A Period Novel With a Male Lead From Beijing’s Elite Circles and a Beautiful, Independent, Strong Female Lead Who Doesn’t Go to the Countryside 年代文，男主京圈人，女主特别美独立强，不下乡

1. 201 陷 Fallen Rose: The Dark Moon and Her Counterattack 陷落玫瑰：黑月光与她的反杀局 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Revenge Against Scum] [Forced Possession] [Awakening to Her True Identity] [Rivalry for Her Affections] [One Woman, Four Men] [Sweet on the Outside, Dark and Scheming on the Inside, a Seductive Strategist × Her Possessive Adoptive Brother / Abstinent CEO / Gentle Young Nobleman / Capitalist Predator] ▲ Her true identity awakens, and a bloody revenge begins Abandoned at an orphanage as a child, she was later molded by the Song family into a tool for a marriage alliance. She bides her time, turni 337Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The female protagonist of this book is simply the epitome of social butterfly! She turns awkward situations into personal stand-up comedy, defuses crises with humor, and the way she makes the whole audience burst into laughter while chatting and laughing is just incredibly cool.

2. 202 都 I’ve Been Reborn—Why Would I Still Chase After Her? 都重生了谁还追她啊 A Noble Spirit in My Heart心有浩然气Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Publication rights acquired] [Short drama released] [Comic drama released] One argument made Jiang Feng realize that his life had already been ruined. Just then, he was reborn in the 2014 college entrance exam hall. He was eighteen that year, and he and Gu Mengyao had yet to become a couple… 243.2kReads9.1Score17.5k14d adds
3. 203 八 A Nanny in the Eighties? The Cold-Faced Officer Is My Son’s Father 八零当保姆？冷面军官是儿子亲爹 Songzi Mo松子茉Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Military marriage in the 1970s/80s + rekindled romance + raising a child] Lu Qing was bedridden after an accident and had chased away six caregivers for resisting their help. The new one dressed shabbily, but had fair skin, stunning looks, a slender waist, and alluring curves! Lin Peizhen wasn't kept on because of her beauty. Lu Qing clearly had no interest in women. She simply fought fire with fire, arguing him into silence until he couldn't get rid of her. Besides, her son needed money to sav 38.7kReads8.2Score2.7k14d adds

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   Not going to the countryside, military marriage era literature

4. 204 去 I Went Looking for My Family and Mistook the Wrong Guy for My Brother, While My Amnesiac Ex Loses His Cool Every Night 去寻亲认错哥，失忆前任夜夜红温 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + spatial powers + adorable baby + military marriage + rekindled love + reunion after years apart + supernatural abilities] In the third year after Jiang Xuxue retired from the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and returned to the village to farm, her biological parents came looking for her. “Darling, someone deliberately switched you back then. We never abandoned you!” Unfortunately, just after finding her, her biological parents were sent to the far northwest. Her mother press 12.5kReads6.8Score1.4k14d adds

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   Shen Tingyuan has twins, five years old, the kind of age even dogs wouldn't want to mess with. But they especially adore Jiang Xuxue because she can do magic tricks—producing candy from her palms and little flowers from behind her ears. Actually, that's her special ability. The two children chase after her every day calling her "Aunt Xue," and Shen Tingyuan corrects them: "Call her Mom." Jiang Xuxue blushes: "We're not married yet." He says: "Soon."

5. 205 重 Reborn in 2004: A Factory Girl Vows to Turn Her Life Around 重生2004，厂妹誓要逆袭人生 Sweet Love甜甜爱Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted I was married off far from home, cheated on, and abused. Did I cry? No. I was reborn. I kicked my scumbag ex to the curb, rediscovered my ambition, and made myself shine with unapologetic brilliance. The domineering, unhinged young master said to me, “It's just for fun. Don't get attached.” I smiled. “No problem. You're just a tool for making money. Who gets attached to a tool?” The devoted Young Master Zhou said goodbye with regret: “I'm sorry. I had no choice. If fate brings us together in the 9.3kReads9.2Score90214d adds

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   It's not just a story about making money; it's a profound inspiration on how women use their wisdom, rationality, and resilience to build a strong self and an ideal life in a complex world. After reading it, you'll not only want to make money, but also want to have her clear-headed mind.

6. 206 重 Reborn, She Finally Stopped Going Crazy 重生后，她终于不疯了 9YanModern Romance210k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she spent every day fighting with her husband over his mistress, leaving their two children caught in the middle and miserable. In the end, she alone made both children's lives unbearable. Only when she was lying in a hospital bed did she finally come to her senses. When she opened her eyes again, Liu Xian'an had returned to the past. She could start all over! This time, she worked hard to make money. Her mother-in-law looked down on her? Then she'd send her a bastard-child 2kReads9.1Score18414d adds
7. 207 资 The Capitalist Heiress Claims Her Inheritance, and the Ascetic Officer Spoils Her Rotten 资本家小姐夺家产，禁欲军官爆宠 Silly Chen憨憨陈Modern Romance345k WordsOngoing Lu Mingzhu wakes from a nightmare in which her scumbag father takes off with the Lu family fortune and her dowry, then flees to Hong Kong with her stepmother’s family. He also reports her uncle, their powerful protector, driving his family to ruin. Lu Mingzhu, the daughter of a capitalist, is tortured until she is barely recognizable. When she confirms the dream is real, Lu Mingzhu explodes! She unlocks her ancestral pocket dimension, secretly takes everything that was about to be shipped to Hon 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The female lead is a capitalist's daughter who refuses to help the poor or go to the countryside; she's beautiful and a bit of a drama queen [thumbs up]. She saves her powerful uncle, severs ties with her scumbag father, and beats up her stepmother and stepsister, making them undergo proper "re-education." It's a very enjoyable read; the female lead is not to be trifled with! Her marriage to the male lead is in the military, and his family is quite easy to get along with!

8. 208 七 The Sweet Young Lady of the 1970s 七十年代小娇娇 Plain Robes, Pure Melody素衫清韵Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The moment the young educated youth Wen Wan arrives in Lu Jiazui, she becomes famous: famous for her beauty, famous for taking her time, and famous for her sharp tongue and soft, sweet manner. When the educated youths first arrive, Lu Dongping sees Wen Wan and thinks, How is this little thing supposed to work in the fields and earn work points? Whichever team gets her will be unlucky. Take her home and she'll be treated like an ancestor. Later, Wen Wan becomes his very own little ancestor. 1.3kReads8.9Score25014d adds
9. 209 林 Lin Suishi's Third Book 林岁始的第3本书 Lin Suishi林岁始Modern Romance121k WordsOngoing 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Instead of going to the countryside, I'm going to university!

10. 210 丰 A Voluptuous Beauty in a Country Village, and the Amnesiac Officer Who Falls for Her 丰腴美人小村妇，失忆军官沦陷了 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance102k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Family Life + Adorable Kids + Reunion After Years Apart] Jiang Mingyue transmigrated into the body of a pushover everyone could bully in 1960. Her awful relatives wanted to push her around? Her ungrateful son smashed bowls and cursed at her? Jiang Mingyue answered with a whip, teaching them how to behave! On the streets of the county town, she spent her money to buy a handsome “idiot” who was paralyzed. The whole village laughed at her for going crazy. Raising a cripple would —Reads—Score114d adds

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    😏"You're a money-loser! This brick courtyard must belong to us!" Her awful stepmother and biological father, along with the village bully, came to seize the house. She sneered, and her former special forces medic skills instantly erupted, whipping the entire family away with a single bullwhip! "The property deed is in my name, get out!" She turned and carried her paralyzed husband, whom she had taken in, into the house for a medicinal bath. The whole village was waiting to see her fail, but she became the richest woman in the village through her medical skills! Later, her biological father sold the twins to a kidney-donating gang for two thousand yuan, and she and her husband, a powerful figure who had regained his memory, went on a killing spree! Her ungrateful son begged for forgiveness, but the powerful figure kicked him away: "Don't dirty my wife's eyes!" #Heroine #Tearing ApartTheUgly #GettingRichInTheEra #PowerfulFiguresWithAnonymous 😭The four-year-old twin sons were brainwashed by their aunt: "Your mom doesn't want you anymore, your aunt will buy you meat to eat!" The two ungrateful sons pointed at their mother and cursed her, then turned and ran away with their aunt. Without even lifting an eyelid, she turned and went to the county town to pick up a paralyzed man covered in bruises and take him home. Her ten-year-old adopted daughter, hands on hips, yelled, "You two idiots! You've been sold out and you're still helping them count the money!" Sure enough, the aunt tricked the twins into getting into a black cab for money and sent them to a cold operating table! Just as the scalpel fell, she kicked the iron gate away! Later, the two ungrateful children became super mama's boys, constantly vying for their husband's affection: "Mom is ours!" The husband got angry: "Get lost, she's my wife!" #CuteKids #ChasingMomInTheCrematorium #SweetRomanceOfThePeriod #TheHusband'sJealousyIsHilarious!

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