Period Drama, Smart Heroine 年代文＋女主聪明

1. 1 惊 Shock! The Cannon Fodder Dares to Sleep Beside a Tiger 惊！炮灰她敢与虎共眠 The Full Moon Family满月一家Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete! Period Drama + Healing Each Other + Sweet and Satisfying + No Self-Sacrifice or Handouts + The Male Lead Really Raises Tigers] After being plagued by nightmares, Ning Xia transmigrated into a book. Unfortunately, she wasn’t the heroine, just a “white moonlight” cannon-fodder character who starved to death on the way to the countryside. Looking at the relatives who had schemed against her, she decided that if she was going to the countryside, they could at least pay her back for everyt 4.8kReads9.0Score494Shelves

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   Historical fiction, sweet romance + slice-of-life

2. 2 漂 The Pretty Darling Has a Short Fuse, and the Rugged Man Holds Them Close and Soothes Them 漂亮宝贝易炸毛，糙汉抱着哄哄哄 Li Buzui李不醉Two Male Leads407k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Lighthearted Comedy + No Misunderstandings, They Actually Talk + HE] (Bringing the sweet romance) Retired, haughty powerhouse bottom × loyal, local tough-guy top who adores his wife The village bully struck it rich at eighteen and became the youngest local tycoon. From then on, he turned his life around and rose to the top, building a business empire across logistics, restaurants, hotels, entertainment, and real estate. He made a name for himself in the county, and everyone res 2.3kReads8.6Score277Shelves
3. 3 甜 Sweet, Soft, and Delicate, She Gets Pampered by Her Rugged Husband 甜软娇气包，糙汉老公轻轻哄 Yu Yang Xiaohe鱼羊小和Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Both are each other’s one and only + super sweet] A sweet, soft, spoiled little darling x a fiercely possessive, fatherly male lead Shen Tangzhu was born into a family of pig farmers in the village. Her parents doted on her from the time she was little, and she grew up as their precious sweetheart. But she’s a total looks-first kind of girl, and she falls for Gu Qingxiao, an orphan who wandered into the village, at first sight. He has a secret identity. Shen’s parents think the wolf cub must ha 5kReads8.8Score433Shelves
4. 4 村 The Village's Laziest Beauty Marries a Rough-Hewn Man from the Next Village 村里最懒的美娇娘嫁给了邻村糙汉 Gu Jingqiu顾惊秋Ancient Romance540k WordsCompleted [Complete + Farming + No transmigration + No System + Size Difference + Devoted Love + Everyday Family Life + Cozy Daily Life] In a sentence: The laziest woman in the village marries a rugged hunter from the neighboring village and enjoys a cozy life as his utterly spoiled wife. When the Xu family came to propose, Lu Tian asked Xu An, “If I marry you, will you treat me well?” Xu An replied, “If you dare to marry me, I swear I’ll never let you down.” So Lu Tian married him. Everyone wondered 11.5kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
5. 5 八 To Avoid Disaster, the Village Belle Marries the Village Bully and Asks Him for a Baby 八零村花为避祸嫁村霸，邀他生崽 Little Spinning Top小陀螺转转Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted [Delicate village beauty + rugged man + adored by all + cozy romance + having a baby + childhood sweethearts] Su Yunqi was famous throughout the surrounding villages for being a delicate beauty. Unfortunately, the Su family had little power and couldn't protect her. When a rich hooligan took a fancy to her, they had no choice but to hastily marry her off to a rugged man from the neighboring village, an even bigger village bully and hooligan. He was five years older than her, and they'd grown u 15.4kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
6. 6 结 The Groom Gets Stolen on My Wedding Day? Fine! I'll Marry Someone Else 结婚当天新郎被抢？行！我换人嫁 Shao Hua 17邵华十七Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Parallel world, period setting, military marriage, marriage before love, family life, doted on by everyone, fiercely protective) (The male lead reenlists) After graduating from university, Xu Yu, an orphan since childhood, finally worked hard enough to buy a home of her own. But while celebrating, a bottle of fake imported liquor sent her into the body of a woman named Xu Yu in the late 1970s. The good news: she now has parents and family, and she's several years younger. The bad news: she tran 4kReads8.6Score451Shelves
7. 7 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 78kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves
8. 8 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
9. 9 守 After Three Years as a Widow, I Took Grandma to Join My Officer Husband 守寡三年我带奶奶投奔军官老公啦 Wasabi Lemon芥末柠檬Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming: The Lucky Wife of the 1970s: Her Tomb Raider Secret Identity Is Out! [Cold, tough military officer × female tomb raider, who later joins a research institute to serve her country] [Alternate-history military marriage + tomb-raiding System + married first, love later + raising kids + mind-reading + one-on-one, both leads inexperienced in love + nine-year age gap] [Reader's guide: The early chapters have a few plot holes, and the story is a silly comedy with no lo 11.2kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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   It looks good and is very novel.

10. 10 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book and Become the Beloved Little Villainess of the Seventies by Raising Hell 穿书七零恶毒女配靠作妖成团宠 Watermelon Who Loves Meat爱吃肉肉的西瓜Modern Romance611k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + System + love grows over time + military marriage + woman transmigrated into a book vs. reborn woman] (New book, so its rating is low for now. It’ll go up, so don’t worry, darlings, jump right in!) When Shen Nanchu opens her eyes, she has become the male lead’s wicked widowed sister-in-law from a book. In the story, the original owner is greedy for power and status and uses every trick in the book to marry the eldest son of the Pei family, the male le 9.8kReads8.4Score1kShelves

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    Historical fiction, the female protagonist is intelligent but not a saint.

11. 11 七 The 1970s: Professor Lu’s Wife Is Beautiful and Vicious 七零：陆教授的妻子娇美且恶毒 Sleepyhead Who Won't Sleep睡睡不睡觉Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted [Self-Serving, Sophisticated Heroine + Hero Who Becomes Love-Struck Later + Both Reborn] Jiang Shiyi was never a good person. In her previous life, the Lu family fell into disgrace, and to avoid marrying Lu Xianyu, she framed him and got him sent away to the countryside. Less than two years later, the Lu family was cleared of all charges. To “get revenge” on Jiang Shiyi, Lu Xianyu married her, and they spent ten years tangled up together before finally divorcing. In the end, Jiang Shiyi watche 13kReads7.0Score952Shelves
12. 12 六 The 1960s: Even a Second Marriage Can Help Me Marry Up 六零年代：二婚也要攀高枝 Red Roses and Yellow Floribundas红玫瑰和黄月季Modern Romance712k WordsCompleted [Master of making promises, speaks each person’s language, only wants a good life for herself heroine X handsome, capable, rebellious, insecure, affection-starved hero] [Period setting + reborn + everyday family life + career] A shameful scandal has rocked Li Jia Village. Li Jinhe, who married into the city to live a life of comfort, has been divorced because she can’t have children. Her husband doesn’t want her anymore! Those who once envied her for marrying into the city now turn around and pi 11.9kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves

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    I just finished reading it today. It's going to be serialized soon, so there'll be a wait. The content is guaranteed to be interesting, and the female lead is definitely not stupid.

13. 13 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W 49.5kReads9.5Score5.3kShelves

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    Historical fiction, the female protagonist is intelligent.

14. 14 快 Quick Transmigration: Whoever She Glares at Gets Pregnant 快穿之瞪谁谁怀孕 Falling in Egypt跌落埃及Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Wei Xue suddenly gains access to a pocket dimension. According to the plot of the novel, the apocalypse should be just around the corner. An orphan, all she has ever wanted is a home of her own. But when she thinks about the apocalypse, she sells her house right away and frantically stockpiles supplies, hoping to survive the disasters and live to see a new order established. But then she wonders: what if she transmigrates instead of facing the apocalypse? So she starts stockpiling like crazy all 9.6kReads7.4Score589Shelves

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    Newly discovered, the first story is not yet finished. It's a period drama, the female lead is very smart, goes to a vocational school, and becomes a technician in a machine factory. The male lead is the homemaker, and the female lead is the breadwinner.

15. 15 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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    They're all period dramas, super good! 😎😎😎😎

16. 16 胡 Nonsense! Why Can't a Capitalist Heiress Strengthen the Nation Through Science? 胡说！资本家大小姐怎么不能科研强国 Lucky Calico Cat狸花招财宝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original novel of the short drama I, the Goddess of Scientific Research, Repair Tractors in the 1950s Qu Lingyi transmigrates into the 1950s and becomes the foil to the heroine of a period novel: an unlucky heiress from a capitalist family in Gusu. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s landed in a nightmare from the start. Her scumbag live-in son-in-law of a father plans to flee to Hong Kong with his illegitimate children, leaving her behind to take the fall. Her childhood sweetheart swears he’ll 15.1kReads8.1Score1.8kShelves
17. 17 一 I Woke Up as the Worst Dad in a Period Novel 一觉醒来我成了年代文里的极品爹 The Wandering Calligraphy Brush流浪的毛笔Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + 1980s + Sweet Romance + Raising Kids + Comedy] Liu Jun attends a college reunion and has a little too much to drink. He never expects to wake up having transmigrated into a period novel called Reborn in the 1980s: The Rise of a Scorned Heroine. To make matters worse, he has become the heroine's alcoholic, worthless father. He looks at his beautiful wife and their sweet, not-yet-reborn daughter. An orphan, all he has ever wanted is a loving wife, children, a 149Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s, So Isn’t It Only Natural for a Purchasing Agent to Have a Space? 穿越六零，采购员有空间很合理吧 Cats Don't Climb Trees猫猫不上树Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to another era]✘ [Pocket dimension is nearly useless at first]✘ [No angst, not a power fantasy]✘ [Warmhearted, not cold-blooded] [The protagonist is playful but a bit of a coward] College student Li Hao drowns while saving someone at the seaside. He transmigrates into the body of Li Baogen, a procurement officer at a steel mill in Northeast China in 1960, in a parallel world. The Great Famine has just begun. People everywhere are digging up wild greens, stripping bark from tre 27kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
19. 19 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 47kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

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    No doubt about it, it's just so good! Ahhh, super sweet, such a satisfying read! 🥰

20. 20 七 The 1970s: The Delicate Beauty Is Doted on by the Cold Military Officer 七零：娇软美人被高冷军少宠上天 October Lemon Tea十月的柠檬茶Modern Romance129k WordsCompleted Feel-Good Period Novel Reborn in the 1970s, Shen Qiuning chose a different path from the one she had taken in her previous life. Lu Jingchen first met Shen Qiuning at the Lu residence. She was the bride, abandoned by Lu Haiyang. But she stayed calm and handled the upheaval with grace, earning his admiration. Lu Jingchen met Shen Qiuning for the second time at the Xu residence. She was a village girl who tore into the scumbag and his mistress, then turned and walked away with effortless grace. Hi 2Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 穿 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 16.5kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    It's been a long time since I've seen a female lead who is both positive and cheerful. She's intelligent, hardworking, and has a mature and humorous way of speaking. I recommend her.

22. 22 老 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 Qiong Sang Huohuo穷桑火火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 59.5kReads8.7Score6.7kShelves

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    Highly recommended! The transmigrated female supporting character is unkillable, even by being struck by lightning; aside from shedding a few bits of dust, she's purely hilarious.

23. 23 七 A Sweet Wedding Night in the 1970s: Even an Arranged Marriage Can Be Wonderful! 七零新婚夜，包办婚姻也很甜！ Orange Soda and Lemon Juice橘子汽水柠檬汁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed Military Marriage Romance] [Beautiful, Sweet-Talking Wife + Gentle, Healing, Rugged Husband] She wakes up on the night of her arranged wedding in the 1970s. Her husband is a handsome, idealistic man with impeccable credentials. Should she marry him or not? Lin Qingya soon decides she’s glad she did. Her rugged husband is surprisingly sweet! The heroine is career-focused, clear-headed, and sensible. The hero dotes on his wife and is gentle and reassuring. Sweet romance throughout, no 6.1kReads9.1Score442Shelves

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    ① Super sweet!!! A dual storyline of career and romance. ② The female lead is calm, rational, and a strong career woman, yet gentle, considerate, and affectionate at home. ③ The male lead is a military officer, extremely gentle towards the female lead, but also has a wild side. ④ They have twins after their relationship deepens. ⑤ There are many animals in the story; some will be added in the comments. ⑥ The author is quite patient and will explain anything readers don't understand. ⑦ The writing is delicate; the female lead doesn't have a wicked mother-in-law, and her son treats her well because he likes her. ⑧ Currently completed.

24. 24 刚 I Transmigrated and Got Arrested? The Scientist's Army Wife Turns the Tables 刚穿越就被抓？科研军嫂逆风翻盘 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s era + period setting + advancing the nation through research + military marriage + alternate history + slow burn (not a power fantasy, includes awful characters)] // Twilight shines over the nine provinces, stars settle in my arms // A genius inventor from the interstellar era unexpectedly reborn in the year 1975 of the Xiazhou calendar. She opens her eyes in an interrogation room, in a dire situation, on the verge of being sentenced to death. Ye Mu is just about to show 31.2kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves

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    It's so good! Highly recommend it! 🥰🥰🥰

25. 25 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 83.3kReads9.4Score13.4kShelves
26. 26 八 Shanghai in the 1980s: Captain Yan’s Wife Ran Off with the Kids 八零沪市，闫队家的媳妇带娃跑了 Black Crow Jili黑鸦几里Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Short drama: She Rises to the Wind in the Eighties An Eighties beauty flees while pregnant, and the military man loses his cool [Shanghai in the Eighties + marriage before love + chasing his wife and face-slapping + sweet everyday romance] Willowy, graceful dancer beauty X sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, jealous man Xu Si transmigrated into a book, becoming the fake heiress who was switched at birth with the Xie family's daughter. On her very first day, she moved out of the Western-style mansion 7kReads8.8Score713Shelves

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    I'm currently watching it and it's pretty good, I recommend it!

27. 27 带 I Brought a Jewelry Store to the 1970s, and the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Wants to Lie Flat 带着金店穿七零，炮灰女配想躺平 Lychee Smoothie荔枝冰沙Modern Romance666k WordsCompleted [No rural relocation + no black-market trips + no business ventures + cozy daily life + few extreme characters + male lead + military marriage + joins her husband at his post + sweet romance + happy ending] The cozy everyday moments are the main focus! The book has just been rated, and there are still very few ratings, which is why the score is so low. This is an alternate setting with original details, so please don’t overthink the historical accuracy! Landlady Shen Yao transmigrates into a bo 12.5kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
28. 28 六 The Beloved Darling of a Remarkable Family in the 1960s 六零年代极品一家人的团宠 Sunny Peach桃子晴朗Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Beloved by all in a period setting + shrewd self-interest + a whole family of eccentrics + ensemble cast + personal dimension] Jiang Yuan thought she was the heroine, since she got bound to a lousy System from the start. Well, the System was completely useless. All it did was make her sing “Little Messy” in front of her whole family in the middle of the night. It also turned her into a romance novelist, writing ridiculous, melodramatic stories that got her blacklisted throughout Hong Kong, forc 6.7kReads9.0Score438Shelves
29. 29 港 A Little Moneybags Arrives in Harbor City to Bring Good Fortune 港城冲喜来了个小财神 Chu Jun楮君Modern Romance783k WordsOngoing [1970s Hong Kong City + adored by all + adorable child + mystical lucky charm + childhood sweethearts] Little Duoyu was switched at birth by the nanny. When she turned two, she began to look more and more like her biological mother. Afraid of being exposed, the nanny sold her to Hong Kong City, where she was sent to bring good luck to the young master of the Ship King family, who suffered from a condition that left his soul wandering. Who could have guessed that the toothless little girl would 59.6kReads8.8Score6.6kShelves
30. 30 掏 The Capitalist's Daughter Liquidated Her Family Fortune and Joined the Army to Find Her Husband 掏空家产，资本家小姐去部队寻夫 Splendid Money Orange锦绣钱橙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: “Emptying the Family Fortune: The Capitalist's Daughter Goes to the Army to Find Her Husband” [Military marriage + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket dimension + Putting scumbags in their place + Love grows over time + Exceptionally fit military officer, her childhood betrothed VS dazzling capitalist's daughter] Jiang Si was fair-skinned, beautiful, and radiant. Who would have thought that after waking up, she would find herself in a period novel, as a well-known capitalist's daug 46.1kReads9.2Score5.7kShelves

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    Behind the wooden door of an old Shanghai house in 1968, Jiang Si clenched her fists. One second she was reading a novel that mirrored her own life, the next she was a cannon fodder supporting character, drained of her family fortune and forced to take her sister's place in the countryside. "A capitalist's daughter?" She sneered. Reincarnated as her own sister, did they really want her to repeat the same scheming fate as in the book? Turning around, she pulled out her red marriage certificate from the bottom of her drawer—the one the original owner had been betrothed to a military officer in a daze. Go to the countryside? Better to find a husband! No one knew that this seemingly delicate eldest daughter of the Jiang family harbored a business blueprint for the next few decades. A rough-around-the-edges military officer in a military compound? Perfect, a powerful alliance is always more exciting. Watch as the former heiress sheds her finery and, through her wisdom, establishes herself amidst the tides of time. From a despised capitalist's daughter, she transforms into a respected military wife, and incidentally, she even manages to win over that cold-faced officer. After all, what truly holds the future tycoon in one's grasp is not softness, but intelligence.

31. 31 穿 Transmigrated into a Seventies-Era Trouble-Making Sister-in-Law, She Stirs Up Trouble and Makes Money 穿成七零极品小姑子，她搞事搞钱 Crystal Breeze风来水晶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical setting + socially fearless female lead + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + building wealth + turning her life around + one-on-one romance, both leads have no prior relationships] Extra, extra! The military compound in the capital is in an uproar. Word is that the eldest young master of the Fu family, a top soldier, has been won over by a country girl... Su Xiaoman worked all night and died from overwork. Then she transmigrated to the 1970s, a time of food and clothing shortag 52.5kReads8.7Score3.7kShelves
32. 32 七 The 1970s: Who Says a Female Soldier Can't Be a Slacker? 七零，谁说女兵不能当该溜子 A Salty Fish Turns Over and Lie Flat咸鱼翻身躺平Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Female soldier + strong heroine + comedy + face-slapping + putting scumbags in their place] After Zheng Hao awakened her memories, she found herself with a biased grandfather, a grandmother who favored boys over girls, and a mother who’d been tormented half to death. Could this setup get any worse? Just as her grandmother was about to stamp the name “Bringer of Brothers” onto her little sister, Zheng Hao struck back, turning their grandparents’ main room upside down and smashing everything to 40.6kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves

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    Still being serialized 🀄, the female lead often hangs her eccentric grandmother on a crooked tree at the village entrance, later she joins the army and becomes a seaman.

33. 33 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take the Children to Find Their Long-Dead Father 穿书后我带孩子找到他们早死的爹 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 37.7kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
34. 34 夺 After Taking Back My Body, I Raised a Child to Wealth in the 1980s 夺回身体后，我在八零养崽致富 Cheng Xiaomai程小麦Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted New short drama: Back to the Eighties: From Fat Wife to Queen of Wealth [Military romance] [Raising children] Yu Wanwan’s body was taken over by a woman who transmigrated into it for six years. During that time, the transmigrator wreaked havoc on everyone around her. Her older brother cut ties with her, and her second older sister’s family ran from her like cats from a mouse. Everyone around her came to despise her. She even drugged a man and had triplets. He was forced to marry her, and she mad 3.8kReads8.7Score634Shelves
35. 35 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, 21.8kReads8.9Score5.8kShelves
36. 36 军 Military Marriage by Proxy: I Win Big by Reforming My Horrible In-Laws 军婚替嫁，靠改造极品婆家赢麻了 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Whole-Family Retribution + Great Famine of the 1960s + Substitute Marriage + Reforming a Toxic In-Law Family + Military Marriage + Family Life + Making Money + Ensemble Cast] In her past life, Xu Manyue threatened to kill herself rather than marry in her cousin's place. During the flight from famine, her entire family and her childhood sweetheart, who was also her fiancé, abandoned her, leaving her to die a miserable death. Reborn, she wants nothing more to do with any of them: her cold, biased 4.1kReads8.1Score448Shelves

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    Decisive, not a saint.

37. 37 八 A Fresh Start in the Eighties: No More PUA, Just Making Money 八零重启：拒绝PUA！只想赚钱 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Grandma Shen: I worked so hard raising your dad and his siblings all by myself, and now I have to help him look after the kids and cook, too! What did I do to deserve this? Shen Xiaoya: Grandma, really? Then I definitely won't do anything to deserve that kind of fate. I'll try my best to raise my kids together with someone else! Grandma Shen: … Shen's dad and mom: We aren't very capable, so you kids need to study hard! You'll have to rely on yourselves in the future! Shen Xiaoya: Mom, Dad, don't 17.8kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
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 白 A Rich Heiress Transmigrates into a Spoiled Youth Educated Woman and Makes It Big with Her Space 白富美穿成作精知青，带空间拽爆 Lu Shiqi陆时柒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [New book: Sixties: The Little Educated Youth Reclaims Her Body, Then Goes Completely Off the Rails. No Angst, Just Pure Satisfaction. Come on in if you like that!] [Space + Sweet Romance + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Revenge + Scum-Taming] Lin Jingyue was a rich beauty who loved slacking off and taking life as it came. She spent all day living off her family and waiting to die, and had little conscience to speak of. Who could have guessed that life would take a sudden turn? One day 51.4kReads9.1Score5.5kShelves

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    All three are acceptable.

40. 40 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
41. 41 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 76.9kReads8.7Score6.1kShelves
42. 42 难 It's Not Every Day You Get to the 1960s, So I'm Going to Be a Bad Seed! 难得穿到六零年，我就要当坏种！ Duan Baixin段白新Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Alternate-history period drama + pocket dimension + wood-based supernatural power Yu Wei survived the apocalypse, but when she was the last person left, boredom killed her. She opened her eyes to find she had transmigrated to the hunger-stricken 1960s. While everyone else struggled to get by, she was overjoyed. Her stepmother was two-faced, and her stepsister had arranged for her to be hit by a car, then secretly signed her up to go to the countryside as an educated youth, all to steal her arrog 29.4kReads8.2Score3.2kShelves

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    It's a decent, fast-paced fantasy novel with a strong sense of dynamism; overall, it's quite good and worth reading.

43. 43 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 88.1kReads9.4Score8.4kShelves

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    It's so good! ꒰ *•ɷ•* ꒱ The female lead is intelligent and clever, the male lead is very reassuring, and most importantly, everyone in the story is incredibly likable.

44. 44 易 Highly Fertile! Bearing Twins with a Spiritual Spring for the Infertile Commander 易孕体质！给不育首长怀灵泉双胎 Wei Xuan尾宣Modern Romance460k WordsCompleted [Military romance + devoted couple + an upgradeable pocket dimension + punishing scumbags + everyone’s favorite] Shen Zhaoyue, the eldest daughter of a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, was hurled into a book by a plane crash. The good news: She’s transmigrated as a capitalist heiress! The bad news: She’s got nothing! Her scumbag live-in father secretly makes off with the family fortune, her ambitious stepmother schemes for more, and her stepsister tries to snatch everything 13.1kReads8.1Score1.5kShelves
45. 45 捡 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 Dimension Mender次元缝补匠Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 14.2kReads9.2Score1kShelves

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    It's really good; it avoids mindless bravado and is very rational with a strong core. You might have some questions about the female lead's personality, but the mysteries are solved in the end, and everything falls into place naturally. 🍅A rare gem of a story, quite original, highly recommended! ❤️❤️❤️

46. 46 前 My Ex-Husband Always Protects His Childhood Sweetheart. I Remarried After Being Reborn, and Now He's Panicking 前夫处处护青梅，重生改嫁他急了 Shiitake Leaf香菰叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s, reborn and getting revenge, educated youth sent to the countryside, pocket dimension with a spirit spring, building wealth] In her previous life, Su Qingran came from an educated family. When faced with being sent away or sent to the countryside, she chose to marry beneath her station. She thought she had found a lifeline, but instead faced endless grievances and had to keep giving in. Her husband outsourced his filial duties to her, her mother-in-law was constantly causing trouble, and 24.7kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves

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    The female protagonists in both books are definitely intelligent, and the people around them aren't deliberately made less intelligent. They are decisive, know when to slap someone in the face, and aren't overly naive. 🥰

47. 47 七 The 1970s: Kicked Out of the Family, I Was Taken Home by a Cold-Faced Military Officer 七零：被赶出家门冷面军官抱回家 Chestnut V栗子VModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sweet and delicate heroine + rugged military officer] (fictional military marriage + moving to the army base with a child + stand-in bride + stepmother + devoted couple) Chu Yue, a genius medical student, works herself to death during an overnight shift in the emergency department. When she opens her eyes, she has transmigrated to the 1970s and into a blended family. Her birth father is a spineless coward, her stepmother is shrewd, her stepsister stole her university admission, and even her you 25.8kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves
48. 48 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 40kReads8.4Score4.9kShelves
49. 49 资 The Heiress Brings Trillions in Supplies Northwest to Find Her Husband 资本家大小姐携千亿物资西北寻夫 Coldhearted凉心透Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted Everyone, the rating just came out, so it’s a little low. It’ll gradually rise, so don’t worry about giving this a try. [Hoarding supplies in a spatial dimension + strong male and female leads + satisfying revenge + punishing scumbags + building wealth + daily life in the army + cold-faced military officer + stunning, capable heiress doted on by everyone + face-slapping] After transmigrating into a book, Shen Yunchu discovers she has become a cannon-fodder supporting character. Her father and st 160Reads6.7Score107Shelves
50. 50 7 After a 1970s Flash Marriage to an Officer, the Nation Has My Back 70闪婚军官后，国家给我做靠山 Liu Liuliu刘柳柳Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage] + [Book Transmigration] + [Storage Space] + [Marriage Before Love] + [Everyone’s Favorite] + [Period] The moment Shen Qingling opens her eyes, she realizes she has transmigrated into a book. She thought that after spending her last life busily studying all sorts of skills and competing in contests, she could finally marry a military officer in a whirlwind wedding and settle into an easy life as a military wife. The wives in the compound look down on her, but the aroma of her 3.7kReads8.8Score397Shelves

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