Angsty School Romance About a Secret Crush: Bring on the Pain! 青春校园暗恋虐文，虐！虐！虐！

1. 1 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

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   *The Sad Little Thing About Unrequited Love*—The Gentlest Pain of Youth (The remaining books are derivative works by the author, all novels about unrequited love, very realistic). "He stood in the light, while I hid in the shadows, even liking someone had to be put in parentheses." "Later I realized that the most painful thing in youth isn't 'you don't like me,' but 'I could have.'" This novel is like a long-sealed diary of unrequited love, using delicate strokes to dissect those unspoken flutters of the heart. You'll see deliberately left eraser shavings on the desk, "chance encounters" timed precisely in the corridor, and posts on social media visible only to one person—all the clumsy sincerity becomes the grandest yet most secret ritual of youth.

2. 2 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
3. 3 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
4. 4 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 23.5kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds
5. 5 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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   It's really heartbreaking.

6. 6 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
7. 7 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

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   **"I Offer My Deepest Affection to the Passing Years" | Youth Campus · Unrequited Love Turns to Pain · Extreme Heartbreak** > **"I stand in the abyss, no one can save me." — Shen Nian** The hospital was bustling with people, the noise and clamor like background noise. In the corner, she wore a smart office dress, her figure beautiful, yet she was like a lonely island, submerged in silent despair. **This abyss was not the workplace, but that unrequited love etched into her bones, unspeakable in her youth.** Have you ever: * Silently repeated someone's name a thousand times in your heart, yet dared not utter it aloud? * Spotted his figure in the crowded throng, then pretended to look away casually? * Spent your entire youth looking up to someone, only to be met with excruciating pain? Shen Nian was like that. **She was once the most silent shadow in the corner, her gaze only daring to follow that dazzling light.** She collected all his habits, smiles, even unintentional words, building a fortress unknown to anyone in her heart. Love grew wildly, yet could only be buried deep in silence, transforming into silent tears and excruciating pain in the dead of night. Time flowed silently by, and she strived to transform, donning the armor of maturity, believing she could escape the swamp called "him." But when the familiar scene, the name that stirred her heart, suddenly tore through the air again—the light of fate was abruptly extinguished! Darkness devoured everything, tearing apart her carefully crafted calm. Those surging, blood-soaked emotions and despair, sealed away by time, roared like an abyss, instantly swallowing her whole. What was torn apart was more than just the scraps of paper in her hand; it was her entire youth, the hopeless years she had poured out her deepest affection to mourn. "I stand in the abyss, and no one can save me." This time, she chose to bury it herself. In the most resolute way, she mourned that grand yet humble unrequited love that had never been answered. **"A Sacrifice to the Years with My Deepest Affection"—An ultimate tribute to unrequited love, witnessing Shen Nian's descent into despair, struggle, and ultimately… bury her own youth with her own hands. Prepare your tissues for this heart-wrenching elegy to youth.**

8. 8 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

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   The first three books are Meng Wanzhi's unrequited love trilogy, and they're incredibly tear-jerking. The later books are also very heart-wrenching campus romances. If you're looking for something angsty, you should definitely give them a try, really!

9. 9 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
10. 10 重 After Returning to Campus, I Turned and Kissed the Cold School Tyrant 重回校园后我转头吻上高冷校霸 Lu Tingting卢婷婷Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted (Rebirth + revenge + sweet campus romance + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place) Fu Zhiyu pursued the guy she liked for over two years and finally won him over. But after they got married, she accidentally discovered that it had all been an illusion. Su Jingchen’s love for her had been motivated by ulterior purposes, and she paid a terrible price: her family was destroyed, and she lost everything... She accidentally overheard him talking to his buddies and learned that her husband 175Reads7.2Score10014d adds

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    The female lead is reborn and embarks on a revenge journey, finding herself in a sweet and loving relationship with the school bully. The two are a perfect match in terms of looks, making for a sweet and romantic story – I love it!

11. 11 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

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    📖 *She Stops Coaxing Him* | A Heartbreaking Summer Finale 🌹 "That summer, the handsome but rebellious boy lost his little rose." He was a feared troublemaker, yet he gave her all the tenderness he had. 🍬 "Eating a piece of candy will make you happy." But later, he swallowed a whole jar of candy and couldn't taste a single bit of sweetness. She smiled as she dodged his pursuit, unaware that her promise, "If you catch me, I'll consider it," had become a forever broken agreement. 📸 In the frozen moment of the graduation photo, the boy in the white shirt never saw his classmate again. "Wait for me in the next life, okay?" "I won't wait for a liar." [Sweet and obedient student × Handsome but rebellious boy]|The pinnacle of BE aesthetics|The aftertaste is longer than youth|Tissue warning‼

12. 12 癫EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335.5kReads9.8Score46.5k14d adds

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    Tweet: *Crazy, Crazy, Crazy is Good* — Transmigrated into a book and immediately landed in the ICU? Xie Mi: I'm tearing this simp script to shreds! **A critical hit right from the start!** Xie Mi transmigrated into the book one second, and the next second **she was stabbed and ended up in the ICU**! Just as she opened her eyes, her top-tier movie star boyfriend, Xiao Jingxi, stood in front of her bed, his handsome face as cold as ice, and his first words were: "Xie Mi, you really deserve it." 🤯 **Xie Mi: ???** This dialogue…this commotion…I get it, the scumbag male lead has arrived! Transmigrated into the body of a cannon fodder female supporting character who had been infatuated with the male lead for seven years, humble as dust, Xie Mi reviewed the original owner's "glorious history": five years of relentless pursuit to get the movie star's "charity" in love, two years of secret relationship to avoid suspicion, and finally, he and the rising star Xu Shuangrong **publicly promoted their CP**, with CP fans celebrating until the original owner was stabbed and hospitalized? And the scumbag only thought she "deserved it"! 🔥 **Xie Mi laughed in fury:** Fine, very well! A simp? Whoever wants to be one can be one! This lousy script, I'm not acting anymore! The day I recover will be the day I **reverse my ways and slap them in the face**! The movie star wants to hide his marriage to avoid suspicion and protect his top status? She'll **make a high-profile appearance and turn his world upside down**! The scheming young woman wants to step on her to climb the ladder? She'll unleash a **"madness" technique**, indiscriminately destroying everyone! "Crazy, All Crazy, Being Crazy is Good"—Watch how a transmigrated cannon fodder transforms into a **human madwoman**, tearing apart scumbags, kicking scheming women, and carving out a unique and beautiful path in the entertainment industry! **Crazy literature + satisfying revenge story**, crazy yet reasonable, satisfyingly exhilarating! Recommended to memorize the whole text, **an essential remedy for stress relief and catharsis**! 🔥 #CrazyLiterature #TransmigrationRevenge #Tear ApartScumbags #EntertainmentIndustrySatisfyingStory

13. 13 暗 The Secret Crush No One Knows About 暗恋这件不为人知的秘密 Muzi Banli木子半李Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted In her third year of middle school, Yu Wan fell in love with someone. He had pale eyes that always seemed to hold laughter, yet somehow left people feeling inexplicably sad. Yu Wan liked him year after year, until the boy fell for a girl. Beneath a sky full of fireworks, she saw him smiling dazzlingly at the person beside him. “From the moment we met, you became the star that never sets, day or night.” But that star had never belonged to her. Yu Wan never imagined that one drunken night would br 654Reads8.7Score11714d adds

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    It's all tragic, very much in line with the unrequited love stories of modern students.

14. 14 第 The Boy Who First Made My Heart Flutter 第一次心动的男孩 Gu Yuewei古月薇40k WordsCompleted The Boy I First Fell For 16Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A true diary, a youth in the 1990s, a first love that was destined to be unfulfilled due to limited understanding from the family of origin, shyness and lack of courage. It is sweet at first but heartbreaking later, leaving people with a lingering sense of regret.

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