Period Story: The Female Lead Is Selfish and Only Wants to Use the Male Lead, Not Love Him （年代文）女主自私，只是想利用男主不爱男主

1. 101 花 The Chicken-Dad Handbook 花式鸡爹手册 Eight Thousand Girls' Hearts八千少女心Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted What kind of System is a Chicken Dad System? Song Lanxuan (Su He) never expected her golden finger after transmigrating to be a System like this. Still, the family she's transmigrated into is pretty decent. They have land and money, her parents are alive, and her siblings are kind to her. A great start is already a wonderful beginning. If only she didn't have to deal with her spendthrift father, it would be absolutely perfect. Dad, get your act together! 3.4kReads8.7Score36314d adds
2. 102 女 The Supporting Actress Ran Off, Leaving a Child for the Immortal Lord 女配跑了，留一个孩子给仙君 Apricot Blossoms in the Sky's Reflection杏花天影Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Hai Qinghuan was born into the body of a seahorse. Luckily, this was a world of immortal cultivation, so she still had a chance to take human form. Once she'd adjusted to her new life, she discovered that she hadn't just been born anew as a seahorse: she'd also landed inside a novel. The revelation hit her like a bolt from the blue! According to the plot, she was a minor cannon-fodder character, a spirit beast the male lead used to amuse the female lead. Just a few days after leaving the secret 2kReads8.6Score18014d adds
3. 103 穿 After Reincarnating as a Short-Lived Princess, I Saved the Nation by Going Mad 穿成短命郡主后，我靠发疯救国 I Love Cheese我爱芝士Ancient Romance408k WordsCompleted (Yandere black lotus x bickering System) + (political scheming, Werewolf-style murder game x cyber soul) [Breast-health System alert: roast scumbag men to extend your life!] Lin Yuexi transmigrated into a brainless historical romance novel, becoming an unfortunate princess whose parents had died for the plot. After binding with the System, she had an epiphany: The secret to breast health: go wild and roast people, fighting poison with poison! Take down white lotuses, tear into scumbag men, and 245Reads8.2Score—14d adds
4. 104 女 The Female Psychic's Daily Life in the 1970s 女神棍的七零日常 Little Fox Isn't a Demon小狐不是妖Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted (No CP, no CP, no CP) Zhao Jiu is an older woman who’s lazy and good-for-nothing. At her master’s funeral, one slap sends her straight into a sweet romance novel set in a bygone era, where she becomes a nameless passerby. So what if she’s just a passerby? She doesn’t care. But it’s bad enough that food and supplies are scarce in this era. She’s also expected to work in the fields. Um, no way she can manage that. Luckily, the ability to see spirits that she’s had since childhood comes with her, t 2.8kReads8.7Score30214d adds
5. 105 穿 I Transmigrated to the Stars and Trained My Mecha into a Puppet 穿越星际，我把机甲练成了傀儡 Exquisite Jade of a Thousand Leaves千叶玉玲珑Sci-Fi & Apocalypse575k WordsOngoing Transmigration Interstellar Multiple Male Leads Military Academy Female Lead’s Growth Yan Nuo looks at the wall covered in photographs. These are her twenty-something older brothers, each of them a hero of the Empire who died in battle. Now she’s going to military school too. The problem is, she’s nothing like them! She’s an ordinary person, the kind people in this interstellar world call a good-for-nothing. What’s a good-for-nothing doing at military school? Yan Nuo figures she’ll end up on tha 44Reads6.9Score—14d adds
6. 106 孤 An Orphan Girl Dreams of Marrying a Soldier, Then Meets an Undercover Officer 孤女想当军嫂，转头遇上卧底军官 Zi Ning紫柠Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xi transmigrates into the world of a book, landing in the 1960s, and strikes a deal with a minor cannon-fodder character who gives the heroine her golden finger. Only after the deal does Chen Xi realize what a disastrous start she’s gotten. Luckily, her greatest strength is her incredible ability to endure pain. Once she survives the original owner’s fatal ordeal, everything she does is for herself. After avenging the original owner, she becomes a complete orphan. All she has left is her go 2.5kReads7.7Score17514d adds
7. 107 重 Reborn in the 1940s: I Quietly Hunt Down the Enemy 重生四零，我悄咪咪杀敌 Silent Words语默无声Modern Romance592k WordsCompleted This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. It is a work of the author’s imagination. This story follows a weak young woman as she grows strong. 572Reads6.2Score—14d adds
8. 108 胎 The Baby's Upside-Down Journey 胎穿宝宝的翻天历程 Silent Words语默无声Ancient Romance257k WordsCompleted A five-year-old baby suddenly fell into the water and drowned, then transmigrated to an ancient world. Here, too, the baby had a loving father and mother. Just as the baby was wondering how to get by in this ancient world, the age of cultivation suddenly arrived, and the baby entered the world of immortal cultivation. Hey, little one, how will you slowly make your way toward turning this world upside down? This story is entirely fictional. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 109 偶 I Accidentally Became a Transmigrator, Though Happiness Is a Little Miserable 偶然成为穿越者，虽然幸福有点惨 Silent Words语默无声Ancient Romance323k WordsCompleted This story is entirely fictional. A sturdy little girl dies in an unfortunate accident. Though her body is dead, her soul survives and circles around her corpse for a long time, until she gets bored. The soul starts letting her imagination run wild. Now that she’s a spirit, could there be other strange things, too? She wishes she could experience them. —Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 110 当 When the Dream of Cultivating Immortality Comes True 当修仙的梦成现实 Silent Words语默无声Ancient Romance324k WordsCompleted This story is entirely fictional. A woman living an ordinary life has no particular complaints about her lot, but like any ordinary person, she has an extraordinary dream: what if she could cultivate immortality one day? She never imagined that this dream would actually come true. The moment she opens her eyes, the ordinary girl embarks on a wondrous journey. It brings both hardships and happiness, and she enjoys every bit of it. —Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 111 邪 The Evil Prince Dotes Only on His Fierce Little Wife 邪王独宠小悍妻 Silent Words语默无声Ancient Romance147k WordsCompleted Sha Jingjing transmigrates into a world of immortal cultivation. From her initial confusion to training hard and making friends, she and her friends keep striving throughout their cultivation journey. She is happy to have family, and then, upon arriving on the mainland, she collides with someone who may be another version of her future self. As she travels onward, never knowing what lies ahead, she wonders what else she will encounter before reaching the end... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 112 真 After the Real Heiress Returns to the Capital, Everyone Goes Crazy 真千金回京后，所有人都发癫了 What Day Is It Today?今时何夕Ancient Romance476k WordsCompleted [No romance + transmigrate into a book + the heroine is sometimes serious, sometimes unhinged + comedy] Modern poison physician Qing Ning transmigrates into a book and becomes the cannon-fodder real heiress in a story about a marquis's family and a fake heiress. The day she transmigrates is the day she fails to reunite with her family on the street and is sentenced to beheading. Familiar with the novel's plot, Qing Ning goes wild on the spot and reveals everything about the midwife switching the 94Reads6.7Score—14d adds
13. 113 穿 Book Transmigration: The Junior Sister Takes Down the Heroine and Rules the Continent 穿书：小师妹干翻女主横行全大陆 Bu Qianli6步千里6Ancient Romance285k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + strong female lead + pocket dimension + no CP + satisfying read] Tian Yueluo, an agent, transmigrates into a book and becomes the female supporting character, the junior sister whose job is to help the heroine set up her senior brothers, leaving each of them worse off than the last. Determined not to let the tragedy happen again, Tian Yueluo vows never to join a sect. Who could have guessed that her master would be ordered to take her as a disciple? From then on, the sect flour 493Reads7.6Score10214d adds
14. 114 七 The 1970s: I Faked a Pregnancy to Trap a Husband, but Snared a Hidden Big Shot 七零：假孕骗婚，骗到隐形大佬 A Smiling View笑着的风景Modern Romance766k WordsOngoing 10Reads6.3Score—14d adds

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    Interesting family dramas, sweet romance novels

15. 115 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 661Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Help! This author understands advanced players! While other female protagonists are still crying and sobbing, this one has already used the MECE principle to analyze her opponent clearly.

16. 116 陷 Fallen Rose: The Dark Moon and Her Counterattack 陷落玫瑰：黑月光与她的反杀局 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Revenge Against Scum] [Forced Possession] [Awakening to Her True Identity] [Rivalry for Her Affections] [One Woman, Four Men] [Sweet on the Outside, Dark and Scheming on the Inside, a Seductive Strategist × Her Possessive Adoptive Brother / Abstinent CEO / Gentle Young Nobleman / Capitalist Predator] ▲ Her true identity awakens, and a bloody revenge begins Abandoned at an orphanage as a child, she was later molded by the Song family into a tool for a marriage alliance. She bides her time, turni 337Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 117 七 Life in the Seventies Is So Comfortable 七零的日子真舒坦 Wang Ao, Who Loves Crispy-Bottom Pan-Fried Dumplings爱吃脆底生煎饺的王傲Modern Romance284k WordsOngoing Transmigration to the 1970s | Shopping Mall Space + Jade Pendant Secret Realm + Raising Children Through Hard Work + Building a Business and Getting Rich Modern wage slave Su An unexpectedly transmigrated, landing in the harsh 1970s from the start. The original owner's life had been full of hardship. Her awful family exploited and controlled her, made her bear her sister's burdens, and forced her to go to the countryside. She was so frail that she nearly wore herself down for good. At her lowest 85Reads—Score34714d adds

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    Historical fiction with multiple male leads

18. 118 去 I Went Looking for My Family and Mistook the Wrong Guy for My Brother, While My Amnesiac Ex Loses His Cool Every Night 去寻亲认错哥，失忆前任夜夜红温 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + spatial powers + adorable baby + military marriage + rekindled love + reunion after years apart + supernatural abilities] In the third year after Jiang Xuxue retired from the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and returned to the village to farm, her biological parents came looking for her. “Darling, someone deliberately switched you back then. We never abandoned you!” Unfortunately, just after finding her, her biological parents were sent to the far northwest. Her mother press 12.5kReads6.8Score1.4k14d adds

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    At the end of the story, Jiang Xuxue sat in the courtyard of the Production and Construction Corps' family compound, the twins playing in the mud beside her, and Shen Tingyuan repairing a chicken coop. She suddenly said, "Shen Tingyuan, if you had switched those twin sisters back then, what would happen now?" He didn't even look up: "That's impossible." She asked, "Why?" He put down his hammer, looked at her, and said seriously, "Because of the order of arrival. You called him 'brother' first, so you have to take responsibility to the end."

19. 119 穿 After Becoming the Follower of an Era's Chosen One, I Came Out on Top 穿成年代龙傲天的跟班后我赢麻了 The Adventures of Bear Bear熊熊历险记Fantastical Romance118k WordsOngoing Lin Cui takes a wrong step and accidentally transmigrates into a male power fantasy novel set in a bygone era, becoming an unnamed cannon-fodder character. In this age of extreme scarcity, she naturally has to cling to the male lead to avoid a hard life... She wants to live comfortably, sure, but she’ll sell her talent, not her body! Hey, hey... Mr. Male Lead, you’re acting weird. Even rabbits don’t eat the grass by their burrows... [Neither the male nor female lead is perfect. They’re both self 3Reads—Score13414d adds

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    The female lead was sophisticated and self-serving from the beginning, but when I was preparing for the ending, it was a two-way street.

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