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1. 251 五 The 1950s Village Girl Is a Little Crazy: From the Start, She Smashes Her Scumbag Father's Wedding 五零村姑有点疯，开局砸渣爹婚礼 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ni Chuichui had just gotten out of a mental hospital when she had the misfortune to transmigrate into the body of a girl with the same name in the 1950s. Her mother was dead, and her father didn’t care about her. Wearing the standard smile of a villain, Ni Chuichui waved her hand and said, “You think you can just decide you don’t want me? That’s not how it works.” She took her younger brother to the military district, crashed a wedding, drove her stepmother into a faint, and extorted a huge sum 49.7kReads8.7Score6kShelves
2. 252 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: Everyday Family Life in a Courtyard Compound 穿越六零之大杂院里的家长里短 Golden Corn Kernels金黄玉米粒Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Marriage Before Love + Life in a Courtyard Compound + Gossip] Ye Fangfei was an ordinary office drone in the twenty-first century. One day, she transmigrated into the body of a young woman with the same name, who had just graduated from high school and lived in a crowded courtyard compound in the 1960s. The young woman was also named Ye Fangfei, and the day she arrived was the very day she was supposed to meet a potential match. The man was a demobilized soldier who now drove a 11.1kReads8.4Score697Shelves
3. 253 睁 I Opened My Eyes in the 1970s and Followed a Down-and-Out Big Shot to the Countryside to Enjoy Life 睁眼七零，追着落魄大佬下乡享福 Three Milk Candies三颗牛奶糖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional military marriage + super sweet, devoted romance + everyday family life + face-slapping the scum + space for raising kids] Sheng Jinhe is fair-skinned and gorgeous, with a captivating charm. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself as the male lead’s doomed former fiancée in a period novel. She gave the heroine her job and her golden finger, and in the end even drowned and lost her life to bring the male and female leads together. Sheng Jinhe stares at the sky in speechless di 17.2kReads8.4Score2.3kShelves
4. 254 婆 Mother-in-Law Rushes to the Capital Overnight: She Wins Over the Compound with Her Cooking from the Start 婆婆连夜进京：开局厨艺征服大院 Qiuqian Yao秋千幺Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period setting + cozy everyday life + raising kids + family and neighborhood affairs + career + ensemble cast) Chen Zhimin is a no-nonsense Northeast Chinese auntie. When her son and daughter-in-law need help, she packs her bags overnight and heads straight to the capital to look after the child. If her daughter-in-law says east, she won’t go west. If her daughter-in-law tells her to chase the dog, she won’t go after the chickens. Thanks to her cooking skills, she thrives in the military compo 51.3kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves
5. 255 穿 I Transmigrate into a Book in the 1980s: The Cannon-Fodder Turns Out to Be the Real Heiress from the Compound 穿书八零：炮灰原来是大院真千金 Qian Yu黔渔Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + transmigrate into a book + age gap + fake and real heiress + rekindled old romance + both leads’ first time + sweet romance] She was just reading a novel when she came across a despicable character with the same name as her. That was bad enough, but worse, she’d followed the latest trend and transmigrated into the book. Xie Zhizhi: “You’re telling me this woman, who lets her family suck her dry, refuses to sleep with her handsome husband or have children, an 42.7kReads8.3Score4.8kShelves
6. 256 六 The Sixties: I Keep My Whole Family Fed and Warm 六零年代，我带全家吃饱穿暖 Linlin, Early to Bed and Early to Rise早睡早起的林林Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted A twenty-first-century wage earner returns to the resource-scarce 1960s. Luckily, she has a seafood market trading app that lets her win prizes. She bustles between Y City and J City, showing how she helps her family eat well and stay warm in the 1960s, and achieve financial freedom as soon as possible. Note: The story has a slice-of-life style, with few nasty characters. The male lead is mostly in the background and appears fairly late. The main focus is on the warm story of one family. P.S. Th 997Reads7.3Score102Shelves
7. 257 六 The Sixties: Daily Gossip in a Compound Full of Eccentrics 六零：大杂院极品吃瓜日常 Golden Egg Egg金蛋蛋蛋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Courtyard compound + gossip + outrageous characters + everyday life + family squabbles + comedy + a touch of ensemble cast] Yu Junsheng is reborn and discovers he was a doormat who'd been used and betrayed at every turn. As a neighbor in the courtyard compound, he not only gave someone a house, a job, and a huge sum of money, but also raised that person's wife and child. Then, at just the right moment, he conveniently died to make way for them. In the end, all he got was a line from the treache 17.5kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves
8. 258 重 Reborn in 1957: I Stockpile Food with My Family to Survive the Famine 重生1957我带全家囤粮抗饥荒 Half-Moon Return半月返Modern Romance650k WordsCompleted (Reborn in 1957 + stockpiling grain + devoted couple + slow-burn romance + few oddballs + a hoarder heroine) In her previous life, Gu Shuyan fell for Lin Huaigu, a worthless educated youth. She angered her father into paralysis, worked her mother to death, and left both her brothers unmarried for life. Meanwhile, she toiled like an ox and a horse in the Lin household for thirty years, only to be cast aside by Lin Huaigu and their supposedly sensible children. Abandoned by everyone, she threw her 1.9kReads7.3Score138Shelves
9. 259 穿 Become a Stepmother in the 1960s 穿到六零年代当后妈 Meng Jinhe孟今禾Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Family Squabbles + Bickering and Banter + Food and Farming + Raising Kids on an Island] After waking up, Xu Wei, once a university lecturer, found herself in the body of Xu Erni, a girl from a rural village in the northwest in 1967. Xu Erni was past the usual marrying age and had no prospects, so someone introduced her to Cheng Weiguo, an army regiment commander who had two children from his previous marriage. She followed him to an island in the south. In those difficult times, Xu Wei and Chen 534Reads8.6Score—Shelves
10. 260 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 123.7kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves

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    Xia Li: "Actually, once you understand the principles, modifying these things is quite easy." Xia Xiaobao: ... No, from the moment you tore apart the tin bucket by hand, the threshold for making this thing was already not easy.

11. 261 抢 Grab It! If You Don’t Snatch the Golden Finger, Who Will? 抢啊！金手指都不抢，要留给谁？ Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted She is Daipa, the strongest shaman of the Black Miao tribe. She can divine the future and is skilled in poisons and gu magic. Her moods are unpredictable, and a pure black kitten is always at her side. She is Gu Qingcheng, a timid educated youth sent to the countryside after being set up. Someone schemed to make her take another woman’s place as a bride, and she lost her life as a result. She is Ma Xiaotiao, an older single woman whom her relatives think will never get married. She has been stuc 328Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is beautiful!!

12. 262 带 Taking the Taobao System with Me to the 1970s 带着淘宝系统穿七零 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Technically minded military officer VS powerful, down-to-earth woman; the heroine builds her career. The System plays a small role early on, then gets to take it easy. Period setting + comedy + both leads devoted only to each other “When a lie-flat System meets a crazy Host” Other people transmigrate to the 1970s: fight nasty relatives, make money, and marry a soldier. Xiang Nuan transmigrates to the 1970s: ✓ Fails to be reborn six times, then angrily kicks the coffin lid off ✓ Hacks her relativ 23.1kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves

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    Each one is 9.0 or higher, they're so beautiful, everyone!

13. 263 重 Reborn as a Delicate, Wealthy Beauty in the 1970s 重生七零娇气白富美 Bai Budan白不单Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Lu Xicheng, a young lady from the 21st century, transmigrates to the 1970s, bringing her little villa with her. Though she's unlucky, at least this girl looks just like she did before and has loving parents and family. So what if she's sent to the countryside? It's anyone's guess whether she'll reform the rural areas or they'll reform her! Staring at her palm, red and sore after picking just a few ears of corn, Lu Xicheng sniffles. Farm work is too hard. She wants to go home! Huo Jingchuan is th 139.9kReads9.2Score20.2kShelves
14. 264 六 The 1960s: I Follow the Army with My Child and Make the Whole Camp Drool 六零年，带娃随军我馋哭全军营 Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Ning猫猫猫猫猫宁Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Food + military life + adorable kids + Culinary God System + everyday child-rearing] Only after awakening does Song Qinghuan realize that the world she lives in grew out of a wicked stepmother novel, and that she is the original wife, a cannon-fodder character destined to die young. When she falls into a river, her children are abducted by human traffickers. Her children become villains who stand in the way of the heroine's children! In the end, some die and others are left crippled! All becaus 12.5kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
15. 265 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. 63.2kReads9.0Score7kShelves
16. 266 临 They Demanded More Dowry at the Last Minute? The Officer Turned Around and Married a Miaojiang Healer 临时加彩礼？军官转头娶苗疆医女 October Frost十月霜华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, 1980s, military marriage, golden finger, satisfying read, devoted and sweet romance with mutual fidelity, skilled in poison and medicine] On the day of the wedding, his fiancée's family blocks the doorway and demands more at the last minute: “Eight hundred yuan in bride price and thirty-two pieces of furniture. If you can't provide even one of them, this wedding is off!” Cheng Yuanchi leans on his cane. He's a wounded officer who served his country, yet now he suffers humiliatio 21.2kReads8.5Score3.2kShelves
17. 267 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Legitimate Daughter Is a Super Mom 穿七零，嫡女当妈超会养 Green Fish, Green Fish青鱼青鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ancient Times to Modern Day + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Island + Grasslands + Mutual Devotion] After taking revenge for her mother, Song Shuqian, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, arrives in 1968 and becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. She thought she could enjoy life without a care, since her family was wealthy and she was an only child. But in 1968, being a capitalist’s daughter meant danger. To escape her predicament, she impulsively marries Wei Jianguo, a 19.9kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
18. 268 团 The Beloved Little One Takes Her Capitalist Mother Along to Join the Army 团宠崽崽带资本家小姐亲妈去随军 Magpie Branch鹊枝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The moment the genius girl Panpan opened her eyes, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in a bygone era, becoming the doomed baby daughter of a doomed capitalist heiress. In the original story, her mother, Zhu Yunshu, would soon be framed, divorce her father, and then be manipulated by her step-grandfather into going to the countryside, after he took off with the family's vast fortune. Panpan herself would also be slandered as a bastard and die a miserable death. What a catastroph 8.4kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
19. 269 1 1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield 37.3kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
20. 270 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: My Young Thug of a Husband Is Surprisingly More Than Meets the Eye 穿越七零，小混混老公竟深藏不露 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + Spatial Dimension + Sweet Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + Raising Kids + Everyday Family Life) Su Xieqiu grew up with a father who didn't care for her and a mother who didn't love her. Her grandparents, who raised her, passed away early, too. After working hard to buy a home in a big city, she wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated to the planned-economy era of the 1970s. The original owner was an educated youth sent to the countryside. She was timid and a little 80.9kReads9.2Score7.5kShelves
21. 271 军 Military Marriage Bliss: I Flirt with a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚娇宠：我在七零与兵王互撩 Su Youran苏悠然Modern Romance618k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] Mu Jing'an married Song Qingning because his mother told him, “Song Qingning, the girl across the bridge, is your betrothed. You have to take responsibility for her.” Song Qingning married Mu Jing'an because the wife of the company commander who had rescued her told her, “My son is tall, a little dim, earns a good salary, and is an officer. If you don't mind, take him off my hands.” Both thought a marriage without love would 24.7kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
22. 272 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take the Children to Find Their Long-Dead Father 穿书后我带孩子找到他们早死的爹 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 37.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
23. 273 带 Taking Pinduoduo to 40 带着拼夕夕在40 Willows by the Water水边柳杨Modern Romance562k WordsCompleted [Farming + Infrastructure Development + Beloved by All + War of Resistance Against Japan] She woke up in the 1940s, with a Pinduoduo System? An Yu thought for a second, then decided to come clean: “I’m from the future, and I have a golden finger.” Canned luncheon meat, work boots, motorized tricycles... Fertilizer, canned luncheon meat, military coats... If Pinduoduo sells it, you can get it here! This time, she absolutely wouldn’t let their forebears fight the Japanese invaders on empty stomach 75.2kReads9.0Score11.2kShelves
24. 274 七 The 1970s: The Little Village Girl Brings Honor to Her Country Through Education 七零小村姑，靠读书为国争光 Only Plays Zhen Ji只玩甄姫Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Family Drama + System + Academic Prodigy + Knowledge Changes Your Destiny + Ensemble Cast] Wang Zhaozhao becomes the unwanted granddaughter of the Old Wang family, part of the village brigade in Riverside Village in the 1970s. When she is five, her mother becomes her eldest uncle’s wife, while her father marries a stepmother who brings along a stepsister. Later, she gains two younger sisters, one born to her eldest uncle’s wife and the other to her stepmother. Her days are full 14.6kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
25. 275 改 Reforming My Good-for-Nothing Husband, Starting at Age 20 改造废物老公，从20岁开始养老 Teletubby Without an Antenna没有天线的天线宝宝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr 34.8kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
26. 276 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, 33.8kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves
27. 277 穿 Transmigrated to the 1950s, the Country Sent Me Abroad to Study 穿越五零，国家送我去留学 A Cup of Wine in the Spring Breeze Among Peach and Plum Blossoms桃李春风一杯酒丶Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [No Golden Finger] [Strong Female Lead] [Research] [Few Extreme Male Leads] [Academic Prodigy] [A Strong Nation] [1950s] [Family Life] [Positive Energy] [Romance] An optimistic, positive female lead who refuses to waste energy on negativity, and a handsome male lead who trades his pen for a gun. (The romance is very, very subtle so far. The main plot is studying abroad and doing research.) After waking from a nap, Shi Jiayi becomes one of the chosen ones of the 1950s. The tide of transmigration 72kReads9.3Score6.3kShelves
28. 278 穿 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 16.8kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
29. 279 邻 The Neighboring Farmer Is as Steadfast as a Mountain, Guarding My Days in the Village 邻家汉子如山，护我山村岁月 Wu Yuejiu伍岳啾Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted [Period + Countryside + Ensemble Cast + Both Leads Are Each Other’s First + Family and Household Drama] [Burly Man vs. Young Neighboring Wife] Her husband dies in an accident on their wedding night, and Ye Chunxiang becomes the village’s cursed woman. Her in-laws insist on sending her back to her family, but her relatives refuse to return the bride price, wanting to use it to find a wife for her older brother. With Ye Chunxiang caught between them, unwanted by everyone and unsure where to go, he 195Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 280 重 Back to the 1990s: I'm Done Being a Good Girl 重回九零，不做乖乖女 Meow, Meow猫啊咪啊Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Comedy + Inspirational Youth + Reborn and Doted on by Everyone + Healing] Completed. He Laifa still hasn’t woken up. No one knows if she ever will, but her passion, her hard work, her determination, and her kindness and intelligence have all affected the people around her. The people of Yangjiatun will never forget her. The people of Hejiabao will never forget her. He, and all the others, keep striving in their own posts, shining brightly. She is strength. She is hope. She is their 212Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    You can take a look; the space is basically useless.

31. 281 金 The Award-Winning Nanny Reborn with a Professor's Book Collection! 金牌保姆带教授藏书重生啦！ Meow, Meow猫啊咪啊Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn + family bonds + everyone’s favorite + healing + mystery] The main story is complete, with some bonus chapters in the works. Feel free to dive in. Lin Chuyi was a top-tier caregiver who spent more than a decade looking after an elderly professor and his wife. They treated her like their own daughter. Before they died, they left her an inheritance and a jade pendant, which sent her back to the age of eighteen. The pendant is a key, and the library is a space connecting her past and future 483Reads9.2Score100Shelves
32. 282 熬 She Outlived the Other Woman, Then Was Reborn 熬死小三，她又重生啦 Meow, Meow猫啊咪啊Modern Romance605k WordsOngoing [Not a palace-intrigue novel, not a farming novel: the heroine's growth and the redemption of a life.] Bai Chunyu had a miserable life in her previous life. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the 1970s, before any of those tragedies had happened! She decisively cut ties with her family, severing them once and for all. She would protect her genius little daughter with her life. Her family's ancestral silver bangle concealed a pocket dimension, stocked to the brim with supplies. S 251Reads7.6Score—Shelves
33. 283 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: I Don't Want to Work, I Just Want to Lie Flat 穿越七零：不想干活，只想躺平 Author: A Woman Who Loves to Daydream作者爱幻想的女人Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted (One-on-one romance + period setting + exclusive devotion + everyday life) An explosion at a research institute in a high-ranking government agency in some country in the twenty-first century sent a female researcher hurtling into the 1970s. Gu Chuxia’s head throbbed as if it were about to explode, and she could hear someone crying nonstop. She silently grumbled to herself, “So annoying.” First, she landed among a bunch of awful relatives. No problem. She took them out. Then, without another w 296Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I don't know if these are your type of books, but they're pretty good to check out when you're looking for something to read.

34. 284 从 From Being Sold to Running the Household: My Scholar Husband Is So Sweet 从被卖到当家：科举相公他超甜 Author: A Woman Who Loves to Daydream作者爱幻想的女人Ancient Romance328k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 285 冉 The Galaxy Shines, All for You 冉冉星河，只为你倾 Author: A Woman Who Loves to Daydream作者爱幻想的女人Modern Romance141k WordsCompleted “Good girl, open up a little more.” A low, hoarse voice exploded beside her ear, its burning breath making Zhang Xinran’s earlobes tingle. For years, Zhang Xinran had been tormented by nightmares and erotic dreams. Two years ago, after she nearly drowned and was rescued by a soldier she didn’t know, she began dreaming every night of his gentle, dependable figure. What began as a dream of salvation gradually became an intimate, lingering fantasy, the only warm thought she had in her cold home. —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 286 穿 Transmigrated as the Fussy Ex-Wife of a Pure-Hearted Scientist in the 1970s 穿成七零年代纯情院士的作精前妻 Madam Daxian大闲太太Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Era setting + transmigrate into a book + System + laid-back corporate drone + unattainable beauty + marriage before love + mutual healing + utterly sweet pampering] Su Shu, a 996 corporate drone, transmigrated into a book, only to be handed divorce papers from the future leading scientist from the start. The malicious System in her mind flashed wildly: [Divorce means instant death! No cuddles, lose your life!] Su Shu looked at the handsome “golden goose” before her, handsome enough to make her 427Reads—Score102Shelves

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    Completed. The female protagonist transmigrates into a book, the male protagonist is reborn with amnesia, and their sweet love story spans two lifetimes, a tale that rekindles the feeling of first love. The system isn't a cheat code! Many years later, I no longer believe in love, but fairy tales give us the courage to live life to the fullest!

37. 287 年 A Junior Cadre in a Period Novel, I'm a Matchmaking Expert 年代文里小干部，我是相亲专业户 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Rural Life676k WordsCompleted [The 1970s] [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Scheming] [Time-Space Club] [Countryside] [One Female Lead] He enters a novel about educated youths in the 1970s and becomes Zhang Xiangbei, an engineering-and-agriculture university graduate who has just been assigned a job. His girlfriend betrays him, his job assignment is changed, and he's sent to a mountain village to serve as a cannon-fodder educated youth! But this sly guy uses a mysterious old mailbox and his sharp, scheming mind not only to win 9.6kReads8.8Score793Shelves

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    There were no trivial family matters, only national affairs.

38. 288 碎 Broken Pieces Mend Themselves: Finding Salvation in the Shadow of a Dysfunctional Family 碎者自拼：原生家庭阴影下的自渡 Zheng Zai Qian郑载虔Modern Romance761k WordsOngoing Being born is never a choice we get to make for ourselves. We cannot decide when or where we are born, or what kind of family we are born into. We cannot even decide whether to be born at all. The words Zheng Zaiqian heard most often from his mother were demands that he “go die”! Her most frequent judgment of him was that he “didn’t deserve to live in this world”! Her most frequent accusation was that “giving birth to you was the greatest sin of my life”! Why was he forced to face all this cruel 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Starting in the 1990s, family matters, no rebirth.

39. 289 零 Odd Jobs Journal: Warmth in Life's Little Corners 零工杂记：生活边角的温暖 Zhao Xi招熙Modern Romance555k WordsCompleted On life's vast stage, Xiang Qian is just an ordinary dream chaser. For the sake of her dreams and her livelihood, she embarks on a long journey of part-time jobs and odd work. She might be hurrying through the streets and alleys to deliver takeout, or busy cleaning up as a server in a restaurant late at night. In all these different jobs, she witnesses the warmth and coldness of society, faces unreasonable demands, and also receives kind smiles from strangers. Among her coworkers, some are cheer 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A simple and refreshing campus life

40. 290 大 The Courtyard's Rebellious Son 大院逆子 The Too-Late Jinx为时已晚的克夫Urban193k WordsOngoing This is not a hero's story. It's the story of someone who is alive, living on behalf of those who died. Military life, the Sino-Vietnamese War of Self-Defense and Counterattack, reconnaissance soldiers, brotherhood, father-son bonds, a bygone era, growing up, passion, heartbreak, and tears. 96.3kReads7.6Score6.9kShelves
41. 291 世 The Crown Princess’s Funeral 世子妃的葬礼 Wintersweet Defying the Frost22腊梅凌霜22Historical344k WordsCompleted Li Liwan, legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Dingbei, married Ouyang Zhen, heir to the Prince of Zhenbei, in her previous life. She threw the full strength of her clan behind his bid for the throne. On their third wedding anniversary, he divorced her on charges of treason and left her to be hacked to death in a mass grave, all so he could make her half-sister Li Ruoyao his principal wife. Only as she lay dying did she learn that Ouyang Zhen had also been reborn. Carrying memories of his past 425Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Read some ancient romance novels.

42. 292 快 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Character in Period Dramas Rises to the Top 快穿之年代文中的女配要崛起 Lingxi菱溪Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Farming] [Reborn] [Pocket Dimension] [One-on-One, Both Leads Have No Past Relationships] [Period] [Sweet Romance] [Fall-Guy] [Comeback] [Top Student] When it came to having a miserable life, Ye Qing felt she could rank near the top. Though she had parents, her life was worse than that of an orphan. The only person who loved her, her grandmother, passed away early. After finally graduating from college, she found a high-paying job, and a bright future beckoned. Who could h 9.2kReads9.1Score715Shelves
43. 293 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 29.1kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
44. 294 离 Let’s Divorce! I Don’t Want to Be a Cannon Fodder Wife in the 1970s 离婚吧！我不想在七零当炮灰女配 Ka Tu Ka卡图卡Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Period] [Spirit Spring] [Space] [Book Transmigration] [Farming] [Reborn] [Supplies] [Rugged Man] [Arranged Marriage] [Sweet Romance] Luo Yi accidentally ends up inside a period novel, as a cannon-fodder supporting character who gets written out early. The male lead is her husband, Xiao Fan, a soldier she has only met once, on the day they registered their marriage. When Luo Yi read this period novel, she was so furious she nearly hurt herself. To make the female lead look good, the unscrupulous 7.1kReads9.2Score582Shelves
45. 295 八 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Si Jiao Jiao肆饺饺Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 38kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
46. 296 七 1970s Storage Space: The Sweet Young Intellectual Makes the Rugged Man’s Heart Race 七零空间：娇娇知青撩得糙汉心颤 Shen Jingbing沈晶冰Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted [Reborn + magic space + sweet romance + beautiful, wealthy young intellectual sent to the countryside + rugged country man + she pursues him] In her previous life, Song Ziyao was blind to the truth and foolishly trusted the wrong people, letting herself be used completely. It wasn't until she married Tan Jinhe at forty that her life finally became vivid and bright. Reborn, she skips straight past all the wrong turns and heads to the countryside to find Tan Jinhe. Who would have guessed that Tan 16.5kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
47. 297 怕 Help! Pregnant with Twins, and This Rugged Man Won't Stop Spoiling Me! 怕！双胎体质，被糙汉掐腰猛宠！ Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Period setting + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life + devoted couple, one-on-one romance) As a minor cannon-fodder shrew of a supporting female character in a period novel, she was destined for a miserable ending that would leave everyone sighing with pity. But sorry, I'm here now. Looking at the man before her, with his straight, sturdy posture, phoenix eyes, and high nose, both his face and physique seemed made to match her tastes perfectly. Bai Yueji: How thoroughly brai 84kReads9.4Score5.5kShelves
48. 298 七 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 Li Jia Qiqi黎家七七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 22.2kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
49. 299 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 92.9kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves
50. 300 女 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 16.2kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves

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