Please Recommend Highly Rated Period Pieces. No Dumbed-Down Plots or Cringey Scenes 求啊高分年代文 别降智整尬
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After Three Years Apart, She Asks for a Divorce, and the Chaste Commander Loses His Cool 分居三年提离婚，禁欲首长红了眼
[Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + raising children + no golden finger + native-born characters + life in a military compound + everyday family drama] This is not an effortless wish-fulfillment story. It’s a warm tale of personal growth, so read with care if that’s not your thing. Cen Jing Yi gives birth to her daughter prematurely and is thrown out by her in-laws. She struggles alone to raise her daughter until she’s two. Then her husband, who returned to his unit the day aft
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From the Start in the Famine Year of 1960: Buy Anything for One Cent 开局1960灾荒年，每天一分钱秒杀
While helping his cousin get a discount by chopping the price on Pinduoduo, Li Fuxing clicked the sharing link she sent him and transmigrated to the 1960s. He also found a Pinduoduo flash-sale mall in his mind. In 1960, everything was rationed and required coupons. People had barely enough to eat or wear, and two jin of millet could buy you a wife. The Pinduoduo mall had everything: Northeast rice, selenium-rich eggs, Longkou vermicelli, White Rabbit milk candy, Erguotou, Wuliangye… And everythi
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After the Divorce, Dr. Su Caught the Eye of a Powerful Man 离婚后，苏医生被大佬盯上了
[Season One of the motion comic is now available] [The early chapters focus on family disputes, with more emphasis on her career] [The male lead appears later] [It only gets better as the story goes] She's a cold, sharp cardiothoracic surgeon who wields a scalpel and is divorced with a child. He's a roguishly handsome power player with connections in both the underworld and the legitimate world. It was love at first sight for him, and he won't stop pursuing her. Then there's a gentle, refined yo
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- 754 Arranged Marriage Is So Sweet 包办婚姻好香 Arranged Marriage Is So Good 36Reads—Score—Shelves
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Transmigrated into a Seventies-Era Trouble-Making Sister-in-Law, She Stirs Up Trouble and Makes Money 穿成七零极品小姑子，她搞事搞钱
[Historical setting + socially fearless female lead + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + building wealth + turning her life around + one-on-one romance, both leads have no prior relationships] Extra, extra! The military compound in the capital is in an uproar. Word is that the eldest young master of the Fu family, a top soldier, has been won over by a country girl... Su Xiaoman worked all night and died from overwork. Then she transmigrated to the 1970s, a time of food and clothing shortag
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- 756 The Sixties: I Feed My Brothers and Sisters Meat Every Day 六零：我带兄弟姐妹天天吃肉 [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 72.3kReads8.5Score3.7kShelves
- 757 Can I Still See the Girl Who Lies in My Heart? 躺在心底的那个她，还能见到吗？ Will I ever see the one who lies deep in my heart again? 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 758 Doctor, Your Wife Is So Handsome. I Like Her Too 医生，你老婆好帅，我也喜欢 Doctor, your wife is so handsome. I like her too. 35Reads—Score—Shelves
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She Was Exposed as a Transmigrator in the 1970s, So She Used Her Space to Serve the Motherland 身穿七零暴露后，她携空间效祖国
[Historical era + military marriage + sweet romance + both virgins + pocket dimension + devotion to the nation] Gu Sui'an was an undercover police officer. After years in deep cover, she finally completed her mission and avenged her family. Having killed her enemy, she was badly wounded and fell off a cliff. Certain she would die, she unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel version of the 1970s. But can someone tell her why she was exposed on the very first day after transmigrating? At least he
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Reborn as a Widow in the 1970s 重生到七零年代当寡妇
In her previous life, Song Xiuxiu was so stupid she got herself killed, and dragged her daughter down with her. Reborn, she no longer fears the judgment of others. She decides to be a happy little widow and raise her daughter like a princess. But why has the husband who was supposed to be dead in her previous life come back? And why is he forcing her to join his army post and have a second child? In his previous life, Lu Aiguo lost the love of his life. Given a second chance, he never expected t
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The 1970s: The State Sends Me a Husband, and the Top Scientist Dotes on Me 七零：国家发老公科研大佬被宠哭
[Alternate-history period setting + homegrown genius + state-assigned job + marriage first, love later + rugged man dotes on his wife] [Sweet-looking, scheming “black lotus” scientist VS rebellious, “daddy-type” elite soldier] Wen Ning is a “delicate flower” raised in a cowshed. She can't lift a shoulder or carry a hand, and crying is the only thing she knows how to do. Until one day, when her awful relatives try to force her into marriage, she taps out a string of Morse code through her tears.
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Older Men!! A Ferrari Is Still a Ferrari, Even When It’s Old 年上！！法拉利老了依然是法拉利
Older woman!! A Ferrari is still a Ferrari, even when it's old.
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- 763 Your Cooking Is Truly Awful! 你做饭真的很难吃！ Your cooking is really terrible! 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 764 The 1980s: After Breaking Off My Engagement, the Cold Military Officer Spoils Me Like No Other 八零，退婚后高冷军官宠我如命 {Alternate setting, historical era, two strong leads} In her previous life, she endured countless hardships and finally managed to start over, only to be framed and thrown in prison, plunging into an endless abyss. When she woke again, she found herself back at the beginning, once more the ugly, dark-skinned, chubby girl she used to be. Since heaven had given her another chance, she would never repeat her past mistakes. In this life, everyone who had hurt her before would pay the price. “I’m her 13.5kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
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Quick Transmigration: The Big Shot’s Guide to Reforming Scumbags 快穿：大佬的人渣洗白指南
[Quick Transmigration + Feel-Good Story + Sweet Romance] After struggling to build a company and take it public, Xie Qiwen is on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of success when he dies in a car accident. Unable to accept his fate, he gets bound to a System. If he completes his missions, he can return to the time before his accident and live a long, healthy life, dying peacefully of old age. So he transmigrates into the scumbags of various little worlds, setting out to reform them and make ame
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After Seeing the Comments, the Fat Wife's Original Self Awakens 看到弹幕后，肥妻原身觉醒了
At eighteen, Song Xilan was round and plump, the very picture of a woman blessed with a prosperous marriage and an easy childbirth. Matchmakers crowded her family's doorstep one after another. But Song Xilan had her eye on Yang Jingyu, a handsome young performer with the cultural troupe. Backstage at the New Year's Day gala, Song Xilan shyly held out a lunchbox of beef and pickled cabbage dumplings to Yang Jingyu. Suddenly, two lines of text flashed through her mind. [Why hasn't the transmig
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Kill Those Men: From Ugly Chick to Beautiful Swan 杀死那些男人之丑小鸡变白天鹅
[Transformation and glow-up + triumphant heroine + uplifting feel-good story + top student's growth + fairytale romance + authentic post-80s generation] Note: Please don't let the heroine's looks put you off! The protagonist is called “XX Fat” purely because the author has a mischievous sense of humor. In reality, Xia Weiwei has a figure the likes of which appear only once every three thousand years. She's an outgoing, adorable girl with sky-high emotional and intellectual intelligence; she's th
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- 768 I Played a Low-Stakes Card Game on a Variety Show, and the Movie Emperor Set His Sights on Me 我在综艺节目上耍小牌，被影帝盯上了 I played a dirty trick on a variety show, and the Best Actor set his sights on me. 53Reads—Score—Shelves
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Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志
His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China!
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The 1990s: The Gruff Factory Director Begs for Love with Red Eyes 九零年代，糙汉厂长红眼求爱
[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
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The Allure of Darkness 黑色之诱惑
By chance, Xia Xue’er steps into a casino and catches a fleeting glimpse of Chen Feng, the underworld boss. It proves to be a trap laid by fate. From then on, she is seized by the demon of gambling and takes one step after another toward the abyss of crime. The curtain rises on her tragic life…
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- 772 Reborn, Yet Still Unable to Escape That Freak 重生了还是摆脱不了那个变态 Even After Being Reborn, I Still Can’t Get Away from That Freak 28Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Delicate Educated Youth? General Zhenyuan: I Love Beautiful Women 知青娇弱？镇远将军：我爱美
At the General’s residence, the imperial edict had been delivered. Xue Mulan sat at the side table in the main hall. After a long while, she said only, “Enough!” After the general left, the maid in green collected half a cup of leftover tea, but did not wipe the table or straighten the chairs.
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Reborn in 1983 重生1983
A billionaire returns to 1983. His family is poor, his father is hospitalized with severe injuries, and his sister has been forced into a marriage destined to make her miserable for the rest of her life. He falls to his knees in remorse over all the calamities he caused. Luckily, there’s still time to make things right. In an era where gold lies everywhere and business is growing wild, he vows to help his whole family live a happy, fulfilling life this time around, and to whip this era into shap
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The Pure-Hearted Fool Is a Military Officer? The Heiress Spoils Him Rotten 纯情傻子是军官？大小姐娇宠他
[Period setting + satisfying revenge + making money + family and village life] Only after Xu Zhaozhao died did she learn that she was a fake heiress, switched at birth so someone else could steal her destiny! The Xu family had switched her out to take her good fortune for themselves! When she awakens to the truth, Xu Zhaozhao binds herself to a Favorability System. She can trade for food, medicine, and supplies, and basically has a cheat code! To reclaim her good fortune, she decisively heads to
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Quick Transmigration: You Say She's the Female Lead? No Way 快穿，你说她是女主？假的吧
[Quick transmigration + stunning female lead + subverting plot conventions + no fixed pairing + devoted and super sweet romance + both leads' first love] Many female leads wreak havoc or stoically endure hardship, selflessly devote their lives to the male lead, and ultimately become winners in life. But is that really what they want? Is it really something others would envy? Should a supporting female character follow the female lead's path? Sorry, she can't stand hardship. Su Yetang had to l
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- 777 We’ll Break Up Eventually. Who Are You Talking About? 迟早要分——你说谁？ We’re Bound to Break Up Sooner or Later, Who Are You Talking About? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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I'm Panicking! I Didn't Mean to Flirt That Much [Quick Transmigration] 好慌张，不小心撩过头了【快穿】
[Pretending-to-be-innocent seductress + Dark, scheming male lead + Best friend takes the place of the boyfriend + Sweet 1v1 romance] Hurting your wife feels good for a while, then comes the hellish chase to win her back. But if your buddy has his eye on your wife, he can scatter your ashes and step over your corpse to take your place. After accidentally binding to a win-back-your-wife System, Jiang Xin is forced to travel to different worlds, take the place of girls who have been hurt by scumbag
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- 779 Reborn: Back in the 1980s to Make My Fortune 重生：回到八零当富翁 A rebirth story set in a bygone era, with no mindless wish fulfillment, a single heroine, no courtyard-house drama, and a warm, everyday feel. Xu Erlong is reborn, returning to the eve of the day his family forced him to haul bricks at a black kiln to pay for his cousin's university education. Why should his cousin get meat while he has to make do with bran? Why should his cousin go to university while he is forced to haul bricks? Xu Erlong refuses to put up with it any longer and decisively 18.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 780 The Spoiled Girlfriend Wants to Break Up, but the Rugged Officer Won't Let Go 娇纵女友闹分手，糙汉军官不放手 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3.3kReads6.5Score321Shelves
- 781 After Quick Transmigration, the Shy Rose Blooms in a Glorious Blaze 快穿后羞答答的玫瑰轰轰烈烈的开 [Era-themed quick transmigration] [No fixed couple] Su Cha discovered that she had entered a novel set in a bygone era that she had read before. Given a second life, all she wanted was to enjoy herself and live in comfort. She thought she had been given another chance because she’d saved someone, but she had no idea this was a quick-transmigration internship that would determine her fate… Content warning: The story only features settings from bygone eras. There’s no fixed couple, but that doesn 168.8kReads9.1Score14.1kShelves
- 782 The Demon Lord Is Here to See His Junior Disciple Again. Quick, Shut the Door 魔尊又来找小师弟了，快关门 The Demon Lord Is Here to See Our Junior Brother Again. Quick, Shut the Door! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Story of Village Girl Taoye and Xiang Dong 村女桃叶与向东的故事
[A handsome man who has been secretly devoted for ages × a clearheaded, gentle beauty at rock bottom] Burdened by family troubles and forced to marry the good-for-nothing Zhang Dawei, Wang Taoye is caught between a rock and a hard place. Li Xiangdong, the village's cold and stern farm-machinery mechanic, sees all her troubles. He gets straight to the point: "Come be with me." He helps her withstand the Zhang family's pressure and provides medicine and food for her family. Half a year passes, and
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- 784 The Fierce Eldest Sister of the 80s Crashes Her Scumbag Father's Wedding from the Start 八零长姐如虎开局砸了渣爹结婚宴 [Historical setting + 1980s + light ensemble cast + false rebirth + adorable children + satisfying revenge + no golden finger + family drama] Her scumbag father brought his mistress home, moved into his ex-wife's house, slept in her bed, and even abused her children! Then Yao Shula, specially brought in to deal with the scumbag father, was reborn. She had to deal with her scumbag father and his mistress, and look after her younger siblings too. And since she'd come all this way, she might as wel 77.7kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
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Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Awakens and Steals the Protagonist's Golden Finger 穿书七零炮灰觉醒抢走主角金手指
(Period setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension) Tags: Clear-headed female lead, focused entirely on her career Yang Lihua had been born into this era for over a decade when, on the day her older brother Yang Lixin went on a blind date, she suddenly awakened to the truth: her future sister-in-law was the ill-fated heroine of a period novel, constantly tormented by her sister-in-law, and Yang Lihua herself was the awful sister-in-law readers hated with a burning passion. All sorts o
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- 786 Reborn in 1960: After Splitting from the Family, I Feast on Meat with My Wife and Kids 重生1960，分家后带着老婆孩子顿顿吃肉 In his previous life, Liu Dong was a blindly filial fool. He devoted everything he had to his younger siblings simply because he was the eldest and felt responsible for looking after them. When his three-year-old daughter came down with a high fever, he took money from his wife and gave it to his mother. He ignored his daughter, and by the time they got her help, the fever had left her intellectually disabled. His wife, Shen Qingyue, suffered endless mistreatment and was often beaten by his fami 235Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 787 After Failing the Teacher Qualification Exam Again and Again, I Wrecked the Three Realms 师资多次考不过后，我轰了三界 After Failing the Teacher Certification Exam Time and Again, I Wreaked Havoc Across the Three Realms 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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Reborn in the 1980s: Starting with Selling Noodles 重生80年代，从卖面条开始
[Made Entirely by Hand] [Period Novel + Food + Cozy Everyday Life + System + Farming] Jiang Jue unexpectedly is reborn in 1989 and takes over his family’s restaurant from the start! In an era short on good food, he’ll give diners a taste of culinary wonders! Noodles with shredded pork and green peppers, noodles with fried pork, Yangzhou fried rice, sea cucumber braised with scallions, Wensi tofu, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, mapo tofu, dry-fried rice noodles with beef, ginger duck... From nort
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- 789 Reborn in 1988: Build a Fortune Investing in Treasury Bonds 重生1988：靠投资国库券发家致富 Reborn in 1988, with the factory beauty making all the moves, Lin Zhiyuan is getting a little worn out... 2kReads8.9Score328Shelves
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Born into the 1950s, I Helped My Scumbag Dad Divorce by Cutting Him Out of the Family 胎穿五零，渣爹要离婚我送他除族
The short drama I Was Born in the 1950s, and I Helped My Mother Remarry is coming on April 15, 2025. Stay tuned! Yan Dan is a plant-based ability user in the apocalypse, where people have become experts on plants. She also has a decent-sized storage space for all kinds of supplies. She thought she could live at the base until the apocalypse ended, but then a zombie horde led by the Zombie King attacked it. And then... then she accidentally kicked the bucket. When she opened her eyes, she had som
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Period: A Hoard of Gold and Silver Treasures 年代：收集的金银财宝
[Fictional historical setting, fictional historical setting, fictional historical setting] The golden finger is a little overpowered. Jin Duoduo, an orphan from the interstellar era, was reborn in a poor family in a shantytown in the capital after her planet was attacked. She was the youngest child in the family. It was 1955, the early days of the nation’s development, and everything was thriving. Jin Duoduo began a new life... I’m not good at writing introductions. Please read the book and see
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- 792 The Fanfic I Wrote Actually Replaced the Original!? 我写的同人文竟然代替了原著！？ The fanfiction I wrote actually replaced the original work!? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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Journey to the West: Sun Wukong Eats Tang Sanzang and Kills Zhu Bajie 西游，孙悟空吃唐僧肉，杀猪八戒
Five hundred years after their journey to the West, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Tang Sanzang, and Sha Wujing reunite. This time, they aren't going west to fetch the scriptures. They're searching for the forty-nine sariras to bring Buddha Tathagata back to life. A fearsome demon, the Ape Ghost King, is wreaking havoc across the Three Realms, and only Buddha Tathagata can pin him beneath Five Finger Mountain. Five hundred years have passed, and everything has changed. Sun Wukong loves eating Tang Sanza
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Kicked Out of the House? I've Got Billions in My Spatial Realm 被赶出家门？我空间里有亿万物资
[New story: I Cleared Out the Money and Sent My Stepmother's Family to the Countryside] Gu Qingqing, a self-made rich girl, accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s and gets sold from the start, to the richest young man in the whole village. Gu Qingqing rubs her chin and thinks, “I got sold? That's awful!” But looking at the handsome, wealthy young man in front of her, she wonders, “Did I come out ahead after all?” To survive safely in this unfamiliar era, Gu Qingqing firmly clings to the powerfu
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- 795 Reborn: Back in 1977 to Be a Dad 重生：回到1977当奶爸 When he wakes up, his luxury cars are gone, and so are the beautiful women. Chen Fugui, a billionaire, has been reborn in the 1970s. Will he drift aimlessly through life, or live it to the fullest? For his sweet wife and adorable daughter, he’s going to build a business empire of his own. 10.9kReads9.0Score948Shelves
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The 1960s Mystery Box System: My Scumbag Dad Spares No Expense Spoiling His Six Kids 六零盲盒系统：渣爹氪金宠飞六崽
[A low-conflict period drama + an outstanding male lead + rebuilding family values + still the one in charge + three ex-wives + six kids] Liu Xueyi married three times and had six children. He trampled on his three ex-wives to live the happy life of a city man, only to pull a classic Nanluoguxiang fool’s move and marry a widow, raising another man’s kids! But Liu Xueyi wasn’t the self-sacrificing type. No matter whose home he was in, he called all the shots. The widow’s family treated him like a
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Reborn in the 1980s: I Help My Family Prosper Through Fishing and Hunting 重生八零：我靠渔猎带飞全家
“Uncle, I want some meat...” Looking at his little nephew, so hungry that he was all skin and bones, Chen Haisheng felt his nose sting. He had returned to 1980. In his past life, he had been a bastard. He had drained his brother and sister-in-law of their hard-earned money, left his own nephew hungry, and done it all to win a smile from a city girl who was nothing but trouble. In the end, he regretted it for the rest of his life. When he opened his eyes and found himself back in the past, his ex
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- 798 Dark Shadow 黑黑影 Dark Shadow 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 799 Reborn as a Fierce Woman, I Turn My Life Around With My Child 穿成泼辣女后，我带娃逆袭 The short drama Transmigrating as a Shrewish Woman: I Lead My Kids to a Comeback is now streaming. [Feel-Good Story] [A Super Cool Heroine Who Always Gets Even Right Away] Other people transmigrate and become the apple of everyone's eye or a rich beauty. So why did she end up in the body of a wicked woman in her thirties? Not only has she become an evil adoptive mother, she's also destined for a terrible end. And the worst part is, she's an artsy young woman in her twenties who has never dated. 7.4kReads9.1Score631Shelves
- 800 Father, I Only Want to Be a Prince 父皇，我只想当个王爷 In the 115th year of the Jingli era, the realm was in turmoil, with three kingdoms standing in opposition. On that day, Ye Zhuo, heir to the Prince of Shou, opened his eyes after being unconscious for three years... Ye Zhuo only wanted to live a quiet, carefree life as a hedonistic playboy. But he was so outstanding that he shone wherever he went. See how Ye Zhuo carves out a path to becoming a wise prince in this chaotic age, one that belongs to him alone! 27.4kReads8.7Score2.3kShelves
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