Novels like One Letter Left Behind
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- 101 Crossing the Wind and Sand: Longyuan, 1960 风沙渡：陇原一九六零 Crossing the Dust Storm: Longyuan, 1960 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 You Live in My Memories 你存在我的回忆里 [Unrequited love + BE + youth on campus] (From the male lead's perspective, in the discussion section at the end of the final chapter) They say unrequited love is a kind of courtesy, secretly building a castle behind someone's back. For He Tongyou, it meant spending her entire youth weaving a lie that she didn't like him. They say unrequited love is when the teacher calls your name and I look up before you do. For Xu Jing, it meant embracing the breeze that had passed over her, then missi 26Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 103 The White Cat Beneath the Parasol Tree 梧桐树下的白猫 The parasol tree still stands, though its heart is hollow. A white cat suddenly wandered into the height of summer and saw dead leaves drifting down from the parasol tree. It wondered: Could there be dead leaves in summer? The tree said nothing, only smiled. The seasons turn in a cycle. Dead leaves do not fall only when the seasons change. More often, they are the pain of lush branches shedding their leaves... The white cat formed a bond with the tree, caring for it attentively every day. In tim 330Reads—Score10114d adds
- 104 She Once Stole a Kiss from Summer 她曾偷吻过夏天 [Angst #Bad Ending #Unrequited Love #Campus] Everyone says she’s blinded by love, yet no one saves her from the deep sea. With an evil smile on his face, Jiang Tao walked toward her step by step. Every step filled her with fear. “Wen Wan, you can’t escape.” He stopped beside Wen Wan as casually as if he were taking a stroll. With a cruel smile, he pulled out his phone and showed it to her. “Your brother’s life is in your hands. Whether you’ll be my girlfriend is up to you.” Wen Wan was terrified 174Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Love Born of Hate 怀恨爱 A rainy day brought them together; a sunny day drove them apart. May I give you jasmine, and may you never leave. What is remembered always will one day be answered. Jiang Yi is brooding and possessive; Shen Yue refuses to believe that even an iceberg can't melt. When she first met him, he was rebellious and defiant. The last time she saw him, they were separated by death. He always listened to her. Even that iceberg would melt, watering his little jasmine. Before leaving on a mission, he asked 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Longing for the North, Holding the South 恋北怀南 [Destined love + younger man + she’s not his first, he’s never been with anyone + devoted to each other] [Objective, levelheaded designer vs. steady, struggling college student] [Three times the age gap] [No unexpected twists] [Genuine diagnosis] Note: [Bad ending] [Not written for fans of the male lead] [A fleeting romance] That young man was just like her when she was young. Stubborn and determined, convinced that youth meant following your heart. It all began with an unintentional gesture on 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 She Faked an Affair, and I Believed Her for Two Years. The Truth Brought Me to My Knees 她演了一场出轨，我信了两年，真相让我跪了 She staged an affair, and I believed her for two years. The truth brought me to my knees 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 While Buying My Wife Lipstick, I Saw Her Wearing Another Man’s Ring 给老婆买口红时，我看见她戴着别人的戒指 While Buying My Wife Lipstick, I Saw Her Wearing Someone Else’s Ring 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 I Earn 700,000 a Year, and Four Women Tried to Hunt Me Down on a Blind Date. I Taught Them a Lesson 年薪70万相亲被四女围猎，我反手教她们做人 I Earned 700,000 a Year, but Four Women Ganged Up on Me During a Blind Date. I Turned the Tables and Taught Them a Lesson —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Divorce on the Horizon: I Help Stay-at-Home Moms Prepare for the Worst 离婚预备役，我帮全职妈妈们留好后路 Divorce on Standby: I’m Helping Stay-at-Home Moms Keep a Way Out —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The First to Say I Love You Is the First to Leave: The Jerk Cried and Begged Me to Come Back 先说爱的人先退场：渣男哭着求我回头 The First to Say “I Love You” Is the First to Leave: The Jerk Begs Me Through Tears to Take Him Back —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Even If This Love Disappeared from the World 就算这份爱恋从世界上消失 All the love in this world, gathered in twelve short stories. Even if that love disappears from the world, it once burned our souls with fierce heat. "Seven Days" "Because of Daishan" "Remember to Translate It Twice" "A Sea Hidden in My Heart" "He Just Doesn't Like You" "Even Their Names Are a Perfect Match" "Pain So Bad I Can't Breathe" "Spring Never Comes" "Oh, the Mist" "A Missing Heartbeat" "I Hear Poetry in the Mist" "Forty-Two Years" 27Reads7.9Score10414d adds
- 113 The True Meaning of Buddhist Enlightenment and Practice 佛陀觉悟修持正解 The Buddha's Enlightenment: A Correct Guide to Practice 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 114 Lu Heng, Goodbye Forever 陆蘅，再也不见了 Ending: Bad end + school life + love at first sight (heroine's perspective) Meng Meng fell for Lu Heng at first sight when she met him in her first year of high school. She became the class representative and used every opportunity she could find to get closer to him and make him fall for her. They had an enviable romance and even made it through the doldrums. But fate had other plans. Meng Meng's body wasn't discovered until the day of the college entrance exams, after she had died. No one knew 207Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 When We Meet Again, We’ll Be Worlds Apart 再见已是天上人间 While Nan Sheng was still alive, she climbed the ninety-nine stone steps behind the Chenghuang Temple and prayed devoutly for Mo Beichen to return safely. But the day before she died, she fulfilled her vow. She said, “In my next life, I don’t want to meet him again.” After Nan Sheng died, Mo Beichen retraced the path she had taken, kneeling three times at every nine steps as he begged the gods to return his wife to him… He said, “If there is another life, may she live a carefree life, free from 205Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 116 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
- 117 Spring Breeze Never Comes 春风不至 [Proud, privileged Li Chang’an] VS [Timid, insecure He Suiyu] [Bittersweet, tragic romance] They say the person you meet at sixteen is the hardest to forget. He Suiyu met that person in the bright days of March. The first time she saw him, the boy was giving a speech, bathed in sunlight, as if a god had descended. From then on, she could never take her eyes off him. The boy said he wanted to study medicine, and from then on, she dreamed of going to medical school, too. But their happiness did 471Reads—Score10214d adds
- 118 My Repeating Life in Beijing 我与北京的周而复始 (Print edition signed) “Back then, all of us were lost in our cups. The more we tried to keep pace with the times, the more recklessly we gave ourselves over to pleasure.” “When my beauty fades and my youth is gone, will you still love me as you did at the start?” - Reading guide After Chapter 16, skip to Chapter 17 after the afterword. That is where the story continues correctly. 1.4kReads8.2Score17714d adds
- 119 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
- 120 Reunited in the Heart of the Lake 重逢，在湖光深处 One shake brought two people thousands of miles apart together, but their growing connection was burdened by too many things beyond their control. What is meant to be will come to pass; what isn’t, cannot be forced. It’s just a shame… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 I Hate Being Twenty-Three in the Summer 讨厌23岁的夏天 Gentle girl VS sensitive boy At seventeen, in the innocence of youth, she fell in love with him. At nineteen, in the best years of his life, he died in her arms. At twenty-three, Ye Xi was supposed to attend her high school reunion, but unexpectedly she traveled back to the year she was seventeen. Familiar memories washed over her, along with the chance to meet him again… Ye Xi thought Xing Zhou had forgotten the child who used to cling to her all day, insisting on going with her even to the con 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 After the Movie Star Cheated, I Livestreamed Our Breakup and the Internet Exploded 影帝出轨后，我直播分手全网炸了 After the Movie Emperor Cheated, I Livestreamed Our Breakup and Set the Internet Ablaze 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 After Being Assaulted, the CEO’s Ex-Wife Returns Reborn 总裁前妻被侵犯后，涅槃归来 After Her Ex-Husband’s CEO Wife Was Assaulted, She Returned Reborn —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Ember Frequency 余烬频率 “The Nokia E71 vibrates 600 times per minute, while the fatal heart rate for someone with congenital heart disease is 300 beats per minute. And the odds of us meeting were a miracle: one in 1.7 billion.” In late autumn 2011, the gloomy mathematical prodigy Cheng Ye met transfer student Su Tang beneath the library's tin awning. Wisteria petals clung to the hem of her water-blue skirt. Half a fingernail was missing from her left pinky, yet a single grape-flavored hard candy was enough to stop his 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Records of the Ethereal Wanderer 《缥缈侠客录》 The Wandering Swordsman Chronicles 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 After My Childhood Sweetheart and I Both Died, I Followed Them in Death 青梅竹马双双死后我殉情了 After My Childhood Sweetheart and I Both Died, I Followed Them in Death —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 One Last Rainfall Before We Part 最后一阵诉别雨 [Mutual pining | A little campus romance | Short BE | Male lead dies, female lead finds peace] The sky waits for the rain, and I wait for you. Song Ting'an never got to see his rain. From that song by Jay Chou, with lyrics by Vincent Fang. “The sky waits for the rain, and I wait for you.” He listened to it again and again. Song Tianqing, the character in Song Ting'an's book, got to meet his Yue Yuyu. But Song Ting'an never got to meet his Li Yanyu. His chance of survival was only twenty perc 377Reads8.0Score11914d adds
- 128 Sacrifice to Spring 祭春天 In the first spring after the college entrance exams, Yu Xiaoxiao is sitting in the library at Peking University when it suddenly dawns on her: that pitch-black night when he laughed until he couldn’t breathe, he was crying. [Love at first sight + mutual healing + angsty campus romance, tragic ending] Gentle boy who pretends to be a school bully × girl who pretends to be aloof but is really a top student [Boy pursues girl + devoted one-on-one romance + the clear-headed one falls hard + equal par 937Reads8.9Score19014d adds
- 129 I Designed Your Bride's Wedding Dress with My Own Hands 我亲手为你的新娘设计了婚纱 Cover image source: XHS, Snowy Day Originally titled “Out of Focus” A secret crush is one person out of focus; loving someone you can’t have is two people on parallel lines. When you appeared, the whole world went out of focus. The first time we met, I tripped in front of you. From then on, I’ve always stumbled right where you are. Jian Lushun, goodbye forever. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 After I Signed the Divorce Agreement, My Ex-Husband Went Mad at the Heir's Family Reunion Banquet 签完离婚协议，前夫在财阀继承人认亲宴上疯了 After I Signed the Divorce Papers, My Ex-Husband Went Crazy at the Banquet Where the Tycoon's Heir Was Reunited with His Family 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Si Nianqingqing 斯年轻轻 [Groveling to win her back] [No getting back together] [Tragic ending] Cheng Qingqing's grand love for Fu Sinian was a mistake. She corrected it as soon as she realized, and would never look back at him again. She would never care how pathetically he begged. “Qingqing, I like you. I really do. Please, don't leave me. Please come home with me. Please give me a home. I'm begging you, don't leave me...” “Please...” It was actually Cheng Qingqing's birthday. At twenty-six, she seemed to have finally 483Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 132 You Still Haven't Confessed to Me 你还没跟我告白 [Hot-tempered, possessive troubled boy & sweet, gentle girl] A tragic ending, an angsty campus romance. When they first met, Chi Wen was an exemplary student at No. 16 High School, excelling in both academics and conduct. Bian Qingye, meanwhile, was the fearsome “Ye-ge” from the vocational school next door. Everyone said he was exactly what his name suggested: wild, and wild in everything he did. He changed girlfriends faster than he changed clothes. At that age, what girl wouldn’t want to leav 62Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 133 Youth Is a Grand Illusion 青春是一场盛大的幻梦 Youth is a magnificent dream. Those first meetings, growing closer, and keeping one another company shimmered like stars, drawing us into the dream called youth. Looking back, the once-burning promises have scattered on the wind, and those deep, tender feelings have become regrets too painful to touch. On quiet nights, when memories drift through our minds like smoke, we may smile or we may cry, because that was our youth, true and unvarnished. [A Dream of Youth: My Twelve Years with Him] Cheng 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Last Snowfall in Zurich 苏黎世的最后一场雪 Lin Xigu once believed that staying by Wen Anning's side could dispel the gloom hanging over her and save her from depression. They promised to travel to many places together, letting the world's beauty soothe the scars deep in her soul, and letting the winds atop the snow-capped mountains bear witness to their long-overdue confession. But the storm of fate struck without warning. The last snowfall in Zurich took Wen Anning away and crushed all of Lin Xigu's hopes. Only when Lin Xigu found the 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Heart's Track of Love 心动之心轨 [Wealthy-family tragedy + school romance + sweet doting love + bad ending] I hope that one day I can hold your hand and go with you to see the sights you want to see. You’re the only girl I’ll ever love. You were there at the beginning, you’re there throughout, and you’ll still be there at the end. Ye Qingyue, I love you. Could you love me too?, Gu Beichen I’m sorry I can’t stay by your side. Please live well in the days ahead, okay?, Ye Qingyue Ye Qingyue died in the very year Gu Beichen loved 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 I Made Myself a Boyfriend, and Somehow I Fell for Him Despite My Alexithymia 亲手造了个男友，患述情障碍的我竟动了心 I made myself a boyfriend, and somehow, despite my alexithymia, I fell for him. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 One-Man Show 独角戏 [Signed for simplified Chinese publication] I wish I were brave, but when it comes to loving you, I always feel so unworthy. 388Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 138 Huai'an 怀安 Xu Sui'an will always love Lu Huaizheng, and Lu Huaizheng will always protect Xu Sui'an. "To be loved is to have a brilliant light shine on the insecure in their darkest hour. It means that even if the whole world condemns you, I will still choose you without hesitation, come to you, and love you deeply." "Dear friend, one day we must say goodbye, but I will remember you forever. Farewell." 4Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 139 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
- 140 The Sound of Fine Rain on the Bridge 桥绵细雨声 [Depressed girl Qiao Mian x gentle doctor Wen Rouyu] Qiao Mian wanted to throw herself into the river, but Wen Rouyu pulled her out. Suddenly, she wasn't sure she wanted to die. Was it fate? Tugging timidly at Wen Rouyu's clothes, she asked, “Can you love me?” “I do. I love you so, so much. I like you more than anything.” Qiao Mian's depression was caused by her family. To help Qiao Mian break free from her birth family, Wen Rouyu secretly made a plan. Qiao Mian's parents beat her until both 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Even a Broken-Winged Butterfly Wants to Kiss the Sea 残翅蝴蝶也想亲吻大海 “Sunny Boy with a Heart Condition, the Transfer Student × Kind Girl with Depression” [Mutual Devotion + Bad Ending + Willing to Die for Love + Tragedy + Vicious Supporting Female Character] The girl Ruodie suffers from depression. In her black-and-white world, there isn’t a glimmer of light. Her one and only wish is to see the real sea just once. Then transfer student Qi Hai enters her world, bringing her endless warmth and making her feel for the first time that the world has color. He is a boy 1kReads8.2Score33714d adds
- 142 Letting Go 割愛 [Short tragic ending + obsessive male lead] After my mother remarried, my stepbrother, who shared neither parent with me, was always finding new ways to bully me. But after our parents died, he changed completely. He stopped bullying me and instead stayed by my side, taking care of me without ever giving up on me. It was as if he’d become a different person. 62Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 143 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
- 144 Longing in the Lonely Night 此夜相思空寂寥 Legend has it that every princess of Chaolan is born with a heart of seven orifices, a heart that can bring the dead back to life and grant immortality… With the land in turmoil, Princess Shen Ruoqing of Chaolan marries into Nansang for the sake of her country and its people, becoming the crown prince of Nansang’s consort. She thought she could live out her final years in peace, but that was only wishful thinking. On the city wall, dressed in white fox fur, she gazed down at him. The warmth in h 159Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 145 Rainy Days in Tongnian 桐年雨声 “Rich Heir’s Beloved” ✖️ “Handsome, Pitiful First Love” ✖️ “Secret Crush” ✖️ “Missed Chances” ✖️ “Based on Real Events” This is a story about missed chances. Seven years ago, he was her first love, but neither of them could bring themselves to confess. Seven years later, he became the one she could never forget, but their love could not exist in the same timeline. When things don’t work out, you always hope to make peace with them. But who knew that letting go would be even harder, leaving nothi 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 My Daughter Scored Zero on Her College Entrance Exam to Get Back at Me, So I Cut Her Off and Moved Abroad: I Owe You Nothing, Child 女儿高考0分报复我，我断供去国外：孩子，我不欠你的 My daughter scored zero on the college entrance exam to get back at me, so I cut off her support and moved abroad: Kid, I don’t owe you anything 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Nineteen Years of Mourning for Others, and Someone Finally Covered My Mouth 我给人哭丧十九年，第一次有人捂我的嘴 I've mourned the dead for nineteen years, and this is the first time someone has covered my mouth. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Her White Dress 她的白纱裙 [Cool girl + oblivious male lead + unrequited love + campus + mild angst] Ye Junqing comes from a poor family. With the help of Mu Chen, the favored son of heaven, she gradually emerges from the darkness, but in the end, they never get together. A story of unrequited love. At the beginning, he ruffles her hair. "Then it's a promise. We'll go see the sea together." At the end, he stands alone in the sea breeze, tears tracing his cheeks. "Junqing, where are you? Won't you come back to me?" 41Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 149 After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Was Doted on by the Young Master of the Capital's Elite 退婚后，被京圈太子爷娇宠上天 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Was Spoiled Rotten by the Crown Prince of Beijing's Elite Circle 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 She Lost Again 她又输了 [Youthful campus romance + secret crush + bad ending] Jiang Nianzhi’s world had always been dark, but luckily, she met Zhou Siheng, who could protect her. She realized she was pretty lucky after all: she’d found her savior, a boy who could keep her safe. It seemed Jiang Nianzhi had lost everything. Everyone hated her except Zhou Siheng. “Can I rely on you from now on?” The boy smiled, gently stroked the girl’s head, and said, “You can.” From then on, Jiang Nianzhi had someone to lean on. But goo 13Reads—Score114d adds
