Ruthless, Pure Black, Warlord Factions, Set in the 1980s or 1990s 杀伐果断，纯黑，军阀势力，背景80/90年代

1. 1 混 The Drifter's Road Home 混子的归途 Two Scars on My Face脸上两道疤Urban2.0M WordsCompleted With my brothers by my side and guns in our hands, let’s see who gets to call the shots in this underworld! I may stay out of the underworld, but once I step in, I’ll make every thug submit and every boss get out of my way. I’ll become the... king of this underworld! New book: Underworld Boss: Starting as a Veteran. Now serializing to great acclaim! 29.4kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves

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   Do you want these books? I feel like they should be the type you like.

2. 2 悍 The Bandit's Glory 悍匪的巅峰 A Bandit's Springtime土匪的春天Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Hu Fei is the descendant of an old Northeast Chinese bandit, living in a modern city. At home, he has a great-grandfather so brilliant he seems almost supernatural, who often quotes, “Growing old without dying makes you a thief!” He also has an old retainer who holds the title of chief of the Thousand Gates and commands its eight branches, mastering all kinds of strange and ingenious techniques. After being taught for twenty years by these two antique-level eccentrics, Hu Fei has become incredib 5.6kReads9.0Score665Shelves
3. 3 末 Apocalypse Godfather: I Have a Gang of Crazy Brothers 末世教父，我有一群疯子兄弟 Koala Loves Pigs考拉爱猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.2M WordsCompleted (No System, passionate, brotherhood, not an invincible protagonist, high martial arts) (Ensemble cast, every character has a distinct personality and their own moments to shine) A young man framed and imprisoned by his own boss unexpectedly gains the blood of the Demon Ancestor and awakens as a superpowered fighter, embarking on a path of revenge. The story of a group of youths from the bottom of society fighting their way up. A legend about a young man who rises to become the Underworld Emperor 91.9kReads9.4Score11.2kShelves
4. 4 我 My Mercenary Career 我的雇佣兵生涯 I Was Born a Fine Bird我本良禽Urban1.1M WordsCompleted "Cousin, what exactly is a mercenary?" "What do you mean, 'mercenary'? We're heroes! Heroes who rob the rich to help the poor, got it?" "Didn't we keep all the money for ourselves? Who exactly did we help?" "You silly kid, we're the poor!" I stared at the stacks of green cash by my feet and sank into deep thought... Yeah, Cousin's right! 7.8kReads9.1Score865Shelves
5. 5 超 So Sweet! My Unconventional Beast Husband Can Handle Anything 超甜：我那不正经的兽夫贼扛事 Shanmi山米Ancient Romance541k WordsCompleted Sweet One-on-One Romance After Qing You transmigrated to the Beast World, she caught the attention of a man with short silver hair, a cold, stern face, and an air of untamed danger. His solid, sculpted muscles, their size difference, and those vivid green eyes constantly fixed on her made Qing You feel like he could crush her in one hand. There was no domestic violence after they became mates, but he was so wild and direct that Qing You often couldn’t keep up. Her back would ache, or her legs wo 11.9kReads8.9Score1kShelves

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   Very beautiful, worth recommending

6. 6 被 Forced to Marry a Ruthless Mogul, I Lie Flat and Let Him Spoil Me 被迫跟狠戾大佬联姻，我躺平受宠 Sweet Xiaobei甜小贝Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [A Super Clingy Beauty x An Abstinent, Fatherly Powerhouse; Marriage First, Love Later; Sweet Everyday Romance; Both Leads Are Inexperienced] After being reborn, Jiang Li is asked by the real heiress to switch fiancés, and immediately realizes that the other girl has been reborn too. The real heiress is haughty and spoiled: Yuan Hezhi comes from a distinguished family, but he's no good in bed. Ye Yuchen, who built his fortune from nothing, is a real man. I'll marry no one else! Jiang Li is sweet 19.6kReads9.1Score2kShelves

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   [Love][love][love]

7. 7 不 Wait, Since When Are the Cannon Fodder So Delicate? Do You Have a Death Wish? 不是，谁家炮灰这么娇，不要命了 Meow Doesn't Kiss Fish喵不亲鱼Two Male Leads2.8M WordsCompleted An abstinent, unhinged villainous brute versus a lucky young master who transmigrates into a book Song Chi has transmigrated into a book. The good news: he’s now the son of a wealthy family. The bad news: he’s a spoiled, arrogant cannon-fodder character who’s destined to die, and his biological parents have sent him to the countryside to work as an educated youth. “Ahhhhh, heavens! Why am I so unlucky?” Song Chi clutches his head and cries. He’s a pampered young master who can’t lift a fing 37.4kReads9.5Score4.6kShelves

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   At first you think this book is just a time-travel system, but the further you read, you will find that it is not only as simple as time-travel, but also the main and secondary characters in it are very contemporary. This book can be written in the 1980s or written in the future. [Top post][top post]

8. 8 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 4.8kReads8.9Score641Shelves

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   It's not easy to save the male protagonist who is about to go dark.

9. 9 孤 The Lone Wolf and His Mute Wife 孤狼和他的哑媳妇 geziModern Romance279k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love]+ [Angst and sweetness]+ [Tortured romance] Gu Shaofeng used his forcefulness and possessiveness to protect and shelter his mute wife. He could dote on her or yell at her. He would risk his life to protect her, but could also force and hurt her. He could call her his mute wife, but couldn't stand anyone else calling her a mute. Fang Yiduo was like a tiny, voiceless flower, always leaning against this lone wolf and enduring his sweetness, his loss of control, and his dominee 3kReads8.7Score200Shelves
10. 10 穿 Transmigrated as the Eldest Brother’s Wife: Taming a Wealthy Family in 1990s Hong Kong 穿成大嫂，调教豪门【九零香江】 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 33.3kReads9.1Score4kShelves

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    These three books are pretty good, I think they'll be pretty good to read.

11. 11 七 Hong Kong in the 1970s: The Heiress Has 1.7 Billion at HSBC 七零香江，大小姐在汇丰有17亿 What Am I Thinking?何所思Modern Romance224k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + older woman/younger man romance + weapon shop + devoted to each other + he pursues her + romance begins after the male lead comes of age] Shu Ran, the heiress to a financial empire, was in a car accident on her eighteenth birthday and was on the brink of death when she was fortunate enough to encounter the System. The System could send her to 1970s Hong Kong in a parallel world, and came with a large villa in Deep Water Bay, a luxury car, and a weapon-shopping 9.2kReads6.1Score1.3kShelves
12. 12 军 Warlord: My Father Commands Six Provinces, and I Want to Be the Yellow Emperor 军阀：我爹六省督军，我想当黄帝 Web Novel Newbie网文小咖Urban1.3M WordsCompleted If you were an ordinary wage earner who transmigrated to another world and gained a powerful father with influence over everything, an only son who was doted on to no end, what kind of person would you become? Would you let the evil in your heart grow, or unleash the justice within you? Welcome to a world at war. War is one way humans interact, and this world is full of exciting stories. Build an immortal empire, make up for the regrets in your heart, and create the super Blue Star of your dream 33.1kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
13. 13 重 Back to 1983 重回一九八三 Old Rascal 18佬妖精18Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted To live the kind of life others envied, Qin Xiaoyou carefully schemed to get close to a man while drunk. He married her out of a sense of responsibility, but ruined her life all the same. The beatings, insults, and abuse didn't matter. She had brought it on herself, and had no one else to blame. What Qin Xiaoyou couldn't bear was being ignored by this man for ten years. She couldn't accept it. Why should she have to live this way? With a heart full of resentment, she closed her eyes and stopped 336Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Eighty, fierce wife, seventy

14. 14 开 From the Start, She Sold Human Traffickers: The Fearless Soldier's Wife Takes on the Army Compound 开局卖人贩，兵王悍妻勇闯家属院 A Qi An阿祺安Modern Romance576k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage in the 1970s + Love at First Sight + Everyday Family Life + Never Back Down] Shen Xingchui’s two great achievements after transmigrating: First, she took on a gang of human traffickers on a green train and strung them up in a row to sell them off. Second, she whistled at a stone-faced soldier king in uniform, sporting an eight-pack: “Comrade, I hear you’re looking for a wife?” On her first day after transmigrating, the modern sanda champion earned herself the title “Traffi 3.3kReads8.4Score467Shelves
15. 15 重 Reborn in the 1970s: My Wife Loves Her Food and Fights Like a Tiger 重生七零：爱干饭的媳妇太彪悍 Hu Liutong胡六筒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Read + Sweet Romance + Scheming Male Lead + Strong Female Lead!] Su Mianmian, a powerhouse from the apocalypse, is reborn. She opens her eyes and starts eating, leaving her biased family members questioning their lives. “Su the Clapback Queen” is a walking cheat code, yet someone is foolish enough to try robbing her. Su Mianmian stomps a huge rock into tiny pieces. “I walk this street, I stand on this road. If you want to pass, leave your life money behind!” Lin Qingyuan is shameless 1.2kReads9.0Score109Shelves
16. 16 八 The 1980s: Pregnant and Demanding a Divorce, She Sends the Tycoon Into a Panic 八零：挺孕肚闹离婚，大佬急哭了 Lu Xiaoli陆小黎Modern Romance444k WordsCompleted [Period setting + orphan girl + sweet romance + rugged man + adorable kids + business + inspirational] Modern-day orphan Bai Lu managed to finish school thanks to her benefactor’s support, then became an executive at a foreign company after graduation. When she learned her benefactor would attend a school reunion, she wanted to thank him in person. But an accident left her transmigrated into the body of his terrible ex-wife, who had died young. Her benefactor was fired from the factory and coul 141Reads8.9Score—Shelves
17. 17 重 Reborn in the Eighties: Reclaiming the Life That Was Stolen from Me 重生八零年代：抢回被偷人生 Tea in Coffee咖啡里的茶Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted What does a life of failure at the college entrance exam look like? Yan Yan gives a self-mocking smile. Isn't it just like hers? Mockery, disappointment, and bitter struggle have accompanied her through the first half of her life. Then, by accident, she discovers that someone stole her exam results and took her place in life. But when the truth comes out, she isn't cleared of blame. Instead, someone pushes her off a building. At the moment of death, she resents fate and its unfairness. When she 78Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Military Officer Husband Is Strong and Fierce 重生八零：军官老公又强又猛 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 12.1kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
19. 19 军 My Army Officer Husband Despises Me, So I'll Divorce Him. I Won't Forgive Him. 军官老公厌恶她，那就离，不原谅 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [1970s setting, military marriage, face-slapping, ex-husband's groveling redemption, second male lead wins, self-interest above all] Shen Man is a stunning, glamorous dancer with national-level status. The moment she transmigrates, she opens her eyes to a nightmare: she's about to be caught cheating, publicly humiliated, and die of shame. And now, after four years away, the man who was supposed to have died in battle has returned alive. Lu Zhengguo hates the original owner for drugging him and c 16.9kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
20. 20 八 It’s the ’80s. She’s Not Even Your Real Sister, So Why Spoil Her? 八零，又不是亲姐，谁惯着你啊 The Moon Is No Longer Whole月不圆了Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Su Tian is reborn on the day her younger sister steals her fiancé, only to discover that her sister has been reborn too. Not only does her reborn sister steal her fiancé, she also tries to pair Su Tian off with a wife-beater. Su Tian won't stand for it. In her previous life, the man was a good person in public but schemed against her in private. He conspired with a doctor to claim she couldn't have children, making Su Tian drink plenty of harmful medicine until she was left infertile. He control 1.3kReads7.1Score107Shelves
21. 21 首 My Commander Father Wants to Claim Me. After He Does, He Calls Me a Leaky Cotton Jacket 首长亲爹求相认，认完骂我漏风棉 Yingying Zhao英英昭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed [Era + military marriage + real heiress + adored by everyone + heroine is incredible at putting people in their place and beating them up] After sacrificing her life for her country, modern computer genius Jiang Tiange was reborn into her own past life. But that past life had been a miserable one: she was the real heiress, yet had been maliciously switched at birth, beaten and cursed, and forced to marry an abusive second-time husband. After she died miserably, her body was sold for a 33.8kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves
22. 22 八 The Fierce Eighties Beauty Is Gorgeous, and Her Devoted Childhood Sweetheart Can Handle Her Heat 八零悍妻美又飒，忠犬竹马不怕辣 Little Ice Pear冰梨崽崽Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Song Yinchen was reborn. In her previous life, her saintly, loving, and progressive husband had quietly given her hard-earned university place to his childhood sweetheart, because the girl had no father and was more vulnerable and pitiful. In her previous life, Song Yinchen had been fiercely competitive. She fought people over boundaries, picked arguments, and made scenes. She did all the housework and farm work herself and cared for the whole family, until she became the village's most notoriou 7.3kReads8.9Score901Shelves
23. 23 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Nation Sent Me a Soldier Boyfriend 重生八零，国家给我发了个军哥哥 Pig Eight-Flower's Brother猪八花她哥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Period + Maxed-Out Skills + Making a Fortune and Placing First in the Exams + Devoted Love] Zhao Jingyan had every skill maxed out, but after getting herself killed through her own stupidity, she transmigrated into the body of a young girl from the 1980s who had returned to her village to search for her family. After quietly questioning her life for a while, she decided to make the best of things. Living well was what mattered. The three essentials of transmigrating to another 6.4kReads8.8Score562Shelves
24. 24 心 My Thoughts Were Exposed, and the Spoiled Beauty Became the Army Officers’ Favorite 心声泄露，作精美人被军官团宠了 Retired Salty Fish养老咸鱼Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted [1980s + Military Marriage + Family Favorite + Inner Thoughts Revealed + Everyone Speaks Their Mind + Alternate-Era Setting + Wife-Doting, Tough Military Officer vs. Sweet, Gentle Little Peach Blossom Spirit] Wen Xingyue failed her tribulation, was struck dead by lightning, and woke up in the human world. Status: Married. Record: Bullied her brother-in-law and made life difficult for her in-laws. Summary: Cheated on her military officer husband. Wen Xingyue trembled with fear. Then she took a cl 3.4kReads9.2Score337Shelves
25. 25 病 A Frail Beauty, but Fierce? The Commander Says He Absolutely Loves It 病美人彪悍？首长说他超爱 Sweet Taro Balls糖心芋圆Modern Romance441k WordsCompleted [1980s Military Marriage + Devoted Couple + Mental Powers + Stolen Golden Finger] Su Nianzhi, a soldier-king from the apocalypse, was reborn as a sickly, insignificant character in a period drama, a woman who was jilted and accidentally drowned. Reborn, she set out to change everything. She beat up the scumbag and exposed his affair. She changed her whole family's cannon-fodder fate and seized the heroine's golden finger. Then she kept her distance from the wolf cub who had his eyes on her. “Qin 4.8kReads9.1Score772Shelves
26. 26 重 Reborn in the 1980s: From the Start, I Took a Factory Job 重生八零，开局进厂打工 Jiang Twenty蒋二十Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yunxi transmigrates into the role of a universally loathed supporting character, the female foil to the heroine. The heroine endures endless hardships without giving in, while Ji Yunxi lives in comfort, spoiled and cruel. During the 1987 wave of migrant labor, the heroine gets into college and finally holds her head high, while Ji Yunxi uses connections to land a job on an assembly line. The heroine lives out a romantic drama straight from real life every day, while Ji Yunxi seethes with jeal 30.6kReads8.4Score6kShelves
27. 27 首 The Commander Refused to Share a Room with Her for His First Love, So She Was Reborn and Walked Away 首长为白月光不圆房，重生不嫁了 Tong Yuyue童雨月Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing Su Niannian has been married to her husband in a military marriage for ten years. His heart belongs only to the woman he has always loved, and he refuses to share a bed with Su Niannian throughout their entire marriage. Even when she is dying of terminal cancer, he refuses to see her. When she opens her eyes again, she has been reborn, back to before their wedding. This time, she doesn’t want to marry him again! 22.2kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves
28. 28 首 Commander, Your Wife Sank the Enemy Warship 首长，你媳妇儿把敌舰打沉了 Gu Yue Yan古月言Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 3.6kReads9.0Score619Shelves
29. 29 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 28.6kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
30. 30 重 Back to the 1980s: The Villainess Just Wants to Be a Good Person 重回八零：反派她只想做个好人 Jiang Twenty蒋二十Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted In 1989, just after taking the college entrance exam, Jiang Dai is told she was switched at birth and is forced to return to her biological family. After years of abuse at the hands of her fake mother, she discovers that the mix-up was nothing but a lie concocted by her biological father and stepmother to give their illegitimate daughter a respectable identity. The illegitimate daughter reluctantly takes Jiang Dai’s place, goes to college, and secures a bright future. Jiang Dai, meanwhile, goes 1.5kReads8.7Score163Shelves
31. 31 换 After the Bride Swap, I Turned My Hooligan Husband Over to the State 换嫁后，我把混混丈夫上交国家了 The Full Moon Family满月一家Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Heroine transmigrates into a book + male supporting character is reborn + devoted, sweet romance + heroine can do anything] Comic artist Mo Ke unexpectedly transmigrates into a novel set in a bygone era. The moment she arrives, someone covers her head with a bridal veil, preparing to send her off to be married. According to the plot, her entire family is nothing but stepping stones on the scumbag male lead’s path to success. Once he has used them up, he buries them deep in a mine, then rises to 1.9kReads8.0Score192Shelves
32. 32 重 Reborn in the Eighties: First, I'll Buy a Courtyard House in Kyoto! 重生八零，先在京都买套四合院！ 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 115.5kReads9.4Score9.7kShelves

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