Novels like The Secret Crush No One Knows About
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Secret Crush No One Knows About, best match first.
- 101 The Phoenix’s Summer 不死鸟的夏 The gardenias bloomed, but the person watching them with me wasn't the boy who had dazzled my youth that summer long ago. He had gone to protect another girl for the rest of his life. I love white magnolias in summer. They usually bloom during the season, and their fragrance, like that of orchids, evokes an image of pure, jade-like beauty. After meeting Xu Yue, I fell in love with gardenias. They bloom every year around the summer solstice, their petals a pure white that symbolizes a promise to 27Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 102 Rising Heat, Falling Hard 升温沦陷 When Jian Ning ran into Fu Huaizhi again, the feelings she had hidden in her heart for years were stirred awake once more. Back at school, Fu Huaizhi’s romantic escapades never seemed to end, and Jian Ning had witnessed him flirting with plenty of girls. She was sweet and quiet, not at all his type. She planned to keep her feelings to herself and stay silent, because at least then she could remain by his side. On his birthday, Jian Ning finally worked up the courage to confess, only to hear that 401Reads7.5Score10014d adds
- 103 It’s Hard to Forget You 忘记你很难 Zhou Zhou came from Yuncheng to study in City C, where she met a boy who made her heart flutter with the excitement of youth. She liked to secretly follow him, and he never noticed her. The only time she ever found the courage to act was when he was sad: she quietly gave him a peach-flavored candy. To her surprise, they got into the same university. Not long after the semester began, a post on the campus forum went viral. After that, the heroine went abroad, and the two never crossed paths again 10Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 104 Congratulations, Your Secret Crush Is Over 恭喜，你的暗恋结束了 Congratulations, your unrequited love is over. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 That April Fool’s Day Message: We Missed Each Other for Ten Years 愚人节那条消息，我们错过了十年 We missed that April Fools' Day message by ten years. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Summer Has Its Dusk 夏日有暮 A young girl’s quiet crush was hardly a grand affair. The gardenias by the corner of the school grounds bloomed and faded, but the way he dazzled me lasted far longer than a single summer. That summer, Ji Xia fell for a boy. She was lucky enough to be in the same class as him in high school. He was the school’s adored prodigy, and she worked hard to catch up with him. At their graduation dinner, everyone was celebrating. The girl had a glass of fruit-flavored wine and quietly rested to one side. 1.4kReads8.8Score15414d adds
- 107 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
- 108 He Said the Evening Breeze Was So Gentle 他说晚风很温柔 [CF Sniper Prodigy × Gentle Campus Belle with Dimples] [Roguishly handsome and carefree / Redemption / Secret Crush / Sweet Romance / Mutual Devotion / So Sweet It’ll Make Your Teeth Ache] This summer, under the scorching sun in B City, a story of secret love and redemption begins between an esports legend and a gentle campus belle. At the national CF tournament, Song Ze expressed his love for Xia Wan in a way that shocked countless viewers across the country. Fans everywhere called the move: Th 141Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 109 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
- 110 Too Proud to Reach 拽不可攀 [Secret crush] [Both are each other’s only one] [Long-planned romance] [School life] [Happy ending] [The psychology book Love Yourself More, Live Better is expected to come out in November] In high school, Pei Lin was an excellent student, good in both conduct and academics. He was always at the top of his class, and his uniform was always spotless. Back then, nobody would have linked him to Tan Yunxiang, who had a terrible reputation. And no one could have guessed that the aloof top student was 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Living Alone 一个人过 Living alone 119Reads—Score414d adds
- 112 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
- 113 Restless Thoughts, Sleepless Nights 肆念不眠 [Secret love becomes reality + sweet campus romance + doting love] [A sensitive, insecure, gentle girl × a laid-back, roguishly handsome, proud male lead] In high school, Wen Mian was insecure and sensitive. To her, Zhou Xusi was a poem of young love, a grand but silent firework in the days when she secretly loved him. Zhou Xusi always thought of Wen Mian as his childhood friend with a tendency to startle easily, and as an unremarkable desk mate. It wasn’t until they met again at university th 1.3kReads8.6Score12714d adds
- 114 Until Winter 【止于冬】 Qu You has a childhood sweetheart named Xu Nanshan. Xu Nanshan has someone he likes: Qu You. “I'm Xu Nanshan. The ‘Nan Shan’ in ‘Leisurely, I gaze at the southern mountain.’” “I forgot to mention, she's Qu You. The ‘Qu You’ in ‘Leisurely, I gaze at the southern mountain.’” 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 An Oxygenless Dream 无氧梦 Sensitive and gentle × cool and aloof, with hidden contrasts [Mutual devotion + healing + secret campus crush] Tian Cheng thinks the most beautiful sunset was the one on the day she happened to meet Jiang Lin. On Route 38. 2.2kReads8.5Score26014d adds
- 116 Sour Plum Blossoms 青梅酸枝果 [Secret Crush ‖ Regret] That midsummer, some feelings burned fiercely Sunlight streamed through the gaps between the leaves and into the classroom He was the bruise of my girlhood The secret I never dared to speak aloud A girl’s heart is forever buried deep within her Like the clear water of a stream, pure and untainted Its sweet aftertaste can always make you imagine things As if touching him could make my heart beat faster Was it always just wishful thinking? The cicadas outside the window wer 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Echo of a Secret Crush, and Then It Ends Badly 暗恋回声又be [A reckless, carefree young man vs. a sensitive, insecure girl] (Bad ending) One woman remains unmarried, trapped in the past. The other has a happy marriage and shines brightly. Zhao Huaili is a notorious playboy in Beicheng. He has an impossibly upright-looking face, yet lives a wild life. He may not be the darling of heaven, but he is surrounded by admirers. Lu Zhinan is the Lu family’s shameful illegitimate daughter. Bright-eyed and kind, she always gives people the impression of a girl with 661Reads8.7Score12414d adds
- 118 She Couldn’t Be More Obedient 她乖得不行 [A cocky, charming flirt x a conflicted, soft-hearted girl] [Secret crush becomes real + bittersweet sweetness + a glimpse of school life + both leads are virgins] Song Xi had a secret crush on Jiang Yubai, and she hid it so well that she thought her love would quietly fade over the countless days to come. She had no idea his eyes had already been drawn to her time and again. * Physics was the subject Song Xi struggled with most. Stuck on a problem, she banged her forehead against the test pa 1.1kReads8.8Score12114d adds
- 119 Love Unspoken 相思不知语 A shy, obedient girl struggling with depression VS a roguishly handsome, brash school bully After developing depression because of her parents' arguments, shy girl Xia Zhijin transferred schools and met Qi Jingsheng, a school bully with a wealthy family but a broken childhood. They became deskmates, but he died of illness before they could fall in love. Because of her, he became a moon born from the abyss; Because of him, she became a bright, confident sun. That summer was so passionate, yet so 830Reads6.8Score18414d adds
- 120 A Crush That’s Lost Its Sensitivity 脱敏暗恋 [High School: Her Secret Crush] [Mutual Pining] [College: He Pursues Her] [Angst Before Sweetness] [Both Each Other's First and Only] [Slow Burn] In high school, Chen Jingxiao was dazzling and unruly, the center of attention. He effortlessly kept his admirers at arm's length. Xiang Yujia was sensitive and reserved. She hid her awkward crush and decided to toughen herself up, staying by his side under the guise of friendship. Until her painfully embarrassing feelings were accidentally exposed. A 12kReads8.8Score1.7k14d adds
- 121 Waiting for Love 等一个恋爱 [Eight years of secret love + devoted couple + pure romance + healing] (She pursues him first, then he pursues her) She’s had a crush on him for eight years… After finally seeing the guy she likes again, how could Mofei let him get away? So she very successfully tripped him up! True love rarely lasts, but a good scheme always wins the heart~ Turns out, if you want your crush to chase after you, sincerity won’t do the trick. Trip him with your foot, and he’ll definitely come running after you. An 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 A Love Letter in the Shadows 影子情书 When we were young, most of us probably had a crush on someone. We knew his back, his profile, even his voice better than we knew his face. The girl he loved remained forever seventeen, while she quietly stayed by his side for many years. Then she received his wedding invitation, and the bride at the wedding looked just like someone. Her secret love began in silence and ended in silence. He never knew she had loved him year after year. 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 The Hidden Moonlight 藏匿的月光 Secret Crush Comes True × Rekindled Love × Mutual Devotion Everyone meets two people in life: one who crashes into their youth, and another who walks beside them through life. Su Yufan often thought that Mu Qiyuan was the one who had crashed into her youth. She had loved him in secret for thirteen years, from their first meeting to their reunion, hiding her feelings with the utmost care. But when someone else entered his life, she finally understood: when you truly love someone, you can't just b 201Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 In the End, Zhuang Zhou Dreamed He Was a Butterfly 终是庄周梦了蝶 In the third year of her marriage to Shen Yuheng, their marriage certificate was accidentally ruined by a spilled cup of coffee. Nan Yu took their documents to the civil affairs bureau to get a replacement. The clerk tapped a few keys on the computer, then suddenly looked up at her. “Ma’am, your marital status is listed as unmarried.” She froze, thinking she’d misheard. “That’s impossible. My husband and I got our marriage certificate here three years ago.” The clerk checked again, her expressio 1.5kReads—Score8214d adds
- 125 Where It's Too Bright, You Can't See the Stars 太亮的地方，看不见星星 Where the light is too bright, you can't see the stars 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 I’ll Never Be Able to Say I Like You 我的喜欢永远说不出口 I can never bring myself to say that I love you. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Kapok’s Confession 木棉的告白 [A crush becomes mutual + a little bittersweet at first + incredibly sweet later] [Gentle on the outside, strong-willed and resilient like sunshine ✘ arrogant big shot who says one thing but means another] Zhou Sh Shui spent her entire youth quietly loving Chi Che, the golden boy everyone admired. She was the stranger closest to him, keeping clear boundaries and never crossing them by so much as a fraction. On the night Chi Che was confessed to by Peking University's campus belle, she set down h 21.9kReads9.1Score4k14d adds
- 128 After Reuniting Years Later, I Thought We'd Be Together 久别重逢后，原以为我们会在一起 “Sensitive girl | Devoted boy” “Reunion after years apart | Mutual secret crushes | Bittersweet campus romance” The first time Ye An saw Ji Nian, he knew their paths would cross more than once. But so many hardships kept him from being there for her throughout her childhood. The girl became the only light in the boy’s darkest days. At last, after overcoming countless obstacles, he returned as a transfer student and saw her again. But she… She seemed different. Everything about her had changed. W 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 May You Know Peace for All Your Days 愿汝长安 [Male-male romance] [Emperor shou] [Both leads are each other’s first and only] Jiang Hongyu never expected to accomplish anything during his reign. Just staying alive would be enough; even being a puppet emperor would be fine. But things rarely go as planned. Kidnapping, the death of a friend, and the turmoil of war leave him struggling to breathe. But He Chang’an is like a ray of light, keeping him going. As long as they’re together, Jiang Hongyu feels he can do anything. But what will he d 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Begged to Remarry Me, but I Had Already Become a Billionaire 离婚后，前夫跪求复婚时我已成首富 After the Divorce, My Ex-Husband Begged Me to Remarry, but I'd Already Become the Richest Person Alive 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 A Solo Performance in My Youth 青春里的独角戏 [Reunion after a long separation + from schooldays to the wedding aisle + secret crush + mutual devotion] Transfer student Ye Yiyi meets Xi Chenhao on a spring outing, setting off a series of sparks between them. Nothing ever goes as it should: he goes abroad, he loses contact, and then… he gets a girlfriend. She always thought her secret crush was a one-sided story, but then a miracle happens… Life is full of setbacks. He dies, but unbelievably, he comes back to life? Their long-awaited reunion —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 The Sky Will Clear Eventually 天终会晴朗 [Based on a true story + mutual unrequited love + everyone gets a bad ending + regrets + growth] Reserved girl × sunny boy Twelve-year-old Xiang Jin spent every year of her life in a world of damp, endless rain, until a boy named Fang Ji barged into it. “I hate the rain.” The boy grinned. “I know how to make it stop raining in your world.” Suddenly the sky cleared, and the rain really did stop. At fifteen, she casually remarked that someone else's wedding candy tasted so sweet. The boy ran his 1kReads—Score23014d adds
- 133 Cream Plum Candy's Secret Crush 奶油话梅糖的暗恋 [A timid, overlooked girl at first ✘ A bold, free-spirited rich boy] [High School Secret Crush + Reunion After Years Apart + A Secret Crush Comes True] In high school, Qin Xiangwan secretly fell for the boy everyone admired, Ji Yuzhou. The plum candy she slipped him was all the courage she could muster. Qin Xiangwan had a crush on Ji Yuzhou for nearly six whole years. Her bittersweet, tender feelings were like the creamy plum candy in her pocket: something she could only savor alone, never dar 744Reads—Score10214d adds
- 134 Waiting for Winter to End, Longing for Spring 等冬尽，盼春来 Youthful Heartbreak | BE Aesthetics | Mutual Redemption | Fated by Life and Death Lose 10 pounds just from reading this [Quiet, Resilient Girl × Wild, World-Weary School Bully] In 2012, in a seaside town, Jiang Sheng and Nan Siye meet in the rundown Nanyang residential compound. She is a silent lamb to the slaughter, bullied by her classmates. Her mother has left home to work, her father disappeared ten years ago and never returned, and she lives under someone else’s roof. He is the school bull 1.6kReads8.2Score50314d adds
- 135 I Loved Him for Eight Years, and Finally Got to Eat Swan Meat 暗恋他八年，终于是吃上了天鹅肉 [Secret crush + mutual devotion + healing + protection + sweet romance + short story] [Gentle business tycoon, one-on-one romance, clear-headed and strong heroine] [The rating just went live, so it'll rise!] (The hero has been married before, but is sexually inexperienced; the heroine has had a boyfriend, but is sexually inexperienced. Please read the blurb first. If that bothers you, this may not be for you~) Chen Xue met Shen Qiannan in college. When a tiny speck of dust meets a star in the sk 3.4kReads9.2Score37714d adds
- 136 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
- 137 Make a Wish, and We’ll Be Together Forever 许个愿望，终成眷属 [Campus + Urban life + Mutual devotion + Healing + Inspirational + Mutual secret crush + Sweet romance] [he] The cool and aloof Xu Shuqing was practically immune to girls, always greeting them with a cold, distant expression. Everyone shook their heads and sighed. “He's going to die alone! Such a waste of a handsome face!” Then one day, beneath the plane trees... “Qingqing, I've missed you so much!” A girl spoke softly, her voice tinged with a playful whine. He lowered his head and kissed her li 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Tortured Love 虐恋 As she teetered between life and death, Wen Xingyi wanted to tell the girl she had been at eighteen: Don’t secretly draw that man. Don’t write so many diary entries about him. And above all, don’t fall in love with him. Because that man was a demon all along. 215Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 139 Tenderness Missed Its Appointment 温柔失约了 Top student Wen Ran × gaming boy Jiang Che “I've liked that person for a very, very long time. I guess you could say that love begins without you knowing when, then grows deeper and deeper.” At first, she always felt constrained by the voices around her: “A top student should like another top student. Only a top student is good enough for Wen Ran… Wen Ran wouldn't like someone like him, would she…?” What kind of person was he? After Wen Ran did one small thing, her presence followed him in every 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Classmate, Please Accept My Friend Request 同学，请通过一下 [College campus + reunion after years apart + seven-year secret crush + mutual devotion] Meng Shi had liked Yuan Qingfan for seven whole years. During the year she retook her exams, she deleted him and decided to move on for good. She never expected to see him again in the crowd on her very first day of college. She thought her secret crush had long since ended, but Yuan Qingfan sent her a friend request again. “Hey, classmate. Please accept my request.” The feelings she had never dared to confe 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 You Are Bound to My Heart for Life 系我一生心 [Pure Campus Romance]+ [Mutual Secret Crush]+ [The Feelings of Youth]+ [Bad Ending] I once loved you with devotion, passion, and fearlessness. Fifteen years of love felt like walking through the dark. The long road to win her husband back, She shamelessly pried open his hand and said, “Here, I’ve given you all my dowry. I hope you’ll take good care of me for the rest of our lives.” Seven years later, when she saw him again, he was with his fiancée, asking her to plan the grandest wedding for the 350Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 142 I Hid My Looks for Three Years, Then Stunned the Whole School at Graduation 扮丑三年，毕业典礼我惊艳全校 I Pretended to Be Ugly for Three Years. At Graduation, I Dazzled the Entire School 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Late to Return, Late to Return, Nowhere to Call Home 迟归迟归无家可归 Ground down in the imperial palace, Xiao Chigui spends his life enduring hardship and drifting from place to place, never receiving even the slightest warmth. Xie Wangyan, whose power holds sway over an entire region, exhausts himself with longing, hoping only that his beloved will return. In the end, the promised day of return means never coming back at all. 339Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Midsummer Is Eternal 盛夏是永恒 A girl with heart failure × a cold, short-tempered boy Mutual salvation [School-life tragedy] An eternal, unchanging love, yet it was in the brief span of my life that an eternal love was created... The little sun warmed everyone, but in the end, she couldn't escape the endless cycle of summer. Under the stars, she made a wish: "May my Luoluo have peace year after year." Little scenes: "Hey, would you be interested in dating?" "Why are you such a stick-in-the-mud?" "Why is my darling so cute?" " 309Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 145 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
- 146 I Fell for My Best Friend’s Brother, and I’m Fighting for Him! 爱上闺蜜的哥哥，我又争又抢！ Secret Crush + Sweet Romance + Ten-Year Age Gap + Chasing His Wife + Mutual Devotion + Intense Push and Pull Zhao Yi fell in love with her best friend's older brother, but never told anyone. Then one day, she got into a university in his city and launched an all-out pursuit. Jin Chiyue: “You're too young. We're not right for each other.” Zhao Yi: “How do you know I'm too young?” Throughout their four years at university, Zhao Yi and Jin Chiyue were passionately involved, and she successfully won 4.5kReads6.5Score29314d adds
- 147 Fallen Leaves Gardenia 落叶Gardenia [Jiang Yi, gentle and thoughtful & Ye Shuang, sunny and handsome] A secret crush at school They knew each other for twelve years. Though their love was mutual, their story always ended in tragedy. She was always there with the scent of gardenias. She passed away with the scent of gardenias. And the scent of gardenias was gone from his side forever... “Ye Shuang, I'm sorry.” 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 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
- 149 His Sea, Her Shore 他的海，她的岸 [Mutual pining that becomes real love × each other’s first love × healing and redemption × devoted to each other × tragic ending] They first met at school. He was a taciturn top student, and she was a quiet, gentle underachiever. Their secret crushes from middle school finally blossomed into love at university. Their romance was as sweet as midsummer, but his family’s opposition forced them apart. He went overseas and vanished without a trace; she carried on alone, hiding her regrets. Four years 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Stop Flirting, He's Falling for You! 不要撩了，他心动了！ [Both leads are inexperienced in love + sweet campus romance + secret crush becomes mutual] [Bold, unrestrained upperclassman × bright, sweet girl] A year later, Lin Wubai sees Jiang Sisi again at the start of the new semester at Lu University. The campus is so big that she gets lost, just as she always does. But her eyes land on the boy in the pavilion, the one she holds dear in her heart. Her heart pounds wildly in her ears, and her voice trembles, but she only has one chance. She gathers her 3.3kReads8.6Score29814d adds
