The Female Lead Stays in the City, and the Male Lead Goes Into Politics 女主不下乡，男主从政

1. 1 身 Wearing a Period Novel: The Cunning, Scheming Man Has Me Wrapped Around His Finger 身穿年代文：被心机腹黑男拿捏了 Du Huancheng渡浣辰Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [The protagonist has no System or golden finger; transmigrates into a book in her own body; a touch of ensemble cast; sweet romance; both are each other’s first and only; love at first sight; imperfect characters, each with their own flaws] [Fair-skinned, beautiful heiress VS deep-thinking, calculating man] Most likely, it’s a story about two people who look like a perfect match but aren’t in sync at heart: he’s after a man with a great body and impressive abilities, while she’s after a man with 15.1kReads8.4Score90514d adds

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   This is a historical romance novel. The male lead has a powerful background; his family are all influential figures in Beijing, and he's working his way up through the ranks. The female lead is a time traveler, which the male lead immediately recognizes, falling in love with her at first sight and showering her with affection. 🥗🥘

2. 2 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 64.7kReads8.5Score8.1k14d adds

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   [Bookshelf Added] Reborn in the 1970s, graduate student Wen Jingshu returns with a system, stunning everyone with her purchasing prowess! From the county supply and marketing cooperative to a translator at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she talks about tractors, manages exports, and even helps a relegated professor connect with international academic exchanges. Pampered by her family, thriving in her career, and silently protected by the aloof Mayor Gu. She handles this overwhelming wealth and romantic advances with ease! 🚀✨

3. 3 六 The Fierce and Charming Female Soldier of the 1960s: Winning the Cold Commander's Heart 六零娇辣小女兵：狠撩高冷首长心 Fish in the Woods00林中鱼00Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa 44.8kReads9.1Score4.1k14d adds

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   The first book features a beautiful, delicate, and intelligent female lead who is aloof and noble in a high position, yet willingly submits to her charms. The second book has a cunning female lead who turns a bad hand into a winning one; she's incredibly skilled. Both female leads have their own careers.

4. 4 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 137.1kReads9.5Score11.2k14d adds
5. 5 六 The 1960s: I Went from One Job to Another 六零：我工作换了一个又一个 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + temporary-worker System + everyday life + building a career] Qin Manxue transmigrates. She looks at the neighborhood office right in front of her, then at the poisonous best friend who’s talking her into going to the countryside. Qin Manxue kicks her flying, then dusts off her hands. “Hmph! She and her Beijing household registration are staying together for good. No one’s splitting us up. There’s no way I’m going to the countryside.” A job? No need to look for one. The temporar 31.8kReads8.6Score3.1k14d adds

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   The female lead doesn't go to the countryside, while the male lead, a former soldier who was injured, first became the deputy director of a machinery factory and then the mayor. The female lead, through the system, not only received monetary rewards but also turned many of her relatives into her employees. [Laughing emoji]

6. 6 六 The Foolish Cannon Fodder of the Sixties Is Impossibly Beautiful 六零笨蛋炮灰实在过份美丽 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Period + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + no relocation to the countryside + a self-serving airhead heroine + slight everyone-loves-her vibe + seven-year age gap + high-ranking male lead] [Marriage Before Love from the heroine’s perspective, love at first sight from the hero’s] With a handsome military officer for a father and a gentle, wealthy mother, Lin Xiuzhu is a bona fide rich beauty in the 1960s. But when she turns eighteen, memories from the 21st century awaken in her. She happi 6.2kReads8.0Score34114d adds

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   The male protagonist goes into politics and eventually becomes the mayor of Shanghai.

7. 7 空 The Air Force Hero’s Chic Wife, Spoiled and Proud 空军男主的小资嫂子，恃宠而娇 Sakamoto Sakura坂本樱Modern Romance823k WordsCompleted Don’t panic over the early ratings! 1980s setting | Air force military marriage | Both leads are pure, 1v1 | Powerful man lowers his head | Reborn male lead × female lead transmigrated from birth | Both the male lead and second male lead adore her A gorgeous, pampered fashion model × a stern, formidable fighter pilot Sheng Huan had no desire to work hard, so she set her sights on the flight school’s most talented, gullible, and easily coaxed pilot. From then on, half her life goals were fulfil 11.1kReads8.1Score1.2k14d adds

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   The male protagonist's professions include pilot, politician, professor, police officer, and stay-at-home husband.

8. 8 穿 Before My Whole Family Was Sent to the Countryside, I Took My Child and Ran 穿到全家下乡前，我带娃跑路了 Cream Cake Frosting奶油蛋糕酱Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Soul transmigration to the 1960s + pocket dimension + raising a child + sweet romance + both leads are devoted only to each other] Shu Yao thought someone must have put a curse on her. In her dreams, she saw another version of herself live a miserable life: when her husband was sent away for reeducation, she abandoned him and their child, then married a divorced man with a child of his own, only to become his unpaid nanny. Unable to take it anymore, she jumped into a river. The one who buried h 38.4kReads8.1Score5.5k14d adds
9. 9 八 An Eighties-Era Little Miss, Doted on Excessively by a Top Scientist 八零娇气包，科研大佬过分宠 Tingting Rain亭亭雨Modern Romance679k WordsCompleted [Pampered, affectionate beauty VS straight-laced research mogul, transmigrated into a book + spoiled girl + sweet romance + love after marriage] Xue Minmin is a fussy beauty, spoiled and willful, who unexpectedly finds herself transported into a book. Force the research mogul to marry her? Frame the camellia-loving heroine? Marry an old man, have three kids, and get beaten? No, no, no! It has to be a dream! When she opens her eyes again, someone is kissing her by force. She curses him as a perve 9.2kReads8.3Score99714d adds
10. 10 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s as an Unregistered Nobody, and a Powerful Man Offered to Back Me 穿六零成黑户大佬主动给我抱大腿 Luming Zhou鹿鸣洲Modern Romance695k WordsCompleted [Period Novel + Transmigration + No Going to the Countryside + Love at First Sight + Marriage Before Love] (No surrendering treasures to the authorities, slice of life, skip if that's not your thing) After somehow transmigrating to the 1960s, Lin Yubei sees everyone else with a golden finger or a pocket dimension, while she can only clutch the ID card in her bag, afraid to take it out. To avoid being branded a vagrant and sent off to work in the mines, Lin Yubei gets a marriage certificate with 9.3kReads9.0Score84614d adds
11. 11 大 Male Chauvinist? I Got Into College, So I’m Running Away 大男子主义？考上大学我决定跑路 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance462k WordsCompleted Naive heiress x calculating male lead with questionable morals Transmigration into her own body + undocumented + sweet romance + transmigration into a book Jiang Yingyue transmigrated. The good news was that she was still in her own body. The bad news was that she had no legal identity. Short on money, she decided to sell her watch and keep her head down for a while. But because she was wearing such strange clothes, someone reported her as a spy, and she was hauled off to the Public Securit 843Reads8.3Score10114d adds
12. 12 六 In the 1960s, My Partner Set Their Sights on Stealing My Grandpa’s Job 六零之对象立志要抢我爷饭碗 Plucking Flowers捻过花Modern Romance271k WordsCompleted [Era setting + pocket dimension + building wealth + everyday family life] Content warning: The main story does not cover the heroine's background before she transmigrates. If you'd like to learn about it, you can read the extra chapters first. On the first day Song Wan transmigrated, or rather, her first night, she nearly became the unlucky soul who died the moment she arrived. On the second day, she discovered someone had stolen the fruits of her labor, so she promptly sent them a few bullets 3kReads8.4Score16114d adds
13. 13 穿 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Female Lead, I Speed-Married an Army Representative 穿成炮灰女配后和军代表闪婚了 Half Wood, Half Fire半木半火Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Original Title: Factory Affairs in the Sixties, from State-Owned Factory to...] [Current Title: The Road to Success in the Sixties: She Just Wants to Get Ahead] [No Golden Finger + Serving the Nation and Its People Through Public Service + A Strong Male Lead and an Even Stronger Female Lead] [No Rural Relocation, No Black Market, No Supporting a Man, No Female Lead Suffering, No Doormat Wife] Xia Baozhu, a woman with a secure state-sector job, was reborn in 1963. To get back t 32kReads9.3Score4.1k14d adds

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    Is it possible for the female lead to go into politics? It's so cool! Both the male and female leads work in the city, and their families also have stable jobs. They settle down first and then build their careers, moving from state-owned factories to ministries to provincial governments. It's super, super good!!

14. 14 重 So Passionate! After Remarrying, She Was Kissed to Tears by a Chaste Old Widower 重欲！改嫁后，被寡旱老男人亲哭 Yu Wanwan余晚晚Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Military marriage in the 1980s + old flame rekindled + age gap + face-slapping + both are each other's first and only + love grows with time] In her previous life, she took the childhood betrothal papers that had been arranged for her and went to the city to seek out her fiancé's family. Her fiancé had climbed the social ladder after moving to the city, and looked down on her as a country girl. To marry a rich, beautiful city girl, he even framed her as having been unchaste before marriage. Hum 9.4kReads8.2Score1k14d adds

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    The first book seems to have an adopted son, and the male and female leads divorced for various reasons. The second book initially features a female lead who uses the identity of a nanny, but later regains her own identity and shares a space with her great-granddaughter, changing her fate. The third book has multiple male leads and is set in Tibet.

15. 15 六 The 1960s: Great-Grandma Sets Out with a Fortune to Find Her Husband 六零：太奶奶带巨额家产千里寻夫 Pengcheng 56鹏程56Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + spatial dimension + feel-good power fantasy + sweet romance][Gorgeous heiress adored by all vs. no-nonsense, stone-faced military officer] Jiang Qingyuan gains a pocket dimension, where she meets a strange girl. The moment they meet, the girl chases after her, calling her "Great-Grandma" and claiming to be her descendant from the future. The girl tells Jiang Qingyuan that before long, her servants will betray her, leaving her family ruined and her severely i 10.1kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
16. 16 和 After Swapping Marriages with My Sister, the Kham Man Won Me Over 和妹妹换亲后，康巴汉子真香了 Flowers Are Ablaze花花火啦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn + pocket dimension + sweet romance + contrasting lives In her previous life, Su Tang followed her father when he remarried. Her stepmother cherished her, her two younger stepbrothers respected her, and she eventually built a fortune through business. Her stepbrothers became officers, and she married the richest man in the area. Her younger sister, Su Su, went with their mother back to Kangba. Her stepfather came from the poorest family in the area. Life was hard, and her family despised h 12.1kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
17. 17 下 Only After Moving to the Countryside Did I Learn My Family Are All Military Bigwigs 下乡后，才知家人们都是军区大佬 Moonlight in the Nine Netherworlds九幽月光Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + sent down to the countryside + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + spatial storage + military marriage + true daughter + female-led wish fulfillment] Su Nuohan was an elite mercenary in the twenty-first century. She died tragically during a mission to rescue hostages. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the Su family’s biological daughter in Haicheng in the 1970s, and had been set up to go to the countryside in place of the family’s fake heiress. After absorbing t 45.9kReads8.3Score5.5k14d adds

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    Highly recommend this book

18. 18 相 My Blind Date Was Stolen? The Gruff Army Officer Calls Me His Darling Every Night 相亲被截胡？糙汉军官夜夜喊她宝 Chang Xing Chang Xing长幸常幸Modern Romance644k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + marriage before love + family life; rugged older military officer and sweet young wife, eight-year age gap, he’s been plotting this for ages, one-on-one and both leads are each other’s only ones] Complete. Read with confidence! _ Su Ruan went on a blind date. The bad news: Her nemesis swooped in and stole her date. The good news: A stranger suddenly appeared and pretended to be her boyfriend, saving her face. The bad news: The man who saved h 17.6kReads8.4Score1.9k14d adds

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    💗The female lead is about to be sent to the countryside, and her mother quickly arranges blind dates for her. It's a hilarious and sweet romance novel. The female lead goes on a blind date, but her date is snatched away by someone she knows. Then, someone suddenly appears claiming to be her boyfriend, saving her face.

19. 19 随 Returning to the City with Mom to Work as a Nanny: The Lovely Beauty Captivates the Compound 随母回城当保姆，娇美人风靡大院 Jiang Youchu江柚初Modern Romance675k WordsCompleted [Rebirth, spatial powers, face-slapping, doted on by everyone, food, family life, the male and female leads share dreams] When Lin Zijin opened her eyes, she had been reborn at the moment her mother was exonerated and chose to divorce her father in the countryside and return to the city. In her previous life, her little sister had cried and begged to go to the city with their mother, while Lin Zijin stayed in the countryside. She went on to turn her rural household registration into an advantage 2.7kReads7.7Score36914d adds
20. 20 首 The Commander's First Beauty in Five Generations Has Twins 首长五代单传丰腴美人生俩缩小版 Sheng Yumu盛雨木Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Xia Qingyu’s curvy figure led people in the residential compound to spread rumors that she was loose. No one wanted to marry her, until Lu Zhiyao proposed, undeterred by her reputation. After unexpectedly acquiring a portable space, she developed many specialized medicines and became a state-secret pharmaceutical researcher. For her safety, the government kept her identity under wraps, so she asked for her achievements to be credited to her husband, helping him rise rapidly through the ranks. Fo 71.8kReads7.8Score7k14d adds

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    ❤️In her past life, she thought she had married a good husband, only to find out upon her death that he had been acting all along and didn't love her at all. Reborn, the female protagonist only wants to focus on her career, deal with her parents' pressure to get married, and go on blind dates, but she never expected to go to the wrong place and meet the most terrifying man in the entire military region.

21. 21 六 Marrying a High-Ranking Official in the Sixties: The Heiress Is Spoiled Rotten 六零嫁高官：资本大小姐被宠上天 shan Le Mashan了嘛Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted [Possessive Pursuit + She Falls in Love After Marriage + Powerful Man Bows to Love + Age Gap + Slice of Life] [Charming Heiress × Powerful Older Man] Jiang Bojing (utterly determined): I only had to look at her once to fall for her. She can only marry me! Feng Lizhen (through gritted teeth): Jerk... At twenty-three, Feng Lizhen brought soup to the childhood friend she had secretly loved for years. Jiang Bojing saw her from upstairs and set his sights on her, but she had no idea. By the time 3.3kReads8.0Score19314d adds

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    👇👇👇An older, powerful official falls in love at first sight with the daughter of a capitalist heiress, who is already engaged. He uses the impending upheaval in his family's history to force the female lead's brother and sister-in-law to agree to her marriage. Their relationship develops from an arranged marriage to a passionate love affair. In a turbulent era, he provides a protective shield for his wife, whose family background is considered problematic, and her relatives.

22. 22 救 Help! The Big Shot Is Being Harassed by a Spoiled Brat 救命！大佬被作精女碰瓷了 Little Lazy Sloth小树懒懒Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigrate into a book + self-interest above all + ordinary timespace + no going to the countryside Respect hardship, understand hardship, but don't suffer through it! Lin Ran transmigrated into a period novel as the vicious younger sister of the reborn heroine. Faced with the heroine's overwhelming plot armor, she chose to cling to a powerful patron rather than keep her head down or go completely off the rails. (And this patron wasn't the original heroine.) Oh! A car is comin 9.2kReads8.4Score68314d adds

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    🌸The female lead is a transmigrator who is rescued by the male lead at the beginning of the story and falls in love with him at first sight. 💘 She's the stubborn type, but later becomes an incredibly loyal and devoted dog under her tutelage. She's also wealthy and powerful. 🌸The female lead is a spoiled, somewhat naive beauty. Their relationship is a classic case of love at first sight for one and marriage before love for the other. The male lead is also a powerful figure. 🌸The female lead transmigrates to the black market at the beginning and meets the original female lead. They become good friends. After various encounters with the male lead, she asks him if he'll marry her to avoid being sent to the countryside. They eventually get together, and the male lead is of high status.

23. 23 穿 Transmigrate to a Bygone Era: I Married My Savior with a Pocket Dimension 穿越年代：带着空间嫁给救命恩人 Picking a Bouquet by the Sea在海边捡束花Modern Romance607k WordsCompleted Jiang Yifan transmigrated from the modern era into the body of a girl with the same name. She was at the bottom of the family hierarchy, stuck doing every dirty and exhausting chore. After leaving home, Jiang Yifan had planned to lie flat and wait for the special era to pass. Who knew she'd run into the person who had saved her life? Jiang Yifan: Want to date? Fu Zhengdong frowned slightly: Director Jiang, what did I just say in the meeting? Jiang Yifan: ...So, can we still date or not? J 1.6kReads7.2Score14114d adds

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    The female lead refuses to go to the countryside, and the male lead is really handsome and goes into politics.

24. 24 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 56.1kReads9.0Score6.4k14d adds

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    ❶🍒🍒The female lead doesn't go to the countryside; she goes to the capital to find her fiancé! 🍑Ye Sanqiu is the kind of eccentric character who's completely reckless and mad—so eccentric that if someone points a finger at her, she'll break their hand! ❷🍊🍊Jiang Yao, a modern female thief, unexpectedly arrives in the 1970s. Forced by circumstances, she returns to her old ways. But as soon as she emerges from a tomb, she's captured. Name? Jiang Yao. Gender? Female. What were you doing? Digging up my husband! [Laughing][Laughing]

25. 25 守 After Three Years as a Widow, I Took Grandma to Join My Officer Husband 守寡三年我带奶奶投奔军官老公啦 Wasabi Lemon芥末柠檬Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming: The Lucky Wife of the 1970s: Her Tomb Raider Secret Identity Is Out! [Cold, tough military officer × female tomb raider, who later joins a research institute to serve her country] [Alternate-history military marriage + tomb-raiding System + married first, love later + raising kids + mind-reading + one-on-one, both leads inexperienced in love + nine-year age gap] [Reader's guide: The early chapters have a few plot holes, and the story is a silly comedy with no lo 11.5kReads8.6Score1.3k14d adds
26. 26 不 I’m Done Pretending: After Winning the Factory Director’s Favor, I’m Completely Sold 不装了，抱上厂长大腿后我真香了 December Yo十二月呦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Jiang Yang opened her eyes, she was not only married, she also had a sixteen-year-old son. Her husband was the thirty-five-year-old director of a steel mill, and her stepson was a high school sophomore. A month ago, Ruan Wenli, who had been single for years, quietly announced his marriage. His lovely wife was a boiler-room worker more than ten years his junior, and the news shocked the entire third-tier city. Jiang Yang returned home and saw a tall, slender figure who had suddenly appeared 7kReads8.7Score57114d adds

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    The male lead is a political figure, the female lead is delicate and charming, it's an older man/younger woman relationship, the character settings are very appealing, the content is rich and layered, very exciting, suspenseful, and worth watching twice.

27. 27 六 The Villainous Beauty of the 1960s Was Stolen Away 六零恶毒美媚娇被强取豪夺了 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted (A gorgeous, self-centered female lead + a male lead who’s clever as can be but hopelessly lovesick) Qin Sang has an unbelievably beautiful face, but she’s selfish to the core. She’s had an easy ride since birth. Once she grew up, her looks brought her even more perks, and even Factory Director Pei, who’d just transferred from the capital, fell at her feet. Then one day, Sang Sang saw a line of text above Bai Tingting, the Bai family’s “fake heiress.” It said something about transmigrating in 7.5kReads8.1Score48314d adds

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    This one is the same; the female lead won't go to the countryside unless she's willing to endure hardship.

28. 28 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 90kReads8.8Score6.2k14d adds

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    This book! The story begins with the female lead taking over her mother-in-law's factory job, while the male lead, a retired soldier, becomes a driver for his superiors. The couple earns bachelor's degrees through self-study! The female lead even goes on to get a master's degree! She doesn't go into politics; instead, she earns money through writing and gets a job in the factory's propaganda department. In the latest chapter, she becomes the deputy factory director, and the male lead becomes the deputy bureau chief. The male lead studies and gets his degree alongside the female lead—a true example of couple progress! The book doesn't portray the original female lead negatively; she's now in business and has a good relationship with her.

29. 29 重 Reborn in 1970s: A Military Doctor Meets a Special Forces Soldier 重生七零当军医遇上特种兵 Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Military romance + medicine + strengthening the nation + passionate action + flirtation Song Wei, a military doctor who served on peacekeeping missions, has been reborn. Her goal: to find the boy she once passed by. Who would have thought that the prettiest yet most timid girl in the military compound would fall for that arrogant, overbearing demon of a young man? In Lu Jiu’s eyes, Song Wei is like a sand cat: timid, quick, and easily frightened, though she occasionally flashes her claws. Sh 20.9kReads9.3Score3k14d adds

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    I absolutely love this book. The female protagonist, a doctor, sacrifices herself on peacekeeping missions and is reborn back to the time right after graduation. She's no longer cowardly but bravely goes forth.

30. 30 穿 After Becoming the Difficult-to-Please Female Side Character, I Coaxed the Male Lead into Becoming Lovesick 穿成作精女配后把男主哄成恋爱脑 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted 1990s + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance + No Golden Finger + Trouble-Making Heroine + Entrepreneurship Dominant + Clingy + Hopeless Romantic + Building Wealth The rating will go up! There will be misunderstandings, but the heroine speaks her mind! Chu Xiangxiang transmigrated into a melodramatic novel and became the male lead’s troublemaking ex-girlfriend! Worse, she was the troublemaking supporting heroine who would be sold off to a remote mountain village by her fake best friend! 781Reads—Score10214d adds
31. 31 七 In the Seventies, the Sweet but Airheaded Beauty Is Doted on by a Spoiled Rich Boy 七零，笨蛋美人被纨绔娇宠 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a book + farming + silly heroine + scheming hero + both pure + sweet romance + no unreasonable characters + everyday life The rating will go up later! Fictional period setting (the author lets their imagination run wild) After transmigrating into a period novel as a minor character who appeared on just one page, Chu Qiao refuses to accept her fate. Her label is “big breasts, no brains,” while the heroine’s rebirth and revenge drive the main plot... But Chu Qiao refuses to bel 613Reads—Score10214d adds
32. 32 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Won Over the Male Lead's Uncle 穿越七零，我把男主小叔拿下了 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance499k WordsCompleted Also known as: I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Won Over the Male Lead's Uncle Farming story + slow pace + everyday family life + a touch of ensemble cast + laid-back heroine + pocket dimension + spirit spring Woman transmigrates into another body + man is reborn + devoted couple + age gap + making a fortune The rating will go up later. An alternate-history period story (the author's imagination runs wild). Chu Yue woke up one day to find that she had transmigrated to the 1970s, and into a nove 2.8kReads—Score24714d adds
33. 33 跨 A Cross-Time Call Sends Me to the 1980s to Make Money 跨时空通话，让我穿越到八零搞钱 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted Alternate-Era Novel The rating will go up later. (Third-Generation Red Family + Everyone’s Favorite + Period Piece + Transmigration Through Time + Strong Female Lead + Strong Male Lead + Pure Romance) “What era would you like to call?” She entered “1980” and actually managed to get through to someone living in 1980! The heroine, Lin Shu, told Lin Yike, the supporting female character in 1980, about the most profitable businesses of the decade over the phone. But after Lin Yike made money, she 11Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 34 七 The 1970s: The Fake Heiress Flirts with the Military Officer, Who Spoils Her 七零：假千金狂撩帽子黍被掐腰宠 Fragrant Bubbles沫香香Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + girl pursues guy + sweet romance + fake crowd favorite + daily life] Jiang Ran transmigrated into a book, becoming the fake heiress in a 1970s courtyard novel. After the real heiress showed up, she was forced to move to the countryside. Because of her fair skin and beauty, a street punk bullied her and robbed her of her innocence, leaving her with a tragic fate. When Jiang Ran arrived, the real heiress had yet to show up. Moving to the countryside was 5.1kReads8.7Score49614d adds

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    This book is acceptable. The female lead is a teacher, the male lead is a police officer, and there isn't much conflict between the fake and real heiresses. There are basically no truly awful characters.

35. 35 最 The Strongest Clan: No One in the Yu Family Backs Down 最强家族：郁家无怂人 A nomi阿nomiModern Romance549k WordsCompleted Yu Yu thinks the sky has fallen. She turns out to be the fake heiress. The real heiress is coming in hot. What should she do? Sniffle, Dad, are you still going to care about me? Oh, good. As long as you still do. Boohoo, Big Brother, you can't treat her better than me. Fine, I won't. And just like that, the sky clears again. In a turbulent era, great families struggle to survive. The Yu family alone stands firm, unyielding! When family members scheme and the world turns ruthless, the Yu fami 7.2kReads8.0Score36914d adds
36. 36 胡 The Folks of the Hutong 胡同人家 Xiaoman Crisp小满酥Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted ☆ [Main story complete] ☆ [No transmigration, no rebirth, not a feel-good power fantasy, no golden finger] ☆ [An ordinary person's ordinary story, with a focus on everyday life] In 1972, seventeen-year-old Zhong Wenshu took over her mother's job at the state-run supply and marketing cooperative, avoiding the mass campaign to send young people to the countryside. In 1973, eighteen-year-old Zhong Wenshu married a young police officer from the neighboring courtyard and started a home with just th 15.1kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds

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    The female lead works at a supply and marketing cooperative after graduating from high school, while the male lead is a policeman, so he's considered to be within the system.

37. 37 左 System on the Left, Space on the Right: The Seventies Darling Laughs All the Way 左系统右空间，七零娇女笑哈哈 Lazy Taurus金牛懒懒Modern Romance892k WordsOngoing The heroine and her family are all a handful. This is a satisfying power fantasy, so don't read it if you're looking for strict realism. [Transmigration + pocket dimension + supplies + rebirth + System + raising children + treasure hunting] A bloodthirsty Emotion System that wants to harvest emotional energy + a kindhearted Merit System that wants to earn merit energy = a miserable heroine who just wants to lie flat but gets nagged by both Systems to complete missions every day. Modern city girl 13.8kReads8.3Score1.3k14d adds

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    These two books are different from other period novels; they're enjoyable.

38. 38 穿 Transmigrating to an Era of Disaster as the Cannon Fodder Aunt 穿越到灾难年代当炮灰舅妈 Lazy Taurus金牛懒懒Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted The rating has only just appeared; it’ll go up later, and the male lead will change. Also known as: The Unlucky Girl Transmigrates to the 1970s, Earns Virtue, and Defies Fate (Space, transmigration, System, stockpiling supplies, period setting, changing one’s luck, cannon fodder, raising little ones) The heroine transmigrates, while the original male lead, Wen Chuan, is reborn. At the request of most readers, the male lead changes to Situ Mo in chapter ninety. [There are countless books on the s 487Reads7.2Score10514d adds
39. 39 六 The 1960s: A Fair-skinned Beauty, Self-Interest Is Her Nature 六零凝脂美人，心机利己是本色 Kuo Luo De He Bing阔洛得喝冰Modern Romance473k WordsOngoing Lin Ranqiu transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a nine-year-old little girl. There are four children in the family: her ten-year-old elder sister and brother, twins, and eight-year-old Yaozong, who cries and throws tantrums. The original owner is stuck awkwardly in the middle, unloved and ignored. Fortunately, the transmigration deity from Tomato gives her a golden finger: dew gathers at her fingertips, restoring her beauty. And with her arsenal of green-tea lines, she shines just as brightly 9.5kReads8.6Score55514d adds

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    This matches the era.

40. 40 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance635k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.2kReads8.2Score3.4k14d adds

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    No going to the countryside! The female protagonist is admitted to a vocational school and assigned to a state-owned factory.

41. 41 婚 A Marriage Contract as Bait 婚书为饵 Mantou Is Great馒头很好Modern Romance453k WordsCompleted [Gentle yet strong classical beauty × paternalistic, old-school political heavyweight] [Long-planned courtship + growing together + healing + 18-year age gap + both physically and emotionally devoted] ★ He gives her his undivided affection and protects her so she can live without a care in the world A political marriage and a written agreement bound two people who otherwise would have had nothing to do with each other. The An family had a daughter, twenty-three years old, yet he chose her, who w 23.3kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds

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    Women shouldn't go to the countryside to marry into wealthy families! 1. 🌟Lin Yiqiao is a beautiful but scheming egoist. Mistreated in her blended family, she goes to live with her aunt in Beijing, aiming to climb the social ladder! ✨ Qi Jun thinks she's too flamboyant and doesn't meet his criteria for a partner, but her silver tongue makes him unable to let her go… [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

42. 42 首 He Asked for a Divorce on His First Night Home, Then Kissed Her Until She Cried 首长回家第一晚提离婚，被亲哭了 I'm the Baby Here我才是宝宝Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn military marriage + winning back his wife + antique bargains + dazzling beauty vs. aloof heartthrob] In her previous life, Zhu Suisui fell for Lu Lanxu at first sight. Of all the Lu family members, she chose the most outstanding heir to be her husband. She thought that if she worked hard to be a good Mrs. Lu, one day Lu Lanxu would love her. But she had overestimated herself. She simply couldn’t warm his heart. For twenty years, they treated each other with respect, but he felt only a se 30.1kReads9.1Score2.9k14d adds

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    The female lead refuses to go to the countryside, while the male lead enters politics and becomes very powerful.

43. 43 七 The 1970s' Adored Couch Potato: She Really Isn't Bragging! 七零娇宠咸鱼之她真没在凡尔赛！ Cheerful, Sunny, Lucky Goose开朗阳光幸运鹅Modern Romance773k WordsOngoing *A lazy, well-fed cutie vs. a secretary who acts abstinent in public but is a devoted pervert in private, with a fatherly streak [Powerful man lowers his head + age gap + love at first sight + sweet and satisfying] [The heroine is a native with a refined, self-serving streak and a strong sense that she deserves the best. She won’t lose weight, move to the countryside, or go to the black market.] Baozhu, a precious little treasure. Everyone who sees Xue Baozhu can’t help but marvel at how lucky 10.1kReads7.1Score55614d adds

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    👇👇👇👇The lucky heroine married a high-ranking official to avoid being sent to the countryside, and lived a life of wealth and luxury.

44. 44 六 A Young Bride from the 1960s Moves to the City, Marries a Factory Director, and Raises Kids 六零小媳妇进城，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Little Thirteen the Salted Fish咸鱼小十三Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the 1960s, she finds herself a country widow whose husband has died, with a young daughter to raise. There’s no way Wen Xinghe is going to spend her days suffering. She takes her daughter straight to the city to reclaim her rightful place in her husband’s family. But once they arrive, the family, afraid she’ll make trouble, decides to keep the girl and get rid of the mother, doing everything they can to marry Wen Xinghe off again. Remarry? Sure! Wen Xinghe takes a good lo 6.2kReads8.3Score58414d adds

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    It's so good! I really love the female lead's personality. I have to get through the beginning; it gets even better later on. I absolutely love it!

45. 45 小 The Little Good-for-Nothing Transmigrates to the 1970s and Is Spoiled into Lying Flat by Her Daddy-Type Husband 小废材穿七零被爹系老公娇养躺平 Mu Yuxue, Who Likes Red Spinach喜欢红菠菜的穆语雪Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing A new sweet military romance set in a bygone era. Welcome aboard! (Transmigrates to the 1970s, doting husband, pampered and content to lie flat, sweet military romance, no angst, all satisfaction) Modern college student Shi Nian unexpectedly finds herself in the 1970s. After saving Shen Lichuan, an officer gravely wounded by enemy agents, she vanishes into thin air, leaving him convinced he has met a celestial maiden. He holds on to that belief for half his life. When she opens her eyes again, a 14.1kReads7.5Score1.6k14d adds

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    A sweet romance novel set in the 1970s, featuring a military marriage, soul transmigration, a spatial dimension, a past life obsession, and a doting father figure husband. From being rescued from a water prison to being pampered in this life, the sweetness level is off the charts. Sisters looking for something to read should definitely check it out!

46. 46 妹 The Little Darling Comes to Find Her Family and Mistakes Her Brother, Then the Cold-Faced Commander Kisses Her to Tears 妹宝投亲认错哥，被冷面首长亲哭 The Domineering God of Wealth's Darling Wife霸道财神爷的小娇妻Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The animated series My Little Sister Slept in the Wrong Room and Ran into the Demon King from the Start is now available. Search for it on Tomato Redfruit to watch. Qiao Xinxin was the real daughter the Qiao family had only just brought home. To avoid marrying her fiancé, who had been disabled during a mission, the fake heiress Qiao Mingzhu got her drunk at the family reunion banquet and sent her to her own fiancé's bed. But she went to the wrong room and spent a wild night with the outstanding 33.2kReads8.2Score2.7k14d adds

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    The female lead goes to the military base to find her brother, but mistakes him for the male lead and starts acting cute towards him.

47. 47 小 After the Young Army Wife Divorced, Her Ex-Husband's Family Wept with Regret 小军嫂离婚后，前夫一家悔哭了 Su Ranjiu酥染玖Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted Gu Zhi Lan jumped on the popular transmigrate into a book trend and became a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a novel set in a bygone era: the male lead’s ex-wife, who was cruelly framed by her sister-in-law and died so the heroine could take her place. The original owner had a miserable life. After being sexually assaulted in revenge by the male lead’s enemy, she gave birth to a child of unknown paternity. Her in-laws looked down on her, and she could only endure her unhappy life. T 3.8kReads8.5Score42514d adds

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    Completed ♥ When the female lead got divorced, the scumbag's family celebrated with firecrackers, thinking they would be better off without her. Later, the scumbag's family cried louder than the firecrackers, watching helplessly as the female lead's family rose to power and became big shots.

48. 48 官 A Wild Ride to Power: From the Siheyuan to the Pinnacle of Authority 官途狂飙：从四合院走向权力巅峰 Five Wisps of Fireworks五缕烟火Urban530k WordsCompleted A pure political drama, with one female lead and a major anti-corruption campaign. The plot of this book connects seamlessly with Thirty Years in Politics: The Pinnacle of Power. Young Xu Yuanzhou arrives in Chunjiang Province and unleashes an anti-corruption storm across the province! 37.4kReads9.3Score3.8k14d adds

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    She returned to her second year of high school, determined to study hard and change her destiny through education. She envisioned inventing various robots, with the government backing her up. But then a man appeared on her inventing journey—what was he after?

49. 49 随 After My Father Married into Her Family, the Fake Sweetheart Became the Compound's Favorite 随父入赘后，假娇软成家属院团宠 Green Ink Song青墨歌Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Ning Ruanruan is reborn, back to the time before her family is sent away to the countryside. In her previous life, she followed her mother into a new marriage with a family of doctors. Their life looked good on the surface, but she was abused for years. Just when she was finally old enough to marry and leave, they married her off to an old man to keep her quiet. He kept a close eye on her and wouldn’t let her talk about what happened. Reborn before the family is sent away, she decides, when her 32kReads7.3Score2.6k14d adds

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    In her previous life, the female protagonist lived a miserable life after her mother remarried, though outwardly appearing glamorous, which aroused jealousy in her older sister. The sisters were reborn, and in this life, the older sister was destined to follow her mother in another remarriage, unaware that she was entering a living hell. In this life, the female protagonist married into her father's family and reached the pinnacle of life.

50. 50 骗 A Gold-Digging Marriage Scammer? The 90s Tycoon Dotes Exclusively on His Curvy Chef 骗婚捞女？九零大佬独宠丰腴厨娘 Su Ranjiu酥染玖Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted Ning Xiaoruan wakes up to discover that she's transmigrated. Last night's steamy dream wasn't a dream at all: she'd forced herself on the powerful villain from a novel set in the past! In the original story, the woman used her cousin's photo to trick the villain into marrying her. Last night, she tried to take advantage of the darkness and consummate the marriage, forcing him to wed her. In the end, the villain would kill her and keep their child. Ning Xiaoruan decides to run away at once. She r 25.8kReads—Score3.7k14d adds

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    This is good; the female lead has a special ability and is a great cook.

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