Looking for a Period Novel with a Calm, Logical Female Lead Who Won’t Take Over Someone Else’s Relationship, Become a Stepmother, or Remarry 求女主冷静有逻辑，不接盘不当后妈不二婚年代文

1. 1 七 The 1970s: There’s So Much Meat, We Can’t Eat It All 七零之吃不完，肉根本吃不完 A Novel Fan Writing Novels小说迷写小说Modern Romance604k WordsCompleted Zhou Chuxia went to a wedding banquet, only to walk into a room where the bride and groom were celebrating. As luck would have it, the groom's scorned wife showed up with explosives strapped to her, intent on taking the cheating couple down with her. Zhou Chuxia was killed in the blast. After her death, Zhou Chuxia discovered that she had transmigrated to the 1970s. She had become Zhou Chuxia, the third child in the Zhou family, with older siblings above and younger ones below. Her father didn't 4.7kReads8.4Score366Shelves

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   The male and female leads are both very calm and logical [laughing and crying emoji]. The female lead was forced by her parents to marry a bastard, and the male lead was also abandoned by his family [facepalm emoji]. The two directly severed ties with their families 🍀 After spending a year in the countryside, they went to work in the city 🌿 Their lives got better and better, but neither family dared to approach them 🎉🎉

2. 2 七 The Clear-Headed Beauty of the 1970s: The Military Big Shot Spoils His Wife 七零清醒美人，军婚大佬宠妻成瘾 Zhao Ximeng昭溪萌Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Bygone Era + Family Life + Sweet Daily Romance + Following the Troops + Raising Kids + No College Entrance Exams, Black Markets, or Rural Relocation + Starting a Factory Later On + A Touch of an Ensemble Cast] Song Qian’an undergoes a “return to one” and seems to awaken memories of a past life. From the start, a man so handsome he could make the heavens weep proposes to her. He’s good-looking and wealthy, so she puts on a show of wavering before agreeing. Her life after marriage turns out to 33.2kReads8.6Score2.7kShelves

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   The female lead is very beautiful, and the male lead falls in love with her at first sight, quickly finding a matchmaker to propose marriage. The female lead is intelligent and has high emotional intelligence. Although she's also career-oriented, she's not the typical domineering female lead; she spends most of her time enjoying life and spending time with her baby. Mainly, the male lead comes from a wealthy family and doesn't lack money, so he doesn't stop her from doing whatever she wants and paves the way for her. The female lead is well aware of this, so she often acts coquettishly towards the male lead and praises his abilities. They have a baby named Pangdun, who is incredibly cute. The author excels at depicting heartwarming daily life, making the reader feel as if they're watching Pangdun grow up and witnessing the happy life of three generations of the family. (The female lead transmigrates into the book...)

3. 3 俏 The Fiery Bride: The Toughest Soldier Spoils Me Rotten 俏媳火辣辣：遇最强硬汉宠翻天 Chang Yun昌云Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted [A hormone-packed, roguishly handsome officer vs. a fair-skinned beauty with a slender waist + military marriage + 1980s + sweet romance + space + getting rich + raising a child] Rich beauty Su Qiao travels back to the 1980s and finds herself an undocumented nobody. The Su family's daughter has run away from her marriage, so Su Qiao takes her place as the notorious Su Qiao and goes to live with her fiancé's family to build a relationship. By chance, she gains a villa in a pocket space and sets o 2.1kReads9.0Score244Shelves

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   It's so good! This is the first time I've read a novel where the protagonist is transported to a historical period. The female lead becomes an unregistered resident in that era, even though she was originally a wealthy heiress. She meets her beloved grandfather there and has a sweet romance.

4. 4 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Supporting Actress Builds Warplanes and Defies Her Fate 七零军婚：女配造战机撕碎炮灰命 Jin Xilan金汐澜Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Period Setting] [Side Character Awakening] [Power Couple] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Military Marriage] [Both Leads Are Loyal in Body and Heart] Lan Huan accidentally took a fall and passed out. She had a dream and discovered that they were living inside a military romance novel. And she was nothing more than a nameless, doomed side character, brought in to make the male and female leads reunite, while also causing the second male lead to fall in love with the heroine at first sight. To stay alive, 2.2kReads—Score185Shelves

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   The female protagonist works hard towards the place she wants to go, saving lives while conducting scientific research.

5. 5 五 1950s Military Marriage: I Kick My Scumbag Father to the Curb and Head to the City for a Secure Job 五零军婚，脚踹渣爹进城端铁饭碗 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period setting + both leads’ first relationship + heroine builds a career + everyday life + pocket dimension full of supplies + no saintly behavior or handouts + realistic heroine] I’m no good at writing blurbs, so please read the story. The career plot begins in Chapter 53. Romance in the early chapters; from the middle onward, the heroine focuses entirely on her career. This is a story about a powerful woman entering politics, with two strong leads and an even stronger heroine. An Ran was a r 45.6kReads8.6Score6kShelves

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   The female lead is incredibly clear-headed; she carefully tests the male lead's advances, especially in that particular era where every step must be taken with utmost care.

6. 6 军 Military Marriage in the Seventies: We've Been Reborn, So Why Not Build a Stronger Nation? 军婚七零：都重生了，强国不香吗 Xisen Meow西森喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + period setting + marriage first, love later + golden finger + face-slapping comparison + sweet, indulgent power fantasy] The moment she opened her eyes, Xu Qingqing had transmigrated into a melodramatic period novel, becoming the male lead’s childhood sweetheart, pretty but empty-headed. The childhood sweetheart was happily getting engaged to the male lead when the heroine showed up with a marriage contract in hand. After losing the male lead, the childhood sweetheart went d 7.2kReads8.5Score642Shelves

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   The female protagonist transmigrates into a book set in a specific historical period. She is clear-headed, rational, and focused on her career!

7. 7 七 A Marriage Swap in the 1970s: I Marry the Strongest Officer and Get Doted On 七零换亲，嫁最强军官被宠麻了 Plenty of Lemons柠柠有余Modern Romance893k WordsCompleted (Reborn + period setting + marriage first, love later + strong heroine) Gao Wenyue and Gao Hongyan were both reborn. In their previous lives, Gao Wenyue married Liu Changfu, the director of a woodworking factory, while her younger sister married Lu Xiangye, an army officer. The Lu family parents were senior leaders at a machinery factory, and Lu Xiangye was a promising young officer. Everyone said her sister had married better. But who could have guessed that Gao Hongyan would complain about the 348Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   The sisters are reborn together, but are forced into a marriage of convenience, and the younger sister is a classic case of losing the bigger picture for a small gain! The female lead is cunning and resourceful; it's an entrepreneurial story! The male lead is a border military officer with excellent character—cold, protective, and incredibly warm-hearted! Both of them are talkative! It's a very peaceful story, quite comfortable to read. [Cool]

8. 8 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves

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   These books all feature female protagonists who are very clear-headed and independent, always putting themselves first. In the fourth book, the female protagonist suffers from infertility due to a cold, and she agrees with the male protagonist from the beginning that she can accept not having children in the future. Her mother-in-law comes to help her regulate her body, and the female protagonist also makes three rules with her mother-in-law. I really like this book; although it doesn't have a high rating, it's really good.

9. 9 重 Reborn in 2007: From Internet Celebrity to Queen of Investment 重生07，从网红到投资女王 Not Late 11不晚11Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + grounded realism + escaping a toxic family + making money] Jiang Xue was reborn, returning to 2007. Her father didn't care for her, her mother didn't love her, and they expected her to work in a factory tightening screws! There was no way she was going to work in a factory. The internet was still wide open in 2007, and WeChat and Weibo hadn't even launched yet. Using her makeup skills, she became a celebrity on Tianya, a makeup artist for stars, a renowned photographer, one of the firs 11.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
10. 10 八 An Ordinary Life for a Girl Born in the Eighties 八零后女孩的平凡人生 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance490k WordsCompleted [No transmigration] [No rebirth] [No golden finger] [Rural life in the 1980s] [A small ensemble cast] [Family squabbles] [Gentle and heartwarming] Xu Congcong and Xu Mingming are sisters born in the 1980s. They are lucky to have a grandma and father who love them unconditionally, as well as a mother whose personality is a little complicated but who loves them just as much. Sheltered by their whole family, the sisters grow up carefree. Through the sisters’ coming-of-age story, this novel traces t 3.3kReads9.2Score243Shelves
11. 11 八 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 North to South由北向南Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 54.2kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves

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    The female lead was insecure and internally conflicted in her previous life, but she was reborn and became clear-headed, strong, and developed herself. The male lead also learned to use his mouth!

12. 12 年 Period: The Barren Beauty Is Held Close by the Cool and Aloof Military Doctor 年代：不孕美人被清冷军医拢在怀 District Twenty-Nine二十九区Modern Romance379k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Family Life + Heartwarming] A new, beautiful woman arrived on a remote corner of the motherland’s territorial waters. As a fashion designer, Su Moyan had studied sketching, pattern making, and garment construction... But on this barren island, there were prawns aplenty and hardly any vegetables. What was she supposed to do? The soldiers were defending the nation’s borders. “Soldiers and civilians are one family,” Su Moyan told Qin Zheng. “We’ll protect you, too.” Later, even th 3.2kReads8.8Score322Shelves
13. 13 六 The Fierce and Charming Female Soldier of the 1960s: Winning the Cold Commander's Heart 六零娇辣小女兵：狠撩高冷首长心 Fish in the Woods00林中鱼00Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa 44.2kReads9.1Score4kShelves
14. 14 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Scorned Educated Youth Just Wants to Take It Easy 重生七零：炮灰知青只想当咸鱼 Sen Dafu森大富Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After Gu Maiya was killed by her own family, she was reborn in the 1970s as a pitiful girl whose parents barely cared about her, and sent to the countryside as an educated youth. Only later did she discover that she had transmigrated into a book, becoming the awful sister-in-law and foil to the heroine of a rebirth story about a military wife! Gu Maiya was furious. They wanted her to be a foil and a stepping-stone to the heroine’s success? Then she’d break up the heroine’s destined match first a 3kReads8.9Score240Shelves

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    No cuckolds, no second marriages, career-oriented, never taken advantage of, and the female lead's sharp retorts are really satisfying! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

15. 15 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s to Build a Factory: The Roughneck and His Adorable Kid Dote on Me 穿越七零开大厂：糙汉萌娃团宠我 Seven Cups of Milk Tea七杯奶茶Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Both Chaste + Satisfying Revenge + Career-Focused] Wang Qingqing was an executive in the modern-day metropolis of Shanghai. Who would have thought that she’d transmigrate into a book and become the foil to the sweet-romance novel’s heroine? A spoiled, willful daughter of a powerful family from a residential compound, she somehow managed to make herself so unpopular that even dogs turned their noses up at her… But now that she was here, none of that was a problem. The heroine we 4.6kReads8.6Score328Shelves
16. 16 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 62.7kReads8.5Score7.8kShelves

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    [Add one to bookshelf][Add one to bookshelf][Add one to bookshelf] Reborn in the 1970s, graduate student Wen Jingshu returns with a system, stunning everyone with her purchasing prowess! From the county supply and marketing cooperative to a translator at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she talks about tractors, manages exports, and even helps a professor sent to the countryside connect with international academic exchanges. Pampered by her family, thriving in her career, and with the aloof Mayor Gu silently protecting her. She handles this overwhelming wealth and romantic advances with ease! 🚀✨

17. 17 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.2kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    This book is super good! [Sparrow's Masterpiece] It's a military marriage with no stepmothers and no revenge plots. The female lead is intelligent, decisive, and not a saint or a charity worker. She works hard to get into a vocational school and doesn't go to the countryside. The rating is a bit low because there aren't many reviewers [Added to Bookshelf][Added to Bookshelf]. It mainly depicts the warm daily life of the main family. A major advantage is its excellent sense of the era. This is the most historically accurate book I've read on Tomato Bookshelf [Already Added to My Favorite][Already Added to My Favorite]. Prices are reasonable and precise, with accurate amounts of money and tickets. The details are meticulous, and there aren't too many awful characters. It feels like you're really living in that era. The only downside is the slow pace. There isn't much romance yet. You can read it as a historical romance combined with a farming story.

18. 18 一 A Family of Three Goofballs Transmigrates to 1959 and Turns the Whole Clan Upside Down 一家三颠穿越59年代，掀翻全族 Rapid1急速1Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: The whole family transmigrates + 1950s + space + difficult relatives + years of famine + family life + island + fishing + System + no brainless decisions Lin Haishen and his wife, Huang Shuyao, went skydiving to celebrate their son Lin Yanxi's twentieth birthday. They plunged from the sky and seamlessly crossed into another era, arriving in an island fishing village in 1959. From the start, they got straight to work, wielding a butcher's knife with impressive skill. Clan leader: “This 3.3kReads9.2Score338Shelves

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    The original spouse is the best.

19. 19 七 A Captivating Marriage to a Soldier in the 1970s: The Barren Wife Is Pregnant Again 七零军婚撩人，不孕原配又怀上了 July Rabbit七月兔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In 1973, Song Wenran went to the countryside in her cousin’s place for the sake of her father’s career and family harmony, nearly dying there. After finally making it back to the city with help from her best friend, she discovered that her father had remarried and her mother had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. She managed to get into university, only for a young male educated youth who had a crush on her to tear up her admission letter. Through a twist of fate, she rushed into a high-st 14.6kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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    Twin births, no cheat codes

20. 20 穿 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 16.5kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    1️⃣ 9.5 Points! First love between the male and female leads 💕, the female lead is in charge of her career, and the male lead is in charge of his love-struck mind! Almost no awful characters. The cheat system is super fun! The female lead transmigrates into a period novel, doesn't go to the countryside, and can use different beta versions of the system~ 2️⃣ Cautious female lead, goes to the countryside in the north with her sister, the female lead relies on intelligence, and her sister relies on strength~ There will also be business scenes later. First love between the male and female leads, not many romantic scenes, there are awful characters, but the female lead is just a passerby 😆 3️⃣ 9.4 Points! The female lead is a fox spirit possessing the original owner, participating in a beauty pageant in 1980s Hong Kong and making her way in the entertainment industry! The female lead is very proactive, she does what she thinks of immediately, and she must get what she wants! No awful characters so far, and the male lead hasn't appeared yet.

21. 21 丞 The Prime Minister's Legitimate Daughter Is No Longer a Fool 丞相府嫡女不傻了 Foodie Fish吃货鱼Ancient Romance104k WordsCompleted Lin Yu’er, a miracle doctor from the twenty-first century, woke up in ancient times in the body of a noblewoman with the same name, the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister’s household. Taking the attitude that she should make the best of wherever she found herself, Lin Yu’er thrived in the ancient world. She gained not only family and friendship, but also love. (This is my first novel, and I’ve chosen to write a sweet, indulgent romance. I hope life is sweet for everyone. Please feel free 912Reads8.1Score108Shelves

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    The female lead is intelligent and very capable 👍

22. 22 异 The Physician Princess with Supernatural Powers 异能医妃 Foodie Fish吃货鱼Ancient Romance151k WordsCompleted Ouyang Yun is a gifted physician skilled in both Chinese and Western medicine. She died of exhaustion while fighting zombies in the apocalypse. When she awoke, she had transmigrated into the body of the legitimate daughter of a minister. Her health had been frail ever since her mother died when she was two, and her family wanted nothing to do with her. They sent her to a mountain temple and left her to fend for herself. Fourteen years later, now highly capable, Ouyang Yun descends the mountain t 122Reads6.7Score—Shelves
23. 23 霍 Mr. Huo, I’m Married 霍先生，我已婚 Foodie Fish吃货鱼Modern Romance137k WordsCompleted Wen Ling, a graduate of the police academy in Country C, secretly signed a five-year marriage contract with Shen Zhi, a wealthy heir, to help with the business of her adoptive father, who loved her dearly. After graduating, she returned to A City and became captain of the criminal investigation team at the Public Security Bureau. While solving cases, she became entangled with Mr. Huo, the head of A City's leading corporation. The heroine is cool-headed, independent, confident, quick-witted, and 8.8kReads6.7Score1.1kShelves
24. 24 带 Lounging Around in a Period Novel With a Fortune in Supplies 带着百亿物资在年代文里摆烂 A Red Hearth一盏红炉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yan worked tirelessly on missions across different planes, and finally saved enough points to apply for a peaceful retirement. She had planned to enjoy her retirement as a happy slacker, armed with a hundred billion worth of supplies. But who could have guessed the System would malfunction, and she would be reborn in the 1970s, an era of severely underdeveloped productivity? Here, there was always some troublemaker trying to harm her. Her retirement was ruined. Not only did she have to toil 7.8kReads9.1Score746Shelves

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    There are basically no truly awful characters. Both the male and female leads are each other's first love. The female lead comes from a multi-dimensional, quick-transmigration lifestyle, so her skill points and combat abilities are high. She specializes in medicine, is violent, socially awkward, calm, and prefers to be alone, but she's not afraid of trouble. The male lead is outgoing and has excellent social skills. He doesn't appear much in the first half of the story, but he implicitly assumes the female lead is his wife and subtly participates in her life.

25. 25 七 The 1970s: Reborn as the Cannon Fodder Heroine, I Take On the Whole Family from the Start 七零：穿成炮灰女主开局手撕全家 Shallow Summer Meow浅夏喵Modern Romance594k WordsCompleted (Transmigrate into a book + real and fake heiresses + space + farming + avoid being sent to the countryside + merciless face-slapping of scumbags + overpowered strength + incredible physical strength + feel-good story) Qin Yi'an, a martial arts instructor, died a gruesome death. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she had transmigrated into a book: a shor 4.3kReads8.7Score305Shelves

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    The female lead is incredibly strong, and all the bad guys are eliminated very quickly, never lingering overnight; they're basically all either imprisoned or executed. Aside from the female lead's grandfather's inadequate punishment, everything else is perfect. It's an absolute "power fantasy" story where the villains are tortured, but the female lead isn't.

26. 26 刚 I Just Opened My Eyes, and the 1970s Villainess Was Marrying a Delicate Husband 刚睁眼，七零霸王花女配嫁小娇夫 About to Get a Cat就要有猫了Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Pocket Dimension + Cozy Daily Life + One-on-One Romance] He Chunxing, a strength-type esper who had lived through the apocalypse, opened her eyes and found herself in a sweet historical romance novel as the foil to the heroine. Her uncle’s wife had her eyes on their house. Her reborn cousin wanted to keep all the good food and drink for herself, and was determined to push He Chunxing into becoming a stepmother. A young educated youth sent to the countryside was after her youth 5.8kReads8.9Score346Shelves

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    A very nice novel with a historical setting, high rating, strong female lead, and completed!

27. 27 穿 The Book Transmigrator Gets a Waist-Hugging Flirt from the Army's Toughest Man 穿书女配被全军第一硬汉搂腰撩 Deep in the Hedgerow篱落深深Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jian Yuelan had transmigrated into a book years ago, but the plot only kicked in after she followed the army to an island! Good news: sweet romance and a happy ending. Bad news: she and the second male lead were killed off early. A sweet, doting marriage in the 1970s? That’s all complete bullshit! Every character was just there to pave the way for the male and female leads to ascend! With no plot to follow, Jian Yuelan created her own, racking her brains to change her fate. Fortunately, her man 12.5kReads9.3Score873Shelves
28. 28 当 When the Villainess Gets Bound to a Good Deeds System 当恶女绑定了行善积德系统 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhong Chuchu is a notorious bad girl. No one in the surrounding villages can beat her. If someone gets on her nerves, she fights them. If she can settle things with her fists, she won't waste words. After an accident, Zhong Chuchu from another world merges souls with her and receives Good Deeds and Virtue System 101… The System has all kinds of wonderful items, but they must be exchanged for points. Dong Yichen is a notorious hooligan in the compound. He never does anything worthwhile and is al 17.8kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
29. 29 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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    Gu Dong bumped into a door, awakening memories of three lifetimes and incidentally gaining a not-too-useless cheat ability. Learning that her husband of many years, with whom she had a respectful and harmonious marriage, would soon be sent to the countryside, Gu Dong began diligently planning her future. The two, who had been drifting further apart, gradually began to face each other differently because of this relocation. The appearance of a system-wielding man, a space-manipulating woman, and various other villagers with unique skills turned them, already special, into spectators in this era. A grand drama, orchestrated by the villagers of Chenjia Village, was gradually unfolding.

30. 30 重 Reborn in 1960s Beijing: I Became Qin Huairu 重生六零四九城：我穿成了秦淮茹 Autumn Chill Beneath the Starlit Sky星空白露秋凉Female-Channel Fanfiction701k WordsCompleted After dying suddenly, middle-aged woman Tan Ru transmigrates into Qin Huairu from The Courtyard of Birds. They say this woman is the ultimate combination of a white lotus, a green tea vixen, and a bloodsucker, born with an alluring charm that can leave you weak in the knees. Her ultimate dream is to enjoy both a long life and good fortune, so she takes it all in stride. Also known as: I Marry a Second-Generation Soldier in a Period Novel with Four Kids in Tow A Young Hunk Falls for Me, a Woman w 978Reads7.1Score102Shelves

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    [Historical Fiction ✘ Transmigration ✘ Courtyard Fanfiction ✘ Sibling Romance] The overworked office worker, Qin Ru, wakes up to find herself as Qin Huairu in "Full House of Love"! A "pure white lotus" burdened with three children and a wicked mother-in-law. Four burdens + the entire courtyard's scheming—a hellish start. The female lead is clear-headed, believing in loving herself and never selflessly sacrificing for men and children. The children are ungrateful, but the female lead says: "We have plenty of children, and we don't need them to support us in our old age."

31. 31 美 A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅 Yaoyao Not Bewitching a夭夭不妖aModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b 34kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves
32. 32 嫁 Marry into the City and Get Rationed Grain 嫁到城里，吃上供应粮 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The heroine does not transmigrate, though she has some memories from a previous life. There are no truly awful characters in this story; everyone has their own strengths and flaws. The focus is on an unhurried life.) Jiang Xinbai was born in the countryside and dreamed of marrying into the city one day so she could have access to rationed food. So when she first met Yang Jinsheng, she knew her chance had come. She made her move without hesitation, flirted with him, and married him. At first sig 10.7kReads7.9Score628Shelves

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    A super good period drama 🥰🥰

33. 33 首 Commander, Your Wife Has Brought the Whole Family to Find You 首长，你媳妇带着全家来找你了 Young Master Ninth公子九爷Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, extra sweet, powerful hero and heroine, doting military romance, adorable System baby] Xu Jiajia opened her eyes to find herself as a cannon-fodder supporting character in a period novel. The original owner had a fiancé who was a factory worker, but he was in love with the heroine. Unable to accept this, the original owner hired someone to assault the heroine. To win the heroine’s favor, her fiancé married the original owner, tormented her every day, and eventually drove her 9.9kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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    This book is quite good.

34. 34 七 The Seventies' Sweetheart: The Brooding, Rugged Man Has His Eye on Me 七零娇娇，我被阴郁糙汉惦记了 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + black-lotus sickly beauty + professor + perfect nemesis + healing] Xiao Niannian is frail and delicate, with skin as fair and smooth as jade. She looks easy to bully, but never lets an insult go unanswered. One day, she transmigrates into a rebirth novel set in the 1970s, becoming the male lead’s fiancée. In the book, not only will she die young, but the male lead will use her connections to rise to success. The heroine is reborn. After seeing the male lead prosper in her previous l 42.6kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves

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    Superbly beautiful, calm, clear-headed, intelligent, logical, and assertive.

35. 35 路 Even a Background Character Is Better Than a Cannon Fodder 路人甲也好过炮灰 Mom of Junjun and Tongtong珺珺彤彤的妈Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted There are countless beauties across the country, and plenty of people dream of transmigrating and making their mark. So why did it have to be me? At least I’m only a nobody. And I even got a little golden finger! This really is a silver lining! The first book is complete. While you’re here, check out the next one, now updating: "Republican-Era Assassin, Shaking Like a Leaf". 10.5kReads8.9Score581Shelves
36. 36 重 Reborn in the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry of the 1980s 重生八十年代在港娱乐圈 Leisurely March三月闲暇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xiao was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1980s. To find a job, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the crown, launching her career in show business. She attended training classes, took bit parts, and played cannon fodder, steadily rising to become the leading lady. In the end, she became famous across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, earning her place as an undisputed superstar. Even when Yin Xiao became the most influential film and television mogul of her era, people still call 12kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
37. 37 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves

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    A heads-up: The female lead has a spatial ability, so if you don't like stories with spatial abilities, you might want to choose another one. The female lead transmigrates into a book and becomes a sent-down youth, while the original female lead is also in the same place. The original female lead won't be portrayed negatively, and the two become good friends later. It's not a dual-female-lead story! The female lead has a great personality; she's neither a saint nor a weakling. She genuinely stands up for those who bully her, which is really satisfying. The female lead has two best friends, and the three of them have a very good relationship. They became friends after getting to know each other well, and one of them even argued with the other when they weren't close, haha. The characters are vividly portrayed, and the three sisters later succeed in starting a business together—they even buy a house! This period drama is quite cheerful and comfortable to read. There aren't any particularly disgusting characters, and it covers family, friendship, and love, including the female lead's initial love for her. The male lead is a background character with limited screen time. It mainly focuses on the female lead's friendships and her life. It's definitely worth reading; I've read it many times.

38. 38 七 The 1970s: Everyone Can Be the Protagonist, Except Me 七零：人人都能当主角偏我不行 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted Everyone Is Evil, But There Are Good People Too [Romance included! If you have conventional values, don't read!!!] To get a chance to perform, Xu Lingwan locks her stepsister He Qingning in the restroom. Just as she's about to leave, something called a System binds itself to her. The System tells her that she's the vicious supporting female character, while He Qingning is the heroine. Since she bullied the heroine, her reputation will be ruined, and she'll eventually disappear without a trace. 22.1kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    This book is highly recommended; it's really good. The villainous couple setup is very exciting. This is a true female-centric power fantasy novel. The female lead survives in a disadvantaged position by using her advantages, and only when she's absolutely certain of victory does she turn the tables. The male lead is the scheming, manipulative woman the female lead raised; the two are a perfect match.

39. 39 穿 I Transmigrated to the Countryside in the Seventies, Farming, Gossiping, and Laughing All the Way 穿越七零下乡忙，吃瓜看戏哈哈笑 Half of Summer半边夏Modern Romance625k WordsCompleted [Alternate setting] [Face-slapping] [Satisfying read] [Romance] [Two powerful leads] [The male lead is completely devoted to his wife] Gossip, watching the drama, and falling in love Surely there’s no one more unlucky than her? She was just shopping at the mall when a falling billboard hit her, and she transmigrated. To make matters worse, she transmigrated into the body of someone with the exact same name in the 1970s! What? Her scumbag father and stepmother have been having an affair for ages? 6.5kReads7.9Score570Shelves

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    The female lead starts by dealing with her stepmother and scumbag father's family, emptying her house and going to the countryside with her spatial abilities. Both the male and female leads are educated youth sent to the countryside. They refuse to take over, provide poverty alleviation, or become stepmothers. The female lead will not allow herself to be wronged.

40. 40 末 From the Apocalypse to the Seventies: Her Soldier Husband Spoils Her, and She Steals the Show 末世穿七零：军夫宠妻，飒爆全场 Your Seclusion Among Fallen Flowers花落君幽Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted [Space + strong female lead + self-interest + not becoming a stepmother + guarded + military marriage + punishing scumbags + face-slapping + not a saint + won’t put up with mistreatment + cooperation with the state + family life + no handouts] The heroine is not the self-sacrificing type. The heroine is not the self-sacrificing type. Choose carefully before reading. Don’t give me a low rating just because my heroine looks out for herself. Ah, I’m going to lose it, I’m going to lose it! Feel-good 138Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Not a Stepmother (Completed)

41. 41 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Side-Character Couple Goes to the Countryside as Educated Youths 穿书后，配角夫妻下乡当知青 White Star Heavenly Bamboo白星天竺Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted While reading a novel, Li Ruolan is surprised to discover that her and her husband’s names appear in a novel set in a bygone era. They are educated youths who go to the countryside alongside the male and female leads, and their names appear only two or three times as minor characters. That very night, Li Ruolan dreams of the minor character’s memories. When she wakes up, her husband says he had the same dream. Just as they both think it must be a coincidence, a pocket dimension appears. Li Ruola 25.7kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    🍓🍓🍓The female lead is calm and logical🍓, and doesn't take on second marriages or remarry.🔥🔥🔥 Originally a teacher, she arrives in that era on her wedding day. Later, she and the male lead live a simple life together. The writing style is very characteristic of rural Northeast China. The female lead doesn't engage in charity work or act like a saint. The male and female leads were originally the legitimate daughters of an emperor and prime minister in ancient times. They both transmigrate to the 1970s and experience the life of educated youth sent to the countryside.

42. 42 七 Military Marriage in the Seventies: The Cannon Fodder Dodges the Plot with Bullet Comments 七零军婚：炮灰靠弹幕躲剧情 Dive into the Five Oceans to Catch Turtles下五洋捉鳖Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted Lin Shuyin transmigrated into the 1970s and became an eighteen-year-old high school senior, about to graduate. She was worried about finding a job. In those days, without a job, you had to go to the countryside, and she didn’t want to! Suddenly, comments appeared before her eyes: [Seriously, Lin Shuyin, you’d be better off going to the countryside. Then you wouldn’t meet your scumbag husband, Zhou Jianguo, and all that stuff that happened later would never happen.] [Sigh! Second Sister Lin had s 20.9kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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    Calm and logical, the female leads tend to be sophisticated egoists.

43. 43 惊 What?! After Awakening, the Lazy Wife Only Wants to Crush Villains and Make Money 惊！懒媳妇觉醒后只想虐渣搞钱 My Tinghan Bamboo我的听寒竹Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (This novel features a large ensemble cast.) [An incredibly strong, lazy, top-notch wife + a younger, chatty husband, taking down scumbags + making money] Jiang Yiqing had a wonderful married life! She didn’t have to clean the house or look after the kids, and her father-in-law, the factory director, had her back at work. All she had to do was clock out on time and go home to lie down. Life was so perfect she could see the good times stretching endlessly ahead! Then one day, she dreamed that 6.8kReads8.9Score599Shelves
44. 44 七 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 56.1kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves

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    None of these five books have that many exceptional quality books.

45. 45 堂 My Cousin Pressured Me to Switch Betrothals, and I Agreed. So Why Are You Crying? 堂妹逼我换亲，我同意了你哭啥？ Wu Bai Wan伍佰豌Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + space + marriage first, love later + both devoted to each other + face-slapping] The moment Su Yunwan opened her eyes, she discovered she had been reborn to the time before her wedding and had unlocked the space inside her jade pendant ahead of time. Her younger cousin, Su Shuangshuang, had been reborn alongside her. In her previous life, she married Li Zi'an, a scholar to whom she had been betrothed since childhood, while Su Shuangshuang married He Xiangbei, a hunter from their villag 17.5kReads8.7Score2.3kShelves

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    🍀Both the male and female leads are virgins, and both the female lead and the supporting female character are reborn. The supporting female character schemes to have them swapped marriages, resulting in their lives being even worse than in their previous lives. The female lead unlocks the spiritual spring space ahead of time, practices martial arts with the male lead, creates delicious food from the space, and leads her family to prosperity.

46. 46 快 Quick Transmigration: In Period Novels, I Pursue Self-Interest with Style 快穿：拜金的我在年代文精致利己 Nannan's Cultivation Dream楠楠的修仙梦Modern Romance5.6M WordsOngoing Follow the happy lives of the gold-digging, shameless woman Li Na across stories set in different eras. (Li Na has a different personality in each era story and no memories of her other lives in other era stories. The protagonist is only named Li Na; they are not the same person. Some have a golden finger and some don't, and when they do, it's very minor. The heroine is just an utterly ordinary woman.) Content warning: The heroine is deeply flawed and extremely selfish. She only ever thinks of h 7.7kReads8.2Score351Shelves
47. 47 觉 Awakening in the 1970s: The Scheming Ones Fight Me for the Protagonist Role 觉醒七零：老六们跟我争夺当主角 My Name Is Alu我叫阿绿Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Guess who the original protagonist of this world really is + everyday family life + no awful characters + no face-slapping + watching the drama] Gu Dong was hit by a door, which awakened the memories of three lifetimes and happened to give her a not entirely useless golden finger. After learning that her husband, with whom she had shared a respectful marriage for years, would soon be sent away to the countryside, Gu Dong began making plans for the future. The two, who had been growing further a 321Reads8.4Score—Shelves
48. 48 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book in the 1960s and Cling to the Supporting Male Lead's Leg 穿书六零我抱紧了男配大佬的大腿 Overlord Fa霸王发Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted Su Jiao is sweet and lovely, with skin as smooth as jade and a graceful figure. After coming down with a bad cold, she discovers that she has entered a period novel as the powerful male supporting character's fiancée. In the original story, Su Jiao dies young in an accident, becoming a tool the heroine uses to get close to the powerful male lead. With his support, the heroine goes on to build a fortune. So Su Jiao decides she won't be anyone's tool. She takes her family's advice, boards a train, 137Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s and Become My Own Queen 穿越七零，做自己的女王 Big Night's Daydream夜大大的白日梦Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + period setting + clear-headed heroine + making a fortune + space] As an orphan, Li Jiamin has always known that the only person she can rely on is herself. Ever since she was old enough to remember, she's worked nonstop to learn and make herself stronger. She has never once taken a break from life. After unexpectedly arriving in another world, Li Jiamin decides to live differently this time and follow her heart. She's seen the glittering world and experienced all that 2.2kReads8.7Score148Shelves
50. 50 八 The 1980s Foil: The Fertile Beauty Is Sweet and Charming 八零对照组：好孕美人她又甜又娇 Moon-Brewed Congee月酿粥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Slice-of-life family drama in a period setting + A charming green tea beauty + Childbearing System + Contrast character gets face-slapped + Sweet, pampering wish fulfillment] What should you do after transmigrating into a melodramatic period novel as the villainous stepmother and foil, who nearly has her marriage stolen by the heroine? Su Sui says, “Relax. Isn't it great that someone else is eager to be a stepmother?” And so... While the original heroine works herself to the bone for her husban 9.1kReads8.6Score626Shelves

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