Historical-Era Stories with a Female Lead Who Stands on Her Own: No More Male Leads Who Keep Going to the Countryside to Help the Poor 女主独美的年代文 不要老是下乡扶贫男主了

1. 401 母 Becoming Empress of the Realm by Pretending to Be the Chancellor's Widowed Sister-in-Law 母仪天下，从冒充丞相寡嫂开始 Luo Chunshui洛春水Ancient Romance630k WordsCompleted [Revenge + Face-Slapping the Scum + Lighthearted + Sweet Romance] When you’re out in the world, you can choose your own identity. To infiltrate high society and avenge the massacre of her sister’s family, Feng Qingsui decides to pose as the distant cousin of a prestigious household. But just as she’s about to seek their help, the household she picked is raided by the Imperial Guards. She tries another family. Raided. Then another. Raided again. At her wit’s end, she knocks on the door of the “Pr 23.9kReads9.4Score4k14d adds
2. 402 八 The Eighties Cannon Fodder Charms the Male Lead and Climbs to the Top 八零小炮灰，撩爆男主要上位 Cheng Yiqi橙以七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical setting + devoted couple + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + everyday military life + rugged husband who dotes on his wife + older man + falling in love day after day Xu Zhouzhou transmigrates into the body of a stunningly beautiful minor character in an 1980s novel. The minor character is a background extra who gets killed off from the start. But she happens to have a breathtaking face, and as the village’s last educated youth unable to return to the city, she lives alone 10.5kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
3. 403 冤 My Useless System Drops Gold Coins, and My Officer and I Are Sweet Together 冤种系统爆金币，我和军官甜蜜蜜 Hua Baiyi花白衣Modern Romance499k WordsOngoing [Transmigration] + [System] + [Sent down to the countryside] + [Pretending to be sweet and obedient] + [Romance] Ruan Yu is unbelievably unlucky. What kind of college student has headphones that give you an electric shock? She thought dying would set her free from all the rat race! Who knew there’d be some bizarre System straight out of a kidney-harvesting novel? Sorry, there are no kidneys to harvest here, only gossip to watch. But the System can give me cash? That actually sounds pretty good. 8Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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   The first one was alright, a bit nonsensical; the second one had no romantic pairing.

4. 404 穿 Childhood Sweethearts in a Period Novel 穿到年代文里的青梅竹马 Autumn Has Always Been Here丛来是秋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Note: She doesn’t hand over her golden finger right from the start.) When Diwu Yue wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated into a period novel she once read, becoming a minor supporting female character barely mentioned in the story. She and her childhood sweetheart refuse to follow the plot. Bringing along her sweetheart’s family heirloom, they head to a seaside island for rural reeducation. The two layabouts begin a happy life with all the seafood they could ever want. Is farming in a p 794Reads8.6Score10214d adds
5. 405 六 The Good Life in the Sixties: Farming with Adorable Pets 六零好生活，跟着萌宠忙种田 Snow Melts, Moonlight Shimmers雪融月溶溶Modern Romance850k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + a child’s growth + strengthening the nation through technology] Lying flat in the 1960s with an interstellar System? Just as Daya and her star-beast companion Hongge had settled into a comfortable life, the System…crashed! Her star-beast companion was forced to transmigrate into a sickly boy from the capital, and even became her nominal “little uncle”? Her golden finger worked only sometimes, her body was frail, and the circumstances were pressing. They had no choice but to re 59Reads—Score—14d adds

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   840,000 Words, a heartwarming and healing slice-of-life story, about technological advancement and national rejuvenation, not a formulaic or clichéd narrative, and not mindless. A plot driven by a certain stylistic element.

6. 406 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 64.7kReads8.5Score8.1k14d adds

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   [I also highly recommend it] A top student transmigrates into the body of a young lady from a supply and marketing cooperative in the 1970s, is bound to a flash sale system, and uses his amazing purchasing skills to rise from the county town to the top, developing exports, running a chicken farm, and catching criminals!

7. 407 七 The Clear-Eyed Beauty of the 1970s Refuses to Accept Her Fate: Book Transmigration 七零清醒美人不认命【穿书】 A Little Eight Hundred一只八百Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted [Polished Egoist + Pocket Dimension + Love at First Sight + Transmigrates into a Short Drama] [Military Officer] [Joining Her Husband on an Island] Xu Suimei is beautiful and clever. She clawed her way from an orphanage to a top university, only to discover that she still hadn't even reached the starting line others were born at. She resolved to use marriage as a stepping stone, but just as she was about to take the final step, she transmigrated to the 1970s. She became a little girl in a short 14.6kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds

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   This one is great!

8. 408 随 Three Babies on the Way in the Military Compound: The Commander Has to Soothe Them Every Night 随军大院孕三宝：首长夜夜要哄娃 Chang'an Ya长安丫Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + sweet romance + adorable baby + island storage space + domestic life] Qi Baicha, a wealthy heiress from the capital with a fortune worth billions, slipped aboard a luxury cruise ship and transmigrated into a hit novel set in a bygone era. In the book, he chased her, she fled, and she had nowhere to run. Qi Baicha was still determined to play the cannon fodder, and ended up meeting a tragic fate. Staring at the plot she’d been handed, Qi Baicha was dumbfounded. But with an is 9.5kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds

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   ① I heard that Captain Qin, who went on a mission, picked up a wife. She's delicate and fair-skinned, too fragile to lift, yet Captain Qin spoils her rotten. He's afraid she'll burn herself drinking water, afraid she'll get hurt while cooking, and even wants to carry her when they walk. The wives are all eagerly anticipating the scene of her abandoning her husband and children, while powerful figures from all walks of life are eyeing her covetously. Captain Qin is on high alert, afraid his house will be stolen. In short: Wife, please just lie down!

9. 409 七 Yunnan in the Seventies: The System Helps Me Gather Spring Herbs 《七零云南：系统助我采春山》 Xiao Fan Who Loves Wonton Soup爱吃上汤馄饨的小梵15k WordsCompleted [Yunnan, 1970s: The System Helps Me Forage in the Spring Mountains] —Reads—Score—14d adds

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10. 410 穿 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ 32.1kReads9.4Score3.2k14d adds
11. 411 你 Why Did You Have to Mess with Her? Now You've Got a Fist to the Face! 你说你惹她干嘛？挨拳头了吧！ Fire of the Netherworld无冥之火Modern Romance594k WordsCompleted 29Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist is reborn into her aunt's body. On her parents' wedding day, thinking about her parents' broken life, she destroys the bridal chamber first in order to prevent things from happening.

12. 412 在 Those Years Spent Striving to Achieve My Goals in the 1970s 在七十年代努力完成目标的那些年 Three Liang of White Pepper三两白胡椒Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted Xia Lu transmigrates from a perilous apocalypse crawling with zombies to the 1970s. Since she's gotten a life for free, she might as well enjoy it to the fullest. Her first goal: study hard and get into college. Her second goal: buy lots of houses. Her third goal: lie flat and become a landlady. When her scumbag father tries to take advantage of her, she grabs a stick and beats him. When an old educated youth thinks he can push her around, she moves out right away and cooks for herself. When the 902Reads8.2Score10114d adds
13. 413 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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    The female protagonist of this book originally lived in the countryside and did not go to the countryside.

14. 414 七 The 1970s: I Married a Truck Driver and Gave Up Trying 七零：嫁给大车司机摆烂了 Rabbits Don't Eat Greens兔子不吃素Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted No rebirth or transmigration + prophetic dreams + an upgradeable pocket dimension (appears later) Hu Huizhi is a typical self-interested person. All she wants is to marry a city man and get access to state-supplied grain, while making sure her descendants have as few obstacles as possible. The first time Wang Xuyang met Hu Huizhi, he knew exactly what kind of person she was. So what? Ambition is an admirable trait. Two people who think alike and share the same values join hands to make their way 5kReads6.7Score34714d adds

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    The female lead is solely focused on marrying into a city family; she's a typical egoist. Both the male and female leads have their own hidden agendas, but it's all alright. [Eating melon seeds][eating melon seeds][eating melon seeds]

15. 415 穿 I Went Back to the 1970s to Teach, and Became Famous Through Comics 穿回七零教书，我靠漫画爆红 Zheng Weichi筝未迟Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing The rating is low because very few people have read it, so it’s rising slowly. [Transmigration + Period Setting + Homeroom Teacher + Light Ensemble Cast + Romance + Anime + Entrepreneur] After transmigrating back to the 1970s, Chen Yixiao finds herself a newly graduated temporary worker at a garment factory, rubbing clothes until the skin peels off her hands. No matter. She can draw. She turns her grandmother’s stories into comic strips and submits them to a newspaper, making her grandma famous 384Reads8.1Score11214d adds

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    The female lead doesn't go to the countryside, the romance progresses extremely slowly, and she doesn't participate in poverty alleviation. The male lead's mother is a fangirl, and she and the female lead become best friends. The story focuses on career development, with interesting teacher-student interactions, and the little kids are super cute.

16. 416 万 A Beloved Heroine? No, I’m a Guest of Honor to the Nation 万人迷女主？不，我是国家座上宾 Xun Shisan寻十三Modern Romance92k WordsOngoing Period setting, a female lead adored by everyone who defies the original plot, transmigrates into a book, medical skills, metaphysics, a pocket dimension, and twin heiresses without fighting over men. While others transmigrate into books as cannon fodder, Jiang You’an transmigrates into a book as the female lead. She’s even a female lead with an adored-by-all aura, loved and cherished by everyone. Being the heroine is great, being the heroine is wonderful, being the heroine makes you grin from e —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    No rural exiles, a story combining period setting, metaphysics, and a popular female protagonist rebelling against her fate. She possesses medical and Taoist skills, and there's no real competition between the real and fake heiresses—not a case of false pretenses! It's a strong, independent woman, a guaranteed investment!

17. 417 惊 What?! The Cannon-Fodder of the 1970s Becomes a Millionaire Behind the Female Lead's Back 惊！七零年代炮灰背着女主成首富 Zhi Shishi枳实实Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [No Romance, heroine focuses entirely on her career, with family bonds and friendship] An IT girl was electrocuted to death. When she woke up, she found she had no father or mother, only a muddleheaded grandfather, and she had nearly been swindled out of her money and her virtue by a widow. Her background was tragic enough, but things got even worse when Shi Xin realized she hadn’t just been reborn: she had been reborn into a sweet romance novel. Unfortunately, Shi Xin wasn’t the heroine. She wa 391Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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    No romantic pairing. The female lead just wants to make money.

18. 418 我 I'm Such a Delicate Girl, So Why Does Everyone Call Me the God of Ghost Slaying? 我娇滴滴的，怎么都说我灭诡之神 Chao Lianyun巢怜云Fantastical Romance362k WordsCompleted [Genuinely terrifying horror game + heroine who absolutely cannot see the supernatural horrors + lighthearted comedy] A horror game descends upon the world. People must face not only terrifying supernatural entities and all kinds of rules, but also severe mental corruption. Just as everyone is about to reach their breaking point, a magical paper-offering shop appears. Everything from the paper-offering shop is top quality. A safety talisman can instantly clear away all mental corruption. A ghost 24.2kReads9.2Score3.6k14d adds

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    Highly rated masterpieces, read countless times! The first book is hilarious. The female lead's family runs a paper offering shop, and she discovers that the people in this world are incredibly superstitious! So, to make money, she starts conning others! But in everyone else's eyes, this is a bizarre world! Ghosts roam everywhere, and dungeon quests keep them in constant danger. Then! The female lead appears like a giant light bulb, radiating golden light—it's incredibly funny. In the second book, the female lead is universally disliked. Her grandmother, unable to bear it any longer, throws out a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate: "Go to the capital and wreak havoc on your husband's family!" The male lead is a notorious playboy from a wealthy family in the capital. Seeing her formidable strength, he cries and pounces on her, "Wife, why did you take so long? I've been bullied to death by my stepmother and the others!" "The male and female leads caused chaos at home, and the commander-in-chief's grandfather, unable to bear it any longer, directly packed them up and sent them to the army for reformation. In the fourth book, the female lead, pregnant, had a peculiar craving for grass. While the male lead wasn't looking, she stuffed some grass leaves from a flowerpot into her mouth. Without a word, the male lead took the grass leaves, still wet with her saliva, out of her mouth and chewed them himself. Male lead: 'My goodness, it's bitter and astringent, can I eat this?' Female lead: 'It smells like grass, I'm so tempted!' Male lead: 'Here, taste what your husband has in his mouth. I still have a bitter taste in my mouth.'"

19. 419 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s, the Young Educated Woman Is Spoiled by Her Older Lover 穿越六零，小知青被大叔狠狠宠爱 Love Yourself热爱自己的Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted Su Qingge unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s, alone in the world. By a twist of fate, she meets Shen Chaozong, who protects and loves her. Every day, every chapter is full of affection and sweetness. There are also plenty of stories about life and its many different faces, along with tales of rural life. Come and read! This isn’t a power fantasy about an all-conquering heroine. It’s about a laid-back girl who wins by doing nothing. 60.8kReads8.8Score6.7k14d adds

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    The male lead is amazing, and the romance is incredibly sweet.

20. 420 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
21. 421 诱 She Seduces Him, and the Hong Kong District's Little Tyrant Turns into a Lovable Goofball 诱她，港区小霸王秒变二哈 Not So Dark Under the Lamp灯下不黑黑Modern Romance644k WordsCompleted [Secret crush x sweet romance x the second male lead wins] [Can be both cool and sweet x the little tyrant of Hong Kong] That July, Feng Wu climbed a tree to rescue a cat. Xu Xingchi happened to pass by and pulled up the hem of his T-shirt. “Awu, toss the cat down. Your big brother will catch it.” In the blink of an eye, Xu Xingchi had grown up. He gave her a cold smile. “Feng Wu, eat the mango for her, and I’ll agree to get engaged to you.” With everyone watching, Feng Wu ate the mango bite by 27kReads9.2Score3.6k14d adds
22. 422 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Sold from the Start, the Hunter Wants to Kill Me 重生六零：开局被卖，猎户要杀我 Mai Jiguo麦吉果Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted The rating for this new book has just come out, but it'll go up, dear readers. In the famine-stricken year of 1960, the old Li family in the village was no exception to the suffering. With their food running low, the Li couple planned to sell their daughter in exchange for grain. Father Li: “You have to marry him, whether you like it or not. Do you want to watch the whole family starve to death?” Mother Li: “If you don't marry him, your brothers will starve to death, and the Li family line will 254Reads8.4Score—14d adds
23. 423 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 18.8kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds

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    The female protagonist in this book went to the countryside, but she was extremely clear-headed.

24. 424 娇 Sweet Beauty Joins the Army, Flirts with Her Husband, and Earns Merit to Stay Alive 娇甜美人随军，撩夫赚功德苟命 Margaret's Garden玛格丽特花园Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing I post new chapters all year round, so this is a 🍅 problem! After getting caught up in a decoy operation, she becomes a master of intelligence. [1970s + sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + Merit System + dimensional space + spirit spring + marketplace; sweet, gentle heroine who grows stronger vs. a tough, handsome military officer who guides her; he’s secretly passionate but openly flirty, while she openly flirts but is secretly pure-hearted, timid yet brave, and makes clever use of her g 146Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male lead is a love-obsessed individual [transmigrated into a novel set in the 70s with a space, a shop, and the ability to cook delicious food + accompanying a military unit on an island]. He earns merit to survive while also fishing and cooking. The story features a gentle, sweet, and developing female lead (not overly sweet) × a guiding military officer male lead. There's no abuse of the female lead, only slight abuse of the male lead (eight-year wait), no toxic characters, and no female rivalry! Girls help girls! A different kind of story! The female lead is instantly smitten by the male lead upon transmigrating into the novel, believing herself to be invincible in attracting men. She immediately wins over the youngest and strongest commander on the island, and they kiss and sleep together without hesitation! Actually, her system malfunctioned after arriving in the 70s, causing her to transmigrate to the 60s where she fell in love with him. She then returned to the 70s, during which time he waited for her for eight long years! The timeline is distorted, but his love remains unchanged. The female lead is a character who grows and develops, possesses a system and a spatial ability, and isn't a saint. The male lead isn't purely good; he's both righteous and evil, not aloof towards the female lead, seemingly in love but actually a hunter rather than a hunter. Deep down, he's domineering and obsessive, and the female lead is his principle and bottom line. He's also incredibly powerful, and the female lead doesn't need to say a word or exert any effort in any situation! Both of them have their own voices! There's absolutely no feeling of being stifled! No abuse of the female lead, just a little bit of abuse of the male lead (eight-year wait)!

25. 425 重 Reborn in the 1990s: Protecting Our Lucky Dad 重生九零：保护我方福运老爸 Yun Doudou云豆豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance + period setting + no golden finger + growing stronger through sheer ability] To the Song family, Song Shuhua’s father is honest and dull, her mother is illiterate and sharp-tongued, she herself is willful and dim-witted, and her younger brother is timid and clumsy. The whole family is disliked by everyone! In Song Shuhua’s eyes, her grandparents are biased, selfish, and hateful; her uncle is sinister, her aunt is vicious, and those wolves want her and her brother dead! Song Shuhua i 825Reads8.9Score10014d adds

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    😭😭①: Jiang Wan is reborn at twenty-eight. In her previous life, she toiled herself to the bone only to be forced to have her oxygen tube removed. In this life, she decides to give up, no longer worrying about her in-laws, and focus on raising her eight nephews and nieces astray. Her eldest nephew is cheated on, her eldest niece is abused, and her second nephew drives him to suicide… As for her cold-hearted husband, the mere mention of divorce transforms him into a doting husband, showering her with money and women. Jiang Wan sneers: In this life, no one will dare bully me again!

26. 426 不 Cast Out by Her In-Laws for Being Infertile, She Marries a Tycoon and Has Triplets in One Night 不孕被婆家赶，嫁暴发户一夜三崽 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted [The 1990s + lighthearted comedy + starting a factory + getting revenge on scumbags + everyday life] After three years of engagement, Jiang Tang had taken care of Gu Zhun's parents and younger siblings, honoring his parents and working herself to the bone for him. In return, he came home after completing his studies and acted as if he didn't know her. Jiang Tang turned around and impulsively married a nouveau riche. Overnight, she became a mother of three. First she landed big orders, then built 51.3kReads9.3Score5.1k14d adds

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    The style is similar, like those "social cow" dramas. There are no awkward romantic scenes.

27. 427 全 The Whole Sect Are Simps, but the Junior Sister Is a Real Menace 全宗都是舔狗，小师妹是真狗 Holding Hands by the Fire执手烟火Ancient Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [The physical edition of One Thought, Phoenix Rising is available on all platforms] Feng Xi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder female side character, and the day she enters the book is the day she is doomed to die. To stay alive, she does everything she can to leave the heroine's sect, the Hunyuan Sect, and join the Xuantian Sect instead. Oh! All five of her senior brothers are the heroine's devoted admirers in the book, and each one dies more miserably than the last. Feng 181.6kReads9.5Score23.4k14d adds
28. 428 高 The Matriarch of a Powerful Family Reborn as a Wicked Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel 高门主母穿成年代文中恶毒炮灰 The Light of Fuguang扶光的光Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted (1980s setting + transmigrate into a book + everyday life + sweet romance + feel-good story) Just after Su Ke became a First-Rank Lady of Imperial Decree, she transmigrated into a vicious cannon-fodder female character in an 1980s romance novel. The original character worked as a nanny in the male lead's home. Just as the leads were about to confess their feelings, she barged in, only to accidentally help them make up and get together sooner. As a disposable side character, the original woman's 13Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead isn't particularly beautiful on her own; she uses the male lead quite a bit, and he doesn't appear much in the story—it's mostly slice-of-life.

29. 429 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: I Have a Plane-Trade System 穿越七零：我有位面交易系统 Doesn't Like Eating Coriander不爱吃吃香菜Modern Romance164k WordsOngoing [Period setting + strong female lead + sweet romance + devoted couple + male lead has a small presence] After waking up from a car accident, Chen Niannian discovered that she had transmigrated to the 1970s, a difficult era of shortages and hardship. Before inheriting the memories: The good news is, my dad is a department head, my mom has a secure job, and my brother is a soldier. Life is going to be amazing! After inheriting the memories: A disastrous start. I was hopelessly lovesick and paved t 25Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist transmigrates to another world, has a happy family, an older brother who is in the army, and is sent to the countryside as an educated youth. She is not a saint or a poverty alleviation worker. The male protagonist's presence is not significant.

30. 430 七 A Beautiful Woman’s Fight to Change Her Life in the 1970s 七零之娇媚美人靠内卷改变人生 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted Also known as Reborn: The Charming Beauty Catches the Eye of a Discharged Officer After dying a miserable death in the wilderness in her previous life, Shen Wanqing opens her eyes again and wants only to escape her fate as a doomed supporting character. She uses her spiritual spring space to heal old injuries, puts arrogant bullies in their place with her martial arts skills, and masters five foreign languages and all kinds of skills through fierce competition. Her life soon flourishes. Only Wei 338Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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    Highly recommended!

31. 431 八 The 1980s: My Sister Is a Policewoman Who Puts Every Troublemaker in Their Place 八零之我姐是警花，专治各种不服 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Period crime investigation + family and neighborhood life + a spirited heroine + Beijing hutongs and courtyard homes + a slight golden finger] Lin Tiantian was a gymnast in her previous life. Reborn into the Lin family, she had extraordinary strength. To keep her from causing damage with it, her father taught her the family's martial arts from childhood. Though she was beautiful in this life, she chose to make policing her lifelong career. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that a female officer 1.2kReads6.8Score17414d adds
32. 432 9 90: Reborn, I Let My Husband Go and Pursued My Career, Then Married an Army Doctor 90：重生让出老公搞事业嫁军医 Dai Mengduole代蒙多乐Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Rebirth] [Period Setting] [Child of a High-Ranking Cadre] [Both Leads Have No Past Relationships] [Military Marriage] [Everyday Family Life] [No Space-Based Golden Finger] After ten years of living apart, Bai Yulan was still divorced, and her child was taken away by her ex-husband, who had gone into business and made a fortune. At last, her son graduated with a PhD and found a good job, only to call her over to look after his child. She worked herself to death. When she opened her eyes, Bai Yul 967Reads6.5Score10914d adds

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    A 1990s novel where the female protagonist doesn't engage in poverty alleviation or competition, but rather strives for mutual progress.

33. 433 八 Eighties Elopement: The Blacklisted Sisters Went on a Rampage 八零逃婚：黑户姐妹花杀疯了 An Ran荌嘫Modern Romance252k WordsOngoing [Period setting, punishing scumbags, women's growth, two heroines] Li Zhaodi was born into a family that favored boys over girls and was sold to a butcher in his fifties. Zhaodi refused to accept her fate and risked her life to escape that hellhole. But just as she escaped the wolf's den, she fell into the tiger's jaws. While being trafficked, she met Zhao Xiaocao, who shared her plight, and the two relied on each other to survive. They refused to be doddering vines at the mercy of others. In th 17Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A must-read book for female protagonists

34. 434 重 Reborn, She'll Make Her Family Whole Again 重生后，她要一家圆满 Head Forward赴前Modern Romance104k WordsOngoing [Family + strong female lead + ensemble cast + career-driven + period setting + love of country and family + reborn + healing] An Shirong's first half of life was full of hardships. At long last, she had the means to search for her family. No one knew whether tomorrow or an accident would come first. The deaths of her family, their hopes while they were alive, and the regrets in her heart left her to die alone. Reborn, she would protect her family, uncover the truth, and bring everything to a ha 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    In this book, the female protagonist seeks revenge in the early stages, then focuses on learning and eventually goes abroad for further studies.

35. 435 灵 Spirit Spring Space: The Fake Heiress Becomes Everyone’s Darling 灵泉空间，假资本家大小姐成团宠 I Am a Feather我是羽毛Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [System Space] [Everyone's Favorite] [Building a Career] [Marriage First, Love Later] [A Slow-Burning Romance] Shen Xuwei, an obscure actress, transmigrates into a book set in 1975 and becomes a cannon-fodder character who shares her name. From the start, she reclaims her space and binds herself to the [Road to Stardom Comeback System], gradually transforming from a pretty young woman into a stunning beauty. Her space keeps leveling up, and its rewards grow ever more generous, improving her from 9.9kReads6.9Score1.8k14d adds

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    No poverty alleviation, but I absolutely adore my daughter! I highly recommend two historical romance novels. The female lead has a spatial ability and a system; both the male and female leads are virgins; and they're both sweet and doting. The first one is a story of a doting couple with no awful characters, and the second one is satisfying with its face-slapping moments. [Heart emoji]

36. 436 惊 Shocking! The Capitalist Heiress Gets More for Me the More She Hates Me 惊！资本家大小姐，越讨厌我越有 I Am a Feather我是羽毛Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + capitalist heiress + reborn + System + 1970s + becoming beautiful + getting rich + pocket dimension + clearing out the enemy's home] Li Su had a life of unspeakable misery in her previous life. Branded a capitalist heiress, she was forced by her father and stepmother to go to the countryside, while her stepsister schemed to ruin her engagement. After finally becoming a billionaire's wife, she was handed divorce papers by her husband on her birthday. All because she 700Reads8.1Score7814d adds
37. 437 六 The Sixties: A Loony Old Trickster and a Pathetic Brat 六十年代：癫癫的老六，废废的崽 Sunflower in the High Tower高阁向阳花Modern Romance592k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Period Setting + Everyday Family Bonds + Guilt-Free Power Fantasy + Female Lead Has Few Scruples] The third installment about Chang'an and Gu Laoliu “Your dad fell off. Go pick him up.” In the middle of her sleep, Chang'an is kicked flying by an old man with a “Whoosh!” When she wakes again, she looks up at the lunatic squatting on a tree branch, a red pair of underwear on his head. Chang'an says nothing, only sighs. “Daughter, I brought the brigade’s pig 6.7kReads9.1Score70514d adds

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    🍉🍉No romance + female lead is the only beautiful one. The female lead's father is an old man who is not only terrible with directions, but also has a lot of bad temper. The female lead is no pushover either; the father and daughter's main focus is on having fun and teasing each other! It's incredibly stress-relieving and enjoyable, not at all frustrating, a truly satisfying read.

38. 438 七 The 1970s: Who Says a Female Soldier Can't Be a Slacker? 七零，谁说女兵不能当该溜子 A Salty Fish Turns Over and Lie Flat咸鱼翻身躺平Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Female soldier + strong heroine + comedy + face-slapping + putting scumbags in their place] After Zheng Hao awakened her memories, she found herself with a biased grandfather, a grandmother who favored boys over girls, and a mother who’d been tormented half to death. Could this setup get any worse? Just as her grandmother was about to stamp the name “Bringer of Brothers” onto her little sister, Zheng Hao struck back, turning their grandparents’ main room upside down and smashing everything to 40.9kReads9.0Score6.4k14d adds
39. 439 六 The 1960s! I Transmigrated into an Erotic Novel 六零！我穿进辣文里了 Qing Mu青 沐Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted P.S. The female lead will not fall in love with the male lead, and she's no lovesick fool. [Born into the world + transmigrates into a steamy novel + educated youth sent to the countryside + strongwoman + male lead transmigrates from the apocalypse with special abilities + everyday family life] Shen Shuyue is a darling little fairy, born into this world with a golden finger, money, beauty, and influence. At seven or eight, she awakens memories of her past life and learns that troubled times are 4.6kReads6.9Score21914d adds

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    The female protagonist is a transmigrator. She's not a romantic and won't fall for the male protagonist. She's sent to the countryside as an educated youth! She's incredibly strong! The female protagonist is rich, powerful, and has a spatial ability. She'll wait for the wealthy man to leave so she can collect his remaining money, jewelry, antiques, and other valuables.

40. 440 六 Military Marriage in the 1960s: The Villainess Works Hard to Succeed 六零军婚：恶毒女配奋发图强 Waterzi Wants to Get Rich暴富的水子Modern Romance394k WordsCompleted [A technologically powerful nation + transmigration into a book + alternate history + period setting + military marriage + devoted love + both leads are virgins] As an outstanding graduate of the gifted program, Lu Zhenzhen worked tirelessly on her research, giving it everything she had, until she died of exhaustion at the institute. When she opens her eyes again, Academician Lu Zhenzhen discovers she has transmigrated into a military-marriage novel set in a bygone era as the villainess. In the 76Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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    The female lead uses her knowledge to work hard and serve her country. Her time in the countryside is short; she moves on to other places later. Romance develops relatively late. Overall, it's a very good story. [Bookmark]

41. 441 我 I Keep Myself Alive by Treating Hemorrhoids for the Ancients 我靠给古人割痔疮续命 Add Some Wealth to Life给生活添点富Ancient Romance230k WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + master and disciple + emperor + building an empire + transmigration + multiple male leads + all male leads are chaste] Wang Hongxue, a promising young proctologist, transmigrates to an alternate era just because she took a trip to the men's bathhouse. She unexpectedly gets a stingy System that will kill her if she doesn't remove people's hemorrhoids. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees her good-for-nothing father and stepmother plotting to marry her off to an old county 103Reads8.3Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist becomes emperor with unique abilities

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