Novels like Top Student, Your Underachiever Is a Big Shot
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- 1 His Childhood Sweetheart with a Gift for Divination 他的玄学小青梅 Bai Qianning left Jing Yanche seven years ago because her master told her he had a parasite within him. Someone had placed a curse on the Jing family, and all his relatives would be harmed by being near him. The day he turned eighteen would be the day he died, and the Jing family would be destroyed. The only way to put an end to it was to become a disciple of the Mystic Sect and cultivate magic and spiritual power, so Bai Qianning left. Seven years later, she returned. The Jing parents, who had 107Reads6.4Score101Shelves
- 2 The Aloof Top Student Is a Little Spoiling 高冷学霸有点宠 Ning Chuhao, the top student at Yuncheng No. 1 High School, gets excellent grades and is handsome, but he’s incredibly cold. Almost no one dares to approach him, except for his friend, Fang Yunzhe. Lots of people like him, but no one dares to confess. After all, Ning is just too intimidating. But just when everyone thinks he’ll stay single until graduation, or even longer, they see the human iceberg pinning a girl against the wall. His admirers go wild and head straight over to “settle the score 312Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 3 Brighter Than the Stars 璨若星辰 [Sweet romance] [Ensemble cast × multiple couples] [Everyone’s darling × a hidden wealthy-family intrigue] [Cold, sharp-tongued top student vs. gentle, healing girl] The start of freshman year blows up the whole school! The city’s two top scorers, dubbed “the twin geniuses,” haven’t even had a chance to compete before a teacher pairs them up as deskmates with the words, “Good students belong together.” On one side is a sharp-tongued top student, ice-cold to everyone else, with a frosty stare and 228Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Hey, Athlete, What Are You Doing in the Top Students' Circle? 学霸圈你体育生跑进来干嘛？ Olympics, sports, national teams, System, campus, top student, competitions, top scorer in the college entrance exam, athletes, bringing glory to the country, breaking world records, game companies, development, industry, manufacturing, high technology evolving into black technology, no romance. The sunny, handsome protagonist is so charming that everyone adores him. Blessed with astonishing talent but naturally lazy, he had hoped to live a carefree life as a happy slacker. An unexpected acciden 585Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 5 Meeting You Was Fate 遇上你是我的缘 This is a novella-length romance the author wrote on a whim to commemorate and promote their second home, beautiful Xinjiang. Through the romantic encounter and passionate love between a couple separated by the distance between the frontier and the mainland, as well as the unforgettable entanglements of their relationship, the story explores contemporary young people's reflections on love and marriage and the choices they make in the face of grave danger. It mercilessly condemns fickle attitudes 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Lemon Rule 柠檬守则 [Vibrant, wealthy young lady VS devoted, loyal puppy-like man] School life + older woman/younger man romance + healing + childhood friends + reunion + mutual pining becomes love An Suisui was an ordinary first-year student at Suiwan High School. She thought the high school life ahead of her would be uneventful and ordinary, but then she ran into Sheng Chaojin, her "little childhood friend," whom she hadn't seen in years. To everyone else, he seemed like a gentle, kind, untouchable campus heartth 182Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 My Childhood Friend from Heaven Is Such a Flirt 天降竹马他最撩啦 [Sweet and obedient heroine X sharp-tongued, domineering hero] There are two things Su Tian fears most in the world. One is any bug bigger than her pinky fingernail. The other is Jiang Chiyu, who lives next door. Luckily, as the girl grows up, she slowly overcomes her fear of the former, while the latter, who’s always bullied her, suddenly moves away. Until the year she starts high school... A tall, long-legged, handsome transfer student arrives in her class, prompting hundreds of girls to form 13.2kReads9.3Score2kShelves
- 8 The Sweethouse’s Top Star 甜字号头牌 (The print edition of Sweetness Unspoken goes on sale June 20) [Campus + goofy comedy + childhood sweethearts + overprotective brother + sweet romance] [Sweet, feisty girl × suave, sly bad boy] A pretty, sweet-looking girl transfers into the class. She's wild-tempered and fearless, and on her very first day she gets into an argument with Shen Sili, the top guy in the grade who sits in the back row. While their classmates marvel that the newcomer has no fear, the next day they see the two walking 18.2kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves
- 9 The School Bully Is Forced to Do Practice Problems Every Day 校霸他每天被迫刷题 [Childhood sweethearts + reunion after years apart + mutual devotion + goofy comedy] On the first day at her new school, Jiang Zhi ends up sitting next to the school bully. He looks kind of familiar... During math class The soft, adorable girl slaps Shen Ci'an awake. “Get up and pay attention!” Rubbing the back of his head where she hit him, Shen Ci'an grits his teeth. “Jiang Yaya!” As the whole class waits to see what happens, the girl snaps back in an adorably fierce voice, “What are you glari 7.9kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
- 10 How Sweet Is It? 甜度为几分 [Scheming, proud, aloof childhood friend × pampered, precious, beautiful childhood sweetheart] A pretty transfer student arrived at Licheng No. 1 High School. Someone scoffed. “Apart from her looks, what's so special about her? I heard she's bad at school and her family isn't anything special. How could senior Jiang Ciyun possibly know her?” Until one day, after a monthly exam Lu Zhaozhao spread all the exam papers she needed across her desk. Her classmates gathered around. “Top student, lend us 29.5kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves
- 11 Waiting for a Midsummer 等一场盛夏 Print edition signed* * Xia Shi met Qi You when she was sixteen. The young man was dejected yet proud, carefree and unruly. He had a stunning face and an air of roguish nonchalance, as though he were just passing through life for fun. Countless girls liked him, but he was never interested and never gave any of them a second glance. And she was certainly not the kind of girl he would like. A stickler for rules, dull and boring. They should never have had anything to do with each other, until she 59.9kReads9.5Score10kShelves
- 12 Locust Tree Breeze 槐风 (Print edition published) [Both leads are each other's first love + happy ending + roguishly handsome boy vs. unruly girl + blunt and direct, with both leads speaking their minds] He first met Tang Yi in Tongcheng. That summer, he had won first place in the physics Olympiad. He was strolling through the streets, idly exploring the unfamiliar city, the medal still warm in his pocket and everything around him feeling fresh and new. His gaze came to rest on a young girl not far ahead. In a pale yel 37.3kReads9.4Score6.1kShelves
- 13 She's Such a Flirt 她那么撩 [Signed for publication] [Sweet romance + short story] Shen Xiao, renowned as a captivating beauty, pursued Han Ce for five years. Only after they married did she learn that he had fallen in love with her at first sight and had been secretly enjoying her pursuit all along. After an accident sends her back to the beginning, when she first met Han Ce, she hears the heir of the Han family sneer in front of his childhood friends: “Shen Xiao? A childhood betrothal? I'd rather stay single than marry h 14.1kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
