Period Novels With Few Awful Characters, No Angst, and Lots of Sweetness 年代文，极品少，不虐，甜
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The Soft and Sweet Little Wife of the 1970s Sure Knows How to Push Your Buttons 七零娇娇软软小媳妇可会气人
(One-on-one romance + period setting + heroine pursues hero + devoted love + money-minded + a wife who's impossible to manage + completely tamed) In the original owner's eyes, Qi Lin was a brawler with a vicious streak who never held down an honest job. She would rather die than marry him. In the Ninth Princess's eyes, Qi Lin is handsome and dashing, and he shares her hobbies of teasing cats and dogs. He's simply perfect for her. Before marrying, Qi Lin drank whenever he wanted and gambled whene
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After Marrying the Sickly Man Next Door, I, Who Was Infertile, Got Pregnant 嫁给隔壁病秧子后，不孕不育的我怀上了
Zhou Junyi dreams that she's gone back several decades, leaving her adoptive parents to return to her birth parents. Her grandmother torments her, she loses the ability to have children, her fiancé breaks off their engagement, and she dies of exhaustion at a young age. She frantically stocks up on supplies in her pocket dimension. Then she really arrives in the world from her dream, ready to spend her life alone, only for the handsome neighbor who got into university to come next door and propos
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The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法
The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W
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The Farmer's Daughter Is a General with a Pocket Dimension 农门女将有空间
Her soul crossed into another world, where she became a child disguised as a boy. Later, she was forced onto the battlefield. Watch as she makes her mark in the military camp, only to gradually attract the attention of a carefree young noble. Though he had already fallen for her, he refused to admit it, stubbornly insisting that he would never like such a violent girl. Not long afterward, the young noble told her earnestly, “I want to spend my life with you.” She gave a quiet laugh, kept a strai
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A Warm Marriage in '87: The Plus-Size Wife Strikes Back 八七暖婚之肥妻逆袭
She opens her eyes and finds she’s reborn in 1987?! Fine, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. But… she weighs 178 jin?! No problem, she’ll lose weight! Lazy and slovenly, coarse and useless at everything, with an appetite that leaves nothing behind, and so overbearing she manages to cause trouble?! Uh… no problem there, either. She’ll become hardworking and capable, elegant and polished, sharp in both intellect and emotional intelligence, and fantastic at making money! Everyone hates her?! Her mo
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Reborn in the 1970s: The Chubby Wife Strikes Back 重生七零：肥妻要翻身
[The short drama of the same name is now a hit] What do you do when you transmigrate into the body of a dark-skinned, ugly, fat, and shrewish village woman? What do you do when you transmigrate right into the middle of someone being “forced into something”? What do you do when one lucky encounter leaves you about to become a mother? …Thinking about the original owner's memories, the twins she'll have one day are both adorable and pitiful, and their father is unbelievably handsome… Well
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Reborn in the 1990s: The Sweet Young Wife 重生九零小娇媳
In her previous life, You Xin worked herself to the bone for half her life, only to meet a tragic end at the hands of a scumbag. When she opens her eyes again, she is reborn as a young girl. While taking down scumbags and putting wicked people in their place, she also becomes a top student and a miracle doctor. On her journey to wealth and success, she joins hands with the guardian who is devoted to her, and makes a name for herself in the 1990s.
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Reborn in the 1980s: The Family’s Foolish Girl Turns Her Life Around 重生八零全家公认的蠢丫头翻身了
Period Setting + Romance + Reborn + Family Life + Business + Inspirational + Healing In her previous life, Wang Yanzhi acted impulsively and got on the wrong side of two notorious bullies in the village. She never expected that this would indirectly lead to her grandfather’s death. She thought she could only die carrying her guilt, never imagining she would return to the age of ten. But she felt none of the joy she had expected. Her hatred for the two bullies remained, while her guilt toward her
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I Simply Did Good Deeds, and the Village Belle Became Rich Overnight 简简单单做好事后小村花一夜暴富
[1970s + traveling back and forth to the modern era + marriage before love + both leads are virgins + feel-good power fantasy] As a village girl born and raised in the 1970s, Lü Caiwei took shelter from the rain in a mountain temple and transmigrated to a prosperous era. From then on, she began traveling back and forth every day between 1976 and 2023. The villagers said she had narrow hips and couldn’t bear sons, so no one would marry her. She promptly married a handsome young man who was blind,
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The Girl Abandoned at the Bus Stop 公交站遗弃的女孩
(A story about people native to the period, with no golden finger, no transmigration, and no rebirth) This is a story adapted from real events. The story takes place in the mid-1970s, in Xiangyang Village, a poor, remote mountain village in the northwest. A girl is abandoned beside the bus stop on the road to the county seat. Guo Laoda, an honest, simple man from an extremely poor, childless family, takes her home and raises her. A fortune-teller says the girl's birth chart clashes with that of
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Back to Rural Northwest China in 1983 to Make a Living 回到1983大西北农村讨生活
[Reborn + no pocket dimension + no System + no golden finger + a romantic pairing. The main goal is to change the fate of a childless, unsupported man, giving him a wife, children, and descendants to carry on his family line] As a child, Jiang Shuanniu often bullied Bao Zili, a man with no family to support him. When the old man later heard that Bao had taken revenge on society, Jiang, who was working away from home, was consumed with guilt. He blamed himself for not showing the old man more war
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My Wife Has a Mental Illness 我的精神病老婆
Zhang Dahai, a divorced man raising two boys, had hit a rough patch in life by 2020. A matchmaker introduced him to Xu Xiaojuan, who had a mental illness. Tempted by the apartment and car offered as dowry by his father-in-law, he married her. Married life turned out to be quite the adventure. “Dad, I can’t do this anymore. I want to call off the marriage.” “Good son-in-law, that’s not possible. How about I give you a storefront instead?” “Dad, I’m giving your daughter back. I want to call off th
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The Grandma Who Blew Up Country M Is Reborn in the 1990s and Makes a Fortune 炸掉m国的老太重生90发家致富
[Rebirth + comeback + romance + Gourmet + lighthearted comedy + putting scumbags in their place + weight loss] The heroine has no System or golden finger, and she isn’t a white lotus. She’s the sort who gets even when someone wrongs her. The story is light and humorous, with plenty of Gourmet along the way. “Who would’ve thought the person who caused a worldwide sensation and blew up country M would turn out to be an old lady?!” He Jingyuan is reborn in the body of a girl weighing over 200 pound
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Raising Kids in the Seventies: The Army Wife Only Wants to Serve Her Motherland 七零养崽，军嫂她一心只想报效祖
Also known as "The Military Wife Is Fierce! The Soldier Is Dashing! The Villains Are Panicking!" "Hot and Unstoppable: This Rebellious Military Wife Keeps Her Husband in Line" [Comedy + Face-Slapping Comeuppance + Bickering Couple + Raising Kids + Joining the Army + Military Wife + Elite Soldier + Alpha Female] The unluckiest thing that ever happened to Song Zhi: she fought and clawed her way through the apocalypse, cutting down enemies at every turn, and was just about to become a commander whe
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Reborn: The Divorced Farmer’s Wife Brings Prosperity to Her Family 重生后，和离农妇她旺家旺子
Reborn + farming + doting romance. A pure farming story, with no pocket dimension and no golden finger. A reborn farm woman refuses to give in to fate. She isn't afraid of hardship or exhaustion, and slowly makes the most of this life! The daughter who died unjustly in her previous life will not only live well in this one, she'll go to school, too! The academy head wants to acknowledge her as family? She agrees! The emperor summons her? She goes! Her older brother dotes on her, her younger broth
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The Sixties: A Top Student Woos a Man and Raises Her Kids 六零：学霸撩汉养崽崽
[Period novel] + [sweet romance] + [a realistic portrayal of everyday life] + [based on the author’s personal experience] She was only six and a half. She’d merely turned around and happened to see his… well, she’d seen it, so what? But then its little owner started hounding her! From then on, he intercepted her on the way to school, protected her on the way home, and lectured her whenever she so much as resisted. Even more surprising, the little owner turned out to be the son of a famous profes
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Family Matters 家事
A distant relative can't compare to a close neighbor, and a close neighbor can't compare to the family across the street. It's common sense, but by no means a universal rule. When you end up with a “very unusual neighbor,” everything becomes a baffling mystery.
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An Old Stock Trader's Careless Purchases 老股民胡乱买同志
I first encountered stocks in 1993. Thirty-two years have passed since then, yet I still strive and fight on in the stock market, a “battlefield” full of opportunity and challenge. In this book, I'll look back on my long journey of stock trading from 1993 to 2025, recounting the moments of suspense and excitement, as well as those of reflection and sudden insight. I'll lay out the judgments and decisions made amid the market's ups and downs, along with the lessons learned and growth gained throu
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Her in 2005 2005年的她
Life is a train journey. Some people get off at one stop, while others board at a new platform. Those who couldn't stay with us until the end aren't regrets, but gifts time has given us. They let us carry those warm fragments onward. Knowing that we were once illuminated so sincerely is enough. To keep the good memories in their own little corner of the past, without disturbing, questioning, or forcing a reunion, is the gentlest tribute to what has passed and the clearest way to cherish the pres
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Three Years of Dating, and We Haven't Even Held Hands 恋爱三年没拉手
In old movies, the wooden-headed male lead always wins the girl’s heart by being “honest.” Our generation believed it. We mistook silence for deep affection, backing off for respect, and treated “knowing our place” like holy writ. Only after the person we liked had gone did we understand: awkwardness is romantic in movies, but in real life it means missing your chance, and all you’re left with is regret. An old friend passed through my heart, and when I looked back, autumn had already fallen acr
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Those Red Boots at Eighteen 18岁的那双红靴子
A middle-aged man always keeps a few amber pieces of time tucked away in his heart. In the autumn when he was eighteen, he met a girl wearing red ankle boots. Their crisp taps sounded like a heartbeat echoing through time. They once walked side by side through the streets and shared their youthful secrets, until their story came to an end. The years blurred many details, but they could never dim the bright red of those boots. They became the most vivid footnote of his youth, holding a tenderness
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My Online Romance 我的网络情缘
I know that one day, old age will blur my memories. The smiling faces that once made my heart race, the warm embraces in the dead of night, will all fade with the years. I will forget the passion of my youth, forget the people who stood by me through storms, and in the end leave this world as silently as a mote of dust. I'm afraid of being forgotten, and even more afraid of forgetting. So I write these words to prove that I lived wholeheartedly, and to thank all the women who came into my life.
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The Apocalypse's Mad Livestreamer: Supplies, Supplies! 末世疯狂直播人，物资啊物资
The unscrupulous Wugu people dump nuclear waste into the sea to oppose nuclear pollution? The coronavirus, ravaging humanity, keeps changing its tricks? With supplies scarce in the apocalypse, people can only lie flat at home and give up? Wu Shi'an, a small-time thug in the apocalypse, gets rich overnight and instead vows to wipe out the zombies? Why does his System hate him so much? In an apocalypse with a high-tech, highly intelligent AI System, why are humans still struggling in agony just to
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Reborn in the 1960s: With the System in Hand, I Serve My Country 重生六零：手握系统的我报效祖国
[1v1 sweet romance and satisfying revenge + both leads reborn + serving the country + System Shop + lucky charm] Ye Zhuo's foolish husband smashed her head in. She unexpectedly became bound to a patriotic System and somehow returned to the year 1960! That year, she had not yet taken her older sister's place as an educated youth, nor had anyone stolen the hard-earned university admission she had won. She was still thousands of miles away from being kidnapped and sold into the mountains. This time
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My 26-Year-Old Female Tenant 我的26岁女房客
After a wild night at a bar, a beautiful woman pinned him with a paternity claim, and the down-and-out young man suddenly became a father. As if things weren't bad enough, the owner of his rented home changed, and he was about to be kicked out. But his new landlady was beautiful! Should he ask to share the place? She coolly gave him a single word: “Get out!” A romantic entanglement sparked by a housing problem.
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