Difficult Choices #HeartbreakingStories #BookRecommendationsWanted 两难选择 #虐心小说 #书荒求荐
Translated by GPT-6 Luna
In this list
Reader notes translated by Google Translate
39
-
1
After the Abandoned Concubine Dies, the Prince Discovers the Bastard Is His Own 弃妃死后，王爷发现野种是亲生的
Rumor had it that the Princess Consort of Prince Yi had an affair and bore an illegitimate child, whom Prince Yi himself threw off a cliff. The Princess Consort followed him over the edge. One day, after getting drunk, Prince Yi took a concubine. She had an ordinary face, yet inexplicably captivated him. Later, Prince Yi discovered that this plain, almost ugly concubine had a “little bastard” outside the estate. In the midst of his shock and fury, Prince Yi uncovered the concubine’s true appeara
21kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
Reader note
-
2
After I Changed Targets, the Cool and Collected Chief Secretary Turned Dark 更换攻略对象后，清冷首辅黑化了
[Dark Pursuit After Betrayal + No Getting Back Together + Rivalry Between Men for the Heroine + Second Male Lead Wins] Thirty days remained on the conquest countdown when Shen Lanyin decided to replace her with the real heiress as his betrothed. Unwilling to be erased, she drugged Shen Lanyin. At the height of their passion, she wrapped her arms around his neck. “Lanyin, you’ll marry me, won’t you?” He said nothing. She settled for less. “Would you take Zhu Yue as your second wife?” Shen Lanyin’
18.4kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
-
3
The First Wife Left the Child and Walked Away, Now the God of War Is Desperate to Win Her Back 原配去父留子，战神追妻火葬场了
[Historical romance + marriage first, love later + the husband must win back his wife] (Reader advisory: The new book has a low rating for now, but it will rise. The heroine is the same woman as the original wife. The leads divorce, and the hero dies regretfully in the end.) In her previous life, Shen Yunqing and her husband's beloved were both tied to a sheer cliff. Their enemy forced him to choose: save his beloved, or save her, his cannon-fodder wife. He could save only one. Her cold, battle-
14kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
-
4
After His Wife Dies in a Fire With Their Child in Her Arms, Mr. Lu Goes Mad 夫人抱崽葬身火海后，陆总他疯了
[Angsty romance] + [win-her-back-at-all-costs] + [never forgive] + [no getting back together] + [obsessive] + [second male lead wins] Lu Hengnian hates Fu Xingran so much that he forces her to donate skin without anesthesia, slaps her, pushes her in front of a knife, and makes her give birth prematurely… When he has to choose between two lives at death’s door, he doesn’t hesitate to save his first love, abandoning her and their child to die. At last, he drives her to the brink. Yet through the v
1.4kReads8.5Score101Shelves
-
5
The Crown Prince Steals His Friend's Wife! The Sweetheart Is Trapped in a Jealousy Showdown 太子夺友妻！娇娇深陷争宠修罗场
[Rebirth + Rivals Fighting for Her + Sweet-Talk Face-Slapping + Forced Marriage and Possession + Faking Her Death + Devoted to Each Other + Female Lead in Control] After a tragic death, Meng Jinyue is given a chance and sent back three years. If she successfully wins over the Crown Prince within those three years, she will be allowed to keep living afterward. Meng Jinyue accepts without hesitation. After all, a man's no substitute for her life. But her status is too low, and she can barely get a
12.4kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
-
6
Mr. Gu, Please Stop Torturing Me. Your Wife Is Dying 顾总求你别虐，夫人她快死了
Complete [Angst and suffering + obsessive possessiveness + a groveling pursuit after the breakup] Su Jiameng saves Gu Chengli twice: first by carrying him out of a fire, then by donating bone marrow to cure his leukemia. In return, he tells her, “I'll make you wish you were dead!” Gu Chengli is convinced she killed the woman he loved. He hates the autistic son she gave birth to and resents her for taking the place of Mrs. Gu! Only when she jumps from a towering building does he realize that the
11kReads8.5Score982Shelves
-
7
After I Died, the Lovesick Regent Turned Gray Overnight 我死后，病娇摄政王一夜白头
[Reborn + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Revenge + Obsessive Love] In her previous life, He Zhining, the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's household, was set up by her scumbag fiancé and white-lotus younger sister. She watched her entire family be executed, and her personal maid was turned into a human pig. And that man... who loved her to the depths of his soul, went white-haired overnight after she died. He slaughtered an entire city to avenge her, then threw himself from the city wall wi
4.7kReads8.8Score777Shelves
-
8
You Forced Me to Give Up Our Child to Save Your White Moonlight: I'll Send Your Whole Family to the Crematorium 逼我取子救白月光：送全家火葬场
[Completed] [The Ex-Wife Chase] [No Getting Back Together] [Heroine Hunts Ghosts; Hero Is a Goofball] [High-Fantasy Power Trip] In her previous life, Zhu Tangli’s family joined forces with her husband to kill her and her unborn twins, all to cure a System mission-taker who was only pretending to be sick. After her death, she cultivated esoteric arts in another realm. When she returned to the System woman’s coming-of-age banquet, she tore off the woman’s disguise in front of everyone and humiliat
962Reads8.6Score101Shelves
-
9
The Stand-In's Guide to Winning Themself Over 替身的自我攻略
[Male substitute + obsessive love + male lead suffers + second chance at love + later, possessive pursuit by force. The male lead is arrogant, domineering, obsessive, and calculating, with extremely strong controlling and possessive tendencies] Delicate, frail female lead X obsessive, calculating male lead At Jingbei High School, Wen Li met a boy who looked a lot like Pei Yang. One glance was all it took for her to be drawn to him. He’d look even more like Pei Yang if he had a mole at the corner
8.3kReads8.4Score565Shelves
-
10
The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
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
56.7kReads9.7Score8.3kShelves
Reader note
-
11
Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春
[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
242.9kReads9.5Score36.5kShelves
-
12
With a Shop at My Fingertips, I Urge the Male Lead to Behave 商城在手，男主我劝你善良
[One-on-one romance + both leads are strong + transmigration into a game + fantasy + secret identities + both devoted to each other + sweet and angsty moments + happy ending] Lin Yao transmigrated into a fantasy game and became a villainous NPC who was destined to be imprisoned by the protagonist as his male lover. He couldn’t leave the game until the protagonist wiped out his entire clan. To get home, Lin Yao pretended to torment the protagonist and use him, while secretly treating his wounds,
249Reads8.5Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
13
The Doomsday Hourglass 末日沙漏
10.5kReads7.5Score778Shelves
Reader note
-
14
Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批
The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou
249.4kReads9.7Score28.2kShelves
Reader note
-
15
Cold, Untouchable Moonlight? No! I'm the Villain Chosen by Fate 清冷白月光？不！我是天命大反派
[System-driven + villainess protagonist + egoist + top prodigy + near-invincible power fantasy + no romance (no male consorts)] After transmigrating, Nan Xian becomes a fake prodigy used by a top family to save face. She is about to fight the real prodigy. Should she just wait to die? No rush, the System is here to help. [Ding! The Ultimate Villain System is at your service.] [Humiliate your arrogant fiancé and get a divine beast mount as a reward.] Nan Xian: Kill him. Her younger siblings are d
48.3kReads9.5Score6.9kShelves
-
16
Naruto: Otsutsuki Sasuke 火影之大筒木佐助
In the era after the Hokage, the God of Ōtsutsuki, Yami, awakens and launches a surprise assault on the shinobi world! Sasuke’s closest friends, wife, children, students, and comrades are all slaughtered! On the verge of death, Sasuke escapes with Izanagi. With the help of Orochimaru, the only other survivor, he returns to the past! He opens his eyes... Rain falls over the Valley of the End. Beneath the moon, his Mangekyo Sharingan lights up. With a heart utterly unlike the one he once had, he r
6.7kReads9.1Score589Shelves
-
17
Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽：绝世妖女倾天下
[Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her
196.8kReads9.6Score26.8kShelves
-
18
Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔
[Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou
199.6kReads9.4Score19.7kShelves
-
19
This Scholar Comes from the Underworld 这个书生来自幽冥
“Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem
73.3kReads9.4Score8.1kShelves
Reader note
-
20
Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人
After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became
129.6kReads9.5Score13.3kShelves
-
21
Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关
Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year.
203kReads9.6Score24.7kShelves
-
22
Game Invasion: Building a Demon Sequence with the Chinese Zodiac 游戏入侵：以生肖构筑恶魔序列
[Everyone Thinks Strategically] + [Cards] + [Heroes Vie for Supremacy] + [Yu-Gi-Oh!-Inspired] + [Twelve Talismans] + [Game Invasion] + [Fishing] + [One Heroine] A rain of cards ushered humanity into the Age of Cards. On top of a building, a young man fiddling with a red card spreads his arms to welcome it. Welcome to the age of Card Masters! The next moment, countless white cards and a handful of green ones rain from the sky. A voice rings out above them. “[Card Domain] has officially logged in
138.7kReads8.7Score10.8kShelves
-
23
My Homeroom Teacher Is a Jianghu Big Shot 班主任是江湖大佬
Tired of a life in the underworld with death at every turn, Chen Yan longs for peace and purpose. Though well-read and exceptionally skilled, he happens upon a notice saying that Dawn High School urgently needs a homeroom teacher for Class 10, Grade 10. He resolutely leaves his past behind and, armed with a forged résumé, knocks on the principal’s door. Faced with a class full of the school’s worst troublemakers, one that has terrified countless renowned teachers, the exhausted principal clings
4Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
24
The Modern-Day Wild Wife of a Scheming Divine Lord 腹黑神尊的现代狂妻
Su Li, a modern-day girl, opens her eyes to find herself a lamb led to slaughter on a wasteland in another world. Penniless and utterly powerless, she faces the fangs of the lawless Xuantian Continent, where the strong prey on the weak. At death's door, she encounters Ye Jin, the Dark God Venerable, a peerless harbinger of doom who is just as battered and powerless as she is. He thinks she's as weak as an ant; she can't stand his cold, domineering nature. Yet fate binds these two together. Su Li
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
25
Ashes of Time and Space: My Love, the Three Realms in Mourning 时空烬：吾爱三界殇
Time's Ashes: My Love, the Tragedy of the Three Realms tells the story of Li Zhan, the God of War from the Divine Realm, and Mo Yuan, the Demon Lord. When the ancient artifact known as the Mirror of Time shatters, they are swept into a temporal maelstrom and forced to travel between the Three Realms across past and present. Once bitter enemies, they clash in life-and-death battles and fight side by side again and again, unexpectedly glimpsing the loneliness and tenderness beneath each other's co
5Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
26
Sunlight Through the Cracks 裂缝里的阳光
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
136.3kReads9.8Score15.5kShelves
-
27
He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南
When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went
24.2kReads9.7Score4.7kShelves
Reader note
-
28
The Charming Luo Cheng of the Sui-Tang Era 隋唐俏罗成
My new novel is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
2Reads—Score—Shelves
-
29
Frost of Qi 齐霜
In the final years of the Spring and Autumn period, hegemonic power is waning, signs of Jin's division into three states are already apparent, and within Qi, the blades of the Tian clan's takeover from the Jiang house are drawn. Twenty-five-year-old aristocrat Qin Yunhao carries the bloodline of the Xi family. Perceptive and discerning, he is nevertheless forced to tread carefully beneath the shadow of the powerful minister Tian Heng. His wife Ling Yao's warning still rings in his ears: “Those w
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
30
The Sui Dynasty Imperial Examinations 大隋科举
After Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, united the realm, he recognized the flaws of the old recommendation system and hereditary aristocracy. He boldly established the imperial examination system to select officials, opening a gateway to power and ambition for countless sons of humble families. History would remember it as the “Kaihuang Examinations.” The story centers on Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Sui dynasty. Sun Jieyu, the son of a merchant, rises above thousands of scholars with his
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
31
Watching Dawn from the Sea Isle 海屿望晓
Synopsis of Sea Isle at Dawn: In the early 1980s, sixteen-year-old Qin Yinxiao meets nine-year-old Qin Wangyu on a small island in the East China Sea. Her beauty and excellence, as radiant as the moon, leave a deep impression on the boy's heart. Years later, after her marriage falls apart, Qin Yinxiao retires and returns to her hometown, where she reunites with Qin Wangyu, who has always stayed there, waiting. Their hearts, weathered by decades of life's hardships, gradually draw close. In the s
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
32
True Fire in the Ashes 烬里真火
Embers of True Fire tells a Jiang Ziya story unlike traditional mythology. At thirty-two, Jiang Ziya bids farewell to his mother and wife, Yu Qinqing, and heads to Kunlun Mountain to seek the Dao, only to become embroiled in conflicts among immortal sects and a plot from the Nine Hells. As he merges with the earth's ley lines beneath Qilin Cliff to protect a city's people from the Nine Hells' Demon Lord, his wife Yu Qinqing suffers the loss of their unborn child in Chaoge. Forty years on Kunlun,
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
33
Beneath the Moon, a Gentle Breeze 清风月下
Li Fenghao, a 32-year-old technician at a modern factory, unexpectedly transmigrates to the fictional ancient kingdom of Dawan. Using the high-tech laser flashlight he carries with him, he saves Queen Jin Xiaoyan from an assassination attempt. The ordinary modern bachelor suddenly becomes a hero of the kingdom, winning the queen's affection and attracting the admiration of Princess Jin Xiaomei and female commander Xiao Chengqing. Yet undercurrents stir at court. A great general plots a rebellio
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
34
The 1911 Comet: The Founding General and the Three Wonders 辛亥流星：首义将军与三殊
Setting: In the turbulent years around the turn of the twentieth century, the decaying Qing court teeters on the brink of collapse as revolutionary fires smolder across China. In the city of Wuchang, an uprising that will change China's destiny is taking shape. Key Characters: · Wu Mengzhen: Inspired by Wu Luzhen. A young scholar skilled in both letters and arms, he is driven by the ambition to “expel the barbarians.” He joins the revolution at eighteen, becoming a member of the Gongjin Society
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
35
Deep-Sea Queen: The Jade Arm 深海女王：翡翠之臂
The Deep-Sea Queen: The Jade Arm: She was once the “Fruit Beauty” in a corner of the market, running a tiny shop and struggling to get by amid the bustle of everyday life. A sudden disaster changed everything: her husband's cleaver took not only her left arm, but her ordinary life as well. Before the pain of losing her arm could fade, life's blows kept coming: Liu Yangsheng, a clumsy supermarket warehouse manager, awkwardly approaches her; the mysterious wealthy woman Fan Yijin offers her a life
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
36
The Azure Blade Rises in Chaoge 青锋起朝歌
In the final years of the Yin-Shang dynasty, demons run rampant and court factions scheme against one another. This is not the story of an elderly Jiang Shang fishing by the Wei River, but the blazing legend of **Jiang Ziya, a twenty-seven-year-old man**! Born in Yong County in the northern frontier, he witnesses a Rong raid as a boy, leaving the snowy plains stained with blood. After studying the Dao under a master on Kunlun for three years, he enters the world carrying a short sword for vanqu
—Reads—Score—Shelves
-
37
Immortal Travel of Longevity 长生仙游
An accident brings Chen Changsheng to a world of immortals and martial arts, but he is surrounded by a curse that lets him live only from dawn to dusk. From then on, he comes back to life for just one day every three years, then falls asleep again, trapped in an endless cycle. Yet because of this, immortals from all walks of life mistake him for a sage who has attained the Dao. By a fortunate twist of fate, he embarks on the path of cultivation, searching desperately for a way to break the mayfl
7kReads8.9Score1kShelves
Reader note
-
38
Chaos Divine Lord: Nine Lifetimes of Trials in Love 混沌神尊，情劫炼九世
Chu Jin is murdered by his master and betrayed by the woman he loves. Just as his soul is about to be scattered, he returns to his youth! In this life, he wields the Primal Chaos Karma Fire and swears to incinerate every enemy and defy fate. But one after another, nine peerlessly beautiful women appear, bringing nine love trials that burn his heart and gnaw at his soul. When the ultimate truth rends the heavens, he learns that he is the reincarnation of an ancient Divine Venerable, and the woman
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
39
My Cutting-Edge Drones Sweep the Globe 我的黑科技无人机横扫全球
Su Nian uses a “blueprint” to modify or design astonishing drones, solving one difficult, high-value real-world problem after another, drawing on their many possible applications. Step by step, she makes those who once framed her eat their words, upends the industry, and builds her wealth and connections. At the same time, her technology and products attract the covetous attention of powerful domestic and foreign interests, the military, and even mysterious organizations, all eager to seize them
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
Other lists with After the Abandoned Concubine Dies, the Prince Discovers the Bastard Is His Own