Any Period Novels Where the Male Lead Isn't a Soldier and the Female Lead Doesn't Support Her Family? 有没有男主不是军人女主不扶贫的年代文

1. 101 八 A Beauty with Skin Like Jade in the 1980s, the Cold Officer Can't Resist Her 八零凝脂美人，高冷军官轻点宠 Yu Hewu郁何雾Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Period Novel + Space Golden Finger + Sweet and Satisfying Daily Life] Qin Qian transmigrated into a book, becoming a scheming cannon-fodder supporting female character in a period novel. Beautiful, but decidedly stupid. After taking a fancy to the burly, handsome male lead, she heard he had a young sister with no one to look after her, so she eagerly offered herself up as his live-in nanny. But no matter how hard the supporting character tried or how much energy she put into seducing him, all s 189Reads6.1Score10014d adds
2. 102 我 I'm the Pitiful Little One in a Period Novel 我在年代文里是小可怜 The Cat Who Likes Salted Fish喜欢咸鱼的猫Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted Gu Xiaoyu sets off on a road trip in her RV. After a mudslide, the space-time gate in her hands sends her to another timeline to live a new life. She thinks she's found a new family, but not long after starting her new life, she becomes an orphan. After being entrusted to a new family, she's happy to finally fit in, only for another twist of fate to send her to live in the unfamiliar city of Kyoto! Then she meets the male lead, Han Zhengran. Seeing the familiar face from her past life, she falls 408Reads8.1Score10314d adds
3. 103 穿 Transmigrated into a Book Set in an Era of More Men Than Women: Big Sister Has It Good 穿书年代男多女少，姐姐吃的真好 Yi Huo亿火Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted [Period Setting (Not Realistic) + One Female Lead, Multiple Male Leads + All Male Leads Are Chaste + All Male Leads Are Devoted + Fleeing Famine and Surviving + Fertility] Bai Shengsheng transmigrated. The good news: she could not only understand animal speech, but also had healing wood-type Superpowers. The bad news: this era was very different. Its economy and productivity resembled those of the 1960s and 70s, but the ecological environment had become apocalyptic! Humanity had suffered an exti 8.2kReads8.4Score63914d adds
4. 104 离 After My Divorce, I Became the Cold-Faced Mayor's Darling 离婚后，我成了冷脸镇长的掌心宠 Flowing Carp流水鲤Modern Romance346k WordsCompleted [Office romance, sweet and doting, powerful man bows his head, guiding lover, push and pull, satisfying revenge] [Beautiful, fun, rebellious, a little toxic: a junior contract worker versus a department-level leader who says nothing but is secretly utterly smitten] Jiang Shasha married young. After her scumbag husband cheated on her time and again, she chose to go completely wild. She beat up her cheating husband, tore into her in-laws, then wiped her tears and walked away. On the road, she was 6.6kReads8.4Score58614d adds

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   A period drama! Satisfying, no poverty alleviation, no military marriages!

5. 105 惨 Reborn in the 1970s After a Gruesome Death: From the Start, I Take Down My Adoptive Sister 惨死后重生在七零，开局先刀养妹 Fermented Rice Balls酒酿原子Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Seventies + era + reborn + space + spiritual spring + face-slapping (There is a male lead!!!! The romance won't come up until much later!!) (This is all made up by the author and has absolutely no connection to history.) Hu Jins heng beat Su Mei to death. Su Mei was reborn, back before she went to the countryside. This time, she would protect what was hers. First, she'd beat up her ungrateful, idiotic younger brother. Then she'd send her adopted sister, who'd framed her and was always pretending 17.4kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
6. 106 七 The 1970s: The Meng Family's Foolish Daughter Gets Smart! 七零：孟家的傻闺女变聪明了！ Drunk Moon Fifteenth酣月十五Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + sweet romance] Meng Qining, from the twenty-first century, had no parents and was frail, spending more than half the year bedridden. She had every miserable card stacked against her. But ever since she was five, she’d had the same dream. In it, she might have been foolish, but she had a healthy body, parents who cherished her, and Brother Ting’an, who had taken care of her since childhood. The more miserable Meng Qining’s real life was, the happier she was in her dreams. At eig 12.6kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
7. 107 重 Back to the Seventies: My Loving Wife Begins Her Splendid Life 重回七零：娇妻开启了她的锦绣人生 Kind Uncle Zeng善良的曾大叔Modern Romance72k WordsCompleted Back to the 1970s: A Loving Wife Begins Her Beautiful Life —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   😘😘😘😘😘

8. 108 七 The Quietly Passionate Factory Director's Darling in the 1970s 七零闷骚厂长的小娇娇 A Chestnut一颗板栗Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + pocket dimension + spoiled young master + satisfying read + no being sent to the countryside + seven-year age gap] Jiang Shu suddenly discovered she had a pocket dimension, and knew she was about to transmigrate or end up in the apocalypse. She immediately took stock of her assets and began stockpiling supplies, only to arrive in the 1970s. Now she had to face the threat of being sent to the countryside. Go rural? No way! In the blink of an eye, Lu Shiyu, the director of the ma 9.7kReads8.4Score99414d adds

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   This is quite good; it's a sweet romance, the kind where the love story unfolds slowly and steadily.

9. 109 穿 A Couple of Fake Partners' Everyday Gossip After They Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies 穿书七零塑料夫妻的吃瓜日常 Good Fortune and Good Luck福气满满好运来Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing (A sharp-tongued heroine with eight hundred schemes, queen of the courtyard and village, who loves watching the drama unfold × a male lead who seems aloof and untouchable but is really a childish boy who gets bullied by her and tries to fight back) Jiang Nuan transmigrates into a book. In this 1970s romance, she, Jiang Nuan, is a hopelessly lovesick fool who pines for the male lead, gets face-slapped again and again, and still keeps throwing herself at him. She’s nothing but a disposable side ch 11.8kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds

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   Jiang Nuan transmigrated into a book. In this sweet romance novel set in the 1970s, she, Jiang Nuan, was a pure cannon fodder character, hopelessly infatuated with the male lead, repeatedly slapped in the face yet still charging forward relentlessly. Her husband, Gu Chaoyang, was the female lead's unrequited love, a cherished memory that was brought out even after her death, a truly tragic figure who was used to fuel the main couple's relationship. The two were practically a perfect match. Fortunately, those were the original character settings; in reality, Gu Chaoyang was a scoundrel, but Jiang Nuan was even more so. They pretended to be loving on the surface, but secretly hurt each other. Once they got their benefits, whoever didn't divorce was a coward.

10. 110 重 Reborn as My Mom’s Best Friend, but I’m Seriously Ill 重生成了妈妈闺蜜，但是得了重病 Si Xi Xi123四夕喜123Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Go check this out and try it.

11. 111 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 1.1kReads6.5Score11014d adds

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    The content is fantastic; this book is truly addictive.

12. 112 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 2.3kReads—Score22714d adds
13. 113 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 102.5kReads9.6Score10.2k14d adds

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    This book is absolutely amazing! [A masterpiece by Sparrow Eater]

14. 114 1 1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield 38.5kReads9.3Score3.6k14d adds

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    I can't remember the male lead's identity, but the bag is good-looking.

15. 115 七 The 1970s: The Beloved Family Member Who Uses Technology to Strengthen the Nation 七零团宠科技兴国 Little Round Yuan圆小圆呀Modern Romance655k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Bygone Era + System + Adorable Child + Hilarious Comedy + Scientific Research + Child Prodigy] [Original title: The Beloved Darling of the Seventies Brings Prosperity Through Science and Technology] The Interstellar God of War is betrayed. With the last of his strength, he sends away his only daughter, Yuan Yuan, then dies alongside the traitor. Interstellar toddler Yuan Yuan transmigrates into a beloved little cousin in a period novel and gets bound to an Interstella 8.6kReads9.4Score72714d adds
16. 116 八 The 1980s: After the Real Heiress Returns, She Reigns Supreme in the Capital! 八零：真千金回归后，宠冠京城！ Yingying Zhao英英昭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed [Era + military marriage + real heiress + adored by everyone + heroine is incredible at putting people in their place and beating them up] After sacrificing her life for her country, modern computer genius Jiang Tiange was reborn into her own past life. But that past life had been a miserable one: she was the real heiress, yet had been maliciously switched at birth, beaten and cursed, and forced to marry an abusive second-time husband. After she died miserably, her body was sold for a 31.5kReads9.1Score4.3k14d adds
17. 117 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma, Today It's Your Turn to Get Divorced 重生七零：奶，今天轮到您离婚啦 Great Golden Immortal大罗金仙Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in the 1970s as a Lucky Little Carp with Space Tens of billions in supplies, serving the country, the family’s darling, adorable child, satisfying story In her previous life, Shen Danluo’s family was harmed by her wicked second uncle, and she avenged them all by herself. Now she has been reborn with a space that can exchange for all kinds of supplies. In this life, she will change everyone’s tragic fate. Take down the worst offenders and punish the scum. Then quietly make a 34.6kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds
18. 118 穿 Transmigrating into a Book in the 1970s: The Educated Youth Goes Wild, with Endless Schemes 穿书七零：知青发癫，套路无边 Shabby School Heartthrob破烂校草Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Alternate history + Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Pocket dimension + Everyone is a villain + Ensemble cast + No romance + Mystery?] After dying in an apocalypse novel, Xu Qinglan transmigrates into a book again. This time, she's a sacrificial nobody forced to go to the countryside in a period novel! If she resists being sent away, she'll be trapped in an endless loop. After dying countless times, she finally gives in. The protagonist seems like a delicate, innocent white lotus wit 27.8kReads9.1Score3.5k14d adds

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    No male lead, three female leads

19. 119 我 I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 318.2kReads9.1Score46.6k14d adds
20. 120 七 The Seventies' Sweetheart: The Brooding, Rugged Man Has His Eye on Me 七零娇娇，我被阴郁糙汉惦记了 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + black-lotus sickly beauty + professor + perfect nemesis + healing] Xiao Niannian is frail and delicate, with skin as fair and smooth as jade. She looks easy to bully, but never lets an insult go unanswered. One day, she transmigrates into a rebirth novel set in the 1970s, becoming the male lead’s fiancée. In the book, not only will she die young, but the male lead will use her connections to rise to success. The heroine is reborn. After seeing the male lead prosper in her previous l 40.9kReads9.3Score5.2k14d adds
21. 121 七 A Mad Couple in the 1970s 七零年代疯批夫妇 The Colorful Xue Jingfei色彩缤纷的薛静妃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 106.5kReads9.3Score10.8k14d adds
22. 122 八 Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a 56kReads9.4Score7.2k14d adds
23. 123 军 Everyday Life in the Military Compound 军区家属院的日常生活 Si Qi San肆柒叁Modern Romance260k WordsCompleted She was forced to marry as soon as she transmigrated, to an army officer. The very next day, he returned to his military camp and stayed there for three years. After three years apart, Bai Luoshan was living it up, only for her mother-in-law to take her along to join the army! 185Reads5.6Score—14d adds
24. 124 军 Two Years into Their Military Marriage, the Young Army Wife Brings Their Two Kids to Find Their Dad 军婚两年未见，小军嫂带俩娃找爹 First Frost霜初Modern Romance208k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Both Leads Are Each Other’s First + Pocket Dimension + Marriage Before Love + Stepmom Raises Kids] Xu Yan, the daughter of a crime boss, transmigrates into a book and becomes a little fool who got married in a whirlwind wedding two years ago in the 1970s. Her newlywed husband, an army officer, was immediately called away by his unit, leaving his two children in the care of the Xu family. But ever since Song Yanche went missing, the money he sent every month stopped coming. T 3.8kReads9.0Score52514d adds
25. 125 说 She Was Supposed to Follow the Army, So Why Is She Leading Troops into Battle? 说好随军，她怎么领兵上阵了 Above the Clouds扶摇之上Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage] [Hilariously absurd] [Complete, so read without worry] She got engaged on the very day she was reborn. Wait! Isn't this fiancé the “enemy” who got her killed? Revenge. This old lady is getting revenge. The first thing she does after being reborn is call off the wedding!!! She dumps the fiancé who is a squad leader and makes him a laughingstock throughout Yanjing. What? She has to marry him, whether she wants to or not? Under pressure from Old Master Lu, Lu Yiling not only get 12.4kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
26. 126 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 37.7kReads9.3Score4.2k14d adds
27. 127 亲 My Wife Came Back Reborn to Help Her Military Officer Husband Make a Comeback 亲媳妇重生回来带军官老公逆袭 Bracelet镯子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn + military marriage + snowy plateau + pocket dimension + face-slapping + taking down scumbags Su Haiyan took a detour through another world before being reborn in the era that had always left her with regrets. When she saw the man alive and standing before her, the man who had never died, Su Haiyan swore that no matter how hard life became, she would walk through it with him this time. From guarding the frontier and reclaiming wasteland on the snowy plateau, to rescuing people from a w 14.7kReads9.1Score2k14d adds
28. 128 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院 Moon Rising over the Blue Sea苍海升月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati 51.5kReads9.2Score5.2k14d adds
29. 129 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Legitimate Daughter Is a Super Mom 穿七零，嫡女当妈超会养 Green Fish, Green Fish青鱼青鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ancient Times to Modern Day + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Island + Grasslands + Mutual Devotion] After taking revenge for her mother, Song Shuqian, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, arrives in 1968 and becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. She thought she could enjoy life without a care, since her family was wealthy and she was an only child. But in 1968, being a capitalist’s daughter meant danger. To escape her predicament, she impulsively marries Wei Jianguo, a 20.6kReads9.2Score2k14d adds
30. 130 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: My Soldier Boy Spoils Me Rotten 穿越七零：我被兵哥哥宠爆了 Red Beans in the Southern Country南国有红豆Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Special forces soldier Ye Qiao is swept away by a river while saving someone. When she opens her eyes again, she has become a cannon-fodder character in a parallel world. To change her tragic fate, she plays along, splits off from the family, leaves her scumbag father behind, and escapes her stepmother's control, setting out to live life on her own terms. By chance, she saves a soldier from a pack of wolves. She plans to take him back to his unit and never see him again, but the soldier turns in 6.1kReads9.1Score81114d adds
31. 131 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 125kReads9.4Score10.2k14d adds
32. 132 七 The 1970s: The Culinary Goddess 七零厨神美人 Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [A cooking god, military-industrial research, patriotism, delicious food, positive energy, and an exhilarating era: don’t miss this period novel!] Cooking god Zhao Wan Feng transmigrates. She lands in a third-line military factory and even scores a perfect scientist husband. In that case, she’ll work hard and aim to become the cafeteria’s head cook, then settle down and enjoy life… No, she’ll become the cafeteria’s star, put down roots at the military factory, have children with her husband, and 3.3kReads9.2Score43414d adds
33. 133 兵 My Soldier-King Wife: Go Easy, the Movie Emperor Feels Pain 兵王老婆：轻下手，影帝他怕疼 De'er嘚儿Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted After a certain heartthrob becomes famous: Qin Qing: “My wife is my number-one fan!” Fans: “Our oppa is married? I don't believe it!” A video surfaces of a beautiful woman using military boxing moves to save the heartthrob. If you look closely, you can even see the police saluting her? Then a documentary about the military comes out, and the heartthrob's fans spot their sister-in-law in uniform, standing front and center! She's so cool! Fans: “Aaaaaah, sister-in-law, look at me! I'm available!” 1.9kReads9.3Score19214d adds
34. 134 重 Reborn in the 1960s: After Breaking Off My Engagement, I Become the Nation’s Richest 重生六零，退婚后我成了全国首富 A Trivial Reason渺小的理由Modern Romance202k WordsOngoing Lin Chaoge, a business whiz from the 21st century, woke up to find herself in the body of Lin Chaoyang, a rural girl in 1965 who had just been jilted and tried to take her own life. Everyone called her a jinx. Her home was bare, her mother was ill, her younger brother was still a child, and greedy relatives were watching her like hawks. The whole village considered her a bad omen. Lin Chaoge sneered. A jinx? She wasn't going to accept that script! With knowledge in one hand and courage in the ot —Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 135 郭 If Guo Jia Had Lived, the Three Kingdoms Would Have Gone Mad 郭嘉不死，三国卷疯了 Kind Uncle Zeng善良的曾大叔Historical597k WordsOngoing Modern-day corporate drone Guo Xiao was arguing with someone at a museum when he knocked into a bronze goblet from Cao Cao’s era. A sting in his fingertip, and when he opened his eyes again, he had become the dying, blood-coughing genius Guo Jia. Just as he was about to become history’s fastest transmigrator to kick the bucket, he shoved Hua Tuo’s medicine bowl aside and grabbed Cao Cao by the sleeve. “Tao Qian will die within three days. Xuzhou is ours for the taking!” Just as the strategists g 4Reads—Score214d adds

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    Recommend some Three Kingdoms themed movies.

36. 136 重 Reborn in the 1960s: With the System in Hand, I'll Spoil My Third Sister 重生六零：系统在手，三妹要宠 Happy Victory Street乐胜街Urban1.1M WordsCompleted During the 1960 famine in Jiangbei, modern agriculture professor Lu Ming is reborn and collapses from hunger in a field furrow. Clutching half a moldy sweet potato, he binds to the All-Purpose Family Support System and gains a healing spirit spring, a 10-square-meter pocket farm, and an agricultural encyclopedia. He rushes back to their rundown home and uses the spirit spring to save his second sister, Lu Xue, a barefoot doctor who ate poisonous weeds by mistake. He helps his third sister, Lu Sh 6Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I hope you enjoy this lighthearted and cheerful historical fiction!

37. 137 钢 Steel and Cooking Smoke 钢铁与炊烟 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Urban235k WordsCompleted This family epic spans more than seventy years. Through the marriages and missions of three generations of soldiers, it weaves a sweeping portrait of family and country... From vegetable plots in the Gobi Desert, to border outposts, to makeshift hospitals on the front lines of the fight against the pandemic, warmth rises everywhere, where iron will meets the bustle of everyday life. This is not only the story of one family's legacy, but also a heartfelt tribute to all the soldiers and their fami —Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 138 萌 A Little Cutie Plays Matchmaker: I Became a Big Shot's Caretaker 萌娃牵线：我成大佬饲养员 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Modern Romance109k WordsCompleted Wild illustrator Lin Xiaoman finds adorable little Gu Xingci beside a trash can, and her life is turned upside down. This exquisitely cute child can recite Fortune 500 company reports, boss cats and dogs around, and comes with a "luck buff": whoever he clings to gets lucky, while anyone who crosses him is doomed. The boy's father is Gu Yanzhi, the business world's "Iceberg King of Hell." While searching for his son, he mistakes Lin Xiaoman for a suspect, but ends up becoming her personal ATM an 1Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 139 银 Ginkgo Leaves Fall on the Title Page 银杏叶落在扉页 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Modern Romance107k WordsCompleted Lin Xi never imagined that a ginkgo leaf accidentally placed between the pages of a book would mark the beginning of her story with Gu Yan… This is a story about waiting and setting out to meet someone, filled with a slow-burning romance in the city and all the loveliness of things being "just right." Meeting you was like a ginkgo leaf falling in the perfect season, not a moment too soon or too late. —Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 140 梧 No. 38 Wutong Lane 梧桐巷38号 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Modern Romance251k WordsCompleted A family saga brimming with the warmth of everyday life, in which everyone can find a reflection of themselves in the Su family. No melodrama, just the grit and warmth of real life. It lays bare the struggles and dignity of contemporary Chinese people. A portrait of the survival skills of ordinary people in a second-tier city: they must keep their heads down to pick up sixpence, but never forget to look up at the moonlight. 🌳 No. 38 Wutong Lane: an ordinary address, an extraordinary story. The —Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 141 槐 The Warmth of Life in the Courtyard 槐树院的烟火气 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Modern Romance172k WordsCompleted In an ordinary village on the eastern Henan plains called Huaishu Courtyard live an elderly couple, Li and Wang, their son Li Jianguo, his wife Zhang Guilan, and their four growing children: Li Dajun, Li Erjun, Li Sanya, and Li Sigou. The family of eight is crammed into a few old tiled houses. Every day, the clatter of pots and pans, the children’s squabbling, and the elders’ nagging fill their home, painting a lively picture of rural life, with all its ups and downs. This is no earth-shaking le —Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 142 苍 Wolf Song of the Cangyuan 苍原狼歌 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Urban142k WordsCompleted On the vast grasslands of northwest China, from the 1980s to the early twenty-first century, a she-wolf with a white tuft on the tip of her left ear, known as Xue Er, loses her pack as a pup and struggles to survive through resilience and cunning. She rebuilds her pack three times and suffers the loss of her cubs twice, yet never stops upholding the laws of survival on the grasslands. Meanwhile, Tengger, a grassland herdsman who once made his living hunting wolves, has his view of them transform 2Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 143 阴 The Chele Youth Beneath Yin Mountain 阴山之下敕勒少年行 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Historical177k WordsCompleted “The wolf pack is coming! Put away your riding crops and take up your bows!” Fifteen-year-old Tengger hears the warning at the horse-racing festival, but the Turkish cavalry has already shattered the peace of Chilechuan. To protect his tribe, he sets out on a path of revenge. During a bloody battle in the Yin Mountains, he meets Liu Wenyan, a scholar from the Central Plains, and Nalan Mingyue, a mysterious shaman. Together, they gradually uncover the dark conspiracy between the imperial court a —Reads—Score—14d adds
44. 144 铁 Loyal to the Bone: The Life of Heidou 铁骨忠犬：黑豆的一生 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Urban152k WordsCompleted With delicate prose, this novel follows Heidou through every stage of life, from birth and growing up to service and retirement. It powerfully portrays the deep bond and unspoken understanding between Heidou and humanity, a connection that transcends species. This is more than the legendary tale of a police dog. It is a moving tribute to life, loyalty, courage, and devotion, sure to touch your heart and bring you to tears. 1Reads6.6Score—14d adds
45. 145 清 The Farming Years in Qingxi Village 清溪村的田间岁月 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Historical306k WordsCompleted In the final years of the Southern Song dynasty, the small Jiangnan village of Qingxi was left in ruins after devastating floods, its people starving and freezing. Su Dingshan, a retired soldier, used a jade pendant that foretold disasters to lead the villagers to safety. Faced with the wreckage, he refused to give in. Instead, he united the entire clan to rebuild their home from the mud... —Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 146 桃 Lost in Peach Blossom Spring 桃源迷踪 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Historical388k WordsCompleted Lin Ye, a postgraduate history student, had a peaceful academic life until the bizarre death of his grandfather, an archaeologist who had been obsessed with "The Peach Blossom Spring" all his life, turned everything upside down. Half of a tattered diary and an ancient map marked "Source of the Wuling Stream," left behind by his grandfather, set him on a journey to uncover the truth. The diary's chilling warning, "The Peach Blossom Spring is no paradise, but a prison," haunted him like a curse... —Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 147 不 I Won't Let Her Down 不负她 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Ancient Romance331k WordsCompleted A new work is here! Come read my story on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 148 红 A Nine-Tailed Fox's Journey Through the Mortal World 红尘渡九尾狐途 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Ancient Romance316k WordsCompleted Atop Qingqiu, the Mirror of Mortal Fate. On an altar wreathed in mist and clouds stood an ancient mirror stretching between heaven and earth. Its surface rippled like water, reflecting none of the world around it, only the deepest karmic ties of the Fox Clan's people. Tu Shan Yueli stood before the mirror in robes as white as snow. The faint shadows of nine fox tails appeared and disappeared behind her, gleaming with the cool radiance of moonlight. She was a nine-tailed celestial fox, a rare t —Reads—Score—14d adds
49. 149 青 Sunshine in Qingshan Hollow 青山坳里有晴天 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Modern Romance486k WordsCompleted At 24, Lin Wanxing was an urban office worker who, after losing her job and learning that her grandmother was gravely ill, returned to Qingshan Hollow, the remote mountain village where she was born and raised. After her grandmother passed away, Lin Wanxing was sorting through her belongings when she accidentally awakened the Spirit Spring Space hidden inside an ancestral wooden hairpin. Within it were a spirit spring that could improve soil and nourish all things, astonishingly fertile black ea —Reads—Score—14d adds
50. 150 乡 A Thousand Sights Along the Country Road 乡途万象 Lonely at the Border of Light and Shadow光影交界处的孤独Urban169k WordsCompleted This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental. The Many Sights Along the Country Road is not just one man’s story, but a portrait of an era and a heartfelt tribute to all those ordinary people who persevere. … One road, one vehicle, one driver: witnessing a decade of sweeping change in the towns and countryside, and seeing an extraordinary epic unfold in an ordinary life. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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