Looking for Beautiful Tragedies That Are Absolutely Heartbreaking 求be美学，超虐心的
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Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03）
Back in middle school, Xie Zeyang met Shen Bingqing. Their names were almost the opposite of their natures: he was as cold as ice, while she burned bright as the sun. He could still vaguely recall every time they parted when they were young. At thirteen, beneath the lights at the entrance to an alley. She waved with a radiant smile and said to him, “See you tomorrow, class monitor!” At seventeen, on the beach on a midsummer night. She poked her head out of the tent, eyes crinkling as she called
19.4kReads9.6Score5.1kShelves
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You Broke Your Promise 你失信了
The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily
60.3kReads9.5Score11.4kShelves
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I Once Promised You a Golden Age of Joy 我曾许你盛世欢颜
Ye Chen waits for his Mrs. Ye, from the days when youth was like a dream until her hair turns white as snow. But he will never know that his Mrs. Ye was buried long ago in that rotten, muddy grave...
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I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月
[The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian
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At Last, I Admit Defeat 终于愿赌服输
“Why couldn't you be the one who got sick?” “Why couldn't you be the one who died?” With drunken eyes, the man bends down and whispers the most heartless words in the gentlest voice. But he doesn't know that she really is going to die.
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The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事
Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing
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The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟
Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred
94.3kReads9.7Score15.2kShelves
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This Grand, Silent Drama of Unrequited Love 暗恋这场声势浩大的哑剧
A bittersweet youthful school romance about unrequited love from popular author Meng Zhiwan, and a companion novel to The Sad Little Thing Called a Secret Crush and The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain. This one-sided love story is a silent play with just one actor: me. Also known as The Moment I Speak, My Voice Disappears. Lonely girl Chen Ji VS sunny boy Lin Jingye. I carefully cherished you, and you became the only spring I ever had in my life. “Chen Ji, may you always be safe and well, overcome
18.6kReads9.6Score4.1kShelves
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The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Yin-Yang Twins 盗墓笔记之阴阳双生
(Pure angst. Some characters may be out of character. This is a story about redemption; please don’t read if that bothers you. Apologies for the OOC.) “Thud.” The knife slipped from his hand and fell into the bathtub. A smile of relief spread across his face as his consciousness gradually faded from this world. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a completely different world. Hearing people call a name stirred memories of a hugely popular novel from his previous life: The Grave Robbers' Chr
8.1kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
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I Only Took a Peek at Him 我只偷看他一眼
During the speech by the freshman class representative, Chen Nan fell for Lu Xu at first sight, and for the rest of her life. The pink sunset beyond the window filled the entire sky, like a beautiful landscape painting. The clouds looked drunk, their cheeks flushed with color. Chen Nan held her breath and stole a sidelong glance at Lu Xu. His profile was youthful and striking, and he held his book with perfect posture. A ray of light fell on the yellowed pages, and touched him as well. The dayli
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Tomb Raiding: The Girl Who Disappeared 盗墓：消失的那个她
[Tomb Raiding + Tragedy, Extremely Heartbreaking, Read with Caution. Female Lead: Black Glasses’ Girlfriend] (In my story, Black Glasses is suspicious and ruthless, unlike his personality in The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. This is the author’s own interpretation, so please don’t compare the two. Read with caution, thank you.) No one knew that Black Glasses had once had a girlfriend. No one knew that she had vanished without a trace. Ten years later, Wu Xie, Wang Pangzi, Xie Yuchen, and the others
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Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊
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
26.4kReads8.1Score4.7kShelves
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Wutong Lane 梧桐巷
[Bright and kind-hearted Ning Wan x gentle genius Song Qingyan] [Love at first sight + Secret love comes true + Youthful heartache + BE] When the innocent, sunny Ning Wan fell in love with Song Qingyan at first sight, he was the golden boy in everyone's eyes. She wrote her secret feelings in her diary, planning to keep them to herself. By a twist of fate, Song Qingyan became her temporary guardian. During the days when she was ostracized and bullied, he became the light in her life. She held on
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[Quick Transmigration] After I Died, the Male Lead Regretted Everything 【快穿】我死后男主追悔莫及
[BE aesthetic | tearjerking and cathartic | no melodramatic angst | immersive slow transmigration | flirtatious White Moonlight x gentle, obsessive man | sweet and bittersweet | 1v1, both leads’ firsts | parallel-world happy-ending bonus chapters] World 1: Villainous fake heiress x loyal true young master World 2: Canary x owner World 3: Arrogant princess x future tyrant World 4: Bright, beautiful school bully and underachiever x poor, handsome top student World 5: Black-lotus stepmother x true
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The Her Who Lost Him [Bad Ending] 失去他的她【be】
Qiao Yanxi & Li Jiayi (older woman-younger man romance) Note: Tragedy, school life, urban setting. Synopsis: Qiao Yanxi: The person I wronged most in this life is Li Jiayi. Li Jiayi: The person I can never forget in this life is Qiao Yanxi. “Across a distance kept cool and calm.” The original line reads, “I will love you forever, across a distance kept cool and calm.” Meredith Mariles, “I Will Love You Forever” In our next life, let’s be together properly. For love, Qiao Yanxi repeats a year of
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The Echo of a Secret Crush, and Then It Ends Badly 暗恋回声又be
[A reckless, carefree young man vs. a sensitive, insecure girl] (Bad ending) One woman remains unmarried, trapped in the past. The other has a happy marriage and shines brightly. Zhao Huaili is a notorious playboy in Beicheng. He has an impossibly upright-looking face, yet lives a wild life. He may not be the darling of heaven, but he is surrounded by admirers. Lu Zhinan is the Lu family’s shameful illegitimate daughter. Bright-eyed and kind, she always gives people the impression of a girl with
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Quick Transmigration: The White Moonlight Is Dead Again 快穿：白月光她又嘎了
[Immersive experience + bad ending + regret too late + no fixed pairing] Please support the author with a five-star rating! Protagonist: Shi Qing This novel rejects brainless romantic rivalry and pointless melodrama that torments the heroine. The heroine immerses herself in each role, and the story has a gentle, slow-burn pace. The System says timidly, “Host, the higher-ups have ordered you to transmigrate to different worlds and play the male lead's first love. You must stay in character, keep
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The Gray Lotus 灰莲花
[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
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Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏
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
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I’m Sorry, I Don’t Dare to Love You Anymore 对不起，我不敢再爱你
Ning Anran loved Bo Yeting so much that she lost herself. But Bo Yeting didn't love her. The woman in his heart was Mu Junya, who had once risked her life to save him. But when he lost Ning Anran, and the whole truth was laid bare before him, he regretted it. He searched the entire world for Ning Anran, who had disappeared, like a madman. But she no longer dared to love him.
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I Turned Down Your Confession, So You Took My Best Friend Home? 拒绝你表白，你把我闺蜜捡回家？
[Urban Slice of Life + One Female Lead + No System + No Rebirth] Zhou Heng had confessed his feelings to Tong Yining for two years, but every time he was rejected. Little by little, he grew disheartened. After his final confession, he gave up on those feelings for good. One rainy night, on his way home, he spotted his class monitor, who hadn't been to school in ages, crying in the rain. Zhou Heng took her home and let her stay until she had somewhere else to go. But gradually, she seemed unable
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A Love Against the Light 逆着光的爱恋
[Please rate and comment! I’ll reply to everyone.] [Please show your support for my new book!] An Yixun: “Yan Cheng, I have a friend who betrayed someone very important to her. Do you think that person will forgive her?” Song Yancheng: “Xiaoxun, this friend wouldn’t happen to be you, would she? I don’t believe you’d lie. You’re so kind.” An Yixun: “Song Cheng, I’m sorry. I… lied to you.” Song Yancheng: “An Yixun! So it really was you. I didn’t believe you’d lie to me. You’re so… kind.”
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