Period Novels With a Female Lead Who Pursues a Career as a Diplomat 求年代文女主搞事业外交官

1. 51 渣 After My Scumbag Ex Was Stolen, I Thrived in the Military Compound 渣男被抢后我在军区大院蒸蒸日上 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Devoted, tough soldier husband + pampered heiress] [One couple, faithful to each other] Su Ying is reborn at nineteen, right at the scene where she catches someone cheating. Before anyone arrives, she makes a deal with the “other man” in front of her: they’ll get married. Next, she methodically kicks the scumbag to the curb, exposes her green-tea sister for what she is in front of everyone, and places a newspaper notice severing her mother-daughter relationship. In this new life, if you can go 18.1kReads9.3Score2.5k14d adds
2. 52 闪 A Flash Marriage to the Mightiest Officer! Spoiled Rotten After Joining His Unit! 闪婚最强军官！随军后被宠翻天！ Three Milk Candies三颗牛奶糖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional setting, don’t get hung up on the details] [Military Marriage in the 1970s + Devoted 1v1 Romance + Sweet, Exclusive Love + Family Life + Cozy Everyday Life + Pocket Dimension + Adorable Kids] After transmigrating into a period novel as a doomed supporting character destined to give the heroine a token to help her cozy up to a powerful man, Jiang Li faces being killed and dumped. She chooses to call for help. To the man who saves her life, Gu Li’s first question is: “Hello, comrade. 4kReads9.2Score44614d adds
3. 53 六 Fleeing Famine in the 1960s to Marry a General: The Divine Doctor Army Wife Gets Pregnant So Easily 六零逃荒嫁首长，神医军嫂太易孕 Qing Buluo卿不落Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Completed novella [Military marriage + 1960s refugee flight + farming + doted-on by everyone] She, Nan Wei, is a world-famous medical and research PhD whose name will go down in history. Skilled in both academics and combat, she transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a filthy, miserable refugee fleeing famine? By a stroke of fate, she marries a stern senior officer in the far northwest. From then on, the grassland is hers, the horse is hers, and she can do whatever she wants! An ugly duckling? S 581Reads9.0Score10514d adds
4. 54 七 The 1970s: I Leapt Up the Social Ladder and Married an Official from the Capital 七零：我一步登天嫁京里来的长官 Growing Flowers养花花Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + military marriage + heroine has her own career + aloof at first, then a tender and devoted husband] Shen Yueliang transmigrates into the 1970s, becoming a sweet and delicate village beauty in Qinghe Village. Poor little village beauty: her whole family is destined to be cannon fodder. To change their fate of ruin and death, Shen Yueliang inadvertently “asks for help” from a young officer who has come from the capital, and “deceives” him. The officer is exceptionally handso 5.8kReads9.3Score81714d adds
5. 55 苏 So Sweet! I Transmigrated Into an 1980s Novel and Married the Army’s Toughest Soldier 苏爆了！穿书八零嫁全军第一硬汉 Snow Candy雪糖果Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + military marriage + adored by everyone + ten-year age gap + sweet everyday romance; the heroine has natural good fortune, bringing luck to her husband and prosperity to her family] Su Luo transmigrated into an 1980s military romance novel. She shed the original owner's timid, easily bullied nature and immediately gave her scumbag father and stepmother a three-pronged beatdown, mercilessly putting them in their place. Then she headed straight for the countryside to enj 1.6kReads9.1Score15114d adds
6. 56 甜 Sweet Military Marriage: Spoiled Rotten by a Handsome Officer in the 1970s 甜蜜军婚，穿七零被酷帅军官爆宠 Ugly Little Thing丑小样Modern Romance486k WordsCompleted [Alternate Setting + Cozy Everyday Life + Food + Sweet Romance + No Going to the Countryside] Lin Qianyi, who has been pampered all her life, transmigrates to the underdeveloped 1970s, only to find herself saddled with the original owner’s mess as soon as she arrives. What do you do when a local bully wants to force you to marry him? I’d better marry someone else first! Let’s see if the bully dares mess with me after I marry a handsome, capable military officer. Everyone at the machinery plant t 7.8kReads9.2Score72514d adds
7. 57 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Get Married? Obviously, I'll Make Money 都重生了谁还嫁人，当然赚钱啊 Chi Yu Ru Hai池渔洳海Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Starting a Business and Making Money+Top Student+No Romance+Feel-Good Female Lead+Period Piece] Jiang Yu is reborn in 1994. In this life, she refuses to follow her mother to the city for school. She'll stay in the county, sell porridge, and open a food court. With her foresight and skills as a food blogger, watch her turn 250 yuan into a hundred billion... She'll make money and study hard, both at once! 1.4kReads8.9Score11514d adds

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   Reborn in 1994, she starts her business and becomes wealthy by selling porridge and milk tea. A female-centric historical romance novel with no romantic pairing.

8. 58 豪 Who Cares About the Rich? I'm a Top-Tier Star in Politics 豪门算个毛！姐是政圈超级顶流 Lin Junjun林君君Modern Romance620k WordsCompleted Lin Xiaoxi never imagined that one day a rich society matron would “insult” her with money. The matron said, “Here's fifty million. Leave my son.” Lin Xiaoxi replied, “If you're going to insult me like that, I'll gladly take it.” Raised in a poor village in an impoverished county, Lin Xiaoxi works hard and takes an unconventional path, passing the civil service selection exam and entering government. Her fierce determination activates the Blue Skies System. By completing poverty-alleviation 188Reads9.5Score—14d adds

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   🌟Diplomacy... Building a career... 🤤It's very good. There are no fancy things. The protagonist is rational and has strong self-control. The cheat ability is also very good and humanized. The romance is also quite good. It is natural and not abrupt.

9. 59 千 The Heiress Returns: My Vision Is as Grand as My Motherland 千金归来：我的格局是祖国 Lu Zhaoran路昭然Modern Romance212k WordsCompleted [Completed, Cool-Tempered Heroine + True Heiress of a Wealthy Family (The Family’s Real Darling) + The Main Story Is About Soldiers and Family Bonds + No Male Lead] Liao Xu, the long-lost heiress of the Su Group, one of the capital’s top wealthy families, returns after fourteen years. The upper crust is thrown into an uproar. Everyone assumes a prestigious family must care about appearances. This true heiress, they think, has nothing going for her but her stunning looks. How could she compare to 12kReads9.4Score1.3k14d adds
10. 60 霉 The Unlucky Second Female Lead: Reborn in the 1970s, I Must Stay Alive! 霉运女二，胎穿70年代苟住命！ Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance941k WordsCompleted This book is set in a parallel world. Don't take it too seriously. [Feel-Good Fiction + Pocket Dimension + Top-Grade Men] Female lead: Shen Nian. Male lead: Zhou Huai'an. Shen Nian had terrible luck at every turn in her previous life, constantly plagued by misfortune. Even her death was stinky… In every lifetime, she became the villainous second female lead who was obsessed with the male lead and schemed against the heroine. To earn a chance at reincarnation, she completed the System's mission: 17.2kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds

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    The female lead loves making money, and a capable female lead can succeed anywhere! 🔥 Shen Nian was unlucky in every aspect of her life, plagued by misfortune. Even her death was a stench-inducing one... In every life, she becomes a vicious female supporting character who is obsessed with the male lead and frames the female lead! 🌿 In order to be reincarnated, she completed the system's mission: the second female lead sacrifices love to save 999 worlds... Super interesting!

11. 61 恶 The Villainess Transmigrates to the Seventies, Beats the Scum, Makes Money, and Marries a Soldier 恶女穿七零，虐渣搞钱嫁兵哥哥 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s military marriage + revenge and face-slapping + making money + sweet romance + pocket dimension + adorable pets] The heroine is petty, vindictive, cold-hearted, and has only the tiniest bit of conscience. She never waits until tomorrow to get revenge! Tang Niannian struggles to survive for three years in the apocalypse, then transmigrates into a tragic cannon-fodder character in a period novel. The book’s heroine steals the original owner’s spiritual spring pock 43.9kReads9.3Score4.6k14d adds

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    The female lead secured a permanent job through her own abilities. As a special talent, she earns a monthly salary of 98, which is the envy of many. She's not a saint; she takes revenge on the spot and settles scores with her fists. However, she's kind to her family and helps them with their jobs. She also finds the wolf child she picked up as a child, who has grown into a tall man over 1.8 meters—her future husband. Their life together is sweet and loving.

12. 62 重 Back to the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Army Wife Pursues Science to Strengthen the Nation 重回七零：炮灰军嫂励志科研强国 Traditional Chinese Text繁体文Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted [Stationed on a remote island + marriage first, love later + scientific research for the nation + husband’s groveling pursuit after marriage] Content warning: The hero is a real jerk at first. The heroine focuses on settling in before turning to research. There are plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people!!! Professor Su, a pillar of the nation, transmigrates into a period novel as the female lead’s cannon-fodder foil. In the original story, the female lead is confi 8.1kReads9.2Score66914d adds

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    🔥① Shen Zhiwei travels back to the 1970s, possessing vast resources and medical expertise, becoming a young woman from a scholarly family who was sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. 🌾 A military officer falls in love with her at first sight, but her aloofness makes him difficult to win her over. She returns to the city after two months, attends university, and dedicates herself to her career, her exceptional medical skills healing and saving lives. 🌱 She enters a political career, developing traditional Chinese medicine and bringing honor to the nation. From a sent-down youth to a national-level doctor, she strives step by step, reaching the pinnacle of her life. 🔥 Carefully selected, take what you like!

13. 63 八 The Translator of the 1980s 八十年代翻译官 Mu Keke牧可可Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted The completed book’s title cannot be changed, and it doesn’t match the content. My apologies! [Period] [Alternate history] [1v1] [This story is set in an alternate world. Please don’t scrutinize the historical details.] Mr. Zhou once said: “Study for the rise of China.” With the knowledge she gained in her previous life and the excellent schooling available to her in this one, Jiang Mingxia is determined to live up to his words and do her part to help revive China. In the fourteenth year of the 348Reads6.7Score—14d adds
14. 64 九 Nineties Hong Kong: I Woke Up as a Kidnapped Heiress's Sister-in-Law 九零香江：睁眼穿成被绑豪门大嫂 Beauty Plucking Stars美人摘星Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Chen Rou first met Nie Zhao during a counterterrorism case involving a wealthy Hong Kong family. He had been Hong Kong’s undisputed richest man for years and was a powerful figure renowned across the region. Even with both legs crippled and confined to a wheelchair, even in his fifties with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he still radiated sharpness and intelligence. Three generations of Chen Rou’s family had served in the police. Her father died in the war on drugs, and she had once b 23.5kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds
15. 65 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 44.4kReads9.5Score5k14d adds
16. 66 七 The Beloved Wife of the 1970s Gets Teased! The Black-Bellied Officer Sees Red and Loses Control 七零小妻被撩！腹黑军官红眼失控 Lost and Found失而Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming: [The Dashing Courtyard Beauty and Her Aloof Husband Who Holds Her Close and Coaxes Her] After transmigrating, Yu Xiangnian becomes the shrew of a military compound in the 1970s. Her husband doesn’t love her, the children don’t care for her, and the neighbors can’t stand her... So what? She doesn’t care what any of them think! She’s educated, cultured, well-connected, and beautiful. Building a fortune and pursuing her career are what matter! But... Why is this ma 22.7kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds
17. 67 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Tragic-Novel Heroine Gets a Unhinged Script 快穿：当虐文女主拿了疯批剧本后 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted In every tragic romance, the heroine is tormented by the hero until her heart is torn apart, and her heart, kidneys, and brain are cut out. Yet the heroine loves the hero without fail, devoting herself wholeheartedly to her career as his doormat. Now Jingsha has become the heroine of a tragic romance. She's obsessive, unstable, scummy, and downright crazy. She torments the male lead, then the male supporting character, then the female supporting character. In the end, they all love her but can n 8.8kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds

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    When a woman focuses on her career, her husband is always by her side. When a woman gets serious, there might really be no room for the man. 😏

18. 68 系 The System's a Clown, I Make Things Worse: Rebellious to the Core 系统沙雕我添堵，一身反骨离大谱 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance9.1M WordsCompleted They came from distinguished families and were beautiful, talented, and exceptional. But whenever they crossed paths with the male and female leads, they became brainless cannon fodder, burning themselves up to make the leads’ romance flourish until their dying breath. And now Gu Mo has become all those women from countless novels. System: Boss, you can face-slap the villains and break up those couples! Go get ’em! Gu Mo: I’m awesome! I can do this! Much later, the System stares in bewilderment 37.4kReads9.1Score3.1k14d adds
19. 69 玄 The Metaphysics Master Shakes the World After Coming Down from the Mountain 玄学大佬下山后轰动全世界 Gathering the Galaxy一揽星河Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Mysticism + satisfying read + sweet romance] Everyone in the industry says the newly reunited eldest daughter of the Su family is a menace. One sentence from her can break up a marriage, shatter a family, drive someone into bankruptcy, or land them in jail, so people steer clear of her. What’s more, she has opened a Taoist temple and does fortune-telling, face-reading, feng shui, sells talismans, and catches ghosts. She’s done every sort of scam imaginable! Later, word gets around that the elde 78kReads9.5Score12k14d adds
20. 70 权 The Powerful Prince’s Spoiled Princess: Proud, Wild, and Unruly 权王溺宠：狂傲王妃野又撩 Green Plums and Bamboo Wine青梅竹酒Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Court intrigue + feel-good power fantasy + ruthless decisiveness + an incredibly badass heroine + face-slapping + a heroine with her wits about her] Bai Xuan, commander-in-chief of the Huaxia Special Forces Training Camp, transmigrates to the Great Zhou. She is a peerless beauty with exceptional martial skills. As a woman, she carves her own path through force of arms, establishes herself at court, and wields enormous influence. With a deft hand, she turns the tide of both schemes and open stra 16.5kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
21. 71 我 I Build Infrastructure in Ancient Times 我在古代搞基建 Chi Mitang池米唐Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Woman Disguised as a Man + Infrastructure Building + Career-Focused + Fiercely Protective + Clear-Eyed Heroine] Original title: Building Infrastructure in Ancient Times Tang Yixuan, a brilliant engineer, transmigrates into the body of a woman who has taken her brother’s place as the new magistrate of Qingchuan County. To stay alive, she racks her brains and exhausts every resource at her disposal. She builds waterworks, raises tall buildings, paves roads with concrete, and constructs a city. Be 4.4kReads9.1Score57114d adds
22. 72 快 Quick Transmigration: She Wants No Men, Only Money 快穿：她不碰男人只碰钱 Lazy Bow懒弓Modern Romance3.2M WordsCompleted On an utterly ordinary day, Jiang Bai, an ordinary college student, encounters a System. It tempts her: "After graduation, do you want to become a wage slave? Do you want to make a fortune every day and become a success? If you're a Host, come sign a contract with me and travel to another world!" Faced with such an obvious sales pitch, Jiang Bai shamefully finds herself tempted. "Yes! I'm in!" After transmigrating, Jiang Bai finds herself playing a lovestruck passerby, a wicked cannon-fodder 8.5kReads9.2Score64114d adds
23. 73 全 Everyone's a Hopeless Romantic, but I'm the Only One Who Cares About My Career 全员恋爱脑，唯我是真事业批 Wild Assault Squad野生突击队Modern Romance325k WordsOngoing Jiang Qingyan transmigrated into a sweet romance novel set in the entertainment industry, becoming the scheming green-tea supporting actress who causes the most trouble. On an acting competition variety show, the green-tea supporting actress is supposed to make one dumb, unlikable move after another, highlighting the beloved heroine's purity and innocence. After transmigrating, Jiang Qingyan declared, “I want to be happily brainless and a lunatic with no regrets.” In an old-school xianxia drama 65Reads9.2Score—14d adds
24. 74 穿EN After Becoming the Villainess, I Clear My Name Every Day 穿成恶女后每天都在洗白 Gathering Vetch, Gathering Vetch采薇采薇Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Adorable Kids + Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy]: Transmigrating into a lovesick woman, Tang Zhuyun wakes up in the middle of a scene where she’s climbing into a man’s bed. She turns around and runs. Forget this bed, she’s not getting in! Who needs a man when her father is the top scholar, her brother is the top scholar, and even her son will be the top scholar? They’ll protect her, so she can do whatever she wants! As a master physician, she’ll focus on her career, save lives, and k 33.5kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
25. 75 快 Quick Transmigration: You Brat! I’m the Reinforcements Your Dad Sent 快穿之逆子！我是你爹请来的救兵 Insomniac c失眠者cModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP + quick transmigration + strengthening the nation + strong female lead] She wants to live. She wants to make her wishes come true. For that, Lin Yu fears neither mountains of blades nor seas of fire! Face-slapping? Strengthening the nation? Focusing on her career? She wants it all! The male and female leads? If they have nothing to do with her, they can get lost! She becomes an inconsequential cannon-fodder cousin in a reborn lucky heroine story? From the start, she slaps the lucky heroin 4.1kReads9.1Score42814d adds
26. 76 末 My Apocalypse Shop: Running a Business with the System 末世小店：我带系统搞经营 Durian Rice Rolls榴莲肠粉Sci-Fi & Apocalypse709k WordsCompleted [Management + Apocalypse + One Heroine, No Romance + Multiple Realms] Lin Yanan was an overworked wage slave. After working diligently for over half a year, she finally got a few days off, only to lose them to a gaming keyboard. Unexpectedly, that caused her to bind with a business-management System. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've bound with the System! You receive one rundown shack!] Passerby One: “Did you hear? The convenience store has oden!” Passerby Two: “Really?” Passerby Three: “Y 2.4kReads8.9Score22114d adds
27. 77 穿 Book Transmigration: Why Is the Heroine Looking at Me Like That? 穿书：女主看我眼神很不对劲 Shanlu at the Foothills山麓的珊璐Two Female Leads724k WordsCompleted [Two female leads + sweet romance] After waking up from a nap, Su Yu discovered that she had transmigrated into the super romance-obsessed Mary Sue novel she'd stayed up all night reading, The Domineering CEO Is Obsessed with Me. What's more, she had become the first female villain. Everyone knew that female antagonists in CEO romances always met miserable ends. To avoid ending up homeless, Su Yu decided to start with the heroine, Tang Yujun, and make friends with her. That way, the CEO wouldn't 2.1kReads9.2Score21914d adds
28. 78 快 After Quick-Transmigrating as Cannon Fodder, I Devoted Myself to My Career and Served My Country 快穿成炮灰后，沉迷事业为国献身 Extra Sugar, No Ice多糖不加冰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Read the blurb, read the blurb, read the blurb ♦ Not a wish-fulfillment story. No romance or ambiguous relationships. A slow burn, not a face-slapping, villain-punishing story. The heroine actively pursues her career and shines on her own. Pocket dimension, mystical farming that defies science, a loosely constructed setting. A farming story focused on farming, with about 40 chapters per volume. There is a certain type of fair-skinned, beautiful, love-struck woman who dies young. After Zhao Lan b 1kReads9.2Score10314d adds
29. 79 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Got Together with the Villainous Big Shot 穿书后我搞到了反派大佬 Little Huo小火子Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted Nan Chu transmigrated into a melodramatic, cheesy romance novel as the vicious supporting female character. She fought tooth and nail over a man, only to meet a grisly end with not a single part of her body left intact. NO! Now that she was here, the leads could be as melodramatic as they liked. She just wanted to focus on her studies and career, then lounge around in piles of money like a big shot. But why had the plot gone so far off the rails that even its own mother wouldn't recognize it? Ma 735Reads9.2Score10714d adds
30. 80 穿 On My 1980s Wedding Night, I Transmigrate and Marry a Poor, Rough Man with a Pocket Dimension 穿到八零新婚夜，带空间嫁穷糙汉 Little Golden Monkey小金猴Modern Romance890k WordsCompleted Jiang Mi is a catering magnate. She brings a warehouse space stocked with billions’ worth of supplies back to the 1980s, where she marries an impoverished man with two younger siblings in tow. They can barely manage one meal to the next, and their ramshackle house could collapse at any moment. Everyone thinks Jiang Mi has drawn a terrible lot in life, saddled with a man like this and doomed to misery forever. Jiang Mi rolls up her sleeves and sets about helping them grow into their potential. Sh 2.1kReads9.2Score28514d adds
31. 81 一 I Was Focused on My Career, but I Broke the Hearts of Nine Villainous Bosses 一心搞事业的我渣了九个反派大佬 Poetic Garden诗意画园Ancient Romance953k WordsCompleted [Romantic rivalry + secret identities + yandere love interests + everyone’s darling + sweet on the outside, dark within] Chu Jiuning was focused on her career. To complete her missions, she had seduced and dumped eight powerful villains across eight different worlds! While she was working on her ninth mission and about to dump her ninth powerful villain, the System told her that the resentment of the eight villains had caused their worlds to collapse and merge directly with the ninth world she w 1.1kReads8.9Score22014d adds
32. 82 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 106.8kReads9.5Score12.4k14d adds

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