Any 1980s Stories with an Outstanding Male Lead Who Only Loves the Female Lead? 八零，有没有那种男主很优秀，而只喜欢女主的书

1. 51 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won’t Marry an Officer, I’ll Marry a Rich Playboy 重生八零：不嫁军官，嫁纨绔 Wu Jiayunbei武家云北Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + sweet romance + pampered life as a wealthy family’s daughter-in-law in the 1980s] In her past life, Jiang Xianli was set up by her twin sister and married a man who married into wealth for his own benefit, while her sister took her place and married a spoiled rich heir. After the wedding, her husband was specially recruited into a military academy and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. Jiang Xianli became the official’s wife whom every woman envied. But her sist 106.2kReads9.1Score6.2k14d adds

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   It's really good! The plot is fresh and not cliché. Highly recommend it! 😘😘

2. 52 年 The 1970s: A Country Bride Moves to the City to Become a Factory Worker 年代，乡下小媳妇进城当工人 Yi Jia Er Shi Yi易加二十一Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + married first, love later + family squabbles + portable space + the heroine won't take abuse and fights back] Xia Yang was born under an unlucky star. She merely called someone a jinx, and the petty crow immortal smacked her with a wing, sending her to 1971 and into a novel about a rugged country man doting on his wife. She transmigrated into the gluttonous third sister-in-law of the male lead, who was supposed to die on her wedding day. The moment she opened her eyes 9kReads9.0Score62814d adds
3. 53 七 The 1970s: After PUAing My Awful In-Laws, I Gave Up Trying 七零：她PUA极品婆家后摆烂了 One Two Mione贰miModern Romance379k WordsCompleted A retired special forces soldier and successful businessman, Su Su had already reached the pinnacle of life. Then she woke up one day and found herself back before the reforms. On her very first day, she ended up in bed with her good-for-nothing husband, leaving her feeling utterly defeated and full of resentment. Luckily, her husband was handsome, so she could put up with his other flaws for now. Su Su began her grand campaign of manipulation and empty promises. There was no way she was going t 737Reads7.4Score10514d adds
4. 54 八 To Avoid Disaster, the Village Belle Marries the Village Bully and Asks Him for a Baby 八零村花为避祸嫁村霸，邀他生崽 Little Spinning Top小陀螺转转Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted [Delicate village beauty + rugged man + adored by all + cozy romance + having a baby + childhood sweethearts] Su Yunqi was famous throughout the surrounding villages for being a delicate beauty. Unfortunately, the Su family had little power and couldn't protect her. When a rich hooligan took a fancy to her, they had no choice but to hastily marry her off to a rugged man from the neighboring village, an even bigger village bully and hooligan. He was five years older than her, and they'd grown u 15.2kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
5. 55 军 A Sweet Military Marriage and Life on an Island for a Lovely Beauty 军婚甜如蜜，俏美人的海岛生活 Cong Xuan丛萱Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted [1980s setting + no golden finger + transmigrate + island life + military marriage + food + sweet romance] Lu Ting has barely woken up when she realizes she has transmigrated into a book. There’s even a reborn woman in the story who has her in her sights. Determined to turn her fate around, Lu Ting refuses to go to the countryside as an educated youth. Instead, she immediately attends a matchmaking event organized by the authorities. She finds herself a suitable husband and gets married in a fla 8kReads8.8Score49914d adds

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   Super good-looking and super exciting

6. 56 穿 Transmigrate to the 1980s, Make Money, Win His Heart, and Raise the Kids 穿越八零年代，挣钱撩汉养崽崽 Slightly Tipsy with Orange Flavor橘子味微醺Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [No golden finger in this book. Readers who prefer pocket-dimension or System stories should steer clear. The heroine isn’t a self-sacrificing saint, the hero is warm and devoted, there are adorable kids, and few awful characters.] After a nap, Qin Man woke up to find she had transmigrated to the 1980s and become a woman whose identity was unknown. Apparently, the woman she had become was a simpleton, married to the village heartthrob, who was attending university, and had a lovely pair of twins 7kReads9.1Score39814d adds

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   It's really good! The male lead is incredibly doting on the female lead.

7. 57 七 The 1970s: The Glamorous Heiress Transmigrates into a Book with a Trillion-Dollar Fortune 七零：美艳娇气包带千亿资产穿书 A Duo u阿哆uModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The young lady never lived through that era, so you can't expect her to have the same spending habits as ordinary people. [Not a poverty-relief story] [Sweet romance + period setting + transmigrate into a book + golden finger + feel-good power fantasy] [Both are virgins, one-on-one romance] Shanghai–Beijing–Hong Kong [Warning: The heroine is spoiled and not truly kind or beautiful inside! The hero is a lovesick fool! Don't get hung up on prices! If there are any plot holes, just treat them as au 24.9kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds

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   Historical fiction, completed. All stories are very sweet and indulgent.

8. 58 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 94.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds
9. 59 开 From the Start, I Reported My Stepfather, Then the Frail Villainess Was Doted on in the Countryside 开局举报继父，病弱女配下乡被宠 Feng Ling lI风灵lIModern Romance759k WordsCompleted [Space + System + Sweet Romance + Frail Heroine + Rugged Hero] Qiao Qingdai was an utterly ordinary office worker. She was 25 and had been single for years. One day, after work, she decided to treat herself. Instead, a woman fell from the sky and crushed her to death. She drifted around with a soul-reaper from the underworld for a while before realizing that they had taken the wrong soul... After a furious argument, Qiao Qingdai happily took the loot she’d scored: a treasure chest System and a p 18.8kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
10. 60 过 Far Too Clingy 过分缠绵 Nine of Them玖之Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short dramas “Charming Oriole” and “Riding the Spring Tide” are now streaming. [Bold, bewitching flirtatious vixen VS cool, refined young heir to a wealthy family] Xia Jin is the least welcome member of the Xia family. She is an illegitimate daughter, but not the child of a mistress. Mrs. Xia sees her as a thorn in her side, while her half-sister, Xia An'an, treats her like a family dog, beating, scolding, and riding her whenever she pleases... They wish they could grind her into the mud, bu 7.4kReads9.1Score91014d adds

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    A beautiful, timid, and pitiful female lead with a cunning and irresistibly handsome male lead.

11. 61 渣 After My Scumbag Ex Was Stolen, I Thrived in the Military Compound 渣男被抢后我在军区大院蒸蒸日上 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Devoted, tough soldier husband + pampered heiress] [One couple, faithful to each other] Su Ying is reborn at nineteen, right at the scene where she catches someone cheating. Before anyone arrives, she makes a deal with the “other man” in front of her: they’ll get married. Next, she methodically kicks the scumbag to the curb, exposes her green-tea sister for what she is in front of everyone, and places a newspaper notice severing her mother-daughter relationship. In this new life, if you can go 18.1kReads9.3Score2.5k14d adds

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    This book features a very capable female lead; it's a story of two strong characters. At the beginning, the female lead is reborn back to her younger self, just in time to catch her husband cheating on her. She exposes the true colors of the scumbag on the spot.

12. 62 枕 Whispers from the Pillow 枕边风 Coconut Milk Coffee椰奶咖啡Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [Sweetness warning: no angst throughout + intensely flirtatious interactions + both leads devoted to each other and each other’s first love] A mysterious power player in Beijing × a sweet, timid little flirt Zhou Qiwen fell in love with Wen Shiyan at first sight at a banquet. When he caught her secretly looking at him, she even boldly complimented his looks. She had thought he was an unreachable moon, but by a twist of fate, he was entrusted with taking care of her daily needs. As the saying goe 499Reads9.2Score10514d adds

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    The plot is original and unconventional, which I really love! It's so fresh and addictive. Sisters looking for something to read should definitely check this out.

13. 63 首 He Asked for a Divorce on His First Night Home, Then Kissed Her Until She Cried 首长回家第一晚提离婚，被亲哭了 I'm the Baby Here我才是宝宝Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn military marriage + winning back his wife + antique bargains + dazzling beauty vs. aloof heartthrob] In her previous life, Zhu Suisui fell for Lu Lanxu at first sight. Of all the Lu family members, she chose the most outstanding heir to be her husband. She thought that if she worked hard to be a good Mrs. Lu, one day Lu Lanxu would love her. But she had overestimated herself. She simply couldn’t warm his heart. For twenty years, they treated each other with respect, but he felt only a se 30.1kReads9.1Score2.9k14d adds

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    Although it's a classic "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" story, the male lead is still pretty good.

14. 64 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 200.8kReads9.2Score14k14d adds

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    The male lead is from a privileged family, exceptionally talented, and eventually joins the army, becoming an officer and captain of a special forces unit, dedicating himself to his country. The female lead is the found heiress, but only her mother rejects her; her father and younger brother love her dearly. The male lead has liked her since high school, but she is unaware. They miss their chance in college when she starts dating another outstanding man, breaks up with him while he's studying abroad, and decisively pursues her, ultimately winning her heart.

15. 65 恶 The Wicked Villainess's Contract Is Up: Commander, Please Divorce Me! 恶毒女配契约到期，首长请离婚！ Lin Yumu林雨沐Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted (Transmigration into a book + military marriage + no golden finger) She transmigrates into a novel as a cannon-fodder supporting female character who gets killed off halfway through the first episode. In just two hundred words, the story kills off all four members of her family! Ha! If she has to play this cannon fodder, then she won’t hold back! A forged letter is supposed to make her break off her engagement? She gives a sweet smile and faints right in front of the male lead. Grandpa comes to 31Reads7.0Score—14d adds

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    Yue Qingli x Mu Zhanjiang: A career-driven female lead who relentlessly seduces the male lead. Yue Qingli transmigrates into a novel as a cannon fodder female supporting character who dies after only half an episode. She writes a 200-word essay that kills off her entire family. Yue Qingli chuckles. Since she's already playing the villainous female supporting role, she might as well make the most of her remaining strength. The female lead writes a letter, demanding she break off the engagement. She turns around and falls gracefully in front of the male lead. "A one-month contract marriage. You fulfill your grandfather's last wish, and I want to move my household registration back to the capital! A simple contract is nothing compared to this!" Mu Zhanjiang smiles slightly, "Just don't regret it." The female lead is making a killing. The male lead: Huh? Can't you see me?

16. 66 重 Back to the 1980s: After I Left, the Young Officer Regretted It Too Late 重回八零，我走后军少他后悔莫及 A Little Panda一只小熊猫Modern Romance9k WordsCompleted Back in the 1980s, the Young Officer Regretted Losing Me 497Reads—Score614d adds

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    Short story after being reborn in the 1980s

17. 67 重 Reborn, I Gave Up My Engagement to the Commanding Officer 重生后我放弃了首长未婚夫 Xiaoxiang Rain潇湘雨Modern Romance14k WordsCompleted After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Engagement to the Commander 168Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 68 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 44.4kReads9.5Score5k14d adds

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    I found a few that I thought were good, sweet coming-of-age stories, very enjoyable to watch, the male lead isn't a kept man, and they're all good.

19. 69 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 86.6kReads9.4Score5.2k14d adds
20. 70 带 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s, Snacking on Sunflower Seeds to Get By 带着空间穿七零，磕着瓜子混日子 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 28.5kReads9.2Score3.2k14d adds
21. 71 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86.1kReads9.5Score9.8k14d adds
22. 72 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: That Couple's Both a Little Crazy 七零军婚：那两口子都有点癫 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Inventory Space + Comedy + Wish Fulfillment + Two Golden Fingers] Ruan Qiqi spent ten years being treated for an illness, and her condition was perfectly stable. After leaving the hospital, she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, into the body of a country girl who has just been dumped by her scumbag fiancé. Nearly everyone around her is awful. But she isn't afraid. She has a space packed with supplies, a golden finger, and nine lives, so she can do whatever she wants with 46.8kReads9.2Score5.8k14d adds
23. 73 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1980s and Became the Female Lead Who Sold Her Child for Food 穿书八零：我成了卖儿换粮的女配 A Wisteria Vine一支藤萝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reading Guide: Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + Adorable Kids + System + Business] Jiang Zhi is fabulously wealthy and an excellent cook, the very picture of a winner in life. Jiang Zhizi has fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs, but a terrible reputation and barely a penny to her name. Her one redeeming quality: she can have children. Jiang Zhi transmigrates into a book and becomes Jiang Zhizi. Jiang Zhi: Eyes wide in shock! What? Jiang Zhizi forced herself on a man? What? Jiang 28kReads9.2Score4k14d adds

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    This kind of period drama is really good. It's about a female protagonist who travels back to the 1980s and flirts and dotes on a young soldier.

24. 74 睁 I Opened My Eyes to Eight-Packs, and the Young Educated Youth Was Dazed 睁眼就是八块腹肌，小知青迷糊了 Yan Mo颜墨Modern Romance573k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple in both lives + Sweet romance + Storage space + Face-slapping + The hero is incredibly doting ❤️] The moment she opened her eyes, Ji Qingzhou found herself reborn in the arms of Xie Yanbei, the future head of the military region, with her clothes in disarray. From the start, she was caught in a supposed affair! Armed with memories of her previous life, she turned the tables on the spot, sent the culprit straight to prison for a harsh sentence, and immediately filed a report to ma 1.1kReads9.1Score15014d adds
25. 75 重 Reborn on Her Wedding Night, the Commander’s Young Wife Runs Off with Her Child 重生新婚夜，首长小媳妇带崽跑了 Third-Place Three Cats探花三喵Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Military Marriage + Rekindled Romance + Husband's Long Road to Winning Her Back] Jiang Yu was reborn. In her previous life, a childhood betrothal arranged by their parents had lifted the village girl Jiang Yu into a whole new world. She married the grandson of a powerful official in the capital. Although her husband was usually stern and distant toward her, Jiang Yu believed that sincerity would be met with sincerity, and that she could eventually warm his heart. But after seven years 2.8kReads8.4Score24414d adds
26. 76 甜 Sweet Romance in the 1980s: With Space, the Plump Wife Brings Her Husband Good Fortune and Cultivates Immortality 甜宠八零有空间：旺夫肥妻要修仙 Feng Qingyan凤倾颜Modern Romance739k WordsCompleted (Strong Male and Female Leads + Sweet Romance + Spatial Powers + Cultivation) When Feng Qing woke up, she found herself in the 1980s, in the body of a poor village girl who was overweight and dark-skinned, and constantly bullied and beaten by her stepmother. Since she was here, she might as well make the best of it. As a mighty cultivator, she refused to believe she couldn't make a living in this little mountain village. She could lose some weight, make some money, and refine some pills. Life wa 1.6kReads9.2Score19714d adds
27. 77 军 Sweet Military Marriage: The Pretty Army Wife Makes a Fortune in the 1980s 军婚甜蜜蜜：俏军嫂在八零赚麻了 Xing Yuyan邢毓晏Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is now available Original title: Sweet Military Marriage: The Pretty Military Wife Makes a Fortune in the 1980s Zuo Jingyan had achieved financial independence and was ready to enjoy life as a wealthy, beautiful woman. Then a car accident sent her back to 1980, and things got off to a rocky start! She became a notorious nuisance, causing so much trouble that everyone in the compound avoided her. Her military husband was determined to d 21kReads9.5Score3.5k14d adds
28. 78 八 In the 1980s, I Remarried a Sickly Man, and My Mother-in-Law Gave Me Ten Billion 八零改嫁病秧子，婆婆给我一百亿 Jin Yu锦喻Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Ning was obsessed with a scumbag and met a tragic end. Reborn in the 1980s, she marries Gu Tianheng, the infertile man next door. She immediately becomes the village joke. “Jiang Ning’s a huge, fat pig. I wonder if she’ll crush Gu Tianheng to death. He can barely even catch his breath…” But then… A year later, Jiang Ning, who used to weigh 160 pounds, has transformed into a delicate beauty with fair skin and a soft figure. And Gu Tianheng, who could barely breathe, is now strong and sturdy 242Reads9.2Score10614d adds
29. 79 军 The Officer's Seduction: I Get by in the Eighties by Acting Crazy 军官撩人：我靠发癫在八零吃肉 Thousandfold Deity千千神Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + period setting + System + face-slapping + sweet romance] In her previous life, Lu Yunxiang was taken advantage of from beginning to end by her cousin, a woman who seemed as pure and mild as a chrysanthemum, and who presented herself as kind and self-sacrificing. The job Lu Yunxiang had worked so hard to earn through exams was given away by her cousin to someone else. Her cousin signed her up to go down to the countryside, leaving her to endure endless hardships in the rural 12.1kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
30. 80 穿 After She Transmigrates Into a Book Set in the 1980s, She Marries a Tycoon and Gets Deliberately Flirted With 穿书八零，她嫁大佬后被蓄意撩拨 Qian Yu黔渔Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Book Transmigration] [Period] [Sweet romance] [Chaste hero] [Theatrical heroine] [Aloof hero] When Xia Ruanruan opens her eyes, she has become a country bumpkin who’s ruining the aloof heartthrob. Everyone looks down on her, and Xia Ruanruan feels miserable. But now that she’s transmigrated, she has to keep moving forward. She didn’t choose to end up here, but it seems she has no say in going back, either. So Xia Ruanruan does her best to play the good girl (and suck up). One sweet “Baby” is al 2.5kReads9.0Score21914d adds
31. 81 七 A Mad Couple in the 1970s 七零年代疯批夫妇 The Colorful Xue Jingfei色彩缤纷的薛静妃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 106.5kReads9.3Score10.8k14d adds
32. 82 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 105.5kReads9.4Score9.8k14d adds
33. 83 穿 Transmigrated into a Pitiful Girl in the 1960s, She Uses Her Wood Powers to Grow Crops 穿成六零小可怜，木系异能搞种植 Zhou Bei洲北Modern Romance884k WordsCompleted Lin Qi came from the apocalypse to the 1960s and entered the body of a simple-minded girl who had starved to death. Even after half a year, she still couldn’t fully control a body that wasn’t originally hers. Her movements were slow, she had trouble speaking, and her eyes were often vacant and unfocused… So people outside started saying: The Lin family’s third child isn’t crazy anymore, but she’s become mentally disabled. Either way, she was still a fool. The fool Lin Qi became a stumbling block 10.9kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
34. 84 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: Marry a Rough-Hewn Man with My Pocket Dimension 穿书七零：带着空间嫁糙汉 Growing Flowers养花花Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, she discovers that while other people are the real heiresses from the city who were mistakenly switched at birth, she is a country girl who was raised in the city for eighteen years before anyone realized the mix-up. Now back in the countryside, she pulls her weight at every job, and everything from food to clothes requires ration coupons. Luckily, she has a magical space. Being penniless is no problem: whatever others have, she can copy, and he 2.8kReads9.1Score23614d adds
35. 85 重 Reborn in the Nineties: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady 重生九零之向着包租婆的人生狂奔 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Also known as: Reborn in the 1990s: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady) (Also known as: Reborn Housewife: Mom, Dad's Acting Up Again) After Shen Xiaojun divorced, she had a dream and found herself back twenty years in the past. Back then, she was only twenty-five, yet already the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter was six, her younger daughter four, and her little boy had just turned one month old. Xiaojun's head spun. Did she really have to live through all of this again? For her chil 28.5kReads9.4Score3k14d adds
36. 86 八 The Wicked Little Darling of the 1980s Has the Powerful Man Hooked, and Now He Can't Get Enough 八零坏娇娇勾到大佬后真香了 Lollipop for a Little Lolita萝莉抱抱糖Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + a wicked seductress + a factory director’s rise to wealth] Tao Yu is beautiful and bold. On the surface, she’s gentle, quiet, and perfectly normal, but deep down she’s a wicked little black-hearted dumpling. She transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself in a poor, overcrowded courtyard compound, struggling just to get by. She and the favored son of heaven, Song Hecheng, are worlds apart and should never have crossed paths. But in the factory director’s office, she smiles so 2kReads9.0Score22514d adds
37. 87 别 Don't Be Fooled, She Only Looks Like a Sweet Little Darling 别被骗了，她只是外表像个小娇娇 Xiao Xianyao小仙妖娆Modern Romance332k WordsCompleted [Period setting + educated youth + superpowers + farming + transmigrate into a book] Interstellar powerhouse Jiang Yue dies and wakes up as a pitiful girl in the 1970s, unloved by both her father and mother. Faced with the prospect of being forced to go to the countryside in her older sister’s place, Jiang Yue decides that everyone should handle their own affairs. She even manages to find a job for herself, hoping to escape the fate of being sent down. Unexpectedly, her own sister secretly regis 5.8kReads8.7Score87014d adds
38. 88 不 I’m Done Pretending: After Winning the Factory Director’s Favor, I’m Completely Sold 不装了，抱上厂长大腿后我真香了 December Yo十二月呦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Jiang Yang opened her eyes, she was not only married, she also had a sixteen-year-old son. Her husband was the thirty-five-year-old director of a steel mill, and her stepson was a high school sophomore. A month ago, Ruan Wenli, who had been single for years, quietly announced his marriage. His lovely wife was a boiler-room worker more than ten years his junior, and the news shocked the entire third-tier city. Jiang Yang returned home and saw a tall, slender figure who had suddenly appeared 7kReads8.7Score57114d adds
39. 89 九 Nineties Hong Kong: I Woke Up as a Kidnapped Heiress's Sister-in-Law 九零香江：睁眼穿成被绑豪门大嫂 Beauty Plucking Stars美人摘星Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Chen Rou first met Nie Zhao during a counterterrorism case involving a wealthy Hong Kong family. He had been Hong Kong’s undisputed richest man for years and was a powerful figure renowned across the region. Even with both legs crippled and confined to a wheelchair, even in his fifties with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he still radiated sharpness and intelligence. Three generations of Chen Rou’s family had served in the police. Her father died in the war on drugs, and she had once b 23.5kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds

    Reader note

    There are so many! These are all historical fiction novels; I've read plenty of them, all rated 9.3 or higher. Take your pick!

40. 90 七 The Seventies: Reborn, I’m Doted on in Every Way by the Strongest Officer 七零，重生后我被最强军官花样宠 Chu Ningqi楚凝七Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted husband + Space System] Her cousin schemed to land a handsome, wealthy officer with an incredibly powerful family background, hoping to sleep with him and use her body to keep him under her thumb. Gu Xiaoxi was reborn once more. She decisively stopped the handsome, drugged man who had barged into her bathroom... She seized the chance to marry the army’s most promising officer, “General Lu the Devil,” and packed her bags to join 64.1kReads9.2Score8.7k14d adds
41. 91 八 The 1980s: After Breaking Off My Engagement, the Cold Military Officer Spoils Me Like No Other 八零，退婚后高冷军官宠我如命 Feng Qingyan凤倾颜Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted {Alternate setting, historical era, two strong leads} In her previous life, she endured countless hardships and finally managed to start over, only to be framed and thrown in prison, plunging into an endless abyss. When she woke again, she found herself back at the beginning, once more the ugly, dark-skinned, chubby girl she used to be. Since heaven had given her another chance, she would never repeat her past mistakes. In this life, everyone who had hurt her before would pay the price. “I’m her 12.5kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds
42. 92 绝 His Stunning Wife Has Given Birth Again, and the Commander Comes Every Night to Soothe the Baby 绝美娇妻又生了，首长夜夜来哄娃 Wangwang Snow Cakes Are So Tasty旺旺雪饼超好吃Modern Romance586k WordsCompleted Completed [One devoted couple + a sweet marriage in the 1970s + military marriage + swapped marriages + cozy everyday romance + family life] After taking a nap, Shen Zhiyou suddenly discovered that the world she lived in was actually a book, and she was the brainless, malicious second female lead whose only purpose was to drive the plot! In the book, she was practically possessed, insisting on marrying Jiang Wenbin no matter what. After the wedding, Jiang Wenbin thought she was filthy and made h 23.8kReads9.3Score2.8k14d adds
43. 93 六 The 1960s: Why Is My Whole Family Full of Villains? 六零，我全家都是反派怎么了？ Cheng Xiaomai程小麦Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The short dramas "In the 1960s, Why Is My Entire Family of Villains in Everyone's Way?" and "The 1960s: Why Is My Whole Family So Awful?" are now available. [Period Setting] [Entire Family Are Villains] [Spatial Dimension] Lin Qiqi transmigrated into a Period novel. Her whole family was made up of awful people who leeched off the female lead's family. After offending them, her entire family died! Lin Qiqi summed up the lesson: In the novel, her whole family died because they were twisted, but no 12.1kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds

    Reader note

    The first and fourth books are worth reading twice; the others are also worth checking out, they're all quite good!

44. 94 带 Lounging Around in a Period Novel With a Fortune in Supplies 带着百亿物资在年代文里摆烂 A Red Hearth一盏红炉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yan worked tirelessly on missions across different planes, and finally saved enough points to apply for a peaceful retirement. She had planned to enjoy her retirement as a happy slacker, armed with a hundred billion worth of supplies. But who could have guessed the System would malfunction, and she would be reborn in the 1970s, an era of severely underdeveloped productivity? Here, there was always some troublemaker trying to harm her. Her retirement was ruined. Not only did she have to toil 8.2kReads9.1Score77214d adds
45. 95 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 102.5kReads9.6Score10.2k14d adds
46. 96 女 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 15.2kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
47. 97 穿 On My 1980s Wedding Night, I Transmigrate and Marry a Poor, Rough Man with a Pocket Dimension 穿到八零新婚夜，带空间嫁穷糙汉 Little Golden Monkey小金猴Modern Romance890k WordsCompleted Jiang Mi is a catering magnate. She brings a warehouse space stocked with billions’ worth of supplies back to the 1980s, where she marries an impoverished man with two younger siblings in tow. They can barely manage one meal to the next, and their ramshackle house could collapse at any moment. Everyone thinks Jiang Mi has drawn a terrible lot in life, saddled with a man like this and doomed to misery forever. Jiang Mi rolls up her sleeves and sets about helping them grow into their potential. Sh 2.1kReads9.2Score28514d adds

    Reader note

    It's very good, highly recommended!

48. 98 八 An Eighties Beauty with Radiant Skin Marries a Ten-Thousand-Yuan Household and Raises Their Kids 八零凝肌美人，嫁个万元户养崽崽 Old Cat Loves Meat老猫爱吃肉Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Stepmother + Age Gap + Love After Marriage + The Husband’s Long Road to Winning Her Back] Note: The children are not the male lead’s! The moment she opens her eyes, Shu Yun finds herself at a wedding, having transmigrated into the body of a fake heiress who is about to marry a twenty-eight-year-old man with a bunch of burdensome children. She assumes the older man will be bald, potbellied, and uneducated, only to discover that he is tall, muscular, and sporting abs. Perpetua 1.1kReads9.1Score12414d adds
49. 99 小 The Little Fish Spirit Raises Kids in the 1980s 小鱼精在八零养崽崽 Liang Mo Yun Zhou凉沫云舟Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After cultivating for eight hundred years, a little fish spirit fails to leap through the Dragon Gate and is reborn in the body of Fu Yunxiu, a lazy glutton from the 1980s. She also has two little babies to raise. She’s never even laid eggs. How could she possibly raise children! Every time she abandons them, she gets struck by lightning. Every time she tries to run, her demon core explodes. With no other choice, she can only nurse the children through her tears. The family is poor? No problem. 355Reads9.0Score10014d adds

    Reader note

    These are all books where the male and female protagonists are very much in love, and the male protagonist only loves the female protagonist. Of course, there are also a few books from the 1970s, but they are all very good.

50. 100 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 7.7kReads8.7Score49514d adds

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