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1. 1 小 That Little Trouble-Maker Is Absolutely Unhinged 小作精他超疯的 Lemon and Cola柠檬加可乐Two Male Leads249k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance + rekindled love + entertainment industry + happy ending] A volatile, depressed, troublesome, sickly bottom in public and in private, A top who is emotionally impaired but an outstanding actor. Jiang Li is a madman. During a sugar-baby arrangement, he was the first to fall in love and become obsessed. He knew Yi Zhen didn't love him, yet he kept clinging to him, his body covered in wounds. He said, “I supported you for two years. Now it's your turn to support me for two years! 13kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves

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   It's so cruel that it makes my liver hurt.

2. 2 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 112.6kReads9.5Score16.1kShelves

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   Very beautiful, Wu Yan is really good

3. 3 假 After the Fake Young Master Left, President Chi Couldn't Stop Pursuing Me 假少爷走后，被池总缠上了 Wen Chun温纯Two Male Leads250k WordsCompleted Shang Chushi was once a spoiled rich heir: arrogant, unruly, and useless, the kind of scoundrel everyone loved to hate. Then one day, the real young master of the Shang family showed up. Shang Chushi was thrown out and left destitute and humiliated. He thought Chi Ting would look after him for the rest of his life. But at the engagement banquet he had eagerly awaited, Chi Ting humiliated him without mercy, ruining his reputation. Like a beaten dog, Shang Chushi fled and vanished without a tra 4.4kReads8.3Score391Shelves

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   This book gives me a mixed feeling [laughs awkwardly], but I still recommend it! A very good story, but the plot is terrible [laughs] The rest is okay. Oh, I hope they will be at first, but in the end I hope they will always be 99

4. 4 快 Quick Transmigration: A Collection of Sickly Beauties 快穿：病美人收集册 Fu Yunai符雨奈Two Male Leads497k WordsOngoing (The ratings have only just opened, so they'll go up!) [Quick transmigration + two male leads + sickly beauty + devoted to each other + fragmented gong] Ji Fuxue was a moon-white glazed willow-leaf vase, but just before he could take human form, he was accidentally smashed to pieces and badly injured. To recover the fragments scattered far and wide, Ji Fuxue has no choice but to travel to various small worlds and experience every illness under the sun, only becoming whole again at the end. What 296Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   Although there isn't much in the world, it's really beautiful (abuse article)

5. 5 我 I Want to Leave 我想走 Little Fox Cub狐狸崽崽崽Two Male Leads161k WordsCompleted After ten years of marriage on paper, Yu Shuyi still couldn’t make it to the end of the contract. At first, he begged his husband to look at him, just once. Later, he begged his husband to come home and have a meal with him. In the end, he begged him to let him go. He said there was a saying: Better a brief pain than a long one. So I’ve let myself go. Please let go of me, too. I’m not asking you to love me or forgive me. I’m only asking you to let me go. Don’t save me anymore… Setting: Same-sex 5.3kReads8.4Score543Shelves

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   It feels so cruel. I read the fourth book twice, [crying]

6. 6 高 How to Tame a Cold Beauty 高岭之花驯养法则 Zui Linlang醉琳琅Two Male Leads109k WordsCompleted [Two male leads / obsessive possessiveness / imprisonment / unhinged top] Unhinged, impulsive top × aloof beauty bottom The Shen family falls into ruin, and its once-proud heir is cast from his pedestal. The most powerful man in the capital offers him a helping hand, in exchange for a lifetime of service. [Old-school melodramatic, coercive romance!! Bottom fans, beware!! If it’s not your thing, don’t read. Let’s both be happy!!] 2.6kReads8.8Score166Shelves
7. 7 命 He Was Never in My Destiny 命中无他 Green Ink青墨Two Male Leads49k WordsCompleted He hated the other person’s betrayal and hated how they kept running away from him, again and again. But he also loved them to the bone. He gave them his whole heart, only to have everything taken from him by the person he respected and cared about most. Everyone thinks a lifetime is long, but sometimes it’s too short to grasp. If I could live again, I hope I’d never have met you. 329Reads7.2Score—Shelves
8. 8 阉 The Eunuch 阉人 So It Is Said笑之曰Two Male Leads193k WordsCompleted Shuangjiang stood by Li Yue’s side as he went from a prince walking on thin ice to the throne, watching him marry one beautiful woman after another. Ten years ago, Shuangjiang said to the powerless Li Yue, “I’m only a eunuch. I wouldn’t dare eat this osmanthus cake.” Li Yue said, “Shuangjiang is my favorite person. From now on, I’ll bring you as much osmanthus cake as you want.” Ten years later, Shuangjiang was frail and ill, longing for a piece of osmanthus cake. Li Yue said, “You’re only a eun 3.1kReads8.4Score270Shelves
9. 9 得 Out of Reach 得不到 Soy Milk Auntie豆浆大妈Two Male Leads221k WordsCompleted “He’s just a sickly weakling. Wouldn’t it be better if he died? Was I, Yuchi Mu, born to donate bone marrow to some sickly weakling? Why should I give you what you want?” “You deserved to die young. Even if you died, I wouldn’t cry at your funeral.” “The living can’t compete with the dead? What a joke!” Yuchi Mu had waited so long for the news of Lin Xi’s death to finally arrive. But before he could feel any happiness, Xiao An’s attitude toward him grew even harsher. “Yuchi Mu, you’re the one wh 528Reads8.6Score—Shelves
10. 10 她 She Is Their Plaything 她为刍狗 Mountain Hermit Deduction山人推演Ancient Romance465k WordsCompleted I write my novels for people with trauma and psychological struggles. All my books are trauma narratives, written for a niche audience. If you complain that the candle at the bottom of the pit isn’t as bright as the sun, or that the plot isn’t satisfying enough and the heroine isn’t brilliant and invincible, it isn’t me pushing these books on you. You picked the wrong genre. I’d like to take them down too, but the rules are different for completed works. Niche books aren’t affected by bad review 517Reads8.4Score100Shelves
11. 11 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 23.9kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves
12. 12 我 I Am Growing Old, Yet You Still Look Like a Boy 我已逐渐老去，而你仍是少年模样 Ling Tian Lengqiu零天冷秋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse420k WordsCompleted Qin Chuan was an ordinary boy with unremarkable talent for as long as he could remember. His whole world consisted of Su Luo, the girl next door, and their promise to “always be together.” Then the Sun’s helium flash crisis struck, and human civilization entered its hundred-year countdown. The girl he loved was chosen, thanks to her one-of-a-kind constitution, to become a “Star River Traveler” carrying humanity’s future. She was destined to drift farther and farther away from him. When Su Luo 184Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    I can only say that it was very sad, I cried myself

13. 13 匹 A Common Man Takes the Stage 匹夫驾到 Qian Xiao千笑Urban2.4M WordsCompleted (Signed for print publication) (One heroine, no System, not a power fantasy, Chinese-style supernatural abilities) Among the infinite parallel worlds, there is a special world called Nanke, and a special group of people known as Calamity Exorcists. They soar through the skies and burrow underground, know the past and present, and travel between parallel worlds in different eras to carry out missions. A young man who calls himself a commoner is chosen by fate to enter Nanke’s mysterious academy, 103.7kReads9.4Score11.7kShelves

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    If you read the first book carefully, there is a plot that is quite interesting.

14. 14 开 Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban8.9M WordsCompleted [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 343.8kReads9.7Score50kShelves
15. 15 妖 The Demonic Beasts Are Fierce? But I’ve Become Immortal! 妖兽凶猛？可我练成不死身了啊！ Shiqi石歧Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [High-octane + passionate + ensemble cast + awakened talent + comedy + no System] Ye You has a strange illness and has spent ten grueling years unable to cultivate. When a Scorpion Demon lays waste to the city and his classmates die before his eyes, his seething rage shatters the shackles inside him. He awakens a god-tier talent and blasts a three-meter-tall demon beast into a cloud of blood with one punch. The city’s guardians all stare in disbelief: “Basic fist techniques with the impact of a 12.1kReads8.3Score975Shelves
16. 16 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 241.5kReads9.5Score36.1kShelves

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    The author has always emphasized sweetness, he, it is really fun in the front, but it is so cruel in the back.

17. 17 泪 Reunited Through Tears 泪光中重逢 Xuan Shi悬时Modern Romance801k WordsCompleted They meet again after many years at Ming Jing'an's wedding. At the wedding, he is cold and aloof, while she is gentle and broken. From saving each other in high school to going their separate ways after helping each other become who they are, from their families' opposition to secrets they can't speak of, Lin Qinghao has always blamed it all on fate's cruel tricks. Faced with one obstacle after another, how helpless did they feel? What exactly did the two of them go through to make their despair 624Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one, it's so cruel.

18. 18 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. 26.1kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves
19. 19 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 85.4kReads9.6Score15.1kShelves
20. 20 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted 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
21. 21 你 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance138k WordsCompleted 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 63.3kReads9.5Score12kShelves
22. 22 暗 The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted 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 67.5kReads9.7Score12.1kShelves
23. 23 前 My Ex-Wife Paid My Debts. After Her Mother Beat Her into Critical Condition, I Fought My Mother-in-Law to the Bitter End 前妻替我还债，被她妈打成重伤后，我和岳母死磕到底 The Huo Family's Little Chili Pepper霍家小辣椒12k WordsCompleted My Ex-Wife Paid Off My Debt. After Her Mother Beat Her So Badly She Was Severely Injured, I Took on My Mother-in-Law 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Counterattack, slap in the face, abuse of scum, no CP, family life, short stories, worldly affairs

24. 24 老 My Husband and Mother-in-Law Want to Sell My Son, Saying It's to Pay Off My Mortgage 老公和婆婆要卖我儿子，说是为了要给我还房贷后 The Huo Family's Little Chili Pepper霍家小辣椒12k WordsCompleted My Husband and Mother-in-Law Want to Sell My Son, Saying It's to Pay Off My Mortgage 7Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 儿 My Son Said Living Off Your Parents Was the Greatest Support They Could Give You. After I Supported Him, His Whole Family Went Mad 儿子说啃老是父母给的最大托举，我托举后他全家都疯了 The Huo Family's Little Chili Pepper霍家小辣椒8k WordsCompleted My Son Said Leeching Off His Parents Was the Greatest Support They Could Give Him. After I Gave Him That Support, His Whole Family Went Crazy 4Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 万 Love Through a Thousand Torments: A Collection of Tortured Romances 万劫情深：虐恋短篇集 Frostblade of Ruicheng瑞城的寒霜剑Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted The bone-deep tenderness of concealing a terminal illness, the blood-curdling devotion of being bound as a substitute, a thousand-year obsession spanning the divide between life and death, and a battlefield farewell sealed by the flames of war... Every short story is a trial of love taken to its utmost extreme. They were once each other’s light, only to be ground to ash by fate. They spent the rest of their lives loving with all they had, yet it was never enough to overcome misunderstandings, pr 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "A Love Affair: A Collection of Sadomasochism Short Stories" and "A Short Story of Sadomasochism a Day" are coming! Each article hides heartbreaking regrets and obsessions, and plots that torture you to the core, waiting for you to challenge the limit of tears.

27. 27 一 One Short Tragic Romance Story a Day 一天一个短篇虐文故事 Frostblade of Ruicheng瑞城的寒霜剑Modern Romance4.2M WordsCompleted A Collection of Tragic Short Stories: Every Word Bleeds, Every Line Leaves You Aching One devastatingly heartbreaking short story every day! Modern-day missed chances intertwine with sorrows from ancient times, along with bone-deep pain drawn from true stories. These tales lay bare life’s regrets, every word striking straight to the heart until it hurts to read! If you finish without being moved, I’ll call you my “ancestor.” Come take on this lingering ache! 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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