Novels like For the Rest of My Life, Loving You Is My Illness
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- 1 Love So Deep, Desolation to the Bone 用情至深,刺骨荒凉 To save the woman he loved, she lay on the operating table and endured the agony of having her kidney removed. But she never imagined he could be cruel enough to have their child taken from her with his own hands, cause her parents’ deaths, and finally drive her to the end of her rope… 86Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 2 Say No to 996: It Starts with You and Me 拒绝996从你我做起 Say no to 996, starting with you and me. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 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
- 4 A Collection of Short, Angsty Stories 短虐合集 “Between the two of us, my life is the least important thing. If you want to take it, then it’s yours.” A collection of short, tragic period romance and fanfiction with a beautiful bad ending. Each story is a few chapters long, featuring passionate but painful love, a strong female lead and a weaker male lead, lovers who fight as fiercely as they love, a man desperately trying to win back his wife, and tragic endings. 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Captive Phoenix in His Arms: The Ruthless Emperor's Prisoner 俘凰入罗帷,狠戾帝君掌心囚 When the Cangxuan Kingdom fell, its legitimate eldest princess, once revered and surrounded by every luxury, was cast from her heavenly heights into the deepest hell. Chu Yan had once been held hostage in Cangxuan. When he was being humiliated, the kingdom’s eldest princess, Fan Hua, came to his rescue. They grew up together and fell in love, but a conspiracy made Chu Yan hate the entire Cangxuan royal family. After years of plotting, he destroyed her kingdom, trampled on her dignity, and forced 285Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 6 A Flicker of Fireworks 焰火微生 Angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst novel, angst, angst, angst, angst, angst novel, angst novel, angst 654Reads—Score10414d adds
- 7 When the Splendor Faded, Half the City Was Left in Ruins 繁华落尽半城殇 He told her, “Jinxiu, I will marry no one but you in this life. When I return from Jiangnan, I’ll give you a magnificent wedding.” But all that happiness was destroyed by a cruel conspiracy. On the day of his wedding, her blood was drained from her body, and she barely survived. With the splendor gone and half the city in mourning, she still died in his arms. Ling Su, may the rest of your life be peaceful. Let’s meet again in our next life... 120Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 8 Thank You for Giving Me a Heart of Sorrow 谢你赠我一心伤 The most ridiculous thing in An Lingxi’s life was probably that she loved Xuanyuan Mo more than life itself, while Xuanyuan Mo thought of nothing but taking her life… 61Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 9 Gu Nian's Deep Love 顾念情深 He said, “Gu Nian, wait for me a little longer. I promise I’ll make you happy.” She remembered what he had said so many years ago. Four years later, he came back. He returned as Jiangcheng’s most powerful man. Pinning her against the cold wall, he gritted his teeth and said, “Love me? You’re not worthy!” “Why don’t you just die?” And she really was going to die. 109Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 10 I’ll Give Our Love Back to You 我把爱情还给你 Gu Qingrang, loving you is too exhausting. 59Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 11 Thorns and the Silver Crown 荆棘与银冠 Thorns and the Silver Crown 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Just in Time to Say Goodbye 刚好就此再见 Xia Zinuo spent five years trying to warm the heart of the man she loved, but failed. Her leukemia returned, and her love rival came back. Qin Yihan would rather have died himself. Xia Zinuo was already in such a miserable state, and now things had become truly unbearable. “Qin Yihan, stay with me for three months. Let me know what it feels like to be loved, too.” At the end of her life, Xia Zinuo pleaded with him. “Keep dreaming,” Qin Yihan coldly refused. Qin Yihan had long looked forward to d 6Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 13 Fish Do Not Venture into Deep Woods 鱼不赴深林 Fish Don't Head for the Deep Woods 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Mr. Bo, We’re Nothing but Strangers Now 薄先生,你我情同陌路 [Short Story Contest] After seven years of marriage, she has suffered endless torment at his hands. She has angina and only a year left to live, but he ignores it and plans to marry her younger sister. No one knows she is the real Mrs. Bo. Forced to kneel before her own sister and admit she is a shameless mistress seeking attention, she endures his bloodthirsty sneers and his endless humiliation and trampling of her dignity. After losing her child, she goes mad with despair and leaps from the up 131Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 15 The Whole World Knows I Love You 全世界都知道我爱你 Everyone knew Gu Sihan loved Ye Nanfeng, and everyone knew Ye Nanfeng loved Tang Xuerou. But that did nothing to weaken Gu Sihan's resolve to love Ye Nanfeng. Loving him was like an addiction she couldn't kick. Gu Sihan screamed hysterically, “She's the one with a wicked heart! She got what she deserved!” Ye Nanfeng gripped her throat viciously. “A vicious woman like you being violated? Now that's what you... deserve!” That day, he pushed her into a hell from which there was no return. Later, sh 104Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 16 Obsessive, Toxic Love: After His Wife Goes Mad, Mr. Fu Dies 偏执毒爱:夫人疯后傅总他死了 [Both Have Past Relationships + Captivity + A Chasing-His-Wife-to-the-Crematorium Arc + Both Die] Original title: Burning My Life to Love You “Please, let me go.” After an accident led her into his territory, she humbly begged him to spare her, but he threw her into the mountains, where she endured every kind of hardship and cruelty. Three months later, she escaped and sent them all to prison in one fell swoop. Two years later, he returned to his homeland and dragged her from her peaceful life i 2Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 17 After Tormenting Me, President Lu Tried Desperately to Win Me Back 虐完我,陆总追妻火葬场 Xia Wanying thought that as long as she married Lu Qingyu and they spent every day together, he would remember her. After the wedding, Xia Wanying's world held nothing but gloom and pain, darkness and cold. The man she loved most brought her not happiness, but nightmares that haunted her day and night. “Lu Qingyu, if I died one day, would you regret it?” “No!” Later, Xia Wanying died, and Lu Qingyu went mad. In the storm, he clutched her urn and wept as if his heart were breaking, saying over 18Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 18 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
- 19 Loving You, Even If It Was Only a Fleeting Splendor 爱你纵使繁华一场 After five years of marriage, Mo Sheng still hadn't made Li Yunan fall in love with her. When she learned she had a terminal illness, all she asked for was ten months. “After ten months, I can divorce you. Please, don't hate me.” “What are you playing at?” “I'm tired. I want to be free.” Childhood sweethearts may grow apart as time goes by. Mo Sheng had loved Li Yunan for thirteen years, while he gave all his love to another woman. As she suffered through a pain unlike anything she had ever endu 23Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 20 His Unhealthy Need to Control Me 他对我的病态掌控欲 Lu Mo was the love of her youth, but now he is the devil making her life a living hell. 287Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 21 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
- 22 Captive Love: Mr. Gu's Darling 蚀骨囚宠:顾总的掌中娇 He used their marriage as an excuse to keep her by his side, forceful and domineering. He told her that for the rest of her life, she would owe him two lives. During their five years of marriage, Gu Ye tormented Shi Zhizhi until she was barely recognizable. Staying alive became her only bottom line. When he ruthlessly destroyed that last boundary too, Shi Zhizhi laughed through her tears: “Gu Ye, if there’s another life, I’ll never love you again!” Shi Zhizhi died, and Gu Ye was the one who kill 82Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 23 I Only Hope We Won't Know Each Other in the Next Life 惟愿来生不相识 On the seventh day after her father's death, she learned she had terminal stomach cancer. Seven months pregnant, she begged him not to make her donate blood to his first love, but he cruelly shoved her to the ground anyway. She would never forget the icy look in his eyes... He thought the document she sent him would be divorce papers. He never imagined it would be her last letter... 82Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 24 Last Night's Stars, Last Night's Breeze 昨夜星辰昨夜风 After a car accident, I somehow became the culprit who killed my younger sister! To avenge her, Ji Sichen cruelly took the baby I'd carried for ten months and imprisoned me! “Please, let me see my baby, even just once...” His cold, curt reply struck like a slap: “You're nothing but a murderer. You don't deserve to be his mother!” 7Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 25 I Designed Your Bride's Wedding Dress with My Own Hands 我亲手为你的新娘设计了婚纱 Cover image source: XHS, Snowy Day Originally titled “Out of Focus” A secret crush is one person out of focus; loving someone you can’t have is two people on parallel lines. When you appeared, the whole world went out of focus. The first time we met, I tripped in front of you. From then on, I’ve always stumbled right where you are. Jian Lushun, goodbye forever. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Bandit’s Darling 匪宠 Third Master’s wine, Third Master’s gun, Third Master’s fists and feet conquering the world, and his most beloved little sweetheart. In all his life, Third Master cried for only one person. After she was gone, time passed so slowly. At last, Li Mucheng came to understand: fingers are too short, mountains too high, and the waters too far. The people you miss in this life are gone from your reach forever. 9Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 27 A Broken Mirror Cannot Be Mended 破镜难重圆 Childhood sweethearts, married for ten years. Fu Shiyu came back with Shen Jiaman in his arms and forced Xia Ran to design her wedding dress. Xia Ran had poured her heart and soul into Fu Shiyu, yet could only watch helplessly as he caused their child’s death... Fu Shiyu, in the end, you and I were never meant to find happiness together. 22Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 28 Love Warmed the Chilling Boy 是爱暖了少年凉 July 7, clear, Wednesday This is the most desolate and helpless day in my memory, a day that leaves me trembling with fear. Today marks ten years since you began hating me. How should I celebrate it with you, Lin Luo? On this summer night, you and I finally went our separate ways for good. Perhaps this sorrow was destined from the start: when I was abandoned on the Ferris wheel at seven, when I was adopted by your family, and when your mother’s blood stained the hatred in your eyes. Back then, I —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 29 The Road Ahead Is One of Heartbreak 此去离殇 “You never deserved to be my wife.” Once, she had loved him with all her heart, only to be met with his cold rejection. Time passed, and she died before his eyes. All the love she had never gotten to confess became a sharp sword plunging into his heart… 238Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 30 A Cool Breeze Rises 萧萧凉风生 I love the wind! The wind is free, boundless, and unfettered. It can turn the leaves, lift a skirt, and travel the world. But I’m trapped in my own endless darkness, locked inside a prison of my own making. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Kim Eun-ning’s First Book 金恩宁的第一本书 Arrogant, unhinged wealthy heir + beautiful, strong, tragic top student + dog-training romance + chasing his wife to the crematorium Supporting couple: a rabid mad dog who refuses to let go + a delicate, graceful beauty like a white jade pearl The young master’s malice always comes out of nowhere, and his love is just a passing whim. He once lazily exhaled smoke and said, “It was just something stupid I said on a whim.” He also once stood there with red-rimmed eyes, using every means at his disp 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 My Heart Remains as It Was 妾心如故 He hated her. In a single night, he slaughtered her entire family. He hated her, and wanted nothing more than to torture her to death, drawing blood from her heart every day for the woman he cherished. But when he used the same hands stained with her family’s blood to kill her child, she laughed bitterly, and her black hair turned white overnight. This time, she was the one who hated him, but he was the one who regretted it. “Ling Yumo, this hatred has seeped into my blood and carved itself into 59Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 33 In My Next Life, I Won’t Love You Again! 下辈子,不再爱你! Xiao Yi once promised me a home, but gave me the deepest pain instead. A year later, I became someone else's girlfriend, only to hear that he had endured every hardship I went through, all to win me back... 6Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 34 My Fiancé Died Before Me and Never Changed His Heart, While I Changed Mine After I Died 未婚夫原来死得比我早还没变心,而我死了就变心 My fiancé turned out to have died before me and never stopped loving me, while I changed my heart after he died 151Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Han Jinshen, We Lost Our Baby! 韩晋深,我们的孩子没了! On the day of the first snowfall, Han Jinshen received two packages. One contained the ashes of the baby in Wan Yin’s womb. The other contained… Wan Yin’s ashes… Cradling the ashes of mother and child, Han Jinshen began to vomit blood! 1.3kReads7.0Score—14d adds
- 36 Sinful Love 罪爱 Chen Lin loves her. That is Ye Zhiqiu's only leverage for taking revenge on him. Making Chen Lin watch her die day by day is Ye Zhiqiu's way of getting even. Chen Lin: “Can you live for me?” Ye Zhiqiu: “No.” 164Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 37 In the End, Deep Love Leaves Nothing but Heartbreak 情深终负尽 After five years of dating and three years of marriage, Qin Yue underwent IVF more than a dozen times, but in the end Gu Yanzhi still rejected her. “You can't have children. You're not fit to be my wife.” Later, Gu Yanzhi saw another man tenderly holding Qin Yue, whose belly was swollen with pregnancy... 166Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 38 Loving You Like the First Day 爱你如初 Five years ago, he had no choice but to leave, drifting through foreign streets, alone and destitute. Five years later, he returned home, only to find that the other man was already married. Since you won’t let me go, I’ll spend the little time I have left by your side, until the very end. I love you, just as I did back then. 7Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 39 Longing for Our Reunion Day After Day, Forgetting Each Other Year After Year 朝朝盼重逢,念念总相忘 [Angst, angst, angst! Extremely angsty, proceed with caution!] Five years ago The golden boy Ji Lingchuan knelt on the ground, desperately begging Xia Zhiyi not to leave him. But she coldly told him to get lost, then turned around and married someone else. Five years later The bar hostess Xia Zhiyi knelt before the untouchable Mr. Ji, fawning over him. He shoved her away, saying she was filthy. He hated her, bullied her, and was consumed by the desire to take revenge on her. But when he saw a li 710Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 40 You Never Once Chose Me 你从不曾偏爱我 Throughout their three years of marriage, she kept hoping he would turn around and look at her. But his heart belonged only to the woman he cherished most. When he caused their child’s death, she turned away in despair. Yet he grabbed her hand and said, “I don’t want a divorce!” 78Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 41 I Finally Lost You 我终于失去了你 When Xu Nuo was ten, she caught her father cheating. Her parents’ failed marriage turned her into a porcupine, pushing away anyone who tried to get close. One day after the college entrance exams, she met Mo Cheng, a carefree boy who fell for her at first sight. They came from completely different worlds: he was passionate as fire, while she was consumed by insecurity. Yet before she knew it, Xu Nuo began to fall for him. But after a drunken night of reckless indulgence at a birthday party, Mo C 38Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 42 Strangers for the Rest of Our Lives 此生陌路不复 When Chu Junmo forcibly tears open her wound, leaving it drenched in blood, Li Fuyi knows she must pay for the crime she committed at eighteen. Because of him, she found the light; because of him, she descended into eternal night. There are no winners in this battle. There are only two people doomed to endless ruin. 606Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 43 Clouds Drift Away, Yet the Clear Evening Sky Remains 一云归去,不负晚晴 When he drove her to her death, he said, “I will never regret what I did to you!” So she fell from a high-rise, shattered beyond recognition. Yet he searched the whole world, desperate to find even a trace of her… 109Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 44 158,000: The Most Expensive Lesson My Daughter Will Ever Learn 十五万八,是我女儿这辈子最贵的一堂课 158,000 yuan: the most expensive lesson my daughter will ever learn. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 I Died Ten Meters Away from Him 我死在距离他十米的地方 [Adoptive Siblings + Tragedy + Soap-Opera Drama + Misunderstandings and Push-Pull + Irreversible Loss] Li Tangluo is gravely ill. She drives her adoptive brother, who loves her, out of the house. He begs her to let him stay, but she coldly refuses. Four years later, they meet again. He has risen to the top and is no longer the poor, down-and-out young man he once was. He uses every means at his disposal to keep her by his side, tormenting and humiliating her, and making her suffer. “Li Tangluo, 263Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Love Imprisoned to the Bone 蚀骨囚宠 He used love and hate to drive her mad, yet still refused to let her go. She died smiling before his eyes, leaving him with the deepest sorrow imaginable. 87Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 47 An Undying Love 痴爱不渝 Ning Wu loves Yan Xiao with all her heart, but Yan Xiao hates her to the core. For the sake of a promise Yan Xiao made as a boy, Ning Wu stakes everything on winning his love, only to lose in the end. In the final moments of her life, she watches Yan Xiao marry someone else before turning and walking away. What she doesn’t know is that after she leaves, Yan Xiao searches for her like a madman... 181Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 48 Hengchang Pawnshop on Yong'an Street: The Private Ledger That Was Never Destroyed 永安街恒昌当:那本从未销过的私账 Hengchang Pawnshop on Yong'an Street: The Private Ledger That Was Never Written Off —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 I Played Coward for Half a Year, Then the Courtesan Next Door Ran Off with the Money 我装怂半年,隔壁花魁卷款跑了 I Played the Coward for Half a Year, and the Courtesan Next Door Ran Off with the Money —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Soft Candy Locks the Edge 软糖锁锋 Soft Candy Locks the Blade —Reads—Score—14d adds

















































