Rough Around the Edges: Ordinary Street Life Is Just as Cool as the High Life 糙糙的,比起那种高贵的日子,市井小民也超酷的
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A Doctor's Steadiness and an Athlete's Energy 医生的沉稳与体育生的活力
In Spring City, Yunnan, a mature, steady doctor who’s the bottom meets a hot-tempered, sunny, kindhearted and upright sports student who’s the top. The bottom grew up without the warmth of a family, but through sheer determination and hard work, he finally made his way out of the mountains and built a comfortable life for himself. Though he now has more than enough, he has never been able to let go of the cruelty other children showed him during his childhood. Deep down, he has always carried a
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The 1980s: A Northern Coyote Officer and His Gentle Wife from the Water Country 八零:军官北方土狼军嫂水乡娇娘
Period Setting + Lots of Sweetness + No Transmigration, Rebirth, or Golden Finger + Striking Size Difference and Electric Chemistry + Healing and Redemption + A Slow-Burning Romance After becoming a fallen heiress, Liu Chuntao gained another identity when a flood struck: a poor little girl who had lost her mother. She truly wanted to die alongside her mother, but before Liu's mother died, she clutched her hand and said, "Chuntao, you mustn't die. If you die, I'll become a vengeful ghost and won'
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The Humble Charm of a Small Town, the Best Comfort for a Powerful Man 小城烟火味,最抚大佬心
[Two male leads + Slice of life + Gourmet + A little workplace drama + A touch of farming + Mutual healing + HE + The four seasons and daily meals + Everyday life] [Workaholic, perfectionist workplace elite top VS hardworking, resilient, introverted teacher bottom] [Note: The city is fictional, and its geography and terrain are entirely made up. The food in the story is just the author making things up with their limited knowledge, so please don’t take it seriously.] Zhao Xia has had enough of
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The Sound of Spring 闻春声
[Taciturn, stammering country hunk VS vivacious, fiery widow. Farming romance, one-on-one, both leads’ first relationship] [She makes the first move, and the unyielding tree finally blossoms. A period farming romance] At the matchmaker's urging, young Yao Chunniang took her dowry and married into the Zhang family in Lishui Village. Who could have guessed that on their wedding night, her sickly husband would close his eyes and die? Before Yao Chunniang could even process what had happened, she ha
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Steal Her Away for a Kiss 拐走亲一口
Puppy-boy romance! The rating is low because the story is new, so please don't be put off by it. “A slow, steady romance + love at first sight for the male lead, who's a lovestruck straight shooter.” Both leads are sexually inexperienced! “Chu the Tease × Lin the Feisty One” Lin Beian was still single at 28, and Guo Xia was more desperate to marry off her daughter than a rainmaker praying for rain. Then she ran into the doctor who had treated her just yesterday at a blind date? Lin Beian never d
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I Returned to My Mother-in-Law's Girlhood, and I'll Help You Conquer the World 穿回婆婆少女时期,我帮你打天下
Her mother-in-law had lived a hard and stifled life. While lamenting to her daughter-in-law that her life had been meaningless, she watched as her daughter-in-law transmigrated into the past, landing in her mother-in-law’s teenage body! The catch was that the old woman was reborn in that same body, too! Mother-in-law: “I think you’re smart and educated, and you’re cheerful and generous. You’re better than me. How about you live my life for me?” Daughter-in-law: “I can’t cook, I don’t want to wor
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Cuihua's World 翠花的人世间
In the early 1980s, Old Zhang of Zhangjia Village had eight children: six sons and two daughters. Dayong, Eryong, and Cuilan all got married on the same day. The Zhang family married off two children and welcomed one bride into the family. Eryong became a live-in son-in-law. Being a live-in son-in-law is great. He earned that for himself. With five more children still waiting to marry, Old Zhang was gored to death by an ox. His wife was beside herself with worry. Sanyong went off to work, Siyong
4.5kReads8.2Score371Shelves
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Adding Fuel to the Fire 添柴
[Wandering, volatile younger gong x rough, short-tempered working-class shou] [Two male leads - handsome gong, muscular shou - age gap - healing - happy ending - non-consensual themes] (Just launched, so the chapter count will gradually grow.) Zheng Lei was abandoned by his parents when he was six and a half. From then on, he worked hard, cursed up a storm, and lived day to day, never knowing what tomorrow would bring. Then he ran into that kid. Fourteen years old, as skinny as a pickled cucumbe
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I Remarried with Mom and Went from Tough Girl to Cutie 跟着娘亲改嫁,我从猛女变萌女
[Transmigration + blended family + everyday family life + growth + cherished heroine + heartwarming + historical romance] No golden finger! This isn’t a power fantasy, just the growing-up story of a clever young girl who transmigrates and follows her mother into a new marriage, learning to build a peaceful life in a blended family in ancient times. In her previous life, Song Lingjun grew up in a modern border-town orphanage, where she was a bit of a handful. Every day, she focused on keeping her
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The Rough Mechanic Gets Wrapped Around His Finger by a Flirtatious Young Chinese Medicine Doctor 汽修厂糙汉,被钓系小中医拿捏了
Xiang Ye, a 192-centimeter auto repair shop owner who looks like the Grim Reaper, is actually a pure-hearted fool who faints at the sight of needles. To cure his insomnia, his friends forcibly drag him to a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in the old district. Looking at Dr. Lu, who wears gold-rimmed glasses and has the gentle elegance of jade, Xiang Ye scoffs. “With a body like that, I could knock three of him down with one punch.” Five minutes later, Xiang Ye is pinned to a treatment bed, s
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Reforming My Good-for-Nothing Husband, Starting at Age 20 改造废物老公,从20岁开始养老
[Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr
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I Transmigrated into an 1980s Devoted Wife Novel and Became a Sucker's Stepmother 穿进八零娇妻文,我给冤种当继母
At first glance, nothing seems wrong. Look closer, and there’s definitely a problem. That’s right, Wen Yu transmigrated into a book, in fact, into two. They’re linked novels by the same author, telling the stories of two generations. The Husband-and-Wife Story is about the dad, a sweet romance set in a bygone era. But Wen Yu isn’t the sweet young wife in the novel. She’s the male lead’s second wife, about to divorce him because their married life isn’t working out. The Sucker… is Wen Yu’s affect
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The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代:开局就是新婚
[Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b
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Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零:带着全家六口过好日子
The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t
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The Transmigrated Cannon Fodder's Life as an Educated Youth 穿书炮灰的知青日常
[Transmigrate into a book + no black-market trips + devoted couple + pocket dimension + special abilities] Ling Yunyue wakes up as a minor character, a young educated youth about to be sent to the countryside. She snaps to her senses and quickly starts stockpiling supplies, determined to keep her distance from the male and female leads. But she accidentally runs into another minor character. Huh? Why is this one so different from the book's description? Zou Sikang never imagined that after blowi
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My Lazy Wife Has a Temper, but She Knows How to Tame Her Rogue Husband 懒妻脾气大,调教混混老公有一套
Ji Nianchu choked on an apple and woke up in the 1960s, having become Hongqi Village's most notorious lazy powerhouse of a wife. She'd also acquired a handsome punk husband and a few-month-old set of triplets. From the start, she was faced with the mess left behind by the original owner, while her second sister-in-law insisted that the family split up and live separately. Given the original owner's lazy, food-loving nature, changing her ways too abruptly would surely arouse suspicion from Xu Hua
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Even a Background Character Is Better Than a Cannon Fodder 路人甲也好过炮灰
There are countless beauties across the country, and plenty of people dream of transmigrating and making their mark. So why did it have to be me? At least I’m only a nobody. And I even got a little golden finger! This really is a silver lining! The first book is complete. While you’re here, check out the next one, now updating: "Republican-Era Assassin, Shaking Like a Leaf".
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I Transmigrated and Picked Up a Five-and-a-Half-Year-Old Husband 穿越捡来的相公五岁半
Everyone in the capital knows that the influential Grand Secretary married the older sister who raised him from childhood to repay her kindness, becoming a thoroughly henpecked husband. They say Qin Zhao’s wife is jealous, never lets him take a concubine, and won’t let him go out drinking with courtesans. They say Qin Zhao has a miserable life at home, worse than death. Cao Xi spat out a melon seed shell. They don’t know what they’re talking about. That clingy little pest is practically attached
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Water Willow 水性杨花儿
(The rating was just added and will rise. It's already going up!) Neighbor Guo Hongmei ran off with another man? What? That man is Yang Hua'er's husband, Zhao Dashan? Talk about gossip coming right back to bite you. They say nine out of ten people born in the Year of the Sheep are fated to have a hard life, but Yang Hua'er doesn't believe in fate. Even without a man, she can still make a warm and happy life for herself.
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1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979:带着老婆孩子吃肉
[Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.)
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Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚:随军后她风靡家属院
[Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo
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Farming and Going Crazy, I Make My Husband Drink Poison 边种田边发疯,我喂夫君喝毒药
Su Wei transmigrated into the Shen family’s new daughter-in-law in Nanqiao Village. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw an old woman holding a bowl of murky poison for her penniless husband to drink. The man on the bed glared at Su Wei in fury. “You poisonous woman! I won’t let you get away with this, even as a ghost...” Su Wei: “...” No, no, it wasn’t me. It was the old woman... The old woman turned to her. “What are you standing there for? If he doesn’t die, how are you supposed to marry Y
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