Looking for Historical-Era Novels With an Academic Female Lead Doing Scientific Research, No Space Novels, and No Golden Finger 女主学霸，搞科研，年代文，不要星际文，金手指等

1. 51 踹 I Ditch My Scumbag Dad to Marry a Commander, and the Pretty Army Wife Is Treasured 踹渣爹嫁首长，俏军嫂被捧在心尖 One Smile Captivates the Orange一笑倾橙Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [All-around rich beauty + no supporting deadbeats + no black-market dealings + no relocation to the countryside + spatial System with multiverse trading] Lin Siqiao transmigrated from a fabulously wealthy Shanghai socialite into a pitiful young woman in the 1970s, disliked by her own family. Less than a year after her birth mother died, her scumbag father brought home a stepmother. They say that once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too. But Lin Siqiao never imagined that, just to sei 28.6kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds

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   Both of these are from the era of scientific research. [Sending heart]

2. 52 七 1970s Red Envelope Group: The Rough Man Spoils Her 七零红包群，她被糙汉宠上天 Xia Xiaoqi夏小柒Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted [Both leads are faithful, devoted husband, multiple pregnancies, cultivation, strengthening the nation, building a career] Wen Xi, an heir to the culinary legacy of a renowned imperial chef from the twenty-second century, was exceptionally gifted from childhood. At a very young age, she followed her grandfather into the kitchens of state banquets around the world. But while developing a new dish, she worked herself to death... Wen Xi, from the Dragon Kingdom in a parallel world, lived through a 4.1kReads9.1Score35314d adds
3. 53 七 The 1970s: I Married a Rough-Hewn Man in a Swap Marriage and Helped My Country Soar 七零：换亲嫁糙汉，我带国家起飞 Wind Chimes and Tassels风铃流苏呀Modern Romance480k WordsCompleted [A seemingly cold and abstinent, but actually ruthless and untamed top-tier hunk VS a delicate, soft-bodied beauty of a researcher who can build an aircraft carrier by hand] Su Yunwan transmigrates into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder character in a period novel whose reborn cousin stole her intended marriage match. Her cousin snatched the man destined to become the richest man in the future and dumped the regiment commander, Huo, on her. He was stationed on a remote island and rumored to be 141Reads8.0Score—14d adds
4. 54 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Young Lady Is a Mechanical Engineering Expert 七零军婚：大小姐是机械专家 The Oriole Who Loves Sunflower Seeds喜欢瓜子的黄莺Modern Romance782k WordsCompleted A modern weapons expert transmigrates into the body of a spoiled young lady in the 1970s. Her parents are in trouble, and the family is penniless? No problem. With a portable storage space full of supplies, she finds a way to get her parents transferred to her fiancé’s base. Everyone in the compound laughs that the air force colonel married a pretty capitalist trophy wife. But then she rolls up her sleeves, drives heavy vehicles, repairs tanks, and modifies firearms, astounding the entire milita 26Reads6.0Score—14d adds
5. 55 七 The 1970s: Her Soul Returns, and the Female Defense Industry Mogul Is Fierce! 七零魂归：军工大佬她飒爆了！ Little Civet Cat小狸猫猫Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Military Marriage + Pocket Dimension + Using Science to Save the Nation + Super-Strong, Energetic Wolfdog VS Cool, Handsome Beauty Who Protects Her Husband] Li Luoyu, a powerful end-times ability user with lightning, wood, and spirit abilities, was struck by a thunderbolt so mighty it shook the heavens and transmigrated into a book. Now she had two choices: Go to the countryside? Or be sent down to the countryside as punishment? Wait... Aside from their official statu 30.6kReads8.9Score3.9k14d adds
6. 56 八 Island Life in the 1980s: The Delicate Stepmom Is a Military Industry Prodigy 八零海岛：娇气后妈竟是军工大拿 Mu Ling 729慕灵729Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted Lin Wan thinks she must be the least housewife-like military wife in history. Other women bring sewing machines when they join their husbands at the garrison; she brings a whole box of German mechanical blueprints. While the others plant scallions in the courtyard, she tinkers with high-precision engines in the backyard. When they first married, everyone in the compound bet that Lu Zheng, the tough-as-nails regiment commander, would return her within three months. After all, Lin Wan’s waist look 54Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 57 满 The Max-Level Expert Joins the Army, and Her Stern Officer Husband Is Completely Whipped 满级大佬随军，高冷军官是妻管严 Spicy Star Salad辣拌星星Modern Romance584k WordsCompleted [Spirit spring pocket dimension + supernatural abilities + follows the army + real and fake heiresses + contrasting personalities] [Gorgeous, gutsy heiress and capitalist vs. taciturn, secretly devoted officer who’s completely henpecked] Tang Su, a powerful esper from the apocalypse, accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s while fighting the Zombie King. She becomes the Tang family’s only heiress and inherits its position as head of the family. To break away from the Tang family, Tang Su forges 17.7kReads8.4Score1.8k14d adds
8. 58 父 My Parents Turned Everything Over to the State, So This Orphan Girl Took Her Pocket Dimension to the Military District 父母上交国家，孤女携空间闯军区 Shiitake Leaf香菰叶Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted [1960s + Northwest military corps + land reclamation + spiritual spring space + strengthening the nation through science + 1v1] Lin Yisu came from the apocalypse. Desperate for something to eat, she accepted a transmigration mission, only to be sent to the 1960s, where food and clothing were scarce. Her birth parents were senior researchers, but they had suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. Her uncle’s family was sharpening their knives, ready to strip her of everything, when Lin Yisu arrived. 1.4kReads7.5Score16314d adds
9. 59 被 Kicked Out of My Family, I Married an Officer in a Fury and Helped My Country Thrive 被打出家门，我怒嫁军官带飞祖国 Qiong Sang Huohuo穷桑火火Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate-era setting + military marriage + top scientific researcher + space + punishing scumbags + devotion to the nation] Gu Nanzhi, a top scientist, refuses to put up with her fate after transmigrating into the ex-wife character destined to be cannon fodder in a period novel! Her abusive adoptive parents, the scumbag’s sister who steals her man, the younger brother who climbs into her bed... Stay as far away from her as possible, or die! She ran away from her wedding, was sold into the moun 10.7kReads9.2Score1.5k14d adds
10. 60 六 A Mechanical Prodigy’s Journey to Adulthood in the 1960s 六零年代机械大佬成长之旅 Old Bai, Who Loves Foie Gras爱吃鹅肝酱的白老祖Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted 165Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 61 被 Forced to Join the Army, the Scientist's Wife Tames a Young Wolf 被迫随军，科研军嫂拿捏小狼狗 Xiao Jing Isn't Home小京不在家Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Following the Army + Pocket Dimension + No Sent-Down Youth + No Black Market + Sweet and Satisfying + Skilled Actress + Gets Revenge on the Spot + Doesn't Vilify the Original Heroine] Ji Wanqing, an apocalypse survivor with supplies in her pocket dimension, transmigrates to the 1970s. In her previous life, she was worn out from struggling to make ends meet. She's had enough, so in this life she's waving the lie-flat banner and embracing a leisurely retirement! The Ji family, who abused the orig 7.2kReads8.9Score70014d adds
12. 62 八 Trading Marriages in the 1980s: The Tycoon Brings His Hopeless Romantic as a Dowry 八零换嫁：大佬携恋爱脑当嫁妆 Silent Clouds漫云不语Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because it just came out (┬_┬). Being lovesick is the best dowry a man can have. 1980s + raising kids + fashion + food] In her previous life, Ji Ning had just completed Hai Shang Lao’s overseas expansion when her terminally ill younger sister dragged her off a cliff. Reborn, her younger sister got first pick of the promising man they had both known in their previous life. By a twist of fate, Ji Ning married into the Zhou family, the scholarly household her sister had married i 4kReads8.8Score43514d adds
13. 63 七 A Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Brilliant Scientist Has Her Sights Set on Fortune 七零军婚：科研大佬她一心暴富 Da Xi妲奚Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted She's a mechanical engineer who wakes up as a disabled young woman in the 1970s. Luckily, a System lets her trade for medicine to heal her legs. Before she can get treatment, one awful person after another shows up, all trying to shove her into a pit of misery. Song Tian grits her teeth, turns around, and finds someone to marry. She digs wild greens to sell, repairs appliances for cash, assembles machinery... All she wants is to earn enough to treat her legs. How did she end up attracting so muc 708Reads8.0Score10014d adds
14. 64 七 Military Marriage and Scientific Research in The 1970s: The Genius Foolish Wife Is Fierce 七零军婚科研：天才傻妻太凶猛 Peaches and Apples桃子和苹果Modern Romance880k WordsCompleted [1v1, highly intelligent but socially clueless heroine + interstellar transmigration + supernatural powers + golden finger + period setting + technology] Si Yue, an interstellar research PhD with no idea how to handle people, transmigrates into the body of a dim-witted girl in the 1970s. Her father is dead, her older sister is frail, her mother is timid, and her step-grandmother's family has taken over their home. None of that is a problem. If they won't listen, one good beating will do the tric 10.5kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
15. 65 七 The 1970s Military Wife: A Scientist Reborn as a Capitalist Heiress 七零军嫂科研女王魂穿资本家小姐 Moon of the Four Directions东南西北月Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted [Book Transmigration] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Scientific Research] + [Face-Slapping] Scientific genius Song Qingyue transmigrates into a 1970s woman with the same name. And that's not all: she has a child?! She needs the father's consent to get an abortion, so she has no choice but to join the army as a military spouse. But she doesn't even like men! Before she leaves, her parents are sent away for reeducation, and her adoptive brother is a vicious wolf. You want to give my job to your own s 1.5kReads7.4Score10814d adds
16. 66 科 A Female Scientist Transmigrates into a Military Wife and Turns a Bad Hand into a Royal Flush 科研女穿成军嫂，一手烂牌成王炸 Ruo Tan箬覃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Both Leads Are Pure + No Pocket Dimension, No System + Cozy, Sweet Everyday Romance + The Husband's Long Road to Redemption] Shen Xiaoqing's husband is the male lead of a historical novel. He's a capable military officer with a bright future ahead of him. Unfortunately, she isn't the heroine. She's just a cannon-fodder ex-wife. She jeopardizes the male lead's future by using his name without permission to vouch for her criminal younger brother. He divorces her in anger. Afte 3.4kReads8.4Score52014d adds
17. 67 军 On Our Wedding Night, the Frail Beauty Is Pressed Against the Wall and Kissed by the Officer 军婚夜，病弱美人被军爷按墙诱吻 Zong Xi宗汐Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + both leads' hearts belong to each other + marriage first, love later + scientific research + weapons arsenal + pocket dimension + face-slapping + everyone's darling] Li Xin died from overwork after staying up all night researching new weapons, only to transmigrate into a book. She landed right on her wedding night. When she opened her eyes, she saw her long-legged, slim-waisted officer husband, and his broad shoulders immediately stole her heart. But the husband she'd just a 6kReads8.9Score58414d adds
18. 68 科 The Gentle and Delicate Scientist Army Wife Has Her Stern Commander at His Wits’ End 科研军嫂柔又娇，首长他顶不住了 Yun Rong Ah云容啊Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted [Reborn + 1970s era + the real heiress + special space + devoted 1v1 (personal growth and putting scoundrels in their place early on, scientific research later)] In her previous life, Shen Ning was the Shen family’s real daughter, yet Shen Qingqing, who had stolen sixteen years of her life, framed her and drove her out of the family, subjecting her to endless hardship. In the end, Shen Qingqing murdered her. Shen Ning became part of the city’s infrastructure, sealed away forever. Meanwhile, Shen 58Reads6.8Score—14d adds
19. 69 对 The Comparison Group Crumbled, and Even My Dog Refuses to Move to the Countryside 对照组崩了，我家狗都不下乡 Wang Yi'an王一安Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder foil? Qiao Xiaoyu, who came from the apocalypse, just laughed. She has a System that manifests things from the universe, randomly dropping “coins” every day and even throwing in a bonus package of opportunities. Her eldest sister does scientific research, her second sister hooks a rich husband, and her little brother joins the public security bureau. As for her? With a wrench in hand, she fixes every machine in the factory by force, and casu 12.4kReads7.3Score1k14d adds
20. 70 穿 Reborn as the Little Cousin of the Real Heiress 穿成真千金的小族妹 The Hippo Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的小河马Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted [The animated series is now available!] You can submit adaptation requests at the bottom right of the novel-reading screen! [Though set in a period piece, this is actually a fictional world, so don’t overthink it. One important reminder: there is a romantic pairing!] [A friendly reminder: Don’t read this novel while putting your child to bed or in public. Your kid might wake up laughing or shaking with laughter. According to readers, some have spat water, tea, and cola, while others have sprayed 50.2kReads9.2Score6.9k14d adds
21. 71 军 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Ruthless Commander Is Doted On 军婚七零疯批指挥官被宠上天 Ye Wu夜妩Modern Romance649k WordsCompleted Fanxing is one of only two 5S-level psychic War Gods in the entire interstellar realm. She is an outstanding commander. She is a research fanatic and an exceptional elite soldier. Taking an enemy commander’s head from among thousands of troops is as easy for her as reaching into a pocket. But no one knows that she actually has dual 5S-level psychic powers, equivalent to having two souls. As a result, her psychic powers have always been unstable, even violent. But she is so powerful that she has 4.3kReads9.0Score30714d adds
22. 72 老 Dad Told Her, If You're Unhappy, Make a Scene 老爹告诉她，不顺心就要闹 The Sky Is Lonely天空是寂寞Modern Romance3.3M WordsOngoing Wang Xiaoxiao followed her dad to the military base. Two months later, both her dad’s allowance and her stepmother’s allowance were in her hands. She also gained a tagalong, He Jin. She and her dad kept jumping back and forth between loving each other and setting each other up. Under He Jin’s aura of genius, the thing she did most was sign confidentiality agreements. Wang Xiaoxiao gained two more dads: He Jianmin and Ding Jianguo. A story about an Army kid who wandered into someone else’s field 60kReads8.9Score3k14d adds
23. 73 六 The 1960s: A Science Whiz Transforms into a Mechanical Industry Mogul 六零：理科学霸蜕变机械大佬 Pin What?pin什么Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted [Period setting + lighthearted, silly comedy + space + special abilities + no romance] The gifted student Doudou gets so excited over a game that her heart gives out and she drops dead. When she opens her eyes again, she's become Jindoudou in the 1960s, with an ignorant and biased grandmother, a spiteful and petty uncle, a blindly obedient father, a meek mother, and a body weighing 300 jin. Fortunately, she's not the original owner. At least she has a skill to support herself. Just as she finall 2.2kReads9.0Score18614d adds
24. 74 机 A Mechanical Genius Reincarnates as a Science Whiz: Taking Off from the Start 机械大佬魂穿理科学霸：开局起飞 Math Is Too Hard数学太难Modern Romance989k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Career-focused] [National University of Defense Technology] [Creating a New World] Gu Yi, a mechanical engineering genius from the 25th century, transmigrates into the body of Zeng Li, a top science student in 1999. From then on, she lives each day planning two hundred steps ahead. She overcomes every obstacle and leaves her rivals in the dust, eventually becoming Huaxia's youngest general. Just as she leads Huaxia to become the world's leading power, she also happens to establish a new 1.2kReads9.3Score22814d adds
25. 75 胎 Born into the 1970s: I Make My Whole Family Rich Through Studying 胎穿七零：我靠读书带全家致富 Mao Mao猫芼Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing (I Just Want to Slack Off, but They Call Me a Genius) (Period Piece + Academic Prodigy + Strengthening the Nation + System + No Romance + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy + Pure Wish Fulfillment) After Chen Wang died, he was reborn as the Chen family's only dim-witted grandson. With four older female cousins, the two elders of the Chen family doted on him like a precious treasure, giving him the best of everything. Chen Wang thought he could spend this life slacking off. Who could have gues 161.7kReads9.0Score15.7k14d adds
26. 76 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.2kReads8.2Score3.4k14d adds

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    [Flying kiss] The female lead passes the entrance exam for a vocational school and is assigned to a state-owned factory. With her modern mechanical knowledge, she works hard to build her career.

27. 77 恶 Wicked Supporting Female Character, Taming the Mad Male Lead 恶毒女配，驯疯男主 Mu Beichuan沐北川Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted [Top-Tier Domination + Taking by Force + Extreme Push and Pull] [School Romance to City Romance | 1v1] [Signed for multiple comic-drama adaptations, short dramas, and print publication] - When Lin Ran awakens, she has Lu Feng, the male lead, pinned against the wall, intending to force a kiss on him. The System shrieks: [Warning! Host, you are the vicious supporting female character! If you force the male lead to love you, your family will be ruined and you’ll die a miserable death in the street! 109.2kReads9.3Score14.6k14d adds
28. 78 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: With a Childbearing System, I Marry an Infertile Officer 穿七零：带生子系统，嫁不育军官 Wish Granted, Stroke by Stroke如愿笔笔Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Childbearing System (not primarily about having children) + military marriage + abundant supplies + satisfying read + no outrageous characters + sweet romance] [A stunning psychologist with a childbearing System + a stern-faced, fierce military officer who can’t have children] Xu Qingluo is a rising star in the field of psychology in the 21st century. Her parents and grandparents are all world-renowned psychology experts. After transmigrating to the 1970s, she becomes the youngest granddaughter 23.2kReads9.0Score2k14d adds
29. 79 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 10.5kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds

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    It's a period drama, quite enjoyable, with delicate emotions, humor, and heartwarming moments.

30. 80 军 Military Marriage: The Cold-Faced Soldier Is Wrapped Around the Soft and Beautiful Woman's Finger 军婚：冷面兵哥被娇软美人拿捏了 February Guagua二月瓜瓜Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Reborn, Military Marriage, 1980s, Feel-Good Revenge] In her previous life, the person Jiang Xia feared and despised most was Lu Yuanting. She thought he was rough, fierce, coarse, and lacking in refinement, so she kept her distance and treated him with utter hostility, devoting herself wholeheartedly to someone else. Yet after she died, it was Lu Yuanting, the very man she detested, who gave up a bright future to avenge her, personally killed her enemies, and gathered her remains. Given anoth 6kReads8.6Score62314d adds

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    [Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece]

31. 81 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 86.1kReads9.5Score9.8k14d adds
32. 82 八 An 80s Military Marriage! So Sweet, the Officer Husband and His Baby 八零军婚！甜翻军官老公生崽崽 Lu Ruanruan鹿阮阮Modern Romance405k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Period setting, 1980s, family love, military marriage, age gap, doting father type, gentle slow-burn, unconventional period novel, awful characters get taken down quickly, no frustrating setbacks, making a fortune, high-ranking families, no pocket dimension, no golden finger] The moment Wen Zhile opened her eyes, she realized she had been reborn. She had gone from being a professor’s daughter to the second daughter of the Dai family, villagers in Jianghe Village. They treated her lik 5.2kReads9.0Score53614d adds
33. 83 我 I Have a Space Left Behind by an Immortal Family 我有一个仙家留下来的空间 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted She had been a medical school graduate student in the twenty-first century, with no family but herself. When she woke up, the world had suddenly changed: drab gray walls and earthen houses. Somehow, she'd ended up in the 1970s, so she could only make the best of it. “Hey, big shot, stop following me around.” “Hey, big shot, why are you always popping up in front of me?” “Hey, big shot, quit flaunting those abs to tempt me.” “Hey, big shot, I'm looking for one partner for life.” Xia Jingchuan: “W 16.1kReads9.2Score1.5k14d adds
34. 84 挺 She Joined the Army with a Big Baby Bump and Dazzled the Entire Family Compound 挺孕肚去随军，她惊艳整个家属院 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (She joins her husband’s army while heavily pregnant and amazes the entire military compound) Song Jinyue, a brilliant scientific researcher, transmigrates to the 1970s after a car accident. When she opens her eyes, she’s suddenly married after a whirlwind wedding, with a baby on the way. Outside, her older brother and sister-in-law are fighting over the letter that just arrived, ordering her to join her husband at his army post. To avoid getting her brother into trouble, Song Jinyue decides 21.2kReads8.0Score2k14d adds
35. 85 风 Pu Xiaoying in the Wind, Part One 风中的蒲小英【一】 Cai Zhongwen蔡忠纹Modern Romance2.4M WordsOngoing ⚠️ For readers aged 20 and over. Contains real-world themes such as domestic violence and sexual exploitation. If the content makes you uncomfortable, please move on and refrain from leaving a low rating. Writing original work is not easy; every word comes from the heart. Thank you for your understanding and tolerance. ⚠️ A serious work of traditional literature: Dandelion in the Wind, Part One. Please read patiently! The best is yet to come! This is a challenging read, with a distinctive style. 12.3kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
36. 86 那 That Mountain, That Village, That Woman 那山，那村，那女人 Down-and-Out, Useless Scholar落魄无用书生Modern Romance2.8M WordsOngoing “What? Another girl? Nothing but a money pit!” In a remote mountain village, Lin Fengjiao was born deep in the mountains and was fortunate enough to marry into a village. She thought she would live a happy life, but after giving birth to several daughters, her mother-in-law grew increasingly displeased with her. She had to go out and work in the fields the very day she gave birth, and because she could not produce a son, she endured endless grievances and hardship. Fortunately, she met Wang Xing 24.3kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
37. 87 春 Sleepless Spring Night 春夜难眠 Warm Little Kitty暖小喵Modern Romance977k WordsOngoing “Rule number one in my workplace: Always be on call, 24/7, for both the boss’s bed and the conference table.” [Forced love] + [Contract relationship] + [Abstinent male lead] Delicate, sweet girl VS abstinent, cunning tycoon My hypocritical husband sent me to work as an assistant to Shen Tinglan, the boss of the parent company, under the pretense of loving me. After one night, I was Shen Tinglan’s personal assistant by day, but late at night I became a gift he unwrapped on his conference table. H 24.8kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
38. 88 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!” 49.2kReads9.2Score6.4k14d adds

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    It's so beautiful!

39. 89 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 200.8kReads9.2Score14k14d adds

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    No rebirth, no spatial dimension, no system 🔥 Xia Xiaoxi's revenge against scumbags! She tears apart her biased mother, outwits her bloodsucking aunt, and rises from a country girl to a top student at a prestigious university, returning with honors! A satisfying and thrilling slap-in-the-face story + a family drama, watch how the resilient heroine turns the tide.

40. 90 博 A Doctoral Big Shot's Beloved Life in the 1970s 博士大佬的七零团宠日常 Summer Breeze夏日良风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Beloved by the whole family + striving through the years (kind family, no awful relatives) P.S. The early chapters are warm and slice-of-life; later on, there is a focus on technology. The female lead has a photographic memory and is a super-genius. There is no romance in this novel, so those who enjoy stories without romance can dive right in. In the 23rd century, the genius Dr. Leng Yue is killed by her own mother and reborn as Ling Yue, the only granddaughter of the Ling family in the 1970s. 8.9kReads9.1Score71314d adds
41. 91 同 My Coworker Betrayed Me. What's Wrong with Wanting a Little Compensation? 同事背刺，她要一点点补偿怎么了 Xi Mu Yue西沐月Modern Romance743k WordsCompleted Alternate parallel world + historical era + golden finger The author is terrible at naming things and even worse at writing blurbs, so please bear with me. No black-market shopping, no stockpiling household supplies. Jiang Xingyue worked dutifully for the Underworld for three hundred years and was about to get promoted when she was sabotaged and sent straight into reincarnation. She was reborn in 1959. Life was tough, but fortunately, her family in this life was wonderful. With her cheat abiliti 2.6kReads7.4Score17714d adds
42. 92 七 My Seven-Year-Old Is Sweet but Sly, and Dad Chases Money Instead of His Wife 七零崽崽坏得甜，爹不追妻只追钱 Call Me a Beauty叫我美少女Modern Romance920k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out and will go up! Read the story!) [Period drama family darling + mischievous little zombie + love-struck dad + everyone adores her] The little zombie Shi Yuanyuan never ate or hurt anyone. She’d read novels for twenty years, only to be killed. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book set in the 1970s, as a poor little girl whose mother was dead and whose father was a deadbeat. But the little zombie wasn’t afraid. She had plenty of knowledge to draw on, 3.3kReads8.8Score46814d adds
43. 93 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s and Do Research 穿越七零搞科研 Yun Meihong云玫红Modern Romance104k WordsCompleted Su Nianwan transmigrated into the body of a young orphan in 1975. The moment she opened her eyes, she was about to be sold to a lame man in exchange for a bride price. She reported her awful relatives, then used modern knowledge to upgrade agricultural machinery, stunning the entire county. Everyone laughed at her wild ideas, waiting to see her make a fool of herself. Only the cold-faced officer Lu Beichen treasured every one of her blueprints. Later, the equipment she developed kept him safe on 5Reads—Score—14d adds
44. 94 智 Wisdom Lights Up the Technology Tree [The 1980s] 智慧点亮科技树【八零】 Mu Keke牧可可Modern Romance346k WordsCompleted [1980s + alternate setting + no return to the present + science and technology serve the nation + romance + love grows over time] The founding master of the interstellar System lived a freewheeling life, doing whatever they pleased, until their own recklessness brought it all to an end. They took a junior along and transmigrated into a human body on Blue Star, billions of years in the past. The day Xu Youjin was discharged from the hospital, she was stunned by the sight of a little car wobbling 443Reads6.4Score—14d adds
45. 95 团 The Beloved Little Research Prodigy Leads the Nation to Soar 团宠科研小炮灰，带领国家飞飞飞 Luo Feiwen洛非文Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + period setting + beloved by the whole family + science and technology to strengthen the country + no romance] The heroine is adored by her whole family and is an all-around scientific genius! Lu Weichen, an interstellar scientist, accidentally transmigrates while researching the theory of spacetime, becoming a minor cannon-fodder character in a period novel! And it's not just one book she's transmigrated into? Her mother is the real daughter in a period novel about a 4.9kReads9.1Score48014d adds
46. 96 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
47. 97 七 The 1970s: I Spend Every Day Smoothing Things Over with a Madman for a Better Life 七零之为了好生活每天都在哄疯批 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance6.3M WordsCompleted Short drama adaptation: My Eldest Sister Has a Script from the Seventies, and I Have a System That Can Hear It (1v1 + Period Drama + Pampered Romance + Female Lead Pursues Male Lead + Timid Heroine with a Few Tricks and a Sweet Tongue + Male Lead with an Unusual Case of Love-Brain) In both her lives, Lou Qingqing had only one wish: to marry into a family with good prospects. She thought the Rong family was well-off, and that marrying in would mean she’d never lack food or clothes and wouldn’t ha 19.4kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds

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    The female lead is a scientist researching pharmaceuticals, and the male lead is a businessman.

48. 98 王 The Wang Family Alley 王家巷弄 One of the Few, Wan Suyun为数不多的万素云Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted Hey! Don’t let this plain-sounding name fool you! Tucked away in a small county town in North China, “Wang Family Lane” isn’t about petty family squabbles. It tells the colorful story of an ordinary family rising to wealth, led by an extraordinary woman who nearly became an “old maid”: Wang Xiulan! It all began with a “seriously impressive dowry.” At eighteen, Wang Xiulan was the cherished baby of the Wang family. Her dream was to attend middle school in the county town. But fate played a cruel 131Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The era wasn't that of a top student, there was no rebirth or cheat codes, just an ordinary story of struggle, a true story.

49. 99 和 After Switching Lives with a Tycoon, She Turned the Ultra-Luxury Socialite World Upside Down 和大佬互换后她炸翻了顶奢豪门 Shen Nanxin沈南辛Modern Romance470k WordsCompleted [Also known as: The Overbearing CEO and the Celebrity Who Swapped Bodies and Reformed the Entertainment Industry] Third-rate actress Zhong Ruanxing has faced endless controversy over her sexy figure ever since her debut, with scandalous rumors constantly swirling around her. She is suppressed by industry bigwigs and dragged down by rivals, while smear campaigns come one after another. For years, she has been unable to shake her image as a sexy star, and her career has been severely hampered. Son 52.3kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds

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    It's good-looking and the length is suitable.

50. 100 去 I Went Looking for My Family and Mistook the Wrong Guy for My Brother, While My Amnesiac Ex Loses His Cool Every Night 去寻亲认错哥，失忆前任夜夜红温 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + spatial powers + adorable baby + military marriage + rekindled love + reunion after years apart + supernatural abilities] In the third year after Jiang Xuxue retired from the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and returned to the village to farm, her biological parents came looking for her. “Darling, someone deliberately switched you back then. We never abandoned you!” Unfortunately, just after finding her, her biological parents were sent to the far northwest. Her mother press 12.5kReads6.8Score1.4k14d adds

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    🍎Help! This book is so sweet it's giving me a toothache! The female lead retires from work due to a work injury and returns to her village to farm, only to be sent to the military corps by her biological parents to stay with "relatives." A cold-faced commander comes to pick her up, and she sweetly calls him "brother," making him think his fiancée is quite obedient. Three months later, a subordinate panics: "Commander, you've mistaken me for someone else!" He: "No change, this is the one I've chosen."

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