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. 151 七 The 1970s: A Background Character's Gossiping Life After Transmigrating into a Book 七十年代：穿书路人甲的吃瓜日常 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Modern Romance353k WordsCompleted [Educated Youth + Daily Life + Beachcombing + Gossip + A Little Golden Finger + Falling in Love After Marriage] A low-level office drone transmigrated into the 1970s as a girl whose parents played favorites to an extreme, always favoring sons. The original host had secretly passed the exam to become a train attendant, but her parents found out. They wanted to give the job to their eldest son, so they signed her up to go to the countryside instead. The furious original host died, while Ren Min ha 2.1kReads8.4Score109Shelves

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   🌱No poverty alleviation, no saintly figures, no multiple pregnancies, no black market. The first book involves selling jobs in the countryside and won't let the awful family members bleed you dry. The second book is about settling scores on the spot, has a space-time feature, and heartwarming family stories. The third book has jobs, doesn't involve going to the countryside, and doesn't involve dealing with biased family members. The male lead is a double transmigrator.

2. 152 七 The 1970s: I Became the Female Supporting Character's Foil in a Period Novel 七零：穿成年代文女配对照组 Rain Falling in the Bamboo Grove竹林落雨Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted A period drama about an independent female lead, with no golden finger! She passed the high school entrance exams, but her family wouldn’t let her attend. Instead, they sent her uncle’s daughter, who had never gotten along with her, to school. Short-tempered Lin Erxia erupted into a fight. After a furious scuffle, she passed out from anger. When she woke up, she realized she seemed to have transmigrated into a book... 12.8kReads9.0Score872Shelves

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   They are all very good, especially 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11.

3. 153 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 177.3kReads9.2Score13.1kShelves
4. 154 别 Everyone Else Transmigrates or Is Reborn, but I'm Just a Native Cannon-Fodder 别人都是穿越重生，就我土著炮灰 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped 6.5kReads9.0Score574Shelves
5. 155 穿 Transmigrated Straight into the Army: I Married a War Hero and Found My Happy Ending 穿越即随军，嫁给兵王我圆满了 Jiu Li玖狸Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted [1970s, Military Marriage, Pocket Dimension, System, Double Happy Ending, Sweet Romance] Mu Youyou, a graduate student in the twenty-first century, is transported to the 1970s by a rookie System on its first mission. It has found the wrong Host and forgotten the mission, too. Since she is already here, Mu Youyou decides to make the best of it. With a pocket dimension and a System at her back, she has nothing to fear. But what is going on with this decorated soldier she is contractually married t 22.5kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves

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   In this book, the female lead doesn't go to the countryside, doesn't participate in poverty alleviation, and doesn't have multiple pregnancies. The plot is really good; I won't spoil it, just read it. It has a grand scope. The female lead is definitely not unintelligent.

6. 156 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: In the 1970s, My Cannon-Fodder Husband Is a Master of All Trades 穿书七零：我的炮灰丈夫十项全能 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance749k WordsCompleted [The animated adaptation is now online] [Full-cast audio drama available] [Period setting + educated youth + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + inspirational] Lu Xia transmigrated into the body of an educated youth in the 1970s, a girl whose parents didn’t care for her and who had been sent to the countryside in her elder sister’s place. Remembering how the original owner had always been mistreated, Lu Xia couldn’t stand for it. She sold the job, gave her family a hefty financial hit, 37.9kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
7. 157 军 On Our Wedding Night, the Frail Beauty Is Pressed Against the Wall and Kissed by the Officer 军婚夜，病弱美人被军爷按墙诱吻 Zong Xi宗汐Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + both leads' hearts belong to each other + marriage first, love later + scientific research + weapons arsenal + pocket dimension + face-slapping + everyone's darling] Li Xin died from overwork after staying up all night researching new weapons, only to transmigrate into a book. She landed right on her wedding night. When she opened her eyes, she saw her long-legged, slim-waisted officer husband, and his broad shoulders immediately stole her heart. But the husband she'd just a 5.8kReads8.9Score563Shelves

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   The female lead is a wealthy heiress from modern times who transmigrates and retains her wealthy identity. She's also a Harvard graduate. She has a system with 999.9 Billion (or something like that, anyway, an enormous amount of money). The system assigns tasks based on her wishes, and she receives money in return (she discovers this later). She lives a life of luxury, never depriving herself of the best. The male lead is also very kind and loves her deeply. His first goal is to buy her a large airplane ✈️, and he spends his days working hard to earn money to support her (even though initially his money is only enough for one meal). It's a very good read, you should try it! The second book is also very good (I won't go into details). The female lead is a researcher with her own laboratory space and an all-around housekeeping robot that she takes out when she's home.

8. 158 八 An Eighties Military Marriage: A Kiss from the Chaste Commander Keeps Me Alive 八零军婚，和禁欲首长亲亲续命 Pineapple Blowing Rain菠萝吹雨Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + alluring, delicate young heiress × a stern yet warm-hearted, ascetic senior officer + kisses keep him alive + devoted to each other + sweet romance + satisfying revenge] (Entirely fictional! Entirely fictional!) What should you do after transmigrating into the role of a villainess? Naturally, do your very best to make the heroine shine! Jiang Zhinian was a genius interpreter from the 21st century, with fair skin, breathtaking beauty, a soft voice, and a delicate figure. Aft 2kReads8.8Score210Shelves

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   💥A military marriage set in a bygone era. The male lead is a cold-on-the-outside-but-warm-on-the-inside abstinent military commander, while the female lead is a charming and delicate young lady, fair-skinned and beautiful, a 21st-century translator. She possesses a stunningly beautiful face, yet enjoys doing daring things. She's a supporting female character, but the male lead is deeply in love with her! 👀👀

9. 159 七 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 Glories Unspoken不言盛景Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 15.9kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
10. 160 敢 Dare to Mess with Her? Even Passing Dogs Get Slapped Twice 敢惹她？路过的狗都得挨两巴掌 Half of Summer半边夏Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Alternate world] [Romance] [Two powerful leads] [Feel-good revenge] [Pocket dimension] [Total annihilation] [She never takes a beating] Su Li is a tough woman. Just how tough? Tough enough to treat every troublemaking scumbag who comes after her like a monster to grind. If you disagree with her, she'll throw down. Cross her, and you'll regret it. Sometimes even a dog passing by gets smacked twice. There is romance, though the male lead appears rather late. The heroine is decisive and won't let 12.5kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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    The female protagonist comes from a post-apocalyptic world. She's ruthless and brutal, immediately beating up her awful stepmother and sending her scumbag father to jail. She takes her family fortune to the countryside, where she also has a farming space. In the village, she's equally ruthless, never suffering a loss, and possesses high combat skills. She's not easily kind, and thrives in the village without feeling stifled.

11. 161 穿 A 1970s Wedding, Then Love 穿到七零，先婚后爱真香了 Bells on the Horizon天边风铃Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted A period-life experience package somehow sent An Hao to the legendary 1970s, where she became a pitiful girl relying on a favor to seek shelter with her future in-laws. To save herself, An Hao signed an agreement with a man: they would divorce in two years, and then she could spread her wings and fly. Lin Feng was the military district’s most popular young officer. After one trip home, he became a married man. Supposedly, it was an arranged childhood betrothal. But was the little potato in front 64Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 162 重 Back to the 1970s, Spoiling Grandma and Taking Down Scumbags 重回七零，傍着奶奶肆意虐渣吃瓜 Jin Yuan Manying槿园满盈Modern Romance159k WordsOngoing (1970s setting + space ability + superpowers + food + reborn + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + broken engagement + true and fake heiresses + everyday family life + stockpiling + building wealth + punishing scumbags + gossip-watching + strong female lead + feel-good + old lady + comedy) Timid and spineless Lin Xiaoxi spent two whole lives meekly struggling to survive. After blowing herself up at the end of the world, she thought she was done for good. Instead, she was reborn in the sum 55Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No romance/romance, no marriage or children.

13. 163 六 The Adorable Baby of the 1960s 六零年代娇宝宝 Meng Jiu'er萌九儿Modern Romance829k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Period setting, sweet romance, transmigration, farming] Su Jin opened her eyes to find herself in the black-soil region of Northeast China. Her parents had died in the line of duty, leaving her an orphan from the city. To escape the schemes of her awful neighbors, she went alone to the countryside, hoping only to find somewhere quiet to live. Lu Shiyi had gone to work in the Northeast after secretly protecting his old superior. Their paths crossed as soon as they got off the train. Wa 51Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    The female leads are all beautiful and don't meddle in other people's business or go to the black market. In the first book, the male lead falls for her at first sight and they get married quickly, but it's a bit short. In the second book, the female lead has strong morals, isn't a saint, and isn't a toxic person; her younger brother later goes to the countryside with her. In the third book, the male lead is sickly, but the female lead heals him with her spiritual spring water, and he doesn't get close to the original female lead.

14. 164 六 The Sixties: I’m Just a Bystander in a Military Wife Comparison Novel 六零：我在随军对照文里当路人甲 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history period setting + transmigration into a book + military marriage + everyday life + raising kids] Xu Cuhe originally thought she had transmigrated into this world halfway through her life, without receiving any memories. She was completely at sea in the resource-scarce 1960s. Her aloof military-officer husband, a love letter from her first love... Problems kept coming one after another, and she scrambled to adapt. It wasn’t until she met the heroine of the book and triggered a d 3.3kReads8.9Score213Shelves
15. 165 八 The 1980s: Every Time I Went Crazy, I Succeeded 八零年代，我一发疯就成功 Wei Mi为迷Modern Romance212k WordsOngoing The 1980s: From a Put-Upon Wife to the Head of a Trade Association [No golden finger, no rebirth, 1980s setting + family squabbles + a touch of ensemble cast] Lin Shuhui turned down a Hong Kong tycoon's proposal and chose to marry her teacher's son. She thought they would work together after marriage and build a prosperous life through hard work. Instead, her in-laws played favorites. She couldn't even protect their savings, and twice she failed to carry a pregnancy to term. Her stern-faced moth 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A historical fiction novel, without rebirth, cheat codes, or multiple pregnancies; the female protagonist is clear-headed and focused on her career.

16. 166 嫁 Marrying into a Crowded Courtyard, Where Gossip Is Everywhere 嫁进大杂院，吃瓜好方便 Three-Ton Radish三吨萝卜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Courtyard Compound + Ensemble Cast + Family Life + Loves to Watch the Drama Unfold + Slice of Life + A Heartwarming Take on Love in the Courtyard] In 1975, the courtyard compound in the alleys near the Red Star Steel Mill was as lively as ever. In the east, Yang Shujuan kept fretting: “Our girl is timid, and she doesn't have much luck with her parents. Where's she going to find a husband?” In the west, Diao Yulian was busy feeding her child: “Jiabo, my precious Jiabo, Mommy's darling little swe 7.3kReads8.8Score514Shelves
17. 167 婆 A Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law Transmigrate to the Eighties and Break Free from Society's Shackles 婆媳穿八零，从打破世俗枷锁开始 Second Division Is二等分即Modern Romance241k WordsCompleted Liang Xiaoyu and her mother-in-law get into an argument and suffer an accident. Both of them transmigrate into the 1980s. Liang Xiaoyu becomes her mother-in-law, Zhang Meihua, and breaks free of society's shackles by being herself, living a life of her own. She puts gossips in their place, takes on the wicked, helps her sisters, and grows rich alongside them... There's nothing better than living free from society's constraints! 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This story follows the female lead as she battles a gossip, rescues her best friend, strives to expand her business empire, and works together with her partners to make money...

18. 168 张 Granny Zhang Reborn: Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, She's Gone Berserk! 张老太重生：杀杀杀杀，杀疯了！ Tang Xiaoxi唐小汐Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Granny Zhang thought she was a good mother and mother-in-law. When she was young, she had no one to help her. Determined to keep her children from going through the same hardships, she did everything she could for them, giving money when it was needed and pitching in whenever they needed help. She never held back. She helped all six of her children build families and careers, then raised several grandchildren. When she was in a car accident near the end of her life and received three million in 269.3kReads8.9Score20.4kShelves

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    I've read several books about old ladies who are reborn and deal with their unfilial sons, but this one is the most satisfying and cleanest one I've ever read, with the author's jokes coming one after another and being very funny.

19. 169 七 The 1970s: Grab Some Popcorn! The White Lotus Heroine Is Fuming Again 七零：吃瓜！白莲女主又被气哭了 Lu Zhao路昭Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Completed] + [Book Transmigration] + [Period] + [Face-slapping] + [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] + [Storage Space] + [Selfish] + [Vengeful] This is the story of Zhao Xinyi, a weakling from the apocalypse who transmigrates into a Period novel and runs rampant. In an apocalypse littered with corpses, Zhao Xinyi survived for five years by relying on the supplies she had stockpiled before it began and the eight hundred tricks she had up her sleeve. In the end, she dies at the hands of a high-lev 4.4kReads8.8Score303Shelves

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    These novels are simply masterpieces of period fiction! The female protagonist is intelligent, resourceful, and never backs down; her story showed me what a truly independent woman is! She doesn't help the poor, doesn't have many children, and doesn't become a "baby dumping" type of woman—I love this kind of female protagonist! [Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater]

20. 170 前 My Ex-Husband Always Protects His Childhood Sweetheart. I Remarried After Being Reborn, and Now He's Panicking 前夫处处护青梅，重生改嫁他急了 Shiitake Leaf香菰叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s, reborn and getting revenge, educated youth sent to the countryside, pocket dimension with a spirit spring, building wealth] In her previous life, Su Qingran came from an educated family. When faced with being sent away or sent to the countryside, she chose to marry beneath her station. She thought she had found a lifeline, but instead faced endless grievances and had to keep giving in. Her husband outsourced his filial duties to her, her mother-in-law was constantly causing trouble, and 25.2kReads9.1Score3kShelves
21. 171 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 8.1kReads8.7Score496Shelves
22. 172 惊 What?! After Awakening, the Lazy Wife Only Wants to Crush Villains and Make Money 惊！懒媳妇觉醒后只想虐渣搞钱 My Tinghan Bamboo我的听寒竹Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (This novel features a large ensemble cast.) [An incredibly strong, lazy, top-notch wife + a younger, chatty husband, taking down scumbags + making money] Jiang Yiqing had a wonderful married life! She didn’t have to clean the house or look after the kids, and her father-in-law, the factory director, had her back at work. All she had to do was clock out on time and go home to lie down. Life was so perfect she could see the good times stretching endlessly ahead! Then one day, she dreamed that 6.9kReads8.9Score605Shelves
23. 173 9 The 1990s: Why Date When I've Transmigrated into a Book? 90年代：穿书了谁还谈恋爱啊 Xi He琋和Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Ting had just secured funding when she transmigrated into a romance novel where everyone was eight hundred percent love-brained. From the start, she was stuck in an icy wasteland with a talkative male lead threatening to kill her. Lin Ting: “Date you? I'd rather get a dog.” The original male lead: “...?” No space, no System, no mind-reading ability... Luckily, she still had a business brain running at full speed. “I'm never dating anyone. Not in this life.” “If I run out of money, I can earn 42.6kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
24. 174 五 The 1950s: Starting Out as an Apprentice 五零：从学徒工开始 Gold Always Shines, and I'll Be There是金子总会有我的Modern Romance461k WordsCompleted [Period setting + native protagonist + daily life + career + no golden finger] [An ordinary story about ordinary people] Her parents wanted Baolan to take her eldest brother's place in an arranged marriage. Baolan refused. Baolan passed the worker recruitment exam. Starting as an apprentice, Baolan attended night school, got promoted, bought a watch, bought a bicycle... Little by little, she built herself a good life. 34.6kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves

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    The female lead is a local, and a smart person.

25. 175 穿 After Transmigrating to the 1980s and Becoming a Substitute Bride, I Became the Army Officer's Most Beloved 穿越八零替嫁后我成了军官心尖宠 Over Ten Thousand a Day日收过万Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Substitute Marriage + Military Marriage + Stepmom + Mutual First Love] (Fictional Military Marriage + Everyday Life as a Military Wife) Yang Niannian, a college student, was so furious after losing ten ranked matches in a row in Honor of Kings that she blacked out and transmigrated to the 1980s. The moment she opened her eyes, her mother was pressuring her to marry, sobbing and sniffling all over her. “Lu Shishen is a soldier with a secure government job. If you marry him, you’ 112.6kReads9.2Score14.9kShelves

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    [Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work] A refreshing period military romance novel with a score of 9 or higher. Enjoy watching the female protagonist rise step by step to the pinnacle of life. No poverty alleviation, no multiple pregnancies, and a happy and fulfilling family life. Both protagonists are virgins with no misunderstandings. No melodramatic plot twists, strong logic. Chapters 1, 2, and 4 are all complete!

26. 176 七 Everyday Life in the 1970s: Starting by Sending My Scumbag Dad to the Farm 七零日常：从送渣爹去农场开始 Dongfang Miaomiao东方渺渺Modern Romance168k WordsOngoing Era + old silver dollars + space + Hong Kong entertainment Lin Wei, a modern-day true heiress turned dark, opens her eyes to find herself in the 1970s, inhabiting the body of a namesake who has always been pitifully powerless. Her biological father, stepmother, and younger step-siblings want to kill her, then flee to Hong Kong with the family money... Lin Wei sneers. "Ha, steal the money and run? That's my specialty!" P.S. 1. This story is entirely fictional and set in an alternate world. 2. A 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a novel set in a specific era. The female lead is ruthless and doesn't help the poor, but she has a magical spring space that allows her to access the black market. It's very good.

27. 177 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take the Children to Find Their Long-Dead Father 穿书后我带孩子找到他们早死的爹 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 37.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
28. 178 知 A Delicate Educated Youth? General Zhenyuan: I Love Beautiful Women 知青娇弱？镇远将军：我爱美 Dewy Green Plants at Dawn朝露翠草木Modern Romance425k WordsCompleted At the General’s residence, the imperial edict had been delivered. Xue Mulan sat at the side table in the main hall. After a long while, she said only, “Enough!” After the general left, the maid in green collected half a cup of leftover tea, but did not wipe the table or straighten the chairs. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    General Xue, having escaped the palace's confinement, smiled upon seeing the slogan "Women also hold up half the sky."

29. 179 七 In the Seventies, She Marries a Rugged Man Who Can’t Have Children, but the Spoiled Female Lead Sleeps In Again 七零嫁绝嗣糙汉，娇纵女配又起晚 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Wild Plot] [1970s] [Everyone's Darling] [Marriage Before Love] [Redemption] Jiang Nanxi grew up pampered and couldn't endure hardship. Who would have thought that when she opened her eyes, she would transmigrate into a book, becoming a vain, troublesome supporting character in a novel set in an era of poverty, beautiful but utterly stupid? In the original story, a forty-two-year-old woman stole her twenty-year-old fiancé, the male lead. In a fit of madness, she married Zhou Ji, the 3.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
30. 180 八 The 1980s: The Plump, Fertile Wife Spoiled by the Fierce Village Bully 八零好孕肥妻，被凶悍村霸宠成宝 Zhouzhou Eats Steamed Buns粥粥吃馒头Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A fictional era, so don't nitpick the details. Pure romance, devoted couple, rebirth, everyday life, marriage before love. The male lead is genuinely crude and swears like a sailor. The female lead isn't a strong, independent heroine, but a hardworking, clumsy, chubby country girl. (If that's not your thing, don't read.) Ji Chunhua was reborn. At this point, she hadn't yet gone with her stepsister Ji Qin to the matchmaking fair, nor had Ji Qin humiliated and framed her, eventually shoving her in 13.6kReads8.9Score2kShelves

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    My recent favorite is the chubby little flower paired with the wicked village bully—it's so captivating! Two fundamentally good people like them coming together makes for a happy ending, hahaha.

31. 181 重 Reborn in 1996: I Left My Jerk Ex Behind, and Life Is Sweeter Than Honey 重生九六，远离渣男，日子比蜜甜 Qianqian Cola浅浅可乐Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted After dying alongside the scumbag, Lan Shiyao returned to the age of eighteen. Given another chance at life, she decisively stayed away from the scumbag, made up for the regrets of her past life, protected her family and friends, focused on making money, built her fortune, and thrived, until those who had once hurt her could only look up to her! 6.6kReads6.9Score476Shelves

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    This one is quite good.

32. 182 八 The 1980s: Raising the Villain's Son into a Well-Behaved Little Boy 八零之把反派儿子养成乖宝宝 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted When Ban Xia woke from a dream, a flood of information suddenly filled her mind. She discovered that she was living in a book, and that she was the mother of the story’s great villain, a man who had secretly loved the heroine but could never have her. In the book, she was merely a passing character, mentioned in a single line when her grown son learned the truth. Yet that brief mention summed up her entire life of suffering. Her son was taken away, she miscarried and became infertile, her husban 3.2kReads9.1Score263Shelves
33. 183 下 Going to the Countryside? Not a Chance! Building a National Defense System 下乡？不存在的！打造国防系统 Feng Suiyin封岁音Modern Romance377k WordsCompleted [Scientific research] [No rural relocation] [No romance] Military-industry genius Su Jingyao wakes up in the period novel written by her younger cousin, only to find herself a mere background character. Forced to move to the countryside after her political downfall? Not a chance. When her political rival tries to report her, she doesn’t even give them the opportunity. One letter is all it takes to destroy their family. When she first arrives at the research institute, everyone thinks she’s just 956Reads7.3Score108Shelves

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34. 184 我 I Bound Myself to a Shameless System in the ’70s 我在七零年代绑定了缺德系统 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted [No romance] Xu Meng transmigrates into a book as the heroine of a story about a stepmother. From the start, a matchmaker introduces her to the male lead, and Xu Meng flips the table. In her previous life, her family favored boys over girls, and she dealt with it by going berserk. In this life, she wants to live on her own terms, and that still means going berserk. As long as she has no scruples, no one can use morality to manipulate her. The Wicked System is at your service. P.S. The heroine is 7.1kReads9.0Score632Shelves
35. 185 黑 The Ungrateful Darling: My Husband’s Mistress Just Took Power, and Now She Wants a Divorce 黑心小棉袄：外室刚上位就要离婚 Jin Rui'er金瑞儿Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted The Grand Princess Who Guards the Nation was reborn in the Dragon Kingdom in 1947. After liberation, just as she was preparing to enjoy the good life with her father, he declared that her mother was a relic of feudalism, said he had found his true love, and announced that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. The Grand Princess scoffed to herself: “You dare threaten my interests? I’ll make you regret it!” 48.9kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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    [Please follow][Learned it][Smirk][Please update more][Already bookmarked] First book: The Princess Zhenguo was reincarnated in the Dragon Kingdom in 1947. After liberation, just as the princess was about to enjoy a life of luxury with her father, he said her mother was feudal dregs, that he had found true love, and that he would live happily ever after with his true love. The princess snorted in her heart: Dare to harm my interests, I'll make you pay! Second book: Lu Guoan, a sent-down youth, had to bring his wife and daughter back to the city for treatment of his daughter's strange, unconscious illness. The Lu family was large and the place was small, and the sudden return of the family caused some unavoidable family conflicts. However, Lu Yangqiao, the patient, was cured without medicine as soon as she stepped into the Lu family's house and remembered her past life. She then realized she was living in a historical novel she'd read in her previous life, and her family was the family of her deceased uncle, mentioned by the female lead but never actually appearing in the story?! Lu Qiaoqiao had suddenly gone from a working professional to a transmigrated woman with a script in hand—and a mere extra, no less! Her family wasn't even background! Lu Qiaoqiao put her hands on her hips, deciding that whether she was transmigrated or not, her first priority was to change her family's fate of dying young! Then, she'd wait for policy changes, and perhaps even inherit her great-grandmother's property in Haicheng!

36. 186 书 The Younger Uncle Who Went to the Countryside in the 1980s Is Back 书穿八零之下乡的小叔回来了 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance780k WordsCompleted The 1980s: family squabbles and everyday life. Young intellectual Lu Guoan had gone to the countryside. To treat his daughter, who was trapped in a strange, unending sleep, he had no choice but to return to the city with his wife and child. The Lu family was crowded into a small home, and the family's sudden return sparked some unavoidable domestic conflicts. Yet Lu Qiaoqiao, the patient, recovered the moment she stepped through the Lu family door, without needing any treatment at all. She al 17.2kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
37. 187 七 She Woke Up Pregnant in the Seventies 七零睁眼肚子揣了个崽崽 Cloud Looking Down at Fish俯视鱼的云Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Transmigrate + pocket dimension + face-slapping + sweet romance + family life + turning a husband into a success] Lin Fan transmigrates into the eldest daughter of an ordinary working-class, divorced single-parent family in a period novel, and becomes a young woman who is pregnant before marriage. No, she has to find the baby’s father and make him take responsibility. Whether he loves her or not doesn’t matter. As long as he has money, a job, and can provide a secure life, that’s enou 164.6kReads8.7Score8.3kShelves
38. 188 七 The Seventh-Decade Spatial Heiress: A Peach Blossom Paradise and a Fortune for the Ages 七零空间嫡女：坐拥桃源富流年 Fang Sui Luo芳岁落Modern Romance150k WordsOngoing [The 1970s + Pocket Dimension + Rekindled Love + Reborn Before Birth] Nineteen-year-old Shen Shuyu is the envy of everyone in the capital, a privileged daughter of a top-ranking family. Raised in luxury and doted on by her whole family, with an impeccable background and a bright future, she was born to stand above the clouds. When she awakens from a long dream, memories sealed away for two lifetimes come flooding back. A vast, secret paradise of endless abundance and an ever-flowing spirit sprin 9Reads—Score186Shelves
39. 189 穿 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ 32.2kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves

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    She transmigrated into the body of a supporting female character, bypassing the main plot, and dutifully took her younger brother to work, living a peaceful and ordinary life.

40. 190 捡 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 Dimension Mender次元缝补匠Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 14.5kReads9.2Score1kShelves
41. 191 穿 After Transmigrating as the Doomed Third Sister-in-Law, I Just Enjoy the Gossip and Watch the Show 穿成炮灰三嫂后，我只管吃瓜看戏 Nanji Yaoyao南极夭夭Modern Romance570k WordsCompleted 1950s setting, slice of life, marriage first and love later, watching the drama unfold The heroine transmigrates into a book, and the hero is reborn. Both are self-interested pragmatists who don't interfere with the original plot. After living another life, everything else seems empty. The most important thing is to live freely and happily. After 1957, Song Jinhé had no lofty ambitions. She just wanted to eat well, have fun, sleep well, and enjoy a quiet, ordinary life of her own. She never 4.8kReads7.7Score245Shelves

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    🌿🌿The female lead is of mixed Chinese and Russian descent, an exotic beauty. She was taken home by the male lead's mother for 500 yuan. The female lead, judging by appearance, immediately agreed to the relationship upon seeing the male lead's photo. The male lead is a soldier. A letter arrives from home informing him that he has been married off to a stunningly beautiful woman, and that his daughter-in-law even helped him separate from the family. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

42. 192 娃 You Called Me Spoiled and Lazy Because of Our Childhood Betrothal? Get Down on Your Knees! Call Me Auntie! 娃娃亲嫌我娇又懒，跪下！喊小婶 SixSix Cutie六六小可爱Modern Romance438k WordsCompleted Ning Zhi was famous in Dahe Village for being spoiled, lazy, and greedy, throwing her weight around because her grandmother always stood up for her. That is, until her stepsister was reborn and Ning Zhi heard her inner thoughts. Ning Zhi pulled over a little stool and settled in to enjoy the gossip, only to hear... Grandma won’t live past this year! Her stepsister wants to steal her childhood betrothed! Her stepmother secretly had a son with someone else! The captain’s son is going to drown! Nin 2.8kReads8.5Score328Shelves
43. 193 伥 My Viperous Sister Wants to Swap Marriages? The Lucky Wife of the 1970s Just Smiles in Silence 伥鬼妹妹换亲？七零福妻笑而不语 Spring Has Come春天来咯Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Period setting + switched marriages + sweet romance + face-slapping + satisfying wish fulfillment + no golden finger] Shen Tang and her stepsister Shen Mei are both reborn. In their previous lives, Shen Tang married an uneducated hoodlum, while her younger sister married into a wealthy family. Everyone said her sister had made the better match, then waited to see Shen Tang make a fool of herself. But who could have guessed that the hoodlum would use his sharp mind to go into business and become 3.2kReads8.9Score297Shelves

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44. 194 穿 What Should I Do After Becoming the Cannon-Fodder Wife of a Tycoon in the 1970s? 穿成年代大佬的炮灰原配怎么办 Idle Clouds at Work闲云也作Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted (Transmigrate into a book + Period Setting + Love After Marriage + Ensemble Plot + Everyday Life) Synopsis: Qiao Yin transmigrates into a book as the lazy, mean-spirited cannon-fodder wife of a powerful man in his early days. Cannon-Fodder Wife: She looks down on her husband and thinks he's uneducated. Qiao Yin: This is such a waste. Why should I leave a man this amazing completely untouched for the heroine just for the sake of keeping things pure? She decides to steal the heroine's man. In th 533Reads7.0Score101Shelves

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    🌟🌟🌟While others transmigrate into historical fiction and use their precognitive abilities to become business tycoons, go on to university, and become big shots 😍, Qiao Yin transmigrates into a historical fiction and just waits for her husband to become a big shot 🤣 While the original female lead was working hard day and night to start her business, Qiao Yin was leisurely learning to grow vegetables 🤩 While the original female supporting character was frantically studying foreign language books to become the male lead's best helper, Qiao Yin was busy collecting money sent back by her husband 😂😂😂

45. 195 七 A Stepmom from the Seventies Raises Adorable Kids, and a Crazy Big Shot Spoils Her 七零后妈养萌娃，疯批大佬宠上天 Luo Qianqian洛浅浅Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + period setting + devoted couple + adorable kids + pocket dimension + food + everyday family life] Gu Qinghuan transmigrates into a period novel as a doomed supporting character who dies young. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself married to a madman, with two little brats thrown in for good measure. How is she supposed to survive this from the start? Gu Qinghuan says she has a golden finger: keep her husband, who is only mad in name, around to guard the ho 12kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
46. 196 爹 Abandoned by My Father and Abused by My Mother? Poor Little Me? I’ll Just Go Crazy! 爹弃娘虐？小可怜？直接发疯！ Chubby Who Loves Vegetables爱吃菜菜的小胖子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + Pocket Dimension + Everyday Family Life + Terrible Relatives + Strong Heroine] A pocket dimension! A pocket dimension! A pocket dimension!!! Shili Village was a poor, remote little settlement with more than thirty households. Every family worked from sunrise to sunset. All year long, they could barely manage a few meals with meat. One day, Lin Duoduo had just dozed off when she opened her eyes again. “Smack!” She was still dazed when a burning pain flared across her face, leaving her 2.9kReads8.4Score228Shelves
47. 197 年 A Commoner’s Road to Survival in the Era of Quick Transmigration 年代快穿凡人求生路 Springtime Deer Song鹿鸣春Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing Read this first: The protagonist has no memories and no golden finger. She only has vague impressions of the skills she learned in other worlds, as if she were born knowing them. The pacing varies: some worlds last around ten chapters, while others take dozens. The protagonist can be male, female, or an animal. There is no fixed CP. Men don’t occupy her heart, but she’s rarely been without one nearby. The story is still ongoing, so a low rating is normal. It will gradually rise later on. Every w 34kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves

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    The female protagonists in this transmigration novel set in a historical period don't engage in charity work, don't go to the black market, and don't have any special abilities. They all rely on their own intelligence and rationality to become powerful and make the choices that are most beneficial to themselves! The female protagonists are clear-headed and not driven by romance. [Think about it carefully]

48. 198 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.4kShelves
49. 199 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: No One’s Taking My Iron Rice Bowl 穿越七零：我的铁饭碗谁也别想抢 Twilight Si He暮色姒姀Modern Romance342k WordsCompleted In 2025, after yet another all-night novel-reading session, fresh college graduate Zhan Chunlan transmigrates into the body of a high school student named Zhan Chunlan in 1970. With an older sister and a second older sister above her, and a younger brother below, she's the third child. What a great start! Huh? Her eldest sister's boyfriend's family is trying to keep her in line and has refused to make her a permanent employee for three years? Her eldest sister immediately turns into an award-win 7.3kReads8.3Score517Shelves

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    "Zhan Chunlan, you unlucky thing! What time is it? Why aren't you up and cooking? Your dad and I are going to be late!"

50. 200 七 The 1970s: A Martyr's Orphaned Daughter Is Reborn, Enlists, and Marries a Commander 七零：烈士孤女重生参军嫁首长了 I Beg You, Tong Meng 1我求童蒙1Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Military marriage] [Strong female lead] [Military life] [Two equally strong leads] [Sweet romance] [Female soldier] (15,000 readers gave it a 9.5 rating. Enjoy with confidence!) (Also known as: To the Mountains and Rivers, and to You. The short drama of the same name is now streaming.) In her previous life, Lin Xianan spent seventy-three lonely years waiting for the truth to come too late. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to 1970, just three days before she was to be forced into 117.4kReads9.4Score13.1kShelves

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    My cumulative reading time of over 1000 hours is enough to prove that I mainly read historical fiction and infinite flow novels, and the ones I recommend are all ones I think are worth reading. I can't stand novels with overly powerful spaces and systems, overpowered abilities, or overly absurd logic.

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