Please Recommend Period Novels With a Cool, Selfish, Pragmatic Heroine Who Refuses to Go to the Countryside 跪求年代文，女主是那种清冷自私现实的那种不下乡

1. 1 疯 I'm Going Crazy! The Legitimate Daughter of an Ancient Family Transmigrates to the 1970s 疯了！古代嫡女穿越到了七零年代 Flowing Water Goes Ding-Dang流水个叮当Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Su Jinmi, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister's household, is murdered by her half-sister and accidentally lands in a world of scarcity in the 1970s. She can't cook or farm. What can a frail, pampered young lady do when she can't carry a load on her shoulder or lift a thing with her hands? Don't worry. She has a pocket dimension, medical skills, and a good-for-nothing who knows how to make money. The good-for-nothing, a devoted husband, lives by one motto: His wife is responsible for l 16.4kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds

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   The first book features a rather aloof female lead, but after she goes to the countryside, it's quite a good read once you get through her adjustment period; the female lead is very strong. The second book has a family full of schemes; the female lead is content with a modest life, refuses to go to the countryside, and is very cautious. The third book is a quick transmigration story, somewhat about not going to the countryside; you can skip around in it, and it's quite good.

2. 2 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. 137.1kReads9.5Score11.2k14d adds
3. 3 快 Quick Transmigration: Cherish Your Life and Stay Away from Toxic People 快穿：珍爱生命，远离极品 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through historical settings + socially fearless female lead + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + building wealth + turning her life around + no fixed pairing] [The 4th, 7th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st worlds have no romance] [Female lead’s perspective] [Ensemble cast] Also known as: Quick Transmigration: A Carefree Life in Historical Worlds and Quick Transmigration: Treasure Your Life and Stay Away from Toxic People Protagonist: Chang Ning. In each sma 21.8kReads9.2Score1.5k14d adds
4. 4 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 3.9kReads8.5Score16414d adds

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   They are all sophisticated and self-interested female protagonists who refuse to go to the countryside.

5. 5 六 The Foolish Cannon Fodder of the Sixties Is Impossibly Beautiful 六零笨蛋炮灰实在过份美丽 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Period + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + no relocation to the countryside + a self-serving airhead heroine + slight everyone-loves-her vibe + seven-year age gap + high-ranking male lead] [Marriage Before Love from the heroine’s perspective, love at first sight from the hero’s] With a handsome military officer for a father and a gentle, wealthy mother, Lin Xiuzhu is a bona fide rich beauty in the 1960s. But when she turns eighteen, memories from the 21st century awaken in her. She happi 6.2kReads8.0Score34114d adds
6. 6 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 28.3kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
7. 7 大 Male Chauvinist? I Got Into College, So I’m Running Away 大男子主义？考上大学我决定跑路 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance462k WordsCompleted Naive heiress x calculating male lead with questionable morals Transmigration into her own body + undocumented + sweet romance + transmigration into a book Jiang Yingyue transmigrated. The good news was that she was still in her own body. The bad news was that she had no legal identity. Short on money, she decided to sell her watch and keep her head down for a while. But because she was wearing such strange clothes, someone reported her as a spy, and she was hauled off to the Public Securit 843Reads8.3Score10114d adds
8. 8 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s, a Background Character Takes a Front-Row Seat to the Gossip 穿越六零，路人甲站在吃瓜一线 Mei Qianxun梅千寻Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted Meng Tian knows she's transmigrated. She has barely opened her eyes when she hears the medical staff beside her calling her "comrade" over and over, and realizes she's probably had the worst luck imaginable. Sure enough, her guess was almost exactly right. All she wanted was some barbecue, but she wound up catching someone else's last train in life and taking a trip through time. Wasn't it nice enough to graduate, live off the inheritance her parents left her, and lie flat while collecting ren 2.9kReads8.8Score25214d adds
9. 9 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel, I Refuse to Move to the Countryside 穿到年代文抵死不下乡 Miserly Homebody抠门宅Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted More than ten years after Xiangqiao was born into her new family, memories suddenly awaken within her. Her older female cousin is the heroine of a rebirth novel… All kinds of plotlines also pop into her head at random. No matter where they are, her family is always a cannon-fodder stepping stone. Why does everyone want me to go to the countryside? Xiangqiao clenches her little fists. “Want me to go rural? No way!” It’s much better to work in the city and slack off now and then. She can also catc 7.2kReads8.2Score34814d adds
10. 10 嫁 Marrying a Disabled Soldier: The Gorgeous Beauty Charms and Coaxes Him 嫁军婚残夫，娇艳美人撩他诱哄他 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Military marriage + marriage first, love later + doted on by everyone + no golden finger, your mindset determines your fate] [A cast story starring a great beauty who gets a villainess role without realizing it] In 1974, Yu Wan transmigrates into the body of an undocumented drifter, then uses her beauty to become the Qiao family’s stepdaughter. With a new identity, Yu Wan is overjoyed. The Qiao family members each have their own agendas, but they know the truth and keep quiet. Not long after Yu 23.6kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds
11. 11 末 The Doomed Young Lady Lands in the Countryside Just Before the Move, Hiding Out in the City 末世娇女穿在下乡前夕，苟在城里 The Sky Clears After the Rain雨过天也晴Modern Romance711k WordsOngoing Lin Jiao was born lucky. Even in the harsh conditions of the apocalypse, she lived a life everyone envied. Who could have known that while she was browsing the shops and joining the crowds at the base, a System fragment would hit her temple, killing her and sending her to another world? Her original self was unloved by both parents. She decided to sell her job and follow the man she loved to the countryside. Then a reborn heroine stole her man, and she died suddenly from a heart attack. After tr 3.2kReads7.2Score20714d adds
12. 12 年 A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义 Today Is Jingzhe今日惊蛰Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a 12kReads8.1Score73714d adds
13. 13 六 The 1960s: A Fair-skinned Beauty, Self-Interest Is Her Nature 六零凝脂美人，心机利己是本色 Kuo Luo De He Bing阔洛得喝冰Modern Romance473k WordsOngoing Lin Ranqiu transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a nine-year-old little girl. There are four children in the family: her ten-year-old elder sister and brother, twins, and eight-year-old Yaozong, who cries and throws tantrums. The original owner is stuck awkwardly in the middle, unloved and ignored. Fortunately, the transmigration deity from Tomato gives her a golden finger: dew gathers at her fingertips, restoring her beauty. And with her arsenal of green-tea lines, she shines just as brightly 9.5kReads8.6Score55514d adds
14. 14 六 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代：开局就是新婚 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b 18.6kReads8.8Score95814d adds

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    The first book features a female lead who works in a pharmaceutical factory, and the interactions between the male and female leads are incredibly sweet and adorable! 😘😘😘 The second book has a female lead who is from a rural area and works at a supply and marketing cooperative. The interactions between the male and female leads in this book are also very sweet and adorable! 😳😳😳

15. 15 七 The 1970s: The Glamorous Heiress Transmigrates into a Book with a Trillion-Dollar Fortune 七零：美艳娇气包带千亿资产穿书 A Duo u阿哆uModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The young lady never lived through that era, so you can't expect her to have the same spending habits as ordinary people. [Not a poverty-relief story] [Sweet romance + period setting + transmigrate into a book + golden finger + feel-good power fantasy] [Both are virgins, one-on-one romance] Shanghai–Beijing–Hong Kong [Warning: The heroine is spoiled and not truly kind or beautiful inside! The hero is a lovesick fool! Don't get hung up on prices! If there are any plot holes, just treat them as au 24.9kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds

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    The female lead is incredibly wealthy and knows how to enjoy life. You can tell from the writing that the author adores her. I've read so many period dramas, but very few have given me this feeling. Many feel like they were written by a doting mother-in-law, with the female lead practically having the male lead's cheat codes. The reviews for this novel have a lot of that saccharine, mother-in-law vibe. I read a book before with similar comments.

16. 16 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 11.4kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds

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    The female lead is very clear-headed. He does what he's supposed to do; marriage can be a transaction, like between men who need to conceal their relationship or those who need a poverty status.

17. 17 踹 I Ditch My Scumbag Dad to Marry a Commander, and the Pretty Army Wife Is Treasured 踹渣爹嫁首长，俏军嫂被捧在心尖 One Smile Captivates the Orange一笑倾橙Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [All-around rich beauty + no supporting deadbeats + no black-market dealings + no relocation to the countryside + spatial System with multiverse trading] Lin Siqiao transmigrated from a fabulously wealthy Shanghai socialite into a pitiful young woman in the 1970s, disliked by her own family. Less than a year after her birth mother died, her scumbag father brought home a stepmother. They say that once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too. But Lin Siqiao never imagined that, just to sei 28.6kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds

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    ♥️A highly-rated, high-quality period drama!! I've already read it twice; it's the first time I've ever read a period drama like this! The female lead doesn't go to the countryside or work in the black market!

18. 18 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s to Live the Good Life 穿越七零姐是来享福的 Drawing Circles Round and Round圆圈画圆Modern Romance759k WordsCompleted Period setting + space + toxic heroine + no children + no supporting the poor + 1v6 + all male leads are untouched The heroine has a strong sense of entitlement. She’s a toxic woman: self-serving, polished, skilled at acting and lying, shameless, and morally questionable. Xu Chang’an is about to have her kidneys harvested when an explosion sends her into a parallel world. Good news: Her kidneys are still there. Bad news: The explosion killed her. Good news: She’s alive again. Bad news: It’ 6.7kReads8.9Score73914d adds

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    This female lead is so realistic you won't believe it.

19. 19 美 A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅 Yaoyao Not Bewitching a夭夭不妖aModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b 33.5kReads8.5Score1.9k14d adds

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    How can there be such a good transmigration novel set in different eras? It's already spanned several worlds, and the female lead hasn't suffered any injustices. If you like selfish characters, you should definitely check it out; it's really satisfying.

20. 20 八 The Fierce Eighties Beauty Is Gorgeous, and Her Devoted Childhood Sweetheart Can Handle Her Heat 八零悍妻美又飒，忠犬竹马不怕辣 Little Ice Pear冰梨崽崽Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Song Yinchen was reborn. In her previous life, her saintly, loving, and progressive husband had quietly given her hard-earned university place to his childhood sweetheart, because the girl had no father and was more vulnerable and pitiful. In her previous life, Song Yinchen had been fiercely competitive. She fought people over boundaries, picked arguments, and made scenes. She did all the housework and farm work herself and cared for the whole family, until she became the village's most notoriou 7.6kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds

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    Both books are very good, especially the second one.

21. 21 救 Help! The Big Shot Is Being Harassed by a Spoiled Brat 救命！大佬被作精女碰瓷了 Little Lazy Sloth小树懒懒Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigrate into a book + self-interest above all + ordinary timespace + no going to the countryside Respect hardship, understand hardship, but don't suffer through it! Lin Ran transmigrated into a period novel as the vicious younger sister of the reborn heroine. Faced with the heroine's overwhelming plot armor, she chose to cling to a powerful patron rather than keep her head down or go completely off the rails. (And this patron wasn't the original heroine.) Oh! A car is comin 9.3kReads8.4Score70414d adds
22. 22 七 The 1970s: Everyone Can Be the Protagonist, Except Me 七零：人人都能当主角偏我不行 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted Everyone Is Evil, But There Are Good People Too [Romance included! If you have conventional values, don't read!!!] To get a chance to perform, Xu Lingwan locks her stepsister He Qingning in the restroom. Just as she's about to leave, something called a System binds itself to her. The System tells her that she's the vicious supporting female character, while He Qingning is the heroine. Since she bullied the heroine, her reputation will be ruined, and she'll eventually disappear without a trace. 21.3kReads9.0Score2.2k14d adds

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    The female lead kills her entire family herself. She goes to the countryside briefly, only a few chapters, and then returns because her whole family is dead. The male lead is also mentally unstable, as is the female lead. The female lead also has a system that speaks like the male lead, and it's strangely doting. Anyway, she's not a saint; she's a pure murderer. No one dares to call this female lead a saint.

23. 23 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 28.1kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds

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    It's incredibly good. The female lead is extremely greedy and exceptionally skilled at manipulating people's hearts and minds. She has the male lead and his family completely under her thumb, making them both respect and fear her. She keeps the male lead firmly confined to the family to look after the children. The male lead knows he only ranks third in the female lead's heart.

24. 24 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score74014d adds

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    The female lead is very intelligent and quick-witted.

25. 25 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86.1kReads9.5Score9.8k14d adds

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    😘😘😘This is a really good read! The plot doesn't drag, and every character has their own shining qualities. The protagonist's strength isn't due to external forces, but rather their own solid abilities. It's a sweet romance novel with a strong cast of characters, and I highly recommend it.

26. 26 年 [Quick Transmigration] Playing a Fake White Lotus in a Period Novel 【快穿】年代文里当虚伪黑莲花 Warm Pomelo西柚温温Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted (Complete!) (Please consider adapting this into a short drama!) [Vicious and self-serving + universally adored villainess + dog-training romance + selfish and self-centered + immersive multiple-male-lead romance] [Original title: The Villainess of the Era, with Skin Like Ice and Bones Like Jade] Ye Qiutang is the most beautiful flower of wealth in the mortal world. The ability to bewitch people is innate to her, and her beauty is a weapon that always gets her way. But beneath her pure, saintly f 14.2kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds

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    Chronicles 😘

27. 27 六 The Beloved Darling of a Remarkable Family in the 1960s 六零年代极品一家人的团宠 Sunny Peach桃子晴朗Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Beloved by all in a period setting + shrewd self-interest + a whole family of eccentrics + ensemble cast + personal dimension] Jiang Yuan thought she was the heroine, since she got bound to a lousy System from the start. Well, the System was completely useless. All it did was make her sing “Little Messy” in front of her whole family in the middle of the night. It also turned her into a romance novelist, writing ridiculous, melodramatic stories that got her blacklisted throughout Hong Kong, forc 6.8kReads9.0Score44514d adds

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    🌙🌙Xiao Li is here to recommend a book! ೭(˵ˉ̴͒ꇴˉ̴͒˵)౨ ⭐️⭐️She doesn't have the strength to knock down a tree with a single punch, nor the ability to hunt wild animals in the mountains, let alone the skill to engage in verbal battles, and she doesn't even have the courage to venture into the black market. Xu Jing'an is just an ordinary person—not pretty (unable to attract soldiers, rough men in the village, or high-quality, well-connected educated youth), not strong (can't even lift 50 jin of rice), timid (afraid of insects, snakes, and has never even killed a chicken), and tongue-tied and averse to trouble (she doesn't even dare to think about arguing with the people at the educated youth settlement and villagers every day; it's too tiring!). Going to the countryside is out of the question; it's too hard! 💫Everyone, come and see!👀👀👀

28. 28 六 I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1960s, and the System Scores Me a Job 六零不下乡，系统暴击出工作 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + System + Villain + Shameless + Few Annoying Characters + No Sent-Down Youth Plot + Satisfying Read + Never Overthinks] (How do you keep awful people out of your life? By becoming the worst one yourself, of course.) Transmigrating into a book isn’t scary. What’s scary is ending up as the vicious cannon-fodder character destined for a tragic fate. Look at He Ruixue’s family: her eldest brother is reckless, and her sister-in-law is fierce. Her second sister and brother-in-law are 21.2kReads7.9Score1.8k14d adds
29. 29 漂 A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上 Sanda Biscuit散打饼干Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo 58.8kReads8.8Score3.5k14d adds

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    I recommend this book.

30. 30 签 Sign-In in the 1970s: The Female Supporting Character and Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Powerful Man 签到七零：女配知青被大佬娇宠了 Watching Fish from the Pavilion亭上观鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Sign-in System + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Past and Present Lives + Supporting Female Character Enjoys the Gossip + Highly Educated Couple + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine + No Character Assassination of the Original Heroine] Yi Qingqing died young. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told she had earned great merit and should have enjoyed a life of wealth and a destined marriage in one of her lifetimes, but illness had robbed her of that. As compensation, s 57.7kReads9.4Score6.3k14d adds

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    This one, the female lead is very clear-headed and not love-struck, it's a really good read and already finished.

31. 31 五 The 1950s: Starting Out as an Apprentice 五零：从学徒工开始 Gold Always Shines, and I'll Be There是金子总会有我的Modern Romance461k WordsCompleted [Period setting + native protagonist + daily life + career + no golden finger] [An ordinary story about ordinary people] Her parents wanted Baolan to take her eldest brother's place in an arranged marriage. Baolan refused. Baolan passed the worker recruitment exam. Starting as an apprentice, Baolan attended night school, got promoted, bought a watch, bought a bicycle... Little by little, she built herself a good life. 35kReads9.0Score3.8k14d adds
32. 32 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 107.9kReads9.3Score9.2k14d adds

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    Completed historical fiction, super good, the female lead is sophisticated and self-interested.

33. 33 八 The 1980s: A Beauty with Skin Like Jade Marries a Soldier and Raises a Child 八零凝脂美人，嫁个军人带带崽 Radish Rabbit Who Loves Cabbage爱吃白菜的萝卜兔Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [Eighties setting + military marriage + seducing the man + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + heroine has experience, hero doesn't] She opens her eyes to find she's become the male lead's wicked aunt in a period novel. She abuses him and his younger sister, cheats on their stern uncle, and ultimately brings about her own death. Lu Manman, a breathtaking beauty with smooth, radiant skin, is determined to take it easy. All she wants is to go back home. Who knew her niece and nephew would 12.3kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds

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    How can Lu Manman reverse her life? The young lady just wants to go back in time and continue her previous life of being beautiful, rich, and surrounded by handsome young men every day.

34. 34 穿 Transmigrated into a 1970s Book: I Refuse to Be the Heroine of This Tragic Romance 穿书七零之这苦情剧女主我不当了 Eat Less Salt少吃盐Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + changing the plot + everyday life] After burning the midnight oil following her college entrance exams, Jiang Wanwan worked herself to death and transmigrated into a melodramatic period drama she'd watched with her grandma. When she discovered she was the heroine, destined to suffer her whole life, she was horrified! Determined to escape her absurd and tragic fate, she boldly struck a deal with the notorious gang leader rumored to ha 12.2kReads8.5Score92014d adds

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    This book is quite good; the story unfolds layer by layer with many twists and turns.

35. 35 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Enlisting with a Spirit Spring 重生七零：带着灵泉去当兵 Nope非也吖Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn in a single moment, Su Yao returns to 1976 with a Spirit Spring space. She enlists in the army and sets out on the path to turn her life around! In the military, she uses her skills to put fake sweethearts in their place, crushes every scumbag, and rises through the ranks until she becomes a legendary female soldier admired by all! He is the military’s cold and proud prodigy, the Gu family’s heir. Unstoppable on the battlefield and a detached observer of political schemes, he has eyes onl 2.4kReads7.9Score26414d adds

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36. 36 七 A Captivating Marriage to a Soldier in the 1970s: The Barren Wife Is Pregnant Again 七零军婚撩人，不孕原配又怀上了 July Rabbit七月兔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In 1973, Song Wenran went to the countryside in her cousin’s place for the sake of her father’s career and family harmony, nearly dying there. After finally making it back to the city with help from her best friend, she discovered that her father had remarried and her mother had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. She managed to get into university, only for a young male educated youth who had a crush on her to tear up her admission letter. Through a twist of fate, she rushed into a high-st 14.4kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds
37. 37 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s, I Became the Cannon Fodder of a Crowded Courtyard 穿书七零，我成了大杂院的炮灰 Yao Jiang Keke姚姜可可Modern Romance448k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented novel, male protagonist’s perspective + transmigrate into a book + 1970s + no rural relocation + food delivery System + farm space + everyday courtyard life + neither overly saintly nor self-sacrificing + lighthearted] Content warnings: 1. The male lead is stingy and protective of his money when it comes to outsiders, and a bit lazy, but he believes in equality. The female lead is self-serving and doesn’t honor her parents. They both also share a little of the other’s personalit 1kReads6.6Score—14d adds

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    The female lead is shrewd, self-serving, and ruthless. Although she first appears as an educated youth sent to the countryside, she uses the male lead to return to the city and get a job in her second appearance. Her life thereafter is all in the city, so there are not many descriptions of her in the countryside.

38. 38 普 Ordinary Girl: Huang Yao’s Refined Self-Interest 普女：黄姚的精致利己日常 A Summer Bamboo's Unwilling Sigh一声不甘的夏竹Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing [Ordinary heroine, slightly irresistible, love at first sight, multiple male leads, Mary Sue, possessive heroes, forbidden relationships, age gaps, powerful men bowing to love] Huang Yao had delicate, strikingly pale skin and a pleasant but not breathtaking appearance. Her grades, family background, and talents were all average. She was an ordinary girl, one of countless faces in a crowd. She'd had “looking out for number one” ingrained in her from childhood, and her life motto never changed: do 3.5kReads6.8Score31614d adds

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    Huang Tao, gentle, kind, and incredibly resilient, deserves such special treatment. Her journey from a small village to the capital city showcases her unwavering determination. Although she is selfish and only acts in her own self-interest... [Requesting more updates!]

39. 39 进 Enter the Compound, Flirt with the Officer, and Make the Cold Commander Lose His Cool 进大院，撩军官，禁欲首长心慌慌 Spring Returns to the Wood入木归春Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted [Set in the 1980s + military marriage + romantic tension + groveling pursuit + age gap + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place + everyone falls for the heroine + later rivalry among suitors, a chaotic one-to-many romance] A high-ranking, iron-fisted, dangerously obsessive military officer VS a dazzling, headstrong, ruthless wild rose VS a sinister and ruthless man who thrives in both the underworld and the legitimate world When Jiang Ye opened her eyes, she had become the book's va 3.3kReads8.5Score30114d adds

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    This is a historical fiction novel; the female protagonist is extremely aloof and selfish.

40. 40 趁 She Took Time Off to Have a Baby and Snatch a Job? The Big Sister-in-Law Sets Her In-Laws Straight in the 1970s 趁生崽抢工作？七零大嫂整顿婆家 Lucky Little Ladle福气小汤勺Modern Romance783k WordsCompleted To keep her sister-in-law Luo Jianxin from being sent to the countryside, Nangong Wanyi's mother-in-law, Chen Lanhua, forced her to sign over her job while she was in labor. Nangong Wanyi was in such agony that she died! Her mother-in-law didn't care at all. She only wanted Nangong Wanyi to press her handprint onto the job transfer document. When Nangong Wanyi opened her eyes again, she was no longer the same Nangong Wanyi. She was a soul that had drifted above the Luo family home for decades, w 3.6kReads8.6Score27514d adds

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    The female lead is ruthless. She snatched back her job from her in-laws, who were all heartless, emptied their house, and tormented them to the point of near death. [What?]

41. 41 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won’t Marry an Officer, I’ll Marry a Rich Playboy 重生八零：不嫁军官，嫁纨绔 Wu Jiayunbei武家云北Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + sweet romance + pampered life as a wealthy family’s daughter-in-law in the 1980s] In her past life, Jiang Xianli was set up by her twin sister and married a man who married into wealth for his own benefit, while her sister took her place and married a spoiled rich heir. After the wedding, her husband was specially recruited into a military academy and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. Jiang Xianli became the official’s wife whom every woman envied. But her sist 106.2kReads9.1Score6.2k14d adds

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    The female lead is reborn, and the male lead is a wealthy young master who appears to be a playboy but is actually a business tycoon who loves giving the female lead pocket money. [Learned something new] 🤭 [Attention] 😳

42. 42 两 A Carefree Journey for Two 两口子的逍遥旅程 Twin Mirror Blossoms镜双花Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The everyday lives of a young couple after the apocalypse, traveling through different worlds. Their days are peaceful, yet extraordinary. -- A rich young lady who was switched at birth, or a little girl who died young... A red heir from a revolutionary family who was kidnapped, or a hapless educated youth sent to the countryside... Lives Crossed (✓) A Story Set in the Seventies (✓) Everyday Life in the Qing Dynasty (✓) A Story Set in the Entertainment World (✓) Peach Blossoms in Summer (✓) A CE 5.2kReads9.1Score44414d adds
43. 43 军 A Sweet Military Marriage: The True Heiress Is Spoiled by the Coldhearted Soldier King 军婚超甜：真千金被高冷兵王宠哭 Qian Yu黔渔Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Pocket-Space Farm + Marriage Before Love + Wife-Chasing Funeral + Triplets + Transmigrate Into a Book] [The leads divorce and then remarry. They really do get divorced.] Yu Beibei transmigrated into the real heiress and troublesome supporting female character in a period novel about a real and fake heiress. Yu Beibei existed solely to make the “heroine,” the fake heiress, look kind and virtuous. Yu Beibei: “...” Whoever wants this j 12.7kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds
44. 44 军 A Sweet Military Marriage: Pampered by a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚甜如蜜，在七零被兵痞宠上天 Seaweed Pork Floss Cake海苔肉松小贝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Multiple births + devoted, sweet romance + everyday family life + both leads’ first love + pocket dimension] Su Ruanruan went to sleep and transmigrated to the year 1970, on her wedding night. The first thing she sees when she opens her eyes is broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and an eight-pack. Who wouldn’t be captivated? Fu Wenzhang has brows like distant peaks and eyes like stars, a high nose, thin lips, and a sharply defined jaw. When he wears his military uniform, he always buttons it righ 10.2kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
45. 45 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 2.5kReads8.9Score20114d adds

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46. 46 带 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s, Snacking on Sunflower Seeds to Get By 带着空间穿七零，磕着瓜子混日子 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 28.5kReads9.2Score3.2k14d adds

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    This perfectly matches! 🥰🥰🥰

47. 47 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 17.3kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds

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    These should be the ones that fit!

48. 48 小 The Little Vine Spirit’s Life in the 1980s 小藤蔓精的八零年代生活 Cherry, Not Peach樱桃不桃Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted After the little vine spirit Teng Manman from the Myriad Demon Realm blew herself up, she transmigrated to another world. In this era, nothing could cultivate a spirit, so the trembling little vine spirit hugged herself tight and hid the domain space left by her former master. In this new era and new life, everyone was busy all the time. The little vine spirit put her talents to use, taking her time farming and growing up. The villagers all said the lame man's little girl up in the mountains was 689Reads8.5Score10114d adds
49. 49 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Got Pregnant by a Scumbag 重生八零，我怀了渣男的崽 Yang Mu杨木Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Hui Ning was reborn. In her previous life, she was blind and fell for a no-good man. He was a terrible husband and an even worse father. He wasted half her life, and their children had a hard time too. Reborn, she avoided an unfair division of the family property and the eldest son’s household’s schemes. Only then did she realize she could also find a good man who would protect and cherish her. 2: The Li family’s eldest daughter-in-law was honest and kindhearted. Their newly married second daugh 243Reads7.1Score10114d adds
50. 50 怼 Clapping Back and Making Money Feel So Good 怼人和赚钱都好爽啊 Goldfish Huaguoguo金鱼花果果Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Reborn + Face-Slapping and Scum-Bashing + Top Student + Corporate and Business World] Complete! Reborn in a poor village in the 1980s, Xia Yan is dealt a terrible hand: her biological father is seriously ill, her mother favors someone else, and she has no money for school. Xia Yan quickly fights back. She collects the debts owed to her, gives her abusers a piece of her mind, and protects the money she earns herself! Her elders watch her transform from a well-behaved girl int 7kReads9.1Score91614d adds

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