Period Novel with Both Leads as Locals 年代文，男女主都是土著

1. 101 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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   Tears in the eyes, light in the heart—"Listening to the Wind's Song," a first-ever original, heart-wrenching romance novel written in the style of the author, is a story of sorrow and laughter, where every regret is worthwhile.

2. 102 重 Reborn in the 1970s: My Rugged Husband Holds Me in His Palm 重生七零：糙汉老公掌中娇 Xi Xi Ya熹熹丫Modern Romance192k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Reborn + Love After Marriage + Height Difference + Devoted Rugged Man + Building Wealth and Turning Her Life Around] ★ Sweet and stunning arts troupe beauty × taciturn, stern, rugged veteran village secretary Su Wanqing died full of resentment in the depths of winter. When she opened her eyes, she had been reborn at the turning point of her fate. In her previous life, she had been blinded by love and gave her heart to a scumbag. Her best friend betrayed her, her relatives drain 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

3. 103 八 The 1980s’ Sweet Little Lucky Star: The General Spoils Her Rotten 八零娇软小福宝，首长宠上天 White Pear Drifting Along白梨归泛泛Modern Romance797k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted only to each other + rebirth + a protective male lead + a sweet, gentle female lead + tons of sweet romance + a little golden finger + sensible heroine + tough, resourceful heroine + vicious male rival + devoted female rival] I heard Company Commander Fu brought that Jiang family orphan home and spoils and protects her every day. He treats her like a little sister! Company Commander Fu: “What little sister? She's my future wife!” After Fu Chi is injured in an explosion du 956Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Is it okay if the female lead is a reborn indigenous person? It's quite sweet, no angst.

4. 104 顶 The Most Beautiful Miao Girl Becomes a Substitute Bride, Then Goes on a Rampage as the Wicked Eldest Sister-in-Law 顶美苗女，替嫁成恶毒大嫂杀疯了 He Yu Xi合羽翕Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted [Complete! Period Setting + Joining the Army + Pocket Dimension + Marriage Before Love + Military Marriage + Getting Revenge on Scumbags] Chi Lingshan was only three when her love-addled mother abandoned her on a mountain. Her deceased grandmother traded the merits she had accumulated in life to save her, securing a spiritual spring pocket dimension for her. After coming back to life, Chi Lingshan learned medicine and the art of using Gu under the tutelage of the Miaojiang Saintess. At eighteen, 7.8kReads6.6Score1.2kShelves

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   The male and female leads are both natives, but there's a female supporting character who transmigrates. She leaves the story quite quickly. It's a good story.

5. 105 丰 When the Voluptuous Beauty Pouts, the Stern Officer Blushes 丰腴美人一撒娇，冷面军官脸红了 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance670k WordsOngoing [Period setting, marriage first and love later, following the army, adorable kids, husband’s road to winning his wife back] The day after Shen Qingshu mailed a divorce agreement to Rong Jingshi, she began having one prophetic dream after another. She dreamed that her hypocritical, ungrateful stepsister stole the family heirloom from her, schemed to have her sent to the countryside, and tortured her to death in Heilongjiang, leaving her family ruined and slaughtered. When she woke, she heard her 15.2kReads6.0Score969Shelves

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   Lin Shengsheng thought she was the destined female lead. She wanted to become beautiful, and the system gave her that; she wanted to be popular, and the system gave her that too; she wanted an aphrodisiac to harm the female lead, and the system delivered that as well. She was incredibly smug: having a cheat code is so awesome. Until, in the private room, the drug took effect, and she desperately cried out to the system for help. She froze, secretly asking the system in her mind, while Shen Qingshu sneered beside her: "Stop shouting, your system ran out of power and shut down. Now it's my turn to call the shots!"

6. 106 大 A Tigress Arrives at the Compound 大院来了个母老虎 Tales of the Jianghu江湖话Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted In 1983, the peaceful military compound erupted into chaos. Shen Fang, the only son of the military district chief of staff and notorious as “the biggest playboy in the capital,” was cornered at the mouth of an alley by a woman holding a child. In front of all his childhood friends, she slapped him hard across the face. The woman wore a faded floral shirt and Liberation shoes, with a long knife wrapped in cloth across her back and a two-year-old girl in her arms. Her eyes and brows looked exactl 494Reads6.1Score100Shelves

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   I've learned it! [I've learned it!] [I've learned it!]

7. 107 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Find Myself a Stepmother 重生60年代：我给自己找后妈 Gu Yue Er Dong古月耳咚Modern Romance681k WordsOngoing When Chen Guoping died of lung cancer, his mother was busy having a grand old time gossiping with the neighborhood women! In his previous life, she had kept him under her thumb since childhood: she wouldn’t let him take the college entrance exam, forced him to hand over his wages, and criticized every woman he wanted to marry. Ignoring the nature of his work, she insisted that he and his wife risk having a third child. In the end, he was fired for exceeding the birth quota, and his family of fiv 22.2kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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   In his past life, he lay in the ICU with lung cancer, his biological mother nagging by his bedside, "I told you not to waste money!" At that moment, he completely gave up hope. After being reborn, he personally arranged blind dates for his father, insisting that he choose his own stepmother. In this life, he wanted to experience the feeling of being loved by a mother.

8. 108 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A true story, a genuine and original local romance novel, "Listening to the Wind's Song" is a heart-wrenching tale set in the heart of the author's hometown.

9. 109 漂 The Beautiful Girl Next Door Wakes Up and Joins the Army. Officers Fight Over Her 漂亮白月光觉醒随军，首长争又抢 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Second Chance at Love, Spatial Ability, Everyone’s Favorite, Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium, Adorable Baby, Military Marriage” In the third year of living apart from He Shaoyan and fighting over a divorce, Ye Qingzhi began having prophetic dreams. At first, they were just trivial things, until one day she dreamed that her brother-in-law imprisoned her, while her sister became his accomplice and drove her insane before she died a gruesome death. After she died, the man who had repeatedly cl 28.1kReads7.0Score2.5kShelves

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   💔She foresaw her tragic death in a dream, and he killed her sister for her, ruining his future. Upon waking, she stabbed the scumbag and ran to the military base to reconcile with He Shaoyan. He coldly said, "Ye Qingzhi, don't even think about lying to me again." But when he saw her pregnant and being courted by a single officer, he went berserk: "My wife! Who dares touch her!" Later, he knelt and begged her not to leave, burning her to ashes in the crematorium. Space + Pampered Darling + Adorable Baby, Charge! 🔥Military marriage + Reconciliation + Space: She awakened her precognitive abilities, dreaming of her past life being murdered and him going to jail for murder for her. Upon waking, she went berserk, sending the scumbag and her sister to prison, then ran to the military base. He Shaoyan: "Trying to lie to me again?" Later, she became the darling of the compound, and he guarded other men like a thief: "My wife, stay away from her!" The wife-chasing-after-the-crescent-burning-to-the-female-in-the-compound is truly thrilling, and the adorable baby is super cute!

10. 110 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 218Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book tells the story of the first generation of only children in western Sichuan, all of whom were born and raised there.

11. 111 莲 Lotus Shadows over the Capital 莲影京华 My Left Eyelid Keeps Twitching左眼皮跳啊跳Modern Romance318k WordsOngoing Village beauty Shi Cailian has had a life bitter enough to pickle vegetables, but she's blessed with a face of unparalleled beauty. Educated youth Wan Changce falls for her at first sight and takes the college entrance exam four times. When the results come out, Shi Cailian has just fallen out with her biased family, so she packs her bags and goes with him to make it in the capital. He studies hard and becomes a top student, while she uses her beauty to land a secure job at the Friendship Store. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 112 资 The Capitalist Heiress Is Reborn, Takes Down Villains, and Charms the Village Tyrant 资本家千金重生，虐渣下乡撩村霸 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1970s, Sent to the Countryside, Rebirth, Revenge Against Scum] Qin Shuiyan had been beautiful since childhood, with a delicate, soft figure. She had a pretty face but no way to protect herself. After her family fell into ruin, her stepmother sold her to an old man to keep as a canary. Just as she could no longer endure the humiliation, Xu Mo, the man she had always looked down on, burst in with a hunting rifle, fighting his way through a hail of bullets to save her. “Xu Mo, I’m sorry. If there’ 10.4kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    Help! I'm laughing so hard I'm going crazy reading this historical romance novel! Lu Yunsu's soul was mistakenly taken by an intern from the underworld and transmigrated into a historical novel as a capitalist's heiress. She opens her eyes to find her ungrateful brother-in-law leading an inspection team to raid her home! Calmly, she opens her spatial dimension, instantly emptying all her family's belongings, leaving not a single feather behind. Then she cries, "Dad, Mom, our house has been robbed!" The ungrateful brother-in-law is stunned, the Zhou family cries, and then the daughter starts to dominate! She catches a spy on a train, saves the village chief's son in Shekou, and becomes the darling of the countryside with her medical skills and animal language. Later, she joins the army as a medic, and the whole unit vie to curry favor with her, even the woman-averse Officer Chu follows her around every day!

13. 113 五 The Fragrance of Herbs Warms the Green Hills in the Fifties 五零之青山药香暖 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ji Lan, a captain in the apocalypse, is reborn as Lin Qinghe, the youngest daughter of the Lin family in a small mountain village in the 1950s. Not getting enough to eat? No problem. Her wood-element ability came with her. It may be weak, but it still comes in handy. Not strong enough? That’s not an issue either. She can shatter a millstone with one punch, and carrying water or chopping wood is a piece of cake. Most importantly, she has inherited her family’s medical knowledge, so her dream of b 4.3kReads8.4Score454Shelves

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    Recommended, a documentary about the growth of a military doctor. It's good.

14. 114 庸 Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心 Yin Mu殷木Urban370k WordsCompleted Realistic fiction · Unrequited love with a bad ending · Small-town life · Ordinary people · Coming-of-age · No golden finger Based on the true experiences of friends, this story is told from a male first-person perspective and follows Jiang Xin through the ups and downs of his youth in a small southern county town from 2005 to 2014. He was once an elementary-school prodigy admired by everyone. But from the moment he started middle school, his life quietly began to veer off course. As a boy, he 190Reads—Score107Shelves

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    I recommend this book. Both the male and female protagonists are native to this small county town. It depicts the everyday life of a small town after the turn of the millennium. The two meet on campus, without any protagonists who seem to have an outsider's halo. The story is grounded in local life, portraying the emotions and pressures of ordinary people, creating a truly authentic and profound rural atmosphere.

15. 115 隔 The Rugged Man Next Door Is Too Wild, and the Village Beauty Blushes in His Embrace 隔壁糙汉太野，村花害羞怀里娇 Qi Xiao Tong栖小桐Modern Romance550k WordsOngoing [Rugged Hero + Pure Romance + Marriage Before Love + Sizzling Chemistry + Sweet Married Life + Building a Fortune] [Delicate Village Beauty VS Cold, Rugged Neighbor] The night Song Qingshan returned to the village, he heard cries coming from next door before he had even entered his own home. He climbed onto a haystack and stole a peek. Poor Wen Sui was bent over a millstone, being beaten. She trembled with pain and sobbed pitifully, looking utterly heartbreaking. The sight set Song Qingshan’s bl 19.5kReads6.5Score728Shelves

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    Hurry up and go for it! [Frustrated][frustrated][frustrated] This book is great!

16. 116 重 Reborn in the 1970s: After Divorcing, I Cleared Out My In-Laws’ Home and Went to the Countryside 重生七零：离婚搬空婆家去下乡 Laughing Mad Sword狂剑笑Modern Romance638k WordsOngoing [1970s Setting, Rebirth Power Fantasy, Spirit Spring Space, Making a Fortune, Miracle Doctor, Revenge] Synopsis: On the sixteenth day of her marriage, Xiao Mandong grabbed a thermos full of boiling water and smashed it over her cheating husband and widowed sister-in-law on the bed! In her previous life, she had given everything to support the Lu family, only to have her child switched, her loved ones die tragically, and herself left to die alone with terminal lung cancer. Reborn, she refused to 5.4kReads6.5Score602Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists are both natives, but the female protagonist is reborn. However, her rebirth is really great, as there is nothing that doesn't belong to this era!

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