Recs if you like 奇洛李维斯回信...

have you ever wanted to try reading danmei, but the sheer length of the most popular offerings intimidated you? here are some novels that are short enough to be published in a single volume in translation (around 250k chinese characters or less)

年上 (v.) used to describe a lover who's older than you, and often referring specifically to lovers who are cool and composed in most situations, and who openly favour you, spoiling and doting on you with everything they have

regarding the complications of asian family dynamics. your love for me has both healed and hurt me; my gratitude for what you’ve done for me is inextricable from my resentment of what you’ve done to me.

— “i want to beautify your offences before everyone i meet.”

a list of couples who are not only crazy about each other, but also crazy together. recommendations are very welcome!

— “you’re the pot to match their lid.”

novels whose audio-drama/audiobook adaptations star the voice actor 陈张太康 chenzhang taikang in a leading role

酸涩文 (n.) danmei novels about aching hearts that have been put through the wringer and back.

— 富士山不远，月亮也真的可以私有。 / mount fuji isn’t far, and the moon really can be intimately held.

a list of popular chinese webnovels, including but not limited to danmei and baihe.

a collection of terrible first impressions and the long, arduous journey from hatred to love. recommendations are very welcome!

(n.) a homophonous play on the trope of 强制爱, in which one character (or both) has the intention of coercing the other into loving them. overlaps with the attic wife trope.

when addressing your lover by name or title is even more intimate than using a term of endearment