Any Stories Where the Male Lead Has Had a Secret Crush on the Female Lead for Years? 男主……嗯，没错男主暗恋女主N年的小说有没有

1. 651 在 Secretly in Love with You in Midsummer 在盛夏暗恋你 Sweet as a Round Bun甜甜如圆Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted [Well-Behaved, Hardworking Girl x Sincere, Gentle Boy] [One-on-One, Both Pure + First Love + School Romance + Unrequited Love Becomes Mutual + Reunion After Years Apart + Female Lead’s Perspective + Extra Sweet + Happy Ending] This is a little story about a secret crush. Lin Simian has a secret: after the high school entrance exams, she fell for a boy she had met only once. Her three years of unrequited love in high school were like fizzy soda, bittersweet and bubbling nonstop. Gu Jingyu was an 5.9kReads8.8Score788Shelves

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   This is a story of mutual unrequited love. The male lead falls for the female lead first. The main story is mostly told from the female lead's perspective, while the side stories are told from the male lead's perspective. However, it's quite obvious that the male lead likes the female lead. It's a very sweet and pure love story.

2. 652 重 Reborn: I’ll Make the Humble School Heartthrob Fall for Me 重生，绝对诱哄卑微校草 I Just Love Four Happiness Meatballs就爱四喜丸子Modern Romance185k WordsCompleted Female lead reborn, mutual secret crushes, a humble male lead, past and present lives. One-on-one romance, both leads devoted only to each other, happy ending, healing. The female lead speaks her mind, really does, and knows how to flirt with him. The male lead seems like a taciturn, aloof campus heartthrob, but inside he's a chatty little crybaby. The female lead's mind-reading ability only works on him. Xie Qichuan died in the hospital of respiratory failure. He wanted so badly to tell Xia He, 3.2kReads9.4Score431Shelves

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   I dare say this book is amazing! You definitely won't regret reading it. [Kissing emoji]

3. 653 小 Open Up, Sweetheart! Your Husband's Here to Get Our Marriage License 小乖乖开门，老公来抓你领证了 Round Little Egg圆滚滚蛋Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Sweet, gentle, adorably clueless airhead VS dark, obsessive, love-struck man] One day, Gu Jinmeng woke up and realized she was the cannon-fodder supporting character in a novel who sabotaged the relationship between the hero and heroine, only to suffer the consequences and die a miserable death. To stay alive, Gu Jinmeng swore to keep far away from Xie Yanlin, the male lead. But no matter what she did, she couldn't shake him off. Worse still, he kept looking at her with such burning intensity t 13.5kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves

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   Here are a few recommendations; all of them feature a male protagonist who has a crush on the female protagonist.

4. 654 暗 The Rose’s Disciple in the Dark of Night 暗夜，玫瑰的信徒 Peerless Princess无双公主Modern Romance247k WordsCompleted [Redemption] [Sweet Romance] [Mutual First Love] [Devoted Love] [Age Gap] [Secret Crush Turns Mutual] [Brooding, cold-hearted crime boss x noble, dazzling heiress] Qi Ye has a name he keeps buried deep in his heart: Xia Xinyan. In his life shrouded in darkness, she is his one and only longing, the one thing he yearns for! She is a star in the heavens, impossibly far away. He is a rat in the gutter. A secret love that felt like standing at the edge of an abyss, buried in darkness, lasted a full t 1.3kReads8.8Score101Shelves

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   This is the book! The male lead has silently loved the female lead for 13 years, always remaining her shadow knight. The plot is fast-paced and engaging; highly recommended!

5. 655 裴 Professor Pei, Can You Actually Handle It? 裴教授，你行不行啊 Empty Dream Flower空梦花Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A heart-meltingly sweet romance: an age gap, marriage first and love later, one-on-one and devoted, featuring a refined yet wicked professor and a quirky heiress. Scene One: Ye Yuncheng gazed pitifully at Pei Xiuyan. “Honey, I haven’t finished my homework. You know our counselor pretty well. Could you ask her not to check it, please?” Pei Xiuyan pressed his lips together and said nothing. But the next day, the counselor checked only Ye Yuncheng’s homework... When Pei Xiuyan came home from work, 14.5kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves

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   Yes, that's right. A crush, a crush for years, and finally my wish has come true! [Upvote][Upvote][Upvote]

6. 656 竹 My Childhood Friend’s Uncle Has Been Secretly in Love with Me for Eight Years 竹马的小叔竟然暗恋我八年 Jiujiu Cat纠纠猫Modern Romance247k WordsCompleted [Previously titled: Incense and Longing] He falls for her first + age gap + simmering tension Intangible Cultural Heritage incense-maker × rising tech tycoon - Anyone with eyes could see that Lin Qitan liked Jin Jiahuai. To outsiders, it seemed only a matter of time before the longtime Jin and Lin family friends became one family. At the start of the new year, Lin Qitan finally broke the unspoken barrier between them, only to have cold water dumped over her head. Jin Jiahuai had a girlfriend. Th 5kReads9.2Score766Shelves
7. 657 青 Green Hills Like Jade 青山似玉 Agate Squire玛瑙员外Modern Romance386k WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available) [Love after marriage, age gap, slow-burn everyday sweetness] *A gentle beauty from a family of scholars × a refined, fatherly man *A comic artist with a billion in assets × an influential Beijing aristocrat and chamber of commerce chairman Chu Shuang knew from childhood that she was promised to the Sheng family of the imperial capital, but she had never met her fiancé. Later, by a twist of fate, she moved into the Sheng residence and met her friend’s older br 140kReads9.5Score16.1kShelves
8. 658 炽 Blazing Wild Tenderness 炽野温柔 Jiu Wan九绾Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted [The print edition under the same title is now available on major platforms / The short drama under the same title is now streaming] [Gentle, resilient geology grad student x roguishly handsome tattoo artist / Age gap / Reunion after years apart / Saving each other] At a gathering, someone asked Xu Xing what she regretted most in her life. After thinking for a moment, she replied, “That I never got to let him hear my voice, never got to tell him I liked him, and never… found him.” - Four years a 30.9kReads9.5Score5.6kShelves
9. 659 穿 A Book Transmigration Plan to Save the Sick, Obsessive Villain Boss 穿书之病娇偏执反派大佬拯救计划 Cream Deer奶油鹿Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + sickly, obsessive male lead + healing and redemption + mutual devotion + angst first, sweetness later] Content warning: The male lead is a little twisted early on. This is not an empowering female-led wish-fulfillment story. Please don't leave a bad review for that. Thank you. Song Qingxian transmigrates into a book, taking the place of a supporting character who shares her name. Along with her comes an obsessive, possessive villain she can't shake off. The powerful villain is madly i 12.1kReads9.2Score852Shelves

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   🥃🥃At the very beginning, the female lead was pregnant. The villain knew she didn't love him and tried to keep her heart with the child, but she aborted it. The male lead went insane and died with her, saying, "The three of us will be together forever." Later, both the male and female leads were reborn in the book, and the female lead continued to heal the male lead. It's so sweet later on!

10. 660 快 Quick Transmigration: The Captive Life of a Sweet, Gentle Beauty in the Hands of Powerful Men 快穿：娇软美人被大佬囚禁之路 Qi Shuihan绮水寒Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [Obsessive, yandere male lead + timid, easily bullied female lead + coercive love + all kinds of confinement + melodrama and love-triangle showdowns galore + split male lead] Female lead's perspective: Yin Chuchu was an ordinary mortal, with a red thread tying her pinky finger to the soulmate she was destined to love for lifetime after lifetime. She should have been able to spend each life by her destined one's side. But then the Emperor of the Nether Abyss appeared, insisting that Yin Chuchu wa 3kReads7.2Score106Shelves
11. 661 被 After Being Forced into Love, I No Longer Want to Die 被强制爱后，厌世的我不想死了 Buddhist-Style Little Salty Fish佛系小咸鱼Two Male Leads842k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + 1v1 + forced love (the uke enjoys it) + mutual love at first sight + exclusive, doting affection from both sides + pure fluff] Gentle, carefree, aloof uke x crazed, possessive, twisted seme who wins his love through ruthless scheming * Han Jin, the only undying being in the void, was imprisoned by the gods. After enduring ten thousand years of torment, he broke free and slaughtered his way through the divine realm, seeking only death. As it turned out, the gods were all u 77.1kReads9.3Score10.5kShelves

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