Novels like The Girl I Missed at Eighteen
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Girl I Missed at Eighteen, best match first.
- 151 Redemption: Spoiling the Down-and-Out Campus Beauty Until She Becomes a Reverse Yandere 救赎：把落魄校花宠成反向病娇 I've been dreaming of adapting this into an animated comic. I hope all my fellow readers will help me by tapping "Make a Wish Now" under More Settings. (One female lead) + (Both leads are each other's first and only) + (Mutual healing) + (Absolute trust) + (They always choose each other) + (Pure love) + (No System) Li Chen: You're the pride of heaven, while I'm just a piece of trash, a rat in the gutter. We're from two different worlds! Su Xingwan: I love you. If you leave me, I'll kill myself! 3.3kReads8.2Score32214d adds
- 152 A Thousand Willow Threads, Tangled by the Spring Breeze 杨柳千丝，春风绊惹 Sigh, what do you think would happen if I turned my secret crush on her into a novel? Aren’t you worried she’ll see it? Wouldn’t that be great? It would mean I’d succeeded. Then I could give her the novel as a love letter. What if she never sees it? Then she never sees it. It was never going to work out anyway. … 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 You're the One I Love Most 你是我最爱的那个人 [Series: 1. You Are the Person I Love Most] [Series: 2. Moonlight at Our Desk, Scattered Across Two Cities] [Urban]+ [School life]+ [Romance]+ [First-person narration]+ [Semi-autobiographical] Chen He is me, and I am Chen He. During their noisy high school years, filled with the cries of cicadas, Chen He and Xiao Yao spend three years as deskmates, together every day. The strands of hair that fall across her face as she bends over her homework, the bright smile in her eyes when she shares snacks 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Me, So Ordinary 我，如此普通 I was born ordinary, with an average appearance and an unremarkable family. I have no legendary life filled with dramatic twists, nor any grand, stirring story to tell. Most people in this world are ordinary, living out their days in obscurity. I am no different. I cannot write earth-shattering plots or create dazzling protagonists. I write only of everyday life, recording the meals and seasons of ordinary people, their confusion and struggles, their helplessness and compromises. No filters, 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 I Hear Her Heartbeat in the Wind 听风说她的心跳 [Lighthearted Everyday Romance Comedy] [One Heroine] [No System] [Sweet Little Love Story] Love is always hard to understand. Sometimes it feels so far away, then suddenly you realize it’s right by your side. Thirteen springs later, two childhood playmates meet again. A girl with an adorable smile and a touch of willfulness appears like a fairy. She dazzles the boy and ushers in a love story written with the word “sweet.” “When did you start liking me?” “There are lots of reasons. Let me tell yo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Everyone Knows This Secret Except You 除你之外都知道这个秘密 [Scatterbrained little ray of sunshine × sharp-tongued top student] You ask what happened after that. Well, after that… Xiang Nan was once Sheng Gu’s light. When they meet again, Sheng Gu decides to become the one who chases the light. You just stand in the light. I’ll stay behind you and protect you, whether you can see me or not. Xiang Nan watches the sharp-tongued college genius who keeps showing up in front of her every day: “Oh no, why am I starting to fall for him?” “Does he actually lik 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 After a Sudden Breakup, I Found a New Girlfriend on NetEase Cloud Music 断崖式分手后，网易云找个新女友 [One-on-one romance / mutual pining / everyday campus life / healing / pure love, no angst / girl pursues boy / light novel] In September, at Feida University, along the narrow road outside the north gate, Shen Zhao helped a girl carry her luggage. Only when he walked her to the school gate did he learn that her name was Xing Le, that she was a new sociology student, and that they were classmates. He had thought it was just an ordinary first meeting between new students. But the night before cla —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Youth Through the Lens of Memory 记忆下的青春 [Secret Crush + Coming of Age] (A coming-of-age story about an ordinary girl. The writing is simple, and the story takes its time, so please be patient as you read.) The dazzling will always shine, while ordinary people strive to catch up to where they began. Xia Qiao is unfortunate. In a childhood that should have been full of childish innocence, her elders rob her of the joy and carefree spirit a child should have. All that remains is a dull, joyless girl who rarely smiles. Yet she considers 398Reads8.1Score10114d adds
- 159 The Green Apple Falls into the Garden 青苹果落园 Youth is full of dreams, passion, and all kinds of generous yet fleeting impulses. Outside influences can make some of them vanish in an instant, while others endure. Whatever their nature, they are part of growing up. These experiences are all raw and new, and whether joyful or painful, they are hard to forget. Everyone finds their own way to preserve these memories. But will their fates be good or bad? Where will they ultimately lead? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The Secret the Moon Knows 月亮知道的秘密 [Mutual Secret Crush] During their bold, bright, and carefree high school years, Zhou Yan was always a coward. She hid in a corner, secretly in love with Xu Jiahuai, her twin younger brother’s best friend. To Zhou Yan, Xu Jiahuai was the very definition of light. Wherever the boy went, he shone brilliantly. Light was out of reach, and so was the person she loved. She liked to bare her heart to the moon at night. Of course, the moon never answered, and Zhou Yan didn’t need anyone to answer. Likin 253Reads8.7Score10414d adds
- 161 Ye Wenwen's College Life 叶雯雯的大学生活 [Sweet youthful romance + campus love] Ye Wenwen is a sophomore who unexpectedly gets pregnant. Zhou Chuan is the child’s father. She takes a leave of absence to give birth to her son, then returns to school. Will fate be kind to her? What lies ahead for her...? 603Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 My Childhood Friend Is Cocky and Flirtatious 竹马他又拽又撩 [School life + childhood sweethearts + teasing and pampering + reunion after years apart + mutual devotion] [Main story complete] Jiang Xianyue had a childhood sweetheart with delicate features and bright eyes. He was so pretty he looked more beautiful than a girl. When she was eleven, a family upheaval forced Jiang Xianyue to leave without a word and delete his contact information. Five years later, she transferred back and met a boy with the same name as her childhood sweetheart. He had striki 93Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 163 The Love I Can Give You Is Letting You Go 我能给你的爱，是成全 The school's star athlete and top student VS the sweet, adorable underclassman. Love at first sight on both sides VS a secret crush from afar. It was all because the summer sun was too bright that year. Lu Xiaoliu was feverish and delirious, her gaze hazy yet clear. It must have been fate. Otherwise, how could Lin Zhi, who'd spent his whole life being chased by girls, have fallen for her and only her in that instant? He pursued her again and again, unable to pull himself away. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Is It True Love or Not? It's So Hard to Choose! 到底是不是真爱？好难抉择呀！ A lighthearted romantic comedy! She saves him! [True Love + Sharp-Tongued Best Friend + Beloved Little Sister + Sunny Heroine + Overthinking Hero + A Little Angst + Funny Tone + School Setting] Li Shi Yan, troubled by the uncertainty of her future at school, meets Li Shi Yu, whose name differs from hers by only one character. Can Li Shi Yu, mired in a swamp of pain, be saved by Li Shi Yan? Is Li Shi Yu truly Li Shi Yan's destined love? Though she keeps agonizing over it, her best friend's matchm 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 I Picked Up a Cat, and Now the Class Flower Won't Leave Me Alone? 捡了只猫，班花竟然赖上我了？ [Modern-Day Slice of Life] + [Campus Life] + [One Female Lead] + [Cute Pets] + [No Rebirth] + [No System] + [Super Sweet] After finishing the graduate school entrance exam, Ye Jinxuan is left with nothing but a bewildering emptiness. The arrival of a calico cat is like a sudden light shining through the fog. Its soft, sweet meows draw him in, and bring him together with Yan Xiqi, a classmate. They were like two rivers silenced by their pasts, but the little life they both cared for brought their 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 There's No Saving This Goblin Boy 哥布林少年没救了 A goblin caught alone will be killed by a hero or abducted by a saintess. The really unlucky ones get abducted first, then killed. Mo Yuan is a veteran goblin teenager with no friends, so he has no choice but to eat instant hot pot alone on the school cafeteria rooftop. By chance, he stumbles upon the confession scene between Chi Yunxi, the saintess of the human race and top student in their grade, and a fair-skinned athlete who is a hero. If Mo Yuan is spotted now, the hero and saintess will bo 4.2kReads8.8Score22814d adds
- 167 Reborn in 2002: I Won’t Become the Richest Man 重生2002，我不做首富 [Reborn in 2002]+ [A flood of memories]+ [Everyday life]+ [Building the nation through industry]+ [Web fiction superstar]+ [Patriotic] When Yan He woke up, he had returned to 2002, the year he started seventh grade. Reliving his youthful days, he battled against the current, and forged a very different life. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Southern Quest 南寻 [Campus romance + innocent love + realism, with a fresh, poetic style, based on the author's own story] Yi Nian is Nan Xun's online boyfriend, but by a twist of fate, he becomes her classmate. Nan Xun has no idea he exists and even mistakes someone else for him. Inevitably, one complication after another follows... 3Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 169 Yesterday, Again 昨日再来 [Female-oriented + personal growth + friendship + romance] The story follows three college women born on the same day of the same month. Beneath a camphor tree, they make a wish for their friendship to stay as fresh as the tree itself. They promise to meet beneath that tree again ten years later. Beneath the camphor trees on campus, three classmates and close friends, Lin Su'an, Gu Qingyan, and Shen Qiutang, once naively vowed to put their friendship first for the rest of their lives. But just b —Reads—Score114d adds
- 170 The Aloof School Beauty Only Flirts with Me, the Introvert 高冷校花独撩内向的我 No System, no rebirth: just everyday school life, the best years of youth, and the first tentative stirrings of love. Lin Chubai is a shy high school student who likes to sit by himself and daydream. A quiet, handsome boy with a face that draws attention but little awareness of his own looks, he daydreams and blushes, stubbornly surviving Xia Chu's “clutches” at the start of summer. Xia Chu is the aloof, icy school beauty and top student. Her coldness is just a form of self-protection, and teasi 964Reads—Score10014d adds
- 171 I Can’t Help Falling for You 喜欢你我身不由己 A new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 My Life After Escaping to Lijiang 我逃离到丽江的生活 A disillusioned young man at the lowest point in his life drifts from city to city, enduring one hardship after another. At last, he and a friend embark on a journey of redemption. When they reach the dreamlike city of Lijiang, he encounters a curious connection spanning three thousand kilometers and meets all kinds of fascinating people. His ordinary life takes a turn, and a story of love and hate quietly begins to unfold. 303Reads8.3Score2314d adds
- 173 It's Not the Campus Belle's Coldness You Should Fear, but How Smoothly the Senior Flirts 不怕校花多高冷，就怕学长撩妹稳 [Original title: “Don’t Fear a Campus Beauty’s Coldness, Fear a Senior Who’s Smooth with Girls,” also known as “My Campus Beauty Girlfriend, My White Moonlight, Got Shy”] [Slightly sweet romance] + [One heroine] + [No System] + [No rebirth] + [Easygoing everyday life] + [Not a power fantasy] Jiang Ting is a second-year university student. Over his two years at school, he has entered countless competitions, from college-level to national, leading his team to win the school countless honors. He ha 211Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 174 Spring, Summer, Island, Winter 春夏屿冬 Please rate! SC | Rekindled romance | Happy ending | Secret crush | Main story complete Sensitive, introverted good girl × sharp-tongued, cocky bad boy When Chun Zhixia sees Jiang Yudong again, he has already become a campus star at A University: a favored son of heaven, bold and carefree. Countless people like Jiang Yudong. Chun Zhixia is merely the most insignificant one among them. For the first eighteen years of her life, Chun Zhixia has been trapped in sensitivity and unease, until Jiang Y 2.6kReads8.4Score29714d adds
- 175 A Secret Romance with My Childhood Friend 和青梅谈一场对所有人保密的恋爱 “No System, No Rebirth + Everyday Romance + One Heroine + 1v1 + Childhood Friends + Bold on the Attack, Shy on the Defense + Making Up Again + Healing + Light Novel” [They have a foundation of affection. The focus is on the two leads and their everyday romance.] [It takes a little while to hit its stride, but the further you read, the more enjoyable it gets.] *Sweet moments all the way from school uniforms to wedding gowns. Pure-love fans, you won't regret getting invested.* *A warm, sweet every 12Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 176 Sweet Lime 甜青柠 [Complete] Sweet romance + school days + mutual secret crushes + from school uniforms to wedding gowns + each other’s first and only love + a little healing, with a touch of ensemble cast (A shy, sensitive, kind-hearted good girl + a fake delinquent who’s really a gentle, considerate guy) In the first semester of their sophomore year, a transfer student arrived at No. 1 High School. Rumor had it that Song Yizhou was violent and had sent someone to the hospital after beating them up. He was a bon 235Reads8.0Score10614d adds
- 177 Youth in Debt: My Real-Life Hustle 负债青春：我的搞钱实录 [Campus life, making money, entrepreneurship, turning the tables] No System, no golden finger. In 2008, Lin Cong was a freshman who had never wanted for food or clothes, until his family suddenly fell on hard times and he became penniless. After a brief bout of depression, reality forced him to fend for himself. He started with odd jobs, moved on to business, and eventually became a boss. Along the way, he met a sophisticated older career woman, a sweet and innocent junior, an intellectual senio 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 178 When I Wake from the Dream, Life Is Different 梦醒时分，不一样的人生 [The Story of a Normal Student's Normal Life at a Normal School] [Multiple Heroines] [No Melodrama] [No System] [No Face-Slapping] [From High School to College] [Only Children Have to Choose] [This Time, I Want It All] All for the sake of remembering the youth that has long since passed. 211Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Childhood Friends? Then Let’s Be Together 青梅竹马？那就好好的在一起啊 Childhood sweethearts + one heroine + everyday life + absurd comedy + entirely handmade, no AI + school days I hope everyone gets to be unequivocally chosen by the person they love. Chen Fusheng was furious as he read online discussions about childhood sweethearts claiming that childhood friends could never fall in love. After all, they’d already seen every side of each other, the arguments went. They knew each other’s flaws and virtues, so there was no room for romance. Chen Fusheng couldn’t he 483Reads—Score10114d adds
- 180 The Transparent Cage 透明色牢笼 This book is a very slow burn, but you're sure to find yourself in it, along with the high school days you miss. [Two heroines] [School life] [Hidden powerhouse] [Heartwarming] [Mystery] [Angst] [Ensemble cast] At elite Shengying High School, Lin Xiaoyu is trapped in an invisible cage. She comes from a wealthy family and has a refined air, yet her natural reserve is mistaken for “putting on airs,” leaving her isolated for a long time. When even the last refuge in her dorm room is taken from her, 4Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 181 You, My Desk Mate 同桌的你 The Girl at the Desk Beside Me 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 In This Life, I'll Be Your Little Sidekick 这一世，我来做你的小跟班 "Urban Everyday Life"+ "High School"+ "One Heroine" If a car accident hadn't taken his life, perhaps he would never have realized just how lonely his life had been. Chu Fan was dead. He had spent half his life striving. He'd once called the shots in conference rooms and sung his heart out at karaoke. But only after his death did he discover how deserted his funeral could be, a stark contrast to the lively life he'd led. Chu Fan quietly watched his funeral from beginning to end, as if he were wat 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Top Student, Don't Hide. The Campus Heartthrob Is Crazy About You 学霸别躲，校草他超爱 Top Student, Don’t Hide. The Campus Heartthrob Is Really Into You 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Transferring Schools? My Desk Mate Is a Brooding Tokyo Girl 转学？同桌是阴暗东京少女 [Single heroine + light Japanese style + everyday life + no heartbreaking twists + slightly slow-burn] This is already her second time transferring schools. If she could, Igarashi Shio swore she would never get involved in troublesome matters again. But if I leave her alone, won't she turn evil just like the heroine in the game's [Bad End]? “You're the only friend I have at school...” The girl spoke to a white cat beneath the cherry tree. The girl named Hope had no hope in her eyes. The “runaway 159Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 185 After Hearing His Thoughts, I Exposed the School Heartthrob's System Conquest and Turned the Tables on Him 听见心声后，我拆穿校草的系统攻略，反手拿捏他 After Hearing His Thoughts, I Exposed the System Conquest Plot of the Campus Heartthrob and Turned the Tables on Him —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Zhou Xiaodi, the Whole World Knows I Like You 周小迪，全世界都知道我喜欢你 [Black-hearted beneath a gentle facade, the pride of heaven Xiao Min vs. the insecure and sensitive girl Zhou Xiaodi] [Love at first sight + mutual salvation + rekindled love] Zhou Xiaodi, everyone in the world knows I love you. You're the only one who doesn't. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Wait: The Years Flow Like Water 等等：似水流年 Lin Deng, who had secretly loved Liang Feng for years, finally received the wedding invitation. She mustered the courage to say goodbye and wish him well, unaware that fate had already begun another destined journey of healing. 10Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 188 A Poor Kid's Rise to Billionaire at Thirty-Five 穷小子逆袭三十五岁成亿万富豪 (Slow-burn setup in the early chapters; urban life, emotions, sweet and heartwarming everyday moments + one female lead + 1v1 + mutual devotion + office life + romance + childhood friends and first love) This book mainly follows the many ups and downs in Zhu Zilong's life, and the warmth and harshness of the world around him. After succeeding as an entrepreneur and changing his fate, he grows more mature and dependable. Yet even after achieving success in his career, he remains single. He can't 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 When the Wind Rises 待那风起时 The story is set during the final month before the college entrance exam and moves forward from there. It is divided into four arcs, each portraying the coming-of-age story of a girl with a different upbringing and life experience as she takes the exam and completes her studies... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 A Future to Look Forward to, Morning and Night 朝暮可盼 Cheerful, healing, adorably goofy art student × aloof on the outside, warm-hearted and proud academic ace On the second day after Shen Mu transferred schools, her homeroom teacher assigned her to Lin Lizhao, the grade's top student and resident “ice block.” People said he was cold and taciturn. Even classmates who had been with him for three years didn't dare strike up a conversation. Then one day, the usually stone-faced top student cornered her in the stairwell, his voice low and plaintive. “D 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Like Water Through a Forest 如林得水 [School life + healing + possessive, sweet romance] A pretty girl who’s bad at school × a warmhearted top student Xu Miaomiao is forced to move to Linxi Town to study and stay with Aunt Lin, where she meets Aunt Lin’s son, Lin Xi. The two clash constantly as they get to know each other, but gradually develop feelings for one another and embark on a school life full of laughter and growth. Lin Xi is drawn to Xu Miaomiao from the moment they first meet and can’t help falling for her. As they spend 118Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Reborn in 2010: An Alien Livestreams Me Going to High School 重生2010外星人直播我上高中 [Rebirth + school life + one heroine + youthful ensemble cast + comedy + alien livestream] No filler: every chapter has a theme and every installment has something to enjoy. After Zhang Zhongyuan jumped from the thirty-second floor, he learned that Earth had been part of a reality show livestreamed by an alien civilization for thousands of years. Because the show was doing well, the production team gave him a chance to start over. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 2010, on the first 60Reads—Score13514d adds
- 193 The Gods Hear My Wishes 神明听我许愿 [Both leads are romantically inexperienced · A playboy turns over a new leaf · Angsty push and pull · Rekindled love] The new book is still being completed. Come back for the ending then; don’t start reading just yet. A slice-of-life story with a slow build, set at school in the first half and in the city later. Angsty first, sweet later. * There were two legendary figures in that year’s class at No. 3 Middle School. The top student and campus belle, Mu Qing, and the playboy, Chen Yixuan. Everyo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Youth, Barely Touched by Sorrow 青春微微不离伤 Searching for the place where youth began! “Junxi, you’re so naughty! But I like it.” “Junxi, how about we get together?” “Junxi, I want to have your babies!” The bittersweet ache of youth accompanies every one of us, carrying our memories of those years! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Reborn? Let's Win the College Entrance Exam First 重生？先赢了高考再说 It’s still a modern-day story. A tale of childhood sweethearts who love and torment each other. Please come check it out. Thank you so very much!!!! 301Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Lend Me a Winter Sun I Won’t Regret 借我一场不后悔的冬阳 [Top student’s comeback, campus life, coming of age, heartbreaking romantic entanglements, postgraduate entrance exam comeback, bittersweet secret crush] Ai Jing’s motto in life is: I’d rather work myself to the bone than ever admit defeat to fate. In her third year of biological engineering, she decides to apply to a different school for a different major, hoping to rewrite the future of a woman in science and engineering. Her roommate, meanwhile, opens a civil service exam textbook, determine 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 My Small-Town Girlfriend 我的小城女友 No matter how long people live in a big city, they eventually return to a small town. Xiyang, a genius who made his fortune through stock trading, finds his life going nowhere after his girlfriend cheats on him and his career hits a wall. He leaves Chengdu, a city full of memories, and returns to his hometown, where he meets the girl who will become his small-town girlfriend. This is an ordinary book, but the small-town life it tells of is anything but ordinary. 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 My Perfect College Girlfriend 我的完美大学女友 What is love? I don't know either. But after listening to my friend tell me about his experiences, I think I began to form a vague idea of what love might be. In an age when love is defined in countless ways, fast, online, pure, or uninhibited, a college campus is like one vast emotional laboratory. The hottest vows and the quietest partings unfold here at the same time. No one can say what the “right” answer is. We simply make our way through it all, meeting, reaching out, finding warmth, and t 14Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 199 The Summer I Turned Nineteen 许你19岁的盛夏 The summer breeze streamed in through the window, and the swaying shadows of the trees danced across the wall. With midsummer approaching, Xu Xiasen walked down a gardenia-scented, tree-lined path in a pure white dress, her long hair falling over her shoulders. “Xu Xiasen!” Chen Mingzhi skidded to a stop on his bicycle, stirring the hair by Xu Xiasen’s ear. She saw the mole at the corner of his eye, making him look as dazzling and spirited as ever. A faint scent of soap mingled with the summer b 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 The Fox Spirit Is Flirtatious and Seductive 狐狸精他又撩又骚 All sweetness, no angst. So sugary you’ll be sick, and then we’ll pile on even more. No reunion after a long separation, no misunderstandings, no conflict. The male lead has plenty of energy and plenty of ways to get what he wants. [Slow-to-warm, reserved porcelain doll VS. charming, flirtatious fox] [First Love for Both × Love at First Sight × Open Affection That’s Hard to Resist × Straight-Shooting Ace] After transferring schools, she finds herself in an awkward relationship with her unreliabl 645Reads8.7Score10414d adds
