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Hidden Love (Novel) Vol. 1

by Zhu Yi

A crush revisited across the years

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A crush revisited across the years

Sang Zhi’s first crush begins in adolescence, when Duan Jiaxu is her older brother’s college roommate and treats her as a younger sister. Years later, a reunion during college brings their changed relationship back into view. The first volume connects the awkwardness and secrecy of a teenage crush with the uncertainty of meeting again as adults, while placing time and the gap between their life stages at the heart of its contemporary romance. Their history gives the central question a particular shape: whether someone who once knew Sang Zhi as a child can come to see her differently.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary romance that develops across adolescence and college years.
  • Readers who enjoy stories built around a hidden crush and a reunion with someone from the past.

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First crushesGrowing upReunionChanging relationships

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Book overview

The novel that inspired the hit Chinese drama--streaming on Netflix! A sweet story about a high school crush that might just become a real chance at romance.

Sang Zhi is thirteen, top of her class, endlessly feisty, and completely uninterested in romance. In fact, her biggest talent seems to be driving her older brother crazy. Then she meets Duan Jiaxu, her brother's college roommate.

Warm, teasing, and impossibly kind, Duan Jiaxu treats her like the little sister she insists she isn't. For the first time, she finds herself lingering in doorways, plotting ridiculous schemes, and guarding a secret crush she knows she shouldn't have. Time passes. Life pulls them apart.

Years later, in college, a chance reunion brings them face-to-face again. Yet Sang Zhi is no longer the awkward girl he remembers. As old feelings resurface, she begins to wonder whether the boy who once saw her as a child might finally see her differently...or if some distances can never truly be crossed.
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