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The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事
Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing
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- 2 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 80.8kReads9.7Score14.1k14d adds
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The Echo of a Secret Crush, and Then It Ends Badly 暗恋回声又be
[A reckless, carefree young man vs. a sensitive, insecure girl] (Bad ending) One woman remains unmarried, trapped in the past. The other has a happy marriage and shines brightly. Zhao Huaili is a notorious playboy in Beicheng. He has an impossibly upright-looking face, yet lives a wild life. He may not be the darling of heaven, but he is surrounded by admirers. Lu Zhinan is the Lu family’s shameful illegitimate daughter. Bright-eyed and kind, she always gives people the impression of a girl with
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Chasing the Light in Midsummer 盛夏逐光
[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
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I Only Sneaked a Glance at Him 我只偷看他一眼
During the speech by the freshman class representative, Chen Nan fell for Lu Xu at first sight, and for the rest of her life. The pink sunset beyond the window filled the entire sky, like a beautiful landscape painting. The clouds looked drunk, their cheeks flushed with color. Chen Nan held her breath and stole a sidelong glance at Lu Xu. His profile was youthful and striking, and he held his book with perfect posture. A ray of light fell on the yellowed pages, and touched him as well. The dayli
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Living with My Ex-Girlfriend After We Broke Up 分手后和前女友同居了
[Everyday Life] + [One Heroine] + [Romance] + [A Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet Romance with a Tsundere Heroine] Zhang Yu and Su Yunxi met at university, then broke up before graduation. They both moved to places tens of thousands of miles apart. They thought they’d never see each other again, but somehow ended up as roommates sharing a place. When Zhang Yu opened the door and saw Su Yunxi sitting on the sofa, he was stunned. “You look just like my ex-girlfriend.” Su Yunxi jumped to her feet and sta
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The Wind Has Its Reasons for Coming 风有风的来意
The hero has loved her for years / The second male lead grovels to win her back A realistic road-trip story + no domineering CEO, no pampered wife, no coercion, no yandere + mature adults + light comedy (not a devoted, exclusive couple / not a happy ending) A cold-faced female CEO & a rugged man with many secret identities (painter / volunteer teacher in Tibet / part-time driver) * Leng Qing: The world is my oyster, and I’ll open it with my sword. A Xin: Before I can no longer see, I’ll remember
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Flirting Back and Forth! Joining a Dating Show with My Crush 互撩！和男神一起上恋综
[Dating show + reunion after years apart + mutual secret crushes + each other's first love] [Gentle, perceptive, sensitive woman + free-spirited, outspoken, aloof man] - Inspired by the Korean variety show Love Siblings - One-on-one romance / each other's first love / reunion after years apart / mutual secret crushes - The story's tags are based on the blurb; this is not a showbiz novel Blurb: Just as Shen Jiahe resolves to move on from the man she has secretly loved for years, she unexpectedl
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- 9 Reborn: The Moonlight Falls in Love with Me 重生之白月光爱上我 [One-on-one, both leads' first relationships, reborn + school life + sweet romance + daily life] [Bright and sunny heroine with a thoughtful heart VS aloof and distant hero who's devoted and faithful] Before she was reborn, she was overweight and insecure. Until the day she died, she drifted through life without any purpose. He, meanwhile, was like the bright moon in the sky, someone far beyond her reach. She was always unconsciously searching for his figure out of the corner of her eye. That's 2.4kReads9.3Score25714d adds
- 10 Blissful Newlyweds 新婚宴尔 [The heroine falls in love after marriage; the hero’s secret crush comes true] [1v1, both are virgins + modern urban romance + reunion after years apart + mutual devotion + healing] [Elegant, resilient elementary school teacher vs. refined, calculating surgeon] When they first met again, Jiang Jiayan and He Yanzhou were simply former classmates reunited after years apart. The next time they met, they unexpectedly became each other’s blind date. At the time, Jiang Jiayan was at a low point in he 2.2kReads8.9Score19514d adds
- 11 The Sang Method of Secretly Loving You 桑式暗恋法则 [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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Twelve Years Until the Snow Melts 雪融十二载
Cool, aloof top student × Gentle, ambitious boy A mutual secret crush spanning twelve years. She was an isolated island; he was a glimmer of light. She was frozen for twelve years; he pursued her for twelve years. He used her as his guiding star, drawing closer step by step. Because of him, her ice melted, and her heart slowly stirred. Snow falls without a sound, but love leaves its mark. After twelve years of waiting, at last they stand side by side. Leaning against his shoulder, she sudde
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Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03）
Back in middle school, Xie Zeyang met Shen Bingqing. Their names were almost the opposite of their natures: he was as cold as ice, while she burned bright as the sun. He could still vaguely recall every time they parted when they were young. At thirteen, beneath the lights at the entrance to an alley. She waved with a radiant smile and said to him, “See you tomorrow, class monitor!” At seventeen, on the beach on a midsummer night. She poked her head out of the tent, eyes crinkling as she called
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Those Sweet Little Moments 深深欢喜的小时光
A true story about secret crushes, open declarations of love, long-distance relationships, and dreams finally coming true. Zhao Shenshen: “Do you think we can be together in our next life?” Mr. Z: “How do you know you didn't ask me the same thing in our last life?” In this world, there is always someone who leaves you utterly helpless. Even after you've disappointed each other a hundred times, when the hundred-and-first comes, you still can't bear to give up. From meeting in Egypt to falling in
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Waiting for the Moon to Fall 等月亮坠落
(The physical book of the same title is now available.) [Sweet healing romance + reunion after a long separation + secret crush comes true + devoted couple with mutual fidelity] A gentle novelist with social anxiety VS a cocky, charming criminal police officer What's it like to see again the person you fell for when you were young? - Back in school, Su Sui had a huge crush on a boy. He was the shining star everyone adored, so she hid her little feelings deep in her heart. She secretly wrote him
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This Grand, Silent Drama of Unrequited Love 暗恋这场声势浩大的哑剧
A bittersweet youthful school romance about unrequited love from popular author Meng Zhiwan, and a companion novel to The Sad Little Thing Called a Secret Crush and The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain. This one-sided love story is a silent play with just one actor: me. Also known as The Moment I Speak, My Voice Disappears. Lonely girl Chen Ji VS sunny boy Lin Jingye. I carefully cherished you, and you became the only spring I ever had in my life. “Chen Ji, may you always be safe and well, overcome
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Summer Has Its Dusk 夏日有暮
A young girl’s quiet crush was hardly a grand affair. The gardenias by the corner of the school grounds bloomed and faded, but the way he dazzled me lasted far longer than a single summer. That summer, Ji Xia fell for a boy. She was lucky enough to be in the same class as him in high school. He was the school’s adored prodigy, and she worked hard to catch up with him. At their graduation dinner, everyone was celebrating. The girl had a glass of fruit-flavored wine and quietly rested to one side.
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Don't Flirt with Me 别和我撒娇
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- 19 A Perfect Summer Crush 盛夏满分暗恋 [Signed for print publication | Secret crush becomes reality | Reunited after a breakup | Sweet romance | One-on-one, both leads faithful in body and heart] Shen Shengyi was known in Peking University's finance department for being carefree and flirtatious. He was picky, handsome, and hard to win over. With the cards stacked in favor of Heaven's Chosen, he was bold and rebellious, always surrounded by admirers and never short of friends. At a design competition, Chi Wu was pulled onstage at the 50.9kReads9.5Score6k14d adds
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Spring and Moonlight 春与月光
[A Million Readers' Highly Praised Favorite! Childhood Friends / Secret Crush Comes True / Tension Builds / One-on-One, Sweet Romance!] After a family crisis, Zhou Yue temporarily moves in with Lin Qi. The two grew up together and have always been close. Zhou Yue's striking looks and height, along with his excellent grades, make him the center of attention. As everyone keeps probing, Lin Qi repeatedly insists otherwise. What Lin Qi doesn't know is that, in Zhou Yue's heart, he built himself a ga
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- 21 Echoes of a Secret Crush 暗恋回音 [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 2.4kReads8.2Score29314d adds
- 22 Stuck at Seventeen 停留十七岁那年 [Campus romance × Youth × Mutual unrequited love × Heartbreak] Cold, rebellious boy × Sweet, well-behaved honor student * [Xie Yixiao was born wild and unruly, proud and untamed. Yet somehow, this boy fell in love with a good student from a broken home, a quiet, sweet, and sensible girl.] * [Ye Mian came from an incomplete family. Her parents weren't around when she was growing up. Then, when she was six, she learned that both of them had died. She was raised by her grandmother.] * [To part beca 2.8kReads7.2Score26614d adds
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The Galaxy and His Cat 银河与他的猫
During the summer before her junior year of college, Qi Qingqing attends a research camp at K University in the United States. She gets lost before the opening ceremony and is found by Wen Xingzhi on one of the floors of the astrophysics center. She falls in love at first sight, and the outgoing, bold young woman openly begins to pursue him. She bursts into his world like a blazing light, turning his entire life upside down. Though her plans often backfire, she quietly finds a place in Wen Xingz
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- 24 Waiting for a Midsummer 等一场盛夏 Print edition signed* * Xia Shi met Qi You when she was sixteen. The young man was dejected yet proud, carefree and unruly. He had a stunning face and an air of roguish nonchalance, as though he were just passing through life for fun. Countless girls liked him, but he was never interested and never gave any of them a second glance. And she was certainly not the kind of girl he would like. A stickler for rules, dull and boring. They should never have had anything to do with each other, until she 59.9kReads9.5Score10k14d adds
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Come Here and Give Me a Kiss 过来亲一下
[Print edition now available] [Published as Summer's Lucky Charm] ☆Cool, gentle boy × world-weary, listless girl☆ [One-on-one sweet romance | School life, comedy, doting romance, redemption, healing] Wen Jibai always sincerely believed her new deskmate was a handsome, aloof heartthrob who took advantage of his looks and treated everyone coldly. Until one day, she saw this search in his Baidu history: [This is so annoying. What should I do if I've fallen for my deskmate?]
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- 26 Secretly in Love 暗恋 [School-life crush] + [mutual devotion] Mu An’s secret crush was a long thread running through her student years. The star in her eyes reappeared by her side three years later, but she still didn’t dare reach for it. A secret crush is bitter. She kept chasing the possibility she hoped for, but never found the courage to move forward. Yet it is sweet, too. Her youthful years with Jiang Luo became Mu An’s cherished dream for seven years. This time, she finally found the courage to let the flower h 401Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 27 The Fake Heiress and Her Eight Overpowered Brothers 九零：假千金八个哥哥都是龙傲天 [90s] [Everyone's Favorite] [Face-Slapping] [Feel-Good] [Secret Crush Comes True] [Fake and Real Heiresses] Bai Zhiyu lived for fifteen years before learning she was a fake. The family that raised her was the richest in Haicheng. Her birth parents were dirt poor, and she had eight penniless brothers. The swan had fallen from her pedestal, and everyone was waiting to laugh at her. Who would have guessed that her eight brothers were all destined for greatness? They seized the rapid economic bo 20kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 28 So You Had a Crush on Me Too 原来你也暗恋我 Xu Qiu has two secrets: her right ear is almost completely deaf, and she was adopted by her family. No one at school knows. After finally graduating from college, Xu Qiu takes a fall and somehow tumbles back to high school. She even gets a mysterious System? It turns out the younger brother who always seemed so annoying is actually sweet and adorably awkward. It turns out her seemingly fragile family bonds are warm and dependable. It turns out someone has known the secret about her ear for a lon 85Reads9.2Score—14d adds
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Reborn: My Desk Mate Was My One True Love All Along 重生：原来同桌才是我的白月光
[Reborn + Everyday Romance + One Heroine + School Life + No System] In his past life, Lin Yuege spent ten years chasing after a girl, only to end up with nothing. Only later did he realize that the person who loved him most was his high school deskmate. But by then, it was too late. After being reborn, he swore to change everything...
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- 30 My Deskmate Brings Me Light 同桌予你光亮 The physical book is now available under the published title Moonlight Comes for Me [The author's debut work. The writing is still immature, so readers, please proceed with caution] [School Life + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Healing] Gloomy, cool, and gorgeous Orange Darling × Arrogant Young Master Mu “Brother Chen, the new transfer student is as beautiful as a fairy!” “Not interested. Leave me alone!” Later, Young Master Mu corners the little fairy in an alley and whines, “Baby, I'm sorry. 5kReads9.5Score70314d adds
- 31 My Super-Cute Deskmate Is My White Moonlight 超可爱女同桌是我的白月光 [Reborn + Romance + Single Heroine + Wild Imagination + Making Money + Feel-Good] “Lin Mo, how about not being a simp in your next life?” Those were Lin Mo's last words before he died! An accident sent him back to the eve of the college entrance exams! When he met his adorable new deskmate, Lin Mo fell for her! In this life, he wouldn't be a simp anymore! “Lin Mo, why did you stop fawning over me?” After Lin Mo left, Shen Mengyao couldn't stand losing her biggest simp. “Lin Mo, why are you so co 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Reborn: The Stunning Campus Beauty Is Actually My Deskmate! 重生：绝美校花竟是我的同桌！ [Rebirth + Sweet Romance + System + One Heroine] Su An, who had suffered from a terminal illness in his previous life, was mysteriously reborn and received the standard golden finger. A God-Tier PDA System! Looking at the campus belle sitting across from him, Su An thought to himself, “I love studying, studying loves me. Studying makes me happy!” Suddenly, the stunning campus belle Gu Yiran turned to look at Su An. “Babe, I went for an IV yesterday. What was I getting an infusion of? A whole nig 5.9kReads9.4Score78814d adds
- 33 My Desk Mate Is an Idol Goddess 我的同桌是偶像女神 Lin Qun transmigrates to another world while trying to save someone. While working hard to make ends meet, he unexpectedly runs into Ning Yanran, his former classmate! To his surprise, she acts cold and distant toward him... But when he sings the hit song "I Like You": She turns her gaze toward him. Lin Qun: Sorry, I'm not interested in reminiscing! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Reborn: My Stunning School Beauty Deskmate Is So Sweet! 重生：我的绝美校花同桌太甜了！ Unable to find a job, the woman he loved married someone else, and then he got into a car accident. After an accident of his own, Jiang Chen unexpectedly returned to his senior year of high school. He bonded with the Perfect System and gained superhuman learning abilities. The stunning, aloof campus belle became his deskmate. After many days sitting together, he discovered that the cold campus belle also had a sweet, adorable side. And Jiang Chen never expected that... The aloof campus belle 781Reads9.0Score10014d adds
- 35 Go Cry Somewhere Else, Campus Belle. I Only Like My Desk Mate 校花一边哭去，我只喜欢小同桌 Ever since the goddess he loved cruelly rejected him after the college entrance exams, Zhang Yang’s heart had been shattered. He drifted from woman to woman and kept countless girls on the hook, convinced that nothing in life could ever make him feel attached again. After he died unexpectedly, the only woman who came to mourn him with a bouquet of flowers was his deskmate from seven years ago. At last, Zhang Yang understood who he should have cherished all along! Class beauties, grade beauties, 544Reads8.0Score—14d adds
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