Novels like I Loved Him for Eight Years, and Finally Got to Eat Swan Meat
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as I Loved Him for Eight Years, and Finally Got to Eat Swan Meat, best match first.
- 51 Stop Running, Captain Gu's Sweetheart 别逃了顾中队的小娇妻 Mu Nanfeng isn’t a voice fan. But during high school military training, she heard a boy’s formation call, “At ease. Attention.” From that moment on, she was captivated. She lost her heart to his voice, and then lost her heart altogether. Unfortunately, the boys and girls trained separately, and when training ended, she still hadn’t found the owner of that voice. Then, in the second week of school, Mu Nanfeng finally heard that voice again. And she finally saw its owner. From then on, she felt he 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Reunited After Five Years, the Ice-Cold Tycoon Won’t Stop Pursuing Me for a Title 五年后重逢，冷面大佬追着给名分 [Reunion after a long separation + groveling to win her back + powerful man humbles himself for love + older man] An Zhi was Wei Liangchuan's assistant. One day, by chance, Wei Liangchuan pulled her into bed. The cold, powerful man soon became addicted, and their relationship spiraled out of control. Fresh out of school, An Zhi was innocent and naive. She thought they were in love, and foolishly dreamed of a future together. But Wei Liangchuan dealt her a crushing blow, sneering, “An Zhi, you di 6.7kReads8.4Score48414d adds
- 53 Those Ten Years of Ours 我们那十年 Song Yanzhi had quietly loved Xu Yuanzhou for ten years. Throughout those years, she followed closely in his footsteps and worked hard, even changing the course of her life for him. After a twist of fate brought them together, she ultimately left covered in wounds. Xu Yuanzhou always thought his feelings for Song Yanzhi came from a sense of responsibility. It wasn't until she quietly disappeared from his world that he realized that, through all their time together, this girl had already made her 9Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 54 The Echo of a Secret Crush 暗恋之回响 Lin Shijing never expected that one day, the person she had a crush on would suddenly sit in front of her with his “girlfriend.” Just as she grew so flustered she wanted to run away, he showed that he still remembered her... She thought they would never cross paths again, but with every step closer, she fell deeper... Once all the misunderstandings were cleared up, she finally found the courage to confess, only to nearly lose him forever. What she thought was a one-sided crush turned out to be m 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 You Are the Joy of My Youth 1 你是年少的欢喜1 The boy you love is you. Yi An and Bai Xiaoxiang grow fond of each other in high school, progressing from a mutual secret crush in their youth to finding their way through hardships and finally becoming a couple. In high school, their feelings are innocent, ambiguous, restrained, and conflicted. After graduation, Bai Xiaoxiang plans to study abroad, so when Yi An confesses, he cruelly turns him down, and they miss their chance. Two years later, Bai Xiaoxiang returns to China and they get back in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 A Ten-Year Promise by the Unnamed Lake 未名湖畔的十年之约 Who was right and who was wrong? In the end, it was all just a laugh. Ten years drifted by like clouds and smoke, until the dream was over. Rub your eyes: which of those boys was ever as gentle as mist? In their senior year of high school, he was Jiang Yihang, a legend at Lanchuan High; she was Chu Mumu, one of countless ordinary girls. A chance encounter in the library and a series of notebooks filled with unspoken feelings brought together two people from seemingly parallel worlds. They made a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Wild Temptation! Falling for You Too 野诱！在你心也沉沦 Also known as: I'm Done Pretending, the Ice Rink God Is Mine [Starstruck, Wildly Beautiful Actress VS Ice-Skating Heartthrob] (One-on-one sweet romance + figure skating + secret crush + showbiz + mutual devotion + ensemble cast) “What does it feel like when the person you've been love at first sight with for ages suddenly appears right in front of you?” Excited? Thrilled? Maybe shy? Wen Ningye, the hugely popular star known as “the nation's daughter,” has been in love with someone for a long tim 8Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 58 My Moonlight Is Married with a Kid? But I'll Never Be the Other Woman 白月光已婚带娃？但我誓不当三 [First love + mutual pining + angst before sweetness / pretend family of three] - “Cool-faced, softhearted orthopedic surgeon × unexpectedly nurturing finance executive” At sixteen, Bai Zhiyan secretly fell for a boy who shone like the sun. At eighteen, she finally worked up the courage to confess. But he left with another girl. At twenty-five, they meet again at a class reunion. The boy she once knew is now a rising star in finance, impeccably dressed in a suit and holding an adorable c 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Waiting for You to Fall 在等你沦陷 Zheng Jinze is the man Shi You has secretly loved for ten years. After dreaming that he got married, she decides she has to forget him. The next day, Zheng Jinze shows up as her blind date... When he tells her he was forced to come and isn't planning to date anyone for now, Shi You finally confesses the love she's kept buried in her heart. Shi You thinks she'll never see him again, but work keeps bringing her and Zheng Jinze together time and again. - One day, after a group dinner, Zheng Jinze d 177Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 60 I Went on a Blind Date and Married My Secret Crush 和暗恋男神相亲结婚了 [Her Secret Crush Comes True, He Falls in Love After They Marry] [Sweet Romance, Both Pure, One-on-One, Reunion After Years Apart, Married Life] [Theme: The stars keep moving along their paths, and one of them will always come for you.] Shen Xingmu never dreamed that the high school heartthrob she had secretly loved for ten years would be lying right beside her now, calling her name again and again. / At sixteen, Shen Xingmu was a quiet, insecure girl, clever and rebellious, with a rich inner wo 5.7kReads8.7Score89614d adds
- 61 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
- 62 The Light-Pinching Cat 捏光的猫 [“Cat-like” ceramic artist x “dog-like,” steady (with a dark side) photographer] |Urban Romance|Cute Pets|Slow-Burn Love|Secret Crush Comes True| Tucked away in a corner of Jiangcheng is a cozy pottery shop called Yun Ni. The owner, Qin Yun, is gentle and quiet. Her fingertips can breathe life and soul into clay, but after falling victim to a malicious rumor campaign, she built a soft yet distant wall around her heart. Qian Xi, owner of a popular photography studio, captures all walks of life t 277Reads8.6Score10514d adds
- 63 I Keep the Moon in My Heart 我把月亮藏在心里 [Devoted to Each Other, 1v1] + [Secret School Crush] + [Reunion After Years Apart] Lin Yu first met Gu Jin on the first day of her second year of high school. The boy smiled at her, and that smile made Lin Yu's entire youth shine. Following the homeroom teacher's instructions, Lin Yu walked toward her seat. Gu Jin stopped what he was doing, looked up, and smiled as he greeted her. His smile was like the moon over the mountains, like a breeze through the woods, clean and gentle. It wasn't until a 220Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 64 When Spring Comes, I’ll Meet You at the Flower Festival 春来赴花朝 When they first met, she was the top student and the campus belle, while he was the notorious school bully. To become worthy of her, he went from the bottom of the class all the way to the top score in the college entrance exam. But the day she disappeared, all his hard work became a joke. They reunited seven years later. He was now the producer of a variety show about intangible cultural heritage, and she was one of its invited guests. She had no idea that the show, the teahouse custom-built fo 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Physics Professor Saw Through My Ten-Year Secret Crush 藏了十年的暗恋，被物理教授看穿 [Cardiothoracic Surgeon × Physics Department's Icy Beauty] [Secret Crush + Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Devotion] Hidden in Gu Yi's youth is a name: Wen Yan. In high school, he was the aloof academic genius known throughout the school. She was the top student and campus beauty who found every excuse to pass by his classroom, just to sneak a glance at him. She wanted to get closer, but didn't have the courage to let him know how she felt. They went to different universities in the same city 531Reads—Score10114d adds
- 66 That Heart-Fluttering Secret Crush 暗恋的那份心动 [Mutual pining | Both fall for each other | Two top students | No angst] In the height of summer at seventeen, Lin Shiyin moved in next door to Su Jinnian, and the two became neighbors. In the height of summer at seventeen, Lin Shiyin fell for Su Jinnian, never realizing he had been in love with her for years. Every time he drew close to her again, it was all part of a plan he had long been making. They say unrequited love is painful, but what happens when both people secretly love each other? 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Beneath the Pagoda Tree on Liu'an Lane 柳安巷的槐树下 There is a kind of closeness measured in millimeters. Shitian, a restorer of ancient books, is a “quiet sort of person,” used to going unnoticed. Lin Chaoyang, a fire prevention officer, is the kind of person people remember in a crowd. Years later, they meet again. An old poster, a brass page-turner, and an old street called Liu'an Lane bring them slowly closer. There are no grand declarations of love, only windows repaired time and again, a box of spring rolls on New Year's Eve, and the unc 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Duckweed and Snow 浮萍与雪 Lin Jiping spent twenty-two years being invisible. She took on the work her colleagues dumped on her, swallowed the cruel remarks her parents threw at her, and smiled as she accepted the emotional trash her friends unloaded on her. As long as she stayed quiet, didn't fight back, and kept out of sight, life could just about go on. Until the day she said yes and married into the Jiang family, ranked number one in H City. 33Reads—Score14514d adds
- 69 The Grand Echo of a Silent Crush 无声暗恋的盛大回音 [Dad-like bad boy x gentle, well-behaved girl] [School romance | The heroine has a one-sided crush at first, then they fall for each other | The hero is a master flirt] Zhou Yang was the apple of everyone's eye. On his first day at his new school, his good looks caused a sensation, and he had countless admirers and pursuers. Including Jiang Chenlu. But she didn't dare confess. She could only be one of his many secret admirers. She took the long way around just to pass his classroom and catch 11.8kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 70 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
- 71 Light in the Palm of the Dark Night 暗夜掌心窥光 [Pure white camellia VS the underworld king of Hong Kong] She is a camellia blooming quietly in London's misty rain, pure white and serene. He is the prince who wields power in Hong Kong's dark nights, cold and calculating, with a vast criminal empire at his command. On a rainy night when she was nineteen, Su Xingyun found him gravely wounded and near death beside her London apartment. One fleeting glimpse was all it took. Before he lost consciousness, he remembered only the elegant floral scent 1.2kReads8.8Score17014d adds
- 72 The Nth Time I Fell for You 第N次心动 Dentist VS architect At a school anniversary interview, the host was lucky enough to interview the famous architect Jiang Qi. Host: What do you regret about high school? Jiang Qi: Not having dated my girlfriend. Host: I hear wedding bells may be in your future... Jiang Qi glanced toward Zhou Yu and smiled. “That’s mostly up to her.” When the host interviewed Zhou Yu: Host: What do you regret about high school? Zhou Yu: Not being a little braver. Jiang Qi walked over, took Zhou Yu’s hand, and tol 2.7kReads9.1Score37314d adds
- 73 The Campus Heartthrob Has a Secret Crush on Me 校草居然暗恋我 [The rating is a little low because it just opened, but it’ll go up later. Please don’t let that put you off. This is absolutely the sweetest romance, and you don’t want to miss it!!!] [A sweet secret-crush romance: a well-behaved girl with plenty of inner monologue falls for a devoted top student. They secretly like each other and make their way toward one another.] On her first day of college, Ms. Kang told her daughter, Song Jiuwei, not to keep her crush secret. She should make it obvious an 479Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 74 Orange Soda 橘子汽水 [School Days Crush + Coming of Age + A Sweet Romance] That summer was the most unforgettable one of Jiang Qing's life. She fell for a boy. He would always smile at her, wearing his bright blue school uniform. That image was etched into her heart and burned into her eighteenth year. For many years afterward, she would look back and miss the eighteen-year-old girl who hadn't been brave enough. And so the story begins. Hello, Cheng Che. I'm Jiang Qing. "I would never willingly miss a single chance 117Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 75 A Love I Can’t Forget 念念不忘的喜欢 Chen Nian had a crush on Si Heng since high school, but back then, Si Heng already had a cherished first love he adored beyond measure. After college, his first love went abroad. Si Heng confessed his feelings to Chen Nian, and she said yes. But they broke up after dating for a month. Chen Nian was the one who ended it. She had learned from someone else that Si Heng’s confession was actually the result of losing a drinking game. Three years later, they met again. One was busy going on blind date 1.2kReads8.5Score10214d adds
- 76 Qian Qian Enters Qi's Heart 浅浅入祈心 [Gentle and reserved × Wild and carefree] [One-on-one, both untouched | University Campus | Mutual Pining Comes True | Sweet Romance] Wen Qian's three-year crush is like a silent pursuit of light. An orphan raised in a welfare home, she quietly blends into the crowd, letting her gaze fall on Gu Yanqi again and again. The young man, wrapped in the aura of a wealthy family and spending his days chasing pleasures, is like moonlight she doesn't dare reach for. Her crush is hidden in the corners of h 856Reads6.9Score10114d adds
- 77 The Galaxy Falls into Your Eyes 星河坠入你眼眸 The September breeze swung open the dorm door, and swept into her world. Su Nianwan, top scorer on the college entrance exam, is a cool and aloof academic star by day and the mystery novelist “July” in secret. On her first day of school, she wanders into the men’s dormitory and finds Lu Siheng wearing nothing but a towel. “Your abs aren’t very defined,” she says, then turns and walks away. Lu Siheng, the finance department’s campus heartthrob, seems rebellious and unruly, but in secret he’s the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 When I Met My Unrequited Love Again 当我再遇暗恋白月光 Zhou Qian had kept a secret deep in her heart for eight years. No one knew that she had been in love with Lu Zhian for all that time. Eight years ago, Zhou Qian had worked up the courage to give him a letter confessing her feelings, only to hear that he had a girlfriend. She hid the letter, and with it, her love for him. Eight years later, Zhou Qian never expected to run into Lu Zhian again on an ordinary evening. She thought she no longer liked him, but the moment her heart skipped a beat, sh 8.7kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 79 Fern 蕨草 [Mutual Pining + School Life + Pure Love + Bittersweet + Delicate + Happy Ending + Sweet Romance] Fang Shiyang had always thought that after that summer, she and Meng Qiuwen would never see each other again. It wasn't until they reunited in their hometown that she realized some fates were written in the stars. Meeting again was only a matter of time. The shy awkwardness of being eighteen had kept them from voicing their love. Now, five years later, that love had resurfaced, and they could final 46Reads—Score13714d adds
- 80 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
- 81 Reunited After All These Years 久别再相逢 [Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Secret Crushes + Mutual Devotion + Angst Before Sweetness + Healing] Yu Jing first heard that Qin Lang liked her from their classmates in their first year of high school. He was a handsome, confident, outgoing boy, while she was a quiet nobody who kept to herself. Sensitive, insecure, and introverted, she couldn’t help sneaking glances at him, convinced that no one had noticed her little secret. Then she spotted his name carved into her friend’s desk. When eve 604Reads—Score10814d adds
- 82 Secretly in Love: You’re Beyond My Reach 暗恋，你是我的遥不可及 [Both leads have no exes + Partly set in the entertainment industry + Wealthy CEO + Reunion after years apart + Secret love comes true] Yan Xuan had a crush on Lu Xiaoye back in high school. One thing he said robbed her of the courage to confess. In college, Lu Xiaoye told her he had a girlfriend, and they lost touch after that. She never expected to meet him again years later through work. But fate had other plans: after one mistaken night, Yan Xuan fled. When they met again, she was a rising s 149Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The One I Secretly Loved Chases Me Ten Years Later 十年后被我暗恋的人倒追 Ke Nian reluctantly agreed to go on a blind date in her friend’s place, never expecting her date to be the upperclassman she had secretly admired more than ten years ago! Back then, Ke Nian had fallen for Tang Yi. As time passed, she came to believe they were simply not meant to be. She worked hard to build a good life for herself, transforming from an insecure, ordinary girl into a beautiful, wealthy elite. Then the man she thought she had “no fate with” crossed paths with her again. Wait, what 168Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 84 What If I'm Not as Good-Looking as My Childhood Sweetheart? 长得没有竹马好看怎么办 Is being beautiful a prerequisite for being loved? If it is, then so many people will never find love. Qin Man is no exception, especially since she has a very handsome secret crush. Zhou Ziheng is a 187-centimeter-tall athlete with an exceptionally striking face. Though his features are sharp, he is still wildly popular with girls. In a society governed by law, looks and a physique like his can only be weapons for protecting women, not tools of domestic abuse. At least, that’s what the girls th 1.7kReads8.1Score18714d adds
- 85 Only Her in This Life 此生唯她 [Campus + Modern City + Mutual Healing + Reuniting After a Breakup + High Tension + Love and Hate + One-on-One Romance + Happy Ending] [Playfully Sweet Heiress × Gentle, Cunning CEO] (Sweet with a Touch of Angst) Years after they parted, her former boyfriend became her client. He sent her a message: [Come over and talk.] Nan Ti: ? “Perhaps,” Fu Ruchen said with a teasing smile, “you could consider using your charms.” Nan Ti went out to dinner with a friend, and President Fu came to pick her up 36Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 86 President Mu, Your Sweet Little Jasmine Has Run Away 慕总，你的乖乖小茉莉跑了 “Sweet, gentle girl × cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside CEO; unrequited love becomes requited; both leads are virgins; bitter first, sweet later” From the first moment Lin Moxi saw Mu Huaifeng, she knew they were from different worlds, but she couldn’t help falling for him. Through her friend Yan Xinqiang, the two got to know each other. Then one day, she happened to hear him tell a friend, “Zhou Ran is great. Any normal guy would choose her as his girlfriend!” Lin Moxi’s heart sank on t 1.3kReads—Score14714d adds
- 87 What Do I Do When the Top-Tier Star Insists on Coming Home with Me? 顶流非要和我回家怎么办 After Xia Sichas secret crush on top-tier star Lu Changwei is exposed, Lu Changwei tries to message him, but the message won't go through. Has he been blocked?!! When Xia returns to the country, the entire internet starts tagging Lu Changwei and urging him to win him back. Lu Changwei happily agrees. The very next day, he corners Xia and watches him remove him from the blacklist. He even kindly updates netizens on his progress in winning him back. His old image is completely turned upside down. 77Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 88 The Light Favors Me 光偏爱予我 At eighteen, Xie Qiyao met Lu Xiyan, and a ray of light entered his dark life. She was his salvation. They promised to attend the same university. But on the day the college entrance exam results came out, Xie Qiyao broke his promise... With tears welling in her eyes, Lu Xiyan said to him heartbrokenly, “Xie Qiyao, you jerk!” After they parted that day, they didn't meet again until three years later. She was an intern reporter, and he was a rising star in investment. Their work brought them bac 362Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 89 A Dream of the Millennium 千禧一梦 At 28, Lu Wenyi, a young woman with an artistic temperament, accidentally transmigrates to 2010 while going about her usual rehearsal routine. On the very day she arrives, she runs into her long-lost first love, the science-track class ace Zhou Jiaran, in a most unexpected way. Back in the new millennium, facing her childhood friend once more in the days of their student youth, will Lu Wenyi dare to make the same choice again? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Eleventh Year 第拾壹年 [Secret crush + reunion after years apart + doctor + aerospace engineer] A secret crush is a love story told over the course of an entire youth. That summer, the breeze across the sports field and the boy became Shen Nianzhi’s summer. When they met again ten years later, everything that happened had been part of Shen Nianzhi’s long-laid plans. In the end, they returned to where their story began. The boy quietly told her, “Not every secret crush gets to see the light of day, but yours will, Shen 3.1kReads8.9Score35514d adds
- 91 I Got Pregnant by My Crush! I'm Out of Here 揣了暗恋对象的崽！我溜了 [Complete] [Spoiled Young Master Shen Yan × Gentle, Serene Su Su] [Mutual pining comes true + love goes both ways + adorable child + sweet romance] Su Su is the long-lost daughter of the Su family of the imperial capital. She was accidentally separated from them and lost among ordinary people, only to be found again more than a decade later. When she starts high school, she runs into Shen Yan, the older boy who saved her when she was little, at the opening ceremony. He gives a speech onstage as 548Reads7.4Score10014d adds
- 92 Synchronized Heartbeats Along the Star Track 星轨旁的同步心跳 [Classic introvert Yan Mu VS gentle top student Lu Zeyu] [Two top students|youthful campus romance|secret love|love at first sight|light ensemble cast] Yan Mu’s youth holds a secret she never dared to confess. She fell for Lu Zeyu, the school’s most admired boy, at first sight when they met in their first year of high school. From then on, she tucked her feelings away among the constellations and evening breezes. Reserved and quiet, she could only keep her distance and suppress every flutter of 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 We Fell in Love After We Married 我们婚后相爱 [Eight-year age gap, marriage before love, long-planned romance, 1v1, both leads are virgins] [Possessive heir to a powerful family × sensitive, gentle college student] * Su Yuyi reunited with Shen Congzhi aboard a luxury yacht. He was her husband, and she was his wife, but in truth, they barely knew each other. Yet from the time Su Yuyi turned eighteen, her name had appeared as Shen Congzhi’s wife in the Shen family genealogy. They got engaged that day, then went abroad separately the very next 124Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 94 Secretly Savoring Love 暗渡欢情 Taboo / Beijing Power Circles / Top-Tier Aristocracy / The Ex-Wife Chasing Her Husband to the Crematorium / Forbidden Love A year later, her former fiancé, whose brother had dragged him down with him, was released from prison. After enduring the ordeal behind bars, Ji Yanqiu had acquired a streak of ruthlessness, yet his features remained gentle and his manner refined and courteous. During that year, she had already descended into hell to protect her family, struggling in dire circumstances. Sti 12.8kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 95 A Night of Reckless Seduction 夜晚，肆意撩拨 [A peerless genius in traditional Chinese medicine + a cool, secretly passionate tycoon from the worlds of light and shadow] [Bold pursuit and mutual devotion + each other's one and only] [All the love + happy ending] In the wilderness, Qin Ye fell for Lin Qingwan at first sight... They say that when someone captures your heart at first glance, you're not content to be just friends. Take another look, and all you want is to make them yours! If you like someone, then go get them. She flirts boldl 349Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 96 You Came to Me on a Ray of Light 你踏光而来 As the saying goes, every fat girl is a diamond in the rough. Never underestimate a chubby girl, because she may transform into a beauty one day and win the heart of everyone's dream guy. A sweet, innocent chubby girl versus a cool, aloof heartthrob. A youthful, secret-crush romance with both leads inexperienced and sweetness without end. 46Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 97 The Kitten’s Late First Love 小猫迟来的初恋 [Scheming, secretly passionate man] vs. [Broken little ray of sunshine] [Happy ending / devoted to each other / second chance at love / reunion after years apart / mutual salvation / groveling pursuit] Four years ago, Lu Huaian lost his entire world with his own hands: the little ray of sunshine who had pulled him out of the gutter. He thought she would wait where she was forever, until she vanished from his world for good. For four whole years, Su Yu kept him hidden in the deepest corner of her 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 We Reunited After Seven Years, Only to Learn He Had Secretly Loved Me Too 时隔七年重逢，才知他也曾暗恋我 [Reunited After Years Apart + Mutual Secret Crush + Ensemble Cast Coming-of-Age + Sweet Romance] [Devoted, restrained male lead x Bright, clear-eyed female lead] On the day they reunite, Gu Qiaonan politely says, "Manager Lu, I've heard so much about you." But on his desk, Lu Ning spots the ugly-cute pig cup she made by hand all those years ago. Later, she learns the truth: The numbers on the postcard were song IDs: #0622, "I Like You," and #0983, "Devoted to You." His line, "Lu Ning and I 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Love at First Sight, I Only Like You 一见钟情，只喜欢你 The moment Lin Zhao saw Lian Yu, she fell for him. But Lian Yu already had someone, so she could only keep her feelings to herself. Until one day… Lin Zhao would never pass up an opportunity. Any opportunity to get closer to Lian Yu. 9.6kReads8.7Score77114d adds
- 100 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
