Novels like Don't Tell Him, I Still Miss Him
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- 51 The Bellflower Is Not White 桔梗不白 Every moment spent near him was full of telltale slips. A performance called unrequited love is the hardest one to pull off. - (The male lead doesn't cheat. He appears as a ghost, hoping the heroine will finally give up on him and stop grieving. He also sacrifices his reputation so netizens will stop attacking her. If someone has to be swallowed up by public opinion, he wants it to be him. It's a self-destructive attempt to save her: he gives up his life and his good name, as long as she's all r 133Reads8.1Score105Shelves
- 52 After Three Years of Unrequited Pursuit, I Turned Around and Fell into a Big Shot's Arms 倒追三年没结果，转身大佬揽入怀 [The ex-wife chase ends with the ashes scattered + second male lead takes the girl + scheming male lead + both leads are each other’s first and only] The entertainment industry is a glittering place, but what it never lacks is people who pretend to be sincere. Liang Ci, however, offered Shi Yan her whole heart. Just as expected, he shattered it to pieces. The man looked down at her and asked, “Liang Ci, have you forgotten what our relationship is?” Liang Ci hadn’t forgotten. She’d just clung to 1.6kReads8.7Score143Shelves
- 53 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. 415Reads8.8Score109Shelves
- 54 Flowers Bloom in Midsummer 花开半夏 “A beloved classic love story by hugely popular author Jiu Yehui, destined to make millions of readers weep once more after Those Bygone Years. A real case. A story about teenagers in 1999. It’s a very, very long story. From birth to death, youth to old age, kindness to cruelty, loyalty to betrayal, justice to evil, protection to murder, pure love to original sin, punishment to redemption, love to hate... Perhaps those who miss someone can see it. Perhaps those who have forgotten can see it. Per 108Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 55 Dirty Rose 脏玫瑰 A murder case eight years ago cost Wen Li everything, but with crucial evidence missing, the real culprit is still at large. Years later, she meticulously lays her plans, determined to make the killer and the accomplices who turned a blind eye pay for what they did. Xu Changchuan of the criminal investigation squad never imagined he’d end up on a blind date at a breakfast shop, only for his date to become a suspect at a case analysis meeting the very next moment. Using his position to get close 1.2kReads8.9Score153Shelves
- 56 Baby, You’re So Seductive, I Want to Kiss You: The Fake Heiress Is Forced to Fall in Love! 宝宝好欲想亲，假千金被强制爱！ Fake heiress vs. possessive, unhinged brother | 1v1 forced romance | Love and hate intertwined She was the Zhou family’s fake heiress, raised by them for eighteen years, and she’d called him “Big Brother” countless times. He exposed her true identity and cast her into the abyss, then forcibly kept her by his side when she had nowhere else to turn, swearing he would lock her there for the rest of her life. Love was obsession, possession, and the stubborn resolve to never let go, even if she hat 1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Quick Transmigration Matchmaker: The Male Lead Deliberately Ruins Her Reputation 快穿最野红娘：男主故意砸招牌 Sweet quick transmigration + one-on-one romance with devoted couples + a touch of fortune-telling + matchmaking + Matchmaker System + a hero with all kinds of issues Pei Wanyu is a workaholic who has just been promoted and given a raise when an unexpected car accident leaves her soul out of her body. As she rants furiously, she gets bound to the [Myriad Worlds Matchmaker System]. She thought she'd get the script of a heroine or a supporting female character, but instead she's been assigned to m 566Reads7.2Score104Shelves
- 58 Honeymoon Period 蜜月期 Honeymoon Period 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 A Kiss That Stirs the Gardenia’s Desire 惹吻栀意 [Radiant Classical Dance Prima Ballerina × Scheming Tech Tycoon from an Elite Family] [Long-Laid Plans + Married First, Love Later + Male Lead Uses Any Means to Rise to the Top + Second Male Lead Gets His Comeuppance, but She Never Turns Back + Both Leads’ First Love] It was no secret in their social circle that Sheng Zhi was openly in love with Shen Yu. Shen Yu’s usual flirtatious ambiguity toward her also convinced everyone they were a couple made to last. At a banquet where she was left out i 2.4kReads8.7Score229Shelves
- 60 One Glance, A Lifetime of Love 一次回眸，一世情 [Workplace Romance] + [Modern Romance] + [Family] + [Love at First Sight] + [Secret Crush] This is a tangled love story between one woman and three men. Ouyang Bo, a top student from a prestigious university, gives up his promising future to follow her to a remote mountain village and continue a love they both chose. Cheng Xi, the city’s top official, remains true to his first love for twenty years, letting the feelings sparked by their first meeting deepen into a profound love. Rich and handso 1.9kReads9.4Score237Shelves
- 61 I Witness Your Wedding in the Name of Your Lawful Wife 我以正妻之名为你证婚 I Bear Witness to Your Wedding in the Name of Your Legal Wife 5.9kReads—Score75.9kShelves
- 62 The Female Side Character Has Three Men Begging for Her Back 女配她有三个火葬场 [The Ex Who Chases Her Too Late + Rivalry Between Suitors + Fake Death + Irreversible Regret] Liu Gu is an unusually forward-thinking transmigrator. Not only did she transmigrate, she became a supporting female character, and not just in one book, but in three. She was the childhood sweetheart of the nation's great general, but couldn't compete with the newcomer stealing a single glance from him. She was the fallen princess who saved the villain, but couldn't compete with the female lead's smile 2.8kReads7.0Score177Shelves
- 63 The Summer After the College Entrance Exam, I Learned My First Lesson in Growing Up 高考完的这个暑假，我上了人生成长的第一课 That summer after the college entrance exams, I learned my first lesson in growing up. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 The Echo of a Secret Crush, and Then It Ends Badly 暗恋回声又be [A reckless, carefree young man vs. a sensitive, insecure girl] (Bad ending) One woman remains unmarried, trapped in the past. The other has a happy marriage and shines brightly. Zhao Huaili is a notorious playboy in Beicheng. He has an impossibly upright-looking face, yet lives a wild life. He may not be the darling of heaven, but he is surrounded by admirers. Lu Zhinan is the Lu family’s shameful illegitimate daughter. Bright-eyed and kind, she always gives people the impression of a girl with 700Reads8.7Score129Shelves
- 65 After His Wife Dies in a Fire With Their Child in Her Arms, Mr. Lu Goes Mad 夫人抱崽葬身火海后，陆总他疯了 [Angsty romance] + [win-her-back-at-all-costs] + [never forgive] + [no getting back together] + [obsessive] + [second male lead wins] Lu Hengnian hates Fu Xingran so much that he forces her to donate skin without anesthesia, slaps her, pushes her in front of a knife, and makes her give birth prematurely… When he has to choose between two lives at death’s door, he doesn’t hesitate to save his first love, abandoning her and their child to die. At last, he drives her to the brink. Yet through the v 1.1kReads8.5Score101Shelves
- 66 The Pig-Butchering Scam Game 杀猪盘游戏 [Disfigured, brooding male ghost x imperfect heroine] [Mental illness | disfigured male ghost | obsession | escape | coercion | imprisonment] [A scoundrel's true love | ruthless seas and clear skies | the moon hangs high, but its light doesn't reach me] [No redemption arc | groveling after losing her | age gap] Under the moonlight, Chu Ying accidentally witnessed a murder. As she tried to escape, the killer spotted her, and the chase began... Cornered on a high platform, she fell from it and 546Reads—Score100Shelves
- 67 He Lives in Heaven 他住在天堂里 [Signed for print publication] [He has loved her in secret for ten years, tragic ending + male lead dies of cancer + tearjerker campus romance] “The girl I’ve loved for ten years got married. I personally placed her hand in her future husband’s. The last time I called her by name was at her wedding.” Jiang Chi 699Reads8.4Score186Shelves
- 68 My Archrival Died for Her. On the Night He Was Reborn, She Kissed Him Senseless 死对头为她而死，重生当晚亲懵他 [Second male lead takes the spotlight + two CEOs + devoted couples + adorable baby + deliciously sweet romance] Qi Xi helped her childhood sweetheart and fiancé, Qin Xingzhou, rise to become the richest man, never realizing he had already fallen for someone else. To seize her fortune, he killed her on their wedding day! It was her sworn enemy, Mu Qixuan, who laid her to rest. He avenged her, then died of poison leaning against her gravestone. Reborn three years earlier, on the day of her engag 1.6kReads9.0Score169Shelves
- 69 Even Love and Longing Betrayed Me 风月也曾负相思 Her hands were stained with blood, yet she won this vast kingdom for him. He was the ruler, and she was his slave; decades of companionship could not outweigh a single tear from the woman he loved. To save his beloved, he offered her up to the enemy army. She endured every kind of torture, willingly. Still for the sake of his beloved, he severed her left arm, took her unborn child, and drained her blood to keep the other woman alive. Then, with a great army before her, her hair white as snow, sh 162Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 70 You Are the North of Beijing 你是北京的北 Even now, Wen Wen still remembered the day she left Beijing. It was the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. She left alone and without hesitation, yet carried a weight of a thousand pounds. Before boarding her flight, she gazed down at the city's nightscape from inside a skyscraper. The roads were still filled with traffic, and countless people rushed about, only to end up with nothing. This city had buried her winter, her summer, and her spring. By the time she left, all she felt for 1.2kReads8.1Score101Shelves
- 71 I Was in Your Heart Once, Wasn't I? 其实我也在你心里存在过吧 I was part of your heart once too, wasn’t I? 442Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 The Clouds Set the Fire 云烧了火 As a boy, Yan Huo happened to meet Yun Bian at the home of his classmate, Yun Duan. The moment he first saw Yun Bian, a seed of secret love took root in his heart. He waited four years for her to come of age, then began his pursuit without hesitation. They were a perfect match, and everything went smoothly. He thought they would live happily ever after, but then Yan Huo suddenly grew tired of the relationship and asked to break up. They parted ways, and six years later, they met again. In a smal 567Reads9.4Score106Shelves
- 73 Yu Dongbie 于冬别 [Signed for publication in simplified Chinese] Yu Zhe said he'd wait for her, and he would keep waiting. But Shi Taoning had no way out. She couldn't go back. 939Reads9.2Score255Shelves
- 74 Lemon Candy: Tart and Sweet 柠檬糖，很酸很甜 The animated drama is now live. Thanks for your support, everyone! Season two's ancient-era arc is complete, so feel free to check it out if you're interested. One-on-one sweet romance | Childhood sweethearts reunite after a breakup | A possessive CEO's eight-year wait | Healing daily life raising a child | Thanks for your support, everyone. The rating is gradually going up, so don't worry too much about it. After a car accident while mountain climbing and camping, Jiang Yining thought her life 14kReads8.3Score1kShelves
- 75 My Setting Is That I Love Her 朕的设定是爱她 [System transmigration into a book + mutual healing + winning over a lovesick obsessive] A new historical romance from Zhier, author of one of Zhihu’s three great tragic novels, Late Departure. The main story is lighthearted and funny, but the extras will break your heart. She is his nightmare, and also his cure! He is written to love her, so no matter what she does, he will never blame her. “Yan Yu, I truly and sincerely love you. Don’t forget me, I beg you.” “Don’t be afraid. Your elder sister 398Reads8.6Score113Shelves
- 76 After Losing Her Memory, She Falls into Another Man’s Arms, and the Crown Prince Goes Mad with Jealousy 失忆改投他人怀，太子疯魔红了眼 [The wife-pursuing crematorium turns to ashes + the second male lead takes the crown.] [Warning!! One-on-one romance, both leads are chaste, but the heroine has kissed the first male lead many times!] An Qi transmigrated to a feudal dynasty and fell in love with the crown prince. For his sake, she gave up her only chance to return to modern times. … “An Qi, what more do you want? I’m the crown prince of a nation. How could I possibly have only one woman? This idea of being together for a lifetim 1.5kReads8.1Score142Shelves
- 77 The Woman Who Vanished for Three Years Shocked the World 消失三年的她，震惊了全世界 She Disappeared for Three Years, Shocking the Whole World 80Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 The Fat Boy's Secret Crush 胖子的暗恋 The Fat Guy's Secret Crush 813Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 The Art of Deception 过分伪装 [Short tragic romance + fast-paced + bad ending] On a night of torrential rain, Huo Chenyiao pinched her chin and sneered. “For six years, every single day I've thought about how to destroy you.” - He forced her to sign a mistress contract and took what he wanted from her night after night. When he discovered she was pregnant, he personally sent her to the operating table. He didn't know that the strange woman he'd spent the night with at the bar was her. Even less did he know that the ink on he 4.3kReads8.5Score287Shelves
- 80 Still Waters, Cold as Death 死水薄凉 [Scumbag Top x World-Weary Bottom] [Mad Dog x Mad Dog] [Forced Love] [Tragedy] The world had never been so dull. It all began when Xu Yanzhi picked up the countdown. Xu Yanzhi, a rich second-generation layabout who did nothing but coast through life and wait to die, encountered Li Yan after he returned to the country ten years later. Forced to tear open his wounds, Xu Yanzhi gradually let his true nature show. I’m done pretending. I actually hate this world. I set fires, hurt people, and framed 831Reads8.7Score110Shelves
- 81 Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance, but the White Moonlight Just Wants to Build a Career 全员火葬场，白月光只想搞事业 [Transmigration + cross-dressing as a man + everyone reborn + no rekindling old flames + everyone faces a groveling redemption arc] Jiang Yan died silently beneath the heavy snow. In the moment before she closed her eyes, she looked back on her life and saw nothing but regrets. When Jiang Yan was born, her mother died in childbirth. She was branded a jinx from childhood, disliked by her father and estranged from her older brother. Her brash young cousin bullied her, and even the little beggar sh 2.1kReads8.5Score122Shelves
- 82 Reborn in the Eighties: Commander Su, I Won’t Bother You Anymore 重生80：苏首长我不要纠缠你了 Reborn in 1980: Commander Su, I Won’t Bother You Anymore 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Reborn in the 80s: My Husband and I Chose to Be Childfree, Yet He Had an Illegitimate Child 重生80：老公和我丁克，却有私生子 Reborn in the 1980s: My Husband and I Agreed to Be Childfree, Yet He Has an Illegitimate Child 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Did You Become an Adult on the Night You Cried the Hardest? 你哭得最伤心的那个晚上变成大人了吗？ When was the last time you had a good cry? That night, embrace your disappointment and face your sadness. Looking back after time has passed, perhaps it was a gift that helped you grow. Don't be afraid. Take a big step forward. We don't always have to play the adults. The way you charge headlong into things, the way you are so childlike, can be just as adorable. 140Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 85 Farewell, Marquis. I Hope We Never Meet Again in the Next Life 再见了侯爷，下一辈子也不要见了 Goodbye, Marquis. I hope we never meet again in the next life. 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
- 86 One Hundred Do-Overs: Side Story 《任务重来一百次》番外 Extra Story for "The Mission: One Hundred More Tries" 666Reads—Score101Shelves
- 87 Behave Yourself! 学乖！ School Life | Healing | Family of Origin | Bittersweet Romance | BE “That person stumbled into your lightless corner and stood before you, backlit, holding out a hand. It was salvation, and it was a god.” Gentle and sensitive × Cold on the outside, warm within He had always been the center of attention, born into a prominent family and exceptional in every way. She was as insignificant as a speck of dust. To everyone else, they were like parallel lines that could never meet, destined never to cr 1.7kReads8.9Score307Shelves
- 88 I Came Back to Life After Three Years Dead, Shocking the Entire Internet 死了三年复活了，震惊全网 Dead for Three Years, Then Back to Life, Shocking the Entire Internet 370Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Back to the Conquest World: The Supporting Male Lead Cherishes Her Above All 重返攻略世界：被男配宠上心尖 [Quick transmigration + returning to conquest worlds years later + both leads' first and only love + 1v1 + sweet romance + devoted male supporting characters + System + raising children + white moonlight] Don't worry about the score, it's slowly going up. Each story is 50 chapters, so feel free to pick the worlds you like. Lu Wanting was once the "Queen of Conquest" at the Quick Transmigration Bureau. After completing 999 missions, she'd finally saved enough points to retire and take a vacation, 7.3kReads8.2Score371Shelves
- 90 Married Off as a Substitute at Eighty: My Commander Husband Spoils Me to the Heavens 替嫁80：首长老公宠我上天了 Substitute Bride of 1980: The Commander Dotes on Me Like I’m His Whole World 4.8kReads—Score—Shelves
- 91 I Don’t Want the Bellflowers Anymore 我不要桔梗花了 Yu Nianxu, Wei Mu is still here, still protecting you somewhere else. Wei Mu, don't go! Yu Nianxu, wake up! I'm still here. Wei Mu, I'm awake. Where are you? Wei Mu, I'm willing. Wei Mu, goodbye! I'll live well from now on. 156Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 92 Luring Her to Fall from the Clouds 诱她向云端沦陷 [No Reconciliation After the Breakup + He Chases Her, but She Never Turns Back + Second Male Lead Wins + Unrequited Love Comes True] Xie Weiyi thought she had married for love after dating Sheng Shuran since college and eventually walking down the aisle with him. But on their wedding anniversary, she received a photo of Sheng Shuran having dinner with another woman. When Xie Weiyi confronted him, all she got was a dismissive reply: “I married you, didn't I? Can you stop being so sensitive?” “If 7.6kReads9.0Score764Shelves
- 93 Bridge and Harmony 乔和 I came into this world alone, yet I could not escape falling secretly in love. Qieqie never imagined a boy would burst into her life and become an indispensable part of her growing years. The boy she loved was exceptionally talented, pure and untainted. But in the blink of an eye, fate toyed with him, and he fell into an abyss. He suffered torment, and she stayed by his side. Neither of them was the other's cure, but they became each other's lifeline. The clown became a warrior, and the princess 574Reads9.4Score111Shelves
- 94 Waiting Twenty Years 一等二十年 Waiting Twenty Years 141Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 The Years Have Slipped Into Twilight 岁月忽已暮 [Campus Romance] [Mutual Secret Crushes] [Coming-of-Age Feelings] [Happy Ending] When the prodigy Jiang He was sixteen, she followed the boy she liked, Jiang Hai, to San Francisco to study. Together, they won an outstanding award in mathematical modeling, conducted experiments, and wrote papers. Just as Jiang He thought they could keep working together in perfect harmony, a girl named Tian Xiatian appeared and slowly drew Jiang Hai's attention. Heartbroken, Jiang He went to Boston to pursue a ma 2.7kReads9.4Score570Shelves
- 96 But When He Left, the Whole Garden Was in Spring 偏他去时春满园 When Gu Lan heard he had only ten months left to live, he was unexpectedly calm and accepting. Looking back on his life, it had been a complete mess. In this world, he was nothing more than a pathetic nobody whom no one cared about... Perhaps no one would cry for him when his life finally came to an end... Gu Lan accepted the outcome without resistance. After all, ever since he returned to this family, he had never received anything. If that was the case, why should he be afraid of losing anythi 91Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 97 The Campus Heartthrob Finally Speaks Up, but I Don’t Care Anymore 校草终于长嘴了，可是我不稀罕了 [Reborn + comeback + feel-good revenge + face-slapping + ex-husband's desperate attempts to win her back + second male lead takes the lead + happy ending] In her previous life, Gu Jinyan was Shen Tang's light. She spent eleven years pursuing him, only to meet a tragic end. After being hit by a car, Shen Tang remembered the scandalous trending story just before she lost consciousness, and gave up on him completely. Reborn in her second year of high school, she stopped orbiting him and focused on 1.5kReads8.7Score131Shelves
- 98 Beautiful Years 景年 [Angst! Angst! Angst! Angst!] My name is Jiang Nian. I was born in the height of summer and died in the depths of winter. Fate was always fleeting, and even meeting you was a blessing. We were destined to meet in this life, but not to be together. May we continue our bond in the next. The debts of this life must be repaid in this life. On the road to the afterlife, don’t look back. May we have a better fate and grow old together in the next life! I still remember the words Lin Anjing said to 507Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 99 Brother, the Rain Has Stopped 哥哥，雨停了 [Chi Nian × Jiang Shi] I held a bouquet of roses, wanting to give them to the brother I loved most. Sadly, I never got the chance... In 2007, I saw my brother for the first time. The young man stood by the window, looking relaxed as the bow in his hand played a beautiful melody. In 2010, the rain stopped, and my brother left. In 2012, my brother promised that the following summer he would return to Beicheng and never leave me again. In 2013, the white flower pinned to my chest kept reminding me 320Reads8.7Score101Shelves
- 100 After Tormenting His Wife, the Pious Prince of Beijing Weeps and Begs Her to Take Him Back! 虐妻火葬场，京圈佛子他哭着求复合！ [Both virgins + aloof Buddhist heir of the capital's elite finally bows his head + groveling quest to win her back + countdown] For three years, Xu Fanyin is with the Buddhist heir of the capital's elite. Every night, she has to kneel naked in the meditation room while he practices his faith. Then she accidentally enters his private courtyard and finds the walls covered with nude paintings of herself. He had lured her into his trap to avenge his younger sister, Shen Jingshi. Xu Fanyin is devasta 5kReads6.2Score177Shelves
