Novels like Youth: Just a Little Closer
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- 51 The Campus Heartthrob I Forced Myself on Was Bitter and Sour, So I Stopped Chasing Him After Rebirth 强扭的校草酸又涩，重生后不追了 [Devoted couple + reborn + the man chases his wife after losing her + campus] In her previous life, Su Mei had been infatuated with Chi Yan for ten years, yet he never once gave her so much as a glance of his own accord. Reborn into a new life, she would never cling to him again. * She thought that if she went to Hai University, far from Jing City, they’d never cross paths again. So why had Chi Yan transferred to her school too? And why was his gaze growing more and more heated whenever he looke 5.9kReads6.8Score201Shelves
- 52 President Fu Gets His Marriage License with His White Moonlight, and Goes Crazy When I Marry Someone Else 傅总跟白月光领证，我嫁人他疯了 Everyone knows that Fu Tingshi, the young master of the Fu family, is Luo Jingxue’s boyfriend, the man she has pursued and loved with all her heart for years. Fu Tingshi treats her with cold indifference, but she is convinced he loves her. Until she sees him being gentle and attentive to another woman, caring for her tenderly. Worse, to give that woman respectability, he secretly registers their marriage, turning Luo Jingxue, his actual girlfriend, into the other woman. “She’s dying. This is her 7.8kReads6.6Score403Shelves
- 53 Racing Toward a Summer with You 奔赴有你的盛夏 [Secret love becomes reality | rekindled love | living under the same roof | both virgins | sweet pampering | winning her back] Cen Nian came to Jiang City to study with financial support from the Jin family. Jin Siyang was uninhibited and easygoing, with an innate pride and aloofness deep in his bones. Born into privilege and blessed with striking looks, he seemed favored by heaven. From the very first day Cen Nian moved into his home, she knew Jin Siyang disliked her. He deliberately kept his 14.1kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
- 54 She Doesn't Believe You Anymore 她不信你了 [Childhood sweetheart chases his wife to the crematorium] Xia Zhi had always loved Feng Qi. After finally getting him to agree to “give it a try,” they kept their relationship secret for a short while before he denied they were together and publicly announced his relationship with Shen Mian. On her birthday, Feng Qi hastily gave her a “freebie” as a gift, while the actual gift was on Shen Mian’s wrist. Disappointed, she smashed it and gave up on him for good. When Feng Qi tried to send her abroa 8.6kReads6.1Score283Shelves
- 55 I Tried to Marry My Cold White Moonlight by Force, but After Being Reborn, I Changed My Mind 强嫁白月光太高冷，重生后不嫁了 [Both leads are inexperienced] In her previous life, Jiang Tingyue loved Lu Shen, the illegitimate son of the Minister of Rites, and used her father’s influence to force him into marrying her. But after they wed, she learned that he already loved someone else. After regaining his status as crown prince and ascending the throne, the first thing he did was marry that woman and make her empress. As for Jiang Tingyue, she was imprisoned in the Cold Palace, where someone brought her a cup of poisoned 16.9kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
- 56 They All Love the White Moonlight, So After Being Reborn, I Stopped Chasing Them 他们都爱白月光，重生后我不追了 [This story would be perfect for a short drama. Screenwriters, take note!] [Reborn at school] + [Ex chasing his wife to the crematorium] + [Villain takes the lead] + [Real and fake heiresses] On her wedding day, Qin Xiang’s fiancé left her behind to visit his first love at the hospital. Heartbroken, Qin Xiang married Lu Chiye, her childhood friend who had pursued her for years. After they married, Lu Chiye’s tenderness gradually melted her heart. But one day, Qin Xiang happened to hear him say, 5.3kReads8.3Score395Shelves
- 57 Unrequited Love Is an Inner Monologue 暗恋是一场内心的独白 [Schoolyard secret crush + win-her-back redemption arc] Happy ending. A story about me secretly loving someone who falls for my best friend. The heroine suffers first, then the hero. Because of the wounds left by her family, she has been sensitive and insecure since childhood. He, meanwhile, is outstanding in every way, a talented and popular figure at school. Little by little, she is drawn to him, and by the time she realizes it, she has fallen deeply in love. In high school, she secretly lov 4.1kReads7.0Score159Shelves
- 58 After She Changed Her College Entrance Exam Choices in Secret, the School Hunk Went Red-Eyed with Rage 她偷改高考志愿后，校草急红了眼 The rating was just posted, so it may not be accurate. It’ll go up later ❤️ [The male lead pursues his wife through fire and water + the heroine, a hopeless romantic, suddenly wakes up + both leads are each other’s one and only + sweet romance + happy ending] [Gentle yet resilient beauty of Nanda University × aloof, noble heartthrob of Jingda University] Xu Huan loved He Qingchen for ten whole years! From the start of high school until she graduated from university, he never returned her feel 6.3kReads7.0Score256Shelves
- 59 When the Locust Tree Knows to Return 释槐知返 [Sharp-tongued × resilient] [Detective × diplomat] [Long-planned pursuit] [Flirty tension at first, then some angst] [Mutual pining] [Both virgins] [Happy ending] Before she turned seventeen, Jiang Zhiyao’s memories of Xing Shi went no further than their distant childhood. In 2006, her father remarried. Holding Xing Shi’s hand in one of his and patting little Zhiyao’s head with the other, he said, “Call him your big brother.” Jiang Zhiyao obediently did as she was told, but young Xing Shi said n 10kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
- 60 Who Can Pluck the Bright Moon? 谁可摘明月 [Unruly, Obsessive, Coldhearted, Aloof, and a Rising Lawyer] X [Gentle, Quiet, Mature, Fatherly, Restrained, and a Second-Generation Entrepreneurial CEO] Ten-year age gap · The remorseful pursuit of a wife · Mutual salvation The heroine is not a virgin, but the hero is. Do not read if this bothers you! Lian Qi isn't easy to like. She never had a father, and her mother hated her for being withdrawn and introverted. After her grandmother died, her mother abandoned her with her aunt and never con 37.9kReads9.0Score5kShelves
- 61 It’s All His Fault 怪他 [Signed for publication] Shen Zaiyi has a problem: she doesn’t understand what love is. She first crossed paths with Zhu Chen at a nightclub. After losing a game, Shen Zaiyi asked him to add her on WeChat. Shen Zaiyi had never been rejected in her life, but this was the first time a man had humiliated her. “Sorry, I’m just not interested in you.” Furious, Shen Zaiyi declared she would win Zhu Chen over within a semester. She made sure he saw her everywhere, stayed on his mind, and tried everythi 11.9kReads8.7Score680Shelves
- 62 Shh! Let’s Gossip! A Top-Tier Star’s Pregnancy Care Guide! 嘘！吃瓜！女顶流孕期养护指南！ [Showbiz comeback + sweet romance + secret marriage + a little angst early on, running away while pregnant + a taciturn domineering CEO gets flirted with in return on the road to a comeback] She found out she was pregnant on the day she divorced him?! With a baby in her belly, Ruan Yu secretly signed the divorce papers with Gu Youci. She felt as if she’d been handed the script of a woman who runs away while pregnant. But she’d originally planned to abort the baby. Then he signed and looked up at 7.8kReads8.8Score589Shelves
- 63 After I Shut My Heart to Love, the Untouchable Beauty I Pursued Lost Control 封心锁爱后，我追的高岭花失控了 [Both reborn, win-her-back-at-all-costs romance, rival suitors battling it out, bittersweet campus romance] [A restrained, solitary pine on a snowy peak vs. a sunflower blooming among thorns] Wen Zhao pursued Cen Ji for seven years, finally winning the aloof beauty everyone had secretly admired back in school. She thought her husband had always been cool, distant, and above worldly concerns. That was until Wen Zhao opened his QQ album and found the high school photos of another woman he had trea 21.4kReads8.2Score1.7kShelves
- 64 Reborn: A Deal with My Campus Heartthrob Ex-Husband 重生：和校草前夫交易 [Both reborn at school + bittersweet past lives + a broken relationship mended + heartwarming + devoted couple] [Cold, calculating heartthrob + cute, scatterbrained sweetheart] Li Wan and Zhou Wang Jing’s marriage began with a night of intimacy brought on by a twist of fate. Zhou Wang Jing didn’t love her. He had someone he liked who’d been by his side throughout his youth. He married her out of a sense of responsibility. Li Wan had seen the way Zhou Wang Jing looked at that girl. At last, Li Wa 5.4kReads7.5Score370Shelves
- 65 Why Are You Hiding? I Like You Too 躲什么，我也喜欢你 Reunion After Years Apart + Secret Crush + He Has to Win Her Back + Class Divide Aunt Sun, who works as a maid for the Gu family, often warns her daughter not to get involved with rich young men. She has her reasons: she is afraid her daughter will go astray, forget her place, and cost her her job. Wu Yunyun is a well-behaved girl who takes her mother's words to heart and never dares cross the line. Perhaps the thing you fear most is exactly what happens: she falls for the Gu family's young mast 4.4kReads6.3Score164Shelves
- 66 The Rose Stirs the Gentle Breeze 玫瑰惹清风 Nie Jin has a twin sister who suddenly falls ill and needs a kidney transplant, making Nie Jin the only suitable donor. Her mother, who had never cared for her, came begging. So did Cheng Wen, her sister’s stepbrother. Knowing her sister liked Cheng Wen, Nie Jin said, “I might be willing to save her, but I have one condition!” Cheng Wen: “What condition?” Nie Jin: “Winter’s almost here, and I want someone to keep my bed warm. How about you?” Cheng Wen: “Impossible.” Nie Jin: “Then don’t ask me t 6kReads8.9Score420Shelves
- 67 Five Years After My Death, I Became the Tyrant's White Moonlight 死后第五年，我成了暴君白月光 [Resurrected first love VS ruthless emperor left a widower to raise a child alone | Devoted romance + Possessive love + Chasing his wife to the crematorium] Lan Shu was an orphan, living under someone else's roof. Just because Prince Yong looked at her twice, her uncle sent her to his bed, and she became a bird in his cage. After five years together, she heard him say, “She's only a kept woman. She's not worth the trouble.” Lan Shu's heart turned completely cold. When Prince Yong ascended the th 16.1kReads8.5Score1kShelves
- 68 The Equation of You 关于你的方程式 [Devoted, restrained poor boy x smart, clear-headed rich beauty] Shu Qiao couldn't accept breaking up with Li Zheng, so she swallowed her pride and went to talk things through with him. Instead, she overheard him telling one of her classmates, “Shu Qiao and I have no future. I dated her because I didn't want to have any regrets about my college years.” Love is a multivariable linear equation. Li Zheng, who had always aced math, knew perfectly well that Shu Qiao wasn't his optimal solution, so he 10.8kReads8.9Score993Shelves
- 69 He Tucked the Divorce Agreement Into His Sleeve 和离书被他收进袖中 He Tucked the Divorce Agreement into His Sleeve 116Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 She Hid Her Pregnancy and Divorced Him. CEO Gu Is Searching the World in a Frenzy 隐藏怀孕离婚，顾总满世界疯找 A beautiful, gentle heiress fallen on hard times ✖ a cool, aloof, and dignified CEO worth hundreds of billions [One true pairing + sweet romance + adorable kids + regretful pursuit of his wife + everyday realism] Shen Shiwei and Gu Zeyue were married only by agreement. The day she found out she was pregnant, his childhood sweetheart returned from abroad. After a series of events, Shen Shiwei decisively chose to divorce him, hiding her pregnancy and leaving the country alone. Only after the divor 25.7kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
- 71 Pillowed in Spring's Embrace 枕春色 [Signed for publication; print edition on sale July 31] [Hero fights to win her back + Second male lead faces a long road to reconciliation + Powerful man bends for love] Clear-headed, resilient tofu-seller heroine vs. devoted prince with a secret sorrow When Chun Zhi was nine, Lu Jingyun took her in after she was left homeless, and she became his child bride. Lu Jingyun promised, “If I pass the imperial exams one day, I'll make you my wife.” For ten years, she supported him with all her strengt 53.1kReads8.8Score4kShelves
- 72 Take His Moon, Destroy His White Moonlight 摘他月亮，废他白月光 Take His Moon, Destroy His White Moonlight 191Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Reckless Days and Nights 昼夜荒唐 [Flirtatious Playboy vs. Gentle, Elegant Doctor] [One Couple, Both Chaste + Marriage First, Love Later + Fake Stand-In + Secret Crush + The Ex-Wife Gets Her Revenge] He Wen Zhou and Li Wan'an's marriage began with one man falling for her looks and one woman having nowhere else to turn. But people say He Wenzhou chose Li Wan'an only because her face resembles his first love, the woman he held dear. He just wanted a stand-in to amuse himself. - The rumors are raging. Someone asks He Wenzhou, “Mr. 8.3kReads8.2Score532Shelves
- 74 Mr. Shi, You Can’t Hide Your Secret Crush Anymore 时先生，你的暗恋藏不住啦 [An ultra-sweet romance!!] [No getting back together, the second male lead’s unrequited love takes center stage, whirlwind marriage, marriage first and love later, pure romance.] Qin Shuzhi stood by Shen Yichen through his darkest days and helped him rise again. Just as they were about to get married, his first love returned from overseas. She never could have imagined it: Shen Yichen would abandon her alone on a mountaintop on her birthday, all because of a phone call from Zhou Siyan. He said, 96.7kReads8.9Score5.3kShelves
- 75 Confession in the Long Night 告白长夜 A Long Night of Confessions 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Attached to Ink Painting 墨画附 (Possessive Pursuit / Stealing Someone Else’s Love, Both Pure) (Coolheaded, gentle heroine vs. seemingly frivolous but truly obsessive hero) For three generations, the men of the Fu family had been passionate lovers: devoted to the point of obsession. But then an exception came along. Everyone in Beijing’s elite circles knew that Fu Mo, the Fu family’s heir, was a notorious playboy. He drifted from one woman to the next, never keeping anyone by his side for more than a month. He was both heartle 14.5kReads8.6Score1kShelves
- 77 The Commander Broke Off Our Engagement for His White Moonlight. Reborn, I Won't Marry Him 首长为白月光悔婚，重生我不嫁了 [Reborn + spatial storage + the regretful husband pursues her to the crematorium, then realizes she's wonderful and gets face-slapped + one-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only] In her previous life, Jiang Xiachu loved Lu Huaiyan for ten years. In return, she got three years of military marriage without seeing him. He didn't even come to see her after she gave birth to their daughter. Everyone said she had forced the marriage on him. His absence from their engagement banquet had ma 6.1kReads7.8Score266Shelves
- 78 She's Hard to Win Over 她很难哄 [Sensitive, quiet, sweet girl x roguish, handsome, flirtatious rich boy] [College campus / secret crush comes true / playboy turns over a new leaf / bittersweet romance / mutually devoted] During freshman military training, the scorching sun beat down. Yun Qian was drenched in sweat when she saw her savior walking past. He was tall and handsome, his easygoing style impossible to miss. Girls were always confessing to him, offering him water and asking for his WeChat. Someone whispered the goss 10.2kReads8.6Score732Shelves
- 79 Sugar Daddy, Please Step Aside 金主爸爸请靠边 Sugar Daddy, Please Step Aside 86Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Eight Months Pregnant, I Personally Sent the Scumbag to the Police 怀孕八个月，我亲手把渣男送进警局 Eight months pregnant, I personally sent the scumbag to the police station. 229Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 A Forced Romance with the Campus Prince Isn't Sweet; Reborn, She Wants to Stay Away 强扭的校草不甜，重生后她想远离 [Both leads are pure and devoted + both are reborn + sweet romance as he pursues his wife] (The rating just came out, and it’ll keep going up!) She loved him for over ten years, only to discover after they married that his heart still belonged to someone else. After being reborn, she stops chasing him and is determined to stay away. When the college entrance exam results come out, she secretly applies to a police academy in the south without telling anyone. After military training ends, he corne 6.9kReads8.0Score281Shelves
- 82 Deep Love for Ci Yuan 辞鸢情深 [Rich Heir × Top-Tier Beauty and Designer] (Full-cast audio edition now available) "Love at first sight on both sides + Class difference + Winning her back + Rekindled romance + Both chaste" They were both struck by love at first sight! An irresistible physical attraction! Everyone says that the rich heir Ji Ke is only playing around with the student Ruan Yuan. Ruan Yuan gives him her whole heart, but... Ruan Yuan: “Let’s get married!” Ji Ke: “What are you thinking? You’re only 21.” Ruan Yuan: “ 26.9kReads8.1Score1.4kShelves
- 83 Any Wild Fantasy 任意妄想 [Devoted leads + sweet romance + age gap + possessive pursuit] [Wily temptress VS lovestruck tycoon] Also known as Any Wild Wish Irreverent blurb: Pei Wang is messed up at first and doesn't know how to love. All he knows is how to show it physically. Later, he'll make everyone jealous with how disgustingly sweet he is. Don't worry, dive right in, and enjoy the ride! The serious version: Pei Wang is famous in his circle for being aloof, restrained, and heartless. Every second is under his control 9.5kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
- 84 Reborn, the Prince Regrets It Too Late 重生后，王爷他后悔莫及 After I Was Reborn, the Prince Regretted It Too Late 331Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 The Night His White Moonlight Had a Fever, I Called a Divorce Lawyer 白月光发烧那夜，我拨通了离婚律师电话 The Night His White Moonlight Came Down with a Fever, I Called a Divorce Lawyer 839Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 After Becoming the Original Wife in a Period Novel, I Divorced Him at Once 穿成年代文原配后，我火速离婚 [This story is anything but normal. Not a single character is normal, so don't read if that bothers you!] Jiang Banyue is a twenty-second-century pastry chef who accidentally transmigrates into a military romance set in the past. The hero, Shen Yunhe, is her husband, while she is his first wife, destined to die young. As soon as Jiang Banyue opens her eyes, she feels her barely showing belly. There are three babies inside. Great, she gets the babies without having to deal with the man. Jiang Ba 4.1kReads8.2Score170Shelves
- 87 After I Climbed into the Wrong Childhood Friend’s Bed 爬错竹马床后 After I Climbed into the Wrong Childhood Friend's Bed 318Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 A Sweet Military Marriage in the 1970s, Raising a Child and Doing Research Too 七零军婚甜如蜜，带娃科研两不误 [Military life on an island + marriage first, love later + chasing his wife to the crematorium + devoted sweet romance + no golden finger] After twenty years of studying hard, Jiang Qingyue had finally achieved her dream of heading to an island as an agricultural PhD to pursue research. But before she could leave, she unexpectedly transmigrated to the 1970s. A woman who'd been single for ages found herself in the bridal chamber from the start! After one wild night, she woke up to discover that t 37.8kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
- 89 He Made a Wish 他许了 He Made a Wish 1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 90 We Met After Two Days of Online Dating, and She Sent Me 200 Yuan 网恋两天奔现，她转我二百块 We met in person after two days of online dating, and she transferred me 200 yuan. 222Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Summer Stars 夏之星辰 [One devoted couple][Obsessive CEO pursues the girl who used to follow him everywhere][A groveling pursuit, no limits to winning her back, a husband who spoils her rotten] “Don’t you like me even a little?” “I don’t like you. I don’t like you now, and I never will.” In the end, he still couldn’t win her heart... Only after she turned and walked away did he realize how terribly he’d been wrong... He loved her deeply without realizing it, and lost the girl who had stayed by his side for eighteen y 11.6kReads9.0Score621Shelves
- 92 The Empress Is Reborn 皇后娘娘重生了 The Empress Has Been Reborn 317Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 Reborn Noble Daughter, Refusing to Be My Brother-in-Law's Caged Bird 重生嫡女，拒做姐夫的笼中雀 Reborn as the Legitimate Daughter, I Refuse to Be My Brother-in-Law's Caged Bird 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 94 After Breaking Up with the Movie Star, I Hid My Pregnancy and Thrived on My Own 和影帝分手后我藏起孕肚独美了 [Both Leads' First Love + Bittersweet and Sweet Romance, Breaking Free and Growing Strong, Proud Hero Chases His Wife, Mutual Redemption, Rekindled Romance, Adorable Child] Cui Tang once loved Gu Qiaoxi to the point of obsession. She faked a pregnancy to trick him into marriage and even threatened to die, but still couldn't make him stay. On the night before they broke up, they made love until they were spent. At dawn, Gu Qiaoxi said, “Cui Tang, you're disgusting!” That day, Cui Tang lay in the 13.2kReads8.6Score957Shelves
- 95 The War King Can Read Minds, and His Beautiful Stepmom Wife Gets Pampered Despite Doing Nothing 兵王会读心，漂亮后妈摆烂被宠哭 [Military marriage + historical era + widowed sister-in-law + raising a child + bickering couple + space + everyday life as a military wife] In her past life, her husband Yang Shengjun defended his comrade's widow and accused Xu Zijin of being petty, unreasonable, and unkind. Xu Zijin spent her whole life blaming herself and had a head full of white hair before she turned fifty. Her son said she wasn't generous enough, and that she got jealous even though she knew his father had a responsibility 26.1kReads9.1Score4.5kShelves
- 96 Remarry? Maybe in My Next Life 复婚？下辈子吧 Remarry? Maybe in Your Next Life 288Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 Ultimate Restraint 顶级克制 Rain poured outside the window, and the air was heavy and damp. The room was silent except for the soft rustle of Zhaoming Ji wiping her hair with a towel. Lu Daiqing sat on the sofa, watching her. She smiled, then padded slowly toward him on her wet, bare feet, and stepped on his white sneakers. - The air was hot and humid, the gloom unending, the tension thick with the scent of gunpowder, and the unspoken intimacy impossible to ignore. Under the same roof, she and he held themselves back, each 19.6kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
- 98 The General's Sparrow in His Palm 将军掌中雀 The General's Little Caged Bird 135Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Whoever Goes Back on Their Word Is a Dog 谁反悔谁是狗 Whoever Goes Back on Their Word Is a Dog 4.5kReads—Score—Shelves
- 100 After I Changed Targets, the Cool and Collected Chief Secretary Turned Dark 更换攻略对象后，清冷首辅黑化了 [Dark Pursuit After Betrayal + No Getting Back Together + Rivalry Between Men for the Heroine + Second Male Lead Wins] Thirty days remained on the conquest countdown when Shen Lanyin decided to replace her with the real heiress as his betrothed. Unwilling to be erased, she drugged Shen Lanyin. At the height of their passion, she wrapped her arms around his neck. “Lanyin, you’ll marry me, won’t you?” He said nothing. She settled for less. “Would you take Zhu Yue as your second wife?” Shen Lanyin’ 11.7kReads8.8Score857Shelves
