Stories Set in a Bygone Era, with Beautiful Prose and Realistic Family Emotions That Resonate with Readers 文笔优美，真实描述家庭情感引起读者共鸣的年代
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My Heart Finds Its Own Way Home 我心自渡有归处
The moon waxes and wanes; people face both good fortune and misfortune. I was born a poor and fragile girl at the start of the Renzi year. My family had next to nothing, and my loving mother gave birth to me at forty-three. As a child, I was nearly abandoned by my family several times and endured the world's warmth and cruelty. As I grew up, I weathered the upheavals of love and tasted the world's indifference. But after the darkest hour comes the dawn, and bitter days eventually turn sweet. I o
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- 2 A House Divided: Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law 家有婆媳 In 2016, after her husband passed away, Zhang Yawen used the compensation from a demolition to hold up the Zhou family all on her own. All her life, all she ever wanted was peace and a smooth, trouble-free life. In 2023, her grandson was born. Thinking her life was finally complete, she gave everything she had just to earn a smile from her daughter-in-law. She was wrong. Li Mei, her daughter-in-law from the countryside, had never even considered the idea of giving back. In her eyes, her mother- 1.4kReads6.3Score102Shelves
- 3 Love Ends, and the Past Drifts Away on the Han River 情断汉江往事随风 Heartbroken by the Han River, the past fades like the wind Now past fifty, Lin Jing spends her days surrounded by her grandchild’s laughter. When an evening breeze brushes past, she sometimes remembers the old days by the Han River: she and the boy stood side by side on the embankment, watching the water flow east, believing that one glance would last a lifetime. Later, betrayal shattered her marriage, and a single divorce paper severed seventeen years of ties. She left her hometown and strugg —Reads—Score—Shelves
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My In-Laws Transferred the Ancestral Clinic to My Brother-in-Law? My Husband Pulled Out His Peking Union Medical College Appointment Letter 公婆把祖传医馆过户给小叔子？老公反手掏出协和聘书
My In-Laws Transferred Their Ancestral Clinic to My Brother-in-Law? My Husband Whipped Out a Job Offer from Peking Union Medical College Hospital
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- 5 On the Day of Our Fake Divorce, I Catch My Wife Playing a Flirty Game with Her Intern 假离婚当天，撞破老婆与实习生的吃瓜游戏 On the day of their sham divorce, he caught his wife playing a flirty game with an intern. 8.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 6 My Mother-in-Law Pretended to Be Paralyzed to Cheat Me Out of My School-District Home, So I Got Her a Disability Certificate and Humiliated Her 婆婆装偏瘫讹我学区房，我反手办残疾证让她社死 My mother-in-law pretended to be paralyzed to swindle me out of my school-district home. I retaliated by getting her a disability certificate and making her the laughingstock of everyone. 462Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 After I Discovered the Female CEO's Secret, She Had to Silence Me Like This 撞破女总裁的秘密后，她要这样封我口 After she catches the female CEO's secret, this is how she plans to silence me 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Ungrateful Brat Publicly Pressured Me to Give Up Power, So I Revealed the Will 白眼狼当众逼我交权，我反手亮出遗嘱 The ungrateful wretch demanded I hand over power in front of everyone, so I brought out the will. 462Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 After the Chef God Betrayed by the Whole Team Lies Flat, the Entire Show Crew Begs Me to Return 被全队背刺的厨神躺平后，全节目组跪求我复出 After the cooking god betrayed by his whole team lies flat, the entire production crew begs me to come back 292Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 My Husband Declared at Our Wedding That He Only Loved His White-Moonlight, So My Parrot and I Joined Forces to Ruin His Moment 老公在婚礼上宣布只爱白月光，我和鹦鹉联手拆他台 My Husband Announced at Our Wedding That He Only Loved His White-Moonlight. My Parrot and I Teamed Up to Ruin His Moment 129Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 We Agreed I'd Sell Myself to Save My Mother, So Why Does My Benefactor Want a Title? 说好卖身救母，金主他怎么还要名分？ We Agreed I’d Sell Myself to Save My Mom, So Why Does My Sugar Daddy Want to Make It Official? 221Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 After I Returned to My Mother's Side, Grandpa's Whole Family Went Crazy with Regret 回到妈妈身边后，爷爷全家悔疯了 After Returning to His Mother's Side, His Grandfather's Entire Family Was Driven Mad with Regret 158Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 I Only Fed My Son a Spoonful of Porridge, Yet the Entire Building Branded Me a Murderer 我只是喂我儿子一口粥，却被整栋楼当成了凶手 I Only Fed My Son a Spoonful of Porridge, Yet the Entire Apartment Building Took Me for a Murderer 233Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 My Sister Crossed the River and Burned the Bridge? Reborn, My Jinxing Words No Longer Bring Good News, and My Bad Omens Come True 姐姐过河拆桥？重生后我的乌鸦嘴，报喜失灵，报忧成真 My sister burned the bridge after crossing it? Reborn, my jinxing tongue no longer makes good fortune come true, but my bad predictions do. 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Outwardly Draining Heir to a Wealthy Family, I Specialize in Putting Defiant People in Their Place 外耗型人格豪门继承人，我专治各种不服 I'm an heir to a wealthy family with an externally focused personality. I specialize in dealing with all kinds of people who refuse to back down. 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 My Half-Sister Stole My Cola Recipe to Impress the Empress Dowager, So I Face-Slapped Her on the Spot and Made Her Burp Herself Into Humiliation 嫡姐偷我可乐配方献宝太后，我当场打脸让她嗝到社死 My Older Sister Stole My Cola Recipe to Impress the Empress Dowager. I Made Her Eat Her Words on the Spot, Belching Until She Died of Embarrassment 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Mom Tried to Make Me Take the Fall to Protect Her Adopted Son. I Joined the Discipline Inspection Commission and Enforced the Law Impartially, and Now They're Regretting It Like Crazy 妈妈为保养弟推我顶缸，我考进纪检秉公执法他们悔疯了 Mom Pushed Me Under the Bus to Protect My Adopted Brother. I Joined the Discipline Inspection Commission and Enforced the Law Impartially, Leaving Them All Regretting It 52Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Mom Said I Was Going Nowhere and Handed the Company to Her Adopted Son. I Turned Around and Kicked the Whole Family Out 妈妈嫌我没出息把公司交给养弟，我反手让他们全家出局 Mom Thought I Was a Good-for-Nothing and Handed the Company to My Adopted Brother. I Turned Around and Kicked the Whole Family Out 48Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The Cast-Off Daughter of the Side Courtyard Drops the Act: I Prove My Genius for Architecture and Shock the World 偏院弃女不装了，我证神机掌营造惊天下 The Cast-Off Daughter from the Side Courtyard Drops the Act: I Prove the Divine Mechanism and Construction Arts, Shocking the World 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 My Sister Gave Me a Deadly Jade Charm in Public, but She Didn't Know I Had a Soul-Calming Silver Bracelet 姐姐当众送我夺命福玉，可她不知我有镇魂银镯 My Sister Presented Me with a Deadly Jade Charm in Front of Everyone, But She Didn't Know I Had a Soul-Guarding Silver Bracelet 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Don't Pick Up Men on the Side of the Road, Unless He's a Clingy CEO at Night 路边的男人不要捡，除非他是夜里粘人的霸总 Don't pick up men you find on the roadside, unless he's a clingy CEO at night. 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 After My Master Blamed Me for Her 800,000 Yuan Year-End Bonus, She Regretted It Like Crazy 师父把80万年终奖的黑锅甩给我后，她悔疯了 After my master pinned the blame for an 800,000-yuan year-end bonus on me, she regretted it so much she went mad 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 At Two in the Morning, My Son Called Out to His Father at the Wardrobe, but His Dad Had Been Dead for Five Years 凌晨两点，儿子对着衣柜喊爸爸，可他已死了五年 At Two in the Morning, My Son Called Out to His Dad at the Wardrobe, But His Father Had Been Dead for Five Years 131Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 A Whirlwind Wedding and Army Life: Commander, Your Wife Is the Real Deal! 闪婚随军，首长你媳妇是真大佬！ [Completed] [1980s military marriage + celibate military officer + marriage first, love later + medical genius + serving the motherland] Ye Qingtao, a medical genius who had been single for 30 years, opened her eyes and found herself in the 1980s. She had become a hopeless romantic who had jumped off a building trying to marry the male lead! Her parents spent all their savings trying to save her, then knelt and begged the male lead to marry her. She was the scourge of the military family compoun 4.6kReads9.1Score715Shelves
- 25 Transmigrate to the 1970s: The Fake Heiress Gets Divorced from the Start 穿七零，穿成假千金开局就被离婚 [1970s + Talented Woman + Superb Cooking Skills + Face-Slapping + Humiliating the Scumbags] This is a fictional setting, a fictional setting, a fictional setting. It’s important, so I’m saying it three times. A parallel world in the 1970s. On her wedding day, the original owner was so devastated by the revelation that the real and fake daughters had been switched that she died. The moment Su Youran transmigrates into her body, she finds herself in the middle of a divorce showdown. With enemies 7.2kReads9.2Score617Shelves
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This Guy Is a Bit of a Rascal 这个家伙有点坏
[No formulaic plot][Not a wish-fulfillment story][No cheat abilities][Traditional][Realistic][Period][Countryside][Hardship] A boy who is both bad and good, a family made up of people with no blood ties, a difficult yet sweet golden age, and a story full of humor and warmth... Beginning in the 1980s, this novel spans forty years and strives to recreate the changes of the times, telling the story of one person's growth. Above all, this is a realistic story, with both sweetness and heartbreak. Rea
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The Villainess Who Became the Fake Girlfriend of an Amnesiac Big Shot 穿成假冒失忆大佬女友的恶毒女配
[Print edition signed] [Everyday life / A slow-burn romance / Cohabitation before love / Both leads have no other romantic partners / Sweet romance] After transmigrating, Song Yunfei becomes the villainess who pretends to be the girlfriend of an amnesiac CEO. In the original novel, the villainess accidentally hit the CEO of Yanjin Group with her car. Afraid of going to jail, she pretended to be his girlfriend while he had amnesia. She even lied that he was a poor nobody, then took him to a remot
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- 28 We Agreed to Be Slackers Together, So Why Are You Studying in Secret? 说好一起当学渣你怎么偷偷学习了 [Childhood Friends] [Youthful School Life] [Healing and Comedy] The day they first met, Wen Zhixia saw Lin Kaituo wearing ill-fitting clothes and shoes and felt terribly sorry for him. She shared the candy in her pocket with him and promised that from then on, she would look after him in Liumiao Village, so he had nothing to fear. But the more time they spent together, the more things seemed off. Lin Kaituo was basically a fearless, fully automatic troublemaking machine! What did he need her pr —Reads—Score—Shelves
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I Turned into a Catgirl! My Arch-Enemy Adopted Me! 变身猫娘！被死对头收养了！
(One male lead. The dual male leads above were selected by mistake and I can't change it! Please don't get the wrong idea! A little angst, with a few tearjerker moments, but it's mostly sweet! Don't worry at all. The protagonist is a little girl, gender transformation, happy ending!) Yun Xi, a handsome boy who had endured constant bullying, died in a brutal beating on the eve of his sixteenth birthday. When he woke up, he had become a frail white female cat, struggling to survive on the streets
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Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈
[Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic
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- 31 The Jade Pendant Connects Family and Country 玉佩连家国 The Jade Pendant Connects Home and Country - Modern World: Earth in the 21st century. Longguo is one of the world's major powers, with technology among the most advanced, but it faces development bottlenecks in energy, military affairs, and resources, amid fierce international competition. - Cultivation World (Qingcang Realm): A low-magic, mid-martial cultivation world where strength reigns supreme and sects hold divided territories. Mortals are held in contempt. Spirit veins, spirit mines, and 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Daily Life of a Cultivation Big Shot in Ancient Times 修仙大佬穿古代的日常
A foul-mouthed, smiling tiger of a heroine × a proud, peacock-like, fussy male lead [Immortal cultivation + comedy + a touch of ensemble cast + adorable baby + satisfying power fantasy + invincible protagonist + domestic battles later on] After ascending to immortality, Lin Chuyi swore she would lie flat once she reached the upper realm. But the lightning tribulation was so powerful that when she opened her eyes, she found herself in Lin Family Village, in the drought-stricken Great Yan Dynasty.
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- 33 Apocalypse: Disaster Strikes! I Have a Safe House in an Old Mansion 末世：天灾来袭！我有老宅安全屋 (Complete. Natural disaster apocalypse.) My family’s century-old queen of the night never blooms. In broad daylight, I stood there with a kettle, threatening it while I boiled water. If you don’t want to die, bloom before the water boils! In my past life, I was the one left behind as a child, growing up in our hometown and inheriting this old queen of the night. I took diligent care of it for more than a decade! But when the apocalypse began, the stupid flower chose my younger sister as its owne 183Reads6.4Score270Shelves
- 34 I Accidentally Ascended After Transmigrating 穿越后一不小心飞升了 Transmigration + cultivation + no romance + ordinary passerby + keeping a low profile + a built-in golden finger Su Yan transmigrates. She opens and closes her eyes while leaning against a willow tree, and suddenly she's somewhere else. Isn't that amazing? “Waaah, waaah…” In the pitch-black dead of night, somewhere out in the wilderness, Su Yan hears sobbing behind her. Her hair stands on end. Tense from head to toe, she stiffly gets up and walks away, arms and legs moving in sync. If you can 3.8kReads9.0Score359Shelves
- 35 I Came from the Apocalypse. What’s Wrong with Retiring in the Wasteland? 我末世来的，在废土养老怎么了 [Wasteland + gathering + pocket dimension + cute pets + no romance + no faction-building] Mu Xingyao had spent more than ten years struggling to survive in the apocalypse when she was unexpectedly attacked by a zombie king. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a wasteland world. She had also transmigrated into the body of another Mu Xingyao, who shared her name. The original was too thin? No problem, the pocket dimension had food. The original was too weak? No problem, her powers could 6.1kReads8.2Score627Shelves
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Transmigrating from Overworked Girl to Delicate Lady of Ancient Times 穿越从牛马少女到古代娇小姐
My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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- 37 A Homemaker's Writing and Milk Tea Shop Take the Internet by Storm 全职主妇写文开奶茶店火翻全网 A full-time housewife writes stories and opens a milk tea shop, taking the internet by storm. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Transmigrate to the 1980s: The Aloof Tycoon Chases His Wife to the Crematorium 穿越八零，高冷大佬追妻火葬场 Both leads are devoted to each other and equally strong, with a top-tier young man and an entrepreneurship arc (Transmigration and rebirth, making a fortune, a family with lots of sisters) The heroine is a polished self-interest-first type. The hero starts out aloof, then later goes through hell trying to win her back An alternate-era story The Su family has six daughters. Each one is prettier than the last, and the sixth daughter is the most beautiful. The heroine is the sixth Su daughter. Th 135Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 A Cross-Time Call Sends Me to the 1980s to Make Money 跨时空通话，让我穿越到八零搞钱 Alternate-Era Novel The rating will go up later. (Third-Generation Red Family + Everyone’s Favorite + Period Piece + Transmigration Through Time + Strong Female Lead + Strong Male Lead + Pure Romance) “What era would you like to call?” She entered “1980” and actually managed to get through to someone living in 1980! The heroine, Lin Shu, told Lin Yike, the supporting female character in 1980, about the most profitable businesses of the decade over the phone. But after Lin Yike made money, she 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Transmigrated to the 1980s: The Military Bigwig Spoils Me and My Quadruplets 穿越八零，一胎四宝被军区大佬娇宠 (Transmigrate into a book + period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted couple + adorable babies) Ye Shuang, a preschool teacher, was hit by a car and killed while saving a student. When she opened her eyes, she had become the male lead’s ill-fated former wife in a stepmother-era novel, a cannon-fodder character who died in childbirth. Her surname was Ye, and her fate was to die giving birth to quadruplets. Just as she was about to give up and accept her circumstances, a c 27.7kReads8.4Score3.1kShelves
- 41 The Eighties: After Refusing to Get a Zero, I Made It into College 八零，拒考零分后，高考上岸 Yu Xiaoxiao was a poor student. She wasn't much good at studying, and her job was only so-so. She had no great ambitions in life. All she wanted was a job where she could slack off and live like a couch potato until retirement. Then, without warning, she found herself in the 1980s. With no particular talents to speak of, Yu Xiaoxiao was at a loss. She had no idea how to survive in such a harsh and unforgiving era. In the end, she chose the hardest path of all. A poor student to begin with, she s 10.2kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
- 42 Fleeing Famine and Farming: The Eldest Daughter of the Farmhouse Keeps the Family Fed 逃荒种田，农门长姐养家忙 This story has no space, is not a feel-good power fantasy, and its famine-flight scenes are adapted from historical accounts of ordinary people fleeing famine in different periods. The heroine is only eight years old, so escaping with her whole family in tow is very hard, incredibly hard. If you’re looking for a feel-good power fantasy, please move on. Don’t read to the end, decide the main characters have suffered too much, feel bad, and then leave a negative review. Writing is hard, so please 33.9kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves
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Slightly Downcast: Deleting My Love-Brain 轻颓：删除恋爱脑
[Period Novel] [Realistic Fiction] [Women’s Growth] [Family Life] [Literary] Northeast China at the end of the last century. Su Qing (Qing), a 26-year-old cashier at a state-owned enterprise, is burned badly by her obsession with romance: blind dates bring one oddball after another, and her husband cheats on her. Her in-laws find fault with everything she does, the state-owned enterprise undergoes restructuring and offers buyouts of years of service, and she faces constant trouble at work. In th
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- 44 A Nurse Wins a Billion and Lies Flat 中奖10个亿的护士躺平生活 Shen Nanxing is thirty-seven and has worked as a nurse in the emergency department of a top-tier hospital for twelve years. She once thought that joining the hospital alongside her doctor husband, getting married and having children, and buying a home while paying off the mortgage was the most secure life an ordinary person could hope for. But twelve years later, after enduring night shifts, giving birth to two sons, and holding the family together inside and out, she is laid off during hospital 47.4kReads7.7Score2.5kShelves
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Light Over the South of the City 城南有光
The summer Shen Du moved into an old neighborhood in the south of the city, he found a key in an old trunk. No one knew who it belonged to. Later, he discovered that many places in the southern district were waiting for him: The door at the end of the old street, locked for ages, The ones waiting for him to unlock it, the virus outbreak, And his comrades. This key was looking for someone. A
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After My Husband Was Paralyzed, I Took the Blame to Secure My Children’s Future 男人瘫痪后，我顶骂名换儿女前程
Original title: I Endure a Loveless Marriage, and the Whole Village Calls Me a Slut After her husband is left paralyzed, Li Junlan never considers getting involved with another man. All she wants is to raise their three children. But reality is merciless, and crushed by the weight of daily life, she still chooses the path that earns her the most scorn... The whole village curses her, and even her children look down on her, but she doesn't care at all. Driven by the conviction and goals in her he
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I’m Waiting for You by the River 我在河边等你
I’ll Wait for You by the River is a long-form novel about love and life by the author Yaolan, formerly known by the pen name Yatou. The story follows the growth of its protagonist, Xiao Lan. From a girl in the countryside of southern Anhui, she journeys through a rural childhood, leaves home to learn a trade and make her way in the world, experiences the stirrings of young love, and faces the everyday complications of marriage and the hardships of reality. Struggling against traditional constrai
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The Ewe Had Lambs, and My Ma Had a Baby 母羊下羔了，俺娘生娃了
(Period setting + adorable child + family of all women) Transmigrating into the 1980s before birth, Qiao Maisui became the seventh child of the Qiao family, with six older sisters whose lives had been battered by fate. The eldest sister was drained of her worth by her in-laws and even bartered away as a replacement bride. The second sister had skilled hands but could never get rich. The third sister nearly fell into a scumbag's trap and had her life stolen by someone else... Faced with her famil
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- 49 You Loot My Marquis's Estate, I'll Take Your Dragon Throne 你抄我侯府，我搬走你龙椅 For Lin Qingshu, revenge is best served before the day is out. So the first thing she did after transmigrating into the body of a young girl who had been murdered was get revenge. Her elder cousin was already engaged, yet she was still all over the Crown Prince. How about giving her a nice, clean shave? Lin Qingshu had barely spent a day in the marquis's household, and she hadn't even gotten the chance to enjoy life as a young lady there before an imperial decree ordered the entire family arrest 6.6kReads9.0Score988Shelves
- 50 The Marquis's Estate Forgot Its Gratitude? The Regent Backs Me, and I Won't Forgive Them 侯府忘恩义？摄政王撑腰，不原谅 Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve 185.1kReads9.4Score27.7kShelves
