Period Romance with Native-Born Leads: No Transmigration or Rebirth 男女主都是土著的年代文 非穿越非重生

1. 1 七 A Military Officer Was Forced to Marry a Village Woman, but Their Arranged Marriage Turned to Love 七零军官被迫娶村妇，先婚厚爱 Men Xiaoxie门小协Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted No transmigration + not reborn + no space + no golden finger + relies on her own abilities With nowhere left to turn, Shen Yining jumps into a river to kill herself, but the passing officer Ji Zhonglin pulls her out. She rolls her eyes and latches onto him, insisting he did something improper to her. Ji Zhonglin: “...” He must have gotten up too soon and pulled her out too soon. Before she jumped into the river, he pissed in the wrong place. Before they are forced to marry, Ji Zhonglin says 50.4kReads8.9Score6.3k14d adds

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   These four books are all set in the indigenous era, and each one has its own unique characteristics. I highly recommend the first one; it's absolutely fantastic!

2. 2 小 My Sweet, Soft Bride: The Rough, Dominant Man Can Never Spoil Her Enough 小媳妇软又娇，霸道糙汉宠不够 Flowers Bloom in the Wutong Tree梧生花Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted Original title: The Empty Bedroom Next Door: The Rough Truck Driver Coaxes Her to Have His Baby Every Night [Period setting + rough, rugged man + both leads’ first time + sweet romance + no rebirth, no transmigration] [Sweet, traditional beauty vs. untamed truck driver, with a striking difference in build and complexion that turns the tension up to the max] Li Weiying works at the Hongxing Cotton Mill. Lu Dingzhou, the “Living King of Hell” from the transport team, barged into her life. He was t 17.6kReads8.6Score1.6k14d adds
3. 3 最 The Laziest Darling Joins the Army, and the Rough-Hewn Officer Blushes Every Night 最懒娇娘随军，糙汉军官夜夜红温 Gu Jingqiu顾惊秋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period piece + Marriage Before Love + size difference + age difference + both leads’ first love + beloved by the whole family + everyday family life] Clear-headed, lazy, greedy, and lovely beauty vs. stern, rugged military officer who dotes on his wife * Tong Yao was lazy and greedy, and she was also a delicate beauty. After finally marrying an army officer, she had landed herself a steady, long-term allowance of a hundred yuan a month. Her husband might be away, but the money arrived on time 58.5kReads8.7Score4.8k14d adds
4. 4 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38kReads9.2Score3.2k14d adds
5. 5 撩 You Flirted with Me, and Now You Say You Mistook Me for Someone Else? 撩都撩了，你说认错人？ Good Thing Meow好柿喵Modern Romance499k WordsCompleted (The rating just opened, so it’ll go up later.) (1970s + military marriage + mutual firsts + sweet romance + rugged male lead + natives) (No transmigration or golden finger. Neither lead is perfect. This is not a strong-female-lead, face-slapping wish-fulfillment story. If that bothers you, don’t read.) Du Ruolin had lived with her uncle’s family since she was little, and stole her cousin’s marriage prospect. She’d heard the Cheng family was well-off, all their children were promising, and their 8.1kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds

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   All indigenous languages

6. 6 奋 Strive for 90! I’ll Be the Worth-a-Thousand-Gold Dutiful Wife 奋斗90！我还贤妻万两金 Clear-Braised Zhe'ergen清炖折耳根Modern Romance130k WordsOngoing [Period Setting] [Native-Born Heroine] [Entrepreneurship] [Both Faithful and Pure] [Sweet Romance] Liu Na's younger sister ran away the day before her wedding. While looking for her, Liu Na happened to run into the groom's younger brother, Zhou Cheng. Zhou Cheng was rather happy to hear that the bride had run off. To save the wedding, Zhou Cheng suggested that Liu Na marry him instead. They were both marrying into the Zhou family anyway, so what difference did it make who got married? After grad 2.4kReads—Score34914d adds
7. 7 奋 Striving in the 1980s! I’ll Make My Virtuous Wife Worth Ten Thousand Gold 奋斗80！我还贤妻万两金 Clear-Braised Zhe'ergen清炖折耳根Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted (1980s setting + going into business + no golden finger + a hard-fought journey) Xu Man waited for Zhou Chengxiao to return home after earning military honors and marry her. She waited five years, only to hear that he had been honored for his service and discharged due to injury. Everyone in the village said Xu Man was a fool. A beautiful young woman marrying a cripple was a terrible bargain, no matter how you looked at it. But to their surprise, the cripple eventually got back on his feet and t 1.4kReads8.1Score15314d adds
8. 8 七 The Real Heiress of the 1970s Sends Her Family to the Crematorium 七零真千金：送家人火葬场啦 Clear-Braised Zhe'ergen清炖折耳根Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted [The 1970s + real and fake heiresses + military marriage + math genius + devoted couple] [Content warning: The male lead is divorced. If you’re looking for mindless wish fulfillment, proceed with caution!] [This story is set in a fictional world. Please don’t read it as a reflection of real life!] Qiao Yuning was “exiled” to the remote, frozen north for forced labor and reform. While she was there, she never learned to accept her fate. Instead, she became an outcast, a thorn in the workers’ side 2.3kReads8.5Score19514d adds
9. 9 魂 I Don't Care If My Soul Is Torn Apart, As Long As You All Die 魂飞魄散无所谓，只要你们死 The Times Are Everlasting时代久久Modern Romance664k WordsCompleted Yun Li was a child with no known father, and her life lasted only eight years. Her mother had her identity stolen by an impostor, was thrown into a den of wolves, endured endless humiliation, and finally died a tragic death. Why? Why did she and her mother have to suffer such a fate? Yun Li couldn’t accept it. Even after death, a whole pot of Granny Meng’s soup couldn’t erase her memories. In the end, she carried those memories through ninety-nine reincarnations, striving to accumulate merit unt 25.6kReads8.6Score2.4k14d adds

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   "Lord Yama, I am willing to offer up the merits of ninety-nine lifetimes in exchange for a chance to return to my first life." "Are you truly sure?" "Yes, I am!" "Even if this life ends and there is no next life, you will not regret it?" "Yes, I will not regret it!" "Then go!"

10. 10 六 Sweet Little Wife of the 1960s: The Educated Youth Dotes on Me Without Hesitation 六零小甜妻：知青宠我没商量 Another Road另路Modern Romance586k WordsCompleted [Steady Educated Youth vs. Beautiful Village Girl / Entire Cast Are Locals, No Golden Fingers or Black Markets / Everyday Life / Marriage First, Love Later / Flawed Characters / Leads Grow Together / Sweet Romance] Lin Yuan goes to the countryside at eighteen. As the youngest child in his family, he gets first pick of all the food and drink, giving him a broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, long-legged frame that stands six feet tall. It doesn’t take long for someone to set their sights on him as s 66.3kReads8.9Score10.3k14d adds

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    A simple, unassuming period drama. The male and female leads are both locals; there are no special abilities or entrepreneurial ventures, just very ordinary daily life. Its appeal lies in its simplicity, making it feel like real events that actually happened.

11. 11 袁 Chairwoman Yuan and the Quiet Life with Her Sly Mr. Lin 袁董事长和她家腹黑林总的小日子 Qin Jiayin秦嘉音Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted Lin Chen is forceful in his work, steady and dependable, with great ambition. He is the mountain his brothers and friends can lean on. No one knows that his sweet, gentle little wife, Qiu Li, is the one he relies on, a mountain in his heart. As the country prospers, the young couple’s life gets better and better. This story is entirely fictional; any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. A story is just a story. 771Reads8.6Score10114d adds

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    These books seem to be all by native authors; there are no reincarnation or transmigration stories.

12. 12 九 The 1990s: The Gruff Factory Director Begs for Love with Red Eyes 九零年代，糙汉厂长红眼求爱 Gu Yin En顾寅恩Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Cool and aloof top female student × clingy, rugged veteran officer] Lin Lu: a promising student at a prestigious university in the capital. Song Chen: a promising officer with a bright future in the military. After he saves her life, the two are forced into marriage and have a child. Lin Lu assumes Song Chen is just as unwilling as she is, so once the baby is born, she leaves without a second thought. After being harmed and confined to her bed for seven years, Lin Lu wakes up and finally realiz 6.7kReads8.8Score41414d adds
13. 13 吃 Come See This! The Little Kid by the Road Is His? 吃瓜啦，路边奶团竟是他的崽 Wutong Tree in the South南边梧桐Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Raising a Child + Adorable Little One + Getting Rich + Heartwarming] Yu Wan was working in the fields with her little one when Qin Boyan, a promising young man who had returned to his village after graduating from university, rode by on his rattling bicycle. The rosy-cheeked little one chased after him, calling out excitedly. Qin Boyan thought the child and he simply had a connection, never imagining that the little tyke calling him “Ding Ding” was his own child. The villagers 2.5kReads8.8Score18614d adds
14. 14 年 An Educated Youth in the 1970s, His Little Wife Since Childhood 年代知青，自少时的小妻子 District Twenty-Nine二十九区Modern Romance371k WordsCompleted When Xu Mingzhen was thirteen, she received an old-fashioned marriage contract. The other party was a “third-generation military family” heir she had never met. What century is this? An arranged marriage? She picked up her pen and wrote back, “I don’t agree!” Then she saw his photo… handsome, poised, and radiant! Actually, good traditions deserve to be passed down! Wei Zhou didn’t learn he had a young fiancée from the countryside until he was eighteen. He wrote to test the waters, only to receiv 2.2kReads8.6Score19414d adds
15. 15 七 The 1970s Educated Youth: The Villain Always Acts Pitiful Around Her 七零知青：反派总在她面前装可怜 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + period setting + sweet romance + almost childhood sweethearts + one-on-one romance] Bai Qingci's parents arranged for her to go to the countryside to avoid danger. Before leaving, she had already prepared herself for the possibility that she would never return or see anyone she knew again. A month later, the Chen family arrived in the village after being sent down for reform. They had grown up in the same compound but barely spoken. She only wanted to treat him like a strange 6.2kReads9.0Score69814d adds
16. 16 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 9.5kReads8.9Score79914d adds

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    If you're looking for a historical romance novel without time travel or reincarnation, this is a must-read.

17. 17 江 Life Afloat on the Riverbank 江岸浮生 Snake Eats People蛇吃人Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Contemporary realism + period chronicle + rural ensemble cast + women’s struggles] Spanning half a century of rural China, this book tells the story of three generations of women on the Jianghan Plain. Caught in the tides of history and the shackles of their families of origin, each struggles against fate in her own way and faces her inner demons, ultimately learning to live for herself. (I’m only here to tell the story as it is. I won’t give the characters perfect personalities. I’ll portray h 541Reads8.5Score10614d adds

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    A documentary novel about the indigenous plains of Hubei, it possesses the beauty of traditional literature as well as the pacing of online novels!

18. 18 六 Living Life to the Fullest in the 1960s 六零年代恣意活着 A Thousand Dreams百变梦想Modern Romance3.9M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Two Strong Leads + Period Setting + Daily Life] A career woman from the new century transmigrates as Ruan Mianmian and escapes her family of origin. When she reaches the right age, she marries Chen Yuan'an, a handsome, well-built regiment commander. They bicker in the early days, but later settle into a sweet life together: her husband dotes on her, and their son is clever and adorable. Both leads know how to enjoy life. In an era of scarcity, they use money to make sure they n 1.9kReads6.9Score10014d adds

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    It's a super good-looking show. There are no cheat codes, no special abilities, and no character being mentally challenged. The couple relied on their own abilities to make a good living in that era.

19. 19 大 Gossiping in the Compound Is So Much Fun 大院吃瓜真香了 Ling Ling Zi苓菱子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Qing had a terrifying dream. In it, she was a frail young aunt whose niece, born the same year, had stolen her engagement. Afraid Lin Qing would try to reclaim the match, the niece flaunted the man she'd stolen in front of her every day, until Lin Qing was finally angered to death. Lin Qing jolted awake in fright. What kind of vicious dream was that? If the niece wanted the man, she could have him. Why did she have to anger Lin Qing to death, too? Just when Lin Qing thought it had all been a 13.9kReads8.1Score1k14d adds
20. 20 她 She Was a Sent-Down Educated Youth in the 1970s 她是七零年代下乡女知青 Golden Flowers金色的花花Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Yao Jinling's family has seven people: two adults and five children. They all rely on her father, Yao Wang, and his single salary to get by. The family never has enough to eat or wear, and everyone is skin and bones... They could have endured this life for a few more years. Once the older children grew up and found jobs, things would have improved. But just as her older brother and sister reached working age and could help support the family, her mother got pregnant again! She gave birth to anot 892Reads7.0Score10514d adds
21. 21 黑 The Darkened Educated Youth Returns to the City, Cuts Ties, and Becomes Beautiful and Rich 黑化女知青回城，断亲变美暴富了 Autumn Colors Crimson秋色绯绯Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted [A devoted and equally powerful couple x all characters are natives of the setting x no transmigration, rebirth, pocket dimension, System, or golden finger x no contrived drama x no helpless suffering x building wealth] [An upbeat, beautiful, resilient heroine VS a scheming, obsessive, slightly unhinged hero] The heroine takes her compensation and cuts ties with her birth family, decisively and swiftly. She does not cling to them or forgive them. The story focuses mainly on making money and roma 25.7kReads8.7Score2.7k14d adds
22. 22 七 The 1970s: Everyone Can Be the Protagonist, Except Me 七零：人人都能当主角偏我不行 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted Everyone Is Evil, But There Are Good People Too [Romance included! If you have conventional values, don't read!!!] To get a chance to perform, Xu Lingwan locks her stepsister He Qingning in the restroom. Just as she's about to leave, something called a System binds itself to her. The System tells her that she's the vicious supporting female character, while He Qingning is the heroine. Since she bullied the heroine, her reputation will be ruined, and she'll eventually disappear without a trace. 21.3kReads9.0Score2.2k14d adds
23. 23 七 The 1970s: After My Divorce, Everyone Started Loving Me 七零，离婚后所有人都开始爱我 Yun Shu沄书Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted “The cool, clever loner × the clingy wife-loving, whimpering, scheming man” After nearly drowning in an accident, Xing Yun was so enraged by the words before her that she came back to life. She learned that the man she had spent seven years keeping in line had married another woman after her death. Her once-obedient, sensible son grew up to be a hooligan and eventually ended up dead in the street. Enraged and six months pregnant, she still managed to thrash about and grab some water plants to pu 67Reads5.5Score—14d adds
24. 24 七 A Little Cannon Fodder’s Growth Diary in the 1970s 七零年代，炮灰小豆丁的成长日记 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Period setting + family squabbles + cozy coming-of-age slice of life + family bonds + native-born young heroine + adorable child + no romance... too many elements to list. A chaotic mix of transmigration and rebirth. If you don’t like it, don’t read. Ensemble cast focus.] Four-and-a-half-year-old Chen Manyue is bound to a System, which tells her that her whole family is a bunch of troublemakers. Her father, Chen Zhongyi, may have “loyalty and righteousness” in his name, but he’s actually hot-te 13.3kReads8.6Score3k14d adds
25. 25 村 The Village Beauty Is Incredibly Strong, and the Educated Youth Is as Pretty as a Flower 村花她力大无穷，知青他貌美如花 Chilled Aloe冰镇芦荟Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming! [1970s] [Love After Marriage] [Native Male and Female Leads] [Transmigrated and Reborn Supporting Characters] [Northeastern Family Life] [Sweet Romance Comedy] [Adorable Kids] Xu Yibai only went to the countryside, and the very next day he was labeled "obsessed with the village beauty"! "The new educated youth, Xu, fell in love with Lin Duojiao at first sight!" Xu Yibai: ? Lin Duojiao: "I hear you really like me? Well, you do have good taste!" Xu Yibai: ?? Faced 8.7kReads8.8Score94114d adds
26. 26 七 In the Seventies, I Awakened to a Copy Space 七零之觉醒后我有个复制空间 Misty Rain, Misty Rain烟雨朦胧朦胧烟雨Modern Romance671k WordsCompleted An Ran had a dream: everyone around her was a male or female lead, while she and her child were nothing but stepping stones for them all. But now, what man? What nieces and nephews? They could all get lost. With her Copying Space, she could get whatever she wanted. Even without a man, she could raise her child just fine. Only later did she discover that those three books had been written by an author who must have drunk an unbelievable amount of fake liquor. 3.6kReads7.2Score15514d adds
27. 27 蒸 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Deep Plowing in Spring春日深耕Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 307Reads—Score—14d adds

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    No melodramatic plot twists, no time travel, no reincarnation—simple, sincere, and purely period drama! [As time flows and years pass, what changes is the fleeting years, but what remains constant is the warmth of human life. A person's life is actually like steaming buns; if the heat is right, they'll be cooked; if not, they'll be raw even when the lid is lifted.]

28. 28 1 In 1975, I Went to the Countryside to Escape Disaster 1975年我下乡避祸 Niu Shi牛柿Urban1.5M WordsCompleted This is not a feel-good power fantasy. There is no pocket dimension, no System, no rebirth, and no transmigration. The times are turbulent, and the road ahead is uncertain. To protect Li Chengxiao, his family bears the pain of sending him to the countryside for an assigned rural posting, away from danger. Alone, he puts down roots in the village, enduring hardship and lying low with quiet resolve. With his unique insight and steady temperament, he establishes himself amid adversity, discreetly b 89.5kReads8.5Score10.9k14d adds
29. 29 相 On the Day of My Blind Date, the Rugged Guy Next Door Stops Pretending 相亲当天，隔壁糙汉哥哥他不装了 Nangong Puyi南宫普宜Modern Romance188k WordsCompleted [Countryside + Both Pure + Mutual Habits + Childhood Sweethearts + Slow-Burn Romance] "Clever, Witty Little Sunshine + Devoted, Scheming, Clingy Big Brother" Zhang Qiuyan has never thought of Yan Guilin, the older boy next door, as her real brother. Cheerful and bold, she makes a habit of teasing and flirting with the rugged, muscular man. Yan Guilin decided when he was young that she would be his wife for life. For years, he’s hidden his feelings behind the role of a caring older brother, car 115Reads—Score15814d adds

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    The male and female protagonists are native locals

30. 30 念 Half a Lifetime of Missing Qiu 念秋半辈子 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + farming + building wealth + family squabbles + strong heroine] Shen Nianqiu’s husband died. He was stabbed to death by the husband of his lover. Because Shen Nianqiu is beautiful, shapely, intelligent, and capable, she is very popular. A rural doctor whose wife has died gradually falls for her; A butcher from the neighboring village has been secretly in love with her for a long time. A teacher assigned to the countryside admires her beauty and intelligence, and vows to mar 18.2kReads8.0Score1.3k14d adds
31. 31 最 The Strongest Clan: No One in the Yu Family Backs Down 最强家族：郁家无怂人 A nomi阿nomiModern Romance549k WordsCompleted Yu Yu thinks the sky has fallen. She turns out to be the fake heiress. The real heiress is coming in hot. What should she do? Sniffle, Dad, are you still going to care about me? Oh, good. As long as you still do. Boohoo, Big Brother, you can't treat her better than me. Fine, I won't. And just like that, the sky clears again. In a turbulent era, great families struggle to survive. The Yu family alone stands firm, unyielding! When family members scheme and the world turns ruthless, the Yu fami 7.2kReads8.0Score36914d adds

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    Great job! 👍👍👍

32. 32 一 A Woman Named Chunxiu 一个叫春秀的女人 I'm Yanzi我是艳子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period drama + everyday family life + marriage + building a career + personal growth] I married a state-owned enterprise worker, and after years of trying, I finally had a son. Then, just as my husband was sent to prison, my mother-in-law branded me a bringer of bad luck and threw me out of the house. Qiu Yue, widowed and bullied, and Wang Feng, tormented by domestic abuse, shared my fate. The three of us hard-done-by women joined forces, working, doing business, and opening a factory. We neede 9.3kReads8.1Score78414d adds

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    This is a straightforward, period-era novel written by indigenous people. There's no time travel, no reincarnation, and no exaggerated plots. It tells the story of three ordinary women who move from the countryside to the city, supporting each other, helping each other, changing their careers, marriages, and families, and ultimately raising their children. The novel involves many characters, but each one is vividly portrayed, very distinctive, and not at all confusing. It's definitely worth reading.

33. 33 行 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 2.1kReads9.2Score12214d adds

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    [Thinking][What][Sending a heart][Almost crying]

34. 34 隔 The Rugged Man Next Door Is Too Wild, and the Village Beauty Blushes in His Embrace 隔壁糙汉太野，村花害羞怀里娇 Qi Xiao Tong栖小桐Modern Romance562k WordsOngoing [Rugged Hero + Pure Romance + Marriage Before Love + Sizzling Chemistry + Sweet Married Life + Building a Fortune] [Delicate Village Beauty VS Cold, Rugged Neighbor] The night Song Qingshan returned to the village, he heard cries coming from next door before he had even entered his own home. He climbed onto a haystack and stole a peek. Poor Wen Sui was bent over a millstone, being beaten. She trembled with pain and sobbed pitifully, looking utterly heartbreaking. The sight set Song Qingshan’s bl 18.2kReads6.6Score65714d adds

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    No time travel, no rebirth, no cheat codes; the details are excellent and the game is very well-made.

35. 35 文 That Sweetheart From the Art Troupe Is Incredibly Tough 文工团那个小可怜超厉害 Plain Robes, Pure Melody素衫清韵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Her father remarried, and her mother did too. Deng Qingning had a hard life from childhood onward. After countless hardships, she clawed her way out of that pit of misery, only to be dragged right back in by her own mother just as she was about to escape for good. Consumed by despair, Deng Qingning chose to end her life. Her resentment and bitterness brought her back to the age of fourteen, before the darkest period of her life had yet begun. Since those things hadn't happened yet, she would nev 3.1kReads7.7Score26114d adds
36. 36 白 Starting from Scratch: Three Years Flipping Little Boxes Made Me a Millionaire 白手起家，倒腾小盒子三年千万 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Selling contraceptives in the dorm from the start gets you mocked? Disciplined? No problem! Make money while teaching in the countryside. After four years of hard work, build a fortune worth over a hundred million, turning ideals, love, and wealth into reality. [No Transmigration + No System + No Pocket Dimension + A Down-to-Earth Story of Striving] 13.2kReads8.1Score91414d adds

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    No time travel, no system, no space, 2009

37. 37 供 I Put My Childhood Bride Through College, and Now She Wants to Dump Me 供童养媳上大学，毕业就想甩夫君 Yuan Kai Yuan Xin元凯元心Modern Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [Completed] [Loves Family, Loves Country, Teochew, 1988] "I want to break off the engagement!" he said. "Fine. Then let's consummate the marriage." The rugged country boy from Chaozhou spent one night with a beautiful bride, only for her to run away the next morning! He chased her to a Guangzhou newspaper office, the Technical University of Munich in Germany, the Xi'an Mecha Research Institute, the Jiangmen Mecha Experimental Base, and the Dahao Undersea Tunnel Mecha Experimental Base! Human-mac 2.2kReads8.1Score10314d adds

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    [Laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh]

38. 38 泣 The Blood-Tear Tung Blossoms 泣血油桐花 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In the 1970s, Zhao Zhicheng was an older bachelor. Because he had one disabled leg and came from a dirt-poor family, the women from the surrounding villages all refused to marry him. In the end, he married Yan Wenyin, a woman of similar age who also had one disabled leg. From then on, the fates of these two determined people, each with a physical disability, were bound tightly together! That year, he said, “My left leg is lame, and Xiaoyin’s right leg is lame. Put us together, and don’t we make 2.6kReads6.6Score30414d adds

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    A historical novel without rebirth or time travel

39. 39 野 Wild Chrysanthemums, No Tears 野菊花，不流泪 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted “The eldest gets doted on, the youngest gets spoiled, but the one in the middle suffers most!” In the late 1970s, under the weight of son preference and the pressure of family planning, Xiaojü was born in the middle. Her tragic life began from the moment she was born: an unwanted child, abandoned by both Heaven and Earth! When Xiaojü was four, the grandmother who had raised her passed away. In her final moments, Grandma told her that she had been born in a season when wild chrysanthemums were i 2.2kReads8.4Score15214d adds
40. 40 东 Tales of the Northeast: Women Who Climbed Over the High Walls of Grand Estates 东北往事之翻过深宅高墙的女人们 Midnight Woodpecker午夜啄木鸟Modern Romance877k WordsOngoing In 1946, on the black soil of Northeast China, Chunxiang, daughter of tenant farmer Wang Mazi, marries Liu Laogen, the landlord's son. Her father receives several acres of good farmland and dozens of silver dollars as a handsome betrothal gift. She thinks she has married into wealth and will live a secure life as a young madam, but Liu Laogen has a hidden ailment, and their marriage proves to be one in name only. Chunxiang is determined to escape the prison that has trapped her, but her greedy f 55.2kReads8.7Score3.1k14d adds

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    If you want to read documentary-style period stories, check this out.

41. 41 踹 I Dumped My Heartless Ex and Married a Head Officer for the First Time 踹了无情前夫哥，转身嫁头婚首长 Gu Changjin顾长锦Modern Romance216k WordsOngoing [Period Drama] [The Husband's Long Road to Winning Her Back] [Military Marriage] [Marriage Before Love] [Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] Ning Zhiyi had enjoyed twenty years of smooth sailing, but her family fell on hard times because of her father's identity, and her mother was in poor health. Faced with this sudden crisis, she had a hard time making ends meet just after graduating from college, so she turned to her childhood betrothal for help. Shen Tingbai had initially agreed to help, but af 15Reads—Score10814d adds

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    The subject matter is very novel, and the plot is engaging. The female lead is a capitalist's daughter who is influenced by the male lead and goes through an arranged marriage with him. Later, the male lead doesn't appreciate her and bullies her, leading to their divorce. The male lead then experiences a "wife-chasing" frenzy, and the second male lead successfully takes over. It's a very good watch, but the pacing is slow.

42. 42 丰 When the Voluptuous Beauty Pouts, the Stern Officer Blushes 丰腴美人一撒娇，冷面军官脸红了 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance696k WordsOngoing [Period setting, marriage first and love later, following the army, adorable kids, husband’s road to winning his wife back] The day after Shen Qingshu mailed a divorce agreement to Rong Jingshi, she began having one prophetic dream after another. She dreamed that her hypocritical, ungrateful stepsister stole the family heirloom from her, schemed to have her sent to the countryside, and tortured her to death in Heilongjiang, leaving her family ruined and slaughtered. When she woke, she heard her 15.6kReads6.0Score1k14d adds

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    Shang Yu thought he was the most stylish guy there. He wore a Zhongshan suit, yes; he wore gold-rimmed glasses, yes; he held a teacup, trying to look profound, yes. He was incredibly confident: Shen Qingshu would definitely be captivated by him. Until Rong Jingshi, dressed in a white shirt and black trousers, walked in with his imposing presence, standing at 1.9 Meters tall. He froze, quietly asking the classmate next to him, whose face was full of disdain: "Shang Yu, compared to that leader, you're practically a country bumpkin!"

43. 43 退 Five Years After Breaking Off the Engagement, a Powerful Man from the Seventies Begs for a Title and Coaxes Me into Having His Child 退婚五年，七零大佬求名分哄生崽 Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut栗子栗子栗栗子Modern Romance322k WordsOngoing [Period setting + raising a child + slice of life + reunion after a long separation + groveling ex] [Stunning interpreter vs. genius engineer and former soldier] At eighteen, Song Lingzhen met her arranged-marriage match, Liang Qi, for the first time. Back then, she was a country bumpkin from the countryside. Liang Qi, meanwhile, was the most unruly troublemaker in the residential compound. At their first meeting, Song Lingzhen didn't dare look at him for long. She only blushed in secret. Their 56.6kReads6.4Score6.5k14d adds

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    A native, without any special abilities, five years ago the male lead wanted to break off their childhood engagement, and five years later he was caught in a nightmare trying to win her back.

44. 44 共 Sailing Together 共舟行 Little Mouse Maomao阿鼠毛毛Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 2.4kReads—Score13714d adds

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    It's really good!!

45. 45 妾 Being a Concubine Is Hard, So I’m Taking the Money and Running 妾室难为，所以我打算卷钱跑路 Xuanhan Bao'er萱涵宝儿Ancient Romance363k WordsCompleted [The rating has only just appeared and will rise later, so please ignore it.] The eldest daughter of the Marquis Zhongxin's household has been married into the Duke Dingguo's household for five years without bearing a child, so the Old Madam turns her attention to the legitimate daughter of her illegitimate son. The illegitimate son is a spineless weakling who has never achieved much in his life. What could his daughter possibly amount to? Zhou Wenxin wants to follow in her maternal grandfather' 1.1kReads6.9Score10714d adds
46. 46 六 A Scheming Couple's Daily Bickering in the Sixties 六零腹黑夫妻互怼日常 Xuanhan Bao'er萱涵宝儿Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [1960s Era + Light Ensemble Cast + Crime Solving + Whirlwind Marriage + Guiding Romance] In the 1960s, unsolved cases shrouded the land in mystery. He Xinghua, a policewoman from the countryside, and Lu Yanping, a criminal investigation chief, were not only husband and wife, but also partners in the line of duty. From a rural courtyard to city housing for government cadres, and from sorting through case files to confronting the most baffling criminal minds, they embarked together on a new caree 1.7kReads8.0Score14314d adds
47. 47 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 238Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book is a pure indigenous-era novel!

48. 48 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 790Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a true-to-life, original, and authentic portrayal of the indigenous culture of this region, filled with fascinating and unique stories from its past.

49. 49 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De —Reads—Score—14d adds

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