Period Stories with Male Leads Working City Jobs, Such as Factory Worker, Shop Clerk, or Writer 年代男主城里工作（工人、售货员、作家）
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Awakening in a New Era: An Immortal Cultivation Expert in the Military District 年代觉醒：修仙大佬在军区
[Cultivation Space + Period Setting + Not a Saintly Heroine + Plant Powers + Space Powers + Cunning and a Little Selfish + Medical Skills + Loves Good Food and Hates Work] A hardcore homebody and avid novel reader accidentally finds herself inside an apocalypse novel. She’s become the most powerful ability user of her time, but she still hasn’t learned how to control her powers properly. She dies fighting the Zombie King, and a sliver of life lets her be reborn in the harsh years of the Flower K
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- 302 What's So Bad About a Quiet Life in the 1960s? 六零之平淡点有什么不好？ [Everyday life + period setting + System + no rivalry between women + no sent-down youth] The Shen family is one of the few households in the steel mill’s residential compound with no sent-down youths. The family gets along harmoniously, but in this extraordinary era, they face one upheaval after another. Let’s see what choices they make... 1.1kReads6.7Score10514d adds
- 303 I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1970s 穿到七十年代不下乡 Feng Wanyi is a fan of transmigration novels, and she often wishes she could transmigrate one day. She did transmigrate, but things don't seem to be going the way she imagined. Looking at the walls, which seem to belong to another era, Feng Wanyi feels like banging her head against them. She gives it a try, but apart from the wound on her head, she's still perfectly fine and right where she was. Just when she'd finally forced herself to accept her situation, they tell her she's being sent to the 2.1kReads8.9Score13514d adds
- 304 Transmigrated into a Period Novel, Lying Flat and Enjoying the Gossip Is Perfectly Reasonable! 穿进年代文，躺平吃瓜很合理吧！ The System was supposed to bind itself to the villainess, but through a twist of fate, it bound itself to her instead. She already has plenty of golden fingers. Could it please leave her alone? Going to the countryside for sent-down youth service can be a lot of fun. Who says you have to suffer? She knows full well that she's just a minor bystander who likes to watch the drama. She'll watch the heroine and villainess stir up trouble, but only from a safe distance. Here's to everyone living happi 12.5kReads8.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 305 After Captain Pei Fell from Grace, He Insisted on Dating My Older Sister 裴队走下神坛后，非要和我姐弟恋 [Military romance set in a bygone era, forced love, intense chemistry, older woman and younger man, younger wolf-dog raised by her, stunning and flamboyant wild-rose lawyer × refined, ascetic military officer fresh from prison; both each other's first] Everyone in the Flying Eagle squadron knew that their commander, Pei Ce, was reserved and taciturn, refined and extraordinary. Countless admirers had been intimidated into keeping their distance. He always wore a string of Buddhist prayer beads a 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 306 Best Friends Transmigrate Together to the 1990s and Become Army Wives 闺蜜齐穿九零，一起当军嫂 (Military romance in the 1990s, marriage before love, a charming and alluring clinic owner with a flirtatious streak VS an officer who looks refined but is a jailbird at heart, two heroines and two heroes, both couples devoted only to each other) Bo Munian and Chen Sibin are two of the finest men in the Marine Corps. Neither expected that their first mediation assignment would end with them getting swept up in the mess themselves: both wound up marrying women they’d just met, and on the very sam 750Reads7.1Score10014d adds
- 307 In the 1980s, I Became a Military Wife Through My Own Merit 我在八零靠实力成为了军嫂 (Sweet period romance + military marriage + intense romantic tension + pure romance + gourmet cooking + 1v1) People often say, “A stranger is as lovely as jade, a gentleman peerless in the world.” Lu Sinian, a prominent figure in the military compound, has always seemed like an immortal being to the unmarried young women there: lofty and untouchable. Then Zhang Yaoyao moved into the compound. One look at Lu Sinian was enough to leave her awestruck, and she announced in front of everyone that she 337Reads7.5Score—14d adds
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Siheyuan: I'm He Yushui's Older Brother 四合院：我是何雨水哥哥
[Courtyard setting + Silly Zhu + He Yuzhu + He Yuzhu’s older brother + no System + one female lead + period setting + a little hot-tempered, but not too much + won’t take a loss or let others push him around] My name is He Gaoheng. I’ve never trained in martial arts and couldn’t even hurt a chicken with my bare hands!!! One day, I transmigrated and became He Gaoheng, the older brother of Silly Zhu from the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang! He Daqing, the He family’s pillar, ran off, leaving the
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- 309 Siheyuan: Zhuzi Marries Li Xiuzhi, a Girl from Sichuan and Chongqing 四合院：柱子娶川渝妹子李秀芝 [Reborn + revenge + feel-good fiction + settling scores + courtyard compound + period feel-good fiction + one heroine + devoted husband + fiercely protective husband] P.S. A Sichuan girl's gentleness is at 100%. Li Xiuzhi took 97% of it with her when she fled the famine. All that's left is: “I'll count to three.” I, He Yuzhu, have crawled back from hell! In my previous life, Yi Zhonghai schemed to make me support him in old age, Liu Haizhong abused his authority to bully me, Yan Bugui nickeled a 5.1kReads5.4Score18614d adds
- 310 The 1960s: The Whole Village Clings to a Five-Year-Old's Leg 60年代，全村紧抱五岁娃娃大腿 [Trading, Cute Kids, Countryside, Development, Construction, 1960s, Pocket Space] In the early days, it’s all about childhood fun: shooting birds, fishing, and catching frogs. In the middle, he helps a small mountain village rise to prosperity. By the end, he’s rolling in money, commanding cutting-edge technology, and helping the country defeat its enemies. Weiguo has spent years in the army, leaving behind his frail wife and child. Wei Mo transmigrates into this world and is moved by the love a 13Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 311 The ’90s Bride Is Fierce and Wild, and Her Soldier Can’t Handle Her 九零媳妇又辣又野，兵哥H不住 (1v1 military marriage set in the 1970s) They say the Jiang family's twin sons are both exceptionally handsome and talented. The brothers made a name for themselves when they both achieved the highest scores in their respective arts and sciences exams across the province and got into prestigious universities. Sadly, although they look identical, their personalities couldn't be more different. The elder, Jiang Yize, is aloof and cold, with a na 4kReads8.8Score45014d adds
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A Pair of Delicate Red Hands 一双红酥手
Reborn in 1996, I planned to strike it rich with the lottery numbers from the one thing I remembered about my past life. Who knew it would still turn out to be just a dream!!! There are only 98 days left until the college entrance exam, and I’ve forgotten every bit of what I learned in my previous life. What do I do... Fine, I’ll come clean. I just want to be a couch potato, enjoy life with a beautiful wife, and live a quiet little life... This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are p
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- 313 Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌 Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor… 1.3kReads8.5Score—14d adds
- 314 Reborn in 1998: The Hundred-Day Countdown to Life System Activates 重生98百日生命倒计时系统启动 At forty-five, Lu Bufan lay in his rented room, dying of end-stage stomach cancer and waiting for death in despair: His first love had died in a car accident, his virtuous wife had left because of his debts, and his son had cut ties with him. His whole life had been a joke! As death drew near, the Life’s Regrets Correction System bound itself to him. [100 days of life remaining. Correct your regrets after being reborn to extend your life. Fail, and you will die permanently.] He gritted his teeth 127Reads—Score—14d adds
- 315 Restarting My Life and Winning Over Several One True Loves 重启人生拐几个白月光 So what if he was rich in his previous life? He couldn't even find his wife and daughter! In this reborn life, he'll protect his family first... A life of wealth and luxury? He wouldn't mind! But the simple pleasures of everyday life are what feel most real! 479Reads—Score—14d adds
- 316 The Merchant’s Road to the West 西部商途 [No System] [No golden finger] [School belle] [Multiple heroines] [The struggle of an ordinary guy] Zhang Bo is a poor kid from the countryside. He doesn’t have much going for him, except that he’s pretty lucky with girls... 399Reads—Score3414d adds
- 317 One Sword to Slay the Fairer Sex 一剑斩红粉 [Urban Martial Arts]+ [Traditional Cultivation]+ [Multiple Heroines] Lin Che, young master of an ancient martial arts family in the city, was framed and killed in his previous life while enjoying himself beneath the peonies. His lover, a minor internet celebrity close to him, had joined forces with his family's sworn enemy to set him up. His path to being reborn is also a path to rising to power… 357Reads8.5Score1614d adds
- 318 You’ve Got to Be Kidding: A Tang Dynasty Assassin Taking the College Entrance Exam 没搞错吧我一个大唐刺客参加高考 A Tang Dynasty assassin has just beheaded a military governor, only to open his eyes as a hopeless high school senior! He spent the first half of his life relying on a swift blade. Now he has to battle trigonometry? With just 100 days left until the college entrance exam, what’s an assassin like me supposed to do? And just as the turmoil is still unfolding, he learns that his beautiful master has transmigrated from the Tang Dynasty too… 405Reads8.1Score1314d adds
- 319 I Don’t Want This Kind of Rebirth 这样的重生我不想要啊 Being reborn isn't about having an easy, satisfying life. It's about walking the human road again through blood and tears! The hardships I've endured and the burdens I've borne aren't anything to be proud of. I'll just leave them in my memories. A simple, honest life, surrounded by a beloved wife and beautiful companions, is what truly matters... 296Reads—Score—14d adds
- 320 Cultivating the Great Dao in a Human Classroom 我在人间课堂修大道 Cultivation? Pah! I just want to spend my days with the campus beauty, enjoying the simple pleasures of life and living it to the fullest. Is that too much to ask? And of course, I wouldn't mind having a few more beauties around either… 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 321 After Succeeding in Cultivation, I Transmigrated to Earth to Farm 修仙有成却穿越到地球种田 [Cultivation]+ [Farming]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Chen Xing, an immortal with a spirit body from the Ziling Sect, had cultivated to the peak of the continent. Just as he was reveling in a life of pleasure with six beautiful concubines, the Trial of Worldly Desires struck. His soul transmigrated into the body of a young man with the same name on Earth, who had died after slipping and falling 94Reads—Score1014d adds
- 322 A Spring Dream Takes Me to Ancient Times: I Become a Workaholic in Dayin 春梦穿古我在大胤当卷王 [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Transmigration]+ [Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] Just because he begged his goddess for a hug in a romantic dream, Lu Xiaochuan was kicked straight into a river in the Great Yin dynasty, launching his mortifying Transmigration adventure! The moment he climbs ashore, he's branded a suspect in the Witchcraft Cult case. He lets slip what he said in his sleep, then reveals the secret that he once saw a celes 47Reads—Score914d adds
- 323 Reborn in a Siheyuan: An Orphan Girl in the 1960s 重生大杂院之孤女在六零 Female Lead: Yu Huimin thinks you never can tell what life has in store. She has money and looks, and she’s in the prime of her youth, when bam! Someone hits her and kills her, sending her straight to the 1960s. Luckily, the kitchen space she got in her previous life came along too. Otherwise, she’d want to die just to get back! Male Lead: Qiao Qinglai thought the apocalypse would be tough, but it turns out the 1960s are no easier. His wind ability has been reduced to the lowest level, and in th 1.2kReads7.3Score10214d adds
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Reborn in '93: An Old Man's Youthful Ride on the Tides 九三重生：老朽少年踏浪潮
[Reborn] [Urban Farming] [Soul Transmigration] [Making Money] [Stock Trading] [Urban] [Transmigration] [One Heroine] On July 9, 2026, 64-year-old Di Lei unexpectedly transmigrates back to 1993 while playing mahjong. Drawing on his life experience, he starts over and writes a new chapter in his life. This novel is written in a rough, down-to-earth style.
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I Chose to Become a Migrant Worker. Are You Still Jealous of Me? 我选择当民工后，你还会羡慕我？
Now that I’ve chosen to become a construction worker, are you still going to envy me?
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Reborn in 1990: The System Forces Me to Become the Village Tyrant 重生90：系统逼我当村霸
[Period setting + System + village bully + reborn + farming and business + face-slapping wish fulfillment] In 2026, overworked office drone Zhou Ye dies suddenly after staying up all night. When he opens his eyes, he's back in 1990. He's become the bully whom all 3,000 villagers are chasing around to curse. His family is so poor they're starving. His older sister has to drop out of school, a supposedly good man in the village is running a scam, and an orphan girl is about to be sold. System: [St
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Reborn in 1982: This Rogue Refuses to Become a Street Loafer 重生八二：浪子绝不做街溜子
Chen Weiguo is reborn on October 24, 1982, the day before his family falls apart. In his previous life, he was a no-good drifter: idle and irresponsible. He caused his wife and daughter to die tragically, and after his family was shattered, he had no choice but to leave home. He worked hard all his life, only to die alone. This time, he has the chance to start over. Life may be tough, but he's determined to shake off his reputation as a drifter and give his family a good life. Once despised by e
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The Educated Youth Era: From Village Literary Star to World's Richest Man 知青年代：从乡村文豪到世界首富
[Period] [Countryside] [Literary Prodigy] [Getting Rich] Chen Jinsheng was watching the commotion when someone pushed him into a river. His soul transmigrated into the body of a young villager. In this alternate world, much like the 1960s and 1970s, he swears he won't be a simp! The trilogies Red Crag, Red Sun, and Red Flag Spectrum make him a nationally renowned young writer. The trilogies The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber ma
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- 329 Paranormal Orders 灵异订单 Paranormal Orders 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 330 A Tribute to a Century of Feuds 百年恩怨的祭奠 A Memorial to a Century of Feuds —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 331 The Prince’s Beloved: A Villainess’s Guide to Survival 王爷心尖宠：恶女生存记 The Prince’s Beloved: An Evil Woman’s Survival Diary 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 332 Love’s Bloodied Bloom: The Cold-Hearted Heir’s Love and Hate 浴血情花：冷面继承人的爱恨 Love in a Sea of Blood: The Cold-Hearted Heir’s Love and Hate —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 333 Forbidden Love Between the Supreme God and a Mortal 神界至尊凡尘禁忌之恋 Forbidden Love Between the Supreme Deity and a Mortal 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 334 Who Says Paris Is a Graveyard for Love? 谁说巴黎是爱情坟墓 Who Says Paris Is the Graveyard of Love? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 335 The Desperate Game: Who’s the Prey? 绝望游戏：谁是猎物 Despair Game: Who Is the Prey? 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 336 The Secret of the Quiet Village 平静村庄的秘密 The Secret of the Peaceful Village —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 337 Spirit Medium's Disciple: Defying Fate 出马弟子：逆天改命 Spirit Medium Disciple: Defying Fate and Changing My Destiny —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 338 Revenge of the Slum Rose 贫民窟玫瑰的复仇 Revenge of the Slum Rose 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 339 Tales of the Urban Mirror 都市镜怪谈 Urban Mirror Monster Tales —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 340 The Secret Behind the Buddha Statue 佛像背后的秘密 The Secret Behind the Buddha Statue 8Reads—Score—14d adds
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Xingye and Peppermint Candy 星野与薄荷糖
When an emotional meltdown makes a math genius Omega's pheromones “leak like electricity,” he's forced into a study partnership with an underachieving Alpha who resists everyone's pheromones but can uniquely “block” his. And so begins a quiet battle for academic advancement, redemption, and an underdog comeback. They are each other's flaw, and each other's only fix.
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- 342 Professor, Your Pheromones Smell Sweet 教授，你的信息素是甜的 This is a story of ultimate salvation and possessive devotion. As illness, dreams, rumors, and the fruit of their love come one after another, they join hands to prove that the sweetest pheromone is the scent of the one you love. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 343 After I Died, My Husband, Who Never Cared About Me, Seemed to Go Mad 我死后，不在意我的夫君好像疯了 After I died, my husband, who never cared about me, seemed to go mad 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 344 After His White Moonlight Was Stolen Away, He Finally Saw Her Worth 白月光被撬走后他真香了 After His White Moonlight Was Stolen Away, He Finally Saw Her Worth 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 345 Reborn: Surviving the Apocalypse with Supplies 重生之带着物资苟末世 Confused, he looked around at the place where he found himself. It was a cozy, familiar room. Gu Wei suddenly jolted in surprise. Th-this was the house he’d lived in before the apocalypse, his room. What was going on? How had he ended up back home? He remembered that it had later been destroyed by an earthquake during the apocalypse, one that affected almost the entire world. Not that the whole planet had shaken at once. It was just that, back then, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis 2.9kReads8.3Score32114d adds
- 346 After Turning the Three Realms Upside Down, Three Powerful Men Lose Control Over Me 逆转三界后，三大佬为我失控了 After Shen Qinglan dies, she is bound to the Villain Redemption System. Her mission is to transmigrate through three unrelated parallel worlds and change the fates of three villains destined for tragedy. If she succeeds, she can be reborn. She helps the domineering CEO Li Guang overcome his past, reunites the elite Ding Ning with his lost love, and keeps lawyer Chen Shuo on the right path. Just when she thinks it is all over and prepares to start a peaceful new life, the three men, who should ne 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 347 Lord of the Mind Realm 心域领主 In a world devastated by the “Heart Abyss Tide,” Lin Xingyao, an empathic healer from the lowest levels, meets Gu Yanqing, the rational adjudicator who rules the towering city. She is the “only cure” capable of sorting through and transforming every kind of emotion; he is the “ultimate anchor” capable of providing absolute stability. As conspiracies and the truth sweep over them, they must offer humanity a two-way salvation, through both logic and emotion, amid despair. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 348 The Movie Emperor’s Scripted Lover 影帝的剧本恋人 He's a powerhouse actor whose performances have earned him legendary acclaim, yet his name has never become a household one. He also bears the pressure of inheriting his family business. She's a top agent with a string of hit scripts to her name, but she hides secrets from her past. An accident three years ago left them both with amnesia, and he forgot that she had once been the person he loved most. One hundred and eighty days, one deal to win the Best Actor award. If he fails, he'll leave the —Reads—Score—14d adds
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A Beauty’s Scheme for the Realm 红颜谋天下
[Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No Transmigration]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] An imperial edict of marriage sends the icy, beautiful female general Murong Xue storming into the residence with a sword. Turmoil erupts in the Song household's rear court, while strange butterfly shadows from the Xuanming Cult appear, concealing a shocking conspiracy that could overturn the world. As one beauty after another gets drawn into the gam
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- 350 A Story About a Beautiful CEO Beneath a Ginkgo Tree 银杏树下的一个美女总裁的故事 The story of a beautiful CEO beneath a ginkgo tree 65Reads—Score—14d adds
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