Self-Serving + Selfish + Period Drama (+ Beloved by All...) 利己➕自私➕年代文（➕团宠…）

1. 201 七 The 1970s Military Marriage: The Charming Army Wife Raises Kids and Wins Her Husband's Heart 七零军婚：俏军嫂养崽撩夫日常 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + second male lead takes the lead + fictional period setting] [Short drama now streaming] Xiao Qingru doesn't want to raise someone else's child, so she breaks off her engagement to her childhood sweetheart. Just as she's getting ready to focus on her career, she's targeted by a hothead from the capital. Xu Muzhou is the youngest and most promising pilot. The first time he meets her, he falls in love at first sight with his good friend's younger sister. When he hears she's alre 15.8kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
2. 202 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Reluctant Match Is Surprisingly Sweet 重生七零：强扭的瓜有点甜 Meow Commander喵指挥官Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan transmigrated! And she transmigrated right into the most awkward situation imaginable. Why awkward? Because she was forcing herself on a man. This is a terrible misunderstanding, a huge injustice! None of this has anything to do with her. She’s just an innocent passerby who transmigrated into this world. Unfortunately, no one believes her. Well, the original owner was notorious for raising hell and ruling the family compound like a tyrant! So be it. What’s done is done, and crying won’ 10.8kReads9.0Score1kShelves
3. 203 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: That Couple's Both a Little Crazy 七零军婚：那两口子都有点癫 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Inventory Space + Comedy + Wish Fulfillment + Two Golden Fingers] Ruan Qiqi spent ten years being treated for an illness, and her condition was perfectly stable. After leaving the hospital, she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, into the body of a country girl who has just been dumped by her scumbag fiancé. Nearly everyone around her is awful. But she isn't afraid. She has a space packed with supplies, a golden finger, and nine lives, so she can do whatever she wants with 47kReads9.2Score5.8kShelves
4. 204 带 I Brought a Jewelry Store to the 1970s, and the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Wants to Lie Flat 带着金店穿七零，炮灰女配想躺平 Lychee Smoothie荔枝冰沙Modern Romance666k WordsCompleted [No rural relocation + no black-market trips + no business ventures + cozy daily life + few extreme characters + male lead + military marriage + joins her husband at his post + sweet romance + happy ending] The cozy everyday moments are the main focus! The book has just been rated, and there are still very few ratings, which is why the score is so low. This is an alternate setting with original details, so please don’t overthink the historical accuracy! Landlady Shen Yao transmigrates into a bo 12.5kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
5. 205 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 124.1kReads9.4Score10.1kShelves

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   🍀🍀🍀The style is more like a casual read, though it's still quite enjoyable. The content feels a bit drawn out; it's just the same old story over and over again, like endlessly rehashing the same plot. In short, just clear your mind, don't think about anything, and listen to the audiobook to fall asleep.

6. 206 八 Fiery and Bold, This 1980s Bride Is Too Much for Her Cold-Blooded Officer 八零娇媳野又辣，冷酷军官顶不住 A Leaf Falling in the Rain一叶落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book · Military marriage · Pocket dimension | Wild and sensual | Possessive | Off-the-charts sexual tension] A top modern beauty and executive is reborn as the real daughter who was forced to die over a pound of pork? She doesn’t accept this fate! … She tears up the script. She’s the female lead now Her vicious grandmother tries to sell her off for a bride price? She turns the tables, sending her off with silver bracelets and a village-wide parade! The fake white-lotus daugh 2.1kReads—Score213Shelves

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   💥 🌱Even historical fiction can be incredibly satisfying! She transmigrated into the body of an orphan girl despised by her entire family. Without kneeling or begging, she changed her fate through knowledge, built a factory, and shocked the entire province. The scumbag boyfriend knelt down and cried? She walked away hand in hand with the handsome man in military uniform.

7. 207 穿 After I Became a Widow, the Factory Director and My Brother-in-Law Both Wanted to Marry Me 穿成寡妇后，厂长和小叔都想娶我 Xiao Qian Shi'an小倩时安Modern Romance164k WordsOngoing [Period Drama + Marriage First, Love Later + Adorable Child + Sweet Romance + Pocket Dimension + Powerful Partners + Building Wealth] An accident sent entertainment company CEO Shi Qingyan into the body of a young widow in 1989, one whom the whole factory gossiped about as a “femme fatale”! Her scumbag boss wants to force her to marry his nephew? The gossipy women keep making up stories about her seducing men? Shi Qingyan sneers: I've seen bigger things than you can imagine! The pocket dimension 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   She woke up to find herself transmigrated to the 1960s, unexpectedly unlocking a gourmet space. The factory manager offered her food coupons to marry him, while the gentle younger brother silently protected her. She married the factory manager without even realizing it, only to discover that he was the epitome of a doting husband!

8. 208 七 After Joining the Army in the 1970s, the Psychological Expert Shakes Up the Family Compound 七零随军后，心理大佬轰动家属院 Yaoyao, Wandering the World浪迹天涯的夭夭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Joining the army in the 1970s + solving cases with psychology + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + no awful relatives + no space or System] [Gentle psychology expert vs. a ruthless jade-faced soldier with foxlike eyes] In her previous life, Shen Mingyu was a PhD in psychology. An expert in microexpressions, criminal psychology, and more, she solved countless major cases and was known as a human lie detector. After transmigrating, she found that her father was a factory director, her mother a 18.3kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves

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   The plot is logically sound, and every counterattack is brilliant, showcasing exceptional intelligence! Using your brain to solve problems is the ultimate thrill!

9. 209 哇 Wow! The Whole Family Is Full of Villains, Yet They Spoil Her Rotten 哇噻！一家子的反派，把她宠上天 Gold in My Pocket兜里有金金Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted [The 1970s: the whole family dotes on a blessed little girl with a pocket dimension and mind-reading powers. No brainless plot!] Xie Youyou transmigrated into a book as the only daughter of a family of major villains. At this point, though, the villainous family was still farming in a remote mountain village. The villainous grandma was a notorious shrew for miles around. If anyone said a word against her, she'd bring a rope and threaten to hang herself outside their door, cursing them until they 2.8kReads8.5Score331Shelves
10. 210 八 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Si Jiao Jiao肆饺饺Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 36.9kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

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    "He Chunsheng, you've always spoiled her, but this year the egg supply has dropped again. I had to beg and plead to find someone to get me some tickets so I could give Lü Lan some nourishment. And look what? Most of them ended up in her stomach!" A sharp, angry voice came from the courtyard. Immediately, the women sitting at the door sewing shoe soles and pasting matchboxes looked up, their eyes all locking onto the source of the voice, but their hands didn't stop working. "How dare she, an aunt, steal food from a pregnant woman! If she doesn't give me an explanation today, you're sending her back!" "Dongbao is still young and doesn't understand. Why are you arguing with her? I'll ask my colleagues tomorrow if I can get some egg coupons." "Young? She's already graduated high school and she's still young? I don't even care how much money you've spent on her all these years, but your grandson is still in your belly and you expect her to give way? Oh, so your sister is a treasure, and your own child is worthless? Your little girl's face is pale and sickly, she's just hoping for some meat. I saved up meat coupons for a month, just cooked a nice meal, and she took it straight to her room without even asking! Go ask around, who can stand that?" "Didn't Mom bring some food?" "You have the nerve to say that? Just five eggs and a basket of radishes and cabbage, whoever wants them can take them! She eats fine rice and white flour at our house, and if the food isn't good, she won't accept it and makes me cook it again. I must have owed your He family something in my past life to have to support a living ancestor like this?" "Keep your voice down, or Dongbao will hear you and complain to Mom again."

11. 211 七 The 1970s: My Little One Gets Rich With a Shameless System 七零：崽崽靠着缺德系统暴富啦！ May We Last as Long as the Moon随明月而长终Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed (Era Setting + No Romance + Truly Little Kid Protagonist + Mischievous Kid + Clueless + No Catfighting) (Daily Life + System + Lucky Charm + Beloved by All + Only Child + Olympic Champion) Original title: The 1970s: The Kid Gets Rich with a System Full of Flaws! P.S. After chapter 42, there are basically no awful people. There aren’t many in the early chapters either, just two, and they won’t keep showing up. Told mainly from the kid’s point of view, full of her daily life, with lots a 16.8kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
12. 212 六 The Sixties: The Supporting Actress Works Herself to the Bone and Outshines the Lucky Female Lead 六零，对照组女配卷死锦鲤女主 Moonless Young Master无月公子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + comedy + pocket dimension + punishing scumbags + troublemaker heroine + face-slapping + satisfying read + goofy humor + romance] A chaotic, hilarious career story, not a formulaic one. The heroine is cunning, scheming, unhinged, and becomes an official. It’s hell mode from the start: the original host was beaten to death by her awful grandmother, and less than two minutes after transmigrating, she was kicked into the hospital by her awful father. Cheng Miaomiao opens and close 64.9kReads9.1Score7.7kShelves

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    The female lead is an egoist, intelligent but not a saint.

13. 213 重 Reborn in 1998: Crushing Scumbags and Building Wealth 重生1998，虐渣致富两不误 The Dopey, Chubby Fire Fox憨胖的火狐狸Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ordinary girl Ye Qinghong has just received her technical school admission notice and is overjoyed, unaware that someone has set their sights on her and that disaster is closing in. After struggling to continue her education, she finally becomes an outstanding high school competition coach, only to be beaten to death by her childhood sweetheart of a husband and her so-called “best friend”... When she opens her eyes again, she is back at the turning point of her fate in 1998! This time, she seize 165Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Rebirth isn't about effortless success, it's about hard work! The female protagonist abandons unrealistic dreams of getting rich quick and focuses on a steady and pragmatic approach to starting a restaurant business. Every step she takes is imbued with wisdom, and the more you read, the more you anticipate her business empire's expansion!

14. 214 穿 Transmigrated to the Seventies: The Easygoing Wife Is Forced to Get Ahead 穿越七零，咸鱼娇妻她被迫上进 Passerby Sheep路人羊Modern Romance783k WordsCompleted [Sweet, charming, highly intelligent heroine & gentle, refined, scheming educated youth] A 21st-century doctoral student pulls an all-nighter, collapses, and transmigrates into the body of a young woman working at a forest farm in the 1970s. Ye Wei swears: she is going to be a contented couch potato who enjoys life! She lives carefree, spending every day eating and drinking with her golden finger at her disposal. Apples? Pheasants? She's got it all. Huo Xiang? Coptis? She can do anything. Ye Wei 4.1kReads9.0Score384Shelves

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    With its fast pace like an American TV series, constant conflicts, and unexpected twists and turns, it will instantly hook you and make it impossible to stop watching.

15. 215 重 Back to College: A Tough Girl Embarks on the Road to Wealth 重回大学，彪悍女生开启成豪之路 Mo Bai么白Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Strong heroine + reborn + entrepreneurship No System, no golden finger, just a wealth of skills and street smarts. The focus is on her career, with a romance: she pursues the male lead, who is an untouchable beauty, unmarried in his previous life, and nine years younger than the heroine. Jiang Yue woke up one morning completely bewildered. At forty, she had returned to the age of nineteen. A wonderful era, the best years of her life. She had to put her skills to work and make money, money, money 2.4kReads8.7Score208Shelves

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    She excels at extracting essential principles from complex phenomena and transforming past experiences into reusable mental models. This ability allows her to apply her knowledge to new situations and navigate various fields with ease.

16. 216 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45kReads9.5Score5kShelves
17. 217 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’ 6.7kReads8.9Score739Shelves

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    Go see, you'll thank me.

18. 218 重 Reborn in 1978: Sharpening My Blade Against the Great Powers 重生七八，磨刀霍霍向列强 Bold Ink, Light Brush浓墨轻笔Urban261k WordsOngoing (Period drama + ruthless action + reborn + System) Chu Xing's military parents were murdered, and his younger sister was sold. Even when he died, he had been unable to avenge his parents or find his sister. Reborn in his fifteen-year-old body, he acquired a System by a twist of fate. In this life, he swore to find his sister and avenge his parents. But these two seemingly simple goals were fraught with danger. And from the very beginning, he had fallen into a carefully laid trap set by the Syste —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This historical novel is absolutely fantastic!

19. 219 恭 Gongxi's Third Book 恭囍的第3本书 Gongxi恭囍Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted My new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The transformation she was forced into contained the warmth of everyday life; she turned bitterness into sweetness.

20. 220 七 A Native of the 1970s, Surrounded by Reborn and Transmigrated People 七零土著之被重生者穿越者包围 YlovenModern Romance722k WordsCompleted [A native of the era + golden finger + strong female lead + selfish and self-serving + refuses to move to the countryside + raising a child + career-focused] Zhou Yuanjun is surrounded by people who have been reborn and people who have transmigrated. But through hard work and talent, she keeps up with them, making use of every resource at her disposal. She goes to school, takes in a live-in husband, gets a job, and enters politics. 1.2kReads8.7Score100Shelves

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    It's quite good, but it's not finished yet, and it's definitely self-serving.

21. 221 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 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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    Once you start watching, you can't stop! It's amazing, incredibly good!

22. 222 普 An Ordinary Woman Transmigrates to the 1980s: Life Without a Cheat 普女穿越八零年代没有挂的生活 Rice Mixed with Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry饭拌西红柿炒蛋Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the role of a martyr’s orphan in the 1980s, Shen Weixi opened her eyes to a horde of awful relatives who wanted to marry her off for a bride price. Take everything she owns? Dream on. She sold the house, and her father’s comrade helped her find a place to stay. No System, no pocket dimension? No problem. Her mind held memories of the next forty years. She topped the college entrance exams and earned her first fortune alongside her friends. Then her uncle from Hong Kong 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is good; they escaped quickly, preventing anyone from succeeding, and then settled down there themselves.

23. 223 拾 Gathering Ears of Grain 拾穗儿 Wan Hong万宏Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing In an era without electricity, phones, or the internet, youth was made of books, sweat, and burning ideals. Her name is Shisui'er. Born in the desert and orphaned young, she was given nothing but desolation by fate, yet she was determined to make flowers bloom across the mountains. She studied hard, then turned the college entrance exams around, leaving the depths of the Gobi for a university campus. With an unyielding spirit, she grew toward the sun and blossomed against the wind. After gradu 23Reads9.5Score—Shelves

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    The author is such a talented writer! She has vividly portrayed the resilience, purity, and sense of responsibility of the Gobi Desert girl, Shisui'er. Her triumphant return and her triumphant journey home are the most touching chapters!

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