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1. 301 一 All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment 一生只求半称心 Hedge Shadow篱影Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation is coming soon! [Traditional] [No gimmicks] [Not a power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] In the 1970s, Li Laoman had no sons, so he wanted to find a live-in son-in-law for his third daughter, Li Fan. Li Fan refused and stole her second sister Li Ting's fiance instead! Now Li Ting had not only lost her man, but also had to take on the responsibility of finding a live-in son-in-law for her younger sister. With Li Laoman pressuring her, she had no choice but to take Zhong Wensong 9.6kReads8.9Score815Shelves

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   Some readers said they couldn't get into the 9.8-Rated books, but they stayed up all night to finish this one.

2. 302 弹 The On-Screen Comments Terrify the Delicate 1970s Female Lead, and the Big Shot Holds Her Close to Comfort Her 弹幕吓坏七零娇女配，大佬掐腰哄 Sweet Medicine甜药Modern Romance858k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history era + spoiler-filled comments + stealing someone’s sweetheart + pure indulgence + building wealth + everyday family life. A possessive, doting, aristocratic young man sent down to the countryside × a spoiled, coquettish beauty transformed by the comments] As the only daughter of the village chief of Songjia Village, Song Jiaojiao is every bit as sweet as her name. Her whole family has spoiled her since childhood. Shen Yanli, the educated youth she met through matchmaking, fell 18.7kReads8.6Score2kShelves

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   ✨A period drama, the male lead is a bit of a bad boy, the female lead is a spoiled brat… The male lead is a playboy in the capital, but when he goes to the female lead's village after being sent down to the countryside, he falls in love with her at first sight… The female lead is the youngest daughter in her family, and everyone dotes on her. After marrying the male lead, he, too, is a domineering educated youth who falls in love with me…

3. 303 七 The Beautiful Army Colonel's Wife in the Seventies Won't Tolerate Any Nonsense 七零军婚团长夫人美又飒专治不服 Earn Money to Support Duoduo挣钱养多多Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing (The rating just went live. It should go up later, I think!) Meng Yuan transmigrated into a book! The good news: she became the wealthy heiress in a period novel, rich enough to rival a nation. The bad news: she’s a doomed supporting character... In the book, the original owner was strung along by her officer fiancé, eagerly making wedding plans, never realizing that the male lead had already gotten together with her stepsister, the female lead. Then came a time of upheaval. Her scumbag father a 39kReads8.2Score4.5kShelves

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   1. A fast-paced, action-packed novel set in a family compound during the Republican era, featuring a strong female protagonist [laughs]. 2. A reborn female protagonist with incredibly high combat abilities. 3. A cannon fodder female supporting character awakens and makes a comeback.

4. 304 快 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Heroine Strikes Back 快穿：炮灰女配反杀剧情 Quieted Down 1102安静了1102Fantastical Romance552k WordsCompleted Quick transmigration | Everyone's favorite | Female-lead romance | Portable space | 1vN Nan Zhi lost both her parents as a child and grew up dependent on others, without a sense of security or enough love. More than anything, she longs for someone to choose her, again and again, without hesitation. Then one obsessive, unhinged man after another comes along, all vying for her, going mad for her and bending to her will... The men suffer, not the woman. There's just a bit of setup at the beginnin 17.6kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves

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   She travels through different worlds, escaping cannon fodder fates, and even the most ruthless and powerful figures fall for her. It's a fantastic watch. Highly recommended!

5. 305 金 The Canary’s Flight Against the Wind 金丝雀的逆风飞翔 Chen Damiao0陈大喵0Modern Romance412k WordsCompleted [Possessive pursuit + powerful man lowering his head + rekindled romance + age gap, fatherly type + high-ranking official, mutual first love and devotion] The first time Chen Zhansaw Mr. Zhou, he had been asked to visit an elderly person, and she opened the door for him. Her grandmother warned her to take the long way around whenever she saw him from then on. The second time they met, someone was harassing her, and he stepped in to help. The third time was at school, where she accompanied someon 19.3kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
6. 306 八 Pregnant in the 1980s, I Go to the Capital and My Cold Ex-Husband Kisses Me Unconscious 八零孕肚进京：被高冷前夫亲晕了 Green Pavilion Sauce青阁酱Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [A cannon-fodder ex-wife awakens to the truth vs. a cool, reserved professor; fictional 1980s setting; rekindled romance; village girl makes a comeback; cozy everyday life] Everyone says Jiang Mian is lucky. Born a village girl with only an elementary-school education, she nevertheless married Professor Lu, a learned, refined, handsome man. After they marry, Professor Lu is cleared of wrongdoing and allowed to return to the city. Jiang Mian plans to go to the capital with her husband. Before the 17.2kReads8.1Score735Shelves
7. 307 六 The 1960s: The Walk-On Character Made Her Fortune Through Divorce! 六零：路人甲她靠离婚发家了！ I Want to Be a Landlord我想当房东Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Period setting + satisfying revenge + strong heroine + transmigration + multiple male leads There’s a different male lead in every phase of her life, and the heroine won’t stay for anyone. She’s selfish. She has a pocket dimension, but she’ll have to steal to get it. Rather than deal with awful people, the heroine would rather make them furious. P.S. This story includes an unconventional romance. Please read with caution if that bothers you. After dying suddenly, the embittered office worker Zho 11.2kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
8. 308 重 Reborn in 1980: The Tough Little Miss Has Both the Wiles and the Courage to Crush Scum 重生80，虐渣小妞茶勇双全 Ye Qinghui夜卿回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn in a historical era, getting revenge on scumbags, romance, two lives across two worlds] A satisfying story set in two lives and two worlds. The heroine is both cunning and bold, and refuses to put up with anyone in either life. Wen Xin only learned later that these weren’t her past and present lives, but journeys through two separate lives and worlds. In that life, her childhood sweetheart of a husband secretly had another family. It turned out his claims of being asexual and not wanting 10.4kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
9. 309 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 47kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves
10. 310 兵 The War King Can Read Minds, and His Beautiful Stepmom Wife Gets Pampered Despite Doing Nothing 兵王会读心，漂亮后妈摆烂被宠哭 Tea Fragrance茶叶香Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + historical era + widowed sister-in-law + raising a child + bickering couple + space + everyday life as a military wife] In her past life, her husband Yang Shengjun defended his comrade's widow and accused Xu Zijin of being petty, unreasonable, and unkind. Xu Zijin spent her whole life blaming herself and had a head full of white hair before she turned fifty. Her son said she wasn't generous enough, and that she got jealous even though she knew his father had a responsibility 25.6kReads9.1Score4.5kShelves
11. 311 重 The Reborn Abandoned Wife Stands on Her Own 重生弃妇当自强 Fang Wai, Who Loves Deep-Fried Prawns爱吃油煎大虾的方外Modern Romance353k WordsCompleted As Xu Xiaoting lay in her hospital bed, she thought about how stifled she'd been her whole life. As a rich man's wife, wasn't having plenty of money wonderful? Why had she put everything she had into a worthless man, putting up with him again and again, until the frustration finally killed her? If she could live her life over, she'd never give up her career to be a housewife. She'd never believe the nonsense that her husband would come back after getting his fill of fun, and she'd never let hers 10.6kReads9.2Score898Shelves
12. 312 妈 Mom Remarries, Dad Weds Again, and a Little Waif Meets a Veteran Cadre 妈改嫁，爸再婚，小可怜遇老干部 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance444k WordsCompleted [Nine-year age gap + 1980s + Chinese setting + bittersweet, sweet secret crush + devoted couple + family drama] [The heroine has a secret crush at first, but later becomes clear-eyed and grounded. She's a wealthy, beautiful, clear-headed, well-educated doctor.] [The hero is afraid to fall in love at first, but later becomes hopelessly devoted. He's an elegant, handsome politician with plenty of schemes.] [Complete.] After her mother remarried, Xia Chuchu was left to live under someone else's roo 7.1kReads9.2Score801Shelves
13. 313 重 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 86.8kReads9.6Score8.9kShelves

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    A completed, wish-fulfillment novel about rebirth in a bygone era, rated 9.6 With over 100,000 readers.

14. 314 下 After Going to the Countryside, the Female Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Future Senior Officer 下乡后女知青被未来首长娇养了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Transmigration + Swapped Marriage + Devoted Couple + Marriage First, Love Later + Beloved by the Whole Family] Lin Xia never imagined that all she had to do was take a vacation, only to find herself dropped into a whole new world. There, she meets a group of people. When someone spreads rumors about her, Lin Xia has just started rolling up her sleeves when her future mother-in-law pulls her behind her and swings a huge broom. “You dare bully my Xiaxia? Try d 3.2kReads8.5Score268Shelves
15. 315 被 After I Was Forced to Marry a Sickly Educated Youth, I Got a Cheat 被迫嫁病弱知青后，我开挂了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Devoted Couple + Golden Finger + Strong Female Lead] Jian Huai'an suspects his true form might actually be a mermaid. Seriously, why else would he be in the water after dying, and why would such a beautiful mermaid be swimming toward him? After discovering he'd transmigrated into a book, Jian Huai'an thinks his luck has finally turned. But he soon realizes that his transmigration has amounted to nothing. A golden finger? Yes, but pra 2kReads8.9Score177Shelves
16. 316 七 The 1970s: The Village Bully Brought the City-Educated Beauty Home in His Arms 七零：下乡知青被村霸糙汉抱回家 Ink-Dyed Desolation墨染苍凉Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Devoted Husband + Guaranteed Sweetness + Everyday Life + Both Leads Have No Previous Partners + Pocket Space + Everyone's Favorite] Couple: feisty, beautiful, rich young educated woman × cultured, burly village ruffian In 1973, a pretty young educated woman arrived at the Jinyang Production Brigade. She was fair and soft, delicate and gentle, and so petite she looked easy to bully. But the moment she entered the village, the tall, broad-shouldered village ruffian, who looked especially fierce, 23.9kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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    I recently started enjoying a novel about capitalism: a pampered young woman from a wealthy family in Kyoto is sent to a remote village in Northeast China to cause a ruckus! 💐 It just so happens that her former neighbor from the compound now lives there, and he helps her out the moment she gets off the bus, before she even recognizes him! He truly dotes on her; when she goes to get revenge in the middle of the night, Huo Ge is there lying in wait, and after beating her up, he helps her destroy the evidence! When she goes to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell her wares, he doesn't mind at all, only thinking about how to make money so she can spend it.

17. 317 四 Siheyuan: Fishing for All Things Under Heaven 四合院：垂钓诸天万物 If I Become the Azure Emperor One Day他日我若为青帝Male-Channel Fanfiction7.3M WordsCompleted Lin Shaowen got drunk at a class reunion. After sleeping and waking up, he inexplicably arrived in the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Lin Shaowen, an outstanding graduate of Beijing College of Chinese Medicine. He had just graduated from university and now faced a choice: should he become a promising full-time doctor at Union Hospital, or an obscure factory doctor at a steel mill? Without a second thought, Lin Shaowen chose to become a factory doctor. There was no helping it. Sending a 90.7kReads8.5Score2.5kShelves

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    It's worth a look.

18. 318 重 Back to 1985: Starting by Cutting Off the Ungrateful 重回85，从斩白眼狼开始 Wandering Cultivator Wang Sanhuo散修王三火Urban194k WordsOngoing Written entirely by hand, with no AI-generated filler. Writing by hand isn't easy: every chapter is typed one character at a time, one finger at a time! [Lighthearted Comedy + No System + No Golden Finger + Making Money + Solving Cases + Family Life + Brotherhood + Urban Underworld + Light Ensemble Cast + Northeastern Dialect] The comedic scenes all come from everyday life. No hunting, no stock trading! Chang Shan was reborn, back in 1985! Since he had been reborn, he would start by settling ac 982Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Absolutely enough. This is a period comedy, not about hunting or stock trading; it's about passionate young people, a relaxing period story.

19. 319 四 Siheyuan: Starting with a Street Stall 四合院：从摆地摊开始 Wang You'an望游安Male-Channel Fanfiction3.4M WordsOngoing Chen Jun dies suddenly from working overtime and wakes up in Nanluoguxiang in 1954. His father died young, his mother is sick, his little sister is helpless, and he is unemployed. What a disastrous start! Luckily, with the System’s help, Chen Jun gains the means to establish himself. Faced with all the troublemakers in the courtyard, Chen Jun lives by the principle that he ignores minor losses, but anyone who causes him major losses goes straight to prison. From the start, he gets Jia Zhangshi s 67.4kReads7.6Score3.8kShelves
20. 320 前 My Ex-Husband Got Sterilized for His Widowed Sister-in-Law. Now That I've Remarried a Commander, He's Panicking 前夫为寡嫂结扎，改嫁首长他急了 Yun Qiu妘秋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Reborn: I Became the Sweetest Version of Myself, is now streaming~ [Military marriage + devoted couple + an upgradable space + punishing scumbags + beloved by the whole family] Song Wanqiu, a police officer who had just returned to active duty, transmigrates into a book after dying alongside a drug trafficker during an arrest operation. The good news: she's alive. The bad news: she's a hopeless romantic. After taking in the story, Song Wanqiu decisively takes back her 7.2kReads8.0Score842Shelves

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    The female protagonist, who had just restarted her police duties, died alongside drug dealers during a raid and transmigrated into a novel. She found herself in a story titled "My Husband Died in Battle, I Took My Daughter to His Brother," a tale of a widowed sister-in-law, inhabiting the body of a girl with the same name. The original protagonist's father died in battle when she was five, and her mother took his body back to his hometown to bury him. An only child, spoiled by her mother, she was mischievous from a young age, barely managing to finish high school before staying home to play. Her mother worked in a steel factory, and the family received a pension, allowing her to grow up comfortably.

21. 321 乡 The Real Heiress from the Countryside Is the Commander’s Cherished Darling 乡下来的真千金竟是首长掌心宠 A Bite of Peace一口平安Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Multiple Births + Domestic Life + No Playing Savior] [The short drama is now available. Search for “Sharing a Lifetime with You.”] First, Jiang Yunshu dumped her fiancé, who loved eating out. Then her grandparents, who had died many years ago, came to her in a dream. Before they left, they even gave her a mustard-seed pocket dimension they had begged from the King of Hell. That’s right, Jiang Yunshu was about to transmigrate, and luckily, she st 16.3kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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    1️⃣ The female lead is a wealthy modern woman. Her grandparents appear in her dream, revealing that she is about to travel through time. She also receives a cheat code from underground and begins preparing supplies. Arriving in the 1970s, she becomes stronger when faced with stronger opponents… 2️⃣ The female lead returns to her past life, proving that true strength lies in one's own abilities. She becomes a computer whiz…

22. 322 八 The 1980s: After the Real Heiress Returns, She Reigns Supreme in the Capital! 八零：真千金回归后，宠冠京城！ Yingying Zhao英英昭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed [Era + military marriage + real heiress + adored by everyone + heroine is incredible at putting people in their place and beating them up] After sacrificing her life for her country, modern computer genius Jiang Tiange was reborn into her own past life. But that past life had been a miserable one: she was the real heiress, yet had been maliciously switched at birth, beaten and cursed, and forced to marry an abusive second-time husband. After she died miserably, her body was sold for a 33.3kReads9.1Score4.5kShelves
23. 323 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book in the 1980s: I Start Dating a Bad-Boy Hunk 穿书八零，开头和痞坏糙汉处对象 Frost Contends with Snow's Shadow霜争雪影Modern Romance555k WordsOngoing [1980s book transmigration + rugged man + sweet, delicate beauty + healing romance + devoted, fatherly boyfriend] A two-way healing romance between a tough man with a soft heart and a sincere, stubborn girl Zhong Ling transmigrated into a book and landed in a deadly predicament from the start! The rugged man next door, freshly released from prison, tall and long-legged with a body full of muscle, was being framed by a widow in the courtyard. Knowing the plot, Zhong Ling was terrified. She knew t 450.8kReads8.8Score58.1kShelves

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    The following data consists of books that I frequently reread, especially the first three, with the second one being particularly enjoyable. I hope this information will be helpful to everyone.

24. 324 绝 The Deadly Treasure Hunter 绝命大藏家 Three-Foot Demon Sash三尺妖带Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Entirely handcrafted, with no AI involved + adapted from industry secrets + authentic antique appraisals with photos and text + a mogul’s redemption] After more than forty years in the antique trade, twenty-eight years robbing tombs, and fifteen years faking antiques, sixty-year-old Ma Wangye had finally washed his hands of the business and planned to enjoy his retirement. Who could have guessed that on New Year’s Eve, someone would kill him with a pickaxe in front of Old Wangye’s grave? His li 52.7kReads8.8Score5.8kShelves
25. 325 重 Reborn in 1988: I Build a Top-Tier City 重生1988：我打造超一线城市 Build an Altar and Appoint a General筑坛拜将Urban258k WordsOngoing [Reborn in 1988 + Laid-Off Worker Makes a Comeback + Devoted Husband and Father + Political and Business Battles + Northeast China Urban Development] Reborn on the day his wife and daughter died, Wang Yu looked at them, alive before his eyes, and wept uncontrollably! In his previous life, he was a laid-off worker at a state-owned enterprise in Hunbei, Northeast China. Crushed by life, he became addicted to gambling and drinking, indirectly driving his wife and daughter to ruin. By the time he ca 20Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 326 一 A Century in a Dream, and I Became a Daoist Celestial Master 一梦百年，我成为了道家天师 Invincible Under Heaven望天无敌手Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Fortune-Telling + Medicine + Traditional Martial Arts + Invincible + One Heroine + Humor + No Cultivation + Not High-Martial] Chen Haoyu was hit by a car while saving a girl and ended up in the hospital. After lying unconscious for a hundred days, he received the legacy of the Carefree Taoist from a thousand years ago in a dream and became a Taoist Celestial Master of his generation. “How can your medical skills be so incredible?” “Sorry, I used the Zhu You healing arts!” “You can tell fortunes 169.4kReads9.1Score15.9kShelves
27. 327 年 A Legendary Life in the Era 年代传奇人生 Wen Youcai文有财Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the Greater Khingan Mountains of the 1960s. With the pocket dimension and gear from his previous life, he takes his friends hunting and exploring. The early story centers on hunting, with cross-province searches for family, treasure hunts, and battles against spies woven in. They explore fortresses, raid tombs, and get caught up in other thrilling adventures. Novel pets include a wolverine, a big black horse, a yellow-throated marten, reindeer, and a mantis. 59.4kReads7.7Score8.6kShelves

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    A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the Greater Khingan Mountains of the 1960s, carrying his past life's hidden space and equipment. He and his companions embark on hunting and adventures. The early plot focuses on hunting, interspersed with exciting events such as cross-province searches for relatives, treasure hunts, fighting spies, exploring fortresses, and tomb raiding. The pets are novel: wolverines, black horses, yellow-throated martens, reindeer, and mantises. The story gradually transitions into adventure, treasure hunting, and cultivation. The plot is engaging and fast-paced, and the book is already completed. Read with confidence!

28. 328 一 Part Ways in Peace, General, Let Me Be Beautiful on My Own 一别两宽，将军自重，妾身想独美 Lu Li路鲤Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted 69.6kReads8.9Score14.9kShelves
29. 329 重 Reborn in 1990: Making Money and Making Moves, I Can Do It All 重生1990：搞钱搞事样样行 Six Bowls of Instant Noodles六碗泡面Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Everyday life in the 1990s] [Light comedy] [No System] [Build wealth through industry] Zhang Shu was reborn in 1990. Because his parents had more children than allowed, the family planning office was tearing down his house and planning to take his parents away for sterilization and IUD insertion! Remembering the tragedy of his past life, he kicked out the woman who had betrayed him in bed and threw himself onto the wealth-bound train heading for the Soviet Union. Given a second chance at life 10.3kReads8.2Score882Shelves

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    Good-looking, lighthearted and funny

30. 330 我 I Solve Cases to Put Food on the Table 我靠破案养家糊口 Empty Words in a Dream梦中的虚语Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1958, I moved into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Did I transmigrate into a TV drama or transmigrate into a book? Good thing I have so many buffs stacked that I don't have to spend all day playing family power games in one little courtyard! 6.6kReads9.3Score635Shelves
31. 331 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s with a Pocket Dimension to Become a Security Guard 穿越60带着空间当保安 No Good People in the Six Realms六界无好人Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Who am I? Where am I? Other people transmigrate, and so do I. They can crush the heavens, the earth, and everything in between. One burst of their kingly aura, and they get whatever they want. I transmigrated here and have nothing. I can’t even get enough to eat. I’m sixteen, but built like a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old. A gust of wind could blow me away. Where’s my System? Aren’t Systems standard issue for transmigrators? ... 88kReads8.5Score6kShelves
32. 332 穿 Reborn as the Most Hated Woman of the Era, I Get Supplies from My Best Friend Across Space 穿成年代万人嫌，闺蜜隔空塞物资 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance604k WordsOngoing (Dual female leads + Ensemble cast + golden finger + Family drama + Unhinged + Losing it + Feel-good story + Strong female lead + Period setting + Putting scumbags in their place + Daily life) Content warning: unhinged story, terrible people included. Chen Xiaomai, whose mental state was spectacularly abnormal in the 21st century, transmigrated into a book. The heroine was her stepsister, the villain was her biological sister, and she was the pawn both families used in their schemes. Her birth 63.9kReads8.8Score8.1kShelves
33. 333 疯 Madness in 1960: The Street Punk Leads the Courtyard Astray 疯癫1960：街溜子带偏四合院 Water Does Not Rush Ahead水不争先Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Crime Solving] [Comedy] [Nanluoguxiang] [My Dad Is a Hidden Big Shot] In 1960, with the enemy still lurking among the people and not yet fully eliminated, Xu Huai nearly got shot. Only after joining the Public Security Bureau did he discover that his father was a hidden big shot. 60.1kReads9.0Score5.6kShelves
34. 334 重 Back to 1987 重回1987 Ting Houshan庭后山Urban2.4M WordsCompleted Feng Yisheng, the lone wolf of finance, spent his entire life striving for the top. Just as he reached the summit of the financial world, someone threw him off a rooftop, sending him back to 1987, a year when his parents and older sister had disappeared, his younger sister had been kidnapped, and the girl who had waited ten years for him had given up. It was a time when beauty and harsh reality coexisted. As spring breezes and gentle rain swept across China and all things came back to life, he m 16.9kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
35. 335 逃 Fleeing Famine and Farming: My Golden Finger Is a Trash Can 逃荒种田：我的金手指是个垃圾桶 Zhu You1竹由1Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + fleeing famine + building something from nothing + a touch of ensemble cast) (The early story is about fleeing famine, the later story about farming. A slice-of-life tale of family and village affairs, with a romantic pairing that shows up further in.) On an utterly ordinary day, Fang Li went out to throw away the trash, only to be struck dead by some thoughtless idiot dropping something from a height. When she woke up, she had become a six-year-old girl with the same name as h 31.4kReads8.3Score4.8kShelves
36. 336 渣 After My Scumbag Dad Married His White Moonlight, He Lost All His Descendants 渣爹娶了白月光后，断子绝孙了 I'm Your Qian Qian我是你的浅浅Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1960s] [Transmigration] [Ensemble Cast] [Feel-Good Story] [Little One, Big Impact] Original title: After My Scumbag Father Married His One True Love, His Family Line Came to an End Su Moqian, head of a prestigious hidden medical clan, was ambushed by her enemies. She used her last breath to take them down with her, only for her soul to drift into the 1960s of a parallel world. Lack of clothes and food was bad enough, but she had also been reborn as a four-and-a-half-year-old toddle 99kReads9.0Score6kShelves
37. 337 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Years of Passion and Fire 重生60年代激情燃烧的岁月 Dry-Fried Spicy Chicken干煸辣子鸡Urban2.7M WordsOngoing Qin Feng is reborn aboard the train taking him home after his discharge from the military in 1960, the year that changed his destiny. In his previous life, Qin Feng was already injured when he left the service. On the way home, he encountered enemy agents, who blew up the train he was riding. Because an important figure was killed in the explosion, everyone aboard was implicated. Now that Qin Feng has returned, see how he turns his life around! 57kReads8.2Score4.9kShelves
38. 338 和 Taking Shelter from the Rain in a Brick Kiln with My Wife, I Was Dragged Off to the Firing Squad 和媳妇砖窑躲雨，被拉去打靶 Rui Jiahe睿佳禾Urban1.6M WordsOngoing A billionaire worth billions had his soul transported into the body of Zheng Qingren, a suspect in a major 1985 crime crackdown case. The case was about to be closed. After his trial, the rural young man Zheng Qingren was due to face execution, and the soul that had just been reborn panicked. Zheng Qingren was innocent. The real culprit would not be caught until a month after Zheng Qingren was executed. He had to clear his name! And demand compensation. He also had a daughter he'd never met, wai 6.6kReads8.2Score503Shelves

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    Here are four books with ratings lower than their actual quality, featuring reasonable plots, high intelligence, and a strong sense of historical period.

39. 339 人 In This World, Zhou Bingkun's Kindness Never Gives In 人世间之周秉昆的善良永不妥协 Dancing on an Egg鸡蛋上跳舞Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted I know things are hard for you, and I didn't cause this, so things will only get harder for you. I, Zhou Bingkun, won't be left with regrets anymore, and I won't bow to fate. Even hardship will make way. I'll write a happy ending with courage and wisdom! 7.6kReads8.2Score449Shelves
40. 340 读 Reloading the Nineties 读档九零 Riding the Wind for Eighty Thousand Miles御风八万里Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Awake once more in the past, with my parents still here and my loved ones still alive, I find myself standing at this crossroads in history again. My family and my hometown are here. Given another chance, I will choose a different life. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 341 八 The 1980s Nanny: The Cold-Faced Officer Loses Control and Wants a Baby 八零小保姆，冷面军官失控想生崽 A Dream in the Bamboo Heart竹心一梦Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted [Manhua adaptation in progress] Period setting + marriage to a soldier + transmigrate into a book in an alternate world + devoted to each other + possessive, sweet romance + love grows over time + a gentle, slice-of-life romance about doting on his wife. (Older husband, younger wife; growth, comeback, doting on his wife, having a baby, and patriotism) A stern, older, abstinent military officer VS a sweet, soft-spoken girl who's both beautiful and talented, and refuses to be pushed around Bai Qia 2.9kReads8.7Score316Shelves

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    This sweet romance novel, set in a golden age, is a 9.9 Out of 10 in my heart. The growth and triumph story is incredibly captivating. It's absolutely amazing, with no sense of confinement, and the emotions are delicate and realistic, creating vivid imagery. It's incredibly sweet, with a very possessive male lead. The relationship is slow and steady, and it's so sweet. This kind of story would definitely be a hit if it were made into a short drama. This is a book I've read twice. It perfectly embodies patriotism and love for family. It's an incredibly heartwarming book, full of patriotic sentiment.

42. 342 八 An Eighties Beauty Marries for Good Fortune and Is Doted on by Her Rugged, Fatherly Husband 八零美人冲喜，被爹系糙汉宠上天 A Dream in the Bamboo Heart竹心一梦Modern Romance694k WordsCompleted Pure romance + transmigration into a book, fictional setting + period piece + older husband, younger wife + building a fortune + sweet romance + slow-burn, satisfying face-slapping. Bai Qian, from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, transmigrates into a book and becomes a plump, laid-back young bride, married off to bring good luck to He Yanzhou, a cold-faced, rugged man. The man is gravely ill, and lays down three rules with her: this marriage is just for show, and he’ll nev 1.2kReads8.6Score160Shelves
43. 343 世 Everyone Avoids the Troublemaking Girls, but I Take Them All In 世人皆避精神小妹我尽数收留 Mo Mi莫羋Urban400k WordsOngoing Spiritual little sisters, yoga pants: which one can make you stop in your tracks? ...Stop looking, this is the one! To give everyone a good show, I spent 6,000 yuan to live with a spiritual little sister for a month, together around the clock. What? You say that's still not enough? Then how about adding a System, too!? Gu Xingchen transmigrates back ten years and uses his System to turn his life around. Every spiritual little sister in the county follows him... Their world is on guard against th 44.1kReads6.1Score2.8kShelves

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    The first book: Adapted into a comic book, a system-based wish-fulfillment novel with multiple female leads. The pacing is initially sluggish but gradually builds to excitement, becoming increasingly thrilling as you read on. The second book: A completed, angsty novel set in a Myanmar industrial park.

44. 344 八 The 1980s: The Spicy Little Wife and Her Tycoon Husband 八零小辣媳：我家大佬有金矿 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, "The Spicy Little Wife of the Eighties: My Man Has a Gold Mine", is now streaming. [Reborn + Sweet Romance + Gold Prospecting] Liu Yueya of Jinnianzi Village is rumored to be a shrew who brings bad luck to her husbands, so no one dares marry her. Wu Guangxu, the village bully, has just gotten out of prison, and no woman in the village dares marry him either. One day, the villagers discover Liu Yueya and Wu Guangxu having an “intimate rendezvous” in the mountains 5kReads9.4Score597Shelves

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    Having read over a hundred novels, I feel I have some authority to speak on this; each one has its own unique characteristics.

45. 345 女 Women, Don't Go to Northern Myanmar. There's No One There. 女人不要去缅北那里没有人 Mo Mi莫羋Urban323k WordsCompleted The world is beautiful. I won't be coming back in my next life. Bailu (a pseudonym) said something after returning from northern Myanmar that I still can't forget. She said: "When Heaven was taking me apart, it got the balance just right. Any harder, and I'd have died. Any gentler, and I might have had a decent life." My so-called best friend tricked me into going to northern Myanmar. That's when I learned that women here aren't even treated as human beings. Beatings, imprisonment, being drained 21kReads7.4Score1.2kShelves
46. 346 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won’t Marry an Officer, I’ll Marry a Rich Playboy 重生八零：不嫁军官，嫁纨绔 Wu Jiayunbei武家云北Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + sweet romance + pampered life as a wealthy family’s daughter-in-law in the 1980s] In her past life, Jiang Xianli was set up by her twin sister and married a man who married into wealth for his own benefit, while her sister took her place and married a spoiled rich heir. After the wedding, her husband was specially recruited into a military academy and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. Jiang Xianli became the official’s wife whom every woman envied. But her sist 115.8kReads9.1Score6.7kShelves

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    This book really surprised me because before reading it, I had read a lot of rebirth novels, and they were all similar. I accidentally clicked on this one, and after reading a few chapters with a try-it-out mentality, I was completely captivated. Anyway, I think it's pretty good. And when will the author update? I want to read more! [Salute][Petrified][Inquiry]

47. 347 重 Reborn in 1979: My Wife Tells Me to Take Over Her Family’s Debts 重生1979，老婆让我接盘 Pray for Rain During Military Training军训求雨Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Period] [Hunting] [Reborn] [Mountain Foraging] Xu Ye woke up to find himself back in 1979. Though supplies were scarce and life was desperately poor, he was home, the place he’d yearned for with all his heart... Right from the start, his wife asked him to help her older sister... In his previous life, Xu Ye refused. As a result, his sister-in-law died of illness on a snowy night... His wife resented him for the rest of her life... and he blamed himself until the end of his days. Now, faced with 12.3kReads8.1Score855Shelves

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    [Rebirth + Sweet Romance + Gold Rush] Liu Yueya, from Jin Nianzi Village, was rumored to be shrewish and a jinx, so no one dared to marry her. After Wu Guangxu, the village bully, was released from prison, no one dared to marry him either. One day, the villagers discovered Liu Yueya and Wu Guangxu having an "intimate rendezvous" in the mountains! So everyone hoped these two troublemakers would finally get together. After they married, the villagers finally breathed a sigh of relief, all wondering who would have the stronger fate. The result… Wu Guangxu became a famous gold mine owner, showering his wife with gold every time! Liu Yueya opened a food processing factory, and business boomed!

48. 348 重 Reborn in 1984: A Warm Home with My Wife and Kids 重生1984老婆孩子热炕头 Big Fat Tangerine大肥橘Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Authentic period drama + No space, no System + One female lead + Devoted husband and father + Hunting + Ginseng digging + Business + Cute pets + Food + Farming] Xu Dahai, a wealthy bachelor worth over a billion yuan, is reborn in Northeast China in 1984, on the very day his wife and daughter died! It’s a race against time: he must save them! In this life, he’ll make up for all the regrets of his previous one and give his wife and daughter twice as much love and care. He’ll make sure they live w 24.1kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
49. 349 重 Back to the Sixties to Snatch a Husband: I Married an Officer in a Flash and Hit the Jackpot 重回六零抢个婚，闪嫁军官赢麻了 Five Views of Five Blossoms五见五华Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Period drama] [Space + dual powers + farming + beachcombing] [Face-slapping + awful relatives + no forgiveness] Back to the Sixties to Snatch a Husband: A Whirlwind Marriage to an Army Officer Her younger cousin Lin Shuang was orphaned, then adopted by Lin Man’s parents and became the darling of the Lin family. Lin Man, meanwhile, became the family’s punching bag, unloved by her parents and pushed around by her brothers. Lin Shuang ate candy while Lin Man watched. Lin Shuang ate meals while Lin 22kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves
50. 350 重 Reborn in the 1970s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生七零：媳妇有点辣 Verdant Willow Hues青青柳色Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted In her past life, Jiang Xiaonuan earned a place at university, only for her own sister to steal it. Then her sister and her scumbag boyfriend teamed up to frame her. Her sister went on to become the elegant, respectable wife of a high-ranking official, while Jiang Xiaonuan spent her life in poverty and misery. Reborn at the end of the 1970s, Jiang Xiaonuan punches her scumbag ex, kicks her heartless sister to the curb, and gets thrown out by her cruel mother. She takes down every rotten jerk who 5.4kReads9.0Score633Shelves

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