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- 251 A Couple with Steady Jobs in the 1950s 夫妻俩在五十年代端金饭碗 Dear readers, since this is a period story, the author has looked up much of the historical data online. I don’t make up figures unless I can’t find the answers online. Sometimes there are several answers, so I choose the one that seems most reasonable. Lin Wanyu and Bai Ye grew up relying on each other in an orphanage in their previous lives. Because a soul collector took the wrong person, they both died in a car accident. They spent ten years together as mortgage debtors, from the day they mar 5.9kReads8.3Score249Shelves
- 252 His First Words After His Triumphant Return: 'Make Way, the Lady Doctor Is Coming In' 他凯旋第一句：你让让，医女要进门 His First Words After Returning Victorious: Step Aside, the Female Doctor Is Coming In —Reads—Score—Shelves
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He Shen in the City 和珅在都市
On February 22, 1799, Heshen received a white silk cord from the Jiaqing Emperor and met his end. Somehow, he found himself in the future, in 1983. As an ancient man in a modern city, how will he make his way in the world?
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- 254 The Things I Threw Away, He Begged for Three Years 我丢掉的东西，他求了三年 The Thing I Threw Away, He Begged for Three Years 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 255 One Letter of Divorce, and Xiao Lang Became a Stranger 休书一封，从此萧郎是路人 One Letter of Divorce, and From Then On, Xiao Lang Is Just a Stranger 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 256 Tides of the Political Sea 宦海浮沉 No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but 250.5kReads9.5Score27.5kShelves
- 257 After Being Reborn, I Turned the Tyrant into a Lunatic 重生后，我把暴君熬成了疯批 After Being Reborn, I Drove the Tyrant Mad —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 258 Keep Moving Forward, Young Man 少年且前行 Bearing the hopes of his disabled parents and supported by every uncle and elder in Kaoshan Village, Wang Yan arrived in Binhai carrying a fertilizer sack full of the future. He stepped onto campus and began his journey toward changing his life… 61.9kReads9.5Score6.1kShelves
- 259 Branded for Life: The Commander Kneels Night After Night, Begging Me to Embroider His Shadow 炮烙余生：都督他夜夜跪求我绣影 The Rest of My Life, Branded by the Torture Stake: The Commander Begs Me on His Knees Every Night to Embroider His Shadow —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 260 The Second Book by Tan Jian Ting Chao 弹剑听潮的第2本书 In the world of fame and fortune, he keeps his resolve hidden beneath a steely exterior. He never compromises his principles, and every move reveals his true mettle... He plans before he acts, breaks deadlocks through hard work, and builds his reputation with foresight. Through the ups and downs of officialdom, he never forgets his original purpose. 127kReads9.4Score13.5kShelves
- 261 He Wore His Knees Raw, Yet Still Never Saw Me Turn Back 他跪断了膝盖，也没等到我回头 He Knelt Until His Knees Were Ruined, Yet Still Never Saw Me Turn Back 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 262 The Official's Path: Rising to Prominence from a Funeral Home 官道：从殡仪馆平步青云 With a touch of scholarly refinement and a strong sense of justice, Zhang Yuanqing had been thriving in the officialdom until he hit a major setback. Then his girlfriend betrayed him, and he was banished to conduct research at a funeral home. Faced with deceit and sinister schemes, he refused to give up, finding a way to survive against all odds. Armed with the skill to bring down dragons, he set out from a humble background to forge a path to the very top. I am but a commoner from Jiangbei. 55.1kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves
- 263 The Mute Empress Returns: She'll Make Him Regret It Night After Night 哑后归来：要他夜夜悔断肠 The Mute Empress Returns: She'll Make Him Regret It Every Night —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Thief's Way 贼道
My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer
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Transmigrating to the 1980s: Taming Tigers, Hunting, and Becoming King of the Mountains 穿越80年代：驯虎打猎做山霸王
[Power fantasy! Unscientific hunting! The male lead is domineering and acts without hesitation! All about the satisfying haul!] Being an assassin is exhausting. I don't even have time to find a girlfriend! Just as Cui Niu thinks this, he gets shot and sent to a small mountain village in the 1980s. He's transmigrated! He tames the only tiger in the vast mountain range and gets it to help him take down countless ferocious beasts! His gentle, kind fiancée washes his clothes, cooks, and handles the
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The Heart-Stealing Thief 缚心贼
[1980s | Strong heroine | Both leads reborn | Military marriage | Revenge on scumbags | Business | Treasure-filled space | A battle to bind the heart] In 1983, Min Jiahui was reborn on her wedding night. In her past life, a scumbag trapped her with a fake marriage certificate and made her live as a wife in name only for the rest of her life. She served his parents, cared for his younger siblings, and raised the son he had with his mistress. In the end, his mistress showed up with a marriage cert
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At Forty, I Remarried a Commander. My Ex and His Mistress Are Both on Their Knees 40岁二嫁首长，前夫小三全跪了
The rating has only just come in, and it’ll rise later! [Second-chance military marriage + era-set comeback + two powerful, devoted leads + rugged man spoils his wife] Lying on the operating table, Jiang Wanning finally learned that her marriage had been a trap: her husband had tried to kill her for the insurance money, and the son she had raised with so much effort was actually the illegitimate child of her scumbag husband and cousin! To survive, she climbed into the bed of Commander Gu Yuanzhe
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- 268 The Sisters Join the Army and Mistake the Wrong Man for Their Husband: The Fierce-Looking Officer Falls for Them 姐妹随军认错夫：面凶军官沦陷了 [Mistaken husband + following the army + sweet romance + snow-mochi heroine / “dirty bun” hero] Gu Zhaoning and the Gu family's adopted daughter, Su Jingwei, are both introduced to potential marriage partners. They meet two brothers from the Pei family. The elder Pei brother is destined to become a high-ranking officer, while the younger brother is destined to die heroically. So in this life, Su Jingwei secretly switches the men they were set up with and snatches the elder Pei brother before Gu 55.7kReads8.5Score3.9kShelves
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I Joined the Army With My Baby, My Husband Kissed Me to Tears, and I Had Three Babies in a Row 带娃随军被老公亲哭，我连生三胎
[1960s | Joining the Army | Marriage First, Love Later | Spiritual Spring Space | Everyday Child-Rearing | Family Life] In her previous life, Jiang Mian worked like an ox for her whole family. Only as she lay dying did she learn that the son she had raised with such hardship was not her own. The twins she had given birth to had been switched at birth, and they had starved to death before they were even five. The child she had raised with her own hands resented her for eating too much, fed her po
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Rebooting 1988 重启1988
Millionaire Qin Lang returns to 1988. Seeing his beautiful wife and adorable daughter struggling in poverty, Qin Lang, who lost his way chasing money in his previous life, decides to climb to the top once more, with family in one hand and career in the other, and shape this wild, fast-growing era!
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Back to 1959: The Breakdown System Rewrites My Life 重回1959：破防系统逆改人生
[Several short dramas and animated comics with the same title are now available. Search for them on Fanqie, Hongguo Short Dramas, or Douyin!] In his previous life, after being struck by lightning, Liu Wenyu's family brought Li Xiaoqing home as a bride to bring him good luck. She ruined his life: after twenty years of a sham marriage, she ran off with her lover, taking two children who
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- 272 The Siheyuan Compound in the 1960s: I'm Eight, but I Have Twenty Years of Work Experience? 六零大杂院，我八岁二十年工龄？ [Period] [Reborn] [Big Courtyard] [Comedy] [A Kid with an Adult's Mind] [Everyday Warmth] [Leisurely Days] [Over-the-Quota Family] [Space] (The story has progressed into the 1970s.) What can you do after waking up in 1960, an era of shortages and hunger? Baogen says that as long as you have the right mindset, nothing is impossible. First, he needs to get his hands on six stripes. The story begins at the big courtyard at No. 67, Little Suzhou Alley, just one street away from Nanluoguxiang. An old 26.5kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves
- 273 Rebooting 1986 重启1986 Suddenly reborn in 1986, veteran ladies' man Wu Jiangshan slammed on the brakes in time beneath the covers, preventing the tragedy from happening again. Looking at his first love, stripped down to a little white lamb, Wu Jiangshan ground his teeth in secret. Since he had the chance to live a second life, he was determined to take a different path, all so that one day he could bring the whole pot of meat home! 354Reads9.0Score121Shelves
- 274 Reborn in 1982, the World's Richest Man 重生82年，全球首富 Marriage Before Love + Reborn to Make Amends + Revenge at Last + Trillions in Assets + Retiring in Comfort Original title: Reborn in 1982, the World's Richest Man The male lead, Ye Nan, spent years burying himself in work. After being diagnosed with cancer, he donated all his possessions and eventually passed away with regrets. But when he wakes up, he remembers how, after getting drunk and acting recklessly, he caused Ji Yuqi to become pregnant before marriage, which ultimately led her to jump 2.1kReads8.2Score184Shelves
- 275 Reborn with a Sign-In System, This Young Driver Is Living the Dream! 重生有签到，小司机赢麻了！ After being reborn, Cheng Ping'an awakens a Daily Sign-In System. Money! Tickets! Skills! Special items! If you can think of it, you can sign in for it! Our protagonist is a seasoned player, and there are multiple female leads! 39kReads7.5Score3.7kShelves
- 276 Period: From the Start as a Beggar 年代：从叫花子开局 [Pocket Dimension] [Daily Life] [Secretly Improving His Meals] [Low on Drama] [Little Conflict] [Stockpiling] A slice-of-life story with little conflict and low drama. Characters from period dramas will gradually appear. When he opened his eyes, Bai Ye suddenly discovered that he had somehow arrived in 1950s Beijing, and was on the verge of going hungry. No need to panic. He had a range of skills and a farming pocket dimension, so he figured he should be able to survive. Bai Ye was right. No 391Reads6.6Score106Shelves
- 277 Period: My Taoist Arts Reach the Divine, and You Call Me Superstitious? 年代：道法通神，你说我迷信？ 46.8kReads7.9Score4kShelves
- 278 Siheyuan: I, Liu Guangtian, Will No Longer Be a Pushover 四合院：我刘光天不再唯唯诺诺 This is a different kind of Siheyuan fanfic. No bullying the obnoxious neighbors! A 21st-century wage slave transmigrates to a Siheyuan in 1962 and becomes Liu Guangtian? Every day, he gets beaten with a belt or yelled at, and he doesn’t dare take extra food at mealtimes. Where can he find a way out? Join the army! With his golden finger, the protagonist steadily rises to become one of the world’s top power players. 13.1kReads8.0Score588Shelves
- 279 Reply 1977: A Lane Called Home 请回答1977：小巷人家 ✨ Transmigrate into A Lifelong Journey, become the clever Lin Dongzhe, and dominate at Go. Get into Tsinghua at 13, earn a Stanford PhD at 21, and win the Nobel Prize at 26! ✨ Return to China to start a business. Chips, operating systems, cars, phones… crush the competition and put every doubter in their place! ✨ His father, Lin Wufeng, joins the government; his childhood friend will become a big shot in several fields, and his childhood sweetheart is a Wall Street executive. ✨ The upheavals of 9kReads8.0Score619Shelves
- 280 1979: A Great Nation's Leap Forward 1979大国飞跃 [A note: This novel requires some knowledge to read and leans toward realism rather than wish fulfillment. Beginners, stay away! Beginners, stay away!] [Modern urban setting + period drama + technology + global perspective on competition between great powers + slow burn] [Contains science fiction elements + leans toward realism + has a golden finger] Zhou Xia Yan, the head of a high-tech company, was struck by a meteor and transmigrated to the end of 1979, becoming a young educated urbanite who 3.5kReads8.2Score223Shelves
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Back to the Seventies: I Become the Worst One in My Husband's Family 重回七零：我在婆家当极品
[Feel-good, no putting up with abuse + taking down scumbags + family squabbles + farming + outrageous characters + raising children + no golden finger] Xu Nuanchun opens her eyes and finds herself reborn in the 1970s. In her previous life, her husband died young, and the Li family blamed her for bringing bad luck to him. Her in-laws bullied and beat her, her sisters-in-law schemed against and exploited her, and her son was sold by the family into a dangerous mine. She worked like a beast of burd
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- 282 Transmigrating Into The Mustang: Stealing Xiuzhi as My Wife 穿越牧马人，截胡秀芝做老婆 (Pure Romance + Everyday Life in a Bygone Era + One Female Lead + A Touch of System Storage Space) Just finished! The simple, ordinary life is the best! “Old Xu, do you want a wife or not?” “If you do, I’ll send one over!” It was an era of poverty, with extremely scarce supplies. People had too little to wear and too little to eat. It was an innocent era, when love, friendship, and family bonds had nothing to do with money or self-interest. 13.5kReads8.9Score863Shelves
- 283 Reborn in 1980: I Started by Hand-Building a Television 重生1980：从手搓电视机开始 Also known as Reborn in 1980: Building a TV from Scratch Hu Hanyi, a middle-aged gig worker, unexpectedly returns to Beijing’s Nancheng district in 1980, reborn as a tiny five-year-old. In his previous life, he missed every opportunity the times had to offer. This time, he’s ready to keep pace with the era. Make money, get famous, play rock music, explore antiques, anime, and Zhongguancun. Hey, I’m just having fun! The times are calling. Let’s see how Hu Hanyi, given another chance, becomes the 3.8kReads8.5Score229Shelves
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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
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
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- 285 Reborn in 1960 with a Pocket Dimension 重生60带空间 After saving someone, Lin Hao unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s and is reborn in the body of a martyr's orphan with the same name and gender. Fortunately, a pocket dimension comes with him as a golden finger. Follow Lin Hao as he enjoys a carefree life during the three years of natural disasters. As he explores the pocket dimension, he gradually unlocks many of its functions, learns martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine, hunts, and enjoys life freely. 178kReads8.8Score16.3kShelves
- 286 After Joining the Army in the 1970s, the Psychological Expert Shakes Up the Family Compound 七零随军后，心理大佬轰动家属院 [Joining the army in the 1970s + solving cases with psychology + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + no awful relatives + no space or System] [Gentle psychology expert vs. a ruthless jade-faced soldier with foxlike eyes] In her previous life, Shen Mingyu was a PhD in psychology. An expert in microexpressions, criminal psychology, and more, she solved countless major cases and was known as a human lie detector. After transmigrating, she found that her father was a factory director, her mother a 17.9kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
- 287 The Seventies: Reborn, I’m Doted on in Every Way by the Strongest Officer 七零，重生后我被最强军官花样宠 [Period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted husband + Space System] Her cousin schemed to land a handsome, wealthy officer with an incredibly powerful family background, hoping to sleep with him and use her body to keep him under her thumb. Gu Xiaoxi was reborn once more. She decisively stopped the handsome, drugged man who had barged into her bathroom... She seized the chance to marry the army’s most promising officer, “General Lu the Devil,” and packed her bags to join 66.4kReads9.2Score9kShelves
- 288 1982: Taking Off After Joining the Cultural Center 1982：从入职文化馆开始起飞 [Period Farming and Development + Literary Talent of a Bygone Era + Grounded in Reality] Reborn in 1982, Zhong Weihua is assigned to the Cultural Center. With plenty of free time on his hands, he decides to start writing. While others are still worrying about where their next meal will come from, his writing fees and reader tips have already made meat a regular part of his diet! Then, at a matchmaking event, he meets Chen Xiaoxu, the actress who played Lin Daiyu in the 1987 adaptation. At the ti 2.1kReads8.5Score106Shelves
- 289 Reborn in the 1980s: I Struck It Rich Through Demolition! 重生八零年代，我靠拆迁暴富了！ This book was originally titled I Just Want to Run a Shop, So Why Do You Keep Demolishing It? Liao Yongming is reborn in the 1980s. He doesn't want to relive the hardships of his previous life, and hopes to fulfill his eldest grandson's wish by changing his family's fate through business. So Liao Yongming decides to sell the job his family bought for him with their hard-earned money and seize the opportunity to go into business. With the money from selling the job, he buys a shop and sets out co 10.8kReads8.0Score695Shelves
- 290 A Peerless Patriot: Reborn in Officialdom, 1976 国士无双：官场重生1976 First: Liu Hongyi is a top science student with two roles, one within the government system and the other as a university professor. Reborn in 1976, what must he do? You guessed it: enrich the nation and build a powerful military! Using his vast knowledge and insights far ahead of his time, he leads the people to prosperity while building powerful technology and armed forces. A great nation rises, the dragon soars in the East, and the foreign powers turn out to be me! Second: This is a genuine, 15.7kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
- 291 Period: Riding the Wind to Rise in 1976 年代：1976乘风而起 1976: The northern Bear is at the height of its power. 1976: The Western beacon struggles in the quagmire of stagflation. 1976: In the glow of the fiery red era, dawn begins to break for us... 23.2kReads8.0Score1.9kShelves
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Reborn with a Child, I Married a Cold Military Doctor from a Prestigious Family 重生后，带娃嫁世家高冷军医
[Reborn + adorable child + military marriage + true love + revenge + face-slapping] After being reborn, Su Ying’s first move is to divorce her husband. Her scumbag husband, Du Zhenyong, wants to have the best of both worlds and refuses to let her go. She takes her 38 yuan and chases after him to the military base, where she meets the aloof military doctor Gu Nanchen. With his help, Su Ying gets away from her scumbag husband. But the prestigious Gu family refuses to let Gu Nanchen marry a woman w
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Rewind: A Different Approach, One More Time 回档：换个姿势再来一次
Because Bai Ershisan, a senior employee in the Netherworld’s Department of Soul Guidance, made a mistake, Li Le was kicked straight out of the cycle of reincarnation. The great science of quantum mechanics tells Li Le that time’s arrow points only toward the future. As for why he has gone back thirty years, if you can’t figure it out, asking him won’t help either. All Li Le can do is pull himself together and live through the script of his life once again.
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- 294 After Escaping Her Adoptive Parents, Her Life Goes into Easy Mode 逃离养父母家后，她的人生开挂了 [Period drama] + [Mutual devotion] + [Modern romance] + [Two top students] + [Everyone's darling] + [Modern romance with a cute baby] She's the adopted daughter the Su family took in, a beauty and a top student. Her adoptive parents want to keep the family fortune in their own hands, so they force her to quit school and marry their son. When she learns the truth, she runs away in the middle of the night. After escaping, she meets a business tycoon, and her extraordinary life begins. With help fr 8.5kReads8.3Score894Shelves
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Hello, 1976! 你好，1976！
The orphan Zheng Weimin transmigrates to 1976. He thinks he’ll finally experience the warmth of a family, but instead he’s abandoned once again. Luckily, he has the memories and knowledge of his previous life. Without them, he really wouldn’t have been able to turn things around. As the saying goes, nobody visits the poor in the busy city, while distant relatives come flocking to the rich in the mountains. It’s true. Zheng Weimin experiences life in all its harshness and, after being reborn, fin
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Transmigrating to the Seventies: The Young Educated Youth Is Dumbfounded 穿越七零，小知青她懵圈了
(Everyday life of sent-down youth, not a strong female lead, a touch of an ensemble cast, unhurried pacing, with a couple) Gu Xiaoman, from the twenty-first century, dies suddenly after getting drunk while celebrating landing a job. She wakes up aboard a green-painted train carrying sent-down youth in the 1970s. No space, no System, no golden finger, and not even the original owner’s memories. She’s definitely the most wretched transmigrant in history, with none of the usual perks. Good heavens!
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I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s: My Rough-Hewn Husband Brings Bad Luck to His Ex, but I Bring Him Good Fortune 带空间穿七零，糙汉克妻我旺夫
[Transmigrate to the 1970s + Substitute Bride + Marriage Before Love] She transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder female character in the 1970s, and from the start, she’s assigned to be a substitute bride. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and her twin sister is always framing her. After desperately seeking family affection to no avail, she leaps into a river under the cover of night. The original owner was a frail little rabbit, but she’s a sly wolf who plays
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- 298 The Folks of the Hutong 胡同人家 ☆ [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 14.1kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
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Women of Qingshui Village in a Distant Mountain Village 遥远的小山村之清水村的女人们
[Period setting + farming + everyday family life + the story of three generations of women] Xiuqin: A husband who beats her and cheats, a life spent scrambling to get by, and a woman whose strength is shattered. See how she finds a way to live for herself in the darkness. Xiaofeng: She always thought that sincerity would be met with sincerity, but all it brought her was mistreatment. Her mother-in-law bullies her, her husband bullies her, and now even her sister-in-law dares to hit her? Fine, th
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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
[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
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