Unrequited Love Stories!!! It Absolutely Has to Be Unrequited Love, I Really, Really Love Them 暗恋文！！！一定要暗恋文 ，暗恋文我真的超级爱

1. 301 别 Stop Smoking and Hold Me 别吸烟了，抱抱我 Quan Xun权寻Modern Romance322k WordsCompleted [Print edition coming soon] Sweet, soft-hearted girl x wild bad boy who's all talk Zhou Zhi is a notorious playboy in the capital, yet He Ru falls for him. Outside a bar, the man has a cigarette between his lips and a teasing look on his face. “I'm never going to like you.” After pursuing him for so long with no success, He Ru decides to stop liking this playboy. Who would have thought this scoundrel would come chasing after her? “I want to give us a try.” He Ru blinks. “Hmm? Try what?” Zhou Zhi 7.6kReads9.3Score842Shelves
2. 302 于 I Lost Control in Front of Her 于她面前失了控 Xiao Ke Bu Cai.小可不才.Modern Romance201k WordsCompleted Completed [Devoted Troublemaker x Sweet, Gentle Girl · Secret Crush Turns Mutual · Age Gap · Sweet Romance · Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium] Liu Xu met a dazzling man when she was just beginning to fall in love. He was a good friend of her maternal uncle. With his captivating peach-blossom eyes, the man smiled with an easy, seductive charm. “Little girl, aren’t you going to say hello?” “Brother Song Heng…” Her voice was soft and sweet, every syllable a gentle caress. For some reason, he was 86Reads7.6Score—Shelves
3. 303 少 Young Master, You're Engaged, So Stop Flirting. Your Online Love Is the Maid's Daughter 少爷有婚约别撩了，您的网恋对象是保姆的女儿 Tangerine Sand桔沙8k WordsCompleted The young master is already engaged, so don’t flirt with him. Your online dating match is the nanny’s daughter. 191Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a story about unrequited love. In the early stages, the female protagonist is abused and sold by her mother, who favors sons over daughters. When she seeks help, she is met with a man she is engaged to, who makes her jealous. It turns out that it's a mutual unrequited love, but she is torn between morality and her unrequited love. What should she choose?

4. 304 奶 Cream Plum Candy's Secret Crush 奶油话梅糖的暗恋 Shadows Beneath the Moon月下倾影Modern Romance302k WordsCompleted [A timid, overlooked girl at first ✘ A bold, free-spirited rich boy] [High School Secret Crush + Reunion After Years Apart + A Secret Crush Comes True] In high school, Qin Xiangwan secretly fell for the boy everyone admired, Ji Yuzhou. The plum candy she slipped him was all the courage she could muster. Qin Xiangwan had a crush on Ji Yuzhou for nearly six whole years. Her bittersweet, tender feelings were like the creamy plum candy in her pocket: something she could only savor alone, never dar 803Reads—Score104Shelves

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   The female lead has a crush on someone, the pacing is fast, and it gets very sweet later on. It's a sweet and doting romance novel, highly recommended!

5. 305 我 My Mr. Lin Doesn’t Talk 我的林先生不说话 Xu Xiaoyu徐小雨Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted [One couple + first love + love at first sight + mutual devotion and affection] [Warm, attentive special education teacher ✖ insecure, sensitive full-time writer] * After moving into her new home, Lin Zhaozhao always assumed her neighbor was a beautiful, kind-hearted young woman who loved life, until one evening she saw the handsome Lin Xingye step out of the elevator. One day, Lin Zhaozhao announced to her parents, “You two are going to have a son-in-law!” Another day, faced with her editor’s r 24.2kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves

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   ✨A warm and sensitive special education teacher VS a self-conscious and sensitive full-time writer. The male lead is mute.✨ He falls in love with the female lead at first sight. Every time they argue, he trembles and uses sign language. The female lead is not very angry. She deliberately teases him by turning her back. The male lead immediately follows her. The next second, the female lead covers her eyes and refuses to look at him. The male lead is so aggrieved that tears fall down his face. He goes to her parents to complain.

6. 306 暗 I Had a Crush on Her Until That Day 暗恋她，直到那天 Yinan Ping銥楠瓶Modern Romance66k WordsOngoing Chen Xunye, the last-ranked student in his class, and his deskmate Wei Churong go from strangers when they first meet to falling for each other. But both hide the hormones stirring within them as they spend their youthful high school years together, until that day... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I don't know how the first book is.

7. 307 冷 The Cold, Arrogant Campus Heartthrob? Now It's My Turn to Be a Vicious Psycho 冷冰冰校草傲娇？轮到我恶毒疯批 Tangerine Sand桔沙10k WordsCompleted The cold, aloof campus heartthrob is acting all arrogant? Now it's my turn to be the vicious, unhinged one. 943Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Unrequited love makes one's heart race. Does liking someone need a reason? What exactly is it about someone you like? Perhaps she likes his good looks, but she's poor, ordinary, and unattractive, unable to earn money for tuition through part-time jobs. She's then bullied by the school beauty, who throws yogurt at her. Enraged, she throws it back, only to have her part-time job boss withhold her wages. She overhears the school beauty throwing yogurt at her and then being asked to marry her. Furious, she randomly picks a taller, more handsome stranger—who turns out to be her brother—and begs him to be her boyfriend, throwing yogurt back at both of them. Nothing is more painful than hearing him with someone else. He mocks her as an ugly duckling, and she jumps into a river in anger. He saves her, and they both lose their memories but are put to sleep by drugs. When they're found, the school beauty is furious and wants to kill her. Why did he save her? Her feelings become a mess. She was initially jealous of someone she didn't have a legitimate reason for being with, but now it seems like two brothers are fighting over her, a battleground of force and pursuit, a chaotic and desperate struggle. Who should she choose now?

8. 308 顶 Top-Tier Taming 顶级驯服 Sang Ning桑宁Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted Lin Yan is a relationship evaluator. She has three rules: no sex, no kissing, and no getting involved with married men. A notorious playboy's girlfriend comes to her, asking her to test her boyfriend's fidelity. Once the job is done, she plans to leave. But instead, the man becomes obsessed with her, his eyes bloodshot. “A Yan, look at me.” Relationship evaluator x playboy 2.9kReads8.9Score284Shelves
9. 309 嫁 Marrying Mr. Yu 嫁给喻先生 Da Er Lin达尔林Modern Romance376k WordsCompleted [The print edition of the same name is now available / The short drama of the same name is now streaming] [Cheerful artist vs. aloof, calculating professor] [Age gap + marriage before love + sweet romance + long-planned courtship + slow-burn love] Shi Sheng and Yu Wenzhou met on a blind date. But even on their wedding day, she still couldn't figure out what Yu Wenzhou saw in her. Since they didn't have much of a romantic foundation, Shi Sheng thought it would be good enough if they could at leas 33.1kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves

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   They're all stories about unrequited love, and stories 1, 6, and 7 feature the male lead's unrequited love for the female lead. [Laughing][laughing][smirking][smirking]

10. 310 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'd call this the pinnacle of unrequited love ♥(｡￫v￩｡)♥ The female lead is reborn, and the male lead is a humble black sesame dumpling. They secretly love each other, and their feelings are mutual. So sweet!!!

11. 311 她 Her Heart's Door Is Hard to Open 她心门难开 The Pen Name I Want Is Already Taken我想用的笔名已存在Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted [Happy Ending + Both Pure + Light Ensemble Cast + School Days to City Life + He Pursues Her + 1v1 + Bittersweet Push and Pull + No Evil Female Supporting Characters + No Catfighting Between Women] School Days: [Smiling, Hardhearted Girl Who Loves to Eat x Cold-Faced, Pure and Gentle Boy] City Life: [Hardworking English Translator x Brooding, Obsessive Aircraft Engineer] Unlike most passionate youth romances, their story began in the dead of winter. * Fang Yu's affection was a gentle, carefully l 101Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yeah, a blatant crush. [Learned it][Learned it][Learned it]

12. 312 乖 Don’t Cry, Sweetheart! The Brooding Boy Spoils Her in His Arms 乖宝别哭！阴翳少年抱怀里宠 Silent Clouds漫云不语Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted (A tragic, beautiful boy × a healing little moon, salvation + sweet romance + irresistible flirtation, both leads know how to work their charm) Li You died on the day Jiang Yan loved her most. He never knew she had been secretly in love with him for a very, very long time. Time turned back five years. The boy leaned against the wall with one hand and bent down with a mocking smile. “Li You, can’t you stay the hell away from me? I don’t like obedient girls like you.” She nodded softly and took on 5.2kReads9.4Score611Shelves
13. 313 我 My Fatal Charmer 我的红颜祸水 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Urban1.0M WordsCompleted On the night the 2015 college entrance exam results became available, the whole family gathered around the computer to wait for the scores. We’d agreed that whoever scored higher, my younger sister or me, would go to college. The other would go with our father to find odd jobs at construction sites and earn money. My mother, stepfather, half-sister, and I all watched the screen. My sister scored 612, and I scored 540. But no one knew that I’d gotten zero on the Chinese exam. I’d turned in a blan 18.9kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
14. 314 一 A First-Love Plan for Yi and Yu 一心一煜初恋计划 The Flower Roll That Isn't Rolled花卷都不卷Modern Romance262k WordsCompleted [One ‘Heart’: Yuan Lexin. One ‘Yu’: Jiang Yu. A First Love Plan.] [Superstar singer Jiang Yu x archaeology PhD Yuan Lexin | Reunited after years apart + mutual secret crushes + both leads’ first love] Three years into his career, Jiang Yu had claimed the top spot on every major music chart as Best Male Singer. Then he ran into his long-lost classmate Yuan Lexin in an elevator, and all the memories of the unrequited love he had buried for years came rushing back. Yuan Lexin, an archaeology PhD 1.2kReads9.3Score144Shelves
15. 315 他 He Stands at the Border Between Light and Shadow 他站在光与影的交界处 Yan Duo晏铎Two Male Leads180k WordsCompleted “Every tiny thing he does shakes my whole world.” Gu Xian I’ve loved you in secret for ten years, but I still haven’t earned a single moment of your undivided attention. 992Reads8.6Score114Shelves
16. 316 盛 Midsummer Green Apple 盛夏青苹果 Peachy Oolong, Regular Sugar桃气乌龙正常糖Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted [Campus] [Living Together] [Two Academic Stars] [Secret Crush] [Pure Romance] At school, Chi Sui and Ji Xiwen seem worlds apart. He is the school celebrity, a regular in the top three of the grade rankings, a promising science competition contestant, and incredibly popular. His handsome face, worthy of a top-tier star, has countless girls swooning over him. Ji Xiwen, meanwhile, is an inconspicuous transfer student. Quiet and withdrawn, she wears cheap clothes, with heavy bangs hiding her face. S 349.1kReads9.4Score72.8kShelves
17. 317 我 I Want You to Comfort Me 我要你哄我 Carnegie of Kindergarten幼儿园的卡耐基Modern Romance277k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed][Sweet starlet from the entertainment world ✖️ cocky god of the music scene] Wen Xia, a C-list actress, suddenly becomes famous across the internet after news breaks that she is the daughter of a renowned director. Overnight, she’s swamped with acting offers. Meanwhile, Ji Yu, a top-tier singer who had retired from the limelight, announces his comeback and releases a new song, Waiting for You. It becomes an instant sensation. The two are invited to appear on the dating show 8.4kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
18. 318 月 The Moon Falls Toward Her 月亮向她坠落 White Peach Pudding白桃布丁Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted [A Sweet Story of a Girl's Secret Crush Coming True] [Both Leads Are Each Other's Only One / Six-Year Age Gap / Devoted Bad Boy × Sweet, Gentle Girl] At fifteen, Jiang Lichu became an orphan. Her grandfather's old friend brought her to the Zhou family, and when asked to choose where she would live from then on, she gathered her courage and chose Zhou Yanyun, the young master of the Zhou family. The man smiled lazily and nonchalantly, his captivating, peach-blossom eyes fixed on her. "Little Lich 17.1kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
19. 319 你EN What Makes You Think I'll Keep Liking You Forever? 你凭什么认为我会一直喜欢你呢 Night Rain i夜雨iUrban1.2M WordsCompleted [Everyday romance] [One female lead] [Mutual healing] Because of a promise made in childhood, Chen Lu spent seven whole years pursuing the girl he’d grown up with. In the end, all he got was a cold rejection. Chen Lu smiled in acceptance, but his heart had turned to ash… until he met the sweet, clumsy girl who’d come to thank him. The girl was lovely and innocent, standing alone in the rain right where the two of them had agreed to meet. “Why haven’t you left…?” The girl slowly lifted her head. 121.5kReads9.7Score14.2kShelves
20. 320 藏 Midsummer Hidden in a Letter 藏在信笺里的盛夏 Ao Chen傲晨Two Male Leads463k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Campus Story + Both Pure + Mutual Yearning + Secret Crush + Older Top + Happy Ending + Slow-Paced Slice of Life] [Gentle, Reserved, Beautiful Bottom x Deeply Devoted, Cool, Forbearing Top] Wen Zhu has an anonymous pen pal. They’ve known each other for years. In this age of long distances and hurried lives, they’ve exchanged letters in the most old-fashioned way for years, yet never met face-to-face. When his family suddenly fell on hard times, Wen Zhu had no choice but to 21.7kReads9.5Score4kShelves
21. 321 别 Don’t Mess with His Little Darling 别惹他的小可怜 Dai in Her Boudoir呆字闺中Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [Published under the title Blazing Sun] [Cocky, unruly, flirtatious young master from Beijing’s elite circles x delicate yet resilient top student who’s been bullied] [Campus Romance x Healing x Top Students x Mutual Devotion] Tang Yu is the top student at Qingyuan High School, but she has endured years of bullying. When she’s driven to the brink, she sets her sights on the new transfer student. He’s cocky enough and wild enough. That day, bruised from head to toe, 47.6kReads9.5Score7.7kShelves
22. 322 美 Bewitched by Beauty: The Sweet Seductress Drives the Cold, Desirable Big Shot Wild 美色撩人：甜撩冷欲大佬诱他失控 Lu Yin鹿吟Modern Romance192k WordsCompleted [Seduction + Flirtatious Tension + Both Pure in Body and Heart + Mutual Redemption + Sweet Romance + Reborn] A fair-skinned beauty with a soft waist and radiant charm VS a cold, aloof, noble tycoon Jiang Qiyuan died in the tenth year of loving Fu Chiyang. Fu Chiyang knelt before her rose-covered gravestone, eyes red and figure slumped in sorrow and loneliness. Night after night, Fu Chiyang got drunk at her grave and spoke tenderly of his profound love for her. So the man she had buried in her he 586Reads9.3Score101Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists are mutually in love, but due to the male protagonist's identity, they cannot be together. They die in the tenth year of their love for each other. Later, the female protagonist is reborn and boldly loves the person she could not love in her previous life.

23. 323 干 Why Are You Sneaking a Look? If You Like Me, Make a Move 干嘛偷看啊，喜欢就拿下啊 Meng Dong, Not Meng Dong孟冬不是孟东Two Male Leads162k WordsCompleted Two male leads, two male leads, two male leads. One-on-one, happy ending. Xia Chengchuan was a handsome, wealthy college student who became friends with Duan Jingxu through a chance encounter that wasn’t entirely accidental. Duan Jingxu was a college student with money, looks, and brains, the kind of guy people were likely to have had a crush on for years. He had no idea whether anyone had been secretly in love with him for years, but he had been secretly in love with Xia Chengchuan for years. A 44Reads8.9Score—Shelves
24. 324 庸 Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心 Yin Mu殷木Urban370k WordsCompleted Realistic fiction · Unrequited love with a bad ending · Small-town life · Ordinary people · Coming-of-age · No golden finger Based on the true experiences of friends, this story is told from a male first-person perspective and follows Jiang Xin through the ups and downs of his youth in a small southern county town from 2005 to 2014. He was once an elementary-school prodigy admired by everyone. But from the moment he started middle school, his life quietly began to veer off course. As a boy, he 190Reads—Score107Shelves

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    I recommend this book; it's a genuine story of unrequited love from a male perspective. Set in a southern county high school in 2005, the former top student silently observes Lin Qiyu, his feelings hidden behind his desk and during evening self-study sessions. There's no mutual reciprocation; this affection, quietly and restrained, has persisted for years since their teenage years, known only to him from beginning to end.

25. 325 心 Heart's Remedy 心药 Sunny Xin晴天欣Two Male Leads112k WordsCompleted [Mutual Devotion × Healing] A troubled heart is hard to heal. Only you are the cure. Song Liusheng has two secrets. The second is that he has secretly been in love with You Jingxing for a long time. 852Reads9.2Score113Shelves
26. 326 那 That Summer We Said Hello 那年哈喽止于盛夏 Not Yet Turned Back未折返8k WordsCompleted That Year, Hello Ended with the Height of Summer —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 327 缠 Tangled in Passion: The Sickly Little Temptress Is Sweet and Irresistible 缠绵悱恻，病娇的小坏宝甜欲撩人 Sang Ning桑宁Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted “Baby, you're so naughty.” Whatever Li Mei takes a fancy to, she makes hers. Especially the chaste-looking guy who wears his white shirt spotless and immaculate. Little does she know, he's been plotting this all along... 232Reads8.7Score105Shelves
28. 328 本 We Were Meant to Meet Every Day 本该日日相逢 Zi Qi籽棋Modern Romance276k WordsOngoing [One-sided love he's plotted for ages + Reunion after years apart + Two highly intelligent equals + Transmigration + Both virgins + Happy ending] If you could go back to age twenty and rewrite a confession that once made you cringe with embarrassment, would you? At thirty-three, Lin Xiaojia is a rising star in the AI startup world, a winner in the eyes of everyone around her. But she carries a shame etched into her bones: in her senior year of college, she gathered all her courage and confessed 3kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves

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    The mutual unrequited love is delicately portrayed, and the flirting is never cheesy! The writing is clean, with plenty of foreshadowing and detail. The love and friendship storylines are both excellent, especially the entrepreneurial part, which is realistically depicted.

29. 329 他 He Pretended Not to Know Me on My Flight 他在我飞的航班上假装不认识 Xu Liqi徐黎栖Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [Fearful-of-Marriage Flight Attendant x Fearful-of-Flying CEO] On the day she flew an international route, the passenger in Seat 1A was the chubby boy who had secretly loved Gu Qingnian in high school. Zhou Yunan pretended not to know her, but his palms were drenched in sweat. She knew he was afraid of flying. Now he was a powerful CEO. She thought he had long forgotten the class monitor from Class Ten. That was, until Gu Qingnian stumbled across the Weibo account "IslandZ," which followed only 136Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a sweet contemporary romance novel about a long-awaited reunion. The female lead is a flight attendant, calm and decisive in the face of adversity, and refuses to be swayed by romance. The male lead is a CEO with a fear of flying, outwardly aloof, but in high school he was a chubby boy who secretly harbored a crush on the female lead for over a decade. The story takes place on a flight at 30,000 feet, where the male lead pretends not to recognize her upon their reunion. The entire story is free of angst and melodrama, following a delicate slice-of-life approach, with the romance developing gradually—a very comfortable and heartwarming sweet read!

30. 330 暗 Echoes of a Secret Crush 暗恋回音 Song Zhu Zhi宋竹栀Modern Romance134k WordsCompleted [Secret Crush Comes True + Sweet Romance + Mutual First Love + Playboy Turns Over a New Leaf + Chasing His Wife] [Fake Playboy, True Romantic × Gentle, Sweet Girl] The boldest thing Wen Zhi ever did was secretly love Jin Huaisi for four years without telling anyone. / In high school, she secretly liked Jin Huaisi, day after day. His name filled her rough-work notebooks, and she watched him through the gaps between the library shelves. Her feelings for him were like a flood. On the day she learne 2.4kReads8.2Score295Shelves

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    You absolutely have to read the first one! I absolutely adore the gentle florist! The fourth one is a bit too daring [shy][shy] you know what I mean 🥰

31. 331 夏 Summer of Sweet Indulgence 夏日贪欢 Fortune and the Moon in This Life福福今生月Modern Romance353k WordsCompleted Completed [Flirtatious, wild bad boy × sweet, sheltered good girl] [College romance / sweet romance / devoted hero] [Both leads are pure in body and heart] The hero is a wolf in sheep's clothing: a cool guy in public, but in private he calls the heroine “my sweet wife” and is a shameless flirt who loves kissing her. The heroine is a sweet, innocent-looking girl with delicate features who won't let anyone push her around. If she's bullied, she hits back. One day, someone saw the aloof campus gol 17.1kReads8.6Score2.3kShelves
32. 332 芩 Qin Heart, Beijing Intent 芩心京意 Double Happiness and Fortune囍和财Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted Jiang Wanqin has secretly loved Zhao Jingxu for four years. Ever since their first meeting, the sunflower he gave her shone into her life like sunshine. She worked herself to the bone to keep up with him, and after repeating a year, she finally got into Jing University as she had hoped. She thought their connection would end there, but later Zhao Jingxu became Jiang Wanqin's most devoted puppy. "Baby, I like you. When are you going to say yes and be my girlfriend?" "Baby, I love you so much!" Wh 1.1kReads—Score119Shelves

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    That's exactly it!!!

33. 333 云 Where the Clouds Run Deep 云深有知处 Yun Chen陨陈Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted [Artistic boy] × [school-life crush] × [devoted love] × [realistic] Artistic girl × guitarist boy “Slow-paced and badly written. Keep walking, nothing to see here.” The author has lost it (°_°) 67Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    The first book has a very gentle writing style and no scheming characters; even the supporting characters are amazing. The second book, "My Unrequited Love," is also very good.

34. 334 蕨 Fern 蕨草 Qin You沁柚Modern Romance154k WordsCompleted [Mutual Pining + School Life + Pure Love + Bittersweet + Delicate + Happy Ending + Sweet Romance] Fang Shiyang had always thought that after that summer, she and Meng Qiuwen would never see each other again. It wasn't until they reunited in their hometown that she realized some fates were written in the stars. Meeting again was only a matter of time. The shy awkwardness of being eighteen had kept them from voicing their love. Now, five years later, that love had resurfaced, and they could final 47Reads—Score137Shelves

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    What?! Unrequited love? Then I'm the best person to talk about this! The unrequited love scenes in the school setting were written so realistically, and I loved the reunion scene later on! The male lead is so great, and the female lead is great too, they're both wonderful!

35. 335 顶 The Top-Tier Star Emperor Is Chasing Me Again!! 顶流影帝又在倒追我！！ Illuminating Mortal Life照浮生Modern Romance244k WordsOngoing [Mutually Faithful Couple + Everyone Is Faithful + Mutual Secret Crushes + Pure Love + Seven-Year Age Gap + Reunion After Years Apart] Lu Siyao is a top-tier star, born into a wealthy family. With a top-notch physique and looks, he's every bit the favored child of heaven. Jiang Yiyi, meanwhile, is a minor actress with barely any name recognition, aloof and prickly. She thought their lives had only crossed briefly, and that they would never meet again. But on the day they reunite, the usually 149Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male and female leads have a mutual unrequited love

36. 336 低 Whisper It! Darling, I Only Want You 低声哄！宝贝，我只要你 Clear and Pure澈净Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication / Short drama of the same name now streaming] [Gentle, insecure top student x arrogant, carefree rich playboy] [College romance + Both leads are inexperienced + Fake playboy + Mutual pining becomes real + He’s never loved anyone else + Sweet and flirty] Fu Ciyu had always been a star at Jingcheng University. Born into one of the capital’s top wealthy families, he was unruly and hard to tame. Girls were always around him, but he had never given anyone his heart. Everyone 51.3kReads9.5Score6.5kShelves

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    The first three books all feature female protagonists secretly in love with male protagonists, who are all seemingly playboys but are actually very romantic. I highly recommend the first book, the original novel of "Short Drama and Tea Romance." The fourth book is a slow-burn, understated story of unrequited love in high school Chinese literature, primarily told from the female protagonist's perspective, with the male protagonist's perspective gradually emerging later on.

37. 337 重 Reborn, I Quit Pretending: The Cold Tycoon Loses Control Night After Night 重生后不装了，高冷大佬夜夜失控 I Want to Waste Time with You我想和你虚度时光Modern Romance215k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + He Has a Secret Crush on Her + Equally Matched Leads + One-on-One] In her past life, Ruan Xingci spent twenty-four years being the “perfect, obedient daughter.” She was gentle and yielding, giving everything to the “younger sister” raised at the family’s old residence. In the end, she died in a cold hospital corridor. The last thing she heard was Song Yao laughing. Reborn at twenty-two, she decides she’s done pretending. They want to steal her opportunities? She beats them t 44Reads—Score337Shelves

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    In her previous life, the female protagonist was a perfect, obedient daughter for twenty-four years, enduring countless grievances and showing no mercy. Reborn, she completely sheds her pretense. She tears apart her hypocritical younger sister, reclaims everything that belongs to her, and finds herself secretly favored by a powerful man who harbors feelings for her. This sweet and heartwarming story of two strong characters becomes increasingly addictive with each reading.

38. 338 哥 Brother, If I Kiss You, Your Boyfriend Won't Get Jealous, Right? 哥哥，我亲你，你男友不会生气吧 Wan Louyu万楼愈Two Male Leads318k WordsCompleted [Failed pursuit of the wife + switching to a new gong + younger man + intense push and pull] [Green-tea, sweet-on-the-outside-and-dark-within puppy gong Baili Can X gentle, elegant recipient Ji Su'er] [Both pure] Ji Su'er pursued Qin Mo for seven years, only to get a single sentence from the scumbag: “You disgust me.” He’d loved him for so long, but it took only one night to walk away. His friend set up a night out drinking, but Ji Su'er went straight home with a college guy. After drinking, the 6.5kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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    Yes, it's a male-male romance novel. The content is excellent, no wonder so many people recommend it. And I especially love one line from it: "Brother, true strength is never about never having tears, but about being able to move forward even while shedding tears."

39. 339 暗 Secret Love Finds the Light 暗恋逢光 Good Morning早好Modern Romance218k WordsCompleted [Unrequited Love Comes True + Bad Boy Turns Over a New Leaf + Devoted, Sweet Romance + College Campus] [Fake Good Girl × Pretend Bad Boy, True Romantic] Lin Fengyin has a secret crush on someone, and the object of her affections is a complete jerk. She accidentally catches him smoking in a dim alley. One of his buddies asks, "Brother Cheng, Lin Fengyin's pretty hot too. You don't like her?" The boy is lazy, cocky, and carefree. Thin wisps of smoke rise, making it impossible to guess what he's th 1.3kReads8.9Score144Shelves
40. 340 我 My Heart Is Beating 我的心在跳动 Chestnut Puree栗子泥Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted Chen Shen was the name Cheng Yingying had been thinking about for ages. She fell in love with him at first sight in middle school, and in high school, she finally got her wish and became his girlfriend. Kisses, hugs, romance... 1.5kReads8.9Score105Shelves

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    🔥Wow! Perfectly got it! 🌷A classic unrequited love story! A reformed playboy, a sweet and gentle girl secretly in love with that wild and unruly boy. She used to peek at him in the high school library. Later, seeing him with other girls, she was heartbroken. Then, when they met again in college, her heart still fluttered!

41. 341 风 The Kite and the Boy 风筝与少年 Fish in the Woods木林有鱼Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted [Secret Crush Comes True | 1v1, Pure Love | Sweet Romance] [Sensitive, Overthinking Top Student × Bold, Free-Spirited Golden Boy] A paper-kite airplane brought summer and Chen Yibai into Zhou Lili’s world. Zhou Lili remembered it clearly: the boy stood on the second-floor school corridor, looking down at the orange-yellow paper-kite airplane drifting by. Without warning, it fell at her heels. Their gazes met in midair, and the boy’s eyes sparkled with laughter. The summer breeze, paper-kite airp 895Reads8.7Score135Shelves
42. 342 夏 Summer Rain Comes Suddenly 夏雨忽至 Lang Nanhua浪南花Modern Romance135k WordsCompleted In Zhao Ni’s girlhood, there was a quiet, aloof boy named Yuan Jiaming. When they first met, the innocent Zhao Ni was drawn to his cool, handsome presence. She followed him around, wishing him good night with all her heart every evening. Yuan Jiaming, however, kept his distance. He refused Zhao Ni’s request for his autograph, met her with a cold face, and barely responded to her. Zhao Ni was fragile and sensitive, but she liked to make herself seem strong. She used her spoiled, overbearing manne 82Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Unrequited Love Story ## In the summer of passionate love, there are always unspeakable little heartaches. Unrequited love is a bitter fruit with an unknown ending. Midsummer nights are long and dreamy, and there are always secrets that are hard to say in the heart.

43. 343 暗 The Tenth Year of Secretly Loving You 暗恋你的第十年 Ninth Month第九月Modern Romance92k WordsOngoing Also known as: I Married in a Flash After Meeting a Weirdo, The Perfect Match for a Whirlwind Marriage A slice-of-life story, with no domineering CEO or sudden corporate takeovers. Liu Ye listened to her mother and went on a blind date with a man her aunt had picked out, supposedly after “carefully choosing the very best.” The man’s first words were, “After we get married, you’ll quit your job.” His second: “We’ll have two kids in three years, and at least one has to be a boy.” His third: “The h —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Here it comes! It has elements of unrequited love and a marriage plot. The gist is this: the male and female leads are both adults. The female lead dropped out of high school but was scouted and entered the entertainment industry, though she didn't become famous. She's an only child, so after leaving the industry, she went on a blind date and got married. On her second blind date, she met the male lead, a stark contrast to her first date. Because the male lead had a crush on her, and they met again 10 years later, he treated her very well and was handsome, so she developed feelings for him. Meanwhile, her parents were getting older, and she was harassed by the same strange man from her first blind date. Her parents were worried and wanted someone to protect her… The female lead's feelings for the male lead weren't yet at the point of marriage; she wanted to think it over. Then, the male lead proposed a "marriage of convenience." Having had a crush on her for 10 years, he never dared to hope they could be together, but now that they had met, whether it was fate or something else, he didn't want to be apart. Blah blah blah... It's about a refined, aloof, and almost ascetic lawyer who's a former actress turned librarian with a slightly mischievous side. He's serious when they're not close, but becomes bold and flirtatious once they get to know each other better. The male lead likes the female lead before they get married, but she only truly falls for him after they're married. (Self-recommendation in progress~)

44. 344 他 He Really Took the Bait and Can't Stop Grinning 他真被吊成翘嘴了 Gentle Scholar温柔文人Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available. Book title: Orange Coffee] Pei Shuang first met Li Changying at Xiyuan North Station. He was very tall, with a long, well-proportioned build and a striking presence. Slicked-back hair, black leather jacket, black sunglasses, and vintage gradient-ripped jeans. A male celebrity. A cool guy. A fashionista. That was Pei Shuang’s first impression of him. And it was mostly accurate. On the first day of freshman registration at Xiyuan University, he became famous. Rumors r 36.7kReads9.5Score5.3kShelves
45. 345 我 I Remember Your Name: Secret Crush Edition 我记得你的名字【暗恋版】 Lemon from Qingshui River清水河里的柠檬Modern Romance37k WordsCompleted A secret crush is one person's private chaos. It's smiling and saying, “I wish you two the best,” then sitting alone until dawn. It's looking forward to seeing each other again after parting, writing letter after letter during your school days even though you know nothing will come of it, eagerly waiting by the school reception desk, and hearing him say when you bump into each other, “I remember your name!” —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Synopsis: Unrequited love for the ceiling! Two familiar people misunderstand each other due to a series of unfortunate events, developing mutual unrequited love, but in different ways. Very heart-wrenching! Character traits: An ordinary girl, but kind and warm-hearted, later undergoing a drastic personality change, becoming somewhat withdrawn. She deeply loves the male lead and is also hurt because of him.

46. 346 肆 Recklessly Tender: President Zhou Is Flirtatious and Full of Tricks 肆意温柔，周总他又撩又茶 A Spring一个泉Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted Everyone says Zhou of Hengyan Group is so refined and dignified that he’s beyond reproach. Then someone overhears his friends teasing him for being whipped. He curls his lips into a smile and casually takes a jab at everyone present. “Still drinking? I’ll pass. My wife would worry about me.” “Quiet, everyone. I need to call and check in with her!” “Wait, you guys don’t have wives keeping tabs on you? How pitiful.” Everyone else: ... After finally marrying the woman he’d had a crush on throughou 35kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
47. 347 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 80Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The main story is complete. The female protagonist of the Doctors Without Borders novel is rewritten. She learns that the male soldier is wounded and in shock, and on his deathbed, he believes he has been reborn in high school. She returns to the past six months, to the time she has dreamt of him every night… Finally, the male protagonist awakens, like a god descending, amidst the perilous battlefield, and they have a whirlwind marriage in reality. (Trust Clouds White Waves)

48. 348 青 Lime Oolong Tea 青柠乌龙茶 Wei Ran魏然Modern Romance227k WordsCompleted 1. Many people say that promises made by teenagers are best taken with a grain of salt. But among tens of thousands, there’s always one person who keeps their word. Shen Fusheng was that one in tens of thousands. Xia Ning first heard about Shen Fusheng in middle school. He was handsome, came from a good family, and ranked near the top of his class. By high school, Shen Fusheng had captivated countless girls. But by a twist of fate, he and Xia Ning fell for each other and got together. On their w 3Reads8.1Score—Shelves
49. 349 盛 Chasing the Light in Midsummer 盛夏逐光 Eating Sunflower吃吃葵Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Secret crush comes true | Playboy reforms | Lost love rekindled | Both leads are devoted to each other | Sweet romance] At the senior-year New Year's Eve party, the girls of Dorm 501 drank and chatted merrily. For a party game, everyone had to share a secret no one else knew. Xu Nanzhi had a little fruit wine and her cheeks flushed. She whispered, "I like Fu Shijin." Her roommates went from eager anticipation to disappointment. "How 39.3kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves

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    Unrequited love, happy ending, the female lead doesn't feel inferior because of her unrequited love, she always has her own goals, and the male lead is attracted to her because of her excellence.

50. 350 故 We’re All Supporting Characters in This Story 故事里面的我们都是配角 A Little Deer一只鹿儿Modern Romance50k WordsCompleted The first time she noticed him, his eyes were lowered, a smile playing on his lips as he said in a low voice, “Little girl.” The second time, he gave her a note that read, “A full stomach leads to lust.” He gave her a knowing smile and asked what she thought of the phrase. “Sounds good,” she said. … And what happened next? Well, her secret crush came true, and they rekindled their love, but in the end, it still couldn’t withstand the cruel joke fate played on them… A short angst story about un 74Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    This book is a perfect match for "Falling in Vain"—you have to read it! It's so moving, "She sleeps forever, he often thinks of her." I don't usually like tragic romance novels, but I was drawn in by the synopsis and cried right after reading the last few chapters. Sisters, go for it!

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