Looking for a Campus Romance with a Tough Journey but a Happy Ending 想要那种过程非常艰辛，但结局是he的青春校园文

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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   [🔥Stories of Unrequited Love] It's really not easy to keep liking someone, especially when you have a crush on them. You can always secretly watch them, but you don't have the courage to reach out to them. This book really resonated with me; it's a campus romance novel.

2. 2 就 Just Head Toward the Sun 就向太阳 Yue Shu玥述Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted [Same-age unrequited love] + [Both leads are romantically inexperienced] + [Unrequited love fulfilled] + [Getting what you wished for] Sunny, cheerful heroine × handsome top-student hero “He’s the sun, so I want to become the only one he shines on.” That summer in her first year of high school, amid the half-summer chorus of cicadas, Xu Yang met someone she would never forget for the rest of her life. To her, Jiang Ji was like the sun, and he couldn’t shine on just her. Still, she wanted to be s 70Reads8.0Score10114d adds

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   The female lead, who has low self-esteem, faced many obstacles in her pursuit of the man, but thankfully they ended up together!

3. 3 别 Don’t Keep Your Crush on Me a Secret 别暗恋我呀 Ming Zhijiu明之九Modern Romance154k WordsCompleted The print edition goes on sale September 27 at 7:30 p.m.!! [College campus + Rekindled love + A mix of sweet and angsty + The male lead isn't a jerk] In that hopeless, dark crush, Yu Xia always saw herself as plain and unworthy. She had seen Chen Wang stride across the court, carefree and cocky. She had also seen his distant, indifferent smile when he received love letters. And she'd seen the string of girls in his arms, one after another. Every version of Chen Wang she'd seen was someone she co 5.8kReads9.1Score64114d adds
4. 4 乌 The Diary of Nothingness 乌有日记 Xi Qiubei西丘北Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted Signed for print publication [Sensitive and gentle × carefree and aloof] Wu Chun had secretly loved Si Xianghuai for three years at high school. Apart from her best friend, nobody knew. He was dazzling and confident, so radiant that even the sun seemed three shades dimmer beside him. At the attached high school, there were countless girls with a crush on Si Xianghuai. She was the quietest of them all. She never confessed, never disturbed him, and even avoided getting close to him. But later, th 11.4kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds

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   If you want a story with a difficult journey but a happy ending, read this one! [Note][Note][Note]

5. 5 枯 The Dead Tree Runs Wild 枯树疯长 A Yu Who Hears the Wind Rise听风起的阿雩Two Male Leads199k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + school life + second chance romance + mutually each other's first and only] My name is Xu Cheng, and my childhood nickname is Xiao Liu. My mother was born in the northwest, where tamarisks are the most common plants. She named me after one, hoping I could flourish and endure just like those hardy plants. She had a hard life. She had never known love from the day she was born, so she didn’t know how to love me either. I was like a tree growing crookedly without a ray of sunshi 95Reads8.3Score—14d adds

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   Sweet with a touch of heartbreak, a happy ending—highly recommended!

6. 6 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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   A sweet and heartwarming coming-of-age story, but also incredibly tragic. The protagonist finally finds salvation, only to have it fleetingly, separated by death, never to see the other again! So sad!

7. 7 遇 I Met You at Sunrise 遇见你在朝阳 Harry Yeye哈利椰椰Two Male Leads248k WordsCompleted Cool, aloof transfer student × sunny basketball boy Xia Ci × Shen Chaoyang Passionate youth, perfect games, perfect grades, and… you, in every way, perfect… 427Reads9.0Score17114d adds

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   The process was tough, but the ending was sweet. You could say the journey was a little angsty, but it was definitely worth it! 🤭

8. 8 叫 Call Me Big Brother 叫哥 Grass Has No Taste草没味Two Male Leads199k WordsCompleted [Audio drama now available] I’ve been trying to figure out how to write this blurb, but maybe we should keep it simple. It’s the story of a little hoodlum forced to raise a child. Then add a little spark, a little drama, a little help from the side, and some background music. Naturally, the ending is exactly the sort of thing the hoodlum would love: he gets pinned down in a ridiculously melodramatic, utterly predictable way. A coming-of-age story, but not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. A brot 1.6kReads9.4Score18414d adds
9. 9 不 An Inappropriate Relationship 不恰当关系 Peach Pastry桃图酥Two Male Leads493k WordsCompleted Shi Gu lived for twenty years, ten of them tormented by post-traumatic stress disorder. At ten, his twin brother was kidnapped and met with disaster. At fourteen, his father died in a car accident. At fifteen, his mother remarried, and Shi Gu moved into his stepfather’s home. His stepfather’s son pinned him underwater in the pool, nearly drowning him. At eighteen, Shi Gu went abroad to study. At twenty, he met Wen Hanzhou in Paris. Wen Hanzhou was like a block of ice that could never melt. His 3kReads9.3Score42514d adds
10. 10 欲 A Secret Mission 欲潜 Jie Yi解亿Two Male Leads335k WordsCompleted [Complete + two male leads + school life + secret crush + happy ending + love at first sight + reunion after years apart + bittersweet] Mainly told from the pursuer's perspective, with a slow pace. “The Milky Way is clear and shallow; how far apart can we be?”, Lin Qieqian “Summer's charm lies in the sparse shadows; wave a fan and listen to the lotus leaves.”, Xia Yunlian A depressed, withdrawn boy × a sunny, cheerful boy Because of his parents' jobs, Xia Yunlian transfers to the school Lin Qieq 185Reads6.8Score10814d adds
11. 11 日 Sunscorched Stars 日灼星辰 Eggplant Candy茄子糖Two Male Leads374k WordsCompleted My latest work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 19Reads8.0Score—14d adds
12. 12 墨 Sweet Potatoes Stewed in Ink 墨汁炖红薯 Li Liangliang凉凉李Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted [Brooding, possessive man + warm and healing romance + sweet enough to make you feel like an auntie] He suffers from severe depression and has been rescued after three suicide attempts. He fears crowds and hates the sunlight. All he wants is to hide in his dark world until the day he can finally be free. But that changed when he followed the family driver to the countryside. “Pig, want a sweet potato?” “Good, mean chicken.” “Ah, that goose bit me!” He stared wide-eyed in fright and turned to run 4.3kReads9.2Score47914d adds

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    Super pretty, so pretty, so pretty! 👀

13. 13 野 Wild Grass Is No Moonlight in His Heart 野草不是白月光 Innocent Green天真无邪绿Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted Now available in print [A story of a woman’s growth. The male lead has a childhood sweetheart who is almost his girlfriend early on; they reunite after a long separation.] Sui He was a weed. She was poor, vain, sensitive, and calculating. Her only wish was to get into a good school, then earn and spend her own money. She knew Shen Que came from a different world. His family was well-off, he had lots of friends, he was good at school, and girls liked him… He would never understand why she was so 50.6kReads9.1Score6k14d adds

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    The female protagonist, Sui He, comes from a single-parent family and struggles to survive under her mother's belief that "she relies on men." Poor and sensitive, yet clear-headed and strong-willed, she grows wildly like a lotus. The male protagonist, Shen Que, comes from a wealthy family. Initially, their childhood friendship leads to a lack of boundaries. The book captures both the bittersweetness of youth and the power of women breaking free from fate. Watching them navigate between reality and ideals, ultimately finding each other, is like witnessing a real-life breakthrough. It has a powerful aftertaste and is a must-read for fans of coming-of-age stories.

14. 14 你 You Are the Light That Redeems Me 你是人间赎光 Shakespeare Sheep莎士比羊Modern Romance208k WordsCompleted School life + healing + inspirational, a lighthearted happy ending. The author is terrible at blurbs. The cool, aloof heiress Lin Qingwu (a rebellious girl) × the cocky, handsome Zhou Chuan (a poor student) When Lin Qingwu was six, her father had an affair, and her mother left with nothing. From that day on, Lin Qingwu had no home. Running away only meant leaving one miserable home for another where she wasn’t wanted. She was forever labeled “unwanted.” A rose with thorns, she never goes out of 37Reads6.5Score—14d adds

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    So beautiful! 😘🥰🥰🥰🥰

15. 15 五 It's Been Five Years, and the Campus Heartthrob Still Won't Leave Me Alone 五年了，校草还不肯放过我 Jin Kui金葵Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted Su Mi was the daughter of the richest family in the country, but she was suddenly bound to a poverty System and forced to switch identities, becoming a country bumpkin at her school. The System told her that if she could make Xiao Xuanjin, the chosen one of this world, fall in love with her, then dump him cruelly and trample on his sincere feelings, she would get her identity back. Otherwise, she would remain poor forever. Just listen to that. What a spiteful, mean-spirited System, jealous of th 1kReads9.1Score12814d adds
16. 16 强 A Forced Romance with the School Bully Isn't Sweet, So She Reborn and Pounces on the Campus Heartthrob 强扭的校霸不甜，重生她扑倒校草 Qiao Muqingqing俏沐清清Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + 1v1 + female surgeon + refined, scholarly “rough man” childhood friend] (Note: The heroine and her childhood friend help each other heal.) In her previous life, Shen Suihe fell in love with the hero of a novel about a man living in a rented room, only to be killed by his stepsister. When her soul was dragged out of her body, she finally saw the truth. Reborn, Shen Suihe came to her senses and took back all her kindness, love, and money. Jiang Wenye panicked and blocked her path again 13Reads5.4Score—14d adds
17. 17 臣 Surrender to the Rose 臣服于玫瑰 Thin Persimmon Tea薄柿茶茶Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted [Gentle, Cool-Headed Girl vs. Free-Spirited, Edgy Rapper] The young master of the Chen family had been rapping and forming bands overseas, making a name for himself, when his father suddenly dragged him back to China to attend school. Then he was sent off to live in a teahouse against his will. His father wanted him to settle down and study in that quiet, old-fashioned place, and hoped it would smooth out his unruly streak. But Chen Mu was the kind of person who drew attention wherever he went. 20.4kReads9.5Score2.6k14d adds

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    A book with very positive values. I felt sorry for the female lead, but thankfully they healed each other, stayed true to each other, and eventually found happiness after all their hardships.

18. 18 可 My Adorable Boyfriend 可爱的男朋友 Don't Ask莫问Modern Romance619k WordsCompleted Zeng Keai’s boyfriend was a sweet boyfriend. At the beginning of the story, She was a top student at a prestigious high school, witty and adorable, and everyone loved her. He was at the bottom of the class at the same school. His father donated a building to get him admitted. The top student: a bookworm, brilliant, and proud… The rich kid: dim-witted, spoiled, and idle… In the middle of the story, He is the heir to a restaurant group, serving as a vice president, driving luxury cars, and enjoyin 1.3kReads8.6Score13814d adds

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    What a lovely boyfriend, he's such a lovely boyfriend.

19. 19 咬 A Bite of Sugar 咬一口糖 Shu Zhi黍枝Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] Cold, aloof bad boy × sweet, well-behaved girl. Secret crush comes true, reformed playboy, sweet romance. Shen Queyan of Jiang University was notorious for his womanizing ways. Everyone was betting on who could tame him. Then one day, a sweet, obedient girl appeared at his side, and he doted on her without question. Some said she was the younger sister of Shen Queyan's closest friend. Xu Tang had been secretly in love with her brother's friend for a long time. It w 38kReads9.4Score4.6k14d adds

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    These are all stories about unrequited love 😍

20. 20 低 Whisper It! Darling, I Only Want You 低声哄！宝贝，我只要你 Clear and Pure澈净Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication / Short drama of the same name now streaming] [Gentle, insecure top student x arrogant, carefree rich playboy] [College romance + Both leads are inexperienced + Fake playboy + Mutual pining becomes real + He’s never loved anyone else + Sweet and flirty] Fu Ciyu had always been a star at Jingcheng University. Born into one of the capital’s top wealthy families, he was unruly and hard to tame. Girls were always around him, but he had never given anyone his heart. Everyone 48.6kReads9.5Score5.7k14d adds

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