I'm Hooked on Stories Set in a Bygone Era Lately!!! No Storage Spaces!! No Golden Fingers! 最近迷上年代文了!!!不要空间!!不要金手指!
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After Foreseeing the Future, the Pampered Heiress Goes to the Countryside to Find Her Husband 预知未来后,娇娇大小姐下乡寻夫
[Shanghai Heiress + Historical Era + Past and Present Lives + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside] Spoiled heiress Meng Shihe × Insecure, Devoted Chen Yang In an era of scarce food and clothing, Meng Shihe already had a washing machine and refrigerator. Her family was close-knit, and she grew up without any major worries until she was seventeen, apart from a somewhat weak immune system that sent her to the hospital from time to time. On the eve of her departure for the countryside, Meng Shihe
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The 1970s: The Rough-and-Ready Man's Darling 七零:糙汉专宠小娇妻
Lin Ting was a promising surgeon in the 21st century. One day, she wakes up transmigrated into the body of a spoiled woman who shares her name in the 1970s, with a tall, lean, rugged husband by her side. Unfortunately, the original owner had been a complete handful. She ignored her father’s dying advice, rejected her husband Xiao Yuchen, captain of the Black Wolf elite squad, and devoted herself to an educated youth sent down to the countryside. She couldn’t judge people for beans and made life
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Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: Even a Slacker Has to Hustle 穿书七零,咸鱼也得卷起来
Yun Shu transmigrated into a book, becoming a supporting character in a period novel. She didn't need to be sent to the countryside because she was already there. She didn't need to deal with horrible people because she was one of them. She didn't want to go back to school, but had to hide there to stay alive. She didn't want marriage to change her fate, yet rumors about her never stopped. She didn't want to attract attention, but kept getting thrust into the spotlight... She thought she had alw
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The Brilliant Scientist Who Ran Away from Both Her Wedding and Her Marriage 科研一枝花逃婚又逃嫁
(A period novel with no golden finger for scientific research, a top-tier intellect and a clear, rational mind; strengthening the nation and its military through mathematics, founding a research institute; the heroine is a soldier's wife, beloved for her own achievements, with a happy, harmonious relationship) Period setting + humorous everyday life + academic star + strengthening the nation through mathematical research + counterespionage + no space, no System, no golden finger + highly intelli
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Reborn and Losing My Mind for Money, but the CEO Loves My Madness 重生发癫只搞钱,霸总偏爱超癫狂
Jin Chan Chan, 35 years old, died a miserable death in her previous life because she was hopelessly love-struck. Now she's reborn on the day after the 2007 college entrance exams. She tears up her love letters and swears she'll focus on making money, not romance! On her first night reborn, she fills in as an emergency replacement, singing funeral songs all night and earning her first pot of gold. Next, she cashes in on the lottery, building up her second fortune! She seizes the opportunity of so
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The Educated Youth Who Went to the Countryside Was Snatched Away by the Village Chief's Son 下乡知青被村长家儿子拐走啦
Lu Beizhi, the village chief’s youngest son, fell for Jiang Jingyu, a young woman sent down to the countryside, at first sight. Every day, he secretly hoped to catch a glimpse of the girl he loved. The girl’s upset? Then he has to comfort her. The girl’s angry? Then he has to comfort her. The girl wants candy? Then he has to buy some and make her feel better. Jiang Jingyu never imagined that her trip to the countryside would lead her to a man who knew how to cherish her. That face, those long le
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A Tough Wife Brings Her Child to the City, and Her Amnesiac Officer Husband Clings to Her 悍妻带崽进城,失忆军官太粘人
[1980s Setting + Both Leads Are Each Other’s First + Rebirth and Comeback + Revenge on the Scum + Marriage First, Love Later + Cooking and Raising Kids + Scheming Husband + Strong Female Lead] To get back to the city, her educated youth father forces her to sleep with a man from the provincial capital, who becomes her husband. She gives birth to an adorable little girl, but her husband vanishes without a trace. For 200 yuan, her father forces her to marry Qin Laoshan, a lazy and lecherous man. S
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Reborn in the 1970s: The True Heiress Changes Her Secret Identity and Goes on a Rampage 重生七零,真千金换个马甲杀疯了
[Feel-good revenge + multiple rebirths + punishing scumbags + magical space + cats + strong female lead] Ye Zhiyi was abandoned at a farm by her fiancé and endured eight years of hardship! Then she was enslaved and abused by the fake heiress, Wu Xuewen, for ten years! Only on the brink of death did she learn that Madam Wu was her biological mother! She was the real heiress of the Wu family! She had been tricked into living with her mother for ten years without either of them knowing who the othe
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Reuniting with My Family: The Gorgeous Heiress Is Doted on to Bits by Hong Kong's Powerful Elite 认亲港圈大佬,绝色千金被宠麻了
[1980s + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + easy pregnancies, multiples, and babies + Hong Kong elite circle + building a fortune + beloved by all + stunning heiress] Shen Wancheng opens her eyes and finds herself in the body of a tragic supporting character in a period novel. Put up with injustice and die halfway through? No way! She splits up the family and collects debts, reports them for burning down her house, and sends the Shen family, who had been trying to inherit everything b
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Reborn in 1963: Starting with an Escape from the Bridal Chamber 重生1963,从逃离洞房开始
[A most unusual era + rebirth + no System + one female lead + a story-driven plot] [Escape the bridal chamber, defy fate, and live a different life.] Zhao Heping is killed in his hospital bed by his wife, Tao Huili, and is reborn. He returns to 1963, on his way out after fleeing the bridal chamber with Tao Huili. In his previous life, he was caught and forced to marry that woman, who manipulated him for the rest of his life. After being reborn, he swears he will never let them catch him again. H
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After Time-Traveling to the 1970s with the CEO, the Supporting Actress Wins Without Lifting a Finger 和总裁一起穿七零后,女配躺赢了
[Transmigrate into a book + period setting + build wealth + marriage first, love later + supporting female character fights back] Shen Shuyao spent three years working as a contractor. Just before she was about to become a full-time employee, she was fired for taking the blame for her manager, without even receiving compensation! She stopped the company president, hoping to get some justice, but he pointed at her and said, “Fools deserve to be taken advantage of!” When she opened her eyes again,
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Transmigrated to the 1980s as the Village Tigress, I Call the Shots 穿越80母老虎,全村上下我做主
Devoted husband, lighthearted comedy, doted-on heroine, and building a fortune. Su Xiaomo transmigrates to a rural village in northern Shaanxi in 1985. The name of this poor little village tells you everything: it must be desperately poor! The original owner was the village's notorious shrew, feared by everyone. Luckily, her family all dotes on her. She also has a handsome husband. But since she's transmigrated, this reputation could work to her advantage. Should she play along, or turn over a n
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Reborn in the 1980s, I Take My Mom With Me to Get a Divorce 重生八零,我带着妈妈一起离婚
Period setting + face-slapping + multiple male leads + building wealth + size difference Zhou Xiaoya transmigrates to 1985. In three days, she’s supposed to marry her aunt’s dim-witted son. She chooses to call off the engagement, but his father won’t let her. He beats her, and he beats her mother, too. Then we’re done with this family. Mom, I’ll take care of you!
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Reborn in 1985: Why Are You Panicking When I'm Going to Tsinghua and Peking University? 重生1985:我上清北你急啥?
Reborn in 1985, Wang Kai's fiancée gets into a teachers' college and wants to call off their engagement. Wang Kai: Fine by me, but I want the 800-yuan bride price back in full. No money? Write me an IOU. Reborn once, he refuses to be anyone's fool again. He retakes the exams, deliberately controls his score, gets into Tsinghua or Peking University, and casually keeps his deskmate, Song Ruohan, well fed. The pretty girl from the compound is usually as timid as a little quail, always keeping her h
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In the 1970s, I Married the Male Lead Who Was Supposed to Die Young and Had Ten Children 七零嫁给早死的男主后连生十娃
[Period setting + many children + beloved by all + doting on his wife despite being sickly and delicate + married first, fell in love later] Lin Xiaoman’s younger siblings were starving to death. So Lin Xiaoman decided to marry Gu Yanci, who was on the verge of dying from illness. She never expected the sickly Gu Yanci to be as handsome as someone out of a painting. The moment Xiaoman saw him, she was smitten. On their wedding night, Gu Yanci became so emotional that he nearly died on the spot.
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Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零:秒杀系统带我飞
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
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After I Transmigrated to the 1980s, I Refused to Live a Life of Cheat Codes 穿越八零后,我拒绝开挂人生
[1980s setting + building a career + hard work + sweet romance + no golden finger + golden finger] When Su Wan wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated to 1982, a time of shortages and hunger, without a single golden finger. Her awful relatives come around to mooch off her, her honest parents let themselves be pushed around, and life is unbearably hard. Luckily, her grandfather told her stories about the decades to come from the time she was a child, so she knows all about the opportunities
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The 1970s: The Little Fox Cub Is Looking for His Dad Online 七零:小狐狸崽在线找爹
In the age of declining magic, spiritual energy has dried up, and the ancient nine-tailed fox Tu Shan Yao is on the verge of death. Four-year-old divine beast cub Xiaobao clenches his little fists and drags his sickly, blood-spitting mother thousands of miles to find his father. Amnesiac special forces commander Huo Yunzheng looks at the mother and child and falls into deep self-doubt: “I've been single my whole life for 26 years. Where did this wife and child come from?!” He thinks they're just
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Transmigrating to 1880: Restoring the Family’s Glory 穿越1880,振兴家族荣耀
Tan Jinghe woke up to find he had transmigrated to the year 1880. He had barely arrived when the family patriarch died, and the family was on the verge of ruin. At a time of crisis, he was entrusted with taking over as head of the Tan family. Drawing on his knowledge of the future, he helped the family rise swiftly to the top, amass a fortune in prosperous times, and avoid disaster in times of chaos, making it the foremost family of all.
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Sweet Little Wife of the 1960s: The Educated Youth Dotes on Me Without Hesitation 六零小甜妻:知青宠我没商量
[Steady Educated Youth vs. Beautiful Village Girl / Entire Cast Are Locals, No Golden Fingers or Black Markets / Everyday Life / Marriage First, Love Later / Flawed Characters / Leads Grow Together / Sweet Romance] Lin Yuan goes to the countryside at eighteen. As the youngest child in his family, he gets first pick of all the food and drink, giving him a broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, long-legged frame that stands six feet tall. It doesn’t take long for someone to set their sights on him as s
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Mother-in-Law Rushes to the Capital Overnight: She Wins Over the Compound with Her Cooking from the Start 婆婆连夜进京:开局厨艺征服大院
(Period setting + cozy everyday life + raising kids + family and neighborhood affairs + career + ensemble cast) Chen Zhimin is a no-nonsense Northeast Chinese auntie. When her son and daughter-in-law need help, she packs her bags overnight and heads straight to the capital to look after the child. If her daughter-in-law says east, she won’t go west. If her daughter-in-law tells her to chase the dog, she won’t go after the chickens. Thanks to her cooking skills, she thrives in the military compo
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Reborn in the 1980s, She Marries a Fool Again and Again, Yet Smiles 重生八零又又又嫁傻夫,她却笑了
[Tomato-original + period setting + reborn + face-slapping feel-good story + family squabbles + no golden finger + both leads are inexperienced after her rebirth❗️❗️] A story written entirely by hand! A stubborn, poor little white flower + a cold, devoted factory director who talks tough but has a soft heart = a genuinely strong man + a woman who only pretends to be weak Lin Xinyue has been reborn, but who would have thought she’d wake up reborn on the very night she married her foolish husband
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Through the Trials 走过劫难
Disaster strikes a once-happy family of five. After suffering a heartbreak so piercing it feels like ten thousand arrows, how will a mother who has only just reached middle age, and is already frail and sickly, lead her three underage children through hardship and toward the future...?
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A Family by the Yishui River 沂水河畔一家人
This book tells the story of a large family over nearly a century, from the late Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century, through turbulent changes, banditry and warfare, twists and turns, and eventual reversals of fortune. Led and subtly influenced by the protagonist, several generations endure decades of hardship yet remain upright, united, and determined to improve. In different eras and historical circumstances, they do everything they can, persevering in their efforts to contribute
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Affairs at Yinyang Bay 阴阳湾情事
* [1990s + countryside + traditional values + honest man + migrant worker girl + left-behind woman] *Most of the stories in this book are based on things seen and heard back then. Some may seem absurd, but they really happened. *As this is a novel about rural life, the language is quite colloquial, with the occasional line in a local dialect. *Synopsis: Zhang Changlu was an honest, simple man. He pursued Fan Zhaoqian, the talented beauty of Yinyangwan, for two years without success. After receiv
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I Empty the Family Fortune, Then the 1960s Apocalypse Boss Goes on a Rampage 搬空祖产,末世大佬六零嘎嘎乱杀
[The audiobook, narrated by a real person, is now available. Go give it a listen! Transmigrates into a book + 1960s setting + laugh-out-loud antics + spirit spring space + crazy and ruthless heroine + face-slapping the scumbags + clearing everything out] End-of-the-world powerhouse Lei Qingyu transmigrates into a novel set in the era. The original owner was raised by her stepmother to be timid and submissive, and didn’t want to accept her arranged marriage and join the army. Her biological fathe
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A Woman Named Chunxiu 一个叫春秀的女人
[Period drama + everyday family life + marriage + building a career + personal growth] I married a state-owned enterprise worker, and after years of trying, I finally had a son. Then, just as my husband was sent to prison, my mother-in-law branded me a bringer of bad luck and threw me out of the house. Qiu Yue, widowed and bullied, and Wang Feng, tormented by domestic abuse, shared my fate. The three of us hard-done-by women joined forces, working, doing business, and opening a factory. We neede
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My Second Husband Spoils Me Rotten: Growing Sweet Potatoes to Build a Fortune 二婚老公宠上天,种红薯发家致富
My Second Husband Spoils Me Rotten: Growing Sweet Potatoes to Get Rich
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I Went Looking for My Family and Mistook the Wrong Guy for My Brother, While My Amnesiac Ex Loses His Cool Every Night 去寻亲认错哥,失忆前任夜夜红温
[Beloved by everyone + spatial powers + adorable baby + military marriage + rekindled love + reunion after years apart + supernatural abilities] In the third year after Jiang Xuxue retired from the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and returned to the village to farm, her biological parents came looking for her. “Darling, someone deliberately switched you back then. We never abandoned you!” Unfortunately, just after finding her, her biological parents were sent to the far northwest. Her mother press
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So What If You Hid for Five Years? The Commander Still Has You Wrapped Around His Finger 躲了五年又如何,首长又被拿捏了
[Period setting + fake siblings + the hero is a stubborn coward at first + Marriage Before Love + groveling chase + a straight man's change of heart] Fu Chenzhou is the feared devil of the military camp in the Northwest, impervious to bullets and blades, cold-hearted and emotionless. Except when it comes to Qin Moyu, for whom he falls completely and utterly. She is the “younger sister” he has raised and doted on, but when she turns fifteen, he develops feelings for her that he shouldn't have. He
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Back to 1985: I Lure a Business Tycoon Into Becoming My Protector 重回1985诱捕商界大佬当靠山
[Two male leads + building wealth + devoted younger man + younger love interest + personal growth + possessive, devoted love + mutual salvation + obsessive, scheming top + childhood friends + sweet romance] Shen Xubai was curled up on a park bench. Just before closing his eyes, he saw an interview appear on the giant screen at the mall outside the park. The man being interviewed wore a crisp suit. With sharp features and an unmistakable air of authority, he was introduced by the host as the reno
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1959: The Supply and Marketing Cooperative Tree Hollow 1959树洞供销社
A-Ming, an international student working at a supermarket, casually throws away food nearing its expiration date. In another space-time, that food could save dozens of lives. An old willow tree planted by his ancestors, and a poem shrouded in mystery. In 1959, corpses litter Tieniu Village. Desperate, Hu Qiming stuffs a bag of silver coins and a blood-stained letter into a hollow in the tree. In 2026, rainy days stretch on in London. Another Hu Qiming places life-saving food in the hollow. A dea
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The Educated Youth Years: Starting with an Escape from the Village 知青年代,从村子里逃亡开始
During the years Liu Haibo spent in the countryside as an educated youth, he fell in love with Yang Xiuqing, a girl from the village. When he eagerly asked Yang Xiuqing's parents for her hand in marriage, they refused. He fled Shibantian Village and returned to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he married a woman named Wu Jie and prepared to start a new life, Yang Xiuqing came to his door...
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Born with Bewitching Charm, She Rejects an Officer's Proposal but Falls for Him on Their Wedding Night 天生媚骨,拒婚军官新婚夜沦陷了
Wen You was beautiful and a top student from childhood. All she wanted was to get into college and change her place in society. But Su Ning, relying on her status as the widowed sister-in-law of the military officer Huo Yanjin, forced Wen You's father out of his job and took his position as newspaper editor. As a result, financial hardship forced Wen You to drop out of school. She realized Su Ning had feelings for Huo Yanjin, and that he was willing to cover for his family. So, out of revenge, s
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The 1980s Bad Girl Wants to Be a Widow, So Why Won’t Her Man Die? 八零恶女想当寡妇,男人怎还不死
[Period setting + military marriage + reborn + strong heroine + System + sweet romance + a male lead who’s hopelessly in love VS a heroine who always takes revenge] In her previous life, she was widowed for eight years before meeting a tragic end. In this life, she was determined to be a wicked woman. In her previous life, she was forced to go to the countryside. After finally getting into college, she returned to the city. But the man wanted to give his college spot to his first love, so he pre
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A Nanny in the Eighties? The Cold-Faced Officer Is My Son’s Father 八零当保姆?冷面军官是儿子亲爹
[Military marriage in the 1970s/80s + rekindled romance + raising a child] Lu Qing was bedridden after an accident and had chased away six caregivers for resisting their help. The new one dressed shabbily, but had fair skin, stunning looks, a slender waist, and alluring curves! Lin Peizhen wasn't kept on because of her beauty. Lu Qing clearly had no interest in women. She simply fought fire with fire, arguing him into silence until he couldn't get rid of her. Besides, her son needed money to sav
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A Lifetime Owed to My Parents 欠父母的一生
{Period setting, alternate history, reborn, feel-good, no golden finger, everyday family life} Zhang Mianying spent her whole life striving and suffering, raising her son to be a success, only to end up alone in her old age. Regret, remorse, helplessness, and grievance: her emotions were a tangled mess. When she opened her eyes again, Zhang Mianying discovered that she had returned to the time before she went to college. Now that she had another chance, she would never foolishly spend this life
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Rejected by the Army for Bringing My Child, I Remarried a Commander Who Couldn’t Have Children 带萌娃随军被拒,我改嫁绝嗣长官
(Period setting + joining the army as a spouse + satisfying read + sweet romance + love that grows over time + transmigrate into a book + adorable child) Bai Molihua transmigrated into a book. She became the most miserable cannon-fodder supporting woman in an eighties-era novel. Her husband moved into the military compound with his widowed first love, leaving her and their biological son in the village to scrape by on tree bark and wild greens, until she eventually fell ill and died! Ha! What a
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Reborn in 1985: I'm Focused on Making Money, but Young Master Lu Is Chasing Me 重生八五:一心搞钱,陆少追疯了
[Rebirth + Period Setting + No Golden Finger + Comeback + Business Battles + Mystery of Her Origins + Power Couple] In her previous life, Su Hanxue gave everything for her family, only to be forced into a marriage that served their interests. She suffered abuse after the wedding, until her husband pushed her into the freezing river and drowned her. He then used the payout from her accident insurance to live it up with his mistress. In this life, she fights with all her strength to refuse the mar
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The 1970s: We’re All Nurses, but Our Treatment Is Worlds Apart 七零:同样当护士,待遇天差地别
No rivalry between women. The heroine is cool and dignified on the outside, the opposite on the inside. She has a deadpan sense of humor! The story feels very real, not over-the-top. A modern nurse is accidentally killed by a reckless young motorcyclist, then is reborn in the resource-scarce 1970s as the village's only graduate of a secondary vocational school, and its only nurse. Relying on her own abilities, she helps her relatives and neighbors earn money together. The whole village respects
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A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈,破碎的家,不屈的我
[Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his
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Back to the ’80s: She Joins the Military 重回八零:她向戎装
[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
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