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- 1 Ping-Pong Love: The Table Tennis Queen and Her Knights 乒乓恋曲：乒乓女王和她的骑士们 Competitive sports + sweet coming-of-age romance + wealthy families + mutual devotion + love at first sight At the much-anticipated Paris Olympics, 22-year-old rising star Gu Lingshuang stunned the world, winning gold in mixed doubles, women's singles, and the team event. With those three gold medals, she completed a table tennis Grand Slam and ushered in a new era of her own. Along the way, the table tennis queen forged her own legend and met many people who admired her: Lin Yuebin, her mixed-d 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Big Head and Doubao 大头和豆包 A love story inspired by Chinese table tennis players Sha Tou, walking side by side through life. Da Tou is cocky and arrogant, a little tyrant who bows to no one, but after meeting Dou Bao, he turns into a devoted husband who dotes on his wife. Dou Bao is a little tyrant on the court, but off it she's a soft and cuddly little bean, able to eat and sleep well, carefree and untroubled. How can a hundred times of hardening steel turn into the gentleness that winds around one's fingers? 25Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 3 Conquering the Olympics, Starting as a Torchbearer 横扫奥运从火炬手开始 [Olympics + ensemble cast + gold medals + feel-good story + pick the greatest in your heart + limited-time encore] The latest Olympics novel. After transmigrating to another world, Xu Moxi somehow becomes the mysterious torchbearer for the Olympics, Weixing’s biggest global sporting event. He awakens the Ultimate Athlete System, and this time, he vows to sweep the world and astonish everyone with the power he’s been building up! He founds Black Emperor Entertainment, signs sports stars, and comp —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Fan Zhendong: Meet Me on the Mountain Peak 樊振东：与你山巅见 This is fan fiction with an original female protagonist. Please don’t conflate it with the real people. Swimmer ✖ table tennis player. We’ll cross every obstacle and reach the summit together. Extra chapters will be posted whenever inspiration strikes. 9Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 5 Wang Chuqin, Let the Wind Embrace You for Me 王楚钦让风替我拥抱你 [Signed and currently serializing, so read with confidence] Plagiarism, copying, or mashing together ideas will be dealt with harshly if discovered. /China’s table tennis prince Wang Chuqin × Chen Shi, a player who only wants to dance to “Sage Disco”/ “Xiao Shi, what wonderful things do you dream of doing when you turn eighteen?” “Turn eighteen? Go clubbing! Ignore everything around me and focus on dancing to ‘Sage Disco’!” “Chen Shi, can you think about something besides clubbing? Remember, you 26Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 6 Our Ping-Pong Days 乒乒乓乓的我们 “Is that your answer?” “Yes.” The moment the national flag was raised, it became the finest gift they could give their motherland. It all began when she was 17 and met him, the one she could trust to watch her back, the one who could stand beside her at the top of the rankings. This is their era of dominance over world table tennis! From then on, her life held more than just a little white ball. It also held Datou, who never once made her pick up a little white ball. Here's to a left-handed lege 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 A Young Heart's Love Never Ends 少年人的爱意永不落幕 Their love came at just the right time. During their long years together, it felt as though they had understood each other’s feelings all along. Then, one day, those feelings were finally laid bare, and their love did not end with the curtain coming down. 6Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 8 After Binding the Olympic Champion System, I Went All Out! 绑定奥运夺冠系统后，我杀疯了！ My best friend and I both bound ourselves to an Olympic championship System. Win an Olympic gold medal and you get a billion yuan. She chose table tennis, the sport the whole nation had its eyes on. I chose figure skating. But the national sport was full of prodigies, and even with the System, she never made it to the Olympics. I, meanwhile, pulled off one difficult move after another, won four consecutive Olympic titles, and became the queen of figure skating. When I was thirty-two, the System 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Even the Wind Runs Late! 风也会迟到！ A new work is here! Come read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 12Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 10 Above the Summit, Beneath the Stars 顶峰至上，星光璀璨 (Please don't relate this to the real people.) When Wang Chu Qin and Sun Sha Sha faced a crisis, they stepped up and took on the responsibility, embarking on a competition that lasted eight years. They looked after and supported each other, and ultimately met at the summit. 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I Failed the Fitness Exam, Yet Became an Olympic Champion! 体考不及格，我却成了奥运冠军！ (Word is, college athletes who read my novel all get a System!) [College entrance exams + athletics + System + bringing glory to the country] At my last fitness test before the college entrance exams, I ran 100 meters in 15 seconds because I was sickly and weak. The whole school laughed at me. Even the school beauty I had a crush on urged me to give up the sports exam. Just as I was in utter despair, the [Ultimate Champion] System activated! Break records and get stronger! [Ding! Host completed 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn, I Take on Every Major Sporting Event 重生的我，玩转各大体育赛事 Fang Zhe was reborn in 2004 and awakened a sprinting skill, becoming the world champion in the 100-meter sprint. Yet at the height of his glory, he chose to retire and turn to the NBA instead. Amid a chorus of doubts and abuse, he teamed up with Yao Ming… 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Transmigrate into a Book: Chen Shi Wants Me to Die in Place of the Fan 穿书国乒：陈时让我替风扇死你 [I’ve started a new book, everyone!] Sha Feng was reading a novel when its heroine, A Shi, sent her into a rage. In the heat of the moment, she transmigrated into a book. Watch her turn the tide, change the story, kill A Shi with her own hands, and set the plot back on course! 5Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 14 Today's Sun Will Shine Brighter Than Yesterday's 今天的太阳会比昨天更耀眼 Why do we like them? Maybe our own youth was too ordinary, so we envy how bright and passionate theirs is. Maybe it's because we never had someone by our side who would stand firm no matter what happened. Maybe it's because they always choose each other, each other's first choice. Perhaps that's why we're moved by the pure and beautiful feelings between them. I believe everyone can meet the person who's right for them. (I've changed the names, so I won't use their real names.) 10Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 15 North and South of Life 人生南北 Whether in the past, the present, or the future, I hope every hope we hold has a chance of coming true. May we stay by each other’s side and move forward together, making every dream come true, one moment at a time!!! Wishing everyone all the best, more and more with each passing day. 11Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 16 The Lion Kisses the Shark 狮子亲吻鲨鱼 [Fanfic] [Theme: Them in a parallel world] A rebellious little lion and a warm, sunny shark. In a parallel world, they can be themselves without a care and grow stronger. Love has no time limit or reason. They pursue what they love, then run toward the person they love. They spent the first half of their lives pursuing their separate dreams, following their passions and what was in their hearts. Now, let them spend the rest of their lives loving each other. 18Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 17 He Says His Time Is Almost Up 他说已迟暮 Sun Yingsha always thought the line, “One day, you’ll understand that your future matters more than love. You’ll also understand that love is harder to come by than a bright future. But in the end, you’ll understand that the right person will be there in your future,” was beautifully said. But when she received the wedding invitation, she felt another sentence needed to be added: While chasing your future, don’t break the heart of someone who loves you. Don’t leave him waiting all alone... Sun 9Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 18 Across the Ping-Pong Table, She’s on My Side 球台两侧她只站我这边 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Prelude to Paris 巴黎前奏 [Genius girl × free-spirited boy] In the years when no one else could reach her, he pointed firmly to the left side of his chest. “She's right here.” He had placed her in his heart, but he couldn't say it out loud. After all these years, he could no longer tell what he felt for her. Whether it was liking or love, either one could be fatal. But he knew she had a bright future, and he couldn't hold her back. He didn't want to become an obstacle in her way. Wang Chuqin, if you had to describe you 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 After Becoming a Legend in Track and Basketball, Football Begs Me to Stop Playing 田径篮球封神后，足坛求我别踢了 The world record in the 100 meters? I just broke it! An Olympic basketball gold medal? I picked it up along the way! Soccer? A bunch of scrubs! When Lin Fan takes the field in China's number 10 shirt, the whole world goes wild: "A track-and-field athlete playing soccer? Have the Chinese gone crazy?" But when he blasts the ball through Japan's net, crushes South Korea's "Hunt Lin Fan" strategy with a brutal header, and climbs to the top of Asia with the Kangaroo Squad underfoot... The soccer worl 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 An Olympic Champion? He's Just a Student Teacher! 奥运冠军？他就是个实习教师啊 In the scorching summer heat, some people take it easy, some give up, and some quietly make their way onto the Olympic podium. And his only job is as a trainee teacher at a middle school? When the news breaks, everyone is stunned. “Holy crap, isn’t that Teacher Xu from our school?” “How could that guy possibly compete in the Olympics?” “That’s incredible! Is this really the Teacher Xu I know?” Would you look at that? I went away for summer vacation, and my teacher became an Olympic champio 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Don't Cheer Me On! I'm Guaranteed to Win Gold 别来加油！我百分百得金牌 Li Ming transmigrates into the body of an athlete competing in an obscure Olympic sport in Huaguo, and unlocks the Lone Hero System: Sports Edition. As long as nobody cheers him on, he can win gold in any sport with a 100% success rate! But if even one person cheers him on, that gold turns into silver. The more people cheering, the worse his results become! As the System levels up, he can handle more and more supporters, and even compete in team events. Wait, team events? Then soccer should work 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Awakened the Warlord System, but It Made Me Play Badminton 觉醒武将系统却让我打羽毛球 [Warrior General System + Badminton + Sports + Lighthearted and Witty + Humorous + Powerful + No Romance] Chong Liang arrives in a new world and awakens a Warrior General System. But this world has no path for him to become a warrior general, so the system recommends that he become a world-class badminton player instead, with a wish that can make anything come true as his reward. What?! Guan Yu is my head coach!? Zhang Fei is my sparring partner!? Could Lu Bu be my sparring partner someday, too? 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 King of Ping-Pong: My Table Tennis Can Kill 乒王之我的乒乓能杀人 As everyone knows, the difficulty levels in table tennis are: Easy, Normal, Hard, Nightmare, Hell, and China. Zhang Yunlong was an ordinary person from Earth who accidentally transmigrated to the Dragon Kingdom on Blue Star. He thought he was in for another life of giving up and doing nothing, but was surprised to discover that in this world: Table tennis had become a globally popular sport, and those who reached the top were known as "Kings." 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Wang Chuqin: A Lifetime with You 王楚钦：以余生为期 On the court, Chinese table tennis player Wang Chu Qin belongs to the nation. Away from the court, Wang Chu Qin belongs to An Yuan. For the rest of our lives, among the lights in a thousand homes, one will shine for you. 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn in the WNBA: The Greatest Women's Basketball God in History 重生WNBA：史上最强女篮之神 [Chinese WNBA player + no romance + everyday life + competition] Heart-pounding, thrilling, and full of constant growth! So what if players from Japan provoke her? So what if foreigners make insulting gestures toward Chinese people right in front of her? Well, I've got a Basketball Challenger System. Men's basketball has the NBA, and women's basketball has the WNBA. This is both the story of a Chinese woman growing into her game in the WNBA and the story of a women's basketball superstar rising 925Reads—Score12014d adds
- 27 You Are My Grand Slam 你是我的大满贯 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 47Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 28 The Sunflower in Bloom 开了花的向日葵 Sha Tou in different timelines. Though the two of them are on different paths, they will still meet at the summit. Houston, where the flowers bloomed, was finally met by a sunflower in bloom. Youth is a daring gamble, and a place where love blossoms. 53Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 29 Claiming Your Whole Life with a Gold Medal 用金牌圈住你的一生 I started this book because I love Sha Tou. Some details may differ from reality, since this is all based on what I imagine and write, but every scene is super sweet! Lastly, I hope they both stay healthy and keep improving!!! Let’s look forward to them making their dream of Paris come true!!! And finally, please don’t read this as a claim about the real people!!! Stay healthy and keep improving!!! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 When a Lion Falls for a Shark 当狮子爱上鲨鱼 A fateful meeting, and an inexperienced writing style, so please be kind~ (A friendly reminder: this won’t be a romance. It focuses more on the group as a whole, because love isn’t necessarily the highest form of human emotion.) The timeline may differ from reality, so please ignore any inconsistencies. If you want to argue, you’re right. Some match scenes may appear along the way, so please be understanding if I get any technical terms wrong. What strange and adorable stories will unfold when a 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 I See the Proud Sun [ST] 我见骄阳【ST】 A four-year record of Sun Sha and Wang Tou's youth, from their tentative first meeting in 2017 to their firm confidence in 2020, they walked together, shining brilliantly all the way. This story is dedicated to the most beautiful days of youth. May we meet again. [Half based on real events + fictional plot + lots of sweetness with a touch of angst] 5Reads6.9Score214d adds
- 32 The Difficult Love Life of the World’s Handsomest Man 世界第一帅的艰难爱情 [This book is entirely fictional.] [A story of growing up, love, and marriage.] The heroine, Yingxia, is a cool and courageous young woman who dares to pursue her dreams. A continuation of the story after the Paris Olympics... In the end, they sealed their bond with a ring. Let’s reach the summit together in 2028 and make our Los Angeles dream come true! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 From Shatou to a Veil 从莎头到头纱 (These are just some things I've imagined and have no real connection to reality. If you enjoy their sweet moments, please don't bother the real people involved. Just treat this as an ordinary fanfic.) The young master of the Beijing team × the well-behaved darling of the Hebei team. Two world number ones meet at the top, and the answer comes with victory. And a whole team of lovely teammates, too. Datou is bursting with contrast: super sweet and doting. Shasha is incredibly adorable, a little d 10Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 34 Shasha: Little Sunshine Diary 莎莎：小太阳日记 [Fiction] [Training] [A story focused on the dull, monotonous routine of Shasha's table tennis journey] Little Shasha chose to be born into this world. The moment she chose table tennis at the age of five, the wheel of fate began to turn. She broke away from the path of an ordinary life and set out on a competitive journey filled with passion, excitement, the extraordinary, thrills, heartbreak, harshness, and regrets. This path is dull and monotonous, a process of repeating the same things over 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Xiaoman: Almost Perfect 小满即圆满 This book is entirely fictional. Please don't read anything into the real people! I feel like the Oatmeal fans have already seen far too many stories about the timeline of the siblings' careers. This one starts after retirement. I don't like angst, because the first half of their lives in table tennis was already so bitter. I hope everything from here on out is sweet. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Awakened the Overlord's Grip from the Start, and Now the National Team Is Panicking 开局觉醒霸王拧，国家队坐不住了 Lin Guoyao wakes up to find himself a 16-year-old, bottom-of-the-roster player on a provincial team in a parallel world. From the start, he’s thrown into the provincial training camp’s elimination round. Facing a dismissive coach and mocking opponents, he counters with a single backhand flick that leaves the whole arena stunned. When foreign prodigies sweep the Chinese national team, he bursts onto the scene: “Let me teach you what it means to be the greatest table tennis player in history.” Whe 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Houston in Bloom 开了花的休斯敦 (This is just a story I enjoy reading, written however I please for fun. It’s all made up, so if you like it, just enjoy it. Don’t read too much into it. They’re athletes, passionate young people bringing honor to their country. Don’t bring fan culture into it. We can just quietly ship them ourselves.) The prodigy girl Xiao Doubao × the proud, unruly top left-handed player Big Head At eighteen, a passionate young man won a gold medal and captured the heart of the girl who was also eighteen. At t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 She Was Born to Be the Center of Attention 她生来万众瞩目 She said, “The honor of our country comes before everything.” She said, “The flag on my chest will always matter more than the name on my back.” She said, “Life never goes smoothly all the time. There are always ups and downs.” She said, “Playing table tennis is the work I love.” She said, “Having a dream to pursue is happiness.” 7Reads6.8Score414d adds
- 39 The Finals 决赛 [Two male leads + childhood friends + mutual salvation + secretly in love since childhood + career-driven] A funny, down-to-earth, straight-shooting little tyrant vs. a tsundere with a golden left hand Qi Wang and Zhou Heng They competed together in all kinds of tournaments and made it onto the national first team together, going from zero chemistry to becoming a legendary men's doubles pair. They were split up, suffered injuries, and were suspended, but they still made it through. Zhou Heng and 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 After the Wind Passes, I Still Love You 风过以后，我还爱你 Rekindled romance + childhood sweethearts A misunderstanding kept them apart for five years. They meet again after returning home five years later. What will happen between them now? Disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional and a product of the author's imagination. Please do not associate it with real people!!! 11Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 41 Miracles in the Left Hand, Glory in the Right 左手奇迹与右手荣耀 My 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! 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 May You Never Betray My Longing 愿君不负相思意 A female-reader fantasy fanfic about Fan Zhendong (entirely fictional; please don’t conflate it with the real person). I only hope your heart is like mine, so I won’t have loved in vain. “Fan Zhendong, your world is too pure. But the world isn’t simply black or white. I want to protect you.” “Xixi, before I met you, I always thought I’d make the first move if I met a girl I liked. After meeting you, I realized that liking someone can make you feel inferior.” “Fan Zhendong, all you have to do is 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Answer, the Answer Sheet 答案，答卷 What is the answer? Does it have to end in a hysterical confrontation? Does it have to be a required number? Do we have to keep digging until we get to the bottom of everything? Perhaps time will provide the answer and deliver a perfect paper. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 After Winning the Championship, My Childhood Friend and Champion Went Public with Their Relationship 夺冠后，我的竹马冠军官宣了 After Winning the Championship, My Childhood Friend, the Champion, Announced Our Relationship 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Genius Girl and the Very Good Mr. 天才少女和非常好先生 As people hurled abuse at her, she cried as she deleted the hateful comments one by one, leaving only this one: “What gives you the right to play top lane?!” During his suspension, he spent every day at the gym from morning till night, becoming the last person to leave each evening. On Tiantan East Road, a place full of geniuses, she was the only genius in his eyes. Through all those days of self-doubt and uncertainty, she was always by his side, believing in him and telling him to stay determin 3Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 46 May I Be a Star and You the Moon, Meeting at the Summit 愿我如星君如月之顶峰相见 From sharing our youth to meeting at the summit From you making trouble and me laughing to quietly keeping watch You are the loveliest sight in my eyes And the brightest star in the sky With you, we went from meeting and getting to know each other to splitting up, falling out, and finally embracing I’m grateful I didn’t lose you The world is vast, and I’m walking this road by your side Keep going, keep going! 125Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 47 Track and Field: Sprinting God, Bolt’s Moon-Gazing Turn 田径：短跑之神，回头望月博尔特 [Invincible protagonist] + [no System] + [ensemble cast] The early twenty-first century. 2005. An era when Chinese sports were underdeveloped. Even though Liu Xiang had just won gold at the Athens Olympics, prejudice against Chinese athletes abroad remained unchanged. The claim that people of Asian descent couldn’t run the 100 meters in under ten seconds was treated as gospel and widely promoted. Lin Feng, a sprinting prodigy from China, became the first East Asian to break the ten-second barrie 197Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 48 All I See When I Look Up Is You 抬眸皆是你 Everything here is fictional. Please don't connect it to real people. Sun is hope. Let's work hard together for our dreams. Youth is the most beautiful thing of all. 11Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 49 The Light in Lord Chu's Life 楚爷生命中的那道光 This story is entirely fictional. Please don’t read anything into it about the real people involved. The characters are fictional as well. This book is divided into two volumes. The first tells the story of a male lead who is the heir to a powerful Beijing family and a female lead who is a hardworking woman from a small town. They had nothing to do with each other at first. Because of a marriage alliance arranged by their ancestors, the male lead lost the woman he loved, and afterward he became 6Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 50 Unmatched at Table Tennis: Shooting Stars and Fireworks 乒乒乓乓天下无双：流星与烟火 You came to me through the fireworks. You weren’t a fleeting burst of brilliance, but an eternal shooting star, never fading or ending in the boundless universe. Perhaps, light-years away, we can meet again. This story was inspired by a match I watched on August 1. Some events are based on reality, while others are fictional. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
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