These Are the Only Two Eras Novels Worth Reading. Disagree? Bring It On 年代文只有这两部能看不服来战

1. 301 开 From the Start, I Revealed the Achievements of Ancient Emperors and Stunned the Emperors 开局曝光古人皇功业，惊呆皇帝们 Trainee001练习生001Historical4.3M WordsOngoing [Historical retrospectives] + [a commoner's view of history] + [spoilers in the comments] + [emperors goofing around] + [A complete run-through of Chinese history from the Yan and Huang emperors, starting with the Shang] Chen Yong was hired to make a series of historical retrospectives. He planned to start with the Shang dynasty. To set his videos apart from the many others, he decided to follow standard historical methodology. Source priority: archaeological artifacts > official histories > 76kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves

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   I know you're trying to scam me out of books, here you go! Point out which one you don't like and then you can yell at me.

2. 302 操 Controlling the Ancestors: Creating a Millennium-Old Clan from the Chu-Han Contention 操控祖宗：从楚汉争霸创千年世家 Just Pay Me给钱就行Historical2.0M WordsOngoing A story of a millennium-old clan and its ancestors After graduating from university, Chen Cheng gained the ability to travel through time, going back and forth across history to control his own ancestors! If he can't get rich in the present, he'll start in ancient times! He takes a leg from Xiang Yu during the Chu-Han Contention, becomes Emperor Wen of Han's tutor amid the Lü Clan Disturbance, pushes through reforms in Emperor Jing of Han's era, and turns the tide in the late Eastern Han! The Ji 96.3kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves
3. 303 百 The Many Flavors of Life, Part One: A Snowy Night of Lost Souls 百味人生第一部：失魂风雪夜 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a 14.3kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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   An article recreating rural life in Northeast China in the 1970s.

4. 304 折 The Age of Turmoil 折腾时代 Jing Xiaomo荆萧默Urban492k WordsOngoing Life is all about taking chances! In that restless age, Li Anran works in a big city, and her dream is about to come true. But when she returns to Qinzhou for a funeral, she's practically put under house arrest and told to stay and work in the small city. Zhang Huifei has the talent to get into one of China's top universities, but he unexpectedly fails the college entrance exam. To make sure his sister Li Anran can stay in Qinzhou without worries, he starts stirring things up... As a result, Li 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Historical fiction, a story of ups and downs. The protagonist needs to go through trials and tribulations to succeed; otherwise, all their struggles are in vain.

5. 305 军 A Love That Sets Hearts Ablaze: In the 1970s, I Became Everyone's Darling by Taking It Easy 军婚撩人，我在七零靠摆烂成团宠 Watching the Moon on a Sunny Day晴天看月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance, Devoted Couple, Spatial Realm, Adorable Baby] Song Luoying unexpectedly transmigrates into a period novel and becomes a cannon-fodder supporting character with the same name as her own. The original Song Luoying’s blind date falls for the female lead, Liu Meijiao, instead. She can’t swallow her pride and is determined to find herself a factory worker husband, just to one-up the female lead. In the end, she marries a mama’s boy, has three daughters, gets looked down on by her moth 19.6kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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   "Good" doesn't even begin to describe this book; it's simply incredibly good! It's the first historical fiction novel I've ever read where the family is so united, with no infighting or backstabbing. Don't miss it!

6. 306 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I’m the Big Winner 港综：我是大赢家 Scapegoat Prawn背锅大虾Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsCompleted Ding! You have a new mission. Become famous throughout the city? Too easy. You know Wu Song, right? Watch me spill blood at Mandarin Duck Tower. Ding! You have a new mission. Become a billionaire, a legend of the underworld, and a powerbroker who rules over all? Yikes... Should I study the life of Lai Hao or Al Capone? Never mind. New place, new game plan. I’d better get some startup capital first... 95kReads9.2Score7.2kShelves
7. 307 港 Hong Kong Films: The New World 港片：新世界 Wusumulian乌苏穆廉Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsOngoing He transmigrates into the world of Hong Kong movies! He’s just seen the Four Great Detectives off, only to find himself in the explosive boom years of the triads. Gao Bin becomes a rank-and-file member of Wo Shing Wo. From then on, Gao Bin sells counterfeit goods, gets into real estate, and makes movies. If it can make money, Gao Bin wants a piece of it. Then he goes international, takes on the world, unites the Hongmen, and builds his empire bigger and stronger! Years later, patriotic entrepren 26.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
8. 308 六 In the 1960s, Everyone Who Clashed with Her Had Quintuplets 六零：和她不对付的都一胎五宝了 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Hu Yao, a martial arts school coach, transmigrates into the body of a timid young wife with the same name, married for a year to a soldier in the Trumpet Flower Brigade but still a virgin. She also gets bound to a childbirth System. Give birth, get rewards. Hearing that giving birth came with rewards, Hu Yao flashed a chilling smile. Having a baby? Easy. Her wicked mother-in-law calls her barren? She wants a baby so badly? Coming right up. Her sister-in-law mocks her? Coming right up. Even the d 22.1kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves
9. 309 八 The 1980s Army Officer Came Looking, and I Can No Longer Hide Our Secret Child 八零军官找来，偷生的崽藏不住啦 That Glutton那个饭桶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Shen Yuhuan, heir to a family of doctors, died while bravely coming to someone's aid. Her greatest regret was never having had a boyfriend. When she opened her eyes, she found a man beside her whose looks and physique were exactly her type. Had Heaven decided to grant her wish in a dream because she'd risked her life to save someone?!!! But after she'd had her way with him, she discovered this wasn't a dream at all. She had transmigrated! She'd arrived in the parallel timeline of the 13.3kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
10. 310 重 Reborn: I Started by Rejecting My Childhood Friend and Winning Over a Rich Heiress 重生从拒绝青梅傍上小富婆开始 Old Rascal, Face My Spear老贼看枪Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn + golden finger + extra sweet romance + feel-good power fantasy + single female lead] Reborn with a cheat, he returns to the day before the 2008 college entrance exams. His childhood sweetheart wants to break up? This time, he absolutely refuses to be a simp! Make money, build a business, get rich! Step one to getting rich: find yourself a rich girl to lean on. You said you wouldn't be a simp, so why are you so good at it? It's muscle memory. What would you know? Besides, I'm not simping 1.9kReads8.9Score283Shelves
11. 311 六 The Sixties Villainess Wants a New Husband, and Her Rugged Army Officer Is Getting Anxious 六零女配要改嫁，糙汉军官他急了 Little Cat Doesn't Eat Lychees小猫不吃荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Rural army-family third generation + dazzling beauty of a painter + no pocket dimension + slow-burn romance + both are each other's first and only love + ensemble cast in the latter half] Jiang Xizhu stays up all night painting, then opens her eyes to find herself in a period novel as the country fiancée of the male lead, who dies young. Her former fiancé is already married. By a twist of fate, she also ends up marrying a grubby, scruffy husband. They say she's shameless, 77.3kReads9.0Score9.9kShelves

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    I basically don't read serialized novels unless they're really good, like my first novel!

12. 312 边 Tales from the Borderlands: All My Relatives Are Ruthless Bandits 边水往事，我家亲戚都是悍匪 Foolish Dinosaur愚蠢的恐龙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Jiang Wang opened his eyes and found himself in the story of The Longest Day in Chang'an? No, a closer look told him this was the original setting! And not just any setting, but the borderlands, at the most lawless time in the Golden Triangle: the early 2000s. There was no order in this era, only bloody cruelty in the forests and stacks of cash. It was a wild gold-rush age, full of outlaws. River-crossing dragons, mountain-tunneling tigers, gunshots ringing without end. When I have a gun, you c 19.1kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
13. 313 大 Great Ming: My Father Is Yongle, and I Shall Guard the Realm Forever 大明：家父永乐，永镇山河 I Have Heard of High Antiquity朕闻上古Historical2.0M WordsCompleted In the final years of the Jianwen era, the Prince of Yan entered the capital, took the throne, and adopted the reign title Yongle. A great empire was turning a brand-new page, on the verge of ushering in an age of peace for the ages. A young man from the future transmigrates into the famous “Grilled Meat Prince,” Zhu Gaoxu. Before him stand the brilliant Yongle Emperor, Zhu Laosi; his frail, sickly eldest brother, Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi; his beloved nephew, the Good Holy Grandson Zhu Zhanji… 54.3kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
14. 314 路 An Ordinary Passerby, Yet I Got Matched with a Cadre's Son from a Military Compound 路人，但相亲到了大院高干子弟 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The 1990s] + [Family life] + [Ensemble cast] + [Not a power fantasy, not a strong female lead] After her own younger sister steals her boyfriend, Wang Lanlan goes home with her blind date to meet his family. She calls the lame man “Third Brother.” Later, Third Brother becomes her husband. Wang Lanlan: Who could’ve guessed? My newlywed husband is abstinent by day and clingy by night. He wears me out mentally during the day and physically at night. 51.4kReads8.0Score6.4kShelves
15. 315 南 Tales of Nanyang’s Old Town 南阳老城往事 Feng Laojiu风老九Mystery137k WordsOngoing Memories of a bizarre and absurd era, somewhere in the 1980s and 1990s. A girl vanishes into thin air; two murders over a pair of corneas, with a condemned woman repaying her debt at the execution ground; a thousand-year-old pottery shard traps a rich heir for life; a murder in a narrow alley shrouded in mystery; a disfigured old man fishes for ghosts by the river; a family’s secret history spanning half a century... These stories offer more than an eerie atmosphere. They focus on the suffering, 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book; it's the best I've ever read. Each of the dozen or so stories is more captivating than the last, and the scope expands as you read on. It gave me goosebumps! [Thumbs up]

16. 316 港 Hong Kong Crossover: The Ultimate Smuggler 港综：最强大捞家 Scapegoat Prawn背锅大虾Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted In the world of Hong Kong Island, the Money Empire era has just ended. The four great detectives are long gone, and the underworld is in turmoil. The mighty tide of a new age surges in. He Wenyao, who has lived two lives, travels from north to south, crossing the sea to arrive. When the bells of the new century ring out and Lighthouse magazine asks its question, he looks around and finds no equal in the world. 60.7kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
17. 317 老 The Old Lady Leaves Her Husband and Children, Then Marries an Officer 老太太抛夫弃子女，转身嫁军官 Xisen Meow西森喵Modern Romance774k WordsCompleted [Eighties Era] [Rebirth Wish-Fulfillment] [Family Life] [Husband Chases Wife / Mother’s Regret] [Never Forgive] [Second Marriage to a Soldier] When Yu Peilan was young, she put her husband through college, raised four children on her own, and cared for her mother-in-law. She never imagined that her husband and children would all turn out to be ungrateful. They ate her food and used her money, then looked down on her as an uncultured country bumpkin, saying she was no match for her husband’s firs 130.9kReads8.4Score6.1kShelves
18. 318 七 The Pretty Little Bride of the 1970s: The Village Tough Guy Is a Force to Be Reckoned With 七零小俏媳：我家村霸超凶的 Freshly Squeezed Little Lamb鲜榨小羊Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + sweet young woman and rugged man + doting romance + business and farming] Bai Jiaojiao, the fake heiress who had been sent to the countryside, was reborn. When she saw Shen Heng again, she boldly threw her arms around him, determined not to repeat the tragedy of loving him without ever winning his heart. Shen Heng, the local bully of Shili Village, was the very picture of a menacing brute. On their first day of marriage: “I’m the head of this household. My wife has to 89.3kReads9.2Score6kShelves
19. 319 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 3.8kReads9.0Score504Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who transmigrates into a novel with a special ability; she's intelligent, kind, and raises a child. The descriptions of food are also very tempting. The second book features a female protagonist who transmigrates into a novel, goes to the countryside, and lives a good life through her own efforts. She's not a saint, and the portrayal of friendship and family is excellent.

20. 320 冷 I Couldn’t Warm the Coldhearted Officer, So I Quit Chasing Him in the 1970s 冷情军官捂不热，重生七零不追了 Tea Tea Lemon茶茶柠檬Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Second male lead takes the spotlight + military marriage + female lead is a traditional Chinese medicine doctor] Liu Shengsheng was reborn. In her previous life, she watched her husband time and again grant every request from Wang Aiyun and her daughter. He handed over fifty yuan of his 120-yuan monthly salary to Wang Aiyun, and personally escorted the mother and daughter to and from work and school. When Shengsheng came home in the rain, developed a high fever, and finally broke down and confr 4kReads7.2Score407Shelves
21. 321 分 After Three Years Apart, She Asks for a Divorce, and the Chaste Commander Loses His Cool 分居三年提离婚，禁欲首长红了眼 Tun Er豚二Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + raising children + no golden finger + native-born characters + life in a military compound + everyday family drama] This is not an effortless wish-fulfillment story. It’s a warm tale of personal growth, so read with care if that’s not your thing. Cen Jing Yi gives birth to her daughter prematurely and is thrown out by her in-laws. She struggles alone to raise her daughter until she’s two. Then her husband, who returned to his unit the day aft 14.2kReads8.8Score947Shelves
22. 322 四 Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangqi 四合院：我是刘光奇 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Female-Channel Fanfiction467k WordsCompleted A Love in the Courtyard fanfic. I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became Liu Guangqi. Emmmm, not a bad identity. Unlike other transmigrators who start out as orphans, at least the courtyard's scoundrels can't bully me. As for everything else, I'll just sit back and watch! 10.7kReads9.1Score351Shelves
23. 323 穿 Reborn as a Lovesick Villainess, I Set My Sights on the Village Chief's Youngest Son 穿成痴汉女配，我看上村长小儿子 Cen Wang岑王Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Murong Xi transmigrates into a tearjerker period novel as the saintly, beloved white moonlight, what does it feel like? Thanks for asking. I’m currently researching seventy-six different ways to live or die~ According to the plot, she’s supposed to toil selflessly like a saint, giving everything she has. She’ll endure misunderstanding and torment, then burn through the last of her light and warmth. In the end, she’ll become the white moonlight propping up the male lead’s table, and the mosq 8.8kReads9.2Score711Shelves
24. 324 我 My Grandfather Is Zhu Yuanzhang 我祖父是朱元璋 Time Thief岁月神偷Historical6.5M WordsCompleted I have the most illustrious name: Zhu Yuntong. I am the legitimate grandson of the founding emperor of Great Ming, and the legitimate son of Crown Prince Zhu Biao. My mother is the daughter of Chang Yuchun, and my maternal granduncle is Lan Yu. I am the most illustrious imperial grandson in Great Ming, and the most influential and legitimate heir to the throne. I will usher in a different Great Ming, magnificent beyond compare, its sun and moon shining bright. It will embrace all rivers and welc 234.7kReads9.4Score27kShelves
25. 325 入 The Mortician Married an Officer, and I Became the Scumbag’s Aunt by Marriage 入殓师嫁军官，我成了渣男的小婶 Xu Yunjin许云瑾Modern Romance422k WordsOngoing Just before the end of her shift, Su Nianchu received the last corpse scheduled for cremation. To her surprise, the deceased had the same name as her. Su Nianchu's heart skipped a beat. She had a bad feeling! Sure enough, an accident happened during the cremation. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the body of a village girl in the 1980s. She was lying on a kang, giving birth! Nearby, her malicious husband watched her, planning to trick her into taking sleeping pills so he and 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend it, it's really good.

26. 326 八 The 1980s: The Tsundere Officer Flirts Wildly with His Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife 八零：闷骚军官狂撩炮灰前妻 Li Yueya of Wuzhuang五庄的李月牙Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted The low rating is only because not many people have read it~ [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s setting + military marriage + devoted to each other + supporting female character + ten-year age gap + marriage before love + mutual flirting] [An outwardly serious, secretly flirtatious daddy-type hero whose old heart finally catches fire & a beautiful, sweet, timid, flirtatious heroine] When Zhu Sui'an wakes up, she discovers she's transmigrated into a period novel as the villainous ex-wife who makes 2.7kReads8.9Score305Shelves
27. 327 葬 A Proposal at the Funeral: The Soldier Is a Commander 葬礼上求婚：兵哥哥是首长 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The moment she opened her eyes, she had been reborn at her birth parents' funeral. She was an orphan burdened with debt, and someone was even pressuring her to marry on the spot. Luckily, her father's former comrade arrived in time, paid off the debt, and drove away the people trying to force her into marriage. But who could have guessed that this uncle, ten years older than her, would ask if she wanted to get married? What was going on?!! After asking him a barrage of questions, she learned tha 2.4kReads7.9Score305Shelves

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    [Bump this post][Watching the drama unfold][Bump this post]

28. 328 七 Scientific Research in the 1970s: My Sweet Wife Faints Again 七零科研：小娇妻又晕倒了 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Rebirth + Period Setting + Military Marriage + Scientific Research + Pocket Space + Doctor + Married First, Love Later + Devoted Husband + Adorable Baby + Building Wealth + Patriotism Shen Zhixu accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s, becoming a delicate young woman who shares her name. To make matters worse, she lives in the countryside. Spoiled by her parents since childhood, she would faint just from sitting in the sun. She was known throughout the village as its sickly beauty. When she open 1.5kReads7.2Score112Shelves
29. 329 七 The Charming, Alluring Military Wife of the 1970s and Her Fearsome, Stone-Faced Husband 七零军嫂娇又媚，冷面老公太威猛 Little Cat Doesn't Eat Lychees小猫不吃荔枝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + marriage before love + groveling pursuit] [An alternate-world sweet romance + a calculating, scheming male lead + a remarkably oblivious female lead] Wen Ruan transmigrated into a book and became the pathetic original wife in a period novel, destined to die young after her husband’s affair. When she opened her eyes, her mother-in-law was putting on a false show of kindness, her sister-in-law was a compulsive liar, her h 5.5kReads8.1Score698Shelves
30. 330 开 With a Start This Bad, I'm Not Taking the Loss 开局这么烂，吃亏我不干 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted Born under a peach-blossom fate, where it’s me or him: flirtatious men and women, face-slapping, and putting scumbags in their place. On a snowy night, in an earth cellar, on a heated kang in the Northeast, in a remote mountain village, poor Liang Laonian sees something he shouldn’t. Under immense pressure and with no one to turn to, he can only keep quiet. Later, Liang Daqing is born, his bloodline a mystery. As a child, he was lazy, sly, greedy, and slippery. As a teenager, he was rebellious 747Reads8.4Score107Shelves

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    These two books are competing against each other. They are by the same author and on the same theme. The new book has just been released and is even more exciting than the old one!

31. 331 惊 Shocking! After Transmigrating into a Book, I Became the Child's Mother 惊爆！穿书后我成了孩子他妈 Granny Ni妮嬷嬷Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original title: The 1980s: Commander, Your Baby Is from Ten Years in the Future [Period drama transmigration + marriage first, love later + family life + adorable baby + marriage to bring good fortune] The instant she receives her college admission letter, Qi Shiyu finds herself standing at the gates of a school in 1985. She's become a high school senior, with only three months left before the college entrance exams. She's transmigrated into a book. She thought she'd been cast as an insignifican 31.1kReads7.9Score4.9kShelves

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    💥💥💥Ji Mingxuan received a registered package containing a live animal—sent by his future wife. The little devil wasn't shy at all, jumping up and calling him "Dad"? He's also a spoiled little crybaby, always spreading rumors about him! Hmm…he also loves keeping a little notebook of tattling, listing a whole bunch of things at once! So much so that later, he was able to calmly arrange a "lucky charm" ceremony for his future wife; after the ceremony, he discovered, "She's really great!"

32. 332 七 The Seventh-Decade Darling of the Family Is a Feisty Madwoman Who Boldly Pursues the Powerful Dark Moonlight 七零团宠俏癫婆，硬撩大佬黑月光 Zhu Zhu Is Ju Ju猪猪是居居Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Military Marriage] [Funny Everyday Life] [Devoted Couple] [Face-Slapping and Punishing Scumbags] Having had enough of life, Lin Xia is struck by lightning and transmigrates into a parallel world based on a novel set in the 1970s. The moment she opens her eyes, she's wrestling with a lean, handsome man over a pair of oversized underpants. Wait, let her get this straight. In this period novel, she's a biological daughter who was switched at birth, a cannon-fodder character draine 5.5kReads8.7Score588Shelves

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    This book is hilarious! Don't eat or drink while reading it, or you might spit it out! [Laughing][Laughing]

33. 333 被 Stranded in the Mountains, I Found a 1970s Army Chief to Share My Meals 被困深山，七零首长成了我饭搭子 Zai Zhi再吱Modern Romance359k WordsOngoing Jiang Suining opened her eyes to a once-in-a-century disaster from the start: her adoptive father was dead, a man had injured legs, and she had fallen into the mountains. After making it out, she discovered that the keepsake entrusted to her had been stolen, her adoptive older sister had married into a powerful family, and she had been sold. No matter. When the village bully tried to drag her back to have his babies, she slapped him straight into the police station. Her adoptive sister denied th 738Reads—Score106Shelves

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    Read it in your spare time to pass the time. What to do when the male lead's father favors the fake son? See how the female lead, who marries the real young master, turns the tables and escapes being mistreated. A very satisfying read.

34. 334 强 The Officer I Begged to Marry Was Cold as Ice. Reborn, I Want Nothing to Do With Him 强求的军官冷冰冰，重生后不要了 Fei Duojin肥多金Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Ye Qiaoxi saved a man and demanded that he marry her as payment. A powerful, wealthy officer was forced to marry an illiterate village woman. After the wedding, he treated her coldly and looked down on her. Even their daughter thought she was crazy and unworthy of their family. When Ye Qiaoxi opened her eyes again, she had returned to her youth. This time, she still saved that aloof, ascetic officer, but the price she asked for had changed. Instead of saying, “Give yourself 3.1kReads8.4Score268Shelves

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    In her past life, Ye Qiaoxi saved a man and then demanded payment to force him to marry her. A wealthy and powerful military officer was forced to marry an illiterate village woman. After the marriage, she was treated coldly and disliked; even her daughter considered her crazy and unworthy of their family. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in her youth. This time, Ye Qiaoxi still saved that aloof and ascetic military officer, but this time, the payment was no longer "marry me" but "give me a lot of money! And get the hell out of here!" Given a second chance, she was determined to live her own life.

35. 335 重 Reborn in the 1970s: My Villa Has Come to Life 重生七零：我的别墅成精了 Lazy Little Diu宅小丢Modern Romance994k WordsCompleted A carefully planned explosion puts an end to all grudges, once and for all. Huh? Wait, why isn't she dead? And why has she become an educated young woman being forced to relocate to the countryside? And what is up with that villa that seems to have come to life? Content warning: The heroine is not an overpowered big shot or a cool, badass face-slapping type! Xixi isn't a self-sacrificing saint, but she does have a kind heart and will help certain people selectively and for specific reasons. Havi 1.4kReads8.9Score153Shelves

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    Of the period dramas by Tomato, the following are some of my favorites:

36. 336 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: With a Childbearing System, I Marry an Infertile Officer 穿七零：带生子系统，嫁不育军官 Wish Granted, Stroke by Stroke如愿笔笔Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Childbearing System (not primarily about having children) + military marriage + abundant supplies + satisfying read + no outrageous characters + sweet romance] [A stunning psychologist with a childbearing System + a stern-faced, fierce military officer who can’t have children] Xu Qingluo is a rising star in the field of psychology in the 21st century. Her parents and grandparents are all world-renowned psychology experts. After transmigrating to the 1970s, she becomes the youngest granddaughter 24.1kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves

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    The female lead is intelligent, has her own job, and after joining the military, she has a pair of mischievous twin sons. You can check it out to see if you like her. [Eating melon emoji][eating melon emoji][thinking emoji][thinking emoji]

37. 337 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s to Become a Laid-Back Couch Potato 穿越七十年代做躺赢咸鱼 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration + space + sent to the countryside] When Lin Shu'an realized she had transmigrated and had a golden finger, she thought she must have become a cannon-fodder supporting character in some book she'd transmigrated into. There was no other explanation: her golden finger was nothing like the setup she'd expect for a heroine. Weren't the novels she'd been reading lately always giving the supporting female character some kind of cheat? But it seemed neither the heroine n 1.2kReads8.5Score107Shelves
38. 338 回 Back to 1961 as a Public Security Officer 回到1961当公安 A Hongtashan Cigarette Makes You Feel Like an Immortal来支红塔山快活似神仙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Both parents alive] [Has a System] [One female lead] I woke up to find myself in Courtyard 93 on Nanluoguxiang in 1961. What? Wasn’t it supposed to be Courtyard 95? And seriously, what is this? I’m just a lowly security guard! How did I become a police officer? And why am I supposed to protect the peace for everyone? 43.1kReads8.0Score2.3kShelves

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    Here it comes! 🌙 🥚① First book: The protagonist transmigrates to 1961 and becomes a neighbor in a charming courtyard house. Starting as a police officer and rising to the rank of deputy section chief, he awakens a system, leading his family to a happy life, changing the ending, and making up for regrets. Definitely a satisfying read! 🛩 🥚② Strive to develop and become stronger; with immense power, he becomes decisive and ruthless. 🚀

39. 339 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 2.2kReads9.0Score239Shelves

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    [KISS] Life is a long journey, so let's have a sweet romance. This handsome soldier with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs is great. He's kind-hearted and has the right values. You're the one! The cold-blooded officer transforms into a doting husband, and the couple works together to have children and build a family.

40. 340 七 The Real Heiress of the Seventies: After Crushing the Scumbags, I Take My Spatial Farm to the Countryside 七零真千金，虐渣后带空间下乡 When the Bright Moon Shines明月时Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Period setting + stockpiling + pocket dimension + tough young intellectual + feel-good story + cute pets] Lin Xiaodou, who has just graduated from veterinary school, strikes it rich overnight. Not only does she inherit a fortune out of nowhere, she also unexpectedly awakens a pocket dimension. Thinking the apocalypse is coming, she goes on a wild shopping spree and stocks up on supplies. Who knew she would transmigrate into a melodramatic period novel about a real heiress and a fake heiress? Th 10.3kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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    The female lead is a true heiress. She emptied her mother's pockets and moved to the countryside, possessing a vast amount of virtual space and superhuman strength to violently crush scumbags.

41. 341 四 Siheyuan: They Tried to Take My Family's Property, So I Knocked Down the Whole Courtyard with One Blow 四合院：抢我家产，一棍打翻全院 Riding into the Mortal World走马入红尘Male-Channel Fanfiction764k WordsCompleted After wishing on a shooting star, Luo Shian was reborn in 1953 in Courtyard No. 95 in the capital... At this point, the shameless projectionist hadn't married the rich heiress, the perfect white lotus had only just arrived as a bride and hadn't yet had time to give birth to the courtyard's infamous thief, Jia Mazi wasn't dead, and the moral paragon wasn't yet a Grade Eight fitter. But the scheming was already underway on all sides. Faced with a courtyard full of beasts, Luo Shian decided he wa 13.3kReads8.2Score879Shelves
42. 342 穿 Transmigrated as a Frail Beauty in the 1970s 穿成七零病弱西施 Big Pear梨大大Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + golden finger + frail beauty heroine (not a strong female lead) + love at first sight + sweet romance] Original title: Transmigrated into a Frail Beauty in the 1970s This is a romance novel, not a strong female lead story! Sweet romance! Please read the tags carefully before starting! If you want a strong female lead, leave now! (The original owner and the heroine are one and the same!!!) Wen Qinghe, who holds assets worth a fortune, transmigrates to the 1970s after getting dru 4.6kReads8.9Score529Shelves

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    You absolutely have to read these two books, they're so sweet!!

43. 343 重 Reborn in the 1990s: The Academic Prodigy Appraiser 重生90学霸鉴宝师 Chu Qi初七Modern Romance3.2M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1kReads9.1Score160Shelves
44. 344 甜 Sweet, Soft, and Delicate, She Gets Pampered by Her Rugged Husband 甜软娇气包，糙汉老公轻轻哄 Yu Yang Xiaohe鱼羊小和Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Both are each other’s one and only + super sweet] A sweet, soft, spoiled little darling x a fiercely possessive, fatherly male lead Shen Tangzhu was born into a family of pig farmers in the village. Her parents doted on her from the time she was little, and she grew up as their precious sweetheart. But she’s a total looks-first kind of girl, and she falls for Gu Qingxiao, an orphan who wandered into the village, at first sight. He has a secret identity. Shen’s parents think the wolf cub must ha 5.2kReads8.8Score449Shelves
45. 345 四 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated Three Years Ago and Gained the Power of a Slap 四合院：穿越三年获得巴掌之力 Zhang Xuanyi张玄一Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Fighting the courtyard beasts + System + siding with Xu Damao + no troublemaking After transmigrating to the capital in the 1950s, Jiang Fan realized he had ended up in a courtyard full of awful people. “Oh no! I've become one of the beasts!” Three years later, the System came online, and Jiang Fan began a life of stirring up trouble and turning everything upside down! 26.6kReads7.4Score953Shelves
46. 346 八 Fiery and Bold, This 1980s Bride Is Too Much for Her Cold-Blooded Officer 八零娇媳野又辣，冷酷军官顶不住 A Leaf Falling in the Rain一叶落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book · Military marriage · Pocket dimension | Wild and sensual | Possessive | Off-the-charts sexual tension] A top modern beauty and executive is reborn as the real daughter who was forced to die over a pound of pork? She doesn’t accept this fate! … She tears up the script. She’s the female lead now Her vicious grandmother tries to sell her off for a bride price? She turns the tables, sending her off with silver bracelets and a village-wide parade! The fake white-lotus daugh 2.1kReads—Score213Shelves

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47. 347 五 The 1950s: Starting Out as an Apprentice 五零：从学徒工开始 Gold Always Shines, and I'll Be There是金子总会有我的Modern Romance461k WordsCompleted [Period setting + native protagonist + daily life + career + no golden finger] [An ordinary story about ordinary people] Her parents wanted Baolan to take her eldest brother's place in an arranged marriage. Baolan refused. Baolan passed the worker recruitment exam. Starting as an apprentice, Baolan attended night school, got promoted, bought a watch, bought a bicycle... Little by little, she built herself a good life. 34.6kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves

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    I won't recommend the really popular ones. I prefer stories with minimal or no cheat codes, and stories about natives who aren't time travelers. I've read all of these and they're pretty good, so I'd recommend them.

48. 348 渣 My Scumbag Husband Tricked Me Into Marriage? I Bring a Century of Research to Marry a Powerful Young Master 渣夫骗婚？我携百年科研转嫁权少 A Leaf Falling in the Rain一叶落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The rating just opened, so a low score is normal.) [Rebirth · military marriage | wild and sensual / age gap | possessive | explosive sexual tension] “Report! Your ex-wife’s patent has our entire military by the throat!” He scoffed, until fighter jet production halted and missile supplies ran dry. Only then did he realize she could hold the nation’s lifeline in the palm of her hand! … Reborn on her wedding day, she was asked to give up the bridal suite for his first love? Jiang Youli smiled. “S 1.1kReads6.5Score100Shelves
49. 349 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Building a Fortune and Raising Kids 重生七零：发家致富养崽崽 SixSix Cutie六六小可爱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Building a fortune and raising kids in the 1970s] The little medicine spirit really wanted to become human. One evening, as rosy clouds filled the sky, she was born into a human mother’s womb. Later, the little medicine spirit had a dream. Her mother was a doomed supporting female character in a book! Her mother used every trick in the book to marry her father, only to meet a tragic end. As the daughter of a doomed character, she would be a little cabbage swaying in the wind. In the end, her fa 273Reads8.3Score100Shelves

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    1. Shen Wu and her best friend time-travel together, the two sisters go into politics and business, a hilarious story💗 2. There's no one in the world as talkative as Su He, the whole book is full of the female lead's relatives😂😂😂 3. Historical fiction, time travel + system + military marriage, strong male and female leads, coherent plot 4. Tight plot, many plot twists, strong female lead and very opinionated 5. Lots of awful relatives, it's very satisfying to watch the female lead roast them😆😆 6. A good historical time-travel novel, the female lead is assertive, the male lead loves his wife 7. Historical fiction, business warfare + raising a child + sedan chair carrier, the female lead is a domineering CEO, the male lead is a sweet little wife 8. Time travel and counterattack, the vicious female supporting character wins instantly, the plot twists are super addictive, very satisfying! 9. This book is full of awful characters, they'll fool as many as they can, hahahahahahahaha

50. 350 捡 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 Dimension Mender次元缝补匠Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 14.5kReads9.2Score1kShelves

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