Looking for Well-Written Period Novels Like Xia Xiaolan and Song Youxiang 求类似夏晓兰，宋幼湘的年代文，文笔好的
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Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己
In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her.
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- 2 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零：炮灰女配咸鱼了 [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.” 18.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
- 3 The Black Lotus Returns Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear 黑莲花重生归来，婆家瑟瑟发抖 Original title: The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear Short dramas: The Crazy Stepmother and New Life from Old Snow In her past life, Su An was abused by her husband. After she called the police, the officer told her it was a family matter and not their concern. She fled to her parents' home for help, but her grandmother said, “Take care of the kids, cook the meals, look after the elders, and hand over your wages every month. Then he won't hit you, will he? That's how it is 58.7kReads9.5Score7kShelves
- 4 EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 97.4kReads9.6Score8.9kShelves
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The 1970s: I Became the Female Supporting Character's Foil in a Period Novel 七零：穿成年代文女配对照组
A period drama about an independent female lead, with no golden finger! She passed the high school entrance exams, but her family wouldn’t let her attend. Instead, they sent her uncle’s daughter, who had never gotten along with her, to school. Short-tempered Lin Erxia erupted into a fight. After a furious scuffle, she passed out from anger. When she woke up, she realized she seemed to have transmigrated into a book...
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- 6 The 1970s: Married in the Morning, Burning Joss Paper for My Ex by Afternoon 七零：上午结婚下午给前夫烧纸 Also known as: "Clearing Out My Eccentric Adoptive Mother's Home, the Fake Heiress Goes to the Countryside" Animated comic: "Tong Hua's Comeback" [Reborn and Revenge on Scumbags + Face-Slapping the Beloved of All + Everyone Begs for Forgiveness + Never Forgiving + Sweet Romance] In her previous life, Tong Hua was plotted against by Kong Mixue, the beloved of all, and sold into the mountains, where she was trapped for over a decade. After finally escaping and making her way home, she found that h 44kReads9.1Score5kShelves
- 7 Reborn: A Blessed Beauty in the 1980s 重生八零福运娇妻 Her fiancé is stolen, her future snatched away, and as a relentless scheme closes in, Qiao Yuxi is framed until not even her bones remain. Reborn, she finds her father has a new love, her mother has a beloved of her own, and the whole family dotes on everyone else's precious little darlings. Qiao Yuxi spreads her hands. Love whoever you want. I'm done with this family! She gives the villains a cold tongue-lashing and rolls up her sleeves to smack the troublesome kids. She doesn't even want her p 5.6kReads9.2Score623Shelves
- 8 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 (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
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Be Good! We Can Date, but Don't Tell Anyone 乖！处对象可以，别往外说
[Transmigrate into a book, historical era, feel-good story, getting rich, sweet romance] The moment she opened her eyes, modern office worker Jiang Xiaosui had become a notorious woman expelled from a workers’, peasants’ and soldiers’ college in the 1970s. To make matters worse, she realized she had transmigrated into a rebirth novel, becoming the miserable contrast character whose suffering highlighted the heroine’s happy life. According to the plot, her grandfather would lose his position as t
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Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令
Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his
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Heavenly Abyss 天渊
(The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw
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- 12 Emotional Blackmail? Please, I Don't Even Have a Conscience 道德绑架？笑死，我根本没有好吗 [Short drama, comic drama, and audiobook adaptations are all available, with up to 800,000 readers] [Fighting moral blackmail + outlaw + no self-sacrificing saint + scheming + immensely satisfying] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Bei faces moral blackmail on a high-speed train from the start. Pregnant woman: “I’m pregnant! You have to give me your seat!” Lin Bei: “If you have a problem, take it up with whoever caused it. The baby you’re carrying isn’t mine, so why should I give up 63.4kReads8.7Score6kShelves
- 13 The Man Who Walked Out of the Heavenly Prison 从天牢走出来的男人 Chu Ye, heir to the Chu family, is the number one wastrel in the Great Zhou Dynasty, with countless heinous crimes to his name. In just four years, he was thrown into the imperial prison eleven times, yet walked out unscathed every time. The reason was his grandfather, the fearsome Northern Frontier Prince, who commanded a million troops. But this time, Chu Ye crossed the emperor’s bottom line. Imprisoned for the twelfth time, he was exiled to the perilous Abyssal Reach. Countless factions and i 11.1kReads8.9Score883Shelves
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Reborn in the 1970s: The Educated Youth Wants to Let Go 重生七零：知青想放手
[Ensemble Cast, No Space, No System, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] One scheme tied two people’s lives together. Reborn in the 1970s, Zhu Xiaomin is determined to scheme her way back. First, she’ll set free the other unlucky soul who’s just like her. Second, she’ll tear that scumbag apart. But things seem to be slipping out of her control. The unlucky one came rolling back on his own and won’t leave, no matter how much she tries to drive him away. Well then… she’ll keep him. “I’ll protect you thi
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Reborn in the 1980s as a Lucky Girl 重生八零小福女
Ning Qi was just taking in the laundry when, in the blink of an eye, she was struck by lightning! By accident, she returned to the 1980s and was reborn as a little simpleton! She refused to bow to fate! (Or to being a freeloader who stirs up trouble!) The young lady rolled up her sleeves. If you want to get rich, plant trees first. Once good fortune comes your way, nothing can stop it! … Come along with her… Remember how we once braved the current, our waves holding back the flying boats?
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After the Seventies-Era Officer Returned, He Had a Son and a Daughter 七零军官回来后，儿女双全了
[1970s + military marriage + space] Hua Jiuling transmigrated to the 1970s overnight. Her husband, Gu Beiming, was called away on an urgent mission right after their wedding. Months passed with no word from him. Her parents-in-law gave her a hard time, her sister-in-law cursed her, and her sisters-in-law schemed against her. With her pregnant belly, Hua Jiuling picked up a kitchen knife, fought back, split the family, and moved into the hunter’s little house by the village committee. Fortunately
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After the Supporting Villainess Reclaims Her Fortune, Her Officer Husband Comes Looking for Her 女配夺回气运后：军官老公找上门
[Devoted Couple + Space-Powered Comeback + Protecting the Family + Love After Marriage] Ye Xiaoxiao wakes up inside the period novel she used to criticize, as a supporting female character with the same name, whose entire family is doomed to die. The moment she opens her eyes, she discovers that a strange soldier, Qin Feng, has taken her innocence. And she knows what’s coming: Within three days, the “kindhearted” reborn heroine will steal her ancestral good-luck bracelet. After that, her eldest
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- 18 Abandoned Wife of the 1990s: From the Start, I Divorced and Became the Richest Woman 九零弃妇：开局离婚做首富 What should you do after transmigrating into an ugly, overweight abandoned wife in the 1990s? She didn’t ask for a single cent in bride price and even brought a hefty dowry, yet her sister-in-law took over the marital home, and her husband’s family beat her bloody and called her a shrew who didn’t know her place. What should she do? Ji Xue says: Easy. Since they call her a shrew, she might as well show them what a real shrew can do. She drums up a racket to tell the whole neighborhood about her 767Reads9.1Score113Shelves
- 19 1970s: After Being Kicked Out of the House, I Turned Around and Married a Military Officer 七零：被赶出家门后我转头嫁军官 [Feel-good read + period setting + pocket dimension + devoted couple + golden finger + strong female lead] Song Yun, a modern inheritor of ancient medicine, accidentally travels back to 1973 and becomes an unfortunate girl unloved by both her father and mother. She hasn't enjoyed even one day of life as a capitalist's daughter before suddenly acquiring the identity. Her once-devoted fiancé sends an urgent telegram demanding to break off their engagement. Break it off, break it off, break it off! 38kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
- 20 The 1970s: My Little One Gets Rich With a Shameless System 七零：崽崽靠着缺德系统暴富啦！ Completed (Era Setting + No Romance + Truly Little Kid Protagonist + Mischievous Kid + Clueless + No Catfighting) (Daily Life + System + Lucky Charm + Beloved by All + Only Child + Olympic Champion) Original title: The 1970s: The Kid Gets Rich with a System Full of Flaws! P.S. After chapter 42, there are basically no awful people. There aren’t many in the early chapters either, just two, and they won’t keep showing up. Told mainly from the kid’s point of view, full of her daily life, with lots a 16.9kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
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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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- 22 In the 1960s, Everyone Who Clashed with Her Had Quintuplets 六零：和她不对付的都一胎五宝了 Hu Yao, a martial arts school coach, transmigrates into the body of a timid young wife with the same name, married for a year to a soldier in the Trumpet Flower Brigade but still a virgin. She also gets bound to a childbirth System. Give birth, get rewards. Hearing that giving birth came with rewards, Hu Yao flashed a chilling smile. Having a baby? Easy. Her wicked mother-in-law calls her barren? She wants a baby so badly? Coming right up. Her sister-in-law mocks her? Coming right up. Even the d 21.9kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves
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Taking Pinduoduo to 40 带着拼夕夕在40
[Farming + Infrastructure Development + Beloved by All + War of Resistance Against Japan] She woke up in the 1940s, with a Pinduoduo System? An Yu thought for a second, then decided to come clean: “I’m from the future, and I have a golden finger.” Canned luncheon meat, work boots, motorized tricycles... Fertilizer, canned luncheon meat, military coats... If Pinduoduo sells it, you can get it here! This time, she absolutely wouldn’t let their forebears fight the Japanese invaders on empty stomach
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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
[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 “
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The Villainous Young Lady Is Actually a Research Genius! 反派大小姐竟然是科研大佬！
[Transmigrate Into a Book + Period Setting + Scientific Research + Fake and Real Heiresses + A Rising Nation] The standard period-novel setup: a scheming adopted daughter, a domineering male lead chasing after his love, wealthy-family feuds, and a protagonist who wins at life through romance. Lu Zhaozhao flips through the script and falls silent for three seconds. ...Fair enough, but I’m not taking part. On the first day after transmigrating into the body of a vicious rich-girl villain, her biol
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Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活
[Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no
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Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣
Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu
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I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家
Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h
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Sweet Military Marriage: I Make My Fortune in the 1970s 甜蜜军婚，我在七零发家致富
[Military romance + sweet love + strong female lead + cozy everyday life + doted on by her in-laws] Ye Qingyan, a senior executive at a multinational corporation, died unexpectedly. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn in the 1970s. She had transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting character who shared her name. The original Ye Qingyan had done nothing wrong, yet still met an utterly tragic end. But now, the exceptionally clever Ye Qingyan was here! She’d put those a
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With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行
Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members
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The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法
The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W
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- 32 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: From the Start, the Puppy-Dog Younger Brother Calls Me Wife 穿书七零：开局被奶狗弟弟叫老婆 [Period setting + sent-down youth + pocket dimension + dual transmigration + everyday family life] The moment she opened her eyes, Yu Xi discovered she had transmigrated to the 1970s, a time of shortages, and become a sent-down youth about to leave for the countryside. The brigade leader of Lijiawan looked at the two scrawny youths in the group and felt utterly dismayed. When he heard that the two of them planned to get a marriage certificate, he felt even more dismayed. Everyone in the Lijiawan 3kReads8.4Score244Shelves
- 33 The Seventies: Reborn, I’m Doted on in Every Way by the Strongest Officer 七零，重生后我被最强军官花样宠 [Period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted husband + Space System] Her cousin schemed to land a handsome, wealthy officer with an incredibly powerful family background, hoping to sleep with him and use her body to keep him under her thumb. Gu Xiaoxi was reborn once more. She decisively stopped the handsome, drugged man who had barged into her bathroom... She seized the chance to marry the army’s most promising officer, “General Lu the Devil,” and packed her bags to join 66.4kReads9.2Score9kShelves
- 34 He Shen in the City 和珅在都市 On February 22, 1799, Heshen received a white silk cord from the Jiaqing Emperor and met his end. Somehow, he found himself in the future, in 1983. As an ancient man in a modern city, how will he make his way in the world? 28.8kReads9.3Score4kShelves
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Stranded in the Mountains, I Found a 1970s Army Chief to Share My Meals 被困深山，七零首长成了我饭搭子
Jiang Suining opened her eyes to a once-in-a-century disaster from the start: her adoptive father was dead, a man had injured legs, and she had fallen into the mountains. After making it out, she discovered that the keepsake entrusted to her had been stolen, her adoptive older sister had married into a powerful family, and she had been sold. No matter. When the village bully tried to drag her back to have his babies, she slapped him straight into the police station. Her adoptive sister denied th
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- 36 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves
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The 1970s: My Rough-Hewn Husband Pretends to Be Frail Every Night, Who Would Believe It? 七零：糙汉老公夜夜装虚，谁信啊
[1970s | Substitute Bride | Mutual Scheming and Mutual Spoiling | Marriage Before Love | Light Comedy | Both Leads Are Each Other’s Only One | Transmigrate Into a Book] When Qiao Nian’an opens her eyes, she finds herself sitting in the bridal donkey cart, on her way to marry the infamous “He the Hellraiser,” known throughout the surrounding villages. Supposedly, he has an old leg injury, is terribly weak, and is completely incapable in that department. Qiao Nian’an: “Sounds great. We’ll just sha
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Transmigrate into a Book, Find a Secret Space, and Turn My Life Around: I Become the Army Commander’s Daughter-in-Law 穿书有空间翻身后我是军长的儿媳
Song Yan never expected that she would transmigrate into a book. Well, so be it! The 1970s weren’t anything to be afraid of. But she never imagined she’d land in the body of a minor character who was the male lead’s supporting character. The original owner had generously given the male lead an entire secret green pasture, tricked him into marriage and swindled his money, and even caused her mother-in-law to break her leg... The male lead demanded a divorce! But Song Yan couldn’t afford to leave
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I'm Wanwan, Not Wanwan: We're All Reborn, So Why Should I Keep Indulging You? 绾绾不是晚晚：都重生了谁还惯你
[Soul Swap] [Face-Slapping] [Spatial Spirit Spring] [Ensemble Cast] [Fantasy] On her wedding day, Shen Wanwan is brutally murdered, pierced through the heart by a blade. Her soul follows her body downstream along the river. Meanwhile, Pei Wanning, trying to escape a ghost marriage to the Prince of Qin, jumps into the river to fake her death, only to actually drown. A thousand miles away, their souls meet on a riverbank. Shen Wanwan is horrified. “...Are you human or a ghost?” Pei Wanning can't h
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I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s, Snacking on Sunflower Seeds to Get By 带着空间穿七零，磕着瓜子混日子
Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you
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- 41 The Abandoned Miracle Doctor Returns Reborn 神医弃女重生归来 [Devoted to each other + reborn + pocket dimension + revenge + sweet romance] (A full-cast audiobook adaptation is available. Give it a listen!) In her previous life, she caught a chill after falling into the water and slept for six days, missing her coming-of-age ceremony. When she woke, she was told she would marry the Marquis's heir in a month. To please her family, she agreed. But the heir's heart never belonged to her. At the marquis's residence, she was constantly targeted and mistreated, 16kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
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I Stockpiled Supplies and Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where a Sterile Military Officer Dotes on Me 囤满物资穿七零被绝嗣军官娇宠了
A dazzling heiress and capitalist ✖️ a handsome, upright military officer 1970s + pocket dimension + punishing scumbags + medical skills Su Xiaomiao of the 1970s was worried after her parents were denounced and sent away. She accidentally fell into a river, and after someone rescued her, she became Su Xiaomiao from the modern era, who had transmigrated into her body. Modern-day Su Xiaomiao had always been plagued by nightmares. Then a miraculous spring pocket dimension appeared, and she realiz
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- 43 I Went to the Wrong Blind Date Table and Married an Officer, Then Made a Fortune with My Pocket Dimension 相亲走错桌嫁军官，携空间赚翻了 [Entirely fictional] (military marriage in a bygone era + devoted love between two virgins + face-slapping villains + a touch of fantasy with a pocket dimension + no saintly heroine + building wealth) After ten years of keeping her head down, Gong Linglong finally avenged her parents and reclaimed everything that belonged to her. Just as she was about to enjoy life, a soul-reaper dragged her spirit down to the underworld! Damn it! They got the wrong soul? And she couldn't go back? With her fiery 52.3kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves
- 44 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 86.5kReads9.5Score10kShelves
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In the 1970s: I Don't Want to Get Married 在七十年代：我不想结婚
What can marriage offer a woman? Some say it's the daily grind of food, clothing, and household chores, slowly wearing a woman down until she grows old. But to Li Xiangnan, those things are just the trivialities of life, not its cruelties. The real cruelty is looking back on what you thought was an ordinary life and realizing it was all a joke. Nearly ten years of marriage, and every last bit of it was a lie. What does that feel like? Devastation. Despair. It makes you question your entire life!
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- 46 The Man Who Joined the Army Is Married, So I Turn Around and Marry His Commander 随军男人已结婚，转头嫁他首长 1970s + period setting + substitute marriage + military marriage + devoted couple Qin Shu opened her eyes to find herself on a train, held hostage by a criminal with a gun pressed to her forehead. Her life was hanging by a thread. From the memories she inherited, she learned that the original owner had been sent to marry a soldier in someone else’s place. First, she beat the criminal senseless and secured herself a job at the Public Security Bureau. Then she went to the military base to find th 19kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves
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The Fragrant Late Osmanthus of the 1980s 80年代香喷喷的迟桂花
Osmanthus usually blooms between September and October. The second son of the Chi family’s wife was due in September, but the baby showed no signs of coming. Half a month past her due date, she finally gave birth to a girl at the hospital. When Old Master Chi heard it was a girl, he said nothing. His wife chattered on over the phone, telling their son how to look after his wife and child. Over the call, Chi Jianguo asked his father what to name the baby. Old Master Chi tapped his pipe. “Call her
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- 48 I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Took the System to the Countryside 穿越七零，带着系统去下乡 Jiang Yuan thought she was terribly unlucky. Just after her job paying over ten thousand yuan a month became permanent, she was hit by a car and died. Then she thought she was incredibly lucky. After her death, she was bound to a System that treated her wonderfully. It took her to the 1970s and gave her a pocket dimension. On top of that, as long as she worked, it paid her an annual salary of over 200,000 yuan. The job was her dream: great pay, little work. An annual salary of over 200,000 yuan 21Reads—Score148Shelves
- 49 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Become a Pretty Widow 穿越六零成为俏寡妇 (Content warning: The heroine is ten years older than the hero. She’s a player and isn’t sexually inexperienced, so proceed with caution!!!) Shi Lan, a carefree, troublesome party girl who loves the high life, transmigrates to the hardship of the 1960s and gets three new labels: married, mother, and widow. From the start, she’s being introduced to a prospective match. As if! She thinks her new identity is pretty great: she has money and status, and gets to be a mother without the pain of childbi 5.4kReads9.2Score488Shelves
- 50 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 [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, 95.8kReads8.8Score7.1kShelves
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