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  1. 51 My Dearest, on the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month 七月七日卿 Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted Huo Shaoqing hated Qiyue and wanted nothing more than for her to disappear from his world. Qiyue loved Huo Shaoqing. After loving him for seven years, she finally understood that some kinds of love mean letting go. When death came calling, Huo Shaoqing finally realized that he had fallen deeply in love with her long ago. 281Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  2. 52 Turns Out Every Ending Is Filled with Longing 原来结尾都相思 Modern Romance49k WordsCompleted How do you hurt someone who loves you until they’re utterly broken? Perhaps you throw their love on the ground and trample it again and again, until it’s shattered, until it’s gone. 127Reads6.2Score—Shelves
  3. 53 For the Rest of My Life, Loving You Is My Illness 余生,爱你成疾 Modern Romance131k WordsCompleted Eleven years ago, Lu Tingchen promised that Su Nian would be the only woman in his life. Eleven years later, he had become the powerful president of the Lu Corporation, surrounded by countless beautiful women. She was nothing but his gravely ill, worn-out wife, forced to watch him fool around outside their marriage for three years. When his mistress got pregnant and moved into their home, Su Nian became the clingy nuisance everyone accused of refusing to divorce him. “Lu Tingchen, you said I wou 300Reads6.6Score101Shelves
  4. 54 Soft Fishbone 软鱼刺 Modern Romance857k WordsCompleted Yu Wen is the envied Mrs. Sheng, admired by everyone in their social circle. She plays the part of a devoted wife, living in perfect harmony with Sheng Wen. Little do they know, there is someone she has loved all her life but can never have. 2.2kReads8.6Score123Shelves
  5. 55 After I Gave Up on Him, My Boyfriend Regretted It 我不要他后,男友后悔了 15k WordsCompleted My boyfriend regretted it after I stopped wanting him 46Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 56 Alas, the Years Have Wasted My Love 奈何流年枉情深 Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted “Manman, Jin Liang isn’t someone you can afford to love.” Three years ago, Xia Man ignored her father’s advice and stubbornly fell in love with Jin Liang. From then on, she flew straight into the flames, doomed to ruin. She endured humiliation and went to prison just to protect the person he held dearest. His heartlessness left her utterly despairing. After she was left battered and bruised, she stopped loving him. But he searched the ends of the earth for her, arriving before her, weary fro 568Reads6.0Score—Shelves
  7. 57 The Leaves Won’t Fall This Autumn 这个秋天叶不落 Modern Romance26k WordsCompleted Two years after their breakup, Ji Hengzhou only wants revenge on her! Tang Suiyu once thought that leaving alone, carrying all her pain, was the best choice. But as her life neared its end, fate brought them together again, and she learned just how much Ji Hengzhou hated her! Only when she was at death’s door did Ji Hengzhou realize how much he owed her: her parents, her child, her eyesight... 574Reads5.5Score103Shelves
  8. 58 Bo Yu, I Don't Dare Love You Anymore 薄欲,我不敢再爱你了 Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted Su Qingwu had been married to Bo Yu for five years, and he had trampled her sincere love until it was shattered to pieces. She thought he really was as cold as the rumors said, even in bed, utterly devoid of emotion. But after Bai Xiaoxiao returned, Su Qingwu realized that Bo Yu hadn’t been born cold and indifferent. He knew better than anyone how to treat someone with tenderness and affection. Su Qingwu was left battered and broken, eventually losing all feeling. When she returned in full fin 975Reads7.0Score102Shelves
  9. 59 The Lies of Love 爱情的谎言 Modern Romance55k WordsCompleted Lu Wanwan had been married for two years, but still hadn’t gotten pregnant. She secretly got tested without telling her husband, only to discover that he had been swapping her vitamins for medication that caused infertility. The reason was that the man he truly loved was someone else. She was merely a stand-in, unfit to bear his child. As she agonized over confronting her husband, the true love who had disappeared for years suddenly came back. 208Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  10. 60 Even Love and Longing Betrayed Me 风月也曾负相思 Ancient Romance50k WordsCompleted Her hands were stained with blood, yet she won this vast kingdom for him. He was the ruler, and she was his slave; decades of companionship could not outweigh a single tear from the woman he loved. To save his beloved, he offered her up to the enemy army. She endured every kind of torture, willingly. Still for the sake of his beloved, he severed her left arm, took her unborn child, and drained her blood to keep the other woman alive. Then, with a great army before her, her hair white as snow, sh 166Reads6.1Score—Shelves
  11. 61 You Spent a Lifetime Hating the One Who Fought with Everything They Had to Love You 你用一辈子的恨,防了一个拼了命爱你的人 Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted You spent a lifetime of hatred guarding yourself against someone who was willing to give everything to love you. 504Reads—Score—Shelves
  12. 62 A One-Minute Goodbye 一分钟的告别 Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted On New Year’s Eve, Yan Shu and I held our engagement party. He walked into the hall holding the hand of his long-lost orphanage sister. When Fu Qingqian pretended to trip and shove me, Yan Shu’s livestream had just passed one million viewers. I hit the floor hard. A warm red stream soaked through my white dress. Fu Qingqian wore a mocking smile. “Big Sis, why didn’t you get ready ahead of time if your period was due?” Yan Shu had started to reach out to help me, but he pulled his hand back, his 10Reads—Score—Shelves
  13. 63 With Terminal Bone Cancer, I Was Driven to Despair by My Cheating Husband 骨癌晚期,我被出轨丈夫逼上绝路 Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Jiang Shaocheng cheated on me, but I was dying. A pregnant woman moved into our home. I shoved her, and he had me locked up. My bone cancer flared up, the pain unbearable, but I could hear him fooling around with her outside. When she went into labor, they took me away to give her a blood transfusion. I couldn’t hold on any longer. I died on the operating table. By the time they found me, my body had gone cold. I was dead, but Jiang Shaocheng went mad. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  14. 64 My Husband Lost His Memory After a Car Accident 老公车祸后失忆了 Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted Han Ziyou and I grew up together. He once loved me with all his heart and wanted to lay the very best the world had to offer at my feet. But then he forgot. He fell in love with someone younger and more radiant. Until one day, he got into a car accident while protecting her and suffered a head injury that left him with amnesia. His memories stopped ten years ago. Ten years ago, when he loved me more than anything. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 65 Terminally Ill, I Heard My Scumbag Husband Suddenly Say He Loved Me 身患绝症,渣男老公突然说爱我 Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted During the five years Gu Yanshen and I were entangled, he treated me as a stepping stone for his career, trampling on my talent without a second thought. He sold my paintings for a fortune, but credited them to his innocent-seeming junior sister. He drove me to a mental breakdown, and I slit my wrists to kill myself. He only sneered and called me a drama queen. In the end, my heart grew cold, and I chose to divorce him. But on the day he signed the divorce papers, he got into a car accident and 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. 66 After Awakening as a Stand-In, I Beat the Scumbag to a Pulp 替身觉醒后我暴打渣男 Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted After five years together, all I had to show for it was the title of substitute. “Ran-jie came back and reached out to you herself. Why haven’t you dumped Yun Jiuxi yet?” Hidden behind the rooftop door, I listened to their conversation, stunned. “Are you that worried for me?” “Hey, I just don’t want Ran-jie to get jealous.” “Yeah, but now isn’t the time.” He blew out a ring of smoke, his voice cold and casual. “I’m not ready to let her go yet.” “As long as she behaves, there’s no reason I can’t 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. 67 After She Died, the Entertainment Industry Came Crashing Down 她死后,娱乐圈的天塌了 10k WordsCompleted I’m dead. But your nightmare has only just begun. I’m dead, but I’m still watching you. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
  18. 68 You Became the King, While I Became a Tragic Memory 你为君王,妾已成殇 Ancient Romance60k WordsCompleted After loving him for ten years, she helped him ascend the throne, but he slaughtered her entire family. These vast lands were stained with nothing but her family's blood. On a ten-mile bridal procession, he married the woman he loved and made her empress. Dressed all in white, she leapt from the city tower. Xiao Jingyu, my love for you has led me down a road from which there is no return. 357Reads5.5Score—Shelves
  19. 69 Si Nianqingqing 斯年轻轻 Modern Romance34k WordsCompleted [Groveling to win her back] [No getting back together] [Tragic ending] Cheng Qingqing's grand love for Fu Sinian was a mistake. She corrected it as soon as she realized, and would never look back at him again. She would never care how pathetically he begged. “Qingqing, I like you. I really do. Please, don't leave me. Please come home with me. Please give me a home. I'm begging you, don't leave me...” “Please...” It was actually Cheng Qingqing's birthday. At twenty-six, she seemed to have finally 505Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  20. 70 On Our Wedding Day, I Gave My Wife a Grand Surprise 婚礼当天,我送老婆一份大礼 6k WordsCompleted On our wedding day, I gave my wife a very special gift. 36Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 71 There Is No Her in This World Anymore 世间再无她 Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted [Angsty romance + obsessive love + the groveling ex’s road to redemption] “Bo Sihan, please believe me. I didn’t do it. I didn’t kill Xia Wei.” Wen Yan kneels and begs him, but the man kicks her away. “Get out!” To avenge the woman he loves, he personally sends Wen Yan to prison for five years. With red-rimmed eyes, Wen Yan asks him, “If you learn the truth one day, will you regret what you’ve done today?” He answers furiously, “Even if you die, I’ll never regret it!” But the moment Bo Sihan le 7.7kReads6.7Score175Shelves
  22. 72 The Day I Regained My Hearing Was the Day We Broke Up: My Ex-Husband’s Long Road to Winning Me Back 复聪之日,亦是决裂之时:前夫,你的追妻路漫漫 9k WordsCompleted Five years ago, I became completely deaf and mute while saving Gu Peichen. “When I thought Heaven had finally taken pity on me and let me hear again, I was planning to surprise him. But in front of everyone at the company, he said he’d had enough.” Gu Peichen’s expression darkened. “Enough! I’ve had enough of you clinging to me. I’ve done all I can to take care of you. What more do you want from me?” I remembered him holding me and saying, “Wanw an, I’ll take care of you for the rest of my life. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  23. 73 Goodbye Forever, Brother Bo 薄哥哥,再也不见了 Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted [Heartbreaking] When she learned she had only a year to live, Bo Qingyuan fled, escaping the hell Bo Muchao had kept her in for six years. She was an unwanted extra, taken in when the Bo family adopted Bo Yinyin. For five years, she served as a bone marrow donor for Bo Yinyin. After Yinyin died, everyone called her a murderer and said she had to atone. Six years imprisoned, six years tormented. Surely she had paid for even the gravest sin by now? At the end of her life, she said, “Brother Bo, le 2.9kReads6.7Score242Shelves
  24. 74 After I Decided to Stop Loving Him, He Regretted It 我决定不再爱他后,他后悔了 11k WordsCompleted Five years after I married Ye Nanchen, Tang Ning, the unattainable woman Ye Nanchen had always loved, came back. Our marriage slowly began to crack. Ye Nanchen started standing me up from time to time. The first time was the day I won a design award. Ye Nanchen said he wanted to celebrate with me. But the moment Tang Ning called, he left to see her. The second time was on my birthday. The candles were lit, but I hadn't made a wish yet. Tang Ning called again, and off he went. The third time was 144Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 75 See You Tomorrow, Monday 周一,明天见 Modern Romance25k WordsCompleted [A short bad-ending story. Readers who can't handle angst, beware.] Xu Qingze was Zhou Yi’s boyfriend. He was in a car accident abroad. Everyone told Zhou Yi he was dead, but she stubbornly refused to believe it. She cried herself blind, ruined her health, and clung to life by a thread. Just as Zhou Yi was about to die, Xu Qingze came back. With a warm smile, he held out his hand to Zhou Yi. “Hello, my name is Xu Qingze.” Zhou Yi: Xu Qingze, how dare you forget me. But I’m glad you forgot me. ( 2.1kReads8.1Score415Shelves
  26. 76 When the Pear Blossoms Fall, Longing Turns to Ash 梨花落,相思烬 Modern Romance30k WordsCompleted A misunderstanding in their youth made Bai Jinhan hate Chu Lihua to the core. When he returns, he forcefully keeps her by his side, all so he can get even. What he doesn’t know is that she has already given everything for their love... Later, when every pear blossom has fallen and longing turns to sorrow, Chu Lihua slips away without a sound, while Bai Jinhan goes mad in a way that shakes the world... 114Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  27. 77 My Wife Brought Home a Male Dog and Won’t Let Me Get Rid of It. Then I Discovered Her Secret 老婆捡回家一只公狗不让我送走,我发现了她的秘密 7k WordsCompleted My wife brought home a male dog and wouldn’t let me get rid of it. Then I discovered her secret. 25Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 78 Mr. Mo, Your Wife Says You're Crazy 墨总,夫人说你是疯子 Modern Romance804k WordsCompleted After three years in prison, Lin Xiaohan finally sees daylight again. On her wedding night, she is humiliated in every way and vows to become the CEO's wife. Mo Zhan despises the Lin family, yet loves Lin Xiaohan desperately. “If loving you can't make you stay, then I'll make you hate me. Hate is better than leaving!” “You're insane!” “That's right. Loving you drove me completely mad.” They torment each other even as they fall in love, locked in a bitter romance for years. Will this ill-fated re 290Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  29. 79 My Wife Smells Divine, and I’m Losing My Nerve 妻子很香,我很心慌 8k WordsCompleted My wife smells so good, but I’m freaking out. 219Reads—Score—Shelves
  30. 80 Loving You Is a Fool’s Dream 爱你是人间妄想 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Mu Guicheng hated Shen Qing. At the height of his hatred, he wanted to cut her into a thousand pieces and reduce her bones to ashes. But later, when she turned to ash before his eyes, he would rather have his soul annihilated and suffer eternal ruin if only he could keep a wisp of hers… Shen Qing loved Mu Guicheng. She always thought he was her light, her faith, until the day she died and understood that, to her, he had always been nothing but hell. The man who gave her a ray of light in the end 401Reads7.4Score106Shelves
  31. 81 You Committed a Crime in the Name of Love 你在爱情里犯了罪 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Angst first, sweetness later + wealthy CEO] Before the divorce, he sent her to a mental hospital for the sake of a scheming woman, where she was tortured relentlessly. He said, “Su Jinye, the law won't punish you severely, but I can!” She knelt and begged him, “Please let me go. I'll divorce you and never show up again!” After the divorce, he suddenly blocks her path when she tries to leave, doing everything he can to please her. He says, “Honey, where are you going to leave me?” She smiles bri 1.1kReads8.5Score102Shelves
  32. 82 After Driving His Wife Away, Lord Lu Cries His Eyes Out Every Day 虐跑夫人后,陆爷天天以泪洗面 Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted [Powerful CEO + Physical Torment + Possessiveness + He Chases His Wife to Win Her Back] A scheme made Lin Muwan the culprit who crippled the second female lead, the innocent white lotus Bai Lianhua. Lu Tingchen hated her to the core and tormented her in every way. While trying to save him, she unexpectedly became pregnant with his child, but he coldly said, “I'll tear the little bastard out of your belly with my own hands.” In that moment, Lin Muwan's heart died completely. In the end, she died 626Reads8.4Score106Shelves
  33. 83 After the Divorce, Mr. Gu Keeps Watch Outside His Ex-Wife's Home Every Night 离婚后,顾总夜夜守在前妻家门前 Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Completed. Two rounds of chasing his wife to the crematorium. The male lead is gentle but distant toward the heroine at first, then turns into a shamelessly flirtatious wife-chaser. Angsty before sweet; the first 20% mixes sweetness and angst, while the remaining 80% is him chasing her and suffering for it. Both leads are each other’s first and only; no changing male leads; happy ending. Be sure to read the author’s note in Chapter 1 for content warnings.] From dating to marriage, Ji Lanyu alw 206Reads5.7Score—Shelves
  34. 84 Surrender 臣服 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Nian was brought back to the Shen family at the age of eight to reunite with her relatives. There, she met the older man who had saved her life, Third Master Fu. More than ten years later, Third Master Fu married someone, but the bride was burned at the wedding and left in a vegetative state. Shen Nian was framed for arson, and her biological mother forced her to take the blame in her younger sister’s place. After six years in prison, Shen Nian had been utterly changed by the torment. To ge 731Reads7.7Score100Shelves
  35. 85 Madam, President Yan Deserves to Die a Thousand Deaths! 夫人,颜总罪该万死啊! Modern Romance419k WordsCompleted Bai Wanxi killed someone. Yan Qingyun personally sent her to a psychiatric hospital. When she got out, all she had left was a disabled body. Yan Qingyun still wouldn’t leave her alone. “I want you to live as a prisoner and spend the rest of your life atoning to me.” “I’m a murderer. I’m guilty, and I’m willing to accept my punishment,” she said indifferently. He flew into a rage. “Bai Wanxi, I’ll make your filthy soul burn in hell.” She thought the psychiatric hospital was the eighteenth level o 637Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  36. 86 I Want Us to Be Together 我想和你好好的 Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted On the day Yun Rumeng is sentenced to six years in prison, Lu He'an has a grand wedding. The husband she was married to for five years finally gets the divorce he wanted and marries the woman he has always cherished. Afraid of the dark, she enters a prison where the sun never shines. He visits her for six years. She only sees him once. "Lu He'an, if I survive these six years, I'll make sure you and her never know another peaceful day!" Later, he writes a letter to his wife in prison every week a 703Reads8.2Score132Shelves
  37. 87 After My White Moonlight Went to Prison, the CEO Made Me Pay With My Life 白月光入狱后,总裁让我拿命赔 Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted After a car accident, Yan Yi’an testifies in court, sending the woman Zhou Xizhi treasures most to prison. In a single night, Yan Yi’an falls from heaven into hell. Fangcheng loses its dazzling movie star, and Imperial City No. 1 gains a lowly bar hostess. Zhou Xizhi keeps her locked by his side and torments her without end, all to make her atone... She tries to escape again and again, but never gets out of his grasp. Like a demon at her side, he warns her, “If you try to run again, I’ll break y 607Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  38. 88 The Wolf and the Tuberose 狼与荼蘼 Modern Romance144k WordsCompleted There's a scam in this world called Shen Muyan loving Su Qianyang. When the deception is exposed, he gradually closes in on her, baring his vicious fangs. His voice is gentle yet cruel. “A Yang, do you know a wolf's nature? Once its loyalty has been killed, all that remains is hatred!” When a wolf turns back, it's either to repay a kindness or to take revenge! Shen Muyan says he will repay Su Qianyang a hundredfold for the trap she laid for him! So he tortures her until she is utterly broken. * 421Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  39. 89 After His Wife Died, CEO Li Went Mad 夫人死后厉总他疯了 Modern Romance882k WordsCompleted [Obsessive devotion + possessiveness + imprisonment + angst before sweetness + winning back his wife after driving her away + both leads are sexually pure] The first time Shen Li saw Li Sihan, she was captivated by his dark eyes. He promised to give her a home, and Shen Li believed him. At last, she had a home of her own. A year later, Shen Li’s beautiful dream shattered. It had all been an elaborate scheme. He personally sent her to prison, but even after she got out, she still couldn’t escape 723Reads7.9Score162Shelves
  40. 90 He Knows He Was Wrong 他知道错了 Modern Romance184k WordsCompleted [Bullying + tragic ending + coercive love + mutual devotion] That year, at the park, she found a place in Jiang Ye's heart. But in Su Yin's heart, he was a demon, a nightmare. When they first met in the classroom, Jiang Ye said to Su Yin, “I don't want anything in particular. I just think my dull, boring life might finally get a little more interesting. We have plenty of time!” He had no idea those words would mark the beginning of Su Yin's nightmare, pushing her into an endless abyss! . 1.6kReads8.1Score103Shelves
  41. 91 My Girlfriend Is Intersex 我的女友是雌雄同体 Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Is Intersex —Reads—Score—Shelves
  42. 92 After He Tortured His Wife to Death, the Mad Young Master Bo Held a Funeral for the World 虐死夫人后,疯批薄少为天下办丧 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Bo Muzhou was convinced that Tang Hua was the culprit behind the death of the woman he loved. He imprisoned her, tormented her, and humiliated her, using the cruelest, most brutal methods to break her pride and drive her into the mud. He said he could never love a sinner, and that sinners should have died long ago! The day she died, blood stained the snow. Holding her unrecognizable corpse in his arms, he went mad... Reborn, she returned with a cute younger boyfriend at her side and a billionair 551Reads7.1Score—Shelves
  43. 93 With You Until Twenty-Nine 陪你到二十九岁 31k WordsCompleted By Your Side Until You're Twenty-Nine 78Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 94 Beautiful Years 景年 Modern Romance30k WordsCompleted [Angst! Angst! Angst! Angst!] My name is Jiang Nian. I was born in the height of summer and died in the depths of winter. Fate was always fleeting, and even meeting you was a blessing. We were destined to meet in this life, but not to be together. May we continue our bond in the next. The debts of this life must be repaid in this life. On the road to the afterlife, don’t look back. May we have a better fate and grow old together in the next life! I still remember the words Lin Anjing said to 521Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  45. 95 After I Left the Band, the Lead Singer Quit 我退队后,主唱他不干了 Modern Romance21k WordsCompleted Everyone in the band knew I’d been chasing Xu Jinan for four years. I was once a top student at a prestigious music conservatory, but I was content just to be his guitarist. In our fourth year, Xu Jinan brought back a sweet-looking girl. “From today on, Mi Band will have two lead singers.” After seeing just how much Xu Jinan doted on Chen Keke, I finally gave up. I submitted my resignation to our manager and, with my cancer diagnosis in hand, left for another country. Xu Jinan thought I’d stay b 35Reads—Score—Shelves
  46. 96 A Tenant of the Underworld 在地府做钉子户 Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted To sever a doomed bond, Xie Lingzhi hid in the Underworld for a hundred years, even declaring that she wouldn’t leave until she’d stayed for five hundred. The King of Hell couldn’t meet his KPI, so he came over in a huff, then left again. He found her even more troublesome than the Great Sage Sun, who had destroyed the Book of Life and Death. In a fit of anger, he cut off her provisions. With no other choice, Xie Lingzhi set up a stall on Ghost Street, but wound up bringing Liang Chuanhui back w 68Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  47. 97 After Losing My Memory, I Dumped My Scumbag Husband 失忆后,我踹掉了渣男老公 Modern Romance12k WordsCompleted After Losing My Memory, I Dumped My Scumbag Husband 79Reads—Score—Shelves
  48. 98 The Art of Deception 过分伪装 Modern Romance128k WordsCompleted [Short tragic romance + fast-paced + bad ending] On a night of torrential rain, Huo Chenyiao pinched her chin and sneered. “For six years, every single day I've thought about how to destroy you.” - He forced her to sign a mistress contract and took what he wanted from her night after night. When he discovered she was pregnant, he personally sent her to the operating table. He didn't know that the strange woman he'd spent the night with at the bar was her. Even less did he know that the ink on he 4.3kReads8.5Score276Shelves
  49. 99 After I Died, They All Went Mad with Regret 我死后,他们全悔疯了 6k WordsCompleted After I Died, They All Regretted It 233Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. 100 If I Could Start Over, I Would Hope Never to Meet You Again 要是能重来,我希望不再遇到你 6k WordsCompleted If I could do it all over again, I hope I wouldn't meet you again. 183Reads—Score—Shelves

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