Male-Oriented Period Novels Don't Seem to Be Very Popular 男频年代文好像不怎么火
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Everyone Looks Down on the Heroine for Being in a Vegetative State? Fine, I’ll Marry Her 都嫌弃女主是植物人？那我娶走了
Lin Xuan transmigrates into an urban novel as a short-tempered villain. From the start, his scumbag father, who favors his illegitimate son, forces him to take the place of a comatose supporting character with a fear of men in a marriage meant to bring her good luck. Fortunately, the [Crazy Cuddling] System comes online. As long as he makes physical contact with someone who has high fortune points, he can earn points to buy all kinds of products and skills. So Lin Xuan acts decisively and choose
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At the Pinnacle of Politics: Winning With a Rebellious Streak 巅峰官场：胜在反骨
[Rebirth + political intrigue + revenge + one heroine + wish fulfillment + no self-sacrificing saint] In his previous life, Zheng Gongcheng was reduced to a pawn, framed by others, and died in despair. Reborn, he is defiant to the core, sees through the ways of officialdom, and rises to the top. (The sequel to this book, “The Pinnacle of Officialdom: Defiance Wins, Part 2,” has been signed. Readers are welcome to follow it. I dedicate this book to everyone who enjoyed this story and political in
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Don't Panic, Wife. I Have a Tiny Bit of Cultivation! 娘子莫慌，其实我有亿点点修为！
[System + Sign-In + Lying Low + Play the pig to eat the tiger + Leveling up and development] The protagonist, Xiao Fan, was an ordinary Chinese literature graduate who had just left university. His soul transmigrated into the body of a baby who had just died in another world. He became a scholar at thirteen, passed the provincial examination at sixteen, and earned the rank of tribute scholar at seventeen. Then the crown prince selected him to be his study companion. The crown prince, Qin Xuan, w
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The 1960s: I Own a Piece of Land 60年代：我有一块地
I transmigrated, and there's ten mu of farmland in my space. But it can't sow or harvest with a single click, so I have to plant and reap everything by hand. It's tiring, but fulfilling, and life has started getting better. It wouldn't be bad to marry a beautiful wife with fair skin, either! The country is struggling, and a huge storm is coming, so I'd better keep a low profile for now. When the time is right, I'll make my move.
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Reborn in the 1960s: The Life of a Tycoon 重生六零之首富人生
When Li Jie wakes up, he finds himself back in 1960, having transmigrated along with the entire residential complex where he lives! The complex is stocked with supplies, and the pocket dimension contains dozens of mu of black soil where time passes ten times faster, along with a pool of miraculous spirit spring water. Ranches, farms, fishponds, orchards: he's got them all! With the pocket dimension at his fingertips, Brother Jie can eat his fill, and his whole family will never go hungry. Li Jie
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The 1970s: A Happy Life of Watching Drama and Eating Snacks 七零之看戏吃瓜的嗨皮日常
[Transmigration + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + everyday family life + gossip and watching the show] Yang Jianguo owned an auto repair shop. One night, on his way home from work, it was so dark that he fell into a storm drain and died. When he opened his eyes, he discovered that he'd transmigrated into a ridiculous novel he'd read out of boredom and become an ordinary passerby. Now, let's see how Yang Jianguo enjoys the gossip and drama of the 1970s.
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Li Dabao in 1960s Beijing 60年代京城李大宝
Li Dabao, from 2024, transmigrates to a Beijing courtyard house in 1960 and tells a series of funny stories about ordinary life... (No angst, pure comedy. This is not one of those beastly courtyard-house stories: there are no super heroes, no stealing anyone’s heroines, and no causing any trouble.)
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Transmigrating to Baoding City in the 1960s 穿越60年代的保定城
My name is Wang Tudi. I transmigrated from 2024 into the 1960 version of Wang Tudi, and here I’ve experienced the simple goodness of the people and the warmth of family. How will he make his way in this era? (I’m not good at writing synopses, so please read the story.) P.S. The author is a newbie, so please go easy on me, you Peng Yuyan and Liu Yifei lookalikes.
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Reborn in 1970: Making It Up to My Wife and Daughter 重生70，弥补老婆和女儿
“Do you have to drive the three of us to our deaths?” Reborn in the 1970s, he opened his eyes to find a woman standing before him, her voice hoarse as she accused him. She was beautiful, and two little girls stood beside her. “I was wrong before. I’ll take care of you and this family.” Tears streamed down his face as he fell to his knees and wept.
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My Childhood Sweetheart Became a Down-and-Out Hong Kong Sister-in-Law? I'll Marry Her and Become a Millionaire 青梅变落魄俏港嫂？娶她做富一代
[Hunting in the mountains in the 1970s] [Spirit spring space] [One heroine] [Building a fortune] [Devoted dad raising kids] [Heartwarming family life] [Everyday family squabbles] [Childhood sweethearts] Reborn in one stroke, Zhou Cheng marries his down-on-her-luck childhood sweetheart, who has returned from Hong Kong. Everyone calls her a shameless tramp and says Zhou Cheng has lost his mind. Zhou Cheng just laughs. “What the hell do you know?” His lovely wife is not only elegant and a wonderful
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Call Me Master 叫我师尊
[Genius protagonist + master-disciple cultivation] The first time Tian Xia saw her, she wore a languid expression, as if no one else mattered. Her long black hair was pinned up behind her head, and her fitted dark robe accentuated her graceful, regal bearing. She’s probably the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen, Tian Xia thought. A moment later, a faint smile played across the lips of the figure seated above. “Xihe Divine Physique, unrivaled in this age! Good! From now on, remember to call me
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Daily Life: My Wife Is the Leader of the Righteous Path 日常：妻乃正道魁首
No System + everyday life + living off a woman + not a power fantasy Three thousand years of history amount to nothing but fame, fortune, and power; after journeying ninety thousand li in search of the Dao, one still ends up with poetry, wine, and a country life. Four years after transmigrating, having weathered one hardship after another, he had hoped for a life of poetry, wine, and pastoral bliss. Instead, he was dragged into a conflict, with a long-prepared web closing in around him. All of t
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
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After Retirement, My Wife Brought People to Arrest Me 退休后，老婆带人来抓我了
From the start, a beautiful woman proposed to him. Liu Xuedong was a fake psychologist and, in reality, an S-Rank Cleaner. Just as he was happily anticipating a perfect life, he realized things weren't going quite the way he'd imagined… Wait, isn't my wife the one I hate most? (A professional writer registered with the Provincial Writers Association. Credentials verified, so read with confidence.) (My new book is out, God's Business Company. Thanks for your support.)
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Back to the 1960s: From Eating My Fill to Becoming a Factory Boss 穿回六零：从吃饱饭到厂长老总
On a sweltering day, a bottle of ice-cold cola sent a young man struggling to make ends meet back to the early 1960s. He was reborn as the third great-uncle who had died young in his previous life. In an era when people worried just about getting enough to eat, he began a life of easy success. New book: Transmigrating to 1942: Starting with a Blade of Grass. I hope you’ll support it.
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The 1950s: I Got into College and Became a Factory Director 五十年代：考上大学当厂长
[A delightfully ordinary young man + everyday life + college entrance exams + hard work + one heroine] Just as Zhou Xingran's life was getting back on track, he suddenly transmigrated to a remote mountain village in the 1950s. His father doesn't care for him, his mother doesn't love him, and his family is dirt-poor. No matter. Relying on others is worse than relying on himself. So, first things first: he might as well get into college! P.S. The golden finger is very minor. The protagonist mainly
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Reborn in 1965: I'm the Only Son in the Family 重生六五，我为家中唯一男丁
Alternate history, alternate history, alternate history. Some things are important enough to say three times!!! (A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, and there’s a spatial ability! Completed.) After working hard for ten years, she finally managed to buy a home and a car in a third-tier city. Life was getting better and better... Then one day, she transmigrated into a parallel era where food and clothing were scarce, and she was the only boy in her family. Fortunately, her family didn’t favor
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The 1970s: From the Start, I Dumped My First Love and Went to the Countryside to Find a Wife 七零：开局踢开白月光下乡找老婆
[Short drama released] [Animated series released] In his previous life, Zhou Liwei spent his whole life acting like a lovesick puppy for the woman he adored. A lovesick puppy gets nothing in return. That was the truth of Zhou Liwei’s past life. He gave her all his money, took the blame for her, and ended up behind bars... He spent nearly twenty years in prison, never once visited by the woman he loved. Instead, her man came to mock him by revealing the truth. “The boy isn’t yours. Thanks for bei
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Reborn as a Warlord, I Start by Selling the Human Traffickers Out 枭雄重生，从反手卖掉人贩子开始
[Nostalgic rebirth + beautiful wife and devoted dad + making amends and turning over a new leaf + no System + witty humor + cozy everyday life + getting rich through farming] He was once a good-for-nothing, yet also a peerless patriot! Burdened by immense guilt and regret over his wife and daughter, he lived alone to old age, then donated his entire trillion-yuan fortune before he died. But life begins anew. Through tears, the powerful Qin Dongfang returns to 1986, just before his poor, beloved
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A Working Stiff's Little Journal 打工小记
Urban daily life + earning a living through hard work + multiple heroines + healing The story of an ordinary wage earner: from drifting to Guangzhou to drifting to Beijing, from Shaoxing to Foshan and then to Majiaqiao in Beijing. Fifteen years in all. See how a worker at the bottom makes his way through life... I went south at fifteen and drifted north at thirty. The fiercest gamble of my life took fifteen years to pay for. Over those fifteen years, I worked in an electronics factory, served
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What? I Freaking Became a Cat 什么？我他喵的成了一只猫
A loser drifting in Beijing, he’s known for being a pushover and a shut-in. An accident turns him into an orange tabby. This is a story about rescuing stray animals, rethinking one’s attitude toward life, settling scores, finding oneself again, and healing.
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The 1980s: The Machinery Plant’s Top Technician Is a Rebel 80年代：机械厂技术大拿是刺头
[No transmigration, no rebirth, no pocket dimension, no golden finger] [Courtyard houses and factories, an ordinary person's story, with a slice-of-life focus] A proper period novel set in the 1980s, with a serious tone and humorous Beijing flavor Period setting + the many sides of ordinary life + loyalty and responsibility + tangled relationships + state-owned enterprise reform + career choices Zhang Yongli is a senior technician at Hongxing Machinery Factory in the 1980s, and a notorious "t
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Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging in the Mountains to Raise My Eight Younger Siblings 打猎捕鱼采山货，养八个弟弟妹妹
[Changbai Mountains + reborn in the 1960s + hunting + fishing + gathering mountain produce + many siblings] This book has been adapted into the short drama Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Mountain Produce to Raise My Younger Siblings. Search for it on the platform’s homepage or on Hongguo Short Dramas! Famine in the 1960s! Eight younger siblings starve to death! A lifetime of pain and regret! Reborn in a village at the foot of the Changbai Mountains in the 1960s, he vows to protect his younger s
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Pretty Boy Goes to the Countryside: Marrying Into a Female Officer's Family Is a Sweet Deal 小白脸下乡，入赘女军官软饭喷香
[One heroine + older sister heroine + mountain foraging + handsome live-in son-in-law + convenience store pocket space + playing dumb while hiding his strength] Lin Chen inherited the convenience store that had appeared in his dreams. Just as he reached a turning point in life, his biological mother pressured him to give his job to his stepbrother and go to the countryside to work as a peasant. Instead, he sold the job, used his trip to the countryside as an excuse to get his stepfather and moth
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My Big Brother Pretended to Be Paralyzed to Lure Me In. Last Time, I Fell for It 大哥装瘫让我上门，上辈子我认了
In his previous life, Cao Chaoyang acted on impulse and chose the path of becoming his sister-in-law’s live-in helper, moving into her home. He worked hard to support his elder brother’s family for twenty years, only for his brother’s legs, crippled for years, to suddenly recover. Thrown out of the house overnight, he had no choice but to get away from people and become a forest ranger. Reborn in 1973, when his sister-in-law once again knelt before him, Cao Chaoyang said firmly, “No!” He would n
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Transmigrating to a Famine Year: I Lead My Siblings to Feast and Prosperity 穿越灾荒年，带兄弟姐妹吃肉致富
[Transmigrate + 1960s + from the start + parents gone + everyday life + family matters + siblings + family bonds + spiritual spring space] Shu Tianci transmigrates to the 1960s. His parents are both dead, but he still has five siblings. His eldest brother, Shu Tianyou, became mentally impaired after an accident in childhood, so the whole family’s hopes rest on Shu Tianci. His second older sister, Shu Xianglian, was left with the reputation of bringing bad luck to husbands after her fiancé die
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After Dying for My Unfilial Devotion, I Split from the Family and Made a Fortune 愚孝惨死后，分家单过逆袭做富翁
In his previous life, Jiang Heng spent his whole life blindly obeying his parents, sacrificing everything for his younger siblings because he thought it was his duty as the eldest brother. All he wanted was their approval. When his two-year-old daughter had a fever, he ignored it, thinking there was no need to make a fuss. In the end, the child developed pneumonia, suffered a severe infection, and died. His wife, Si Nian, was heartbroken and disappeared after divorcing him. Jiang Heng thought hi
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From the Start, I Picked Up a Female Educated Youth, Then Hunted, Farmed, and Raised Kids 开局捡到女知青，打猎种田养崽崽
[Marriage first, love later + one female lead + raising children + spirit spring space + hunting and fishing + agricultural research + factory boss] In his previous life, the ne'er-do-well Yu Ze had just married Yun Yao, the most beautiful educated youth, when he went to stand up for a friend. As a result, he was sent to a farm for two years of reform through labor. When he returned home two years later, his father had broken his leg falling while hunting a wild boar, but his stepmother had g
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In the 1970s, I Won't Be Anyone's Fool: I Head to the Countryside, Hunt the Hills, and Marry the Village Beauty 七零不做冤大头，下乡赶山娶村花
[One Female Lead + Pocket Dimension + Adorable Creatures + Hunting in the Mountains + Playing the Fool] His own mother and older brother schemed to get Xiao Zhendong fired. He raised a bastard child and spent his whole life giving everything to his family, only for that same son to pull out his oxygen tube when he was on his deathbed. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 1972. Xiao Zhendong sold his job and set his whole family up. He kicked his scumbag father and slapped his vile mothe
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Back in 1990, I’m a Billionaire in My Own Right 重回1990，我是亿万富翁本尊
(Period setting, one female lead, fourteen courtyards) Zhou Qiming unexpectedly transmigrated back to 1990, when the winds of reform and opening up were sweeping across China. Business opportunities were everywhere, and gold lay waiting to be found. Since Heaven had given him a second chance, Zhou Qiming vowed to seize every opportunity and become a giant of his age. Making a million wasn’t the goal, and a hundred million wasn’t the end. Buying eight or ten Siheyuan courtyards would be child’s p
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Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌
Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to
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I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德
I’m a Scout: Zhan De
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I Got Rich After the Divorce, and My Ex-Wife Wept and Begged Me to Take Her Back 离婚后暴富，前妻痛哭流涕求复合
[Reborn + no System + entrepreneurship + multiple heroines + daily life] After a lifetime of frustration, Pei Wen is reborn at the prime age of twenty-five. He hasn't yet been crippled in an accident, and his wife and child are still by his side... Wait, he's not raising that faithless woman and her bastard this time. A person shouldn't, or at least mustn't, be a fool twice over. What's the most important thing after being reborn? Make money! Make money! Make money! If he can't be born into weal
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