Looking for Gentle, Heartwarming Stories Set in a Bygone Era 求平淡幸福的年代文

1. 251 那 Traces of Life from Those Years 那些年的生活痕迹 Snow in the Snowfield雪地里的雪Modern Romance336k WordsOngoing A Slice-of-Life Story Set in the Past + Food + Farming + Mini-Games + No Romance + No Golden Finger People drift apart as they go through life, and there's no going back to the way things were. Su Piaopiao's journey from having a whole group of friends to being on her own is full of both joy and sorrow. She caught snails and fished in the stream, and tended the fire and cooked in the kitchen. Marbles, dodgeball, and skipping stones? She can play them all. Clay-pot chicken, lettuce wraps, taro ri 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Warm and peaceful, no angst, no romantic pairing, just ordinary life, everyday family matters, close to real life.

2. 252 穿 I Went Back to 1976 as a System, and My Parents Got All Lovey-Dovey 穿回1976当系统，爸妈羞羞羞 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Modern Romance148k WordsCompleted [Period drama + sweet romance + System + rugged man × educated youth, rewriting fate] Reborn as a System in 1976, I watched my rugged dad carry off my educated-youth mom! I’m so obsessed with my parents’ romance, I can’t get enough! 50Reads—Score—14d adds

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3. 253 穿 I Transmigrated into the Ex-Wife Who Abandoned Her Husband and Child, and Now I’m Terrified 穿成抛夫弃子的前妻，我瑟瑟发抖 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted Overnight, she transmigrates into the body of a pregnant woman! The kind who later abandons her husband and child and runs off with the money. Her daughter dies tragically, while her ex-husband is wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. She trembles with fear! Thankfully, when she transmigrates, none of it has happened yet. There's still time to change everything... 246Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 254 重 Reborn in the Seventies: I’ll Love the Short-Lived Supporting Character 重生七零，短命路人甲我来爱 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Modern Romance189k WordsCompleted Reborn out of nowhere, Li Jingsu is stunned. Luckily, she gets a pocket dimension and plenty of supplies, so even if she decides to lie flat, she’ll be fine. Wait, she’s transmigrated into a book?! Don’t be scared, short-lived passerby A. I’ll save your life! What? You’re confessing after meeting me just once? Th-this is moving way too fast… Lu Huaimin, the passerby A: “You saved my life. I should repay you by giving you mine.” After that, the two work hard together and lead the villagers to pro 108Reads6.4Score—14d adds
5. 255 一 A Pair of Delicate Red Hands 一双红酥手 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1996, I planned to strike it rich with the lottery numbers from the one thing I remembered about my past life. Who knew it would still turn out to be just a dream!!! There are only 98 days left until the college entrance exam, and I’ve forgotten every bit of what I learned in my previous life. What do I do... Fine, I’ll come clean. I just want to be a couch potato, enjoy life with a beautiful wife, and live a quiet little life... This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are p 12.4kReads9.0Score76514d adds

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   It's quite heartwarming and down-to-earth.

6. 256 重 Reborn in 1998: The Hundred-Day Countdown to Life System Activates 重生98百日生命倒计时系统启动 Loves the Forest爱森林Urban273k WordsCompleted At forty-five, Lu Bufan lay in his rented room, dying of end-stage stomach cancer and waiting for death in despair: His first love had died in a car accident, his virtuous wife had left because of his debts, and his son had cut ties with him. His whole life had been a joke! As death drew near, the Life’s Regrets Correction System bound itself to him. [100 days of life remaining. Correct your regrets after being reborn to extend your life. Fail, and you will die permanently.] He gritted his teeth 127Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 257 女 Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban668k WordsCompleted Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor… 1.3kReads8.5Score—14d adds
8. 258 没 You’ve Got to Be Kidding: A Tang Dynasty Assassin Taking the College Entrance Exam 没搞错吧我一个大唐刺客参加高考 Loves the Forest爱森林Urban451k WordsCompleted A Tang Dynasty assassin has just beheaded a military governor, only to open his eyes as a hopeless high school senior! He spent the first half of his life relying on a swift blade. Now he has to battle trigonometry? With just 100 days left until the college entrance exam, what’s an assassin like me supposed to do? And just as the turmoil is still unfolding, he learns that his beautiful master has transmigrated from the Tang Dynasty too… 405Reads8.1Score1314d adds
9. 259 一 One Sword to Slay the Fairer Sex 一剑斩红粉 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban552k WordsCompleted [Urban Martial Arts]+ [Traditional Cultivation]+ [Multiple Heroines] Lin Che, young master of an ancient martial arts family in the city, was framed and killed in his previous life while enjoying himself beneath the peonies. His lover, a minor internet celebrity close to him, had joined forces with his family's sworn enemy to set him up. His path to being reborn is also a path to rising to power… 357Reads8.5Score1614d adds
10. 260 重 Restarting My Life and Winning Over Several One True Loves 重启人生拐几个白月光 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban282k WordsCompleted So what if he was rich in his previous life? He couldn't even find his wife and daughter! In this reborn life, he'll protect his family first... A life of wealth and luxury? He wouldn't mind! But the simple pleasures of everyday life are what feel most real! 479Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 261 这 I Don’t Want This Kind of Rebirth 这样的重生我不想要啊 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban313k WordsCompleted Being reborn isn't about having an easy, satisfying life. It's about walking the human road again through blood and tears! The hardships I've endured and the burdens I've borne aren't anything to be proud of. I'll just leave them in my memories. A simple, honest life, surrounded by a beloved wife and beautiful companions, is what truly matters... 296Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 262 西 The Merchant’s Road to the West 西部商途 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban576k WordsCompleted [No System] [No golden finger] [School belle] [Multiple heroines] [The struggle of an ordinary guy] Zhang Bo is a poor kid from the countryside. He doesn’t have much going for him, except that he’s pretty lucky with girls... 399Reads—Score3414d adds
13. 263 银 A Story About a Beautiful CEO Beneath a Ginkgo Tree 银杏树下的一个美女总裁的故事 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted The story of a beautiful CEO beneath a ginkgo tree 65Reads—Score—14d adds

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    There are no domineering CEOs or windfalls; it's all about the struggles and glimmers of hope of ordinary people, yet it's so captivating that it leaves you wanting more. [Wink]

14. 264 善 The Original Sin of Kindness 善良的原罪 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五10k WordsCompleted The Original Sin of Kindness 37Reads—Score214d adds
15. 265 一 How a Village Girl Became a Bad Woman 一个山村女孩如何成坏女人的 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五13k WordsCompleted How a Village Girl Became a Bad Woman 88Reads—Score114d adds
16. 266 重 Back to the 1970s: A Village Girl's Path Beyond the World 重回七零年代，村女的破界之路 Green Grain Shining on the Fields青禾照野Modern Romance270k WordsOngoing [Elderly woman + reborn + 1970s + dumping a scumbag + no romance + family life + spatial storage] After being angered to death at the age of seventy, Zhou Qiuying is reborn in 1975. In 1975 in her previous life, Zhou Qiuying was an eighteen-year-old country girl. She gave up her secure job as an elementary school teacher to marry an educated youth sent down to the countryside. In return, her husband cruelly abandoned her after passing the college entrance exam, and her loved ones died tragical 179Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A masterpiece, capturing the simple joys of life. Highly recommended!

17. 267 我 Cultivating the Great Dao in a Human Classroom 我在人间课堂修大道 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban229k WordsCompleted Cultivation? Pah! I just want to spend my days with the campus beauty, enjoying the simple pleasures of life and living it to the fullest. Is that too much to ask? And of course, I wouldn't mind having a few more beauties around either… 87Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 268 修 After Succeeding in Cultivation, I Transmigrated to Earth to Farm 修仙有成却穿越到地球种田 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban468k WordsCompleted [Cultivation]+ [Farming]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Chen Xing, an immortal with a spirit body from the Ziling Sect, had cultivated to the peak of the continent. Just as he was reveling in a life of pleasure with six beautiful concubines, the Trial of Worldly Desires struck. His soul transmigrated into the body of a young man with the same name on Earth, who had died after slipping and falling 94Reads—Score1014d adds
19. 269 春 A Spring Dream Takes Me to Ancient Times: I Become a Workaholic in Dayin 春梦穿古我在大胤当卷王 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Historical147k WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Just because he begged his goddess for a hug in a romantic dream, Lu Xiaochuan was kicked straight into a river in the Great Yin dynasty, launching his mortifying Transmigration adventure! The moment he climbs ashore, he's branded a suspect in the Witchcraft Cult case. He lets slip what he said in his sleep, then reveals the secret that he once saw a celes 47Reads—Score914d adds
20. 270 快 Quick Transmigration: The Art of Splitting into Clones 快穿之：分身有术 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted The most important thing in life is not where you stand, but the direction you face. In the real world, some people laugh, some cry, some shout, and some remain silent. Life is, in essence, an exercise in endurance. Beauty and ugliness, good and bad: everyone has their own feelings about them. Faced with this tumultuous world and the countless selfish thoughts crowding our minds, we often find ourselves wanting to do more than we can, because there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. But what 60Reads8.6Score—14d adds

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21. 271 半 Half-Mad 半痴 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance166k WordsCompleted Meeting you was the best fate of all, so why spend the rest of my years pining for you? I awoke halfway through my life as if born anew. Reborn, I returned, and my boat had already sailed past a thousand mountains. This is my first full-length novel, so it has plenty of shortcomings. I hope you’ll feel free to offer advice, and I thank you in advance. With your support and encouragement, I’ll work even harder. Let’s go! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 272 长 An Elder Sister Is Both a Mother and a Father! 长姐如母，亦如父！ Zi Bingfeng紫冰枫Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [A story set in a bygone era, with no transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger. Family life, rural romance, and a hard road to growing up.] Zhou Zimei thought she would soon marry her childhood sweetheart and fiancé. Then an accident happened, and she became what people called an old maid. Her younger siblings' tuition taught her everything she hadn't known how to do. The hardships of rural life, the warmth and coldness of human nature, and the struggle to keep growing... 42.8kReads8.2Score1.7k14d adds

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    A simple and ordinary rural life

23. 273 军 A Sweet Military Marriage: Pampered by a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚甜如蜜，在七零被兵痞宠上天 Seaweed Pork Floss Cake海苔肉松小贝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Multiple births + devoted, sweet romance + everyday family life + both leads’ first love + pocket dimension] Su Ruanruan went to sleep and transmigrated to the year 1970, on her wedding night. The first thing she sees when she opens her eyes is broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and an eight-pack. Who wouldn’t be captivated? Fu Wenzhang has brows like distant peaks and eyes like stars, a high nose, thin lips, and a sharply defined jaw. When he wears his military uniform, he always buttons it righ 10.2kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds

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    Tens of thousands of readers are following this top-tier book!!! A masterpiece of period romance, all high-quality, with ratings above 9 on Tomato Literature. The male leads are almost all soldiers, the romance is beautifully portrayed, the interactions between the leads are sweet, and the plot is rich and engaging. The protagonists aren't overly idealistic; there are children involved, and the interactions are charming and adorable. The supporting characters are also well-developed. The quality is guaranteed; most are completed works, long and substantial, and incredibly enjoyable. You'll regret not reading it!! Highly recommended! 👍👍👍👍

24. 274 军 Sweet Military Marriage: The Educated Youth Turned Army Wife Is Doted On 军婚甜蜜蜜：知青军嫂被宠上天 Wen Yanyan文宴宴Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Both Leads Devoted to Each Other + Adorable Baby + Building Wealth + Love After Marriage + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Revenge] Little farm owner Shen An Nian accidentally transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a powerful figure in the military and political world. After three years of marriage, she dies a miserable death far from home. Shen An Nian: ... What did she ever do to deserve being sent here to suffer? Looking at her husband's perfectly chis 1.9kReads8.9Score20314d adds
25. 275 军 Military Marriage and Sweet Rewards: The Fierce, Pretty Army Wife in the 1980s 军婚发糖：彪悍俏军嫂的八零年代 Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Complete] (Period Setting + Military Marriage + Building a Fortune + Loving Wife + Multiple Children + Daily Life) Modern career woman Shen Yiyi transmigrates into a book, becoming the beautiful but otherwise useless female side character who marries into a family to bring good luck to a sick man in this period romance! Her birth family is the sort that would bleed her dry and leave her with nothing! Shen Yiyi: What a joke! Watch her put those spoiled brats in their place and crush the villains 15kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds
26. 276 军 A Love That Sets Hearts Ablaze: In the 1970s, I Became Everyone's Darling by Taking It Easy 军婚撩人，我在七零靠摆烂成团宠 Watching the Moon on a Sunny Day晴天看月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance, Devoted Couple, Spatial Realm, Adorable Baby] Song Luoying unexpectedly transmigrates into a period novel and becomes a cannon-fodder supporting character with the same name as her own. The original Song Luoying’s blind date falls for the female lead, Liu Meijiao, instead. She can’t swallow her pride and is determined to find herself a factory worker husband, just to one-up the female lead. In the end, she marries a mama’s boy, has three daughters, gets looked down on by her moth 19.1kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds
27. 277 六 Joining the Army in the 1960s: Fleeing Famine and Marrying a Cavalryman in a Flash 六零随军：逃荒，闪婚骑兵哥哥 Miaobai喵白Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Military Romance + Cavalry Commander + Tianshan Grasslands + Farming and Hunting + Sweet Everyday Life] My grasslands, my horse. I do whatever I want out here. A spirited military wife transmigrates to the 1960s, flees famine across five provinces, and finally reaches a cavalry regiment in the far northwest, where she begins life with the troops. She clears land, digs for caterpillar fungus, and hunts wild beasts. With fields to farm and meat to eat, life is good. Riding a Tibetan wild ass, lea 18.4kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
28. 278 闪 Two Years After Our Flash Marriage, the Military Wife Takes Her Child to Find His Father 闪婚两年不见，军嫂带娃去找爹 Sweet and Sticky甜糯糯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reserved, rugged man + Sweet, delicate beauty + Sweet romance + Mutual teasing + Pocket dimension + Cozy daily life] In her previous life, Lin Wanshu was the wife of a man everyone envied: a wealthy tycoon. She was beautiful and rich, and her husband never kept a mistress. But no one knew that behind the glamorous life, she spent every day alone in an empty room, never had a child, and eventually died after being hit by a car. When she opens her eyes again, Lin Wanshu has returned to the 1970s. 59.6kReads9.0Score6.6k14d adds
29. 279 七 A Sweet Military Marriage in the 1970s, Raising a Child and Doing Research Too 七零军婚甜如蜜，带娃科研两不误 Green Wine and Joy青酒欢Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military life on an island + marriage first, love later + chasing his wife to the crematorium + devoted sweet romance + no golden finger] After twenty years of studying hard, Jiang Qingyue had finally achieved her dream of heading to an island as an agricultural PhD to pursue research. But before she could leave, she unexpectedly transmigrated to the 1970s. A woman who'd been single for ages found herself in the bridal chamber from the start! After one wild night, she woke up to discover that t 35.2kReads9.0Score2.7k14d adds
30. 280 军 The Sweet, Alluring Military Wife and Her Devoted Rough-Hewn Soldier 军嫂娇，军嫂媚，糙汉军爷宠上天 Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rugged military officer + sweet, gentle beauty] (Fictional military marriage + marriage before love + daily life with the troops + stepmother and adorable kids + food) When Jiang Rou opens her eyes, she's become the fake heiress in a period novel. Not only is she a pitiful cannon-fodder supporting character, but the real heiress has knocked her unconscious and made her marry an older man in her place. Rumor has it that the man is disfigured and lame, with two burdens to care for, one big and on 16.2kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
31. 281 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院 Moon Rising over the Blue Sea苍海升月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati 51.5kReads9.2Score5.2k14d adds
32. 282 七 The 1970s: The Heroine Loses Badly When Compared to Me 七零：女主和我对照后输惨了 Little Tingting小亭婷Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Marriage First, Love Later + Everyday Life] Lin Meng, a rich heiress, never expected to catch the book-transmigration trend and become a doomed little cannon-fodder character in a period novel. The cannon fodder has been brainwashed since childhood, devoting herself heart and soul to her mother's family and even counting the money after she's been sold. To be with the male lead, she foolishly divorces her military-officer husband, only to 2.9kReads8.6Score18214d adds
33. 283 七 A Sweet Wedding Night in the 1970s: Even an Arranged Marriage Can Be Wonderful! 七零新婚夜，包办婚姻也很甜！ Orange Soda and Lemon Juice橘子汽水柠檬汁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed Military Marriage Romance] [Beautiful, Sweet-Talking Wife + Gentle, Healing, Rugged Husband] She wakes up on the night of her arranged wedding in the 1970s. Her husband is a handsome, idealistic man with impeccable credentials. Should she marry him or not? Lin Qingya soon decides she’s glad she did. Her rugged husband is surprisingly sweet! The heroine is career-focused, clear-headed, and sensible. The hero dotes on his wife and is gentle and reassuring. Sweet romance throughout, no 6kReads9.1Score44314d adds
34. 284 随 The Man Who Joined the Army Is Married, So I Turn Around and Marry His Commander 随军男人已结婚，转头嫁他首长 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted 1970s + period setting + substitute marriage + military marriage + devoted couple Qin Shu opened her eyes to find herself on a train, held hostage by a criminal with a gun pressed to her forehead. Her life was hanging by a thread. From the memories she inherited, she learned that the original owner had been sent to marry a soldier in someone else’s place. First, she beat the criminal senseless and secured herself a job at the Public Security Bureau. Then she went to the military base to find th 19.7kReads8.7Score2.3k14d adds
35. 285 穿 Transmigrated to the Military Compound in 1985: Flirting with the Soldier King and Having His Adorable Baby 穿到八五家属院：撩兵王！生乖崽 Pockets Full of Money兜兜全是钱Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional setting + sweet romance + military marriage + building wealth + triplets + marriage before love + military compound] [Heroine: Ji Xiangsi; hero: Lu Chen] The talented heiress Ji Xiangsi transmigrated. One moment she was fleeing her wedding in front of a crowd; the next, she had become a 1985 version of herself, a lazy glutton who loved causing trouble and abusing her husband. From the start, her husband asked for a divorce because she had bullied his former sweetheart. She was also br 3.7kReads8.9Score50314d adds
36. 286 大 The Compound’s Darling Bride Is Expecting Triplets, Breaking the Big Shot’s Nine-Generation Run as an Only Son 大院娇媳怀三胎，破大佬九代单传 Clouds Flowing over Green Mountains青山流云Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Wild, rugged man VS lively, resilient ray of sunshine. Set in the 1980s + sweet romance + both virgins + ensemble cast + family life + military marriage + joining the army + military housing compound + building a fortune] The moment she opened her eyes, Qiu Xiuying, who had drowned, found herself in the 1980s. Desperate to raise the enormous sum needed for her gravely ill mother’s surgery, she accidentally got tangled up with a wild, rugged man she couldn’t shake off! He had always been indiffe 4.1kReads9.1Score50514d adds
37. 287 穿 I Was Reborn as the Most Hated Girl in the 1970s, So I Married an Officer with My Pocket Dimension 穿成七零万人嫌，带着空间嫁军官 Luo Yin in Blue Robes青衫洛隐Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration + military marriage + pocket dimension + putting scumbags in their place + bratty beauty + marriage first, love later] Chu Yueyue from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of a lazy glutton from the 1970s who even schemed to seduce a man into her bed. The moment she opens her eyes, she can tell everyone here wishes she were dead. But she’s already died once because of her unscrupulous boss, and she absolutely cannot die this time! Everyone in the village 3.4kReads8.0Score28814d adds

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    You should check it out, it's really good!

38. 288 庸 Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心 Yin Mu殷木Urban370k WordsCompleted Realistic fiction · Unrequited love with a bad ending · Small-town life · Ordinary people · Coming-of-age · No golden finger Based on the true experiences of friends, this story is told from a male first-person perspective and follows Jiang Xin through the ups and downs of his youth in a small southern county town from 2005 to 2014. He was once an elementary-school prodigy admired by everyone. But from the moment he started middle school, his life quietly began to veer off course. As a boy, he 201Reads—Score10714d adds

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    A low-conflict, realistic period novel that avoids the clichéd plots of extreme drama and catfights, focusing on a young man in a small town in the 1990s. A long-suppressed unrequited love spans half a lifetime, depicting the enduring regrets of youthful timidity in ordinary people. It is authentic, gentle, and highly relatable.

39. 289 王 Wang Chunmei's Fiery Life 王春梅的滚烫人生 Lin Wei From Penang Island槟榔屿岛的林威Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted One falls in love at first sight; the other is destined to be. A blind date arranged under pressure by her adoptive mother over the bride price turns out to be with her nemesis. The veil over her abandonment as a newborn sixteen years ago is gradually lifted. Trials of family and love send her fate on a roller coaster. The endless hassles of everyday life bring setbacks and scorn as she repeatedly hits dead ends, but she perseveres against the odds and rises from failure. In the end, she finds s 16Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 290 王 Wang Mingzhen Reborn in 1997 王明贞重生一九九七 Big Boss Norma诺玛大大Modern Romance223k WordsCompleted (The rating has only just come out and will rise, so please ignore it.) The heroine is reborn and resolves to become the person she wants to be. Who knew an unexpected turn would bring her face-to-face with the big shot from her previous life? He’s volatile, clingy, and always on the verge of tears. She has no choice but to take him along as she rises to the top. When Wang Mingzhen learns she can’t have children, she wants to break up. She tells Gu Xizhou, “Gu Xizhou, I want you to be happy. Do 206Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist's family favors sons over daughters; she stays away from awful people and lives the life she wants.

41. 291 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De —Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 292 还 The Caregiver Who Came to Repay a Debt 还债的保姆 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Urban189k WordsCompleted Yan Yan had always lived a pampered life, but when her husband was in a car accident, everything fell into hardship. She spent all her savings and racked up a mountain of debt. Their two children needed money for school, and her husband required ongoing treatment. With no one to turn to, she went alone to the big city to find work and earn a living. 67Reads—Score114d adds

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    Romance novels set in the era are here.

43. 293 红 The Matchmaker’s Comic and Tragic Fate 红娘啼笑因缘 Swallowtail Butterfly闪蝶Urban1.7M WordsCompleted A matchmaker who transmigrated, still so young and already arranging marriages. What a farcical situation! The matchmaker Hongniang in the Peking opera The Story of the Western Wing is famous for helping lovers find happiness. Could a real-life matchmaker actually be the reincarnation of the Hongniang from The Story of the Western Wing? Can the Book of Changes really predict love and marriage? 9Reads7.0Score114d adds
44. 294 春 Love in the Spring Mountains 春山之恋 An Yiran安亦然Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted Military marriages are even more tantalizing. If he loves you, he’ll love you even if you’re another man’s wife. If he doesn’t, even bearing his child won’t make his heart yours. True love is priceless. Childhood sweethearts, falling in love at seventeen or eighteen, forced into marriage... A hotel hostess in a wine-red qipao stuns everyone and captivates the passersby coming and going. After enlisting and heading to the city for work, girls from the countryside find their choices in life changi 20Reads—Score—14d adds

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    In the most ordinary, real, and happy life, true love can leave one with no regrets. If he loves you, even if you are someone else's wife, he will still love you. If he doesn't love you, even if you bear his children, his heart will not be with you. In the rural areas of the 1970s and 80s, to escape the mountains, boys joined the army, and girls went to the city to work. Some became kept women, some resorted to any means to climb the social ladder, and some remained clear-headed. We seek the purest love from the most simple and honest era.

45. 295 没 A Motherless Child, Cared for by His Sister-in-Law 没妈的孩子，嫂子疼 Ai Shihua爱施华Urban320k WordsCompleted [Period drama + No System or storage space] After my adoptive parents died in a car accident, my older brother Zhang Dakui and I depended on each other. Ever since Dakui brought my sister-in-law Liu Chunmei home, our lives changed. And so did my life... 98Reads6.2Score11214d adds
46. 296 清 Tales of the Qingshui River 清水河往事 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance133k WordsCompleted Zhao Xinran was once a young high school teacher. He left the classroom to take the civil service exam and became the mayor of a town. Thanks to his dedication and strong results, he was promoted to director of a county bureau, and eventually became the director of a municipal department. Two female students worked under him, one specializing in the humanities and the other in the sciences. Both made significant contributions to their hometowns, earning Zhao Xinran political achievements while d 676Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Relatable to everyday life, worth watching, positive values, and high IQ

47. 297 逆 A City Romance Between a Top Student and a Sales Goddess 逆袭学霸和销售女神都市情缘 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance18k WordsCompleted A City Romance Between a Comeback Scholar and a Sales Goddess 92Reads—Score214d adds
48. 298 等 The Happiness We Waited For 等来的幸福 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted In this blended family, the male and female leads grow up calling each other brother and sister. After her mother dies, the heroine goes abroad with her biological father. While overseas, she and the male lead begin a relationship. 773Reads—Score—14d adds
49. 299 撞 A Chance Encounter 撞出来缘分 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance56k WordsCompleted Zhang Wenjun is an ordinary accountant. One morning, while riding his electric scooter to work, he collides with an older woman at the market intersection. To his surprise, she is his teacher’s mother. They reach an arrangement: while her foot heals, Zhang Wenjun will come to her home every weekend and care for her free of charge. At the time, his teacher is dating someone, who turns out to be Zhang’s best friend. All three keep the truth from one another. Only in the end do they learn that each —Reads—Score—14d adds
50. 300 桃 A Garden of Students, Growing Old Together in Love 桃李满天下恩爱共白头 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted Wu Xiaomin was a country girl, born and raised in the countryside, but she had always been a good student and was naturally beautiful. Unfortunately, after she started high school, her surroundings changed dramatically, leaving her confused and lost. In her sophomore year, she met a new homeroom teacher who helped her find her way again. After graduating from college, Wu Xiaomin gave up a job placement back in her hometown and introduced a female college classmate to her former high school teach 1.5kReads—Score—14d adds

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