Novels like The Peak Has Passed, but Love Remains
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Peak Has Passed, but Love Remains, best match first.
- 151 I Yield, Brother Tou 承让了我的头哥 You're impressive, I'll admit that, but I won't give in. May we each shine in our own way~ Let's have a love affair that never ends. Big Head loves Xixi. One day, the whole world will know. This story is entirely fictional. Please don't take it seriously. 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 My Sunshine Has Returned 我的阳光回来了 “Big Head, Big Head, please, don’t go.” Wang Chunqin looked at his little bun with such heartache. Holding Shasha’s hand, he added, “I’m not going. I’ll never leave again.” Wang Chunqin walked over and watched Sun Lesha playing. “Little Bun, how have you been?” Shasha paused. It was the first time in three years that she’d heard Big Head call her that. “Why did you come back if you were going to leave?” 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Transmigrated as a Sporting Prodigy, I Get to Ship My Favorite Couple Up Close 穿成体坛天才少女近距离嗑CP (Transmigrates into a parallel world and becomes a gifted young athlete.) (Everything is fictional, completely fictional, and set in a parallel universe. This is just for fun. If anything seems familiar, please be understanding. Just enjoy it.) I used to play drums in a band, loving the freedom of losing myself in the ocean of rhythm. We were all independent musicians who came together out of love for music. Just when we thought we’d finally made it and our hard work was paying off, it seemed fa 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 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. 13Reads7.3Score714d adds
- 155 Level the Mountains and Seas, and Keep Your Promise to Me 平山海，赴君约 My new work is out! You can 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! 25Reads8.1Score514d adds
- 156 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? 31Reads8.8Score1414d adds
- 157 My Mixed Doubles Partner Insists on Making It Romantic 混双搭档非要和我谈爱情 My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 17Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 158 Retired Powerhouse Turns into a Youngster? Crushes Olympic Athletes! 退役猛将变小将？吊打奥运选手！ Former table tennis player Luo Hao is attacked by human traffickers while rescuing a girl. When he opens his eyes, he has transmigrated into the body of a 14-year-old table tennis prodigy who missed his chance to join the national youth team! Luo Hao: Heaven has given me the chance to take another shot at table tennis. This time, I won’t leave with any regrets! The Skill Upgrade System is bound! Steal your opponent’s skills in matches, then level up as soon as your experience is maxed out! Dr 9kReads6.3Score42314d adds
- 159 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
- 160 I'll Be Your Strongest Support 做你最坚强的后盾 It's only a little wish, but four years is too long. I want to write some stories from my imagination to keep myself company. My darling, just keep moving forward! I'll always follow behind you, watch over you, and be your strongest support! 83Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 161 A Perfect Ending: Where My Heart Finds Peace 圆满之我心安处 There’s a popular line online: “What kind of ending could possibly be worthy of all the hardships and upheaval along the way?” It applies to everyone, but especially to athletes. Competitive sports are the ultimate expression of the beauty of tragedy, and almost nobody gets a perfect ending. Life is always full of regrets and tears, but no one knows about their regrets. For the couple known as Yuanman, their athletic careers weren’t perfect, but having each other made them almost complete. Where 62Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 162 After the Cold-Faced Demon King Was Won Over by Sweet Talk 冷面魔王被撒娇攻陷后 The round-cheeked girl and the left-handed player. From their awkward teamwork at the Youth Olympics to standing shoulder to shoulder at the peak of the Olympic Games, her nerves of steel carry them through a match against the odds, while his left hand bears the weight of the pressure. Their love is a rapport more precious than gold. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Transmigrated to the Era of Chinese Table Tennis 穿越到了国乒时代 After staying up all night for a competition, I transmigrated into the Chinese national table tennis team before the Athens Olympics. Had I become a crucial part of the effort to develop talent for the national team? 792Reads—Score10014d adds
- 164 Miss Mario, the Little Lion Wants a Commitment 马里奥女士，小狮子想要名分 Story: rekindling an old romance + pure love + a little heartbreak + a happy ending. Thank you all for your support! Dear Ms. Mario, today marks the sixteenth year since we met. From our first mixed doubles match to our later domination of the table tennis world, every moment with you has been precious. Things weren’t always smooth. We argued over misunderstandings, broke up under pressure from the outside world, and eventually lost contact completely as we pursued our own dreams. The one thing 39Reads7.5Score914d adds
- 165 First You and Me, Then Us 先是你我，后是我们 [Table Tennis] I never thought I would stop moving forward for anyone, not even you, whom I love deeply. But every time I look back, I want to share every step of the journey with you. My heart will stay with you, but my feet will keep moving. 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 China's Table Tennis Team Has a Prodigy Girl 国乒出了个天才少女 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 21Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 167 My Girlfriend Is Number One in the World 我的女友世界第一 “Miss, have you felt my pecs enough? Please mind your boundaries.” On Bai Xue’s first day with the national table tennis team, she accidentally felt the pecs of Su Shirui, captain of the men’s team. A misunderstanding drove them apart on bad terms, and from then on they became rivals who couldn’t stand the sight of each other. But fate had other plans: their complementary playing styles made them mixed doubles partners. As they spent day after day together, their feelings began to change, and a 228Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 168 A Four-Person Share of Happiness 幸福额度四人份 [Rekindled Romance + Runaway While Pregnant + Extra Sweet] Ye Sha’s monologue: I fell in love with you at first sight, but seeing you again only broke my heart. Yet our dreams and fate brought us together, and we came to know, understand, and love each other. Though one thing after another kept going wrong, the four of us still made a happy, colorful life together... 252Reads7.6Score10714d adds
- 169 Flowers Bloom in the Palm of My Hand 掌中生花 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 121Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 170 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
- 171 Eastward, Toward the Stars 东的方向星之所向 Yuqi, nicknamed Cat, fell head over heels for Dong on the day of Ba Ao 2481. Dong is my sun, and he deserves every wonderful thing in the world. This story is entirely fictional and reflects only my personal hopes and dreams. We who are ordinary yet still hope for something extraordinary all have the right to dream of a brighter future, starting from the most real parts of life. I hope you enjoy the story and can see yourself in it. Thank you, and may Dong and Fan Xing both have wonderful lives. 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 We're Each Other's True-Love Warriors 是对方的纯爱战神啊 How would you describe each other? She called him a “genius” when she was the “genius” girl on the East Road, full of geniuses, and he praised her as “really good” at the Asian Games! A good man helps me reach for my dreams; meeting him is the greatest blessing of all. These are just scenes I made up for fun. I hope you enjoy them! 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 173 Little Doubao's Princess Dress 小豆包的公主裙 The male lead in this story is 28, and the female lead is 27. It follows their everyday lives after retirement. Please don't conflate the characters with the real people. This is just a bit of harmless fan indulgence. The book is entirely fictional, entirely fictional, entirely fictional. 5Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 174 Many Miles to the End of Manyuan 曼远终漫漫 Wang Manyu came from a poor family. Through grueling training and a deep love for the sport, she relied on her unbreakable determination to win countless honors on the table tennis court. She not only fulfilled her own dreams, but also did her part to serve her country. Lin Gaoyuan came from a well-off family. With his extraordinary talent for the game, he pursued the “light” he had always kept in his heart. He carried the hopes of countless people, and played for the radiant girl who had always 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Programmers Don’t Believe in Tears 程序员不相信眼泪 He had gone ten years without taking a single day off, was still fixing bugs at three in the morning, and on his birthday, HR called him into a meeting room “Anyone over 35 is expendable. That’s the industry rule.” A rule? He stared at the glaring “N” on the severance agreement and thought of the core system he had built, which supported the company’s hundred-billion-yuan market value. He thought of his daughter’s drawing on his desk: “Daddy is a superhero.” He thought of his wife saying last ni —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Table Tennis Godfather: I Control the Match-Winning Shot 乒乓教父：我在比赛掌控绝杀 [Table Tennis] [Golden Finger] [Urban Campus] Kang Jincheng is a “table tennis destroyer” who has transmigrated back in time, armed with every advanced playing style and piece of cutting-edge technology from the next fifty years. All he wants is to coast through university as a PE teacher and coach the school team on the side. Instead, one offhand tip turns the school’s worst team into the world’s best, while a piece of rubber he casually throws away sparks a global tech war among table tennis e 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Together After the Storm 雨过天晴在一起 Wang Fugui returns home in glory with his green-tea girlfriend, reuniting with the genius girl Xiao Doubao to revisit an old romance. Their tangled feelings are impossible to unravel. I can't explain why I love you, but I know you're the reason I can't love anyone else. 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Transmigrated into Chinese Table Tennis, Face-to-Face with My Idol 穿进国乒直面偶像 On a dark and stormy night, I was scrolling through Weibo and saw a bunch of nasty comments. I got so angry that I got angry, then rolled around on my bed. Suddenly, the TV went off with several loud bangs, and I transmigrated! I even landed on the national team, playing alongside my idol. Being face-to-face with my idol felt amazing. And I even had a cheat System. It couldn’t get any better! 186Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Ping-Pong Warriors 乒乓神兵 Table tennis, unmatched under heaven! A group of young table tennis players gathered at the General Administration of Sport of China, carrying their dreams and passion and hoping to make their mark in major competitions. How will they perform in the tournaments? Let's wait and see! 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 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. 9Reads6.8Score214d adds
- 181 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 25Reads5.4Score214d adds
- 182 The Peak and the Place to Call Home 巅峰与归处 This book is entirely fictional. Please don’t read it as being about the real people! Just enjoy it as entertainment and a wish for their happiness! I feel like the Oatmeal fans have already read far too many stories with a perfectly happy timeline, so this one starts right after the Olympic gold medal win. It’s also my greatest wish! I don’t like angsty stories. Their table tennis careers have already been so difficult in the first half of their lives, so I hope everything from here on out is h 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 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! 15Reads8.2Score714d adds
- 184 The Era of Smashes: The True Genius Table Tennis Girl 爆冲时代：真正的天才乒乓少女 Within the confines of a ping-pong table, a group of young people write a story of passion, regrets, and growth with their sweat and determination. Jiang Nan, a 19-year-old prodigy, buried her talent after being hurt by her childhood coach. But she came into her own during an exhibition match against Olympic champion Mu Lun and was recommended for the provincial team. Ordered to join a two-month training camp to compete at the National Games, she runs into her idol while adjusting to the venue: 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 185 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 282Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 186 People Come and Go, but Where Are We Headed? 人来人往，何去何从 The reason I like writing fanfiction is actually quite simple. When you love one or two characters, random ideas suddenly pop into your head. What if there were another place in this world, where you and that person were alive? How would you live? 15Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 187 Super Grand Slam, Let's Get Divorced! 超级金满贯我们离婚吧！ A tribute to my idol, Fan Zhendong! Table tennis star × female office worker After the heroine, Lin Xiaoqing, secretly marries the table tennis Grand Slam champion Pan Zhendong, their sweet life together and a series of misunderstandings lead to heartbreak This is a work of fiction. Please don’t associate it with the real person! 216Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 A Galaxy Filled with Brilliance 盛满星河璀璨 In the fiercely competitive national team, a dream mixed doubles pair emerges. They first partner up at just seventeen, setting off a youthful sensation. But to them, responsibility comes before love, and the nation's honor comes above all else. They grow from carefree youngsters into leaders carrying the flag. What never changes is their love for their country, and the fact that they have always had each other by their side. A genius girl × a genuinely wonderful man Inspired by real people, but 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 His Uncharted Territory in My Heart 他在我心中的无人区 President. Hm? I want both my dream and her. … Long, long ago, the place in my heart that belonged to him had never belonged to anyone else. He has always lived in the desolate place within my heart. 75Reads7.5Score1814d adds
- 190 I Believe So Strongly 我，是如此相信 From the undercurrents between childhood sweethearts, to the honey-sweet days when they finally understand each other's feelings, then to a sudden storm that leaves them parting in sorrow, and at last to a reconciliation and a lifetime together. (You wanted another story that starts angsty and ends sweet, but this one goes sweet, angsty, then sweet.) 691Reads6.7Score18614d adds
- 191 Two Stars Shining Like a Galaxy 双星辉映如繁星 Table tennis in a parallel world: a left-handed paddle, explosive forehand drives, and a hard-fought journey, with two stars shining like countless lights in the night sky. Through countless days of training, they support each other, like the two brightest stars above, lighting the way forward for one another. Fighting side by side, they exchange trust and encouragement with a glance. Their understanding is like the gravitational pull between stars: natural and incredibly strong. In competitive 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Racket in My Left Hand, Fighting Against the Light 左手持拍，逆光阴而战 [System]+ [Parallel World]+ [Table Tennis]+ [World Champion] Lin Ran, a table tennis prodigy, suffered a severe injury to his right hand in an accident, ending his career. His family members also died one after another in accidents. Just as he began to regain hope, he was reborn in a parallel world as a twelve-year-old. Here, his parents were alive and well, and his little sister was lively and adorable. But Chinese table tennis had fallen into decline, sinking to the world’s third tier. Worse s 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 We're Even 我们打平了 When jealousy and romantic rivals arrive one after another, when instinctive protection shatters every disguise, how will the returning queen cross the thorny path she carved with her own hands, step by step, toward the boy she lost, who has never stopped loving her? 513Reads7.1Score15414d adds
- 194 My Partner Is the Best in the World 我的搭档是世界第一 A “destined” pair once took the table tennis mixed doubles world by storm. After they retired, interest in mixed doubles dwindled, until a new pair emerged and netizens dubbed them the “Chen-Xiao” duo. Their arrival sparked heated discussion online. It seemed they were following the same path as the former “destined” pair... When Ding Jiaxiao and Chen Bochuan first teamed up, they didn't seem to like each other much. But after a while, they developed perfect chemistry. At eighteen, they won the 273Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Side by Side in the Blazing Tide 炽浪并肩 A slightly out-of-character story following Sunhope's timeline, from meeting and getting to know each other after joining the first team in 2017 to winning gold together at the Licheng Olympics. We keep moving forward. 124Reads7.3Score814d adds
- 196 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 450Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 197 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
- 198 Paris Shouldn’t Have Been a Regret 巴黎不该是遗憾 A continuation of my previous book They led everyone out of Tokyo's rain, but left themselves behind in Paris. I hope nothing goes wrong in Paris, and that it won't become another regret! We can't save other people. We can only live our own lives well. When you work hard to live your own life well, you'll realize that everything had already changed. 11Reads6.6Score714d adds
- 199 We Have Always Believed in Ourselves 我们始终坚定自信 If every little white ball is a little sun, then together we have enough strength to shatter every obstacle and become a light that shines on one another. “We will always remain steadfast and confident.” “One last time, let's go!” 24Reads8.6Score414d adds
- 200 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 176Reads—Score—14d adds
