Clever Period Novels 年代文，有脑子的

1. 1 村 Wu Xiuli, the Village Girl 村女吴秀丽 Soaring Swallow腾飞的燕Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing Twenty-year-old village girl Xiuli lost her virginity to her boyfriend Gangzi the day before he entered university. She followed him to the city to work, but one thing after another happened after she arrived, leaving her utterly disillusioned. Xiuli decided to reassess her relationship with Gangzi. As her love life went awry, Xiuli's own life also fell into difficulty. Then university teacher Xu Yunfeng entered her life, and the two gradually fell in love. 70.4kReads8.2Score3kShelves

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   "Wu Xiuli, the Village Girl," is a very good book, a touching story about a rural youth struggling in the city. The story is realistic, the hardships she experiences, the complexities of social phenomena, and the little details of her love life are captivating...

2. 2 大 The Courtyard's Rebellious Son 大院逆子 The Too-Late Jinx为时已晚的克夫Urban203k WordsOngoing This is not a hero's story. It's the story of someone who is alive, living on behalf of those who died. Military life, the Sino-Vietnamese War of Self-Defense and Counterattack, reconnaissance soldiers, brotherhood, father-son bonds, a bygone era, growing up, passion, heartbreak, and tears. 94.3kReads7.6Score6.5kShelves
3. 3 怕 Help! Pregnant with Twins, and This Rugged Man Won't Stop Spoiling Me! 怕！双胎体质，被糙汉掐腰猛宠！ Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Period setting + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life + devoted couple, one-on-one romance) As a minor cannon-fodder shrew of a supporting female character in a period novel, she was destined for a miserable ending that would leave everyone sighing with pity. But sorry, I'm here now. Looking at the man before her, with his straight, sturdy posture, phoenix eyes, and high nose, both his face and physique seemed made to match her tastes perfectly. Bai Yueji: How thoroughly brai 82.4kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves

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   This novel is truly number one. Both the male and female protagonists are intelligent; they're the type to retaliate if someone offends them, so there's absolutely no feeling of being frustrated.

4. 4 蓄 A Deliberate Seduction: A Scientific Genius Accidentally Flirts with an Abstinent Army Officer 蓄意引诱：科研天才误撩禁欲军哥 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting / military romance / college entrance exams / urban development and research / alternate history / slow burn / the research plot starts very slowly, so this may not be for you if you only want research and infrastructure development] Among the autism spectrum disorders, Asperger’s syndrome was once called “the genius disorder.” Jiang Yan was diagnosed with Asperger’s as a young child, but she was also an undisputed child prodigy and rising star of the interstellar age. After dyin 3.7kReads8.1Score267Shelves

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   All three are science fiction novels set in a technological era, and they're all very enjoyable, no exaggeration. They all have a touch of romance, but not a lot. Most importantly, the characters aren't portrayed as stupid; there's no inexplicable intellectual decline.

5. 5 刚 I Transmigrated and Got Arrested? The Scientist's Army Wife Turns the Tables 刚穿越就被抓？科研军嫂逆风翻盘 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s era + period setting + advancing the nation through research + military marriage + alternate history + slow burn (not a power fantasy, includes awful characters)] // Twilight shines over the nine provinces, stars settle in my arms // A genius inventor from the interstellar era unexpectedly reborn in the year 1975 of the Xiazhou calendar. She opens her eyes in an interrogation room, in a dire situation, on the verge of being sentenced to death. Ye Mu is just about to show 31.2kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
6. 6 穿 After I Transmigrated Back, I Bewitched the Whole World 穿越回来后我苏遍整个世界 Seven Little Pairs七小对Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After Lin Xiyue opened her eyes again, she realized this was not any of the worlds she had transmigrated to before. It was the original world she had lived in before she ever started transmigrating: unlike the cultivation, martial arts, apocalypse, and future alliance worlds she had visited, this was the world where the real Lin Xiyue had grown up. Luckily, her portable cave abode was still with her. Since that was the case, she might as well bring over everything she had learned in all those wo 14kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
7. 7 1 In 1960, I Stole Away to Hong Kong and Rose to the Top by Selling Fish 1960偷渡香江从卖鱼开始逆袭 Lychee, Lychee, Loves Lychee Most荔枝荔枝最爱荔枝Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Fishing for seafood + underworld intrigue + business battles + feuds among the wealthy + a rise from the bottom + an ensemble period drama + the heroine can hold her breath underwater for 12 minutes + a powerful heroine + the hero has a smaller role later on] Reborn on the very day her family planned to trade her in marriage to a fool. In her previous life, he had risked his life to protect her. In this life, she would take him with her as they defied fate and rose to the top. Starting out on t 123.5kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves

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   A Hong Kong-era novel, featuring a reborn female protagonist, pure love, and excellent writing. If you've never seen Hong Kong films, you absolutely must read this novel; it's very realistic.

8. 8 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 92.2kReads8.8Score6.5kShelves

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   Both of these female leads are intelligent and resourceful; the only downside is that they're still being serialized.

9. 9 六 The 1960s: Even a Second Marriage Can Help Me Marry Up 六零年代：二婚也要攀高枝 Red Roses and Yellow Floribundas红玫瑰和黄月季Modern Romance712k WordsCompleted [Master of making promises, speaks each person’s language, only wants a good life for herself heroine X handsome, capable, rebellious, insecure, affection-starved hero] [Period setting + reborn + everyday family life + career] A shameful scandal has rocked Li Jia Village. Li Jinhe, who married into the city to live a life of comfort, has been divorced because she can’t have children. Her husband doesn’t want her anymore! Those who once envied her for marrying into the city now turn around and pi 11.9kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves

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   I'm currently reading the first book; the characters are very well-developed and intelligent. I've reread the second book three times; the writing is good, natural, and interesting. The female lead has a special ability, but it's just for practical purposes. There are no overused plots like black markets, rural life, finding bargains, or fighting against difficult people. The whole book depicts the female lead's enviable, carefree life. I've read the third and fourth books before; the writing and content are both good and very interesting.

10. 10 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 105.4kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves
11. 11 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零：炮灰女配咸鱼了 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.” 18.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
12. 12 末 Reborn at the End of the World: I Help the Real Heiress Follow the Plot 末世重生之我帮真千金走剧情 Shu Bao殊宝Modern Romance718k WordsCompleted What we can’t do without in life is humor. Come on, let’s start a funny, cheerful story. Writing a synopsis is so hard. If you happened to stumble across this, come on in and have a look! Lighthearted and funny, here to make you smile. The heroine comes from the later stages of the apocalypse. She’s incredibly strong, has a huge appetite, and wields lightning powers. She’s simple-minded and not very well educated, but brute strength works miracles, and one punch can overcome any obstacle. The or 21.1kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
13. 13 她 The Age of Their Happiness 她们的幸福时代 April Taoyao四月桃幺Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted A coming-of-age memory for those born in the 1960s. In 1986, the youngest daughter of the celebrated Guo family graduates from university and returns home in triumph, only to face a string of family upheavals: her eldest sister's divorce, her second sister's pregnancy before marriage and her boyfriend's imprisonment, and the revelation that her own love rival is actually her “missing sister”... Watch as the sisters lean on and comfort one another, wade through life's muddy waters, find happiness 131Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    His smile was like a handful of refreshing spring water, pouring directly into her heart on this sweltering afternoon… She murmured to herself, "His teeth are so white! He's so tall! His smile is so handsome! So dashing!" A realistic story, heartwarming, with a lovely female lead, it leaves you deeply moved. The author's writing is also quite good. Recommended reading!

14. 14 万 The Beloved Transmigrator in the 1970s: The Capitalist's Eldest Daughter! 万人迷穿书七零，资本家大小姐！ Stop Trolling别坑了灬Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Xiaoxiao had known since childhood that she was beautiful. After all, beautiful people were always treated well. Everyone around her had always been kind to her. Ever since she was little, her drawers had been filled with stack after stack of love letters. In the words of a novel, she was a total heartthrob! What a shame... She died in the prime of her youth. The good news was, she came back to life. The bad news was, she had transmigrated into a book, as a capitalist heiress who never eve 44.4kReads7.2Score4.8kShelves
15. 15 我 I Was a Sent-Down Youth in the Great Northern Wilderness 我在北大荒当知青 Yuan Longgang袁龙刚Modern Romance662k WordsCompleted On the black soil of the Great Northern Wilderness in Heilongjiang, a generation of educated youths sent to the borderlands shouldered their packs and put down roots in the wilderness. This is a true story of educated youths from that era. At first, they joined the Heilongjiang Production and Construction Corps to reclaim the land, defend the border, and protect the frontier. After the corps was reorganized and disbanded, they moved to state-owned farms, where they continued to live and work. T 760Reads6.4Score101Shelves

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    There are many historical novels.

16. 16 我 I Was a Sent-Down Youth 我是知青 Yuan Longgang袁龙刚Modern Romance608k WordsCompleted This is a strictly realistic novel about educated youth sent to the countryside at Hongqi Commune on the Loess Plateau. It vividly depicts their years in the countryside from start to finish, recreating the simple, arduous realities of everyday life for an entire generation. Readers who love realistic historical fiction set in a bygone era and true-to-life depictions of educated youth life are welcome to read on. 668Reads—Score101Shelves
17. 17 内 An Educated Youth in Inner Mongolia 内蒙古的知青 Yuan Longgang袁龙刚Modern Romance245k WordsCompleted This is a strictly realistic novel about educated youth sent to work in a military production corps. There is no rebirth and comeback, and no melodramatic wish-fulfillment formula. It simply recreates the most authentic daily life of sent-down youth and years guarding the border in the Inner Mongolia Production and Construction Corps. 190Reads—Score173Shelves
18. 18 半 Half a River of Tears 半河泪 Yuan Longgang袁龙刚Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted As the seasons turned, the waters of the Ban River froze and thawed again and again. After his father died, the burden of supporting the family fell entirely on Wang Wenkai. He stayed by his mother and stepfather, relying on his own strength to get them through their years of hardship. Liu Yu lived in the same village. Though they were close by, he could only quietly hide the love he felt for her. There are no dramatic twists here. This is simply a record of the everyday lives and private though 20Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 黑 Educated Youth on the Black Soil 黑土地知青 Yuan Longgang袁龙刚Modern Romance253k WordsCompleted On the wastelands of the Heilongjiang Production and Construction Corps, young people sent to support the border set down their luggage and picked up their hoes. They reclaimed and defended the land, while protecting the frontier. They put down roots in this black soil, sowing in spring and harvesting in autumn, training through the coldest days of winter. In company barracks, communal homes, and between the fields, they made a life out of the most authentic days of Corps life. There are no gol 303Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 妇 The Gynecologist: Zhou Lan’s Sunflower 妇科医生之周兰的向日葵 Bright Moon over Longcheng龙城明月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Lan, a gynecologist, accidentally ends up working at a private hospital. She uses her medical skills and dignity to protect countless women, but she cannot protect herself from her surging love. Her white coat is as pure as snow, her heart a raging fire. Deeply in love, surrounded by endless romance, she spends her life utterly captivating. 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Full of vintage feel

21. 21 首 Commander, Your Kid’s Charged to the Front Lines Again! 首长，你家崽崽又冲上前线了！ Yuanzi Cat媛子猫Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing After blowing herself up, 5188 landed in the 1970s. She carefully hid the System still running in her mind and pretended to be a human toddler. To get Grandma to take her home, 5188 volunteered that her parents were dead. Once she learned that changing the fate of a member of the old Jiang family would let her retrieve things from her apocalyptic storage space, 5188 became all the more eager to help. Big Brother wants to improve his physical fitness? Easy! “Granny Jiang, something terrible has h 7.9kReads9.3Score481Shelves
22. 22 乌 The Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old Jinx Was Adopted by Her Mother and Became the Whole Compound's Darling 乌鸦嘴三岁半随母改嫁大院成团宠 Flower Reflection花映Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Little Cutie + Adorable Baby + Jinx + Cute Pets + Family Darling + Shamelessly Indulgent Fun + Adorable Kid + Top-Grade Family + Little Ancestress] Before she was three and a half, Lin Manman was a “little mute” who was mocked by everyone. She fought back by beating them up and siccing a goose on them. Then one day, she began to speak, and became the dreaded “little crow” everyone feared. Whoever she said would have bad luck, promptly did. After her mother remarried, her cold-faced stepfather c 1.6kReads7.6Score248Shelves
23. 23 年 Reborn in the Era, I Work as a Cleaner at a Modern Wholesale Market 年代重生我在现代批发市场当保洁 Flying High into the Sky飞冲上云霄Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Content warnings: patriotism + slow pace + family life + she starts working in Chapter 24. The historical figures in this story are fictional derivatives. Please do not compare them to real historical figures. After Yu Jiaojiao is reborn, she unexpectedly binds herself to a Wage-Slave System that lets her work as a cleaner at a modern wholesale market. From then on, she has a solid safety net for the famine years ahead. Being a cleaner is great! She can collect discarded cardboard boxes and plas 1.9kReads7.9Score174Shelves
24. 24 七 The 1970s: The Fake Heiress Flirts with the Military Officer, Who Spoils Her 七零：假千金狂撩帽子黍被掐腰宠 Fragrant Bubbles沫香香Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + girl pursues guy + sweet romance + fake crowd favorite + daily life] Jiang Ran transmigrated into a book, becoming the fake heiress in a 1970s courtyard novel. After the real heiress showed up, she was forced to move to the countryside. Because of her fair skin and beauty, a street punk bullied her and robbed her of her innocence, leaving her with a tragic fate. When Jiang Ran arrived, the real heiress had yet to show up. Moving to the countryside was 5.4kReads8.7Score511Shelves

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    Good historical fiction with positive values.

25. 25 圆 Spending the Wedding Night with My Widowed Sister-in-Law? I Empty My Ex's Home and Marry a Young Officer 圆房夜陪寡嫂？我搬空前夫嫁军少 Li Yingluo梨璎珞Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Feel-good revenge, reborn to crush scumbags, sent-down youth, pocket dimension) In her previous life, Jiang Ning was a beautiful, fair-skinned daughter of a wealthy capitalist family. Faced with being sent to the countryside or exiled, she chose to marry beneath her station. She thought she had grabbed a lifeline, but instead she had jumped into a bottomless pit of fire. When she had nowhere to go, her in-laws moved into the house her parents had left behind. At home, she worked like an ox, whi 41.8kReads8.5Score5.1kShelves
26. 26 拒 I Refuse to Be My In-Laws' Golden Finger: The Martyr's Orphan Goes on a Rampage 拒当婆家金手指，烈士遗孤杀疯了 Fruit Is Not Fruit果非果Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [Period drama + putting the trash in their place + mutual devotion + childhood sweethearts + beachcombing + beautiful orphan heroine vs. hopelessly lovestruck childhood friend] Jiang Xi, a workaholic who slogged through 996 workdays, suddenly died and woke up as an orphan in the 1970s. Her in-laws took advantage of her identity, leeching off her and demanding her money and status. They wanted her to obediently be a tool who protected the entire family. Just after she transmigrated A rotten young 2.6kReads7.5Score256Shelves
27. 27 五 Born in the 1950s, Switched at Birth 五零，出生被调换 One-Legged Bird一只脚的鸟Modern Romance825k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1950s + transmigrated as a baby + spatial storage + self-interested heroine + military marriage] Gu Yihan is caught up in a transmigration to the 1950s because of a mutated hamster. The moment she opens her eyes, she discovers that her mother, who favors boys over girls, has switched her with someone else's son. Her adoptive mother dislikes her, and her adoptive father favors boys over girls. From childhood, Gu Yihan works hard to win her grandmother's favor and earn the chance 11.7kReads7.8Score767Shelves
28. 28 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cold-Faced Soldier Dotes on Me 穿书七零：冷面兵王宠我入骨 Stir-Fried Stuffed Chili Peppers爆炒填馅辣椒Modern Romance777k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + military marriage + capitalist heiress + pocket dimension + spirit spring + face-slapping + pure wish fulfillment] Zhong Qing was swept away by the waves and thought she was as good as dead. But when she opened her eyes, she found herself in the 1970s, transmigrated into the body of a capitalist heiress who was destined to die young. The original owner was a poor girl living under someone else’s roof. Her parents and maternal grandparents had all been sent away to 10.6kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
29. 29 重 Back to the 1970s with Trillions in Supplies to Join the Army 重回七零，带上千亿物资去随军 You Man有蔓Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + reborn + one-on-one sweet romance + taciturn, rough-edged man + delicate beauty + pocket dimension + mutual flirting] In her previous life, the man Su Ranyan went out of her way to avoid was swept away by a flood while saving her. That heroic scene came back to haunt her in her dreams, again and again, reminding her of the depth of the love she had missed. Fortunately, Heaven took pity on her and sent her back to the day the man asked her for a divorce. This time, she won’t let 19.9kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
30. 30 亲 We Already Kissed, and Now You're Telling Me I Flirted with the Wrong Person!? 亲都亲了，你跟我说撩错人了！？ Ruan Xiaolou阮小楼Modern Romance674k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + simmering romantic tension + sweet romance + magical space golden finger + winning her back] Pure, sweet, flirtatious beauty vs. refined, aloof, untouchable young military officer When Wen Qiao wakes up, she finds herself transmigrated into a novel set in a bygone era as a disposable villainess. The original character was the daughter of a high-ranking official in the capital’s military district, but she was switched at birth with the heroine and wasn’t brought back f 22.4kReads8.6Score2.9kShelves
31. 31 胎 Born into the 1960s, I Was Tricked While Dating, So I Ran Off Pregnant 胎穿六零谈恋爱被骗，我带球跑了 A Glutinous Rice Sausage一根糯米肠Modern Romance679k WordsCompleted As Qing University’s heartthrob, Xiao Yichen is elegant and dazzling, and countless girls are infatuated with him. Lu Qingqian, an orphan of a fallen hero who lives with her grandfather, spends all day buried in her studies. The two have nothing in common, yet a bet turns them into a couple. Their relationship seems like a terrible match to everyone else, but Lu Qingqian has never been happier. One day, Lu Qingqian learns the truth about their relationship. Her friend Lin Yi says, “Brother Chen, 7.8kReads8.0Score476Shelves
32. 32 年 Beloved of the Era: I Win Over My Amnesiac Husband by Acting Sweet 年代娇宠：我靠装乖认领失忆老公 Little Jin Doesn't Eat Fish小金不吃鱼Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Both Leads Are Pure and Devoted + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance + Devoted Husband + Dramatic, Selfish Female Lead + Brash, Wild, Delusional Romantic Male Lead] Lin Wan has transmigrated into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder character in a period novel who is sold off and dies horribly. To survive, she immediately sets her sights on Gu Ye, the unlucky military officer in the book who is injured and loses his memory while undercover. They’re both cannon fodder, so the 9.5kReads9.0Score33.6kShelves
33. 33 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Got Sassy and Unhinged in the 1970s 穿书后，我在七零年茶又癫 It's Kong Youya是空有呀Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted A cold, haughty, domineering fighter pilot, and a pretty young woman with a bad temper who loves to talk back. [Sweet romance, one-on-one, daily life, putting scumbags in their place, special space, love of country and family] From the start, someone tries to “show her some kindness,” and Ruan Ningqi plays along, deciding that this handsome guy is quite a catch. Someone steals the scumbag fiancé? Fine, take him, take him, take him. She turns around and clings to the scumbag fiancé’s older brothe 3.3kReads9.1Score461Shelves
34. 34 带 A Super Space, and Marrying My Military Officer Brother-in-Law 带超级空间，嫁军官姐夫 Sheng Shili笙仕鲤Modern Romance541k WordsCompleted (The rating just came in) [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + devoted couple + System pocket dimension + military marriage + putting villains in their place + love growing over time] Overworked until her soul nearly left her body? Lin Gui Nuan wakes up from a nap to find herself a newlywed bride on a heated brick bed in Northeast China in 1985! One moment, she was a downtrodden corporate drone in a twenty-first-century cubicle; the next, she was the cannon-fodder female supporting cha 5.1kReads8.8Score535Shelves
35. 35 闪 A Whirlwind Wedding and Military Life: My Forceful Officer Leaves Me Swooning Every Time 闪婚随军：强势军官令我次次沦陷 Qing Yunyun青芸芸Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Complete novel + sweet romance + career-driven heroine + building wealth + female awakening and mutual support + no golden finger + funny, heartwarming, and moving] Ye Wenxi, a career-driven woman at a major 21st-century corporation, transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting character in a novel set in a bygone era. Through a twist of fate, she and Lu Weidong end up having an “honest exchange.” Fortunately, he has a strong sense of responsibility and insists on seeing things th 15.6kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
36. 36 七 The 1970s: Kicked Out by My Family, I Turned Around and Married an Officer 七零：被赶出家门后我转头嫁军官 Little Shuangyu小双瑜Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Feel-good read + period setting + pocket dimension + devoted couple + golden finger + strong female lead] Song Yun, a modern inheritor of ancient medicine, accidentally travels back to 1973 and becomes an unfortunate girl unloved by both her father and mother. She hasn't enjoyed even one day of life as a capitalist's daughter before suddenly acquiring the identity. Her once-devoted fiancé sends an urgent telegram demanding to break off their engagement. Break it off, break it off, break it off! 37.1kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves

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    Is she a military wife, a soldier, and a regimental commander? Who else but Song Yun could be considered? This is a period drama with a unique theme that I've read recently; it's definitely worth reading.

37. 37 食 The Man-Eating Manor 食人山庄 Long Youmu龙湵慕Historical1.5M WordsCompleted “Stop wasting my time with all that nonsense. Just answer me: are you sharing this bed tonight or not?” “Don’t push me too far. Whoever wants to sleep with you can go find you.” Qian Manliang was so disgusted that he wanted nothing more than to drive Madam Qian out of the inner room. “Listen, Qian. I’m telling you right now: tonight, you’ll share this bed with me whether you like it or not.” Madam Qian pulled a dagger from beneath the bedding and pointed it at Qian Manliang, her single eye gle 10.6kReads8.8Score1kShelves
38. 38 醉 The Drunken Flower Pavilion and the Benevolent Temple 醉花楼与善慈寺 Long Youmu龙湵慕Historical342k WordsCompleted "Good grief! That wretched servant! I'm busy with important business, and he's off enjoying himself." Master Yu grew angry and called loudly toward the inner hall. "A-Wang! A-Wang! Get out here this instant!" In no time at all, A-Wang came rushing from the back hall to the front, clutching his waistband, hair in disarray. Right behind him was a fat, dark-skinned young woman, chasing after him and calling, "Sir, don't go! I haven't had the chance to properly attend to you yet..." "Master, run!" 240Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 食 The Cannibal Manor: A Sinister Yin-Yang Plot 食人山庄之阴阳诡谋 Long Youmu龙湵慕Eastern Fantasy558k WordsCompleted 185Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 渣 After My Scumbag Dad Married His White Moonlight, He Lost All His Descendants 渣爹娶了白月光后，断子绝孙了 I'm Your Qian Qian我是你的浅浅Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1960s] [Transmigration] [Ensemble Cast] [Feel-Good Story] [Little One, Big Impact] Original title: After My Scumbag Father Married His One True Love, His Family Line Came to an End Su Moqian, head of a prestigious hidden medical clan, was ambushed by her enemies. She used her last breath to take them down with her, only for her soul to drift into the 1960s of a parallel world. Lack of clothes and food was bad enough, but she had also been reborn as a four-and-a-half-year-old toddle 96.7kReads9.0Score5.8kShelves
41. 41 下 Before the Relocation, the Capitalist Heiress Cleared Out Her Family's Ancestral Wealth 下放前，资本家大小姐搬空祖产 June Light Mist六月轻烟Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing A powerful figure from the Apocalypse transmigrates into the daughter of a capitalist family in the era. Dispossessed and sent down to the countryside from the start. Her mother dies for her country, her father dies in the line of duty, and her grandfather is framed and killed. The lone orphan of the Shen family, surrounded by wolves. She finds her stepmother, exposes the murderer, and beats the trash out of the wicked. She empties the family estate, blows up the mansion, and clears the Shen 11.2kReads8.2Score1kShelves
42. 42 毒 The Drug Lord Ran Riot, So I Made Him Pay in Blood 毒枭嚣张一时，我让他血债血偿 Two Ounces of Sorghum Liquor二两高粱烧Urban512k WordsCompleted This is not a story about “winning,” but a long trial over what must be sacrificed. Chen Ye was born into poverty and climbed from the very bottom of society to the edge of the underworld. He once believed in fists and loyalty, and tried to hold on to his principles in the gray areas. But caught between power, money, and human nature, he gradually lost his way. Just when he thought he could control his own fate, reality delivered its cruelest lesson: in a world without order, hypocrisy is deadli 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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43. 43 我 I Level Up in Gotham, Then Return to Southeast Asia to Crush the Competition 我在哥谭练级，回东南亚降维屠杀 Two Ounces of Sorghum Liquor二两高粱烧Urban539k WordsCompleted A boy whom life has robbed time and again eventually learns how to rob the world. At seventeen, Zhou Yi's life is the lingering smell of sweat in a rundown apartment complex, cheap floral water, and the ceaseless sound of his landlady, Sister Chen, showering next door. Every shred of dignity he has is beaten and spat away by Sister Chen's ex-husband, crumbling to the floor along with the peeling paint. He thinks poverty is his original sin, until fate casts him into the cold stench of corpses an 2Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 沈 Professor Shen, You Owe Me a Cover Twenty Years in the Making 沈教授，你欠我二十年封面 Two Ounces of Sorghum Liquor二两高粱烧Modern Romance377k WordsOngoing In her life, she had seen the most beautiful moonlight and walked through the darkest nights. At twenty-four, she met someone at an academic forum. He stood onstage, she sat in the audience. One glance was all it took to last a lifetime. In everyone's eyes, they were a perfect couple, at the peak of both love and career. Until a car accident dragged her from the clouds into hell. He had once been her student, the one she had personally driven out of school. Years later, they met again. She stood 1Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 穿 Reborn as the Eldest Sister, I Help the Villain’s Family Make Money 穿成炮灰长姐，我带反派一家搞钱 Two Ounces of Sorghum Liquor二两高粱烧Modern Romance363k WordsOngoing Gu Wan opens her eyes and finds herself transmigrated into a melodramatic period novel, as the eldest daughter of the Gu family, a household of villains where everyone is wicked. She's a lovesick, expendable supporting character who drags her entire family to their doom. The original Gu Wan had been so desperate to please the male lead that she sold out her parents and younger siblings, only to die a miserable death on a farm. No one in the Gu family met a good end, either. She wakes up facing a —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 娇 A Beautiful Young Mother Searches for Her Husband at the Military Base, Shocking the Entire Garrison 娇美人带娃部队寻夫，震惊全军区 Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance439k WordsCompleted [Radiant, Beautiful Capitalist Heiress x Tough Military Officer with Incredible Stamina] (Military Marriage + Sweet and Satisfying Romance + Twins, a Boy and a Girl + Mutual Flirting + Cozy Everyday Life) Jiang Tang transmigrates into the daughter of a capitalist family sent down to the countryside in a period novel. She's fair-skinned, beautiful, and dazzling, but supposedly pretty and stupid. She looks down on her rough, taciturn military officer husband, abandons the twins at home, and elopes 8.2kReads8.2Score822Shelves
47. 47 集 We All Transmigrated: The City's Big Shots Call Me Their Grand Princess! 集体穿越：满城大佬叫我长公主！ Roast Chicken烧鸡Modern Romance828k WordsOngoing The adaptation is now streaming on Hongguo. Search for "A Whole Court Transmigrates to the Modern Day, and the City's Young Nobles Call Me Princess Royal" [Ancient People in the Modern Day + Group Transmigration + Face-Slapping + Ensemble Cast] The Great Zhou's foremost Princess Royal has transmigrated! At fourteen, she governed the empire, executed a treacherous chancellor, helped the young emperor ascend the throne, established the Imperial Academy, and brought Kyoto's young wastrels firmly t 55.7kReads8.5Score10.5kShelves

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    Let's read this book together! 👍 It's incredibly good! 👍 You won't regret reading it! 👍

48. 48 带 Live-streaming E-commerce Streamer Implements Purchase Limits, Driving the Live Stream Room into a Frenzy 带货主播搞限购，直播间里急疯了 Jade Beauty of the Jade Terrace瑶台玉人Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Nan has no idea where the strange System came from, but it wants an ordinary person like her to livestream and sell products. The System sets the rules and provides the products. Complete the assigned sales tasks, and she gets cash rewards. With no job and no better options, Jiang Nan can only grit her teeth and give it a try. She has no team, no connections, and no capital. Her livestream is a ghost town. But whether anyone is watching or not, one rule always applies: each account can buy 131.1kReads8.8Score22.4kShelves
49. 49 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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    This is invincible.

50. 50 下 Marry Down? The Young Lady Turns Around, Empties Her Family's Assets, and Moves to the Countryside 下嫁？大小姐转身搬空家产去下乡 House房子Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [The 1970s] [Transmigration] [Heiress] [Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside] [Portable Space with Spirit Spring] [Military Marriage] [Marriage First, Love Later] [Beloved by Everyone] [Medicine] [Building Wealth] Domestic squabbles and a slow, steady life When Shen Li wakes up, she discovers that she has transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder character who delivers supplies and equipment to others. The original owner had once been an esteemed young lady, but disaster struck her family 219.1kReads8.5Score21.7kShelves

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    A very rational female lead 🤦🤦🤦

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