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- 1 The Cruelest Kindness 最狠的温柔 The Cruelest Tenderness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Evening Breeze We Never Reached 未赴的晚风 The Evening Breeze That Never Came —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Mountain Wind Lags Behind: Fragments of My Forty Years on Earth 山风慢半拍：我四十年的人间碎影 The Mountain Wind Lags Half a Beat: Shards of My Forty Years on Earth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Don't Mess With That Male Courtesan, He'll Kill You 别惹那个小倌，他要命 Don't mess with that boy toy. He'll take your life. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Let Go of That General, I'll Handle This 放开那个将军，让我来 Let go of that general. I'll handle him. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The One I Waited For Died for Their Country 我等的那个人殉了国 The One I Waited For Died for Their Country —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Like the Full Moon in the Sky 如满月当空 [Complete] [Tragic School Romance + Two Top Students + Mutual Salvation + Tragic Double Ending + Yearning and Tension + Sweet First, Then Heartbreaking] [Also known as: An Imperfect Story | Don't Think of Me] Fake Heiress X Repeat Exam Student. As a fake heiress, Xu Yanqiu left for the countryside before her adoptive parents could drive her away in disgust. It happened to be their senior year of high school. There, she met Xie Yihe, a laid-back, sharp-tongued boy whose mother had died and whos 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Ten Thousand Years from the Moonlight of That Year 我离那年的月光一万年 “I thought that childhood sweethearts who grew up together, innocent and carefree, could live a peaceful life by each other's side. Lu Jinqi, it seems our ending was written in the stars, but there's nowhere left for us to go.” A happy ending is the best ending. They were never meant to have one. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Mr. Fu, Your Wife Has Agreed to the Divorce 傅总，夫人已同意离婚 There are women who are very good at playing the devoted lover. You can deceive them, torment them, abandon them, and treat them like lowly ants, yet they will still love you deeply and be willing to give you everything. But the moment you fall in love with one of them, you lose. Shen Shumian once saw Fu Chen as a ray of light in her dark, sunless world. Until she married Fu Chen, and he personally pushed her into an even darker abyss. Shen Shumian had nothing to begin with. She was never afraid 1.1kReads6.4Score10014d adds
- 10 Will I Still Be Waiting for You on Your Birthday? 我还会等到你的生日吗 Will I Still Be Waiting for You on Your Birthday? 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 In My Next Life, I Don't Want to Be Just Classmate A 下辈子，我不想只是同学甲 [Youthful school life, top student girl vs. underachieving boy, both untouched, healing, tragic ending] (Cool, high-achieving beauty vs. cocky, rebellious underachiever) After what happened, Jian Ning’s parents decided to have another child. From then on, she became the kid her dad didn’t care for and her mom didn’t love. But she made them proud, earning the highest score in the county and getting into Jiangcheng No. 7 High School! Just when she thought she would get through high school in peace 23Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 12 He Has No Feelings for Me, But How Will I Know Unless I Try? 他心无我，不试怎知 (The ending of this story has now been added.) What do you do when the prince is a total jerk? [No female lead, unhinged, possessive, fiercely loyal.] [Jiyou Valley series] Sheng Ling: Come on, Xiao Bao'er, let me dote on you. Sheng Yunxiao: Don't come any closer! Sheng Yunying: You damn King Ling! I had a perfectly good wife, and you made her disappear? Content warnings: ① [Unlikable character] The top is a complete scumbag. ② [The top isn't sexually pure] Don't read if that bothers you. ③ [An 10Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 13 The Crime of Breaking Hearts 诛心之罪 They had loved each other desperately, only to become sworn enemies. When they meet again ten years later, he has risen from an unknown nobody to a ruthless general with power over the entire court, while the other has fallen from the exalted position of crown prince to the lowest of slaves in a conquered nation. Only after nearly losing his life at that man's hands does Bai Qingyan finally understand: this Ji Ning is no longer the person he once knew... A tangled affair ten years ago changed Ji 211Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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
- 15 Mistaken Identity (1) 错认（1） Mistaken Identity (1) 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Those Years, Those Letters, and the Woman I Never Met 那些年，那些信，那个素未谋面的她 Those Years, Those Letters, That Woman I’d Never Met —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 After I Paid Off My Debts and Left, Why Did They All Go Crazy? 还清债务离开后，她们怎么都疯了 After his parents were killed in a car accident, all Lin Che was left with were two things. A crushing mountain of debt. And a young woman so badly injured in the crash that she lay in the hospital, costing a fortune just to keep her alive each day. To pay off what he owed, Lin Che was forced to move among the women in his life. The CEO Jiang Wantang paid him to be a stand-in, then ruthlessly humiliated him. Xu Zhixia hated him to the core, yelling through red-rimmed eyes, “I’d rather die than b 12.2kReads7.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 18 After a Psycho Forced His Love on Me, I Fled While Pregnant 我被疯批强制爱后，带球跑路了 Forced Love + Over-the-Top Drama + A Love Born of Hatred + The Husband's Long Road to Redemption + Pregnancy-and-Birth Fiction + Madmen + Both Leads Are Virgins + Angsty and Satisfying Shen Muxing is framed by her stepsister and wrongfully imprisoned for five years. To get out early, she makes a deal with Qi Yankai, trading her dignity for a two-year reduction in her sentence. During her three years in prison, she's shoved into toilets, burned with cigarettes, carved with knives, and pierced 373Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Daybreak Is Coming, Part 1 天要亮了1 It’s almost daylight 1 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 A Tender Trap: Mr. Huo, Please Stop Tormenting Miss Gu 深情诱引，霍总求你别虐顾小姐了 [Both leads are inexperienced in love + tragic romance] The Gu family has a pair of twin beauties who are famous in Rongcheng. The older sister, Gu Aoxue, is a top student. The younger sister, Gu Lingshuang, is the school bully. On her eighteenth birthday, Gu Lingshuang met the down-and-out Huo Yichen and saved him from desperate straits. Later, she boldly confessed to him. “I like you. Will you be my boyfriend?” He wasn’t good with words, but he said yes. She considered him the best gift she co 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 He Breaks His Vows for Her! Mr. Zhou Gently Coaxes Her to Remarry 为她破戒！周先生轻声哄她复婚 [Divorce, whirlwind marriage, chasing his wife to the crematorium, secret identities] Just as the Mu Group is on the verge of bankruptcy, Mu Qiqi resolutely divorces her live-in husband and marries into a wealthy family to save the Mu family. She expects married life to be respectful and uneventful. But it turns out her new husband is none other than her ex-husband, the very man who used to live with her as her dependent spouse. He's clingy as glue, sticking to Mu Qiqi every moment of the da 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 A Hundred Days to Live: The Girl Who Fell from the Sky and I Walk Toward Eternal Silence 百日病逝，我和天降少女走向永寂 [No supernatural elements + One female lead + Short story + Reflections on life + Both leads die] Su Juan grew up ordinary in every way. Then he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, and the doctor told him he had just three months left. The leaves stirred in the breeze, and a cool wind brushed his face. The scenery was exactly the same, yet with his heart changed so dramatically, everything seemed different. Why had the snacks he'd eaten for years suddenly become so bitter? Even promises mad 29Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 23 After Prison, I Became the Lifelong Incurable Disease of President Fu 出狱后，成了傅总终生难愈的绝症 **Tortured Romance · The Chase After She Leaves · Physical and Emotional Abuse · A Truth-Fueled Counterattack** She was South City’s proudest red rose, and once saw him as the only light in her life. But that love became a hell he built for her with his own hands. Fu Sinian was convinced she had grievously harmed his “beloved,” and forged evidence dragged her into the abyss. Torture in prison, humiliating words carved into her skin, a forced kidney donation... He watched coldly, even helping it 1.6kReads—Score10414d adds
- 24 Though My Love Runs Deep, I Won't Turn Back 虽情深，不回头 Though our love runs deep, I will not turn back 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Mr. Gu, Don’t Panic. Your Wife Is About to Die 顾总你别急，夫人马上就要死了 President Gu, don’t panic. Your wife is about to die. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Taking Treasures Into My Pocket 娶物入囊 [Angst, Everyone Suffers + Revenge on Scumbags] The moment Jiang Hanyan’s veil was lifted, her happy smile froze. “You’re not Yun Lei. You’re Huo Yusheng...” From that moment on, driven by the deep-seated resentment he had harbored ever since his twin brother, Huo Yunlei, framed him in their youth, and convinced that Jiang Hanyan had caused his first love, Tang Yueran, to become paralyzed, the young master of the Huo family, Huo Yusheng, married the woman who was supposed to become his sister-in 139Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 27 Cold-Time Yu Yue: Beyond Dust and Illusion, All That Remains Is Love's Cruelty 冷时瑜月：不闻尘幻，流水尽虐情 "Xianxia Ensemble Cast + Everyone’s Favorite + Love Rivalry + Past and Present Lives + Everyone a Main Character + Each Romance Filled with Angst and Unfulfilled Longing + High-Stakes Warning for All Characters + Slow Burn" The moonlight is cold, and pear blossoms bloom and fall. If you knew history could never be changed, and that no matter how many times you traveled through time and space, the ending would always repeat itself, would you still cling to an impossible chance? … One moment of mi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I Wish I Could Forget You 多想忘了你 I Wish I Could Forget You 111Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A Home in the Next Life 下一世的家 Home in the Next Life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Deadly Knot: The Knot I Tied, Her World 死扣：我盘的扣子，她的人间 The Knot I Tied: Her World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The CEO Falls for His Wife, Who Seeks Redemption 总裁爱上赎罪妻 #Suspenseful Romance #Family Secrets #Misunderstandings #Obsessive CEO #Love and Loss #The Truth Revealed #Love and Hate #Rekindled Romance Three years ago, an accident claimed Lu Shiyan's beloved younger sister, and he pointed the finger at Su Wan's father. Three years later, the Su family has fallen into ruin, and Su Wan has become Lu Shiyan's "exclusive prisoner and pet." He treats her with icy indifference, yet lets tenderness slip through when he least expects it. She loathes him, yet when —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Late, but Not Yet Here 迟而未到 That summer, when he was fifteen, Chen Yu first met Liu Tianyin. He was dragging a woman toward the hospital stairwell, his face full of rage. Later, Chen Yu learned that the woman was the other woman who had broken up Liu Tianyin’s family, and the true culprit behind his mother’s death. A gentle, optimistic girl fell in love with a cold, lonely boy, driving the darkness from his world with her warm smile. Now, the person I met will find happiness in the end, and my story with him will fade away 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Day My Resume Was Torn Up, the Trillionaire Heir Was Waiting Downstairs 被撕简历那天，千亿太子爷在楼下等我 The Day My Resume Was Torn Up, the Trillionaire Heir Was Waiting for Me Downstairs —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 In Uniform, Yet Unable to Save the One Beside Me 一身警服，难渡枕边人 A police uniform, but he can’t bring the woman beside him to justice. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 I Owe You an Apology 欠君句抱歉 [Two male leads + one-on-one true love + heart-wrenching + mutual devotion + tragic ending] (Sorry, I used the wrong tags!) A Nian, two years ago, I promised to give you a sea of flowers. I opened a flower shop. When will you come by... It was my fault. I lost you. The call had lasted a full minute. Mu Chixing stared at it for a long time, as if making sure it was real. Then, with fingertips trembling slightly, he pressed answer. His voice was almost too hoarse to make a sound as he spoke: “ 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 One Temptation and I'm Hooked, Baby, You Can't Escape 一惹成瘾，宝贝休想逃 Their first meeting was supposed to be a transaction. The rumors that Luo Ziye had no interest in women were complete nonsense. After that night, he fell for her, and from then on, he protected Jiang Ruolin as she rose to become a movie queen, standing by her as her strongest support... 3Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 37 In Front of Millions, She Accused Me of Not Deserving to Be Her Brother 千万人面前，她控诉我不配做哥哥 Ordinary young man Zhan Beiting transmigrates in the most unfortunate way. Aside from a System that only reminds him how long he has left to live, he has no golden finger whatsoever. In his previous life, he was an orphan nobody cared about. In this life, he has a sister who isn't related to him by blood. To protect his sister, Zhan Beiting starts by standing up to his adoptive father, then gradually takes a path that leaves him seeming “heartless.” Years later, his sister returns with a new fac 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 My Youth, Your Stories 我的青春，你们的故事 A collection of several stories that will make your heart ache for the characters’ helplessness and despair. Time is the gentlest executioner. It takes away the ardor of youth, but leaves stories etched in wrinkles, so that every aging pupil holds a starry sky. The stories aren’t long, but they belong to our youth. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Villain: I Entered the Cycle of Reincarnation from the Start, and the Female Emperor Broke Down 反派：开局入轮回，女帝崩溃了 The mighty Heavenly Emperor, the Demon Heavenly Emperor Chu Hao, was so brutal and bloodthirsty that even his closest allies turned against him. His family, friends, and confidantes joined forces to seal him inside the Scroll of Reincarnation. Unexpectedly, he obtained a System, and the events of his past life began to unfold one by one within the scroll. As his life was laid bare before everyone, the Heavenly Emperors and Empresses who had once sealed him fell silent... 120Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 40 Sir, Don't Hurt Him Anymore, He's Learned to Obey 先生别虐了，他已乖乖听话 A twisted obsessive x a beautiful, strong, tragic man The Jiang family was wiped out overnight. “Let's grow up together.” As a child, Jiang Que followed Zhou Wang around, his face full of hope. “You can't stand by my side.” Zhou Wang teased him, amused. But standing behind Zhou Wang was still better than being looked down on by everyone else. When they were alone, Zhou Wang taught him the rules. At first, Jiang Que couldn't remember them and was beaten several times. After that, he never forgot. 6.3kReads8.4Score60814d adds
- 41 Song of Chaoge 朝歌辞 [Heartbreaking historical romance + love at first sight + powerful hero and heroine + separation and death + hidden identities] Everyone knows a bitter pill wrapped in sugar still tastes sweet! So let's say the important thing three times: sweet romance, sweet romance, sweet romance! A handsome young man rides home, only to stumble upon an assassination attempt. He casually saves a man in red, so why can't he get rid of him afterward? The man takes his hairpin and steals his Lovebug. When they m 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Those Years I Used the Male Lead as a Stand-In After I Transmigrated into a Book 穿书后把男主攻当替身那些年 [Looks like a 1v2, actually 1v1 | Two stand-ins | Scumbag finds true love → clear-eyed surrender | Winning him back at any cost | Face-slapping] [Clear-headed Omega Ji Yanshu × overbearing Alpha Fu Yantang] [The actor who knows he's acting × the audience who gets swept into the role] Ji Yanshu transmigrated into a melodramatic ABO novel as the stand-in for an overbearing Alpha's unattainable first love. The mission: Be his devoted doormat for four years, then take his own life at the wedding, a 3.4kReads8.3Score61014d adds
- 43 One Last Time, I Want You to See a Sunny Day 最后一次，我想让你看看晴天 One Last Time, I Want You to See a Sunny Day 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Her World Lasts Only Seven Seconds 她的世界只有七秒 Her World Lasts Only Seven Seconds 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Princess's Bones-Eating Torment: Imprisoned in the General's Bed 公主蚀骨，沦为将军榻上囚 Chang Xi never imagined that she, a highborn princess, would become a slave to the Di people. On a dark and windy night, she sneaks out, but Su Huai appears before her like a ghost. "Guess who will survive tonight?" The wind of his sword sweeps past her throat. When she wakes again, Chang Xi is hanging in a damp, gloomy dungeon. Su Huai locks her in an iron cage and lowers it into a pool. "How does it feel?" Chang Xi doesn't know why, but she can feel that this man hates her to the bone. He 570Reads—Score15614d adds
- 46 The 101st Sunny-Day Doll 第101个晴天娃娃 The 101st Sunny-Day Doll 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 On the Night I Nearly Bled to Death in Childbirth, My Husband Claimed He’d Fallen for Someone He Shouldn’t Love 难产血崩夜，夫君自称爱上不该爱的人 On the Night I Nearly Bled to Death in Childbirth, My Husband Claimed He’d Fallen for Someone He Shouldn’t Love 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Forbidden Love in Black 黑色禁恋 Dual male leads + unhinged characters + captivity + love growing over time + love and hate + split personality A father who jumped from a building, a mother with a bad leg, a younger sister still in elementary school, and him, weighed down by debt and forced to give up the woman he loved. Under the pressure, Gu Nianqing becomes Xu Yi’s canary, trapped in the palm of his hand and entering a life of dependence with no say of his own. At first, Xu Yi’s meticulous care warms Gu Nianqing’s heart, but 810Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 49 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
- 50 Honey, Could You Please Stop Running? 老婆，别跑了好吗？ #ForcedLove #MutualSalvation #ThePursuitAfterLosingHer #UnderworldBoss #HeEnjoysTormentingHerNowButWillBegForHerLater #EscapeAndPossession #AngstBeforeSweetness She is Wen Ruan, the illegitimate daughter the Wen family refuses to acknowledge. She travels abroad in search of a fresh start, but an accident brings her to the attention of the underworld's “Inferno”: Li Jin, a man tempered in bloodshed, with a vicious gaze and a domineering declaration of conquest. “From now on, you're mine.” A gilde 7Reads—Score—14d adds
