Childhood Friends, with the Male Lead Secretly in Love with the Female Lead 青梅竹马 男主暗恋女主
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- 51 A Gentle Embrace 温柔覆盖 A calm, collected medical professor / A clever, quick-witted 3D modeler On her nineteenth birthday, Xu Qing finally gathers the courage to confess to Li Xu, the man she has secretly loved for five years. He turns her down. Devastated, she applies the following year to spend three years as an exchange student in Italy. What they don't know is that on the same day, at the same airport, two flights heading in opposite directions will carry them across the ocean. Xu Qing is so lonely, licking her wo 54Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Lemon Rule 柠檬守则
[Vibrant, wealthy young lady VS devoted, loyal puppy-like man] School life + older woman/younger man romance + healing + childhood friends + reunion + mutual pining becomes love An Suisui was an ordinary first-year student at Suiwan High School. She thought the high school life ahead of her would be uneventful and ordinary, but then she ran into Sheng Chaojin, her "little childhood friend," whom she hadn't seen in years. To everyone else, he seemed like a gentle, kind, untouchable campus heartth
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My Campus Crush Cheated, So I Married the Crown Prince. Now He’s Lost It 校草出轨，我闪婚太子爷，他疯了
[Reborn in school + possessive childhood friend steals her away + heartbroken campus heartthrob pursues his wife in tears + living-under-one-roof romance + 1v1 sweet love] It isn't until she dies that Su Niansheng learns her marriage was a lie. The campus heartthrob has been deeply in love with his first love all along, and married her only for revenge. Reborn back in her school days, she returns to the family of the richest man and impulsively marries her childhood friend, the young heir. She n
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The Happiness We Waited For 等来的幸福
In this blended family, the male and female leads grow up calling each other brother and sister. After her mother dies, the heroine goes abroad with her biological father. While overseas, she and the male lead begin a relationship.
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- 55 Love Makes a Home 有爱才有家 Where There Is Love, There Is a Home —Reads—Score—14d adds
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My Childhood Friend's Little Nemesis Is So Sweet 竹马的小冤家她超甜
From school uniforms to wedding gowns, you're the only one I'll ever love. When she was little, Lu Yanxi wanted to strangle Ye Weiran, that annoying pest, countless times a day. But when she grew up, she came around. With him by her side, she'll never be lonely. With him by her side, she'll never be afraid. His eyes are full of affection, and she's the most special person in his heart. He's the peak of good looks, and she's a mischievous little sprite. He takes first place in the math competitio
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You in the Galaxy 星河里的你
[Childhood Friends + Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Devotion + Happy Ending] The companionship they shared as children could not compare to her letting go of him again and again. He Jinyan had hated her and resented her. But he never thought he would meet Chen Xintian again. In the moment they saw each other, he finally understood: you really can't hate the person you love most. He also never imagined that Song Mingyan, who seemed like an ordinary classmate, was actually a perverted stalker.
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You Shine So Brightly 如此闪耀的你
[Two prodigies, childhood sweethearts, a little angst, told from the heroine’s perspective] A story about a girl who has never been loved and a boy who was kidnapped, saving each other. Zhou Shuti’s ordinary life is turned upside down when Jiang Boyan appears. At kindergarten, Zhou Shuti has won the title of “Little Genius” three years in a row. One sunny afternoon, she meets Jiang Boyan, a pitiful child whose identity is a mystery to the adults. After helping the gentle, handsome boy deal with
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The Little Darling Has Her Heart Set on Him 小祖宗心系于他
[A boyfriend who raises her] [Childhood sweethearts] [Will the second male lead get his chance?] [A groveling pursuit] At thirteen, the aloof young Mu Mohan first met five-year-old Gu Qingxin and wondered how a little girl could be so adorable and sweet, like a doll. They met again when he was twenty-two and she was fourteen. Her family had been destroyed, and with nowhere to go, he brought her home and cherished her above all else. At sixteen, she realized she had fallen for this uncle figure,
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My Youth on Twelfth Street 我的青春十二号街
“I like you.” Times four At her high school graduation ceremony in 2012, Jian Xiaoxi received a confession. If four childhood friends hadn't all confessed to her on the same day, she might have thought that spring had finally come for her at eighteen. But with the Mayan prophecy predicting the end of the world in 2012, they'd lost a game of truth or dare. Faced with the same words from all four of them, she still firmly replied, “Get lost.” This is a story about Number Twelve Street in the 1990s
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I Became the Villainess and the Villain Dotes on Me 穿成女配，被反派宠上天
[One-on-one sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + growing-up romance + doting, fatherly boyfriend + wish-fulfillment] Mei Jiu was born into the book, and the night before she was to be reunited with her family, memories of her past life suddenly awakened. Only then did she realize she had transmigrated into a book called The Beloved Heiress: Fake and Real, becoming the real heiress. Although the original owner was the real heiress, she was constantly bullied, humiliated, and guilt-tripped.
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My Childhood Friend from Heaven Is Such a Flirt 天降竹马他最撩啦
[Sweet and obedient heroine X sharp-tongued, domineering hero] There are two things Su Tian fears most in the world. One is any bug bigger than her pinky fingernail. The other is Jiang Chiyu, who lives next door. Luckily, as the girl grows up, she slowly overcomes her fear of the former, while the latter, who’s always bullied her, suddenly moves away. Until the year she starts high school... A tall, long-legged, handsome transfer student arrives in her class, prompting hundreds of girls to form
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- 63 After My Mortal Enemy Went Bankrupt 死对头破产之后 [One-on-one, mutual secret crush] Jiang Heng, the unattainable dream of Nancheng, went bankrupt. Xu Zhihe bought a whole truckload of celebratory fireworks and got roaring drunk. The next day, she woke up in the same room as Jiang Heng. Later, she watched the man who drove her car, used her card, and lived in her apartment deliver a confident speech at a financial summit, making grand pronouncements and holding forth on the state of the world. She couldn’t help swearing: “You bastard. You wasted 50Reads8.4Score—14d adds
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You Like Me Too, Don’t You? 你也很喜欢我吧！
Lin Muruo wakes up in a hospital room in 2018, but her memories are frozen on the bloody car crash on the night of her divorce in 2025. Even stranger, her sworn enemy and husband, Ling Yunbo, storms in on a leg encased in a cast. His eyes hold a weariness and scrutiny she can't understand. They have both been reborn, carrying the souls and scars of 2025 in their 2018 bodies as they continue to fight and test each other.
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- 65 Who Says Childhood Sweethearts Are Meant to Be Together? 谁说青梅竹马，天生一对 Who Says Childhood Sweethearts Are Destined to Be Together? 11Reads—Score—14d adds
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My Scheming Childhood Friend 腹黑竹马套路深
Before college, he said, “Don’t tell anyone at school you know me.” She couldn’t have been happier. She thought she could finally get away from him and live freely. But then Xia Mu discovered someone was sabotaging her love life, and she wouldn’t stand for it! “Gao Jiayi! Why did you hide my letters?” Xia Mu demanded through gritted teeth, holding a stack of unopened love letters. “Nothing. I’m just answering the Education Bureau’s call to crack down on students dating too young.” “But I’m alrea
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- 67 I Just Like You, Okay? 我就是喜欢你呀 When Cheng Zimo used to live at Xu Yinyin's house, Xu Yinyin threw her weight around. Years later, they reunited. The thin, quiet boy had become her boss, and she, overcome by desire, slept with him. Just when Xu Yinyin thought her life was falling apart, she looked back and realized he had always been right behind her. Neither of them is a good person by society's standards, and both have endured their share of criticism. The world is 30% truth and 70% speculation. Xu Yinyin feels incredibly lu 24Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 68 The Top Student and Her Childhood Sweetheart: My Best Friend Is a Superstar 学霸小青梅：我的竹马是巨星 There are top students every year. What’s one more? Wait, what? The top student is not only a beauty, but also has a devoted childhood friend, who happens to be a super-rich heir and one of the entertainment industry’s biggest stars? The childhood friend himself: You dare bully my childhood sweetheart? Smack, smack! Face-slapping time! You dare set your sights on her? Pah! Do you even know who I am? As for me, none of you can even dream of having me. I only want to be one person’s devoted childh 1.1kReads9.0Score11214d adds
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My Childhood Sweetheart Is My Moonlight 青梅是我的白月光
Who could have imagined that one day Shen Yanching, the decisive head of the Shen family, would cling to the arms of Yu Huanying, the eldest daughter of the Yu Group, and act spoiled? Shen Yanching had been secretly in love with his childhood sweetheart and unrequited love, Yu Huanying, since they were young, but he never said a word. Instead, he grew into a gentle, steady man, then slowly spoiled her until she could remain a child forever. Their chance encounter at the highland theater stirred
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When I Claim These Lands, I'll Win Your Heart 待我拱手河山讨你欢
At the age when he should be carefree, bold, and living for the moment, Chu Longfei has no choice but to follow in his father’s footsteps and shoulder the burden of leading the martial world. He devotes himself wholeheartedly to the welfare of the martial world, only to be persecuted, with even his closest and dearest family members caught in the crossfire. Luckily, his
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The Actress Queen Can Read Fortunes! And She's Fair-Skinned, Beautiful, and Long-Legged 影后她会算命！还肤白貌美大长腿
[Ridiculous + mysticism + wish fulfillment + adored by all + 1v1] The Dragon Clan's princess, Chu Yanxi, transmigrates after undergoing a trial and becomes a notorious, much-maligned celebrity in the entertainment industry? She joins a survival variety show, and her suona rendition of “Zhu Bajie Carries His Bride” goes viral across the internet. During a live performance, a hater shouts, “Chu Yanxi, you talentless pretty face! You're useless!” Chu Yanxi: “Who says I can't do anything? Let me rea
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- 72 Is the Fake Heiress Impressive Today? 假千金她今天优秀了吗 [Two top students + childhood friends of sorts + heroine who grows over time] Lin Yuejiu was adopted at the age of seven, and in an instant became a little princess. She had loving parents, a doting older brother, and even gained a childhood friend. In her second year of high school, the Lin family's biological daughter was found and brought home. As her place in the family changed, Lin Yuejiu willingly stepped aside for the real heiress. After she left, Lin Yuejiu devoted herself to becoming a 1.5kReads9.3Score13114d adds
- 73 Into the Wild 见野 [The print edition is now available] Xia Wanwan died suddenly after spending twenty years tightening screws at a factory. To her surprise, she was reborn. But why had the factory director's son from her previous life shown up in this one? Jiang Ye, the big shot at No. 1 High School, had somehow taken an interest in Xia Wanwan. Everyone thought Xia Wanwan had offended Jiang Ye and that her days were about to get rough. At last, one day, Jiang Ye and Xia Wanwan got into a huge argument, and he 6.3kReads9.5Score1k14d adds
- 74 His Little Fairy Is So Sweet 他的小仙女超甜 [Two-Faced Shen, the Fairy × Quiet, Possessive Top Student Jiang · Both Each Other’s First · Mutual Pining · 1v1] Shen Xingyi’s favorite thing was following Jiang Jun around like a little shadow. “Brother, are you thirsty?” she’d ask, then, “Jun-bao, are you hungry?” Jiang Jun never once paid her any mind, but she never gave up. Until Jiang Jun pressed her at every turn. “What’s your goal?” Shen Xingyi lounged casually. “You tell me.” Jiang Jun narrowed his eyes. “I think you like me, but I 599Reads9.3Score10014d adds
- 75 The Reborn Jiang Shao’s Unforgettable First Love 重生偏执江少的白月光 [Sweet Romance + Healing + Obsessive Love] She was the goddess everyone admired. He was the gloomy boy everyone avoided. She was a wealthy heiress. He was a penniless orphan. She was sunny and gentle. He was dark and obsessive. He lived in a mire, while she lived like a fairy, cherished by everyone around her. Jiang Yan never imagined that the girl everyone thought was impossibly out of his league would come to him with all the warmth in the world. She gave him everything she had and spoiled him 9.9kReads9.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 76 Reborn and Doted on by Everyone: The Powerful Beauty Has a Sweet Side 重生团宠：大佬娇妻有点甜 [Main story complete] [Everyone’s favorite + secret identities + doting brother + comedy + sweet romance] In her previous life, Chu Ziyan was an idiot. She trusted a scumbag and a vile woman, bringing ruin to her family and even causing the death of the man who loved her more than life itself. Reborn, she regains her beauty and intelligence, and sets out to crush her enemies and win the support of powerful allies. The influential people around her carefully protect her. Her business tycoon eldes 33.4kReads9.4Score2.4k14d adds
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Pear Blossom Cross Lane 梨花十字巷
[Redemption + HE + childhood friends + secret crush] The room was dark, bottles scattered everywhere as the stale smell of smoke lingered in the air. Wen Shuangli walked closer and said, “So you smoke too.” Zhou Yixing grabbed her wrist. His usually cool, distant eyes glistened with tears as he said, looking hurt and pitiful, “Wen Shuangli, don’t hate me. If you hate me, I’ll die…” “Why are you calling me Wen Shuangli? Didn’t I tell you to call me Big Sister?” Wen Shuangli said sternly. Zhou Yix
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The Mischievous Princess Falls for You 调皮公主恋上你
In the instant she turned away, they missed each other. It was a new beginning, a hazy crush, and a silent wait. Was their childhood meeting a beginning or an ending? Could they meet again after missing each other? No one knew whether their lavender love story would have the most perfect ending. The promise they made back then, the glimmer of the lavender necklace: was he still the same person? Would he and she fall in love? Was this fate playing a cruel trick, or a beginning that had long been
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- 79 So You Had a Crush on Me Too 原来你也暗恋我 Xu Qiu has two secrets: her right ear is almost completely deaf, and she was adopted by her family. No one at school knows. After finally graduating from college, Xu Qiu takes a fall and somehow tumbles back to high school. She even gets a mysterious System? It turns out the younger brother who always seemed so annoying is actually sweet and adorably awkward. It turns out her seemingly fragile family bonds are warm and dependable. It turns out someone has known the secret about her ear for a lon 85Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 80 Report, Childhood Friend: Your Childhood Sweetheart Has Been Reborn! 报告竹马：你的青梅重生了！ In her previous life, she was blind and foolish, unable to judge people, and ended up disgraced, with suicide as her only way out! Given another chance, she vows to become a good daughter and a good doctor, and to win over her childhood sweetheart! But wasn’t she the one flirting with him? How did he turn the tables on her? What happened to that cold, sharp-tongued guy she was promised? This is all wrong... 110Reads8.3Score—14d adds
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My Top-Student Childhood Sweetheart Knows Just How to Flirt 我的学神竹马超会撩
When she was three, she stepped in to help him, scolding the kids who were bullying him until they backed off; When she was twenty-three, he pinned her beneath him and whispered in her ear, “We grew up together. Let’s date.” She had always thought of him as her childhood friend, someone she knew too well to make a move on; Little did she know, he had wanted to make a move on her for ages.
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- 82 Falling for a Simple-Minded Man 爱上单细胞男人 They say it's easy for a woman to win a man's heart, but a man has to climb mountains to win a woman's. So why is everything backwards when it comes to her? “Teacher Shen, I like you!” “Sorry, let's just stay friends.” Song Xiaocha meets Shen Bo, a high-quality guy who's got everything but can't be swayed, and her pursuit of him is one long string of hardships. Come flying into my arms, handsome! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Flirting Back and Forth with My Childhood Friend 与竹马的互撩日常 When they were young, Cheng An'an asked, “Chen Yihan, would it be so bad to like me?” Chen Yihan replied, “An 185-centimeter guy and a 158-centimeter girl don’t really match. How about you grow a little taller, and then I’ll think about it?” Years later, Chen Yihan said, “Cheng An'an, say yes to my proposal.” Cheng An'an replied, “The CEO and Cinderella? That trope is so old. People will accuse me of sleeping my way into your bed for money. I’ll have to think about it.” Looking at the woman in t 169Reads8.8Score10514d adds
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Under the Green Canopy, the Sun Shines Brightest 绿荫时，晴意最浓
[Childhood friends + bickering couple + mutual crushes + weiguke] [Scene One] The urban management officers are here! Xiao Ran was about to make a clean getaway, but he never expected to be foiled by a little girl. And it turns out she’s the daughter of an urban management officer? After moving into a new home, of course he has to greet the neighbors. He knocks on their door with two boxes of fruit, only to find her there. How is that possible?! And she’s not only his neighbor, but also his clas
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Has the Top Student Confessed Yet Today? 今天学霸表白了没
An Kele can’t understand why the school’s hugely popular student council president keeps picking on her. Shen Liangzhou expressionlessly writes in his little notebook: “An Kele was late and left early. Minus two points.” He catches her, fine, she’ll put up with it and avoid him next time. “An Kele ate snacks in class. Minus two points.” Damn, how did he even notice that? Does he have eyes growing out of her? “An Kele went to see another guy. You’re dead.” An Kele: ??? She can’t even hang out wit
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- 86 My Childhood Friend Is Too Charming, and My Sweetheart Spoils Me Little by Little 青梅太撩人，竹马慢慢宠 They grew up together, but unlike the childhood sweethearts in the stories, they couldn’t stand each other and fought whenever they met. She had secretly loved him for years and was about to confess, but he came home with the girl he loved. She left for another place. He didn’t understand why, but gradually began to miss her. Years later, they met again, and the man who had disliked her and never loved her was now saying the most sickeningly sweet things to her. 217Reads5.8Score—14d adds
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When the Flowers Bloom, a Promise Remains 一诺花开
After their parents were unjustly killed, Tao Su and her younger brother were cast out of their clan. With Chu engulfed in war, Tao Su took her brother and fled for their lives, picking up a few younger followers along the way. Years later, those youngsters had all become formidable talents. Tao Su could only say, "Big Sis is under a lot of pressure!"
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This Childhood Friend Is a Little Sweet 这个竹马有点甜
[The print edition is now available.] Jiang Wei, a university dance major, had been exceptionally gifted since childhood. In reality, though, she suffered from a “balance disorder,” so over the years she had to work harder than everyone else. Deep down, she was a girl with a stubborn streak fiercer than most men's. She had grown up alongside her neighbor Yi Ming, her childhood sweetheart. She knew he loved her, but she didn't dare admit it. Ten years ago, an unintentional act on her part had in
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- 89 A Taste of Sweet Plum 美味青梅偷个香 He ate everything Cheng Qiqi refused to touch, and she ended up becoming a chubby little thing. When Cheng Qiqi decided to pursue her crush, he was more than happy to help her, but then... her crush became his best buddy. When Cheng Qiqi decided she needed a boyfriend, he cornered her against the wall and flashed a roguish smile. “Chubby Cheng, with a silly girl like you, who else would want you besides me?” Only later did Cheng Qiqi understand that when someone kept scaring you with bugs and pi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 My Childhood Friends Are All Playing Games 我的竹马全是套路 About my childhood friend, Qian Xiaolai: Xiao Goudan... (counting on her fingers) Lazy, picky, fussy about everything, a secret romantic, weak in the bedroom, and especially sharp-tongued. He even refuses to see a doctor when he's sick. Worst of all, he has way too many tricks up his sleeve. He's impossible to figure out! Xiao Jue: (looking down as he flips through some files) My only childhood friend is Qian Meihua. There's nothing special about her. She's just stupid. (pauses) And she's been s 285Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 91 Childhood Friends with a Hint of Romance 两小有猜很暧昧 The little tyrant who bullied her growing up got her drunk, slept with her, then refused to take responsibility. He walked away without a backward glance and was gone for four years. Now he says he regrets it and begs her for another chance? Not a chance! But he’s no longer the domineering bully he used to be. Instead, he caters to her every whim... What should she choose? 1.1kReads8.2Score11714d adds
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I Embrace You with the Whole World 我携世界拥吻你
[Straightforward girl × childhood friend who knocks it out of the park: childhood sweethearts × mutual devotion] [Sharp-tongued big shot who says one thing and means another × sweet girl who can’t catch a break in love: sweet seduction, salvation, healing, the ultimate secret crush] One studies medicine, the other studies law. As people put it, Chen Muqiu and Jiang Nian’an together are a power couple who’d make a fortune and get away with murder! - Chen Muqiu, China’s top AD carry and an outsta
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Holding You Close, Weizhi 深拥未栀
Synopsis: [Slightly obsessive; wealthy family; devoted to each other; CEO; first love; childhood sweethearts; innocent young love; hopeless romantic; together from the opening] Deeply in love with Weizhi: simply put, it means loving her forever. Xiao Zhi and Xiao Shen were the childhood sweethearts everyone envied. They were born in the same year and month. On Xiao Shen's first birthday, he pointed at Xiao Zhi, who was drinking from a baby bottle... From then on, there was no stopping him. "Xiao
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