Period Stories with Selfish, Self-Serving Heroines 年代文，女主自私自利

1. 1 六 The Sixties: A Captivating Yet Hateful Villainess 六零，迷人又可恶的反派恶女 Sweetie Xi小甜甜喜Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Born into the 1960s, she becomes a posthumous child, doted on by her whole family. Luo Mingyue says, “You're all this twisted, so I can't exactly be too normal.” A cast of villains, the 1960s 7.7kReads7.8Score431Shelves

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   This book is truly selfish and self-serving, and it's really well-written. Unlike other books, its title suggests selfishness and self-serving, but it doesn't feel that way at all.

2. 2 绿 A Green Tea Girl Plays the Sweet, Silly Type in the 1960s 绿茶女在六十年代当傻白甜 Another Road另路Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted [Manipulative little green tea vs. gentle childhood friend / Mostly everyday life / No black market, no golden finger] Wen Li transmigrated! She opened her eyes and found herself with a cowardly dad and a mom who loved causing trouble and running her mouth. But that wasn't even the worst part: it was the 1960s, and after droughts, floods, and other extreme weather, the food supply had yet to recover! After thinking it over for ages, Wen Li managed to find two things in her favor. First, her orig 7.9kReads8.8Score940Shelves

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   Simple and ordinary, but very heartwarming.

3. 3 六 The 1960s: The Beloved Little Devil of a Family of Scoundrels 六零，极品一家的掌上恶女 Wu Qiyue邬栖玥Modern Romance404k WordsOngoing [Raising Kids in a 1960s Courtyard + Wicked Family Darling + Top-Tier, Sweet-on-the-Outside-Black-Hearted Family + Unconditionally Doted On!] [Warning: She really is wicked! She really is ruthless! If that's not for you, move along.] [No official pairing has been decided yet. For now, it's the child-rearing stage. I see and immediately cut back the parts of characters people give a lot of negative feedback about. There may be multiple pairings; the focus is on everyone doting on the heroine.] Ya 80Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   This is a period drama with a female protagonist who is an egoist and selfish. It's really satisfying and a great read.

4. 4 救 Help! The Beauty Changed Her Expression and Shook All of Kyoto 救命！美人一变脸整个京都震动了 Cong Xuan丛萱Modern Romance720k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history setting + 1VN + sweet romance + love at first sight + multiple male leads + happy ending with all male leads + no storage space + no golden finger] A generation's most notorious beauty survives the murderous imperial palace until the end of her natural life. When she opens her eyes again, she has become a local woman who has lived in the 1960s since childhood. And somehow, she has attracted a whole group of powerful men who are hopelessly in love. “Xiao Jiayi, you're so wonder 9.9kReads7.7Score1.3kShelves
5. 5 年 A Villainess in a Period Quick Transmigration Story Only Wants to Follow the Plot 年代快穿恶毒女配只想走剧情 Classmate Xiao Jin小矜同学Modern Romance728k WordsCompleted {Period quick transmigration, a pampered and wicked heroine with a little conscience, but not much, a touch of a reverse harem, one-on-one romance, an obsessive male lead who becomes crazed and possessive when she leaves him, some worlds where the original heroine is villainized, immersive quick transmigration} Yu Zhi, the only daughter of Immortal Lord Shenyuan, has been adored and spoiled since childhood. Because her birth mother died young, Immortal Lord Shenyuan dotes on her terribly, giving 8.7kReads7.7Score655Shelves
6. 6 六 The Sixties: We Agreed to Divorce, So Why Is the Tycoon Having Second Thoughts? 六零：说好离婚，大佬怎么后悔了 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [1960s setting + pocket dimension + returning to the city as a dual-income couple + beautiful, ordinary orphan heroine × prickly educated youth + marriage before love + self-interest above all + devoted to each other] Gu Qingxu, a pampered young lady since childhood, transmigrates into a book! She becomes an ordinary orphan in a period novel, and opens her eyes on her wedding night. While she's still trying to make sense of things, the man beside her suddenly rolls over and grits out in her ear, 4.9kReads8.4Score316Shelves
7. 7 美 A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅 Yaoyao Not Bewitching a夭夭不妖aModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b 34kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves
8. 8 穿 Transmigrated to the 1950s: I Became a Big Shot in Hong Kong 穿越五零，我在港岛当大佬 Cui Landai崔岚岱Modern Romance645k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + space + gangs + battles of capital; the heroine is lustful but not promiscuous, the hero is a scheming, dark-hearted wolfdog] This novel is pure fiction. Please don’t relate it to real life or overthink it. Just sit back and enjoy. Qiao Luo transmigrates from the apocalypse to 1953. Before she can even celebrate, she finds out that her grandfather was a traitor, her father is a landlord, and her uncle fled overseas with the Nationalist Party. Not one person in her family is any 4.3kReads7.9Score337Shelves
9. 9 你 You Can Raid My Home, but Let Me Go Make a Fortune in Hong Kong 你们抄我家，我去香江捡钱可以吧 Cat Who Loves Three-Hua Plums爱吃三华李的猫Modern Romance720k WordsCompleted [Transmigration, historical era, sweet romance, one-on-one, devoted couple, pocket dimension, entrepreneurship and wealth] Su Manman transmigrated into the body of a pampered young lady from the Su family, someone with the same name but a very different fate. From the start, she was told that someone had reported her family for hiding gold and silver treasures. Looking at the boxes upon boxes of antique paintings and calligraphy, antique ornaments, antique jewelry, and more, Su Manman thought… 29.8kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
10. 10 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s, the Fussy Rich Beauty Gets Rich Again 穿到八十年代作精白富美又暴富了 A Lump of Lucky Cat一坨幸运喵Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted Xu Leshu was a wealthy beauty with enough money to own several apartment buildings. She only had to sleep once; when she woke up, she had arrived in the old-fashioned 1980s, in the body of another Xu Leshu, a second daughter from a penniless family who seemed to be the least loved child. But although the family was dirt poor, the country was opening up and there were plenty of opportunities. From what she could tell, her grandmother was a domineering, stingy old gossip, but she treated Xu Leshu 11.8kReads8.5Score982Shelves
11. 11 李 Li Mingshu's Eighth Book 李明树的第8本书 Li Mingshu李明树Modern Romance571k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book + unhinged antics + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + sweet romance + family drama + golden finger + raising kids] Shen Xinyao, a working girl employed in the bonkers city of Bingcheng, suddenly drops dead after surviving the “first cup of milk tea of autumn” battle and transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s. With a Black Lotus supermarket space at her disposal, she decides that in this new life, she’ll never take anyone’s abuse again! She face-slaps the scumba 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead isn't a saint at all; she only cares about herself. It's beautiful, so go watch it if you like!

12. 12 和 After Eloping with Her Childhood Friend, Her Rugged Commander Husband Went Crazy 和竹马私奔后，糙汉首长急疯了 Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + married first, love later + winning back his wife!] Song Shengsheng had a nightmare and discovered that she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel: the male lead’s first wife, who died young. In the book, beauty was her only asset. To escape her husband, she wrote a letter reporting that her military officer husband came from a politically suspect background. That wasn’t all. When 33.4kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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    Completed novel, the female protagonist loves herself the most [Sparrow's Masterpiece]

13. 13 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Alluring Villain 快穿年代：迷人的反派角色 Lou Ying Who Loves Matcha Buns爱吃抹茶馒头的楼影Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Self-serving and unapologetic + Overpowered from the start + No suffering for others, no saintly heroine + No fixed couple + Sweet romance] After Jin Baolin perished alongside the Zombie King, she unexpectedly became bound to a godawful holier-than-thou System. It wanted her to take the place of disposable characters who refused to follow the plot and selflessly give everything to the protagonists, preferably working herself to the bone before making a glorious sacrifice. Oh, and she had to l 13.4kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves

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    These are all wish-fulfillment novels; the female leads aren't particularly romantic or loving—they always put themselves first.

14. 14 恶 My Wicked Mother-in-Law Went on a Rampage After Being Reborn, So I Took Her Place and Won by Doing Nothing 恶婆婆重生后杀疯了，我替嫁躺赢 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted [70s setting + military marriage + period drama + substitute marriage + family life + face-slapping + transmigration and rebirth] Su Qing was dazzlingly beautiful. Her friends jokingly called her a “strong, whiny monster.” She had countless admirers, and had beaten up countless scumbags. She never imagined she’d transmigrate into the body of a pushover. The pushover had been worked like a beast at her parents’ home, and even her marriage had been used as a pawn. Since her family refused to retur 18.2kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
15. 15 快 Quick Transmigration: Absolute Clarity 快穿：绝对清醒 Young Master Lan公子澜Modern Romance556k WordsCompleted [Clear-Headed Villainess + Sophisticated Self-Interested Charmer + No Fixed Couple + Alternate Universe] Everyone is a pawn, and she is the one pulling the strings. Chi Yan: "I'll be the one laughing last." World One: Alternate-History Era On the fishing platform, the willing take the bait. World Two: Alternate-History Era There is no such thing as absolute sincerity, only absolute self-interest. World Three: Alternate-Universe Port Mafia The flower blooming amid absolute evil will become the sh 16.2kReads8.6Score1kShelves
16. 16 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s, and Discover My Mom Is a Total Green Tea 穿书七零，发现我妈是大绿茶 Encounter遇见Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to 7.2kReads7.3Score499Shelves
17. 17 快 Quick Transmigration: In Period Novels, I Pursue Self-Interest with Style 快穿：拜金的我在年代文精致利己 Nannan's Cultivation Dream楠楠的修仙梦Modern Romance5.6M WordsOngoing Follow the happy lives of the gold-digging, shameless woman Li Na across stories set in different eras. (Li Na has a different personality in each era story and no memories of her other lives in other era stories. The protagonist is only named Li Na; they are not the same person. Some have a golden finger and some don't, and when they do, it's very minor. The heroine is just an utterly ordinary woman.) Content warning: The heroine is deeply flawed and extremely selfish. She only ever thinks of h 7.7kReads8.2Score351Shelves
18. 18 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates to 1970: How Can We Get By Without a System? 全家穿70，没有系统怎么行 Su Chenxi苏晨兮Modern Romance679k WordsCompleted Chen Xiaoman was the late-in-life baby of her parents. When she turned twenty, they finally retired. To celebrate, the family decided to take a road trip. But they got into a car accident on the highway and transmigrated into a minor-character family in a 1970s novel. In the original story, the family met a tragic end. To change their fate, they decided to leave the city and return to the countryside at once. They expected life in the village to be hard, but unexpectedly, they got a star-domain 7.4kReads8.9Score747Shelves
19. 19 快 Quick Transmigration: The Story of My Mother, the Childbearing Goddess 快穿之关于我娘是生子娘娘那件事 Gazing at the Starry Sky张望星空Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Well, Jiang Wanyi always felt she'd been a happy child. Her mother was a single parent, but she was rich, with more than a dozen supermarkets. All she ever asked of Jiang Wanyi was to eat well, dress warmly, and grow up happy. So Jiang Wanyi took it easy, just as her mother wished. She was plain-looking and an average student from childhood, and if she could lie down, she never sat; if she could sit, she never stood. Her only setback came when her mother passed away just as she graduated from co 6.2kReads8.7Score488Shelves
20. 20 甜 Sweet Military Marriage: Now That I’m Reborn, It’s My Turn to Live Well 甜蜜军婚，重生了该我过好日子了 Bracelet镯子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period Setting + Reborn + Military Marriage + Pocket Dimension + System + Family Life + Playing Dumb to Outsmart the Enemy) The male lead is capable, rich, and devoted. A friendly reminder: he gets quite a lot of screen time. Huang Lingling was one of the many people who transmigrated, and she considered herself incredibly unlucky. On her first transmigration, she landed inside a novel and became the pitiful yet detestable biological daughter. She barely got to enjoy the good life a real heires 2.1kReads8.9Score154Shelves
21. 21 八 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 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern 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 42.6kReads9.2Score5kShelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who decisively dumps her scumbag boyfriend and lives a happy, carefree life; the second book has a female protagonist who doesn't go to the countryside but instead enjoys a relaxed, leisurely lifestyle, focusing on everyday family matters—it's quite good.

22. 22 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 105.4kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves
23. 23 七 The 1970s: Everyone Can Be the Protagonist, Except Me 七零：人人都能当主角偏我不行 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted 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. 22.1kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    I've never seen a female lead who's so ruthless; it's a bit crazy and addictive.

24. 24 我 I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 318.5kReads9.1Score47.4kShelves

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    The female protagonist is sophisticated and self-interested

25. 25 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 21.2kReads8.0Score2kShelves

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    The female lead is intelligent; translating for the country benefits its people, and she openly states that she needs money to translate.

26. 26 年 Era-Hopping Quick Transmigration: Vain and Selfish, Beautiful and Wicked 年代快穿虚荣且自私，漂亮且恶毒 Qiu Yiwan邱意晚Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + a touch of being adored by everyone + love at first sight + selfish and self-serving + a truly wicked heroine] Bai Chuchu is the only fire fox in the fox clan. She is selfish, vain, never lifts a finger without a benefit, throws things away when she’s done with them, and is vicious and materialistic. Her personality is absolutely awful! But she possesses peerless beauty, a face that could outshine the world, drawing crowds who flock to her and prost 6.3kReads7.5Score321Shelves
27. 27 军 The Military Wife Is Both Sweet and Brave, and Her Officer Husband Risks His Life to Spoil Her 军嫂又娇又勇，军官老公用命宠 Qia Lemon洽柠檬Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Pocket dimension + punishing scum + satisfying read + educated youth + military marriage Jiang Ling, a woman with special abilities, transmigrates into a frail supporting female character in a novel set in a bygone era. Her stepmother wants to marry her off to an old man in exchange for a bride price? Her biological father wants her to take the fall for someone else and go to the countryside so he can secure a brighter future? Jiang Ling clutches her chest and falls to the ground, then turns aro 25.7kReads9.0Score3.6kShelves

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    The female lead is self-centered, while the male lead is a rough and rugged man.

28. 28 两 Love Between Two Generations: An Inescapable Bond 两代情之逃不出的羁绊 Midnight Woodpecker午夜啄木鸟Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A bloody maelstrom was set in motion by a marriage swap in the late 1980s. One bride died, and the other fled. The humiliation Hua'er endured on her wedding night is enough to make anyone blush with shame, while the hardships Zijun faced as she fled her marriage are deeply moving. Though the story is named for two generations, it is really about three generations and the sweeping changes in their views on love, marriage, and life. It also shows China's tremendous economic boom and the profound s 5.4kReads9.0Score741Shelves

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    It's a historical fiction, but the female lead is too strong-willed, which almost tortures the male lead to death.

29. 29 六 The Sixties: The Supporting Actress Works Herself to the Bone and Outshines the Lucky Female Lead 六零，对照组女配卷死锦鲤女主 Moonless Young Master无月公子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + comedy + pocket dimension + punishing scumbags + troublemaker heroine + face-slapping + satisfying read + goofy humor + romance] A chaotic, hilarious career story, not a formulaic one. The heroine is cunning, scheming, unhinged, and becomes an official. It’s hell mode from the start: the original host was beaten to death by her awful grandmother, and less than two minutes after transmigrating, she was kicked into the hospital by her awful father. Cheng Miaomiao opens and close 64.9kReads9.1Score7.7kShelves

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    See? They're all completely silent. 🍉🍉🍉

30. 30 六 Military Marriage in the 1960s: That Couple Has Sharp Tongues 六零军婚：那两口子嘴都挺毒 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period + military marriage + System + two sharp tongues + love and hate + refuses to take abuse] Luo Xinxin has a tongue more poisonous than arsenic. After cursing out her heartless boss, she earned herself a five-year prison sentence. Then, after insulting the prison bully's mother, one punch sent her to the 1960s, where she became a timid, pretty young woman about to be sent to the Northwest for labor reform. She also has a useless System. It was supposed to help her navigate tricky situation 13kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
31. 31 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 9.6kReads8.9Score810Shelves

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    This is a historical fiction novel where the female protagonist has a selfish and self-serving side.

32. 32 七 The Pampered Little Firecracker of the Seventies: Married to a Coal Boss 七零小作精：嫁给煤老板 Cheng Wanji橙晚霁Modern Romance213k WordsCompleted Shen Chuchu was the most infamous little handful in the compound: difficult, clingy, and every bit the delicate, tragic type. She burst into tears at the drop of a hat and loved tattling. All the kids in the compound found her annoying, but she couldn't have cared less. She spent all day dreaming of marrying a rich man, prompting people to whisper behind her back that she had no pride. 650Reads—Score101Shelves

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    These two books are okay, but some parts make me angry.

33. 33 七 The 1970s: The Fake Heiress Flirts with the Military Officer, Who Spoils Her 七零：假千金狂撩帽子黍被掐腰宠 Fragrant Bubbles沫香香Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + girl pursues guy + sweet romance + fake crowd favorite + daily life] Jiang Ran transmigrated into a book, becoming the fake heiress in a 1970s courtyard novel. After the real heiress showed up, she was forced to move to the countryside. Because of her fair skin and beauty, a street punk bullied her and robbed her of her innocence, leaving her with a tragic fate. When Jiang Ran arrived, the real heiress had yet to show up. Moving to the countryside was 5.4kReads8.7Score511Shelves
34. 34 救 Help! The Big Shot Is Being Harassed by a Spoiled Brat 救命！大佬被作精女碰瓷了 Little Lazy Sloth小树懒懒Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigrate into a book + self-interest above all + ordinary timespace + no going to the countryside Respect hardship, understand hardship, but don't suffer through it! Lin Ran transmigrated into a period novel as the vicious younger sister of the reborn heroine. Faced with the heroine's overwhelming plot armor, she chose to cling to a powerful patron rather than keep her head down or go completely off the rails. (And this patron wasn't the original heroine.) Oh! A car is comin 9.3kReads8.4Score704Shelves

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    The female lead is an egoist who respects and understands hardship, but she herself will never endure it. The male lead is a doting husband. It's a great show, ladies, you should check it out! [Learned something new]

35. 35 水 A Night Raid at the Reservoir, and Now I’m Being Blamed for It 水库夜袭，被抓包后我被赖上了 Good Little Nuobao乖乖诺宝Modern Romance229k WordsCompleted In the summer of 1979, Zhang Chaoyan did something that rocked Xiaojiaying Village: she stripped the battle hero Lu Ting of his entire uniform, right down to his underwear. It started when someone drugged Lu Ting at a fellow soldier's wedding banquet. In the middle of the night, he was soaking in the reservoir with his shirt off. To get back at him for harassing her, Zhang Chaoyan knocked him unconscious and took all his clothes. She thought the matter was over, but the very next morning, the n 477Reads—Score106Shelves

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    The first book's female lead is not only selfish but also a bit of a jerk, stringing several men along. She's rich but loves spending men's money, and these men are constantly vying to spend money on her. The second book's female lead is selfish and self-serving, quick to run away from trouble and resolutely avoids internal conflict; she fights head-on when trouble arises, and if she can't win, she calls for reinforcements.

36. 36 革 The Revolutionary Committee Director's Wife Snatched Him Away Again 革委会主任又被媳妇抢了 Sisters Yiyi姐妹花一一Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On a bitter winter day in 1975, Jiang Yu, director of the Revolutionary Committee in Hancheng County, was knocked unconscious with a brick on his way to work. When he woke up, all his belongings had been stolen: his service pistol, wallet, watch, and belt. Not a thing was left. The robbers were two high school sophomores, Xu Aiguo and Xu Xiuyun. The cousins worked together: he carried Jiang Yu to the hospital, while she stripped him bare as he lay unconscious. Xu Xiuyun stuffed the pistol into 3.8kReads6.3Score290Shelves
37. 37 年 The Heiress's Stockpiling Routine in the Era 年代大小姐的囤货日常 Salty Fish Is My Trade咸鱼本渔Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In the apocalypse, Su Qingxue was betrayed by her best friend, who pushed her toward the Zombie King. She grabbed her friend and pulled her along with her. If you want me dead, then we can die together! At least I’ll have company on the road to the underworld. She never expected to get another chance at life. When she looked around after waking up, she found herself in a carved bed with satin blankets and silk pajamas. An elegant chandelier hung from the ceiling, and a fluffy rug covered the flo 1.6kReads8.1Score151Shelves

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    They are all period novels

38. 38 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 101.8kReads9.6Score10.1kShelves
39. 39 六 The 1960s: Bartering Supplies with My Lazybones Space 六零年代，咸鱼空间换物资 Li Lili李黎黎Modern Romance119k WordsCompleted [Slow burn] [Ensemble cast] [System] [Farming] After a car accident, overworked office drone Meng Yuexin transmigrates to a parallel world in the late 1960s. Her father doesn’t love her, her mother doesn’t care for her, and her scumbag father forces her to move to the countryside, letting his mistress take over her job at the supply and marketing cooperative. Unexpectedly, Meng Yuexin acquires a laid-back System that lets her buy supplies. She raises fat pigs and drives a tractor like a rocket, 70Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 六 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代：开局就是新婚 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b 18.6kReads8.8Score958Shelves
41. 41 六 The 1960s: One Yuan for a Thousandfold Return on Supplies 六零年代：一元秒杀万倍物资 Flavorful Coffee Beans风味咖啡豆Urban676k WordsCompleted [This novel has been adapted into the short drama Brave Adventures in the 1960s] Li Changge transmigrates to the 1960s and gets a One-Yuan Instant Purchase System. Ten thousand jin of pork belly for one yuan? Bought! A hundred jin of duck down for one yuan? Bought! Ten thousand briquettes for one yuan? Bought! Ten thousand barrels of Yibao mineral water for one yuan? Bought! While everyone else struggles to get by, Li Changge lives the good life, and young women and married ladies keep showi 12.8kReads8.1Score870Shelves
42. 42 魂 A Soul Transmigrated to the Seventies, with a Golden Finger in Each Hand 魂穿七零，一手一个金手指 Seven Seven Twenty-Seven七柒贰拾柒Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted The rating has only just come in, and it'll go up later, so don't let it put you off, babies!! Kisses~ [Period]+ [Transmigration]+ [sent-down youth]+ [family life]+ [space]+ [sign-in System]+ [Gourmet]+ [making the best of life] Qian Duoduo never imagined, even after she died, that something as trendy as transmigration could happen to her. Qian Duoduo died of an illness. Her soul floated in the air as she attended her own funeral, then she went straight to the underworld. Damn it! The underwo 55Reads7.3Score—Shelves
43. 43 六 The Sixties: Traveling the World with My Pocket Dimension 六十年代之带着空间畅游天下 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Li Beibei grew up surrounded by stories, then unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a lucky girl in the 1950s. Touched by her family’s favoritism and kindness, she gladly accepts their love and decides to repay them with her own abilities. As she plans her future, Li Beibei chooses two careers that will let her travel at public expense, hoping to make up for the regrets of her past life: journalist and diplomat! And so begins her extraordinary journey in this world. By the seaside: “Qing f 9.4kReads9.3Score745Shelves
44. 44 六 In the 1960s, My Partner Set Their Sights on Stealing My Grandpa’s Job 六零之对象立志要抢我爷饭碗 Plucking Flowers捻过花Modern Romance271k WordsCompleted [Era setting + pocket dimension + building wealth + everyday family life] Content warning: The main story does not cover the heroine's background before she transmigrates. If you'd like to learn about it, you can read the extra chapters first. On the first day Song Wan transmigrated, or rather, her first night, she nearly became the unlucky soul who died the moment she arrived. On the second day, she discovered someone had stolen the fruits of her labor, so she promptly sent them a few bullets 3.1kReads8.4Score175Shelves
45. 45 踹 I Ditch My Scumbag Dad to Marry a Commander, and the Pretty Army Wife Is Treasured 踹渣爹嫁首长，俏军嫂被捧在心尖 One Smile Captivates the Orange一笑倾橙Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [All-around rich beauty + no supporting deadbeats + no black-market dealings + no relocation to the countryside + spatial System with multiverse trading] Lin Siqiao transmigrated from a fabulously wealthy Shanghai socialite into a pitiful young woman in the 1970s, disliked by her own family. Less than a year after her birth mother died, her scumbag father brought home a stepmother. They say that once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too. But Lin Siqiao never imagined that, just to sei 28.2kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves
46. 46 六 The 1960s: I Became the Protagonist's Vicious Eldest Sister-in-Law 六十年代之我是主角的恶毒大嫂 Chubby Rice Ball瘦瘦的圆子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1960s + cozy everyday life + workers + building a fortune + raising children later on] Huang Qinqin was given her name because her parents hoped she would grow up diligent and hardworking. But things didn't turn out as they had hoped. The Huang family has three siblings, and her parents and two older brothers are all hardworking. Huang Qinqin, meanwhile, is famous far and wide for being lazy! People in the steel factory's residential compound have always said the Huangs were crazy to spend mone 11.2kReads7.7Score829Shelves
47. 47 六 Staying in the City in the 1960s: Everyday Family Life 六零不下乡，家长里短 User74149451用户74149451Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + patriotism + no romance + System + ensemble cast + family life + everyday living + rumors and gossip] In a nutshell: After transmigrating to the 1960s, Xiang Mianmian uses the System to find jobs for her family and friends, and the Xiang family grows rich. Full synopsis: A parallel world where the nation is developing steadily! An ensemble story with no fixed protagonist!!! All the gossip in the county is at her fingertips. In the 1960s, Xiang Mianmian, the sixth child in her f 954Reads8.0Score230Shelves
48. 48 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: Live Off the Mountains 穿越六零：靠山吃山 Red Mandala红色曼陀罗Modern Romance763k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + pocket dimension + gentle, cozy life] The golden finger isn’t especially powerful. This is a period story with few outrageous characters, focused on everyday family life and a modest attempt to ride the tide of change. An alternate timeline, with a 6+3+3+4 education system. Born in 1987, this young woman acquired a farming pocket dimension as a child. She thought she’d be the heroine, transmigrate, and become an immortal… Instead, she lived an ordinary life int 1.9kReads6.9Score100Shelves
49. 49 末 A Doomsday-Era Woman Takes Her Sign-In System to the 1960s 末世女带着签到系统闯六零 Potato Tower土豆塔Modern Romance396k WordsCompleted [A bona fide apocalypse-era woman transmigrates to the past; period setting + flight from famine + spatial storage] [The male lead appears late.] Ban Wu, whose brains have been eaten out by zombies, wakes up one morning to find that she's transmigrated. This 1960s era may be hard, exhausting, and poor, but at least she can fill her stomach! Heroine: Where are my powers? System: I combined them. (smug face) Heroine: So now you can hand my own stuff back to me as rewards? 261Reads7.1Score—Shelves
50. 50 抛 Leaving the Plot Behind, I Climb the Career Ladder in the 1970s 抛开剧情我在七零升职加薪 Yu Isn't a Fish愉不是鱼Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted [Period drama + transmigration into a drama + adored by everyone + changing the plot + career advancement and a pay raise + devoted to one another] Yun Xi had only just become a college student when she stayed up all night watching a period drama recommended by a friend. She woke up to discover she was the female lead, who had the most screen time and shared her name! The heroine had suffered her whole life, only to forgive this person and that person in the end, radiating saintly kindness from 5.5kReads7.9Score323Shelves

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