Novels like He Kept Summer Hidden
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- 51 He's a Master at Acting Obedient 他惯会装乖 [Print edition now available] [Healing × Love That Grows Over Time × Tragic Romance × Mutual Devotion] Cool, gentle heroine × Aloof, unapproachable top student They overcame the distance and endured the years. But her boy was forever left behind in that snowy winter, forever twenty-two, in the prime of his life, forever on the day they were supposed to register their marriage. [“This time, don't break your promise again, you little liar.” “Why did you break your promise again? You little liar.”] 968Reads9.3Score188Shelves
- 52 Letters Beneath the Moss 苔痕信札 Anti-narcotics officer × doctor | Realistic tragic romance | Sweetness with a hidden sting The snowy mountains can't hear the world's whispered secrets, and the sea breeze can't hear the promises that were never kept. The gods can hear promises made at the edge of the world, but they won't grant them. “If we ever fight, give me a mint.” “What do you mean?” “It means I've forgiven you.” “What if you're the one in the wrong?” “Give me one, too,” Song Qingye said with a smile. “Then I'll know to a 2kReads8.8Score534Shelves
- 53 With You Until Twenty-Nine 陪你到二十九岁 By Your Side Until You're Twenty-Nine 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Red Eyes Across the Street, Vermilion Outshines Snow 隔街红眼，朱砂胜雪 Red eyes across the street, cinnabar brighter than snow. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Jiadou's Little Red Flower 嘉朵小红花 Jiadou's Little Red Flower 73Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 She, Too, Is a Memento 她也是遗物 Cool, aloof girl × carefree boy “He didn’t leave behind much. I was one of the few things he did.”, Source: the internet I gave everything I had to live this life, only for it to end in regret. Cicadas sing without pause, and we meet again in the height of summer. … Fang Xieyang thought her life was over, that she would spend the rest of it “following the rules” just as she always had. But then Xia Qianli came along and upended everything she thought she knew. He was so gentle, so good to her, 7.8kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves
- 57 Si Nianqingqing 斯年轻轻 [Groveling to win her back] [No getting back together] [Tragic ending] Cheng Qingqing's grand love for Fu Sinian was a mistake. She corrected it as soon as she realized, and would never look back at him again. She would never care how pathetically he begged. “Qingqing, I like you. I really do. Please, don't leave me. Please come home with me. Please give me a home. I'm begging you, don't leave me...” “Please...” It was actually Cheng Qingqing's birthday. At twenty-six, she seemed to have finally 505Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 58 Behave Yourself! 学乖！ School Life | Healing | Family of Origin | Bittersweet Romance | BE “That person stumbled into your lightless corner and stood before you, backlit, holding out a hand. It was salvation, and it was a god.” Gentle and sensitive × Cold on the outside, warm within He had always been the center of attention, born into a prominent family and exceptional in every way. She was as insignificant as a speck of dust. To everyone else, they were like parallel lines that could never meet, destined never to cr 1.7kReads8.9Score297Shelves
- 59 Aye, I'm Leaving 阿也，我走了 [Sensitive, self-conscious heroine x gentle, sunny hero] When Lin Zhiyou was six, her father died in a car accident, and her mother raised her alone. After her mother changed jobs, eighteen-year-old Lin Zhiyou transferred to Nancheng No. 1 High School. There, she met Jiang Ye... A sensitive, self-conscious girl falls in love with a gentle, sunny boy, but the wheels of fate have not turned in her favor... 34Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 60 Red Roses in December 十二月的红玫瑰 (Dual male leads, angsty 1v1 romance, both devoted only to each other, bad ending, power couple, mutual salvation, pure love with plenty of heartbreak.) My dear Mr. Mo: I’m sorry. In the end, I failed to keep my promise to you and became a coward who fled this world. If you can forgive my selfishness and weakness, then when spring returns next year, please leave a bouquet of red roses at my grave. Choose the most beautiful one in the flower shop. I think I’ll be able to smell its fragrance. [Nei 66Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 61 Everyone Knows This Secret Except You 除你之外都知道这个秘密 [Scatterbrained little ray of sunshine × sharp-tongued top student] You ask what happened after that. Well, after that… Xiang Nan was once Sheng Gu’s light. When they meet again, Sheng Gu decides to become the one who chases the light. You just stand in the light. I’ll stay behind you and protect you, whether you can see me or not. Xiang Nan watches the sharp-tongued college genius who keeps showing up in front of her every day: “Oh no, why am I starting to fall for him?” “Does he actually lik 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 I Was Diagnosed With Stomach Cancer, but My Husband Abandoned Me to Pick Up His First Love 我确诊胃癌，老公抛下我去接白月光 His first love kept texting him, telling him to hurry up and divorce me. At first, even though we were married by contract, we were deeply in love. But after his first love returned to the country, he abandoned me again and again. I was already in the final stages of cancer, and when I died, he still didn’t make it in time to see me. I never expected the System to give me another chance at life. Given another chance, I made a different choice. 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 I've Secretly Loved Him, Year After Year 我偷偷喜欢他，一年又一年 Jiang Yuze will never know That a girl named Xiao Xi secretly loved him for seven years. Xiao Xi: a desolate hope. Just like her unrequited love, it would never see the light of day. She said, “I once loved someone with all my heart, too. But he never knew how I felt.” Reader's note: Based on a true story 2kReads8.6Score217Shelves
- 64 He's Always So Good at Sweet-Talking Her 他惯会哄她 [Two Top Students x Childhood Friends x Mutual Devotion x Tragedy] Sunny ray of sunshine x Double-Standard Top Student Jiang Shiyuan was the brightest sun in Pei Zhiheng's world. They made many promises at seventeen, but the words "I'll be with you forever" were buried along with her in late autumn. The plane tree leaves had yet to fall from the branches in late autumn when Jiang Shiyuan's life came to an end. [My name is Jiang Shiyuan. Shi, as in time, and Yuan, as in wish. Pei Zhiheng.] [J 813Reads8.0Score103Shelves
- 65 He Sees Spring he见春天 Jiang Du thought her youth was destined to smell of disinfectant in hospital corridors and the foil stars inside medicine packets, until Wei Qingyue burst into her world carrying a quantum physics textbook. A greenhouse on a stormy night, cicadas singing at 128 Hz, a novel manuscript filled with annotations: every signal they had missed was gently corrected in a parallel universe. Eight years later, when blue plumbago bloomed out of season, meteor coordinates from the observatory guided them to 4.8kReads—Score498Shelves
- 66 Hidden in Late Winter 深藏晚冬 [Signed for publication] [Two top students + love that grows over time + youth and school days + angst] Gentle, sweet girl × jealous, cocky boy * At sixteen, he said he wanted to become a police officer and protect the people. She said she wanted to become a doctor and save lives. * At seventeen, he said, “We met in winter, Wen Yu. We'll spend so many more winters together. Take care of this white camellia for me for now.” The wind lifted the hem of the boy's coat, and his eyes shone. So she rem 2.6kReads9.3Score549Shelves
- 67 Beautiful Years 景年 [Angst! Angst! Angst! Angst!] My name is Jiang Nian. I was born in the height of summer and died in the depths of winter. Fate was always fleeting, and even meeting you was a blessing. We were destined to meet in this life, but not to be together. May we continue our bond in the next. The debts of this life must be repaid in this life. On the road to the afterlife, don’t look back. May we have a better fate and grow old together in the next life! I still remember the words Lin Anjing said to 521Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 68 Fourteen Letters 十四封信 Ruan Shengsheng × Zhou Mingsen (The contents of the fourteen letters are on Weibo ♥) Ruan Shengsheng had already come to accept death in peace, but his arrival made her begin to fear her own disappearance. He said, “Shengsheng, don’t cry. I’ll always be by your side.” She said, “I went to the temple to pray for your safety for the rest of your life.” At the very end, he held her hand tightly. Tears slid down his cheeks and fell onto their clasped hands. Summer in Yuncheng ended, and their s 1kReads8.4Score338Shelves
- 69 Is the Wind Still Blowing? 风还在吹吗 [Bisexual, Mutual Secret Crush] [Male Lead Dies/Female Lead Dies for Love] Their similar names were a red thread secretly tied by the Matchmaker. Chen Shuye often felt secretly delighted by how much her name resembled Cheng Shuye's. Their similar names seemed to draw them closer and deepen their bond. In their senior year of high school, he said, “Chen Shuye, I’ve helped you so many times. So, can I copy your college application form?” Chen Shuye smiled. “Sure.” But after she called the police 3.5kReads9.2Score854Shelves
- 70 She Said She Loved the Sea 她说喜欢海 Lin Chiyu, the fish in a pond that longs for its old depths, a caged bird yearning for its old forest. She suffers from depression, and her mother favors boys over girls. Her mother only cares about whether her younger brother likes or needs something, never considering Lin Chiyu at all. Just like this ordinary bowl of egg noodles. Someone enveloped in darkness doesn't yearn for the light. [Contains a relationship between two men. Read with caution.] 1.1kReads8.9Score181Shelves
- 71 An’an Never Grows Up 安安长不大 He was Xu Shuyan, the top student in his year and the school’s untouchable heartthrob. He was naturally aloof, wanted nothing to do with people, and always kept to himself. One day, in a torrential downpour, with lights blazing all around, he sat quietly on a stool outside the door, drenched to the skin. She couldn’t understand why, so she held an umbrella over him and took him somewhere out of the rain. After that day, she began bringing him breakfast, walking to and from school with him, and d 983Reads9.0Score200Shelves
- 72 No One Loves Him 没有人爱他 No One Loves Him 527Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 She Went Mad With Regret After I Was Diagnosed With Late-Stage Stomach Cancer 我胃癌晚期后，她悔疯了 My girlfriend said she wanted to know what it felt like to be a female boss. Without a second thought, I transferred the company into her name. A reporter asked who she was most grateful to on her journey, but she nestled in the arms of a sweet-talking man and smiled coyly. “Big sister, of course I had to help you. It hurts my heart to see you struggle~” I curled up in my hospital bed, the diagnosis of stomach cancer glaring in my hands. Only later did I learn that the sweet-talking man had appr 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 My Best Friend Got Pregnant by a Black Man, Then Blamed Her Ex-Boyfriend 闺蜜与黑人交往意外怀孕，赖上了前男友 My Best Friend Accidentally Got Pregnant by a Black Man, Then Tried to Pin It on Her Ex —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 This Is Awkward: My Ex-Wife Is Getting Married, and I Still Have to Serve at the Wedding 尴尬，前妻结婚我还要去婚宴上端盘子 How awkward. My ex-wife is getting married, and I still have to go serve food at her wedding banquet. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Waiting Half a Year for You 等你半年 [Campus Youth + Online Romance + Tragic Ending] [Cold, Distant Junior × Obsessive Senior] She spent her entire youth loving one person, only to lose herself waiting for him. When she was sixteen, Lu Xingchen told Lin Chuxia, “This star is called Chuxia.” She believed him. She waited three years and sent more than four hundred messages. He never replied to a single one. Later, he found someone else. He made their relationship public, flaunted his affection, and called someone else “baby.” He 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 At Seventeen, He Told Me Love Means Letting Go 17岁的他告诉我，爱是放手 At seventeen, he told me that love means letting go. 369Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 The Last Farewell Letter 最后一封离别信 [Signed for publication in simplified Chinese] May this letter find you well, and may these words make you feel as if we were face to face. Jiang Xunian. This is the second letter I’ve written to you, and my last goodbye. Perhaps I should introduce myself to you again. Hello, my name is Yan Shun. 1.6kReads9.2Score478Shelves
- 79 The Year I Loved You Most 最爱你的那一年 A short childhood-sweethearts campus tragedy Song Xiyuan has been sickly since childhood, but she takes life in stride and sees things clearly. Then one day, she, who has never worn makeup, starts learning how. Duan Jingchen has always been the kind of child other parents wish they had: smart, hardworking, and good at school. Then one day, the person who has always been by his side disappears. The sun was shining brightly that day, yet Song Xiyuan said something completely out of the blue: “Duan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 If You Hadn't Left 如果你没离开 [Angsty romance, love at first sight, campus, regrets, bad ending] He was a wealthy young master who had been sent away to live with another family. She was a humble girl who had left the mountains behind. They met on the first day of school and later became classmates. She never hid her secret crush, and he never kept his feelings to himself. But after one of her loved ones died, a choice drove them apart for good. Years later... She had changed completely. But when she met him again... She bec 48Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 81 Finger Bone 指骨 [Warning: questionable values] I have no name. As far back as I can remember, I've been a dog. Because my sense of smell and hearing are naturally sharp, a human trafficker kept me by his side. No one cared how old I was. I was probably a little older than Song Junlan when I met him. He had been sold to a wealthy family to live as their young master. We met again because I was given a job and offered a huge sum of money: Song Junlan's sister had hired someone to kill him. 43Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 82 Giving Up Depression Along With Love 把抑郁症和爱一起戒掉 Tags: BE | Tragic Romance | Two Male Leads | Campus | Mutual Salvation Note: The main story is about 20 chapters, with the rest consisting of extras. [Cold and aloof Lu Yu] x [Insecure Lin Qi] Lin Qi's world is a deep blue that cannot be mixed away on a painter's palette. Lu Yu's world is a desolate place, forever weightless between the lines. Two boys, trapped for years in the depths of their emotions, secretly build a spiritual utopia just for each other in a glass room in an old building. 270Reads8.8Score182Shelves
- 83 Her Youthful Years 她的豆蔻年华 Her Sweet Sixteen 225Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 You Spent a Lifetime Hating the One Who Fought with Everything They Had to Love You 你用一辈子的恨，防了一个拼了命爱你的人 You spent a lifetime of hatred guarding yourself against someone who was willing to give everything to love you. 504Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 The Wind Kisses the White Rose 风吻白玫瑰 A cheerful girl with depression vs. a lonely, gentle top student Chen Yan meets a strange person at the hospital. That day, he sees many sides of her. One moment she is chatting away, the next she is silently crying. Since high school, she has called herself “Young Master Xiao Jiang” and become everyone’s mood-maker. Everyone thinks that is just who she is, but Chen Yan is the only one who has seen the side she keeps hidden. So he says, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here to save you.” He has seen her at 77Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 86 A Month Before Our Wedding, I Caught My Fiancée and Her Best Friend in a Hotel Secret 结婚前一个月，我在酒店撞见未婚妻和她闺蜜的秘密 A Month Before Our Wedding, I Caught My Fiancée Sharing a Secret with Her Best Friend at a Hotel 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 If I Could Start Over, I Would Hope Never to Meet You Again 要是能重来，我希望不再遇到你 If I could do it all over again, I hope I wouldn't meet you again. 183Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 Su Wan's Secret Crush 苏绾的暗恋 She Has a Secret Crush on Someone —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 89 The Blue Gum Tree Waits in Vain for the Mistletoe Bird 蓝桉等不到释槐鸟 “If I loved you a little less, would I be able to say a little more to you?” The girl, Ru An, had a secret crush on Lin Fu, the brightest star in school. She loved writing in her diary. Over her three years of high school, she filled five diaries. Not once did she mention Lin Fu by name, yet every line was about him. She described Lin Fu as full of life and spirit, but couldn't find a single word that suited herself. She had always lived by the rules, following the same routine. The only courage 17kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
- 90 Looking Toward Jiangnan 望江南 [Healing / Campus Romance / Bittersweet Ending] Dedicated to a brief, blazing youth! Ji Mengnan only remembered that night’s heavy rain and the river behind her, churning like boiling water. Is loving someone a lifelong thing? Everything Ji Mengnan did afterward, all the ways she tried to keep living, was because of that love. If it weren’t for Jiang Qing, she would have died at seventeen. The boy was the only ray of light in the darkness, but light never stays forever, and it doesn’t shine on h 375Reads9.1Score101Shelves
- 91 He Just Doesn't Like Me That Much 他只是没那么喜欢我 [Campus Tragedy] Sensitive girl x genius boy He was the bright, sunny boy who became the main character of my youth. His charming eyes left me dazzled for a long time. I knew he might have felt only the slightest bit of affection for me, and that I was just a passerby in his life. But it didn’t matter. Even if he hurt me ten thousand times, I would still like him. He always told me I would meet someone better, but I knew there could never be another him. As they walked down a path, they shared 1.5kReads—Score128Shelves
- 92 A Regrettable Outcome 遗憾成局 A wild, carefree boy vs. a cool, well-behaved girl [School life + city life + unrequited love] [Bad ending] The rain in Beicheng was warm and stifling. That year, she was seventeen and he was eighteen. "…I want to get…a tattoo." Wen Yuyan's slender fingers clutched the hem of her clothes, her voice trembling. Qi Yue leaned closer, smiling. "Good students aren't supposed to get tattoos." His teasing voice and warm breath washed over her. The following winter, a heavy snowfall blanketed Beiche 279Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 93 A Little Cloud 一片小云朵 [Sunny boy Xu Ji × sensitive, overthinking Qiao Tong] [Bad ending] When they first meet, midsummer sunlight falls across the boy’s clothes, and Xu Ji’s smile catches Qiao Tong completely off guard. Bit by bit, Xu Ji brings light to Qiao Tong’s dark world. After the college entrance exams, Xu Ji gathers the courage to reveal the secret he has kept in his heart for so long. “Qiao Tong, will you give me the chance to walk beside you?” “I like you.” Waves pound against the shore. Xu Ji’s words crash 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 His Long-Overdue Love 他迟来的深情 Three years into their marriage, Xia Mo discovers that Fu Zhe has been cheating. When Xia Mo falls ill, Fu Zhe travels the world with his mistress. He uses marital assets to buy her a mansion and luxury watches, spending lavishly. Desperate, Xia Mo asks for a divorce. She stays calm and level-headed as she deals with the mistress, gathers evidence to reclaim the assets, and takes revenge on the scumbag, leaving him with nothing… 297Reads8.4Score105Shelves
- 95 Completed, No Continuation 已完不续 A heartbreaking campus romance you can read in one sitting I am a beast trapped in a castle, waiting for you to save the rose that is about to wither. The second Lu Chiqiu slipped a love letter into Xin Xu’s desk, her mother and his father were carried out of a garage, overcome by carbon monoxide. Neither of them was wearing any clothes. At that moment, a young girl’s secret crush became the most humiliating thing imaginable. Content warning: The male lead dies in the year he loves the female 23Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 96 The One Thing I Wanted to Record Before I Died 死前，我唯一想记录的 I fell in love with my non-blood-related older brother, but he found me disgusting and sent me to a conversion therapy center. After I got out, my mental state deteriorated day by day, and in the end, before I died, I wrote this 3.1kReads8.1Score656Shelves
- 97 She Won't Comfort Me Anymore 她不哄我了 [Signed, awaiting publication] Inspired by the author's own experience of secretly loving someone for six years, even though he already loves someone else. Xu Ci is outwardly a cool, gifted young man, but inwardly sensitive. Wanyue is outwardly sunny and cheerful, but inwardly sensitive and insecure, a sweet, well-behaved girl. One summer, amid the buzzing cicadas, Xu Ci and Wanyue fell in love at first sight. Xu Ci had to leave early for something, and Wanyue thought she'd never see him again. 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 Silent Rain 雨无声 A timid, insecure heroine with depression × a sunny, gentle, refined hero [Sweet and angsty, with a bad ending] [He saves her] After an accident turned Shi Yu’s world upside down, she shut herself away and never came back out. She never expected to meet that person. She thought their paths would part for good after high school graduation. Yet when they met again, she still couldn’t help paying attention to him. From then on, her world slowly brightened, and she found her salvation. Shen Jingyan 565Reads8.7Score105Shelves
- 99 A Bone-Deep Seduction 蚀骨诱哄 “Big brother, could you be gentle with me just once...” “Sure. How would you like that? Cut off a finger, pull out your nails, or roll across a bed of nails? If you hurt someone, you have to pay the price!” Shen Changmu looked with utter disgust at the woman writhing on the floor, her whole body trembling with pain. She was the wife his grandfather had forced him to marry. He didn't love her, though he couldn't deny that she knew exactly how to seduce him, tempting him again and again until he 2.1kReads6.0Score102Shelves
- 100 The Years They Loved Each Other 他们相爱的那些年 Everyone in Nancheng knows that Wen Wan is the happiest princess in the city, adored by Lu Zhiyan, a decisive and ruthless man who gets things done. Everyone also knows that Wen Wan looks just like Lu Zhiyan’s ex-girlfriend, Bai Xi. Five years ago, Wen Wan was driven out of the Lu family villa in disgrace. The happy years they had shared became a blade after blade piercing her heart. Five years later, Wen Wan seals away her feelings and focuses on her career, finally becoming a CEO and brutally 18Reads—Score—Shelves
