Novels like A Fresh New Fantasy
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Fresh New Fantasy, best match first.
- 1 The Problem I Could Never Solve Was You All Along 其实我一直解不出来的那道题是你 The problem I could never solve was you all along. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Qin Yibo, You’re the Hardest Problem I’ve Ever Had to Solve 秦臆博，我最难解的题是你 A fanfic of *When I Copied Too Hard on the Class Placement Exam and Got into the Honors Class*~ It might be a little out of character, but not too much. The author likes them both, too. Little underachiever Qin Yibo got into the honors class by peeking at the exam paper of Zhou Huan, the top student in the grade, during the placement exam. As it turned out, he was seated with Zhou Huan, and a series of sweet campus romances began. Qin Yibo: You’re the hardest problem I’ve ever had to solve. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A Brand-New Day: An Imaginary Diary 焕然臆新日记 Cool, stiff top student x warm, sunny girl The first time Zhou Huan saw Qin Yibo, he thought she was interesting. How could anyone get such a low score on such an easy math problem? During an exam one day, the girl next to him wanted to look at her answers. Without thinking much of it, he casually shifted his paper aside. He never expected her to become his new deskmate. And so began a series of amusing stories. “I never thought this rigid mountain of mine would be stirred by you.” “I bough —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I Got into the Math Olympiad Class and the Top Student Fell for Me 抄进奥数班后被年级第一暗恋了 [Tsundere, secretly passionate top student × Cute, funny underachiever] He accidentally got placed in the Olympiad math class, and while trying to keep up with the top student's progress, he ended up dating him too. Fanfic. Apologies for any out-of-character moments. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 How I Cheated So Hard on the Placement Exam That I Got into the Advanced Class! 当我分班考试抄太狠进了奥班！ Zhou Huan: Qin Yibo, the question I most want to solve is what's in your heart. Qin Yibo: What are you even saying? You're babbling, I can't understand you. What a poser. Zhou Huan never expected to fall for Qin Yibo. His life was orderly, everything governed by his calculations, until the girl who let him copy her exam paper barged into it. In his lifeless world, Qin Yibo was like a little sun, lighting up not just his life, but other people's, too. Qin Yibo, I wish you belonged to me alone. Bu 358Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 A Sudden Change of Heart 臆然焕心 [Pure-love campus rom-com + healing story (guiding lover) + top student] [Sunny, cheerful ray of sunshine VS cold, aloof top student] Everyone at No. 1 High knew that Zhou Huan, the math-competition class’s top student, was famously cold and aloof. That was until a placement exam, when I let a girl named Qin Yibo copy my test paper. From that moment on, the gears of fate began to turn “I pored over my exercise books, trying to find a problem I couldn’t solve.” “Then I realized the problem I coul —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 A Brand-New Start? Yes, a Brand-New Delusion! 焕然一新？对，焕然臆新！ A Whole New Look? That's right, a Whole New Delusion! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 I Cheated Too Hard on the Placement Exam and Got Into the Olympiad Class! 分班考试抄太狠，进了奥数班！ "Landlord's Fat Four Video Fanfiction" My name is Zhou Huan. I used to think love like my parents' was incredibly rare, and that I would never find it myself. Then a girl from an ordinary class transferred into ours. She said her name was Qin Yibo. Qin Yibo... What a lovely name. She was so hopeless at school, always failing her exams. I'm not usually one to meddle, but for some reason I couldn't help teasing her... "Zhou Huan, let me copy your test paper!" She asked to copy my paper... "Zhou Hu 387Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Qin Yibo, Why Are Zhou Huan and Sun Yan Always Clinging to You? 秦臆博，周焕和孙艳怎么总粘着你 Bookish genius (Zhou Huan) x dazzling underachiever (Qin Yibo) Fanfic for Fei Si's short video, "I Cheated So Hard on the Class Placement Exam That I Got Into the Olympiad Class" This story stays true to the original video's setting. It's a short story that begins with the seat change. Since the original story hasn't finished updating, I'll do my best to keep any later developments consistent with it. Zhou Huan and Sun Yan, you two just keep fighting over her! Written in a burst of inspiration. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 When I Went Overboard Cheating on the Exam 当我考试抄猛了 [Fanfiction based on Fei Si, with additional details on certain aspects of the setting.] Main characters: Qin Yibo, Zhou Huan, Liu Yuning, Yang Yuchen, Sun Yan'er Synopsis: After going overboard with cheating on the class-placement exam, Qin Yibo landed in the top class. There, he met a group of lovely friends. Other: This story mainly follows Qin Yibo's everyday life. 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 A Spark of Imagination 焕燃臆动 A fanfic based on The Fatty Four of the Landlord's House, “Cheating Their Way into the Elite Class” Main characters: Zhou Huan and Qin Yibo (A Fresh Start) [A carefree, scatterbrained, kind-hearted beauty whose grades keep improving: the sunny, struggling student heroine VS a rich second-generation top student with sky-high IQ, poor social skills, and a secret soft spot] Struggling student Qin Yibo made it into the elite class through sheer ability. By which I mean, she cheated her way in. The e 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Everyone Is Fascinated by Me 大家都对我着迷 An elite agent from the Information Guild was on a mission when a sword pierced her chest. She thought she was as good as dead...but she returned to the hellish orphanage of her childhood, at the age of eight?! “Hello, I’m Dana!” The girl standing before me was Diana, the youngest daughter of Duke Elad. To avoid repeating the mistakes of my previous life, I cared for Diana with all my heart and planned to send her back to Duke Elad... Had I been too kind to her? “Big Sister, you’re so pretty! Yo 2.3kReads8.6Score35114d adds
- 13 Rainy Days 阴雨天 Nancheng sits by the sea, and the sea breeze carries a salty taste. Xu Zhao has taken on that taste, so salty it's bitter. In this run-down, dreary little county town, Xu Zhao and Sheng Yanchuan keep each other company through the rainy days of their lives. A fallen young master from a wealthy family × a resilient, kind-hearted girl 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 A Deep Love Blossoms for Xu Shaohua 情深一朵许韶华 I once loved someone, like a moth flying into a flame, leaving myself no way out. Later, that person vanished from the world, and took the world from my eyes with him. If he appeared again, would I still be as naive as I once was? Would I fly to his side, bow my head to kiss him, and smile at him with sparkling eyes? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 When I Cheated Too Hard on the Placement Exam and Got Put in the Olympiad Class 当我分班考试抄太狠进了奥数班 [Fanfic based on Fei Si's short videos] + [Huan Ran Yi Xin! A youthful, purely sweet romance (a guiding lover + redemption), a genius rich kid x a carefree little underachiever] Qin Yibo was an underachiever in an ordinary class. But thanks to her little cheat sheet, she accidentally scored her way into the most elite class at First High School: the Math Olympiad class. The Olympiad class was full of all kinds of monsters. Most of them had one foot in the door of a top university, and the studen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Blue Mountain 蓝山 I've never really known how to get along with girls who are too beautiful. No, you could even say they intimidate me, because I feel there's a kind of intelligence about them that I can't see through. Zhou Jing is exactly the combination of beauty and intelligence. I've never met anyone like her. 219Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Twin Gardenias 双栀 There had always been a rumor on the No. 1 High School campus forum: the school belle, Yang Zhi, had a mysterious first love, but nobody knew who it was. Then one day, someone saw her following a transfer student, chattering nonstop. “Teacher Shen, Zhouzhou, don’t be mad. Talk to me!” Everyone sighed that her first love could never compare to this untouchable beauty. Early on Yang Zhi: “Shen, my classmate.” Shen Zhizhou: “...” “Zhizhou.” “...” “Zhouzhou.” “...” Shen Zhizhou slammed the door shu 40Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 18 Back Then, the Grass Was Lush 彼年，芳草萋萋 A hand-crafted, traditional romance told in the first person, set in a school across the decades. It spans middle school through university. The most authentic youth, the most fated entanglements. It is one person's story, and the story of a whole group of people. I don't know if, in this fast-paced world of online fiction, anyone is still willing to listen to a story told slowly. But my heartfelt thanks to every reader willing to stay and savor a traditional tale with patience. We always thin 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Falling for My Unpredictable Deskmate 恋上反差同桌这件事 [One Female Lead] [1v1] [Pure Romance] [Mutual Pining] What's it like to have a capitalist beauty as your desk mate, someone who puts on airs in public but wants to squeeze every last drop out of you in private? "Xiao Yu, get me a glass of water that's neither hot nor cold." "Yes, Miss Song." "Xiao Yu, you don't even know how to solve this? As punishment, buy me milk tea." Yang Yu sped up his work on the problem. "Xiao Yu, these grades aren't good enough. Otherwise, who's going to be my 4.5kReads—Score66714d adds
- 20 Lu Yao Meets Summer 路瑶逢夏 [High school + secret crush + three boys, one girl + school bully + sweet youth romance + deskmates] After failing her exams, Song Yao starts high school at Zicheng No. 2 High School. On her first day, she meets her first deskmate, Mu Ye. He's a cheeky troublemaker, and he and Song Yao bicker constantly. Jiang Cheng, the school's notorious upperclassman, suddenly appears at the door of Song Yao's classroom. Mu Ye repeatedly warns Song Yao that Lu Fan, the troublemaker from the class next door, i 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Qin Yibo, Are You the Beloved Incubus Everyone Admires? 秦臆博，你是万人迷团宠魅魔吧 Cheated so badly on the class-placement exam that she got into the Olympiad class: a fanfic Ice-cold top student Zhou Huan vs. sunshine girl Qin Yibo, adored by everyone After transferring to the Olympiad class, Qin Yibo is as cheerful as sunshine, but she has no idea that everyone around her has started coveting her. After all, the sun is so dazzling that everyone wants its light shining on them alone. "A Brand-New Yibo" “Sun Yan, I got 150 because the test was out of 150. You got 146 because 1 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Night Dew in Hong Kong City: His Love Scorches the Rose 港城夜露：他的爱意烫伤玫瑰 [Cool, aloof psycho tycoon × pure, untamed rose of a designer | Sweet and sensual romance + powerful-family indulgence + intense push and pull + devoted to each other] “Wen Wan, run once, and I’ll chase you for the rest of my life.” That night, a torrential storm raged over Harbor City. She fled into an elevator and collided with the feared heir to the Zhou family. The man’s thumb brushed over her bitten-red lips, his gaze dark. “Beg me, and I’ll help you.” She stubbornly shook her head, but he 409Reads6.8Score10114d adds
- 23 Qin Yibo, I Know How to Solve This Problem Better Than You 秦臆博这道题，我比你会做 Qin Yibo, I’m better at solving this problem than you are. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Summer Breeze Brushes the Boy's Face 夏风拂过少年面 [Chinese-Style Campus Life, A Tribute to Youth] [No System] [Not Reborn] [Regrets] [The Curtain Falls on Youth] If every encounter is destined to end in parting, what is the point of meeting? If every encounter leads to farewell, will you regret it? The girl gazing up at the sky shines brighter than the sea of stars. She smiles sweetly. “Lin Shu, you’re the brightest star of all, too.” Just because you can’t forget someone doesn’t mean they’ll ever respond. Summer in Nan’an is still as vibrant a 2.7kReads8.1Score32614d adds
- 25 Last Summer 昨夏 In a summer filled with the din of cicadas, jacaranda blossoms came and went year after year. Xu Qing’s youth was a long, quiet confession, directed at three beams of light he could never reach. In middle school, he believed that “forever” was hidden in a promise made for twenty years, until the heavy snow came and buried everything. In high school, he became a silent shadow beneath someone else’s dazzling light, folding every heartbeat into notes that were eventually burned to ash. At universit 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 A Jasmine for You 劝君茉莉 [The icy male campus idol, a sunny basketball star and top-of-the-class logical thinker × the warm, fresh-faced, artistic girl with a delicate heart] “I wish so much that this were a youth belonging only to the two of us. If it were, you’d surely be beside me now, smiling at me as you waited to fall asleep in my arms.” Youth is a grand bloom of jasmine. In the little world pieced together from classroom desks, beneath the sunsets chased by the school bell, a group of boys and girls are experienc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Listening to the Wind as I Sleep 听风于眠 A cool, aloof freshman assigned to the astronomy department × A gentle, frail school beauty senior The winds of Jinling swept through the plane trees and carried him into a galaxy of unexpected encounters. Song Yi'an arrived in silence, the most unusual student assigned to the astronomy department, while Lu Wanhe was the pale but gentle guiding starlight beneath the sunshade. A gust of wind, a form, an instinctive act of protection, and two quiet souls slowly drew closer amid the vastness of as 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 You Call That a Mortal Enemy? The School Bully Spoils the Top Student Rotten 管这叫死对头？校霸把学霸宠上天 By day, Lin Xiyue is the aloof, self-disciplined top student at Mingde High School. By night, she's "Moonshadow," a top-ten national esports player who dominates the entire server. When her scheming childhood friend exposes her secret identity to protect her mother and the person she loves, and a wealthy family patriarch threatens her future to force her to break up, the usually low-key academic star finally stops hiding! At the same time, Jiang Cheng, the handsome, rebellious school bully who a 259Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Tea Ah Er Zhong Season 1 茶啊二中第1季 [Adapted from a film] Through familiar school settings from our memories of youth and teachers and students with very different personalities, seemingly ordinary campus life is filled with one hilarious and heartwarming little incident after another! 576Reads—Score10014d adds
- 30 My Childhood Friend Talks Tough, Insisting She Doesn’t Like Me 青梅嘴硬：偏说不喜欢我 [No Rebirth or Transmigration] [Childhood Sweetheart + Girl Who Appears Later + White Moonlight] [Secret Crush] [Slow-Witted, Pure Romance] [Ensemble Youth Story] [Everyday Growth] Someone once asked: What is a secret crush? A confession you don't dare say out loud? A feeling no one else knows about? Or a long battle with yourself? In Su Jianchen's youth, secret crushes seem a little complicated. A tsundere childhood sweetheart, a quirky and mischievous girl, and a cool, aloof transfer stu 439Reads—Score10014d adds
- 31 Campus Romance in Progress 校园恋爱进行时 After the stressful years of high school, Wei Yinuo finally got to begin the college life she had long dreamed of. As soon as she arrived on campus, she was warmly welcomed by her senior, Wu Yuanheng. But while dining with her roommates, she caught the eye of a thug. With Meng Yancheng protecting her, she escaped unharmed, but accidentally soiled his expensive clothes. To pay off her debt, Wei Yinuo had no choice but to repay Meng Yancheng with her time and labor... A message for every reader: —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Our Secret Crush 暗恋是我们的秘密 [High School, Youth Fiction, No Harem, Pure Love, Underdog's Rise, Coming of Age] Who didn't have a first love they admired from afar in their youth? Su Yu, a champion eater, fell in love at first sight with a cool, top-ranking student. He thought it would be an unrequited crush that went nowhere, but he never expected that his secret love was a secret they shared. Still, their story seems more complicated than that. Let me tell it from the beginning. Outgoing and always ready to help, Su Yu was 7.4kReads—Score98214d adds
- 33 The Real and Fake Heiresses: From Desert Island Survival to Top-Tier Star in Chinese Showbiz 真假千金：从荒岛求生到内娱顶流 [Showbiz + satisfying revenge + powerhouse with special abilities + 1v1 romance + equally formidable leads] Blacklisted across the internet, framed by the real heiress, and kicked out by a wealthy family? Lin Weiwei smirked. “Excuse me, have you heard of a dual-element powerhouse from the apocalypse?” She can rip out trees with her bare hands, kick rocks into the air and take down her enemies, and even dolphins want her hugs! On a deserted-island livestream, she leads the team in fishing, buildi 4.2kReads8.5Score52814d adds
- 34 Love Born of Hate 怀恨爱 A rainy day brought them together; a sunny day drove them apart. May I give you jasmine, and may you never leave. What is remembered always will one day be answered. Jiang Yi is brooding and possessive; Shen Yue refuses to believe that even an iceberg can't melt. When she first met him, he was rebellious and defiant. The last time she saw him, they were separated by death. He always listened to her. Even that iceberg would melt, watering his little jasmine. Before leaving on a mission, he asked 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Dead Tree Runs Wild 枯树疯长 [Two male leads + school life + second chance romance + mutually each other's first and only] My name is Xu Cheng, and my childhood nickname is Xiao Liu. My mother was born in the northwest, where tamarisks are the most common plants. She named me after one, hoping I could flourish and endure just like those hardy plants. She had a hard life. She had never known love from the day she was born, so she didn’t know how to love me either. I was like a tree growing crookedly without a ray of sunshi 95Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 36 I Cheated So Hard on the Class Placement Exam, I Got Myself Into the Honors Class 分班考试抄狠了把自己抄进了奥班 # Apologies for the OOC. This is a fanfic based on the video series "I Cheated Way Too Hard on the Class Placement Exam and Got Into the Advanced Class" by Fangzhu De Feisi. The first two chapters are my own original setup, and the rest follows the videos. Enjoy! The icy genius student Zhou Huan x the sunny little underachiever Qin Yibo For the first seventeen years of his life, Zhou Huan did nothing but bury himself in dull studying. Then, one time when he let himself go, Qin Yibo grabbed the h 44Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 37 No One Loves You the Way I Do 没有人像我这样爱你 What does it feel like to reunite with the person you’ve had a crush on for ten years? In the summer of 2016, after ten years of secret longing, Song Zhiyu unexpectedly crosses paths with the boy from his memories, a boy as divine as a god. 476Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 38 Fern 蕨草 [Mutual Pining + School Life + Pure Love + Bittersweet + Delicate + Happy Ending + Sweet Romance] Fang Shiyang had always thought that after that summer, she and Meng Qiuwen would never see each other again. It wasn't until they reunited in their hometown that she realized some fates were written in the stars. Meeting again was only a matter of time. The shy awkwardness of being eighteen had kept them from voicing their love. Now, five years later, that love had resurfaced, and they could final 46Reads—Score13714d adds
- 39 I Cheated So Hard on the Placement Exam, I Got Into the Olympiad Class 分班考试抄狠了抄进了奥数班 In the Olympiad class at Third High School, Zhou Huan is known as a math prodigy. He devotes himself to the national math competition, his life packed with dense formulas and contest problems, running like a precision clock without missing a beat. Then Qin Yibo, a transfer student from the art program, blows into his world like a free-spirited breeze, carrying the scent of turpentine from the art studio and a head full of artistic flair. Paint stains are always smudged on her uniform cuffs, and 399Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 With Ning 与凝 [KPL + esports + reunion + college life + healing] After they broke up three years ago, Ye Ning thought they would never see each other again. Three years later, they reunited at a collegiate esports tournament hosted by Zhengyang University. By a twist of fate, they ended up on the same team. When they met again, he had become a professional esports player, a top marksman in the KPL and the captain of Team ZG. He looked like a cocky, handsome esports idol, but in private he was a shameless rasc 7.6kReads8.8Score83014d adds
- 41 Congratulations, Your Secret Crush Is Over 恭喜，你的暗恋结束了 Congratulations, your unrequited love is over. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 A Dream of the Millennium 千禧一梦 At 28, Lu Wenyi, a young woman with an artistic temperament, accidentally transmigrates to 2010 while going about her usual rehearsal routine. On the very day she arrives, she runs into her long-lost first love, the science-track class ace Zhou Jiaran, in a most unexpected way. Back in the new millennium, facing her childhood friend once more in the days of their student youth, will Lu Wenyi dare to make the same choice again? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Youth and Midsummer 2 青春与盛夏2 Youth is... a sweltering summer evening study hall; the glances you carefully pretended were accidental; the endless whispers between desk mates during study period; that summer when someone in the dorm was always calling the residence supervisor to turn on the fan. We were chatting during evening study hall when the classroom suddenly fell quiet. Everyone instinctively looked toward the door, and when we saw no teacher there, we exchanged smiles and went right back to talking. These little, eve 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Without an Older Lover's Devotion, How Could a Younger One Go Crazy? 没有年上宠，哪来年下疯 (The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later~) [A mad, loyal dog turned top × a cool, avoidant dog trainer bottom] [Male leads + rekindled romance + mutual secret crush + a bit of dog training + angst + amnesia + confinement + layers of misunderstanding + workplace rivalry + family feuds + mutual salvation] Ten-year-old Tang Jing found five-year-old Gu Shi at the Gu household. The little one clutched his sleeve and trembled. Tang Jing worked while going to school, hiding his care in warm mea 466Reads7.1Score10414d adds
- 45 The Impostor Scholar 伪装学渣 I outdid the campus belle by a mile after an exceptional performance on the college entrance exam, scoring 702 and ranking first in the province. The campus belle mocked me, saying, “So what if you scored high? You're still poor.” I'm done pretending. Here's the truth. See the tallest office tower in the city? It's mine! Even the Maybach your dad drives belongs to my family. 128Reads—Score1614d adds
- 46 Infested 入蛊 “Why does my heart race uncontrollably whenever I see you?” “So that’s what it means to be bewitched by you.” “Bewitched, and loving you to the bone.” 630Reads8.5Score10214d adds
- 47 A Coward's Youth Begins with a Secret Crush 胆小鬼的青春，从暗恋开始 (The rating just came in, so it'll go up later.) Contains angst. Read with caution. [No harem] + [No golden finger] + [Coming-of-age] + [One heroine] Question: How likely is it in real life for your crush to tear up your love letter and humiliate you in front of everyone? For most people, the odds might be tiny. For Wen Ting, that unlucky guy, they're a hundred percent. After going through that, Wen Ting was utterly transformed into a coward. He was afraid to confess, afraid to show his face, an 213Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 48 Unconditionally Adored 偏偏宠爱 Spoiled Rotten 17Reads—Score214d adds
- 49 Sniping the Moon 狙击月亮 [Sweet romance + mutual devotion + school life] [Gentle, sweet little white rabbit + handsome, rebellious young heir from Beijing] “In this hurried world where roads stretch far and horses gallop fast, you’ve been in my heart for more than just a few years.” “Across a thousand mountains, I meet the sea; across ten thousand miles, I meet you.” You are my one and only moon. What kind of sparks will fly between the aloof school bully and the beautiful top student? What could make the bully fall in 44Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 50 Lao Lan: The Class-Skipping Expert 劳蓝：逃课专家 #Eggy Party Labor and Lan Fanfic (Two Male Leads + Youthful Campus Life + Ensemble Cast + Absurd Comedy) Almost no angst in the whole story, so read with confidence. (Main pairing: Labor and Lan; side couples: Pink and Green, Devil and Red, Lost Egg. Tao and Quan appear in Part Two.) “He's always catching me skipping class.” Little Black: the quintessential troublemaker in the early chapters, skilled at using his fairly nimble body to make student council members chase after him. He smokes to lo 1.6kReads9.3Score12814d adds
