Looking for 1970s–80s Period Novels with a Male-Male Couple 求年代文70 80的（双楠）
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Becoming the Poor Little One's Husband in a Period Novel 年代文里去给小可怜儿当老公
[Two male leads + transmigration into a book + pocket dimension + sweet romance + dominant protagonist + period setting] Wei Xiao was born into a period novel and, as a proper background character, decided to stay away from the plot and choose a new life for himself. At eighteen, Wei Xiao decided to go to the countryside as an educated youth. He had a pocket dimension from the moment he arrived in this world, and already had everything he needed, so he wasn’t worried about the future at all. But
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A Hong Kong Island Native 香江本地人
The story focuses on the rhythm of everyday life. The protagonist starts out as an athlete, makes a fortune in horse racing and earns a silver medal in the financial markets, then studies finance and law at university. He succeeds in both his career and family life. In 1974, Hong Kong had just weathered a stock market crash, and the economy was beginning to recover. Of course, the protagonist isn’t in a position to save the economy at this point. So he studies hard, trains in weightlifting, goes
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- 103 Transmigrating to 1976 to Study Again 穿越七六再读书 Fast-paced, focused on the little things in life, uplifting, and driven. A temporal rift sets the story in motion, and the daily details of life gradually unfold. The first stage is studying, followed by copying books and then teaching. The second stage is building businesses, both his own and his family's, growing them step by step. The third stage returns to everyday life, continuing until the story ends. 4.7kReads8.6Score21314d adds
- 104 Siheyuan: Lin Jiu Lives in the West Courtyard 四合院之林玖住在西跨院 Someone once said, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” I couldn’t agree more. In my first work, I didn’t dare delve into the individual reasons, so I could only follow the common thread. Lin Jiu lives in the western side courtyard, and the only way to find happiness is through hard work. It won’t be very long, just 300,000 words as planned. Since it’s not long, I can promise I won’t pad it out, and I haven’t used any writing tools. The original courtya 10.2kReads8.1Score25814d adds
- 105 The Educated Youth Years: Starting with an Escape from the Village 知青年代，从村子里逃亡开始 1976. Liu Haibo, a sent-down youth, falls in love with Yang Xiuqing, a village girl. Her family vehemently opposes his proposal, forcing him to flee Shibantian Village and return to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he is preparing to start a new life with Wu Jie in Haicheng, Yang Xiuqing suddenly shows up at his door, stirring up an emotional entanglement that spans the years. 2023. Seventy-year-old Liu Haibo is driving an Audi with Yang Xiuqing to Shibantian Village when they are involv 33.8kReads8.4Score2.1k14d adds
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The Husband I Bought Keeps Crying 买来的夫郎哭唧唧
Bai Zhu, a young man of the ge'er, was bought by Zhang Mingxi to be his husband. The ge'er was dark, skinny, ugly, and in poor health. What use was he? Could Zhang Mingxi be a fool? The ge'er had been beaten and cursed at since childhood, leaving him with deep emotional scars. Around men, he was like a mouse facing a cat. How could he possibly face his own tall, strapping husband? The ge'er smiled when he saw Zhang Mingxi's younger brother, but hid whenever Zhang Mingxi showed up. It broke Zhang
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- 107 The Laid-Back Young Husband of a Burly Man 糙汉家的摆烂小夫郎 Chu Cheng, who had spent ten years struggling to survive in the apocalypse, transmigrated into the body of a young man in the Great Ling Kingdom. Newly married and desperate to escape, the original owner had been forced to fall into the water and met a watery death. When Chu Cheng opened his eyes, a ferocious face loomed before him. The owner of that face saw him wake up and shook a fist at him, snarling, “Try running away again, and I'll break your legs!” Chu Cheng wasn't frightened. Zombies in 1.1kReads8.9Score11014d adds
- 108 Transmigrated as a Young Husband, I’m Carried Home by the Village Bully and Hunter 穿成小夫郎，被村霸猎户扛回家 [Two Male Leads + Everyday Farming + Everyday Family Life] Shi Baiyu gets his head caught in a door and unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a young man who drowned after jumping into a river when his attempt to flee an arranged marriage failed. The young man has the same name as him. His parents died when he was little, leaving him dependent on others and with a tragic past. His uncle’s family sold him for twenty taels to a notorious hunter in a neighboring village to become his husband. 3.4kReads9.2Score43814d adds
- 109 After Becoming a Hunter, I Spoil My Lame Little Husband 穿成猎户后，独宠跛脚小夫郎 [Two Male Leads + 1v1 + Farming + Sweet Romance + Transmigration + Rebirth + Healing] Office drone Lu Yuan transmigrated one day, just as the official couple got themselves a little husband. The young man was delicate and soft, so tiny and thin that he practically poked you when you hugged him. Lu Yuan spent all day figuring out how to fatten him up... 5.4kReads9.2Score49514d adds
- 110 The Great Pagoda Tree at the Village Entrance 村口那棵大槐树 The 1960s: too few clothes and too little food! In remote Tianshui Village, everyone was struggling to stay alive! Every character is a vivid reflection of that era. They have no golden fingers and they don't transmigrate... so they can only fight tooth and nail against life and fate just to survive! Girls especially had a harder time of it in those days. Listen to the names: Dai Xiao, Huan Xiao, Zhaodi... You can tell at a glance they were named by parents hoping for a son. Back then, many girl 62Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Rugged Man's Lazy Little Husband 糙汉的懒懒小夫郎
[Two male leads + sweet romance + both sexually inexperienced + farming and food + cozy everyday life + adorable little ones + no terrible relatives] Jiang Lan is so lazy he’s like a completely still pool of water. He can put up with anything the world throws at him, even waking up as a young man who’s about to get married. Facing a tall, handsome man, he tilts his head up and says, “You’ll have to carry me home. I don’t want to walk.” * Xiang Minshan falls in love with his little husband at fir
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- 112 Farming on the Run from Famine in a Bygone Era 年代，逃荒路上种田 [Rebirth + transmigration + two male leads + farming + System + everyday life + ghost hunting + the uncanny]. He'd only fallen asleep during a company team-building event. When he opened his eyes, he'd transmigrated to a parallel-world Blue Star and married a man. “Let's get divorced.” “I refuse.” “Of the three ways to be unfilial, having no descendants is the worst.” “There's no throne to inherit.” 105Reads7.1Score—14d adds
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Back to the 1970s, Looking Back on Life 重返七零，回首人生
When he wakes up, he’s a tiny baby. He opens his eyes, and before he’s even had a chance to enjoy life, he discovers that his parents have been split off from the rest of the family. He moves into a drafty thatched hut and begins his new life there. As the saying goes, little kids have no rights. It isn’t until one day, when he meets a mysterious Taoist priest who teaches him the “Taixu Divine Art,” that he finally escapes his grim fate and holds his head high. His family is destitute, and his p
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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
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.
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After Our Reunion, the Obsessive Tycoon Locked Me in His Arms 重逢后，被偏执首富锁在怀里
Lu Mingze had always known that Qin Zhang didn't love him. Qin Zhang was a favored son of heaven, destined to marry and have children and enjoy a bright future. During all the years Lu Mingze loved Qin Zhang, he endured Qin Zhang's flirtations with other women and the many humiliations inflicted on him by the Qin family. At last, after Lu Mingze realized that Qin Zhang had done it all on purpose, hoping to make him leave of his own accord, he left a letter ending their friendship and cut Qin Zha
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Back to the 1960s: My Parents Chose Their Adopted Daughter Over Me 重回六零，爹妈为了养女不要我了
年代 + Strong Female Lead + Pocket Dimension + Vengeance for Every Grudge + Fighting the Awful Ones + Family Life + Making a Fortune For the sake of so-called good deeds, her biological parents adopted children who already had both parents, then abandoned their own children in the countryside to fend for themselves. They even made their own daughter take the fall for their adopted daughter. And she was brutally beaten in revenge... Her younger brother was beaten to death with clubs for trying to g
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Transmigrating to the 1960s, I'll Hold You Close 穿越六零年代拥你入怀
[Male-male romance, top, sweet pampering] Gu Xingzhi, leader of an apocalyptic base, is a five-element ability user with spatial, healing, thunder, wood, and water powers. Over the twenty years of the apocalypse, Gu Xingzhi had seen the worst of human nature and endured every kind of betrayal and danger. Betrayed by the only subordinate he trusted, he was fatally pierced through the heart by the Zombie King just as a zombie horde descended. Before dying, Gu Xingzhi forcibly detonated himself, ta
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- 118 The 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Binds Herself to a Villainous Powerhouse and Goes on a Rampage 七零：炮灰绑定反派大佬后杀疯了 [Period setting + two male leads + devoted to each other + transmigrate into a book + underdog comeback + villain reborn] Bad news: Jiang Lele stayed up all night working on his graduation project and died suddenly. Good news: He wasn't quite dead, and transmigrated into a book! Bad news: He became a doomed extra, the kind who climbs into the villain's bed from the start. Terrible news: The villain woke up, and wouldn't you know it, Jiang Lele was touching his abs. Horrifying news: The villain w 25Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 119 Weren’t You Supposed to Be the Villain? Why Are You Such a Wife-Doting Maniac? 说好的反派呢？怎么是个宠妻狂魔 [1v1, two male leads, older top, both sexually inexperienced; devoted, cool-faced, fatherly top ✖️ cute, bratty, short-tempered bottom] [Transmigrate into a book and save him ➕ hilarious, sweet romance ➕ occasional livestreaming ➕ face-slapping revenge] Lin Sen transmigrates into a novel as the wife of Li Xingyuan, its great villain. Through his antics and sincerity, he completely turns the plot around. When he first transmigrates, Li Xingyuan says, “Hmph. I’ll divorce you as soon as I’m done us 787Reads9.0Score11114d adds
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We Who Were Killed by the World 被世界杀死的我们
We Who Were Killed by the World
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Sparse Ink Shines Through the Winter Chill 疏墨照岁寒
In an era of taboos, he boarded a train with no way back. Winter, 1973. Sui Muhan, a young intellectual sent to the Great Northern Wilderness, finally got leave to visit home and boarded the train back. He was the child of a “Black Category” family: his father was a professor locked away in a cowshed, and his mother, once a pianist, could only make pasteboard boxes. He silently endured the blizzards and denunciations of the Great Northern Wilderness, believing he had long ago lost the ability to
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- 122 Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Simp Side Character Clings to the Powerful 穿书七零，舔狗男配在线抱大腿 [Two Male Leads + Period Setting + Transmigrate Into a Book + Slow Burn] After accidentally falling into the water, Su Yan transmigrates into a book! And not just any book: he becomes the male supporting character in a period novel who’s hopelessly devoted to the heroine. The original character’s tragic ending came from loving her until he had nothing left, so Su Yan decides to change his fate and stay away from the main characters’ spotlight. Except everything changes. Zhao Wenqing: Good boy, I 197Reads6.1Score2014d adds
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Middle-Aged in Shanghai: I’ve Hidden My Medicinal Wine Ability for 20 Years 上海中年：我藏药酒异能苟20年
In 2006, Shanghai was swept up in a wave of reform. Large numbers of veteran workers at state-owned enterprises were laid off, and a lifetime of stability vanished overnight. At forty, Zhang Jianguo saw his eighteen years of service wiped out. His buyout compensation was slashed, and in middle age he had no one to rely on while raising a young daughter. To feed his family, he took grueling construction jobs, did backbreaking labor, suffered wage deductions, and endured bullying, struggling eve
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- 124 A Top Student’s Rebirth in the 1980s 学霸的八零年代重生之路 On his way to see the benefactor who had paid for his education one last time, top student Ye Yunzhou is killed in a sudden rainstorm and landslide. He is then reborn in the 1980s as Ye Jinning, the benefactor's grandson, whom the old man had talked about constantly. Orphaned young, Ye Jinning was spoiled by his grandfather and grew up arrogant and unruly. As an adult, he became a notorious playboy, spending his days drinking, gambling, visiting brothels, and fooling around with actresses. After 122Reads—Score—14d adds
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Le Chuan: Two Powerhouses in the 1980s 乐川，两个大佬在八零
There are two people in North City you must never cross. One is Guan Muchuan, the living King of Hell of the Northern Frontier Group: cold-blooded, ruthless, and impossible to reason with. The other is Young Master Zhou, Zhou Leyou of Qiyun Pavilion: arrogant and a master of manipulation. No one knows that the living King of Hell is actually that young master’s personal bodyguard After opening his eyes in the 1980s, he realizes he has traveled back in time to save the young master. No matter. Wi
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Another Spring of the 1977 College Entrance Exam 1977年高考又一春
[A story-driven take on history. Note: There is no single fixed protagonist. Multiple leads reflect the changes of the era and offer a full picture of the 1977 restoration of the college entrance exam.] [The story focuses on several main characters: Hu Wei and Wang Ting, Pan Xia, and Lu Xiaoyun. Their stories weave in and out according to the timeline. If you prefer to follow one character at a time, you can read their chapters in sequence for a complete biography. The other characters may only
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The System Sent Me to the 1970s, So I Emptied the Future to Give Back to My Country 系统让我去七零，搬空未来献祖国
In 2024, Chen Yuan, a key technician at a factory, hits a midlife crisis when he is mercilessly laid off, leaving him with no way out. A car accident binds him to the [Time-Space Supply Exchange System], and his soul can travel to 1977, where it inhabits an unlucky man with the same name who starved to death on a heated brick bed at a farm in Northeast China. Even more incredible, the abandoned warehouse he rents in the modern era becomes a “transfer station” connecting the two time periods! Fac
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Starfall King 星罗王
Prince Tuyang Danzhen of the Xingluo Kingdom grew up starved of love. Then he found his sun: Fu Wangtian. His heart opened for his sun. When the light came, he became happy and warm. When it disappeared, he closed his heart and silently endured, armoring himself with coldness and strength. Though covered in wounds, he never gave up on love! Was that right or wrong?
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