Period Novels With a Male Lead Who's a Retired Cadre 年代文男主是老干部。

1. 151 首 Commander, the Special Forces' Boy-Girl Twins Look Just Like You 首长，特种队的龙凤胎长得好像你 Yan Mo颜墨Modern Romance5.3M WordsOngoing [Historical military marriage + devoted 1v1 + medical skills and a pocket dimension + adorable baby + sweet romance + face-slapping] After her family tricks Lin Chuhe into hitting her head and becoming mentally impaired, they steal her future and her life, then make her take her sister’s place in an arranged marriage to a military officer. For the three years after their wedding, her husband sends money home from the army but never once comes to see her. By chance, Lin Chuhe awakens the pocket d 20.6kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
2. 152 军 Five Years Without Seeing Her Military Husband, She Joins the Army with Their Child 军婚五年不见面，娇美人带娃随军 Jing Miaomiao镜淼淼Modern Romance432k WordsOngoing A clever, sweet-natured beauty x a rugged man with incredible stamina [Military marriage + sweet and satisfying romance + adorable kids + mutual teasing + cozy daily life] Li Xia wakes up in a story set in a bygone era, as the original wife of the male lead, a cannon-fodder character destined to die young. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s right in the middle of an elopement! Li Xia: ? There’s no way she’s eloping. She’ll rip the scumbag to shreds, kick her heartless uncle’s family to the cur 353Reads9.4Score109Shelves
3. 153 被 Kicked Out of My Family, I Married an Officer in a Fury and Helped My Country Thrive 被打出家门，我怒嫁军官带飞祖国 Qiong Sang Huohuo穷桑火火Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate-era setting + military marriage + top scientific researcher + space + punishing scumbags + devotion to the nation] Gu Nanzhi, a top scientist, refuses to put up with her fate after transmigrating into the ex-wife character destined to be cannon fodder in a period novel! Her abusive adoptive parents, the scumbag’s sister who steals her man, the younger brother who climbs into her bed... Stay as far away from her as possible, or die! She ran away from her wedding, was sold into the moun 8.1kReads9.2Score1kShelves
4. 154 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 68.2kReads9.0Score7.6kShelves
5. 155 军 Military Marriage: The Stern-Faced Officer Is Won Over by a Stunning Painter 军婚：面凶军官被绝美画家拿捏了 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 72.7kReads9.5Score8kShelves
6. 156 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院 Moon Rising over the Blue Sea苍海升月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati 53kReads9.2Score6.5kShelves
7. 157 兵 The War King Can Read Minds, and His Beautiful Stepmom Wife Gets Pampered Despite Doing Nothing 兵王会读心，漂亮后妈摆烂被宠哭 Tea Fragrance茶叶香Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + historical era + widowed sister-in-law + raising a child + bickering couple + space + everyday life as a military wife] In her past life, her husband Yang Shengjun defended his comrade's widow and accused Xu Zijin of being petty, unreasonable, and unkind. Xu Zijin spent her whole life blaming herself and had a head full of white hair before she turned fifty. Her son said she wasn't generous enough, and that she got jealous even though she knew his father had a responsibility 12.1kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
8. 158 首 The Commander Refused to Share a Room with Her for His First Love, So She Was Reborn and Walked Away 首长为白月光不圆房，重生不嫁了 Tong Yuyue童雨月Modern Romance3.7M WordsOngoing Su Niannian has been married to her husband in a military marriage for ten years. His heart belongs only to the woman he has always loved, and he refuses to share a bed with Su Niannian throughout their entire marriage. Even when she is dying of terminal cancer, he refuses to see her. When she opens her eyes again, she has been reborn, back to before their wedding. This time, she doesn’t want to marry him again! 22.1kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
9. 159 首 Commander, Someone Swapped Your Wife! 首长，你媳妇被人掉包了 Over Ten Thousand a Day日收过万Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Substitute Marriage + Military Marriage + Stepmom + Mutual First Love] (Fictional Military Marriage + Everyday Life as a Military Wife) Yang Niannian, a college student, was so furious after losing ten ranked matches in a row in Honor of Kings that she blacked out and transmigrated to the 1980s. The moment she opened her eyes, her mother was pressuring her to marry, sobbing and sniffling all over her. “Lu Shishen is a soldier with a secure government job. If you marry him, you’ 86.4kReads9.2Score11.1kShelves
10. 160 真 The Real Heiress Is Sweet and Charming, and the ’80s Army Officer Begs Her to Come Home Every Night 真千金娇又媚，八零军少夜夜求回房 Frost White霜白Modern Romance3.1M WordsOngoing [Sweet, brilliant beauty × aloof young military officer] [Military marriage + period setting + revenge and face-slapping + devoted couple] The moment Song Ran opened her eyes, she was back on the night her innocence was taken. She had been deliberately switched at birth, going from a high-ranking officer’s daughter to a village girl who cut pigweed in the mountains. After finally being reunited with the Song family, she was violated in her adoptive family’s home just before leaving, losing her r 1.8kReads9.0Score388Shelves
11. 161 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 53.5kReads9.5Score6.4kShelves

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    When others see despair in a crisis, she can always keenly discern the hope and turning point contained therein. With her extraordinary courage and calm mind, she has repeatedly turned crises into opportunities and turned adversity into a stepping stone to wealth.

12. 162 重 Reborn in the Eighties: First, I'll Buy a Courtyard House in Kyoto! 重生八零，先在京都买套四合院！ Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 113.6kReads9.4Score9.6kShelves
13. 163 惟 Only the Southern Star in Sight 惟见南星 Zhou Weiqing, Who Loves Ginger Soup Mushrooms爱吃姜汤蘑菇的周惟清Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Yinglin County welcomes its new county chief, Zhou Weiqing, a hands-on leader carrying old wounds and devoting all his energy to the fight against poverty. Meanwhile, Jiang Nanxing, a highly accomplished agricultural graduate, puts down roots at the grassroots level, using her expertise and passion to drive change in the rural economy. Their work brings them together again and again. They visit fields and villages, tackling problems such as abandoned farmland and the disconnect between productio 55Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    My favorite is County Magistrate Zhou Weiqing in Wei Jian Nan Xing. Zhou Weiqing is a rare and reliable image of a leading cadre seen in online articles in recent years. He landed in the impoverished county not with a "gold finger" but with the scars of the past and devoted all his energy to work. His charm lies in his responsibility of "lying in the Yazhai and listening to Xiao Xiaozhu, which is suspected to be the sound of suffering among the people", in his courage to introduce enterprises against all opinions, and in his restrained and deep appreciation and love for Jiang Nanxing. He proved that the true charm of a "overlord" stems from the sense of responsibility to serve the people.

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