Looking for Short, Great Stories You Can Finish in One Sitting 寻找能一口气看完的短篇好故事

1. 1801 浮 Birdcage in the Floating City: Plus-Size Real Estate Saleswoman 浮城雀笼：大码售楼小姐 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛8k WordsCompleted Sparrows in the Caged City: A Plus-Size Real Estate Saleswoman 3Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 1802 红 Beauty Fades Too Soon: A Top-Tier Star's Daydream 红颜薄命：顶流剩女的幻想 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛17k WordsCompleted A Short-Lived Beauty: A Top-Tier Star’s Fantasies 2Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 1803 指 Storm at My Fingertips: Massage Therapist 指尖风云：按摩女技师 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛18k WordsCompleted Finger-Tip Favors: A Massage Therapist 1Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 1804 老 My Wife Went on Vacation With Her Guy Best Friend, and Came Home to Find Her House Gone! 老婆带着男闺蜜去旅游，回来发现家没了！ Tomatoes Dipped in Sugar番茄沾糖Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted My wife went on a trip with her male best friend, and when she came back, the house was gone! 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Absolutely beautiful, super cool

5. 1805 顶 A Top Lawyer Is Forced to Tell the Truth, and Now Things Get Hilarious! 顶级律师被逼说真话，这下乐子大了！ Tomatoes Dipped in Sugar番茄沾糖17k WordsCompleted A top lawyer is forced to tell the truth, and now things are getting interesting! 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Read it in one sitting

6. 1806 极 After Enduring Unimaginable Humiliation, She Found Redemption in the Mafia 极限受辱后，她在黑帮里找到救赎 Wu Wu Wu Wu無无雾舞Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted The most harrowing torment, the most unbearable pain, the most overwhelming love. The heroine, Jiang Chen, is kidnapped and imprisoned, and loses her loved ones. Later, she meets the man she loves most, Qin Shuo. Love and hatred, betrayal and redemption intertwine. Can this man save her? 674Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The plot is compact and gripping, check it out

7. 1807 假 When the False Seems True, Even Truth Becomes Clear 假念真时真亦晓 Mu Shan'er沐善尔Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted When Falsehood Is Taken for Truth, Even Truth Is Seen —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Recommended, you can read it in one sitting, compact structure

8. 1808 弃 I Dumped My Faithless Childhood Sweetheart for a Devoted Prince, and the Divine Doctor Is on a Rampage 弃了负心竹马，要了深情王爷，女神医杀疯了 Mu Shan'er沐善尔9k WordsCompleted She Dumped Her Faithless Childhood Sweetheart for a Devoted Prince, and the Goddess Physician Went on a Rampage —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 1809 年 The Flowers Bloom Year After Year, but You Are No Longer the Same 年年花开人非故 Mu Shan'er沐善尔9k WordsCompleted The Flowers Bloom Every Year, but the People Are No Longer the Same —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 1810 只 I'm Just a Retired Shadow Guard 只是一个退休的暗卫罢了 Song Bailu宋白鹭Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted I'm Just a Retired Imperial Bodyguard 4.2kReads—Score101Shelves
11. 1811 重 Reborn for a Second Life, I Don't Love You Anymore, So Why Are Your Eyes Red? 重活一世我不爱，可你怎么红了眼 Yaoyao Doesn't Eat Yao瑶瑶不吃曜27k WordsCompleted I got a second chance at life, and I don't love you anymore. So why are your eyes turning red? 3.4kReads—Score—Shelves
12. 1812 怪 The Strong-Willed Princess and the Green-Tea Prince 怪力王妃和绿茶王爷 Duanmu Qing端木青Ancient Romance19k WordsCompleted The Mighty Princess and the Green Tea Prince 6.9kReads—Score167Shelves
13. 1813 物 Treating a Love-Brained Fool With Physics 物理度化恋爱脑 Hu Ju Road虎踞路13k WordsCompleted Physically Reforming the Love-Obsessed 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look at it, it looks invincible

14. 1814 穿 I Transmigrated Into Jujutsu Kaisen as Junpei 穿越咒术回战成为顺平 Hu Ju Road虎踞路Male-Channel Fanfiction9k WordsCompleted Transmigrated into Jujutsu Kaisen as Junpei 7Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 1815 玄 Mystic Mirror Live: Cultivating Immortality on Douyin 玄鉴直播：我在抖音修长生 Hu Ju Road虎踞路Urban214k WordsCompleted I smashed open an ancestral mirror on livestream and got bound to a cultivation System. The System said that if I didn't reach Foundation Establishment within seven days, it would erase me. So I promptly changed my livestream title to: "Cultivation Live for the Whole Internet: Follow Me and Learn Foundation Establishment." Later, while filming a vlog in Dali, I caught cultivators fighting on camera. While testing gadgets at a science museum, I drained a domestic quantum chip. At a robot marathon —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 1816 五 Five Years of Cold Abuse: Affection That Comes Too Late Is Worth Less Than Grass 五年冷暴力，迟来的深情比草贱 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花26k WordsCompleted Five Years of Cold Treatment: Your Long-Overdue Affection Is Worth Less Than Grass —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I read it in one go, it was so enjoyable

17. 1817 嫁 After Marrying a Tough Construction Worker 嫁给工地硬汉后 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花Marriage & Romance22k WordsCompleted After Marrying a Tough Construction Worker —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 1818 这 This Taurus Spends Money Like Water 这个金牛座，花钱如流水 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花21k WordsCompleted This Taurus spends money like water 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 1819 她 Her Hunting Diary 她的狩猎日记 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花32k WordsCompleted Her Hunting Diary —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 1820 果 Princess Consort of Prince Guo: Meng Jingxian's Present Life 果郡王福晋——孟静娴的今世 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花98k WordsCompleted Prince Guo’s Consort: Meng Jingxian’s Present Life 4Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 1821 含 The Fragrant Dust Drifts Far: The Palace-Exiled Legends of Huanxiang and Meng Dan 《香尘远》：含香与蒙丹的宫外传奇 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花Ancient Romance74k WordsCompleted Faraway Fragrance: The Legend of Hanying and Mengdan Beyond the Palace 1Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 1822 长 The Night Before Chang'an Fell 长安陷落前夜 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花26k WordsCompleted The Eve of Chang’an’s Fall —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 1823 酸 A Bitter Joke 酸涩的玩笑 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花39k WordsCompleted A Bitter Little Joke —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 1824 废 Above the Ruins: Apocalypse, Hope, and Reborn 废墟之上——末世·希望·重生 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花68k WordsCompleted Above the Ruins: The End of the World, Hope, and Being Reborn —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 1825 月 Moonlight Burns: Tang 月光焚：棠 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花Marriage & Romance39k WordsCompleted Moonlight Burns: Tang —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 1826 比 Happier Than the Queen of Pop: A Dating-Show Director's Epic Fail 比天后还快乐：恋综导演的翻车日常 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花Marriage & Romance28k WordsCompleted Happier Than the Queen of Heaven: A Dating Show Director’s Daily Disasters —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 1827 深 Don't Take the Elevator in the Late-Night Livestream. It Knows You 深夜直播间别坐电梯，它认得你 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花Mystery102k WordsCompleted A bankrupt streamer livestreams explorations of an abandoned building every night to pay off his debts. One day, comments start telling him things he couldn’t possibly know: about the people who died in the building, and about himself. —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 1828 辞 Leaving the Branch: We Meet Again Amid Falling Blossoms 辞枝——落花时节又逢君 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花46k WordsCompleted Leaving the Branches: We Meet Again Amid Falling Blossoms —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 1829 顶 The Top Alpha's Pheromones Have Expired 顶级Alpha他的信息素过期了 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花18k WordsCompleted The Top Alpha’s Pheromones Have Expired —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 1830 他 He Plants Moonlight in the Mountains and Seas 他在山海里种月亮 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花42k WordsCompleted He Plants Moons in the Mountains and Seas —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 1831 金 Taurus's Get-Rich Plan 金牛座的发财计划 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花Marriage & Romance39k WordsCompleted A Taurus’s Get-Rich Plan 1Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 1832 换 Marriage Swap: After Becoming the Substitute Bride 换亲——替嫁以后 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花Ancient Romance34k WordsCompleted Swapping Brides: After the Substitute Marriage 1Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 1833 我 Why Did We Come Here? 我们为什么来这？ Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花Sci-Fi & Apocalypse141k WordsCompleted Why Did We Come Here Mystery and Sci-Fi: Don’t ask why you came here. Ask what they don’t want you to know. Synopsis: Lin Shen moved into a perfect community. No worries, no pain, no past. Until he found a note on his bedside table: “Don’t ask why you came here. Ask what they don’t want you to know.” He pursued the truth, only to discover that he was a clone. His memories belonged to someone else. He existed only to power a virtual world. He asked the question everyone else was avoiding: Why did —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 1834 第 The Twelfth Red Handprint 第十二个红手印 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花28k WordsCompleted The Twelfth Red Handprint —Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 1835 磨 Tempering Resilience 磨—韧性 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花43k WordsCompleted Perseverance 1Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 1836 八 Love on the Eighth-Floor Balcony 八楼阳台上的爱情 Wishing Only to Smile at the Morning Flowers只愿朝花笑Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted Love on the Eighth-Floor Balcony 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short story that I read in one sitting, great!!

37. 1837 你 You Are the Smoke-Free View I Gaze Upon After Brushing Away the Dust 你是我掸尽尘埃无烟的仰望 Wishing Only to Smile at the Morning Flowers只愿朝花笑Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted You are the smoke-free admiration I gaze up at after brushing away the dust. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 1838 酒 Drunk and Transmigrated to the Southern Song, I Came Face-to-Face With My Past Life 酒醉穿越到南宋，竟见到了自己的前世 A Lifelong Friend Amid Misty Rain烟雨平生一知己7k WordsCompleted Drunk, I transmigrated to the Southern Song dynasty and unexpectedly met my past life —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are all good books. You won't regret reading them if you don't have any brains.

39. 1839 升 At My Promotion Party, Someone Started Telling Ghost Stories 升职接风宴上，竟讲起了鬼故事 A Lifelong Friend Amid Misty Rain烟雨平生一知己6k WordsCompleted Ghost Stories at the Promotion Banquet —Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 1840 命 The Fate Auditor: I Settle the World's Debts of Karma 命运审计师：我专清世上因果坏帐 A Lifelong Friend Amid Misty Rain烟雨平生一知己7k WordsCompleted The Fate Auditor: I Specialize in Clearing the World's Bad Karma Debts —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 1841 因 Because of One Apple, I Destroyed the Person Who Loved Me Most With My Own Hands 因一个苹果，我亲手毁掉了最爱我的人 A Lifelong Friend Amid Misty Rain烟雨平生一知己Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted Over a single apple, I destroyed the person who loved me most with my own hands 55Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 1842 李 Li Kui Wreaks Havoc in the Grand View Garden 李逵闹大观园 A Lifelong Friend Amid Misty Rain烟雨平生一知己Male-Channel Fanfiction9k WordsCompleted Li Kui Runs Riot in the Grand View Garden —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 1843 阴 Weekly Raids in the Yin Ruins: I Take My Howling-Tailed Black Dog to Solve Paranormal Cases 阴墟每周闯：我带哮尾黑犬破诡局 A Lifelong Friend Amid Misty Rain烟雨平生一知己Mystery280k WordsCompleted Chen Ping’an, a security guard working the night shift, picks up a black dog and unexpectedly discovers a passage to the Yin Ruins. The dog, named Heidou, is a Hound of the Howling Tail, and becomes his essential partner in weekly challenges. For his beginner’s task, he must solve a ghostly maze. Heidou’s golden eyes lock onto the path between yin and yang, making short work of it. In the haunted old mansion scenario, they face a century of resentment. Chen Ping’an picks up a ledger and clears —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 1844 秩 The Life-Path Claims Adjuster: Starting With the Express Train of Life 秩疗定损师：从人生快车开始 A Lifelong Friend Amid Misty Rain烟雨平生一知己Urban211k WordsCompleted At birth, everyone is bound to a fast-moving vehicle called life. The rules of the world force everyone to pay for compulsory life insurance. Evil deeds pile up risk, sending premiums soaring and draining one's lifespan in advance; when order is in arrears, order-based commercial insurance gradually ceases to be effective. Only Gu Ze'an holds the authority to process claims under the rules. At a glance, he can see everyone's policy, remaining lifespan, and debts to order. A ruthless boss may be —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 1845 臣 I Bow Only to His Majesty 臣，只为陛下俯首 Li Meng's Poetry黎朦的诗Historical14k WordsCompleted I bow only before Your Majesty. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The eldest heroine, the perspective of the first empress's most loyal secret admirer, the second the thoughts of a girl from her native family

46. 1846 无 Silent Love Seeping into My Bones 无声爱意渗骨髓 Li Meng's Poetry黎朦的诗8k WordsCompleted A silent love seeps into the marrow. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 1847 大 Burying My Youth in the Dadu River 大渡河水葬青春 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪9k WordsCompleted Youth Buried in the Dadu River 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I was tortured until I cried.

48. 1848 清 When the Qingming Butterfly Returns, I Think of You Year After Year 清明蝶归，岁岁念卿 Bamboo Heart Reflecting Snow竹心映雪9k WordsCompleted The Butterfly Returns at Qingming, Year after Year I Think of You 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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