Please Recommend a Highly Rated Period Novel with a Great Female Lead Who Doesn't Rescue the Male Lead from Poverty, and a Male Lead Who Isn't Sleazy 跪求好看不扶贫女主,男主不油腻的高分年代文
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The New Wedding Night in the 1970s: The Soft and Sweet Wife of the Educated Youth 七零新婚夜,知青娇妻身软体甜
[Military-marriage romance + both leads reborn + educated-youth era + mutual devotion + feel-good face-slapping + cloyingly sweet + fake white moonlight] At eighteen, Gu Qijiao was smitten with educated youths, so she threw herself at the drunk Zheng Yunsheng and married him. They eventually got married and had a child, but Zheng Yunsheng's white moonlight provoked Gu Qijiao into miscarrying. After losing the baby, Gu Qijiao decided to give up on the man she'd seduced into marrying her. Gu Qijia
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The Little Aunt of the Seventies Has Money to Burn 年代,小姑姑多财多亿
Tang Shuhe never imagined she'd one day face the question, “Your parents are getting divorced. Which one will you live with?” She had even less expected that less than a month after the divorce, both of them would remarry. With her godmother and godfather becoming her stepmother and stepfather, and the tangled, unbreakable ties between them and her birth parents, Tang Shuhe chose to retreat to her grandparents' home in the countryside for a while. She never expected that leaving would mean a per
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The 1970s: Why Go to the Countryside When Watching the Drama Is Better? 七零,下什么乡?能有吃瓜香?
[No relocation to the countryside + a supermarket pocket dimension + no black-market profiteering + both leads are each other's firsts, and the child isn't the male lead's + a laid-back spectator enjoying the gossip in a crowded courtyard] Every night before going to sleep, Xiang Tian thought she completely fit the criteria for transmigrating: no parents, no ties, and a huge pocket dimension at her disposal! Then Xiang Tian looked at the swaying light cord. So, had she been too sincere? Had she
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1970s Military Marriage: After Marrying a Soldier, She Decides to Lie Flat 七零军婚:嫁给兵哥哥后她躺平了
Main characters: Gu Yuanzhou and Tang Xiaoxiao Parallel world + military marriage + doting husband + no nasty characters + dimensional space P.S. The rating has only just opened, so it’ll rise later! Tang Xiaoxiao, a young heiress from the twenty-first century, inherited her father’s vast fortune and then traveled around the world with her best friend, living the good life. Her friend took her skydiving, but... That jump sent her straight to the 1970s. The moment she opened her eyes, she found h
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After Joining the Army in the 1970s, the Psychological Expert Shakes Up the Family Compound 七零随军后,心理大佬轰动家属院
[Joining the army in the 1970s + solving cases with psychology + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + no awful relatives + no space or System] [Gentle psychology expert vs. a ruthless jade-faced soldier with foxlike eyes] In her previous life, Shen Mingyu was a PhD in psychology. An expert in microexpressions, criminal psychology, and more, she solved countless major cases and was known as a human lie detector. After transmigrating, she found that her father was a factory director, her mother a
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Sign-In in the 1970s: The Female Supporting Character and Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Powerful Man 签到七零:女配知青被大佬娇宠了
(Complete) [Sign-in System + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Past and Present Lives + Supporting Female Character Enjoys the Gossip + Highly Educated Couple + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine + No Character Assassination of the Original Heroine] Yi Qingqing died young. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told she had earned great merit and should have enjoyed a life of wealth and a destined marriage in one of her lifetimes, but illness had robbed her of that. As compensation, s
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I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1970s 穿到七十年代不下乡
Feng Wanyi is a fan of transmigration novels, and she often wishes she could transmigrate one day. She did transmigrate, but things don't seem to be going the way she imagined. Looking at the walls, which seem to belong to another era, Feng Wanyi feels like banging her head against them. She gives it a try, but apart from the wound on her head, she's still perfectly fine and right where she was. Just when she'd finally forced herself to accept her situation, they tell her she's being sent to the
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Sweet Military Marriage: After Meeting the Strongest Officer, She Has Several Babies 甜蜜军婚,遇最强军官后她多胎了
(Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ
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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
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A Couple Transmigrates Together: Raising Kids and Getting Rich in the 1960s 夫妻双穿:六零养娃致富忙
Synopsis: [Period setting + System + pocket dimension + transmigrate + couple transmigrates together + lots of children] An unexpected car accident sent Lin Wanqing transmigrating into a book, specifically a story about someone being reborn in the 1960s and turning their life around. Fortunately, she had a golden finger. But who could tell her what use a palace-intrigue System could possibly be in this particular era? What? The System could be upgraded too? That feature... she could just about a
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The 1960s: Army Life Raising Kids, Teasing Cats, and Walking Dogs 六零,养娃逗猫遛狗的随军生活
(Family life + food and farming + raising children + following the troops to the border) A quick heads-up: there are few truly awful characters in this story. It mainly focuses on warm, everyday family life. Lan Mei, a modern crafting blogger, unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1960s. The original owner of her body has lost both parents, and to protect herself, she marries a rough-around-the-edges soldier, bringing along her intellectually disabled older brother. Later, for the sake of her chil
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Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚:随军后她风靡家属院
[Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo
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The Real Heiress from the Countryside Is the Commander’s Cherished Darling 乡下来的真千金竟是首长掌心宠
[Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Multiple Births + Domestic Life + No Playing Savior] [The short drama is now available. Search for “Sharing a Lifetime with You.”] First, Jiang Yunshu dumped her fiancé, who loved eating out. Then her grandparents, who had died many years ago, came to her in a dream. Before they left, they even gave her a mustard-seed pocket dimension they had begged from the King of Hell. That’s right, Jiang Yunshu was about to transmigrate, and luckily, she st
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The Sweet and Gentle Boy Is Wild and Wicked 甜兮兮的温柔少年他很疯很坏
[Reborn + Darkening + Sickly Male Lead + Reconciliation After a Breakup + The Male Lead's Redemption] After living her life over again, Wen Yisheng swore she would stay far away from Wen Zhi! She'd rather sleep on the streets or under a bridge than live with the Wen family again! Because the Wen family's eldest son, who seemed gentle and refined to outsiders, never smoked or fought, studied hard, and loved helping people, was a mad and wicked monster underneath! He was cruel and obsessive. “You
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A Comfortable Life for Shu Xin in the 1960s 重生六零的舒心日子
[Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Devoted Husband + Super Strength + Soldier] [A powerful, domineering, and wealthy heroine + a beautiful, delicate, scheming male lead] Shu Xin is a powerful woman born in the apocalypse. Armed with an overpowered cheat, she is reborn in the 1960s of a parallel world. Here, she finds a loving family, and achieves success in both her career and her love life. The male lead, Luo Yue, is a delicate young gentleman who transmigrated from an ancient matriarchal so
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The Fierce and Charming Female Soldier of the 1960s: Winning the Cold Commander's Heart 六零娇辣小女兵:狠撩高冷首长心
[A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa
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I Transmigrated with a Tycoon System and Made It Big 带着神豪系统穿越,过的风生水起
(Quick transmigration + tycoon System + sign-in + transmigrating to parallel spaces + no romance) Jiang Nuan bonded with a tycoon System. Looks like she's on her way to the top of the world. But the System showed up one step too late. Jiang Nuan is already a ghost, so she can't reach the top of her life. Maybe she can reach the peak of ghostly life instead. Don't worry, Nuan Nuan. If you can't reach the peak here, the System will take you to parallel worlds. [Seventies-era old lady] [Ancient bro
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Transmigrating to the 1980s: I Bound Myself to a Tycoon System 穿越80年代:我绑定神豪系统
Lin Xiaoxiao is an upstanding young woman from the 21st century. After unexpectedly transmigrating to a parallel world reminiscent of the 1980s, she binds herself to a Tycoon System. What? Spend money on anyone with a looks rating of 80 or above, and get cash back? Lin Xiaoxiao never looks back as she shops to her heart's content. See how she charms beauties in another world and builds a business empire of her own.
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The 1970s: Everyone Can Be the Protagonist, Except Me 七零:人人都能当主角偏我不行
Everyone Is Evil, But There Are Good People Too [Romance included! If you have conventional values, don't read!!!] To get a chance to perform, Xu Lingwan locks her stepsister He Qingning in the restroom. Just as she's about to leave, something called a System binds itself to her. The System tells her that she's the vicious supporting female character, while He Qingning is the heroine. Since she bullied the heroine, her reputation will be ruined, and she'll eventually disappear without a trace.
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A Baby in One Hand, a System in the Other: The Military Wife Makes It Big in the Eighties 左手崽崽右手系统,小军嫂混八零
The first time Fang Ying let her compassion run wild, she got dragged into trouble and died. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself straining to give birth. This was ridiculous. Should she focus on pushing, or on trying to remember what happened? That was the question! Well, the baby was born, and she was left depressed. The child’s father had gone off to serve in the military, and Fang Ying had no parents of her own. She’d only managed to finish college thanks to her family’s compens
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The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零:万人嫌夫妇,大院发癫
[1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov
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The Beloved Darling of a Remarkable Family in the 1960s 六零年代极品一家人的团宠
[Beloved by all in a period setting + shrewd self-interest + a whole family of eccentrics + ensemble cast + personal dimension] Jiang Yuan thought she was the heroine, since she got bound to a lousy System from the start. Well, the System was completely useless. All it did was make her sing “Little Messy” in front of her whole family in the middle of the night. It also turned her into a romance novelist, writing ridiculous, melodramatic stories that got her blacklisted throughout Hong Kong, forc
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After Turning In the Script, the Useless 1980s Female Supporting Character Wins by Doing Nothing 上交剧本后,八零废物女配躺赢了
Shen Zhixia finds a script inexplicably appearing in her mind as soon as she is born. In the script, she is the foil to the heroine of a period novel. The heroine Li Zhidong’s parents are hardworking, kind, honest, and down-to-earth. Everyone for miles around knows them as good, honest people. Shen Zhixia’s parents are mean, lazy, greedy, and shameless. Everyone for miles around knows them as the worst kind of people. Li Zhidong will make many influential connections and have countless admirers.
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Film and TV Crossover: Bloom, and the Butterflies Will Come 综影视:你若盛开,蝴蝶自来
Where the slanting sun is about to set, the sight stretches out and saddens the heart. She was born noble, yet was always at the mercy of others. At first, she was a princess of Southern Liang. Then she became Emperor Yang of Sui’s empress, and later Yuwen Huaji’s consort Shu… Her life was one long series of upheavals. She could be many things to many people, but never herself. What will happen when Xiao Meiniang gains the power to control her own life? Volume One: Wandering the Mortal World
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Reforming My Good-for-Nothing Husband, Starting at Age 20 改造废物老公,从20岁开始养老
[Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr
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Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零:媳妇有点辣
Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu
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A Gentle Breeze Meets the White Dew 清风遇白露
In their previous lives, three people laid the groundwork for an entanglement that would continue into the next... One defied the will of Heaven and feared no karmic retribution, forcibly changing her fate for her; One was destined to be bound to her, their names written side by side on the Three Lives Stone; And one, after her death, set up a memorial tablet for her and built a shrine in her honor, keeping her soul from dispersing and giving it a place to return to. In this life, all three are
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