Good Historical-Era Stories, Realistic and Not Stupid 好看的年代文，真实不无脑的
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Reborn, the Young Marshal's Eyes Turned Red as He Coaxed His Live-in Husband to Stay 重生少帅红了眼，强哄入赘不离婚
Born into a time of turmoil and orphaned young, Shen Qingbai found that when it rains, it pours. First her engagement was broken off, then unpleasant relatives came knocking. She couldn't fight them, but she could run. In desperation, she made a bold decision. On a dark and windy night, Li Tingxian never imagined that after searching high and low in vain, he'd find the person he'd been looking for so easily, simply by bringing her home. Reborn, he had the woman who'd died young and haunted his
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- 2 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 78.6kReads9.4Score12.1kShelves
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Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽
[Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a
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- 4 The Delicate Beauty of the 1970s Was Love at First Sight for a Hopeless Romantic 七零娇气美人被恋爱脑一见钟情了 An alternate-history story about being born into a new life, with a personal space, few terrible relatives, no black-market trips, and a powerful golden finger. One devoted couple, both with no romantic history, raising a child in everyday life. The heroine is a top-tier rich beauty, a pampered little princess with a fussy streak. 1972. Eighteen-year-old Ruan Yunqiao faces a choice between being sent to the countryside and getting married. Her family can’t bear to send their precious girl away, 18.7kReads8.8Score2kShelves
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One Wild Night, and Now I'm Having a Baby with My Childhood Friend's Younger Brother 一夜荒唐，和竹马弟弟有崽了
One summer night in 1980, an unexpected encounter leaves Ji Rou pregnant. The father is He Chen, who used to follow her around as a child, calling her “big sister.” He's unruly and wild, and he was never the “good man” Ji Rou imagined. He had only been hiding and restraining himself around her. At first, she doesn't want to marry him, but he goes to great lengths to make it happen, and they marry because of the baby. Three years into their marriage, Ji Rou finally learns the truth and wants a di
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- 6 A Warm Marriage in the 1970s: She Marries a Rough Rascal and Is Spoiled Like a Treasure 七零暖婚：嫁给痞气糙汉被宠成宝 Everyone says the bad-tempered rascal from the Xie family is a shameless layabout. How on earth did he get so lucky as to marry Jiang He, the woman everyone in the surrounding villages wants for a wife? The young men who have a crush on Jiang He are all so jealous they could grind their teeth over Xie Shenqing. And yet, despite having such a kind and lovely wife, Xie Shenqing is always shouting at and scolding her. Even the neighborhood aunties whisper that it's a shame and that Jiang He has had 5.8kReads8.9Score359Shelves
- 7 Transmigrate to the 1970s: The Eldest Sister Raises the Kids in the Countryside 穿越七零之农门长姐养娃日常 [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + supplies + pocket dimension + raising children] Yu Wanqing was a college student who had just graduated. By a twist of fate, she acquired a pocket dimension. Then, after repeatedly having strange dreams, Yu Wanqing sensed that she was about to transmigrate, so she began frantically stocking up on supplies. She transmigrated into the body of a sixteen-year-old girl in the 1970s whose parents had both died, and who was left with two baby brothers cryin 632Reads8.1Score104Shelves
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Period: The Shameless Villains Live to a Ripe Old Age 年代：缺德反派们长命百岁了
[Ensemble cast + pocket dimension + cozy daily life] Meng Yu has one wish: for her whole family to live long, peaceful lives. They are the troublesome relatives of the heroine in a period novel. They are stepping-stones who make the heroine shine. They are the heartless villains in the book. In the original ending, the whole family of six villains opposes the heroine and brings about their own destruction. Then Meng Yu arrives, changing the fate that had already been set. She claims the heroine’
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- 9 Armed with the Villainess's Script, I Only Want to Go to College 手拿女配剧本，我却只想考大学 (Period setting + ensemble cast + colorful characters + daily life + family squabbles) Lin Ermai transmigrated into a book, armed with the most popular script for a vicious supporting female character. At best, she could change her fate and trounce the original heroine; at worst, she would be trounced by the heroine, just as the script dictated. The heroine is sweet and gentle. As a child, she was the prettiest flower in Lotus Village; as an adult, she became the dream girl of every eligible you 11.5kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
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A Marriage Swap in the 1970s: I Marry the Strongest Officer and Get Doted On 七零换亲，嫁最强军官被宠麻了
(Reborn + period setting + marriage first, love later + strong heroine) Gao Wenyue and Gao Hongyan were both reborn. In their previous lives, Gao Wenyue married Liu Changfu, the director of a woodworking factory, while her younger sister married Lu Xiangye, an army officer. The Lu family parents were senior leaders at a machinery factory, and Lu Xiangye was a promising young officer. Everyone said her sister had married better. But who could have guessed that Gao Hongyan would complain about the
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Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己
In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her.
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- 12 EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 94.5kReads9.6Score8.6kShelves
- 13 My Husband and I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn 夫妻同穿六零，我婆婆是重生的 [Ensemble cast, everyday family life, both spouses transmigrate, mother-in-law reborn, golden finger, cozy romance] The married couple Shen Sui and Wen Nanzhou died. The good news: They had connections in the underworld, and could get special treatment. The bad news: The special treatment sent them to 1969. They became the newlywed younger son and daughter-in-law of the Wen family. They had older brothers and sisters-in-law above them, and a whole crowd of nieces and nephews below, all crammed i 24.4kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
- 14 A Surprise Little Zombie Falls from the Sky: I Rule the Sixties 天降惊喜小丧尸，大闹六零我称王 [No romance + invincible heroine + strong female lead + child protagonist] After using her own blood to save the post-apocalyptic world, a top little zombie girl dies and is taken by a System to the 1960s. Her scumbag father ignores his own wife and children, yet treats her eldest uncle’s wife and cousin with every kindness. Anything of value in the household gets snatched up and sent to the eldest branch. The little zombie rolls up her sleeves. Her rule for surviving: if you can’t stand someone 1.1kReads8.6Score133Shelves
- 15 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 [Period] [The 1980s] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] (Also known as: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Leaves Her Children Behind) Seventy-year-old Wu Zhiqiu is Reborn in the era when her children still depend on her hard work and sacrifice! In her previous life, she played favorites and ended up alone and miserable in her old age. This time, she refuses to repeat the past. The old lady decides to leave her children behind and enjoy the rest of her lif 191.8kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves
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Reborn in the 1980s, the Fussy Beauty Is Spoiled by Her Whole Family 重生八零，作精美人被全家宠翻天
[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
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The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！
[Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t
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The Beautiful Stepmother Makes a Comeback: Raising Kids in the 1970s 漂亮后妈要翻身，我在七零养崽崽
Su Can was raised by her own mother to be fat, ugly, and not too bright. Her mother forced her to marry her younger sister's husband, a man with two paralyzed legs. When Su Can refused, she was starved for half a month, then sent to the village where he lived, barely clinging to life. She died of a serious illness. Su Can, a bodyguard, unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and inherits this mess. Their home is bare, with no money and not even enough food. With a disabled soldier for a husband a
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Help! Pregnant with Twins, and This Rugged Man Won't Stop Spoiling Me! 怕！双胎体质，被糙汉掐腰猛宠！
(Complete) (Period setting + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life + devoted couple, one-on-one romance) As a minor cannon-fodder shrew of a supporting female character in a period novel, she was destined for a miserable ending that would leave everyone sighing with pity. But sorry, I'm here now. Looking at the man before her, with his straight, sturdy posture, phoenix eyes, and high nose, both his face and physique seemed made to match her tastes perfectly. Bai Yueji: How thoroughly brai
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Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院
Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati
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- 21 After Taking Back My Body, I Raised a Child to Wealth in the 1980s 夺回身体后，我在八零养崽致富 New short drama: Back to the Eighties: From Fat Wife to Queen of Wealth [Military romance] [Raising children] Yu Wanwan’s body was taken over by a woman who transmigrated into it for six years. During that time, the transmigrator wreaked havoc on everyone around her. Her older brother cut ties with her, and her second older sister’s family ran from her like cats from a mouse. Everyone around her came to despise her. She even drugged a man and had triplets. He was forced to marry her, and she mad 3.8kReads8.7Score634Shelves
- 22 On Our Wedding Night, the Cold-Faced Officer Washed the Sheets 新婚夜，冷面军官洗床单 The ratings came in on Singles’ Day, and they started out a little low. They’ll gradually rise, though~ [Military marriage in a bygone era + sweet beauty VS stone-faced officer + devoted husband + cozy everyday life] She transmigrates into a book on her wedding night. They’ve barely finished when he wants to run away? Jiang Muning raised an eyebrow. “In your dreams!” When she woke up, she discovered that her archenemy, who was supposed to have died with her in an avalanche, had also transmigrate 12.4kReads9.0Score1kShelves
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Back to the Sixties to Snatch a Husband: I Married an Officer in a Flash and Hit the Jackpot 重回六零抢个婚，闪嫁军官赢麻了
[Period drama] [Space + dual powers + farming + beachcombing] [Face-slapping + awful relatives + no forgiveness] Back to the Sixties to Snatch a Husband: A Whirlwind Marriage to an Army Officer Her younger cousin Lin Shuang was orphaned, then adopted by Lin Man’s parents and became the darling of the Lin family. Lin Man, meanwhile, became the family’s punching bag, unloved by her parents and pushed around by her brothers. Lin Shuang ate candy while Lin Man watched. Lin Shuang ate meals while Lin
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Transmigrating to the 1980s, Becoming a Stepmother, and Getting Rich While Joining the Army: The Vile Ones, Get Lost 穿八零，当后妈，致富随军极品滚
[Super-sweet romance + military marriage + having and raising children + getting rich + spirit spring space + everyday life] Lin Shuyan transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder supporting female character in a period novel! Her military officer husband is the heroine's biggest golden finger: Rich and powerful, handsome and wealthy. Too bad she's not the heroine. * When he hears that Lin Shuyan is beating the children, her military officer husband comes home with divorce papers. Befo
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A Life Half Bitter, Half Sweet 苦忧参半的人生
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- 26 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后，被全家团宠 [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 136.6kReads9.1Score16.2kShelves
- 27 In the Eighties, I Pretended to Be the Amnesiac Male Lead's Girlfriend 我在八零冒充失忆男主的对象 [Transported into the Story + Amnesiac Male Lead + Sweet Romance + Flirtatious Tension + Spatial Golden Finger + Winning Back His Wife] P.S. The female lead isn't a strong woman. A gorgeous, spoiled, lovable beauty VS a cold, stern, abstinent military officer After Wen Nian criticized a supporting female character in a period novel, she was transported straight into the book. The supporting character was an orphan of a fallen soldier, and by chance, the female lead's father had taken her in. Nin 2.5kReads8.7Score266Shelves
- 28 I Traveled a Thousand Miles to Join the Army, and After My Jerk Boyfriend Dumped Me, I Married His Commander! 千里从军，被渣男甩后嫁他首长！ [Era + Military Life + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] Zhao Tinglan transmigrates into a book and becomes a cannon-fodder supporting female character and a stepping stone in an era novel about a scheming black-lotus heroine who plots her way to the top. As cannon fodder, her defining trait is dying young. As a stepping stone, she does foolish things that hurt herself and benefit the heroine. The childhood friend she traveled a thousand miles to find at his army base, when she was at the end of her 12.3kReads8.1Score1.4kShelves
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The 1970s' Little Tyrant: This Comrade Is So Impressive, She's a National Treasure 七零小霸王：同志太强成国家宝贝
[Strong female lead + satisfying wish fulfillment + no romance + child protagonist] Li Jinjin, an interstellar tyrant, transmigrates to the 1960s for some unknown reason. Just as she’s about to make a name for herself, she loses her memory. By the time her memories awaken, she’s seven years old. She beats up the traffickers who abducted her little brother and kicks the pervert hiding deep in the mountains. She even gets herself some handy little gadgets: a fan, a car... She catches enemy spies a
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- 30 After I Transmigrate Into a Book, I Just Want to Take It Easy and Raise My Baby 穿书后只想摆烂养崽崽 Lin Anyao and Chen Yanyu grew up together. They got together right after high school and married after graduating from college. After the wedding, Chen Yanyu's grandmother gave them a jade bangle and a jade pendant as wedding gifts. She said they had been carved from the same piece of rough jade and urged them to wear them at all times. The newlyweds didn't want to turn down the old woman's kind gesture, so they put them on without giving it much thought and carried on working hard to build th 866Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 31 The Rugged Army Guy Is Irresistible, but His Wife's Family Ends Up in Ruins 糙汉军哥好撩人，娇妻全家火葬场 [One-on-one romance + rugged military man + beautiful educated youth + pocket dimension + everyday life] Zhou Tingting was born strong enough to move mountains. When she opened her eyes, she found herself as a disposable background character in a sweet period romance. Her mother, stepfather, and stepsister's family were all up to no good. They tricked her out of her job and took her home. After squeezing every last bit of value out of her, they sent her off to the countryside. The original Zhou 7.8kReads9.0Score736Shelves
- 32 A Childless Officer Marries a Stunning Beauty, Leaving the Whole Compound Stunned 绝嗣军官娶了个大美人，震惊全院 [Complete] [Power fantasy + a powerful space-related golden finger + strong heroine and hero + punishing scumbags + mutual healing + scientific research and patriotism] Lu Chiyu, a billionaire heiress, woke up to find herself transmigrated into a tragic minor character in a period novel, one with a melodramatic, shameless, everyone-loves-the-heroine plot. The moment she opened her eyes, a sleazy man sent by the heroine's stepsister was trying to assault her. Lu Chiyu kicked him right in the groi 15.3kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
- 33 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Legitimate Daughter Is a Super Mom 穿七零，嫡女当妈超会养 [Ancient Times to Modern Day + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Island + Grasslands + Mutual Devotion] After taking revenge for her mother, Song Shuqian, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, arrives in 1968 and becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. She thought she could enjoy life without a care, since her family was wealthy and she was an only child. But in 1968, being a capitalist’s daughter meant danger. To escape her predicament, she impulsively marries Wei Jianguo, a 20.6kReads9.2Score2kShelves
- 34 The 1970s: She Was So Lazy She Became a General’s Wife 七零：懒着懒着，她成了将军夫人 Twenty years into the apocalypse, Jiang Meng, a powerhouse with a strength-type ability, died. She died at dawn on the eighth day of a zombie siege. She wasn’t bitten to death by zombies. She was worked to death. When she came to again, Jiang Meng had been reborn into a family surnamed Jiang. Her dad was a Level 8 carpenter, her mom could make anything taste delicious, her brother and sister-in-law were honest and good-natured, her sister was fiery and gorgeous, her younger brother was clever bu 5kReads8.3Score371Shelves
- 35 Before I Left My Husband and Child in the 70s, I Was Spoiled Rotten 回到七零抛夫弃子前，我被宠爆了 [Reborn + pocket dimension + rugged man + raising kids + sweet romance] Shen Yiyi was a professional villainess in the Quick Transmigration Bureau. On her final mission, she transmigrated into a period novel and became a vicious educated youth who was infatuated with the male lead, married the story's great villain, gave birth to three cannon-fodder sons, was lazy and difficult, and then abandoned her husband and children to return to the city. In the end, the male lead “carried out justice on H 29.5kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
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The Feng Family’s Cousin 冯家表姑娘
“Fifth Cousin…” “Don’t call me Cousin. We’re not close.” … “Cousin Ying…” “Don’t call me Cousin. We’re not close.” What’s it like for Feng Ying to date a high school student? “Mm, not bad.”
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- 37 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 22.4kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
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You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家
[Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af
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After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Sons' Golden Fingers Merged with Mine 穿书后我和儿子们的金手指合并了
[Twins + Space + System + Book Pavilion + Military Marriage + Everyday Parenting] The male lead is basically just a background character, though he gets a little more screen time later on. Qiu Yinuo transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting female character in a period novel, as well as the future commander’s plump wife, who dies young. As the wife of a powerful man, she has everything she could want, yet she makes trouble at every turn and ends up bringing about her own death
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The Rugged Bad Boy Is a Master Flirt, and Her Fertile Body Can't Take It 痞爆糙汉太会撩，易孕体质吃不消
(The male lead is hopelessly lovestruck + period setting + real and fake heiresses + adored by everyone + lighthearted daily life.) Lin Xiaotong was reborn, back in Taoyuan Village in 1976. When her husband pleaded with red-rimmed eyes for her not to terminate the pregnancy, Lin Xiaotong rose onto her toes and kissed his trembling lips. “Qin Lie, I won't ever leave you again. I'll live a good life with you and have your babies.” In her previous life, a scumbag had framed her. It was only when sh
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Reborn in the Nineties, Spoiled by a Cold and Domineering Officer 重生九零后被高冷军官霸道宠
Cheng Yao woke up to find herself back in 1998. In her previous life, her parents were murdered. Her uncle and aunt sold her to Myanmar, where she lost her left kidney and a finger, and eventually became a farm owner’s slave. Until the day she died, Cheng Yao never knew she was the real daughter of a prominent family, switched at birth. Her uncle and aunt sold her off just to eliminate a threat to their biological daughter. Reborn, Cheng Yao would be timid no longer. She rolled up her sleeves an
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- 42 Reborn in the 1990s: I’m Here to Outwork You All! 重生九零：我是来卷死你们的！ [Reborn + top student + making money + outgoing social butterfly + sweet romance] At thirty-five, Jiang Xiaoli went backcountry skiing with friends and got herself killed in an avalanche. When she woke up, she discovered she was sixteen again, and her loving mother was still alive! With a second chance, she was determined to have it all: family, friendship, and love. In this golden age, she’d focus on both making money and studying. She started out selling spicy strips at a street stall and beca 2.4kReads8.8Score231Shelves
- 43 The Sweet, Alluring Military Wife and Her Devoted Rough-Hewn Soldier 军嫂娇，军嫂媚，糙汉军爷宠上天 [Rugged military officer + sweet, gentle beauty] (Fictional military marriage + marriage before love + daily life with the troops + stepmother and adorable kids + food) When Jiang Rou opens her eyes, she's become the fake heiress in a period novel. Not only is she a pitiful cannon-fodder supporting character, but the real heiress has knocked her unconscious and made her marry an older man in her place. Rumor has it that the man is disfigured and lame, with two burdens to care for, one big and on 16.2kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
- 44 The 1970s: My Blind Date Is a Little Fierce 七零之相亲对象有点凶 Xu Jiao had been pretty since she was little. She was renowned as the beauty of Qingshan Village and the surrounding countryside, and everyone was eager to play matchmaker for her. But Xu Jiao rejected every suitor, finding one ugly and another pathetic. Her mother was at her wits’ end. On the third day of her visit to her older sister, someone introduced her to a potential match. He was handsome, capable, and from a good family. She had seen his photo, and he looked pretty good. He was so perfe 17.3kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
- 45 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s, Snacking on Sunflower Seeds to Get By 带着空间穿七零，磕着瓜子混日子 Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 28.5kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
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The Little Boss Is a Menace to Cats and Dogs, and Hides from Mom and Dad That She's a Millionaire 小老板猫嫌狗厌，瞒爸妈当万元户
[1980s setting + lighthearted comedy + everyday life + building wealth] Little Rice Cake is a sieve spirit with off-the-charts brains and emotional intelligence, and she never waits until tomorrow to get revenge. After being forced to split from her family, Little Rice Cake single-handedly lifts her family and friends, infiltrates the enemy's ranks, and takes down every gossiping shrew in the village. The good life begins with living in a pigsty and raising piglets. She starts making money by do
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- 47 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 28.3kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
- 48 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 53.1kReads9.3Score4.5kShelves
- 49 I Traveled a Thousand Miles to Join My Husband, Only to Be Rejected? The Military Wife Is So Capable, the Nation Has Its Eye on Her 千里奔夫被嫌？军嫂太强国家盯上 [Romance] [Military Marriage] [Agricultural Research] [Pride and Prejudice] Renowned agricultural scientist Lin Hongying has become a country girl who traveled a thousand miles to join the army and seek refuge with her fiancé. She is dressed in rags, gaunt and sallow, and seems both unsophisticated and uneducated. Everyone tells her arranged marriages never bring happiness. Everyone looks down on her and despises her. Look down on her? Despise her? So what? She has a heart full of ambition to 6.4kReads9.3Score468Shelves
- 50 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves
