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- 51 After Prison, I Struggle to Raise My Child While Evading a Worldwide Manhunt 出狱后，我艰难带娃躲避全球通缉 A conspiracy led Jin Yeze to torment Lan Rou in every way. In unbearable pain, Lan Rou vowed never to have anything to do with Jin Yeze again. Five years later, Lan Rou was released from prison and returned with her child. Fate seemed to be playing a cruel joke on her. Though she hated Jin Yeze, she seemed unable to escape the trap he had laid for her, and finally understood what it meant to imprison yourself. One day, Jin Yeze strode over on his long legs and blocked her way, looking utterly ce 53Reads6.2Score514d adds
- 52 This Life Is All a Fleeting Dream 此生皆是浮生梦 This life is nothing but a fleeting dream 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Superbrain: First Contact 超脑：外星接触 Superbrain: First Contact —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Identity V Awakening 第五人格觉醒 Identity V Awakens —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 They Ate My Brain 祂们吃了我的脑子 They Ate My Brain —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Day She Jumped, the Whole Class Was Filming 她跳下来那天，全班都在拍 The Day She Jumped, the Whole Class Was Filming 33Reads—Score114d adds
- 57 I Fell into the Love Trap I Wove Myself 我陷入亲手织的爱情陷阱 I Fell into the Love Trap I Wove Myself —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 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
- 59 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
- 60 Eight Hundred and Ninety-Four Letters to You 写给你的八百九十四封信 Eight Hundred and Ninety-Four Letters to You —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 The Runaway Princess Is No Easy Target: The Prince Is Green with Jealousy 逃跑王妃不好惹，王爷醋坛子翻了 The Fake Princess Consort Is on the Run Again! Liu Mengmeng, a skilled pickpocket from the pleasure quarter, broke into the Prince Regent's manor and was caught. To her shock, Xiao Zixuan, a powerful figure who held sway over the court, forced her to become his fake princess consort! All she wanted was to escape, but she got caught up in a political power struggle and attracted the attention of the Seventh Prince and the chancellor's son. The jealous Prince Regent went all out to win his wife b 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The System Forces Me to Win Over the Cold Male Lead: The Villainess Strikes Back 系统逼我攻略冷酷男主：恶女逆袭 After Reincarnating as a Villainess, the Immortal Venerable Dotes on Me Reborn as the villainess in a xianxia novel, she binds herself to a comeback System and must win over the Immortal Venerable or die! Disarming formations, provoking him, and identifying herbs to poison him all turn out to be tests of intelligence. After being reborn and getting herself killed time and again, she somehow makes the icy Immortal Venerable secretly fall for her, while the Crown Prince frantically tries to win h 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Love Broken at Quicksand River 情断流沙河 Love Ends at Quicksand River 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 I Spent Half My Life Seeking Redemption, Yet My Family Hated Me. By the Time They Regretted It, I No Longer Needed Them 赎罪半生全家厌他们悔时我已不需 [Pure love] + [One heroine] + [Redemption] + [Regret] + [Bad ending] Lin An has spent his life enduring his family’s misunderstandings and reproaches. He swallows every grievance, trying to please his grieving mother as he quietly submits, enduring his father’s alcohol-fueled fists and giving in to his sister’s resentment. He lives diligently, hidden away in the dust. Yet he is diagnosed with a terminal illness, with only a few withered autumn leaves of life left to him. His family’s repeated mi 225Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 65 Stepping into a Torment Novel 走进虐文 “Sometimes I feel like I’m the heroine in a tragic novel, and everyone just keeps picking on me.” “No, this isn’t a tragic romance. Those stories make people suffer for love. Is that what’s happening to you?” “How did things get so awful for you? Seriously, just watching you go through all this makes me feel so suffocated.” “How is it that even getting an education has to be so hard for you?” 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 One Month to Live: My Family Regrets Learning the Truth 命剩一月，知道真相的家人后悔了 [One heroine]+ [Regret]+ [Romance] Lin Luo thought that if he quietly gave everything to his family, he would receive their love in return. But when overwork left him gravely ill and he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the younger sisters he'd cared for so devotedly showed not a shred of concern. Instead, they only took even more from him. At last, Lin Luo stood up and fought back. When friends and relatives tried to guilt-trip him, Lin Luo said, “I'm fucking dying, so what the hell are you 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 My Childhood Friend Ascended the Throne 我的竹马登基了 [Comedy + Zhihu-style storytelling + Ridiculous antics + Strong Male and Female Leads + Childhood Sweethearts + A Little Angst] My name is Gu Xiang, and I’m a celebrated female general. Qi Yan and I have been at odds since we were children. He’s a petty man who loves to kick people when they’re down. As for why Qi Yan loves picking on me so much, it’s because he’s jealous of me. Jealous because everyone loves me and even the flowers bloom when they see me. Chapter excerpt: “Qi Yan, what do you 853Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 68 100 Tales of Tormented Love 100个虐恋小故事 I am the ancient Greek god in charge of tragic romance. In my previous life, Tomato tortured me. In this life, I’m going to make readers cry. A collection of short stories: gods and demons, ghosts and monsters, unfinished business between the living and the dead, reincarnation, transmigration through time and space, and other heartbreaking tales… There’s no such thing as too tragic, only more tragic. 1.5kReads—Score18214d adds
- 69 I'll Wait for You at the End of the World 在世间的尽头等你 (Urban legends + xianxia romance + traditional culture + past and present lives + reborn + tragic love between human and ghost) You lie beneath the spring, your bones turned to dust. I remain in the human world, my hair white with snow! Death is not the end. Being forgotten is! If, when I leave this world, a long-missed loved one or beloved comes to receive me, I would gladly and peacefully depart with a smile. If such a miracle truly happened, then death would not be a sorrow to me, but a reuni 31Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 70 A White-Haired Handsome Guy Is Chasing Me 白毛帅哥后面追 [Omegaverse romance + slow burn + bad ending + devoted to each other] Xu Qi thinks there’s nothing in this world that can move him, whether it’s a person or an event. Even if a relative died, it wouldn’t mean much to him. After all, they were only relatives in name, and he felt nothing for them. They were like strangers, strangers who would only hold him back from his future. But if the day ever came when someone he cared about had to leave, he hoped they would come back to see him one last time 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 My Wife's Revenge Diary 妻子的复仇日记 She endured a man’s schemes to frame her, his transfer of their assets, his mistress’s demands, being treated like a free nanny by her mother-in-law, and even the man taking out an exorbitantly expensive insurance policy on her! She could take no more and decided to reclaim everything that belonged to her! Faced with the youth she had lost, she decided to take up arms, fight back, and find the happiness that was hers! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Young Master Si's Secretly Cherished Guilty Wife 司少的私宠罪妻 [Dotting on the wife + substitute marriage + revenge + tragic romance + stand-in] Seven years ago, Su Xia abandoned Si Yejue for money, when he was on the verge of becoming disabled. Seven years later, he pinned her against the wall and declared, “Su Xia, I'm back. Now it's time for you to pay for your sins.” He hated her, yet he insisted that he alone was allowed to bully her. Su Xia silently endured her pain until the truth came to light. Si Yejue's hair turned white overnight. 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Icy Snow of That Winter 那年冬天冰凉的雪 A childhood crush that blossoms into a slow-burning, heartbreaking love. For a long time, I thought that in the glow of youth, I had let myself down in countless ways, but had never owed him a thing. I never imagined that the delicate boy with the exquisitely handsome features had spent his entire youth loving me. Each of us loved the other in the way we thought was right, yet we never asked whether that was the kind of love the other wanted. Perhaps the saddest thing about love is that its endi 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 The Lemonade Has Gone Warm 柠檬水凉了 [Heart-wrenching angst | missed chances | fate | reunion after years apart] This story is full of heartbreak. Read with caution! Wang Shuaishua never believed in fate. She clawed her way out of the mud and fought her way into No. 1 High School just to get closer to that boy. Zhou Yiming was the only light in her darkness. He came to find her when she was lost, got punished for her sake, and made her a longevity lock with his own hands. The boy once swore, “I’ll be there for your future, I pr 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 After Seven Years of Marriage, My CEO Wife Wants to Have Her First Love’s Child 结婚七年，总裁妻子要给白月光生孩子 After Seven Years of Marriage, the CEO's Wife Wants to Have a Child with Her One True Love 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Passion on the Pillow: A Trial of Love 枕上欢：情字劫 Do you believe the person you love most could personally send you plunging into hell? I was once the wildest girl in the mountain stronghold, until that scholar entered my life. He taught me passion and promised to marry me, but on our wedding night, he slaughtered my entire clan. “I can't bring myself to kill you,” he said, then imprisoned me deep in the palace and let his concubines torment me. That night, I faked my death and escaped, only to discover a blood-written letter in his secret pass 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Nine-Lived Cat Girl 九命猫女 I'm a nine-lived cat woman, and the people of my clan were slaughtered to the last by the Kingdom of Shuo. After being reborn several times, the King of Shuo came to cherish me above all else. But he doesn't know that our love across three lifetimes is all for the sake of settling one lifetime's score. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Jade in Error 错玉 After transmigrating into a book for seven years, I married the second male lead, Pei Yue, and had his child. We lived in perfect harmony, and I thought my life was complete. Then I was kidnapped, and Prince Jun whispered mockingly in my ear, “Do you know it was your beloved husband who sent you to my bed?” I refused to believe him. But when I fought my way home, I found Pei Yue had married my divorced half-sister. His once-cold eyes now brimmed with tenderness, as if a dream he'd cherished for 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Lotus Ashes: Blood on the Emperor's Pillow 芙蓉烬：帝王枕上血 That year, the flames of Longhu Stronghold lit up half the sky. He stood amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, clad in a dragon robe stained red. I wore my phoenix crown and bridal robes, only to become a caged bird in his palace. “Have you ever hated me?” he asked, stroking my face, his eyes filled with an obsession that would not fade. I laughed through my tears. I only hated myself. He killed my entire family, yet I couldn't bring myself to take revenge. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Ashes of Passion: A Calamity of Mortal Life 骄欢烬浮生劫 “You once picked a spring blossom for me, then pushed me into the flames with your own hands.” I was the most spoiled legitimate daughter of the Zhao family in the capital. The day we first met, he was dressed in white as pristine as snow, his sword flashing like moonlight as he rescued me from danger in the streets. At his words, “I love you,” I starved myself to resist an arranged marriage, insisting I would marry no one else. But on our wedding night, he coldly left me alone, then gripped my 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 I Gave the Demon Lord My Whole Heart, but One Tear from His White Moonlight Means More 我对魔尊掏心掏肺，不如白月光一滴眼泪 I stood by Xie Yan through the hardest time of his life. Yet he repeatedly disregarded my feelings for the sake of his first love. I endured it because I loved him. Until he cut the vine core from my little brother to save her life. Only when my little brother’s soul was utterly destroyed in my arms did I realize I had been wrong. But I couldn’t avenge him. Because I was dying. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 After Being Reborn, I Ditched My Love-Brained Self 重生后我丢掉了恋爱脑 While gathering herbs in the mountains, I saved a handsome young man who was on the brink of death. He said the only way to repay me for saving his life was to give himself to me, so he became my husband. But less than half a month after our wedding, he disappeared. Later, my village was destroyed, and I was imprisoned, tortured, and killed. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the moment just before I was about to leave to gather herbs. I promptly set down my basket, but I never expec 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 If We Meet Again as We Were, We Should Be Strangers 若如初见应不识 I am Zhu Qingzhao, the most honored empress of the Great Yin dynasty, and the most ridiculous laughingstock in all the land. My childhood sweetheart, the emperor, treated me like dirt. He personally banished me to the Cold Palace and allowed his new empress to carve out my heart and lungs. Yet the chief minister, the man I called “Elder Brother,” had hidden his feelings for me for twenty years. As I lay dying, he murmured, “Qingzhao, let me take you away.” The world calls me a wicked woman who m 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Love's Ashes 相思烬 On my wedding day, I poisoned the nuptial wine. The Crown Prince drained his cup with a smile, then suddenly grabbed me by the nape. “So even the Shen family's legitimate daughter resorts to such despicable tricks?” I looked at the black blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and smiled. “Your Highness is mistaken. I'm treating the poison. What you have is ‘Love's End,’ from the Western Regions.” 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 I Courted the Sixth Prince Nine Times, and Died Tragically Every Time 我攻略六皇子九次，九次惨死 To awaken the Seventh Prince, the one I love, I stood atop the highest watchtower in the imperial city. The Sixth Prince told me his shadow guards had secured the area, so I had nothing to worry about. But he didn’t know that moments later, the rebels would set fire to the powder magazine beneath the tower, turning this magnificent palace into a sea of flames... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Rose Is Lost 玫瑰已失 At the hospital, she inexplicably learned that she did not have long to live. After that, she divorced the man who was her husband in name only. She couldn't bear to let him go, but the diagnosis left her no choice but to set him free. After the divorce, her health deteriorated by the day. Her best friend urged her to be hospitalized, but she shook her head and refused. In the end, she passed away alone at home. Later, under pressure from his grandmother in the Shen family, Shen Shen sent people 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The Red Hibiscus 2: A Half-Life of Resentment 红衣菡萏2：半世怨 A lifetime of grudges, a red robe drenched in tears and blood. Chun Chongchong was once just a helpless young woman adrift in a turbulent age, her fate flickering like a candle in the wind, at the mercy of others. Then a storm of palace intrigue mercilessly swept her into the abyss. She watched her closest friend, Mo Nianzhu, meet a cruel death, and the sight pierced her heart like a blade. From that moment on, the seeds of hatred grew wildly within her. With help from a benefactor, Chun Chongc 1Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 88 President Gu, What Am I to You? 顾总，对你而言我算什么 [Domineering, possessive, scheming Gu Che vs. sweet, gentle, obedient Lin Ning] Lin Ning’s voice trembled. “If you don’t love me, why did you marry me?” Gu Che mocked himself: How could she know whether he loved her? Gu Che sneered. “For fun.” Those two words pierced Lin Ning’s heart. “In that case, if you don’t love me and I don’t love you, then you’ll have to pay to sleep with me. Twenty thousand each time.” Gu Che’s face darkened. How ridiculous, saying he didn’t love her. Was she really degr 259Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 A Home in the Next Life 下一世的家 Home in the Next Life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 My Childhood Sweetheart, the Crown Prince, Was Lured Away by an Enemy Princess 青梅竹马的太子夫君，被敌国公主勾跑了 My childhood sweetheart, Crown Prince husband Rong Yu, knocked me off my horse with a spear, its sharp tip aimed at my throat. He used that familiar red-tasseled spear to warn me to stay away from the exotic beauty he had just brought back. Only then did I understand the saying from those romance stories: a beautiful beginning can end in heartbreak. But I'm no delicate young lady who'll hide in her room and cry. I'll return the favor with that spear, then go back to the frontier where I belong. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 After Being Reborn, I’m Done Pretending 重生后，我不装了 At seventeen, I married Xie Wei, just as I had always wished. But I had stolen this marriage from the woman he loved most. Then, during the palace coup, I was struck down by a rain of arrows. He rushed toward me without a thought for his own safety, as if he wanted to die with me. At last, I was certain: he loved me. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Abandoned Empress of the Cold Palace Is Done 冷宫废后不干了 I rose to the height of power, only to be tricked into the Cold Palace, suffer a miscarriage, and lose my memory? When I woke, I discovered that my rival in love was weeping and begging forgiveness, my mother-in-law was kneeling and pleading for mercy, and the scoundrel emperor was sobbing as he admitted his mistakes. I pretend to have amnesia and act fragile, watching them panic and grovel as I carefully plot my every move, all for the day I settle the score! Now that I’ve claimed the throne, w 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Song Never Became a Hill 歌未成丘 “Little girl, don’t touch that vinyl. Li Zongsheng will cry.” When Lu Chenzhou took the album The Elves in My Life from her hands, the scent of pinewood at his cuff mingled with the smell of medicine. The twenty-five-year age gap was an uncrossable chasm. He taught her how to brew tea: “Love is like pu’er. The third steep is when the true flavor comes out.” But on the night he coughed up blood, she kissed his cool lips. “What if there’s only one steep left?” The night they eloped, an old-fashion —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 There’s No Going Back Ever Again 再也回不去了】 [Heartbreaking throughout | No redemption | No getting back together after a breakup | The perpetrator’s remorse, from their perspective] There are no hysterical accusations, no shouting matches. All of Su Nian’s pain has become involuntary physical reactions. Convulsions, vomiting, screaming, fainting. This is her cruelest and most helpless accusation against Lin Xi. Lin Xi remembered the last words Su Nian said to her until the day she died. She said, “Lin Xi, go. Seeing you hurts.” 1.9kReads—Score14414d adds
- 95 The Green Hills Won't Wait for the Young to Return 青山不等少年归 The Green Hills Won’t Wait for the Young to Return 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 I Thought We’d Be Together Forever 我以为，我们会永远在一起 [Good girl × pure-hearted guy, sweet at first, then heartbreaking...] “Feng, I owe you a wedding. I'll make it up to you in our next life.” “My little wooden fish, I'm coming to find you.” They were each other's salvation, and the most precious gifts in their lives. Later, the heroine became terminally ill. Years after she died, the hero could no longer bear the longing and went to the bottom of the sea too. He went to find his little wooden fish. A friendly warning: The story follows a group 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Crying in Secret 偷偷哭泣 A little story with a bittersweet ending. [Angst, mutual healing, secret love, two male leads, bad ending] That summer, Xin Chen was saved by a boy through a twist of fate. The boy smiled and asked him, “Don’t you remember me?” Xin Chen stared at him, bewildered. “Have we... met?” Later, Xin Chen found out on the school confession page that the boy was called Chi Chuan. From then on, checking the page every day for news about him became part of Xin Chen’s routine. He hoped more than anything tha 504Reads—Score11714d adds
- 98 With My Death Approaching, They Came to Beg for My Forgiveness 死期将至，他们来求我原谅 Lin Yu was dying. But his parents, his younger sister, and even his best friend refused to believe him. “Why do you always lie? You’re just trying to get our attention!” But when he really did die, everyone regretted it. “I was wrong! I really was!” “Mom will make it up to you. Please, forgive me!” Lin Yu spat out a mouthful of blood. “You did nothing wrong. I’m the one who was wrong. I shouldn’t have been born to you.” 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Light in the Dark Abyss: A Boy and a Heiress’s Road to Redemption 暗渊逢光：少年与千金的救赎之路 [Urban]+ [No Harem]+ [No System]+ [Heiresses]+ [Love and Hate]+ [Slice of Life]+ [Personal Growth] The deepest love in the world is when someone accompanies you through the darkest stretch of your life, then does everything in their power to pull you out, even at the cost of being left covered in scars. And yet, in the end, they were only ever passing through. The story begins with a hopeful question: “Do you still remember me?” It ends the same way, only this time, we both hope we’ve forgotten —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Duke of Zhen's Divorce Decree Made Me Empress 镇国公一纸休书，我当上了皇后 I'm a pomegranate spirit. To repay a debt of gratitude, I married a great hero. He guarded the frontier, while I spent four years as a wife in name only. I never imagined he'd send me a divorce letter for the sake of his love rival. “Help me marry her, or I'll have no choice but to divorce you.” But as soon as he said those words, the green tea schemer turned on him, leaving him disgraced and ruined on his return to the capital. With the blood from my heart in my hand, I smiled as I watched him 1Reads—Score—14d adds
