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  1. 101 Turning the Tables in the Civil Service Exam: Climbing the Ladder from the Interview Onward 公考逆袭:从面试开始一路攀登 Urban3.3M WordsOngoing People's affections are as thin as paper, and the world changes like a new chess game with every turn. Li Xiuyuan starts at the grassroots level, driven by a desire to get ahead. He takes one steady step after another, climbing higher with every move! 746.8kReads9.2Score60.3kShelves
  2. 102 My Ungrateful Son Abandoned Me in a Famine Year, So I Bring Modern Grain to Fill My Barns 逆子荒年抛弃我,我通现代粮满仓 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + passage to the modern world + farming + selling wild vegetables + family life + no romance] Synopsis: While fleeing famine, Lu Minggui is pushed over by her own son and falls to her death. When she wakes again, she's back before the famine. She discovers that a bloodstained wooden hairpin can take her to a mysterious world! From then on, she digs up wild vegetables, sells them, and earns silver. When famine strikes, she not only survives, but also leads her son and daughter 11.9kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
  3. 103 I Brought My Twins and Divorced My Husband at His Wedding 我带着双胞胎,在丈夫婚礼上离婚 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + historical setting + pocket dimension + love grows over time] Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don’t nitpick the historical details. This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story. It’s about everyday family life, told at a gentle pace. Shen Ruyi wakes from a nap to find herself transmigrated into a period novel, as the former wife in an arranged marriage to the male lead, a character who gets only a few lines before dying young in the countryside. 21.8kReads8.3Score2.7kShelves
  4. 104 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 611Reads7.0Score—Shelves
  5. 105 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 Modern Romance739k WordsCompleted This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.3kReads7.1Score255Shelves
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  6. 106 Tiezhu's Fate 铁柱的命 Urban291k WordsCompleted In the 1990s, the twenty-year-old Tiezhu, whose given name was Gao Fei, was handsome, dashing, and well educated. He studied hard, hoping to change his fate through knowledge and escape the countryside. But fate kept playing tricks on him, making him fail time and again. Disheartened, he found the courage to face life again with encouragement from Yanhua, the village beauty. His excellence always won him admirers. After meeting different women, he gradually realized who loved him most. Sadly, by 5.3kReads6.8Score207Shelves
  7. 107 In the 1970s, I Took Down the Cold-Faced Commander of the Family Compound, and He Became Mine 七零,干翻家属院冷面首长归我了 Modern Romance536k WordsCompleted [Soul transmigration + power fantasy + period setting + pocket dimension + laugh-out-loud comedy + scheming + 1v1 + little tricks + making money] A parallel-world period story. It's all fictional, so don't take it too seriously. The heroine is a goofy, hilarious girl. After joining the military, she's forced into a battle to “win the battalion commander.” She defeats thirteen rivals single-handedly and catches the special attention of the young, handsome, promising Battalion Commander Lu. What t 14.9kReads8.4Score1.9kShelves
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  8. 108 The Strongest Clan: No One in the Yu Family Backs Down 最强家族:郁家无怂人 Modern Romance549k WordsCompleted Yu Yu thinks the sky has fallen. She turns out to be the fake heiress. The real heiress is coming in hot. What should she do? Sniffle, Dad, are you still going to care about me? Oh, good. As long as you still do. Boohoo, Big Brother, you can't treat her better than me. Fine, I won't. And just like that, the sky clears again. In a turbulent era, great families struggle to survive. The Yu family alone stands firm, unyielding! When family members scheme and the world turns ruthless, the Yu fami 6.6kReads8.0Score341Shelves
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  9. 109 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零:秒杀系统带我飞 Modern 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 62.7kReads8.5Score7.8kShelves
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  10. 110 Island Life in the 1980s: The Tough Officer's Delicate Little Bride 八零海岛:硬汉军官的娇气小媳妇 Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted After working overtime until the early hours, Jiang Ruanruan suddenly died at her keyboard. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a spoiled, troublesome village girl in the countryside of the early 1980s. The original owner was greedy for wealth and status. Relying on a debt of gratitude from her grandfather’s rescue of him years ago, she had forced Huo Jinsong, an island-based military officer, to marry her. The moment she heard she would have to follow him to a remote island and endur 16Reads—Score—Shelves
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  11. 111 A Military Marriage: My Sweet Wife Has a Pocket Dimension 军婚撩人:娇妻有空间 Modern Romance444k WordsCompleted A modern office worker unexpectedly transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s, and turns things around from the start without suffering a bit! Armed with top-tier medical skills, she meets an abstinent, elite soldier husband. They're both strong, fall for each other wholeheartedly, and their romance is sweet from beginning to end, with no angst. While others struggle through the hardships of the era, she makes a name for herself with her medical skills, treating the sick and saving lives until 566Reads6.4Score103Shelves
  12. 112 Reborn: From the Start, I Can Hear the Young Intellectual’s Inner Thoughts 重生,开局就偷听女知青心声 Urban388k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will keep rising!] [Period rebirth, farming, pure romance, slow-paced and not violent] If you like this kind of story, come take a look! If you don't, head on over to Tomato Book City, where plenty of great books are waiting for you! Su Yun is reborn in 1974 as an educated youth sent to the countryside. From the start, the educated youths' dormitory collapses, so he has no choice but to board with a local family. By chance, he ends up under the same roof as Lin Qing 1.6kReads6.2Score—Shelves
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  13. 113 The Courtyard's Rebellious Son 大院逆子 Urban203k WordsOngoing This is not a hero's story. It's the story of someone who is alive, living on behalf of those who died. Military life, the Sino-Vietnamese War of Self-Defense and Counterattack, reconnaissance soldiers, brotherhood, father-son bonds, a bygone era, growing up, passion, heartbreak, and tears. 94.3kReads7.6Score6.5kShelves
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  14. 114 The 1970s Space: An'an Was Born the Apple of Her Family’s Eye 七零空间:安安生来就是全家团宠 Modern Romance855k WordsOngoing The animated series is out! Set in the 1970s; beloved by the whole family; a toddler of two or three; no romance; a personal space; country life; an ensemble cast; gossip and lively goings-on; everyone in the family is a protagonist; adorable pets; blessed with good luck. A few things to know before you read: 1. The story begins when the little one is born. The early chapters focus on the family, since the baby is too young to do much. Gossip and country life are woven in, too. 2. There's a spac 25.4kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
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  15. 115 An Elder Sister Is Both a Mother and a Father! 长姐如母,亦如父! Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [A story set in a bygone era, with no transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger. Family life, rural romance, and a hard road to growing up.] Zhou Zimei thought she would soon marry her childhood sweetheart and fiancé. Then an accident happened, and she became what people called an old maid. Her younger siblings' tuition taught her everything she hadn't known how to do. The hardships of rural life, the warmth and coldness of human nature, and the struggle to keep growing... 41.8kReads8.2Score1.7kShelves
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  16. 116 She Made a Killing After Transmigrating to the 1970s 穿越七十年代后她赚麻了 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (Complete. Brain storage: come back here to reclaim your brain after you finish reading. Love you all!) Zhou An'an, a little princess from the 23rd century who had just lost her grandfather, got a recommendation for a novel from her best friend after acquiring a pocket dimension. Her friend then dragged her into frantically stockpiling supplies. Just as she finished explaining everything, Zhou An'an transmigrated to the early 1970s in a parallel world and became the mother of triplets without ev 6kReads8.7Score601Shelves
  17. 117 Reborn in the 1960s: A Baby Bottle in One Hand, a Pocket Dimension in the Other 重生六十年代她左手奶瓶右手空间 Modern Romance885k WordsCompleted Tang Hua, an all-around female warrior from the apocalypse, arrived in the underworld after dying alongside the Mutant King. The King of Hell wanted to send her to the 1960s and have her put a chaotic era, thrown into disarray by the male and female leads, back on the right track. She refused. She absolutely refused. The King of Hell had no choice but to send her soul directly back to that era, reborn as a baby. A baby who couldn’t feed, wash, or relieve herself? She was so angry she wanted to c 4.8kReads9.0Score344Shelves
  18. 118 The Cherished Darling of the 1970s: The Government Official Husband Turns on the Charm 七零娇宠:政界老公撩上瘾 Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing (Leave your brain here and pick it up after you've finished!) After completing her final mission in the quick transmigration world, Guan Fuyao was determined to spend her retirement in a comfortable, well-off family. The System granted her wish, but didn't tell her which era it would be. It sent her into a period novel, where she entered the body of an eighteen-year-old girl with the same name. She'd just graduated from high school and was facing assignment to the countryside. Just as she was pl 20.9kReads8.3Score2kShelves
  19. 119 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Get Married? Obviously, I'll Make Money 都重生了谁还嫁人,当然赚钱啊 Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Starting a Business and Making Money+Top Student+No Romance+Feel-Good Female Lead+Period Piece] Jiang Yu is reborn in 1994. In this life, she refuses to follow her mother to the city for school. She'll stay in the county, sell porridge, and open a food court. With her foresight and skills as a food blogger, watch her turn 250 yuan into a hundred billion... She'll make money and study hard, both at once! 1.5kReads8.9Score109Shelves
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  20. 120 Reborn in 1982: This Rogue Refuses to Become a Street Loafer 重生八二:浪子绝不做街溜子 Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Chen Weiguo is reborn on October 24, 1982, the day before his family falls apart. In his previous life, he was a no-good drifter: idle and irresponsible. He caused his wife and daughter to die tragically, and after his family was shattered, he had no choice but to leave home. He worked hard all his life, only to die alone. This time, he has the chance to start over. Life may be tough, but he's determined to shake off his reputation as a drifter and give his family a good life. Once despised by e 42.6kReads7.7Score4kShelves
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  21. 121 After I Refused the Last-Minute Dowry Increase on My Wedding Day 结婚当天我拒绝了临时加彩礼之后 Urban4.6M WordsCompleted Rebirth + Top Student + Multiple Heroines + Daily Life + School Life + Smart Characters + No System + Entertainment Industry + Lighthearted Comedy. Starts out as a school-life story, then moves into the entertainment industry and the internet. 4.6 million characters, so there’s plenty to dig into. Well worth a read. A short drama adaptation is now available. Search for the novel’s title to watch. Thanks for your support. ^_^~ 41.2kReads8.1Score3kShelves
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  22. 122 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Supporting Actress Turns Her Life Around in Small Worlds 快穿:炮灰女配在小世界里逆袭了 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [System] + [spatial storage] + [no fixed couple] + [strong female lead] Luoyangyang is a hugely popular online streamer. But as her fame grows, so does the number of her haters. Wild and unruly, she pays them no mind. She never expected that one of those haters would actually trip her up! One day, the haters start dissing Luoyangyang online again. True to her motto that if you won’t back down, you fight, she grabs her keyboard and unleashes a furious tirade, determined to roast the lot of them. 9.1kReads9.1Score712Shelves
  23. 123 She Accidentally Transmigrates into a Period Novel, Where Her Whole Family Are Cannon Fodder 意外穿进年代文里她全家都是炮灰 Modern Romance131k WordsCompleted Feng Yueyue was inspecting her supermarket, which covered more than two thousand square meters, when a chandelier suddenly fell on her. Feng Yueyue immediately lost consciousness... When she woke up again, she discovered she had somehow become young again, turned into a little ball of flesh with stubby limbs. Looking at her chubby body, Feng Yueyue rolled her eyes at the heavens... But could someone tell her why she'd transmigrated into a book? And that wasn't even the worst part. Why was the fu 572Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  24. 124 After Dying of Old Age as a 1970s Cannon Fodder, I Return to the Days Before the Apocalypse 七零炮灰寿终正寝后又穿回末世前 Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Transmigration]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Period Setting]+ [Return to the Apocalypse]+ [Cultivation]+ [Romance] Before the apocalypse, Mu Zhaozhao was the heiress to a publicly listed group, surrounded by countless close friends and engaged to a considerate, gentle man. She was a winner in life in every sense, until the unexpected happened and shattered all her happiness and warmth in a single day. Mu Zhaozhao couldn’t understand why the friends she’d spent every day with would betray her! Mu Zh 841Reads8.9Score104Shelves
  25. 125 Transmigrating to the Seventies: My Child Bridegroom Is Jealous Again and Again 穿越七零:童养夫他又又又吃醋了 Modern Romance114k WordsOngoing [Alternate world] [Age gap] [High self-worth heroine] [Good food] [Siblings transmigrate together] [Fervent patriotism] When the apocalypse broke out, Meng Xiyue had only recently awakened her powers when her younger brother, the only family she had, died saving her. She herself was bitten by a mutated zombie while out searching for supplies. To her surprise, when she woke up one day, she had transmigrated to a parallel world and become the orphaned daughter of a martyr, exploited and manipul 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  26. 126 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82:撒网救村花带全村致富 Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 26.6kReads8.3Score2kShelves
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  27. 127 The Sixties: Traveling the World with My Pocket Dimension 六十年代之带着空间畅游天下 Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Li Beibei grew up surrounded by stories, then unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a lucky girl in the 1950s. Touched by her family’s favoritism and kindness, she gladly accepts their love and decides to repay them with her own abilities. As she plans her future, Li Beibei chooses two careers that will let her travel at public expense, hoping to make up for the regrets of her past life: journalist and diplomat! And so begins her extraordinary journey in this world. By the seaside: “Qing f 9.4kReads9.3Score745Shelves
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  28. 128 Reborn After a Horrific Death, I Dump the Scumbag and His Mistress and Marry the Commander 惨死重生后,踢飞渣男绿茶嫁首长 Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [1970s + Reborn and Revenge + Pocket Dimension + Building Wealth + Military Marriage + Alternate History] In her previous life, Yun Qiuyue spent her whole life as a beast of burden, giving up her own bright future to care for the bedridden mother of a scoundrel. Only on her deathbed did she discover that the man she had loved and waited for all her life had already married and had children. And the woman he married was the very “little sister” he had always talked about! Alone in the countryside 1.2kReads8.5Score126Shelves
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  29. 129 Tales of the Northeast: Women Who Climbed Over the High Walls of Grand Estates 东北往事之翻过深宅高墙的女人们 Modern Romance865k WordsOngoing In 1946, on the black soil of Northeast China, Chunxiang, daughter of tenant farmer Wang Mazi, marries Liu Laogen, the landlord's son. Her father receives several acres of good farmland and dozens of silver dollars as a handsome betrothal gift. She thinks she has married into wealth and will live a secure life as a young madam, but Liu Laogen has a hidden ailment, and their marriage proves to be one in name only. Chunxiang is determined to escape the prison that has trapped her, but her greedy f 53.7kReads8.7Score3.1kShelves
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  30. 130 A Shooting Star Streaks By, Leaving Traces on the Years 流星划过,岁月有痕 Modern Romance168k WordsCompleted This is a powerful work that deeply portrays the intertwined paths of growth for the post-80s generation and the changes of the times. The story follows its protagonist, Zhao Fei, from his green and innocent days in middle school, through the passionate years of university, and into the struggles and discoveries of life after graduation. It delicately depicts how Zhao Fei and his generation search for themselves and realize their worth amid the currents of the times, while also reflecting the sw 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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  31. 131 The Real Heiress Remarries with Her Mother, and Her Beast-Talking Shocks the Entire Army 真千金随母改嫁,通兽语震撼全军 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Space, stockpiling, period setting, building wealth, medicine, beloved by the whole family, heroine can speak with animals] Lu Yunsu was mistakenly summoned by an underworld intern and sent into a period novel, where she became a capitalist's daughter who had followed her mother into a new marriage and risen from rags to riches. The moment she opened her eyes, her spineless younger brother-in-law had brought a task force to raid their home. Stay calm, don't panic! This is nothing. Lu Yunsu open 30kReads8.1Score4kShelves
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  32. 132 Transmigrated to the ’70s: The Sect Leader and Her Adorable Husband 穿到七零,门主和她的小娇夫 Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted 1970s + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Medical Skills + Two Strong Leads + Contrast Male Lead + Military Marriage Su Qiqi, the sect leader of the Ghost Doctor Sect, transmigrates to the 1970s with the sect's inherited medical knowledge and pocket dimension. My stepmother wants to sell me? Here, have some bullets! Japanese invaders? I'll stab you to death with silver needles! I went to the countryside and picked up a general to be my god-grandfather. With nothing better to do, I opened a fa 3.5kReads8.2Score423Shelves
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  33. 133 Living Life to the Fullest in the 1960s 六零年代恣意活着 Modern Romance3.9M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Two Strong Leads + Period Setting + Daily Life] A career woman from the new century transmigrates as Ruan Mianmian and escapes her family of origin. When she reaches the right age, she marries Chen Yuan'an, a handsome, well-built regiment commander. They bicker in the early days, but later settle into a sweet life together: her husband dotes on her, and their son is clever and adorable. Both leads know how to enjoy life. In an era of scarcity, they use money to make sure they n 2kReads6.9Score100Shelves
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  34. 134 The Good Life in the Sixties: Farming with Adorable Pets 六零好生活,跟着萌宠忙种田 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 57Reads—Score—Shelves
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  35. 135 Granny Lin Is Reborn, Takes Control of Her Whole Family, and Goes on a Rampage 林老太重生,拿捏全家杀疯了 Modern Romance905k WordsOngoing [The rating is low because the book just came out, but it’ll rise later. Dear readers, please don’t worry.] [Reborn] [The 1980s] [Ensemble cast] [Feel-good revenge] [Everyday life] [Ordinary people] [Family squabbles] The hardworking Lin Fengying raised seven children and helped bring up her grandchildren. She devoted her whole life to her family, but in her twilight years, she and her elderly husband had no one to look after them. While her husband’s body was barely cold, her cold-hearted ch 4.3kReads8.0Score231Shelves
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  36. 136 The South Wind Knows My Heart, and I’ll Never Walk Alone Again 南风知我意,从此不孤行 Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Some people say dandelion seeds look like pretty little parachutes, drifting lightly in the breeze, utterly romantic. But Xu Nanfeng thinks they look more like homeless children, wandering everywhere with nowhere to settle. Just like her: no real kin, no true friends, arriving without a ripple and leaving without a sound. There's an old saying: you reap what you sow. But I, Xu Nanfeng, refuse to believe it. I'll grow into the very person you all thought I could never become! Nanfeng knows my hea 1.1kReads9.3Score104Shelves
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  37. 137 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 2kReads9.2Score119Shelves
  38. 138 Life Is Like a Dream: I Take the Blame and Transmigrate to the 1950s 浮生若梦,我顶缸穿五零 Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don't compare this to reality!) History's number one scapegoat, Xu Duoduo, has grievances she can't voice. When disaster comes from heaven, it can still be avoided. When you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no escaping it. So what if life is hard? If you can stomach eating bitter greens, you can do anything. I'll give it my all! Come watch a post-2000s girl living the '50s version of a wild-vegetable-foraging life. Let's go! 1.7kReads9.2Score125Shelves
  39. 139 Reborn in 1980: From Courtyard Menace to Peerless National Scholar 重生80,从大院祸害到国士无双 Urban1.0M WordsOngoing The winds of change are sweeping through 1980! Ye Xiaotian, chief engineer at a high-tech company, is unexpectedly reborn. His memories of future technology become a blade with which to turn the tide of the era. With a deluge of patents in his left hand, he drives his rivals straight into bankruptcy. With black-tech blueprints in his right, he forces foreign companies to grovel. Just as foreign firms are preparing to sweep across China with their wired remote controls, he sneers: “Infrared wirel 4.7kReads6.3Score291Shelves
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  40. 140 Great Tang's Number One Menace 大唐第一祸害 Historical2.3M WordsCompleted His Majesty Li Er was furious. “My machine-gun company has been lured away by that little menace again?!” A minister replied carefully, “Your Majesty, the Japanese envoy was a month behind on his liquor tab at Wangfujing, so the Crown Prince… the Crown Prince just…” Li Er looked disdainful. “Nonsense! Japan is a friendly neighbor of our Great Tang. They’re only a little behind on payment. Would he really go that far?” The minister answered cautiously, “Your Majesty… the debt is 108,000 strings o 46.5kReads8.4Score3.3kShelves
  41. 141 My Elders 我的长辈 Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, as people flock to the cities, all kinds of stories unfold! Mu Fang suffers from asthma, so many people keep their distance. After several unsuccessful matchmaking attempts, she meets someone on a day when sleet begins to fall. It feels like fate has brought them together, and they fall in love at first sight. Defying her family’s objections, Mu Fang marries her second uncle, who is more than ten years her senior. She never looks down on him for being poor and from the countryside, 316Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 142 The Reborn Prosperity-Bringing Bride: A Sweet Second Life for a Returned Educated Youth 重生旺家媳:重生知青有点甜 Modern Romance141k WordsCompleted Period setting, reborn, doting romance, sweet romance, building a fortune, rough-edged man and educated city girl After hearing the truth, she finally understood how terribly wrong she had been! Her husband died by suicide, her child drowned, and her family was destroyed. She opened her eyes and was reborn in 1980! The System activated, and she gained a pocket dimension. She rushed back to the countryside that very night! Weeping, she cried, "I'll never leave you again!" In this life, she'll che 1.9kReads—Score119Shelves
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  43. 143 I Went Back to 1976 as a System, and My Parents Got All Lovey-Dovey 穿回1976当系统,爸妈羞羞羞 Modern Romance148k WordsCompleted [Period drama + sweet romance + System + rugged man × educated youth, rewriting fate] Reborn as a System in 1976, I watched my rugged dad carry off my educated-youth mom! I’m so obsessed with my parents’ romance, I can’t get enough! 51Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 144 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 298Reads—Score—Shelves
  45. 145 Tales from an Old Hutong in Northeast China in the 1970s 七十年代东北老胡同里的故事 Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted After struggling to survive in the apocalypse, Hua Qianyue died unexpectedly, only to encounter a blunder caused by a careless underworld official in the afterlife. After a tense negotiation, she failed to return to her body in the apocalypse. Instead, she arrived in a bustling old alley in Northeast China in 1968, carrying her personal space, healing abilities, and the medical legacy of Hua Tuo and the Qing Nang Jing, which the underworld had given her as compensation. She had become an insigni 18.2kReads6.7Score2.6kShelves
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