Novels like Stepping into a Torment Novel
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- 1 Torture Me to Death! I’m a Loser in an AI Torture Romance 虐死我！我在AI虐文里面当屌丝 [Completed] The System’s tags are unreliable, so please give the story itself a try. [Over-the-Top AI Angst + 1vN + Actors + Pocket Dimension + Fellow Countrymen + Technology + Quick Transmigration + Livestreaming] My name is Qian Liyou. I’ve always dreamed of getting rich while lying around at home. I’m just another overworked wage slave, and after all my hard work got me nowhere, I decided to lose my mind first. Lately, I’ve been hooked on an AI chat app. I can lie around at home and still dat 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 After Becoming the Heroine of a Tragic Romance, the CEO Stops Trying to Take My Kidney 穿成虐文女主后，总裁不挖肾了 [Heartbreakingly twisted romance + after her identity is exposed, the ruthless male lead turns into a clingy puppy] She transmigrated into a book! And not just any book, but the most heartbreaking one she had ever written! In the original story, the male lead forced her to kneel, serve drinks, and even have a kidney removed! A hellish start. Watch her handle it with finesse! Mo Hanshi: You’re alive to atone for your sins. Lin Shuang: No! I’m alive for good food! Handsome men! Handsome NPCs! Mo 21Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 3 The Tragic Novel's Heroine: 95% Water 虐文女主，含水量95% The Tragic Novel's Heroine: 95% Tears 225Reads—Score414d adds
- 4 After I Died, My Fiancée Regretted It 我死后，未婚妻后悔了 The day before my wedding, I discovered the secret my girlfriend had kept buried in her heart for years. She was the most-followed tragic romance author on the internet. She had turned the parting and death of herself and her first love into a book, moving countless readers to tears over their love story. Only then did I finally wake up and realize that I wasn't the one she loved. The person she loved was my late best friend. On the day of the wedding, I left the city and stopped being a lovesic 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Tragic Novel’s Heroine Is Heartbroken, Doomed to Eternal Loneliness 虐文女主痛心不已，享永世孤寂 In tragic romance novels, the heroine is always misunderstood, betrayed, and abused, left battered and bruised, with her life cut short. Meanwhile, the “devoted” hero gets to keep his power and influence, spending the rest of his life in regret. Facing this situation, Sheng Yilai, who was supposed to kill his wife to prove his Dao, has something to say. Just as Sheng Yilai successfully fought back and was about to ascend to the Immortal Realm, System 233 bound itself to her. From then on, she 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Ex-Wife Chase From Hell: A Complete Short Story in Every Chapter 追妻火葬场，一章一个完结短故事 [The wife-chasing crematorium + one-chapter endings + angsty or cathartic angst + first-person narration + a different story in every chapter + cheating + mistresses + regret] The first story: I was married to my husband for ten years. He was a renowned young entrepreneur, and I was the wife he kept tucked away at home. Everyone envied me for marrying so well. Only I knew he had long since star 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Lu Heng, Goodbye Forever 陆蘅，再也不见了 Ending: Bad end + school life + love at first sight (heroine's perspective) Meng Meng fell for Lu Heng at first sight when she met him in her first year of high school. She became the class representative and used every opportunity she could find to get closer to him and make him fall for her. They had an enviable romance and even made it through the doldrums. But fate had other plans. Meng Meng's body wasn't discovered until the day of the college entrance exams, after she had died. No one knew 207Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Ten Days to Live with Terminal Cancer, the Film Queen Weeps in Regret 癌症晚期命剩十天，影后悔哭了 (Modern romance, childhood sweetheart arrives out of nowhere, no looking back, no clichés, no rebirth, no System) Xu Zichen was deeply in love with a girl for seven years and watched her become a top-tier star. But seven years later, when Xu Zichen was terminally ill with cancer, she broke up with him. On the day he left, Xu Zichen said one last thing to the award-winning actress Xia Xirou: “You can still change your mind. This is the last chance I'm giving you.” Xia Xirou's gaze darkened, and s 1.4kReads7.0Score10214d adds
- 9 Short Stories That Will Make You Cry 把你虐哭的短文 Short Stories That Will Make You Cry 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I Become a Villain and Get Dumped? Me: Dump Me, Dump Me! 成为反派被退婚？我：退退退！ Shen Chong transmigrates into the world of a novel and becomes a top-tier villainous rich second-generation heir. He obtains a Survival System: as long as he follows the plot and stays alive, he can earn a huge number of rewards. But what he never expected was that every heroine could hear his inner thoughts. [The first heroine is a lovesick idiot. Good thing she called off the engagement. Stay away, stay away!] [Big Sister Li Yu is so beautiful, but she’s a traitor and a pathetic simp. Not for 493Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 11 Mr. Gu, You Tortured Your Wife to Death 顾总，夫人被你虐死了 Su Yaqi once thought Gu Jin would be the dazzling light of her life. But after they married, she realized he wasn’t a light at all. He was an endless abyss of torment. During their five years of marriage, he left her utterly broken. Losing their child was the final straw. On a snowy night, Su Yaqi jumped from the eighth floor without hesitation, ending her miserable life. Gu Jin, if there’s another life, I never want to fall in love with you again! Gu Jin, don’t come to my grave and cry after I’ 165Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 12 Writing Songs to Stay Alive with Cancer, My Superstar Ex-Wife Begs to Remarry 癌症写歌续命，天后前妻哭求复婚 Liu Ruyan and I were childhood sweethearts. We grew up together. After graduating from college, we moved in together. I wrote songs for her, and she sang them. Gradually, she became a Chinese pop diva, and I became a top-tier star composer. We were deeply in love, the perfect couple in the eyes of our friends, relatives, classmates, and online followers. But fate is hard to predict. I was diagnosed with terminal cancer, with only a year left to live. I chose to break up with her and wait for 771Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 13 A Selection of Tearjerker Tragedy Novels 爆哭虐文精选 Darkness swallowed me like a rising tide. I knelt beside the bed, clutching the sheets so tightly that my knuckles turned white. Tears poured down my face, blurring everything before my eyes. It felt as though countless fine needles were piercing my heart, the pain spreading throughout my body. Something seemed lodged in my throat, leaving me able to make only broken sobs. Each one felt as if it were tearing its way out from the depths of my soul. The memories I once cherished were now sharp bla 681Reads—Score10714d adds
- 14 Burying Myself in Love 以身葬爱 Burying Love with My Life 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Marriage Partners 婚姻合伙人 I have a very beautiful wife. In the eyes of everyone around us, she’s the perfect wife, a dutiful daughter-in-law, and my ideal match. Her career is even going better than mine. By all conventional wisdom, anyone would be more than content with a wife like her, but I can’t stop thinking about divorcing her… 3kReads8.7Score25014d adds
- 16 The Underdog Strikes Back: I Came First, but My Parents Are Dead 学渣逆袭：我考了第一但爸妈已死 When I was young, I didn’t understand how hard my parents worked. I always complained that they didn’t give me enough. But by the time I understood, we had already been separated by life and death! Life is like a game of chess. One wrong move, and every move after it is wrong. If I could turn back time, I would cherish everything I have so much more! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 My Best Friend Got Pregnant by a Black Man, Then Blamed Her Ex-Boyfriend 闺蜜与黑人交往意外怀孕，赖上了前男友 My Best Friend Accidentally Got Pregnant by a Black Man, Then Tried to Pin It on Her Ex —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 This Is Awkward: My Ex-Wife Is Getting Married, and I Still Have to Serve at the Wedding 尴尬，前妻结婚我还要去婚宴上端盘子 How awkward. My ex-wife is getting married, and I still have to go serve food at her wedding banquet. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 My Ex-Wife Is a Yoga Teacher 我的前妻是瑜伽老师 My Ex-Wife Is a Yoga Instructor 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Eighteenth Time I Wanted a Divorce 第十八次想离婚 The Eighteenth Time I Wanted a Divorce 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 My Pure and Innocent Wife Cheated with a Foreigner. The Reason? Her Husband Was Too Gentle 清纯老婆出轨老外，原因竟是老公太温柔 My Pure and Innocent Wife Cheated with a Foreign Man. The Reason? Her Husband Was Too Gentle —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 After the Class Reunion, She Knelt and Begged Me Not to Divorce Her 同学聚会后，她跪着求我别离婚 After the Class Reunion, She Begged Me on Her Knees Not to Divorce Her 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Spent 100,000 on My Girlfriend, and She Went to School as a Study Companion 我给女友花了十万，她去学校做伴读 I Spent 100,000 on My Girlfriend, and She Became a School Companion Reader 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Month Before Our Wedding, I Caught My Fiancée and Her Best Friend in a Hotel Secret 结婚前一个月，我在酒店撞见未婚妻和她闺蜜的秘密 A Month Before Our Wedding, I Caught My Fiancée Sharing a Secret with Her Best Friend at a Hotel 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 After Dating Three Black Men, She Returned Home and Married an Honest Man for a Bride Price of 280,000 交往过三个黑人，回乡二十八万彩礼嫁给老实人 After Dating Three Black Men, She Returns to Her Hometown and Marries an Honest Man for a 280,000-Yuan Bride Price —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Have One Month to Live, and the Whole World Is Telling Me to Die 只剩一个月命，全世界人喊我去死 (Anthology + multiple stories + major heartbreak + bring tissues) Xiang Jin’an valued his family and friends above everything else. And every one of them hoped he would die!!! At sixteen, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. When they learned he was going to die, his family and friends said: His father: “Hurry up and die. Then I won’t have to beat you every day. I’m exhausted too, so it’d be a relief if you died!!!” His mother: “When you’re about to die, don’t do it at home. It’ll bring bad lu 7Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 27 After Losing My Job, I Left with Nothing. Now My Ex-Wife Begs Me to Remarry Her 失业后，我净身出户，前妻跪求复婚 After Losing My Job, I Left With Nothing, and My Ex-Wife Begged Me to Remarry Her 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I Work as a Matron in the Imperial Palace 我在深宫当嬷嬷 I Work as a Matron in the Imperial Palace 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 He's Gone! 他不在了！ When Gu Chang’an was three, his father remarried and his mother left. His family was shattered, and so was he. From then on, home was no longer Gu Chang’an’s harbor or his refuge from the storm. When he felt wronged, he had nowhere to hide. Until Ding Tingting appeared. She was like a beam of light shining down on Gu Chang’an… 716Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 30 My Girlfriend Is Intersex 我的女友是雌雄同体 My Girlfriend Is Intersex —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 I Regret Studying Abroad 出国留学我后悔了 I Regretted Studying Abroad 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Making Dirty Money from Recycling? Today I Take No Pawns, Only Your Tears 回收挣黑心钱？今天不收典当，只收你的眼泪 Making dirty money from recycling? Today, I won't take your pawned goods. I'll take your tears. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Old Longings for Tang Xin 棠心旧念 Old Memories of Tang Xin 6.5kReads—Score19714d adds
- 34 Roommates: I Have Two Months to Live, So Don't Fall for Me 合租：还剩两个月命，不要爱上我 At twenty-six, Xia Xing was diagnosed with a terminal illness in the prime of his life. He had only two months left... After quitting his job, he moved out of the dorm and rented a place elsewhere. His roommate was Qin Ziyue, the beautiful teacher from his university. Under the same roof, the wheels of fate began to turn... A sweet little treat, safe to enjoy. 767Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 35 Did You Become an Adult on the Night You Cried the Hardest? 你哭得最伤心的那个晚上变成大人了吗？ When was the last time you had a good cry? That night, embrace your disappointment and face your sadness. Looking back after time has passed, perhaps it was a gift that helped you grow. Don't be afraid. Take a big step forward. We don't always have to play the adults. The way you charge headlong into things, the way you are so childlike, can be just as adorable. 179Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 36 They Favor Their Adopted Son, but I Cultivate Immortality 偏心养子，但我是修仙的 Qi Tian grew up in an orphanage. When he was fourteen, the Xu family of Linjiang found him. It turned out he was the only son of the Linjiang Xu family, stolen shortly after birth. Longing for the love of a family, Qi Tian was overjoyed. So he did have a father and mother. So a human trafficker had snatched him right from his mother's eyes. So he hadn't been abandoned. He wasn't a child nobody wanted. Desperate for a family's love, he did everything he could to please the Xu family. But over the 23kReads7.2Score2.7k14d adds
- 37 Baby, You’re So Seductive, I Want to Kiss You: The Fake Heiress Is Forced to Fall in Love! 宝宝好欲想亲，假千金被强制爱！ Fake heiress vs. possessive, unhinged brother | 1v1 forced romance | Love and hate intertwined She was the Zhou family’s fake heiress, raised by them for eighteen years, and she’d called him “Big Brother” countless times. He exposed her true identity and cast her into the abyss, then forcibly kept her by his side when she had nowhere else to turn, swearing he would lock her there for the rest of her life. Love was obsession, possession, and the stubborn resolve to never let go, even if she hat 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Nuclear Weapon Skill 核武技能 A modern nuclear physicist transmigrates to a world of immortals and cultivators, awakening a unique nuclear martial physique. He turns concepts such as nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, and radiation into cultivation abilities, using the “Nuclear Path” to smash his way through the road to immortality in a world where immortals and demons vie for supremacy. Nuclear Weapons Analysis System: Bound to the protagonist after his transmigration, it can analyze cultivation techniques, immortal material 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Caged Songbird Ensnared the Mad Emperor 笼中雀她渣了疯批皇帝 [Taking Her by Force / The Long Road to Winning Her Back | Sweet, Deceptive Maid × Domineering, Ruthless, Scheming Emperor] Xu Zhixing was emperor twice in his life. The first time he took the throne, he kept Jiang Si imprisoned by his side and personally forced her to drink a pregnancy-preventing potion. But power struggles were rife with hidden murderous intent, and life and death were unpredictable. In just a few short years, the dynasty changed hands several times. After the Qing dynasty was 1kReads8.4Score10214d adds
- 40 The Year I Got My PhD, I Sent My Advisor to a Psychiatric Hospital 博六那年，我送导师进了精神病院 In my sixth year of doctoral studies, I sent my advisor to a psychiatric hospital. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Favoring the Adopted Son? Reborn, I Abandoned My Bloodline 偏心养子？重生直接自废血脉 [Invincible, Bloodthirsty, Genius, Unstoppable] In his previous life, he got separated from his parents at the age of three and lived on the wasteland, competing with beasts for food. He wasn’t brought back home until he was fifteen. But once he returned, he discovered that an adopted son had already taken his place. And what awaited him at home wasn’t his family’s love, but repeated scolding and humiliation. In the end, framed by the adopted son, he was locked in a black prison and tortured to 6.9kReads5.6Score46014d adds
- 42 The Mute’s Diary (Bad Ending) 哑巴日记（be） A Mute's Diary (Bad Ending) 1.1kReads—Score11014d adds
- 43 War-Torn Romance: The Young Marshal's Contracted Mistress 烽烟为聘：少帅的契约外室 Jiang Xinyue, the Commander's daughter, was forced to become a surrogate for her older sister. Made to sign a humiliating contract, she became Rong Qiubai, the Governor of Jiangzhong's secret mistress in the military, imprisoned in a gilded cage and cut off from the light of day. She treated him coldly; he had been plotting for a long time. He took her by force, and she was consumed by hatred and love. The warlord's young master, Zheng Hemin, her childhood sweetheart, went mad for her. He used w 852Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 She Came Back After I Tore Up My Dead Wife's Photograph 撕碎亡妻遗照后，她回来了 After She Tore Up Her Late Wife’s Portrait, She Came Back 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The South Wind Blows into My Arms 南风入我怀 She was the lover he had cast aside. And the wife he had married by any means necessary. She had thought it was just another game he’d taken up on a whim. With no way to avoid it, she decided to play along. Everyone said she was the woman Young Master Lu loved most, because she was the only one who dared to wreck his events and slap him in the face, while he always smiled and told her to do whatever made her happy. But only she knew that she was the woman he hated and despised most. He had aband 385Reads9.3Score20514d adds
- 46 Hello, Mr. Doraemon 你好，哆啦A梦先生 I had only wanted to live an easy, carefree life as an ordinary person. But when my childhood sweetheart and first CEO girlfriend married someone else for the sake of profit, and my beautiful second girlfriend, a painter, sacrificed herself for power, I realized I couldn't keep being a pushover. I had to fight back! When I finally stood at the top of the pyramid, I gave life a resounding shout... 1.8kReads8.7Score19714d adds
- 47 A Heart Torn Without a Trace, an Endless Farewell 裂心无痕，终无期 She plunged a knife into her own heart and smiled with heartbreaking sadness. “If I cut out this heart that loves you, it won't hurt anymore.” Only then did Qi Liangnian understand what it meant to have your heart torn apart. It hurt so much... 390Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 48 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
- 49 After Being Abandoned by the Warlord's Daughter 被军阀大小姐抛弃后 [Mutual devotion, warlord, older-man romance, sweet indulgence, possessive hero, groveling pursuit] [Cheerful, innocent, secretly ruthless younger woman VS scheming, cold, arrogant older man] With chaos on the horizon, conflict was about to erupt. Shen Wannian was betrayed and fell into an enemy trap, where she was captured. Gu Shiyan, captain of the prison guards, was assigned to interrogate her. “Why aren't you eating again?” Shen Wannian: “...Kid, is this your first time interrogating a priso 1.7kReads7.2Score10514d adds
- 50 Hidden Jasmine 藏茉莉 The rating just went up. It’ll rise more later~ [Lin Mosheng × Zhou Yu] On a stormy day, the air was damp and oppressive. An old tune drifted from the music box on the table, and through her hazy consciousness, she returned to her first year of high school. “Shengsheng, what are you standing there for?” The woman smiled and urged her. “Hurry up and call him big brother.” Lin Mosheng looked at the boy in front of her, her eyes instantly turning red. Choking back tears, she said, “Zhou Yu?” The bo 519Reads8.3Score10214d adds
