An Era Story About an Educated Youth Who Gets Into University and Leaves Her Husband and Child Behind 知青考上大学抛夫弃孑的年代文

1. 1 八 The 1980s: My Husband and Kids Came Looking for Me 八零，被老公孩子找上门 Feng Xinyu风信虞Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: 1980s setting + marriage first, love later + adorable children + no supernatural powers When Xu Xiangyou woke up, she discovered that she had somehow landed in the 1980s. She was still congratulating herself on having a home and a car. The home was an ordinary apartment within Beijing’s Third Ring Road, not a traditional courtyard house, and the car was just a regular bicycle. She even had a job. Just as she was about to enjoy her life, she discovered that she wasn’t single. The origin 13.8kReads6.8Score743Shelves

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   [Added to bookshelf][Already added to wishlist] A young woman abandoned her husband to return to the city! Unable to bear the constant ridicule from her in-laws and the harsh realities of rural life, she divorced the man. After returning to the city, she discovered she was pregnant, and her ex-husband immediately pursued her, wanting to remarry. They raised their child together and took the college entrance exam together!

2. 2 八 After Losing Her Memory in the 1980s, a Street Loafer Shows Up at Her Door with a Child! 八零失忆后，街溜子带娃找上门！ Ping An'an苹安安Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted Complete. Jiang Cheng's peaceful life is shattered when a father and son show up at her door with scowls on their faces! She looks at the man, who's got a real roughneck vibe, then at the little boy who looks exactly like she did as a child. The little boy reaches out and calls for a hug in his babyish voice. Before Jiang Cheng's brain can catch up, her hands have already picked him up. Inside, she lets out a scream: When on earth did I have a kid?! Well, they're already here. And she has to adm 4.3kReads8.6Score237Shelves

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   One day, Xu Xiangyou opened the door to find a silent man in a patched cotton-padded coat, with two adorable children, their faces red from the cold, hiding behind him. The man carried a sack of dried mountain produce on his back, his Adam's apple bobbing before he finally spoke: "[The children say they miss their mother.]" This hunter from the deep mountains, because of the scar on his face, had never dared to bring his children into the city, until…

3. 3 貌 Beautiful Educated Youth Returns to the City, and Her Powerful Ex-Husband Comes After Her 貌美知青回城后，大佬前夫追来了 Lampwick Woad灯心菘蓝Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted Lin Zhiwei, a young woman sent to the countryside, was desperate to return to Beijing. Under her mother’s relentless calls, she tearfully divorced Zhou Yi, her husband of one year, whom she was still deeply in love with. A month after the divorce, she clutched her stomach and realized she might… be pregnant. Meanwhile, Li Li, the second female lead, was eagerly waiting for Zhou Yi to divorce. She was reborn, and knew he would become a powerful business tycoon in Pengcheng, a real estate pioneer, 28.9kReads8.6Score2.2kShelves
4. 4 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
5. 5 重 Back to the Seventies, Before I Abandoned My Husband and Children 重回七十年代还未抛夫弃子时 Salt and Sugar盐和糖Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Reborn] [Food] In her previous life, after the college entrance exams were reinstated, Chen Xiaoxiao abandoned her husband and child and returned to the city. When the man later brought their child to find her, she drove them away without mercy. Only after learning that the father and son had been lost forever in a river back in the countryside did she finally realize how important they had been to her. Back in the past, Chen Xiaoxiao wants only to love them both and take good 3.9kReads7.0Score230Shelves

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   After the resumption of the college entrance examination, Chen Xiaoxiao was admitted to university, abandoned her husband and children, and returned to the city. Even when her husband and child came looking for her, she ruthlessly drove them away. Later, she learned that the father and son had been left forever in the river in the countryside… The female protagonist, Chen Xiaoxiao, is reborn in the 1970s, determined to make up for the regret of abandoning her husband and children in her previous life and to manage her family well.

6. 6 回 Before I Left My Husband and Child in the 70s, I Was Spoiled Rotten 回到七零抛夫弃子前，我被宠爆了 Nong Wuyou侬无忧Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + pocket dimension + rugged man + raising kids + sweet romance] Shen Yiyi was a professional villainess in the Quick Transmigration Bureau. On her final mission, she transmigrated into a period novel and became a vicious educated youth who was infatuated with the male lead, married the story's great villain, gave birth to three cannon-fodder sons, was lazy and difficult, and then abandoned her husband and children to return to the city. In the end, the male lead “carried out justice on H 29.5kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
7. 7 兵 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Historical885k WordsOngoing Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 5.4kReads—Score385Shelves

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   The male protagonist is reborn and leads his fellow villagers and soldiers out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, creating a new world for the Han people.

8. 8 七 Pearls of the Seventies: A Village Girl's Reversal After Her Soul Transmigrates 七零珠光：魂穿小村姑的逆袭人生 Xiaoxiang Lady Traveler潇湘女客Modern Romance135k WordsOngoing A white-collar woman earning a million a year dies suddenly and wakes up in 1970s China as a twelve-year-old girl who is always bullied. A wicked stepmother, a holier-than-thou stepsister, a weak father, and a brother who favors someone else? Wang Wenjing fights back against the whole rotten lot, gets into college, and starts a business. She and Tang Zhengrong, the son of a high-ranking official in the capital, go from studying by kerosene lamp to attending Beijing University. Later, she becomes 293Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A 30-year-old white-collar worker with a million-dollar annual salary died suddenly at her workplace. When she opened her eyes again, she was a 12-year-old village girl in southern Hunan, tormented by her stepmother. She fought against difficult people, went to university, built her career, and incidentally turned Tang Zhengrong, a high-ranking official's son who had been sent to the countryside, into a lifelong comrade-in-arms and lover.

9. 9 年 Period: Returning to 1977 to Become a Literary Master 年代：回到1977当文豪 Cool Since Childhood打小就酷Urban694k WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Literary giant] [Lighthearted] [No System] [Not brainless] Lin Xiangwen transmigrates back to a small mountain village in 1977. But from the start, everything goes horribly wrong. His beautiful educated-youth wife, whom he married just days ago, is demanding a divorce so she can return to the city. Fine, let's get divorced. Just wait and regret it later! Lin Xiangwen is full of confidence about the future. The college entrance exams are about to resume, and with his foreknowled 4.8kReads8.0Score214Shelves

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   🍒The first two books perfectly fit the description, and the last one is one I'm currently reading, which I recommend to you~ 🍒❶The story begins with Lin Zhiwei, a young woman sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution, divorcing the male lead to return to the city for work. After returning, she discovers she's pregnant. Meanwhile, the male lead takes the college entrance exam and is admitted to a university in the city where she lives. The story begins here~

10. 10 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.7kReads—Score104Shelves
11. 11 重 Reborn in 1985: A Young Man with a Bright Future 重生1985，少年大有可为 vRunning Snailvv奔跑的蜗牛vUrban2.0M WordsOngoing At forty, Shen Mo returned to 1985. The child of educated youths sent to southern Yunnan, he was left behind when his parents returned to Shanghai and divorced. “Dad has a home, Mom has a home, and I'm left all by myself. Am I just in the way...” The lyrics from a TV drama he'd once watched had become his own life. Shen Mo was now an unwanted burden, unloved by both grandmothers, but he still had his second uncle. “Xiao Mo, the city registration fee is nearly four hundred yuan, but your second u 189.4kReads8.5Score17.1kShelves
12. 12 自 Since Ancient Times, Forbidden Affairs Have Ended in Death: A Fateful Bond 自古奸情出人命之孽缘锁 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭8k WordsCompleted A Fateful Bond: Where Forbidden Affairs Have Always Led to Bloodshed 8.7kReads—Score137Shelves
13. 13 快 Quick Transmigration: The Scummy Woman Spoils Her Husband Like Crazy 快穿：渣女她宠夫宠疯了 Meng Yichen梦逸尘Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Ye Huai successfully completed her quick transmigration missions and retired from the game, returning to find the lover she had brought back to life with her points. Just after they severed ties with the System, an accident struck on their way to a world where they could grow old together. Her lover was accidentally infected by an illegal System and once again lost in the turbulence of time and space. After she finally clawed her way out of the temporal rift, she discovered that unless she went 7.4kReads8.0Score426Shelves

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    Chapter 116: The Educated Youth Who Abandoned Her Husband and Children. In the original plot, the original owner abandoned her husband and children, but after the female lead transmigrated, she brought the male lead to the city… Chapter 1: The male lead supported the female lead through university. After entering university, the female lead started earning money to support the male lead through high school (the male lead was raised by his grandmother, but after her death, he could no longer afford to go to school). In the end, the female lead became an excellent translator, and the male lead became a business tycoon.

14. 14 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: A Bestiary of Strange Beasts 山海经.异兽录 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Record of Strange Beasts 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 穿EN Transmigration: The Endless Road to Pampering My Husband 穿越：宠夫之路无尽头 Clouds Shift and Stars Turn云移星转Two Male Leads376k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + farming + raising kids + doting on his husband + imperial exams + sweet romance + devoted couple + one-on-one romance + cozy daily life] Rong Zheng, heir to a family of ancient martial artists, wakes up to find that his soul has transmigrated into the body of a down-and-out scholar with the same name. While he's still standing there in confusion, a handsome young man with delicate features offers him a bite to eat. Rong Zheng falls in love at first sight, and is completely smi 6.1kReads9.3Score795Shelves

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    It features two male leads; if you don't like that, you can skip it.

16. 16 我 Those Years I Spent in Dongguan 我在东莞那些年 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭6k WordsCompleted My Years in Dongguan 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 斯 My Polite, Disabled Husband Is Actually a Sick, Obsessive Tyrant 斯文残夫其实是个病娇偏执狂 Sweetie Xi小甜甜喜Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted An eye for an eye. The wicked always meet their match. If only I'd known he was this kind of psycho, I never would have provoked him in the first place. -- A scheming woman who loves the easy life, and a refined yet depraved disabled man The 1970s, possessive love, and a devoted romance with both leads' hearts set on each other 13.4kReads7.2Score481Shelves

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    ☘️① The female lead, a sent-down youth, passed the university entrance exam. 🌿 She is selfish and doesn't want to do farm work after being sent to the countryside, so she marries a wealthy disabled man in the village. The male lead is a paranoid maniac. When the female lead wants to return to the city without taking him and their son with her, he uses the child to blackmail her.

18. 18 上 Ancient Legends 上古传说 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭13k WordsCompleted Ancient Legends 418Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 八 The Fallen Heiress of the 1980s Marries a Factory Director and Raises His Kids 八零落魄千金，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Tea Tea Lemon茶茶柠檬Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted [1980s + no rebirth or transmigration + no golden finger + everyday family life + raising children] Su Wanyan had been stunningly beautiful since childhood. She spoke two foreign languages and excelled at school, with a guaranteed place at a university in the capital within reach. But when her family went bankrupt overnight, her father, egged on by her stepmother, sold her to their uncultured, thuggish creditor to settle the debt. At first, when Jiang Liting heard that the Su family wanted to of 11.4kReads7.6Score731Shelves
20. 20 大 Bone Maiden of the Great Wilderness: I, a Mortal, Subdue Gods and Demons 大荒骨女：我以凡躯镇神魔 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭17k WordsCompleted Daughter of the Great Wilderness: I Hold the Gods and Demons at Bay with a Mortal Body 258Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 快 Quick Transmigration: In a Matriarchal World, I Spoil My Own Husband 快穿女尊：自己的夫郎当然自己宠 The City Lord Doesn't Eat Meat城主不吃肉Ancient Romance397k WordsCompleted [Episodic stories, sweet romance and redemption] There are men in this world who are both beautiful and miserable. They only want to live, yet somehow things never go their way. To soothe their resentment, the Supreme God has developed a new little system and sent it to find a suitable Host for its missions. A transmigrated single-for-life goofball wife versus a mad, self-immolating villain husband After transmigrating, Gu Yan finds herself in a living nightmare. She opens her eyes at the scene 1.1kReads6.9Score101Shelves

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    Lin Jingyan, on the verge of death, is bound to a system and sent to various matriarchal worlds to ensure her husbands live happy lives. [Heart][Heart] Second World: A Beautiful Widow in the Countryside (A Historical Fiction)

22. 22 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: With a Mortal Heart, I Subdue Ten Thousand Demons 山海经：我以凡心镇万妖 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭16k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: I Hold Back Ten Thousand Demons with a Mortal Heart 80Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 快 Quick Transmigration in a Matriarchal World: I Hurt the Cool, Handsome Villain 快穿女尊：渣了清冷美男反派 Vitamin C Pomelo维C柚仔Ancient Romance468k WordsOngoing So what if the villain is cold and aloof? He still has to cry! [Mission complete. The villain, usually refined and cold toward everyone, is now sobbing uncontrollably. He curls up in Rong Si's arms, clinging tightly to her neck and refusing to let go. He kisses her ingratiatingly as he begs in a soft voice for her not to leave. Rong Si sighs helplessly. Why isn't his crying anything like she imagined? But the villain's crying face... wow, it's downright unfair how good-looking he is!] Every worl 1.9kReads8.8Score127Shelves
24. 24 虎 The Tiger Carries His Beloved Home! 虎驮良人归！ Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭6k WordsCompleted A Tiger Carries the Good Man Home! 66Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 女 Quick Transmigration in a Matriarchal World: Saving My White Moonlight 女尊快穿之拯救白月光 Cloud Mountain Tingting云山亭亭Modern Romance192k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + quick transmigration + face-slapping and taking down scumbags + healing + saving male supporting characters] Every tragic love story has a moonlight-white beloved: someone who died young, went abroad, or made the wrong choice for a time. Before the story begins, they leave the heroine's side. But once the story starts and the heroine falls in love with the male lead, they are inevitably trampled into the dirt, despised and hated for all sorts of absurd reasons. Lin Qingchi 11.5kReads9.2Score860Shelves
26. 26 青 The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 青乌秘录之风水师 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 84Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 穿 I Reincarnated into a Matriarchal Romance, and Now My Husband Will Give Me Twins in Three Years 穿进女尊文，我让夫郎三年抱俩 Plenty of Qingfu Coins青蚨多多Ancient Romance331k WordsCompleted [Matriarchal setting + quick transmigration + childbirth + one-on-one romances in each world] The first world was written so long ago that you can skip it. As a trendsetter in the System world, Yu Qi's System seized the opportunity and promptly upgraded into the hottest new childbirth System. That meant giving birth was now Yu Qi's core mission. So the System thoughtfully chose a matriarchal setting for Yu Qi, then set her free to make her own way in the world! It knew its Host was capable of it 16.4kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
28. 28 被 After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Expose a Shocking Scam by a Top Tycoon Family 被全网唾骂后，我曝光了顶级豪门的惊天骗局 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Exposed a Shocking Scam by a Top-Ranking Family 246Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 快 Quick Transmigration: Spoiling My Husband in a Matriarchal World 快穿之女尊世界宠夫郎 Chang Nianxin常念昕Ancient Romance498k WordsCompleted Lin Jingyan was on the brink of death when she was bound to a System. She travels to worlds where women hold power, helping her husbands live happy lives. World One: An ancient setting, with a handsome, pampered young man who’s hopelessly in love. World Two: A rural beauty and widower in a story set in a bygone era. World Three: A husband who is an aloof, high-ranking beauty in a world of abilities. World Four: A beloved senior from a romance variety show. World Five: A city lord’s illegitimate 3.2kReads7.3Score194Shelves
30. 30 我 My Overbearing Wife 我的老婆霸道大人 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted My Wife, the Overbearing Lady 182Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Take the Village Bully's Whole Family Back to the City to Live the Good Life 重生七零：带着村霸全家回城躺赢 Mo Mo墨墨Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted In 1977, the college entrance examination was reinstated, and Su Jinyan, an educated youth sent to the countryside, passed and got into Peking University. The original owner, already married with children, was about to leave her husband and kids behind and return to the city for school when modern-day Su Jinyan arrived. I want this man. I’ll take these two children, too. I’ll take care of my disabled father-in-law and blind mother-in-law, too. Su Jinyan brought her husband, in-laws, and children 8.2kReads9.0Score779Shelves

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    The second book is shocking! The female lead can't accept that the supporting female character is better than her. She directly abandons her husband and children, leaving her husband in the countryside behind. [Facepalm] I can't read it while sleeping, I'm afraid you'll suffer internal injuries like me from holding it in. The jokes are so funny, I could reread them countless times and they still feel fresh. I love it so much!!!

32. 32 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 山海经·大荒归墟 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Female-Channel Fanfiction16k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 118Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 穿 After Becoming the Male Lead’s Green Tea Ex-Wife, She Throws Herself into His Arms 穿成男主绿茶前妻后，她投怀送抱 Yu Wanwan余晚晚Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Beloved by Everyone + Top Student + Adorable Child] After Shen Xi transmigrates into a book, she discovers that she is a vicious supporting character who abandons her husband and child. The original Shen Xi was an educated youth from the city who went to the countryside. After marrying the male lead, she got the chance to return to the city and promptly abandoned her husband and child to run off with a pretty young man from town. After learning how the story was supposed to unf 3.8kReads8.9Score254Shelves

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    🌈A Guide to Saving a Villainous Female Supporting Character Who Transmigrated into a Book! 🌈The original owner, a sent-down youth, abandoned her husband and child immediately after getting into university. The transmigrated female lead is dumbfounded when she sees her adorable child and her husband with eight-pack abs—this isn't a tragic novel script! 🌈It's clearly a satisfying start to a story featuring a beloved character, a top student, and an adorable baby! 🌈

34. 34 春 A Spring Breeze Brings Beauty 春风渡佳人 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted Spring Breeze Carries a Beauty Across 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 七 Back to 1970 Before I Lost My Chastity: Husband, I Was Wrong 七零回到失去清白前，老公我错了 Shameless Young Master公子无耻Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone in Yonggan Village knew that the newly arrived Shen Jiaojiao was a little temptress. She dressed in flashy clothes every day and chased after men. Later, a scumbag chopped off Shen Jiaojiao's legs, threw her in a basement, and tortured her until she wished she were dead. When she was critically ill, the man she'd personally sent to prison, Xu Mo, bought her for a million. Shen Jiaojiao thought Xu Mo had bought her to humiliate and torment her. But he put their past behind them, marri 14.9kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
36. 36 大 The Great Sage Returns: I Just Sealed the Demon Ancestor, and the Jade Emperor Made Me Emperor 大圣归：我刚镇魔祖，玉帝就封禅 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Eastern Fantasy127k WordsCompleted Sun Wukong shattered his own divine bones to forge a lock, sealing the Demon Ancestor Rahu as he tried to break through the Chaos. The Jade Emperor descended with the gods and Buddhas of the heavens. Facing Pangu’s remnant soul, returned from the void, and Nuwa’s sacred statue, he claimed to have slain the Demon Ancestor with the Haotian Mirror. In his previous life, Wukong exposed the truth in anger, only for Heaven to accuse him of “slandering the Supreme One.” They locked him in the Golden He 142Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 78kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves
38. 38 我 My Silly Girlfriend, Little Rabbit 我的傻子女友小兔 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Modern Romance175k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Is a Sweet, Naive Fool… 287Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 不 I Gave Up Eloping, Went Home, and Dug Into a Feast With My Factory Director Husband 不私奔了，回家抱着厂长老公吃肉 Murong Dabobao慕容大宝宝Modern Romance151k WordsCompleted [Devoted Husband] + [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] + [Adorable Kids] + [Sharp-Tongued Hero and Heroine] The original owner couldn’t stand her tall, muscular husband, who ran a slaughterhouse, so she eloped with a pretty boy. Song Yunlan has barely transmigrated into the book and figured out what’s going on when her bargain husband pins her down and gives her a harsh lesson. Shen Moqing: “Come back with me and I’ll let bygones be bygones. If you run off with that pretty boy again, I’ll break both your 840Reads7.1Score100Shelves

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    The original protagonist was about to abandon her husband and children, but the female protagonist arrived, determined to bring her whole family back to the city! She brought her in-laws and children back to the capital, causing a stir throughout the entire compound!

40. 40 天 Heavenly Profound Venerable Beyond the Heavens: Every Disciple I Take Is Supreme in the Three Realms 天外玄尊：我收的徒弟都是三界至尊 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭8k WordsCompleted Mystic Exalt from Beyond the Heavens: My Disciples Are All Supreme Beings of the Three Realms 98Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 89.5kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves

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    Highly recommended! A must-read for fans of period dramas. It's truly excellent, an ensemble piece where everyone in the family is a protagonist, not just a one-sided sacrifice. Everyone is wonderful. One of my top three period dramas.

42. 42 半 Halfway Through Mountains and Rivers, Halfway Through Dreams 半程山水半程梦 Three Pink Sunflowers三枝玫瑰色的向日葵Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [Gentle and charming educated youth heroine vs. steady, sturdy country boy] (Just released) (The main couple are each other’s only partners; the second male lead is not.) (This novel’s heroine abandons her husband and child and has a connection with her childhood sweetheart. She is not a good person, so readers with strong moral sensibilities should not read it. Please don’t criticize.) (This is not a purely sweet romance; it has some angst. If you only like sweet romances, please don’t read it. 1.3kReads6.2Score118Shelves

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    It's beautiful, highly recommended.

43. 43 资 The Reborn Capitalist Heiress Is Doted on by Her Military Officer Husband 资本家大小姐重生军官老公掌心宠 Yan Xingyan言星妍Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Historical Setting + Joining the Army Husband on an Island + Reborn + Young Lady + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] [Alternate setting, 1960s] [Flirtatious, high-maintenance heroine and rough, arrogant hero] Shen Yitang thought there must be something seriously wrong with her. She had spent five years disliking Gu Huaizheng, but after he died, she spent a full ten years missing him. She missed the strong arms that had protected her in the catastrophic flood, and the safe haven he had built for he 19.1kReads7.9Score1.5kShelves
44. 44 漂 After the Beautiful, Fussy Woman Is Reborn, Her Roughneck Husband Spoils Her More and More Fiercely 漂亮作精重生后糙汉丈夫越宠越狠 Chef Xiaomi小米大厨Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted Feel free to leave a rating. Happy New Year, and thank you all 😊 [Period setting + reborn + spoiled troublemaker + country bumpkin + doting romance] Heroine: Proud, stubborn, and awkward (friendly warning) Lin Jinyao is reborn at the time she and Lu Jinchuan were fighting over a divorce. In her previous life, she was a spoiled handful who couldn’t bear the slightest hardship or pain. She thought he was crude and unsophisticated, too strong and too clueless about how to treat her gently. After r 3.1kReads8.9Score341Shelves
45. 45 如 A Life of Contentment: Back to 1995 如意生活之回到1995 Mrs. Panda胖达太太Modern Romance212k WordsCompleted Life rarely goes as we wish. In a book, I'll create a world where things do go right: no golden finger, no wild ideas, just hard work, early retirement, and a life with money and free time. 249Reads7.1Score—Shelves
46. 46 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 28.6kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
47. 47 抛 She Left Her Husband and Daughter and Returned to the City, but Her Country Husband Came Looking for Her 抛夫弃女回城，乡下丈夫找上门 Yuan Yu原屿Modern Romance295k WordsOngoing [Bookish young lady VS brawny country boy, scheming woman VS cunning man, younger man tames the older woman] Xu Weiqing’s family falls on hard times. To survive in the countryside, she puts on an act and tricks Jiang Ye, a strong, hardworking young villager. She uses his devotion to pave the way for herself, taking whatever she wants from him. But once her family is exonerated, Xu Weiqing dumps him without hesitation, packs her bags, and returns to the city, never to contact him again. Three 31Reads8.0Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Her parents were wrongfully imprisoned, and she was forced to go to the countryside. In order to survive, she deliberately seduced him. At first, she thought he was a man with ill intentions, and she took advantage of him without any guilt. Once her parents were exonerated, she abandoned her husband and children without hesitation.

48. 48 哥 My Brother’s Friends Are Trouble 哥哥的兄弟不好惹 A Grain of White Sand一粒沙白Modern Romance465k WordsCompleted [Age gap] [Sweet campus romance] [Deeply devoted, scheming bad boy × goofy, straightforward sweetheart] What does it feel like to find out your buddy is dating your little sister? Lu Yi was unfazed. “What could she possibly lose? She weighs a hundred pounds, and ninety-nine of them are schemes. I’m worried you’ll get fooled out of your underwear!” Lu Qingyue: “Relax, I’ll definitely leave you your underwear.” Cheng Xingye: “???” 28.9kReads9.4Score3kShelves
49. 49 和 The Third Year After I Divorced the Tycoon 和大佬离婚的第三年 Yang Mao'er秧猫儿Modern Romance366k WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a book + Both are inexperienced + Sweet + Satisfying + Raising a child + Becoming a mom with no labor pains + Simp + Cute kid Liang Han transmigrated into a book, landing in the third year after the villainess had abandoned her husband and child. Her son was three years old. The villainess had a fiancé, but the day before their wedding, an accident left her with a child by Zhou Mob ei. After they married, she discovered that Zhou Mobei truly loved her and started walking all ov 696Reads7.1Score103Shelves

    Reader note

    The story defies conventional tropes; after transmigrating into a book, the protagonist doesn't follow the usual pattern of relying on a powerful figure but instead actively "abandons her husband and children," breaking away from the traditional sweet romance novel framework. The overall pace is fast-paced, making it suitable for readers who enjoy strong female protagonist stories.

50. 50 穿 I Transmigrated into the Ex-Wife Who Abandoned Her Husband and Child, and Now I’m Terrified 穿成抛夫弃子的前妻，我瑟瑟发抖 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted Overnight, she transmigrates into the body of a pregnant woman! The kind who later abandons her husband and child and runs off with the money. Her daughter dies tragically, while her ex-husband is wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. She trembles with fear! Thankfully, when she transmigrates, none of it has happened yet. There's still time to change everything... 252Reads—Score—Shelves

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