Novels like Tortured Love: Falling for You Was My Greatest Mistake
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- 1 Torture, Torture, All Torture: I Wish for Time to Turn Back 虐，虐，都虐，我许愿让时间倒流 [One woman, multiple male leads + modern romance + intense, tragic love + substitute + redemption + ensemble cast + a broken relationship that can't be mended + wealthy families + everyone's darling + rivalry between sworn enemies] She wants to become a god, her soul must be pure; Yet deep down, she is an ordinary person, unable to quell her desires. She wants a flawless shell and an indulgent core. That is her punishment. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 A Tortured Love! He Is the Bitter Cure 虐恋！他是苦涩的良药 Wen Rou is as gentle as her name suggests, sweet and kind. Leng Sihan is just as cold and ruthless as his name suggests. Wen Rou is as insignificant as an ant, with no one to rely on and a father who gambles. People trample her underfoot, yet she stubbornly refuses to bow her head! Even an ant struggling to survive wants to keep its dignity, but who in this world is willing to treat this poor girl kindly? As the heir to the Leng family, Leng Sihan was born blessed, a man among men. He has always 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Love That Cuts to the Bone: One Last Time, I’ll Love You 蚀骨虐爱，最后一次爱你 (Angst-filled story, nothing but angst, obsessive male lead, secret identity + the male lead desperately chasing his wife) Her own sister’s betrayal and her parents’ indifference dragged her from the human world into hell. Gong Minghan / If I told you I was the girl you were looking for, would you stop treating me this way? An Rounuan, I have never loved you. Do you want my love? Do you deserve it? My girl must be so lonely up in heaven. You should go to hell with her. The loss of her baby and t 351Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 4 After Torturing His Wife to Death, Young Master Yan Went Mad 虐死夫人后，言少疯魔了 [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 119Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 5 Keep Torturing Me! One More Time and I'm Running Away! 再虐！再虐我就跑了！ [Win her back at any cost + reunion after years apart + sweet and angsty + happy ending] Jiang Chen had loved Xu Jingnian for more than a decade, but she had always known that he felt only familial affection and friendship for her, never love. She had asked him countless times, “Do you like me?” His answer was always, “Jiang Chen, stop dreaming.” “Jiang Chen, I’ll never love you in this lifetime.” Yeah, right. All talk. When their parting finally came, the man who had always been proud and aloof 1.9kReads8.4Score10314d adds
- 6 The Wind Has Carried My Longing for You for Seven Years 想你的风吹了七年 [Angst with Sweet Moments + Reunion After Years Apart + Tension and Teasing + Revenge and Devotion] Seven years later, Xu Nianxia is released from prison, and Sang Huai, the capital’s golden boy, returns from overseas. But everything has changed! Their long-awaited reunion is tangled with hatred and misunderstandings, yet neither can let go of their devotion or the affection they can’t bring themselves to admit. His love and hatred are both so intense, but after her time in prison, she feels too 7.9kReads9.1Score52814d adds
- 7 If I’d Never Loved You 如果从没爱过你 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. 1.6kReads8.8Score10114d adds
- 8 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
- 9 Bloodstained, a Wild Rose with an Unyielding Spirit 血染，傲骨野玫瑰 [Women's Fiction] Important note: The heroine is not actually Xi Lianyue. This will be explained later. Because she looked like someone else, she was made to take the blame. Four years in prison were not enough. Even after her release, she still couldn't escape the mire of reality. She was forced into a pond of piranhas, used as a live test subject, made to fight Tibetan mastiffs, and had both legs broken. After all the persecution, the truth was finally revealed piece by piece. The men who had 4.4kReads9.0Score42314d adds
- 10 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
- 11 President Lu, Stop Tormenting Her! Your Wife Is the One You’ve Always Loved 陆总别虐了，夫人才是你的白月光 [The Regretful Ex Tries to Win Her Back + Obsessive] After being framed, Mu Qiuyan became a criminal in the eyes of the law for causing the death of her husband's true love. When she got out of prison, her husband treated her even more cruelly than before. The day she was diagnosed with stomach cancer, she humbly begged him for one last bit of comfort. Lu Zhiyan said, “I'll use the bastard in your belly to pay tribute to Qingqing!” At that moment, Mu Qiuyan's heart died. She leapt into the sea, 5.7kReads8.9Score59914d adds
- 12 Mr. Gu, Please Stop Torturing Me. Your Wife Is Dying 顾总求你别虐，夫人她快死了 Complete [Angst and suffering + obsessive possessiveness + a groveling pursuit after the breakup] Su Jiameng saves Gu Chengli twice: first by carrying him out of a fire, then by donating bone marrow to cure his leukemia. In return, he tells her, “I'll make you wish you were dead!” Gu Chengli is convinced she killed the woman he loved. He hates the autistic son she gave birth to and resents her for taking the place of Mrs. Gu! Only when she jumps from a towering building does he realize that the 13.5kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 13 I'll Never Love You Again 再也不要爱你 A short, heart-wrenching story. Extremely heartbreaking! So much melodrama and angst! Read with caution! Please ignore the extra chapter. The author wrote it while losing their mind, and sincerely apologizes! Jian Meng is dying, and Ji Jing’an doesn’t know. He’s busy worrying about his wedding to someone else, indifferent to the poor woman at home. He has always believed Jian Meng would wait for him forever, just as she has for the past ten years. It was the last winter, and Jian Meng’s last bir 17.8kReads8.2Score96514d adds
- 14 Mr. Ji, Stop Hurting Me. Miss Shu Is Already Married 季总别虐了，舒小姐已嫁人 As Ji Sihan’s secret lover, Shu Wan stayed by his side for five years. She thought that if she was obedient and sweet, she could warm his heart. But she never expected to be abandoned in the end. Shu Wan had always been gentle. She neither argued nor made a scene, and didn’t even ask him for a penny. She simply walked out of his world. But when she was about to marry someone else, he suddenly pinned her against the wall and kissed her like a madman. Shu Wan couldn’t quite figure out what Mr. Ji 27.5kReads9.2Score3.1k14d adds
- 15 The Mission Starts Over a Hundred Times 任务重来一百次 “You came to save me, so why can’t you look only at me? Why do you have to give your attention to those one, two, three insignificant people?” “You seem so shy. You never take my hand first. Even just now, you only did it because of someone else.” “Now that you have me, you don’t treat me as well as you used to. There wasn’t any strawberry milk today either, was there?” 5.7kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 16 I Once Promised You a Golden Age of Joy 我曾许你盛世欢颜 Ye Chen waits for his Mrs. Ye, from the days when youth was like a dream until her hair turns white as snow. But he will never know that his Mrs. Ye was buried long ago in that rotten, muddy grave... 1.6kReads6.6Score27214d adds
- 17 Dr. Zhou's White Moonlight Is Dying 周医生的白月光快死了 [Fragile, ill bottom VS cold, aloof top] [Heart-wrenching angst + mutually exclusive devotion, 1v1 + bad ending + extreme bottom fans, beware] Wen Ci had terminal stomach cancer. The doctor said he had at most thirty days left, and Wen Ci could live those thirty days for Zhou Ying. But Wen Ci died on the twenty-seventh day. After his death, Wen Ci left behind twenty-seven unread letters, a rabbit, a book, and a crushed red maple leaf. 19.7kReads9.3Score3k14d adds
- 18 No One Came to Save Her from the Deep 无人救她于深海 [Signed for publication] [Youthful unrequited love + prodigal son turns over a new leaf + bittersweet romance + plenty of unresolved heartbreak + tragic ending (The male lead is hard to like at first. It's not exactly a tearjerker, but sensitive readers should proceed with caution.)] Youth is a foolish thing: foolishly falling for someone. At the beginning of the story, Xu Nuo falls in love with Zhou Yiming at first sight, as if sinking into the deep sea. At the end, Xu Nuo holds the box contai 19.3kReads8.9Score3.8k14d adds
- 19 The Last Diary Entry 最后一篇日记 [Simplified Chinese edition signed for publication] I only used looking at the flowers as an excuse. All I really wanted was to see you once. 26.4kReads9.1Score4.7k14d adds
- 20 Wutong Lane 梧桐巷 [Bright and kind-hearted Ning Wan x gentle genius Song Qingyan] [Love at first sight + Secret love comes true + Youthful heartache + BE] When the innocent, sunny Ning Wan fell in love with Song Qingyan at first sight, he was the golden boy in everyone's eyes. She wrote her secret feelings in her diary, planning to keep them to herself. By a twist of fate, Song Qingyan became her temporary guardian. During the days when she was ostracized and bullied, he became the light in her life. She held on 27.6kReads9.6Score6.2k14d adds
- 21 Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03） Back in middle school, Xie Zeyang met Shen Bingqing. Their names were almost the opposite of their natures: he was as cold as ice, while she burned bright as the sun. He could still vaguely recall every time they parted when they were young. At thirteen, beneath the lights at the entrance to an alley. She waved with a radiant smile and said to him, “See you tomorrow, class monitor!” At seventeen, on the beach on a midsummer night. She poked her head out of the tent, eyes crinkling as she called 23.5kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds
- 22 This Grand, Silent Drama of Unrequited Love 暗恋这场声势浩大的哑剧 A bittersweet youthful school romance about unrequited love from popular author Meng Zhiwan, and a companion novel to The Sad Little Thing Called a Secret Crush and The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain. This one-sided love story is a silent play with just one actor: me. Also known as The Moment I Speak, My Voice Disappears. Lonely girl Chen Ji VS sunny boy Lin Jingye. I carefully cherished you, and you became the only spring I ever had in my life. “Chen Ji, may you always be safe and well, overcome 20.9kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds
- 23 A Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨危情 Xia Weiming died, and Shen Xiujin personally sent Jian Tong to a women’s prison. During her three years behind bars, Shen Xiujin’s order to “take good care of her” changed Jian Tong beyond recognition. She was even “persuaded to donate a kidney” while in prison. Before she went in, Jian Tong said, “I didn’t kill her.” Shen Xiujin remained unmoved. After her release, Jian Tong said, “I killed Xia Weiming. I’m guilty.” Shen Xiujin’s face turned livid. “Shut up! Don’t let me hear you say that again 66.2kReads9.2Score5k14d adds
- 24 He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南 When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went 24.1kReads9.7Score4.6k14d adds
- 25 Late in the Day 行止晚 [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 25.7kReads9.6Score3.3k14d adds
- 26 I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月 [The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian 74.3kReads9.4Score6.7k14d adds
- 27 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 80.8kReads9.7Score14k14d adds
- 28 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily 68.9kReads9.5Score12.5k14d adds
- 29 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8k14d adds
- 30 My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客 After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem. 118.2kReads9.7Score13.7k14d adds
- 31 The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事 Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing 79.3kReads9.7Score13.8k14d adds
- 32 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 168.8kReads9.8Score19.3k14d adds
- 33 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
