Secret Crush Stories: She Likes Him, Suffers in the Early Stages, Then They Reunite After Years Apart 暗恋文，女暗恋男，前期心酸，后面久别重逢，

1. 201 剧 Trapped in the Script's World, I Become an NPC 剧本人间，沦陷NPC Snow Drifting Through the Borderlands边城飘雪10k WordsCompleted Trapped in the World of the Play, Falling for an NPC —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Other players run dungeons simply to clear the levels and solve the puzzles, but the female protagonist repeatedly runs them, solely to succumb to her infatuation with the gentle and handsome NPC father-in-law. Initially believing it to be a typical character trope in the script, she secretly falls in love. However, as they spend more time together offline, she's shocked to discover that the kind and affectionate NPC isn't an actor at all, but rather the wealthy owner of the script-running agency. Overwhelmed by insecurity, she cruelly pushes him away, yet from that moment on, she can never truly let go.

2. 202 我 My Unrequited Love Doesn't Count 我的暗恋不算话 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted My Unrequited Love Doesn't Count 381Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The girl's unrequited love for the boy was heartbreaking in the beginning and followed by a long-awaited reunion. The bitterness of unrequited love is so intense that confessions are often made through games like Truth or Dare, leading to a bittersweet wait. When her unrequited love is rejected, her heart feels empty. He choked on his water when he heard her confession, and her lack of reciprocation only intensified her heartache. Her best friend comforted her, saying she didn't want any regrets in her final year of high school. She countered by asking her best friend if he had someone he liked. Her best friend smiled wryly, saying they'd find out in college. She pressed him about which university he was going to, wanting to go with him. He, however, asked his best friend what university he was going to. She was angry that he wouldn't answer her; she just wanted to be close to him and see him, the school heartthrob, snatched away. The relationship between the three was ambiguous and unclear. Later, she became angry and ignored him until the college entrance exam. He offered to help her carry her books for the first time and even asked if she wanted to go on a graduation trip together. She was angry again and only asked his best friend if they wanted to go on a trip together. He was furious and threw the book down. She thought it would hit her and closed her eyes tightly, but her best friend shielded her. She took him to the school doctor, and he jokingly said the wound would heal if they waited any longer. Suddenly, he was shocked to realize that his best friend was actually his mortal enemy. He questioned his best friend about whether he liked her, but his best friend denied it. Her heart skipped a beat, unsure of who she truly loved. She fell into his arms, unaware that his heart was racing. His ears turned red as he pushed her away, but his best friend's eyes were red-rimmed. She began to struggle to face her own heart and figure out who she truly loved. She tried to kiss him but didn't feel that spark. She was afraid to admit who she liked. She blocked him and his best friend, and after the college entrance exam, she didn't want to talk to either of them. His best friend came to find her and admitted he liked her. Her mind was in turmoil. Until she entered university, she discovered the two of them openly professing their love and vying for her attention. She felt annoyed and didn't want to talk to anyone, but everyone envied her happiness. But happiness lasted only a few seconds. Her mother, whom she hated most, called, saying her grandmother was hospitalized and they needed money. She hated her mother so much for making her a left-behind child. She was traveling a long way to her grandmother's house, but she wouldn't be able to see her grandmother one last time. She was in so much pain; the bonds of family were too strong to sever. Her favorite White Rabbit candy was a gift from her grandmother, which was why she loved it. She recalled all the happy times with her grandmother, which had become the greatest misfortune of her life. She hated her mother for being heartless and unloving. He and his best friend followed her home. It turned out she liked him because he was the first person to help her when she was being bullied, and she was deeply moved. His best friend also helped her. Recalling all the past, who did she ultimately choose?

3. 203 人 Acting Ordinary in Public: The School Bully Dotes Only on the Transfer Student 人前故作寻常色：校霸独宠转校生 Zither Echoes Through the Secluded Bamboo Grove琴啸幽篁Modern Romance188k WordsOngoing Dugu Rang’s father was murdered when he was young, and his birth mother was forced to leave to lie low and seek revenge. He grew up in poverty with his grandparents and was once the school bully everyone feared. After his gravely ill grandmother fell to her knees and pleaded with him, he put away his sharp edges and pretended to be an ordinary, well-behaved student who was eager to improve. All he wanted was to study in peace and keep his grandmother company. The arrival of transfer student Su L 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A mutual unrequited love is hidden in a high school desk! The down-on-his-luck school bully, Dugu Rang, who has endured hardship since childhood and suppressed his rage, single-handedly protects the seemingly gentle but inwardly strong transfer student, Su Lian'er, as they face relentless suitors and endless school conflicts. Ten years have passed since their youthful days. The once helpless and resilient boy has risen to become the sole heir of the Dingsheng Group. Having weathered ten years of life's vicissitudes, his pure youthful heart remains, from beginning to end, devoted only to her.

4. 204 匿 Hidden in the Autumn Rain 匿于秋雨 Que Xin Lili确辛狸狸Modern Romance120k WordsOngoing [Secret Crush + Bittersweet Push and Pull + Redemption + Ensemble Cast] A taciturn, secretly affectionate puppy of a man goes all out to win her back later on. Sweet, innocent girl vs. the golden boy The first time I saw Duan Siran was on a damp evening after it had rained for a whole month. I was just going about my routine, buying a bottle of water, when I stepped outside with my umbrella and “happened” to run into him. My heart skipped a beat. The second time we ran into each other, I boldly 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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   I'm secretly giving my book a shout-out; it basically flopped. If you like campus romance novels, feel free to offer suggestions. This is my first time writing, so it might be a mess! But I hope someone will read it. One reader keeps urging me to update, and I'm so touched I could cry!! It's a story of a pure, innocent girl versus a privileged young man. The female lead is insecure but not weak, while the male lead is a manipulative, slightly repressed lover. The female lead is unknowingly charming, while the male lead experiences a tumultuous pursuit. The on-screen romance is sweet and tumultuous, but the reality is even more intense—a mutual unrequited love between a proud, stubborn girl and a sensitive, sensitive girl. The male lead deeply loves the female lead, and it's fate that the female lead falls for him. The male lead's stubborn gentleness and the female lead's heartfelt avoidance lead to her self-redemption. It's a story of mutual growth, where loving others starts with loving oneself—a realistic portrayal of the struggles of youth.

5. 205 与 Regretting Breaking Up with the Campus Heartthrob, We Keep Getting Divorced and Remarried for Three Days Straight 与校草分手后悔，三天反复结离婚 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted Regretting the breakup with the campus heartthrob, they go through three rounds of divorce in three days 400Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The girl's unrequited love for the boy was initially heartbreaking. During graduation season, she broke up with him jokingly, deeply hurting him and leaving. She pursued him relentlessly, even forcing him into an arranged marriage. They reconciled, only to have her extramarital affair discovered. He became jealous and divorced her, but she tried to win him back.

6. 206 回 Back Before You Became the Light 回到你成为光之前 Jiujiu Doesn't Want to Work 996酒酒不想996Modern Romance300k WordsOngoing [Qi Shengnan × Shen Yanzhou → one-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first + fictional setting + mutual salvation + a touch of ensemble cast] When Qi Shengnan was six, she once met a very handsome person in the park near her home. Strangely, a red scarf was draped over his thigh. She gave him a strawberry-flavored candy and her umbrella too... When high school began, Qi Shengnan ended up in the same class as Shen Yanzhou, the top student in the city. She ran, he chased, and she wished s 33Reads—Score—14d adds

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   [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

7. 207 岁 After All These Years, We Finally Meet Again 岁月流转终相见 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance485k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + Rekindled Love + Healing Through Family + Realistic Happy Ending] After drifting apart like clouds, ten years passed like flowing water. When we met again, my heart recognized you before I did. A summer romance came to an abrupt end because of an unfortunate misunderstanding. More than ten years later, thirty-five-year-old Gu Yan discovered by chance that he had a daughter in high school, and was reunited with the girl he had loved when he was young. Long-buried memo 5.5kReads7.4Score21314d adds

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   These are several realistic romance novels, each a different genre.

8. 208 深 Deep Inside My Core 深入我芯 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Mutual Devotion + One Couple Only + Sweet Romance] Their first two meetings were accidental. Every coincidence after that was part of his carefully laid plan. When Jiang Yi Shen met Tang Xin, he fell for her at first sight. He quietly set his plans in motion, and the two got to know each other, fell in love, and walked hand in hand into marriage, sharing the warm everyday moments of life from the first flush of romance to raising children. Side story one: Xu Man thought sh 2.4kReads8.7Score14614d adds
9. 209 重 A Long Road to Reunion 重逢路漫漫 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [The right people will find their way back to each other, no matter how many twists and turns it takes.] [One true pairing, both leads are each other's only ones + reunion after a long separation + winning back his wife and claiming his child + adorable kids playing matchmaker] Zhou Yuan met Qin Yue by chance and fell in love at first sight. After one passionate night together, an urgent assignment sent him overseas. Before leaving, he thought he'd arranged everything properly, never imagining t 5.4kReads8.9Score29014d adds
10. 210 爱 Love Will Come to Rest 爱会停歇 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [Playboy Turns Devoted] [Love Grows Over Time] [Sweet with a Little Angst] [Class Difference] Chen Chao, a rich playboy, falls sincerely in love with Yu Jiawen, who comes from an ordinary family. He knows he isn't the kind of person she'd ideally choose, but he can't let go of his feelings for her. "Yu Jiawen, do you know? Meeting you made me feel like I could have a proper relationship too." "I've thought about giving you up, but I just can't accept it. Watching you date, marry, and have childr 3.3kReads8.4Score16014d adds
11. 211 初 I Couldn’t Hide My Heart’s Flutter When We First Met 初见心动藏不住 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight] [She Pursues Him] [Nine-Year Age Gap] [Sweet, Realistic Romance] [Happy Ending] At twenty, the lively and spirited Chen Luo Chu meets Chu Yun. One look is all it takes for her to fall for him. She can barely hide the light in her eyes, and there is only one thought on her mind: make him hers. Once she confirms he is single, she boldly confesses, "Big brother, will you be my boyfriend?" Chu Yun gently turns her down with a simple, "We're not right for each other." But Chen L 1.4kReads—Score10414d adds
12. 212 他 He Said My Secret Crush Was a Nuisance 他说我的暗恋是困扰 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted He Says My Secret Crush Is a Nuisance 766Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Heartbroken, she secretly loved him. They were childhood sweethearts, yet he repeatedly told everyone about her embarrassing crush, claiming it bothered him. Unable to confess, she cowardly hid her feelings. Her unspoken love always brought her to tears. He finally asked her if she loved him. Unaware of his sweaty palms, she countered by asking if he loved her. Her hands trembled, and she hid them behind her back, trying to remain calm. His ears turned red, his heart pounded, and he seemed about to pull something out of his pocket, but she, like a coward, ran away. He transferred schools, and they thought they'd never cross paths again. In college, she heard that familiar voice being confessed to by the school beauty. He called her his girlfriend, but then told her she was just a shield. Enraged, she publicly insulted him. Both of them were caught in a web of love and hate. Torn by pain and bitterness, everyone said she was lucky enough to be ordinary and even rejected the school heartthrob. She ran away arrogantly, unaware that her mother's heirloom, a yellowed pearl hairpin, was missing. She cried as she looked back, only to see him holding the hairpin and giving it to her. The school beauty stomped on her and threw five yuan at her, humiliating her. She decided to take revenge, threatening him to see the school beauty with her. The school beauty later offered her money to leave him, and she agreed, then suffered amnesia. He, however, took advantage of her amnesia, claiming to be her boyfriend. His mother found her and offered her five million to leave him, and she agreed to study abroad as quickly as possible. Upon returning home, she didn't know he had become her CEO. She regained her memory, and he proposed. She only cared about the ring, not him as a free gift. He imprisoned her. During their marriage registration, she tried to escape, but he blocked her way. At the wedding, the school beauty appeared.

13. 213 特 Special Forces Soldier Goes Undercover in Northern Myanmar, I'll Die So You Can See 特种兵卧底缅北，我要死给你们看 The World's Mightiest Little Fox宇宙无敌小狐狸8k WordsCompleted I Went Undercover in Northern Myanmar as a Special Forces Soldier. I’ll Die So You Can See. 119Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is the divine book.

14. 214 浪 The Waves Trust the Clouds’ Whiteness 浪花信任云的白 Qinghe Qinghe清和清和Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted Two souls fall into a campus dream; reunited on a Middle Eastern battlefield | Doctors Without Borders × frontier defense hero | unhinged yet restrained, healing regret | sweet, bittersweet tension | rekindled romance | devoted to each other, happy ending A three-day romance in their youth, followed by twelve years apart across mountains and seas · Mature adults wearing the guise of high schoolers, falling into the most heart-wrenching romance in a dream · Each other's cure and salvation; a god 129Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead guides her lover, while the male lead is a clingy, crybaby. Three days of romance, three years of entanglement, culminating in twelve years of obsession. Separated by vast distances in reality, they experience the most heart-wrenching love in a dream. Xun Lang, a 30-year-old border guard, suffers hemorrhagic shock from his wounds. In a dream, he believes he's been reborn as a 16-year-old, and he pursues his wife with cunning. Hai Yu, a 30-year-old battlefield doctor in the Middle East, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. She accidentally enters his dream and, unable to resist his plight, uses medication to prolong his life. Two patients, nightly redemptions for each other.

15. 215 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 —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The most unique unrequited love story. The author's writing is excellent, capturing the bittersweetness of unrequited love and the pain of unrequited affection. The male lead, Liu Yuyan, is the epitome of unrequited love, a true god! Healing for the female lead's life and love! [Admiration]

16. 216 被 A Heartthrob Takes Over His Body, and the Timid Doormat Takes the Whole School by Storm 被男神魂穿，软糯受气包飒翻全校 One Bored Rich Lady无聊富婆一枚Modern Romance231k WordsOngoing The refined, scheming crown prince VS the soft, timid little bunny with an inferiority complex Healing | Unrequited Love Comes True | Soul Transmigration | Reborn and Pursuing His Wife Xie Yanci opens his eyes and finds that he has transmigrated into someone else’s body! He has ended up in the body of Song Qiwan, a girl who lets everyone walk all over her. The girl clutches a diary filled with his name as her bullies pin her down in the restroom and pour dirty water over her head. The school’s 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    👌A refined yet cunning school heartthrob transmigrates into the body of his own little fangirl. While helping her take revenge and turn the tables, he also relentlessly rejects his own deep affection. His inner monologue is both arrogant and hilarious, making his character incredibly adorable!

17. 217 玄 Heavenly Mystery, Yellow Earth 玄天黄土 Fortune and Blessings福禄善庆Modern Romance427k WordsOngoing Workplace romance and marriage + love between a special forces soldier and a military doctor + unrequited love + politics + workplace drama. He Ju enlisted while attending university to serve his country. With his heart set on his homeland, he was a true patriot. He looked up at the clear blue sky and walked with his feet on the earth. Whether serving in high office and worrying for the nation and its people, or living far from the halls of power and cultivating himself amid the ordinary world, 7Reads7.4Score—14d adds

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    Unrequited love 💖... 💕💕

18. 218 花 Flowers Bloom for the Wind 花开予风 Pose Burger姿势汉堡Modern Romance605k WordsCompleted [School to workplace | Doctors | Ensemble cast | Secret crushes | Choices | Ideals | Reunion after many years] A swan song for the youth of everyone who grew up caught between ideals and reality. Following five medical students through a decade of change, from campus to the wider world, it uses an unexpected death as a lens to reveal the sharpest edges of friendship, love, and responsibility. The storytelling is as precise as a scalpel: their first meeting in anatomy class, standing shoulder to 148Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    It's very well written, with excellent prose and a fresh, original content; definitely worth reading.

19. 219 双 After Our Hearts Fell for Each Other, Mr. Gu Doted on Me Alone 双向心动后，被顾先生独宠 Xuan Qing Shaohua璇卿韶华Modern Romance320k WordsOngoing When Lin Wan was thirteen, she moved into a new home and met Gu Xin, the quiet, gloomy boy next door. With a piece of candy, a carton of milk, and countless chattering afternoons, she quietly lit up his dark world after he lost his mother. But before she could confess her innocent feelings, Gu Xin was selected for the provincial team and moved away with his family. She never heard from him again. Years later, Lin Wan is a journalism student at Jingbei University. At the campus sports festival, —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The aloof archery champion Gu Xin had long harbored feelings for her, secretly harboring them for years. Upon their reunion, he recognized the young girl at first glance. The female lead is energetic, adorable, and incredibly endearing. They shower each other with sweetness both on and off the field. Their long-awaited reunion is a mutual journey, and their daily interactions are so sweet it's almost cloying. There's no angst throughout, making it a truly enjoyable read.

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