Period-Era Fiction from the Male Lead’s Perspective 年代文(男主视角)

1. 501 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 16kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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   💐✨The female lead has a stomachache (appendicitis). On the way to the hospital, the male lead is stopped by a neighbor who says his comrade's widow is about to give birth. The male lead decisively abandons the female lead, saying, "Wait here for me, I'll be right back." He quickly runs up to the nearby apartment building, and after a flurry of activity, he carries a pregnant woman with a swollen belly downstairs. Throughout the entire ordeal, he doesn't glance at his fiancée, who sits on a bench, her face deathly pale. The hurried footsteps fade into the distance, and finally, the figure disappears from Xiao Qingru's sight. Xiao Qingru has lost count of how many times Jiang Chuan has abandoned her for Du Wanqiu. Sweat pours down her forehead, and Xiao Qingru struggles to her feet. She takes only a few steps before collapsing, crashing into a cleared snowdrift. So cold. So painful. This time, she doesn't want Jiang Chuan anymore.

2. 502 四 Siheyuan: Lin Jiu Lives in the West Courtyard 四合院之林玖住在西跨院 Dao Ru'an盗如岸Male-Channel Fanfiction320k WordsCompleted Someone once said, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” I couldn’t agree more. In my first work, I didn’t dare delve into the individual reasons, so I could only follow the common thread. Lin Jiu lives in the western side courtyard, and the only way to find happiness is through hard work. It won’t be very long, just 300,000 words as planned. Since it’s not long, I can promise I won’t pad it out, and I haven’t used any writing tools. The original courtya 10.7kReads8.2Score263Shelves
3. 503 重 Reborn in 2001: I Start Boxing and Live Life to the Fullest 重生2001从练拳开始快意人生 Pan-Fried Buns and White Porridge煎包白粥Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + Pocket Dimension + Top Student + Traditional Martial Arts + Pressure-Point Techniques for Five Hundred Coins] Everyday urban life, reborn in high school, keeping a low profile at school, an ancestral martial arts manual, cultivating inner energy, mastering pressure-point techniques, dual-cultivation methods, a harem of multiple women, wealth, companions, techniques, and territory, exploring mysteries and searching for treasures, doing business and managing enterprises, fighting foreig 16.8kReads7.8Score1.3kShelves

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   A beautiful period novel with delicate writing.

4. 504 重 Reborn in 1981: Making a Fortune as a Street Vendor 重生1981：从摆摊开始发家 Riding the Waves, Setting Sail踏浪扬帆Urban225k WordsCompleted An uplifting coming-of-age story set in a bygone era, with one female lead, a focus on family, no brainless antics, no catfights, and no abandoned ending. Perhaps there were too many regrets in her past life. Heaven took pity on her and gave her soul a fresh start, letting her make up for those regrets. There is family, love, a career, laughter and tears! See how Lin Feng leads his whole family, all together and safe, toward happiness! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The characters are intelligent, the plot is reasonable, there is no violence, there is only one female lead, and the story is positive and inspiring.

5. 505 重 Reborn in 1958: The Bewitched Widow Hunts and Fishes in the Xing'an Mountains 重生58：破防俏寡妇渔猎兴安岭 Hey KK嘿KKUrban1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn + hunting + fishing + pets + pocket dimension + everyday life + comedy + family bonds + no dark, violent themes] Chen Yi was reborn in 1958, on the very day the young widow Liu Huairu knocked on his door! In his previous life, Chen Yi fell for the widow's tricks. Not only did he become the man who raised another man's child, he also brought tragedy upon his entire family. This time, when faced with Liu Huairu's seduction, Chen Yi turned the tables on her! [Ding! Congratulations, Host. Yo 8.4kReads7.2Score703Shelves

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   The protagonist is reborn 58 years later, awakening a defense-breaking system. He gains rewards by breaking the defenses of others. Accompanied by a dog and a gyrfalcon, he roams the Xing'an Mountains, hunting and fishing to provide a better life for his family.

6. 506 四 Siheyuan: I'm an Accountant at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 四合院：我在供销社当会计 The Truant Frog逃学的青蛙Male-Channel Fanfiction656k WordsCompleted [Period setting + spatial powers + one heroine + a touch of edge + career advancement] Li Yi transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. In 1960, the country is in the second year of natural disasters. After graduating from a technical secondary school, he is assigned to work as an accountant at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative serving the Nanluoguxiang neighborhood. At a courtyard-wide meeting, Yi Zhonghai seizes the chance to pick a fight. “Li Yi, I may not be much, but I’m stil 19.9kReads7.0Score423Shelves

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   Give this a try

7. 507 重 Reborn in 1990: I Robbed Myself a Wife 重生1990打劫个媳妇 Old-School Mo Jin墨金老炮Urban279k WordsCompleted My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Funny period drama

8. 508 重 Reborn in a Bygone Era, Living Well with My Pocket Dimension 重生年代带着空间过日子 Little Lazy Lazy小懒懒懒Modern Romance397k WordsCompleted Period setting + space + farming + daily life + one female lead (male protagonist's perspective) After living two lives, Shen Xi is still a lazy fish. He farms and plays with the kids, and life is still full of flavor! My writing isn't great, and neither is my temper. If you don't like it, just move on. May good people have a lifetime of peace, and may bad reviewers have nothing go their way. Thanks. 197Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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   I've traveled back to the 1960s, to the scene of a family division. Later, due to my eldest brother Fan's situation, the whole family moved to an island. Farming, playing with kids, and enjoying a leisurely life—it's quite fulfilling. There's a space (space/space) available.

9. 509 四 Siheyuan: Chasing Dreams in Zhengyang 四合院之正阳逐梦 Commoner of Jianghuai江淮布衣Male-Channel Fanfiction778k WordsCompleted The novel opens in Beijing in the 1950s and 1960s, with a story centered on a traditional courtyard home. It is more than the author's own reminiscences of days gone by: through this work, the author also seeks to portray the distinctive spirit of that era. When material resources were extremely limited, how did people find joy in life with so little? How did they preserve their dignity and hope in difficult times? Was Silly Zhu really foolish? Rather than saying the widow had Silly Zhu under he 1.1kReads6.7Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist is reborn into a military family and becomes neighbors with Yan Bugui and Yi Zhonghai. As he grows up, he encounters all sorts of people, learns about the survival strategies of ordinary people, and witnesses the myriad aspects of human life.

10. 510 重 Reborn in 1983: My Carefree Hunting Life in Northeast China 重生83：我在东北打猎的悠闲人生 Luo Tian洛天Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [Authentic period drama + no pocket dimension, no System + one heroine + devoted husband + hunting with guns + digging for ginseng + business + adorable pets + food + farming] Tang He had spent most of his life rushing from place to place. Just before he died suddenly, he saw once more the vast mountains, forests, and sea of trees in the Greater Khingan Range, along with the girl in the little floral jacket. Life was so exhausting and bitter. If he got another life, he thought, he would like t 10.3kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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    These are all period novels with scores of 9 or higher.

11. 511 重 Reborn in 1992: My Blade Is for Cutting Down Ungrateful Wolves 重生九二：我的刀，专斩白眼狼 Pipi Egg’s Skin皮皮蛋的皮Urban688k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Zhou Jianguo worked like a mule. He saw his adoptive parents to their graves, supported his wife’s entire family, and raised two adopted daughters. And what did he get in return? His biological daughter moved far away, his son died a horrible death, and in his old age he was left paralyzed in a shabby nursing home, where a caregiver choked him to death with a bowl of watery porridge! What a miserable life! When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the time before hi 1.8kReads7.1Score138Shelves

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    The protagonist of this period drama lives in a steel factory. He divorces his wife who abuses his children, saves the steel factory, and even finds his high-ranking official biological parents!

12. 512 快 Quick Transmigration: The Miserable Fisherman Pays His Debts in a Period Novel 快穿：苦逼钓鱼佬在年代文还债 Little Maruko Sunbathing晒太阳的小丸子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Quick Transmigration + System + No Fixed CP or No Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Golden Finger + Lucky Star] Can you believe that just going fishing could leave you owing someone your life? With tears in her eyes, Jiang Yunqiao has no choice but to pack her bags and work to repay the debt. Before leaving, she gazes at the bustling metropolis and offers this heartfelt warning: “Fishing is dangerous, so everyone be careful.” First world: The phoenix man of 6.5kReads8.5Score493Shelves

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    The little crab is here! The fisherman protagonist works to repay a koi fish's life; the koi transmigrates into a book, earns merit, and gains a cheat ability. The story is full of jokes, funny, and joyful!

13. 513 拒 I Refuse to Marry Into Her Family: I Want to Wed My Beautiful Childhood Sweetheart 拒绝入赘，我要娶绝美青梅竹马 A Little Green Leaf一片小绿叶Urban300k WordsCompleted Billionaire Wang Peng is reborn in the 1970s. He wants to make up for the regrets of his previous life. But first, he has to find a way out of the woodshed. His grandmother has tied him up inside and is about to send him off to become a live-in son-in-law. Fortunately, he brought his RV back with him. This time, he absolutely refuses to become a live-in son-in-law. He will make sure his wicked grandmother meets a miserable end, and that everyone who tormented him dies without a grave. He will ta 66Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    Male-oriented historical fiction, single female lead

14. 514 重 Reborn in 1982: The Foolish Village Guardian's Hunting Life 重生82：傻子守村人的赶山生涯 The Daydreaming Zhou梦游的小周Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Every village has one or two “village guardians.” They're often slow-witted, but kindhearted. The elders say village guardians come to the human world to endure hardship and cultivation. They ward off disasters and misfortune for the village, taking the bad luck upon themselves. After Chen Wang, a modern-day wage slave, suddenly died, his soul returned to the 1980s and possessed a fool who had just died in Chenjia Village, a village guardian from the Chen family. He has nothing but four bare wal 5.9kReads8.6Score381Shelves
15. 515 1 1973: The Joys of Life in the Countryside! 1973：我从下乡的快乐生活！ Quietly Watching You静静的看你Urban187k WordsOngoing Li Ankang, a university graduate, transmigrates after eating wild mushrooms. After transmigrating, I witnessed with my own eyes the dawn of that glorious era... Having been given a second life, all I want is to go with the flow, keep a low profile as I quietly build my future, and take good care of my family in that era. Everything flourished, and every industry boomed in those days. And through the eyes of a lazy nobody, we’ll see the shifting fortunes and turbulent changes of that era... 97Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An article about educated youth going to the countryside!

16. 516 重 Reborn in 1976: Hunting Countless Wild Beasts 重生1976：狩猎无数野物 Beacon Fire Fan烽火迷Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Completed. The new book is Reborn in 1970: Making a Fortune Through Eagle Hunting, also known as Hunting in the Mountains: My Dad Came from an Eagle-Raising Village in Northeast China. After a car accident, veteran Zhao Cang unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a young street punk with the same name in the 1970s. He even gains an invincible Hunting System, launching an incredibly lucky and unbeatable hunting career. He heads into the mountains to shoot birds and pheasants with a slingsh 16.3kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
17. 517 重 Reborn: Starting by Saving a Beautiful College Student from Human Traffickers 重生，从救下被拐美女大学生开始 Climbing the Peak登岳Urban2.6M WordsCompleted (Innocent Era + One Female Lead + Family Life + Mountain Produce Business + Crushing the Competition + Lighthearted Comedy) Everyone has regrets. Before 1981, Huang Dongsheng, a furniture company owner in southern China, was a fool in the Dasiu Commune brigade in a remote mountain village. His stepmother abused him, and he suffered endless humiliation. Two old bachelors in the village bought a beautiful college student from human traffickers. She, too, was tortured in chains. The two people with 4.4kReads8.4Score427Shelves
18. 518 重 Back to 1970: I Snatch the Beautiful Young Teacher's Heart 重回70，从截胡青春女教师开始 South Mountain Sea南山海Urban511k WordsCompleted Li Xiangwen, who had been alone in his previous life, has been reborn. In this life, he has just three things to do: provide for his grandmother, help his younger brother succeed, and beat everyone to marrying the female teacher Qiu Ning! After thinking it over for ages, Li Xiangwen settled on one thing: marrying the female teacher Qiu Ning was the most important. “She's great at making Grandma happy, and helping my younger brother study comes naturally to her!” 409Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    Zhao Yi was puzzled. His wife had passed away long ago, and his son and daughter-in-law had gone to work in another city. Usually, no one from the office would come to see this old man.

19. 519 重 Reborn in 1978: I Make My Fortune by Plagiarizing 重生1978：我靠文抄发家 Five Coins and a Brush五文弄墨Urban702k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1978, just as the national college entrance exams resume and a cultural wave sweeps the country, Jiang Mingchun gets into Yanda and becomes a university student. Drawing on memories from his previous life, he becomes a ghostwriter. 2.5kReads8.6Score110Shelves

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    In his previous life, his girlfriend betrayed him, and his adopted brother disappeared without a trace. Reborn, the protagonist marries his childhood sweetheart, passes the university entrance exam, plagiarizes literature, becomes famous nationwide, and becomes a sought-after talent by various departments.

20. 520 重 Reborn in 1998: Crushing Scumbags and Building Wealth 重生1998，虐渣致富两不误 The Dopey, Chubby Fire Fox憨胖的火狐狸Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ordinary girl Ye Qinghong has just received her technical school admission notice and is overjoyed, unaware that someone has set their sights on her and that disaster is closing in. After struggling to continue her education, she finally becomes an outstanding high school competition coach, only to be beaten to death by her childhood sweetheart of a husband and her so-called “best friend”... When she opens her eyes again, she is back at the turning point of her fate in 1998! This time, she seize 163Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    They renovated dilapidated farmhouses and dirty villages, brought in water, built roads, and planted orchards, turning impoverished and remote areas into treasure troves. They brought good food and drink to the villagers, and the scene was so heartwarming!

21. 521 重 Reborn in 1990: From Street Punk to the World's Richest 重生九零，从街溜子逆袭全球首富 Tea Before the Buddha佛前茶Urban113k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1990, on the day his three-year-old daughter celebrates her birthday. In his previous life, Chen Xiaodong was a hopeless gambler. He made billions through scams, cons, and shady speculation, but lost every last bit of affection from his family. This time, he can start over. That year, he was a street punk. Faced with a dirt-poor farmhouse, a wife who cried herself to sleep every day, and a gaunt little girl, what should he choose? Should he live like a dog, groveling in misery, or —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 522 重 Reborn in 1983: Hunting, and Bumping Into a Wolf Who Puts Its Paw on My Shoulder from the Start 重生83打猎：开局碰到狼搭肩 A Body Clad in Old Snow一身旧雪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted (Everyday life + easygoing + hunting + food + adorable pets + planting + raising livestock + System) Yang Dahai is reborn in the far north, where he begins a happy, carefree life of hunting in the countryside, surrounded by endless forests and vast grasslands. In early spring, there are dandelions, willow-herb shoots, thorny shoots, yellow glass leaves, mountain millet, old ox grass, groundnuts, shepherd's purse, and wild mustard greens. In summer, there are matsutake, hazel mushrooms, elm mushr 11.2kReads8.1Score795Shelves

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    The most prized possession.

23. 523 重 The Reborn Tycoon's Rise 重生之首富行 Young Master of the Yu Family于家少主Urban540k WordsCompleted Back to the turbulent 1980s! Opportunities abound, and so do wolves. In his previous life, he was honest and diligent, crushed by big business and cheated by unscrupulous merchants. He spent his life struggling to get by, only to end up with nothing and meet a miserable end. Now reborn, he brings forty years of business foresight and knows every trend before it takes off. He tears up his mediocre old life and starts over! He starts out selling goods at a vegetable market, taking advantage of his 143Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Rebirth of the Richest Man" is a fast-paced and exciting entrepreneurial novel set in the 1980s! The protagonist seizes the opportunities of the times, starts from scratch in a vegetable market, and rises to become the richest man. It's a fast-paced and addictive story.

24. 524 主 Protagonist: Make Money with 81, Blossom, Qing'e 主角：八一赚钱青娥花 Wu Ciren吴次仁Male-Channel Fanfiction680k WordsOngoing [Golden finger + one heroine + transmigration to a period setting + fanfiction + doting on E Qing'e + opera + business + making up for regrets] This is a new book, and its rating has only just appeared, so it's a little low for now. It'll go up, so please give it at least ten chapters and see if it draws you in. Thanks for your support! This book has one heroine. Her name is Yi Qing'e, also known as Yi Laidi and Yi Qine. I transmigrated into the world of the TV series The Protagonist, became Son 12.6kReads7.0Score1.1kShelves

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    The character Liu Haocun, a fan fiction actor based on a period drama, is well-acted.

25. 525 从 Signing In at Zhengyang Gate 从正阳门开始签到 Gentle Brother Qiang温柔的强哥Male-Channel Fanfiction351k WordsOngoing Chen Xueru, the spirited woman from Under the Zhengyang Gate, sees all three of her marriages end in failure. Each one leaves her with a different degree of pain and loss. Fu Weiguo, who transmigrates into this world, becomes the man behind Chen Xueru, the one she can rely on… 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
26. 526 四 Siheyuan: I Wield My Brush and Stir Up the Storm 四合院：执笔搅风云 Picking Up Words Among the Pines松间拾字Male-Channel Fanfiction964k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1952, Wang Ping'an transmigrates to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Alone in the world, he seems like a timid, easily bullied orphan to his neighbors. He makes a living writing articles and stories, often drawing on the people and events in the courtyard for inspiration. Anyone who deliberately gives him a hard time or schemes against him ends up as a villain in one of his stories, and the rumors soon spread throughout the entire compound. Everyone assumes he is a helpless writer, 8.2kReads5.4Score264Shelves

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    I'll read about 10 chapters of the latest period drama novel set in a courtyard house before commenting further. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

27. 527 年 Period: Three Years of Hardship, I Made My Fortune Hunting! 年代：三年困难，我靠打猎发家！ North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Urban493k WordsCompleted He transmigrates, and finds himself with a crippled older brother and a younger sister who has dropped out of school. They face the earth and turn their backs to the sky, toiling in the fields. It’s 1958. People may not have much to eat, but their spirits are rich. Everyone has faith and hope for the future. As long as they work hard, they can create a better tomorrow! … A country kid transmigrates. He makes a living off the land, then eventually moves to the city. He has a space that can grow. 2.6kReads7.0Score106Shelves

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    This is a good book, a new one.

28. 528 四 Siheyuan: I Am Yan Jiecheng 四合院：我是阎解成 This Meat Is Poisonous这肉有毒Male-Channel Fanfiction601k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [Everyday Slice of Life] [Not a Feel-Good Story] After transmigrating, Yan Jiecheng becomes a resident of the courtyard compound. He attends technical school, becomes a technician, then joins the Ministry of Industry as an official. Riding the tide of the times, he rises to become a senior leader and helps revitalize the country's industry. (The courtyard compound won't feature much. The story will focus on technology and the political world!) 43Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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    The first book involved mechanical engineering and had a system/cheat code, but it didn't appear very often. The second book is finished; I've forgotten the details, but I read it in one go without the hassle of following updates.

29. 529 重 Reborn in the 1980s 重生于80年代 The Hardheaded Old Man头铁老汉Urban12.9M WordsOngoing (Period drama, no System, no golden finger, an alternate modern history, revelations drawn from authentic historical records and events) Moral standards vary with money! If you’re already this rich, why repeat the miserable life you had in your previous one? Every regret must be made right! Following the passage of time and based on the facts, the story looks back at this period of history through the protagonist’s eyes. The reborn story of an ordinary man, rising from humble beginnings to becom 39kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves

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    Rebirth-themed historical fiction is full of masterpieces.

30. 530 四 Siheyuan: Hard Work Is the Key to Success 四合院：人生的崛起全靠努力 Not Sweet, Not Salty不甜不要咸Male-Channel Fanfiction384k WordsCompleted After enduring all kinds of trials, Qin Yi, an ordinary graduate of a third-rate university, finally finds a decent job. On his first day at work, he's involved in a car accident and transmigrates to the world of Love in the Courtyard in the late 1950s. See how an ordinary young man from the modern era makes a thriving life for himself in those times. Golden finger: A portable 20m x 20m x 20m space, plus cooking and medical skills that 13.7kReads8.7Score314Shelves
31. 531 四 Siheyuan: The Daily Struggles of the Jia Family's Second Son 四合院之贾家二子的奋斗日常 ISTJcMale-Channel Fanfiction300k WordsOngoing With the Jia family's father still alive, the family welcomes a second son. What changes will this bring to the Supreme Daoist, the virtuous white lotus, the spirit-summoning sorcerer, and the ultimate simp? (This story isn't heavy on hostility. It mainly explores customs and human relationships against the backdrop of a great era.) 2.2kReads6.4Score—Shelves

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    From the male protagonist's perspective,

32. 532 重 Reborn in 1960: Bankrupting Hong Kong Island's Tycoons 重生1960：把港岛富豪搞破产 Xia Buyan夏不言Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1960, Lin Chaozong starts by reselling discarded canned goods. Before long, he’s building an empire and making it bigger and stronger. He crushes Li Chaoren, abolishes shared-area housing fees, acquires British-owned companies, and builds a business dynasty. Years later, Lin Chaozong gives an interview and says, “I’m just an honest businessman. I don’t know how I ended up becoming the richest man in the world. I guess it must be luck!” 11.9kReads9.0Score701Shelves
33. 533 穿 Transmigrated to 1960, I Start with Eight Calabash Brothers 穿越60的我开局带八个葫芦娃 Xin Chujiu5 2新初酒五2Urban554k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] + [Spatial Storage] + [Lighthearted] + [Single Heroine] + [Decisive and Ruthless] He transmigrates to the 1960s. While other transmigrators arrive with both parents, grandparents, and siblings around, Yang Zhiyuan finds himself fleeing famine. And he has eight kids to look after. From the start, he nearly starves to death. Other people start with a bowl and end up with a noose. He starts with a jar and ends up with eight Calabash Brothers and a noose. See how Yang Zhiyuan manage 5.4kReads7.9Score240Shelves

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    This is a male-oriented, historical fiction novel with a space-themed storyline. Raising children isn't the main theme; the focus is on using the space to cause trouble. The protagonist is the sixth child in his family and loves to stir up trouble.

34. 534 重 Back to 1978 重返1978 Xiao Xiaoyangyang小小扬扬Urban8.7M WordsCompleted Jiang Xiaobai, a university graduate with a degree in economics, was reborn and witnessed the arrival of a new era with his own eyes. It surged forward with unstoppable force, as all things grew unchecked, dust and dawn rose together, rivers converged into mighty streams, and nameless hills rose into towering peaks. For a time, the world stretched boundlessly wide... 2.1kReads8.8Score219Shelves
35. 535 你 Hello, I'm Just a Passerby 你好，我是路人甲 Mountains and Rivers Send Their Regards山河寄君Two Male Leads446k WordsCompleted [Two male leads / everyman character adored by all / the love interest is not split into multiple versions / mainly from the protagonist’s perspective / non-exclusive relationships] As an everyman character, Tao Su has always diligently played the role of the most forgettable person in the story. He likes playing an everyman and watching the stories of the male and female leads unfold. But he never expected that even an everyman could be in danger, or that he was living a lie. 1. Playing the Eve 2.7kReads8.9Score222Shelves

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    Would a story with two male leads be okay?

36. 536 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Takes the Business World by Storm 重生八零：营销女王横扫商界 CPOModern Romance41k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Conquers the Business World 65Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Finally, I've found a period drama that doesn't involve internal conflict or romantic angst. The female lead's clear-headedness is so satisfying! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

37. 537 穿 I Found Love After Transmigrating to the 1970s 穿越七零后我脱单了 Four Bayberries四颗杨梅Two Male Leads589k WordsCompleted [Two male leads (gentle, long-haired beauty top x straightforward, pitiful bottom) + period setting + sweet romance + a slow and steady love (Important: this is not a power fantasy, and there are no golden fingers)] After transmigrating to the 1970s, Shen Tang finds himself with a healthy body and a loving family. He works hard to turn around the original owner’s reputation, determined to maintain his gentle, considerate image for the long haul. One small act of kindness, given on a whim, leaves 2kReads9.1Score245Shelves
38. 538 官 The Official Road, Starting at Level Three 官道，从三段开始 Mr. Fishjoy鱼乐先生Urban512k WordsOngoing My name is Bu Qingyun. (I hold a senior government post and have a fortune worth over a hundred million.) Let me tell you a secret. Ever since I was in elementary school, entering politics has been the light of my ideals and the flame of my ambition. It was buried in my heart like a seed, ready to take root and sprout as soon as the soil was right... 18.6kReads7.6Score2.9kShelves

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    The pinnacle of period fiction! A realistic work! It vividly portrays the people and events in society.

39. 539 六 Life in the Sixties with a Basket of Vegetables 六零带着菜篮子 I Love Tomatoes Most我最爱西红柿Urban389k WordsOngoing Set against the backdrop of transmigration, this story follows Chen Mo, a young man from the modern era who accidentally transmigrates to a rural village in the 1960s and gradually improves his family’s life with the help of a mysterious spatial System. His key abilities include growing crops faster in his space, hunting for game, and using its spring water to heal wounds. In an era of severe shortages, he builds a self-sufficient way of life. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 540 1 1946: Reborn as a Super Tycoon 1946：重生超级财阀 Endless Waves水涛不绝Urban110k WordsOngoing Zheng Xiongyu is reborn in 1946. To escape the civil war, he flees to Hong Kong and builds a vast empire from nothing. He becomes the world's shipping magnate, with real estate and companies across the globe. He is also a financial titan who creates a super-conglomerate and rises to the very pinnacle of the world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 541 过 Adoption into the Family 过继 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋Urban1.9M WordsCompleted This is a novel about a man growing up through blood and tears. Along with the cruelty of reality comes the trickery of fate. But if you’re a man, wipe away your tears and face every hardship. Make yourself tough as steel, unbreakable... 29.9kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
42. 542 穿 Reincarnated as the Brooding Male Side Character in a Period Novel 穿成年代文的阴郁男配 Violet Night Firmament堇夜苍穹Two Male Leads239k WordsCompleted Lin Wu transmigrated into a book! The original owner was a scheming, lazy man who loved food and coveted the heroine’s beauty. He was an evil young male intellectual sent to the countryside. While spying on the heroine, he fell from a tree, tumbled across the ground, and landed in a river. When he woke up, he had become Lin Wu, a model young man from the modern era. Remembering that the original owner had ended up crippled after being beaten and spent the rest of his life in prison, Lin Wu immed 801Reads7.0Score102Shelves
43. 543 东 The Northeast Era Drama's All-Time Great King of the Waistline 东北年代剧天花板金牌腰王 Saint Seiya Star Bliss圣斗士星爽Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Period] [Jiahao in 1980] [No System, Just Unbelievably Tough Luck] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [Satisfying Read] [The Strongest Second Sister-in-Law in History] [The Most Unhinged Novel in Northeastern Dialect] Li Qi is reborn, returning to the day before his kidney was cut out. In his previous life, his father put family ties first, his brother and sister-in-law asked him to sacrifice himself for everyone, and his younger brother cried that he wanted meat. So he steeled himself and donated his kidney 94.7kReads8.4Score6.5kShelves

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    Authentic old-fashioned rural Northeastern Chinese story, guaranteed to make you laugh out loud.

44. 544 商 The Ups and Downs of Business: A Life Well Lived 商业浮沉：不负韶华 Guan Zhong Zimo关中子墨Urban100k WordsOngoing "No Cliches, No Idiocy, No Melodrama, No System, No Power Fantasy, No Golden Finger. Read at Your Own Risk" "Jiang Xiaobei’s Comeback" Only later did Jiang Xiaobei understand: Not every effort gets the chance to bloom, not every affection gets an answer, and not everyone who says “next time” really gets a next time. No one could have predicted what came later. That poor kid who couldn’t afford a single shirt, the failed exam candidate whose father pointed at him and said, “This is all you’ll 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Spanning two decades, an absolute classic of its time.

45. 545 再 I'll Make Another Billion, So Stay Away, Ex-Wife of a Freeloader 再赚百亿，伏地魔前妻别来沾边 A Humble Gentleman君子有谦Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Jiang Yang unexpectedly returns to 1970, an era when a secure government job is the ultimate goal. As a seasoned enabler of his younger brother, Jiang Yang is the one being enabled. He also has an ex-wife who expects him to be a gullible sucker she can take advantage of. What else is there to say? He’s definitely getting a divorce! From a cafeteria apprentice to the president of a publicly listed hotel company, Jiang Yang has only three priorities: honor his parents, support his sisters, and spo 8.5kReads8.5Score906Shelves

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    A divine novel told from the male protagonist's perspective

46. 546 四 The Little Ant of the Siheyuan 四合院之小蚂蚁 Customer, Did You Have Hot Pot?您涮羊肉了客户Male-Channel Fanfiction339k WordsCompleted This is a wish-fulfillment story with a slow build. No System, no harem, no stealing other men’s women, no saintly do-gooder, and no groveling to anyone. The protagonist lives for himself and has no lofty ideals. A good-for-nothing from the future transmigrates into the past. 34Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is rational, possesses high emotional and intellectual intelligence, and could definitely rise very high if his family had political resources. There's only one female lead. It's incredibly good. The two female characters transmigrating into male bodies are also quite interesting.

47. 547 道 Master of Taoist Arts: A Sent-Down Youth Is Reborn in 1975 道法通神：下乡知青重生1975 Cowherd from the Ten Thousand Mountains十万大山放牛娃Urban97k WordsOngoing Also known as: Reborn in 1975: A Sent-Down Youth's Rise Begins After He Is Framed. Reborn in 1975: A Sent-Down Youth Cultivates Immortality in the Production Brigade. When Chen Wei opened his eyes, he had been reborn in 1975, lying on a bed at the youth settlement with the village belle in his arms. In his previous life, she had framed him and sent him to prison, where he died... Sent-down youth Chen Wei accidentally claimed the Five-Thunder Command by dripping his blood on it, and from then on 1Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 548 穿 After Becoming the Villainous Male Educated Youth in a Period Novel 穿成年代文里反派男知青后 Li Yipiao李一瓢Two Male Leads337k WordsCompleted [ABO + alternate-era setting + pheromones + universally disliked to universally adored + face-slapping] [Steady, reliable Alpha who’s good at everything × Beta who goes from universally disliked to universally adored] Su Jin never expected that staying up late to read a novel would lead to him waking up inside it as the gloomy, unhinged villain, a young educated man sent to the countryside. He was a despised rat in the gutter, a pitiful wretch. The only person who treated him decently was the ma 20Reads7.7Score—Shelves
49. 549 1 1977: Back Before My Cousin and I Swapped Marriages 1977，重回和堂弟换亲前 Wen Shun文顺Urban809k WordsOngoing Fu Mingyan and his younger cousin are both reborn on their wedding night. In their previous lives, after a carefully orchestrated scheme, Fu Mingyan married the village chief's daughter, while his cousin married a beautiful, wealthy educated youth. At first, everyone said his cousin had made the better match. But who could have guessed that the beautiful, wealthy educated youth would rather die than consummate the marriage, then leave his cousin behind and return to the city after the national c 20.4kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves

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    In short, everything that happens in this life is what it is, regardless of who it belongs to. Things from the past life are not quite right; everything in this life is the right path.

50. 550 八 The 1980s: Changing Our Fate Starts with Getting My Husband to Take the College Entrance Exam 八零，改变命运从让丈夫高考开始 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance686k WordsCompleted [Reborn + family life + inspirational + raising kids + building wealth] Lin Yuzhu had spent her whole life drifting along. Only in middle age did she finally work up the courage to save money with her husband and start a restaurant. But the restaurant never opened. The newly renovated shop was destroyed in a gas explosion caused by a neighbor’s illegal gas hookup, and Lin Yuzhu, who had been cleaning inside, died in the blast too. She thought her life was over, but when she woke after the explos 9.5kReads9.0Score918Shelves

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