Period-Era Story: The Most Unremarkable One in the Family Ends Up the Most Successful 年代文，家里不起眼的，然后混的最好的

1. 151 穿 I Became an Army Wife in the 1970s 穿到七零年代当军嫂 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance778k WordsCompleted [Period]+ [Space]+ [Family Life]+ [No Going to the Countryside] Xu Di was born in the 1980s. After graduating from high school and failing to get into college, she spent two years working a sewing machine in a clothing factory. At twenty, she found a match through a blind date, got married, and had a child. In 2020, Xu Di, who was always bottling up her anger, was diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. She underwent surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, and her short life came to an en 16.8kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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   The parents favored the eldest brother and sister, while the younger brothers were neglected. As a result, the second sister and the youngest brother had the best lives.

2. 152 七 I Refuse to Be the Foil in the 1970s 七零对照组我不当了 Lizi Jun荔子君Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted After being reborn, Qiao Yun learned that she was merely a foil for her older sister. Her sister was the heroine and a winner in life, while she, the younger sister, was nothing but cannon fodder. Her only purpose was to suffer so her sister could shine... Reborn, Qiao Yun tore up the script. To hell with being a foil! Whoever wants that role can have it. She would take charge of her own life. 3.6kReads7.7Score222Shelves

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   I highly recommend this book. The female protagonist is reborn but doesn't envy her older sister. She works hard to change her own destiny and leads her family to wealth. It's a very united family.

3. 153 我 Peace and Joy in the Sixties 我在六零年代平安喜乐 Long An, Who Loves Okra and Fried Eggs爱吃秋葵煎蛋的龙安Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical era + pocket dimension + rural slice of life + cozy everyday moments] A grown woman mysteriously becomes reborn in the body of a little girl who died young, with a different name but the same surname. After a brief period of confusion, Qiu Yuling's fighting spirit ignites when her golden finger, the Get-Rich Farm, activates. While others toil at the black market to trade for supplies, Qiu Yuling says that as long as she lives earnestly and moves a finger or two in her pocket dimensio 7.7kReads8.9Score615Shelves
4. 154 逆 Turning My Life Around: Quick Transmigration Through the World of Film and TV 逆袭人生：快穿影视世界 Fu An Kun Ji福安坤吉Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted At 42, ordinary accountant Ning Wan has worked for years but barely saved a thing. Her parents are elderly, and she is powerless to improve their lives, leaving her filled with guilt. One day, after failing to win even five yuan in the lottery, she gets struck by a windfall from the heavens and is bound to a System. The System tells her she can transmigrate into different TV and film worlds and change the fates of the characters in their stories. As long as she fulfills a character’s wish, she’l 3kReads7.2Score102Shelves

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   Traveling through different worlds, with historical elements

5. 155 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

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   A period drama where the seemingly unremarkable family member unexpectedly becomes the most successful! 🐝🐝 The female lead thinks she's playing the role of a virtuous wife, but the male lead has already fallen for her. She counts down the days until the divorce, only to find her husband getting a promotion and a raise, becoming increasingly clingy, and spoiling her rotten, making her unwilling to leave! When she finally steels herself and brings up divorce, the male lead asks: "What new script is this today?"

6. 156 七 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 56.4kReads9.0Score6.3kShelves

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   Good read. Recommended. I started reading it before it was finished, and I followed it for over 400 chapters. When I reread it and saw it was finished, I read it all over again. It's really good! The female lead has a very straightforward personality throughout, as does the male lead. From their marriage to the finale, their characters are well-developed. The "golden finger" is just a spatial ability, which is rarely mentioned, but she's a super-strong female lead, which I love! She's all about brute force, unlike other stories where she hides her strength and only retaliates after being slapped in the face. This book is hilarious; it makes you laugh so hard you don't even hold a grudge overnight! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

7. 157 社 A Sociable Little One Takes Her Sweet, Delicate Mom Along to Join the Army 社牛崽崽带娇软亲妈去随军 Er Lulu二鹿鹿Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Gifted Kids + Women Supporting Women] Jiang Ningning transmigrates into a military-marriage novel as the deceased biological mother of a pair of gifted twins. Her husband sends her a monthly child support payment, but the original owner is weak-willed and constantly gets swindled out of the money by her in-laws on one pretext or another. The twins raise their mother by scavenging, until their fifth birthday, when the disillusione 9.3kReads8.9Score941Shelves

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   Both of these stories feature characters who were initially disliked at home but later achieved the happiest and most radiant lives! 🍒 In the first book, Li Wenxi is the daughter of a military officer. She was switched at birth and prevented from attending high school, threatening to be sold into marriage! After being found and brought home by her biological father, she was initially disliked by her biological mother, who, to please her adopted daughter, wanted to send her to a cultural troupe in Northwest China, forbidding her from staying at home or attending high school… Fortunately, she persevered, and her biological father loved her; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to endure that life! Later, she not only got into the best high school but also the best university, and the man she brought home completely outshone Li Wenting (the one who was switched at birth).

8. 158 军 Military Marriage Bliss: I Flirt with a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚娇宠：我在七零与兵王互撩 Su Youran苏悠然Modern Romance618k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] Mu Jing'an married Song Qingning because his mother told him, “Song Qingning, the girl across the bridge, is your betrothed. You have to take responsibility for her.” Song Qingning married Mu Jing'an because the wife of the company commander who had rescued her told her, “My son is tall, a little dim, earns a good salary, and is an officer. If you don't mind, take him off my hands.” Both thought a marriage without love would 24.7kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
9. 159 双 With Two Pocket Dimensions, I Farm and Stockpile Grain in the Seventies 双空间在手，七零种田囤粮忙 Seven Babies七个宝宝Modern Romance762k WordsOngoing [Space + no romance + farming + a touch of ensemble cast] Good news: Jiang Nan has transmigrated from the apocalypse. Bad news: She’s landed in the 1970s, an era of scarce food and clothing. But it’s fine. She has a double space. This is a farming novel in the most literal sense: the heroine’s true love is farming. Her career takes a back seat, though it also has to do with farming. A slow-paced slice-of-life story about family and everyday life, with no romance, a growing heroine, and a healing 117Reads6.2Score104Shelves

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   The story is set in a historical period, and the female protagonist is unloved by her parents, initially oppressed but later rises up in her own way. The fifth book is entirely about the power of fists.

10. 160 我 I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 313.9kReads9.1Score47.6kShelves
11. 161 重 Reborn in the Sixties: Using My Powers to Help the Nation Prosper 重生六零：带着异能学习强国 Happy Little Ball幸福小团Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Yu An'an, a high-level superpowered survivor of the apocalypse, is reborn one day as a nobody mentioned in only a few lines of a book. First, her older cousin transmigrates. Then, her neighbor is reborn. Neither of them gives Yu An'an, the invisible nobody, a second thought. Yu An'an gets a perfect score on an exam. The transmigrator and the reborn woman say, “We can do that too.” Yu An'an is strong enough to take down a wild boar with one punch. The transmigrator and the reborn woman say, “What 4.4kReads8.1Score358Shelves
12. 162 兄 Siblings Travel Back to the 1970s: We Refuse to Be Pawns of Fate 兄妹同穿七零，不做命运的炮灰 Eight-Treasure Zhou Never Gets Full八宝周不饱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted An arson attack burned down Zhu Suisui’s home and shattered both her and her brother’s lives. Scars from third-degree burns covered her entire body, and her family died in the fire. Her father, Lin Shengkou, was the culprit. He was sentenced to death for bribing the housekeeper to burn her mother, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, and both her and her brother alive. She and her brother were eventually rescued, but burns covered 95 percent of their bodies. The two disfigured orphans rel 23.5kReads8.5Score4kShelves
13. 163 七 A 1970s Military Bride by Substitution: Stirring Up Trouble Without Missing the Gossip 七零替嫁军官，搞事不忘吃瓜 Beautiful One, Do Not Forget美人勿忘兮Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + satisfying revenge + one-on-one romance + smart leads] Lin Xiaoxiao spent more than ten years struggling to survive in the apocalypse. Just as it was about to end, she caught a virus during a mission and died. After death, her soul arrived in the underworld to queue for reincarnation. When she learned that well-connected people had taken all the good spots and she could only be reborn as an animal, she flew into a rage. She overturned Meng Po 16.5kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
14. 164 穿 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ 32.2kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves
15. 165 团 The Pampered Little Army Doctor: Let Me Chat with Your Organs 团宠小军医，我跟你的器官聊聊天 Coming Up with Names Is So Annoying起名好烦躁Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The rating has just been posted, but it’ll rise later [1970s + apocalypse transmigration + sign-in System + spatial storage + special abilities + everyone’s darling + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place + sweet romance + family life] From the start, she transmigrates into the 1970s with nothing but four bare walls, then gets driven to the brink by vicious relatives. Shen Kongqing: “Don’t panic. It’s no big deal.” [Ding! Sign in at a ramshackle cowshed. Reward: 2 sweet potatoes!] [D 1.3kReads7.3Score206Shelves
16. 166 带 Taking the Taobao System with Me to the 1970s 带着淘宝系统穿七零 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Technically minded military officer VS powerful, down-to-earth woman; the heroine builds her career. The System plays a small role early on, then gets to take it easy. Period setting + comedy + both leads devoted only to each other “When a lie-flat System meets a crazy Host” Other people transmigrate to the 1970s: fight nasty relatives, make money, and marry a soldier. Xiang Nuan transmigrates to the 1970s: ✓ Fails to be reborn six times, then angrily kicks the coffin lid off ✓ Hacks her relativ 23.1kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
17. 167 年 Period: The Shameless Villains Live to a Ripe Old Age 年代：缺德反派们长命百岁了 Orange Ears of Grain橙穗穗Modern Romance808k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + pocket dimension + cozy daily life] Meng Yu has one wish: for her whole family to live long, peaceful lives. They are the troublesome relatives of the heroine in a period novel. They are stepping-stones who make the heroine shine. They are the heartless villains in the book. In the original ending, the whole family of six villains opposes the heroine and brings about their own destruction. Then Meng Yu arrives, changing the fate that had already been set. She claims the heroine’ 12.7kReads7.8Score925Shelves

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    The story is set in a historical fiction era. The female protagonist, Xiaoyuer, transmigrated from the womb and possesses a special ability. Her family's food and clothing are unremarkable on the surface. Later, during a famine, while others ate tree bark, the aroma of meat wafted from Xiaoyuer's house, and she ate her fill.

18. 168 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take the Children to Find Their Long-Dead Father 穿书后我带孩子找到他们早死的爹 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 37.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves

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    It wasn't anything spectacular, but I finished watching it without even realizing it.

19. 169 七 A 1970s Spatial Realm: The Educated Youth's Husband Returns from Cultivation 七零空间：知青她男人修仙回来了 A Tiny Qiao一只小小乔Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted [Veteran Soldier from the Seventies x Gentle Educated Youth Wife + Both Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Cultivation + Sweet Romance + Raising Kids] Fang Qiao dies saving someone. When she opens her eyes again, she discovers she has been reborn in the resource-strapped 1970s, when you need ration coupons for everything. Food and clothing are scarce, but her daughter is still in her womb. Even more surprising, her dead husband has returned from another world, having cultivated immortality! He has also 5.5kReads9.1Score759Shelves

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    The female lead is reborn, and the male lead returns from cultivating immortality in another world. The female lead is the third child in her family, with two sons and two daughters. She's the least favored, but she's the most successful. She refuses to let relatives take advantage of her and rejects her parents' attempts to help her younger brother. It's a very good read! 👀

20. 170 七 The 1970s Electrician Spoils Her Antique Little Husband 七零女电工娇养古董小相公 Carp Spirit鲤鱼精Modern Romance762k WordsOngoing The rating just came in, but don't be scared. Click to read! [Transmigration] + [Period] + [Mutual Devotion] + [No Sent-Down Youth] + [Female Electrician] + [Golden Finger] (the golden finger isn't very prominent) Cai He transmigrated to a turbulent era. Determined to avoid being sent to the countryside, she worked hard to find a job. By a stroke of luck, she joined the water and electricity department, proudly becoming An City’s first female electrician. It was such an honor that she even made 553Reads5.9Score100Shelves

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    🌻The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of the least favored child in a blended family😭 She has an older brother whom her mother dotes on, an older sister whom her father loves, and a younger brother whom both parents spoil. She's like a workhorse in this family😭 But surprisingly, she's the most determined and finds a job on her own, becoming a super-skilled electrician🌿🌿

21. 171 重 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 Mr. Red Flag红旗先生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 4.2kReads7.5Score222Shelves

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    Don't look at the score! Don't look at the score! Don't look at the score! I recommend a different kind of period drama. It's the story of a group of people born in the 1970s growing up. In that wild and untamed era, everyone was striving and fighting for tomorrow. Friendship, family, love, business warfare, and scheming. It's very good. Readers who are tired of Tomato's formulaic and overly exciting novels should definitely check this out. You won't regret it.

22. 172 娇 The Sweet Teacher Is Doted on by a Rough-Hewn Man 娇娇老师被糙汉宠入骨 Mister Ruochen若尘先生Modern Romance912k WordsCompleted Su Niannian never expected that after attending her son's college graduation ceremony, she would think, at last, all the hard years had paid off and she could finally relax, only to go home, take a nap, and wake up in the 1990s in the body of a girl with the same name. The sudden turn of events even left her feeling a little grateful... She only wants to be a happy kindergarten teacher, but an adorable little girl takes a liking to her and wants her to be her mom. This time, though, Su Niannian 132Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Before transmigrating, the female protagonist was an invisible person in her family, unloved and living a very humble life. Coincidentally, Su Niannian in the 1990s was a timid and introverted person. After her soul transmigrated, she received special favor and exclusive love, which made her become better and better...

23. 173 滚 Kicked Out of Her Family: The Middle School Dropout Strikes It Rich 滚出家后：初中学历的她，发财了 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, farming] + [Family and neighborhood drama] + [The 1990s] + [Everyday modern life, no golden finger] + [Female entrepreneur] She was the second daughter, overlooked by her family, with an ordinary appearance, an ordinary background, and only a junior high school education. He was born into an eminent family and had power and prestige to spare. She was the least promising daughter in the Li family, and her parents were certain she would never amount to anything. With only a junior 53.7kReads9.0Score5.4kShelves

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    Trust me, this is a novel unlike any other! As the second daughter who was kicked out of the family, Li Yan vividly embodies the meaning of "self-reliance and self-improvement." With her quick wit, she carves out a bright future for herself. The female lead is incredibly self-reliant, relying entirely on the male lead, and remarkably clear-headed! The male lead is somewhat narcissistic, arrogant, and a clean freak, but he's a wonderful person, and there will be a twist later on.

24. 174 七 The 1970s: The Domineering Village Belle Takes Down Every Mary Sue! 七零：霸道村花干翻所有玛丽苏！ Hou Wenyuan侯雯媛Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted A village beauty and village tyrant who can plow three mu a day, paired with a sickly, shameless male God of Wealth. The whole point of this story is to have a great time. [Mutually devoted couple + strong heroine + unhinged humor + satisfying romance] Jiang Zao was the last dragon in the cultivation world. As she ascended and underwent her tribulation, a bolt of lightning struck her into one of countless little worlds. A grandmother and grandfather who favor boys over girls, an uncle's family 4.6kReads8.5Score490Shelves

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    1️⃣ Not only was it the least noticeable family in the household, but it was also the most wronged and least favored. The biased grandmother only favored the eldest son's family, who worked in the city, treating the second son very poorly. The third son, the wife's family, was disliked by the grandmother from a young age. The fourth son, who was once the most valued, was also blacklisted by the grandmother simply because he married into the family. After the family split, the third son's family's life improved significantly. Both husband and wife became factory workers, their children excelled in school, and their two daughters even got into the best junior high schools…

25. 175 穿 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 16.8kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    I think these two novels are very good. The first one features a female protagonist with many untested systems and a strong sense of national pride. It's the first time I've seen references in a novel [laughs]. The second one is a very slice-of-life historical novel.

26. 176 陈 The Chen Family's Unwanted Second Daughter 陈家那个没人要的二女儿 Slim Winter Melon苗条的冬瓜Modern Romance466k WordsCompleted [Period Fiction + No Rebirth + No Transmigration + No Golden Finger] [Native Protagonist + Slow Burn + Not a Mindless Wish-Fulfillment Story] Chen Xiaoqiu was the second daughter born in violation of the family planning policy, and her parents never cared for her. She was left to grow up in the countryside like a wild weed. During the summer vacation before her third year of middle school, Chen Xiaoqiu’s grandfather, the only family she had, passed away. She had no choice but to return to her pa 3.3kReads8.4Score290Shelves

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    The eldest daughter, who was favored, was reborn; the second daughter, who was not favored in a historical novel; the third book is so realistic, highly recommended!

27. 177 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s, the Fussy Rich Beauty Gets Rich Again 穿到八十年代作精白富美又暴富了 A Lump of Lucky Cat一坨幸运喵Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted Xu Leshu was a wealthy beauty with enough money to own several apartment buildings. She only had to sleep once; when she woke up, she had arrived in the old-fashioned 1980s, in the body of another Xu Leshu, a second daughter from a penniless family who seemed to be the least loved child. But although the family was dirt poor, the country was opening up and there were plenty of opportunities. From what she could tell, her grandmother was a domineering, stingy old gossip, but she treated Xu Leshu 11.7kReads8.5Score964Shelves

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    🌹First Book: Song Yuelan transmigrates into the body of the most inconspicuous and least favored second daughter in her family. She has a pampered older sister and younger brother. When her grandfather's comrade-in-arms comes to visit and arranges a marriage, she is pushed by her family to marry the man in place of her older sister. What they don't know is that she has already been admitted to a top university… 🌹🌹Recommended by Rui Xiaoxue, a good read for you to enjoy🌹🌹

28. 178 爹 Dad Doesn't Love Me, Mom Doesn't Care. I'm Done Being the Family's Scapegoat 爹不疼娘不爱，冤种女儿我不做了 Still Smiling浅笑依然Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted Academic excellence + complicated family background + everyday life + face-slapping the trash + building up her hometown + sweet romance + strengthening the nation A sharp-tongued top student heroine vs. a doting, scheming military-compound boyfriend (Note: he’s the fatherly type, not a sexist jerk) Family-focused blurb: Her father didn’t care for her, and her mother didn’t love her. So what? She got another chance at life. Surely she could raise herself this time? In her previous life, Su Yiran 3.3kReads9.2Score389Shelves

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    🌹First book: Chen Xiaoqiu is the second daughter born in violation of the one-child policy. Unloved by her parents, she grew up relying on her maternal grandfather. After his death, she returned to the place that didn't welcome her, growing up like a weed into the most outstanding person.🌹Second book: Li Yan is the least favored second daughter in her family. Although academically excellent, she has a pampered older sister and a son to carry on the family line, while she is forced to drop out of school, sever ties with her family, and work hard to earn money while studying.🌹🌹Recommended by Rui Xiaoxue, good reading for you to enjoy🌹🌹

29. 179 八 The Eighties: A Good-Deed Beauty's Guide to Saving Herself 八十年代功德美人自救记 Chen Zhidao晨知道Female-Channel Fanfiction252k WordsOngoing Lin Daiqing transmigrates into an 1980s family-feud novel as its “troublemaking villainess,” the least-loved third daughter of a family of scholars. In the original story, the former occupant is drowned in a pond after envying her elder half-sister’s engagement and framing the male lead. Once she awakens her Merit System, she starts earning merit by doing good deeds: helping an elderly neighbor find her lost chicken earns her a sewing-machine coupon; standing up for a bullied mute girl gets her —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 180 八 The 1980s: Fourteen Years of Making a Fortune by Picking Up Trash 八零通14年，从捡垃圾发家 Morning Rain and Rosy Clouds清晨雨霞Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted (The heroine, Qin Shuyi, has no romantic pairing. The couples are her parents, her grandparents, and the village's uncles, aunts, and elder cousins...) After enduring the denunciations, the six members of the landlord's family finally welcomed liberation. They struggled to make it home, only to find that the spacious courtyard, once boasting four rooms with green-brick walls, had been reduced to two rooms on the verge of collapse. Her grandparents, worn down by their suffering, came down with hi 280Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    ② Wei Tianxia was the second son of the Wei family. The Wei family only valued the eldest son. Zhuo Le and Wei Tianxia had known each other for ten years and been married for four years until news of Wei Tianxia's death came back (the male protagonist was unharmed).

31. 181 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 2.5kReads7.2Score174Shelves
32. 182 重 Back to the ’90s: A Mother’s Strength 重回九零之为母当自强 Alice Loves Candy爱丽丝爱吃糖Modern Romance740k WordsCompleted A flowerpot falling from upstairs sent Lin Qiu back thirty-two years. Her worldview changed, her appearance changed, and her attitude changed. When life gives you a chance to start over, can a life in shambles finally soar? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is the second child in his family and is not favored, so the male and female leads work hard together 💪

33. 183 年 The Little 1970s Cannon Fodder Quits 年代小炮灰不干了 Xiao Yazi of Longyou Valley龙幽谷的孝冴子Modern Romance322k WordsCompleted Su Ran, a college student living in the modern era, is devastated by the death of her adoptive parents. Then she accidentally activates a magical prayer-bead space. Rather than feeling delighted, she worries something might happen, so she frantically stocks up on supplies. When she wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated to the impoverished 1970s, where food and clothing are scarce. She has also become a pitiful girl whose father doesn’t care for her and whose mother doesn’t love her. She 2.1kReads8.7Score148Shelves
34. 184 丈 After My Husband Died in Service, I Started Living Off My Kids 丈夫牺牲后，我开始啃小 Brush Full of Ink笔满墨Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Zhuo Yue is a famous lazybones in Fuqi Brigade. She doesn’t work in the fields or wait on her in-laws. Her husband earns the money, and her son does the chores. The women in the brigade dislike her, the young wives envy her, and the men, young and old, pity Wei Tianxia for having such an unfortunate family and Wei Xiaojia for having suffered in childhood. Wei Tianxia: “My wife is delicate, beautiful, kindhearted, gentle, and virtuous... Stop being jealous.” Wei Xiaojia: “My mom is kind, consider 4.1kReads8.3Score492Shelves
35. 185 快 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Heroine Strikes Back 快穿：炮灰女配反杀剧情 Quieted Down 1102安静了1102Fantastical Romance552k WordsCompleted Quick transmigration | Everyone's favorite | Female-lead romance | Portable space | 1vN Nan Zhi lost both her parents as a child and grew up dependent on others, without a sense of security or enough love. More than anything, she longs for someone to choose her, again and again, without hesitation. Then one obsessive, unhinged man after another comes along, all vying for her, going mad for her and bending to her will... The men suffer, not the woman. There's just a bit of setup at the beginnin 17.6kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves

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    She travels through worlds, escaping cannon fodder fates, and even the most ruthless and powerful figures fall for her. A very good watch, highly recommended.

36. 186 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. 2.8kReads8.1Score143Shelves
37. 187 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 9.6kReads8.5Score812Shelves
38. 188 小 The Little One’s Happy Life 小不点的幸福生活 Mu Huo Qing木火青Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [1970s setting + transmigration into a book + the whole family dotes on her + everyday family life + building wealth + a touch of ensemble cast] Lin Xiaoman was born into the world of the lucky heroine novel, A Happy Life in the 1970s with Yi Ke. Unfortunately, she wasn't Yi Ke. She was just the contrast character in Yi Ke's happy life. The dutiful daughter who hoped her father would make something of himself looked at him, lazing about and wasting his time on cockfighting and dog-walking. His t 57.4kReads8.9Score3.8kShelves
39. 189 年 The Wicked Female Supporting Character in a Period Novel Awakens? The Commander Dotes on Her Like Crazy 年代恶毒女配觉醒了？首长宠疯了 Chu Ningqi楚凝七Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + System Space + Sweet Daily Life + Plot Awakening + Completing Tasks and Stockpiling Supplies] After having nightmares for three nights straight, Lei Jiaojiao discovers that she's the vicious supporting character in a period novel. In the story, she torments her twin sister, does countless wicked things, and dies a miserable death. Worse still, she's bound to a Vicious Supporting Character Reform System, which orders her to be kind and work hard to change her 24.8kReads8.6Score3.2kShelves

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    A super good period drama, quality guaranteed, highly recommended.

40. 190 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. 22.9kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves

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    There's no more satisfying historical fiction than this one. The female lead is ruthless and merciless, showing no mercy or sympathy. Before being bound to a system, she would secretly poison the food of her mistreated family. After being bound to the system and gaining powerful abilities, she appears gentle and docile on the surface, but is actually ruthless and merciless. When her grandparents in the countryside tried to kidnap and sell her, she used the system to set fire to the house, burning everyone to death. The male lead is no saint either; the two of them go on a killing spree.

41. 191 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 123.7kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves
42. 192 别 Everyone Else Transmigrates or Is Reborn, but I'm Just a Native Cannon-Fodder 别人都是穿越重生，就我土著炮灰 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped 6.5kReads9.0Score574Shelves

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    ✨This is a historical romance novel. The female protagonist's parents are the laziest in the family, and all four of them are disliked. However, the female protagonist uses her cleverness to skip grades and get into the National Defense University, and even finds jobs for her parents in the city...

43. 193 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel: The Villainess Is a Little Unhinged 穿进年代文：反派女配有点颠 Only Envy the Immortal Lord只羡仙君Modern Romance786k WordsCompleted Just because she made one snarky remark about people who were lovesick, Su Yitong transmigrates to the 1970s, becoming a young woman sent to work in the countryside in a remote, impoverished village. Still dazed, she takes a hostage and gets mistaken for an enemy spy, then locked in a woodshed. Only then does she realize she's transmigrated into a book as a melodramatic, ruthless villainess who meets a gruesome end! Follow the System's plot? Not a chance! This villainess loves doing the opposite 8.5kReads8.4Score556Shelves

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    The female lead is disliked by her family, but this is a very crazy period novel, and it's very good! I actually find it quite realistic; isn't this world a crazy world after all?

44. 194 穿 I Became the Wife of a Commander Who Died Young! Now His Whole Family Dotes on Me 穿成早死首长的妻子！被全家团宠 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A Novel Set in the 1980s) (Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Transmigrating into a Book vs. Transmigrating) A car accident sent Ye Fangfei into a novel. Its world was a parallel timeline in the early 1980s. The novel’s protagonists were the younger brother of her husband, Shen Zhanxun, and his wife. Shen Zhanxun was nothing but a stepping-stone they used to build their wealth. In the novel, Shen Zhanxun left the military to join the municipal public security bureau. He died while 94.8kReads9.0Score11.7kShelves
45. 195 年 Period: A Battle for Husbands Among the Children of High-Ranking Officials 年代：高干子弟夺夫大战 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period novel + 1990s]+ [Family life]+ [No golden finger + native-born protagonist] Lin Daoxi was deliberately abandoned at birth, and her cousin Gao Qing took her place as the biological daughter of the family. With everything going wrong from the start, Lin Daoxi was penniless, plain-looking, and dealt a terrible hand. Her father was a gambling addict, her mother had broken the law, her younger brother was timid, and she had dropped out of school. When Lin Daoxi announced she was going to R 10.6kReads8.9Score976Shelves

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    The most looked down upon, yet the most determined! Lin Daoxi was stolen at birth and found by her family twenty years later. Her mother's adopted daughter, Gao Qing, was highly educated, while Lin Daoxi was uneducated. Gao Qing pursued Gu Zechen, a tech tycoon; her mother said they were a perfect match, and Lin Daoxi nodded in agreement. Gu Zechen's first investment came from Lin Daoxi; she felt she had more money than she could spend, and he was handsome, so she wasn't losing out. Gu Zechen's eyes were indifferent: "Ten years from now, I'll be at the same level as you. If I can do it, you can too."

46. 196 八 An 80s Military Marriage: Mr. Huo, Please Be a Little More Reserved 八零军婚，霍先生请你矜持一点 Shixiao Demon Venerable时晓妖尊Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into the 1980s + military marriage + period setting + true and fake heiresses + two strong leads + sweet romance + pocket dimension trading across worlds + both leads’ first relationship] [Genius heiress + aloof young military officer] Jiang Tangzhi unexpectedly transmigrated to the early 1980s, where everything went wrong from the start and one shocking revelation followed another. What? The only person who ever treated her well, her grandfather, had just died? What? She was the 10.9kReads8.5Score738Shelves

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    🌻The first book's female lead was maliciously abandoned as a child, but was rescued from kidnappers by her grandfather, who was not related to her by blood. She grew up strong and was later adopted as the goddaughter of a Hong Kong tycoon, and also had a regimental commander husband. Her career was also taking off. [Thumbs up] The second book's female lead was a pitiful girl who was unloved by her parents, but was loved and raised by her grandfather. Later, she became pregnant out of wedlock and raised her son alone. Eventually, through her own efforts, she became a big shot. [Smirk]

47. 197 八 The 1980s Army Officer Came Looking, and I Can No Longer Hide Our Secret Child 八零军官找来，偷生的崽藏不住啦 That Glutton那个饭桶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Shen Yuhuan, heir to a family of doctors, died while bravely coming to someone's aid. Her greatest regret was never having had a boyfriend. When she opened her eyes, she found a man beside her whose looks and physique were exactly her type. Had Heaven decided to grant her wish in a dream because she'd risked her life to save someone?!!! But after she'd had her way with him, she discovered this wasn't a dream at all. She had transmigrated! She'd arrived in the parallel timeline of the 13.3kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
48. 198 七 1970s: After Being Kicked Out of the House, I Turned Around and Married a Military Officer 七零：被赶出家门后我转头嫁军官 Little Shuangyu小双瑜Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Feel-good read + period setting + pocket dimension + devoted couple + golden finger + strong female lead] Song Yun, a modern inheritor of ancient medicine, accidentally travels back to 1973 and becomes an unfortunate girl unloved by both her father and mother. She hasn't enjoyed even one day of life as a capitalist's daughter before suddenly acquiring the identity. Her once-devoted fiancé sends an urgent telegram demanding to break off their engagement. Break it off, break it off, break it off! 38kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
49. 199 大 A Sucker’s Life in the 1960s 大冤种的六零生活 A Watermelon-Loving Chara一只爱吃瓜的猹Modern Romance480k WordsCompleted Liu Yun transmigrated into a series of novels by a certain author, and she even ended up as the book's biggest punching bag. No way. Whoever wants to be that unlucky sap can take the job. When she came of age, she found a man and married him, only to discover she had been dragged into the “palace intrigue.” What could she do? Just roll with it. Her mother-in-law was reborn, and her neighbor had transmigrated. Right, all that was missing was a quick transmigration story. Is this world full of hol 6.7kReads8.2Score252Shelves

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    The original owner was an unknown person in her family. The female protagonist transmigrated into the book, didn't go to the countryside, found a job on her own, settled down, and found a man. The male and female protagonists are funny and heartwarming. They quietly make money and get a share of the profits while the male and female protagonists around them are developing their businesses.

50. 200 穿 Transmigrated into a Seventies-Era Trouble-Making Sister-in-Law, She Stirs Up Trouble and Makes Money 穿成七零极品小姑子，她搞事搞钱 Crystal Breeze风来水晶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical setting + socially fearless female lead + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + building wealth + turning her life around + one-on-one romance, both leads have no prior relationships] Extra, extra! The military compound in the capital is in an uproar. Word is that the eldest young master of the Fu family, a top soldier, has been won over by a country girl... Su Xiaoman worked all night and died from overwork. Then she transmigrated to the 1970s, a time of food and clothing shortag 53.2kReads8.7Score3.9kShelves

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