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  1. 151 1980s Hong Kong: I Traded Marriages with a Madman, and He Coaxes Me Every Night 八零香江:换嫁疯批,他夜夜哄 Modern Romance165k WordsOngoing [1980s Hong Kong, both reborn and switched marriages, marriage first and love later, devoted to each other, one-on-one romance] In her previous life, Shi Manyun was the unwanted daughter married off on a whim. She struggled for most of her life before finally managing to turn things around. In this life, her adoptive younger sister got there first, stealing her place and even hoping to retrace the same path she had taken. Shi Manyun watched Shi Jiahui smugly marry into the He family instead, t 27Reads—Score—Shelves
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  2. 152 The Siheyuan Compound in the 1960s: I'm Eight, but I Have Twenty Years of Work Experience? 六零大杂院,我八岁二十年工龄? Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Reborn] [Big Courtyard] [Comedy] [A Kid with an Adult's Mind] [Everyday Warmth] [Leisurely Days] [Over-the-Quota Family] [Space] (The story has progressed into the 1970s.) What can you do after waking up in 1960, an era of shortages and hunger? Baogen says that as long as you have the right mindset, nothing is impossible. First, he needs to get his hands on six stripes. The story begins at the big courtyard at No. 67, Little Suzhou Alley, just one street away from Nanluoguxiang. An old 23.9kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
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  3. 153 The 1990s Baby-Booming Brigade: My Dad Becomes the Nation's Father-in-Law 九零超生游击队,我爸成国民岳父 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Han Sixi was beaten to death by her grandparents, who favored boys over girls. She transmigrated to the spirit realm, but just as she was about to ascend, her lingering obsession drew the final heavenly tribulation lightning bolt, sending her back. It’s 1990. There are seven sisters, their family is evading the birth-control authorities, and their parents are still trying for an eighth child. Just as Han Sixi is sharpening her forty-meter broadsword, ready to deal with her awful relatives, her f 5.5kReads9.3Score744Shelves
  4. 154 Back to the 1960s: My Parents Chose Their Adopted Daughter Over Me 重回六零,爹妈为了养女不要我了 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted 年代 + Strong Female Lead + Pocket Dimension + Vengeance for Every Grudge + Fighting the Awful Ones + Family Life + Making a Fortune For the sake of so-called good deeds, her biological parents adopted children who already had both parents, then abandoned their own children in the countryside to fend for themselves. They even made their own daughter take the fall for their adopted daughter. And she was brutally beaten in revenge... Her younger brother was beaten to death with clubs for trying to g 6.6kReads8.9Score560Shelves
  5. 155 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零:秒杀系统带我飞 Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 62.7kReads8.5Score7.8kShelves
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  6. 156 Reborn and Losing My Mind for Money, but the CEO Loves My Madness 重生发癫只搞钱,霸总偏爱超癫狂 Modern Romance554k WordsCompleted Jin Chan Chan, 35 years old, died a miserable death in her previous life because she was hopelessly love-struck. Now she's reborn on the day after the 2007 college entrance exams. She tears up her love letters and swears she'll focus on making money, not romance! On her first night reborn, she fills in as an emergency replacement, singing funeral songs all night and earning her first pot of gold. Next, she cashes in on the lottery, building up her second fortune! She seizes the opportunity of so 50Reads—Score—Shelves
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  7. 157 Old Liu and His Daughter 老刘和他的女儿 Modern Romance108k WordsCompleted Lao Liu is an ordinary, down-and-out farmer with nothing to be proud of. But his ideas about raising his children are completely at odds with the mainstream. After 18 years of perseverance, his daughter has given him his proudest reason of all. Is he happy or unfortunate? Everyone probably has their own answer. 591Reads—Score—Shelves
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  8. 158 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡?科研军嫂搬空你全家 Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 124.1kReads9.4Score10.1kShelves
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  9. 159 Sweet Beauty Joins the Army, Flirts with Her Husband, and Earns Merit to Stay Alive 娇甜美人随军,撩夫赚功德苟命 Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing I post new chapters all year round, so this is a 🍅 problem! After getting caught up in a decoy operation, she becomes a master of intelligence. [1970s + sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + Merit System + dimensional space + spirit spring + marketplace; sweet, gentle heroine who grows stronger vs. a tough, handsome military officer who guides her; he’s secretly passionate but openly flirty, while she openly flirts but is secretly pure-hearted, timid yet brave, and makes clever use of her g 153Reads—Score—Shelves
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  10. 160 Fireflies in Daylight 荧火虫的白昼 Modern Romance227k WordsOngoing A great period drama. Ignore the awful title: this realistic work comes from a seasoned writer, about a woman from out of town living in Shanghai, in the vein of Blossoms Shanghai. Neighborhood gossip and jokes that hit you right in the heart. No mystery, no wish-fulfillment, no fantasy, nothing added. Just the daily grind: food, rent, petty squabbles, and family affairs. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 161 Football: I Lifted the World Cup in 1982 足球:1982年我举起了世界杯 Sports1.0M WordsCompleted You Xi transmigrated from 2025 back to 1981. His transmigration was caused by encountering “that ball,” which was really a fixation on Chinese football. Thanks to it, he got a cheat and won the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, becoming a legendary king of football. That ball also turned out to be a weapon for killing, looting, and laying waste to cities and nations. With it, he could take revenge to his heart’s content and vent all his pent-up frustration. And, of course, there were plenty of gorgeous 47Reads—Score—Shelves
  12. 162 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s and Made the Most of My Life 穿书七十年代,过好自己的日子 Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book as the cannon-fodder character who gives the heroine her golden finger, Gu Xuerou saves herself. She not only makes a space recognize her as its master, but also activates the artifact space she was born with. Most importantly, she gains a divine status and supernatural powers that she can see but not use. To l 195Reads7.3Score—Shelves
  13. 163 A Little Zombie Went Looking for Brains, Ended Up in the 1970s, and Joined the Army 小丧尸找脑子找到七零后,随军了 Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Island military romance + transmigration + super-brain genius + special abilities + real and fake heiresses] Zhou Shi is a zombie with brains. She pushes a shopping cart around looking for supplies. Because humans say that if you have food, you have nothing to fear. She uses her brain as a mouth to talk, because she’s heard that if you don’t use your brain, it’ll rust. Her goal in zombie life is to become the most high-class Zombie Queen. High-class means pretty and smart. So this little zombie 13.9kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
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  14. 164 Reborn in the 1980s: My Rugged Husband Has Fallen Head Over Heels for Me 重生八零:糙汉老公被钓成了翘嘴 Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted [Reborn in a Bygone Era + Military Marriage + Tough Soldier + Sweet Romance] The first thing Zhou Yuling did after being reborn was corner He Zhizhou in the brigade warehouse and propose to him. In her previous life, she didn’t realize until the moment she drowned that her husband had never loved her. Their marriage, supposedly meant to help a poor family, had been a carefully calculated scheme! After she died, her spirit wandered and she learned that the man from the city had sacrificed his car 6Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 165 Four Years of a Marriage in Name Only? I Took On My In-Laws and Joined the Commander in the Army 四年活寡?手撕婆家后找首长随军 Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted {Feel-good power fantasy + face-slapping scumbags + family drama + face-slapping + career success + marriage first, love later} Su Niannian transmigrates into a story set in a bygone era, becoming the original wife who shares her name. After her mother-in-law and sister-in-law plot to ruin her, she is eventually tormented to death. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees her sister-in-law beating her son. Su Nuannuan immediately snaps awake, kicking her sister-in-law and punching her wicked moth 264Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  16. 166 The Ultimate Old Lady Is Reborn: Her Husband Comes Home, and Her World Falls Apart 极品老太重生:丈夫归家天塌了 Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted [1980s + reborn + no golden finger + family life + adorable kids + everyday life] After fifty years of marriage, Song Peizhen had worked tirelessly to raise her children and buy houses and cars, only to end up seriously ill and die from a fall. Her eldest son was honest and simple. After others turned him against her, he cut ties with her, only to break his leg, see his wife bullied, and watch his eldest daughter get mistreated and hastily married off. Her second son was away from home for month 94Reads6.4Score—Shelves
  17. 167 The Heirless Male Lead in a Period Novel, and the Scheming True Heiress Who Won Him Over 年代文绝嗣男主,戏精真千金要了 Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted [1970s + Pocket Space + Family Life + Marriage Before Love] After Jiang Mengnuan died, she learned that she was the ill-fated real daughter in a novel. When she opened her eyes again, the reborn capitalist heiress wanted nothing to do with her fiancé. She cried and pressured Jiang Mengnuan to marry someone else, and even wanted to steal the scumbag husband, Xu Guishan, who had joined forces with his childhood sweetheart, Jiang Donglian, to kill her in her previous life? Jiang Mengnuan: “What kin 603Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  18. 168 I Transmigrated Into a Book Set in the 1980s and Am Living the Dream. Mess With Me, and I’ll Slap You to Death 穿书八零爽翻天,敢惹我?扇死你 Modern Romance160k WordsOngoing [Period Setting, 1980s, Military Marriage, Transmigrate Into a Book, No Suffering in Silence, Spatial Pocket, Spirit Spring, Building Wealth, Love at First Sight] Yang Liu, nicknamed the pipa prodigy, transmigrates overnight into a novel set in the 1980s. The original owner shares her name and is a poor girl who was kidnapped as a child. Even on her deathbed, she was made to pave the way for the female lead, who impersonated her to reunite with her family. As the daughter of a tycoon, Yang Liu h —Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 169 After the Spoilers, the Vicious Original Wife Goes on a Rampage 被剧透后,恶毒原配杀疯了 Modern Romance633k WordsCompleted [A stunning, astonishingly powerful villainess VS a celibate villain with incredible stamina + pocket dimension with a spirit spring + getting rich by digging up gossip + satisfying story where she never takes abuse] Six years ago, Zhu Yan was forced into a marriage to bring good fortune to her husband, becoming Pei Qianyi’s child bride. Now the Gossip System tells her she’s the heiress to a capitalist family who was lost outside the home, and the wicked, discarded original wife. Pei Qianyi stil 4.5kReads8.8Score638Shelves
  20. 170 Reborn in the 1960s, Grandma Tang Abandons Her Husband and Children and Torments the Whole Family 重生六零,唐老太抛夫弃子虐全家 Modern Romance124k WordsOngoing [The 1960s] [An Old Woman Reborn] [Spatial Dimension] [Everyday Family Life] In her previous life, Tang Shufen raised one daughter and three sons, served her shrewish mother-in-law, and put up with her husband, who neglected the family. After finally building them a house, she was made to care for her grandchildren. Her daughter-in-law despised her, leaving her with no way to live and no way to die! Old Madam Tang was kidnapped as a child and treated as an unwanted guest in her birth family. In —Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 171 Back from Cultivation, I Build Wealth and Enjoy Retirement Through Farming 修仙回来,我靠种田发家致富养老 Modern Romance124k WordsOngoing [No romance + farming + lighthearted] Shen Bailu, an overworked corporate drone, dies suddenly and transmigrates to a cultivation world, where she becomes a novice cultivator. Her daily routine is looking after the sect's spiritual plants and herbs. Unexpectedly, a powerful sect elder strikes her to pieces while undergoing tribulation, sending her back to the modern world. She promptly quits her corporate drone life and returns to her hometown to become a professional farmer. Water spinach for 8 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 172 Is Everyone Crazy? Why Is My Baby the Control Group? 全员疯批?我崽竟然是对照组 Modern Romance566k WordsCompleted [Extra sweet and high-energy + 1v1 + a dark, brooding, obsessive villain who’s even worse after ten years apart from his wife + a bunch of kids caught in the crossfire + everyone can hear thoughts + a heroine with tons of secret identities and a whole lot of clout] Shi Ran was hit by a car while doing charity work. Only after she died did she learn that this was a novel, and she was the villain Qin Wang’s wife, who died young! Her nemesis, the fake heiress Shi Luoluo, was the real heroine. Most 1.5kReads6.9Score165Shelves
  23. 173 After Joining the Army, My Identity Was Revealed: I'm the Commander's Precious Darling 随军后身份揭开,我是首长掌中宝 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + military officer father + pampered by everyone + special forces champion × sweet, adorable girl + devoted couple + revenge] Because of a carefully orchestrated scam, Lin Yiyi mistakenly believed that the man she’d spent one night with was Wang Chenghao. She married him while pregnant. After the wedding, Wang Chenghao and his mother revealed their true colors. When Lin Yiyi learned the truth, she lost control, and the mother and son pushed her down the stairs, killing her on the spot. I 7.8kReads8.4Score1kShelves
  24. 174 An 1980s Military Marriage: The Commander Is Always Trying to Win His Own Wife Over 军婚八零,首长每天都在自我攻略 Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Transmigrating into an 1980s Novel + Pocket Dimension + Sweet Romance + Adorable Kids + Everyday Life] Xu Zhizhi opened her eyes to discover she had become the foolish, wicked beauty in a male-oriented period novel. In the book, the original owner used a past favor to manipulate Li Wenzhu into marrying her, resorting to all kinds of tricks. But just a few months after their wedding, Li Wenzhu died on a mission. Egged on by her scumbag father and stepmother, the original owner had an abortion an 177Reads7.8Score108Shelves
  25. 175 My Mom Was Reborn, and You're Telling Me My Kid Became the Comparison Kid? 亲妈重生,你说我崽成对照组了? Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Gu Qingyu is pushed into the sea. When she wakes up, ten years have passed, and she suddenly discovers that she’s a cannon-fodder villainess in a novel whose only purpose is to raise a bunch of future villains. Her family is the complete opposite of the female lead’s. The main couple are successful, happily married, and blessed with clever children. As for her A dead mother, a hot-tempered father, and a broken home. Who wouldn’t turn into a villain after that? She can be cannon fodder, but her c 102Reads—Score—Shelves
  26. 176 I Was Reborn in the Womb, You Were Reborn, and Together We Turned the Apartment Compound Upside Down 我胎穿,你重生,联手霍霍大杂院 Modern Romance201k WordsOngoing [Born into the story as a baby + mother-in-law reborn + manor System (minor role)] In her previous life, Lu Jiaojiao worked herself to the bone. In this one, she intends to lie flat and take life easy. She's first in mischief and excels at stirring up trouble. Her mother, Ms. Liu, searched high and low to find her a husband. Lu Jiaojiao was quite pleased with the choice, so she got ready and married him. After the wedding, whenever her troublesome sister-in-law came calling, or her two unruly b 18Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. 177 Transmigrated Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Thorny Rose Is Cherished Like a Treasure 穿书七零:带刺玫瑰被掐腰狂宠 Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted [Upgradeable space + transmigrate into a book + doted on by everyone + love after marriage + follows the troops + face-slapping + two powerful leads + building wealth + one-on-one, both devoted to each other] A stunning woman with explosive combat power vs. a cool, brilliant male lead Special forces soldier Jian Zhenzhen is injured and paralyzed, then transmigrates into a period novel as the unlucky foil, outclassed by the heroine in every way. In the book, she bullies her own family, taking adv 418Reads7.2Score100Shelves
  28. 178 Reborn in the 1970s, I Live a Laid-Back Life with the System 胎穿年代靠系统做咸鱼 Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted Lin Yaoyao is struck by a System on her way home from work and is reborn in her mother's womb in 1958. In this life, she has parents, an older brother, and a younger brother. To help herself and her family safely get through the three-year drought and improve their living conditions, Lin Yaoyao decides to have the System temporarily act as her parents' golden finger and provide them with supplies. Then she discovers that her mother already has a pocket dimension. Even without the System, her fa 342Reads7.3Score100Shelves
  29. 179 EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5kShelves
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  30. 180 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6kShelves
  31. 181 Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the 26.8kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
  32. 182 Reborn in the 1980s: Spring Flowers Taste a Little Sweet 重生八零之春花有点甜 Modern Romance229k WordsCompleted In a simple, warm-hearted era, a quiet love story blossomed, ordinary yet full of tenderness. Their meeting seemed to be a clever arrangement of fate. The heroine was reborn before the nightmare began and was saved by the hero. They were drawn to each other, going from strangers to kindred spirits, every step filled with unspoken understanding and warmth. With mutual support and encouragement, they grew together and moved forward hand in hand. The hero excelled in the military and earned the res 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  33. 183 Wild Chrysanthemums, No Tears 野菊花,不流泪 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 2.3kReads8.4Score157Shelves
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  34. 184 Quick Transmigration: A Cannon Fodder's Happy Life 快穿:炮灰的幸福生活 Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Alternate universe] [Quick Transmigration] [No fixed CP] [Period] [Ancient] [Modern] [Book Transmigration] [Sweet romance] Special note: No fixed CP means there are romantic pairings, but the partner is different in each small world. All the love interests are background characters from the original stories who never appeared in the main plot. Though she transmigrates into books, she doesn't follow the original plots. In fact, her life has little to do with the original stories. The heroine wil 49.9kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
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  35. 185 The 1970s Villainess: I Stole a Tough Guy and Made Him My Devoted Husband 70恶女,我抢糙汉变娇妻 Modern Romance176k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a Book + Historical Era + Educated Youth + College Entrance Exams Resume + System + Devoted Couple] The day He Nianyun transmigrated into a book was the very day the scumbag Cheng Xiangdong and his dream girl, Li Man, schemed to steal her worker-peasant-soldier college recommendation and ruin her reputation. In her previous life, she’d been infatuated with the scumbag, gladly handed over her recommendation, gave up her teaching job, and spent twenty-five years as an unpaid nan 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  36. 186 90: Reborn, I Let My Husband Go and Pursued My Career, Then Married an Army Doctor 90:重生让出老公搞事业嫁军医 Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Rebirth] [Period Setting] [Child of a High-Ranking Cadre] [Both Leads Have No Past Relationships] [Military Marriage] [Everyday Family Life] [No Space-Based Golden Finger] After ten years of living apart, Bai Yulan was still divorced, and her child was taken away by her ex-husband, who had gone into business and made a fortune. At last, her son graduated with a PhD and found a good job, only to call her over to look after his child. She worked herself to death. When she opened her eyes, Bai Yul 967Reads6.5Score109Shelves
  37. 187 A Proposal at the Funeral: The Soldier Is a Commander 葬礼上求婚:兵哥哥是首长 Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The moment she opened her eyes, she had been reborn at her birth parents' funeral. She was an orphan burdened with debt, and someone was even pressuring her to marry on the spot. Luckily, her father's former comrade arrived in time, paid off the debt, and drove away the people trying to force her into marriage. But who could have guessed that this uncle, ten years older than her, would ask if she wanted to get married? What was going on?!! After asking him a barrage of questions, she learned tha 2.4kReads7.9Score297Shelves
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  38. 188 Scientific Research in the 1970s: My Sweet Wife Faints Again 七零科研:小娇妻又晕倒了 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Rebirth + Period Setting + Military Marriage + Scientific Research + Pocket Space + Doctor + Married First, Love Later + Devoted Husband + Adorable Baby + Building Wealth + Patriotism Shen Zhixu accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s, becoming a delicate young woman who shares her name. To make matters worse, she lives in the countryside. Spoiled by her parents since childhood, she would faint just from sitting in the sun. She was known throughout the village as its sickly beauty. When she open 1.5kReads7.2Score114Shelves
  39. 189 The 1970s: The Villain Turns Out to Be Me 七零:反派竟是我自己 Modern Romance427k WordsCompleted [Madwoman heroine who can snap at any moment, fiercely protective hero who fights dirty; enter at your own risk if you mind, and please don’t complain if it’s not your thing. Thanks for understanding.] [Period setting + pocket dimension + golden finger + doted-on heroine + reborn hero + childhood sweethearts + both leads are ridiculously powerful] After ten grueling years fighting her way through a doomsday game, Jin Liutao was reborn. She found herself in a period novel, becoming the younger si 221Reads8.2Score111Shelves
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  40. 190 Reborn in 1975: No Longer a Sacrificial Lamb, Now the Heroine 重生1975,不当炮灰当女主 Modern Romance228k WordsOngoing 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 191 After the Seventies-Era Officer Returned, He Had a Son and a Daughter 七零军官回来后,儿女双全了 Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [1970s + military marriage + space] Hua Jiuling transmigrated to the 1970s overnight. Her husband, Gu Beiming, was called away on an urgent mission right after their wedding. Months passed with no word from him. Her parents-in-law gave her a hard time, her sister-in-law cursed her, and her sisters-in-law schemed against her. With her pregnant belly, Hua Jiuling picked up a kitchen knife, fought back, split the family, and moved into the hunter’s little house by the village committee. Fortunately 18.3kReads8.3Score2.4kShelves
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  42. 192 State Farm: The Educated Youth Becomes Everyone's Darling in the 1970s 国营农场:女知青在七零做团宠 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: The Northern Great Wilderness State Farm’s Artsy Young Educated Youth [Transmigrate + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + No Toxic Relatives + No System or Golden Finger] A car accident sends Du Yanshu to the Northern Great Wilderness state farm where her grandparents once went to the countryside. She becomes a young woman assigned to the pig-raising team. She has barely woken up when she must clean up the original owner’s mess. Not only is she facing an arranged marriage, she is a 1.1kReads9.2Score146Shelves
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  43. 193 Three Years After Abandoning Her Husband and Daughter, She Can Finally See Clearly 抛夫弃女的她三年后不眼盲心瞎了 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yu Hua wasn't a good woman. She had “abandoned her husband and daughter,” and spent the hard-earned money her “honest” husband, Chen Jikun, made on a wasteful university life in the city. She also went out of her way to hide the fact that she was married. In an era that prized simplicity and purity, a selfish, vain, spoiled woman like Yu Hua was nothing like the ideal good girl, let alone someone a man would want to marry. Yet Chen Jikun had not only married her, he spent money and effort treati 9.8kReads8.6Score767Shelves
  44. 194 The Jin Yuanbao Family’s Sudden Fortune from Demolition Compensation 金元宝一家的拆迁暴富日常 Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Old Madam Jin dreamed of a golden ingot while pregnant. She asked each of her four favorite daughters-in-law, but none of them admitted it! Could it really have been Ying Canru, who could never get enough to eat and always burned the bottom of the pot when she cooked? ~~ In the delivery room, Ying Canru screamed as she gave birth. Outside, Jin Laifu paced back and forth, glancing at his watch from time to time as he muttered, “Please let the baby be born on the eighth day of the eighth month. Ot 1.8kReads8.8Score115Shelves
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  45. 195 Eighties Wedding Bliss: The Capitalist Heiress Is Coaxed into Submission 八零婚宠:资本家大小姐被掐腰哄 Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted [Complete, so feel free to dive in] “Shanghai Rose vs. Iron-Blooded Officer + reborn + she pursues him + he secretly loves her + both are each other’s first and only + satisfying read + intense push and pull” The moment Zhou Xingyao opens her eyes, she finds she has been reborn on her wedding night in 1983, in an alternate world. In her previous life, she believed the lies and made a scene day after day, demanding a divorce. In the end, someone pushed her from a high-rise. As she lay dying, the 822Reads—Score—Shelves
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  46. 196 The South Wind Knows My Heart, and I’ll Never Walk Alone Again 南风知我意,从此不孤行 Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Some people say dandelion seeds look like pretty little parachutes, drifting lightly in the breeze, utterly romantic. But Xu Nanfeng thinks they look more like homeless children, wandering everywhere with nowhere to settle. Just like her: no real kin, no true friends, arriving without a ripple and leaving without a sound. There's an old saying: you reap what you sow. But I, Xu Nanfeng, refuse to believe it. I'll grow into the very person you all thought I could never become! Nanfeng knows my hea 1.1kReads9.3Score104Shelves
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  47. 197 Life Is Like a Dream: I Take the Blame and Transmigrate to the 1950s 浮生若梦,我顶缸穿五零 Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don't compare this to reality!) History's number one scapegoat, Xu Duoduo, has grievances she can't voice. When disaster comes from heaven, it can still be avoided. When you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no escaping it. So what if life is hard? If you can stomach eating bitter greens, you can do anything. I'll give it my all! Come watch a post-2000s girl living the '50s version of a wild-vegetable-foraging life. Let's go! 1.7kReads9.2Score125Shelves
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  48. 198 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 2kReads9.2Score119Shelves
  49. 199 Reborn in the ’80s: In My Next Life, I Won’t Be Born a Woman 重生八零之来世不为女儿身 Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted When she was young, Hua Yueyin defied her parents and resolutely married an only son who was tall and handsome. She never imagined that he was a beast in human skin, or that in her old age, she would be killed by her own three sons and her husband! As Old Madam Hua lay dying, she remembered the earnest advice her parents had given her, and was filled with regret. “If I could live my life over, I would absolutely listen to my parents. I’d marry a beggar or a cripple if I had to, but I’d never mar 12Reads—Score—Shelves
  50. 200 The Umbrella and the Killer 寻伞追凶 Modern Romance225k WordsOngoing This is a tragic story set in the late 1970s. In a courtyard compound that seems peaceful and quiet, countless secrets and old grudges lie hidden beneath the surface. It is a world of conspiracy and revenge. Chen Yimei’s grandmother is poisoned to death in her own home. A mysterious umbrella draws Lin Ping into a thorny search for the killer. Who owns the umbrella? Could its owner be the murderer? As Lin Ping doggedly pursues the case, a shocking truth gradually comes to light... 47Reads8.3Score—Shelves
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