Any Stories Set in Republican-Era China About a Patriotic Protagonist Determined to Save the Country? 有没有民国时期，主角爱国一心想要救国的文
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The Moon Never Shone on Qinghuan: Married to a Disabled Young Marshal 明月何曾照清欢：嫁给残疾少帅
After her mother’s sudden, unexplained death, her father brought home a stepmother, along with two young children in tow. Tired of her making a mess of the household, he washed his hands of her and sent her overseas for three years. When she returned, she was forced to take her older sister’s place and marry the rumored cold-blooded, ruthless young marshal of the Yi family. She heard that he had lost both legs in the war three years ago, becoming a cripple, and that it had affected him in that d
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A Beauty in Troubled Times: Scheming for Love and Survival 乱世佳人，谋爱亦谋生
[Strong heroine: A brilliant, alluring woman in the Republic of China era + play the pig to eat the tiger + espionage] Shen Tangli knows how to turn circumstances to her advantage and remains clear-headed and independent. She seeks revenge and a way to make a living. To uncover the truth behind her mother’s death, she deliberately uses her beauty to become the young marshal’s woman, leveraging his power to exact revenge. Once her revenge is complete, she leaves. The Japanese invade, the city fa
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Warlord of the Republic: I Turned Shanghai’s Nightlife Upside Down 民国枭雄：我掀了夜上海的天
When Chen Mo wakes up, he has returned to the age of fifteen, facing the hellish slums of Shanghai. In his previous life, he lived an unremarkable life and died in humiliation. This time, he’ll overturn this world that devours people! Armed with the [Warlord System], his fists draw blood and his blade takes lives. Starting in Fangualong, he recruits followers, seizes territory, and gathers wealth... He swears to become the greatest warlord in all of Shanghai’s pleasure quarters! The underworld i
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A Blackstone Immortal Estate in the Republic-Era Famine 民国荒年随身黑石仙府
In 1938, the Huayuankou flood, compounded by famine and the ravages of war, utterly shattered Sanzhu's life. After losing his home and family, he fled with his older brother, escaping war, famine, and the Japanese army's iron heel, each step bringing them to the brink of death. But fate had other plans. Just as he forced open the gates of the Xuan Yang Immortal Estate in his desperate hour, his brother, left behind in a straw hut, did not live to see him return. This inheritance ground, home to
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- 205 From Border Soldier to Ruler of All 从边卒到君临天下 The Great Yan Dynasty has endured for three hundred years, passing through the “Rise of Wu Yan” and the “Rule of Wen Zhong.” But over the past fifty years, the frivolity of the two emperors Huan and Kang has caused central authority to collapse. Powerful ministers rule the court, and the dynasty’s control exists in name only. After transmigrating into the Great Yan Marquis of Ning’s household as an illegitimate son, Ning Fanchuan thinks he can enjoy the privileges of an aristocratic family. But 3kReads7.5Score19514d adds
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Republican Era: I'm a Professor at Peking University 民国：我在北大当教授
After transmigrating to the seventh year of the Republic of China, Shen Zhixing goes from being a librarian at Peking University to the young master of a remittance house, newly returned from studying in Germany. In a turbulent age of warring warlords and encroaching foreign powers, he refuses to inherit a fortune worth billions and vows to save the country with his pen. He buys the second-largest newspaper in Beijing and Tianjin and serializes the martial arts classic The Legend of the Condor H
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- 207 Espionage: From the Start, I Get a Sign-In System 谍战：开局获得，签到系统 Espionage + no romance + System In 1932 Shanghai, the smoke of the January 28 Incident had yet to clear. Currents of intrigue surged inside and outside the foreign concessions, while Japanese and puppet agents and traitors roamed everywhere. Modern office worker Tang Jiayue opens her eyes to find she has become a twelve-year-old street child in Shanghai. With the lingering threat of artillery fire behind her and ravenous wolves closing in ahead, life in this besieged city is as cheap as dirt! At 1.6kReads6.3Score11314d adds
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Republican China: From the Start, I Have a Model Battalion Armed with American Weapons 民国之开局美械模范营
Wu Taiheng, who somehow transmigrated to the Republican era, received two pieces of news: The good news: He's Wu Junsheng's son, the famous Wu with the thick tongue, and he has a System! The bad news: The System vanished before it could explain anything. He spent thirteen years living like an idiot, and it wasn't until the second year of the Republic that the System finally awakened!
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Xiangzi: A Bowl of Ginger Sugar Water from the Start 祥子：开局一碗姜糖水
Xiangzi: A Bowl of Ginger Sugar Water from the Start
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The Little Spy's Rise to Power 谍战小特务的逆袭
He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation...
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Bamboo Congratulations 竹贺
Mutual devotion + slow burn + secret crush + strong heroine + strong hero + one-on-one romance They first meet one morning, when Song Wanzhu saves He Jingzhi. After that, their fates become intertwined. Each of them has their own ideals and ambitions. But they do not belong to the same side. Song Wanzhu saves He Jingzhi's life, but she also kills him with her own hands. He Jingzhi returned from studying abroad. He is also a patriot who wants to save his broken, battered country, the land that ra
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- 212 Transmigrated Into a 1940s Book: From the Start, It's Just Me, My Little Sister, and a Baby Fleeing for Our Lives 穿书四零：开局就剩妹妹带娃逃命 High school student Jiang Jiyun was innocently caught in the crossfire while watching an incident out of curiosity, then transmigrated to an era torn apart by war. It was the setting of a historical novel she had read, where she became a nameless passerby who was killed off without ever appearing in the story. From the start, Japanese soldiers swept through the countryside, massacring the entire village. After burying the original owner’s mother, Jiang Jiyun set out with the child entrusted to h 14.3kReads9.1Score98614d adds
- 213 Quick Transmigration: We Fought to the Death Back Then, Now We Set Sail Again 快穿：当年死战，又是扬帆起航 [No CP] [Some worlds involve taking down scumbags] [Patriotic themes] [Big-picture perspective] [Ancestors transmigrate] [Healing] [Many worlds, but may our country always know peace and prosperity] [Personal growth] Lu Zhou was a young soldier who died in battle. All she saw was the shining Five-Star Red Flag. The world comes in a thousand colors, but she loves only one shade of red. World One: The villainous rich girl at an elite school? A spoiled rich kid with nothing to do? No problem. All o 7.2kReads9.3Score65614d adds
- 214 Eldest Son: My Siblings Simulated My Life, and I Broke Down in Tears 长子：兄妹模拟我人生，泪崩 [Anti-drug trafficking] [Narcotics officer] [High IQ] [Mastermind] [Undercover] The Wei family has five children. The second is a wealthy businessman, the third has an impressive background, the fourth is a research professor, and the fifth is a pop star. Only the eldest has amounted to nothing. He’s notorious and despised by his siblings. Because he sold off his younger siblings and drove his family away! He’s done every kind of evil, and his siblings loathe and spurn him! Then, on the day the 72.8kReads9.5Score11.3k14d adds
- 215 Espionage: I Got the Living Yama System from the Start 谍战：开局获得活阎王系统 [Upright values➕decisive and ruthless➕no female lead] In a parallel world, Su Mingzhe transmigrates to 1936 and becomes a second lieutenant in the Military Statistics Bureau, where he awakens the Living Yama System. As long as he inflicts both physical and psychological torment on the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators, he can obtain intelligence. Su Mingzhe skips the interrogation and starts with a one-two punch: the tiger bench and pepper water! “Ding! Reward: or 13.2kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 216 Bright Sword: I Have a System That Lets Me Disobey Orders 亮剑：我有抗命系统 Yun Feng, captain of the Canglong Assault Team and the Republic’s strongest special forces soldier, dies in the line of duty and has his soul transmigrate into the world of "Bright Sword", bringing a Defiance System with him. It binds Li Yunlong as his target. Whenever Yun Feng disobeys Li Yunlong’s orders, he earns all kinds of rewards. And so, an even more rebellious stubborn mule than Li Yunlong appears. Brigade Commander: Yun Feng, you rascal, struck it rich again? Yun Feng: Commander, I’m g 4.8kReads9.0Score23414d adds
- 217 Bright Sword: I’m with the Osaka Division, Don’t Shoot! 亮剑：我大阪师团的，不要开枪！ Lu You was watching Bright Sword when, in his excitement, he transmigrated into its world in 1940. Other people transmigrated as Li Yunlong’s former commanders or the like. So why had he become a Japanese soldier, and in the Osaka Division, no less? Fortunately, he had a System that let him exchange Japanese lives for money. As an ordinary Japanese soldier, each life was worth one silver dollar. Lu You used the money he earned with Japanese lives to climb higher. From then on, the Japanese found 889Reads7.6Score10914d adds
- 218 Livestreaming the War of Resistance: From the Start, I Become the Oriental Meat Grinder 直播抗战，开局东方绞肉机 [War of Resistance + no System + ensemble cast + heroic epic + plot-driven] It is a tragic age, but also an epic era that gives rise to heroes. After living a peaceful life for more than twenty years, Xia Yu unexpectedly transmigrates into the past and becomes a soldier heading for the battlefield. He thinks he’ll die beneath the enemy’s guns and cannons, but never expects to become part of the epic himself. The land lies in ruins. The truly brave do not flinch when disaster suddenly strikes. Ho 3kReads9.1Score21814d adds
- 219 Special Forces Starting with Drawing Sword 从亮剑开始的特种兵 During a mission, Ye Zhengyang sacrificed himself to protect his comrades, but unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Bright Sword. He successfully activated a System. As long as he killed enemies and earned merit, he would receive Merit Points. Merit Points could be exchanged for weapons and equipment. We’re a righteous force. We reason with people! With physical force! 19.5kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
- 220 War of Resistance: Starting with Bright Sword, I Challenge the Whole World! 抗战，从亮剑开始单挑全世界！ Qin Mu transmigrates to the world of Bright Sword, fights to retake Ping’an County, and rescues Xiuqin. Li Yunlong: Who is he? Who’s this nodding master? I want to meet him. I can’t wait another minute! Monk Wei Dayong: Brother, you saved my life. From now on, I’ll be your bodyguard. Zhou Weiguo: Brother Qin, I can never repay you for saving my wife and father. From now on, I, Zhou Weiguo, will follow you and fight the Japanese! Young soldier Zhang Ga: Big brother, when will I become a great her 161Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 221 Quick Transmigration: Every World Starts in Hell 快穿：每次都是地狱开局 [No romance pairings / alternate history / nation and family] [Please don't use AI to generate the heroine. The author commissioned the illustrations at personal expense.] Yin Lingyu is one unlucky girl. In her quick transmigration missions, she always gets the most hellish start and has to roll up her sleeves and climb her way up, becoming the beautiful, tragic woman everyone admires. World One: The top scholar's younger sister, sold into a brothel. (Setting: Li Shimin of the Tang dynasty) Worl 20.4kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
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Transmigrated as a Maid in the Republic of China, I Turned the Young Master and Miss Into Completely Different People 穿成民国丫鬟，爆改小姐少爷
(An alternate-history Republican-era setting, with a highly intelligent heroine who has many skills and is also a formidable fighter) Special forces soldier Zhong Xia transmigrated to the Republican era and became the maid of the Su family’s young lady, Su Qianning. Su Qianning was hopelessly lovestruck, willing to lay down her life for a scumbag and lavish money on him, only for him to treat her as a backup option. Zhong Xia thought the money would be better spent supporting the country. At the
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Old Dreams of Shanghai 旧梦上海
[Republican-Era Romance + Two Strong Leads, Devoted to Each Other + Wealthy Families + War of Resistance and Espionage] Shanghai, 1925. Qiao Wanyin, the illegitimate daughter of the Qiao family, had been raised in the countryside. On her way back to Shanghai, she was killed by her stepmother. A modern-day female assassin accidentally took over her body. To conceal her sharp edge, she acted sweet and obedient, pretending to be frail. To avoid attracting attention and suspicion, she took a job as
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A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金
Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More
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- 225 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.9kReads5.8Score33814d adds
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Plum Blossoms Fall, Dust Rises 梅落起尘烟
He is a cold-faced doctor who lies low in the foreign concession. Using electrotherapy to enter the subconscious, he advances carefully, step by step, with revenge as his sole aim. He has no idea that his visit to the Shen residence has already drawn him into a far deeper conspiracy. She is the Third Concubine in the secluded depths of the Shen residence, delicate and lovely enough to stir anyone's sympathy, yet a consummate actress. Are her “performances” and “disguises” meant to help her esca
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In the Republic of China, I Rise Through Industry 人在民国，从工业开始崛起
[Low-key System + Industry + Commerce + Fighting the Japanese + The Eagle Sauce as Supreme Patron] After transmigrating to the Republican era, Lin Yi becomes a rich second-generation heir to a family business and obtains a Technology Upgrade System. Simply designate an item, and its technology can be upgraded. The national industry is being bullied? With technology upgrades and commercial maneuvers, he’ll start by using the basin-footed chicken as an example to make his stand. Starting with
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Restoring Time, Just to Meet You 修复时光，只为遇见你
[Two equally strong leads + both transmigrate + pure sweetness + love for their country and people] She is a modern student of cultural relic restoration; he is a warlord in Republican-era Shanghai. When she transmigrates, she becomes the wife promised to him when he was a child. They weather the chaos of war together, always understanding and supporting each other. There’s more to her identity than meets the eye. He risks his life to protect her, and when everything is finally settled, he follo
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- 229 I Transmigrated to 1949, and Now I'm a Refugee? 穿越一九四九，我成难民了？ Forget about personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to overthink things; if something happens, just go crazy: better to make things difficult for others than suffer yourself. That was Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrated to Beiping just after its liberation. He also awakened a space that could take him back to 2026. The boom years of 2026 and war-torn 1949, two vastly different eras, now lay before him. 315Reads—Score—14d adds
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My Golden Finger Exists to Kill Japanese Invaders 我的金手指专杀鬼子
Su Qingtang, a medical student from the 21st century, opens her eyes to find she's become a Shanghai socialite who has returned from studying in Japan. With skin like snow and a qipao that accentuates her figure, every step as graceful as a lotus, she is Shanghai's renowned “Number One Beauty.” System + spatial dimension A supermarket, hospital, medicines, farming, and processing, all fully automated! Kill a Japanese soldier and earn a trade coin; save a fellow Chinese and gain a point of merit!
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Love Entangled in the Flames of War 烽火情茧
"A Cocoon Woven in the Flames of War" is an epic romantic historical novel set in China during the War of Resistance Against Japan. It follows the changing fortunes of surgeon Gu Wanqing after Beiping falls, and her tangled relationships with Shen Moxuan, an intelligence officer in the Nationalist government; Lu Mingyuan, leader of an underground resistance organization; and Lin Shuyao, a newspaper reporter. In an era torn apart by war, Wanqing must shoulder the responsibility of a doctor devot
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The Red Revolution: Copying Books to Exchange for a Million Supplies! 赤色革命：从抄书兑换百万物资！
[Parallel world + System + career-building + no romance] Qiao Nian grew up in an orphanage and had long since engraved “Study for the rise of China” into his bones. After dying while saving someone, he transmigrates to a parallel Republican-era China. The land is shattered, foreign powers trample it underfoot, and humiliating signs in the concessions sting the eye. Even worse, the timeless masterpieces that once roused the people have never been written! Qiao Nian grips his pen, determined to wi
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The Transmigrated Shopkeeper of Republican-Era China 民国穿越女掌柜
My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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As If There Were a Glimmer of Light 仿佛，若有光
Gao Yu, a young curator and painter, accidentally transmigrates to a women's university in 1947. He becomes its youngest male teacher and a clandestine Party member with a special identity. Amid the shifting interplay of light and shadow, he meets Shen Weiying, a beautiful, aloof university student. One love across a lifetime, two meetings: it turns out that love is the light that never fades.
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Cold War in the Mirror 镜面冷战
Pure nationalism! A wave of nation-building! Leave a comment and suggest a country name! No System! No invincibility! A slow-burn power fantasy that stands up to scrutiny. Above all, it keeps things plausible!
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Nanjing Photo Studio: I Won't Take This Kind of Crap 南京照相馆：劳资不受窝囊气
[System Conquest] [Alternate World War II] [Founding a Nation Overseas] = [An Emperor Unifies the World] On the eve of World War II, Su Lie transmigrates and activates the War Replication System! Copy skills, armies, weapons, and industry! While everyone else fights tooth and nail in World War II, he quietly establishes a nation overseas and crowns himself emperor! He stays out of the chaos and reaps the rewards! With the System's power, he sweeps aside all opposition, subdues the great powers,
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White Tea, Floating Life 白茶浮生
Adapted from real accounts of the War of Resistance in Fujian, this novel commemorates the eightieth anniversary of China's victory in the war and honors the indomitable spirit of the people of Fujian. The Min River wept, 1938. The Riverside Teahouse was the last lone boat in the storm. Lin Suxin, the proprietress, nailed three silver hairpins to a wooden plaque to summon the spirits. Each name was a soul that had yet to return. The bookkeeper, Chen Mosheng, used his twisted, curled hand to writ
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Butterflies and Spies 蝶来谍网
A beautiful female bandit blunders into Harbin's espionage network. She takes a male spy hostage, only to find herself trapped in bed with him. The two decide to plot together in private and put their plans into action beyond their bedroom door. They spill blood in a bandit stronghold, root out traitors in a brothel on Peach Blossom Lane, lie in wait to catch bandits at an illegal gambling den, and smash up an opium house to rid the area of its evils... This is neither fantasy nor a story about
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Ye Tinglan 夜听澜
Mu Wanting asked Jiang Yu what kind of partner she hoped to find. Jiang Yu thought it over carefully, picturing a vague silhouette in her mind. She couldn’t quite put into words what that person would be like. After meeting Yi Shiheng, she thought, it must be someone like him. Ten years later, they met again, but he stood on the other side. They had once held fast to the belief that ideals mattered more than anything, even each other, yet neither had imagined they would one day become strangers
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The Bizarre Murder at the Roadside Inn 大车店诡异命案
Bizarre murders, men and women in turbulent times, tangled love and hate, and the legend of the resistance. During the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, on the northern Manchurian frontier, stood a mountain called Big Butt Mountain. Two semicircular peaks joined together, and the locals were plainspoken: they named things exactly as they looked. For forty li in every direction, it was the only horse-cart inn around: the Big Butt Mountain Inn. Men and women shared the big northeastern kang beds
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Listening to Zen Night After Night, Desire Awakens with Every Step 夜夜听禅，步步生欲
#Tomato's most tempting Buddhist-monk romance#Qipao beauty vs. unhinged monk#Captivity/stand-in/agonizing regret#From Buddha to demon 🩸 The night he snapped his prayer beads, I knew that this Buddha of mine was filthy through and through. 🩸 Everyone says Shen Tingchan is the cleanest man in Beiping. He devotes himself to meditation in the Buddhist hall and avoids women. Even the prayer beads around his wrist are steeped in sandalwood incense. Until that night of torrential rain, when he pinned
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- 242 A Fleeting World of Dust 俗尘渺渺 The famed warlord Zhou Xirong suddenly got married. Word was that his wife was a prostitute he had bought out of a brothel. Everyone was delighted to gossip about such a disgraceful match. In the months after the wedding, there were three things people discussed most. First, how beautiful Madam Zhou was. Second, just how many times Madam Zhou had cheated on Zhou Xirong. Third, why Zhou Xirong protected his young wife as if he were bewitched. 66Reads6.6Score—14d adds
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Shocking! Reborn in Another Body, I Seize Power in Republican-Era China 惊！重生魂穿后我在民国掌大权
Soul transmigration into the Republic of China + historical Republic of China setting + devoted, sweet romance + two powerful leads + satisfying wish fulfillment + doting husband, no angst + strong female lead, no logic required + happy ending. A cool, peerlessly beautiful woman with extraordinary intelligence x a modern young marshal returned from overseas Quan Jiu x Fu Yuli Quan Jiu, a wealthy heiress from the 21st century, was left in a vegetative state after being targeted in a family inher
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A Female Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates into a Frail Girl, and the Young Marshal Demands to Make Her His Wife 女特种兵穿成弱女，被少帅求名分
A soul transmigrates into a delicate woman who becomes a special forces soldier × a ruthless young marshal [Republican era + love of country and family + winning her back + romantic tension + devoted couple] Zhao Yingnan, a special forces squad leader, was on a mission in the rainforest when she took a fatal bullet meant for a teammate. When she woke, she had transmigrated into the Republican era, becoming Lin Siyue, the least favored concubine-born daughter of the Lin family, a rice merchant fa
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- 245 Loyal Souls Amid the Flames of War 烽火忠魂 Historical setting: 1937–1945, from the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan to victory Core theme: The clash and convergence of individual heroism and collective destiny, and how ordinary people choose to become heroes when pushed to the brink 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 246 Springtime in a Shell Casing 弹壳里的春天 This is a stirring anthem of a people forged in the flames of war, and a tender love story blossoming beneath the smoke of battle. Set against the backdrop of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japan from 1931 to 1945 and the subsequent War of Liberation, the story weaves a sweeping historical tapestry through the intertwined fates of Zhang Ai, a farmer’s son from the Northeast known as Goudan, and Qi Shuyun, a young student from Beiping. Spring in the Bullet Casings, originally titled Songs 248Reads—Score—14d adds
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Rose of the Battlefield: Yiping Enlists to Serve Her Country 战地玫瑰，依萍投军报国
[Military academy + devoted to one another + restrained romantic tension + Sparrow + Romance in the Rain + The Disguiser] Lu Yiping was once a piano prodigy at a music conservatory. Her hands were meant to dance across the black and white keys. But with the country in ruins, she resolutely cut off her long hair, donned a rough military uniform, and entered Whampoa Military Academy. “An indulged young lady can’t take hardship. I bet she’ll be crying to drop out within three days!” Facing the whol
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Pear Blossoms in Bloom 一树棠梨花开
For seven years of war, she kept watch over a flowering tree, waiting for someone who would never return. Across thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, he passed through smoke and death to honor a promise left unfulfilled. That spring, “the flowering pear tree bloomed, its beauty captivating the city; willow fluff danced in the spring breeze.” Beneath blossoms white as snow, their eyes met, and each was struck by the other’s beauty. The beauty of mountains and rivers could not rival the gen
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Fickle as Water 水性杨花
In the chaotic years of the Republic of China, Xu Fangqing of Peach Blossom Village and Li Xiaoming, a fisherman, had known and loved each other since childhood. Their feelings were mutual, and with her uncle’s help, they became engaged, believing they would spend their lives together in peace. But fate had other plans: Fangqing’s uncle suddenly died, and her greedy mother-in-law secretly seized the family’s savings. For money, the mother-in-law joined forces with relatives and cruelly sold Fang
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The Republic's Greatest Actor Is Still Playing a Saint Today 民国第一演技派，今天也在装圣人
For eighteen years, Shen Yu has been overshadowed by his genius older brother. He's long been used to being the family scapegoat, passing his days chasing roosters and dogs, lying flat and taking the mockery. Then transmigrator Yu Chen forcibly takes over his body, using his face to invent things and play the saint. Suddenly, he's the whole family's darling, and even his biased parents can't stop praising him. But good times don't last. The transmigrator leaves, saddling him with a pharmaceuti
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