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

1. 651 丁 Ding Ergou’s Life as a Gentleman Thief 丁二狗的侠盗人生 Eldest Brother of the Lao Liu Family老刘家大哥Urban648k WordsCompleted Poor Ding Ergou never knew his parents. He was raised by his grandfather until the age of nine, enduring all kinds of hardship and sorrow. Then, by chance, he came across a treasure and embarked on an unusual life as a chivalrous thief... 1.6kReads7.2Score136Shelves
2. 652 重 Reborn in 1992 重生之1992我来了 Eldest Brother of the Lao Liu Family老刘家大哥Urban295k WordsCompleted By chance, Liu Yibing was reborn at the age of nineteen. Using memories from her previous life, she continuously upgraded her pocket dimension, bought stocks, acquired land... and began a new life unlike any other... 900Reads7.0Score—Shelves
3. 653 重 Reborn: The Unusual Life of Ding Ergou 重生之丁二狗的别样生活 Eldest Brother of the Lao Liu Family老刘家大哥Urban1.7M WordsCompleted I messed up my character build in my last life, so this time I'll make the most of this rare opportunity, live the way I want, and enjoy the life I want. I can't bring shame to the reborn. Even though the space is small, it's enough to change everything… 2.3kReads8.0Score191Shelves
4. 654 重 Reborn in 1978, I Take the College Entrance Exam with My Father 重生1978，我与父亲一起高考 The Great River Flows to the Sea大江入海流Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Period Setting, Entertainment, Rebirth, Martial Arts, Literary Great] This book, Reigniting 1978, is also known as Reborn: A Rainbow Road and Reborn in 1978: Literary and Martial Success! What makes someone a literary great? Do you think writing a few books and gaining a little fame makes you one? At most, that makes you a well-known author! Within the establishment, who would give you the time of day? A true literary great needs works that influence the entire world, but also the backing of mo 37.2kReads8.3Score3.2kShelves

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   Na na na, here you go

5. 655 重 Back to the 1980s: I Conquer the Nation with My Cutting-Edge Cooking 重回80，我用超前厨艺征服全国 Falcon Dove隼鸽Urban779k WordsCompleted [Reborn in a bygone era + building a fortune + food + devoted dad + winning back his wife] Lin Feng was a top food blogger with tens of millions of followers in his previous life. He had both fame and fortune, yet spent the rest of his life regretting one thing: losing his wife and daughter. When a gas explosion sent him back to that shattered morning in 1988, he faced divorce papers from his wife and the wary look in his daughter's eyes. He was penniless, with nothing but a cold stove. Everyo 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This looks good. If you like food and era, you can check it out.

6. 656 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 143Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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   I don't lack women

7. 657 重 Reborn in 1981: Hunting in the Mountains and Marrying a Beautiful Wife 重生81：赶山打猎娶娇妻 Call Me Sweet Potato叫我地瓜Urban652k WordsCompleted (Reborn + Hunting + No System + No Golden Finger) The forests of Changbai Mountain stretched as far as the eye could see, lush and green like dark clouds across the sky. Tigers and wolves prowled, elk leapt through the woods, dense foliage shrouded the wilderness, and ancient trees stood in tangled profusion. It was a land of rugged grandeur. Reborn in 1981, Zhang Xiaojun faced the stepmother who had been bleeding him dry. He chose to sever ties, took up his hunting rifle, and walked into the mo 20.1kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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   A story about hunting in the Northeast era, about hunting for treasures and digging for ginseng, no ink stains, no anger, some people are sophisticated and some are angry, it has been completed

8. 658 1 1981 Mountain Foraging Diary: The Wilderness Is Mine to Roam 1981赶山日记：大山任我浪 Call Me Sweet Potato叫我地瓜Urban503k WordsCompleted Ginseng hunting + hunting + treasure hunting + decisive action Gunplay is a kind of technique, and a bullet’s trajectory is a kind of Way. Chanting scriptures a thousand times is no match for lining up three points. Vast and boundless Changbai Mountain is rich in resources. Lin Daofeng goes into the mountains to search for ginseng, yet beasts are always setting their sights on him. As he presses onward, how many beasts will fall to his gun? How many secrets hidden in Changbai Mountain have yet 8.1kReads8.2Score497Shelves
9. 659 四 Enjoying the Present in Siheyuan 四合院之享受当下 It's Fine www没事哒wwwMale-Channel Fanfiction277k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to 1959, Lin Chen has lost both his parents, and his only living relative, his grandmother, passed away a few days ago. It’s a disastrous start. Just as Lin Chen, newly arrived, is feeling dazed, a man named Hu Sanyuan opens the door and takes him to the city. He goes to school and lives at a Qinqiang opera troupe, where he meets a dark-skinned little girl named Yi Qin'e. Thinking he has arrived in the world of the Queen of Qinqiang, he helps Hu Sanyuan establish a foothold 97Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It starts with the protagonist, goes to the courtyard, and ends immediately with the protagonist

10. 660 全 The Whole Village Calls Me a Freeloader? I'll Eat Like a King and Make Them Jealous 全村骂我吃软饭？我猛吃香死他们 I Was Born a Genius朕生来便是大才Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out, and it’ll drop more, so read it now. I’ll hide it if it falls below five stars.] Rich second-generation heir Lin Guosheng transmigrates to the rural countryside of the 1960s, where people barely have enough to eat or wear! Last life, he ate, drank, and had fun. This life, he eats bran and works the fields! He works until he passes out! He’s bedridden! He can’t carry anything on his shoulders or lift a thing with his hands! … Lin Guosheng’s mother sticks out her backsi 270Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    This one looks good. Many people can't accept this kind of male protagonist's perspective, and the score is very low. But it's very interesting and a fun article.

11. 661 狠 A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈，破碎的家，不屈的我 If You’re No Eagle, Don’t Be a Snail不是雄鹰做蜗牛Urban3.2M WordsOngoing [Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his 21.4kReads8.1Score1.8kShelves

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    Wonderful chronicle

12. 662 生 My Biological Father Abandoned His Wife and Child? I’ll Make Him Lose Everything 生父抛妻弃子？我让他倾家荡产 If You’re No Eagle, Don’t Be a Snail不是雄鹰做蜗牛Urban125k WordsCompleted In his second year of high school, Jiang Yang's biological father abandoned his sick wife and three children, running away with his mistress. As the eldest child, Jiang Yang resolutely gave up his studies and shouldered the burden of supporting his family. Years later, successful and famous, Jiang Yang encounters his biological father in the business world. How will this father and son face off...? [Inspirational] + [Comeback] + [Top Student] + [Showdown] + [Revenge] 39Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 663 我 My Life in 1975 我在1975年的那些事 Your Bro Yang Next Door隔壁你阳哥Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Two worlds connected + transmigration + period setting + everyday life + pocket dimension + special abilities + decisive violence + multiple female leads + no simping + business. A story spanning two worlds, from 1975 to 2025. It all begins with catching someone in the act. After an accident, Chen Chang'an discovers something strange about his wife. It leaves him disoriented and even frantic, and he dies in a car crash. By a stroke of luck, he arrives in a parallel world in 1975 and gains the ab 3.9kReads8.6Score286Shelves

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    Recommended, recommended!

14. 664 赶 Hunting in the Mountains: Building a Happy Life with My Lame Wife 赶山：带跛脚媳妇过上幸福生活 Garfield Isn't a Cat加菲不是猫Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [A Grounded Period Novel + No Pocket Dimension, No System + Wife and Sister-in-Law + Animal Companions + Hunting + Food + Business + Farming + Gathering Herbs] Xu Yi, a modern-day wage slave, accidentally takes the wrong medication while being treated for depression and dies. He transmigrates into the body of Xu Yi, a man with a severe intellectual disability in a mountain village in the early 1980s. To his surprise, he has a beautiful, fair-skinned wife who limps, as well as an adorable six-yea 20kReads7.8Score1.6kShelves

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    ୧(๑•̀ɜ•́๑)૭✧ヾ(*'-'*)

15. 665 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Starting by Saving My Fiancée 重生八零：从救下未婚妻开始 Eighties Baby八零宝宝Urban195k WordsCompleted A new work is out! Welcome to Tomato Novel to read my story. At 58, Lin Weidong had spent his whole life building a successful construction-materials business, yet one regret still haunted him: his childhood fiancée, Su Xiaoqing, had died young in an accident, becoming an obsession he could never lay to rest. On a stormy night, as he returned to his hometown to visit her grave, he was reborn in a northern village in 1982, just six days before Su Xiaoqing would meet with disaster while buying fab 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Smile][smile][smile][smile][smile][smile]

16. 666 双 Dual Transmigration: Using Drones to Hunt in the Mountains in 1980 双穿：我在1980用无人机赶山 Longbow Drinking the Moon长弓饮月Urban367k WordsCompleted Wang Xiangyang tumbles from a black-market alley beneath Changbai Mountain in 1980 onto the streets of Hengdian in 2025. It all begins with a bloodstained twin-fish jade pendant that contains a pocket dimension, allowing him to travel between two worlds. This dirt-poor hunter who once roamed the mountains learns to use drones, stun batons, and QR-code payments in the modern age. Back in 1980, he hunts with “foreign laboratory equipment.” His grandfather’s old hunting rifle comes equipped with th 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Chronology٩(´`)(´`)۶

17. 667 文 Literary Giant: I Started Translating World Classics in College 文豪：从上大学翻译世界名著开始 Longbow Drinking the Moon长弓饮月Urban1.2M WordsCompleted After waking from a nap, Lin Chaoshen, a modern English teacher, finds himself a sent-down youth in the forests of Northeast China, gnawing on frozen corn cakes. Looking at the axe in his hand, its handle worn smooth by years of work, and thinking of how he'd achieved nothing by the time he retired in his previous life, he feels utterly done for! Luckily, it's 1977! The call to resume the college entrance examinations is about to ring out! Drawing on his knowledge of the future, he studies hard 1.4kReads6.6Score102Shelves
18. 668 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 116.6kReads9.3Score9kShelves

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    💕It fits perfectly. The heroine doesn't go to the countryside, but joins the army. The heroine is a street kid (hahahahaha, no). The heroine doesn't want to go to work and leaves early. The overall writing style is very funny. They are all comedians. After reading this, I will definitely make my stomach hurt from laughing [crying with laughter]

19. 669 开 Exiled from the Start, I Changed My Fate by Grinding for Experience 开局被流放，我靠肝经验逆天改命 Ant in the Shadow影子里的蚂蚁Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing From the Start, Exiled to the Frontier: I Defy Fate by Grinding Experience Lu Chen was a top student in the modern world, but after waking from a nap, he found himself reincarnated as a disgraced heir in a world of immortal cultivation. Exiled to the frontier from the start, with his spiritual roots destroyed, he was also saddled with a frail fiancée and a fallen family. He smiled calmly. “Perfect. Let me show you what scientific cultivation looks like.” While others were still struggling throug 2.5kReads—Score230Shelves

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    [Adoration][Adoration][Admiration]

20. 670 成 Growing Strong with the Help of Beautiful Women 成长之红颜助我 Ant in the Shadow影子里的蚂蚁Historical2.9M WordsOngoing Beauty helped me succeed, and I repaid her with ten thousand taels of gold… 825Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 671 重 Reborn in the Northwest: An Eight-Year-Old Boy Becomes the Family's Pillar 重生西北八五八岁小哥挑起顶梁柱 Double-Yolk Egg双黄鸡蛋Modern Romance189k WordsOngoing [Northwest China + 1985 + rural life + reborn + realistic + not especially feel-good + light ensemble + everyday family life] The protagonist is only eight, so giving him a rebirth setup provides at least a little of a golden finger. Otherwise, he really wouldn’t stand a chance. After He Jianjun and his wife died, they left behind four young children. Their uncle and aunt sold them all for money. Some died, some went mad, and not one of them met a happy end. Fortunately, the eldest son was rebor 39Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    Male protagonist's perspective.

22. 672 不 I'm Done Competing. I'm Going Home to Explore the Mountains and Seas 不卷了，回去看山海 Kai Wuwu开呜呜Urban1.7M WordsCompleted All that hard work gets you nowhere, and then you get laid off? By the time you regret it, I’ll be lying flat by the sea, feeling the breeze, watching the sunset, and feasting on seafood. I’ll watch the wind brush my face and the willows droop along the riverbank, and listen to raindrops patter from the eaves. 11.5kReads8.4Score697Shelves

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