Period Novels Where the Female Lead Doesn’t Bail Out Her Family, Have Lots of Children, Go to the Black Market, or Take Over Someone Else’s Mess 女主不扶贫，不多胎，不去黑市，不接盘的年代文

1. 501 嫁 After Marrying My Childhood Sweetheart, I Gossip Around the Compound 嫁给竹马后，我在大院吃瓜 Shi Lai莳来Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted [1960s + Siheyuan Courtyard + Gossip-Watching + Everyday Life + Light Ensemble Cast + Cozy, Sweet Romance] On December 2, 1965, Yan Huan and Shen Mingcheng got married, turning their childhood friendship into a lifelong partnership. On December 3, 1965, Tian Huifen introduced Yan Huan to the ten households in the compound. From then on, Yan Huan became a little melon-loving badger in the gossip patch. Shen Mingcheng’s perspective: I’m going to love my childhood sweetheart for the rest of our li 12.8kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
2. 502 重 Reborn: Speculating and Making a Fortune in the 1980s 重生，我在八十年代投机倒把 Mo Bai么白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted When she woke up, Jiang Xiaoxi had returned to 1987, to the age of eighteen. Her grandmother was still alive, her parents were young, her sister wasn’t sick, and she hadn’t married a jerk. Everything was wonderful. Given a second chance at life in an era ripe for rebuilding, how could she not make something of herself? See how Jiang Xiaoxi, reborn, uses every opportunity to make money and change her life. 4.6kReads8.9Score398Shelves

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3. 503 恶 My Wicked Mother-in-Law Went on a Rampage After Being Reborn, So I Took Her Place and Won by Doing Nothing 恶婆婆重生后杀疯了，我替嫁躺赢 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted [70s setting + military marriage + period drama + substitute marriage + family life + face-slapping + transmigration and rebirth] Su Qing was dazzlingly beautiful. Her friends jokingly called her a “strong, whiny monster.” She had countless admirers, and had beaten up countless scumbags. She never imagined she’d transmigrate into the body of a pushover. The pushover had been worked like a beast at her parents’ home, and even her marriage had been used as a pawn. Since her family refused to retur 18kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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   🔥A very novel and amazing period drama! ૮ O̴̶̷᷄ ·̫ᕳᕲა 🎆🎆Wang Cuifen (Rebirth Version): All the children in this family are ungrateful wretches, completely unfilial. They left me homeless in my old age, and it was actually my second son's wife, whom I didn't like, who took me in [almost crying]. After being reborn, I must treat Qingqing well. Apart from Qingqing, none of those ungrateful wretches can be relied on! 🌈🌈Su Qing (Transmigration Version): Hmm~ This mother-in-law has been reborn, right? She's so good to me, and she even knows my little habits. We must have had a great relationship in our past lives~ I'll definitely support Cuifen from now on ⁄(⁄⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄⁄)⁄ 🌞🌞Su Qing (Transmigrated into the first version): Wow~ This situation is really dangerous. I have to be careful every step of the way. I can't get along with my mother-in-law in my husband's family. If I anger her, we'll argue and fight. She's super strong (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ After her husband died, she left her husband's family and lived on her own, building a considerable business! She even picked up her mother-in-law when she was homeless! 🌙🌙Su Qing (Original Owner): She was tricked into marrying by her parents and thought it was all her husband's fault for sleeping in the wrong bed. She tried to get close to her own family and please her husband's family, but neither family liked her. After her husband's sacrifice, she was kicked out of her husband's family. After being rejected when she returned to her own family, she felt that life had no meaning and jumped into the river to commit suicide. Then she was reborn, but she didn't want to go through it again. She found that there was a soul on her body, so she directly dispersed the soul and merged it into Su Qing's soul, giving Su Qing the talent of great strength! 💥💥Su Qing was immediately trapped in her future brother-in-law's bed after transmigrating, and her sister and her entourage blocked the door. ✨Searching her memories, she discovered, oh dear~ her sister was pregnant and didn't want to get married. To avoid returning the dowry💝, her parents drugged their eldest daughter, who had returned from her time as a sent-down youth, and threw her and the man together. And she! Su Qing was the unfortunate one who transmigrated into bed thinking she was having a wet dream😂 🔥🔥Of course, the novel point is that Su Qing learned from her memories that the original owner had been reborn, but she gave up. In her previous life, the original owner was trapped in bed, disliked by her family, scorned by everyone around her, constantly criticized by her in-laws, disliked by her husband, and kicked out of her home after his sacrifice. No one from her family wanted her, so she jumped into the river and died! →Just when Su Qing was about to challenge her wicked mother-in-law, she was warmly comforted by her mother-in-law [laughing and crying], who helped her in various ways, and among her several biological children, Su Qing was ranked first, and her mother-in-law even knew all of Su Qing's little hobbies [laughing]

4. 504 七 The 1970s: I Married a Truck Driver and Gave Up Trying 七零：嫁给大车司机摆烂了 Rabbits Don't Eat Greens兔子不吃素Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted No rebirth or transmigration + prophetic dreams + an upgradeable pocket dimension (appears later) Hu Huizhi is a typical self-interested person. All she wants is to marry a city man and get access to state-supplied grain, while making sure her descendants have as few obstacles as possible. The first time Wang Xuyang met Hu Huizhi, he knew exactly what kind of person she was. So what? Ambition is an admirable trait. Two people who think alike and share the same values join hands to make their way 5.5kReads6.7Score357Shelves
5. 505 八 The Fat Wife of the 1980s Turns the Tables with Her Disabled Husband 八零肥妻，带残疾老公逆风翻盘 Man Qin满沁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Ahhh, the short drama with the same title is out! It's so, so good, and the acting is amazing and so natural!” Ye Xing, a proud master of traditional Chinese medicine with severe cleanliness issues, excellent self-discipline, and very high standards for her quality of life, transmigrates one day and finds herself in the body of a slovenly, terribly lazy, morbidly obese woman! And if that weren't enough, she's also a lovesick doormat! And the person she's fawning over isn't even her husband The 2.6kReads8.9Score307Shelves
6. 506 七 The 1970s Military Marriage: The Charming Army Wife Raises Kids and Wins Her Husband's Heart 七零军婚：俏军嫂养崽撩夫日常 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + second male lead takes the lead + fictional period setting] [Short drama now streaming] Xiao Qingru doesn't want to raise someone else's child, so she breaks off her engagement to her childhood sweetheart. Just as she's getting ready to focus on her career, she's targeted by a hothead from the capital. Xu Muzhou is the youngest and most promising pilot. The first time he meets her, he falls in love at first sight with his good friend's younger sister. When he hears she's alre 16kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
7. 507 七 The 1970s' Cannon-Fodder Little Sister-in-Law Becomes a Secretary at the Textile Mill 七零炮灰小姑子，纺织厂里当秘书 Cilantro Doesn't Eat Fish Mint香菜不吃折耳根呀Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, but it’ll rise later] [Career-focused, with romance on the side] [Period] [Beautiful heroine] [Family squabbles] [Factory promotions] [Face-slapping the worst of the worst] [Building a career] [Male lead appears later] Transmigrating into a textile mill in the 1970s, Su Lan declares: “I’ll put every troublemaker in their place!” Going to the countryside? Never happening! Trying to steal her assigned spot? No way. As long as it’s in my hands, you’ll never get it. Trying 36.7kReads8.6Score2.3kShelves

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   The female protagonist is self-centered and refuses to go to the countryside; it's a pretty good period drama.

8. 508 大 Gossiping in the Compound Is So Much Fun 大院吃瓜真香了 Ling Ling Zi苓菱子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Qing had a terrifying dream. In it, she was a frail young aunt whose niece, born the same year, had stolen her engagement. Afraid Lin Qing would try to reclaim the match, the niece flaunted the man she'd stolen in front of her every day, until Lin Qing was finally angered to death. Lin Qing jolted awake in fright. What kind of vicious dream was that? If the niece wanted the man, she could have him. Why did she have to anger Lin Qing to death, too? Just when Lin Qing thought it had all been a 14.2kReads8.1Score1kShelves

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   The female protagonist does not help the poor, does not go to the countryside (except for the fourth book), and does not have many children.

9. 509 小 Life in a Lane: Plenty of Good Fortune 小巷人家：福气多多 A Life in the Dust一身红尘Female-Channel Fanfiction414k WordsCompleted The Alley Synopsis: Some changes have been made. Original pairing. Song Ying had just gotten a house when a letter arrived from Lin Wufeng's mother back in his hometown. Only then did he discover that he had a younger sister born after their father's death, just a few months younger than Dongzhe. As the times changed and reform and opening-up took hold, Lin Duoduo, the original heroine, came to live in the alley, where everyday family life unfolded. With her sister-in-law Song Ying backing her u 4.8kReads9.3Score329Shelves

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   It's very good. The opening is mainly from a child's perspective, with no transvestites or rebirths, and the characters are indigenous.

10. 510 凡 A Mortal Woman's Path to Immortality 凡女登仙路 Turn Around and Dream Back转身梦回Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Luo Qingci was born into an ordinary family but blessed with extraordinary talent. She is a decisive cultivator devoted wholeheartedly to the Great Dao, living on the Yuntian Continent in the Cangxuan Realm. By chance, she obtains a mysterious black stone, giving her cultivation a powerful boost. See how she overcomes trial after trial, remains true to her Daoist heart, and rises to the pinnacle of the Cangxuan Realm... 121Reads9.1Score—Shelves
11. 511 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 17.8kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
12. 512 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Regiment Commander's Childhood Friend Dotes on Her 重生七零：团长竹马掌心娇 Beautiful Woman Who Loves Reading Novels喜欢看小说的美女Modern Romance10k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1970s: The Regiment Commander, Her Childhood Friend, Cherishes Her 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ✨No melodramatic misunderstandings! A loyal soldier hands over all his allowance and coupons to help the female lead get revenge and make money to live a comfortable life! #SoldierMaleLead

13. 513 八 A Fresh Start in the Eighties: No More PUA, Just Making Money 八零重启：拒绝PUA！只想赚钱 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Grandma Shen: I worked so hard raising your dad and his siblings all by myself, and now I have to help him look after the kids and cook, too! What did I do to deserve this? Shen Xiaoya: Grandma, really? Then I definitely won't do anything to deserve that kind of fate. I'll try my best to raise my kids together with someone else! Grandma Shen: … Shen's dad and mom: We aren't very capable, so you kids need to study hard! You'll have to rely on yourselves in the future! Shen Xiaoya: Mom, Dad, don't 17.3kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
14. 514 七 In the 1970s, Even the Wrong Match Makes a Sweet Marriage 七零年代之相错的亲也很香 The February Breeze Is Like Scissors二月春风似剪刀Modern Romance449k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan had transmigrated to the 1970s for no apparent reason. She was faced with the prospect of being sent to the countryside if she couldn’t find a suitable match. She took one look at her petite frame and hurriedly got herself ready to go on a blind date. She could still be saved. “Hello, are you Comrade Yan? I’m Jiang Wan.” Yan Beixun had just returned home after finally getting some time off, only for his grandfather to arrange a blind date for him. “Yan Beixun.” An unexpected encounter, 1.5kReads8.7Score161Shelves
15. 515 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 123.7kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves
16. 516 穿 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Clung to the Male Supporting Character 穿书后我抱上了男配大腿 Gulu Ni咕噜昵Modern Romance445k WordsCompleted When Song Yingwan wakes up, she finds herself in the 1970s. Looking at a face in the mirror that resembles hers by seventy or eighty percent, it takes her a while to accept the truth. She looks at her loving parents and lively, clever younger brother and thinks life here seems pretty good. But after only a few days of enjoying it, she has no choice but to pack up and head to the countryside. Fine, then. She can go to the countryside! The college entrance exams will be reinstated in a few years a 8.9kReads8.7Score659Shelves
17. 517 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: In the 1980s, I Forced the Male Lead to Marry Me, and the Heroine Was Dumbfounded 穿书八零，强嫁男主后，女主懵了 Splendor Fades了了繁华Modern Romance723k WordsCompleted Su Meng opened her eyes and found herself a minor character in a rebirth novel set in the 1980s. In her previous life, the heroine used her looks to flirt around, keeping three backup suitors on the hook at once. When everything came to light and she was disgraced, she hurriedly found the male lead to take the fall for her. The male lead was her devoted simp. Even after her reputation was ruined, he still loved her as much as ever and gave her all the money he earned. Even after he became a busi 8.5kReads6.5Score659Shelves

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    "[Laughing][Laughing] Stop talking nonsense. When did I ever love you? I clearly love my wife. He Lina, I advise you to get treatment if you're sick. If the doctor can't cure you, go see a veterinarian." Lu Yunzheng wouldn't back down. "Since we're all family, why don't you let me spend your money?" [Angry] Why should I let you spend my money? Lu Yunzheng looked at her. "Why should you ride my wife's dowry? Because of your toad-like face." Lu Yunzheng kissed her. "Let him scold me if he wants. You're lazy anyway."

18. 518 六 The 1960s: The Alley Couple's Daily Gossip 六零年代胡同小夫妻吃瓜日常 Qiqi the Cat Who Drinks Coffee喝咖啡的琪琪猫Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted A married couple from the 1990s transmigrate to the 1960s. No TV, no internet, no phones. No problem. They don't need any of that. There's so much gossip here they can't keep up with it all. Seriously, there's just too much to gossip about. Their daily life: gossiping, making money, and raising kids. They have to manage all three without dropping the ball. 8.8kReads7.2Score510Shelves

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    The male and female leads are both transmigrated, there's no poverty alleviation aspect, and there are some minor face-slapping moments in daily life. They usually spend their time watching dramas, gossiping, making money, and raising children in the courtyard—very slice-of-life descriptions, not melodramatic or clichéd. At 500,000 words, it's worth a quick read. Recommendation rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

19. 519 娱 Showbiz's Greatest Daomadan 娱乐圈第一刀马旦 Crocodile Tangerine鳄鱼橘Modern Romance187k WordsCompleted Jiang Daya was born in the countryside and came to Beijing alone to pursue her dreams. She had no base salary, no social security, no active fans, and only the genuine martial arts skills she had honed from age three to eighteen. But before she could make it, an explicit, steamy chat log supposedly belonging to “Daya” spread across the internet faster than a virus. She was a nobody whose posts never got a hundred likes, shares, or comments. Now she was on more than ten trending topics in a row, 3.2kReads8.9Score468Shelves
20. 520 七 The Military Wife’s Farming Life in the 1970s 七零军嫂种田忙 A Floating Fish in a Dream一梦浮鱼Modern Romance755k WordsCompleted Lin Yunxi wakes from a nap and discovers that she has transmigrated into the body of a military wife in the 1970s. She got married young and already has an adorable son. In an era when people don't have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, Lin Yunxi isn't worried at all: her pocket dimension for growing crops came with her! Watch as she wins the country's support, opens factories, starts businesses, and builds a business empire of her own. She hears that a courtyard house in the capital co 9.7kReads9.0Score726Shelves

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    💕Perfect match. The female lead travels back to the 1970s, is an amazing cook, and sends a huge bag of jerky, beef sauce, and other delicacies to the male lead. His brothers go crazy for them, they smell amazing! The female lead and her baby live a super fast life~ Exquisitely self-centered!!!

21. 521 大 Boss, Your Lucky Sweetheart Is Reborn in the 1970s 大佬，锦鲤甜妻在七十年代重生了 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + enterprising heroine who only starts buying courtyard homes later on + male lead is a research powerhouse devoted to serving his country] Qin Wanwan was crouching by a grave, watching the commotion, when she accidentally became the center of it. She possessed someone and was reborn. She dealt with the scumbag and the other woman in kind, sending them both to a farm for reform. Then she sold her ancestral home, bought a job, stuffed her pockets with cash, and plunged straight in 1.3kReads9.3Score559Shelves

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    The female protagonist initially buys a job and lives a quiet life in Northwest China. Later, she returns to Beijing to take the college entrance examination and start her own business. During this time, she meets the male protagonist and they get married. The male protagonist is a patriotic scientific research leader.

22. 522 汴 A Young Woman from a Humble Family in Bianjing Makes Her Fortune 汴京小户女致富日常 Today, I'm a Pretty Flower Again今天也是花花呀Ancient Romance770k WordsCompleted Ling Niang thought she was a happy child. In her dreams, there was a fairy auntie who could make milk tea and all kinds of drinks! The fairy auntie also liked watching TV! Ling Niang watched lots of shows along with her in her dreams! And learned all sorts of things! Most importantly, she learned how to make money! She lived in Bianjing. Her father was a live-in son-in-law and a city patrol officer, while her mother was a gentle, unassuming woman. They lived in a shabby old home within Bianjing' 1.8kReads8.8Score227Shelves
23. 523 末 The Strongwoman of the Apocalypse Marries a Wife-Beater 末日大力女嫁给家暴男 Hu Feiing扈飞ingModern Romance593k WordsCompleted After dying alongside the Zombie King, Sang Ning transmigrated into a novel set in a past era, though she didn’t know it. The original heroine and the female rival had both been reborn. The original owner, Su Sangning, was set up to marry the man who had abused the heroine in his first life and the female rival in his second. In this third life… his comeuppance has arrived~ Important note: She won’t change husbands. The male lead is an abusive man. The original heroine and female rival aren’t go 4.7kReads8.0Score452Shelves

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    💐💐The female lead is tricked by her reborn cousin into marrying a rich, abusive man. She comes from the apocalypse, loves money, and has a minor flaw: she's quick to resort to violence at the slightest provocation. On her wedding night, she forces herself on the abusive man; if he dares to resist, she'll just slap him twice. [Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece]

24. 524 女 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 16.2kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves

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    It's super good! None of the main characters' relatives are weirdos, the pacing is excellent, and there are no melodramatic plot twists. Highly recommended!!! My favorite is Zhang Guihua! She's truly a blessing to three generations!

25. 525 被 After Being Stolen Away, the Delicate Beauty Went on a Killing Spree with Her Looks 被强夺后，娇软美人靠美貌鲨疯了 Drunk in Jiuxiangli九香里醉Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted Original title: “Quick Transmigration: The Delicate Beauty Becomes the Villain's Captive” [Quick transmigration + Everyone falls for her + Showdowns of jealousy + Men compete to win her + Peerlessly beautiful, delicate heroine + Unusually sensitive to pain + Can't stop crying] The male leads are fragments of one person, with multiple male leads in each world. The heroine is a beautiful airhead, a bewitching femme fatale whose every victory depends on the male leads carrying her through. No matte 11kReads9.4Score782Shelves

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    These books perfectly match your requirements. The first one, although it involves the black market, isn't cliché; the foot-kissing ritual in it is incredibly touching. The second one is a sweet romance disguised as a tragic ending. "I wish all of this were real, not a dream." The last one is a historical romance novel, super interesting. What happens when your childhood sweetheart can't resist a sudden arrival, especially if that arrival is a time traveler? Song Wanmo tells you, of course, you dump the scumbag and jump into someone better's arms!

26. 526 被 Sold Off, the Fake Heiress Is Taken to an Island to Be a Soldier's Wife 被卖后假千金被叼回海岛当军嫂 Socially Anxious Tomboy社恐女汉子Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Period setting + parallel world + devoted couples + space + sweet romance + adorable children + cute pets + a few rotten characters The whole story is lighthearted and cheerful, with a slow pace. Other heroines are out conquering the world, while all she wants is a pot of braised goose. (There are cute pets, so don't read if that's not your thing.) Song Chucheng had just bought the first seaside home of her life. She hadn't even started enjoying her retirement yet! Then, to her dismay, she trans 15.2kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
27. 527 搬 Clearing Out the Cash: The Lovely Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside and Marries a Soldier 搬空钱财：下乡的娇知青她军婚了 Rice-Eating Plate干饭的盘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Space + period setting + sent down to the countryside + military wife + joining her husband at his post + raising kids] Jiang Wenwan transmigrated into a book, becoming the disposable capitalist heiress in Seven Zero Darling: Sent to the Countryside and Spoiled Every Day by a Rough-Hewn Educated Youth. Her mother used her biological father’s pension money to start a new family. Her own daughter became the family’s workhorse, going to bed last and getting up first. Her mother was so lovestruck s 9.9kReads8.9Score833Shelves
28. 528 娱 There Are Ghosts in Showbiz 娱乐圈有鬼 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted {Romance + nonhuman male lead + lighthearted + supernatural + short episodic tales} Little white rabbit and big bad wolf: the rabbit isn't really a rabbit, but the wolf really is a wolf! This is a story about ghosts, and a legend about raising a wolf to be your husband! Long Xiaoxiao had a dream since childhood: to become a renowned international makeup artist and stylist... At last, she achieved her dream... She became the entertainment industry's dazzling number-one fraud of a fortune-teller! 3.7kReads9.4Score643Shelves
29. 529 欲 Wild Desires 欲野肆望 Li Huaisha李怀沙Two Male Leads222k WordsCompleted Already signed for print publication: The Handsome Neighbor and the Dark Pervert Are the Same Person An extremely twisted story! Extremely twisted! Coercive love + confinement + one-on-one romance + intense push and pull + yandere + time-space displacement Original title: Tonight, the Deity Kneels to Kiss Him A beautiful, dark, unhinged schemer with a sweet, innocent facade VS a gorgeous, depressed radio host who only pretends to be proper Chen Sizhuo had been stalked by a pervert for three m 26.7kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves

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    Ye Sanqiu transmigrated three years ago. The original Ye Sanqiu was an orphan who was raised by the Ye family matriarch.

30. 530 书 I Woke Up in 1976 in a Book as the Chubby Fake Heiress Sent Back to Her Family 书穿76年成了被送回的胖假千金 Spicy Grapes麻辣葡萄Modern Romance756k WordsCompleted Period setting + System + spatial dimension + romance + medical skills The male lead is a mechanical genius, while the female lead starts out good at cooking, later learns medicine, then martial arts, and eventually becomes a highly sought-after security officer among the big shots. Peng Li never expected that after finally binding herself to a System, she would end up starving to death because of her diet. When she woke up again, she discovered she had transmigrated into a period novel. The ori 3.4kReads8.5Score284Shelves
31. 531 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife in the ’60s: Anyone Who Objects Can Fight Me 穿成六零炮灰原配，不服就干 Feisty Girl姑凉泼辣Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted [Book Transmigration, period-setting wish fulfillment, a slight golden finger, no space, as realistic as possible, not an implausible power fantasy] Modern computer programmer Lin Zhixia transmigrates into a period novel as the tragic first wife her entire family sacrifices! The Zhao family conspires to frame her. Her lame younger brother-in-law forces his way into her room, and her in-laws not only take part, but afterward cover it up, poison her until she's mute, and imprison her! Her husband 1.6kReads—Score109Shelves

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    Without space or special abilities, you have to rely on your brains to escape this desperate situation!

32. 532 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Sons' Golden Fingers Merged with Mine 穿书后我和儿子们的金手指合并了 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Twins + Space + System + Book Pavilion + Military Marriage + Everyday Parenting] The male lead is basically just a background character, though he gets a little more screen time later on. Qiu Yinuo transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting female character in a period novel, as well as the future commander’s plump wife, who dies young. As the wife of a powerful man, she has everything she could want, yet she makes trouble at every turn and ends up bringing about her own death 35.2kReads9.4Score5.1kShelves

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    In this book, the female protagonist is vengeful and vengeful. She transmigrates and gives birth in the delivery room, cursing and swearing [laughs][laughs], and doesn't even go to the black market. I highly recommend reading chapters 60 and below. Da Bao is especially funny.

33. 533 十 The D-List Cannon Fodder's Conquest Guide 十八线炮灰逆袭攻略 Yu Miqiqi玉米奇奇Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted Sweet romance She was in the lab when trouble came out of nowhere. Su Luo had only dozed off for a moment before waking up transmigrated into the body of a minor villainess with a scandal-ridden reputation in a novel. How could she clear her name, turn her life around, take over the entertainment industry, marry a rich and handsome man, and reach the pinnacle of life? Su Luo had her own theory. First, we should… Result: Social Death, 1 kill! Second, we should… Result: Social Death, 2 k 1.6kReads9.2Score182Shelves
34. 534 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Cannon-Fodder Female Supporting Character in the 1960s Rejects Having Many Children 穿书六零之炮灰女配拒绝多子 Wang Baishi's Pen王百石的笔Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Military Marriage] [Reborn] [Everyday Family Life] [Raising a Child] Xu Nuo transmigrates and marries a soldier. She thinks she'll spend the rest of her life like this, but just half a month after arriving in this era, she's told she's become a widow. Xu Nuo is close to tears! She can't believe her husband is dead, so she plans to go to his unit and find out how he died. But before she can go, a wave of hostility from the people around her hits her without warning, leaving her 965Reads7.0Score102Shelves
35. 535 我 My Whole Family Was Reborn in the 1950s With a Pocket Dimension and Billions in Assets 我全家携带百亿物资空间重生五零 Meng Jiang Herself孟姜本尊Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted In 1955, Ye Li and her entire family are reborn. Their first act is to make their grandfather, who abused them in their previous lives, eat a bullet. Their second is to return to the Great Northwest they have always longed for. Life is peaceful and cozy without any rotten relatives around. In her spare time, she raises a little wolf cub, hunts alongside the wolf king, and races across the desert on a wild camel. Dahei leisurely chews grass as he follows behind, with Xiaohuang, a little camel who 2.6kReads9.4Score378Shelves
36. 536 缚 Bound by Spring 缚春情 Ren Huanyou任欢游Ancient Romance603k WordsCompleted [The print edition is available on the homepage; film and television rights have been sold] The Jiang and Song families have been close for generations, and Song Wan was betrothed to Jiang Xingjian before she was even born. They grew up together, but she was confined to the inner quarters, where everything she learned was meant to prepare her to become a Jiang family wife. The young man was dashing and ambitious. Before he had even turned twenty, he went off to the frontier to make his name. Bef 93kReads9.6Score12.4kShelves
37. 537 上 After Turning In the Script, the Useless 1980s Female Supporting Character Wins by Doing Nothing 上交剧本后，八零废物女配躺赢了 What a Huge Melon好大的瓜Modern Romance626k WordsCompleted Shen Zhixia finds a script inexplicably appearing in her mind as soon as she is born. In the script, she is the foil to the heroine of a period novel. The heroine Li Zhidong’s parents are hardworking, kind, honest, and down-to-earth. Everyone for miles around knows them as good, honest people. Shen Zhixia’s parents are mean, lazy, greedy, and shameless. Everyone for miles around knows them as the worst kind of people. Li Zhidong will make many influential connections and have countless admirers. 12.4kReads8.3Score929Shelves

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    This is a novel set in a time when people didn't help the poor, didn't have many children, and didn't take over other people's children. The novel is complete, so you can read it without worry!

38. 538 重 Reborn in the Eighties: Old Lady Li Leaves Her Husband and Son 重生八零，李老太她抛夫弃子 Truly Mighty真威武Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Li Shuping had worked hard all her life, raised three children, and helped raise her grandchildren, yet she had never enjoyed a single day of comfort. Her family had never acknowledged all she had done for them. After her second daughter-in-law pushed her down and broke her leg, her children treated her like a burden and dumped her in a nursing home. With no children visiting and fees often unpaid, going hungry and getting beaten by the caregivers became part of daily life. Bedsores filled with 34.6kReads8.8Score4.1kShelves

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    Highly recommended!!! The first book features a divorced woman raising her daughter from a street stall to a shop, where she later finds true love. The second book has a professor as the male lead and a writer as the female lead, whose daily interactions are very heartwarming. The third book has the female lead building a restaurant from a street stall. The fourth book features two best friends who transmigrate into the same family and work together to deal with their in-laws.

39. 539 八 After Rejecting the Match in the 1980s, I Opened a Canteen at a State-Owned Factory 八零拒婚后，我在国营厂开饭馆 Fairy Pond Koi仙池锦鲤Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Reborn] + [The 1980s] + [Gourmet] + [Building a business] Shen Qingyue returned to the 1980s. In her previous life, her family drained her dry, and all three sisters were cheated by their grandparents. Reborn, she refuses to be a sucker again. She takes on the unreasonable troublemakers, and whoever picks a fight with her gets crushed underfoot. After splitting from the family, she starts a business with her sisters, opening a restaurant at a state-owned factory. The troublemakers fail to get t 3.1kReads9.0Score248Shelves
40. 540 穿 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 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [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

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    The female protagonist in this book is quite unconventional: she doesn't go to the countryside, doesn't go to the black market, isn't a saint, doesn't take the college entrance exam, and doesn't buy a traditional courtyard house… But she's a transmigrator with a system and a spatial ability, and is already married. I think it's quite good. The female protagonist is very cautious, and some of the colloquialisms in the text are quite interesting. She only has one son, but I feel there's a lot of controversy in the comments about certain things in the book. It's still worth reading. [Heart emoji]

41. 541 这 This Family 这家子 War Has No Fixed Tactics610兵无常势610Urban312k WordsCompleted Prophecy + Madness + Fighting + An introvert's extraordinary experiences + Period setting + Urban life + Cute cats + Crush + Sweet romance + Revenge + Getting rich + Independent heroine + Two male leads + CEO + Twenty years of heartbreak + No System + From workplace novice to school board director + No golden finger + A person living under a bridge becomes a chairman + I lived this life only to meet you + No transmigration + A mistaken love foretold by prophecy… [Li Zhimi asked him, “Where have 20Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist, Liu Guiying, is an indigenous person, kind and determined, who perseveres through countless defeats... And becomes a representative...

42. 542 大 The Heiress Has a Wish-Granting App 大小姐她有成真APP Royal Little Fruit皇家小果果Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [1960s Hong Kong setting + heiress + powerful father + wealthy heiress's daily life + coming of age + a seriously powerful golden finger + heartwarming father-daughter bond + lots of romances] Ordinary, clear-eyed but clueless college student Wei Ying wakes up to find herself back in a baby's body. Abandoned by parents who favor sons? No problem. She has a golden finger and can personally choose her adoptive parents. Her adoptive parents die in an accident when she's eight, leaving her surrounde 14.5kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    🍬🍬Female protagonist Hong Kong period dramas. ① Super-rich + period drama: The eight-year-old female protagonist travels to Hong Kong with the help of a system, meets a Hong Kong tycoon, and is adopted by him. The father-daughter relationship is truly amazing. The female protagonist is extremely wealthy, owning various mines, farms, and numerous businesses. ②The female protagonist is a vixen who transmigrates to Hong Kong in the 1980s and 90s, becomes Miss Hong Kong, and builds her career through acting. The female protagonist is ambitious, highly driven, and seizes every opportunity. A satisfying female protagonist story in the entertainment industry.

43. 543 九 The Glory Days of a High-Ranking Couple in the 1990s 九零年代，高官夫妻荣华路 The Loquat Tree Has Light枇杷树有光Modern Romance499k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Both leads are each other’s one and only, 1v1] At twenty-nine, Zhao Heng is the most ambitious, capable, promising, well-connected, and handsome man in his jurisdiction: a golden bachelor. Well, that’s what people always say, usually forgetting that his wife has been abroad for four years without coming home. Gu You is the most spoiled, unreasonable, and heartless woman around, according to Zhao Heng himself. He knew that if he let her leave, he might never see her again, 4.3kReads7.1Score402Shelves

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    When it comes to spoiling their wives, Director Zhao and Xiao Bai definitely deserve a mention.

44. 544 亲 My Mom Is Gorgeous, My Dad Is Trash: Remarrying in the 1980s Is Pure Bliss 亲妈美，亲爹渣，八零二嫁爽翻啦 Murong Xiaoxing'er慕容小星儿Modern Romance444k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + beautiful mother's mind-reading + devoted couple + adorable baby + adored by everyone] Feng Yunyan failed to rise from the ashes and transmigrated into a period novel as a newborn baby. Her beautiful, fair-skinned mother was the most tragic cannon-fodder character in the story. Her husband and his mistress conspired to poison her, and when she died, she made sure to take her child with her. Feng Yunyan's chubby cheeks puffed up with anger. She refused to be a little cannon-f 637Reads9.2Score103Shelves

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    🍡🍡🍡Feng Yunyan's rebirth failed, and she transmigrated into a historical novel as a newborn baby. Her fair-skinned and beautiful mother was the most tragic cannon fodder in the novel, poisoned by her husband and his mistress, even taking her child with her in death. Feng Yunyan was furious, her chubby cheeks puffing up. She refused to be cannon fodder! [Beautiful mother, my father is a scumbag! He not only cheats on his wife, but he'll also team up with other bad women to kill you in the future!] Feng Yalan: "???" The next day, Feng Yalan discovered that her husband had hooked up with his white moonlight. [Beautiful mother, with such a stunning face, you could remarry, even with me, this burden, a second, third, or fourth marriage without any problem.] Feng Yalan decisively divorced him and returned to her parents' home with her daughter. Six months later, Feng Yalan took her adorable daughter on a blind date. 🍥🍥 [Beautiful mother, this uncle who owns a farm and breeding facility is so…so rich.] Feng Yalan decisively got married. However, her uncle's family had a cute little boy. The little boy poked Feng Yunyan's chubby cheeks: "So cute! Listen carefully, when I grow up, I'm going to marry you." Feng Yunyan: "..."

45. 545 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Lie Flat 穿越六零之躺平吧 Peace in My Heart和平在我心中Modern Romance722k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Golden Finger (with a hidden Golden Finger) + Villain = Cozy Vibes] While Qin Qin is asleep, she’s abducted by an “interdimensional trafficker” and taken to another world to stand in for a young girl named Qin Xinrui. The girl is beautiful but unlucky. She has been reborn three times, and every life ends in tragedy. When the world resets again, Qin Qin sees the girl’s pitiful tears and takes pity on her, agreeing to assume her identity. She thinks all she has to do to break the 1.7kReads8.6Score100Shelves

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    This is amazing!! The female lead is a transmigrator who was reborn, and the male lead is the villain from the original world. However, the male lead had a particularly tragic childhood. After transmigrating, the female lead made a choice different from the original female lead's choices in her three lifetimes, making the male lead marry into her family and become her husband. Seeing this, you might think the female lead is going to help the poor? Wrong! Wrong! The female lead found herself a little laborer, hahaha, the kind who works in the fields during the day and does the hard labor in bed at night~

46. 546 卿 Dearest Beloved: An 1980s Record of a Senior Official's Devotion to His Wife 卿卿如晤：八零高官宠妻录 The Loquat Tree Has Light枇杷树有光Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted “Mom, these are the peach cakes Yanyan likes best. Keep an eye on her, though. Don’t let her eat too many, or she won’t have room for dinner.” “Dad, if Yanyan can’t get up in the morning, let her sleep a little longer. Don’t shout at her. It could make her nervous.” At their wits’ end, Shao’s parents asked, “Is she my daughter or yours?” On his first business trip after marrying her, Bai Shuyu was so worried about his wife, Shao Yin, that he sent her back to her parents’ home and asked his mothe 6.3kReads7.0Score519Shelves
47. 547 八 The 1980s: Changing Our Fate Starts with Getting My Husband to Take the College Entrance Exam 八零，改变命运从让丈夫高考开始 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance686k WordsCompleted [Reborn + family life + inspirational + raising kids + building wealth] Lin Yuzhu had spent her whole life drifting along. Only in middle age did she finally work up the courage to save money with her husband and start a restaurant. But the restaurant never opened. The newly renovated shop was destroyed in a gas explosion caused by a neighbor’s illegal gas hookup, and Lin Yuzhu, who had been cleaning inside, died in the blast too. She thought her life was over, but when she woke after the explos 9.5kReads9.0Score918Shelves

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    I recommend three books by the same author, all set in different eras: the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The 1960s and 1970s books are already completed and have ratings above 9/10. The 1980s book is newly started and worth reading.

48. 548 文 The Art Troupe's Gorgeous Supporting Actress Charms an Officer and Raises His Kids 文工团漂亮女配，撩个军官养崽崽 Timid Girl懦女Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted The rating is low because the book just launched, but it's bound to rise! Ye Yijia was a rich and beautiful woman from the twenty-first century. She got so distracted admiring the abs of a handsome man on the beach that she tripped and fell into the 1970s, where she became the only female worker in the steel-rolling workshop. As for her family, her father brought two sons and her mother brought two daughters. Together, they formed the Ye family, and then had one daughter of their own, the origin 1.5kReads8.4Score176Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the only female worker in the steel mixing workshop. Her family consists of her father with two sons and her mother with two daughters, forming the Xiao Ye family. They then have their only daughter, the original owner of the body. Unfortunately, her parents both favor their own child, believing their youngest daughter will be the most fortunate. As a result, the original owner starves to the point of being skin and bones.

49. 549 我 I’m Reborn, So Why Would I Go to the Countryside? 我都重生了，谁还下乡！ Listening to Lotus in the Night Rain夜雨听荷Modern Romance393k WordsCompleted [Period] + [Reborn] + [Strong Female Lead's Growth] + [Passionate Youth] Xiang Hong is reborn at the crossroads of her life in 1968. Go to the countryside or join the army? Join the army! In her previous life, she went to the countryside and suffered through all kinds of hardships... before dying miserably in a shack. In this life, her heartless family and worthless men are nothing but stepping-stones beneath her feet! When Xiang Hong is reborn, she also gets a small pocket dimension, a modest g 3.5kReads8.8Score315Shelves

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    No going to the countryside, no dating, revenge, building a career.

50. 550 七 The Delicate Beauty of the 1970s Was Love at First Sight for a Hopeless Romantic 七零娇气美人被恋爱脑一见钟情了 Little Black Sesame Rice Balls黑芝麻馅儿的小汤圆儿Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted An alternate-history story about being born into a new life, with a personal space, few terrible relatives, no black-market trips, and a powerful golden finger. One devoted couple, both with no romantic history, raising a child in everyday life. The heroine is a top-tier rich beauty, a pampered little princess with a fussy streak. 1972. Eighteen-year-old Ruan Yunqiao faces a choice between being sent to the countryside and getting married. Her family can’t bear to send their precious girl away, 18.5kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves

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    The female lead has a harmonious family, doesn't help the poor, doesn't have many children, doesn't go to the black market, has few awful people, and just gets married. You should check this out; it's definitely a satisfying read.

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