Novels like A Secret Crush with a Hint of Tangerine
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Secret Crush with a Hint of Tangerine, best match first.
- 151 I Loved Him in Secret for Six Years. The Day We Divorced, I Was Diagnosed with Leukemia 暗恋他六年,离婚那天我确诊白血病 I Had a Crush on Him for Six Years. On the Day We Divorced, I Was Diagnosed with Leukemia 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Brother, the Rain Has Stopped 哥哥,雨停了 [Chi Nian × Jiang Shi] I held a bouquet of roses, wanting to give them to the brother I loved most. Sadly, I never got the chance... In 2007, I saw my brother for the first time. The young man stood by the window, looking relaxed as the bow in his hand played a beautiful melody. In 2010, the rain stopped, and my brother left. In 2012, my brother promised that the following summer he would return to Beicheng and never leave me again. In 2013, the white flower pinned to my chest kept reminding me 316Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 153 A Letter in Spring 春日里的信 [Bad ending] The angst begins later on. You can decide whether to drop the novel based on the cover and synopsis. As a teenager, Shen Shuyi once had a crush on a dazzling boy. He was so bright and full of life. Reckless and upright × gentle and resilient By chance, Shen Shuyi became Xu Yi's guiding light. What he didn't know was that years earlier, she had fallen just short of the grades she needed to attend the city's top high school, where he studied. She had worked hard to match his level, 29Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 154 Consumed to the Bone 沉溺入骨 They agreed it would be a “business arrangement”: he would help her pay off fifty million in debt, and she would play along with his act. But Bo Nian couldn’t resist his good looks. She became addicted to him, only to discover that he was hiding a girl and protecting her fiercely. He even went so far as to take her bone marrow for that girl. Only then did Bo Nian face reality: she would never be able to warm his heart. He said, “I can’t be responsible for what happens to other people. Life and 655Reads8.2Score10314d adds
- 155 My Friend, Mr. Zhong 我朋友的钟先生 From school days to the real world, a doomed unrequited love 1. Mr. Zhong belongs to my friend, not me. I have always been a despicable person, secretly in love with my friend’s boyfriend. So I deserve whatever punishment fate has in store for me. 2. Li Ying would always remember that day. In the filthy bathroom, a carefree, languid young man suddenly appeared before her like a god. Without hesitation, he took off his own jacket, looked away, and held it out to Li Ying, whose clothes were in dis 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Jade Blossoms in Spring 碧玉花信 Also known as: No Matter How Trashy the Man, He'll Still Fall at My Feet Every story is based on real events, though some details have been exaggerated. Come on in and get the gossip! Xiao Shiying once thought she had a happy family, but later discovered that her life was a complete mess. So what if she had graduated from Wucheng University? Even after getting into graduate school in Xuancheng, nothing changed. She had never escaped her social class. Her boyfriend had once been the perfect emb 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 A Little Regret in Three Words 三个字的小遗憾 A sensitive, overthinking girl versus a sunny, oblivious boy When Shen Xiaoxu is sixteen, she happens to catch sight of Lu Qingyang, who had been about to head home despite the rain, suddenly slowing down. He gently crouches to feed a kitten soaked through by the downpour. Though his shoulders are already drenched, he casually glances up a few times, seemingly not bothered at all. What an utterly hopeless idiot! Watching from the side, Shen Xiaoxu can’t help whispering under her breath. But even 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 When My Boyfriend Said, “A Few Beatings Will Make You Behave,” I Broke Up With Him, and His Whole Family Went Crazy 当男友说“打几次就老实了”,我提了分手,他全家疯了 When My Boyfriend Said, “A Few Beatings Will Make You Behave,” I Broke Up With Him. His Whole Family Went Crazy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 You’re Nothing Special: She Dismissed the First Half of My Life, Unaware I’d Already Set a Perfect Trap 你条件一般,她否定我前半生,却不知我已布好天网 Your Conditions Are Average. She Dismissed My First Half of Life, Unaware I’d Already Cast My Net —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 On My Wedding Day, I Wore a Black Suit and Played My Mother-in-Law’s Recording on the Big Screen 婚礼当天,我穿黑色西装,把婆婆的录音投屏了 On My Wedding Day, I Wore a Black Suit and Projected a Recording of My Mother-in-Law —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 After We Broke Up, His Mom Said My Birth Chart Was Bad for Him. Then He Woke Up in the ICU, Calling My Name 分手后,他妈说我八字克他直到进了ICU,喊的我的名字 After we broke up, his mom said my birth chart was bad luck for him. Then he landed in the ICU, calling my name. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The Day We Broke Up, His Mom Said My Birth Chart Was Bad for Him 分手那天,他妈妈说我八字克他 The Day We Broke Up, His Mother Said My Birth Chart Was Bad for Him 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 The One I Loved Died on the Day I Married Her 我的心上人,死在我娶她那天 The woman I loved died on the day I married her. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Maybe He Once Loved Me 或许他喜欢过我 [Gentle girl × calm, sharp-tongued guy] [secret crush · tragic ending] [Two super-sweet supporting couples]+ [A pair that leaves you wondering what might have been] Even though I knew a secret crush was a road with no return, I still walked down it without hesitation. At first sight, there was only one photograph. When they met again, she didn't know that the person at the stairwell corner was him. Zhao Jin posted her first ever social media update for him and tried all kinds of new things. Bu 647Reads8.1Score14114d adds
- 165 After Five Years as a Live-In Son-in-Law and Househusband, My Wife Called Me Tacky. I Walked Away and Crushed Her Jewelry Empire 入赘五年成煮夫,被嫌俗后我转身,让前妻珠宝帝国崩塌 After five years as a live-in son-in-law, I became a househusband. She called me tacky, so I walked away and brought my ex-wife's jewelry empire crashing down. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Reborn in 1998, I Dumped My Loser Boyfriend and Married the Business World's Devil, Who Spoiled Me Rotten 重生1998甩掉渣男,我转身嫁给商界阎王被他宠上天 Reborn in 1998, I dumped my terrible boyfriend and married the ruthless king of the business world, who pampered me to the skies. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 After Losing My Memory, I Found Out the Divorce Settlement Was a Billion. I Started My Life Over and Had a Blast 失忆后发现离婚分十亿,老娘直接重启人生嗨翻天 After losing my memory, I discovered that my divorce settlement was worth a billion. I started my life over and had the time of my life! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 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 1.6kReads8.9Score29314d adds
- 169 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 24Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 170 My Husband Cheated on Me With My Coworker, His Classmate's Mom 我老公出轨了我同事——他同学的妈 My Husband Cheated on Me with My Coworker, His Classmate's Mom 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Snowgrass 雪草 Without a beginning, there can be no ending. Heaven's kindness to Su Mo was, in its own way, cruelty to Xuecao. —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 172 Brother, I’m Done Getting Treatment 哥哥,我不治了 Big Brother, I’m Done with Treatment 1.4kReads—Score7614d adds
- 173 One Letter Left Behind 剩下一封信 [Main story complete] [Angst] [School-life tragedy] [Two top students] [One-on-one + childhood sweethearts] [Slight ensemble cast] Golden boy Shen Yuchuan vs. gentle girl Qiu Suian [Suisi, will you stay with me forever?] [I will.] . [Qiu Suian, may you live a long life.] [Shen Yuchuan, may you be safe and well year after year.] That summer was as lively as ever. Cicadas buzzed noisily, and the summer breeze brought nothing but heat. But to Shen Yuchuan, it felt like the depths of winter. He sta 697Reads6.6Score19314d adds
- 174 The Night My White Moonlight Returned, I Became My Fiancé's Younger Brother's Fiancée 白月光归来那夜,我成了未婚夫弟弟的“未婚妻” The night my first love returned, I became my fiancé's younger brother's “fiancée” 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 At Thirty-Six, I Finally Dumped That Good-for-Nothing Scumbag 三十六岁,我终于甩掉了烂人渣男 At thirty-six, I finally dumped my worthless scumbag boyfriend 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Defending His Mistress? Then I Don't Want This Wife Anymore. 维护小三?那这个妻子我不要了。 You’re standing up for the other woman? Then I don’t want this wife anymore. 112Reads—Score214d adds
- 177 I Was Raised in a Pigsty and Now Earn a Million a Year 猪圈里养出了百万年薪的我 I Made a Million a Year Growing Up in a Pigsty 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 My Fiancé Made Me Kneel to Protect His Beloved. I Ran into the Flames and Rose to Become a Queen 未婚夫为护白月光让我下跪,我转身冲进火海逆袭成女王 My Fiancé Made Me Kneel to Protect His One True Love. I Rushed Into the Flames and Rose to Become a Queen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Entrusted to the Wind 寄于风 Little sunshine Huai Zhi (bottom) and the human icebox Yan Zhuo (top) Huai Zhi and Yan Zhuo grew up together and were the pride of their generation, always taking first and second place in their grade. Huai Zhi was mischievous and always getting into trouble as a child, but he listened especially well to Yan Zhuo and was afraid of making him angry. Huai Zhi: “Mad again? Better cheer you up.” _ Huai Zhi: I'm sorry, don't be mad. When the wind blows, I'll be there to coax you. Many years later, 197Reads8.0Score10814d adds
- 180 The Ninth Autumn 第九个秋 [Innocent and carefree Mi Yicheng vs. taciturn Shen Jingjun] Everyone talks about meeting again in the next life, but he is a firm materialist. Love may bring partings and reunions, but there is no next life. On a rainy autumn day, Mi Yicheng waits beneath her office building for the rain to stop. As she gazes at the curtain of rain before her, an image of Shen Jingjun comes to mind. The dashing young man in a dark blue jacket stands across the road, smiling at her. He waves, the corners of hi 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Abandoned in a Sea of Flames While Pregnant? General Li Regrets It After the Divorce 孕期火海被弃?离婚后厉总悔疯了 Shen Tangyue often told herself that Li Yanchi must love her. When he got drunk, he would say to her over and over, “I’m sorry. You’ve suffered so much because you’re with me...” People say that love often makes you feel indebted to someone. He must love her, then, to feel that he owes her. But in three years of marriage, Li Yanchi had never once told her he loved her. Not once. Until that person returned to the country. For the second time, Shen Tangyue saw the man who should have been unflappa 6.3kReads7.0Score50514d adds
- 182 I'll Meet Her Again When Summer Comes 无夏再逢她 (Just received a rating; completed) [Heartbreak Youth Fiction | BE | Schoolyard Secret Crush | Healing] Cheng Wang had loved Lin Yiwan for years and years. He secretly wrote twenty-one letters, each one holding a piece of his heart. After the college entrance exams, Lin Yiwan suddenly kissed him of her own accord. But on the very day Cheng Wang planned to confess his feelings, she took her own life. All she left behind was a notebook containing every one of her secrets. Cheng Wang: “What’s the w 245Reads8.3Score10514d adds
- 183 His Unhealthy Need to Control Me 他对我的病态掌控欲 Lu Mo was the love of her youth, but now he is the devil making her life a living hell. 287Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 184 My System Is Broken and Teaches Me to Guilt-Trip People Every Day 我的系统有病,天天教我道德绑架 My System is broken. Every day, it teaches me how to guilt-trip people. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 A Floating City, Barely at Peace 微安浮城 Have you ever loved someone so much that you drank poison to quench your thirst? Have you ever hated someone so much that you became completely hysterical? Chen Anran has experienced both. But years later, when Gu Cheng stands at the lectern, bright and calm just as he was ten years ago, all that hatred vanishes without a trace. All that remains is a fierce longing for the man who disappeared for ten years. 123Reads9.2Score1814d adds
- 186 Pleading for Justice: A Woman in Power, Giving Her Life for Her Country 昭雪辞:巾帼权臣,以血殉国 Words of Vindication: A Woman of Power, Giving Her Life for Her Country —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 The Eighth Winter 第八年冬 The first time the sensitive Li Xiting fell in love, it was with Chen Nian, the boy who seemed to glow as he stood in the crowd. She carefully held on to every interest they shared, and eventually turned those interests into a goal: getting into Nan University and being with him. But life is always cruel. She got into Nan University, but she didn't get him. She was like Cinderella in a fairy tale, except she didn't have the right glass slipper. Without that slipper, she could never enter his wor 211Reads8.3Score10114d adds
- 188 He Hid in the Midsummer 他藏在盛夏里 A lonely girl, Xu Zhinan, and a sunny boy, Gu Bei A secret love can never see the light of day. When you can no longer hide your feelings, remember to walk away while you still can. The story begins when sixteen-year-old Xu Zhinan falls in love with Gu Bei at first sight. By the end, the boy she loves has married and started a family, and his bride is not her. To forget him, she starts dating, and eventually gets married. Two days before the wedding, Xu Zhinan receives an anonymous package sent 160Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 189 One Hundred Do-Overs: Side Story 《任务重来一百次》番外 Extra Story for "The Mission: One Hundred More Tries" 636Reads—Score8314d adds
- 190 Thoughts and Longing 念与望 Campus | Mutual pining | BE A gloomy boy plagued by misfortune | A sensitive girl always afraid of losing what she has The breeze swept past the window, lifting an orange-yellow journal that shimmered in the sunlight. On the first page, someone had written: “If you can't forget, your feelings will be answered.” Jiang Wang, the name that ran through Shen Nian's teenage years. Her first crush, at eight. Then, at fourteen, she saw him again. She stayed by Jiang Wang's side in silence. She didn't da 35Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 191 Half a Letter in Winter 冬天的半封信 They met in winter, grew close, parted ways, and found each other again. “See you in winter.” I’ll see you in winter. It turned out to mean goodbye until winter comes again. 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Her Ninth Year 她的第九年 The rating has just come in, but it’ll go up later~ ❤️ [Quiet and reserved Li Wu × gifted Chen Yi] In the splendor of youth, she once loved someone. When she saw him win an award, she felt proud; when she saw him smile, she was happy. She kept a little star hidden away for year after year. At the freshman welcome ceremony in late August, he wore a simple white T-shirt and black track pants. His eyes crinkled with a smile, and his clear, cool voice rang in her ears. In an instant, her cheeks flu 703Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 193 No Roses in Midsummer 盛夏无玫瑰 [Troubled, obsessive boy × warm, healing ray of sunshine] Unrequited love × love at first sight × bittersweet school romance Roses are a byword for romance, the beginning of regret, and the end of a midsummer... Romance let the roses pierce the whole summer, allowing them to take root and bloom in the pain of her wounds. In the end, they secretly became the only thorns in the time machine of her life, letting every unfinished kiss grow into an epitaph here, bringing every regret to its close. “A 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 A Long Road to Marriage: Mr. Ning's Wife, Tormented by Guilt 婚途漫漫:宁先生的蚀骨罪妻 Also known as When Ning Meets Xia Beneath the Stars. Eight months later, pregnant Xia Xingyao was dragged into prison by Ning Jingchen. He said, “Xia Xingyao, you must pay for your sins! Your child will pay too!” After she was imprisoned, she not only lost her baby, but also her left eye. Before prison, Xia Xingyao had been stubborn and confident. After getting out, she was reduced to someone who lived in the dust, someone anyone could bully! When she finally collapsed lifeless in a pool of bloo 412Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 195 Your Smile Is Like Candy 你笑起来像颗糖 Xin Nuan had a secret crush on someone, a man who seemed almost perfect to her. She was willing to play a supporting role and stay by his side forever. Then someone else appeared. The ordinary girl became the leading lady in his life, and he kept her firmly at his side, never letting her out of his sight. In the bedroom, Xin Nuan angrily packed her things, ready to leave. Lu Jingyi blocked the doorway. "Our agreement hasn't expired yet, and you already want to break it?" "Weren't you the one who 23Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 196 Didn't We Love Each Other? 我们不是相爱的吗 After falling in love with Lu Yingqin, she learned only four words: face reality. After leaving Lu Yingqin, she could cut her long hair short, burn her diary, and delete her photos. The one thing she could never destroy was her memories. When she saw Lu Yingqin again, she could pretend not to see him, walk away in silence, or smile and exchange pleasantries. The one thing she could never do was stop loving him. There is a kind of man whose heart your tears cannot sear. Even if you were Meng Jian 60Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 197 New Verse: The Green Jade Case 新词·青玉案 Zhu Qingqing was born into a prominent family, but after her home was destroyed and her family killed, she was forced to wander far from home and became a servant in the wealthy Fang household. She was made the poetry tutor to Fang Tingyu, the family’s unruly second young master. Hoping to return to her former life, Zhu Qingqing asked the old madam of the Fang family to take her on as an apprentice, but unexpectedly, she was betrothed to Fang Tingyu. Both of them knew the engagement was a sham, 245Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 198 Forget Longing, Forget You 忘了相思忘了你 Qian Rong's love for Jin Hengbei is a conviction that even illness cannot destroy. 112Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 199 Secret Love Is Like a Green Plum 暗恋好似一颗青梅果 A heartbreaking BE that will make you cry your eyes out: youthful angst, unrequited love, and bittersweet longing Xia Xi's youth was shrouded in gray. Her parents' endless arguments, her classmates' distance, and the chains of social anxiety left her like a shadow in the corner, silent and invisible. That changed in her first year of high school, when the sunny Shen Yiqing became her desk mate. Cheerful and kind, he was a ray of light piercing her gloomy world. He taught her to be brave and help 5.9kReads8.6Score1.3k14d adds
- 200 A Secret Crush Hidden in a Diary 藏于日记的暗恋 [Redemption | Tragic unrequited love | Angsty school romance | Childhood sweethearts] [We grew up, and I lost you too.] They met when they were ten. A little girl covered in mud met a little boy as warm as sunshine. At twenty-two, Cheng An still wanted to ask, “Lin You Nian, did you ever like me?” She still remembered every word he had said: “When you're in a bad mood, eat some candy.” “Let's both try for City No. 1 High School.” “We'll grow up together.” “Work hard to make your dreams come true 199Reads8.5Score—14d adds

















































