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Nan Li

Rating 3.1
Word count
126K words
Chapters
53

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Summary

[Unrestrained and wild bar owner Chen Xi VS gentle and resilient clothing model Nan Li]

[Premium novel + secret crush + redemption + double purity + HE + reunion after separation + sweet doting + growth]

In high school, Chen Xi and Nan Li were both top students at Mingning No. 1 Middle School.

But Chen Xi was always second; the only time he beat Nan Li was on the college entrance exam.

That year Chen Xi trended on social media—Mingning City’s science top scorer with off-the-charts looks.

And Nan Li, once the darling of heaven, vanished from public view.

During a check-in at a trendy street barbecue shop, Nan Li fled in panic under his gaze, leaving behind only a high-heeled shoe with a broken heel.

……

But later, amid the barbecue smoke, Chen Xi crossed several cities because of a phone call.

Arriving at the door at 3:50 a.m., “If you can get up, open the door for your boyfriend?”

Not long after, the girl ran out to open the door without bothering to put on shoes, and asked him why he had come.

He said, “I wanted to hug my girlfriend.”

Editor's review

This novel turns “top-student reunion” into a redemption story full of everyday warmth: Chen Xi’s setup of going from perpetual second place to a comeback on the college entrance exam carries its own youthful frustration, while Nan Li’s disappearance from the spotlight and fall into a low point gives the secret-crush line a heavy realistic weight. Author Jiang Nanjiang excels at creating tension through scenes—the panicked escape at the barbecue stall, the image of the broken-heeled shoe, the cross-city knock at 3:50 a.m.—all embedding sweet-doting passages in everyday details so the reading never feels detached. The tags of double purity and HE determine an overall warm direction, suitable for readers who want to binge-read under the covers. The narrative pace is fast and the emotional concentration high, suitable for commuting, bedtime, or short weekend breaks, and can also serve as lightweight reference for writing secret-crush stories.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Romance readers who like secret crushes coming true and reunion after long separation
  • Readers who prefer a mix of sweet doting and redemption and require a HE
  • People looking for light bedtime reading with emotional ups and downs
  • Readers interested in top-student character setups and the transition from campus to society

Not a good fit for

  • Readers who reject the double-purity setup or are highly sensitive to romance tropes
  • Readers seeking serious social issues and complex character arcs
  • People unaccustomed to fast pacing and high emotional concentration in narration

Reading tips

  1. Read the college entrance exam and barbecue stall sections first to quickly establish the character relationships, then read straight through
  2. Save the chapter with the late-night knock for bedtime reading, where the emotional landing point is more concentrated
  3. When you reach Nan Li’s low point, pause briefly to appreciate the groundwork of the redemption line
  4. If you want to reread, focus on how Chen Xi’s secret-crush foreshadowing from his perspective is paid off

About the publisher

Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. is a cultural enterprise focused on planning and publishing literature and social science books. Public information is limited, and the available details come mainly from its in-house catalogue. Its publishing areas cover prose and essays, foreign literature, social science classics, mystery and detective fiction, and history books, with attention to reissues and boxed sets of classic works. Representative titles include Wang Zengqi's essay collection Renjian Youwei, Wanwu Youqu, The Little Prince, a boxed set of Western philosophical classics, Mao Dun's classic works, a collection of Yasunari Kawabata's award-winning works, Cai Lan's essays, and the Eddie Flynn courtroom mystery series. Its authors include Chinese and foreign names such as Wang Zengqi, Mao Dun, Yasunari Kawabata, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Plato, and Marcus Aurelius, reflecting a publishing profile that brings together Chinese prose, foreign literature, and philosophical and social science classics.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 第1章 南黎
  3. 第2章 镜头
  4. 第3章 猫
  5. 第4章 拒绝
  6. 第5章 老同学
  7. 第6章 头像
  8. 第7章 温宴裴
  9. 第8章 拍摄
  10. 第9章 收房
  11. 第10章 撞见
  12. 第11章 生日
  13. 第12章 老子单身
  14. 第13章 来电
  15. 第14章 搬家
  16. 第15章 尾随
  17. 第16章 表白
  18. 第17章 红玫瑰
  19. 第18章 头盔
  20. 第19章 五分钟
  21. 第20章 在一起
  22. 第21章 你好会
  23. 第22章 耳光
  24. 第23章 女朋友
  25. 第24章 凤蝶
  26. 第25章 醉酒
  27. 第26章 没反应
  28. 第27章 照片
  29. 第28章 芝士蛋糕
  30. 第29章 小北
  31. 第30章 甲鱼捞饭
  32. 第31章 定位
  33. 第32章 雨夜
  34. 第33章 生日快乐
  35. 第34章 平安符
  36. 第35章 头疼
  37. 第36章 楼道
  38. 第37章 蓝牙耳机
  39. 第38章 圣诞节
  40. 第39章 拿捏
  41. 第40章 十万
  42. 第41章 温泉
  43. 第42章 我信她
  44. 第43章 真的见过
  45. 第44章 初雪
  46. 第45章 烟疤
  47. 第46章 救世主
  48. 第47章 爱才是前提
  49. 第48章 新年快乐
  50. 第49章 正文完
  51. 第50章 番外陈袭
  52. 第51章 番外温宴裴
  53. 第52章 番外婚礼

FAQ

I haven’t read the author’s previous works. Can I read this directly?
Yes. The story stands alone, and the character relationships and background are explained clearly at the beginning, so no prior reading is needed. As long as you accept the romance tone of secret crush plus redemption, you can open it and enter the plot directly.
Is this book sweet or angsty?
Overall it is a sweet-doting novel heading toward a HE, with an angsty point in the middle when Nan Li falls to a low point, but the main line lands on companionship and healing after reunion. Readers who like sweetness after bitterness and a fulfilling ending will find it a good fit.
Will the double-purity setup affect the reading experience?
This is a setup the author clearly labels, serving the purity of the secret-crush and redemption themes. If you care about such tags, you can use them to judge whether it suits your taste; if you do not mind, it will not hinder your understanding of the character relationships.
Is it suitable to read in one sitting or in segments?
The pacing is fast and the emotional concentration high, so it is suitable to read in one sitting or in two or three sessions. If your time is fragmented, you can divide it into three parts—“campus memories, reunion, cross-city rush”—for a more complete reading experience.

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About the author

Jiang Nanjiang Author · Chinese

Jiang Nanjiang is a Chinese author of online romance fiction, active on platforms such as Jinjiang Literature City, with five works currently included in the database. Representative titles include Nan Li, The Moon Sinks into the River, The Day the City Fell, I Only Want to Revive My White Moonlight, and So Hard to Coax My Childhood Sweetheart. Her works are commonly categorized as modern romance, time-travel and alternate-world fiction, and youth literature, with themes often centered on urban romance, unrequited love fulfilled, and childhood sweethearts. She is skilled at developing characters' inner emotions and emotional turning points within everyday relationships. Due to limited public information, details of her birth and death dates, education, and writing career are unknown; available information comes mainly from her works and platform classifications. Based on the collected works, she attracts readers with consistent thematic choices and clear emotional threads, and has a recognizable presence among youth and romance readers.

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