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. 251 糊 The Washed-Up Star Is So Flirtatious, the Big Shot Coaxes Her in Private, Begging for a Kiss 糊咖茶又媚，大佬私下哄着求亲亲 The Cackling Old Turtledove呱呱叫的老斑鸠Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted [Complete ❤️] [Foxlike Green Tea Girl & Scheming Big Shot | ❤️ Military Marriage | Extra Sweet and Flirtatious] [Period Setting | Age Gap | She Pursues Him] Parallel world, so don't overthink the details! Nan Qiao, a nobody of an actress, received a message asking her to audition at a hotel, only to be thrust into a parallel world set in the 1970s! She could neither carry heavy loads nor lift a finger, and was about to be kicked out of the art troupe on her very first day! What was she supposed 10.7kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
2. 252 穿 After Becoming the Mother of the Villainess in a Comparison Story 穿成对照组女配的亲妈后 Li Jiujie李九戒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period military romance + transmigrate into a book + slow-burn + contrast character + raising a child + sweet romance + food + space spring) After waking up from a car accident, Lin Zhilan found herself in the novel The Fortunate Wife of the 1980s, as the mother of the contrast character, a supporting female lead. The original owner was stunningly beautiful and alluring, but unfortunately, she was a widow. Her outstanding looks and timid personality made men covet her and women curse her. “ 110.5kReads8.7Score15kShelves

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   Does the male protagonist's desperate desire to pounce on her count?

3. 253 逃 After Escaping, She Built a Beautiful Life with Her Child 逃离后她带娃美丽 I, Zhu Kongyang lll我朱孔阳lllModern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Pushed down the stairs by her daughter, she wakes up in a hospital bed, where she is left unattended for three whole days. Meanwhile, her husband is lost in a lovey-dovey reunion with the woman he thought he’d lost forever. Her in-laws, sister-in-law, and daughter seem to be the ones who truly belong together as a loving family. Her heart is utterly shattered, beyond repair. She never had family to begin with, so why keep longing for their affection? Goodbye. She’s leaving to find a life of her 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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   When facing a man, she said she had never been dependent on him!

4. 254 港 The Madman from Harbor City Actually Held the Capitalist's Daughter and Called Her Sweetheart 港城疯批竟抱着资本家小姐叫乖乖 Drunkard15酒蒙子15Modern Romance498k WordsCompleted [A Mad, Abstinent God of Death from Hong Kong’s Elite Circles VS a Clear-Eyed, Stunning Heiress + Devoted Couple + Reborn and Awakened + Forced Love + The Powerful One Bows His Head + Ten-Year Age Gap] In her previous life, Rong Dai was drugged and sent to Zhan Beixiao’s room. After one wild night, the living devil feared by everyone in Hong Kong shot her dead. He said, “That filthy thing who threw herself at me. Drag her out!” Reborn, she knew she was the doomed cannon-fodder in a period Hong K 63.9kReads9.0Score8.2kShelves

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   This woman is incredibly lucid, really! [OK][OK][OK][Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn][Strike hard]

5. 255 漂 The Beautiful Stepmother Who Sweetened the Whole Family 漂亮后妈，甜翻全家 Lu Chi鹿迟Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Publication deal signed. On sale August 28. [One-on-one sweet romance + marriage of convenience + lighthearted daily life + both leads speak their minds] Sheng Mumu transmigrates into a book. Other people transmigrate into books to date handsome men and become stars. But when it’s her turn, she has to become the stepmother of a 17-year-old rich young master? Help, she wants out! Wait, what? If she pretends to be married, she’ll get 500,000 yuan in pocket money every month and an additional card 54.5kReads9.6Score7.4kShelves
6. 256 身 Transported to the Eighties: He Chases, She Doesn’t Run 身穿八零，他追她不逃 Forgive the World for One Minute原谅世界一分钟Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted [This story is set in an alternate world. All details are purely according to the author's preference.] [Homebody heroine who cherishes her life × domineering, overbearing hero] After finally leaving the house for once, homebody Jiang Yiran unexpectedly transmigrated to the 1980s. Waaah, the outside world is so dangerous! The moment she arrived, she witnessed a gang fight straight out of a movie. Jiang Yiran just wanted to go home. But fate had other plans, and Miss Jiang was taken to meet the y 4.1kReads8.4Score341Shelves

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   [Drooling][Drooling][Drooling] Han Zhiyan looked at the beautiful, soft-spoken, and sweet-voiced Jiang Yiran before him, and all he wanted was to take this little white rabbit who had mistakenly wandered into the territory of the big bad wolf home. Having been spoiled since childhood, Young Master Han had never known the meaning of humility. Therefore, he forced Jiang Yiran to marry him; he wanted to possess her completely... [The male lead only loves the female lead; the female lead is not a substitute for anyone else.]

7. 257 最 The Wildest Era: A Mad Villainess with a Golden Finger Takes Revenge and Crushes Scumbags 最粗年代金手指疯批女配复仇虐渣 Yang Guangyu阳光御Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + rebirth in the 1970s + System space + transmigration into a book + both leads are chaste + revenge against scumbags + no goody-two-shoes heroine] In 1976, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the gates of hell swing open Su Qingmi climbs out of the river, clutching the space jade pendant that was taken from her in her previous life. Blood still streaks her face as she gives her scumbag father two slaps. She remembers every page of the book: • The heroine tricks her out 8.3kReads8.2Score967Shelves

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   🔥A lifesaver for those suffering from a reading slump! A novel packed with all the elements of a satisfying, action-packed story: historical setting, rebirth, system space, transmigration, military marriage, and revenge. You'll be so happy you'll want to stomp your feet after reading it! It also features a dimensional trading system, light-based superpowers, and lightning-based superpowers.

8. 258 快 Quick Transmigration: Mind Your Own Business, Don't Try to Save Others 快穿：管好自己，莫渡他人 Bustling S熙熙攘攘SFantastical Romance585k WordsOngoing [Female-Led Quick Transmigration] [No Fixed Couple] [Sweet Romance] [Love at First Sight] Ling Xi was a spiritual plant growing in a secret realm. Unwilling to become a contracted plant spirit pet, she fled for her life and accidentally stumbled into the realm, where a passing System bound itself to her. Mission: Don’t interfere in other people’s karma. Just live your own life. … (Note: The heroine won’t become a doormat just to complete missions, nor will she play the nanny and take care of eve 167.2kReads7.3Score18.1kShelves
9. 259 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: No One Can Stop Me from Getting Ahead 穿越六零：谁都不能阻止我上进 Water-Born Flowers and Leaves水生花叶Modern Romance216k WordsOngoing From the start, it was a famine. Su Qingchen opened her eyes and took in the scene before her. The memories in her mind told her this was an era where people could starve to death. She closed her eyes, thinking she might as well die again. She could do without this transmigration opportunity. Fortunately, just as Su Qingchen was preparing to die, she discovered she had a space stocked with supplies. In an instant, she decided that staying alive was an option after all. If she died again, there w 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I recommend two period novels, both of which are quite heartwarming. Although the plots are a bit bland, they are very touching, unfolding gradually and logically. The second book is already finished.

10. 260 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: I Volunteer to Move to the Countryside 穿越七零：我主动下乡 Pine-Scented Dew松香露Modern Romance280k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate, 1970s, pocket dimension, educated youth, sweet romance] Chen Jinyan wakes up to find herself a young educated youth about to be sent down to the countryside in 1968. Well, to avoid giving herself away, she quickly packs her things and heads off to the countryside. Chen Jinyan is already prepared to work hard and endure hardship, but who would have thought Heaven would give her a golden finger? Chen Jinyan decides she can take on the world again! She earns work points, goes into th 302Reads6.6Score100Shelves
11. 261 绿 A Green Tea Girl Plays the Sweet, Silly Type in the 1960s 绿茶女在六十年代当傻白甜 Another Road另路Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted [Manipulative little green tea vs. gentle childhood friend / Mostly everyday life / No black market, no golden finger] Wen Li transmigrated! She opened her eyes and found herself with a cowardly dad and a mom who loved causing trouble and running her mouth. But that wasn't even the worst part: it was the 1960s, and after droughts, floods, and other extreme weather, the food supply had yet to recover! After thinking it over for ages, Wen Li managed to find two things in her favor. First, her orig 8.3kReads8.8Score945Shelves

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    The female lead is a "fishing" type, it's good, I don't know why the rating is so low.

12. 262 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

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    The story follows Xu Mengting, a pampered 21st-century woman, who travels back to the 1960s and embarks on a journey to find a "long-term meal ticket" in order to live a comfortable life. The female lead has a distinct personality; she is self-serving yet endearing, while the male lead is well-off. Their interactions are sweet and interesting, and the plot is fast-paced and captivating.

13. 263 资 The Reborn Capitalist Heiress Is Doted on by Her Military Officer Husband 资本家大小姐重生军官老公掌心宠 Yan Xingyan言星妍Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Historical Setting + Joining the Army Husband on an Island + Reborn + Young Lady + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] [Alternate setting, 1960s] [Flirtatious, high-maintenance heroine and rough, arrogant hero] Shen Yitang thought there must be something seriously wrong with her. She had spent five years disliking Gu Huaizheng, but after he died, she spent a full ten years missing him. She missed the strong arms that had protected her in the catastrophic flood, and the safe haven he had built for he 19.3kReads7.9Score1.5kShelves

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    A historical romance novel, sober-minded and unwavering! ① The male lead is deeply in love and cannot be allowed to break up with her, otherwise he'll turn into a villain! He's completely silent in the early stages! She's guilty, and he doesn't talk much! Thankfully, he starts speaking up later! The female lead is clear-headed, not a saint, has a cheat-like advantage, but remains humble and composed! The best part is the male lead's plot twist at the end!

14. 264 全 My Whole Family Stole My Job, So I Sent Them to a Farm for Reform 全家抢我工作，我送他们农场改造 Pandas Rolling In熊猫滚滚而来Modern Romance2.8M WordsOngoing [1970s setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + face-slapping wish fulfillment + spiritual spring for farming] [The male lead appears much later; details to be decided] Su Shiyu transmigrated into a novel set in a bygone era and became a pitiful girl who was bullied by her entire family and died miserably after being sent to the countryside. In the book, her biased father beat her from childhood; her wicked stepmother acted like two different people in public and behind closed doo 13.8kReads7.6Score1.4kShelves

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    The female lead transmigrates from a post-apocalyptic world. There are ruthless scenes involving violence; she will never hesitate to retaliate against anyone who provokes her. There is no romantic pairing! The female lead is beautiful, rich, talented, and not a saint.

15. 265 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 10.9kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
16. 266 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 6.5kReads9.0Score563Shelves

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    🌷🌷🌷A historical fiction, written by a local, clear-headed, hardworking, and tight-fisted individual! What are men anyway? Er Ya says, can they be as appealing as studying? Can they be as appealing as making money? Men are blocking my path to progress! 💪🏻

17. 267 六 In the 1960s, Everyone Who Clashed with Her Had Quintuplets 六零：和她不对付的都一胎五宝了 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Hu Yao, a martial arts school coach, transmigrates into the body of a timid young wife with the same name, married for a year to a soldier in the Trumpet Flower Brigade but still a virgin. She also gets bound to a childbirth System. Give birth, get rewards. Hearing that giving birth came with rewards, Hu Yao flashed a chilling smile. Having a baby? Easy. Her wicked mother-in-law calls her barren? She wants a baby so badly? Coming right up. Her sister-in-law mocks her? Coming right up. Even the d 22.1kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves

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    It's pretty good, the female lead is sober.

18. 268 九 The 1990s Highway Queen: All My Exes Are Big Shots 九零公路女王我的前任们都是大佬 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [Female-Centric, One Woman and Multiple Men! A sultry widow in the 1990s becomes a business tycoon behind the wheel, but can't shake off her clingy, powerful ex-boyfriends!] (1990s setting + romance on the road + no fixed pairing early on, later she picks whoever she likes + the heroine doesn't follow so-called wifely virtue.) After waking up, Fan Meili finds herself a notorious female truck driver in the 1990s. Her predecessor was highly capable, but her romantic history was even more “impressi 20.8kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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    This is true high-level strategy! The female lead doesn't rely on luck or tears; she navigates the relationships between multiple male leads entirely through wisdom and strategy. Every interaction is a thrilling psychological battle; what appears ambiguous is actually a contest of wits. Watch how she uses her brains to win over a group of exceptionally talented men—intellectual charm is the ultimate form of sex appeal!

19. 269 极 The Ruthless Social Climber’s Guide to Getting Ahead 极致美丽心机女的上位手册 Tan Hui谭徽Modern Romance668k WordsCompleted Everyone who has met Chen Shiyun is amazed by her beauty. Before her mother died, she entrusted her to Shi Yu, a young director just starting to make a name for herself in the entertainment industry. Later, Chen Shiyun's father in S City fell gravely ill. On his deathbed, he wanted to see her one last time. And so, at seventeen, Chen Shiyun left impoverished G City for bustling S City. This is the story of an incredibly beautiful, calculating woman who climbs step by step into high society and 1.5kReads8.7Score164Shelves
20. 270 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book in the 1970s: The Spy's Worst Nightmare Is Here 穿书年代，特务克星来了 Listening to Rain in the Night Wind夜风听雨Modern Romance680k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book, Set in a Bygone Era] [No Romance] [Adorable System] [Godmother] [Raising Kids] [Note: Everyone has their own tastes. If you’re unsure whether you’ll like this, read a few chapters first before deciding whether to continue. There’s no need to blindly follow the so-called warnings in the comments. It’s better to decide for yourself.] When Granny Shen perished alongside the Zombie King, she thought she was done for. But to her surprise, she had transmigrated into a book! 6.9kReads8.9Score890Shelves
21. 271 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Little Cannon Fodder Rises With Her Space 重生七零：小炮灰带着空间雄起 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System space + born into another body + memories awakened + transmigrate into a book + taking on the stepmother and stepsister + the heroine will never be abused] Chen Qingyi had spent more than a decade living with the Dazhulong Brigade. One day, she fell into the water and awakened memories of her past life, only to learn that she was a minor cannon-fodder character in a book. Her biological father was a heartless cad. In two months, he would divorce her mother by letter and marry his one tru 37.9kReads9.4Score4kShelves
22. 272 重 Reborn in the 1970s: From the Start, I Crush the Villains and Win Big in the Great Northern Wilderness 重生七零，开局虐渣躺赢北大荒 Love Earth's Eight Tones爱地八音Modern Romance681k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it was just posted. It’ll go up later, so don’t worry! [Reborn + space + period setting + capitalist’s daughter + wish fulfillment + punishing scumbags + women helping women + development + natural disasters] [There’s a couple and a male lead, and he’ll work hard to go from friends with benefits to official boyfriend.] In her previous life, Qiao Qingqing lived a miserable, stifled existence. Her whole family was sent away for reeducation, and they all eventually died in 42.9kReads8.9Score5.3kShelves

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    🔥Reborn to tear apart a scumbag boyfriend, with a superpowered spatial storage! Returning to the Great Northern Wilderness of the 1970s, farming and taking revenge on scumbags at the same time! Super satisfying, the ending brought tears to my eyes.

23. 273 年 Period: The Vicious Supporting Lady Marries a Deranged Hunk 年代：恶毒女配与极品疯批领证了 Always Daydreaming总是幻想着Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted When Su Qianhe transmigrated into the book, it was already nearing its ending. As the fake heiress, she was at the final stage of courting death. The real heiress and her adoptive parents had already seen through her schemes, and she was about to be sold off to the poorest backwater village, never to be heard from again. She glanced at the man beside her, whose legs were immobile and whose eyes were blank. Su Qianhe thought she could still turn things around. Jiang Linzhou had already accepted t 868Reads6.2Score102Shelves
24. 274 七 The 1970s: Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder, I Sold the Family Home to Go to the Countryside 七零：穿成炮灰把家卖了去下乡 Tang Xia棠夏Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Seventies setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + sent down to the Northeast countryside + no goody-two-shoes heroine + incredible martial prowess + doted on by everyone + everyday family life + building wealth + making money + crushing scumbags She woke up to find herself transmigrated into a book as a minor character with no parents. What! This character is also a hopeless romantic? How annoying! When has Lu Wensheng ever needed anyone else to tell her how to live? With a pocke 60.2kReads8.9Score7kShelves
25. 275 五 Born in the 1950s, Switched at Birth 五零，出生被调换 One-Legged Bird一只脚的鸟Modern Romance825k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1950s + transmigrated as a baby + spatial storage + self-interested heroine + military marriage] Gu Yihan is caught up in a transmigration to the 1950s because of a mutated hamster. The moment she opens her eyes, she discovers that her mother, who favors boys over girls, has switched her with someone else's son. Her adoptive mother dislikes her, and her adoptive father favors boys over girls. From childhood, Gu Yihan works hard to win her grandmother's favor and earn the chance 11.8kReads7.8Score799Shelves

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    🍒🍒Transmigrated into a period novel and became a clown, a foil for the scheming female supporting character, only to end up poor and miserable? Qiu Bailu laughed in anger. How was she described in the book again? Ignorant, feudal, selfish, mean, unfilial, opportunistic, petty, and doesn't care about her children. Ignorant? I'm happy with that! From today onwards, I'm blind! Feudal? From today onwards, I'm the emperor of this family! Selfish? That's right! No one is more important than me! Mean? No matter if the female or male lead messes with me, I'll kill them! Unfilial? Ha! Filial piety is fine, but you have to care about me first. Opportunistic and petty? I'm just shrewd and good at managing money. If anyone makes me uncomfortable, I'll make them doubly uncomfortable! As for not caring about her children, that's still undecided; we'll talk about it after the babies are born.

26. 276 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

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    The female protagonist in this book has strong morals and isn't a saint; her special abilities aren't too overpowered. I've already read it twice. [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

27. 277 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Young Cannon Fodder's Doomed Aunt 穿书后，我成了小炮灰的早死姑姑 New Little Moon新小月Modern Romance736k WordsCompleted [A Doctor and an Officer Find Their Way to Each Other! They Are Lovers and Partners!] [Fictional Period + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension (Limited Appearance) + Adorable Child + Cozy Daily Life] Synopsis One: Genius doctor Gu Mengyao transmigrates to the 1970s overnight, becoming a pitiful little orphan, and finds herself responsible for a human toddler! What can she do? Roll up her sleeves and get to work! She'll raise the little one! To get away from her awful relatives, Gu Mengyao promptly 5.6kReads8.5Score452Shelves
28. 278 七 The 1970s: This Supporting Character Just Wants to Ascend 七零：路人甲只想飞升 You Must Eat Hot Pot on Cloudy Days阴天必须吃火锅Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [No CP] Yan Zhao had finally carved out a place for herself in the cutthroat cultivation world, but before she could even settle in, a little AI sent her soul transmigrating again, this time into an era when you needed ration coupons for absolutely everything... “So I'm deleting my character and starting over in every world?” Just as Yan Zhao was working hard to find a way to cultivate, she suddenly realized this was a transmigration-into-a-book story, too? And she was only a random minor charac 1.4kReads8.1Score112Shelves

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    This is great, no romantic pairing!

29. 279 相 I Went to the Wrong Blind Date Table and Married an Officer, Then Made a Fortune with My Pocket Dimension 相亲走错桌嫁军官，携空间赚翻了 October Frost十月霜华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Entirely fictional] (military marriage in a bygone era + devoted love between two virgins + face-slapping villains + a touch of fantasy with a pocket dimension + no saintly heroine + building wealth) After ten years of keeping her head down, Gong Linglong finally avenged her parents and reclaimed everything that belonged to her. Just as she was about to enjoy life, a soul-reaper dragged her spirit down to the underworld! Damn it! They got the wrong soul? And she couldn't go back? With her fiery 52.3kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves

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    These are all completed period dramas. The female protagonist is very clear-headed and independent. She lives well during a time of scarcity and occasionally helps her soldier husband catch enemy spies.

30. 280 九 The 90s Policewoman Who Hears Animals' Thoughts Rises Through the Ranks 九零小警鲤，听动物心声升职加薪 Little Orange Cat橘络小喵Modern Romance327k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book + 1990s + animal thoughts + solving crimes + everyone's darling] Jiang Yeqiu transmigrated into a business-startup novel set in the 1990s, becoming a newly graduated junior police officer working at a local police station. In the novel, the heroine was reborn, divorced and quit her job, then went into business and made a name for herself. Along the way, she met all sorts of admirers and eventually built her own business empire. The bad news: In the story, Jiang Yeqiu wa 763Reads8.4Score101Shelves

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    These are some books I've read recently; they're all period dramas, and each one is great. The first one features a female protagonist who is reborn and enters the provincial government through a selection process, climbing the ranks step by step—a true female-centric political novel.

31. 281 穿 The Book Transmigrator Gets a Waist-Hugging Flirt from the Army's Toughest Man 穿书女配被全军第一硬汉搂腰撩 Deep in the Hedgerow篱落深深Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jian Yuelan had transmigrated into a book years ago, but the plot only kicked in after she followed the army to an island! Good news: sweet romance and a happy ending. Bad news: she and the second male lead were killed off early. A sweet, doting marriage in the 1970s? That’s all complete bullshit! Every character was just there to pave the way for the male and female leads to ascend! With no plot to follow, Jian Yuelan created her own, racking her brains to change her fate. Fortunately, her man 12.9kReads9.3Score896Shelves
32. 282 乡 Rural Chronicle 乡村纪实 Mountain Dewdrop山野露珠Urban260k WordsCompleted The little details of life, all those everyday moments, come together to paint a picture of a changing countryside. Generation after generation pursues its dreams, working hard in the mountain valleys. They make it through the winter, then the hills turn green in spring. Summer crops blanket the mountains, and autumn is always a season of joy. 212Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Set against the backdrop of the Loess Plateau in Northwest China during the 1970s and 80s, this novel tells a series of emotional stories about abandoned children born to educated youth returning to the city. It's a rural-themed historical drama about the hardships and struggles of an unknown individual's journey to success. Does life ultimately involve chasing fame and fortune, or is simply being alive happiness? The book provides the answers!

33. 283 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
34. 284 老 Old Huang and Old Hei 老黄与老黑 Shan Ye Yiyuan山野艺媛Urban430k WordsOngoing [Period Drama] [Countryside] [Married Life] Set in the early 1980s, this novel tells the story of four families, the Lins, Wangs, Lius, and Chens, in an unremarkable village on the Loess Plateau in the Great Northwest. They scheme and struggle against one another, while brothers and sisters-in-law within each clan bear their own grudges and grievances. But it is better to resolve enmity than let it fester. Lin Junjie is the first young man in the village to get into college, bringing honor to th 58Reads7.4Score—Shelves
35. 285 资 The Capitalist-Era Educated Youth Is Highly Enlightened, Winning Big by Serving the Nation 资本知青觉悟高，为国效力赢麻了 Yan Qi Yun Qian言蹊云浅Modern Romance994k WordsCompleted [1970s + transmigrate into a book + military marriage + special abilities + love after marriage + devoted husband + family life + joining the army + building wealth] Su Mo, a dual-ability user, discovered that she had transmigrated into a book. She'd become the cannon-fodder character who gave the heroine her start-up funds, and she was supposed to die right from the start. Even after dying, she'd be dragged out of the heroine's memories again and again to serve as a foil, with the destruction o 54.3kReads9.3Score5.7kShelves
36. 286 五 The 1950s: The Family's Beloved Child Takes a Grain Shop Through the Famine 五零团宠，带着粮铺混饥荒 llx Flying Fishllx飞鱼Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [For female readers] [Period] [Spatial storage] [Famine] [Family darling] [Everyday family life] [Slice of life] [Dual transmigration] [Coming of age] [Reincarnated in the womb] [Alternate historical setting] [A black pot falls from the sky: transmigrate to the 1950s and become the family’s darling] When Zhao Suisui returned home for the New Year, she passed her aunt’s grain shop. Her aunt had something urgent to do and asked her to mind the store. Just as she was lying on a rocking chair, watch 25kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
37. 287 七 The 1970s: A Mad Devoted Dog, the Villainess’s Plaything 七零年代：疯批舔狗，恶女的玩宠 Warm Pomelo西柚温温Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted (Completed~) (Please wish for an adaptation into a short drama~) (The author isn’t good at coming up with titles, so let’s just get straight to the story~) [Period setting with a pocket dimension + irresistible villainess + selfish + dog training + calculating self-interest + a family full of schemers + no going to the countryside + no black-market dealings + no marriage] Ye Wenshu has fair skin and stunning looks, with a bright, captivating beauty. She has always been pampered and fond of the f 7.7kReads8.8Score801Shelves
38. 288 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: The Real Heiress Dotes on the Champion at the Military Compound 穿书七零：真千金宠冠军区大院 111 Xiao Jiang111小江Modern Romance983k WordsOngoing [1970s Setting + Transmigrates Into a Book and Turns Her Life Around + Real and Fake Heiress + Sweet-Talking Beauty + Marriage First, Love Later + Powerful Beijing Family + Devoted Husband + Face-Slapping the Villains + Magical Spring in Her Space + God-Tier Medical Skills] Gu Nanxin, a top doctor from the apocalypse, accidentally transmigrates into a melodramatic period novel as the Gu family's real daughter. She was switched at birth on purpose and mistreated for eighteen years in the countrys 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both are very good, and the female lead is talented.

39. 289 七 The 1970s: Cursed to Bring Bad Luck to My Husband? I Marry Into the City and Eat State-Supplied Grain 七零：克夫女？我嫁进城吃供应粮 Run Once跑一次Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted (Period setting + military marriage + both pure + family life + superhuman strength + no angst + love at first sight + devoted husband + no pocket dimension or System + no transmigration or rebirth) Shuangshuang is a poor girl. She’s twenty, in the prime of her youth, yet she still can’t find a husband. She’s been engaged seven times, and all seven engagements were called off. Late at night, she hides under the covers, both delighted and exasperated as she counts her savings on her fingers. Seve 3.8kReads8.0Score388Shelves

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    The female lead has been jilted seven times, while the male lead has been married once. They meet due to a misunderstanding, decide to be together during their time together, and the story continues after their marriage.

40. 290 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I'm a Heartbreaker, So What? 重生八零，我是渣女我怕谁 One Cat, One Leaf一猫一叶Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to the 1980s] [Cunning Bad Girl] [Powerful Men Bow to Love] [Everyone's Favorite] [Men Are All Stepping Stones] [Ageless Youth Golden Finger] Power and money are a woman's best tonics, a real boost... Zhao Wenwen, a minor celebrity who got her start as an internet influencer, is a polished, self-serving opportunist who moves between men. By a twist of fate, her soul transmigrates to the 1980s. Reborn, she seizes the tailwind of the times and launches her entrepreneurial journey. 264Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    The first book's female protagonist treats men as stepping stones, kicking them aside whenever she feels they're no longer useful. The second book's male protagonist is merely a background character; the female protagonist prioritizes her career, and it's a rare example of a female protagonist working within the system.

41. 291 七 The 1970s: I Married the Man Who Prayed to the Gods 七零：我嫁给了求神拜佛的那个他 Clear Skies on the Second Day of the Fourth Month四月初二晴Modern Romance556k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Period Setting + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Past and Present Lives + Rebirth + Romance + No Saintly Protagonist + Golden Finger + Pocket Dimension] Blurb: Bai Xiaxia transmigrates to the 1970s, only to have her engagement broken off. The neighbors are all waiting to see her make a fool of herself. To their surprise, before long she's married to someone with even more power and status! She thinks going north to study is a reluctant choice, made after weighing her options —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A historical romance novel. The female lead is intelligent and rational, while the male lead is cunning yet deeply affectionate; both are intelligent, and the story is sweet and doting after marriage.

42. 292 九 The 1990s: They Look Down on Me? I’m a Reborn Workaholic 九零：被瞧不起？呵呵我卷王重生 You Were Born Nameless卿本无名Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Tags: Clear-headed, independent heroine! After a difficult life, Li Xiaonan got to wipe the slate clean and start over. Back on the day she was tricked into buying a job, Li Xiaonan firmly said no! She resolutely decided to return to school and take the exams, and unexpectedly crossed paths with the big shot Zhou Qingbai from her previous life. Li Xiaonan: Big brother, how about being a useful connection for me? 45.6kReads9.1Score5.6kShelves
43. 293 八 The Miaojiang Gu Witch of the Eighties: Slay Evil Gu and Marry a War Hero 八零苗疆蛊女：斩邪蛊娶兵王 111 Xiao Jiang111小江Modern Romance515k WordsOngoing [1980s + Saintess of the Miao Frontier + Gu Sorcery and Metaphysics + Sweet Military Marriage + Sharp-Tongued Soldier King + Face-Slapping the Scum + Metaphysical Power Fantasy] Shu Lixue, the Saintess of the Miao frontier, transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself a pitiful orphan in a border village, abused by her stepmother’s family and subjected to the cold shoulder by her scumbag husband. From the start, they try to force her into a divorce. Instead, she awakens her life-bound gu, puts 15Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 294 七 A Miao Healer Joins the Army in the 1970s: The Regiment Commander Dotes on His Young Wife 七零苗医随军：团长娇宠小媳妇 Thunderclap 1霹雳1Modern Romance835k WordsCompleted [1970s + Army Wife + Miaojiang Poison Medicine + Pocket Space Golden Finger + Iron-Blooded Tough Guy + Sweet Romance and Healing + Satisfying Comeuppance] Miao Xiuxiu, a top poison doctor in the post-apocalyptic world, wakes up in a Miao village in Guizhou in 1975. She's become a poor orphan whose uncle's family is scheming to marry her off to a lazy man in exchange for a bride price. She stands up to her awful relatives on the spot and uses her poison-medicine skills to escape. The silver brace 616Reads5.2Score103Shelves
45. 295 七 A Pocket Space in the 1970s: Stocking Up, Snacking, and Watching the Show 七零有空间，囤货吃瓜看热闹 Gu Hongying Is Super Cute孤鸿影超可爱Modern Romance977k WordsOngoing [Period drama + the 1970s + educated youth sent to the countryside + everyday family life + space + reborn + feel-good revenge + a self-serving pragmatist] Chen Songyi had terrible luck. After staying up all night reading a novel, she dropped dead and was suddenly reborn in the 1970s. In an era when everything was rationed, what could she do, alone and with no one to rely on? Her parents were useless and called her an ungrateful, two-faced daughter. Her siblings stood by and did nothing; not one 3.4kReads6.4Score274Shelves

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    The male lead is negligible; the female lead holds her hand tightly, and the secret remains hidden from everyone from beginning to end.

46. 296 七 The Village Girl of the 1970s: I Turned the Refined, Aloof Male Educated Youth Into My Child's Father 七零小村姑：我把清隽高冷男知青变成了孩子他爹 Big Sister Cat猫大姐Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted The 70s Village Girl: I Turned the Cool, Refined Young Educated Man into My Child’s Father 389Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A historical fiction story. The female protagonist, a village girl, uses her influence in the village to force a marriage between herself and the male protagonist, a young intellectual sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. Later, the male protagonist gets into university and wants a divorce, but the female protagonist chooses to let him go. She then moves to the city where the male protagonist is studying and works as a self-employed individual, where she encounters many kind-hearted people who help her. The story has a happy ending.

47. 297 被 Sold to Harbor City: The Little Girl Takes on the Mob Boss 被卖港城：小萝莉逆袭黑老大 Mo Xun墨鲟Modern Romance431k WordsOngoing [1960s Hong Kong + Apocalypse Rebirth + Spatial Powers + Strong Female Lead + Multiple Male Leads Dote on Her + Face-Slapping and Scumbag-Bashing + Revenge and Business Warfare] Shu Yao, a top psychic powerhouse from the apocalypse, suddenly transmigrates into 1960s Hong Kong, becoming a sixteen-year-old girl sold off by her gambling-addict father. Beneath her sweet, delicate exterior lies a ruthless soul that acts decisively. From the start, trapped on a remote island by human traffickers, she 102Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 298 重 Back to the 1960s: My Parents Chose Their Adopted Daughter Over Me 重回六零，爹妈为了养女不要我了 Bouncing Bunny蹦跶兔Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted 6.5kReads8.9Score538Shelves

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    It's a completed series, you can check it out [kissing emoji]

49. 299 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s: I Become a Military Wife with Superpowers 穿越八零：我带异能当军花 Mo Xun墨鲟Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted [1980s + Reborn in the Apocalypse + Daughter of a Military Family + True and Fake Heiress + Power Fantasy + Harem of Male Leads Who Dote on Her + Sweet Romance, No Angst + Face-Slapping and Putting Scumbags in Their Place] Pei Qingyao, a top commander of an apocalypse base, transmigrates in an instant with dual psychic and plant abilities, becoming the true heiress raised in luxury by a military family in 1980. From the start, she tears apart the vicious fake heiress. With her apocalyptic combat 94Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 300 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: A Leisurely Life 快穿年代，悠闲生活 Gong Yu Who Likes Huai Beans喜欢槐豆的宫宇Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted [Period fiction] [Quick transmigration/slow transmigration] [Sign-in System, no missions] [Portable personal space] [Romance, pairing not fixed] Once carried along by the demands of everyday life, a diligent girl followed the familiar nine-to-five routine. Then an unexpected accident broke her out of that established rhythm and sent her into an unfamiliar era. The mornings and evenings of her old life fell far behind, as a whole new chapter of her story slowly unfolded. Volume One: A Young Farm 4.9kReads8.4Score362Shelves

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    She comes from a warm family and takes good care of them, but she's also very possessive and tight-lipped, has a knack for getting things done, and isn't particularly big-shot.

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