Clear-Headed Era Stories. She Stands Her Ground. No Acting Like She’s Never Seen a Man Before 年代文清醒。手不松。不要像没见过男人一样

1. 451 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 48.8kReads8.3Score5.9kShelves

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   You can take a look at this book.

2. 452 易 Born Fertile! The Celibate Tycoon’s Wife Is Pregnant Again 易孕体质！禁欲大佬你媳妇又怀了 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted [Devoted to each other + family squabbles + sweet romance + raising a child + military life on a seaside island + troublemakers + good-pregnancy System + stunning, delicate beauty vs. abstinent pilot] Only after Ji Yanshu dies does she learn that she had been living in a novel set in a bygone era. She was the male lead’s first wife, who died young. The heroine is a capitalist’s daughter sent down to the countryside. Not wanting to suffer, she chooses to become someone’s stepmother. The capitalis 26.1kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves

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   I've recently become obsessed with reading these historical fiction novels. I can't stop reading them! The content is vivid, full of exciting moments, and the opening is already very powerful and impactful. If you like this kind of story, you definitely shouldn't miss it! [Cool]

3. 453 年 Period: The Wicked Stepmother Is Reborn, and Her Stepson Sons Panic 年代：恶毒后妈重生，继子们慌了 A Zi's Dream阿紫的梦Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Period] [Reborn] [Has a Pocket Dimension] [Taking Down the Scum] [Satisfying Read] In her previous life, under unusual circumstances, Liu Caifeng married Song Xiang, a man with a prior marriage, and brought her son with her. She devoted herself to caring for her in-laws and raising her stepson. In the end, she met a miserable fate, dying after being hit by a car. Only as she lay dying did she learn that Song Xiang had caused her son’s death. Her daughter had been sold to human traffickers by he 3.8kReads8.2Score336Shelves

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   It's alright, you can take a look.

4. 454 当 Being the Most Beautiful Supporting Actress 当女配非常貌美 Mu Xiongyi, Who Likes Cat Sharks喜欢猫鲨的木雄义Modern Romance709k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + immersive experience + self-serving heroine + period settings] Yun Shuwei died a pathetic, ridiculous death, making a “true love” story possible for a scumbag and his mistress. When she awoke, a System came to her: “Want revenge? Want to live again? The price is becoming my ‘corrector’ and traveling through countless worlds to set things right!” Her mission: find those cruelly toyed with by fate and condemned to tragic endings, then forcibly rewrite their final chapters! 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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   The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a wicked stepmother in a period novel. She is tricked into marriage, and when the child comes to her door, she is determined not to raise the child for anyone else and will not let the person who tricked her into marriage get away with it.

5. 455 六 The Sixties: We Agreed to Divorce, So Why Is the Tycoon Having Second Thoughts? 六零：说好离婚，大佬怎么后悔了 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [1960s setting + pocket dimension + returning to the city as a dual-income couple + beautiful, ordinary orphan heroine × prickly educated youth + marriage before love + self-interest above all + devoted to each other] Gu Qingxu, a pampered young lady since childhood, transmigrates into a book! She becomes an ordinary orphan in a period novel, and opens her eyes on her wedding night. While she's still trying to make sense of things, the man beside her suddenly rolls over and grits out in her ear, 4.8kReads8.4Score310Shelves

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   "Mom, are you crazy? That's a troublemaker even the brigade leader dreads! What if he comes after us for this?" "Come after us? Humph, when I was the boss of the village, he wasn't even born yet. What's there to be afraid of in a educated youth from out of town?" "Just leave this girl here with him. By tomorrow morning, when everyone sees her, will he still refuse to marry her?"... Gu Qingxu's head was spinning, countless jumbled fragments of memory making her head ache. She subconsciously opened her eyes, even though it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything, she still sensed something was wrong. This wasn't her home at all. The bed she was lying on, made of a few planks of wood, was hard and uncomfortable. Just as she was in a daze, the man beside her suddenly turned over and gritted his teeth in her ear, "Don't want to sleep?" Gu Qingxu: ??? Was she dreaming? Otherwise, why was there a man lying next to her?

6. 456 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: Reborn as the Most Popular Person of the Eighties 女穿男：穿成年代万人迷 One Shark一鲨鱼Modern Romance554k WordsCompleted [(A touch of universal adoration + no romance + stunning looks + formidable strength + many unrequited crushes)] After overworking herself, Cen Yan planned to get some proper rest. But when she woke up, she had become Cen Ye! The original owner’s body was in terrible shape, and he’d died for some reason. Cen Yan had ended up in his body and become a man! As if becoming a man weren’t enough, she was now the only precious son of a poor family in the 1970s. Cen Ye looked at the bare walls and the f 5.3kReads8.9Score429Shelves

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   First, it's a female-to-male transmigration story with no romantic pairing. Second, it involves time travel, has a system, and while the cheat abilities aren't huge, it's not mindless. It seems a group of people have all transmigrated to different eras. Each person has a small system or cheat ability. They can't be discovered by people from that era; even the female lead has to be careful not to be found out.

7. 457 我 I Forced a Kiss on My Target, and Got Arrested? 我强吻对象，居然被捕了？ Precious Moon Pearl宝月珠Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Top student + tough guy + pocket dimension + face-slapping and taking down scumbags + sweet, satisfying romance + self-interest above all] After overworking herself to death, top student Qin Yu transmigrates into the body of Qin Duoyu in the 1970s. Given a second chance at life, she refuses to wear herself out for anyone. Her whole family abuses her, so she gives as good as she gets. They expect hardship in the countryside? She has skills to fall back on. Better to wear other people down than l 9.5kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves

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   After dying suddenly from intense competition in modern society, Qin Yu, a top student, transmigrated into the body of Ni Qin Duoyu in the 1970s. Given a second chance, she refused to suffer. Her family abused her; she'd avenge them. Hardship in the countryside? She had skills to rely on. Rather than be worn down by others, she'd rather wear them down. Her motto was: "I have no conscience, so my conscience won't hurt!"

8. 458 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s, Join the Army, Raise Kids, and Live as a Carefree Slacker 穿越七零，随军养娃当惬意咸鱼 Bitter Melon Stir-Fried with Everything苦瓜炒一切Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Family Life + Everyday Moments + Sweet Romance + Raising Kids + Family Squabbles + Transmigration + Farming + No Golden Finger + No Pocket Dimension + Ordinary People] After Tang Zhi unexpectedly transmigrates, she has no desire to be sent to the countryside. Following her family’s arrangements, she goes on a blind date and gets married, then joins her husband in the military and raises their child, settling into a busy yet leisurely life as a happy couch potato. Gu Heng, a military o 4.5kReads8.4Score359Shelves
9. 459 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: Su Xia's Life Raising Kids 穿越六零，苏夏的养崽生活 Half Past Noon半午Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Having Children + Stockpiling Supplies + Raising Kids + Everyday Life + Retirement] Su Xia, a modern office worker, has the same dream several nights in a row. A few days later, she gains a pocket dimension and senses that she is about to transmigrate. She starts stockpiling all kinds of supplies, then takes her pocket dimension with her as she transmigrates to the famine-stricken 1960s. An older unmarried woman becomes a young married “mother who starved to 12.2kReads8.0Score1kShelves
10. 460 七 Flash Marriage in the 1970s: My Mother-in-Law Taught Me How to Handle My Husband, and I Loved It 七零闪婚：婆婆教我驭夫后爽爆了 Even Snails Are Mighty蜗牛也很牛Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted [Handsome, roguish, cunning househusband + sweet, straightforward good girl + family squabbles + devoted husband + putting jerks in their place + doted on by the whole family] [The male lead is a professional homewrecker and a genuine big shot] [Important note: The female lead’s parents favor boys over girls.] [After leaving her birth family, the female lead is cherished by her husband’s family. Her mother will not be redeemed.] Ruan Tang had a dream that she died after being sent to the country 5.1kReads8.0Score532Shelves

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    A period drama, super good! 🤩 Read it, read it, read it! ~(¯▽¯~)~

11. 461 八 The Old Li Family in the 1980s 八十年代的老李家 Scroll Ah卷轴啊Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted No transmigration or rebirth, no golden finger, an ensemble cast, and the ordinary life of an ordinary family. Li Xiaoyun and her family live in a small town in Northeast China. There are eight of them, and life in the 1980s is a constant whirlwind. Her parents are both unreliable, and each of her siblings has their own little schemes and ideas. Li Xiaoyun is in her final year of high school. Her grades are average, and her dream is to get into college and see the world beyond her hometown. Her 5.1kReads8.6Score390Shelves

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    Hope you like it

12. 462 七 The 1970s: Smooth Sailing and Happy Days 七零年代：顺风顺水好日子 The Lovely Flower on the Mountain山顶的娇花Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted One day, Zhao Manyi suddenly realizes she was born into a different era. Wait, isn’t that woman across the way the heroine from the TV drama The Virtuous Daughter-in-Law that I watched with the old folks in my family as a kid? And that lovely young neighbor, praised by all the aunties as capable and virtuous, able to handle everything inside and out, turns out to be the exact opposite of me, the hapless foil who can’t lift a finger or shoulder a load!!! The reborn army-wife heroine, the hardw 11.5kReads8.6Score809Shelves
13. 463 六 The 1960s: I Work for the Female Lead! 六十年代：我给女主打工！ It's the Surplus Fish是富余的鱼Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted [Period setting + no romance + local protagonist + sent to the countryside + watching the drama unfold + everyday life] Jiang Yu is forced to move to the countryside. On the train, she meets Shi Ruoning, who has transmigrated from the modern world, and Shi Wei, who has come from a post-apocalyptic world. Lured by Shi Ruoning's money, Jiang Yu is more than happy to work for her. Shi Wei, whose combat skills are formidable, also bows to the lure of money and becomes Shi Ruoning's bodyguard. Jea 111Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist of this historical romance novel is a native. When her parents enrolled her in a rural job, her dream of going to university was shattered. Feeling resentful, she took everything she could from her family. She is very clear-headed and doesn't let go of her responsibilities even without a romantic partner.

14. 464 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 9.2kReads8.9Score828Shelves
15. 465 七 The 1970s: The State-Run Restaurant's Head Chef Supports the Whole Family 七零，国营大厨带飞全家 The Years of Poetry and Wine诗酒年华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + period drama + food + System + whole-family transmigration + 1V1] Su Wanwan transmigrates into a book and even brings along a Light of Cuisine System... As a minor female character who didn’t make it past chapter three in the original novel, Su Wanwan expected life as a disposable side character to be tough. But who could have guessed... With a mother who dotes on her, a loving father, a fiercely protective second sister, and an honest older brother, Su Wanwan suddenl 3.9kReads8.5Score293Shelves
16. 466 七 After Joining the Army in the 1970s, the Psychological Expert Shakes Up the Family Compound 七零随军后，心理大佬轰动家属院 Yaoyao, Wandering the World浪迹天涯的夭夭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Joining the army in the 1970s + solving cases with psychology + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + no awful relatives + no space or System] [Gentle psychology expert vs. a ruthless jade-faced soldier with foxlike eyes] In her previous life, Shen Mingyu was a PhD in psychology. An expert in microexpressions, criminal psychology, and more, she solved countless major cases and was known as a human lie detector. After transmigrating, she found that her father was a factory director, her mother a 17.9kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
17. 467 说 We Agreed to Divorce, So Why Are We Building Tanks with the Army? 说好的离婚，怎么随军造坦克了？ The Buddha's Toupee如来佛祖的假发片Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [The rating just came out, and it’ll go up later!] [Both leads are each other’s only one | Marriage before love | Sweet romance | Serving the country] Jiang Yu transmigrates into a book. She becomes a cannon-fodder supporting character who dies in Chapter Three of a period novel. Her original identity is a minefield: she studied abroad, comes from a wealthy family, and is a high-maintenance ex-wife of an army officer. Luckily, she arrives early, before any of it has happened. Jiang Yu looks at t 47.6kReads8.8Score7.2kShelves

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    I think it's alright, you can check it out [shy]

18. 468 七 The 1970s: My Educated Youth Husband and I Rise Up with a Study System 七零，和知青丈夫靠学习系统逆袭 You Mingzi有命子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration and rebirth + study System + family life + cozy, sweet romance + happy ending + adorable, reluctant-to-study heroine VS thrifty, gentle, educated male lead] Liu Yufei was an office drone in the twenty-first century. She died while trying to help someone and was reborn as the youngest daughter of the Old Liu family in the 1970s. The very next day, she had to go gather pigweed with her nephews. Who could have guessed that she’d be worse at it than the kids? For the sake of a better 10kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
19. 469 穿 I Became the Tycoon's Dark Moonlight 穿成大佬的黑月光 Three Demons三妖Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted What do you do when your husband commits murder right in front of you? Asking for advice online. It’s pretty urgent! Xu Ning wakes up in the body of a poor girl whose father doesn’t care about her, whose mother doesn’t love her, and who has been abandoned by a scoundrel. To get revenge on him, she uses a trick to marry a lame scholar from Qingshui Village. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees her husband, the one she married by mistake, smashing someone’s head with a rock, blow after blow. Re 71.4kReads9.2Score9.4kShelves

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    The male lead is a yandere and a green tea bitch; the female lead witnesses him committing murder right from the start.

20. 470 穿 Book Transmigration: Divorced from the Start! The Commander Keeps Fighting to Claim Me! 穿书：开局离婚！首长又争又抢！ Wish Granted, Stroke by Stroke如愿笔笔Modern Romance850k WordsCompleted [Period + Pocket Dimension + Military Marriage + Island Life + Devoted Husband + Career + Everyday Life] [Rational Diplomat with No Self-Sacrificing Saint Complex + Aloof, Cunning Officer] One day in the twentieth century, Lin Wanyu wakes up as the early-deceased first wife of a powerful man in a period novel. In the novel, the original owner tries to ingratiate herself with the powerful by deliberately jumping into a river and framing her cousin's army buddy, forcing him to take responsibility 10.4kReads7.7Score1kShelves
21. 471 饕 The Taotie and Her Pampered Husband 饕餮和她那娇宠的丈夫 Mo Chuan Ku Cha Zi么串苦茶子Modern Romance515k WordsCompleted [Period setting + sweet romance + love at first sight in a military marriage + one-on-one] When Jiang Li wakes up, 3,000 years have passed. She hears that after the founding of the nation, spirits were no longer allowed to cultivate, and she's the only spirit beast left. As a Taotie who hasn't eaten in 3,000 years, Jiang Li is starving, but the world is said to be so short on supplies that there's nothing to eat. Luckily, she meets a kind man who gives her delicious food and is willing to keep h 1.4kReads7.6Score136Shelves
22. 472 七 The 1970s: Professor Lu’s Wife Is Beautiful and Vicious 七零：陆教授的妻子娇美且恶毒 Sleepyhead Who Won't Sleep睡睡不睡觉Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted [Self-Serving, Sophisticated Heroine + Hero Who Becomes Love-Struck Later + Both Reborn] Jiang Shiyi was never a good person. In her previous life, the Lu family fell into disgrace, and to avoid marrying Lu Xianyu, she framed him and got him sent away to the countryside. Less than two years later, the Lu family was cleared of all charges. To “get revenge” on Jiang Shiyi, Lu Xianyu married her, and they spent ten years tangled up together before finally divorcing. In the end, Jiang Shiyi watche 12.9kReads7.0Score928Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists are reborn. The male protagonist clearly knows the female protagonist is bad; she tricked him into going to the countryside in his previous life, but he still loves her. His only problem is that he doesn't speak up.

23. 473 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    A little exorcist who catches ghosts, fights zombies, and vanquishes evil spirits, enters the city and wreaks havoc.

24. 474 在 In the 1970s: I Don't Want to Get Married 在七十年代：我不想结婚 Unheard Waterdrop无闻水滴Modern Romance3.1M WordsCompleted What can marriage offer a woman? Some say it's the daily grind of food, clothing, and household chores, slowly wearing a woman down until she grows old. But to Li Xiangnan, those things are just the trivialities of life, not its cruelties. The real cruelty is looking back on what you thought was an ordinary life and realizing it was all a joke. Nearly ten years of marriage, and every last bit of it was a lie. What does that feel like? Devastation. Despair. It makes you question your entire life! 13.2kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    ☘️① The female lead is extremely clear-headed; she only wants children and not men, so the male lead has very little screen time! ☘️② The female lead has had several ex-husbands, and in her eyes, nothing is more important than money and a house. Marriage is something that can be used for exchange!

25. 475 穿 I Became the Cannon Fodder Ex-Wife of the Male Lead in an Era Novel 穿成年代文男主的炮灰前妻 A Watermelon-Loving Chara一只爱吃瓜的猹Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Shen Yi’an was an orphan who made a living writing web novels. She never expected a stroke of incredible luck to win her five million yuan. After buying a house, she still had four million left. Just as Shen Yi’an was ready to lie flat, she woke up to find herself in the middle of childbirth. What kind of nightmare was this? Not only was she giving birth, it was the 1970s. Unmarried and in labor, she experienced the agony of being torn apart, then realized she had transmigrated into a book. The 68.1kReads8.2Score5.9kShelves

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    This is very apt; the female lead is very clear-headed.

26. 476 史 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 570Reads7.0Score—Shelves
27. 477 重 Reborn in the 1970s: My Late Husband, a Soldier King, Returns and Spoils Me Rotten 重生七零，亡夫兵王归来宠妻成瘾 Slightly So微微乎Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted [Period romance + male lead reborn] When Xu Chanyi jumped into the river to escape, she never thought she would survive. Fortunately, Lu Zhongbei was passing through while visiting family and rescued her. With nowhere else to go, she clung to him and married him. Three months into their marriage, Lu Zhongbei was reported killed in action. As soon as the news reached home, his parents accepted a hefty bride price to sell her off to a remote mountain village. Xu Chanyi fell out with her in-laws an 536Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    The stingy couple only ever take things home, never give them away. Even when they do give things away, it's always in exchange for greater benefits. The female lead doesn't randomly help people or do charity work.

28. 478 六 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代：开局就是新婚 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b 21.6kReads8.8Score931Shelves
29. 479 渡 I Became a God After Surviving the Trial of Love 渡情劫后成功封神 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yan, the legitimate daughter of a family of military commanders, came down from the mountains after mastering her art so she could return to her home in the capital and overcome her romantic tribulation. At the city gate, the emperor stopped her and ordered her burned as a sacrifice to Heaven and Earth. She also learned that her birth parents had abandoned her because of rumors calling her an ill-fated poison maiden. To clear her name, Bai Yan took responsibility for treating the plague and 99Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 480 重 Reborn in 1978: Don't Even Think About Stealing My Life Again 重生1978，别再想偷我的人生 At the Beginning of Lifeo人之初oModern Romance174k WordsOngoing [This is a long novel about fated cycles of reincarnation across several lifetimes. No transmigration with memories, no System. Each volume is a complete story of its own: Volume One: Years Like a Song, a 1978 college entrance exam rebirth story. Later volumes include the flames of war in the Republican era.] In her previous life, she studied day and night beneath a kerosene lamp, tirelessly preparing for the college entrance exam. In the end, the acceptance letter went to someone else. In 1978, 179Reads—Score102Shelves

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    In this book, the female lead is very clear-headed and not love-struck; the plot is realistic and not exaggerated.

31. 481 跟 My Nemesis and I Were Reborn as the Male Lead's Twin Older Sisters 跟死对头重生成男主的双胞胎姐姐 Eight Thousand Girls' Hearts八千少女心Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Building a Career + Growing Together + Not a GL Romance + Almost No Romance] Who understands what it's like to transmigrate into a book at the same time as your archenemy, only to become twin sisters? Even crazier, their little brother is a future domineering CEO, but his family raises pigs? That's just hilarious! And even crazier, the two sisters are stepping stones for his rise and obstacles to the romance between the male and female leads. Hmph, being an obstacle is fine, bu 4.5kReads9.0Score669Shelves
32. 482 下 A Countryside Educated Youth Has Been Pressured to Marry for Ten Years 下乡女知青被催婚十年 Heavenly Lotus Devours Ghosts天莲噬鬼Modern Romance463k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + educated youth sent to the countryside + daily life on an island + entrepreneurship and hard work + sweet romance] Wang Shuning discovers she has transmigrated into a novel, where her original self was a professional cannon fodder. After secretly loving the male lead for three years without confessing, she couldn’t take the blow when she learned he and the female lead had gotten together, and drowned herself in a river. The protagon 284Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    These are all novels featuring strong, independent female protagonists; I guarantee you'll love them!

33. 483 下 The Days I Went to the Countryside to Catch Ghosts 下乡抓鬼的日子 Hao Yi Luo Shen皓衣洛神Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1970s? No problem! She’s the eighteenth-generation heir to a Taoist lineage, skilled in all five arts of metaphysics! She just didn’t expect to get hit and killed after helping a rich man find the perfect burial site, all because she hadn’t checked the almanac. When she opened her eyes again, she was a high school girl, and her family was arguing over who would be sent to the countryside. The System bound itself to her and demanded that she spread Taoist teachings in an era opposed 15.3kReads8.3Score2.3kShelves
34. 484 偏 My Biased Sister-in-Law Wants Two Husbands in One Family? I Marry a Powerful Man and Become Everyone’s Darling 偏心寡嫂想兼祧？我嫁大佬成团宠 Twelve Meows十二喵Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Rebirth and face-slapping + period setting + heroine builds her fortune + no golden finger + feel-good power fantasy + sweet romance] In her previous life, Li Miaomiao married the “good man” Xu Zhenbang and spent a lifetime hearing people say, “Comrade Xu is truly a rare good man.” She worked herself to the bone raising someone else’s child, only to end up with her adopted son pulling out her oxygen tube with his own hands. Before she died, she vaguely heard Xu Zhenbang say, “I gave you a title 26.3kReads8.2Score3kShelves

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    A period novel with a super rational female lead, hehehe.

35. 485 胖 My Chubby Wife Is Sweet and Soft, and the 1970s Officer Spoils Her With His Life 胖媳妇又娇又软，七零军官拿命宠 Gu Xi Ci故夕辞Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Seeking adaptation for a short drama] [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] After transmigrating, Su Mei goes from a senior doctor to a lazy, nasty military wife in a 1970s military compound. In her previous life, she had worked hard her whole life, only to die suddenly. Su Mei is determined to lie flat and be lazy this time around. But when she sees the original owner’s situation, she 8.5kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    I love reading stories where the female lead is capable and has the skills to support herself—a real plot twist! Men are just there to add to the happiness. If she has them, great; if not, no problem. I'm confident.

36. 486 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 313.2kReads9.4Score28.3kShelves

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    A must-read for those who stay up late: catching ghosts, fighting zombies, and exorcising evil spirits—you'll be hooked!

37. 487 七 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s: The Contrast Couple of Cannon Fodder 七零穿书：炮灰夫妻对照组 The Stars Want to Blink星星想眨眼Modern Romance802k WordsOngoing [A transmigrator into a book, a refined, self-serving educated youth VS a shrewd, no-nonsense local country man who never lets himself get the short end of the stick. P.S. The leads dote on each other.] (Family life + marriage first, love later + a pocket dimension + no college entrance exam + keeping a low profile + neither lead is a self-sacrificing saint) When Jiang Qingyu wakes up, she finds her soul has switched places with her counterpart in a parallel world in the 1970s. To her surprise, 46.6kReads8.4Score4kShelves

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    Just as its name suggests! Making a fortune quietly!!

38. 488 你 You Dote on Your Stepsister, I'll Put Your Brother on My Household Register 你把继妹放心上，我把你哥放户口本 Little Tangerine小橘子Modern Romance628k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Face-Slapping + Military Marriage + Everyday Life in the Compound + Ugly Duckling Transformation + Sweet Romance + The Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] Shen Yuan was famous throughout the military compound for being ugly. Everyone said she was lucky to have married Fu Ciyuan, the man with the brightest future. She used to think so too. She willingly kept house, had children, and cared for her in-laws. Then, by chance, Shen Yuan learned that Fu Ciyuan loved someone else and secretly hat 394Reads8.5Score104Shelves
39. 489 重 Reborn in the Nineties: A Golden Canary in Love 重生九零，情场金丝雀 Zhen Huan from Jade Island玉岛的甄嬛Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A strong female lead. The romance was added later. Though it starts from a dance hall and includes things like keeping a canary, the story is quite serious, so please don't read too much into that. The plot comes first. It mainly follows the rough-and-tumble rise of a first-generation entrepreneur thirty years ago. All the characters are adults with brains, and they know and obey the law. If you're looking for an intense love story where the characters disregard the law and basic decency just to 3.2kReads9.1Score262Shelves

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    The female lead is very clear-headed

40. 490 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

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    The first book features a post-apocalyptic tycoon who transmigrates to a historical period to save her exiled father. The female lead is incredibly strong, a top-tier researcher, but has a sharp tongue that infuriates everyone from superiors to those in the know, including high-ranking officials and spies from hostile countries. The second book features an ordinary person transmigrating into a historical novel; the female lead's entire family is incredibly cunning. The third book is a research novel set in a time of interstellar travel, featuring strong practical skills and a powerful sense of destiny that will move you to tears. The fourth book combines scientific research with political maneuvering and intrigue; it's definitely worth reading.

41. 491 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 582Reads—Score102Shelves
42. 492 重 Reborn as a Female Educated Youth Returning to the City 重生回城女知青 Late Rice晚稻Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no System. There isn’t a single nasty character in the whole book. In 1981, Zhao Ningning, a former sent-down youth, is reborn a month after returning to the city. Her parents are cold toward her, her older brother pushes her aside, and after losing her job, she becomes a “burden” on the family. To make a living, she sells popsicles under the scorching sun and saves up her first bit of money. With a friend’s help, she rents a place and starts selling steame 1.3kReads8.1Score112Shelves

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    It's a good watch. The female lead is career-oriented and not obsessed with romance. She's sincere, kind, and good to her friends. There are no special advantages or plot devices.

43. 493 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1960s, Where a Woman from the Stars Sells Men to Build Her Fortune 穿越六零，星际女卖男人发家致富 People Have Said So Too人亦有言Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + pocket dimension + no romance + strong heroine) Wei Wei, an interstellar mecha engineer, was testing a new mecha on a desolate planet when she was ambushed. To grasp a chance at survival, she piloted the untested mecha and tried to escape. Little did she know that her leap would take her across not only space, but time as well. When she opened her eyes, she seemed to have arrived in 1963 in China, in the body of a five-year-old girl. She immediately found herself facing a deadl 10.8kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
44. 494 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s, I Became a Spoiled Little Green Tea with a Terrible Family 穿越七零，成了极品家作精小绿茶 Huanglong, Who Loves Goldenrod喜欢木锥花的荒龙Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted Also known as: The Green Tea Girl Transmigrates to the 1970s and Gets Spoiled Again and Again! Transmigrate into a book + reborn + green tea heroine + selfish and self-serving + spoiled and troublesome + outrageous characters + rural life The heroine is a bit of a green tea, selfish and self-serving, and used to keeping backup suitors. She has the typical innocent, delicate white-lotus traits. If you dislike this kind of character, please move along. No need to leave complaints. There are quit 503Reads—Score114Shelves
45. 495 辛 I Put You Through College, and You Say You're in Love with My Sister 辛苦供你上大学，你说爱的是我妹 Silver Night by the Inkstone砚边银夜Modern Romance361k WordsOngoing [Two Reborn Leads + Period Setting + Scumbag-Slapping + Feel-Good Story + Everyday Life + Farming + Sweet Romance + Family Drama + Getting Rich] The first thing her younger sister does after being reborn is swap fiancés with Yan Bingxin. In their previous life, her sister chose the factory director’s son, who came from a wealthy family, while she married Zhao Jianing, a poor young man determined to get into college. Everyone envied her sister for becoming a city dweller. But the factory director 398Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist and her cousin are reborn together. The cousin's first act upon rebirth is to switch marriages with the protagonist. The protagonist, who was always the most inconspicuous and bullied person in her family, embarks on a new path after her rebirth. She doesn't choose the man her cousin had in her previous life, but instead meets a better male protagonist. In the early stages, she makes her cousin regret her decision, and later she and the male protagonist work together to achieve their goals.

46. 496 白 A Rich Heiress Transmigrates into a Spoiled Youth Educated Woman and Makes It Big with Her Space 白富美穿成作精知青，带空间拽爆 Lu Shiqi陆时柒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [New book: Sixties: The Little Educated Youth Reclaims Her Body, Then Goes Completely Off the Rails. No Angst, Just Pure Satisfaction. Come on in if you like that!] [Space + Sweet Romance + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Revenge + Scum-Taming] Lin Jingyue was a rich beauty who loved slacking off and taking life as it came. She spent all day living off her family and waiting to die, and had little conscience to speak of. Who could have guessed that life would take a sudden turn? One day 53.7kReads9.1Score6kShelves

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    The female protagonist is a sophisticated egoist who enjoys being a couch potato and letting herself go. A strong, satisfying female lead story!

47. 497 七 The 1970s: I Spend Every Day Smoothing Things Over with a Madman for a Better Life 七零之为了好生活每天都在哄疯批 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance6.3M WordsCompleted Short drama adaptation: My Eldest Sister Has a Script from the Seventies, and I Have a System That Can Hear It (1v1 + Period Drama + Pampered Romance + Female Lead Pursues Male Lead + Timid Heroine with a Few Tricks and a Sweet Tongue + Male Lead with an Unusual Case of Love-Brain) In both her lives, Lou Qingqing had only one wish: to marry into a family with good prospects. She thought the Rong family was well-off, and that marrying in would mean she’d never lack food or clothes and wouldn’t ha 18.1kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    [Heart][Heart] The male lead might be a bit paranoid due to childhood trauma, but he's rich. The female lead has amazing emotional value, completely winning him over. He starts working hard to earn money and becomes the perfect husband.

48. 498 年 The Wife Who Dies Young in a Period Novel? The Ascetic Professor Falls in Love 年代文早死妻？禁欲教授沦陷求爱 Zhouzhou Eats Steamed Buns粥粥吃馒头Modern Romance977k WordsCompleted [An alternate 1980s setting, awakening as the foil to the heroine; slow-paced, everyday traditional story; marriage first, love later, and family life; raising kids with sweet affection; no golden finger; local-born characters who aren’t perfect] After Song Zhiyao impulsively picks a fight over divorce, she takes her child to her parents’ home and has a dream that makes her awaken to the truth. Well, would you look at that: she’s living inside a period novel! And she’s not even the main heroine, 33.8kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves
49. 499 五 Fifties: I Take My Real Daughter and Adopted Daughter and Marry a Military Officer 五零：带着真千金养女改嫁军官 Azure Sky Wind天青色的风Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + military marriage + real and fake heiresses + raising a child + face-slapping] Zhao Jing, an overworked office drone, faints and wakes up in the 1950s. Her in-laws are preparing to secretly tie her up and marry her off for a bride price, while a lecherous man tries to take advantage of her. With the living conditions unbearable, Zhao Jing quickly flees with her adopted daughter, only to discover that her supposedly fallen husband has not only become an official 18kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    1. The first book features a female lead who is a researcher. It covers a lot of scientific topics, and the romance develops relatively slowly, as the female lead is currently focused entirely on her career. 2. The second book features a female lead who owns her own shop, and her marriage to the male lead is in the military. It's readable, but one drawback is the large number of relatives and friends she faces early on, which might bother some readers. 3. The third book also features a female lead who is a researcher. Her parents were sent to the countryside, and she starts working to improve their lives. She's a somewhat resilient female lead, but she's very strong and capable. However, it feels like she's compulsively doing research; she always says she won't do it, but then some excuse comes up and she ends up doing it anyway. Nevertheless, it's a very good book. 4. *Double C*: This book is incredibly heartwarming, focusing primarily on raising children and family life, with less emphasis on career development. It suffers from the old problem of needing to create a comparison point to highlight how well the female lead raises her children, and it's also overly idealistic. However, it's undeniably a very heartwarming novel. 5. *The Female Educated Youth Sent Down to the Countryside*: The male lead is a rare gentle type. This is truly a good read, the only rural-era novel I've liked. The female lead doesn't have any special advantages; she diligently tries to minimize her suffering. 6. *This one is also good.* Because her family is about to be sent down to the countryside, they arrange for her to marry a military officer. She lives a happy life, but she's practically a superwoman—giving birth, raising children, drawing comic books, and teaching—truly juggling multiple roles. I've basically covered the flaws of these novels; they're the only minor issues, but they don't detract from the overall quality. Every single one of them is excellent.

50. 500 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 2.7kReads—Score222Shelves

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