Period-Era Novel: The Heroine Is Reborn and Goes Back to Save the Hero 年代文，女主重生回去拯救男主

1. 1 娇 The Delicate Beauty Is Spoiled Rotten by a Rugged, Fierce Man 娇滴滴小美人被凶猛糙汉宠野了 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance490k WordsCompleted [Complete❗] Xie Hezhang, a local troublemaker from Helian Village with a bad class background, found himself pursued by a city girl sent to the countryside. The young woman couldn't carry a shoulder pole or lift a hand, and complained that her hands hurt whenever she did farm work. Her only hobby was trailing after him wherever he went. One afternoon, fed up with her, Xie Hezhang cornered her in the cotton field and threatened, “Keep following me and I'll beat you up.” The sweet little Shu Qingy 6.4kReads9.2Score67114d adds

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   It's really nice.

2. 2 八 An 1980s Wife Knows How to Handle Her Husband 八零娇妻驭夫有道 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted Adapted into a short drama: Trouble! My Fate Is Tied to My Delinquent Husband is now streaming [Soft on the outside, tough on the inside, a seemingly sweet good girl * cold on the outside, warm on the inside, a fierce and ruthless wolf pup] [She pursues him + both are sexually inexperienced + mutual salvation + sweet, slice-of-life romance.] After dying and coming back to life again and again, Shi Xinran finally discovers that her life is bound to that of a delinquent named Tan Yunqian. To sta 6.2kReads9.3Score64714d adds

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   This is amazing! It features a female protagonist who has been reborn multiple times and a male protagonist who's a bit of a daredevil. The female protagonist's life is intertwined with the male protagonist's. The author's writing is really good, and the vocabulary is very interesting. Highly recommended!

3. 3 资 The Capitalist Heiress Is Reborn, Takes Down Villains, and Charms the Village Tyrant 资本家千金重生，虐渣下乡撩村霸 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1970s, Sent to the Countryside, Rebirth, Revenge Against Scum] Qin Shuiyan had been beautiful since childhood, with a delicate, soft figure. She had a pretty face but no way to protect herself. After her family fell into ruin, her stepmother sold her to an old man to keep as a canary. Just as she could no longer endure the humiliation, Xu Mo, the man she had always looked down on, burst in with a hunting rifle, fighting his way through a hail of bullets to save her. “Xu Mo, I’m sorry. If there’ 9.7kReads8.1Score99114d adds

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   Both are.

4. 4 为 You Secretly Got a Vasectomy for Your First Love, So Why Panic When I Divorce You? 为白月光偷偷结扎，我离婚你急啥 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted [Period setting, sent-down youth, taking down scumbags, rebirth] In her previous life, Lin Jianxue didn't learn until the day she died that she'd raised her husband's childhood crush's son for eighteen years. She also discovered that the reason she couldn't have children was that her husband had secretly given her sterilizing medicine! The moment she opened her eyes, she was reborn! Her husband was bringing her a bowl of chicken soup, speaking softly. “Jianxue, my mother made you this chicken s 6.2kReads8.3Score44914d adds
5. 5 他 He Was Reborn, I Transmigrated into a Book, and Together We Make Money and Raise a Child with a Mute Husband 他重生我穿书，联手哑夫搞钱养崽 Send Me Votes票票来Modern Romance180k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s + From the Start, She's in a Trap + Upgradable Pocket Space + Her “Mute” Husband Spoils Her + A Little Scheming and Farming + Marriage First, Love Later, Then Kids + Devoted to Each Other + Happy Ending] Li Putao transmigrates into a book! She's the cannon-fodder wife of the “mute” male lead! She's in a trap from the start! If she wants to survive, she'd better have some brains! She comes with a copy-and-paste pocket dimension. Put in some hard 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Transmigrating into a novel set in the 1970s! [Warning] The clingy mute husband has a secret; the beginning is a trap; a cannon fodder wife saves her husband; they support each other; it's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love. There's a bit of intrigue, a bit of farming, and a space waiting to be upgraded.

6. 6 七 The 1970s: An Unlucky Rough-Hewn Man Picks Up a Lucky, Adorable Bride 七零：倒霉糙汉捡了个旺夫小娇娇 Green Pavilion Sauce青阁酱Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [Rough-and-ready hero + sweet romance + magic space + production corps + farm + transmigrate into a book + veteran + Northeast] Zhou Jun' geng, a veteran of an elite field combat unit, had been unlucky for half his life. Then suddenly, his luck turned. One day, he found a sweet, beautiful young woman by the river and brought her home. She had a lucky fate that brought fortune to her husband, and the unlucky man was unlucky no more. Not only did his bad luck disappear, he even got promoted! From 744Reads9.1Score10014d adds
7. 7 影 The Movie Emperor Keeps Trying to Make a Move on Me 影帝他总想对我图谋不轨 An Suiyu安随遇Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted Shen Yi, stage name Wei Long, was an actor of superstar caliber who took the world by storm in the 1970s. But after he disappeared one day, he vanished from history without a trace, as if he had never existed. One day, Rong Qian spotted a photo of herself with Shen Yi, taken more than thirty years ago... This incredible discovery sent her on journey after journey through time, transmigrating into the past to save him! For Rong Qian, only a few days passed between each trip to the past. But for S 35.6kReads9.7Score5.6k14d adds

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   I love it so much! 🥰🥰🥰

8. 8 他 He’s Handsome, Powerful, and Irresistible 他美强且撩人 An Suiyu安随遇Modern Romance118k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + transmigration] There's been a rumor going around the hospital lately: Dr. Xi, the beautiful, icy surgeon, has a boyfriend! Word is, he's tall and handsome, with long legs, and he comes to the hospital every day to wait for her to finish work. But there's something strange about him. He doesn't have a phone and doesn't know how to use modern technology. He's completely out of touch with current trends, too. Dr. Xi, the only one who knows the truth, says it's because he transmigr 1.2kReads9.2Score13414d adds
9. 9 七 The 1970s: The Black Boss I Ran Off with Becomes a Coal Magnate Again 七零之拐走的黑佬大又成煤老板了 Chuyuan Jiujiu初元九九Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted --COMPLETED-- [A devoted couple, no golden finger, no farming, no black-market adventures. This is simply the story of an unfortunate woman, constrained by her times, held back by her family, and deceived by her husband, who is reborn, escapes her ex-husband, and finds a love that is returned in full!] Everyone said Wen Haitang was lucky. She’d grown up in a crowded courtyard compound, yet married into the wealthy Dong family and moved into a Western-style mansion. But no one knew her marriage w 441Reads8.8Score11314d adds

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   The female protagonist is reborn back to the 1960s. To save the male protagonist, the 18-year-old female protagonist spends all her savings to search for him near his home. After finding him, she warns him, but he doesn't take it seriously. Having no other choice, the female protagonist goes directly to the male protagonist's grandfather's house, gains his trust, and makes arrangements in advance to prevent the male protagonist from suffering the same tragic fate as in his previous life.

10. 10 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma, Today It's Your Turn to Get Divorced 重生七零：奶，今天轮到您离婚啦 Great Golden Immortal大罗金仙Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in the 1970s as a Lucky Little Carp with Space Tens of billions in supplies, serving the country, the family’s darling, adorable child, satisfying story In her previous life, Shen Danluo’s family was harmed by her wicked second uncle, and she avenged them all by herself. Now she has been reborn with a space that can exchange for all kinds of supplies. In this life, she will change everyone’s tragic fate. Take down the worst offenders and punish the scum. Then quietly make a 34.6kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds

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    ✨✨These are all completed historical fiction stories~~✨✨Let me briefly describe the plot~~ First book excerpt: Surprise flashed in Shen Danluo's large, wet eyes. Wasn't this… the day she fell into the water when she was 7 years old? What was going on? She clearly perished along with her second uncle's family, so how could she be back on this day? Had she been reborn? 🐖🐖🐖

11. 11 签 Sign-In in the 1970s: The Female Supporting Character and Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Powerful Man 签到七零：女配知青被大佬娇宠了 Watching Fish from the Pavilion亭上观鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Sign-in System + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Past and Present Lives + Supporting Female Character Enjoys the Gossip + Highly Educated Couple + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine + No Character Assassination of the Original Heroine] Yi Qingqing died young. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told she had earned great merit and should have enjoyed a life of wealth and a destined marriage in one of her lifetimes, but illness had robbed her of that. As compensation, s 57.7kReads9.4Score6.3k14d adds
12. 12 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. 137.1kReads9.5Score11.2k14d adds
13. 13 七 The 1970s: My Sweet Wife Is a Timid Little Thing 七零娇妻是个小怂包 Young Master Zhou, the One Surnamed Lai姓赖的周公子Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted “The Shen family is getting another daughter-in-law!” “The Shen family? The one where all the sons are soldiers?” “Mm-hmm...” “Who are they marrying?” “Shi Ran'er from Mahua Village.” “What?” “Shh!” Shi Ran was a timid little thing. By chance, she acquired a pocket dimension and transmigrated. That wasn't so bad, but she had just arrived in the middle of her wedding night, and her identity was exposed the very next day. The poor little scaredy-cat got even more timid. When she finally worked up 763Reads8.9Score10214d adds

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    These historical novels are absolutely fantastic, each one better than the last! While some don't involve the protagonist going back to save the male lead, most are about reincarnation and are all very engaging with a fast-paced plot.

14. 14 八 The Charming Beauty of the 1980s 八零娇娇美又撩 Lollipop for a Little Lolita萝莉抱抱糖Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + seducing men + getting rich + obsessive and scheming + little vixen] Cen Ye is truly flirtatious and wicked. After transmigrating to the 1980s, she sets her sights on Professor Mu, the abstinent male ideal. He is refined and gentle, yet deeply calculating. She can't help falling for him and wanting to make him hers. So she tempts and teases him like a little vixen, drawing closer step by step. But the elegant, self-possessed heartthrob refuses to be swayed. He stays cool and dis 846Reads8.9Score10214d adds
15. 15 七 In the Seventies, the Roughneck Was Swept Off His Feet by His Sweet Young Educated Wife 七零糙汉被知青娇妻撩得心花怒放 Watching the Moon on a Sunny Day晴天看月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth, sweet romance, adorable baby, pocket dimension] In her previous life, she was misled by a scumbag man and a vicious woman. She turned her back on her upright, handsome, and capable husband, and ended up abandoned by everyone. Reborn on her wedding night, Xia Siyue uses every trick she knows to set the rugged man’s heart ablaze. Xia Siyue grabs the front of his shirt and boldly provokes him: “You’re taking forever just to climb into bed. Are you even a man?” The once-obsessive man’s eye 6.5kReads9.2Score68814d adds
16. 16 被 Bought Home by a Rough Country Man, the Sweet Wife Brings Him Endless Luck 被糙汉买回家，娇软媳妇超旺夫 This Cutie Is Called Guagua本萌叫呱呱Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + devoted to each other + marriage first, love later + no awful relatives] [Cozy farming + adorable child + alternate world + pocket dimension] Luo Ge, a petite and soft-hearted food blogger who blushed easily, unexpectedly transmigrated. As an unregistered nobody, she found it impossible to get by in this unfamiliar ancient world. To survive in this era, she found herself a husband on the cheap. She only meant to stay alive, but never expected to gain an unexpected happiness. Who 10.4kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
17. 17 七 In the 1970s, the Sweet Little Darling Was Spoiled by a Fierce, Wild Man 七零，小娇娇被疯批糙汉宠翻天了 Spirit Dove灵鸽Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted (Complete) [Transmigrates into a book + period setting + sweet romance + heroine pursues hero + beautiful, fair-skinned, timid drama queen x villainous, short-tempered country boy] When Shen Yingying wakes up, she has become the villain's wicked little wife in a period novel. She wakes to find herself caught in the act of running away with another man by her villainous husband. She is so terrified she nearly dies on the spot. After all, the villain in the original novel is a violent, rough-he 59kReads9.3Score8.8k14d adds
18. 18 七 On the Night I Called Off the Engagement in the 1970s, I Pounced on the Brooding Roughneck 七零退婚夜，我一把扑倒闷骚糙汉 Lin Liao林了Modern Romance247k WordsCompleted [Complete / Reborn / Seventies / Pocket Dimension / Food / Golden Finger / All Eight Exes Come Crawling Back, Begging to Reconcile, Never Forgive Them / Both Leads Each Other’s First and Only] When Lin Qing was born, her cousin forcibly swapped their birth charts. From then on, Lin Qing’s unlucky life began. Misfortune follows her everywhere and brings trouble to her family. She’s even jilted eight times in a row, earning a terrible reputation. In the end, every one of her exes falls for her cou 618Reads9.2Score10514d adds

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    Genre: Historical fiction, Rebirth; Main character relationship: Female pursues male; Character traits: Male lead is a rough and tough guy, female lead is delicate and charming, with the best figure and temperament.

19. 19 七 Back to 1970 Before I Lost My Chastity: Husband, I Was Wrong 七零回到失去清白前，老公我错了 Shameless Young Master公子无耻Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone in Yonggan Village knew that the newly arrived Shen Jiaojiao was a little temptress. She dressed in flashy clothes every day and chased after men. Later, a scumbag chopped off Shen Jiaojiao's legs, threw her in a basement, and tortured her until she wished she were dead. When she was critically ill, the man she'd personally sent to prison, Xu Mo, bought her for a million. Shen Jiaojiao thought Xu Mo had bought her to humiliate and torment her. But he put their past behind them, marri 15.1kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
20. 20 七 The 1970s: Back on My Wedding Night, My Rugged Husband Won’t Leave Me Alone 七零：回到新婚夜当晚糙汉好黏人 Su Nuonuo苏糯糯Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In her past life, Su Qingyun was found by her biological parents, who were proud of their status as "city people." They swapped her with their fake daughter, Song Jiaojiao. To pay for her adoptive parents' medical treatment, she agreed to return to her birth family, but that was where all her tragedies began. After Song Jiaojiao framed her, her husband Huo Shaoting died saving her, and she failed to save her adoptive parents, too. Only as she and Song Jiaojiao were about to die together did she 115Reads7.1Score—14d adds
21. 21 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Spoil My Ex-Husband Rotten 重生七零：我把前夫哥宠上天 Su Xiao Bao苏小宝Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Liu Xingwan was blind and foolish. Sure of herself, she ran off with Zhao Daqing, hoping to enjoy the good life with him in the city, only to end up miserable. In the end, it was her ex-husband, who had been cuckolded by her, who came to her rescue. Given another chance at life, Liu Xingwan decides to throw all shame aside. She’ll spoil the ex-husband she cheated on in her previous life rotten, and give him a whole bunch of children! 242Reads8.8Score10414d adds
22. 22 真 The Real Heiress Remarries with Her Mother, and Her Beast-Talking Shocks the Entire Army 真千金随母改嫁，通兽语震撼全军 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Space, stockpiling, period setting, building wealth, medicine, beloved by the whole family, heroine can speak with animals] Lu Yunsu was mistakenly summoned by an underworld intern and sent into a period novel, where she became a capitalist's daughter who had followed her mother into a new marriage and risen from rags to riches. The moment she opened her eyes, her spineless younger brother-in-law had brought a task force to raid their home. Stay calm, don't panic! This is nothing. Lu Yunsu open 29.1kReads8.1Score3.8k14d adds

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    😘Ahem, this amazing novel by Tomato made me laugh like a doting aunt the whole time, until my stomach hurt! Lu Yunsu: I died, but I'm alive again. Transmigrated into a capitalist's heiress, I woke up to find my family ransacked. No big deal, I have a spatial ability! I packed up all the supplies and took them, leaving nothing behind. The ingrates were stunned, the Zhou family panicked, but their daughter took them on a life of luxury: catching spies, treating snake venom, understanding animal language—the village's darling. Later, she joined the army, and the cold-faced Officer Chu followed her around every day; the scene was too beautiful to bear!

23. 23 去 I Went Looking for My Family and Mistook the Wrong Guy for My Brother, While My Amnesiac Ex Loses His Cool Every Night 去寻亲认错哥，失忆前任夜夜红温 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + spatial powers + adorable baby + military marriage + rekindled love + reunion after years apart + supernatural abilities] In the third year after Jiang Xuxue retired from the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and returned to the village to farm, her biological parents came looking for her. “Darling, someone deliberately switched you back then. We never abandoned you!” Unfortunately, just after finding her, her biological parents were sent to the far northwest. Her mother press 12.5kReads6.8Score1.4k14d adds

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    😘Ahem, this amazing book by Tomato was a laugh-out-loud moment, I laughed until my stomach hurt! Lu Yunsu transmigrated into the body of a capitalist's heiress, only to find a heartless wretch leading a raid on her home. Unperturbed, she opened her spatial dimension, making all her family's belongings disappear! The Zhou family cried about being robbed, but she secretly took them flying: catching spies on a train, curing the village chief's son's snakebite leg, and becoming the darling of the villagers with her medical skills and animal language. Later, she joined the army as a medic, and even the woman-averse Officer Chu was constantly following her around. This plot is just too addictive!

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