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Bygone-Era Novels with Clear-Eyed, Sensible Heroines Who Mind Their Own Business, Plus Great Writing 年代文女主人间清醒有脑子不多管闲事文笔好

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Are there any stories like this? I really can't stand saintly, clueless female leads!

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501 Pregnant Again, I'm the Apple of Commander Zhou's Eye 又怀上了，成为周大首长的心尖宠 Qiu Mei秋妹Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + arranged marriage to love + pocket dimension + sweet romance + lots of children + effortless success] Lin Ke, a modern woman past the usual marrying age, transmigrated into a book. The original heroine and a reborn supporting character were fighting to the death over a young educated youth sent to the countryside. One was stunningly beautiful, the other irresistibly charming. Lin Ke was just an extra in the story, barely worth mentioning. She was only there to watch t 37.4kReads8.5Score4.9kShelves
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Eat melon every day and don't care about other people's business (things about a male lead and a female partner)
502 Oh No, I've Become the Wicked Supporting Woman in a Period Novel! 完蛋，我竟成了年代文里恶毒女配 Er San Mao二三毛Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted [Both leads are inexperienced in love, wicked rival, powerful male lead, late 1970s] The March sunshine was warm and bright, and Ji Nan basked in its glow. Before long, though, she let out a long sigh. She had transmigrated into a period romance full of angst, becoming a wicked rival who blindly chased the male lead, stupidly sabotaged the heroine again and again, and met a tragic end. Thinking about how it all ended, Ji Nan broke out in goosebumps. Stay away! Stay away! Stay away! Her motto in 349Reads5.5Score—Shelves
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① Dressed as a vicious female supporting character, I'm drunk too! Looking back on all the plots, isn't it a proper death? You have to stay away from the protagonist! Just to survive is this... ③ Plastic girlfriends... Only appear for three seconds and the plot is only three episodes. After thinking about it, I can still save my own life, so I started...
503 He Called Me Lazy and Greedy on Our Blind Date, Then I Married His Boss 相亲嫌我懒又馋，转头高嫁他领导 SixSix Cutie六六小可爱Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Jiang Yu had a dream. In it, she got her wish and married a man from the city. But her husband, Fu Xiangyang, was a coward, while her domineering mother-in-law was intensely controlling. Jiang Yu could barely breathe under the pressure. A year into the marriage, she still hadn't conceived. She had to drink bitter, foul-smelling medicine every day, and her mother-in-law would beat and berate her at the slightest pretext. Jiang Yu woke from the nightmare, only to find the matchmaker at her door. T 24.3kReads8.5Score3.6kShelves
504 The 1970s: I Became the Wronged Female Lead, and Now I'm Consistently Losing It 七零：穿成冤种女主后我稳定发疯 Tuantuan Ya团团吖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Infinite space + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + patriotism + raising children] Scientific genius Fu Xue was hit on the head by a flowerpot and transmigrated into... the doomed heroine of a no-romance period novel centered on a strong female lead. The original owner had a space and was destined for a bright future, but a reborn supporting female character who despised poverty and coveted wealth stole her golden finger and schemed to have her killed. The plot had gone off 1.3kReads8.6Score100Shelves
505 The Supporting Female Lead in the 1970s Courtyard Wakes Up 七零大杂院对照组女配觉醒了 Heehee Pomelo嘻嘻柚子Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted The main story is complete; extra chapters will drop from time to time. After awakening as the contrasting female lead in a 1970s shared courtyard, she only wants to live well and enjoy the gossip along the way!! "Ordinary life + family squabbles + gossip + a touch of ensemble cast + outrageous characters + not a face-slapping power fantasy" Chu Mian had fair skin and a beautiful face. When she didn't smile, she looked almost otherworldly; when she did, her smile could melt anyone's heart. Every 5.3kReads8.3Score483Shelves
506 Transmigrated to the 1970s: Emptying the Family's Coffers Before Heading to the Countryside 穿越七零，搬空钱财去下乡 Nai Tu乃兔Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension + Mental Power + Sweet Romance + Farming + Two Powerful Leads + Taking Down the Scumbags] Ji Anran is the most outstanding child in the Ji family. After her parents die in a plane crash, she takes over the Ji Group, which had been in decline, and sends it soaring. Under her management, the company’s market position gradually stabilizes. Then, by chance, Ji Anran activates the pocket dimension in her bracelet. As someone whose only hobby is reading web novels, she immediately re 3kReads8.5Score288Shelves
507 The Female General Who Became Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel 穿成年代文炮灰的女将军 Sword Bean刀豆Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted Shaomin, whose martial prowess was unmatched, never imagined that after spending half her life on the battlefield, her entire family would be executed for a trumped-up charge. Her furious soul refused to enter the cycle of reincarnation. On a night of lightning and thunder, she watched in spirit as the enemy army cut down the heads of the corrupt emperor and his treacherous ministers. With her great vengeance fulfilled, she was finally able to let go. But then lightning struck her soul and sent 169Reads9.3Score—Shelves
508 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Fell in Love with a Stern Army Officer 穿书后，和冷峻军官谈恋爱 Cai Cai采采Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted After accidentally falling into the water, Ye Zhenzhen found herself in an alternate version of the 1970s. She'd transmigrated into a cheesy novel she would never have bothered reading before, and now that story had become real life, the life she was living. If she could turn back time, Ye Zhenzhen would memorize the entire novel, every word of it. Still, the 1970s had its share of kind villagers and a warmhearted aunt and her family. Most importantly, there was a certain man who was cold on the 116Reads8.7Score—Shelves
509 The 1970s: I Became the Short-Lived Wife of a Male Supporting Character 七零：穿成年代男配的短命亡妻 Mu Yao'er木幺儿Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted What’s it like to become the short-lived wife of a tool-man male side character in a period novel? She originally just wanted to be an insignificant character in the book, sitting beside the male side character on a little stool with a huge watermelon, quietly watching the protagonists thrive in the spring breeze of reform and make a fortune... Who knew the heroine who’d been sent to the countryside would go crazy and try to steal her male lead, take her luck, and kill her? Side characters aren’ 2.8kReads9.3Score321Shelves
510 I Became the Heroine's Obsession in a Period Novel 穿成年代文女主的心头刺 Long Ya龙芽Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Zhao Xueying, an older single woman in the modern era, suddenly gained a pocket dimension and became obsessed with the theory that the apocalypse was coming. She spent everything she had stockpiling supplies, only to accidentally transmigrate into a period novel as a fake-sweet villainess with the same name. The reborn heroine repeatedly ground her into the dirt, then easily knocked her out of the game. Zhao Xueying’s take: Isn’t life beautiful? Aren’t handsome young men irresistible? The heroin 2.9kReads8.0Score206Shelves
511 I’m Not the Doomed Beauty in a Period Novel 我才不是年代文的炮灰美人 Clouds at the Horizon天边云Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Zhao Yuejiao, who seems delicate and soft but is clear-headed, meets Su Sinian, who seems aloof and restrained but is domineering and devious. Love suddenly comes calling, and she has to hold on tight! Just as they’re deeply in love, Zhao Yuejiao discovers that she is actually a doomed cannon-fodder character who has already met her end in a period novel, while Su Sinian is the male lead... In the tumultuous years of the period setting, watch Zhao Yuejiao build her fortune 601Reads—Score—Shelves
512 From Ancient Times to the Modern Age: The Willful Young Lady of the 1960s 古穿今：六十年代任性大小姐 Another Road另路Modern Romance417k WordsCompleted [Childhood sweethearts / gentle male lead and lively female lead / no golden finger, black market / ancient-to-modern transmigration / past and present lives / coming-of-age romance] In her past life, she was a sheltered young lady, and he was a stern, aloof scholar who, unable to pass the imperial exams, became her family’s tutor. The court was in turmoil. When Yun’an City, where the young lady lived, fell, enemy troops stormed in to burn, kill, and plunder. Her family abandoned her because she 6.9kReads8.7Score644Shelves
513 Killed by the Villain, I Was Reborn in the 1970s and Married His Brother 被反派害死，重生七零嫁反派他哥 Feng Qingyan凤倾颜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Two strong leads + period setting + sweet romance + pocket dimension) In their previous lives, they had clearly loved each other, but because of their ages and circumstances, they kept their feelings locked in their hearts and missed their chance for a lifetime. When Mu Li woke up again, she discovered that her soul had traveled back to the 1970s, to the time when he was young. In this life, she absolutely would not let them miss each other again. She worked hard at her studies, got into a univ 6.7kReads9.3Score949Shelves
514 Wearing a Period Novel: The Cunning, Scheming Man Has Me Wrapped Around His Finger 身穿年代文：被心机腹黑男拿捏了 Du Huancheng渡浣辰Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [The protagonist has no System or golden finger; transmigrates into a book in her own body; a touch of ensemble cast; sweet romance; both are each other’s first and only; love at first sight; imperfect characters, each with their own flaws] [Fair-skinned, beautiful heiress VS deep-thinking, calculating man] Most likely, it’s a story about two people who look like a perfect match but aren’t in sync at heart: he’s after a man with a great body and impressive abilities, while she’s after a man with 22.9kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
515 Astonishing! The Top Scientist Is Being Kept by the Strongest Officer 惊！科研大佬被最强军官吃软饭了 Huang Xiaobai黄小白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + making money + apocalypse powerhouse + romance + military marriage + scientific research] [Also known as: Military Marriage: The Fierce Beauty Goes to the Countryside to Crush Her Enemies Without Taking It Easy] [Content warning: The heroine is extremely protective of her food. She spends the early part of the story in the countryside, for about 450 chapters, before turning to research] [Content warning: There is a male lead, but he 19.7kReads9.3Score2kShelves
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🔥🔥🔥Highly recommended. A very interesting and hilarious period novel. It is a different period novel. Tomatoes are rare. The heroine is sober, independent and capable, and she fights against the best relatives. It's not a bad idea to fall into the trap [angry][angry][angry] At the beginning, someone wanted to kill her, but she backhandedly turned the person into a strange fool. Now her adoptive mother wanted to get her a job and a house, so she paralyzed her and packed it up and gave it to her adulterer. Her adopted sister wanted to ruin her reputation, so she turned around and sent her adopted sister to the countryside, preparing to repay her with a 'superior man'! A bad boy in the village wanted to taint her, so she gave him a boar. From then on, the bad boy became a mole. [Laughing and crying][laughing and crying]
516 The Sweet Young Educated Youth Married a Rugged Man Who Returned From Cultivation, and He Spoils Her Rotten 娇知青嫁给修仙回来的糙汉被宠爆 A Tiny Qiao一只小小乔Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted [Veteran Soldier from the Seventies x Gentle Educated Youth Wife + Both Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Cultivation + Sweet Romance + Raising Kids] Fang Qiao dies saving someone. When she opens her eyes again, she discovers she has been reborn in the resource-strapped 1970s, when you need ration coupons for everything. Food and clothing are scarce, but her daughter is still in her womb. Even more surprising, her dead husband has returned from another world, having cultivated immortality! He has also 4.7kReads9.1Score548Shelves
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Highly recommended, super nice
517 The Sickly Educated Youth Meets the Big Villain 病弱知青见到大反派了 Violet Ink Writer堇色墨者Modern Romance561k WordsCompleted After pulling an all-nighter and dying suddenly, Hua Rong wakes up in the 1970s, having transmigrated into a book. She’s a sickly girl whose father is dead and who lives with her stepmother, but she has a space stocked with supplies, so she isn’t worried. She thought her stepmother would be hard to get along with, but the woman smiles warmly and says, “Dear, here’s all the money and ration coupons in the house. Go back to the countryside and lie low for a while.” Ling Si has long since noticed t 9.7kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
518 Reborn Before the Abortion: The Awakening Supporting Actress Becomes Everyone’s Darling 重生打胎前，女配觉醒后被团宠了 One More Billion Bites, Please再吃亿口叭Modern Romance408k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1970s + sweet romance + slow-paced devotion as she raises her husband and children + face-slapping the scumbag and his mistress + blackening the original heroine + pure satisfaction!] (The rating has only just come in, so it may be a little low at first. It’ll rise later. Updates are steady, so feel free to dive in.) [Top graduate and class monitor of the Men’s Virtue Program vs. a bright, bold little firecracker who’s spoiled rotten and proud of it] Only after Zhu Mingyue died di 14.1kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves
519 The Only Daughter of the 1980s 八十年代独生女 The Tiger That Doesn't Show Its Claws不发威的老虎Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news was that both her parents worked at state-owned factories. The bad news was that they gave up their secure jobs and headed south to find work. Her mother got a factory job, and her father started working on construction sites. Later, they started a small business and brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them. Little by little, she realized she’d become a rich kid. Told from the heroine’s perspective, this is the story of her parents starting a business in th 13.8kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
520 Reborn in the 1970s: The Real Heiress Gossips, Takes It Easy, and Becomes a Top Student 重生七零：真千金吃瓜摆烂当学霸 Jun Mumu Jun君木木君Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Adorable Kids + Rebirth + Period Setting + Academic Prodigy + Fake and Real Heiresses + Pocket Dimension + Family Life + Feel-Good Face-Slapping + Audiobook] The fake heiress, reborn, wants to take her biological parents away from their real daughter and go live it up in the city? The real heiress, Qiao Zaozao, says, “You can have my scumbag dad and mom. Take them, take them, take them.” In her previous life, Qiao Zaozao was the envy of everyone, a woman born under a lucky star. She had been a 5.4kReads8.6Score568Shelves
521 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后，被全家团宠 Braised Beef Brisket Rice牛腩焗饭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 110.5kReads9.0Score13.4kShelves
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[The story has been planted][The story has been planted] The female protagonist is a vicious female partner in the book. She is six months pregnant at the beginning. The male protagonist's family is about to go to the countryside. The original heroine divorced and had an abortion. The heroine, who knew the plot, went to the countryside with the hero's family. [Shy] Two years later, the hero and his father were reinstated. She continued to be her military officer's wife, and was even doted on by the hero's family.
522 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance501k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s, where she wakes up facing a desperate situation: the high school entrance exams have been suspended, and she is being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she decisively skips a grade and races through her studies, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping the fate of being sent to the countryside. She has no incredible ab 37.7kReads8.1Score3.8kShelves
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Don't go to the countryside! The heroine took the high school entrance examination early, passed the technical secondary school entrance examination, and was assigned to a military factory. Hold the knowledge of modern machinery and work hard to build a career.
523 I Transmigrated and Got Arrested? The Scientist's Army Wife Turns the Tables 刚穿越就被抓？科研军嫂逆风翻盘 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s era + period setting + advancing the nation through research + military marriage + alternate history + slow burn (not a power fantasy, includes awful characters)] // Twilight shines over the nine provinces, stars settle in my arms // A genius inventor from the interstellar era unexpectedly reborn in the year 1975 of the Xiazhou calendar. She opens her eyes in an interrogation room, in a dire situation, on the verge of being sentenced to death. Ye Mu is just about to show 37.6kReads8.9Score3.9kShelves
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In a different era, I followed military literature and was still engaged in scientific research. It is really novel! Good [laughing][laughing][licking screen] Look good!! The male protagonist is a well-known death god in the army. No matter how dangerous the mission is, he is cold-faced and cold-hearted, but he cannot stand the pleading of the old leader he once admired. He is forced to get married in desperation, and his future is affected. Song Yanzhou's only consolation is that his daughter-in-law is trouble-free. It is said that she is autistic. She is silent like a wooden person, does not leave the house, and will not cause trouble for him. But... Song Yanzhou fell silent when he accidentally discovered the various drawings she had put in the drawer.