Secret Crush, Bad Ending 暗恋，BE文

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 85.4kReads9.6Score15.1kShelves

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   These books [cry][cry][cry][cry]

2. 2 白 Before the Egret Was Born 白鹭未生 Orange Ears z耳朵橙zModern Romance155k WordsCompleted [Secret crush + Redemption + Youthful campus life + Growing pains + Everyone gets a bad ending] Optimistic heroine and gallant girl VS good-natured boy Chen Weisheng spent eight years taking the first step toward Zhang Bailu, eight years that no one knew about. Their relationship changed from friendship to love. He healed her, and she redeemed him. On the candlelit night of his eighteenth birthday, he made three wishes, all of them about her. She wished that he would always grow toward the sun. 95Reads8.7Score104Shelves
3. 3 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. 26.3kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
4. 4 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 63.3kReads9.5Score12kShelves

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   I've read a lot of BE articles and I always wanted to recommend them when I came across a good one, but I couldn't remember them. Today I finally remembered them, and I'd like to share what I still remember. [Thoughts] In fact, there was another book called "Toward Midsummer" that was so long ago that I forgot whether it was BE or HE. I don't know why it was removed from the shelves [crying]

5. 5 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 94.3kReads9.7Score15.2kShelves
6. 6 我 I Only Took a Peek 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 14.3kReads9.7Score3.2kShelves

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   For so many years, she had performed this one-man show of secret love to the extreme by herself, and finally the day came when it came to an end. It turns out that secret love is just such a sad little thing.

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 67.5kReads9.7Score12.1kShelves
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 19.1kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
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 19.4kReads9.6Score5.1kShelves
10. 10 强 The Campus Hottie I Forced to Love Me Was Bitter and Cold, So She Stopped Chasing Me After Being Reborn 强扭的校草酸又涩，重生她不追了 Dao Shangxie刀上邪Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Reborn + devoted one-on-one romance + both leads are pure and each other's first + a long road to winning her back] In her previous life, Su Jiani fell in love with the campus heartthrob at first sight. She pursued him for years without success, then resorted to despicable tactics to get pregnant and marry him. Knowing he didn't love her, she gradually lost hope. Reborn before the college entrance exams, she no longer clings to him for help with homework. She gets high marks, but doesn't apply 45.4kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves

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    [Lick the screen] [lick the screen] It's really great because I don't usually read romance. Its concept is really novel. The male protagonist invested 1800 million to save his wife. It's a fake rebirth setting. In fact, they both love each other very much 😘｡◕‿◕｡ There is also a Zaizai😘 The female protagonist suffers from severe depression. She let go when she turned a corner while racing. The male protagonist tried his best to save her🥺🥺

11. 11 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?” 7.2kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves

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    The first book is told from the perspective of a secret admirer. The second story is very sweet. In fact, it is just a dream. It is all fake. It is just a dream.

12. 12 犟 Stubborn Bones 犟骨 One Big Fish Head一条大鱼头Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + The Chase to Win Her Back + Two Cool, Distant Personalities + Eight-Year Age Gap] (Not a pure one-to-one romance. Please read the blurb before starting!!!! If it’s not your cup of tea, don’t read!!!! Malicious ratings will lower your luck!) “Arrogant and refined, stern and composed, a CEO from the elite” Zhou Congjin vs. “Cool and stubborn, worldly-wise, an ordinary-class beauty from a scholarly family” Shen Yi Shen Yi had always known that someone like Zhou Congjin 49.4kReads9.0Score15.9kShelves
13. 13 阿 Aye, I'm Leaving 阿也，我走了 A Wu阿午Modern Romance88k WordsCompleted [Sensitive, self-conscious heroine x gentle, sunny hero] When Lin Zhiyou was six, her father died in a car accident, and her mother raised her alone. After her mother changed jobs, eighteen-year-old Lin Zhiyou transferred to Nancheng No. 1 High School. There, she met Jiang Ye... A sensitive, self-conscious girl falls in love with a gentle, sunny boy, but the wheels of fate have not turned in her favor... 40Reads6.9Score—Shelves
14. 14 十 Fourteen Letters 十四封信 Mo Wen Sheng墨文笙Modern Romance33k WordsCompleted Ruan Shengsheng × Zhou Mingsen (The contents of the fourteen letters are on Weibo ♥) Ruan Shengsheng had already come to accept death in peace, but his arrival made her begin to fear her own disappearance. He said, “Shengsheng, don’t cry. I’ll always be by your side.” She said, “I went to the temple to pray for your safety for the rest of your life.” At the very end, he held her hand tightly. Tears slid down his cheeks and fell onto their clasped hands. Summer in Yuncheng ended, and their s 1kReads8.4Score340Shelves
15. 15 我 I Request Permanent Account Deletion 我申请永久注销账号 Ming Yuxin明玉心Modern Romance22k WordsCompleted There isn't much of a synopsis. This is simply the story of a life born on the wrong track, reset to zero... Shen Shi'an: "The world is so vast, yet when I look around, there's not a single person who loves me!" There are bonus chapters, so check out the author's notes in Chapter One! #The tags don't match the story. The author didn't choose them (breaks down)# My new work is here! Welcome to read my story. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell 3.8kReads8.1Score515Shelves
16. 16 再 I'll Never Love You Again 再也不要爱你 Hard to Kill难杀Modern Romance132k WordsCompleted A short, heart-wrenching story. Extremely heartbreaking! So much melodrama and angst! Read with caution! Please ignore the extra chapter. The author wrote it while losing their mind, and sincerely apologizes! Jian Meng is dying, and Ji Jing’an doesn’t know. He’s busy worrying about his wedding to someone else, indifferent to the poor woman at home. He has always believed Jian Meng would wait for him forever, just as she has for the past ten years. It was the last winter, and Jian Meng’s last bir 13.2kReads8.2Score807Shelves

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    In the world of words, there is a power that can make you cry quietly and make you toss and turn late at night, and that is the charm of abusive writing. Is love a gorgeous fireworks or a cup of bitter poisonous wine? In these abusive articles, you will find the answers.

17. 17 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 370Reads9.0Score105Shelves

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    Youth campus be article, the stamina is really great😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

18. 18 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 26.9kReads9.6Score6.1kShelves

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    No one knows better than me about having a crush on BE, because I love reading sadistic stories the most! Especially the one at the end, I highly recommend these books, they are really great! If you don't look good, come to me [Sparrow Food Masterwork]

19. 19 等 Waiting for the Wind to Arrive 等风降临 Zhou Wanyu周晚欲Anime Fanfiction209k WordsCompleted At 17, Lin Jiang first met Jiang Weifeng on an evening when "the rosy clouds flew alongside a lone wild duck." He was a wild weed growing as he pleased, while she was a greenhouse flower. So began her long, secret crush. She only dared to use the username 38.6°C to request songs for him, watching from afar and missing him in secret. Graduation came, and they parted without a single word of goodbye, each heading to a different city. While packing up, Jiang Weifeng saw Lin Jiang's QQ account on hi 1.9kReads9.5Score363Shelves
20. 20 第 The Eighth Winter 第八年冬 Paper Eighteen纸十八Modern Romance68k WordsCompleted The first time the sensitive Li Xiting fell in love, it was with Chen Nian, the boy who seemed to glow as he stood in the crowd. She carefully held on to every interest they shared, and eventually turned those interests into a goal: getting into Nan University and being with him. But life is always cruel. She got into Nan University, but she didn't get him. She was like Cinderella in a fairy tale, except she didn't have the right glass slipper. Without that slipper, she could never enter his wor 238Reads8.3Score101Shelves
21. 21 见 Meeting Summer 见夏天 As Always, An'an安安如故Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted Xia Linxi x Tang Yu Xia Linxi is a sophomore with excellent grades and impeccable conduct. Tang Yu is a carefree bar singer. They’re worlds apart, with nothing in common. No one could have imagined that one day the two of them would end up together. In a dark alley, Xia Linxi saw Tang Yu locked in an intimate embrace with a strange woman, but she simply left in silence. She believed the man before her was nothing like the womanizing facade he showed the world. She saw right through him at a glan 1.5kReads8.5Score324Shelves

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    Help, these two books must be the best in BE. They are really beautiful.

22. 22 深 Hidden in Late Winter 深藏晚冬 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Two top students + love that grows over time + youth and school days + angst] Gentle, sweet girl × jealous, cocky boy * At sixteen, he said he wanted to become a police officer and protect the people. She said she wanted to become a doctor and save lives. * At seventeen, he said, “We met in winter, Wen Yu. We'll spend so many more winters together. Take care of this white camellia for me for now.” The wind lifted the hem of the boy's coat, and his eyes shone. So she rem 3kReads9.3Score620Shelves

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    These two secret love stories made me cry to death

23. 23 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 111kReads9.4Score12.4kShelves
24. 24 暗 The Eleventh Spring of My Secret Love 暗恋他的第十一年春 Don't Call Me Beautiful别叫我美丽Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted [Bright Flower Shop Owner × Cool, Distinguished Diplomat] [Devoted 1v1 First Love | Sweet Romance | Misunderstood Secret Crush | Love Returned | Flash Marriage] At sixteen, Shen Zhuying falls for a boy. He likes wearing white shirts, plays the drums, and gets dimples when he smiles. He's a blazing sun she can never reach. At eighteen, she repeats a year of school and gets into the same university as him, only to learn that he transferred to England half a year ago. At twenty-two, she sees him ag 10.7kReads9.6Score1.2kShelves

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    The reality is BE, the writing is depressing but touching

25. 25 他 He Kept Summer Hidden 他藏了夏天 Shi Qingyao十清杳Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted That night, the young man slowly bent down, bracing his hands on his thighs so he could look her in the eye. It was as if he were declaring that they stood as equals in matters of the heart. Keeping his voice low, he asked, “Senior, I like you. Do you like me?” Ji An raised her hand to stroke Xu Linxi’s cheek and softly ordered him, “Close your eyes.” Xu Linxi trembled, then obediently lowered his lashes. Ji An’s lips curved into a smile. She placed both hands on either side of his face, rose on 10.3kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves
26. 26 行 Late in the Day 行止晚 Zhi Er织尔Ancient Romance138k WordsCompleted [Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise. 26.1kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves

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    [A soft spot for emperors and empresses, court sadomasochism] Thousands of readers cried to read it! The most popular ancient sadomasochism novel of the year has left countless readers with uneasy feelings. The sober, soft and cute queen in the world VS the arrogant and arrogant emperor whose love remains unchanged. Living in the emperor's family, how can you always fulfill everyone's wishes? We will always be friends with you, and we will protect you forever; a gentleman's words are hard to follow. In a trance,

27. 27 暮 Twilight Fades, Shattered Across the Ground 暮色消散碎一地 Yun Mo Xixi允陌嘻嘻Modern Romance12k WordsCompleted Dusk Fades, Shattered Across the Ground 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I really like you, and I really can't let you go

28. 28 撩 Flirting with the Cold Satanic Prince 撩倒撒旦冷殿下 The Faint Morning Light晨光熹微Modern Romance5.8M WordsCompleted She’s a beautiful girl whose mood changes faster than the pages of a book. When a group of men in black try to gang up on her, she takes off running, but they still manage to catch her. 3.8kReads9.3Score488Shelves

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    "Seducing His Highness Satan Leng" is a modern romance novel that tells the story of Ruan Suixin who drunkenly forcibly kissed Yin Liuli, the heir to the largest wealthy family in Beijing, which triggered a series of stories. Main plot: The story begins when Ruan Suixin forcibly kissed Yin Liuli after being drunk in a bar. Although she was disliked, she still did not give up. Yin Liuli is cruel, bloodthirsty and rebellious. He is called Satan and hates women extremely. After the forced kiss incident, Yin Liuli asked Ruan Suixin to take responsibility and put forward the request to "serve the master with one's body." As the plot develops, the relationship between the two gradually changes, from initial conflict to later emotional entanglement. Character Relationship: Ruan Suixin and Yin Liuli are the core characters of the story, and the interaction between them is full of drama and tension. Ruan Suixin's liveliness and boldness are in sharp contrast to Yin Liuli's indifference and brutality. This difference in personality also paved the way for the development of their relationship. Both the male and female protagonists are very strong. This is a novel that I have read 3 times. Amway strongly gives me a rush! Whether it's love, friendship or family, it's all written very well!

29. 29 何 Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡 Xian Yuke羡鱼珂Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 153.3kReads9.7Score61.3kShelves

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    [No golden fingers, no time travel, no rebirth, pure ancient talk about family, country and world + high IQ spy war strategy] [Undercover double agent + growing little female thief: the story of a lone wolf who plays a training game and raises a rabbit with fangs and insists on staying and flying with her]

30. 30 吻 Kiss the Breeze 吻清风 Pluck a Star揪一颗星星Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted The boy standing against the light: Tang Qingxu. I used to write about you. Now, at last, I can write about us. My greatest delusion in this life was that I could try to hold back the wind. *Content warning: This is a tragic ending. The male lead moves on and gets married; the female lead dies the day he lets go. If you can’t handle that ending, feel free to skip this one. 113Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Youthful secret love story, burst into tears 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 "I tried to save Feng"

31. 31 爱 Love Blossoms in the Dust 爱在尘埃中绽放 Rock Sugar Cherry冰糖车厘子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Yu Ke has returned after disappearing for five years when she was kidnapped. She thought her husband would be overcome with joy and excitement when he saw her. But to her surprise, he had long since reported her missing under the pretext of an accident, obtained a death certificate, and married a rich heiress to start a new family. At a banquet, the heiress humiliates Yu Ke in front of everyone, reopening her wounds, spreading lies about her, and cursing her for not having died out there. Yet he 16.2kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    It hurts and looks great!! Recommend!!!

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