Any Period Novels With a Cool, Detached Heroine? No Cutesy, Helpless Types 有没有女主性格淡漠的年代文，拒绝娇软的

1. 1 重 Back to the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Army Wife Pursues Science to Strengthen the Nation 重回七零：炮灰军嫂励志科研强国 Traditional Chinese Text繁体文Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted [Stationed on a remote island + marriage first, love later + scientific research for the nation + husband’s groveling pursuit after marriage] Content warning: The hero is a real jerk at first. The heroine focuses on settling in before turning to research. There are plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people!!! Professor Su, a pillar of the nation, transmigrates into a period novel as the female lead’s cannon-fodder foil. In the original story, the female lead is confi 8.2kReads9.2Score656Shelves

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   In the first book, the male lead marries the female lead for the sake of national scientific research, intending to treat her like a stranger after marriage. However, his new wife is even more indifferent than he is. She's focused solely on research and has no time for romance. In the second book, the male lead marries an autistic girl out of gratitude, intending to raise her as his daughter. Unexpectedly, his wife, who ignores everyone else, gives him a gun while he's on a mission and even saves his life!

2. 2 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 31.2kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
3. 3 快 The Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Won't Play by the Rules 快穿炮灰她不走寻常路 Traveler in Misty Rain一蓑烟雨客Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing No fixed pairing, Qing-dynasty setting + historical eras + other worlds, with a pocket dimension Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a self-serving perfectionist. Her motto is that she can eat anything but hardship and endure anything but suffering. She tries to live comfortably in every world. After more than twenty years of bad luck, college student Shen Anning finally catches a break, only to die the day before her fortune is due to arrive. Perhaps her resentment is too great: just before sh 65.4kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves

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   🍒✨Dimension 2️⃣, a historical romance novel. The female lead is aloof, sophisticated, self-serving, and not a saint. She doesn't interfere with the original male and female leads, remaining an observer from the sidelines. She has her own space to eat alone, without telling her husband and son. Her husband is even afraid that she doesn't love him or will find him old, so he fights with his mother over skincare products every day.

4. 4 九 The 1990s: The Gruff Factory Director Begs for Love with Red Eyes 九零年代，糙汉厂长红眼求爱 Gu Yin En顾寅恩Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Cool and aloof top female student × clingy, rugged veteran officer] Lin Lu: a promising student at a prestigious university in the capital. Song Chen: a promising officer with a bright future in the military. After he saves her life, the two are forced into marriage and have a child. Lin Lu assumes Song Chen is just as unwilling as she is, so once the baby is born, she leaves without a second thought. After being harmed and confined to her bed for seven years, Lin Lu wakes up and finally realiz 6.8kReads8.8Score425Shelves

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   The female lead is a sophisticated egoist and a top student. After giving birth, she leaves her child to go to university, leaving the male lead constantly worried that she wants a divorce.

5. 5 七 The 1970s Young Intellectual Awakens and Rejects Her Cannon-Fodder Fate 七零小知青觉醒，拒绝炮灰人生 Fresh Little Bok Choy清新的小白菜Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Everyone knows that Ye Shu is the workhorse of the Ye family. She does the most work, eats the least, and is still not appreciated by her family. Finally, when she is sixteen, her family threatens and bribes her into going to the countryside in place of her older brother, who is three years her senior. At first, Ye Shu is prepared to spend the rest of her life in the countryside. But an accident leads her to kill someone. In despair, she chooses to jump into a river and end her life. As she is o 13.3kReads8.2Score1kShelves

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   The female lead remains clear-headed throughout, unaffected by family ties or romantic feelings.

6. 6 七 The 1970s: The Crazy Real Heiress Beats Her Adoptive Mother, Then Goes to the Countryside 七零，疯批真千金暴打养母后下乡 Miaomiao Wants to Get Rich淼淼想暴富Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + sent-down youth + educated youth + scum-bashing + devoted husband + supernatural powers] In her past life, Su An was tricked by her parents into going to the countryside in her younger sister’s place, and even handed her job over to her. After being sent down, she worked diligently, sending all the money she earned home to support her parents and help her younger siblings. At long last, she managed to return to the city, only for her parents to sell her off to an old widower. I 57.4kReads8.9Score5.4kShelves

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   The female lead is an educated youth sent to the countryside. She has a spatial ability, high combat power, lightning-type superpowers, and a rather cold personality. She fights enemy agents and collects their treasures.

7. 7 带 Taking My Space to the 1970s: The Fake Heiress Slaughters Her Way Through 带空间穿七零炮灰真千金嘎嘎乱杀 Shallow Summer Meow浅夏喵Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + transmigrate into a book + farming + supplies + sent-down youth + great strength + punishing scum + face-slapping + heroine never takes a loss] Liu Xinghe had spent years working as a martial arts extra on film sets. A strong orphan girl, she won 21 million yuan in the lottery after dealing with her scumbag boyfriend. She happily returned to her hometown, bought a house, opened a supermarket, and planned to enjoy a lazy retirement. Who knew that one day, just as she stepped o 3.6kReads8.9Score330Shelves

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   In this book, the female lead has a detached personality; she won't meddle in other people's business unless it involves her. She's neither a saint nor delicate; and it's satisfying to see her take down the scumbags.

8. 8 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. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves

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   The female protagonist, upon transmigrating into the book, immediately realizes she's the same cannon fodder character from the original story—someone who only serves others and ends up tragically. Faced with a family that favors sons over daughters and the original protagonist's tendency to morally blackmail her, she transforms herself from a weakling into someone who refuses to flatter, help others, or engage in internal strife. Instead, she focuses on her career, upholding boundaries, and living a good life. A clear-headed and strong-willed female protagonist throughout, she's neither a saint nor resentful; she's quick to criticize, financially successful, and even meets a reliable male lead, turning a bad hand into a winning one.

9. 9 穿 Before Traveling to the 1970s, the Marquis's Legitimate Daughter Empties Half the Imperial City 穿七零前，侯府嫡女搬空半座皇城 Mingyue Tianxin明月天心Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Complete; the animated series is now streaming) [1970s + Ancient-to-Modern Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Multiple Transmigrators + Everyone’s Favorite] Lin Ran, the legitimate daughter of a marquis’s household, has just lost her mother and the only relative on her maternal side. Her father and stepmother plot against her, but she unexpectedly unlocks the pocket dimension in the jade pendant left behind by her ancestors. She also learns from it that she is about to transmigrate through tim 43.5kReads8.5Score3.5kShelves

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   It's already a million-word novel and finished. The female lead is a legitimate daughter from ancient times who transmigrated into the world. She's exceptionally calm, clear-headed, and resourceful!

10. 10 穿 Transmigrate to the Seventies: My Handsome, Sweet Husband Begs Me to Spoil Him 穿越七零：老公又帅又甜，求我宠 Si Bu Xiang司不像Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Strong Female Lead, Weaker Male Lead + Female Lead Transmigrates + Male Lead Is Reborn + Contract Marriage + Sweet Romance + Realistic Feel-Good Story + Cozy Daily Life + Selfish Female Lead + Devoted Husband] At a young age, Deng Siyao saved up five million, but before she could register for a residence permit and buy a house, she died from overwork and transmigrated into the body of a sent-down youth. She has her heart set on finding a handsome, agreeable husband, hoping to 29.1kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves

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    Don't be fooled by the title; it has nothing to do with the content. The female lead is quite clear-headed and rational, and seems to have a lot of tricks up her sleeve. Every time she seems to make a mistake, she actually has another plan waiting for her. The male lead marries into the family, and the female lead uses the child's surname to control her parents and get them to send her money. The male lead is naive and completely dependent on the female lead. He stays at home doing laundry, cooking, and taking care of the child, and his work completely gives way to his family.

11. 11 七 1970s Pocket Dimension: I Won't Be the Wronged Little Sister-in-Law 七零空间：不做冤种小姑子 Xia Xixi夏西西Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Zhu Yu was reborn in a period novel as the Zhu family's unmarried aunt, who had remained single her entire life. Being unmarried wasn't the problem. The real issue was that Zhu Xiaoqin, the woman she'd become, had worked like a beast of burden for the Zhu family all her life, and in the end, there wasn't even anyone to see her off. The neighborhood committee had to arrange her funeral. How was that not completely ridiculous...? 4.2kReads8.5Score248Shelves

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    The female protagonists in these four books don't fight over a single man. In the first book, the female protagonist's entire family suffers a terrible fate. Even after transmigrating, she doesn't meddle in others' affairs; she's very detached, which is probably just her personality. The family atmosphere in her new home is quite good. It's not the kind of book where there's constant fighting and no end in sight. The female protagonist has a spatial ability but doesn't tell anyone and doesn't take anything extra from it. I really like this! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up] I think the second book doesn't need an introduction; Lin Yuzhu is number one on the best-reviewed list. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 The third book is also good. The female protagonist, Shen Qiao, is one of my favorite books. Don't let its low rating fool you; it's really good! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up] This book feels more down-to-earth, and the friendships are good; it's not the kind of book where female rivalry is fierce. It's quite relatable to the era of educated youth helping each other and striving to grow into good young people. [Requesting more updates!][ ...

12. 12 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
13. 13 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: Building Wealth with a Pocket Dimension 穿越七零：带着空间发家致富 Lu Zining鹿子宁Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted [Seventies Era] [Space] [Everyday Life] [Personal Growth] [Not a Power Fantasy] College student Shen Qiao transmigrates to the 1970s with a space, works hard to grow, and becomes a good young person of the new era. 185Reads8.0Score—Shelves
14. 14 天 A Disastrous Start: I Became the Female Lead’s Terrible Third Brother-in-Law 天崩开局，我成了女主的极品三嫂 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance699k WordsCompleted [Period Setting, Transmigration, Space, Sweet Romance, Military Marriage] When Jiang Yuzhu woke up, she had somehow become the heroine’s awful third sister-in-law, a lazy, vain, shrewish, shameless woman. Ever since she married into the Xu family, there hadn’t been a single peaceful day. The household was in constant chaos, and she was a universally disliked supporting character. She must have woken up wrong. Back to sleep! She was a food-streaming influencer with a million followers, yet she ha 22.7kReads8.3Score1.6kShelves
15. 15 满 The Max-Level Expert Joins the Army, and Her Stern Officer Husband Is Completely Whipped 满级大佬随军，高冷军官是妻管严 Spicy Star Salad辣拌星星Modern Romance584k WordsCompleted [Spirit spring pocket dimension + supernatural abilities + follows the army + real and fake heiresses + contrasting personalities] [Gorgeous, gutsy heiress and capitalist vs. taciturn, secretly devoted officer who’s completely henpecked] Tang Su, a powerful esper from the apocalypse, accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s while fighting the Zombie King. She becomes the Tang family’s only heiress and inherits its position as head of the family. To break away from the Tang family, Tang Su forges 17.8kReads8.4Score1.8kShelves

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    A period drama featuring a detached female lead 🌿 The female lead is a powerful figure in a post-apocalyptic world who has just escaped her status as the head of a capitalist family [laughing and crying emoji]. After being sent to the countryside as an educated youth, she weighs the pros and cons and chooses to marry the male lead 🌸🌸

16. 16 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.2kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    Is this book any good? It's incredibly good! The female lead is intelligent, not a saint, has her own opinions, doesn't do charity work, works hard to get into a vocational school, and refuses to go to the countryside. The rating is a bit low because there aren't many reviewers. It mainly depicts the warm daily life of the main family. A major advantage is its excellent sense of the era; this is the most focused on historical setting I've read on Tomato Book. Prices are reasonable and precise, down to the cents or a few tickets. The details are meticulous, and there aren't many awful characters. It feels like you're truly living in that era. The only downside is the slow pace; there isn't much romance yet. You can read it as a historical fiction combined with a farming/rural story.

17. 17 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s: After My Divorce, I Make My Family Rich 穿越八零：离婚后，我带娘家暴富 Yuan He沅荷Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Period novel + reborn + family life + adorable child + male lead in the background Xiao Jin, a college graduate born in the 2000s, had barely graduated when she somehow transmigrated to the resource-scarce 1980s, where there were no cell phones, telephones and computers weren’t yet widespread, and even eating a piece of meat was a luxury. The body she transmigrated into was also called Xiao Jin. They were both 22, but one had just graduated from college in 2023, while the other had just given bi 2.6kReads8.9Score203Shelves

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    The female protagonist gets divorced at the beginning, becomes a staunch non-marriage advocate later on, and leads her family to wealth through writing books and manuscripts!

18. 18 假 The Fake Heiress Is Still Putting on an Act, While I Focus on Science 假千金还在演，我一心搞科研 This Land Is So Enchanting江山如此多娇Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Alternate History + Reborn + Period Setting + Academic Prodigy + Real and Fake Heiresses + Advancing the Nation Through Science] Reborn in the 1980s, Lin Zhiyao looked at the face in the mirror, so similar to the wife of a military district commander, and smiled. In her previous life, she believed in “the bonds of blood.” After rejoining her birth family, she became a stepping stone for the fake heiress, Lin Weiwei, who drained her of everything she was worth before leaving her to die miserab 192kReads8.9Score42.9kShelves

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    🔥The female lead has a cool and aloof personality but a gentle and refined appearance. Although it's a historical romance novel about a real and a fake heiress, the female lead doesn't care about the fake heiress at all. She's not there to compete for favor, but to seize power. From an insignificant outsider to a universally recognized heir, the female lead's abilities, methods, and meticulous thinking are all genius-level. The fake heiress is no match for her. Later, the female lead will focus on scientific research and shine in the great cause of her country.

19. 19 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 62.7kReads8.5Score7.8kShelves

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    [Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked] Reborn in the 1970s, graduate student Wen Jingshu returns with a system, stunning everyone with her purchasing prowess! From the county supply and marketing cooperative to a translator at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she talks about tractors, manages exports, and even helps a professor sent to the countryside connect with international academic exchanges. Pampered by her family, thriving in her career, and with the aloof Mayor Gu silently protecting her. She handles this overwhelming wealth and romantic opportunities with ease! 🚀✨

20. 20 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 6.8kReads8.9Score599Shelves

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    The female lead is the strong, independent type, with a doting husband, haha. At home, she's the kind of person who wouldn't even pick up a fallen soy sauce bottle. The male lead is super clingy to her. It's so good!

21. 21 年 The Darling of the Family in the 1970s: Their Dad Raises the Kids, I Provide for the Family 年代团宠之孩他爸带娃我养家 Tong Jiusi童九思Modern Romance589k WordsOngoing [Alternate Universe] [Strong Female Lead, Male Lead More Subdued] [Rich and Beautiful Heroine] [Heroine Takes the Lead] [Male Lead Comes from a Matriarchal World] Add this to your bookshelf, or you might miss me. Li Zhaozhao liked walking the cat and teasing the dog, but contrary to what the village aunties predicted, she didn't become a street loafer. Instead, she was specially recruited to the city, and all the young men her age in the village were rubbing their hands in anticipation. Then the 334Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    ① The female lead is a retired, powerful woman who transmigrates from another world. She unintentionally saves the male lead and becomes entangled with him (≧∇≦)/. Her initial helplessness gradually transforms into indifference. ② The female lead is a typical "power fantasy" character. She's not a pseudo-strong woman portrayed as masculine; she has a genuinely feminine personality, albeit a relatively outgoing one. She's the outwardly strong one, while he's the inwardly strong one. ③ The female lead is a research expert only interested in scientific research. The male lead, initially suspecting her of being a spy because of her intelligence, gradually falls for her.

22. 22 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 7.2kReads9.0Score660Shelves

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    In this book, the male lead isn't even as important as points in her eyes! He's just a tool for accumulating points.

23. 23 大 The Young Lady Enjoys a Leisurely Life in the 1970s 大小姐穿七零悠闲过日子 If Summer Were to Pass若是夏天过去Modern Romance775k WordsOngoing [Period drama + transmigration into a book + pocket dimension + slice of life + a handful of troublesome characters] Wen Zhining gets a pocket dimension and thinks the apocalypse is coming, so she immediately starts stockpiling supplies. But then her plane crashes. When she opens her eyes, she’s in the 1970s, an orphan with both parents dead. She assumes she has transmigrated to a parallel world. Later, she learns that her aunt’s neighbor is a stepmother with three stepsons. That’s when she real 3.9kReads8.5Score171Shelves

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    The female protagonists in both books have rather cold personalities.

24. 24 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Alluring Villain 快穿年代：迷人的反派角色 Lou Ying Who Loves Matcha Buns爱吃抹茶馒头的楼影Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Self-serving and unapologetic + Overpowered from the start + No suffering for others, no saintly heroine + No fixed couple + Sweet romance] After Jin Baolin perished alongside the Zombie King, she unexpectedly became bound to a godawful holier-than-thou System. It wanted her to take the place of disposable characters who refused to follow the plot and selflessly give everything to the protagonists, preferably working herself to the bone before making a glorious sacrifice. Oh, and she had to l 13.4kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves

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    🍀The female lead is not delicate at all; she is the leading lady in her own life, and men are just like clothes to her, something to wear and forget.

25. 25 摧 A Furrowed Brow 摧眉 Taishi Qing太师青Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted [Modern Romance + Premium Novel + Period Setting + Love at First Sight + Rugged Hero + Healing + HE] The arrival of Du Heng, a young educated woman from Shaoxing, made quite a stir in Chenjiaba. She spoke Russian, knew how to repair combine harvesters, and was quiet, reserved, beautiful, and cool. The only one who felt ill at ease around her was Chen Shun, an instructor at the military horse farm. He wouldn't say a word more than necessary and avoided her as if she were a danger. This fiery-bloo 732Reads9.3Score104Shelves

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    🌼①The female lead's father has an accident, forcing her to go to the countryside. She's a beautiful, aloof, quiet, and reserved young woman from a scholarly family in Jiangnan. She's educated, speaks Russian, can do electrical wiring, repair watches—she can do almost anything. The story revolves around a city-born young woman and a rough-around-the-edges military officer. It's an arranged marriage that blossoms into love, and the male lead is genuinely well-behaved and deeply in love with her.

26. 26 七 The 1970s Officer Is Cold on the Outside, but Addicted to Passion Behind Closed Doors 七零军官表面高冷，背后贪欢上瘾 Taishi Ying太史婴Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted The Xu family has been powerful since the founding of the country. Need we mention the elder General Xu in the capital? Xu Jinnian himself reached a high position at a young age, and his family background was beyond compare. Yet this thoroughly respectable third-generation military man was forced to marry the daughter of a fallen capitalist. The impoverished young lady was said to have snow-white skin, bright eyes, and devastating beauty. She had used a life-saving favor from years ago to force 11.8kReads8.5Score960Shelves
27. 27 换 I Switched Marriages to My Fiancé's Cousin, and the Fertile Military Wife Brutally Punishes the Villains 换嫁未婚夫堂兄，易孕军嫂狠虐渣 Lan Qingzhi蓝青栀Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate history, military romance set in a bygone era, face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place, no saintly heroine, ancient-to-modern transmigration, a pocket dimension, devoted and exclusive romance, no flirtation, mutual devotion, a powerful couple] After ten years of hard martial arts training, Luo Hansu finally avenged her mother, crippled her scumbag father, and reclaimed the Heavenly Pearl. As she lay gravely wounded and dying, her mother gave her the chance to be reborn. In a 6.6kReads8.8Score650Shelves

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    The setting and the female lead's strong, independent personality are great. [Thumbs up] The female lead trained hard in martial arts for ten years in ancient times, finally avenging her mother and crippling her scumbag father. After two years of wit and courage, her personality became resilient, strong, and aloof. She dealt with her awful relatives decisively after transmigrating, which was very satisfying to watch. She and the male lead form a powerful alliance.

28. 28 我 I'm the Worst, So What Can You Do About It? [The 1970s] 我是极品，能奈我何【七零】 Li Site李思特Modern Romance548k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + everyday family life; heroine is a human weapon, police] Shi Yu transmigrates from the apocalypse to 1976. At first, all she wants is enough to eat, then to eat well. In the end, the times push her into becoming a police officer. She gets to watch the drama unfold, enjoy the show, and beat people up. What could be better? The heroine’s superhuman strength returns around Chapter 40. The male lead is Li Yinian, but he doesn’t appear much! (The characters aren’t perfect; fictional 1.9kReads6.8Score116Shelves

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    1️⃣ The female protagonist transmigrates from a post-apocalyptic world into a novel, and she's not a delicate, soft character. It's a family drama: a scheming and profit-driven biological father, a love-struck stepmother, a lively and clever stepson, and a neglected stepsister. The daily life is realistic, but not rigid. 2️⃣ 9.4 Points, no romantic pairing, a female protagonist with the ambition of becoming prime minister! A 25th-century mechanical genius transmigrates into the body of a 1999 math genius, gaining photographic memory—her talent is off the charts! 3️⃣ 9.2 Points! Transmigrating into a minor character in a period novel, she possesses a gentle demeanor but is actually incredibly strong. 💪 A self-serving and lazy female protagonist, clear-headed and shrewd.

29. 29 机 A Mechanical Genius Reincarnates as a Science Whiz: Taking Off from the Start 机械大佬魂穿理科学霸：开局起飞 Math Is Too Hard数学太难Modern Romance989k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Career-focused] [National University of Defense Technology] [Creating a New World] Gu Yi, a mechanical engineering genius from the 25th century, transmigrates into the body of Zeng Li, a top science student in 1999. From then on, she lives each day planning two hundred steps ahead. She overcomes every obstacle and leaves her rivals in the dust, eventually becoming Huaxia's youngest general. Just as she leads Huaxia to become the world's leading power, she also happens to establish a new 1.2kReads9.3Score228Shelves
30. 30 六 The 1960s: The Walk-On Character Made Her Fortune Through Divorce! 六零：路人甲她靠离婚发家了！ I Want to Be a Landlord我想当房东Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Period setting + satisfying revenge + strong heroine + transmigration + multiple male leads There’s a different male lead in every phase of her life, and the heroine won’t stay for anyone. She’s selfish. She has a pocket dimension, but she’ll have to steal to get it. Rather than deal with awful people, the heroine would rather make them furious. P.S. This story includes an unconventional romance. Please read with caution if that bothers you. After dying suddenly, the embittered office worker Zho 11.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
31. 31 修 Cultivation Grandmaster Transmigrates into a Wealthy Family's Mom 修仙大佬穿成豪门亲妈 Jin Yi瑾弋Modern Romance269k WordsCompleted When she wakes up, a cultivation matriarch who has lived for a thousand years finds herself a cast-off wife from a wealthy family. The good news: her husband is devastatingly handsome, and her son is outrageously cool. The bad news: her son is a school bully and a terrible student who gets into fights every day and looks at her like she’s a stranger. Jiang Yao was planning to lie flat and live the life of a pampered, carefree rich wife Until some punks cornered her son in an alley, and she kicke 4.5kReads8.0Score470Shelves

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    Waking up, a thousand-year-old immortal cultivator had become a discarded wife of a wealthy family. Good news: her husband was devastatingly handsome, and her son was outrageously cool. Bad news: her son was a school bully and a terrible student, constantly fighting and looking at her like a stranger. Jiang Yao originally wanted to live a carefree, leisurely life as a wealthy woman—until the thugs blocked her son's alley, and she kicked eight of them flying. Until she was publicly criticized at a parent-teacher conference, and her performance on the guzheng stunned the entire school. Until the TV program wanted her as a control group, she demonstrated her all-around talents in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, tea, embroidery, papermaking, and medicine, overwhelming everyone else. Netizens: Is this really her mother? This is a goddess descended to earth!

32. 32 他 They Want Me to Be a Saint, but I Choose to Become the King of Hell 他们要我当圣母，我偏成阎罗 Orange Pancake橙子煎饼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + wish fulfillment + face-slapping] [Arc 1: Transmigrating into a 1990s brother-enabler, I’m done being his meal ticket] ✔ [Arc 2: The Ninth Year of My Secret Crush] ✔ [Arc 3: The First Lady] ✔ [Arc 4: Transmigrating into the female harem character of a power-fantasy hero] ✔ [Arc 5: Survival in the Wasteland] ✔ … After transmigrating into a novel set in a bygone era, E6 becomes a human blood bank for the “chosen little brother.” From the start, she’s sent to live with 51.2kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves

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    Transmigration + Satisfying Read + Face-Slapping [Instance 1: Transmigrated into a 90s Brother-Supporting Demon, I'm Giving Up This Blood Bag] [Instance 2: The Ninth Year of Unrequited Love] [Instance 3: The First Lady] •… [Already Recommended] Transmigrated into a period novel, E6 became the blood bag tool for her "chosen younger brother." From the start, she was sent to her aunt's house in the city for "foster care," ostensibly to "enjoy a life of luxury." "If it weren't for you, how could our family have had such a hard time?" "Your mother gave birth to a younger brother for you." "Can't you be a little more sensible? He's your own brother, can't you just let him have his way?" "Girls can't eat chicken legs, it'll make their mouths rot." E6 crushed the dog-shit script. Later, everyone who had sucked her blood cried out: "She wasn't like this before!"

33. 33 恶 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn and Swaps Marriages; I Marry an Officer with No Heir 恶婆婆重生后换亲，我嫁绝嗣军官 Magpie of Joy喜惊鹊Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + both reborn + everyday family drama + sweet romance + married first, love later + the whole family dotes on her] Jiang Ling is reborn on her wedding night. In her previous life, she gave up her career for her family, only to end up with a cheating husband and a son who accepted the woman who ruined their family as his mother. Jiang Ling secretly vows that in this life, all she wants is wealth and status. She wants no sincere feelings whatsoever! But to her 400Reads8.0Score100Shelves

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    Because of past traumas, the female protagonist is extremely cold-hearted and only wants a divorce.

34. 34 闪 A Whirlwind Wedding and Military Life: My Forceful Officer Leaves Me Swooning Every Time 闪婚随军：强势军官令我次次沦陷 Qing Yunyun青芸芸Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Complete novel + sweet romance + career-driven heroine + building wealth + female awakening and mutual support + no golden finger + funny, heartwarming, and moving] Ye Wenxi, a career-driven woman at a major 21st-century corporation, transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting character in a novel set in a bygone era. Through a twist of fate, she and Lu Weidong end up having an “honest exchange.” Fortunately, he has a strong sense of responsibility and insists on seeing things th 15.6kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    True, strong female lead

35. 35 穿 Transmigrating to the Seventies: The Apocalypse’s Second Generation Just Wants a Peaceful Life 穿越七零，末世二代只想岁月静好 Perched Toward the Light向光而栖Modern Romance189k WordsOngoing A new book set in a fictional world. Please don't apply real-world historical expectations if anything doesn't fit the era. This is a slow-burn story, and the heroine's background makes her a character who grows over time. Lin Jinghao, a second-generation survivor of the apocalypse, avenged her parents, only to transmigrate into a cowshed in a remote mountain village in 1973. How did that happen? And her parents look exactly like they did in her previous life... All the heroine wants is to enjoy 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The new book features a female protagonist who isn't exactly aloof, but rather the ruthless and taciturn type.

36. 36 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 28.6kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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    It's a great read. The protagonist stays away from awful relatives, focuses solely on himself, rises through the ranks to become a factory director, and then goes to university. It's a very good period drama.

37. 37 重 A Comfortable Life for Shu Xin in the 1960s 重生六零的舒心日子 Qing Wu卿妩Modern Romance354k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Devoted Husband + Super Strength + Soldier] [A powerful, domineering, and wealthy heroine + a beautiful, delicate, scheming male lead] Shu Xin is a powerful woman born in the apocalypse. Armed with an overpowered cheat, she is reborn in the 1960s of a parallel world. Here, she finds a loving family, and achieves success in both her career and her love life. The male lead, Luo Yue, is a delicate young gentleman who transmigrated from an ancient matriarchal so 11.4kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves

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    This is a female-centric novel where the protagonist doesn't care about others' opinions in that era. The female lead is the breadwinner while the male lead stays home; the female is strong and the male is weak. The premise is quite novel, the plot is fast-paced, and the romance feels natural. It's quite engaging and I recommend reading it.

38. 38 七 The Seventies Spatial Farm: The Educated Youth’s Wife Kicks People Again 七零空间，知青媳妇又踹人了 Farming South of the Mountain种田南山下Modern Romance954k WordsCompleted Keeping her distance from troublemakers, Han Qingci has a pocket dimension at her disposal. In the 1970s, she makes a few good friends, chooses someone to spend her life with, and enjoys a quiet, steady life. Those people and events gradually become her life. 11.3kReads9.1Score905Shelves

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    🌸The female lead is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. She doesn't talk much, has decent fighting skills, possesses a resource space, has some money, and isn't lacking in food or drink. 🍀The romance between the male and female leads develops gradually and peacefully. (The male lead has a spiritual spring with a spatial dimension.)

39. 39 守 After Three Years as a Widow, I Took Grandma to Join My Officer Husband 守寡三年我带奶奶投奔军官老公啦 Wasabi Lemon芥末柠檬Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming: The Lucky Wife of the 1970s: Her Tomb Raider Secret Identity Is Out! [Cold, tough military officer × female tomb raider, who later joins a research institute to serve her country] [Alternate-history military marriage + tomb-raiding System + married first, love later + raising kids + mind-reading + one-on-one, both leads inexperienced in love + nine-year age gap] [Reader's guide: The early chapters have a few plot holes, and the story is a silly comedy with no lo 11.2kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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    🌿🌿A historical fiction story. The female protagonist has a detached personality, but forced by circumstances, she returns to her old profession. Who knew that she'd be arrested no sooner had she emerged from the tomb than she was caught. In the interrogation room: "Name?" "Jiang Yao." "Gender?" "Female." "What were you doing?" "Digging up my husband." Everyone: !!! Then her husband, with a dark expression, pushes open the door…

40. 40 穿 Transmigrated into a Cool, Pregnant Wife: Here Comes Your Beautiful Soldier King 穿成清冷孕妻，貌美兵王我来啦 Silent Clouds漫云不语Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted (Original title: The Cool, Aloof Pregnant Wife Joins Her Husband in the Army, Causing a Sensation Across the Entire Military Compound) [Military Marriage + Transmigrate Into a Book + Punish Scoundrels + Marriage First, Love Later + Soldier Hero with a Love-Struck Heart] Chu Yan, an AI engineering postdoctoral researcher, is just about to serve her country when she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s. In the original novel, her parents die overnight, and she goes to the countryside while preg 3.5kReads8.5Score401Shelves
41. 41 背 Behind My Ex-Husband’s Back, I Married His Brother and Kissed Him Until He Blushed 背着前夫，和他兄弟领证亲到红温 Food Coma饭困了Modern Romance437k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + reborn revenge against scumbags + childhood friend takes the lead + a little military life / military marriage] Qiao Yuanqing was reborn from the start, right at the scene where she was supposed to register her marriage with her ex-husband! In her previous life, she thought she’d married the right man, never imagining that she’d be in for endless pain and heartache. Her mother-in-law tormented her, her sister-in-law made things difficult, and her husband was weak and useless. Th 4.2kReads8.3Score502Shelves
42. 42 恶 The Wicked, Brash Drama Queen Is Doted on by the Wildest Roughneck 恶毒拽作精被最野糙汉狠狠娇宠 Shui Shui Shui Xiang水水水香Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Completed] [1970s + Flirting + Sweet Romance + Rugged Man + Devoted Love + Both Chaste] [Arrogant, spoiled, wicked yet adorable rich girl ✖ Ruthless, cautious, insecure, sensitive landowner’s wolf cub] She was once a wandering ghost in the mortal world, chosen by the Heavenly Dao to set chaotic fate back on track. She transmigrates into Chen Jiaojiao, a busty, beautiful but empty-headed supporting character, sent to the countryside as an educated youth in the 1970s. After dealing with the scumb 1.1kReads8.9Score108Shelves

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    ✨✨The female lead has a cold personality and only loves herself [Exploration] ① She was born a pure black ghost, and no one ever taught her what human emotions are. She doesn't understand love, nor does she have any compassion [Staring]. She's vicious, dramatic, and looks down on everyone equally 🧐 except for him, who has unlimited favoritism [Shy] ② The female lead is super charming, lives only for herself, is cunning, follows in her mother's footsteps, and does everything she can to fight for herself and live her life well [Laughing][Laughing] ③ The female lead is extremely selfish and will coax the male lead into spending money on her 💰, but the male lead isn't love-struck and is afraid she'll run away, so he tightly controls the money [Thinking]

43. 43 霸 The Fierce Flower and Her Sweet Husband: Got a Problem? Fight Me! 霸王花和小娇夫，看不惯，打啊！ Nine Hundred Million九亿Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Capitalist's Young Master + Both Reborn + If They Don't Like It, They Hit Back + Cozy Daily Life + Family Drama + Shared Space] [Brutal, Clever Tigress vs. Delicate Capitalist Young Master Who Looks Like a Fragile Flower] Qin Yao is rich, fierce, and strong. She wants to find a capitalist young master who's easy to control and make him her live-in son-in-law. Instead, she picks a snake who ruins her whole life. He doesn't kill her, even though he harms her, because he wants the 353Reads—Score100Shelves
44. 44 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 1.8kReads8.8Score171Shelves
45. 45 穿 Transmigrating to the 1990s: My Husband Is a Cash Machine Sent from Heaven 穿越九零，天降取款机老公 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance538k WordsCompleted A big, needy puppy of a man who craves security x a young woman focused on making money Zhuang Xiaoxiao transmigrated. When she woke up, she discovered she’d taken the bride’s place and spent the wedding night with the groom... Well, you know... no, really... the groom was pretty well-built!! Gu Cheng couldn’t say he was satisfied with his wedding night, either! Mainly because the bride was even more experienced than he was!! The two stared at each other in silence! Zhuang Xiaoxiao look 1.7kReads8.5Score108Shelves
46. 46 好 The Fearsome Female Soldier King Spoils That Pretty Boy 好端端的女兵王，就宠那个小白脸 Girl, Look This Way菇凉看这边Modern Romance855k WordsCompleted [Period Setting, Soldier King, Strong Female Lead and Weak Male Lead] Lin Ye, a general from a matriarchal world, arrives in this strange place. To support her family, she has no choice but to follow the path she's taken before and become a soldier once again. A spoiled rich kid in modern society knows he has no abilities, so he wants to find a strong woman to support him. They hit it off at once. Marriage! They have to get married! 8.7kReads8.0Score945Shelves
47. 47 末 The Strong Little Sweetheart of the Apocalypse Is Forced to Marry a Refined Educated Youth 末世大力小娇娇，强嫁斯文男知青 A Round Pear一只圆梨Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse transmigration + historical setting + trade in goods between worlds + marriage before love + powerful male and female leads + adored by everyone + System] (A naturally strong, straightforward, food-loving, beauty-conscious sweetie VS a gentle, brilliant science student who pretends to be harmless while hiding his true abilities) Yun Shu survived for five years in the apocalypse thanks to her superhuman strength. Then, in the blink of an eye, she became the silly youngest daughter o 554Reads6.9Score100Shelves
48. 48 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book and Become the Beloved Little Villainess of the Seventies by Raising Hell 穿书七零恶毒女配靠作妖成团宠 Watermelon Who Loves Meat爱吃肉肉的西瓜Modern Romance611k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + System + love grows over time + military marriage + woman transmigrated into a book vs. reborn woman] (New book, so its rating is low for now. It’ll go up, so don’t worry, darlings, jump right in!) When Shen Nanchu opens her eyes, she has become the male lead’s wicked widowed sister-in-law from a book. In the story, the original owner is greedy for power and status and uses every trick in the book to marry the eldest son of the Pei family, the male le 9.8kReads8.4Score1kShelves
49. 49 七 The Seventies' Sweetheart: The Brooding, Rugged Man Has His Eye on Me 七零娇娇，我被阴郁糙汉惦记了 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + black-lotus sickly beauty + professor + perfect nemesis + healing] Xiao Niannian is frail and delicate, with skin as fair and smooth as jade. She looks easy to bully, but never lets an insult go unanswered. One day, she transmigrates into a rebirth novel set in the 1970s, becoming the male lead’s fiancée. In the book, not only will she die young, but the male lead will use her connections to rise to success. The heroine is reborn. After seeing the male lead prosper in her previous l 42.6kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves

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    [Heart] Xiao Niannian x Yan Qian. The female lead is only physically weak in the early stages and hasn't recovered yet. Don't be put off by the title. After recovering, she can be described as having "an angel's face and a pig's heart." This just means that the female lead is calm and indifferent, while the male lead is a real blockhead with a love-struck brain. [Smirk] 🤖Recommendation Index: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Highly Recommended‼️ 💘Ouyang Recommendation✉️📩📨📧💌, please check it out~💘

50. 50 七 Military Marriage in the Seventies: The Cannon Fodder Dodges the Plot with Bullet Comments 七零军婚：炮灰靠弹幕躲剧情 Dive into the Five Oceans to Catch Turtles下五洋捉鳖Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted Lin Shuyin transmigrated into the 1970s and became an eighteen-year-old high school senior, about to graduate. She was worried about finding a job. In those days, without a job, you had to go to the countryside, and she didn’t want to! Suddenly, comments appeared before her eyes: [Seriously, Lin Shuyin, you’d be better off going to the countryside. Then you wouldn’t meet your scumbag husband, Zhou Jianguo, and all that stuff that happened later would never happen.] [Sigh! Second Sister Lin had s 20.9kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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