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Any No-CP Historical-Era Stories? No Quick Transmigration, I’m Sick of Those 无CP+年代文有木有!不要快穿,快穿的已经看吐了

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  1. 101 My Old Home Connects to the Modern World: A Village Girl's 1970s Office-Worker Life 老宅通现代:七零村花的社畜日常 Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [From the 1970s to the modern day] Chen Qiaoyu, born and raised in the 1970s, has been feeling a little panicked lately. She and her younger brother were driven out by their father and stepmother, sent to live in the dilapidated old Chen family home with only two threadbare quilts. Who could have guessed that the crumbling old house hid a passage to another era? [From then on, Chen Qiaoyu begins traveling back and forth between the 1970s and the modern day every day] The villagers of Yaojia Vil 12.3kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
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  2. 102 Lucky Little Star Shines on a Parenting Variety Show 福运崽崽在带娃综艺杀疯啦 Modern Romance578k WordsCompleted [Adorable child + variety show + livestream + everyone’s favorite] Youyou had no parents growing up and was raised by the director of an orphanage. When she was five, a notoriously controversial actress, hated by the entire internet, happened to be looking for an adorable kid to partner with on a parent-child variety show. Youyou became the “little sister” of Wen Jingyu, whose scandals were all over the internet. Before filming began, Wen Jingyu’s team was universally disliked, and nobody had hi 1.3kReads8.9Score148Shelves
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  3. 103 Transmigrating to the Modern Era: I Haul Supplies Home by the Armload 穿越现代,我哐哐往家搬物资 Modern Romance448k WordsCompleted For generations, Nanshan Village has passed down one ancestral rule: “Never flaunt your wealth or show off your riches.” Even in the years when people barely had enough to eat or clothes to cover themselves, the village chief constantly reminded the villagers to remember the old rule. At first, Chunxia only prayed that Heaven would give her little sister enough milk powder to survive. Heaven took pity on her and sent her to another world where she could earn money by collecting garbage. Her litt 3.6kReads9.0Score523Shelves
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  4. 104 The 1970s: The Little Village Girl Brings Honor to Her Country Through Education 七零小村姑,靠读书为国争光 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Family Drama + System + Academic Prodigy + Knowledge Changes Your Destiny + Ensemble Cast] Wang Zhaozhao becomes the unwanted granddaughter of the Old Wang family, part of the village brigade in Riverside Village in the 1970s. When she is five, her mother becomes her eldest uncle’s wife, while her father marries a stepmother who brings along a stepsister. Later, she gains two younger sisters, one born to her eldest uncle’s wife and the other to her stepmother. Her days are full 14.4kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
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  5. 105 The Side Character from a Period Novel Can Transmigrate to the Cultivation World 年代文女配她能穿越修仙界 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Female lead, no romance, period setting, cultivation, special abilities, punishing scumbags, supporting female character’s comeback) Feng Wanqing is framed by her cousin. Her family abandons her, and she is forced to go to the countryside as an educated youth. After nearly drowning one day, she discovers that every night she can travel to a wondrous place where everyone pursues the path to immortality and cultivators soar through the skies and burrow beneath the earth. By day, she is a delicate 8.4kReads9.1Score918Shelves
  6. 106 70s Military Marriage: The Couple’s a Bit Crazy 七零军婚:那两口子都有点癫 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Inventory Space + Comedy + Wish Fulfillment + Two Golden Fingers] Ruan Qiqi spent ten years being treated for an illness, and her condition was perfectly stable. After leaving the hospital, she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, into the body of a country girl who has just been dumped by her scumbag fiancé. Nearly everyone around her is awful. But she isn't afraid. She has a space packed with supplies, a golden finger, and nine lives, so she can do whatever she wants with 60.6kReads9.2Score6.7kShelves
  7. 107 The System Takes Me to The Blood of Youth 系统带我穿越少年歌行 Female-Channel Fanfiction300k WordsCompleted Original female lead, breaking up canon couples, saving characters who deserved better, and earning merit. They say, “The Great Way has fifty paths, Heaven derives forty-nine, and people follow one.” They say every flower contains a world of its own, but the System has brought her to the world of The Blood of Youth! It’s here to put her through her paces and help her earn merit, while also bringing new life and hope to the fates that have already been decided for certain people. Yun Miao never 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
  8. 108 Those Years Spent Striving to Achieve My Goals in the 1970s 在七十年代努力完成目标的那些年 Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted Xia Lu transmigrates from a perilous apocalypse crawling with zombies to the 1970s. Since she's gotten a life for free, she might as well enjoy it to the fullest. Her first goal: study hard and get into college. Her second goal: buy lots of houses. Her third goal: lie flat and become a landlady. When her scumbag father tries to take advantage of her, she grabs a stick and beats him. When an old educated youth thinks he can push her around, she moves out right away and cooks for herself. When the 812Reads8.2Score101Shelves
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  9. 109 Pretty Widow Bai Hehua Is Spoiled by Suitors from the Whole Village 俏寡妇白荷花全村花粉追着宠 Modern Romance261k WordsCompleted [Period setting + 1990s + rural life + farming + family squabbles + strong-willed heroine + tough female lead + revenge on scumbags + building wealth + raising three daughters and turning her life around + humor] Bai Hehua has been married into the Li family for three years and has given birth to three daughters in a row. Her mother-in-law calls her a jinx, and her scumbag husband takes his anger out on her. Then an accident takes her husband's life. She becomes the prettiest widow in Li Fami 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  10. 110 My Whole Family Can Hear My Thoughts, and We’re All the Worst People of the Era 全家读我心,年代极品竟是我全家 Modern Romance656k WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + Hoarding Supplies + Beloved by the Whole Family + 1960s + Loves a Good Laugh] (Completed) (Once she figures out the truth, she gets right to work~) Lu Ming has been reborn again, still the unlucky daughter of a family destined to be everyone else's stepping stone. Just thinking about being stolen away to the countryside makes her heart ache. “Dad, take another look at me. Your darling little girl is about to be stolen away. Maybe we’ll meet again someday.” Chen Liang: Help! How d 1.5kReads8.8Score153Shelves
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  11. 111 Reborn in the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry of the 1980s 重生八十年代在港娱乐圈 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xiao was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1980s. To find a job, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the crown, launching her career in show business. She attended training classes, took bit parts, and played cannon fodder, steadily rising to become the leading lady. In the end, she became famous across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, earning her place as an undisputed superstar. Even when Yin Xiao became the most influential film and television mogul of her era, people still call 11.1kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
  12. 112 A Secret Marriage? Goodbye! Take Your Divorce Papers 明招暗娶?再见吧!离婚本请拿好 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The female lead pursues a career in government, and the two leads each have their own stories. Don’t worry about their romance! Blurb: Everyone says Ning Qing was born lucky. She was an unwanted child with no one to care for, yet someone adopted her. It’s just that her marriage prospects aren’t great. Her adoptive mother tries every trick in the book to match Ning Qing with her second son! Too bad the two of them can’t stand each other! The brave get to enjoy life first. She secretly sets he 4.4kReads8.2Score307Shelves
  13. 113 After Reincarnating as a Half-Blood, My Reborn Grandma Won’t Let Me Slack Off 穿成混血后,重生奶奶不准我咸鱼 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Gu Manning wakes up as a baby. She had expected to suffer the same fate as in her previous life and be abandoned, but soon discovers that this life isn’t what she imagined. In her previous life, Lin Aihua adopted a child from her hometown because her son couldn’t have children. But the child turned out to be a jinx, and her son and daughter-in-law were constantly cleaning up after him. They both died in a car accident while dealing with yet another mess. Unable to bear the blow, Lin Aihua soon 1.7kReads8.6Score120Shelves
  14. 114 My Nemesis and I Were Reborn as the Male Lead's Twin Older Sisters 跟死对头重生成男主的双胞胎姐姐 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Building a Career + Growing Together + Not a GL Romance + Almost No Romance] Who understands what it's like to transmigrate into a book at the same time as your archenemy, only to become twin sisters? Even crazier, their little brother is a future domineering CEO, but his family raises pigs? That's just hilarious! And even crazier, the two sisters are stepping stones for his rise and obstacles to the romance between the male and female leads. Hmph, being an obstacle is fine, bu 5.3kReads9.0Score809Shelves
  15. 115 A Way Forward Through Mountains and Rivers 出路之山重水复 Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + Family + Women + Career + Workplace business battles + No romance + Society + An exploration of human nature] No cheat powers, no dramatic comeback. A deep look at the struggles and prospects of 99% of ordinary people! Wish-fulfillment stories are everywhere, but once the excitement fades, only emptiness remains. In the end, we all have to face the grind of daily life and the warmth or coldness of human relationships. This slow-burning work of realism offers no lucky breaks or 2.9kReads9.5Score413Shelves
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  16. 116 Xuanhuan in the 1970s: Are Spirits Allowed After the Founding of the Nation? 玄幻七零:建国后允许成精? Modern Romance164k WordsOngoing [Period setting + alternate history + no romance + living for herself + educated youth + sent to the countryside + no handouts + no raising kids + monkey System...] If you transmigrated into a period novel, what would you choose? Lan Qing only wants to go to the countryside. Unexpectedly, from the start she finds herself hanging by the neck, and this era has a touch of fantasy to it. The objects around her could become sentient at any moment. She also happens to break the female lead’s golden fi 41Reads—Score—Shelves
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  17. 117 Wild Chrysanthemums in the Storm 风雨中的野菊花 Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted “The eldest gets doted on, the youngest gets spoiled, but the one in the middle suffers most!” In the late 1970s, under the weight of son preference and the pressure of family planning, Xiaojü was born in the middle. Her tragic life began from the moment she was born: an unwanted child, abandoned by both Heaven and Earth! When Xiaojü was four, the grandmother who had raised her passed away. In her final moments, Grandma told her that she had been born in a season when wild chrysanthemums were i 1.7kReads8.4Score150Shelves
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  18. 118 The Interstellar Female General in the 1960s 星际女将军在六零 Modern Romance169k WordsCompleted After Su Mingyue and the Zerg Queen kill each other, she transmigrates to China in the 1950s, in an ancient era. It is now 1958, and her 3S mental power has even regressed to A rank. Su Mingyue is at a loss for words. These are unusual times, and the three years of famine are just around the corner. Her original self’s parents are both dead, leaving behind a young brother. Let’s see how Su Mingyue keeps him safe through the famine and settles into a daily routine of watching the village gossip a 137Reads—Score—Shelves
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  19. 119 I Brought My Ancestral Home with Me to the 1970s 带着老宅穿七零 Modern Romance177k WordsCompleted After her divorce, Lin Yewan returns to her family’s old house. Just after she finishes renovating it, she accidentally unlocks a small pocket dimension where time stands still. Thinking the apocalypse is coming, Lin Yewan starts stockpiling supplies. While she’s at it, a flowerpot hits her, and she transmigrates into the body of another Lin Yewan in the 1970s. The old house comes with her, leaving Lin Yewan completely bewildered. Unable to find a job in the city, Lin Yewan is sent to the countr 415Reads5.9Score—Shelves
  20. 120 After Returning from the Cultivation World, I Ascend by Picking Up Cannon Fodder 我从修仙界回来后,靠捡炮灰飞升 Modern Romance861k WordsCompleted Period Setting + Cultivation + No Romance + Pocket Dimension + Farming and Medicine + Face-Slapping + Beloved by the Whole Family + Food + Cannon Fodder’s Rise + System They say you should keep your distance when powerful cultivators fight. Nan Xing thought she was already far enough away, but she still got caught in the aftermath and died. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a baby abandoned in the snow. Ye Jianguo was returning home to recover from his injuries when, on the way, he 1.9kReads7.8Score198Shelves
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  21. 121 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 18.6kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
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  22. 122 The Wicked Woman of the 1970s and Her Unhinged Antics 恶女七零,发疯文学 Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted In 1970, in Daba Village, the second daughter of the Feng family went to the hills behind the village to gather pig fodder, but tumbled down the mountainside and injured her brain. Then again, she had always been a simpleton, so no one cared whether the fall had made her any worse. The second child has always been the one most likely to be overlooked in a family, and the Fengs were no exception. The eldest, Feng Chun, was the family’s first daughter, ambitious and fiercely competitive. The third 7.8kReads9.2Score813Shelves
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  23. 123 I Returned to the '90s with a Tycoon System to Spoil Myself 带着神豪系统回到90养自己 Modern Romance38k WordsCompleted I Returned to the '90s with a Tycoon System to Take Care of Myself 738Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 124 Crazy in the Seventies: Stockpile Supplies, Take It Easy, and Get Revenge on the Scum! 七零疯批虐渣!囤满物资悠闲养老 Modern Romance346k WordsCompleted [Reborn + pocket dimension + little black cat + psychiatric certificate + easy wins and stockpiling + no CP] In her previous life, Zhang Wei was drained by her lovesick mother, who took her father’s death benefits to support her stepfather and gave her job to her green-tea stepsister, yet still forced her to go to the countryside. After being reborn, Zhang Wei transmigrates into the body of another poor soul with the same name. Her lovesick mother is now forcing her to hand over her job to her s 677Reads6.8Score106Shelves
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  25. 125 Back to the 1970s: A Village Girl's Path Beyond the World 重回七零年代,村女的破界之路 Modern Romance270k WordsOngoing [Elderly woman + reborn + 1970s + dumping a scumbag + no romance + family life + spatial storage] After being angered to death at the age of seventy, Zhou Qiuying is reborn in 1975. In 1975 in her previous life, Zhou Qiuying was an eighteen-year-old country girl. She gave up her secure job as an elementary school teacher to marry an educated youth sent down to the countryside. In return, her husband cruelly abandoned her after passing the college entrance exam, and her loved ones died tragical 131Reads—Score—Shelves
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  26. 126 After Becoming the Male Lead’s Green Tea Ex-Wife, She Throws Herself into His Arms 穿成男主绿茶前妻后,她投怀送抱 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Beloved by Everyone + Top Student + Adorable Child] After Shen Xi transmigrates into a book, she discovers that she is a vicious supporting character who abandons her husband and child. The original Shen Xi was an educated youth from the city who went to the countryside. After marrying the male lead, she got the chance to return to the city and promptly abandoned her husband and child to run off with a pretty young man from town. After learning how the story was supposed to unf 4.5kReads8.9Score235Shelves
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  27. 127 Her Husband Always Takes His Childhood Sweetheart’s Side, but He Panics When She Remarries a Commander 丈夫处处护青梅,改嫁首长他急了 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Shen Youran wakes up to find that she has transmigrated into a novel set in a bygone era, where she has become a cannon-fodder supporting female character. Her husband is about to marry the goddess he has secretly loved for years after his wife dies, while the child the original owner had with an unknown man is destined to become a foil for comparison. The moment Shen Youran sees the adorable little dumpling of a child, her heart melts! Now that she has transmigrated here, this is her child. She 1.9kReads9.0Score320Shelves
  28. 128 The 1970s: After Remarrying, the Lazy Mom Raises Six Kids! 七零:改嫁后,懒妈养了六个娃! Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Blended family + heartwarming child-rearing + parenting guide + no toxic relatives + well-behaved kids] Zhang Xiuhua was reborn in 1975, just after her educated youth husband abandoned her. Now she had to raise two children alone. In her previous life, after Zhang Xiuhua remarried, her second husband was full of schemes and her in-laws were unkind. To support the family, she had no choice but to work in a big city. Her children were left behind and grew up badly, and she regretted it deeply! 14.7kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
  29. 129 Transmigrated to the 1970s, This Cannon Fodder Won't Accept Her Fate 穿越到七零后炮灰绝不认命 Modern Romance243k WordsOngoing [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + System + ensemble cast + no romance + no going to the countryside] Modern rich beauty Li Zhaodi transmigrates into a book after a plane crash, landing in a period novel as a minor cannon-fodder character! Her whole family are bit-part cannon fodder in someone else's story. Her mother is pressured into remarrying, so she makes the real culprit marry instead. Her sister is tricked into marriage and wants to die. This time, it’s her brother-in-law who wa 394Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 130 The 1970s: I Married the Man Who Prayed to the Gods 七零:我嫁给了求神拜佛的那个他 Modern Romance556k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Period Setting + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Past and Present Lives + Rebirth + Romance + No Saintly Protagonist + Golden Finger + Pocket Dimension] Blurb: Bai Xiaxia transmigrates to the 1970s, only to have her engagement broken off. The neighbors are all waiting to see her make a fool of herself. To their surprise, before long she's married to someone with even more power and status! She thinks going north to study is a reluctant choice, made after weighing her options —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  31. 131 I Became a Tigress in the Beast World 穿成兽世母老虎 Ancient Romance528k WordsCompleted She had transmigrated into this world only a few days ago when she noticed something strange on the soles of her feet. Bending down to look, she saw three beast seals branded on her soles, quietly inscribed and vividly lifelike: A green, vine-like taipan snake A deep, dusky blue Black Tortoise, as if formed from condensed water A bird that seemed born from fire, wreathed in leaping flames that scorched the heavens Every line pulsed with mysterious power, as if telling of an ancient pact. 5.2kReads9.1Score344Shelves
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  32. 132 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 39.7kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
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  33. 133 The 1990s Property Mogul 九零买房大户 Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [Demolition] [Alternate History, Set in a Past Era]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Mistaken Child]+ [Buying a House] Note: A lightly ensemble-focused story, with a little more focus on Xia Guofu and Xia Zhiqiu. What? The Xia family’s old home in the countryside is being demolished. The news left everyone in the residential compound reeling. They remembered how, the year before, the Xia family had bought a huge stretch of woodland and land in the countryside. Back then, people had mocked them for being out o 1.9kReads6.1Score138Shelves
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  34. 134 At Nineteen, I Flipped the Table and Left Home: Turning the Tide in the Eighties 十九岁掀桌离家,我在八零年代逆风翻盘 Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted I Walked Out at Nineteen and Turned My Fortunes Around in the 1980s 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  35. 135 Reborn in the 1960s, Granny Beats Her Unfilial Son 重生六零,气得老太太拳打不孝子 Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted Zhang Lan was reborn after her own son and his new wife sent her back to the countryside to fend for herself. In her final days, only her former daughter-in-law stayed by her side, caring for her with the help of her grandchildren. Zhang Lan asked herself: she might not have been the best mother to her son, but she had given him nearly everything she could. When he wanted a divorce, claiming their arranged marriage was a feudal relic, she played the villain and helped them split up. As a result, 152Reads—Score—Shelves
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  36. 136 Traces of Life from Those Years 那些年的生活痕迹 Modern Romance336k WordsOngoing A Slice-of-Life Story Set in the Past + Food + Farming + Mini-Games + No Romance + No Golden Finger People drift apart as they go through life, and there's no going back to the way things were. Su Piaopiao's journey from having a whole group of friends to being on her own is full of both joy and sorrow. She caught snails and fished in the stream, and tended the fire and cooked in the kitchen. Marbles, dodgeball, and skipping stones? She can play them all. Clay-pot chicken, lettuce wraps, taro ri 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  37. 137 A 1970s-Era Link to the Modern World: I Cut Ties, Change My Surname, and Get Rich 七零通现代:断亲改姓发家致富 Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted [Period drama + no romance + connected to the modern era + building wealth] The rating has just been posted, and it will rise later. In the winter of 1976, Yu Xiaoran loses her father, her mother lies gravely ill, and her awful grandmother lays claim to the compensation money. Her aunt plans to give her away in exchange for connections. Right there and then, she severs ties with her family and changes her surname, cutting herself off from her parasitic relatives once and for all. At the end of h 1.6kReads8.2Score193Shelves
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  38. 138 I Trained Military Dogs into National Treasures in the Early Years of the People’s Republic 我在建国初训练军犬成国宝 Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [No CP + no flirting + no characters suddenly becoming stupid + no rural relocation + no black market + no everyone-loves-the-heroine + everyone is normal] [The people have faith, the nation has strength, and the people have hope] [The new book has just received its rating. It'll go up later, so thank you ♡] [Please don't treat working dogs like pets. Thanks for understanding!] Lin Miao wakes up in 1949 in Longguo, a parallel world. Even stranger, she can understand what dogs are saying! Before 289Reads8.4Score103Shelves
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  39. 139 Rust and Blossoms 铁锈与繁花 Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted 1990s + inspirational realism + female awakening + a determined comeback + making a life far from home + workplace transformation + family ties + sincere romance + friendly neighbors At seventeen, she never imagined that the peachwood talisman her mother pressed into her palm would accompany her through so many storms: from the crowded sleeper cars of a green train to the fluorescent-lit workshop of an electronics factory; from an old night-school building overgrown with ivy to the desk in her o 549Reads—Score—Shelves
  40. 140 Back to the 1970s, Spoiling Grandma and Taking Down Scumbags 重回七零,傍着奶奶肆意虐渣吃瓜 Modern Romance159k WordsOngoing (1970s setting + space ability + superpowers + food + reborn + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + broken engagement + true and fake heiresses + everyday family life + stockpiling + building wealth + punishing scumbags + gossip-watching + strong female lead + feel-good + old lady + comedy) Timid and spineless Lin Xiaoxi spent two whole lives meekly struggling to survive. After blowing herself up at the end of the world, she thought she was done for good. Instead, she was reborn in the sum 48Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 141 An Artistic Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之文艺人生 Urban669k WordsOngoing The courtyard houses on Nanluoguxiang hide both the little dramas of family life and the scheming in people's hearts. Su Qing transmigrates into this world, hoping to lie flat and live as a carefree loafer, but the courtyard's endless drama keeps getting in his way. He slams a hand on the table: then he'll be the one to stir things up and rewrite a life full of petty troubles! The story strictly follows the logic of its era and stays true to the original characters. The protagonist is smart, has —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 142 Dawn Within the Cage 樊笼内的破晓 Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted Some people are born trapped in a cage. Invisible barriers, woven from the soil of one’s upbringing, the path laid out in advance, the constraints of one’s surroundings, the cocoon of one’s perceptions, and the shackles of morality, build a cold, solid cage that holds her captive. She is raised within it, as if this were all life could ever be. If she does not awaken, if she does not save herself, the ending is clear: the cage will silently devour her, and she will vanish in a slow death. Yet de 8Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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  43. 143 A Little Tree Spirit’s Observation Diary of the Seventies 小树妖的七零观察日记 Modern Romance405k WordsCompleted [Period setting + ensemble cast + farming + slice of life] This story is a slow burn with no romance. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing. The gluttonous little tree spirit had barely made it down the mountain for the first time when a young Taoist spotted her. One Thunder Talisman later, she was blasted to bits… She transmigrated to another world and possessed Bai He, who shared her name. Bai He’s tearful disposition had left her depressed and socially anxious. When she met the cheerful 72Reads—Score—Shelves
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  44. 144 Siheyuan: From a Bronze Compass to the World 四合院:从青铜罗盘走向全球 Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing In 2026, Lin Yan, a Chinese-American Wall Street star, sees an opportunity and sells off his assets as he prepares to return to China. By chance, his blood stains a bronze compass passed down through his family, sending him through time to 1958 and into the world of Love in the Courtyard. There, he becomes a frail 15-year-old boy with no parents, a congenital heart condition, and a pack of scheming neighbors circling him. At the brink of despair, the ancestral compass recognizes him as its maste 80Reads6.5Score—Shelves
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