Novels like My Poor Deskmate? Watch Me Save You for Good!
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as My Poor Deskmate? Watch Me Save You for Good!, best match first.
- 1 Composing a Song in Midsummer 盛夏谱曲 [Playboy in name only, devoted at heart + healing + both leads are each other’s one and only, happy ending] [Bright, confident good girl VS unruly demon king] A gaze piercing the mists of time: three encounters are enough to leave an indelible mark. The first was beneath the parasol trees along a sunlit avenue, a picture painted in brilliant summer colors and deep shades of ink. The second was a fleeting moment of silence in a bustling corridor. The third was a few loose strands of hair stirred 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 When the Cicadas Fall Silent 蝉鸣终止时 [Reborn] [Secret Crush] [Redemption] In her previous life, Xia Weiyang had been secretly in love with Zhang Zhaojing for a long time. When she finally worked up the courage to give him a love letter, it vanished without a trace. Then an accident happened, and she was reborn. She returned to the age of seventeen, in her second year of high school, and collided headlong with Zhang Zhaojing. His ears turned bright red, and he was flustered and shy. This time, he was the one who fell first. “Little 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 My Gaming Buddy Turns Out to Be a Stunning Campus Belle 游戏搭子竟然是绝美校花 "Xianfang! I... I've liked you for a long time! Be my girlfriend!" At the bus stop, Jiang Zijian confessed his feelings to his longtime crush, his deskmate. Wang Xianfang stood there in silence, stunned and a little dazed. She had never imagined he would suddenly confess to her. They sat together and got along very well. But to her, their relationship was nothing more than an ordinary friendship. "Xianfang! If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes!" "Since you're my girlfriend now, 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 After Going Bankrupt, the Campus Heartthrob Started Chasing Me 破产后，我被校草倒追了 [Sweet campus romance + his secret crush + a heroine who doesn’t buckle under pressure + devoted to each other, happy ending] [Sharp-tongued, down-on-her-luck heiress × Rich, sarcastic guy who quietly has her back] After her family went bankrupt, Shi Weiyi transferred from an international high school to a regular public high school in the city for financial reasons. She’d planned to settle in and focus on the college entrance exams, but on her very first day, she walked straight into a handsome 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Cicadas Singing in Midsummer: Teacher Lu Is Pretending to Be Young Again 盛夏蝉鸣：陆老师又在装嫩了 [Sweet romance + ensemble cast + teacher-student bonds + heartwarming] There’s a saying at Yunchuan No. 3 High School: “If you get assigned to Lu Shihan’s class, you must have saved the galaxy in your previous life.” He’ll buy you milk tea when you bomb a test, and keep you company talking late into the night when you feel lost. At parent-teacher meetings, he reminds parents not to care only about grades. He even secretly reaches out to people who can help make his students’ dreams come true. H —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 There's No Saving This Goblin Boy 哥布林少年没救了 A goblin caught alone will be killed by a hero or abducted by a saintess. The really unlucky ones get abducted first, then killed. Mo Yuan is a veteran goblin teenager with no friends, so he has no choice but to eat instant hot pot alone on the school cafeteria rooftop. By chance, he stumbles upon the confession scene between Chi Yunxi, the saintess of the human race and top student in their grade, and a fair-skinned athlete who is a hero. If Mo Yuan is spotted now, the hero and saintess will bo 4.4kReads8.8Score214Shelves
- 7 Parallel Worlds, the Moonlight That Never Was 平行时空，不存在的白月光 Did you have someone in your youth you could never forget, your moonlight from the past? Lin LecI had one. He was part of her entire youth, then transferred schools without warning during her second year of high school. For sixteen years, she thought she had forgotten him. Then she suddenly dreamed of him again. In the dream, the boy still had the fresh, youthful look of his younger self. Smiling, he asked her, “What took you so long?” When she finally gathered the courage to look for him, every 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Is It True Love or Not? It's So Hard to Choose! 到底是不是真爱？好难抉择呀！ A lighthearted romantic comedy! She saves him! [True Love + Sharp-Tongued Best Friend + Beloved Little Sister + Sunny Heroine + Overthinking Hero + A Little Angst + Funny Tone + School Setting] Li Shi Yan, troubled by the uncertainty of her future at school, meets Li Shi Yu, whose name differs from hers by only one character. Can Li Shi Yu, mired in a swamp of pain, be saved by Li Shi Yan? Is Li Shi Yu truly Li Shi Yan's destined love? Though she keeps agonizing over it, her best friend's matchm 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Hidden Warmth 藏温 "Second Chance at Love | Both Leads Are Each Other’s Only One | Both Academic Standouts | HE" Ten years ago, Wen Xiangyi called her family in tears, only for him to overhear her. There would have been nothing wrong with him overhearing her. Except she was complaining that a classmate farted way too much... She started taking detours whenever she saw Jian Yun. One day, at a friend’s birthday party, he suddenly asked, “Is it really so scary that I like you?” - Ten days after graduation, she fi 204Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Acting Ordinary in Public: The School Bully Dotes Only on the Transfer Student 人前故作寻常色：校霸独宠转校生 Dugu Rang’s father was murdered when he was young, and his birth mother was forced to leave to lie low and seek revenge. He grew up in poverty with his grandparents and was once the school bully everyone feared. After his gravely ill grandmother fell to her knees and pleaded with him, he put away his sharp edges and pretended to be an ordinary, well-behaved student who was eager to improve. All he wanted was to study in peace and keep his grandmother company. The arrival of transfer student Su L 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Stubborn Childhood Friend: Brother Lu Was the One Who Fell First 嘴硬青梅：是陆哥他先动的心 [A new author and a new novel. Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, no one reborn.] [Both leads are inexperienced in love; one-on-one romance, a little angst and lots of sweetness, with a focus on everyday life.] [Everyday life, Chinese-style school setting.] When Lin Jing starts at Experimental Middle School, she has two wishes. First, she hopes no one finds out that the aloof heartthrob Lin Yi is her older brother! Second, she wants to stay far away from Lu Yun. She manages to keep her fir 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Goddess Yang Chengcheng's Journey to the Mortal World 女神杨橙橙凡间降落之路 Female lead: Yang Chengcheng. Male lead: Yun Feng. This story is divided into three volumes. Volume One has ten chapters. Three years after Yang Chengcheng and Yun Feng break up, Yang Chengcheng meets Yang Long on a blind date. After a series of upheavals in his family, Yang Long’s sincerity finally moves her, and the two get married. Volume Two is told through flashbacks. At seventeen, Yang Chengcheng meets Yun Fengye, an art studio teacher. They are drawn to each other and fall in love. They s 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Crush Hidden in an Eraser 藏在橡皮里的喜欢 The most moving part of youth has never been a grand declaration of love. It’s the affection hidden in all the little details. If you’ve ever had a crush on someone, you’ll understand all the sweetness and bittersweet ache in A Crush That Tastes Like Lemon Soda. There’s no golden finger and no melodramatic misunderstandings, just an ordinary girl and the top student in her year, whose seven-year journey from a crushed eraser brings them slowly closer, quietly falling for each other until their l 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Top Student Pretends to Be Weak to Snag a Marriage, but His Tough Girl Bride Takes the Internet by Storm 学霸装弱骗婚，太妹娇妻飒疯全网 A wealthy young master and academic ace × a Southeast Asian Chinese tycoon’s daughter, a sassy queen! Playing dumb to outsmart the other + turning the tables + bickering couple + mutual crush + from campus to wedding bells The longest road Qin Sihuang has ever walked is the one set out for her by Pan Zhanchen! Who could have guessed that the gentle, high-achieving student whom tycoon heiress Qin Sihuang kissed and tackled first was actually a top-tier schemer with a wicked mind? She was haughty 10Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 15 After Six Years Together, We're Talking Marriage, and You Think I'm Too Short? 谈恋爱六年，要谈婚论嫁了，你嫌我矮？ We’ve been dating for six years, and now we’re talking marriage. You think I’m too short? 149Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Look! That Tough Girl's Boyfriend Got Stolen by Her Best Friend! 快来看啊！茬子姐的男朋友被闺蜜撬走啦！ Come and see! Chazi Jie’s boyfriend got stolen by her best friend! 99Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Ordinary People Like Us Need to Fall in Love Too 我们普通人也要谈恋爱 (New author, new novel) [No rebirth or transmigration] + [One female lead] + [High school campus] + [Sweet romance] + [Secret crush] A secret crush is a lonely expedition. Li Mubai, a withdrawn young man, struggles between silent longing and crushing insecurity. To him, love is both a luxury and a light just beyond his reach. Until the night before the college entrance exams, with the bright moon hanging overhead. The girl suddenly took his hand and lifted her clear eyes to his. “I know.” Her vo 29.4kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves
- 18 She’s Such a Drama Queen 她就是个戏精 [Happy ending · love grows over time · opposites attract · school life · urban · devoted puppy] Theatrical girl ✖️ delinquent boy Their first encounter. Lin Mo’an was playing a game where she rated passersby, and accidentally rated Chen Zhi’s shoes. “Hey, don’t go around rating other people’s shoes.” Chen Zhi’s eyes brimmed with disdain, even though all Lin Mo’an had said was that the shoes were too brightly colored. ...Petty. That incident dropped Lin Mo’an’s opinion of Chen Zhi to zero. Their 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 He Fang Luyuan 何方路圆圆 [Sweet and spicy + mutual devotion + sweet romance + wealthy CEO] “From beginning to end, all I’ve ever wanted is to marry the girl I’ve loved from afar!” That was He Yanzheng’s one and only wish. He Yanzheng had grown up surrounded by every luxury, but after meeting her, he willingly made sacrifices and changed himself, all because he wanted to be part of her future. The clearheaded top student Lu Yuanyuan was focused on her exams and refused to date, yet she found herself pursued by a persiste 4Reads—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 Meeting You Was Fate 遇上你是我的缘 This is a novella-length romance the author wrote on a whim to commemorate and promote their second home, beautiful Xinjiang. Through the romantic encounter and passionate love between a couple separated by the distance between the frontier and the mainland, as well as the unforgettable entanglements of their relationship, the story explores contemporary young people's reflections on love and marriage and the choices they make in the face of grave danger. It mercilessly condemns fickle attitudes 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 A Bittersweet Campus Romance 校园苦涩爱情 This is a campus romance about a boy and a girl whose misunderstandings lead them from dislike to love, and eventually to a bitter breakup. It reminds us that sometimes, once you miss your chance, you miss it for a lifetime. Treasure everything you have now. 79Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Just Started High School, and I Can See the Colors of People's Emotions 刚上高中，我能看见情绪颜色 156.4kReads9.1Score17.4kShelves
- 24 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
- 25 Martial Arts School Graduate 武校毕业生 Martial arts school / traditional martial arts / realistic / passionate / brotherhood / jianghu Adapted from real experiences. No fantasy, no System, and no cheats. A true-to-life portrayal of what life at a martial arts school is really like. A boy defies his family's objections to pursue his martial arts dream. Day after day, he trains relentlessly at school, enduring the long, monotonous years of practice alongside his fellow students and brothers. After graduation, he enters the wider world, 742Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 After the Cicadas Sing Comes the Plum Rain 蝉鸣过后是梅雨 [Ensemble Cast at School | Slow-Burn Bittersweet Romance | Fated Bond | Gentle Girl, Troubled Boy | Realistic | Happy Ending] On the first day of school, Xia Shanshan's red-lacquered bicycle was stolen. She crouched beneath a camphor tree and cried. On the third floor, someone folded her orange candy wrapper in half, then in half again. Later, she met Fu Siyun. The boy leaned against the wall, looking carefree as he teased her softly: “Are you afraid of me, senior?” She ran from him for three y 3.2kReads9.3Score337Shelves
- 27 Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心 Realistic fiction · Unrequited love with a bad ending · Small-town life · Ordinary people · Coming-of-age · No golden finger Based on the true experiences of friends, this story is told from a male first-person perspective and follows Jiang Xin through the ups and downs of his youth in a small southern county town from 2005 to 2014. He was once an elementary-school prodigy admired by everyone. But from the moment he started middle school, his life quietly began to veer off course. As a boy, he 190Reads—Score107Shelves
- 28 Locust Tree Breeze 槐风 (Print edition published) [Both leads are each other's first love + happy ending + roguishly handsome boy vs. unruly girl + blunt and direct, with both leads speaking their minds] He first met Tang Yi in Tongcheng. That summer, he had won first place in the physics Olympiad. He was strolling through the streets, idly exploring the unfamiliar city, the medal still warm in his pocket and everything around him feeling fresh and new. His gaze came to rest on a young girl not far ahead. In a pale yel 36.7kReads9.4Score6kShelves
- 29 So Sweet! The Campus Heartthrob Coaxes His Adorable Crush in a Husky Voice 超甜！校草哑声诱哄小可爱 [Bad-boy school boss × sweet, soft-spoken top student] [A sweet campus romance, two strong leads, lighthearted and affectionate, healing each other] Rumor has it that Jiangcheng No. 8 High has a school boss named Gu Cilan: unruly, arrogant, and looking down on everyone. In their second year of high school, a sweet transfer student arrives. Li Su is beautiful with a honey-sweet voice, and she takes first place in her grade on her very first monthly exam. She’s just far too bold, always picking on 27.8kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves
