Revenge Novels Set in a Bygone Era (Zhu Ling Reborn) 重生年代复仇文（朱令重生）

1. 1 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Became the Thorn in My Scumbag Brother's Side 重生七零，我成了渣哥口中的刺头 Crystal Breeze风来水晶Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Reborn in the 1970s + period setting + System + abusing scumbags and face-slapping + wealthy CEO] In her previous life, Ye Ziyu and her cousin Ye Zilin were raised as twins. Her parents and five older brothers all doted on the cousin who had stolen her place in the family. When danger struck, her childhood betrothed saved her cousin instead, costing Ye Ziyu her life. Reborn, Ye Ziyu decides she’s done indulging anyone. Since treating people sincerely got her nowhere, she won’t pull he 14.6kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
2. 2 穿 After Transmigration, Her Whole Family Are Villains 穿越之我全家都是反派 Song Xiangbai宋象白Ancient Romance832k WordsCompleted Content warning: Lots of crude bathroom humor. Don't read while eating. Version One: Jiang Mianmian transmigrates. Her father is a scheming scholar with the face of a kindly man. Her mother has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a ruthless killer. Her eldest brother looks simple-minded but is cunning at heart. Her second sister is selfish and sharp-tongued. They were born destined to be villains. To highlight the protagonist's justice, kindness, and greatness, they work hard to do all so 132.2kReads9.6Score15kShelves

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   I don't allow anyone who hasn't read this book

3. 3 假 The Fake Heiress Stole My Fate, So After I Was Reborn, I Took Her Out 假千金夺我命格，重生后我嘎了她 Mo Mo Is Master Mo墨墨是墨爷Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + punishing scumbags + satisfying wish fulfillment] Ren Ran had an easy life for her first eighteen years, then spent the next eight plagued by bad luck. Her maternal grandparents, mother, and younger brother died one after another. Her scumbag father took over the company, and she was thrown out of the house to live on the streets. She’d be robbed just walking down the road, and flowerpots would fall from the sky when she approached a building. Whenever she got a job at a company, it w 92.4kReads9.5Score10kShelves
4. 4 军 Military Marriage and Sweet Rewards: The Fierce, Pretty Army Wife in the 1980s 军婚发糖：彪悍俏军嫂的八零年代 Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Complete] (Period Setting + Military Marriage + Building a Fortune + Loving Wife + Multiple Children + Daily Life) Modern career woman Shen Yiyi transmigrates into a book, becoming the beautiful but otherwise useless female side character who marries into a family to bring good luck to a sick man in this period romance! Her birth family is the sort that would bleed her dry and leave her with nothing! Shen Yiyi: What a joke! Watch her put those spoiled brats in their place and crush the villains 18.9kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
5. 5 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma, Today It's Your Turn to Get Divorced 重生七零：奶，今天轮到您离婚啦 Great Golden Immortal大罗金仙Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in the 1970s as a Lucky Little Carp with Space Tens of billions in supplies, serving the country, the family’s darling, adorable child, satisfying story In her previous life, Shen Danluo’s family was harmed by her wicked second uncle, and she avenged them all by herself. Now she has been reborn with a space that can exchange for all kinds of supplies. In this life, she will change everyone’s tragic fate. Take down the worst offenders and punish the scum. Then quietly make a 43.1kReads9.5Score5.9kShelves

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   🎀After Shen Danluo died with her second uncle's family in her previous life, she was accidentally reborn until the day she fell into the water when she was 7 years old. She still had a golden finger, so she could separate the family and make money.

6. 6 军 A Lovely Military Wife and a Rugged Soldier: One Wrong Step on the Army Journey in the Eighties 军嫂俏！军爷糙！八零随军闪了腰 Chestnut V栗子VModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet, Charming Wife + Abstinent Officer] (Fictional Military Marriage + Married First, Fell in Love Later + Life in the Military Camp + Spatial System + Adorable Baby) Jiang Ning's arrival in the 1980s gets off to a wild start. The moment she opens her eyes, she's face-to-face with a burly soldier sporting an eight-pack, and nearly gets caught in bed with him. She makes a snap decision and binds herself to the man... “Comrade, what's done is done. Why don't we get married?” “Comrade, let's go 13.7kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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   I think mine are all gay, so the second book should have two male protagonists. I don't know if you like it or not.

7. 7 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, the Rustic Young Man Spoils the Educated Youth 穿越七零，小知青被糙汉宠上天！ Bloodstained Battle Robe飘血征袍Two Male Leads884k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + sweet romance + golden finger + two male leads + both pure] A young educated youth has arrived in the village. They say he’s even more handsome than a girl! The team leader: “Don’t ever marry an educated youth. They can’t be trusted!” Xue Fengnian: “You’re right, Uncle. I absolutely won’t marry a female educated youth!” Behind everyone’s backs, though, he brings the young educated youth food and drink. “Come to me if you need anything. I’ll protect you around here!” Lin Y 14.4kReads9.1Score2kShelves
8. 8 七 The New Wedding Night in the 1970s: The Soft and Sweet Wife of the Educated Youth 七零新婚夜，知青娇妻身软体甜 Yao Minxi瑶皿夕Modern Romance663k WordsCompleted [Military-marriage romance + both leads reborn + educated-youth era + mutual devotion + feel-good face-slapping + cloyingly sweet + fake white moonlight] At eighteen, Gu Qijiao was smitten with educated youths, so she threw herself at the drunk Zheng Yunsheng and married him. They eventually got married and had a child, but Zheng Yunsheng's white moonlight provoked Gu Qijiao into miscarrying. After losing the baby, Gu Qijiao decided to give up on the man she'd seduced into marrying her. Gu Qijia 8.9kReads9.1Score581Shelves
9. 9 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 Heads to the Countryside Short drama: Before Heading to the Countryside, I Cleared Out the House and Reported Him Motion comic: Tong Hua’s Comeback [Reborn + trash-taking + face-slapping + everyone begs for forgiveness + no forgiveness + sweet romance] In her previous life, Tong Hua was set up by Kong Mixue and sold into the mountains, where she spent more than a decade. When she finally managed to escape and retu 118.5kReads9.1Score14.4kShelves

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   Highly recommended, from the writing to the characterization, it's all excellent.

10. 10 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 78.4kReads9.3Score9.2kShelves
11. 11 黑 The Black Lotus Returns Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear 黑莲花重生归来，婆家瑟瑟发抖 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original title: The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear Short dramas: The Crazy Stepmother and New Life from Old Snow In her past life, Su An was abused by her husband. After she called the police, the officer told her it was a family matter and not their concern. She fled to her parents' home for help, but her grandmother said, “Take care of the kids, cook the meals, look after the elders, and hand over your wages every month. Then he won't hit you, will he? That's how it is 56.7kReads9.5Score6.8kShelves

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    Super pretty 😄

12. 12 人 The Human Emperor's Inheritance: The Golden Seal and Jade Letter 人皇传承之金篆玉函 Road-Building, Bridge-Laying, and Connecting Online Novels修路铺桥连线小说Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted What is the point of one person reaching the very top? With the women I love and my brothers by my side, I don’t want to reach the peak alone... I want to travel across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands with the women I love, gazing down on the splendor of countless worlds... I want to return to those turbulent years with my brothers, honor their loyalty, and see it through to the end... Since I have been given a chance to start over, why should I be lonely and forlorn...? 17Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    This one fits me

13. 13 强 The Officer I Begged to Marry Was Cold as Ice. Reborn, I Want Nothing to Do With Him 强求的军官冷冰冰，重生后不要了 Fei Duojin肥多金Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Ye Qiaoxi saved a man and demanded that he marry her as payment. A powerful, wealthy officer was forced to marry an illiterate village woman. After the wedding, he treated her coldly and looked down on her. Even their daughter thought she was crazy and unworthy of their family. When Ye Qiaoxi opened her eyes again, she had returned to her youth. This time, she still saved that aloof, ascetic officer, but the price she asked for had changed. Instead of saying, “Give yourself 3.3kReads8.4Score283Shelves

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    Live again, live your own life

14. 14 资 The Reborn Capitalist Matriarch Reports Her Whole Family for Rural Relocation 资本家老太重生后，举报全家下乡 Wan Dou Dou万兜兜Modern Romance774k WordsCompleted [1970s + reborn + pocket dimension + elderly woman] (The novel was only recently rated, so its low score is due to the small number of ratings and doesn’t reflect its quality.) In her previous life, Shen Qingyan trusted the wrong man. She followed his instructions and helped him transfer the family’s assets to Hong Kong. Then the scoundrel took the money and left with his illegitimate daughter. She, meanwhile, was reported for her political background and sent to the countryside against her will 5.2kReads7.8Score619Shelves
15. 15 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Won’t Let Go of My Rough-Hewn Man 重生七零：抱着糙汉不放手 Chubby Orange胖胖橙子Modern Romance717k WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + pocket dimension + adorable pets + sweet romance] In her previous life, she was blind to the truth and foolishly turned away the man who cherished her. In the end, her family was destroyed, and someone pushed her off a cliff. Reborn as Jiang Jinxiu before her divorce, she was determined never to let go this time. She'd been foolish to leave a man who loved her so much. In this life, she would keep her distance from the scumbag and his mistress and get her revenge. She 1.7kReads8.9Score188Shelves
16. 16 七 A Sweet Wedding Night in the 1970s: Even an Arranged Marriage Can Be Wonderful! 七零新婚夜，包办婚姻也很甜！ Orange Soda and Lemon Juice橘子汽水柠檬汁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed Military Marriage Romance] [Beautiful, Sweet-Talking Wife + Gentle, Healing, Rugged Husband] She wakes up on the night of her arranged wedding in the 1970s. Her husband is a handsome, idealistic man with impeccable credentials. Should she marry him or not? Lin Qingya soon decides she’s glad she did. Her rugged husband is surprisingly sweet! The heroine is career-focused, clear-headed, and sensible. The hero dotes on his wife and is gentle and reassuring. Sweet romance throughout, no 9.4kReads9.1Score906Shelves
17. 17 怀 Pregnant with a Soldier's Baby, the 1970s Beauty Goes on a Rampage 怀了兵哥的崽，七零美人杀疯了 Sadako Who Forgot Her Hair忘记带头发的贞子Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted {Rebirth, revenge, a pocket dimension, and medical skills} Xu An'an died once. In her previous life, her cousin and fiancé drugged her, then threw a dying soldier onto her bed and brought people over to catch her in the act. After that, she lost her father and mother, both her older brothers, and the baby she was carrying. A family of six, not one left alive. Reborn on the day they came to catch her in the act, Xu An'an slapped her cousin twice, hid the soldier on the bed inside a stone pend 1.8kReads8.0Score209Shelves

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    Reborn for revenge, the whole revenge is very enjoyable, repaying injustice for injustice, revenge for revenge has been completed

18. 18 全 My Whole Family Was Slaughtered! Back to the 1970s to Punish Scum, Love My Man, and Raise My Child 全家惨死！重回七零虐渣宠汉养崽 Sunrise with Wine朝阳伴酒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Period Piece + Devoted Husband and Kids + Rebirth and Revenge + Everyday Family Life + Building Wealth] Only after Su Ti died did she discover that she had been living in a period novel about a heroine who made her fortune. Unfortunately, she wasn't the heroine. She was just a disposable stepping stone! The heroine was her cousin, favored by Heaven itself. Everyone who opposed her met a terrible end. After Su Ti died, her husband lost all desire to live. During a task assigned by th 8.7kReads9.0Score720Shelves

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    The heroine is not a virgin at all. She treats the people she likes bravely and pursues her love, but she punches her enemies hard. She is super good at insulting people and learns frame by frame. In her previous life, she was a stepping stone. Her husband died heroically and her two children were beaten to death for eating unattended. After her rebirth, she wants to take back everything she has!

19. 19 闪 She Marries a Handsome Army Officer at First Sight, Then Lives It Up with Her Pocket Dimension 闪婚野帅军官，她带空间爽爆了 Sweet Grape Grape葡萄甜葡萄Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [1980s + military marriage + medical skills + sweet romance + pregnancy and raising babies + immensely satisfying face-slapping] In her previous life, He Wanwan was switched at birth. She lived alone and miserable until the age of nineteen, only to have her chastity stolen. She died without even a whole corpse! Her cousin He Lingling stole her identity, claimed her mother's inheritance, schemed to kill her father, and married the fiancé who should have been hers. She lived a dazzling life of lux 6.2kReads9.1Score940Shelves
20. 20 军 A Military Wife’s Identity Is No Simple Matter: Even the King of Hell Gives Her a Pocket Dimension 军嫂身份不简单，阎王都要送空间 Soft and Sweet粉糯糯Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted [Complete. Military marriage, devoted couple, past and present lives, sweet romance and satisfying revenge, a pocket dimension, putting scumbags in their place!] Dear Princess, please give this story a try. It’s a complete novella, a thrilling read you can finish in one sitting! In her previous life, Leng Xue was killed by her own family. Her beloved, Gu Beilu, gave his life to save her. After awakening her special powers, Leng Xue avenged him, then took her own life. After dying, she arrived in 6.9kReads9.2Score1kShelves
21. 21 结 No Intimacy in Three Years of Marriage; After She Marries a Factory Director, Her Ex Panics 结婚三年没同房，嫁厂长后前夫慌 Wan Dou Dou万兜兜Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted [1980s + Building Wealth + Farming + Reborn for Revenge] After catching her husband in a secret affair with her fake cousin, Lin Qiaoyue finally realized why she hadn't had a child in five years: a couple can't get pregnant just by lying in bed together. She had been deceived for five years and had even raised their precious son for them. Worse still, her scumbag husband had caused her elderly father’s death. With nothing left to tie her to life, she took her scumbag husband and their illegitima 7.6kReads7.7Score451Shelves

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    Era rebirth and revenge, take back everything in this life!!

22. 22 锦 The Lucky Little Girl Follows Her Mom to the Military Compound and Becomes Everyone's Favorite 锦鲤幼崽随妈上军区：成大院团宠 Koi Pear锦鲤梨Modern Romance2.8M WordsCompleted [Adorable Kids + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Animal Speech + Pocket Dimension + Light Mysticism + Everyone’s Favorite] In her past life, Tangtang lived a miserable life. Her mother was deceived, and her cousin stole her lucky koi fate, leaving her a poor little thing. Before she died, she dragged her scummy uncle and his whole family down with her. When she opened her eyes again, Tangtang had returned to the year she was six. Her mother was about to agr 66.4kReads8.4Score17.1kShelves
23. 23 嫌 She Faked Her Death and Remarried, Thinking I Was Infertile. Now I'm Remarrying a Military Officer and Having Lots of Kids 嫌我不孕假死另娶，改嫁军官多胎 Wan Dou Dou万兜兜Modern Romance374k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + 1980s + Revenge + Military Marriage Later + Building Wealth] (The low rating is due to the small number of readers, not the quality of the story.) In her previous life, her husband died while rescuing people during a disaster. Unable to have children, Shen Ningxue chose to stay with her in-laws and raise the pitiful abandoned child they had brought home from elsewhere. When she had finally bought her adopted son a car and a house and lived to see him get married, she was diagnosed wit 382Reads8.0Score100Shelves
24. 24 重 Reborn in 1998: Crushing Scumbags and Building Wealth 重生1998，虐渣致富两不误 The Dopey, Chubby Fire Fox憨胖的火狐狸Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ordinary girl Ye Qinghong has just received her technical school admission notice and is overjoyed, unaware that someone has set their sights on her and that disaster is closing in. After struggling to continue her education, she finally becomes an outstanding high school competition coach, only to be beaten to death by her childhood sweetheart of a husband and her so-called “best friend”... When she opens her eyes again, she is back at the turning point of her fate in 1998! This time, she seize 259Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    After the heroine was reborn, she ditched the Virgin persona. She pursued her love fiercely and abused her scumbag fiercely. She vowed to rewrite the ending of the sacrifice of her family and the tragic death of her child. The more she watched, the more she became obsessed with it!

25. 25 重 Reborn: I Doted on My Wife and Kids and Shocked the Whole Village 重生：我宠老婆孩子震惊全村 Ye Xiaolou叶小楼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn Romance + Regretful Scumbag + 1980s Dad Life + Devoted Husband, One Heroine + Satisfying Read + Cozy Daily Life + Healing] Chen Sanye, the village's notorious hooligan, suddenly changed after a night of heavy drinking! The idle, foul-mouthed delinquent became polite. He was not only hardworking, but even learned how to make money! He stopped barking orders at his pretty, mute wife and began speaking to her softly and treating her with the utmost tenderness. The neighbors were baffled. Ha 35.5kReads9.6Score4.7kShelves

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    🍃① When she was reborn and returned to 1975, she cried and hugged her man tightly, unwilling to let go. In her previous life, she was blind and blind. In this life, she must stay away from the scumbag man seeking revenge on the bitch. 🍃② Rebirth in 1986, back to the day when his wife and daughter died unexpectedly. It was still too late for everything in this life. He had to work hard to make money so that his wife and children could live a good life.

26. 26 重 Reborn into a Sweet Military Marriage: The Fire Chief Wraps an Arm Around My Waist 重生军婚甜蜜蜜，消防队长揽腰宠 Drunken Big Raccoon酒酿大狸子Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Rebirth + Mutual Devotion + Sweet Romance] Entrepreneur Tang Xiaoxiao lived to the age of eighty. After she died, she was told that the firefighter who rescued her during an earthquake had spent the rest of his life disabled by a leg injury he suffered while saving her. Was she going to help her lifesaver heal his leg, or be reincarnated? What a question. Of course she'd help him heal! After being reborn, Tang Xiaoxiao goes to the countryside in her lifesave 20.5kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
27. 27 重 Reborn in the 1990s: The Big Shot’s Wife Is Sweet and Alluring 重生九零：大佬娇妻又甜又撩 Azure Sea and Blue Sky碧海青天Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [Period Setting] [Face-Slapping Feel-Good Story] Ning Weiwei had fair skin and a slender waist. Reborn overnight, she became unstoppable, opening a restaurant and selling clothes with great success. Unfortunately, her family was a handful. With no other choice, she had to become the unfilial one, ruthlessly cutting ties with them one by one! One day, an arrogant young man moved in next door. With his high nose, phoenix eyes, straight brows, and bright gaze, he kept wandering around in f 10.7kReads9.3Score1kShelves
28. 28 重 Reborn: Speculating and Making a Fortune in the 1980s 重生，我在八十年代投机倒把 Mo Bai么白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted When she woke up, Jiang Xiaoxi had returned to 1987, to the age of eighteen. Her grandmother was still alive, her parents were young, her sister wasn’t sick, and she hadn’t married a jerk. Everything was wonderful. Given a second chance at life in an era ripe for rebuilding, how could she not make something of herself? See how Jiang Xiaoxi, reborn, uses every opportunity to make money and change her life. 5.2kReads8.9Score427Shelves
29. 29 甜 Sweet Military Romance: The Reborn True Heiress Makes a Fortune in the 1980s 甜宠军婚：重生真千金在八零赚麻了 Scallions and Tofu青葱拌豆腐Modern Romance887k WordsCompleted After the mission to save the world ended, the System disconnected, and Gu Baozhu was reborn. After being reborn, she kicked out the cousin who had tried to steal her destiny, and turned around the miserable fate of being made a sacrificial pawn by a reborn heroine who rose to success. She put what she'd learned in various worlds to use, making a fortune amid the tide of reform. She truly made so much money her hands cramped from counting it, and slept until she woke naturally. What's more, she 4.5kReads9.1Score458Shelves
30. 30 道 Moral Blackmail? My Unhinged Antics Set the 1990s Straight 道德绑架？发疯文学整顿九零 Gu Minglang顾明朗Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted Zhou Li spent her whole life being guilt-tripped, achieving nothing. In this life, she will change her mother's fate and her own. Guilt-tripping? Ever heard of unhinged behavior? 1.1kReads8.9Score103Shelves

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    This book is very good, there are not so many emotional stories

31. 31 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Snagged the Wildest Rough Farmer 重生七零：我抱住最野糙汉 Six Six Six六六六Modern Romance650k WordsCompleted After Chen Zi was murdered and reborn, she vowed to cling tightly to Jiang Yi. Yet Jiang Yi kept his distance from her at all times. Later, when another man tried to flirt with Chen Zi, Jiang Yi pinned her fiercely against the wall. “Didn't you say you were only good to me?” Chen Zi looped her arms around his neck and complained tearfully, “You've been so cold to me.” Jiang Yi's ears turned bright red. “After we get married, don't you dare beg me to stop!” 22Reads6.9Score—Shelves
32. 32 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Timid Heiress Strikes Back 重生八零：懦弱千金反杀逆袭 Eighteen and in Her Bloom十八豆蔻Modern Romance279k WordsOngoing [Fake Heiress and Real Heiress] [Sweet Romance] [Military Marriage] [Reborn] [Fanciful Period Setting] Jiang Yan was switched at birth. Kindhearted and meek, she was manipulated and bullied all her life, until she ended up abandoned in the wilderness. Given another chance at life, she has one message for her heartless adoptive parents, that trashy green-tea bitch, and that arrogant, useless scumbag: Go to hell, all of you! She'll set up a street stall, start a business, and make money. From now —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine in the previous life was killed tragically, and she comes back to take revenge on the bad guys

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