High School Sweethearts: He Goes Abroad After Graduation, Secretly Loves Her, and They Reunite After Years Apart 男主高中毕业出国，暗恋，久别重逢

1. 101 暗 Unrequited Love Is an Inner Monologue 暗恋是一场内心的独白 Xi Muqing汐慕青Modern Romance938k WordsCompleted [Schoolyard secret crush + win-her-back redemption arc] Happy ending. A story about me secretly loving someone who falls for my best friend. The heroine suffers first, then the hero. Because of the wounds left by her family, she has been sensitive and insecure since childhood. He, meanwhile, is outstanding in every way, a talented and popular figure at school. Little by little, she is drawn to him, and by the time she realizes it, she has fallen deeply in love. In high school, she secretly lov 4.2kReads7.0Score15914d adds

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   🔥🔥Highly Recommended🔥🔥 [Reconciliation + Long-Awaited Reunion + Mutual First Love + Clean Couple 1v1] [Please Follow]

2. 102 重 After Our Reunion, Mr. Fu Went Insane 重逢后，傅总他疯了 Lan Qi澜七Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted [Ex chases his wife to the crematorium + reunion after years apart + both each other’s first + stealing someone else’s partner] He was an elite heir who knew nothing of life’s hardships. He meant to have a little fun with her, but gradually fell for her as they spent time together. She was the first girlfriend he ever acknowledged, but she saw him only as an “ATM.” At their graduation ceremony, a friend publicly accused her of being kept by him. He drove a knife straight into her heart, and from 1.9kReads7.8Score16314d adds
3. 103 藏 Happiness Hidden in the Breeze 藏在微风里的欢喜 Xia Keyu夏可遇Modern Romance471k WordsCompleted [School Crush · Reunion After Years Apart · Unrequited Love Comes True] Yu Huan wrote this in her diary: “I don’t regret falling for Luo Wenzhou, even if the person he loves isn’t me.” Her diary recorded every beautiful moment of her secret high school crush on Luo Wenzhou. Every little detail was filled with love. Fate had other plans. Yu Huan and her mother were in a car accident on their way to town. Many people died in the crash, and only Yu Huan and her cousin survived. After her mother p 149Reads6.7Score—14d adds
4. 104 告 Confession Candy 告白软糖 T Steals Sesame BunsT偷麻头Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Rekindled romance / reunion after years apart] [Happy ending | campus romance | love at first sight] [Irreverent, cocky bad boy vs. sweet, slow-on-the-uptake girl] [He secretly loves her] After graduating, Lin Tingxue returned to Nancheng to teach. One day, she brought a piece of confiscated gummy candy back to the staff room. A teacher nearby teased her with a smile, “That's Dr. Bear's gummy candy, also known as confession candy. Looks like someone's got a crush in your class~” 2.5kReads8.7Score27014d adds
5. 105 心 Heartbeat Over the Line 心跳越轨 Biyou彼呦Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication] [Age gap + married first, love later + exceptionally gentle, fatherly male lead + both leads are each other's first] A restrained cardiac surgeon x a sweet young woman who grows into herself *Complete. A sweet, everyday romance with no melodrama. - On the eve of her engagement, Jiang Qiao catches her boyfriend passionately kissing another woman. As she stands there in a pitiful state, Pei Zhihe's tall figure appears beside her. His deep, dark eyes look at her from 67.7kReads9.5Score10.3k14d adds

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   ①🌙"The look in someone's eyes when they like them can't be hidden." He was her secret she kept for eleven years. She always chased after the boy's back, would repeat a year of high school because of him, just to get into the same university as him, and would nervously try to hand in that love letter full of girlish feelings at the graduation ceremony. Finally, at the age of twenty-six, the girlish feelings were revealed to the world. 🎊 ②🌙 [Gentleness and strength are not contradictory words.] Pei Zhihe's many years were just a short aside in her script. But in his script, she was the female lead from the very beginning. The sunset was for her, the moonrise was for her, and in the long time she was unaware of everything, he had silently accompanied her for so long. 🎊 ③🌙—Fu Tinghan was a coward, always had been. But the cowardly Fu Tinghan secretly took 99 steps towards Jiang Er, and on the last step, Jiang Er embraced him with passionate love. 🎊

6. 106 怪 You're Too Dazzling! 怪你太耀眼！ Sweet Melon甜甜的瓜Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted The print edition is now available. [Happy ending, both leads devoted to each other + healing + secret love becomes mutual] [Sunny girl X hearing-impaired boy] Jiang Er was killed by a tractor. Jiang Er was reborn. The bad news: she's now a high school sophomore with more resentment than a ghost. The worse news: Fu Tinghan, the not-so-familiar husband she'll have in the future, is in her class. In their previous life, they were married for two years, yet remained strangers. An arranged mar 40.6kReads9.4Score7k14d adds
7. 107 离 Back to High School Before the Divorce: This Time, I Won't Fall for You 离婚前重回高中，这次我不心动了 Xun Can旬灿Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted (Print edition signed) [Campus rebirth + regretful pursuit + bad-boy wins her heart + living-under-one-roof romance] [Slightly rebellious good girl x laid-back, aloof bad boy] After her grandmother passes away, both the Tan and Lu families feel sorry for Xu Entang, who has no family left, and want to take her in. When she arrives in Beicheng, she sees again the boy she never forgot after meeting him once. Lu Jin is brazen and unruly. Over the years they grow up together, she watches one woman af 99.3kReads9.4Score10.7k14d adds
8. 108 恰 Like a Cold Moon Turning Toward the Sun 恰似寒月向骄阳 Crossing the Stars渡星辰Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [Original title: And Let the Breeze Carry Us Toward the Sun] Everyone knows Song Kexin is the younger sister being fostered by the Lu family. When they first met, she said, “Brother”; he replied, “Sister-in-law?” · He was the darling of heaven, a blazing sun high above the clouds. To Song Kexin, he was the passionate beginning of her youth... the place where the light came in... . Lu Yubai: “You're too young to date.” Song Kexin: “So I can once I'm an adult?” · Song Kexin dreamed of turning eigh 2.4kReads9.1Score18314d adds

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   This is an incredibly good story about unrequited love; highly recommended!!!

9. 109 桑 The Sang Method of Secretly Loving You 桑式暗恋法则 Gentle Scholar温柔文人Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted [Physical edition now available] Sang You transmigrated, landing back on the first day of her freshman year of high school. The three years of high school she'd finally made it through had suddenly been reset to square one. Thinking about going back to a high school life where she had nothing, not even a full head of hair, made her want to die. Later, she stopped wanting to die, but everyone else said she was crazy. She was a freshman, yet not long after the term began, she skipped ahead to seni 69.2kReads9.6Score10.2k14d adds

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   It wasn't the male lead who graduated and went abroad, but they were all secretly in love.

10. 110 月 The Moon Has Something on Its Mind 月亮有心事 Stockpiling Rice囤米米Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [She Pursues Him + Secret Love Turns Mutual + Youthful Campus Romance] The summer before Wen Run started high school, she went out to buy fruit, took a tumble, and somehow fell head over heels for someone. He didn't remember her, so she became his deskmate and friend, and walked home with him after school. Just as she thought she could take things one step at a time and win him over gradually, her secret was suddenly exposed. What do you do when the person you're secretly in love with finds out? 5.8kReads9.2Score88614d adds
11. 111 乌 The Diary of Nothingness 乌有日记 Xi Qiubei西丘北Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication [Sensitive and gentle × carefree and aloof] Wu Chun had secretly loved Si Xianghuai for three years at high school. Apart from her best friend, nobody knew. He was dazzling and confident, so radiant that even the sun seemed three shades dimmer beside him. At the attached high school, there were countless girls with a crush on Si Xianghuai. She was the quietest of them all. She never confessed, never disturbed him, and even avoided getting close to him. But later, th 11.4kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds
12. 112 春 Spring Tide 春日来潮 What Tree Grows Peanuts?花生什么树Modern Romance447k WordsCompleted Bo He was the notorious playboy of No. 1 High School, wearing the air of someone who treated life like a game. He was brazen, untamable, and looked down on everyone. In their second year of high school, Lian Zi returned to the capital. She was a bright, beautiful girl, steady and quiet. They belonged to two different worlds. Until people noticed how blatantly the usually proud Young Master Bo treated her differently, following right behind Lian Zi wherever she went. His friends teased him, sayin 9.8kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
13. 113 久 Reunited After a Long Separation, I'm Entertainment's Top-Tier Star and White Moonlight 久别重逢，我是娱乐圈顶流白月光 Feng Yi Jing Xi枫亦静兮Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Secret Crushes + Showbiz + Sweet Romance + Happy Ending] (A traditional Chinese dance teacher and heiress to a wealthy family VS a cool, handsome top-tier star who's cold on the outside but warm inside) She saw Ji Shi'an again seven years later. By then, he had already become a dazzling star on stage. Xia Shisheng once thought the crush she'd had in school would be buried in her heart when he left. She never imagined that his return to China would bring her se 665Reads7.4Score10114d adds

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    1. Seven years later, they meet again. The once insecure boy is now a top star. When Ji Shi'an says in front of the camera, "There's a girl hidden in my heart for years," Xia Shisheng, the dance teacher in the audience, clutches her water bottle—she doesn't know that the love song that went viral online is about their unfinished kiss on the rooftop in high school. 2. "What does it feel like to like someone for ten years?" "Probably if he reappears, my heart will still flutter." Jiang Lizhi's casual answer in a karaoke bar makes Lin Yu'an, sitting in the corner, crush his glass. When the architect reunites with the law professor, the sketchbooks they secretly passed between textbooks can finally be openly signed with their names. 3. The taboo between the geography teacher and student is palpable. Six years later, they meet again in the library. Zhao Ye discovers that Jiang Shiyan's lesson plan still has the little polar bear she secretly drew on the edge. When a drunken confession collides with sober restraint: "In my heart, you are the only Inuit"—this geography love confession is more lethal than any direct confession.

14. 114 星 A Love Letter Written in Stars 星星情书 A Cup of Tea at Dusk一只茶晚Modern Romance276k WordsCompleted [Reunited after years apart, secret crush becomes reality, both devoted only to each other] At a class reunion, after someone sang Eason Chan’s Ten Years, a person joked, “How could anyone like someone for more than ten years? That’s just ridiculous.” The girl beside her propped her head on her hand and asked, “But what does it feel like to like someone for that long?” Looking at the lyrics on the screen, Jiang Lizhi answered casually, “Maybe it’s that if he stood in front of me again, my heart 90Reads6.6Score—14d adds
15. 115 曾 So Many Times Before 曾经很多次 Mo Youyin Ming莫忧愔明Modern Romance366k WordsCompleted [Teacher-student romance | campus + city | reunion after a long separation | mutual healing | both leads are each other's first] Warm, gentle geography teacher with a calculating side × shy, sweet, soft-spoken girl - During her junior year of college, Zhao Ye ran into Jiang Shiyan, her high school geography teacher, again at the library. They met again and got to know each other all over again. In Zhao Ye's heart, something buried deep began to break through the earth once more. Like a leaf find 2.1kReads8.8Score28214d adds
16. 116 他 He Can't Stop Obsessing Over Me 他痴缠我 Li A'li黎阿璃Modern Romance370k WordsCompleted [Reunion after years apart ✚ secret love fulfilled ✚ married first, love later ✚ second male lead wins ✚ healing ✚ both virgins] Radiant, resilient journalist ✖ deeply devoted business magnate Jiang Xialing and Bai Yuchi were together for six years. At eighteen, she thought he was her salvation. She never realized he would become her nightmare. Not long after returning from abroad, she saw the man in her own home, holding another woman in her bed. “A blind girl living under someone else's roof? 1.5kReads7.2Score18914d adds

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    Highly recommend, it's super good!

17. 117 盛 Summer Confession 盛夏告白 Ginger Congee生姜粥Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted [Steadfast Good Girl VS. Pretend Playboy, True Romantic] [Playboy Turns Over a New Leaf + Secret Love Comes True + Winning Her Back the Hard Way + Reunited After a Breakup] Jiang He secretly liked a boy. He was wild and untamable, carefree and easygoing, and changed girlfriends one after another. Someone asked her, “What does it feel like to have a secret crush?” Some might say it feels like summer, cicadas, gym class, and ice-cold soda. But to her, it was like a fierce gust of wind, arriving wi 19.9kReads9.3Score2.6k14d adds

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    Someone asked her, "What does it feel like to have a crush?" Perhaps some would say it's summer, the sound of cicadas, gym class, or an ice-cold cola. But she felt it was like a whirlwind, arriving with a bang, messing up her hair, sweeping through her heart, and then disappearing in a flash, leaving only a jumbled mess of memories. [Salute][Send a heart][Sad][Lick screen][Make a face]

18. 118 等 The Happiness We Waited For 等来的幸福 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted 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. 773Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist goes abroad after graduating from high school, and the story revolves around her long-lost crush and their reunion.

19. 119 撩 Flirt and Kiss! Seducing You Step by Step 撩吻！步步引诱 Branch and Sunflower枝与葵Modern Romance128k WordsOngoing [The second male lead takes the lead + rekindled romance + an ex pursues his wife to the bitter end + both leads are romantically inexperienced] Yu Yin catches her fiancé, Gu Xingshi, in bed with another woman at a hotel. She calmly films them and calls off the engagement. But as she turns to leave, she runs into her ex-boyfriend, who hurried over: Lu Zhiyao, now head of the Lu family. The situation is painfully awkward. After all, she was the one who dumped him. At a banquet, a scheming woman 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    ① The second male lead takes over, the ex-boyfriend goes through a "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" scenario. The second male lead has fallen for the female lead twice; she was the one who dumped him years ago, but they reconcile. 🍑🍒🍑 ② A popular young actress and a top-tier idol, a high-profile but aloof beauty, both are top stars, super sweet.

20. 120 乖 Good Girl, Let Me Spoil You: The Cool, Desire-Filled Movie Star Coaxes Her Tenderly 乖宝，疼疼我，冷欲影帝温柔缠哄 Jing Ya京牙Modern Romance394k WordsCompleted [Two Top-Tier Stars] [Super Sweet] [Mutual Flirting] Rising star Jiang Mi, blessed with striking, bold features, is hailed as the entertainment industry's most dazzling rose. Top-tier star Qin Yu, the epitome of abstinence, is known as the untouchable flower on the highest peak. Everyone says that when the two got together, the rose was the one who made the first move on the moonlight beloved. But in the darkness where no one could see, he pinned her in a corner, obsessively whispering her name 2.6kReads9.1Score22214d adds
21. 121 他 His Bite Marks 他的咬痕 Mi Xiaoxi咪小汐Modern Romance281k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed and awaiting release] [Short drama now streaming] [Rekindled Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Devotion + Mutual Salvation + Sweet Youthful Romance] In high school, Wen Shumiao had a passionate romance that ended in the most humiliating way possible. They meet again six years later. He's the owner of a tattoo shop, and she's become his employee. He treats her with the cold indifference of a stranger. But when Xie Jin sees Wen Shumiao carrying a suitcase, he final 61.6kReads9.5Score5.5k14d adds

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    Mutual redemption! So good!!! 🤩

22. 122 亲 Kiss Me, and I'll Behave 亲一下，我学乖 Chu Ge楚格Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted [School Life + Sweet Romance + Mutual Healing] [Obsessive, Scheming Boy + Sweet, Shy Girl With Low Self-Esteem] Every student at Jianing Private School knew that Jiang Sui of Senior Class Seven was notorious for slacking off. He did whatever he pleased, smoked and skipped class as if it were second nature, and was willful and rebellious. With his good looks, he never lacked admirers. Lin Yu had endured a year of domestic abuse as a child. She was sensitive and insecure in how she dealt with peop 7.7kReads9.2Score73914d adds
23. 123 谁 Who Told You to Be So Addictive? 谁让你戒不掉 Green Pomelo Juice青柚汁Modern Romance201k WordsOngoing [Reunion after years apart & going crazy for love & coercive love] Please note: Neither the male nor female lead is a virgin. If that bothers you, don’t read this. One midsummer five years ago, Jiang Lu casually told Lin Shen to his face that they were breaking up. Her reason was blunt and cruel: “I’ve fallen in love with someone else.” Back then, Lin Shen had nothing. Five years later, Lin Shen has built a successful career and become a celebrated young entrepreneur in Jiangcheng. He has also m 142Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 124 他 His Little Jasmine Is Sweet and Delicate 他的小茉莉又娇又甜 Gu Le骨乐Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [Reunited after years apart | Flirtatious tension | Secret love becomes reality | Devoted, sweet romance] [Refined, elegant dentist x cool beauty with classical charm] - Su Qingqian, who disappeared the night after the college entrance exams, has returned to Jiang'an. Everyone is wondering how the heir of the Xie family will react, but he seems completely unaffected. Only those close to him know that ever since they met again, Xie Zhihuai has been appearing in every corner of Su Qingqian’s life. 4.1kReads9.1Score34814d adds

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    [Admiration][Admiration]

25. 125 救 Help! My Arranged Marriage Husband Came Home and Flirts with Me Every Day 救！联姻老公回国后天天撩我 Hua You花柚Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted Best Friends Series, Book 1: Spoiled by Him [Double wealthy families + sweet romance + one-on-one, both leads have no prior relationships + happy ending + married first, fall in love later + long-laid plans] [Truly haughty rose of a young lady vs. seemingly aloof heir to a powerful family] Jiang Zhi, eldest daughter of the Jiang family of Beicheng, is hailed as the most dazzling rose in the city: breathtakingly beautiful, bold and uninhibited, and accustomed to getting away with anything on the 7.4kReads9.2Score65514d adds
26. 126 诱 Lure Me In 诱我深陷 Half a Pickled Fish半只酸菜鱼Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted [Gentle, warm beauty from the Literature Department] VS [Abstinent professor from the Medical School] [Secret crush + flirtation and pampering + gentle healing + mutual devotion] Yu Qing, a third-year Literature student, signed up for a Medical School course because her friend was smitten with Professor Zhou Shi Yan’s heavenly looks. Who could have guessed that, by a twist of fate, she’d end up as the class representative? The aloof professor asked her to deliver a blank envelope to Zhou Shi Yan 1.1kReads9.1Score15514d adds

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    😍Du Qing, a third-year literature student, was persuaded by her friend to take Professor Zhou Shiyan's class because she was attracted to his good looks. Unexpectedly, she became the class representative. The aloof professor even asked her to deliver a blank envelope to Zhou Shiyan. The gentle beauty and the abstinent professor's relationship begins with unrequited love and progresses in a sweet and heartwarming romance that's incredibly addictive!

27. 127 等 Waiting for the Roses to Drown 等玫瑰沉溺 The Grumpy Cat爱生气的猫Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted [AI comic adaptation now live!] [Reunited after years apart + male lead hopelessly in love + both each other's first and only] [Down-on-her-luck, prickly sweetheart vs. poker-faced romantic] When they were young, Shu Yan was a beautiful, radiant girl everyone adored. She relentlessly pursued Pei Zhixing, the model student. Just as he had eyes only for her, Shu Yan vanished for half a month. When she came back, she humiliated him without mercy. "I was only playing with you. Didn't you realize? Le 20.2kReads9.2Score2k14d adds

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    A down-on-her-luck, quirky, and pitiful female lead & a stubborn, two-faced male lead. The female lead breaks up with her boyfriend due to family reasons and goes abroad to study. After returning to work, she reunites with the male lead. The story begins with their reunion; the male lead is incredibly romantic and proposes marriage. It's a story of reconciliation from the female lead's perspective, and of regaining what was lost from the male lead's. Absolutely fantastic!!

28. 128 讨 Hating That I Love Him 讨厌喜欢他 Xi Qiubei西丘北Modern Romance105k WordsOngoing Secret Crush / Reunion After Years Apart / Both Pure / Happy Ending - At seventeen, Zhou Mo transferred to the city where her mother lived. At their first meeting, she mistook Chen Jue for her stepbrother, though they had no parents in common. Eager to win him over, she respectfully called him “Big Brother.” The handsome young man teased her cruelly. It was the dead of winter, with snow falling thickly, but standing in the warmth of his smiling gaze, Zhou Mo felt as if she had quietly spent an e 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I've been reading novels for several years now, and reading this one gave me a moment of nostalgia. When I first started reading novels, I loved youth romance novels set in school. It's been a long time, and I haven't felt the same way I did back then, but this one was a huge surprise. It felt like I was back in the early days of reading novels. (This one is also about unrequited love, but it's still ongoing, and I can't get enough of it! The female lead has unrequited love, but I think she cares a lot about her grades and is working hard to improve her future. I also really like the male lead's character; he's a very well-mannered young man. Hahaha, I'm looking forward to the next installment!) 🍴

29. 129 归 When I Returned, Your Love Was Still There 归来时深情有意 Northern Cherry, Southern Branch北樱南枝Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted After her parents divorce, Song Chiyi moves with her mother back to Jinghang City, where she meets Fu Jisui again, the boy she knew two years ago. She had thought he was a cool, aloof top student, but after getting to know him, she discovers he is domineering, proud, and unruly. Six years after he left without a word, they meet again. Will Song Chiyi and Fu Jisui’s story have a happy ending? They choose each other, with no mountain or sea able to keep them apart. For both of them, it’s love at 2.4kReads9.3Score14014d adds

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    The male and female protagonists have a campus romance. The female protagonist transfers to another school due to family reasons. The male protagonist receives a text message that is deleted by someone else, causing a misunderstanding. Several years later, the two meet again at the peak of their lives, and then begins a sweet romance.

30. 130 第 The Nth Time I Fell for You 第N次心动 Loves Eating Young Fish爱吃嫩鱼Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted Dentist VS architect At a school anniversary interview, the host was lucky enough to interview the famous architect Jiang Qi. Host: What do you regret about high school? Jiang Qi: Not having dated my girlfriend. Host: I hear wedding bells may be in your future... Jiang Qi glanced toward Zhou Yu and smiled. “That’s mostly up to her.” When the host interviewed Zhou Yu: Host: What do you regret about high school? Zhou Yu: Not being a little braver. Jiang Qi walked over, took Zhou Yu’s hand, and tol 2.7kReads9.1Score37314d adds

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    This is absolutely amazing! It's a total sniper romance novel. The story opens with a reunion, the female lead has a crush on the male lead, and after their reunion, the male lead falls for her. Once they're together, his gaze is completely fixed on her—it's so sweet! The descriptions of unrequited love really resonated with me. Please, everyone, read it! It's so good, I can't get over it after finishing it!

31. 131 细 Spoiled for Her Slender Waist 细腰恃宠 Peachy Oolong, Regular Sugar桃气乌龙正常糖Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted (College campus, straight-laced pretender vs. attention-seeking show-off) Shang Che was narcissistic and full of himself. When pretty girls confessed to him, he didn’t bat an eye. He just thought he was the most handsome man in the world, and that being with anyone would be a loss for him. - Xu Qingju only glanced once at the red string on his wrist. Shang Che thought, She has a crush on me. Xu Qingju: What the hell is wrong with this guy? - There were so many people chasing Shang Che at college 8.2kReads9.3Score98514d adds

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    Mwah mwah (*^@^*) Bao'er

32. 132 简 Assistant Jian, Get a Grip! 简助，你清醒一点！ Glutinous Rice Cat糯米猫Modern Romance379k WordsCompleted [Devoted to each other + sweet romance + scheming + falling for her all on his own] Qin Heng is cold, abstinent, and a neat freak, with a reputation for being impossible to deal with. Jian Ning is cool and stunning, with outstanding professional skills as a special assistant. As Qin Heng's assistant, Jian Ning has never made a serious professional mistake. She never imagined that one day she would wake up beside him. Having broken the rules, Jian Ning immediately hands in her resignation. Then Q 5.9kReads9.3Score58514d adds

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    The female protagonist has harbored a secret crush on the male protagonist for eight years. At nineteen, Jiang Yining fell for He Chi, their only connection being that He Chi was the son of her high school teacher. She lived a structured life, while he lived a carefree and unrestrained existence. Jiang Yining knew very well that there was no future for her and He Chi, and could only bury her love deep in her heart. For eight years, she saw He Chi very rarely, and all she knew about him was hearsay. Unexpectedly, she saw He Chi again under such dire circumstances.

33. 133 温 The Windsor Knot 温莎结 Jin Jingnan金京南Anime Fanfiction201k WordsCompleted To land a client, Guan Li paid a baritone singer she had “never met before” to perform. When the song ended, Guan Li’s eyes turned to hearts and she swallowed hard. Where had this absolute dreamboat come from? But before she could recover from the singing, she suddenly found herself the baritone’s ex-girlfriend. Zhou Yanxi: “You once said you liked me. Don’t you remember?” Guan Li: “When did I ever say I liked you?” A mischievous, spirited heiress × an advertising industry guru with an irresisti 465Reads9.3Score10814d adds

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    So beautiful!

34. 134 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 182Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I highly recommend this book!! It's a high school childhood sweetheart unrequited love story. It's been so long since I've seen such a refreshing male lead—finally, not a school bully!!! The book truly lives up to its title; the love between the male and female leads is so innocent and budding, it brings back memories of my own school days!! I highly recommend this book to anyone interested!

35. 135 超 So Sweet! She's Sweet and Flirty, and the Big Shot Would Give His Life for Her 超甜！她乖又撩！大佬命都给她了 Su Qianqian苏钱钱Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted [Complete Short Story] [Mutual healing, secret love comes true + Both inexperienced in love + Happy ending] [Possessive, puppy-like bad boy at first, clingy sweetheart later] [Sweet romance + Rebirth + Devoted husband] Reborn on the first day of freshman year, Lin Suisui ran frantically up to the rooftop. When she saw the man sitting there smoking, exactly as he had on the rooftop in her previous life, her eyes turned red. “Chen Suifeng, is that cigarette really so good?” “Want to try something 85.9kReads9.2Score11.5k14d adds

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    🌷✨The female lead was originally reborn to save the male lead, but the male lead went abroad for their future, and the female lead fell seriously ill at home alone. When the male lead returned, he was heartbroken...

36. 136 诱 She Seduces Him, and the Hong Kong District's Little Tyrant Turns into a Lovable Goofball 诱她，港区小霸王秒变二哈 Not So Dark Under the Lamp灯下不黑黑Modern Romance644k WordsCompleted [Secret crush x sweet romance x the second male lead wins] [Can be both cool and sweet x the little tyrant of Hong Kong] That July, Feng Wu climbed a tree to rescue a cat. Xu Xingchi happened to pass by and pulled up the hem of his T-shirt. “Awu, toss the cat down. Your big brother will catch it.” In the blink of an eye, Xu Xingchi had grown up. He gave her a cold smile. “Feng Wu, eat the mango for her, and I’ll agree to get engaged to you.” With everyone watching, Feng Wu ate the mango bite by 27kReads9.2Score3.6k14d adds

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    I'm the most qualified to speak on this. I've recently been really into books about unrequited love; these are books I've read two or three times already, they're really good.

37. 137 软 A Gentle Seduction 软诱 Jiujiu Qi久久萋Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted The print edition of Rose Crown goes on sale August 10. Available on all platforms. [Married First, Love Later + Secret Crush + He Chases His Wife After Losing Her, But She Never Looks Back + Both Are Each Other’s First] She was the Xu family’s adopted daughter, and Zhou Yuetian’s little shadow. She had followed him everywhere since childhood, until she heard him say this at the age of twenty-four: “She’s just the Xu family’s adopted daughter. Why would I actually care about her? People like us 71.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds
38. 138 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 17.4kReads9.4Score2.4k14d adds
39. 139 服 Giving In 服软 Lin Qin林檎Modern Romance530k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed, sweet-natured actress vs. lovesick, doting CEO who embodies the ideal husband] - To help her older sister find love, Lin Yang's own mother set her up for a night together. Lin Yang got pregnant, and the father was the rumored Qin heir who supposedly had no interest in women. Young Master Qin said they should get married. Lin Yang refused. Qin Jue: “I'll give you a hundred million for signing the marriage papers.” Lin Yang: “Woohoo, sounds great!” - The night their child was born, 13.6kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
40. 140 难 Hard to Handle: The Wild Crown Prince Is About to Cry 难哄，野痞太子爷要哭了 Donghua's Seven Disciples, Who Love Stewed Meat爱吃炖肉的东华七子Modern Romance613k WordsCompleted [Wealthy families x forced possession x groveling pursuit x happy ending] [Sweet girl x wild, unruly heir x one-on-one romance] The first time Xu Zhiqiao saw Zhou Cong was in the courtyard of her new home. The man lounged in a rattan chair with his legs crossed and drawled, “Such a cute little sweetheart. How about calling me big brother?” The bone cuff on his ear glinted coldly. Xu Zhiqiao kept her distance, terrified of this devil who could turn the world upside down and control everything. On 51.1kReads9.2Score5.4k14d adds
41. 141 超 So Sweet and Obedient 超乖软 Shi Yiyuan十一源Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted (The print edition, Please Let Me Have Peace All My Years, is out now.) [One-on-one romance, both untouched, sweet pampering, childhood sweethearts] "Part Two: I Just Want Him to Comfort Me" (The main story is complete.) A little fairy transferred to Nancheng No. 1 High School. She was not only beautiful, but immediately claimed the top spots in two rankings: first in academics and first on the school beauty list! The little fairy was sweet and well-behaved, speaking gently and kindly to everyon 29.1kReads9.4Score3.3k14d adds

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    1. A charmingly roguish young master who's incredibly good at flirting ★ A sweet, insecure, well-behaved college girl ★ Unrequited love turns into reality ★ Both are virgins ★ Sweet flirting 2. 1V1 ★ Both are virgins, childhood sweethearts, sweet romance 3. 1V1 Both are virgins, reconciliation, long-awaited reunion, childhood sweetheart, arrogant and willful young lady ★ Cunning and devoted childhood sweetheart, powerful man 4. Unrequited love turns into reality, reconciliation 1v1 This is my perfect unrequited love in that summer. 5. Both are virgins ★ 1v1 ★ First love ★ A little bit of misplaced unrequited love, bright and cheerful flower shop owner ★ Cold and aloof diplomat

42. 142 他 He Can't Stop Thinking About Me 他对我，念念不忘 Shi Yiyuan十一源Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted [1v1] [Both Pure] [Reunited After Years Apart] [Childhood Sweethearts] (Comic adaptation signed) "The Long Road to Winning Her Back" "Arrogant, Headstrong Heiress x Scheming, Devoted Childhood Sweetheart, Lord Qiao" The owner of Xiyu Design Studio is a beauty. Proud and high-profile, she makes no effort to hide her confidence. She has offended plenty of people over the years, but still lives her life freely and on her own terms. She has no shortage of suitors, but she always gives them the same 14.5kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds
43. 143 恋 The Movie Emperor Starts Showering Me with Sweetness After the Dating Show 恋综后影帝他撒糖了 Sweet Peach Yaoyao甜桃夭夭Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted How do you deal with going on a dating show with your high school sweetheart... Unable to afford the astronomical cancellation fee, Su Qingyu agreed to the production team's arrangements and finished filming, determined to keep their lives separate. One dark, windy night, her high school sweetheart pinned her against the wall. His voice was low, choked with anger and resentment. “Why the hell did you break up with me?” Before Su Qingyu could finish answering, he kissed her like a madman. “You h 12.8kReads9.3Score1k14d adds

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    🌼The female lead is outstanding, while the male lead is insecure and always feels unworthy of her. Upon graduating high school, a scheming girl forges the female lead's handwriting and writes a breakup letter to the male lead. Heartbroken, the male lead believes it and goes abroad, only to secretly return a month later. He always secretly visits the female lead, but she never notices. The two reunite after the female lead becomes a doctor.

44. 144 梧 The Wutong Trees, Beneath the Fine Rain 梧桐更见细雨 Three Rounds, Full to the Brim三番满满Modern Romance161k WordsOngoing [Reunion after a secret crush + youth and campus life + age gap] At seventeen, beneath the parasol trees, Ji Weiyu first met Fu Tingsheng at her best friend's house. He opened the door, his expression and eyes cool and distant. She didn't know that for many years to come, she would never be able to forget that first glance. In the year of the college entrance exams, she covered her desk with sticky notes bearing the name of his university, believing that if she worked hard enough, she could get 73Reads—Score—14d adds

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    When they reunited after a long separation, he became her interviewee; he couldn't understand why she was so reluctant to see him.

45. 145 诱 Lure Her into the Wild 诱她赴野 Weaving a Cocoon织茧Modern Romance172k WordsCompleted [Capital's Young Master vs. Capital's Heiress] [Sly, wild, and hard-to-approach young master vs. dazzling, bold, and charming heiress] [Slowly drawing her in vs. boldly approaching him] Qi Yuye spent six years abroad. He returned quietly, yet remained the young master no one in the capital dared to provoke. Nan Yun Zhao grew up overseas with her maternal grandparents. Two years after returning to China, influenced by Western ideas, she had become known in their circle for her high standards and 13.8kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds

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    Young master and young lady of the Beijing elite

46. 146 何 He Fang Luyuan 何方路圆圆 Xu Tinglan叙亭兰Modern Romance551k WordsCompleted [Sweet and spicy + mutual devotion + sweet romance + wealthy CEO] “From beginning to end, all I’ve ever wanted is to marry the girl I’ve loved from afar!” That was He Yanzheng’s one and only wish. He Yanzheng had grown up surrounded by every luxury, but after meeting her, he willingly made sacrifices and changed himself, all because he wanted to be part of her future. The clearheaded top student Lu Yuanyuan was focused on her exams and refused to date, yet she found herself pursued by a persiste 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Campus romance, sweet and loving. 1. A refined and slightly roguish young master, and a well-behaved, academically gifted girl. 2. A high-ranking CEO, and the only daughter of a scholarly family.

47. 147 星 Starry Rain and Serene Orchids 星雨幽兰 Xu Tinglan叙亭兰Modern Romance104k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted to each other + wealthy families + school life + friendship] After weathering countless storms and looking back through the river of time, we finally realize that the beauty of youth has quietly slipped away. He walked up to her and asked softly, “When did you get back?” Lan Ying looked up at Ruan Xingyi, as if she were back in high school, when she used to look up at him just like this. We can never have youth and experience it at the same time. That is why we are always 41Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 148 契 A Marriage Pact: The CEO’s Ten-Year Secret Love 契约成婚：总裁的十年暗恋 Cen Xuxu岑栩栩Modern Romance133k WordsCompleted For readers passing by: the novel is complete and has a high completion rate, so dive right in! [Dominant CEO × cool, reserved female designer] [Reunion after years apart + high school crush + marriage contract + long-planned romance] At a matchmaking dinner, Xia Tian looked up and came face-to-face with the man she’d secretly loved for ten years. He was Lu Jingze, the heir apparent of the capital’s elite circles: cold and abstinent. They hadn’t exchanged a single message on WeChat in seven year 424Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male and female protagonists had a crush on each other in high school, and after the boy returned to his home country, the two entered into a contract marriage.

49. 149 新 The Rules of a Newlywed Secret Crush 新婚暗恋法则 Qi Xue栖雪Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted [Roguish heartthrob x cool beauty | Reunion after years apart | Slow-burn romance | Secret crush] As a student, Qi Shangzhi was arrogant, unruly, and impossible to tame. Blessed with a face so stunning it could make a living, he got away with anything on the strength of his looks. He was a regular on the school confession wall and forums, and the sight of his shirt lifting as he dunked a basketball became part of their youth. Though Zhou Chengye was beautiful, she was quiet and kept a low profil 32.5kReads9.2Score4.2k14d adds

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    Recommended, it's very good.

50. 150 茉 Always by Momo’s Side 茉茉相随 Eggplant Purple Gurgle茄紫咕噜Modern Romance114k WordsCompleted [Mutual pining | Younger man | Urban romance | Reunited after years apart | Dual POV | Amnesia] [An insecure younger man VS an emotionally steady woman who knows what she loves and hates] If unrequited love is one person's private chaos, then the bond between two people is a downpour no umbrella can keep you from. When 25-year-old Ye Zhimo and 22-year-old Ji Sui meet again, his tears reach her lips before his kiss does... In the second year after Ye Zhimo lost contact with Ji Sui, she founded he 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male protagonist dropped out of university and went abroad. After graduation, they were reunited after a long separation.

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