Historical-Era Story, Powerful High-Ranking Official, Flirtatious Beauty Playing Hard to Get 年代文 实权高干 钓系美人拉扯

1. 101 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won’t Marry an Officer, I’ll Marry a Rich Playboy 重生八零：不嫁军官，嫁纨绔 Wu Jiayunbei武家云北Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + sweet romance + pampered life as a wealthy family’s daughter-in-law in the 1980s] In her past life, Jiang Xianli was set up by her twin sister and married a man who married into wealth for his own benefit, while her sister took her place and married a spoiled rich heir. After the wedding, her husband was specially recruited into a military academy and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. Jiang Xianli became the official’s wife whom every woman envied. But her sist 112kReads9.1Score6.5kShelves
2. 102 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
3. 103 绝 A Childless Officer Marries a Stunning Beauty, Leaving the Whole Compound Stunned 绝嗣军官娶了个大美人，震惊全院 Warm Moon暖暖月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Power fantasy + a powerful space-related golden finger + strong heroine and hero + punishing scumbags + mutual healing + scientific research and patriotism] Lu Chiyu, a billionaire heiress, woke up to find herself transmigrated into a tragic minor character in a period novel, one with a melodramatic, shameless, everyone-loves-the-heroine plot. The moment she opened her eyes, a sleazy man sent by the heroine's stepsister was trying to assault her. Lu Chiyu kicked him right in the groi 15.3kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
4. 104 重 Reborn as a Top-Tier Star Heiress: The Rich Fight Over Me 重生商界顶流千金：豪门疯抢 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted [Revenge against scumbags + forced possession + reborn heroine + romantic rivals competing] [Sweet-faced, scheming seductress × unhinged heir / abstinent CEO / rugged military king / refined but depraved bureau chief / financial predator] [In her past life, she was abandoned by her own family, betrayed by the one she loved, and bullied and framed, until she lost her reputation and died with bitterness in her heart!] [Reborn in the year 2000, Li Muan returns from the ashes with memories steeped i 585Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The alliances and betrayals of her suitors are a touchstone for testing her ability to manage relationships.

5. 105 上 The Manual to Climbing the Ladder: The Top Schemes of a Green Tea Beauty 上位手册：绿茶美人的顶级心机 Baldy the Bunny兔兔秃秃啦Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Beijing Elite Circle] [Powerful Families] [A Battle Royale for One Woman] [Scheming Green Tea] [Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic] [Rise from the Bottom] [Feel-Good Wish Fulfillment] Shen Yao clawed her way out of the mire and never once dreamed of becoming anyone's canary. What she wanted was to turn the entire Beijing elite circle into her personal pond. At eighteen, Shen Yao's biological father put a price on her and sold her to an old bachelor. On a rainy night, she knocked her father unconsci 31.2kReads8.9Score5kShelves
6. 106 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I'm a Heartbreaker, So What? 重生八零，我是渣女我怕谁 One Cat, One Leaf一猫一叶Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to the 1980s] [Cunning Bad Girl] [Powerful Men Bow to Love] [Everyone's Favorite] [Men Are All Stepping Stones] [Ageless Youth Golden Finger] Power and money are a woman's best tonics, a real boost... Zhao Wenwen, a minor celebrity who got her start as an internet influencer, is a polished, self-serving opportunist who moves between men. By a twist of fate, her soul transmigrates to the 1980s. Reborn, she seizes the tailwind of the times and launches her entrepreneurial journey. 264Reads8.9Score—Shelves
7. 107 局 Director, Your Wife Doesn’t Want You Anymore 局长，你媳妇不要你了 hi That Someonehi那小谁Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted [A Smooth-Talking Little Business Owner Reborn as a Young Widow x A Scheming High-Ranking Official] Xu Hongxiu, a small business owner who made a name for herself in the modern marketplace with her silver tongue, opens her eyes after an accident and finds herself reborn as a mistreated young widow in the 1990s! She'd barely woken up before the village chief's family started acting shamelessly, trying to seize her land. There was no way she could stand for that! She grabbed a rope, marched into 5.6kReads8.7Score623Shelves

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8. 108 京 In Beijing's Elite Circle, I Married the Villainous Military Industry Chief from a Period Novel 京圈，嫁给年代文反派军工首长 Cola Orange Gummy可乐橘子软糖Modern Romance238k WordsOngoing [A capitalist heiress from Shanghai × a villain from a Beijing period novel] [Transmigrate into a book + System + Raising a child + Marriage first, love later + Villain’s comeback] A male lead who talks himself into everything * Su Mian transmigrates into a book, becoming a pitiful girl from Shanghai whose parents are both dead. That would be bad enough. Her villainous stepmother then schemes to push her into a hasty marriage with a powerful villain, and they end up sleeping together before they 492Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Go read these two good books, one completed and one ongoing!

9. 109 相 Blind Date System: From Village Girl to Woman of the Era 相亲系统：从村姑到时代女强人 Softly, Gently徐徐絮絮Modern Romance348k WordsOngoing Blind Date System + Period Setting + Comeback + Winner in Life + 1v1 Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Pure Wish Fulfillment In 1975, Chen Hehua's classmate stole the job she was supposed to get after graduation. When she returned to her village, her family pressured her to marry a crude butcher. Just when she had nowhere else to turn [Ding! Blind Date System successfully bound!] [Get a reward for every blind date! Choose any one requirement your match has to exchange for a reward!] Butcher's 303Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I highly recommend some exceptionally good period dramas [Sparrow's Delight is a masterpiece][Sparrow's Delight is a masterpiece][Sparrow's Delight is a masterpiece]

10. 110 漂 The Beautiful Girl Next Door Wakes Up and Joins the Army. Officers Fight Over Her 漂亮白月光觉醒随军，首长争又抢 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Second Chance at Love, Spatial Ability, Everyone’s Favorite, Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium, Adorable Baby, Military Marriage” In the third year of living apart from He Shaoyan and fighting over a divorce, Ye Qingzhi began having prophetic dreams. At first, they were just trivial things, until one day she dreamed that her brother-in-law imprisoned her, while her sister became his accomplice and drove her insane before she died a gruesome death. After she died, the man who had repeatedly cl 27.9kReads7.0Score2.5kShelves

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    😍In the third year of their separation and impending divorce, she started having precognitive dreams. She dreamt of being imprisoned and brutally murdered by her brother-in-law, who then went to jail for killing someone for her. Upon waking, she stabbed the scumbag and went to the military base, heavily pregnant. He Shaoyan: "Ye Qingzhi, you're just trying to play me again!" Later, she was pampered by the military wives in the compound, becoming the darling of the group. He was insanely jealous and chased everyone away: "That's my wife, no one is allowed to look at her!" After their adorable baby was born, he became a complete doting father. Space + Crematorium, let's go!

11. 111 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 62.7kReads8.5Score7.8kShelves

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    The story, told from a powerful family background, revolves around Wen Jingshu, an English graduate student in 2024, who, amidst her struggles with employment and failure in the civil service exam, unexpectedly travels back to 1970. She becomes a 20-year-old trade economics graduate student in Qingping County, with a happy family: her father, Wen Zhongping, is the county's public security bureau chief; her mother, Lin Qingjun, is a section chief in the county's agricultural bureau; and she has two older brothers, not her biological brothers, who care deeply for her—her eldest brother, Xu Yan'an, is a battalion commander in a military region in Northeast China, and her second brother, Wen Yanhe, is a surgeon at the county's People's Hospital.

12. 112 大 Boss, Remember to Pretend We Don't Know Each Other When You Go Out 大佬，出门记得装不熟 Lu Xiaojiu卢小久Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted The short drama A Proper Match with Zhao Ran is now streaming [Upright, proper senior leader & beautiful, clear-eyed university lecturer] "Powerful man bows his head 11-year age gap Sweet romance Both leads are devoted to each other" With an uncaring father and mother, Xu Weizhao’s plan for her life was simple: stay unnoticed, buy a little house, and remain unmarried and childless for peace of mind. It was supposed to be an easy plan, but in a single night, everything was thrown into disarray. S 47.6kReads9.2Score4.1kShelves
13. 113 穿 Transmigrating to the Seventies: This Laid-Back Fish Turns Things Around and Goes Back to Lounging 穿越七零，咸鱼翻身继续躺 Yeye of the Ximu Family西木家的业业Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Before transmigrating, Qiao Niannian was a couch potato who never got anywhere. Then fate dumped her into the grueling 1970s. Since she’d transmigrated, she might as well keep working toward a lazy, comfortable life. Things got off to a rough start, but she grew more determined with every setback. She braved the black market to make ends meet and went to college to keep up with the times. She started a business, made a little money, and soon life was looking lovely. Then she landed a gorgeous hu 112Reads5.8Score—Shelves
14. 114 八 The Eighties Cannon Fodder Charms the Male Lead and Climbs to the Top 八零小炮灰，撩爆男主要上位 Cheng Yiqi橙以七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical setting + devoted couple + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + everyday military life + rugged husband who dotes on his wife + older man + falling in love day after day Xu Zhouzhou transmigrates into the body of a stunningly beautiful minor character in an 1980s novel. The minor character is a background extra who gets killed off from the start. But she happens to have a breathtaking face, and as the village’s last educated youth unable to return to the city, she lives alone 10.3kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    The female lead is beautiful and alluring, while the male lead is strong and rational.

15. 115 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

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    You really have to read it, it's incredibly well-written! 👍🏻

16. 116 钓 After Rebirth, the Alluring Beauty Turns Every Day Into a Battlefield 钓系美人重生后，每天都是修罗场 Kitten Mint小猫薄荷Ancient Romance231k WordsCompleted [Rivalry for her affections + everyone’s favorite + romantic battleground + intense, tantalizing push and pull + a scheming beauty who charms all of the capital] Song Yuanyuan had beauty, cunning, and plenty of tricks up her sleeve, but after giving her heart to the wrong man and trusting a scoundrel, she died a tragic death before her wedding! By a stroke of fate, she returned to life in another body. To exact her revenge, she cultivates a loyal, powerful official, seduces a rebellious young lo 145Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    🍀🍀The first book features a captivating beauty who is reborn, returning with memories of her past life, even more alluring than before. A mere glance from her eyes is enough to stir hearts. Surrounded by suitors, high-quality men flock to her, vying for her attention with jealousy and open and covert struggles. Every day feels like a battlefield, but watch as she navigates this complex web of emotions with ease, achieving her goals and writing a uniquely brilliant chapter in her life!

17. 117 心 The Scheming Beauty's Conquest Notes 心机美人的攻略手札 Drink a Little Less Milk Tea少喝1点奶茶Ancient Romance582k WordsCompleted Jiang Fu swore from a young age that she would climb the social ladder and marry into a powerful family. She was willing to use any means necessary. On the eve of the Jiang family’s legitimate daughter’s wedding, the groom’s side was rocked by a scandal of epic proportions. Jiang Ruyue, who had been pampered all her life, immediately refused to marry him. So the Jiang family secretly brought back Jiang Fu, the concubine-born daughter who had been raised far away. The Jiang family looked down on 4.8kReads9.3Score612Shelves
18. 118 美 A Beauty's Guide to Capturing Hearts: The Elite Power Circles Fall Head Over Heels 美人钓心手札：顶级权贵圈皆沦陷 Yao Haohao窈好好Modern Romance87k WordsOngoing The cool, alluring noblewoman from ancient times is here to steal your heart! [Ancient-to-modern transmigration + irresistible heartthrob + rivals-in-love showdown + swoon-worthy romance] Yu Ling was born into a prestigious family, possessed breathtaking beauty, and was naturally skilled at putting on an act. Even when confined to the women's quarters in the Yong Dynasty, she could make a cold emperor, a hot-tempered general, and a gentle scholar... all fall at her feet. After transmigrating to 9Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 119 娇 The Sweet Beauty Is a Natural Flirt, and Everyone in This Love Triangle Falls for Her 娇娇美人太会撩，修罗场全员折腰 Feimian绯眠Ancient Romance339k WordsCompleted [Male Rivalry + Four Male Leads + Transmigrate into a Book + Taming Men] Xie Zhaoning transmigrates into a book. The good news is that she's become the heroine, with four men devoted to her. She's a winner in life. The bad news is that all four men, whom the original heroine treated as tools and discarded like trash, have started over with their memories intact! In this new life, the resentful men look at her as if they could devour her alive. And Xie Zhaoning's mission is to win over all four o 343Reads8.2Score—Shelves
20. 120 八 The Wicked Little Darling of the 1980s Has the Powerful Man Hooked, and Now He Can't Get Enough 八零坏娇娇勾到大佬后真香了 Lollipop for a Little Lolita萝莉抱抱糖Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + a wicked seductress + a factory director’s rise to wealth] Tao Yu is beautiful and bold. On the surface, she’s gentle, quiet, and perfectly normal, but deep down she’s a wicked little black-hearted dumpling. She transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself in a poor, overcrowded courtyard compound, struggling just to get by. She and the favored son of heaven, Song Hecheng, are worlds apart and should never have crossed paths. But in the factory director’s office, she smiles so 2.1kReads9.0Score230Shelves

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    The alluring and seductive heroine, Lin Yiqiao, arrives in Kyoto from a water town and immediately falls for Qi Jun, a promising and powerful high-ranking official. While seemingly innocent and gentle, she is actually cunning and calculating, causing the male lead, who has meticulously planned his life path, to have his emotions disrupted by her.

21. 121 谁 Who Wants to Steal Men? I'm Always the One Getting Stolen From 谁要抢男人？我都是被抢 A Little Ying一个小莹Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Mutual Exclusivity + 1v1 + Yandere + Intense] Shu Yao is unexpectedly bound to a System and sent through small worlds to complete missions. But in every world, a mad dog lurking in the shadows sets its sights on her! [World One] Unhinged yandere hostage prince x spoiled, beloved princess After enduring endless torment, how will the hostage prince from an enemy kingdom take revenge once he gains power over the delicate princess? Of course, he’ll lock her up and lavish her 31.6kReads8.6Score2.5kShelves

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    🌺🌺The educated youth from the city were too pampered; they couldn't lift a hoe or work in the fields. To fully embrace this laziness, Shu seduced the strongest, most rugged man in the village. The man was a man of few words, but he spoiled the pampered educated youth rotten. Later, the educated youth cheated on him and eloped, driving the man mad!

22. 122 末 The Apocalypse Queen in the 1970s! 末世女王在七零！ Laughing Every Day天天嘻嘻哈哈哈Modern Romance804k WordsCompleted [Alternate-History Era + Special Abilities + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroics, No Self-Destructive Angst + Cross Me and I’ll Kill You + Military Life + Raising Kids + Small-Town Gossip = A Happy Ending] Su Wanwan, the queen of three types of special abilities in the apocalypse, has just blown the base leader’s head off, avenging her mother’s murder. Before she can celebrate her victory, the Zombie King, who has been secretly watching her from the shadows for a long time, swallows her whole. After 8kReads8.0Score890Shelves
23. 123 拒 Refusing an Abortion, Carrying Twins, and Shocking the Military Compound 拒流产，揣双胎，随军惊爆家属院 Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing Original title: The Military Husband Is Too Powerful, So the Beautiful Wife Joins the Army While Pregnant [Alluring Beauty X Rock-Hard Officer] (military marriage + space spring + pregnant with twins and raising children + doting husband + marriage before love + everyday life in the army) The moment she opened her eyes, Jiang Wanyue had become the darling of the era in a period novel. Her grandfather was a top official in the capital, her maternal grandfather a tycoon in Shanghai, her parents hi 38.2kReads7.8Score3.9kShelves

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    💗The female lead comes from a wealthy and beautiful family, with three older brothers, and is the most pampered youngest daughter. The male lead is over 1.9 Meters tall, a tall, imposing, and muscular military officer. He is a poor boy from the countryside who joined the army at the age of sixteen, went to the most dangerous front-line battlefield, rose through the ranks step by step, and accumulated countless merits, earning the title of combat hero.

24. 124 七 The 1970s: She Flirts with Her Husband While Raising Their Child, and Has the Cold-Faced Officer Wrapped Around Her Finger 七零：她带崽撩夫，拿捏冷面军官 Spring Scenery on One Mountain一山春色Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted [Period drama + military marriage + joining the army on an island + everyday child-rearing + devoted husband + love after marriage] Jiang Tong awakened. On the eve of her wrongful death. "Going to the Countryside in the Seventies: The Black Moonlight’s Happy Life" is a period novel. Jiang Tong transmigrated into the male lead’s ill-fated white moonlight, a sacrificial character. Originally, Jiang Tong and the male lead were supposed to work their way up from the countryside to the capital and 4.7kReads8.1Score447Shelves

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    Cold-faced military officer vs. Seductive heroine, with a child and a flirtatious husband [Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater]

25. 125 媳 My Wife Came to the Base to Divorce Me, and Now the Chaste Commander Is Panicking 媳妇来部队离婚，禁欲首长他急了 Gu Sang顾桑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama Ask Your Heart How Much has launched] [Military marriage + period setting + sweet romance + devoted couple + family life + raising kids + face-slapping] The moment Jiang Ning opened her eyes, she realized she had become the cannon-fodder female character in a period novel. She'd been married for three years without ever seeing her husband, and was destined to spend the rest of her life alone. Jiang Ning thought, Spend the rest of my life alone? No way! She decisively left behind 56kReads8.9Score5.1kShelves
26. 126 四 Siheyuan: The Good Life 四合院之美好人生 Huang Quan, Who Loves Spicy Vegetarian Beef爱吃香辣素牛肉的黄筌Male-Channel Fanfiction720k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the 1960s, Zhang Zhifei becomes an ordinary resident of a Beijing courtyard compound. At first, all he wants is to shut the door, live a quiet life with his younger siblings, and leave his mark on the era. Unfortunately, a small temple attracts big demons, and a shallow pond is full of turtles! In this little three-courtyard compound, there’s Yi Zhonghai, the “Virtue Venerable” known as the “perfect man”; Liu Haizhong, a power-hungry “official wannabe” and domestic abuser 27kReads8.4Score834Shelves
27. 127 四 Siheyuan: I Have a Super Purchasing System 四合院：我有超级采购系统 Purple Shadow紫影Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Transmigration + System + Everyday life Yu Zhile transmigrates into a procurement clerk in the back courtyard of a Beijing quadrangle, on the verge of being transferred because he can’t complete his assignments. “Ding! Purchase successful. You’ve obtained the movement technique, ‘Not a Leaf Clings to You.’” “Ding! Purchase successful. You’ve obtained master-level cooking skills.” With a super procurement System, every time he buys supplies for himself or someone else, he receives ten times the a 4kReads6.8Score225Shelves
28. 128 崩 Honkai: I Want to Go Home, but I Saved the World! 崩坏，想回家的我拯救了世界！ Gu Juzhen故居真Anime Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted (Also known as Honkai: I Want to Go Home, I’m Not a Succubus) (I Just Want to Go Home. Stop Giving Me So Many Attachments!) (Harem, with possible gender-swaps of characters from the original) You Yun accidentally transmigrates to the Previous Era of Honkai Impact 3rd. To stay alive, she has no choice but to cling desperately to powerful allies. Mei: “So that’s your excuse for being so vague and flirty with everyone?” 9.2kReads9.0Score801Shelves
29. 129 追 The Tyrannical Second Master’s Obsessive Quest to Win Back His Wife 追妻火葬场之霸道二爷狠狠爱 He Jinsheng禾今生Female-Channel Fanfiction312k WordsOngoing This is a fanfic about Yang Jian and Ao Cunxin from The Prelude to the Lotus Lantern. Some of the original character setup has been changed, and the plot may differ as well. Please don't read if you dislike that. Yang Jian saw his future in the Weak Water. After countless encounters, he is certain that the only one he loves is Ao Cunxin, the third princess of the West Sea. She is proud yet kind, sharp-tongued but soft-hearted. He saves her from danger time and again. How could someone like her p 8Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 130 四 Siheyuan: When I Became Qin Huairu's Foil 四合院之当我成了秦淮茹的对照组 Ajie and the Fox i阿杰与狐狸iFemale-Channel Fanfiction775k WordsCompleted (Family life + farm space + no male lead) After being reincarnated, Yang Hehua had already married and had children before her memories of her past life awakened when someone tried to extort her over an injury to her youngest child. At the same time, she discovered that she had become a 23-year-old widow with two daughters and a son, living in the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, Dongcheng District, in this capital of four sections and nine gates. When she learned she had transmigrated i 840Reads8.0Score103Shelves
31. 131 七 A Dual-Income Family in the 1970s 七十年代双职工家庭 Speaking of Shadows in Paintings说画中影Modern Romance822k WordsOngoing (The heroine is off to college lately... A female designer and a male scientist) The heroine is beautiful and unassuming, and can take on two people at once. The hero is an elegant genius with off-the-charts people skills. Yang Feng thought she'd already been the protagonist of her life in her previous one: A top-tier woman who graduated from the University of the Arts London and landed a million-yuan salary straight out of college, yet her father still threatened to force her into an arranged m 679Reads8.8Score101Shelves
32. 132 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.7kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
33. 133 车 The Young People of Chemen Courtyard 车门院里的年轻人 Hermit of the Ink-Growing Mountain砚耕山人Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted This is a symphony of destinies spanning generations. In a small courtyard in northern China in the 1970s, several families struggle and drift with the tides of the times. Lei Shaxiao, an orphan whose parents died young, falls in love with Aiai, another orphan from the neighboring courtyard. They were an ordinary couple, but amid the raging currents of the era, Shaxiao rises to become a renowned lawyer who commands the room. Money, power, and desire come one after another. He loses himself in th 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A captivating historical novel, filled with extraordinary stories amidst the ordinary.

34. 134 八 The Darling of the 1980s 八十年代掌中娇 Shu Ning舒甯Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she owned five apartments in the capital and drove a big G whenever she went out. But after opening her eyes, she found herself a country girl in the 1980s. Her father, seeking to get ahead, latched onto a “rich heiress” and wanted to divorce her mother. Fine, let them get divorced! Her younger brother, who worshipped the rich and looked down on the poor, could go live with the mistress. She would start over with her two younger sisters! They collected bat guano, sold quail 5.3kReads8.8Score634Shelves

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    "It's unlike any other novel!"—That's the highest praise for it!

35. 135 穿 Transmigrating to the 1990s: My Husband Is a Cash Machine Sent from Heaven 穿越九零，天降取款机老公 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance538k WordsCompleted A big, needy puppy of a man who craves security x a young woman focused on making money Zhuang Xiaoxiao transmigrated. When she woke up, she discovered she’d taken the bride’s place and spent the wedding night with the groom... Well, you know... no, really... the groom was pretty well-built!! Gu Cheng couldn’t say he was satisfied with his wedding night, either! Mainly because the bride was even more experienced than he was!! The two stared at each other in silence! Zhuang Xiaoxiao look 1.7kReads8.5Score108Shelves
36. 136 陷 Fallen Rose: The Dark Moon and Her Counterattack 陷落玫瑰：黑月光与她的反杀局 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Revenge Against Scum] [Forced Possession] [Awakening to Her True Identity] [Rivalry for Her Affections] [One Woman, Four Men] [Sweet on the Outside, Dark and Scheming on the Inside, a Seductive Strategist × Her Possessive Adoptive Brother / Abstinent CEO / Gentle Young Nobleman / Capitalist Predator] ▲ Her true identity awakens, and a bloody revenge begins Abandoned at an orphanage as a child, she was later molded by the Song family into a tool for a marriage alliance. She bides her time, turni 318Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A collection of survival wisdom discovered by chance! The female protagonist uses words to dig pits and tears to set traps, playing the sophisticated self-interest to an art form. It can be called an essential skill manual for socialites.

37. 137 草 Strawberry Sweetness 草莓甜 Su Qijun苏齐钧8k WordsCompleted Strawberry Sweet —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 138 那 After That Night, My New Boss Wouldn’t Stop Pursuing Me 那一晚过后，新领导穷追不舍 300,000-Word Goal30w字小目标Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted [Career assessment blogger + not both leads' first time + mature man and woman + government system] Heroine: A rational woman after a painful first love. Hero: He's had one muddled "relationship," but remains clueless about his innocent first love and what love even means. At last, the old flame catches fire. A clash between reason and emotion. How do two people in very different places in life keep dating? Details: After being dumped by her college boyfriend, Su Nianchu meets a "college student 959Reads6.4Score101Shelves

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    Situ Zheng, who successfully passed the selection examination and landed a government post, now wielded considerable power. He never imagined he would encounter the blogger he had been secretly following for three years at a party. Later, when he saw her again at a bar, he felt as if he were in a dream. Afterwards, they spent the night together, and Situ Zheng's love was ignited like a fire breaking out in an old house.

39. 139 照 Taking Care of My Widowed Sister-in-Law While Staying Chaste? I Was Reborn and Married a Commander Instead 照顾寡嫂还守身？我重生改嫁首长 A Little Lucky Carp一只小锦鲤Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original novel of the short drama Reborn in 1980: My New Bride Wants a Divorce In her previous life, Han Xinrui failed her college entrance exams, lost her job to someone else, and was separated from her parents. She even married a man who only knew how to raise his sister-in-law’s children! After fifty years of marriage, the stress and resentment gave her breast cancer. As she lay dying, her husband proudly showed off his sister-in-law, his arm around her. “I gave Qingqing your university admis 7.8kReads7.9Score852Shelves
40. 140 半 Half Coaxed, Half Spoiled, I Fell into His Tender Trap 半哄半宠，落入他温柔陷阱 Ye Panxi叶畔溪Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love] [Sweet romance] [Whirlwind marriage] [Powerful man lowers his head] [Overwhelming possessiveness] (Gentle, elegant beauty / slow to warm up) ✖ (Steady, powerful man) Meng Jingsi was forced to break up with her first love and marry the “perfect man” her parents had chosen. She always believed in treating each other with respect and courtesy, and fulfilled her “marital duties” to the letter, leaving no room for complaint. Zhou Zhengyan held a powerful position, and countle 5.1kReads8.4Score408Shelves
41. 141 逼 You Forced Me to Marry the Regent, So Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Pregnant? 逼我嫁摄政王，我有孕你哭什么 Four Crescent Moons四弯月Ancient Romance384k WordsCompleted The short drama “Where the Mountain Has Trees, the Trees Have Branches” is now available. [Publication deal signed + male lead fights to claim her + second male lead begs for her back + marriage before love] Jiang Chuyue has been in love with Xiao Ji for ten years. As his nominal “younger sister,” all she can do is watch him take one concubine after another. At a palace banquet, Xiao Ji protects his beloved concubine by forcing Jiang Chuyue to marry the regent. Xiao Ji tells her, “The regent is 25.3kReads8.7Score2kShelves
42. 142 甜 Sweet Captive 甜囚 Su Qijun苏齐钧21k WordsCompleted Sweet Captive —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 143 模 Simulator: After Her Fortune Was Stolen, the Cannon Fodder Girl Went on a Rampage 模拟器：气运被偷后炮灰她杀疯了 Bingbing Doesn't Eat Pastries饼饼不吃饼Ancient Romance613k WordsCompleted [Cultivation simulator + powerful female lead + no romance + genius + steady power progression + satisfying power fantasy + comeback] Ling Yun was the eldest daughter of the head of the cultivation family, the Dongfangs. She had the heroine’s script, complete with top-tier luck and maxed-out talent, but was switched at birth and sent to a poor mountain village. There, she became a cannon-fodder character whose luck had been stolen and talent sealed. There was no way she could put up with that! F 3.1kReads8.1Score323Shelves

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    The first book: Ling Yun was originally the eldest daughter of the Dongfang family, a prestigious cultivation clan. She possessed the script of a female protagonist with top-tier luck and maxed-out talent, but she was switched at birth and sent to a poor mountain village, becoming cannon fodder with her luck stolen and her talent sealed. The second book: Her mother died when she was young, and her father was unreliable, causing trouble at the slightest provocation.

44. 144 老 Dad Told Her, If You're Unhappy, Make a Scene 老爹告诉她，不顺心就要闹 The Sky Is Lonely天空是寂寞Modern Romance3.3M WordsOngoing Wang Xiaoxiao followed her dad to the military base. Two months later, both her dad’s allowance and her stepmother’s allowance were in her hands. She also gained a tagalong, He Jin. She and her dad kept jumping back and forth between loving each other and setting each other up. Under He Jin’s aura of genius, the thing she did most was sign confidentiality agreements. Wang Xiaoxiao gained two more dads: He Jianmin and Ding Jianguo. A story about an Army kid who wandered into someone else’s field 59.6kReads8.9Score3kShelves
45. 145 八 Fiery and Bold, This 1980s Bride Is Too Much for Her Cold-Blooded Officer 八零娇媳野又辣，冷酷军官顶不住 A Leaf Falling in the Rain一叶落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book · Military marriage · Pocket dimension | Wild and sensual | Possessive | Off-the-charts sexual tension] A top modern beauty and executive is reborn as the real daughter who was forced to die over a pound of pork? She doesn’t accept this fate! … She tears up the script. She’s the female lead now Her vicious grandmother tries to sell her off for a bride price? She turns the tables, sending her off with silver bracelets and a village-wide parade! The fake white-lotus daugh 2.1kReads—Score213Shelves

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46. 146 渣 My Scumbag Husband Tricked Me Into Marriage? I Bring a Century of Research to Marry a Powerful Young Master 渣夫骗婚？我携百年科研转嫁权少 A Leaf Falling in the Rain一叶落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The rating just opened, so a low score is normal.) [Rebirth · military marriage | wild and sensual / age gap | possessive | explosive sexual tension] “Report! Your ex-wife’s patent has our entire military by the throat!” He scoffed, until fighter jet production halted and missile supplies ran dry. Only then did he realize she could hold the nation’s lifeline in the palm of her hand! … Reborn on her wedding day, she was asked to give up the bridal suite for his first love? Jiang Youli smiled. “S 1.1kReads6.5Score103Shelves
47. 147 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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    A rough-around-the-edges military officer and a delicate beauty! Not a hookup story, but still incredibly good. The female lead is a timid yet charming character! She's foolish in the beginning but corrects herself later, but she doesn't cling to the male lead thinking she can divorce him at any opportunity—I really admire that! After all, what she did was definitely a bit too much.

48. 148 六 The Sixties Villainess Wants a New Husband, and Her Rugged Army Officer Is Getting Anxious 六零女配要改嫁，糙汉军官他急了 Little Cat Doesn't Eat Lychees小猫不吃荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Rural army-family third generation + dazzling beauty of a painter + no pocket dimension + slow-burn romance + both are each other's first and only love + ensemble cast in the latter half] Jiang Xizhu stays up all night painting, then opens her eyes to find herself in a period novel as the country fiancée of the male lead, who dies young. Her former fiancé is already married. By a twist of fate, she also ends up marrying a grubby, scruffy husband. They say she's shameless, 77.6kReads9.0Score10kShelves
49. 149 老 Don't Be Afraid, Honey. I Have a Redemption System to Help Me Win You Back 老婆别怕，我有赎罪系统换我追你 One Bored Rich Lady无聊富婆一枚Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted “Runaway Heiress x Possessive New Money Peacock” “Mind Reading + Both Reborn + Wife-Chasing System” * In her previous life, Song Yi was an untouchable heiress who treated Jiang Lin like a plaything. She took him by force, abandoned him, then left the country without a second thought. Later, when the Song family went bankrupt, he was the only person who could save her. He trapped her in a five-year marriage, holding her captive. Everyone said Jiang Lin was a distant, untouchable flower: cold, ele 2.8kReads—Score120Shelves

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    👉In his previous life, he was toyed with and abandoned by a wealthy young lady. When they met again, he loved her but could not have her, so he endured it and imprisoned her. In this life, the obsessive male lead relentlessly pursues his wife, blocking her path, flirting, and resorting to shameless tactics, all to keep her as his one and only.

50. 150 重 Reborn as a Farmer's Daughter: Changing My Fate with Scientific Gardening 重生农家女：用科学种菜逆袭命运 Zhao Mu Qingfeng昭木清风Modern Romance225k WordsOngoing Lin Xia was swept through time by the flash of an explosion in the laboratory, her soul inhabiting Xia Linzhi, who lay on the brink of death after a car accident in 1983. A mysterious ring became her “key to clearing the level”: it could retrieve supplies from the future, yet concealed secrets of its own. In the countryside of the 1980s, she pretended to rise from the dead to frighten people, outwitted a shaman, and grew “miracle vegetables” that astonished the whole village. As she carefully ma —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Xia Linzhi's remarkable life story, her difficult journey raising her child alone, what did I see? She even found the truth about her mother's death in a fire while looking at cabbage. I was moved to tears.

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