Looking for Stories Where the Male Lead Has Loved the Female Lead for Years 求男主蓄谋已久，男主对女主喜欢了很多年的

1. 1 八 Married with a Baby in the ’80s: My Mortal Enemy Becomes a Henpecked Husband 八零奉子成婚，死对头成了妻管严 Nong Wuyou侬无忧Modern Romance796k WordsCompleted When Lin Xiangyi woke up, she learned that she had transmigrated into a book, a period novel written by her stepsister. Her stepsister was the heroine, and she was the vicious supporting character. Her father didn’t love her and her mother was gone. As if having to survive under the thumb of her wicked stepmother since childhood wasn’t enough, her scheming stepsister stole her fiancé and set up her nemesis, the street thug Xie Qingxiao, to ruin her virtue. She became pregnant by accident, and af 13.5kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves

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   The male lead has had a crush on the female lead since their school days. It's a period drama with a love-obsessed male lead—the epitome of a husband who only exists in novels.

2. 2 落 Fallen Leaves Return to the Forest 落叶归于林 Green Tones绿色调Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted [Reunited after years apart + A slow-burn romance + Sweet devotion + Both leads are each other's only ones + Healing] [An insecure, sensitive heroine x A gentle, steadfast hero] That day, Ye Zi sat by the road, crying quietly for a long time, until a hand reached out to her with a pack of tissues. “Are you okay?” the young man's voice was clear and gentle, tinged with uncertainty. “Here, take these.” His slender, fair hand, with its distinct knuckles, reached out a little farther. Ye Zi might 522Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Recommended! Recommended! [Insecure and sensitive female lead x gentle and determined male lead] That day, Ye Zi sat by the roadside and cried quietly for a long time until a hand reached out to her, offering her a pack of tissues. "Are you... Alright?" The boy's clear voice was cautious. "Take it." The hand was long and slender, with distinct knuckles, and it was extended further. Ye Zi probably didn't even know that the boy had actually left an imprint on her heart long ago. — Lin Xiao did have someone he liked. At a dinner party, a close friend joked with Lin Xiao, saying that even a prodigy like him could have a crush, and that he even had an old photo of that person in his wallet. When he was studying abroad, many people liked Lin Xiao, both Chinese and foreigners; there was a long line of people pursuing him. Someone teased him, saying, "You don't even like the school beauty, what kind of person do you like?" Lin Xiao jokingly replied, "I don't like flowers, I like leaves."

3. 3 离 After My Divorce, the Lawyer Who Had Loved Me for Twelve Years Lured Me into His Arms 离婚后，被暗恋十二年律师诱入怀 Guang Jun's Promise广君一诺Modern Romance467k WordsCompleted [Both leads are faithful + No getting back together after the breakup + Reunited after divorce + 12 years of unrequited love + One-on-one romance] How many twelve-year stretches can a person have in life? Huo Minghan has spent twelve years orbiting Zhou Qiyun, but her youthful crush ultimately comes to an end. While she was looking at someone else, he was looking at her. Their tangled relationship wore away their youth and exhausted their obsession. After her divorce, Huo Minghan suddenly r 682Reads—Score107Shelves

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   This book is great, highly recommended!

4. 4 姐 My Sister and I Are to Marry the Same Man? I Won't Marry the Crown Prince, I Want the Regent 姐妹同嫁？我不嫁太子我要摄政王 I Am the Blooming Prosperity花开富贵本花Ancient Romance717k WordsCompleted The possessive, jealous regent x the sweet, silly Princess Mingyue The heroine is the kind of person who doesn’t have to lift a finger for someone to fall in love with her! "Historical romance + reborn + in their previous life, the hero secretly loved her and died with her + in this life, he competes for her and refuses to let her go + both are devoted to each other + happy ending + sweet romance + no angst for the heroine" In both their past and present lives, Wen Ruan is Shen Ye’s wife. In t 36.1kReads8.7Score6.3kShelves

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   It's a story of a long-planned, unrequited love that blossoms into reality, where the male lead is deeply in love with the female lead, and everyone knows it!

5. 5 蓄 Long-Planned: The Chief Councilor’s Daily Devotion to His Wife 蓄谋已久：首辅大人的宠妻日常 I Am the Blooming Prosperity花开富贵本花Ancient Romance566k WordsCompleted “The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later.” Sweet, delicate beauty × scheming powerful official. A marriage that turns into tooth-achingly sweet love! “The aloof beauty comes down from her pedestal of her own accord.” A spring palace painting leads to “bedroom lessons,” and the heart-fluttering moments just won’t stop! Reading guide: Both leads are virgins, happy ending, sweet romance with no angst, sugar from beginning to end! Qin Nuan married Shen Yanqing, the Chief Minister who was the 30.9kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
6. 6 灰 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 Clouds of Rough Noodles Again又见糙面云Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 36.4kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves

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   Thankfully, I didn't miss this one. It's absolutely the pinnacle of contemporary romance novels. The business battles are brilliant, and the romance between the male and female leads is superb. It's irreplaceable, and even the supporting characters are outstanding. Many people have already read it three or four times before finishing it. It's a divine book. I'm looking for a replacement, and I sincerely want to find another book to read.

7. 7 蓄 He’d Planned It All Along: Falling in Love With Me 蓄谋已久爱上我 Moonshadow Lanqing月影岚清Modern Romance189k WordsCompleted A devoted, scheming CEO × a dazzling, sharp-tongued heiress. Marriage first, then love; secret crush turned mutual, with a chase to win her back. An alliance that began as a scheme becomes the deep love he has been plotting for years. Everyone in Lin City knows the Lu Group is on the brink of bankruptcy and that marrying into a branch of the Jiang family is its only chance to survive. The spoiled, sharp-tongued Lu heiress, Lu Yunqi, is forced to marry Jiang Yubai, who is said to belong to a bran 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male protagonist falls in love with the female protagonist at first sight, a love that lasts a lifetime, a love that has been brewing for a long time.

8. 8 屈 Surrendering to Tenderness 屈于温柔 Ying Xi赢兮Modern Romance426k WordsCompleted [Cool and radiant genius violinist girl x gentle, distinguished rising star in the business world] [Devoted romance with no past relationships + long-planned courtship + doting boyfriend + two wealthy families + age gap] Everyone knew that the eldest young master of the Shen family was handsome and distinguished, and had become a rising star in the business world at a young age. Who could have imagined that someone so utterly level-headed would one day be troubled by love? Shen Minghuai had nev 16.1kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves

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   This one! The male lead is a refined and noble young master from a wealthy family, the head of a powerful clan, a gentleman, gentle and incredibly charming 🤭 He has been secretly in love with the female lead for a long time, and is the kind of gentle and doting father-type boyfriend!

9. 9 拥 She Fell into His Abyss 拥她入深渊 Ying Xi赢兮Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [A seemingly fragile girl who’s secretly a ruthless schemer × a gentle, doting, fatherly tycoon] [Devoted husband, age gap, love at first sight, both leads are pure and devoted, romance across borders] Everyone knows Jiang Xu, head of the Jiang family in Southeast Asia, is refined and handsome, but also cold, restrained, and uninterested in women. But one night, as the tension between them grows without restraint, the girl, bullied until her eyes are red, uses the last of her strength to prop he 11.4kReads9.2Score877Shelves

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   This one! The male lead is a refined and noble young master from a wealthy family, the head of a powerful clan, a gentleman, gentle and incredibly charming [smirk]. He has been secretly in love with the female lead for a long time, and is the kind of gentle and doting father-type boyfriend!

10. 10 谁 Whose Daddy-Type Boyfriend Is This Scheming, Brooding One? 谁家爹系男友这么心机阴湿啊 Bi Ying Xi毕赢兮Modern Romance461k WordsCompleted [A seemingly fragile but truly haughty little fox + a possessive, fatherly tycoon] [Long-planned pursuit + age gap + both leads are inexperienced and devoted + sweet romance + happy ending] Word has it that Huan Ting'an, heir to the top-tier Huan family, is refined and elegant, aloof and abstinent, and has a beloved woman he can't have whom he's searched for in vain for years. After hearing this, Sheng Wen'ying looked in the mirror, then at a photo of the woman he loved, and thought long and har 3.3kReads—Score269Shelves
11. 11 非 Irrational Surrender 非理性沦陷 Ying Xi赢兮Modern Romance463k WordsCompleted [A gorgeous, haughty heiress × a cold, roguish foreign powerhouse] [Devoted, sweet romance with both leads’ hearts belonging only to each other + age gap + two powerful families + doting, fatherly boyfriend] Yu Nanyan, the cherished young lady of the Yu family in Hong Kong, had been spoiled rotten ever since she was a child. But after an accident, she was forced to use a wheelchair. The exasperated heiress suddenly noticed that the new bodyguard she had hired looked at her with anything but inno 3.2kReads8.6Score293Shelves
12. 12 我 I Turned My Secret Crush Into a Novel, and It Became a Hit 我把暗恋写成小说，没想到火了 Le Yan and the Sea乐言与海10k WordsCompleted I Turned My Secret Crush Into a Novel, and Never Expected It to Become a Hit 5.7kReads—Score192Shelves
13. 13 女 The Female Side Character Is Too Radiant, and the Villain Can't Stop Kissing Her 女配太明媚，会被黑化大佬亲上瘾 One Bored Rich Lady无聊富婆一枚Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted I got a low score because someone sabotaged me. Kids, don’t read this. “Bright, charming, and bold villainess × a gloomy, unhinged big shot who pretends to be deaf” The moment Song Chuntian opened her eyes, she found herself in the role of the vicious female supporting character who tormented the future big shot. The original owner of her body had committed countless evil deeds. Now reborn, Fu Shen had fallen completely into darkness. He locked her away in a private sanatorium and tortured her 13kReads5.8Score709Shelves

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    The cunning and possessive male lead has been plotting this for a long time, keeping and punishing this little drama queen while secretly enjoying watching her provoke him to survive! He dotes on the female lead, who is sweet and adorable!

14. 14 被 After My Obsessive Sister Claimed Me for Herself, There's No Escape 被疯批妹控强取豪夺后，逃不掉了 Xia Zhijin夏知锦Modern Romance241k WordsCompleted Possessive Love + Forced Romance + Mutual First Love + The Husband Chases His Wife to Win Her Back + Madman + Obsessive Possessiveness + Mutual Healing An accident robbed Xia Chunin of both her parents and claimed the life of the boy who had been living with her family. Seven years later, trapped and desperate, Xia Chunin saw a face exactly like his. “Brother, is that you?” “I've missed you so much.” The man coldly pushed her away. “No.” - Wen Shi, the feared ruler of Baicheng. He was ruthless 986Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He had been plotting for a long time, growing up alongside the female lead, and ultimately changed his identity to forcibly take her away.

15. 15 步 Bu Jin Falls in Love 步谨心动 Pear Blossom Lover花痴梨Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted > I thought our first meeting ended when you were seventeen, > but you said we first met many years later. [One-on-one romance, sweet pampering, a guiding lover, love of country, an age gap, transmigration through time, happy ending] Shen Bu, a once-wealthy heiress whose family went bankrupt, accidentally fell into a time-travel laboratory and was tossed between different fragments of time. At twenty-two, bright and full of life, she met the same person at seventeen, thirty, and forty. She ha 61Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    She time-travels and remains 22 years younger, only to be called "sister" by a 17-year-old boy. 18 Years later, he becomes a CEO and pretends to be a stranger. The truth is so sweet it makes you cry! [Winking face][shy face]

16. 16 领 My Fiancé Stood Me Up Before We Could Get Our Marriage License, Then His Younger Brother Took His Chance 领证前失约，未婚夫弟弟趁虚而入 Tea After茶后Modern Romance331k WordsCompleted [Contemporary Romance + Younger Brother Steals the Girl + Long-Planned Pursuit + Devoted Husband + Sweet Romance + Scheming Male Tea + Marriage First, Love Later + One-on-One + Dotes on Her Alone + Powerful CEO] Just minutes before they were due to register their marriage, her fiancé, Pei Tingshen, decided to put it off, turned the car around, and went to the hospital to visit his childhood sweetheart, who had just returned from abroad. Shen Ruoxi delivered one final warning over the phone. “If 25.8kReads8.6Score3.7kShelves

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    Highly recommended! A super good read. The scheming, manipulative male lead has been plotting his way to the top for a long time. His older brother stood him up before their marriage registration, so the younger brother volunteered, "Sister-in-law, do you think I'm good enough?" It's scheming, funny, and the younger brother is incredibly manipulative. If you like charming, cunning men, check it out!

17. 17 最 The Best Wine Takes Time 最好的酒，需要等待 Before Dawn, Just Before Daybreak临晞未晞Modern Romance302k WordsOngoing [A love that goes both ways + Ten years of waiting for love + Devoted husband + Healing through trauma, one-on-one romance] After secretly loving a winemaker for ten years, the young heir to a winery was prompted by his younger sister to “steal” her away at a matchmaking event. He carefully laid his plans over the next two months and married her. Before the wedding, he protected her quietly. Afterward, he openly spoiled her. It was a love story that went both ways, from unspoken devotion to an 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My long-planned wish has finally come true. (Recommendation +1)

18. 18 指 A Fingerprint Away from Falling in Love 指纹解锁的心动 Before Dawn, Just Before Daybreak临晞未晞Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Reunited after years apart + mutual devotion + beloved by everyone, 1v1] Li Linxi, a fourth-year archaeology student, discovers the fingerprint of an artisan from three thousand years ago in “noise” data from a digitization project. She also reunites with Xiao Heyang, the “Third Brother” who tutored her four years earlier. The discovery not only leads her to rewrite her company’s data collection standards, but also draws her into an adventure where academia and business collide. She must navi 9Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 养 I Raised Her for Ten Years. On Our Wedding Day, She Handed Me a Cup of Poison 养她十年，大婚那日她递来一杯断肠酒 Mo Jianwei墨见微57k WordsCompleted I Raised Her for Ten Years, Then on Our Wedding Day She Handed Me a Cup of Poison 141Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 少 Young Master, Madam Says She'd Rather Go to Work! 少爷，夫人说她更想上班！ Chichi Xianyue迟迟弦月Modern Romance794k WordsOngoing [Marriage first, love later] [Long-planned romance] [Both strong and devoted] Diplomat x CEO When she was four, her mother died before her eyes, and her father fell in love with someone else. From then on, Liu Ling'er learned one thing: tears were useless, and so was love. At twenty-five, Shen Yuci bound her to his side with a marriage contract. She thought it was a five-year arrangement, never knowing that this man had been waiting for her for twenty-one years. She also had no idea that for t 1.5kReads—Score125Shelves

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    This one! The male lead has had a crush on the female lead since childhood! He respects her deeply, has strong moral values, and both the male and female leads have minor flaws that make them very relatable.

21. 21 深 Caught Escaping in the Dead of Night, the Powerful One Falls for Me 深夜出逃被抓，上位者低头沦陷 Half-Dreaming, Half-Departed半梦半离Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted (Just received a rating, so it’ll go up) Wen He x Huo Yanci [Cold, obsessive family patriarch × soft but stubborn art student] [One-on-one romance / five-year age gap / possessive love / long-laid plans / powerful man learns to yield / devoted couple] Wen He went home with her best friend for the New Year. When she first met Huo Yanci, she obediently called him “Uncle.” She had no idea that this refined, aloof man had already been waiting for her for thirteen whole years. Every time she ran, he 10.1kReads7.4Score957Shelves

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    I found a contemporary romance novel set in a wealthy family with a strong sense of suspense. The story follows a stubborn but gentle art student who goes back to her best friend's old mansion for the Lunar New Year, where she encounters the powerful and charismatic head of the family. The heroine treats it like a first meeting, unaware that he has been secretly in love with her for many years. The male lead is quite intimidating in the beginning, and the story is slightly angsty, with more scenes of the male lead suffering than the heroine. Their relationship develops gradually. Those who enjoy well-planned plots might enjoy this.

22. 22 闪 After Our Whirlwind Wedding, President Pei Lost Control 闪婚后，裴总失控了 Lu Sanwan吕三碗Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted [Reunion + mutual secret crushes + each other’s first love + devoted to each other + sweet romance] [Cool, gentle good girl + refined, devoted heir] In their first year of high school, Pei Jinheng fell in love at first sight with the gentle, beautiful Lin Qiao. From then on, the cool and refined Pei Jinheng became a talkative, cocky, handsome rogue whenever he was around Lin Qiao. But one misunderstanding after another drove them further apart. Then, when Pei Jinheng turned twenty-six, the Pei a 4.7kReads—Score452Shelves

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    He fell in love with the female lead at first sight, harbored a secret crush for eleven years, and doted on her even more after marriage.

23. 23 闪 A Carefully Planned Whirlwind Marriage: Dr. Wen Is Head Over Heels 闪婚蓄谋已久，温医生他超爱 Qiao Xingman乔星漫Modern Romance135k WordsOngoing [Sweet romance + secret crush + whirlwind marriage + childhood friends + both untouched + happy ending] [Frank, impulsive lawyer vs. steady, meticulous psychologist] Raised in an all-female household, Cen Yan had made it to twenty-six without the word “marriage” appearing anywhere in her life’s dictionary. By chance, she and her childhood friend, psychologist Wen Yuzhou, became a couple. The reserved doctor she remembered soon turned into a “kissing addict” who was always asking for a kiss. At h —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead has liked the female lead for many years and finally confessed his feelings successfully. The two often kiss, and the plot is very sweet.

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