Satisfying Revenge Stories Set in a Bygone Era 年代复仇爽文

1. 1 贤 I Worked Myself to Death as a Perfect Wife and Mother, Then Reborn, I Won Big by Slacking Off 贤妻良母操劳死，重生摆烂赢麻了 Wings of the Stars and Moon星月之羽Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [Complete] [1980s Military Marriage + Cathartic Revenge + Portable Space + Adorable Kids + Vengeance + Family Life] In her previous life, Jiang Wan married Cheng Jinnian to repay a debt of gratitude. She donated part of her liver to save her gravely ill father-in-law, cared for her parents-in-law, and raised their eight unruly nieces and nephews into successful adults. The whole family lived a prosperous, happy life. She worked herself to exhaustion, lost two pregnancies, and was left infertile 10kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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   In the first book, before her rebirth, Jiang Wan worked hard for the family, but her mother-in-law sold her first set of twins, and the second set of twins were indirectly killed by her mother-in-law, white-eyed wolf nephews and nieces. After being reborn, he sent his mother-in-law to prison, saved the second twins, and looked for the first twins. In the second book, Song Yanyan became the adoptive mother of the male protagonist. She was very kind to the male protagonist and his sister, even better than her own son. After her rebirth, she realized that she was the adoptive mother of the male protagonist in the period novel, and her son was the villain in the book. She realized her debt to her son, and she treated her son very well from then on. The male protagonist and his sister loved each other.

2. 2 八 The 1980s: The First Wife Sends Her Ungrateful Adopted Son Away 八零：原配把白眼狼养子送走了 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + transmigration into a book + a wife raising children] By the time Song Yanzhi realizes she is the adoptive mother of the male lead in a period novel, she has already been reborn. According to the plot, she is about to work herself to the bone for the male lead and his sister for the rest of her life. In the end, her husband will abandon her, and she’ll die of sheer rage. The male lead’s birth mother will swoop in and marry her husband. Her own son, meanwhile, will become the villain i 8.7kReads7.9Score406Shelves
3. 3 通 A Wanted Criminal Sneaks into My House, Then Gets So Scared He Calls the Police 通缉犯潜入我家，却被吓到报警 George Talks a Big Game乔治侃大山Urban534k WordsCompleted [High-IQ plots: staged accidental killings and locked-room murders] [A satisfying high-IQ story with logical twists] Ye Chen transmigrated to Blue Star and obtained a Screenwriter System. And so, one screenplay after another became reality: “Headless Yaksha Serial Murders,” “The Butterfly Effect: Staging Accidental Killings,” “The Fourteenth Perfect Locked-Room Murder,” “Using Natural Phenomena to Design the Perfect Accidental Killing”… Every one of these was a high-IQ perfect crime, imposs 1.9kReads8.5Score216Shelves

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   They are both high-intelligence revenge and crime themes. The protagonist has systematically simulated multiple revenge scenes to ensure that everything is foolproof. The ending of the second book is surprising, it turned out to be a live broadcast.

4. 4 复 Revenge Begins With the Perfect Accident 复仇，从制造完美意外开始 George Talks a Big Game乔治侃大山Urban521k WordsCompleted [High-IQ plots involving accidental killings and locked-room murders] [A logical, high-IQ power fantasy] To prevent crime and reduce the likelihood of criminal acts, a brand-new variety show, Simulated Crime, takes the world by storm. The guests enter a space capsule, where their brain waves connect to a fully simulated metaverse. Studying the crimes committed by guests during their revenge plots can provide criminal investigation with valuable experience and improve the efficiency of solving ca 2.6kReads8.9Score219Shelves
5. 5 八 Sweet Military Marriage in the 1980s: My Ex Regrets It Too Late 八零军婚甜蜜蜜，前夫后悔火葬场 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + satisfying revenge, no putting up with mistreatment + male lead appears late + everyday life + farming + no golden finger + taking down scoundrels + sweet romance + ensemble cast + family matters + military officers + commanding officer] In her previous life, Qiao Jiangxin married into the Chen family. She shouldered every burden to give them a peaceful life, working like an ox and a horse to support her husband's literary ambitions, care for her ailing in-laws, and look aft 51kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves

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   🥳🥳🥳These two books

6. 6 下 Trading Your Family's Last Pair of Underwear for a Spot to Go to the Countryside Is Fair 下乡名额换你全家底裤很公平 Jiang Twenty蒋二十Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (New book out: Reborn in the Eighties, I Picked Up a Hong Kong Tycoon and Took Him for Everything) [Book Transmigration to a Period Setting] [Pocket Dimension] [Pregnant and Sent to the Countryside] [Genuinely Crazy, Born to Go Off the Rails] Zhu Zhuohua transmigrates into the villainess, who is pregnant and has been sent by her fiancé to a mental hospital for a little “reflection.” In the novel, the pampered heroine, whose parents died, is adopted by her mother’s first love, who is also the ori 11.2kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
7. 7 开 From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 807.1kReads9.7Score95.7kShelves

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   I'm Brother Xun, so I won't talk nonsense. A gentleman's revenge is never too late after a thousand years. There is no genius or treasure, some are just mediocre, there are no countless opportunities, and some are just the eternity of time.

8. 8 高 You Haven't Even Graduated High School, So How Are You Already a Grandmaster? 高中还没毕业，你怎么就成宗师了 Ye Ling Du叶灵渡Urban3.6M WordsCompleted The wasteland descends, exotic beasts invade, and martial arts sweep the nation as warriors become the new mainstream. High school student Ye Ran transmigrates to this world and relies on the Martial Arts Achievement System to drive out the beasts, protect his home, and climb step by step to the summit. He becomes the strongest Martial Saint and sweeps across the eternal starry skies! Martial Arts Achievement 1: Chicken-Slaying Expert. Kill 3,000 chickens to earn 10 achievement points and a phys 56.4kReads8.7Score5.6kShelves

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   Not brainless, but also cool writing

9. 9 我 I Swim Against the Current 我自逆流 Yong Xiu庸休Urban114k WordsOngoing A nobody from the bottom of society breaks into the upper circles and gets a firsthand look at the real world of officialdom. Political maneuvering and schemes, interests and power plays. This book is practically a guide to getting into the game. All kinds of people and situations: the powerful, the upright, deals, and honesty. After enduring one disappointment after another, the protagonist finally comes to understand himself... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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