, Shen Jing received not an anniversary gift from Lin Yu, but divorce papers. For the sake of his pregnant secretary, her husband wanted to leave her with nothing. On their way to the Civil Affairs Bureau, they got into a car accident and swapped souls. Looking at Lin Yu’s handsome face in the mirror, Shen Jing smiled. “You want a divorce? Let’s see if ‘you’ agree!” Wearing her husband’s s 748Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 115 猝 The Day I Dropped Dead, I Stole Judge Cui's Brush from Black Impermanence 猝死当天，我抢了黑无常的判官笔 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山6k WordsCompleted The Day I Dropped Dead, I Stole the Black Impermanence's Judge's Brush 70Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 116 高 The Summer After the College Entrance Exam, I Learned My First Lesson in Growing Up 高考完的这个暑假，我上了人生成长的第一课 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山13k WordsCompleted That summer after the college entrance exams, I learned my first lesson in growing up. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 117 三 After Three and a Half Months Without Marital Relations, I Smelled Gardenias in His Hair 三个半月无夫妻生活，我在他头发上闻到了栀子花香 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted We Haven't Been Intimate in Three and a Half Months, Yet I Smelled Gardenias in His Hair 56Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 118 当 While You Still Call Me Cheap, I Bought a House Three Years After Graduation 当你还在说我抠门时，我毕业三年就买房 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山10k WordsCompleted While you're still calling me stingy, I've already bought a house three years after graduating. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 119 重 Reborn, I Watched My Family Fall Apart 重生后，我看着自己家家破人亡 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山9k WordsCompleted After being reborn, I watched my family fall apart and die. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 120 重 Reborn to Study Medicine, My Wife from My Previous Life Becomes a Simp 重生学医，前世妻子成舔狗 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山7k WordsCompleted Reborn to Study Medicine, My Wife from My Past Life Becomes a Devoted Follower 11Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 121 我 I Thought We’d Be Together Forever 我以为，我们会永远在一起 Hua Baisha花百杀Modern Romance698k WordsCompleted [Good girl × pure-hearted guy, sweet at first, then heartbreaking...] “Feng, I owe you a wedding. I'll make it up to you in our next life.” “My little wooden fish, I'm coming to find you.” They were each other's salvation, and the most precious gifts in their lives. Later, the heroine became terminally ill. Years after she died, the hero could no longer bear the longing and went to the bottom of the sea too. He went to find his little wooden fish. A friendly warning: The story follows a group 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I cried so hard my liver trembled!

22. 122 女 After My Girlfriend Broke Up with Me, She Introduced Me to Her Best Friend 女友提出分手后，竟介绍闺蜜给我 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted After my girlfriend breaks up with me, she actually introduces me to her best friend. 672Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short, angsty story, so heart-wrenching it'll make your heart race, bad ending.

23. 123 他 After He Escaped Death, He Forced Me to Sign a Penance Contract 他死里逃生后，逼我签下赎罪契约 I Returned to the Crowd我重返人群Modern Romance178k WordsCompleted A handsome, powerful, tragic, obsessive, and deranged man with a double face × a patient, clear-headed heiress fallen on hard times Five years later, we meet again. He's Jiangcheng's most ruthless obsessive man, and I'm an heiress with nowhere left to turn. He hangs me over a cliff and says, “Let me show you the despair I felt when I jumped into the sea back then.” He forces me to sign a contract of atonement and says, “I won't spare a single member of the Lin family.” I thought he hated me so m 2kReads—Score114Shelves

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    A deeply angsty and high-quality angst novel, featuring physical, emotional, and fateful torment stacked on top of each other! Extremely angsty! It's definitely not a typical amnesia or terminal illness story; it's a battle of wits among all characters, with profound motivations and sophisticated, heart-wrenching moments of angst!

24. 124 生 A Song of Life's Sorrows 生命悲歌 Fate Be Like This缘来灬如此Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Human nature + family + first person + male and female audiences] (Adapted into an audio drama with real voice actors; a motion comic is in production and coming soon.) Fate is never set in advance, yet it always pushes people toward unknown wilderness when they least expect it. The Ballad of Life uses simple, heartfelt storytelling to unfold a journey through hardship, perseverance, and struggle, revealing the most moving strength found in an ordinary life. There are no earth-shattering legend 10.9kReads9.2Score907Shelves

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    It's angsty, so painful, you can tell from the title. It's a top-ranked book. The first one resolves the tragedy, the second one has a happy ending. Add it to your collection and start reading.

25. 125 身 Terminally Ill, the Abandoned Heir of a Tycoon Risks His Life to Protect Me 身患绝症，豪门弃少以命相护 Fate Be Like This缘来灬如此Modern Romance215k WordsCompleted [Heart-wrenching romance + mutual salvation + mysterious origins + angst before sweetness + uplifting healing] With late-stage kidney failure, I was heartlessly abandoned by my parents and ex-boyfriend. I had only thirty days left to live. Chen Mo, my classmate of four years, suddenly showed up at my door, determined to save me. He was willing to break with his entire family and shoulder every hardship alone, coming close to death several times. I survived because of him, but then he collapsed. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 126 误 Wandering into Yuwa Village, I Carried Away a Shadow Too Dark to Speak Of 误入榆洼村，烙下不可轻易言说的阴影 The Strategist策略派8k WordsCompleted I Strayed into Yuwa Village and Was Left with a Shadow I Could Hardly Speak Of 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short angst stories, tragic ending aesthetics

27. 127 阿 A Shao, Don't Cry 阿邵，不要哭 Jiangnan Yidao江南易道Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted [Boys’ love + utterly tragic ending + 1v1 + emotion-focused + slow and steady] A gentle neurosurgeon and a sensitive underage litigation lawyer We always thought we had plenty of time and could wait a little longer. Until we finished our college entrance exams, until we grew up, until we found jobs... Never realizing that no one knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first. … “I was too busy studying at seventeen. What about when I’m twenty-seven?” “Dr. Shao, I want to pursue you.” Fr 1.9kReads—Score369Shelves

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    I recommend this book I wrote, [Thoughts].

28. 128 银 When the Ginkgo Leaves Fall 银杏落下时 Wanyan Yuning完颜雨凝Two Male Leads62k WordsCompleted [If you enjoy this, please leave lots of comments and ratings. Love you!] #BoysLove #Angst #Tragedy #BEAesthetic #Realistic #MutualDevotion #UnforgettableRegret #ConversionTherapy #DoubleDeath At nineteen, Cheng Ye and Lu Ming thought love could conquer everything. A ginkgo-leaf bookmark, two handmade rings, and a promise to go south. They ran away together on a rainy night and kissed beneath a bridge, believing that if they went far enough, they could reach a future of their own. But their pa 358Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A tragic ending where both sides go their separate ways, it's heartbreaking, painful, and tear-jerking. Highly recommended!

29. 129 见 Meeting Summer 见夏天 As Always, An'an安安如故Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted Xia Linxi x Tang Yu Xia Linxi is a sophomore with excellent grades and impeccable conduct. Tang Yu is a carefree bar singer. They’re worlds apart, with nothing in common. No one could have imagined that one day the two of them would end up together. In a dark alley, Xia Linxi saw Tang Yu locked in an intimate embrace with a strange woman, but she simply left in silence. She believed the man before her was nothing like the womanizing facade he showed the world. She saw right through him at a glan 1.4kReads8.5Score295Shelves
30. 130 她 She, Too, Is a Memento 她也是遗物 Changchuan Jinen长川仅恩Modern Romance269k WordsCompleted Cool, aloof girl × carefree boy “He didn’t leave behind much. I was one of the few things he did.”, Source: the internet I gave everything I had to live this life, only for it to end in regret. Cicadas sing without pause, and we meet again in the height of summer. … Fang Xieyang thought her life was over, that she would spend the rest of it “following the rules” just as she always had. But then Xia Qianli came along and upended everything she thought she knew. He was so gentle, so good to her, 7.6kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves

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    This is a heart-wrenching story that will make you cry.

31. 131 他 On His Birthday, She Starved to Death in Their Rented Room 他生日那天，她饿死在出租屋 Huaibin Bamboo淮滨竹10k WordsCompleted On His Birthday, She Starved to Death in a Rented Room 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very tragic short story, bad ending

32. 132 女 Life with the Goddess: I Feel Like I've Seen You Somewhere Before 女神同居往事，我好像在哪见过你 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban126k WordsCompleted Li Huangxuan was a recent college graduate, stuck in a miserable nine-to-five job and always broke. Like every young person just starting out, he felt lost and uncertain about the future. He longed for a love that would leave a lasting mark. He had a crush on his coworker, Xu Wanqing, but was too timid to approach her. Then one day, his roommate moved out, and a goddess named Lin Ximeng moved in next door, turning his life upside down. A month of living together gradually drew the two of them cl 43.2kReads9.7Score4.6kShelves
33. 133 我 Waiting for You Amid Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moonlight 我在风花雪月里等你 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban1.9M WordsCompleted We were all pretending to be sad, comforting someone else who was sad. It wasn't until one day, when I went to another city, that I finally understood: how could sorrow be something you could fake? Whether in Shanghai or Dali, the cities were ablaze with lights, yet the only lonely thing was the human heart! This is the story of a disillusioned man who flees the city for Dali and finds himself caught up in love. 84.7kReads9.3Score10.3kShelves

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    Super heart-wrenching and super good, brothers and sisters, go for it! [Crying][crying][crying] Tank is such a great writer, all the ratings are above 9. I've already read it twice and I still can't forget it. You can really fall in love with a city because of a book.

34. 134 世 The Person Who Loves Me Most in the World 世界上最爱我的人 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban2.0M WordsCompleted The purest kind of love is this: you rejected me, and I’ll never resent you for it, but I won’t come near you again. If you ever need my help, I’ll still give everything I have to help you... 61.4kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
35. 135 我 My Irresistible Girlfriend 我的极品女友 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban1.6M WordsCompleted After suffering through several heartbreaks, he lived a miserable, dejected life. By chance, he found a briefcase and discovered that its owner was a beautiful woman. The two met at a coffee shop, then grew close when the rain brought them together. After several chance encounters, perhaps fate really had brought them together, and love was about to bloom. A poor loser fights his way back in love, as a tangled romance is about to unfold. 37.7kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves
36. 136 我 My 26-Year-Old Tenant: A Lonely Sail on an Island 我的26岁女房客之海岛孤帆 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban185k WordsOngoing What exactly is love, and where does it come from? I can’t quite figure it out. Perhaps love is just a colorful butterfly: beautiful to look at, but impossible to get close to. If you really try to hold it tight in your hands, it struggles, and in struggling, rubs away all its color, leaving it pale forevermore. I think I understand a little why I’m so careful: I’m afraid that I might fail to touch her soul, yet rub away that beautiful layer of color. 19.1kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
37. 137 我 My Qingdao Girl 我的青岛姑娘 Super Big Tank Kobe超级大坦克科比Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Celebrities] + [Female TV host] + [First love] + [Tenant] + [Older sister] + [Bad man] + [Super Big Tank Kobe] “I seriously can’t figure it out. With all these gorgeous women around, why do they have to like a guy like you?” My buddies are always asking me that. They all think I’m one of those men who believe women love a bad boy, but I’m really not a bad man! The truth is simple: we see women differently. They see a current starlet, the most beautiful woman in the entertainment industry. I see 33.2kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves
38. 138 他 He Thought I'd Left 他以为我走了 Du Qinghuan7890渡清欢7890Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted He Thought I Was Gone 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short story that just finished airing, it's so heartbreaking, a complete tragic ending. You won't be able to get over it, so get your tissues ready.

39. 139 情 Love Broken at Quicksand River 情断流沙河 Du Qinghuan7890渡清欢789030k WordsCompleted Love Ends at Quicksand River 3Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 140 半 Half-Mountain Ferry: No Shore Beyond, So I Make a Way 半山渡：彼岸无岸，我开路 Get Me得我Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted A boy’s pursuit of pleasure turns into a youth filled with the bittersweet aches of growing up. [Depressed, frail, adored-by-all campus beauty × a battlefield of love rivals | 1990s school days | bittersweet youth, tragic ending | push and pull | dissociative identity | based on a true story] Who can save her shattered soul? ① The domineering class monitor: “Even if I can’t win your heart, I’ll have you.” Du Qinghuan bit her lower lip. “You wouldn’t dare!” His desire got the better of him. “Gues 102Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    A poignant coming-of-age novel disguised as a story of ambition and struggle, featuring depression, split personality, and pure love. "This is just a book, and none of you dare read it. But this is my life, and you want me to live." —Du Qinghuan

41. 141 嫡 The Legitimate Daughter Was Sold Off, and the Road to Exile Held No Sun 嫡女被贱卖，流放路上不见晴 Watching the Girls from the Wall坐在壁上观姑娘Ancient Romance203k WordsOngoing [Political intrigue]+ [Revenge]+ [Wuxia]+ [Angst]+ [Unhinged heroine] (Warning: this is an angsty story, the really painful kind. If you don’t like angst, don’t read it. I’m making a pledge: if the readers don’t cry, I will!) Beneath the walls of Xianyang, Xiao Jin desperately clutched Chu Yu’s hand. “Are you really leaving?” Only sorrow remained in Chu Yu’s eyes. “Your Highness, I wish you dominion over a vast empire and a lifetime of loneliness.” She swung herself onto her horse. Xiao Jin’s ey 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Anyone like this kind of thing?

42. 142 飞 The Canary That Flew Away 飞走的金丝雀 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫18k WordsCompleted The Canary That Flew Away 145Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The pinnacle of angst-filled fiction, immersive and emotionally intense, enough to cause heartache.

43. 143 魂 Lost in a Trance 魂不守舍 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Mystery19k WordsCompleted Distraught 25Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 144 不 I Don't Want Your Love, Just Your Life 不要你的爱，只要你的命 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫16k WordsCompleted I Don’t Want Your Love, Just Your Life 47Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 145 终 In the End, She Married Someone Else 终嫁他人 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫10k WordsCompleted In the End, She Married Someone Else 72Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 146 迫 Forced to Marry the Ninth Prince 迫嫁九王妃 Eighteen Is My Cat十八是我的猫Ancient Romance49k WordsCompleted Forced to Marry the Ninth Prince 57Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 147 我 My Unrequited Love Was Buried in Midsummer 我的暗恋葬于盛夏 Junior Sister123师妹12312k WordsCompleted My Unrequited Love Was Buried in Midsummer 460Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Abusive short stories

48. 148 可 Maybe I'm Not a Good Person 可能，我不是一个好人 Junior Sister123师妹12317k WordsCompleted Maybe I'm Not a Good Person 71Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 149 那 He Never Replied to That Message 那条消息，他永远没回 Junior Sister123师妹1238k WordsCompleted That message, he never replied to. 102Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 150 他 He Said He Wanted to Be My Wife 他说要给我当媳妇 Junior Sister123师妹1239k WordsCompleted He Said He'd Marry Me 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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