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  1. 51 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 17.2kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
  2. 52 Sweet Military Marriage: The Pretty Army Wife Makes a Fortune in the 1980s 军婚甜蜜蜜:俏军嫂在八零赚麻了 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is now available Original title: Sweet Military Marriage: The Pretty Military Wife Makes a Fortune in the 1980s Zuo Jingyan had achieved financial independence and was ready to enjoy life as a wealthy, beautiful woman. Then a car accident sent her back to 1980, and things got off to a rocky start! She became a notorious nuisance, causing so much trouble that everyone in the compound avoided her. Her military husband was determined to d 21.1kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves
  3. 53 His Stunning Wife Has Given Birth Again, and the Commander Comes Every Night to Soothe the Baby 绝美娇妻又生了,首长夜夜来哄娃 Modern Romance586k WordsCompleted Completed [One devoted couple + a sweet marriage in the 1970s + military marriage + swapped marriages + cozy everyday romance + family life] After taking a nap, Shen Zhiyou suddenly discovered that the world she lived in was actually a book, and she was the brainless, malicious second female lead whose only purpose was to drive the plot! In the book, she was practically possessed, insisting on marrying Jiang Wenbin no matter what. After the wedding, Jiang Wenbin thought she was filthy and made h 27.4kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
  4. 54 Transmigrating to the 1980s, Becoming a Stepmother, and Getting Rich While Joining the Army: The Vile Ones, Get Lost 穿八零,当后妈,致富随军极品滚 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Super-sweet romance + military marriage + having and raising children + getting rich + spirit spring space + everyday life] Lin Shuyan transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder supporting female character in a period novel! Her military officer husband is the heroine's biggest golden finger: Rich and powerful, handsome and wealthy. Too bad she's not the heroine. * When he hears that Lin Shuyan is beating the children, her military officer husband comes home with divorce papers. Befo 10.4kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
  5. 55 The Plump Wife of the 1970s and the Reserved Educated Youth Tycoon 七零肥妻,禁欲知青是大佬 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Xunwei is a renowned master chef, yet somehow she ends up in the body of a chubby village girl who was tricked by a scumbag in the 1970s. The moment she opens her eyes, she pins down a young educated man who has just been sent to the countryside and has her way with him. The scumbag breaks off their engagement, and the whole village insists she force the young educated man to marry her? No problem. That’s a piece of cake! With a spatula in her left hand and seasonings in her right, she’ll coo 9.9kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
  6. 56 The First Night in the Military Compound, the Strongest Officer Broke His Vow 随军大院第一晚,最强军官破戒了 Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Sweet Years, is now streaming~ The second short drama adaptation, Let Me Dwell in Your Heart, is now streaming~ [Military marriage + food + supermarket space + devoted couple + everyday life + love after marriage] Ye Muqi had just become a seven-star chef when a car accident transported her to the 1980s. From the start, she was married, and her husband was a soldier with a slim waist and long legs. For Ye Muqi, who had been single for 29 years, that was a huge plus! T 11.1kReads9.1Score992Shelves
  7. 57 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 52.1kReads9.4Score6kShelves
  8. 58 A Lovely Military Wife and a Rugged Soldier: One Wrong Step on the Army Journey in the Eighties 军嫂俏!军爷糙!八零随军闪了腰 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet, Charming Wife + Abstinent Officer] (Fictional Military Marriage + Married First, Fell in Love Later + Life in the Military Camp + Spatial System + Adorable Baby) Jiang Ning's arrival in the 1980s gets off to a wild start. The moment she opens her eyes, she's face-to-face with a burly soldier sporting an eight-pack, and nearly gets caught in bed with him. She makes a snap decision and binds herself to the man... “Comrade, what's done is done. Why don't we get married?” “Comrade, let's go 13.6kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
  9. 59 I Set Up a Street Stall in Ancient Times, and the Big Shots Are Obsessed! 我在古代摆地摊,大佬们馋疯了? Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + food + everyday street-stall life + farming + cozy + no romance + alternate world] Gu Yanxi had lived in ancient times for three years when an accident left her with amnesia. A bout of high fever brought all her memories back. From the start, her father was a cripple, her mother was constantly sick, and her younger brother was a compulsive gambler. Luckily, she was a great cook and knew a few martial arts moves. No matter how tough the situation, she could handle it! Sizzling gri 5.1kReads8.0Score503Shelves
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  10. 60 All I Can Do Is Grow Vegetables and Cook, Yet I Became Cultivation World's Top-Tier Star 只会种菜做饭,却成了修真界顶流 Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Comedy and comfort + food + farming + a touch of modern cultivation] She inherited a cultivation legacy, with cooking and gardening as her special talents. She became the head of a sect, but being dirt poor was the norm. From the start, all she had was a dilapidated building, a patch of wasteland, and half a mountain forest. One unambitious sect leader and four idle disciples. Sect leader Jiang Tingyun said, “In modern society, spiritual energy has dried up. Cultivating immortality has 25.4kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves
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  11. 61 Live with Me, and You'll Never Go Hungry 跟我住,管饱 Two Male Leads192k WordsCompleted A super-sweet, slice-of-life food story. [Two men + both have no past relationships + cozy, sweet romance + mutual devotion + fast-paced + no angst + not a story about the rich] Qu Xiang is a private chef who cooks in people's homes. Before meeting his love, all he wanted was a simple life. As it turns out, fate takes pity on him and gives him a wonderfully dependable, caring partner who pulls him along as they build a better life together, one steady step at a time. Cheng Yijian is an ordinary 10.2kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
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  12. 62 Sold from the Start: From Street-Corner Pancake Seller to Regional Tycoon 开局被卖,从卖饼小贩到富甲一方 Ancient Romance618k WordsCompleted [Food + business + imperial exams + farming + infrastructure + character growth + mutual first love] Food blogger Lu Yan died suddenly of heart disease and transmigrated into a novel about a heroine’s rise to success. The heroine in the book was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, but her stepmother schemed to have her kidnapped and sold to a poor, remote village. An older man bought her and raised her as his own daughter. Before long, the heroine came across the fallen crown prince, 21.9kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves
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  13. 63 Gourmet: The Dishes I Cook Come with Buffs 美食:我炒的菜有BUFF Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [No CP] [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] [Healing] [Perfect with a Meal] His broad palm gently patted the snow-white skin. Fine, soft hairs brushed over his fingertips and palm, their ticklish, tingling touch so intoxicating he could hardly tear himself away. He stroked, kneaded, and patted. Ripples spread across the skin, making the tender flesh beneath quiver along with it. His long fingers gathered together, reluctant to let go, and gave it one last pinch. Then he gripped the knife an 376Reads9.1Score—Shelves
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  14. 64 Gourmet: Selling Meals at a KTV? I'm Actually Very Serious 美食:ktv卖饭?我真的很正经 Urban613k WordsCompleted [Food + everyday life + entertainment + comedy!] Jiang Feng transmigrates to a parallel world, where he becomes a cook in a KTV kitchen and awakens the God of Cooking System! While other KTVs are busy coming up with discount packages, his place starts selling meals instead. “Hello, boss. This is our KTV's new specialty service: a platter of braised meats.” “What? Your KTV doesn't offer anything naughty, and you sell food?” “Holy crap, this braised meat is freaking incredible! Quick, bring me ten 47Reads7.0Score—Shelves
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  15. 65 God of Cooking: A Bowl of Fried Rice Throws the Heavens into Chaos! 厨神:一碗炒饭,引来诸天大乱! Eastern Fantasy503k WordsCompleted (Food + No Female Lead + Laid-Back Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy) Jiang Yuxian transmigrates to the Xuantian Continent, where his extraordinary cooking skills win over all the races. His dishes don’t just taste incredible, they also have amazing effects that even spiritual pills and medicines can’t match. Even a meal he throws together on a whim has countless people clamoring for a taste! A sect elder weeps as he says, “Xiao Jiang, your egg fried rice is out of this world! After eating it, I 6.5kReads7.7Score809Shelves
  16. 66 Running a Restaurant in Ancient Times: All Tricks and No Shortcuts 混在古代搞餐饮,全是科技与狠活 Historical1.3M WordsCompleted What do you do when you accidentally get a kitchen that can travel between ancient and modern times, but you can’t cook? No problem! We crooked cultivators run our restaurant with nothing but technology and additives! Open the fridge, take out some scissors, snip open the package, pour it into a bowl, and put it in the microwave. Defrost for thirty seconds, heat for three minutes. Ding! Your kung pao chicken is ready, honored guest. What? You want a bowl of chicken soup? Coming right up! I’ll ad 43.4kReads7.8Score7kShelves
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  17. 67 I Transmigrated to the Cultivation World: Farming with One Hand, Cooking with the Other 穿越修仙界左手种田右手美食 Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis [Everyday life] [BL] [Cozy] [Farming] [Gourmet] [No golden finger] A tsundere, food-loving younger seme x a gentle, refined uke who loves making money Lu Sizhe transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. Unfortunately, cultivation still isn’t in the cards for him. After thinking it over, he decides to return to his old trade and become a chef. As his business flourishes, Lu Sizhe’s customers come from across the Nine Provinces. “Boss Lu, could you make me a plate of fried rice?” “ 8.3kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
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  18. 68 Random Gourmet Street Stalls, and Customers Form an Intelligence Group to Track Me Down 随机美食摆摊,顾客建情报群追我 Urban805k WordsCompleted Tang Chen, from a parallel world, unexpectedly gets a food-stall System. Each month, the System randomly chooses a location and a type of food. Successfully setting up shop earns Food Points, which can be used for lucky draws. To his surprise, the stall wins over wave after wave of customers. They even set up hundreds of group chats to track down Boss Tang. The moment he opens his stall, they want to be first in line. 878Reads6.4Score101Shelves
  19. 69 A Great War in the Cultivation World, All for a Bite to Eat?! 修仙界大战,只为抢口饭?! Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Gourmet cooking + immortal cultivation + scheming sect disciple + lighthearted comedy + goofy daily life + no female lead or harem] Zhu Fan transmigrated to the cultivation world and became a disciple of a sect. Just as he was about to receive his golden finger, something unexpected happened Zhu Fan: Anyone else know this feeling? I was about to become a tycoon in the immortal realm! Once my divine pill was ready, I’d ascend to immortality! But someone suddenly cut in and bound me to the wrong 13.4kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
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  20. 70 Gourmet: A Restaurant Across from the High School 美食:高中对面开饭馆 Modern Romance649k WordsOngoing [Everyday life + delicious food] [Male protagonist] [No romance] The romance tag wasn’t my choice, sob Orz [July 28: I just saw that the rating is up! Thank you all for rating my story (bows). Thanks for your support.] Yao Yiji works overtime to support his sister’s two children, then collapses at his desk. Bound to System 677, he’s told that completing his mission will send him back to the day before he died suddenly. After the mission ends, he returns to the present day with System 677. He pla 576Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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  21. 71 The Cousin Miss Is Climbing the Social Ladder Again Today 表小姐今天又在攀高枝 Ancient Romance633k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because the novel was just listed...] A young lady from the extended family has arrived at the Duke of the State's manor, and none of the three young masters there can stand her. One would rather become a monk, another claims to prefer men. The third would rather die in the arms of a courtesan from overindulging. Everyone in the manor says the young lady is shameless and always trying to climb the social ladder! But no one expected that the young lady despised by the Xie famil 987Reads7.1Score105Shelves
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  22. 72 Gourmet: The Chef’s Food Stall Goes Viral on a Variety Show 美食:厨娘在综艺摆摊爆火 Urban272k WordsOngoing Gu Liuyan, a former imperial chef, opens her eyes to find she has transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder actress on the variety show Celebrity Kitchen. She can’t cook, has a bad temper, and has been saddled with a mountain of bad press. With an astronomical breach-of-contract fee threatening to end her career, Gu Liuyan slaps the table. “Who says I can’t cook?” And then the entire show discovers what it means to cook like a culinary god... An actress on the show wails, “I’ve already gain 39Reads6.3Score—Shelves
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  23. 73 Opening a Little Restaurant in Shengjing 我在盛京开小馆 Ancient Romance381k WordsCompleted [Alternate world, slow burn, not a wish-fulfillment novel, food + court intrigue + transmigration. Read with caution if that’s not your thing.] Miss Li’s Changhuan Eatery, tucked away on Qingxing Alley, serves delicious food at affordable prices. The officials who get up early for roll call tug at their increasingly tight uniforms, but still can’t help ordering another bowl of fresh pork wontons. Pei Hongzhi happened to eat there once and discovered that Miss Li didn’t just make excellent breakf 51.9kReads9.4Score8.4kShelves
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  24. 74 A Doomsday Marriage to a Disabled War King: I Turn My Life Around Through Farming 末日替嫁残废兵王,我靠种地逆袭 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted The animated series is now available [Nuclear-polluted wasteland + assigned a husband from the start + sweet romance + lighthearted farming] (scavenging, no System, gradual development) Shen Guoguo loves farming more than anything. After being struck by lightning, she wakes up in a whole new apocalyptic world and lands right in the middle of a mass wedding... No, a mass assignment of husbands. In this apocalypse, there’s no freedom to marry and no choosing to stay single. If Shen Guoguo doesn’t 14.2kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
  25. 75 After Becoming a Villainess, I Spend Every Day Clearing My Name 穿成恶女后每天都在洗白 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Adorable Kids + Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy]: Transmigrating into a lovesick woman, Tang Zhuyun wakes up in the middle of a scene where she’s climbing into a man’s bed. She turns around and runs. Forget this bed, she’s not getting in! Who needs a man when her father is the top scholar, her brother is the top scholar, and even her son will be the top scholar? They’ll protect her, so she can do whatever she wants! As a master physician, she’ll focus on her career, save lives, and k 48.6kReads9.3Score6.4kShelves
  26. 76 Island Survival from the Start, While My Mom's Barbecue Stall Becomes a Hit 开局荒岛求生,我妈烧烤摊卖爆了 Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + Two-Way Space + Coastal Foraging + Farming + No Romance + Bullet Comments + Feel-Good Fiction + Family Bonds] The ocean is full of water, but unfortunately, you can’t drink it. “Mom! I transmigrated! Help, I’m going to die of thirst!” Fang Yun stared at the captions appearing above her daughter, who was in a vegetative state. She was completely stunned. You want to chop down a coconut tree? Don’t worry! Mom will hand you an axe! A tent, a fishing rod, crab tongs, what 8.6kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
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  27. 77 I Just Opened a Shop, So Why Are Dragons Lining Up Outside for Treats? 我就开个店,门口全是巨龙等投喂 Eastern Fantasy382k WordsCompleted [Food + Running a Shop + Everyday Life + Myriad Worlds + Transmigration + Lighthearted Comedy + Heartwarming + Healing + Chat Group + No Romance] Chen Dong transmigrates to a strange world and gets a Food Chat Group System from the start. Future Captain Hong Ying: There's no better ingredient than a divine body! Come pick up your order!!! Luffy, 30 million Berries: 100 ways to eat Devil Fruits: absolutely amazing! Gourmet Hunter Komatsu: Everyone here is so interesting. I love it! Liu Maoxing of 709Reads6.4Score—Shelves
  28. 78 Starting with The Outcast, I Eat My Way Through the Vast Primordial World 从一人之下开始吃遍洪荒大世界 Male-Channel Fanfiction553k WordsCompleted [Gourmet + Opening a Restaurant + Slice of Life + The Outcast + Transmigration + Lighthearted Comedy + Heartwarming + Healing] In a corner of the bustling city lived Chen Dong, a once-lonely soul. The accidental awakening of the “God of Cooking System” gave his life a new turn. He opened a little shop called “God of Cooking Restaurant,” waiting for diners in need of healing to find their way there. But everything quietly changed after Xia He arrived. Xia He, a woman who captivated everyone aroun 145Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  29. 79 Gourmet: Running a Nursing Home Kitchen, While the Whole World Begs Me to Open a Restaurant 美食:掌勺养老院,全世界跪求我开店 Modern Romance411k WordsCompleted [Food + cozy daily life + healing and relaxing + building a fortune] Lin Momo, a nursing home caregiver, unexpectedly acquires a gourmet pocket dimension. Every time she earns praise through her cooking, she can claim even better rewards! Crispy river shrimp, stir-fried to bring out their fresh, savory flavor; Silk-baby vegetable wraps in rich broth, full of texture and good for your health; Steamed soup dumplings with thin skins, generous fillings, and plenty of juice; Rich, delicious coconut m 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 80 I Ran Away from My Wedding to Sell Wontons, and Made the Emperor Drool 逃婚卖馄饨,居然把陛下馋哭了 Ancient Romance377k WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + Chef + Transmigrate + Heartwarming, Beloved by All] Food blogger Yun Shu unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder concubine-born daughter! She can’t get her hands on a happy life, and one headache after another comes her way... They try to force her into marriage? She plays the obedient fool, then really runs away from the wedding, teaching the Duke of Zhenguo a hard lesson. Life is tough? She sets up a food stall, and her competitors can only cry, “There are 106Reads—Score—Shelves
  31. 81 An Lingrong Reborn: Lotus-Faced, Willow-Browed 安陵容重生之芙蓉如面柳如眉 Female-Channel Fanfiction384k WordsCompleted (The rating is low because it just opened for votes.) Fight Consort Hua, fight the Empress, fight the Emperor. Sister, watch me win this game for you! In her previous life, An Lingrong was insecure and sensitive, and others led her astray. She ended up on the wrong path, her sisterly bond was shattered, and she took her own life. Reborn in a new life, she decides she will never live the way she did before! This time, she’ll seize her opportunities and confidently use everything she knows to carv 5.1kReads9.2Score641Shelves
  32. 82 A Lane in the City: Transmigrating as Huang Ling, I Set the Family Straight from the Start 小巷人家:穿成黄玲开局整顿家风 Female-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [A Little Alleyway Family fanfiction + period setting + face-slapping + System + daily life + ensemble cast] [Focuses on Huang Ling standing up to the Zhuang family and living her own life. The other families have smaller roles. There will be a divorce, and there will be no saving Filial Zhuang. There is a new pairing (if you like strictly one-on-one, both-virgins romances, scroll on and don't click!). Characters from the original will appear.] Huang Ling, a modern-day office drone, stayed up se 17.5kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
  33. 83 The Princess Consort's Cooking Is So Good, All of the Capital Begs Her to Open a Restaurant 王妃做菜太香了,全京城跪求开店 Ancient Romance246k WordsCompleted As the only legitimate daughter of a century-old family of chefs, Jiang Yi received the baton from her father three days ago and formally became the new head of the Jiang family. She is determined to seek out rare ingredients from across the land and rediscover the flavors of long-lost dishes. She travels to the Great Yan kingdom with a time-traveling bracelet. While searching far and wide for ingredients, she unexpectedly meets a handsome man. She made the mistake of saving his life, and now he 758Reads6.9Score102Shelves
  34. 84 God of Cooking: A Little Restaurant from the Start, Making the Cultivation World Drool 厨神:开局小食肆,馋哭修真界 Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Gourmet, healing, no System, no romance, raising a daughter. After transmigrating from the apocalypse to the Cultivation Realm, Yang Feng runs a small eatery. Despite its humble size, the place is packed with big shots from every realm. The Demon Clan's holy maiden: “Waaah, mapo tofu is so delicious! I accidentally ate three more buckets of rice.” A sect leader: “The giant pork knuckle is the best! I can polish off ten in one go!” A celestial master: “I’ve read the signs, and today is a good day 4.5kReads8.7Score447Shelves
  35. 85 The Top Chef in a Culinary Wasteland 我在美食荒漠当第一厨娘 Ancient Romance443k WordsCompleted Bai Qingwan, the owner of a private kitchen, was hit by a car while saving someone and transmigrated into the body of a farm girl with the same name in a fictional dynasty, whose surname was Yong. To her surprise, this place was a culinary wasteland that didn't even have soy sauce. Her family lived by the mountains and near the sea, yet what they ate was the sort of stuff even pigs wouldn't touch. Then she found herself bound to the Huaxia Cuisine System. To help her fulfill her mission of sprea 1kReads8.8Score107Shelves
  36. 86 As Long as the System Pays, I'll Work 996 to the End 只要系统出得起,996也干到底 Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted [Food-focused (not purely a food story) + a touch of interstellar flavor + no romance + extremely laid-back and ambition-free] Lu Wei graduated from a mediocre university and found a nine-to-nine, six-days-a-week job. After working overtime for far too long, she eventually died suddenly from exhaustion. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in a strange world and become bound to a peculiar thing called the Food System. “Starting today, Host must go to the area beside Hope Elementary Sc 1.4kReads8.7Score115Shelves
  37. 87 The Army Wife and Her Child Join the Troops: Her Cooking Takes the Compound by Storm 白月光带娃随军:靠美食风靡大院 Modern Romance594k WordsCompleted [Delicate Beauty + Tough Military Officer] (Alternate History + Food + Military Wife + Raising Kids + Reborn + First Love + Family Life) When Cheng Yuewan opened her eyes, she had returned to the day in her previous life when she abandoned her children and ran away. In her previous life, she resented Song Huaisheng for ruining her life, and disliked their two children because of him. Only at the end of her life did she realize she had blamed the wrong person. Given another chance at life, all sh 3.3kReads7.2Score223Shelves
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  38. 88 Reborn in the 1980s: Building a Fortune and Raising My Kids 重生八零之发家致富养崽崽 Modern Romance996k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + no awful characters + food + adorable kids + period setting] In her previous life, after Li Heng accidentally fell off a cliff and was left disabled, Qiao Xi abandoned her husband and child, ultimately bringing the Li family to ruin. Given another life, she looks at her gentle, doting husband, then at her adorable, lively son, and swears to make it up to them and never let the tragedy happen again. With food and clothing businesses, Qiao Xi takes things one step at a time, gradu 5.5kReads9.1Score394Shelves
  39. 89 Transmigrate, Farm, Get Rich, and Raise the Kids 穿越之种田致富养崽崽 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Wanwan transmigrates from the harsh apocalypse to an impoverished ancient era, only to find that life is just as difficult. The difference is that she now has an adorable little dumpling, a handsome and dependable husband, and a whole space full of crop seeds. With her superb cooking skills, she can raise her precious little one, feed her husband, and help the villagers grow rich along the way... 4.3kReads9.1Score383Shelves
  40. 90 I Became a Wicked Farm Girl, Won a Man, Raised Kids, and Brought Prosperity to the Whole Family 穿成农门恶女,撩汉养崽旺全家 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Paralyzed husband + farming + food + raising children + pocket dimension] Shen Zhi transmigrated unexpectedly and became a vicious woman who abused her son and wanted to kill her paralyzed husband. Looking at her little boy, skinny and grimy, her older son, a born troublemaker, and her sickly, beautiful husband lying in bed, Shen Zhi sighed. With so many mouths to feed, she had no choice but to roll up her sleeves and get to work! Luckily, she had cooking skills and a pocket dimension, so she w 4.2kReads8.7Score431Shelves
  41. 91 Reborn in the 1980s as a Little Chef: Cherished After Divorce 重生八零小厨娘:离婚后被宠上天 Modern Romance114k WordsOngoing This novel is absolutely perfect for reading over a meal. Slurp~ A Michelin-starred chef travels back to the 1980s. Freshly divorced, she turns her life around with her cooking! She revamps a traditional stove, sells noodles at a street stall, and recreates a hundred classic dishes from Recipes from the Garden of Contentment: crab-stuffed oranges bursting with flavor, milky-white mutton soup, and Wensi tofu sliced into strands as fine as silver thread. The little stall at the town entrance draws 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 92 Random Street Stalls: I Use Food to Lure Snakes Out of Their Holes 随机摆摊:我用美食引蛇出洞 Urban889k WordsOngoing [Food + undercover work + comedy + catching criminals + System + no heroine + no romance] Also known as Food: The Undercover Cop Sets Up a Street Stall, and Fugitives Beg Him to Get Back to Work Xiao Lan transmigrated into the body of a police officer in a parallel world and was assigned to pose as a street-food vendor while keeping an eye on a suspect. As it happened, he’d been a cooking genius in his previous life. This was right up his alley. The next day, a tricycle loaded with top-tier food 11kReads9.4Score963Shelves
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  43. 93 Sweet Lady Qingqing 娇娘卿卿 Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted [Food + Sweet Romance + Everyday Parenting] Liang Qingyun married at sixteen. She dutifully paid her respects to her parents-in-law morning and evening, and no one could find fault with her. But she never got pregnant, and her mother-in-law spent all day making cutting remarks about her. Then, just as she finally conceived, her husband coldly handed her a divorce letter! Both husband and wife knew exactly who the child's father was, and Liang Qingyun calmly accepted the situation. But as a divor 1.7kReads9.0Score184Shelves
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  44. 94 Selling Liangfen on the Street, I Make the Whole City Crave It 摆摊卖凉粉,全城百姓被馋哭了 Ancient Romance162k WordsCompleted [Food + farming + love at first sight + doting romance + slow-burn sweetness] Xu Yingchun transmigrates into a book and becomes its wicked villainess, doomed to a miserable ending. She’s going to escape the villainess’s fate and become the heroine of her own story! After buying her freedom from the Jiang household, she sets up a street stall, opens a restaurant, and buys land. Her life gets better and better. Milk tea, barbecue, crawfish, hot pot, and big-plate chicken: she’ll serve it all! The 380Reads8.0Score121Shelves
  45. 95 Raking in Gold Every Day: My Snack Shop Connects to Another World 日进斗金,我的小吃店通异界 Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted [Past and present connected · Getting rich · Food · Heartwarming · Shopkeeping] After graduating from college, Hua Juan inherits a mysterious snack shop that takes her to ancient times every night. Can’t cook? No problem, ready-made dishes to the rescue. Swiss rolls, oden, cheesecake, fish with pickled cabbage, you name it. In exchange, she gets copper coins, antique paintings... and makes a fortune! 22.6kReads8.0Score2kShelves
  46. 96 My Water Jar Connects to Ancient Times, So I Stock Up and Save the Prince’s Entire Family 水缸通古代,我囤货救下王爷满门 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed! [A water vat connects to ancient times + travel between past and present + farming + spatial storage] After leaving the entertainment industry, washed-up celebrity Gu Ranran returned to her hometown to farm and enjoy a quiet retirement. By a twist of fate, she discovered that the large water vat at her house could connect to ancient times. On the other side was Shen Moyuan, a down-and-out prince. Without even realizing it, Gu Ranran helped Shen Moyuan through a crisis, and her bank ac 5.6kReads9.0Score843Shelves
  47. 97 A Stunning Widow, Fiery and Alluring; A Retired Soldier, Cold and Tempting 绝色寡妇辣又魅,退伍硬汉冷又欲 Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted (Set in an alternate version of the 1980s; devoted couple with sizzling chemistry + flamboyant, seductive wild rose x brooding, tough veteran + a touch of ensemble cast) A push and pull of flirtation, sizzling hormones, healing and redemption Everyone knows that on the little island of Jiulin, there’s a hotel called Laifu. The owner, Yao, is a pretty widow who loves money and men. People all say that in ancient times, she’d have been a bewitching temptress who brought kingdoms to ruin. Then one 3.4kReads8.9Score250Shelves
  48. 98 My Lady Is Hard to Please: Stop Acting Up, You Mad Warlord 夫人难哄,疯批督军你别作 Modern Romance605k WordsCompleted Jiang Ning is the young proprietress of Yixin Restaurant. Her cooking skills are extraordinary, and she herself is even more delicious-looking than the food she makes. The moment Commander Lu lays eyes on her, he decides to claim her as his wife, even though she's engaged to someone else. He says, “Be with me, and you'll have everything.” Then he adds, “If you refuse, you'll have nothing.” She still slaps him across the face again and again, mocks his manly pride with cold words, and even presse 343Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  49. 99 The Dessert Maker of Lin'an 临安城的甜点娘子 Ancient Romance318k WordsCompleted [Fantasy transmigration, food, slice-of-life business, love that grows over time, sweet romance, and an entrepreneurial rags-to-riches story] Daily life is styled after the Song dynasty, in an imaginary dynasty and fictional places, with a small ensemble cast. Jasmine sponge cake, rose steamed cakes, peony cream buns, mugwort mille-feuille, salted egg yolk pastries, pomegranate cloud rolls, hibiscus crystal cakes, jade mung bean drinks, peach blossom bird's nest soup, kumquat honey soup... The 230Reads5.7Score—Shelves
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  50. 100 Three Months of Street Food Stalls, and I Fattened Up a Crowd of Big Eaters 街边摆摊3个月,养肥了群大胖子 Urban371k WordsCompleted No heroine, food, street vending, healing, daily life, and a relaxing tone. The protagonist sets up a stall at random spots on the street, selling all kinds of snacks, changing locations every week. The food on offer varies, including cold noodles, grilled gluten skewers, tofu pudding, spicy beef noodles, handmade spicy strips, congee, steamed buns, and more. 165Reads5.9Score—Shelves
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