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1. 1 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
2. 2 任 The Mission Starts Over a Hundred Times 任务重来一百次 milieModern Romance20k WordsCompleted “You came to save me, so why can’t you look only at me? Why do you have to give your attention to those one, two, three insignificant people?” “You seem so shy. You never take my hand first. Even just now, you only did it because of someone else.” “Now that you have me, you don’t treat me as well as you used to. There wasn’t any strawberry milk today either, was there?” 5.7kReads8.6Score1.2k14d 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 梧 Wutong Lane 梧桐巷 Song Che Doesn't Eat Fish宋澈不吃鱼Modern Romance174k WordsCompleted [Bright and kind-hearted Ning Wan x gentle genius Song Qingyan] [Love at first sight + Secret love comes true + Youthful heartache + BE] When the innocent, sunny Ning Wan fell in love with Song Qingyan at first sight, he was the golden boy in everyone's eyes. She wrote her secret feelings in her diary, planning to keep them to herself. By a twist of fate, Song Qingyan became her temporary guardian. During the days when she was ostracized and bullied, he became the light in her life. She held on 27.6kReads9.6Score6.2k14d adds

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   I have to say, I cried so much my eyes are completely swollen. 😢😢

5. 5 最 The Last Diary Entry 最后一篇日记 Sui Ying随楹Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted [Simplified Chinese edition signed for publication] I only used looking at the flowers as an excuse. All I really wanted was to see you once. 26.4kReads9.1Score4.7k14d adds
6. 6 我 I Only Sneaked a Glance at Him 我只偷看他一眼 Zhi Jiu枝玖Anime Fanfiction188k WordsCompleted 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 16.8kReads9.6Score3.8k14d adds
7. 7 暗 The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted 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 79.3kReads9.7Score13.8k14d adds
8. 8 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
9. 9 清 Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03） Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Urban125k WordsCompleted 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 23.3kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds
10. 10 亲 Darling, Victoria Harbour 亲爱的，维多利亚港 Zhou Xian周弦Modern Romance18k WordsCompleted (Print edition signed) “It feels as though we've weathered storm after storm over the years. In this little boat, you and I have drifted for half our lives. I wish every time, the rain would fall on our boat as it carries us home. I love you, so I let you go.” 11.4kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
11. 11 一 One Man, One Minister 一人臣 All of You, Get Out of My Sight都给朕退下Ancient Romance88k WordsCompleted In everyone’s eyes, Ji Ya was a brutal, debauched empress. To the great general Mo Lengzun, she was also a scheming, selfish, and sinister villain! But none of them knew she was terminally ill and had little time left... Everything she did was for the people of Donghao. Even as she died, everyone still hated her... 245Reads8.8Score—14d adds
12. 12 他 His Sunflower, Lost Forever in the Deep Sea 他的向日葵永坠深海 Tang Tang Shui Shui唐汤水水Modern Romance209k WordsCompleted [A fake playboy who craves love] Both leads are virgins Jiang Xun, the only son of the Jiang family, was a notorious playboy: arrogant, ruthless, and utterly indifferent to his own family. On the first day of the new semester at A University, a freshman transferred from B University slapped him in front of everyone. Jiang Xun was no pushover, and from then on, he began plotting his revenge. He bullied her. He broke her in. He imprisoned her. He made her his captive and dragged her into the circl 1.9kReads8.0Score10414d adds
13. 13 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted 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 first four books were written by the same author, who had a crush on someone, and the stories were incredibly heart-wrenching.

14. 14 霸 The Hidden Guard’s Spoiled Life 霸宠暗卫 Curse of Thorns荆棘之咒Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted An Jiu’s duty as a shadow guard is to protect his master from the shadows. If his master is attacked, he rushes in to save him! He obeys his master’s orders without question! If his master is poisoned, he becomes the antidote, saving his master’s life at a cost! Prince Jingye of Suqing was attacked two years ago and spent a year and a half unconscious with serious injuries. After waking, he developed a strange habit: he loved doing dangerous things just to wait for his shadow guard to come save 1.1kReads8.5Score16714d adds
15. 15 被 After I Was Forced to Marry the Prince 被逼娶了王爷之后 Cang Yansu苍岩素Two Male Leads305k WordsCompleted General Gu Baiji has won a great victory, only to find himself besieged on both sides at the final moment and fighting for his life. After barely holding out until reinforcements arrived and securing victory, he returns to the capital, where he is greeted by a piece of “wonderful” news that nearly knocks him off his feet: the Emperor has decreed that he marry Prince Ke, Chu Wu. Prince Ke is breathtakingly beautiful, with long hair that trails to the floor, and he is also a highly skilled physici 2.7kReads9.4Score38214d adds
16. 16 七 The 1970s Military Marriage: What Do I Do About My Husband's Boundless Energy? 七零军婚：老公精力旺盛怎么办 Spring Is in the Air cc春意浓ccModern Romance486k WordsCompleted (The author really has no idea what to put in the blurb.) Lu Wan transmigrated from the apocalypse to the 1970s. She had a terrible father and a stepmother, but that was no problem. She sent her stepsister off to the Great Northwest countryside, then made sure everyone learned about her father and stepmother’s ugly secrets. Free from the pressure of making a living, she enjoyed a leisurely life in the countryside of the 1970s. An unexpected incident brought her into contact with Qin Shaochuan, a 1.1kReads8.2Score10914d adds

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    It was a good book; the only one I didn't skip around while reading.

17. 17 他 He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南 Jing Xing景行Modern Romance209k WordsCompleted When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went 24.1kReads9.7Score4.6k14d adds

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    He was injected with large amounts of drugs, attempted suicide countless times, and wrote a wall full of words on the walls of the rehabilitation center; he said they were his lover's names. #HeIsInSouthofYunnan# Cheng Li Shen's second book, "South of the Clouds," encompasses family, friendship, and patriotism. It has a powerful aftertaste.

18. 18 河 Clear Rivers and Calm Seas 河清海晏 Pipi皮皮8k WordsCompleted “In my previous life, my girlfriend and I were both stabbed to death by a mentally ill person at a shopping mall. As I died, I held her body as it grew colder and wept uncontrollably. If I had another chance, I would never let the tragedy happen again. Then I entered a loop…” 917Reads—Score3714d adds
19. 19 他 He Just Doesn't Like Me That Much 他只是没那么喜欢我 Coconut Watermelon椰椰西瓜Modern Romance112k WordsCompleted [Campus Tragedy] Sensitive girl x genius boy He was the bright, sunny boy who became the main character of my youth. His charming eyes left me dazzled for a long time. I knew he might have felt only the slightest bit of affection for me, and that I was just a passerby in his life. But it didn’t matter. Even if he hurt me ten thousand times, I would still like him. He always told me I would meet someone better, but I knew there could never be another him. As they walked down a path, they shared 1.5kReads—Score12414d adds
20. 20 以 I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月 Er Qiao二乔Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian 74.3kReads9.4Score6.7k14d adds
21. 21 第 The Twelfth Second 第十二秒 SunnessMystery274k WordsCompleted Nine years ago, she vanished without a trace while pregnant, leaving him only one clue: an eleven-second phone call to his police station, and a longing she never got to express. Nine years later, a strange warning call and two photographs of her set ablaze the longing he had buried for so long. As the police investigate and he makes inquiries of his own, a flood of astonishing secrets and buried memories comes to light. Through layer upon layer of mist, her face gradually emerges... Once, t 4.8kReads9.5Score1.1k14d adds

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    These short stories are truly divine; I'd call them masterpieces. Every single one of them made me cry buckets. They're all so incredibly poignant. Some felt like the authors had experienced their own lives. A few of them left me with red eyes the next day. They're the kind of stories that are deeply regrettable, not just heartbreaking.

22. 22 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
23. 23 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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    [Recommendation] *The Flower of Evil: The Yandere Male Lead Has Completely Turned Dark* | The Sweetest Suffocating Feeling in a Dark Fairy Tale When gentle kisses and cold threats fall simultaneously in the ear, is it a sign of the fall of forbidden love, or the fatal beginning of a trapped beast's struggle? *The Flower of Evil* tears open a new dimension of yandere literature with its highly dramatic writing—there are no fairy tales of redemption here, only two broken souls locked in a desperate entanglement amidst thorns. Qi Ze, his name is as beautiful as a poisoned jade. He will use the most tender voice to say the most deadly love words when he lightly kisses your eyelashes: "A-Chu, you have to be obedient, or I'll... Kill you on this bed." This beautiful, strong, and tragic male lead, whose morbid possessiveness is engraved into his bones, has woven more than just spatial confinement with his golden cage. The moment the girl's wrist is raised above her head, all the pretense of gentleness cracks, revealing the mad core of love to the extreme. And every time Jiang Chu trembles and retreats, she is silently tearing apart the cocoon woven from lies. A handsome young man, both strange and familiar in a dream, a relentlessly pursuing, obsessive lover in reality—what breathtaking truth lies hidden beneath a sweat-soaked nightgown? With surgical precision, the author dissects the sugary coating of "forced love," revealing a bloody emotional battle beneath the sweet facade—when love becomes a deadly weapon, who is the truly imprisoned beast? The text is packed with intense scenes, like a barrage of needles: "You can try and see if you can leave this room first, or if I can break your legs first." Such chilling yet heart-wrenching lines, combined with cinematic scene direction, perfectly blend dangerous desire with suspenseful foreshadowing. The recurring imagery of "leg-breaking warning" and "chain imprisonment" is like a death tango dancing on the reader's nerve endings. It is recommended to read with the "Gloomy Sunday" background music for an immersive experience, feeling the chilling sensation of being pierced by yandere aesthetics. Click to witness this prisoner's game in the name of love, and see how the vines of evil bloom into the most alluring forbidden flower. #YandereLiteratureCeiling #ForcedLove #DarkenedCrazyMaleProtagonist #HighEnergyTwist #DarkAesthetics

24. 24 满 A Family of Loyal Martyrs Forced into a Second Marriage, and the Comment Section Goes Wild 满门忠烈被逼当填房，弹幕杀疯了 Peach Blossoms Flourish桃之泱泱Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Past and present connected + two storylines running in parallel + women supporting women] It begins when Shen Shuangyu is branded a homewrecker for supposedly seducing her brother-in-law before her sister's death, then marries into a marquis's household as his second wife. She pours her heart and soul into managing the household, supporting her husband, and raising her stepson and stepdaughter, never uttering a single complaint. In the end, all she gets in return is: “She's doing this to atone. 38.8kReads9.1Score5.6k14d adds

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    It's so good, so good, so good! But it's so heartbreaking. Why can't they give the girls some advantages? I feel like those two girls are really suffering. It's so realistic, I almost had a heart attack. I'm crying so much 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

25. 25 风 Is the Wind Still Blowing? 风还在吹吗 T Steals Sesame BunsT偷麻头Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [Bisexual, Mutual Secret Crush] [Male Lead Dies/Female Lead Dies for Love] Their similar names were a red thread secretly tied by the Matchmaker. Chen Shuye often felt secretly delighted by how much her name resembled Cheng Shuye's. Their similar names seemed to draw them closer and deepen their bond. In their senior year of high school, he said, “Chen Shuye, I’ve helped you so many times. So, can I copy your college application form?” Chen Shuye smiled. “Sure.” But after she called the police 3.6kReads9.2Score84314d adds

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    Fortunately, they lived happily ever after in a parallel world.

26. 26 他 He Regrets It, but I Don't Love Him Anymore 他后悔了，可我也不爱了 Hard to Bear a Grudge难生恨13k WordsCompleted He regretted it, but I didn't love him anymore. 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds

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    Short, touching, and satisfying story

27. 27 短 Short Story Collection 【短篇合集】 Listening to Rain Beneath the Wutong Tree闲梧听雨Ancient Romance23k WordsCompleted [Collection of Short Stories] 76Reads—Score414d adds
28. 28 我 I’m Just Here to Watch Dramas, So Stop Torturing Me! 我就是个刷剧的，别虐我了！ Laughing Pear笑梨尔Modern Romance276k WordsCompleted Yun Ning transmigrated. The good news: she’d become the daughter of a nouveau riche family! The bad news: her acting was about to drive her father’s business into bankruptcy! Yun Ning said, “I’m a professional at crying for the dead. I guarantee I’ll make you cry.” And so, Empresses in the Palace and Goodbye, My Princess left viewers in tears. Yun Ning said, “I can do more than act. I can sing, too.” “Lonely, Then It’s Fine,” “Suspended, Lost,” “What I Miss,” and “As Long as I’m Ordinary” once a 551Reads6.9Score—14d adds
29. 29 短 Short Stories 《短篇》 Sweet Joy甜喜Ancient Romance21k WordsCompleted [Short story] 20Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 30 不 [Short Story] Better Never to Have Met 【短篇】不如不见 Fishless無魚3k WordsCompleted [Short Story] Better Never to Meet 546Reads—Score514d adds
31. 31 短 Collection of Short Stories 短故事合集 Ink-Washed Mountains and Clear Waters山清水墨10k WordsCompleted A collection of short stories 126Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 32 短 Short Feel-Good Story: Ten Years of Bustling 短篇爽文《十年忙声》 Zheng Wuming郑无名10k WordsCompleted A short power fantasy: Ten Years of Bustling —Reads—Score214d adds
33. 33 婚 A Short Marriage, A Long Love 婚短情长 A Thousand Shades of Crimson紫千红Modern Romance692k WordsCompleted Su Momo never imagined she would one day marry in a whirlwind wedding, let alone to Huo Lichen, a high-profile leading figure she never would have dared dream of marrying. The reason was simple: she needed money, and he needed a wife. Overnight, she became the envy and pity of countless people, the young madam of the Huo family. Her husband was constantly making headlines with other women, and she had no right to question him. In the end, somehow, everything was still her fault. In the middle of 8Reads8.5Score814d adds
34. 34 甜 A Collection of Sweet, Angsty, and Satisfying Short Stories 甜虐爽各种短故事集合 Gray Fox灰色狐狸Modern Romance39k WordsCompleted A collection of short angst, sweet, and wish-fulfillment stories, each around ten to twenty thousand words. Story One: The heir to the richest family in A City had a fight and broke up with his first love. This time, though, he didn't indulge her. After breaking up with her, he turned around and married me, the woman who'd been his backup for years. Everyone jeered, “Well, look at that! After seven years as a backup, she finally got promoted.” “Promoted? She's just temporary staff. Once Shi Yuan 107Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 35 短 Short Story: I Transmigrated into a Book, but There Was No Character Like Me in It 短故事：我穿书了，但是书里没有我这个角色 What a Lovely Autumn, Autumn, Autumn天凉好个秋秋秋Modern Romance5k WordsCompleted Short story: I transmigrated into a book, but there was no character like me in it 182Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 36 短 Short Story | A Humble Love 短篇小说|《卑微爱情》 Xiao Rang Listens to the Snow萧让听雪Marriage & Romance3k WordsCompleted Short Story | “Humble Love” 5Reads—Score114d adds
37. 37 情 A Series of Short Emotional Stories 情感系列短故事 Lone Shadow in the Cold Moon寒月孤影Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted A series of short stories about love and relationships 4Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 38 短 Short Stories | Long and Short Journeys 短篇小说｜长短程 The Crow's White乌鸦之白7k WordsCompleted Short Stories | Long and Short Reads —Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 39 各 A Collection of Short Stories of All Kinds 各不一样的小说短篇 Qing Yun清韫Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted A collection of short stories, each one different —Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 40 短 Short Story | Repost 短篇｜搬运 Sunshine Meatball丸子阳光3k WordsCompleted Short Stories | Reposts —Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 41 短 Short Story | The Door 短篇|门 Rain Clears to Sunshine阳雨致晴4k WordsCompleted Short Story | Door 1Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 42 活 [Short Story] The Person Who Lives on Their Moments 【短篇小说】活在朋友圈里的人 Stranded Fish 00搁浅的鱼00Modern Romance4k WordsCompleted [Short Story] The Person Who Lives in Their Moments —Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 43 望 Looking Toward Jiangnan 望江南 Only When You Know How to Let Go Do You Know It's Too Late知挽才知晚Modern Romance174k WordsCompleted [Healing / Campus Romance / Bittersweet Ending] Dedicated to a brief, blazing youth! Ji Mengnan only remembered that night’s heavy rain and the river behind her, churning like boiling water. Is loving someone a lifelong thing? Everything Ji Mengnan did afterward, all the ways she tried to keep living, was because of that love. If it weren’t for Jiang Qing, she would have died at seventeen. The boy was the only ray of light in the darkness, but light never stays forever, and it doesn’t shine on h 367Reads9.1Score10114d adds

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    Ji Mengnan, a young girl living with her aunt, experienced adolescence like a sweltering, windless summer. Under the cramped eaves of her aunt's house, she clutched her textbooks and self-esteem, waiting to weather this damp and rainy season of growing up.

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