Historical-Era Stories Where the Female Lead Pursues a Career in Government or the Military 年代文女主走仕途从政/从军的

1. 201 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Became the Songbird of the Arts Troupe 重生七零之我成了文工团里的百灵鸟 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Zhang Qing opened her eyes after dying, she found herself back in 1969, at the age of seventeen. At this point in her previous life, the county cultural troupe had gone to the countryside to perform and had fallen for her lark-like voice. It was the only chance in that era for a country girl like her to change her fate. But because her mother stood in her way and she herself lacked resolve, Zhang Qing let the opportunity slip by and regretted it for the rest of her life! Reborn, Zhang Qing 1.6kReads9.2Score199Shelves

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   🌺The female protagonist dies and is reborn in 1969 at the age of 17. In her previous life, the county's cultural troupe recognized her singing talent, which was her chance to change her destiny, but she missed it due to her mother's obstruction and her own lack of persistence. After being reborn, she joins the cultural troupe and, through hard work, passes the entrance exam for the military region's cultural troupe. She also reunites with her maternal grandfather, who was absent in her previous life, becoming the granddaughter of a high-ranking official, and meets Wei Yuanzhou.

2. 202 六 The Foolish Cannon Fodder of the Sixties Is Impossibly Beautiful 六零笨蛋炮灰实在过份美丽 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Period + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + no relocation to the countryside + a self-serving airhead heroine + slight everyone-loves-her vibe + seven-year age gap + high-ranking male lead] [Marriage Before Love from the heroine’s perspective, love at first sight from the hero’s] With a handsome military officer for a father and a gentle, wealthy mother, Lin Xiuzhu is a bona fide rich beauty in the 1960s. But when she turns eighteen, memories from the 21st century awaken in her. She happi 6.6kReads8.0Score378Shelves

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   Lin Xiuzhu, a genuine heiress and socialite in the 1960s, awakens 21st-century memories at the age of eighteen. Initially believing she's been reincarnated into a sweet romance novel, she plans to use her beauty to curry favor. While wavering between two desirable men, she's shocked to discover she's actually a transmigrator, and a short-lived cannon fodder character at that—the short-lived white moonlight of the female lead's ideal man. Meanwhile, the male lead, Gu Yu, is deep-thinking and possessive, yet constantly suppressed by the beautiful but "foolish" Lin Xiuzhu. The female lead is initially self-serving, gradually maturing later. Initially, there's much female competition, but in the later stages, the focus shifts to male competition and married life.

3. 203 千 I Traveled a Thousand Miles to Join My Husband, Only to Be Rejected? The Military Wife Is So Capable, the Nation Has Its Eye on Her 千里奔夫被嫌？军嫂太强国家盯上 Sweet Blossoms on Brocade锦上甜花Modern Romance800k WordsOngoing [Romance] [Military Marriage] [Agricultural Research] [Pride and Prejudice] Renowned agricultural scientist Lin Hongying has become a country girl who traveled a thousand miles to join the army and seek refuge with her fiancé. She is dressed in rags, gaunt and sallow, and seems both unsophisticated and uneducated. Everyone tells her arranged marriages never bring happiness. Everyone looks down on her and despises her. Look down on her? Despise her? So what? She has a heart full of ambition to 6.6kReads9.3Score468Shelves

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4. 204 刚 Joined The Army And Already Expecting Multiple Pregnancies, The Laid-Back Wife’s Good Fortune Begins 刚随军就多胎，咸鱼媳妇好运来 Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] (1960s, military marriage, soldier king, daily life, multiple births, sweet romance, devoted couple) She transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes the village’s contrast to her older female cousin. Her cousin is clever, gentle, and virtuous, while she’s spoiled, arrogant, and big-busted but dim-witted. Jiang Qian, who arrives with a pocket dimension stocked full of supplies, thinks that’s no problem at all! When her blind date takes a liking to her cousin, apologizes to her, and then se 26.7kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves

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   🥭The female lead, Jiang Qian, works in the propaganda department of the military. She translates documents while slacking off, taking on translation assignments from the library. She rises from a junior translator to an intermediate one, earning several hundred yuan a month. She has a laid-back personality but is incredibly sweet-talking. She has no conflicts with her mother-in-law and is doted on by her four older brothers. She and her fourth brother are twins, and she has triplets with the male lead.

5. 205 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 83kReads9.4Score13.3kShelves

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   The female lead goes to the military base to find her brother; her stunning beauty makes the male lead fall in love at first sight! When family members visit the barracks, he sees Jiang Nianzi, a beautiful woman in a cheongsam, with red lips and black hair, who calls out sweetly to his comrade, "Brother!" Shen Cheng grabs his comrade's neck: "This is the sister you were talking about?" Jiang Nianzi, a fighting prodigy, transmigrates into a novel in an alternate 1980s, becoming a delicate and sickly beauty. As a result, she has a shrewish mother who favors daughters over sons, a seemingly innocent but actually doting older sister, a grandmother obsessed with looks, and a younger brother brainwashed by his mother. The older sister is everything!

6. 206 桃 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 June六月Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 15kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves

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   This is a story about a female general in ancient times who joined the army. The female protagonist is highly skilled in martial arts, has great wisdom, and is also kind and decisive. She protects her country and makes contributions to the nation!

7. 207 特 The Special Forces Heroine Transmigrates to the Seventies 特种军花穿七零 Jing Xingxue景星雪Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 94Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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   🌹First book: Special Forces female captain Xia Feixue accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s because of a stone. While catching spies, she is bound to a spatial dimension. After obtaining a household registration, she still chooses to join the army and meets the person she falls in love with at first sight.🌹Second book: Xiang Nuan transmigrates into a newly widowed woman in the 1970s. She starts to cause trouble, outwits awful people, runs a business, manages the economy, becomes the secretary of the commune, leads the entire company to prosperity, and rises to the top.🌹🌹Recommended by Rui Xiaoxue, good reads for you to enjoy🌹🌹

8. 208 重 Reborn as the Chief Interpreter 重生之首席翻译官 Nine Horizons and a Cat九遐与猫Modern Romance945k WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Personal Growth] + [Women’s Redemption] Being reborn was a perk the System forced on her, in exchange for helping it settle a debt of gratitude. Though fate had long since put a price on everything, that did nothing to stop her from riding the wind to the top. 5.7kReads9.0Score554Shelves
9. 209 我 I Wear the Stars to Come See the Sun and Moon 我披星辰，来见日月 Zhang Paopaopao张泡泡泡Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn, System, making money, working hard! Not a romance. There are no romantic scenes in the main story. This is a story about a strong female lead, but she grows over time and isn't invincible from the very beginning. After returning to the time she graduated from junior high, Su Shiyi decides to break free from her heartless family for good. She'll study hard and train in combat, with one goal: to become a better version of herself, learn to protect herself, and never be manipulated again! D 11.8kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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   This girl is amazing! The female lead is very talented and hardworking!

10. 210 重 Reborn in 1973: The Capital's Darling Heads to the Countryside and Becomes a Tycoon 重生73，京圈娇女下乡成首富 Mrs. Watermelon西瓜太太呀Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted (Period Setting + Strong Female Lead + Space + Sweet Romance + Face-Slapping Power Fantasy + Patriotic Positivity) A superstar from the entertainment industry transmigrates into a book as a doomed villainess, and gets sent to the countryside right from the start. White lotus? Faithless man? Leech? Get lost, all of you! Never mind her parents' identities: she alone has a space stocked with everything she needs. Who cares about the female lead? She's the one truly favored by the heavens. With noth 642Reads6.4Score—Shelves
11. 211 恶 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: From the Neighborhood Office to the Provincial Committee Compound 恶婆婆重生：从街道办到省委大院 Like a Flower, Not Like Jade如花不似玉Modern Romance2.9M WordsOngoing [The short drama is now streaming] [Career-driven female lead | 1970s political career progression | A female version of Game of Thrones] Striving to awaken women's consciousness + alternate historical setting + career-focused plot + blended family + male lead who understands her 💥 Modern media mogul Yin Chunjiao opens her eyes to find herself the notorious wicked mother-in-law of the 1970s. • Drove her daughter-in-law to her death? No way. I'll send her to university. • Throwing tantrums and ac 26.9kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    Absolutely gorgeous.

12. 212 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

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    A super-intelligent indigenous female protagonist attends military academy; no romantic partner.

13. 213 娇 So Alluring! One Tease from Her, and the War God Blocks the Door to Demand Marriage 娇引！她一撩，兵王堵门要结婚 Cheng Xiaoyao程小尧Modern Romance856k WordsCompleted [Audiobook now available] A cool-faced but warm-hearted martyr's orphan becomes a young educated woman sent to the countryside, and falls in love at first sight with an abstinent special forces soldier Pocket dimension + striking back against enemy spies + patriotism + two powerful, devoted leads + no self-sacrificing heroine + helping farmers prosper + one-on-one romance + devoted love In the 23rd century, Feng Moyan was an all-purpose killer developed by researchers and made to serve the organ 5.6kReads8.9Score553Shelves

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    These are historical fiction novels featuring female protagonists who are capable and belong to various professions, including military/political roles. Some are military doctors, others are officers, researchers, and still others are special forces soldiers. They're well-written and worth checking out.

14. 214 五 The Little Treasure Hunter of the Fifties 五零捡漏小当家 Scroll Ah卷轴啊Modern Romance428k WordsCompleted A kindergarten teacher in her thirties wakes up to find herself in 1952, inhabiting the body of Qian Laixi, a five-year-old playmate kept by a capitalist family. The household is about to flee, the country is in turmoil, and her own family is still stuck in poverty as servants. No problem! She has a stingy “Junk System” that recycles just about anything. The He family is clearing out? Fine, she’ll scan every last inch of their property! Unclaimed treasure? She’ll gladly take it all, from silver 20.2kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
15. 215 带 I Bring a Pig Farm to the 1970s 带个养猪场穿七零 Oreo Planet Person奥利奥星球人Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted How hard would a college student with no connections or money work just to get an internship stamp? Jiang Cha went to a pig farm and became a temporary “poop scooper.” Forget petting cats, at this pig farm she really was scooping poop~~ And who would have thought she'd run into trouble too? Who could have guessed there'd be a huge explosion, right while she was working? Aaaaaah! Whenever she thinks back to arriving in the 1970s, her eyes still sting. 3.8kReads8.8Score313Shelves

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    The third book is about public security, it's very good but not finished. The second book is about soldiers who have been to the battlefield, the male lead is from a matriarchal era and depends on the female lead. The first book is about a purchasing department employee who frequently travels for work.

16. 216 年 Awakening in a New Era: An Immortal Cultivation Expert in the Military District 年代觉醒：修仙大佬在军区 Defying the World Through Play戏逆天下Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation Space + Period Setting + Not a Saintly Heroine + Plant Powers + Space Powers + Cunning and a Little Selfish + Medical Skills + Loves Good Food and Hates Work] A hardcore homebody and avid novel reader accidentally finds herself inside an apocalypse novel. She’s become the most powerful ability user of her time, but she still hasn’t learned how to control her powers properly. She dies fighting the Zombie King, and a sliver of life lets her be reborn in the harsh years of the Flower K 5.1kReads8.1Score417Shelves
17. 217 炊 A Woman Joins the Mess Hall 炊事班来了个女同志 I'm Sang Sang我系桑桑呀Modern Romance979k WordsCompleted Meng Jinzhang never imagined that a moment of kindness spent saving someone would leave him with a wife. Changpu never imagined that one day she would leave her village in such an unbelievable way, then travel farther and farther and climb higher and higher. 10.8kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    Both are period dramas, but I highly recommend the first one; the story of a woman pursuing a career in politics is incredibly captivating!

18. 218 年 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: After the Broken Engagement, the Original Male Lead Trembles in Fear 年代快穿，退婚，原男主瑟瑟发抖 July Sunrise七月朝阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as: Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: After Breaking Off Her Engagement, the Cannon Fodder Heroine Has a Lucky Pregnancy Note: This story is entirely fictional. (Alternate history + Era-hopping + Devoted couples + Adorable children + Triplets + Farming + Transmigration + Intelligent brain pocket dimension + Interstellar + More children, more blessings + Cannon fodder fights back + Face-slapping scumbags + Strong heroine + Modern romance + Republican era + Showbiz) Synopsis: The a 7.2kReads9.0Score420Shelves

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    ① 1968 Cannon fodder woman with no heir x scheming, manipulative husband √ ② 1975 tofu seller who won't let her work x childhood sweetheart soldier √ ③ 1973 child bride awakens and angrily kicks Chen Shimei √ ④ To repay a life-saving debt, the husband raises the widow of his comrade-in-arms; the wife, morally blackmailed, flips the table and quits √ ⑤ The stolen life of a rich heiress from red capitalism. (√) ⑥ A mountain dweller, tricked into becoming the wife of two brothers (√) ⑦ The cannon fodder fake heiress in the true and false heiress stories √ ⑧ 1980 rich girl with no heir who was exploited by her cousin and fiancé √ ⑨ The widow with no heir who died on her wedding day quits √ ⑩ The original wife of a son-in-law from the 1980s √ 0

19. 219 重 Reborn in 1970s: A Military Doctor Meets a Special Forces Soldier 重生七零当军医遇上特种兵 Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Military romance + medicine + strengthening the nation + passionate action + flirtation Song Wei, a military doctor who served on peacekeeping missions, has been reborn. Her goal: to find the boy she once passed by. Who would have thought that the prettiest yet most timid girl in the military compound would fall for that arrogant, overbearing demon of a young man? In Lu Jiu’s eyes, Song Wei is like a sand cat: timid, quick, and easily frightened, though she occasionally flashes her claws. Sh 19.7kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
20. 220 八 The 1980s: Reborn as the Commander's Daughter, I Lie Back and Win 八零：穿成首长千金，我直接躺赢 Pinellia and Sandalwood半夏沙棠Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [1980s + adored by the whole family + military compound + everyday life + sweet romance + military marriage] [Pure-hearted, roguishly handsome officer × gorgeous heiress] An alternate setting with creative liberties. Read at your own discretion. Gu Nianjiao woke up one day to find she had transmigrated into a book, becoming the male lead's doomed cannon-fodder ex-wife. Although she was a minor character destined to die, she was the apple of her family's eye. Her grandparents doted on her, her pa 1.9kReads7.1Score146Shelves

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    🍬🍬Gu Nianjiao wakes up to find herself transmigrated into a novel as the daughter of a high-ranking official. Though a minor character in the story, she's the darling of her family. Spoiled by her grandparents, doted on by her parents, with a brother who dotes on his sister and a younger brother who dotes on his sister, she's a princess raised with boundless love and affection. 🍅🍅Since she's transmigrated to the 1980s, it would be a waste not to make a name for herself amidst this immense wealth. She opens a clothing store, builds a factory, establishes a company, and gradually builds it into a powerful force!

21. 221 快 Quick Transmigration! From the 1930s to the New Millennium, I Outdid Everyone 快穿！从三零到千禧我卷赢所有 July Sunrise七月朝阳Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period setting + devoted couples + sweet romance + no fixed pairing + pocket dimension + reborn + transmigration + revenge + face-slapping + comeback + calculated self-interest + fictional period setting + note that there are male supporting characters + tragic supporting characters] Note: This story is entirely fictional. In Star Calendar Year 3300, Jiang Qingqing was born in an interstellar orphanage and left unclaimed. To survive, Jiang Qingqing takes only an old, battered robot discarded by 6.2kReads8.4Score363Shelves
22. 222 七 Joining the Army in the Seventies: The Brilliant Scientist Tames a Rugged Man Who Can't Have Children 七零随军：科研娇妻驯服绝嗣糙汉 True to the Mountain at Dawn不负熹山Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted Si Nian was beautiful and lucky, but one careless mistake led to her father being reported, putting her at risk of being sent to the countryside. To spare their daughter from hardship, her family pulled some strings and found her a blind date who could protect her. But as soon as she arrived, she saw her cousin had gotten there first and stolen her prospective match. Si Nian was about to confront her when a string of comments suddenly floated above her head. [Such a beauty, yet she's going to ma 1.8kReads8.8Score186Shelves
23. 223 预 Foreknowledge and Transmigration: Hoarding Ten Million Supplies to Steal the Heroine's Fortune 预知穿越，囤千万物资抢女主机缘 Su Ranjiu酥染玖Modern Romance445k WordsCompleted While reading a book, Lu Ruanruan realizes that she shares a name with one of its cannon-fodder supporting characters, and even their appearances and figures are described similarly. After that, she starts dreaming about the book’s plot. She suspects it’s a sign that she’s about to transmigrate into a book, so she stockpiles a huge amount of supplies in advance. Sure enough, she later transmigrates into the book’s world and becomes a pitiful girl her family doesn’t care for. Her older sister has 23.1kReads8.3Score2.5kShelves

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    The female protagonist, knowing she was about to be transported, quickly used her spatial storage to stockpile a large amount of goods and supplies. She then traveled to the 1980s, where she retaliated against the villains and lived a good life.

24. 224 重 Reborn, I Threw My Arms Around the Boy Whose Eyes Had Turned Red with Anger 重生后一把抱住那气红了眼的男孩 Evening Breeze晚风矣Modern Romance269k WordsCompleted [Reborn + sweet romance + satisfying revenge + no angst + happy ending + one true pairing] [Quirky military doctor vs. tough, handsome soldier] Lu Li was adopted. When she was sixteen, her adoptive parents had a child of their own, and she was gradually pushed to the margins. One day in her senior year of high school, her adoptive parents cursed her out. It turned out He Sinian’s family had found them and offered them a large sum of money to make her stay away from him. In her previous life, sh 18kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves

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    This military novel, not a period drama, is super good! The male lead's family disapproves, so he goes to military academy while the female lead becomes a military doctor. After graduation, they serve together in the army. Even when a wise man falls in love, he still continues to build a beautiful motherland!

25. 225 漂 The Beautiful Girl Next Door Wakes Up and Joins the Army. Officers Fight Over Her 漂亮白月光觉醒随军，首长争又抢 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Second Chance at Love, Spatial Ability, Everyone’s Favorite, Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium, Adorable Baby, Military Marriage” In the third year of living apart from He Shaoyan and fighting over a divorce, Ye Qingzhi began having prophetic dreams. At first, they were just trivial things, until one day she dreamed that her brother-in-law imprisoned her, while her sister became his accomplice and drove her insane before she died a gruesome death. After she died, the man who had repeatedly cl 28.1kReads7.0Score2.5kShelves

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    When news of their reconciliation reached their hometown, Ye Manli called, her tone sour: "Sister, didn't you say you wanted a divorce?" Ye Qingzhi didn't answer and hung up. She remembered that dream, in which her older sister personally pushed her into hell. The dream hadn't come true in this life, but she wouldn't give anyone another chance. She touched the switchblade in her pocket, feeling a sense of peace.

26. 226 穿 Transported to the 1960s, I Join the Corps and Win Over the Stoic Soldier 穿六零，进兵团，拿下禁欲兵哥哥 Gu Nuan, Who Loves Cranberry Peanuts爱吃蔓越莓花生的顾暖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Lu Zhaozhao accidentally finds herself inside a novel set in a bygone era, where she discovers she has become a disposable supporting character and the female lead’s stepping stone. The one turning point in her life is ruined by the heroine, leaving her stuck in that place for the rest of her life. Meanwhile, the heroine gets her chance, joins an arts troupe, meets the male lead, and lives happily ever after. When Lu Zhaozhao read the book, she thought the heroine’s values were all wrong. Experi 212Reads6.6Score—Shelves
27. 227 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The 1970s Female Farm Manager Sets the Whole Regiment Ablaze 穿书七零：女场长她火爆全兵团 Green Pavilion Sauce青阁酱Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Military farm] [Building an era] [Humorous farming] After making an offhand complaint, overworked Tan Xiaoxu transmigrates into a melodramatic romance novel as the male lead’s doomed original wife. The good news: the plot has gone off the rails, and her cousin has taken over the doomed wife’s fate! Tan Xiaoxu, deeply grateful: “What a wonderful person!” If you want to be the doomed wife, go ahead and take my place! Romance-addled fools have no future. Better to reclaim wasteland and build a car 8.3kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
28. 228 挺 She Joined the Army with a Big Baby Bump and Dazzled the Entire Family Compound 挺孕肚去随军，她惊艳整个家属院 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (She joins her husband’s army while heavily pregnant and amazes the entire military compound) Song Jinyue, a brilliant scientific researcher, transmigrates to the 1970s after a car accident. When she opens her eyes, she’s suddenly married after a whirlwind wedding, with a baby on the way. Outside, her older brother and sister-in-law are fighting over the letter that just arrived, ordering her to join her husband at his army post. To avoid getting her brother into trouble, Song Jinyue decides 22.8kReads8.0Score2.1kShelves

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    🔥🔥🔥Song Jinyue transmigrated here last night. While crossing an intersection, two large trucks rushed towards her from opposite directions. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in this backward era. Translation, scientific research—her life in the 1970s begins.

29. 229 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Female Special Forces Soldier Can Take on Ten at Once 七零军婚：女特种兵她能一打十 Millionaire Lady千万富婆Modern Romance3.1M WordsOngoing Special Forces + Everyone’s Favorite + Pocket Dimension + System + Face-Slapping + Powerful Family Background Modern-day special forces soldier Xiao Niannian is caught in an explosion during a mission and becomes Xiao Niannian in 1970. Her parents are unknown, and her adoptive father died in service. Her adoptive father’s second brother wants to trade her away, drain her blood, and grind her bones. Does he really think she’s still the helpless girl anyone could bully? She wakes up just as she’s 15.3kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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    The first book features a female lead who is a special forces soldier; it's currently being serialized and she's incredibly skilled—a top-tier soldier leading other female soldiers to legendary status. The second book features a female lead who is a researcher and was specially recruited into the military; the plot is also very engaging.

30. 230 褪 Shedding My Uniform for a Career in Politics, I Fear No Man 褪去戎装入官场，巾帼何惧男儿郎 My Wife, Liu Ruyan家妻柳如烟Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The rating just came out. It should go up later. Probably. Enjoy! Women's fiction + politics + strong female lead At 28, Shen Ke leaves military service as a regimental-level female officer and is assigned as executive vice county magistrate of economically underdeveloped Qing County. On her very first day, she is confronted by a mass petition. Watch Shen Ke show her unique strengths in a political world dominated by men and carve out her own path to success. 608Reads7.7Score112Shelves

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    Let me recommend my book, which is almost 900,000 words long. The female lead is a military officer who goes into politics and rises through the ranks from deputy county head. She is calm and decisive, and does not suppress others. There is a male lead, who is not very prominent but is useful. It is an arranged marriage that develops into love, and the love is restrained.

31. 231 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Beautiful Young Woman Chooses to Be an Officer, Not a Soldier's Wife 七零军婚：娇美人不当军嫂当军官 Three Parts Sweet Star Dream星梦三分甜Modern Romance313k WordsOngoing [Sweet romance + military marriage] [System space] [Everyday military life] [A Peking opera beauty] [Unconventional face-slapping] [The heroine isn't fully committed to becoming a soldier at first. She'll grow alongside her comrades through training and daily life.] In her previous life, Shen Xiange gave up her engagement to Cheng Yuhan of her own accord, after her cousin “persuaded” her to pursue her Peking opera dream. But not long after they parted, news came from the front that Cheng Yuhan 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist joins the army in Northeast China and awakens a system called "[Admiration]". She begins training from the moment she enlists and even earns merit along the way. The male protagonist is her superior; they are childhood sweethearts and their relationship is very sweet.

32. 232 六 The Fierce and Charming Female Soldier of the 1960s: Winning the Cold Commander's Heart 六零娇辣小女兵：狠撩高冷首长心 Fish in the Woods00林中鱼00Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa 42.9kReads9.1Score3.9kShelves

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    ✨💥A charming, cunning, fox-like beauty versus a powerful, high-ranking military commander. The female lead actively seduces the male lead, who gradually falls for her. Once he's in love, he dotes on her, giving her money and power whenever she asks. He knows her self-serving nature, but he still favors her.

33. 233 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s and Became the Village Barefoot Doctor 穿越六零，我成了村里的赤脚医生 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + farming + military doctor + golden finger + everyday family life + building a career + no romance + adorable pets] Tian Cai has transmigrated. It started when she rescued a girl injured in a chain-reaction car accident. The fuel tank exploded soon after, and she lost consciousness. When she came to, she found herself in the 1960s. Forced by poverty, Tian Cai put her limited medical skills to use as a barefoot doctor. To avoid getting caught up in a medical malpractice case, she 4.9kReads9.2Score595Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who juggles both politics and scientific research. She's capable and resourceful, surrounded by equally capable people; it's an ensemble piece without a romantic pairing. The second book features a female protagonist who is a special police officer who transmigrates to the present day. She has a special advantage and rises from a village doctor to a military doctor. The story includes family dramas and career-building elements; there's no romantic pairing. The third book features a female protagonist who is a researcher. She doesn't have any special advantages, but she's very intelligent. She's currently working her way up from a steel mill to a military research institute, and there are various schemes and plots involved.

34. 234 下 The Capitalist Heiress Who Was Burned to Death After Being Sent Down Has Been Reborn 下放被烧死的资本家大小姐重生了 E Dai俄代Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Her uncle sacrificed himself. Her parents went missing. Her grandparents donated all their assets to save the country, yet in the end, the whole family still died a tragic death. The eldest daughter of the Zhu family was reborn, only to return to the time before she was sent away to the countryside. Ten years of trials in the apocalypse had taught her to see through human nature. Now that she was back, she would destroy every scheme and thwart everyone coveting what was hers. She would also save 9.2kReads8.4Score886Shelves
35. 235 社 A Sociable Little One Takes Her Sweet, Delicate Mom Along to Join the Army 社牛崽崽带娇软亲妈去随军 Er Lulu二鹿鹿Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Gifted Kids + Women Supporting Women] Jiang Ningning transmigrates into a military-marriage novel as the deceased biological mother of a pair of gifted twins. Her husband sends her a monthly child support payment, but the original owner is weak-willed and constantly gets swindled out of the money by her in-laws on one pretext or another. The twins raise their mother by scavenging, until their fifth birthday, when the disillusione 9.3kReads8.9Score941Shelves
36. 236 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1970s to Build My Country 穿越我在七零建设祖国 I'd Gladly Share a Dream with You甘与子同梦Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted As a descendant of Huaxia, revitalizing the motherland and building a prosperous, powerful nation is a conviction etched into one's bones. After unexpectedly transmigrating to the 1970s, Nian Youyu eagerly answers the nationwide call for educated youth to go to the countryside, build the land, and defend the motherland. She has already graduated from high school. Raising fish and shrimp, growing medicinal herbs, opening a distillery... As the great leader said, the countryside is a vast world wh 28Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    A political drama set in a specific period, it's incredibly good! Highly recommended, don't be fooled by the low rating.

37. 237 胎 Born Into the Fifties! Life With a High-Tech Spirit Spring Space 胎穿五零！带科技灵泉空间生活 A Miao99一只99淼Modern Romance154k WordsCompleted [Top-Tier Beauty + Period Setting + Spirit Spring Space + Technical College + Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology] The heroine’s name is Cheng Xijun! Cheng Xijun is born into the 1950s with a god-tier pocket dimension. She skips grades to get into technical college, studies mechanics, gathers followers, and works as a technician, overcoming every obstacle on her way to becoming a top scientist. The male lead, Lin Senda, is a high-ranking official’s son who works in politic 940Reads—Score113Shelves

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    This book is very technically advanced and suitable for military service.

38. 238 刚 I Transmigrated and Got Arrested? The Scientist's Army Wife Turns the Tables 刚穿越就被抓？科研军嫂逆风翻盘 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s era + period setting + advancing the nation through research + military marriage + alternate history + slow burn (not a power fantasy, includes awful characters)] // Twilight shines over the nine provinces, stars settle in my arms // A genius inventor from the interstellar era unexpectedly reborn in the year 1975 of the Xiazhou calendar. She opens her eyes in an interrogation room, in a dire situation, on the verge of being sentenced to death. Ye Mu is just about to show 29kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves

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    All of these are period dramas featuring female protagonists who enter politics and the military. The first book's female protagonist is a time traveler from interstellar space, and the main focus is on a nation strong in scientific research. In the early stages, the female protagonist is a lawless outlaw, cold-hearted and selfish, but she changes after being touched by something in the middle. Her growth is clearly focused on scientific research and establishing herself in the military to protect herself.

39. 239 穿 The Book Transmigrator Swapped Brides, Married in Her Place, and Raised Fish. I Returned to Win Without Lifting a Finger 穿书女换亲替嫁养鱼，我回归躺赢 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance122k WordsOngoing [Reclaiming Her Body + Emotional Push and Pull + Family Life + Devoted Husband + Marriage Before Love] Su Wan's body was taken over by a woman who had transmigrated into a book for three years. During that time, the transmigrator pulled one outrageous stunt after another. First, she plotted, "Dad marries into the family, and I get rich," tricking her father into marrying a rich woman. Then she forced the wealthy woman's son, a future business tycoon, into her grasp. She had her eldest sister tak 6.7kReads—Score157Shelves

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    "The Transmigrated Woman's Marriage Swap and Fish Farming: My Comeback and Easy Success" Su Wan's body was possessed by a transmigrated woman for three years. During these three years, the transmigrated woman's antics were outrageous. First, she plotted "my father marrying into the family and me becoming rich," tricking her father into marrying a wealthy woman, then forcibly taking the woman's son, the future richest man, into her fold. Her eldest sister married the reincarnated man's older brother in his place, leading a miserable married life! She married her second sister to the future beverage tycoon, and her fourth sister was betrothed to the future scrap king—a paper tycoon. She even had her fifth brother learn from the reincarnated man to get rich together. Her sisters all became pawns in her marriage schemes, tools for her future wealth. Not only that, she also raised a pond full of large fish... Two of the largest were the reincarnated male protagonist, Yu Xiangdong, who started from scratch and was destined to become incredibly wealthy. The other was her soon-to-be husband! Huo Chenxiao. Although a supporting character, he would inherit billions in assets. The book describes him in only one sentence: "The only outcome of angering him is death." Now, Su Wan has regained her body and even gained some of the transmigrated woman's memories. But the situation she faces is beyond her control... The transmigrated woman has attracted a bunch of fish! Her husband is furious! Her eldest sister hates her, and her fourth sister is dissatisfied with her! Just as she was lost in thought, Huo Chenxiao walked over...

40. 240 穿 I Transmigrated as a Brash Villainess and Tricked an Amnesiac Big Shot into Becoming My Live-In Son-in-Law 穿成泼作女配，骗失忆大佬当赘婿 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period drama + everyday warmth + daily life + emotional tension + building wealth + happy ending] This is not an angst-filled story. Su Man transmigrates into a book, finding herself in an unfinished, melodramatic rebirth novel... as a lazy, greedy, foul-tempered villainess in the late 1970s. The original owner gets into danger in the wild and is saved by a powerful man with amnesia. In a series of foolish acts, she tricks him into thinking he's a fugitive, hides his military ID, and forces him 21.4kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
41. 241 回 Back to 1968: I Won't Be a Baby-Making Tool 回到1968：我不当送子工具人 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance643k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Women's awakening] [Political career] [Scientific research] [Pocket dimension] [No child-rearing] [Ensemble cast] [Reborn] Xie Yun, a modern orphan, returns to 1968 and becomes Xie Yun, a country girl raised by a widowed mother, with an exceptionally capable younger brother named Xie Shen. She discovers that she hasn't just transmigrated through time, she's also transmigrated into a book: a story about a stepmother raising children, where she is the first 9.4kReads9.3Score756Shelves

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    Deputy County Head Xie's begging journey! The veterinarians he's training don't have thermometers? Send a letter to the state-owned medical equipment factory, asking them to help the farmers! High-yield wheat varieties lack experimental materials? Write to research institutes nationwide, just asking! Lacking elderly people for experiments? Wherever they're being modified, send them all! What, you call me a bandit? How can you call it robbery when it comes to resource flow? What's wrong with using your useless stuff to benefit the people?! What's wrong with that?! No romance, no stepmothers, purely focused on the cause. If you want sweet romance, leave! Leave! Leave!

42. 242 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 35.1kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves

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    [Top Post] I highly recommend these four books! [Frustrated] They're super good! 👀 [Shocked] ① A technically skilled military officer VS a powerful female boss + the female lead causing trouble. A junior accountant becomes the commune secretary through her brains and cunning, building roads, sending students to exams, and leading the entire commune to prosperity. [Shocked] ② The Shen family, which should have been in decline, not only didn't decline, but instead rose to prominence, receiving so many rewards from the government that their hands were sore. The villagers were envious. Then they decisively clung to the powerful figure: Hehe, after all, as long as you follow the right person, you can even make a name for yourself in a fight! Shen Danluo covered her face: Forget it, being low-key is impossible, so I can only be wild. [Shocked] ③ Historical fiction + green tea + yandere + crazy + powerful figure + family life + space + food + healing + transmigration. This is a story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. [Shocked] ④ From a lowly clerk in a motor factory to a pillar of the nation, Shi Xia faces many challenges. The first step is to squeeze out the big radish and take over the radish post!

43. 243 重 Back to the ’80s: She Joins the Military 重回八零：她向戎装 Carefree Eighteen Miles逍遥十八里Modern Romance315k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + comeback + inspirational + no System + ensemble cast] In her previous life, Yun Shu lived an unremarkable life well into middle age, letting the years slip away amid the daily grind, until a car accident brought it all to an abrupt end, leaving only regrets and guilt. When she opened her eyes, she was back in 1988, a thirteen-year-old girl sitting in a second-year junior high classroom. This time, she refused to be the same ordinary, timid person. She gave up novel 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead joins the military, and the male lead enters politics.

44. 244 七 In the 1970s: Picking Up a Madman as My Husband 七零年代疯批夫妇 The Colorful Xue Jingfei色彩缤纷的薛静妃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 109.5kReads9.3Score11.4kShelves
45. 245 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Supporting Actress Builds Warplanes and Defies Her Fate 七零军婚：女配造战机撕碎炮灰命 Jin Xilan金汐澜Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Period Setting] [Side Character Awakening] [Power Couple] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Military Marriage] [Both Leads Are Loyal in Body and Heart] Lan Huan accidentally took a fall and passed out. She had a dream and discovered that they were living inside a military romance novel. And she was nothing more than a nameless, doomed side character, brought in to make the male and female leads reunite, while also causing the second male lead to fall in love with the heroine at first sight. To stay alive, 2.2kReads—Score184Shelves

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    The female lead later engages in scientific research.

46. 246 七 A Cadre's Daughter in the 1970s: From Village Belle to Translator 七零高干：从村花到翻译官 Clear Seas, Deep Rivers海清河深Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [Era of Reversal] [Rise of a Great Nation] [Clear-Eyed Money Making] [The Heroine’s Growth] [Marriage Before Love] [Building a Business in the 1970s] In 1975, deep in the Ten-Thousand Mountains, a single dirt road trapped countless rural children in lives of poverty. Zhao Shuhe had a secret: inside her mind was a 2025 course System. While everyone else was still using abacuses, she already knew matrix calculations. While others were memorizing the 26 letters, she had a complete university-level 217kReads8.8Score35.7kShelves
47. 247 我 Peace and Joy in the Sixties 我在六零年代平安喜乐 Long An, Who Loves Okra and Fried Eggs爱吃秋葵煎蛋的龙安Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical era + pocket dimension + rural slice of life + cozy everyday moments] A grown woman mysteriously becomes reborn in the body of a little girl who died young, with a different name but the same surname. After a brief period of confusion, Qiu Yuling's fighting spirit ignites when her golden finger, the Get-Rich Farm, activates. While others toil at the black market to trade for supplies, Qiu Yuling says that as long as she lives earnestly and moves a finger or two in her pocket dimensio 7.7kReads8.9Score615Shelves

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    The strongest political novel of the era [Sparrow Eater Masterpiece][Sparrow Eater Masterpiece] The female lead is so cool ❤️❤️❤️❤️ The female lead works diligently to cover up the origin of the item, but accidentally becomes a conscientious and hardworking people's cadre. She believes in loving what she does, but inadvertently becomes proficient in whatever she does.

48. 248 五 The 1950s: The Family's Beloved Child Takes a Grain Shop Through the Famine 五零团宠，带着粮铺混饥荒 llx Flying Fishllx飞鱼Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [For female readers] [Period] [Spatial storage] [Famine] [Family darling] [Everyday family life] [Slice of life] [Dual transmigration] [Coming of age] [Reincarnated in the womb] [Alternate historical setting] [A black pot falls from the sky: transmigrate to the 1950s and become the family’s darling] When Zhao Suisui returned home for the New Year, she passed her aunt’s grain shop. Her aunt had something urgent to do and asked her to mind the store. Just as she was lying on a rocking chair, watch 25kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves

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    Entering the realm of national defense and diplomacy, the female protagonist takes the college entrance examination in 1965, the last year of its kind, and is admitted to the foreign language major at Huajun University. When Zhao Suisui returns home for the New Year, she passes by her aunt's grain shop and is stopped by her aunt who suddenly has something to do, asking her to watch the shop. Just as she's lying in a rocking chair watching videos on her phone, she's struck by a falling meteorite and plunged into darkness. When she wakes up again, she's become a three-year-old child in 1956. Thinking about the three years of famine, she trembles with fear, thankfully her aunt's grain shop has survived with her.

49. 249 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
50. 250 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    In those days, people caught ghosts, fought zombies, exorcised evil spirits, farmed, became officials, and did business.

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