Heartbreaking Tragedies That’ll Make You Lose Your Appetite, With an Unhappy Ending, Not Too Long 虐到肝疼，还减肥，BE，不要太长

1. 51 偷 Stealing a Corpse to Borrow a Life 偷尸借命 Fake Cigarettes假烟Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted The year I was born, strange signs appeared in the sky. That day, many people saw hundreds of ragged prisoners in shackles carrying a huge black coffin toward the forbidden ground behind the mountain. Ten years later, a fortune-telling monk came to our village. He said I had been dead for ten years, and that I was borrowing my life from a corpse. He said I wouldn't live much longer. But before I could die, he suddenly dropped dead. The next day, however, his body, already buried, mysteriously ap 6.6kReads7.8Score78214d adds
2. 52 浮 Beyond the Floating Light Lies Only Doom 浮光深处终是劫 Farewell to the Vermilion Mirror Flowers朱颜镜花辞Modern Romance172k WordsCompleted My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 64Reads6.0Score—14d adds

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   It's a novel you can read patiently.

3. 53 白 The White Olive Tree: The War Rages On, but Love Runs Deep 白色橄榄树：硝烟未尽，爱已深 Secluded Study闭门斋Female-Channel Fanfiction224k WordsCompleted On the war-ravaged land of Dongguo, the sky was always gray and hazy with smoke. Amid the ruins of the cities, the thunder of artillery never ceased, as if giving voice to endless suffering. Song Ran, a young and gifted war correspondent, first met Li Zan, a brave soldier in the peacekeeping forces, amid the flames of war. The threads of fate quietly intertwined. 313Reads—Score10414d adds

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   *The White Olive Tree*, by Jiu Yuexi. The story revolves around war correspondent Song Ran and peacekeeper Li Zan. Li Zan is consumed by guilt and remorse after her friend's sacrifice to save her, while Song Ran faces controversy due to her photographs. Both fall into despair and even lose contact. After reuniting, marrying, and having children, Li Zan suffers from the psychological torment of war and ultimately chooses suicide. The novel portrays a beautiful and resilient love story while profoundly expressing anti-war sentiments. It realistically depicts the cruelty of war and its psychological and physical trauma, prompting readers to reflect on war while experiencing the tragedy of love.

4. 54 刺 Piercing Pain 刺骨 Dog from the East东边狗10k WordsCompleted My mom says I always do what she tells me, but she won't even let me cut my hair. After a neighbor harassed me, she not only refused to comfort me, she yelled at me for cutting my hair and wanted to send me to a psychiatric hospital. That made me furious. I was a guy to begin with! —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Despite its short length, the story is incredibly impactful. The love and hate between the protagonists are like needles chilled to the bone, each clash piercing the reader's soul. The regret of unrequited love and the cruelty of reality push the two further and further apart, culminating in a heartbreaking tragic ending. After reading it, not only is the reader emotionally tormented, but they also lose their appetite, resulting in maximum weight loss.

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