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  1. 101 Mr. Mo, Stop Torturing Her. Your Wife Is Dying 墨总别虐了,夫人她快死了 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She loved him until she had no dignity left. He made her deaf, then personally sent her to prison. Jian Xi swore she would never make the same mistake again. So why was the man kneeling before her, begging for forgiveness? Jian Xi smiled sweetly. “You can have my forgiveness, but only if you die.” 386Reads6.9Score102Shelves
  2. 102 The Illness Called Love 病名为爱 Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted Lin Chi has cancer, and the doctor says she has only six months to live. As she grieves, Lu Shenyuan tells her he’ll give her a grand funeral. Sick with love for him, Lin Chi is willing to give him everything, even though her life is about to end. But all he gives her in return is, “Do you think you deserve me?” Whether or not they are a good match, she chooses to love him with all her heart. So when her time finally runs out, she can only forgive him for not loving her. 123Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  3. 103 I’ll Wait for You at the Finish Line, Loving Me 我在终点等你爱我 Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted During her three years in a psychiatric hospital, Lin Wan endured a living hell every day, reduced to something barely human. Every month, Ye Nanchen came to test whether she was truly insane. Then one day, while no one was watching, she leapt from the windowsill and found her final release. Later, everyone in Jiangcheng said Ye Nanchen had gone mad. His beloved wife was clearly dead, her body right in front of him, yet every day he came up with new ways to force her to appear. “Lin Wan hated me 536Reads5.5Score102Shelves
  4. 104 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
  5. 105 Summer in Xiachuan Town 下川镇的夏天 Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted Summer in Xiachuan Town was a passionate, heartfelt regret. I never had him, yet it felt as if I’d lost him a thousand times over. A bus approached from afar. Jiang Yihuan couldn’t tell if it was the right one. She looked up through the window and saw Li Chengze’s face. He was standing by the bus door. As soon as the bus stopped and the doors opened, he rushed down and pulled Jiang Yihuan into his arms. “Jiang Yihuan, I’ve missed you so much.” Li Chengze rested his head on her shoulder and spoke 81Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 106 Su Wan's Secret Crush 苏绾的暗恋 Modern Romance4k WordsCompleted She Has a Secret Crush on Someone —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  7. 107 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
  8. 108 The Book Between Two Worlds: The Emperor’s Caged Phoenix Breaks Its Neck at Last 两界书:帝王囚凰终折颈 Ancient Romance591k WordsCompleted [Both virgins + groveling redemption + palace and household intrigue + tragic romance] On my first day as a princess sent off for a political marriage, he made me drink poisoned wine. What he didn’t know was that I was a modern-day expert in pharmacology and toxicology, a veritable King of Hell. He suspected me, despised me, and abandoned me. At every turn between life and death, he chose someone else. He thought he loved his unattainable first love, so he protected her and trusted her. He had 52Reads—Score—Shelves
  9. 109 The Years They Loved Each Other 他们相爱的那些年 Modern Romance118k WordsCompleted Everyone in Nancheng knows that Wen Wan is the happiest princess in the city, adored by Lu Zhiyan, a decisive and ruthless man who gets things done. Everyone also knows that Wen Wan looks just like Lu Zhiyan’s ex-girlfriend, Bai Xi. Five years ago, Wen Wan was driven out of the Lu family villa in disgrace. The happy years they had shared became a blade after blade piercing her heart. Five years later, Wen Wan seals away her feelings and focuses on her career, finally becoming a CEO and brutally 18Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. 110 He's Just a Fool 他只是个傻子 Two Male Leads413k WordsCompleted [Boys' Love / melodrama / happy ending / modern / angst / win-back romance / silly fool fiction] Qin Yun was deemed a failure and sent to a remote mountain village to oversee the management of a mine. There he met a fool. Though dim-witted, the fool was good at taking care of others. In this impoverished backwater, Qin Yun made a move on the only little fool he found tolerable to look at. But after hurting him recklessly again and again, Qin Yun never expected the fool to say he didn't love him 63Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  11. 111 After Driving His Wife to Her Death, the Cold CEO Went Mad 虐死夫人后冷少疯批了 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Angsty romance + physical and emotional torment + devoted to each other + possessive love + forced love + a groveling pursuit after the wife] Wu Ying and Leng Hanchuan had been in love for three years. To the world, they were a perfect couple, and he had once said he loved her more than life itself. But the day after their engagement, he threw his “life” into an insane asylum. Leng Hanchuan said, “A life for a life. From now on, you’ll spend every second regretting what you’ve done.” In the 787Reads8.4Score103Shelves
  12. 112 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
  13. 113 Mr. Li, Stop Torturing Her. Your Wife Wants Nothing More Than to Die 黎总别虐了,夫人她一心求死 Modern Romance140k WordsCompleted [Angst + the regretful chase for a lost wife] Chu Sisi was wrongly imprisoned for three years before being released. She thought she could start her life over. But her parents abandoned her, her younger sister framed her, and her beloved fiancé made her, a murderer, atone for her crimes. She was no longer the lofty young lady of the Chu family. She had even become someone else’s plaything. After watching her best friend die right in front of her and losing her child, she jumped from the twenty-s 273Reads6.1Score—Shelves
  14. 114 My Boyfriend Is Emotionally Blind, and I’m Blind 男友心盲,我眼瞎 Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted My boyfriend is emotionally blind, and I’m literally blind. 31Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 115 If I’d Never Loved You 如果从没爱过你 Modern Romance76k WordsCompleted For three years, despite bearing the weight of everyone’s scorn, Yan Xiaoan did only one thing: no matter what the outside world said, she loved a man named Lu Yun Zhan with unwavering devotion every single day. She loved him too deeply, yet she knew she was close to breaking. In the end, Lu Yun Zhan fell in love with the woman he had always looked down on, and bowed his proud head for her. 1.6kReads8.8Score101Shelves
  16. 116 I Missed You in Your World 从你的世界错过 Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted Xia Qianya has blood cancer and doesn't have long to live, so Sheng Tingmo takes all his resentment out on An Yuexi. If An Yuexi hadn't driven Qianya away through underhanded means four years ago, Qianya would already be his wife. She stole the happiness that should have belonged to Qianya, leaving her to die with regrets, so Sheng Tingmo hates her! So he embarked on a series of acts of revenge: bankrupting her family, sending her father to prison, and tormenting her both physically and emotiona 54Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  17. 117 Pleasures in the Palace Hall 殿上欢 Ancient Romance51k WordsCompleted The Chancellor's household was branded traitorous and slaughtered overnight, leaving her the daughter of a condemned criminal. Feng Yueli was tortured by Beigong Han's demand for her blood until she was nearly drained of life. But for her younger brother's sake, she had no choice but to cling to her last breath and keep going. At first, she said, “The Chancellor's household is innocent. My father was loyal through and through.” Later, she said, “This guilty woman is unworthy of becoming empress. 422Reads5.4Score—Shelves
  18. 118 Midsummer Is Eternal 盛夏是永恒 Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted A girl with heart failure × a cold, short-tempered boy Mutual salvation [School-life tragedy] An eternal, unchanging love, yet it was in the brief span of my life that an eternal love was created... The little sun warmed everyone, but in the end, she couldn't escape the endless cycle of summer. Under the stars, she made a wish: "May my Luoluo have peace year after year." Little scenes: "Hey, would you be interested in dating?" "Why are you such a stick-in-the-mud?" "Why is my darling so cute?" " 306Reads8.4Score101Shelves
  19. 119 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
  20. 120 Your Regret 君悔 Ancient Romance317k WordsCompleted Complete, with extra chapters [The male lead grovels to win her back + submissive male lead + melodrama + tragic romance + faked death] (The male lead was originally called Zhan Zhao, then later called Lu Zhao!!) Ye Ningyu had loved Zhan Zhao since childhood, and everyone knew it. Unfortunately, he told her he loved her noble, gentle elder sister. Even so, Ye Ningyu’s love only grew stronger. Even after he accidentally pushed her down the stairs and left her with the mind of a child, she still c 2.2kReads8.2Score125Shelves
  21. 121 I Only Wish We’d Part Ways in the Next Life 只愿来生与君绝 Ancient Romance50k WordsCompleted She was determined to die. That night, she set a fire and killed more than a hundred people. The Emperor ordered, “Execute her at once.” She was dragged to the execution ground, where she gave him a faint smile. As the white silk fell and her life slipped away, the Azure Dragon jade pendant appeared in that very instant. At that moment... he went mad! 636Reads5.3Score101Shelves
  22. 122 Sacrifice to Spring 祭春天 Modern Romance498k WordsCompleted In the first spring after the college entrance exams, Yu Xiaoxiao is sitting in the library at Peking University when it suddenly dawns on her: that pitch-black night when he laughed until he couldn’t breathe, he was crying. [Love at first sight + mutual healing + angsty campus romance, tragic ending] Gentle boy who pretends to be a school bully × girl who pretends to be aloof but is really a top student [Boy pursues girl + devoted one-on-one romance + the clear-headed one falls hard + equal par 926Reads8.9Score198Shelves
  23. 123 President Lu, Your Wife Really Is Dead This Time 陆总,夫人这次真死了 Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted [Body and Heart Torment] [Both Pure] [Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] [Misery First, Satisfaction Later] She was his blood bag for five years and spent five years in prison. He turned her from the pride of South City into its trash, and even then, he still refused to let her go. He forced her to donate an organ to his beloved, and she died on the operating table. Only then did he finally begin to regret it. Five years later, the winds stir in South City, and a woman named Chu Wan returns wi 987Reads8.4Score109Shelves
  24. 124 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
  25. 125 Stop Torturing Me, You Possessive Daddy! Mommy's Pregnant and Has Run Away 偏执爹地别虐了!妈咪有孕出逃了 Modern Romance179k WordsCompleted Six months into their marriage, an accident sent her straight to hell. The man who married her tormented, humiliated, and toyed with her, making her wish she were dead. When her heart had finally grown cold, she fled Jiangcheng at all costs, pregnant and all. Five years later, she made a stunning return with her twin sons. At the airport, the little darlings pointed at a man. “Mommy, that uncle looks just like me.” Before she could even turn around, a pair of strong arms yanked her into an embra 98Reads7.1Score—Shelves
  26. 126 The Boy I Found in the Heavy Snow Killed My Entire Family 大雪捡来的少年,杀了我全家 Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted The Boy I Rescued in the Snow Killed My Entire Family 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
  27. 127 Brother, the Rain Has Stopped 哥哥,雨停了 Modern Romance104k WordsCompleted [Chi Nian × Jiang Shi] I held a bouquet of roses, wanting to give them to the brother I loved most. Sadly, I never got the chance... In 2007, I saw my brother for the first time. The young man stood by the window, looking relaxed as the bow in his hand played a beautiful melody. In 2010, the rain stopped, and my brother left. In 2012, my brother promised that the following summer he would return to Beicheng and never leave me again. In 2013, the white flower pinned to my chest kept reminding me 321Reads8.7Score101Shelves
  28. 128 Mr. Lu, Stop Hurting Her. Your Wife Is Getting Married 陆总别虐了,夫人要嫁人了 Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted “Shen Muqing, if you want the title of Mrs. Lu, it's yours. I don't care. But if you want my heart...” “Maybe in your next life.” Throughout her three-year marriage to Lu Jingshen, Shen Muqing kept giving in, kept getting hurt, and kept loving him. Lu Jingshen thought he had never loved Shen Muqing. Lu Jingshen thought Shen Muqing loved him so much that she could never bear to leave. Lu Jingshen didn't know that at the end of humility comes acceptance. No matter how deep the love, it will eventu 331Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  29. 129 Half Ginkgo, Half First Snow 一半银杏一半初雪 Modern Romance338k WordsCompleted [Two top students + school life + everyday moments + sweet at first, then bittersweet] [Arrogant, headstrong girl vs. cold genius] That summer, she escaped the abyss and met him. * That autumn marked the beginning of their happiness. She asked, “Do you know why I like ginkgo leaves and the first snowfall?” He said, “Someday, I'll take you to different places to see the ginkgo trees and the first snow.” Beneath the ginkgo tree, the boy looked serious as the wind sent leaves swirling across th 179Reads—Score—Shelves
  30. 130 After She Died, the Capital's Crown Prince Went Mad with Grief in the Snow 她死后,京圈太子爷在雪地哭疯了 Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted [Tragic romance + childhood sweethearts + physical and emotional torment + the hero’s long road to winning her back + a tearjerker for late-night reading] The day Jiang Wan was diagnosed with stomach cancer, Quan Xiuyuan forced her to kneel and eat slops, then cruelly destroyed her cancer medication. Jiang Wan was falsely accused of plagiarism. Quan Xiuyuan fanned the flames, ruining her career and destroying her reputation. Jiang Wan had loved Quan Xiuyuan for ten years, but he had always belie 1.7kReads6.5Score104Shelves
  31. 131 The Greatest Sorrow in Life Is Unrequited Love 平生最苦是相思 Ancient Romance31k WordsCompleted On her wedding day, she thought it marked the beginning of happiness. Little did she know it was the beginning of his revenge... 189Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  32. 132 At Seventeen, He Told Me Love Means Letting Go 17岁的他告诉我,爱是放手 7k WordsCompleted At seventeen, he told me that love means letting go. 369Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. 133 A Love Born of Sin: Mr. Nie, Stop Tormenting Her. Your Wife Is Marrying Someone Else! 罪爱:聂总别虐,太太要嫁人了! Modern Romance426k WordsCompleted [Physical and Emotional Abuse]+ [Unfaithful Male Lead]+ [The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption] Seven years in prison had worn away every one of Ye Zhou’s sharp edges, along with her love for Nie Xiuyan. On the day she was released, Nie Xiuyan took her to the civil affairs bureau. He told her she needed to atone! On their wedding night, Nie Xiuyan brought home a lingerie model and made love to her in front of his new wife. Her old love returned with a child and forced her to kneel and repent. Ag 2.6kReads8.6Score164Shelves
  34. 134 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
  35. 135 One Hundred Do-Overs: Side Story 《任务重来一百次》番外 Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted Extra Story for "The Mission: One Hundred More Tries" 666Reads—Score101Shelves
  36. 136 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
  37. 137 After Torturing His Wife to Death, Young Master Yan Went Mad 虐死夫人后,言少疯魔了 Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted [Angst + both leads are each other's only ones + strong heroine + she suffers first, then he does] The joy of young love was delayed until marriage. She thought she would finally get what she wanted, only to find it was all for nothing. Mu Ruyan had loved Yan Zhiting for years, but then her brother was imprisoned, her company went bankrupt, her father fell ill, and her mother passed away. His evidence against her and his coldness became the final straw that broke her. As she lay dying, she curse 115Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  38. 138 Make a Wish to Forget You 许一个愿忘记你 Modern Romance72k WordsCompleted Tong Anhao says everyone has a unique scent. So, in order to become like her, the white rose in Fu Jinyan's heart, Tong Anhao changes her own scent little by little, day after day, under the guise of being a perfumer. All for the warmth of one smile from him. But as she grows more and more like her, Tong Anhao despairs: a grave will always stand between her and happiness, the grave of Tong Weian! 481Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  39. 139 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
  40. 140 My Girlfriend Is Intersex 我的女友是雌雄同体 Marriage & Romance13k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Is Intersex —Reads—Score—Shelves
  41. 141 I Love You, and I’m Guilty 我爱你,我有罪 Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted Tang Xiaoran says: “My feelings run too deep. If I’m alive but can’t hold you, I’ll go mad.” Everyone has something they can’t let go of. For Tang Xiaoran, it’s Shen Muyan. Tang Xiaoran is too single-minded. Her devotion turns into an obsession, and obsession hurts both the person who holds it and the person it’s directed at. … Shen Muyan says: “Good riddance to that woman. Let’s go have a drink to celebrate.” But when he’s drunk, he asks his friend, “Did I miss something really important?” “Yes 1.2kReads7.0Score100Shelves
  42. 142 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
  43. 143 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
  44. 144 Aye, I'm Leaving 阿也,我走了 Modern Romance88k WordsCompleted [Sensitive, self-conscious heroine x gentle, sunny hero] When Lin Zhiyou was six, her father died in a car accident, and her mother raised her alone. After her mother changed jobs, eighteen-year-old Lin Zhiyou transferred to Nancheng No. 1 High School. There, she met Jiang Ye... A sensitive, self-conscious girl falls in love with a gentle, sunny boy, but the wheels of fate have not turned in her favor... 34Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  45. 145 Young Master Ye, Stop Tormenting Me. Your Wife Is Already Gone 夜少别虐了,夫人已尸骨无存 Modern Romance189k WordsCompleted [Elite Family Tragedy | Obsessive Love | CEO’s Regretful Pursuit | Faked Death and Rebirth]“Su Yan, a wicked woman like you might as well be dead.” Su Yan had loved Ye Xiaohan for twelve years, but Ye Xiaohan despised her in every way. Su Yan thought that one day, Ye Xiaohan would realize how good she was, but he continued to hurt her without restraint. After suffering endless humiliation and abuse, and even having the child they shared taken away from her... Su Yan finally understood that Ye Xi 1.6kReads8.3Score169Shelves
  46. 146 Three Years as a Live-In Son-in-Law, Today I Lay Down My Armor and Return to the Sect 三年赘婿,今日卸甲归宗 11k WordsCompleted Three Years as a Live-In Son-in-Law, Today I Lay Down My Armor and Return to the Sect 11Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. 147 The Wind Will Remember Him for Me 风会替我记住他 Modern Romance91k WordsCompleted [School life + mutual crushes + healing + Be] Don't look at my embarrassing past. Don't make me beg you. “Gentle and sensitive” Qi Zhiyou x “sunny and outgoing” Cheng Weizhui Ten years after Qi Zhiyou died, Cheng Weizhui learned of her death. He spent a year in a daze before finally taking his own life. Scenes from his life replayed in his mind. Early autumn. When they first met, he had smiled and asked her, “What are you doing here?” Later, at a temple, he had sincerely prayed, “May my girl liv 54Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  48. 148 Young Master Bo’s Second Wife, Bound by Guilt 薄少的二婚罪妻 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After a setup, he believed she was a murderer and sent her to a year in hell: her fingers were severed, she lost her baby, and she suffered every kind of torment. She pleaded desperately, “Mr. Bo, please let me go. The Lu family and I have nothing left.” He gave a cold, scornful laugh. “Let you go? You wish.” Only after her family was destroyed and she leapt into the sea, leaving no body behind, did he sit for three nights in the pouring rain, clutching her ashes. Only then did he realize he lov 1.1kReads7.7Score106Shelves
  49. 149 Jealousy, Jealousy 争妒争妒 Ancient Romance135k WordsCompleted He kept making the wrong choice; she gave her heart to the wrong man!!! Everyone in the capital knew the decade-long joke! Su Shu, the legitimate daughter of the Xiang family, pursued Mu Chengxuan, the Great General Who Protects the Nation, for ten years! Then one day, he actually married her!!! Their wedding stunned the entire capital! A decade of love should have been the envy of all, yet less than a year later, the Chancellor’s residence was raided and Su Shu died of an illness. This shocked 322Reads6.4Score—Shelves
  50. 150 The Sect’s Beloved Little Junior Sister: The Max-Level Expert Comes Down the Mountain 宗门团宠小师妹:满级大佬下山了 6k WordsCompleted The Sect's Beloved Little Junior Sister: A Max-Level Expert Comes Down from the Mountain 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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