Stories Set in the 1980s Where the Heroine Raises Her Child Without Getting Back Together With the Child's Father 八十年代，女主带崽不跟崽崽亲爹爸在一起的

1. 1 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s: After My Divorce, I Make My Family Rich 穿越八零：离婚后，我带娘家暴富 Yuan He沅荷Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Period novel + reborn + family life + adorable child + male lead in the background Xiao Jin, a college graduate born in the 2000s, had barely graduated when she somehow transmigrated to the resource-scarce 1980s, where there were no cell phones, telephones and computers weren’t yet widespread, and even eating a piece of meat was a luxury. The body she transmigrated into was also called Xiao Jin. They were both 22, but one had just graduated from college in 2023, while the other had just given bi 2.5kReads8.9Score20114d adds

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   The female protagonist transmigrates back to the time right after giving birth. Because she has a girl, she is disliked by her family, divorces them, returns to her parents' home with her child, writes and submits books, and works with her family to earn money.

2. 2 穿 Transmigrate to the Fifties: The Former Army Wife Is the Real Boss 穿越五零：前军嫂才是真大佬 Sweet Potato Vine红薯藤Modern Romance386k WordsCompleted Tian Jiuxiang would never have believed in past lives. But now, she really did. Otherwise, how could she have opened her eyes and become Tian Jiuxiang, living in the 1950s or 60s? Her name was unusual in any era. There had to be a reason for so many coincidences. Her past and present lives were completely different... In her previous life, she ate alone, slept alone, and did everything alone. In this life, not only did she have four devoted children, but she also seemed to attract inexplicable s 2.5kReads9.0Score23714d adds

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   The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1950s. She gets divorced immediately and raises her children (three boys and one girl) alone. She possesses natural strength and excellent medical skills—benefits accumulated over two lifetimes that she refuses to waste. Dealing with the scumbag husband's family is just a side effect; her goal in this life is to amass wealth, resources, and create trouble.

3. 3 俏 The Charming Widow Reborn: Going Wild and Joining the Army After Clearing Out the Family Fortune 俏寡妇重生：发疯！搬空家产随军 Green Ink Song青墨歌Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Xia Zhiwei had given her all, treating her sister-in-law like a real sister. She was obedient, considerate, and patient, but all she got in return was an elaborate, carefully planned trap. Her sister-in-law pretended to care, but was actually plotting at every turn to steal her child. Her husband's family seemed kind on the surface, but behind her back, they had already worked out how to sell her. She was sold off and foolishly helped them count the money, only seeing every 9.1kReads8.5Score90914d adds

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   In her past life, she was sold out by her sister-in-law and even counted the money for her, ending up with a tragic death. Reborn at 20, with her husband just gone, she vows to make her in-laws pay for their crimes in blood!

4. 4 和 Teaming Up with a Sickly Beauty, He Says, “Husband, Please Show Me the Way” 和病美人联手，他说：老公请指教 Baiduo Qingsalt白堕青盐Two Male Leads441k WordsCompleted [Main story complete, bonus chapters ongoing] [Two male leads, seme-focused, marriage before love, face-slapping and putting scoundrels in their place, powerful leads who dote on each other, refuses to take abuse] After a plane crash, Xiao Lin transmigrates into a story about a male protagonist who marries into his wife’s family, the very kind of novel he had once cursed out in a long post of several hundred words. He even becomes the protagonist gong’s foil. In the original story, he has a long 13.9kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds

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   Highly recommended! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up] The two of them teaming up to trample the wealthy family underfoot, this plot is so exciting!

5. 5 穿 The Pregnant Wife of an 80s Male Supporting Character 穿成八零年代男配的怀孕妻 Kind as Water, Dreamlike善若水如梦Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Xu Mo was an overworked office drone from the twenty-first century, and she happened to get swept up in the transmigration wave. She transmigrated into the body of the villainess in an eighties novel. Not only is she the heroine's younger sister, she's also the tragic male lead's ex-wife. She stole the heroine's first love, the male lead, and even took the heroine's child. In the end, she even tried to steal the male lead. She's truly a shameless villainess! Xu Mo throws down the book!!! And she 3.2kReads8.0Score17414d adds
6. 6 重 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 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 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 86.6kReads9.4Score5.2k14d adds
7. 7 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Raising a Child, Running a Stall, and Becoming a Rich Woman 重生八零：带娃摆摊做富婆 Yuechu You月初柚Modern Romance615k WordsCompleted When Mai Sui wakes up, her house and car are gone. She has transmigrated into a rural family in 1981. Dark and ugly? No problem. She can lose weight and make herself beautiful. Poor and struggling? She’ll push a cart and make a fortune. With a child on each side, she pushes her cart out to sell things. Her husband is home by the warm kang, and life is comfortable and prosperous. 159Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 8 八 The 1980s: A Rich Beauty Dumps Her Jerk Boyfriend and Marries a Rugged Tycoon 八零白富美：踹渣男改嫁糙汉大佬 A Painting of Yesteryear一画当年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Factory Beauty Returns to 1988. Ji Wanmei was born beautiful and slender, the daughter of the factory director. At eighteen, she got into the provincial university. With her hair in braids and a floral dress on, her hips swaying as she walked, she was every single male worker at the factory’s dream girl. In her previous life, her father arranged for her to marry the deputy factory director’s son. Later, the state-owned factory was privatized. The 2.7kReads8.9Score29014d adds
9. 9 崽 Have the Kids Gone Astray? Don't Worry, Their Mom Is Here 崽崽们长歪了？别怕，亲妈穿来了 Bright Moon Above the Clouds云上皓月Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted In the 1980s, a mother raises her children day by day. She loves her own kids best! Lin Jianxia went to the photo studio to pick up a picture. When she came out, ten years had passed. Her eldest son had become a notorious street punk, and he gritted his teeth whenever he saw her. “You’re not my mom. My mom died a long time ago.” Her second son had become a wolf in sheep’s clothing, smiling on the surface while plotting to take lives behind people’s backs. “You want to be my mom? How many lives d 1.4kReads7.4Score16914d adds
10. 10 穿 On My 1980s Wedding Night, I Transmigrate and Marry a Poor, Rough Man with a Pocket Dimension 穿到八零新婚夜，带空间嫁穷糙汉 Little Golden Monkey小金猴Modern Romance890k WordsCompleted Jiang Mi is a catering magnate. She brings a warehouse space stocked with billions’ worth of supplies back to the 1980s, where she marries an impoverished man with two younger siblings in tow. They can barely manage one meal to the next, and their ramshackle house could collapse at any moment. Everyone thinks Jiang Mi has drawn a terrible lot in life, saddled with a man like this and doomed to misery forever. Jiang Mi rolls up her sleeves and sets about helping them grow into their potential. Sh 2.1kReads9.2Score28514d adds
11. 11 八 The 1980s: I Had a Flash Marriage with a Hooligan Husband, and He Spoils Me Rotten 八零之闪婚混混老公，被宠麻了 Light Drizzle Feifei微微雨霏Modern Romance696k WordsCompleted (Faithful to each other + devoted husband + everyday life + comedy + marriage before love) (No transmigration or rebirth. The heroine is not a strong-willed type. Read at your own discretion.) The hero is a street punk, while the heroine is the village beauty. To raise enough money for her father’s surgery, Su Nianxue took the initiative and asked Gu Yanbai to marry her. Gu Yanbai was a notorious loafer in all the surrounding villages. Nobody was willing to marry their daughter to him. Then one 8.3kReads8.7Score55714d adds
12. 12 八 The 1980s: A Beauty with Skin Like Jade Marries a Soldier and Raises a Child 八零凝脂美人，嫁个军人带带崽 Radish Rabbit Who Loves Cabbage爱吃白菜的萝卜兔Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [Eighties setting + military marriage + seducing the man + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + heroine has experience, hero doesn't] She opens her eyes to find she's become the male lead's wicked aunt in a period novel. She abuses him and his younger sister, cheats on their stern uncle, and ultimately brings about her own death. Lu Manman, a breathtaking beauty with smooth, radiant skin, is determined to take it easy. All she wants is to go back home. Who knew her niece and nephew would 12.3kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
13. 13 母 Mother and Daughter in the 1980s: Mom Makes Money, I Win by Taking It Easy! 母女穿八零，我妈赚钱，我躺赢！ Mo Qingqing墨清清Modern Romance626k WordsCompleted [The short drama is now streaming] [Transmigrate into a book in the 1980s + mother and daughter transmigrate together + face-slapping + sweet romance + academic achiever + building wealth] After transmigrating into the 1980s as the real daughter, Lan Xia takes down all her awful relatives from the start. The family reunion that was supposed to happen two months later is suddenly brought forward. It turns out her mother, a powerhouse who runs a publicly listed company, has transmigrated too! Moth 1.2kReads8.4Score10314d adds
14. 14 重 Reborn in 1983, My Neighbor's Little Brother Has His Eye on Me 重生83，我被被隔壁弟弟盯上了 Oddly Not Strange奇奇不怪Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted (Mostly slice of life, 1v1, both reborn, pocket dimension, sweet romance, scheming male lead, younger man) Jian Xing was reborn, and as a newborn baby, no less! Just as she was fretting over how useless her tiny body was, Voilà, her golden finger arrived! From then on, her frail mother transformed into a strongwoman, beating up her scumbag dad and making a name for herself! Who knew the scumbag dad would actually try to kill them? Mother and daughter sent him straight to prison! At three years o 333Reads9.1Score10314d adds
15. 15 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.4kReads9.5Score1.6k14d adds
16. 16 重 Back to the 1980s: The Secretary's Precious Wife 重回八零，秘书长家的娇娇妻 Hong Qiqi洪七七Modern Romance439k WordsCompleted (Siheyuan courtyard, inspirational, love at first sight, sweet romance) In the blink of an eye, she was in the 1980s? Zhou Yuwei never imagined that she’d go to bed at home as usual and wake up in the 1980s. From the start, the original Zhou Yuwei had gotten angry because her parents celebrated her birthday together with her older sister’s. She ran out into the alley, got struck by lightning, and somehow that brought the new Zhou Yuwei there. The alley kids were stunned. How had the usually quie 4.1kReads8.8Score27214d adds
17. 17 首 Chief, the Little Girl Outside the Compound Looks Just Like You, Only Smaller 首长，大院外的奶团像缩小版的您 Tong Yuyue童雨月Modern Romance274k WordsCompleted When Tong Yuexin died, she learned that her child wasn’t her husband’s at all. He had married her only for her family’s wealth, intending to drain them of everything they had. Reborn in the 1980s, when her son was just two, she resolved to raise him well and build a life together, never repeating the mistakes of her past. But not long after her rebirth, she ran into her child’s biological father. He was a soldier, and she never expected to end up in a whirlwind marriage with a man she had only j 715Reads8.8Score10014d adds
18. 18 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Kick Out My Scumbag Dad and Help Mom Marry a Powerful Man 重生八零踹飞渣爹，带妈改嫁大佬 Jiang Jiuyi江九疑Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted Back in the 1980s, He Miao is a little hellion. She uses her money to support street thugs, pokes her half-brother into a pond with a bamboo pole, makes her father’s affair known to everyone, and urges her mother to remarry a powerful man. In short, she’ll never be a good girl again, forced to marry an old bachelor. Later, her mother marries a big shot, the thug she supported becomes the richest man in the country, she gets into a top university, and her billionaire husband spoils her in every w 182Reads9.2Score—14d adds
19. 19 村 After the Village Belle Gets Morning Sickness, the Whole Village Searches for Her Baby's Father 村花孕吐后，全村都在找孩子他爸 Yu Wanwan余晚晚Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Period setting + rugged hero] Only after Tang Ning dies does she discover that she is merely the vicious supporting female character in a period novel. Reborn, she has no intention of letting the plot control her like a puppet anymore. To hell with this, she’s quitting. Let whoever wants the vicious female character’s job take it! To save her own skin, she takes a laid-back approach and clings to the female lead next door, doing her best to get the male and female leads together. She tries to k 984Reads8.7Score10314d adds
20. 20 八 The 1980s: Pregnant and Demanding a Divorce, She Sends the Tycoon Into a Panic 八零：挺孕肚闹离婚，大佬急哭了 Lu Xiaoli陆小黎Modern Romance444k WordsCompleted [Period setting + orphan girl + sweet romance + rugged man + adorable kids + business + inspirational] Modern-day orphan Bai Lu managed to finish school thanks to her benefactor’s support, then became an executive at a foreign company after graduation. When she learned her benefactor would attend a school reunion, she wanted to thank him in person. But an accident left her transmigrated into the body of his terrible ex-wife, who had died young. Her benefactor was fired from the factory and coul 141Reads8.9Score—14d adds
21. 21 乡 The Real Heiress from the Countryside Is the Commander’s Cherished Darling 乡下来的真千金竟是首长掌心宠 A Bite of Peace一口平安Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Multiple Births + Domestic Life + No Playing Savior] [The short drama is now available. Search for “Sharing a Lifetime with You.”] First, Jiang Yunshu dumped her fiancé, who loved eating out. Then her grandparents, who had died many years ago, came to her in a dream. Before they left, they even gave her a mustard-seed pocket dimension they had begged from the King of Hell. That’s right, Jiang Yunshu was about to transmigrate, and luckily, she st 15.8kReads9.0Score2k14d adds
22. 22 八 The 1980s: My Wife Is a Bewitching Charmer 八零年代：媳妇是个勾人精 Wine Girl酒女Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to keep writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 896Reads7.3Score10814d adds
23. 23 易 Fertile by Nature, She Has the Factory Boss's Only Heir After Losing Her Memory 易孕体质，失忆后破厂长三代单传 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted [Nineties setting, both leads are virgins, sweet romance, doting love, marriage first, love later, secret crush, slice of life] Qin Baozhu has been spoiled rotten since childhood, indulged and allowed to do whatever she wants. One day, an accident sends her tumbling off a train. The pampered heiress becomes an illiterate simpleton, and someone picks her up from the train station. When she wakes up, she's been married for six years, and there's a little one crying beside her. “Mommy, I promise I 7.6kReads8.5Score46614d adds
24. 24 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Building a Fortune and Raising My Kids 重生八零之发家致富养崽崽 Mu Muzhi木木枝Modern Romance996k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + no awful characters + food + adorable kids + period setting] In her previous life, after Li Heng accidentally fell off a cliff and was left disabled, Qiao Xi abandoned her husband and child, ultimately bringing the Li family to ruin. Given another life, she looks at her gentle, doting husband, then at her adorable, lively son, and swears to make it up to them and never let the tragedy happen again. With food and clothing businesses, Qiao Xi takes things one step at a time, gradu 4.4kReads9.1Score28914d adds
25. 25 八 The 1980s' Most Troublesome Plus-Size Wife Gets Three Babies in One Night After an Arranged Marriage 八零极品肥妻，替嫁后一夜孕三宝 Sang Yiyi桑易易Modern Romance430k WordsCompleted [A Plump Wife's Comeback in the 1980s] Nan Xiangwan transmigrates into a book and becomes the foil to her beautiful, scheming younger sister: an overweight, foolish laid-off worker. As soon as she opens her eyes, her job and the man she loves are stolen from her! Her sister, a gold digger, even forces her to marry a poor military officer in her place. In truth, the officer comes from a prestigious family. On their wedding night, unaware of the truth, he is drugged by her sister and takes Nan Xia 2.8kReads8.8Score33414d adds

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    Slapping the face of a scheming woman, she runs away from her husband while pregnant with her baby, and through her understanding of the adorable, bubbly woman, she builds her own business, becoming beautiful and strong—a story combining sweet romance and a triumphant comeback.

26. 26 金 Mr. Jin, Your Wife Has Run Away with Your Daughter Again! 金总，太太又带小姐离家出走了！ Jin Er斤二Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted Prissy troublemaker x shameless rogue Childhood sweethearts x regret and redemption x happy ending In their third year of marriage, Lu Ying asked for a divorce. The man sat carelessly, his long, phoenix-shaped eyes nonchalant. “Is this because I went with her to the hospital but didn't go with you?” Lu Ying: “Yes.” “Fine,” he said, clearly not taking it seriously. “Then I won't go with you anymore.” Lu Ying: “I'll leave with nothing.” The unruliness vanished from his eyes. With the speed of 111.1kReads8.9Score11.2k14d adds

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    [Sparrow's Diary][Sparrow's Diary][Sparrow's Diary] It's great! The female lead is a very unique girl. She loves openly and honestly, hates clearly and unambiguously, doesn't engage in internal strife, and doesn't cowardly sacrifice herself for others. The key is that she has a mouth! I hate those women who wrong themselves to please others but don't have a mouth. That's not kindness, that's stupidity! They think they can move the whole world, but they only move themselves.

27. 27 七 The 1970s: The Rich, Beautiful Heiress Clings to the Wildest, Roughest Man and Won't Let Go 七零：白富美抱紧最野糙汉不撒手 The Cackling Old Turtledove呱呱叫的老斑鸠Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted [Completed ❤️] Everyone in Moon Bay knows that Hao Xiangnan, the supply cooperative director's son, is an aloof heartthrob who's impossible to win over. Then along comes a beautiful, alluring young educated woman with a pair of fox-like eyes. From then on, the aloof heartthrob is won over and becomes a devoted husband with eyes only for his little wife. Oh, how the tables turn! Shen Qinghuan is a pampered heiress, born into wealth, beautiful and talented. But after watching a TV drama, she s 521Reads8.7Score—14d adds
28. 28 糙 The Rugged Man Relentlessly Pursues His Lovely Wife, Beating Every Other Suitor Flat 糙汉猛追娇媳妇，捶扁所有野男人 Summer Hail夏冰雹Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted [Period setting + 1980s + rugged man + everyday family life + sweet romance + road to prosperity + no System or pocket dimension] Ever since his wife stopped acting like a fool, every man around wanted to steal her away. Jiang Ye spends every day figuring out new ways to beat up all kinds of would-be rivals. If anyone so much as shows an interest in Lin Wan, Jiang Ye is there to give him a beating. Lin Wan can't believe she has a child with the very man who used to tug her braids, copy her homew 1.1kReads8.3Score10314d adds
29. 29 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: The Rough Soldier’s Devotion to His Wife 穿越六十年代之军中糙汉溺宠妻 Golden Corn Kernels金黄玉米粒Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted Dong Yishan has known since childhood that she doesn't belong here, and that sooner or later she must return to her own world. She doesn't know why, but without complaint, she studies everything her grandfather arranges, all the things he thinks she might need someday. That is, until the year she turns eighteen... 10.4kReads8.9Score69914d adds
30. 30 八 The 1980s: Reborn as the Commander's Daughter, I Lie Back and Win 八零：穿成首长千金，我直接躺赢 Pinellia and Sandalwood半夏沙棠Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [1980s + adored by the whole family + military compound + everyday life + sweet romance + military marriage] [Pure-hearted, roguishly handsome officer × gorgeous heiress] An alternate setting with creative liberties. Read at your own discretion. Gu Nianjiao woke up one day to find she had transmigrated into a book, becoming the male lead's doomed cannon-fodder ex-wife. Although she was a minor character destined to die, she was the apple of her family's eye. Her grandparents doted on her, her pa 1.7kReads7.1Score14014d adds
31. 31 穿 Transmigrated into a 1970s Book: I Refuse to Be the Heroine of This Tragic Romance 穿书七零之这苦情剧女主我不当了 Eat Less Salt少吃盐Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + changing the plot + everyday life] After burning the midnight oil following her college entrance exams, Jiang Wanwan worked herself to death and transmigrated into a melodramatic period drama she'd watched with her grandma. When she discovered she was the heroine, destined to suffer her whole life, she was horrified! Determined to escape her absurd and tragic fate, she boldly struck a deal with the notorious gang leader rumored to ha 12.2kReads8.5Score90914d adds
32. 32 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Clear-Eyed Supporting Female's Happy Life 重生八零，清醒女配的幸福生活 Yu Yu Qing鱼鱼卿Modern Romance962k WordsCompleted Shi Qiushui transmigrated. The good news: she has an incomparable beauty, a handsome and wealthy husband, and in-laws who treat her especially well. The bad news: she’s a hopeless romantic. For a man who has nothing but sweet talk, she’s willing to give up this wonderful life, become the second wife of another man, work as an unpaid nanny, and forage for wild vegetables... After transmigrating into the story, she unexpectedly discovers that she’s the foil to her second older sister. She’s squand 743Reads5.5Score10114d adds
33. 33 重 Reborn at the End of the 1970s: The Miracle Doctor’s Fiery Little Wife 重生七零末：神医小辣妻 Forty-Four Pomegranates四四石榴Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Xia Yu and Chu Weixian were murdered. In this life, she refuses to make the same mistakes. She starts taking down scumbags and serving up one satisfying face-slapping moment after another. But Chu Weixian isn't happy about it. Every time she takes down a scumbag or goes off to enjoy herself, she doesn't tell him, and the thought makes him furious. She married him, after all. Why won't she let her boyfriend step in instead of insisting on handling everything herself? She's s 1.2kReads9.1Score24414d adds
34. 34 女 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 15.2kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
35. 35 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 78.6kReads9.4Score12.1k14d adds
36. 36 九 The 1990s: The Gruff Factory Director Begs for Love with Red Eyes 九零年代，糙汉厂长红眼求爱 Gu Yin En顾寅恩Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Cool and aloof top female student × clingy, rugged veteran officer] Lin Lu: a promising student at a prestigious university in the capital. Song Chen: a promising officer with a bright future in the military. After he saves her life, the two are forced into marriage and have a child. Lin Lu assumes Song Chen is just as unwilling as she is, so once the baby is born, she leaves without a second thought. After being harmed and confined to her bed for seven years, Lin Lu wakes up and finally realiz 6.7kReads8.8Score41414d adds
37. 37 七 A Sweet Green-Tea Beauty Marries an Officer in the 1970s 七零年代绿茶娇美人嫁军官 Orange Loves Caramel橙子爱焦糖Modern Romance251k WordsOngoing Tian Xinyi transmigrated into a feel-good novel set in the 1970s. Unfortunately, she wasn't the heroine, but her invisible younger sister, who was going to be traded in a marriage swap. On the second day after arriving, Tian Xinyi burned the heroine's admission letter. If the heroine wanted her younger sister to spend her whole life stuck in Tianjia Village, then none of them were leaving. After burning the letter, Tian Xinyi went to help care for her sister-in-law during her confinement and s 44Reads7.2Score—14d adds
38. 38 年 The Male Lead of a Period Novel? Marrying an Abstinent Military Officer Is Much Better 年代文男主？哪有嫁给禁欲军官香 Xia Shang下伤Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (1960s, military marriage, devoted couple, female lead is a worker-peasant-soldier university student x the young heir to a powerful family in Guangdong) After her parents divorced and remarried, Liu Yao became a poor little thing loved by neither of them. After graduating from a prestigious university with a master's degree, Liu Yao thought she could change her fate against all odds. But once she arrived in the big city, she was nothing more than an insignificant nobody, one of those small-to 929Reads7.9Score11014d adds
39. 39 八 A Tough Mystic in the 1980s, With a Handsome Husband Waiting at Home 八零玄学悍妻，家有娇夫待签收 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted A story set in a bygone era + Chinese metaphysics + mild supernatural elements + ghost-hunting + romance + strong heroine. No transmigration or rebirth; both leads are natives of the setting. [Brilliant, aloof genius with a goofy side, and no interest in men VS. A sharp-tongued, scheming, tsundere man with a poisonous-sweet manner] Tian Shiling, nicknamed Tianbao, is known in Qiantang Village as the coffin girl. Her mother died in childbirth, her father is unknown, and she was raised by the vill 46.1kReads9.2Score7k14d adds
40. 40 八 To Avoid Disaster, the Village Belle Marries the Village Bully and Asks Him for a Baby 八零村花为避祸嫁村霸，邀他生崽 Little Spinning Top小陀螺转转Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted [Delicate village beauty + rugged man + adored by all + cozy romance + having a baby + childhood sweethearts] Su Yunqi was famous throughout the surrounding villages for being a delicate beauty. Unfortunately, the Su family had little power and couldn't protect her. When a rich hooligan took a fancy to her, they had no choice but to hastily marry her off to a rugged man from the neighboring village, an even bigger village bully and hooligan. He was five years older than her, and they'd grown u 15.2kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
41. 41 七 Cozy Days at the Seventies Island Family Compound 七零海岛家属院的温馨日常 Orange Soda and Lemon Juice橘子汽水柠檬汁Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + sweet romance with no angst + following the troops to an island + cozy farming and child-rearing + triplets] After returning from her rural assignment, the older educated youth Song Xiangjun was set up on a match by her parents and married Zhou Haifeng, a young man from a military compound, in a whirlwind wedding. They first met on a train. He wore a neat green uniform and had handsome, upright features that made her look twice. Later, her mother showed her a photo 970Reads8.7Score10814d adds
42. 42 七 A Flash Marriage to a Hong Kong Tycoon in the 1970s! Three Adorable Babies on the Way 七零闪婚港商！一胎三只小萌宝 Yun Li云璃Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted [Strongwoman Qiao You'an Marries a Hong Kong Businessman at First Sight] [Marriage Before Love] [Sweet Daily Life] [Devoted Husband] [Triplets] One day, office drone Qiao You'an transmigrates and becomes the third daughter of Qiao Gensheng’s family in the 1970s, with a seemingly boundless strength to boot! Her family may be poor, but her mother dotes on her, her father loves her, and her brothers and sisters are all devoted to their little sister! At the scene of a car accident, she grabs the re 856Reads7.2Score10714d adds
43. 43 穿 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 Zhu Jin竺仅Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 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 2.9kReads8.3Score16914d adds
44. 44 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38kReads9.2Score3.2k14d adds
45. 45 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
46. 46 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Turned the World Upside Down with Five Kids 穿越70年代，我带五个娃闹翻天 Hong Qiqi洪七七Modern Romance681k WordsCompleted [Golden finger + the Great Northwest + supporting development + adorable kids + ideals] When Lin Zhixi opens her eyes, she discovers that she's not only married, but also the mother of five little rascals. She's completely baffled. What happened? Wasn't she at home shopping in a supermarket? How did everything turn upside down the moment she opened her eyes? Song Hengsheng came home on leave four years ago, only to be set up by the original owner! Though they got married, Song Hengsheng never ca 319Reads8.9Score—14d adds

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    Lin Zhixi was stunned. She was shopping at the supermarket when she opened her eyes to a completely different world: she was now a married woman with five adorable children. [Cheat code + Northwest China + Construction Support + Adorable Children + Ideals]

47. 47 八 Eighties Cutie: After Divorce, Mom Becomes Everyone’s Beloved 八零萌宝，离婚妈咪变万人迷团宠 Zhi Dou Bu知豆不Modern Romance56k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Adorable Kid + Everyone’s Favorite + Younger Male Love Interest + Building Wealth] Luo Xiaobei transmigrated into the body of an adorable six-year-old girl who shared her name. Before she could even take in what was happening, her drunken biological father, sprawled on the sofa, smashed an empty bottle over her head. “Go get me another drink!” Her father smoked, drank, cheated, and beat his family, while her mother, Lin Meijuan, struggled to hold the household together, endur —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    In the 1980s, the female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a cunning and adorable child. She divorces her scumbag father and her mother, who is constantly disliked by everyone. She outwits and fights against villains, dealing with everyday family dramas, building wealth, and establishing a business. In the end, her mother, who was never cherished by her family, becomes the darling of the whole family and also wins over a group of affectionate younger brothers.

48. 48 随 After My Father Married into Her Family, the Fake Sweetheart Became the Compound's Favorite 随父入赘后，假娇软成家属院团宠 Green Ink Song青墨歌Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Ning Ruanruan is reborn, back to the time before her family is sent away to the countryside. In her previous life, she followed her mother into a new marriage with a family of doctors. Their life looked good on the surface, but she was abused for years. Just when she was finally old enough to marry and leave, they married her off to an old man to keep her quiet. He kept a close eye on her and wouldn’t let her talk about what happened. Reborn before the family is sent away, she decides, when her 32kReads7.3Score2.6k14d adds

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    The female protagonist is reborn. To avoid being sent to the countryside, she sends her biological father to marry into the military family. From then on, she becomes the darling of the military family compound.

49. 49 小 After the Young Army Wife Divorced, Her Ex-Husband's Family Wept with Regret 小军嫂离婚后，前夫一家悔哭了 Su Ranjiu酥染玖Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted Gu Zhi Lan jumped on the popular transmigrate into a book trend and became a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a novel set in a bygone era: the male lead’s ex-wife, who was cruelly framed by her sister-in-law and died so the heroine could take her place. The original owner had a miserable life. After being sexually assaulted in revenge by the male lead’s enemy, she gave birth to a child of unknown paternity. Her in-laws looked down on her, and she could only endure her unhappy life. T 3.8kReads8.5Score42514d adds

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    Completed ♥ The scumbag thought the female lead had no backing, but it turns out her whole family is incredibly powerful and ruthless. The scumbag watched the entire process of her comeback with awe and admiration.

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