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- 1 I Really Don't Have a Crush on You 真的没有暗恋你 The print edition has been signed. For updates, see Weibo: Ranran Xiya. Campus romance | A touch of ensemble cast | Four-way unrequited love | Extreme romantic tension “Snarky, timid girl × genuinely scheming green tea” Zhou Lin is a godlike presence at Huaicheng High School. His grades crush everyone else’s by a mile, he has won more competition gold medals than he can count, and he has a face so stunning it seems to defy nature. Fair, cool-toned skin and amber eyes make him the object of eve 20.1kFavorites15.4kClicks/ch7.9kGifts
- 2 Temperate Rain 温带雨 My next novel is Udon. Please add it to your reading list! A free bonus chapter will drop at random in late June. For physical book updates, see Weibo @Liang Zhihe Bratty young master x flirtatious girl From school to the city / deliberately getting close / reunion after a long separation At a newly opened study lounge in Ideal Tower, Zhou Jialiang lounged in a huge rocking chair in the break room, eyes closed as he basked in the sun. His best friend leaned on the windowsill, watching the girl 139.8kFavorites106.1kClicks/ch42.5kGifts
- 3 Soaked by Summer 夏天淋湿了 🍷Please leave a five-star review! 🍷Coming soon: "Marriage Contract" and "The Spring of the Twelfth Year of My Secret Crush." Please add them to your collection! In high school, Jin Yunyan was the pride of heaven: born into a wealthy family, with excellent grades, he was the academic star everyone admired. Bo Xia secretly looked up to him, writing all her feelings into a diary. She thought she had hidden her forbidden love well, until one day a classmate found her diary. Pale-fa 20.4kFavorites15.6kClicks/ch5.2kGifts
- 4 Flying Low Through Summer 低低飞过夏天 "We rise, flying low over summer." 1) On the day she transferred to Third High School, Wen Nong introduced herself at the front of the classroom. Zhou Xilin had just woken up. He misheard her name as "Wenrou" and teasingly called out, "Welcome, Wenrou!" The tips of Wen Nong's ears turned red as she corrected him. "It's Nong... the Wu dialect word for 'you' in 'you, me, and them.'" But he had already lost interest, turning to chat about something else with his deskmate. Yet in that very moment 21.9kFavorites19.6kClicks/ch7.2kGifts
- 5 Classmate Number Seven 七号同学 This will be polished. At summer camp, the teacher handed everyone a number tag and told them to pair up. Qi Xia, who got number seven, crossed paths with Chen Xifan for the first time. He wore a black baseball cap, his voice calm as he smiled faintly. "Found you, Number Seven." "Can I be your partner?" + Back then, he was the adored pride of heaven, someone everyone looked up to but could never reach. Qi Xia was just the most inconspicuous of the countless g 69.9kFavorites68.9kClicks/ch25.5kGifts
- 6 Why Contrails Form 航迹云形成的理由 The print edition of Rose Flight Path is now available. See my Weibo, @Shichunbai, for details. The companion novel, Butterfly Anecdotes, is also available in print. ■ Secret crush | Redemption | Chinese aviation | Body-image acceptance ■ Your love is saved in the featured comments section Ill-tempered, amnesiac sweetheart × laid-back, devoted bad boy [She traded a secret from the present for a secret from the past, uncovering the truth behind a love that came with thorns.] [In her cruel life, 25.3kFavorites28.4kClicks/ch5.2kGifts
- 7 Wild Secret Crush 野性暗恋 [The print edition is now available on all major platforms!] To outsiders, Cheng Chiye and Xu Letao seemed like complete opposites who would never cross paths. One was a naturally aloof, free-spirited golden boy; the other was a girl in class with an unusual way of thinking and almost no presence at all. One ordinary afternoon, Xu Letao unexpectedly received an anonymous love letter from Cheng Chiye. She froze and asked the messenger, “Why would he write me a love letter?” The messenger replie 20.3kFavorites22.4kClicks/ch5.1kGifts
- 8 I Once Tried to Give You Up 我曾试过放弃你 Campus / Secret Crush / Slow-Paced / Realistic / Short Story / Not Contracted / Late-Night Read I have let go of heaven and earth, but I have never let go of you. -- Cangyang Gyatso Theme: 14.7kFavorites120.5kClicks/ch335Gifts
- 9 I’m Having My First Love All Over Again 我又初恋了 Shu Yin looks back on her high school years and remembers them as unremarkable and bland. The only vivid memory is falling for a boy who seemed to shine. His name was Shang Congzhou. Back then, Shang Congzhou was the school's golden boy. His family background, looks, and grades were all top-notch. She knew they were worlds apart. - After a chaotic night, Shu Yin wakes up and quietly leaves Shang Congzhou behind in bed. When he finds her, she pretends to be calm and greets him. Shang Congzhou 76.6kFavorites83.4kClicks/ch22.6kGifts
- 10 Farewell Poem 告别诗 The print edition is now available on all platforms. * In high school, Fu Qiaoli was an exemplary student, excelling in both academics and conduct. His grades were always first in his year, and his uniform was spotless. Back then, no one would have connected him with Yu Shiyao, whose reputation was in tatters. But on that dusky evening when Yu Shiyao walked away without looking back, everyone saw how Fu Qiaoli followed behind her, step by step, refusing to stop. Step by step, he followed her r 21.2kFavorites19.6kClicks/ch5.3kGifts
- 11 The Poplar Boy 白杨少年 “Why did you finally agree to him?” “I was afraid he’d go crazy again. He’s such a handful, he’ll shave years off my life.” Lu Mingtong heard their conversation and raised an eyebrow, taking it as a compliment. · From then on, Be my tears, and be my lake, too. The Locust Blossom Girl · Older woman-younger man romance, four-year age gap. A gentle, everyday story, very slow burn, happy ending. The female lead has no sexual experience; the male lead does. Recommended: my friend’s silly, lightheart 52.5kFavorites112.6kClicks/ch18.4kGifts
- 12 The Twelfth Star 第十二颗星 Signed with a publisher. Preorders open August 12 at 7:00 p.m. @Hui Hui Is Yellow Croaker Listening to Thunder 1. Most unrequited love is like a sudden shower in early summer, intermittent but fierce, arriving without warning. But it always comes to an abrupt end. Liang Wei's secret love was like dust in a corner, briefly touched by the light before fading back into darkness. 2. For eighteen-year-old Liang Wei, the darkest day of her life was the day she learned that Chen Heshen liked someone e 60.1kFavorites59.7kClicks/ch18.8kGifts
- 13 Mint Sweetness 薄荷甜 Please add my next book, Half-Sweet Girl, to your advance collection. It's now open for reservations; the blurb is at the end. To Shu Yan, Jiang Yugui was someone far beyond her reach. From the first moment she saw him in high school, the wild grass of secret love quietly took root in her heart. But she didn't even dare to like one of his social media posts. Many years later, she finally found the courage to like one of his posts. The next second, she received a message from Jiang Yugui. It con 9.5kFavorites11.2kClicks/ch2.6kGifts
- 14 The Ebb Tide 退潮 Wen Zhiyu had forgotten how she and Gu Tanjuan had begun. A rainy night, a corridor's end. He was with his friends, slender in a black shirt, a silver watch catching the eye. Beneath his scholarly air, his mature charm shone through without effort. It was like a moment of impulse, or a fleeting affair. Their relationship began without warning and ended just as quietly. He was a scion of an eminent family, and an unat 51.5kFavorites59.5kClicks/ch16.2kGifts
- 15 Glass City 玻璃城 “Who can claim Mount Fuji as their own through love?” “Under Mount Fuji,” Eason “When you think of your school days, what comes to mind? Endless test papers, or the crisp ring of the bell? Sleepy afternoon classes, or the little notes you secretly passed to your deskmate?” Now working, Song Xi comes across these words while scrolling late at night, and Pei Weishu’s face inevitably rises in her mind. A secret-crush story Happy ending If you see update notifications at 119.6kFavorites176.1kClicks/ch32.5kGifts
- 16 One Hundred and Eight Thousand Dreams 十万八千梦 May 16 at 7:30 p.m.: copies will be available for sale on all major platforms~ The coolest and stupidest thing Xu Ruo ever did was probably win over her crush, then turn her story of secret love into a book. But when she personally gave him the book, he was too busy thinking about getting intimate with her to do anything but toss it aside. He didn't even read it. A few years after they parted, Chen Xingche happened to pass a bookstore and saw Xu Ruo on a poster promoting a new book. The small 35.6kFavorites30.6kClicks/ch10.9kGifts
- 17 Late Listen 迟聆 When they first met, she was learning calligraphy from his uncle. He happened to walk by, and was asked to demonstrate. He was a laid-back sort, even holding the brush casually. Standing behind her, he wrote a few characters: “Tan Jizhou.” Teacher Fang laughed and scolded him, asking who’d told him to write his own name. “Sorry, I’m just used to it.” He handed the brush back to her and smiled. “Little miss, remember that.” Wen Zhiling really did remember for years. She couldn’t make herself forg 43.2kFavorites41.4kClicks/ch16.7kGifts
- 18 Perhaps Spring Knows 或许春天知道 [Slow burn / slice of life / happy ending] He fell for him earlier than he thought. Maybe spring knew. / Three years ago, on a spring day washed by a sudden downpour, Meng Jingnian drove Lin Ping home. He opened the back door and held up an umbrella, only to unexpectedly meet a pair of tearful eyes. When he asked what was wrong, she said, “I think I’ve fallen for someone I can never be with.” · Three years later, it’s raining again. Lin Ping writes on the fogged-up window, and Meng Jingnian sudd 103.1kFavorites111.4kClicks/ch58.8kGifts
- 19 Hidden Summer 藏夏 The print edition has been published and is now available. [New novel, You Should Be Hidden in My Heart: a campus story of mutual secret crushes. “What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of summer?” Xiang Nuan: “Luo Xia.” 1) At seventeen, Xiang Nuan transferred to Shencheng and was reunited with Luo Xia, her childhood friend whom she had been separated from for eleven years. She recognized him at first sight, but he had long sin 163.2kFavorites162.4kClicks/ch25.1kGifts
- 20 Wild Crabapple 野棠 “Do you like bad women?” “I like you.” * Ying Rujie has only ever looked back twice, both times for the same person. Love means knowingly doing wrong, clinging on through pain, and refusing to change. Just call, and I'll bow to you. [Reading Guide] ▲Happy ending / conventional romance / short story ▲Neither lead is a virgin / imperfect characters / heroine has an idealized former love / hero is a substitute / eight-year age gap The cover font and image are free resources that may be used comme 75.2kFavorites110.6kClicks/ch33.6kGifts
- 21 A Guide to Summer Romance 夏日浪漫指南 - [The print edition is now available on various platforms. Thank you all for your support.] “I probably used up all the good luck I had in my life on the day of the college entrance exam. I got the last calculus problem right, and by chance, we were in the same exam room. A clear shaft of sunlight slipped through a gap in the curtains, crossed your back, and fell on my arm. The math exam lasted two tense hours, but that left my mind blank for thirty seconds. Too bad you never knew. I’m glad 44.3kFavorites51.4kClicks/ch12.7kGifts
- 22 Secretly in Love with Babylon 暗恋巴比伦 Next up: I’m starting "Marry Cecilia", a marriage-first, love-later story. Please add it to your reading list~ The print edition of "Secretly in Love with Babylon" is now available, featuring a brand-new extra chapter. Find it on all major platforms. Blurb 1. Meng Shao has had a secret crush on Cheng Boci ever since one afternoon in high school, when she heard him recite a poem in clear, fluent English over the campus radio. He was the school’s golden boy, adored by everyone: forever the 87.4kFavorites84.8kClicks/ch17.5kGifts
- 23 Words Belied by the Heart 言不由衷 [Completed. The story is long and full of twists, so I don't recommend buying the whole thing with one click.] Second Chance Romance | Campus to City Fang Lihan likes Jian Shuyi. But if you ranked all the men who like her by how much they do, Fang Lihan would be the least impressive of them all. Still, she chose to begin this relationship without much thought. Because Jian Shuyi doesn't like simps. She likes turning the favored sons of heaven into dogs. - On a date one day, he suddenly got a lit 25.7kFavorites23.9kClicks/ch39.4kGifts
- 24 Amid the Dust 于尘埃处 When she saw him, she became very, very small, shrinking until she was no more than dust. But joy filled her heart, and flowers bloomed from the dust. Zhang Ailing Theme: 37.3kFavorites122.4kClicks/ch5.4kGifts
- 25 An Echo Heard My Secret Crush 暗恋听见回声 The print edition is now available at major retailers. Blurb 1. It was her second year of high school. Torrential rain had knocked out power across the whole school. Screams and chatter filled the classroom building. One by one, students were picked up by their families, while Xu Nainai walked out alone into the downpour. The city's d 108.3kFavorites117.5kClicks/ch30.8kGifts
- 26 Butterflies in the Fog 迷津蝴蝶 Old-school melodramatic angst | A whole basket of tired tropes | Read with caution “Lou Wenjin, let's get divorced.” “Ah Jiu, you've forgotten. We never registered our marriage in the first place, so we aren't technically husband and wife.” · They first met in July, six years ago. Just after she stepped out of the mansion, a young man emerged from beneath a tree. The cool green shade and dapples of sunlight swayed over his white short-sleeved shirt like rippling water. She stared, struck dumb, 53.7kFavorites72.2kClicks/ch24.6kGifts
- 27 Silence Amid the Snowstorm 此处风雪寂静 [The print edition goes on sale March 19, 2022] "Where you are, the snow and wind fall silent." · "I don't need you to change a thing. You're already good enough. I love you just as you are. I only want you to take care of your health. I want you to live a long life. I want you to stay by my side, always." · Are you ready to love me? If you like strange people, then I'm actually beautiful. Eason Chan, "Shapeshifting" · *I'm not good at writing blurbs. This is a story about two ordinary people 45.9kFavorites85.5kClicks/ch30.2kGifts
- 28 You're Unlike Anyone Else 你不像任何人 [Print copies are available from major online retailers. For details, follow Weibo: @You Yan Ya.] [My new story, Gazing at You, is now underway: a bittersweet school romance about an unspoken crush. Please visit my author page to read it and add it to your reading list!] Blurb: Everyone at school had heard that Chi Yi had jumped from the second floor of the science building after failing to win the school heartthrob's affections, broken her leg, and ended up in the hospital. After recovering f 73.6kFavorites90.1kClicks/ch12.8kGifts
- 29 Echoes of a Secret Crush 暗恋回声 [The print edition is now available. My next books are Blazing Heat and Let Me Be Biased. Preorder interest is welcome! Synopsis: In high school, Shen Ci was the undisputed golden boy: handsome, refined, and untouchable. He was also the grandest, most humiliating secret of Ye Shuci's girlhood. On the day she decided to give up, Ye Shuci sent him an unsigned letter. “Shen Ci, secretly loving someone is like walking across a narrow bridge. I tremble and stumble, timid and terrifi 33.9kFavorites29.9kClicks/ch7kGifts
- 30 Unforgettable 念念不忘 Publication title: Waiting at the Airport for a Ship, Unrequited Love · If you never forget, you will get a response. A story about two reserved former classmates meeting again. A little selfishness, lots of wish fulfillment, and melodrama galore. One-on-one romance, happy ending. Please don't check my ranking. Theme: 27.1kFavorites123.3kClicks/ch5.8kGifts
- 31 Quietly 悄悄 [Main story complete] After graduating from high school, Ji Qiao took her best friend's advice and decided to confess to Lu Siyu, the guy she was just one thin layer of paper away from getting together with, by stealing a kiss. On the day of Lu Siyu's birthday party, before the candles were even lit, her best friend turned off all the lights in the house. As Ji Qiao hesitated, someone gave her a shove fro 26.1kFavorites46kClicks/ch5.7kGifts
- 32 Cinnabar Red 朱砂红 At first, I thought that person was just a smear of mosquito blood. But they had already become a red cinnabar mark in my heart, one that dug in and hurt. - A second-chance romance. Happy ending. Theme: Break through prejudice and overcome setbacks. 57kFavorites158.1kClicks/ch17.9kGifts
- 33 First Wisdom Tooth 初智齿 [The print edition is now available from major retailers.] 🦷 School life and city life | Unrequited love becomes mutual When Su Yu saw the topic “What's it like to have a secret crush?”, the first person she thought of was Xie Zhuo. “He's my brother's best friend, like the summer breeze on the day we first met: beautiful and distant, someone I could never reach, no matter what.” In the dim pool hall, he showed her how to play. Before he even touched her, her fingertips burned, and she instinctiv 78.8kFavorites81.6kClicks/ch39.5kGifts
- 34 Dormant Volcano 休眠火山 After weathering a storm, Qin Zhi grew from a timid, lowly girl into a wild and spirited young woman, while Li Jingzhou went from a bright, gentle boy to a cold, brooding man who no longer knew how to love. But in the end, they promised not to fear the hurricanes or raging floods, and to make it together to where the lights shine bright. At the start of the story, she told him, “Heavy snow can’t crush a pine branch.” At the end, he answered her, “Heavy snow can’t crush Qin Zhi.” “His love is l 100kFavorites107kClicks/ch27.7kGifts
- 35 Taking Shelter from the Rain 躲雨 🌦️ For publication updates, see Weibo @Zi Zi Ting “Who do you think of on rainy days?” At Christmas in 2018, the evening study session at Tingnan No. 1 High School was unexpectedly interrupted by a power outage. In the dimness, the classroom suddenly erupted in cheers. The boys in the back row fell into chaos. Someone tossed a paper airplane folded from an exam sheet, taking the chance to cause trouble. Figures crowded together, their outlines blurred. As Lin Shuyu reached the classroom door, 125.2kFavorites109.8kClicks/ch53kGifts
- 36 Lovers of the White Night 白夜恋人 Yang Jing has only ever loved one man in her life. He was the one who lit up the darkness for her and set her sailing on her journey. Theme: 29.1kFavorites108.7kClicks/ch8.4kGifts
- 37 Rain of the Mundane 流俗雨 When they were at university, Liang Jingci studied under Professor Jiang. People said he and the professor’s daughter made a good match. Liang Jingci smiled distantly. “Don’t go playing matchmaker. Yingdeng is too young.” He didn’t notice the girl’s flushed face and disappointed eyes in the shadows. After graduation, they went their separate ways. Yingdeng heard that he had become famous in the capital. By chance, Jiang Yingdeng glimpsed him in the news. The man was dressed in a suit, as restra 62.1kFavorites82.1kClicks/ch14.3kGifts
- 38 Deadly Antidote 致命解药 [The print edition, retitled "The Cure for You," is now available. @Shi Jiuyuan] "He's been ill for many years. She's the only cure." * When Xie Qianqian was ten, she was sent to the Shen family. The old master liked the girl from the Xie family very much. He thumped his chest and told the Shen children to raise her well, declaring that she would become a Shen grandson's wife someday. Not long after making that declaration, the old master kicked the bucket. So which Shen grandson was she suppose 66.8kFavorites117.5kClicks/ch23kGifts
- 39 Oriole Rain 黄雀雨 1 Lu Xiling was an absentee sponsor who helped a little girl who had dropped out of school. Four years later, the girl got into university and asked him to help cover her travel expenses so she could move to the city to study. Lu Xiling casually passed the matter to his assistant, then promptly forgot all about it and left her to fend for herself. A month later, it suddenly came back to him. Feeling a twinge of conscience, he went to check on her. The girl in the garden turned at the sound of 170.9kFavorites219.6kClicks/ch65.2kGifts
- 40 Cicadas in Summer Listen to Snow 夏蝉听雪 The physical edition is now available on all platforms. * Wen Xuening has someone she likes. He is tall, handsome, and popular. When he smiles, the corners of his eyes lift, but there are faint dimples in his cheeks. He excels in his studies and is a regular on the school's honor roll. Lots of people like him. Whenever he walks by, plenty of people sneak a look at him. She often hears people asking for his contact information and whether he likes anyone. But does he like someone? Their inter 70.4kFavorites62.7kClicks/ch37.9kGifts
- 41 Sunset Runs Like Fire 落日淌火 The print edition of Sunset Flows Like Fire is now available at various retailers! 1. Ever since she was little, everyone called her chubby, fatso, or piggy... She was almost starting to forget her own name. One afternoon in her first year of high school, her classmates left her behind to sweep the fallen leaves in the school's back garden all by herself. As the wind stirred the leaves, she glimpsed a not-so-familiar face bathed in the sunset. He smiled warmly. "Fang Nanzhi, need a hand?" [Som 132.7kFavorites174.7kClicks/ch33.9kGifts
- 42 When I Look at the Green Hills 我见青山 With the nation’s trust on his shoulders and the woman he loves in his arms, those shoulders and arms hold his whole world. · I love the youthful, reckless spirit you had in your younger days. And I love the iron resolve with which you now defend the country and protect its people. Every grand and stirring story in my life has something to do with you. · Armed Police. Rekindled love, happy ending. · The title comes from Xin Qiji’s poem 91kFavorites224.5kClicks/ch25kGifts
- 43 The Unrequited Love Line 单恋轨道 The print edition is now available. Weibo: @Ai Yu21 [A full subscription to this novel costs only 1.51 yuan. Please support the official edition. Please give it a five-star rating. Bows in gratitude.jpg] [My next book, Full Name, is a second-chance romance about a forensic doctor and an undertaker. Please add it to your collection!] Shu Nian had a crush on a boy. She was lucky enough to be his classmate for half a year and his desk mate for one month. But that was all. Throughout all three years 18.2kFavorites21.4kClicks/ch7.5kGifts
- 44 My Secret Crush Echoes Back 暗恋有回音 [The print edition is now available. For details, see Weibo @Jinjiang Huajian Jiuniang] [My next novel, Summer Cicadas, will open for preorders soon. The blurb is at the bottom. At the end of her seventeenth year, Tao Yin secretly fell for a boy. He came from a privileged family and had an air of refinement that made him stand out. Beneath his proud, carefree exterior lay a gentle, well-mannered heart, and without meaning to, he stirred her feelings. Countless 45.3kFavorites60.2kClicks/ch13.5kGifts
- 45 The Longer the Marriage, the Better the Match 婚久必合 Published under the title Once We Meet, We Are No Longer Strangers · Tan Ruyi finally became certain that all these years of fighting against the many constraints imposed on her, smiling in the face of sorrow, continuing to believe in kindness, and keeping a gentle disposition, had all been for this day to meet the best Shen Zizhuo as the best version of herself. Theme: Be the best version of yourself 32.3kFavorites88.8kClicks/ch9.9kGifts
- 46 Love at the Wrong Time 爱不逢时 Publication title: The One I Long For · Liang Jingxing, you're already twelve years older than me. Do you still want me to wait? Theme: Love is the ultimate courage 21.2kFavorites68.2kClicks/ch3.5kGifts
- 47 Washed by the Branches 濯枝 [Published. As she rode away from Shoutasi Temple, she secretly took his lighter right under his nose. Half a month later, tired of the bright lights and nightlife, Cheng Zhuo called Meng Tingzhi. “Miss Meng, I’m the owner of the lighter.” Born into a family of wealth and prestige, Young Master Cheng was a devoted lover. He liked Meng Tingzhi, but that was as far as it went. Meng Tingzhi didn’t take the car or the house. She left with only one of Cheng Zhuo’s broken watches. 173.5kFavorites195.4kClicks/ch53.6kGifts
- 48 The White Rose Tower 玫瑰白塔 You are as aloof as a white tower, yet as passionate as a rose. - Older man/younger woman | Happy ending | Light on plot | Slow burn. - Content warnings: · 12-year age gap · The male lead has a girlfriend early on (please only read if you're okay with that. Read rationally, and keep your comments civil. Thank you.) Theme: Love is the greatest courage. 136.4kFavorites208.8kClicks/ch49.3kGifts
- 49 I Once Sent My Love Across Mountains and Seas 曾将爱意寄山海 The print edition is now available on all platforms. [No real-life inspiration. Anyone spreading rumors will be stripped of their fan status and doomed to flop. As expected, every supposed inspiration for the characters has flopped spectacularly. Do yourself a favor and be kind ^_^] * “Later, he became a dazzling superstar, while all I could do was hide my love for him in a sea of people beneath a sky full of stars.” Lin Yi loved Zhou Jiaye for ten years. In the first year, he was still a hig 57.6kFavorites75.5kClicks/ch42kGifts
- 50 21+ A Dewy Night 露水的夜 116.3kFavorites179.6kClicks/ch49.3kGifts
