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- 101 I Promise You an Abyss 许你万丈深渊 Love can be so deep it feels like suffering. Yi Qing loved Jian Xingzhi so much that she gave him everything. Jian Xingzhi hated Yi Qing so much that he destroyed everything she had. “Jian Xingzhi, if the water in this bottle could be put back, I would forgive you.”, Yi Qing —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 An Unequal Love 不等式爱情 After graduating from M University, Tao Ran confessed her feelings to the campus heartthrob, Qu Yang. On Mo Yunxi’s recommendation, she landed a job in the publicity department in S City. The surprises that work and love brought her filled her with hope for the future. During her internship, Cai Guixiang called time and again, demanding that Tao Ran return home. She forced Tao Ran to break up with Qu Yang and marry Lu Yunchen, whose family was far above hers in status. Lu Yunchen treated Tao Ran —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 His Favor 他的青睐 [Obedient, compliant young lady x rotten heir to the Dragon People] What Yun Jiao regrets most is starting a years-long nightmare over "five thousand yuan." Jiang Jin doesn't love her. He just thinks she's obedient, that she'll never refuse anything he asks, like... a toy he can raise, dress up, and play with however he likes, without ever showing a single emotion. Before meeting Yun Jiao, he never imagined that a place resembling a slum from the last century could exist in the sprawling city of 6.9kReads—Score38414d adds
- 104 I Went to Prison in His Place. When We Reunited, the CEO Still Couldn't Forget Me 顶罪入狱，重逢，霸总他念念不忘 [Second chance romance + Groveling pursuit + Obsessive hero + Mutual firsts] [Clear-headed, independent, cool beauty adored by all × Devoted, obsessive golden boy and capital socialite heir] During the years Shen Yang spent in prison for taking the blame for someone else, He Dian Sen always believed she had simply abandoned him. When they meet again five years later, she is still stuck at the bottom, working in customer service as a socially adept hostess. He is as privileged as ever, a golden 2.3kReads8.2Score19514d adds
- 105 After Her Release from Prison, the Powerful Men of the Capital Make Her Suffer in Body and Soul 出狱后，她被京圈大佬虐身又虐心 Jian Zishu had a very public crush on Qi Jingchen. Everyone in their social circle knew she was a toad lusting after a swan, shamelessly chasing Second Master Qi for three whole years. Second Master Qi was thoroughly annoyed and repulsed by her. He only refrained from making things ugly out of consideration for the Wen family’s reputation. Until Jian Zishu finally went too far and touched the man’s most forbidden sore spot. He personally sent her to prison... - After she got out, she didn’t dare 1.5kReads6.6Score10114d adds
- 106 Tortured into Madness: After His Wife’s Death, Mr. Lu Went Mad 虐爱成痴：虐死夫人后，陆总发狂了 Ye Qingfan loved Lu Zhongxian so much that she lost herself and gave up everything. In return, her family was destroyed, she lost it all, and she died full of hatred. As the truth slowly came to light, Lu Zhongxian finally realized that what he most wanted to see was Ye Qingfan's sparkling eyes. Given another chance at life, she decided that any other fool could have the scumbag. Ye Qingfan was busy taking down the scheming homewrecker, climbing step by step to the peak of her career. Second Mas 33Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 107 Our Love Has Reached Its End; From Now On, the Sun and Moon Shall Never Meet 爱已落幕，从此日月不相逢 Love’s curtain has fallen. From now on, the sun and moon shall never meet again. 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 108 Mom, Can I Stop Being Human? 妈妈，我能不能不当人了？ Mom, can I stop being human? 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 One Night of Passion, and He's Hooked for Life 一夜春娇，他日渐上瘾 [Juicy and intoxicating + collapse + unhinged + all-evil cast + scheming + System changes fate + one woman, multiple men] No moral compass, taboo content, a deranged mind, going mad to make money Only those who have self-respect, love themselves, and have enough to eat can afford to think about such things. A girl like Lin Xiang was nearly starved to death in her rented room. If she didn't take this step, she had no idea what would happen to her. When she saw the people she had been trying to wi 23Reads—Score314d adds
- 110 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
- 111 Possessive Obsession: The Madman Loves Her Like His Life Depends on It! 疯狂占夺，疯批男人嗜她如命！ [Unhinged heartthrob, obsessive love, imprisonment, tragic romance, heroine’s revenge, groveling for her back] The woman Huo Yuan has always loved just married someone else. And the groom is his half-brother, Huo Xun! How could he stand it? He kidnaps his beloved’s younger sister and makes her a substitute! He torments her relentlessly! In every way imaginable! As he continues to torment her, the madman gradually sees the substitute’s good qualities, and slowly falls in love with her! At last, h 567Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 112 After Prison, My Billionaire Husband Pressures Me to Have Triplets 出狱后，首富老公逼我生三胎 Song Huan, the most admired heiress in Haicheng, has been sent to prison. Rumor has it that her beloved husband is responsible. Fu Chennian says she caused Chen Qiyue to lose her child, and deserves to die! She gave him a love that reached to her very bones, and he repaid her by sending her to prison. Three years of torment wore down every last bit of Song Huan’s pride. After her release, all she wants is to raise her child in peace, but Fu Chennian comes looking for her: “Qiyue can’t have any m 2.8kReads7.8Score44114d adds
- 113 Mr. Shen, Stop Tormenting Me. Please Let Me Go! 沈先生别虐了，请放我走！ A car accident changed both their fates. After humiliating her in every possible way, he finally realized that he was the biggest joke of all! Miss Qiao, is it too late for me to pursue you now? Mr. Shen, please let me go! 844Reads7.2Score10114d adds
- 114 Hengchang Pawnshop on Yong'an Street: The Private Ledger That Was Never Destroyed 永安街恒昌当：那本从未销过的私账 Hengchang Pawnshop on Yong'an Street: The Private Ledger That Was Never Written Off —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 I Played Coward for Half a Year, Then the Courtesan Next Door Ran Off with the Money 我装怂半年，隔壁花魁卷款跑了 I Played the Coward for Half a Year, and the Courtesan Next Door Ran Off with the Money —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Soft Candy Locks the Edge 软糖锁锋 Soft Candy Locks the Blade —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 President Di, Stop It. Your Wife Doesn't Love You Anymore 帝总别作，太太已经不爱你了 [Divorce-and-win-her-back groveling arc, but the heroine won't return + push-and-pull entanglement + secret identities + two strong, evenly matched leads + second male lead gets the girl] Jiang Pianran is the adopted daughter of the Di family, a pitiful girl living under someone else's roof. She loved Di Xu for ten years. She would give up everything for him, making herself as lowly as dust. She thought Di Xu saw her as his one and only, just as she did him. At last, she got the wedding she 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 After Tormenting Me, President Lu Tried Desperately to Win Me Back 虐完我，陆总追妻火葬场 Xia Wanying thought that as long as she married Lu Qingyu and they spent every day together, he would remember her. After the wedding, Xia Wanying's world held nothing but gloom and pain, darkness and cold. The man she loved most brought her not happiness, but nightmares that haunted her day and night. “Lu Qingyu, if I died one day, would you regret it?” “No!” Later, Xia Wanying died, and Lu Qingyu went mad. In the storm, he clutched her urn and wept as if his heart were breaking, saying over 18Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 119 The Wind Whispers, and I Confess My Love to You 听风在呢喃，我向你告白 He spent half her life pursuing her, yet never once admitted he loved her. She dreamed of escaping him, only to realize later that the sweetest title in the world was Mrs. Ji. No one believed she had once been his sleeping pill, or that he had been the man beside her every night. He’s a foul-mouthed gambler with a heart full of love; she’s a prickly woman who keeps her love buried deep. Childhood sweethearts who grew up together, they gamble for love and love through their hatred. It’s a story o 394Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 120 The Arrogant Prince Realizes His Mistake and Risks His Life to Win Her Back 傲娇王爷认错后，拿命追娇娇 [Mutual devotion + reborn + marriage by contract + stand-in + groveling pursuit + the woman he loved all along is herself + a little angst + reconciliation + doted on exclusively + happy ending] “I will never marry you!” The man is elegant, his noble bearing towering over the woman before him as he looks down at her, seemingly certain of himself. The woman replies calmly, “That’s just fine.” Yet the threads tying them together have long been intertwined by the wheels of fate, binding them togeth 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Kept 豢养 Huo Li and Gu Shixiao. They were two parallel lines that should never have crossed. But when Gu Shixiao was at her lowest, a contract in black and white bound them together. Ten years of her youth, signed away. He saved her from the hardships of reality, only to push her into hell with his own hands. Gu Shixiao: “Huo Li, did you ever have any genuine feelings for me?” Huo Li smiled. “What we have is just a transaction.” Gu Shixiao: “Huo Li, was there ever a moment when you...” Huo Li cut her off 122Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 122 After Getting Pregnant, I Divorced President Wen 揣崽后，我和闻总离婚了 [Both sexually inexperienced × Regretful pursuit × Marriage before love] At work, Wen Shuyu unexpectedly meets the man she's had a crush on for ten years. By then, he has long since forgotten the insignificant girl she used to be. After a one-night stand, she unexpectedly gets pregnant. At the man's grandfather's insistence, the two get married. At first, the man treats her poorly, but after their little one is born, their relationship grows closer, and she becomes immersed in the story the man 132Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 123 Her Scumbag Ex’s First Love Returns, So She Marries a Top Mogul 渣男白月光回国，她转身嫁给顶级大佬 Qin Ning spent four years as Gu Zhizhou’s housewife. The moment his old flame returned, he unhesitatingly asked for a divorce. “I haven’t touched you once in four years, Qin Ning. You disgust me.” Why hadn’t he said that four years ago, when she saved his life on the side of the road? Qin Ning signed the divorce papers without hesitation. As soon as she walked out of the Gu family home, a domineering man swept her into his arms. “Wifey, I can do the laundry and cook, and I’m great at keeping you 190Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 124 I'm Sorry, No One Will Ever Love You Like I Do 对不起，无人如我般爱你 The fiancée of Yi Jinli, the richest man in Shencheng, died, and Ling Yiran, the driver responsible for the car accident, was sentenced to three years in prison. After she was released, she unexpectedly got involved with Yi Jinli. She knelt on the ground and begged him, “Yi Jinli, please let me go.” He only smiled. “A-jie, I will never let you go.” People said Yi Jinli was cold and heartless, yet he pampered a sanitation worker who had been to prison beyond measure. But the truth about the accid 829Reads8.8Score10314d adds
- 125 Untamed Bones 野骨 [Obsessive love, unhinged, both leads are each other’s only love, the husband’s groveling redemption arc] After an accident left Huo Hongchu’s beloved unconscious, everyone believed Shen Ranran had caused the car crash. Huo Hongchu had her forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital, where she suffered inhuman treatment and torment day and night. To stay alive, she had no choice but to endure it all. After finally holding out until his beloved woke up, she thought she would regain her freedom. 71Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 126 A Sickly Body, a Guilty Love 病骨罪情 (The Ex-Wife’s Pursuit: A Living Hell + Second Male Lead Takes the Crown + No Getting Back Together) When Song Ci was young, she saved someone. Later, that person sent her to prison over nothing more than a single word from his first love. After she was released, torment and humiliation followed one after another. When he threw away her mother’s ashes, Song Ci had lost everything. At last, she learned her lesson. Her brain had been badly injured, and she was slowly starting to forget him. But he 1.2kReads8.2Score10114d adds
- 127 Cold-Blooded CEO, I Can Never Love You Again 嗜血冷总，再也爱不起你 After going to prison, she never loved Leng Qianhan again. The man knelt before her, weeping and pleading. “Qingqian, for the sake of our child, give me a chance. Could you love me one more time? Our child has grown up without a father or mother. He needs a father's love and a mother's love. Let's give him a complete family. We can all be happy...” The woman immediately recoiled. “I don't have a child! My baby is dead. He died as soon as he was born. You cut him out of me and threw him in the tr 335Reads5.9Score1314d adds
- 128 After My White Moonlight Went to Prison, the CEO Made Me Pay With My Life 白月光入狱后，总裁让我拿命赔 After a car accident, Yan Yi’an testifies in court, sending the woman Zhou Xizhi treasures most to prison. In a single night, Yan Yi’an falls from heaven into hell. Fangcheng loses its dazzling movie star, and Imperial City No. 1 gains a lowly bar hostess. Zhou Xizhi keeps her locked by his side and torments her without end, all to make her atone... She tries to escape again and again, but never gets out of his grasp. Like a demon at her side, he warns her, “If you try to run again, I’ll break y 597Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 129 The CEO's Sunshine Is Covered in Wounds 总裁的骄阳遍体鳞伤 [Angst and abuse + chasing his wife + unhinged obsession + coercive love: possessive CEO and resilient ray of sunshine] She was Q University’s ray of sunshine, forever searching for the moonlight that would illuminate her life. At eighteen, she ran away from her wedding to take the college entrance exam, driving her grandfather, her only family, to his death. At twenty-five, she was framed for murder and tortured and imprisoned by Lin Chen for eight years. … She found her only sister, but every 240Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 130 Together Too Long, Then Apart: The CEO Keeps Pursuing Her and Crosses the Line 合久必分：总裁再追就犯规了 When Xie Sang was with Zhou Cunsheng, she expected nothing in return and willingly stayed by his side through his lowest point. At his request, she even went abroad with him to study. It wasn’t until his ex-girlfriend showed up that Xie Sang learned the truth: Zhou Cunsheng had started his business for her, gone abroad to study for her, and even ordered his proposal ring to fit his ex-girlfriend’s finger. Heartbroken, Xie Sang walked away from him. And after they broke up, she gave him a taste o 199Reads5.3Score10114d adds
- 131 Luring the Beauty into Her Cage: The Hostage General's Prisoner of Vengeance 折娇入笼：质子将军的复仇囚宠 A secret imperial decree, five years of bitter hatred. He dragged his moonlight from the clouds and crushed her with his own hands. Years ago, Su He, the daughter of the prime minister, showed kindness and took in a gloomy hostage prince. Five years of love ended in her family’s ruin and her country’s downfall. He returned after laying waste to the realm, locking the proud woman away as his lowest slave. Humiliation, imprisonment, torment of body and soul. He thought hatred was all he felt. Unti 984Reads6.1Score10914d adds
- 132 The Three-Coin Tea Grows Cold, While Hatred Burns 三文茶凉，恨字滚烫 The Tea Has Gone Cold, but the Word 'Hate' Still Burns 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Broth Boiled Dry, and the Dead Man She Awaited Came Back 清汤滚尽，她等的死人回来了 The Broth Boiled Dry, and the Dead Man She Was Waiting for Came Back 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 She Wielded a Blade for Ten Years, Then Drove It into His Heart 她打了十年刀，最后一把捅进了他心口 She wielded a blade for ten years, then plunged it into his heart. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 158,000: The Most Expensive Lesson My Daughter Will Ever Learn 十五万八，是我女儿这辈子最贵的一堂课 158,000 yuan: the most expensive lesson my daughter will ever learn. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Tortured Love: His Love Is Suffocating 虐恋：他的爱很窒息 After the chairman of Longcheng Group dies in an accident, eldest son Li Sijue inherits the position of CEO. He keeps Mu Qingwan, the daughter of the suspected culprit, imprisoned at his side and abuses her relentlessly to satisfy his hatred. But as time passes and the truth slowly comes to light, he realizes he has been tormenting the wrong person. When he finally lets her go, he discovers that he has fallen deeply in love with her. Faced with Li Sijue’s suffocating love, will Mu Qingwan stay, 1.5kReads6.7Score11014d adds
- 137 The Useless Little Demon, Saved by Sheer Luck 废材小妖，全靠命大 [Past and present lives + love and hate + fantasy romance + trials and ascension + an ensemble of tragic human characters] A thousand years ago, the person Hua Yunran loved was convinced she had killed the High God Xingni. His love turned to hatred, and he slaughtered her entire clan. Someone she had considered a friend took her core, drained her magic, and threw her true form into a sea of fire to burn. Reborn through a phoenix-like resurrection, she took human form once more. With her maste 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 After He Died, He Sent Me Forty-Seven Love Letters 他死后，给我寄来四十七封情书 After He Died, He Sent Me Forty-Seven Love Letters 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Surrender 臣服 Shen Nian was brought back to the Shen family at the age of eight to reunite with her relatives. There, she met the older man who had saved her life, Third Master Fu. More than ten years later, Third Master Fu married someone, but the bride was burned at the wedding and left in a vegetative state. Shen Nian was framed for arson, and her biological mother forced her to take the blame in her younger sister’s place. After six years in prison, Shen Nian had been utterly changed by the torment. To ge 711Reads7.7Score10014d adds
- 140 I Wasted Ten Years of Youth on a Dog 十年的青春喂了狗 Ten years of youth, wasted on a dog. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 After He Called Off the Engagement, He Became Someone I Could Never Hope to Marry 退婚后，他成了我的高攀不起 After Our Engagement Was Called Off, He Became Someone I Could Never Hope to Reach —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Three Hundred Bucks Bought Her Entire Summer 三百块，完买断了她整个夏天 Three Hundred Yuan: She Bought Out Her Whole Summer 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 An All-Consuming Passion: The Cold Young Master's Feisty Little Bunny 顶级缠绵，冷少的娇蛮小白兔 [Unhinged, domineering powerhouse + gentle, vulnerable little white rabbit + angst before sweetness + mutually devoted + doted on to the extreme later + desperate pursuit of his wife] Leng Zhijin had loved her older sister for years, and she had always been her sister’s stand-in. He married her only because he wanted to find traces of her sister in her. “Leng Zhijin, do you love me?” “Ye Wanwan, you can have anything you want, except my love.” Later, when they met again after a long separation, 4.4kReads8.4Score29314d adds
- 144 Forced Into Prison, I Lost Our Baby, and Now Young Master Lu Begs Me to Forgive Him Every Night 被逼入狱，流产后陆少夜夜求原谅 After three years of marriage, Shen Qingwan knew Lu Mingyan didn't love her. But he forced her to kneel in a torrential downpour for three days and three nights, and only then believed that she hadn't deliberately caused his one true love, Ning Xueqi, to crash her car and plunge off a cliff. Shen Qingwan knelt in the rain for three days and nights just to prove to her husband that she hadn't killed the woman he loved. Marrying him had been Shen Qingwan's own choice, even though she knew he didn' 1.9kReads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Heartless Mr. Gu, Your Wife Is Seeing Another Man Again 薄情顾总，夫人又去找男人了 A cool, delicate beauty and fallen heiress vs. a devoted, obsessive tycoon [Both are devoted only to each other + rekindled love + a brief spell of tormenting his wife + his desperate pursuit of her + a powerful man humbling himself for love + possessiveness + sweet romance later on + happy ending] Su Wanwan endured four years as Mrs. Gu without complaint. Then his first love returned. Unable to take any more, she gave up and chose divorce. After leaving, she erased every trace of herself and v 9Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 146 Fine, I Admit It: Mr. Gu Begs Me to Get Back Together Every Day 不装了，顾总每天都在求复合 [Low initial rating + Fallen Ice Queen + The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption + Cold, Abstinent, Unhinged Hero + First She Suffers, Then He Does] Wen Ruan had loved Gu Qingshi for years. She loved him so much that she plotted to seduce him into bed, and in the end, she got what she wanted and became the woman by his side. Then one day, Wen Ruan dreamed that the world she lived in was just a novel, and Gu Qingshi was its male lead. She was nothing more than a scheming, white-lotus supporting cha 438Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 147 I’ve Never Forgotten Our Love 恋恋不曾忘 [Sweet campus romance + modern-day angst] Petite girl Li Hui has a crush on handsome campus heartthrob Lin Xun. While pursuing him, she accidentally ends up working two jobs at once. During college, the two share one heart-fluttering moment after another. Just as they are about to get together, Lin Xun suddenly announces his relationship on social media, and they go their separate ways. This unrequited love began in summer and ended in winter. Years later, after facing setback after setback, a 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Surrender 臣服 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it! Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 681Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 149 Addicted to Torment: Mr. Shang Regrets It 虐爱成瘾：商先生后悔了 An Li was a tool in Shang Zhuoyan’s revenge. After she became pregnant, one of his other women caused her to miscarry. She gave one of her kidneys to his beloved first love, and the mother who loved her most was murdered. She couldn’t accept it. Why should she suffer so much while Shang Zhuoyan got away without a scratch? She would toy with his feelings, make him fall in love with her, then cruelly abandon him. She would take away everything he cared about and leave him with nothing. 305Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 150 Stop Begging, Young Master of the Rich Family. We Don't Know Each Other! 别求了，豪门太子爷，我们不熟！ [Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + Mature Romance + Groveling to Win Her Back, But She Won’t Return + Intense Push and Pull] [Clear-Headed, Independent Lawyer × Powerful Man with a Surprising Side] On the day Zhou Mo was betrayed by a client and her case fell apart, she was approached by Liang Mingqian. Though they had only just met, Liang Mingqian asked, “Should I call you Doctor Zhou or Lawyer Zhou?” No one knew why she had abandoned medicine for law, or what secret lay behind the scar on her 19Reads—Score—14d adds
