School Life, One Female Lead, Pure Love, Super Sweet 校园生活，单女主，纯爱，巨甜

1. 401 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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   This is truly my absolute favorite sweet campus romance novel, and the author is a newly discovered gem! It feels more than just a simple campus romance; it's like an ensemble piece, with even the minor supporting characters being fully developed. The plot is also very engaging; I loved it more and more as I read on!

2. 402 出 I Went Out for a Late-Night Snack and Accidentally Found the Campus Beauty 出门买夜宵，却意外捡到绝美校花 Listening to Rain Fall on the Leaves听雨落树叶Urban405k WordsCompleted A boy heads out to buy a late-night snack. On a whim, he takes pity on the stunning school beauty standing in the rain and “takes her home.” And so, the red threads of fate tying the two of them together begin to intertwine. Boy: “Just throw out my leftovers.” Still using the chopsticks the boy had used, the girl picks up a clump of rice and pops it into her mouth. “It's bad to waste food~” Boy: “Just put my underwear in the washing machine.” Girl: “No, the washing machine won't g 18.8kReads9.0Score2.4k14d adds

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   I haven't read much of these two books yet, but the synopsis sounds quite sweet.

3. 403 可 My Cute, Silly Deskmate Seems to Want to Bully Me 可爱女孩傻同桌，似乎是想欺负我 Dreamer in a Little House小屋做梦人Urban110k WordsOngoing [No System] [Not Reborn] [One Female Lead] [Pure Love] [Lighthearted, Sweet Slice-of-Life Romance] The senior year of high school for Su He, a student at an ordinary high school, is completely changed by the arrival of a transfer student. Yang Siyuan, a top student from an elite high school, shows up with dazzling pink hair, ignores the school rules, and announces, "I transferred here just to hang out with him!" From then on, this "pushy" desk mate takes over Su He's life. She stands up to the d 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This story features a strong, academically gifted female lead and a seemingly weak but growing male lead. The female lead is a transfer student from a prestigious high school, a pink-haired academic genius who actively pursues him. She teases him and helps him grow, possessing both high emotional and intellectual intelligence. The male lead is a regular high school student and a game streamer, adorably clueless when it comes to romance. The interactions are incredibly sweet, and the dual identities of online friends and offline classmates create plenty of suspense! There's no angst throughout, just pure, satisfying sweetness! Fans of stories featuring girls pursuing boys, sweet campus romances, and mutual growth shouldn't miss this!

4. 404 人 A High School Sophomore, and My Traits Refresh Every Week 人在高二，我的词条每周刷新 Who Knows How to Write This鬼知道怎么写Urban117k WordsOngoing [Campus Life + Romance] [Hilarious Everyday Life + Absurd Comedy] [Multiple Heroines] “There are a few times in everyone’s life when they feel they’ve seen the gates of heaven swing open. I waited seventeen years. At the lowest point of my life, the gates finally opened.” [War Spoils II]: When you kill an enemy, you have a 60% chance of receiving 100,000 yuan.] [Desperate Stand]: When your cash balance falls below 10%, your strength and speed increase by 30%.] [Information Gathering]: Lose all y 5.8kReads—Score1.3k14d adds
5. 405 大 Our First Meeting at College: The Start of a Sweet Romance 大学初遇，甜蜜恋曲开始 Fully Cooked Instant Noodles全熟的方便面Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted A Sweet Romance Begins with a Chance Meeting at University —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Art student Lin Xiaoman and architecture student Lu Huaiyuan met during a rainstorm, and his sketchbook held his damp, throbbing emotions. When professional models collided with the light and shadow on the rooftop, the sketch hidden on the back of the textbook was finally revealed by the twilight. It turned out that their first encounter when the sycamore leaves fell that year had already etched their heartbeats into the rings of their youth.

6. 406 不 Wait, What Do You Mean My Dad Was Reborn Too? 不是？什么叫做？我爸也重生了？ I'll Give You Half an Orange橘子分你一半吧Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Campus slice of life + everyday romance + one female lead + reborn] After the college entrance exams, Jiang Feng woke up to find himself slumped over his old middle school desk. He wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, then slowly realized that everything that had happened over the years had only been one very long dream... So there was still time to make things right, wasn't there? After Jiang Feng and his father learned that Jiang Feng had scored an incredible 740 on the college entra 6.4kReads9.1Score99714d adds
7. 407 回 A Glance Back: A Coward’s Confession 回眸，胆小鬼的告白 Mountain Sleep, Dawn Drowsiness, Rain山眠晓困雨Modern Romance331k WordsCompleted [Emotionally Unaware Patient]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Secret Crush]+ [Young Master] Because of his parents’ love, he came to Jiangcheng. For him, there was no choice but to set aside his pride and adapt to life here. He had planned to quietly spend these eighteen years here before returning to where he came from. But after one coincidence after another in his second year of high school, he, like his father before him, left his heart here. She was emotionally unaware. She didn’t understand her own f 9Reads—Score—14d adds

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   I'm offering this to you on my knees! Look, baby, you'll definitely love it!

8. 408 时 The Lies of Time 时光的谎言 Fully Cooked Instant Noodles全熟的方便面Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted The Lies of Time —Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 409 烬 The Book of Ashen Cherry Blossoms 烬樱书 Fully Cooked Instant Noodles全熟的方便面Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Book of Ashen Cherry Blossoms —Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 410 班 Class Monitor, They're Blocking Me Again 班长，他们又堵我了 Clear Shadow over Linchuan临川清影Urban370k WordsCompleted [Youth and School Life] + [Multiple Heroines] + [No System] + [Not Reborn] + [Brotherhood and Passion] + [Mystery and Deduction] Trouble is brewing at Hechuan High School, where the second-year students are caught up in a storm of intrigue. When Xu Wanzheng stands up to school bullies, she accidentally gets entangled in a murder case. The ensuing police investigation brings the dark side of bullying at the school fully to light. Xu Wanzheng’s best friend, Su Yang, has secretly had a crush on cla 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This youth campus novel is wonderful, featuring passionate brotherhood and sweet romance.

11. 411 陆 Has Mr. Lu Built a Model Today? 陆先生今天建模了吗 Fully Cooked Instant Noodles全熟的方便面Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted Is Mr. Lu Building a Model Today? —Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 412 甜 Sweet and Adorable: The Goddess at My Desk Is Irresistible 甜美可爱：女神同桌太酥了 Ice-Cold Cola冰块可乐Urban429k WordsCompleted [Reborn + sweet romance + one heroine + cozy everyday life, with no showing off, face-slapping, or love rivals, sweet from beginning to end] In his past life, Chu Fan endured countless hardships. In this life, he wants everyone he loves to wear a smile every day. Lin Muxia: “Chu Fan, why do you want to sit next to me?” Chu Fan: “Maybe because, out of all the girls in class, you’re the one I like looking at most!” Lin Muxia: “You’re eating the part I already bit?” Chu Fan: “Oh, so that’s why it t 56Reads9.4Score—14d adds

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    Campus life

13. 413 十 Midsummer at Seventeen 十七岁的仲夏 A Youth Well Spent, Spring Breeze Falling人不枉少年落春风Urban208k WordsCompleted [Youthful school life + romantic comedy + inspirational + sweet romance] Main cast: Hao Chaoyue, Li Muwan, Chen Luo, Xia Qingyue, Li Yongxin, and Lin Zhipeng. (The Best Days, With the Best of Us) + (Midsummer at Seventeen) + (The Wind We Chased Together Back Then) + (The Thrilling Melody We Played Together When We Were Young) + (A Confession Beneath the Gardenia Tree) —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is my first youth campus novel, a sweet romance with inspirational elements. I hope it will be appreciated by everyone. It is still being improved and revised. If there are any shortcomings, please forgive me. We can also comment and follow each other.

14. 414 恋 Romance Instance: Joining Forces with a Gentle Older Sister 恋爱副本，和温柔姐姐携手共进 South of Feng Road, North of Feng Road丰南路北Urban478k WordsOngoing [Older Woman] [Cozy Everyday Life] [High-IQ Mind Games] [Super Sweet] [No System] [Not Reborn] [Single Female Lead] A gentle, tsundere older woman? A week before his postgraduate entrance exam, Lin Xi happened to meet a girl crouched in a rainy alley, cursing her landlord. After a brief chat, they went their separate ways. Soon, he passed the exam and got into graduate school. Life was all right after that, but he often thought back to the girl and regretted not asking for her contact informatio 125Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The data is dismal, so I'm posting a lighthearted, sweet, slice-of-life story to satisfy my reading slump. Feel free to try it out!

15. 415 四 A Forty-Year-Old Woman Falls for Me and Makes the Factory Director Call Me Dad! 四十阿姨恋上我，让厂长喊叫爹！ Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban638k WordsOngoing Original Title: A Forty-Year-Old Aunt Falls for Me, and Makes the Factory Director Call Me Dad! After graduating from college, Chen Yu went out to gain work experience and found a job as a management trainee at a small factory. He finally made it through the hard years and was preparing for a promotion into management, only to unexpectedly end up living off a woman. Though, on second thought, that made sense. After all, Chen Yu had seen a doctor who told him he could only live off a woman. At th 3.2kReads—Score13414d adds

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    Auntie, we're not making plans anymore.

16. 416 校 The Campus Belle Graduated Without a Single Rumor, Until I Went to Prison 校花零绯闻毕业，直到我锒铛入狱 Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban155k WordsOngoing In 2025, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, where I worked, became the largest exchange in the country. I made an indelible contribution to that achievement. I ended up in prison after making the same mistake as my senior schoolmate. Before that happened, I also met the woman who changed my life... Also known as: "Don't Be Afraid, Senior Sister. I'll Protect You." "Don't Fear the Campus Belle's Flirting, Just Beware the Forty-Year-Old Sister" "Campus Belle, Please Guide Me Through the Rest of My Life" 1.5kReads—Score—14d adds
17. 417 我 I Have a Wuling RV for Transporting Supplies in the Apocalypse 我在末日有一辆五菱房车运送物资 Liu Zixian刘子羡Sci-Fi & Apocalypse186k WordsOngoing After graduating from college, Chen Shu couldn't find a suitable job, so he started delivering food. He began making deliveries in a Wuling Hongguang, and one day, without realizing it, he found himself in a parallel apocalyptic world. Chen Shu was just about to go to the bathroom when a woman began frantically pounding on his window. When he rolled it down, the woman, dressed head to toe in designer labels, climbed straight into the car and urged him to drive. In his panic, Chen Shu floored i 2.9kReads—Score13014d adds
18. 418 乡 The Village Miracle Doctor 乡村神医 A Green Lotus一朵青莲Rural Life6.1M WordsCompleted The city is full of schemes, so why not go back to the countryside? A village miracle doctor uses his amazing skills to cure the sick. College student Wang Dachun is framed, but the misfortune turns out to be a blessing: he inherits the legacy of a miracle doctor. He leaves the hustle and bustle of the city behind and leads the villagers to prosperity, building roads and schools, raising golden chickens, growing medicinal herbs, and putting up factories and villas... In his spare time, he fishes 16.1kReads9.4Score4.2k14d adds

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    The city is full of traps, better to return to the countryside, where a village healer with miraculous healing skills awaits. College student Wang Dachun is framed, but this misfortune turns into a blessing, granting him the inheritance of a divine healer. He then leaves the hustle and bustle of the city, leading his fellow villagers to prosperity. He builds roads, schools, breeds golden chickens, cultivates medicinal herbs, builds factories, and constructs villas. In his leisure time, he fishes, sees doctors, walks his dog, plays with birds, hikes, cooks delicious food, and even falls in love with the village beauty, living a tranquil rural life that everyone envies. 💯💯💯

19. 419 重 After I Was Reborn, the Billionaire Young Master Became Obsessed with My Scent 重生后，千亿少爷迷恋我的体香 Mu Zeyou Chen沐泽宥辰Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted The rating has only just opened, so it'll go up later. In her previous life, she thought her boyfriend, a taxi driver, was poor. She stormed out and threw herself into the arms of a real estate tycoon, thinking she could marry into a wealthy family and rise to the top overnight. She never expected that the poor guy was actually the heir to Shanghai's top dynasty, the Maya Group, who had gone missing more than twenty years ago. When she opens her eyes again, she's back before their breakup. The c 23.3kReads8.7Score3k14d adds

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    This book is pretty good.

20. 420 我 My White-Haired Senpai Is a Little Too Clingy 我的白毛学姐有亿点黏人 Bursting Cream Mochi爆浆奶油麻薯Urban310k WordsCompleted 541Reads6.9Score11214d adds

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    I think it looks pretty good.

21. 421 心 A Heart-Pounding Encounter: The Campus Belle and I Fall for Each Other 心动相遇，我和校花学姐双向奔赴 So Hungry a好饿aUrban37k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 422 这 This Time, Let Me Spoil You 这一世，换我来宠你 Still Remembering Sky-Blue Porcelain犹忆天青瓷Modern Romance154k WordsCompleted She is a sweet, gentle student of traditional Chinese painting in the Fine Arts Department at Xijing University. He is Ning Yanzhou, a cool and dignified academic ace in the physics department at the same school. They meet by chance, and their feelings gradually spark. As time passes, they come to realize that they were lovers in a previous life, reunited in this one through quantum entanglement----- 13Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead is sweet and gentle, while the male lead is aloof and noble, yet he dotes on her rotten! Countless sweet kisses, heart-pounding moments—this incredibly sweet campus romance will make any girl's heart flutter and yearn for love.

23. 423 不 She Was Untouchable, Yet Slowly Drew Near 不可触及的她在一点点靠近 Just Another Homebody一般阿宅Urban176k WordsCompleted The ordinary daily life of a selfish man and a “crazy” woman. Pure love, one male and one female lead, no angst or landmines. This is a parallel world with a social system, morals, and laws that differ considerably from our own, or perhaps a highly advanced civilization beyond our understanding. The two, who became partners, or perhaps lovers, in their second year of middle school, are beginning a new life. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 424 疑 I’m Confused: Does This Female Classmate Like Me or Not? 疑惑？这位女同学到底喜不喜欢我 A Bird Lost in the Woods林中失鸟Urban1.6M WordsOngoing “Mr. Lin, when I came to Sumiao to watch a show last year, I took this same road. Guess what I saw?” “A toad blocking the road with a knife?” Chen Xinyao giggled. “What? It was actually a firefly.” “A firefly?” Lin Hao found that hard to believe. “Do we really have fireflies here? I’ve never seen one.” “Could it be that Mr. Lin is just unlucky?” “Hmm… I don’t feel like I missed much. I heard fireflies have very short lives, and their glow only lasts about seven days. It’s such a rare sight, so i 2.7kReads8.9Score25814d adds
25. 425 青 Sweet Chapters of Youth 青春的甜蜜篇章 Zai Rui仔瑞Modern Romance137k WordsCompleted "Live date coverage! Reporter Wan Luni is here with the latest!" "According to eyewitness Chen Dongmei, suspect Zhu arrived for the date dressed for battle." "Suspect Meng is believed to be carrying a mysterious gift." 7Reads7.1Score—14d adds

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    [Smiling face][Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn]

26. 426 校 The Campus Beauty Seems Cold? She Blushes in Private While Listening to My Sleep-Talk Recordings 校花高冷？私下听我哄睡录音脸红 The Great Sage's Hair大圣的毛Urban184k WordsCompleted Lin Shen, the male lead, has a god-tier voice and a secret identity as one of the internet’s top-tier star voice actors specializing in sleep aids. In real life, he’s a low-key freshman who was dumped by his ex-girlfriend. The female lead, Su Qingying, is a cold beauty and a severe insomniac. She’s also the male lead’s biggest paying fan. The two cross paths at the campus radio station. While keeping his identity secret, the male lead unknowingly charms her with his voice in real life. Eventuall 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is awesome! This story has me itching to read more! Highly recommend it! [Smirking][what][shy][shy]

27. 427 藏 The Crush Hidden in an Eraser 藏在橡皮里的喜欢 A Smile Erases Old Grudges 11展颜消宿怨11Modern Romance480k WordsOngoing The most moving part of youth has never been a grand declaration of love. It’s the affection hidden in all the little details. If you’ve ever had a crush on someone, you’ll understand all the sweetness and bittersweet ache in A Crush That Tastes Like Lemon Soda. There’s no golden finger and no melodramatic misunderstandings, just an ordinary girl and the top student in her year, whose seven-year journey from a crushed eraser brings them slowly closer, quietly falling for each other until their l 22Reads—Score114d adds

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    Lin Wanwan squatted in the corridor picking up eraser scraps. Shen Yu's school uniform hem brushed against her hair: "Pay up." She pulled a crumpled five-yuan note from her bag. He glanced at it: "I want this one." Later, new erasers kept appearing in her desk. She finally caught him: "What do you want?" The boy's ears turned red, and he hid her mistake notebook in his clothes: "I'll teach you." Starting with an eraser, the girl's secrets and the top student's gentleness quietly and irrevocably intertwined. [Eating popcorn]

28. 428 校 The Campus Belle Keeps Chasing Me, but I Only Dote on My Adorably Sweet Deskmate 校花狂追我不爱，独宠超甜小同桌 Watermelon with a Durian Flavor榴莲味的西瓜Urban406k WordsOngoing [Reborn] [One Heroine] [Campus] [Sweet Romance] [Everyday Fluff] Only at the very end of her life did Lin Yichen realize that she had given everything for him. Only then did he understand that she loved him, and that he could never have achieved his dreams without her quiet support. Carrying regret and remorse, Lin Yichen returned to the age of eighteen. This time, he swore to protect his deskmate and dote on her alone. What he never expected was that in this life, it wouldn’t just be him spoil 7Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Sweet campus romance novel, single female lead

29. 429 满 A Perfect Star-Crossed Romance 满分星恋 He A Xin何啊新Modern Romance327k WordsCompleted Who gets it? I signed a dating experiment agreement with the most rational top student in school, and I’m the one who fell for him first? Lin Xiaoman admits that agreeing to work with Lu Xinghan for material for a script was just a spur-of-the-moment decision. After all, this top student could explain hugs with physics equations, analyze smiles using data models, and even wrap his concern for others in the language of “optimal solutions.” But who could have guessed that as they kept pretending t 11Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A math genius writes his unrequited love into an experimental report, and a screenwriter weaves her heart-fluttering moments into a script—I'm going crazy for this contractual romance!

30. 430 调 The Mischievous Campus Beauty Pretends to Be a Reader to Urge Me to Confess 调皮校花喜欢装读者催我表白 The Android Who Sleeps All the Time都睡觉的人机Urban280k WordsCompleted [One heroine + sweet romance] [No System] [Not reborn] Shen Chengli is a clueless guy who writes novels. Li Roujia is the campus beauty, secretly using the account “Summer Jasmine” to pose as his number-one fan and urge him to confess in the comments every day. He thinks his readers understand him best, never guessing that one of them is right by his side. A sweet romance with mutual unrequited love: she takes his photos, he writes about her, and they've been the same person all along. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 431 我 My Gorgeous, Wealthy Girlfriend Is a Top Student 我的白富美女友是学霸 Mu Lang Ma Feng牧郎蚂蜂Urban1.0M WordsCompleted > Lin Ye is the undisputed king of the battlefield at No. 2 High School. He fears nothing, except Liu Shiyan, the belle of all four schools. > He's as fierce in a fight as he is timid in front of his girlfriend. > At the weekend sports field, Lin Ye has a rich kid from No. 3 High School pinned beneath his foot. > Liu Shiyan coughs once, and Lin Ye instantly turns meek. “Shiyan, I promise I'll finish all my homework today!” > His buddies stare in disbelief. “Boss, are your fists harder, or are he 550Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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    [Explore][Explore][Explore][Explore][Explore][Explore][Explore][Explore][Explore][Explore]

32. 432 我 I Just Awakened My System, and Her Dad Told Me to Get Lost? 我刚觉醒系统，她爸让我滚远点？ Jing Jiangyan憬江言Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [Physical book deal secured, enjoy with confidence] [Ultimate power fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Absurd comedy] [One heroine] [Ensemble cast] [Unhinged] Year 529 of the Cultivation Calendar. Yun Mochen wakes from a nap and unexpectedly awakens a System. [Absorb qi and blood to grow stronger!] But there's one big problem: his girlfriend of three months is the daughter of the Zhu Clan's Emperor, one of the five great cultivation clans. Even worse, her emperor father comes straight to his door 69.4kReads8.6Score5.5k14d adds

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    Top-tier system-based game! Sword cultivator + Sixth Brother System + Tang Dynasty swordswoman, an academic-style battle of myriad races that's incredibly exhilarating!

33. 433 校 The Cold, Sweet School Heart: After We Became Deskmates, I Was Hooked 校草又冷又甜，同桌后真香了 Yinweizi隐微子Modern Romance171k WordsCompleted [Sweet Campus Romance + Redemption + Cool and Protective Husband × Resilient Sweetheart] [Strong, Pitiful Heroine VS. Cold on the Outside, Warm on the Inside Campus Heartthrob] After what seemed like an ordinary car accident, Chen Xiyao became the class outcast. She was accused of cheating whenever she got good grades, criticized for breaking the rules when she grew her hair long, and even found her dorm bed covered in crumbs from Xuebing crackers. The plaque at home proclaiming her family to be 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The book that was signed with a real editor through internal submission—what I mean is that expressing love isn't just about original poetry, but also mathematical formulas and everyday life.

34. 434 杨 A Thousand Willow Threads, Tangled by the Spring Breeze 杨柳千丝，春风绊惹 Shi Jun时枃Urban304k WordsCompleted Sigh, what do you think would happen if I turned my secret crush on her into a novel? Aren’t you worried she’ll see it? Wouldn’t that be great? It would mean I’d succeeded. Then I could give her the novel as a love letter. What if she never sees it? Then she never sees it. It was never going to work out anyway. … 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Campus setting, single female lead

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