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Reborn Granny + Historical-Era Story + Not a Doormat + Loves Herself 重生老太太+年代文+不圣母+爱自己

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  1. 1 An Old Woman Reborn in the 1980s: She Abandoned Her Husband, Her Son, and Her Daughter 老太重生八零:她抛夫弃子又弃女 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Rebirth, Feel-Good Fiction, Family Life, Face-Slapping, Taking Down Scumbags] In her previous life, Old Madam Zhou devoted herself wholeheartedly to her children. She raised five sons and daughters, helped them make something of themselves, bought them houses and cars, and then raised fifteen grandchildren. She spent her entire life working herself to the bone for her family, only to break her leg, become paralyzed, and be starved to death. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to th 8.7kReads8.1Score811Shelves
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  2. 2 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米!烂土豆!极品儿女靠边跪 Modern Romance3.5M WordsOngoing [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 210.5kReads9.3Score9.7kShelves
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  3. 3 The Old Woman Is Reborn, Beating Her Ungrateful Children with an Iron Rod 老太太重生,铁棒爆打不孝子女 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Rebirth + Family Life + Ensemble Cast + No Golden Finger + Taking Down Scumbags + The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin] Also known as The Old Lady Is Reborn: She Leaves Her Husband and Sons and Torments Her Daughter-in-Law Old Mrs. Liu worked herself to the bone her whole life, squeezing every last drop of strength from herself to raise three sons. But once she grew old and could no longer help them, they kicked her around like a ball, treating her with nothing but disdain. One bitter 4.6kReads8.2Score354Shelves
  4. 4 The 1980s: After the Loving Mother Turns Dark, the Whole Family Panics 八零:慈母黑化后,全家都慌了 Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Feel-good story + no golden finger + slice of life + family drama + ensemble cast of ordinary people + reborn in a bygone era) Short dramas: The New Life of Rong Ying, the Woman Everyone Looked Down On; Reborn Mom Is Here to Collect You Old Mrs. Zhang spent her whole life raising three sons and three daughters. She paid for her children’s weddings and homes, raised her grandchildren, and emptied the family savings to buy a home in Shanghai for her eldest son. She helped her second son marry thr 65.4kReads9.0Score7.3kShelves
  5. 5 Reborn in the 1990s: An Old Woman Reforms Her Ungrateful Children 重生九零:老太太改造不孝子女 Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted [Rebirth] [Period setting] [Family squabbles] [Golden finger] [Building wealth] Yu Qiuying is reborn, returning to the years when she worked herself to the bone for her children. In her previous life, she devoted herself to her children and gave them everything, hoping they would have good lives. In the end, she received no gratitude, only their resentment. Her second and youngest daughters both blamed her for favoring her two sons. Her eldest son resented her for the rest of his life over somet 1.6kReads8.6Score127Shelves
  6. 6 After Being Reborn as a Heartless Old Woman, My Wicked Children Regretted It! 重生老太狠心后,孽子们后悔了! Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Face-Slapping] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [Family Life] [The rating was just posted, so it may rise.] Xu Guiying spent her life working hard for her five children and raising her granddaughter, who had cerebral palsy. After retiring, she set up a dumpling stall to help make ends meet. Then someone beat her so badly she was gravely injured, and she was diagnosed with cancer. Her children and grandchildren had leached off her their entire lives, yet they all made excuses and refu 960Reads7.7Score101Shelves
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  7. 7 Sweet Military Marriage in the 1980s: My Ex Regrets It Too Late 八零军婚甜蜜蜜,前夫后悔火葬场 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + satisfying revenge, no putting up with mistreatment + male lead appears late + everyday life + farming + no golden finger + taking down scoundrels + sweet romance + ensemble cast + family matters + military officers + commanding officer] In her previous life, Qiao Jiangxin married into the Chen family. She shouldered every burden to give them a peaceful life, working like an ox and a horse to support her husband's literary ambitions, care for her ailing in-laws, and look aft 51.3kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
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  8. 8 Stabbed to Death by His Grandson at the Age of 99: Reborn and Wildly Dotes on His Granddaughter 99岁被亲孙捅死:重生狂宠孙女 Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Grandmother protagonist + family and neighborhood life + 1970s A runaway ox charges into the courtyard with a crowd of people in tow, catching an adulterous couple in the act. Yang Yuzhen, reborn at forty, pats her ample chest and vows to change her fate. She kicks out her scumbag husband, abandons her ungrateful children and grandchildren, and takes her granddaughter to join her eldest son in the military. In her previous life, her eldest son died tragically on a mission. This time, she’ll save 15.4kReads8.8Score3kShelves
  9. 9 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1970s: Every Strike Against My Adopted Daughter Is Fatal 老太太重生七零:刀刀刀养女的命 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Yu Mingxiang had cancer. The moment she transferred her assets to her daughter, the girl turned on her and threw her out. Only then did Yu Mingxiang learn that the girl wasn't her biological child at all. Her wicked adopted daughter had killed her entire family! After dying a miserable death in the street, Yu Mingxiang opened her eyes and found herself thirty years in the past, half a month before her whole family was sent to the countryside. Her adopted daughter was stand 31.6kReads8.7Score3.6kShelves
  10. 10 Granny Returns to the ’80s: Dumping Her Scumbag Husband and Making a Fortune Selling Pickles 老太重回八零:踹翻渣男咸菜发家 Modern Romance710k WordsCompleted (No romance + divorce + street vending + making money + no golden finger) She’s reborn, and her younger daughter is about to be thrown into a living hell! Qin Sui’an was a timid old woman who had lived a miserable life. When she opens her eyes, she’s back in the 1980s, right at the scene where her younger daughter is being tricked into a marriage! This old woman has had enough! After exposing the scoundrel who arranged the fraudulent marriage and kicking her useless husband to the curb, Qin Sui’ 6kReads9.1Score932Shelves
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  11. 11 After Becoming the Duke's Dowager, I Kicked Out Every Ungrateful Child and Grandchild 穿成国公老夫人后我把不孝儿孙全踢了 Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Qin Yun transmigrates into a book, and from the start, her whole family is being stripped of their possessions and exiled? Looking at this roomful of unfilial descendants, Qin Yun thinks the whole family has brought this on themselves. The eldest son's family is corrupt and lawless, and their servants commit acts of violence, bringing disaster upon the household. The second son's family is weak and hidebound, yet they pride themselves on being upright scholars. They presume to criticize the crow 2.1kReads9.1Score431Shelves
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  12. 12 I Became the Crown Prince’s Grandmother, and I’m Helping My Whole Family Build Their Reputations 穿成太子外祖母,我带全家立人设 Ancient Romance872k WordsCompleted No romance, feel-good story, raising children, transforming the whole family After an accident, Shi Ying transmigrated to the Great Yong Dynasty and became the Old Madam of the Duke of Zhenguo’s residence. Her daughter was the empress, and her grandson was the crown prince. Her late husband had been the emperor’s teacher. It all sounded incredibly grand. But what happened? The crown prince died young, and the empress was deposed. Her younger son was defeated in battle and taken prisoner. Her eld 9.1kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
  13. 13 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! Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [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 21.6kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
  14. 14 Back at Fifty, My Ungrateful Children Kneel Before Me 重回五十岁,逆子逆女都跪下 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming. (A silver-haired woman’s story set in a bygone era, focused on everyday family life. If it’s not your thing, please don’t complain.) At ninety, Li Qingxiang was paralyzed on one side. Her eldest son and daughter-in-law abused her, forcing her to live in a pigsty, where she froze to death on a snowy night. When she opened her eyes, she was fifty again. Li Qingxiang decided to change how she raised her children, ditching her image as a doting mother and becoming a 4.2kReads8.7Score423Shelves
  15. 15 An Overworked Old Woman Dies Tragically, Then Gets Reborn in the 1980s to Enjoy Life 老太过劳惨死,重生八零她要享福 Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted [Reborn in Another Era + Revenge on Scumbags + Family Life + No Golden Finger + Light Ensemble Cast] Wang Qinhe poured all her energy into buying a hefty retirement insurance policy for her eldest son, supporting her second daughter's entire family, and leaving the old family home to her third son. In her seventies, she broke her leg after years of overwork, but not one of her children was willing to support her. When she demanded maintenance payments, her furious third daughter-in-law shoved he 246Reads—Score—Shelves
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  16. 16 The Downtrodden Auntie Reborn: Starting with a Breakfast Stall 窝囊大妈重生:从早点铺子开始 Modern Romance589k WordsCompleted [1980s] [Reborn] [Building Wealth] [Contributing to the Province's Economic Development] [Family Life] [Enjoying Life] This is the story of a retired woman who turns her life around and gradually becomes a well-known entrepreneur across the province. [Reader's Guide!!] ① The heroine, Meng Lanying, will not marry again! No romance! No romance! ② In her previous life, the heroine was not a perfect old woman! She went from foolishly walking into a trap, to waking up, to being reborn! She will d 1.7kReads8.7Score231Shelves
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  17. 17 Granny Feng Is Reborn in the 1980s: Her Ungrateful Children Need a Lesson 冯老太重生八零,不孝子女欠收拾 Modern Romance982k WordsCompleted Granny Feng had spent her whole life striving to be strong and doing everything for her children. But in her old age, not one of them cared for her. Her youngest daughter even hated her to the core. Lying on a cold bed, feeling the pangs of hunger in her stomach and the stinging pain of bedsores on her back and thighs, breathing in the stench of the room, she laughed. She laughed until she could not stop, until tears streamed down her face. If she had known that the children she had loved with h 4.7kReads—Score321Shelves
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  18. 18 After Her Own Son Starves Her to Death, the Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1970s 老太太被亲儿子饿死后重生七零 Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Satisfying revenge on scumbags + family squabbles + reborn in the 1970s + everyday rural ensemble] In her previous life, after being widowed, Huang Wanqing devoted herself entirely to her children and worked herself to the bone for fifty years! She helped her four sons start families and careers, raised eight grandchildren as an unpaid nanny, and even collected scrap to help with household expenses in her old age. But after a fall left her unable to work, they abandoned her in the old house, wh 10.8kReads8.8Score836Shelves
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  19. 19 Reborn in the 1980s: Granny Li Hammers the Whole Family of Good-for-Nothings 重生八零:李老太锤爆全家极品 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Li Jingui is reborn. A slice-of-life family story with a lightly ensemble cast and satisfying face-slapping. Fifty-year-old Li Jingui is reborn. Thinking about the foolish things she did in her past life for the sake of her three sons makes her want to slap herself. Fortunately, she’s been reborn, and there’s still time to change everything. In this life, she’ll set her family straight and crush every last troublemaker! 7.7kReads7.9Score674Shelves
  20. 20 My Fetus Died in the Womb, So I Served Your Whole Family Poisoned Chicken Soup 我仔胎死腹中,送你全家农药鸡汤 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The Wens favor sons over daughters, draining their adopted daughter Ruyi’s life away and joining forces to kill her newborn son. Consumed by hatred, Ruyi poisons the entire family, then is reborn on the night she was tricked into marriage. In her past life, she worked like an ox and a horse, endured beatings and abuse, and watched her family fall apart. In this life, she awakens and strikes back, tearing into her awful family, kicking her scumbag husband to the curb, and living for herself! She’ 47Reads—Score—Shelves
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  21. 21 After Freezing to Death, Grandma Qian Is Reborn and Beats the Whole Family Into Submission 被冻死后,钱老太重生打服全家 Modern Romance491k WordsCompleted [Reborn in a Bygone Era + No Golden Finger + Everyday Life + Family Squabbles] In her previous life, Old Madam Qian poured her heart and soul into raising her three sons and two daughters. Even when she and her husband went without, she made sure her children and grandchildren had enough to eat and drink. She thought that after giving her family everything, even if she couldn’t enjoy a comfortable old age, at least she’d have a place to live and food to eat. But the truth was that her three sons 3.6kReads8.5Score325Shelves
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  22. 22 A Reborn Old Woman's Revenge: Taking Down the Ungrateful 窝囊老太重生八零,手撕白眼狼 Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [Period setting + rebirth + satisfying read + a touch of ensemble cast + everyday family life + ungrateful children] Li Meiying lost her husband young. She poured every ounce of herself into raising three daughters and two sons, struggling to help them marry and start families. Yet in her old age, not only was she driven from home by her great-grandson, she also suffered an accidental fracture. Her children all looked down on her. She died a miserable death, but when she opened her eyes reborn, 254Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  23. 23 Reborn in the 1980s: Mrs. Li Is Still Setting the Rules 重生八零:李太太还在立规矩 Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Old Madam Li gave her children her whole heart, only to end up tossed around like a flying pancake in her final days. She thought that once she died, it would all be over! But when she opened her eyes, those unfilial children were right there in front of her again! Good. Not a single one of you is getting away this time! You’re all going to make money for me! You won’t listen? Then I’ll beat you! Still refusing? Even better! Get out on the street and find yourself a new mom 17Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. 24 Dumping Her Ungrateful Children, the Old Lady Finds Her Own Happiness 踹掉不孝子女,老太太独自美丽 Modern Romance572k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Zhou Meifen worked herself to the bone raising five children, indulging them and caring for them in every way. She would have torn the flesh from her own bones to feed them, yet she raised a pack of ungrateful brats. After she got cancer, they kicked her around like a ball until she died full of bitterness. When she woke up, she was back twenty years in the past. This time, let’s see how she deals with those little brats. Before she was reborn, her eldest daughter had her l 1.1kReads7.4Score111Shelves
  25. 25 Reborn in the 1980s: Auntie Jin Takes on the Whole Family 重生八零,金大妈吊打全家 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Reborn] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [Payback Is a Must] [Wealth and Glory] A guide to this life: Stay clear of the burdens of children, and enjoy a carefree life! Hang on to a big shot's coattails, and you'll never worry about food or drink! Jin Yulan, a scrap-collecting woman, froze to death beneath a bridge. Her son refused to pay for her funeral and burned her body by the river. When she opened her eyes again, Jin Yulan had returned to the late 1980s 146Reads—Score—Shelves
  26. 26 A Radiant Forty, I Remarry with My Daughter to a Criminal Investigation Captain 四十风华,带女改嫁刑侦队长 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Li Shuping had worked hard all her life, raised three children, and helped raise her grandchildren, yet she had never enjoyed a single day of comfort. Her family had never acknowledged all she had done for them. After her second daughter-in-law pushed her down and broke her leg, her children treated her like a burden and dumped her in a nursing home. With no children visiting and fees often unpaid, going hungry and getting beaten by the caregivers became part of daily life. Bedsores filled with 41.4kReads8.7Score4.5kShelves
  27. 27 My Family’s All Terrible, and They’re Splitting Up? The Reborn Matriarch Won’t Indulge Anyone 全家极品要散?老太重生谁也不惯 Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted Zhao Congxue spent her whole life insisting on doing things her way. She had four sons and two daughters, yet after she was bedridden on the kang for a year, not one of them cared for her. When she was young, she forced her eldest daughter to sacrifice a lifetime of happiness for a bride price, using the money to find a wife for her eldest son. Her eldest son took her money, then cut off all contact with her and refused to acknowledge her, even on pain of death. Her second son thought she was us 172Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  28. 28 Granny Liang Is Reborn in the 1980s and Quits Her Job 梁老太重生八零,她撂挑子不干了 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Reborn in the 1980s + silver-haired heroine fiction + satisfying revenge against villains + no golden finger + family and neighborhood life + fighting, scolding, and going wild + rising in status + ensemble cast) (Also known as: Reborn to Become the Most Evil, Wicked, and Notorious Old Lady) The spineless Liang Airong was so timid and useless that her five children all suffered. Her obedient, filial eldest, Ye Huazhen, and her third child, Ye Huashan, both died young. Of her three surviving chi 14.2kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
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  29. 29 Granny Quit Her Job to Become a Nanny, Then Took the Whole Household by Storm 老太太裸辞做保姆家里家外杀疯了 Modern Romance2.3M WordsOngoing The drama adaptation, I Became a Legend as a Housekeeper After Retirement, is now streaming on Hongguo. [No CP] [Family and everyday life] [No golden finger] [Gets rich by working as a housekeeper for powerful people] [Leaves her husband and abandons her son and daughter] [Dotes on her daughter-in-law and granddaughter] [Silver-haired heroine] [Quits her job to become a housekeeper] [Plus-size, plain-looking heroine with a laid-back attitude] [Absolutely refuses to lose weight] In her previous l 15.1kReads8.9Score1kShelves
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  30. 30 Rebirth, Old Lady in the Countryside: Taking Care of My Children and Grandchildren 下放老太太重生:白米饭配红烧肉 Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Granny Qiao was reborn seven days before her whole family was sent away to the countryside. Looking at her family, all still together, she saw that her son and daughter-in-law were alive, her two little grandchildren hadn't died, and her children were still in school. Everyone she needed to cherish and protect was right there before her. There was still time to put things right, and she wasn't alone, living like a walking corpse. So she took out her family's heirloom, only to discover that it co 49kReads8.8Score9.7kShelves
  31. 31 Transmigrate into a Book: The 1970s Female Farm Manager Sets the Whole Regiment Ablaze 穿书七零:女场长她火爆全兵团 Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Military farm] [Building an era] [Humorous farming] After making an offhand complaint, overworked Tan Xiaoxu transmigrates into a melodramatic romance novel as the male lead’s doomed original wife. The good news: the plot has gone off the rails, and her cousin has taken over the doomed wife’s fate! Tan Xiaoxu, deeply grateful: “What a wonderful person!” If you want to be the doomed wife, go ahead and take my place! Romance-addled fools have no future. Better to reclaim wasteland and build a car 5.5kReads9.2Score724Shelves
  32. 32 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人?不如成全自己 Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted 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. 124.3kReads9.5Score10.1kShelves
  33. 33 The Village Chief's Wife Is Wild and Unhinged, and I'm the Strongest in the Village 村长夫人癫又狂,制霸全村我最强 Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + The 1970s + Family Life + Elderly Couple Reborn Together + Food and Farming] After her children drove her out of the house and she froze to death, 63-year-old Zhao Ailan was reborn. She returned to the year her son stole money to support a widow and her daughter planned to elope with a freeloader. Fine, fine, fine. All four of them are ungrateful brats, are they? Zhao Ailan went straight to the hospital and made sure her unborn youngest son was sent back to be reborn first. The 986Reads8.7Score104Shelves
  34. 34 When the Mother-in-Law Takes Charge, Her Son Returns to a Shocking Sight 婆婆当家,儿子归来傻眼了 Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted For the two years since her son got married, Yang Yufen never showed up. Everyone said she was a mean mother-in-law who looked down on her daughter-in-law, Qin Nian: she didn’t help when Qin Nian was pregnant, and she was nowhere to be seen when her grandson became seriously ill. It wasn’t until Qin Nian had an accident and the child died that Yang Yufen finally came to her senses. At the hospital, she saw her missing son with a homewrecker. She slapped him, only for the woman to shove her down 16.3kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
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  35. 35 The Helpless Old Woman Got Rich After Leaving Her Husband and Children 窝囊老太抛夫弃子后暴富了 Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted (The short drama Reborn Grandma: Divorcing First is now streaming) [Rebirth + Fast-Paced Wish Fulfillment + No Romance + Family Life] Chen Baomei, a timid old woman who had spent her whole life putting up with everything, died. All her life, she had worked herself to the bone for her children, sacrificing everything to give them a better life. Then the family’s home was demolished, making them rich overnight. Before she could even enjoy the money, her sons and daughters-in-law had coaxed and che 11.8kReads8.7Score909Shelves
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  36. 36 Reborn in the 1960s: The Old Woman's Rise 重生六零:老太太的崛起 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn in the late 1960s, an imperfect heroine who grows over time, then a fiery old lady; explosive gossip; family squabbles early on, then the heroine builds a career; ensemble cast] In her previous life, Grandma Xia gave everything she had to her family. She raised her three sons to adulthood and helped them start families and careers. She should have been able to enjoy her golden years, but her sons kicked her out, and she died on a rainy winter night. When she opened her eyes, Grandma Xia 8.4kReads9.0Score789Shelves
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  37. 37 Transmigrated to a Bygone Era, I Become the Whole Village's Beloved Great-Aunt 穿越年代,成为全村团宠姑奶奶 Modern Romance813k WordsCompleted [One devoted couple, soul transmigration, pocket dimension, period setting, sweet romance, everyday life] “Great-aunt…” “Great-aunt?” “Great-aunt!!!” Su Jianjian furrowed her brow. So noisy. Could they stop shouting and let her get some decent sleep? Her lips moved faintly, and she mumbled, “Mm, mm, mm. Stop making noise.” As soon as she replied, the voices in her dream vanished, and everything went quiet. Who could have guessed that one impatient reply in a dream would make her transmigrate int 8.6kReads8.9Score759Shelves
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  38. 38 80: Dressed as Mrs. Shen, I Choose to Look Bad 八零:穿成沈老太,我选择摆烂 Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + No Romance] Shen Huihui, an unmarried woman past her prime, had a bright future ahead of her. Then one dream transmigrated her into the body of an old woman. When this old woman was young, she devoted herself entirely to her children and never gave herself a thought. But in her old age, her children kicked her around like a ball. None of them was willing to support her for even one more day. Shen Huihui was furious. Now that she has become Old Madam Shen, she 483Reads8.3Score—Shelves
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  39. 39 In the Famine, the Whole Village Chews Tree Bark, but My System Fills My Storeroom with Meat 荒年全村啃树皮,我有系统满仓肉 Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 83.5kReads9.4Score10.5kShelves
  40. 40 I’m an Old Lady! Reborn, I Cut Ties with My Family and Got Rich! 我!老太太!重生断亲暴富! Modern Romance3.2M WordsOngoing Old Madam Zhou spent her whole life worrying herself sick over her four sons. She even divided the property and cash she received from the demolition compensation among them. She thought she had treated them all equally and taken each son into consideration. But in each son’s eyes, she was biased, and they all resented her and refused to support her. Old Madam Zhou should have been enjoying her retirement, but instead, at her advanced age, she survived by collecting trash and eventually died of 51.4kReads8.6Score3kShelves
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  41. 41 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 19.5kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
  42. 42 Transmigrated as a Terrible Old Woman in the 1970s, I Beat My Ungrateful Children 穿成七零极品老太,暴揍不孝儿女 Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted [Period setting ☞ golden finger ☞ transmigration ☞ feel-good story ☞ family life ☞ 1970s ☞ ensemble cast] Young Su Yufen should have had a bright future, but her stupid boss worked her to the bone. She stayed up late working overtime every day and had to be ready to reply to messages at any hour of the night. For a meager paycheck, she ended up diagnosed with breast cancer and confined to the ICU. She had hoped to spend her final days in peace, but made the mistake of opening a trashy novel and 132Reads—Score—Shelves
  43. 43 Granny Zhang Reborn: Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, She's Gone Berserk! 张老太重生:杀杀杀杀,杀疯了! Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Granny Zhang thought she was a good mother and mother-in-law. When she was young, she had no one to help her. Determined to keep her children from going through the same hardships, she did everything she could for them, giving money when it was needed and pitching in whenever they needed help. She never held back. She helped all six of her children build families and careers, then raised several grandchildren. When she was in a car accident near the end of her life and received three million in 218.2kReads8.9Score15.9kShelves
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  44. 44 Reborn in the 1980s: My Dutiful Children Can All Get Lost 重生八零:孝子贤孙都滚蛋 Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted [1980s] [An elderly woman is reborn] [Family life] [Ensemble cast of ordinary people] [No golden finger] Old Madam Li spent her whole life working herself to the bone. She bought houses for her children, lived apart from her husband so she could help them, and looked after her grandchildren. Who could have guessed that her old age would end in such misery? Her husband suffered so badly from stomach cancer that he writhed in pain. They couldn't even afford painkillers that cost just a few dimes, 884Reads7.3Score103Shelves
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  45. 45 The Old Lady Leaves Her Husband and Children, Then Marries an Officer 老太太抛夫弃子女,转身嫁军官 Modern Romance774k WordsCompleted [Eighties Era] [Rebirth Wish-Fulfillment] [Family Life] [Husband Chases Wife / Mother’s Regret] [Never Forgive] [Second Marriage to a Soldier] When Yu Peilan was young, she put her husband through college, raised four children on her own, and cared for her mother-in-law. She never imagined that her husband and children would all turn out to be ungrateful. They ate her food and used her money, then looked down on her as an uncultured country bumpkin, saying she was no match for her husband’s firs 5.1kReads8.4Score593Shelves
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  46. 46 Reborn in 1980: I Picked Up Four Wonderful Sons-in-Law 重生80:我捡了4个好女婿 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Apricot Blossom was taken in as a child bride and abandoned in the countryside by her husband, Zhao Erzhu, who enlisted in the army, in an absurd “marriage” with no marriage certificate. She worked herself to the bone raising four daughters and a son, yet could never understand why her violent father-in-law favored her paralyzed eldest brother-in-law’s family, even as her sister-in-law constantly exploited and tormented her and her daughters. Only when her daughters were sent away one after anot 273Reads—Score—Shelves
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  47. 47 The Old Lady Is Reborn to Fight, and She’s Done with That Wretched Family 老太重生要战斗,那个破家不要了 Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted [Period drama + 1980s + reborn + feel-good revenge + punishing the wicked + ensemble cast + no golden finger] Personality determines your fate. In her previous life, Liang Fengying was timid and too afraid to fight back. All five of her daughters, Mei, Lan, Zhu, Ju, and Hua, met tragic ends. “They're all money-losing burdens!” “You can't grow a thing in this salty wasteland!” Her mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and husband were like a pack of vicious beasts. Liang Fengying spent her days weeping. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  48. 48 Reborn in the 1980s: The Ruthless Vixen Tears Her Evil Mother-in-Law Apart 重生八零:狠辣毒妇手撕恶婆婆 Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted [Period setting | reborn | feel-good story | family drama | ensemble cast | strong female lead | no golden finger] “Let her die in there!” Li Lanqin shivered in the woodshed as she heard her mother-in-law cursing her viciously. Only then did she realize that after more than twenty years of serving them like an ox and a horse, her fate was to starve and freeze to death! She had borne the Liu family three sons and three daughters, cared for young and old, and worked from dawn till dusk. All she go 114Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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  49. 49 Transmigrate into a Book as a Blessed, Wicked Mother-in-Law, and Lead My Good-for-Nothing Kids to Wealth 穿书福运恶婆婆,带渣崽崽们暴富 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming, family squabbles, building wealth, a woman transmigrates into a book as an older mother-in-law] After staying up all night reading a novel, I opened my eyes and found myself transmigrated into a book. Talk about bad luck. Of all people, why did I have to become her? I ended up as the silly, sweet heroine’s stepmother, the villainess’s biological mother, and a wicked farm wife with a whole brood of useless kids. Zhang Jing complained, “Well, this is great. No more nagging me to get 854Reads8.9Score107Shelves
  50. 50 The Wicked Stepmother Is Surprisingly Wonderful 恶毒后娘她真香 Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Greedy, evil, and abusive to her stepchildren? No wonder she was a disposable character among the villains, an essential figure whose sole purpose was to make their tragic lives look even worse. One moment, Mu Xiaonuan is asleep; the next, she wakes up as the wicked stepmother, Madam Mu, in a novel. She has five stepsons and two stepdaughters, each one either cannon fodder or a villain, and she herself was born to be a stepping stone for them. Looking at the little sprouts in front of her, it’s 60.2kReads9.0Score10.8kShelves

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