Any Historical-Era Fiction for Women with a Refined Self-Interest? No Fools, Please 有没有精致利己的女频年代文，不要蠢的，谢谢

1. 1 七 The Clear-Eyed Beauty of the 1970s Refuses to Accept Her Fate: Book Transmigration 七零清醒美人不认命【穿书】 A Little Eight Hundred一只八百Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted [Polished Egoist + Pocket Dimension + Love at First Sight + Transmigrates into a Short Drama] [Military Officer] [Joining Her Husband on an Island] Xu Suimei is beautiful and clever. She clawed her way from an orphanage to a top university, only to discover that she still hadn't even reached the starting line others were born at. She resolved to use marriage as a stepping stone, but just as she was about to take the final step, she transmigrated to the 1970s. She became a little girl in a short 13.1kReads8.9Score930Shelves

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   The first book features a female protagonist who gets taken in by her brother-in-law's boss while visiting her sister's house. The second and third books are pretty much self-explanatory; I've read them all, and they're very nice. The last one, "Refined Self-Interest," is self-explanatory from the title.

2. 2 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted 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. 158.9kReads9.5Score12.7kShelves
3. 3 穿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 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 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 98.2kReads9.6Score8.9kShelves
4. 4 在 Looking for a Long-Term Meal Ticket in the Sixties 在六零年代寻找长期饭票 Big Head, Big Head头大头大Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted A pampered young woman from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of Xu Mengting, an ordinary high school girl in the 1960s. Xu Mengting feels utterly hopeless. But life has to go on, and since laziness has become her life philosophy, she sets out to find a long-term meal ticket so she can live a carefree, comfortable life. Oh? Her aloof deskmate seems to have pretty good prospects. She'd better snatch him up quickly! (The heroine is a typical self-interested person with plenty of flaws. 3kReads8.1Score151Shelves
5. 5 快 Quick Transmigration: My Ultimate Female Skill Takes Effect 快穿：吾之第一女技能生效 Memories Like a Dream如梦记忆Fantastical Romance569k WordsCompleted The rating just came out~ [Parents Play Favorites + The Female Lead Isn’t Innocent, Lazy, or Guilty (What Belongs to Her Parents Is Hers) + Reborn in the Womb] Ming Qi is a mischievous ghost from the underworld who took human form. She bothers the underworld staff day and night, and occasionally sneaks out to scare ghosts. Plenty of people have complained to the King of Hell. The King of Hell looks on in exasperation as the ghost sneaks off to rummage through her storeroom again. He makes up his 40.3kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves

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   The first world was amazing! Even though she has five older siblings, her parents still dote on her the most. They even send her five older siblings to the countryside, while she, as an only child, doesn't have to go. Overall, it's so satisfying!

6. 6 六 The 1960s: A Fair-skinned Beauty, Self-Interest Is Her Nature 六零凝脂美人，心机利己是本色 Kuo Luo De He Bing阔洛得喝冰Modern Romance473k WordsOngoing Lin Ranqiu transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a nine-year-old little girl. There are four children in the family: her ten-year-old elder sister and brother, twins, and eight-year-old Yaozong, who cries and throws tantrums. The original owner is stuck awkwardly in the middle, unloved and ignored. Fortunately, the transmigration deity from Tomato gives her a golden finger: dew gathers at her fingertips, restoring her beauty. And with her arsenal of green-tea lines, she shines just as brightly 10.6kReads8.6Score624Shelves

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   A super captivating and sophisticatedly self-serving novel! Highly recommended! The female lead is both beautiful and intelligent, not brainless at all. Super good-looking and super sweet! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

7. 7 六 The Foolish Cannon Fodder of the Sixties Is Impossibly Beautiful 六零笨蛋炮灰实在过份美丽 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Period + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + no relocation to the countryside + a self-serving airhead heroine + slight everyone-loves-her vibe + seven-year age gap + high-ranking male lead] [Marriage Before Love from the heroine’s perspective, love at first sight from the hero’s] With a handsome military officer for a father and a gentle, wealthy mother, Lin Xiuzhu is a bona fide rich beauty in the 1960s. But when she turns eighteen, memories from the 21st century awaken in her. She happi 6.7kReads8.0Score383Shelves
8. 8 娇 A Rose Between Her Teeth 娇咬玫瑰 Would You Like Some Orange Juice?喝橙汁儿吗Modern Romance472k WordsCompleted [Cool, aloof, flirtatious little fox VS wild, swaggering heir to a wealthy family] [Age gap + saying one thing and meaning another + openly flirting and secretly doting + long-laid plans + mutual salvation] Wei Sichu had never been a good person. All she wanted was to do whatever it took to survive. She was sick of living under someone else’s roof, and wanted to become Sheng Fang’s wife. Everyone said they were worlds apart and that she was delusional, but she was the only one carefully plotting 3.6kReads9.0Score267Shelves
9. 9 漂 A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上 Sanda Biscuit散打饼干Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo 54.1kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves
10. 10 快 Quick Transmigration: I Got the Mistress's Script and Went on a Rampage 快穿：拿到小三剧本的我杀疯了 Mountains, Rivers, and Clouds山川云Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration | 1V1 | Both leads are each other’s only love | Sweet romance | Seductive heroine | Green tea heroine | Satisfying and sweet | Long-planned scheme | Fast-paced | System] Xie Qingyu, a veteran quick transmigration agent enjoying a carefree vacation, is suddenly dragged back for an emergency mission. Her task is to break up the male and female leads in various small worlds. Play the other woman? (Absolutely not!! The heroine isn’t really a mistress; the reason will be explain 1.8kReads7.9Score318Shelves
11. 11 美 A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅 Yaoyao Not Bewitching a夭夭不妖aModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b 34.5kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves

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    1. The female lead is reborn into the female lead's body, but she doesn't go to the countryside, isn't a saint, doesn't go to the black market, and doesn't suffer losses. She's the most beautiful character in the entire story, slightly charming, and has a foolish yet selfish personality. She's a rich, beautiful, and only daughter. The male lead is possessive and dotes on her. He's also a politician. 2. This is a period-time quick transmigration novel. The female lead has a refined, self-centered personality and a cheat ability. She's the most beautiful character in the entire story, not a saint, doesn't suffer losses, and immediately takes revenge without hesitation. She also deals with difficult characters instantly, never letting things linger. Her main theme is someone who doesn't compromise herself.

12. 12 末 The Doomed Young Lady Lands in the Countryside Just Before the Move, Hiding Out in the City 末世娇女穿在下乡前夕，苟在城里 The Sky Clears After the Rain雨过天也晴Modern Romance711k WordsOngoing Lin Jiao was born lucky. Even in the harsh conditions of the apocalypse, she lived a life everyone envied. Who could have known that while she was browsing the shops and joining the crowds at the base, a System fragment would hit her temple, killing her and sending her to another world? Her original self was unloved by both parents. She decided to sell her job and follow the man she loved to the countryside. Then a reborn heroine stole her man, and she died suddenly from a heart attack. After tr 1.1kReads7.2Score—Shelves
13. 13 六 The Sixties: A Captivating Yet Hateful Villainess 六零，迷人又可恶的反派恶女 Sweetie Xi小甜甜喜Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Born into the 1960s, she becomes a posthumous child, doted on by her whole family. Luo Mingyue says, “You're all this twisted, so I can't exactly be too normal.” A cast of villains, the 1960s 8.2kReads7.8Score427Shelves
14. 14 快 Quick Transmigration: Your Male Lead Is Mine Now 快穿：你的男主是我的了 It's Zhang Dabao!是张大宝呀Modern Romance448k WordsOngoing [Villainess, calculating, universally adored, male rivalry, everyone is evil, Mary Sue] Bai Lu was beautiful, arrogant, vain, shallow, and money-hungry, with a talent for manipulating people. After she died, she seduced System 088 and skipped the line for reincarnation in the underworld, heading instead to small worlds where she could do whatever she pleased. [The CEOs' One True Love's Substitute] Every CEO has a one true love. Bai Lu is the substitute for several CEOs' beloveds. When the origin 8.5kReads8.3Score524Shelves

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    The female lead's sophisticated and self-serving personality, inherited from her mother, is absolutely captivating. Highly recommended!

15. 15 七 The 1970s: The Frail White Moonlight's Persona Has Crumbled Again 七零：病弱白月光她人设又崩了 Yuan Zhe鸢柘Modern Romance96k WordsOngoing After waking from a high fever, Lin Zhiyi discovers she has become the cannon-fodder supporting female character in a novel set in a bygone era, while her reborn cousin returns with a “blood debts must be repaid” script. But her cousin doesn't know this: in the book, you're mistreated, but in real life, I'm the one the whole family dotes on. My frail health is my protective charm, and a spirit spring is my hidden ace. As my cousin schemes at every turn, I foil her plans at every turn. By the fin 270Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is a yandere, the female lead is smart, and the revenge scenes are swift and exciting. It's a good read and I recommend it.

16. 16 七 A 1970s Book's Cannon-Fodder Background Character's Everyday Life 七零穿书炮灰路人甲的日常 Bu Kaka布卡卡Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigrate into a book + transmigrate + pocket dimension + everyday family life + making a fortune + watching the drama unfold As a modern-day corporate drone who’d given up on life, Xu Jianian woke from her lunch break and found herself completely dumbfounded. Looking at the old-fashioned green train before her, she wondered, Where on earth have I ended up? After figuring things out, she learned she’d transmigrated into a period novel, and she was a cannon-fodder character wh 21.3kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves

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    This book is a must-have! It's rare to find a female lead with a magical spring that she won't let anyone use, not even the male lead. She keeps her cheat ability tightly hidden. From beginning to end, the female lead is very clear-headed and doesn't love the male lead to death. She's always clear-headed, always sophisticated, and always self-centered.

17. 17 快 Quick Transmigration: The Scheming Woman's Comeback Handbook 快穿：心机婊逆袭手册 Ling Shijiu零施酒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + no moral compass + self-serving heroine + semi-immersive + no fixed pairing + Mary Sue stories + inexplicable love at first sight] Content warnings are in the author's notes. In countless fictional worlds, there is always a “scheming bitch” side character. She loves the male lead, opposes the heroine, and tries every trick in the book, yet still fails to win the male lead's favor. All she can do is watch the leads end up together. They refuse to accept it. They won't give 23.7kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves

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    The female lead is a scheming, self-serving woman who falls in love at first sight and becomes completely immersed in the relationship. She's the male lead's widowed sister-in-law in a period drama, the emperor's cousin in a palace intrigue novel, the male lead's arrogant cousin in a romance novel, the male lead's materialistic ex-girlfriend in a protagonist-centric story, and a hypocritical fake heiress in a "true or false heiress" novel…

18. 18 快 The Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Won't Play by the Rules 快穿炮灰她不走寻常路 Traveler in Misty Rain一蓑烟雨客Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing No fixed pairing, Qing-dynasty setting + historical eras + other worlds, with a pocket dimension Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a self-serving perfectionist. Her motto is that she can eat anything but hardship and endure anything but suffering. She tries to live comfortably in every world. After more than twenty years of bad luck, college student Shen Anning finally catches a break, only to die the day before her fortune is due to arrive. Perhaps her resentment is too great: just before sh 66.4kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves

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    The female lead is a sophisticated egoist; she'd invest in herself rather than the male lead's brother—she absolutely loves herself. It's not just a facade of egoism; she'll give men spiritual springs to drink and health supplements to eat [frustrated][frustrated]. She loves herself above all else.

19. 19 拿 Get the Handsome Educated Youth, and Run Again and I’ll Break Your Legs! 拿下貌美知青，再敢跑打断腿！ Mrs. Hockcliffe霍克利夫人Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted [Stunning Heroine + Love at First Sight + Sweet Romance + Rugged Hero + A Pocket Dimension That’s Not Much Use + Everyday Life + Both Leads Are Chaste] Ye Shu is just like her name: beautiful and delicate. By some inexplicable twist, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes an educated youth sent to the countryside. Ye Shu: Does going to the countryside mean farm work? I can’t stand hardship at all. Luckily, I have money and a way to cheat. At worst, I’ll do less work and eat less from the com 19.1kReads8.0Score1.6kShelves

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    The female lead, dressed in traditional attire, immediately goes to the countryside. She's incredibly beautiful, absolutely stunning. The male lead falls in love with her at first sight. She's beautiful and delicate, but doesn't like doing chores, so he helps her. Initially, she doesn't like him, but he's very cunning and manipulative. "Fine, if you don't like me, I'll show you what life is like!" He thinks. But when she cries, he feels sorry for her and seizes the opportunity to confess his feelings. They start dating, and the more they date, the more infatuated he becomes, showering her with affection and treating her like royalty. [Laughing][Laughing][Laughing][Laughing]

20. 20 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Became the Heroine’s Wicked Stepsister 穿越七零，我成了女主的恶毒继姐 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance673k WordsOngoing [Military marriage, period setting, space, transmigration, sweet romance, countryside, family squabbles, face-slapping] When Su Lingwu opens her eyes, she has transmigrated into the body of a domineering, selfish, vain, jealous, beautiful-but-useless cannon-fodder character! She is Su Lingtang’s wicked stepsister, Su Lingwu! After working herself to death from overwork, everything goes black. Then black again. Isn’t this a novel she read once? The villainess falls for the same man as the heroine 150.6kReads8.5Score15.3kShelves

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    Her domineering and arrogant nature shows that she is not weak; she dares to fight and compete, and is not easily manipulated.

21. 21 快 Quick Transmigration: I’m Clinging to a Big Shot in Period Novels 快穿之我在年代文里抱大腿 Rouge-Smiling Bookworm胭脂笑忘书生666k WordsCompleted Her lifestyle was far too extravagant. If she could sit, she never stood; if she could lie down, she never sat. She avoided hardship and enjoyed every comfort. Because Yu Niaoniao loved the good life too much, the Main God, who couldn’t stand the sight of her, banished her to a department that sent people into period novels to complete missions. She was sent to an era where everything was scarce, expected to suffer and toil to her heart’s content. But! If they wanted her to suffer, she would do 396Reads8.5Score103Shelves

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    🌈①The male lead is a true father figure. 🌿The first thing he does upon awakening his memories is to lure the female lead into marriage with gold and silver jewelry, supporting her through university. He accompanies her to university, taking care of her daily needs. He exudes the aura of a devoted husband, fearing someone might steal her away because he was the fourth mistress in his past life. 😄🌈②A quick transmigration novel. The first story is super captivating. After the female lead, Yu Niaoniao, is discovered to be a fake heiress, she tries to avoid being kicked out of her home by directly pursuing her childhood friend, the older brother. However, the brother, seemingly upright, is actually extremely possessive and secretly gets pregnant without consulting her!

22. 22 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Alluring Villain 快穿年代：迷人的反派角色 Lou Ying Who Loves Matcha Buns爱吃抹茶馒头的楼影Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Self-serving and unapologetic + Overpowered from the start + No suffering for others, no saintly heroine + No fixed couple + Sweet romance] After Jin Baolin perished alongside the Zombie King, she unexpectedly became bound to a godawful holier-than-thou System. It wanted her to take the place of disposable characters who refused to follow the plot and selflessly give everything to the protagonists, preferably working herself to the bone before making a glorious sacrifice. Oh, and she had to l 13.3kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves

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    I highly recommend this book! This is a true post-apocalyptic, female-centric, fast-paced transmigration novel! The female lead is intelligent, rational, and powerful, possessing water, lightning, and spatial abilities. She's not manipulated, doesn't act like a saint, and fights back against the system, taking control of her own destiny. She's cautious and meticulous, leaving no trace of her changes after transmigrating, and ensuring her lifestyle remains discreet. She knows how to find powerful backers to weather crises. She's decisive and ruthless in her revenge, killing without hesitation. She's sophisticated, self-serving, enjoys life, and has a high sense of self-worth, living life to the fullest – truly a powerful female lead! [The post-apocalyptic world taught her two most important lessons: strength and enjoying life to the fullest.] [Her initial intention never changed: to enjoy life, to eat well, drink well, live well, and use the best things. She deserves it!] [Play? Who wants to play with these parasites? Slap them to death. Risking one's life after discovering a problem is foolish.] [A secret is a secret because no one else knows it except oneself; keeping it in one's heart is the key. If kept well, it's a secret; if not, it's a leak.]

23. 23 快 Quick Transmigration Stockpiling: Self-Serving Me Goes on a Killing Spree 快穿囤货：利已的我杀疯了 A Gu 6阿顾6Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Quick transmigration + spatial storage + stockpiling + selfish and self-serving + lazy and gluttonous + villainous heroine with skewed morals + indiscriminate killing + living to a ripe old age + no fixed CP) My heroine kills without batting an eye and indiscriminately slaughters the innocent. Goody-two-shoes, stay away. If you like seeing men suffer, then sisters who feel sorry for men are in for a lifetime of bad luck. One day, Yan Qingmo suddenly became bound to a System that told her to li 15kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves

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    This quick transmigration story is truly selfish; each story only has about ten chapters, hence the low rating.

24. 24 穿 The Book Transmigrator Swapped Brides, Married in Her Place, and Raised Fish. I Returned to Win Without Lifting a Finger 穿书女换亲替嫁养鱼，我回归躺赢 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance118k WordsOngoing [Reclaiming Her Body + Emotional Push and Pull + Family Life + Devoted Husband + Marriage Before Love] Su Wan's body was taken over by a woman who had transmigrated into a book for three years. During that time, the transmigrator pulled one outrageous stunt after another. First, she plotted, "Dad marries into the family, and I get rich," tricking her father into marrying a rich woman. Then she forced the wealthy woman's son, a future business tycoon, into her grasp. She had her eldest sister tak 5kReads—Score124Shelves

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    Too selfish. The transmigrated woman in the book was forced into a marriage of convenience and raised fish, while I returned to the world and won effortlessly. The transmigrated woman's actions were constantly outrageous; she even orchestrated a scenario where her father married into the family and she became incredibly wealthy. It avoids the clichéd plot of the simpleton in the courtyard house who couldn't settle accounts, but it does feature a story of an old house catching fire, a wrong marriage that just happened to be blossoming, and the emotional turmoil of him ruining half my life for me. Very good.

25. 25 穿 I Transmigrated as a Brash Villainess and Tricked an Amnesiac Big Shot into Becoming My Live-In Son-in-Law 穿成泼作女配，骗失忆大佬当赘婿 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period drama + everyday warmth + daily life + emotional tension + building wealth + happy ending] This is not an angst-filled story. Su Man transmigrates into a book, finding herself in an unfinished, melodramatic rebirth novel... as a lazy, greedy, foul-tempered villainess in the late 1970s. The original owner gets into danger in the wild and is saved by a powerful man with amnesia. In a series of foolish acts, she tricks him into thinking he's a fugitive, hides his military ID, and forces him 21.9kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
26. 26 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [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, 99.1kReads8.8Score7.5kShelves

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    Refined self-interest!!! I absolutely love the female lead's relentless drive to achieve her goals. "I need it, I'll fight for it, I'll get it!!" This mindset is truly something we should all learn from! [Masterpiece by Sparrow Food][Masterpiece by Sparrow Food]

27. 27 恶 The Villainess Gets Everyone's Favor with Just a Few Tricks 恶女她略施手段得到所有偏爱 Sea Salt Potato Chips海盐味薯片Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Immersive quick transmigration + historical eras + self-interest + a touch of everyone’s favorite + love-struck male leads + no fixed CP] Good women earn a good reputation. Bad women get everything. So what if Nan Xi is vicious, spoiled, and selfish? Plenty of people still love her. All she has to do is open her hands, and someone will give her whatever she wants. 1. The older sister who refuses to go to the countryside 2. The educated youth returning to the city 3. The heiress and the migrant 16.3kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves

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    ① It's a quick transmigration world. I only read three small worlds, and it was very enjoyable. In my opinion, the female lead isn't evil; she's just greedy and ambitious. ② This setting is very enjoyable if you can accept the male lead's impurity. The only downside is that the female lead wants to raise the child under her own name, but the male lead feels his status is too low and considers giving the child to the Empress to raise. Because of this, the female lead only gives birth to girls, haha. The Empress Dowager sides with the female lead, and they have a cold war for several chapters. The Empress Dowager scolds the Emperor, and the Emperor becomes obedient. At this time, the female lead is already pregnant with her second child. She doesn't change the fact that the Emperor is obedient just because it's a girl.

28. 28 皇 The Emperor Has No Heir? His Low-Ranking Consort Is Pregnant Again! 皇上无子？小答应又又又怀孕了！ Hot and Sour Fish Ball Noodles酸辣鱼丸粉Ancient Romance713k WordsOngoing The emperor's dragon seed had eluded every consort in the palace for ten years, but she conceived in a single night. Shen Zhiyi was merely a young palace candidate pushed into a lotus pond, the lowliest of junior consorts. Who could have guessed that the night she was summoned to attend the emperor, she would bind herself to a childbearing System? The day the imperial physicians announced the good news, the emperor, who had been gloomy for ten years, burst out laughing. The whole court knelt and 488.7kReads9.1Score61.9kShelves
29. 29 快 Quick Transmigration: A Self-Serving Heartthrob's Guide to the Era 快穿：利己万人迷的年代指南 Nan Feiyu楠蜚语Modern Romance350k WordsOngoing [Period setting + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + calculating self-interest + slightly wicked but unaware of it + a touch of captivating charm + men competing for her] Taotao is a peach blossom fairy born of nature itself. Men are always fighting over her, so brawls break out every few days. Afraid she might get caught up in the chaos, her divine father sends her into the Reincarnation Mirror to escape her romantic entanglements. But Yueying, a fairy jealous of Taotao, secretly tampers wi 476Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A time-traveling story set in different eras, featuring a slightly popular female protagonist who is self-centered, avoids hardship, and always eats very well in every world.

30. 30 快 Quick Transmigration: Absolute Clarity 快穿：绝对清醒 Young Master Lan公子澜Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted [Clear-Headed Villainess + Sophisticated Self-Interested Charmer + No Fixed Couple + Alternate Universe] Everyone is a pawn, and she is the one pulling the strings. Chi Yan: "I'll be the one laughing last." World One: Alternate-History Era On the fishing platform, the willing take the bait. World Two: Alternate-History Era There is no such thing as absolute sincerity, only absolute self-interest. World Three: Alternate-Universe Port Mafia The flower blooming amid absolute evil will become the sh 15.7kReads8.6Score927Shelves

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    🌈Absolutely sophisticated egoism, only caring about profit and not feelings, even treating herself as a stepping stone to a better life. ✨To her children, she says: "Children are like viruses growing on their mothers, relentlessly exploiting and robbing them of their life force. They absorb their mother's nutrition and vitality at birth, and inherit her wealth when they grow up. They are like vampires on their mothers, draining her marrow through inheritance, imprisoning her for life in the name of maternal love." (Ps: The incestuous relationships in this story are amazing, so captivating!)

31. 31 被 My Best Friend, Who Loves to Take Advantage of Me, Carries Me to Success 被爱薅羊毛的闺蜜带飞 Shui Yue Teng氺月滕26k WordsCompleted Getting Carried by My Bestie Who Loves to Mooch Off Me 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This underrated work

32. 32 和 After Eloping with Her Childhood Friend, Her Rugged Commander Husband Went Crazy 和竹马私奔后，糙汉首长急疯了 Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + married first, love later + winning back his wife!] Song Shengsheng had a nightmare and discovered that she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel: the male lead’s first wife, who died young. In the book, beauty was her only asset. To escape her husband, she wrote a letter reporting that her military officer husband came from a politically suspect background. That wasn’t all. When 32.3kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves

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    These books are absolutely perfect for what you're looking for! [Learned it][Learned it][Learned it] I've already read them several times on Taobao; they're top-tier books! [Smirk][Smirk][Smirk] They're really great, highly recommended! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

33. 33 六 The Villainous Beauty of the 1960s Was Stolen Away 六零恶毒美媚娇被强取豪夺了 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted (A gorgeous, self-centered female lead + a male lead who’s clever as can be but hopelessly lovesick) Qin Sang has an unbelievably beautiful face, but she’s selfish to the core. She’s had an easy ride since birth. Once she grew up, her looks brought her even more perks, and even Factory Director Pei, who’d just transferred from the capital, fell at her feet. Then one day, Sang Sang saw a line of text above Bai Tingting, the Bai family’s “fake heiress.” It said something about transmigrating in 8.2kReads8.0Score513Shelves

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    Every book is great (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧, and the female leads are all selfish づ♡ど

34. 34 年 [Quick Transmigration] Playing a Fake White Lotus in a Period Novel 【快穿】年代文里当虚伪黑莲花 Warm Pomelo西柚温温Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted (Complete!) (Please consider adapting this into a short drama!) [Vicious and self-serving + universally adored villainess + dog-training romance + selfish and self-centered + immersive multiple-male-lead romance] [Original title: The Villainess of the Era, with Skin Like Ice and Bones Like Jade] Ye Qiutang is the most beautiful flower of wealth in the mortal world. The ability to bewitch people is innate to her, and her beauty is a weapon that always gets her way. But beneath her pure, saintly f 14.5kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
35. 35 穿 Transmigrating into a Period Novel About Frenemies? The Hidden Big Shot Is Addicted to Spoiling Her 穿进敌蜜年代文？隐藏大佬宠成瘾 I Dream of Writing a Masterpiece做梦都想写精品Modern Romance516k WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension]+ [Getting Pregnant Before Marriage]+ [Powerful Male Lead]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Everyone’s Favorite] Shen Zhiyu opened her eyes and found herself inside a period novel written by her archrival. The character she’d been given nearly made her sick with rage. Watching her real-world nemesis getting all lovey-dovey with the male lead, Shen Zhiyu reclaimed her own golden finger and made sure her rival couldn’t take advantage of her again. She turned around and married the good-for-not 6.1kReads8.4Score398Shelves

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    🍄This is a high-quality historical fiction novel with a realistic twist, personally tested and confirmed. The female lead is a sophisticated egoist. ① She transmigrates into the body of the male lead's cannon fodder fiancée in a novel, starting in hell mode: facing being caught cheating. She goes along with it, breaking off the engagement with her ungrateful fiancé and retrieving her keepsake (the original female lead's cheat code). The female lead: "I can't let others suffer, but I can't let myself suffer. If someone makes me unhappy, I can make them unhappy for a very, very long time."

36. 36 年 A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义 Today Is Jingzhe今日惊蛰Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a 12.4kReads8.1Score713Shelves

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    ✨First book: [Era-themed + Pampered Family + Refined Self-interest + Sweet Romance + Daily Life + Family of Eccentrics + Everyone's an Extreme Character + Parallel Universe + No Rural Demise] (Family portrait, everyone is a protagonist, but from the female lead's perspective. The female lead appears naive and innocent.) ✨Second book: [Era-themed + System + Villain + Unethical + Few Extreme Characters + No Rural Demise + Satisfying Read + Never Infighting] (How to avoid the extreme characters around you? Of course, become the biggest extreme character yourself!) Transmigrating into a book isn't scary, what's scary is transmigrating into a tragic and vicious cannon fodder character. Let's take a look at He Ruixue's family: the eldest brother is reckless, the eldest sister-in-law is shrewish, the second sister and brother-in-law are both love-struck, the third brother and sister-in-law are lazy and indecisive. The original owner, as the favored youngest daughter of her parents, embodies all the family's flaws: lazy, domineering, arrogant, and vain… Aside from a pretty face, she's basically useless. Yet, the family affection the female lead craves most is readily available to her. As a contrast, her existence is a thorn in the female lead's side. In the original book, she and her family met tragic ends, becoming the female lead's stepping stones. He Ruixue fell silent. "Is it too late for me to clear my name?" Fortunately, her golden finger arrived late but surely—activating the Great Villain System. Any action consistent with her character's traits triggers a critical hit. [Stealing one egg, 20x critical hit, gain 20 eggs] [Deceiving a sales clerk at a county-level grocery store, 15x critical hit, gain a job in the purchasing department of the Second Department Store in the city] This actually works? No clearing my name, absolutely no clearing my name! ✨ [Third Book] Yang Yuan never expected that one day she would transmigrate and become the pseudo-best friend of the female lead in a period novel. Not only did she burn the female lead's love letters, but she also met a bad end. Well, fortunately, she doesn't have many scenes. With a little scheming, she can salvage her life. What? Going to the countryside? Impossible, absolutely impossible. I'm just lazy, greedy, and cunning, averse to work. So what if I take advantage of others? So what if I'm cunning? Isn't that what cunning is all about? The female lead is sophisticated and self-serving, imperfect, and doesn't go to the countryside or the black market. The male lead appears late in the story.

37. 37 八 1980s Military Marriage: The Madcap Days of Jiang, the Cannon-Fodder Chef 八零军婚：炮灰江大厨的发疯日常 Poor Sanqi!贫穷的三七呀！Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period setting + pocket dimension + witty heroine + straight-man hero + scene-stealing kid Xie Yuanqing: Whatever you need, leave it all to me. Jiang Chang: Brother, you're such a great guy. How about we become sworn brothers? Xie Yuanqing: Why are you covering your nose? Jiang Chang: Bro, there's such a strong smell of the red-light district on you, it's choking me. Xie Yuanqing: You mean the smell of someone who's been traveling all day? Xie Yuanqing: Is my back smooth? Jiang Chang: That's 3.9kReads9.0Score443Shelves
38. 38 七 The 1970s: Professor Lu’s Wife Is Beautiful and Vicious 七零：陆教授的妻子娇美且恶毒 Sleepyhead Who Won't Sleep睡睡不睡觉Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted [Self-Serving, Sophisticated Heroine + Hero Who Becomes Love-Struck Later + Both Reborn] Jiang Shiyi was never a good person. In her previous life, the Lu family fell into disgrace, and to avoid marrying Lu Xianyu, she framed him and got him sent away to the countryside. Less than two years later, the Lu family was cleared of all charges. To “get revenge” on Jiang Shiyi, Lu Xianyu married her, and they spent ten years tangled up together before finally divorcing. In the end, Jiang Shiyi watche 12.7kReads7.0Score881Shelves

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    🍒❶ A top-tier historical fiction story. The female lead is sophisticated and self-reliant, but not a saint. When her husband faces demotion, she decisively divorces him and stays in the city. Unexpectedly, the male lead is love-struck, loving her in both his past and present lives. Even knowing she's wicked and selfish, he still loves her. His first act upon being reborn is to marry her, and he's completely smitten. No matter how much she acts up, his bottom line is never to divorce her.

39. 39 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies: The Cannon-Fodder Wife Takes Her Child to Join the Army 穿书年代，炮灰原配携崽随军去啦 Spirit Rain in the Empty Mountains空山灵雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An Hua transmigrated to the 1960s and became the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a male lead from a novel set in that era. The original wife was a rich, beautiful heiress who looked down on her illiterate, working-class husband. She caused one scene after another, determined to divorce him and run into the arms of her first love. An Hua, who had transmigrated into her role, thought: Illiterate? That's a man with the right roots and a good background! Working-class? He's a golden ticket! She promptly to 30.2kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
40. 40 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 57.5kReads8.5Score6.9kShelves

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    [Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work] Time-traveled to 1970, bound to a flash sale system, rising from a county supply and marketing cooperative purchasing agent to the city's youngest section chief. Procurement of supplies, solving major cases, catching murderers, pampered by the whole family, a fulfilling career!

41. 41 快 Quick Transmigration: In Period Novels, I Pursue Self-Interest with Style 快穿：拜金的我在年代文精致利己 Nannan's Cultivation Dream楠楠的修仙梦Modern Romance5.6M WordsOngoing Follow the happy lives of the gold-digging, shameless woman Li Na across stories set in different eras. (Li Na has a different personality in each era story and no memories of her other lives in other era stories. The protagonist is only named Li Na; they are not the same person. Some have a golden finger and some don't, and when they do, it's very minor. The heroine is just an utterly ordinary woman.) Content warning: The heroine is deeply flawed and extremely selfish. She only ever thinks of h 7.8kReads8.2Score362Shelves

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    These are all very good books, all featuring sophisticated and self-serving female protagonists. The first one is about the happy lives of materialistic and manipulative women across different eras. [Laughs]

42. 42 七 The 1970s: A Refined Self-Interest Maximizer, She Breaks Through to the Top 七零：精致利己主义，她破圈而上 Mei Wending每文町Modern Romance289k WordsOngoing [Period setting + transmigration into a book + satisfying read + sweet romance + food] A modern-day wage slave transmigrates into the body of a pampered young woman in the 1970s who can’t lift a finger or tell one grain from another, with the countdown to being sent down to the countryside underway. Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. She can still save herself, and even if the conditions aren’t there, she’ll make them. Her top priority is to find someone to provide her with meals long-term 3Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 勇 Taking on Hong Kong: Mom Says I Won’t Be Anyone’s Stepping Stone 勇闯香江，我妈说不做垫脚石 Wang Weiwei王维维Modern Romance389k WordsOngoing (Period setting + golden finger + stockpiling + explosive growth in the later stages) She transmigrated. She’d landed in a melodramatic male-oriented novel! According to the story, the male lead, Lu Shixun, fled to Hong Kong with his parents as a child because of the turbulent times. They brought $100,000, a hundred gold bars, and seven or eight pieces of jewelry. As the eldest son, he was groomed by his family. When he grew up, he opened factories and companies, entered politics, and became a r 2.2kReads7.8Score124Shelves

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    [Thumbs up][Send a heart][Send a heart] The female lead is clear-headed and calm. 1. The female lead transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes Xu Jing'an, the third daughter from the lowest rung of her family. She has access to the original story and a spatial ability, and learns that her role is to serve as a stepping stone for various main characters throughout her life. The female lead is calm, rational, and intelligent. Utilizing the information from the book and her spatial ability, she gradually becomes independent, living and working on her own, and escaping the awful family. The author's writing is excellent, the plot is clear, and the story is realistic. 2. The female lead transmigrates to the late Republican era, possessing the advantages of historical setting, real estate, and a spatial ability. The female lead is her mother's only daughter and lives with her mother. Her father divorces and remarries. She secretly uses her spatial ability to steal her father's savings, who is about to leave for Hong Kong. Due to the times, the female lead and her mother move to Hong Kong and buy a house. Life in a foreign land begins, and the everyday family matters and the hardships of the era are all very realistic, written vividly and richly. Her mother is a well-bred lady with excellent interpersonal skills.

44. 44 快 Quick Transmigration: The Sweet and Soft Female Lead 快穿：女配娇又软 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + beautiful and ruthless] Shen Xiantang was a wicked woman who wreaked havoc throughout the cultivation world. After failing her tribulation, she was captured by a System. To be reborn and change her fate, she decided to sign an agreement with the System, completing tasks in exchange for a chance to turn back time. She travels through various minor worlds, with just one task: survive. It sounds simple, but Shen Xiantang got stuck with an unreliable System. After delivering t 15kReads8.5Score864Shelves

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    If you're looking for a sophisticated, self-serving, beautiful yet ruthless female lead, go for it!! The second world features a historical romance where the female lead is never subdued, making for a particularly satisfying read.

45. 45 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Reluctant Match Is Surprisingly Sweet 重生七零：强扭的瓜有点甜 Meow Commander喵指挥官Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan transmigrated! And she transmigrated right into the most awkward situation imaginable. Why awkward? Because she was forcing herself on a man. This is a terrible misunderstanding, a huge injustice! None of this has anything to do with her. She’s just an innocent passerby who transmigrated into this world. Unfortunately, no one believes her. Well, the original owner was notorious for raising hell and ruling the family compound like a tyrant! So be it. What’s done is done, and crying won’ 11.6kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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    ① Absolutely perfect and absolutely gorgeous [admiration], everyone's intelligence is on point, the female lead is more cunning than a hornet's nest [think about it carefully], cautious and super low-key, never goes to the countryside or the black market, seizes opportunities to escape her family's misery, and carefully selects her husbands, truly sifting through them one by one.

46. 46 穿 Before My Whole Family Was Sent to the Countryside, I Took My Child and Ran 穿到全家下乡前，我带娃跑路了 Cream Cake Frosting奶油蛋糕酱Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Soul transmigration to the 1960s + pocket dimension + raising a child + sweet romance + both leads are devoted only to each other] Shu Yao thought someone must have put a curse on her. In her dreams, she saw another version of herself live a miserable life: when her husband was sent away for reeducation, she abandoned him and their child, then married a divorced man with a child of his own, only to become his unpaid nanny. Unable to take it anymore, she jumped into a river. The one who buried h 38.9kReads8.1Score5.6kShelves

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    This is a female-oriented novel featuring a sophisticated and self-serving female protagonist. 🌿① The female protagonist has just transmigrated into the book 📚 and is immediately faced with the reality of being sent to a rural area. She can go to any village she wants; she truly can't endure any hardship. Her current husband declares: divorce is fine, but the child must be taken. Faced with the choice between carrying manure and raising the child, she decisively chooses to raise the child.

47. 47 军 Military Marriage: You Want to Send Me to the Countryside? I'll PUA Your Whole Family 军婚:逼我下乡?我PUA他全家 Li Baozhu李宝珠Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple + Pocket Dimension] In her previous life, Fang Ying was poisoned by her stepmother and grew uglier by the day. Her childhood sweetheart and fiancé got together with her stepmother’s daughter. Then her entire family pressured her to give up her place at a workers, peasants, and soldiers university and go to the countryside in the other girl’s place! She turned around and married her fiancé’s uncle, a decorated soldier. But he died in action si 56.2kReads9.0Score7.7kShelves
48. 48 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 6.8kReads8.8Score413Shelves

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    [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts] This is truly a super good period drama. The female lead is a graduate of Kyoto University, beautiful, and has a proud and aloof personality, but she was framed and bedridden for seven years. [Shocked][Shocked][Shocked] The male lead is the female lead's childhood friend and is extremely love-obsessed. It's a very heartwarming story.

49. 49 七 Warm Days in the 1970s: The Unwanted Daughter's Daily Life of Giving Everything Away 七零暖时光，赔钱货的倒贴日常 Golden Scales, How Could They Be金鳞岂是Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to a period novel + System + pocket dimension + everyday life + lots of romance and love interests + standing up for herself + feel-good power fantasy + female-lead loyal + no putting up with mistreatment] Family squabbles and dealing with awful relatives + building a career and rising all the way to the top + encounters with all kinds of handsome men This book puts the heroine first. She only loves herself and refuses to marry into a family as a live-in bride. Hua Er transmigrat 11.4kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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    I might not read the books my bros like, but I'll definitely read the ones they give scathing reviews! Absolutely delicious! The female protagonist has an incredibly high level of self-reliance! She loves herself immensely! No charity work involved! Healthy breasts! A period drama with a strong female lead.

50. 50 军 The Sweet, Alluring Military Wife and Her Devoted Rough-Hewn Soldier 军嫂娇，军嫂媚，糙汉军爷宠上天 Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rugged military officer + sweet, gentle beauty] (Fictional military marriage + marriage before love + daily life with the troops + stepmother and adorable kids + food) When Jiang Rou opens her eyes, she's become the fake heiress in a period novel. Not only is she a pitiful cannon-fodder supporting character, but the real heiress has knocked her unconscious and made her marry an older man in her place. Rumor has it that the man is disfigured and lame, with two burdens to care for, one big and on 17.1kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    Exquisite self-interest. [Facepalm] I can't sleep, I'm watching this secretly because I'm afraid you'll suffer internal injuries like me. I've already watched it about five or six times. The jokes never feel bland no matter how many times I rewatch them, I love it so much.

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