A Career-Focused Female Lead!! Career First, Romance Second 女主事业批！！事业为主，恋爱为辅

1. 1 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 12.4kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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   The male and female protagonists each have their own ideals and ambitions. Their careers conflicted in that era. They had to make choices. In that era, she had the same ambitions as the men, but the female protagonist always put herself first. She once said, "Everything changes, love changes, but only my career will never change."

2. 2 小 The Little Secretary’s Rise to the Top: She Controls a Hundred Billion in Box Office Revenue 小秘书逆袭上位，手握千亿票房 Tasty Tangerine2024好吃的橘子2024Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted Xu Siyan is a secretary working for the overbearing CEO Ye Muchuan. Because she looks like the unattainable woman CEO Chen Yiheng has always longed for, the two of them each use their charms to win the other over, falling in love while both keeping secrets. Xu Siyan is delighted to go from a lowly secretary to a stand-in for his ideal woman. She wants Chen Yiheng’s money, his body, and his power! After all, money and power are the best supplements for a relationship. They’re incredibly nouri 16.1kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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   The female lead is career-minded, clear-headed, decisive, and meticulously plans her way to success, ultimately achieving her goals. ❤️❤️❤️ Money and power are her best assets in love—a powerful tonic! 👍👍🥰

3. 3 九 The 1990s: They Look Down on Me? I’m a Reborn Workaholic 九零：被瞧不起？呵呵我卷王重生 You Were Born Nameless卿本无名Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Tags: Clear-headed, independent heroine! After a difficult life, Li Xiaonan got to wipe the slate clean and start over. Back on the day she was tricked into buying a job, Li Xiaonan firmly said no! She resolutely decided to return to school and take the exams, and unexpectedly crossed paths with the big shot Zhou Qingbai from her previous life. Li Xiaonan: Big brother, how about being a useful connection for me? 45.6kReads9.1Score5.6kShelves

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   Li Xiaonan deserves a place in this field!

4. 4 在 I Ran into My Archenemy Sneaking a Tear at My Own Funeral 在自己葬礼上撞见死对头偷偷抹泪 Waiting at the Green Mountain青山待Modern Romance156k WordsOngoing After being betrayed by her celebrity, Lu Ran, a nobody agent, went to Yonghe Temple and knelt all night, begging to get rich overnight. The next day, she got into a car accident and became a vegetable. The good news was that her soul had switched places with Mu Yunchu, the eldest daughter of the Mu family. The bad news was that Mu Yunchu had late-stage lung cancer and not much time left. Lu Ran: ... Was this what the Bodhisattva meant by granting her overnight wealth? This millionaire experienc 68Reads—Score100Shelves

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   Both female leads are very clear-headed and focused on their careers.

5. 5 惊 Shock! Her Sugar Daddy Is Actually Her Fiancé’s Uncle 惊！她的金主竟是未婚夫小叔 Calling the White Crane呼白鹤Modern Romance230k WordsOngoing [Two Powerful Leads + Two Revenge Plots + Both Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Mutual Redemption] The day after their engagement, a video of her fiance kissing an actress made the headlines. Wen Yuan promptly arranged to meet a strange man at a hotel. When the news broke, her fiance flew into a rage, but soon discovered she hadn't really cheated. It was all a scheme by their enemies. Wen Yuan: “Sob, sob. I love you so much. How can you not believe me?” Wen Yuan: “Sob, sob. I'm so innocent and ki 12Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 6 强 Was Forcing the Campus Hunk to Love Her a Bitter Mistake? Reborn, She Wants Nothing to Do with Him 强扭校草是苦果？重生她不要了 Gion of Flame City烈焰城的祗园Modern Romance452k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead + Career-Focused + Pursues Her Ex to the Crematorium + From Nothing to Capitalist] Song Wei is reborn in her sophomore year of college, in 2014! In her previous life, she was lovesick and chased after the aloof campus heartthrob. She married into a wealthy family, only to spend ten years swallowing needles, her dignity completely shattered. This time, she sneers: “Men only slow down how fast I make money.” With ten years of future knowledge, she holds the key to wealth. From 1.3kReads8.8Score118Shelves

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   A career-oriented female lead, rational and shrewd, highly recommended! [Requesting more updates!][Requesting more updates!]

7. 7 美 A Hollywood Woman Director's Diary of Her Glory Days 美娱之女导演巅峰日记 Jiu A Yao九啊窈Modern Romance549k WordsCompleted Transmigration + no pocket dimension + many couples + powerful female lead wish fulfillment In Hollywood, a dream factory built on capital, power, and prejudice, twenty-year-old Anne White bursts in like a wild animal that has wandered into the wrong place. She's not an heiress from a family of filmmakers, and she has no connections or resources backed by a media giant. But she knows that a film dream burns hotter in her veins than in anyone else's. She wants to use her camera to tear through Ho 1.6kReads8.8Score162Shelves
8. 8 金 My Golden Finger Is Seriously Powerful: I’m the Best at Cleaning Up the Entertainment Industry 金手指超给力，整顿内娱我最行 Kasyapa迦叶Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [No CP + Golden Finger + Purely Satisfying Growth] An ambitious top student at a film academy wakes up in the body of a washed-up, scandal-ridden actress ranked among the industry's nobodies. What should she do? Obviously, redeem a golden finger with her online reputation score and smash every scandal and rumor! Watch the fallen entertainment industry get whipped into shape by a star destined to shine! What? My fave became the center of attention on a variety show where top-tier stars are regula 16.7kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
9. 9 重 Reborn into a Wealthy American Family in the 1980s 重生在八零年代美国豪门 Xiaoxiao the Dream Maker造梦的晓晓Modern Romance398k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead, career-focused (primarily set in China) + no romance at first + romance later] An accident leaves Lin Shuyao, worn down by the hardships of office life, opening her eyes in the nursery of the Howard estate, home to one of New York’s most powerful families. She has become the twenty-seventh child of Raymond Howard, the family patriarch. Her mother is a Chinese mistress who settled the terms while Lin Shuyao was still in the womb: one million dollars in exchange for severing a 3.7kReads7.0Score315Shelves
10. 10 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villainess Has Completely Given Up 快穿之恶毒女配彻底摆烂了 Humen Haohao虎门好好Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + romance optional + powerful allies give her a boost] Top student Lu Peipei is bound to a villainess System and sent to countless worlds to play all kinds of outrageous villainess characters. After finishing one world, she decides to quit and stop caring. Let everything fall apart. But she isn’t erased like the System said she would be. So, while the System cries and begs, she gives up completely. Whatever the plot says, from now on she’ll live for herself. The campus goddess ke 5.2kReads8.7Score396Shelves

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    This book is mainly about building a career, building a career in various worlds, both ancient and modern.

11. 11 穿 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 16.5kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    That's good, the female lead is focused on her career.

12. 12 快 Quick Transmigration: Earning Merit Across the Myriad Worlds 快穿：我在万界赚功德 Qian Cao Mo Li浅草茉莉Ancient Romance512k WordsCompleted Female-lead-focused + strong female lead + no women fighting over men, though men may compete for her + no fixed couple (or no romance) + the heroine doesn't suffer + career-minded heroine + a hint of a universally adored heroine. A collection of the author's wild ideas. Feel free to leave prompts in the comments; if inspiration strikes, I'll write them ♡ World One: The Bright Moon Hangs High A noblewoman from an esteemed clan marries into a marquis's household for her family. The heir has someo 175Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A strong, career-driven female protagonist is always at the heart of the story, with a complete and compelling career storyline, a supporting male lead, and the romance mainly relegated to the side stories.

13. 13 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 101.8kReads9.6Score10.1kShelves

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    The female lead is a successful businesswoman with an incredibly sharp tongue; I really wish I had half her eloquence. She's very intelligent, not love-struck, and has a clear head, able to clearly define her goals and get things done. The entire story revolves around the female lead's career development, with the romance serving as a supporting, engaging, and humorous element. While the romance between the male and female leads is relatively limited, it doesn't detract from the overall enjoyment of the book. The male lead falls for her at first sight and treats her very well.

14. 14 穿 The Book Transmigrator Swapped Brides, Married in Her Place, and Raised Fish. I Returned to Win Without Lifting a Finger 穿书女换亲替嫁养鱼，我回归躺赢 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance125k WordsOngoing [Reclaiming Her Body + Emotional Push and Pull + Family Life + Devoted Husband + Marriage Before Love] Su Wan's body was taken over by a woman who had transmigrated into a book for three years. During that time, the transmigrator pulled one outrageous stunt after another. First, she plotted, "Dad marries into the family, and I get rich," tricking her father into marrying a rich woman. Then she forced the wealthy woman's son, a future business tycoon, into her grasp. She had her eldest sister tak 7.5kReads6.4Score168Shelves

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    The female lead focuses on her career. The transmigrated woman, who was forced into a marriage of convenience and raised fish, returns to her former life and wins effortlessly. The transmigrated woman's actions are constantly outrageous; she even manages a scenario where her father marries into her family and she becomes incredibly wealthy. It avoids the clichéd plot of a simpleton in a courtyard house struggling to settle accounts, but it does feature a story of an old house burning down, a wrong marriage that brings her happiness, and the emotional turmoil of a man who has ruined half her life for her. It's very good.

15. 15 穿 I Transmigrated as a Brash Villainess and Tricked an Amnesiac Big Shot into Becoming My Live-In Son-in-Law 穿成泼作女配，骗失忆大佬当赘婿 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period drama + everyday warmth + daily life + emotional tension + building wealth + happy ending] This is not an angst-filled story. Su Man transmigrates into a book, finding herself in an unfinished, melodramatic rebirth novel... as a lazy, greedy, foul-tempered villainess in the late 1970s. The original owner gets into danger in the wild and is saved by a powerful man with amnesia. In a series of foolish acts, she tricks him into thinking he's a fugitive, hides his military ID, and forces him 21kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
16. 16 她 She Held a Reunion Feast, and the Entire Court Showed Up? 她办个同窗宴，满朝文武都来了？ Little Su Mehmeh小素咩咩Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Group transmigration + ensemble cast + no System + imperial examinations + everyday academy life in the early story + political intrigue in the middle and later story] (Everyone is highly intelligent and career-driven; the heroine has no romance) An earthquake sent Zhu Lan and her entire class of top students into a book, where they became a notorious group of failures! How could they turn things around? Oh, apparently all they had to do was pass the highest-level imperial exam. What a relief! 10.5kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    9.1 rating, female-oriented, no romance, the whole class is transported to ancient times, and it's a book, everyone is highly intelligent and focused on their careers 🧠. At first, everyone is taking the imperial examinations, but later: The female lead has a photographic memory and takes the path of becoming the top official through the imperial examinations~ Classmates: Empress Dowager, Minister of the Six Ministries, General of the Nation, Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, the richest man in the capital…

17. 17 八 The Mixed-Race Beauty of the Eighties Returns Home to Become the Richest Woman 八零之混血娇女，归国做首富 Motang Listens to the Wind墨棠听风Modern Romance648k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Feel-Good + Tycoon + Building a Business + Everyday Life] After working overtime for half a month straight, Chu Linxi tragically drops dead on the job. When she wakes up again, she finds herself in America across the ocean in 1983, as a Chinese-American mixed-race woman. She now has American citizenship, something people in her era and even future generations envy. But after acquiring the Tycoon Game System, she immediately packs her bags and returns to China. China is in the m 4.5kReads6.7Score291Shelves

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    The female lead is of mixed race. After earning her first fortune in America, she returns to her home country to find her relatives and start her career.

18. 18 穿 Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the 86.4kReads9.6Score11.3kShelves

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    The female protagonist, a successful businesswoman and business tycoon, transmigrates into a book and becomes the daughter of a treacherous prime minister. She bullies others and is utterly wicked, earning the label of "vicious female supporting character." Xiao Wangshu is unconcerned, her indifferent voice arrogant and boundless. "A treacherous minister? Then let me show you how this treacherous minister forcibly seizes the throne and becomes the rightful ruler."

19. 19 快 Quick Transmigration: The Ultimate Corporate Workhorse Keeps Fighting to Survive 快穿：顶级牛马在线续命 Cilantro Bottle香菜瓶子Ancient Romance183k WordsOngoing [Clever heroine + career-minded + male lead falls for her at first sight] Gu Qingran, chief designer of a military engineering project, is the poster child for workaholics. One night, after working herself to the point of collapsing, she is approached by a little thing claiming to be a System... It says it wants to bind her to a series of workaholic missions, fulfilling the original inhabitants’ wishes in various small worlds. Binding herself to it means eternal life? Well, Gu Qingran is a litt 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is career-oriented, there's a romantic subplot, and the male lead is the ideal husband type.

20. 20 别 Don't Mess With Her! Her Contracted Partners Are All Interstellar Bigwigs 别惹她！她契约的都是星际大佬 Mystical Gate Koi玄门锦鲤Fantastical Romance747k WordsCompleted [Sci-fi, class awakening for all, strong female lead, no female rivalry, summoner, regret-and-redemption, face-slapping, a touch of Sentinel/Guide, one woman with multiple men. All male leads are pure and have no Guides: they are mutated Sentinels who have lived for an incredibly long time. Many original worldbuilding details.] Also known as [My Summoner: It Makes Perfect Sense to Summon N Husbands] Ye Xingli awakened as a summoner at sixteen, but she never managed to summon a single beast. She 19.8kReads8.9Score3.1kShelves

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    These are all very beautiful.

21. 21 穿 Reborn as the Little Cousin of the Real Heiress 穿成真千金的小族妹 The Hippo Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的小河马Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted [The animated series is now available!] You can submit adaptation requests at the bottom right of the novel-reading screen! [Though set in a period piece, this is actually a fictional world, so don’t overthink it. One important reminder: there is a romantic pairing!] [A friendly reminder: Don’t read this novel while putting your child to bed or in public. Your kid might wake up laughing or shaking with laughter. According to readers, some have spat water, tea, and cola, while others have sprayed 48.7kReads9.2Score6.7kShelves
22. 22 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves
23. 23 从 Period: From Steel Mill Supporting Actress to Top Academician 【年代】从炼钢厂女配到院士大佬 The Galaxy Pours Down星河倒灌Modern Romance717k WordsOngoing [1970s] [Female Side Character] [Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology] Yu Zifang had a strange dream. In it, she was a disposable female side character who was hopelessly in love with the heroine's older brother and met a tragic end. Yu Zifang: ? Is that supposed to be me? Not sure. Let's wait and see. She was a worker-peasant-soldier university student and a technician at a steel mill, yet she let romance derail her career, landed in prison, and after her release was taken 1.4kReads8.4Score109Shelves

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    The female lead is career-oriented

24. 24 只 I Only Wanted to Sell a House and Make a Quick Buck, Not Steal the General Manager Away 只想卖房捞一笔，没想拐走总经理 One Digit, One Technique一桁一術Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted I’m reborn!!!? And I still don’t have a golden finger~~ At first, Yin Yi only wanted to change her miserable fate as a mortgage slave in her previous life. By chance, a bubbly saleswoman from a real estate office dragged her along to collect a bag of rice. And so began her journey to becoming a sales champion. She might not have a golden finger, but she had good luck and kept unexpectedly finding customers. She raked in the cash, determined that there was no way she’d be a mortgage slave in this 7.3kReads9.4Score816Shelves

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    The female protagonist is reborn, but she doesn't have many special abilities. She just seizes opportunities to make a quick buck, and her main body is still based on what she learned in school.

25. 25 重 Back to My Youth, I Become a Rich Woman and Snatch the Finest Cabbage 重返青春当富婆拱那颗最靓的白菜 I Am a Zongzi我是粽子Modern Romance340k WordsCompleted [Just started, so the rating is low. If you like stories that aren’t mindless wish fulfillment, jump right in.] In her previous life, she gave her heart to the wrong man, ended up thirty million yuan in debt after carrying a child for ten months, was cheated on, and was driven to the brink. Reborn in 2014, she has clear, simple goals: Do well in school, work her butt off to make money, then snag a top-tier hunk with straight-A family background, character, and looks! People laugh at her for bei 21.1kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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    This story features a strong career-oriented female protagonist, with her career taking a secondary role!

26. 26 穿 A Transmigrated Farm Girl Dazzles the Court of the Great Jing Dynasty With Her English 穿越农女：我靠英语惊艳大靖朝堂 Notes on Observing the Mind观心札记Ancient Romance302k WordsCompleted A 22-year-old English whiz dies suddenly after staying up all night and wakes up as the timid eldest daughter of a rural family in the Great Jing dynasty, a girl who can be beaten and berated at will. Her parents favor the boys, her younger siblings leech off her, and everyone says she was born to be a stepping-stone for the family. With a new soul in her body, a clear-eyed modern scholar stands her ground. She refuses to be her family’s scapegoat! Just then, a foreign delegation arrives in the 529Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Transmigrated Farm Girl: I Amazed the Imperial Court with My English" tells the story of an English major who transmigrates into the body of a mistreated farm girl. She has no protagonist's halo, no system, and no powerful figures appearing out of nowhere. Her only advantage is her English skills, which she uses to seize opportunities when foreign powers come to pay tribute. However, the officialdom is fraught with difficulties and setbacks. Without relying on fortuitous encounters, she relies on her intelligence and hard work to achieve a difficult comeback. This is a farming and court politics story, rejecting mindless wish-fulfillment novels.

27. 27 继 After Inheriting a Bookshop, I Drew a Cultivation Sect 继承书店后，我抽出了修仙宗门 Cute Little Rascal萌萌二狗子Modern Romance299k WordsCompleted [Shopkeeping + Business Management + Lighthearted + Goofy + System + Gacha + Amusement Park Owner + No Romance] Lin Xia had no idea how it happened. She’d been an ordinary college student who planned to lie flat and slack off after graduation. But after inheriting her aunt’s bookstore, she unexpectedly got a ridiculous-novel reader and a bonus gacha System. [Ding! Congratulations, you drew one [Giant Gold Chain from the Sweetheart Nanny to the CEO]] [Ding! Congratulations, you drew one [God of C 3kReads8.2Score512Shelves

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    Career-oriented [Note]

28. 28 直 Livestreaming Immortal Pills: The Government Places an Order Overnight 直播卖仙丹，官方连夜下单 The Value of Stars星星的价值Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [No Romance + Strong Female Lead] After suddenly losing her job, Tang Xiaoyou bound herself to the Myriad Worlds Merchandise System! She hit her peak from the start, selling pills for 99,000 yuan each. The moment she started livestreaming, the whole internet mocked her. Bystanders thought she was putting on a show, and the platform accused her of fraud. But no one expected her to actually save a critically ill patient. From the internet’s laughingstock to a mysterious breakout streamer, from bei 43.6kReads8.4Score6.2kShelves
29. 29 宿 Dorm Survival: Please Stay Alive! 宿舍求生，请活下去！ Crane Ering鹤儿ingMystery604k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Growth + Survival + Tower Defense] Bai Xiao transmigrates into a dormitory survival game. Once night falls at six o’clock, the dormitory is the only safe place. Outside the dormitory corridor, heavy footsteps and monsters’ roars draw closer. They could break through the door at any moment and devour everyone inside. The only way to survive is to upgrade the dormitory door, the turrets, and the little beds. Bai Xiao wants to live. She has to survive. Current members of the main 12.8kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
30. 30 谁 Who Could've Guessed? Every Customer in My Online Shop Has Transmigrated 谁懂啊？我的网店顾客全是穿越者 Spring Mountain Mist春山雾Modern Romance660k WordsCompleted [Now being published, with a live-action mini-series already online. Come watch~] [No romance + strong heroine + feel-good power fantasy + striking it rich + visitors from myriad worlds + trading goods + heartwarming healing + ensemble cast] Ye Xing's online shop had recently received a lot of strange orders. Her shop specialized in running errands, buying things on commission, and taking care of various tasks for customers. But the things her recent customers asked her to do were all outrageous 13.5kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
31. 31 神 A Magical Street Stall: Incredible Goods Shock the Nation 神奇摆摊，神奇物品震爆全国 Fragrant Tangerine Jam橘子酱香香Modern Romance441k WordsCompleted [The ratings just came in, so they should rise later! I hope anyone who clicks in will give it a chance!] No romance. After binding to a System, twenty-year-old orphan Ming Yi became the country’s most mysterious street vendor from the start. Other people sell snacks at their stalls. I sell products from all walks of life across three thousand worlds. A miraculous switch: stick it on, and insomnia is no longer a problem. A pain-transfer bracelet: put it on, and the wife-beating man gets what 3.1kReads8.6Score425Shelves
32. 32 超 Supermarket Connects to Another World, I’m Doing Business in All Realms of Cultivation 超市通异世，我在修真各界搞倒卖 Jiang Lanlan Qingqing江蓝蓝清清Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension + Cultivation Treasures + Trading + Building a Business + No Romance + A Female Lead Who Grows] Just as graduation approached, Yun Zhizhi’s boyfriend dumped her for a rich woman. Her stepfather left behind tens of millions in gambling debts and ran off. Unable to bear the burden, her mother disappeared without a word, taking Yun Zhizhi’s half-brother with her. When the creditors came knocking, Yun Zhizhi hit her head in a fall. To her astonishment, her family’s supermarket had 32.7kReads7.3Score3.8kShelves
33. 33 穿 Transmigrated as a Brothel Madam: I Gave Yihongyuan a Complete Makeover 穿成老鸨：我爆改怡红院 It's Xiong Yi, Hey是雄一诶Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Adapted AI animated series now available + Complete] [Revamping the Yihong Courtyard brothel + Some early plagiarism of famous works + Light court intrigue + No romance] [A story about a group of marginalized people rediscovering their dignity and worth through a modern lens] A marketing director at a major company works herself to death from staying up all night, then opens her eyes to find she's become the madam of a brothel on the verge of bankruptcy? The Yihong Courtyard has lost all its cu 3.8kReads8.2Score579Shelves

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    🍒A period drama focused on career development, the female lead is incredibly shrewd and possesses top-tier intelligence and emotional intelligence, dedicated solely to her career. [Bookmark][Bookmark][Bookmark] 🍒An ancient version of a star-making female CEO + radical transformation of a brothel + plagiarism + ensemble cast utilizing modern knowledge for marketing. How does a female CEO radically transform a brothel in ancient times? 😎😎😎

34. 34 换 After the Marriage Swap, the Fake Mistress Rebelled and Went on a Killing Spree 换亲后，假主母造反杀疯了 Zhejiang A Fierce Top 1浙a猛1Ancient Romance327k WordsCompleted Si Weiyue was Chang'an's most celebrated and talented young woman. That is, until her family brought their biological daughter, Si Xue'er, home and demanded that everything be returned to its rightful owner, including the heir of the Marquis of Yongyi's household, to whom Si Weiyue had been betrothed since childhood. Just then, the palace began recruiting imperial consorts. Si Weiyue was forced to enter the palace as a concubine to the lecherous old emperor, but unexpectedly caught the eye of Ji 15Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    Si Weiyue was the most talented woman in Chang'an. Her family took back their true daughter, Si Xue'er, demanding everything be returned to its rightful owner, including the heir of the Yongyi Marquis's mansion, with whom she had been betrothed since childhood. However, the Marquis's mansion was exiled, and after a failed rebellion, the entire family was executed. When she opened her eyes again, her younger sister had preemptively entered the palace and seduced the eunuch Xie. This time, it was Si Weiyue's turn to marry into the Marquis's mansion as its matriarch. The Marquis's mansion was going to rebel? She'd be added to the list. The protagonist, Si Weiyue, is a clear-headed, independent, shrewd, and capable woman. Because of her rebirth, she understands many things about those around her, and having learned a great deal from her previous transmigration to the modern world, she has become ambitious and idealistic, no longer wanting to be a confined matriarch confined to the inner quarters. This book is quite good, especially the beginning, which is worth reading.

35. 35 穿 I Went Back to the 1970s to Teach, and Became Famous Through Comics 穿回七零教书，我靠漫画爆红 Zheng Weichi筝未迟Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing The rating is low because very few people have read it, so it’s rising slowly. [Transmigration + Period Setting + Homeroom Teacher + Light Ensemble Cast + Romance + Anime + Entrepreneur] After transmigrating back to the 1970s, Chen Yixiao finds herself a newly graduated temporary worker at a garment factory, rubbing clothes until the skin peels off her hands. No matter. She can draw. She turns her grandmother’s stories into comic strips and submits them to a newspaper, making her grandma famous 363Reads8.1Score112Shelves

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    This is a novel where the female lead focuses on her career, with relatively little romance. The male lead is initially relegated to a background role.

36. 36 锋 Edge: Beneath the Mask 锋芒：假面之下 Chubby Little Cub胖嘟嘟的崽Modern Romance265k WordsCompleted [Reborn, She Swears to Take It All Back!] Su Wan is reborn on the very day the wealthy family takes her back in. In her previous life, she longed for familial love and died a miserable death on the street. This time, she sees through them all: her biased parents, her ruthless brother, and her fake heiress of a sister, who hides her knives behind a smile. She resolutely leaves the family behind and takes up her pen as a blade, rising step by step from seamstress to international designer and sett 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead focuses on her career; romance is secondary.

37. 37 四 Forty-Something Heiress: One Cleaver to Set the Wealthy Family Straight 四旬千金：一把菜刀整顿豪门 Dongxing Ban东星班Modern Romance254k WordsCompleted [Feel-good wish fulfillment + wealthy CEO + marriage first, love later + real and fake heiresses + family life] Song Xiachun spent half her life struggling as an ordinary middle-aged woman. After a wealthy family takes her back as their biological daughter, the whole world showers her with affection. The domineering CEO proposes a marriage of convenience. Her puppy-like assistant stays devoted to her. A cool, aloof scientist vows to follow her to the death. Even the wolfdog-like Sixth Young Mast 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The newly recognized heiress didn't rush into palace intrigues; instead, she seized the opportunity to build her career.

38. 38 综 Film and TV Crossover: I Can't Stop Plotting Rebellions 综影视：沉迷造反无法自拔 Peach-Infused Green Tea桃桃酿青茶Female-Channel Fanfiction10.5M WordsOngoing The Blood of the Youth + Medical Examiner Qin Ming. A crime-busting heroine x Qin Ming, with dual prophetic dreams as their golden finger, solving cases with laughs and fun. Qin Ming: Your dreams are all crime scenes, while mine are all about you. Nan Zhi: Isn't comparing me to a crime scene a little disrespectful? Qin Ming: No. It just shows how much I value you. ❀Synopsis: If she hadn't been hit on the head that day by the Three Thousand Reincarnations Mirror, she wouldn't have been forced to 11.7kReads8.9Score141Shelves

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    The first book features a career-driven female protagonist who prioritizes her career over romance. In order to accumulate enough merit and faith, Nan Zhi, a descendant of Nuwa, accidentally awakens her bloodline and is forced into the cycle of three thousand worlds, constantly causing trouble within each cycle.

39. 39 系 The System's a Clown, I Make Things Worse: Rebellious to the Core 系统沙雕我添堵，一身反骨离大谱 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance9.1M WordsCompleted They came from distinguished families and were beautiful, talented, and exceptional. But whenever they crossed paths with the male and female leads, they became brainless cannon fodder, burning themselves up to make the leads’ romance flourish until their dying breath. And now Gu Mo has become all those women from countless novels. System: Boss, you can face-slap the villains and break up those couples! Go get ’em! Gu Mo: I’m awesome! I can do this! Much later, the System stares in bewilderment 37.5kReads9.1Score3kShelves
40. 40 她 She Conquers Showbiz With Her Femme Fatale System 她靠祸水系统制霸娱乐圈 February Firefly二月荧Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System + Showbiz + Transmigrate Into a Book + No Romance, Career-Focused Growth + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Story + Everyone’s Favorite + Male Rivalry] Overnight, Su Lingxi, a rising actress on the verge of becoming a top-tier star, transmigrated into a romance novel as a cannon-fodder character who shared her name. The character had a stunning face but was trampled into the dirt by the heroine, who had a top-tier-star boyfriend to back her up. She lived a miserable life. After transmigrat 2.5kReads8.7Score223Shelves
41. 41 快 The Everyman’s Rise to Greatness Through Quick Transmigration 快穿之路人甲奋斗成大佬 Young Hero Yun's Sword云少侠的剑Modern Romance3.1M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Quick Transmigration + Gender-Flexible Protagonist + Building a Strong Nation] When Shui Miao (Si Shui) was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, she encountered Shi Lei (Rock), a hapless passerby A System. They signed a contract and began traveling through myriad worlds. The protagonist has no plot armor or golden finger (probably). Each transmigration is a life of its own. I’ll do my best to avoid simplistic writing, so please go easy on me. Quick Transmigration World One: Money 36kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves

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    All eight of these are of this type 💕, the female leads are all career-driven, big shots in their fields, and all eight of them are without a romantic pairing.

42. 42 快 Quick Transmigration: The Big Shot Is Busy Saving the World, So the Villain Should Take It Easy 快穿：大佬救世忙，反派轻点狂 Drinking Ice饮冰Ancient Romance2.9M WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + strong female lead + golden finger + feel-good career-building] (No romance) To transmigrate through three thousand worlds, Ning Mo randomly caught a System and bound it to herself. The weak and helpless System thought its existence would be bleak, never imagining that following its Host would lead it to turn its life around, save worlds, and earn a mountain of merit! The faithless scumbag exes, the cruel and heartless CEOs, and the awful people who failed to recognize he 1.3kReads9.1Score114Shelves
43. 43 快 Quick Transmigration: We Fought to the Death Back Then, Now We Set Sail Again 快穿：当年死战，又是扬帆起航 Would You Like to Admire My Leg Hair?想欣赏妾身的腿毛嘛Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No CP] [Some worlds involve taking down scumbags] [Patriotic themes] [Big-picture perspective] [Ancestors transmigrate] [Healing] [Many worlds, but may our country always know peace and prosperity] [Personal growth] Lu Zhou was a young soldier who died in battle. All she saw was the shining Five-Star Red Flag. The world comes in a thousand colors, but she loves only one shade of red. World One: The villainous rich girl at an elite school? A spoiled rich kid with nothing to do? No problem. All o 7.1kReads9.3Score650Shelves
44. 44 快 Quick Transmigration: As the Villainess, I Won the Heroine's Halo Through Sheer Skill 快穿女配，我凭实力抢到女主光环 Fish Rice Flower鱼米花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead, No Romance, Feel-Good] Miao Xing is a super-strong girl with a golden finger. Through a twist of fate, she gets bound to a System for saving books with disastrous endings. System: “Your mission is to play the troublemaking female supporting character and make life miserable for the undeserving male and female leads!” Miao Xing: “Sorry, I’m only interested in being the leading lady!” In a new world, the System presents her with a hefty guidebook titled The Art of Tea-Soaked S 663Reads8.9Score—Shelves
45. 45 快 Run! The Deranged Host Has No Heart 快跑，疯批宿主她没有心 Nai Naiyi奈奈一Modern Romance729k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [No Romance] [Strong Female Lead] Li Ku was once a piece of deadwood from the Primordial Realm, rootless and adrift in the abyss. Her daily routine was to watch countless great demons enter in perfect shape and leave missing limbs. One day, someone claiming to be a Tasker mistook her for a treasure and brought her back to the Time and Space Administration. No freeloaders were allowed there, so Li Ku, gathering dust, was kicked into a mission world. What was a mission? In t 6.3kReads9.3Score705Shelves
46. 46 快 Quick Transmigration Big Shot Wields an Eight-Meter Blade, Let the Scumbags Run First 快穿大佬扛八米大刀，让人渣先跑 Springtime Deer Song鹿鸣春Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted In the Age of Declining Dharma, the immortals have all vanished. Only Meng Po has repeatedly escaped the laws of nature’s deadly reckoning, granting ordinary people’s wishes in exchange for merit and greater power. Some of the little worlds are great, others are just okay. My personal favorite is The Youngsters’ Journey in 1937. Pick whichever ones you like, dear readers! 2.2kReads8.9Score153Shelves
47. 47 快 Quick Transmigration: The Commander Only Wants to Go Home 快穿之指挥官她只想回家 A Keyboard and a Mouse一块键盘配鼠标Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP + patriotism + strong female lead + slice of life] Important!!! This is not a typical quick transmigration story. It’s very long! Especially after she returns to her own world! If that bothers you, don’t read it! ❀❀❀❀❀ Chen Aoxue was an interstellar commander who met an unexpected death at the jaws of the Zerg. Just as her soul was about to dissipate, the deeply unfortunate System 017 came scampering over to bind itself to her. For a long time afterward, she carried out missions in variou 1.2kReads9.1Score117Shelves
48. 48 快 Quick Transmigration: Who Says the White Moonlight Is a Wicked Supporting Character? 快穿：谁说白月光是恶毒女配 A Big White一大白Modern Romance435k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Quick Transmigration + Strong Female Lead + Unattainable First Love + Serving the Motherland] As the male lead's early-deceased unattainable first love, Jin Ning watches the leads twist themselves into knots over her later on. She refuses to take the blame and tears up their tragic romance script instead! Sorry, even a dog wouldn't play the unattainable first love! Given another chance, Jin Ning first teaches the heroine to stand on her own two feet and reject every form of psychol 16.2kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
49. 49 穿 After Becoming the Crown Princess, I Do Nothing but Slack Off 穿成太子妃后，我每天都在摆烂 Beef Flatbread牛肉大饼Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Not a Devoted Couple, Palace and Household Intrigue, Marriage Before Love] With a single imperial decree, Cui Ying and the crown prince inexplicably become husband and wife. Neither of them knows the other. Cui Ying never expected that, as a modern woman transported to ancient times, she would become a crown princess. What a headache. But rumor has it the crown prince has a much-favored concubine by his side. Not only is she stunningly beautiful, she's also gentle and sweet, a true beauty. Cui 22.5kReads6.4Score866Shelves

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    ① This is my first book recommendation! The female lead is absolutely career-driven, with everything revolving around money! She's not a romance fantasist! Her parents divorced when she was young, and her stepmother, heavily pregnant, pressured her, ultimately leaving her with almost nothing 😂. She reclaimed almost all of the family fortune (tens of millions!). Only a villa remained, but half of that belonged to her, the other half to her stepmother's son from her father's previous marriage. As for her career, she first founded Orange Pictures, investing in films that mostly grossed over a billion yuan, with one film grossing over 10 billion and another over 20 billion! The remaining films, mostly art-house films with box office returns of a few hundred million, were aimed at winning awards! She swept up awards internationally, including Oscars and Berlin Film Festival awards! Then she also founded Orange Investment, investing in the AI industry! Basically, she's successful in every area!

50. 50 民 Republican Era: All My Kids Are Emperors for the Ages 民国：我家崽崽都是千古一帝 Flight Captain飞行团长Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted [A mother’s love saves all + Republican era + transforming emperors in their later years + redemption + livestreams across the dynasties] In Great Qin, the dying First Emperor sees a prompt before his death: [Enter the year 1915 and become a baby. Grow up under your mother’s protection.] To stay alive, Ying Zheng takes part. As for the mother, he couldn’t care less. In the Great Han, Emperor Wu, now in his later years and having issued an edict accepting blame, reads a prompt: [Enter the 1.4kReads8.7Score195Shelves

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