[Western Crossover] The Secret That Mustn't Be Told

● [One-sided crush trope] Dark and gloomy, read with caution

● A product of OOC brainstorming. Canon purists and complainers, please stay away.

● [Sorry if the plot resembles something else] This is my own original work.

● Inspired by Jay Chou's song "Secret"

A secret crush is a lavish feast, and I savor it all alone.

Three in the morning is when the suicide rate is highest.

I met you at three in the morning, and I lost you at three in the morning, too.

The new transfer student is a reclusive Asian girl. Everyone knows she only gets close to the frail Peter Parker and his nerdy friend Ned.

But An Leran likes Peter Parker. It's a secret she can't tell.

[Important warning ahead]

1. This story has some high school life in it. The heroine is just an ordinary person who falls for an ordinary Peter Parker, not the later Spider-Man.

2. Any negative portrayals simply heighten the conflicts of interest between the characters. Literary depictions don't have to correspond to reality. The author never went to high school in America; everything about American high school life in this story comes from what friends have told me and descriptions on Zhihu. Canon purists, please don't nitpick.

3. I'll try to make the story realistic, because life is never art.

4. The heroine's social circle doesn't include the Avengers superheroes. She has no golden finger, which means that before Peter becomes Spider-Man, no one can protect her except herself.

5. The heroine won't learn Peter's later identity as Spider-Man, because for Peter Parker, that's a secret he can't tell either.

6. The author loves details, slow burns, and characters tangled up in their own thoughts. Readers who prefer fast-paced stories, read with caution.

★Thank you all for reading and for following the story of this awkward girl.

★Spider-Man is based on the Tom Holland version, with a few references to Avengers: Infinity War. Canon purists, please don't flame me.

[Visit the author's profile to check out my two Harry Potter fanfics: the Draco/Original Female Character story Biting, and the Fred/Original Female Character story Blooming]