Novels like No One Loves You the Way I Do
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as No One Loves You the Way I Do, best match first.
- 1 When I Met You, Even the Wind Was Sweet 遇见你时，风也是甜的 The sunny, handsome heartthrob Song Ci and the hardworking, unnoticed Li Meng heal the bitter, stifling days of high school. Back then, her crush was one-sided. He was as beautiful as the moon in the sky. Just seeing him was enough to make her happy, so how could she dare dream of plucking that moon from the heavens? Four years later, they meet again at a calligraphy exhibition. Song Ci doesn’t know that Li Meng fell in love with calligraphy because of him. Seeing that dazzling boy again, her he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Radiant as the Moonlit Trees 昭昭如樾 [Secret Crush Becomes Mutual] [Reunion After Years Apart] [School Days First, City Life Later] [Happy Ending] (A girl who pays for the one who makes her heart flutter) The story began in a sweltering summer. Fifteen-year-old Shi Yuan met a boy. He was a bright and spirited young man who always wore his school uniform neatly and handsomely. Above all, his gentle, clear eyes became the image she would think of endlessly and turn over in her mind for years to come. Back then, like countless other g —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 That Summer We Said Hello 那年哈喽止于盛夏 That Year, Hello Ended with the Height of Summer —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 After I Married My High School Classmate at First Sight 和高中同学闪婚后 [Scatterbrained heroine × emotionally steady, husband-material hero × ten years of secret love × marriage first, love later] For more than twenty years, Lu Ning had always followed the rules and never once put a foot wrong. But she gave her heart to someone, and it won her no good reputation. Her mother urged her to marry, she went on a blind date with a high school classmate, and they were married in a flash. She had thought they were just marriage partners fulfilling their parents' wishes. But 3.4kReads8.3Score35214d adds
- 5 My Husband from a Whirlwind Marriage Has Been Secretly in Love with Me 闪婚老公竟然暗恋我 [Marriage First, Love Later + Secret Crush Comes True] [Socially Anxious Novelist X Scheming University Professor] [Marriage First, Love Later from the heroine’s perspective, Secret Crush Comes True from the hero’s] Throughout their four years at university, Ming Zhao’s roommates all dated, while she stayed single. After graduation, one roommate after another got married, while Ming Zhao was still single. So her family began arranging blind dates for her. After meeting several bizarre candidate 456Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 6 After Moving in with My Secret Crush, He Dropped His Act 和暗恋对象同居后，他崩人设了 [One-on-One, Mutual Devotion, Secret Crush Comes True, Both Make Their Way to Each Other] [Children’s Book Editor × Rising Star in Tech] [We agreed this was just a contract cohabitation, so why are you getting so close to me?] In high school, Jiang Shuyi had a crush on Pei Xunli, but even by the time he graduated, she hadn’t managed to introduce herself to him. Years later, the secret crush she’d had as a teenager had long since been snuffed out by life’s daily grind. At twenty-five, they met ag 3.3kReads8.3Score56114d adds
- 7 The Past of He and Chen 何陈往事 [He + Secret Crush + Mutual Pining] Winter 2013, when the students were assigned to their arts and sciences tracks. He Jinnian was an utterly ordinary high school girl when she became desk mates with the famous Chen Lugui. He was never short of admirers, and his girlfriends came and went, but he saw her only as a friend. As her feelings for him grew, He Jinnian carefully hid them all. When he tested the waters, she smiled and pointed into the distance. "I like that boy over there." A secret crus 139Reads—Score10314d adds
- 8 He Is Not Her Valley 他不是她的山谷 Because he wasn't her valley, all her longing became a secret no one cared to know. When you're a teenager, every feeling is so pure. When you truly like someone, you really can remember them for a very, very long time. Back in her school days, Cheng Ran often wondered: If only she were prettier, if only her family were better off, would she be able to look Song Muci in the eye? As a student, Cheng Ran was insecure, timid, and ordinary. No one knew she liked Song Muci. She thought their story wo 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Secret Crush with a Lychee Flavor 荔枝味的暗恋 To him, she was only his friend’s younger sister from next door. To her, he was the idol of her high school years, the object of every secret thought in her heart. When they met again in college, she wanted only to get a little closer to him, then a little closer still. [Cool, aloof heartthrob VS sweet, gentle girl] 203Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 10 You Came to Me on a Ray of Light 你踏光而来 As the saying goes, every fat girl is a diamond in the rough. Never underestimate a chubby girl, because she may transform into a beauty one day and win the heart of everyone's dream guy. A sweet, innocent chubby girl versus a cool, aloof heartthrob. A youthful, secret-crush romance with both leads inexperienced and sweetness without end. 46Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 11 The Light-Pinching Cat 捏光的猫 [“Cat-like” ceramic artist x “dog-like,” steady (with a dark side) photographer] |Urban Romance|Cute Pets|Slow-Burn Love|Secret Crush Comes True| Tucked away in a corner of Jiangcheng is a cozy pottery shop called Yun Ni. The owner, Qin Yun, is gentle and quiet. Her fingertips can breathe life and soul into clay, but after falling victim to a malicious rumor campaign, she built a soft yet distant wall around her heart. Qian Xi, owner of a popular photography studio, captures all walks of life t 277Reads8.6Score10514d adds
- 12 A Mint-Flavored Summer 薄荷糖味的夏天 (The rating just came out, so it’ll go up.) [School life + two top students + secret crush + healing + mutual devotion] A sensitive girl who gradually opens up and becomes straightforward × a sweet-talking boy whose actions belie his words Song Yumo & Chen Mobai After transferring to Jingbei High School, Song Yumo finds a steady friendship for the first time. One day: Song Yumo tilted her head and studied him. “Take a look at me. Can you tell if anything’s different today?” “You’re wearing makeu 7.4kReads8.3Score97914d adds
- 13 Ninety-Nine Moments of Heart-Pounding Love 疯狂心动99次 At the age when young love first blossoms, Fan Jing fell for a boy who was no stranger. He was none other than her childhood betrothed, Qi Ye. When they were young, Fan Jing pursued Qi Ye passionately, only to be rejected time and again. After three years apart, Fan Jing grew more and more ready to give up. When she learned Qi Ye had returned to Luocheng, she decided to cut her losses and asked him to end their engagement. But the Qi Ye who returned this time was completely different. His casual 43Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 14 You Live in My Memories 你存在我的回忆里 [Unrequited love + BE + youth on campus] (From the male lead's perspective, in the discussion section at the end of the final chapter) They say unrequited love is a kind of courtesy, secretly building a castle behind someone's back. For He Tongyou, it meant spending her entire youth weaving a lie that she didn't like him. They say unrequited love is when the teacher calls your name and I look up before you do. For Xu Jing, it meant embracing the breeze that had passed over her, then missi 26Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 15 You Are the Secret Hidden Deep in My Heart 你是藏在我心底的秘密 [Mutual devotion + healing + sweet romance] In high school, Jian Dan was the class representative for physics, even though she was terrible at the subject. Her physics teacher was beside himself with worry and vowed to improve her grades. Chen Chuze, the top physics student, became his first choice as her tutor. The two reserved, quiet students were brought together despite barely speaking. From then on, he explained difficult problems to her at night, and she brought him a bottle of milk the ne 231Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 16 A Muyu Knows Xixi 一沐知溪 She was once the quietest spectator behind him, while he was the only leading man in her entire youth. Five years apart, one ridiculous misunderstanding, and an unexpected reunion. Fate has led them round and round. Every wait will eventually be answered. A late-awakening heart will never fail to arrive. For all the years to come, I’ll walk beside you and you alone. 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Summer Rain Comes Suddenly 夏雨忽至 In Zhao Ni’s girlhood, there was a quiet, aloof boy named Yuan Jiaming. When they first met, the innocent Zhao Ni was drawn to his cool, handsome presence. She followed him around, wishing him good night with all her heart every evening. Yuan Jiaming, however, kept his distance. He refused Zhao Ni’s request for his autograph, met her with a cold face, and barely responded to her. Zhao Ni was fragile and sensitive, but she liked to make herself seem strong. She used her spoiled, overbearing manne 82Reads8.9Score2414d adds
- 18 My Secret Crush Became My Brother’s Coworker 暗恋对象成了我哥的同事 That year, Lin Zhixia was twenty-seven. She was a high school Chinese teacher, a career she'd chosen at her mother's urging because it was stable. After graduating from college, Zhixia returned to her old high school to teach Chinese. By chance, Lin Zhixia ran into the person she'd secretly loved in high school at the hospital. At first glance, she fell into his gaze. That familiar feeling stirred up inside her all at once, making her restless and unable to calm down for a long time. 621Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 19 I Keep the Moon in My Heart 我把月亮藏在心里 [Devoted to Each Other, 1v1] + [Secret School Crush] + [Reunion After Years Apart] Lin Yu first met Gu Jin on the first day of her second year of high school. The boy smiled at her, and that smile made Lin Yu's entire youth shine. Following the homeroom teacher's instructions, Lin Yu walked toward her seat. Gu Jin stopped what he was doing, looked up, and smiled as he greeted her. His smile was like the moon over the mountains, like a breeze through the woods, clean and gentle. It wasn't until a 220Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 20 I Spoiled My Sister Rotten Before She Could Kill Me 回到被姐姐杀死前狂宠她 After years apart, my sister was forced to become a powerful man’s canary. The first thing she did when she came back was take revenge on the whole family. She drove our grandmother to her death, reported our parents, and even broke my arms and legs before throwing me into a pitch-black basement to torment me day after day. As I lay dying, I asked her, unwilling to accept it, why she was doing this to me when I hadn’t done anything wrong. “Why?” she said, looking at me coldly. “You really didn’t 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Big Sister, You're Being Naughty! 姐姐，你不乖！ Big sister, you’re being naughty! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Why Is She So Sweet? 她怎么那么甜 [Scheming senior design student vs. sweet, gentle junior in the directing program] [Six-year age gap] “God knows how badly I want you to catch me.” * On New Year’s Eve, Liang Ci’s brother brought home a handsome senior named Fu Xinyan. Faced with Fu Xinyan’s unusual blend of warmth and elegance, how could Liang Ci, who’d been single for eighteen years, resist? Believing that it was best to make the first move, she immediately made up her mind: “I’m going to pursue Fu Xinyan!” But before she coul 303Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 23 Fallen Leaves Return to the Forest 落叶归于林 [Reunited after years apart + A slow-burn romance + Sweet devotion + Both leads are each other's only ones + Healing] [An insecure, sensitive heroine x A gentle, steadfast hero] That day, Ye Zi sat by the road, crying quietly for a long time, until a hand reached out to her with a pack of tissues. “Are you okay?” the young man's voice was clear and gentle, tinged with uncertainty. “Here, take these.” His slender, fair hand, with its distinct knuckles, reached out a little farther. Ye Zi might 540Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Teacher Xiao Ning, Why Are You Hiding From Me? 小宁老师，你躲我做甚 [Reunion after years apart + rekindled love + campus romance to city life + healing] [A gentle, resilient teacher and a carefree, devoted male celebrity] Fu Shiqing was a famous heartthrob at Jing University, with an impressive family background and a refined, handsome appearance. He was easygoing and always seemed carefree and languid. Countless girls confessed to him, but he turned them all down without a second thought. Until one day, a girl rushing by with a sandwich in her mouth crashed int 144Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 25 Orange Soda 橘子汽水 [School Days Crush + Coming of Age + A Sweet Romance] That summer was the most unforgettable one of Jiang Qing's life. She fell for a boy. He would always smile at her, wearing his bright blue school uniform. That image was etched into her heart and burned into her eighteenth year. For many years afterward, she would look back and miss the eighteen-year-old girl who hadn't been brave enough. And so the story begins. Hello, Cheng Che. I'm Jiang Qing. "I would never willingly miss a single chance 117Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 26 Waiting for You to Fall 在等你沦陷 Zheng Jinze is the man Shi You has secretly loved for ten years. After dreaming that he got married, she decides she has to forget him. The next day, Zheng Jinze shows up as her blind date... When he tells her he was forced to come and isn't planning to date anyone for now, Shi You finally confesses the love she's kept buried in her heart. Shi You thinks she'll never see him again, but work keeps bringing her and Zheng Jinze together time and again. - One day, after a group dinner, Zheng Jinze d 177Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 27 I Went on a Blind Date and Married My Secret Crush 和暗恋男神相亲结婚了 [Her Secret Crush Comes True, He Falls in Love After They Marry] [Sweet Romance, Both Pure, One-on-One, Reunion After Years Apart, Married Life] [Theme: The stars keep moving along their paths, and one of them will always come for you.] Shen Xingmu never dreamed that the high school heartthrob she had secretly loved for ten years would be lying right beside her now, calling her name again and again. / At sixteen, Shen Xingmu was a quiet, insecure girl, clever and rebellious, with a rich inner wo 5.7kReads8.7Score89614d adds
- 28 Whispers Beneath the Honey Locust Tree 皂荚树下的密语 One is the class “invisible,” the other is the widely acclaimed “Chemistry Prince.” One exam turns them into rivals who can’t stop bickering. And so begins a story of youth... 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 I Got Pregnant by My Crush! I'm Out of Here 揣了暗恋对象的崽！我溜了 [Complete] [Spoiled Young Master Shen Yan × Gentle, Serene Su Su] [Mutual pining comes true + love goes both ways + adorable child + sweet romance] Su Su is the long-lost daughter of the Su family of the imperial capital. She was accidentally separated from them and lost among ordinary people, only to be found again more than a decade later. When she starts high school, she runs into Shen Yan, the older boy who saved her when she was little, at the opening ceremony. He gives a speech onstage as 548Reads7.4Score10014d adds
- 30 She Is My Little Warmth 她是小温暖 Qinghe High School is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary. As Xu Qing watches Song Shi play guitar onstage, she hears the sound of her heart skipping a beat. Everyone says he’s trouble, but Xu Qing falls for him at first sight anyway. He boldly steps in to help her in the classroom, and she unexpectedly pins him against the wall in the hallway. Their subtle youthful feelings grow stronger, but in their senior year, Xu Qing learns that Song Shi has a childhood sweetheart. Misunderstanding the s 155Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 31 My Wife Has Had a Crush on Me for a Long Time 夫人暗恋我已久 [Gentle, virtuous heiress from an old family × Refined scoundrel and wealthy heir] [Both pure, the heroine’s unrequited love comes true, the hero falls in love after marriage, a sweet, slow-paced story of everyday life.] “Unrequited love is a monologue. You fill a page with words, but have nowhere to send them.” The unrequited loves of student days are often shrouded in darkness, but Wen Suyao’s crush became known to everyone when she was eighteen. “Sorry, I don’t like you.” “No need to apologiz 927Reads7.0Score10114d adds
- 32 The Kite and the Boy 风筝与少年 [Secret Crush Comes True | 1v1, Pure Love | Sweet Romance] [Sensitive, Overthinking Top Student × Bold, Free-Spirited Golden Boy] A paper-kite airplane brought summer and Chen Yibai into Zhou Lili’s world. Zhou Lili remembered it clearly: the boy stood on the second-floor school corridor, looking down at the orange-yellow paper-kite airplane drifting by. Without warning, it fell at her heels. Their gazes met in midair, and the boy’s eyes sparkled with laughter. The summer breeze, paper-kite airp 872Reads8.7Score11714d adds
- 33 A Secret Understanding 暗暗知心 [Youth: A self-conscious, sensitive soul meets someone bold and unrestrained] [Reunited after years apart, a secret crush comes true: An angel in white and a corporate CEO meet at the top] [A school-days crush, and a love between equals] The silence of words left unspoken is an unbearable pain, yet also a beauty beyond description. I spent my youth secretly loving you, never knowing that by the time we met again, my feelings had grown so deep that our hearts could understand each other without 464Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 34 Reunited with My White Moonlight on a Dating Show 我在恋综里与白月光重逢 Secret crush * both leads are virgins * a little angst early on * happy ending “Hello, I’m Li Haosen.” One smile from the handsome boy was enough to make the girl chase after him for seven years. With neither a pretty name nor stunning looks, the insecure and sensitive Zhenzhu chose to bury her feelings deep inside. Her love for him was like a woodlouse: it couldn’t bear the light. “I’ve heard so much about you from Mumu.” The girl, as beautiful as a water lily, was quietly staking her claim ove 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 My Bride, Mo Weiwei 我的新娘莫薇薇 My Bride, Mo Weiwei —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Eleventh Year 第拾壹年 [Secret crush + reunion after years apart + doctor + aerospace engineer] A secret crush is a love story told over the course of an entire youth. That summer, the breeze across the sports field and the boy became Shen Nianzhi’s summer. When they met again ten years later, everything that happened had been part of Shen Nianzhi’s long-laid plans. In the end, they returned to where their story began. The boy quietly told her, “Not every secret crush gets to see the light of day, but yours will, Shen 3.1kReads8.9Score35514d adds
- 37 I'm Shy and Introverted, Yet a Girl Confessed to Me 社恐内向的我，被女孩表白了 [First Person] [Slight Angst] [High School] [One Heroine] “Yiru, can we walk home together after school from now on?” “But I have to go home.” “That's fine, we live in the same direction.” “Yiru, can we have dinner together tonight?” “At the cafeteria?” “Yeah.” “Yiru, I told my mom that I like you,” the girl said. “Huh? What did your mom say?” “Hehe, I told her I had a crush on a boy in my class, and she told me not to be a simp.” A long time later. “Jun Jun.” “Hmm? What is it?” “I'v 1.5kReads8.9Score23014d adds
- 38 Sweetly Obedient 乖哄 “He used both hands to smooth away the darkness before my eyes.” Year after year, the man named Lu Zhixun remained the hero of her novels. Eight years later, they met again. The “little girl” from back then had become “Miss Shu.” When Lu Zhixun learned that Shu He had secretly loved him for eight years, the disciplined, restrained man sat in his car and smoked all night. “Your arrival ruined my plan to grow old alone.” “Will you fall in love with someone else, then?” “Fool, my love isn't a flyer 182Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 39 When Will the Green Mountains Accompany Me Home? 青山何时伴我还 [Both leads are romantically inexperienced + workplace romance + secret crush + no characters acting stupidly + no naive, ditzy heroine] If you asked me what a successful secret crush looks like, I’d say, “A secret crush is successful if nobody knows you love him except you!” Tan Tan’s secret crush was a success. Before she even confessed her feelings, the person she loved had already come rushing to her! Tan Tan: “I ask the green mountains when they’ll grow old. They ask me when I’ll find time 7.2kReads9.3Score80114d adds
- 40 Whispered Love Poems 呢喃情诗 [Complete] Soft whispers become love poems on the wind, and I recite them to you [Passionate, smoldering fireball x reserved, sweet and gentle] [He pursues her / Her secret crush comes true] [Male lead: restrained and smoldering early on | Letting loose and shamelessly flirtatious later] A sugary-sweet romance with no angst, and a touch of ensemble cast. - Wen Yu was shy and insecure, while Sheng Zhubei was carefree and uninhibited. - At seventeen, Sheng Zhubei stood in the wilderness, invincib 666Reads8.7Score12214d adds
- 41 Sinking Into the Sunset 沉溺于落日 On the first day of high school, the sensitive and insecure Lin Yuexi fell in love at first sight with Zhou Yanchen, a boy in her class. Though they seemed to have nothing in common, a twist of fate made them deskmates. After graduating, Zhou Yanchen went abroad to study. They thought they were parallel lines that would never cross, until an unexpected reunion years later brought them back into each other’s lives. At last, her secret crush could step into the light. When we were young, you were 398Reads8.9Score10414d adds
- 42 The Secret Crush No One Knows About 暗恋这件不为人知的秘密 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 654Reads8.7Score11814d adds
- 43 No Answer from the Arctic 北极没有回音 At seventeen, Shen Yu lent Shen Yun a set of physics notes. Everything that came afterward began with that neat handwriting on the page. Strawberry milk tea, fingers interlaced beneath a streetlamp, and a New Year's note that read, “I'll spend it with you.” He said he'd take her to West Lake after the college entrance exams. When you're young, you make promises believing you'll be able to keep them. Later, he disappeared, sending only one long message in the middle of the night. It took Shen Yun 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Her Secret Crush Tastes Like Oranges 她的暗恋是橘子味的 [Both leads are devoted to each other, happy ending, sweet romance, secret crush becomes mutual + healing] [Insecure, timid girl × sunny, gentle boy] Lin Yu has been unlucky her whole life. She’s also an inconspicuous presence at school, yet she falls for the brightest star there. Jiang Wei He’s top of his class, gentle, handsome, and always helps students in need. As it happens, Lin Yu is one of them. After the college entrance exams, Lin Yu finally works up the courage to confess, only to over 189Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 45 A Vow 誓愿 Gentle, sensitive veterinarian & sharp-tongued, love-struck male idol "Reunion after years apart + mutual devotion + the one who got away + long-planned pursuit + healing" Seven years after Xia Suihe had a secret crush on her high school classmate from her youth, Fu Jinhan had become a household-name top-tier star. Through a twist of fate, the two reunited, only to be secretly photographed by reporters. Their picture shot straight to the top of Weibo’s trending list. Luckily, Fu Jinhan quickly p 869Reads9.0Score10414d adds
- 46 The Nth Time I Fell for You 第N次心动 Dentist VS architect At a school anniversary interview, the host was lucky enough to interview the famous architect Jiang Qi. Host: What do you regret about high school? Jiang Qi: Not having dated my girlfriend. Host: I hear wedding bells may be in your future... Jiang Qi glanced toward Zhou Yu and smiled. “That’s mostly up to her.” When the host interviewed Zhou Yu: Host: What do you regret about high school? Zhou Yu: Not being a little braver. Jiang Qi walked over, took Zhou Yu’s hand, and tol 2.7kReads9.1Score37314d adds
- 47 Mommy Plays Weak: Bringing Her Three Little Rascals Back for Revenge 妈咪装柔弱：带三个祖宗杀回来了 [Yandere, Sweet-on-the-Outside but Dark-Hearted, Cool Female Lead vs. Black-Sesame-Filled Scheming Male Lead] Xiao Zhiwan fell in love with Lu Shengxian after finding a tiny photograph of him. He was like a mysterious moon hanging high in the heavens, so far beyond her reach. At the time, she had just been recognized by the Xiao family. Their fortunes were on the decline, and they were waiting for her to come of age so they could sell her off for a good price. After three years of planning, she 3kReads9.2Score46614d adds
- 48 I Can't Escape Zhou Shi 逃不过周时 Song Letang had been secretly in love with Pei Zhoushi for twelve years. She was caught in his orbit the day she waited tables at his father's hotel during her summer break in high school. Her mother died young and her father disappeared, leaving her to grow into an orphan with no one to care for her. That day, she was so exhausted that she dropped a tray, and her supervisor's scolding nearly buried her. Then Pei Zhoushi, the pampered young master of the Pei family, casually stepped in front of 3.8kReads8.4Score35714d adds
- 49 Reborn as an Academic Slacker in the Entertainment Industry, I Casually Scored Full Marks in Math 穿成娱乐圈学渣，我随手拿了数学满分 I Transmigrated Into an Entertainment Industry Dumb-Dumb and Casually Got Full Marks in Math 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 On the Day My Crush Got Married, I Was Reborn Before the College Entrance Exams 暗恋的他结婚那天，我重生回到了高考前 On the Day My Secret Crush Got Married, I Was Reborn Back Before the College Entrance Exam 880Reads—Score—14d adds
