Period Stories with a Working Female Lead 年代文，女主有工作的

1. 51 七 A Happy Life in the Seventies 七十年代幸福生活 A Late Orange一只晚橙Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted Su Wan was reborn and grew up to eighteen. With her wedding and move to join the army just around the corner, she thought this life would be smooth and peaceful. She was ready to coast through life when she discovered she had transmigrated into a lucky heroine novel! Both she and her fiancé were doomed supporting characters! What could she do but fight to take control of her own destiny? See how Su Wan escapes the lucky heroine’s shadow, marries and follows her husband to the army, starts a busi 1.9kReads9.0Score13314d adds
2. 52 我 I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 318.2kReads9.1Score46.6k14d adds
3. 53 六 Everyday Life in a 1960s Compound 六零年代大院生活日常 Monster Meow Meow怪物喵喵Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted (Taking down awful relatives + traditional Chinese medicine + System + sign-in + daily life) After graduating from Jiangnan Medical College, Chen Wanru is assigned to work at the hospital affiliated with the Red Star Steel Mill and is also given housing. The housing is in a large residential compound with a dozen or so households. Let’s see how she makes life better and better for her family through these difficult times. 2.9kReads8.6Score13514d adds

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   The female protagonist is a doctor who goes to work in a hospital after graduation.

4. 54 穿 Transmigrate to the Seventies: My Handsome, Sweet Husband Begs Me to Spoil Him 穿越七零：老公又帅又甜，求我宠 Si Bu Xiang司不像Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Strong Female Lead, Weaker Male Lead + Female Lead Transmigrates + Male Lead Is Reborn + Contract Marriage + Sweet Romance + Realistic Feel-Good Story + Cozy Daily Life + Selfish Female Lead + Devoted Husband] At a young age, Deng Siyao saved up five million, but before she could register for a residence permit and buy a house, she died from overwork and transmigrated into the body of a sent-down youth. She has her heart set on finding a handsome, agreeable husband, hoping to 28.1kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds

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   These books are all about employment; the first one is about starting your own business.

5. 55 恶 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: From the Neighborhood Office to the Provincial Committee Compound 恶婆婆重生：从街道办到省委大院 Like a Flower, Not Like Jade如花不似玉Modern Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [The short drama is now streaming] [Career-driven female lead | 1970s political career progression | A female version of Game of Thrones] Striving to awaken women's consciousness + alternate historical setting + career-focused plot + blended family + male lead who understands her 💥 Modern media mogul Yin Chunjiao opens her eyes to find herself the notorious wicked mother-in-law of the 1970s. • Drove her daughter-in-law to her death? No way. I'll send her to university. • Throwing tantrums and ac 26.7kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
6. 56 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Crush the Two-Faced Homewreckers 重生八零脚踩绿茶白莲花 Xiong Qianqian熊千千Modern Romance876k WordsCompleted After waking up, Jiang Chunyan transmigrated into the body of a chubby girl in 1982 who shared her name. Her reputation was ruined by her green-tea stepmother, and her marriage was stolen by her white-lotus stepsister, but Jiang Chunyan, thick-skinned and hard-hearted, couldn't care less! So what if her birth father didn't love her? So what if those green-tea and white-lotus types stirred up trouble? Watch her make a name for herself in the 1980s alongside her poor, honest uncle, and trample eve 129Reads8.4Score—14d adds
7. 57 带 I Brought a Jewelry Store to the 1970s, and the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Wants to Lie Flat 带着金店穿七零，炮灰女配想躺平 Lychee Smoothie荔枝冰沙Modern Romance666k WordsCompleted [No rural relocation + no black-market trips + no business ventures + cozy daily life + few extreme characters + male lead + military marriage + joins her husband at his post + sweet romance + happy ending] The cozy everyday moments are the main focus! The book has just been rated, and there are still very few ratings, which is why the score is so low. This is an alternate setting with original details, so please don’t overthink the historical accuracy! Landlady Shen Yao transmigrates into a bo 12.8kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds

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   She was an only child born in the 1970s into a well-off family. She worked at a supply and marketing cooperative, later joined a military unit, and became a teacher. The couple had a sweet love story, and their child is adorable!

8. 58 七 A Military Wife’s Ambitions in the 1970s 七零军嫂事业忙 Li Furong栗芙蓉Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Joining the Army + Career-Oriented Female Lead + Rugged Man] For some reason, Jiang Nian dreamed of her late parents. Then she used her mother’s bracelet to unlock a wondrous pocket dimension. Guided by the scenes in her dream, she began selling off the family’s assets and stockpiling supplies. One quiet night, Jiang Nian transmigrated to 1973. Believing that when in Rome, one should do as the Romans do, she began her new life. The benefactor who saved her ad 2kReads7.3Score17714d adds

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   Both books feature female protagonists with stable, high-paying jobs. If you like these types of books, give them a try! ① No rural assignments + has a special ability + not a saintly figure + has a job + military wife ② Family life, securing a stable job and leading the whole family to wealth

9. 59 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: A Leisurely Life 快穿年代，悠闲生活 Gong Yu Who Likes Huai Beans喜欢槐豆的宫宇Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted [Period fiction] [Quick transmigration/slow transmigration] [Sign-in System, no missions] [Portable personal space] [Romance, pairing not fixed] Once carried along by the demands of everyday life, a diligent girl followed the familiar nine-to-five routine. Then an unexpected accident broke her out of that established rhythm and sent her into an unfamiliar era. The mornings and evenings of her old life fell far behind, as a whole new chapter of her story slowly unfolded. Volume One: A Young Farm 4.8kReads8.4Score34914d adds

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   The female lead has a small advantage: she has a job and a house.

10. 60 带 Taking a Little House Back to the Seventies 带着小屋穿七零 Hector Who Loves Tangyuan爱吃汤子的赫克托Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted After graduating, Jiang Yan joined the army of people preparing for the civil service exams. She stayed up late doing practice questions to secure a government job, but suddenly died from overwork and was reborn in the 1970s. To her surprise, what seemed like a disaster turned out to be a blessing: she landed a secure job. 5.7kReads7.3Score27214d adds

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    Era + No time period + No rural work + Has a job + Time travel + Junkyard + Secure job + Everyday life

11. 61 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: I Take My Terrible Family Along for the Ride 七零军婚：我带极品家人一起起飞 Jin Jinyu金金雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Completed) [1970s + military marriage + period setting + family drama + trading System + building wealth + transmigration and rebirth] On her way to school to pick up her admission letter from Capital University, Gu Tao gets hit by a black car and lands in the 1970s, along with a somewhat “simple-minded” little System. She opens her eyes to find a scheming dad, a lazy mom, a brother and sister bent on scrounging from their workplaces, and two younger brothers who keep wanting to smash other peo 8.8kReads8.5Score89414d adds

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    [Eating popcorn] Upon waking up, Gu Tao found herself surrounded by a cunning father, a lazy mother, siblings eager to take advantage of their workplaces, and two younger brothers who were always looking to smash windows. She immediately became obedient. In the book, Gu's father would soon be fired, Gu's mother would be burned to death, and her siblings would be exiled to the Northwest. The Gu family would be destroyed, and the original owner of this body would live a life of idiocy.

12. 62 穿 I Went Back to the 1970s to Teach, and Became Famous Through Comics 穿回七零教书，我靠漫画爆红 Zheng Weichi筝未迟Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing The rating is low because very few people have read it, so it’s rising slowly. [Transmigration + Period Setting + Homeroom Teacher + Light Ensemble Cast + Romance + Anime + Entrepreneur] After transmigrating back to the 1970s, Chen Yixiao finds herself a newly graduated temporary worker at a garment factory, rubbing clothes until the skin peels off her hands. No matter. She can draw. She turns her grandmother’s stories into comic strips and submits them to a newspaper, making her grandma famous 384Reads8.1Score11214d adds

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    In the early stages, the female lead works as a primary school teacher and also draws comic books. Later, she attends university and stays on as a faculty member.

13. 63 六 The Sixties: The Supporting Actress Works Herself to the Bone and Outshines the Lucky Female Lead 六零，对照组女配卷死锦鲤女主 Moonless Young Master无月公子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + comedy + pocket dimension + punishing scumbags + troublemaker heroine + face-slapping + satisfying read + goofy humor + romance] A chaotic, hilarious career story, not a formulaic one. The heroine is cunning, scheming, unhinged, and becomes an official. It’s hell mode from the start: the original host was beaten to death by her awful grandmother, and less than two minutes after transmigrating, she was kicked into the hospital by her awful father. Cheng Miaomiao opens and close 64.7kReads9.1Score7.6k14d adds

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    🌿A historical fiction novel where the female lead has a job; a female-centric novel where the female lead enters politics, rising from a public accountant to a provincial governor.

14. 64 携 With a Medical Gift and a Pocket Dimension, the Cannon Fodder Female Lead Stuns the Military District 携空间会医术，炮灰女配震惊军区 Crab-Filled Hold蟹满仓Modern Romance360k WordsOngoing The rating has just come out, but it’ll go up later~ [Period setting + military marriage + space + devoted love + face-slapping feel-good story + transmigration-into-a-book heroine vs. reborn heroine] [A radiant, beautiful genius doctor who transmigrates into a book + a cold-faced military powerhouse who listens to his wife] Yu Xiangqiu woke up to find she had transmigrated into a period novel as Song Dongfeng’s disposable fiancée, and was nearly assaulted by a thug. Her virtue was in danger! In 68Reads6.9Score—14d adds

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    Oh, this one! The female lead is a transmigrated genius doctor. It's set in the 1970s, a military marriage. She doesn't go to the countryside to be with her husband. She thrives in the military hospital, and the parts about hospital recruitment, earthquake relief, saving powerful figures, and slapping down reborn female supporting characters are all very satisfying to read, and it's not just nonsense. It's very gentle on the breasts and brain, hahaha.

15. 65 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 94.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds

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    This book is absolutely amazing! I've read many historical fiction novels, but this is the only one I've read from cover to cover and still felt wanting more; it's the kind of book that I still remember even a year or two later. The best part is that it's a complete novel! That's incredible!

16. 66 一 One Man and One Dog: Conquering the Seventies and Becoming an Army Wife! 一人一狗，闯七零！当军嫂！ Wasabi Lemon芥末柠檬Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted Also known as: One Person and One Dog Take on the Seventies! Becoming a Military Wife! [Female forensic pathologist × male officer] A slice-of-life story about following the troops, with a parallel career storyline! [Alternate universe + 1970s + comedy + family life + dog with special abilities + raising children later on] Qiao Hua, a forensic pathologist from the apocalypse, accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s with her dog. She falls for an officer who escorts them back to their country. Bu 1.5kReads9.1Score13814d adds

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    A historical fiction novel; the female protagonist is a forensic pathologist and teaches at a school.

17. 67 穿 Transmigrated to the Sixties, I Just Want a Quiet, Ordinary Life 穿越六零只想平凡过日子 Golden Corn Kernels金黄玉米粒Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted Apart from cooking, Ye Shu’s greatest hobby is reading novels, especially stories set in the past where the characters transmigrate. Every time she reads one, she wonders what she would do in the same situation. One day, she goes to the supermarket to buy groceries, thinking about a novel she has just started as she picks out her shopping. Just as she gets lost in thought, she feels the ground shake beneath her feet and hears someone shout, “Earthquake!” Everyone runs for the exits, and Ye Shu r 1.4kReads8.5Score10614d adds

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    Just finished reading this, and I really enjoyed it. It's a simple, understated period drama, with a gentle, flowing narrative and not much scheming or intrigue.

18. 68 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 102.5kReads9.6Score10.2k14d adds

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    ✨Su He wakes up to find herself transmigrated, and into a fake heiress about to be sent to the countryside. No worries! As long as there are people, that's my stage! I am fearless! The female protagonist uses her wisdom, resource exchange, and understanding of people's hearts to take on one part-time job after another, easily earning eighty-eight salaries [smirk].

19. 69 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 16.6kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds
20. 70 八 A 1980s Military Marriage: After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Become the Courtyard’s Dream Girl 八零军婚，穿书后成了大院白月光 A Red Hearth一盏红炉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A genius girl from a family of doctors transmigrates into a period novel by accident, becoming the vicious female supporting character. Ye Xiaoxiao is the Hao family's fake heiress. Raised in a military compound in the capital, she is the apple of every young man's eye. But when she turns seventeen, the real heiress returns, and the wheels of fate begin to turn. The apple of everyone's eye becomes yesterday's leftovers. Her admirers switch their allegiance, and compared with the inspiring heroin 15.6kReads9.1Score2k14d adds
21. 71 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 6.8kReads8.9Score74014d adds

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    These female protagonists have jobs and don't have to go to the countryside; they're super strong! [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

22. 72 年 The 1970s: A Country Bride Moves to the City to Become a Factory Worker 年代，乡下小媳妇进城当工人 Yi Jia Er Shi Yi易加二十一Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + married first, love later + family squabbles + portable space + the heroine won't take abuse and fights back] Xia Yang was born under an unlucky star. She merely called someone a jinx, and the petty crow immortal smacked her with a wing, sending her to 1971 and into a novel about a rugged country man doting on his wife. She transmigrated into the gluttonous third sister-in-law of the male lead, who was supposed to die on her wedding day. The moment she opened her eyes 9kReads9.0Score62814d adds

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23. 73 带 A Career-Building System and a Guaranteed Job in 1965 带着搞事业系统在六五端上铁饭碗 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After waking up, she inexplicably transmigrated into the body of a sixteen-year-old girl who shared her name, had failed the 1965 college entrance exam, and was about to have her engagement called off. Bound to a career-building System, she was pushed and tempted by it into steadily becoming a beautiful, wealthy woman. She even managed to marry a handsome, rich man and have two adorable, clever kids. A truly peak life! 5.8kReads8.3Score30914d adds
24. 74 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: What's Wrong with the Foil Female Lead Being Arrogant? 穿六零：对照组女配嚣张点怎么了 Dressed in Rags衣不完采Modern Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Transmigrate + transmigrate into a book + space + System + supporting female character + feel-good] Yun Susu transmigrated into a book and became the heroine’s foil, a doomed supporting female character. The heroine, Wang Ning, had a pitiful background: her father didn’t care for her, and her mother didn’t love her. She was a poor little cabbage. Yun Susu, by contrast, was the pampered darling of her family, spoiled and domineering, with relatives who indulged her without question. To change th 17.8kReads7.3Score1.5k14d adds
25. 75 签 After Signing In, the Adorable Girl Helps Her Terrible Whole Family Coast to Victory 签到后，小可爱带极品全家躺赢了 Radishes with Pickles萝卜配咸菜Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, sweet period drama, aloof and gentle top student x double-standard male lead] The Jiang family is notorious for having a lazy, sly, greedy good-for-nothing father, and now he's raised a famously lazy little girl. She's unbelievably lazy... If she can sit, she won't stand; if she can lie down, she won't sit. With a flatbread hanging around her neck, she'll still go hungry until she rolls her eyes back... Jiang Mengmeng grumbles that it's all because her genes are too strong. 1.9kReads8.1Score11814d adds
26. 76 踹 I Ditch My Scumbag Dad to Marry a Commander, and the Pretty Army Wife Is Treasured 踹渣爹嫁首长，俏军嫂被捧在心尖 One Smile Captivates the Orange一笑倾橙Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [All-around rich beauty + no supporting deadbeats + no black-market dealings + no relocation to the countryside + spatial System with multiverse trading] Lin Siqiao transmigrated from a fabulously wealthy Shanghai socialite into a pitiful young woman in the 1970s, disliked by her own family. Less than a year after her birth mother died, her scumbag father brought home a stepmother. They say that once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too. But Lin Siqiao never imagined that, just to sei 28.6kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds

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    This is great! It doesn't involve going to the countryside or the black market. The female lead lives for the moment and refuses to be mistreated—and she truly doesn't suffer any injustice. She takes care of her scumbag father and stepmother in no time, so cool and efficient! It's incredibly satisfying and makes you feel great! [Kissing emoji]

27. 77 快 Quick Transmigration Era: I'm Just a Laid-Back Player 快穿年代：我只是个生活流玩家 Fusang Tree扶桑树Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Alternate-history eras + quick transmigration + slice-of-life System + no fixed couple for now Before being reborn, Hanzhi hears a humble yet stubborn plea: “Please bind with me. I can give you a second life, too!” After drifting for a long time, the slice-of-life System 444, saddled with an ominous code name, thinks it has finally found the perfect Host: Hanzhi, an extraordinarily unlucky person who died young after a careless underworld official mistakenly snatched her soul, then kept her in t 3kReads8.7Score22314d adds
28. 78 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance635k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.2kReads8.2Score3.4k14d adds

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    Female-oriented period fiction, no rural assignments, vocational school entrance exams + job placement + warm family background.

29. 79 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 14.4kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds

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    Twin births, no cheat codes

30. 80 知 The Educated Youth Years: Starting with an Escape from the Village 知青年代，从村子里逃亡开始 Lone Shepherd独牧人Urban3.3M WordsOngoing 1976. Liu Haibo, a sent-down youth, falls in love with Yang Xiuqing, a village girl. Her family vehemently opposes his proposal, forcing him to flee Shibantian Village and return to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he is preparing to start a new life with Wu Jie in Haicheng, Yang Xiuqing suddenly shows up at his door, stirring up an emotional entanglement that spans the years. 2023. Seventy-year-old Liu Haibo is driving an Audi with Yang Xiuqing to Shibantian Village when they are involv 33.8kReads8.4Score2.1k14d adds
31. 81 到 I Go to the Military Base to Divorce, but the Scheming Second Male Lead Won’t Let Go 到部队离婚，腹黑男二又争又抢 Ren Quanheng任权衡Modern Romance291k WordsCompleted The heroine is a powerhouse, remarries with a child, dumps her scumbag ex without looking back, and uses a high-tech space to advance the country through scientific research. After an unexpected mishap while fighting zombies in a sci-fi apocalypse, Ruan Lingling transmigrated to the 1970s. She became a cast-off wife abandoned in the countryside, with a baby girl by her side. She was the sort who would eat meat but never suffer in silence. Without a second thought, she took her daughter to confro 1.6kReads8.5Score17714d adds
32. 82 穿 Broke in the 1950s? I’ll Empty My Enemies’ Fortunes 穿五零穷叮当？我搬空仇人家产 Ben Biao123犇驫123Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An alternate-era setting, transmigration into a book, a spatial realm, supernatural powers, famine, and a powerful protagonist. Xia Yurou, a powerful psychic from the post-apocalyptic world, transmigrates into the youngest daughter of a military commander in an era novel. Her father died young. For the jade pendant her own daughter has been longing for, the female protagonist's mother locks her best friend's daughter in a supply crate bound for overseas, where the girl suffocates to death. Late 20.2kReads8.6Score2k14d adds
33. 83 八 The Delicate Young Lady of the Eighties Turns Her Life Around with Feng Shui 八十年代娇气大小姐她混的风水起 Little Moon Baby小月宝宝Modern Romance293k WordsCompleted [Sweet, sheltered heiress vs. brash young military officer] One day, Lin Yangyou transmigrates to the 1980s and finds herself in the body of a doted-on young woman from an exceptionally prominent family. In this era of simple values and sweeping change, she draws on her modern knowledge to build a life unlike any other. The male lead falls in love with her at first sight and launches an unabashed pursuit, showering her with attention and refusing to give up. Their romantic chase unfolds in one h 14Reads—Score—14d adds

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    😇😇1️⃣ "Transmigrated into the body of a princess in a military compound in the 1980s, why is that supposedly cold and ruthless soldier always climbing over my wall to deliver brown sugar water?" 🤓 At the gate of a state-owned factory, the female lead makes her first fortune by reselling digital watches, only to be cornered by a man in military uniform: "If you dare talk to a male educated youth again, see you at the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow!" 🥰🥰 2️⃣✨Transmigrated into the body of a dramatic ex-wife in a period novel 😎, the female lead uses her dramatic flair to turn the tide 🥳, but manages to turn the aloof military officer into a love-struck, clingy lover! 🤩

34. 84 和 After Eloping with Her Childhood Friend, Her Rugged Commander Husband Went Crazy 和竹马私奔后，糙汉首长急疯了 Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + married first, love later + winning back his wife!] Song Shengsheng had a nightmare and discovered that she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel: the male lead’s first wife, who died young. In the book, beauty was her only asset. To escape her husband, she wrote a letter reporting that her military officer husband came from a politically suspect background. That wasn’t all. When 33kReads8.8Score2.9k14d adds
35. 85 六 The Foolish Cannon Fodder of the Sixties Is Impossibly Beautiful 六零笨蛋炮灰实在过份美丽 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Period + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + no relocation to the countryside + a self-serving airhead heroine + slight everyone-loves-her vibe + seven-year age gap + high-ranking male lead] [Marriage Before Love from the heroine’s perspective, love at first sight from the hero’s] With a handsome military officer for a father and a gentle, wealthy mother, Lin Xiuzhu is a bona fide rich beauty in the 1960s. But when she turns eighteen, memories from the 21st century awaken in her. She happi 6.2kReads8.0Score34114d adds
36. 86 玄 The Young Master of the Mystic Sect Wins Hearts in a Period Novel 玄门少主在年代文里蛊惑人心 Eating Beans and Staying Awake吃豆豆不睡觉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Book transmigration + space + farming + satisfying wish fulfillment + sweet romance] The young leader of a mystic sect from the twenty-first century accidentally transmigrates into a period novel, becoming a minor character who gets bitten to death by a wild boar right from the start. As for the heroine, whose white-lotus act practically radiates from her, Hua Jiaojiao refuses to accept it. Since she has to live through this era anyway, why not put her little hands, skilled at drawing talismans 5.4kReads8.9Score43914d adds
37. 87 七 The Delicate Beauty of the 1970s Was Love at First Sight for a Hopeless Romantic 七零娇气美人被恋爱脑一见钟情了 Little Black Sesame Rice Balls黑芝麻馅儿的小汤圆儿Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted An alternate-history story about being born into a new life, with a personal space, few terrible relatives, no black-market trips, and a powerful golden finger. One devoted couple, both with no romantic history, raising a child in everyday life. The heroine is a top-tier rich beauty, a pampered little princess with a fussy streak. 1972. Eighteen-year-old Ruan Yunqiao faces a choice between being sent to the countryside and getting married. Her family can’t bear to send their precious girl away, 18.9kReads8.8Score2k14d adds
38. 88 供 Driving a Big Rig for the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and Finding a Soldier Boyfriend Along the Way 供销社里开大车，顺路找个兵哥哥 I Want to Eat Pomelo我想吃柚子Modern Romance615k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Storage space + Psychic powers + Devoted couple + Strong heroine] Zhong Yunling, who came from the apocalypse, transmigrated into the body of a village girl with the same name. Her grandfather didn’t love her, her grandmother didn’t care for her, and her father was the family’s overlooked second son. She had to do all the hard work and take the blame whenever anything went wrong. Just after she arrived, her unscrupulous grandfather tried to take her older brother’s job. No way! 728Reads6.8Score10214d adds

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    A post-apocalyptic time-traveling saleswoman...

39. 89 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: Marrying an Officer 穿越七零：嫁军官 Little River Flows to the Ocean小河奔流海洋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Pocket dimension, sweet romance, supernatural powers, military marriage, beloved by all, adorable baby, raising kids, top-tier scoundrels Ye Wanyi transmigrates from the apocalypse, possessing wood and space abilities. Chu Yuechen is an officer in the 1970s, and she's the only one who ever captures his heart. Ye Wanyi: How lucky I am to have met you. From now on, we'll share every joy in life. Chu Yuechen: How lucky I am to have met you. It was love at first sight, and from now on, all I see is 8.1kReads8.1Score64514d adds

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    The storyline doesn't follow the plot; the protagonist has a job and marries a soldier on an island.

40. 90 带 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s, Snacking on Sunflower Seeds to Get By 带着空间穿七零，磕着瓜子混日子 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 28.5kReads9.2Score3.2k14d adds

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    In this period drama, the female protagonist buys a job as a textile worker in a cotton factory. She works as an officer in the publicity department, where she comes up with ideas and slogans for the publicity work.

41. 91 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 64.7kReads8.5Score8.1k14d adds

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    Work is going increasingly smoothly! The story tells of Wen Jingshu, an English graduate student in 2024, who, amidst her frustrations with employment difficulties and failure in the civil service exam, unexpectedly travels back to 1970. She becomes a 20-year-old graduate student majoring in trade economics in Qingping County, with a happy and fulfilling family: her father, Wen Zhongping, is the director of the county's Public Security Bureau; her mother, Lin Qingjun, is the section chief of the county's Agriculture Bureau; and she has two older brothers who, though not her biological brothers, care for her deeply—her eldest brother, Xu Yan'an, is a battalion commander in a military region in Northeast China, and her second brother, Wen Yanhe, is an attending surgeon at the county's People's Hospital.

42. 92 带 I Traveled to the 1970s With a Dedicated Worker System 带着敬业系统穿七零 Ma Nini马尼尼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Xu Taotao, a descendant of imperial chefs, keeps her culinary skills hidden while living among ordinary people. Then she dies suddenly from overwork and gets bound to a workaholic System, which sends her to the 1970s. She becomes the famously ugly daughter of a butcher at a meat-processing plant. Determined to become beautiful, she has no choice but to keep working hard. With her superb cooking skills, she climbs the career ladder, gets a raise, and marries Professor Gu... No, wait! “Ding-dong! 16.8kReads9.1Score2.6k14d adds

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    A historical fiction story where the female lead has a job! 🍀🍀🍀① The female lead transmigrates into the body of the ugly daughter of a butcher at a meat processing plant, and is bound to a "Dedication System." As long as she makes breakthroughs at work, she can become beautiful. 🌸🌸🌸

43. 93 我 Working in the 1960s to Earn Money and Support My Green Tea Girlfriend 我在六十年代工作赚钱养绿茶 Content and at Ease然自得Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Qingyue transmigrated to the 1960s, only to find herself facing a marriage and a move back to the countryside from the start. Was that really going to happen? Before she could do anything, she found out her fiancé wanted to break off the engagement. Lin Qingyue: What a lucky break! She quickly called off the engagement, then studied hard and earned a place at the lumber mill, becoming a proud worker! After starting at the factory, she discovered that her position had been reserved for h 1.3kReads7.7Score10314d adds

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    1. A career-oriented female protagonist transmigrates into a supporting female character in a historical novel, possessing multiple systems, albeit incomplete. Her first step is to oust the powerful and secure a stable job. 2. Transmigrating into a fake heiress sent back to the countryside in a historical novel, she uses her high emotional intelligence to gradually obtain a job. 3. Heartwarming everyday life filled with family drama. The female protagonist transmigrates to a historical era and works during mealtimes. 4. Transmigrating into a historical novel with a large amount of supplies.

44. 94 千 I Traveled a Thousand Miles to Join My Husband, Only to Be Rejected? The Military Wife Is So Capable, the Nation Has Its Eye on Her 千里奔夫被嫌？军嫂太强国家盯上 Sweet Blossoms on Brocade锦上甜花Modern Romance800k WordsOngoing [Romance] [Military Marriage] [Agricultural Research] [Pride and Prejudice] Renowned agricultural scientist Lin Hongying has become a country girl who traveled a thousand miles to join the army and seek refuge with her fiancé. She is dressed in rags, gaunt and sallow, and seems both unsophisticated and uneducated. Everyone tells her arranged marriages never bring happiness. Everyone looks down on her and despises her. Look down on her? Despise her? So what? She has a heart full of ambition to 6.3kReads9.3Score46814d adds
45. 95 守 Alone in an Empty Room, While the Factory Director Next Door Holds Me Close at Night 守空房，隔壁厂长夜揽小蛮腰 Milky Pear Boba奶梨啵啵Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Both Pure in Love + Sweet Romance + Traditional Story, No Rebirth or Transmigration] [Pretty Widow + Untamed Steel Mill Director, With a Striking Difference in Build and Skin Tone, and Chemistry Through the Roof] After her husband dies in an underground accident, He Xiaohe becomes the “jinx widow” everyone at the steel mill thinks they can bully. Her vicious mother-in-law wants to seize her house, then sell her off to the countryside for a bride price. Her shamele 2.4kReads—Score10214d adds

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    Read this one, the reviews are pretty good.

46. 96 九 The 90s Policewoman Who Hears Animals' Thoughts Rises Through the Ranks 九零小警鲤，听动物心声升职加薪 Little Orange Cat橘络小喵Modern Romance327k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book + 1990s + animal thoughts + solving crimes + everyone's darling] Jiang Yeqiu transmigrated into a business-startup novel set in the 1990s, becoming a newly graduated junior police officer working at a local police station. In the novel, the heroine was reborn, divorced and quit her job, then went into business and made a name for herself. Along the way, she met all sorts of admirers and eventually built her own business empire. The bad news: In the story, Jiang Yeqiu wa 757Reads8.4Score10114d adds

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    🍒A historical romance + transmigration + animal voices + crime-solving [heart emoji][laugh emoji][shy emoji] The female protagonist, Jiang Yeqiu, transmigrates to the 1990s and becomes a lowly police officer. She solves various cases by understanding animal voices. The content is novel and highly recommended!

47. 97 穿 Transmigrating Into a Book Set in the 1970s: I Get Rich with Time-Crossing Red Envelopes 穿书七零，我靠超时空红包暴富 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted (Chat system, spatial storage, period setting, cozy) Lan Ling woke up to find she had somehow transmigrated into a period novel, where she had become an insignificant passerby in the village where the heroine had been sent down to the countryside. Her home was bare, and supplies were scarce. Luckily, her phone had come with her. Not only could she send supplies through a messaging app, it also came with its own storage space. But the only person left in her contacts was her childhood friend and 1.7kReads8.6Score12714d adds

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    This one is good!

48. 98 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: I'm a Diplomat 穿越六零，我是外交官 Wanwan Has Plenty婉婉有余Modern Romance488k WordsCompleted "I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and I’m Just an Extra" Hang in there! The humble extra eventually becomes a diplomat. ▷ [Hardcore survival] Transmigrated to the great famine of 1959, she survives by digging into rat holes for grain and selling mountain goods. ▷ [A quiet comeback] She pretends to be invisible, but gets noticed by an officer after studying foreign languages: “There’s more to this girl than meets the eye.” ▷ [Career highlight] From orphan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a bowl 5.6kReads8.1Score30014d adds

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    🌈The female protagonist had a job during that era. In 1963, she was admitted to the Foreign Languages ​​Department of Capital University. After graduation, she was assigned to the Third Machinery Factory of Red Star as a technical document translator. Later, she was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a diplomat.

49. 99 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 55.4kReads8.9Score5k14d adds
50. 100 七 The 1970s: Professor Lu’s Wife Is Beautiful and Vicious 七零：陆教授的妻子娇美且恶毒 Sleepyhead Who Won't Sleep睡睡不睡觉Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted [Self-Serving, Sophisticated Heroine + Hero Who Becomes Love-Struck Later + Both Reborn] Jiang Shiyi was never a good person. In her previous life, the Lu family fell into disgrace, and to avoid marrying Lu Xianyu, she framed him and got him sent away to the countryside. Less than two years later, the Lu family was cleared of all charges. To “get revenge” on Jiang Shiyi, Lu Xianyu married her, and they spent ten years tangled up together before finally divorcing. In the end, Jiang Shiyi watche 13kReads7.0Score96414d adds

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