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1. 201 八 The 1980s: I Had a Flash Marriage with a Hooligan Husband, and He Spoils Me Rotten 八零之闪婚混混老公，被宠麻了 Light Drizzle Feifei微微雨霏Modern Romance696k WordsCompleted (Faithful to each other + devoted husband + everyday life + comedy + marriage before love) (No transmigration or rebirth. The heroine is not a strong-willed type. Read at your own discretion.) The hero is a street punk, while the heroine is the village beauty. To raise enough money for her father’s surgery, Su Nianxue took the initiative and asked Gu Yanbai to marry her. Gu Yanbai was a notorious loafer in all the surrounding villages. Nobody was willing to marry their daughter to him. Then one 8.6kReads8.7Score570Shelves
2. 202 下 Sent to the Countryside in Henan, I Got a Sign-in System 下乡到河南，我拥有了签到系统 The Tortoise Is the Tortoise God乌龟是龟神Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted Period novel + transmigration + no CP + sign-in System + sent down to the countryside in Henan Chunxia wakes up one morning to find she's transmigrated to the 1960s! Her father is her stepfather, and her mother is her biological mother, but her father doesn't care for her and her mother doesn't love her. To get away from this dysfunctional family, Chunxia signs up to go down to the countryside in Henan. She works hard every day just to survive, never expecting her System to finally arrive a few 474Reads—Score105Shelves

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   All are completed novels without romantic pairings.

3. 203 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: Keep Your Head Down and Get to Work 穿越六零，埋头就是干 The Tortoise Is the Tortoise God乌龟是龟神Modern Romance261k WordsCompleted Period drama + System + no romance + raising kids + building wealth Song Ya wakes up one morning to find that she has transmigrated to the 1960s. Every day, she opens her eyes worrying about how to make ends meet. After Song Ya keeps her head down and works hard for a month, her System finally arrives... P.S. I'm not good at writing blurbs, so please read the story itself~ 363Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 204 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder First Wife, I Raise My Daughter and Stand on My Own 穿成炮灰原配，我带女儿自己自强 Wangshu Bids Snow Farewell望舒辞雪Modern Romance767k WordsCompleted The rating just came out and is still going up!!! No romance; transmigration into a book; pocket dimension; strong heroine; building a fortune; raising a daughter He Wangshu has transmigrated! She’s become the disposable first wife in a period novel she’d read before! All because she prayed at a temple for a biological daughter without having to give birth herself! Luckily, the gods look kindly on her and give her a pocket dimension. After taking in the original host’s memories, He Wangshu real 72.3kReads8.5Score11.6kShelves

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   The story features a female protagonist who is completely unrelated to the male lead. She transmigrates to another world with her daughter to seek compensation from the male lead, refusing to be mistreated and displaying remarkable rationality. (Except for the male lead.) It's a very good story.

5. 205 小 The Little Boss Is a Menace to Cats and Dogs, and Hides from Mom and Dad That She's a Millionaire 小老板猫嫌狗厌，瞒爸妈当万元户 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance4.3M WordsOngoing [1980s setting + lighthearted comedy + everyday life + building wealth] Little Rice Cake is a sieve spirit with off-the-charts brains and emotional intelligence, and she never waits until tomorrow to get revenge. After being forced to split from her family, Little Rice Cake single-handedly lifts her family and friends, infiltrates the enemy's ranks, and takes down every gossiping shrew in the village. The good life begins with living in a pigsty and raising piglets. She starts making money by do 25.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
6. 206 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 117.4kReads9.4Score13.1kShelves

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   I highly recommend this book!

7. 207 铁 Tiezhu's Fate 铁柱的命 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Urban291k WordsCompleted In the 1990s, the twenty-year-old Tiezhu, whose given name was Gao Fei, was handsome, dashing, and well educated. He studied hard, hoping to change his fate through knowledge and escape the countryside. But fate kept playing tricks on him, making him fail time and again. Disheartened, he found the courage to face life again with encouragement from Yanhua, the village beauty. His excellence always won him admirers. After meeting different women, he gradually realized who loved him most. Sadly, by 5.4kReads6.8Score210Shelves
8. 208 张 Granny Zhang Reborn: Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, She's Gone Berserk! 张老太重生：杀杀杀杀，杀疯了！ Tang Xiaoxi唐小汐Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Granny Zhang thought she was a good mother and mother-in-law. When she was young, she had no one to help her. Determined to keep her children from going through the same hardships, she did everything she could for them, giving money when it was needed and pitching in whenever they needed help. She never held back. She helped all six of her children build families and careers, then raised several grandchildren. When she was in a car accident near the end of her life and received three million in 269.3kReads8.9Score20.4kShelves

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   I've been reading novels for over twenty years, and there are very few that I've followed up on. This one is one of them.

9. 209 八 The 1980s Contrast Group: I Drain the Luck from My Blessed Younger Siblings 八零对照组：我把锦鲤弟妹吸干了 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it’ll rise.) The day Lin Wanxing died, Jiang Fufu crouched in front of her, smiling as sweetly as a spring breeze. “Fourth Sister-in-law, I was the one who killed your whole family. I’ll take good care of your Lin family heirloom jade pendant.” When she opened her eyes again, she was back at the time she was carrying her third child. There was blood beneath her, and the door was locked from the outside. Her mother-in-law called her a bringer of bad luck, and her hu 3kReads5.9Score269Shelves

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10. 210 缺 You Rotten System, Don't Stop Me. I'm Going to Make the Female Lead's Mom Die of Filial Piety 缺德系统别拦我，我要孝死女主妈 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out. It may go up later, or it might go down. Hahaha] Reborn as a cannon-fodder character in a story set in a bygone era, I landed in a latrine from the start. The good news: I awakened the [Bad Deeds System]. The bad news: I was in debt for a mountain of Bad Deeds Points. If I didn't pay them back, I'd have to keep being a background character. My biological mother was the heroine? She left after getting into college and went off to the capital to live happily with anoth 986Reads6.0Score—Shelves
11. 211 七 The 1970s: The Awakening and Comeback of the Comparison Group’s Younger Aunt, the Fake Heiress 七零：对照组小姑觉醒逆袭假千金 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted When Liu Xinyi wakes up, she discovers she's become the awful sister-in-law in a period novel: lazy, greedy, sly, and hired to serve as a foil to the real heiress's family. In the book, she's a disposable character who drowns in a cesspit. Her mother, Zhang Cuiyun, was once a factory director's daughter, but an enemy switched her at birth, leaving her to suffer a life of hardship. Her three brothers and sisters-in-law will die horribly while seeking revenge, and her young nieces and nephews will 1.2kReads—Score102Shelves
12. 212 恶 The Villainess Became the Contrast Character, and Her Whole Family Is Absolutely Terrifying 恶女穿成对照组，极品全家杀翻天 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Ancient Romance309k WordsCompleted Lin Huanyue transmigrates into an old-fashioned farming novel as the female side character who serves as a foil. Her family is notorious throughout the village: A stingy father who married into the family, a fake-sweet, scheming mother, an eldest brother who steals chickens and dogs, a second sister with expert tea-drinking skills, and another brother who excels at pretending to be ill. As for her, she is a spoiled, infamous little villain, doted on by her whole family. In the original story, th 271Reads5.9Score—Shelves
13. 213 暴 Get Rich! The Seventies’ Feisty Aunt Takes Down a Scumbag from the Start 暴富！七零作精小姑开局刀了渣男 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance172k WordsCompleted Song Xiaoxiao transmigrates into the 1970s as the beloved little aunt of a doted-on family. Her family treats her like a treasure, but she’s hopelessly lovestruck and gets swindled out of food and money by a scumbag educated youth. On the day she transmigrates, she figures out the plot. Under cover of darkness, she cripples the scumbag and empties his ill-gotten stash of cash. She thinks she can lie flat and live like a lazy fish, but then the [Universal Favorability Mall] suddenly opens Fiddleh 207Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 214 我 Me, the Pig-Slaying Princess, Go Crazy and Carry My Whole Family to Victory! 我，杀猪郡主，靠发疯带躺全家！ Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Ancient Romance486k WordsCompleted Lin Taotao becomes the foil to the heroine in a novel, starting out in hell mode. The heroine, Zhou Qiandan, is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Lin Taotao only knows how to butcher pigs and cattle. The heroine is adored and pampered by her whole family. As an only child, Lin Taotao is scolded by her parents for being too unruly. The heroine is graceful and gentle, a paragon of the capital. Lin Taotao is infamous for being crazy and gives everyone a headache. In the origina 140Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 215 恶 My Wicked Wife Is Blessed with Pregnancy, and She Uses Her Space to Lift the Whole Family 恶妻好孕连连，携空间带飞全家 Yun Shu沄书Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No transmigration or rebirth + pocket dimension + spiritual spring + raising children + everyone’s darling] To save her younger sister, Yu Lian schemes her way into marrying He Lin, the young master of Yuncheng’s Chamber of Commerce, and becomes the “money-grubber” everyone looks down on. After the wedding, she lives carefree, neglects the child, and spends her days taking the money back to her parents’ home. Four years later, everything changes. The He family falls from power, and everyone bet 8.2kReads6.3Score10.7kShelves
16. 216 睁 I Opened My Eyes in a 1960s Military District and Was Kissed to Tears After Mistaking Someone for My Partner 睁眼六零军区，弄错对象被亲哭了 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing She opened her eyes in the 1960s and woke up in a man's bed. After a night of rough lovemaking, she kissed him until she fainted, and got pregnant with twins in a single night. Only then did she realize she had transmigrated into a book. She had become a beautiful, wicked childhood sweetheart with fair skin, a slender figure, and a pretty face. She had gone to the military district to marry the male lead, but accidentally picked the wrong man and climbed into the wrong bed, leaving her forced to 75.3kReads8.3Score6.9kShelves
17. 217 穿 After Transmigrating to the 1980s and Becoming a Substitute Bride, I Became the Army Officer's Most Beloved 穿越八零替嫁后我成了军官心尖宠 Over Ten Thousand a Day日收过万Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Substitute Marriage + Military Marriage + Stepmom + Mutual First Love] (Fictional Military Marriage + Everyday Life as a Military Wife) Yang Niannian, a college student, was so furious after losing ten ranked matches in a row in Honor of Kings that she blacked out and transmigrated to the 1980s. The moment she opened her eyes, her mother was pressuring her to marry, sobbing and sniffling all over her. “Lu Shishen is a soldier with a secure government job. If you marry him, you’ 112.6kReads9.2Score14.9kShelves
18. 218 大 The Heiress Struggles Through the 1950s with Her Lucky-Draw Blind Boxes 大小姐她带着抽奖盲盒在五零挣扎 The Cat Who Likes Salted Fish喜欢咸鱼的猫Modern Romance743k WordsCompleted Newborn Lixia gazed up at the blackened ceiling and mud walls, wishing she could die and be reborn somewhere else. She’d thought studying would help her claw her way out of this miserable life, but reality crushed those hopes. In the end, she followed her aunt, who had returned from visiting relatives, down the path to selling herself. No, to finding a husband… Aunt: This young man seems nice and has a bright future. Marry him, and the logistics department can arrange you a job. Lixia: Auntie, I 5.6kReads7.1Score389Shelves
19. 219 重 Reborn in the Eighties with a Jinx’s Mouth: I Can Make Money and Blow Things Up! 重生八零变乌鸦嘴搞钱我还能炸！ Burned to Ashesi燃烬iModern Romance153k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1980s, feel-good revenge, making money, face-slapping, foreseeing the future, a jinx, portable space] In her previous life, she spent half her life working herself to the bone for her family, only to meet a tragic end. Reborn in the 1980s, she kicks her no-good husband to the curb and tears into her vile mother-in-law. This time, she won't be a dutiful wife or anyone's maid. She's here to make money! After unexpectedly awakening the power of a jinx and gaining a portable space, al 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is all about family matters.

20. 220 玉 The Moon Deep in the Cornfield 玉米地深处的月亮 Yan Su You Ni眼粟有妮Modern Romance121k WordsCompleted That summer, her new husband publicly insulted her, saying she “looked like an eggplant.” She grabbed her bundle and ran away in the middle of the night. Su Caiying sat on the edge of the kang until well past midnight. Instead of a wedding night, all she got was humiliation. By morning, the whole village knew that the new bride of the Liu family was “bad luck for her husband.” Her man had run off on their wedding night. When the family split up, she was given half a sack of dried sweet potatoes, 8.2kReads6.4Score566Shelves

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    This book is pretty good and quite addictive; those of you looking for something to read should check it out!

21. 221 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 25.7kReads9.3Score3kShelves
22. 222 玫 The Rose Flirts Without Knowing It, and the Older Roughneck Can’t Take It 玫瑰撩不自知，年上糙汉遭不住 Gao Yi高一Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Modern romance + rugged hero + doting love + age gap + both leads' first love] On a rainy night in Biancheng, someone pushed open the door to Gu Ye's auto repair shop. Lao Wu, a former employee who'd gotten into trouble, was entrusting his daughter to Gu Ye. "She'll be nineteen in a week. She... she can take care of you." Lao Wu gestured hurriedly, just hoping to find his daughter a way to survive. The girl trembled all over, tears falling silently. One look at her left Gu Ye stunned. The 12.5kReads7.2Score641Shelves

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    I just got this recently, and the first person to fall in love with it was the humble one.

23. 223 七 Joining the Army in the Seventies: My Little Sister Wins Medals and Keeps Saving People 七零随军：妹宝扛着军功救不停 Piglet Zhi Xingyi猪崽知星懿Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [The rating has just come out and will rise later~] [Spirit-spring space + System + mutual firsts, one-on-one romance + everyone speaks their mind! + The male lead is smart and doting, always wanting to cuddle up to his wife + The heroine is too weak to lift a finger at first, but later digs up 300 mu of land with her bare hands] A certain division commander: “Is it confirmed? That young woman from the Shi family broke off her engagement to the Ji family?” A certain political commissar: “Confirm 37.1kReads8.6Score4.5kShelves

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    Hi questioner, I personally recommend these historical fiction books for you to check out 😄

24. 224 六 Military Marriage in the Sixties: From Orphan Girl to Queen of Chemicals 六零军婚，从孤女到化工女王 Nan Beiyu南北羽Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Chemical engineering expert Lin Ya transmigrates to 1962. On the surface, she comes from a respectable working-class family. In reality, she is the daughter of a capitalist who was left behind on the mainland. It’s hell mode from the start, and her identity could be exposed at any moment. Lin Ya doesn’t panic. She starts building up her safeguards. Make high-efficiency fertilizer from discarded pesticide waste: safeguard +1 Extract glycerin from soap waste and produce coagulants: safeguard +2 Ma 14kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves
25. 225 妇 When the Women's Director Steps In, All the Eccentrics of the 1970s Flee in Terror 妇女主任一出手，七零极品全吓走 Wan Xi.晚兮。Modern Romance999k WordsOngoing 💥 Wen Wanning, a human weapon from the apocalypse, opens her eyes to find herself a helpless, foolish orphan in the 1970s, someone everyone can bully. ✅ They scheme to send her to the countryside? She breaks her scumbag father's hand! ✅ A wife-beater hits his wife every day? She beats him to a pulp! ✅ A nightmare of a mother-in-law torments her daughter-in-law? She beats the shrew at her own game! ✅ A stingy father-in-law schemes against his son? She empties every last bit of his hidden savin 52.2kReads8.6Score6kShelves
26. 226 娇 A Sweet Young Educated Youth Marries a Tough Guy and Enjoys the Good Life in the 1970s 娇娇知青嫁刺头，我在七零享清福 Gulu Ni咕噜昵Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing The moment Su Nian opened her eyes, she found herself in the 1970s, already aboard a train taking her to the countryside. With no one to love or care for her, she was like a little cabbage growing in the fields. And not only was this little cabbage poor, she also had to work in the fields every day. But life in the countryside was too harsh and exhausting. Su Nian clutched two cornmeal buns in her hands and shed two clear tears. Then one day, the village troublemaker showed up with a roast chick 41.2kReads8.2Score4.2kShelves
27. 227 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s: A Mafia Boss Tames an Ascetic Military Officer 穿越七零，黑道大佬驯服禁欲军官 Dragon Palace Gate龙宫殿门Modern Romance396k WordsCompleted 1970s + military marriage + supernatural powers + two strong leads + contrasting personalities + transmigration Ye Xinglan, the notorious big sister of the underworld, gets a text saying she’s about to transmigrate. She quickly makes arrangements for what comes after and stocks up on supplies! Then she blows up the Japanese invaders! After transmigrating, she beats up her adoptive family and sends the whole lot to prison! Her once-timid adoptive mother gets led astray! She awakens a wild, unhing 8.2kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
28. 228 搬 She Cleared Out Everything Before Moving to the Countryside, and the Strongest Officer Fell for Her at First Sight 搬空下乡，被最强军官一见钟情了 Tang Ruoqian唐若浅Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Spirit spring space + all-purpose System + military marriage + fictional setting + devoted to one another + doting husband + multiple births] Jiang Xia, a billionaire who choked to death on a fish bone, wakes up to find she has transmigrated to the 1970s. The first thing she does when she opens her eyes is beat up her scumbag father and stepmother. When she learns that her stepmother schemed to sign the original host up for the youth-educated program, she turns around and sends her stepsister t 67kReads8.6Score4kShelves
29. 229 七 A Military Marriage in the Seventies: The Fierce, Lovely Girl Wields Twin Blades 七零军婚，暴力娇娇女会使双刀 Bewitching Rose妖染蔷薇Modern Romance492k WordsCompleted [The Seventies + Transmigrate + Pocket Dimension + All-Rounder + Satisfying Power Fantasy + No Saintly Female Lead + One True Pairing + Face-Slapping and Crushing Scumbags] Mu Sheng, a top-tier quick transmigration agent who has completed missions across ten lifetimes, transmigrates into a disastrous situation: her mother is dead, her father is a phoenix man, her stepmother is wicked, and she’s weak and helpless. From the start, she faces being sent down to the countryside along with her husband 9kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
30. 230 茧 Cocoon Smoke 茧烟 Cocoon Smoke茧烟Modern Romance437k WordsCompleted It takes half a lifetime to look back and realize that the roads we walked, the hardships we endured, and the injustices we swallowed were never for nothing. I wrote this book neither to show off nor to vent my grievances, and it is no legend meant for other people. I simply wanted to write it for the person I was: someone who stumbled through the years but never bowed their head. I came from an ordinary life, struggling, losing my way, and keeping silent within the cocoon of fate. I knew the 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The everyday life of an ordinary working-class person, sharing the mundane details of daily life with you.

31. 231 八 An Eighties Military Marriage: I Tore My Jinx Label to Shreds 八零军婚：克夫标签被我撕稀碎 Han Mo Fusu寒墨扶苏Modern Romance142k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Story] [Sweet Romance] [Face-Slapping] [No Frustrating Setbacks] [Both Leads Are Pure] [Portable Supply Space] [Military Marriage] Ye Qing transmigrates into a book set in a bygone era, taking the place of a minor character with the same name as her. Everyone in the village says she's cursed, having supposedly caused the deaths of a fiance and a husband. Driven to jump into the river by the rumors, the original Ye Qing is rescued by a soldier home on leave to visit his family. The sol —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 232 余 A Lifetime of Old Regrets 余生皆旧憾 A River of Moonlight一川月色Modern Romance102k WordsCompleted Spring, 1971. Wucun Village in western Hunan. Shen Nianhe made the most important decision of her life: she would marry a widower from the neighboring county. Not for herself, but so that the “black-category” youth who had been sent down from Beijing could return to the city without worry. The night before he left, she said, “It’s not that I don’t love you. I love you too much to ruin your life.” On the morning Lu Chenzhou left, she stood behind the door, listening as the bells on the donkey car 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You'll thank me, it was really awesome.

33. 233 迟 Mr. Zhou, Too Late 迟来的周先生 By You Zhiyu尤知遇 著Modern Romance561k WordsCompleted [Bold and passionate heiress vs. taciturn, devoted, domineering CEO] Jian Cheng had spent all twenty-four years of her life entangled with Zhou Yufeng. But with only three months to go before their wedding, Jian Cheng suddenly called it off. The reason? Zhou Yufeng thought she was vicious and couldn’t tolerate his mistress. Everyone thought she was just making a scene and would come crawling back to beg for a reconciliation in a couple of days. Zhou Yufeng thought so too. Until, at the Zhou fami 55.3kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
34. 234 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Beating the Brats and Marrying an Officer in the Countryside 重生七零：揍翻极品下乡嫁军官 Flowers and Moon Defying Frost花月凌霜Modern Romance266k WordsOngoing A modern billionaire CEO chokes to death on a fish bone, only to wake up as Jiang Xia, a pushover in 1974. The moment she comes to, her stepmother and stepsister are abusing and framing her. The original Jiang Xia died a miserable death after being bullied, but she won’t put up with that. You dare insult her? She slaps you right back. You dare hit her? She kicks you to the ground. You dare curse her mother? She’ll beat you until you’re bawling for your parents. When she learns that her stepmothe 3.5kReads—Score539Shelves
35. 235 重 Reborn in the 1960s: My True Identity Revealed, I Become the Big Shot’s Most Cherished One 重生六零：身世曝光，大佬心尖宠 I Love Yakult吾爱养乐多Modern Romance487k WordsCompleted [Period]+ [Reborn]+ [Storage space]+ [System]+ [Everyday life]+ [No romance] In her previous life, Shen Xiaoyan was drained dry by her so-called family, and met a tragic end. Reborn in a single day, she returned with a System and a storage space, determined to leave that bloodsucking family to whoever wanted them! At six years old and having lost her parents, Shen Xiaoyan decisively packed her things and followed her grandfather and uncles back to the countryside. In this life, no one would get 13.3kReads8.4Score880Shelves
36. 236 穿 Transported to 1980: I Have an Iron Rice Bowl from the Start 穿到1980，开局就有铁饭碗 Tiramisu提米拉苏Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [A career-focused heroine with a government job + 90% career storyline + a male lead who is weaker than the female lead] Lin Ruxin, from 2026, transmigrates into the body of Lin Ruxin in 1981. The original owner was not only ungrateful, but also hopelessly lovesick. As one of the first college graduates, she should have focused on her career, but instead devoted all her attention to men. Lin Ruxin can't stand it. Watch her kick her scumbag boyfriend to the curb and leave her coworkers stunned. W 34.8kReads8.7Score3.6kShelves
37. 237 穿 I Became the Wife of a Commander Who Died Young! Now His Whole Family Dotes on Me 穿成早死首长的妻子！被全家团宠 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A Novel Set in the 1980s) (Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Transmigrating into a Book vs. Transmigrating) A car accident sent Ye Fangfei into a novel. Its world was a parallel timeline in the early 1980s. The novel’s protagonists were the younger brother of her husband, Shen Zhanxun, and his wife. Shen Zhanxun was nothing but a stepping-stone they used to build their wealth. In the novel, Shen Zhanxun left the military to join the municipal public security bureau. He died while 94.8kReads9.0Score11.7kShelves

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    Ye Fangfei listened to the noise of children and the voices of adults outside. She turned over, pulled the blanket over her head, and went back to sleep.

38. 238 红 The Flowers of Shanghai Remain as They Were 红尘沪上花如旧 Xu Xiake徐侠克Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted Through the heroine Deng Deng’s experiences as a migrant worker in Shanghai, this novel reveals the complexity and darker side of human nature. It tells the tragic story of how an innocent young woman, newly entering the world, gradually goes astray. It warns society of its shortcomings in protecting migrant workers, especially women, including their personal safety and social welfare. The novel also offers a glimpse of the grueling lives of ordinary people at the bottom of society. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 239 年 Period: From Courtyard Troublemaker to the Top of the Capital 年代：从大院顽主登顶四九城 Tabby Cat and Tuxedo Cat狸花猫起司猫Urban573k WordsCompleted In the eyes of the compound’s privileged young men and the alleyway toughs, Lin Chuan is just a studious, honest man, a soft target anyone can push around. That is, until dozens of alleyway thugs surround the compound’s young men outside the Tianqiao Theater, with a bloody fight on the verge of breaking out. Half a brick smashes cleanly into the bridge of Wang Teng’s nose, the king of the northern city. One flying kick sends a fearless fighter from the State Planning Commission compound soaring 1.4kReads6.8Score100Shelves

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40. 240 六 The Sixties: The Little Darling Gets Rich Across Worlds 六零：奶团子她靠万界暴富 Fourth Master Ah肆爷啊Modern Romance207k WordsOngoing She was reborn in 1962 as an abandoned baby in the snow at a forestry camp in Northeast China. At two, she was taken in by an old Chinese doctor who had been sent down to the countryside. At five, while splashing around and washing her feet by the river, she met him as he passed by. He was seventeen. “Uncle, you have kidney deficiency.” He scowled for half his life, yet spent that same half of his life showering her with treats. Canned food, candy, a military overcoat, face cream… He gave them t 13Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 241 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 20.7kReads8.3Score2kShelves
42. 242 重 Reborn in the 1960s: A Baby Bottle in One Hand, a Pocket Dimension in the Other 重生六十年代她左手奶瓶右手空间 Fourth Master Ah肆爷啊Modern Romance885k WordsCompleted Tang Hua, an all-around female warrior from the apocalypse, arrived in the underworld after dying alongside the Mutant King. The King of Hell wanted to send her to the 1960s and have her put a chaotic era, thrown into disarray by the male and female leads, back on the right track. She refused. She absolutely refused. The King of Hell had no choice but to send her soul directly back to that era, reborn as a baby. A baby who couldn’t feed, wash, or relieve herself? She was so angry she wanted to c 5kReads9.0Score373Shelves
43. 243 穿 She Made a Killing After Transmigrating to the 1970s 穿越七十年代后她赚麻了 Fourth Master Ah肆爷啊Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (Complete. Brain storage: come back here to reclaim your brain after you finish reading. Love you all!) Zhou An'an, a little princess from the 23rd century who had just lost her grandfather, got a recommendation for a novel from her best friend after acquiring a pocket dimension. Her friend then dragged her into frantically stockpiling supplies. Just as she finished explaining everything, Zhou An'an transmigrated to the early 1970s in a parallel world and became the mother of triplets without ev 6.3kReads8.7Score643Shelves
44. 244 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: I Take My Terrible Family Along for the Ride 七零军婚：我带极品家人一起起飞 Jin Jinyu金金雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Completed) [1970s + military marriage + period setting + family drama + trading System + building wealth + transmigration and rebirth] On her way to school to pick up her admission letter from Capital University, Gu Tao gets hit by a black car and lands in the 1970s, along with a somewhat “simple-minded” little System. She opens her eyes to find a scheming dad, a lazy mom, a brother and sister bent on scrounging from their workplaces, and two younger brothers who keep wanting to smash other peo 9.3kReads8.5Score1kShelves

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45. 245 我 I Became a Butcher, and You Say I'm the Real Heiress? 我成杀猪匠了，你说我是真千金 Su Miaomiao苏苗苗Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Beloved by the Whole Family + Making a Fortune + Strong Female Lead] Su Miaomiao had slaughtered pigs for eighteen years when she was suddenly told she was the daughter of a high-ranking officer. She was so shocked she nearly dropped her butcher's knife. Then, as soon as she got home, she was told she was going to be sent down to the countryside. Well, she hadn't enjoyed a single day of good fortune, yet all the misfortune had landed on her. At least her family doted on her. He 80.8kReads8.7Score6.5kShelves
46. 246 在 Being the Worst Little Sister-in-Law in a Period Novel 在年代文当极品小姑子 Niu Gulu Yingying钮钴禄莹莹Modern Romance15k WordsCompleted The Most Awful Little Sister-in-Law in a Period Novel 917Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 247 六 Staying in the City in the 1960s: Everyday Family Life 六零不下乡，家长里短 User74149451用户74149451Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + patriotism + no romance + System + ensemble cast + family life + everyday living + rumors and gossip] In a nutshell: After transmigrating to the 1960s, Xiang Mianmian uses the System to find jobs for her family and friends, and the Xiang family grows rich. Full synopsis: A parallel world where the nation is developing steadily! An ensemble story with no fixed protagonist!!! All the gossip in the county is at her fingertips. In the 1960s, Xiang Mianmian, the sixth child in her f 956Reads8.0Score236Shelves
48. 248 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Transmigrated Book's Male Lead's Brother Was His Original Wife's Early Death 七零军婚：穿书男主他哥早死原配 Cat Who Loves Three-Hua Plums爱吃三华李的猫Modern Romance388k WordsCompleted (Military marriage + period setting + pocket dimension + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + family life) Su R ran transmigrates into a period novel she'd stayed up late reading. She doesn't become the heroine or even a supporting female character. Unfortunately, she becomes the male lead's older brother's first wife, who dies young. In the story, the male lead's older brother leaves for his military unit less than a month after marrying his first wife. Three years later, he's an office 5.8kReads8.2Score395Shelves
49. 249 七 The 1970s' Cannon-Fodder Little Sister-in-Law Becomes a Secretary at the Textile Mill 七零炮灰小姑子，纺织厂里当秘书 Cilantro Doesn't Eat Fish Mint香菜不吃折耳根呀Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, but it’ll rise later] [Career-focused, with romance on the side] [Period] [Beautiful heroine] [Family squabbles] [Factory promotions] [Face-slapping the worst of the worst] [Building a career] [Male lead appears later] Transmigrating into a textile mill in the 1970s, Su Lan declares: “I’ll put every troublemaker in their place!” Going to the countryside? Never happening! Trying to steal her assigned spot? No way. As long as it’s in my hands, you’ll never get it. Trying 36.7kReads8.6Score2.3kShelves
50. 250 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 103.8kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves

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