Period Novel with an Independent, Strong-Minded Female Lead Who Starts a Business 年代文，女主独立自强、有思想，创业

1. 1 穿 After Becoming the Original Wife in a Period Novel, I Divorced Him at Once 穿成年代文原配后，我火速离婚 Reluctant to Let Go念念不舍Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [This story is anything but normal. Not a single character is normal, so don't read if that bothers you!] Jiang Banyue is a twenty-second-century pastry chef who accidentally transmigrates into a military romance set in the past. The hero, Shen Yunhe, is her husband, while she is his first wife, destined to die young. As soon as Jiang Banyue opens her eyes, she feels her barely showing belly. There are three babies inside. Great, she gets the babies without having to deal with the man. Jiang Ba 5kReads8.1Score192Shelves

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   The female protagonist Jiang Banyue is a cake maker, the male protagonist is a soldier, and they have three children after divorce.

2. 2 老 My Old Home Connects to the Modern World: A Village Girl's 1970s Office-Worker Life 老宅通现代：七零村花的社畜日常 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [From the 1970s to the modern day] Chen Qiaoyu, born and raised in the 1970s, has been feeling a little panicked lately. She and her younger brother were driven out by their father and stepmother, sent to live in the dilapidated old Chen family home with only two threadbare quilts. Who could have guessed that the crumbling old house hid a passage to another era? [From then on, Chen Qiaoyu begins traveling back and forth between the 1970s and the modern day every day] The villagers of Yaojia Vil 13.2kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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   This article is a relatively unique period article. The heroine is a very strong and tenacious person. The whole story is very interesting and contains many warm people and things. Worth a look!

3. 3 穿 After Becoming the Male Lead's Stepmother, I Flee With the Villain's Little One 穿成男主小妈后，带反派幼崽跑路 Mr. Zixu Wuyou子虚乌有君Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After Wang Qi died in a car accident, she transmigrated into a romance novel called The Overbearing CEO Falls for Me. By an unfortunate twist of fate, she became the male lead’s stepmother and the mother of three future villainous powerhouses. But Wang Qi transmigrated to the 1990s, five years before the novel’s story began. The original heroine had yet to be reborn, and the plot had not started. The eldest son, one of the future villains, was only fourteen, while the other two hadn’t even been 23.2kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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   If you like it, you can check it out. It's a very good book. It's very useful in teaching children, but it ends a bit suddenly. Although there are extra chapters, everyone's emotions are sorted out, and their actions are very three-dimensional and very inspiring. [Laughs] I really like Ning Jiang's restraint, Pa Song's enthusiasm, and An An's calmness. Ning Ning was very interesting when she was a child. This is my first time to comment so long [adoration][adoration][adoration][adoration]

4. 4 八 An ’80s Military Marriage: The Pretty Army Wife Builds a Fortune and Raises Her Kids 八零军婚，俏军嫂发家致富养崽崽 Xuanji Bright Moon璇玑明月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After a car accident, Su Ran unexpectedly transmigrated into a period novel as the troublesome, doomed ex-wife. A disastrous start: she arrived on the eve of the original character’s divorce from her military commander husband. Divorce was one thing, but the original character had even drugged him, planning to sleep with this cold man before dumping him? What a reckless move! Su Ran: “I’m not taking the blame for this.” She slipped away to build a career. After she disappeared, her soon-to-be ex 6kReads9.2Score628Shelves

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   The heroine and the hero had a flash marriage, starting in the military compound, and they got divorced because they were not in love!! The female protagonist runs an independent business, opens an electronics factory, invests in real estate, and develops high-tech products. The female protagonist can speak eight languages ​​and has excellent negotiation skills. She has entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the male protagonist is the commander of the Air Force!!!

5. 5 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 52.3kReads9.5Score6.3kShelves

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   It's a good-looking, very long novel, but it makes people want to read it. Every character has distinct characteristics [already planted][already planted][already planted]

6. 6 七 The 1970s Military Marriage: The Charming Army Wife Raises Kids and Wins Her Husband's Heart 七零军婚：俏军嫂养崽撩夫日常 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + second male lead takes the lead + fictional period setting] [Short drama now streaming] Xiao Qingru doesn't want to raise someone else's child, so she breaks off her engagement to her childhood sweetheart. Just as she's getting ready to focus on her career, she's targeted by a hothead from the capital. Xu Muzhou is the youngest and most promising pilot. The first time he meets her, he falls in love at first sight with his good friend's younger sister. When he hears she's alre 25.7kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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   Although this novel does not start a business, the heroine does have her own dance career. It belongs to the second male lead series. The ex-boyfriend has been taking care of the widow because of his comradeship, and leaves the heroine behind. The heroine is also very decisive and breaks up directly.

7. 7 兵 The War King Can Read Minds, and His Beautiful Stepmom Wife Gets Pampered Despite Doing Nothing 兵王会读心，漂亮后妈摆烂被宠哭 Tea Fragrance茶叶香Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + historical era + widowed sister-in-law + raising a child + bickering couple + space + everyday life as a military wife] In her past life, her husband Yang Shengjun defended his comrade's widow and accused Xu Zijin of being petty, unreasonable, and unkind. Xu Zijin spent her whole life blaming herself and had a head full of white hair before she turned fifty. Her son said she wasn't generous enough, and that she got jealous even though she knew his father had a responsibility 12.8kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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   Women can also show their unique charm, live a different and beautiful life, be independent and self-reliant,

8. 8 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The 1970s Cannon-Fodder Girl Is Gorgeous and Charming 穿书七零：炮灰女配又美又娇 About to Get a Cat就要有猫了Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Nan Mo transmigrates into a novel set in a bygone era, bringing a giant supermarket with her. She becomes a cannon-fodder supporting female character who gets horribly betrayed by her relatives. First, her own grandmother pressures her to marry so she can trade her future for her male cousins' success. Then there's her cousin, who wants to stay in the city and hopes to trade Nan Mo for a job. And to top it all off, a possessive, obsessive suitor is watching her like a hawk. After landing in the 3.7kReads9.0Score378Shelves
9. 9 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s, and My Best Friend and I Both Married Soldiers 穿越七零我和闺蜜一起嫁军人 Soft and Adorable Little Fairy软萌味的小仙女Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + putting scumbags in their place, no doormat heroine, with special powers + sweet romance] [A resilient heroine who can be sweet or sharp VS a soldier hero who seems aloof but is warm inside] After clawing her way from an orphanage to become a well-off office worker with plenty of free time, Ruan Mengmeng never imagined that one day a supernatural event straight out of a novel would happen to her. She awakened a special ability and gained a pocket dimension. 1.5kReads8.7Score144Shelves
10. 10 穿 Transmigrated into a 1970s Novel? No Problem! I Can Live It Up Anywhere 穿书七零？不怕！咱到哪都能潇洒 Black Kitty Youyou黑喵幽幽Modern Romance911k WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + sweet romance + farming + period setting + feel-good story + scum getting their comeuppance] Xiao Lingxi had just arrived at the office when the receptionist stopped her and handed her a package. She thought it was some kind of membership gift, but it turned out to be a book! Not only was it a period romance novel, but the first page even said that whoever received the book had to finish reading it, or they would be punished. What kind of nonsense was this? Refusing to believ 5.1kReads8.3Score385Shelves
11. 11 软 The Soft and Adorable Young Educated Youth's Daily Gossip 软萌小知青的吃瓜日常 Zen Kitty禅猫儿Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Chen Shuning didn’t know whether to call herself lucky or unlucky. The unlucky part was that she had a stable job and a comfortable life, but simply went shopping with her best friend and wound up caught in a fire at a huge shopping mall that had opened that very day. Just like that, she lost her life in the blaze. The lucky part was that when she opened her eyes again, she had not only come back to life, but had also seen her mother, who had been dead for many years. Though she had to go to the 3.7kReads8.1Score264Shelves
12. 12 重 Reborn in the Eighties: First, I'll Buy a Courtyard House in Kyoto! 重生八零，先在京都买套四合院！ 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 116.9kReads9.4Score10.1kShelves

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    I particularly like these two books. The author's writing style is meticulous and he writes each character vividly and meticulously, which fits the character's image very well. I recommend everyone to read it and hope you like it.

13. 13 重 Reborn in the 1960s: This Heroine Is a Little Crafty 重生六零：这个女主有点茶 Plain Robes, Pure Melody素衫清韵Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The person the members of Lengshuigou Production Team hate most is A Cha. She may be young, but she’s ruthless, and she’ll steal chickens or pull any other dirty trick. On top of that, she’s impossibly hard to kill: her father and mother are both dead, and anyone who gets close to her is doomed to bad luck. But Gao Qingyang doesn’t care. He keeps finding ways to get close to her. He knows A Cha isn’t nearly as awful as people say. She’s a good person! 5.8kReads9.1Score533Shelves
14. 14 穿 Transmigrated to the Seventies, the Firecracker Girl Goes Completely Off the Rails 穿到七零，霸王花彻底癫了 Damn Tears该死的泪Modern Romance262k WordsOngoing The Landlord's Little Rascal VS an Ordinary, Insane Woman (a pervert) (The heroine has no morals; she just likes handsome men. If you don't like reading about that, curse her out. Anything she does has nothing to do with the author.) "Bring your daughter out. We agreed to swap marriages, so let's do it." "Tsk, that doesn't make sense. A marriage swap means one of your family marries into mine, and one of mine marries into yours, right?" "Right." "Then hasn't a woman from my family already marrie 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's quite fun anyway, hehehe

15. 15 重 Reborn in the Nineties: I Sold Spicy Hot Pot and Bought a Whole Street 重生九零，我卖麻辣烫买了一条街 Nan Nan Yang南南羊Modern Romance325k WordsCompleted In her previous life, He Wanqiu spent her whole life working in a factory, married the wrong man, and died alone and miserable. Reborn in the year of her high school entrance exams, she swore never to repeat the mistakes of her past life. Her own mother favored boys and forced her to quit school to work? Her classmates mocked and sneered at her, calling her a hopeless student? Her relatives looked down on her poor family? Once He Wanqiu began her comeback, there was no stopping her! Her mother w 16.9kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    I think this could have been good, it looks good

16. 16 带 I Traveled to the 1970s With a Dedicated Worker System 带着敬业系统穿七零 Ma Nini马尼尼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Xu Taotao, a descendant of imperial chefs, keeps her culinary skills hidden while living among ordinary people. Then she dies suddenly from overwork and gets bound to a workaholic System, which sends her to the 1970s. She becomes the famously ugly daughter of a butcher at a meat-processing plant. Determined to become beautiful, she has no choice but to keep working hard. With her superb cooking skills, she climbs the career ladder, gets a raise, and marries Professor Gu... No, wait! “Ding-dong! 14.3kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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    Pretty good. Like

17. 17 9 The 1990s: Why Date When I've Transmigrated into a Book? 90年代：穿书了谁还谈恋爱啊 Xi He琋和Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Ting had just secured funding when she transmigrated into a romance novel where everyone was eight hundred percent love-brained. From the start, she was stuck in an icy wasteland with a talkative male lead threatening to kill her. Lin Ting: “Date you? I'd rather get a dog.” The original male lead: “...?” No space, no System, no mind-reading ability... Luckily, she still had a business brain running at full speed. “I'm never dating anyone. Not in this life.” “If I run out of money, I can earn 70.7kReads9.3Score7.7kShelves
18. 18 媳 After His Wife Joins the National Service, Her Man and Child Miss Her Like Crazy 媳妇上交国家后，男人和娃想疯了 One Smile Captivates the Orange一笑倾橙Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [All-around rich beauty + no supporting deadbeats + no black-market dealings + no relocation to the countryside + spatial System with multiverse trading] Lin Siqiao transmigrated from a fabulously wealthy Shanghai socialite into a pitiful young woman in the 1970s, disliked by her own family. Less than a year after her birth mother died, her scumbag father brought home a stepmother. They say that once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too. But Lin Siqiao never imagined that, just to sei 33kReads9.5Score4.6kShelves

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    You can read this. There is no such thing as going to the mountains and countryside in this book, and you can understand the pattern.

19. 19 天 The Chosen Agricultural Science Worker: Farming Is the Real Path to Greatness 天选农学打工人：种田才是人上人 Sweet Blossoms on Brocade锦上甜花Modern Romance798k WordsOngoing [Romance] [Military Marriage] [Agricultural Research] [Pride and Prejudice] Renowned agricultural scientist Lin Hongying has become a country girl who traveled a thousand miles to join the army and seek refuge with her fiancé. She is dressed in rags, gaunt and sallow, and seems both unsophisticated and uneducated. Everyone tells her arranged marriages never bring happiness. Everyone looks down on her and despises her. Look down on her? Despise her? So what? She has a heart full of ambition to 17.3kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    🍊A period novel, the heroine is independent, self-reliant, thoughtful, marries first, then loves [I learned][I learned]

20. 20 替 I Was Sent to Marry the Male Lead's Doomed Older Brother: Now I'm Lying Flat for Good 替嫁男主早死大哥：我彻底躺平了 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance388k WordsOngoing Eighties, marriage first and love later, slice of life, period setting, transmigration into a book Lou Xia, a homebody, dies suddenly while reading late at night and transmigrates into a book. She becomes the doomed, beautiful but useless first love of the overpowered male lead. The first love has a tragic background: her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and her stepsister forces her to switch betrothed husbands, marrying the male lead’s doomed older brother instead. Not 20kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
21. 21 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Sent to the Countryside from the Start 重生60年代，开局就上山下乡 A Solitary Stone孑然的石头Urban3.8M WordsOngoing [Period]+ [Reborn]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Single Female Lead] Ye Hao transmigrates to a parallel world in the 1960s. Just as he is about to starve to death, he awakens an ancient treasure passed down from antiquity: the Azure Lotus Mystic Jade! Watch as he lives it up during the famine, improving his own life while also doing his part to help this country rebuild from the ground up! Our goal is the stars and the sea! 1.7kReads8.8Score223Shelves
22. 22 重 Reborn in the 1990s: A Little Housekeeper's Happy Days 重生九零小保姆幸福日常 Yan Xingyan言星妍Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [1990s + reborn + raising a child + everyday life] Shen Aiqiu is reborn in 1991. In her previous life, keeping her head down and tolerating everything brought her neither a happy family nor a healthy, thriving son. Instead, she was displaced from her own home and became a haggard, middle-aged woman cast out onto the street. In the end, she and her son both died miserably in the streets. Reborn, she refuses to endure it all over again. This time, she won't depend on anyone else. No matter how dif 29kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    Rebirth: Divorced, raised a child, remarried, started as a nanny, studied little by little, went to night school, became a boss, worked hard, became self-reliant, and successfully changed the fate of herself and her children, and also met Xie Jinchao's family

23. 23 八 The Translator of the 1980s 八十年代翻译官 Mu Keke牧可可Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted The completed book’s title cannot be changed, and it doesn’t match the content. My apologies! [Period] [Alternate history] [1v1] [This story is set in an alternate world. Please don’t scrutinize the historical details.] Mr. Zhou once said: “Study for the rise of China.” With the knowledge she gained in her previous life and the excellent schooling available to her in this one, Jiang Mingxia is determined to live up to his words and do her part to help revive China. In the fourteenth year of the 607Reads6.7Score—Shelves
24. 24 六 Making My Fortune in the 1960s 六十年代之我发家致富了 Zhi Ye o芷烨oModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrated to the 1960s, when even food and clothing are hard to come by? Su He says, “I'm not worried. I've been prepared for this.” What? She's transmigrated into a book set in the 1960s? Su He, a minor character, says, “No problem. I'll just stay on the sidelines and quietly make a fortune.” What? The original heroine wants to fleece her? Su He clutches her secret identity close and says, “I really only have this little bit. No one can find out my big secret.” (Author's disclaimer: This no 3.9kReads7.9Score223Shelves
25. 25 五 The 1950s: I Got into College and Became a Factory Director 五十年代：考上大学当厂长 Salty Fish Liver咸鱼肝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A delightfully ordinary young man + everyday life + college entrance exams + hard work + one heroine] Just as Zhou Xingran's life was getting back on track, he suddenly transmigrated to a remote mountain village in the 1950s. His father doesn't care for him, his mother doesn't love him, and his family is dirt-poor. No matter. Relying on others is worse than relying on himself. So, first things first: he might as well get into college! P.S. The golden finger is very minor. The protagonist mainly 12.3kReads8.9Score598Shelves
26. 26 掌 Freedom Branded on My Palm 掌心烙自由 Mi You迷幽16k WordsCompleted Freedom branded into the palm of my hand —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Short story, self-promotion

27. 27 人 Who Can Get Through Life Without Going a Little Crazy? 人生哪儿有不发疯 Red Roses and Yellow Floribundas红玫瑰和黄月季Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + mutual salvation + punishing scumbags and serving them a face-slapping defeat + feel-good story] [A fearless heroine who lives freely for herself x an obsessive, love-struck hero] Xu Qiu lived half her life before finally understanding, as she died alone on New Year's Eve, that in this life, you yourself are what matters most. Other people's opinions and rumors are nothing but shackles you place on yourself. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself back at the turning point of 1.4kReads8.7Score136Shelves

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    Look[lick the screen][lick the screen][lick the screen]

28. 28 九 The Unhinged Woman of the 90s: I Started Getting Rich Working in Dongguan 九零女疯批：致富从东莞打工开始 Pile of Money钱堆堆Modern Romance959k WordsCompleted A realistic story set in the 1990s, with no rebirth, transmigration, or golden finger. Everyone in Anziping knows An Xiaowu is a total psycho. She's not only crazy but vicious, picking fights that turn into life-or-death struggles at the drop of a hat. But no one expected her to be so ruthless that she wouldn't spare even her own family. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, she fights her father for her life. "What's so special about New Year? If you mess with me, I'll dig you out of your cof 4.1kReads8.6Score347Shelves
29. 29 七 The 1970s: A Sent-Down Youth Marries a Soldier and Builds a Fortune as a Middleman 七零嫁军汉，知青女配当倒爷起家 Jing Mo京墨Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [A promise kept for a lifetime, giving her life to her country] Fraile from birth, Song Youxiang was abandoned by her family as a child and forced to go to the countryside. Even so, she never received a shred of kindness. Her parents despised her, her older sister resented her for life, and the second sister who had been given away as a child concealed her identity to get close to her. One false accusation after another followed, and they even stole her fiancé… In the end, Song Youxiang died al 10.9kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    1. Her parents died young, her family was poor, and her appearance was mediocre. Xia Xiaolan played a bad hand and worked hard for 20 years. She became an executive of a multinational company and finally sorted out the adversities in her life... When she woke up, she found that she was reborn in the 1980s, also named Xia Xiaolan, with a face that was harmful to the country and the people. "Xia Xiaolan", who has the same name and surname, had a good deck of cards, but was forced by rumors to commit suicide. Xia Xiaolan, who has strong skills and a hot personality, took over this mess, trampled on the best, tortured the scum, and held hands with the ruffian who fell in love with her at first sight. She became prosperous in the 1980s! 2. Song Youxiang, who was weak in health, was given up by his family since he was a child and was forced to go to the countryside. Even so, he did not get any benefits. Her parents disliked her, and her sister held a lifelong grudge. She was even approached by her second sister who had been adopted since she was a child, concealing her identity. Various frame-ups and frame-ups came one after another, and she even stole her fiancé... Until the end, Song Youxiang died alone in the hospital. The last words Song Youxiang heard before closing her eyes was that the dead must make way for the living. The sky has eyes, she was reborn! When her family was in an uproar over who would go to the countryside, Song Youxiang took the initiative to go to the countryside, completely cutting off contact with her indifferent family, and vowed to change her destiny.

30. 30 系 The System Sends Me Back to Sixteen 系统让我重返十六岁 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A rebirth story, a System story, a patriotic story, and a tale of striving for success. Top scorer in the national college entrance exam, Olympic champion, special forces soldier, diplomat. This isn't a romance. It's a female-led story, and the male lead barely appears until the final chapter. The moment Lu Xiaoxing opens her eyes, she's back at sixteen, in her senior year of high school. She's also bound to a Progress System. Walking or running each day is enough to complete her check-in tasks 27.9kReads9.5Score3.5kShelves

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    This is a novel about a heroine who realizes her dream through her own hard work. She picks up the gun and becomes a special soldier, puts down the gun and becomes a diplomat. The starting point of the dream begins before the college entrance examination...

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