Female-Led Period Novels: No Going to the Countryside, Focused on Building a Career, and Clear-Headed 年代大女主文，不下乡专注搞事业，头脑清醒

1. 101 蜜 Sweet as Honey: A Pampered Life in the Eighties 蜜糖年代：八零娇宠日常 The Western Heaven War Emperor of Donghuang Haoyuan东煌浩源的西天战皇Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted After modern designer Shen Zhiyi dies suddenly, she transmigrates into a period novel as a cannon-fodder supporting heroine who gets dumped by her fiancé right in the opening chapter. Faced with the original male lead’s patronizing promise, “I’ll take responsibility,” she tears up the script in front of everyone. “The engagement is off. We have nothing to do with each other.” Everyone waits to laugh as the orphan falls into ruin, only to watch her move into a cramped apartment building and dazzl 5Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 102 无 Homeless, I Marry an Army Officer with a Hundred-Billion-Space 无家可归，我带百亿空间嫁军官 Third Tang Sister唐家三姐Modern Romance867k WordsOngoing Now with voice acting! [1980s military marriage + raising kids + space + everyday family life + building a fortune + devoted husband] Jiang Ling, a trillionaire CEO, dies horribly and transmigrates into a book. She was supposed to become the happy heroine, but the villainess is reborn, and Jiang Ling becomes a cannon-fodder villainess instead. She is forced to marry a short-lived military officer, and unexpectedly gains a super space. One of the space's tasks is to marry that short-lived officer 4.6kReads8.5Score512Shelves
3. 103 1 In 1960, I Stole Away to Hong Kong and Rose to the Top by Selling Fish 1960偷渡香江从卖鱼开始逆袭 Lychee, Lychee, Loves Lychee Most荔枝荔枝最爱荔枝Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [Fishing for seafood + underworld intrigue + business battles + feuds among the wealthy + a rise from the bottom + an ensemble period drama + the heroine can hold her breath underwater for 12 minutes + a powerful heroine + the hero has a smaller role later on] Reborn on the very day her family planned to trade her in marriage to a fool. In her previous life, he had risked his life to protect her. In this life, she would take him with her as they defied fate and rose to the top. Starting out on t 102.2kReads9.3Score7.9kShelves

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   Very nice.

4. 104 救 Help! After Being Reborn, I Grabbed the Wrong Lifeline and Now He's Watching Me! 救！重生后抱错大腿被他盯上了！ Mao Lixi猫莉西Modern Romance562k WordsOngoing (Just started getting ratings!) [Reborn + school life + aloof beauty falls from her pedestal + winning her back + SCHE] Reborn back in high school, Jiang Li only wanted to do two things: 1. Stay away from Lu Yuan, the cold-blooded, heartless tycoon from her previous life. 2. Cling to future top-tier star Chi Yu and wait for her investment to pay off. So she acted meek and timid in front of Lu Yuan, not even daring to lift her head. But she turned around and fussed over Chi Yu, doing everything s 948Reads9.0Score105Shelves
5. 105 求 Survival Game: I Own a Lake Island 求生游戏：我有一座湖心岛 Just One Bowl of Winter Melon, Corn, and Pork Rib Soup恰一口冬瓜玉米排骨汤Fantastical Romance717k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Infrastructure Building] [Farming] [Cute Pets] [The heroine never falls behind other survivors and eventually reaches the top] While conducting field research in the mountains with her advisor, she is caught up in the global event that drags everyone into a survival world. There's no time to mourn the modern life she's lost. Jiang Lanyue zips up her sturdy shell jacket and decides to start by finding the perfect spot to place a shelter for herself. No one k 80.4kReads9.3Score9.8kShelves
6. 106 怎 How Could Anyone Resist Her? 怎敌她动人 Biyou彼呦Modern Romance551k WordsCompleted [Physical book goes on sale September 19 at 7:30 p.m.] [Reborn in school + healing + secret crush from the male lead + both leads have no past relationships, happy ending] Bright, charming sweetheart x obsessive, restrained man * In the eyes of outsiders, Xu Jiqing was refined and aloof, a dazzling new elite from a wealthy family and a self-made miracle who had risen from poverty. Su Xia was unbelievably lucky to marry him at her most desperate. Only Su Xia knew that Xu Jiqing was a madman. She 230.6kReads9.5Score36.3kShelves
7. 107 剁 Chop, Chop, Chop, Chop, Turn Them All into Dumplings 剁剁剁剁，全都剁了包包子 Plum Blossom K梅花小KSports958k WordsOngoing [Game] [Two Worlds Connected] [Leveling Up] [Family] [Male Lead as a Tool] [Gourmet] Song Xu has just had a fight with her husband, who is obsessed with gaming. In the blink of an eye, she finds herself inside the game. Only when she discovers that items from the game can be brought back to the real world does she understand why he was so hooked. One bottle of medicine can cure her daughter’s illness and save her own life. If she were in his shoes, she’d play like her life depended on it too. Si 20kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
8. 108 千 A Thousand Years Later, I Fell from a Legendary Female General to a Stunt Double 千年后我从女将星沦落成武替 Guest in the Hall堂上客Modern Romance6.3M WordsOngoing As the Grand General Who Guards the Nation, whose very name commanded the entire court of the Great Qin Dynasty, Ji Mo lived a life of boundless glory. She donned her armor, slew the enemy, assisted the emperor, and rose to become regent. Her legendary life reached a perfect conclusion in her twilight years. But when she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a strange and fantastical world, inhabiting a young body. Here, people could fly through the sky, and cars needed no horses to pull t 3.2kReads9.2Score273Shelves
9. 109 重 Reborn: I Become a Sensation on a Boy Band Survival Show 重生后我在男团选秀综艺爆火了 Seven-Character Coin七言钱Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted [Reborn / Top-tier star / Sweet romance / Two strong leads] Genius music producer Song Nanxing is reborn in the body of a newcomer covered in scandals before he has even debuted. The original owner entered a boy-band competition as a male contestant. Dead last in ability and ostracized by everyone, he became the target of ridicule across the internet! Then Song Nanxing arrived. The nobody who used to sing terribly and seemed good for nothing opened his mouth again, and his singing was breathtaki 18.6kReads9.5Score2.7kShelves
10. 110 七 Seventies: My Portable Space 七零之随身空间 Ye Chenwei, Who Loves Teacup Dogs喜欢茶杯狗的叶辰威Modern Romance493k WordsCompleted Su Jinxiu is reborn in the year 1970. When she opens her eyes, she finds half a bowl of sour porridge and a stepmother who wants to sell her for money. In her previous life, she ran away and worked herself to death in an illegal factory. In this life, a red mole has appeared on her wrist. Hidden inside it are a spiritual spring and ten acres of fertile land. Her stepmother wants to sell her? Su Jinxiu turns around and reports her for profiteering, getting her stepmother's family arrested. No foo 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come on, come on, save the book famine, here is the arrangement for you, Baozi, the book you asked for is here. I have this year's text here that you may like. It's a very nice 1970s text, with space and gold fingers. Do you want to try it? I hope you like it. After reading it, please tell me in the comment area.

11. 111 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 53.5kReads9.5Score6.2kShelves

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    The heroine in the main story has a career and has a CP. If you mind, please don't enter.

12. 112 八 The 1980s Crime Drama: Even a Chef Can Be a Great Detective 八零刑侦剧场：厨子也能当神探 Big White Sail大白帆Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Was life in the 1980s really that boring? Not necessarily. Pigs eat people, dogs poison people, and a dragon falls from the sky! Are these bizarre cases real or not? Welcome to the world of a female criminal investigator in the 1980s. See how detectives of that era solved cases without surveillance cameras or DNA evidence. A word of caution: The heroine is not a transmigrator or someone who transmigrates into a book. There is no System and no golden finger. 17.8kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
13. 113 九 The 90s: Ever Since I Stopped Being Filial, I've Had the Sweetest Smile 九零，自从不孝后我笑的可甜嘞 Ten Steps, Ten Steps十步十步Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Li Xingjian’s reputation was ruined before she could return home. Her biased mother demanded that she give her childhood sweetheart and fiancé to her younger sister, then forced her to sacrifice herself to secure her sister’s future. “You weren’t pure to begin with. Even if I let you marry, who would want you? Once your sister makes something of herself, she’ll spare you a bite to eat. I’m only doing this for your own good, aren’t I?” Her useless father turned a blind eye t 46.7kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves
14. 114 手 I Tear Into My Awful Relatives, Leaving My Educated-Youth Parents Stunned 手撕极品亲戚，知青爹妈惊呆了 Reading at Midnight夜半读书Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing (Doing business in the 1980s + a local-born protagonist + no golden finger + taking on terrible relatives) A spineless dad, a weak stepmother, grandparents who play favorites, and greedy uncles. That’s what Cheng Shu faces from the start when he returns to the city from the countryside with his parents. As he matches wits with his relatives, he also sets up stalls and gets into business. 15.6kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
15. 115 缉 Hunting the Killer: A Rural Murder Casebook, Volume Two 缉凶：乡村杀人事件簿二 Big White Sail大白帆Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing Female cop + crime solving + no golden finger, a traditional criminal-investigation novel After failing the college entrance exam, Chen Guoning joins the Yongcheng County Public Security Bureau as a criminal investigator and begins a turbulent career in law enforcement. This is the story of an ordinary policewoman's growth. No contrived mysteries, just the resolve to investigate each detail, one step at a time. No coincidences that force the plot forward without reason, just the power of meticul 9.2kReads8.8Score788Shelves
16. 116 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Earn Merits Through Intelligence 重生七零：我靠情报立功 Black Phoenix Who Loves Pickled Pepper Loach爱吃泡椒泥鳅的黑凤Modern Romance219k WordsOngoing In the 1970s, an elite special intelligence agent is reborn as the pampered daughter of a "villainous family." She tears up the script for a political marriage and infiltrates a military camp. With intelligence tactics that leave the opposition hopelessly outmatched, she takes the stone-faced company commander from suspicion to surrender, ultimately transforming from the daughter of a convicted official into a blade of the nation. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 117 六 I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1960s, and the System Scores Me a Job 六零不下乡，系统暴击出工作 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + System + Villain + Shameless + Few Annoying Characters + No Sent-Down Youth Plot + Satisfying Read + Never Overthinks] (How do you keep awful people out of your life? By becoming the worst one yourself, of course.) Transmigrating into a book isn’t scary. What’s scary is ending up as the vicious cannon-fodder character destined for a tragic fate. Look at He Ruixue’s family: her eldest brother is reckless, and her sister-in-law is fierce. Her second sister and brother-in-law are 24.9kReads7.9Score2kShelves
18. 118 漂 The Beautiful Girl Next Door Wakes Up and Joins the Army. Officers Fight Over Her 漂亮白月光觉醒随军，首长争又抢 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Second Chance at Love, Spatial Ability, Everyone’s Favorite, Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium, Adorable Baby, Military Marriage” In the third year of living apart from He Shaoyan and fighting over a divorce, Ye Qingzhi began having prophetic dreams. At first, they were just trivial things, until one day she dreamed that her brother-in-law imprisoned her, while her sister became his accomplice and drove her insane before she died a gruesome death. After she died, the man who had repeatedly cl 32.1kReads6.9Score2.6kShelves

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    🥺Separated for three years, she kept having precognitive dreams, seeing him ruin her life after her tragic death. When she woke up, she stabbed her brother-in-law and ran to the army to find He Shaoyan. He looked coldly: "I won't be fooled again!" But she got along with the military wife in the compound, and even awakened to the space to grow vegetables and raise chickens. He couldn't sit still anymore and blocked the person in the corner: "Ye Qingzhi, is my seed in your belly?" Reunion + reunion + cute baby, go! 😭 "You just want to play with me again!" After three years of separation, she came to him with a precognitive dream and space, and Mr. He was hard-spoken and soft-hearted. Later she became pregnant, and the entire military compound regarded her as a group favorite, and even his subordinates called her sister-in-law. He was crazy with jealousy and drove everyone away: "Get out of here, that's my wife!" Everyone felt wronged: You clearly said she was your cousin! Reunion + Chasing Wife at the Crematorium + Military Marriage, I stayed up late to watch it and cried like a dog!

19. 119 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Takes the Business World by Storm 重生八零：营销女王横扫商界 CPOModern Romance41k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Conquers the Business World 76Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Finally, I came across a period article that doesn't involve internal friction or romance. The heroine's sobriety made me feel super happy! [Sending Hearts]

20. 120 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Turning the Tables with a Super System 重生六零年代：带着超级系统逆袭 Half Coffee, Half Tea半咖半茶Modern Romance448k WordsOngoing She was the top agent of 2099, the "Night Owl," with a photographic memory and mastery of every form of combat. But during a mission, her teammates betrayed her, and she died in a sea of flames. When she opens her eyes, she's a capitalist's daughter in Haishi in 1966, about to be forcibly sent to the countryside. Her parents have been framed, she's living under someone else's roof, and the original owner of her body was weak-willed and took her own life, leaving behind two young twin brothers. F 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine who pursues a career is awesome

21. 121 六 The Sixth Young Lady in the 1950s Is the Army Commander’s Family Darling 六小姐在五零，被军长全家团宠了 Hot Summer 2025炎热的夏季2025Modern Romance982k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + pocket dimension + two female leads skilled in social maneuvering + two military marriages with doting husbands + a comeback in a bygone era) Su He transmigrates to the 1950s, and from the start, she’s in hell mode. No worries: she has a pocket dimension with a spirit spring, and a mother who’s a white lotus hiding her true abilities. She fakes her death and flees north, only to be doted on like the apple of her eye by a once-household servant, now a stern military division com 1.1kReads7.0Score140Shelves
22. 122 糙 The Rugged Man’s Wife Is a Miracle Doctor, and Her Seven Babies Bring Prosperity to the Whole Village 糙汉家有神医妻，一胎七宝旺全村 Flying Shrimp飞起来的虾Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted [Period setting + rugged man + miracle doctor + pocket dimension + everyone's darling + adorable babies] On her wedding night, her vegetative husband is swapped by his family for an old, crippled fool. They force her to consummate the marriage and bear a child, but Shen Qingci knocks the fool out with a silver needle and flees into the mountains in the dead of night! Then she accidentally eats a mysterious fruit and spends a wild night with a "wild man" recovering from his injuries. She thinks h 679Reads7.1Score103Shelves
23. 123 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 Romance1.4M 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 22.7kReads8.6Score2.2kShelves
24. 124 易 Born Fertile! The Celibate Tycoon’s Wife Is Pregnant Again 易孕体质！禁欲大佬你媳妇又怀了 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted [Devoted to each other + family squabbles + sweet romance + raising a child + military life on a seaside island + troublemakers + good-pregnancy System + stunning, delicate beauty vs. abstinent pilot] Only after Ji Yanshu dies does she learn that she had been living in a novel set in a bygone era. She was the male lead’s first wife, who died young. The heroine is a capitalist’s daughter sent down to the countryside. Not wanting to suffer, she chooses to become someone’s stepmother. The capitalis 26kReads8.4Score2.6kShelves
25. 125 七 A Delicate Educated Youth in the 1970s Marries the Toughest Man in the Village 七零娇知青，嫁全村最猛糙汉 Mu Ling沐泠Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Space + System + family life + gourmet food Tang You transmigrated into a book written by her best friend’s cousin specifically to get under her friend’s skin. In the book, she was a wicked supporting female character who fell in love with the second male lead and couldn’t have him, so she made trouble for the heroine. After a string of suicidal stunts, she died of fury while watching the devoted man she couldn’t have gaze longingly at the heroine on TV as the main couple showed off their love. 2.7kReads8.8Score255Shelves
26. 126 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Dumped My Abusive Husband and Married a Soldier King 重生八零：甩了家暴男，嫁兵王 Author Wen Shang作者文尚Marriage & Romance20k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: She Dumps Her Abusive Husband and Marries a War Hero —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come and take a look? See how it goes

27. 127 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Take My Mom With Me to Get a Divorce 重生八零，我带着妈妈一起离婚 A Little Tree Sprout一点小树芽Modern Romance104k WordsOngoing Period setting + face-slapping + multiple male leads + building wealth + size difference Zhou Xiaoya transmigrates to 1985. In three days, she’s supposed to marry her aunt’s dim-witted son. She chooses to call off the engagement, but his father won’t let her. He beats her, and he beats her mother, too. Then we’re done with this family. Mom, I’ll take care of you! 317Reads—Score109Shelves

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    I recommend this book. I personally think it is quite good. It is not brainless and logical. The author must have come from that era. It's more realistic and less cliche. Nice looking

28. 128 被 Bound to a System in the 1970s, I Became a Tycoon 被系统绑到七十年代后我成了首富 Fen Luxia粉鹿夏Modern Romance307k WordsOngoing After Ye He died, the System forcibly bound her and made her transmigrate into the villainess of a period novel. The youngest daughter in a blended family, unloved by both parents, she was facing an order to go to the countryside before even finishing middle school. According to the book, after going to the countryside, the original owner would meet the handsome male lead and become hopelessly obsessed with him, banging her head against a wall for his sake. She would give him the hard-won opport 3.8kReads—Score261Shelves

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    This book is really good, I recommend reading it

29. 129 年 A Commoner’s Road to Survival in the Era of Quick Transmigration 年代快穿凡人求生路 Springtime Deer Song鹿鸣春Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing Read this first: The protagonist has no memories and no golden finger. She only has vague impressions of the skills she learned in other worlds, as if she were born knowing them. The pacing varies: some worlds last around ten chapters, while others take dozens. The protagonist can be male, female, or an animal. There is no fixed CP. Men don’t occupy her heart, but she’s rarely been without one nearby. The story is still ongoing, so a low rating is normal. It will gradually rise later on. Every w 37.8kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
30. 130 守 The Two Heroes of the Yang Family Defend the Yellow River 守黄河杨家双雄 Old Rat from Neiqiu内丘的老老鼠Historical693k WordsCompleted The Yellow River roars as Khitan cavalry smash through Yanmen Pass, leaving half of the Northern Song’s realm on the brink of disaster! The Yang family of Linzhou has spent three generations building an unyielding Great Wall along the Yellow River with their own flesh and blood. Yang Wudi, Yang Ye, leads his troops in holding the Yellow River crossing, covering hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians as they cross. He fights until he is captured, then refuses food for three days to sho 355Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Volcano River: Yang Family and Sons

31. 131 黄 You, Me, and Everyone on the Loess Plateau 黄土地上的你我他 Heart's Happy Dream心悦梦想Modern Romance270k WordsCompleted The novel You, Me, and Them on the Yellow Earth is a rural novel. It recounts the lives and tangled relationships of the Jiaowu, Ningnan, and Changjiang families from the 1950s to the 2020s, as they navigate the changes of the times. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 132 大 A Sucker’s Life in the 1960s 大冤种的六零生活 A Watermelon-Loving Chara一只爱吃瓜的猹Modern Romance480k WordsCompleted Liu Yun transmigrated into a series of novels by a certain author, and she even ended up as the book's biggest punching bag. No way. Whoever wants to be that unlucky sap can take the job. When she came of age, she found a man and married him, only to discover she had been dragged into the “palace intrigue.” What could she do? Just roll with it. Her mother-in-law was reborn, and her neighbor had transmigrated. Right, all that was missing was a quick transmigration story. Is this world full of hol 9.1kReads8.2Score347Shelves
33. 133 我 I'm the Worst, So What Can You Do About It? [The 1970s] 我是极品，能奈我何【七零】 Li Site李思特Modern Romance548k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + everyday family life; heroine is a human weapon, police] Shi Yu transmigrates from the apocalypse to 1976. At first, all she wants is enough to eat, then to eat well. In the end, the times push her into becoming a police officer. She gets to watch the drama unfold, enjoy the show, and beat people up. What could be better? The heroine’s superhuman strength returns around Chapter 40. The male lead is Li Yinian, but he doesn’t appear much! (The characters aren’t perfect; fictional 2.4kReads6.8Score140Shelves
34. 134 八 An Ordinary Life for a Girl Born in the Eighties 八零后女孩的平凡人生 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance490k WordsCompleted [No transmigration] [No rebirth] [No golden finger] [Rural life in the 1980s] [A small ensemble cast] [Family squabbles] [Gentle and heartwarming] Xu Congcong and Xu Mingming are sisters born in the 1980s. They are lucky to have a grandma and father who love them unconditionally, as well as a mother whose personality is a little complicated but who loves them just as much. Sheltered by their whole family, the sisters grow up carefree. Through the sisters’ coming-of-age story, this novel traces t 3.6kReads9.2Score299Shelves
35. 135 捡 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 Dimension Mender次元缝补匠Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 20.4kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
36. 136 我 My Dad Is a Deadbeat 我爹是二赖子 Miserly Homebody抠门宅Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted Ji Qiuqiu transmigrated into a book. Her father is the village’s notorious layabout, her mother ran off with another man, and she herself is a wicked relative who latches onto the heroine to bleed her dry. Qiuqiu thinks this little villainess has a pretty good lot in life, so she decides to recreate her life and cling to the heroine to get rich. Then one day, she discovers that the heroine’s cousin is a fellow transmigrator. But this hometown girl heroine has given up and no longer wants to be t 16.9kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
37. 137 亲 After My Biological Brother Was Reborn, the Real Heiress Returned 亲哥重生后，真千金回归了 Zheng Baiye郑白叶Modern Romance274k WordsCompleted Lin Yanhui is miserable. Her paternal grandparents favor boys over girls, her father is taciturn, and her mother has a sharp tongue and a sharper heart. And now her name is Huang Zhaodi. In the middle of her chaotic life, she never imagined that one day a group of people would show up at her home and tell her she was their biological daughter! Lin Yanhui: !!! - It wasn’t until three days before Lin Rui died in the line of duty that he learned his family had raised someone else’s child. When they 33.6kReads9.0Score4.2kShelves
38. 138 去 I Went Looking for My Family and Mistook the Wrong Guy for My Brother, While My Amnesiac Ex Loses His Cool Every Night 去寻亲认错哥，失忆前任夜夜红温 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + spatial powers + adorable baby + military marriage + rekindled love + reunion after years apart + supernatural abilities] In the third year after Jiang Xuxue retired from the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and returned to the village to farm, her biological parents came looking for her. “Darling, someone deliberately switched you back then. We never abandoned you!” Unfortunately, just after finding her, her biological parents were sent to the far northwest. Her mother press 12.5kReads6.7Score1.3kShelves

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    🍇[Oolong marriage + sweet love in military marriage] The heroine thought she was going to join her cousin, but the cold-faced leader thought she was a child marriage partner. She was diligent, talked little, and worked quickly. When she saw him, she would call her brother with her eyes bent. He silently arranged work to prepare the wedding room, and she was touched by the miraculous blood relationship. Until that day when I heard him talking about a wedding room... Guard: The chief is preparing to marry you! Hostess:??? With me?!

39. 139 黄 The Hidden Dragon of the Yellow River: Two Generals Guard the Han at Niangniang Beach 黄河龙隐：娘娘滩双将护汉 Old Rat from Neiqiu内丘的老老鼠Historical30k WordsCompleted Set against the political turmoil of the early Han court, Yellow River Dragon's Hidden Isle: The Two Generals of Niangniang Shoal Guard the Han tells a legendary tale of loyal service spanning seventeen years. Brothers Li Wen and Li Gong from Pei County were Liu Bang's personal guards from the time he raised his forces at Mangdang. They risked their lives to protect him at the Feast at Hong Gate and won repeated honors in the Chu-Han War, yet never coveted fame or rank, remaining steadfastly loy 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An in-depth look at historical literature

40. 140 A From a 38-Yuan AI Writing Gig to Web-Novel Greatness AI码字成神从38元到网文大神 Old Rat from Neiqiu内丘的老老鼠Urban456k WordsCompleted Chen Mo, a 34-year-old interior designer, spent three years writing web novels, but both were flops. He earned less than 3,000 yuan in royalties, while his seriously ill mother urgently needed 500,000 yuan for surgery. With nowhere else to turn, he accidentally unlocked the ultimate secrets of AI writing and turned writing into an industrial assembly line. From earning 38 yuan on his debut to becoming a web-novel master, from a low-level wage earner to a legend in the online fiction world, he se 9Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 141 这 This Kid Can Turn Invisible 这小子会隐身 Yang Chai Zhu洋柴主Urban866k WordsOngoing [Rural Folk Abilities + Culinary Arts + Global Wonders + The Unorthodox Path to Wealth + Passionate Heroism] Ever felt a sense of closeness to someone you have never met? Do you find yourself staring at the stars whenever you feel hurt or wronged? Yang Dashi, a country boy from the mountains, retired from the army with a heavy heart to raise money for his terminally ill mother’s medical bills and step into the real world. Instead, his brothers betrayed him and his lover humiliated him. Heartbrok 110Reads8.6Score113Shelves
42. 142 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 795Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A cool fantasy novel about the era, the little heavenly master who catches ghosts goes into the city to secretly help the guerrillas

43. 143 史 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 517Reads7.0Score—Shelves
44. 144 掏 She Spent the Family Fortune: The Capitalist Heiress Married a Young Officer 掏空家底，资本家大小姐嫁军少 Kung Fu Potato功夫马铃薯Modern Romance3.4M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + military marriage + pocket dimension + a capitalist heiress who looks bright and lovely but is proud at heart, paired with a disciplined officer with incredible stamina and an eight-pack] In her previous life, Shen Zhitang was set up by her scumbag father and stepmother, who tricked her into marrying the powerful and influential Gao Jianren. When disaster struck, her father’s family used the Gao family’s connections to sneak off to Hong Kong, enjoying a life of luxury with the Shen fa 27.8kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves

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    A cool fantasy novel about the era, catching ghosts and the little heavenly master goes to farm

45. 145 七 A Fierce Seventies Wife with Beast Ears 七零辣妻有兽耳 Wan Changru, Who Loves Vegetarian Pork Floss爱吃素香松的万长儒Modern Romance41k WordsCompleted The Spicy Seventh-Child Bride Has Beast Ears 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The scumbag wanted to take back the notebook, but the heroine said coldly, "That's evidence of your crime." She had an aura of 2.8 Meters!

46. 146 权 The Women in the Shadow of Power 权力阴影下的她们 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban441k WordsCompleted Ten years in discipline inspection, and enough corruption case files to fill half a lifetime. Among the countless cases I've handled, I've found one hidden rule: behind every fallen corrupt official stands at least one woman, often a whole group of them. To thoroughly investigate a corrupt official, you first have to understand the women behind him. They are mistresses, money mules, and bait used to ensnare officials. They are also where power, money, and sex intersect, living keys to the code o 713Reads6.2Score100Shelves
47. 147 我 I Navigate Officialdom with Geology 我靠地质学纵横官场 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban254k WordsCompleted The top student Fang Jue had studied such an obscure field that, when he first entered government service, people dismissed him as a bookworm who knew all about mountains and rock formations but nothing about the real world. Then, on the eve of a once-in-a-century torrential downpour, he used his formidable expertise to issue a precise landslide warning despite withering skepticism. Overnight, the once-underestimated tech geek became the hero who saved 78 lives in the town. But behind the honors 28Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 148 官 The Hidden Rules of Politics 官场暗格 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban396k WordsCompleted In July, Yun City sweltered under the heat. The resume of fresh graduate Lin Hao, much like the man himself, was trampled beneath the crowds at the job fair. Graduation led straight to unemployment, and reality weighed heavily on him, until one phone call opened a door: an internship at a subsidiary of the City Investment Group. A monthly salary of 1,750 yuan, with no guarantees and no promises. It was the only straw within reach in his desperate circumstances, and a dusty entrance to an entirel 325Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 149 穿 The Woman in High Heels 穿高跟鞋的女人 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted Wen Xinzhu, born in the countryside, earns a place in the civil service through her own hard work and becomes a grassroots official in Taohua Town. She thinks that putting on high heels and securing a stable government job will bring her a peaceful life. But the world refuses to stay still. Inside this seemingly glamorous bureaucratic fortress, her beauty becomes her most conspicuous label, and her heaviest burden. Men’s covetous eyes follow her everywhere, while women’s jealousy hides lethal in 86Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 150 一 I Accidentally Committed a Crime 一不小心犯了罪 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Rural Life243k WordsCompleted In the February chill of Wushi Village, five-year-old Ding Ding lay collapsed in a vegetable patch, her tiny, cold body wrapped in a bright yellow cloak. A rusty nail embedded in her foot, a fatal bruise from a skull fracture at her temple: Detective Jiang Yuan knew at a glance this was no accident, nor a simple act of murder! As the investigation deepened, the case grew shrouded in mystery. Beneath the village entrance’s parasol tree, three black stones had been arranged in a sinister “Three Yi 40Reads—Score—Shelves

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