Looking for Stories Where Childhood Sweethearts Beat Out the Newcomer! 想看竹马抵过天降的那种文！
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Saving My Cannon-Fodder Childhood Friend: The Aloof Beauty Stakes Herself on the Game 拯救炮灰竹马，清冷美人以身入局
[Two male leads + 1v1, both pure + childhood friends + devoted to each other + super sweet] Cool, aloof beauty who knows how to reel them in on the receiving end × tall, handsome, straight-laced top In his second year studying abroad, Jiang Shaoli awakened to his own existence and discovered that he was living inside a danmei novel. His childhood friend, who had a one-track mind, was apparently a hopeless simp for the novel’s protagonist on the receiving end, destined to become a cannon fodder
104.4kReads9.2Score15.7kShelves
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Reckless Favoritism 肆意偏爱
[Fairy-like heroine x roguishly handsome hero] [Both virgins + sweet romance] The day Song Zhi broke up with her boyfriend, she partied all night at a bar. At five in the morning, she walked out of the bar and ran into Jiang Yan. He was sitting on a bench outside, the corners of his eyes slightly red. His white shirt was rumpled, his tie hung loosely around his neck, and a bottle of beer sat beside him. When he saw her, Jiang Yan looked up slightly and asked hoarsely, “Had enough fun?” Song Zhi
5.5kReads9.2Score442Shelves
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After Our Divorce, My Younger Childhood Sweetheart Took Me Back Home 和离后，年下竹马把我抢回家
[A double-substitute story where “you think I'm your substitute, but you're actually the real substitute.” The ex-husband chases his wife, but this time he truly gets his comeuppance. Both leads are first-timers. An obsessive, possessive heroine x a flirtatious, self-destructive hero. Older woman/younger man romance.] Ye Qingying fell in love with Shen Xu at first sight and did everything for him. She even emptied the Ye family coffers to shower the Shen family with gifts. Everyone in the capita
855Reads8.5Score101Shelves
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He's Sweet-Talking Her Again 他又在哄她了
[Devoted, Mutual Feelings, Sweet and Flirty, One-on-One] In everyone else’s eyes, Zhou Yichen always seemed aloof and cool. But ever since his childhood sweetheart started attending his school, people couldn’t help saying, “Brother Yi has changed! He’s gotten so gentle!” “Look, look! Brother Yi is coaxing his childhood sweetheart again.” They say childhood sweethearts can’t compete with someone who comes along later, but to Xu Yucheng, he was her first choice and her only one. She secretly kept
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When the Stars Fall in Love 星星心动时
[A pampered heiress who'll never go broke or fall from grace VS a restrained, self-controlled, utterly loyal and devoted wolf pup] [Sweet romance + Comedy + Rebirth at school + One-on-one romance + Healing + Mutual devotion] Li Nanxing has had a bodyguard since she was five. He's like a silent shadow, always at her side, seeming to have no presence at all, yet never leaving her for a moment. Everyone thinks a haughty heiress would never care about an insignificant shadow. Until one midsummer nig
1.8kReads9.1Score249Shelves
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I'm Pregnant with My Archenemy's Baby 我怀了死对头的崽
[Sweet romance + no angst + childhood friends + lighthearted daily life] Ji Shu and Jiang Zhijing have never gotten along. Since childhood, they've seen each other as a thorn in their side, and their biggest goal has always been to take each other out. When they grow up and enter the entertainment industry one after the other, their fans become just as fiercely opposed. Ji Shu hates Jiang Zhijing more than anyone in the world. Then one day, she discovers she's pregnant with his child! While film
18kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
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The Sweet Little Troublemaker and Her Childhood-Friend Big Brother 竹马哥哥的甜甜小作精
Xu Yi has a childhood sweetheart: sweet smile, cutesy voice, and a little demon who always causes a fuss. Whenever she cries, he wants to comfort her even if it costs him his life. But she doesn’t want his life. After living a second life, Ruan Qinqing becomes clingy, chasing after him every day for kisses, hugs, and to be lifted up high. On the sports field, she wraps her arms around his waist and gazes up at him pitifully. “Xu Yi, I miss you so much. More than you can imagine.” In the rainfore
6.5kReads8.9Score837Shelves
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Fourteen Letters 十四封信
Ruan Shengsheng × Zhou Mingsen (The contents of the fourteen letters are on Weibo ♥) Ruan Shengsheng had already come to accept death in peace, but his arrival made her begin to fear her own disappearance. He said, “Shengsheng, don’t cry. I’ll always be by your side.” She said, “I went to the temple to pray for your safety for the rest of your life.” At the very end, he held her hand tightly. Tears slid down his cheeks and fell onto their clasped hands. Summer in Yuncheng ended, and their s
1.5kReads8.4Score467Shelves
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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
19.4kReads9.3Score3kShelves
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After Sharing Sensations, the Brother Who Teases Openly and Revels in Secret Finds Happiness 共感后，明搔暗爽哥幸福了
Rival + being attacked by one-sided empathy + strong + double cleansing + under the year + straight bending (quickly formed) Loves to play but keeps a clean mind, is a straight man, is aggressive, has a cold temper and hates stupidity, and will retaliate against beauties. A wolf in front and a tiger in back, Xie Tang is guarding his mother's business alone. The outside world is eyeing it, internal directors are waiting for opportunities, and the stepmother of the family is constantly making move
175.1kReads9.2Score33.7kShelves
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Why Is My Kept Puppy Getting More and More Like a Wolf? 包养的小奶狗，怎么越来越像狼？
[A college guy who pretends to be sweet and loyal as a puppy pursues × a cool, unrequited-love CEO is pursued] [Two male leads + both each other's first + kept lover + dress shoes can't beat sneakers] The most impulsive thing Qiao Jianqing ever did was take a college student named Xie Lin'an as his kept lover while drunk. Xie Lin'an was four years younger and hadn't graduated yet. He was dirt-poor, but had a face that turned heads. “Do you know how to take care of someone?” Qiao Jianqing asked b
9.6kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves
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The Top-Tier Star Coos to Her Every Night, and the Asexual Doctor Loses Control and Spoils Her 顶流夜夜哄，禁欲医生失控宠
[Dual male leads + equally matched strength + both devoted to each other + a touch of bittersweet angst + push and pull + happy ending] A scrappy, lovesick bottom who stands his ground but turns timid and sweet VS a cool, authoritative, tender-hearted top The main story is complete. On graduation day, Lu Er, the bottom-ranked student at A University's medical school, got drunk and lost his sense of propriety, mistaking top student Song Jingmo for a girl and sleeping with him. When he woke up, he
33kReads9.0Score3.6kShelves
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You Are My Endless Summer 你是我无尽的夏天
[A slice-of-life story. For content warnings, see the author’s note in Chapter 1.] 1. Yu Rong and Lin Yunyi grew up together, but they’ve been bickering since they were little. Whenever they meet, they argue, and they can always find something about each other that gets on their nerves. No one knew Lin Yunyi had moved into Yu Rong’s house. Everyone else thought they were just neighbors, until one day, during an online class, they heard Yu Rong’s voice coming from Lin Yunyi’s room and realized so
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Sweet Gardenia 甜栀
[Childhood sweethearts + reunion after years apart + mutual devotion + goofy comedy] On the first day at her new school, Jiang Zhi ends up sitting next to the school bully. He looks kind of familiar... During math class The soft, adorable girl slaps Shen Ci'an awake. “Get up and pay attention!” Rubbing the back of his head where she hit him, Shen Ci'an grits his teeth. “Jiang Yaya!” As the whole class waits to see what happens, the girl snaps back in an adorably fierce voice, “What are you glari
9.1kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
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The Big Shot’s Little Ancestor Is Sweet as Can Be 大佬的小祖宗甜爆了
Honestly, one of Tao Ye's proudest accomplishments is that in all eighteen years of his life, he's never once dropped his arrogant, domineering, flashy, and impossibly cool persona. But ever since he met Wen Miao, who came from Jiangnan, the big bad wolf has turned into a little white rabbit. All he does now is act cute and beg for attention. He could rule the sea, but instead he chooses to savor the sweetness of love. Brother Ye's Guide to Winning Her Heart is now in session! Lesson One: What d
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The Lu Family's Tangtang Is So Sweet! 陆总家的糖糖，超甜！
[Childhood Sweethearts] + [Age Gap] + [Sweet Romance] + [Daddy-Type Boyfriend] [An overbearing CEO who's cold to everyone else but dotes endlessly on his wife in private vs. a seemingly adorable but actually clear-eyed college student] If anyone knows what it means to reap what you sow, it's Lu Li. Ever since they were children, he'd treated Ruan Tang like his own daughter, always telling her what to do. So even after they got married, the young woman couldn't bring herself to feel close to him.
6.1kReads9.2Score531Shelves
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[As the Years Go By] We Always Run Out of Things to Say 【此去经年】总是无话可说
[Green bamboo-horse sweetheart x cool-faced, innocent little bunny x fake younger-man act] The male lead is pure; the female lead is caught in a love triangle. The two men compete for her attention and get jealous over her. Xu Nian’s only wish in life is to save enough money to leave her hometown. Her parents never cared for her, but she had a loyal puppy by her side from childhood, keeping her company as she grew up. She thought things would stay that way forever. She never expected the cute, s
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After I Stopped Being a Doormat, the Cold Boy Turned Dark 不当舔狗后，清冷少年黑化了
[Yandere forced love + groveling redemption + a System with little presence + funny moments and references] Defiant but timid heroine X wicked, cruel yandere Shen Suihuan dreamed that Lou Yan tortured her to death. When she jolted awake, she was told it wasn't a dream, but her fate. She was just a cannon-fodder supporting character in the novel The Aloof Campus Heartthrob's Domineering Love, born to be a stepping stone on the leads' path to love. To stay alive, Shen Suihuan drew up a plan overni
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Childhood Sweethearts' Inferno, as They Fight Over the One Who Appeared Out of Nowhere 竹马火葬场，因为天降又争又抢
[Dark, Unhinged Childhood Friends + Childhood Friend Gets His Comeuppance + Newcomer Steals Her Away + True and Fake Young Master Trope + Love Triangle + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] [Pretends to Be Sunny, Actually a Yandere Childhood Friend × Pretends to Be Frail, Actually an Unhinged Childhood Friend × Pretends to Be Rebellious, Actually a Devoted Newcomer] Xia Han was about to confess to her childhood friend, but Song Xiangqiu only wanted them to remain friends. Their entanglements and push-
10.3kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves