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The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事
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
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- 2 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 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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Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记
A diary recording the final two months of my life... Maybe I'm just not meant to be loved. Otherwise, why would everyone who loved me leave?
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- 4 Whale Fall into the Abyss 鲸落深渊 Little fish, little fish, may you swim out of the abyss soon. His younger brother, whom he had raised by hand despite no blood relation, sent him to a detention center for two years to “set him straight” and told him to come out once he was normal. Those two years were a nightmare that devoured him, one he could never wake from. His body and mind were tormented, his feelings worn away, and he was trained into numb, hopeless submission. “Knowing you raised me makes me sick. Why don’t you just die 23kReads8.1Score4k14d adds
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Qingqing: The Aesthetics of Unrequited Love Tragedies, Part 3 清清（暗恋BE美学三部曲03）
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
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- 6 This Grand, Silent Drama of Unrequited Love 暗恋这场声势浩大的哑剧 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
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No One Came to Save Her from the Deep 无人救她于深海
[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
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- 8 Wutong Lane 梧桐巷 [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
- 9 Even If This Love Disappeared from the World 就算这份爱恋从世界上消失 All the love in this world, gathered in twelve short stories. Even if that love disappears from the world, it once burned our souls with fierce heat. "Seven Days" "Because of Daishan" "Remember to Translate It Twice" "A Sea Hidden in My Heart" "He Just Doesn't Like You" "Even Their Names Are a Perfect Match" "Pain So Bad I Can't Breathe" "Spring Never Comes" "Oh, the Mist" "A Missing Heartbeat" "I Hear Poetry in the Mist" "Forty-Two Years" 27Reads7.9Score10414d adds
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So You Really Are Immortal 原来你真的长生不老啊
“How old are you?” “I’ve forgotten, too. You should call me Uncle.” “Uncle Li, is life just one long lesson in saying goodbye?” “Uncle Li, what will I do without you?” Also known as Long Life, A Child Entrusted to Me
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- 11 Don't Flirt with Me 别和我撒娇 41.4kReads9.6Score4.6k14d adds
- 12 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 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
- 13 I Only Sneaked a Glance at Him 我只偷看他一眼 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
- 14 You Broke Your Promise 你失信了 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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Ashes Ablaze in a Chaotic Age 乱世焚灰
War engulfs Shanghai, and everyone is a pawn. Some go undercover on the edge of a blade, some die defending their homeland, and some hide their love for a lifetime. Love and faith cannot coexist, and there is only one choice between family and country. Every couple is bound by a love that cuts to the bone, and none find a happy ending. When the chaos of war is over, all that remains is a field of ashes.
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- 16 The Camellia Tree 山茶花树 “A Huai, the camellias on the mountain back home are blooming. I really wish you could go see them with me again.” “The camellias on the mountain bloom and wither, then bloom again, but the camellia in my heart will never fade.” 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 A Moonlight Redemption 月光般救赎 He was as tender as moonlight, not as fiery as the sun, but his love was as open and unrestrained as the rising sun. He said, “Qinghuan, the thing I’ve never regretted in this life is loving you. I’ll love you until the very end of my life.” But she said, “Jun Yiche, I don’t love you. Don’t meet me in your next life.” After meeting her, he was terribly unlucky. Everyone’s misfortune was because of her. All she wanted was to never be entangled in worldly affairs again. Later, beneath a plum tree 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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Quick Transmigration: The Universally Disliked Fight to Become the No. 1 Fan Favorite 快穿：万人嫌争做人气角色No1
After Shi Wuqing died, someone claiming to be a System found her. If she collected enough “popularity points,” she could come back to life. Shi Wuqing agreed. Then she was sent into various novels, where she became the cannon-fodder character readers hated most. Her mission was to become the character readers loved most, with the highest popularity, by the end of each novel! World One: Shi Wuqing became the scheming younger sister who took the heroine's place and married the prince. At the begi
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- 19 There Was Once a Young Man in Chang'an ("A Thousand Miles of High Towers, Untouched by Wind or Snow") 长安曾有少年郎（“高台千里，勿沾风雪”） [Revenge and court intrigue + childhood sweethearts + tragic palace romance + maximum angst] [Loyal young general VS coldhearted heiress bent on revenge VS gentle, devoted emperor. A tangled love between three people, with heartbreak that cuts to the bone] Qing Ru'an's life was buried beneath the fire that raged through the snowstorm that year. Her entire family was slaughtered, both her parents were gone, and the Qing family, the richest in Zizhou, was reduced to ruins overnight. The once-proud 3.3kReads9.4Score78414d adds
- 20 He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南 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
- 21 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1k14d adds
- 22 Fourteen Sentences 十四句 [The print edition of Fourteen Lines, bearing the same title, is now available on multiple platforms.] Life is like duckweed on the water, so why doubt that people will meet and part? Morality and ethics clash with matters of the heart. A realistic story. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. The greatest regret isn’t that people enter your life at different times, but that you’re meant to meet without being meant to be together. A remorseful husband tries to win back his wife. Written as realis 2.3kReads8.9Score22914d adds
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Ode to Falling Stardust 星尘落挽歌
Su Nianxia, now eighty years old, ran her trembling fingers gently over the name on the gravestone, a name that had never grown old: Lu Yuanhang. She opened the diary that had been with her for sixty years. A faded high school graduation photo slipped from its yellowing pages. On the back, it said: “I wish I could be your stardust, shining forever.” In the summer of 2003, transfer student Lu Yuanhang knocked over Su Nianxia’s easel, and stumbled into her life. He was a genius from the science tr
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