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1. 201 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 123.5kReads9.5Score9.6kShelves
2. 202 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 9.5kReads8.9Score1kShelves
3. 203 清 A Clear-Eyed Beauty Thrives in the 1970s 清醒美人穿七零日子越过越好 District Twenty-Nine二十九区Modern Romance379k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Family Life + Heartwarming] A new, beautiful woman arrived on a remote corner of the motherland’s territorial waters. As a fashion designer, Su Moyan had studied sketching, pattern making, and garment construction... But on this barren island, there were prawns aplenty and hardly any vegetables. What was she supposed to do? The soldiers were defending the nation’s borders. “Soldiers and civilians are one family,” Su Moyan told Qin Zheng. “We’ll protect you, too.” Later, even th 3.7kReads8.8Score356Shelves
4. 204 六 Marrying into a Powerful Family in the 1960s: The Lucky, Lovely Soldier 六零嫁高门：天生好命俏女兵 Fish in the Woods00林中鱼00Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa 34.9kReads9.1Score3kShelves
5. 205 嫁 Marrying a Disabled Soldier: The Gorgeous Beauty Charms and Coaxes Him 嫁军婚残夫，娇艳美人撩他诱哄他 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Military marriage + marriage first, love later + doted on by everyone + no golden finger, your mindset determines your fate] [A cast story starring a great beauty who gets a villainess role without realizing it] In 1974, Yu Wan transmigrates into the body of an undocumented drifter, then uses her beauty to become the Qiao family’s stepdaughter. With a new identity, Yu Wan is overjoyed. The Qiao family members each have their own agendas, but they know the truth and keep quiet. Not long after Yu 25.6kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
6. 206 穿 Transmigrated as Cao Cao's Daughter: From Farming to Empress 穿成曹操女儿，从种地到女帝 The Classic of Mountain Journeys山游经Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Cao Sui, a graduate student in agricultural science, has just finished slogging through her thesis when she jolts awake and opens her eyes to a woman gazing at her with tender affection. After spending over half a year recovering in bed, she finally gets up and learns that her father has gone off to fight the Yellow Turbans. The Yellow Turbans? What a historically specific term. Cao Sui is devastated. Why on earth did she have to end up in the Three Kingdoms? With disasters and war stacked aga 18.3kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
7. 207 穿 Transmigrated Into a 1970s Novel: A Bystander's Guide to Staying Out of Trouble 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 150.4kReads9.6Score15.7kShelves
8. 208 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.” 22.8kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
9. 209 重 Reborn in 1980: I'll Live the Life I Want 重生八零，我要过我想过的日子 A Cup of Warmth, Years of Fragrance温盏流年稻花香Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted ✨How many people’s fates can a single embroidery needle change? Reborn in the 1980s, Hu Yanping runs away from an arranged marriage and only wants to survive. She sets up a tiny embroidery stall, but unexpectedly receives help from a benefactor and lands an export order at a trade fair. Together with her best friend, she builds a workshop and revives the Hunan embroidery art her mother had kept hidden for half a lifetime. She invents the “zoned fusion embroidery technique,” along with methods fo 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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15. 215 猫 The Cat Wins Over the CEO, Stockpiles Goods, and Brings Him to the Ancient World to Cultivate Immortality 猫猫拿下总裁，囤货修仙拐回古代 Xi Xi Accompanied by the Moon兮兮伴月Sci-Fi & Apocalypse558k WordsCompleted [Everyone’s darling + ancient soul in the modern world + apocalypse stockpiling + pocket space + cultivation + ensemble cast] Su Wuyang, the most adored little princess of the Yue Li Kingdom, has been told she won’t live to see her fifteenth birthday! One day, she transmigrates to the modern world and turns into a tiny, fluffy kitten! Li Yedu is a cold, domineering CEO in public. But ever since he got a soft, adorable kitten, he’s become a total cat dad. Buy it! Everything the princess likes, 2.7kReads8.8Score435Shelves
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17. 217 烈 A Martyr's Orphan Daughter Enlists, and the Stern Officer Spoils Her Rotten! 烈士孤女参军，冷面军官宠疯了！ I Beg You, Tong Meng 1我求童蒙1Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [Military marriage] [Strong female lead] [Military life] [Two equally strong leads] [Sweet romance] [Female soldier] (15,000 readers gave it a 9.5 rating. Enjoy with confidence!) (Also known as: To the Mountains and Rivers, and to You. The short drama of the same name is now streaming.) In her previous life, Lin Xianan spent seventy-three lonely years waiting for the truth to come too late. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to 1970, just three days before she was to be forced into 76kReads9.4Score7.2kShelves
18. 218 指 Is the Commander Really That Unhinged? In Private, He Can't Stop Begging for Kisses! 指挥官很疯批？私下疯狂求亲亲！ Fragrant Bones白骨留香Two Male Leads432k WordsCompleted [Unhinged Commander vs. Extremely Vicious Prison Warden] [Interstellar + equally powerful leads + devoted to each other + 1v1 + younger gong + rekindled romance] Yu Tu is the top commander in the interstellar world and its most formidable fighter. Rumor has it he’s bloodthirsty, murderous, and utterly heartless. He is transported to E’nan Star, and one look from him after landing is enough to make the hardened criminals tremble. Everyone has the same thought: E’nan Star is about to be turned ups 8.1kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
19. 219 离 Unbelievable! The Little Highness Was Kidnapped Right After Coming Home! 离谱！小殿下刚回家就被拐跑了！ Traveler Drinking Beneath the Moon月下饮归客Two Male Leads247k WordsCompleted [Sentinel/Guide + Interstellar + Everyone’s favorite + Older love interest + Both virgins + Spirit beasts + Power couple] Shi Mian lived on a barren planet in the Federation for eighteen whole years. On the day he came of age, he awakened as a Guide. To escape capture by the Federation, his spirit beast, a nine-tailed white fox, appeared at his side and killed the Federation’s lackeys. Then Shi Mian stole a Federation starship. So, newly of age and without a license, Shi Mian went on a wild joyr 34.4kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves
20. 220 虫 The Zerg Lord Only Wants to Spoil His Consort 虫族之雄主他只想独宠雌君 My Feelings for You卿我意Two Male Leads212k WordsCompleted Yang Jing was covered in blood. Sitting on the steps outside the living room, he toyed with a dagger and looked at the Mu family lying in pools of blood. With a faint smile, he pulled out his phone and made a call. “Hello, 110? I’d like to report a crime.” “What happened? It’s nothing major. I just accidentally wiped out an entire family.” “The address is… Hurry up. If you take too long, I won’t be able to wait.” … At twenty-four, Yang Jing avenged his mother all by himself. Then, with a trace o 8.3kReads9.2Score893Shelves
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25. 225 小 After the Little Dragon Hatches, Five Big Brothers Fight to Spoil It 小龙崽破壳后，五个哥哥抢着宠 Smash It, Nine Times Nine Returns to One九九归一砸Modern Romance495k WordsCompleted (A boy adored by everyone, not a face-slapping wish-fulfillment story, warm and healing) Little Yun was the only hatchling of the dragon clan. He was adored from the moment he was born, but he didn't hatch for a thousand years, leading the other races to believe he was a dead egg. One day, the dragon egg moved, and the little hatchling emerged: a precious baby with soft, pale skin and dragon markings. Big Brother: “Our little guy is so adorable.” Second Brother: “Our little guy is full of energy 12.8kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
26. 226 软 The Soft, Sweet Little Golden Lotus Charms Everyone 软糯小金莲萌翻众人 Youth Flourishes韶华蔓蔓Modern Romance449k WordsCompleted Everyone knew that Nangong Sihua, the young master of the powerful and handsome Nangong family in the capital, was a man who had renounced worldly desires and devoted himself to prayer. He was in the prime of his life, yet wanted nothing. Just as everyone thought this Buddhist devotee was about to attain enlightenment and become a Buddha, news suddenly broke that he had a daughter!!! Everyone stared in shock as the once aloof and ruthless Buddhist devotee was steadily defeated by his sweet, naiv 77.2kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves
27. 227 凭 I Made My Husband's Family Flourish All on My Own 凭一己之力让婆家枝繁叶茂 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Personal space, beloved by all, multiple births, military marriage] Su Jinyu dies unexpectedly in the apocalypse, only to become the beloved daughter of the Su family, adored by her parents and cherished by her older brothers and sisters-in-law. An accident binds Su Jinyu’s fate to Meng Huaiyuan’s. The Su family’s children inherit their mother’s multiple-birth genes, and the boys keep arriving in pairs. In the first year of her marriage, Su Jinyu gives birth to triplet boys, and her mother-in-l 21.6kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
28. 228 军 I Can't Get Out of This Military Marriage, So I Bring the Empress Dowager Auntie to the Military Base 军婚退不掉，带着太后姑婆闯军区 Ugly Little Thing丑小样Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate setting + transmigration + pocket dimension + spiritual spring + cozy everyday life + food + sweet romance + two strong leads + devoted couple] While flying a helicopter over the sea, Shen Nianyu fell into the water. When she opened her eyes, she had arrived in the 1970s. She had transmigrated into the body of a little orphan girl who lived with her great-aunt. But the great-aunt who had woken up beside her didn't look like the original, either. They both put on an act, pretending no 8.6kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
29. 229 锦 The Lucky Wife’s Military Marriage: Her Soldier Husband Holds Her Close and Cherishes Her 锦鲤妻军婚被兵哥哥搂腰娇宠了 Qing Wanwan卿宛宛Modern Romance769k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love + Transmigrate into a Book + Military Marriage + Devoted Couple + Not an All-Powerful Female Lead Fantasy + Childbirth + Multiple Births + Fertility Luck + Raising Children + Sweet Romance + Alternate Setting + Good Fortune] Qin Shizhen, a hard-working public servant, died suddenly and transmigrated into the body of a minor female educated youth in a period novel. Her parents were university professors, sent down to a cowshed for reeducation because of the times. Her three 4kReads9.2Score406Shelves
30. 230 我 I’m a Brilliant Actor Playing the Villain, Hey, Don’t Call the Police! 我是反派演技一流，哎你别报警啊 Drunk in Solitude孤风一醉Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [Lighthearted + no romance + absurd comedy + entertainment industry] [Print edition published | Comic adaptation released] Xiao He acquired a criminal golden finger that let him learn all kinds of criminal skills. But he could only stay alive by continually stabbing people. Xiao He: “I’m a perfectly decent college student. Who’d want to become a criminal?!” Wait, there really is a way! After an accident, Xiao He successfully exploited a bug in his golden finger. By acting instead of committing r 181.1kReads9.3Score14.8kShelves
31. 231 民 The Greatest Taboo Among the People 民间第一禁忌 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.7M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 339.5kReads9.4Score30.2kShelves
32. 232 惊 What? After the Family Split, That Run-Down Place Stunned the Whole City 惊！分家后，那穷破烂惊艳全城了 Handsome Young Man帅气男儿Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Farming + raising children + everyday life + feel-good power fantasy + building wealth + harem and household intrigue + fighting on the battlefield] She is Jian Xiu, a highly skilled special agent from the apocalypse. In a single moment, she transmigrates into the body of a poor, wretched farmer's wife. Worse, she belongs to the weakest of the four branches of the family. They do the most work and take the most beatings, yet they get the least to eat. Her biased father-in-law says, “Starting to 17.1kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
33. 233 七 The 1970s: The Eight Younger Brothers Who Always Enabled Their Brother Are Reborn 七零之八个扶弟魔的弟弟重生了 A Splash of Vivid Color一抹重彩Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, reborn, spirit spring space, one female lead, family ties, everyday family life, building wealth] In his previous life, Qi Yuejin became the richest man in the country. In the first half of his life, he relied on his eight older sisters and lived well with his wife. By the time he made money and came to his senses, some of his sisters were dead and others crippled, while the younger generation had severed ties with him and wanted nothing more to do with him for the rest of their 43.2kReads9.1Score5.2kShelves
34. 234 媳 Honey, Be Good. I Was Wrong. The Brooding Educated Youth Gives In 媳妇乖，我错了，闷骚知青服软了 Chilled Aloe冰镇芦荟Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + marriage before love + both leads are natives + supporting characters transmigrate or are reborn + Northeast family life + sweet romantic comedy + adorable child] Xu Yibai only went to the countryside, and the very next day he was labeled as “madly in love with the village beauty”! “The new educated youth, Xu, fell in love with Lin Duojiao at first sight!” Xu Yibai: ? Lin Duojiao: “I hear you’re really into me? You’ve got pretty good taste!” Xu Yibai: ?? Thinking of how tough hi 7kReads8.8Score664Shelves
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36. 236 七 In 1970, I Kicked My First Love to the Curb, Went to the Countryside, and Married the Village Belle 七零，踹白月光后下乡发家娶村花 Yan Yan Is Destined to Be a Hit焱焱必火Urban2.8M WordsOngoing [Space powers + mountain hunting + getting rich + family life + punishing scumbags + satisfying read + countryside + educated youth + everyday life] Lin Ziyang only learned that his son wasn't his own after the boy pulled out his oxygen mask. The woman he had adored all his life had been cheating on him for decades. He had worked himself to the bone his entire life, only to discover he'd been raising another man's wife and child. The King of Hell saw that he had spent his life doing good deeds a 35.3kReads8.1Score2.5kShelves
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38. 238 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies: The Cannon-Fodder Wife Takes Her Child to Join the Army 穿书年代，炮灰原配携崽随军去啦 Spirit Rain in the Empty Mountains空山灵雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An Hua transmigrated to the 1960s and became the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a male lead from a novel set in that era. The original wife was a rich, beautiful heiress who looked down on her illiterate, working-class husband. She caused one scene after another, determined to divorce him and run into the arms of her first love. An Hua, who had transmigrated into her role, thought: Illiterate? That's a man with the right roots and a good background! Working-class? He's a golden ticket! She promptly to 30.4kReads9.0Score3kShelves
39. 239 穿 Reborn as a Marquis's Bastard Son? Then I'll Take the Imperial Exams! 穿成侯门庶子？科举！科举！科举 Jin Rizhuhui晋日灼晖Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [Imperial Exams + Feel-Good Story + Business + Child Prodigy + Everyday Life + Political Intrigue] Song Mingyuan dies in a car accident and wakes up as an illegitimate son in the Marquis of Great Zhou's household. The good news: he has plenty to eat and wear, and maids to look after him. The bad news: his adoptive mother is his father's principal wife. Now that she has a son of her own, she sees Song Mingyuan as a thorn in her side and wants him dead! Song Mingyuan, who has transmigrated into t 23.8kReads8.1Score2.5kShelves
40. 240 穿 I Transmigrated into a Wicked Mother-in-Law, and Used My Pocket Dimension to Redeem Myself 穿越成极品恶婆婆，我靠空间洗白 Disheveled Blue Hair青丝乱Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + adapted as a live-action audio drama + farming + no romance + spatial supplies + character transformation + beloved mother-in-law redemption] Shen Huahua, with tens of millions in supplies and a powerful backer, transmigrates. Before: Shen Huahua, the only princess of the Shen family, cherished by her eighteen older brothers, a rising goddess in the entertainment industry, the original green tea, and a heartbreaker of male celebrities. After: Shen Huahua, a rural old woman with empt 4.9kReads9.2Score671Shelves
41. 241 绾 I'm Wanwan, Not Wanwan: We're All Reborn, So Why Should I Keep Indulging You? 绾绾不是晚晚：都重生了谁还惯你 Zi Wei He子薇河Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing The animated series of the same name, “Back in My Own Body: No One Gets to Control Me,” is now streaming on the Hongguo App. [Soul-swapping + face-slapping scumbags + pocket dimension with a spirit spring + a touch of ensemble cast + fantasy] On her wedding day, Shen Wanwan is brutally attacked and stabbed through the heart. Her soul follows her corpse downstream. Meanwhile, Pei Wanning tries to escape a ghost marriage to Prince Qin by jumping into the river and faking her death, but accidentall 41.2kReads8.9Score4kShelves
42. 242 穿 After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼 Every Inch Is Gold寸寸金Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi 50.9kReads9.4Score6.6kShelves
43. 243 宫 A Rhapsody of Palace Flowers 宫花赋 Six-Eared Yuanyuan六耳圆圆Ancient Romance681k WordsCompleted [A no-nonsense, trope-defying palace-intrigue drama + no love for the emperor + ensemble of women] Everyone has their own ambitions. I have no interest in fighting other women over a man. She was little Qing Luo, a girl who valued her life above all else. Abandoned by her parents as a child, she had wandered through hardship until she entered the Forbidden City, where she met the beautiful, gracious Yue Ren and the clever, perceptive Lü Zhu. At last, her wandering heart found a home. The three s 34.1kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
44. 244 暖 Born into Warmth 暖暖而生 Sikong Zhiyu司空执与Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After an ordinary woman dies, she transmigrates to another world. She is no self-sacrificing heroine! No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger, and no awful relatives! There is a romantic pairing! This is a story of struggle built on her own experience and hard work, with farming and business management. The pace is unhurried, and life is slow. If that's not your cup of tea, please don't flame me! Any resemblance to other works is purely coincidental! 2kReads8.9Score131Shelves
45. 245 带 I Transmigrated to an Era of Famine and War with a Few Acres of Land 带着几亩地，穿越到饥荒战乱年代 A Simple Life平淡生活Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Alternate history + spatial powers + fleeing famine and war + fighting for the throne + decisive and ruthless + a little palace intrigue) Ye Yutong has transmigrated! She's landed in a novel once written by her college roommate, set in an unknown dynasty during a time of famine and war. In the original story, the heroine is her cousin, while Ye Yutong is the wicked supporting character who competes with her for the male lead. Not only does she get thoroughly humiliated, her family is dragged do 32.9kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
46. 246 老 The Old Ancestress Is Not to Be Trifled With 老祖宗她不好惹 Plain Tea, Gentle Words清茶淡语Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Transmigration + Grandmother Story + Farming + No Romance. The heroine is smart. Strongwoman Qiao Xin inexplicably becomes the 36-year-old matriarch of the Qiao family. Overnight, she gains three sons, daughters-in-law, and a bunch of grandchildren. From the start, although all they have is three shabby thatched huts, Qiao Xin says she doesn't have to go through the hardships of marriage or the pain of childbirth. As long as the whole family pulls together, none of it is a problem! But what can 4.3kReads9.1Score455Shelves
47. 247 逢 The Lantern-Bearing Chronicles 逢灯纪 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance982k WordsCompleted (Signed for publication, with screen adaptation rights sold) You're the daughter of a marquis. You want to take your mother's dowry and remains with you? Done. I'll take the dowry and remains, and bring you your mother's divorce papers as well as your own severance papers cutting ties with your family. You were declared dead and became an invisible person behind your brothers. You want to live like a normal person again? Done. I'll restore your name and identity, and make sure you receive the en 96.1kReads9.3Score14.3kShelves
48. 248 我 The Days I Happily Enjoyed Gossip in the Crowded Compound 我在大杂院快乐吃瓜的那些日子 Hehe's Grain何荷的禾Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period] [The Sixties] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Book Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [Feel-Good Story] [Everyday Family Life] [No Going to the Countryside] Cheng Ying discovers that she has transmigrated into a Period novel. She has four older siblings, some sharing only her father and others only her mother. The whole family is set up as a foil to the female lead, who lives with them in the same crowded compound, and they all meet tragic ends. Known throughout the compound as the tigress who c 291.1kReads8.9Score36.1kShelves

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    These period novels are super good-looking, and it's very satisfying. The heroine doesn't feel aggrieved at all. She avenges her grievances on the spot, and she won't be cheesy if she can do it [please take a closer look]

49. 249 七 The 1970s: Run! The Tu Family's Little Devil Is Back 七零，快跑，兔子家的魔丸又来了 A Salty Fish Turns Over and Lie Flat咸鱼翻身躺平Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Female soldier + strong heroine + comedy + face-slapping + putting scumbags in their place] After Zheng Hao awakened her memories, she found herself with a biased grandfather, a grandmother who favored boys over girls, and a mother who’d been tormented half to death. Could this setup get any worse? Just as her grandmother was about to stamp the name “Bringer of Brothers” onto her little sister, Zheng Hao struck back, turning their grandparents’ main room upside down and smashing everything to 42.8kReads9.0Score6.2kShelves

    Reader note

    These period novels are super good-looking, and it's very satisfying. The heroine doesn't feel aggrieved at all. She avenges her hatred on the spot, and she won't be cheesy if she can do it [please take a closer look]

50. 250 缺 The Shameless Heroine Transmigrates to the 1970s 缺德女主穿七零 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 16kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves

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