Looking for Stories About Transmigrating as an Old Lady Who Leaves Her Family As-Is and Lives Separately, with a Golden Finger 求穿成老太太不改造家人，分家单过，有金手指

1. 101 不 Oh No, the Old Ancestress Beat Up the Emperor 不好了，老祖宗她把皇上打了 Ten Bowls of Congee粥十碗Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Mu Qingyuan, a modern PhD in education, accidentally transmigrated into the body of an old woman in the Great Yong Dynasty. Though the old woman was a Duchess and even the emperor had acknowledged her as his aunt, that didn't change the fact that she'd gone from a young maiden to an old lady with sagging breasts! After spending a few days in a daze, Mu Qingyuan reluctantly accepted her new identity. She had just prepared to enjoy the privileges of being a venerable matriarch in ancient times, wh 2.1kReads8.1Score240Shelves

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   🌱①When the crisis of annihilation turns into the whole family preparing for exams, Mu Qingyuan creates a "hellish schedule": reading the constitution at dawn and conducting sand table simulations of people's livelihoods at noon. On the day the results are released, the emperor is so shocked that he drops the memorial: "Aunt! Is it appropriate for your family to sweep the top three places in both civil and military examinations?"

2. 102 重 After Being Reborn as a Heartless Old Woman, My Wicked Children Regretted It! 重生老太狠心后，孽子们后悔了！ A Cloudy Camphor一只云桉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Face-Slapping] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [Family Life] [The rating was just posted, so it may rise.] Xu Guiying spent her life working hard for her five children and raising her granddaughter, who had cerebral palsy. After retiring, she set up a dumpling stall to help make ends meet. Then someone beat her so badly she was gravely injured, and she was diagnosed with cancer. Her children and grandchildren had leached off her their entire lives, yet they all made excuses and refu 1.2kReads7.7Score101Shelves

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   The old lady is reborn, living a different kind of ordinary life. No holding back, no taking insults, she'll fight back if she's wronged. So refreshing! Hahahaha!

3. 103 窝 The Downtrodden Auntie Reborn: Starting with a Breakfast Stall 窝囊大妈重生：从早点铺子开始 Half Wood, Half Fire半木半火Modern Romance589k WordsCompleted [1980s] [Reborn] [Building Wealth] [Contributing to the Province's Economic Development] [Family Life] [Enjoying Life] This is the story of a retired woman who turns her life around and gradually becomes a well-known entrepreneur across the province. [Reader's Guide!!] ① The heroine, Meng Lanying, will not marry again! No romance! No romance! ② In her previous life, the heroine was not a perfect old woman! She went from foolishly walking into a trap, to waking up, to being reborn! She will d 969Reads8.7Score111Shelves
4. 104 荒 In a Famine Year, the Whole Village Chews Tree Bark, but My System Fills My Pond with Fish 荒年全村啃树皮，我有系统满池鱼 Wen Yan雯颜Ancient Romance206k WordsOngoing Wei Guoguo, a modern independent woman who died suddenly after staying up all night, opens her eyes in the body of a 55-year-old grandmother in ancient times. Before her, three sons are red-faced as they argue over the family fortune, while two frail daughters huddle in a corner. “Mother, hand over your coffin money so we can divide it up!” the eldest declares, as if it were only right. Wei Guoguo throws open the coffin lid and sits up. “Divide the family? You think you’re worthy?” “Ding! Grandm —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   An old lady who travels through time, may you be blessed with good fortune!

5. 105 荒 In a Famine Year, the Whole Village Chews Tree Bark, but My System Gives Me the God of Wealth 荒年全村啃树皮，我有系统财神爷 Wen Yan雯颜Ancient Romance104k WordsOngoing She transmigrates into a poor village girl during a famine, and from the start her whole family is chewing tree bark? Wei Qiuguo takes one look at the villagers, their eyes green with hunger, and her predatory relatives, and nearly blacks out. Luckily, the “God of Wealth’s Rise and Strive System” binds to her just in time! But wasn’t it supposed to turn stones into gold? This System actually wants her to “make money through good deeds”? [Villagers’ gratitude +1, Wealth Points +1] [Gather goodwil 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 106 老 The Old Woman Is Reborn, Beating Her Ungrateful Children with an Iron Rod 老太太重生，铁棒爆打不孝子女 Beneath the Flowers and Moon花前月下Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Rebirth + Family Life + Ensemble Cast + No Golden Finger + Taking Down Scumbags + The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin] Also known as The Old Lady Is Reborn: She Leaves Her Husband and Sons and Torments Her Daughter-in-Law Old Mrs. Liu worked herself to the bone her whole life, squeezing every last drop of strength from herself to raise three sons. But once she grew old and could no longer help them, they kicked her around like a ball, treating her with nothing but disdain. One bitter 4.6kReads8.1Score389Shelves

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   These are all stories about elderly women being reborn. I've been really into this type of story lately, and I highly recommend reading them! [Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked]

7. 107 重 Reborn in the 1990s: An Old Woman Reforms Her Ungrateful Children 重生九零：老太太改造不孝子女 Moon Reflected on a Light Boat轻舟映月Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted [Rebirth] [Period setting] [Family squabbles] [Golden finger] [Building wealth] Yu Qiuying is reborn, returning to the years when she worked herself to the bone for her children. In her previous life, she devoted herself to her children and gave them everything, hoping they would have good lives. In the end, she received no gratitude, only their resentment. Her second and youngest daughters both blamed her for favoring her two sons. Her eldest son resented her for the rest of his life over somet 1.4kReads8.6Score111Shelves
8. 108 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Luo Laotai Rises Step by Step at the Machinery Factory 重生六零罗老太在机械厂步步高升 Bouncing Bunny蹦跶兔Modern Romance635k WordsCompleted [Period] [Reborn] [Feel-Good Fiction] [Family Life] [Career Advancement] Divorce! Divorce! Divorce! I will never forgive them! In her previous life, Grandma Luo was famous for being virtuous. She managed both work and home life, and even after being widowed, she held the family together. She broke herself to provide for her sons. But as soon as her grandsons started school, they threw her out. Rather than support her in her old age, they forced her to take the blame for her eldest daughter-in-la 1.1kReads8.4Score100Shelves

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   This is so cute! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

9. 109 老 This Old Lady Is Done Serving You: Reborn, I Treat Everyone the Same! 老太太不伺候了，重生一视同仁！ Little Sheep Number One小羊一号Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [1980s + story about an old woman + son preference + making amends] In her previous life, Grandma Jiang had eyes only for her three sons and treated her only daughter as the exception, and not in a good way. She refused to let her daughter go to school, forced her to drop out early to support the family, gave all the good things to her sons, and left every hard task to her daughter. She poured her whole heart into doting on her sons, only to have them consider her a burden when she grew old and 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I recommend this book written by an old lady.

10. 110 穿 Transmigrating into the 1970s as a Penny-Pinching Old Woman 穿越七零抠搜老太 May's Playful Cat五月溜溜猫Modern Romance326k WordsCompleted [Period drama + ensemble cast in moderation + everyday family life + gossip-filled courtyard antics + no golden finger + lighthearted wish fulfillment] He Meifeng is a strong-willed older unmarried woman. After one of her subordinates made a mess and left her to take the blame, she was so furious she transmigrated into the period novel she'd just finished reading, becoming the stingy, eccentric mother-in-law in the story. In the original plot, He Meifeng spends her whole life scrimping and savin 1.6kReads6.4Score128Shelves
11. 111 睁 I Woke Up as a Terrible Farm Wife Fleeing Famine, but I’m Not Panicking 睁眼就成了极品农妇逃荒，我不慌 Su Nuonuo苏糯糯Ancient Romance333k WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine + drought + floods + soldiers and bandits + spiritual spring space + heartwarming, no toxic family members + no romance] Bai Yuanhe, an older single woman, suddenly transmigrates into the body of a notorious shrew in Yulin Village during the Great Yue dynasty. Not only must she flee famine with her whole family in tow, she also discovers that her daughter is the scheming white-lotus villainess from a novel. With the golden finger her daughter hasn’t yet squandered by giving it to 956Reads8.9Score102Shelves
12. 112 穿 Transmigrated as a Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law, I Lead the Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成搅家精婆婆，统领全家逃荒 Yu Qiaoqiao语乔乔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Famine + building from nothing + raising children + no male lead] The moment Shen Qing opened her eyes, she found a mud-and-thatch hut, clothes patched over and over, cornmeal gruel, and not a trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is just too miserable! The eldest son, raised by the original owner to favor one child over another, was uselessly devoted to his filial duties and wanted to abandon his sick daughter. The second son was an old workhorse, shouldering all the hardest and most exhaustin 12.7kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
13. 113 荒 Bound to the Dutiful Son System During the Famine, the Wicked Mother-in-Law Turns Over a New Leaf 荒年绑定孝子系统，恶婆婆洗白了 Red Qiang Flute红羌笛Ancient Romance357k WordsCompleted Farming + pocket dimension + flight from famine + a life full of blessings Wang Yi, a workaholic who has always been single, transmigrates into a book and suddenly becomes a thirty-seven-year-old mother of seven sons and four daughters-in-law. She comes with a farming System, but even providing for the whole family is a struggle, and Wang Yi is ready to give up. Then the System reveals that filial piety points can be exchanged for silver. With a deal this good, she has to keep working with them. 590Reads8.3Score—Shelves
14. 114 被 Cast Out, She Takes Her Spatial Realm and Flees the Famine 被休后，她带着空间逃荒赢麻了 Pale Ink, Light Blue浅墨浅蓝Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Bonus chapters updated) This is not a conventional wish-fulfillment novel. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. [Female lead’s growth, farming, fleeing famine, stockpiling in a pocket dimension, male supporting characters rise to prominence] Xia Yu transmigrated into a book, and even brought a pocket dimension with her. But she ended up in the body of an ugly wife with a foolishly devoted heart. The original wife gave her all, but her husband remained unmoved. Then famine and war broke out... A 11.3kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
15. 115 老 I Returned to the Famine Years and Tore Into Every Ungrateful Child and Grandchild 老娘重回灾荒年，把不孝儿孙全撕了 Corn Blossom玉米花花Ancient Romance471k WordsCompleted Zhou Rong is reborn. The bad news: disasters and calamities are just around the corner. The good news: this time, she has a spirit spring dimension. In her previous life, there were famine and war, and people were no better than ants. Her beloved second son urged the family to split up, then ignored her completely. Her third son, whom she had supported through his studies, climbed the social ladder by attaching himself to a powerful family. Her cherished youngest daughter became a concubine just 110Reads6.8Score—Shelves
16. 116 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 67.7kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves
17. 117 八 A Late-Life Romance in the 1980s: I Leave My Husband and Son Behind and Join the Army with My Daughter-in-Law 八零暮恋：抛夫弃子带儿媳随军 Qing Youmeng青尢梦Modern Romance460k WordsCompleted Period Rebirth + Wicked Mother-in-Law + Space + Everyday Family Life Abandoning Husband and Children + Following the Army + Fiercely Protective + Miracle Doctor + Revenge Before she was reborn, Zhou Qingmei was crushed beneath the pedestal of being a “virtuous wife and loving mother.” Her husband died suddenly after cheating on her, and her five children leached off her in old age. In the end, her family drained her dry, and she died relying on the charity of her former daughter-in-law. The sayi 863Reads8.3Score106Shelves

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    The old lady is reborn with a cheat code.

18. 118 婆 My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn, I Transmigrate, and Together We Divorce and Farm 婆婆重生我穿越，携手和离种田忙 Yu Qian余浅Ancient Romance187k WordsCompleted The supermarket was all set up, and Lin Manyue transmigrated with it. As the saying goes, with supplies in hand, the whole world is yours! Her husband's family is unreliable? Dump them! As for her sweet, easygoing mother-in-law, of course she'll bring her along! Her mother-in-law loves farming? Sure, let's introduce her to modern agricultural techniques! So many handsome men in ancient times? No rush. The first male model agency in history is already under construction! Lin Manyue, who transmigr 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This mother-in-law is a good match, take her with you!

19. 119 穿 Transmigrating Through a Parade of Mothers-in-Law 穿越之婆婆大集锦 Golden-Skinned Persimmon金皮柿子Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted Fang Cheng is unwillingly cast as one outrageous mother-in-law after another: the mother-in-law in an imperial-exam novel who sells her grandchildren to fund her younger son’s exams; the mother-in-law in a household-intrigue novel who pressures her son and daughter-in-law into taking her niece as a favored concubine; and the mother-in-law who demands good food and drink while fleeing famine. In short, she’s the worst of the worst. 8.1kReads9.0Score819Shelves

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    Of all the quick transmigration mother-in-law novels, I only recommend one.

20. 120 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.3kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves

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    An old lady, no romantic pairing, not bad.

21. 121 老 An Old Lady Works as an Extra on Set to Feed Her Family in Ancient Times 老太片场跑龙套，养活古代一家人 Little Mountain Patrol Deity巡山小神仙Modern Romance607k WordsCompleted Wang Lianhua went up the mountain to gather wild vegetables, then missed her step When she opened her eyes again, she was in a den of monsters. Metal shells raced everywhere, faster than horse-drawn carriages. People wore clothes that showed their arms and legs. Shameless! The houses were so tall she could crane her neck until it snapped and still not see the tops. Wang Lianhua gripped her basket tightly, with one thought on her mind: How was she supposed to get home? Her family was waiting for 16.6kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
22. 122 穿 Transmigrated to 1970, Suddenly a Mom of Nine 穿越1970，喜当9个孩子的妈 A Cha in the Misty Rain阿茶烟雨Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Main characters: Zhao Wenting and Li Sixi [Period Setting + Information System + Transmigrate + Everyday Family Life] Zhao Wenting has transmigrated. There’s one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news: she has a golden finger, an Information System. The bad news: she has nine kids from the start, more than the Calabash Brothers. Looking at the three children who are about to be sent to the countryside, Zhao Wenting rolls up her sleeves and starts toughening them up. As a res 18kReads8.3Score1.4kShelves
23. 123 七 A Seventy-Year-Old Woman Is Reborn, Abandons Her Husband and Children, and Goes on a Rampage 七旬老太重生，她抛夫弃子杀疯了 Bean Paste酱豆子Modern Romance256k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + silver hair + comeback + System + feel-good power fantasy with a female lead + family life] In her previous life, Ye Ping worked herself to the bone and spent her whole life burning herself out for her family. She thought she would enjoy her family’s company in her old age, but once she was bedridden and paralyzed, no one paid her any attention. A single insurance policy finally showed her the true colors of her ungrateful family! Reborn at forty-five, she gets a golden finger: a Syst 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A series of stories about abandoning husbands and children: raising children to provide for old age, only to be met with loneliness and ultimately being killed by one's son through cupping therapy; reborn, realizing that raising children doesn't guarantee a comfortable old age, so they're just like raising a pig to be sold. A second life will definitely be better than the last.

24. 124 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The 1960s, Abandoning My Husband and Child to Survive the Famine 穿书六零：抛夫弃子渡饥荒 Momo de01默默de01Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted [Taking Down Trash + Two Powerful Leads + Superpowers + Pocket Dimension + Fleeing While Pregnant + Military Marriage] Just after striking it rich and finally starting the life she'd always dreamed of, Tian Shuyao transmigrates to 1960. Being thrown into a famine era would be bad enough, but she also gets the worst possible start. Once the daughter of a landlord, Tian Shuyao has fallen on hard times and become the bullied wife of a Zhang family son. Now they even want her dead... In an era when 738Reads7.6Score102Shelves
25. 125 穿 I Transmigrated into the Ex-Wife Who Abandoned Her Husband and Child, and Now I’m Terrified 穿成抛夫弃子的前妻，我瑟瑟发抖 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted Overnight, she transmigrates into the body of a pregnant woman! The kind who later abandons her husband and child and runs off with the money. Her daughter dies tragically, while her ex-husband is wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. She trembles with fear! Thankfully, when she transmigrates, none of it has happened yet. There's still time to change everything... 252Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 126 八 A Village Woman in the 1980s: Granny Wen's Springtime 八零村妇：文老太的春天 Sanjie香吉士Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [1980s | Golden finger | Family life | Taking down awful relatives | Farming and building a fortune] Avid longtime reader Wen Liyue woke up one morning in 1982, in the body of Wen, a miserable forty-three-year-old woman. In the original story, Wen had spent her whole life living in meek misery: tending every day to a sharp-tongued, difficult mother-in-law and a bedridden father-in-law; enduring a faithless, violent, cold husband; pouring half her life into raising three sons; doing all the house 3Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 127 老 After Her Son Pulled the Plug, the Old Woman Was Reborn and Abandoned Her Husband and Children 老太太被儿子拔管，重生抛夫弃子 Xia Wushang夏无殇Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + feel-good revenge + abandoning husband and children + tormenting the in-laws + building a fortune] Old Madam Du gave birth to four sons and two daughters. She spent her whole life working herself to the bone for her sons, selling everything she owned and giving up her job to help them marry and raise her grandsons. In her old age, her sons refused to support her. She scraped by farming and collecting scrap until she fell in a field and was sent to the hospital. The hospital contacted 145Reads6.4Score—Shelves
28. 128 资 The Capitalist Matriarch: From the Start, I Ditch My Trash Husband and Rotten Son 资本家老太太，开局抛渣夫弃逆子 The Handsome Young Master Who Captivates the City倾城公子Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted Eighteen-year-old Lin Shuman and her seventy-year-old grandmother, Lin Xiuying, transmigrate together. Transmigration itself isn’t scary. What’s scary is that Lin Shuman transmigrates into her forty-eight-year-old grandmother’s body, while Lin Xiuying becomes a five-year-old cutie. One old, one young... A wealthy old lady, whose scumbag husband has used her up and made off with her vast fortune and his sweetheart to live happily ever after? She retaliates with a “commendation letter,” and off th 70Reads8.0Score—Shelves
29. 129 我 My Daughter Is a Dragon 我的闺女是条龙 Shangguan Yi上官亿Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted The young master of the Ao family is pressured to marry, so he brings home a little toddler he picked up, hoping to fool the old man. But the toddler has two little horns growing out of her head and a tail behind her. Old Master Ao falls silent... He wanted a precious grandson, not a little dragon princess from the Dragon Palace. But why does the dragon princess look a bit like his son? Could his son be dating a dragon? Is this dragon baby a half-dragon child born to his son and a dragon? Ao Tin 4.5kReads7.6Score359Shelves

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    A domineering CEO taking care of his daughter: My daughter is a dragon, so cute and beautiful!!! So heartwarming.

30. 130 被 Adopted by Beastmen, I Become a Planetary Billionaire's Heir 被兽人领养后，我成了星球富二代 Shangguan Yi上官亿Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted Jiang Xingyue accidentally winds up on a planet of beastfolk, where she becomes the size of a preschooler. She is adopted by a male beastfolk researcher. He is a confirmed bachelor who has never raised a human child, so the two of them just stare at each other, wide-eyed. The male beastfolk teaches her to use the toilet, pointing at it and saying, “You can poop here!” Jiang Xingyue: I can’t go with you watching me... Male beastfolk: “A kid who can’t poop isn’t a good kid...” Jiang Xingyue: Dude, 3.3kReads8.4Score292Shelves
31. 131 穿 The Day Before My Parents Divorced, I Found Happiness Again 穿到爸妈离婚前一天，我又幸福啦 Shangguan Yi上官亿Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted He Xiangkui transmigrates to the day before her parents’ divorce, just in time to see them arguing over her paternal grandmother. Her father is so blindly obedient to his mother that he has driven a wedge between himself and his wife. He Xiangkui says that won’t do. Since she’s already here, she might as well set the family straight. If her father keeps putting his mother first, she’ll make sure they get divorced! She doesn’t want that useless father or that troublemaking grandmother! Her father 2kReads8.4Score145Shelves
32. 132 五 Five Years of Waiting Came to Nothing: My Husband Brings His New Love to Demand a Divorce 五年痴等成空，夫君带女逼我和离 Cang Yuesheng仓月生Ancient Romance604k WordsCompleted [Both Chaste] [Romance with His Older Brother's Wife] [Male-Male Story] [The Male Lead is repeatedly seen completely naked but stays faithful. Later, what looks like infidelity is actually a guard in disguise; the male lead remains devoted to the female lead throughout.] [Dear readers, we're very sorry! When you reach Chapter 139, please skip straight to Chapter 146. Chapters 140 to 145 are inconsistent and can be ignored.] On their wedding night, unrest broke out at the border, and her husband 5.9kReads9.3Score443Shelves

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    [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up] The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of the vicious cannon fodder aunt in a male protagonist's famine escape novel. She is destined to be sacrificed by the male protagonist in the future. As soon as she transmigrates, she faces the prospect of fleeing famine. However, the protagonist does not choose to flee famine with the whole village. Instead, she moves her whole family into the mountains, clears the land, grows vegetables, and lives a carefree life!

33. 133 嫡 Reborn as the Legitimate Daughter, I’m Done Being the Marquis’s Stepmother 嫡女重生，这侯府继母我不当了 Nanbian A Zi南边阿籽Ancient Romance905k WordsCompleted Yu Qinghuan had a prophetic dream in which she saw the miserable life she was about to endure. In the dream, her eldest sister died of illness. To care for her two young nephews, her parents sent her to the marquis’s residence to become her brother-in-law’s second wife. After the wedding, her husband despised her, her parents-in-law disliked her, her stepsons made things difficult for her, and her lecherous younger brother-in-law coveted her. She had to tread carefully at every turn in the marqu 12.9kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
34. 134 重 Back to the 1970s: I Secretly Married My Ex-Husband’s Brother 重回七零，偷偷跟前夫他哥领了证 Dreaming of Retirement梦想退休养老Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + reborn for revenge + face-slapping + building a fortune] The son she raised with great difficulty turns out to be the illegitimate child of her husband and his first love. After this ungrateful son causes her death, Qin Shuyu is reborn more than thirty years in the past. At this point, she hasn’t yet been set up to marry a scumbag, sold all her family’s assets to pay for her ungrateful son’s treatment, or donated a kidney to him. Qin Shuyu decisively brings 3.2kReads8.5Score377Shelves
35. 135 八 The 1980s: My Daughter Was Switched at Birth, Yet I Just Smiled 八零：女儿被调包后，我却笑了 Snow Between the Brows眉间雪Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Wen Ning’s entire family died. Only then did she learn that the daughter she had painstakingly raised was a fake heiress, and that her sister-in-law had switched her real daughter while Wen Ning was weak after giving birth! The fake heiress went to university, became a pianist who traveled the world, and married into a wealthy family. The real daughter was abused, married off to an old man, sent to prison, and died in a fire. Consumed by hatred, Wen Ning dragged the fake he 11kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
36. 136 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    An old woman is reborn but doesn't change her family; instead, she makes a fortune. Come and see!

37. 137 史 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 611Reads7.0Score—Shelves
38. 138 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Capitalist Heiress Is Determined to Divorce 重生七零：资本家小姐一心想离婚 Chu Ran初冉Modern Romance3.1M WordsOngoing Shu Yue was reborn on the day her baby was switched. In her previous life, she lived with her daughter and her maternal grandfather's family. Only when she was dying did she learn that the girl wasn't her biological child. Her sister-in-law on her husband's side had switched the babies. She had actually given birth to a son. Her sister-in-law had taken him because she had never been able to bear a boy of her own. As Shu Yue grieved, her ungrateful daughter told her that all their relatives had b 36.5kReads8.3Score2kShelves
39. 139 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 put on his coat and went out.

40. 140 双 Dual Crossing to 1936: I Looted the Japanese Army’s Treasury 双穿1936我搬空鬼子金库 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Historical804k WordsOngoing Lin Feng is a retired special forces soldier. After leaving the military due to an injury, he works as a security guard. His parents are ill, and his brother is in debt. Thanks to a jade pendant, he transmigrates to 1936, an era engulfed in the flames of war... 543Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 141 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
42. 142 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
43. 143 在 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.6kReads5.8Score316Shelves
44. 144 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
45. 145 光 All Beings Beneath the Light 光遇众生 The Quiet Duke静谧的公爵Anime Fanfiction976k WordsOngoing Adventure + high-IQ showdowns + suspicious, scheming characters + no female lead + ensemble cast + slow pace + revelations about the world’s truth, layer by layer (A Sky: Children of the Light fanfiction) After transmigrating into the world of Sky: Children of the Light, the Duke becomes a Light Child manipulated by the ancestors. “Go make an offering,” they say. “It is your supreme glory.” He believes them and fights his way forward with his companions, only to discover the horrifying truth aft 153Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm impressed that a newcomer could write with this much depth. A niche gem, with a cold yet magnificent worldview. If you like angst and thought-provoking stories, go for it!

46. 146 掏 She Spent the Family Fortune: The Capitalist Heiress Married a Young Officer 掏空家底，资本家大小姐嫁军少 Kung Fu Potato功夫马铃薯Modern Romance3.5M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + military marriage + pocket dimension + a capitalist heiress who looks bright and lovely but is proud at heart, paired with a disciplined officer with incredible stamina and an eight-pack] In her previous life, Shen Zhitang was set up by her scumbag father and stepmother, who tricked her into marrying the powerful and influential Gao Jianren. When disaster struck, her father’s family used the Gao family’s connections to sneak off to Hong Kong, enjoying a life of luxury with the Shen fa 21.6kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    The Ghost-Catching Little Master Walks Sideways Through the City

47. 147 穿 I Transmigrated into an Eighties Grandma, Married Off the Whole Family, and Got Rich 《穿越八零老太太，我把全家嫁出去后暴富了》 Cola Chicken Wings可乐鸡腿翅Modern Romance14k WordsCompleted Transmigrated as an Eighties Grandma, I Married Off My Entire Family and Struck It Rich 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An elderly lady recommends this short story!

48. 148 六 The Violent Woman of the Sixties Takes on Everyone 六零暴力女干翻全场 Ying Jinchuan, Who Loves He Tang Red Cranes喜欢鹤塘红的应金川Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Keywords: Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Revenge, Rise to Success in the 1960s After a starship explosion sent her from a monster-infested interstellar world, Jiang Sidong opened her eyes in the body of a young girl in 1959. Her original self had been literally tormented to death by her paternal aunt’s family, and the three years of famine had only just begun. She looked at the cracked earth, and at people driven to sell their sons and daughters for a piece of tree bark... As she cultivated her p 8.3kReads8.4Score825Shelves

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    A hilarious ghost-catching young exorcist goes to the city and lives a life of luxury.

49. 149 渡 I Became a God After Surviving the Trial of Love 渡情劫后成功封神 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yan, the legitimate daughter of a family of military commanders, came down from the mountains after mastering her art so she could return to her home in the capital and overcome her romantic tribulation. At the city gate, the emperor stopped her and ordered her burned as a sacrifice to Heaven and Earth. She also learned that her birth parents had abandoned her because of rumors calling her an ill-fated poison maiden. To clear her name, Bai Yan took responsibility for treating the plague and 113Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The wife cleared wasteland, farmed, raised children, and did business.

50. 150 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, the Capitalist Heiress Can't Take the Slightest Hardship 穿越七零资本家小姐吃不了一点苦 Raised A Cat养了只猫Modern Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Military marriage + Period + space + revenge on scum + fictional setting + stern, devoted soldier king × all-around heiress who refuses to suffer] Wen Zhixia transmigrates from the apocalypse into the body of a capitalist heiress in another time and place, someone who shares her name. The pampered heiress doesn’t know how to fight back and is cruelly killed by her own family! Now that Wen Zhixia has taken over her body, she won’t put up with any of it. Compared with the kind and timid heiress, 15.4kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves

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