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1. 51 反 The Villainous Poisonous Wife Won't Compete Anymore 反派毒妇不争不抢了 Ling Duanyue聆端月Ancient Romance364k WordsCompleted [Bright, forthright beauty VS coy, pampered hidden powerhouse] (Not a fast-paced face-slapping power fantasy; every character has a brain, love grows over time, and the plot takes center stage.) In the book A Sweetheart in My Arms: The Abstinent Powerful Official Gives In, the heroine Bai Xianxian is beautiful, delicate, and virtuous. The male lead, Chu Boyuan, loves her to the point of obsession: he goes mad for her, loses himself for her, and even kills his wife and mother for her. After tran 2.2kReads7.8Score16514d adds

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   Instead of fighting and arguing, it's better to go with the flow and be a leisurely person than to fight and end up with nothing.

2. 52 替 Taking My Husband’s Place at Court: I Hear My Thoughts and Guffaw at the Palace Gossip 替夫上朝，听我心声吃瓜笑哈哈 Mu Yuchen'er木羽晨儿Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + Gossip + Warm and Lighthearted + Romance] Shen Mingzhu accidentally fell into the water and transmigrated, binding herself to a Gossip System. Before she could even get any juicy gossip, she learned she had transmigrated into a book! In the story, she was a vicious supporting female character, and her mother and brothers were all destined to be cannon fodder. How could this be allowed? Gua Gua: Host, the emperor’s true love is the empress, and his precious darling is the crown pr 30.6kReads8.5Score3.2k14d adds
3. 53 逆 Defying Fate! The Entire Capital Goes Wild Thanks to My Inner Voice 逆天改命！全京城靠我心声杀疯了 Secretly in Love with Berries暗恋莓莓Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Everyone Can Hear Her Thoughts + Transmigrate into a Book + Beloved by All + Cannon Fodder + Feel-Good Story] Jiang Wanwan was struck by lightning and transmigrated into a book, becoming the youngest daughter of a first-rank general who guarded the north. [Mother, hurry up and open your eyes to look at your adorable Wanbao! Otherwise, that wicked old woman is about to secretly switch me out. Ah, never mind. Fenglan will be destroyed in two years anyway. I'll just give up. Go ahead, switch me!] 16.7kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
4. 54 嫁 Marry into the City and Get Rationed Grain 嫁到城里，吃上供应粮 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The heroine does not transmigrate, though she has some memories from a previous life. There are no truly awful characters in this story; everyone has their own strengths and flaws. The focus is on an unhurried life.) Jiang Xinbai was born in the countryside and dreamed of marrying into the city one day so she could have access to rationed food. So when she first met Yang Jinsheng, she knew her chance had come. She made her move without hesitation, flirted with him, and married him. At first sig 10.2kReads7.9Score61414d adds

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5. 55 被 After Being Stolen Away as a Bride, the Fierce Beauty Marries into a Crowded Courtyard and Wins by Doing Nothing 被抢亲后，凶残美人嫁大杂院躺赢 Bamboo Music, Lingering竹音袅袅Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1970s + Everyday Family Life in a Crowded Courtyard + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Flash Marriage + Daily Life] On the very first day Ye Fuyue transmigrated into a book, her own younger sister stole her fiancé. Ye Fuyue recalled the plot: Fine, let her steal him. Whoever wants to jump into that pit can go ahead. She certainly won’t. But after losing her fiancé, Ye Fuyue would have to move to the countryside. Ye Fuyue, who had no space or supplies, thought: I may be skilled in all kinds of fightin 11.5kReads8.3Score95514d adds
6. 56 年 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 180.5kReads9.3Score10.8k14d adds
7. 57 七 The Good Life in the 1970s 七十年代好生活 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted Chen Xiangju left her hometown in the countryside and came to the city to stay with her good friend Chen Chunyan. She hoped to find a partner in the city, since she had no intention of returning to the village. Li Gang happened to be looking for a wife. They were introduced and hit it off at once, and Chen Xiangju began her life in the family compound. 12.1kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
8. 58 8 The 1980s: The Machinery Plant’s Top Technician Is a Rebel 80年代：机械厂技术大拿是刺头 Madam Kou of Dagu Port大沽口的寇夫人Urban311k WordsOngoing [No transmigration, no rebirth, no pocket dimension, no golden finger] [Courtyard houses and factories, an ordinary person's story, with a slice-of-life focus] A proper period novel set in the 1980s, with a serious tone and humorous Beijing flavor Period setting + the many sides of ordinary life + loyalty and responsibility + tangled relationships + state-owned enterprise reform + career choices Zhang Yongli is a senior technician at Hongxing Machinery Factory in the 1980s, and a notorious "t 72Reads6.8Score314d adds

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   🌿🌿 [If you've recently become obsessed with period-slice novels, then this is definitely a must-read!]🍅🍅🍅The plot is intricate and original, not forced or silly, and there are no bad parts throughout. It's very immersive, and the writing is superb. Read with confidence and highly recommended!

9. 59 七 Marriage to a Soldier in the Seventies: I Reclaimed the Token, and the Commander Proposed 七零军婚：拿回信物后被首长求婚 What Mu Xi Seeks沐兮所求Modern Romance253k WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + broken engagement + golden finger + everyday family life + handsome men and beautiful women] After transmigrating to the 1970s, Xue Miaoyun’s first hurdle is having her engagement called off. She doesn’t mind the broken engagement, but when she learns that part of her golden finger is the keepsake she gave the man’s family at their betrothal, she panics. The keepsake still hasn’t been returned, so Xue Miaoyun heads straight to the military base a thousand mil 3.1kReads9.0Score42414d adds

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   These are all good books to read, [Sparrow's Delight is a masterpiece].

10. 60 重 Reborn into Another Body: My Family and Me 重生魂穿之我和我的家人 Lin Xixin林心夕Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted After her parents died, she inherited a fortune worth tens of billions. Then she discovered that the pendant she'd worn since childhood was a space that could be used for farming. She kept having dreams of her family living happily in the 1970s. But then someone reported her father for having foreign connections, and the whole family was sent to a farm. Everyone except her eldest brother, who was serving in the army, died horribly. Was she about to transmigrate into the 1970s? She immediately so 14.5kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
11. 61 学 The Brilliant Young Scholar Transmigrates to the 1970s with a Pocket Space 学霸小才女带着空间穿越七零年代 Mi Xia?宓夏？Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Historical era + transmigration + farming + adorable child + getting rich] Mi Xia has the same dream for three nights in a row. In it, the world is harsh, and everyone she sees is gaunt. Many people in that era are starving and eating tree bark. Mi Xia panics and frantically stockpiles supplies, then transmigrates to a parallel world and even gets a child thrown in. After transmigrating, I thought my husband was just an ordinary regiment commander. Why has he turned out to be a young 3kReads8.9Score31614d adds
12. 62 重 Reborn and Doted on by Her Family: Returning to the 1970s with a Pocket Dimension Full of Supplies 重生团宠：带着空间物资回七零 Zhu Xiaobao朱小包Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Xia He kept dreaming that she had returned to life decades in the past. Thinking the dreams were a warning, she filled her portable space with supplies. When she woke up, she had indeed transmigrated into the world from her dreams. If she couldn’t split off from the family, she’d find someone to adopt her. She put awful people in their place, dealt with scumbags, made her way through the black market, and rode the winds of reform and the waves of the new era to build a thriving career. The only 1.5kReads8.3Score13714d adds
13. 63 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Delicate Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside to Win Over a Big Shot 穿书七零，娇气知青下乡盘大佬 Childhood Tangerine幼时橘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + historical era + devoted couple + sweet romance + pampered wife + storage space for supplies] This is not a story about a strong female lead!! For a whole month, Nan Qiao keeps dreaming that she has transmigrated into a book set in the 1970s and become an unbearably spoiled educated youth sent to the countryside. After waking up and unexpectedly acquiring a space, she becomes increasingly convinced that things aren't unfolding as they should. So she sells off the family pr 2.2kReads8.0Score17914d adds
14. 64 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: The Rough Soldier’s Devotion to His Wife 穿越六十年代之军中糙汉溺宠妻 Golden Corn Kernels金黄玉米粒Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted Dong Yishan has known since childhood that she doesn't belong here, and that sooner or later she must return to her own world. She doesn't know why, but without complaint, she studies everything her grandfather arranges, all the things he thinks she might need someday. That is, until the year she turns eighteen... 10.4kReads8.9Score69914d adds
15. 65 回 Back to the 1970s! Marrying the Mightiest Officer and Having the Sweetest Baby 回七零！嫁最强军官，生最乖小崽 Lu Nini鹿泥泥Modern Romance397k WordsCompleted Lin Zhinan transmigrates into a book and accidentally becomes an educated youth sent to the countryside. She’s even a cannon-fodder supporting character in the story. Fortunately, she has a pocket dimension, so she’ll never go hungry or lack clothes! Taking the attitude that she might as well make the best of things, Lin Zhinan decisively steers clear of the book’s heroine and hero and their tangled love-hate relationship. She keeps a low profile with her younger brother, quietly building her ca 764Reads8.9Score10314d adds
16. 66 携 I Brought Tons of Supplies to the 1970s, and the Lovely Educated Youth Is Gorgeous and Spirited 携千万物资穿七零，娇知青美又飒 Cute Plum Sauce萌萌梅子酱Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Sweet Romance + Raising a Child] Ruan Jiaojiao was a wealthy young woman in the 21st century who was content to lie flat. Who could have guessed that a dream would unexpectedly grant her a pocket dimension? Then she fell into the water and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a soft and delicate educated youth with the same name, sent to the countryside with her younger brother. But she's got a pocket dimension and millions of supplies 881Reads7.2Score10114d adds
17. 67 我 I Brought Ten Billion Supplies Back to the 1960s 我带着十亿物资穿回六零年代 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Complete The completed story of the youngest daughter of the Mo and Yao couple: Transmigrating to Another World: The Beloved Family’s Lucky Carp Divine Doctor. The completed story of the Mo and Yao couple’s youngest son: The Men in the Unit Spoil Her Rotten, and the Adorable Wife Has Triplets. The author’s new book: The Military Wife’s Five Lucky Babies, Breaking the Commander’s Family’s Ten-Generation Streak of Sons. Shen Yao has nightmares for several days. In them, supplies are desp 5.3kReads9.0Score55514d adds
18. 68 六 In the Sixties, the Demon Lord Transmigrates Into a Book and Breaks Character Every Day 六零，魔尊穿书后每天都在崩人设 Listening to Fish in Mengli孟里听鱼Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted [Space + Beloved by Everyone + Book Transmigration + Light Fantasy + Quirky and Playful + Everyday Life + The 1960s] Night Qi, the Demon Sovereign of the Demon Realm, transmigrated into a book. She landed in Reborn: A Life Swapped, a period novel she had been reading. She wasn’t the heroine or even a supporting female character. She was just the foolish daughter of a supporting character. Now that she was here, she absolutely wouldn’t let anyone trade away her mother’s life. What good was being 1.8kReads9.2Score27814d adds
19. 69 踹 After Dumping My Scumbag Fiancé, I Married an Officer and Was Spoiled Rotten 踹掉渣未婚夫后，嫁军官被宠上天 Riding a Pineapple Across the World骑着菠萝闯天下Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Island Life + Marriage Before Love + Sweet Romance and Feel-Good Revenge] After transmigrating into the body of a pitiful girl who was bought as a child bride for ten jin of potatoes and is now about to be sold off because her fiancé has set his sights on someone else, Ruan Qiao takes three minutes to mourn her fate. The engagement has to be broken, but she’ll decide how it happens. She rolls up her sleeves and deals with her scumbag fiancé’s family first, t 1.8kReads8.8Score18414d adds
20. 70 魂 My Soul Transmigrated to the 1970s, and My Soldier Boy Loves Me to Bits 魂穿七零，兵哥哥不要太爱 Soft White Clouds白云浅浅Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + period setting + space + adorable babies + devoted couple + doting husband + family’s darling + no toxic relatives] Lu Cencen transmigrated, and along with her portable space, a lovely little mermaid came with her to the 1970s to keep her company and cook all kinds of delicious food. Not only did she transmigrate straight into the countryside, she landed right outside the educated youth compound. She’d planned to move out and keep her head down until her parents were cleared 3.3kReads8.5Score40914d adds
21. 71 重 Reborn Nine Times: My Hapless Family Tears Up the Script and Turns Evil 重生九次，冤种全家手撕剧本黑化 Rui Beauty芮美人儿Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted (Transmigrate into a Book + Whole Family Can Hear Inner Thoughts + Occult Arts and Ghost-Hunting + Going Off the Rails, Exposing Secrets, and Crushing Villains + Beloved by the Whole Family + Fake and Real Heiresses + Lighthearted Comedy + System + No Romance + Close Family Bonds) Chi Da, princess of the Underworld, is tossed into a novel by her own father. By the time she turns nineteen, she has the misfortune of dying nine times in a row, and every death is utterly unfair. When the novel’s her 5.6kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds
22. 72 哦 Oh, Wow! I Got Reborn and Immediately Married the Strongest Military Officer 哦豁！刚重生就闪婚最强军官爽爆 Three Milk Candies三颗牛奶糖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional military marriage · extra sweet and doting · devoted to each other · one-on-one romance · cozy daily life · pocket dimension · adorable baby] In her previous life, Ye Suiwan was framed by the girl her family had taken in, and her reputation was ruined. She went on to ruin her benefactor’s future, cause her father and older brother to die tragically, and lose her own life at a young age. What she never expected was that the benefactor she had hated and relentlessly retaliated against w 18.7kReads9.1Score2.9k14d adds
23. 73 首 The Commander Has Had No Heirs for Ten Generations, Then She Gives Birth to Five at Once 首长十代单传，她一口气生了五个 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted (Entirely fictional setting, bold biological heiress vs. special forces commander, military marriage + married first, fall in love later + sweet romance + face-slapping the scum + both leads are each other’s only one + storage space) Gu Wan, a powerhouse of quick transmigration, was swept into the 1980s by a sudden gust of strange wind, and things went horribly wrong from the start! She had become the biological heiress who’d been switched at birth and made into cannon fodder in a period novel, 14.7kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
24. 74 七 The 1970s: Reborn into a Flash Marriage with a Third-Generation Soldier, the Whole Family Dotes on Me 七零：重生闪婚军三代全家当心肝 Grass Wind Chime草风铃Modern Romance577k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + stepmother + raising children + devoted husband + family doting + golden finger shopping mall] Yu Jinning, from the 21st century, was kicked by the King of Hell into the 1970s. Anyone who tried to hurt her got a beating. She lived exactly as she pleased. Her second uncle’s family wanted her job and planned to marry her off to a fool. So she cut ties with them and sent the whole family off to quarry stone. As for men, this one was handsome, and they were chil 756Reads8.9Score10514d adds
25. 75 闪 Two Years After Our Flash Marriage, the Military Wife Takes Her Child to Find His Father 闪婚两年不见，军嫂带娃去找爹 Sweet and Sticky甜糯糯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reserved, rugged man + Sweet, delicate beauty + Sweet romance + Mutual teasing + Pocket dimension + Cozy daily life] In her previous life, Lin Wanshu was the wife of a man everyone envied: a wealthy tycoon. She was beautiful and rich, and her husband never kept a mistress. But no one knew that behind the glamorous life, she spent every day alone in an empty room, never had a child, and eventually died after being hit by a car. When she opens her eyes again, Lin Wanshu has returned to the 1970s. 59.6kReads9.0Score6.6k14d adds
26. 76 七 Military Life in the 1970s: Gathering Seafood on the Island, Then a Stunning Beauty Arrives 七零随军赶海，岛上来了个大美人 Night-Blooming Cereus夜昙Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted The story has just started. Once there are more chapters and we get some likes and comments from you lovely readers, the rating will climb quickly! [Period Setting + Love at First Sight + Four-Year Age Gap + Military Marriage + Food and Coastal Foraging + Storage Space] On the island, He Nanfeng receives a telegram from City B. The first reads: “Son, the girl your grandmother arranged for you to marry when you were young has come of age. Just letting you know. The Su family has already sent her 1.7kReads7.4Score12814d adds
27. 77 带 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s: My Rough-Hewn Husband Brings Bad Luck to His Ex, but I Bring Him Good Fortune 带空间穿七零，糙汉克妻我旺夫 Tou Kapi头卡皮Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate to the 1970s + Substitute Bride + Marriage Before Love] She transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder female character in the 1970s, and from the start, she’s assigned to be a substitute bride. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and her twin sister is always framing her. After desperately seeking family affection to no avail, she leaps into a river under the cover of night. The original owner was a frail little rabbit, but she’s a sly wolf who plays 6.9kReads8.9Score73214d adds
28. 78 下 Sent to the Countryside on a Sea Island, Raising Little Ones with My Frog 下乡到海岛，带着蛙崽养团子 Sweet Rice Wine Dumplings酒酿甜心圆子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Alternate-History Period Setting + Joining Her Husband on an Island Posting + Frog Companion's Pocket Dimension + Family's Cherished Darling + Raising Kids + Food + Foraging by the Sea] When Qi Mengyu woke up, she was blowing bubbles in the sea when Yan Qing, a cool, long-legged man, hauled her out. She discovered that she'd transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder supporting character in a period novel. To cherish life, stay away from the male and female leads. Marry a thoughtful, go 3.1kReads8.9Score26114d adds
29. 79 资 Reborn Capital Heiress: Pregnant with Twins and Joining the Army with a Spiritual Spring 资本小姐重生后，怀灵泉双胎随军 Melon Egg瓜蛋Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + reborn + stockpiling supplies + spiritual spring pocket dimension + revenge + pregnancy and raising children] In her previous life, Shen Shuling was tricked by her uncle’s family into believing that her husband had died in service. With political upheaval on the horizon, she had to abort her baby and flee to Hong Kong to survive. In the end, she was cruelly murdered in Hong Kong... Given another life, she protects her two unborn babies, unlocks the Cloud Pattern Dimension, c 38.7kReads8.4Score4.8k14d adds
30. 80 恶 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: Protecting Her Daughter-in-Law and Building a Fortune 恶婆重生：护媳发家致富 That Damn Cat她喵的Modern Romance717k WordsCompleted Li Shulan, who had tormented her two daughters-in-law to death, finally got what was coming to her: she fell into an outhouse and drowned. After death, she didn't disappear right away. Her spirit drifted to her two sons, only to see them blame each other over their wives' and children's deaths, before both died young. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the day after her sons' weddings. Given a second chance at life, she finally saw the error of her ways. Why should her daughters 7.2kReads7.7Score86714d adds
31. 81 我 I Became a Butcher, and You Say I'm the Real Heiress? 我成杀猪匠了，你说我是真千金 Su Miaomiao苏苗苗Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Beloved by the Whole Family + Making a Fortune + Strong Female Lead] Su Miaomiao had slaughtered pigs for eighteen years when she was suddenly told she was the daughter of a high-ranking officer. She was so shocked she nearly dropped her butcher's knife. Then, as soon as she got home, she was told she was going to be sent down to the countryside. Well, she hadn't enjoyed a single day of good fortune, yet all the misfortune had landed on her. At least her family doted on her. He 74.4kReads8.7Score5.9k14d adds
32. 82 队 The Men of the Unit Spoil Her Rotten, and the Sweet Young Wife Has Triplets 队里汉子宠上天，娇媳妇一胎三宝 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Both leads are virgins + sweet romance + military marriage + pocket dimension + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + triplets + absolutely doting husband! A super-strong heroine vs. a devoted commander who scares off every potential suitor) The author’s new book: A Military Wife’s Five Lucky Babies, Breaking the Commander’s Family Curse of Ten Generations of Single Sons Special note: This is a fictional period story set in an alternate timeline. It is entirely made up and should not be taken 13.7kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds

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    These aren't slice-of-life stories, but they're very good. The last one, I feel, is more slice-of-life and is extremely, extremely good.

33. 83 挺 She Joined the Army with a Big Baby Bump and Dazzled the Entire Family Compound 挺孕肚去随军，她惊艳整个家属院 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (She joins her husband’s army while heavily pregnant and amazes the entire military compound) Song Jinyue, a brilliant scientific researcher, transmigrates to the 1970s after a car accident. When she opens her eyes, she’s suddenly married after a whirlwind wedding, with a baby on the way. Outside, her older brother and sister-in-law are fighting over the letter that just arrived, ordering her to join her husband at his army post. To avoid getting her brother into trouble, Song Jinyue decides 21.2kReads8.0Score2k14d adds
34. 84 七 She Woke Up Pregnant in the Seventies 七零睁眼肚子揣了个崽崽 Cloud Looking Down at Fish俯视鱼的云Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Transmigrate + pocket dimension + face-slapping + sweet romance + family life + turning a husband into a success] Lin Fan transmigrates into the eldest daughter of an ordinary working-class, divorced single-parent family in a period novel, and becomes a young woman who is pregnant before marriage. No, she has to find the baby’s father and make him take responsibility. Whether he loves her or not doesn’t matter. As long as he has money, a job, and can provide a secure life, that’s enou 165.4kReads8.7Score8.1k14d adds
35. 85 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 13.1kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds

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    Although it's a time-travel story, there are no cheat codes, no spatial abilities, no spiritual springs, no black markets, and no melodramatic plot twists. The female lead is strong, quick-witted, not a saint, doesn't give gifts extravagantly, and is straightforward and doesn't nag. The male lead is a soldier, cold and sharp, but he's hilarious with the female lead; they're a perfect match. The pacing is fast and doesn't drag; they get married right away, return to the capital to visit relatives, get pregnant... It's so fast, I can't keep up! I'm so happy to have found a book I like.

36. 86 穿 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Clung to the Male Supporting Character 穿书后我抱上了男配大腿 Gulu Ni咕噜昵Modern Romance445k WordsCompleted When Song Yingwan wakes up, she finds herself in the 1970s. Looking at a face in the mirror that resembles hers by seventy or eighty percent, it takes her a while to accept the truth. She looks at her loving parents and lively, clever younger brother and thinks life here seems pretty good. But after only a few days of enjoying it, she has no choice but to pack up and head to the countryside. Fine, then. She can go to the countryside! The college entrance exams will be reinstated in a few years a 9.5kReads8.7Score73914d adds

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37. 87 时 Time-Traveling Trader: I Strike It Rich in 1977 时空倒爷：我在1977年暴富 A Rain-Perfumed Cloak of Straw一蓑薰雨Modern Romance476k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Period Setting + Time Travel + Spatial Storage + Getting Rich + Family Matters + Feel-Good Story] Lin Xiaoxiao loses her job, but unexpectedly gains a space that can take her back to 1977. There, she meets her parents when they were young, along with her grandparents, who died long ago. Overjoyed, Lin Xiaoxiao realizes that since she can travel between two time periods, she should do something worthy of the feel-good heroine she once dreamed of being. Why not change her parents' li 1.6kReads8.0Score16614d adds

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    So beautiful!

38. 88 七 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 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [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 86.1kReads9.5Score9.8k14d adds

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    I personally think it's pretty good, a sweet and loving story about a young painter and a soldier. 🥰

39. 89 泣 The Blood-Tear Tung Blossoms 泣血油桐花 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In the 1970s, Zhao Zhicheng was an older bachelor. Because he had one disabled leg and came from a dirt-poor family, the women from the surrounding villages all refused to marry him. In the end, he married Yan Wenyin, a woman of similar age who also had one disabled leg. From then on, the fates of these two determined people, each with a physical disability, were bound tightly together! That year, he said, “My left leg is lame, and Xiaoyin’s right leg is lame. Put us together, and don’t we make 2.6kReads6.6Score30414d adds

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    Family matters and everyday life

40. 90 野 Wild Chrysanthemums, No Tears 野菊花，不流泪 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted “The eldest gets doted on, the youngest gets spoiled, but the one in the middle suffers most!” In the late 1970s, under the weight of son preference and the pressure of family planning, Xiaojü was born in the middle. Her tragic life began from the moment she was born: an unwanted child, abandoned by both Heaven and Earth! When Xiaojü was four, the grandmother who had raised her passed away. In her final moments, Grandma told her that she had been born in a season when wild chrysanthemums were i 2.2kReads8.4Score15214d adds
41. 91 村 The Village Girl Became a Chairwoman 村姑成了董事长 A Bright Moon Hung in the Sky一轮明月挂天边Modern Romance405k WordsCompleted Her mother gives Bai Lian half of a silver lock and tells her to find her birth parents. Her aunt wants her to marry a scoundrel, but her uncle helps her escape. She meets Zhao Lei and follows him into the ancient architecture trade, and the two become a couple. Building in the traditional style brings one challenge after another, and the business is eventually shut down for rectification because of its materials and environmental impact. While traveling, she happens to see a child wearing the o 42Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Very interesting, give it a read and see how the female lead gets stronger and stronger.

42. 92 理 The Hairdresser and Her Best Friends 理发师和她的闺蜜们 A Bright Moon Hung in the Sky一轮明月挂天边Modern Romance135k WordsCompleted Wan Lin is a hairdresser, and Yun Feng and Fang Lan are her best friends. Wan Lin's husband, Yan Ge, is extremely controlling. Yun Feng is dating He Yun, a poor young man looked down on by his future mother-in-law. Fang Lan married into a wealthy family, but her husband, Luo Hua, leaves her living a stifling life. When the pandemic breaks out, they put aside their grudges and differences, disregard the danger to their lives, and resolutely volunteer to help. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 93 一 All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment 一生只求半称心 Hedge Shadow篱影Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation is coming soon! [Traditional] [No gimmicks] [Not a power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] In the 1970s, Li Laoman had no sons, so he wanted to find a live-in son-in-law for his third daughter, Li Fan. Li Fan refused and stole her second sister Li Ting's fiance instead! Now Li Ting had not only lost her man, but also had to take on the responsibility of finding a live-in son-in-law for her younger sister. With Li Laoman pressuring her, she had no choice but to take Zhong Wensong 9.5kReads8.9Score79914d adds

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    Rural life stories, everyday family matters

44. 94 行 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 2.1kReads9.2Score12214d adds

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    🤔[I also highly recommend it]💕[OK]

45. 95 穿 I Became the Wife of a Commander Who Died Young! Now His Whole Family Dotes on Me 穿成早死首长的妻子！被全家团宠 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A Novel Set in the 1980s) (Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Transmigrating into a Book vs. Transmigrating) A car accident sent Ye Fangfei into a novel. Its world was a parallel timeline in the early 1980s. The novel’s protagonists were the younger brother of her husband, Shen Zhanxun, and his wife. Shen Zhanxun was nothing but a stepping-stone they used to build their wealth. In the novel, Shen Zhanxun left the military to join the municipal public security bureau. He died while 91.3kReads9.0Score11.2k14d adds
46. 96 七 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 Glories Unspoken不言盛景Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 15.8kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds

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    She's especially good at cooking. There was a time when the male lead went on a rescue mission, and everyone else had food brought by their families, but he was only eating steamed buns. However, the female lead still brought him food, even though it was just something a neighbor told her about.

47. 97 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: On My Wedding Night, I'm Sent Next Door to Stay 穿书七零：新婚夜被送到隔壁借宿 Pan-Fried Bun生煎包Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + beloved by all + devoted couple + no golden finger] On the day of her wedding, Lin Jianchun is suspected of bringing bad luck to her mother-in-law, so her new husband sends her to spend the night at the Lu family’s house next door. Unexpectedly, the owner of the bed comes home in the middle of the night… That’s when she transmigrates into the story. Remembering that she was punished with transmigration just for cursing out the author, 22.3kReads8.9Score5.9k14d adds

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    This is easy and pleasant.

48. 98 穿 I Transmigrated to the Seventies: After Moving to the Countryside, I Started Acting Like a Goofball 穿越七零：下乡后开始走沙雕风 Warm Moonlight暖暖明月Modern Romance463k WordsOngoing In the apocalypse, Zhuo Zhenzhen dreams every night about a little girl who shares her name. She has the same dream for five years, watching the girl grow from five to ten. Just as she thinks the dream will go on, she dies, all because of her own reckless actions. But then she comes back to life as the ten-year-old Zhuo Zhenzhen from her dreams. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds her family shattered and scattered. Her grandparents and maternal grandparents have been framed. Easy enough: f 89Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    I think these two books are great, and I recommend them to all of you. I hope you all like them! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

49. 99 八 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 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [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 78.6kReads9.4Score12.1k14d adds
50. 100 穿 I Became an Army Wife in the 1970s 穿到七零年代当军嫂 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance778k WordsCompleted [Period]+ [Space]+ [Family Life]+ [No Going to the Countryside] Xu Di was born in the 1980s. After graduating from high school and failing to get into college, she spent two years working a sewing machine in a clothing factory. At twenty, she found a match through a blind date, got married, and had a child. In 2020, Xu Di, who was always bottling up her anger, was diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. She underwent surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, and her short life came to an en 16.2kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds

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