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Stories That Vividly Capture the Turbulent Splendor of the Republic of China Era 民国时期，把那个摇曳生姿的乱世繁华写的淋漓尽致

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  1. 301 Espionage: From the Start, I Become a Japanese Aristocratic Officer 谍战：开局化身日本贵族军官 Cabbage Sprout白菜秧子Urban2.3M WordsCompleted Li Yan was a frail, sickly man until one day he discovered that he had gained a doppelganger with a highly sensitive identity. Connecting his various doubles to his real body was a modest-sized storage space. From then on, he began moving through the largest commercial city in the Far East under a variety of identities. A covert agent for the Military Investigation Bureau, an aristocratic officer in the Japanese Marines, a rickshaw puller by day and a rooftop-running bandit by night… All these i 19.4kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves
  2. 302 Transmigrating into a Spy War: My Codename Is God of Wealth 穿越谍战，我的代号是财神 A Thousand Stars Like Fire千星如火Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Espionage + Political Intrigue + Undercover Agent + Supply Trading + The Ultimate Power Fantasy = A Must-Read] Chen Yang, a disposable agent from the Fuxing Society's military training brigade, is ordered to infiltrate Shanghai and gather intelligence. By chance, he gets into a collaborationist Japanese agency and is put in charge of transportation. To better conceal his identity, Chen Yang puts the art of trading money and sex, perfected in a later era, to good use. He conspires with logist 2.2kReads9.3Score319Shelves
  3. 303 Parting Is Easy, Staying Together Is Hard, and Once Again Pear Blossoms Fall Like Snow at the Jade Tower 易相别，难相守，又是玉楼花似雪 Mu Yunyi慕韫意Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted A Republican-era warlord and a wealthy heiress: a love story between equals Set in 1925, this is the story of two couples, Gu Aoqing and He Yuchen, and Yun Shu and Sheng Lingzhou, and their extraordinary romances amid the chaos of war. Gu Aoqing is a wealthy heiress from a prominent family. Her family wields influence in politics, business, and the military, and is even highly regarded in education. After returning from Beiping, she becomes a teacher, educating the next generation. She meets He 2kReads8.7Score178Shelves
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  4. 304 Transmigrated to the Republican Era, the Young Marshal Falls for Her 穿越民国，少帅为她动了心 He We Hui禾为慧Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted [Republic of China-era romance + young marshal + heiress + sweet, doting love + mutual devotion] The famous Pei Yuanqing is known throughout the Republic of China era as a celibate young marshal, and as a man who is ruthless to the core. Cold-blooded and merciless, he is feared by everyone. Yet he falls for a cloth-shop owner who transmigrated from another time… When they first meet, Gu Ruonan takes an immediate dislike to him. Circumstances force her to save him, but she accidentally loses he 732Reads6.5Score—Shelves
  5. 305 Running Wild in Republican-Era China, Spoiled by a Warlord Marshal 在民国撒野，军阀大帅蓄意娇宠 Boisterous Beauty嚣嚣美人Modern Romance325k WordsCompleted Completed! [Transmigration, love at first sight, a love from a previous life, forced possession] Synopsis One: Marshal Xiao, a ruthless and bloodthirsty man in the turbulent days of the Republic of China, never imagined that a woman with two faces would lead him so completely astray. From then on, there was no turning back. The rules of Miss Shen's household include the following: 1. You are not allowed to stay out all night. 2. You are not allowed to flirt with other women… Adjutant Chu offers 6.5kReads9.1Score507Shelves
  6. 306 The Warlord’s Wife Knows Just How to Flirt 督军夫人好会撩 Miss Little Cafe小馆姐姐Ancient Romance350k WordsOngoing Lin Wan, a top-tier star in the modern era, transmigrates into the Republican era as the spoiled, vulgar, gambling-addicted wife of Governor-General Huo Hengxu. From the start, the governor-general wants a divorce. The once-reckless, good-for-nothing wife transforms in spectacular fashion, becoming clever and perceptive and astonishing everyone. She wins the handsome man’s heart. After an accident sends her back to the modern era, she is torn between two worlds: her modern homeland on one side 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
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  7. 307 A Conscience-Driven Liquor 良心酒 Little Xiao Qiang, Keep It Up小小强加油26k WordsCompleted Honest Liquor 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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  8. 308 Spring Runs Deep in the Old Days 旧故春深 Shi Ci是辞Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted [Love grows over time + mutual devotion + premium novel + period setting + 1v1 + equally matched leads] [Cool and aloof Peking opera star Meng Fengchuan vs. forthright and passionate heiress Jiang Qing] Meng Fengchuan, a rising star of the opera world, and Jiang Qing, the fourth daughter of the Jiang family, met through the theater. As they spent time together, they fell for each other, but the difference in their social standing meant the Jiang family never approved of their relationship. Jiang 264Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  9. 309 It's Too Late to Say I Love You (The Original Novel Starring Wallace Chung and Li Xiaoran) 来不及说我爱你（钟汉良、李小冉主演同名小说） Fei Wo Si Cun匪我思存Modern Romance171k WordsCompleted She was engaged when she happened to save a handsome young nobleman with immense power. She thought it was just a fleeting encounter, but who could have guessed he would risk everything to snatch her away at her wedding? And what awaited them was no fairy tale of a prince and Cinderella entering a castle... How many moments in a lifetime can make you fall in love with someone? The greatest tragedy of love is when the person you love disappears into the crowd before you can say, “I love you.” Thi 1.5kReads9.3Score255Shelves
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  10. 310 The Secret of the Su Mansion 苏府的秘密 Huan Xi Sha浣溪砂Modern Romance171k WordsOngoing Only after marrying him did she learn that he was a fool, albeit a remarkably handsome one. He treated her well and was even willing to risk his life to protect her. She resolved to accept her fate and stay to help cure him. But then the secrets of her husband's family began to surface one by one. The mastermind behind a series of eerie events turned out to be... Even their marriage had been part of a carefully orchestrated conspiracy... 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 311 The Red Revolution: Copying Books to Exchange for a Million Supplies! 赤色革命：从抄书兑换百万物资！ Lazybones Getting Rich懒洋洋赚大钱Urban276k WordsOngoing [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 11Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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  12. 312 Disguised as a Man: The Young Warlord Storms the Green Gang 女扮男装：军阀少帅勇闯青帮 Full Moon Su满月苏Two Female Leads220k WordsCompleted “Strong female lead + dual female leads + angst + ensemble cast” An alternate Republic of China era, a fantastical world A warlord’s young marshal, second in power only to The Outcast, and the famed cross-dressing beauty known as “Young Master” in the bustling foreign concessions, is stripped of her position overnight. Misunderstood and estranged from her father, the president, at odds with her elder brother, drawing guns on her Green Gang comrades, and, at that very moment, abandoned by the per 88Reads—Score—Shelves
  13. 313 Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: I Become a God Through Composition 穿越民国：我靠编曲封神 Ji Qingchun纪青椿Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted A top student in the theory and composition department of a modern music conservatory, someone who made a living by ear, had somehow transmigrated into... a tone-deaf person? And in the Republican era, no less? In a failing, rundown opera troupe? A modern music whiz versus a good-for-nothing opera apprentice. “Three days! I'm giving you three final days! If you still can't find your voice and sing like a proper person, pack your things and get out of the Qingyun Troupe!” “Sing, or I'll throw yo 31Reads—Score—Shelves
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  14. 314 Two Heroines in a Tumultuous Era: A Shanghai Legend 乱世双姝，沪江传奇 Blue-and-White Striped Cat蓝白条纹猫Modern Romance905k WordsCompleted An epic saga of a top-tier family spanning nearly a century, from the chaotic final years of the Qing dynasty to Shenzhen's reform and opening-up! She was a noblewoman caught in the turmoil of the times, forced into a life of prostitution. Once he bought her freedom, a business tycoon showered her with love and lifted her into the clouds! As the nation crumbled, he poured out his entire fortune and sent 23 cargo ships to save the country, spending his life keeping her safe. He was loyal to the w 16Reads6.9Score—Shelves
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  15. 315 Fickle as Water 水性杨花 Feng Yuqi冯玉奇Historical74k WordsCompleted 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 360Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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  16. 316 Young Marshal, Your Wife and Her Two Little Devils Just Blew Up the Residence 少帅，夫人带俩小魔头把帅府炸啦 Feng Shuo枫烁Modern Romance162k WordsOngoing Republican Era + Adorable Kids + Cursed Mouth + Lucky Charm Fortune + Stripping the Family Bare Su Wantang went to sleep and woke up transmigrated to the Republican era, dealt a terrible hand from the start! Her biological father drained her maternal grandfather's fortune. After her mother died, he turned around and brought three concubines into the house. The mistress's daughter was even older than her! For more than a decade, he ignored the original owner and was nothing like a father. Su Want —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  17. 317 Tears of a Republican Era Hero, Half for the People and Half for a Beauty 民国英雄泪，半为苍生半美人 Dreaming and Soaring漫梦飞翔Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted I hear the flute’s plaintive tune and the xiao’s clear notes, but cannot quite make them out. Old companions from the jianghu scatter like dust. In all my life, I have shed only two lines of tears: half for the people, half for a beauty. Zheng Xiao is a brilliant military staff officer. In Jingxi City, he meets the charming and lively Yao Yudi. The daughter of a commander, Yao Yudi has been imprisoned and abused by her father for years, all while searching for a slim chance to survive. She delib 46Reads—Score—Shelves
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  18. 318 Shenghehao Bank 声合号钱庄 Jin Longyan瑾龍颜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In the late Qing and early Republican era, Shantou’s red-headed ships crossed the seas to Southeast Asia, carrying remittance letters and fortunes in silver. The Lin family founded the Shenghehao Bank, establishing itself in the world of commerce through the trustworthiness of the Teochew people. A single deed of division lays bare the ambitions hidden in the blood of five brothers; a grand old mansion confines the helpless half-life of the Fourth Concubine. The eldest young master of the Lin fa 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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  19. 319 Sturgeon Returns to Ning'an 鲟洄宁安 Ren Enshuo任恩硕Modern Romance315k WordsOngoing A Republican-era tragic romance, a woman's coming-of-age story, and two male leads. A sharp-witted, falsely disguised shaman PKs a rebellious dragon who slays gods. A sudden heavenly fire destroys a city, and the revered Hu Xuan shaman is wrongly blamed and made a scapegoat. With a colossal lie, Ge Wangshu rides alone for a thousand miles to escort the orphan Eyun home. It seems like a sturgeon swimming upstream to return to its birthplace, but in truth, it's the start of a journey with no retu 84Reads—Score166Shelves
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  20. 320 The God of Gambling: Tales of Siam 赌神：暹罗风云录 Jin Longyan瑾龍颜Historical123k WordsCompleted He was known as Thailand’s “Huang Jinrong.” Under his leadership, Thailand’s Hongmen Society became famous throughout Southeast Asia. He funded Sun Yat-sen’s revolutionary cause, and Sun called him “the pillar supporting Mr. Sun’s cause.” He became sworn brothers not only with Sun Yat-sen, despite the difference in their ages, but also with Rama V of Siam. He was made an earl and granted the Siamese royal surname. A road in Bangkok bears his name, as does Siam’s first Chinese-style mansion. His 110Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 321 Five Years of Waiting Came to Nothing: My Husband Brings His New Love to Demand a Divorce 五年痴等成空，夫君带女逼我和离 Cang Yuesheng仓月生Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted [Both Chaste] [Romance with His Older Brother's Wife] [Male-Male Story] [The Male Lead is repeatedly seen completely naked but stays faithful. Later, what looks like infidelity is actually a guard in disguise; the male lead remains devoted to the female lead throughout.] [Dear readers, we're very sorry! When you reach Chapter 139, please skip straight to Chapter 146. Chapters 140 to 145 are inconsistent and can be ignored.] On their wedding night, unrest broke out at the border, and her husband 5.4kReads9.3Score465Shelves
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  22. 322 The Whole Family Keeps Holding Him Back, Making It So Hard for the Marshal to Win His Wife Back 全家都在拖后腿，大帅追妻太难了 Jin Sansheng金三升Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The first major thing Ji Hongzhou did after taking over as commander was arrange a marriage alliance with the warlord Qin family. The two armies would form an alliance and join forces. Qin Yin’s marriage to Ji Hongzhou was a perfect match of man and woman, and of equal status. It should have been a happy ending for everyone. But six months into the marriage, Qin Yin was left alone in an empty bedroom, disliked by her mother-in-law and at odds with her husband’s family. When Commander Ji returned 4.3kReads8.8Score387Shelves
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  23. 323 I Wish You Tenderness 许你以柔 Iron Horse, Icy River, Into My Dreamsx铁马冰河入梦来xModern Romance222k WordsCompleted Xu Qingcang was the commander-in-chief of Beicheng. He met Sheng Rou, a young woman from an ordinary family in Jiangling, by chance and took her as his third concubine. Sheng Rou was unwilling, but she had no choice, because she was already carrying his child… P.S. The heroine is a mischievous little diva and a delicate darling~ Sweet romance, no angst 8kReads8.8Score422Shelves
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  24. 324 Eek! I Accidentally Became the Marshal’s Beloved 嘤！一不小心成了大帅的心肝宠 Popcorn爆米花Modern Romance800k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + doted-on-by-everyone heroine + hero's long road to winning her back + both leads are each other's first and only + transmigration to a bygone era + wealthy family + domineering warlord + bickering couple] During an archaeological expedition, Su Wanwan accidentally triggers a mechanism in an ancient tomb. When she wakes, she has become Su Wanwan, the beloved youngest daughter of the wealthiest family in the Republican era. She has four impossibly handsome, wealthy older brothers 162Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  25. 325 My Lady Is Hard to Please: Stop Acting Up, You Mad Warlord 夫人难哄，疯批督军你别作 A Pot of Smoke and Wine一壶烟酒Modern Romance605k WordsCompleted Jiang Ning is the young proprietress of Yixin Restaurant. Her cooking skills are extraordinary, and she herself is even more delicious-looking than the food she makes. The moment Commander Lu lays eyes on her, he decides to claim her as his wife, even though she's engaged to someone else. He says, “Be with me, and you'll have everything.” Then he adds, “If you refuse, you'll have nothing.” She still slaps him across the face again and again, mocks his manly pride with cold words, and even presse 374Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  26. 326 His One and Only: Gu's Clever, Cherished Darling 独爱专宠：顾少的伶俐心尖宠 yellow Xiao Heyellow小何Modern Romance247k WordsCompleted When she wakes, Jian Yue finds that her soul has transmigrated into Bai Xian’er. While others transmigrate into lives of luxury, she’s stuck in a poor and wretched family. Her father drinks, gambles, and spends recklessly until he can no longer repay his debts. Bai Xian’er has barely woken up when the creditors come to collect. They beat her unconscious and sell her to a dance hall. In this war-torn era, she has no one to rely on and must do whatever it takes to survive. Her first potential clie 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  27. 327 A Wife Like a Dream: Mr. Gu's Beloved 佳妻如梦：顾少的心尖宠 Lan Ze兰泽Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted He is the young marshal of Jiangnan, commanding mighty armies and renowned throughout the land. She is a gentle young woman from a poor family, with her heart already given to someone else. In a single night, she becomes his wife. The vast gulf between their stations means she is destined to tread carefully around him. But when her childhood sweetheart returns and the truth of the past comes to light, what choice will she make? 4.3kReads8.6Score341Shelves
  28. 328 The Thorny Kasaya 荆棘袈裟 Gentle Breeze Under the Moon月下轻风9k WordsCompleted Thorn Sutra Robe —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 329 Picking Up a Girl from the Start, My Beast Horde Sweeps the World 开局捡妹，我的兽群横扫天下 Dirt Clod ZM土疙瘩ZMHistorical771k WordsCompleted [Rousing power-ups + farming and conquest + an invincible beast horde + an overprotective big brother] Lin Fan wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the body of a borderland boy nicknamed “Dirt Lump.” His parents are both dead, and all he has left are two scrawny little sisters. Just as the cavalry of the Khanate descends on their village, the [Beast-Taming System] awakens in his moment of despair! He starts by communicating with sparrows and rats, then learns to command packs of wol 1.7kReads9.0Score141Shelves
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  30. 330 The Charlatan Stirs Up Heaven 神棍搅天 Dirt Clod ZM土疙瘩ZMMystery301k WordsCompleted Master says disciples of the Way of the Sublime must not marry. But Master has a whole harem of lovers. At just eighteen, this young Taoist is cursed with irresistible charm. Beautiful women of the mortal world, seductive ghosts from the underworld, and celestial maidens keep him constantly occupied. Watch him get face-slapped by reality as he transforms from a simple, honest man into a shameless Taoist. He plays at life, and toys with people, ghosts, and immortals. Have a laugh, and don't take 1.7kReads6.6Score150Shelves
  31. 331 Snow Falls in the Republican Era, but No One Returns 民国落雪，不见归人 Doudou from Starry Sky Pavilion星空阁的兜兜Marriage & Romance16k WordsCompleted Snow Falls in the Republic of China Era, but No One Returns 11Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 332 The Lotus Spy 芙蓉谍 Author Gu Du Huagui作者古都华桂317k WordsCompleted The moment the silver scissors pried open the dragon’s vulnerable scales, the fuse began to sputter and spark. Jiang Ruobing stared at the red words on the “Torch Dragon Project” map: “Level Rongcheng on the sixth day of the winter month.” Suddenly, her fingertip brushed half an embroidered hibiscus on the back! As the Military Statistics Bureau’s most ruthless ace, she could kill with a steel needle. But no one knew that inside her Shu embroidery frame, she was using three shades of blue threa 98Reads—Score—Shelves
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  33. 333 Opium Blossoms Amid the Flames of War: The Young Marshal's Financial Queen 烽烟罂华：少帅的金融女王 Hermit of Xiangshan Creek香山溪客Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted “Was it a past life, or the same dream?” The male and female leads transmigrate at the same time and eventually return to their own era. A wonderful tale blending mystery, political intrigue, and romance. [Transmigration + two equally powerful leads + both leads are pure + business warfare in the Republic of China era + past and present lives + substitute romance] Top-tier star Ye Lihua transmigrates to the Republic of China era and becomes Ye Qingying, the queen of finance. Even more shocking, 32Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  34. 334 A Love Story in Chaoshan 潮汕情事 Jin Longyan瑾龍颜Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In the old homes of Chaoshan lie the wildest lives and the warmest hearts. In the 1970s and 80s, a group of Chaoshan people who refused to give up fought their way through poverty, loved through storms, and lived by the bonds between people. Some dared to fight and forge ahead, dragging their lives up out of the mud. Others were loyal and true, unwilling to betray anyone even when it cost them. Love brought tangled relationships, family brought its share of strain, and neighbors argued, but when 614Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  35. 335 Ye Tinglan 夜听澜 Seeking News寻闻Modern Romance143k WordsOngoing 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 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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  36. 336 Can't Help Falling for You: When Shadows Fall in Love 偏偏喜欢你之暗影倾心时 Carving a Boat to Find a Meal刻舟求饭Female-Channel Fanfiction707k WordsCompleted Beneath Longcheng’s glittering surface, undercurrents churn. Military officers are dying one after another under mysterious circumstances, and suspicion hangs heavy in the air. Shen Wentao, a military academy prodigy renowned for his upright, stiff demeanor and lack of interest in women, is ordered to enter the heart of Longcheng’s most decadent whirlpool: the Forget Worry Dance Hall. His mission is to track down a mysterious killer codenamed “Eleven.” There, he meets Qingqing, the dance hall’s 156Reads—Score—Shelves
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  37. 337 The Spy Blade: 1933 谍刃1933 Wide Noodles Are Wide宽粉儿是宽的Urban478k WordsOngoing No transmigration + no System + no heroine + slow pace + strives to stay close to historical fact Li Mo, an orphan from a Shanghai lane, is taken to the Northeast by a guide working for the Communist Party and becomes a policeman in the puppet state of Manchukuo. Through a twist of fate, he earns the favor of senior Kwantung Army officers. Relying on his own abilities, he rises step by step from a low-ranking policeman in the puppet Manchukuo government to deputy director of the police departmen 65Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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  38. 338 Butterfly Shadows in the Republican Era: No Return for the Green Bamboo 民国蝶影：青竹无归期 Fusang You扶桑忧Modern Romance15k WordsCompleted Shadows of Butterflies in the Republican Era: Green Bamboo, No Return Date 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  39. 339 Someone Else's Beloved? The Commander Will Still Take Her by Force 他人挚爱？督军照样强娶豪夺 Zhou Yichui周一吹Modern Romance427k WordsOngoing (Male stand-in, possessive pursuit, forced love, intense push and pull, powerful man bows his head, two strong leads, both devoted to each other) Transmigrated into a warlord-ravaged era, Ruan Xiaoxiao only wants to keep her head down and survive. But disaster strikes: her comrade is framed and thrown into the police station. With nowhere else to turn, she has no choice but to humble herself and beg Huo Yunting, the governor of three provinces, who holds the power of life and death. Everyone s 3.7kReads—Score279Shelves
  40. 340 Wanwan Bends the Green Pine 婉婉折青松 Xun Bai荀柏Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing The Cold-Blooded Warlord and His Lovely Wife, a companion novel to Snowy Parasol Tree [Republican-Era Romance + A Love Lost in Bitterness + Love at First Sight] Word has it that Zhou Songyu met with disaster in Beiping. Zhou Songyu was dead. On the day of her wedding, Duan Yiwan was supposed to marry Shen Zhuqing, but her stepmother and older sister, Duan Yibao, switched the marriage and sent her to the Zhou family instead. Unexpectedly, Zhou Songyu returned three years later. It turned out She 108Reads—Score—Shelves
  41. 341 Xue Wutong 雪梧桐 Xun Bai荀柏710k WordsCompleted [Republican-era ensemble cast + love of country + two powerful leads + older man/younger woman + sweet romance + pursuit of love + powerful man bows his head + heartbreaking angst + bad ending] In the Republican era, Nanjing was home to two renowned romantics. I do not believe in Buddha, but I would kneel at every temple in Nanjing if only Heaven would give me back my wife. Zhou Qingshi, courtesy name Changyu, was the eldest son and eldest grandson of the Zhou family, and ninth in birth order. 397Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  42. 342 One Meeting with This Lord, and a Lifetime of Peace 一遇斯君，一世苡安 Clear Skies After Rain, Green Gardenia初霁青栀Modern Romance447k WordsCompleted In the seventeenth year of the Republic, three powers stand in uneasy balance in the north, while undercurrents swirl beneath the surface. Young Marshal Pei Sijun has no desire to fight for supremacy. He only wants to uncover the truth about his father’s death and the death of his closest friend, Su Qingyan. Doctor Su Yi'an wants nothing to do with the world beyond her door. All she wants is to preserve the peace of that little corner of Qingzhu Lane. A set of missing blueprints for a modern can 78Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 343 The Demon Bride, Lady Meng 妖妻孟氏 Bodhi Roujiamo菩提夹馍Modern Romance270k WordsOngoing [Madwoman Yanluo × Clearheaded Detective | Two Souls Split Apart | High Suspense | Extreme Push and Pull] The wedding banquet was in full swing, red silk draped across the entire courtyard. Just before the ceremony, Zhan Yan, son of the police chief, was handed a shriveled heart by a man named Liang Sheng. Liang Sheng said, "Your fiancée, Meng Rusi, has the Yellow Springs sealed inside her. She's the Ghostworld's female Yanluo. This heart is her other half. It must be destroyed if she is to ret 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 344 The Spirit Hidden Beneath an Old Qipao 旧旗袍下藏风骨 Doudou from Starry Sky Pavilion星空阁的兜兜11k WordsCompleted A Backbone Beneath the Old Qipao 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 345 A Beauty's Journey Through Troubled Times 乱世丽人行 Li Hui李晖Urban275k WordsCompleted The TV drama of the same name stars Han Xue, Fu Xinbo, Mao Linlin, Zhang Danfeng, Li Zefeng, and others. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, in Shanghai, Han Shuying is framed by her aunt and forced to become the concubine of Xie Bingyan, a powerful tycoon from northern Jiangsu. Inspired by the patriotic teacher Li Wenxuan, Han Shuying decides to flee her wedding and join the fight to save the country. But because she is classmates with Xie Tianqi, the eldest son of the Xie family, she i 2.4kReads9.4Score182Shelves
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  46. 346 The Concubine Devotes Herself Only to Saving the Nation 姨太太只为救国而奋斗 Er Ya Yin尔雅音Modern Romance270k WordsOngoing [Note: Historical facts are jumbled. Treat this as an alternate universe, and readers who value historical accuracy should proceed with caution. Don't take it too seriously.] 1. A bestselling online novelist transmigrates into the body of a concubine in the Republican era. Jiang Erya's legs give way, and she immediately kneels and kowtows to the warlord, pledging her loyalty. The warlord is confused. “Huh?” Jiang Erya thinks for a moment. “You old geezer, let's serve the country together.” The w 276Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  47. 347 After Losing My Job, I Joined a Big Shot on Tomb Raids 失业后，我跟着大佬去盗墓 Yi Shanshui奕山水Mystery180k WordsOngoing The three of us, complete “amateurs,” unearthed a jade disc from inside Guo Shengtong’s coffin. The GPS coordinates carved into it pointed to an extraterrestrial ruin beneath the Great Yu sacrificial altar in Baode County, Shanxi. And Zhu Xi had already written about all of this in a secret letter to his lover, Miss Hu, eight hundred years ago. When a Peking University archaeology traitor, a Tongji University feng shui architect, and the heir to an antiques family joined forces, they found not 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  48. 348 A Romance in the Northwest 西北恋 Wu Xuanqing吴玄卿Historical181k WordsCompleted In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China (1937), Japanese invaders trampled China beneath their boots, leaving the land shattered. Tianshui, a strategic city in the northwest, was also overshadowed by both the threat of war and a severe drought. Newlywed peasant girl Qiuping tearfully bids farewell to her husband Mang'er, whose full name is Chen Tiemang, as he is drafted into the army. On a hill above the dry Wei River and parched land stretching for miles, her “brown tears” become the 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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  49. 349 The Rouge Calamity of War: Cao Feiyan, the Warlord 烽火胭脂劫：枭帅曹飞燕 Sister Ye Yan夜燕姐Martial Arts242k WordsCompleted She was born and her mother died because of it. At seven, her father sold her into a brothel. On the night she was forced to entertain her first customer at fourteen, Cao Feiyan drove a red-hot candlestick through the madam's throat. She fled into a ravine of the dead. When she was down to her last breath, the bandit chief lifted her chin. “Girl, can you handle a gun?” Five years later, the old chieftain died suddenly, and the three leaders were drenched in blood in the Hall of Brotherhood. No o 58Reads—Score—Shelves
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  50. 350 The Secret History of the Republic of China (2-Book Set) 民国秘史（全两册） Sasha萨沙Historical244k WordsCompleted How did Shanghai’s “Big Three” of the old days make their fortunes? Where did the saying “Huang Jinrong loved money, Zhang Xiaolin was good at fighting, and Du Yuesheng knew how to handle people” come from? Was there really an invincible Mizong boxing style in Xiaonanhe Village, Tianjin? Between Huo Yuanjia, the grandmaster of his generation, and Ye Wen, the gentleman of Wing Chun, who was the true martial arts master of the Republic of China era? How did Shandong bandits plan the notorious trai 794Reads9.1Score125Shelves

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