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- 101 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
- 102 Secretly Gloating Over My Ex, While He Scrambles to Win Me Back 暗爽前夫哥，想方设法求复合 [Reunion after years apart + rekindled love] At eighteen, the cicadas sang through the summer heat, and everyone smiled at the two of them, certain their youthful love story was destined for a happy ending. But then disaster struck their family without warning, like a storm dousing every flame. Her whole family moved away overnight, leaving in such a hurry that even their goodbye felt like a torn page. They met again on television, with him surrounded by microphones and wearing his medal. As rep 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Reborn: Reviving the Yankees Dynasty 重生之洋基王朝的复兴 When Zhao Qingyan (Yanni Oppenheimer) was reborn twenty years in the past, a baseball foretold by fate would shatter every regret. Starting with the PG National Championship, he used time reversal to correct every crucial swing and every key defensive play, doing everything in his power to win. But the real challenges lay far beyond the ballpark: power struggles within management, sharp-tongued media, and the arrogance of a century-old powerhouse... “Change the future? No. I'm going to create it 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 After Enlisting, I Shocked the Entertainment World Across the Love Apartment Timeline 从军后在爱情公寓时空震惊体娱界 Duanmu Feifan is reborn with memories of being betrayed in his past life. He resolutely enlists in the army, determined to live a remarkable life. In the military, his outstanding physical abilities and the military songs he remembers from his past life quickly make him the center of attention for the Tigers Regiment, the special forces, and the cultural troupe. But he resists temptation and chooses to bring honor to his country. At the Seventh World Military Games, he breaks the national record 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Soaring Feathers, Claiming the Crown 飞羽问鼎 (No heroine) (Fast-paced) (Not invincible) (Pure badminton) Lin Ye is an 18-year-old badminton player from a small town in the south. His father, once a practice partner for the provincial team, died young from an injury, leaving behind an old racket with broken strings. Through his own hard work, Lin Ye goes on to become a world champion. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 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
- 107 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
- 108 The New Girl’s Diary of Pursuing Dongdong 空降少女的追东日记 A fanfic about national table tennis player Fan Zhendong. Everything in this story is fictional. Please don’t conflate it with the real person. This is just for fans’ enjoyment. [Genius newcomer who moves like a mad rabbit × mature, steady kung fu panda] [Secret crush + romantic tension + happy ending] A mutual journey of love between a male and female team athlete After the 2012 World Junior Championships final, no one else could ever catch Lin Nian’an’s eye. She had been in love with him for e 11Reads7.1Score514d adds
- 109 Reporting In: King Dongdong Has Arrived! 报告：咚咚大王到！ A new work is here! I hope you'll come read it on Tomato Novel and enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 5114: Circulation 5114之环流 Purely fictional, please don’t read anything into it!!! The timeline is set in the present, in 2028. The story begins after the 2024 Paris Olympics, with Chuqin embarking on a long journey to win back his wife. Yingsha’s love is passionate but restrained. She fears Chuqin’s feelings for her aren’t pure enough, while Chuqin hesitates to make a decisive move. They waste time pining for each other until the next Olympics, when they finally confirm their feelings and win the only “championship” that 6Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 111 I'm Really a Sports Student 我真是体育生啊 Synopsis: A gritty, no-System story [Reborn + Student Athlete + Top Student + Goofball] A sudden accident turns out to be a blessing in disguise, sending him back to his sophomore year of high school! An athlete riddled with injuries returns to the best age of seventeen, carrying the most flawless technique. The most wonderful life begins anew at seventeen. Follow this little site for the new book, I'm Really an Athlete! Let' 44Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 112 I'm a Sports School Student: Becoming a Boxing Champion Is Only Natural 我一体校生：成为拳王很合理吧 (Power fantasy) (Sports) (Boxing) (Face-slapping) (System) The heavyweight boxing division has always been beyond the reach of Asian fighters. Zhang Rui transmigrates to a parallel world and gets his start in the martial arts sanda program at Tianfu Sports Institute. He goes from amateur to professional, from the provincial team to the national team, from competing at home to taking on Asia, and then from Asia to the world. Years later, Zhang Rui becomes a champion and declares into the micropho 61Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 113 Red Lightning 2025 红色闪电2025 My new work is here! Please head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Badminton Legend 羽坛传奇 [An original Tomato novel about badminton, not a quick, disposable read] He brings Lin Dan’s power game to a world that doesn’t understand it. Chen Yan transmigrates with a power game that doesn’t belong in this world. In this parallel timeline where badminton reigns supreme, everyone else is still locked in clumsy rallies, while his style sweeps across the court like a wildfire: elegant, fluid, beautiful as a painting, yet deadly with every shot. He bursts onto the scene at sixteen and is cro 1.7kReads5.4Score10914d adds
- 115 The Times Are Calling! 时代在召唤！ [Olympics + Sports + Sprinting + System] Zhang Chen, a nobody on society’s fringes, comes home after a blind date and unexpectedly gets lucky: he is reborn in his awkward high school years. Standing at the crossroads of life once again, Zhang Chen decides to take a different path with the System’s help! The deadly 400 meters? Two horizontals and one vertical: just go for it! This time, he’ll put in ten or even a hundred times the effort and rewrite his life! 8.1kReads7.4Score61714d adds
- 116 I’m Not the God of the 800-Meter Race 我不是八百米之神 [Olympics + middle- and long-distance running + steady progress + heroes rise young] "Slightly alternate setting" "No System" "No harem" At the school sports meet, Wu Ran ran the 800 meters in 1 minute and 52 seconds wearing flat sneakers and jeans. He stunned the crowd and broke a school record that had stood for thirteen years! Provincial team coach: “That time could get you into the National Games final! Come with me, and I’ll get you a spot on the Asian Games training squad!” Sports college 34Reads7.8Score614d adds
- 117 Chinese Table Tennis: Starting on the Provincial Team 国乒：从省队开始 In his previous life, Tu Fei was killed after offending someone. After being reborn, he made it onto the provincial table tennis team thanks to his outstanding performance. But he was a transmigrator, and all the magic power of the person whose body he had taken over was gone. He had no idea how to play table tennis, so he awakened a Table Tennis System... [Ding! Congratulations on receiving the Beginner's Gift Pack: an overview of the shakehand grip and an overview of the shakehand serve.] [Din 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 I See Mountains as Mere Grass and Trees, But You Alone Are a Verdant Mountain 我见众山皆草木，唯有见你是青山 Another snowy night. I thought we'd grow old together, but you left halfway through. How could I not be heartbroken? At least when you came back, I was still here. And when I was here, you happened to return! —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 119 My Partner Is a World Champion Too 我对象也是世界冠军 [Shocking! What turned Mu Qi’an from an irritable little puppy into a doting romance hero?] [Let me fall in love for you first!] [You have to admit, this couple is the real deal.] [There are plenty of fish in the sea. Why don’t you two get together?] [If your eyes aren’t working, take them out and put them on that person. They must be tired.] After shipping too many fake couples, why not ship the national team’s pairing instead? Guaranteed safe! A slow-on-the-uptake heroine vs. a sunny, healin 411Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 120 Dancing on Ice 冰舞飞扬 The story of a former figure skater and an ice dance star who find true love on their journey to pursue their dreams and compete. 107Reads8.0Score814d adds
- 121 Open Your Eyes! The Figure Skating Champion Protects China's Glory 格局打开！花滑冠军守护华国荣光 [Figure skating + transmigrate into a book + System + feel-good power fantasy + strong heroine + face-slapping] Zhu Yu accidentally takes a tumble on the women’s singles podium at the Beijing Winter Olympics. When she wakes up, the gold medals and Bing Dwen Dwen are gone, and she has transmigrated into the heroine of a Mary Sue novel. The original heroine is poor but stunningly beautiful, blessed with an irresistible charm. She relies on men and face-slaps female rivals all the way to the top 66Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 122 Every Championship Is Mine!!! 冠军都是我的！！！ Gu Jinzhi broke out of a figure skating wasteland and never stepped down from the top of the podium. Later generations call him the “Demon King of Figure Skating”!!! Gu Jinzhi: Boo-hoo! Why do they call me the Demon King? I’m adorable!! 192Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 This Is Our Most Beautiful Beginning 这是我们最美好的开始 They are both members of China’s national table tennis team. From being unknown to finding themselves in the spotlight, they have always been there for each other. I want to write about the beautiful years of their youth. (This is purely for entertainment, so please don’t take it seriously or read it as a claim about the real people. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.) 50Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 124 Marathon: Humanity Has No Limits 马拉松：人类无极限 This is a marathon story about an ordinary person. It begins with running to lose weight, and, of course, to earn those damn credits. Gradually, he falls in love with how running makes him feel, though he still thinks of it as just a hobby. Then, by a stroke of chance, he sees the true state of marathon running in his country. Ye Ji realizes he has to do something. Without hesitation, he turns and steps onto the marathon battlefield to compete against those incredibly gifted Black runners. He wa 179Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 125 The World Champion Is a Little Sweetheart 世界冠军是个小可怜 [Childhood sweethearts + athletes] (Fictional setting, fictional setting!) When her parents realized that little Shi Nuo was fascinated by the figure skating she saw on TV, they took her to try it out with her godmother. Her godmother discovered that Shi Nuo had a remarkable talent, and once her parents found out, they decided to nurture their daughter’s potential. But a car accident took Shi Nuo’s parents. Faced with the cruelty of her greedy relatives, little Shi Nuo had no choice but to giv 32Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 126 Unconditional: Dong Ge Fanfiction 【无条件】东哥同人文 A Fang Zhendong fanfic. The characters and details are not fact-checked. It has no connection to the real world, so please read it as an alternate-universe story. Both leads are athletes, and the story centers on their teammates. The author doesn’t understand table tennis, so all the technical descriptions are fictional. Pure self-indulgent dream-girl fanfiction. Please keep to your own corner. 53Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 127 I Can Take On the Whole World Just by Pinching Your Cheek 捏你的脸我就可以打败全世界 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Starlight Turns to You 星星向融光 A national table tennis champion and a sports reporter meet in person after seven years of online romance Xixi, when I see you again, I've become a better version of myself. An Yi, when I see you again, I never expected you to have become the Demon King. We brought warmth to each other as children, and stood by each other as adults. I'll give it everything I've got. So will you. I'll give you the rest of my life, and you can give me yours. Xingxing will always love Zhu Rong. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Running into the Olympics 跑进奥运 Fu Lin, a sprinter in his previous life, is reborn in 1999 after an accident. Given the precious chance to live his life over, he vows to rewrite the history of Chinese sprinting with the help of the System and break the long-standing racial barriers. He keeps absorbing the energy provided by the System to temper his body, repeatedly breaking through the limits of his speed as he climbs, step by step, to the highest stage in world athletics. In one heart-stopping international competition after 1.3kReads7.0Score10114d adds
- 130 I Asked You to Run for Self-Discipline, Not to Steal the Campus Belle 让你自律跑步，没让你拐走校花呀 [Middle- and Long-Distance Running + Marathon + One Heroine + Daily Life + Running-Focused + System] If you have an issue with any of this, don't read. “I'm sorry. You're wonderful, but I think we should just be friends.” Four years of being a devoted doormat got Chen Feng nothing but the dreaded “nice guy” label. After a painful reckoning, he decided to get disciplined and start running for his own sake. By a stroke of luck, he bonded with a System. But the first thing the System said was, “Run 1kReads8.1Score10814d adds
- 131 A Lifetime of Searching 追寻一生 Table tennis, female protagonist. Lu Xun is known as a table tennis prodigy. A left-handed player, she represents her country as part of the national team, alongside her coach Zhang Mingyuan, her mixed-doubles partner Lu Cheng, her women’s doubles partner Zhou Ke, and her other coaches and teammates. This book tells the story of a girl with ideals and principles, and how she grows step by step in the field she loves. P.S. This is my first time writing! I’m not a professional athlete, so please b 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 My System Is Another Me 我的系统是另一个我 He uses technology and data to forge running technique at its limits. In the 200-meter final at the Tokyo Olympics, he faces the world's top sprinters in an ultimate showdown of speed and willpower. A difference of mere thousandths of a second decides more than victory or defeat: it marks China's resounding arrival at the pinnacle of world sprinting! Watch this passionate young man follow his precisely measured strides, break through every barrier, and make the national anthem ring out triumphan 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Hikaru No Go: Yu Liang 棋魂：俞亮 No food? Make your own. I really like the character Yu Liang, and hope to use his charm to tell some different stories. If you’re passing by, don’t miss this. If you’ve read it, leave me something, even if it’s criticism. 192Reads—Score11514d adds
- 134 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
- 135 The Years of Innocence 清白之岁 [Rekindled Romance / Reunion After Years Apart / Former Active Athletes, Now Retired / Slow Burn] [Friendly reminder: This is a parallel world and a fictional setting! Please distinguish reality from the novel. The characters are based on real people, so please do not conflate them with the actual individuals. Some table tennis details may not be professionally accurate, so please don't scrutinize them too closely. I'll do my best to keep things logical, and I appreciate your understanding.] Ten 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Ultimate Sports System: I Dominate Badminton 最强体育系统，我直接称霸羽坛 [Badminton + Time Reversal + System Empowerment + Diligent Training + Steady Progress + Rising Star + Emerging Talent + Rejected by the National Team + Fighting Alone + Reforming the Badminton World + Cleaning Up Public Opinion + Making History] With the System's power behind him, Lin Long moves effortlessly across the court, swift as lightning. His smashes are as powerful as bullets, even smashing up the court's rubber flooring. He fights his way from small Super 100 tournaments all the way to 9Reads6.1Score214d adds
- 137 Yuzuru Hanyu: The Flower Girl Has Arrived 羽生结弦花姐报道 What would happen if a master healer joined Yuzuru Hanyu's side? Yuzuru Hanyu: Meeting you is the luckiest thing that has ever happened to me. Jinnian: I'll stay by your side, watch over you, protect you, understand you, know you, and love you. This book is entirely fictional. Please don't conflate the characters with the real people. Oh, and this is an original work. Please don't plagiarize it, thank you. I only write sweet romances. This is my first book, so if you don't like it, feel free to 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Book Transmigration: Beating Up the Little Tyrant Today 穿书：今天暴打小霸王 After watching the Paris Olympics, Baoxue was so furious that she decided to read a novel to calm down. She came across one with Qiu Siyue as the heroine. Its cringe-worthy scenes made Baoxue want to wash her eyes out, but she couldn’t stop scrolling, wanting to see just how outrageous it could get! It made her so angry that she passed out on the spot, without even getting the chance to give the book one star. When she woke up, she had somehow become eight years old. Who’s that? Wait, is that Qi 65Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 139 Ping! My Heart Skips a Beat 乒然心动 [Also known as: A Ping-Pong Crush] [Sweet Youth + Strong Female Lead's Growth + Passionate Ensemble Cast] The story takes place at some point in the future, in a parallel timeline. As the golden generation retires one after another, China's table tennis team is no longer as overwhelmingly dominant as it once was. This is an age that needs geniuses and heroes. A new generation of prodigies emerges, led by the table tennis talents Shen Jiayi, Ling Xiaoyuan, and Gu Ze, bringing fresh life and hope 695Reads8.7Score10414d adds
- 140 Fire on Ice: The Figure Skating Queen, Flying! 冰上的火焰：花滑女王，Flying！ Figure-skating prodigy Jin Yuxia carries her family’s dreams and the hopes of the entire nation. From the World Championships to the Winter Olympics, she blazes across the ice like a flame, her golden blades lighting the way forward. Flying! The queen of figure skating! 97Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 141 Go for It! My Champion Partner 加油！我的冠军拍档 Table Tennis Champion: The Left-Handed World Champion and His Little Sunshine A true-to-life story, with sweet moments for you to discover! It's about two people growing up, just like ordinary people, and yet not quite like them! They circle around in love until they find each other. They overcome every obstacle at work and make a name for themselves. They're both elite table tennis players. One is a left-handed heartthrob who never says what he means. The other is his little sunshine. They go f 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Hey! My Boyfriend Is a Super Grand Slam Olympic Champion 嗨！我的超级全满贯奥运冠军男友 [Sweet romance + everyone’s favorite + romantic push and pull + rekindled love and a husband chasing his wife] [Sunny sweetheart × Olympic champion] Xu Yuan wished she could wake up one morning and find her dad had dragged her off to the sports bureau to work as a cook. Good news: she’d landed a job in the public sector. The world is always full of unexpected surprises. Even though her cooking was terrible, somehow she became the darling of the national team’s cafeteria. Loving someone means sha 1.1kReads8.7Score10114d adds
- 143 Ping Pong 乒乒乓乓 My new work is out! Please head to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 King of the Track 跑道之王 From campus to the provincial and city leagues, from the domestic stage to the international arena, Han Jue steps onto the track, and a king arrives. The moment Han Jue runs his first race, a young king emerges in the world of athletics. 596Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 145 Ping-Pong: The Star Falls for the CP Fan Club Leader 乒乒乓乓之正主爱上CP粉头 This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. This content is for entertainment only, so please don’t associate it with real people. Thank you. The heroine shipped a couple so hard that she joined the national table tennis team. To ship them right in front of the real deal from every angle, she trained day and night until her paddle was practically smoking. She never expected that, as soon as she joined the team, she’d split up the couple she 285Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 146 The Rise of a Penhold Table Tennis Influencer 乒乓球之直拍网红崛起 I’m the real victim of Ping Pong, the one you all keep talking about! Your forehand is sloppy, your backhand is weak, your play at the table is loose, and your footwork is a mess. An amateur is still an amateur. You think you can make the provincial team? You’re nowhere near good enough! You’re not even worthy of competing against me yet! Don’t ever bring up the provincial team or professional players in front of me again! For the sake of those words, for the sake of living up to the standard th 871Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 147 The Couple Is Too Sweet: A Workaholic Turns into a Hopeless Romantic in the Sports World cp超甜：卷王爆改体坛恋爱脑 [Rekindled love / two elite athletes / redemption / tearing up the script / hard on the outside, soft on the inside / long-planned romance / contrast / happy ending] [Table tennis sweetheart × aloof, cocky guy] [Sweet-faced but clearheaded career woman, a flirty Scorpio × sensitive, immature, secretly seductive hopeless romantic and workaholic] The youngest pair ever to win the Hercules Cup in table tennis history. Two years after their breakup, Jiang Huaisheng sees Gu Chengting again at a team 235Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 148 The Rose's Frozen Season 玫瑰冰冻季 [A prodigy girl in table tennis vs. a prodigy boy, the era of twin stars.] They are both dazzling new stars in the table tennis world, using their talent and hard work to rise above the training courts. Behind every championship title, only they know how much blood and tears they’ve shed. The right hand and the left hand were always meant to be joined. On Tiantan East Road, where geniuses are everywhere, they are the only geniuses in each other’s eyes. He has seen her calm composure on the court 459Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 149 I Play Soccer, So Why Did I Get a Table Tennis System? 我踢足球的，怎么绑了乒乓系统 The Chinese Jia system is corrupt. It costs 100,000 just to play for one minute! Because his family was poor, player Guo Qi could only serve tea and water as a substitute, despite his excellent skills. He spent his life achieving nothing and died full of regret. Who could have guessed that after his death, he would be reborn in a parallel world, back in his youth academy days? This time, Guo Qi didn't stay in Chinese Jia. Instead, he chose to seek his fortune abroad and compete in Europe. During 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Reborn as a Volleyball Powerhouse 重生之排球女炮手 A new life reborn from the apocalypse finds itself in a parallel world. A top student who thinks he’s terrible at school and his companions pursue their dreams through sports, one step at a time. In the end, he becomes the brightest star in the sporting world. 255Reads8.2Score—14d adds
