Novels like Longing Cannot Dispel Sorrow
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- 1 How Deep Is This Secret Crush? 暗恋深深深几许 But the world is so vast and far away, with mountains so high and seas so deep. It concerns only her and him now, and no longer has anything to do with them. A story centered on the final year of high school, and in a way, a story about unrequited love. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Lecherous Young Master 色公子 It has been nearly ten years since I last saw him. I am now the mother of a nine-year-old boy, but I know who I am: I belong to him, just as he belongs to me. Though we cannot have each other forever in a physical sense, I know what all this between us is. It is love. —Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 3 All the Love in My Heart Is Gone 忘尽心中情 [Campus romance + unrequited love + secret crush + playboy turns over a new leaf] This is the sequel to my work, A Longing Beyond Sorrow. Xu Shijie visits Jintai Temple to pray for Chen Miaohan’s departed soul. There, he meets Lin Mengying again, now recovered from depression, and also runs into Chen Miaohan’s younger sister, Chen Miaoying. Their story will continue… Lin Mengying is still hopelessly in love with Xu Shijie, but her love remains unreturned. Xu Zhi wanders through one relationship 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A Bet on Love 对赌爱情 [From School Uniforms to Wedding Gowns + Close Female Friends + Romantic Tension + Scoundrel Hero + Reuniting After a Breakup + The Wild Heart Reforms] Tang Yuying is hopelessly in love with Li Zhi, but her feelings go nowhere. Then a huge wave sweeps her away, and no one knows whether she is alive or dead. Eight years later, her twin sister, Tang Yucui, tracks down Li Zhi to avenge her younger sister, only to fall in love with the man she came to punish. A leopard never changes its spots. Li Zh 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 How Much Love Remains in This World 留人间多少爱 I asked the Buddha: Why not give every woman a face so beautiful it puts flowers to shame and the moon to flight? The Buddha replied: Such beauty blooms only briefly, serving to blind the eyes of the world. No beauty can rival a pure and compassionate heart. I asked the Buddha: If I meet someone I can love, but fear I may not be able to hold on to them, what should I do? The Buddha replied: Let love remain in this world, and greet its myriad changes. Be with the one you love, and do the things t 16Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 6 An Ending Sadder Than Sorrow 比悲伤更悲伤的结局 A short, heartbreaking story! Extremely tragic, full of over-the-top angst! Two female leads! Bring tissues, and proceed with caution if you cry easily! This book is packed with tearjerkers. I wonder how many chapters you can make it through before you start crying. Come along as we slowly uncover the story of a wedding with no groom. Li Yanran is pregnant and suffering from a serious illness. She needs a heart transplant, but she has kept it a secret from everyone. After fifteen years of knowin 124Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 7 Charging Against the Light 逆光进击 Advancing Against the Light —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The First Sword After Making It Ashore 上岸第一把剑 The First Sword I Drew After Coming Ashore —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Wind Blows Hard, Yet I Can’t Forget 风很大我却忘不掉 Find somewhere with strong winds and forget me. The wind was fierce that day, but I could never forget you. A boy with amnesia and an unusual nature meets a girl who seems strangely familiar. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Beg Her 求她 Everyone in Jiangcheng knew Tang Chu was Fu Jinnian’s disgrace. He loathed this wife who was beneath his station. In less than two years, his revenge left Tang Chu’s family ruined and broken. Later, Tang Chu disappeared. Fu Jinnian was reduced to clutching her image in his dreams, eyes red as he murmured, each word full of wounded reproach: “Tang Chu, you just left without a word. You really have no heart...” 1.6kReads6.1Score10214d adds
- 11 I Died the Year My Unrequited Love Ended! 死在暗恋结束那一年！ I died the year my unrequited love came to an end! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Sorrowful Secret Crush 悲伤暗恋 Redemption + Unrequited Love + Campus Tragedy + Bad Ending Inferiority-complex underachiever Su Xiaoyu vs. top student and campus prince Xiao Ruiyang His sunshine and warmth helped a girl who had fallen to the very bottom gradually find meaning in life. She worked hard to become a better person, just so she could be worthy of being his friend. They met in early summer and parted in early autumn. Years later, she would think back on that youth, when the flowers never bloomed and the sun had alrea 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Where the Light Fades 他在阑珊处 The year they first met, she asked him, “Lawyer Jiang, if there is another life, what kind of person would you want to be?” He remained silent for a long time, but had no answer. Later, they met again after years apart. Time had turned everything upside down. She had lost her voice and no longer fit into his world. Many years later, when someone asked him that question again, he smiled faintly and answered without hesitation: “Someone without ambitions, staying by her side as we grow old togethe 38Reads9.1Score1014d adds
- 14 How I Long to Return to the Starting Point 多想回到最初的起点 [Xuanhuan] [Tragedy] [Historical Romance] [Palace intrigue plays a minor role] Unable to let go of a love that cut to the bone, unable to forget a hatred that could never be reconciled. Love and hatred entwined, with death between them. "Remember my face, and etch it into your heart." No one is innocent, and no one is blameless. But who is the one moving the pieces? ① The leads "I love you. Wait for me to marry you." "Mm..." "You never trusted me. If I told you it wasn't true, would —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Moon Hangs over the Western Tower Behind Vermilion Gates 朱门悬月照西楼 The Moon Hangs Over the Vermilion Gates, Shining on the West Tower 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 He Doesn't Love Me, Yet He Married Me 他不爱我，却娶了我 On the day Ye Zimo and I got married, my cousin Wendy took her own life. Ye Zimo hated me for it. Throughout our eight-year marriage, he took pleasure in tormenting me. He partied every night and kept more mistresses than anyone could count. Even when I was pregnant, he brought a woman who looked just like Wendy to put on a sex show in front of me. I did as he wished and threw myself down the stairs, killing both myself and the baby. Given another chance, I let Ye Zimo and Wendy be together. But —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Mr. Lu, I'm Here to Marry You 陆先生，我来嫁你了 Mr. Lu, I'm Here to Marry You 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Two Years in Secret, and He Never Made Us Public 秘恋两年，我没等到他的公开 Two Years of Secret Love, and He Never Went Public with Us 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 A Summer Blossom in a Single Thought 一念夏花 [Redemption and angst × A bittersweet love that never gets over it] Do you believe in fairy tales? I've read A Summer Flower in a Single Thought. When Gu Nian was twelve, she dealt with her abusive father herself. Her short life was spent searching for that “lifeline” that could heal her. She isn't lovable, and can even be extreme and sensitive, with thorns all over, but I still believe she deserves every beautiful thing in the world. 22Reads—Score414d adds
- 20 Su Wan's Secret Crush 苏绾的暗恋 She Has a Secret Crush on Someone —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 21 A Marriage Plot Gone Awry 婚图不轨 A Marriage Plot Gone Awry 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 I'll Spend the Rest of My Life Loving You 我用余生来爱你 After two years of marriage, her mother-in-law’s repeated urging finally gave her the courage to say, “Shao Ting, let’s have a child.” But he didn’t respond. More than once, she asked him, “Do you love me?” He laughed scornfully, and she understood. Still, a little hope lingered. “Why can’t you love me?” “Because you’re not worthy.” She cried, and at last, in the depths of despair, gave his heart back to him. 37Reads6.1Score414d adds
- 23 Global Hunt 全球追猎 Global Hunt —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Her Scent of Lemon 柠檬味的她 They say Nancheng No. 1 High School has a rebellious school bully, Shen Ci, arrogant and proud of his talent. They say the girls who have liked him could line up from the school gates all the way to the edge of Nancheng. Everyone knows Lin Zhi is hopelessly in love with Shen Ci. Lin Zhi: “Shen Ci, I like you.” Shen Ci: “Sorry, I don't like boring, dull girls like you.” Reborn one day, Lin Zhi decides to avoid Shen Ci as much as possible and have nothing more to do with him. Strangely, one day th 1.4kReads8.1Score10514d adds
- 25 The Wind Blows Again in the South 南方又风吹 After the college entrance exams, Shi Qiao Nan decides to retake them. She had only wanted to get through the year peacefully, but life has a way of playing tricks on you. On the very first day, she gets into a fight with Jiang Cheng, the deskmate she hasn't even met yet. They get off on the wrong foot, but soon grow closer. As they spend their days together, a shy, uncertain young love takes root, and neither has to say a word for them to understand. Just before the arts exams, her mother dies 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Because I Loved You, I Ran Away 因为爱，所以逃 Title: "Because I Love You, I Run Away" [The first half takes place on campus (high school + university), the second half in the city] [Chen Ting, Yu Chuchu] … (Chapter 0 is their reunion. They first meet in Chapter 1.) In high school, before the school year began, they met in a torrential downpour. They never even got to see each other face-to-face. After the college entrance exams, they got together and stayed together through university. After graduating, Chen Ting continued on to his mas 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 After I Died, My Husband Went Mad 我死后，我老公疯了 The day I was killed, my husband, Pei Muheng, sent bodyguards all over the city to find me, ordering me to give blood to his beloved first love. He had no idea that while he was making a grand show of searching for me, I was already dead. I was brutally murdered by kidnappers, and the three-month-old child in my womb died with me. To cover up their crime, the kidnappers dismembered my already-dead body and scattered it in tiny pieces. “Not a bone left behind” describes my state perfectly. Unless 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 So Longing Really Does Get an Answer 原来思念会有回响 [Genius, Aloof Top Student × Quirky Girl with a Wild Imagination] Everyone was working hard for the college entrance exams, but Li Sisi was an exception. By the will of fate, the girl with a troubled life met the boy who would light up her entire youth. She was shocked to discover that the junior-college student she had run into at the high-speed rail station, who shared her name, was actually the legendary top student at her school: handsome, brilliant, socially adept, and admitted early to uni 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 I'm the Cause of His Sickness, Yet He Says I'm His Cure 我是他的病因，他却说我是他的药 I am the cause of his illness, yet he says I am his cure —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Flowers Fall at the Last Sun 花落遗阳 Fallen Blossoms, the Last Sun —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Pure-Hearted Country Boy Is a Hopeless Romantic 纯情糙汉是个超级恋爱脑 [Pure-Hearted, Rugged Man and Sweet, Gentle Beauty + Both Pure + Sweet Romance] A hopelessly lovestruck hero versus a heroine who's only interested in making money Su Ruanuan returns to her hometown as soon as she graduates, hoping to escape her father's and stepmother's constant harassment. On her first day back, her childhood friend Huo Chuan pulls her into his arms and holds her tight. “Ruanuan...” On her second day home, he shows up at her door to confess, eyes red as he begs her, “Ruanuan, 2.3kReads8.7Score20914d adds
- 32 Begging for Love 乞欢 [Heartbreak]+ [Unrequited Love]+ [School Romance, Bad Ending] [Redemption × Quirky, Spirited Girl × Aloof, Cold, Introverted Boy] Xia Wei was a beautiful girl who had just transferred into the class. Wild-tempered, impatient, and bold, she soon became famous throughout No. 14 High School. A gorgeous top student, she was both beautiful and formidable. People nicknamed her the Queen of Thorns. At eighteen, Xia Wei was bright and sunny, warming everyone around her like a little sun. So many student 42Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 33 Years Have Passed, and Our Happy Ending Is Gone 至此经年，佳期永别 On the day Qiu Xueke married Qin Zichuan, she was overjoyed, thinking the happiness she had waited so long for had finally arrived. But who could have guessed that what knocked at her door wasn't happiness, but a nightmare? In that marriage, she lost her soul and her heart, and in the end, she lost everything... 22Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 34 After the Divorce, My Trash Husband Regretted It 离婚后，渣男老公后悔了 I'm pregnant. It's my husband Gu Yuchen's. I miscarried. It was caused by my husband Gu Yuchen's first love. After half a month in a coma, I opened my eyes to find divorce papers from my husband. Everyone thought I wouldn't agree, but I picked up a pen and signed. Damn it, how is Gu Yuchen as gentle as a hot young guy? How is he as good at taking care of me? Being rid of the cheating jerk and his shameless mistress, then having fifty billion to spend however I want? What's not to love? I was ove —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Once, a Stunning Shadow Shone Here 曾是惊鸿照影来 Once, I came like a fleeting shadow cast by a startled swan 10Reads—Score114d adds
- 36 Above the Cracks 裂痕之上 Above the Fracture 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Youth and Midsummer 2 青春与盛夏2 Youth is... a sweltering summer evening study hall; the glances you carefully pretended were accidental; the endless whispers between desk mates during study period; that summer when someone in the dorm was always calling the residence supervisor to turn on the fan. We were chatting during evening study hall when the classroom suddenly fell quiet. Everyone instinctively looked toward the door, and when we saw no teacher there, we exchanged smiles and went right back to talking. These little, eve 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 A Decade After Her Death, I Followed Her in Death 在她死后的第十年殉情 She took her own life for love ten years after the day she died. 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 A Touch of Pink in Summer 夏日的那抹粉 Secret crush / redemption / sweet at first, then angsty He died on the day she hated him most. Shao Yiliang: “You know what a backup is? That's all you are to me.” Lu Yue: “They're right. You're a walking disaster. No wonder nobody loves you!”... Later, on the day Lu Yue starts college, Chen Zhao, a pervert and the story's antagonist, who was also the fat bully at the beginning, calls Shao Yiliang and says he has kidnapped her. Chen Zhao: “Shao Yiliang, meet me at the usual place, or Lu Yue's go 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Favorite or Exception 偏爱还是例外 When she was five, she met a boy who would change her life, but fate played one cruel joke after another on her. The moment Mu Qiqi watched Du Ze jump down with her... “Maybe he’s the reason I’m alive in this world?” Her birth mother abandoned her. The orphanage caught fire, and the director who had cared for her like a mother died. Her adoptive parents died in a car accident on the first day of school. All the love she had ever been shown vanished overnight. In the end, even the person she love —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 A Coward in Love 是暗恋的胆小鬼 [Completed] [Secret Crush Comes True] [He Gets His Comeuppance for Chasing Her Too Late] [Angsty Romance] Chen Xu was the only person Jiang Yi ever loved during her youth, and the one she could never forget. But who wasn’t a coward with a secret crush back then? Long after graduation, Jiang Yi could still remember what they had been like. But when they met again, everything had changed. The last thing she heard about him was that he was getting married. When you’re young, you can’t help seeing t 123Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Decorate Your Dreams 装饰你的梦 [University Campus] [Unrequited Love] [Tragedy] A love story at Zhongshan Medical University. The male lead, Tan Shengxu, is devoted to the female lead, Zhong Mengwei. But because of a misunderstanding born of circumstance, she thinks he is her enemy and rejects his advances. In truth, he is the one she has been longing for. Heartbroken, Tan Shengxu gives up on their relationship in despair. Zhong Mengwei regrets it too late and starts pursuing him, but to no avail. Her love leaves her depressed 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 After Loving Him for Eight Years, I Became a Fool 爱他八年后，我成了一个傻子 I spent eight years winning over Mu Zhanbei, a brooding, disabled young man. As I made him fall in love with me, I fell in love with him, too. When the System announced that I had succeeded and could leave, I stayed behind to be with him. I thought Mu Zhanbei would treat me well for the rest of my life, just as he had promised. But after I took a knife meant for him and nearly died, I heard him say with my own ears that he was tired of me. Without Mu Zhanbei's love, I would vanish into nothingne 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Beyond Reason, There Is No You 道理之外，没有你 Beyond Reason, There’s You 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 A True Account of Romance in the Boys’ Dorm 男生宿舍恋爱实录 Warning: The author is a top enthusiast! Bottom enthusiasts, read at your own risk! Seriously!! [Ensemble Cast, 5v5 Romance, Lighthearted, Sweet] A college campus, melodrama, absurd comedy, and lighthearted sitcom vibes~ Sweet, sweet, sweet! Their arguments only bring them closer! Five scumbag upperclassmen from one dorm meet five cute, ditzy juniors from another, and each finds himself an adorable sweetheart. Dorm 419: five bold tops vs. Dorm 520: five sweet bottoms Titan & Xiao Ni: Gentle club 1.3kReads8.8Score13614d adds
- 46 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—14d adds
- 47 I’ve Never Forgotten Our Love 恋恋不曾忘 [Sweet campus romance + modern-day angst] Petite girl Li Hui has a crush on handsome campus heartthrob Lin Xun. While pursuing him, she accidentally ends up working two jobs at once. During college, the two share one heart-fluttering moment after another. Just as they are about to get together, Lin Xun suddenly announces his relationship on social media, and they go their separate ways. This unrequited love began in summer and ended in winter. Years later, after facing setback after setback, a 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Ex-Wife, Don’t Run So Fast 前妻，慢点跑 [Marriage first, love later + chasing his wife to the crematorium + rekindled romance + both leads are each other's only one] Yesterday, he tossed her divorce papers and said coldly, “Sign them. Just looking at you turns my stomach.” She left with nothing, erased every trace of herself, and walked away without hesitation. Today, five years later, she was the famous writer and screenwriter Wufeng, the woman he had searched for desperately. She returned to China for an event. He hurried over an 158Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 49 Forbidden Zone at Midnight: The Sinister Master Can’t Get Enough of Me 深夜禁域：诡主他对我欲罢不能 Forbidden Zone at Midnight: The Eerie Master Can’t Get Enough of Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 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—14d adds
