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1. 101 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 37.3kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves

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   1. I forgot if the male lead was a soldier. 2. No male lead, self-serving. 3. Both the male and female leads are from the National Security Bureau. 4. No male lead, highly skilled in combat and research. 5. I think the male lead is a police officer, but I can't remember. It's a typical daily life story. 6. Temporary workers in the city, they quit once they become permanent employees. I think the male lead is a soldier, but I can't remember. Anyway, it seems like there's a military connection in the male lead's family. 7. I think only one or two of them are truly married; the others are arranged marriages, but they have a very good relationship with the man's family.

2. 102 压 Squeezing Me Dry? I'll Empty the Family's Assets and Take Everyone to the Countryside 压榨我？掏空家产全家下乡 Shu Che疏澈Modern Romance552k WordsCompleted [Period setting + getting rid of scumbags + pocket dimension + unhinged heroine + born to strip families of their wealth + no romance] Mindless wish fulfillment!!! Unhinged fiction!!! The heroine is not a good person! Not a good person! She curses people out! She hits people! To raise money for her cousin’s job, Fang Li’s family tried to force her to marry an old man who had already been married and had five children. Fang Li refused, so her cousin drugged and kidnapped her. In despair, Fang Li 18kReads8.6Score2kShelves
3. 103 六 Stirring Up Trouble in the 1960s and 1970s 六七十年代搅风搅雨 Phantom Moon in the Clouds云中幻月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Ning Jingshu, a powerful esper in the apocalypse, perished alongside the Zombie King, she was born into a family of capitalists in a period setting. Abandoned by her family, she was adopted by a military family through a twist of fate. She became an undercover enforcer, protecting her family during the turbulent years, hunting down spies, and later heading overseas for a little zero-cost shopping. She also stirred up trouble between foreign countries, watching them descend into chaos while 7kReads9.2Score592Shelves
4. 104 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 11.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
5. 105 六 The 1960s: I Went from One Job to Another 六零：我工作换了一个又一个 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + temporary-worker System + everyday life + building a career] Qin Manxue transmigrates. She looks at the neighborhood office right in front of her, then at the poisonous best friend who’s talking her into going to the countryside. Qin Manxue kicks her flying, then dusts off her hands. “Hmph! She and her Beijing household registration are staying together for good. No one’s splitting us up. There’s no way I’m going to the countryside.” A job? No need to look for one. The temporar 31.6kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves
6. 106 六 The 1960s: The Walk-On Character Made Her Fortune Through Divorce! 六零：路人甲她靠离婚发家了！ I Want to Be a Landlord我想当房东Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Period setting + satisfying revenge + strong heroine + transmigration + multiple male leads There’s a different male lead in every phase of her life, and the heroine won’t stay for anyone. She’s selfish. She has a pocket dimension, but she’ll have to steal to get it. Rather than deal with awful people, the heroine would rather make them furious. P.S. This story includes an unconventional romance. Please read with caution if that bothers you. After dying suddenly, the embittered office worker Zho 11.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
7. 107 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The 1970s Female Farm Manager Sets the Whole Regiment Ablaze 穿书七零：女场长她火爆全兵团 Green Pavilion Sauce青阁酱Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Military farm] [Building an era] [Humorous farming] After making an offhand complaint, overworked Tan Xiaoxu transmigrates into a melodramatic romance novel as the male lead’s doomed original wife. The good news: the plot has gone off the rails, and her cousin has taken over the doomed wife’s fate! Tan Xiaoxu, deeply grateful: “What a wonderful person!” If you want to be the doomed wife, go ahead and take my place! Romance-addled fools have no future. Better to reclaim wasteland and build a car 8.6kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
8. 108 黑 The Ungrateful Darling: My Husband’s Mistress Just Took Power, and Now She Wants a Divorce 黑心小棉袄：外室刚上位就要离婚 Jin Rui'er金瑞儿Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted The Grand Princess Who Guards the Nation was reborn in the Dragon Kingdom in 1947. After liberation, just as she was preparing to enjoy the good life with her father, he declared that her mother was a relic of feudalism, said he had found his true love, and announced that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. The Grand Princess scoffed to herself: “You dare threaten my interests? I’ll make you regret it!” 48.6kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves
9. 109 考 Go to College, Build the Power Grid! She Conquers the ’70s 考大学，搞电力！穿七零她赢麻了 The Dream Wanderer回梦人Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted ~A short drama is in production. Stay tuned!~ Gu Yaotang’s life dream is to be a happy, irresponsible gambling addict. Just as he runs farther and farther down the road to becoming a scumbag, his usually obedient daughter suddenly starts acting like she’s been struck by lightning. Every day, she rebels and finds new ways to torment him. Whenever this little devil of a daughter catches him gambling, she beats him up, then makes him work! Enough! Why should I put up with this? Gu Yaotang’s coun 20.6kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
10. 110 七 Indigenous Sisters with Sharp Wits in the 1970s 七零年代土著姐妹智商在线 Springtime Deer Song鹿鸣春Modern Romance837k WordsCompleted (Period setting, traditional Chinese medicine, a female lead's everyday growth story) Yu Honglan, a traditional Chinese medicine student who was struck by a car, dreams her way back to the 1970s. As the youngest child, Yu Honglan thinks transmigrating will give her a chance to show off her skills, but her body is too small. Who could have guessed that her eldest sister is brave and resourceful, her second and third sisters are clever and patient, her eldest and second brothers are sharp and capa 1.2kReads8.1Score104Shelves
11. 111 八 Reborn in the 1980s: After Divorce, I Got Rich Through Social Media 八零重生：离婚后我靠自媒体暴富 One Who Finds Poetry in the Rain雨中感受诗意者Modern Romance699k WordsOngoing Reborn into a new life, Lin Wanxing clenched her fists. This time, she would never let anyone push her around! She dumped her deadbeat boyfriend who lived off her, tore into her vicious mother-in-law, and got bound to the Eighties Media System. Now she was going to make a fortune with her camera! While everyone else was still scraping a living from the fields for work points, she was taking scenic photos, editing retro short videos, and livestreaming local specialties for sale. She became the ho —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Kicked out by her cheating husband? Left with nothing but her daughter? In "Rebirth in the 80s: I Became Rich Through Self-Media After My Divorce," the protagonist, Lin Wanxing, defies all expectations! Reborn with a future self-media handbook, she writes viral content with a pencil, turning homespun cloth and pickled vegetables into city bestsellers. She writes relationship columns, does marketing strategizing, and gradually becomes the envy of the entire village—a wealthy woman! She doesn't depend on men, doesn't get entangled in romantic relationships; making money is the only truth! This is what a female protagonist in a period novel should be like!

12. 112 六 A Scheming Couple's Daily Bickering in the Sixties 六零腹黑夫妻互怼日常 Xuanhan Bao'er萱涵宝儿Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [1960s Era + Light Ensemble Cast + Crime Solving + Whirlwind Marriage + Guiding Romance] In the 1960s, unsolved cases shrouded the land in mystery. He Xinghua, a policewoman from the countryside, and Lu Yanping, a criminal investigation chief, were not only husband and wife, but also partners in the line of duty. From a rural courtyard to city housing for government cadres, and from sorting through case files to confronting the most baffling criminal minds, they embarked together on a new caree 1.7kReads8.0Score142Shelves
13. 113 重 Back to 1988: I Tore Up the Kang Mat, and My In-Laws Fell to Their Knees 重回88年：我掀炕席后婆家跪了 Dashing Wang Ruoyu风流倜傥的王若宇Modern Romance596k WordsOngoing My mother-in-law wailed and clutched the cloth pouch where I kept our money. "These five hundred yuan are our family's emergency savings!" But I knew there was a bankbook with three thousand yuan tucked beneath her kang mat. In my previous life, they forced me to return to my parents' home to borrow money. In the end, I got divorced and jumped into a river. The first thing I did after being reborn was lift the blackened kang mat in front of the creditor. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's beautiful, highly recommended.

14. 114 暗 Undercurrents: Silent Symbols 暗涌：无声的符号 Dashing Wang Ruoyu风流倜傥的王若宇Mystery236k WordsOngoing This is the most elegant murder, and the most brazen provocation. The killer writes crime manifestos in symbols, proving their patience over a span of fifteen years. They kill not merely to silence their victims, but as if completing a “harvest” that is twenty years overdue. As Lu Chen pursues the case, he is drawn step by step into the Reaper’s sights. In an abandoned sanatorium, Li Guohua, a renowned history professor at a major university and an expert in semiotics, is murdered. The method be —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 115 谁 Who Gets It? After Rage-Quitting, I Became King in Ukraine 谁懂啊！怒辞后的我在乌克兰称王 He Yiren, Who Likes Pigeons喜欢土鸽的贺伊人Urban326k WordsCompleted Help! Yan Dashan has always been hardworking, earnest, kind, and diligent. After six years as a property manager, he paid out of pocket to cover company expenses and became the company's designated scapegoat. His lousy bosses regularly joined forces to humiliate him: “If you don't take the fall, who will? If we don't pick on you, who will?” He'd had enough. There was no reason to put up with it any longer! He threw down his employee badge and quit on the spot. “Today you look down on me for bein 15Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 116 1 A Chronicle of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese Self-Defense Counterattack 1979年抗越自卫反击战纪实 He Yiren, Who Likes Pigeons喜欢土鸽的贺伊人Urban284k WordsCompleted Title: 1979 Border Flames: My Bride Is Waiting for My Triumphant Return In the winter of 1978, dense fog blankets the river at the Hekou border. Nian Yin has only just had the beams for his wedding bed carved, and the cloth shoes Cheng Yan is making still carry the warmth of her needlework. But shells from the Vietnamese enemy are already trained on the village school, and a hidden spy is probing for secrets about the outpost at the market. The conscription notice is posted throughout the villag 335Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 117 烈 Africa Beneath the Blazing Sun 烈阳下的非洲 He Yiren, Who Likes Pigeons喜欢土鸽的贺伊人Urban442k WordsCompleted Title: Africa Under the Blazing Sun: A Debt-Ridden Boss Makes a Desperate Comeback, With a Beautiful Companion by His Side Buried under three million in debt, with ruthless debt collectors at his door, Year Cheng, a coastal foreign-trade businessman, goes bankrupt overnight. His wife is dead, his home is destroyed, and he is reduced to a desperate fugitive. “If you don’t come up with the money by eight tonight, we’ll take an arm!” The death-threat text arrives like a curse, and bald thugs kick 4Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 118 漂 The Double Life of a Beautiful Teacher 漂亮女老师的双面人生 He Yiren, Who Likes Pigeons喜欢土鸽的贺伊人Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted Yan Lifeng, head of the anti-corruption team in Taiwan, leads his team in solving major corruption cases, exposing the double life of Song Tian, a senior female official in the education system. She is widely regarded as a model of hard work, and her image as an approachable and diligent public servant has won the hearts of the people. Few know, however, that a secret lies behind her sparkling record. A sudden knock shatters the silence of her office, and the perfect facade she has so carefully 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 119 被 After My Engagement Was Broken Off, I Went on a Rampage with Random Powers 被退婚后，我靠随机异能杀疯了 He Yiren, Who Likes Pigeons喜欢土鸽的贺伊人Urban44k WordsCompleted In the ability-powered city of 2026, your rank determines whether you live or die. Those who haven’t awakened are no better than ants! Yan Chuanbai is judged to have “no aptitude for awakening.” His classmates mock him, his fiancée breaks off their engagement, and his family is humiliated. Just as he can’t take any more, the [Random Ability Refresh System] awakens! Bullied? On the brink of death? Get one to three random abilities! Whether you get a good-for-nothing ability or a heaven-defying po —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 120 伪 The Disguiser: Shu Xiang 伪装者之舒香 Pick a Star and Tuck It in Your Heart摘星星塞心里Urban101k WordsCompleted A young woman named Shu Xiang had just graduated and found a job when disaster struck in broad daylight. When she opened her eyes again, she had somehow become A Xiang, a maid in the Ming household from the hit TV drama The Disguiser! In Shu Xiang's eyes, the best thing about A Xiang was undoubtedly that she had good luck and survived to the end! Once Shu Xiang realized she had become A Xiang, she was satisfied. Shu Xiang: “I don't ask for much. I have just one goal: to stay alive!” But the youn 755Reads8.7Score—Shelves
21. 121 重 Reborn in 1992: A Flourishing Medical Career 重生1992：医路繁花 Big and Little Xun大小勋Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted At the 1992 college entrance exam, Lin Wan, a top cardiac surgeon and deputy director who had died suddenly from overwork, abruptly opened her eyes. Given a second life, she would no longer be a “work machine” focused only on medicine. She vowed to keep a firm grip on her scalpel and embrace a life full of passion. The cool, brilliant Chen Mo was her kindred spirit in medicine, yet they could not escape the divide between dreams and reality. Warmhearted and sunny Zhou Xiangyang became her strong 151Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 122 霸 The CEO's Wife Is Fierce and Sweet 霸总的老婆又凶又甜 Principal Jiang of Yongzhou永州蒋校长Modern Romance104k WordsCompleted The story opens in flashback at the National Youth Martial Arts Championship awards ceremony: Ten-year-old Jiang Yingying stands on the winner's podium. The camera turns to the audience: Jiang Xuebao, dressed in a bespoke suit, tenderly puts an arm around his wife, while Tang Yiyi, wearing a red dress, smiles proudly at their daughter. The media exclaims, "It's the billionaire couple Jiang Xuebao and Tang Yiyi!" The scene flashes back twenty years to the school grounds of Yongzhou No. 1 High Sc —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It was so inspiring, it brought back memories of my youth.

23. 123 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 107.2kReads9.3Score11kShelves
24. 124 纤 Free of Worry, Untouched by Dust 纤尘无忧 By the Zishui River资水河畔Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted In a riverside town in central Hunan, at the end of the 1990s. On a winter night, Bai Youyou, shy and quiet, was cornered by a gang of thugs. At first glance, she was captivated by a boy standing against the light. A white shirt, a blue school uniform, eyes as clear as the open sky. Blushing, she asked for help: “Could you walk me part of the way?” He didn't hesitate. “Sure.” Only later did she find out: “Under heaven, the river and sky merge, not a speck of dust between them.” His name was Ji 112Reads8.9Score—Shelves
25. 125 三 San Biaozi 三彪子 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance729k WordsCompleted In 1980, in Kaoshan Village on the banks of the Songhua River, the Gao family’s fifth child is born. Dubbed “San Biaozi” because he is a bit dim, he grows up amid poverty and gossip. His mother bears the painful memory of having been assaulted, while his father quietly shoulders the burden of their broken family. San Biaozi drifts through life in a daze, but after a string of fires, people begin to suspect him of arson. While working the night shift guarding the grain depot, he learns to smoke. 708Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It can be as new as you want, give it a try!

26. 126 打 A Working Girl’s Seven Hundred Days 打工妹的七百多天 Ling Yun yhs凌云yhsModern Romance147k WordsOngoing In the rural Northeast of the 1990s, Hai Qionghua graduated from high school, but with her sick mother bedridden and no money to pay the application fee, she couldn’t sit the college entrance exam. It became her lifelong regret. Determined to earn her own money and return to school to attend university, she left home alone and went to the city to find work. During her two years there, she met a group of lovely young city dwellers. As she navigated tangled relationships and sincere friendships wi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 127 那 That Year, That Feeling, That Love 那年那情那爱 Ling Yun yhs凌云yhsModern Romance182k WordsCompleted In a remote village in the Northeast in the late 1980s, the three Xia brothers, the three Gao sisters, and the youngest Gao brother find themselves caught up in the tangled grievances and romances of a group of talented people born in the 1970s, whose ambitions have gone unfulfilled. The refined eldest Xia brother marries a stubborn woman; the martial second brother marries a gentle, elegant woman burdened with serious illnesses. After the highly intelligent and socially adept third Xia brother 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 128 那 That Year, a Bunch of Tank Crews Arrived and Captured My Aunt’s Heart 那年来了一群坦克兵俘虏了姑姑的芳心 Ling Yun yhs凌云yhsMarriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted That year, a group of tank soldiers arrived and captured Auntie's heart 8Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 129 折 A Woman Reborn After Losing Her Wings 折翼重生的女人 Ling Yun yhs凌云yhsModern Romance31k WordsCompleted Hei Ya is a country girl who moves to the city and falls in love at first sight with a city boy named Qingchuan. Because of prejudice and convention, both sets of parents strongly oppose the relationship, and Hei Ya’s first love is cut short. She then gets pregnant and marries an ordinary man. Their minds are never on the same wavelength, leaving her emotional life stifled and her material life in hardship. In the end, the heroine Hei Ya is forced to divorce and raise her daughter alone, struggl 1Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 130 金 After I Handed My Golden Finger Over to the State, I Got a Government Job 金手指上交国家之后我有编制了 Add Three Lines to the Door门加三行Modern Romance773k WordsCompleted The rating just came in, but it'll go up later. A story about strengthening the nation, with a heroine who's basically a tool. After a car accident, Luo Ying was not only unharmed, but suddenly gained a golden finger that let her travel between different planes. Only after actually traveling to another plane did she confirm it was real. The first thing she did was contact her country. The things she brought back from different planes helped her country soar to new heights. 743Reads6.4Score102Shelves

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    A one-dollar test

31. 131 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Busy Building a Fortune 重生六零发家致富忙碌中 Add Three Lines to the Door门加三行Modern Romance778k WordsCompleted Lin Muzi was reborn, but why was it the 1960s? In an era where food and clothing were scarce, you needed ration coupons for grain and fabric coupons for clothes. Luckily, she had a pocket dimension with her. Who would she meet here, and what kind of story would unfold? There aren’t a bunch of awful people, just an ordinary, peaceful life. This is my first time writing a story, so please point out any plot holes. I’m very open to suggestions. This story is entirely fictional, so please don’t comp 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ya ya ya

32. 132 带 The Thorny Rose Blooms in Silence 带刺的玫瑰静悄悄地开 Flowers Bloom Along the Road陌路花开Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted A beautiful young woman from a remote mountain village goes through several relationships and gradually grows stronger and braver, becoming a rose with thorns. Determined to seize control of her fate, she works tirelessly and perseveres until she finally puts down roots in the city, where she also meets the love of her life. The successive deaths of loved ones and the hardships of life help her mature, and by middle age, she has finally built a remarkable life. 64Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    A period drama focusing on female growth! A unique storyline! The heroine's emotional entanglements with multiple male leads will resonate with your own experiences!

33. 133 七 The 1970s: The Sweet, Gentle Educated Youth Becomes the Brigade Leader’s Daughter-in-Law 七零：娇软知青成大队长家儿媳妇 Qingqing Zijin青青子金Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Beloved Wife + Space + Imagination + Supplies + Sweet Romance + Secret Identity + Food] Originally titled: The Space-Wielding Female Educated Youth in the Seventies, with Her Ancestors Here to Help The Ning family had only one living relative left: Ning Wan. By a twist of fate, Ning Wan transmigrated. Worried she’d become a cannon-fodder character in a strange new place? Don’t panic. Her ancestors were here to help: Assets under the names of her nine generations of ancestors, duplicated and del 5.3kReads9.0Score454Shelves
34. 134 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Delicate Educated Youth Clings to the Villain 穿书七零：娇娇知青抱紧反派大腿 Cute Fruit萌果果Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Delicate Educated Youth + Sweet Romance] The moment Wen Nuan opened her eyes, she had become a rich beauty in the 1970s! Fair skin, a beautiful face, long legs, and even a pocket dimension with a spirit spring for growing crops! But why was she the cannon-fodder female supporting character in a novel?! Determined to change her fate, she decided to stay away from the male lead and the scheming woman. But her biological father was plotting against her, her step 9.7kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
35. 135 八 The Eighties Cannon Fodder Charms the Male Lead and Climbs to the Top 八零小炮灰，撩爆男主要上位 Cheng Yiqi橙以七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical setting + devoted couple + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + everyday military life + rugged husband who dotes on his wife + older man + falling in love day after day Xu Zhouzhou transmigrates into the body of a stunningly beautiful minor character in an 1980s novel. The minor character is a background extra who gets killed off from the start. But she happens to have a breathtaking face, and as the village’s last educated youth unable to return to the city, she lives alone 10.3kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
36. 136 大 A Nation's Granary: Starting as an Agricultural Technician 大国粮仓从农技员开始 The Sophisticated Gao of Jianzhou剑州的高大上Modern Romance218k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1970s, Lin Fengsui has modern agricultural knowledge at her fingertips and is determined to show those saline-alkali fields who's boss! She tackles crop pests, fights drought, secures fertilizer, and takes on grain speculators. Her four-step strategy is underway, and she's sworn to turn wasteland into a granary and achieve the ultimate goal of a thousand jin per mu! When the saline-alkali fields finally yield a bumper harvest, experts from the provincial government crowd through he 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is really good!

37. 137 清 A Gentle Breeze Meets the White Dew 清风遇白露 Honey Baby哈尼宝宝Modern Romance453k WordsCompleted In their previous lives, three people laid the groundwork for an entanglement that would continue into the next... One defied the will of Heaven and feared no karmic retribution, forcibly changing her fate for her; One was destined to be bound to her, their names written side by side on the Three Lives Stone; And one, after her death, set up a memorial tablet for her and built a shrine in her honor, keeping her soul from dispersing and giving it a place to return to. In this life, all three are 259Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    This book is great, highly recommended.

38. 138 千 For Whom Does the Beauty of the Ages Bloom? 千古红颜为谁红 Master Bukong不空师傅Historical2.3M WordsOngoing [Multiple themed dungeons] + [Ensemble cast] + [Loyalty and vendettas] + [Romance and affection] + [Anchors in official history] + [Wild-history twists] + [Satisfying hooks] + [Emotional core] + [Mysticism and religion] Following the shifting fortunes of nearly a hundred celebrated women from ancient times, including renowned courtesans, beauties, formidable women, and empresses, this story challenges the stereotype that beautiful women bring ruin. Against the grand sweep of official history, it 177Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    This author is a master; I've been following several of their books recently.

39. 139 账 Ghostly Shadows Beneath the Ledger 账页下的诡影 Master Bukong不空师傅Urban706k WordsCompleted Using the “inside and outside books” of a real estate company as its point of departure, the novel traces 23 years of the industry’s unchecked expansion and subsequent transition to regulation. It exposes rampant tax evasion, collusion between officials and businesses, and data falsification, while portraying individuals caught between profit and conscience. The plot weaves together national laws and regulations, public order and morality, family ties, romance, and the complications and power st 3Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 140 昆 Kunlun Mirror: Enchanted by Chang’an 昆仑镜：情醉长安 Master Bukong不空师傅Martial Arts712k WordsCompleted In Kunlun Mirror: Love Drunk in Chang'an, author Bu Kong Shifu uses official history as its main thread and unofficial history as a secondary one. With devotion to family and country, mysticism, and martial arts at its heart, the story lets its imagination run wild, bringing its characters to life with vivid, well-rounded souls as it recounts a sweeping, stirring tale of history. Lin Yan, a traveler from a thousand years in the future, transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty with the Kunlun Mirror, ar 6Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 141 上 I Went to Break Off the Engagement, Only to Get a Stuffy Old Fiancé Instead 上门退婚，却换个老古板当未婚夫 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance325k WordsOngoing (1980s + Male Lead Has a Secret Crush + Age Gap + Marriage First, Love Later + Career Building) (The heroine's rise from radio announcer to Director Zheng) (A seemingly radiant and gentle, ambitious, ruthless announcer vs. a dull, calculating, scheming politician) Zheng Qiushuang has a fiance, a match arranged by their families' elders long ago. His family is well-off, and she's quite satisfied with him. When she hears that her fiance is dating someone, she takes the initiative to break off the 147Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    "Qiushuang, isn't this a bit much?" "Why not?" Zheng Qiushuang leaned back on the sofa, her beautiful eyes full of innocence. "Knowing there was an engagement, he still found someone else. He wronged me. Shouldn't I go to his house to break off the engagement and ask for compensation?" Should she just stay at home and wait for the Song family to come and break off the engagement? The compensation they would give her then might not even be what she wanted. It would be better to go directly to their house now to break off the engagement and take the initiative to ask for the compensation she wanted.

42. 142 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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    This book is really good. The female lead is very smart and climbs to a high position on her own. The male lead doesn't have much screen time; it's all about the strong female lead, which I really enjoyed. The female lead's family atmosphere is also wonderful. 😘😘😘

43. 143 江 The River's Voice Flows into the Sea 江声入海流 Guo Jiachen郭家辰Urban474k WordsOngoing In this life, I have only two lines of tears: half for the empire, half for the woman I love. If you have any regrets in this life, let us start over. Let’s grow up alongside Jia Chen, savoring life’s hardships and joys, its sorrows and delights, and growing old together. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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