Looking for Period Novels With a Gentle, Refined Male Lead, Not a Rugged Type or a Soldier 想看年代文，男主温润如玉，不是糙汉和当兵的

1. 251 八 Marrying a Factory Director in the 1980s and Taking It Easy: A Sweet Romance with an Older Man 八零嫁厂长摆烂，老男人甜宠日常 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance249k WordsOngoing [1980s + lost and found love + the hero has been plotting this for a long time] Qiao Man was the departed love of many people. But it wasn’t until she was reborn in the body of someone with the same name that she learned she had always been a supporting character in a book. The heroine is the second older sister of the body she now inhabits, and she has a System. The more exhausted the heroine becomes, the prettier she grows. What’s more, she increasingly comes to resemble the face Qiao Man had 22Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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   🌿The female lead is reborn in the 1980s, a delicate and fragile beauty at 20. The male lead is 28, a cold and aloof factory manager. 💫She is his ideal woman, and every move she makes deeply attracts him. They have been planning this for a long time: a marriage of convenience. The male lead says, "The agreement can be faked, but the marriage certificate is real." [Cool]

2. 252 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院 Moon Rising over the Blue Sea苍海升月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati 54.6kReads9.2Score5.4kShelves

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   🔥It's been four years since we last met. I never expected my wife from the countryside to be so beautiful. The male lead is a reserved and aloof military officer, but he dotes on his wife.

3. 253 重 Reborn in 1970: Selling Gourmet Dishes, I’m Destined to Win at Life 重生七零卖大菜，人生赢家定是我 Earn Money to Raise a Dog赚钱养狗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no overpowered exploits. It’s not exactly a story about a strong female lead, either. Just the ordinary life of a family, where everyone gets to be the protagonist.) [Rebirth + Period Setting + Family Life + Making Money + Cute Kids + Cozy Vibes] In her twilight years, Shen Chunhua is reborn and returns to the time before all the regrets of her life came to pass. Life was so hard last time. This time, she has to make the most of it. After all, every extra 6.8kReads9.2Score563Shelves

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   The male lead is an ordinary farmer at the beginning. The female lead is reborn and her life gradually gets better. The male lead is not gentle and refined, nor is he a prodigy. However, he is extremely family-oriented, loves his wife and children, and has a warm and cozy daily life. Listening to his wife will lead to success.

4. 254 胖 My Plump Wife Is Sweet and Brave, and Her Disabled Officer Adores Her 胖媳妇又娇又勇，残疾军官心尖宠 Mild Luosifen螺蛳粉不辣Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted [1970s Military Romance + Devoted Husband + Age Gap + Marriage Before Love + Chaste Powerhouse] Xu Meng, a college student who stayed up all night studying for the civil service exam, woke up in the body of a huge woman. She had become a lazy, greedy, 200-jin village girl in the 1970s, and her whole family was forcing her to marry her older sister's disabled veteran fiancé. How could she turn around a life that was doomed from the start? Thinking of how she had worked herself to death in her pr 438Reads8.8Score—Shelves
5. 255 重 A Comfortable Life for Shu Xin in the 1960s 重生六零的舒心日子 Qing Wu卿妩Modern Romance354k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Devoted Husband + Super Strength + Soldier] [A powerful, domineering, and wealthy heroine + a beautiful, delicate, scheming male lead] Shu Xin is a powerful woman born in the apocalypse. Armed with an overpowered cheat, she is reborn in the 1960s of a parallel world. Here, she finds a loving family, and achieves success in both her career and her love life. The male lead, Luo Yue, is a delicate young gentleman who transmigrated from an ancient matriarchal so 11.6kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves

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   Highly recommend them, they're all great! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

6. 256 社 A Sociable Little One Takes Her Sweet, Delicate Mom Along to Join the Army 社牛崽崽带娇软亲妈去随军 Er Lulu二鹿鹿Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Gifted Kids + Women Supporting Women] Jiang Ningning transmigrates into a military-marriage novel as the deceased biological mother of a pair of gifted twins. Her husband sends her a monthly child support payment, but the original owner is weak-willed and constantly gets swindled out of the money by her in-laws on one pretext or another. The twins raise their mother by scavenging, until their fifth birthday, when the disillusione 9.3kReads8.9Score941Shelves

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   [Era + Military Marriage + Arranged Marriage to Love + Pampered Wife + Adorable Kids] Jiang Ningning transmigrated into the body of the deceased mother of two genius twins in a military marriage novel. The original owner's husband sent her a monthly allowance, but she was weak and easily tricked by her in-laws with various excuses. The twins supported their mother by collecting scraps, until their fifth birthday, when the disappointed children decided to take a train to the military region to find their father. The original owner, chasing after them, was hit by a car and died. Jiang Ningning, now in the new world, looked at the empty house and felt a wave of despair wash over her. "If you're going to find your father, can you take me with you?" The two babies: ? - Huo Donglin, after five years of undercover work on the frontier, had just returned to base when he received a telegram from home: his wife had eloped with someone else, taking their children with her. Before he could even grieve, a shout suddenly came from outside the large iron gate: "Heidan, come out quickly! We've brought your wife to join us!" Huo Donglin turned around to see his son, a spitting image of him, holding a megaphone, and his daughter, holding a banner. In the center was his stunningly beautiful young wife, whom he hadn't seen in five years. From then on, Huo Donglin lived a chaotic life, constantly vying with the twins for a wife. The twins' catchphrases were: "Mom is the prettiest," "Mom's cooking is amazing," "Mom will definitely get into university..." "My dad is almost not good enough for her." Huo Donglin: !

7. 257 穿 The Transmigrated Cannon Fodder's Life as an Educated Youth 穿书炮灰的知青日常 Wu Zhe Who Loves Beiling Meatballs爱吃北岭丸子的吴哲Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + no black-market trips + devoted couple + pocket dimension + special abilities] Ling Yunyue wakes up as a minor character, a young educated youth about to be sent to the countryside. She snaps to her senses and quickly starts stockpiling supplies, determined to keep her distance from the male and female leads. But she accidentally runs into another minor character. Huh? Why is this one so different from the book's description? Zou Sikang never imagined that after blowi 14.1kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
8. 258 我 I'll Raise the Kids, You Support the Family, and We'll Laugh Together 我带崽，你养家，咱们一起笑哈哈 Loves Eating Cherry Tomatoes爱吃千禧果Modern Romance655k WordsCompleted Complete Period setting + everyday family life + raising children + rugged man + sweet romance + marriage Yang Nianyi, a chief physician of traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrates into a book, becoming a young woman of marriageable age who shares her name and surname with the original character and is forced to marry in her older sister's place in a period novel. She's a city girl. She gets caught up in a melodramatic plot where both the heroine and the original character love the hero, but 148Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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   1St, 3rd, and 6th century fiction; a gentleman in public, a cunning and repressed man in private.

9. 259 团 The Whole Family’s Darling in the 1980s: The Drama Queen Is Doted On by All 团宠八零：戏精娇妻被宠上天啦 Pleasing Words and Clear Speech悦语清言Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + doted-on by the whole family + pilot + cannon fodder + supporting actress] Li Can, an anesthesiologist so busy she could work like a dog, unexpectedly becomes the cannon-fodder supporting actress who wreaks havoc in an old period film. To make the heroine and hero's grand romance come true, she sacrifices herself and even brings her whole family to ruin, leaving no one with a happy ending. Fortunately, she still has family who love her unconditionally, so maybe there's a chance 1.1kReads9.2Score126Shelves
10. 260 被 Hounded by a Madman, She Turns Around and Marries an Abstinent Commander 被疯批缠上，转头嫁给禁欲首长 Moon in the Midst明中月Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Military marriage + period setting + sweet romance + both leads are each other's first and only + face-slapping + feel-good fiction Top salesperson Chen Meina works herself to death. When she opens her eyes, it's the 1970s, and she's forcing herself on the male lead. Chen Meina: ? Once she comes to her senses, Chen Meina realizes she's become universally despised. Her awful family helped her tie up the male lead and drag him into bed, only for a reborn woman to catch them in the act, ruining the 11.4kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves

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    🦀A historical romance novel: ① Top saleswoman Chen Meina dies from overwork and wakes up in the 1970s, forced into a relationship [facepalm], the story begins with a cataclysmic event; ② After the deaths of her parents and elders, Lin Xiangnan, with no one to supervise her, starts to slack off. Her family leaves her a huge inheritance of over 100 million, making her completely lose interest in work, only wanting to eat, drink, and have fun. As a result, she's mistakenly taken by a ghost messenger, her body frozen in the morgue, forced to become part of the transmigrator army. Luckily, she has a spatial ability and resources [cool].

11. 261 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 103.8kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves
12. 262 开 From the Start, I Reported My Stepfather, Then the Frail Villainess Was Doted on in the Countryside 开局举报继父，病弱女配下乡被宠 Feng Ling lI风灵lIModern Romance759k WordsCompleted [Space + System + Sweet Romance + Frail Heroine + Rugged Hero] Qiao Qingdai was an utterly ordinary office worker. She was 25 and had been single for years. One day, after work, she decided to treat herself. Instead, a woman fell from the sky and crushed her to death. She drifted around with a soul-reaper from the underworld for a while before realizing that they had taken the wrong soul... After a furious argument, Qiao Qingdai happily took the loot she’d scored: a treasure chest System and a p 18.9kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
13. 263 绿 The Green Tea Streamer Is Everyone's Favorite, and Her Big Spenders Are Enchanted 绿茶主播万人迷，大哥们神魂颠倒 Qiqi Says There Should Be Light七七说要有光Modern Romance552k WordsCompleted [A scheming, flirtatious beauty with a sweet, calculating charm + wealthy, handsome top donors] (Complete, with occasional bonus chapters) Yu Shuangshuang, a green-tea villainess who had been cycling through quick-transmigration worlds, finally got the chance to come back to life. The price was fulfilling the original owner's wish: becoming a top-tier livestreamer and earning enough to pay off her debts. Yu Shuangshuang: “Livestreaming? Sounds fun.” Step by step, she used her beauty and talents 12.6kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves

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    This is absolutely a treasure trove of online novels! The female lead goes live and, with her stunning beauty and witty personality, instantly captivates a group of wealthy patrons. To win her favor, they shower her with gifts—luxury sports cars, super rockets, a dazzling display! 😎 But the female lead doesn't play by the rules, leaving her patrons both amused and exasperated. The plot is lighthearted, humorous, sweet, and hilarious—you won't be able to stop laughing! Start watching now and experience this super-exciting live-streaming adventure! 🎉

14. 264 年 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: After the Broken Engagement, the Original Male Lead Trembles in Fear 年代快穿，退婚，原男主瑟瑟发抖 July Sunrise七月朝阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as: Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: After Breaking Off Her Engagement, the Cannon Fodder Heroine Has a Lucky Pregnancy Note: This story is entirely fictional. (Alternate history + Era-hopping + Devoted couples + Adorable children + Triplets + Farming + Transmigration + Intelligent brain pocket dimension + Interstellar + More children, more blessings + Cannon fodder fights back + Face-slapping scumbags + Strong heroine + Modern romance + Republican era + Showbiz) Synopsis: The a 7.2kReads9.0Score420Shelves

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    Second Book Contents: ① 1970s: The Burden of a Second Marriage and Early Death √ ② 1960s: The Stepdaughter Deceived into a Ghost Marriage √ ③ The Stepdaughter Thrown into the Sea and Drowned in Hong Kong √ ④ 1980s: The Original Wife Buried Alive to Suppress Her Soul in Hong Kong √ ⅹ A Young and Promising Business Elite ⑤ 1970s: The Replaced True Heiress √ ⑥ A Pairing Up, The Life of a Sister-in-Law, Two Male Leads √ ⑦ The Original Wife Abandoned by Educated Youth √ ⑧ Over Fifty Years Old, Her Name Not on the Marriage Certificate ⑦ 1970s: A Comparison of a Reborn Heroine ⑨ The Tool Character and White Moonlight in Abusive Novels ⑩ 1990s: The Female Student Who Jumped to Her Death ghj

15. 265 七 The Brooding Factory Director in the 1970s Falls for a Kiss from the Soft-Waisted Beauty 七零闷骚厂长被腰软娇花一吻动情 Hua Yao花杳Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Mutually devoted + Devoted husband + Space + Farming + Cozy daily life + Cherished by the whole family + Troublesome relatives dealt with quickly] [Wise and gentle heroine vs. calculating, reserved factory director] Lan Yin thought she'd merely had a dream about making love, but as pain washed over her, she suddenly awakened to the truth. She was the original heroine of a novel set in the 1970s, and someone had stolen her good fortune. The transmigrated female supporting charac 1.5kReads9.0Score213Shelves
16. 266 七 Transmigrated into a Book in the 1970s: The Villain's Brat and His Awful Mother 七零穿书：反派崽崽极品娘 Sweet Osmanthus苏合香Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Celebrity chef Xia Ming Shuang woke up to find herself inside a novel set in a bygone era. The original owner was an absolute nightmare, and her several children were all damaged in one way or another. Some would grow up to become ruthless villains, and every one of them was headed for a tragic end! With wolves in front and tigers behind, life was unbearable. Xia Ming Shuang: Don't worry. Just watch me whip them into shape! Her husband, a senior engineer, was the untouchable ideal man in the ori 2.5kReads8.4Score501Shelves

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    This is my second time reading a historical romance novel. The female lead transmigrates and already has four children, all angelic babies, yet she's the villain in the story!! She's a culinary genius and a business tycoon, while the male lead was deliberately switched at birth by his adoptive parents. At twelve, he travels a long distance on foot to find his biological parents, only to be refused by his mother and switched with his adopted daughter! Better to have nothing than something bad. [Smile] Transmigrating through time to embrace you, the logic is good. [Laughs]

17. 267 乖 Be Good! We Can Date, but Don't Tell Anyone 乖！处对象可以，别往外说 Hippo Gua Gua河马瓜瓜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, historical era, feel-good story, getting rich, sweet romance] The moment she opened her eyes, modern office worker Jiang Xiaosui had become a notorious woman expelled from a workers’, peasants’ and soldiers’ college in the 1970s. To make matters worse, she realized she had transmigrated into a rebirth novel, becoming the miserable contrast character whose suffering highlighted the heroine’s happy life. According to the plot, her grandfather would lose his position as t 21.7kReads8.6Score2.8kShelves

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    This is definitely the one! It's super beautiful! [Admiring]

18. 268 快 Quick Transmigration! From the 1930s to the New Millennium, I Outdid Everyone 快穿！从三零到千禧我卷赢所有 July Sunrise七月朝阳Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period setting + devoted couples + sweet romance + no fixed pairing + pocket dimension + reborn + transmigration + revenge + face-slapping + comeback + calculated self-interest + fictional period setting + note that there are male supporting characters + tragic supporting characters] Note: This story is entirely fictional. In Star Calendar Year 3300, Jiang Qingqing was born in an interstellar orphanage and left unclaimed. To survive, Jiang Qingqing takes only an old, battered robot discarded by 6.2kReads8.4Score363Shelves
19. 269 嫁 I Married into the City to Get By, Lie Flat, and Watch the Drama Unfold 嫁进城里混日子，吃瓜躺平看热闹 Xi Tangqing溪棠清Modern Romance663k WordsCompleted [Newly rated] [Era setting + marriage before love + family life + no System + no golden finger + selfish, self-serving, not-too-bright local heroine] A growth story! Not a powerhouse heroine! Jiang Zhiyu has known since childhood that her looks are an advantage. She doesn't want to spend her life scratching a living from the soil. She wants to marry a man with a job in the city. Starting in high school, she picks the most generous of the boys who bring her gifts and begins seeing him. After gett 2.2kReads5.8Score144Shelves
20. 270 带 After Transmigrating to a Bygone Era with a Pocket Dimension, I Just Want to Take It Easy 带着空间穿年代后只想摆烂 Yi Yezhou艺叶舟Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted Zhu Yiyao is a rich third-generation slacker who wants nothing more than to lie flat and do as little as possible. One day, she accidentally unlocks a space. Is it a pleasant surprise or a shock? That doesn’t matter. What matters is that she needs to stockpile supplies right away. She’s just finished stocking up and thinks she can relax and spend time with her family, when she accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. Her mother is dead and her father is a scumbag, but it’s no big deal. She has a 1.6kReads8.8Score146Shelves
21. 271 七 The 1970s: I Changed the Tragic Fate of the Second Male Lead 七零：悲惨男二的命运被我改变了 Buddha of the Western Heaven西天佛老Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted [1970s + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + getting rich] Lin Qichi transmigrates into a book, becoming the ill-fated ex-wife of the tragic second male lead, a troublesome woman who never knew when to quit. The ex-wife barely gets a mention, and she dies young. Lin Qichi refuses to believe that’s how things have to go. Faced with a bare house and the miserable life ahead of her, she rolls up her sleeves and gets to work. Money makes money, and goods bring in more goods. Life just keep 670Reads8.7Score100Shelves

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    This one absolutely fits the bill; the male lead is a sent-down youth, gentle and refined!

22. 272 穿 In the 1970s, the Pretty Educated Youth Marries a Handsome Officer Destined to Die Young 穿七零，俏知青嫁给早逝的帅军官 Soaring Beyond the Mortal World飞越红尘Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Entire story set in a fictional world] (military marriage in a military compound + criminal portraits + spoiled young lady + pocket dimension + daily life with the troops + adorable kids + devoted husband) Special forces soldier Chu Jinqiu returns to the tragic life she lived in her previous life, transmigrating into a doomed extra who was tricked into going to the countryside by her best friend, then kidnapped by human traffickers and killed in a fall from a cliff. From the start, she has to 4.8kReads9.1Score643Shelves
23. 273 重 Reborn in the 1980s: No More Playing the Saint 重生八零之不做圣母 Whale-Blue Old Dream鲸蓝旧梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Yu Xiling died of cancer at a young age. Though her father and brothers were alive, she might as well have been all alone. Words like repaying kindness and making sacrifices defined her whole life. In the name of gratitude, her younger sister died at just four years old, her mother passed away, and in the end, the strain cost her her own life. Reborn at the age of twelve, Yu Xiling decides to be selfish for once. No matter how great a debt of gratitude may be, she only want 302Reads7.7Score105Shelves

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    The second male lead rises to power, while the male lead first enters politics and then business, gradually making his move.

24. 274 明 A Secret Marriage? Goodbye! Take Your Divorce Papers 明招暗娶？再见吧！离婚本请拿好 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The female lead pursues a career in government, and the two leads each have their own stories. Don’t worry about their romance! Blurb: Everyone says Ning Qing was born lucky. She was an unwanted child with no one to care for, yet someone adopted her. It’s just that her marriage prospects aren’t great. Her adoptive mother tries every trick in the book to match Ning Qing with her second son! Too bad the two of them can’t stand each other! The brave get to enjoy life first. She secretly sets he 2.9kReads8.2Score233Shelves

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    🍇①The love story of two marginalized figures in the novel💥The male protagonist is a researcher, polite and refined; the female protagonist is a factory clerk, calm, composed, and worldly-wise. They are spiritually aligned in the 1970s and mutually support each other.

25. 275 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s: A Spatial Realm of Trillions in Supplies to Support Educated Youths 穿越六零：空间千亿物资养知青 Mint Island Feather薄荷岛羽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The 1960s + Trillion-Yuan Supplies + Personal Space + Educated Youth + Transmigrate + Both Leads Are Virgins + Sweet Romance + Patriotic] She wakes up one morning and transmigrates to the 1960s~ What? Her whole body has traveled through time! She's an undocumented person with nothing to eat or drink, and not a penny to her name! No! She's ten years younger, a radiant eighteen-year-old beauty. No! She dreamed of the past in advance, so her money, ration coupons, and identity documents were all p 3.3kReads9.0Score334Shelves

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    🍀🍀A historical romance novel featuring a female protagonist who transmigrates, a male protagonist who is a sent-down youth, and a gentle yet cunning character.🍀🍀 A sweet, patriotic story with a clean slate. The female protagonist transmigrates with spatial resources and forges her identity to become a villager. The male protagonist is a sent-down youth, physically weak but beautiful, gentle and refined, and cunning and resourceful. [Smirk]

26. 276 七 The Shameless Family of 1970 七零之无赖一家人 Sunny Peach桃子晴朗Modern Romance412k WordsCompleted [Period setting + beloved by all + self-serving and refined + warped values! Ensemble cast of protagonists + eccentric whole family + awful relatives + pocket dimension] (A family ensemble in a parallel setting, not reality. The heroine has little presence early on. She's not very smart, self-serving in a refined way, and an ordinary person.) I thought I was the chosen one because I had a pocket dimension. I thought the apocalypse was about to begin, so I frantically stocked up on supplies. I 8.2kReads8.8Score759Shelves

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    The male lead is a police officer who has never served in the military. He's the kind of person who's polite, gentle, and refined. He seems shy and reserved around the female lead, but he's actually quite the hunter.

27. 277 七 The 1970s Military Marriage: The Charming Army Wife Raises Kids and Wins Her Husband's Heart 七零军婚：俏军嫂养崽撩夫日常 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + second male lead takes the lead + fictional period setting] [Short drama now streaming] Xiao Qingru doesn't want to raise someone else's child, so she breaks off her engagement to her childhood sweetheart. Just as she's getting ready to focus on her career, she's targeted by a hothead from the capital. Xu Muzhou is the youngest and most promising pilot. The first time he meets her, he falls in love at first sight with his good friend's younger sister. When he hears she's alre 16kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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    The male lead is a latecomer who rose to power; he's a young pilot and a colleague of the female lead's brother. He often shamelessly follows her to her home. After her engagement is broken off, he takes advantage of the situation. They really are a perfect match. [Top Post]

28. 278 六 In the 1960s, the Young Educated Youth Takes Back Her Body and Goes on a Rampage 六零，小知青夺回身体后缺大德了 Lu Shiqi陆时柒Modern Romance809k WordsCompleted [Strong male and female leads + space + scheming + never takes abuse + both leads are wonderfully outrageous] When Jiang Sheng is eighteen, trouble strikes her family and she is forced to move to the countryside. Her family has prepared everything for her, so she isn’t worried. But despite all their precautions, she never expects an accident to rob her of control over her body and send her to a strange place. They call it the twenty-first century? She goes from confusion and panic to adapting, t 33.3kReads8.9Score3kShelves

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    Both the male and female leads are sent-down youth. The male lead single-handedly eliminates all potential suitors, practically a demon. Whenever a girl confesses her feelings, he trains her to do push-ups, saying, "Try to beat me first, hahaha!" This results in no girl in the entire Beijing compound liking him; everyone wants someone to take this dog away. The female lead has a very fiery personality, and the two are practically identical. When the female lead is beating someone up, the male lead comes to hand her a brick (the brigade leader chases after them, saying, "These are my bricks!" [Crying]). If you dare to cause trouble, I dare to beat you up. The key is that they're both strong, invincible in every fight. Just between you and me, the male lead can't beat the female lead, hahaha.

29. 279 女 A Bandit Queen Reborn in the Seventies, Determined to Become a Tycoon 女土匪魂穿七零野心勃勃做富豪 Xing Yuyan邢毓晏Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On their wedding night, the bride decides to come clean. “I wanted to whisk you home in my last life, and this time I finally got you.” The groom replies, “What a coincidence. I’ve loved you since my past life, and I’m more than happy to let you whisk me home!” The bride says, “In that case, let’s celebrate by having three children in a row. I have a super dimension where I can grow crops and raise livestock, with a spiritual spring too, so we won’t have to worry about supporting them.” The groo 1kReads9.2Score141Shelves

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    [Add to Bookshelf] Book Recommendations, I'm Xiaoguai [Add to Bookshelf] 1. *While My Research Husband is Still Young, I'll Make My Move*, the female lead transmigrates and has top-notch cooking skills. The male lead is a research expert and a founding member of a third-tier factory. Gentle, tolerant, and strong-willed! 2. *A Female Bandit's Soul Transmigrates to the 70s and Ambitiously Becomes the Richest Woman*, the female lead is a former bandit leader in the Republic of China era who transmigrates to the 70s as a pitiful girl and rolls up her sleeves to wreak havoc! The male lead is the director of a state-owned factory, aloof and noble, cold on the outside but warm on the inside! 3. *Transmigrating to the 60s, You Can't Imagine the Joy of Being a Drama Queen*, the female lead transmigrates into a book, loved by her parents, and has a happy family! The male lead is a technical expert in a state-owned machinery factory, from a highly educated family.

30. 280 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1960s: The Dazzling Drama Queen Stuns the Nation 穿书六零：作精美人惊艳全国了 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The vivacious and beautiful Yuan Xiaoyuan transmigrates, only to discover that she has landed in a period novel as a nameless cannon-fodder female character. Yuan Xiaoyuan clenches her fists. To hell with the plot and the hero and heroine! No one is going to stand in her way! Not even the frigid Northeastern winter can cool Yuan Xiaoyuan's burning heart when she meets Zhou Yang. Faced with his arrogant, aloof attitude, she swears that even if he's a rock, she'll melt him down. The whol 2.6kReads8.7Score175Shelves
31. 281 七 The 1970s: My Wife Is So Beautiful, Factory Director Xie Dotes on Her and Cares for the Family 七零：老婆太美，谢厂长宠妻顾家 Volcano-Roasted Chestnuts火山烤栗子Modern Romance746k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + storage space + laid-back life + married first, love later] By chance, Jiang Yunshu acquired a storage space and won a 500,000-yuan lottery. She was stunned. After collecting her winnings and stocking up, she stayed up all night and transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s. She transmigrated into the role of a spoiled, outrageous supporting character, with four older brothers and loving parents. A spoiled rich girl? Great! She much preferred the original character’s pampered, 22.9kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves

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    🌈The first book features a gentle male lead who is a divorced professor who was sent to a labor camp. The female lead is a local and has a child. Both are remarried. It's a peaceful and heartwarming story with no truly awful characters, making it a comfortable read.

32. 282 九 Hong Kong's 1990s Elite Circle: A Mainland Auntie Crashes the Party 九零港圈，闯进一位大陆姑奶奶 Above the Clouds扶摇之上Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted [1990s setting] [Hong Kong tycoon's heir] [Devoted husband] [One-on-one romance] [Sweet romance] [No angst] A core member of an organization was reborn while carrying out a mission! She transmigrated into the heroine of a period novel and married the heir to Hong Kong's richest family from the start. But her husband was missing, and no one knew if he was alive or dead. Influenced by the political climate, Hong Kong's four major mainstream media outlets spread wildly false reports that mainland w 3kReads6.6Score353Shelves

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    Reborn twice, she returned to 1975. That year, the Lu family was investigated. To avoid marrying Lu Xianyu, Jiang Shiyi hid a foreign novel on Lu Xianyu's bookshelf, leading to Lu Xianyu and his parents being sent to the countryside. He ended up lame in a cowshed and spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. She and Lu Xianyu were completely severed; she would never look for him again.

33. 283 七 The 1970s: Why Go to the Countryside When Watching the Drama Is Better? 七零，下什么乡？能有吃瓜香？ Dao Xiaoren刀小刃Modern Romance762k WordsCompleted [No relocation to the countryside + a supermarket pocket dimension + no black-market profiteering + both leads are each other's firsts, and the child isn't the male lead's + a laid-back spectator enjoying the gossip in a crowded courtyard] Every night before going to sleep, Xiang Tian thought she completely fit the criteria for transmigrating: no parents, no ties, and a huge pocket dimension at her disposal! Then Xiang Tian looked at the swaying light cord. So, had she been too sincere? Had she 72.8kReads8.4Score3.8kShelves

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    The male protagonist is an engineer at a steel mill!

34. 284 左 System on the Left, Space on the Right: The Seventies Darling Laughs All the Way 左系统右空间，七零娇女笑哈哈 Lazy Taurus金牛懒懒Modern Romance889k WordsOngoing The heroine and her family are all a handful. This is a satisfying power fantasy, so don't read it if you're looking for strict realism. [Transmigration + pocket dimension + supplies + rebirth + System + raising children + treasure hunting] A bloodthirsty Emotion System that wants to harvest emotional energy + a kindhearted Merit System that wants to earn merit energy = a miserable heroine who just wants to lie flat but gets nagged by both Systems to complete missions every day. Modern city girl 12.3kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves

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    The male lead is gentle and refined.

35. 285 分 After Three Years Apart, She Asks for a Divorce, and the Chaste Commander Loses His Cool 分居三年提离婚，禁欲首长红了眼 Tun Er豚二Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + raising children + no golden finger + native-born characters + life in a military compound + everyday family drama] This is not an effortless wish-fulfillment story. It’s a warm tale of personal growth, so read with care if that’s not your thing. Cen Jing Yi gives birth to her daughter prematurely and is thrown out by her in-laws. She struggles alone to raise her daughter until she’s two. Then her husband, who returned to his unit the day aft 14.2kReads8.8Score947Shelves

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    A marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, followed by a tumultuous pursuit of the wife – this military romance novel is truly captivating. The female protagonist, Cen Jingyi, is a pampered young lady who never lifted a finger before marriage, but fate cruelly plays tricks on her afterward. The day after their wedding, her husband, Gu Yanqing, returns to his unit, disappearing for three years without a word. To make matters worse, she gives birth prematurely to her daughter, and her in-laws not only refuse to care for her but also kick them out of the house. For those three years, she single-handedly raises her daughter alone, enduring unimaginable hardship. Finally, Gu Yanqing returns, hoping for a family reunion, but Cen Jingyi's heart is broken, and she decisively files for divorce. Gu Yanqing then realizes how much he has missed. Once known as the cold-blooded king of the army, who wouldn't even utter a sound while removing shrapnel, his eyes instantly well up with tears upon hearing his wife's words of divorce. To save the marriage, he begins various attempts to make amends. He takes his daughter to the market, buys them new clothes, and tries his best to integrate into their lives. But Cen Jingyi's heart remained frozen, unmoved. In the novel, the male lead goes from not understanding love to desperately pursuing it, while the female lead goes from disappointment to being slowly moved; their relationship is delicate and heart-wrenching. Moreover, the book's descriptions of military life and daily life in the compound are incredibly realistic, full of a sense of the era. For those who enjoy stories of characters chasing their wives back to their husbands and sweet military romances, go for it—it's so captivating!

36. 286 资 The Rich Young Master Was Forced to Marry Me, Now He Begs for Kisses Every Day 资本家少爷被强娶后，每天求亲亲 Big Flower Pig大花猪Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + older woman/younger man romance + sweet romance + adorable child + everyday family life] Bold, domineering young widow vs. refined young master A period-era version of Sniping on a Butterfly Li Hongmei followed the latest trends and traveled back to the 1970s. She didn’t become a capitalist’s daughter or an educated youth sent to the countryside. Instead, she became a rural widow. To make matters even more outrageous, her original self’s mother-in-l 159Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one, this one! The male lead is the young master of a capitalist family who's been sent to the countryside, and the female lead is a widow who's transmigrated from another world. It's a romance between an older woman and a younger man, an arranged marriage that blossoms into love—it's really sweet!

37. 287 年 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Screen Queen Knows How to Flirt, Charm, and Play Cute 年代快穿：影后她会撩会哄会撒娇 Mushroom Pan-Fried Bun蘑菇生煎包Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Women's fiction: [Period] [Quick Transmigration] [Devoted husband] [Rugged man] [Military officer] After a car accident, movie queen Song Lili transmigrates through three thousand worlds, completing missions to fulfill people's wishes in various Period settings and earning points so she can return to the time before the accident. Along the way, she meets the strongest military officer, a rugged veteran, the village chief's son, a cold and formidable soldier, a wealthy young master from the capit 6kReads8.9Score461Shelves

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    🍇This time-travel novel is sure to have something for everyone [shy emoji]. The female protagonist travels through different eras to fulfill a wish. And so, she encounters… a wealthy young master from the capital, a repressed educated youth, and even the son of a village chief…

38. 288 重 Reborn in 1970: The Scheming Educated Youth Won’t Leave Me Alone 重生七零，我被腹黑知青给赖上了 Qingqing Is Tian Ke'ai, You Know清清是田可爱啊Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + scheming, reserved man + strong female lead + pocket dimension + special abilities + the heroine knows martial arts and the hero can’t stop her] Jiang Xiao, a top lawyer in the modern world, dies suddenly from exhaustion after working several all-nighters in a row on her cases. When she wakes up, she’s reborn in the body of a frail woman in the 1970s who was beaten to death by her husband. Her grandmother favors boys over girls and, for money, marries her off to a dis 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    1. The female lead transmigrates into a book with a cheat code: she knows martial arts. She sets a small goal: to earn 100 million. She balances her studies and earning money, successfully gaining admission to a prestigious university. Male lead: Xiaoxiao, you focus on your career. You take care of success, and I'll take care of being beautiful. Final verdict: Hmm, this gigolo is really sweet! [Learned][Learned][Learned] 2. The female lead transmigrates into a book, learns about the original owner's story, seeks revenge, and saves her unborn nephew. Unexpectedly, she makes a close friend in the countryside and finds someone willing to cherish her for life. Female lead: "Don't smile so slyly; you're obviously up to no good." The slyly smiling man: "No way, I'm just after you!" [Laughing][Laughing][Laughing] 3. Transmigrating into the cannon fodder ex-wife of a disabled tycoon, with three younger siblings who are future villainous tycoons, the female lead is overwhelmed and wants to escape! But then the system popped up and told her that if she could straighten out these three villains and put them on the right path, she would be rewarded with a hundred buildings! A hundred buildings? Xu Qingli's eyes lit up, as if she could see a landlady's life beckoning to her! [Learned][Learned][Learned] 4. The female lead transmigrated into the body of a pitiful girl who had lost both parents and was cheated by relatives. The original owner was forced to go to the countryside. The female lead transmigrated, but it was no challenge for her. In the middle of the night, she lifted the coffin lid and kicked her cousin to the Northwest to turn her life around. She also plotted to make her "uncle" a gambler. After dealing with the awful relatives, she went to the countryside. With her golden finger, she was not afraid of hardship. [Cool][Cool][Cool] 5. The female lead was framed by her friend and boarded a special train to the Northeast for educated youth. As soon as she boarded, she met a stinky hooligan who was staring at her. From then on, she began her life of constantly staring at people in the countryside. The male lead was a transmigrator. The first time he met the female lead in the book, he kept staring at her. After receiving countless eye rolls, he finally realized that the female lead had also become the female lead in his life.

39. 289 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s as a Miserable Female Side Character Sent to the Countryside 穿越七零成为下乡的悲催女配 Ran Yin苒音Modern Romance759k WordsCompleted Song Tanglan transmigrates into the body of a quiet, reserved, and very introverted young woman. Through her memories, she learns the girl’s story and experiences a kind of familial love she has never known. So she decides to make the best of her life, avenge the original owner, and save her unborn nephew. She never expected to make several close friends in the countryside, or to meet the man willing to spend his whole life cherishing her. Song Tanglan: “Don’t grin like that. You’re obviously up 766Reads7.0Score103Shelves
40. 290 七 The 1970s: I Got Rich After Marrying a Fool 七零，嫁傻子后暴富 User Pumpkin Carriage用户南瓜车Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a book + 1980s + pocket dimension + raising kids + everyday family life] From the start, she wakes up on her wedding night, and her husband is devastatingly handsome! What? Once the male model opens his mouth, she realizes he’s an idiot. Her excitement is completely doused, but being alive is better than being dead! Her husband is an idiot, and she’s stuck in a blended family in a bygone era, with a biased father-in-law, a stepmother-in-law, and sisters-in-law who stir up tr 9.4kReads8.8Score846Shelves

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    This book is interesting.

41. 291 和 After Swapping Marriages With My Stepsister, I Became the White Moonlight of a Period Novel 和继妹换亲后，在年代文当白月光 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance493k WordsOngoing Eighties, marriage first and love later, slice of life, period setting, transmigration into a book Lou Xia, a homebody, dies suddenly while reading late at night and transmigrates into a book. She becomes the doomed, beautiful but useless first love of the overpowered male lead. The first love has a tragic background: her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and her stepsister forces her to switch betrothed husbands, marrying the male lead’s doomed older brother instead. Not 34.5kReads8.7Score3.1kShelves

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    ① The original owner of this body was deeply in love with her younger brother, but was forced to marry in place of her elder brother, ultimately dying in sorrow. The female protagonist transmigrates into this world, initially planning to inherit the male protagonist's estate and live a carefree life. However, when the male protagonist encounters difficulties, she can't help but lend a helping hand. During their time together, the female protagonist is gradually attracted to the male protagonist's maturity and stability, and the two begin a sweet romance. [Heart][Heart]

42. 292 七 The 1970s: Transmigrated as the Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife of a Disabled Big Shot 七零，穿成残疾大佬的炮灰前妻 Dive into the Five Oceans to Catch Turtles下五洋捉鳖Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Sign-In System + Transmigrate into a Book + Food + Disabled Male Lead + Raising Children + Doctor + Wife-Doting Husband + Male Lead Is a Hopeless Romantic] [The original title was: The 1970s: Transmigrating as the Disabled Tycoon’s Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife] Note: Dear readers, the male lead’s legs will recover, but it will take time. He can’t just stand up all at once! Transmigrating into a book isn’t scary, and neither is becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character. What’s scary is that she has 8.2kReads9.0Score719Shelves
43. 293 八 The Eighties Villainess Is Done: The Male Lead Insists on Having Me Bear His Child 八零女配绝了：男主非要哄我生崽 Thirty Moons叁拾月Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted After nine years engaged to the Zhu family’s eldest son, Xu Qiao was cruelly dumped. In a fit of rage, she slammed her head against a wall and died! After transmigrating into an eighties novel, she could only sneer at the situation. They called her a disposable supporting character, an ugly, dull, ignorant child bride whose life was as bland as plain water? Please. She was young and beautiful, and could make her own money. It wasn’t that she couldn’t flirt; she was just afraid they wouldn’t be a 3.8kReads9.1Score293Shelves
44. 294 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: Saving the Tragic Male Lead 穿书七零：拯救悲惨男主 Mu Xi Mutong木西木同Modern Romance152k WordsCompleted (Military marriage, transmigration, 1v1) Tang Tian is an optimistic, cheerful modern girl who loves reading novels. Recently, she's become obsessed with stories about military marriages in a bygone era. She has just finished a rebirth story set in the past. The heroine wronged the hero in her previous life, then was reborn and tried to make amends. But Tang Tian finds the heroine's behavior after her rebirth infuriating, and feels sorry for the devoted, responsible man. After tearing into the 2.1kReads9.1Score145Shelves

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    !! [Admiration][Admiration] Oh my, even as a soldier, he can be as gentle and refined as jade! [Kiss] The female lead is purely out of compassion for the man, hoping he'll be happy for life. While reading the novel, I couldn't bear to see the male lead being led by the nose by the female lead in both his lives, losing himself and unable to do what he liked. The female lead cursed heaven and earth, and the stupid author, then suddenly transmigrated into the book and took the male lead away!! Such a good man, it's best to strike first! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration] Let's ship them!

45. 295 七 The 1970s: The Glamorous Educated Youth Slays with Sign-Ins 七零：娇媚知青靠签到直接杀麻了 Meatball Author丸子作者Modern Romance434k WordsOngoing [A sweet-looking but spirited heroine vs. a ruthless, cold-looking hero who is gentle and devoted to his wife] [Sent-down Youth + Sign-in System + Feel-Good Story + Face-Slapping and Putting Scoundrels in Their Place + Sweet Romance + Farming] After an explosion at the end of the world, Mu Rourou’s consciousness was transported into a book set in the hungry, threadbare 1970s, and she was bound to a sign-in System. But she never expected to start out in hell mode. Her parents were dead, her relat 148Reads8.4Score—Shelves
46. 296 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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    The first book features a male pilot as the main character, but his presence is very weak. The second book is a story of a strong female lead and a weak male lead. [Learned something new]

47. 297 绝 A Stunning Widow, Fiery and Alluring; A Retired Soldier, Cold and Tempting 绝色寡妇辣又魅，退伍硬汉冷又欲 A Pot of Fine Wine一壶大花酒Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted (Set in an alternate version of the 1980s; devoted couple with sizzling chemistry + flamboyant, seductive wild rose x brooding, tough veteran + a touch of ensemble cast) A push and pull of flirtation, sizzling hormones, healing and redemption Everyone knows that on the little island of Jiulin, there’s a hotel called Laifu. The owner, Yao, is a pretty widow who loves money and men. People all say that in ancient times, she’d have been a bewitching temptress who brought kingdoms to ruin. Then one 3.3kReads8.9Score268Shelves
48. 298 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: In the 1960s, I Married the Male Lead 穿书六零，我嫁给原书大佬 The Ugly Duckling and the Swan丑小鸭与白天鹅Modern Romance208k WordsOngoing Fang Zhiyu Fang Zhiyu, a major star in the twenty-first century, reads a novel and opens her eyes to find she's become the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a powerful man in a period novel. In an era full of restrictions, all she wants is to keep lying flat like a happy slacker, living off her powerful husband's salary and shopping to her heart's content. She'll also enjoy the “services” of her aloof husband, and end up lounging on the sofa with snacks while he washes the baby's diapers beside her. Eve —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is a bit cunning and seduces the male lead. The male lead is love-struck, so the story progresses quite quickly. The female lead is the darling of the group, and although she has a few minor flaws, they are resolved quickly.

49. 299 新 On My Wedding Night, I Became a Rugged Man’s Doomed First Wife 新婚夜，我穿成了糙汉的早死原配 Tu Lala图啦啦Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Real and Fake Heiresses + Rough-and-Ready Husband Dotes on His Wife] One day, Gu Ning transmigrates into the villainous original wife in a novel where the male lead is reborn. In her previous life, she married the male lead, Zhou Sheng, to get revenge on her boyfriend. But after the wedding, she wouldn’t let Zhou Sheng touch her. While he was away from home, she cheated on him after half a month, married off his younger sister for m 1.8kReads9.1Score189Shelves

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    If you're looking for a historical romance novel, you should check this one out! It's really good; I just finished reading it and highly recommend it. The female protagonist transmigrates into a book, and it tells the story of how someone who hates her unexpectedly creates the perfect partner for her, fulfilling her every wish. The novel is very interesting.

50. 300 首 The Lucky Wife of the Grand Secretary 首辅家的锦鲤妻 Cong Yue丛月Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted Only after Su Jiuyue married into the Wu family did she discover that her husband was a fool. She thought she'd been swindled. But as soon as she entered the family, it was as if Heaven itself had blessed the Wus. One happy occasion followed another, and their lives kept getting better. She went up the mountain to gather wild greens and found a lingzhi mushroom; she went down to the river to fish and found a rare, ancient fungus. Even her foolish husband turned out not to be a fool, and he came 17.3kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves

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