The Hero Secretly Loves the Heroine, but She Thinks He Likes Someone Else 男主暗恋女主，但女主以为男主喜欢别人。

1. 51 周 Team Leader Zhou Is Secretly in Love with Me 周队竟然暗恋我 Qu Buzhi曲不知Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted [A tough, rugged firefighter and a sweet, gentle university lecturer] [His perspective: unrequited love comes true x her perspective: marriage first, love later] [Everyday life + both leads are each other’s first and only + slow-burn romance + short story] Fan Xing registered her marriage to a firefighter. Then she got trapped at the top of a ten-meter-tall tree. Zhou Ran never imagined that his first meeting with his wife after their wedding would be in a tree. After rescuing her, the firefight 6.1kReads9.3Score784Shelves
2. 52 纯 A Fall into Pure Love 纯爱坠落 Nan Yining南易浓Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted Chi Xiang's love for Huo Yirong filled her entire youth. She thought that if she loved him with all her heart, one day she would receive the same love in return. But time and again, when Chi Xiang needed Huo Yirong most, he was nowhere to be found: not outside the cold morgue, not when she lost someone dear to her. Only then did she realize that the marriage she'd fought so hard to maintain was meaningless. Ji Chenguang shone into her heart like a beam of light, sharp and bright. Chi Xiang imagi 11Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 53 霜 Frost Wind Knows My Heart 霜飔知意 Mo Yun墨妘Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted [A cool, sharp-witted doctor who plans every move] vs. [A gentle, refined CEO who gradually falls for her] [School life at first, city life later. Sweet romance, secret love, both leads are each other's only one, one-on-one romance, happy ending, doting romance, and a remorseful CEO chasing his wife] Chen Yi is aloof, cool, and quiet. Later, when she is with him, she is also the kind, warmhearted person who plans every move. In high school, the two of them never crossed paths. Now that fate has 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The man ✨🍒 tied the hands of the woman in his arms behind his back with a tie. "Qingqing, I miss you very much."💢"Don't Mr. Yun already have a wife?" 🌻The two of them touched their foreheads, and the man murmured in a low and hoarse voice: "Qingqing, there is no one else, it has always been you."

4. 54 他 His Burden 他的累赘 Dandelion Drifting Down飘落的蒲公英Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Secret Crush + Sweet and Angsty Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Personal Growth + Mutual Devotion + A Captivating Side Couple] One believes the other never said he liked her, and that everything was nothing more than wishful thinking. The other thinks she broke her promise. They had an unspoken understanding, yet she betrayed him without a second thought. After seeing her “get married” with his own eyes, then hearing her say “I like you” with his own ears, the feelings he had suppressed f 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Two naughty people deliberately have a secret love, but they also misunderstand and are jealous of each other!

5. 55 温 Professor Wen, I'll Wait for You in the Future 温教授，我在未来等你 Edamame Lover爱吃醋毛豆Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted When office worker Jiang Xiao Yu returned to her alma mater for its seventieth-anniversary celebration, she felt a dusty physics book tucked into a crack in a wall in a corner of the library. On a whim, she took it home. She fell asleep, and when she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a boy’s dormitory in 2019, lying on a bed and staring into a pair of eyes filled with shock and restrained anger. Wen Ci Yan, a genius in the physics department, was tearing his hair out over a crucial pro 3.4kReads8.4Score426Shelves

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   I have just discovered this book after twenty years of reading. I followed it until the early hours of the morning. The heroine travels to 2019 and meets the male protagonist. The male and female protagonists flirt with each other to the extreme. The plot is novel and interesting. The male protagonist loves the female protagonist deeply and redeems each other. I love this book so much.

6. 56 不 My Unbreakable Nemesis Has a Secret Crush on Me 不磨不灭的死对头竟然暗恋我 Five Jin Owed Fish五斤欠鱼Modern Romance125k WordsOngoing This book is a jumble of reflections on all kinds of books, along with assorted thoughts on films and television. The “unrelenting nemesis” refers to those hard-to-understand, impossible-to-forget, unavoidable uncertainties encountered during one’s years of study. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The first book is about happy enemies, and the second book is about the poisonous and yandere male protagonist's journey to pursue his wife.

7. 57 一 One-Day Escape 一日逃离 Fu Ma覆马Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Short drama now streaming. A full-length drama adaptation has been signed.] Mutual salvation, a death loop, fantasy suspense, parallel worlds, a lighthearted tone, and a happy ending. August 1. On her way to a class reunion, Kong Shu was killed by Shen Xiangyan, whom she had secretly loved for three years. But then she came back to life. Only to be killed by Shen Xiangyan again. She realized she was trapped in a bizarre situation, but the first thing she did was find Shen Xiangyan and curse him 17kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
8. 58 量 Quantum Entanglement 量子的纠缠 Little Zhuangzhuang小妆妆Modern Romance634k WordsCompleted He is a powerful figure in the entertainment industry, a scheming playboy. She is an ordinary fan, a timid little rabbit. After an accident, he coerces her into marriage and forces her to fall in love with him. Just as their relationship begins to warm up, his former girlfriends, unwilling to let go, come one after another to tear them apart. Heartbroken, she miscarries and resolutely divorces him. Even after the divorce, neither can let go of the other. Once again, he shows the same forceful re 1.1kReads—Score109Shelves

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   The male protagonist is a singing superstar, and the female protagonist is an amateur fan. She has been chasing stars for many years. After graduation, she worked hard in the male protagonist's company and was unexpectedly forced to marry her. After the marriage, the male protagonist doted on her, but she still thought that the male protagonist did not love her and would always be secretly sad. Once, she misunderstood that the male protagonist was cheating on her. 💚, Cried miserably for a long time, and ran away from home in despair. After being found by the male protagonist, she threw herself into his arms and cried loudly. The male protagonist carried her back home sadly. She lay on his back and asked weakly: From now on... Can you... Don't go to... Those women... What you want... I can... Give it to you... Her voice became smaller and smaller, but he heard it very clearly, and his heart was filled with emotions. After all, she had not been touched by him yet [Cool]

9. 59 爱 Love Like the Tide: A Song of Secret Longing 爱如潮水~吟唱一首暗恋的歌 Sha Yu莎于13k WordsCompleted Love, like the tide~ Sing a song of secret love. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   True secret love story

10. 60 云 Cloud Recesses 云之羽 Gu Xiaosheng顾晓声Female-Channel Fanfiction389k WordsCompleted [Novel adaptation of the hit drama My Journey to You] She is a female spy with no control over her own fate. Infiltrating the “bride selection” and winning over that man is her only chance at freedom. He is uneducated and unskilled, yet forced to become the heir. He braves trial after trial in pursuit of revenge, but what lies behind the truth? Chosen as his bride, she is swept into a web of intrigue and conflict. Amid the night rain of the martial world, growth, loyalty, faith, and love take sh 5.2kReads8.8Score482Shelves

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    I prefer the habit of watching TV first and then reading novels, so that I can watch them twice with different feelings. These two novels are the Dream Return and the recently released TV series that I am currently watching. I didn't expect someone to write a novel so quickly, so I came to watch it. It's very good, and the same goes for Yun Zhiyu.

11. 61 暗 Secret Crush! Marriage Scam! Mr. Shi and His Whole Family Chase His Wife 暗恋！骗婚！时总追妻全家齐上阵 Wen Shushu温舒舒Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Flirtatious Chemistry + Marriage Before Love + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + Regretful Ex Tries to Win Her Back + A Touch of Comedy] Radiant, clear-headed beauty and auctioneer vs. devoted, scheming heir of a powerful capital family He Wenzhi left her in the rain to rush to another woman. Li Wan stepped into the downpour, and a black umbrella appeared over her head. She got into Shi Yanzhou's car. When it pulled up outside a hotel, she witnessed her boyfriend cheating with h 1.7kReads8.5Score201Shelves

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    There is no male protagonist chasing his wife through the crematorium + marriage first, love later. People in high positions retreat for love, but when they see their sweetheart is not doing well, they immediately appear to support her. Fortunately, some people were blind, and fortunately they did not miss it.

12. 62 京 The Ninth Master of the Capital’s Reborn Little Rose: Alluring Yet Obedient 京圈九爷的重生小玫瑰，又欲又乖 Eating Tomatoes Without Gaining Weight吃番茄不长胖Modern Romance652k WordsCompleted A short drama adapted from the author's novel Late Night, Don't Say My Name is now available. [Reborn romance + long-planned scheme + obsessive second male lead pursues his wife + the Ninth Lord takes the lead] In her previous life, Meng Mingxuan misunderstood the Ninth Lord, who doted on and loved her, believing he and her older sister were in a tragic love affair. She did everything she could to flee his side and married Yin Ting, a poor man whose profile resembled the Ninth Lord's. In the end 36.7kReads9.3Score12.3kShelves
13. 63 爱 No Escape from Love’s Ordeal: The CEO’s Boundless Devotion 爱劫难逃：首席宠七无度 Ye Xiaoxiao叶晓晓Modern Romance182k WordsCompleted “Lu Qiqi, about last night...” Lu Qiqi is badly startled by Lin Yuchen’s words. She never imagined she’d have anything to do with the mysterious, aristocratic Master Lin, the richest man in the capital. But ever since they performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation together, she’s been coveting his lips every night. “Anyway, I can’t remember what it felt like, so let’s just forget it.” But Master Lin replies earnestly, “Actually, nothing happened between us.” The longest road Lu Qiqi has ever walked 2Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 64 明 Xiao Xiao in the Late Ming 明末肖晓 Wukong Doesn't Get Carsick悟空不晕车Historical242k WordsCompleted Xiao Xiao's name evokes the sun and moon, promising a bright future… By accident, he transmigrates to the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign in the Ming dynasty. The protagonist gains a System, trains in martial arts, builds a special forces unit, and develops a special economic zone… He encounters martial arts masters from all walks of life… He battles the Qing army, crushes rebel bands, wipes out pirates, and leads his troops into Siberia... It's a long story. The journey starts now! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 65 狼 The Werewolf Boss Is Way Too Clingy 狼人BOSS太黏人 Black or White非黑即白Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted On my way to work, I accidentally crashed into a werewolf boss's luxury car. To my surprise, he didn't ask me to pay for the damage. He only wanted me to marry him. I thought I'd hit the jackpot and found true love, but after I got pregnant, I learned he had only seen me as a stand-in for his unattainable first love. Once I learned the truth, I fled with our baby as fast as I could, but the werewolf boss went mad. —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 血 Blood Moon Werewolf 血月狼人 Yin Xizhen尹熙真Mystery4k WordsCompleted Blood Moon Werewolf 3Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 67 订 Six Years After Our Engagement, His Fortune-Telling Wife Vanished 订婚后，他的算命妻子失踪了六年 Yi Luo苡洛Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine, mysticism + suspense + supernatural + satisfying revenge + adorable pets and kids] She said she could suppress the baleful energy around him, and he agreed to the marriage their families had arranged. She followed him to the capital, where she exposed one hidden conspiracy after another. But after their engagement, she disappeared. Six years later, she returned with twins, a boy and a girl... * After weathering countless hardships, she became a renowned mystic and opened a feng 2.3kReads9.3Score417Shelves
18. 68 嫁 After Marrying the Comatose Heir, I Took Charge of the Entire Marquis's Household 嫁给昏迷世子后，整个侯府我当家 Twenty-Fourth Month of Autumn二十四月秋Ancient Romance961k WordsCompleted [Historical Romance, Household Intrigue + Marriage Before Love + Love Grows Over Time + Both Pure, One-on-One] [Clear-Headed, Rational Female Lead vs. Cool-Headed, Warm-Hearted, Sincere Male Lead] Yan Shunian was born into the body of a minor official’s daughter in the capital and grew up at her maternal grandparents’ home in Jiangnan. But just as she reached marriageable age, her parents arranged a match for her and summoned her home to get married. She had been born into this feudal society 5.4kReads8.5Score699Shelves
19. 69 恶 The Wicked Woman Enters the Palace as a Consort: A Little Arrogance Is Only Fair 恶女入宫为妃，跋扈一点很合理吧 Pine Blossom Candy松花糖Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is out now. Search for it on Fanqie to watch. [Palace Intrigue Power Fantasy + Not a Clean Romance + Being the Emperor’s Mother Is Better Than Being His Consort] Every woman in the harem hopes to win Emperor Jingrong’s favor, but Yuan Yuntang sees the emperor only as a tool for having children. Women in ancient times had to marry sooner or later anyway, so she might as well marry the most powerful man of all. After all, Emperor Jingrong has a great figure, a handsome face, and a 16.1kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
20. 70 首 My Commander Father Wants to Claim Me. After He Does, He Calls Me a Leaky Cotton Jacket 首长亲爹求相认，认完骂我漏风棉 Yingying Zhao英英昭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed [Era + military marriage + real heiress + adored by everyone + heroine is incredible at putting people in their place and beating them up] After sacrificing her life for her country, modern computer genius Jiang Tiange was reborn into her own past life. But that past life had been a miserable one: she was the real heiress, yet had been maliciously switched at birth, beaten and cursed, and forced to marry an abusive second-time husband. After she died miserably, her body was sold for a 33.6kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves
21. 71 疯 Mad Empress: I’ll Be the Harem’s Number One White Lotus 疯批皇后，争做后宫第一白莲花 Luo Zhi洛枝Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a fictional setting + highly intelligent heroine in palace intrigue + face-slapping + a volatile, multifaceted personality + not a clean romance] Lin Junxue transmigrated to the Xie Dynasty, an era that had never existed in history, and ended up as an unloved empress who had no idea how she died. She’d thought she was a powerless, unloved empress, but it turned out the original owner’s father was a first-rank military marquis, a loyal servant of the court for three generatio 14.3kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
22. 72 重 Reborn as the Legitimate Bride: The Greatest Schemer Bows to Me 重生嫡嫁，第一奸臣他为我折了腰 Manzhu曼珠Ancient Romance471k WordsCompleted [Pure Villain + Original Male Lead Reclaims His Role + Power Struggles + Household Intrigue + Devoted to Each Other] [Female Lead, Male Lead Reborn! Female Supporting Character Transmigrates into a Book!] In her previous life, Jiang Yi gave everything to help Chu Peishi rise to the top. But in the end, her father and brothers died horribly, her sister-in-law was turned into a human swine, and the Jiang family met a terrible fate. Jiang Yi was demoted to concubine, and after every last bit of her 219Reads8.2Score—Shelves
23. 73 重 Reborn from the Start, I'm Definitely Becoming This Master's Disciple 重生开局，这个师尊我当定了 Gentle Rain, Sleepy Sleepy轻雨眠眠Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After being a wandering ghost for a hundred years, Li Qingqing discovers that she's actually the cannon-fodder female character in a harem fantasy. In her previous life, the master of Lingqin Peak and her senior sisters all died at the hands of demonic cultivators in a secret realm. She survived and transferred to Spirit Medicine Peak with her junior sister, who was so fat she could barely walk. But who could have guessed that her junior sister had transmigrated into a book? Not only could she r 18.9kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
24. 74 奢 Lavish Indulgence 奢宠 Little Tower Laughs at the East Wind小楼笑东风Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Strong Male and Female Leads + Well-Matched + Reborn Romance] Reborn overnight, she became the only daughter of one of the capital’s most powerful families! Her father held a high-ranking position, her mother controlled a financial empire, and her grandfather was a living legend of the capital. As the apple of everyone’s eye, Leng Yunqi looked calmly at the ex-boyfriend who had betrayed her in her previous life. Hah! Even if you’re a “god” in the business world, I’ll still crush you underfoot u 12.8kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
25. 75 上 I Broke Off My Engagement with the Army in the Morning, Then Was Matched with a Commander by Afternoon 上午随军退婚，下午指婚嫁首长 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted 1970s + period setting + substitute marriage + military marriage + devoted couple Qin Shu opened her eyes to find herself on a train, held hostage by a criminal with a gun pressed to her forehead. Her life was hanging by a thread. From the memories she inherited, she learned that the original owner had been sent to marry a soldier in someone else’s place. First, she beat the criminal senseless and secured herself a job at the Public Security Bureau. Then she went to the military base to find th 21kReads8.7Score2.3kShelves
26. 76 杀 After Returning to the Capital for Revenge, She Is Cherished by the Prince Regent 杀回帝京后被摄政王娇宠了 Lush Reeds葭葭苍苍Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Cool, aloof daughter of a high-ranking minister x regent with power over the court] [Equally powerful leads + devoted love + one-on-one romance + revenge + second male lead chases her back + stunning heroine + deeply devoted hero + happy ending] Gu Xiyan was born into a prestigious family, but when she was young, her scumbag father drove her out of the capital. She disappeared into the countryside from then on. Then came devastating news: her older sister died in a fire on her wedding day, unde 2.1kReads8.4Score254Shelves
27. 77 重 Reborn, I Spent a Night of Passion with My Scumbag Husband’s Older Brother 重生后，和渣夫兄长春风一度了 A Plump Little Tangerine一颗胖橘子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Jiang Yuanxiang was the Grand Princess of Great Sheng, a woman whose status far exceeded her virtue. She was hot-tempered, whipping her sisters and framing her brother; She was narrow-minded and intolerant, and tortured her servants to death; She was jealous, unable to bear children herself yet forbidding her husband from taking concubines; She was extravagant and debauched, living in luxury, having affairs, and lacking all virtue; She was skilled in political intrigue, bui 2.8kReads8.3Score315Shelves
28. 78 容 The Sickly Young Master of the Rong Family Is a Little Toxic 容家那个病秧子，有点毒 Snow Sheng Winter Solstice雪笙冬至Ancient Romance549k WordsCompleted Rong Jiuyue, the orphaned daughter of the Great General Who Protects the Nation, was born with the beauty of a celestial: almond eyes, rosy cheeks, and a delicate, supple figure. Every smile and frown of hers was breathtaking. Rumor had it that she grew up in the countryside, was frail, and was the sickly daughter no one in the Rong family cared about. But then, who was the woman uprooting a willow tree, punching out a bandit chief, and swinging a cleaver as she cut down enemy after enemy? One d 5.7kReads8.9Score727Shelves
29. 79 分 After the Breakup, the Capital's Powerful Heir Turns Dark and Forces Me Into a Relationship 分手后，京圈大佬阴暗发疯搞强制 White Mustard Seed Fire白芥子火Modern Romance551k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + sweet, satisfying revenge on scumbags + heiress of the capital’s elite + one-on-one, both leads inexperienced + CEO + villain] Meng Qingyao transmigrated into a book. She became a domineering, arrogant, lawless heiress from the capital’s elite circle. Meng Qingyao was thrilled. Could a good life like this really fall into her lap? When people get rich, the first thing they forget is where they came from. That very night, Meng Qingyao took the most handsome man in the 3.8kReads8.3Score278Shelves
30. 80 真 The Real Heiress Returns, Young Master Lu, Back for Seconds? 真千金回归，陆少你又吃回头草 Gu Songhua顾淞婳Modern Romance224k WordsOngoing [Face-Slapping Feel-Good Story] [Sweet Romance] [Both Leads Are Each Other's Only One] [Mutual Devotion] [Happy Ending] [Sweet and Talented Heiress vs. Arrogant, Possessive CEO] When she wakes up, Shen Qingyan has finally returned to her own body. After having it taken over by a transmigrator for two years, she learns that she is actually inside a novel called The Delicate Wife: Young Master Lu Spoils Her Without Restraint. * In the story, Shen Qingyan is the real daughter of the Shen family, on 2Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    The heroine went from being a substitute who was plotted to counterattacking after returning to the family, which is sweet and refreshing! Lu Shao and Lu Yanci's affectionate guardianship is even more addictive. Ever since the heroine returned, she has been cheating all the way, from being plotted to counterattacking, and slapping those who once looked down on her in the face. If you want to read a refreshing novel, please read this novel.

31. 81 那 What That Girl Wants to Tell You 那女孩想对你说 Mo Kaila莫凯拉Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted If Jin Ruofeng was Mo Xiaoju's tribulation in love, then Liu Yuyan's tribulation in love was Mo Xiaoju; If Jin Ruofeng became the inner demon Mo Xiaoju could never fully purge, then Liu Yuyan was the antidote that saved her. On a midsummer night when she was sixteen, Jin Ruofeng could never have known that when Mo Xiaoju softly answered his question with, “Okay,” agreeing to give dating a try, it wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. She meant to keep that promise for the rest of their lives. Du 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It must be that you can't let go, so you feel so secretly in love that your heart aches! [Cry]

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