Angsty, Bittersweet Secret Crush HE Stories 酸涩暗恋 he文
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Mud Pearl 泥珠
[A naive, insecure girl from the mountains x a cruel young master, a rotten scion of privilege] ㅤ When Yu Pandi was thirteen, her parents “entrusted” her to the Yue family for 100,000 yuan. Yue Jianche renamed her Yu Zhu. He said Zhu meant a rare pearl, but what he really meant was a stupid pig.ㅤㅤ She was a grimy, ragged mountain moon from the depths of the Qinling Mountains: quiet, awkward, insecure, and never daring to ask for anything. He was a beautiful rabid dog raised in Chang'an: gentle,
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Bad Brother and Sister 坏兄妹
[Print edition signed] [Jerk of a brother vs. sweet little sister] In the first few years after meeting Yu Chizhou, Chen Er didn't want a brother. In the years that followed, Chen Er didn't want Yu Chizhou to be her brother. On a typhoon day, Chen Er followed her mother to the Yu home. She hid behind the adults, drenched from head to toe and as pitiful as a little flower. After the adults urged her again and again, she softly called the boy sitting on the sofa “Brother.” The boy scoffed. At
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What If I Were a Parasitic Vine? 假如我是菟丝花
Signed for a print edition, publication pending | Instinctive attraction | Pure love in the early stages | Passionate love in the later stages | When they first met, Su Yunluo never dared imagine that Xie Chen would actually seduce her. After all, back then he was the teacher's pride and joy, the top student admired by the whole school, the God of Xie. Everyone said that this God of Xie was aloof and chaste, untouchable, and above worldly concerns. Only Su Yunluo quietly saw through it. It was a
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Chestnut Kiss 栗吻
·Completed. Also known as The Person I Have a Crush On, Your Heart Is All Aflutter [Steady, determined suitor and rising star in tech innovation VS warm, radiant fashion designer] [Mutual secret crushes + emotional purity + extra sweet + healing + slow-burn love] [One hundred percent sweetness] [Secondary couple: marriage before love] At a class reunion, she sees her high school crush again. Jiang Nianyi and Lin Huaiyu are both thrown off balance. This time, he has come specifically for her.
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Five Years of Secret Love Finally Pay Off 五年的暗恋修成正果
Five years of unrequited love finally bear fruit
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Please Love Me Openly 求你明恋我
[The print edition is now available. Search for A Confession I Couldn’t Hide to get a signed copy] [Roguishly handsome, irresistible Jin Zhuo x sweet, alluring Qin Yingxia] [Both Pure + College Romance + Secret Crush Becomes Mutual + Sweet Romance + Light Ensemble Cast] Qin Yingxia had been secretly in love with Jin Zhuo for seven years. She worked as hard as she could to get into Imperial University, all so she could be a little closer to him. On the first day of school, she accidentally took t
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The Princess Fakes Her Death: Her Shadow Guard Gives In to His Feelings 公主假死：暗卫动了私心
The Princess Fakes Her Death: The Shadow Guard Gives In to His Desires
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Dear You: I Once Had a Terrible Deskmate 卿卿如晤：我曾经有个坏同桌
The animated comic is coming soon! Two top students flirting with each other | Steamy and sweet | Small-town romance | No contrived plot, not a power fantasy Chen Qingqing thinks her love story with Lin Jingze is too embarrassing to tell anyone. Other people fall in love by dating. First comes a confession, then fingertips brushing, then lips meeting. But the two of them... went straight to bed. They were former deskmates who hadn't seen each other in years, and on the day they reunited, their f
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A Secret Love Poem in the Dust 尘埃里的暗恋诗
(Print edition signed) + (Animated series coming soon. Search “The Small-Town Girl's White Moonlight” to reserve your spot) [Based on a true story + both leads are each other's first and only + happy ending] [In the beginning: innocent schoolyard crush; later: mutual devotion and a mix of sweet and steamy love] Xia Changjun's crush was so hard to bear. It began too early. She had liked him since elementary school. The gap between them was too wide. He was the prince of their small town. Every te
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Help! I Reincarnated into a Pen, So How Do I Pursue My Wife? 救命，魂穿到笔里怎么追老婆
Lu Ying is a minor immortal who serves under the Old Man of the Moon. He's followed the old man ever since he opened his eyes, so he knows all too well that the old fool is half-blind, hard of hearing, and unreliable. But even Lu Ying doesn't expect him to be this unreliable: the old man mistakes him for another minor immortal and kicks him down to the mortal realm on a mission. Lu Ying: … As if going down to the mortal realm would make him do missions. That would be a disgrace to his title as
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Turning the Tables: Does Lord Qiansui Still Need to Hold Back? 将计就计：千岁大人还要克制吗？
Turning the Tables: Does Lord Qiansui Still Need to Hold Back?
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Has the Grand Tutor Tried to Tempt Me Again Today? 太傅大人今日又撩拨我了吗？
Your Excellency the Grand Tutor, Have You Been Flirting with Me Again Today?
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Secretly in Love 偷偷恋慕
[Print edition now available] [Roguishly handsome hero + sweet, well-behaved girl] [Secret crush comes true + sweet romance + devoted to each other] Zhou Jingsi once found a pink love letter tucked inside his math textbook. The young girl's handwriting was elegant, her strokes shy and hesitant. The letter was short and unsigned, containing only one line: “Seeing you today, I suddenly wanted to take you to Kekexili to see the sea.” Wen Shu did two daring things in her life. First, she wrote a
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To Tempt His White Moonlight, Has He Gone Too Far? 为引诱白月光，他是否过分招摇？
♥️[Crush turns into love + second chance romance + sweet romance + mutually devoted 1v1 + light ensemble cast]♥️ [Good girl x bad-boy golden retriever] Chen Muyao was an untouchable flower on a high peak: unconventional and carefree, stunningly beautiful, born into a prominent family, and always up for a good time. He acted like life was one big game, and there was never a shortage of people around him. Year after year, Xu Zhiyu followed him with her eyes. She wanted to see for herself the “meet
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I Can't Keep My Secrets Hidden Anymore 我的秘密藏不住了
I can’t keep my secret hidden anymore.
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You’re Hooked 你上头了
You’re hooked
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After the Cicadas Sing Comes the Plum Rain 蝉鸣过后是梅雨
[Ensemble Cast at School | Slow-Burn Bittersweet Romance | Fated Bond | Gentle Girl, Troubled Boy | Realistic | Happy Ending] On the first day of school, Xia Shanshan's red-lacquered bicycle was stolen. She crouched beneath a camphor tree and cried. On the third floor, someone folded her orange candy wrapper in half, then in half again. Later, she met Fu Siyun. The boy leaned against the wall, looking carefree as he teased her softly: “Are you afraid of me, senior?” She ran from him for three y
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The Rose Crown 玫瑰冠冕
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
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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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A Bitter Summer of Loving Mu Ru San Fen in Secret 暗恋木入三分苦夏
A Secret Crush, Bitter as Summer
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Dear Miss Rat Beauty 亲爱的鼠美美小姐
“You only have to be a little better than everyone else to be chosen by fate.” “People who know what they want can grit their teeth and hang on at any time.” “Once I’ve set my mind on something, I’ll see it through. I always have.” Meimei Mouse is Xin Yi’s favorite cartoon character. Becoming Meimei Mouse was the heroic dream of her girlhood. In Zhou Xing’s eyes, she truly is the invincible Miss Meimei Mouse. “Across mountains and rivers, I’ll cut a path through every obstacle for myself.” “The
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Don't Be Afraid, Honey. I Have a Redemption System to Help Me Win You Back 老婆别怕，我有赎罪系统换我追你
“Runaway Heiress x Possessive New Money Peacock” “Mind Reading + Both Reborn + Wife-Chasing System” * In her previous life, Song Yi was an untouchable heiress who treated Jiang Lin like a plaything. She took him by force, abandoned him, then left the country without a second thought. Later, when the Song family went bankrupt, he was the only person who could save her. He trapped her in a five-year marriage, holding her captive. Everyone said Jiang Lin was a distant, untouchable flower: cold, ele
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Congratulations, Your Secret Crush Is Over 恭喜，你的暗恋结束了
Congratulations, your unrequited love is over.
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The Day He Rejected My Confession, He Carried Me Off on the Spot 暗恋被拒绝那天，他当场把我扛走了
The day my secret crush turned me down, he scooped me up and carried me off right then and there.
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It Turns Out There’s No Light in the Deep Sea 原来深海没有光
Girls from the south, most of them love the romance of snow drifting through a northern winter night. But what they don't know is that once the snow has fallen, howling winds soon follow. In an instant, they sweep away all the romance, exposing the bone-chilling cold beneath.
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He Stood in the Damp, Rainy Night 他站在潮湿阴雨里
The first time Xia Sheng saw Chen Siyu, he was solving problems in an empty classroom, the entire blackboard covered in mathematical formulas she couldn't understand. Chen Siyu was long-legged and broad-shouldered, leaning against the desk in the center of the front row with half a stick of white chalk in his left hand. Cool and mysterious, he seemed like a god beyond anyone's reach, and he was irresistibly captivating. Xia Sheng stared, forgetting to leave, until he spoke without warning: “How
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After Entering a Sweet Romance Drama, I Collided with a Famous Scene 穿进甜宠剧相撞名场面之后
After stumbling into a famous encounter scene in a sweet romance drama
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So What If He's the Campus Heartthrob? I Woke Up and Stopped Chasing Him 校草又怎样，恋爱脑清醒后不追了
[Devoted to each other + one-on-one romance + school life + coming of age + groveling after losing her] Gu Yitang had a dream that wasn't quite a nightmare. In it, she married the boy she had always loved, her childhood friend. Then the nightmare began. The life that followed wasn't what she had imagined, and she was plunged into endless panic. So she did everything she could to save herself, determined not to repeat the dream's mistakes. She stopped orbiting Xia Zhihe and began to step outside
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The Daylight Came Late 天光迟来
The main story is complete. [Realistic fiction / mutual salvation / reunion after a long separation / interwoven timelines / happy ending] "Blurb" * A story about rebuilding love and a home on top of the ruins.
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Before Summer Arrives 夏日未临
Synopsis: [Main Story: University Campus + Mutual Secret Crushes + Sweet and Angsty Romance + Choosing Each Other + HE Ending] [Insecure, Sensitive Girl x Genius, Cool-Headed Lawyer] Gu Qingying: Xu Boyuan would never like Gu Qingying! Xu Bo(yuan): How do you know I don't like you? You'll never know that while you loved me for all those years, I was always looking at you too. The light shining on you never went out. When she was seven, Gu Qingying met Xu Xiangyuan for the first time, and he left
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A Divine Girl Descends into His World 他的世界里，神明少女降临
[Rekindled romance · redemption across two lifetimes · 1v1 · youth on campus · both leads are each other's first and only love · happy ending] What? A small-town girl has to take on a redemption arc too? Am I supposed to save this gloomy, depressed young man from Haicheng, born into privilege? [Passionate, vibrant girl who seems touched by the divine X world-weary, aloof, melancholic boy] (The author says: A realistic story set in a small city, not melodramatic, about a group of young people gro
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The Campus Heartthrob's First Love Is Back, and I Can No Longer Hide My Love Letters 校草白月光回国，我暗恋情书藏不住
The campus heartthrob's first love is back in the country, and I can't hide my secret love letter anymore.
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How Sour Is a Lemon? 柠檬有多酸
Obedient girl who says one thing and does another ^ Fake playboy who'd go through fire and water for his friends Lovers grow together ^ Unrequited love becomes mutual ^ Equally matched ^ Happy ending Sheng's parents were determined to raise Sheng Li into a well-read, refined, and virtuous young woman, capable of studying astronomy and geography and handling herself in the kitchen. In short, a well-rounded warrior. Oh, no, a young lady. Thanks to Jin Yu, Sheng Li ended up straying further and fu
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My Boss Is Cold and Heartless, and Won't Admit He Loves Me 上司他薄情冷心不肯说爱我
A resilient, clear-headed ray of sunshine and a stubborn, sharp-tongued young master | Reunited after a long separation, their love grows slowly | The powerful man bows to love | Bittersweet, then sweet | The heroine is not a virgin; the hero is Guan Yue saw Wang Mingyu again when she was just starting her career. Dressed in a suit, he sat in his chair, aloof and distinguished. He was a renowned business titan: strict with his employees, difficult to deal with, decisive and ruthless, cold and he
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He Said My Secret Crush Was a Nuisance 他说我的暗恋是困扰
He Says My Secret Crush Is a Nuisance
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No Answer from the Arctic 北极没有回音
At seventeen, Shen Yu lent Shen Yun a set of physics notes. Everything that came afterward began with that neat handwriting on the page. Strawberry milk tea, fingers interlaced beneath a streetlamp, and a New Year's note that read, “I'll spend it with you.” He said he'd take her to West Lake after the college entrance exams. When you're young, you make promises believing you'll be able to keep them. Later, he disappeared, sending only one long message in the middle of the night. It took Shen Yun
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Reunited After Years, My Scheming Childhood Friend Won't Let Me Go 久别重逢，腹黑竹马对我强取豪夺
[Childhood Sweethearts + Mutual Devotion + Taking by Force + Mutual Salvation] (Scheming childhood friend who says one thing but means another × Bright, clever sweetheart The leads actually communicate, so you won’t regret getting invested!) For years, Qi Jihan struggled alone through mud and darkness. He once thought the happy memories of his childhood were nothing but a fleeting illusion in his long, lonely life. When they met again, both thought they were dreaming. The childhood friend he use
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Save Me, Not the Drunkard 渡我不渡醉
[A guarded, wounded hero × a gentle, steadfast heroine who saves him | Mutual devotion · Rekindled Romance] “Everyone who gets close to me comes to a bad end. You should leave.” “It's not your fault, Jiang Zui. You haven't done anything wrong.” Kneeling in the light, she led him out of the shadows and told him he wasn't a curse. He deserved to be loved. This was a silent standoff, and a gentle salvation. Jiang Zui thought his life would never see the light until he met Su Yuhe at seventeen. Afra
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Love in Sin, Sweet Captive of Lord Xia 罪爱娇宠，夏爷的心尖囚
[Chasing Her After Losing Her] [Over-the-Top Drama] [Rekindled Romance] [Mutually Faithful] [Sweet and Bittersweet] The heroine coldly walks away, leaving their child with him. Once feared by all for his ruthless, blood-soaked ways, Master Xia keeps losing his composure in front of his own little troublemaker. The child is convinced Daddy is a bad uncle! She's a pro at biting and kicking, and cries every day as she desperately looks for Mommy. By day, Master Xia runs a massive corporation, his p
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Addicted After Dark! The Elite Abstinent Doctor from a Wealthy Family Falls Hard 入夜上瘾！豪门禁欲医生顶级沦陷
[Seductive, Sweet and Alluring Heroine VS Cool, Chaste Surgeon] [Elite Family + Heroine Pursues Him at First + Hero Falls Deeply in Love and Devotes Himself to Her Later + Both Leads’ First Love] Everyone knows that Gu Jinyi, the second young master of the prestigious Gu family, has no worldly desires and keeps his distance from women. He is the moon in the heavens, hanging high above the world. “Dr. Gu, I didn’t mean to take advantage of you.” His hand tightened gently, drawing her closer. His
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His One-and-Only Darling Is Hard to Soothe 心尖宠她不好哄
[Sensitive, strong, sweet little songbird × handsome, cynical, possessive bad-boy wolf-dog] [Campus romance + love grows over time + devoted couple + astonishing contrast + HE] Yun Muwan had to live with one of her father's friends while she was in school. Before they had even met, Jiang Wuxie, a vicious, fearsome dog of a man, had already set his sights on her. At an internet cafe, Jiang Wuxie said with a cigarette at the corner of his mouth, “My dog went missing, so I'll treat her like one and
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Craving Marriage 婚欲，上瘾
[Married from the start, addicted to every touch, marriage first and love later, a bittersweet secret crush, sweet romance with both leads devoted to each other, powerful man bows his head, slow and steady love] [Clearheaded, resilient forensic doctor vs. gentlemanly CEO who only pretends to be abstinent] Xu Zhengzheng and Shang Xian had been married for three years and had never once contacted each other first. Last New Year's Eve, to appease their elders, they slept in the same bed. He said, “
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The Long Road Ahead: I Only Wish You Peace 长川漫漫，惟愿君安
[Two equally matched leads + flirty tension + university campus + Honor of Kings esports + happy ending] [Aviation department heartthrob and junior, band vocalist x shipbuilding top student and senior, research fanatic; male lead has a secret crush] After being cheated on, Su Manman casually adds a top Honor of Kings jungler, never guessing he's a first-year junior with a million followers on social media. She thinks he's a salvation sent from above, but instead, he throws her already miserable
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The Summer Rain Is Hard to Explain 夏天的雨说不清
They were apart for nine years, ever since they were sixteen or seventeen. They waited for more than twenty years... Beneath umbrellas, they passed each other by several times, until they recognized one another in a rain shower steeped in the fragrance of gardenias. That day, he stood in the rain looking at her, and she gazed back at him. Both of them thought they were dreaming. Much later, when they brought it up again, she suddenly said to him with great seriousness: “Hello, Mr. Baiba
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Who Says I Don't Like You? 谁说我讨厌你啦？
"I like him more than anyone, and I hate him more than anyone." -[Sweet and angsty, high school romance, healing, two top students Content warning: The female lead has suicidal tendencies, depression, and anxiety] At first, they couldn't stand each other. Until her deliberate efforts to keep her distance started getting under his skin, so he deliberately kept making his presence felt around her. Through his efforts, he succeeded in falling for her. And she became unable to live without him. But
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Little Sunny 小晴朗
A bold, radiant romantic heroine and a suave, devoted rising star in the entertainment world “Mu Ruoqing, want to date me?” “I do.” “Mu Ruoqing, will you marry me?” “I will.” Mu Ruoqing is sweet on the outside, foul-mouthed, and a little wicked-minded, but deep down, she believes in true love. One moment, she might be teasing you, but the instant you look into her eyes and confess your love, she can’t meet your gaze. She gets so shy that the tips of her ears turn faintly red. One weekend, Mu Ru
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Moss Never Meets the Stars 青苔不逢星
[Male Unrequited-Love POV + Older Woman/Younger Man Romance + Light Ensemble Cast + University Campus + Universal Favorite] [Gifted Heiress x Insecure, Devoted Puppy] Lu Wangyu's youth was a quiet patch of damp moss. He came from a decent family, had an unremarkable personality and mediocre grades, and was an utterly ordinary boy in a crowd. He loved someone far beyond his reach... Xia Muzhi, a girl blessed by the heavens, lived a completely different life. She was the sole heir to an elite weal
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Madly in Love with Her 狂恋她
This is a heartwarming story. After a car accident takes their parents’ lives, fate binds the two of them tightly together with its red thread... [A resilient, long-suffering little white flower vs. a carefree, roguish street punk, happy ending]
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We Were Meant to Love Each Other 本该相爱的我们
She spent his whole youth by his side, watching him fall in love at first sight with another girl and lose himself in his happiness. Jiang Huan thought she would always stand behind Ye Qi, a silent bystander. But a car accident changed everything. Both their parents died on the same night, and the two newly adult children clung to each other amid the ruins.
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His Little Sweet Pomelo 他的小甜柚
Original title: His Sweet Pomelo [Transmigration+27-year age gap+secret crush+long-planned romance+both virgins+brooding, obsessive hero who has been to prison+sweet, innocent heroine+Fujian customs+from school uniforms to wedding dresses] In a nutshell: She transmigrates back to her parents’ student days and falls in love with her dad’s sworn enemy. Left You inexplicably transmigrates back to the year 2000, and the moment she appears, Tang Li, who became a young mother without even having to go
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