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- 51 I, the White Ghost Emperor, Cultivate the Unorthodox Path. So What? 我,白鬼帝,修的诡道又如何 Shen Qingyu was once a true gentleman, but because he possessed the Jade of the Ghost Emperor, he spent years hated and hunted by the people of the Shen Kingdom. Others insulted him, hurt him, and abandoned him, but he always let it go with a smile, never holding it against them. Then one day, Shen Qingyu's temperament changed completely, and he began practicing forbidden arts to fight back. “White Ghost Emperor, help me...” “Heh. After all these years, you've finally remembered me? If you want 65Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 52 In a World with You, I Never Want to Wake Up 有你的世界我不想醒 [Happily completed] “Silly Lan, what's there to cry about? As long as I'm still alive, and as long as you still want me around, I'll always stay by your side. I'll always be your best friend. I promise.” “Xiao Cao, if I ever fall asleep and can't wake up, just like you, you have to tell me, ‘I miss you so much,’ okay?” This world is full of illusions. Only pain never lies. All I want to say is: What's so bad about a world of illusions? When I was helpless and down on my luck, with no hope left f 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 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
- 54 On My Twenty-Sixth Birthday, I Received a Terminal Diagnosis 二十六岁那天,我收到了绝症通知书 On my twenty-sixth birthday, I received the news that I had a terminal illness. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 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
- 56 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
- 57 You Wait Until You’re Dying to Call Me Brother? Sorry, We’re Strangers 快死了才叫哥哥?对不起我们不熟 [Showbiz + One True Heroine + Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance] Chen He risked his life to save his five younger sisters from a flash flood, only to be swept away by the torrent himself. When he woke up in the hospital, no one was by his side, and he was told he had bone cancer, with just one year left to live. Then the Chen family announced that he was a fake young master who had been switched at birth more than twenty years ago. His adoptive parents and sisters detested him, threw him out, and 327Reads6.6Score11114d adds
- 58 The Most Realistic Cultivation 最真实修仙 [Heartbreak + Hellish Trials + Weak Beginnings + Cultivation + Realism + Most Miserable Protagonist + Immortality] Qin Feng has no protagonist aura, no golden finger, and no so-called heavenly luck. In this cruel world of cultivation, he lives worse than a dog every day. A man’s knees are worth their weight in gold, but Qin Feng has none to spare. He can only beg for his life to eke out a wretched existence. This is the most realistic story of an ordinary man cultivating immortality, seeking ete 167Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 59 I'm Only Critically Ill. Why Are You Crying When I Refuse Treatment? 病危而已,我不治你们哭什么? (No overpowered cultivation, one heroine, no forgiveness, no toxic plot points, experienced characters, no dream ending, healing plus a reckoning for everyone, and the ending doesn’t only involve the male lead dying!!!) Before he has even begun his life, Lu Yuan is diagnosed with serious illnesses, including depression and schizophrenia. Then, just as he reaches adulthood, he is told he has bone cancer. Because it wasn’t caught in time, it is already terminal, and nothing can be done. After his 23Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 60 The Road to Tibet 去往西藏的路 The Road to Tibet 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 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
- 62 Red Eyes Across the Street, Vermilion Outshines Snow 隔街红眼,朱砂胜雪 Red eyes across the street, cinnabar brighter than snow. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 After the Real Young Master Gives Up, His Sisters Panic 真少爷摆烂心死后,姐姐们都慌了 [Male-oriented novel][Siblings regret mistreating him and try to win him back][Sweet romance] “Fu Chuan, your little brother Zichen has a terminal illness and won’t live past thirty. You need to treat him better…” After a car accident, Fu Chuan, the real young master, and Fu Zichen, his fake younger brother, are both reborn. In their previous life, Fu Zichen looked down on the marriage arrangement with the Qin family, so it went to Fu Chuan. The Qin family’s business then took off. He also dismi 1.1kReads8.5Score10714d adds
- 64 After Maxing Out Her Affection, I Died in Front of My Childhood Friend 好感度刷满后,我死在青梅面前 Su Mu transmigrates into the body of a patient with terminal bone cancer and obtains the “Happy Life Simulator.” The more deeply he influences a simulated world, country, or the people around him, the longer his life can be extended. [In your first simulation, you obtain the gold trait “Heaven’s Envy”: your life is short, but your talent is unparalleled.] [You are born into the world and gain a childhood sweetheart.] [You protect her from your tender childhood through your passionate youth. You 6.7kReads8.4Score57914d adds
- 65 Only When They Learned I Was Dying Did They Realize How Much I Mattered 得知我命尽,她们才发现我的重要 He was adopted as a child, but after his adoptive parents suddenly passed away, those women treated him like a jinx. His household registration was even transferred to a driver's name. Song Bei didn't care, though, and dutifully did everything he was asked. He spent his whole life studying and researching his eldest sister's strange illness, sacrificing his entire childhood, only to be regarded as an uneducated good-for-nothing. His sisters never waited for him to eat, but he learned to cook for 878Reads8.3Score10114d adds
- 66 Only When He Scattered My Ashes in the Rain Did He Realize I Was Truly Dead 我骨灰被他扬在雨里时,他才知我真的死了 Only when he scattered my ashes into the rain did he realize I was really dead. 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 After I Died, the Little White Snake Went on a Killing Spree 我死后,小白蛇杀疯了 After I died, the little white snake went on a rampage. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Child Who Couldn’t Reach the Stars 摘不到星星的孩子 Once upon a time, there was a small city called Xinghai. In the city lived a child named Luo Xi. He had a wish: to have a “star” of his very own. For him, getting this star was difficult. For you, getting this star is easy. This star is called home. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 My Spoiled, Bossy Female CEO 我的刁蛮女总裁 He doesn't know what love is. When one relationship after another comes his way unexpectedly, he decides to choose one and love wholeheartedly. Yet whenever he feels happiness is just around the corner, he discovers that it's nothing more than a cruel joke played by fate. Swept along by destiny, he wanders through a life of hardship before returning to where he began, only to find that nothing has changed. The confusion of being human, the anguish of loving someone you cannot have: perhaps life 57Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 70 In Another World, I Pick Up an Amnesiac Girl From the Start 人在异界,开局捡到个失忆少女 One female lead, a little angst, loads of sweetness, a DNF reskin story A boy with fragmented memories transmigrates to another world, where he meets an amnesiac girl and begins a sweet everyday life. “By the way, didn’t you lose your memory? How do you know so much?” Lin Mo asked the bold girl in front of him, puzzled. “Lin Mo taught me,” Seria replied sweetly, though she kept one thought to herself: “But in the future.” A new author with a new book. The first ten chapters really are a bit rou —Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 71 Loving You Is a Wound I Don’t Dare Touch 爱你是不敢碰的伤 A love story between a poor lawyer and a plastic surgeon. Loving you is a one-man show, played by me alone. Life is vast, and meeting you was both fate and a misfortune. I never ask for anything in return. I only hope I can hold on to my kindness and innocence. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Reporting, Madam: Mr. Mo Is Really Dead This Time 报告夫人,墨总他这次真死了 [Chasing her husband to win him back + heartbreak + reborn + male lead abuses female lead] “Mo Yunchen, go to hell!” She drove a dagger into his chest and walked away with a smile. He had late-stage lung cancer, yet cut off his own leg for her. She said, “I'll love you only when you're dead.” She watched as her own beloved, the man she had always cherished, had his bone marrow extracted, his fingers broken, and was whipped, before being thrown alive into a snake pit to be devoured. Tears of regr 119Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 73 The Pitiful Kid Reinvents Himself as a Mad Young Master, Going on a Rampage and Beating Everyone 小可怜爆改癫少,发疯锤爆所有人 [Unhinged + Goofy + Hilarious + Power Fantasy + Showbiz + Real and Fake Young Masters + No Romance] Ye Ling opens his eyes to find he has become the real young master of a wealthy family in a novel! His eldest sister is a cold, aloof CEO. His second sister is a famous lawyer. By day, his third sister is a model; by night, she is a street racer. But they all have one thing in common: they favor the fake young master. They make their real little brother live in the worst room. They feed him whatev 1.7kReads7.1Score10014d adds
- 74 Longing for Yun's Return 念云归 [Angsty! Angsty! Angsty! Short tragic historical romance, princess sent abroad for a political marriage] Huan Yun’s childhood name was Yun’er. From the time she was little, her mother held her close and softly sang, “Yun’er, come home. Yun’er, come home.” Yun’er never went anywhere. Mother, why do you sigh like that? In the sixteenth year of Jianzhao, Huan Yun passed away quietly in the Wuyou Palace. Mother, you don’t know. Yun’er can never return home again... 294Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 75 I Miss You So Much, But I Don't Know How to Be Reborn and See You Again 我好想你,但又不知道用什么方式重生再见你 I miss you so much, but I don't know how to be reborn and see you again. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 After the Divorce, My Ice-Cold Ex-Wife Regretted It 离婚后,高冷前妻后悔了 (Not a wish-fulfillment story; focused on relationships) “Can you cure me?” Liang Ling looked at the somewhat haggard man in front of her, filled with curiosity. For certain special reasons, she was sure this was the male protagonist from a trending news story less than half a month ago: Yu Chen. The character “Chen” means an ancient portable brazier. “Gathering firewood from the mulberry tree, I warm myself by the brazier.” As a psychological counselor, she was very sensitive to details. From t 3.2kReads7.7Score17214d adds
- 77 My Last Two Months: I Want to Say a Proper Goodbye to the World 最后两个月,我想与世界好好告别 At eighteen, in the prime of my youth, I was diagnosed with a terminal illness. I had only two months left to live. But I couldn't bear to leave my loving parents, my doting grandparents, or the friends and family I cherished most… Since I couldn't change the fact that I was going to die, I wanted to choose how to spend the final stretch of my life. I'd make the most of my last two months in this world and say a proper goodbye to it. 1.3kReads8.7Score10314d adds
- 78 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
- 79 At My Wedding, I Cut Ties with My Entire Family! 婚礼现场,我和全家断绝关系! Ning Muyun was reborn. He was the only son of the wealthy Ning family of the Magic City. In his previous life, he was kidnapped when he was three! He was sent to an orphanage, where he grew up alone and helpless. At sixteen, he was brought back to the Ning family, and that very day, he was granted a marriage match that most people could only dream of. He thought these were two great blessings, but the next fourteen years of his life brought him nothing but endless pain... His father abused him, 12.5kReads7.3Score98214d adds
- 80 Hated by Everyone in Life, I Became Their Beloved After Death 生前万人嫌,死后却成了白月光 [Redemption] [Sweet Romance] [Healing] Senior high school student Chen Shu suddenly gains a superpower: he will be eighteen forever. He starts by using his power to enjoy a free feast of rare delicacies. Then he meets a girl on a bridge who is about to take her own life. With his superpower, he begins a romance with her... One that will never end. 1.7kReads8.7Score15014d adds
- 81 You Said You’d Kill Me, So Why Do You Regret It Now? 说好的要杀我,你们怎么后悔了 [Xianxia Fantasy + Memories Revealed + No System + One Heroine + Tragedy + Slow Burn] A friendly warning: This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! Important things must be said three times! Before the Heavenly Void Palace. “Chen Zun, you murdered your master and betrayed the Dao. You personally trapped me in a ten-thousand-year ice cave to suffer punishment. Today, you will pay with your life!” “Demon Lord, you slaughtered 3.9kReads8.3Score37014d adds
- 82 He's Just a Fool 他只是个傻子 [Boys' Love / melodrama / happy ending / modern / angst / win-back romance / silly fool fiction] Qin Yun was deemed a failure and sent to a remote mountain village to oversee the management of a mine. There he met a fool. Though dim-witted, the fool was good at taking care of others. In this impoverished backwater, Qin Yun made a move on the only little fool he found tolerable to look at. But after hurting him recklessly again and again, Qin Yun never expected the fool to say he didn't love him 62Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 83 Don’t Ask Me to Forgive You. I Just Want to Die with Dignity 别求我原谅,我只想从容赴死 [Regret and remorse] [No forgiveness] [Extreme sports] [Livestream] [Protagonist dies] Lu He enjoyed less than a month of happiness in the first half of his life. His mother became a vegetable, and they blamed him. The family business was struggling, and they blamed him. Even when his adopted younger brother only got a minor scrape, they blamed him. And now, ALS had come for him too. He was about to die. Why should he still be sensible and obedient, constantly making things difficult for himself 1.1kReads8.5Score10314d adds
- 84 I Wish I Could Die in a Dream in Tokyo 如果能在东京的梦中死去就好了 I Wish I Could Die in a Dream of Tokyo 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 I'm Dying, So Why Are You Still Begging Me to Forgive You? 我要死了,你干嘛还要跪求原谅? [One Female Lead] [Regret and Face-Slapping] [Bad-End Romance] [A Story of Redemption] Ye Yuchen was the kind of well-behaved, considerate, gentle boy other families wished they had. But he lived in a home where his family froze him out. He had an older brother and a younger sister, and his awkward place in the family made him the least loved of them all. It was only during a routine hospital checkup that he learned he had less than two years to live. The laughable part was that no one visited h 278Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 86 The Great Army 大军 The Great Army 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 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
- 88 The Azure Phoenix Chronicles: Soaring 青鸾志:扶摇 [A little angst + traditional fantasy demon-slaying + passionate action + political intrigue + a protagonist who actually thinks] Our protagonist carries the blood of both humans and demons, making him unwelcome among either race. This is a story about someone struck by tragedy from the start, who gradually breaks free from the chains of fate... The protagonist slowly rises to prominence within a human sect, but after his identity is exposed, he has no choice but to defect to the demon race. Eve 1Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 89 Everyone Hoped I'd Die, but After I Did, They Wept 世人皆盼我死,我死后,他们哭了 [Patriotic + passionate + moving + vivid plot + well-rounded supporting cast] Three years ago, he was celebrated by everyone, showered with accolades and admiration. Three years later, he was burdened with a notorious reputation and cursed and reviled by everyone. No one knew what he had gone through during those three years. All they knew was that he had changed... He had become cold-blooded, numb, and cruel! He turned his blade against his own people and betrayed the land that had raised him! 6.4kReads8.2Score57614d adds
- 90 After I Died Miserably of Stomach Cancer, My Seven Sisters Regretted It 身患胃癌惨死后,七个姐姐后悔了 [Clearing his name / No forgiveness / No cultivation] “I’m going to kick Lin Luo out of the Lin family. Lin Qitian is the only young master in our family.” Lin Chuyue, the eldest sister and CEO of a multinational conglomerate, said coldly. Their second sister, a famous actress; their third, a brilliant surgeon; their fourth, a computer genius; their fifth, a top military officer; their sixth, a renowned voice actor; and their seventh, a hugely popular campus beauty all agreed! But just as they w 773Reads8.3Score11814d adds
- 91 I'm Sorry! Thank You 对不起!谢谢你 She slowly lay on her side on the marble bench. She took off the scarf around her neck and covered one eye with it, then curled up slightly, still lying on her side, with her legs pressed tightly together. Through a narrow gap in the scarf, she gazed at the sky, her eyes hollow, as if all life had left them. A cold wind swept past, ruffling her hair. People passing by occasionally glanced at her, but she didn't react. Then a piercing beam of light fell on her eyes. She raised a hand slightly to 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Girl I Helped Turned Out to Be My New Transfer-Classmate 出手帮助的女孩子竟是转校新同桌 Years after graduating, Luo Yuying found an old, yellowed diary. Its pages told her story from another person's point of view. “Ying, do you know I've liked you for a long time?” “Do you know how happy I was when I ran into you at the barbecue place that day? “As I got to know you, I found out what a thoughtful, warmhearted boy you are. “I don't know when I first fell for you. Your wounds made my heart ache, and your words stirred my emotions. “We shared difficult yet tender times. We liste 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 After Leaving the Game: I Became a Legend on My Own Merit 弃局之后:我凭实力封神 After the Xiao family goes bankrupt, they regret everything and beg Xiao Chen, now a top-tier star and the richest man around, to come home. Xiao Chen looks at them coldly. “We cut ties a long time ago. Why are you asking me to come back?” In his previous life, his parents favored his twin brother, Xiao Ming, and treated Xiao Chen like a jinx. They sent Xiao Chen to live with his grandmother in the countryside and abandoned him there. His younger brother inherited the Xiao Group, which became Ji 6.5kReads8.0Score50714d adds
- 94 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
- 95 Why Does Anyone Think I’ll Definitely Be There When She Looks Back? 怎么有人觉得她回头我就一定在呢 [No angst, no cheating, everyday romance.] "People are so strange. I liked her for so many years and did everything for her willingly, yet one sentence from her was enough to make me give up completely." Lin Bai and Wen Rou were childhood friends. They had known each other for years, and Lin Bai had loved her for just as long. "I don't like you, Lin Bai. You're so annoying." See? Deep down, you knew she never liked you. You just liked fooling yourself, getting sentimental over your own devotion, 200Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 96 My Rich and Beautiful Girlfriend 我的白富美女友 [Modern city, pure romance] My girlfriend is full of surprises. She’s a beautiful rich heiress, and she seems aloof on the surface, but in private she’s completely different. She loves me dearly, but I don’t think I’m good enough for her, so I’ve tried to leave her again and again. The first time I left, I told her I was going out of town on vacation. She gave me a whole box of origami cranes, a thousand of them in all, each marked with her delicate handwriting: “I love you. I’ll wait for you to 4.6kReads6.2Score53814d adds
- 97 My Fiancée Lied About a Company Retreat to Rekindle Things With Her Old Flame 未婚妻为了和白月光再续前缘,谎称公司团建 His fiancée lied that she was going on a company team-building trip so she could rekindle things with her old flame. 40Reads—Score214d adds
- 98 With Two Years Left to Live, My Seven Sisters Beg Me to Forgive Them 命剩下两年,七个姐姐跪求我原谅 [One heroine][Entrepreneurship][Regret and redemption][Romance] Chu Yan once thought he was the happiest man in the world. He had seven stunning older sisters who doted on him. Everything changed when the Chu family found their real son. It turned out… he was only a substitute. Before Chu Yan could tell his family he had been diagnosed with brain cancer, they kicked him out of the Chu household. Then his real family came looking for him and took him in. With only two years left to live, Chu Yan 1.2kReads8.8Score15814d adds
- 99 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
- 100 My Years in the Wedding Business 我干婚庆这些年 [Life's Big Events + Wedding Industry + Northeastern Comedy + Everyday Family Life + Rich Older Women + Older Sisters] Jin Ge is a male makeup artist and photographer. After personally reporting his biological father and sending him to prison, he returned to his hometown to protect his mother from his father's enemies. He took over the family wedding business, and because of his professional makeup skills, many couples hired him to handle their weddings. The work also gave him a chance to see wh 7.9kReads8.8Score87314d adds

















































