Novels like When the Tears Run Dry
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- 101 Master of His Bed, Light of His Chongli 他的枕席之主，他的重黎之光 [One-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced, physical and emotional angst, uniforms, a light sci-fi space setting, slight coercion, false replacement] Nan Li looked up at Lu Lin, a tear rolling down her cheek. “Lu Lin, please let me go...” A few bolts of lightning flashed across the horizon. The tear caught their light as it fell into Lu Lin's heart, shattering his memories. “Kill me, and I'll let you go!” A short story with a short blurb. 24Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 102 May You Be Safe Year After Year. May We Never Meet Again, Alive or Dead 愿君岁岁平安，你我生死不见 May you be safe and sound year after year. May we never meet again, in life or death. 641Reads—Score4114d adds
- 103 Deep Captivity 深囚 [Two male leads] [Historical romance] [Bad ending] [Possessive, domineering, devoted top × cool, gentle, scheming bottom] Ling Wang has nothing and no one. The only thing he wants is his senior brother, Baili Heng. He gives it everything he has and pours out his heart, yet still cannot win his love. Through endless cycles of reincarnation, this remains his sole goal. Ling Wang believes that if he keeps reviewing what happened and avoids every turning point, he’ll finally be able to have him. 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Conversion Camp: Tamed by Love 戒同所：以爱驯服 Just started getting ratings; the main story is complete [No CP + Slight Ensemble Cast + Conversion Therapy + Mind Control + In the Name of Love] [If you like angst, come on in.] I'm required to write at least 50 characters, but I think every extra word would be a spoiler. So, happy New Year's Eve, everyone. Tang Tang, happy New Year's Eve to you too. Welcome to my world. 514Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 105 The Final Seventy Days 最后七十天 [Two male leads + tragic ending + unrequited love + healing + quiet everyday life] [Gentle older brother Shen Qingzhou & Huang Yixing, who has albinism] After growing up wild and free in the countryside for twelve years, he was suddenly told he was an illegitimate child. Less than two days after his mother died, Shen Qingzhou was taken to live in the city by his biological father. Six years later, he was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. His final wish in life was to return to the pla 220Reads8.1Score10014d adds
- 106 The Blind Consort 盲妃 On the wedding day of Li Wenxing, the notorious and merciless general, and Jiang Yan, the beautiful blind young master of the Jiang family, every citizen in the city kept their doors shut and dared not step outside. The streets were empty and lifeless. Jiang Yan had loved Li Wenxing for thirteen years. He had thought Li’s promise to love him faithfully was sincere, never imagining that Li not only didn’t love him, but had long since given his heart to someone else and hated Jiang to the bone. Af 352Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 107 Silently, I Thought It Was a Song 默以为歌 Short-tempered, childish top × stubborn beauty bottom (One-on-one + a huge bucket of melodrama + no regard for morals + rekindled love) If it's not for you, just leave. Don't force yourself to read. Yuan Moyan was a ray of light in Ning Ge's heart. But Yuan only saw him as the cuckoo who had taken over another bird's nest. He hated and despised him, and wanted him gone. By the time all the misunderstandings were cleared up, Ning Ge had already left, sick and frail. Only then did Yuan realize he 279Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 108 After His Immortal Bone Was Stolen, He Cultivated the Heartless Way 被挖仙骨后他转修无情道 [Cool and resilient senior disciple Shen Mucheng × the third prince Yuan Chang'an, who is not what he seems; everyone's favorite, melodrama, physical and emotional torment, imprisonment, amnesia] Shen Mucheng, the eldest disciple of Tianjian Sect leader Luo Mingchuan, was born with immortal bones. After an accident left his junior brother gravely injured, the immortal bones were needed as medicine. His second and third junior brothers conspired to cut them out of him while he was still alive, da 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Human Shape 人样 Everyone knows that Meng Chengxian is just a dog raised by the Meng family. If anyone dares touch Meng Yancheng, he becomes a wild dog. When Meng Yancheng no longer wants him, he becomes a stray. When faced with a blood feud, he becomes a mad dog. When all is said and done, he's a dead dog left to rot in the wilderness. In the end, he never managed to live like a real person. 24Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 110 Seizing the Throne to Become Empress 夺帝为后 Rong Cheng was once the supreme ruler. In a single night, he became a plaything for others’ amusement. The fallen emperor was sent to the Imperial Music Bureau to train in song and dance and entertain the current Son of Heaven. Rumors spread through the palace that the emperor was cruel by nature. Not only that, the ruthless emperor had all kinds of strange proclivities. Guan Hongfeng said, “I’ve heard of a technique for attaining immortality. You’d make the perfect ingredient. Get ready. I’ll s 498Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 111 After Prison, I Was Forced to Become His Caged Canary 出狱之后，被迫成了他的金丝雀 Three years ago, one fire, two people. Jin Dongyang sent him to prison without hesitation. Three years later, Shen Nian was released. Shen Nian was determined never to be Jin Dongyang’s lover again. All he wanted was to get away from him. But the man who stood above the clouds refused to let him go. A refined, rotten-to-the-core pursuer x a love interest who’d rather die than be anyone’s lover 323Reads8.2Score5514d adds
- 112 Loving You Is My Fated Ordeal 爱你是命定的劫数 “I’m getting married.” “To Xu Mei? A shotgun wedding?” It was Li Yue who was getting married because of a baby on the way. So Song Yu gave up, his heart dead. But then Li Yue threatened him and kept him trapped at his side... 25Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 113 Will You Come Home with Me Today? 今天跟我回家吗 [Two male leads + tragic ending] Gentle and laid-back Zhou Jingqiu vs. flirtatious without realizing it, terminally ill Xuan Bai (A warm, healing story with a little humor and some gloomy moments) Not long after the new school term began, Zhou Jingqiu got a strange new deskmate. What made his new deskmate strange was that he was clearly a good student who kept encouraging Zhou Jingqiu to study hard, yet he skipped class on the very first night of school and was often absent. That wasn't all: his 85Reads—Score10214d adds
- 114 I Hate You 讨厌你 “What gives you the right to hate me?!” Shen Jiucheng beat him into the hospital the moment they met, then tortured him relentlessly, consumed by hatred. In the end, he realized he had been wrong. Now, all he wants is to kneel before him and say, “Qi Yu, I love you.” 16Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 115 The System Told Me to Be the Villain, So I Turned Around and Reported Myself 系统让我当坏人，我反手举报我自己 The System Made Me Be the Bad Guy, So I Turned Around and Reported Myself 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Others Transmigrate to Become Princesses, but I Open a Barbecue Stall and Take It Easy. The Prince Insists on Working for Me 别人穿越当王妃，我摆烂开烧烤摊，王爷非要给我打工 Others transmigrate and become princess consorts, but I slack off and open a barbecue stall. The prince insists on working for me 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 I Took It Easy at the Blind Date and Flaunted Pork Knuckles, So the Trillionaire CEO Dragged Me into a Whirlwind Marriage 相亲摆烂炫肘子，千亿霸总拽我闪婚了 I went all out at the matchmaking event and devoured a pork knuckle, then the tycoon worth hundreds of billions dragged me into a flash marriage 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 After My Fake Death as a Substitute, the CEO Clutched My Ashes and Regretted Everything 替身假死后，总裁抱着我的骨灰追悔莫及 After faking my death as his stand-in, the CEO clutched my ashes and regretted everything 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 After I Was Diagnosed with a Terminal Illness, I Arranged a Wife-Chasing Trial by Fire for the Scumbag. He Regretted It Like Crazy 绝症后，我给渣男定制了追妻火葬场，他悔疯了 After I Was Diagnosed with a Terminal Illness, I Arranged a Wife-Chasing Ordeal for My Scumbag Boyfriend. He Regretted It Like Crazy 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 You Are the Sunshine of My World 你是我世界的骄阳 [Heartbreaking + Bad Ending] Blurb One: Shi Fan was born on Children's Day, yet grew up in the mire. He longed for a glimmer of light, for someone to free him from the shackles of fate, for someone to heal his shattered heart. Blurb Two: Would you let me carve out the cinnabar mole in your heart and take its place? ----- Jiang Chenrui When a sunny school bully meets a boy whose heart is in pieces, can he lead him out of the abyss? 64Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 121 Forever Lost in the Dark River 永坠暗河 [Two male leads + bittersweet angst + reunion after years apart + pure love + love and hate intertwined + BE] I brought you home. I gave you your life and chose your name, so you'll belong to me for the rest of your life. We were two maggots in a heap of rotten mud. We should have rotted together in the mire of the dark river, locked in an endless struggle. But I love you... 461Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 122 Married Off to the Enemy General 代嫁敌将 “Turning a general with such overwhelming pride into one of my people would be a pleasure in itself. It would be the greatest humiliation I could inflict on you…” Su Qinghan, a great general, is forced to take his country's princess's place in a political marriage and become the enemy kingdom's crown prince consort, enduring one humiliation after another. The crown prince initially treats Su Qinghan as nothing more than a play 743Reads8.4Score10614d adds
- 123 Do No Harm 莫伤 Deception + hypocrisy + BE Happy memories, his parents’ affection, and his older brother’s care had all been nothing but a dream, a delusion. “After you get married, I don’t want to see him live a happy life. He doesn’t deserve it.” Those were the words Mo Shang’s father said to Lu Yancheng in person on their wedding day. Because he looked like his maternal grandparents, his own mother despised him, his older brother bullied him, and neither of his parents loved him. “What kind of person do you 229Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 124 Zhou Jingchuan, You're Too Late 周敬川，你来迟了 [Two male leads + terminal illness + chasing your husband back + angsty romance] The thing Pei You regretted most in his life was following someone into an alley that night. He lost the prayer beads his older brother had given him, saved a girl, and then caught the attention of her brother, Zhou Jingchuan. Zhou Jingchuan was gentle and considerate, maneuvering closer one step at a time. Pei You thought it was love, until he saw the prayer beads bearing his own name fall from Zhou Jingchuan. 6.9kReads8.3Score58914d adds
- 125 Each Gets What They Want 各取所需 Once a celebrated actor, Yu Tang is now the plaything of a rich young master. Sheng Yaonian humiliates him in every way he can, yet still feels empty inside. The person he wants isn't the one before him, but that heart, battered and broken. 17Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 126 After the Mad Young Master Fell, I Spent the Rest of My Life Repaying Him 疯批少爷跌落后，我用余生还债 After the spoiled young master fell from grace, I spent the rest of my life paying him back 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 The Tormented Beta 受尽折磨的beta Synopsis: Forced love, ex-wife-chasing crematorium warning ⚠️ Qin Chiye, alpha gong × Fang Xiaodou, beta shou Fang Xiaodou grew up with only his grandmother, and they were very close. To save her life, he sold himself to Qin Chiye, a devil of a man. He takes pleasure in watching Fang Xiaodou suffer and struggle, using mental control to dictate his every move and gradually reduce him to a possession. Any sign of resistance is violently suppressed and punished with particular cruelty. Driven to se 2.4kReads6.9Score14314d adds
- 128 Tell a Little Lie 撒个谎吧 Obsessive forced love | Rekindled romance | Husband desperately tries to win her back | Heart and body tormented “I'm keeping you around just to get revenge on you!” Chu Yu says. “I'm staying only to repay my debt!” Yue Xingshu says. “Chu Yu, Yue Xingcan isn't dead.” “Yue Xingshu, your brother isn't dead.” He's alive. So will Chu Yu keep taking revenge? He's alive. So will Yue Xingshu keep repaying her debt? There's no need anymore. There's no need anymore. Then let's part ways… “Yue Xingshu! Wa 421Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 129 Sir, Your Husband Is Here Again 先生，您的老公又来了 The moment the call connected, Qi Chengyan's suppressed anger nearly burst through the receiver: “Where are you? Why has your phone been off this whole time?” “Why are you only answering now?” “I've already resigned.” Jiang Ran's voice was calm. “Didn't you receive the resignation letter I sent, Mr. Qi?” Qi Chengyan's heart clenched. “What do you mean?” Jiang Ran's tone betrayed no emotion. “I've already packed up and left.” “Where are you now?” Qi Chengyan finally panicked. “I'll come find you, 4.5kReads8.2Score52714d adds
- 130 I Called Him a Good-for-Nothing, but He Broke His Bones to Make Me Top the Imperial Exams 我嫌他窝囊废，他却拆骨换我金榜题名 I thought he was a good-for-nothing, but he broke his own bones to help me top the imperial exam —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 My Ex-Husband Wants to Remarry Me Again and Again 前夫又又又想复婚了 The comic adaptation of the same name is now available on Kuaikan. [One-on-one romance, both leads have no past relationships; the top is awful at first but becomes devoted later] “Don’t you love me? If you love me, you have to change for me!” With just those words from Ye Linghan, Ji Ran went from an Alpha to an Omega. Ji Ran endured the rejection his changed body brought, as well as Ye Linghan hurting him again and again. After Ye Linghan divorced him, heartbroken Ji Ran turned and walked away 3.3kReads8.7Score66014d adds
- 132 I Promise You a Love as Deep as the Sea 许你深情深似海 Luo Ji was a ray of light in Shen Yi’s dark childhood. But after Shen Ge ruthlessly stole that light away, it became the arrow that wounded him most deeply. One misunderstanding, three years of torment, and everyone took their turn trampling him until he was utterly ruined. When Luo Ji finally learned the truth, he held his battered heart close and stopped believing in love. Shen Yi: “Once you’re dead, I won’t love you anymore.” 404Reads8.4Score10414d adds
- 133 Your Grace Is a Prison 君恩如狱 Sorry the rating is a little low right after it came out 🥰 Forced love | Taking by force | Emperor gong | Gentle general gong | Strategist shou | Deeply angsty romance | Physical and emotional trauma | Rekindled romance | Ancient political intrigue | Extreme push and pull | Three male leads | All for the shou | Beautiful, strong, and tragic To save his mother, the once brilliant top scholar was branded a traitor for colluding with the enemy and personally reduced by the emperor to a plaything fo 3.3kReads8.6Score24814d adds
- 134 After His Master’s Death, the Disciple Who Hated Him Went Mad 师尊死后，恨他入骨的孽徒疯了 [Two male leads + one-on-one romance, both have only ever been with each other + angsty drama + groveling reconciliation + short story] “Master, your Path of Passionlessness has shattered to pieces because of me…” “Master, you never would have guessed that your precious disciple is a demon…” “Master, the way you wag your tail and beg for pleasure in front of your disciple is truly… disgusting.” Two years ago, Ji Cangye threw Yan Leng, who had been poisoned by an aphrodisiac, into a brothel and w 653Reads8.1Score10214d adds
- 135 After the Foolish Emperor Turned Evil, the Prince Was Forced into Love 痴傻皇帝黑化后，王爷被强制爱了 [Two male leads # equally matched powerhouses # physical and emotional angst # love and hate # imprisonment # groveling redemption # mutually unhinged] A gloomy, unhinged emperor top × a cunning, patient prince bottom He was once a regent who held power over the entire court, feared and respected for his iron fist. Later, he became the new emperor’s hidden captive, kept on his bed and out of sight. His legs were broken and he was shackled. The regent who once looked down upon the world became 5.5kReads8.7Score42914d adds
- 136 Chi Changqiu 池长秋 Two men, tragic ending A story about two people who love each other but refuse to love each other, only to love each other forever in the end. Tonight, the wind howls and the rain pours. There is no moonlight. A little flower by the roadside bends beneath the gale meant for it, its stem snapping as it is buried in the world around it. When it was born, it was colorful and bright. Then its edges were worn away, its values twisted, and its soul destroyed, along with its flesh and bones. 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 After Sending Me to Prison, I Drove My Jerk Ex-Husband Insane 送我入狱后，我把渣总虐疯了 This is the story of a CEO who wanted to force someone to love him, but was sent to prison and eventually gave up hope. A heartbroken, hopeless bottom × an oblivious top who doesn’t realize he’s in love Two years ago, Gu Jinbei personally sent Chi Mo to prison for illegal confinement, turning him from the powerful CEO of the Chi Group into a convict. Two years later, when they met again, Chi Mo was a convict with nothing, while Gu Jinbei had become the powerful heir apparent of the capital. Desp 3.2kReads8.4Score26314d adds
- 138 Finger Bone 指骨 [Warning: questionable values] I have no name. As far back as I can remember, I've been a dog. Because my sense of smell and hearing are naturally sharp, a human trafficker kept me by his side. No one cared how old I was. I was probably a little older than Song Junlan when I met him. He had been sold to a wealthy family to live as their young master. We met again because I was given a job and offered a huge sum of money: Song Junlan's sister had hired someone to kill him. 35Reads8.5Score714d adds
- 139 Loving You Until Thirty 爱你爱到三十岁 Lin Muran never imagined that, in the end, things would turn out so bleakly. If she had known, she would never have gone home with Luo Chen, no matter what. Five years may not seem long, but they're enough to leave a sincere heart shattered and a person so utterly destroyed that not even their ashes can be found. For the rest of her life, all she will see is herself. 107Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 140 After Breaking Up With My Jerk Boyfriend, I Had a Flash Marriage With His Uncle 和渣男分手后，我和他小叔闪婚了 [Two male leads + winning back his lover + the second male lead takes the crown + tragic romance] Cheng Xiaoxiao’s boyfriend married his younger brother. Cheng Xiaoxiao was emo for a few seconds, then turned around and threw himself into the arms of his boyfriend’s uncle. As the saying goes, when you’re young, you don’t appreciate an older man’s charms. He’s got money, looks, and social security. Older men are great, older men are wonderful: they talk little, have plenty of money, and even after 343Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 141 After Breaking Up and Running Away, My Ex Caught Me and Forced Me to Love Him 分手跑路后，被前任逮回强制爱了 [Male-male leads | young lovers | rekindled love | both protagonists are each other's only ones] Innocent, silly beauty on the receiving end × devoted, scheming elite on the pursuing end _ Ji Tong and Qi Yang fell in love when they were young, supporting each other for nearly ten years. But when Ji Tong brought up marriage, Qi Yang brushed him off with a single sentence: “I have no plans to get married.” - Three days later, Ji Tong threw a million yuan in breakup money at Qi Yang. “A rich man wa 8.5kReads8.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 142 Reduced to My Childhood Friend’s Canary 沦为竹马的金丝雀 To keep his childhood sweetheart alive, Lin Qianmo “betrayed” Xiao Yuan and chose to stay by the enemy emperor's side, enduring humiliation and hardship. At last, Xiao Yuan became emperor and conquered the enemy capital. Lin Qianmo thought his savior had finally arrived, but what came instead was Xiao Yuan's merciless revenge. Xiao Yuan had long been consumed by hatred over his former lover's betrayal. So Lin Qianmo was imprisoned deep in the palace like a caged songbird, humiliated and tortured 2.4kReads7.1Score15114d adds
- 143 After the Divorce, He Wept Bitterly 离婚后他痛哭流涕 Gu Ming’s first love was in a car accident and became a vegetable. Su Ping couldn’t believe that someone he had spent ten years with could be so cruel to him. For two years, he waited every moment for Gu Ming to uncover the truth and clear his name. His head grew increasingly dizzy. Even when the rice was mixed with spoiled water, Su Ping forced himself to swallow it by the mouthful, but Gu Ming never came, not once. After regaining his freedom, Su Ping wanted nothing more to do with Gu Ming, on 233Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 After His Act of Innocence Backfires, He Turns Dark 装乖翻车后他黑化了 [Complete] What’s it like to be pursued by your unrequited love’s son? Only after falling hopelessly in love with him did Ning Yun realize it had all been an elaborate scheme. He thought he had found his salvation, but an endless abyss awaited him. -- Blurb two: He relentlessly pursued and flirted with the man because Ke Yi believed the man was the third party who had caused his parents’ divorce. Then he discovered it was all a misunderstanding, one he had brought upon himself. The man’s reputat 430Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 145 My Godforsaken Life 爷这操蛋的人生 Yu Yan × Mu Siming Yu Yan thought his life was a complete fucking mess. When he was little, his mother abandoned him to become someone else's stepmother. His shameless old man married a woman only a few years older than Yu Yan and made her his stepmother. When he grew up, he finally managed to earn some money by writing a novel, only for the shitty platform to lock it. After going through hell to find a bridge with good feng shui, he planned to jump off and kill himself, hoping he wouldn't have 28Reads—Score314d adds
- 146 The Emperor Regrets It After I Am Reborn, but the Phoenix Lord Has Given His Heart to Another 重生后帝悔，可凤君他已心有所属 After being reborn, the emperor regrets it, but the Phoenix Lord has already given his heart to someone else. 255Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 He Died in My Place, Yet I Forgot Him for Ten Years 他替我死了，我却忘了他十年 He died in my place, but I forgot him for ten years —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 No Phoenix, No Trouble 无凤不起浪 A carefree wanderer carrying the weight of a blood feud (Meng Lang) A scheming prince secretly plotting to reclaim the throne (Tantai Fenglin) Eighteen years ago, the two of them were switched at birth. Eighteen years later, they weather the chaos of the martial world and the struggles of the imperial court. Through countless clashes of steel and brushes with death, they grow ever closer... He charges straight ahead; the other lures his prey into the trap. After all, the best hunters always appe 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Beneath the River of Forgetfulness, A Cherry Blossom Promise 忘川河下，赴一场樱花之约 Beneath the River of Forgetfulness, keep an appointment beneath the cherry blossoms. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Mr. Duan, Stop Tormenting Him. He Doesn't Have Long to Live 段先生别虐了，他命不久矣 [One-on-one, both sexually inexperienced + male-male romance + second chance love + devoted and ruthless x frail and pitiful + happy ending] Duan Lin hated Wen Yu'an with all his heart. He hated him for turning against him when he had nowhere left to go, and for exposing his whereabouts, nearly costing him his life. He swore to make the traitor pay, never knowing that the earth-shattering betrayal had been a life-for-life gambit from beginning to end. When they met again after years apart, the s 12.3kReads7.4Score1.5k14d adds
