Novels like Tea Talk
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Tea Talk, best match first.
- 1 A Rental Apartment Building Kicks Off My High School Life 一栋出租楼开启我的高中生活 [Multiple heroines] [Slow-paced slice of life] [System takes a back seat] [Campus] Right after graduation, Xu Xiao lucks into an entire apartment building along a street, and binds himself to a Tenant Services System. Complete each task to unlock a rich random reward. Limited-time cash rebate cards, maxed-out singing skills, stamina-restoration capsules... The perks just keep coming. He only meant to lie flat and collect rent, but one after another, girls from vastly different backgrounds move i 42Reads—Score107Shelves
- 2 Cookie's Development Diary 曲奇饼干的发展日记 This is the story of Tang Yuan and Lin Mian, a very short story. At twenty-six, Tang Yuan walked down the street, pursed his lips, and still couldn’t figure her out. “All right, Tang Yuan. From now on, you’re not allowed to talk,” sixteen-year-old Lin Mian said. “Okay, but I have a question. When will I be allowed to talk?” seventeen-year-old Tang Yuan replied. “When I say so!” Hearing that, Tang Yuan said nothing more and only smiled faintly. Tang Yuan was so easy to bully, no matter how old he 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Whose Youth Is Without Recklessness? 谁的青春不放纵 (Campus, youth, romance, everyday life) Told in the third person, this is the story of a boy growing up, making progress, and letting loose alongside the students and teachers at his school. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 I Swear I'm Not Keeping a Harem. They Just Block My Way Home from School 我真没养鱼，是她们堵我放学路 Back in his senior year of high school, Shen Chu has just one goal: study hard, get into a top university, and make up for the regrets of his past life. He swears he won't date anyone, flirt with girls, or become some kind of womanizer. But things don't go as planned. His tsundere deskmate keeps finding excuses to sit close to him while they go over problems, and insists on walking home with him after school. The gentle older girl next door brings him a different breakfast every day, unable to h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Reborn in High School as an Idiot: Turning from Evil to Good and Becoming Everyone's Dream Guy 重生高中成傻子，弃恶从善当男神 They say you shouldn't do evil, or you'll have to repay it, even if it means working like an ox or a horse. After overworked office drone He Yang died suddenly, he was reborn as a fool named Da He Yang, who had the same name as him. Bound to the "Abandon Evil and Embrace Good" System, he must make up for the wrongs he committed in his previous life and compensate the people he let down. The person you bullied the most? You'll become that person. There's no such thing as truly understanding s 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Yingshi and Youluo 璎时有珞 Fiery, radiant childhood sweetheart × sharp-tongued, scheming childhood friend Shi Ying always felt that she and Ji Luo had been sworn enemies in a past life. Growing up, he treated her like a child who would never grow up, while she saw him as a thirty-seven-year-old fussbudget. He kept tabs on her lateness, her gaming, and who she got too close to. She thought he was annoying, meddlesome, and always making snide remarks. But when the dazzling transfer student Lu Yechao came toward her, carryin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Ice-Cold Campus Beauty Is Tsundere? Does She Want Me to Just Say Yes? 高冷校花是傲娇？想让我白给！ (The rating just came out, so it’ll gradually rise) [The author is terrible at coming up with names, so just read the story]+ [High school life]+ [Everyday life]+ [Slow-paced]+ [One heroine]+ [Romantic comedy]+ [No System] The heartbreak of an ambiguous relationship and the collapse of his idealized first love led Jiang Fang to put an end to two and a half years of affection with his own hands. “Dating? No way in hell! I’m gonna study!” But more than half a year later, the vow he’d made to him 27Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 8 Insane! I Trained Top University Students and Got a 100 Million Yuan Reward 疯了！培养清北生，直接奖一亿 [School life + one heroine + face-slapping + college entrance exam + tycoon + System] On the first day after taking over a bankrupt high school, Zhou Che is blocked at the school gate by his old rival, Zhao Tianlei, who mocks him in front of everyone: “If your lousy school can produce even one student admitted to Peking or Tsinghua, I'll write my name backward!” The System activates: Train one student admitted to Peking or Tsinghua and earn 100 million yuan in cash. The whole school is waiting f 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Reborn in 2010: An Alien Livestreams Me Going to High School 重生2010外星人直播我上高中 [Rebirth + school life + one heroine + youthful ensemble cast + comedy + alien livestream] No filler: every chapter has a theme and every installment has something to enjoy. After Zhang Zhongyuan jumped from the thirty-second floor, he learned that Earth had been part of a reality show livestreamed by an alien civilization for thousands of years. Because the show was doing well, the production team gave him a chance to start over. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 2010, on the first 60Reads—Score135Shelves
- 10 Voice of the Wilderness 声野 [Both Pure, HE + Cool, Cocky Guy vs. Beautiful, Cool-Hearted Girl + A Little Healing + Guiding Lover + Female Lead Has a Hidden Identity Later (Real Heiress) + Almost Childhood Sweethearts] Mu Sheng first met Liang Zhuye on a bungee-jumping platform at the edge of a cliff. The wind brushed past their ears, with an orange-red sunset behind them and a sheer drop below. They looked at each other for a second, then Mu Sheng casually looked away. She didn't know that this would become the day Liang Z 3.6kReads8.9Score506Shelves
- 11 No Way Out: Reborn and Everyone Can Hear My Thoughts 无解，重生后被偷听心声 The rating has just been posted, so it’ll go up later! [Reborn + hopeless romantic + youthful romance + extra sweet] Zhao Yanyang had just collapsed into bed after staying up all night when he heard someone calling his name. “Zhao Yanyang, come up and solve this problem.” The school belle, Su Nuan, poked her new deskmate, who was asleep in class. When Zhao Yanyang opened his eyes, he realized he had somehow returned to high school. Sitting beside him was none other than the school belle who woul 8Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 12 The Aloof School Beauty Only Flirts with Me, the Introvert 高冷校花独撩内向的我 No System, no rebirth: just everyday school life, the best years of youth, and the first tentative stirrings of love. Lin Chubai is a shy high school student who likes to sit by himself and daydream. A quiet, handsome boy with a face that draws attention but little awareness of his own looks, he daydreams and blushes, stubbornly surviving Xia Chu's “clutches” at the start of summer. Xia Chu is the aloof, icy school beauty and top student. Her coldness is just a form of self-protection, and teasi 1kReads—Score100Shelves
- 13 Back to High School, Where an Invincible Youth Begins 重返高中时代，开启所向无敌青春 [Transmigration + School Life + Youth + Romance + One Heroine in the End] When Chen Xiyuan woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated ten years into the past, going from an overworked middle-aged man to a youthful teenager. “Ah! I remember my lost youth, those years full of regrets. I want to change everything and enjoy life to the fullest...” From then on: In his single-parent family, Chen Xiyuan reconciled with his younger sister and made sure his mother no longer had to worry. At school —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 They Were There Throughout My Youth 她们，贯穿我的青春 Also known as "The Girls Who Ran Through My Youth" [Multiple Heroines + First Person + Realistic Campus Life + Childhood Friends + Bickering Couple + Underdog Academic Comeback + Nostalgic Youth + No System + Not Reborn + Some Ensemble Cast Elements + Not a Power Fantasy] “If life is a game, then I probably got the NPC’s script. My job is to be a backdrop for the protagonists.” But was that really the case? Until that sweltering summer, when they barged into Gao Xing’s world without a care, 5.8kReads9.0Score506Shelves
- 15 Reborn, I Went Back to High School, What a Rush 重生之我回高中了，爽 Pei Yun returned to high school with a few regrets and did the things he'd always wanted to do. There are old attachments, regrets, and memories here! No more being invisible. Escape the city's clamor and just go for it! Please show your support~ Thanks! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Summer Sunshine: This Is the Youth I Love 盛夏光年：这样的青春我才喜欢 Also known as: Summer Light Years [A cool, aloof physics prodigy × an imaginative online author | Mutual crush | Sweet romance and a spectacular identity reveal] Everyone at school knows Lin Shengnian, the physics department’s “untouchable beauty,” as a research fanatic who won’t even spare girls an unnecessary glance. Xia Xiguang thinks so too. An inconspicuous Chinese literature student, she feels perfectly safe writing fan fiction on a novel website. She even uses Lin Shengnian’s real nam 14Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 17 The Campus Belle Has Had Eyes Only for Me Since Freshman Year 高一开始就被校花独爱 [Single heroine] + [School life] + [No System] + [Ensemble cast] + [Slow pace] (The rating just came out and is expected to rise.) Listen, Obligate, Value, Excite. English teacher Li Manni slowly breaks down the foundations of an intimate relationship: Listen with care to each other's troubles, take responsibility willingly, cherish the little moments you share, and accept each other's flaws. After explaining the deeper meaning, Li Manni picks up the eraser and wipes away the latter half of each 724Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 18 Blue-and-White Uniforms and Peach Blossoms 《蓝白校服与桃树花开》 Blue-and-White School Uniforms and Blossoming Peach Trees 107Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Springtime on the Branches, a Bright Day Ahead 枝头春意告景明 [Sweet Campus Romance] [One-on-One, Both Leads Have No Past Relationships] [Bittersweet First Love] [Warm Everyday Life] [Reconciliation with Family] [Ensemble Friendship] After her father dies suddenly, He Zhiyi is forced to face her shattered family and a cold, uncaring reality. Introverted, sensitive, and fragile, she lives alone in an old apartment block, resisting life's hardships with stubbornness and silence. During the darkest stretch of her youth, Gao Jingming, a boy whose sharp tongue 158Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Riverside Scene of Muling 穆棱上河图 The Muling River is an important river in eastern Heilongjiang and the largest tributary on the left bank of the Ussuri River. It runs for 834 kilometers and drains an area of 18,427 square kilometers, passing through Muling City, Jixi City, Jidong County, Mishan City, and Hulin City. Locals call it the “Mother River.” I was fortunate enough to live there until I came of age. I left as an adult and have never been back. Some memories of people and things from those days are still vivid, and ther 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 EN A Wild Dog Catches a Butterfly 野犬抓蝴蝶 [Sweet, timid girl × gloomy, unhinged troublemaker] [Childhood friends + forced love + reunion after years apart + both pure + happy ending] (Original title: The Wild Dog Catches the Butterfly) Xi Jin was born into a wealthy family. With his striking looks and cool, otherworldly air, he was the picture of perfection. At eighteen, he won the world championship in the 10-meter air pistol, making a name for himself overnight. To his teachers, he was a top student. To his countless fans, he was a bo 26.5kReads8.6Score2.4kShelves
- 22 Embracing My Childhood Sweetheart 揽青梅 Qin Zhiyu vs. Jiang Li (Signed for publication) [Mutually devoted couple, happy ending + aloof, quiet boy vs. bright, bold girl + childhood friends + no misunderstandings, devoted love above all] Qin Zhiyu first met Jiang Li when he was four. That year, his parents were going through a divorce, and in the midst of all the turmoil, his mother sent him to stay with a friend. The sky was clear and bright that day, and he saw Jiang Li on the swing in the courtyard. The little girl was curious about 7.8kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
- 23 A Coward's 1,001st Confession 胆小鬼的一千零一次表白 [Not reborn, no System, high school setting, youthful literature, a story of being saved, personal growth, no harem] Cowards don't dare to confess their feelings, and they're afraid of being confessed to as well. If your confession is rejected, you'll be mocked and condemned by everyone. If you reject someone's confession, you'll lose a friend and go your separate ways. Can't it work out? The answer is no, because success doesn't like cowards! But what if one coward likes another? This isn't a l 36.4kReads9.5Score4.8kShelves
- 24 Decline 败落 Jiang Yan vs. Shen Luo (signed for publication) [Devoted to each other, happy ending + each other’s first love + cold, curt boy vs. cool, reserved girl + healing one another, little by little] The first time Jiang Yan ran into Shen Luo in an alley, he thought the girl was fascinating. She didn’t even blink when she threw a punch. One day, after Shen Luo had just dealt with some trouble, she glanced at the boy’s grim expression. A thought came to her, and she leaned closer, her eyes full of amuse 3.8kReads9.3Score569Shelves
- 25 A Heartthrob Takes Over His Body, and the Timid Doormat Takes the Whole School by Storm 被男神魂穿，软糯受气包飒翻全校 The refined, scheming crown prince VS the soft, timid little bunny with an inferiority complex Healing | Unrequited Love Comes True | Soul Transmigration | Reborn and Pursuing His Wife Xie Yanci opens his eyes and finds that he has transmigrated into someone else’s body! He has ended up in the body of Song Qiwan, a girl who lets everyone walk all over her. The girl clutches a diary filled with his name as her bullies pin her down in the restroom and pour dirty water over her head. The school’s 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 After I Transmigrated Into a Beautiful Teacher, I Went Rebellious 穿越成美女老师后我叛逆了 Top student + transmigrate + sweet romance + literature + personal growth A genius science-and-engineering student who ruled the school and laughed her way through life failed her entrance exam for the University of Science and Technology of China’s gifted youth program during her first year of high school. Heartbroken, she stepped into the “Madam Yi No. 1” time-traveling machine built by her quirky best friend, Shen Han, and emerged as a demure Chinese teacher. But she ran into one obstacle aft 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 EN What Makes You Think I'll Keep Liking You Forever? 你凭什么认为我会一直喜欢你呢 [Everyday romance] [One female lead] [Mutual healing] Because of a promise made in childhood, Chen Lu spent seven whole years pursuing the girl he’d grown up with. In the end, all he got was a cold rejection. Chen Lu smiled in acceptance, but his heart had turned to ash… until he met the sweet, clumsy girl who’d come to thank him. The girl was lovely and innocent, standing alone in the rain right where the two of them had agreed to meet. “Why haven’t you left…?” The girl slowly lifted her head. 121.5kReads9.7Score14.2kShelves
- 28 EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 311.8kReads9.8Score31.2kShelves
