Period Stories With No Children, Ideally With the Female Lead Ending Up Happily Single 年代文，不生孩子，结局独美最好

1. 1 六 The 1960s: Even a Second Marriage Can Help Me Marry Up 六零年代：二婚也要攀高枝 Red Roses and Yellow Floribundas红玫瑰和黄月季Modern Romance712k WordsCompleted [Master of making promises, speaks each person’s language, only wants a good life for herself heroine X handsome, capable, rebellious, insecure, affection-starved hero] [Period setting + reborn + everyday family life + career] A shameful scandal has rocked Li Jia Village. Li Jinhe, who married into the city to live a life of comfort, has been divorced because she can’t have children. Her husband doesn’t want her anymore! Those who once envied her for marrying into the city now turn around and pi 12.1kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds

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   I highly recommend this book. The female lead completely won me over with her personal charm. It was also because of this book that I really wanted to read a period novel where the protagonist doesn't have children. If you know any, please recommend them. After reading this book, I feel like I'll be in a reading slump for a long time. Many years ago, I finished a novel and was in a reading slump for two months. I couldn't read anything else and couldn't find a replacement. I feel the same way about this book now. I really scrutinize every word and read it bit by bit, not wanting to miss a single detail.

2. 2 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s to Love Your Old Self 穿越六零之爱你老己 Meng Po Who Loves Savory Flower Rolls爱吃油盐花卷的孟婆Modern Romance152k WordsOngoing [No CP] [An Exam-Obsessed Small-Town Girl in the 1960s] [No Sent-Down-to-the-Countryside Plot] [No Vicious Characters Causing Trouble] [Period Flavor] [The heroine has a strong sense of self and loves herself most. There will be plotlines where she helps others, mainly young women, because it's such a shame how women were treated in that era. Don't expect her to play the saint from the very beginning.] [A Slow-Burn Story About the Heroine's Own Romantic Journey] At last, a System has chosen me! 472Reads—Score10514d adds

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   Let me give you a shout-out to my own life: I'm single, I don't have children, I went to school and university, and I don't have any awful relatives to bother me.

3. 3 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, This Cannon Fodder Won't Accept Her Fate 穿越到七零后炮灰绝不认命 Li Doesn't Quite Understand李不太懂Modern Romance304k WordsOngoing [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + System + ensemble cast + no romance + no going to the countryside] Modern rich beauty Li Zhaodi transmigrates into a book after a plane crash, landing in a period novel as a minor cannon-fodder character! Her whole family are bit-part cannon fodder in someone else's story. Her mother is pressured into remarrying, so she makes the real culprit marry instead. Her sister is tricked into marriage and wants to die. This time, it’s her brother-in-law who wa 1.8kReads—Score22914d adds

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   No romantic partner, no children, no rural life.

4. 4 谁 Who Says You Have to Get Married in a Period Novel? 谁说年代文一定要结婚了 Feng Xu风溆Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted [Just Started Getting Ratings] No CP + period setting + ensemble cast The heroine studies mechanical manufacturing. As an observer, Song Rujue watches another “Song Rujue” grow up. She watches her go from babbling as a toddler to vowing to serve her country, then to using every underhanded tactic to get a married man, and finally to being tricked and dying a miserable death in the countryside. The book, "Military Marriage in the Seventies: After Marrying a Rough-Hewn Man, I Was Spoiled Rotten", 2.5kReads8.0Score18814d adds

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   No romantic pairings, no rural life, and no being a sent-down youth.

5. 5 她 Her Walled-In World 她的围城 Su Laosan素老三Modern Romance5.0M WordsOngoing This book is based on a true story. It's not a wish-fulfillment novel, and it is slow-paced. In the 1990s, Jing An gets married. Unsure yet hopeful about marriage, she endures her in-laws' schemes and her sister-in-law's attempts to drive a wedge between her and her husband. At last, she and Jiuguang make it through their difficult adjustment period, and she thinks a brighter future is finally within reach. But that light is stolen by another woman. And so begins a battle of schemes and rivalr 29.1kReads9.2Score79114d adds

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   This is a historical fiction story about a woman's struggles and awakening, and how she overcomes obstacles and strives to achieve her dreams after breaking free from her predicament.

6. 6 穿 I Became the Cannon Fodder Ex-Wife of the Male Lead in an Era Novel 穿成年代文男主的炮灰前妻 A Watermelon-Loving Chara一只爱吃瓜的猹Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Shen Yi’an was an orphan who made a living writing web novels. She never expected a stroke of incredible luck to win her five million yuan. After buying a house, she still had four million left. Just as Shen Yi’an was ready to lie flat, she woke up to find herself in the middle of childbirth. What kind of nightmare was this? Not only was she giving birth, it was the 1970s. Unmarried and in labor, she experienced the agony of being torn apart, then realized she had transmigrated into a book. The 62.5kReads8.2Score5.5k14d adds

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   Isn't that it? The female lead transmigrates and is forced to become a "babysitter," not wanting to live at all. With a farm as her advantage, she provides resources, recuperates, and uses her avant-garde teaching methods and philosophies to gradually escape the vampire family of the male lead, progressing to the town, the city, getting into Peking University, starting a business, and immediately divorcing the man once she's successful. Her business grows huge, and she lives a beautiful life on her own. Nice! (But hey, raising children and the female lead's continuous leveling up and overcoming challenges is very enjoyable, though it can be a bit tiring. The female lead's journey never stops; she gets into university, does research, contributes to her country's development, and even goes abroad. It's quite good.)

7. 7 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance640k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 33.7kReads8.2Score3.2k14d adds

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   No romantic pairing! The female lead gets into a vocational school and is assigned to a state-owned factory. A heartwarming slice-of-life story + her modern mechanical knowledge and hard work in her career. 😘😘😘😘

8. 8 重 Back to the 1970s: A Village Girl's Path Beyond the World 重回七零年代，村女的破界之路 Green Grain Shining on the Fields青禾照野Modern Romance270k WordsOngoing [Elderly woman + reborn + 1970s + dumping a scumbag + no romance + family life + spatial storage] After being angered to death at the age of seventy, Zhou Qiuying is reborn in 1975. In 1975 in her previous life, Zhou Qiuying was an eighteen-year-old country girl. She gave up her secure job as an elementary school teacher to marry an educated youth sent down to the countryside. In return, her husband cruelly abandoned her after passing the college entrance exam, and her loved ones died tragical 179Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A high-quality period novel, no children, no romantic pairings, highly recommended.

9. 9 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! 1.4kReads8.9Score11514d adds

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   This book is about not having children and enjoying life alone.

10. 10 我 I Became a Butcher, and You Say I'm the Real Heiress? 我成杀猪匠了，你说我是真千金 Su Miaomiao苏苗苗Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Beloved by the Whole Family + Making a Fortune + Strong Female Lead] Su Miaomiao had slaughtered pigs for eighteen years when she was suddenly told she was the daughter of a high-ranking officer. She was so shocked she nearly dropped her butcher's knife. Then, as soon as she got home, she was told she was going to be sent down to the countryside. Well, she hadn't enjoyed a single day of good fortune, yet all the misfortune had landed on her. At least her family doted on her. He 72.4kReads8.7Score5.6k14d adds

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    It's so beautiful, so beautiful!

11. 11 穿 I Transmigrate into a Book as a Middle-Aged Woman, Just as the Heroine Tries to Steal My Golden Finger 穿书成大妈，女主正想抢夺金手指 Nian Lianqiu念莲秋Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book, Period Setting, Pocket Dimension, Punish the Scum, No Whitewashing, No Forgiveness! A Touch of Ensemble Cast, Domestic Life, Building a Career] [No CP: No divorce, only widowhood! Sisters, let's not give her another man later, okay? Men are poison, and old men are even less worth bothering with. Let's not let them mess with our Hua!] Liu Xiaohua, a woman past the usual age for marriage, was forcibly sent by the System into a period novel. In an instant, she became the 14.3kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds
12. 12 带 I Returned to the '90s with a Tycoon System to Spoil Myself 带着神豪系统回到90养自己 Mo Duo moreduo莫多moreduoModern Romance38k WordsCompleted I Returned to the '90s with a Tycoon System to Take Care of Myself 700Reads—Score—14d adds

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    No CP era

13. 13 六 The 1960s: She Decides to Go to Hong Kong to Find Her Family 六零：寄人篱下的她决定赴港寻亲 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance301k WordsOngoing [Alternate-history period drama + business in Hong Kong + no rural relocation + pocket dimension] Lu Haiyi, who was gravely ill, died, but then she came back to life. In other words, she hit the jackpot and got to transmigrate with the times. The bad news: she transmigrated into a terrible situation. She’s now a seventeen-year-old girl living under someone else’s roof and entirely dependent on them. There’s good news, too: her birth mother didn’t abandon her, and sends money home from Hong Kong 12Reads8.5Score—14d adds

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    Please stop recommending the same book over and over again 🥺 I'll block you if I see this.

14. 14 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s to Live the Good Life 穿越七零姐是来享福的 Drawing Circles Round and Round圆圈画圆Modern Romance752k WordsCompleted Period setting + space + toxic heroine + no children + no supporting the poor + 1v6 + all male leads are untouched The heroine has a strong sense of entitlement. She’s a toxic woman: self-serving, polished, skilled at acting and lying, shameless, and morally questionable. Xu Chang’an is about to have her kidneys harvested when an explosion sends her into a parallel world. Good news: Her kidneys are still there. Bad news: The explosion killed her. Good news: She’s alive again. Bad news: It’ 2.8kReads8.9Score22714d adds

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    Anti-cliché period novel, no childbirth, no raising children, multiple male leads

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