I Like You, and the Whole World Doesn’t Know

[April 2, 2026: All side stories have been updated. Chapters 98–101 are new side stories.] The audio drama of the same name will soon launch on Ximalaya, and the print edition is now available for preorder nationwide. Next novels: Preferential Love and The Phoenix Alights. Completed novel in the same series: I Was Just Being Serious with You.

Blurb:

That day, after a long session of mental preparation, Lin Chuye suppressed her embarrassment and asked him, “Wen Xiyuan, have you ever thought about getting married?”

Wen Xiyuan seemed a little surprised by her sudden question. “Hm?”

Lin Chuye felt a little awkward. “I just think I’m at the age where I should get married, and so are you. Neither of us has someone we like, so... do you think we could give it a try, just for the sake of it? I think you’d make a good father, and I...”

“Sure.”

Lin Chuye: “Huh?”

Wen Xiyuan: “I agree to get married.”

Lin Chuye: “...”

At the time, they weren’t very close. They had been classmates for a year in high school and were both the top students in their class, but they hadn’t interacted much. They never kept in touch after graduation, and when they occasionally ran into each other at class reunions, they exchanged only polite greetings. Lin Chuye never thought Wen Xiyuan would agree, just as she never thought she’d be the one to ask.

Blurb Two:

When Lin Chuye brought up marriage, Wen Xiyuan had only two conditions: he wouldn’t agree to separate bedrooms after marriage, and she wasn’t allowed to have a child and then leave him behind.

Lin Chuye: “...”

Gentle, powerful, reserved, and calculating male lead VS mild-mannered, composed, clear-eyed, bookish female lead

A story of two exceptionally clear-headed, lifelong singletons whose secret crushes finally come true. Reunited after a long separation, they’re mutually pining, lighthearted and sweet. One-on-one, each other’s first love, happy ending.

When she was young, she once met a boy and tucked him away in the most secret corner of her heart.

Years later, she met him again, and the dream she’d had as a girl became the brightest light in her life.

P.S. This story is entirely fictional.

[A warm, sweet story of undercover intrigue and mutual pining in the same series: I Was Just Being Serious with You (complete)]

Recommended completed novels: Your Voice, My World / Two Lives of Joy / We’ll Meet Again Someday / Passing By

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Next novel: Preferential Love

Grandfather is getting old and worries about Lu Zhiyan being alone, so he intends to set her up with Fu Yuanxing.

Lu Zhiyan once stayed at Fu Yuanxing’s home for a while in high school. They have always maintained a delicate relationship: they rely on each other, but don’t interfere in each other’s lives. To avoid causing Fu Yuanxing any trouble, Lu Zhiyan teams up with Zhou Yu, who is also being pressured to marry, and pretends to be his girlfriend.

On the day they face their parents together, Zhou Yu’s half-brother, who shares his mother and has been away for years, suddenly returns. To their surprise, it’s Fu Yuanxing. Lu Zhiyan, usually so composed, instantly loses her bearings.

Fu Yuanxing acts as if he hasn’t noticed. He sits across from her and Zhou Yu, gazing at them impassively.

“When did you get together?”

“Who pursued whom?”

“When are you planning to get your marriage license?”

His posture is entirely that of a parent interrogating a child. Zhou Yu can’t take it and confesses everything before fleeing, leaving Lu Zhiyan alone to meet Fu Yuanxing’s unwavering gaze.

Preorder novel: The Phoenix Alights

Blurb:

That day, Princess Yun’an hosted a banquet. Fu Jingxiu attended alone, fully aware that something had been added to his wine. Still, to put the other party’s suspicions to rest, Fu Jingxiu drank it. Later, he used the matter of the Seventh Prince as an excuse to leave. The first thing he did after returning to his courtyard was quietly tell his attendant to fetch Wen Ran.

Wen Ran had no idea what was going on. As soon as she entered the room, she saw Fu Jingxiu sitting upright at the table, his face faintly flushed and his eyes dark and brooding.

Wen Ran immediately understood. She stopped in her tracks. “I’ll have someone prepare cold water.”

Fu Jingxiu watched her without moving. “Cold water won’t help.”

Wen Ran hesitated, pointing behind her. “Then, should I find you someone?”

She tactfully avoided saying the word “woman.”

Fu Jingxiu only looked at her without moving, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

Wen Ran took his silence as consent and backed away uncertainly, one step at a time. Just as she was about to reach the door, a gust of force swept up behind her, and the door slammed shut in front of her.

Fu Jingxiu’s husky voice came close behind her. “There’s no need to trouble yourself.”

At the time, Wen Ran had been given as a gift to Fu Jingxiu, who was being held hostage in Da Liang, six months earlier. She knew Fu Jingxiu was merely a dragon stranded in a shallow pool and would return home sooner or later. On their wedding night, she had already struck a deal with him: she would help him return to his country, and he would free her from the imperial family’s control. But the agreement had never included consummating the marriage.

An ancient-style romance about falling in love after marriage, from sex to love.

An old-fashioned, cold male lead VS a gentle, sensible young woman.

A prince held hostage who bides his time VS a princess confined to the Cold Palace.

Theme: Life has its low points, but as long as you have a dream in your heart and light in your eyes, perseverance and hard work will eventually lead you to an open road.