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1. 401 赌 I Married My Crush's Cousin Out of Spite, and Had Triplets 赌气嫁给心上人的堂哥，我一胎生三宝 Thirty Moons叁拾月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After the man she loved got married, Lin Nuo married his cousin in a fit of anger. She obsessively monitored the couple's life until his wife became pregnant. Then Lin Nuo shoved her over, nearly causing a terrible accident. Reborn in the 1990s and faced with the same script, Lin Nuo only wants to gouge her eyes out. Her parents dote on her, her in-laws indulge her, and her older brother, a folksy tycoon, treats her like a princess. Even her college-student husband, who seemed to fade into the b 12.3kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
2. 402 快 Quick Transmigration to the Seventies: Build a Fortune, Raise Kids, and Thrive with a Pocket Dimension 快穿七零之带空间发家致富养崽崽 It's a Bug是虫子啊Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Completed! [Raise Kids and Get Rich] + [Space] + [Transmigration] + [Farming] + [Period] + [Modern Romance] Qiao Nian, an office worker with a nine-to-five job, discovers during a car accident that she is about to transmigrate. She quickly stocks her portable space with hundreds of thousands’ worth of supplies. After transmigrating to the 1970s, she finds herself a mother with two mischievous sons and a handsome husband! Since she’s here, she might as well make the best of it. Using her portable 749Reads9.0Score100Shelves
3. 403 降 Descending Into His Heart 降临他心上 Scallion Egg Pancake葱香鸡蛋饼Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted [Physical edition available for preorder on April 4] + [Short drama now streaming] [Sweet youth romance] + [Both leads are pure] Zhou Ran, owner of Xiacheng’s most famous tattoo shop, is synonymous with coldness and wildness. The first time Xia Mian sees him, she barges into his tattoo shop and asks for a butterfly tattoo. “What color do you want?” “Green.” “What shade of green?” Xia Mian hesitates, then points to his light green hair. “That exact shade.” Zhou Ran: “?” - People in Xiacheng say t 37kReads9.5Score6.3kShelves
4. 404 八 A Sweet Romance in the Eighties: The Wife Is a Lucky Charm 八零宠婚：甜妻太旺夫 Flying Piggy飞猪猪Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted Reborn on the day she called off her engagement, Xiao Ying turned and ran straight back. The rakish man behind her stopped her and sneered, “Why aren’t you breaking it off now?” Xiao Ying called out boldly, “Because I like you!” Yuan Bo, whose skin was usually thicker than a city wall, blushed for the first time in his life. In her previous life, Xiao Ying trusted a bunch of snobs who fawned on the powerful and trampled the weak. After being reborn, she face-slapped them one by one. “Honey, ther 277Reads8.3Score—Shelves
5. 405 穿 I Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s and Claim the Fiercest Educated Youth 穿书七零我霸了最猛知青 Qing Yun Lian Yue倾云恋月Modern Romance625k WordsCompleted [Transmigrates into a book + calculating, possessive male lead + cherished wife + spatial dimension + adored by everyone + strengthening the nation] Content warning: fictional setting with lots of original worldbuilding. If that’s not your thing, don’t read! Ye Zhenzhen transmigrated into a book as the beloved daughter of the Ye family, where girls were valued over boys. Unfortunately, she was destined to be cannon fodder, and she’d even married the second male lead! Chu Siyuan, the most handsom 2.9kReads8.0Score119Shelves

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   You can give it a try, I don't know what you like.

6. 406 重 Reborn in the 1970s, the Sweet Little Wife in the Rugged Man's Arms 重生七零，糙汉怀里小娇妻甜又软 Wangwang Snow Cakes Are So Tasty旺旺雪饼超好吃Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted [Completed] A deceptively clever, sweet-faced, soft and adorable heroine who pretends to be weak to catch her prey vs. a rugged hero who looks like a tough guy but is secretly obsessed with her Period setting + sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + reborn + adorable baby + pocket dimension + marriage before love She wakes up in the resource-scarce 1970s, with a muscular man sleeping beside her?! A domineering adoptive mother, selfish siblings, and a twisted fiancé. But all of it is resolved 1kReads9.0Score115Shelves
7. 407 七 The 1970s: My Sweet Wife Is a Timid Little Thing 七零娇妻是个小怂包 Young Master Zhou, the One Surnamed Lai姓赖的周公子Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted “The Shen family is getting another daughter-in-law!” “The Shen family? The one where all the sons are soldiers?” “Mm-hmm...” “Who are they marrying?” “Shi Ran'er from Mahua Village.” “What?” “Shh!” Shi Ran was a timid little thing. By chance, she acquired a pocket dimension and transmigrated. That wasn't so bad, but she had just arrived in the middle of her wedding night, and her identity was exposed the very next day. The poor little scaredy-cat got even more timid. When she finally worked up 1.3kReads8.9Score102Shelves
8. 408 重 Back to the 1970s: The Sweet Young Educated Youth Finds a Rugged Man to Spoil Her 重回七零娇娇知青拐个糙汉狠狠惯 Le Xi乐熹Modern Romance690k WordsCompleted [Period setting + rebirth + space + devoted couple + sweet romance] In her previous life, Lu Wanqing had to lose everyone close to her before she understood that some people were ungrateful wolves who could never be won over. She was over forty before she learned what real life and true love were. Given another chance, she refused the job her parents arranged for her. She resolutely went to the countryside. She was going to find the rough-around-the-edges man she’d longed for over ten years! A 468Reads7.4Score106Shelves

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   Rough little educated youth

9. 409 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 11.3kReads8.7Score651Shelves

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   Brother Gu and Brother Ye, the benchmark in rough Chinese literature

10. 410 还 The Caregiver Who Came to Repay a Debt 还债的保姆 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Urban189k WordsCompleted Yan Yan had always lived a pampered life, but when her husband was in a car accident, everything fell into hardship. She spent all her savings and racked up a mountain of debt. Their two children needed money for school, and her husband required ongoing treatment. With no one to turn to, she went alone to the big city to find work and earn a living. 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My emotional entanglement with the beautiful nanny

11. 411 玉 The Moon Deep in the Cornfield 玉米地深处的月亮 Yan Su You Ni眼粟有妮Modern Romance121k WordsCompleted That summer, her new husband publicly insulted her, saying she “looked like an eggplant.” She grabbed her bundle and ran away in the middle of the night. Su Caiying sat on the edge of the kang until well past midnight. Instead of a wedding night, all she got was humiliation. By morning, the whole village knew that the new bride of the Liu family was “bad luck for her husband.” Her man had run off on their wedding night. When the family split up, she was given half a sack of dried sweet potatoes, 4.7kReads6.4Score297Shelves

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    Zhao Han tenderly takes a look at these books

12. 412 土 Rouge in the Tulou 土楼里的胭脂 Yan Su You Ni眼粟有妮Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted In the Jianghuai region during the Republic of China era, earthen fortresses rise tall. The beautiful widow Qin Yuening is seized by the bandit Shen Keji, and a “wife-for-hire contract” seals her fate in his rough bandit stronghold. She once hated him to the core. She fled, tried to kill him, and even hung from the rafters rather than submit. He spends half his life conquering territory, all for the day she says, “I will.” When war reaches their doorstep, their bloodstained hands finally clasp t 1.4kReads—Score188Shelves
13. 413 那 That Year, I Was Sixteen 那年拾六岁 Yan Su You Ni眼粟有妮Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted When Li Shanyue was sixteen, her family traded her to Zhang Debiao from the neighboring village for three thousand yuan and two pigs. Zhang Debiao was a widower with two children. Everyone in the village said marrying him was Li Shanyue's fate. Li Shanyue didn't believe in fate. She smiled as she brought Zhang Debiao water and cooked his meals, cared for his two children as if they were her own, and kept the house spotless. Everyone thought she had accepted her lot. Zhang Debiao ended up wit 1.2kReads—Score138Shelves
14. 414 八 In the 1980s, I Refused to Be Left Home Alone and Got Spoiled by a Rugged Truck Driver 八零拒守空院，被卡车糙汉娇养了 Tea Piker茶派克Modern Romance138k WordsOngoing Period setting, countryside, both leads are devoted only to each other, rough trucker VS timid wife No rebirth, no System, no transmigration into a book [A story of Li Ying, who spent twenty years living meekly, growing and prospering with a man’s love and protection.] The day Li Ying, timid and insecure since childhood, was sold into the Zhou family, she became a widow. Her in-laws schemed against her, men lusted after her, and women called her a seductress. Her life had sunk into the mud. Li Y 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is pure and wild, and the female protagonist is soft enough. The male protagonist has had a crush on the female protagonist since childhood, but the female protagonist doesn't know it. She is still suffering from Ai Ai's low self-esteem, and the whole story is emotionally tugging.

15. 415 八 A Warm Eighties Marriage: Reborn, My Rough-Hewn Husband Spoils Me 八零暖媳：重生后糙汉夫君宠上 Ya Ya Ya Ya雅雅丫丫Modern Romance59k WordsCompleted In her past life, she was blind to the truth and foolishly resented her rugged husband, a discharged soldier. She kept giving money to her parasitic family, and in the end, she died of hunger and cold. Only then did she learn that her husband had wasted away and died of grief for her. Reborn in 1980, she wakes on the very day she tried to kill herself with pesticide! This time, she kicks her cruel mother and ungrateful younger brother to the curb and clings to her rugged husband. She does the la —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 416 七 The 1970s Military Marriage: The Charming Army Wife Raises Kids and Wins Her Husband's Heart 七零军婚：俏军嫂养崽撩夫日常 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + second male lead takes the lead + fictional period setting] [Short drama now streaming] Xiao Qingru doesn't want to raise someone else's child, so she breaks off her engagement to her childhood sweetheart. Just as she's getting ready to focus on her career, she's targeted by a hothead from the capital. Xu Muzhou is the youngest and most promising pilot. The first time he meets her, he falls in love at first sight with his good friend's younger sister. When he hears she's alre 21.2kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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    The male protagonist dotes on the female protagonist, modern rough Chinese text

17. 417 七 1970s Space: The Rough He-Man's Delicate Young Educated Youth, Transmigrated into a Book 七零空间：糙汉的穿书娇气小知青 The Knife-Wielding Love Letter捉刀小情书Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrates into a book + space + rugged man + sweet romance + raising a child] A scheming, beautiful, sweet-voiced, pampered heroine x a loyal, undercover big shot, impossibly strong, rugged military officer hero. The rich and beautiful Yu Jingshu transmigrates into a book written by her archenemy, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character with the same name. The original Yu Jingshu's mother died young, her scumbag father didn't care for her, and her stepmother abused her. Then she was m 4.2kReads9.2Score444Shelves
18. 418 他 His Bite Marks 他的咬痕 Mi Xiaoxi咪小汐Modern Romance281k WordsCompleted [Print edition signed and awaiting release] [Short drama now streaming] [Rekindled Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Mutual Devotion + Mutual Salvation + Sweet Youthful Romance] In high school, Wen Shumiao had a passionate romance that ended in the most humiliating way possible. They meet again six years later. He's the owner of a tattoo shop, and she's become his employee. He treats her with the cold indifference of a stranger. But when Xie Jin sees Wen Shumiao carrying a suitcase, he final 78.9kReads9.5Score7.6kShelves
19. 419 爱 Falling for a Tough Girl From the Urban Village 爱上城中村女痞子 Rain Sends Dust雨送尘Urban221k WordsCompleted He's a country boy who made it big; she's a rich second-generation city girl. He's an honest man; she's a tough-talking tomboy. His defining traits are being poor and stubborn. He lives in a tiny room in an urban village, and at twenty-seven, he's still single. She's genuinely tough, with money, looks, and a whole group of young, beautiful bodyguards and girlfriends. They should never have crossed paths. But one chance late-night entanglement brought their fates together, and they fell in l 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this book.

20. 420 他 He Plants Moonlight in the Mountains and Seas 他在山海里种月亮 Miranda Cuihua米兰达翠花42k WordsCompleted He Plants Moons in the Mountains and Seas —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 421 假 The Fake Heiress Returns to the Village: The Feisty Young Miss Flirts With a Rugged Country Boy 假千金回村，小作精强撩野糙汉 Red Robe赤衣Modern Romance474k WordsCompleted [Spoiled Heroine + 1970s Setting + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Building Wealth + Family Life] The fake heiress Song Mianmian was spoiled and difficult. After being sent back to Luhua Village, she fell for a rough country man who always stood up for her and quietly did everything he could for her. At first, she stubbornly insisted, “There's no way I'd like some country bumpkin.” Later, she cornered him in his room. “Are you going to be with me or not?” After waiting two months, 1.4kReads8.4Score104Shelves

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    Make fine. Sweet pet, make a fortune

22. 422 娇 The Delicate Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside Is Spoiled by a Rugged Mountain Man 娇气知青下乡，被山里糙汉宠坏了 Guagua Loves Instant Noodles爱吃泡面的瓜瓜Modern Romance758k WordsCompleted [Delicate Young Educated Woman VS Rugged Country Man]+ [A Striking Difference in Build] “If you eat my food, you become my wife. Try to run, and I'll break your legs!” On a night of raging snow, for half a sack of white flour, Su Man tremblingly crept into the forest ranger's cabin at the end of the village, a man who terrified the whole town. The man stood bare-chested, a hideous scar slashing across his chest, his eyes as fierce as a wolf's. Su Man trembled with fear, the corners of her eyes r 2.5kReads6.4Score219Shelves

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    Very sweet, very sweet, very sweet

23. 423 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—Score189Shelves

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    Recommend good books to read

24. 424 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 1.1kReads6.5Score112Shelves
25. 425 夜 Seductive Kisses Night After Night: The Rugged Man's Flirtatious Darling Is Wild and Sensual 夜夜诱吻，糙汉的小撩精很野很欲 Su Su Rabbit苏苏兔Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted Short Drama: Secretly in Love for Ten Years, Mr. Fu, Please Stop Resisting Stop pretending, Mr. Fu. You've already fallen for her is now streaming. [Mutual pining. The hero acts aloof and cold at first. A bright, flirtatious qipao designer, 167 cm tall, meets a haughty, high-ranking entrepreneur in the low-altitude aircraft industry, 190 cm tall. A sweet, steamy workplace romance novella.] Nan Yin, a stunning, sultry designer with the allure of a wild rose, had a falling-out with her business pa 3.7kReads9.0Score437Shelves

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    ♐♐Beautiful and charming Wild Rose designer 🆚A high-ranking student in the field of low-altitude aircraft. The heroine gives up her job with an annual salary of tens of millions and goes back to the countryside to go on a blind date. The hero Fu Shi is a young man from the military district with a well-established background - his grandfather is the military commander, his father is the director, and his mother and brother-in-law are in charge of a Shanghai-listed group, and his family is well-off. However, he did not want to take advantage of his family. After retiring from the army, he started from scratch and focused on the research and development of low-altitude aircraft, becoming a new technological upstart.

26. 426 军 Sweet Military Marriage: My Soldier Spoils His Wife to No End 军婚甜宠：兵哥宠妻无下限 Koi Coffee锦鲤咖啡Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + period setting + love after marriage] Ye Ning transmigrates, only to find herself a two-hundred-jin, lazy, greedy, and shameless woman. As she looks at the stern man pinned beneath her, she instinctively swallows. She must be the first person ever to mistake her own lawful husband for a sex worker. Things get off to a pretty bad start. To show she’ll take responsibility, Ye Ning solemnly insists they get divorced. Losing weight, starting a business, and treating people kindl 9.5kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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    It's all about time-traveling military marriages in rough Chinese language, a strong union.

27. 427 八 The Fat Wife of the 1980s Turns the Tables with Her Disabled Husband 八零肥妻，带残疾老公逆风翻盘 Man Qin满沁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Ahhh, the short drama with the same title is out! It's so, so good, and the acting is amazing and so natural!” Ye Xing, a proud master of traditional Chinese medicine with severe cleanliness issues, excellent self-discipline, and very high standards for her quality of life, transmigrates one day and finds herself in the body of a slovenly, terribly lazy, morbidly obese woman! And if that weren't enough, she's also a lovesick doormat! And the person she's fawning over isn't even her husband The 2.3kReads8.9Score281Shelves
28. 428 军 Sweet Military Marriage: The Pretty Army Wife Makes a Fortune in the 1980s 军婚甜蜜蜜：俏军嫂在八零赚麻了 Xing Yuyan邢毓晏Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is now available Original title: Sweet Military Marriage: The Pretty Military Wife Makes a Fortune in the 1980s Zuo Jingyan had achieved financial independence and was ready to enjoy life as a wealthy, beautiful woman. Then a car accident sent her back to 1980, and things got off to a rocky start! She became a notorious nuisance, causing so much trouble that everyone in the compound avoided her. Her military husband was determined to d 21kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves
29. 429 媳 My Wife Came to the Base to Divorce Me, and Now the Chaste Commander Is Panicking 媳妇来部队离婚，禁欲首长他急了 Gu Sang顾桑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama Ask Your Heart How Much has launched] [Military marriage + period setting + sweet romance + devoted couple + family life + raising kids + face-slapping] The moment Jiang Ning opened her eyes, she realized she had become the cannon-fodder female character in a period novel. She'd been married for three years without ever seeing her husband, and was destined to spend the rest of her life alone. Jiang Ning thought, Spend the rest of my life alone? No way! She decisively left behind 54.7kReads8.9Score4.8kShelves

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