Looking for a Historical-Era Story Where the Female Lead Won't Raise Someone Else's Child or Be a Doormat 求年代文，女主不帮别人养孩子，不圣母

1. 1 七 The 1970s Military Marriage: The Charming Army Wife Raises Kids and Wins Her Husband's Heart 七零军婚：俏军嫂养崽撩夫日常 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + second male lead takes the lead + fictional period setting] [Short drama now streaming] Xiao Qingru doesn't want to raise someone else's child, so she breaks off her engagement to her childhood sweetheart. Just as she's getting ready to focus on her career, she's targeted by a hothead from the capital. Xu Muzhou is the youngest and most promising pilot. The first time he meets her, he falls in love at first sight with his good friend's younger sister. When he hears she's alre 15.8kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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   The female lead doesn't help others raise their children, but her fiancé does, so she leaves.

2. 2 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: An Ordinary Life, A Chance to Start Over 穿越六零：平平无奇重新做人 Sang Yi桑意Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [Period setting + fresh perspective + feel-good story] Song Yongxiu accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s in a parallel world. He goes from an unpopular street punk to a promising young man everyone looks up to. But he’s still the same oddball, with ideas that differ from most people of his time. Luckily, his wife quietly supports him, and together they make it through every hardship. In this vibrant era, they build a wonderful life together. Oddball: Describes someone unconventional, with a s 166Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   Both are great!!!

3. 3 重 Reborn as a Delicate, Wealthy Beauty in the 1970s 重生七零娇气白富美 Bai Budan白不单Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Lu Xicheng, a young lady from the 21st century, transmigrates to the 1970s, bringing her little villa with her. Though she's unlucky, at least this girl looks just like she did before and has loving parents and family. So what if she's sent to the countryside? It's anyone's guess whether she'll reform the rural areas or they'll reform her! Staring at her palm, red and sore after picking just a few ears of corn, Lu Xicheng sniffles. Farm work is too hard. She wants to go home! Huo Jingchuan is th 138.4kReads9.2Score19.8kShelves

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   I also dislike watching stories about female protagonists raising other people's children—they're such a tragic figure! Children and grandchildren have their own lives to live; if I don't have children and grandchildren, I'll enjoy my own happiness. What era are we living in? Just seeing children annoys me.

4. 4 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: The Female Supporting Character Is Ruthless and Sharp-Tongued 穿越六零：女配人狠话多 Flying and Stopping载飞载止Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [A transmigration story set in a period drama: As long as I'm more of a piece of work than the worst people around me, no one can make me suffer!] [At home, she torments her parents; outside, she torments her friends; sent down to the countryside, she torments the neighbors. She treats everyone equally.] Xia Zhizhi is good at making empty promises and manipulating people. She loves acting, and she's equally talented in both the literary and martial arts. Not a traditional period drama. The heroi 4kReads9.2Score349Shelves

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   The three giants of period fiction: Xu Jing'an, Xia Zhizhi, and Lin Yuzhu. Disagree? Let's debate!

5. 5 穿 Transmigrated as Cannon Fodder in a 1970s Novel About the Beloved Lucky Daughter 穿成七零团宠锦鲤文里的炮灰女配 Mo Tongsky墨瞳skyModern Romance548k WordsCompleted Ning Fei transmigrates into the 1970s. She becomes the female lead's cousin in a story about a lucky girl adored by everyone. The sweet-voiced beauty next door, Ruyi, is unbelievably lucky and has an unbeatable protagonist aura. She's the new cousin her third aunt just brought home. Ning Fei: This is terrifying! I need to split the family! Stay away from the female lead and don't become cannon fodder! I'll lead my family to prosperity and make something of myself! Little by little, she realize 1.1kReads8.8Score101Shelves
6. 6 签 Sign-In in the 1970s: The Female Supporting Character and Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Powerful Man 签到七零：女配知青被大佬娇宠了 Watching Fish from the Pavilion亭上观鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Sign-in System + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Past and Present Lives + Supporting Female Character Enjoys the Gossip + Highly Educated Couple + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine + No Character Assassination of the Original Heroine] Yi Qingqing died young. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told she had earned great merit and should have enjoyed a life of wealth and a destined marriage in one of her lifetimes, but illness had robbed her of that. As compensation, s 55.6kReads9.4Score6kShelves
7. 7 七 In the 1970s, I Transmigrated into a Book and Got Bound to a Writer’s Assistant 七零之穿书后我绑定了作家助手 Zhu Min祝珉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Zhu Qi transmigrates into the body of a girl with the same name who works in the machine shop of a factory in the 1970s. As luck would have it, she’s the lovesick supporting female character in a novel. The best thing that ever happens to her is barely passing the exam to get into the factory. According to the plot, her fiancé, the male lead, will fall in love with the heroine while he’s in the countryside. Then Zhu Qi will go crazy and meet a miserable end. After examining the mysterious Writer 2.6kReads8.0Score185Shelves
8. 8 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 88.1kReads9.4Score8.4kShelves
9. 9 美 A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅 Yaoyao Not Bewitching a夭夭不妖aModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b 34kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves

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   🍒🍒The female lead isn't a saintly, sophisticated, or selfish person. To escape her rural life, she schemes to marry the son of a high-ranking official in a government compound and successfully has a child. She has the space to eat alone, and even though she knows her in-laws don't like her, she still eats and drinks as usual—she has a wonderfully positive attitude!

10. 10 穿 Reborn as a Lovesick Villainess, I Set My Sights on the Village Chief's Youngest Son 穿成痴汉女配，我看上村长小儿子 Cen Wang岑王Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Murong Xi transmigrates into a tearjerker period novel as the saintly, beloved white moonlight, what does it feel like? Thanks for asking. I’m currently researching seventy-six different ways to live or die~ According to the plot, she’s supposed to toil selflessly like a saint, giving everything she has. She’ll endure misunderstanding and torment, then burn through the last of her light and warmth. In the end, she’ll become the white moonlight propping up the male lead’s table, and the mosq 8.8kReads9.2Score721Shelves
11. 11 七 The 1970s: Skipping Every Heartbreak, I Cheat My Way to the Top 七零：跳过所有虐点，我一路开挂 Lucky Little Ladle福气小汤勺Modern Romance112k WordsCompleted One second, Tang Liqing was fighting zombies in a brutal battle. The next, someone smacked her hard across the face. She was not the sort to let a grudge go unanswered, so she hit back on the spot. When she came to, she received the original host's memories and learned that the woman before her was her adoptive younger aunt, who planned to marry her off to a bachelor in the village named Da Niu. She also planned to take all of Tang Liqing's property. Enough was enough. She would not only fight b 879Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She transmigrated into a historical novel after the apocalypse and was almost framed and sexually assaulted. She got back the money she stole; and she made those who wronged her pay double. No bitterness, no saintly pity [smile]

12. 12 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Legitimate Daughter Is a Super Mom 穿七零，嫡女当妈超会养 Green Fish, Green Fish青鱼青鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ancient Times to Modern Day + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Island + Grasslands + Mutual Devotion] After taking revenge for her mother, Song Shuqian, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, arrives in 1968 and becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. She thought she could enjoy life without a care, since her family was wealthy and she was an only child. But in 1968, being a capitalist’s daughter meant danger. To escape her predicament, she impulsively marries Wei Jianguo, a 20.1kReads9.2Score2kShelves

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    The female lead had explicitly told the male lead before their marriage that she didn't want to raise her comrade's child; if he insisted, that would be a problem.

13. 13 七 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s: The Contrast Couple of Cannon Fodder 七零穿书：炮灰夫妻对照组 The Stars Want to Blink星星想眨眼Modern Romance802k WordsOngoing [A transmigrator into a book, a refined, self-serving educated youth VS a shrewd, no-nonsense local country man who never lets himself get the short end of the stick. P.S. The leads dote on each other.] (Family life + marriage first, love later + a pocket dimension + no college entrance exam + keeping a low profile + neither lead is a self-sacrificing saint) When Jiang Qingyu wakes up, she finds her soul has switched places with her counterpart in a parallel world in the 1970s. To her surprise, 48.2kReads8.4Score4.2kShelves

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    🍒🍒Who understands? This period drama is really good! 😍The female lead doesn't help raise other people's children; she has her own little one, who is especially cute! The female lead is a sophisticated and self-interested educated youth, while the male lead is a cunning and ruthless native who doesn't suffer losses. Both of them are low-key and cautious, and neither of them are saints.

14. 14 在 Getting Rich and Raising Kids in the 1970s 在七零年代暴富养崽崽 Purely Sweet Hawthorn纯甜山楂Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + transmigrate + space + spirit beasts + raising kids] Xiao Bao’er is a beautiful CEO in the 21st century who inherited billions from her grandfather. By chance, she awakens the space and spirit beasts hidden in a keepsake left by her grandmother, then transmigrates into the body of Xiao Bao’er in the 1970s. The 1970s Xiao Bao’er was spoiled rotten by her family and grew up spoiled and willful. At eighteen, she married Shen Zhensheng, the third son of the Shen family, who had 5kReads8.7Score408Shelves

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    The female protagonist in this novel transmigrates to the 1970s to raise a child. Her mother-in-law wants her to raise her brother-in-law's daughter, but the female protagonist resolutely refuses.

15. 15 王 Wang Xiaoli's Sixties 王小荔的六十年代 Scroll Ah卷轴啊Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted Transmigration + golden finger + pocket dimension + period drama + rural Northeast China (Lu Huaijin is an important character, but not the male lead) When she wakes up one morning, modern-day office drone Wang Xiaoli has become the “chubby girl” of Wangjia Village in the Northeast in the 1960s. Her family is dirt poor, and from the start she's burning with a fever and on the brink of death. Luckily, her little pocket dimension has transmigrated with her! Life in Wangjia Village is lively: a tou 18.9kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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    The female lead refuses to raise other people's children. 🌸 When she was discussing marriage with her first boyfriend, he brought home a comrade's child to raise. 🌿 The female lead refused and broke up with him. Later, a colleague used this incident to hinder her promotion. 🌸🌸

16. 16 我 I Bound Myself to a Shameless System in the ’70s 我在七零年代绑定了缺德系统 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted [No romance] Xu Meng transmigrates into a book as the heroine of a story about a stepmother. From the start, a matchmaker introduces her to the male lead, and Xu Meng flips the table. In her previous life, her family favored boys over girls, and she dealt with it by going berserk. In this life, she wants to live on her own terms, and that still means going berserk. As long as she has no scruples, no one can use morality to manipulate her. The Wicked System is at your service. P.S. The heroine is 7.2kReads9.0Score660Shelves

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    🍒A historical romance novel where the female lead refuses to raise other people's children! She refuses to be a stepmother! She rejects moral blackmail! The female lead is cold-hearted, prone to tantrums and giving up! 🍒Transmigrated into a stepmother novel, the female lead is expected to be someone's slave. No, absolutely not! 🍒The protagonist's cousin wants to take her place as someone else's stepmother—you can have her, you can have her! Whoever wants to be the stepmother can have her! 🍒The male lead in this stepmother novel takes a liking to the protagonist and will beat her until she gives up!

17. 17 南 The South Wind Knows My Heart, and I’ll Never Walk Alone Again 南风知我意，从此不孤行 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Some people say dandelion seeds look like pretty little parachutes, drifting lightly in the breeze, utterly romantic. But Xu Nanfeng thinks they look more like homeless children, wandering everywhere with nowhere to settle. Just like her: no real kin, no true friends, arriving without a ripple and leaving without a sound. There's an old saying: you reap what you sow. But I, Xu Nanfeng, refuse to believe it. I'll grow into the very person you all thought I could never become! Nanfeng knows my hea 1.1kReads9.3Score104Shelves

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    [What][Sending a heart][Almost crying][Thinking]

18. 18 快 The Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Won't Play by the Rules 快穿炮灰她不走寻常路 Traveler in Misty Rain一蓑烟雨客Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing No fixed pairing, Qing-dynasty setting + historical eras + other worlds, with a pocket dimension Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a self-serving perfectionist. Her motto is that she can eat anything but hardship and endure anything but suffering. She tries to live comfortably in every world. After more than twenty years of bad luck, college student Shen Anning finally catches a break, only to die the day before her fortune is due to arrive. Perhaps her resentment is too great: just before sh 65.4kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves

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    Secondly, the female protagonist doesn't go to the countryside or help raise other people's children. "Tongzi, do you know how much farm work is done almost every day in the countryside? Do you know what those natural fertilizers in the countryside are? Do you know there are leeches in the fields in the countryside?"

19. 19 浮 Life Is Like a Dream: I Take the Blame and Transmigrate to the 1950s 浮生若梦，我顶缸穿五零 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don't compare this to reality!) History's number one scapegoat, Xu Duoduo, has grievances she can't voice. When disaster comes from heaven, it can still be avoided. When you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no escaping it. So what if life is hard? If you can stomach eating bitter greens, you can do anything. I'll give it my all! Come watch a post-2000s girl living the '50s version of a wild-vegetable-foraging life. Let's go! 1.7kReads9.2Score125Shelves
20. 20 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the Seventies: The Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Has a Pocket Space 穿书七零：炮灰女配有空间 I'm a Little Goldfish是小金鱼呢Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Period setting + supplies + System + satisfying revenge + supermarket pocket dimension from Chapter 9!] Song Xing was browsing a supermarket when a heavy shelf accidentally fell on her and killed her. She unexpectedly brought along the supplies from a large supermarket pocket dimension and landed in a melodramatic novel set in an alternate version of the 1970s. What? She was the cannon-fodder villainess, the kind who wouldn't make it past three episodes? From the start, she was facing a scene w 3.3kReads9.2Score380Shelves

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    I recommend my own pig 🐒

21. 21 重 Reborn in the Sixties: The Cannon-Fodder Younger Sister-in-Law Refuses to Cooperate! 重生六零：炮灰小姑子拒不配合！ Winter and Summer Never Turn Cold冬夏莫凉Modern Romance469k WordsOngoing [1960s setting + reborn for revenge + storage space + advancing the nation through scientific research + love that blossoms over time] In her previous life, Tian Wenjing was cruelly pressured by her family into marrying a rough military officer she didn't love. From that point on, her life began counting down! Only after she died did Tian Wenjing finally realize that everything she'd suffered had been a tragedy carefully orchestrated by someone! And the people responsible... This time, she struc 1.6kReads—Score104Shelves

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    You could give it a try, haha.

22. 22 行 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 2kReads9.2Score119Shelves
23. 23 年 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Vixen Enjoys Life Every Day 年代文快穿：狐狸精天天在享福 Chen Lingyun陈凌云Modern Romance578k WordsCompleted [1v1 sweet romance] On the second day after Li Jiaojiao became a spirit, a thunderbolt from the Heavenly Dao knocked her soul out of her body. That's when something called the “System” came looking for her. “Pretty fox spirit, would you like to visit other worlds?” Li Jiaojiao looked at her own “corpse.” Sure, why not? It wasn't like this place was any good to live in. As a ghost, she couldn't find a man, and Li Jiaojiao had been alive far too long. She had risked cultivating into a human for no 3.4kReads5.9Score206Shelves

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    Both of these are very good [Admiration]. They contain various types of period dramas set in small worlds, all featuring sophisticated, self-centered, and selfish female protagonists who wouldn't help raise other people's children and aren't saintly. The male protagonists are love-obsessed [shy].

24. 24 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Capitalist Heiress Is Determined to Divorce 重生七零：资本家小姐一心想离婚 Chu Ran初冉Modern Romance3.1M WordsOngoing Shu Yue was reborn on the day her baby was switched. In her previous life, she lived with her daughter and her maternal grandfather's family. Only when she was dying did she learn that the girl wasn't her biological child. Her sister-in-law on her husband's side had switched the babies. She had actually given birth to a son. Her sister-in-law had taken him because she had never been able to bear a boy of her own. As Shu Yue grieved, her ungrateful daughter told her that all their relatives had b 36.5kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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    Shu Yue is reborn on the day her son was switched at birth. In her previous life, she was deceived and raised the daughter who had been switched, only to suffer the loss of her family and death. In this life, she vows to protect her son and reverse the tragedy!

25. 25 军 Military Marriage: After Refusing to Raise a Heartless Brat, I Married the Commander, and It Was the Best Decision Ever 军婚，拒养白眼狼后，嫁首长真香 Mi Mi Duo Hehe米米多嘿嘿Modern Romance491k WordsCompleted The full story is complete, so read with confidence! A sweet, satisfying military romance set in the past, devoted love, two devoted leads, joining the army, and putting the villains in their place In her past life, Zhan Xinyue was set up by her adoptive mother and married off to a rugged country man with two children. Meanwhile, her adoptive mother's daughter, Zhan Hongyan, stole her childhood engagement and married a handsome, promising young officer. After their marriage, the rugged man rod 5.7kReads9.1Score739Shelves

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    She's neither a stepmother nor a saint. The female lead is skilled in martial arts, extremely so. The male lead is also very devoted. It's a great read; the current rating is low because it's a new book being serialized. There aren't many reviews yet.

26. 26 七 The Real Heiress of the 1970s Goes Off the Rails, and Her Whole Family Kneels to Beg Forgiveness 七零真千金，发癫后全家跪求原谅 Immortal Herb Ice Jelly仙草冰粉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage in the 1970s + unhinged leads + two golden fingers + heroine speaks to animals and has a spiritual spring space + scheming hero with a sharp tongue now and then] Medical expert Su Qinghe transmigrated to the 1970s. Before transmigrating, she lived cautiously, bottling everything up until she developed all sorts of problems, fell into depression, and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. After transmigrating, she could not only understand animals, but also had a spiritual spr 16.1kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves

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    "It has to be this one. Pushing the villain into a cesspool, how can that not be the pinnacle? Hahaha." "Captain, to be honest, I suspect Zhao Xiaohong isn't a real person." Li Jianshe frowned. "Stop spreading feudal superstition. This is a new society." "Captain, let me finish. Zhao Xiaohong conspired with some hooligans to harm me; their methods were extremely dirty. I strongly suspect she's a maggot spirit. Let's test her by pushing her into the cesspool when she's not looking. If something goes wrong, she'll turn into a maggot; if nothing goes wrong, she's just a maggot."

27. 27 退 After Breaking Off the Engagement, the Foolish Princess Marries the Ninth Lord with Her Four Maids 退婚后，傻妃携四大丫鬟嫁九千岁 Clingy Little Tomato粘人小番茄Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [Palace Intrigue + Household Intrigue + Historical Romance + Princess Consort + Legitimate Daughter + Medical Skills + Two Powerful Leads + Cunning + Playing the Fool + Reborn + Fiercely Protective + Political Scheming] 99% of the comments are positive! Read with confidence! Su Qian, once the leader of a special forces unit in the apocalypse, died unexpectedly while carrying out a mission. With her portable medical space, she transmigrated to ancient times and into the residence of a great gener 22.8kReads8.1Score3.8kShelves

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    The male and female leads team up: a pure battle of wits where misunderstandings are avoided, only tacit understandings of mutual exploitation prevail. The female lead's cheat ability is captivating: her medical space grants her modern-day superpowers, allowing her to heal and save lives while simultaneously committing murder and robbery. [Original novel reader]

28. 28 八 The 1980s: The First Wife Sends Her Ungrateful Adopted Son Away 八零：原配把白眼狼养子送走了 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + transmigration into a book + a wife raising children] By the time Song Yanzhi realizes she is the adoptive mother of the male lead in a period novel, she has already been reborn. According to the plot, she is about to work herself to the bone for the male lead and his sister for the rest of her life. In the end, her husband will abandon her, and she’ll die of sheer rage. The male lead’s birth mother will swoop in and marry her husband. Her own son, meanwhile, will become the villain i 3.1kReads7.9Score212Shelves
29. 29 开 From the Start, I Inherited a Fortune and Lived It Up in the 1960s 开局继承遗产，我在六零躺赢 Nannan Who Loves Shredded Potatoes爱吃土豆丝的南南Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Jian Shu gained access to a pocket dimension. Having read countless novels, she immediately began stockpiling supplies in preparation for transmigrating or the apocalypse. A few years passed, and Jian Shu had all but forgotten about the idea. Then, when she woke up one day, she found herself in a different era. She had transmigrated to 1968. She was an orphan, but she had a large inheritance and no awful relatives to deal with. See how Jian Shu uses her pocket dimension to get rich in this e 15.1kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves

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    This is a historical romance novel. The female lead doesn't raise other people's children. 🔥🔥 The female lead transmigrates into the body of an orphan. One day, a colleague asks her to attend a matchmaking event, where a battalion commander takes a liking to her and wants to marry her. She clearly refuses. Her destined partner is also perfect. [Think about it carefully][Think about it carefully][Think about it carefully]

30. 30 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book and Become the Beloved Little Villainess of the Seventies by Raising Hell 穿书七零恶毒女配靠作妖成团宠 Watermelon Who Loves Meat爱吃肉肉的西瓜Modern Romance611k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + System + love grows over time + military marriage + woman transmigrated into a book vs. reborn woman] (New book, so its rating is low for now. It’ll go up, so don’t worry, darlings, jump right in!) When Shen Nanchu opens her eyes, she has become the male lead’s wicked widowed sister-in-law from a book. In the story, the original owner is greedy for power and status and uses every trick in the book to marry the eldest son of the Pei family, the male le 9.8kReads8.4Score1kShelves

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    It's so good! The female leads are all so selfish. [Kissing emoji]

31. 31 七 The 1970s: Everyone Can Be the Protagonist, Except Me 七零：人人都能当主角偏我不行 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted Everyone Is Evil, But There Are Good People Too [Romance included! If you have conventional values, don't read!!!] To get a chance to perform, Xu Lingwan locks her stepsister He Qingning in the restroom. Just as she's about to leave, something called a System binds itself to her. The System tells her that she's the vicious supporting female character, while He Qingning is the heroine. Since she bullied the heroine, her reputation will be ruined, and she'll eventually disappear without a trace. 22.1kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
32. 32 恶 The Villainess Gets Everyone's Favor with Just a Few Tricks 恶女她略施手段得到所有偏爱 Sea Salt Potato Chips海盐味薯片Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Immersive quick transmigration + historical eras + self-interest + a touch of everyone’s favorite + love-struck male leads + no fixed CP] Good women earn a good reputation. Bad women get everything. So what if Nan Xi is vicious, spoiled, and selfish? Plenty of people still love her. All she has to do is open her hands, and someone will give her whatever she wants. 1. The older sister who refuses to go to the countryside 2. The educated youth returning to the city 3. The heiress and the migrant 15.7kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
33. 33 年 Period: This Bad Girl Never Regrets a Thing, and the Roughneck Spoils Her Rotten 年代：恶女绝不悔改，糙汉猛猛宠 Waterless Bread无水面包Modern Romance137k WordsOngoing [Period setting + heroine isn’t a strong female lead + self-interested heroine + exclusive devotion + hero reborn + hero is hopelessly in love + heroine awakens + hero has a System, but it isn’t very prominent + everyone is a native of this world] “Holy crap!” Lin Suixi saw the scenes in her mind and was so startled that she scrambled out of bed. “I’m the villainess, my mother is the evil stepmother, and my eldest brother is the cannon-fodder who vomits blood and dies after learning that his mot 4Reads—Score101Shelves
34. 34 年 Period Quick Transmigration: The Black Lotus Knows the Plot 年代快穿黑莲花她知道剧情了 Classmate Xiao Jin小矜同学Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted [Era-spanning quick transmigration + Villainess + Self-interest + Plot Awakening + Female Lead Slightly Bewitches Everyone + Male Lead Hopeless Romantic + No Fixed Couple] Arrogance, materialism, looking down on others, selfishness, and cruelty: these are labels bad women can never shake. Li Qian is one of them. She does whatever she likes, however she likes. Just as she thinks her life will go on that way, she awakens to the plot. It turns out she is the vicious supporting female character in o 6.5kReads8.1Score554Shelves
35. 35 贤 I Worked Myself to Death as a Perfect Wife and Mother, Then Reborn, I Won Big by Slacking Off 贤妻良母操劳死，重生摆烂赢麻了 Wings of the Stars and Moon星月之羽Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [Complete] [1980s Military Marriage + Cathartic Revenge + Portable Space + Adorable Kids + Vengeance + Family Life] In her previous life, Jiang Wan married Cheng Jinnian to repay a debt of gratitude. She donated part of her liver to save her gravely ill father-in-law, cared for her parents-in-law, and raised their eight unruly nieces and nephews into successful adults. The whole family lived a prosperous, happy life. She worked herself to exhaustion, lost two pregnancies, and was left infertile 9.3kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    🌈In her past life, to repay a debt of gratitude, she donated part of her liver to her father-in-law and raised eight nephews and nieces to adulthood. She herself was so exhausted that she lost two children and eventually fell ill and had her oxygen tube removed. In this new life, she's simply giving up and focusing on her pregnancy.

36. 36 夫 My Husband and I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn 夫妻同穿六零，我婆婆是重生的 Yi Jia Er Shi Yi易加二十一Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast, everyday family life, both spouses transmigrate, mother-in-law reborn, golden finger, cozy romance] The married couple Shen Sui and Wen Nanzhou died. The good news: They had connections in the underworld, and could get special treatment. The bad news: The special treatment sent them to 1969. They became the newlywed younger son and daughter-in-law of the Wen family. They had older brothers and sisters-in-law above them, and a whole crowd of nieces and nephews below, all crammed i 25.2kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
37. 37 六 The Beloved Darling of a Remarkable Family in the 1960s 六零年代极品一家人的团宠 Sunny Peach桃子晴朗Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Beloved by all in a period setting + shrewd self-interest + a whole family of eccentrics + ensemble cast + personal dimension] Jiang Yuan thought she was the heroine, since she got bound to a lousy System from the start. Well, the System was completely useless. All it did was make her sing “Little Messy” in front of her whole family in the middle of the night. It also turned her into a romance novelist, writing ridiculous, melodramatic stories that got her blacklisted throughout Hong Kong, forc 6.7kReads9.0Score438Shelves

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    Princess, please read these books! 🤗🤗🤗 🌟First book: Of course, she doesn't raise other people's children! She has three babies in one pregnancy 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 + 👶, and she can't even raise her own. The male and female leads are very selfish. 🌟Second book: A slow-paced transmigration story set in a historical novel. The pacing is slower, so you can read it as an independent short story. 🌟Third book: A family ensemble piece where everyone is a protagonist 💫, but told from the female lead's perspective. The female lead seems naive and sweet on the surface 😈. It's a story of a beloved family member, and the author is a fan of female leads 😍 🌟Fourth book: A good read if you're looking for something to read.

38. 38 六 I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1960s, and the System Scores Me a Job 六零不下乡，系统暴击出工作 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + System + Villain + Shameless + Few Annoying Characters + No Sent-Down Youth Plot + Satisfying Read + Never Overthinks] (How do you keep awful people out of your life? By becoming the worst one yourself, of course.) Transmigrating into a book isn’t scary. What’s scary is ending up as the vicious cannon-fodder character destined for a tragic fate. Look at He Ruixue’s family: her eldest brother is reckless, and her sister-in-law is fierce. Her second sister and brother-in-law are 21.2kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves

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    A collection of novels set in a sophisticated and self-centered era. ✨ First book: [Era + Pampered Family + Sophisticated Self-Centeredness + Sweet Romance + Daily Life + Eccentric Family + Extreme Characters + Parallel Universe + No Rural Demise] (Family portrait, everyone is a protagonist, but from the female lead's perspective. The female lead appears naive and innocent.) ✨ Second book: [Era + System + Villain + Unethical + Few Extreme Characters + No Rural Demise + Satisfying Read + No Internal Strife] (How to avoid extreme characters around you? Become the biggest extreme character yourself!) Transmigrating into a book isn't scary; what's scary is transmigrating into a tragic and vicious cannon fodder character. Let's take a look at He Ruixue's family: the eldest brother is reckless, the eldest sister-in-law is shrewish, the second sister and brother-in-law are both love-struck, and the third brother and sister-in-law are lazy and indecisive. The original owner, as the favored youngest daughter of her parents, embodies all the family's flaws: lazy, domineering, arrogant, and vain… Aside from a pretty face, she's basically useless. Yet, the family affection the female lead craves most is readily available to her. As a contrast, her existence is a thorn in the female lead's side. In the original book, she and her family met tragic ends, becoming the female lead's stepping stones. He Ruixue fell silent. "Is it too late for me to clear my name?" Fortunately, her golden finger arrived late but surely—activating the Great Villain System. Any action consistent with her character's traits triggers a critical hit. [Stealing one egg, 20x critical hit, gain 20 eggs] [Deceiving a sales clerk at a county-level grocery store, 15x critical hit, gain a job in the purchasing department of the Second Department Store in the city] This actually works? No clearing my name, absolutely no clearing my name! ✨ [Third Book] Yang Yuan never expected that one day she would transmigrate and become the pseudo-best friend of the female lead in a period novel. Not only did she burn the female lead's love letters, but she also met a bad end. Well, fortunately, she doesn't have many scenes. With a little scheming, she can salvage her life. What? Going to the countryside? Impossible, absolutely impossible. I'm just lazy, greedy, and cunning, averse to work. So what if I take advantage of others? So what if I'm cunning? Isn't that what it means to be cunning? The female lead is sophisticated and self-serving, imperfect, and doesn't go to the countryside or the black market. The male lead appears late in the story.

39. 39 年 The Pampered Wife Awakens and Goes Berserk in a Period Novel 年代文包子原配觉醒后发疯了 Clouds Skimming Shadows云掠影Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn + face-slapping + going berserk + getting rich Only after Meng Jiao awakened did she realize she was the meek, ill-fated first wife in a period novel. In the book, her mother-in-law abused her, her sister-in-law bullied her, and her brother-in-law slandered her. Yet she kept working without complaint, giving everything to the family. She exhausted herself holding up the Song family, but never earned their respect. In the end, after her brother-in-law accused her of having an affair with a 2.1kReads8.4Score173Shelves

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    Historical fiction, no helping with child-rearing, no saintly acts: ♥① The female lead is the original female lead's network, wallet, gold mine, and cheat code, and her whole family was just stepping stones and cannon fodder destined for a terrible death. After transmigrating, the female lead decides to deal with those with ill intentions first, and later, everyone says the family she marries is incredibly lucky! ♥② The female lead is manipulated by the plot to serve the original male lead's whole family like slaves, and even gets a teaching job. Once she awakens, she first cripples those who tarnished her reputation, then goes after the original female lead and the original male lead's family. As for the original male lead, she can't beat him now, but she'll recover her strength and slowly continue her schemes. ♥③ The female lead is given hormone drugs by her stepmother, turning her from a beautiful woman into a 200-pound obese woman. Her husband still has a white moonlight in his heart, and she'll die at 29! The female lead immediately divorces him, deciding to unleash all the pent-up anger from her three years of marriage.

40. 40 年 A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义 Today Is Jingzhe今日惊蛰Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a 11.8kReads8.1Score708Shelves
41. 41 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves

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    These are the books I selected from hundreds of historical fiction novels I've read. I think each one is top-notch, and each story is unique. They all have positive values, focus on their careers, don't have systems, feature female leads with high emotional and intellectual intelligence, good writing, and sound logic. The last two are time-travel stories; I'll recommend them since I saw them while making recommendations—they're definitely worth reading!

42. 42 开 Divorced from the Start: The Original Wife in a Period Novel Flees While Pregnant 开局离婚，年代文原配揣崽跑路 Facing South Mountain朝南山Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted Meng Wan had been married to her husband for three years, and their relationship was cold. She knew her husband had someone else in his heart, the woman he had always treasured. She also knew how much he detested her. They had been married for three years without ever sharing a bed. Then, out of nowhere, she started seeing barrages of comments floating before her eyes. She learned that she was going to die soon, at the age of twenty-nine. Her husband, who was always out earning money and rarely 914Reads8.7Score101Shelves
43. 43 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
44. 44 我 My Daily Gossip in a Siheyuan [The 1970s] 我在四合院的吃瓜日常【七零】 Lu Zining鹿子宁Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted [Period setting + courtyard compound + gossip-watching + light ensemble cast] When Shen Miaomiao wakes up, she finds herself as a cannon-fodder character in a period novel. According to the plot, she will be forced to go to the countryside, where the village chief's son sets his sights on her and forcibly marries her, eventually beating her to death. Knowing the plot, Shen Miaomiao is determined: “I’m not going to the countryside. Absolutely not. No matter what, I’m not going!” Then she starts l 7.4kReads8.2Score357Shelves
45. 45 反 The Villain's Defiant Backbone Weighs Three Hundred Jin 反派逆骨三百斤 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Witty, lighthearted, no romance, mainly jianghu adventures, with some court intrigue and farming] Just as she and her enemy died together, a soul-being made a deal with her: he would preserve her memories for one lifetime, so he could see the mortal world through her eyes. Luo Yang agreed without a second thought. If the deal didn't work out, she could return the goods. Preserving her memories was a big deal. And so, she became a tiny baby named Luo Acha. With elders above her and no children o 5.9kReads9.3Score786Shelves
46. 46 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: Living Off Women in a Period Novel 女穿男：我在年代文里吃软饭 Shouwu Without Mangmang首乌不芒芒Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, with some fantasy elements] When Zhou Shan transmigrates to the 1960s, she opens her eyes to dizziness and weakness in all four limbs, experiencing firsthand what it means to be starving to death. She doesn’t feel the slightest thing about having become a man. Just as she’s so hungry she can barely keep her eyes open, she hears a father and daughter nearby, picking over their choices: “Is there anyone you like?” “Too ugly. Black and skinny, like a charre 6.7kReads9.4Score565Shelves
47. 47 七 The Lucky and Fiery Wife of the 1970s 七零福妻火辣辣 Ninth Month, Fourth Day九月初四Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Mu Hongyu transmigrated to the 1970s, where the original owner was preparing to abandon her husband and child to marry someone else. Mu Hongyu was furious. The kids the original owner didn't want? She'd take them all! The country life the original owner looked down on? She'd make it wonderful! As for the original owner's husband, she... really wasn't interested. But she'd heard the man was gravely ill and barely breathing. Once he kicked the bucket, she'd get the life she'd always wanted: single 124Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    The second book is also good, and the third book seems pretty good.

48. 48 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 101.8kReads9.6Score10.1kShelves
49. 49 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45kReads9.5Score5kShelves
50. 50 恶 The Villainess Stole the Heroine, and the Hero Cried 恶毒女配抢走女主后，男主哭了 Mo Tongsky墨瞳skyModern Romance615k WordsCompleted [Delicate, soft-hearted girl X sharp-witted, awakened second male lead] Su Lingyu is transported into a story about a real and fake heiress, where she becomes the vicious villainess who shares her name. To save herself from being written off as cannon fodder, she decides to ditch the villainess persona and cling to the female lead's powerful support! And so The female lead is falsely accused and can't defend herself? My fault. I'm sorry! The female lead is locked in a dark restroom? Move aside, 522Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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