Looking for Period or Farming Stories, Not Reborn or Transmigrated, With No System 想看年代文或种田文，不重生不穿越，无系统的那种

1. 1 农 The Tough Farmer’s Wife and Her Frail Husband’s Unbridled Devotion 农门悍妇，病弱相公宠妻无度 Full Belly, Ready to Write吃饱饱好码字Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted Li Miaomiao transmigrates into the body of a woman who was abandoned by her groom, went mad and married Xiao Xian, who had come to attend the wedding feast, then demanded the next day to go back and become the groom’s concubine. She fell into a river and died. The guests all laugh at the useless cripple, who has nothing but a handsome face and lives in abject poverty, unable even to keep the jilted bride. Everyone expects her to wake up and torment Xiao Xian. Instead, she picks up a toolbox and 16.8kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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2. 2 村 The Family at the End of the Village 村尾人家 Qing You清优Ancient Romance6.5M WordsOngoing [Fictional setting + cozy farming + everyday family life + slow-burn slice of life] With no love from her father or stepmother, Tian Xiaoxi has endured years of torment. Now she is forced to marry Chen Jiawang, a cripple from the neighboring village. She thinks she is doomed to sink into a mire with no hope of ever turning her life around. Little does she know that the man fell in love with her at first sight long ago. After they marry, he cherishes her dearly. They have a lovely son and daug 20.7kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
3. 3 乔 Qiao Ge’er’s Farming Life 乔哥儿种田 Lantern-Bearer燃灯儿Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted A gentle, everyday warmth that soothes the heart. [Full-cast audio drama now available. It's great, so go listen!] [Devoted couple + husband doting + cooking and farming + building wealth + healing daily life + slow-burn romance] One day, Qiao Yu transmigrates into the body of Qiao Yu, a male consort, and his stepmother knocks him unconscious with a stick and marries him off to a fierce hunter who supposedly brings death to his wives! He spent thirty years in his previous life without even havin 10.2kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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   There's a time-travel element, but no cheat codes, no martial arts world or imperial court; it's just about hard work, food, farming, getting rich, and a relaxing, healing life.

4. 4 重 Reborn in the 1970s: An Educated Youth in the Great Northern Wilderness 重生七零：知青在北大荒 Yi Ziyan易子晏Modern Romance5.0M WordsOngoing He Siwei is reborn in the year she went to the countryside. She refuses to go to the farm where her childhood sweetheart works, as she did in her previous life. Instead, she chooses a firewood farm in the mountains. Armed with the traditional Chinese medicine skills she learned by her father’s side and her knack for identifying herbs, she begins her life as an educated youth sent to the countryside in the Great Northern Wilderness. 27.9kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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   This is a story set in the Great Northern Wilderness during the educated youth era. It's a rebirth story without a system, allowing the reader to avoid hypocritical people and gain a more comprehensive perspective after rebirth. The protagonist is willing to confront challenges and live a meaningful life.

5. 5 七 The Good Life in the 1970s 七十年代好生活 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted Chen Xiangju left her hometown in the countryside and came to the city to stay with her good friend Chen Chunyan. She hoped to find a partner in the city, since she had no intention of returning to the village. Li Gang happened to be looking for a wife. They were introduced and hit it off at once, and Chen Xiangju began her life in the family compound. 12.2kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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   This is a historical fiction novel with no time travel or rebirth elements. Both the male and female leads are characters from the original story. To escape her scumbag family, the female lead runs away to the capital to stay with her best friend. She goes on blind dates and gets married in three days to a local Beijing resident with a large, independent courtyard. Every day, she listens to the gossip of the aunties in the courtyard, goes out with them to buy nice things, eat, drink, and have fun, and incidentally, she also starts a business!

6. 6 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 15kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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   This book, without time travel or reincarnation, is a collection of everyday stories that witness the birth of an era—it's truly wonderful!

7. 7 回 I Took Over a Mountain Back Home and Struck It Rich 回家承包大山后，实现暴富 Mu Xi Ye沐溪夜Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted Lin Mu nearly ended up with a criminal record after a jealous coworker caused her to damage the company’s interests. Fortunately, Lin Mu had kept a card up her sleeve. She fired back and cleared her name in the process. She’d had enough of this cutthroat workplace full of scheming and betrayal. So she quit on the spot and headed home. On her way back to her rented apartment after resigning, she bonded with the Let’s Farm System. From then on, she set off on the path to becoming a versatile craf 282Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   This book is neither a rebirth nor a time-travel farming novel, but it does have a system.

8. 8 甜 The Sweethouse’s Top Star 甜字号头牌 Ji Zhi霁之Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted (The print edition of Sweetness Unspoken goes on sale June 20) [Campus + goofy comedy + childhood sweethearts + overprotective brother + sweet romance] [Sweet, feisty girl × suave, sly bad boy] A pretty, sweet-looking girl transfers into the class. She's wild-tempered and fearless, and on her very first day she gets into an argument with Shen Sili, the top guy in the grade who sits in the back row. While their classmates marvel that the newcomer has no fear, the next day they see the two walking 18.2kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves

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   These books are all quite engaging, with dramatic and suspenseful plots. The writing is refreshing, and the stories are heartwarming.

9. 9 槐 Locust Tree Breeze 槐风 Sweet Candy暖糖Modern Romance384k WordsCompleted (Print edition published) [Both leads are each other's first love + happy ending + roguishly handsome boy vs. unruly girl + blunt and direct, with both leads speaking their minds] He first met Tang Yi in Tongcheng. That summer, he had won first place in the physics Olympiad. He was strolling through the streets, idly exploring the unfamiliar city, the medal still warm in his pocket and everything around him feeling fresh and new. His gaze came to rest on a young girl not far ahead. In a pale yel 37.3kReads9.4Score6.1kShelves
10. 10 藏 Hidden in Midsummer 藏于盛夏 Autumn Chill秋日凉Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted A heads-up before you start ❗️: One of the side couples is a gay couple, so please skip this if that bothers you. [The print edition under the same title is now available] [Healing × Love that grows over time × Angsty school romance] Sweet, gentle, well-behaved student × rebellious, handsome bad boy That midsummer seemed hotter than any before. The girl in the graduation photo smiled sweetly, with a boy in a white shirt grinning boldly behind her. They met in midsummer, and parted in midsummer t 84.2kReads9.6Score14.8kShelves
11. 11 赌 I Married My Crush's Cousin Out of Spite, and Had Triplets 赌气嫁给心上人的堂哥，我一胎生三宝 Thirty Moons叁拾月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After the man she loved got married, Lin Nuo married his cousin in a fit of anger. She obsessively monitored the couple's life until his wife became pregnant. Then Lin Nuo shoved her over, nearly causing a terrible accident. Reborn in the 1990s and faced with the same script, Lin Nuo only wants to gouge her eyes out. Her parents dote on her, her in-laws indulge her, and her older brother, a folksy tycoon, treats her like a princess. Even her college-student husband, who seemed to fade into the b 7.9kReads9.3Score974Shelves
12. 12 八 To Avoid Disaster, the Village Belle Marries the Village Bully and Asks Him for a Baby 八零村花为避祸嫁村霸，邀他生崽 Little Spinning Top小陀螺转转Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted [Delicate village beauty + rugged man + adored by all + cozy romance + having a baby + childhood sweethearts] Su Yunqi was famous throughout the surrounding villages for being a delicate beauty. Unfortunately, the Su family had little power and couldn't protect her. When a rich hooligan took a fancy to her, they had no choice but to hastily marry her off to a rugged man from the neighboring village, an even bigger village bully and hooligan. He was five years older than her, and they'd grown u 15.4kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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    A sweet little story about childhood sweethearts and simple happiness.

13. 13 王 Wang Lanlan’s Transmigration Makeover 王懒懒穿越变形记 The Easygoing Slacker Who Follows the Great Way of Nonaction大道无为的闲散懒人Ancient Romance170k WordsCompleted Wang Lanlan was not actually called Wang Lanlan. She was so lazy that everyone forgot her real name, and her laziness made her famous, earning her the nickname “Wang Lanlan.” While accompanying her grandmother on a visit to her maternal family, she transmigrated in her sleep into the body of Wang Daya, a seven-year-old girl from Wangjia Village. Thus began her miserable life of farming while raising her younger brother. With the help of a spatial System, she was forced onto the path of becoming 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist is lazy and timid. She transmigrates into the body of a grass-cutting girl in a mountain village. She has a cheat-like ability, but all she wants to do is live a long and peaceful life.

14. 14 大 Gossiping in the Compound Is So Much Fun 大院吃瓜真香了 Ling Ling Zi苓菱子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Qing had a terrifying dream. In it, she was a frail young aunt whose niece, born the same year, had stolen her engagement. Afraid Lin Qing would try to reclaim the match, the niece flaunted the man she'd stolen in front of her every day, until Lin Qing was finally angered to death. Lin Qing jolted awake in fright. What kind of vicious dream was that? If the niece wanted the man, she could have him. Why did she have to anger Lin Qing to death, too? Just when Lin Qing thought it had all been a 14.1kReads8.1Score1kShelves

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    ✨This is a historical fiction story. The female protagonist is neither reborn nor a time traveler, and there is no system!

15. 15 农 Everyday Ways to Prosper on the Farm 农家致富日常 Rain Falls Over Jiangnan江南雨纷纷Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + Street Stalls + A Gentle Pace + Everyday Family Life] This is a warm and cozy farming story with no outrageous villains. It's a warm, funny daily-life story about a family focused on making money. There are no villains and no golden fingers. The main characters are ordinary people without any golden fingers, and the whole family works together to build a better life, with a focus on the gentle rhythms of everyday life. At daybreak, smoke rose from the chimneys of many homes in Peach B 13kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves

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    These are all ordinary stories without time travel, rebirth, systems, or cheat codes. They are set in local times or farming, focusing on everyday family life, and without too many extraordinary characters.

16. 16 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W 49.5kReads9.5Score5.3kShelves

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    It's very immersive and also witty and humorous.

17. 17 小 [The 1980s] The Young Factory Worker Marries into the Factory Director's Family 【八零年代】小女工嫁到厂长家 Swirly Iced Coffee卷卷冰咖啡Modern Romance365k WordsOngoing Behold the bumpy life of Song An'an, a young factory worker in the 1980s: A dad who couldn't care less about anything A mom who played favorites A sister with princess syndrome A spineless little brother After overcoming countless hardships, she finally married a university professor, only to find herself facing this whole chaotic family. Song An'an can only sigh: What a bumpy life I've had. Watch as this independent and resilient young woman from a soda factory goes from swallowing her grievanc 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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18. 18 八 The 1980s: My Husband Married Someone Else in the City, So I Married an Officer 八零：丈夫在城里娶妻，我嫁军官 Fat Potato胖土豆Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted Nan Chu, a kidnapped woman. After six years of marriage, she discovers that her husband has taken a wife and started a family in the city. Her mother-in-law concealed the truth and made her work as an unpaid servant. When she learns the truth, she jumps into the river. He jumps in after her. He saves her. But she repays his kindness with ingratitude. She throws herself into his arms and corners him against the wall. “You held me.” “You kissed me.” “You have to take responsibility for me.” “I 363Reads7.9Score107Shelves
19. 19 七 The 1970s: A Sweet Young Educated Woman Catches the Eye of the Toughest Country Boy 七零，娇娇知青惹上最猛糙汉 Green Trees, Black Woods绿树黑林Modern Romance292k WordsCompleted [Pampered female educated youth × rugged country man] Su Yanrou is the cherished daughter of a wealthy city family, spoiled and doted on by everyone at home. For the sake of her secret crush, she defied her family and insisted on going to the countryside. In the village, she quickly became notorious as a troublemaker and a spoiled brat. She was delicate and dainty, with soft, unblemished skin, and couldn't endure the slightest hardship. All she did was complain. She couldn't be asked to lift 1.9kReads7.3Score115Shelves
20. 20 七 The Lovely Military Wife of the 1970s 七零年代俏军嫂 Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut栗子栗子栗栗子Modern Romance398k WordsCompleted [No Golden Finger + No Business Ventures + No Buying a Courtyard House] Wen Yu and Shao Wen Ye are complete opposites: one is a pampered young woman from Shanghai, the other a soldier stationed at the border. They have nothing in common, yet their parents' arranged marriage binds them together. Little do they know, this is exactly what Wen Yu wants. To marry the man she's been dreaming about, Wen Yu travels thousands of miles to the southwestern border. At first, Shao Wen Ye takes things as they 8.5kReads8.9Score489Shelves
21. 21 穿 A Transmigrated Farmer Girl Brings Prosperity to Her Community 穿越农女造福一方 Five Elements Fire五行炔火Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Title: A Transmigrated Country Girl Brings Prosperity to Her Home Also known as: After the Family Splits Up, Her Horrible Relatives Regret It A farming story with a gentle pace. The heroine has no golden finger. She grows little by little through intelligence and courage! Lin Qian, an orphan from modern times, transmigrates one day into ancient times as Meng Yuetao. One disaster after another befalls the Meng family. Her father is imprisoned, and her mother is pregnant. Her aunt says they're fr 1.5kReads8.9Score154Shelves
22. 22 那 The Tycoon's Daughter Is Charming, Beautiful, and Can Catch Ghosts 那暴发户的女儿又娇又美还会捉鬼 Xi Cheng Ya希成吖Rural Life1.1M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + supernatural + everyone's darling + eccentric family + ghost hunting + ancient-to-modern transmigration + comedy] Blackwind Village is a backward, impoverished place, and everyone in the village talks about the Ma family. After having five sons, the forty-year-old woman of the Ma family got pregnant again. This time, she gave birth to a girl, and the family's elders treasured her dearly. The Ma family's legacy had arrived: their ghost-hunting skills were passed down to daughter 2kReads8.6Score259Shelves

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    This book doesn't feature rebirth, time travel, or a system; it's not a historical fiction, and it's a bit humorous.

23. 23 命 Fate Turns, Love Remains 命转情真 Ran Rang冉让Modern Romance622k WordsCompleted In the turbulent 1980s, amid the shifting fortunes of the three regions on both sides of the strait, this story follows a fallen woman’s winding struggle against fate. It traces the joys and sorrows of her search for happiness, amid the tangled grudges and passions of all kinds of people. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It depicts the entrepreneurial life of the 1980s in great detail and is highly recommended.

24. 24 全 The Whole Family Is Insanely Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 全家偷听我心声杀疯了，我负责吃奶 Xia Shengsheng夏声声Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted The Red Fruit short drama adaptation of My Whole Family Hears My Thoughts: Fu Bao Chaochao is now open for reservations! Please show it lots of support and give it a follow! [Whole-family mind reading + cannon fodder + beloved by the whole family + powerful figure transmigrates into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger + feel-good story] Lu Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book. She became a cannon-fodder character who was drowned at birth, while the heroine stole her identity. The heroine turned 14.9kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves

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    The stories about Xiao Nan, the beautiful woman from the water city, and Peng Lina, a print model from Shanghai Bund Yunhu Company, are worth your attention. Thank you.

25. 25 如 If I Love You, I Want to Shout It to the Stars! 如果爱，我想大声地对星星说话！ A Native of Nanan Prefecture南安府人Modern Romance284k WordsCompleted A Fu’s real name is Yang Jiaming. He grew up in Xigu Village, Fengchao Bay, Fengcheng City. After his elder brother and mother died of illness, he was left an orphan. Once he turned eighteen, A Fu was taken in by the town’s nursing home. Fortunately, he was cared for and accompanied by a nurse named A Feng and her younger brother, Liao Jinsheng, who taught him to read and write. A tumor at the back of his head had left his intellectual development at the level of an elementary school student. La —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 改 Reforming My Good-for-Nothing Husband, Starting at Age 20 改造废物老公，从20岁开始养老 Teletubby Without an Antenna没有天线的天线宝宝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr 34.1kReads9.1Score4.1kShelves

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    A great historical romance novel, highly recommended! 👍👍👍

27. 27 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
28. 28 七 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 Li Jia Qiqi黎家七七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 22.2kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
29. 29 三 Two Babies in Three Years: Don't Spoil Me Too Much, Stern Officer 三年抱俩，冷硬军官别太宠 Lin Xixi林喜喜Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted Proud wolf-like soldier king × clear-headed, independent doctor [Both are each other's first and only love + marriage before love + groveling to win her back + secret crush comes true, then she leaves while pregnant] When Lin Ruan was fifteen, her father died in the line of duty. Later, she received financial support from the youngest son of the Zhou family. After discovering that she was the descendant of an old friend, Grandpa Zhou brought her into the Zhou household to raise her. Zhou Fuchuan 18.2kReads9.2Score2kShelves
30. 30 八 The 1980s: I Had a Flash Marriage with a Hooligan Husband, and He Spoils Me Rotten 八零之闪婚混混老公，被宠麻了 Light Drizzle Feifei微微雨霏Modern Romance696k WordsCompleted (Faithful to each other + devoted husband + everyday life + comedy + marriage before love) (No transmigration or rebirth. The heroine is not a strong-willed type. Read at your own discretion.) The hero is a street punk, while the heroine is the village beauty. To raise enough money for her father’s surgery, Su Nianxue took the initiative and asked Gu Yanbai to marry her. Gu Yanbai was a notorious loafer in all the surrounding villages. Nobody was willing to marry their daughter to him. Then one 8.4kReads8.7Score563Shelves
31. 31 八 I Went to the Wrong Table for an 1980s Blind Date and Ended Up Marrying the Mightiest Officer 八零相亲走错桌，我闪婚最强军官 Su Ranjiu酥染玖Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted The short drama Reborn: Love Hidden in a Dimple is now available. Bai Wei woke up one day to find she had transmigrated to the 1980s and become a woman who had never dated and whose parents were pressuring her to get married. She had to go on a blind date. The matchmaker said the man was fit, extremely handsome, and very rich. Excited, she rushed off to meet him and sure enough, found a super handsome guy. But after talking fo 6.3kReads9.0Score519Shelves
32. 32 绝 Incredible! The Baby Points with One Little Hand, and Gold Covers the Whole House 绝了！奶娃小手一指，家里遍地金子 Er Shuangqiao耳双乔Ancient Romance624k WordsCompleted [Mystical prodigy + playing dumb while being formidable + adored by the whole family + face-slapping comedy + farming to fortune] Nuo Bao transmigrates into a scene where children are being sold. Once a grand master of the occult, now a three-year-old toddler, Nuo Bao clenches her fists. “Let the heavens know I won't give up!” Dreadful relatives, huh? Open the door and let the ghosts in! When vengeful spirits come calling, Nuo Bao swings her little legs. “Tell me what's wrong first. Pay me enoug 77Reads8.8Score—Shelves
33. 33 六 The 1960s: I'm the Mother of the Original Heroine! 六十年代：我是女主原身她妈！ Sui Xi随兮Modern Romance380k WordsCompleted Xu Lingling was a modern sophomore. After the student in the dorm next door jumped to her death over a breakup, the underworld mistakenly took Xu Lingling's soul. By the time they realized their mistake, there was no way to send her back. To make amends, the underworld let Xu Lingling transmigrate into the world of the novel she had been reading before bed. She became the original mother of th 149Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    It's great, I love watching it, and I'll watch it again!

34. 34 陈 Chen Xiaotao’s Comeback 陈小桃的逆袭 50-Year-Old Aunt Living Alone50岁独居阿姨Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted In 1974, Chen Xiaotao was born into a poor rural family. She was an angel and a devil. To those who treated her well, she was an angel; to anyone who wanted to hurt her or the people she cared about, she was a devil. In truth, Chen Xiaotao was a union of angel and devil. 172Reads8.8Score144Shelves

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    The female lead is a genius, extremely intelligent; she memorized that legal code at a very young age.

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