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1. 51 穿 After I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Married a Bully, I Decided to Lie Flat 穿越七零嫁给恶霸后我摆烂了 Chen Fengche宸风澈Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + sweet romance + golden finger + gruff hero + play the pig to eat the tiger] Why have I transmigrated again?! After having her good fortune snatched away twice in a row, Xi Qingqing has transmigrated yet again. This time, she's made up her mind! She's going to lie flat! A nightmare of a mother-in-law? No problem, as long as she treats me well. Married to a bully? Whatever, I'll reform him. A picky, demanding sister-in-law? Hmph! She needs a good dose of reality! See how the sha 6.7kReads9.2Score668Shelves
2. 52 农 Beloved by the Whole Village: After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Marry the Male Lead's Brother 农门团宠：穿书后我嫁了男主他哥 Ballball the Soon-to-Be Millionaire暴富的大球球Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Cozy Farming + Beloved by the Whole Family + Cute Kids + Sweet Romance + Food + Comedy] Ji Wanrou transmigrates into a book with a bizarre rule: decent women must marry by the age of sixteen. To stay alive, Ji Wanrou begins choosing a husband. But in reality, no one dares marry the female devil whom the Ji family has spoiled rotten. Just as she's fretting over it, the matchmaker arrives with a proposal: a bachelor who has been paralyzed for ten years. Her whole family objects. Ji Wanrou asks ar 638Reads9.0Score105Shelves
3. 53 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: The Little Green Tea Quietly Lays Low and Grows Strong 穿书八零，小绿茶悄悄猥琐发育 Lingxi After the Rain雨后灵曦Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted Wen Chuchu was just complaining about the novel she was reading while eating a plum, but she accidentally choked to death. What she didn't expect was to transmigrate into the book, and what she least expected was to become the lowly sidekick of the vicious female lead... Fine, fine, just fine! If that's how it's going to be, then don't blame her for personally rewriting the plot. The female lead's spatial bracelet? She'll take it! The female lead's easy job? She'll take it! The female lead's inc 8.4kReads8.0Score829Shelves
4. 54 你 You Keep Stalling on Our Wedding? The Marquis's Heir Blocks My Door with a Fortune in Betrothal Gifts 你拖婚不娶？军侯万金聘礼堵我门 Softhearted Candy柔心糖Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing [A calculating little rabbit × a reserved, guileless, rugged general] In the fourth year of her repeatedly postponed wedding, the Yu family’s adopted daughter, now the laughingstock of the whole capital, demands to break off the engagement. Mu Huai’an declares, “Who else would marry you besides me?” Who could have guessed that just a few months after the engagement ended, Yu Shengsheng would marry in grand style? The Yu family’s adopted daughter is nineteen. She’s no good at music, chess, callig 19.6kReads8.0Score1.6kShelves

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   Very beautiful

5. 55 婆 My Mother-in-Law Helps Me Drive Off My Husband’s Mistress, and I Help Her Beat Up the Fake Sweetheart 婆母帮我赶小三，我帮婆母揍白莲 Show Your Brilliance展风华Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama and comic drama are titled Here, Take My Dowry! A clever transmigrated heroine, a hilarious revenge story, and a satisfying tale of taming her husband! You killed my mother, so I’ll kill you. You covet my husband? I’ll sell him to you for silver. No silver? Get lost! Take a concubine? Has my husband considered how much the household would spend over the decades between a concubine entering the family and her death? I did the math: two hundred thousand taels. Does my husband sti 19.5kReads8.6Score2.8kShelves
6. 56 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 18.3kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves

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   Complain if you have a grudge, take revenge if you have a grudge, the heroine is happy with her grudges and is very happy.

7. 57 手 With a Lucky Red Envelope Group, I Can Cultivate and Master Mysticism 手握红包群，修仙玄学两不误 yd Washes Their Hairyd洗个头发Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted ⊙ω⊙ [Strong female lead + reborn + fake and real heiresses + red envelope group chat + urban cultivation + multiple planes + spiritual energy revival later on] [Metaphysical livestreaming + ghost hunting] 1. Gu Yue was reborn, returning to the banquet where she was to be reunited with her family. Her father didn’t care for her, and her mother didn’t love her. In her previous life, she became a laughingstock in their entire social circle. That was fine. This life would be different... 2. Gu Yue s 1.4kReads7.6Score221Shelves
8. 58 暴 Violent Loli: In the Apocalypse, I Beat Up My Little Brother 暴力萝莉之我在末世锤小弟弟 Jiaojiao's Willfulness娇娇的任性Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted Post-apocalyptic transmigration in one’s original body + sweet romance with a CP + both leads’ first love + two strong leads + plantable storage space + gourmet food + naturally superhuman, invincible, violent little heroine + tall, handsome hero with plenty of tricks up his sleeve + no faction, but has companions + fluffy mutant beasts + happy life + zombies + natural disasters (varied weather) Note: A few warnings for readers: 1. The story doesn’t start in the apocalypse! The early chapters f 4.9kReads9.4Score678Shelves
9. 59 辞 After Quitting My Job and Returning to the Village, the Big Shot Next Door Carried Me Home 辞职回村后，被隔壁村大佬抱回家 Peeled Grapes葡萄没皮Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted [A CEO Returns Home to Invest + A Carefree Little Bunny Seeking a Peaceful Retirement + The Slow, Gentle Pace of Rural Life] Jiang Zao was a hard-working wage slave. After graduating, she spent three years working as a substitute elementary school teacher in Z City. It looked like she worked from seven in the morning to six at night, but she was swamped with work and paid a pittance. She promptly quit and returned to her hometown. There, she discovered that the village heartthrob next door was i 7.3kReads7.5Score946Shelves
10. 60 年 Period-Era Quick Transmigration: Helping the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Live a Good Life 年代快穿：带炮灰女配过好日子 Chang Yun昌云Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Quick Transmigration + Feel-Good, Sweet Romance and Flirting + No Fixed Male Lead] In romance novels, some supporting female characters have money, beauty, and a great figure, yet they keep making stupid choices and acting like fools. They squander a winning hand and meet tragic ends. Ye Susu works for the Time-Space Travel Bureau. With the resentment of supporting female characters from various worlds building up, she's sent to save these doomed characters, turn their tragic l 15kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
11. 61 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: On My Wedding Night, I'm Sent Next Door to Stay 穿书七零：新婚夜被送到隔壁借宿 Pan-Fried Bun生煎包Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + beloved by all + devoted couple + no golden finger] On the day of her wedding, Lin Jianchun is suspected of bringing bad luck to her mother-in-law, so her new husband sends her to spend the night at the Lu family’s house next door. Unexpectedly, the owner of the bed comes home in the middle of the night… That’s when she transmigrates into the story. Remembering that she was punished with transmigration just for cursing out the author, 9.8kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    It's okay, a little embarrassing.

12. 62 睁 I Opened My Eyes in the 1970s and Followed a Down-and-Out Big Shot to the Countryside to Enjoy Life 睁眼七零，追着落魄大佬下乡享福 Three Milk Candies三颗牛奶糖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional military marriage + super sweet, devoted romance + everyday family life + face-slapping the scum + space for raising kids] Sheng Jinhe is fair-skinned and gorgeous, with a captivating charm. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself as the male lead’s doomed former fiancée in a period novel. She gave the heroine her job and her golden finger, and in the end even drowned and lost her life to bring the male and female leads together. Sheng Jinhe stares at the sky in speechless di 17.1kReads8.4Score2.3kShelves
13. 63 胡 Nonsense! Why Can't a Capitalist Heiress Strengthen the Nation Through Science? 胡说！资本家大小姐怎么不能科研强国 Lucky Calico Cat狸花招财宝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original novel of the short drama I, the Goddess of Scientific Research, Repair Tractors in the 1950s Qu Lingyi transmigrates into the 1950s and becomes the foil to the heroine of a period novel: an unlucky heiress from a capitalist family in Gusu. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s landed in a nightmare from the start. Her scumbag live-in son-in-law of a father plans to flee to Hong Kong with his illegitimate children, leaving her behind to take the fall. Her childhood sweetheart swears he’ll 4.6kReads8.1Score706Shelves
14. 64 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 39.5kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
15. 65 七 A 1970s Pocket Dimension: I Can't Resist the Rugged Soldier's Eight-Pack 七零空间：馋上糙汉兵哥八块腹肌 Yan Qianxi宴千惜Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Period military marriage + sharp-tongued queen + spatial medical arts + marriage first, love later] Song Yao had just taken over the Song Family Hospital when she worked herself to death overnight and transmigrated to the 1970s, becoming a universally reviled, wicked educated youth. The original owner couldn't marry the village's only high school graduate, so she latched onto his third brother, a demobilized soldier. But on their wedding day, she regretted it and caused an enormous commotion. W 12.2kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
16. 66 恶 The Villainess Transmigrates to the Seventies, Beats the Scum, Makes Money, and Marries a Soldier 恶女穿七零，虐渣搞钱嫁兵哥哥 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s military marriage + revenge and face-slapping + making money + sweet romance + pocket dimension + adorable pets] The heroine is petty, vindictive, cold-hearted, and has only the tiniest bit of conscience. She never waits until tomorrow to get revenge! Tang Niannian struggles to survive for three years in the apocalypse, then transmigrates into a tragic cannon-fodder character in a period novel. The book’s heroine steals the original owner’s spiritual spring pock 73.3kReads9.3Score8.4kShelves
17. 67 七 The 1970s: Transmigrated as a Cannon Fodder Female Lead in a Lucky Carp Novel! 七零：穿成锦鲤文里的炮灰女配！ Who Remembers the One Upstairs in the North Tower谁念北楼上Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Spiritual Spring Space + Going to the Countryside + Building Wealth + Plot-Driven] Wen Li had just graduated from university and was successfully hired by a major corporation thanks to her excellent grades. She was rubbing her fists, ready to work hard and vowing to shine at the company, but on her way to work on her very first day, she died in a car accident. When she woke again, she had become a doomed female supporting character. Thinking about the original host's tragic fate in the book, 108.9kReads7.5Score12.5kShelves
18. 68 七 Transmigrated into a Book in the 1970s: Your Golden Finger Is Mine 七零穿书，你的金手指归我了 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period setting + light supernatural elements + a heroine who grows into a powerhouse + System space + military marriage + the male lead barely features] Song Miao transmigrated into a period novel about people born with great fortune, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character who would eventually be tormented to death by her stepsister. Her stepsister was the heroine of the book. To secure a spot to stay in the city, she pushed Song Miao into the water, ruining her reputation and forcing he 51.7kReads8.5Score6.7kShelves
19. 69 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 67.9kReads9.4Score8.3kShelves

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    High score, fine chaff. Fried chicken looks good

20. 70 替 Take My Cousin's Place in the Countryside? I'll Empty the Whole Family's Ancestral Tombs and Dance 替堂妹下乡？搬空全家祖坟蹦迪 God of Wealth's Dark Moonlight财神黑月光Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn revenge + making money and causing trouble + born to stir up chaos] In her previous life, Ruan Xianxian took her cousin's place in the countryside, then returned to the city and married the fiancé her cousin no longer wanted. She thought she'd found salvation, but what awaited her was endless patience and scheming. A heartless grandfather, a cousin who stole her golden finger, and a husband who outsourced his affection made for one bizarre family. Only when a speeding tr 85.1kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
21. 71 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 17kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
22. 72 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 37.6kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
23. 73 坐 The Lu Family’s Eldest Daughter Is Back After Ten Years in Prison 坐了10年牢的陆家大姑娘回来了 Heartfelt at Midnight深夜走心Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Lu Xiaoxia, who is serving a prison sentence, is reborn at the age of 19, on the very day her stepmother gives her to a scumbag as a present. Having killed, done time, and fought for her life against prison bullies, Lu Xiaoxia starts dishing out payback from the start. The scumbag is right outside the door? She cripples him right from the start. Her stepmother schemes to squeeze every last bit of value out of her? She makes her pay back every cent, with interest. The house is crawling with monst 41.5kReads9.1Score5.9kShelves
24. 74 惊 Shocking! The Secret Identity Big Shot Takes the White Lotus Down From Every Angle 惊！马甲大佬她对白莲花横踢竖卷 Yu of the Three-Tiered Tower三重楼喻Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Publishing deal signed] [Satisfying revenge, lighthearted comedy, secret identities, putting scumbags in their place, a quirky and formidable mercenary boss VS a principled young heir from Beijing’s elite circles, devoted heroine] At their first meeting, Shu Lan shoots Lu Jinhan and leaves him badly wounded. She chases him all the way back to China, then becomes an ordinary university student. He runs, she chases; he has nowhere to hide. She’s the world’s number-one mercenary king! She’s a foun 65.6kReads9.5Score9kShelves
25. 75 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1960s, Where a Woman from the Stars Sells Men to Build Her Fortune 穿越六零，星际女卖男人发家致富 People Have Said So Too人亦有言Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + pocket dimension + no romance + strong heroine) Wei Wei, an interstellar mecha engineer, was testing a new mecha on a desolate planet when she was ambushed. To grasp a chance at survival, she piloted the untested mecha and tried to escape. Little did she know that her leap would take her across not only space, but time as well. When she opened her eyes, she seemed to have arrived in 1963 in China, in the body of a five-year-old girl. She immediately found herself facing a deadl 13.7kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
26. 76 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 70.3kReads9.5Score7.8kShelves
27. 77 四 The 1940s: Conquering the Hard Years 四零：干翻艰苦年代 Yellow Sand, Heart in Sorrow黄沙心悲凉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1940s + Farming + Pocket Dimension + Artificial Intelligence + Growth] In a time of war, little Jiegeng was abandoned by her own mother. With her baby brother in her arms and the help of an artificial intelligence, she took one step at a time out of a small mountain village and grew into a towering tree. 7.2kReads9.3Score764Shelves
28. 78 七 The 1970s: Reclaiming My Luck, the Tycoon's Darling Wife Wins Without Lifting a Finger 七零：夺回气运，首富娇妻躺赢了 Azure Sea and Blue Sky碧海青天Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Satisfying, sweet, and feel-good + spatial powers] In her previous life, Lin Qianxue had her fortune stolen, and after her soul transmigrated, her family was destroyed within three years. When she opened her eyes again, she was back before everything had been taken from her. Refusing to be a sacrificial pawn, Lin Qianxue struck back and reclaimed it all. The rough-and-tough veteran Liu Zongzhen had a heavy fate, a fiery temper, and abundant vitality. He swiftly carried his petite wife home. Whe 26.7kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
29. 79 飒 A Fearless Heroine Brings a Port-Sized Storage Space to the 1960s 飒爽女侠带港口空间穿六零 Mei East, South, West, North梅东南北Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Overpowered space + transmigration to a bygone era + formidable heroine + a huge golden finger] The early story takes place in the countryside of Northeast China, and the later story in Hong Kong. A coming-of-age tale with no scummy characters and no angst, warm, bold, and fierce in tone. Set in a fictional world, so don’t scrutinize the prices too closely. As the story progresses, the heroine’s chivalrous heart and brazen tactics come further to the fore. ♥ In 2023, security-industry ace Lian 21.5kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
30. 80 七 The Plump Wife of the 1970s and the Reserved Educated Youth Tycoon 七零肥妻，禁欲知青是大佬 Man Qin满沁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Xunwei is a renowned master chef, yet somehow she ends up in the body of a chubby village girl who was tricked by a scumbag in the 1970s. The moment she opens her eyes, she pins down a young educated man who has just been sent to the countryside and has her way with him. The scumbag breaks off their engagement, and the whole village insists she force the young educated man to marry her? No problem. That’s a piece of cake! With a spatula in her left hand and seasonings in her right, she’ll coo 9.9kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
31. 81 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Little Cannon Fodder Rises With Her Space 重生七零：小炮灰带着空间雄起 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System space + born into another body + memories awakened + transmigrate into a book + taking on the stepmother and stepsister + the heroine will never be abused] Chen Qingyi had spent more than a decade living with the Dazhulong Brigade. One day, she fell into the water and awakened memories of her past life, only to learn that she was a minor cannon-fodder character in a book. Her biological father was a heartless cad. In two months, he would divorce her mother by letter and marry his one tru 40.9kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves
32. 82 全 The Whole Family Is Insanely Eavesdropping on My Thoughts 全家偷听我心声杀疯了，我负责吃奶 Xia Shengsheng夏声声Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted The Red Fruit short drama adaptation of My Whole Family Hears My Thoughts: Fu Bao Chaochao is now open for reservations! Please show it lots of support and give it a follow! [Whole-family mind reading + cannon fodder + beloved by the whole family + powerful figure transmigrates into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger + feel-good story] Lu Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book. She became a cannon-fodder character who was drowned at birth, while the heroine stole her identity. The heroine turned 16.3kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves

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    I thought it was just an ordinary time travel story, but it turned out to be a big shot from the fairy world.

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