Period Stories About a Heroine Reborn in the US or Hong Kong Who Returns to China to Invest 女主重生美国或香港，回国投资的年代文

1. 1 在 Posing as a Returnee Tycoon in the 1980s 在八零伪装归国神豪 San Yao He三爻禾Urban887k WordsCompleted [80s Era] [Feel-Good] [Big Shot] [Tycoon] [No Female Lead] [Building a Career] [Everyday Life] The story of a fake tycoon with nothing to his name who becomes a real tycoon worth billions. Good news: After transmigrating into the 1980s, his heart condition is gone and his body is healthy. He also gets a Reputation System, which lets him exchange reputation points for assets. Bad news: He transmigrated with his whole body, so he has no official identity. And right now, he’s flat broke, with poc 32.6kReads8.2Score2.6k14d adds

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   🥔1. A foreign tycoon returns home to find relatives and contribute to the nation's development; a period drama with abundant gold coins and a fun, lighthearted storyline. 🥔2. Time travel to the Republic of China era / Supporting villainous relatives to accumulate gold coins. 🥔3. A British earl's daughter, with lifelike subordinates. 🥔4. 1990S + a super-rich system + spending money and microtransactions + raising children + developing a business empire + a satisfying story. 🥔5. A foreign tycoon returns to his hometown in Northwest China to find relatives and invest. 🥔6. A beautiful young lady returns home to find her fiancé from the countryside and becomes the richest woman in the city.

2. 2 刚 Just Arrived in Republican-Era China, I Have Nothing but Money 刚到民国，除了钱，一无所有 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Ning transmigrated into a series of novels set in the Republic of China era. The good news: she had a System. Better yet, the System's reward pool held a full ten billion. Once she spent it all, Su Ning could return to the modern era and live happily as a billionaire. The bad news: the System was called "The Rich Are Heartless"... In the turbulent Republic of China, she had to play a villain who was rotten to the core. Determined to stay alive, Su Ning racked her brains to become relatives wi 94.8kReads8.7Score10.1k14d adds
3. 3 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1980s and Showered Everyone with Cash Thanks to My Tycoon System 穿越八零，我靠神豪系统狂撒币 A Cluster of Flowers一丛花令Modern Romance222k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out, so it’s low for now. It’ll gradually rise!) [Tycoon + transported in body + wish-fulfillment + no CP + slice of life] When Guan Yue woke up, she had become an undocumented person in the 1980s, without a penny to her name. Luckily, she was bound to a [Tycoon Prestige System]. The System generously gave her a bodyguard who was “on his way,” but told her: Want money? Go earn prestige points! So, to turn her “pretend tycoon” persona into cold, hard cash, Guan Yue began put 19Reads5.1Score—14d adds
4. 4 神 Tycoon System: I Spend Money to Raise Kids in a Period Novel 神豪系统：我在年代文里氪金养崽 The Brightest Bulb Is Me灯泡属我最亮Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (1990s setting + tycoon System + spending money to raise the kids + no romance + building a business empire + wish fulfillment) When Ye Xiaolin woke up, she had landed in a world formed from a fusion of several period novels. She’d become a wicked woman who despised poverty and loved wealth, abandoning her children and running away in pursuit of a materialistic life. She was bound to a tycoon System. To complete its main quest, she created the persona of a wealthy overseas returnee and embarked 8.5kReads7.8Score64414d adds
5. 5 平 Ordinary World: Faking It as a Returned Tycoon in the Eighties 平凡的世界：在八零伪装归国神豪 Cantonese Black Sesame广式黑芝麻Male-Channel Fanfiction580k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Returnee Tycoon + Film and TV + Entertainment + System] Modern-day corporate drone Jin Junfeng wakes up one morning to find he has transmigrated into the novel The Ordinary World. Right beside him is Wang Manyin, a notorious drifter. Luckily, he’s bound to a Reputation System that lets him exchange reputation for all sorts of things. So he pretends to be a wealthy returnee, helps Shuangshui Village prosper, invests in factories in Yuanxi County and becomes an honored guest, the 2.3kReads6.9Score10014d adds
6. 6 七 The 1970s: The Glamorous Heiress Transmigrates into a Book with a Trillion-Dollar Fortune 七零：美艳娇气包带千亿资产穿书 A Duo u阿哆uModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The young lady never lived through that era, so you can't expect her to have the same spending habits as ordinary people. [Not a poverty-relief story] [Sweet romance + period setting + transmigrate into a book + golden finger + feel-good power fantasy] [Both are virgins, one-on-one romance] Shanghai–Beijing–Hong Kong [Warning: The heroine is spoiled and not truly kind or beautiful inside! The hero is a lovesick fool! Don't get hung up on prices! If there are any plot holes, just treat them as au 24.9kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
7. 7 穿 Transmigrated to the 1950s: I Became a Big Shot in Hong Kong 穿越五零，我在港岛当大佬 Cui Landai崔岚岱Modern Romance645k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + space + gangs + battles of capital; the heroine is lustful but not promiscuous, the hero is a scheming, dark-hearted wolfdog] This novel is pure fiction. Please don’t relate it to real life or overthink it. Just sit back and enjoy. Qiao Luo transmigrates from the apocalypse to 1953. Before she can even celebrate, she finds out that her grandfather was a traitor, her father is a landlord, and her uncle fled overseas with the Nationalist Party. Not one person in her family is any 4.2kReads7.9Score32614d adds

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   Both of these books feature female protagonists who are earls, one in Hong Kong and the other in England.

8. 8 七 The 1970s: The Billionaire Heiress Dotes on a Down-and-Out Young Master 七零，百亿大小姐强宠落魄小少爷 Hahaha121388哈哈哈121388Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted [Down-and-Out Young Master + Tyrannical Heiress] (Transmigration to the 1970s + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Sweet Romance + Multiple Births) Good news: After Yu Wanyuan dies of cancer, she transmigrates to the 1970s! Bad news: Yu Wanyuan has only one year left to live! Luckily, her golden finger arrives. Want to live to a hundred? Want to stay young forever? Then start spending money! Spending System: The more you spend, the longer you live. What a deal! As if she’d ever pas 3.8kReads7.5Score37514d adds
9. 9 魂 Soul Returns to Hong Kong: From Tailor Shop to Richest Woman 魂归香江：从裁缝铺到女首富 Clear Seas, Deep Rivers海清河深Modern Romance652k WordsCompleted [1980s + strong heroine + academic ace + business warfare + Hong Kong] In her previous life, she had a photographic memory, but her heart could stop at any moment. As her heart stopped beating, she thought, “Next life, I don’t want to be human.” When she opened her eyes again, she was Lin Ying, nine years old, having spent nine years in a daze. Today, her soul had finally returned. The spirit medium had divined it three times: “She won’t leave again. You were always yourself. You were just put i 191.4kReads8.6Score33.2k14d adds

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   Driven by ambition and a clear mind, I climbed the ladder of success with my family, witnessing firsthand the true meaning of family and support.

10. 10 假 The Fake Heiress Is Still Putting on an Act, While I Focus on Science 假千金还在演，我一心搞科研 This Land Is So Enchanting江山如此多娇Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Alternate History + Reborn + Period Setting + Academic Prodigy + Real and Fake Heiresses + Advancing the Nation Through Science] Reborn in the 1980s, Lin Zhiyao looked at the face in the mirror, so similar to the wife of a military district commander, and smiled. In her previous life, she believed in “the bonds of blood.” After rejoining her birth family, she became a stepping stone for the fake heiress, Lin Weiwei, who drained her of everything she was worth before leaving her to die miserab 191.8kReads8.9Score43.1k14d adds
11. 11 顶 A Top-Tier Heiress Transmigrates into a Book Set in the 1970s and Becomes a Tycoon Again 顶级白富美穿书七零后又成首富啦 Ruan Yuanyuan阮沅沅Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + period setting + transmigrate into a book + System + devoted couple + one-on-one romance] Note: This story takes place in a fictional setting. Everything serves the plot. [No handouts. No handouts. No handouts.] Yu Wan is involved in an accident while flying overseas. When she opens her eyes again, she discovers she has transmigrated into a book titled "I Rely on the Male Lead to Achieve Financial Freedom". The story is set in 1978. She is the daughter of a mysterious overseas t 3.1kReads8.4Score37014d adds

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    The female protagonist transmigrates from a modern-day heiress into the body of a mixed-race woman in the 1970s. She also gains a system granting her endless wealth and a perfect family background. Simultaneously, she uses this known future to invest her money in the development of her homeland.

12. 12 九 Nineties Hong Kong: I Woke Up as a Kidnapped Heiress's Sister-in-Law 九零香江：睁眼穿成被绑豪门大嫂 Beauty Plucking Stars美人摘星Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Chen Rou first met Nie Zhao during a counterterrorism case involving a wealthy Hong Kong family. He had been Hong Kong’s undisputed richest man for years and was a powerful figure renowned across the region. Even with both legs crippled and confined to a wheelchair, even in his fifties with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he still radiated sharpness and intelligence. Three generations of Chen Rou’s family had served in the police. Her father died in the war on drugs, and she had once b 23.5kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds

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    ① The female lead was a special forces soldier in her past life. 🌲 She transmigrates to 1990s Hong Kong. 🎋 She's decisive and efficient. Hong Kong in the 1990s was teeming with wealthy and powerful figures, but the one who could command their respect was a woman with a beautiful face and alluring figure, yet capable of wielding an AK-47 and a knife, capable of uprooting willow trees—Chen Rou. 🌸 ② The female lead is a true top-tier heiress, whether in modern times or after transmigrating to the 1970s. 🌿 She's delicate but not particularly beautiful, while the male lead is obsessed with love. 🎋 Together, they invest in real estate and various other industries after the opening up of China, thriving in the 1970s…

13. 13 你 You Can Raid My Home, but Let Me Go Make a Fortune in Hong Kong 你们抄我家，我去香江捡钱可以吧 Cat Who Loves Three-Hua Plums爱吃三华李的猫Modern Romance720k WordsCompleted [Transmigration, historical era, sweet romance, one-on-one, devoted couple, pocket dimension, entrepreneurship and wealth] Su Manman transmigrated into the body of a pampered young lady from the Su family, someone with the same name but a very different fate. From the start, she was told that someone had reported her family for hiding gold and silver treasures. Looking at the boxes upon boxes of antique paintings and calligraphy, antique ornaments, antique jewelry, and more, Su Manman thought… 29.5kReads8.9Score2.6k14d adds

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    After smuggling herself to Hong Kong during a turbulent era, she used her connections and connections to build her business. The woman was the breadwinner, and the man stayed home. After China's reform and opening up, they returned to the mainland to invest and develop.

14. 14 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86.1kReads9.5Score9.8k14d adds

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    1. The female lead's family lives in Hong Kong and wants her to inherit their fortune there. However, the male lead's status prevents his family from staying in Hong Kong long-term. Because of her family situation, she develops a selfish mindset. Facing career conflicts, the male and female leads ultimately choose to divorce. The female lead goes to Hong Kong to develop her career, while the male lead voluntarily takes on part-time work abroad, keeping it a secret from his family. 2. The female lead is a young painter who returned to China in the 1970s with her parents, who are weapons researchers. Facing the prospect of being sent to the countryside, her parents, unable to bear her suffering, arrange a blind date for her. She meets the pure-hearted male lead and successfully joins the army. After the turmoil, she becomes a college entrance exam art question setter and grader, a university professor, and her body sells for a high price. 3. A modern computer genius sacrifices his life for his country and transmigrates into the body of the true heiress in a story of two seemingly equal heiresses. She has no intention of returning to her original family, but her military officer father showers her with attention, providing food, drink, a house, and money. When she cheats, her father helps her bury the ashes. Her brainless grandfather, a high-ranking official, even writes self-criticisms for her. Her biological mother, who had gone abroad, brought back five incredibly powerful uncles. 4. A lonely old ghost who had wandered the spirit realm for thousands of years was suddenly reborn as a pitiful girl in the 1970s. Her father was dead, her mother had run away, and she had to face a family of wolves and tigers. Originally dealt a bad hand, she played it brilliantly, catching ghosts, telling fortunes, practicing feng shui, becoming rich and ruling the world! She even picked up a powerful figure from her past life and raised him to be a doting husband! Trying to play dirty tricks with me? I'll crush the black market boss and make centuries-old gangs willingly become my underlings! The ancient martial arts world, countries around the world opposing her? Then I'll beat them down! Make them obey! Beat them until they dare not utter a sound!

15. 15 八 The Mixed-Race Beauty of the Eighties Returns Home to Become the Richest Woman 八零之混血娇女，归国做首富 Motang Listens to the Wind墨棠听风Modern Romance648k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Feel-Good + Tycoon + Building a Business + Everyday Life] After working overtime for half a month straight, Chu Linxi tragically drops dead on the job. When she wakes up again, she finds herself in America across the ocean in 1983, as a Chinese-American mixed-race woman. She now has American citizenship, something people in her era and even future generations envy. But after acquiring the Tycoon Game System, she immediately packs her bags and returns to China. China is in the m 4.5kReads6.7Score27514d adds

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    The female protagonist is of mixed race and comes with a system. She returns to her home country to find her relatives and invest in building a factory.

16. 16 八 The 1980s: A Beauty with Skin Like Jade Marries a Soldier and Raises a Child 八零凝脂美人，嫁个军人带带崽 Radish Rabbit Who Loves Cabbage爱吃白菜的萝卜兔Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [Eighties setting + military marriage + seducing the man + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + heroine has experience, hero doesn't] She opens her eyes to find she's become the male lead's wicked aunt in a period novel. She abuses him and his younger sister, cheats on their stern uncle, and ultimately brings about her own death. Lu Manman, a breathtaking beauty with smooth, radiant skin, is determined to take it easy. All she wants is to go back home. Who knew her niece and nephew would 12.3kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
17. 17 八 The 1980s: After the Real Heiress Returns, She Reigns Supreme in the Capital! 八零：真千金回归后，宠冠京城！ Yingying Zhao英英昭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed [Era + military marriage + real heiress + adored by everyone + heroine is incredible at putting people in their place and beating them up] After sacrificing her life for her country, modern computer genius Jiang Tiange was reborn into her own past life. But that past life had been a miserable one: she was the real heiress, yet had been maliciously switched at birth, beaten and cursed, and forced to marry an abusive second-time husband. After she died miserably, her body was sold for a 31.5kReads9.1Score4.3k14d adds
18. 18 七 The 1970s: A Big Shot Protects China with Billions of Supplies 七零：大佬携亿万物资守护华夏 Mu Yao'er木幺儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn with a spatial realm + satisfying and sweet + two powerful leads protecting the nation] A lonely old ghost who had drifted through the Spirit Realm for thousands of years suddenly finds herself reborn as a miserable girl in the 1970s. Her father is dead, her mother has run away, and she has a whole family of vicious wolves and tigers to deal with. She takes a terrible hand and turns it into a winning one: catching ghosts, telling fortunes, reading feng shui, making a fortune, and bringin 2.3kReads9.3Score26614d adds
19. 19 穿 The Nation’s Heiress Transmigrates into a Book and Takes Down Every Protagonist 穿书归国大小姐降为打击所有主角 Zhu莪术Modern Romance602k WordsCompleted Meng Huaijun transmigrated, and got all the standard transmigration tropes: a System, transmigration into a book, a female lead, true and fake heiresses, and substitute romance. It's just that these labels aren't quite what she expected. Her System isn't a conquest System or a redemption System, and it has no humanlike thought process. It's a cold, impersonal Prosperity System, whose ultimate mission is to enrich the people and strengthen the nation. And in the book, her identity is never even m 2.7kReads7.5Score14214d adds

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    The female protagonist is reborn in the United States, where she works hard to make money, tops the rich list, returns to China to invest, do charity work, and search for her parents.

20. 20 港 Harbor City's Top Socialite Joins Forces with a Tycoon to Start a Business Back Home 港城第一名媛，携手霸总回乡创业 Qingqing by the Long Riverbank清清久河边草Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted [1980s, Hong Kong, entrepreneurship, building wealth, power couple] After waking up, Lin Yuyan finds herself the daughter of a wealthy Hong Kong tycoon's original wife, a woman from the mainland. She is treated coldly for years and eventually dies by suicide after falling into depression. Looking up at the luxurious crystal chandelier, Lin Yuyan decides right then that after finally getting to be rich, she might as well make good use of her resources. Who cares if they treat her coldly? As long 1.4kReads7.2Score12514d adds

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    ① The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of the original daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon, starts a business, and becomes wealthy. ② The female protagonist transmigrates and is reborn, meets her Hong Kong tycoon father, and there are scenes of her returning to the mainland. The female protagonist has a system.

21. 21 大 The Heiress Has a Wish-Granting App 大小姐她有成真APP Royal Little Fruit皇家小果果Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [1960s Hong Kong setting + heiress + powerful father + wealthy heiress's daily life + coming of age + a seriously powerful golden finger + heartwarming father-daughter bond + lots of romances] Ordinary, clear-eyed but clueless college student Wei Ying wakes up to find herself back in a baby's body. Abandoned by parents who favor sons? No problem. She has a golden finger and can personally choose her adoptive parents. Her adoptive parents die in an accident when she's eight, leaving her surrounde 14.5kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds
22. 22 在 Making a Hundred Billion in the 1990s 在九零年代狂赚百亿 Yuan Mengdu缘梦都Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Alternate History + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Novel] After pouring her heart and soul into writing scripts in her previous life, she opens her eyes to find she’s been reborn in Chinatown in 1987! A wage slave who worked herself to the bone in her last life, she now has the business opportunities of the future at her fingertips. At last, all this fortune is coming her way! The stock market? The last bull market is here. The countdown to making a killing has begun! She rakes 14Reads5.9Score—14d adds

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    I've added two new books; you could give them a try. The first one is about a woman who returns from America with money to open a huge chain of supermarkets. The second one features a woman whose baby is exceptionally intelligent and special; upon returning, the mother donates $5 billion to find the baby's father to protect and raise with her.

23. 23 八 Military Marriage in the 1980s: The Billionaire Wife Brings Her Child to Force the Commander to Marry Her 八零军婚，百亿夫人带崽逼婚首长 No Medicine for a Cold感冒没药Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + 1980s + Military Marriage + Family Life + Beauty + Transmigration + Raising Kids + Ensemble Cast] Shen Qingzhi transmigrates into a living nightmare from the start. The original owner was sent to the countryside, kidnapped, and drugged. How awful! After Shen Qingzhi escapes, an accident leaves her stranded overseas. Seven years later, she returns with a fortune worth tens of billions and a pair of “heavenly little darlings.” Her daughter is a princess from ancient times sent off 4.7kReads6.3Score40114d adds
24. 24 港 Castoff Heiress of Harbor City? Sorry, I'm a New Tech Tycoon 港城弃女？抱歉，我是科技新财阀 Fang Wai, Who Loves Deep-Fried Prawns爱吃油煎大虾的方外Modern Romance694k WordsCompleted Mo Feiyu was born into a wealthy third-generation family. Her grandparents are regulars on the rich lists, so you’d think Mo Feiyu had won the annual lottery for the best birth imaginable. But what if none of that had anything to do with her? If she could choose, Mo Feiyu would rather never have been born. She was a pawn to her mother and a discarded child to her father. She hated her mother, Lin Qinghe, for taking money to become a rich man’s wife, then secretly giving birth to her anyway, on 5.7kReads8.4Score60514d adds

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    The female lead is a clear-headed woman who isn't blinded by love.

25. 25 穿 Transmigrating to the 1990s: Mom, Your Millionaire Daughter Is Back 穿越九零：妈，您富豪闺女回国了 Tiger's Spirit Dragon虎虎的灵龙Modern Romance493k WordsCompleted Period Drama + Ensemble Daily Life + Half-Silly Power Fantasy + Female Lead with No Romance + Comedy + Family Bonds + Strong Female Lead Just got a rating. It'll go up! Lin Wanqiu transmigrates to the 1990s and gets thrown out by her wealthy family from the start. But they were generous: ten million dollars, take it and don't come back. With ten million dollars in hand, the first thing Lin Wanqiu does is find her young mother, who is only twenty-two, so she won't have to suffer anymore! She da 3.8kReads6.6Score32914d adds
26. 26 穿 Transmigrated: The 1980s Heiress 穿越之八零大小姐 Yet to Bloom未有芳华Modern Romance719k WordsCompleted A university student from the 21st century transmigrates to the 1980s after stepping in to help someone in trouble. She becomes a stunningly beautiful overseas Chinese returnee worth billions, with an extraordinary background and a golden finger. Why bother working hard? She can just lie flat and enjoy life. See how this young lady eats, drinks, and has fun in the impoverished, underdeveloped 1980s, living the good life. When the market opens and tens of thousands of people go into business, tra 1.8kReads7.6Score14914d adds

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    The female protagonist grew up in England and, fulfilling a family's dying wish, returns to China with a fortune. She possesses a system that helps people accumulate merit, contributing to the strength of her motherland. She has a male protagonist, and her family is harmonious and understanding.

27. 27 穿 Transmigrated Into the Nineties: The Villainous Big Shots Are All My Kids 穿书九零：反派大佬们都是我的崽 Mr. Zixu Wuyou子虚乌有君Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After Wang Qi died in a car accident, she transmigrated into a romance novel called The Overbearing CEO Falls for Me. By an unfortunate twist of fate, she became the male lead’s stepmother and the mother of three future villainous powerhouses. But Wang Qi transmigrated to the 1990s, five years before the novel’s story began. The original heroine had yet to be reborn, and the plot had not started. The eldest son, one of the future villains, was only fourteen, while the other two hadn’t even been 191.2kReads9.4Score24.1k14d adds

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    The first book features a female protagonist who starts her own business and invests in China after returning from the US. The second book features a female protagonist who, after receiving a sum of money from Hong Kong, seizes opportunities to develop her career in China, independent of men—a strong female lead novel! [Cool][Cool]

28. 28 完 Oh No, I’m Spoiled by a Princess Syndrome System in the 1970s 完了，我在七零被公主病系统宠爆 Yi Yi壹易Modern Romance386k WordsOngoing The moment Song Huaichu opened her eyes, she saw the dilapidated rafters overhead and crumbling earthen walls. She fell silent. After getting a rundown on the situation from a certain System, she finally understood what was going on. First, she had died. Then she came back to life. Well, that was pretty good. She'd come out ahead. Unless something unexpected happened, there would be no man-eating zombies, mutated plants and animals, or cannibals in this world before she died of old age. Well, th 9Reads6.0Score—14d adds

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    The first book features a Hong Kong heiress who has had several relationships; the third book features a foreign princess who is of Chinese descent and returns to China to invest.

29. 29 回 I Return to the 1970s as a Hong Kong Tycoon and Lead My Whole Family to Wealth 回七零当香江大少，带全家暴富 Wo Wo Milk Candy窝窝奶糖Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted [No romance] Ye Lin arrived in Xianggang in 1978. Fortunately, he had transmigrated into the body of a Xianggang tycoon’s only son, who shared his name. Unfortunately, Ye Lin couldn’t spend the money. He could only unlock the fortune by fulfilling the tycoon’s dying wish. There’s big news in Xiahe Village lately. The second son of the Ye family, who’d been dead for decades, has been found. And he’s a tycoon from Xianggang! Oh, it’s the second son Ye’s grandson who’s come back. The second son him 3.7kReads7.9Score22314d adds

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    A novel featuring a wealthy tycoon returning to China to develop his career.

30. 30 富 A Rich Heiress Transmigrates to the 1980s, and the Earl Arrives! 富家女穿越八零，伯爵大人驾到！ Cang Cang Sen Ba Gui苍苍森八桂Modern Romance188k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment] [Content warning: The main storyline follows the female lead spending money, with her career coming second] [The female lead is incredibly rich and has a well-established team, so she doesn't need to work herself to the bone. All she has to do is shop to her heart's content] [The first man has no redeeming qualities and is out of the picture. The female lead won't marry, but will have a child to inherit the family fortune. Multiple male love interest 10Reads6.2Score—14d adds
31. 31 七 Hong Kong in the 1970s: The Heiress Has 1.7 Billion at HSBC 七零香江，大小姐在汇丰有17亿 What Am I Thinking?何所思Modern Romance224k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + older woman/younger man romance + weapon shop + devoted to each other + he pursues her + romance begins after the male lead comes of age] Shu Ran, the heiress to a financial empire, was in a car accident on her eighteenth birthday and was on the brink of death when she was fortunate enough to encounter the System. The System could send her to 1970s Hong Kong in a parallel world, and came with a large villa in Deep Water Bay, a luxury car, and a weapon-shopping 12.3kReads6.1Score1.9k14d adds

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    The first book, despite its low rating, was really good.

32. 32 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book: The Laid-Back Darling of the 1970s Is Forced to Strive 穿书七零：咸鱼团宠她被迫上进 Pumpkin Vine南瓜藤儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting x beloved by everyone x military marriage x pocket dimension x lie-flat lifestyle x an extremely powerful golden finger x a male lead who's basically a tool] Jiang Cha wakes from a deep sleep to discover she's transmigrated into a period novel as a cannon-fodder female supporting character, destined to help the male and female leads fall in love. Worse, even the family members who doted on her in the original story all meet tragic ends. Just as Jiang Cha is about to cry in despai 10.5kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds

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    These are all very unique period dramas, not overly exciting or wish-fulfillment stories, but rather realistic, satisfying all your tastes.

33. 33 八 Eighties Heiress: Saving the Darkened Villain 八零神豪小姐姐：拯救黑化大反派 Warm and Fuzzy Cat暖洋洋的猫Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Tycoon + Transmigrate into a Book + Wish Fulfillment + System + Daily Life + Entirely Fictional] Overnight, she transmigrates to Hong Kong in 1982, becoming a low-level working girl who is ruthlessly exploited. Just as Bai Shuning starts to worry that she’ll work herself to death, [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’re about to become the world’s most outrageously wealthy lady!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’ve received five million Hong Kong dollars and a luxury apartment wo 2.1kReads7.3Score17914d adds
34. 34 男 I Raised Both the Male Lead and the Villain 男主和反派都是我养大的 Long Yinyin龙隐隐Modern Romance292k WordsCompleted [Super-rich, beautiful young heiress + Refined, handsome, hopelessly lovesick military officer] [Sweet romance] [Wealth] [Raising a child] That night, Yun Shu had a dream. Two young men with somewhat similar faces fought each other, then pressed the detonator, and lay down forever in a high-rise. Then the faces of her deceased loved ones flashed before her eyes, their pleas for her to save Yun Qi and Fu Chaoyang tearing at her heart. From Xianggang to Haicheng, Yun Shu returns to claim her house 411Reads6.0Score—14d adds

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    Two absolutely amazing novels!!!

35. 35 皇 The Empress Is a Max-Level Palace Intriguer, Crushing Everyone 皇后满级宫斗，嘎嘎乱杀 Hot Hot烫烫Ancient Romance602k WordsCompleted [Palace intrigue + infidelity + fictional setting + a resourceful, money-loving, beauty-loving, life-loving empress ✖️ emperor] In her previous life, Hua Shu was a lowly palace maid. She schemed her way to the top of the political ladder, only to be condemned by everyone and branded a wicked woman who brought ruin to the nation. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in the unfamiliar state of Chu, as an unloved empress who’s also being made a scapegoat. As if she’d put up with that! S 13.8kReads9.4Score1.8k14d adds

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    🌈①🥐🥐In her previous life, she was a palace maid in the Hua Kingdom. After struggling and fighting her way up, she outlived the old emperor, became Empress Dowager, and placed her son on the throne…🍓🍓🍓When she opened her eyes again, she was in the Chu Kingdom, a neglected empress and a scapegoat. How could she tolerate this? She immediately took drastic measures, reforming the harem. Oh wow, the emperor was spending every night in her palace, completely overwhelmed… Well, she accidentally became pregnant with twins…[I highly recommend it][I highly recommend it]

36. 36 零 Zero-Degree Intimacy 零度暧昧 Lan Sheng澜笙Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted [The print edition goes on sale across all platforms on August 1] [Short drama now streaming] Previously titled: Zero-Degree Intimacy [One-on-one romance + both leads’ first love + happy ending + secret marriage + sweet romance ♥ Double-layer milk foam, 70% sugar!] (Rich, sharp-tongued, scheming investor Jian Yuchen VS money-loving, mischievous young designer Wen Ni) In a nutshell: She married her nemesis. In physics, zero degrees is the point where ice and water coexist. Zero-degree intimacy is 79.1kReads9.5Score9.6k14d adds
37. 37 欢 The Joyful Years 欢喜之年 Nian Wuyu念无语Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted One is a humble substitute teacher, the other a senior official overseeing education. Every smile, every glance, is you. Every happy moment is with you. Through the crowds and the endless flow of people, in the end, it’s still you. 244Reads8.8Score3114d adds
38. 38 陆 Mr. Lu, Please Keep It Under Control! 陆先生，麻烦你克制一点！ Xiao Qiqi萧七七Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + a gentle, slice-of-life romance] Lu Shiyan has never been short of admirers, and he never thought he’d go on a blind date. That changed when his aunt sent him two words: Jiang Ruan. She even threatened to disown him as her nephew if he dared refuse the date. Little did she know that the moment he saw Jiang Ruan’s name, the ice in his eyes seemed to melt, and the clouds cleared. Jiang Ruan always thought Lu Shiyan didn’t like her. After all, he was always so gentlem 1kReads8.6Score—14d adds
39. 39 挚 Dearest 挚欢 Eleven Bridges Here此间十一桥Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted Wen Ci spent seven years abroad studying medicine, determined to return home and build her career. She never expected to come back and be forced to get a marriage certificate first. Her husband, Fu Jinghuai, is the Second Young Marshal of the Governor’s Mansion. Handsome, and ruthless. On the day they register their marriage, the man warns her with a vicious glare: “Don’t think that signing those papers makes you my wife. If you dare cause trouble, I’ll be the first to shoot you.” Later, he says 11.4kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
40. 40 首 The Commander's Country Wife Turns Out to Be Hong Kong's Most Stunning Interpreter 首长乡下妻，竟是港圈最靓翻译官 Hua Jiuli花九离Modern Romance463k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + mutual flirting + everyday life + marriage before love] A gentle, sweet translator from Hong Kong’s elite circles VS an obsessive, domineering, aloof military officer from Beijing’s elite circles Wen Si accidentally transmigrated into a military-marriage novel, becoming the short-lived cannon-fodder wife of its male lead. In the book, the original owner was foolish and dim-witted, and was eventually tricked into drowning in the se 547Reads6.5Score10214d adds

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    ✨The female protagonist was born in Hong Kong. To repay her father's debt of gratitude, she married the grandson of his benefactor and persuaded her uncle to invest in mainland China, thus promoting its development.

41. 41 重 Reborn into a Wealthy American Family in the 1980s 重生在八零年代美国豪门 Xiaoxiao the Dream Maker造梦的晓晓Modern Romance398k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead, career-focused (primarily set in China) + no romance at first + romance later] An accident leaves Lin Shuyao, worn down by the hardships of office life, opening her eyes in the nursery of the Howard estate, home to one of New York’s most powerful families. She has become the twenty-seventh child of Raymond Howard, the family patriarch. Her mother is a Chinese mistress who settled the terms while Lin Shuyao was still in the womb: one million dollars in exchange for severing a 3.6kReads7.0Score32614d adds
42. 42 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 17.3kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds

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    This is a great classic time-travel novel set in the 1980s. The female lead is rational, intelligent, eloquent, and a diplomat who contributes to the country.

43. 43 穿 Transmigrating as a Billionaire Overseas Chinese, the System Makes Me Reform the Problematic Ones 穿成亿万华侨，系统让我改造极品 Er Qiqi饵七七Modern Romance227k WordsCompleted No romance!! Shi Wanqiu transmigrated to the impoverished 1980s, where clothes and food were scarce. Good news: She's a returnee from overseas worth billions. Bad news: She has a bunch of awful relatives, and she has to reform them, or they'll all be doomed together. Shi Wanqiu is deeply troubled. Shi Wanqiu regrets everything. 2.1kReads8.0Score10214d adds

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    Conform to!!!

44. 44 甜 Sweet Military Marriage: The Heiress Is the Nation’s Goddess 甜蜜军婚：大小姐她是国民女神 Drunk on the Mountain, Embraced by the Wind枕山醉风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage]+ [Period]+ [Raising Kids]+ [Abstinent Powerhouse X Super-Soft Ballerina]+ [Sweet Romance, No Golden Finger] International ballerina Sheng Shuyan transmigrates into a Period novel about a military big shot, written for a male audience. She becomes the big shot’s first wife, who dies young. The original owner was trapped in the past and died unhappy. In the big shot’s heart, she weighed about as much as a feather. Years later, after returning from Hong Kong, the big shot has be 972Reads8.2Score10014d adds

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    Extremely good! They're all about returning to their homeland and contributing to the country. [Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Please follow][Already added to my wishlist][Added to my bookshelf]

45. 45 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: The Overseas-Educated Beauty Returns Home 穿越七零，海归娇颜归国 Take Down Wu Shixun拿下吴世勋Modern Romance568k WordsOngoing [1970s + military marriage + wealthy heiress returning from overseas + stoic, tough-as-nails soldier who is secretly a lovesick fool + serving the motherland + a redemptive ensemble cast + devoted couple + happy ending] [The male lead, Yan Ci, has a mind that talks him into falling in love; the female lead, Bai Lai, deliberately teases him] Please note: This story takes plenty of liberties. From the start, the male lead witnesses the female lead's pocket realm being exposed against her will (she 329Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 46 5 The 1950s: I Help Build the World 50年代之我为世界添砖加瓦 Mint Fragrance薄荷清香Modern Romance338k WordsCompleted Zhang Nuannuan considers herself a warmhearted person. Wherever she goes, she helps the people there, never asking for anything in return. She just doesn't understand why none of the countries she's visited welcome her back! Is she not gentle enough? Does she have a bad temper? Is she not kind enough? They could just tell her! It's not like she can't change! She, Zhang Nuannuan, was born to shine her light on the world and make it a better place! Please call her Little Fairy, thank you! 331Reads8.8Score3014d adds

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    The female lead is rich and powerful, returning to her homeland to contribute to its development. [Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work] "Hello, Comrade Zhang Nuannuan, I'd like to ask, why did you bring a box of magnesium coins back to China?" The man asked Zhang Nuannuan in a low voice. Seeing him lower his voice, Zhang Nuannuan also lowered hers to answer, "Is it not allowed? I heard China is relatively poor, so I wanted to bring back more money." The man was speechless. Did he have to be so blunt? Couldn't he have been more tactful? How could they possibly accept this?

47. 47 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 107.9kReads9.3Score9.2k14d adds

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    These two are beautiful.

48. 48 八 The 1980s: When an International Student Becomes Chinese 八零：当留子变成华裔 The King Is a Cat大王是只喵Modern Romance784k WordsCompleted [Post-2000s + No CP, Multiple Male Companions + Two-Faced Green Tea + Talks Nonsense + Invincible Jinx + Slight Supernatural Elements + MAX Luck] Most people who transmigrated were poor at worst. Duan Danqing nearly starved to death. To sum it up: a dad in prison, a sick mom, an edgy little brother, a sister with autism, and her, nearly starved to death. It doesn’t get much worse than that from the start. She already hated bland Western food, and now she had to eat it for the rest of her life. O 5.4kReads8.9Score43614d adds

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    The 2025 version of Liu Zi travels back to the 1980s in the US to find himself in a Chinese-American society. He's a second-generation rich kid from a land expropriation deal, and he makes money off foreigners using his grandmother's family's fortune-telling and feng shui skills. He's made connections with a whole bunch of people, including Trump and Michael Jackson. Amazing!

49. 49 八 The 1980s: My Dad Lives Off His Wife, and I Return Home as a Tycoon 八零：我爸靠吃软饭我回国成神豪 Dragon Palace Gate龙宫殿门Modern Romance735k WordsCompleted Tang Zhixia transmigrates to 1983, where she's just about to be fed to the fish. [Aww~ Bind yourself to me and I'll save you, but you have to take me home!] A Chinese dragon egg crashes into the space between her brows. Only after escaping certain death does Tang Zhixia discover that her “golden finger,” which saved her, can only hatch with the help of China's national fortune! And her legendary father, who made his fortune after four wealthy wives died, has just left her billions in assets and 36.2kReads8.3Score5.8k14d adds

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    This one's good; the father is a jinx to his wives, and the female lead is a money-grubber.

50. 50 八 The 1980s: She Flees with Her Child, but the Commander Won't Let Her Go 八零：携崽潜逃，首长他坐不住了 Huhu Doesn't Blur the Picture糊糊不糊图Modern Romance633k WordsCompleted [Rekindled love + adorable child + one-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced + powerful couple] [Heiress from Hong Kong X cold-faced military chief] Five years ago, Song Yanning appeared before Liang Shaoye under someone else’s identity. She thought the lies she had woven were seamless, but the man before her had already seen through her act. He watched coldly and guarded against her at every turn, waiting for the “little spy” to lose her composure and show her true colors. Yet a few 905Reads8.7Score10114d adds

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    The first book! There's an incredibly powerful and wealthy young woman named Ye Wangshu, who competes with her brother, Ye Huaijin, for inheritance. During this process, her parents always favor her brother, leaving Ye Wangshu feeling incredibly wronged, and ultimately, she dies of anger. But miraculously, when she wakes up, she's transported to a parallel world on Earth in the 1980s, becoming an orphan. It turns out her parents' plane was hijacked and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, tragically killing them both. Luckily, they left her a huge fortune and a British earldom. After receiving the inheritance, Ye Wangshu gracefully packs her bags and returns to China. And that China in the 1980s—it was practically an era where you could easily make money!

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