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- 151 Quick Transmigration: I Faked My Death After Fulfilling Their Wishes 快穿：完成心愿后我死遁了 Luo Ning struggled to make his way in show business and finally became a double-crown Best Actor, reaching the top before he was even thirty. Years of staying up late triggered a heart attack that killed him suddenly. Luo Ning was devastated: he hadn’t even had a chance to enjoy life before life beat him. Strangely, something calling itself a System told him that if he bonded with it, completed missions, and accumulated enough points, he could come back to life. Luo Ning: “Let’s do it!” Simply p 3.5kReads9.2Score33014d adds
- 152 After Driving His Wife Away, Lord Lu Cries His Eyes Out Every Day 虐跑夫人后，陆爷天天以泪洗面 [Powerful CEO + Physical Torment + Possessiveness + He Chases His Wife to Win Her Back] A scheme made Lin Muwan the culprit who crippled the second female lead, the innocent white lotus Bai Lianhua. Lu Tingchen hated her to the core and tormented her in every way. While trying to save him, she unexpectedly became pregnant with his child, but he coldly said, “I'll tear the little bastard out of your belly with my own hands.” In that moment, Lin Muwan's heart died completely. In the end, she died 617Reads8.4Score10614d adds
- 153 I’m His Third Substitute 我是他的第三个替身 I’m His Third Replacement 124Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 A Nation Ruined by the Author's Pen 笔下亡国 A Fallen Kingdom, Written Into Being 140Reads—Score614d adds
- 155 I Have Only Three Months to Live, and Now They Want My Forgiveness! 只剩三个月命，他们来求我原谅！ Chen Shu has stomach cancer and only three months left to live. In the final three months of his life, Chen Shu no longer wants to accommodate others, put the greater good first, or keep compromising. He wants to say goodbye to the past, see the world through his own eyes, and finally be himself! The irony is that all the care he once desperately wanted but could never get is finally coming his way... They all regret it now, but isn’t it too late? He doesn’t need it anymore! The one thing Chen S 1.1kReads6.6Score10014d adds
- 156 After I Left With a Terminal Illness, My Contract Girlfriend Went Crazy Looking for Me 绝症离开后，合约女友找疯了 An Miaoxi is the CEO of a publicly listed company. While waiting for the man she has always cherished to return from abroad, and to ward off unwanted attention from others, she picks up Lin Xun, a reborn transmigrator she happens to find by the roadside, and makes him her contract boyfriend. For five years, Lin Xun has cared for her in every way and kept their home running like clockwork. But An Miaoxi has always regarded him as nothing more than a “substitute” for the man in her heart. When the 3.2kReads7.6Score29414d adds
- 157 Madam, President Yan Deserves to Die a Thousand Deaths! 夫人，颜总罪该万死啊！ Bai Wanxi killed someone. Yan Qingyun personally sent her to a psychiatric hospital. When she got out, all she had left was a disabled body. Yan Qingyun still wouldn’t leave her alone. “I want you to live as a prisoner and spend the rest of your life atoning to me.” “I’m a murderer. I’m guilty, and I’m willing to accept my punishment,” she said indifferently. He flew into a rage. “Bai Wanxi, I’ll make your filthy soul burn in hell.” She thought the psychiatric hospital was the eighteenth level o 658Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 158 After the Frail Darling Gave Up, Everyone Begged for Forgiveness 病弱团宠死心后，全员火葬场了 Jiang Yuan used to think she had the best parents in the world. Her proud, prickly older brother cared about her in his own awkward way, and the childhood sweetheart who had grown up with her was always eager to protect her... Though she was frail, Jiang Yuan still felt like the happiest girl in the world. That was until Qiao Zhenzhen appeared... Everyone who had doted on her changed. When they looked at her, their eyes gradually filled with indifference, then disgust. In the end, they even drov 3.5kReads8.5Score19214d adds
- 159 Stop Asking Me to Forgive You. Can You Just Let Me Go Before I Die? 别求我原谅了，临死前放过我好吗 [A pure healing story. The protagonist is destined to die + guiding spirits to the afterlife] Also known as [I Guide All Living Beings Through the Mortal World] After a checkup, Lu Yuan learns that he has at most six months left to live. So Lu Yuan decides to cast aside the heavy burdens that were never his to bear and start living for himself! Just then, he encounters the “Forget Worries Tavern,” and after his death, he becomes its owner. 1.3kReads9.0Score10814d adds
- 160 Still Waters, Cold as Death 死水薄凉 [Scumbag Top x World-Weary Bottom] [Mad Dog x Mad Dog] [Forced Love] [Tragedy] The world had never been so dull. It all began when Xu Yanzhi picked up the countdown. Xu Yanzhi, a rich second-generation layabout who did nothing but coast through life and wait to die, encountered Li Yan after he returned to the country ten years later. Forced to tear open his wounds, Xu Yanzhi gradually let his true nature show. I’m done pretending. I actually hate this world. I set fires, hurt people, and framed 797Reads8.7Score11014d adds
- 161 Quick Transmigration: I Bring Warmth to Male Supporting Characters 快穿之我为男配送温暖 The supporting male characters who are used by the heroine and then ruthlessly cast aside are never loved or cared for. They can only serve as stepping stones for the leads’ romance, leaving readers so furious they wish they could become agents of justice themselves. Now these “underdogs” finally have someone in their corner. After virtual-world technology became widespread, traveling between mission worlds to bring warmth to supporting male characters became the most popular kind of assignment, 1kReads9.0Score10114d adds
- 162 Even Love and Longing Betrayed Me 风月也曾负相思 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 168Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 163 A Beauty Buried in Snow! 雪葬红颜！ Snow Buries the Beauty! 182Reads—Score714d adds
- 164 It Was Just for Fun, But He Took It Seriously 玩玩而已，他却当真了 It Was Just for Fun, But He Took It Seriously 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Quick Transmigration: I Always Disappear in Front of the Powerful Ones 快穿之我总在大佬面前没了 [Not a wish-fulfillment story, psychological scheming and romance, with a couple; the first few worlds have bad endings] Reborn in another world, she is hunted by the powerful beings' avatars. Zhao Yan enters their memory-dreams and wins over the powerful men, leaving them with unforgettable memories. Qin Shou dreams that the woman he loves most has died. Jiang Wei dreams that the wife he loves most has died. Zou Yuan dreams that the girl he loves most has died. After waking, the heartless r 1.6kReads9.2Score15314d adds
- 166 The Boy I Found in the Heavy Snow Killed My Entire Family 大雪捡来的少年，杀了我全家 The Boy I Rescued in the Snow Killed My Entire Family 1.5kReads—Score—14d adds
- 167 After Quick Transmigration, All the Big Shots Across the Realms Want a Happy Ending With Me 快穿后，全位面大佬都想和我HE [Green-Tea, Seductive Female Lead + Bad Ending + Male Lead Split into Fragments + Everyone's Darling] Rong Manman transmigrates as a cannon-fodder character in every life, but she has to win over several protagonists while also completing the tasks of different green-tea supporting characters. Campus first love: From cannon fodder to everyone's darling, until the four leads surround her and ask, “Who are you going to choose?” A frail beauty who is everyone's first love, a sickly-sweet goddess, a 201Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 168 If Only You'd Let Me Be Young Again 假如许我再少年 Ye Qingchen’s despair: She didn’t dare tell him she loved him. Zhou Shi’s grief: He didn’t have time to tell her he loved her. The phrase “if only” describes the overwhelming regret one feels over something that has already happened, and the futile fantasy of trying to change it. [The first time they met, he was twenty-five and she was twenty. He didn’t trust her and missed his chance to save her from despair, sealing her fate. The second time they met, he was thirty and she was twenty-five. The 5.1kReads9.1Score36114d adds
- 169 Quick Transmigration: Back Off, You’re Asking for Trouble 快穿：别过来，你在找虐 [Dual Male Leads + Fake Coercion + Frail Health + Faking His Death + A Melodramatic Grab Bag] The small worlds all end badly. As a member of the Torture Fiction Team with exceptional professional skills, Xu Bai travels with the System, Xiao Liu, conquering one challenge after another until they reach a Grade B world. He is determined to max out the affection ratings, reach Grade A as soon as possible, and get promoted with a pay raise! There are two targets to win over in each world. The title h 6.5kReads9.1Score56514d adds
- 170 You Gave Me Deep Love and Turned My Life Upside Down 予你情深，乱我一生 Eighteen years ago, Wen Ziyu was the person He Jingyang promised to stay with forever. Eighteen years later, Wen Ziyu was locked in an attic by He Jingyang and cruelly abused. He Jingyang always said Wen Ziyu owed him and that he'd make him pay little by little. But in the end, it was He Jingyang who owed Wen Ziyu a pair of eyes, a life, and a lifetime of love and devotion. 287Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 171 Matriarchal Republic of China: The Violent Tycoon's Little Nightingale 女尊民国：暴戾财阀的小夜莺 Toxic melodrama, female pursuer, angst, one-on-one and mutually faithful. Don't talk to me about morals. I'm shallow, and if you don't like it, move along. Zhu Mingzhi always knew his place: a quiet ornament who was expected to be obedient. Once, Young Master Zhu was the light of a powerful financial family. Everything changed when the once-gentle, thoughtful heiress viciously tore apart the congratulatory gift he'd prepared with such care and demanded that he pay for a life with his own. Simply 782Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 172 One Year Left to Live: The Female CEO Goes Wild 命还剩一年，女总裁疯了 (Pursuing her husband + tragic ending + angst + not a wish-fulfillment story) (Gentle, considerate younger man who’s secretly a mad wolfdog, paired with a cold, heartless flirt who’s secretly a sweet, teasing wife who calls him “hubby”) Back then, she looked the bedraggled young man up and down, his hair soaked through. Jun Ze raised his eyes to meet hers. With his bangs wet, his ice-blue phoenix eyes were revealed. He was born with heterochromia, yet his eyes were extraordinarily beautiful. The 1.8kReads8.1Score—14d adds
- 173 Short Stories of Men Getting Their Hearts Broken 虐男短篇合集 [Strong female lead + short stories + men get put through the wringer + wildly satisfying] Male-lead fans, proceed with caution. - [Story One] The male lead's perspective: Cui Ying: She doesn't blame me for spending years in the palace without bearing a child. She understands that I'm in poor health. She's so good to me. I love her so much. Cui Sixian: ...Your little softie husband is terrifying. The female lead's perspective: After fifteen years of plotting, the empress finally eradicates the s 1.5kReads8.9Score13014d adds
- 174 After Torturing Me, the CEO Chases His Wife to the Crematorium 虐完我，霸总追妻火葬场 [Angst first, then sweetness + mutual unrequited love + devoted one-on-one romance + possessive yandere] He was born into a wealthy family, but fell on hard times as a child. He became her personal bodyguard and stayed by her side for six years, yet he could never warm her heart. When his mother became gravely ill, she stood by and did nothing. Does he hate her, or love her? She was the spoiled, willful heiress to the richest family, who thought herself above everyone. To her, everything in the 127Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 175 Quick Transmigration: The Pretty Cannon Fodder Vanishes After Flirting With the Big Shot 快穿：漂亮炮灰撩完大佬后死遁了 Synopsis: [Two male leads, quick transmigration, fragmented souls, tragic romance, frail, terminal illness, coughing blood, forced love, faked death, powerful characters, cannon fodder, the love interest's desperate pursuit...] First World: The Villain's Frail Little Cannon Fodder After accidentally transmigrating into a book as cannon fodder, Bai Luoyan infiltrates the Ji Corporation alone for the sake of his unrequited love, the male lead Gu Mingen. Unfortunately, the villain Ji Sichen sees th 5.6kReads8.2Score49214d adds
- 176 She Hid Her Pregnancy and Faked Her Death, Leaving the CEO Gray Overnight 她隐藏孕肚假死，总裁一夜白头 [Pure angst, physical and emotional torment. Not for the faint of heart. Complete] The day Wen Qing received her pregnancy test results, the doctor told her that her heart was in severe failure and she was near death. At the same time, she received intimate photos of her husband, Zhou Gu, with another woman. The two were even expecting a child together. Only then did she finally understand: Zhou Gu had never forgotten his first love, keeping her in his heart all these years. And Wen Qing had mis 12.9kReads9.0Score1.7k14d adds
- 177 Transmigrating into a Torture Novel: I Dump the Seriously Unhinged Male Lead from the Start 穿进虐文：开局踹掉有大病的男主 [Transmigrate into a Book + Strong Heroine + Secret Identities + Everyone's Darling + Livestreaming + Entertainment Industry] The heroine was abused for a thousand chapters, only to be written off as dead in the end. Reader Ruan Tang was furious! After giving the author a piece of her mind, she transmigrated into the book and took over the tragic heroine's role! The supporting actress frames her? The male lead accuses her unjustly? Ruan Tang just laughs. None of them are getting away with it! If 189Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 178 The Demon God Is Alluring and Irresistible, and Has Me Smitten 魔神【祂】风情万种，撩我春情 [Serious drama + the groveling chase for a wife + the groveling chase for a sister + cultivation + heartbreaking + sweet romance + adored by everyone + adorable child series] No transmigrating into a book, no System, no golden finger. To be clear, this isn't a fluffy, simplistic story, nor is it a mindless power fantasy. The plot is intricate, with one twist tightly linked to the next. No elementary schoolers, please. If you like mindless stories, don't read this. If you can't understand it, lea 1.4kReads8.5Score10314d adds
- 179 Defying My Master! My Mad, Wicked Disciple Humiliates Me at Every Turn 以下犯上！被疯批孽徒百般折辱 [The low rating is because readers who dislike angsty stories left bad reviews. I’m crying my eyes out.] Wen Si, a renowned general of the Celestial Realm and high priestess of Tianxing Sect, considers taking Qi Mo as her wicked disciple the greatest mistake of her life. Five hundred years later, after Qi Mo turns into a Demon God, the first thing he does is imprison Wen Si. He tramples on her and humiliates her, vowing to make her wish she were dead. “Master, do you regret taking me, your wicke 3.3kReads8.0Score23614d adds
- 180 It Turns Out There’s No Light in the Deep Sea 原来深海没有光 Girls from the south, most of them love the romance of snow drifting through a northern winter night. But what they don't know is that once the snow has fallen, howling winds soon follow. In an instant, they sweep away all the romance, exposing the bone-chilling cold beneath. 184Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 181 Dark Night Emperor 暗夜帝君 The Dark Night Emperor 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Heartbreaking! The Madam Has No Vital Signs in the Resuscitation Room 巨虐！抢救室里夫人已无生命体征 [Angst novel + physical and emotional abuse + win-back-the-wife funeral pyre + body swap + obsessive love] Lu Jingchen would never know that Shen Ning’s heart first died when his beloved’s call came out of nowhere, then fell into despair when he personally handed her over to kidnappers just to trade her for the woman in his heart. He also never knew how furious, hysterical, and utterly broken she felt when his beloved appeared before her with a pregnant belly the same size as hers. And when she 6.5kReads8.5Score63514d adds
- 183 After I Decided to Stop Loving Him, He Regretted It 我决定不再爱他后，他后悔了 Five years after I married Ye Nanchen, Tang Ning, the unattainable woman Ye Nanchen had always loved, came back. Our marriage slowly began to crack. Ye Nanchen started standing me up from time to time. The first time was the day I won a design award. Ye Nanchen said he wanted to celebrate with me. But the moment Tang Ning called, he left to see her. The second time was on my birthday. The candles were lit, but I hadn't made a wish yet. Tang Ning called again, and off he went. The third time was 117Reads—Score1314d adds
- 184 He Loves Me, Yet He Married Her 他爱我，却娶了她 He Loves Me, Yet He Married Her 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 Falling Hard for His Seduction! The Cold CEO Begs Me in Tears to Come Home 诱情深陷！清冷霸总哭着求我回家 [Angst before sweetness + heroine suffers early on + coercive love + fleeing while pregnant + groveling pursuit + rekindled love] Si Yi was the last ray of light in Wen Ruohan’s life. He was the man she willingly gave up her dreams and dignity for, the man she loved so fiercely she would gladly be shattered to pieces. Her love was wild and burning, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, consuming herself in the hope of being reborn. But what she received was not a new beginning. It was news that 1kReads8.9Score10514d adds
- 186 The Trouble with Keeping Pets 养宠为患 [Two male leads + unhinged + yandere + angst for the bottom + satisfying read] = The ex regrets it and chases his love at the crematorium After his secret was exposed, Bai Feicheng was brutally beaten and tortured for two whole years. Unable to bear the humiliation, he fled with a broken heart. Only then did Bai Chenghao realize he had fallen in love with him. But he pursued him the wrong way, deepening the misunderstanding between them once again. Angst, bad ending or happy ending: I’ll let y 492Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 187 The Home We Never Spoke Of 未说出口的家 The Home Left Unspoken 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 I Am President Fu's Long-Dead Beloved 傅总死掉的白月光就是我 I Am Mr. Fu's Dead White Moonlight 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Reborn, I Chose to Bring My Husband and Best Friend Together 重生后，我选择成全丈夫和闺蜜 After Being Reborn, I Chose to Let My Husband and Best Friend Be Together 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 After Serving Time for His Sister, I Refused to Marry Him 替他妹坐牢后，我不嫁了 After Serving Time in Prison for His Sister, I Won't Marry Him 120Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 President Shen, Stop Hurting Her. Your Wife Is Really Dead This Time 沈总别虐了，夫人这次真的死了 “Take off one pant leg and spread your legs.” On the cold operating table, Su Yu killed her own child with her own hands... But all she got in return was Shen Anzhou saying, “It was just a bastard. So what if it died!” The man who once treasured her above all else now wanted to tear her apart and drink her blood. Su Yu was finally tired. “Shen Anzhou, let me go. I’ll let you go too...” Only now did Shen Anzhou realize that his heart could hurt this much. “Xiaoyu, give me one more chance.” His vo 5kReads5.4Score33414d adds
- 192 For the Rest of My Life, Loving You Is My Illness 余生，爱你成疾 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 289Reads6.6Score10114d adds
- 193 The Bellflower Is Not White 桔梗不白 Every moment spent near him was full of telltale slips. A performance called unrequited love is the hardest one to pull off. - (The male lead doesn't cheat. He appears as a ghost, hoping the heroine will finally give up on him and stop grieving. He also sacrifices his reputation so netizens will stop attacking her. If someone has to be swallowed up by public opinion, he wants it to be him. It's a self-destructive attempt to save her: he gives up his life and his good name, as long as she's all r 122Reads8.1Score10514d adds
- 194 After Getting a Terminal Diagnosis, I Lay Flat and Waited to Die. Then My Ex-Boyfriend Panicked 得绝症躺平等死后，前男友他慌了 This is actually a silly comedy. When Gu Huaijin learns at the hospital that he has only three months to live, Qin Zhan breaks up with him. Qin Zhan’s first love is back. Gu Huaijin quietly agrees to the breakup. He plans to lie in the rocking chair on the balcony, eyes closed, gently rocking until his life comes to an end. But after the breakup, Qin Zhan clings to him every day and refuses to leave, no matter how many times he’s driven away. [As for why Qin Zhan didn’t chase after his first lov 8.7kReads8.4Score81714d adds
- 195 Her Brothers Go Mad After Hearing the World-Weary Heiress's Thoughts 厌世千金被读心后，哥哥们疯魔了 Reborn + world-weary + no romance + personal growth + powerful family + heiress Su Xiaoli jumped from the Su Group’s tower, ending her life at the age of twenty-four. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in the year her brothers saw her as their enemy. Weary of life, she only wanted to end her suffering again, unaware that her brothers had suddenly become able to hear her thoughts. “When thoughts of death surged through her heart...” Her eldest brother, Su Yutian, broke down the door wit 1kReads8.6Score13414d adds
- 196 Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨虐情 [Tragic Romance]+ [The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption] Ruan Yunzheng loved Fu Yinghan deeply. But when his only sister was harmed and all fingers pointed at her, he sentenced her to death without hesitation! He tormented her relentlessly, body and soul, but she never gave in! Only when she was on the brink of death and explained one last time that she hadn’t done it, and he still refused to believe her, did she finally give up on him! So this man’s heart really was made of stone! When news ca 19.9kReads8.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 197 What Brings Joy to Life 何生欢喜 Two male leads + body-double romance + BE aesthetic “So, Xu Linxun, what am I to you? A tool you summon whenever you want and discard whenever you're done?” “Say something!” Xu Linxun's eyes were just as cold, their depths impossible to fathom, as if the feelings they had shared over the past three years had never meant a thing to him. “Say something... Tell me, even if you have to lie...” Yu Chensheng dug his fingernails into his palms, the pain cutting to the bone. Still, he forced a smile and 608Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 198 Young Master Ye, Stop Tormenting Me. Your Wife Is Already Gone 夜少别虐了，夫人已尸骨无存 [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 1.6kReads8.3Score15814d adds
- 199 On My Wedding Day, the Regent Abandoned Me to Save His One True Love 大婚日，摄政王为救白月光抛下我 [Groveling redemption + unhinged male lead + love and hate + forced possession + strong female lead] Jun Mohan is a powerful regent with a beloved savior, Liu Yunyan, whom he holds dear above all else. Whenever she calls, no matter where he is or what time it is, he does everything in his power to appear before her. On the very day he is to be married, he even abandons Lin Qingqian, his bride-to-be, in the name of “saving” Liu Yunyan. But he never imagined that Lin Qingqian, who had loved him wi 4.4kReads6.4Score23714d adds
- 200 Mr. Zhou’s Love Is as Cheap as Grass 周先生的爱，如草般轻贱 [A tragic short story. The heroine is dead from the start. No resurrection, no rebirth.] [Melodramatic and clichéd] In the kidnapping case where he had to choose between two people, Zhou Yansheng saved his first love and abandoned his wife. Later, he realized his mistake, but his wife could never come back… 37.2kReads5.4Score1.5k14d adds
