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1. 1 误 She Stumbled Into a School for Nobles, but All She Wants Is to Make Money! 误入贵族学校，她只想搞钱！ Grape Milk Tea with Pearls芝芝葡萄加珍珠Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Sweet group-adored romance, a story of redemption, also known as: The Heroine Only Wants to Make Money] Santoria is a private aristocratic academy attended by the children of wealthy merchants, scholarly families, and politicians. While students at ordinary schools bury themselves in problem sets, hoping to get into a good college, these young masters and young ladies must learn how to expand their networks and uphold their families’ reputations. Power, money, connections, and resources are top 26kReads9.4Score3.6kShelves

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   I was tricked into it by a tweet and it ended up being just over 100 chapters, but it's really good!

2. 2 古 The Grand Princess from Ancient Times Is a Science Prodigy in the Modern World 古穿今，长公主她理科超神 Zombie Gu Gu僵尸咕咕Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Ancient-to-Modern Transmigration + System + Top Student + Strengthening the Nation] In her previous life, Chen Lingying needed only three thousand light cavalry to strike down the enemy's commander. The people of Great Zhou called her the Eldest Princess of Chen, with both reverence and fear. When she opened her eyes again, the princess who had stood second to none had become a modern high school girl. Mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology; The International Mathematical Olympiad, internatio 6.4kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves

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   Reading this book is not only enjoyable, but also makes you read secretly and gain knowledge.

3. 3 神 Tycoon System: The Rich Lady Takes the Elite Social Scene by Storm 神豪系统，富婆在上流社会杀疯了 South of the Huai, Moonlight南上淮月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Tycoon System + no romance + building a business empire + flaunting wealth in the real world + multiple handsome men + everyone’s darling + livestream gifts + secret identities] (No romance: the female lead has no man in her heart, but plenty around her. She’s after money, not sex.) Wen Wan was a hopeless romantic. She was hideously ugly, weighed two hundred pounds, earned three thousand a month, ate steamed buns soaked in tap water, and rented a basement room for 500 a month. She poured her he 1.6kReads7.9Score195Shelves

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   If you like to read novels in which the heroine pursues a career and becomes independent, the following works will definitely make you feel the heroine's struggle and achievements in her career. Each one is full of inspiration and excitement, come and read it!

4. 4 机 A Mechanical Genius Reincarnates as a Science Whiz: Taking Off from the Start 机械大佬魂穿理科学霸：开局起飞 Math Is Too Hard数学太难Modern Romance989k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Career-focused] [National University of Defense Technology] [Creating a New World] Gu Yi, a mechanical engineering genius from the 25th century, transmigrates into the body of Zeng Li, a top science student in 1999. From then on, she lives each day planning two hundred steps ahead. She overcomes every obstacle and leaves her rivals in the dust, eventually becoming Huaxia's youngest general. Just as she leads Huaxia to become the world's leading power, she also happens to establish a new 1.4kReads9.3Score298Shelves
5. 5 惊 What?! The Group's Favorite Little Sister Is a Max-Level Big Shot 惊！团宠妹妹她竟是满级大佬 Competing with Pandas for Bamboo Shoots和熊猫夺笋Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Bo Xitong, a top assassin in another world, was racing planes against her sworn enemy when a bolt of lightning sent her transmigrating to the modern world. She was tired of living on the edge of a knife. Now that she had transmigrated, she could relax and lie flat, or as they put it here, become a couch potato. Her adoptive family was eccentric, but they doted on her, their adopted daughter, as if she might break if they held her too tightly. Little by little, they melted the heart that had been 7kReads9.2Score1kShelves
6. 6 穿 After I Transmigrated Back, I Bewitched the Whole World 穿越回来后我苏遍整个世界 Seven Little Pairs七小对Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted 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 18.4kReads9.4Score2kShelves
7. 7 系 The System Sends Me Back to Sixteen 系统让我重返十六岁 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A rebirth story, a System story, a patriotic story, and a tale of striving for success. Top scorer in the national college entrance exam, Olympic champion, special forces soldier, diplomat. This isn't a romance. It's a female-led story, and the male lead barely appears until the final chapter. The moment Lu Xiaoxing opens her eyes, she's back at sixteen, in her senior year of high school. She's also bound to a Progress System. Walking or running each day is enough to complete her check-in tasks 22.6kReads9.5Score2.8kShelves
8. 8 重 Reborn in 1990: I Strike It Rich with My Pocket Dimension 重生九零，带着空间逆袭暴富 Xu Yiwan许意晚Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Xia Chutang is reborn in the 1990s. She awakens a pocket dimension and gains extraordinary stamina and hearing. She studies hard, turns from a hopeless student into a top scholar, and gets into the best university in the capital. She persuades her mother to leave her lazy, abusive father and start over. She uses her grandmother’s secret recipe to start a factory and go into business. Her aunt’s family, who ruined her family in her previous life, gets what they deserve. Want her help? Sorry, she’ 1.4kReads8.6Score174Shelves
9. 9 舞 The Dancing Queen Takes the Entertainment World by Storm 舞蹈皇后她爆红娱乐圈 Don't Ask About Lingxi莫问灵犀Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Alternate world + rebirth + System + feel-good story + entertainment industry + focused on building a career + no romance] Song Manyue is the daughter of a top-tier wealthy family, famous around the world and the recipient of prestigious awards. She is the Song family's prized showpiece in Shanghai and a role model for the city's wealthy young women. News about Song Manyue winning a top-tier award floods the country, while a headline about her fiancé spending over a hundred million yuan on a pr 17.1kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves

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10. 10 重 Back in Ninth Grade, the Top Student Has the Campus Prince and Academic Prodigy Competing for Her 重回初三学霸她引校草学神竞折腰 Flowers Bloom in July花开七月Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted At a low point in her life, Jiang Yunning was reborn in an accident, returning to her third year of middle school. With a new life ahead of her, she decided not to repeat the mistakes of her past. This time, she would study hard, work to earn money, and live a remarkable life! She studied while building a business, and before she knew it, the nobody in her class had become a star at school! Just as she threw herself into pursuing her goals, the handsome school heartthrob she'd had a crush on i 4.4kReads9.1Score489Shelves
11. 11 醉 Drunk on Springtime 醉春色 Heart Yearning for Gardenias心向往栀Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted [Elegant, radiant heiress from Hong Kong City & aloof, refined tycoon] [Flirtatious sweetness + doting romance + devoted couple + two powerful families] They say the Qin family is heartless, and their new head, Qin Yanzhou, is even more so. Born to wealth and privilege, he is distant and indifferent, with no room in his life for love. Just after returning to Hong Kong City, Shen Muyan was assigned to open a branch in Shanghai and negotiate a deal with the Qin family. At their first meeting, she 22.3kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
12. 12 高 No Dating Before the College Entrance Exam 高考之前绝不早恋 Mountain True Page山真页Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted Also known by its casual title, “Those Years: The Boys Who Had Crushes on Her and the Heartthrob She Had a Crush On” Also known by its elegant title, “Worthy of Our Youth” A sweet, down-to-earth slice-of-life romance about high school students! Secret crushes!!! Everyday life!!! Lighthearted!!! Down-to-earth!!! No grand romances that flout school rules and regulations! No wealthy families, no aristocrats, no heiresses! No abortions, no car crashes, no best-friend showdowns! Our motto: No dating 952Reads9.0Score121Shelves

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    They are all articles about campus heroines making money and careers, with ratings of nine or more.

13. 13 重 Back in Seventh Grade, Hitting the Books with My Friends 重回初一，带着小伙伴一起卷 Uninhibited and Unrestrained落落大放Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn + top student + everyday growth + heartwarming + inspirational + ensemble cast + I scare even myself when I get competitive] Shen Qiu is reborn, back in her first year of middle school. She decides she won't lie flat anymore. So what if she doesn't have a System? She can do it herself! Being reborn is the greatest System of all! In this life, she's going to push herself to the limit. Along the way, Shen Qiu reconnects with a group of friends and leads them through every obstacle on their 2.7kReads9.0Score338Shelves
14. 14 重 Reborn as a Movie Queen: The Madam Is Gorgeous and Glamorous 重生影后：夫人又美又飒 Yu Xi羽夕Modern Romance3.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn wish-fulfillment + face-slapping + adored by everyone] In her previous life, Gu Qi loved Fan Jue with no dignity whatsoever, yet never managed to get so much as a glance from him before she died. The family she trusted without question turned out to be trash who had stolen someone else's place. Breaking free from her cocoon, she is reborn to live for herself this time. She crushes scum, serves up face-slapping, climbs to the top of the entertainment industry, and exposes the schemes of t 6.9kReads9.3Score869Shelves

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    The heroine has the power to create the world

15. 15 重 Reborn in 2006: The Campus’s Top Businesswoman 重生2006：校园第一商女 Meng Xiaosi萌小姒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Given another chance at life, Le Ning returned to the happiest year of all, 2006. That year, her father was still the richest man in the province, and she was the princess everyone envied. That year, a remarkable third-generation heir was already taken with her character, but Le Ning had no idea. To keep her family at the top, Le Ning would have to take down her spendthrift stepmother and save her father, whose money was trapped in the stock market. To keep herself from going bankrupt in the fut 276Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's still the most enjoyable to have a career

16. 16 重 Back to the '90s: A Rich Girl on Campus 重回90校园当富婆 Jade Beauty of the Jade Terrace瑶台玉人Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted At forty, Xiao Yao feels like she's accomplished nothing. She doesn't have much education, and work has always been a struggle. Even at forty, she still has to watch what she says around others. She loves children and wants a family. But a scumbag wasted the best years of her life, and now she's alone. Her parents used to work at a state-owned factory. By now, their glory days are long gone. They didn't go into business when others did, and they didn't buy a home when others were buying. They li 6.4kReads8.9Score565Shelves
17. 17 替 The Substitute Bride: Her Billionaire Husband Spoils Her 替嫁新娘：亿万老公宠上天 Glazed Snow琉璃雪雪Modern Romance3.4M WordsCompleted A conspiracy brings Xia Xiwang back from the countryside to marry him and cure his illness. Ugly and untalented in medicine? Watch her work wonders with her healing hands and reveal her breathtaking beauty! The famous young ladies of Haicheng, their faces swollen from defeat, complain to him. “Young Master Lu...” Wait, the frail husband she married is actually a business tycoon who can command the world with one hand! She throws herself at his leg and clings to it. “Honey, weren't you on your la 3.2kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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    The president is only nice to her

18. 18 林 Dr. Lin’s Military Marriage 林医生的军婚生活 All of a Sudden突然之间Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted Qin Lang, 30, squad leader in a special forces unit Lin You, 26, doctoral student at a military medical university Lin You stands by the window, watching the man downstairs prepare to leave. They have been married for six years. During the first three, they barely saw each other. Over the next three, they gradually began to spend time together, but even then, only rarely. The marriage Lin You had imagined was nothing like this, and so she began thinking about divorce. When the man learns what sh 9.2kReads8.9Score722Shelves
19. 19 刹 A Fleeting Bloom: An Obsession 刹那芳华之执念 Meng Xizi梦溪子Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted College student Lin Moxuan meets Mu Chenxi, a poised and capable fellow townsman, on campus, and the two develop feelings for each other. Mu Chenxi's roommate, Ye Chuyao, falls deeply in love with Lin Moxuan at first sight. As time passes, Lin Moxuan finds himself torn between the two, leading to a series of tangled loves and rivalries. How will Lin Moxuan choose in the end? And who is the one who cannot let go? Readers can draw their own conclusions. —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 重 Reborn as a Top-Tier Star Heiress: The Rich Fight Over Me 重生商界顶流千金：豪门疯抢 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted [Revenge against scumbags + forced possession + reborn heroine + romantic rivals competing] [Sweet-faced, scheming seductress × unhinged heir / abstinent CEO / rugged military king / refined but depraved bureau chief / financial predator] [In her past life, she was abandoned by her own family, betrayed by the one she loved, and bullied and framed, until she lost her reputation and died with bitterness in her heart!] [Reborn in the year 2000, Li Muan returns from the ashes with memories steeped i 359Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The outside world is noisy, but she has an "inner GPS" programmed by herself. The goal is clear and the path is flexible. It can automatically block interference and re-plan the route to ensure that it finally reaches the preset end point.

21. 21 重 Reborn: Back to 1983 to Become a Tycoon 重生：回到1983当富翁 Half Gratitude, Half Grudge恩怨各一半Urban3.4M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available on JD.com! The text has been carefully revised and is even more exciting. There are plenty of discounts right now, so if you're interested, go grab a copy!) Zhou Yufeng, a corporate CEO, unexpectedly returns to 1983, an era of planned economies and feeling one's way across the river by touching the stones. With his lovely wife wanting a divorce and his younger brother and sister struggling to get by, watch as he turns the business world upside down and changes 141.2kReads9.3Score17.2kShelves
22. 22 重 Back to the Nineties: My Wife Is a Little Fierce 重返九零：娇妻有点狠 Leisurely悠悠哉Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted After being reborn, Tao Rong wants nothing to do with fake, malicious relatives, a husband whose heart belongs to his first love, or friends who stab her in the back. All she wants is the daughter she most wronged in her previous life. She can take her revenge slowly, but she needs to hurry up and have her daughter… So why won’t her husband let her leave in the end? 98Reads9.0Score110Shelves
23. 23 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 53.5kReads9.5Score6.4kShelves

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    She not only pays attention to the explicit business rules, but also carefully deciphers the hidden rules and human worldliness in the industry. This accumulation of "social capital" has cleared many invisible obstacles for her.

24. 24 重 Reborn as the Real Heiress, She Turns the Tables with Her Green Tea Persona 重生真千金靠绿茶人设逆袭了 Peering at Cranes窥鹤Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Satisfying face-slapping + No golden finger + Everyone’s darling heroine + Both leads are pure + Male lead chases his wife to the crematorium] [Scheming green-tea real heiress who plays the pig to eat the tiger vs. beautiful, dispassionate Buddhist monk] In her previous life, Gu Yaoyao was the fake heiress’s foil. The fake heiress was innocent, kind, and talented. Not only was she adored by her parents and older brother, she also became the gentle moonlight in everyone’s heart. Gu Yaoy 7.3kReads9.0Score905Shelves

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