Novels About Poor Heroines Who Stay Confident and Work Hard to Make It on Their Own 求那种女主很穷，但是不自卑很努力的靠自己的

53 命 It Was Always Going to Be You, Hui 命中注定惠是你 Koala Who Loves Daydreaming爱好发呆的树袋熊Modern Romance753k WordsCompleted [Coming of Age | Female Lead Pursues Her Career | Mutual Healing | No Pointless Push and Pull] Li Minghui, a small-town girl, gave all her youth to Xiao Yelai, the dazzling heir of Beijing's elite. Determined to catch up with him, she studied hard and got into the same university. With nothing but courage, she stepped into his world and experienced a pure love that cared nothing for worldly concerns. Class prejudice and upheaval at home tore them apart. She returned to Shenzhen to pay off debts 400Reads—Score100Shelves

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I just finished reading this book. The heroine comes from the countryside and lived in poverty when she was a child. Later, her father realized his conscience and treated her well. The family is considered a well-off family, but the heroine went to Beijing, fell in love with a boy at first sight among the crowds, and worked hard to get into the boy's school. The heroine kept making progress, and did not give up even if the family was in debt. Until she and the hero were really together, and became a great reporter, a heroine with a successful career, and was always loved by the male lead in Hong Kong.

54 俊 A Pretty Town Nurse Meets a Rugged Construction Foreman 俊俏乡镇女护士遇上糙汉包工头 Dreamlike Moon梦如月Modern Romance688k WordsCompleted [An intense push and pull between the leads + sweet pampering + healing] [Handsome, beautiful, kind nurse Liu Ying × handsome, aloof building-materials merchant and construction contractor Zhou Jiye] Raised by her adoptive family from infancy, Liu Ying grew up relying on her grandmother, and the two supported each other. After graduating from university, she passed the exam for a permanent nursing position at a township health center 200 kilometers from home. With her pretty face and graceful fi 1.8kReads8.2Score170Shelves

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In this book, the heroine works very hard and has a correct outlook on life.

55 寻 Searching for Lost Fragments of the Soul 寻找失落的灵魂碎片 Water Leaves No Trace水不留痕Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted None of us is perfect. Each of us seems to be missing a piece. We may not even know how to love ourselves. Armed with nothing but reckless courage, we wander through this city of desire, trying to find the fragments of our lost souls and piece together a whole self. This is a story set at a clothing company called Golden Butterfly. Nishang is a patternmaker who has a crush on her mentor, Wang Haiyang. Her mentor, Wang Haiyang, is a man with a past. The designer Xiuyi has her sights set on the bo 609Reads8.7Score100Shelves

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Go and see her works, you are guaranteed to gain a lot

58 她 She Cries Easily, but He Makes It Rain Money to Cheer Her Up 她爱哭，但他会爆金币哄 Xia Qing's Little Universe夏晴的小宇宙Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted Tense push and pull, first love, devoted to one another, age gap. I originally wanted to call it “I’ll Raise Someone Else’s Wife.” Lu Zhiyu: A broke web-novel writer who earns only single-digit sums. Twenty years old, a sheltered young woman just entering the workforce. Obedient and compliant, she’s used to answering questions with unrelated replies, yet casually manages to get the hero hooked. A crybaby who speaks her mind, she grows over the course of the story. Zhan Hansheng: CEO of a publicl 1.3kReads—Score100Shelves

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This is really good. It's effortless to read it in one go. It's finished and the story is coherent from beginning to end.

59 闺 My Best Friend Wants to Snare a Rich Husband, but I Want to Make It on My Own 闺蜜要钓金龟婿，我要成就我自己 Big Boss Norma诺玛大大Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted A powerful, straightforward man pursues his wife with passion and flair, acting fast, accurately, and decisively. The top student heroine is levelheaded about love and marriage, both sweet and alluring, with an inner strength and stability. Four female college students support one another, growing toward the sun and following the light. Mi Lailai has met Zhou Suhui three times in all. Every time, he speaks bluntly and gets straight to the point, always aiming to wrap things up quickly. The first 305Reads—Score—Shelves

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A story about women's growth, sapiosexuality, a powerful man pursues his wife straight away, flirtatiously and passionately, and strikes quickly and accurately. The academic heroine is rational in marriage and love, pure and lustful, with a strong and stable core. Four female college students support each other and are born towards the sun.

60 云 A Gentle Breeze Under Clear Skies: 云淡风轻： Little Xiao Qiang, Keep It Up小小强加油Modern Romance353k WordsCompleted Yang Xiaoyun, formerly known as Su Xiaoyun, had just graduated from high school when her adoptive parents tried to force her into marriage. After making a successful escape, she arrived in Huangdu, a major international metropolis, where she began a new life. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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The heroine in this book is very poor

61 为 A Mother’s Strength: Reforming Medicine in Ancient Times 为母则刚：我在古代搞医疗改革 Huangpu Qingyu黄埔庆宇Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted #Transmigration #ImperialExaminations #Farming #NoRomance #MedicalReform #Protection Su Wanzhao, a modern agricultural sciences PhD, transmigrates into a fictional dynasty and becomes the third young lady of the Su household. Her father shows her no affection, and her vicious stepmother keeps her down. Her birth mother is gravely ill, medicine costs a fortune, and she has no money. On top of that, her stepmother plans to marry her off to a 62-year-old man. Driven into a desperate corner, she rev 37Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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In this book, the heroine is really poor, but she is very smart and has no inferiority complex. She knows what to do and how to do it. She is very practical every step of the way. She is very talented and learned. The writing is very good. The picture description is very vivid and easy to relate to. The characters are vivid and easy to empathize with. There is a solid feeling of working hard to climb up with the heroine! ! No cp, super good reading, treasures and good books. If you like infrastructure farming articles, you must not miss it [Adoration]

62 我 I Stir Up Trouble in the Cultivation World 我在修仙界搞内卷 Cong Yue丛月Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] After Qin Shu transmigrated into a book, she learned that she was a fraud who had taken her younger half-sister's place to cultivate immortality. After eight years of cultivation, her half-sister entered the Dao despite having been an ordinary mortal. Qin Shu's cover was blown in front of everyone, and the sect mercilessly cast her out, even though she had only reached the third level of Qi Refining. With her peerless beauty, she was turned into a cultivation furn 163.7kReads9.5Score20.9kShelves

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The heroine of this book works really hard, and she is actually very powerful, but she always thought that she was not talented enough and could only rely on involution, so she became more and more powerful the more she curled up.

63 我 I Wish Us Joy Forever 我愿常欢喜 Wang Erqiao汪二峤Marriage & Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Women’s Growth + Romance and Marriage + Workplace + Relationships] Girls from different family backgrounds will all find their own happiness! A rose raised in a greenhouse will weather life’s storms, while a girl who grows like a weed will find her own spring. She is a rich girl from a big city, yet she falls prey to a gold-digging boyfriend, sexual harassment at work, and exclusion by her colleagues... She is a small-town academic who gets extorted by a fellow villager and drained by parents w 52.9kReads9.7Score6.6kShelves

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They are all about the workplace, and some are written from school. They all come from poor and ordinary families. Many of them favor boys over girls or have incomplete families, but the heroine is very tenacious and works hard on her own.

65 良 My Beloved Has Waited So Long 良人久候 Autumn Colors Enchant秋色撩人Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted [Marriage before love + whirlwind marriage + sweet mutual devotion + everyday life + romance and marriage + love that grows over time] (The leads aren’t exceptional prodigies, princes, or princesses. They’re ordinary working stiffs: no wish fulfillment, no grand romance, just a realistic story.) A sweet romance that starts bitter and ends sweet. After setbacks at work leave Bai Zhanying physically and emotionally exhausted, she returns to her hometown, only to face her parents’ relentless pres 5.9kReads8.9Score560Shelves

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They are all about the workplace, and some are written from school. They are all from poor and ordinary families. Many of them favor boys over girls or have incomplete families, but the heroine is very tenacious and works hard on her own.

71 失 I Lost Control and Got Too Close to My Deskmate, and Now He Can't Get Enough 失控招惹同桌后，他戒不掉了 Liu He Xiang柳和相Modern Romance160k WordsOngoing [Campus romance + Ice-cold heroine + Two top students + Healing + Both pure, happy ending] [Clear-eyed and independent VS restrained and devoted] [One chapter daily at noon and another at 11 p.m.] My name is Song Sui. Sui, as in “whatever.” My parents died in a car accident when I was nine, and my aunt took me in. For the seven years I’ve lived with her, I haven’t had a phone or any friends. Every day, I work for free at my aunt’s restaurant and use my scholarship to earn the right to finish hi 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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Try this book. The heroine is living under someone else's roof, with a living allowance of 300 yuan a month. She has to rush to work in a restaurant after school, but she is super strong and seizes all the time to study. Finally, she passed the college entrance examination and left the prison that had trapped her for 7 years.

72 爱 Lovebird: A Phoenix Girl Has Phoenix Blood 爱情鸟：凤凰女有凤凰女的血液 Lin Gaoyue林高月Modern Romance188k WordsCompleted [Hard-Luck, Determined Heroine VS. Disabled, Down-on-His-Luck Rich Heir] [Teacher-Student Romance + Second Chance at Love + Through Thick and Thin + High-Stakes Business Warfare] Yu Xiaolei, formerly known as Tang Yishan, bears the weight of a painful past. Her mother, Yu Rui, gave everything she had to selflessly support Tang Zhengze, only to be abandoned. Yu Xiaolei was left struggling to find her place as an illegitimate daughter. Growing up dependent on others, Yu Xiaolei experienced the wor 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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The heroine knew that she could not rely on anyone, so she left her family of origin early and achieved a class leap.

73 人 Clearing Away the Clutter of Life 人间除杂 Drunken Dream Sand City醉梦沙城Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Adapted from the real-life experiences of a rural woman college graduate] + [Drifting in Beijing] + [Two years alone in a rented room after losing her job] + [Cheated while looking for a rental] + [Parents seriously ill]. If these topics bother you, don't open this book. The reality is heavy. This is seven years of youth in the life of an ordinary country girl with no connections. At 28, I could have been an excellent hydrometallurgical engineer, skilled at removing all kinds of impurities from 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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I am a college student who graduated from a rural area. After graduation, I worked hard on my own step by step. As a result, I changed jobs one after another. Due to various reasons, I was not suitable for the workplace. Here are some suggestions for college students who have just graduated or those who are about to find a job. Take a look at this very realistic account of rural college students' struggles in the workplace.

74 师 Junior Brother, Don’t Be Like This 师弟，你别这样 Icy Rose冰冰玫瑰Modern Romance224k WordsOngoing The day Ye Xiucheng reports for duty at Qiaonan Community Clinic, everyone asks him, “Why would a graduate of a top medical university come to a poor, remote place like this?” He just smiles without answering. He can’t tell them why he came here: It’s because of his beliefs, and because of his senior, Su Xixi. He thought she would always be by his side. That is, until the new vice president, Liang Shuo, tells her, “If something’s weighing on you, you can talk to me.” Ye Xiucheng finally panics. 107Reads—Score—Shelves

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Poor but with a strong core, does not rely on anyone

75 上 My Boss Is Cold and Heartless, and Won't Admit He Loves Me 上司他薄情冷心不肯说爱我 The Hero Who Saves the World拯救世界的大侠Modern Romance391k WordsOngoing A resilient, clear-headed ray of sunshine and a stubborn, sharp-tongued young master | Reunited after a long separation, their love grows slowly | The powerful man bows to love | Bittersweet, then sweet | The heroine is not a virgin; the hero is Guan Yue saw Wang Mingyu again when she was just starting her career. Dressed in a suit, he sat in his chair, aloof and distinguished. He was a renowned business titan: strict with his employees, difficult to deal with, decisive and ruthless, cold and he 378Reads—Score—Shelves

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The heroine has an ordinary background, but her core is tough, transparent, sober and motivated, and she has a smoky and warm temperament.

76 一 A Room With the Lights Dimmed 一室暗灯 Diving into the Sea to Dodge Fish跳海躲鱼Modern Romance880k WordsOngoing That day, I groveled before a billionaire, wagging my tail for his approval. I thought he was my salvation when I had nowhere else to turn. All I got was one humiliation after another. I became the biggest joke in his circle. Later, I accidentally stumbled upon his secret, peeling back layer after layer of his heart until grief brought me to tears. And he peeled mine open too, only to stab it viciously, once, twice... countless times. Ruan Qing, who brought me into the industry, was once an inn 913Reads8.5Score163Shelves

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The heroine's core is very strong, right?

77 词 Old Words, New Beginnings 词旧迎新 The Tangerine Who Won't Eat Oranges橘子不吃橙Modern Romance241k WordsOngoing [Reunion After Years Apart] [Rekindled Love] [Both Each Other’s First Love] Song Ci vs. Chi Shengxin Song Ci had always thought Chi Shengxin was a real jerk. But somehow, little by little, he took over her heart and became someone important to her. Even when he confessed, he was as annoying as ever, looking utterly confident, as though he knew he would get exactly what he wanted. “Chi Shengxin, could you stop being so full of yourself?” Even at a moment like this, she couldn’t resist making a s 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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This is it

78 幸 Happiness, or the Lack of It 幸福不幸福 Dian Lan滇岚Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing If memories were a game, Happiness would have died many times over. If reality were a game, Happiness would often be left battered and bruised. She wanders the streets of memory, where every shop is shuttered. It seems this world has no room for Happiness. Even as she scrapes by, enduring harsh words and cold looks, she still isn’t ready to give up... 44Reads—Score—Shelves

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This person is poor and has low self-esteem, and feels that everything in life is against him! Request to read.

79 绿 The Advanced Green Tea Playbook 绿茶攻略进阶版 Cuihua Loves Fish翠花爱吃鱼Ancient Romance179k WordsOngoing (A shrewd, practical heroine and a cold, restrained hero. Age gap and coercive scenes. Please don't flame if that's not your thing.) Reborn as a farm girl who has to mix wild vegetables into every meal and can barely afford enough food to feel full, Jiang Yue has no time to turn her life around. First, she needs to save enough for her dowry and get her life on stable footing! She keeps a close eye on her childhood friend Lin He as he undergoes “special training,” pushing him to become the perfec 90Reads—Score—Shelves

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This book is beautiful, recommended

80 平 Parallel Worlds, the Moonlight That Never Was 平行时空，不存在的白月光 Clear Grain, Summer Gift清禾予夏Modern Romance195k WordsOngoing Did you have someone in your youth you could never forget, your moonlight from the past? Lin LecI had one. He was part of her entire youth, then transferred schools without warning during her second year of high school. For sixteen years, she thought she had forgotten him. Then she suddenly dreamed of him again. In the dream, the boy still had the fresh, youthful look of his younger self. Smiling, he asked her, “What took you so long?” When she finally gathered the courage to look for him, every 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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Real campus article! There are no school beauties, school bullies, or golden fingers. The male and female protagonists are ordinary people, the male protagonist is a left-behind child, and the female protagonist is an ordinary small-town girl.

82 那 The Year the Wutong Rain Fell 那一年梧桐雨落 Lin Jiu'er Writes Jiu'er林九儿写九儿Modern Romance39k WordsCompleted Young love, charging headlong into a relationship at an age when you don't yet understand love. I always regretted how one relationship ended, and it wasn't until years later that I learned there was another version of the story from back then. 10Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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Ordinary girls work hard to live

84 儿 My Son’s College Entrance Exam Countdown Begins the Day He First Urges Me to Divorce 儿子高考倒计时，却是儿子第一次劝我离婚开始之时 Tangerine Sand桔沙6k WordsCompleted With the countdown to my son’s college entrance exams underway, the moment he first urged me to get a divorce arrived too. 121Reads—Score—Shelves

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The female protagonist is a full-time housewife who has no money in her body. The male protagonist does not love her, but only loves Bai Yueguang in his heart. When his son saw the divorce agreement, he asked her to divorce. The female protagonist gave up again when she thought about her son's daily expenses in college. As a result, her son was discovered to have a puppy love and met his parents, only to find out that the other woman's mother was the male protagonist's Bai Yueguang. The male protagonist abandoned the female protagonist and got divorced. The female protagonist began to work hard, but the male protagonist wanted to get a share of the pie and remarried. Will the female protagonist be willing?

85 予 Spoiled by You in the Capital 予卿京宠 The Rabbit's Corner兔子的角落Modern Romance974k WordsOngoing [Marriage first, love later | Older man | Sweet romance | 1v1, both leads are each other's only partner | Slow burn] [The rating just came out, but it'll go up later] In Beijing's elite circles, everyone said the eldest daughter of the Luo family was cold and indifferent. Luo Jin thought so too, and figured she was perfectly suited to being a pawn in a marriage alliance. So when the “smiling King of Hell” proposed to her in front of everyone at a banquet, she asked only six words: “When are we r 7.9kReads8.4Score685Shelves

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Super pretty! !

86 霸 The Domineering CEO Just Has to Fall in Love 霸道总裁非要爱 Jun Tao钧陶Modern Romance224k WordsOngoing An unconventional domineering CEO romance with forced love, no love-rival drama between women, and a devoted couple. The heroine is clear-headed and independent, and never throws herself at a man. Ke Nian is hit by a run of bad luck. First, her rich boyfriend dumps her. Then trouble hits her family one thing after another, leaving her deeply in debt. With more problems than she can handle, Ke Nian scrambles to figure out how to pay it all back. After all kinds of chaotic mishaps, Ke Nian realiz 1Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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The heroine is in debt and works hard to repay the money. She is constantly improving and has strong vitality.

87 听 I Heard Snow Fall into My Pocket, and Came to Inherit His Fortune 听雪落进口袋声，我来继承他家产 Sunrise over the Starry River日出星河63k WordsCompleted Listening to the Snow Fall into My Pocket, I’ll Inherit His Fortune 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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This book is consistent, poor but inspiring, and has three correct views!

89 我 My Days at the Real Estate Sales Office 我在售楼部的日子 Clouds in the Sky, Water in a Bottle云在天际水在瓶Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing As a member of the post-80s generation, I’ve witnessed this industry’s rise and fall. I’ve ridden the wave, reaped the rewards, felt the bubble, and watched it go from flourishing to decline, its fortunes ebbing away... There was fate’s hand, society’s shaping, and the trials of life... All these true stories will be recorded in full as a mark of our times. 265Reads—Score—Shelves

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This theme is very consistent with this book

95 重 Reborn as a Top-Tier Star Heiress: The Rich Fight Over Me 重生商界顶流千金：豪门疯抢 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted [Revenge against scumbags + forced possession + reborn heroine + romantic rivals competing] [Sweet-faced, scheming seductress × unhinged heir / abstinent CEO / rugged military king / refined but depraved bureau chief / financial predator] [In her past life, she was abandoned by her own family, betrayed by the one she loved, and bullied and framed, until she lost her reputation and died with bitterness in her heart!] [Reborn in the year 2000, Li Muan returns from the ashes with memories steeped i 380Reads—Score—Shelves

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It is definitely a masterpiece of Machiavellian tactics that was delayed by the title! Use the lightest writing style to write the most brain-burning game, and use the happiest plot to convey the most profound wisdom of life.

98 我 My Doctor Lin 我的林医生 Icy Rose冰冰玫瑰Modern Romance142k WordsCompleted [A blend of sweetness and heartbreak + slow burn + delicate prose + a working woman’s growth + episodic format] Radiologist Lin Xiaoya can see every bone in the human body, yet she can’t read the heart of the person in front of her. Other people’s love is a two-way journey, but theirs is a tale of mutual misunderstanding... 114Reads—Score—Shelves

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The female protagonist comes from a rural family that values ​​boys over girls, but luckily she was cured by the male protagonist.

100 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 297Reads—Score—Shelves

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The heroine of this book is very poor and has low self-esteem, but she relies on her own strength to live a confident life.