Period Dramas Like When the Years Were Tender, Winter Gives Way to Spring, and Love in an Age of Innocence 岁月有情时 冬去春来 纯真年代的爱情等年代剧

1. 1 综 Film and TV Crossover: Life Is Like a Play 综影视：戏如人生 Si A Si A肆啊肆啊Female-Channel Fanfiction786k WordsOngoing Temporarily on hiatus due to academic commitments. Currently updating mainly "The Adventures of Meng School." World 1: A Dream Within a Dream: Jiang Xuening x Xie Wei, complete World 2: My Journey to You: Shangguan Qian x Gong Ziyu (updates whenever inspiration strikes) World 3: Pegasus 1-3: Su Wan x Lin Zhendong, complete Li Xiaohai/Liu Shihao/Li Lun, alternate-timeline pairings and bonus stories, complete World 4: The Adventures of Meng School: Sinister Duchess x Miya Xing, in progress World 840Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Time is kind [Already added to wish list]

2. 2 花 A Flower Spirit’s Quick Transmigration Through Film and TV Worlds 花妖的影视快穿之旅 Granny Xi, Who Loves Pickled Vegetables爱吃捞菜的喜嬷嬷Female-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing The author enjoys reading novels based on TV dramas and movies, so they wanted to write about some characters they personally like. There is no logic or plan to it, just writing for fun. Yu He was originally a gardenia flower spirit. After swallowing a quick transmigration System, she traveled through countless worlds to fulfill the wishes of those who made them. She has all kinds of golden fingers, can communicate with plants, and possesses countless pills and talismans. Cry Me a Sad River - Yi 9.5kReads6.1Score352Shelves
3. 3 年 The Wife Who Dies Young in a Period Novel? The Ascetic Professor Falls in Love 年代文早死妻？禁欲教授沦陷求爱 Zhouzhou Eats Steamed Buns粥粥吃馒头Modern Romance977k WordsCompleted [An alternate 1980s setting, awakening as the foil to the heroine; slow-paced, everyday traditional story; marriage first, love later, and family life; raising kids with sweet affection; no golden finger; local-born characters who aren’t perfect] After Song Zhiyao impulsively picks a fight over divorce, she takes her child to her parents’ home and has a dream that makes her awaken to the truth. Well, would you look at that: she’s living inside a period novel! And she’s not even the main heroine, 34.4kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
4. 4 小 The Young Educated Youth's Answering System 小知青的答题系统 Frozen Pear Who Loves Cooking for Themself爱上自己做饭的冻梨Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted Zhang Mingyue has a quiz System and follows her clueless second older sister, Zhang Yanyan, to the countryside. The two sisters spend their days watching the locals and enjoying the show. Her golden finger isn't all that powerful, but watching the drama is a lot of fun. 25kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
5. 5 世 Life Is Unpredictable: A Slice of Everyday Life 世事难料，人间烟火篇 Nightingale in a Lantern Cage笼灯夜莺Modern Romance182k WordsCompleted A sudden incident of domestic violence shatters the peace of a small courtyard. There are no melodramatic entanglements or twists and turns, just the simplest acts of neighborly help, comforting words, and everyday warmth, capturing the genuine kindness and compassion people show one another. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Friendships that last through the years are free of melodramatic plots, only the most genuine emotional exchanges between ordinary people.

6. 6 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 50.2kReads9.2Score6.9kShelves
7. 7 年 The Cannon Fodder Heroine in a Period Novel Quits Chasing Him, and the Male Lead Panics 年代文女炮灰不追后，男主他慌了 Phoenixes Sing in the Paulownia Tree凤鸣梧桐Modern Romance499k WordsCompleted Lin Zhizhi transmigrates into a book, landing in a period revenge novel she hasn’t even finished reading. By some stroke of luck, she gets a loving family in this life; by some cruel twist, she’s a minor cannon-fodder character! Ahhh! The male lead was already cold toward her, and now the reborn heroine is watching her like a hawk. Help! Knowing only the general direction of the plot, Lin Zhizhi just wants to protect her family. She firmly decides to stay away from the male and female leads and 4.8kReads8.2Score508Shelves
8. 8 天 The Lazy Genius Girl Coasts to Victory in the 1970s 天才懒女躺赢七零 The Baby Whisperer婴语者Modern Romance850k WordsCompleted Dear readers: The platform has selected Genius Lazy Girl Lies Flat and Wins in the 1970s for adaptation into an animated comic. Thank you all for your continued support and companionship. I’ll let you know as soon as there are any updates. In her previous life, she worked herself to death. In this one, she’s determined to lie flat. Li Zhiqiu was a modern-day workaholic, a top student who got into a prestigious university and a corporate highflyer who worked herself to death. When she opens her 10kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
9. 9 祖 Ancestor, You Told Me to Win Over the Villain, Not Turn Evil Myself 祖宗，让你攻略反派，没让你黑化 Riding the Wind踏风来Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted What do you do when you marry a man who’s turned dark and wants to die with you? Xu Manman dreams that she’s a poor little thing whose mother died young, whose stepfather and stepmother abused her, and whose heart was toyed with by a scumbag. To get revenge on him, she marries a disabled soldier from the neighboring village. After the wedding, she treats him terribly until he’s driven to try to die with her. She thinks it was all just a dream, but when she opens her eyes, it’s come true. Now she 4.8kReads8.9Score669Shelves
10. 10 军 Military Marriage: After the Capitalist Heiress Mistakes Her Blind Date 军婚：资本家小姐认错相亲对象后 Yizhen以真Modern Romance142k WordsCompleted Ye Zhixian transmigrates into the capitalist family’s pampered young lady in a period novel and gets the full package: a mother who died young, a biased father, a cheating fiancé, and a broken heart. After drinking some tea to calm herself, she promptly kicks her scumbag fiancé to the curb. Figuring she should get as far away as possible, she happily decides to move to the countryside and become a model young person dedicated to progress. Her grandmother, the only person who truly cares about he 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    They're all great reads, but my current favorite is "The Young Widow in the 1960s Marries the Factory Manager," which is my style. The others are all great too, and I've finished reading them all.

11. 11 睁 I Opened My Eyes in 1970 and Refused to Let Postpartum Depression Win 睁眼70，我拒绝产后抑郁 Big Black Melon大黑瓜瓜Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted (Not a power fantasy) + (Devoted to each other) + (Doting husband) + (Everyday life) + (No golden finger) + (Complete) Thirty years ago, Liu Yue lost a daughter. After spending most of her life searching, she finally found her daughter just before she died! Seeing her daughter, now in her early forties, still having one baby after another, Liu Yue couldn’t have regretted it more! In a moment of desperation, she returned to the time when her daughter was just a month old! Looking at the man besid 2.5kReads8.6Score164Shelves
12. 12 年 A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义 Today Is Jingzhe今日惊蛰Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a 12kReads8.1Score737Shelves
13. 13 六 A Young Bride from the 1960s Moves to the City, Marries a Factory Director, and Raises Kids 六零小媳妇进城，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Little Thirteen the Salted Fish咸鱼小十三Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the 1960s, she finds herself a country widow whose husband has died, with a young daughter to raise. There’s no way Wen Xinghe is going to spend her days suffering. She takes her daughter straight to the city to reclaim her rightful place in her husband’s family. But once they arrive, the family, afraid she’ll make trouble, decides to keep the girl and get rid of the mother, doing everything they can to marry Wen Xinghe off again. Remarry? Sure! Wen Xinghe takes a good lo 6.4kReads8.3Score612Shelves
14. 14 大 The Heiress Won't Go to the Countryside, and the Officer Spoils Her Shamelessly 大小姐不下乡，军官放肆宠 Xia Wenchan夏闻蝉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyday life] [Sweet romance] [Family life] [Marriage first, love later] [Period setting] This is an everyday period novel. In November 1974, after being denounced for days, the Nan family’s parents died unexpectedly. Nan Zhiyi was branded a capitalist criminal. She lost her job, and her engagement was called off. The Revolutionary Committee was watching her like a hawk, and she was about to be forced to the countryside. With no other choice, she went to a military camp to attend a matchmaking 27.3kReads8.5Score2.7kShelves

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    It's so good! I've read it countless times. Sometimes when I'm reading novels set in other eras, I find myself thinking of the female lead. I just can't forget her, so I come back and read it again. I think the female lead is exactly how I imagined her to be. I love her!

15. 15 尘 The Dust of Mortal Life 尘事 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance194k WordsCompleted This book chronicles a family across a hundred years. An illiterate country woman is forced to abandon her newborn child, then wanders from place to place amid the chaos of a turbulent era, struggling to survive in the cracks. Told as a work of documentary fiction, this story depicts the joys and sorrows of several generations of an ordinary family, bringing a long-buried past to light. Let posterity decide who was right and who was wrong! 2kReads8.9Score180Shelves
16. 16 人 Life, with Nowhere to Land 人生，无处安放 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted By middle age, Li Shu's life had become a complete mess. Her marriage had turned cold and distant, her grown son was going down a rebellious path, and her body and mind were steadily wearing down. How could she go on living such a miserable life? 745Reads8.9Score101Shelves
17. 17 冰 The Freezer 冰柜 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance142k WordsCompleted In today's restless society, people's innate kindness can easily be lost amid rampant materialism. Sometimes, love and devotion are repaid with betrayal, or even death. Based on real cases, this book warns readers that the dark side of human nature is always present, and that desire and dissatisfaction can corrode even the deepest bonds. 40Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 玉 Yu Guinian Returns to 1968 as a Ten-Year-Old to Protect the Whole Family 玉归年重回68年十岁顽童护全家 Deep Blue Butterfly深蓝蝴蝶Modern Romance722k WordsCompleted [Period Setting, Reborn, Super-Civilization Space, Coming of Age, Strong Female Lead, Sweet Romance] Nian Baoyu and her husband shot each other dead. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in 1968, before her tenth birthday, on the night her father fled home to escape the armed factional fighting. Her father was hiding in the attic when someone informed on him. The commune's armed militia took him away, and more than ten days later, they sent back his corpse. Her mother was devastated and 23.8kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
19. 19 四 I Married a Senior Officer at Forty, and Got a Fresh Start in Life 四十岁嫁首长，我的人生重开了 Dou Jin斗矜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Second marriage to a soldier + nostalgic retro era + comeback power fantasy] [Beautiful, clear-headed snack-shop owner vs. stern, steady senior military officer] In middle age, Ye Wentang discovered that her adopted son was actually the child her husband had had with her friend. Her husband had even hidden the truth from her and spent all their savings buying his friend a three-bedroom apartment. Ye Wentang finally saw the light. She kicked out her scumbag husband, gave up the adopted son, and 18.9kReads8.6Score2.7kShelves
20. 20 我 I'm a Laid-Back Slacker in the Seventies 我在七十年代当咸鱼 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Period setting + sent-down youth + storage space + family life + rural romance) This is a story about the forest region of Northeast China in the 1970s: the joys and sorrows of ordinary people, weddings and funerals, and families welcoming new babies... Chen Yan, a woman in her fifties, dies of an illness and unexpectedly transmigrates to China in 1970. Seventeen-year-old Chen Qingyan hits her head in an accident. When she wakes up, someone else is inside. A series of events unfold in the famil 15.9kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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    A very good heartwarming novel

21. 21 九 The Nineties Handbook for Spoiling Her: Back to His Younger Days 九零娇养手册，回到大佬年轻时 Chef Xiaomi小米大厨Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted Set in an alternate version of the 1990s, unrelated to real life. This is not a wish-fulfillment story. It focuses on romance, with little emphasis on making a fortune; the business ventures are only briefly mentioned. The story is mainly about the relationship between the leads, and it is not a female-centric power fantasy. Transmigration, one-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced, happy ending. (In their previous lives, they had an age gap and the male lead had a secret crush, 3.4kReads8.9Score355Shelves

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    I always seem to come across good novels when I'm in school. I felt this one, "The Morbid," was poorly written and convoluted. The male lead had a morbid inferiority complex and lacked security. Aside from work, he thought about the female lead constantly; she was like a goddess to him. I hope they stay together forever and that every loving couple grows old together. 🥰🥰🥰

22. 22 七 The 1970s: A Martyr's Orphaned Daughter Is Reborn, Enlists, and Marries a Commander 七零：烈士孤女重生参军嫁首长了 I Beg You, Tong Meng 1我求童蒙1Modern Romance2.0M 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 120.6kReads9.4Score13.3kShelves
23. 23 重 Back to 1987, I Became the Special Forces King's Wife 重返1987，我给兵王当老婆 North China Love Sage华北情圣Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted Top model Wang Ziyan transmigrates to 1987 and becomes bound to the iron-blooded soldier king Cheng Xiao. Armed with a modern perspective, she refuses to be a helpless vine. She builds her career, protects her family, and stands shoulder to shoulder with her decorated husband, living a bold and dazzling life in the 1980s. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Achieving both love and career success in the innocent days

24. 24 资 The Reborn Capitalist Heiress Is Doted on by Her Military Officer Husband 资本家大小姐重生军官老公掌心宠 Yan Xingyan言星妍Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Historical Setting + Joining the Army Husband on an Island + Reborn + Young Lady + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] [Alternate setting, 1960s] [Flirtatious, high-maintenance heroine and rough, arrogant hero] Shen Yitang thought there must be something seriously wrong with her. She had spent five years disliking Gu Huaizheng, but after he died, she spent a full ten years missing him. She missed the strong arms that had protected her in the catastrophic flood, and the safe haven he had built for he 18.9kReads7.9Score1.5kShelves
25. 25 八 The 1980s: My Daughter Was Switched at Birth, Yet I Just Smiled 八零：女儿被调包后，我却笑了 Snow Between the Brows眉间雪Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Wen Ning’s entire family died. Only then did she learn that the daughter she had painstakingly raised was a fake heiress, and that her sister-in-law had switched her real daughter while Wen Ning was weak after giving birth! The fake heiress went to university, became a pianist who traveled the world, and married into a wealthy family. The real daughter was abused, married off to an old man, sent to prison, and died in a fire. Consumed by hatred, Wen Ning dragged the fake he 11.2kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
26. 26 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves
27. 27 烈 The Martyr’s Widow Has Been Reborn 烈士遗孀重生了 Four Treasures of Gold and Silver金银四宝Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Military marriage in the 1970s + remarrying with a child + adorable babies and childcare + food + heroine building her career] When Shen Sui opened her eyes, it was the seventh day after her husband’s death. Her wicked mother-in-law was once again trying to take everything from her and her daughter. “Jianye is gone. I’ll take care of you two.” “Xiaoman is still young. Shen Sui, give your job to your sister-in-law. She’ll give you all her wages.” “It’d be a shame to let the compensation money si 2.7kReads8.8Score346Shelves
28. 28 闪 Two Years After Our Flash Marriage, the Military Wife Takes Her Child to Find His Father 闪婚两年不见，军嫂带娃去找爹 Sweet and Sticky甜糯糯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reserved, rugged man + Sweet, delicate beauty + Sweet romance + Mutual teasing + Pocket dimension + Cozy daily life] In her previous life, Lin Wanshu was the wife of a man everyone envied: a wealthy tycoon. She was beautiful and rich, and her husband never kept a mistress. But no one knew that behind the glamorous life, she spent every day alone in an empty room, never had a child, and eventually died after being hit by a car. When she opens her eyes again, Lin Wanshu has returned to the 1970s. 59.6kReads9.0Score6.6kShelves

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    It's a period drama, not bad, I recommend reading it.

29. 29 重 Reborn in the ’70s: The Only Daughter Spoils Her Mute Live-In Son-in-Law 重生70独生女，娇宠哑巴赘婿 Mother Cang Er苍耳妈妈Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After being reborn, Nian Suisui has two great wishes: first, to have several children with Bai Muyi, so they can be surrounded by grandchildren in their old age. Second, to heal Bai Muyi’s voice. She wants to hear him speak. Bai Muyi has always held the image of a lovely woman in his heart. Before he lost his voice, he once dreamed that one day he might marry her and bring her home. After his voice was ruined, the light in his heart went out. That lovely woman would never have anything to do wit 3.6kReads8.4Score547Shelves
30. 30 孤 The Fate of an Orphan Girl 孤女的命运 Deep Blue Butterfly深蓝蝴蝶Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted This is a sad story. Lin Jiang had an affair, and Shi Qiaosi endured it for three years before suddenly coming to her senses and decisively divorcing him. After the divorce, she secretly gave birth to a daughter of her own, Shixu. The disasters brought upon three generations of a family by an unfaithful man and a scheming woman eager to take his wife’s place. See how an elderly grandmother schemes for her granddaughter, building a bridge through time with her own life so that Shixu can return to 18.6kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    No TV shows, but I'll recommend two books to you.

31. 31 七 The Cherished Darling of the 1970s: The Government Official Husband Turns on the Charm 七零娇宠：政界老公撩上瘾 Fourth Master Ah肆爷啊Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing (Leave your brain here and pick it up after you've finished!) After completing her final mission in the quick transmigration world, Guan Fuyao was determined to spend her retirement in a comfortable, well-off family. The System granted her wish, but didn't tell her which era it would be. It sent her into a period novel, where she entered the body of an eighteen-year-old girl with the same name. She'd just graduated from high school and was facing assignment to the countryside. Just as she was pl 20.9kReads8.3Score2kShelves
32. 32 十 At Eighteen, I Met You on a Breeze 十八岁的风，我遇见你 Sweetness for Every Year岁岁予甜Modern Romance108k WordsCompleted That glance back was when I fell for the bad-boy charm of him. So the sunny boy who was always sneaking looks at me really did like me. A bad-boy charmer × a cool, beautiful girl, Love at first sight, a bittersweet romance, and you for the rest of our lives. Our first meal together, our first time holding hands, Drinking from the same milk tea by mistake, blushing to the tips of our ears. But when her long-buried past came to light, he panicked, lost his composure, and even let go of her hand 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Eighteen-Year-Old Wind" is a sweet and romantic youth story with slight angst and a perfect ending. "Mountains and Seas" is a female-centric novel with one female lead and three male leads, featuring suspense. Those who enjoy this genre can check it out.

33. 33 山 Journeying Through Mountains and Seas for Love, Unraveling the Mystery 山海赴爱，卷解迷踪 Sweetness for Every Year岁岁予甜Modern Romance297k WordsCompleted Su Ye never imagined that an impromptu journey through mountains and seas would bring her face-to-face with both romance and a mystery. She is a free-spirited young woman with a life most people can only dream of. She wants to see the sands of Dunhuang, explore the ancient sites of Xi’an, seek out the rain in Jiangnan, and chase the light in Florence. Along the way, she hopes to meet handsome men and enjoy a romance on her own terms: stay together if they’re a good match, and happily remain sin 1Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 末 A Doomsday Survivor’s Leisurely Life in the 1970s 末世女在七零年代的悠闲生活 Yuan Family远家Modern Romance792k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + period setting + two educated youth + sweet romance + pocket dimension + 1970s + love at first sight + adorable baby] After struggling to survive in the apocalypse for two years, she finally died in a zombie horde. But when she opened her eyes, she discovered that her soul had somehow transmigrated into the body of a girl who had just graduated from high school in the 1970s! The girl was innocent and easily deceived, and had been talked into signing up to go to the countrys 5.8kReads8.0Score613Shelves

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    These are all quite good, especially the first one.

35. 35 八 I Transmigrate into a Book in the 1980s: This Unexpected Military Marriage Is So Sweet 八零穿书：闪来的军婚太甜了 Fang Jüliang房踽凉Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted Ji Yutian transmigrates into a very cliched novel set in a bygone era. The heroine takes a wrong turn in life, discovers in old age that her ex-husband is incredibly successful, and is reborn to win him back. Unfortunately, Ji Yutian is that man's second wife. Knowing she doesn't stand a chance against the heroine in a fight for his affections, Ji Yutian immediately agrees when her mother sets her up on a blind date. But her date turns out to be a big, bad wolf, and they register their marriage 6.6kReads8.8Score442Shelves
36. 36 七 Seventies Heiress: After Visiting Her Family, She Breaks Off Her Engagement to the Male Lead 七零大小姐：探亲后和男主退婚了 Little Black Sesame Rice Balls黑芝麻馅儿的小汤圆儿Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted (PS: A sweet 1v1 romance with two devoted leads. The male lead is a gentleman who’s completely lovestruck. Get ready for someone to steal the heroine away. The heroine was born into the story, already has a fiancé, and is super rich and privileged.) 1975, H City. Lu Shiyao visits her fiancé, Qi Yu, at his army base. To her surprise, Qi Yu has taken in a godson and goddaughter without even discussing it with her. Worst of all, he doesn’t keep his distance: late at night, he takes his goddaughter 21kReads7.3Score2.1kShelves
37. 37 四 Four Best Buddies Never Split Up, Transmigrating Back to Age Fifteen 四老铁不走散，穿越到15岁 Candy in My Pocket兜兜里有糖咯Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted At a dinner gathering for their forty-eighth birthdays, four old friends transmigrate back to 1992. Xiao Fang gains superlative culinary skills, Li Jian forms a seven-colored inner core, Feng Feng’s bracelet becomes a miniature universe, and Dong Dong can see halos of good fortune. They carefully preserve the circumstances of their meeting, afraid that one flap of a butterfly’s wings might scatter the bond they’ve shared for forty-eight years. Xiao Fang comforts souls with food, Li Jian’s inner 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Save yourself from a reading slump! It's finished, so hurry and read it! I'm currently on my second read.

38. 38 满 Sister Man's Culinary Journey 满姐姐的食光之旅 Candy in My Pocket兜兜里有糖咯Modern Romance382k WordsOngoing Sister Man has retired. Fifty years old, single, carrying a talking book and a three-thousand-year-old baby Taotie, and with a heart that believes “a little contentment is worth more than a thousand blessings,” she sets out. Starting with scallion rice cakes from her hometown, she eats her way across mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas... Every dish holds a moment in time. Some people see loved ones they've lost in their food. Some taste their youth again. One person has waited a lifetime for a b 2Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s: The Military Bigwig Spoils Me and My Quadruplets 穿越八零，一胎四宝被军区大佬娇宠 Su Muhe苏沐禾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Transmigrate into a book + period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted couple + adorable babies) Ye Shuang, a preschool teacher, was hit by a car and killed while saving a student. When she opened her eyes, she had become the male lead’s ill-fated former wife in a stepmother-era novel, a cannon-fodder character who died in childbirth. Her surname was Ye, and her fate was to die giving birth to quadruplets. Just as she was about to give up and accept her circumstances, a c 32.1kReads8.4Score3.5kShelves
40. 40 老 My Husband Is Cold as Ice by Day, but Gently Coaxes Me at Night 老公白天冷冰冰，晚上温柔哄媳妇 Mountain Moon山月Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Military marriage in the era setting + comeback + family life + island foraging + building a fortune + sweet romance] Shen Yan opens her eyes and finds herself in the body of an overweight woman whose engagement has been broken off. The good news is she's already married. The bad news is her husband ran off the day after their wedding. Everyone is waiting to see Shen Yan get dumped again. But as they wait, they realize something's wrong. Shen Yan was supposed to be fatter than the pigs at the p 10.2kReads8.3Score787Shelves
41. 41 被 Falsely Accused of Cheating in the Imperial Exam? One Essay on the Six Kingdoms Shocks the World 被诬科举舞弊？一篇六国论惊天下 Song Yan宋湮Historical1.3M WordsCompleted [No System + Court Intrigue + Literary Plagiarism + Rigorous Logic] Lu Linchuan, a top student in classical Chinese literature, unexpectedly transmigrates to the fictional Great Yu dynasty and becomes a poor scholar falsely accused of cheating in the imperial exams. Faced with oppression by the powerful, he takes up his brush and writes On the Six States, every word as sharp as a blade, stunning the entire court. From a dark prison cell to the steps of the Golden Hall, he uses his modern knowled 17.1kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
42. 42 浮 Life Is Like a Dream: I Take the Blame and Transmigrate to the 1950s 浮生若梦，我顶缸穿五零 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don't compare this to reality!) History's number one scapegoat, Xu Duoduo, has grievances she can't voice. When disaster comes from heaven, it can still be avoided. When you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no escaping it. So what if life is hard? If you can stomach eating bitter greens, you can do anything. I'll give it my all! Come watch a post-2000s girl living the '50s version of a wild-vegetable-foraging life. Let's go! 1.8kReads9.2Score126Shelves
43. 43 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 200.8kReads9.2Score14kShelves

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44. 44 精 A Master of Medicine and Beast Speech, I Won’t Stay in This Loveless Marriage in the 1980s 精医术，通兽语，八零这活寡我不守了 Tong Yu桐语Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + rebirth + pocket dimension + spiritual energy + medicine + military marriage + adorable baby + marriage first, love later + revenge] Xin Yuanyuan, a military doctor in the special forces, accidentally transmigrates to 1980 and becomes a woman unloved by her parents, rejected by both her former and current in-laws, and branded an immoral tramp by the villagers. Her in-laws threw her out three years ago. She's frail, penniless, and has nowhere to turn, with a sickly daughter to c 2.1kReads8.7Score459Shelves
45. 45 踹 I Kicked Out My Scumbag Dad, Got a Whirlwind Marriage, and Followed Mom to the Army 踹掉渣爹，闪婚后携母随军去了 Miao Miao妙妙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + countryside + military marriage + miracle doctor + rugged man + raising kids + doting husband + two strong leads] The moment Tang Xiaorou opens her eyes, she's on her way to a blind date. What she doesn't expect is to mistake her date for someone else and marry the wrong man. Luckily, her bargain husband is tall, handsome, and long-legged, everything she could want. It's just that... Their marriage doesn't stay quite so simple. "Didn't we agree on the day of our blind date to p 4.7kReads8.9Score871Shelves
46. 46 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 78.6kReads9.4Score12.1kShelves
47. 47 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s with a Pocket Dimension, the Elite Officer Falls for Me 穿越七零手握空间大佬军官沦陷了 Charming Little Bee迷人的小蜜蜂Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The new book has a low rating, but don't worry, it's safe to read. An alternate-era setting. [Military marriage in a bygone era + Spatial powers + Sweet romance + Everyday family life + Face-slapping] Both leads are each other's first and only love! The male lead has no children! That's a little mystery for later. At first, she frees herself from the burden of her original family. Then the heroine starts building her career. Fang Liuli transmigrates into an era novel, where she is set up to slee 4.3kReads8.5Score692Shelves
48. 48 带 With Ten Billion in Supplies, the Heiress Marries and Joins the Army 带十忆物资，资本大小姐闪婚随军 Xuanji Bright Moon璇玑明月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Tech genius transmigrates and marries a military commander + military marriage and following him to his post + spiritual spring space + hoards goods and brings ten billion worth of supplies when she transmigrates + true heiress + blind date and whirlwind marriage + childbirth + 1970s + scientific research + devoted one-on-one romance + beloved by her family and the nation + two powerful, strong-willed military figures who act decisively] [Cool-headed scientist heroine who always gets revenge, s 15.2kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
49. 49 校 Campus Ace: The Big Shot Is Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger Again 校园王牌：大佬又在扮猪吃虎 Black Ink on White Paper白纸黑字Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] She was the world's number one genius assassin, a name that struck terror into the hearts of all who heard it. Cold and ruthless, she killed without a trace, only to be deceived and used by her organization and brutally murdered. Then she was reborn as a fat, stupid, good-for-nothing female student? Fat? Once she slimmed down, she stunned everyone! Stupid? The president of Jing University personally came to recruit her! Good-for-nothing? A legendary hacker begged to call h 57.9kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves
50. 50 江 The Heroes of the Martial World 江湖龙虎令 Liu Gengyun刘耕耘Eastern Fantasy244k WordsCompleted After the Wulin Alliance Leader was brutally murdered, forces from across the jianghu fought bloody battles to seize his position and the Dragon-Tiger Token. The young hero Liu Zhengyi and the heroine Yan Ruyu turned the tide, roaming the jianghu with their swords, upholding justice and fighting evil wherever they found it... 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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