Short, Great Stories with Meaning! 短篇，好看的短故事，有意义！

1. 551 他 He Took the Money That Could Save My Dad and Spent It on the Factory Manager’s Pregnant Wife 他拿我爸的救命钱，喂肥了厂长家的孕肚 Seventeen Stories拾柒故事Marriage & Romance24k WordsCompleted He Took the Money My Father Needed to Stay Alive and Used It to Fatten the Factory Director's Pregnant Wife 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A friend recommended it to me, saying she'd treat me to bubble tea if I didn't like it. But after reading just two chapters, I asked her for the link. It was so satisfying, no holding back at all, and incredibly cathartic.

2. 552 一 One Moment of Passion Ruined My Life: Suspicion 一念情深误余生：猜忌 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛8k WordsCompleted One Moment of Deep Love, a Lifetime of Regret: Suspicion 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Recommended high-quality short stories

3. 553 病 At My Sick Mother’s Bedside, My Apprentice Divorced Me by Remote 病母床前，我被徒弟远程净身出户 Seventeen Stories拾柒故事25k WordsCompleted At My Sick Mother's Bedside, My Apprentice Remotely Kicked Me Out with Nothing 1Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 554 温 A Gentle Trap: The Cave of Beauty and Bones 温柔陷阱：美人白骨窟 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛7k WordsCompleted A Tender Trap: The Beauty's Bone Cave 20Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 555 急 Urgently Hiring! Midnight Subway Driver Wanted, Passengers Include My Missing Sister 急聘！午夜地铁司机，乘客是我失踪的姐姐 Seventeen Stories拾柒故事22k WordsCompleted Urgently Hiring! Midnight Subway Driver Needed. The Passenger Is My Missing Older Sister 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 556 七 A Seventh-Rank Uncle Meets a Little Girl: Love Debts 七品大叔偶遇小萝莉：情债 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛9k WordsCompleted A Seventh-Rank Uncle Meets a Little Girl: A Debt of Love 5Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 557 我 I Can Dismantle a Machine Tool to Save My Brother, and I Can Dismantle My Husband’s Rotten Life Too 我能拆机床救弟弟，也能拆了老公狗命 Seventeen Stories拾柒故事Modern Romance22k WordsCompleted I can dismantle a machine tool to save my little brother, and I can dismantle my good-for-nothing husband too. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 558 亿 Cheng Ziyi, the Billionaire Heiress 亿万富姐程紫怡 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Modern Romance15k WordsCompleted Cheng Ziyi, the Billionaire Heiress 11Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 559 保 The Rules for Staying Alive Are a Menu: The Better You Follow Them, the Faster You Die 保命规矩是菜单，守得越好死得越快 Seventeen Stories拾柒故事21k WordsCompleted The Rules for Staying Alive Are a Menu: The Better You Follow Them, the Faster You Die 1Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 560 摸 I Touched the Coffee Machine, and a CEO with a Love-Struck Brain Moved into My Head 摸了下咖啡机，我脑子里住进个恋爱脑总裁 Seventeen Stories拾柒故事22k WordsCompleted I Touched the Coffee Machine, and a Lovesick CEO Moved Into My Head —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 561 工 Above My Desk, Beneath My Heart 工位之上，心动之下 Snow Drifting Through the Borderlands边城飘雪13k WordsCompleted Above the Desk, Below the Heartbeat 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In her quest for the truth, a rational female protagonist delves into the quagmire of the workplace, where she encounters a seemingly detached and aloof male protagonist. Each late night spent working together to solve the mystery, their restraints slowly crumble, and both find themselves developing feelings for each other.

12. 562 读 Mind Reading? The New Ice-Cold Director Is Crazy About Me! 读心术？新来的冰山总监他超爱我！ Seventeen Stories拾柒故事20k WordsCompleted Mind Reading? The New Ice-Cold Director Is Totally Into Me! —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 563 邻 Neighbor's Cry for Help: An Eighty-Year-Old Is Moving a Body in the Dead of Night 邻居求救：八旬老人家里半夜在搬尸 Seventeen Stories拾柒故事32k WordsCompleted Neighbor Calls for Help: An Elderly Man Is Moving a Corpse Around His House in the Middle of the Night —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 564 献 At the Sacrifice, I Made the Rules Kneel with Seven Words 献祭现场，我用七个字让规则为我下跪 Seventeen Stories拾柒故事23k WordsCompleted At the Sacrifice, I Made the Rules Kneel with Seven Words —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 565 离 At the Divorce, My Seven-Year-Old Niece Said, “But He’s My Dad!” 离婚时，七岁侄女说：他本来就是我爸爸啊 Seventeen Stories拾柒故事28k WordsCompleted During the Divorce, My Seven-Year-Old Niece Said, “But He’s Always Been My Dad!” —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 566 婆 My Mother-in-Law Used My Soldering Iron to Unclog the Toilet, and I Was Invited to Zhongnanhai 婆婆拿我电烙铁通马桶，我被请进中南海 Seventeen Stories拾柒故事Marriage & Romance32k WordsCompleted My Mother-in-Law Used My Soldering Iron to Unclog the Toilet, and I Was Summoned to Zhongnanhai —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 567 重 Back to 1977, I Became Best Friends with My Twenty-Year-Old Grandma 重回77年，我和二十岁外婆成了闺蜜 Seventeen Stories拾柒故事Modern Romance30k WordsCompleted Back in 1977, I Became Best Friends with My Twenty-Year-Old Maternal Grandmother 1Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 568 假 After Pretending to Go Broke, I Was Taken in by the Girl I Sponsored 假装破产后，我被资助的女孩捡回了家 Pendulum Cipher钟摆暗码19k WordsCompleted After Pretending to Go Bankrupt, I Was Taken in by the Girl I Had Sponsored —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A billionaire faked bankruptcy and hid in an urban village to work as a bricklayer. A girl he had sponsored ten years ago handed him a free boxed lunch. The kindness you planted will eventually catch you when you fall.

19. 569 我 I Saved His Life. Three Years Later, He Knocked on My Door with a Lawyer's Letter 我救过他的命，三年后他带着律师函敲响了我的门 Pendulum Cipher钟摆暗码12k WordsCompleted I Saved His Life. Three Years Later, He Knocked on My Door with a Lawyer's Letter —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 570 她 She Came from the Dragon Abyss 她从龙渊来 Illuminating the Heart照心23k WordsCompleted She Came from the Dragon Abyss —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I stumbled upon a great new book while having some free time. The story is about a dragon palace festival where the protagonist avoids the maids to retrieve a dragon scale, which is secretly witnessed by the Turtle Prime Minister. He drips blood into the Dragon Abyss to search for clues. The plot is fast-paced and perfect for passing the time.

21. 571 夭 Oh No! I Just Escaped the 996 Grind, and Now I Have to Do Odd Jobs for the Heavenly Dao? 夭寿啦！刚告别996，又要给天道打零工？ The Coconut That Lifts Weights on Jupiter木星举重的椰子25k WordsCompleted Good grief! I just escaped the 996 grind, and now I have to do odd jobs for the Heavenly Dao? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 572 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼55k WordsCompleted The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 319Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Three loves, three endings, three lonely lives 🦋 Zhang Zhiming spent ten years striving for a reunion, traversing mountains and rivers, only to find himself gazing at her from afar through memories; Yang Yanchen chose to remain silent for life, secretly watching over her, his love never uttered until death; Xiao Qihao, obsessed with imprisonment, took it as affection, and by the time he realized his mistake, only endless regret remained. Lin Die'er's life was a rollercoaster of a life of luxury, falling into prostitution, wandering aimlessly, swept up by the times, trapped by misunderstandings. She encountered three purest loves, yet failed to find lasting companionship in any of them. In chaotic times, love is a luxury, and companionship even more so. The entire novel avoids any malicious female antagonists forcibly creating conflict; all the tragedies stem from the difference between the era and the individual's choice. Only after finishing it do you understand why so many call it the pinnacle of tragic endings in short Republican-era novels.

23. 573 你 You Are a Different Kind of Scenery 你是别样的风景 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我8k WordsCompleted You Are a Different Kind of Scenery 91Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "The Wonderland of the Purple Bamboo Grove"—my lifelong pursuit—allowed me to relive my first love from a thousand years ago.

24. 574 丧 Zombies? No, They're All My Underlings! 丧尸？不，那都是我收的小弟！ Little Fish Sauce小鱼鱼酱10k WordsCompleted Zombies? No, they're all my underlings! 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These books are worth reading; they're heartwarming and not at all stifling.

25. 575 云 Sunset on Cloud Peak: The Ghost Rider 云顶落霞：幽灵骑士 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我8k WordsCompleted Sunset on the Cloud Peak: The Ghost Rider 38Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 576 男 The Male Lead? He's the Villain in a Women's Fiction Novel 男主？那是女频文里的反派 Little Fish Sauce小鱼鱼酱12k WordsCompleted The male lead? He's the villain in a women's romance novel. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 577 白 A Kiss from the Clouds 白云之吻 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我8k WordsCompleted A Kiss from the White Clouds 41Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 578 兄 Brother, It's Too Late to Regret It After the Divorce. None of Us Want You Anymore 兄长，和离后你后悔也晚了，我们都不要你了 Little Fish Sauce小鱼鱼酱Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted Brother, it's too late to regret it after our divorce. Neither of us wants you anymore. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 579 大 Across the Ocean 大洋彼岸 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我7k WordsCompleted Across the Ocean 61Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 580 菜 If You're Bad, Train More. Even Evil Cultivators Can't Escape 菜就多练，邪修也跑不到 Little Fish Sauce小鱼鱼酱12k WordsCompleted If you're bad, just practice more. Even evil cultivators can't outrun you. —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 581 踏 Walking Beneath the Moon: The Age of Machines 踏月而行：机械纪元 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我8k WordsCompleted Walking Beneath the Moon: The Mechanical Era 103Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 582 时 The Compass of Time 时光罗盘 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我6k WordsCompleted The Time Compass 37Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 583 紫 Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 紫竹林的仙境 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我7k WordsCompleted A Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 27Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 584 花 The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 花海月宫 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我7k WordsCompleted The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 35Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 585 火 The Mars Era: Road to Venus 火星纪元：金星之路 The Qin's Music Keeps Me Company琴音伴我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse341k WordsCompleted An ancient alien spacecraft is discovered in a crater on Venus. The mysterious X Organization plots to seize the planet, while Factory 18 wants to use Venus as a dumping ground for waste. Yet atop the clouds of Venus stands an airship academy called Cloudtop Academy, a hallowed school dreamed of by students across the solar system. At last, traveling from Mars to Venus, they witness the planet's land and oceans. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 586 重 Reborn: I Beat Up the Jerk and the Other Woman, Then Won My Handsome Man 重生之拳打渣男脚踢小三，抱得美男归 Nightfall as Before夜色如旧9k WordsCompleted Reborn: I Beat Up the Jerk, Kicked the Other Woman to the Curb, and Won the Handsome Man —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this short and sweet historical romance novel, packed with laughs without being awkward! The female lead is a laid-back, easygoing person who just wants to live a carefree life, but luckily, she encounters a charming and aloof male lead who falls head over heels for her. In public, the male lead is incredibly authoritative, but behind the scenes, he employs a variety of tactics to win her back, displaying a mix of jealousy, awkwardness, and stubbornness – the contrast is incredibly compelling. The plot is straightforward, without endless power struggles or palace intrigue; most of the story revolves around the two characters' daily banter and playful interactions. The writing is lively and relatable, making the characters feel like they're right there in front of you. A satisfying read in just a few tens of thousands of words, perfect for curing any reading slump. Sisters who dislike angst and melodrama should definitely check it out!

37. 587 天 A Blind Box Fell from the Sky: My Nanobot Girlfriend 天降盲盒：我的纳米机器人女友 A Spark Sets the Prairie Ablaze星火燎燃10k WordsCompleted A Blind Box Falls from the Sky: My Nanobot Girlfriend 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Super good short story recommendations

38. 588 招 I Provoked My Cold, Distant Boss, and He Chased Me to the Ends of the Earth 招惹清冷上司，他追我到天涯海角 Nightfall as Before夜色如旧11k WordsCompleted I Provoked My Cold and Distant Boss, and He Chased Me to the Ends of the Earth —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 589 我 My Personal Bodyguard Is a Robot 我的贴身女保镖是机器人 A Spark Sets the Prairie Ablaze星火燎燃10k WordsCompleted My Personal Bodyguard Is a Robot 9Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 590 当 I Couldn’t Become the Heir’s Wife, So I Turned Around and Became the Empress 当不了世子妃，我转身成了皇后 Nightfall as Before夜色如旧15k WordsCompleted When I Couldn't Become the Heir's Consort, I Turned Around and Became the Empress —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 591 白 The Tragic Three-Lifetime Romance of the Crane Girl and the Immortal Tree God 白鹤少女和仙树神君的三生虐恋 Nightfall as Before夜色如旧Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted The Tragic Three-Lifetime Romance of the Crane Maiden and the Immortal Tree God —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 592 诬 You Accuse This Princess of Having a Child Out of Wedlock? Has the Imperial Family’s Blade Gone Dull? 诬陷本郡主未婚生子，当皇室的刀不利了？ Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted You accuse this princess of having a child out of wedlock? Has the imperial family's blade gone dull? 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The first story features a princess who cleverly outwits and brings about the execution of the entire family of the prince who framed her—a satisfying read. The second story features a female protagonist who transmigrates into the body of a wealthy heiress in a tragic novel, only to discover that her mother and brother are incredibly powerful—another satisfying read. The third story features a female protagonist who is stung by a spider and can only gurgle; she needs a kiss from her most cherished person to recover, only to find that person is actually her fake sister? A comedic read.

43. 593 恋 After Three Years of Dating, You Chose the Campus Hunk, So I Married a Rich Beauty and Reached the Peak of My Life! 恋爱三年你选了校草，我转手迎娶白富美走上人生巅峰！ A Spark Sets the Prairie Ablaze星火燎燃20k WordsCompleted After three years together, you chose the campus heartthrob. I turned around, married a rich beauty, and reached the pinnacle of life! —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 594 当 When Half the People in a Tragic Romance Are Normal 当虐文里有一半是正常人 Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤11k WordsCompleted When Half the Characters in a Tragic Romance Are Normal People 46Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 595 全 Humanity's Online Fight for Survival: I Clear the Third Volume by Grinding Sanity: The Escape Livestream 全人类在线求生：我靠刷理智通关第三卷：逃生直播间 A Spark Sets the Prairie Ablaze星火燎燃49k WordsCompleted All of Humanity Online Is Begging to Survive: I Clear the Game by Grinding Sanity, Volume 3: The Escape Livestream —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 596 假 The Fake Heiress Said, “You’re the Older Sister, You Go First,” but the Real Heiress Is Still Babbling 假千金已经姐来我走，真千金还在咕呱 Bai Feng of the Chafarinas Islands查法里纳斯群岛的白凤8k WordsCompleted The fake heiress has already traded places with me, while the real heiress is still a baby. 104Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 597 年 The Affection of an Older Sister 年上姐姐的宠爱 Qing Shuo清铄35k WordsCompleted An older woman’s doting love 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Super sweet short stories are here!

48. 598 青 My Childhood Friend and Mortal Enemy Became My Client 青梅竹马死对头，成为我的甲方客户 Snow Drifting Through the Borderlands边城飘雪11k WordsCompleted My Childhood Friend and Archrival Became My Client 159Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Childhood sweethearts, sworn enemies for twenty years, lost contact for eight years. They meet again at work, outwardly appearing as professional and meticulous clients, but secretly harboring feelings for a past night of passion and deep regret. [Sending a heart]

49. 599 我 [Male-Oriented Short Story] I Became the King of Collectible Figures in Another World, but I Just Want to Retire in Peace 【男频短篇】我在异世界当手办王，只想安心退休养老 This Is the Second Eye这是第二颗眼睛11k WordsCompleted [Male-Oriented Short Story] I'm the Figure King in Another World, and I Just Want to Retire in Peace 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend a less common "male-oriented" short story, specifically an adaptation of a tabletop role-playing game (a tabletop role-playing game with a script written by the protagonist and a moderator to control the plot, preventing any sense of frustration for the male lead; plus, the moderator says that reality is already tiring, dark, and cruel enough, so everyone's playing a normal tabletop game, and of course, having fun is the most important thing, leading to a happy ending). Note: Some parts are diary entries.

50. 600 送 I Bumped into a Goddess Showering While Delivering Food, and She Made Me Answer Her Top-Tier Star Boyfriend's Livestream Call 送外卖撞见女神洗澡，她让我接了她顶流男友的直播电话 A Spark Sets the Prairie Ablaze星火燎燃14k WordsCompleted While delivering food, I walked in on a goddess taking a shower. She made me answer a livestream call from her top-tier star boyfriend —Reads—Score—Shelves

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