Novels like Heart-Pounding! Baby, Give Me One More Kiss
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- 1 In the Late Summer of Each Year 岁岁暮夏时 [Secret Crush Comes True | Both Pure and Innocent | Mutual Devotion | Reunion After Years Apart] Shan Che had always been a prominent figure at Jianghuai High School: powerful, wealthy, clever, rebellious, aloof, and self-assured. Countless girls had crushes on him, but very few ever got close. He had always kept himself pure, but once he met Chen Sui, there was no stopping him. On New Year’s Eve, he braved the freezing wind just to see Chen Sui. “I just wanted to tell you I like you. It doesn’ 11Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 2 I Left the Green Mountains 我自青山去 [Secret crush + single-couple romance + happy ending] For the first sixteen years of her life, Lin Zhu always played by the rules and never did anything out of line. But at sixteen, one accidental glimpse made her hide someone in her heart. The girl’s uncontrollable feelings flowed like a spring rain, impossible to stop. Yet she knew that a boy as carefree and dazzling as him was like a flower in water, a moon reflected in a mirror. One light touch would make him disappear. Shen Moyan entered Qi 887Reads8.2Score10114d adds
- 3 A Snail's Secret-Crush Trail 蜗牛暗恋轨迹 [Campus romance + mutual pining becomes love + sweet affection + mutual devotion + first love for both + one-on-one romance + healing] Xia Youtian is a chubby girl who was mocked at school, leaving her with lasting scars. One day, after a misunderstanding, she finally learned his name: Sheng Huaiyu. He was the top student and a celebrated figure at school. The girls who liked him were as numerous as the bills in Chairman Mao's portrait. * On the bus, the girl was teary-eyed, rubbing her left han 620Reads6.8Score10914d adds
- 4 In This Little Town, There’s No One but You 里许元来无别人 [Elegant, gentle office worker] X [Proud, high-status, domineering boss] [Her perspective: secret crush comes true + His perspective: love grows over time + Sweet everyday romance + Both leads' first love + HE] * In high school, Gu Manqing always thought Shen Yuxiu was an aloof, proud top student, a snowy peak, a moon over the sea, a heaven-blessed genius beyond anyone's reach. She had a crush on him for more than a decade, but her feelings never reached his heart. She worked hard to keep up wi 331Reads8.2Score10314d adds
- 5 Scorched Lotus 焦荷 [A shy, sensitive stutterer in the early chapters who becomes a warm and resilient screenwriter × a distant, aloof top-tier star who later turns devoted and clingy] [Both inexperienced in love / Secret crush comes true / Utmost devotion / Sweet romance in the entertainment industry] How long is ten years? Long enough for an entire girlhood to be filled with one person’s name. Everyone knows that top-tier star Wei Xing is cold and distant, an untouchable beauty in the entertainment industry. But 973Reads8.5Score20014d adds
- 6 Sinking Deeper with Every Step 步步沉陷 [Marriage First, Love Later + Secret Crush Turns Mutual + Pure Love + Angst Early, Sweetness Later + Happy Ending] [Also known as: Secret Love, Hidden Delight] He was a CEO, she was his secretary, and they were tangled up in a complicated relationship. Because of her sister’s dying wish, they kept their marriage a secret. After they married, he gave her all his tenderness and affection, except for one thing: his love. When her sister was reborn in someone else’s body and returned, she smiled and 88Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 7 The Butterfly Flies Far Away 蝴蝶奔向远方 [Completed] [Secret Love Comes True] [Reunion After Years Apart] [Interwoven School Memories] A black "Breaking" label appeared beside the number-one trending topic on Weibo, followed by several related hashtags. The internet was flooded with news about Song Yuan's relationship. V Song Yuan: A butterfly flies toward the distance. He added a picture, perhaps a candid shot, taken somewhere by the sea. By then, the sun had already set, leaving only a swath of fiery clouds on the horizon. The w 76Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 8 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
- 9 Falling for My Stepson's Soccer Coach 看上了继子的足球教练 Fell for My Stepson's Soccer Coach 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 She Kisses Him Passionately in Secret, and He Makes Her Swoon with His Sweet, Gentle Ways 她炙吻暗恋，他甜惹乖软 [Long-planned romance + Mutual secret crushes + Love at first sight + Sweet, doting romance and flirtation + Both leads are each other’s first and only] After four years of pining in secret, Lin Ran could only gaze quietly at Lu Xinian from afar. Then one day, drunk and out of her mind, she kissed him by force. She thought he would accuse her of harassment, but to her surprise, he loved her too. - A heart-wrenching unrequited love turned irresistibly sweet when it was finally returned. Lin Ran: 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Moonlight Never Turns Back 月光不走回头路 Also known as The Moonlight Will Find Its Way Home [Music producer × photographer] [Both inexperienced in love, happy ending / secret crush becomes mutual] His melodies hold a beloved figure in their heart, while my camera will help him see an even brighter light. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 Seven Letters for the Rest of My Life: To My Unforgotten First Love 余生七笺：致白月光的未了情 Seven Notes for the Rest of My Life: Unfinished Feelings for My White Moonlight 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Story of a Billionaire Heiress and a Luosifen Shop Owner 首富千金和螺蛳粉店老板的故事 The Story of a Billionaire's Daughter and a Luosifen Shop Owner 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 My Best Friend and I Took Down the Scumbag 我和闺蜜棒打渣男 My Best Friend and I Beat Up a Scumbag —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Gossiping Comments Help the Supporting Female Character Cheat Her Way into Becoming the Lead 八卦弹幕助女配开挂做女主 Gossiping Comments Help the Female Side Character Power Up and Become the Female Lead 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Love on the Other Side of the Wall 所爱隔墙 [He may be younger, but he won’t call you big brother, and his intentions are anything but innocent.] Xia Yang thought it was their first meeting. Captivated by Wei Qian’s good looks, she couldn’t take her eyes off him. Then a large hand landed on her head and gently stroked it. Only when they met again did she learn that they had actually been neighbors once. “Hey? You’re so ungrateful. You don’t even call me big brother anymore? When you were little, you were always saying ‘big brother this’ 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Teacher Xiao Ning, Why Are You Hiding From Me? 小宁老师，你躲我做甚 [Reunion after years apart + rekindled love + campus romance to city life + healing] [A gentle, resilient teacher and a carefree, devoted male celebrity] Fu Shiqing was a famous heartthrob at Jing University, with an impressive family background and a refined, handsome appearance. He was easygoing and always seemed carefree and languid. Countless girls confessed to him, but he turned them all down without a second thought. Until one day, a girl rushing by with a sandwich in her mouth crashed int 144Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 20 The Ultimate Campus Belle Is Secretly in Love with Me 极致校花她竟在偷偷暗恋我 On the night before graduation, the secret of her unrequited love came out by accident. From stunned disbelief to a growing attraction, Gu Yan began to take another look at the aloof campus beauty who had kept “running into” him, and found his own clumsy but sincere way to return her deep affection. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 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
- 22 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
- 23 A Love That Caught a Glimpse of the Light 窥见天光的爱恋 Also known as: Soft Moonlight [Brave, passionate little sunshine girl x cool-faced, warm-hearted, totally straightforward guy] A secret crush was a silent storm, and at last I waited for the break of dawn. Chen Qingyin is the little sun of the liberal arts class. Passionate and exuberant, she is always smiling as she slips candy into Ren Weiye's textbooks, forever following the warmth of Ren Weiye. Ren Weiye is the icy, straightforward guy of the science class. He's used to replying to every ard 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 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
- 25 The Aloof Beauty Is Pulled Off Her Pedestal by Her Sweet, Soft Charm 高岭之花被娇软的她拉下神坛 Like most girls, An Shichu secretly admired the school heartthrob, Lu Huaizhou. Wanting to get closer to him, she worked hard to get into his high school. But an ordinary girl like her had no chance of getting close to someone so far above her reach. Until the first day of her freshman year, when she saw Lu Huaizhou sitting in her family’s living room. “Xiaozhou, I’ll have to trouble you to look after my kid for the next few days.” “Uncle An, it’s no trouble.” An Shichu searched the house but co 59Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 26 After Years of Secretly Loving Him, My Mortal Enemy Confesses to Me 暗恋多年后，死对头和我表白了 [Both sexually exclusive / marriage first, love later / heroine's secret love comes true / two powerful families] [Devoted, gentle genius doctor × outwardly cold, inwardly warm, refined airline captain] [There's a misunderstanding at first, but it's resolved quickly] When she was twelve, Yu Suiqing met Huo Yingci for the first time. The boy was handsome as a painting, tall and lean, with his school uniform worn neatly. Yet there was a coldness in the way he looked at her. She fell for him at fi 2.6kReads8.6Score31214d adds
- 27 Sweetly Obedient 乖哄 “He used both hands to smooth away the darkness before my eyes.” Year after year, the man named Lu Zhixun remained the hero of her novels. Eight years later, they met again. The “little girl” from back then had become “Miss Shu.” When Lu Zhixun learned that Shu He had secretly loved him for eight years, the disciplined, restrained man sat in his car and smoked all night. “Your arrival ruined my plan to grow old alone.” “Will you fall in love with someone else, then?” “Fool, my love isn't a flyer 182Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 28 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
- 29 Chi Huan’s Diary 迟欢日记 [The Daring Boy × The Sweet, Gentle Girl] [A Sweet Campus Romance + Mutual Pining Turns to Love + First Love for Both, One-on-One] Shi Xu was a sun-bright, carefree golden boy, adored by everyone. Chi Huan, meanwhile, was a coward who only dared to love someone in secret. No one ever connected the two of them, and Chi Huan thought they would never have anything to do with each other. Until the winter break of their senior year, when a cold kept Chi Huan from going outside to have a snowball figh 1kReads8.7Score17214d adds
- 30 Distant and Extraordinary 殊遥 [Secret crush + reunion + mutual pursuit + happy ending] Qin Shu loved someone, quietly keeping him in her heart for ten years. Just saying the name Mu Yunchen made her feel sweet. But she was only an ordinary schoolmate from Mu Yunchen's high school years. He could barely even remember what she looked like. Then, thanks to a beautiful misunderstanding, she and Mu Yunchen met again, and he remembered her from the moment he saw her. Using some rather clumsy tactics, he finally coaxed the young wo 920Reads8.9Score10214d adds
- 31 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
- 32 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
- 33 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
- 34 The Heat of Midsummer 盛夏热潮 Sweet and gentle x Handsome, roguish flirt [Unrequited Love Comes True + Fake Playboy + Sweet Romance + Both Each Other’s First] Xie Jinyan, the most famous guy at Jing University, was known as a playboy. His prestigious family and godlike looks made everyone overlook what a jerk he was. One day, Xie Jinyan started spending more and more time with Lin Chushuang, the beauty of the Chinese department, breaking the young heir’s rule against dating anyone from his own university. - Lin Chushuang had 5.7kReads8.8Score56514d adds
- 35 Flirting Back and Forth! Joining a Dating Show with My Crush 互撩！和男神一起上恋综 [Dating show + reunion after years apart + mutual secret crushes + each other's first love] [Gentle, perceptive, sensitive woman + free-spirited, outspoken, aloof man] - Inspired by the Korean variety show Love Siblings - One-on-one romance / each other's first love / reunion after years apart / mutual secret crushes - The story's tags are based on the blurb; this is not a showbiz novel Blurb: Just as Shen Jiahe resolves to move on from the man she has secretly loved for years, she unexpectedl 747Reads7.0Score10114d adds
- 36 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
- 37 Secretly Hiding My Crush 偷藏恋慕 [Secret crush becomes true love + school life + sweet romance + both leads are each other's first love + happy ending] Xu Yi is a celebrated student at Yuncheng No. 1 High School, upright and aloof. He and Cheng Lianzhi are known as Yuncheng's twin stars. They're inseparable and have spent years competing for the top spot in their grade. The boldest thing Cheng Wan ever did in high school was confess to Xu Yi at her brother's graduation party when no one was looking. “I like you.” His reply was, 530Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 38 Sinking Into the Sunset 沉溺于落日 On the first day of high school, the sensitive and insecure Lin Yuexi fell in love at first sight with Zhou Yanchen, a boy in her class. Though they seemed to have nothing in common, a twist of fate made them deskmates. After graduating, Zhou Yanchen went abroad to study. They thought they were parallel lines that would never cross, until an unexpected reunion years later brought them back into each other’s lives. At last, her secret crush could step into the light. When we were young, you were 398Reads8.9Score10414d adds
- 39 When Will the Green Mountains Accompany Me Home? 青山何时伴我还 [Both leads are romantically inexperienced + workplace romance + secret crush + no characters acting stupidly + no naive, ditzy heroine] If you asked me what a successful secret crush looks like, I’d say, “A secret crush is successful if nobody knows you love him except you!” Tan Tan’s secret crush was a success. Before she even confessed her feelings, the person she loved had already come rushing to her! Tan Tan: “I ask the green mountains when they’ll grow old. They ask me when I’ll find time 7.2kReads9.3Score80114d adds
- 40 Whispered Love Poems 呢喃情诗 [Complete] Soft whispers become love poems on the wind, and I recite them to you [Passionate, smoldering fireball x reserved, sweet and gentle] [He pursues her / Her secret crush comes true] [Male lead: restrained and smoldering early on | Letting loose and shamelessly flirtatious later] A sugary-sweet romance with no angst, and a touch of ensemble cast. - Wen Yu was shy and insecure, while Sheng Zhubei was carefree and uninhibited. - At seventeen, Sheng Zhubei stood in the wilderness, invincib 666Reads8.7Score12214d adds
- 41 To Tempt His White Moonlight, Has He Gone Too Far? 为引诱白月光，他是否过分招摇？ ♥️[Crush turns into love + second chance romance + sweet romance + mutually devoted 1v1 + light ensemble cast]♥️ [Good girl x bad-boy golden retriever] Chen Muyao was an untouchable flower on a high peak: unconventional and carefree, stunningly beautiful, born into a prominent family, and always up for a good time. He acted like life was one big game, and there was never a shortage of people around him. Year after year, Xu Zhiyu followed him with her eyes. She wanted to see for herself the “meet 15Reads—Score314d adds
- 42 Little Ancestor, You Only Dare Because I Love You 小祖宗，你就仗着我爱你 At a small alumni gathering, Qiao Man got to reunite with the person she had secretly loved in school. She also became the homeroom teacher of his younger sister. Just like when they were young, he was dazzling and bright, his smile dangerously captivating. “Ms. Qiao, your student says you’re a tigress. She even asked if I dare to be Wu Song.” “...” “Mr. Liang, could you have some dignity?” “What’s that? Will it give me a daughter?” “...” 7.4kReads9.3Score84214d adds
- 43 I Accidentally Won Over My White Moonlight 一不下心拿下白月光 [School Romance + Sweet Love + Mutual Devotion] Cheng Qing and Lin Jiachen first met at the school gate in high school. One glance was all it took for her to fall for him, planting the seed of a secret crush that would grow from then on. Who can say whose heartstrings were touched first? Some things are impossible to explain, but somehow, the feelings began. In the end, they could not escape an abrupt ending. On their trip to Tokyo, the cherry blossoms on Mount Fuji bloomed and fell, then bloom 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Crossing the Line After Marriage 婚后犯规 [Marriage first, love later + secret crush comes true + intense push and pull + both leads are each other’s only one] Clear-eyed jewelry designer × straightforward CEO of a publicly listed company Wen Wan has someone she secretly loves, a white moonlight in her heart. She’s terribly greedy: she doesn’t just want to admire him and love him, she wants to possess him. Wen Wan dug a pit and waited for him to step into it. After they married, she approached her husband, their relationship little more 1kReads8.5Score12414d adds
- 45 Bittersweet Candy 涩味糖 [Sweet Nurse vs. Special Forces Captain] School life in the beginning, city life later An Li admits that she was attracted to Ji Jiuxiao's looks the first time she saw him, but she never expected to like him for so many years. For the next three years, it was as if fate had arranged for them to sit together. An Li secretly harbored a crush on Ji Jiuxiao, and the two were often mistaken for a couple. Though Ji Jiuxiao was as cold as ice, he was gentle and attentive with her. But on the day of the 151Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 46 A Thousand Suns Could Never Outshine You 朝阳万丈不及你 ⚠️ A new book is now underway. Head over to the one next door ➡️ (The unruly school bully × the insecure, sensitive nobody) (The male lead is violent and domineering at first, and is into everything from smoking and drinking to fighting. Later, he turns into a perfectly obedient puppy who’ll go east if told, never west.) Lu Xiaowan finally mustered the courage to transfer to Beicheng, following the boy she had a crush on. But she never expected the warm-hearted boy she remembered to have turne 2.9kReads8.7Score28014d adds
- 47 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
- 48 A Marriage of Desire 欲婚 [Both leads are sexually inexperienced + happy ending + secret crush comes true + no misunderstandings between the leads + sweet everyday life] When they first met, Wen Li snatched up a plot of land Fu Shihuai had wanted. He came to see her, apparently confident he could get his way. “Miss Wen, the Fu Group has long wanted to acquire the land in Beihu. Something unexpected came up, and now it’s in your hands. If you’re willing to sell it to me, name your price.” Wen Li took her time replying. “A 5.7kReads9.0Score49614d adds
- 49 I Know You Like Me 你的喜欢我知道 When Yuan Han was young, she fell in love with someone. He was handsome, smart, came from a good family, and had impeccable manners. He was perfect in every way, except that he didn't love her. The boy was named Cheng Zhao, Zhao as in “bright as day.” Whenever she saw him or heard his voice, Yuan Han thought of every beautiful thing in the world. Sunshine, a gentle breeze, flowers, morning dew... Nothing seemed to compare to him. Then, an unexpected separation sent them to opposite ends of the e 2kReads9.2Score20514d adds
- 50 The Tenth Year of Secretly Watching You 偷偷看你第十年 Do not read this! Do not read this! I don't recommend this book to anyone. It has no ending and no protagonist. Don't ask about a male or female lead, or a second male or female lead. There is no protagonist, no ending, and no story. This book is neither for male nor female readers. I don't recommend it to anyone. It only builds a world. It will be hidden in 14 days. 18Reads9.3Score—14d adds
