Novels like Captive Love: Mr. Gu's Darling
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- 1 Love Hurts More Than Death 爱比死更殇 Su Muyan loved Wei Tingchen for three years, losing herself in him until her family was destroyed. She thought that even if he didn’t love her, having his child would be enough to make her happy and fulfilled. But she never imagined that getting her pregnant was part of a scheme, too. When the truth came to light, Wei Tingchen said, “Muyan, I was wrong. What can I do to make you forgive me?” Su Muyan replied coldly, “My hatred for you has sunk into my bones. The only way to cut it out is for me 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Love That Cuts to the Bone 情深刺骨 Three years ago, Xu Qingzhi got her wish and married him. From then on, the long years held no more smiles. Three years later, Xu Qingzhi finally gave up on him. From then on, she lost the one she loved, her heart turning to ashes. She loved him with all her heart, but he hated and despised her. Only later did she realize that she had never understood what was in his heart... 294Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 3 After Torturing His Wife to Death, Mr. Yan Weeps Every Day 虐死夫人后，颜总每天以泪洗面 [Modern romance + strong female lead + childhood sweethearts + modern-day revenge + angst + scheming male lead + wealthy CEO] At the peak of Lu Leying’s life, her best friend Jinyan fell to her death from the apartment above hers. Afterward, the man who had been her childhood sweetheart and the object of her love for years subjected her to one torment after another. After enduring countless hardships, she finally found evidence to prove her innocence. She demanded, “Livestream it. Get on your kn 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 After My Divorce, Every Male Idol Wants to Marry Me 离婚后，所有男神都想娶我 This marriage was forced by a debt of gratitude. Fu Jingcheng doesn't love Xu Qiuqiu, and for three years he secretly kept his first love by his side without Xu Qiuqiu knowing. Xu Qiuqiu loves Fu Jingcheng. She compromises again and again in their marriage, only to be handed divorce papers. Awakening from her failed marriage, Xu Qiuqiu kicks the scumbag to the curb and signs the divorce papers without hesitation. After the divorce, Xu Qiuqiu grows more radiant by the day, her career takes off, a 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 A Heart for a Lifetime: The Cold King's Beloved Guilty Consort 一世倾心：冷王的盛宠罪妃 He appeared when she was at her lowest, and took all her love for himself, never knowing that it was all part of his revenge. Bound by a blood feud, the two of them were trapped in a painful romance and a web of intrigue. 307Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 6 Hardships 磨坷 This is a true story. The protagonists, Hu Gang and his older sister Hu Zhenzhen, lost both their parents when they were young and were raised by their uncle and aunt. They grew up hungry and in threadbare clothes, relying on each other for warmth. When they got a little older, his sister got married, and her younger brother went to become a live-in son-in-law... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Reborn: My Blind Date Became My Childhood Friend 重生之相亲对象变成青梅竹马 (Sweet romance | sweet courtship | younger male lead, clingy and possessive | second male lead, unhinged powerhouse | groveling chase) Before she was reborn, Li Mo used high-tech devices to make everyone around her hear the malicious thoughts she couldn’t control. He schemed to frame her again and again because she’d forgotten the promise they’d made, turning her into someone everyone hated. After a year of being framed, the once sunny, cheerful girl became insecure and sensitive. She was afraid 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 I Once Loved You Madly 我曾疯狂爱过你 Han Qingqing waited years for Tang Jue, and when he finally returned, all he had left for her was cruelty and cold indifference. It turns out that waiting devotedly does not always bring love. Sometimes, all it brings is despair… 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 No More Years to Look Back On 再无岁月可回首 To save him, Sheng Qiao had nearly drained every last drop of blood from her body. But in the end, for the sake of another woman, he wanted to drain her blood, take her kidney, and torture her until she was covered in wounds. “Sheng Qiao, you’re so vicious that even touching you disgusts me,” Li Chenlan said. Three years ago, Li Chenlan pinned the cold-faced young woman against the wall. “Qiaoqiao, can I sleep in our bed tonight instead of on the washboard?” Three years ago, he treated her like 576Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 10 Tortured Love Collection (6 Volumes) 虐恋情深合集（共6册） Loving someone you cannot have, when you clearly love each other deeply but still cannot be together... A collection of deeply moving love stories filled with hardship and heartbreak. Includes six works: Green Song's Love Comes with the Wind, Qing Shan Feng Liu's Why Did I Have to Meet You?, Zuo Tong's Goodbye, Gu Nanxun, Green Bridge Qiao's I Like Everything About You, Su Mo's You Are the Most Precious Person in the World, and Xia Zhi's I Heard I Once Loved You. —Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 11 President Bei, Stop Tormenting Her. Your Wife Is Already Dead 北总别虐了，夫人已经死了 [Bad ending + intense angst + unhinged male lead + adorable child + second male lead who becomes her new first love + desperate attempts to win his wife back] Xu Qingzhi was the only daughter of Xu Zhitang, the richest man in Beicheng. But after her best friend Yun Tingxi framed her, her family was destroyed overnight. The man she had once loved, Beiting Ye, was certain she was the culprit and set out to take revenge on her. As the man in control of Beicheng, he used every method at his disposal 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Claimed: The Poor Little Sweetheart Is Kissed by a Crazy, Obsessive Lover 染指：可怜妹宝被疯批病娇亲哭 (The male lead is pure evil!) [A twisted, obsessive, sadistic man / an innocent, pitiful little sweetheart] (For readers who are strongly attached to the female lead: read with caution. The male lead is sexually inexperienced. Forced love, the heroine suffers early on, the hero suffers later.) Qiao Wenning sets off on a self-drive honeymoon trip with her boyfriend. But just after they arrive in Miao territory, their car breaks down. A poor young Miao man comes to their aid. Qiao Wenning naively 2kReads8.1Score13814d adds
- 13 Mr. Yin, Stop Torturing Me. Your Wife Married Your Deadly Rival 殷总别虐了，太太嫁了你的死对头 Wan Jia loves Yin Tianyi! She sheathed her claws and fangs and obediently spent three whole years as his secret mistress. She could put up with coworkers spreading rumors and friends and family misunderstanding her, but him going on blind dates behind her back was too much! “Yin Tianyi, let's break up!” Wan Jia finally exploded for the first time. But Yin Tianyi gripped her slender waist and murmured, tenderly yet coldly, “In a hurry to break up so you can find someone else?” When Wan Jia chose 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Love Like a Poison That Eats at the Bones 爱如蚀骨毒药 At her wedding, the groom runs away, turning her into a laughingstock throughout Nancheng. Then her family business is destroyed, and she can only watch helplessly as her father suffers a stroke. She goes from being the daughter of the richest man to having nothing at all. Only when that man stands before her coldly does she realize that the one behind it all is the man she has loved for years. “Why?” “You brought this all on yourself!” His doting on the scheming ingénue, his twisting the truth 53Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 15 A Night of Desperate Pleas: He Killed My Baby 跪地哀求夜：他杀了我的崽 [Powerhouse + love and hate + alternate setting + winning back his wife + angst with sweetness] With the words “I don’t want it,” Yi Chenyuan sentenced the child in Ning Ranxi’s womb to death with his own hands. No matter how she begged or hurled harsh words at him, his heart did not soften. “I don’t want it, whether it’s mine or not.” Those words drove the last traces of hope in her heart into the depths of despair. She stopped resisting and let their child flow from her body as blood... 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Summer Suddenly Arrives Where the Eaveswept Wind Passes 檐风掠处骤觉夏 Shen Han and Si Boyan maintain a twisted relationship through money, all because of her deep devotion to Si Fengxia and her determination to protect him. She endures Si Boyan's torment to save Si Fengxia, while Si Boyan has no idea his older brother even exists. When Si Fengxia leaves, transformed into Xia Feng, the truth comes to light. At last, the two of them say goodbye to the past with regret and relief. 235Reads—Score1614d adds
- 17 The Cold Palace's Male Consort 冷宫男妃 [Completed] First: low status. Second: ugly appearance. Third: impotence. Wenren Huan is cold and indifferent, caring neither for himself nor for the world. His jealous adoptive mother summons a shaman from Southern Xinjiang to send him to another world and lay three such curses upon him. Every curse has a way to break it, but the only way to undo these is for Wenren Huan, who has never known love, to fall mutually in love with someone. How difficult could that possibly be? The bewitching and bi 31Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 18 Loving You Is My Doom 爱你在劫难逃 Longing is a pain that breathes. Chu Shixiu, once I fell in love with you, there was no escape. 42Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 19 But One Heart Belongs to One Person 但囚一心人 [Substitute romance + play the pig to eat the tiger + revenge + marriage before love + sweet and angsty] A beautiful, kindhearted, soft and airheaded girl •᷄ࡇ•᷅) vs. a scheming, brooding, seductive big bad wolf •̌.•̑) She suffers first, then finds happiness ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ He’s cold on the outside but warm within (∩ᄑ_ᄑ)⊃━☆ and turns into a little frog ( ᐛ )!? She keeps falling into his hands He hides his feelings and forces himself to stay calm But their passionate love is about to ignite at the slighte 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Loving You Is Like Falling into the Abyss 爱你如坠深渊 Jiang Anning loved Fu Hanyuan with all her heart. Fu Hanyuan hated Jiang Anning with all his heart. In the end, she miscarried, her son died of illness, and she finally lost all hope... 196Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 21 A Grave in the Heart 心坟 A city of the heart, a grave, and in that grave lies a widow. Heart’s Grave In a fairy tale, the mermaid princess turns into foam and disappears into the sea, while the prince and princess live happily ever after.[1] In reality, the prince only thinks of the mermaid princess’s tears, shed beneath the moonlight, while the princess spends the rest of her life entombed in marriage. But Song Yu brought this grave upon herself. So even if she has to fight her way through every thorn and thistle, —Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 22 Tonight, the Stars Look Just Like You 今夜星辰恰似你 When she woke again, her world was dark and cold, without a glimmer of light... Yet even then, that man still showed her no mercy. He personally sent her to the gates of hell... Later, he went mad and paid for her with his life... In this devastating love story, who truly came out on top? 15Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 23 Mrs. Bo Says They’ll Never Meet Again, in Life or Death 薄总夫人说死生不复相见 [Angsty romance, marriage first, love later] After five years of marriage, all the love she'd given him over more than a decade still couldn't warm his heart. He hated her with every fiber of his being, blaming her for the death of his child with the woman he loved. He destroyed her family and sent her to prison. When she got out, he handed her divorce papers. After she signed them, he regretted it... 1.4kReads6.8Score—14d adds
- 24 Love Lingers Amid the Fireworks 烟花深处情不眠 Everyone knew she loved him to the very depths of her soul, clinging desperately to her position as the Young Marshal's wife, even though she spent every night alone. He had always believed that for the rest of her life, she would look up to him and never have eyes for anyone else. Until one day, she woke up having forgotten everything from her past. The only person she remembered was the boy who had once lived next door when she was young. At last, the Young Marshal panicked... 20Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 25 Imprison Her, Destroy Her Love, and Torment Her for the Rest of Her Life 囚她，毁情虐余生 Imprison Her, Destroy Her Love, Torment Her for the Rest of Her Life 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 When My Wife Is Gone, My Life Comes to an End 妻长绝，浮生歇 Su Youwei always thought Lin Huanjing loved her, until their wedding anniversary, when she accidentally discovered that he had carefully plotted her death. Ever since she met him, she had been gravely ill. After all these years, there was no cure for her. He wanted her dead, and she accepted it. When the bullet pierced her heart, she finally understood: after spending her whole life loving him, she could not even get a single tear from him in the end. 67Reads5.1Score314d adds
- 27 Taking Treasures Into My Pocket 娶物入囊 [Angst, Everyone Suffers + Revenge on Scumbags] The moment Jiang Hanyan’s veil was lifted, her happy smile froze. “You’re not Yun Lei. You’re Huo Yusheng...” From that moment on, driven by the deep-seated resentment he had harbored ever since his twin brother, Huo Yunlei, framed him in their youth, and convinced that Jiang Hanyan had caused his first love, Tang Yueran, to become paralyzed, the young master of the Huo family, Huo Yusheng, married the woman who was supposed to become his sister-in 139Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 28 Her Rouge Rich, Her Powder Fragrant 脂正浓，粉正香 She was the girl he could not win, even with a bride price stretching ten li, yet she sold him ten steamed buns. The Princess of Beiliang, relying on her father and brothers, ran rampant in the capital and even seized the great scholar Shi Ran, bringing him into her residence. For Shi Ran, she also rejected a marriage to Ruan Lu, the eldest son of the Grand Princess. Later, she fell into the life of a convict slave, starving and enduring every humiliation. At last, she knelt before Ruan Lu, utte 37Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 29 A Concubine's Love Is Hard to Win Back 小妾难再爱 Liu Yan’er’s greatest dream was to spend her whole life with Shangguan Ling, the two of them belonging only to each other. But after he passed the imperial examinations and earned a position, everything changed. Not only did he take a new wife, he demoted Liu Yan’er to concubine. In the Shangguan household, she suffered constant torment and grew physically and emotionally exhausted. Her youthful dream had shattered. When she tried to leave, dragging her ailing body along, he said… 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 A Lifetime of Joy, Just for You 许你一生欢喜 Yu Huan loved Gu Shaoting for ten years. Even knowing there was someone else in his heart, she still married him without hesitation. When their twins were born, one died and the other was switched. Yu Huan was kept in the dark about it all… Then Gu Shaoting and the woman he loved dug out her daughter’s heart to save their illegitimate child, and Yu Huan finally went completely mad… 12Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 31 Giving Birth Made Me Reborn: My Post-Op Wife Is Tough and Unshakable 生子即重生：术后娇妻人狠站得稳 [Reborn] [Campus] [Healing] [The Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] Chen Zhixin was born into hardship and grew up starved for love. After working hard to get into college, she left her hometown behind. She met Li Yimu online, fell in love, and chose to marry him while they were still in the honeymoon phase. Their life together was sweet. She thought she had found her salvation, until, late in her pregnancy, she looked through Li Yimu’s phone and discovered that he had been deceiving her all along —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Damn! My Flash-Marriage Husband Is Actually the Richest Man 靠！闪婚头牌老公竟是首富 [Whirlwind Marriage, Love After Marriage] [Both Pure] [Sweet Romance] [Taking Down the Trashy Ex] On the anniversary of their relationship, her boyfriend abandons her to spend Valentine’s Day with his ex-girlfriend. “I don’t love her, and I’m not going to marry her!” His words finally extinguish all her hopes. She promptly breaks up with him and walks away… She’s better off without a man like that. She can always find another one, so she heads to a bar with her girlfriends and orders a whole gro 331Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 33 He Bullies Her Once, Then Obsessively Clings to Her for Life 欺负她一次，就要疯缠她一辈子 [The Animated Series Is Now Available] [Ill-Mannered Playboy vs. Kindhearted Girl Studying Abroad] Wen Yan came from a wealthy family and lived a happy life, with a father and brother who loved her dearly. But she never expected that... One trip abroad and one act of kindness would drag her straight into hell. - #AngstyRomance 3.2kReads6.4Score17314d adds
- 34 Young Master Huo, Stop Torturing Her! Miss Ji Was Kidnapped by Human Traffickers 霍少别虐了，季小姐被人贩子拐了 [No getting back together after a breakup + Second male lead takes the lead + Secret identity] [ Scheming, sweet-and-satisfying female lead VS devoted top-tier star, the second male lead ] Ji Yu's life fell into two distinct halves. Before she turned fifteen, she was the Ji family's most cherished youngest daughter. Her parents were devoted to each other, and she had two older brothers. After she turned fifteen, her parents and brothers died in a plane crash. Her grandmother marked her with a c 38Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 35 Wait for Me, Girl, Our Future Is Bright! 丫头等我，未来可期！ A white funeral shroud at three, a great calamity at six? She fell into the water in a daze, then somehow ended up with a childhood betrothal. What looked like a string of accidents was actually hiding a deeper design. Ji'an would soon be anything but peaceful, and half the village was doomed to die without heirs. The village chief had an only son, handsome as Pan An. A girl before the Yin family's ancestral grave, with deep feelings but an ill-fated match. A snake-patterned Yin-Yang pendant, bi 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Mr. Ex-Husband, You’re Out 前夫先生，请出局 Ni Yuke never expected that she would marry Ye Jinchen in this lifetime. A sinister scheme made her dream come true, but it also made him hate her to the core… 14Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 37 Tortured into Madness: After His Wife’s Death, Mr. Lu Went Mad 虐爱成痴：虐死夫人后，陆总发狂了 Ye Qingfan loved Lu Zhongxian so much that she lost herself and gave up everything. In return, her family was destroyed, she lost it all, and she died full of hatred. As the truth slowly came to light, Lu Zhongxian finally realized that what he most wanted to see was Ye Qingfan's sparkling eyes. Given another chance at life, she decided that any other fool could have the scumbag. Ye Qingfan was busy taking down the scheming homewrecker, climbing step by step to the peak of her career. Second Mas 33Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 38 I Love You Like My Life: The Domineering CEO's Kiss 爱你如命：霸道总裁吻上瘾 After suffering her mother's brutal death, her father's selfishness, her stepmother's abuse, and her sister's jealousy, Rong Xi keeps fighting against fate. When she returns after completing her studies, she breaks free from her prison-like shackles, only for her best friend's teasing to plunge her heart into an icy abyss once more... An elevator malfunction leaves her locked in a passionate embrace with Shao Nan. From then on, she cannot escape his clutches, yet he is surrounded by beautiful wo 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Lucky to Find You After We Married 幸得婚后相遇时 On our wedding night, Gu Yanzhi got a phone call and left me. The moment he walked away, I knew that all my years of effort had still come to nothing. Because the woman he loved had come back. “Fu Xiaotang, let’s get divorced!” “We only got married yesterday.” “You know I don’t love you, and I never will.” 134Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 40 Mr. Sheng, Stop Tormenting Her. Your Wife Is Already Dead 盛总别虐了，夫人已经死了 Three years ago, a murder case shocked Luocheng. Madam Sheng was dead, and Shi Zhiyao was the prime suspect. Hypnosis, coercion, a miscarriage: they did everything to force her to confess. Three years later, she made a triumphant return as the president of Qin Corporation. Only later did Sheng Yeye realize he was nothing but a substitute, a complete and utter joke. 78Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 41 I’ll Wait for You on the Other Side 我在彼岸等你 You are the tribulation I can never overcome in this life, and I am the longing you can never let go of in this lifetime. I will guard you on the other shore… 6Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 42 The World Keeps Me Here, But the Years Pass Without You 人间留我，岁月无你 The world still has me, but the years have no you. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 A Long Road to Marriage: Mr. Ning's Wife, Tormented by Guilt 婚途漫漫：宁先生的蚀骨罪妻 Also known as When Ning Meets Xia Beneath the Stars. Eight months later, pregnant Xia Xingyao was dragged into prison by Ning Jingchen. He said, “Xia Xingyao, you must pay for your sins! Your child will pay too!” After she was imprisoned, she not only lost her baby, but also her left eye. Before prison, Xia Xingyao had been stubborn and confident. After getting out, she was reduced to someone who lived in the dust, someone anyone could bully! When she finally collapsed lifeless in a pool of bloo 412Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 44 A Receptionist Took Me for a Fool, So I Made a Fortune. Now She’s in Tears, and I Tell Her to Get Lost 被女接待当凯子耍，我逆袭神豪，她眼含热泪我让她滚 A hostess tried to fleece me, so I rose to become a tycoon. She had tears in her eyes, but I told her to get lost. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Mr. He, Don’t Get Carried Away 贺先生别乱来 Two years ago, she was found guilty of deliberately injuring the leg of the woman he loved. So he sent her to prison, took one of her legs, and crushed all her pride. Two years later, she thought she had escaped hell and vowed never to have anything to do with him again. But it turns out the Devil of Hell would never let you go so easily. 50Reads7.9Score2314d adds
- 46 Gather More Flowers, Yearn for You All the More 多采撷，最相思 [Past and Present]+ [Amnesia]+ [Supernatural Mysteries]+ [Thriller]+ [Tragic Romance in the Late Qing]+ [Scoundrel Men and Wicked Women]+ [Love Beyond Death]+ [Qing Dynasty and Republican Era] During the Republican era, Zhou Caisi, daughter of the Zhou family of Beiping, accidentally wandered into the underground palace of a former Qing princess. There, she witnessed supernatural phenomena beyond the sight of ordinary people. From then on, she suffered nightmares and a heart condition, and was f 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 South of South City, My Longing Remains 南城以南，相思未尽 Xu Nanyan devoted her entire youth to her unrequited love for Huo Tingshen. She loved him with all her heart, down to her very bones, and even thought she would remain tied to this man for the rest of her life. That is, until the man she loved sent her to prison with his own hands... 634Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 48 Tortured to the Brink! His Wife’s Body Is Covered in Medical Papers 虐疯了！夫人身上被刻满医学论文 [Heart-wrenching angst + no reconciliation after the breakup + devastating emotional fallout + a despicable scoundrel] Fu Jingshen once thought all he felt for the Shu family, and for Shu Rui, was hatred and disgust. But it was only when someone lost himself, his whole world, and every last shred of dignity and pride for Shu Rui that Fu Jingshen finally understood: the Shu Rui who once had eyes only for him, whose every heart and soul belonged to him, was someone else's everything, someone else' 20.5kReads8.2Score95214d adds
- 49 Dusk Comes Late 晚晚辞暮 [A girl with depression and a lonely boy] Bad ending It was both salvation and an abyss. Step by step, she fell into the dust. “They trampled on my dignity as they pleased. Only he stayed by my side.” He said, “Most people who love each other in this world can’t be together.” So that year, one person celebrated a happy new marriage, while another lay in eternal rest. I thought we would always be together, but I forgot about the mountain birds and the road... Years passed, and we never met again 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 After Losing Her Family, She Married a Scumbag CEO 家破人亡后她嫁给了渣总 [A passionate, tortured romance: body, heart, and soul all put through the wringer, with a desperate quest to win her back! Everyone is a villain + dark themes + plot-driven, brutal angst, read at your own risk.] After a murder robs him of his fiancée, he meticulously builds a prison of revenge, dragging her from heaven into hell. Huo Chenyuan always thought An Weilai was his to control. He never imagined that in this game, she would escape the prison and trap him in a prison of the heart, one t 23Reads8.5Score—14d adds
