Novels like The Bright Moon Shines on a Warm Homecoming: A Boy's Lifelong Promise to Protect
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Bright Moon Shines on a Warm Homecoming: A Boy's Lifelong Promise to Protect, best match first.
- 151 Thorns in Full Bloom 开满血的荆棘 Fan Zhendong ✖️ Xia Lin. We often say competitive sports are a grand, beautiful tragedy. No one can get through their career without regrets, but we still chose this road of no return. May blood-red roses bloom along this thorny path. This is all fictional. Please don't conflate it with real people. If you don't like it, please leave, and I hope you find a book you enjoy. 137Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Gathering the Light: Old Memories Crumble Before the Evening Breeze 拾光：旧忆揉碎晚风前 At the moment their careers were crowned with glory, their story suddenly came to an end. He waited with all his heart for her to say, “I do,” but in the end, all he got was her cold, “Let's break up.” The joy of meeting at the summit became the regret of ending up as strangers. “...” But the wheels of fate kept turning. After all the twists and turns, they still had each other by their side! 121Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 153 The Sun Won't Be Late 朝阳不迟 [Reserved Taurus athlete x seductive Scorpio woman, flirtatious tension, push and pull, devoted pair, healing, sweet with angst] “We’ve hugged and kissed. It’s not unreasonable for me to ask what we are, is it?” “Fine, fine, I’ll give you a title, okay?” “People say athletes are players. What about you?” “I know the difference between love and desire, Chi Chi. Trust me.” “The most dazzling view I’ve ever seen was in her eyes.” “I’m top-tier, and I’m more than good enough for Jiang Yu!” “Lovers o 3.5kReads6.6Score80014d adds
- 154 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! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 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
- 156 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
- 157 Ordinary, Yet Extraordinary 不平凡，也平凡 This story is entirely fictional. Please don't associate it with any real people! 2024 was an extraordinary year, filled with the ordinary daily lives of ordinary people, the youthful routines behind grueling training, and the funny lives of people in their twenties. Adapted from an original work by the author of Picked Up Phone! 161Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Winter Is Coming, and Spring Will Never Return 寒冬将至，春不再来 Qin Nianyi × fzd This book has a tragic ending!!! Both leads are athletes. It was his encouragement and the words “Until we meet again” that led Qin Nianyi to take up table tennis. She went from an unknown little girl to one of the team’s key players... There are sweet and painful moments along the way, but the ending is heartbreaking. I hope you’ll enjoy it and support the story. This work is entirely fictional. Please don’t associate it with any real people. If it’s not for you, just move alon 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Summer of the Two Wrists 双腕之夏 Sixteen-year-old pitcher Li Yanqiu has come from China to a prestigious baseball school in Sendai. His left arm carries the “correct pitching form” shaped by his father, while his right arm holds the “real self” he has kept locked away. Burdened by guilt over injuring his best friend in a past final, he begins to face his own baseball anew on a field in a foreign land. 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 A Cross-Border Spark 跨界心动 Perhaps every storyline fulfills some longing deep within us. A dazzling top-tier star from the entertainment industry X a national swimming team athlete “Maybe every wrong turn I’ve taken was paving the way for my final destination.” Wen Shuyu is a top-tier star in show business. A chance encounter lets her witness how the leading figure of China’s swimming team makes his way into the public eye, one step at a time. “I’ve spent 16 years taking this step.” Wang Shun said this in an interview aft 497Reads—Score11214d adds
- 161 The Genius Left-Hander Just Won the Grand Slam 天才左手她大满贯啦 This novel pairs Lin An and Lu Xichuan. (A left-handed table tennis prodigy × the aloof heartthrob of the table tennis world) (The romance develops slowly at first, with more interaction later on) In her previous life, Lin An was a table tennis player. Her greatest dream was to achieve a career Grand Slam. Reborn as a left-hander, she has no shortage of courage to start over. This time, she’ll make her way into the table tennis world with her left hand, raise the national flag, hear the national 652Reads—Score11814d adds
- 162 A Table Tennis Encounter 乒乓相遇 As a professional table tennis player, Ruan Man has always known she carries more than just her own love of the sport: she also bears the honor of her country. She started learning table tennis at five and worked her way onto the national team. Though the road was hard, she never once thought of giving up. Playing her best and bringing glory to her country has always been her goal. One day, the team paired her with Jiang Zheng for mixed doubles, and they competed together in tournaments around t 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Dance of the Snowballs 雪球之舞 A mistaken airport confession led her, all bewildered, into his sporting career. She watched him train and stood by him through his suspension scandal, sharing in the misunderstandings and abuse. On the team, he was the unruly “pack leader,” but around her he turned into a clingy, playful “husky.” Whenever he won a match, he would run straight to her for a hug. That we can love each other is the best arrangement Heaven could have made for me. 90Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 164 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
- 165 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
- 166 The Story of Me and My Mixed Doubles Partner 我和混双搭档之间的故事 In 2028, standing at the top and waving to the crowd, the camera accidentally caught a glimmer on the ring fingers of two people. After stepping down from the podium and heading to the interview area, someone's little scheme began to show itself again. The reporter asked, “Now that you've won three gold medals, how are you going to celebrate?” Someone couldn't hold back his huge grin. He rubbed his nose as if to cover it up, then whispered to the person beside him, “Can I say this? Will it blow 372Reads—Score10514d adds
- 167 My Team, Is It Too Much to Start in the Lineup? 我的球队，首发登场不过分吧？ The fourth installment in the He Simon basketball series! From the start in 1996. My dear superstars, I'm back again! Starting with community basketball in a small town, moving on to the state 3A league, and then... Simon is back! 1.2kReads8.0Score10214d adds
- 168 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
- 169 A Transmigrator’s Table Tennis Dream 穿越者的乒乓球梦想 Before the Paris Olympics, Su Beichen transmigrates and becomes a member of China’s national table tennis team. Faced with countless schemes and obstacles, from a Korean reporter breaking his main racket to ten drug tests in a single day, and even being deliberately injured by a Japanese anti-fan, he never gives up hope. In the decisive matches, Su Beichen defeats one formidable opponent after another with unparalleled skill, and in the final he pulls off an incredible comeback after falling nin 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 The Championship Is His, and So Is the Rose! 冠军是他的，玫瑰也是！ A purely fictional setting! Do not relate this to real life or real people! The competition rules in this story are completely different from those in the real world!!! A sweet little story about childhood sweethearts who meet again at the top and eventually end up together. Gu Lin and Lu Zhaozhao grew up together, played table tennis together, and stood atop the world together. In the end, Gu Lin finally plucked with his own hands the rose he had raised himself. Netizen 1: I feel like our prec 354Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 A Bowl of Tangyuan, Please 来碗汤圆 Childhood friends finally find their way into each other’s arms. What should you do when the person you like says you’re his little sister? Well, you are his little sister, in a way. You’re five months and twenty-three days older than him. He’s a good person. You can’t just… because he’s a good person… Yuan Shaoqin waits for Tang Wansha outside her dormitory, a jewelry box in his hand, hoping to finally tell her how he feels… 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 What?! She’s Changed, Now She’s Wild and Fearless 惊了！她变了，变得又疯又拽 [Wealthy families + showbiz + competitive sports + lighthearted comedy] [Cool, calculating top-tier star vs. rebellious, unhinged shooting prodigy vs. gentle, scheming CEO] Lin Xi was sent flying by a car and, through a twist of fate, transmigrated to a parallel world. When she woke up, she found that she was alive and had unexpectedly become a rich heiress. Her family was wealthy and loving, and everything was great, except the original owner was hopelessly lovesick. Her crush was both a rich y 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Racket in My Right Hand, Your Hand in My Left 右手挥拍，左手牵你 Mi Le and Zhao Mochen meet in the world of badminton. Every tactical play on the court and every late-night training session brings them a little closer. Faced with the uncertainties of competition, injuries, and love, they firmly choose each other and ultimately stand atop the podium. A short, sweet romance with no angst. (This story is entirely fictional. Please don't read too much into it, and show respect for active players.) 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 She'll Always Be My Little Bean 她永远是我的小豆包 (Training, sweet moments, and competitions) They met at eighteen and became the best mixed doubles pair. They stood by each other for eight years, and those eight years were worth more than any sweet words. It turns out the greatest trophy was never any particular one. It was having you by my side in every mixed doubles match. The future is bright, and we'll meet at the summit. From winning gold together at the Youth Olympics, to defending their titles twice at the World Table Tennis Championshi 1kReads—Score10914d adds
- 175 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! 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Report, Lord Zhou: Your Childhood Friend Won Another Figure Skating Award 报告昼君，你的青梅花滑又拿奖了 [Figure Skating + Track and Field + Childhood Friends + Two Strong Leads + Geniuses + Sweet, High-Sugar Romance] Author: Jiuri Momo is still posting Figure Skating Goddess X Long-Distance Running Prodigy She is Japan's most sought-after young figure skating prodigy, hailed as “the undefeated genius.” An orphan adopted by Kengo Honma, an Olympic figure skater, she found her home on the ice. From her first time skating at six to becoming the queen of the ice at twelve, crushing the competition, h 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Summer in Munich: Football 慕尼黑的夏天【足球】 Summer in Munich [Football] 577Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 That Summer, I Lost You 那年夏天，我弄丢了你 Back then, Su Yunsha left Wang Ziqing because of her health. A misunderstanding then led them both to believe the other no longer loved them. During that time, Su Yunsha lost her memory in a car accident and was sent back to China to recover her memories. She and Wang Ziqing cleared up all their misunderstandings and got back together... 172Reads7.1Score11114d adds
- 179 After She Retired, She Ran Away, and He Went Mad 退役后她跑了，他疯了 Years of hard work finally paid off, but she found herself uncertain about the future. Three years after leaving the country, she learned from her best friend that he had been set up on a date and that things were going well. She made up her mind to return home and win him back. 92Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 180 You Landed Right in the Starlight of My Eyes 落点刚好是你眼底的星光 [Everyday interactions] + [Super sweet and loving] + [Building a life together] Filling in the missing pieces. He gets jealous, and she knows how to soothe him. Both are devoted only to each other, and they spoil each other. Pure sweetness, so enjoy without worry! 163Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 181 A Ball Retriever Joined the Table Tennis Team 乒乓球队来了个捡球的 The female lead doesn’t play ball. The story observes the team from her perspective, with both leads pursuing their own careers, encouraging each other to keep moving forward as they swim together until the sea turns blue. At first, I planned to tell the story through multiple plotlines, but the public discourse is so chaotic these days that I started having second thoughts as I wrote. I’m focusing on the main plot now. Thanks for reading! 308Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 182 Admit It, You Know You Love Me 承认吧，你知道你爱我 Oda Eiichiro × Miss Mario Both leads are table tennis players. This is pure imagination, so please don’t read too much into it. At eighteen, their hearts were in sync as they shared the same table. At twenty-eight, they returned victorious, having made names for themselves. An unexpected breakup severed all contact between them. One day, two years later, the pair, still longing for each other, returned to the past. This time, they’ll write a different ending together and fall in love across time 796Reads8.9Score10214d adds
- 183 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. 125Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 184 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 37Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 185 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
- 186 Track and Field: I Am the God of Hurdles 田径：我，跨栏之神 [Reborn + one heroine + thrilling, invincible hero + everyday urban life] He thought the 2008 Olympics would be the last time Tian Yifei represented his country and brought it glory. But then he was reborn in 1994. This time, he would leave no regrets. He would fulfill the dream Xiang Shen never managed to realize. He would rewrite the West’s prejudice against people of East Asian descent. Olympic records, world records, even the limits of human speed would be as flimsy as paper before him. He w 151Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 187 When All the Glamour Fades, You're Still the One 繁华落尽终是你 We once chased distant horizons and got caught up in worldly fame, rushing through the crowds and losing our way amid partings and reunions. As the seasons turned and the dust settled, all that was passionate and dazzling eventually faded into the ordinary. But you alone crossed the cracks in time and stood with me at the end of the years, counting through our past together. When all the splendor has faded, it is still you. That is time’s way of choosing, and the heart’s true desire. 210Reads6.4Score10314d adds
- 188 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.) 687Reads6.7Score18614d adds
- 189 Ah, Those Were Our Youthful Days! 呀，是我们的青春啊！ “He came riding a bamboo hobbyhorse, circling the bed and playing with green plums. They lived together in Changgan Lane, two childhood friends without a hint of suspicion between them.” They say childhood sweethearts are precious, but Chu Ying Middle School had a pair of bickering frenemies! Don’t project this onto the real people. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Rain in Los Angeles, Wind in Beijing 洛杉矶的雨，北京的风 This is a story that begins with a breakup and ends with a home. It tells of another kind of love: not standing shoulder to shoulder at the peak, but supporting each other through the lowest moments. After weathering the storms, their bond becomes all the more unbreakable. 121Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 191 Reborn as a Little Kid, Shasha Is Mine 重生小屁孩，莎莎是我的 [Rebirth + Not a True Story + Power Fantasy] Good news: Cheng Yu got tickets to the Doha World Table Tennis Championships. At last, she can watch Sun Shasha compete. Bad news: She got into a car accident and died! Even better news: She was reborn! This time, Cheng Yu doesn’t want to watch Sun Shasha only through a screen. She’s determined to stand by her side and compete alongside her. To make that happen, Cheng Yu decisively chose table tennis. She never expected to keep playing for more than a 490Reads7.1Score10714d adds
- 192 A Male Star and a Female Athlete? A Perfect Match! 男明星配女运动员？配！太配了！ Contemporary romance, sweet and fluffy, childhood sweethearts, healing each other, and a love that goes both ways A sleepy retired champion turns up at a top-tier star’s home. Scandalous! Forced to pretend to be a couple to weather a PR crisis. So cliché! Fake dating turns into real love, with everyone cheering them on. Just as it should be! Trap or no trap, I, Shen Xingluo, had this man claimed since childhood. Real feelings or fake, I, Yan Beichen, am going to be the first to start this roma 424Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 She Shines Bright on the Ice 她在冰上光芒万丈 Shu Ran has spent years at the bottom of the women’s singles figure skating national team rankings. One day, a handsome man suddenly tells her he’s going to make her a world champion. In that moment, she realizes that God is fair: some people may be good-looking, but their brains don’t work. There’s no way she could become a world champion, unless the president of the International Skating Union was related to her! Later on, Shu Ran not only wins the world championship, but Fu Yiqing, the ISU 343Reads8.2Score10114d adds
- 194 When the Flowers Bloom 盛开时分 A heroine who is a table tennis player with psychological struggles, and a hero who is a designer with hearing loss A warm, healing little love story / mutual salvation / 1v1, happy ending The Olympic Games, held once every four years, had just ended. The table tennis team members who hadn’t made it to the Olympics returned to the team as scheduled. On her way back, Chi Wan stopped to shelter from the rain and bought a bouquet of flowers, but… forgot to pay for them. A few days later, while trai 108Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 195 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
- 196 Chinese Table Tennis: Who Does the Little Tyrant Want to Play Today? 国乒：小霸王今天想打谁 (Complete) The little kid Liu Guoliang held in his arms while watching Zhang Jike compete in 2010 turned out to be the youngest little terror on the Chinese national table tennis team, capable of sweeping the Three Musketeers of the team. Time passed, and that child grew up. Hailed as the future queen of Chinese women's table tennis, she was just a little too rebellious. Every day, she was either looking for someone to challenge or playing a match. The team members were at their wits' end. Whene 42Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 197 All My Dreams Are Connected to You 所有的梦想，都与你有关 She was a table tennis prodigy, dazzling the whole world with her breakthrough performance at sixteen. He was a prodigy too. They both fell in love with table tennis, joined the national team, and pursued their dreams together. But after an accident forced her to give up the sport she loved, the two gradually drifted apart. They said goodbye at seventeen, and six years later they met again. He had become a leading figure in Chinese table tennis, celebrated throughout the sport. She, meanwhile, w 480Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 198 Meow Yeah’s Sweet Romance Diary 猫耶的甜宠日常 The little everyday moments of two people. Through every step of the journey, they are confidants, friends, and the most important people in each other's hearts. An inexplicable understanding unfolds here! I hope you enjoy it. Thank you, everyone! 292Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 199 Sports: At the Olympics, I Crush the American Team 体育：我在奥运会，吊打大漂亮 [Dragon Nation Swimming Prodigy + Meteoric Rise at the Olympics + Crushing the Great Pretty Nation + A Great-Power Showdown Ignited by Sports] At the 2024 Paris Olympics, 21-year-old backstroke prodigy Jin Yu... Despite having no advantage in strength or stamina, he relied on his maxed-out backstroke technique and a play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger strategy. Twice in a row, he narrowly beat swimming legend Murphy. He snatched the gold medals in the men's 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke from 636Reads6.5Score10314d adds
- 200 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
