Looking for a Historical Romance with a Scheming, Green-Tea Female Lead 求女主绿茶有心眼子的年代文

1. 1 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

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   🍃🍃🍃A period drama with a cunning and manipulative female lead📖① This novel portrays human relationships clearly and insightfully, offering a refreshing perspective. A key feature is that all the characters are worldly-wise; none are naive, they are all sophisticated players in life. The female lead, Xu Jing'an, is scheming and cunning. 📖② (The female lead is a typical egoist with an imperfect personality; the male lead is handsome, comes from a good family, and has excellent financial standing. He doesn't need a special ability to travel to university.) A pampered 21st-century girl transmigrates into the body of Xu Mengting, an ordinary high school student in the 1960s, feeling utterly hopeless. However, life must go on, and laziness has become her life motto. To live a comfortable and carefree life, Xu Mengting embarks on a journey to find a long-term meal ticket. 📖③ (1V1 + Historical setting + Pampered + Female lead flirts with male lead + Female lead is timid but cunning yet sweet-talking + Male lead has an unconventional approach to love) Lou Qingqing had only one wish in both her lives: to marry into a wealthy family. She assumed that with the Rong family's good fortune, she would be set for life without having to work, but she never expected Rong Huai to be such a petty, short-tempered, and easily angered man. (That's all for now. If you haven't read any of these, feel free to add them to your bookshelf and read them at your leisure.)

2. 2 在 Looking for a Long-Term Meal Ticket in the Sixties 在六零年代寻找长期饭票 Big Head, Big Head头大头大Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted A pampered young woman from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of Xu Mengting, an ordinary high school girl in the 1960s. Xu Mengting feels utterly hopeless. But life has to go on, and since laziness has become her life philosophy, she sets out to find a long-term meal ticket so she can live a carefree, comfortable life. Oh? Her aloof deskmate seems to have pretty good prospects. She'd better snatch him up quickly! (The heroine is a typical self-interested person with plenty of flaws. 2.7kReads8.1Score145Shelves
3. 3 七 The 1970s: I Spend Every Day Smoothing Things Over with a Madman for a Better Life 七零之为了好生活每天都在哄疯批 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance6.3M WordsCompleted Short drama adaptation: My Eldest Sister Has a Script from the Seventies, and I Have a System That Can Hear It (1v1 + Period Drama + Pampered Romance + Female Lead Pursues Male Lead + Timid Heroine with a Few Tricks and a Sweet Tongue + Male Lead with an Unusual Case of Love-Brain) In both her lives, Lou Qingqing had only one wish: to marry into a family with good prospects. She thought the Rong family was well-off, and that marrying in would mean she’d never lack food or clothes and wouldn’t ha 18.9kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
4. 4 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 22.6kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
5. 5 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 11.8kReads8.1Score708Shelves
6. 6 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 2.9kReads7.2Score188Shelves
7. 7 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 6.7kReads9.0Score438Shelves
8. 8 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 21.2kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves
9. 9 七 In the 1970s, I Transmigrated into a Book and Got Bound to a Writer’s Assistant 七零之穿书后我绑定了作家助手 Zhu Min祝珉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Zhu Qi transmigrates into the body of a girl with the same name who works in the machine shop of a factory in the 1970s. As luck would have it, she’s the lovesick supporting female character in a novel. The best thing that ever happens to her is barely passing the exam to get into the factory. According to the plot, her fiancé, the male lead, will fall in love with the heroine while he’s in the countryside. Then Zhu Qi will go crazy and meet a miserable end. After examining the mysterious Writer 2.6kReads8.0Score185Shelves
10. 10 在 Being a Green Tea in a Period Novel 在年代文里当绿茶 Shu Yiyi书意意意Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted [SC 1v1, Sweet Romance, Woman Pursues Man, Sweet Little Green Tea x Tough Guy Who Pinches Pennies Outside the Home. Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Everything serves the plot and isn't meant to withstand scrutiny! Issues have been corrected.] When Shen Qingli woke up, she had become the wife of an early-deceased male supporting character in a period novel. A man this simple was easy for her to handle. With a take-it-as-it-comes attitude, she was good at pouting, cuddlin 467Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    🍀① Becomes cannon fodder in a period drama, killed by the female lead who drains her luck. 😱 After transmigrating, she fights against all sorts of awful characters, making life incredibly difficult! ✨ Fully utilizes her strengths, recruiting a soldier as a protector! 🎉 🌷② Dies suddenly while reading a novel, waking up in the middle of nowhere! ✨ A transmigration system activates, allowing her to play the role of a character in the novel and begin her miserable life! 🎉 Let's see how she copes!

11. 11 我 I’m Not the Doomed Beauty in a Period Novel 我才不是年代文的炮灰美人 Clouds at the Horizon天边云Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Zhao Yuejiao, who seems delicate and soft but is clear-headed, meets Su Sinian, who seems aloof and restrained but is domineering and devious. Love suddenly comes calling, and she has to hold on tight! Just as they’re deeply in love, Zhao Yuejiao discovers that she is actually a doomed cannon-fodder character who has already met her end in a period novel, while Su Sinian is the male lead... In the tumultuous years of the period setting, watch Zhao Yuejiao build her fortune 424Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A period drama with a cunning and manipulative female lead: 🎁① The female lead transmigrates to the 1960s as an ordinary high school student. Planning for a long-term, carefree life, she decides to find a long-term meal ticket and discovers her classmate in front of her has potential. She then pursues and wins over the male lead. After graduation, they marry. She also wins over the male lead's family. A long-term carefree, sophisticatedly self-serving life. 🎁② She transmigrates again and becomes the wife of a prematurely deceased male supporting character. She tries to live a relaxed life, but seems to have overdone it, as she gets pregnant. Note: She initially embodies the manipulative "green tea" trope, but becomes less manipulative later on.

12. 12 穿 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后，被全家团宠 Braised Beef Brisket Rice牛腩焗饭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 143kReads9.0Score17kShelves

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    The first book features a cunning and shrewd female lead who transmigrates into the male lead's vicious ex-wife, six months pregnant. When the male lead's family is wrongly accused and sent to the countryside, the female lead remains steadfastly by his side. Surprisingly, instead of hardship in the countryside, she's pampered by her in-laws, and her husband gives her everything she desires… [Please follow!] The second book features a beautiful and intelligent female lead who, "Since you used me as a stepping stone, don't blame me for retaliating…" The male lead, a high-achieving man nearing 30, is still single. However, on his way back from a mission, he falls head over heels for a woman, unable to think of her, yet suffering from a lack of news about her. A few days later, he sees her laughing and talking with another man at his subordinate's house…

13. 13 七 The Clear-Eyed Beauty of the 1970s Refuses to Accept Her Fate: Book Transmigration 七零清醒美人不认命【穿书】 A Little Eight Hundred一只八百Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted [Polished Egoist + Pocket Dimension + Love at First Sight + Transmigrates into a Short Drama] [Military Officer] [Joining Her Husband on an Island] Xu Suimei is beautiful and clever. She clawed her way from an orphanage to a top university, only to discover that she still hadn't even reached the starting line others were born at. She resolved to use marriage as a stepping stone, but just as she was about to take the final step, she transmigrated to the 1970s. She became a little girl in a short 14.3kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
14. 14 年 Era-Hopping Quick Transmigration: Vain and Selfish, Beautiful and Wicked 年代快穿虚荣且自私，漂亮且恶毒 Qiu Yiwan邱意晚Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + a touch of being adored by everyone + love at first sight + selfish and self-serving + a truly wicked heroine] Bai Chuchu is the only fire fox in the fox clan. She is selfish, vain, never lifts a finger without a benefit, throws things away when she’s done with them, and is vicious and materialistic. Her personality is absolutely awful! But she possesses peerless beauty, a face that could outshine the world, drawing crowds who flock to her and prost 6.3kReads7.5Score321Shelves

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    Both of these are period dramas, and they're quick transmigration stories, so you can read them all at once! ① The male lead falls in love at first sight and dotes on the female lead endlessly. The female lead is selfish, vain, and a true villain. She doesn't intentionally bully anyone, but if you mess with her, she'll never tolerate it and will retaliate on the spot. ② The female lead is sophisticated, self-serving, stunningly beautiful, a slightly lawless outlaw, and a 1970s farm girl who tries to climb the social ladder. The original wife, who was a cannon fodder character, travels a thousand miles to find her husband and then remarries.

15. 15 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 34kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves
16. 16 八 The 1980s: The Newly Popular Starlet Transmigrates into a Book and Lives It Up 八零：新晋小花穿书后日子爽翻了 Happy Lemon幸福柠檬Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted (Period + powerful male lead + sweet or sassy + never takes abuse + devoted husband + mind-reading moments + building a fortune) Su Luyun is a rising star who has taken the entertainment world by storm. After refusing her cousin's request to use her for publicity, her cousin wrote her into a novel as a disposable foil to the heroine! Su Luyun: “...” She looked at her comatose husband, a handsome 185-centimeter-tall man lying in bed after being injured in the line of duty, so good-looking he made 29.1kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves

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    A historical romance novel where the female lead transmigrates into a book. She's a self-aware, dramatic, and somewhat troublesome character! Intelligent and shrewd! She doesn't provoke others but isn't afraid of trouble either! The male lead is injured in the army and becomes a vegetable, but he's conscious and will wake up later. The female lead can see his inner thoughts and acts incredibly movingly! The male lead is completely under her control, and they pamper each other!! The comments from older women are hilarious, hahaha, highly recommended!

17. 17 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 24.3kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    Wearing traditional clothing, the protagonist is a sophisticated and self-serving military officer from a good family. I would call it the pinnacle of historical fiction. I've reread it six times in my spare time while following the updates. It's not a light novel.

18. 18 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 14.3kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves

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    This is a transmigration novel set in a historical period. The female protagonist is selfish and self-serving, but not a saint.

19. 19 改 Reforming My Good-for-Nothing Husband, Starting at Age 20 改造废物老公，从20岁开始养老 Teletubby Without an Antenna没有天线的天线宝宝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr 34.3kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves

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    ①: A historical romance novel where the female lead is a scheming and manipulative woman! The female lead, who transmigrates into the body of a villainous supporting character, decides to be with the male lead and wait for him to be exonerated and achieve fame so she can benefit from his success!

20. 20 抛 After Abandoning Her Husband and Child, She's Targeted Again by Her Officer Ex-Husband 抛夫弃子后，被军官前夫再次盯上 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted [The 1960s + Spirit-Spring Space + Beautiful, Alluring Military Doctor + Love Grows Over Time + The Ex-Wife Chase] After her memories awakened, Jiang Wan discovered she'd become the male lead's tragic first wife. According to the plot, she would have to deal with a troublemaking mother-in-law, a husband whose heart belonged to someone else, a son who wanted another woman to be his mother, and a delicate widowed foster sister who was pregnant with her husband's child. They would all keep bullying 15.2kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves
21. 21 美 The Gorgeous, Tough Wife Joins the Army with Her Child, Leaving the Big Shot in a Panic 美艳悍妻携崽随军，大佬心慌慌 Er Wu Tongtong迩乌彤彤Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage in the era setting + pocket space + transmigrated into a book as a villain] Shi Zhiyan transmigrates into the former wife of the heroine’s younger cousin in an era-set novel. She is a cannon-fodder character who takes out her anger by blackening the heroine, and serves as a foil to the heroine, her younger female cousin. She is cast as a busty, foolish, delinquent second female lead, there to highlight the heroine’s virtue and kindness. In the end, her cousin joins the army wi 9.4kReads8.5Score774Shelves
22. 22 快 Quick Transmigration: In Period Novels, I Pursue Self-Interest with Style 快穿：拜金的我在年代文精致利己 Nannan's Cultivation Dream楠楠的修仙梦Modern Romance5.6M WordsOngoing Follow the happy lives of the gold-digging, shameless woman Li Na across stories set in different eras. (Li Na has a different personality in each era story and no memories of her other lives in other era stories. The protagonist is only named Li Na; they are not the same person. Some have a golden finger and some don't, and when they do, it's very minor. The heroine is just an utterly ordinary woman.) Content warning: The heroine is deeply flawed and extremely selfish. She only ever thinks of h 7.7kReads8.2Score351Shelves

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    The first book was a collection of episodic stories about sophisticated self-interest, and it was quite good. The author portrayed the female lead's character very well. The second book featured a female lead who was purely self-centered, and I especially liked this one.

23. 23 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 10kReads8.6Score599Shelves

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    [Educated Youth + Rural Life + Era + System + Space + Drama Queen + Selfishness] Arriving in the 1970s, her entire family forces her to go to the countryside? How could she let herself be taken advantage of? She provides the names of all her sisters, brothers, and sisters. A family should be complete. Her handsome, rich, and charming boyfriend goes to the countryside to take care of her, but ends up falling for another female educated youth on the train? This plot seems so familiar! Fu Yurou eventually discovers she's transmigrated into a novel, becoming a scheming, manipulative female supporting character in a period drama. Her true colors as a fish farmer are exposed by the female lead, and the male lead abandons her for someone else. In the end, she marries a man from the village...

24. 24 八 Shanghai in the 1980s: Captain Yan’s Wife Ran Off with the Kids 八零沪市，闫队家的媳妇带娃跑了 Black Crow Jili黑鸦几里Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Short drama: She Rises to the Wind in the Eighties An Eighties beauty flees while pregnant, and the military man loses his cool [Shanghai in the Eighties + marriage before love + chasing his wife and face-slapping + sweet everyday romance] Willowy, graceful dancer beauty X sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, jealous man Xu Si transmigrated into a book, becoming the fake heiress who was switched at birth with the Xie family's daughter. On her very first day, she moved out of the Western-style mansion 7kReads8.8Score713Shelves
25. 25 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book and Become a Drama Queen and Man-Eater in the Seventies 穿书七零成了作精女海王 Yu Yan俞颜Modern Romance3.1M WordsCompleted [Educated youth + sent to the countryside + period setting + System + pocket dimension + spoiled troublemaker + self-interest] It's the 1970s, and from the start, her whole family is forcing her to go to the countryside? Why should she be the one to lose out? She put her older sister's, younger brother's, and younger sister's names on the list, too. A family should all stick together. Her rich, handsome almost-boyfriend goes to the countryside with her to take care of her, but on the train, he 8.2kReads7.9Score703Shelves
26. 26 和 After Eloping with Her Childhood Friend, Her Rugged Commander Husband Went Crazy 和竹马私奔后，糙汉首长急疯了 Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + married first, love later + winning back his wife!] Song Shengsheng had a nightmare and discovered that she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel: the male lead’s first wife, who died young. In the book, beauty was her only asset. To escape her husband, she wrote a letter reporting that her military officer husband came from a politically suspect background. That wasn’t all. When 33.4kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves
27. 27 七 1970s Marriage Swap: I'd Rather Marry the Factory Director Than a Roughneck 七零换亲：不嫁糙汉嫁厂长 Napping in the Shade Beneath the Grain禾下乘凉呀Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Jiang Li, a little rich girl who collects rent in Yue City, opens her eyes and finds herself back in the 1970s, as a pitiful girl in a period novel who goes hungry every day. The good news: she’s become the female lead, and the man she’s supposed to marry will become the richest man in the country. The bad news: before he becomes rich, she’ll have to struggle alongside him for twenty years. No way! She can’t take that kind of hardship! As it happens, her cousin wakes up one morning and insists o 2.2kReads8.7Score217Shelves
28. 28 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 7.9kReads8.7Score497Shelves
29. 29 军 Military Marriage, Sugary Sweetness: The White Lotus Green Tea Girl Is Everyone's Darling in the 1970s 军婚爆糖：白莲绿茶在七零做团宠 Wild Radish狂野萝卜Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted “Fair-skinned beauty with a sweet, tea-like charm x outwardly cold, inwardly warm doting husband” After a plane crash, international superstar Jiang Qingrou transmigrated. An orphan in her previous life, she had somehow ended up in a big family in the 1970s. Her two older brothers spoiled her, and her parents treated her like a treasure. What’s more, in an era when people struggled to get enough to eat or stay warm, everyone in her family had a steady job, and she herself was the star of the dan 6.6kReads8.9Score789Shelves

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    The female lead is even more cunning than green tea.

30. 30 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves

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    The first one is about a scheming, manipulative woman, but it wasn't really my cup of tea. Many people recommended it, so you could give it a try. The second one has a cunning female lead. The rest are period dramas that I thought were alright, and there are many I don't even remember after reading them.

31. 31 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 28.6kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
32. 32 七 The 1970s: My Wife Is So Beautiful, Factory Director Xie Dotes on Her and Cares for the Family 七零：老婆太美，谢厂长宠妻顾家 Volcano-Roasted Chestnuts火山烤栗子Modern Romance746k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + storage space + laid-back life + married first, love later] By chance, Jiang Yunshu acquired a storage space and won a 500,000-yuan lottery. She was stunned. After collecting her winnings and stocking up, she stayed up all night and transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s. She transmigrated into the role of a spoiled, outrageous supporting character, with four older brothers and loving parents. A spoiled rich girl? Great! She much preferred the original character’s pampered, 23.6kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves
33. 33 军 A Military Marriage: A Beautiful Army Doctor Arrives at the Family Compound 军婚娇宠：家属院来了个貌美军医 Zai Zai iya崽崽iyaModern Romance520k WordsCompleted [Complete❗][1970s military marriage + no rivalry between women + strengthening the nation through medicine + no handouts] Ye Wanning opened her eyes and found herself in a period novel as the foil to the heroine. In order to avoid being sent to the countryside, the original owner hurriedly married and stayed in the city, only to suffer years of domestic abuse before eventually starving to death. Ye Wanning, who transmigrated with a pocket dimension, refused to be a tragic supporting character. S 417Reads8.8Score—Shelves
34. 34 军 A Military Wife Falls from the Sky and Lands in a Coldhearted Officer's Heart 军嫂从天降，撞进高冷军官心尖上 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Devoted Husband + Love at First Sight + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] Song Yue opened her eyes to find herself in a human traffickers' hideout, facing the prospect of being sold to an old man deep in the mountains. A military doctor, she risked everything and leaped from a cliff, landing right on the vehicle of Lu Huai, who was out on a mission. After narrowly escaping death, she made it home. As for her stepmother, who had tried to sell her and even signed 3.8kReads9.0Score518Shelves
35. 35 七 The Fierce Life of a Beautiful 1970s Educated Youth Who Married a Rough-Hewn Man 七零漂亮女知青嫁糙汉的彪悍人生 Xuanji Bright Moon璇玑明月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Contributing Her Skills to the Nation + 1970s Military Marriage + Transmigration + Female Educated Youth’s Rise + Soldier Falls in Love at First Sight + Hero Pursues His Wife + Superb Medical Skills + Patriotic Passion + National Protection + Sweet Romance + Pocket Dimension with Billions of Supplies + Career-Focused Story + Feel-Good + No Toxic Relatives + Devoted to Each Other, One-on-One Romance] Shen Zhiwei, a renowned traditional medicine expert, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of 8.1kReads9.3Score1kShelves
36. 36 七 The 1970s: Married in the Morning, Burning Joss Paper for My Ex by Afternoon 七零：上午结婚下午给前夫烧纸 The Divine Beast Isn't Home神兽不在家Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Also known as: "Clearing Out My Eccentric Adoptive Mother's Home, the Fake Heiress Goes to the Countryside" Animated comic: "Tong Hua's Comeback" [Reborn and Revenge on Scumbags + Face-Slapping the Beloved of All + Everyone Begs for Forgiveness + Never Forgiving + Sweet Romance] In her previous life, Tong Hua was plotted against by Kong Mixue, the beloved of all, and sold into the mountains, where she was trapped for over a decade. After finally escaping and making her way home, she found that h 42kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves
37. 37 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 17.5kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
38. 38 糙 The Roughneck Officer Plays Favorites: He Only Loves the Green-Tea Fake Heiress 糙汉军官偏心眼，只爱绿茶真千金 Melon Egg瓜蛋Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted [Period + True Green Tea Female Lead + Pocket Dimension + Military Marriage + Joining the Army + True and Fake Heiresses + Transmigrate into a Book] Green tea Su Xingyue transmigrates into a book and becomes the true heiress in an 1980s story. The fake heiress stole her pocket dimension and drove her to her death. The true heiress is frail, out of breath after a few steps, and coughs up blood at the slightest provocation. It suits her green tea persona perfectly... * The true heiress tries to dr 1.8kReads8.8Score241Shelves

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    The female lead in this period drama, a cunning and manipulative woman—"This female educated youth is really pretty. She's been in the countryside for almost half a year, and she's still as young as a scallion. That figure, that face... Zhao Sheng is quick on his feet. I should have sent my son down to rescue her; he got off easy, that widower!" [Evil laugh][Evil laugh]

39. 39 七 In the 1970s, the Sweet Little Darling Was Spoiled by a Fierce, Wild Man 七零，小娇娇被疯批糙汉宠翻天了 Spirit Dove灵鸽Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted (Complete) [Transmigrates into a book + period setting + sweet romance + heroine pursues hero + beautiful, fair-skinned, timid drama queen x villainous, short-tempered country boy] When Shen Yingying wakes up, she has become the villain's wicked little wife in a period novel. She wakes to find herself caught in the act of running away with another man by her villainous husband. She is so terrified she nearly dies on the spot. After all, the villain in the original novel is a violent, rough-he 58.6kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves

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    🌸My first transmigration novel featured a female lead who became the villain's wife on her way to elope. She was supposed to have her legs broken, but the heroine's coquettishness and manipulative nature made her irresistible to the villain.🍀My second novel featured a sophisticated and self-serving heroine with no special abilities whatsoever.

40. 40 六 The Fierce and Charming Female Soldier of the 1960s: Winning the Cold Commander's Heart 六零娇辣小女兵：狠撩高冷首长心 Fish in the Woods00林中鱼00Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa 44.2kReads9.1Score4kShelves

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    The first book's protagonists aren't perfect characters. The female lead is beautiful, spoiled, intelligent, and self-serving, choosing paths that benefit her. She escapes her family to find her aunt in a compound—joins a performing arts troupe—and eventually becomes the female soldier's company commander, gradually winning over the aloof and noble male lead. The second book's female lead is clever and cunning. She finds a job, escapes her family, and uses a system to filter potential partners citywide based on her criteria, creating opportunities for chance encounters and love.

41. 41 七 The 1970s: The Wild Officer Is Wrapped Around the Finger of a Stunning Powerhouse 七零：狂野军官被绝美大佬拿捏了 Pear Star Bunny梨星兔纸Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed [Period setting + military marriage + space + sweet romance + doting husband + feel-good story + both leads are cherished by everyone + everyday life in the army] Jiang Zhizhi, a special forces soldier hailed as a peerless beauty and all-around genius, transmigrated into a book and became the beloved youngest daughter of a family of scientists. From the start, her parents were sent away for labor reform. Her choices were to go on a blind date with a six-foot military officer or pack he 31.4kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves

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    Highly recommend!!! It's the kind of novel that will grab your attention from the first glance, with strong leads and super sweet romance (❁´ω`❁)

42. 42 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 57.5kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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    🌸You absolutely must read this! The female lead is stunningly beautiful and lives only for herself, with a bit of a playboy vibe. The male lead is a lovesick, obsessive man who tries to seduce her with all sorts of things. The female lead initially doesn't want to get involved, but the allure of the benefits is irresistible. Later, she tries to get rid of him but finds she can't. He's the kind of guy who'd rather be a mistress than be without her; he'd go crazy without her.

43. 43 年 Period: A Villain Has to Be Bad, Right? 年代：反派嘛，不坏能叫反派？ Girl, Look This Way菇凉看这边Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted Mu Jin became the great Villain in the book. She was thrilled. Villains do as they please and care only about themselves. That was right up her alley. Besides, if you played your cards right, who said a Villain had to die? A dead Villain isn't a Villain, just cannon fodder! The ones who stay alive and oppose the male and female leads are the real Villains. 4.1kReads8.2Score336Shelves

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    The female lead is incredibly cunning. Even after breaking up with her ex, she firmly grasps his feelings of guilt, preventing him from easily revealing his identity as a member of the "Five Black Categories."

44. 44 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. 22.1kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    [Heart][Heart] These are the two books. The female lead is a villainous character; she's the type who believes "if I can't have it, neither can you." She's selfish, only cares about herself, has no compassion, and her main goal is to make herself happy.

45. 45 七 In the Seventies, I Awakened to a Copy Space 七零之觉醒后我有个复制空间 Misty Rain, Misty Rain烟雨朦胧朦胧烟雨Modern Romance671k WordsCompleted An Ran had a dream: everyone around her was a male or female lead, while she and her child were nothing but stepping stones for them all. But now, what man? What nieces and nephews? They could all get lost. With her Copying Space, she could get whatever she wanted. Even without a man, she could raise her child just fine. Only later did she discover that those three books had been written by an author who must have drunk an unbelievable amount of fake liquor. 3.4kReads7.2Score155Shelves

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    The female lead is incredibly cunning, not a saint, and manages to find a job and still snag the male lead.

46. 46 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1950s: The Green Tea Mother Marries Three Times, and the Supporting Female Lead Turns Her Life Around 穿书五零绿茶母亲三嫁女配翻身 A Promise with Wu Nianzhi伍念之约Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Like those stories about transmigrating to the 1950s and awakening to the truth, Qian Jinjin and her green-tea mother, Qian Duoduo, are both villainesses. They’re sent to a labor camp and die miserably. Qian Jinjin grumbles to herself: “Why am I so unlucky? I’ve transmigrated into the body of a six-year-old. At least I brought along her farm space. Oh, no, Mom and I are both doomed villainesses!” Qian Duoduo also thinks to herself: “Hmph, I’ve awakened. I can’t let us keep suffering like this. I 2.9kReads8.6Score217Shelves

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    This family is a master of deception, a real hypocrite! (It's a period drama.)

47. 47 糊 The Washed-Up Star Is So Flirtatious, the Big Shot Coaxes Her in Private, Begging for a Kiss 糊咖茶又媚，大佬私下哄着求亲亲 The Cackling Old Turtledove呱呱叫的老斑鸠Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted [Complete ❤️] [Foxlike Green Tea Girl & Scheming Big Shot | ❤️ Military Marriage | Extra Sweet and Flirtatious] [Period Setting | Age Gap | She Pursues Him] Parallel world, so don't overthink the details! Nan Qiao, a nobody of an actress, received a message asking her to audition at a hotel, only to be thrust into a parallel world set in the 1970s! She could neither carry heavy loads nor lift a finger, and was about to be kicked out of the art troupe on her very first day! What was she supposed 10.9kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    It's so good! The female lead is intelligent!

48. 48 穿 Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Alluring Young Intellectual Is Pursued by a Roughneck 穿书七零：尤物知青被糙汉缠上了 Mountains, Rivers, and Clouds山川云Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + period setting + rugged man + sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + 1970s + pocket dimension + love at first sight + raising kids] After transmigrating into the body of a cannon-fodder female character in a period novel with the same name, Tang Wan only wanted to live her own life and, while she was at it, befriend the hidden big shot from the original story. But she never expected this hidden big shot to be the village tyrant. Can someone tell her what to do when the 3.5kReads8.6Score273Shelves
49. 49 快 Quick Transmigration: Rewriting a Cannon-Fodder's Life 快穿之改写炮灰人生 I Love the Rain Lily爱尔风雨兰Modern Romance2.8M WordsCompleted No fixed pairing. Stories set in various eras, including Qing transmigration, dating shows, and the apocalypse, with a space. Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a refined self-interest seeker. The tone is light and cheerful. She never lets anyone take advantage of her, and she is no saint! Tang Tiantian, an ordinary office worker, was in a car accident on her way home from work. Luckily, she was bound to a System and given a chance to be reborn. After somehow passing the new recruit assessment, 6.5kReads8.4Score547Shelves

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    The female lead is sophisticated and self-interested, but not a saint, and she never suffers losses. It's a sweet and easy-to-read romance!

50. 50 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s: Playing the Green Tea Gets the Highest Score! 穿书七零：扮演绿茶分最高！ Capital C大写字母CModern Romance218k WordsCompleted Ji Li is a modern office worker in the twenty-first century. She was already caught up in the rat race as a student, and work after graduation has only gotten worse. It’s enough to drive anyone crazy… Work, work, work! The more I work, the sooner my boss can get another Ferrari! But she has one hobby: reading novels. Apart from being caught up in the rat race, she’s a homebody who rarely leaves the house and enjoys all kinds of stories. At work: Work, work, work! I live for my job! After work: N 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Green tea from 1974 is purer.

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