Any Period Dramas with an Obsessively Devoted Male Lead? No Saintly Female Leads 有没有那种偏执他超爱的年代文 不要圣母女主

1. 1 七 The Delicate Beauty of the 1970s Was Love at First Sight for a Hopeless Romantic 七零娇气美人被恋爱脑一见钟情了 Little Black Sesame Rice Balls黑芝麻馅儿的小汤圆儿Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted An alternate-history story about being born into a new life, with a personal space, few terrible relatives, no black-market trips, and a powerful golden finger. One devoted couple, both with no romantic history, raising a child in everyday life. The heroine is a top-tier rich beauty, a pampered little princess with a fussy streak. 1972. Eighteen-year-old Ruan Yunqiao faces a choice between being sent to the countryside and getting married. Her family can’t bear to send their precious girl away, 18.7kReads8.8Score2kShelves

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   A period novel that can be read multiple times, featuring romance, a clean break between the main characters, and a thrilling story.

2. 2 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
3. 3 弹 The On-Screen Comments Terrify the Delicate 1970s Female Lead, and the Big Shot Holds Her Close to Comfort Her 弹幕吓坏七零娇女配，大佬掐腰哄 Sweet Medicine甜药Modern Romance858k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history era + spoiler-filled comments + stealing someone’s sweetheart + pure indulgence + building wealth + everyday family life. A possessive, doting, aristocratic young man sent down to the countryside × a spoiled, coquettish beauty transformed by the comments] As the only daughter of the village chief of Songjia Village, Song Jiaojiao is every bit as sweet as her name. Her whole family has spoiled her since childhood. Shen Yanli, the educated youth she met through matchmaking, fell 19.3kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves

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   Super good-looking and well-written, I cried from beginning to end. My eyes are still swollen. Highly recommend it! 🥺🥺

4. 4 炮 The Cannon Fodder Awakens: Thriving in a Period Novel 炮灰觉醒，我在年代文里如鱼得水 The Rice Cake Won't Eat Fish年糕不吃鱼Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period drama + quick transmigration + space (only in the second world) + no memories in the second world + golden finger + no fixed couple + a touch of ensemble cast + realistic] World One: My Cousin Is the Lucky Female Lead (ensemble cast + low-key) ✓ Feel free to skip World Two: Transmigrated as a Selfless Workhorse (1968) ✓ World Three: The Cannon-Fodder Best Friend Returns to the City ✓ World Four: A 1990s Migrant Worker’s Reversal ✓ World Five: One Adult and Three Kids in the 1970s ✓ World 19.9kReads8.2Score1.6kShelves

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   It's so beautiful!

5. 5 七 The 1970s: The Aloof Educated Youth Has Been Scheming to Marry Me 七零：高冷男知青处心积虑想娶我 Fish Swimming Into the Sea入海鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in another era, Cheng Songning has no family left. After seeing off her last relative, she sells her house and heads to the countryside. She plans to rely on her System, live a quiet life, and soar to success when the college entrance exams return. But on her second day in the village, she cuts the calf of a handsome young educated youth who arrived with her. What can she do? Take care of him, of course. But the more she looks after him, the more something feels off. It seems she’s ended 4.6kReads8.6Score411Shelves

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   The male protagonist transmigrates from ancient times to the present; he's incredibly cunning. The female protagonist transmigrates into a book; she's a strong woman.

6. 6 村 The Village Beauty Is Incredibly Strong, and the Educated Youth Is as Pretty as a Flower 村花她力大无穷，知青他貌美如花 Chilled Aloe冰镇芦荟Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming! [1970s] [Love After Marriage] [Native Male and Female Leads] [Transmigrated and Reborn Supporting Characters] [Northeastern Family Life] [Sweet Romance Comedy] [Adorable Kids] Xu Yibai only went to the countryside, and the very next day he was labeled "obsessed with the village beauty"! "The new educated youth, Xu, fell in love with Lin Duojiao at first sight!" Xu Yibai: ? Lin Duojiao: "I hear you really like me? Well, you do have good taste!" Xu Yibai: ?? Faced 6.5kReads8.8Score587Shelves

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   This book is particularly funny. The male lead is a naive and shrewish guy who takes advantage of the female lead's naivety and keeps fooling her, while the female lead is the darling of the group.

7. 7 你 You Got Sterilized for Love, So I Turned to Pursue a Purehearted Military Officer 你为爱结扎，我转头追纯爱军少 Hua Miaomiao花苗苗Modern Romance305k WordsCompleted [Reborn revenge + military marriage + pocket dimension + sweet romance + older woman/younger man] In her previous life, Su Mo loved Song Chunlin with all her heart. When he brought home his deceased comrade's wife and daughter to care for them, she treated the mother and daughter like her own family. When his mother got cancer, she obediently gave her coveted job to her sister-in-law and cared for his mother without complaint until she passed away. And even though Su Mo hadn't conceived a child 7kReads8.2Score810Shelves

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   The female lead isn't a saint; she takes revenge immediately without hesitation and isn't morally blackmailed by Song Chunlin's family. The male lead has impeccable morals; once he realizes he likes the female lead and has a possessive streak towards her, he immediately proves it with his actions. Even though he doesn't particularly like her at first, he still respects her greatly. Furthermore, the female supporting character and her daughter are both quite cunning. The story also incorporates some fantasy elements, involving time travel and space, which differs from other rebirth/transmigration novels. Even though the male lead knows the female lead has a secret, he doesn't force her to tell him. It's definitely worth reading! 🤭🤭🤭🤭

8. 8 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Cannon Fodder Second Wife Awakens 穿书之：炮灰二婚妻觉醒 The Swallows Are Back燕来呀Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted After a passionate wedding night, Bai Rong woke the next morning and unexpectedly recovered memories of her past life. Only then did she realize she had been born into a period novel about a reborn heroine who dumps a scumbag and tries to win back the military officer who was her husband in her previous life. She was the second wife of that former husband in the novel. They had just married the day before, but in a few months she would ask the male lead for a divorce and then disappear without 2.4kReads6.6Score173Shelves

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   This book is a period drama. The male lead is a bit obsessive and possessive, while the female lead is rather laid-back and unambitious. She adapts well to the male lead's possessiveness. The male lead has never touched his ex-wife, has no feelings for her, and they are not married. He falls in love with the female lead at first sight. Overall, it's not bad.

9. 9 十 Ten Years in Prison: Reborn, She Turns Her Back on Her Entire Family 十年牢狱，重生归来她六亲不认 Mimi Kid米米小子Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted A fictional era! [1980s + reborn and punishing scumbags + military marriage + pocket dimension + making a fortune] In her previous life, Li Cailian had just graduated from junior college. The day after she returned home, her older half-sister Luo Meiling schemed against her, forcing her to marry Luo's future brother-in-law, Liu Xingguo, a gambling addict. Years of domestic abuse wore her body down. Then Liu Xingguo sold her to a remote mountain village. After enduring inhuman torment, she fought 3.3kReads8.4Score383Shelves
10. 10 冷 I Couldn’t Warm the Coldhearted Officer, So I Quit Chasing Him in the 1970s 冷情军官捂不热，重生七零不追了 Tea Tea Lemon茶茶柠檬Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Second male lead takes the spotlight + military marriage + female lead is a traditional Chinese medicine doctor] Liu Shengsheng was reborn. In her previous life, she watched her husband time and again grant every request from Wang Aiyun and her daughter. He handed over fifty yuan of his 120-yuan monthly salary to Wang Aiyun, and personally escorted the mother and daughter to and from work and school. When Shengsheng came home in the rain, developed a high fever, and finally broke down and confr 4kReads7.2Score391Shelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful

11. 11 大 The Young Lady Joins the Army and Has Triplets, Shocking the Military Compound 大小姐随军，一胎三宝震惊家属院 Clear Moon in the Mountains山间清月Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted [Substitute marriage + military marriage + transmigrate into a book + spatial pocket + putting scum in their place + love after marriage + sweet romance + both leads are smart] [A bright, clever capitalist heiress vs. a jealous, indulgent military officer who can’t keep his hands off his wife] Lin Han woke up one day to discover she had transmigrated into a book. She had become the doomed cannon-fodder villainess in The Capitalist Heiress Is Everyone’s Darling. In the story, the heroine despised 2.2kReads8.3Score233Shelves

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    One-child-plus-baby pampered little wife

12. 12 换 After Switching Marriages and Remarrying the Infertile Bigwig, the Stepfamily Is Left Blinded by Tears 换亲改嫁绝嗣大佬后，继组哭瞎眼 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance674k WordsCompleted [Bold Queen + Devoted Military Officer] (Substitute Marriage + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Stepmother + Mutual First Love + Joining Her Husband at His Posting with the Children) The moment she opened her eyes, top assassin Feng Zhiyi found herself transmigrated into a pitiful young woman in the 1980s! From the start, she was expected to take her stepsister’s place and marry a poor military officer, then become stepmother to his three children. To make matters worse, the officer 11kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
13. 13 资 A Capitalist Heiress Joins the Army and Has Quadruplets, Shocking the Military District 资本家小姐随军，一胎四宝震军区 This Ge Is Not That Ge此格非彼格Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Transmigrate Into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Love Grows Over Time + Sweet Romance and Childrearing] Jiang Ning, a stunningly beautiful and brilliant heiress from Beijing's elite circle, opens her eyes to find herself inside a hugely popular period novel, married to a military officer who can't have children. In the original story, the spoiled daughter of a capitalist family hates hardship and refuses to follow her husband to the border. After throwing a fit, crying, and th 8.4kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
14. 14 穿 The Day Before My Parents Divorced, I Found Happiness Again 穿到爸妈离婚前一天，我又幸福啦 Shangguan Yi上官亿Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted He Xiangkui transmigrates to the day before her parents’ divorce, just in time to see them arguing over her paternal grandmother. Her father is so blindly obedient to his mother that he has driven a wedge between himself and his wife. He Xiangkui says that won’t do. Since she’s already here, she might as well set the family straight. If her father keeps putting his mother first, she’ll make sure they get divorced! She doesn’t want that useless father or that troublemaking grandmother! Her father 2kReads8.4Score145Shelves

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    This period drama is quite interesting. Although the female lead's father was a bit blindly obedient to his parents before, he immediately panicked after the female lead's mother said she wanted to divorce him. 🤭

15. 15 漂 A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上 Sanda Biscuit散打饼干Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo 57.5kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves

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    Possessive!

16. 16 快 Quick Transmigration: I’m the Tragic Cannon Fodder of a Period Novel 快穿，我是年代文的悲惨炮灰 Kang Hong康红Modern Romance4.5M WordsOngoing After dying in the apocalypse, Cheng Chunya is bound to the System and sent into one small world after another. She is also forbidden from casually changing her character’s established personality. For example, she can’t suddenly go from illiterate to highly learned. Or from weak and useless to fiercely domineering. Cheng Chunya: This is really going to cramp my style. After all, every character she transmigrates into has a pretty miserable life. There are scumbag men, awful family members, and 10.3kReads8.8Score510Shelves

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    Very good novels in the quick transmigration genre

17. 17 快 Quick Transmigration: Addicted to Raising Kids, the Stunning Beauty Has a Bountiful Pregnancy 快穿养娃成瘾，绝色美人一胎多宝 Strawberry-Flavored Chestnuts草莓味栗子Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted Quick transmigration+System+No fixed pairing+Fertility golden finger+Wood-type special ability+The heroine has a stunning face and an amazing figure; every male lead is tall, handsome, and exceptionally gifted (All worlds are fictional. We ask readers who prefer strict historical accuracy to bear with us.) As their bodies grew stronger, people with special abilities also lost the ability to have children. This meant that Wuyou, who had always adored children, died without ever having a baby of h 6.1kReads9.2Score561Shelves
18. 18 女 The Sweet, Fertile Side Character Every Powerful Man Wants to Have a Baby With 女配娇软易孕，大佬都想跟她生崽 Shallow Meaning浅意辞Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration, childbirth, gorgeous heroine, plot-driven, no faked death, all male leads sexually pure] Yun Yuan is from the interstellar era. Commissioned by the Federation Genetic Committee, she transmigrates between worlds and gathers humanity’s primordial genes by having children. 1. The divorced minister’s wife and the impotent emperor (he’s sexually pure; she isn’t) √ 2. I Switched Husbands with the Reborn Heroine and Had Triplets (both sexually pure) ✓ 3. A Fake Jianghu Story ✓ (m 12.8kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
19. 19 快 Quick Transmigration: The Big Shot Just Wants to Farm in Peace 快穿，大佬她想安静种田 Fox Beneath the Green Mountain青山下的狐Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [No Romance] [System] [Pocket Dimension] [Farming] Qing Ling is the ancestor of all demons, blessed with an immortal body. She is also the wife of Wujue Xianjun, an immortal from the celestial realm. To pursue the supreme Dao, Wujue Xianjun kills his wife to prove his way. In a fit of rage, Qing Ling cuts off his path to enlightenment. After cultivating herself in the underworld for a hundred thousand years, she returns to the human realm and encounters a newly launched In 5.5kReads9.2Score514Shelves
20. 20 快 Quick Transmigration: The Side Character Goes All Out, To Hell with the Foil 快穿女配火力全开，去她的对照组 A Novel Fan Writing Novels小说迷写小说Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted For some reason, people have come to hate fence-sitters. At every opportunity, they drag “fence-sitters” out to curse them. With their faith shattered, members of the fence-sitter clan are struck by lightning when they try to ascend, until not even a blade of grass remains. Song Qingqing, an elder of the fence-sitter clan, prepares to ascend by extracting ten strands of her soul and sending them through the Void Mirror into minor worlds to accumulate merit. But a hundred years pass, and she hasn 4.7kReads9.0Score442Shelves
21. 21 七 The 1970s Army Wife: A Legacy That Takes the World by Storm 七零军嫂，自带传承叱咤风云 A Little Chubby One有只小胖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Tang Shuwen: by profession, a leading surgeon among the younger generation! By marriage, the twenty-third-generation young lady of the Tang family, a centuries-old traditional medicine clan, with a spiritual spring space passed down through her family! One day, she transmigrates and goes from being unmarried to married! From 28 to 18! She’s a knockout! A fool! And a beauty! Now armed with reason, a touch of martial arts, and a wealth of skills, she completely transforms the way her birth family 7.5kReads8.8Score763Shelves

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    These books feature heroines who aren't overly saintly; they're really good.

22. 22 穿 Transmigrated Into a Runaway Pregnant Wife, I’m Coddled Night After Night by a Stern Military Officer 穿成私奔孕妻，冷面军官夜夜哄 Shang Yaoyao商夭夭Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Xu Suining transmigrates into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife, who dies young in childbirth. In the original story, she elopes for the sake of her first love and meets a tragic end, while Feng Shunhua, a reborn woman, is already rubbing her hands together, waiting for Xu Suining to give up her place. Xu Suining: “I’m tearing up this script!” She grabs Huo Qingshan’s military uniform. “I’ll have the baby, and I’m not getting a divorce. Anyone who tries to take you from me will have to 9.7kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
23. 23 怕 Help! Pregnant with Twins, and This Rugged Man Won't Stop Spoiling Me! 怕！双胎体质，被糙汉掐腰猛宠！ Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Period setting + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life + devoted couple, one-on-one romance) As a minor cannon-fodder shrew of a supporting female character in a period novel, she was destined for a miserable ending that would leave everyone sighing with pity. But sorry, I'm here now. Looking at the man before her, with his straight, sturdy posture, phoenix eyes, and high nose, both his face and physique seemed made to match her tastes perfectly. Bai Yueji: How thoroughly brai 82.4kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves
24. 24 七 In the Seventies, She Marries a Rugged Man Who Can’t Have Children, but the Spoiled Female Lead Sleeps In Again 七零嫁绝嗣糙汉，娇纵女配又起晚 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Wild Plot] [1970s] [Everyone's Darling] [Marriage Before Love] [Redemption] Jiang Nanxi grew up pampered and couldn't endure hardship. Who would have thought that when she opened her eyes, she would transmigrate into a book, becoming a vain, troublesome supporting character in a novel set in an era of poverty, beautiful but utterly stupid? In the original story, a forty-two-year-old woman stole her twenty-year-old fiancé, the male lead. In a fit of madness, she married Zhou Ji, the 3.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
25. 25 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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    They're really good! 😘😘😘 The first book is about a male protagonist raising a tiger and a pampered female educated youth sent to the countryside. They're mostly period dramas with a strong sense of historical injustice, all quite good, and already completed.

26. 26 六 In the 1960s, the Young Educated Youth Takes Back Her Body and Goes on a Rampage 六零，小知青夺回身体后缺大德了 Lu Shiqi陆时柒Modern Romance809k WordsCompleted [Strong male and female leads + space + scheming + never takes abuse + both leads are wonderfully outrageous] When Jiang Sheng is eighteen, trouble strikes her family and she is forced to move to the countryside. Her family has prepared everything for her, so she isn’t worried. But despite all their precautions, she never expects an accident to rob her of control over her body and send her to a strange place. They call it the twenty-first century? She goes from confusion and panic to adapting, t 33kReads8.9Score3kShelves
27. 27 糙 The Rugged Army Guy Is Irresistible, but His Wife's Family Ends Up in Ruins 糙汉军哥好撩人，娇妻全家火葬场 Crazy Little Wangba疯狂小王叭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + rugged military man + beautiful educated youth + pocket dimension + everyday life] Zhou Tingting was born strong enough to move mountains. When she opened her eyes, she found herself as a disposable background character in a sweet period romance. Her mother, stepfather, and stepsister's family were all up to no good. They tricked her out of her job and took her home. After squeezing every last bit of value out of her, they sent her off to the countryside. The original Zhou 7.6kReads9.0Score722Shelves
28. 28 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: My Young Thug of a Husband Is Surprisingly More Than Meets the Eye 穿越七零，小混混老公竟深藏不露 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + Spatial Dimension + Sweet Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + Raising Kids + Everyday Family Life) Su Xieqiu grew up with a father who didn't care for her and a mother who didn't love her. Her grandparents, who raised her, passed away early, too. After working hard to buy a home in a big city, she wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated to the planned-economy era of the 1970s. The original owner was an educated youth sent to the countryside. She was timid and a little 81.6kReads9.2Score7.6kShelves
29. 29 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
30. 30 七 The 1970s: A Mad Devoted Dog, the Villainess’s Plaything 七零年代：疯批舔狗，恶女的玩宠 Warm Pomelo西柚温温Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted (Completed~) (Please wish for an adaptation into a short drama~) (The author isn’t good at coming up with titles, so let’s just get straight to the story~) [Period setting with a pocket dimension + irresistible villainess + selfish + dog training + calculating self-interest + a family full of schemers + no going to the countryside + no black-market dealings + no marriage] Ye Wenshu has fair skin and stunning looks, with a bright, captivating beauty. She has always been pampered and fond of the f 7.6kReads8.8Score788Shelves
31. 31 小 The Little Princess Goes to the Countryside, Cherished by an Apocalypse Powerhouse 小公主下乡，被末世大佬掐腰宠 Guanyue冠月Modern Romance566k WordsCompleted [Period setting + sweet romance + pocket dimension + both leads' first relationship + love at first sight + putting scumbags in their place + overwhelming possessiveness + heiress capitalist + lovesick male lead + no charity cases, no self-sacrificing saint] [Delicate darling from the cultivation world VS obsessive, rugged man with special abilities, doting on each other until it's sickeningly sweet!] Content warning: A brainless fluffy romance in a fictional world, with tons of inner monologue 14.7kReads8.3Score2kShelves
32. 32 重 Reborn as a Delicate, Wealthy Beauty in the 1970s 重生七零娇气白富美 Bai Budan白不单Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Lu Xicheng, a young lady from the 21st century, transmigrates to the 1970s, bringing her little villa with her. Though she's unlucky, at least this girl looks just like she did before and has loving parents and family. So what if she's sent to the countryside? It's anyone's guess whether she'll reform the rural areas or they'll reform her! Staring at her palm, red and sore after picking just a few ears of corn, Lu Xicheng sniffles. Farm work is too hard. She wants to go home! Huo Jingchuan is th 138.4kReads9.2Score19.8kShelves
33. 33 带 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s, Snacking on Sunflower Seeds to Get By 带着空间穿七零，磕着瓜子混日子 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 28.6kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
34. 34 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86kReads9.5Score9.9kShelves
35. 35 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: I Take My Terrible Family Along for the Ride 七零军婚：我带极品家人一起起飞 Jin Jinyu金金雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Completed) [1970s + military marriage + period setting + family drama + trading System + building wealth + transmigration and rebirth] On her way to school to pick up her admission letter from Capital University, Gu Tao gets hit by a black car and lands in the 1970s, along with a somewhat “simple-minded” little System. She opens her eyes to find a scheming dad, a lazy mom, a brother and sister bent on scrounging from their workplaces, and two younger brothers who keep wanting to smash other peo 8.9kReads8.5Score926Shelves
36. 36 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
37. 37 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
38. 38 八 Married the Commander in a Flash in the ’80s! The Fertile Military Wife Is Busy Raising Kids 八零闪婚嫁首长！易孕军嫂养崽忙 Big Tangerine大桔Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + fake and real heiresses + reborn female supporting character + mind reading + sweet 1v1 romance + fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book] The fake heiress stole her place, and her biological parents were too blind to see the truth. After being driven out of the family compound, Nian Suisui promptly turned around and married the commanding officer in a whirlwind wedding! Nian Suisui and her commanding officer husband laid down three rules. First: This is a contra 2.7kReads9.1Score348Shelves

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    I've read all of these novels, including "Eavesdropping on Heartfelt Words," both modern and historical, and they're all worth reading twice.

39. 39 偷 He Heard My Inner Thoughts, and Now My Regent Father Wants to Rebel 偷听我心声，摄政王爹爹要谋反了 Yue Zhiyao月之遥Ancient Romance328k WordsCompleted Xuan Nuannuan transmigrates into a book, becoming a pawn snatched away by a foolish emperor at birth and used to keep the regent in check. The emperor also uses Xuan Nuannuan to frame the regent for treason, leading to the tragic end of the entire family, whose bodies are never found. Xuan Nuannuan grumbles inwardly: [Oh, foolish Regent Father, how did the emperor ever manipulate you? He didn’t take me away to raise me. He wanted to turn me into a pawn to use against you. He also had Mother kill 1.2kReads9.0Score176Shelves
40. 40 七 The 1970s: After Hearing My Thoughts, My Whole Family's Personas Collapse 七零：听我心声后全家人设都崩了 White Cat Under the Moon月下白猫Modern Romance541k WordsCompleted She had once been a superior ginseng root that had cultivated for a thousand years deep in the mountains. All she had to do was survive her tribulation, and she would ascend to immortality! But then, she was reborn into a book, as an unlucky little baby still in the womb. Thinking about the miserable life ahead of her, she couldn’t help grumbling. To her surprise, her family heard every word of her complaints! So, in an effort to change what the little darling thought of them, the whole family b 355Reads7.5Score—Shelves
41. 41 重 Reborn with Mind Reading: The Tough Guy's Whole Family Dotes on Me 重生被读心：糙汉全家宠上天 Fanxing Xu繁星旭Modern Romance127k WordsCompleted [Period setting + rugged hero + beloved by all + revenge + mind-reading + groveling after losing her] In her previous life, Shen Tian jumped into icy water in the middle of winter to save her cousin, who had fallen in. But her cruel cousin simply used her as a stepping stone and kept shouting for help. Shen Tian fought to push her cousin to shore, but never made it out herself. A sent-down youth rescued her, and she naturally ended up marrying him. She thought she’d struck gold. She wanted to bu 215Reads7.0Score—Shelves
42. 42 灭 Before the Massacre, the Whole Family of Cannon Fodder Hears My Thoughts and Tears Up the Script 灭门前，全家炮灰读我心手撕剧本 Yi Yanyun易烟云Ancient Romance247k WordsCompleted [Family mind-reading + transmigrate into a book + lucky, doted-on family + feel-good power fantasy + putting scumbags in their place] Chi Zhaoyao descended to the mortal realm to undergo a trial, transmigrating into a newborn baby. Her scholar father had been the Empress's son, but the Noble Consort had swapped him with another baby, and he had spent over thirty years living among commoners. To eliminate all loose ends, the Noble Consort sent people to kill his entire family. Chi Zhaoyao was to 2.1kReads9.0Score229Shelves
43. 43 杀 I'm Slaughtering Everyone! After Their Minds Were Read, the Tyrant's Whole Family Scrambled to Survive 杀疯了！被读心后暴君全家苟活了 Yan Xiyin颜汐愔Ancient Romance471k WordsCompleted (The whole family can hear her thoughts + pampered darling + feel-good power fantasy + fictional setting + little princess) Xuan Yuan Xixi transmigrates into the body of the little princess of the Xuan Yuan Dynasty, daughter of a tyrant. She is targeted right after birth, but luckily escapes danger. Xuan Yuan Xixi: [Is this my tyrant dad? Poor thing, he becomes the ruler of a fallen kingdom, gets killed by the male and female leads, and the Xuan Yuan Dynasty falls in the end!] Tyrant Dad: What? 397Reads7.1Score—Shelves
44. 44 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Whole Family Could Hear My Thoughts, and I Became Their Beloved 穿书后，我靠被全家人读心变团宠 Qiao Ajiu乔阿九Modern Romance434k WordsCompleted [Family mind-reading + play the pig to eat the tiger + transmigrate into a book + vicious supporting female character + feel-good story + sweet romance + adorable kids + entertainment industry] In the original story, Lin Nuonuo was a little terror from the day she was born. She pushed her older brother into a pond in the dead of winter because she wanted to eat fish. She turned her second brother into a snowman because she wanted to see a handsome snow prince. She broke up the male and female le 110Reads6.8Score—Shelves
45. 45 全 My Whole Family Can Hear Thoughts and Feast on Gossip, and I Torment the Villain into Ruin 全家读心吃大瓜，反派被我虐成渣 Pockets Full of Money钱兜装满Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted [Gossip and mind-reading + cheerfully losing it + the whole variety-show cast adores her + no romance] Tang Ruoruo dies and wakes up in a book as a supporting female character. She’s also bound to a gossip-spilling System that drops juicy secrets at random. Tang Ruoruo is more excited about gossip than a melon-eating field mouse, gobbling it all up without a peep! [Scandalous! An eighty-year-old society matron wears pink lingerie to meet a hunky young man with eight-pack abs!] [Shocking! A VI 271Reads8.4Score—Shelves
46. 46 众 Everyone Heard My Thoughts and Uncovered My Secret Identity 众人听我心声还扒我马甲 May Ink Stain the River愿墨染江Ancient Romance174k WordsCompleted [Everyone can hear thoughts + heroine has a CP + everyone dotes on her + many secret identities + heroine isn't a do-gooder + two equally matched leads + both virgins + powerful heroine] The heroine, Wen Qian, transmigrates with memories of her past life into the body of the Prime Minister's third daughter, binds herself to a System, and embarks on a journey of gossip-fueled discoveries. Wen Qian: “Poor emperor. His own brother is about to raise an army and rebel, but he still thinks his brother 2.6kReads8.7Score403Shelves
47. 47 炮 The Cannon Fodder Has a Blast Eavesdropping on Gossip While Everyone Else’s Mind-Reading Exposes Their True Colors 炮灰吃瓜欢乐多，别人读心崩人设 Pause and Forget且停且忘Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted 329Reads7.3Score103Shelves
48. 48 偷 My Tyrant Father Heard My Thoughts and Vowed to Rule Diligently and Love His People 偷听我心声，暴君立志勤政爱民 Warm and Cuddly Little Treat暖萌小点心Ancient Romance538k WordsCompleted [Everyone Can Hear Thoughts + Gossip + Goofing Off + Beloved by All + Big Shot Transmigrates into a Book] Shi Yu transmigrates into a book, bringing a gossip System with her. With her mental state already tap-dancing on the brink of a breakdown, she starts digging up gossip as soon as she is born, her filial piety on full display. At her scumbag father and stepmother’s wedding banquet, she uncovers a shocking paternity scandal. [Dad’s got a whole head of green! His new bride even came with a bon 112Reads6.6Score—Shelves
49. 49 穿 I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1970s 穿到七十年代不下乡 A Lump of Lucky Cat一坨幸运喵Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted Feng Wanyi is a fan of transmigration novels, and she often wishes she could transmigrate one day. She did transmigrate, but things don't seem to be going the way she imagined. Looking at the walls, which seem to belong to another era, Feng Wanyi feels like banging her head against them. She gives it a try, but apart from the wound on her head, she's still perfectly fine and right where she was. Just when she'd finally forced herself to accept her situation, they tell her she's being sent to the 2.2kReads8.9Score137Shelves

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50. 50 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: Military Marriage and a Pretty Army Wife's Island Life in the 1970s 穿书军婚：俏军嫂的七零海岛生活 Lychees Stewed in Red Wine红酒煮荔枝Modern Romance458k WordsCompleted [Era setting + sweet military romance + personal space + comic artist + building a fortune + everyday life on an island] Kang Ying, an artist with a wild imagination, transmigrated into a book and became a hapless cannon-fodder character in an era novel! In the book, the reborn heroine would scheme against her and marry her off to a supporting male character who was about to die in action. The reborn heroine would leave her a widow, then have her family leech off her until nothing was left, befo 2.5kReads8.7Score162Shelves

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