Are There No Gentle, Refined Male Leads in Period Dramas? I'm Tired of Rough-and-Tumble Guys! 年代文就没有温文尔雅的男主嘛！！整天糙汉看腻了

1. 201 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 86.6kReads9.4Score5.2k14d adds
2. 202 五 Military Marriage in the 1950s: The Doomed Officer Spoils Me Rotten 五零军婚：被必死军官大佬宠上天 I Want to Be a Landlord我想当房东Modern Romance247k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Transmigrate Into a Book + Body Transmigration + Spirit Spring Space + Growing Heroine] [The heroine is involuntarily shuttled between the world of a novel and reality.] [Reality tears through the dimensional wall! A slightly antisocial art student × a military officer destined to die early in a novel] P.S. The heroine grows over time and is stubborn to the core. Once she makes up her mind, not even ten oxen could drag her away from it. Lu Jinyi transmigrates into the serial 977Reads8.5Score10414d adds
3. 203 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 107.9kReads9.3Score9.2k14d adds

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   The bag is nice (and there are many more nice period novels on the bookshelf 😎😎)

4. 204 年 Period: The Barren Beauty Is Held Close by the Cool and Aloof Military Doctor 年代：不孕美人被清冷军医拢在怀 District Twenty-Nine二十九区Modern Romance379k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Family Life + Heartwarming] A new, beautiful woman arrived on a remote corner of the motherland’s territorial waters. As a fashion designer, Su Moyan had studied sketching, pattern making, and garment construction... But on this barren island, there were prawns aplenty and hardly any vegetables. What was she supposed to do? The soldiers were defending the nation’s borders. “Soldiers and civilians are one family,” Su Moyan told Qin Zheng. “We’ll protect you, too.” Later, even th 3.3kReads8.8Score32414d adds

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   Here's a reading list! [Sending hearts] ① The female lead travels back in time and faces difficulties, choosing to marry. She's a true career woman, while the male lead is a gentle and refined military doctor, indifferent to fame and fortune. 🌹 ② The female lead travels back in time, raising a child while accompanying her husband to the military and working. The male lead is a soldier, but gentle and respectful. It's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love. 🌹 ③ The female lead is a sophisticated egoist, goal-oriented and resourceful. The male lead is a typical superior, gentle yet ruthless. 🌸

5. 205 六 I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1960s, and the System Scores Me a Job 六零不下乡，系统暴击出工作 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + System + Villain + Shameless + Few Annoying Characters + No Sent-Down Youth Plot + Satisfying Read + Never Overthinks] (How do you keep awful people out of your life? By becoming the worst one yourself, of course.) Transmigrating into a book isn’t scary. What’s scary is ending up as the vicious cannon-fodder character destined for a tragic fate. Look at He Ruixue’s family: her eldest brother is reckless, and her sister-in-law is fierce. Her second sister and brother-in-law are 21.5kReads7.9Score1.8k14d adds
6. 206 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 94.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds
7. 207 穿 After Becoming a Vicious, Fat Wife, I Help the Whole Family Thrive 穿成恶毒肥妻后，我带飞全家 Miss Fan范氏女子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in a past era + pocket dimension + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + cozy daily life] Su He wakes up one morning to find that she has transmigrated into a book as the villain's wicked mother. In the story, her villainous son eventually dies in a fire, while her villainous daughter is sold overseas. Both children meet tragic ends. Their mother, meanwhile, is a wicked woman whose name never even appears in the book. Looking at her current obese b 4.9kReads9.0Score44814d adds

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   🌿A historical romance novel. The male lead is a military doctor in the early stages and becomes the vice president of the hospital in the middle stages. He is noble and has a refined temperament. The female lead transmigrates into the book, raises a child, and enjoys a heartwarming daily life.

8. 208 明 A Secret Marriage? Goodbye! Take Your Divorce Papers 明招暗娶？再见吧！离婚本请拿好 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The female lead pursues a career in government, and the two leads each have their own stories. Don’t worry about their romance! Blurb: Everyone says Ning Qing was born lucky. She was an unwanted child with no one to care for, yet someone adopted her. It’s just that her marriage prospects aren’t great. Her adoptive mother tries every trick in the book to match Ning Qing with her second son! Too bad the two of them can’t stand each other! The brave get to enjoy life first. She secretly sets he 2.7kReads8.2Score21114d adds
9. 209 夫 A Couple with Steady Jobs in the 1950s 夫妻俩在五十年代端金饭碗 Nuan Xiao Bai暖晓白Modern Romance696k WordsCompleted Dear readers, since this is a period story, the author has looked up much of the historical data online. I don’t make up figures unless I can’t find the answers online. Sometimes there are several answers, so I choose the one that seems most reasonable. Lin Wanyu and Bai Ye grew up relying on each other in an orphanage in their previous lives. Because a soul collector took the wrong person, they both died in a car accident. They spent ten years together as mortgage debtors, from the day they mar 5.4kReads8.3Score26914d adds

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   ① The male lead is incredibly gentle, and he and the female lead are childhood sweethearts. His family is very prestigious, and they grow old together during a turbulent era. [Laughs][laughs][laughs] ② The male lead in this book is truly deserving of love. After the female lead marries him, he proactively resolves conflicts within her family, preventing her from being vilified. If I encountered someone like that in real life... [Laughs][laughs][laughs][laughs][laughs]

10. 210 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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    They're all pretty good, including stories about cute kids, educated youth sent to the countryside, time travel to a different era, and stories about indigenous people from that era.

11. 211 咱 Our Niu Niu Has a Little Luck on Her Side 咱家牛妞，有点小运气在身上 The Immortal Venerable's Junior Sister Who Can transmigrate into a book and Cheat穿书开挂的仙尊小师妹Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted For questions about the story, see the latest post. Putting missing plot details in the comments is too much trouble, so you can listen to the audiobook for additions. Thank you. [Born in the Era + Growing Through Education + Family Life + Everyday Mischief + A Little Luck] Niu Niu's family was notorious in the brigade for being lazy and greedy. Her father was lazy, her mother was greedy, and she inherited both traits perfectly: if she could lie down, she would never stand up. Her grandparents 16.1kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
12. 212 攻 Winning Over the Worst Family! 攻略极品一家子！ Golden Furnace金炉Modern Romance551k WordsCompleted Leng Yue opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into a Period novel full of awful relatives. She was now the fourth son’s wife in a family where the spouses were at odds and the men were all bootlickers. The eldest son of the first branch was expected to support the family, and was the old matriarch’s darling. The second branch’s wife was the old matriarch’s favorite niece, related to her through countless distant connections. The fifth branch was her prized child, the most promising an 2.2kReads5.6Score18914d adds
13. 213 七 The 1970s: The Brash Bride Tears Apart the Untouchable Beauty 七零：无赖娇妻手撕高岭之花 Bu Kaka布卡卡Modern Romance783k WordsOngoing Era setting + transmigration + making a fortune + feel-good power fantasy + enlightened self-interest + marriage before love + play the pig to eat the tiger After Liu Hao died in her previous life, she was born straight into the body she now inhabited. Who would have thought that in her next life, she’d become a poor peasant? At long last, she grew up in the countryside, and then the educated youths from the city arrived in their village. Everyone in the village knew that Shen Qinghe, an educate 24.2kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
14. 214 八 The Eighties: After Refusing to Get a Zero, I Made It into College 八零，拒考零分后，高考上岸 A Little Lemon Sauce一只柠檬酱Modern Romance3.8M WordsCompleted Yu Xiaoxiao was a poor student. She wasn't much good at studying, and her job was only so-so. She had no great ambitions in life. All she wanted was a job where she could slack off and live like a couch potato until retirement. Then, without warning, she found herself in the 1980s. With no particular talents to speak of, Yu Xiaoxiao was at a loss. She had no idea how to survive in such a harsh and unforgiving era. In the end, she chose the hardest path of all. A poor student to begin with, she s 10.1kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds

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    The daily life of Hao Hao and Xiao Xiao sometimes makes you feel like the genders of the male and female leads are reversed. The female lead is carefree and easygoing, while the male lead is jealous and a little clingy. The female lead always manages to do things that make the male lead, Hao Hao, feel uneasy, but this also brings a touch of warmth and humanity to his peaceful life.

15. 215 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 78.6kReads9.4Score12.1k14d adds

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    The male lead is a handsome military officer who can only intimidate people with his cold demeanor; he has a very good personality. The female lead is a transmigrator who returns from a book; she's very skilled in medicine. It's a pretty interesting story, and it's completed.

16. 216 小 Chatterbox Jiang Tang, Mute Pei Heng 小嘴叭叭姜糖，哑巴哈哈裴蘅 Potato Bread土豆面包Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + golden finger] [Cool-headed personality + no lovesick nonsense] [Male lead is a Jiang Tang fanatic + says what's on his mind] “Mom, I'm grown up.” “I really am grown up.” “You can get a divorce. I'll support you.” Zhou Xiumei was stunned. “You're a child. What are you talking about? What daughter would tell her parents to get divorced?” Jiang Tang said, “You're the one talking nonsense. What daughter could stand by and watch her own mother suffer?” “It's too late for me to chang 41.3kReads8.2Score10k14d adds
17. 217 穿 I Fell into a Cowshed, Hitched Myself to a Powerful Ally, Cleared My Name, and Now It’s a Daily Love Triangle 穿进牛棚抱大腿平反后天天修罗场 Three Thousand Ancient Roads三千古道Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted [1970s alternate setting + an entire cast of villains + all male leads are devoted + mutual salvation + love-triangle showdown + spatial dimension] After transmigrating into a 1970s novel, Xu Yanxi doesn't become the beloved heroine. Instead, she's thrown into a cowshed under the charge of "hooliganism." Looking at the four "shedmates" beside her, with broken legs, disfigured faces, coughing up blood, or drooling, she falls silent. Luckily, she has a magical-water space. She heals their disabili 640Reads8.4Score12514d adds

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    Female lead: Xu Yanxi 🎈🎈🎈 Xu Yanxi transmigrated into a book and got a "hellish script" right from the start. She used her modern knowledge and her personal space (usually a standard feature) to not only survive in the cowshed where food and clothing were scarce, but also took meticulous care of the villains in the book.

18. 218 相 Blind Date System: From Village Girl to Woman of the Era 相亲系统：从村姑到时代女强人 Softly, Gently徐徐絮絮Modern Romance348k WordsOngoing Blind Date System + Period Setting + Comeback + Winner in Life + 1v1 Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Pure Wish Fulfillment In 1975, Chen Hehua's classmate stole the job she was supposed to get after graduation. When she returned to her village, her family pressured her to marry a crude butcher. Just when she had nowhere else to turn [Ding! Blind Date System successfully bound!] [Get a reward for every blind date! Choose any one requirement your match has to exchange for a reward!] Butcher's 329Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I highly recommend some really good period dramas [Add to my bookshelf]

19. 219 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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    [Top Post] Reborn in the 1970s, graduate student Wen Jingshu returns with a system, starting as a junior purchasing clerk at the county supply and marketing cooperative. She negotiates tractor imports, runs an instant noodle factory, and works as a translator for foreign guests, rewriting her destiny with her abilities. Even more heartwarming is that three generations of her family work together, moving from the county town to the city, their lives becoming increasingly prosperous. Witness how ordinary people forge their own brilliant lives amidst the tides of the times!

20. 220 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Female Supporting Character Awakens 快穿年代：女配觉醒了 Don't Dwell On The Past不要忆往昔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [fictional setting] [Period] [no fixed CP] [female lead’s perspective] [overpowered golden finger] Ning An, an employee of the Temporal Bureau, transmigrates into small worlds set in different periods. As she eases the supporting female characters’ grievances and makes up for their regrets, she also enjoys a good life of her own. [Content warnings: Please don’t read if these things bother you. Be sure to read this!!!] An extremely overpowered golden finger! The original ma 33.1kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds

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    🌸A modern, wealthy, and beautiful woman dressed in the 1970s, wearing a haute couture strapless evening gown and an antique lead and diamond necklace, looked helpless and alone, much like a stunningly alluring succubus newly arrived in the mortal world. Little did she know how long the man had been secretly watching her... Seeing the hazy corners of her eyes and her innocent and bewildered appearance, the tall and aloof man decided to take matters into his own hands, lure her home, and take her back to his territory.

21. 221 穿 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 16.6kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds

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    The male protagonist in this book is a love-struck fool, not a rough and tumble guy. He's a scientifically strong nation. It's already completed, so check it out! [Upvote][Upvote][Upvote][Upvote][Upvote]

22. 222 七 A 1970s Army Officer Is Forced to Marry, but His Whole Family Spoils Her 七零军官被迫娶妻，奈何全家宠爆 Ugly Little Thing丑小样Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate world + transmigration + pocket dimension + military marriage + cozy daily life + sweet romance + devoted couple] A family of three sets out on a road trip, but how did she end up alone in the barren countryside of the 1970s? Where are her parents? Spoiled since childhood, Qiao Anxi is completely at a loss. Her original body's so frail that she clearly can't carry heavy loads or do hard labor. What is she supposed to do? Oh, it looks like she got a handsome soldier fiancé thrown in, t 6.6kReads8.7Score70514d adds

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    The male lead comes from a prestigious family.

23. 223 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1980s and Became the Female Lead Who Sold Her Child for Food 穿书八零：我成了卖儿换粮的女配 A Wisteria Vine一支藤萝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reading Guide: Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + Adorable Kids + System + Business] Jiang Zhi is fabulously wealthy and an excellent cook, the very picture of a winner in life. Jiang Zhizi has fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs, but a terrible reputation and barely a penny to her name. Her one redeeming quality: she can have children. Jiang Zhi transmigrates into a book and becomes Jiang Zhizi. Jiang Zhi: Eyes wide in shock! What? Jiang Zhizi forced herself on a man? What? Jiang 28kReads9.2Score4k14d adds
24. 224 惊 What?! After Awakening, the Lazy Wife Only Wants to Crush Villains and Make Money 惊！懒媳妇觉醒后只想虐渣搞钱 My Tinghan Bamboo我的听寒竹Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (This novel features a large ensemble cast.) [An incredibly strong, lazy, top-notch wife + a younger, chatty husband, taking down scumbags + making money] Jiang Yiqing had a wonderful married life! She didn’t have to clean the house or look after the kids, and her father-in-law, the factory director, had her back at work. All she had to do was clock out on time and go home to lie down. Life was so perfect she could see the good times stretching endlessly ahead! Then one day, she dreamed that 6.7kReads8.9Score59214d adds

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    The male lead is refined and handsome, but also lovesick. (Reporter's question: Academician Xie, you're a late bloomer, what's the reason? Little Xie's inner thoughts: I just want more time at home taking care of the kids [almost crying]) Both the male and female leads rise from humble beginnings to become pillars of a great nation. The author's writing is solid, many research references are accurate, the characters are vividly portrayed, and the details are well done. Our female lead is a true career-oriented heroine, focused solely on her career! The plot development is logical and well-founded, with each event unfolding seamlessly. The female lead, Shi Xia, is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher at the 701st Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. She participated in the development of three generations of guided-missile destroyers and two aircraft carriers for the Navy, and is the chief designer of the Type 001 aircraft carrier. The male lead, Xie Zhiyi, is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher at the Nanjiang Aircraft Design Institute of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China… Even steel-clad love can be romantic. The characters in the book are like winter meeting spring, stars meeting the moon; even as time changes and space reverses, those who love each other will always be together.

25. 225 从 The Daily Gossip From 1960 Onward 从1960年开始的吃瓜日常 Nanji Yaoyao南极夭夭Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [Easygoing, clever heroine + refined, gentle, scheming hero; the golden finger is tiny, practically nonexistent] A modern couple has just paid off their mortgage when, after what feels like a long dream, they find themselves back in the 1960s. They have become a young couple in rural Northeast China. With no financial pressures and no lofty ambition to work hard and change the world, they stand by each other and live an ordinary life. Life's surprises arrive without warning: they learn that they 5kReads8.7Score27714d adds

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    ① The male lead is gentle and refined but a little cunning. He also traveled to the world with the female lead and is her husband in real life. The female lead is somewhat laid-back but very intelligent. ② The male lead is a sickly man from the countryside, and the female lead is a sent-down youth who takes great care of him. ③ A gentle male lead from a bygone era.

26. 226 穿 Transmigrated as the Wicked Birth Mother in a Step-Mom Story Set in the Past 穿成年代后妈文里的恶毒亲妈 Xu and Xu Qi絮与絮七Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted [1970s + space + military marriage + rugged man + adorable kids] Lin Zhi stayed up late one night, and when she woke up, she found herself transmigrated into the role of a wicked mother in a novel set in a bygone era. The heroine shines in the spring breeze of reform and opening up, while Lin Zhi rots away on the road of life. Forced to take over this mess, Lin Zhi grits her teeth. She can't stand another day of this awful life. But when she looks at the two children, all skin and bones, their e 8.5kReads8.6Score59214d adds

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    The male lead in this book is a gentle yet cunning character! He's not the best in terms of fighting skills or looks, but he's the smartest! Super sweet and fluffy, and the writing is excellent.

27. 227 二 A Second Military Marriage: Lucky to Meet, Perfectly in Sync 二度军婚，有幸遇见，恰好合拍 Sweet Rice Wine Egg甜酒酿蛋Modern Romance137k WordsCompleted [Short sweet romance, no getting back together after the breakup, long-planned pursuit, the second male lead wins] Li Li never imagined that one day Gu Sanshao, who had cherished her like a treasure, would bring another woman home and ask to end their marriage. How ridiculous. They’d already gotten divorced, yet still had to pretend to be a loving couple in front of his grandfather. So Li Li joined the military. “Gu Huai, you’re not the only one who can leave. I can disappear without a return 7.1kReads9.2Score77114d adds

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    Life has no origin, only the journey home.

28. 228 下 After Moving to the Countryside, I Ran Off with the Village Chief's Handsome Nephew 下乡后，我拐跑了村长的美人侄子 Girl, Look This Way菇凉看这边Modern Romance516k WordsCompleted [Period setting, strong female lead, no role reversal] Ye Shan was an elite assassin. After her mission failed, her master slit her throat, and she became a little girl in 1966. The little girl really was in a bad way. She’d been bullied terribly, but fortunately, Ye Shan arrived... It was fine that she’d been sent to the countryside. Somehow, the delicate and frail Si Yu from the village took a liking to her. That new young educated youth was so handsome, and so capable, too. Most importantly, 10.3kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
29. 229 在 The Cool, Reserved Educated Youth Falls for Me in a Period Novel 在年代文里被清冷知青看上 Don't Write of Longing不写相思Modern Romance151k WordsCompleted [Era story + transmigrates into a book + educated youth + both leads are each other’s first and only love] [Energetic, adorable heroine vs. cool and gentle hero] Sui Youyou wakes up one day to discover she has transmigrated to the 1970s, going from a university student to a down-to-earth pig farmer. Most importantly, she has transmigrated into a book, and it turns out to be a story about a reborn villainess. Unfortunately, she is only a peripheral character with a few scattered lines of descript 326Reads6.7Score—14d adds
30. 230 六 The Villainous Beauty of the 1960s Was Stolen Away 六零恶毒美媚娇被强取豪夺了 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted (A gorgeous, self-centered female lead + a male lead who’s clever as can be but hopelessly lovesick) Qin Sang has an unbelievably beautiful face, but she’s selfish to the core. She’s had an easy ride since birth. Once she grew up, her looks brought her even more perks, and even Factory Director Pei, who’d just transferred from the capital, fell at her feet. Then one day, Sang Sang saw a line of text above Bai Tingting, the Bai family’s “fake heiress.” It said something about transmigrating in 7.5kReads8.1Score48314d adds

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    The male lead is a factory manager, and the female lead is scheming.

31. 231 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, Watch Me Take Down the Wicked Female Lead 穿书后，看我如何干翻恶毒女主 Yu Mizhou于米粥Modern Romance711k WordsOngoing The rating just came out; it’ll go up later. [Everyday family life, a laid-back heroine who sometimes has a soft heart and learns from her mistakes. There’s a System, a pocket dimension, and a job. She doesn’t go to the countryside.] Su Jiahui fell asleep and transmigrated. She never expected that, as an only child, she would end up in a large family with many children, and be the least favored one of all. After awakening her System, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a book. And of 1.5kReads6.0Score10114d adds

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    There are many male leads, and they are all good men, ranging in age and gender; none of them are roughnecks.

32. 232 六 The 1960s: I Married into a Treasure-Dungeon 六零，嫁进宝藏副本了 Lailai Dada睐睐哒哒Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Kids + Slow-Paced, Cozy Daily Life + Working Hard to Build a Fortune + Male Lead] [The rating is low because it was just released and will go up! Sobbing, I never thought I’d be saying this one day~] At first, she thinks, “Guys, you have no idea. Everyone else who transmigrates gets a golden finger, while I can only piggyback on someone else’s.” Later, she thinks, “Guys, you have no idea. The little boss’s golden finger is really, really useful!” In short, the heroine 3.1kReads9.3Score18614d adds

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    Although the male lead isn't very prominent, the older brother is truly wonderful—gentle, refined, and a good homemaker who takes excellent care of the entire family. He and the female lead are childhood sweethearts and deeply in love.

33. 233 六 The Sixies’ Only Children Huddle Together for Warmth 六零独苗苗抱团取暖 Gentle Breeze微微风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Pocket-space hoarding, childhood sweethearts, devoted couple, no nasty relatives, inspiring story An attractive, strong female lead who is secretly a rich second-generation heiress × a handsome male lead, the heroic son of a man determined to become a pilot Yu Zhuo'er, a carefree rich second-generation heiress, is born into the past. When she is five, her pocket dimension from her previous life reactivates, just as she receives the devastating news that her father has died in service. Yu Zhuo'er 5.2kReads9.0Score64714d adds

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    The mother is a dodder vine, and the father has been missing for five years 🤷‍♂️. At five years old, she shoulders the heavy responsibility of the family. Her biological father, who died ten years ago, has somehow come back to life? 👱 She accompanies her father to the army, where she meets the male lead, who is also an only child. 🍇 The female lead is strong but beautiful; both the male and female leads are only children.

34. 234 穿 Transmigrated into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Want My Husband and His Money 穿书七零：老公金钱我都要 7313Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted Period setting + farming + one-on-one romance + building a career + feel-good wish fulfillment + slightly villainous heroine + 190 cm + power couple The rating is low because it just opened, but it’ll go up~ A rich young lady transmigrates into a book as an educated youth sent to the countryside in the 1970s. To change her fate, she sets about winning over a husband, making money, and taking the college entrance exam, all at once. The heroine isn’t purely kindhearted. She’s committed to one go —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This one is amazing! The male lead is so reasonable!

35. 235 被 Kicked Out of the House? I've Got Billions in My Spatial Realm 被赶出家门？我空间里有亿万物资 Ye Ningmeng叶柠萌Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [New story: I Cleared Out the Money and Sent My Stepmother's Family to the Countryside] Gu Qingqing, a self-made rich girl, accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s and gets sold from the start, to the richest young man in the whole village. Gu Qingqing rubs her chin and thinks, “I got sold? That's awful!” But looking at the handsome, wealthy young man in front of her, she wonders, “Did I come out ahead after all?” To survive safely in this unfamiliar era, Gu Qingqing firmly clings to the powerfu 14.7kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds

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    This book is good. The main characters are all quite rational. There are a few eccentric characters, but they can be suppressed.

36. 236 七 The 1970s' Adored Couch Potato: She Really Isn't Bragging! 七零娇宠咸鱼之她真没在凡尔赛！ Cheerful, Sunny, Lucky Goose开朗阳光幸运鹅Modern Romance773k WordsOngoing *A lazy, well-fed cutie vs. a secretary who acts abstinent in public but is a devoted pervert in private, with a fatherly streak [Powerful man lowers his head + age gap + love at first sight + sweet and satisfying] [The heroine is a native with a refined, self-serving streak and a strong sense that she deserves the best. She won’t lose weight, move to the countryside, or go to the black market.] Baozhu, a precious little treasure. Everyone who sees Xue Baozhu can’t help but marvel at how lucky 10.1kReads7.1Score55614d adds

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    The mature, responsible male lead and the young, spoiled female lead

37. 237 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 refined and gentle male protagonist is the female protagonist's homeroom teacher, who protects her throughout her growth in this period drama.

38. 238 卿 My Love, Come Into My Arms: The Art of Winning Your Heart 卿卿入怀，我的攻心战役 Good Little Nuobao乖乖诺宝Modern Romance712k WordsCompleted One night of passion forces them into marriage. Amid her resentment, Zhixia discovers that she looks remarkably like the Fang family’s youngest daughter, who died on the battlefield. The family transforms their longing for their lost loved one into an overwhelming, misplaced affection for her. Her grandfather, Fang Yuzhao, presses a family heirloom jade pendant into her hand. “Fang Chu owes you. We’ll make it right.” Her father-in-law, Fang Zheng, uses every connection he has to get her trans 2.6kReads6.4Score20314d adds

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    The male lead is absolutely gentle, mature, and stable, not a rough and uncouth man.

39. 239 穿 Transmigrate into a Book and Refuse to Be the Childhood Friend Who Dies Young: A Mistaken Marriage to the Villain 穿书拒当早死青梅之错嫁反派 Good Little Nuobao乖乖诺宝Modern Romance186k WordsCompleted He Xu transmigrates into an unfinished period novel and becomes the childhood sweetheart who dies young in the male lead's story. The original plot: She graduates from vocational school and gets married, then dies in childbirth while carrying her fourth child. The heroine adopts the children, and the male lead lives out his days alone. He Xu: Whoever wants to follow that ridiculous plot can do it! Staying alive comes first. Keep away from the male lead and don't die young! She takes her young 55Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 240 七 The 1970s: I Got Rich After Marrying a Fool 七零，嫁傻子后暴富 User Pumpkin Carriage用户南瓜车Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a book + 1980s + pocket dimension + raising kids + everyday family life] From the start, she wakes up on her wedding night, and her husband is devastatingly handsome! What? Once the male model opens his mouth, she realizes he’s an idiot. Her excitement is completely doused, but being alive is better than being dead! Her husband is an idiot, and she’s stuck in a blended family in a bygone era, with a biased father-in-law, a stepmother-in-law, and sisters-in-law who stir up tr 9.1kReads8.8Score82514d adds

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    The male and female leads are particularly interesting.

41. 241 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

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    These books all fit the bill and are all very good.

42. 242 重 Back to the 1970s: Following My Husband, a Military Industry Bigwig, to the Countryside 重回七零：陪着军工大佬丈夫下乡 Wen Xixi温熙熙Modern Romance695k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Space + Military Industry Mogul x Gentle Doctor + Adorable Little One] Li Qingyue was reborn. In her previous life, her husband, Qi Yumo, was highly educated and handsome. Though he had a bad temper, he treated her very well. He was also a promising young talent at the military factory, and the ideal son-in-law in the eyes of countless middle-aged women. Their happy life as a family of three didn't last long before her husband was reported by a spiteful enemy. He was about to be dismi 11.8kReads8.0Score92514d adds
43. 243 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Sons' Golden Fingers Merged with Mine 穿书后我和儿子们的金手指合并了 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Twins + Space + System + Book Pavilion + Military Marriage + Everyday Parenting] The male lead is basically just a background character, though he gets a little more screen time later on. Qiu Yinuo transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting female character in a period novel, as well as the future commander’s plump wife, who dies young. As the wife of a powerful man, she has everything she could want, yet she makes trouble at every turn and ends up bringing about her own death 34.8kReads9.4Score5k14d adds

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    🌈In this novel, "The Peerless Child," the male lead is not only gentle and refined but also dotes on the female lead. He doesn't investigate what she's hiding but trusts her and only wants to protect her and their two children, who are also incredibly cute!

44. 244 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 661Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This inner arc of growth is more touching than mere career success, and it makes the character's charm more lasting and profound.

45. 245 我 I Healed an Eighties-Era Tycoon’s Disability With My Trade System 我携交易系统医好八零残疾大佬后 Cotton Candy棉花棠Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + System + space + strong heroine + feel-good story + sweet romance] Lin Dongqing, a medical PhD, transmigrates into the 1980s as a fool abandoned by her mother and sold by her grandparents to a cripple as his wife! Luckily, even a fool has the right to take the college entrance exam, and she becomes the province’s top scorer! Her birth family is a bunch of scumbags? She’ll split from them and say goodbye. No baggage, just pure satisfaction. Living conditions are rough? With the 295Reads9.1Score10414d adds

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    These two books—the first one has a male lead who, while not the gentle and refined type, is still a great character. He's not a roughneck or a soldier; he goes into business and becomes a big shot later on (he truly, truly loves the female lead, the kind who would die for her). It's a story of mutual redemption between them! The second book has a male lead who is a research whiz. He and the female lead have an arranged marriage that blossoms into love, and they support each other to become successful. It's incredibly sweet!

46. 246 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I'm a Heartbreaker, So What? 重生八零，我是渣女我怕谁 One Cat, One Leaf一猫一叶Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to the 1980s] [Cunning Bad Girl] [Powerful Men Bow to Love] [Everyone's Favorite] [Men Are All Stepping Stones] [Ageless Youth Golden Finger] Power and money are a woman's best tonics, a real boost... Zhao Wenwen, a minor celebrity who got her start as an internet influencer, is a polished, self-serving opportunist who moves between men. By a twist of fate, her soul transmigrates to the 1980s. Reborn, she seizes the tailwind of the times and launches her entrepreneurial journey. 245Reads8.9Score—14d adds
47. 247 八 The Stunning Eighties Cannon Fodder Wins the Military Big Shot's Heart 八零女配绝美，成军官大佬心尖宠 Radish Rabbit Who Loves Cabbage爱吃白菜的萝卜兔Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted (The rating is low because it was just posted, everyone!) (1980s, period setting, military marriage, sweet romance, groveling to win her back, both leads are inexperienced) After transmigrating into a book, Qiao Man became the foil-villainess in a period novel: a busty, dim-witted beauty with a terrible reputation, destined to be cannon fodder. She and the heroine, her half-sister, were staying with the Fu family in the military compound. The heroine was sweet and sensible, beloved by the Fus, a 17kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds
48. 248 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s, and Discover My Mom Is a Total Green Tea 穿书七零，发现我妈是大绿茶 Encounter遇见Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to 7.1kReads7.3Score48914d adds
49. 249 月 Moonlight Over the West Tower: A Brilliant Life After I Transmigrate to the Eighties 月满西楼，穿越八零的灿烂人生 Xiao Feng Mo Yu萧风墨雨Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Ancient woman transmigrates to the modern era (period setting + personal space + formidable martial arts + business and wealth + utterly sweet romance) A generation’s greatest heroine, Yue Qingyu, transmigrates into the body of a simple-minded girl in the 1980s. Her mother is an educated youth sent to the countryside, while her father is the village’s best-looking good-for-nothing, useless at everything. When the college entrance exams begin, her mother gets into university. Her father takes her 4.7kReads9.2Score62414d adds

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    The male lead is gentle and aloof, and he and the female lead have a connection from past lives. The female lead is a time traveler from ancient times to the present, living as a child. She sells clothes at a stall and later saves the male lead. The male lead is knowledgeable in pharmaceuticals and opens a pharmaceutical factory, etc.

50. 250 八 In the 1980s, I Opened My Eyes and Pounced on the Broad-Shouldered, Slim-Waisted, Cold Military Officer 八零睁眼就扑倒宽肩细腰高冷军少 Huo Lanshan霍澜山Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Satisfying Revenge, No Taking Abuse + Devoted Hero + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Family Life + Officers + Commanders + King of Soldiers] When Shen Xia wakes up after getting a second chance at life, there’s a man with an eight-pack beside her, his arm wrapped around her waist. She tries to slip away quietly, but he pulls her closer until their noses are almost touching. “Don’t move.” He holds her wrist, leaving no room for resistance. She lies against his strong chest 2.4kReads—Score17814d adds

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    9.9 stars! This book is so good! The bad boy male lead sits on her lap and kisses her, spoiling her rotten. The female lead is a soft and sweet little rabbit, and the male lead dotes on her, not letting her do anything, and he's full of flirtatious lines. This book is truly a treasured gem; I've been following it closely. It's incredibly good, absolutely amazing!

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