Looking for a Period Piece About Someone Overseas Who Still Cares About Their Relatives Back Home 求在海外还想着老家的亲戚，年代文

1. 1 在 Posing as a Returnee Tycoon in the 1980s 在八零伪装归国神豪 San Yao He三爻禾Urban887k WordsCompleted [80s Era] [Feel-Good] [Big Shot] [Tycoon] [No Female Lead] [Building a Career] [Everyday Life] The story of a fake tycoon with nothing to his name who becomes a real tycoon worth billions. Good news: After transmigrating into the 1980s, his heart condition is gone and his body is healthy. He also gets a Reputation System, which lets him exchange reputation points for assets. Bad news: He transmigrated with his whole body, so he has no official identity. And right now, he’s flat broke, with poc 32.8kReads8.2Score2.7kShelves

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   I don't know if this counts, but the male protagonist travels back to the 1980s with a system, disguises himself as a returned overseas Chinese, seeks out his grandmother who adopted him to repay her kindness, changes his family's fate, and also invests in building a factory back in China. [Eating popcorn][eating popcorn][eating popcorn][eating popcorn]

2. 2 重 Back to 1978: The Uncle Who Returned from Abroad 重返1978：归国的小叔叔 van Fen Jiaozhuovan分焦灼Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Wealthy Tycoon]+ [Family Life]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Heartwarming Period Piece]+ [Infrastructure Development] Zhao Qiming, a wealthy Chinese American, follows the diary his father left behind and returns to China with his father's ashes and his son, Zhao Haodong, to seek out their roots. But an unexpected encounter sends father and son, car and all, transmigrating back to China in 1978! Their gleaming Bentley and flashy outfits become the most eye-catching sight of the era. Armed with immense weal 11.5kReads6.3Score547Shelves

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   These two books, along with other period dramas featuring cannon fodder overseas relatives, are mostly imitations of his work.

3. 3 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Vicious Beauty Upended the Torturous Novel's Plot 穿书后，恶毒美人掀翻虐文剧本 Madam Annie安妮夫人Two Male Leads387k WordsCompleted This story ended here for various reasons. Don't read the final world. [Two male leads + face-slapping wish fulfillment + quick transmigration + universally adored bottom + selfish, malicious bottom vs. chaste-for-a-thousand-years Main God top (with several incarnations in some worlds); the bottom is not chaste, the top is; no side couples] Xie Yili is a famous social butterfly in the empire. The upper class look down on him, yet compete to court him. To live a life of luxury, Xie Yili forces hi 356Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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   The second world of the novel "The Rich Young Master from Overseas and His Poor Relatives Who Were Cannon Fodder" has been completed.

4. 4 回 I Return to the 1970s as a Hong Kong Tycoon and Lead My Whole Family to Wealth 回七零当香江大少，带全家暴富 Wo Wo Milk Candy窝窝奶糖Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted [No romance] Ye Lin arrived in Xianggang in 1978. Fortunately, he had transmigrated into the body of a Xianggang tycoon’s only son, who shared his name. Unfortunately, Ye Lin couldn’t spend the money. He could only unlock the fortune by fulfilling the tycoon’s dying wish. There’s big news in Xiahe Village lately. The second son of the Ye family, who’d been dead for decades, has been found. And he’s a tycoon from Xianggang! Oh, it’s the second son Ye’s grandson who’s come back. The second son him 3.6kReads7.9Score228Shelves

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   The content of these novels is that the protagonist earns a lot of money overseas through his personal abilities or special abilities, and then returns to China at the beginning of the reform and opening up to find his relatives and invest in the motherland.

5. 5 神 Tycoon System: I Spend Money to Raise Kids in a Period Novel 神豪系统：我在年代文里氪金养崽 The Brightest Bulb Is Me灯泡属我最亮Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (1990s setting + tycoon System + spending money to raise the kids + no romance + building a business empire + wish fulfillment) When Ye Xiaolin woke up, she had landed in a world formed from a fusion of several period novels. She’d become a wicked woman who despised poverty and loved wealth, abandoning her children and running away in pursuit of a materialistic life. She was bound to a tycoon System. To complete its main quest, she created the persona of a wealthy overseas returnee and embarked 8.6kReads7.8Score660Shelves

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   The female lead, a wealthy overseas businesswoman, returns to China to invest, becoming incredibly rich. The naive little ones, however, have no idea that their mother has suddenly gained 600 million in the blink of an eye. (The female lead is bound to a super-rich system, allowing her to raise her child through in-game purchases.) This kind of joy is something no one else can ever experience!

6. 6 在 Making a Hundred Billion in the 1990s 在九零年代狂赚百亿 Yuan Mengdu缘梦都Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Alternate History + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Novel] After pouring her heart and soul into writing scripts in her previous life, she opens her eyes to find she’s been reborn in Chinatown in 1987! A wage slave who worked herself to the bone in her last life, she now has the business opportunities of the future at her fingertips. At last, all this fortune is coming her way! The stock market? The last bull market is here. The countdown to making a killing has begun! She rakes 14Reads5.9Score—Shelves
7. 7 七 The 1970s: The Billionaire Heiress Dotes on a Down-and-Out Young Master 七零，百亿大小姐强宠落魄小少爷 Hahaha121388哈哈哈121388Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted [Down-and-Out Young Master + Tyrannical Heiress] (Transmigration to the 1970s + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Sweet Romance + Multiple Births) Good news: After Yu Wanyuan dies of cancer, she transmigrates to the 1970s! Bad news: Yu Wanyuan has only one year left to live! Luckily, her golden finger arrives. Want to live to a hundred? Want to stay young forever? Then start spending money! Spending System: The more you spend, the longer you live. What a deal! As if she’d ever pas 3.9kReads7.5Score393Shelves
8. 8 八 Military Marriage in the 1980s: The Billionaire Wife Brings Her Child to Force the Commander to Marry Her 八零军婚，百亿夫人带崽逼婚首长 No Medicine for a Cold感冒没药Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + 1980s + Military Marriage + Family Life + Beauty + Transmigration + Raising Kids + Ensemble Cast] Shen Qingzhi transmigrates into a living nightmare from the start. The original owner was sent to the countryside, kidnapped, and drugged. How awful! After Shen Qingzhi escapes, an accident leaves her stranded overseas. Seven years later, she returns with a fortune worth tens of billions and a pair of “heavenly little darlings.” Her daughter is a princess from ancient times sent off 4.9kReads6.3Score414Shelves
9. 9 九 Hong Kong's 1990s Elite Circle: A Mainland Auntie Crashes the Party 九零港圈，闯进一位大陆姑奶奶 Above the Clouds扶摇之上Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted [1990s setting] [Hong Kong tycoon's heir] [Devoted husband] [One-on-one romance] [Sweet romance] [No angst] A core member of an organization was reborn while carrying out a mission! She transmigrated into the heroine of a period novel and married the heir to Hong Kong's richest family from the start. But her husband was missing, and no one knew if he was alive or dead. Influenced by the political climate, Hong Kong's four major mainstream media outlets spread wildly false reports that mainland w 3kReads6.6Score352Shelves

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   Everyday life, filled with warmth and laughter! "Dad, no offense, but do you really think you can find our relatives based on that old photo in Grandpa's diary?" The overseas relatives of the cannon fodder family from that period drama are back! [Laughing and crying emojis]

10. 10 港 A Little Moneybags Arrives in Harbor City to Bring Good Fortune 港城冲喜来了个小财神 Chu Jun楮君Modern Romance783k WordsOngoing [1970s Hong Kong City + adored by all + adorable child + mystical lucky charm + childhood sweethearts] Little Duoyu was switched at birth by the nanny. When she turned two, she began to look more and more like her biological mother. Afraid of being exposed, the nanny sold her to Hong Kong City, where she was sent to bring good luck to the young master of the Ship King family, who suffered from a condition that left his soul wandering. Who could have guessed that the toothless little girl would 59.6kReads8.8Score6.6kShelves

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    Zhan Xiaoye wiped his hands, hugged Xiao Duoyu, and introduced her with undisguised pride: "This is Xiao Duoyu, her full name is Zhan Niannian, she's my little sister." Zhan Xiaoye was precocious; at ten years old, he already understood that "bride brought in to ward off bad luck" wasn't a good term, so he only introduced her as his sister. When Xiao Duoyu grew up, he would marry her, just like her father married her mother. Xiao Duoyu had just loosened her grip on Zhan Xiaoye's hand when he tightened it again. "Won't Duoduo come to class with her brother? Brother will be lonely." Zhan Xiaoye gave Xiao Duoyu a pitiful little expression. Zhan Sihang raised an eyebrow; this mannerism seemed so familiar. Good son, he learns everything from his father.

11. 11 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 24.7kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves

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    ✨✨1⃣ With the market opening up, while everyone, including the male and female leads, was scrambling to start their own businesses, Ruan Jiaojiao lived in a mansion, drove luxury cars, and happily counted her large jewels with her husband. Ji Huai'an, after losing his grandfather who had been his only family, lived tenaciously like a weed, his only obsession being the words his grandfather had entrusted to him before his death. To those who knew him, he was a taciturn, dull, and uninteresting person. Until his fiancée appeared.

12. 12 穿 Transmigrated to the 1950s: I Became a Big Shot in Hong Kong 穿越五零，我在港岛当大佬 Cui Landai崔岚岱Modern Romance645k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + space + gangs + battles of capital; the heroine is lustful but not promiscuous, the hero is a scheming, dark-hearted wolfdog] This novel is pure fiction. Please don’t relate it to real life or overthink it. Just sit back and enjoy. Qiao Luo transmigrates from the apocalypse to 1953. Before she can even celebrate, she finds out that her grandfather was a traitor, her father is a landlord, and her uncle fled overseas with the Nationalist Party. Not one person in her family is any 4.3kReads7.9Score337Shelves

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    Both 1️⃣ and 2️⃣ are cases of people returning to their motherland from abroad, and there is a system.

13. 13 在 Gossiping My Way Through Stories Set in Different Eras 在不同类型的年代文中，疯狂吃瓜 Joy Throughout the Court满朝欢Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted Xia Zigui was chosen by a System and brought from the 21st century to the 1980s. Not only did the System assign her two tasks, she also discovered to her surprise that the world she lived in was made up of different novels. With every step she took, the System might chime in to announce that a major character from some novel had appeared, and a random side quest had begun. Xia Zigui: If I weren't going to make money by completing these tasks, who'd bother with tasks that don't even have clear ob 11Reads5.9Score—Shelves
14. 14 认 Reuniting with My Family: The Gorgeous Heiress Is Doted on to Bits by Hong Kong's Powerful Elite 认亲港圈大佬，绝色千金被宠麻了 A Wax Apple on Ice一颗莲雾冰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1980s + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + easy pregnancies, multiples, and babies + Hong Kong elite circle + building a fortune + beloved by all + stunning heiress] Shen Wancheng opens her eyes and finds herself in the body of a tragic supporting character in a period novel. Put up with injustice and die halfway through? No way! She splits up the family and collects debts, reports them for burning down her house, and sends the Shen family, who had been trying to inherit everything b 9.8kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
15. 15 双 Two Male Leads: How to Become a Tycoon 双男主之神豪是如何养成的 Ye Xuan Has Loved Mantou Flowers for Ages喜欢馒头花的叶玄许久Two Male Leads2.8M WordsOngoing Reborn in 1985, this is a Western urban novel featuring two male leads and no System. The legendary life of Eugene Olivier, Duke of Loire. Through his own abilities, he makes his mark on the history of global finance. Master the games of finance! Keep your finger on the pulse of the times! See how he builds his own power base in 1985, holding both authority and wealth in the palm of his hand. This time, he will make the world tremble before him! The other male lead is Roy McMillan, a young gentl 4kReads9.0Score329Shelves
16. 16 八 The 1980s: When an International Student Becomes Chinese 八零：当留子变成华裔 The King Is a Cat大王是只喵Modern Romance784k WordsCompleted [Post-2000s + No CP, Multiple Male Companions + Two-Faced Green Tea + Talks Nonsense + Invincible Jinx + Slight Supernatural Elements + MAX Luck] Most people who transmigrated were poor at worst. Duan Danqing nearly starved to death. To sum it up: a dad in prison, a sick mom, an edgy little brother, a sister with autism, and her, nearly starved to death. It doesn’t get much worse than that from the start. She already hated bland Western food, and now she had to eat it for the rest of her life. O 5.2kReads8.9Score427Shelves
17. 17 八 Eighties Heiress: Saving the Darkened Villain 八零神豪小姐姐：拯救黑化大反派 Warm and Fuzzy Cat暖洋洋的猫Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Tycoon + Transmigrate into a Book + Wish Fulfillment + System + Daily Life + Entirely Fictional] Overnight, she transmigrates to Hong Kong in 1982, becoming a low-level working girl who is ruthlessly exploited. Just as Bai Shuning starts to worry that she’ll work herself to death, [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’re about to become the world’s most outrageously wealthy lady!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’ve received five million Hong Kong dollars and a luxury apartment wo 2.1kReads7.3Score192Shelves

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18. 18 父 After My Parents Transmigrated, I Became Financially Free 父母穿越后，我财务自由了 Three Colors三采Modern Romance197k WordsCompleted [The pacing is a little slow. Financial freedom, content with modest wealth, nothing over the top] Li Xiang'an wakes up one day to find that her parents, who died many years ago, have “come back to life.” A “Happy Family” group chat has appeared at the top of her WeChat. Her parents transmigrated to another world after their deaths, and they can exchange supplies through the group System! The father of a rich playboy from a prominent family in an alternate ancient world asks, “Sweetheart, would 2.8kReads9.0Score381Shelves
19. 19 我 I’m the Boss in Italy 我在意大利当老板 Pizza Without Tomato Sauce没有蕃茄酱的披萨Urban1.4M WordsOngoing In late-1990s Italy, Hu Liu’an, a stranger in a strange land, takes you on a journey through an overseas world unlike any other, filled with its own bittersweet experiences and tangled loves and hatreds... 4.6kReads8.2Score255Shelves
20. 20 飒 A Fearless Heroine Brings a Port-Sized Storage Space to the 1960s 飒爽女侠带港口空间穿六零 Mei East, South, West, North梅东南北Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Overpowered space + transmigration to a bygone era + formidable heroine + a huge golden finger] The early story takes place in the countryside of Northeast China, and the later story in Hong Kong. A coming-of-age tale with no scummy characters and no angst, warm, bold, and fierce in tone. Set in a fictional world, so don’t scrutinize the prices too closely. As the story progresses, the heroine’s chivalrous heart and brazen tactics come further to the fore. ♥ In 2023, security-industry ace Lian 20.9kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
21. 21 逃 Escaping the Yihong Brothel: Making It on Our Own in Hong Kong 逃离怡红院，我们在香江自力更生 Rang Gou攘诟Modern Romance333k WordsOngoing [No golden finger + 1950s setting + romance later on] After finally making it into college and escaping her awful parents, Cheng Jiao opens her eyes to find she has transmigrated into the body of a servant sold to the Yihong Brothel. The Qing Dynasty has fallen, but its rotten customs remain. Chiang, you’ve really outdone yourself. There’s no way she’s staying here and accepting her fate. She’ll escape with the brothel’s top courtesan! Hong Kong is the perfect place for three women to build a li 550Reads7.1Score—Shelves
22. 22 5 The 1950s: I Help Build the World 50年代之我为世界添砖加瓦 Mint Fragrance薄荷清香Modern Romance338k WordsCompleted Zhang Nuannuan considers herself a warmhearted person. Wherever she goes, she helps the people there, never asking for anything in return. She just doesn't understand why none of the countries she's visited welcome her back! Is she not gentle enough? Does she have a bad temper? Is she not kind enough? They could just tell her! It's not like she can't change! She, Zhang Nuannuan, was born to shine her light on the world and make it a better place! Please call her Little Fairy, thank you! 1.3kReads8.8Score145Shelves

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    The female protagonist is wealthy and powerful, returning to her homeland to contribute to its development. "Hello, Comrade Zhang Nuannuan, I'd like to ask, why did you bring a box of magnesium coins back to China?" The man asked in a low voice. Seeing him lower his voice, Zhang Nuannuan also lowered hers and replied, "Is it not allowed? I heard China is relatively poor, so I wanted to bring back more money." The man was speechless. Did he have to be so blunt? Couldn't he have been more tactful? How could they possibly accept this?

23. 23 刚 Just Arrived in Republican-Era China, I Have Nothing but Money 刚到民国，除了钱，一无所有 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Ning transmigrated into a series of novels set in the Republic of China era. The good news: she had a System. Better yet, the System's reward pool held a full ten billion. Once she spent it all, Su Ning could return to the modern era and live happily as a billionaire. The bad news: the System was called "The Rich Are Heartless"... In the turbulent Republic of China, she had to play a villain who was rotten to the core. Determined to stay alive, Su Ning racked her brains to become relatives wi 96.3kReads8.7Score10.4kShelves

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    The writing is good; both the protagonist and the antagonist are intelligent, without any forced attempts to lower their intelligence.

24. 24 年 The Cannon Fodder Mom in a Period Novel: She's Beautiful and Wealthy 年代文炮灰亲妈：她又美又有钱 Loves Roasted Wings爱吃烤翅Modern Romance227k WordsOngoing Historical era + no couple + transmigrate into a book + System + pocket dimension + get rich + strong female lead + satisfying face-slapping story Lin Xia was an orphan in the 21st century. Just as she was preparing to give up and enjoy the rest of her life, she was unexpectedly killed by the System, "Gaba." To make up for its mistake, the System forcibly bound Lin Xia. In its panic, it got the timing wrong and took her to 1980s M-country, where she was reborn in the body of a woman who had ille 462Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    A wealthy mother from overseas returns to search for her children; the female lead is capable and rich.

25. 25 包 I Pack Up and Head to the 1970s: Making Money and Crushing Scoundrels, I Can Do It All 包袱一卷穿七零，搞钱虐渣样样行 Strawberry Yogurt草莓仙酪Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Jiang Yun is an educated youth. When she first arrived in the countryside, she introduced her skills: “I’m good at farming, I’m an expert at cleaning out manure pits, I have ten years of experience herding cattle on the back hills, and I know all about postpartum care for sows…” Everyone burst out laughing. A few hours later, no one was laughing anymore. The village sow that had been struggling to give birth delivered ten piglets safely with Jiang Yun’s help. Three months after Jiang Yun arrived 3.6kReads8.3Score348Shelves
26. 26 十 The Tenfold Rebate System: Raising Kids Is a Joy 十倍返利系统，养崽乐颠颠 Long Yinyin龙隐隐Modern Romance393k WordsCompleted [System + rich heiress + romance + devoted couple + raising kids] Zhou Xi was forced to play the cannon-fodder fake heiress for ten years. After the plot came to an end, a cashback system came knocking. She found her children, went abroad, made money, and built herself into a rich heiress. Her two sons went from little beggars to elegant young gentlemen. Five years later, she returned in style. The family of three made a scene at the airport. She refused to listen to the confessions of her adopt 4.6kReads7.8Score341Shelves

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    The system wants me to be ruthless and heartless?! The female protagonist transmigrated to a book world with a setting similar to the Republic of China era and was bound to a system—a standard cheat code for transmigrators. This system is quite unconventional, named "Rich and Heartless." This system requires the host to be a wealthy but inhumane tyrant, rewarding her with funds every time she commits a bad deed. The fund pool is a whopping 10 billion! Most importantly, after spending all this money, Su Ning can happily return to modern times as an ordinary rich woman with 1 billion in bank deposits. It sounds a bit immoral, but it's also quite easy to accomplish; just feed your conscience a dog. However—this damn system truly lives up to its name, "Rich and Heartless," even the targets the host can bully have requirements—they must be characters in the plot. The more prominent the character, the more funds she receives after becoming rich and heartless.

27. 27 钱 Too Much Money? Help the Nation Fight Poverty! 钱太多？助力国家扶贫！ Spicy Fan of Spicy Strips麻辣爱辣条Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted Destroy it all. They’re scrutinizing everything! The themes are poverty alleviation and politics. [No romance]+ [Poverty alleviation]+ [Tycoon]+ [Feel-good story]+ [System] On the day Cheng Ran, who had lived alone for 28 years, paid off the mortgage on her spacious apartment, she was struck by lightning. Living a second life, she had a cashback System. What was she supposed to do with money she couldn’t spend? She invested in variety shows, joined the China Association for Promoting Democracy, 1.9kReads8.8Score162Shelves

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    He spent his early years overseas, but soon returned to China to contribute to the nation's development.

28. 28 1 1929: A Mysterious Mogul in America 1929在美丽国当神秘大佬 Get Rich Quick来钱暴富Modern Romance232k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Female-oriented feel-good story + no romance + transmigration + System + building a business and getting rich + set in America during the last century + please see the end of the blurb for content warnings] In 2025, thirty-year-old Yang Lin died in a plane crash. In January 1929, a ten-year-old Chinese-American girl named Irene, who had frozen to death on the streets of New York, opened her eyes. “Ding! Hello, Host. Congratulations on binding to the Entrepreneurship System. We’re 5.4kReads8.8Score760Shelves

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    This is a brand new book, and it's incredibly good. The protagonist is in America, but he's still thinking about China during the same period of warlordism and power struggles.

29. 29 香 The Heiress of Hong Kong and Her Officer Husband 香江大小姐和她的军官先生 Little Circle and Me小圆和我Modern Romance632k WordsCompleted In Shenzhen in the late 1970s, a Hong Kong businesswoman raises a child, builds her business, and happens to fall in love with an officer. After returning to China, Shen Yina does two major things. First, she finds her long-lost younger sister in a northeastern mountain village, where the girl is as skinny as a bean sprout. Second, she turns around and pours money into Shenzhen, the hottest city of the reform era. While everyone else is still waiting to see what the policies will bring, she roll 970Reads—Score102Shelves

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    Returning to China to find relatives and invest, and finding love.

30. 30 和 After Eloping with Her Childhood Friend, Her Rugged Commander Husband Went Crazy 和竹马私奔后，糙汉首长急疯了 Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + married first, love later + winning back his wife!] Song Shengsheng had a nightmare and discovered that she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel: the male lead’s first wife, who died young. In the book, beauty was her only asset. To escape her husband, she wrote a letter reporting that her military officer husband came from a politically suspect background. That wasn’t all. When 33.4kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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    ① The female lead was originally a capitalist's daughter, but due to a special period, she was entrusted to adoptive parents. However, she didn't know her true origins, only that her mother disliked her and wanted to marry her off to an older man. Therefore, she used her good looks to successfully hook the male lead. ② This book is quite good; it's enjoyable and not frustrating to read. In her past life, the female lead's entire family was cannon fodder and stepping stones for the original female lead; the whole family died, and their property was seized by the original female lead. In this life, the female lead takes her younger brother to the countryside, digs a tunnel to take care of her family, punishes the scumbags and slaps the face of the original female lead, and helps others to build her network of connections.

31. 31 七 Seventies Pocket Dimension: I Have a Tunnel to the Cattle Shed 七零空间，我有地道通牛棚 Out of Sight, Out of Season不见四季Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The 1970s + transmigrate into a book + raising children + taking down scumbags + everyday family life + building a career) After transmigrating into a book, she goes from being a rich second-generation parasite who lives off her family to a capitalist heiress dependent on others for a roof over her head. Worse, she is about to die because the heroine drags her into trouble. Shen Youning is furious. Luckily, she has a farm space. Shen Youning works hard to stock up on supplies, then heads to the 4.2kReads8.2Score490Shelves
32. 32 带 Taking Pinduoduo to 40 带着拼夕夕在40 Willows by the Water水边柳杨Modern Romance562k WordsCompleted [Farming + Infrastructure Development + Beloved by All + War of Resistance Against Japan] She woke up in the 1940s, with a Pinduoduo System? An Yu thought for a second, then decided to come clean: “I’m from the future, and I have a golden finger.” Canned luncheon meat, work boots, motorized tricycles... Fertilizer, canned luncheon meat, military coats... If Pinduoduo sells it, you can get it here! This time, she absolutely wouldn’t let their forebears fight the Japanese invaders on empty stomach 77.4kReads9.0Score11.6kShelves

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    She rubbed her eyes repeatedly, finally confirming: she had time-traveled. And based on her observations, she might have arrived during the War of Resistance against Japan. Because in the village at the foot of the mountain, she saw a group of soldiers dressed in gray uniforms coming and going, and there was a banner on the house that read "Resist Japan and Save the Nation."

33. 33 穿 Transmigrating as a Billionaire Overseas Chinese, the System Makes Me Reform the Problematic Ones 穿成亿万华侨，系统让我改造极品 Er Qiqi饵七七Modern Romance227k WordsCompleted No romance!! Shi Wanqiu transmigrated to the impoverished 1980s, where clothes and food were scarce. Good news: She's a returnee from overseas worth billions. Bad news: She has a bunch of awful relatives, and she has to reform them, or they'll all be doomed together. Shi Wanqiu is deeply troubled. Shi Wanqiu regrets everything. 2.1kReads8.0Score102Shelves

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    🌹First Book: Shi Wanqiu learns she's become a wealthy, returned heiress, and incredulously asks, "Do I look like one? My pockets are drier than the desert!" The system, however, requires her to reform her eccentric relatives, promising her a reward. She thinks, "Such a good thing! What am I waiting for?" 🌹🌹Recommended by Rui Xiaoxue, a good read for you to enjoy🌹🌹

34. 34 穿 Transmigrating to the 1940s: The Landlord's Son and the Bandit's Daughter 穿越四零：地主儿子与土匪闺女 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [1940s] [Husband and wife both transmigrate] [Husband becomes a woman] [Wife becomes a man] At the edge of a cliff: “Wife, let go!” Chen Yiqiao is sprawled over the edge of the cliff, one arm wrapped around a large rock at the top while one hand clutches Chen Bing's hand tightly, refusing to let go. “No! If we live, we live together. If we die, we die together!” Feeling Chen Yiqiao's body slowly slipping lower, Chen Bing panics. “Wife! Let go! I want you to live!” “Shut up! I said, i 22.2kReads9.4Score2kShelves

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    Even while overseas, Niannianwen still thought of her relatives.

35. 35 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s: Poison Him, Poison Her, Poison Them All! 穿越六零：毒它毒她毒他！ Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted A princess of the Feng Kingdom transmigrates to the 1960s. She had hoped to live quietly and peacefully, but her family is dirt poor, and there's always some troublemaker trying to harm her. If that's how it is, she'll just have to fall back on her old trade: poison fish, shrimp, and wild beasts; poison evil neighbors, enemy spies, and everyone else who deserves it! Watch as this Poison Princess poisons her way to a bright future! 631Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 六 The Sixties: Traveling the World with My Pocket Dimension 六十年代之带着空间畅游天下 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Li Beibei grew up surrounded by stories, then unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a lucky girl in the 1950s. Touched by her family’s favoritism and kindness, she gladly accepts their love and decides to repay them with her own abilities. As she plans her future, Li Beibei chooses two careers that will let her travel at public expense, hoping to make up for the regrets of her past life: journalist and diplomat! And so begins her extraordinary journey in this world. By the seaside: “Qing f 9.4kReads9.3Score745Shelves
37. 37 极 The Top-Tier Cannon Fodder's Overseas Tycoon Great-Aunt Returns Home 极品炮灰的海外神豪姑奶奶回国了 Fish Also Love Eating Cats鱼也爱吃猫Modern Romance150k WordsOngoing (The rating just went live, so please give it a chance to grow~~) System + 1980s + feel-good wish fulfillment + tycoon + business management + underdog family comeback + strengthening the nation through technology After transmigrating to the 1980s, Fang Rong gets bound to the [Family Fortune System]. System: Every member of your clan is a walking cannon-fodder magnet. Your whole family is about to be wiped out! Fang Rong looks at the System screen: Change the fate of the family’s comparison grou 221Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    A family cannon fodder's comeback, a slap in the face to those who protect their own, transported to the 1980s, Fang Rong found herself bound to the [Family Luck System]. System: Your family members are all top-tier cannon fodder, on the verge of annihilation! Fang Rong looked at the system panel: Change the fate of your family's control group, reward: [Ten Thousand Mu Farm]! Lead your family to become a national role model, reward: [100 Million US Dollars]! Reverse your family's fate as cannon fodder, reward: [A Century of Lifespan]! Penniless and not expected to live past thirty, Fang Rong smiled. This wasn't just a top-tier family; it was clearly her gold mine! She decisively forged an identity, transforming into a wealthy auntie who had returned from overseas to find her relatives, worth hundreds of millions.

38. 38 重 Reborn on the Eve of Our Marriage Registration, the Hong Kong Tycoon's Heir Kneels to Win Me Back 重生领证前夕，港圈太子跪着追妻 Meat Bun Auntie肉包小姨Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication; short-form drama episodes are being released] [Both leads are faithful to each other + face-slapping + pregnancy before love + reborn, sweet and satisfying, with no angst] [She pursues her husband during the marriage, driving the arrogant, cold-hearted crown prince to the brink] A gentle woman who handles things ruthlessly, a delicate beauty in poor health VS a sharp-tongued but henpecked ice prince - Shu Hui got pregnant after a one-night stand with the heir to a powerf 42kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves

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    The daily life of someone who suddenly becomes rich, returning from overseas to find relatives (children) – a different kind of life for the wealthy. Reborn on the eve of getting married, "Call me Dad!" – A sweet and satisfying story, without any resentment, featuring face-slapping and revenge against the scum.

39. 39 七 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 56.1kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves

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    This book is great! My heart is with Grandma from the Trumpet Flower Brigade even though I'm in Beijing. Highly recommend it! (๑>◡<๑)👍🏻 The Trumpet Flower Brigade's queen of flowers is a must-have!

40. 40 祖 Ancestor, You Told Me to Win Over the Villain, Not Turn Evil Myself 祖宗，让你攻略反派，没让你黑化 Riding the Wind踏风来Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted What do you do when you marry a man who’s turned dark and wants to die with you? Xu Manman dreams that she’s a poor little thing whose mother died young, whose stepfather and stepmother abused her, and whose heart was toyed with by a scumbag. To get revenge on him, she marries a disabled soldier from the neighboring village. After the wedding, she treats him terribly until he’s driven to try to die with her. She thinks it was all just a dream, but when she opens her eyes, it’s come true. Now she 5kReads8.9Score655Shelves

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    This is a great book, a pure, fast-paced read; a must-read for plot lovers.

41. 41 从 Changing the World, One Supernatural Chive at a Time 从培育出超凡韭菜开始改变世界 Little Fujian Farmer闽间小农Rural Life404k WordsCompleted [Period novel + farming + slice-of-life System + food + slow burn + no heroine + unconventional power fantasy] Question: What are the most frustrating things about novels where someone transmigrates back to the past and starts farming? Answer: The protagonist has such an overpowered cheat, but the story still saddles them with a bunch of relatives like Pokemon, endlessly bickering about family affairs. Why can't they just get on with farming?! And they've already had a modern education, so why d 632Reads6.8Score106Shelves

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    He rushed back from the US to help China.

42. 42 八 The 1980s: My Dad Lives Off His Wife, and I Return Home as a Tycoon 八零：我爸靠吃软饭我回国成神豪 Dragon Palace Gate龙宫殿门Modern Romance735k WordsCompleted Tang Zhixia transmigrates to 1983, where she's just about to be fed to the fish. [Aww~ Bind yourself to me and I'll save you, but you have to take me home!] A Chinese dragon egg crashes into the space between her brows. Only after escaping certain death does Tang Zhixia discover that her “golden finger,” which saved her, can only hatch with the help of China's national fortune! And her legendary father, who made his fortune after four wealthy wives died, has just left her billions in assets and 38.8kReads8.3Score6.3kShelves

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    This is good. The female lead is building her career, and the story has progressed to Hong Kong so far.

43. 43 港 Hong Kong Showbiz 1982: The Queen of Cantopop 港娱1982之香江女子天后 Paintbrush Cat画笔猫Modern Romance430k WordsCompleted [The day she sneaked into Hong Kong, everyone at school laughed at her, calling her a mainland bumpkin. No one imagined that this “rose in the mud” would one day turn all of Hong Kong upside down!] Hong Kong in 1982 was a dazzling world of luxury and excess, yet it bared its coldest fangs at her. She took shelter in a shack, endured contempt at every turn, and was mocked as a country bumpkin with a hard life. But they had no idea Her mind held four decades of hit songs and iconic dramas! Her stu 1.8kReads8.4Score128Shelves

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    Recommendation rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. The downsides are that it's not finished yet and the rating is too low, but it's definitely worth watching.

44. 44 富 A Rich Heiress Transmigrates to the 1980s, and the Earl Arrives! 富家女穿越八零，伯爵大人驾到！ Cang Cang Sen Ba Gui苍苍森八桂Modern Romance188k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment] [Content warning: The main storyline follows the female lead spending money, with her career coming second] [The female lead is incredibly rich and has a well-established team, so she doesn't need to work herself to the bone. All she has to do is shop to her heart's content] [The first man has no redeeming qualities and is out of the picture. The female lead won't marry, but will have a child to inherit the family fortune. Multiple male love interest 10Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    Both stories feature female protagonists who are wealthy overseas businessmen returning to China to reunite with their relatives.

45. 45 六 The Sixties’ Hong Kong Heiress 六零香江女富豪 Forever a Blossoming Beauty永远的人间富贵花Modern Romance413k WordsOngoing Also known as The Wealthy Hong Kong Businesswoman of the 1960s No CP, no domestic squabbles, just a pure career-focused story. The author is terrible at naming things 😭 Please don't give up on the book just because of the title, thank you. Han Shuying is reborn in the 1960s, only to discover that she is living inside two novels. In one, she is a vicious cannon-fodder character who dies horribly in the mountains. In the other, she is the protagonist, armed with a child-raising cashback System, wh 821Reads8.1Score103Shelves

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    A story about a wealthy man focused solely on his career, with no romantic pairing.

46. 46 兄 Siblings Travel Back to the 1970s: We Refuse to Be Pawns of Fate 兄妹同穿七零，不做命运的炮灰 Eight-Treasure Zhou Never Gets Full八宝周不饱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted An arson attack burned down Zhu Suisui’s home and shattered both her and her brother’s lives. Scars from third-degree burns covered her entire body, and her family died in the fire. Her father, Lin Shengkou, was the culprit. He was sentenced to death for bribing the housekeeper to burn her mother, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, and both her and her brother alive. She and her brother were eventually rescued, but burns covered 95 percent of their bodies. The two disfigured orphans rel 22.5kReads8.5Score3.7kShelves

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    The female protagonist is an overseas Chinese who returns from abroad to find her family and change their fate. "Fang Rong, you only have one month to live." "This is your only chance to change your destiny." Despite possessing extraordinary talent, her bloodline has withered away generation after generation. By the time of Fang Rong, she was the only remaining heir. And she tragically died in a plane crash, not even reaching the age of thirty.

47. 47 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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    It won't cost much.

48. 48 双 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 172Reads7.2Score149Shelves

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    He has 18 white-haired people under his command, who are close to the Korean king.

49. 49 双 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score135Shelves
50. 50 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Urban2.9M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!! 254Reads7.6Score101Shelves

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