Period Romance: Married First, Fell in Love Later. The Female Lead Is Sweet and Delicate, and the Male Lead Is a Rough-and-Ready Professor or Soldier 年代文先婚后爱女主娇娇软软的男主糙汉教授军人
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My Abs-Showing Soldier Won't Leave Me Alone, and the Seventies Are Filled with Passion 腹肌兵哥缠人,在七零日日笙歌
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
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The 1980s Army Officer Came Looking, and I Can No Longer Hide Our Secret Child 八零军官找来,偷生的崽藏不住啦
Synopsis: Shen Yuhuan, heir to a family of doctors, died while bravely coming to someone's aid. Her greatest regret was never having had a boyfriend. When she opened her eyes, she found a man beside her whose looks and physique were exactly her type. Had Heaven decided to grant her wish in a dream because she'd risked her life to save someone?!!! But after she'd had her way with him, she discovered this wasn't a dream at all. She had transmigrated! She'd arrived in the parallel timeline of the
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A Military Marriage in the 1960s: The Cannon-Fodder Heroine Has Twins 六零军婚,炮灰女配一胞双胎了
[No rebirth, no transmigration, face-slapping, raising children, everyday life, family squabbles] Su He grew up as the only daughter of the Su family, cherished by her parents and three older brothers. Later, she married a soldier. Her in-laws were understanding, her husband was considerate, and she lived a happy life. Then one day, she suddenly discovered that the world she lived in was actually the setting of a rebirth-era novel. In the book, her soldier husband would die in battle before long
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The Delicate Beauty Marries Again: The Wild, Rugged Man Falls for Her 娇软美人二嫁:疯野糙汉沦陷
[Slow-Burn Romance + Love Grows Over Time + Sweet, Docile Beauty vs. Wild, Rugged Man + Size Difference] People are doomed when compared to other people, and goods are better off when compared to other goods. When it comes to men, though, the rule is simple: out with the old, in with the new. Each one is better than the last. Meng Yingtang’s husband’s family demoted her from wife to concubine. She refused to accept it, so they forced her out and sent her home. On the way, she accidentally fell i
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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
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
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The Sweet, Gentle Stepmom of the 1980s Married a Rugged Soldier and Nearly Broke Her Back 八零娇软后妈,嫁糙汉军官闪了腰
[1980s military marriage + devoted to each other + sizzling height and build difference + raising kids + everyday life + marriage before love] Jiang Wan had died from overwork after pulling an all-nighter. When she opened her eyes, she had become a fake heiress about to be sent to the countryside in remote Beicheng to marry in someone else's place. And not just anyone, either: a middle-aged man who'd been divorced three times and had two kids. Jiang Wan was philosophical about it. She was alread
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My Adoptive Father Traded Me for His Future, But I Married into a Happy Home 养父拿我换前途,结果嫁进了福窝
[1970s + scientific research + sweet romance + devoted couple + cozy daily life + career] This is the story of a young military wife who just wants to live a carefree, lie-flat life with her handsome husband, only to unexpectedly help propel the whole country forward. After waking up in the 1970s, Jiang Yan finds herself the adopted daughter of the Jiang family, unloved by both parents, and engaged to an older military officer whom everyone looks down on because he can't have children. But... h
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Military Marriage Bliss: I Flirt with a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚娇宠:我在七零与兵王互撩
[Period Setting + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] Mu Jing'an married Song Qingning because his mother told him, “Song Qingning, the girl across the bridge, is your betrothed. You have to take responsibility for her.” Song Qingning married Mu Jing'an because the wife of the company commander who had rescued her told her, “My son is tall, a little dim, earns a good salary, and is an officer. If you don't mind, take him off my hands.” Both thought a marriage without love would
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A Woman Joins the Mess Hall 炊事班来了个女同志
Meng Jinzhang never imagined that a moment of kindness spent saving someone would leave him with a wife. Changpu never imagined that one day she would leave her village in such an unbelievable way, then travel farther and farther and climb higher and higher.
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Island Life with the Army: My Cooking Has the Whole Family Compound Begging for More 随军海岛:美食养崽馋哭全家属院
[Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a
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The Capitalist-Era Educated Youth Is Highly Enlightened, Winning Big by Serving the Nation 资本知青觉悟高,为国效力赢麻了
[1970s + transmigrate into a book + military marriage + special abilities + love after marriage + devoted husband + family life + joining the army + building wealth] Su Mo, a dual-ability user, discovered that she had transmigrated into a book. She'd become the cannon-fodder character who gave the heroine her start-up funds, and she was supposed to die right from the start. Even after dying, she'd be dragged out of the heroine's memories again and again to serve as a foil, with the destruction o
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My Flash-Married Husband Is Actually a Billionaire Tycoon 闪婚老公,竟是千亿霸道总裁
Synopsis: [Marriage before love + faithful couple + sweet pampering + husband pursues wife after a breakup] On the day of their blind date, they meet for one minute and get their marriage certificate ten minutes later. By the time the documents are in hand, Ji Xiuhan still hasn’t processed what happened, while Lu Wanqing, the woman he just married, has already rushed off to close a business deal! Is this her playing hard to get? You think you’re worthy of being the young madam of the Ji family?
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I’m at My Wits’ End! Four Sons and a Daughter Send Me to College in the 1970s 麻了!四儿一女供我在七零读大学
[Grandma with incredible fighting power, five adorable kids, mostly everyday life, some awful people, but the protagonist is utterly invincible, satisfying revenge] An Xiaoyun unexpectedly awakens and learns that she is a doomed side character in a lucky heroine story. She is about to die in childbirth, taking her baby with her. Her husband will die after falling into a river from grief, and their four sons will burn themselves out for the lucky heroine, meeting horrible ends. An Xiaoyun is furi
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Kicked Out of My Family, I Married an Officer in a Fury and Helped My Country Thrive 被打出家门,我怒嫁军官带飞祖国
[Alternate-era setting + military marriage + top scientific researcher + space + punishing scumbags + devotion to the nation] Gu Nanzhi, a top scientist, refuses to put up with her fate after transmigrating into the ex-wife character destined to be cannon fodder in a period novel! Her abusive adoptive parents, the scumbag’s sister who steals her man, the younger brother who climbs into her bed... Stay as far away from her as possible, or die! She ran away from her wedding, was sold into the moun
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The 1970s Female Officer: You Call a First-Class Merit Award a Supply Run? 七零女军官,你把一等功叫进货?
[Military Marriage + Mountain Adventures + All Kinds of Fluffy Animals + Golden Finger and Space + Sweet Romance + Two Strong Leads] [Early on: Sent to the Countryside. Midway: Builds a Factory and Joins the Military Region. Later: Enlists.] With her powerful psychic abilities, Qin Miaomiao survived for ten whole years in the apocalypse! She had no regrets about leaving that world behind. But as she lay dying, she couldn’t help thinking of the big cat that had kept her company for so many years.
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The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零:崽和崽他爹智商双爆表
{The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the
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An ’80s Military Marriage: The Pretty Army Wife Builds a Fortune and Raises Her Kids 八零军婚,俏军嫂发家致富养崽崽
After a car accident, Su Ran unexpectedly transmigrated into a period novel as the troublesome, doomed ex-wife. A disastrous start: she arrived on the eve of the original character’s divorce from her military commander husband. Divorce was one thing, but the original character had even drugged him, planning to sleep with this cold man before dumping him? What a reckless move! Su Ran: “I’m not taking the blame for this.” She slipped away to build a career. After she disappeared, her soon-to-be ex
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Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后,我惊艳军区大院
Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati
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He’s Just a Jerk. Wouldn’t It Be Better to Marry an Army Officer? 渣男而已,转身嫁军官老公不香?
(Complete) [Devoted husband, marriage first and love later, twins, food, raising kids, fictional setting] Yu Chengzhou fell for an older girl in the residential compound when he was just ten, simply because she was such a good cook. Even then, he wanted to marry her and bring her home, but she was already engaged. Ten years later, he watched her get dumped by her fiancé’s family and was so happy he nearly jumped for joy. He went straight in and confessed, then whisked her away that very day and
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I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零,成家中一霸
Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a
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After His Wife Joins the National Service, Her Man and Child Miss Her Like Crazy 媳妇上交国家后,男人和娃想疯了
[All-around rich beauty + no supporting deadbeats + no black-market dealings + no relocation to the countryside + spatial System with multiverse trading] Lin Siqiao transmigrated from a fabulously wealthy Shanghai socialite into a pitiful young woman in the 1970s, disliked by her own family. Less than a year after her birth mother died, her scumbag father brought home a stepmother. They say that once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too. But Lin Siqiao never imagined that, just to sei
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Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零,海岛种菜忙
[Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia
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An Army Wife in the 1980s: Growing Vegetables on the Snowy Plateau 八零军嫂,雪域高原种菜忙
A military-marriage and farming novel. The early chapters feature plenty of conflict and foreshadowing, and the story is set in the early 1980s. If you can’t accept the mainstream attitudes of that era and prefer feel-good wish-fulfillment stories, this may not be for you. Your support keeps me writing. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Please keep your comments civil. I’m grateful to every reader who takes the time to read. Qian Duoduo, a post-00s college student, goes back in time afte
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Transmigrating to the 1950s: The Allure of the Family Tree 穿越五零:族谱的诱惑
Military marriage + sweet romance + academic ace + building the nation + past and present lives + everyday rural life + raising children + transmigrate into a book + cannon fodder + pocket dimension + joining the family register This story is an extremely slow burn, with a leisurely, sweet romance at its heart. A few things to know: 1. The heroine is a food-loving star traveler from three thousand years in the future. When she first arrives on Earth, she may be a little clueless. 2. The System i
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The Villainess Transmigrates to the Seventies, Beats the Scum, Makes Money, and Marries a Soldier 恶女穿七零,虐渣搞钱嫁兵哥哥
[Transmigrate into a book + 1970s military marriage + revenge and face-slapping + making money + sweet romance + pocket dimension + adorable pets] The heroine is petty, vindictive, cold-hearted, and has only the tiniest bit of conscience. She never waits until tomorrow to get revenge! Tang Niannian struggles to survive for three years in the apocalypse, then transmigrates into a tragic cannon-fodder character in a period novel. The book’s heroine steals the original owner’s spiritual spring pock
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Commander, Your Wife Sank the Enemy Warship 首长,你媳妇儿把敌舰打沉了
Also known as: Commander, Your Wife Just Rammed an Enemy Ship with a Whale Again [Period military romance, island life, raising kids, strengthening the nation, wealthy family, devoted couple] Female ship captain vs. special forces king She has a golden finger, but it’s not much of one. (It barely comes into play in everyday life and is mostly used against foreign enemies.) Trying to take everything from her? Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt seize Lin Wanxia’s family home and even try to sell her to
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A Spatial Powerhouse Becomes a Military Wife, and I’m Spoiled by Hua Dad 空间大佬当军嫂,我被华爸甜宠了
[Period setting + military marriage + patriotism + sweet romance + magical space + multiple births + taking on the worst relatives] The great Miss Shi has arrived! All you troublemakers, stand aside! Shi Qingqian was the only daughter of Shanghai's richest man. Her daily mission was to lie flat and live like a freeloader, occasionally making her billionaire father so angry he stamped his feet. Who knew that after falling asleep during a seaside vacation, she'd wake up and transmigrate to 1975
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The 1970s: Married in the Morning, Burning Joss Paper for My Ex by Afternoon 七零:上午结婚下午给前夫烧纸
Also known as: Clearing Out My Eccentric Adoptive Mother’s Home, the Fake Heiress Heads to the Countryside Short drama: Before Heading to the Countryside, I Cleared Out the House and Reported Him Motion comic: Tong Hua’s Comeback [Reborn + trash-taking + face-slapping + everyone begs for forgiveness + no forgiveness + sweet romance] In her previous life, Tong Hua was set up by Kong Mixue and sold into the mountains, where she spent more than a decade. When she finally managed to escape and retu
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Marrying a Gruff Commander, the Cool Diplomat Has Triplets 嫁糙汉首长,冷飒外交官一胎三宝
[Sweet Romance + Military Marriage + Mutual Devotion + Rugged Hero + Devoted Husband + 1980s + Strong Heroine + Making Money + Having Babies + Triplets + Beast Taming] In her previous life, Ruan Qingge was tricked by her father and stepmother into “losing” her university admission letter. While she was none the wiser, her stepsister took her place at university and stole her good-for-nothing fiancé. In this life, after being reborn, Ruan Qingge reclaimed her admission letter, kicked her father,
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After I Transmigrated Back, I Bewitched the Whole World 穿越回来后我苏遍整个世界
After Lin Xiyue opened her eyes again, she realized this was not any of the worlds she had transmigrated to before. It was the original world she had lived in before she ever started transmigrating: unlike the cultivation, martial arts, apocalypse, and future alliance worlds she had visited, this was the world where the real Lin Xiyue had grown up. Luckily, her portable cave abode was still with her. Since that was the case, she might as well bring over everything she had learned in all those wo
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A Blissful Military Marriage: I Secretly Had Triplets and Got Five Kids, What a Bargain! 宠军婚,偷生三胎得五崽超值了
[Ancient-to-modern time travel, military marriage, medical skills from the era, martial arts, twins and triplets, unexpected triplets and quintuplets, one-on-one romance, female general and eldest daughter of a duke’s household] The heroine unexpectedly becomes pregnant when her eldest son is old enough for college. She runs away from home without telling her military-officer husband and secretly gives birth to quintuplets. Gu Qingcheng was the mascot of the Gu family army. After ten years of wa
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A Rich Heiress Transmigrates into a Spoiled Youth Educated Woman and Makes It Big with Her Space 白富美穿成作精知青,带空间拽爆
[New book: Sixties: The Little Educated Youth Reclaims Her Body, Then Goes Completely Off the Rails. No Angst, Just Pure Satisfaction. Come on in if you like that!] [Space + Sweet Romance + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Revenge + Scum-Taming] Lin Jingyue was a rich beauty who loved slacking off and taking life as it came. She spent all day living off her family and waiting to die, and had little conscience to speak of. Who could have guessed that life would take a sudden turn? One day
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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
[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
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Transmigrated Straight into the Army: I Married a War Hero and Found My Happy Ending 穿越即随军,嫁给兵王我圆满了
[1970s, Military Marriage, Pocket Dimension, System, Double Happy Ending, Sweet Romance] Mu Youyou, a graduate student in the twenty-first century, is transported to the 1970s by a rookie System on its first mission. It has found the wrong Host and forgotten the mission, too. Since she is already here, Mu Youyou decides to make the best of it. With a pocket dimension and a System at her back, she has nothing to fear. But what is going on with this decorated soldier she is contractually married t
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