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  1. Splendor 绮靡 Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, “Qi Mi,” is available by searching on Tomato. Ning Zhen is forced to marry the warlord Sheng Changyu. Sheng Changyu has a beloved first love, as well as two concubines, and the Sheng household is rife with danger. Ning Zhen is a young heiress who has returned from studying abroad. She can’t adapt to the infighting in the household, and everyone is waiting to see her make a fool of herself. Less than three years later, just as everyone predicted, Ning Zhen wants 98.4kReads9.5Score11.4kShelves
  2. A Little Lucky Star Falls from the Sky, and the Whole Marshal’s Household Spoils Her 天降小福星,帅府全家宠上天 Modern Romance889k WordsCompleted [Republican-era setting + adorable little one + pampered by everyone + lucky charm + no romance] Mao Mao’s mother was going to marry Commander Lou as his fourth concubine, so she went with her into the military governor’s residence. Everyone said the Lou household was a den of dragons and tigers that devoured people. As a little tagalong, she surely wouldn’t last long, and sooner or later she and her mother would be thrown out. But Eldest brother, the young marshal: “I’ll take Mao Mao horseback 89.5kReads9.0Score5.7kShelves
  3. Heartless 薄幸 Modern Romance374k WordsOngoing [Republican Era Romance] [Reunion After Years Apart] [Possessive Love] [A Love Entangled in Hatred] [The Regretful Husband’s Road to Redemption] [Love and Conflict Between Nation and Family] [Ensemble Cast] Everyone says Fu Qizhen is heartless. She was once the refined young lady of the scholarly Fu family in Jingping, and He Zhiyan’s childhood sweetheart and fiancée. But the year his family was destroyed and his father died in battle, she coldly abandoned him and married into the Cheng family, 80.3kReads8.5Score9.6kShelves
  4. Just Arrived in Republican-Era China, I Have Nothing but Money 刚到民国,除了钱,一无所有 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Ning transmigrated into a series of novels set in the Republic of China era. The good news: she had a System. Better yet, the System's reward pool held a full ten billion. Once she spent it all, Su Ning could return to the modern era and live happily as a billionaire. The bad news: the System was called "The Rich Are Heartless"... In the turbulent Republic of China, she had to play a villain who was rotten to the core. Determined to stay alive, Su Ning racked her brains to become relatives wi 77kReads8.6Score9.6kShelves
  5. The Young Farm Girl Flees Famine, Emptying the Landlord's and Japanese Soldiers' Storehouses 小农女逃荒搬空地主鬼子库房 Modern Romance876k WordsOngoing The heroine, Lin Qi, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel timeline in Republican-era China, where she becomes a poor peasant girl in famine-stricken Henan. With natural disasters and chaos everywhere, her whole family flees for their lives while oppressive landlords exploit them at every turn. Fortunately, she has a mysterious pocket dimension at her disposal. She goes on a looting spree, emptying the landlords' granaries and stripping wealthy families of their hoarded goods to keep her fami 68kReads8.5Score8.2kShelves
  6. Heart Racing 心荡神驰 Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted Young Marshal Cheng Tianxun was swamped with military affairs and hated clingy, persistent women most of all. He had no time to deal with them. Qin Yan promised to turn a deaf ear to his affairs, never make a scene or demand his affection. Winning his trust, she successfully married into the military governor’s household in a flash marriage. After the wedding, each of them got what they wanted and kept the other at arm’s length. The marriage went smoothly. Until he said, “It’s not very appropria 64.5kReads9.1Score9.9kShelves
  7. Along the Long March with a Mountain of Supplies 带着满满的物资在长征路上 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Xu got a pocket dimension and prepared supplies to face the apocalypse whenever it arrived. But who could have guessed she would transmigrate right into the Long March? Here, she found personal growth and companions she could trust. Feel free to skip the first nine chapters and jump straight to Chapter Ten. It won’t affect your reading experience. 58.5kReads8.2Score9.6kShelves
  8. Taking Pinduoduo to 40 带着拼夕夕在40 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 46.7kReads9.0Score5.1kShelves
  9. Transmigrated to the Republic of China: I'm a Little Demon 穿越之我在民国当魔丸 Modern Romance234k WordsOngoing Duan Chengwang transmigrated. The good news: He transmigrated from the start as the legitimate grandson of the warlord Duan family. His grandfather was a powerful Beiyang elite with troops, territory, and loyal former subordinates. The bad news: His golden finger was called the Emotion-Fueled Treasure Chest System. Treasure chests only dropped when he made someone’s emotions fluctuate dramatically. Duan Chengwang: … There are no useless Systems, only grandfathers whose blood pressure isn’t high 44.3kReads—Score5.1kShelves
  10. Mended Porcelain 碎瓷金缮 Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted Shen Qingci thought she could spend her life in peace at her old family home in Suzhou, admiring flowers in spring, listening to the rain on autumn nights, and living out her days on the family estate. But in a time of turmoil, peace like that was impossible. At seventeen, she ended up in Shanghai, where the Qin family took her in. Mr. and Mrs. Qin treated her like their own daughter, and Qin Du, the infamous troublemaker of Shanghai, found himself falling for her. He promised to marry her onc 43.5kReads8.7Score4.8kShelves
  11. After Becoming Cuiping’s Younger Sister, I Won Li Ya Over 穿成翠萍妹妹后,我攻略了李涯 Ancient Romance519k WordsOngoing [A Spy’s Escape fan fiction + transmigrate System + lives bound together + opposing sides + mutual probing + clear-eyed surrender + mutual redemption] Qiu Ping had barely arrived in Tianjin when Li Ya set his sights on her. She had transmigrated as Cui Ping’s long-lost younger sister. And to make matters worse, she was bound to a survival System. The System told her that her life was tied to Li Ya’s. If she wanted to survive, she had to make him fall in love with her. If she wanted to stay alive 37.6kReads8.8Score5.1kShelves
  12. A Beauty Amid the Flames of War 烽火佳人 Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Traditional household intrigue + revenge on scoundrels + fictional Republic-era setting + coercive pursuit + reborn heroine] Young Marshal Jing Yuanzhao is captivated by Yan Xin’s striking beauty and wants to keep her in a private residence, even though she is already married. “Stay with me for three months, and I’ll give you all the luxury and wealth you want. Your husband’s career will take off, too.” Yan Xin slapped him across the face. After he went to every length to get her, he asked with 34.8kReads9.5Score4.7kShelves
  13. Undercover: A Spark in the Dark 潜伏:星星之火 Modern Romance236k WordsOngoing [World War II / Anti-Japanese spy thriller / Everyone gets a bad ending / Coercive romance / Unrequited love / Republican-era tragic romance / Revenge / Awakening] [Growing heroine] VS [Military Intelligence agent] Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Never forget our national humiliation. Our generation must strive to grow strong. In 1939, Su Wanqing returns from studying abroad and falls into an abyss on her very first day in Shanghai. Amid th 30.6kReads7.3Score6kShelves
  14. Claiming the Ruling Hero 染指枭雄 Modern Romance380k WordsCompleted Xu Bai's family fell on hard times. Her fiancé flirted with a woman from a prominent family, yet refused to let her go. “Wait until we're married. I won't hold it against you.” Because of their engagement, Xu Bai endured humiliation and harassment. To protect herself, she got involved with her fiancé's uncle, a notorious rogue in Nancheng. The man was debauched, brutal, and ambitious. Xu Bai and he each got what they wanted, and together they managed to find their footing amid the turmoil. “Come 26kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
  15. Captive Love: The Young Marshal's Possession 囚爱,少帅的掌中之物 Modern Romance263k WordsOngoing [Marriage first, love later + unhinged male lead + possessive coercion] An accident involving her boyfriend and her family's betrayal turned Shen Wanqing into a prisoner in Fu Sihan's cage. What made Fu Sihan so obsessed with her? Was it because he couldn't have her? But hadn't he already claimed her before they married? He had made her completely his. 24.4kReads5.8Score2.7kShelves
  16. Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: From the Start, All I Had Was a Pancake 穿越民国:开局一张饼 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Transmigration to the Republic of China era + resistance-war espionage + multiple identities + spies within spies + mutual devotion (Main story complete, bonus chapters in progress) One day, Lin Ruotang suddenly transmigrated to the Republic of China era. She wasn’t a young lady from a wealthy family, a concubine, or a schoolgirl. She was a refugee who had nearly starved to death. She had barely transmigrated before she was on the brink of starvation. Luckily, a kind stranger gave her a sesame f 24.2kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
  17. I Transmigrate to Republican-Era China, Where the Intelligence Chief and I Grow Old Together 穿越民国,特务长官与我共白头 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Meng Jia wakes up one day in the body of a young student from a century ago, who opposed an arranged marriage and starved herself to death. To keep escaping marriage, she follows her cousin to Guangzhou to study. By chance, she meets Chu Cai, a secretary in the principal's office at the Whampoa Military Academy. He is a shadow operative behind the KMT's Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, a powerful division chief who pulls the strings. Cold, calculating, obsessive, and willing to do 23.9kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
  18. Espionage: A Fake Mother and Son, Truly Undercover 谍战:假母子真潜伏 Ancient Romance618k WordsOngoing [Espionage + War of Resistance + Transmigration + Secret Identity] “I don't want to suffer, but I wasn't planning on eating dirt either...” Forty-two-year-old Zhao Cuihua transmigrates. She wakes up in the body of a young widow in Dazao Village in 1942. She starts out with just one life, and nearly starves to death. A thousand miles of scorched earth: no food in the fields, no bark on the trees, and people barely clinging to life. Her spatial power is gone, and the System won't respond. Just as 21.6kReads8.2Score2.5kShelves
  19. Voyage South 南舟行 Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted In the 1920s and 1930s, Nan Zhou, the daughter of a prominent Zhenzhou family, flees an arranged marriage and heads to Shanghai to study. She narrowly escapes the clutches of the vengeful Pei brothers. Six years later, the Nan family falls on hard times, and Nan Zhou has no choice but to return home to visit her gravely ill father. Determined to restore her family's standing and prove that a daughter can build an extraordinary career just as well as a son, Nan Zhou decides to stay in Zhenzhou. W 18.4kReads5.8Score3.3kShelves
  20. The 1940S: Using My Pocket Dimension to Strip My Landlord Father Bare 四十年代,用空间掏空地主老爹 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Miao Chu, an e-commerce supervisor, collapsed at her desk in the middle of the night after staying late to work on a PowerPoint presentation and analyze data. When she opened her eyes, she found herself reclining with her legs crossed on an ornately carved canopy bed. Well, would you look at that! She’d transmigrated into the youngest daughter of a wealthy landlord family in the 1940s! Before she could enjoy her rich life, the Japanese were already coming to raid the place! Looking at the fa 18.2kReads8.0Score1.5kShelves
  21. Surviving in the Republican Era: I Turn the Tables One Step at a Time with the System 民国求生,我靠系统步步翻牌 Modern Romance415k WordsOngoing After Zhong Yuyan was bound to an Anti-Japanese War System, she was reborn in a parallel universe. She never expected, though, to be reborn as a female traitor who had been targeted for assassination by the Military Statistics Bureau. Only after barely escaping with her life did she learn from the original host’s memories that... The original host wasn’t a female traitor at all. She was a triple agent who had returned from studying abroad, and also the Party’s most secretive butterfly hidden dee 18kReads8.4Score2kShelves
  22. Young Marshal, Your Wife Has Run Away Again 少帅你老婆又跑了 Modern Romance5.4M WordsCompleted “My wife is a country girl. She doesn’t know anything about fashion, so don’t bully her!” the Young Marshal declared. The socialites and noble ladies whom the Young Marshal’s wife had completely overshadowed wanted to cry: Who was bullying whom, exactly? The Young Marshal added, “My wife is gentle and quiet. She doesn’t know anything about Chinese medicine or marksmanship!” The patients cured by his wife and the enemies she’d shot dead wondered: Young Marshal, are you blind? “My wife is tend 17kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
  23. Alone, I Answer the Nation’s Call 孤身赴国难 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Patriotic tale + wartime resistance and espionage + multiple identities + strong female lead + System + no romance After Kong Qianrou dies by accident, she transmigrates to the Republican era. She knows how to choose between dying right away or waiting a little longer to die. Looking at a land torn apart, she wears an innocent expression as she takes up the butcher's blade, becoming someone who strikes terror into the Japanese. On the outside, the protagonist is a Republican-era Lin Daiyu. In re 16.2kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
  24. Blood of the Spring Champion 春魁血 Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted [Republican-era setting + gloomy warlord male lead + earth-mother-style assassin heroine] [Happy ending + dark humor + ensemble cast + everyone is a little crazy] [Business before romance + no good men or women + high-stakes warning] Long Chun was delighted when she married Han Ziyi. At last, she thought, she was no longer the unlucky assassin who made a living taking lives. With Han Ziyi’s army protecting her, she could pursue lucrative ventures without holding back and become a respectable bus 15.7kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
  25. The Mute Girl Saved the Young Marshal, and He Begged Her to Speak 哑女救下少帅后,他求我开口 Modern Romance264k WordsOngoing Ning Qingyan is a mute girl everyone in Tian'an Town bullies. She lost her voice at six, and after her parents died, she spent thirteen years living under others' roofs, filling her stomach with leftovers and sleeping in a woodshed. Her heartless aunt wanted money so badly that she planned to sell Ning Qingyan as a second wife to a landowner in his fifties. At daybreak in late autumn, Ning Qingyan pulled a man with a gunshot wound from the Wuqi River and spent the whole night tending to him. She 15.6kReads—Score2.2kShelves
  26. A Frail Little Nurse? Bull! She's the Living Yama of the Battlefield 柔弱小护士?屁!她是战场活阎王 Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Female-led power fantasy + fiery resistance war + overwhelming advantage] She was an elite modern sniper. After transmigrating, she became a female soldier in an arts troupe, someone who could only wash bandages and even fainted at the sight of blood. In 1940, with the smoke of war everywhere, everyone told her that women belonged behind the lines and the battlefield was men's business. Regiment commander Lu Feng doubted her claims of military achievement and sent her straight to the mess hall 14.6kReads8.2Score2.7kShelves
  27. A Strange Man in Republican-Era China 民国奇人 Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The Republic of China was an era of upheaval, teeming with extraordinary people. In those chaotic times, the martial world was vast. As the saying goes, “The heroes of our age emerge amid the world's turmoil; the seven extraordinary figures of the Republic are here.” But who were these seven? There was a Daoist priest who cried, “In prosperous times, Buddhist temples thrive on incense while Daoists hide away in mountain retreats. In troubled times, the Bodhisattvas turn a blind eye, so the Old L 13.9kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
  28. In the Republic Era, I’m Absorbing Luck Like Crazy 人在民国,疯狂吸取气运 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to the Republic of China + black koi golden finger + resistance-era espionage + multiple identities + spy games within spy games + marriage of convenience] Shen Shuman transmigrates as a Zhongtong agent embedded in the 76th, but she’s already been caught and abandoned by her own side. Her handler has fled with the intelligence, leaving behind a trail of ambiguous clues that quietly point to her. She has barely transmigrated when she finds herself in the interrogation room, facing 13.8kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
  29. Transmigrated Into a 1940S Book: From the Start, It's Just Me, My Little Sister, and a Baby Fleeing for Our Lives 穿书四零:开局就剩妹妹带娃逃命 Modern Romance3.4M WordsOngoing High school student Jiang Jiyun was innocently caught in the crossfire while watching an incident out of curiosity, then transmigrated to an era torn apart by war. It was the setting of a historical novel she had read, where she became a nameless passerby who was killed off without ever appearing in the story. From the start, Japanese soldiers swept through the countryside, massacring the entire village. After burying the original owner’s mother, Jiang Jiyun set out with the child entrusted to h 13.7kReads9.1Score887Shelves
  30. The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Might Makes Right, and Forced Love for My Ideal Type 盗笔:大力出奇迹强制爱理想型 Modern Romance143k WordsOngoing "Clingy, sunny, attention-seeking, dramatic heroine who breaks into his home + instinctive attraction + CP: Zhang Qiling" Wen Zhiyi died, then came back to life. She thought it was a delusion after death, a perk granted by the underworld. She never imagined she could really come back to life and meet a man who looked good to her in every way!! In her delusional fantasy, she was the boss and called the shots. Life was fleeting, and the pursuit of food and sex was only human nature. Once she had h 13.4kReads—Score2.8kShelves
  31. The Engagement Is Off, and the Young Marshal Is Losing His Mind 婚约作废,少帅他急疯了 Modern Romance460k WordsCompleted [Alternate Republic-era setting + He chases her after losing her + Both leads have only loved each other + Clear-headed beauty + Not a mindless wish-fulfillment story] After her grandfather dies, Ye Mian’s uncle sells her off as a bride to the foolish son of the Su City Chamber of Commerce chairman. Clutching a token of identity, Ye Mian goes alone to the Haicheng Military Governor’s residence to seek protection. There, she becomes engaged to Lu Zheng, the young marshal of the household. But he 12.9kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
  32. Abducted by a Brutal Warlord, Imprisoned and Cherished 被暴戾军阀强抢后囚宠入骨 Modern Romance457k WordsCompleted [Forced love + possessive pursuit + ruthless warlord hero + delicate beauty heroine + size difference + both virgins + childbirth + desperate pursuit to win her back] Shen Jingshu once saved a young man who was on the brink of death. She saved his life, and he repaid her with a cage. He was cruel and cold-blooded, yet doted on her with all his heart and willingly bowed at her feet. When the truth came out, he begged her humbly: “Qiqi, please, don’t leave...” 12.7kReads8.6Score959Shelves
  33. With a Beauty in His Arms, the Young Marshal's Eyes Turn Red at Night 美人在怀,少帅夜里红了眼 Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Warlord’s son and Green Gang heiress] [Proceed with caution: not a virgin heroine] The first time young marshal Shen Yuqing sees Song Huiyi, he wants her. He wants to be her man. He’s never lost in the game of love, and every woman likes him. If he wants a woman, he gets her. He asks if she has a man. She points a gun at him. He kisses her. She slaps him right back. Song Huiyi is the third young miss of the Green Gang, a woman of lofty status whom every powerful figure in Nancheng tries to cu 12.1kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
  34. My Wife Wants a Divorce? The Tyrannical Young Marshal Comes Knocking Every Night 夫人要离婚?暴戾少帅夜夜来堵门 Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted Wen Ci spent seven years abroad studying medicine, determined to return home and build her career. She never expected to come back and be forced to get a marriage certificate first. Her husband, Fu Jinghuai, is the Second Young Marshal of the Governor’s Mansion. Handsome, and ruthless. On the day they register their marriage, the man warns her with a vicious glare: “Don’t think that signing those papers makes you my wife. If you dare cause trouble, I’ll be the first to shoot you.” Later, he says 11.9kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
  35. Love Pierces My Heart, Yet I Know It Not 相思入骨犹不知 Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted (The animated series is now available) A love story between a military governor's son and a general's daughter~ He dotes on his wife without restraint in this sweet romance. In the turbulent Republican era, when warlords battled for power, Qin Qing only wanted a peaceful life: to protect her family and hold on to the family fortune. Young Marshal Yue lived for pleasure. He was a notorious playboy who treated women like clothes, always seeking someone new and never returning to an old flame. At t 11.8kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
  36. Lurking: There Is Chunmei at the End of the World 潜伏:涯畔有春湄 Ancient Romance120k WordsCompleted Lurking fan fiction: Li Ya has been lurking in Yan'an and working at the Tianjin station. Suddenly one day, his younger sister came to the Secrecy Bureau and said that she was ordered by her dead parents to come and marry him... 11.7kReads—Score1.6kShelves
  37. A Translator Transmigrates Into the Young Marshal's Country Fiancée 翻译官穿越,穿成少帅乡下未婚妻 Modern Romance669k WordsCompleted Gu Shuyao, a repatriate translator fluent in several foreign languages, transmigrates to the Republican era after a car accident and becomes Gu Shuyao, the daughter of a local gentry family. Gu Shuyao comes from a good family, has a pretty face, and is engaged to a handsome, ambitious young warlord. At first glance, she really seems to have won at life! But Gu Shuyao was born into a declining old-fashioned family. They are conservative and ignorant, and she narrowly escapes having her feet bound 11.3kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
  38. Renewing My Life in Republican-Era China 我在民国续费人生 Ancient Romance662k WordsOngoing [Republican-era daily life + golden finger sign-in + pocket dimension + lighthearted comedy + youthful days + making a fortune] This is a slice-of-life story set in the Republican era, focused on a warm, easygoing atmosphere and building a fortune. It is not an overpowered wish-fulfillment story, and there is no otome romance route. The romance only appears much later; the focus is on the heroine's growth. Bad news: Ji Shaowei transmigrated, and landed in the Republican era! Good news: she tran 11.3kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
  39. I Wish You Tenderness 许你以柔 Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted Xu Qingcang was the commander-in-chief of Beicheng. He met Sheng Rou, a young woman from an ordinary family in Jiangling, by chance and took her as his third concubine. Sheng Rou was unwilling, but she had no choice, because she was already carrying his child… P.S. The heroine is a mischievous little diva and a delicate darling~ Sweet romance, no angst 11.1kReads8.8Score554Shelves
  40. Wah! The Aloof Young Marshal I Kidnapped Is Secretly Raising a Little One 呜!我绑来的清冷少帅偷养小崽崽 Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted [Interstellar] When Lin Yan wakes up with amnesia, she discovers she has a husband: the young marshal of a neighboring nation whom she once abducted by force... “I won't hurt you again.” At first, Lin Yan only wants to make it up to Shi Du. But when her bloodlust flares, she still can't help clutching him tight and sinking her little fangs into his skin. Afterward, Lin Yan is overcome with regret. “Maybe... we should get divorced after all?” Shi Du's expression turns cold as he buttons his cloth 11.1kReads9.1Score1kShelves
  41. The Nine Gates: Perhaps a Jade Maiden Has Arrived 九门:疑是玉人来 Modern Romance391k WordsOngoing Shadows of flowers stir against the wall. Could it be the jade beauty arriving? Volume One: Zhang Xiaoyu, complete Volume Two: Qi Tiezhui, complete Volume Three: Chen Pi, complete Volume Four: Zhang Xiaojin, complete Volume Five: Xie Jiu, ongoing * Zhang Xiaoyu’s journal: When I first met Madam, she seemed like a clear spring, pure and flawless, as though I could see right through her at a glance. But on closer inspection, there was also something mysterious and unfathomable about her. After I l 11kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
  42. Night Snow in Beiping 北平夜雪 Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted A soft-spoken yet resilient southern orphan × the cold, rebellious only son of an army commander Five-year age gap | Both virgins | Tension and longing | Reunited after a breakup | Love seized by force “Five years later, when they met again, he personally arrested the man she loved.” That year, amid wind and snow at a small station, he took off his coat and wrapped it around her frozen body, his voice cool and indifferent: “Put it on. Don’t cause me trouble.” He was the only son of an army comma 10.6kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
  43. The Nine-Year-Old Bandit Girl: I Crossed the Northeast to Avenge My Father 九岁匪女,我为父仇踏东北 Modern Romance217k WordsOngoing (Strong female lead in a historical setting + Republican-era romance + bandit stronghold in western Liaoning + revenge for her father) At the end of the Qing dynasty, the great bandit chief Du Lisan was lured to his death by Zhang Zuolin. Qing soldiers slaughtered his entire family, leaving only his daughter, Du Nianying, who was rescued by her wet nurse. From then on, nine-year-old Du Nianying wandered among the strongholds scattered across the mountains and rivers of western Liaoning, eventual 10.4kReads—Score813Shelves
  44. The Poor Wife 穷妻 Modern Romance629k WordsOngoing Fengxia was pretty, but she was the most unruly girl in the village. She had no education, no family wealth, and no way to earn money. All she wanted was to marry into a good family and live a comfortable life. Relying on her looks, she saw marriage as her only way to change her fate, and married one man after another. She always thought the next man would keep her fed and warm and spare her more hardship. But fate had other plans: each man she married was poorer than the last... 10.4kReads7.7Score474Shelves
  45. From the Start in 1938, My Pocket Dimension Can Keep Me Alive 开局1938,我的空间能续命 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Medical student Fu Wen wakes up in 1938 Henan with a lifesaving pocket dimension! Floodwaters are on the way, and the land is strewn with corpses. With no hope of surviving on her own, she has no choice but to cling to the local “kingpin,” Li Baisheng, a young master who seems like a spoiled playboy but is actually ruthless and clever. In a world thrown into chaos, she provides the medicine and he does the heavy lifting. From finding each other unbearable to relying on each other for survival, t 10.2kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
  46. The Warlord's Cherished Bride: Marshal, Come Here! 军阀权宠:大帅,你过来! Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted In the years of the Republic, war consumed the land, and warlords carved out their own territories. The day Su City fell, Qiao Wan was treated like a piece of merchandise and presented to the new ruler of the three northwestern provinces. Rumor had it that Ninth Master Ji was cold-blooded and ruthless, that he had brought about the deaths of three wives, and that he was cursed with ill fortune. Ji Shiyan strolled out from beneath the hanging-flower gate and glanced her way from the corner of his 9.9kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
  47. Hidden Dragons and Young Phoenixes in a Chaotic Age 乱世中的卧龙凤雏 Modern Romance214k WordsOngoing Born into the chaotic era of the Republic, there were ten thousand ways to live, and ten thousand ways to die. People in troubled times were like eggs, rolling this way and that, trampled under leather shoes and pierced by bullets... At the same time, some eggs were lucky enough to hatch. Some became dragons and phoenixes, some soared like eagles, some became crows, some became larks, and some became chickens, ducks, and geese... In Shanghai, the Far East's greatest international metropolis, in 9.8kReads—Score1.5kShelves
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