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1. 1 绝 His Stunning Wife Has Given Birth Again, and the Commander Comes Every Night to Soothe the Baby 绝美娇妻又生了，首长夜夜来哄娃 Wangwang Snow Cakes Are So Tasty旺旺雪饼超好吃Modern Romance586k WordsCompleted Completed [One devoted couple + a sweet marriage in the 1970s + military marriage + swapped marriages + cozy everyday romance + family life] After taking a nap, Shen Zhiyou suddenly discovered that the world she lived in was actually a book, and she was the brainless, malicious second female lead whose only purpose was to drive the plot! In the book, she was practically possessed, insisting on marrying Jiang Wenbin no matter what. After the wedding, Jiang Wenbin thought she was filthy and made h 24.3kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves

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   The military-themed version of "The Alleyway Dwellings" is super cute and has a very warm atmosphere.

2. 2 4 At Forty, I Remarried a Commander. My Ex and His Mistress Are Both on Their Knees 40岁二嫁首长，前夫小三全跪了 The Fish's Secret鱼的秘密Modern Romance979k WordsOngoing The rating has only just come in, and it’ll rise later! [Second-chance military marriage + era-set comeback + two powerful, devoted leads + rugged man spoils his wife] Lying on the operating table, Jiang Wanning finally learned that her marriage had been a trap: her husband had tried to kill her for the insurance money, and the son she had raised with so much effort was actually the illegitimate child of her scumbag husband and cousin! To survive, she climbed into the bed of Commander Gu Yuanzhe 283.8kReads8.6Score13.5kShelves

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   These two different types of videos are very enjoyable to watch, with a fast pace.

3. 3 姐 The Sisters Join the Army and Mistake the Wrong Man for Their Husband: The Fierce-Looking Officer Falls for Them 姐妹随军认错夫：面凶军官沦陷了 Half-Moon Lemon月半柠Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Mistaken husband + following the army + sweet romance + snow-mochi heroine / “dirty bun” hero] Gu Zhaoning and the Gu family's adopted daughter, Su Jingwei, are both introduced to potential marriage partners. They meet two brothers from the Pei family. The elder Pei brother is destined to become a high-ranking officer, while the younger brother is destined to die heroically. So in this life, Su Jingwei secretly switches the men they were set up with and snatches the elder Pei brother before Gu 56.8kReads8.5Score3.9kShelves
4. 4 八 After Getting Rich, the 1980s Factory Director's Wife Starts Disciplining Her Husband 八零厂长夫人赚钱后开始训厂长了 BaxyModern Romance437k WordsCompleted Good heavens! When Ye Wen opens her eyes, she’s become a married woman in her thirties with a fourteen-year-old son. Her husband is the thirty-six-year-old head of a clothing factory. Ye Wen wakes up at her aunt’s house. The moment she steps into her own home, she sees her son wearing a pink apron and stir-frying wild greens with a spatula. Sitting at the table, Ye Wen stares blankly at the watery porridge and the painfully green stir-fried vegetables. Didn’t they say her husband was a factory d 2.4kReads8.1Score145Shelves

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   This is a story set in a different era; both the male and female leads are in their thirties, and their son is 14. But that doesn't stop them from being so sweet! [Drooling] The male lead constantly wants the female lead to fawn over him [laughing and crying][drooling] The male lead is jealous, especially of his son, and wants to be constantly drooling over the female lead.

5. 5 闪 A Whirlwind Wedding and Military Life: My Forceful Officer Leaves Me Swooning Every Time 闪婚随军：强势军官令我次次沦陷 Qing Yunyun青芸芸Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Complete novel + sweet romance + career-driven heroine + building wealth + female awakening and mutual support + no golden finger + funny, heartwarming, and moving] Ye Wenxi, a career-driven woman at a major 21st-century corporation, transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting character in a novel set in a bygone era. Through a twist of fate, she and Lu Weidong end up having an “honest exchange.” Fortunately, he has a strong sense of responsibility and insists on seeing things th 15.6kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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   Its highest readership reached 994,000, and it has topped the annual bestseller list for two consecutive years.

6. 6 一 Love at First Sight: Two Unlucky Souls Get Married 一眼万年，两个倒霉蛋结婚了 In Springtime春天里Modern Romance573k WordsCompleted Talk about rotten luck. All Lin Weiwei did was develop a crush and whistle at her neighbor, and she got caught in the crossfire and shot in the head. When she opened her eyes again, she found she had transmigrated into the body of a young educated youth with the same name. It couldn’t get worse, but it did. The young woman was lying in a hospital bed. Apart from being able to move her eyes, she was like a living mummy. To make matters worse, she had also lost the ability to speak. Why does the g 2.8kReads9.0Score255Shelves

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   The female lead dies because of the male lead, and both of them transmigrate. Lin Weiwei transmigrates into the body of a sent-down youth. When they wake up, they are both sick. Both of them have cheat codes.

7. 7 八 The 1980s: A Delicate Young Woman Arrives at the Family Compound 八零年代，家属院里来了个娇弱女子 Endless Summer无尽夏Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Suyu spent her whole life as a devoted wife, only to learn just before her husband's death that his deep love had all been an act, and their years of affection had all been a lie. Reborn on the day her father-in-law pressured her husband to marry her, she knew he had been reborn too when he insisted that he wanted to marry someone else. 630Reads7.6Score291Shelves

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   🥀🥀This book is so good, I've read it over and over again. It's incredibly good. The female lead is from the countryside and marries into the city. She takes over her mother-in-law's job at a printing factory. The male lead is a retired soldier who drives a car at the finance bureau. It's all about everyday family life and mundane routines.

8. 8 重 Reborn in 1970s: A Military Doctor Meets a Special Forces Soldier 重生七零当军医遇上特种兵 Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Military romance + medicine + strengthening the nation + passionate action + flirtation Song Wei, a military doctor who served on peacekeeping missions, has been reborn. Her goal: to find the boy she once passed by. Who would have thought that the prettiest yet most timid girl in the military compound would fall for that arrogant, overbearing demon of a young man? In Lu Jiu’s eyes, Song Wei is like a sand cat: timid, quick, and easily frightened, though she occasionally flashes her claws. Sh 20.2kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves

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   These three books are by the same author. I read the first one first and thought the author's writing was good, so I followed the other two. They are all set in the 1970s. The first one is about a military doctor versus a special forces king; the second one is about a culinary genius versus a researcher; and the third one is about a gang leader versus a mountain god.

9. 9 七 The 1970s: The Culinary Goddess 七零厨神美人 Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [A cooking god, military-industrial research, patriotism, delicious food, positive energy, and an exhilarating era: don’t miss this period novel!] Cooking god Zhao Wan Feng transmigrates. She lands in a third-line military factory and even scores a perfect scientist husband. In that case, she’ll work hard and aim to become the cafeteria’s head cook, then settle down and enjoy life… No, she’ll become the cafeteria’s star, put down roots at the military factory, have children with her husband, and 3.4kReads9.2Score434Shelves
10. 10 七 The 1970s: The Rich Beauty from the City Gets Her Country Hunk All Worked Up! 七零下乡白富美把糙汉惹急了眼！ Baby Little Hu小胡宝宝Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + educated youth + food + devoted husband + pocket dimension + seducing a rugged man + raising children] In her previous life, Lin Yu was blind in both sight and heart. She was a beautiful, kindhearted, naive girl, only to be murdered in the end by a scumbag man and her vile younger sister! Reborn into the past, she returns to a time before the story even began! She absolutely won't let those two wretches off the hook, or the man who dotes on her to the point of spoiling her 3.4kReads9.0Score461Shelves

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    This is so good! I'm watching it every day! The male lead is so good at flirting, it's so sweet!

11. 11 黑 The Darkened Educated Youth Returns to the City, Cuts Ties, and Becomes Beautiful and Rich 黑化女知青回城，断亲变美暴富了 Autumn Colors Crimson秋色绯绯Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted [A devoted and equally powerful couple x all characters are natives of the setting x no transmigration, rebirth, pocket dimension, System, or golden finger x no contrived drama x no helpless suffering x building wealth] [An upbeat, beautiful, resilient heroine VS a scheming, obsessive, slightly unhinged hero] The heroine takes her compensation and cuts ties with her birth family, decisively and swiftly. She does not cling to them or forgive them. The story focuses mainly on making money and roma 25.1kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves

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    Qin Wan was neglected by her parents from a young age. The year she graduated high school, her biased parents, taking advantage of her high fever and coma, threw her onto a train to replace her second sister in a rural assignment. Now, Qin Wan has returned with a vengeance, no longer the obedient, sensible, and honest girl she once was. She's back to settle scores. Her job won't be taken for nothing, her hardships won't be in vain, and she'll take back everything owed to her. As for the favoritism she never received, she doesn't care anymore. In the future, she'll work hard to earn money, take good care of herself, and love herself. Luo Xiubai, the original rich second-generation in Yuncheng. This man has an eccentric and obsessive personality, a bit crazy, but is essentially clingy and a devoted husband. Always arrogant, he gradually became attracted to Qin Wan after meeting her, his intermittent bouts of madness turning into daily occurrences. His greatest wish is to win Qin Wan home as soon as possible and get rich (and go crazy) with her.

12. 12 穿 Before My Whole Family Was Sent to the Countryside, I Took My Child and Ran 穿到全家下乡前，我带娃跑路了 Cream Cake Frosting奶油蛋糕酱Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Soul transmigration to the 1960s + pocket dimension + raising a child + sweet romance + both leads are devoted only to each other] Shu Yao thought someone must have put a curse on her. In her dreams, she saw another version of herself live a miserable life: when her husband was sent away for reeducation, she abandoned him and their child, then married a divorced man with a child of his own, only to become his unpaid nanny. Unable to take it anymore, she jumped into a river. The one who buried h 38.4kReads8.1Score5.6kShelves
13. 13 我 I’m a Mountain God. What’s Wrong with Farming in the 1970s? 我是山神，在七零种田怎么了？ Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance324k WordsOngoing [Scheming Devoted Hero + Mountain Goddess Heroine + Sweet Historical Romance + Peach-Blossom-Valley Farming + Healing] Qin Xu has been frail since birth. He has a cleanliness obsession and social anxiety, can barely stand against a gust of wind, has a ruined right hand, and lost both parents. He grew up amid gunfire and is cold in both expression and heart. Aside from his handsome looks and immense power, he has nothing going for him. Just as his life hangs by a thread, Shen Qingyao appears agai 2Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 年 The Reborn Cannon-Fodder Sister-in-Law in a Period-Era Lucky Charm Novel 年代锦鲤文的炮灰大嫂重生了 Qiao Miaomiao乔喵喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Reborn Revenge + Sweet Romance + Satisfying Read + Building a Fortune + Everyday Life] Only when she was dying did Bai Xiuxiu discover that the world she lived in was actually a period novel about a lucky heroine! In the book, she was the lucky heroine's shrewish older sister-in-law. She was mean, lazy, greedy, and did every kind of evil! After the heroine married into the family, Bai Xiuxiu made life difficult for her at every turn. Because she bullied the lucky heroine, she “ 42.5kReads8.5Score4.2kShelves

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    I've been loving these three lately. ① The male lead is extremely love-struck, always listening to his wife. He's usually quiet, but once he speaks up, she retaliates. The female lead is reborn and demands retribution. ② There are many eccentric characters, but it's incredibly hilarious. The female lead transmigrates into a book, and her mother is reborn and awakens. The two of them put on a show, outsmarting a cunning old man. ③ The male and female leads become wealthy together, enjoying a warm, loving, and ambitious family life. From the female lead's perspective, they get married because she's pregnant; from the male lead's perspective, his unrequited love blossoms into reality, and he's incredibly devoted to her.

15. 15 被 Killed by the Villain, I Was Reborn in the 1970s and Married His Brother 被反派害死，重生七零嫁反派他哥 Feng Qingyan凤倾颜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Two strong leads + period setting + sweet romance + pocket dimension) In their previous lives, they had clearly loved each other, but because of their ages and circumstances, they kept their feelings locked in their hearts and missed their chance for a lifetime. When Mu Li woke up again, she discovered that her soul had traveled back to the 1970s, to the time when he was young. In this life, she absolutely would not let them miss each other again. She worked hard at her studies, got into a univ 4.4kReads9.3Score653Shelves

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    I can't believe anyone hasn't seen this! Han Lie and Mu Li are amazing! [Sending heart]

16. 16 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 757Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An unexpected beginning, a delightful ending, authentic and natural, touching the eyes with tears, yet radiant with light; a captivating and endlessly entertaining story.

17. 17 七 In the Seventies, She Marries a Rugged Man Who Can’t Have Children, but the Spoiled Female Lead Sleeps In Again 七零嫁绝嗣糙汉，娇纵女配又起晚 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Wild Plot] [1970s] [Everyone's Darling] [Marriage Before Love] [Redemption] Jiang Nanxi grew up pampered and couldn't endure hardship. Who would have thought that when she opened her eyes, she would transmigrate into a book, becoming a vain, troublesome supporting character in a novel set in an era of poverty, beautiful but utterly stupid? In the original story, a forty-two-year-old woman stole her twenty-year-old fiancé, the male lead. In a fit of madness, she married Zhou Ji, the 3.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
18. 18 渣 Stay Away, You Scumbags! I Switched Marriages and Hit the Jackpot with His Uncle 渣男贱女莫挨我，换亲他叔赢麻了 Lu Chaichai鹿柴柴Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Military marriage + transmigration + switched marriages + sweet romance + devoted couple + love after marriage + island life Yu Yao transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife who worked herself to death serving a scumbag. After her death, the heroine spent her money, lived in her luxurious mansion, and badmouthed her as a failure wherever she went. She didn’t care if the heroine slept with the scumbag, but spending her money was out of the question. She promptly called off 4.2kReads8.7Score434Shelves

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    Then you should read these books. I highly recommend the third one; it's quite different from the historical fiction I usually read.

19. 19 重 Reborn in the Nineties: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady 重生九零之向着包租婆的人生狂奔 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Also known as: Reborn in the 1990s: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady) (Also known as: Reborn Housewife: Mom, Dad's Acting Up Again) After Shen Xiaojun divorced, she had a dream and found herself back twenty years in the past. Back then, she was only twenty-five, yet already the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter was six, her younger daughter four, and her little boy had just turned one month old. Xiaojun's head spun. Did she really have to live through all of this again? For her chil 28.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves
20. 20 八 Married with a Baby in the ’80s: My Mortal Enemy Becomes a Henpecked Husband 八零奉子成婚，死对头成了妻管严 Nong Wuyou侬无忧Modern Romance796k WordsCompleted When Lin Xiangyi woke up, she learned that she had transmigrated into a book, a period novel written by her stepsister. Her stepsister was the heroine, and she was the vicious supporting character. Her father didn’t love her and her mother was gone. As if having to survive under the thumb of her wicked stepmother since childhood wasn’t enough, her scheming stepsister stole her fiancé and set up her nemesis, the street thug Xie Qingxiao, to ruin her virtue. She became pregnant by accident, and af 13.5kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
21. 21 下 Fine, I’ll Go to the Countryside. I Have a Pocket Dimension, So What Have I Got to Fear? 下乡就下乡我有空间我怕谁 Knowing the Mist from the Tower临楼知渺Modern Romance716k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + pocket dimension + sent to the countryside + raising children + no romance) Fall asleep at home, wake up transmigrated from the sky! Fang Lan wakes up one day and finds she’s transmigrated from the 21st century into a little girl in the 1970s in a parallel world. She’s about to be sent to the countryside, and she’s so hungry she’s dizzy and seeing black. She feels like she might as well die! Then the very next moment, she gains a pocket dimension. Well... it’s a bit small, but 6.7kReads9.0Score692Shelves

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    These are some historical fiction books that I absolutely, positively, positively want to recommend to everyone. The third one, in particular, is a personal favorite; I've read it over ten times (and the best part is, I can get completely absorbed in it every time, reading it like a brand new book without getting tired of it). I always recommend it in historical fiction discussions; I love Jiong Jiong's book so much! Please, if you haven't read it, you absolutely must!

22. 22 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 190.3kReads9.2Score13.6kShelves
23. 23 小 The Little Boss Is a Menace to Cats and Dogs, and Hides from Mom and Dad That She's a Millionaire 小老板猫嫌狗厌，瞒爸妈当万元户 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance4.3M WordsOngoing [1980s setting + lighthearted comedy + everyday life + building wealth] Little Rice Cake is a sieve spirit with off-the-charts brains and emotional intelligence, and she never waits until tomorrow to get revenge. After being forced to split from her family, Little Rice Cake single-handedly lifts her family and friends, infiltrates the enemy's ranks, and takes down every gossiping shrew in the village. The good life begins with living in a pigsty and raising piglets. She starts making money by do 25.6kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
24. 24 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Became the Roughneck's Darling Wife 重生八零，赖上糙汉的小娇妻 Frost Contends with Snow's Shadow霜争雪影Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted 1.4kReads6.8Score141Shelves

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    A rough man spoils his wife excessively, their love is so sweet.

25. 25 公 The Princess Wakes Up in the 70s, Itching to Slap Someone 公主醒来在七零手一痒就想扇人 Seeking My Heart's Return寻心归Modern Romance393k WordsCompleted Hua Yue was the most doted-on Eldest Princess of the Yuanqi Kingdom. For the first half of her life, she relied on her father, the emperor, and her elder brother. She had planned to rely on her nephew for the second half, but her brother died of illness, her nephew took the throne, and some little brat rebelled and poisoned her to death. When she woke up, her whole world had fallen apart. It was bad enough that there were no servants to boss around, but she couldn’t even spend her gold, silver, 1.9kReads8.7Score178Shelves
26. 26 黑 The Ungrateful Darling: My Husband’s Mistress Just Took Power, and Now She Wants a Divorce 黑心小棉袄：外室刚上位就要离婚 Jin Rui'er金瑞儿Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted The Grand Princess Who Guards the Nation was reborn in the Dragon Kingdom in 1947. After liberation, just as she was preparing to enjoy the good life with her father, he declared that her mother was a relic of feudalism, said he had found his true love, and announced that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. The Grand Princess scoffed to herself: “You dare threaten my interests? I’ll make you regret it!” 48.6kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates from ancient times to the present, specifically through a rebirth. In her previous life, she was a clever and resourceful princess who protected the nation. This transition felt natural and her mother's choices were consistent with the era. The protagonist also understands her mother's hardships and later provides her with the confidence to leave her father.

27. 27 穿 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Female Lead, I Speed-Married an Army Representative 穿成炮灰女配后和军代表闪婚了 Half Wood, Half Fire半木半火Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Original Title: Factory Affairs in the Sixties, from State-Owned Factory to...] [Current Title: The Road to Success in the Sixties: She Just Wants to Get Ahead] [No Golden Finger + Serving the Nation and Its People Through Public Service + A Strong Male Lead and an Even Stronger Female Lead] [No Rural Relocation, No Black Market, No Supporting a Man, No Female Lead Suffering, No Doormat Wife] Xia Baozhu, a woman with a secure state-sector job, was reborn in 1963. To get back t 31.5kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves

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    Personally, I think this book is quite unique. It's rare to find a period novel where the female lead is a statistician in a state-owned factory and the male lead is a technical representative in the same factory. Moreover, the female lead's entire family has stable jobs and is so busy with their careers that there's almost no one left to do housework. At the female lead's suggestion, her sister-in-law, who does the housework, is even paid a salary! [Laughing emoji][laughing emoji]

28. 28 八 The 1980s: The Spicy Little Wife and Her Tycoon Husband 八零小辣媳：我家大佬有金矿 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, "The Spicy Little Wife of the Eighties: My Man Has a Gold Mine", is now streaming. [Reborn + Sweet Romance + Gold Prospecting] Liu Yueya of Jinnianzi Village is rumored to be a shrew who brings bad luck to her husbands, so no one dares marry her. Wu Guangxu, the village bully, has just gotten out of prison, and no woman in the village dares marry him either. One day, the villagers discover Liu Yueya and Wu Guangxu having an “intimate rendezvous” in the mountains 4.8kReads9.4Score607Shelves

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    I found these three books by the same author to be very enjoyable, not the kind that's good for college entrance exams or anything like that.

29. 29 签 Sign-In in the 1970s: The Female Supporting Character and Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Powerful Man 签到七零：女配知青被大佬娇宠了 Watching Fish from the Pavilion亭上观鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Sign-in System + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Past and Present Lives + Supporting Female Character Enjoys the Gossip + Highly Educated Couple + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine + No Character Assassination of the Original Heroine] Yi Qingqing died young. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told she had earned great merit and should have enjoyed a life of wealth and a destined marriage in one of her lifetimes, but illness had robbed her of that. As compensation, s 55.6kReads9.4Score6kShelves
30. 30 九 Getting Rich in the 1990s: I Married for Love and Became a Borderland Trader 九零暴富宠婚：我在边境做倒爷 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted [Two transmigrators + both leads are each other’s first and only love + storage pouch + few troublesome characters] An accident sends Tong Xiaoqian to a small mountain village in northeastern China in the 1990s, right on her wedding night. To keep her company on the way through transmigration, she even gets a dog man as a bonus. Literally: a dog and a man. Lei Yihong is baffled too. Why would something as absurd as transmigration happen to him? And why did he have to transmigrate with the stupid 827Reads9.2Score124Shelves
31. 31 麻 I’m at My Wits’ End! Four Sons and a Daughter Send Me to College in the 1970s 麻了！四儿一女供我在七零读大学 Liu Liu Will Surely Get Rich六六一定发财Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Grandma with incredible fighting power, five adorable kids, mostly everyday life, some awful people, but the protagonist is utterly invincible, satisfying revenge] An Xiaoyun unexpectedly awakens and learns that she is a doomed side character in a lucky heroine story. She is about to die in childbirth, taking her baby with her. Her husband will die after falling into a river from grief, and their four sons will burn themselves out for the lucky heroine, meeting horrible ends. An Xiaoyun is furi 10.5kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
32. 32 嫁 Marry into the City and Get Rationed Grain 嫁到城里，吃上供应粮 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The heroine does not transmigrate, though she has some memories from a previous life. There are no truly awful characters in this story; everyone has their own strengths and flaws. The focus is on an unhurried life.) Jiang Xinbai was born in the countryside and dreamed of marrying into the city one day so she could have access to rationed food. So when she first met Yang Jinsheng, she knew her chance had come. She made her move without hesitation, flirted with him, and married him. At first sig 10.7kReads7.9Score628Shelves

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    No cheat codes, just a story set in the rural era. Jiang Xinbai, born in the countryside, desperately wants to marry a city dweller and secure a stable job. When she meets Yang Jingsheng, she knows her chance has arrived and decisively seduces him into marriage. Yang Jingsheng knows from the first glance that this woman has ulterior motives, but no problem, he's attracted to her beauty too! The two hit it off immediately and live a vibrant and fulfilling life! [Heart][Heart][Heart]

33. 33 八 An 1980s Wife Knows How to Handle Her Husband 八零娇妻驭夫有道 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted Adapted into a short drama: Trouble! My Fate Is Tied to My Delinquent Husband is now streaming [Soft on the outside, tough on the inside, a seemingly sweet good girl * cold on the outside, warm on the inside, a fierce and ruthless wolf pup] [She pursues him + both are sexually inexperienced + mutual salvation + sweet, slice-of-life romance.] After dying and coming back to life again and again, Shi Xinran finally discovers that her life is bound to that of a delinquent named Tan Yunqian. To sta 6.2kReads9.3Score639Shelves
34. 34 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Brawny Husband Is Strong and Stamina-Filled 重生八零，糙汉身强体壮耐力好 Peaches Are So Chilly桃子好凉凉Modern Romance565k WordsCompleted (Military marriage + devoted to each other + doting romance + sweet and steamy love story + building wealth) Given a chance to live her life over again, Yu Xiaomin flirts with her husband and doesn't hold back with either her words or her actions~ When Zhou Huaicheng wakes to find his wife suddenly treating him with overwhelming warmth, she is lying on her side with one bare shoulder exposed, her delicate collarbone and tantalizing curves just visible. His mouth goes dry, and his Adam's apple bo 5.7kReads9.1Score579Shelves
35. 35 重 Reborn in the Eighties: My Cold Ex-Husband Is Green with Jealousy 重生八零，高冷前夫狂吃醋 Sweet Weiwei甜薇薇Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period setting + putting scumbags in their place + the husband’s road to redemption + doting on his wife + cozy everyday life] Wen Xi returns to more than twenty years earlier. The past two decades feel like a dream. In her previous life, all Wen Xi could think about was Gu Zhishen. She was determined to have a son to win back his heart, but neglected her daughter as she grew up, leaving the girl emotionally distant from her. Everyone around her called her crazy. Even as she lay dying, her daug 1.2kReads8.0Score104Shelves
36. 36 你 Go Ahead and Be Crazy, but Leave the Kids in the Compound Alone 你疯就算了，大院的崽你也不放过 Charcoal-Grilled Crumbs碳烤渣渣Modern Romance828k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + born into the past + parallel 1970s + doted on by the whole family + spatial dimension + strong male and female leads] Lin Sa was born into the 1970s and became the eldest daughter of the Lin family. Most families favor boys over girls, but the Lin family favors girls over boys. Out of four children, the Lin family had only one daughter, and the whole family cherished her with their lives. Other people’s daughters are little cotton jackets, but theirs is a drafty leather jac 71.9kReads8.5Score7.7kShelves

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    Born into a military family, but she's a bit special—she was reincarnated with memories of a spatial dimension. The only princess of the Lin family, she was originally the kind of person who was pampered, but Lin Sa was too good at causing trouble for others. Her own father often chased her around the compound with a weapon, but Lin Sa wasn't just looking for trouble; she always attacked first! Now, things weren't going to get fun in the compound anymore, so she packed up and went to cook. But why did all her friends come along? She admitted that she went to the countryside because she didn't want to take care of these clingy little devils! Haha.

37. 37 九 The 1990s: I Became the Early-Deceased Wife of a Tough Big Shot 九零：穿成糙汉大佬的早死前妻 It's the Old Wang Next Door是隔壁老王呀Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + marriage first, love later + tough, powerful male lead + female lead plays dumb to outwit her foes + male lead reborn + female lead transmigrates] Du Ruo was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister’s household and destined to become a favored consort. But on her wedding night, she was killed by an assassin while saving the emperor. After dying, Du Ruo is reborn in the 1990s as another “Du Ruo,” who was forced to drop out of school and switch fiances, then tried to take her 3.2kReads9.2Score306Shelves

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    🌸These two are pretty normal, a slow and steady relationship that blossoms over time (≧W≦) 🔥1. A seemingly harmless but actually cunning daughter of a prime minister from ancient times who transmigrates to the present VS a cold and ruthless business tycoon who is only good to his wife. 🔥2. A genius painter with high IQ and EQ VS a seemingly carefree but actually shrewd and calculating tycoon.

38. 38 七 The 1970s: The Village Bully Brought the City-Educated Beauty Home in His Arms 七零：下乡知青被村霸糙汉抱回家 Ink-Dyed Desolation墨染苍凉Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Devoted Husband + Guaranteed Sweetness + Everyday Life + Both Leads Have No Previous Partners + Pocket Space + Everyone's Favorite] Couple: feisty, beautiful, rich young educated woman × cultured, burly village ruffian In 1973, a pretty young educated woman arrived at the Jinyang Production Brigade. She was fair and soft, delicate and gentle, and so petite she looked easy to bully. But the moment she entered the village, the tall, broad-shouldered village ruffian, who looked especially fierce, 24.2kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
39. 39 换 After the Bride Swap, I Turned My Hooligan Husband Over to the State 换嫁后，我把混混丈夫上交国家了 The Full Moon Family满月一家Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Heroine transmigrates into a book + male supporting character is reborn + devoted, sweet romance + heroine can do anything] Comic artist Mo Ke unexpectedly transmigrates into a novel set in a bygone era. The moment she arrives, someone covers her head with a bridal veil, preparing to send her off to be married. According to the plot, her entire family is nothing but stepping stones on the scumbag male lead’s path to success. Once he has used them up, he buries them deep in a mine, then rises to 1.1kReads8.1Score115Shelves
40. 40 无 Homeless, I Marry an Army Officer with a Hundred-Billion-Space 无家可归，我带百亿空间嫁军官 Third Tang Sister唐家三姐Modern Romance900k WordsOngoing Now with voice acting! [1980s military marriage + raising kids + space + everyday family life + building a fortune + devoted husband] Jiang Ling, a trillionaire CEO, dies horribly and transmigrates into a book. She was supposed to become the happy heroine, but the villainess is reborn, and Jiang Ling becomes a cannon-fodder villainess instead. She is forced to marry a short-lived military officer, and unexpectedly gains a super space. One of the space's tasks is to marry that short-lived officer 5.5kReads8.5Score580Shelves

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    This book is good; it has real voice-over.

41. 41 八 In the 1980s, the Commander Stopped Pursuing Me, and I Found Happiness Divorcing with My Child 八零，首长不追了，带崽离婚真香 Spicy Strips That Aren't Spicy辣条不辣Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed, with bonus chapters. A short drama adaptation is now online. (Rebirth, comeback, ex-husband begs for her back, second male lead wins) In her previous life, her son and the son of her husband's fallen comrade's widow fell into the water at the same time. Her husband saved the widow's son. After suffering the loss of her child, Jiang Yi spent thirty years in a miserable marriage, then died of grief. Reborn in a single moment, she returns to the time before her son falls into the water. 36kReads8.7Score3.6kShelves

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    🍒 Here are a few period dramas I've read. The first one features a female protagonist who is reborn and divorced, but the actual divorce doesn't happen until chapter 25. The earlier chapters were infuriating, but the chapters after the divorce were really nice, especially the male lead—he's amazing, so charming and witty! 🌿 I've already caught up with chapters 2, 3, and 4, looking forward to the rest!

42. 42 快 Quick Transmigration: Every Chapter Is a Face-Slapping Power Fantasy 快穿：每章都是打脸爽文 The National Server's Diao Chan, Rolling in Wealth国服貂蝉富得流油Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented quick transmigration, one chapter per completed story] [No fixed couples, the heroine never puts up with mistreatment or gets abused. The main story is complete, so enjoy!] In every world, Cui Lan is an unlucky, pitiful soul who gets utterly ruined by all kinds of awful people. But no matter, Cui Lan can be even more awful than they are! ① The fake heiress and the real heiress never got switched; ② Her wealthy parents are pretending to be poor; ③ Her beloved man is an awful spec 40.2kReads9.3Score3.4kShelves

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    ✔️The female lead is a bit simple-minded. She goes to the military with her sister and meets the male lead there. The male lead wants to protect her from the first time he sees her. He then takes the initiative to visit her and eventually marries her. They have a baby. When the male lead goes out on business, the female lead cries with the baby because she can't see him.

43. 43 七 The Happy Life of Lin Yulan, a Sharp-Tongued Woman in the 1970s 七十年代之贫嘴林玉兰的幸福生活 Bai Shuitan白水谈Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted My new novel, A Lively Life in the Sixties: Revenge First, Gossip Later, is now available! Every character is a piece of work, with revenge, scoundrels getting what they deserve, and plenty of beatings. It’s a different kind of story. If you’re interested, give it a try. Thanks for your support! [Reborn + no pocket dimension + no System + no golden finger + romance, with a cheerful and heartwarming tone] Liu Jie’s parents divorced in her previous life, and she lived alone with her grandmother. 2.3kReads9.0Score184Shelves

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    A very realistic period drama; the prices were all based on research. It's a joyful story set in the 1970s. The entire story lacks a system, spatial elements, and annoying, overpowered characters. The female lead is intelligent and leads her family step by step to prosperity. It shows that ordinary people can also have extraordinary lives. It's a very good read.

44. 44 被 The Heirless Tycoon Took Her by Cunning Force, and She Bore Him Triplets 被绝嗣大佬巧取豪夺，她一胎三宝 Nine Hundred Million九亿Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Flash marriage in the 1970s + military life + island setting + everyday life + golden finger + sweet romance + devoted husband] Ye Shu was forced by her mother-in-law to visit family on the island, only to discover that her husband already had a beloved first love and had never wanted to marry anyone but her. He even deliberately let her get caught in a snowstorm, where she nearly froze to death. How could Ye Shu, who had transmigrated here, put up with such humiliation? A powerful man saved he 13.8kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    The plot is rich and varied, a sweet and romantic story 🥰🥰🥰 The male lead's love for the female lead is passionate, sincere, considerate, and devoted (a domineering love [heart]) 🌸 The female lead is reserved and intelligent 🌸🌸 She is an excellent swimmer [thumbs up] and didn't stay in one place while serving in the army, moving between several garrisons. The elders in her family are also kind. After marrying the male lead, the female lead feels like she's fallen into a paradise. Of course, the female lead herself is also very outstanding.

45. 45 七 Getting Rich in the 1970s! The Lovely Educated Youth Has a Space Filled with Billions in Goods 七零暴富！娇知青有亿万物资空间 I'm a Little Goldfish是小金鱼呢Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Spatial Storage + Supplies + Educated Youth + Stockpiling + Feel-Good Fiction] She went bungee jumping for fun, then died and transmigrated to the 1970s, a time of shortages and hunger. To her surprise, the top-tier shopping mall that was about to open came along with her. It had everything: food, clothes, jewelry, medicine, hotels, and more! Jiang Feiyan, rich overnight, was brimming with confidence. She rolled up her sleeves, ready to make her mark in this extraordinary era. 22.1kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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    I recommend my own novel, it's completed, a period fantasy story. ☺️

46. 46 手 Armed with the Villainess's Script, I Only Want to Go to College 手拿女配剧本，我却只想考大学 Jiang Liangjiang江凉姜Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Period setting + ensemble cast + colorful characters + daily life + family squabbles) Lin Ermai transmigrated into a book, armed with the most popular script for a vicious supporting female character. At best, she could change her fate and trounce the original heroine; at worst, she would be trounced by the heroine, just as the script dictated. The heroine is sweet and gentle. As a child, she was the prettiest flower in Lotus Village; as an adult, she became the dream girl of every eligible you 11.5kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
47. 47 书 The Younger Uncle Who Went to the Countryside in the 1980s Is Back 书穿八零之下乡的小叔回来了 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance780k WordsCompleted The 1980s: family squabbles and everyday life. Young intellectual Lu Guoan had gone to the countryside. To treat his daughter, who was trapped in a strange, unending sleep, he had no choice but to return to the city with his wife and child. The Lu family was crowded into a small home, and the family's sudden return sparked some unavoidable domestic conflicts. Yet Lu Qiaoqiao, the patient, recovered the moment she stepped through the Lu family door, without needing any treatment at all. She al 17.1kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
48. 48 我 My Glory Days in Dongguan 我在东莞的高光岁月 Warm Wine, Waiting for the Wind温酒等风来Urban406k WordsOngoing My name is Chang Da Qiang. I was born in a small, underdeveloped county town in the late 1980s. My parents were farmers, and in those days, when everything was desperately poor, I graduated from a junior college and looked for work in my hometown. After hitting one dead end after another, I made a bold decision: I headed south to Guangdong to try my luck. Through hard work, I finally had the experiences that inspired this novel. 2.1kReads—Score122Shelves

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    These two books are super good!

49. 49 八 The 1980s: The Jiang Family’s Oldest Daughter Returns from the Countryside 八零：姜家老姑娘从乡下回来了 Great Chu大楚Modern Romance430k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration into a book + entrepreneurship] Jiang Lai transmigrates into a book, becoming the doomed young daughter of a family of cannon fodder in a sugary romance novel. In the book, after the villainous cousin, the female lead's foil, steals the original owner's job and returns to the city, the original owner is beaten to death by her husband. The Jiang parents fail to curry favor with their bosses, get bullied at work, and are forced into early retirement. The eldest bro 5kReads8.5Score354Shelves
50. 50 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 92.2kReads8.8Score6.5kShelves

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    🍓Transmigrated into a period novel and became a clown, a foil for the scheming female supporting character, only to end up poor and miserable? Qiu Bailu laughed in anger. How was she described in the book again? Ignorant, feudal, selfish, mean, unfilial, opportunistic, petty, and doesn't care about her children. Ignorant? I'm happy with that, from today onwards I'm blind! Feudal? From today onwards I'm the emperor of this family! Selfish? That's right! No one is more important than me! Mean? No matter if the female or male lead messes with me, I'll kill them! Unfilial? Ha! Filial piety is fine, but you have to care about me first. Opportunistic and petty? I'm just shrewd and good at managing money, and if anyone makes me uncomfortable, I'll make them doubly uncomfortable! As for not caring about her children, that's still undecided, we'll talk about it after the babies are born.

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