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- 201 Beloved of the Era: I Win Over My Amnesiac Husband by Acting Sweet 年代娇宠：我靠装乖认领失忆老公 [Period Setting + Both Leads Are Pure and Devoted + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance + Devoted Husband + Dramatic, Selfish Female Lead + Brash, Wild, Delusional Romantic Male Lead] Lin Wan has transmigrated into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder character in a period novel who is sold off and dies horribly. To survive, she immediately sets her sights on Gu Ye, the unlucky military officer in the book who is injured and loses his memory while undercover. They’re both cannon fodder, so the 9.7kReads9.0Score34.3kShelves
- 202 Shining with Stars 闪耀含星 Reborn + space + special abilities + mutually devoted romance + stone gambling Hacker, beautiful pharmacist, military-family heiress vs. the mightiest soldier king For thirty-five years, her parents kept her under their thumb. They arranged for her to donate bone marrow to her cousin, causing her to miss the high school entrance exam. She became their favorite target for bullying. Every chore in the house, big or small, was dumped on her, and whenever anyone was in a bad mood, beatings and insul 3.4kReads8.3Score381Shelves
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Remarried to the Rough-Hewn Neighbor, the Young Bride Is Spoiled Rotten 改嫁隔壁糙汉，小媳妇被宠上天
Original title: "Left Alone at Home, the Neighboring Roughneck Has His Eye on Her" [1980s | Countryside | Realistic | Devoted Couple | Possessive Favoritism | Age Gap | Love Rival Showdown] In 1980, Li Chuntao is married off in exchange for her older brother’s marriage. But on their wedding night, her groom elopes with his old flame. Overnight, she becomes the village’s target of scorn, branded a woman who brings bad luck. Her mother-in-law calls her a jinx, while a pack of old bachelors eye
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- 204 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 (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
- 205 Reborn in the Glory of a Golden Age 重生之盛世年华 (Rebirth + space + possessiveness + devoted couple + family life + slow-burn romance) She won the lottery for the first time, but one sentence from her own mother made her die of anger. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had been reborn at eighteen, in the college entrance exam hall, holding the exam papers her mother had forced her to fill out for four years. If you were reborn at eighteen, what would you do? Would you seize the opportunity and use your memories to become a self 1.1kReads—Score105Shelves
- 206 Transmigrated Into the Nineties: The Villainous Big Shots Are All My Kids 穿书九零：反派大佬们都是我的崽 After Wang Qi died in a car accident, she transmigrated into a romance novel called The Overbearing CEO Falls for Me. By an unfortunate twist of fate, she became the male lead’s stepmother and the mother of three future villainous powerhouses. But Wang Qi transmigrated to the 1990s, five years before the novel’s story began. The original heroine had yet to be reborn, and the plot had not started. The eldest son, one of the future villains, was only fourteen, while the other two hadn’t even been 213.7kReads9.4Score28.6kShelves
- 207 Wild Lilies of the Mountain Village 山村野百合 An eighteen-year-old village beauty married a thirty-three-year-old simpleton. A month after their wedding, her husband drowned, and she was branded a woman who brought death to her husband… This story offers a true-to-life account of the loves and hatreds, joys and sorrows of ordinary rural people. It faces the ugliness and greed of human nature head-on, while reflecting on the sincerity and warmth found in this world. 279Reads—Score—Shelves
- 208 I Brought a Jewelry Store to the 1970s, and the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Wants to Lie Flat 带着金店穿七零，炮灰女配想躺平 [No rural relocation + no black-market trips + no business ventures + cozy daily life + few extreme characters + male lead + military marriage + joins her husband at his post + sweet romance + happy ending] The cozy everyday moments are the main focus! The book has just been rated, and there are still very few ratings, which is why the score is so low. This is an alternate setting with original details, so please don’t overthink the historical accuracy! Landlady Shen Yao transmigrates into a bo 12.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
- 209 Rural Love: The Marriage Swap 乡村爱情之换亲 The village looks peaceful, but undercurrents churn beneath the surface. Love, family affection, and illicit affairs intertwine to create a sweeping portrait of life. The beautiful village flower is forced to marry the poorest man in the village, and their story begins... 5.8kReads8.8Score492Shelves
- 210 The Only Daughter of the 1980s 八十年代独生女 Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news was that both her parents worked at state-owned factories. The bad news was that they gave up their secure jobs and headed south to find work. Her mother got a factory job, and her father started working on construction sites. Later, they started a small business and brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them. Little by little, she realized she’d become a rich kid. Told from the heroine’s perspective, this is the story of her parents starting a business in th 12.1kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
- 211 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 55.7kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves
- 212 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 {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
- 213 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 15.9kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
- 214 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代：开局就是新婚 [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
- 215 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 13.9kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
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Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮
[Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on
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- 217 The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者 [Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is 93.7kReads9.5Score13.2kShelves
- 218 Transmigrating to the 1960s: Sign-In for a Perfect Life 穿越六零：签到完美人生 He transmigrated to 1959, the worst year of the famine. While others chewed tree bark, Wen An's sign-in System could conjure food. Starting by reclaiming his father's job, he built up capital through the black market while steadily rising through the supply and marketing cooperative. Acorn flour saved the market, tens of thousands of tons of grain were dispatched to three cities, and the national grain ration coupons were abolished... By coordinating supplies to propel the times forward, he beca 15.6kReads7.5Score952Shelves
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Reborn in the 1960s: This Heroine Is a Little Crafty 重生六零：这个女主有点茶
The person the members of Lengshuigou Production Team hate most is A Cha. She may be young, but she’s ruthless, and she’ll steal chickens or pull any other dirty trick. On top of that, she’s impossibly hard to kill: her father and mother are both dead, and anyone who gets close to her is doomed to bad luck. But Gao Qingyang doesn’t care. He keeps finding ways to get close to her. He knows A Cha isn’t nearly as awful as people say. She’s a good person!
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- 220 Sixties Procurement Officer: The Honest Ones Are Dark on the Inside 六零采购员：老实人切开是黑的 In 1962, a timid bookworm joined the supply and marketing cooperative. His coworkers waited for him to make a fool of himself, while his superiors plotted how to keep him in line. Only after he used a few pieces of candy to set an era in motion did they realize that beneath the mask of an honest man lurked the most ruthless hunter. 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 221 Transmigrate to the 1970s: With a Childbearing System, I Marry an Infertile Officer 穿七零：带生子系统，嫁不育军官 [Childbearing System (not primarily about having children) + military marriage + abundant supplies + satisfying read + no outrageous characters + sweet romance] [A stunning psychologist with a childbearing System + a stern-faced, fierce military officer who can’t have children] Xu Qingluo is a rising star in the field of psychology in the 21st century. Her parents and grandparents are all world-renowned psychology experts. After transmigrating to the 1970s, she becomes the youngest granddaughter 24.1kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
- 222 The Little Chef of the Seventies: The Iron-Blooded Battalion Commander Dotes on Me 七零小厨娘：铁血营长偏宠我 Food blogger Su Nianwei opened her eyes to find herself in the body of a poor woman in the 1970s who had been forced to jump into a river. At a crossroads, she saved Gu Huaizheng, a tough battalion commander suffering from low blood sugar. His simple words, “I'll marry you,” changed her life forever. With a food-filled pocket dimension in one hand and tender devotion in the other, she tore apart the scumbag and the fake innocent, filling the military compound with mouthwatering aromas. She went 3.2kReads7.3Score326Shelves
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I Traveled to the 1970s With a Dedicated Worker System 带着敬业系统穿七零
Xu Taotao, a descendant of imperial chefs, keeps her culinary skills hidden while living among ordinary people. Then she dies suddenly from overwork and gets bound to a workaholic System, which sends her to the 1970s. She becomes the famously ugly daughter of a butcher at a meat-processing plant. Determined to become beautiful, she has no choice but to keep working hard. With her superb cooking skills, she climbs the career ladder, gets a raise, and marries Professor Gu... No, wait! “Ding-dong!
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After a Scholar Divorced Me, I Married a Butcher and Had Twins 被秀才休后，我嫁屠户怀了双胞胎
After the scholar divorced me, I married a butcher and became pregnant with twins
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Period: My Passionate Struggle 年代：我的激情奋斗
[Starting in 1957] [Dimension] [System] [No Dark or Violent Themes] [Everyday Life] After washing his bare feet, Li Qingmin was walking along the roadside when he transmigrated to 1957 and found himself in the body of another Li Qingmin. He says he's in a real bind: with a year of famine about to begin, how is he supposed to live well? Suddenly, a voice says, “Beep. System integration initiated.” “Integration failed. Integrating existing module. Integration successful.” “Seeking the Dao Across t
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- 226 While Sorting Grandma's Belongings, I Uncovered the Secret Grandpa Had Hidden for Forty Years 整理阿嬷遗物时，我翻出了阿公藏了四十年的秘密 While sorting through Grandma's belongings, I uncovered the secret Grandpa had hidden for forty years 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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Reborn as a Beautiful Young Wife, I Win the Clan Chief as My Backer 穿成貌美小娘子，撩个族长当靠山
[Both leads are pure and devoted + No golden finger + Extra sweet and doting + Eight-year age gap + No palace or household infighting + A sweet, peaceful life together + A glorious period of romantic tension + She pursues him + Proper in public, insatiable in private] When Xia He transmigrated into a book, her husband was already dead. That very day, her family elders pressured her to marry her husband's elder brother. She absolutely wasn't going to marry him. But her face was exceptionally beau
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Tales of the Lesser Khingan Mountains: The Fearless Wife of the Sixties 小兴安岭往事：六零悍妻
[Period] [Family Life] [Growing Up] [An Extraordinary Ordinary Life] In the winter of 1959, a tough woman from the apocalypse barged into the Lesser Khingan Mountains. With her brute strength, Mi Duo slaughtered pigs and wolves, and even teased black bears. Mi Duo’s wish: get married, have children, live an uneventful life, and die of old age. Mi Duo’s daily life: hunt bears, fight wolves, tear into scumbags, and pull an extra night shift whenever someone rubs her the wrong way. Mi Duo’s fut
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- 229 I Guarded the Border for Three Years, Waiting for You to Return. The Day You Came Back, I Wed Another 守了三年边关待君归，他归来那日我拜了堂 I guarded the border for three years, waiting for him to return. The day he came back, I married someone else 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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1960: Transmigrating to Nanluoguxiang 年代1960：穿越南锣鼓巷，
New novel: Reborn in 1980: The Life I’ve Always Dreamed Of Also known as Li Laifu’s Happy Life in 1960s China. (No angst, comedy, farming, and everyday family life.) A short drama, comedy animations, and AI short dramas are now available.
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- 231 The Year I Remarried a Hunter, He Knelt in Court for Three Days 我改嫁猎户那年，他在朝堂跪了三天 The year I remarried a hunter, he knelt in the royal court for three days. 633Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Black Heiress 黑千金
Zhou Zhizhi was born a wealthy heiress, but she was abandoned in a remote county and taken in by a man who had just been released from prison after serving time for a serious crime. At just five years old, she was already able to save her father. Later, she also brought home an old scholar and former examination candidate, and the three of them began building a life together. The hardened criminal turned into a coal magnate, while the abandoned girl became a true heiress of the underworld. How w
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- 233 I Became a Speculator in 1960 我在1960当倒爷 Zhang Shuguang, a struggling 21st-century author, spent years staying up late to write, until he finally dropped dead from exhaustion and became one of the transmigration crowd. But Zhang Shuguang was far from pleased with the era he had transmigrated into or the identity of the original owner of his body. With the odds stacked against him from the start, he was fortunate that the standard System for transmigrators arrived, helping him thrive in an era where food and clothing were scarce! 11.4kReads8.3Score646Shelves
- 234 On My Birthday, I Sold the Blue Diamond He Had Given His True Love 生日当天，我把他送给白月光的蓝钻卖了 On my birthday, I sold the blue diamond he gave to his first love —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 235 The 90s: Ever Since I Stopped Being Filial, I've Had the Sweetest Smile 九零，自从不孝后我笑的可甜嘞 In her previous life, Li Xingjian’s reputation was ruined before she could return home. Her biased mother demanded that she give her childhood sweetheart and fiancé to her younger sister, then forced her to sacrifice herself to secure her sister’s future. “You weren’t pure to begin with. Even if I let you marry, who would want you? Once your sister makes something of herself, she’ll spare you a bite to eat. I’m only doing this for your own good, aren’t I?” Her useless father turned a blind eye t 45.2kReads9.3Score4.9kShelves
- 236 After My Face-Slapping Triumph in the Imperial Kitchen, I Became the Prince's Favorite 御膳房打脸后，我成了王爷心尖宠 The Imperial Kitchens dare to bully Wen Caiqin, a cook in the Cold Palace? What a joke! She turns around and serves up a pot of incredible medicinal cuisine, leaving everyone in the Imperial Kitchens red-faced! A cold and aloof prince watches from the sidelines and falls for her on the spot, transforming into a devoted husband. Together, they reopen an old case and take on their enemies. From a disgraced minister’s daughter whom anyone could push around, she rises to become the prince’s one and 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Black Lotus Returns Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear 黑莲花重生归来，婆家瑟瑟发抖
Original title: The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear Short dramas: The Crazy Stepmother and New Life from Old Snow In her past life, Su An was abused by her husband. After she called the police, the officer told her it was a family matter and not their concern. She fled to her parents' home for help, but her grandmother said, “Take care of the kids, cook the meals, look after the elders, and hand over your wages every month. Then he won't hit you, will he? That's how it is
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- 238 My Aunt Stole Grandma's Acceptance Letter and Took Her Place. Forty Years Later, I Set Things Right for Her 外婆的录取书被舅妈偷走顶替，四十年后我替她讨回公道 My aunt stole Grandma's university admission letter and took her place. Forty years later, I helped Grandma get justice 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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Fishing and Hunting in the Great Northern Wilderness, 1958 渔猎北大荒1958
[Great Northern Wilderness]+ [Hunting]+ [Period]+ [Farming]+ [Reborn] When Zhao Dezhu opens his eyes, he discovers he has been reborn and is aboard a military train bound for the Great Northern Wilderness. Late autumn, 1958. A hundred thousand demobilized soldiers enter the Great Northern Wilderness. Here, the “tobacco-blowing gales” plunge temperatures to minus forty degrees. Herds of wild boars can destroy a hundred acres of seedlings overnight, and the “soybean paste vats” are swamps so deep
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- 240 The Wild Goose March of Ning and Hu: Zhaojun Will Not Be Sacrificed for a Political Marriage 宁胡雁行：昭君不为和亲祭 Everyone says Wang Zhaojun was a tragic beauty forced to sacrifice herself in a political marriage. But she plans her every step, choosing to walk out of the palace cage herself. With the authority of a chanyu’s consort, she quells the fires of war across the grasslands. She depends on neither love nor anyone else, and with her own hands wins half a lifetime of peace between the Han and the Xiongnu, rewriting the age-old tragedy of a beautiful woman. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 241 The Unlucky Second Female Lead: Reborn in the 1970s, I Must Stay Alive! 霉运女二，胎穿70年代苟住命！ This book is set in a parallel world. Don't take it too seriously. [Feel-Good Fiction + Pocket Dimension + Top-Grade Men] Female lead: Shen Nian. Male lead: Zhou Huai'an. Shen Nian had terrible luck at every turn in her previous life, constantly plagued by misfortune. Even her death was stinky… In every lifetime, she became the villainous second female lead who was obsessed with the male lead and schemed against the heroine. To earn a chance at reincarnation, she completed the System's mission: 16.9kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
- 242 A Bird Leaves the Branch, Never to Return to Its Old Courtyard 衔枝不栖旧庭柯 I Won't Nest in an Old Tree After Taking a Branch 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 243 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 17.8kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
- 244 Ningning in My Arms 宁宁入怀 Ning Ning in His Arms 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 245 The 1970s Research Genius Is Open for Business 七零科研大佬在线营业 [Transmigration + pocket dimension + superpowers + golden finger + period setting + technology + devoted mutual love] Lan Yan, a professor of interstellar scientific research and an expert in weapons and warships, unexpectedly dies and transmigrates to China in 1970. Drawing on her expertise, Lan Yan assembles watches and radios herself, then goes on to develop washing machines, electric fans, refrigerators, rice cookers, and more. The country recognizes her talent and recruits her into the mili 6.2kReads9.0Score453Shelves
- 246 The Silver Bell Falls, and an Old Friend Is Lost Forever 银铃落，故人绝 The Silver Bell Falls, and an Old Friend Is Lost Forever 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 247 Reborn: A Scientific Genius Takes Her Space to the 1970s 重生：科研天才带着空间闯七零 [Transmigration between worlds, tens of billions in spatial storage, medical genius, scientific prodigy, adorable children, serving the nation, mutual devotion, sweet and satisfying romance] In the 1970s, Shen Zhixia trusts the wrong man, steals all her family’s savings, and elopes with him, only to be abandoned and die alone far from home. Shen Zhixia, a genius scholar from the twenty-first century, returns reborn with a spatial stash worth tens of billions, taking the original owner’s place 10.7kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
- 248 Prince Chu, She Doesn't Want Your Heart Anymore 禇王，你的心她不要了 Prince Chu, She Doesn't Want Your Heart Anymore 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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Beautiful Educated Youth Returns to the City, and Her Powerful Ex-Husband Comes After Her 貌美知青回城后，大佬前夫追来了
Lin Zhiwei, a young woman sent to the countryside, was desperate to return to Beijing. Under her mother’s relentless calls, she tearfully divorced Zhou Yi, her husband of one year, whom she was still deeply in love with. A month after the divorce, she clutched her stomach and realized she might… be pregnant. Meanwhile, Li Li, the second female lead, was eagerly waiting for Zhou Yi to divorce. She was reborn, and knew he would become a powerful business tycoon in Pengcheng, a real estate pioneer,
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- 250 The Day I Married Someone Else, He Went Mad for Three Years 我嫁人的那天，他发疯了三年 The Day I Got Married, He Went Mad for Three Years 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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