Novels like A Heaven-Sent Tenderness
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- 51 Even a Cannon-Fodder Villainess Wants to Survive! 炮灰女配也有求生欲！ Ji Yu and Qin Yan grew up together as childhood sweethearts, so close that no one could ever come between them. One day, Ji Yu suddenly had a dream... In the dream, she was a vicious supporting character who did every kind of evil, while Qin Yan was the male lead. After waking up, Ji Yu didn't take it seriously at first. That was, until the heroine from her dream made her dazzling entrance. This Cinderella disguised herself as a boy. She was ambitious, unafraid of power, refused to suck up to th 3.2kReads6.9Score150Shelves
- 52 Warm Water Stews Green Pears 温水炖青梨 [Six-year age gap] [Sweet romance] [Scheming, protective daddy type × soft-hearted sweetheart] [Both are inexperienced] Everyone knows Shen Yanmo became the world's richest man at a young age through his own abilities. He's ruthless, says little, and is formidable in business. He keeps women at a distance, but ever since childhood he's had a little childhood friend following him around like a tail. For all his hard-heartedness and distance from women, he cherishes her like his own life. Tong Li 6.5kReads9.0Score616Shelves
- 53 The Stubborn Childhood Friend: Brother Lu Was the One Who Fell First 嘴硬青梅：是陆哥他先动的心 [A new author and a new novel. Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, no one reborn.] [Both leads are inexperienced in love; one-on-one romance, a little angst and lots of sweetness, with a focus on everyday life.] [Everyday life, Chinese-style school setting.] When Lin Jing starts at Experimental Middle School, she has two wishes. First, she hopes no one finds out that the aloof heartthrob Lin Yi is her older brother! Second, she wants to stay far away from Lu Yun. She manages to keep her fir 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Brother Childhood Friend, Your Cool-Guy Persona Has Crumbled 竹马哥哥，你的高冷人设崩塌啦 [Early work, read with caution] Rumor had it that the most handsome boy at No. 1 High School was aloof and indifferent to girls. He’d been admitted to the country’s top university in his first year of high school, and had won countless prizes in all kinds of competitions. Anyone who’d met him up close described him in four words: “Impossible to catch up to.” So why was there always a beautiful, sweet-voiced little fairy by his side? It took half a semester for everyone to realize that they’d bee 449Reads9.1Score100Shelves
- 55 After We Reunited, His Cool Persona Fell Apart 重逢后，他的高冷人设崩塌了 Completed A man who’s worse than a dog × a sweet, gentle cutie This story is nothing but sweetness and laughs. One sentence from Jiang Xuhuai kept Tang Xiao waiting for four whole years. When he returns, he’s the Jiang family’s grandson. The gulf between their statuses sets off a game of cat and mouse, with her running and him chasing. She retreats step by step, while he closes in. One day, Tang Xiao can take no more. “Can you stay a little farther away from me?” Jiang Xuhuai smiles. “Agree to t 2.7kReads9.1Score219Shelves
- 56 Hello, Mr. Gu 顾先生，你好 Seven years ago, he wrote her a letter ending their friendship with his own hands, then vanished without a trace. Just when she thought they would never meet again in this life, he returned. A deliberately arranged meeting gave them both a chance at a love they couldn't settle for less than. Whenever Cheng Cheng looks back, she still finds it hard to believe. She never imagined that, from the moment she met Gu Qing, no one else would ever be able to enter her world. Back then, they were deskmate 84Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 57 A Kiss from My Sweetheart 诱吻小青梅 [Pure, sweet, soft little flower × devoted, cunning esports powerhouse] [Six-year age gap + sweet romance + both virgins + secret crush comes true] Ning Youyou fell for her best friend’s older brother when she was 15. He had sharp brows and bright eyes, a high nose, and a cool, untouchable air when he didn’t smile. When he did, he could melt ice and snow. His whole being radiated such irresistible masculine charm that even a dog would blush. Whenever he had a chance, he’d ruffle her hair and pat 917Reads8.9Score102Shelves
- 58 Reborn as a Baby, Sign-In from the Start and Forced to Compete 重生婴儿，开局签到被迫开始内卷 (Single female lead) (Lighthearted and heartwarming) (An everyday-life story) Reborn in 2005, Yan Qiu discovered that he had become a baby who struggled even to roll over. More absurdly, the wrinkled little childhood sweetheart in the neighboring crib completely outperformed him, a reborn person, in every aspect of development: she rolled over faster than he did, sat alone longer than he could, and started walking earlier than him. Yan Qiu gritted his teeth and trained harder for three months, f 96.2kReads9.0Score13.4kShelves
- 59 The Little Darling Has Arrived: Winning Hearts at the Chancellor's Residence 小奶团报道：我在相府做团宠 [Reborn in the womb + adored by everyone + adorable child + doting father + protective older brother + everyday life] Xiao Yaohua is the only girl in three generations of the Wang family, cherished by everyone. Her powerful family background draws all sorts of people who compete to win her favor in increasingly inventive ways, setting off a series of amusing events... One day, Xiao Yaohua discovers by accident that her wounds heal quickly and her blood can nourish all things. Just then, the futu 3.7kReads9.1Score252Shelves
- 60 Nurturing a Little Rose 温养小玫瑰 When Bian Bian fell for Wen Zhixu, he was dating someone else. When Bian Bian confessed, he told her she was too young. Later, Bian Bian got tired of waiting. Wen Zhixu could only watch the girl he had raised, his Bao'er, date another man. 769Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 61 Dear Boy, I’ve Been Waiting for You 亲爱的少年，久等了 In the fifth week of her sophomore year, Wen Juefei skipped a university-wide elective and missed two major events. First, the substitute instructor was secretly photographed because he was so handsome, and the picture went viral online, earning him the title “Peking University's Handsomest Teaching Assistant.” Second, the handsomest teaching assistant took attendance, then singled Wen Juefei out and gave her a thorough scolding She obediently went to the next class, only to discover that the re 248Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 62 Moonlight Hangs Low Behind Her 月色在她身后低垂 [Both leads devoted only to each other, a sweet story of healing, sweet from beginning to end. The reborn male lead saves the heroine. School life in the first half, cozy everyday life later. A gentle, refined business tycoon hero x a dazzling, striking comic artist heroine] Jiang Yan and Nan Tang lost each other for ten years. When they met again, neither expected it to be their final farewell. The burdens society placed on the girl were too heavy, and they drove her away from him. Reborn in hi 2.3kReads9.4Score236Shelves
- 63 Marrying Captain Qin 嫁给秦队长 [Rekindled love + reunion after years apart + redemption + healing + happy ending] [Cool, handsome SWAT captain + gentle, sweet-tempered teacher] They were secretly in love with each other, but a misunderstanding drove Yang Mian to flee Beicheng and leave his world behind. Seven years later, when she has no choice but to return to Beicheng, she unexpectedly runs into him at the airport while he’s on a mission. This time, the man doesn’t give her another chance to run. He carries her home, pins h 7kReads9.0Score688Shelves
- 64 I'm Done Chasing Her. She's Marrying Another Tycoon 不追了，她和别的大佬联姻了 (The short drama based on this book, He Came from the Other Shore, is now streaming.) [Sweet, gentle young Chinese medicine practitioner vs. devoted, free-spirited young heir. One-on-one romance, both virgins, sweet and healing] [A marriage that turns to love from the heroine’s perspective, unrequited love that becomes mutual from the hero’s perspective, and the second male lead chases his ex until he’s left in ashes] Si Xian had pursued Bo Yan without a title or commitment for seven years. At l 13.4kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
- 65 Fighting for Me, Stealing Me Away, and Flirting with Me, My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Kissing Fiend 又争又抢又撩，小竹马是个亲亲怪 The short drama My Sister, Kiss Me Again is now available [Obsessive, sly puppy-like younger man VS pure, alluring academic beauty] [Devoted sweet romance + childhood sweethearts + secret crush becomes mutual + healing each other + older woman-younger man romance + intense tension + second male lead gets his comeuppance] Jiang Qi catches her boyfriend kissing his female “best bro.” Ji Mingyu: “I told you, we’re just buddies, like Zhang Fei and Liu Bei. Can you stop making a fuss?” Jiang Qi: “Zha 2.1kReads9.0Score253Shelves
- 66 To the Mountains and Seas with You 与你共赴山与海 A gossip reporter breaks the news: A married male star may be cheating with a college student! The post came with several photos of the star picking up a young woman near a university and acting intimately with her. The pictures were blurry, but people still pointed to Cheng Yuqiao, the top-tier star who announced his marriage last year. The hashtag shot up the trending charts, and netizens rushed to comment. Comment 1: I’m absolutely stunned. Can men be trusted? Pigs can climb trees before that 11.2kReads9.0Score1kShelves
- 67 His Rose Love Letter 他的玫瑰情书 [A prickly little rose born with night blindness vs. a wealthy heir who ran away from home to become a university professor] [A not-so-serious one-line summary: A story about an uncle becoming an older brother, then a husband] - Lin Ran was only nine when Shen Yanchuan brought her home. For twelve years, she called him “Uncle.” That was until one night, Shen Yanchuan saw her calling a virtual character on her phone, one who looked exactly like him, “Hubby.” It took him a long time to recover. - 89Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 68 My Childhood Friend's Little Plum Blossom Is Too Flirtatious 竹马的小青梅太撩了 [Quirky, spirited childhood sweetheart × Gentle, scheming childhood friend] Everyone at school knew that a clingy girl had started hanging around Jiang Youli, the aloof, untouchable heartthrob from Class One, Grade Eleven. Wherever he went, she was sure to be there… Everyone thought she was just an obsessed fangirl, and that the heartthrob didn't even acknowledge her. One day, at a party, they played truth or dare. The girl was so drunk she could barely think. After losing, she chose a dare and, 437Reads8.9Score103Shelves
- 69 A Wife Raised Like a Delicate Flower 如娇饲妻 [Radiant, captivating, and adorably spoiled young heiress x Gloomy, calculating, lovesick power player of the capital's elite] [Ex-Husband's Redemption][Not a strong female lead! Not a strong female lead!][A novice author's practice work and a cringey old project, so please go easy on me, dear readers.] [Content warnings: The heroine is not a virgin, while the hero is; a powerful, calculating man plays the role of a homewrecker][A shameless story about a man stealing someone else's partner and w 4.6kReads9.0Score344Shelves
- 70 My Scheming Childhood Friend: Little Plum, I Can't Get Enough of You! 腹黑竹马：小青梅，吃不够！ “Be good and give it to me.” “No! This is a matter of principle!” The snack-loving girl hugged a huge pile of treats and refused to surrender them, even to the death. He smiled. “I made twenty-eight dishes.” She calmly handed over every last snack, then cooed, “Darling! You're more important than snacks!” He was a cold-faced, cunning CEO who plotted and strategized from a thousand miles away, but… none of that mattered! What mattered was that he was a master chef, and he was miles ahead in the r 1.1kReads8.9Score129Shelves
- 71 Endless Night in the Capital 京夜未央 Powerful, celibate older man X coquettish, willful mixed-race little troublemaker Eleven-year age gap, growing-up romance “After that, Beijing never saw snow that heavy again, and I never let her walk such a long, lightless road again.” The eldest son of the Shen family, Shen Jihuai, is thirty-one and unmarried. Rumors in their circle say he has an illegitimate daughter in New York whom he spoils rotten, giving her the stars and the moon. As everyone speculates about who the girl's mother might 4.9kReads8.4Score449Shelves
- 72 The Rest of My Life, Facing Summer 余生向夏 [Youthful school life + childhood sweethearts + mutual devotion + each other’s only one] [Top student heartthrob who says one thing and means another × energetic, sweet girl who’s bad at school] At Yangchuan No. 1 High School’s anniversary celebration, a reporter stopped returning students at random and asked, “What does youth mean to you?” Jiang Yufeng grabbed the microphone, bursting with excitement. “It’s the sweat we shed on the basketball court!” Fang Xiaowei took it from him with a look of 1.5kReads9.0Score198Shelves
- 73 My Childhood Sweetheart Follows Me Every Step 竹马步步相随 [Childhood friends]× [Mutual pining]× [Sweet romance] Their story began when they were children. Gu Jingcheng: Cool and handsome, quiet by nature, a rising star in Beijing's elite circles. Tang Shuyao: Delicate and lovely, cheerful by nature, a beautiful painter. Gu Jingcheng held the woman in his arms, his eyes brimming with intense love. “Shuyao, are you leaving again?” His voice was low and husky, his eyes betraying his restraint and self-control. Tang Shuyao smiled as she met his gaze. Her 1.1kReads9.1Score102Shelves
- 74 The Campus Heartthrob and His Sweet Childhood Friend 校草竹马，甜宠青梅娇妻 A stunning childhood sweetheart who can be sweet or sassy × A gentle, scheming school heartthrob who grew up with her “My Zai Zai, I'll give you anything you want. Everything is yours, and so am I.” Duan Yinglin has eyes only for her, carefully drawing her into his arms step by step. Everyone at Tongcheng High says Duan Yinglin is refined and aloof, always distant yet polite. He's an untouchable beauty no one can win over. Then Su Ranran comes along and breaks the ice. “Is this gentle, handsome 1kReads9.2Score148Shelves
- 75 My Childhood Sweetheart, My Forever 小青梅，余生是你 [An artistic childhood sweetheart × the childhood friend who dotes only on her] He laughs with her, plays with her, and does everything she loves. The aloof and reserved Bo Jinhan is cold to everyone, but gentle only with Bai Xingmi. “I only ever wanted to be with you, even when we were little.” “Then let's get married.” “Big brother, my childhood sweetheart, will you give me the rest of your life?” “My whole life is yours. I couldn't be happier!” 347Reads9.0Score102Shelves
- 76 Reborn, I Lure Him into Addiction 重生后，诱他上瘾 Ye Qingyin had been married to Yu Shaoning for years without having a child. When they divorced, his first love hired someone to run her down in the street, killing her. When she opened her eyes again, she had somehow been happily married to Yi Chuhan, Yu Shaoning’s friend, for six years. Even more astonishing, without her knowing, she had given birth to an adorable little one, making up for the regret she’d carried in her previous life. Ye Qingyin had planned to stay with Yi Chuhan as a couple 347Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 77 EN A Wild Dog Catches a Butterfly 野犬抓蝴蝶 [Sweet, timid girl × gloomy, unhinged troublemaker] [Childhood friends + forced love + reunion after years apart + both pure + happy ending] (Original title: The Wild Dog Catches the Butterfly) Xi Jin was born into a wealthy family. With his striking looks and cool, otherworldly air, he was the picture of perfection. At eighteen, he won the world championship in the 10-meter air pistol, making a name for himself overnight. To his teachers, he was a top student. To his countless fans, he was a bo 25.9kReads8.6Score2.4kShelves
- 78 Sweet! The Traffic Police Captain Is My Childhood Friend 甜！交警队长是竹马 [Adorable, lively, flirtatious surgeon x Stoic, gentle traffic police captain] [Childhood sweethearts | Both virgins | Older woman, younger man | Speedy marriage | Secretly in love with her] The first time He Tingyu saw Jiang Yijin again was on the main road. Captain Jiang detained her for riding without a helmet. After all those years apart, He Tingyu didn’t recognize the tall, imposing man as the chubby little boy who used to follow her around. He Tingyu protested, “So many people ride without 12.3kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
- 79 Be Good! Come Into My Arms 乖！来我怀里 [Mutual devotion + reunion after years apart + sweet romance] [Sweet, cool, soft girl × cocky guy] From the day they were born until they were old and gray, they were always by each other’s side. Before Wen Sui transferred in, Jiang Zhiye looked like this to everyone: good grades and good at fighting, but with a bad temper; handsome and tall, but with a bad personality. In short, don’t get too close to him. After Wen Sui transferred in, Jiang Zhiye looked like this to everyone: he didn’t skip c 2.4kReads9.1Score272Shelves
- 80 The Possessive Tycoon Only Spoils His Childhood Sweetheart 偏执大佬独宠小青梅 [Devoted, sweet-on-the-outside-but-dark-inside tycoon VS soft, lively girl] When they first met, Jiang Zhi lay on his stomach, drooling over baby Mu Jiujiu in her swaddling clothes. For the next ten-plus years, they were inseparable, and Mu Jiujiu was happy to follow him everywhere. Then they were separated. Five years later, the first thing they had to deal with when they met again was living together?! Jiang Zhi pinned Mu Jiujiu in a corner, lowering his voice to ask, “Kid, don’t you recognize 412Reads9.0Score103Shelves
- 81 Dazzling Dance Steps, A Badge Held Dear 灼灼舞步，念念警徽 The score has just come out and will gradually rise [Cold-Faced Detective × Sweet, Gentle Dancer | Jealous, Devoted Love] A terrifying late-night rideshare ride. She presses the emergency button, and the man who breaks down the door to save her is her childhood friend, whom she hasn’t seen in ten years, now the city’s coldest police captain. Radiating menace, he pins the criminal to the ground, then takes off his uniform and wraps it around her trembling shoulders. “You can cry now.” * The “cold 2.8kReads8.2Score235Shelves
- 82 Sweet and Sour Gummies 酸甜软糖 [Main story complete] They say the heir to the Jiang family, Jiang Yao, has always had a fiancée: Ming Yan, the eldest daughter of the Ming family, longtime friends of the Jiangs. But the two of them don’t seem to like each other much. At first: Jiang Yao: “She’s a spoiled young lady with a princess complex. Anyone who falls for her is asking for trouble.” Ming Yan: “He’s a spoiled young master who looks at everyone like they owe him money. I’d never fall for him.” Later Ming Yan leaves withou 4.1kReads9.0Score335Shelves
- 83 Childhood Sweethearts! Be Good, or Your Husband Will Scold You 娃娃亲！乖宝不听话要被老公凶哟 [Childhood friends; doting, devilishly possessive husband × beautiful little airhead; fatherly boyfriend; obsessive, brooding, scheming male lead with an extremely, extremely, extremely strong need for control and possession; groveling chase; reunited after a breakup.] When Bai Yu was six, her mother met a lovely woman while pregnant with Bai Yu's younger sister. They hit it off and arranged a betrothal for their unborn children. But when the babies were born, they were both girls. So the other 2.4kReads8.6Score178Shelves
- 84 My Unhinged Wife Is a Little Pig 疯批媳妇儿是小猪 [Childhood Friends] [Loyal Dog] [Unhinged] [Wife-Obsessed Protector] He Pingye was knocked silly, and became both crazy and domineering. But nobody knew he had simply been reborn. In his previous life, he died horribly. His soul drifted without a home as he watched the "little pig" he had personally cared for and protected for twenty years, his little moon, sacrifice her freedom and lose the use of her legs for dancing in order to avenge him. She endured everything in silence, suffering one humi 4.2kReads—Score234Shelves
- 85 Reborn to Cherish My Little Rose 重生，娇养小玫瑰 Shen Simo, who never cared about anything, married his childhood friend Shu Lingyi, whom he hadn’t seen in years. After their marriage, his childhood friend was reasonably well-behaved, but her wildcat temperament gave him a bit of a headache. After a car accident, he opened his eyes to discover he had returned to the year he was ten. That was the year his childhood friend, who had been taken away at birth, was finally brought back. Looking at the chubby-cheeked little girl, who was only three, 3.4kReads8.7Score257Shelves
- 86 After Getting Involved with My Archenemy, He Spoils Me Until My Backaches 惹上死对头后被他宠到腰酸 [Childhood friends / two Beijing social circles / the second male lead rises to the top / roguishly handsome, scheming heir × gentle, proud heiress / rivals / long-planned seduction / secret crush / one-on-one] At the wrap party, Ji Fanxing watched Zhou Zaize drape an arm around someone else. Drunk and disoriented, she somehow stumbled into the arms of her nemesis, Su Muchen. “Well, Ji Fanxing, throwing yourself into my arms isn’t usually how you do things.” Afterward, Ji Fanxing fled in a panic 452Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 87 Sweet Spoiling: The Empress Is Adorable and Soft 甜宠：皇后娘娘又娇又软 Historical romance + household intrigue + sweet romance The emperor of the Great Liang has only one woman in his harem: the empress. This leaves the court officials deeply dissatisfied. What displeases them even more is that His Majesty the Emperor actually carries the empress into court! 7.1kReads7.6Score360Shelves
- 88 Love Flows Like a Gentle Stream 爱意如细水长流 [Both are inexperienced + two top students + childhood sweethearts + from high school to college + sweet, heart-fluttering romance] [Beautiful, sweet-tempered classical dancer VS refined, free-spirited financial whiz] Ning Zhi has a childhood friend she grew up with. He’s tall, handsome, and fit, with plenty of money, a brilliant mind, and great people skills. Most importantly, he treats her wonderfully, pampering and indulging her in every way. Ning Zhi depends on him so much, and likes him mor 8.4kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
- 89 When You Came, the Wind Turned Sweet 你来时，风好甜 Lin Shu has always liked Shen Yushu, and everyone knows it! As for Shen Yushu, he probably doesn't like her... He's been used to having a little shadow follow him everywhere since they were children. Whenever he turned around, there she was. Then one day, he looked back and saw a man standing beside his little shadow, eyeing him like a rival. Suddenly, he panicked. The little shadow's eyes were red as she told him, “Shen Yushu, starting today, I don't like you anymore.” “I don't agree.” “...” “Y 290Reads9.0Score101Shelves
- 90 This Childhood Friend Is a Little Sweet 这个竹马有点甜 [The print edition is now available.] Jiang Wei, a university dance major, had been exceptionally gifted since childhood. In reality, though, she suffered from a “balance disorder,” so over the years she had to work harder than everyone else. Deep down, she was a girl with a stubborn streak fiercer than most men's. She had grown up alongside her neighbor Yi Ming, her childhood sweetheart. She knew he loved her, but she didn't dare admit it. Ten years ago, an unintentional act on her part had in 771Reads9.0Score120Shelves
- 91 Hard to Win Her Heart 难诱其枝 [Childhood Sweethearts / His Secret Crush / Possessive / Sweet Romance / Both Each Other’s First] [Radiant, free-spirited heiress vs. cold, cocky heir] * There was a pair of childhood sweethearts in the capital. Pei Yanhe, heir to a top-tier wealthy family, was arrogant and aloof, carefree and unruly, an untouchable favorite of heaven. Shen Yizhi was born into a prominent political family and raised like a treasured heiress. Proud and beautiful, she was nicknamed “the pampered princess of the hu 22.8kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
- 92 After the Little Princess Returned Home, Her Childhood Sweetheart Couldn't Hold Back 小祖宗回国后竹马忍不住了 [Extra Sweet + Extreme Flirting and Pampering + Mutual Firsts] Male Lead: Boye He. Female Lead: Li Xisi [The Crown Prince of Nanbei, Boye He] vs. [Nanbei’s Little Princess, Li Xisi] Boye He, the crown prince of Nanbei whom everyone feared, was born wild and untamable, unwilling to be bound by anyone. He was the most powerful man in Nanbei, feared throughout the whole country. Li Xisi, Nanbei’s little princess, was adored by her parents and her two older brothers, who would have given their he 11.5kReads7.7Score1.4kShelves
- 93 The Mad Dog 恶犬 Du Yutong opened her eyes in Chen Yang’s bed. Staring at the face in front of her, identical to ‘his,’ she screamed in anguish. Chen Yang’s gaze turned cold. “If you really can’t do it, just pretend I’m Chen Ji.” 455Reads9.4Score120Shelves
- 94 I Became the Villain's Sweet Little Green Tea Plum 穿成反派的绿茶小青梅 What should you do if you transmigrate into a book as the scheming tea-green villainess with the most tragic ending? Ye Qingqian, of course, chooses to cling to the leg of the powerful big brother next door, Ji Chengyuan! At first, Ji Chengyuan can't stand the clingy new girl from next door: “Brother Chengyuan, my finger hurts so much I can't eat. Waaah!” “Brother Chengyuan, look! Isn't the skirt my mom bought me pretty?” “Brother Chengyuan, I can't walk anymore. Hurry up and carry me home!” Lat 1.1kReads7.6Score131Shelves
- 95 Chasing My Childhood Sweetheart 竹马难追 [Campus romance, one-on-one, aloof childhood-friend top student who's hard to win over, everyone plays matchmaker] Qin Yun transfers schools in her second year of high school. Her childhood friend He Xingyan, whom she hasn't seen in three years, is still as doting as ever. Secretly delighted, Qin Yun takes the initiative and confesses to him before they enter university. But “Sorry, Keke. You must be confusing habit with love.” Qin Yun: “I'm not. I'm not confused. I just like you.” He Xingyan lo 1.8kReads9.1Score189Shelves
- 96 My Childhood Friend’s Uncle Has Been Secretly in Love with Me for Eight Years 竹马的小叔竟然暗恋我八年 [Previously titled: Incense and Longing] He falls for her first + age gap + simmering tension Intangible Cultural Heritage incense-maker × rising tech tycoon - Anyone with eyes could see that Lin Qitan liked Jin Jiahuai. To outsiders, it seemed only a matter of time before the longtime Jin and Lin family friends became one family. At the start of the new year, Lin Qitan finally broke the unspoken barrier between them, only to have cold water dumped over her head. Jin Jiahuai had a girlfriend. Th 5.1kReads9.2Score812Shelves
- 97 Luring Her into His Arms: The Boy Next Door Is So Good at Flirting 诱她入怀，邻家哥哥好会撩 Synopsis: [Reunion After a Long Separation + Childhood Friends + Long-Planned Romance + Both Pure + Mutual Secret Crushes + Sweet and Angsty] Song Tang knew from childhood that she and the boy next door had been betrothed before they were even born. When they grew up, she would marry him. But when she was a teenager, the boy next door, who had doted on her like a princess, suddenly started avoiding her as if she were a snake or a scorpion. That year, he was a sophomore in college, surrounded by 4.4kReads8.9Score275Shelves
- 98 Transmigrated to the Nineties: A Three-Year-Old Wants Her Dad to Become a Dragon 穿越九零，三岁萌娃望父成龙 [Everyone’s Darling + Adorable Baby + Daily Life + Childhood Sweethearts] Lin Shi worked diligently as an office drone, determined to buy a small home of her own in the big city. Just as her dream was about to come true, she suddenly dropped dead from overwork during an overtime shift. When she opened her eyes, Lin Shi had returned to the 1990s, transmigrated into a newborn baby. After observing for a long while, Lin Shi realized she had been born into a comfortable, middle-class family in the 1 3kReads9.2Score301Shelves
- 99 My Little Childhood Friend Is Soft and Sweet 小青梅又软又乖 [So sweet! Childhood sweethearts + growing up together + mutual pursuit + he's been planning this for years] When Su Shihan was three, he met a little girl with rosy lips and pearly teeth, soft and sweet, who clutched his clothes and called him gently, “Brother Shihan.” He doted on her endlessly, afraid she'd break if he held her too tightly and melt if he kept her in his mouth. But one day, she ran up to him, her face flushed with embarrassment. “Brother Shihan, I've fallen for someone!” Su Shi 3.7kReads8.4Score471Shelves
- 100 The Cool Childhood Friend and His Sweet Little Crush 高冷竹马的乖乖小青梅 [Childhood sweethearts + doting romance with no angst + a hint of secret identities] Mu Qiusang and Gu Zixian grew up together. When Gu Zixian was four, he met newborn Mu Qiusang. Seeing how soft and adorable she was, he decided he would protect her, and eventually even spirited her away to live in his own home... From the time Mu Qiusang could remember, she loved running after Gu Zixian. At first, she only thought, This big brother is so handsome. Her closeness to him as she grew up came from t 1.6kReads9.0Score150Shelves
