Historical-Era Novels with a Female Lead Who Is Careful with Money and Does Not Raise the Original Owner's Children or Her Own Siblings 年代文，女主手紧，不养原主孩子或自家兄弟姐妹

1. 151 七 The 1970s: Professor Lu’s Wife Is Beautiful and Vicious 七零：陆教授的妻子娇美且恶毒 Sleepyhead Who Won't Sleep睡睡不睡觉Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted [Self-Serving, Sophisticated Heroine + Hero Who Becomes Love-Struck Later + Both Reborn] Jiang Shiyi was never a good person. In her previous life, the Lu family fell into disgrace, and to avoid marrying Lu Xianyu, she framed him and got him sent away to the countryside. Less than two years later, the Lu family was cleared of all charges. To “get revenge” on Jiang Shiyi, Lu Xianyu married her, and they spent ten years tangled up together before finally divorcing. In the end, Jiang Shiyi watche 12.9kReads7.0Score928Shelves

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   The female lead is ruthless, selfish, and loves herself the most. An only child, she faces retaliation when her father's adopted siblings encroach on her interests. She then enrolls them in a rural work assignment, only caring for her biological mother afterward. She marries the male lead for the sake of his job.

2. 152 黑 The Ungrateful Darling: My Husband’s Mistress Just Took Power, and Now She Wants a Divorce 黑心小棉袄：外室刚上位就要离婚 Jin Rui'er金瑞儿Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted The Grand Princess Who Guards the Nation was reborn in the Dragon Kingdom in 1947. After liberation, just as she was preparing to enjoy the good life with her father, he declared that her mother was a relic of feudalism, said he had found his true love, and announced that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. The Grand Princess scoffed to herself: “You dare threaten my interests? I’ll make you regret it!” 48.9kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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   I recommend reading this book. It's so hilarious, the characters are all very well-developed, and even the villains aren't the truly evil type (except for those who cause trouble).

3. 153 七 The Cool, Quiet Young Educated Woman of the ’70s and Her Rough, Tenderhearted Man 七零清冷小知青，糙汉柔情搂腰宠 Ripples in the Deep Sea深海微澜Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted [Rugged Husband Dotes on His Wife + Everyday Life + Pocket Dimension + Superpowers] Shi Yue is reborn and collides with a soul that transmigrated from another world. Trying to take over my body? Sorry, you can’t have it. Since I’m reborn, I’m not letting my enemies get away with anything. Before leaving for the countryside, I’ll cut all ties, pack up, and leave without a care. As for the enemy whose blood I drained dry, I’ll wipe out your whole family. Don’t let the door hit you on your way 628Reads9.1Score104Shelves

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   The female protagonist is reborn and lives a very comfortable life in the countryside after killing her enemies. She is insightful, hardworking, intelligent, and strong.

4. 154 小 A Little Zombie Went Looking for Brains, Ended Up in the 1970s, and Joined the Army 小丧尸找脑子找到七零后，随军了 Nine Meows Have Something to Say九喵有言Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Island military romance + transmigration + super-brain genius + special abilities + real and fake heiresses] Zhou Shi is a zombie with brains. She pushes a shopping cart around looking for supplies. Because humans say that if you have food, you have nothing to fear. She uses her brain as a mouth to talk, because she’s heard that if you don’t use your brain, it’ll rust. Her goal in zombie life is to become the most high-class Zombie Queen. High-class means pretty and smart. So this little zombie 14.3kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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   The female lead is quite tight-fisted in some ways [laughing and crying emoji]. She's a post-apocalyptic character, and the male lead took her stored supplies during the apocalypse. Unexpectedly, they both ended up in the 1970s. The male lead has no memories of the apocalypse, but the female lead remembers him as the jerk who took her supplies [facepalm emoji][facepalm emoji].

5. 155 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Turns Dark, Tears Down the Green Tea, and Dumps Her Jerk Husband 八零：真千金黑化，撕绿茶踹渣夫 Tang Dachui汤大锤Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + sweet romance + love after marriage] The moment Ji Xiaoyue opened her eyes, she became the real daughter: timid and impossibly self-sacrificing. Her life as the real daughter was a miserable one: a biased father, a cheating scumbag, a shameless little green tea, and a lonely death with no one to claim her body. Ji Xiaoyue immediately made sure the scumbag and the little green tea were stuck with each other! Catch them in the act! I’ll get the 11.1kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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   It's great! A military marriage, transmigration into a book, the female lead is independent and clear-headed, refusing to be wronged, the male lead dotes on his wife, the plot is both exciting and unpredictable…

6. 156 八 The 1980s: My Daughter Was Switched at Birth, Yet I Just Smiled 八零：女儿被调包后，我却笑了 Snow Between the Brows眉间雪Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Wen Ning’s entire family died. Only then did she learn that the daughter she had painstakingly raised was a fake heiress, and that her sister-in-law had switched her real daughter while Wen Ning was weak after giving birth! The fake heiress went to university, became a pianist who traveled the world, and married into a wealthy family. The real daughter was abused, married off to an old man, sent to prison, and died in a fire. Consumed by hatred, Wen Ning dragged the fake he 10.9kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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   ❤️First Book: In her past life, Wen Ning's baby was switched at birth, and she painstakingly raised someone else's child. Reborn, Wen Ning raises her own child by her side, watching helplessly as her sister-in-law torments her baby daily. Wen Ning, along with her child and husband, builds a fortune. ❤️Second Book: Lin Jianxia simply went to a photo studio to pick up a picture, and when she came out, she found herself in 1983, ten years in the future. The transmigrated Lin Jianxia works hard to earn money and raise her child.

7. 157 崽 Have the Kids Gone Astray? Don't Worry, Their Mom Is Here 崽崽们长歪了？别怕，亲妈穿来了 Bright Moon Above the Clouds云上皓月Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted In the 1980s, a mother raises her children day by day. She loves her own kids best! Lin Jianxia went to the photo studio to pick up a picture. When she came out, ten years had passed. Her eldest son had become a notorious street punk, and he gritted his teeth whenever he saw her. “You’re not my mom. My mom died a long time ago.” Her second son had become a wolf in sheep’s clothing, smiling on the surface while plotting to take lives behind people’s backs. “You want to be my mom? How many lives d 1.5kReads7.4Score178Shelves
8. 158 前 My Ex-Husband Raises His Daughter's Child, While I Marry a Commander with My Own Child 前夫替闺女养娃，我带崽嫁首长 Huahua Wants to Be Famous花花想火Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period military marriage + dimension + second male lead rises to the top + raising children + reborn] On the day of her daughter’s college entrance celebration, Bai Yulian, the widow her husband had supported for years, produced a paternity test. “The hospital switched the babies back then. Qingning is my daughter. She’s yours.” Song Wan looked at her biological daughter, now disabled and mentally impaired, who had been taken deep into the mountains and had three children there. She fainted on 1.7kReads8.7Score279Shelves
9. 159 重 Reborn in 2007: From Internet Celebrity to Queen of Investment 重生07，从网红到投资女王 Not Late 11不晚11Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + grounded realism + escaping a toxic family + making money] Jiang Xue was reborn, returning to 2007. Her father didn't care for her, her mother didn't love her, and they expected her to work in a factory tightening screws! There was no way she was going to work in a factory. The internet was still wide open in 2007, and WeChat and Weibo hadn't even launched yet. Using her makeup skills, she became a celebrity on Tianya, a makeup artist for stars, a renowned photographer, one of the firs 11.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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   Best Actress of the Year

10. 160 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.3kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
11. 161 穿 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Female Lead, I Speed-Married an Army Representative 穿成炮灰女配后和军代表闪婚了 Half Wood, Half Fire半木半火Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Original Title: Factory Affairs in the Sixties, from State-Owned Factory to...] [Current Title: The Road to Success in the Sixties: She Just Wants to Get Ahead] [No Golden Finger + Serving the Nation and Its People Through Public Service + A Strong Male Lead and an Even Stronger Female Lead] [No Rural Relocation, No Black Market, No Supporting a Man, No Female Lead Suffering, No Doormat Wife] Xia Baozhu, a woman with a secure state-sector job, was reborn in 1963. To get back t 31.1kReads9.3Score4kShelves

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    Xia Baozhu is very sensible! She's never been exploited! Her younger brother and nephews and nieces often massage her in exchange for snacks. Moreover, both the male and female leads have stable jobs; the female lead is in politics, and the male lead is a technical military officer. This is the first time I've read a historical novel where the male and female leads become millionaires by saving their salaries, hahaha! Xia Baozhu's career storyline is super exciting!

12. 162 重 Back at Thirteen, My Scumbag Dad and Godmother, Tremble! 重返13岁，渣爹干妈颤抖吧 Heartfelt at Midnight深夜走心Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted Ling Jiujiu had a miserable life in her previous one, thanks to her scumbag father and stepmother. After returning to the day she caught her father cheating with her godmother, she decided to keep her cool this time and let the two adulterers off for now, plotting her revenge at her own pace... In this life, she followed her father’s example and shifted the family assets, saddled her mother with shared household debts, and forced her father to leave with nothing. Then, armed with explosive evide 24kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
13. 163 六 Married an Officer in the Sixties, Then Became Clan Chief in the Northeast 六零嫁军官，到东北后我当上族长 The Clivia Isn't Blue君子兰不蓝Modern Romance340k WordsCompleted [Alternate-era setting + pocket dimension + big shots + supernatural elements + sent down to the countryside + Gourmet + adored by everyone + everyday life + metaphysics] [The little ancestor who does whatever she wants and stays busy building her career, clueless about romance × Feng, Lord of the Underworld, who has come to experience the mortal world and only wants to win the little ancestor’s heart] On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, her master ascended, and she transmigrated! Afte 595Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    🔥🔥🔥🍀Coriander's Recommendation⭐①The female protagonist is resourceful and transmigrates from the post-apocalyptic world to a working-class family in the 1960s. She earns money by catching enemy spies and gets on the coattails of the government.⭐②The female protagonist transmigrates to a remote village chief with a spatial ability and leads the village to prosperity.

14. 164 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. 264Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    It's kind of like "leave the father but keep the son" (I guess so [thinking]). The protagonist is an entrepreneur whose goal is to become part of a wealthy and powerful family. He doesn't get married, but he has a child who takes the mother's surname. He starts his business and also hooks up with two powerful and influential people to provide for him. The female lead only loves herself and nothing else. Her business starts with selling clothes, then she opens an arcade, a bathhouse, does real estate, invests in internet companies, and now she's making a TV series.

15. 165 谁 Get This: I’m the Ball I’m Running Away With! 谁懂？我是带球跑的球！ Fish Head Swallows the Moon鱼头吞月亮Modern Romance458k WordsCompleted [The story opens with a daughter, but the parents are the main characters] [One] In short, Song Shihuan’s fourteen years of life have been simple: An open-minded mom, a handsome brother; a powerful grandpa, a rich uncle; a missing dad, and a happy her. That’s right. Even with a missing dad, she’s still happy. But then her missing dad suddenly shows up and shamelessly pursues her mom. Is this what they call the runaway bride who takes the baby with her, followed by the domineering CEO’s long road 5.8kReads8.9Score341Shelves
16. 166 母 Mother and Daughter in the 1980s: Mom Makes Money, I Win by Taking It Easy! 母女穿八零，我妈赚钱，我躺赢！ Mo Qingqing墨清清Modern Romance626k WordsCompleted [The short drama is now streaming] [Transmigrate into a book in the 1980s + mother and daughter transmigrate together + face-slapping + sweet romance + academic achiever + building wealth] After transmigrating into the 1980s as the real daughter, Lan Xia takes down all her awful relatives from the start. The family reunion that was supposed to happen two months later is suddenly brought forward. It turns out her mother, a powerhouse who runs a publicly listed company, has transmigrated too! Moth 1.2kReads8.4Score101Shelves
17. 167 我 I Don't Want to Fall for Her Either, But She Looks So Good in Men's Clothes 我也不想心动啊，可她男装太帅啦 Fine Night良宵Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Woman Disguised as a Man + Entertainment Industry] A devastating explosion. The terrorist organization Dark Abyss is wiped out in an instant. The organization’s top assassin, Yan Mo, dies in the blast as well. People cheer, but no one knows she was a police informant. She pressed the detonator herself. She spent years undercover so that everything, herself included, would turn to ash. When she opens her eyes again, Yan Mo discovers that she has been reborn. She has become a useless young 8.2kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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    [Heart] Chapter 5 [Feeling Wronged]: The female lead transmigrates into a novel set in a bygone era as the ex-wife. Just then, the male lead sends his three [OK] ungrateful children back to her to raise. She decisively divorces them [crying] [Feeling Wronged] and beats them all up. Purely satisfying, incredibly satisfying! Each chapter tells a [licking screen] story. The female lead isn't a saint; she uses violence to fight violence, and revenge is swift and decisive. [Awkward Laughter][Frustrated][Facepalm]

18. 168 六 The 1960s: The Walk-On Character Made Her Fortune Through Divorce! 六零：路人甲她靠离婚发家了！ I Want to Be a Landlord我想当房东Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Period setting + satisfying revenge + strong heroine + transmigration + multiple male leads There’s a different male lead in every phase of her life, and the heroine won’t stay for anyone. She’s selfish. She has a pocket dimension, but she’ll have to steal to get it. Rather than deal with awful people, the heroine would rather make them furious. P.S. This story includes an unconventional romance. Please read with caution if that bothers you. After dying suddenly, the embittered office worker Zho 11.2kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    What a satisfying read! The female protagonist transmigrates into a minor character in a period novel. She has a gentle temperament and stunning looks, but is actually incredibly strong. She's a selfish and lazy woman who builds her fortune through seven marriages and divorces. She's clear-headed, tight-fisted, and has severed ties with her siblings and even her parents. [Cool] She's the kind of female protagonist who will repay whatever you give her.

19. 169 满 The Max-Level Big Shot in the 1970s: If You Won't Back Down, I'll Fight 满级大佬在七零，主打不服就干 Fresh Popcorn爆米花来咯Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted The heroine is domineering, with an outrageously high combat ability. Later, she joins the military. The hero is an educated youth who later goes into scientific research. A strong heroine paired with a weaker hero. If that’s not your thing, please move along. [Historical setting + transmigration with body intact + no pocket dimension or System + Strong Female Lead] Mai Sui, a max-level powerhouse, transmigrates to the 1970s. She just wants to lie flat and live a quiet, ordinary l 61.8kReads9.1Score5.4kShelves

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    The female lead is capricious and rather lazy. If anyone offends her, she'll slap them hard and drag her weak and helpless educated youth husband to join the army. Her father and brother, two goofballs, also go with her to the army.

20. 170 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: A Guide to Saving Cannon Fodder 快穿年代：炮灰拯救指南 Bulu Caicaizi布鲁菜菜子Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Period Drama] + [System] + [Missions] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Power Fantasy] + [Quick Transmigration] + [No Fixed Couple] (More slice-of-life than action. If that's not your thing, don't read.) Note: The female lead hates hardship, has a golden finger, and is invincible. As an intern in the Quick Transmigration Department, Zhu Ping'an is sent by her supervisor to period worlds to fulfill the wishes of those who made requests. Every client is the kind of favored daughter of heaven whom the pro 19.8kReads7.7Score2.3kShelves

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    Books five, eight, nine, and ten are the best.

21. 171 快 Quick Transmigration: Starting in the Seventies 快穿之从七零年代开始 A Thousand Knots of Thread千千丝结Modern Romance3.2M WordsOngoing Quick transmigration + male protagonist's perspective + no fixed CP + parallel worlds + slice of life Chang Ning was a demon born of nature who needed to absorb resentment to survive. Just as he was about to fade away after being sealed in a land devoid of spiritual energy, System 666 came to him with a mission: travel to various small worlds and dispel resentment. To stay alive, Chang Ning said this was his old line of work. Without a second thought, he immediately bonded with 666. But when he 17kReads7.2Score993Shelves
22. 172 年 Era Quick Transmigration: The Tool Person Quits 年代快穿：工具人不干了 Ming Mumu名木木Fantastical Romance2.1M WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration: Period Dramas + No Fixed CP + Pocket Dimension + Family Dramas + More Than Twenty Chapters per World] After a high fever awakened her, Lin Yuguo decisively took compensation money from her grandparents and second uncle's family, then spent it on supplies before it had even warmed her hands and began her journey through different eras. Want to make her a sucker and a tool? Not a chance! Let them do whatever they want. She won't do it. What other people do with their lives i 4.5kReads7.4Score162Shelves
23. 173 快 Quick Transmigration: I Follow the Rules, While the Villainess Just Wants to Cause Trouble 快穿守法是我，女配只想祸祸 Immortal White Crane白鹤仙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Period fiction] [No fixed couple] [Not a fast-paced power fantasy] [Spatial dimension] The Alliance’s Cannon Fodder Supporting Female Characters Department is restructuring its teams. They’re short-staffed, so Yuan Xue, who was already on the verge of retirement, gets called back and put in charge of the Period Supporting Female Characters team, along with her retirement-oriented System, A Jin. Yuan Xue looks at the points she just exchanged for cash: A Jin: Master, the d 4.2kReads7.6Score223Shelves
24. 174 年 A Villainess in a Period Quick Transmigration Story Only Wants to Follow the Plot 年代快穿恶毒女配只想走剧情 Classmate Xiao Jin小矜同学Modern Romance728k WordsCompleted {Period quick transmigration, a pampered and wicked heroine with a little conscience, but not much, a touch of a reverse harem, one-on-one romance, an obsessive male lead who becomes crazed and possessive when she leaves him, some worlds where the original heroine is villainized, immersive quick transmigration} Yu Zhi, the only daughter of Immortal Lord Shenyuan, has been adored and spoiled since childhood. Because her birth mother died young, Immortal Lord Shenyuan dotes on her terribly, giving 8.6kReads7.7Score620Shelves
25. 175 八 The 1980s Contrast Group: I Drain the Luck from My Blessed Younger Siblings 八零对照组：我把锦鲤弟妹吸干了 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it’ll rise.) The day Lin Wanxing died, Jiang Fufu crouched in front of her, smiling as sweetly as a spring breeze. “Fourth Sister-in-law, I was the one who killed your whole family. I’ll take good care of your Lin family heirloom jade pendant.” When she opened her eyes again, she was back at the time she was carrying her third child. There was blood beneath her, and the door was locked from the outside. Her mother-in-law called her a bringer of bad luck, and her hu 3kReads5.9Score269Shelves

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    [What][Pouting][Sending a heart]

26. 176 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Little Exorcist Master Who Catches Ghosts, Fights Zombies, and Exorcises Evil

27. 177 史 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 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫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 570Reads7.0Score—Shelves
28. 178 缺 You Rotten System, Don't Stop Me. I'm Going to Make the Female Lead's Mom Die of Filial Piety 缺德系统别拦我，我要孝死女主妈 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out. It may go up later, or it might go down. Hahaha] Reborn as a cannon-fodder character in a story set in a bygone era, I landed in a latrine from the start. The good news: I awakened the [Bad Deeds System]. The bad news: I was in debt for a mountain of Bad Deeds Points. If I didn't pay them back, I'd have to keep being a background character. My biological mother was the heroine? She left after getting into college and went off to the capital to live happily with anoth 986Reads6.0Score—Shelves
29. 179 都 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 Chi Yu Ru Hai池渔洳海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! 1.5kReads8.9Score111Shelves

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    Reborn in 1994, she starts her business from selling porridge and milk tea, building her fortune. A female-centric historical romance novel with no romantic pairing! [Thumbs up]

30. 180 渡 I Became a God After Surviving the Trial of Love 渡情劫后成功封神 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yan, the legitimate daughter of a family of military commanders, came down from the mountains after mastering her art so she could return to her home in the capital and overcome her romantic tribulation. At the city gate, the emperor stopped her and ordered her burned as a sacrifice to Heaven and Earth. She also learned that her birth parents had abandoned her because of rumors calling her an ill-fated poison maiden. To clear her name, Bai Yan took responsibility for treating the plague and 102Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 181 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 313.2kReads9.4Score28.3kShelves
32. 182 七 The Stunning Beauty of the 1970s Turns Her Cold-Faced Officer Husband Into a Henpecked One 七零绝色美人冷面军官沦为妻管严 Ranran's Ran苒苒的苒Modern Romance597k WordsOngoing [Period setting + sweet military romance + transmigration into a book + pocket dimension, which doesn't appear often] A beautiful fair-skinned woman × a cold, reserved military officer who abstains from romance. Both are devoted only to each other. An Ruo has exquisite features and skin as white as snow. She is a true beauty. Cool and distant around others, she's spoiled and always hungry in private. = Oh no! An Ruo realizes she's transmigrated into a book and become a cannon-fodder side charact 911Reads7.7Score299Shelves

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    [Admiration][Admiration] Oh no! An Ruo discovered she'd transmigrated into a book, becoming a cannon fodder female supporting character in a historical romance. Tears welled in An Ruo's eyes; she was terrified. During her family visit, she decided to be careful and leave as soon as her visit ended! Her family visit was almost over. Oh dear~ finally she could go home, but what was with the man trapping her in front of her? Meeting the magnified handsome face before her, An Ruo: "?" Then, a burning voice reached her ear: "Be good, don't go!"

33. 183 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 83kReads9.4Score13.3kShelves
34. 184 随 After Her Mother Remarries, the Little Sweetheart Becomes the Beloved of the Whole Compound 随母改嫁后，小甜宝被家属院团宠 Green Ink Song青墨歌Modern Romance658k WordsCompleted Original title: “After Her Mother Remarried, the Sweetheart Became the Darling of the Family Compound” In her previous life, Huang Tiantian followed her father when he was sent down to the countryside. Using her space, she struggled to survive in the northwest with her father and younger brothers, enduring the hardest years. After returning to the capital, her two younger brothers became successful with her help, and her father followed her advice to become a renowned businessman. She also becam 10.9kReads7.1Score1kShelves

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    Completed ♥ In her previous life, after being sent to the countryside, the female protagonist worked hard to help her father and two younger brothers become wealthy. Her younger sister, however, only believed it was because their father and brothers were successful and, out of jealousy of the protagonist's comfortable life, killed her. The two sisters are reborn, and the younger sister decides to follow the protagonist's path in this life, unaware that she is going astray.

35. 185 大 The Big Shot Brings Supplies and Superpowers to the 1970s, Just to Crush Scumbags 大佬带物资和异能穿七零专虐渣渣 Dreaming of Rain at the Ends of the Earth天涯雨梦Modern Romance845k WordsCompleted [Face-Slapping + Strong Female Lead + Military Marriage + Supply Space + Satisfying Read + No Saintly Doormat + Special Abilities + Powerful Fighting Skills + College Entrance Exam] Five years after the apocalypse began, Tang Muwei has three types of special abilities: lightning, fire, and wood. While killing zombies one day, she is ambushed by the Zombie King and dies with a blade through her heart. After death, her soul transmigrates into the year 1973, an alternate-history era where people ha 11.2kReads8.9Score1kShelves

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    A super good read that combines elements of face-slapping, stockpiling supplies, superpowers, and a female lead who isn't a saint, featuring a time-traveling protagonist.

36. 186 爱 Whatever! I’m Reborn, and I’m Done Putting Up with You! 爱咋咋地，我重生不伺候了！ Honey-Sweet Crunchy Heart蜜糖甜心脆Modern Romance277k WordsCompleted [Reborn + space + period setting + putting scumbags in their place] In her previous life, Tian Tian only understood on her deathbed that the “good girl” her mother wanted her to be was nothing but a shackle that let the family bleed her dry. When her stepsister stole her father’s keepsakes, her mother turned a deaf ear. When her stepfather seized the family property, her mother covered her face and wept. And when someone took her place in the countryside and she was assaulted and killed, all her 290Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist in this book is reborn, drives away her biological mother and stepfather, and takes the house and savings.

37. 187 贤 I Worked Myself to Death as a Perfect Wife and Mother, Then Reborn, I Won Big by Slacking Off 贤妻良母操劳死，重生摆烂赢麻了 Wings of the Stars and Moon星月之羽Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [Complete] [1980s Military Marriage + Cathartic Revenge + Portable Space + Adorable Kids + Vengeance + Family Life] In her previous life, Jiang Wan married Cheng Jinnian to repay a debt of gratitude. She donated part of her liver to save her gravely ill father-in-law, cared for her parents-in-law, and raised their eight unruly nieces and nephews into successful adults. The whole family lived a prosperous, happy life. She worked herself to exhaustion, lost two pregnancies, and was left infertile 8.9kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    🌿She lost her own children twice and devoted herself to raising eight nephews and nieces to be successful. Unexpectedly, in her final moments, they all sent her to her death. 💫Reborn, she will not raise ungrateful nephews and nieces, and will protect the child in her womb.

38. 188 年 A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义 Today Is Jingzhe今日惊蛰Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a 11.7kReads8.1Score682Shelves

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    🌟Gagaga~ These three books are absolutely amazing! The female lead is exquisitely self-serving and extremely selfish? She's not a saint and doesn't do charity work either~ [Exploration] Before her awakening, the female lead was a selfish and wicked person, and even after awakening, she maintains her persona and won't pretend to be a good person just to save face...

39. 189 惊 Astonishing! The Top Scientist Is Being Kept by the Strongest Officer 惊！科研大佬被最强军官吃软饭了 Huang Xiaobai黄小白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + making money + apocalypse powerhouse + romance + military marriage + scientific research] [Also known as: Military Marriage: The Fierce Beauty Goes to the Countryside to Crush Her Enemies Without Taking It Easy] [Content warning: The heroine is extremely protective of her food. She spends the early part of the story in the countryside, for about 450 chapters, before turning to research] [Content warning: There is a male lead, but he 17.5kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    This book is good. Don't be misled by its title, "Tight on your belt, don't raise children; don't do poverty alleviation." The book focuses on rural life in the early part, and scientific research comes later.

40. 190 八 The Green-Tea Nanny of the 1980s: The Capital’s Young Master Keeps Competing for Her 八零绿茶小保姆，京爷他又争又抢 Xie Qingyin谢清音Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted Chen Baozhen is a very unusual kind of green tea gold-digger. She leaves the countryside for the capital to work as a nanny, hoping to land a rich husband and rise to the top overnight. But time and again, Lu Yanzhou, the son of the family she works for, ruins her plans. Everyone sees right through her and knows she’s an idiot, a gold-digger with despicable motives. Chen Baozhen cries in frustration. Then one day, she transmigrates five years into the future. The man draped over her, kissing and 6.8kReads7.9Score904Shelves

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    🍒✨The female lead is sophisticated and self-serving, refusing to support other people's children [smirk][smirk][smirk]. She's a very special kind of green tea country girl who came from the countryside to the capital to work as a nanny, hoping to find a handsome husband and rise to the top. Unexpectedly, on her very first day, she became mortal enemies with the son of her employer. Later, she wakes up five years later and finds herself calling her "my darling wife," who else could it be but her mortal enemy, Lu Yanzhou?

41. 191 首 The Commander Refused to Share a Room with Her for His First Love, So She Was Reborn and Walked Away 首长为白月光不圆房，重生不嫁了 Tong Yuyue童雨月Modern Romance3.8M WordsOngoing Su Niannian has been married to her husband in a military marriage for ten years. His heart belongs only to the woman he has always loved, and he refuses to share a bed with Su Niannian throughout their entire marriage. Even when she is dying of terminal cancer, he refuses to see her. When she opens her eyes again, she has been reborn, back to before their wedding. This time, she doesn’t want to marry him again! 24.5kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves

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    After 10 years of celibacy in a military marriage, the female protagonist only realized how much her husband hated her on her deathbed. Reborn, she marries a high-ranking soldier.

42. 192 老 Granny Quit Her Job to Become a Nanny, Then Took the Whole Household by Storm 老太太裸辞做保姆家里家外杀疯了 Su Hehuan苏合欢Modern Romance2.3M WordsOngoing The drama adaptation, I Became a Legend as a Housekeeper After Retirement, is now streaming on Hongguo. [No CP] [Family and everyday life] [No golden finger] [Gets rich by working as a housekeeper for powerful people] [Leaves her husband and abandons her son and daughter] [Dotes on her daughter-in-law and granddaughter] [Silver-haired heroine] [Quits her job to become a housekeeper] [Plus-size, plain-looking heroine with a laid-back attitude] [Absolutely refuses to lose weight] In her previous l 25.7kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    They're all very frugal, don't support any random people, and are super handsome.

43. 193 七 The 1970s: I Married the Man Who Prayed to the Gods 七零：我嫁给了求神拜佛的那个他 Clear Skies on the Second Day of the Fourth Month四月初二晴Modern Romance556k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Period Setting + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Past and Present Lives + Rebirth + Romance + No Saintly Protagonist + Golden Finger + Pocket Dimension] Blurb: Bai Xiaxia transmigrates to the 1970s, only to have her engagement broken off. The neighbors are all waiting to see her make a fool of herself. To their surprise, before long she's married to someone with even more power and status! She thinks going north to study is a reluctant choice, made after weighing her options —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 194 9 Stabbed to Death by My Own Grandson at 99: Reborn to Spoil My Granddaughter 99岁被亲孙捅死：重生狂宠孙女 Light Rain Passes, Small Lotus Leaves Turn微雨过小荷翻Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Grandmother protagonist + family and neighborhood life + 1970s A runaway ox charges into the courtyard with a crowd of people in tow, catching an adulterous couple in the act. Yang Yuzhen, reborn at forty, pats her ample chest and vows to change her fate. She kicks out her scumbag husband, abandons her ungrateful children and grandchildren, and takes her granddaughter to join her eldest son in the military. In her previous life, her eldest son died tragically on a mission. This time, she’ll save 5.2kReads8.8Score633Shelves
45. 195 重 Reborn in the Sixties: The Cannon-Fodder Younger Sister-in-Law Refuses to Cooperate! 重生六零：炮灰小姑子拒不配合！ Winter and Summer Never Turn Cold冬夏莫凉Modern Romance462k WordsOngoing [1960s setting + reborn for revenge + storage space + advancing the nation through scientific research + love that blossoms over time] In her previous life, Tian Wenjing was cruelly pressured by her family into marrying a rough military officer she didn't love. From that point on, her life began counting down! Only after she died did Tian Wenjing finally realize that everything she'd suffered had been a tragedy carefully orchestrated by someone! And the people responsible... This time, she struc 1.6kReads—Score104Shelves

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    I recommend myself

46. 196 军 The Officer Would Rather Die Than Marry a Fat Woman! Then He Can't Get Enough of Her! 军少宁死不娶肥婆！转头她真香！ Su Hehuan苏合欢Modern Romance563k WordsCompleted [Super-sweet indulgence + face-slapping + two powerful leads + never chasing after a man + 1970s] Su Hehuan, a rare female, transmigrates into the body of a chubby, dark-skinned girl in the 1970s. She jumps into a river to force a marriage with the cold-faced, handsomest young officer in the entire army. At first, her husband despises her: “I’d rather jump off a cliff and kill myself than take a woman like you!” But before long, he can’t help being drawn to her fascinating soul! The cold-faced y 2.4kReads8.6Score280Shelves
47. 197 上 I Suffered Enough in My Past Life! This Time, I Married the Villain and Couldn't Be Happier 上辈子苦够！这辈子嫁反派甜死了 Light Rain Passes, Small Lotus Leaves Turn微雨过小荷翻Modern Romance614k WordsCompleted The short drama Reborn in the 80s: My Assigned Husband Is So Protective is here! The male lead is always shirtless, kissing her, holding her as he runs around shirtless. He's got an ordinary face but a Ferrari body. Watching him gets me so excited. I love this drama! I mean it, go watch it. You'll all love it. [One-on-one, both leads are chaste + reborn male lead is a rough country guy + sweet romance + face-slapping + absolutely no charity + hilarious] In his previous life, Jiang Yunting was ma 1.2kReads8.5Score127Shelves
48. 198 年 A Quick Transmigration Worker in the Underworld 年代快穿之地府打工人 Kong Qing倥青Modern Romance798k WordsCompleted [Male POV]╫ [Period-piece quick transmigration]╫ [Powerful golden finger]╫ [No female lead, no BL]╫ [Patriotic]╫ [No brutal revenge or drawn-out grudges]╫ [Each story under 20,000 words]╪ [Complete] Xu Jinduan died of illness at the age of 87. Thanks to his extraordinary will to survive and the accumulated merits of many lifetimes, he was recruited by the Underworld’s Wish-Granting Bureau. He became a quick-transmigration employee and began his conscientious, temptation-filled and trap-laden ca 3.7kReads8.6Score241Shelves

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    Patriotism, concluded with a dozen or so pages; space, powerful from the start.

49. 199 两 Two Ancient Men Meet in a Novel Set in the 1970s 两个古人在70年代文里相遇了 Xiao Wang Loves Slacking Off小王爱摸鱼Modern Romance389k WordsCompleted Su Wanqing, the noble Marchioness of Yunmeng, dies of postpartum hemorrhage while giving birth. When she regains consciousness, she is on a train carrying educated youth to the countryside. She carefully hides who she is, terrified that people will mistake her for a monster and burn her alive. But old habits are hard to change, and among the people waiting to meet the train is her former fiancé, who broke off their engagement before she transmigrated. He recognizes her at once and begins pursuin 74Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both the male and female leads are from ancient times; the male lead is a reincarnation, while the female lead is not. They support each other in this historical romance novel.

50. 200 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Legitimate Daughter Is a Super Mom 穿七零，嫡女当妈超会养 Green Fish, Green Fish青鱼青鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ancient Times to Modern Day + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Island + Grasslands + Mutual Devotion] After taking revenge for her mother, Song Shuqian, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, arrives in 1968 and becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. She thought she could enjoy life without a care, since her family was wealthy and she was an only child. But in 1968, being a capitalist’s daughter meant danger. To escape her predicament, she impulsively marries Wei Jianguo, a 19.9kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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    There's no need for random acts of kindness; I know what's best for myself.

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