The Male Lead Has Had a Longtime Crush on the Heroine, and Finally Wins Her Heart 男主暗恋女主很久得偿所愿

1. 251 岁 After All These Years, We Finally Meet Again 岁月流转终相见 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance485k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + Rekindled Love + Healing Through Family + Realistic Happy Ending] After drifting apart like clouds, ten years passed like flowing water. When we met again, my heart recognized you before I did. A summer romance came to an abrupt end because of an unfortunate misunderstanding. More than ten years later, thirty-five-year-old Gu Yan discovered by chance that he had a daughter in high school, and was reunited with the girl he had loved when he was young. Long-buried memo 5.4kReads7.4Score196Shelves

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   I highly recommend these few, realistic romance novels. They have different styles. Please see the synopsis.

2. 252 遇 Meeting Her Made My Heart Beat Faster 遇见她心动不止 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance493k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + mistaken identity + mutual secret crushes + healing + female growth] Everyone is level-headed and knows what they’re doing, so read without worry. Jiang Nan, insecure and neglected by her family, meets He Chengyang. A twist of fate sends their budding romance down the wrong path. He Chengyang mistakes Jiang Nan, the girl he fell in love with at first sight, for her older sister, Jiang Xue, and they begin a brief relationship. (Nothing inappropriate happens between them.) W 7.1kReads8.5Score352Shelves
3. 253 爱 Love Will Come to Rest 爱会停歇 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [Playboy Turns Devoted] [Love Grows Over Time] [Sweet with a Little Angst] [Class Difference] Chen Chao, a rich playboy, falls sincerely in love with Yu Jiawen, who comes from an ordinary family. He knows he isn't the kind of person she'd ideally choose, but he can't let go of his feelings for her. "Yu Jiawen, do you know? Meeting you made me feel like I could have a proper relationship too." "I've thought about giving you up, but I just can't accept it. Watching you date, marry, and have childr 3.2kReads8.4Score150Shelves
4. 254 和 The Time I Spent in Love With Her 和她相恋的时光 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + devoted one-on-one romance + rekindled love + healing with a touch of angst] A grounded, everyday story with smart characters. Gao Yuchen, an isolated orphan, happens to meet her next-door neighbor, Mu Yang. Mu Yang pursues her passionately, and they soon fall in love. She thinks they’ll be happy together, only to discover that their happiness was built on a lie, albeit one told with good intentions by the male lead. She coldly tells him she never wants to see him again. I 804Reads8.1Score—Shelves
5. 255 重 A Long Road to Reunion 重逢路漫漫 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [The right people will find their way back to each other, no matter how many twists and turns it takes.] [One true pairing, both leads are each other's only ones + reunion after a long separation + winning back his wife and claiming his child + adorable kids playing matchmaker] Zhou Yuan met Qin Yue by chance and fell in love at first sight. After one passionate night together, an urgent assignment sent him overseas. Before leaving, he thought he'd arranged everything properly, never imagining t 5.2kReads8.9Score252Shelves
6. 256 深 Deep Inside My Core 深入我芯 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Mutual Devotion + One Couple Only + Sweet Romance] Their first two meetings were accidental. Every coincidence after that was part of his carefully laid plan. When Jiang Yi Shen met Tang Xin, he fell for her at first sight. He quietly set his plans in motion, and the two got to know each other, fell in love, and walked hand in hand into marriage, sharing the warm everyday moments of life from the first flush of romance to raising children. Side story one: Xu Man thought sh 2.4kReads8.7Score148Shelves
7. 257 初 I Couldn’t Hide My Heart’s Flutter When We First Met 初见心动藏不住 Tung Oil Fruit桐油果Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight] [She Pursues Him] [Nine-Year Age Gap] [Sweet, Realistic Romance] [Happy Ending] At twenty, the lively and spirited Chen Luo Chu meets Chu Yun. One look is all it takes for her to fall for him. She can barely hide the light in her eyes, and there is only one thought on her mind: make him hers. Once she confirms he is single, she boldly confesses, "Big brother, will you be my boyfriend?" Chu Yun gently turns her down with a simple, "We're not right for each other." But Chen L 1.3kReads—Score104Shelves
8. 258 柠 The Lemon Rule 柠檬守则 Qiao Luochuan乔洛川Modern Romance227k WordsOngoing [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 176Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I've been reading this book lately, and it's so heartwarming! 😘😘 It's a sweet, slice-of-life campus romance, childhood sweethearts, unrequited love turning into reality—it's so real, touching, and healing… I really love it! 😚😚 The high school girl's unrequited love is always making her heart flutter, while the male lead's irresistible charm is irresistible! 🤦🤦

9. 259 去 I Went Looking for My Family and Mistook the Wrong Guy for My Brother, While My Amnesiac Ex Loses His Cool Every Night 去寻亲认错哥，失忆前任夜夜红温 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + spatial powers + adorable baby + military marriage + rekindled love + reunion after years apart + supernatural abilities] In the third year after Jiang Xuxue retired from the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and returned to the village to farm, her biological parents came looking for her. “Darling, someone deliberately switched you back then. We never abandoned you!” Unfortunately, just after finding her, her biological parents were sent to the far northwest. Her mother press 11.7kReads6.8Score1.3kShelves

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   🍎Help! This book is so sweet it's giving me a toothache! The female lead retires from work due to a work injury and returns to her village to farm, only to be sent to the Production and Construction Corps by her biological parents to stay with "relatives." A cold-faced commander comes to pick her up, and she sweetly calls him "brother," making him think his fiancée is quite obedient. Three months later, a subordinate panics: "Commander, you've mistaken me for someone else!" He: "No change, this is the one I've chosen."

10. 260 人 Acting Ordinary in Public: The School Bully Dotes Only on the Transfer Student 人前故作寻常色：校霸独宠转校生 Zither Echoes Through the Secluded Bamboo Grove琴啸幽篁Modern Romance188k WordsOngoing Dugu Rang’s father was murdered when he was young, and his birth mother was forced to leave to lie low and seek revenge. He grew up in poverty with his grandparents and was once the school bully everyone feared. After his gravely ill grandmother fell to her knees and pleaded with him, he put away his sharp edges and pretended to be an ordinary, well-behaved student who was eager to improve. All he wanted was to study in peace and keep his grandmother company. The arrival of transfer student Su L 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is good, I recommend it.

11. 261 他 His Burden 他的累赘 Dandelion Drifting Down飘落的蒲公英Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Secret Crush + Sweet and Angsty Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Personal Growth + Mutual Devotion + A Captivating Side Couple] One believes the other never said he liked her, and that everything was nothing more than wishful thinking. The other thinks she broke her promise. They had an unspoken understanding, yet she betrayed him without a second thought. After seeing her “get married” with his own eyes, then hearing her say “I like you” with his own ears, the feelings he had suppressed f 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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12. 262 黑 The Mob Boss Is a Character in a Painting 黑老大是画中人物 Edamame Lover爱吃醋毛豆Modern Romance311k WordsOngoing On a winter night when they were eighteen, Du Hechi hauled Shen Ningyuan out of the frozen river. Kneeling on one knee, he sneered, “If you’re fine, why keep going near the river? Trying to get yourself killed?” Shen Ningyuan shivered and looked up. “I wasn’t...” “Weren’t you?” He scoffed. “Want me to throw you back in and let you test the water temperature?” Everyone in the village said he was a thug who’d even hit his own father, and Shen Ningyuan believed them. Six years later, Shen Ningyu 92Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Having read books for thirty years, I just discovered this one. The female protagonist accidentally finds a painting, and the male and female protagonists meet in a time-space distortion. They redeem each other and engage in extreme flirting! The male protagonist travels through time just to stay by the female protagonist's side. The plot is novel and super good!

13. 263 王 Wang Mingzhen Reborn in 1997 王明贞重生一九九七 Big Boss Norma诺玛大大Modern Romance223k WordsCompleted (The rating has only just come out and will rise, so please ignore it.) The heroine is reborn and resolves to become the person she wants to be. Who knew an unexpected turn would bring her face-to-face with the big shot from her previous life? He’s volatile, clingy, and always on the verge of tears. She has no choice but to take him along as she rises to the top. When Wang Mingzhen learns she can’t have children, she wants to break up. She tells Gu Xizhou, “Gu Xizhou, I want you to be happy. Do 182Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Wang Mingzhen was determined to study and escape her patriarchal family, but Gu Xizhou secretly wanted to take her back to his own home.

14. 264 清 Tales of the Qingshui River 清水河往事 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance133k WordsCompleted Zhao Xinran was once a young high school teacher. He left the classroom to take the civil service exam and became the mayor of a town. Thanks to his dedication and strong results, he was promoted to director of a county bureau, and eventually became the director of a municipal department. Two female students worked under him, one specializing in the humanities and the other in the sciences. Both made significant contributions to their hometowns, earning Zhao Xinran political achievements while d 677Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who, in the mid-1990s, graduated from a teachers' college but gave up her assigned job to go south, while the male protagonist also gave up his job in his hometown to work in the south. The two of them create their future together.

15. 265 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. A mutual fall into a campus dream • A reunion on the battlefield in the Middle East | Doctors Without Borders x Border Guard Hero | A madman with restraint • Redemption of regrets | Sweet and bittersweet ambiguity | A broken mirror mended | Both are virgins with a happy ending. Wandering Clouds' White

16. 266 结 You Cheated on Our Wedding Day, So I Remarried. Now You Regret It 结婚当天你出轨，我改嫁你又后悔 A Big Cabbage一只大白菜Modern Romance214k WordsOngoing At her wedding, Qiao Qianxue stood alone in the venue after all the guests had left. The groom, Xiao Lichi, ran off, abandoning both his bride and the guests without so much as an explanation. All because his one true love had returned from abroad. Outside the glass windows, night deepened. Their entwined reflections appeared in the floor-to-ceiling panes. Only the housekeeper’s scornful voice broke the silence: “Miss Qiao, you saw it for yourself. Our young master’s one true love is back. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Unrequited love comes true, and you embrace the beauty.

17. 267 沉 Falling Back in My Youth 沉落少年时 Chen Xing Yu陈行与Modern Romance167k WordsOngoing A bittersweet older-woman/younger-man romance: restrained, devoted younger man × gentle, clear-eyed senior - Puppy-like younger man, five years younger; two highly intelligent equals; neither is sexually inexperienced; happy ending - Bittersweet unrequited love + forbidden fantasies + the one in power lowering his head + reunion after years apart + love growing over time - Five years later, Chen Che and Shen Yu meet again. The poor, gifted boy from a small town has become a top technical directo 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Five-year age gap, both strong, bittersweet unrequited love - A poor but gifted boy patiently and restrainedly harbors a seven-year crush on his "older brother's girlfriend," leading to reconciliation and mutual redemption - Immoral fantasy/conflict/mistakes/battlefield/older sister's submission

18. 268 刀 With a Blade to My Enemy's Throat, Did a Grim Reaper Accidentally Seize My Soul? 刀架仇人脖子，被阴差勾错魂？ A 1cm, 1kg Skinny Person1cm1kg的瘦子Modern Romance101k WordsOngoing She was just one pinky’s length away from seeing her enemy die before her eyes. Just as she was about to succeed, someone seized control of her entire body, leaving her unable to move a hand or foot. … When she awoke again, she learned that her soul had been taken by mistake. … The Black and White Impermanence returned to the scene, only to find that her body had been damaged beyond repair! “What do we do? Come up with a solution!” An Zhixu wished she could tear the Black and White Impermanenc —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    With a knife to her enemy's throat, An Zhixu's soul was mistakenly taken by a ghost messenger. She wanted to tear the messenger apart, but to compensate her, the messenger found her the most suitable body. Suitable, yes, but it was her next life. An Zhixu could only rampage through two different timelines. 😜

19. 269 攻 I Failed to Conquer the Corrupted Male Lead, So His Father Forced Me to Love Him 攻略黑化男主失败我被他爹强制爱 Adults Don't Eat Cilantro大人不吃香菜Modern Romance57k WordsOngoing There's nothing worth reading here. I was just writing whatever came to mind. This book is a failure, and I've already decided to abandon it. I can't revise it properly, so I can only start over. Please don't click on it, because I've deleted everything. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a book about unrequited love.

20. 270 春 Spring Departs, Autumn Arrives 春辞秋至 I Arrived, But Spring Was Gone CC偏我来时不逢春CCModern Romance306k WordsCompleted [Younger man and older teacher / unrequited love becomes mutual / mutual salvation / 1V1] [Gentle and refined at first, then cool and shattered × resilient boy from humble beginnings] It turns out even a gray spring can have color. If you were thirteen-year-old Qi Hao, you would understand his ten years of secret love. For more than a decade, Qin Yiqiu had been like an angel. Apart from his grandmother, Qi Hao had never known warmth. She taught him to read and told him about a world he had never 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is amazing!!! A thirteen-year-old ordinary boy has a crush on the female lead for ten years, and finally gets his wish!

21. 271 学 My Straight-A Student Brother Pretends to Be Sweet Just to Lure Me Home 学霸弟弟装乖，只为骗我回家 Fish Lying on a Plank躺板板的鱼Modern Romance234k WordsOngoing [Younger man + secret crush comes true + sweet and angsty romance + love triangle chaos + male rivalry + seemingly innocent but secretly cunning younger brother] [Soft, slender, gentle reporter older sister x younger academic ace who plays the pig to eat the tiger] [He may have come along late, but he makes up for it by fighting tooth and nail] When her boyfriend dumped her on their fifth anniversary, Lin Wan wondered why something as melodramatic as an anniversary breakup had to happen to her. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a must!!! There was a lot of fighting and scrambling!!!

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