The Male Lead Has a Secret Crush on the Female Lead, Who Has No One She Likes. Happy or Sad Endings Are Both Fine 男主暗恋女主，女主没有喜欢的人，he，be都行，

1. 1 他 He's Hard to Tame 他难驯 Chu Tang初棠Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted (Mending a broken relationship · Reunion at the start · Saving each other · Each other’s first love, both faithful* not a playboy) Bad-boy troublemaker x clear-headed and resilient Chen Jin had the looks, a gifted mind for math and science, and a talent for air-rifle shooting that made him famous while still young. Born into a prominent family, he was bold and uninhibited. No one could have imagined that someone so blessed would have his wild spirit tamed by Wen Ying, once the most unremarkable, 13.2kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds

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   This is so good! 😍 I absolutely love the male lead's character—rebellious yet devoted to the female lead. The female lead is also intelligent and genuine. Both leads shine brightly in their respective fields. In short, it's incredibly good!!! A must-see!

2. 2 暗 This Grand, Silent Drama of Unrequited Love 暗恋这场声势浩大的哑剧 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance126k WordsCompleted 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 20.9kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds
3. 3 你 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance138k WordsCompleted The acclaimed signature work You Broke Your Promise by popular author Shi Qingyao, now with 40,000 new words of never-before-published content! Sensitive girl Xiang Yu VS golden boy Song Huaishi. I had to play out the whole secret-crush story, so I loved him year after year. It was an ordinary day. Just as she closed her eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly thought of Song Huaishi: Song Huaishi, neat in his clothes and radiating warmth. Song Huaishi at seventeen. Still in his school uniform, he leaned lazily 68.9kReads9.5Score12.5k14d adds
4. 4 我 I Only Have You Now 我只有你了啊 Fresh Radish Skin新鲜萝卜皮Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted (Healing and heartwarming) The day Gan Tang was kicked out of her uncle's home, the rain was pouring. She dragged her suitcase beneath the eaves of Xu Ying's house to shelter from the rain, and happened to run into Xu Ying as he came home from school. Afraid he'd heartlessly drive her away like her uncle's family had, she lifted her head, did her best to look sweet, and called him, “Big brother.” Xu Ying must have been won over by that one “big brother,” because he opened the door and let her in 24.7kReads9.3Score3.5k14d adds
5. 5 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8k14d adds
6. 6 不 An Anonymous Confession 不具名告白 Biting Fish咬魚Modern Romance296k WordsCompleted [Reborn on Campus + The Second Male Lead Takes the Lead + Mind Reading + The Chase After the Breakup + Both Leads Are Sexually Inexperienced] At seventeen, Yin Heyue was forced to live under someone else's roof, where she unexpectedly gained a brother with no blood relation to her: Song Yuzhou. Yin Heyue had hoped they would get along, but then she heard him say, “I don't have a sister.” In her second year of high school, a distant light shone into her bleak youth: Wen Shu, the top student in th 2.9kReads9.3Score64214d adds
7. 7 无 No One Came to Save Her from the Deep 无人救她于深海 Liang Shiqi梁拾柒Modern Romance135k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Youthful unrequited love + prodigal son turns over a new leaf + bittersweet romance + plenty of unresolved heartbreak + tragic ending (The male lead is hard to like at first. It's not exactly a tearjerker, but sensitive readers should proceed with caution.)] Youth is a foolish thing: foolishly falling for someone. At the beginning of the story, Xu Nuo falls in love with Zhou Yiming at first sight, as if sinking into the deep sea. At the end, Xu Nuo holds the box contai 19.3kReads8.9Score3.8k14d adds
8. 8 盛 A Perfect Summer Crush 盛夏满分暗恋 Qi Xue栖雪Modern Romance629k WordsCompleted [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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   The male and female protagonists are mutually attracted; the male protagonist is head over heels in love with the female protagonist, but the female protagonist also loves him very much. The male protagonist reveals all his emotions in front of the female protagonist. I've already read this book three times!

9. 9 他 His Gentle Seduction 他轻诱 Jie Jie芥婕Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted #A short drama adaptation under the same title is now streaming# [Love after marriage + he has been plotting this for years + slice of life + warm and sweet romance + the second male lead gets the girl] With her wedding day approaching, Jiang Nuanzhu runs into her fiancé at the hospital with his ex-girlfriend, whom he broke up with six years ago, as she undergoes a prenatal checkup. He claims he's only helping a widowed mother and her child. Jiang Nuanzhu refuses to raise someone else's child an 19.2kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds

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   Both are stories where the male lead has a crush on the female lead; they're super good, highly recommended!

10. 10 肆 Recklessly Tender: President Zhou Is Flirtatious and Full of Tricks 肆意温柔，周总他又撩又茶 A Spring一个泉Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted Everyone says Zhou of Hengyan Group is so refined and dignified that he’s beyond reproach. Then someone overhears his friends teasing him for being whipped. He curls his lips into a smile and casually takes a jab at everyone present. “Still drinking? I’ll pass. My wife would worry about me.” “Quiet, everyone. I need to call and check in with her!” “Wait, you guys don’t have wives keeping tabs on you? How pitiful.” Everyone else: ... After finally marrying the woman he’d had a crush on throughou 35.6kReads9.4Score3.5k14d adds
11. 11 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

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    🍀🍒After her grandmother passed away, both the Tan and Lu families, seeing Xu Enshang's plight after losing her family, wanted to take her in and care for her. Arriving in Beicheng, Xu Enshang saw the boy she could never forget at first sight again. Lu Jin was roguish and unrestrained, and in the years they grew up together, she watched the women around him change one after another. Unexpectedly, one day he would ask her if she wanted to marry him. She thought it was the end of her years of unrequited love. Until after the marriage, she overheard him telling his friends, "My family made me marry him, what else could I do?" Heartbroken, she decided to divorce. The night before the divorce, she was reborn back to the day she was taken back to Beicheng in her second year of high school, still staying with both families. Later, she didn't come home that night, and he frantically searched for her. "Are you really in a relationship? With whom?" On the other end of the phone, Xu Enshang blushed as Tan Jili pulled her into his arms. Tan Jili spoke, his voice coming through the phone, "Tell him if he's dating me?" Xu Entang's heart used to be with Lu Jin, and she wasn't familiar with Tan Jili. She never expected to have an affair with the aloof and indifferent man on this summer night.

12. 12 重 Reborn to Be Secretly Loved by a Tsundere Top Student 重生被偏执学霸暗恋上 Muzi沐子Modern Romance179k WordsCompleted [Secret crush, healing, marriage before love] (A gentle, beautiful, boldly flirtatious tease vs. a top student who seems cold but is actually shy, insecure, and possessive), The high school continuation is in the author’s posts and the book’s discussion board. When Ning Yao suddenly finds herself back in high school, she looks at her husband, young and full of life, and can’t resist reaching out to him with her wicked hands. Who could resist a secretly enamored girl taking the initiative? A b 1.5kReads9.1Score13314d adds

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    What boy can resist the initiative of a girl he secretly likes? Highly recommended.

13. 13 癫EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds

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    I must say, these two books are guaranteed to have storylines you'll love!

14. 14 长 Teacher Chang Mao 长矛老师 Beyond the Mountains山外Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted Originally titled “You Sell Swords, I Go Crazy: Together, We Set the Entertainment Industry Straight” [Rebellious CEO × Defiant Top-Tier Star] [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + dating show + nonsense + memes + shameless antics] Jiang Qiyu transmigrated into a book. She became a brainless cannon-fodder character in a novel about a fake heiress in the entertainment industry. After taking a phone call, she realized the plot was already more than halfway through. Her family had abandoned he 105.6kReads9.7Score12.2k14d adds
15. 15 怎 What Should I Do? The Possessive Boy Always Looks at Me with Tears in His Eyes 怎么办！偏执少年总是哭着看我 Nian Zhaozhao年朝朝呀Modern Romance408k WordsCompleted [A dazzling, free-spirited siren × a cool, obsessive good boy] [He falls for her in secret + he pursues her + mutual healing + intense push and pull + happy ending + both are each other’s first] Lu Tingbai did everything he could to find a way to get close to Wen Zhi, but one remark from her crushed all his courage. She gave him a teasing smile. “Someone like Lu Tingbai? I don’t go for good boys.” Later, she cornered him in the stairwell while he was jealous. Her red lips nearly brushed his Adam 3.3kReads8.6Score25414d adds

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    The female lead is very beautiful and has many male admirers. She's the playboy type, and one of the men secretly loves her. Later, the male lead's love is successful, and they get together. However, the female lead still leaves. Eventually, the male lead and the female lead are forced into an arranged marriage, and the female lead is the wife he begged for.

16. 16 暗 After Years of Secretly Loving Her, Mr. Gu Finally Gets His Wish 暗恋多年，顾总他终于得偿所愿 A Ten-Year Promise十年之约Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted (A decade of secret love, steadfast protection, and finally getting what he wished for.) Nan Yan and Lu Chuan had been together for seven years. She stood by him as he climbed from rock bottom to the top, but three months before their wedding, his childhood sweetheart and first love, Su Xuwan, reappeared. She had lost her memory, and remembered only seven years ago, when she and Lu Chuan had been passionately in love. To help her recover her memories, Lu Chuan reenacted their past with her again 1.6kReads8.8Score11414d adds
17. 17 甜 A Secret Crush with a Sweet Lemon Flavor 甜柠味暗恋 Rock Sugar-Braised Pears冰糖烧梨子Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted [Entertainment Industry + Two Top-Tier Stars + A Secret Crush Comes True + Extra Sweet] Song Zhining never would have imagined that someone could secretly love her for five years, let alone that the person was a hugely popular Best Actor. - Rising star Song Zhining takes a role in a romance film, starring opposite Best Actor Gu Xiangqi. She thinks she’s just lucky and focuses on doing her job and finishing the film. She wouldn’t dare entertain any improper thoughts about the Best Actor. But Gu, 2.3kReads8.6Score28514d adds
18. 18 哥 Big Brother, Kiss Me 哥哥，你吻我一下 Sang Ning桑宁Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted (Main story complete) [Mutual pining | A playboy turns over a new leaf | Campus redemption | Both leads are each other’s one and only, 1v1] Shen Xijing is a notorious playboy. He and his girlfriends each do as they please, with no strings attached. His buddy’s niece is always hanging around him, but he never makes a move on her. Until one day, his little niece gets drunk and tugs at his shirt. “Big brother, will you kiss me?” 11.5kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
19. 19 周 Team Leader Zhou Is Secretly in Love with Me 周队竟然暗恋我 Qu Buzhi曲不知Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted [A tough, rugged firefighter and a sweet, gentle university lecturer] [His perspective: unrequited love comes true x her perspective: marriage first, love later] [Everyday life + both leads are each other’s first and only + slow-burn romance + short story] Fan Xing registered her marriage to a firefighter. Then she got trapped at the top of a ten-meter-tall tree. Zhou Ran never imagined that his first meeting with his wife after their wedding would be in a tree. After rescuing her, the firefight 7kReads9.3Score92614d adds
20. 20 我 I'm Pregnant with My Secret Crush's Baby 我怀了暗恋男神的崽 Chu Zhi楚枝Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted [Main Story Complete] [Both Leads’ First Love: Accidental Pregnancy + Love After Marriage + Secret Crush + Sweet Romance + Healing] Male lead: A cold, controlling, possessive doctor who keeps his desires in check but knows how to tease. Female lead: A gorgeous, soft and alluring beauty, and a shy, kind, warmhearted teacher. * After her friend betrayed and set her up, Jiang Zhinian accidentally became pregnant with Shi Ye’s child. Facing the man she’d secretly loved for years, she had planned to 14.2kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
21. 21 惊 What?! My Flirtatious Childhood Friend Has Been Secretly in Love with Me 惊！浪荡竹马竟然暗恋我 A Jiang Cabbage一颗江白菜Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Marriage first, love later x secret crush comes true + childhood friends + bickering couple + both are each other's first] [Seemingly sweet, aloof beauty, florist VS seemingly playboy, refined young master, peacock] On her first love's birthday, Shen Youyi traveled abroad to surprise him, only to catch him passionately kissing another woman. And that woman was none other than her distant cousin, with whom she had a strained relationship. After smearing cake all over his face, she le 6.9kReads9.2Score77914d adds
22. 22 被 The Ten Years I Was Secretly in Love 被暗恋的那十年 Shen Xiaodao深小刀Modern Romance151k WordsCompleted Zhou Luyao was ordinary and unremarkable. She never imagined that the aloof Bai Mu might have a secret crush on her. From high school through her working years, he watched over her in silence for ten years, hoping only that she would be happy. Until one day, he couldn't hold back any longer… Unlucky heroine × unconventional yandere hero 7Reads8.1Score—14d adds
23. 23 暗 After Secretly Loving the Male Lead, I Was Forcefully Taken for Myself 暗恋男主之后我被强取豪夺了 Salted Fish Biscuit in a Tree树上的咸鱼饼干Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted Original title: After Secretly Loving the Male Lead, I Was Taken by Force A love-struck male lead who starts out cold but later falls head over heels for her vs. a cool-headed female lead who diligently carries out her missions The male lead is not the original male lead, and neither the male nor female lead is perfect. You’re an ordinary girl with a secret crush on the male lead. But someone finds out and tells everyone, and then they all look down on you. They say you’re not good enough for hi 7.4kReads8.6Score52514d adds
24. 24 他 He's Secretly in Love with Me 他暗恋我呀 Ming Zhijiu明之九Modern Romance114k WordsCompleted [Sweet campus romance + healing and growth + both each other's first] To outsiders, Chen Sui is cold, aloof, and downright awful. But to Meng Wan, Chen Sui is the best. * Throughout his entire adolescence, Chen Sui loved only one person: Meng Wan. He longed for her for years. Until one day... “Baby, open your mouth and give me a kiss.” At last, he got what he wanted. 455Reads8.8Score—14d adds
25. 25 恶 Flower of Evil! The Sickly Male Lead Has Completely Fallen to Darkness 恶之花！病娇男主他彻底黑化了 Sad Ice Cream忧伤的冰淇淋Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted [Yandere + Sweet on the Outside, Dark Within + Love at First Sight + Happy Ending + Transmigration] Radiant girl and gentle boy, sweet on the outside but dark within Jiang Chu accidentally transmigrates to another world and inexplicably gets bound to a System. It orders her to raise the yandere male lead’s corruption level in this world. Only when his corruption reaches 100% can she return to the real world. Jiang Chu looks at the boy before her, whose features are impossibly gentle, and nearly 2.8kReads8.9Score29814d adds

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    These books are all highly recommended and have ratings of 9 points or higher.

26. 26 他 His White Moonlight 他的白月光 dearfairyModern Romance180k WordsCompleted He's a rising star in business, a born winner, and the feared second young master of the Feng family. Yet no one knows that he has kept someone in his heart for eleven years, and even getting close to her feels like an impossible dream. “Jiaojiao, if I walk over there now, can I hug you?” “Feng Lin, guilt and love are two different things.” [Mutual pining + reunion after years apart + rekindled romance + redemptive angst + happy ending] 4kReads9.2Score29414d adds
27. 27 心 Cherished Darling 心肝宠 Jiu Ling九棂Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted (Top-tier wealthy family, a modern Jiangnan beauty as the heroine, an obsessive male lead, the heroine pursues him at first, then he spoils her relentlessly, devoted to each other, happy ending) For the sake of the child in her belly, Lu Zhiling was forced to marry an obsessive tycoon. Everyone thought she wouldn’t live long enough to give birth. To stay alive, she began winning him over. Before she knew it, she had become the apple of his eye. Later, she prepared to run away. His car was perche 79.5kReads9.5Score8.2k14d adds
28. 28 人 I'm Losing It! The Obsessive Second Male Lead Is Pretending to Be Sweet and Fooling Me Again 人麻了！偏执男二他又装乖骗我 Sugary Xin酥欣糖Ancient Romance495k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + one-on-one romance + devoted couples + happy ending + possessive, obsessive yandere heroes + not a strong heroine] Original title: Quick Transmigration: The Tragic Novel’s Heroine Runs Away with the Obsessive Second Male Lead After signing a contract with the Tragic Heroine System, Xu Qiuqiu refuses to follow the plot and takes the initiative to approach the second male lead. But he turns out to be an obsessive maniac. Whenever she tries to escape, his possessive, obsessi 629Reads9.1Score10114d adds
29. 29 血 Bloodstained, a Wild Rose with an Unyielding Spirit 血染，傲骨野玫瑰 Jun Luo Qing君落轻Modern Romance282k WordsCompleted [Women's Fiction] Important note: The heroine is not actually Xi Lianyue. This will be explained later. Because she looked like someone else, she was made to take the blame. Four years in prison were not enough. Even after her release, she still couldn't escape the mire of reality. She was forced into a pond of piranhas, used as a live test subject, made to fight Tibetan mastiffs, and had both legs broken. After all the persecution, the truth was finally revealed piece by piece. The men who had 4.4kReads9.0Score42314d adds
30. 30 恶 Is the Villainess Still Causing Trouble Today? 恶毒女配今天也在作恶吗 Qi Guang祁光Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted [She is a hypocritical liar, a cunning villain. And I am her accomplice, her believer.] (yandere, unhinged heroine + devoted, loyal hero + a remorseful husband’s road to redemption) Wen Tang transmigrated into an old-fashioned romance as the villainous supporting female character. The original owner was wicked in every way, short of murder and arson. She bullied and framed the heroine, forcing the hero to marry her and becoming a massive obstacle in the couple’s path to love. Wen Tang: What a co 5.6kReads9.2Score41314d adds
31. 31 带 I Failed to Run Away While Pregnant! The Capital's Tycoon Pins Me Against the Wall and Kisses Me 带球跑失败！被京圈大佬抵墙诱吻 Half a Branch of Mist半枝雾Modern Romance606k WordsCompleted [Story complete! Pure sweet romance + flirtatious newlywed bliss + long-planned seduction] Unhinged, gorgeous business magnate vs. glamorous actress in a qipao People say the most powerful magnate in Beijing’s elite circles is a Buddha-like man who wears dark-red prayer beads, abstains from worldly pleasures, and is cold and heartless. After a year of a secret marriage of convenience with the magnate, Shi Jintang has seen nothing of him except the enormous transfers he sends her every month. On 6.1kReads9.1Score55214d adds

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    Both are highly-rated novels with vivid characters and incredibly dramatic plots! ① The male lead, Xiao Jingye (CEO), has been secretly in love with the female lead for five years, deeply devoted. The female lead, Shi Jintang (actress), is also the male lead's heiress, bold and passionate! ② The male lead, Xu Jingmo (prince of Beijing's elite circles), is an academic genius who has secretly loved the female lead for many years. The female lead, Du Ruo (genius physicist), is also bold and passionate! This novel is particularly positive and uplifting; the male lead constantly strives to catch up with the female lead, and the female lead dotes on him! In short, it will be incredibly inspiring!

32. 32 你 Won’t You Smile? 你笑一下呗 One Oreo at a Time一口一个奥利奥Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now available under the title You Should Smile Once] (Pure romance, one-on-one, two wealthy families, sweet romance, satisfying revenge, childhood friends, mutual pining) Xu Jingmo had been a notorious troublemaker since childhood. He had a great family, good looks, a knack for having fun, and excelled at school. With every advantage in his favor, he was surrounded by admirers, yet seemed determined to enjoy the company of countless women without ever giving his heart away. 28.4kReads9.3Score2.9k14d adds
33. 33 淬 Tempered Warmth 淬暖 Thank God感谢神Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing (A scheming young master from a wealthy family + a young rich girl + few female antagonists + many male antagonists + both leads are each other's only romantic partners. Wanli Fuguang was killing time by going on a blind date in his cousin's place. As expected, the people around him tried every way they could to stop the two from being together because of their vast difference in status. It wasn't until his assistant returned and reminded him to get his priorities straight that he resolved to br —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I had a crush on him at first, and almost succeeded.

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