Period Dramas I Started but Dropped 看过的弃掉的年代文

1. 1 穿 Becoming the Ex-Wife of a Daughter-Doting Tycoon 穿成女儿奴大佬的前妻 Red Celery and Crisp Wine红芹酥酒Romance598k WordsCompleted [If you've bought the complete book, please leave a five-star rating before you go!] Originally titled "A Better Life After Rebirth" Jiang Rou first saw that man in an interrogation room. Down on his luck, silent, and grim... His eyes were ruthless, and he wore a mocking smile, but there was no denying he was handsome. Even at forty, with fine lines at the corners of his eyes, it was hard to imagine what he must have looked like when he was young. His name was Li Xiao. The police had been tra 292.9kFavorites666.6kClicks/ch287.2kGifts

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   The romance felt very abrupt. Why did she suddenly become so considerate and loving towards the male lead? The female lead is a police officer in modern times, so how did she suddenly transmigrate here, and the male lead suddenly becomes a devoted and protective wife after washing a couple of pieces of clothing? Just thinking about this makes it impossible to continue watching, no matter how sweet the rest of the story is, even though many people recommend it.

2. 2 七 My Little Sister Is a Beauty in the 1970s [Book Transmigration] 七零之妹妹是个大美人[穿书] Half-Moon Rose月半蔷薇Romance493k WordsCompleted New novel: Finding Love in 1950 is now underway! It's underway! Blurb: The headmistress gave Chen Nongmo a rather poetic name. In reality, she was a workhorse who spent her whole life rushing around to earn money. Though her life was short, ending abruptly in an accident at the age of twenty-eight. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in 1970. She had become the fifteen-year-old daughter of Division Commander Chen, a wooden beauty with the mind of a three-year-old. Just as Che 106.1kFavorites291.9kClicks/ch70.4kGifts

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   This is a story about a spoiled, doting family member who doesn't rely on any special abilities; the protagonist's success is entirely due to their parents and a group of older brothers. It's a historical romance novel featuring older brothers. Typically, stories with decent family backgrounds will have a protagonist who is initially an idiot who transmigrates to the present day to replenish their original soul—the original body.

3. 3 七 The Courtyard Beauty of the 1970s 七零之大院娇妻 The Queen Is Not Home女王不在家Romance999k WordsCompleted When Gu Shunhua realized she was the female supporting character in a period novel, she was buying roasted sweet potatoes in Dazhalan Alley. A familiar Beijing accent reached her ears. "Are you buying them or not?" Gu Shunhua put down the sweet potato and ran straight for the train station. According to the story, she would temporarily divorce her husband so she could return to the city. But just as they were about to divorce, her cousin Chen Lu would take advantage of the situation and marry h 103.8kFavorites331.7kClicks/ch128.2kGifts

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   The awakening setting, where the protagonist is controlled by a fanfiction based on the real-life male protagonist's dream girl storyline, was so-so. The Beijing flavor was too strong, and it got a bit tiring to read, so I stopped.

4. 4 我 My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn [The 1970s] 我的婆婆是重生的[七零] Fragrant Crisp Chestnut香酥栗Romance2.8M WordsCompleted (Coming next: Our Whole Village Transmigrates to the Nineties and My Dad Is the Foil to the Male Lead in a Period Novel. On the night of her wedding, Mingmei had a dream. She dreamed of a “Book of Life.” And the protagonist of that book was her mother-in-law, who was about to hit her head and pass out that very morning, then wake up reborn. Apparently, her mother-in-law had returned from fifty years in the future. She had witnessed the changing times and expe 96.3kFavorites266.5kClicks/ch378.1kGifts

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   It's a super long story about everyday life in a courtyard. I personally think it's a bit too dramatic, but it's still pretty good and has a strong Beijing flavor.

5. 5 那 That Handsome Male Educated Youth 那个漂亮的男知青 Red Celery and Crisp Wine红芹酥酒Romance399k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the 1970s, Su Yan struggles to adjust. There's poverty and hunger, exhausting labor, and the unwanted attentions of someone she doesn't like... Su Yan is a beauty enthusiast. Even in such dire straits, she refuses to settle. After looking around, she decides the male educated youth next door is the one for her. The young man is truly handsome, with long legs, a slim waist, and exquisite features. Even by modern standards, Su Yan has never seen a man so strikingly beautif 59.7kFavorites148.8kClicks/ch26kGifts

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   It's alright, I've kind of forgotten what happened next. It's a story about a girl pursuing a boy, a pretty good educated youth novel.

6. 6 七 Sweet Island Life with My Adorable Wife in the 1970s 七零娇妻海岛甜宠日常 Sounds of Clear Waters清汀之音Romance654k WordsCompleted Doting, delicate Du Qiao transmigrates into a book, becoming the male lead's ex-wife in a period novel. The story opens with her blind date with the male lead. According to the introduction, the male lead, Qin Shaoyan, is noble and compassionate. He is strict with himself and has no interest in romance. Du Qiao knows she's no match for a stiff man like this living bodhisattva, so she deliberately lays out a long list of unreasonable demands, perfectly nailing her persona as someone greedy and fo 21.4kFavorites59.6kClicks/ch7.2kGifts

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   The female lead's career development was too abrupt; she suddenly became very assertive. I stopped watching once I saw the career development arc, though the beginning was alright.

7. 7 被 After the Engagement Was Annulled, I Married a Boss From Shiwen 被退婚后我嫁给了年代文大佬 Lemon Nine柠檬九Romance900k WordsCompleted Xia Shao had had enough of her life as an overworked corporate drone and was planning to quit and retire in her hometown. To her surprise, when she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated to the 1960s, an era of shortages, and found herself saddled with a cuckold's hat. By the time she traveled thousands of miles to the Northeast to confront her fiancé, he had already married a local woman and had two children. Afr 244.1kFavorites458.3kClicks/ch291.4kGifts

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   The male and female leads are both quite interesting characters, and they're from the same author as the male lead in "The Mistaken Identity". Worker + Richest businessman setting

8. 8 年 After Mistaking the Male Lead, the Cannon-Fodder Heroine of the Era Novel 年代文炮灰女配认错男主后 Lemon Nine柠檬九Romance511k WordsCompleted [The novel is complete! If you like sweet romance, check out the childhood-sweethearts bonus arc. It's guaranteed to be sweet!] Lin Qiao transmigrates into a period novel that a friend once told her about. She can't even remember the male lead's name. As a cannon-fodder female character who is a poor match for the male lead, she marries him only 224kFavorites363.8kClicks/ch148.8kGifts

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   It's good. I like the male and female leads' characters. The female lead's career path doesn't feel abrupt. The transmigration-into-a-book cheat ability is used very reasonably!

9. 9 年21+ The Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife Finds Happiness 年代文炮灰原配幸福起来 Xiu Ce袖侧Romance502k WordsCompleted 191.8kFavorites410.6kClicks/ch390.1kGifts

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   The premise is good, but the romance between the male and female leads feels a bit abrupt. It's like the transmigrated woman suddenly accepts being married with a child and then becomes incredibly kind to the male lead, trying to win him over... Ugh, it just doesn't feel right. I didn't like the later part where the female lead goes into politics. Having read too many historical novels, I'm a bit tired of this kind of female lead setup where she's initially unremarkable but suddenly becomes incredibly powerful; it's kind of... Unpleasant.

10. 10 骄 Blazing Sun 骄阳 Love Looking at the Sky爱看天Danmei (BL)1.1M WordsCompleted Bai Zimu’s mother takes him all the way north to live with his maternal grandmother’s family. No one in the mining district’s residential compound has ever seen such a beautiful little boy with curly hair. He draws countless curious looks, including one from Lei Dongchuan. The Lei family are all looks-obsessed, and little Lei Dongchuan can’t take his eyes off Bai Zimu the first time they meet. He thinks, What a beautiful kid! It’d be great if he could be my little brother! Later, Lei San wants m 159.9kFavorites212.4kClicks/ch535.8kGifts

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    So cute! My childhood sweetheart is so adorable!

11. 11 满 The Max-Level Foodie Lies Flat in a Period Novel 满级干饭人在年代文躺平 White Eggplant白茄Romance983k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Rong Xiaoxiao faced two choices: Either find someone to marry, or go to the countryside as an educated youth. Looking at all the men the woman next door had introduced her to, with their lame legs, blindness, and overbearing mothers, Rong Xiaoxiao felt that even her chronic laziness might be cured. She promptly turned around and went home to pack. … Two pretty educated youths arrived at the Hongshan Brigade. One wore a neat polyester outfit and delicate leath 112.1kFavorites320.3kClicks/ch129kGifts

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    It's a good read. Although the male lead has a bit of a background, the female lead's character is very interesting, with a mutual appreciation between a reborn woman and a woman who transmigrates into a book.

12. 12 七 Raising Kids on a 1970s Island 七零海岛养娃日常 Drunken Squirrel Fish松鼠醉鱼Romance677k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] Recommended upcoming novel: The Pretty, Prissy Big Sister in a Period Novel Blurb: Qin Rou is a preschool teacher with a gentle, soft-spoken personality. After being stabbed in the back by an armed assailant while protecting the children at her kindergarten, she unexpectedly transmigrated into a period novel as a vain, flamboyant supporting villainess whose personality was the exact opposite of her own. The cannon-fodder villainess Qin Rou is a troublemaking supporting cha 109.1kFavorites291.9kClicks/ch58.1kGifts

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    The story is very slice-of-life and the writing is quite good, but the fact that she gave birth to twins in a row is a bit... Well, you know. The female lead is an extremely, extremely, extremely virtuous wife and loving mother... Which makes it feel a bit... Like... That kind of spoiled wife literature.

13. 13 六 A Marriage Swap in the 1960s: Marrying a Chef 六零换亲嫁厨子 Pork Belly Hot Pot酥肉锅Romance728k WordsCompleted [Several completed period novels and food stories in my author profile] After enduring seven or eight years in the apocalypse and going hungry, Wang Ying transmigrated to the 1960s. Her cousin, who lived in another branch of the family, came down with a fever. When she woke up, she started making a huge fuss about breaking off her engagement to the man she had been promised to. Her tearful aunt came to Wang Ying and asked her to marry him instead. When Wang Ying heard he was a cook, she was d 95.8kFavorites292.6kClicks/ch107.2kGifts

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    Pretty cute concept

14. 14 在 Making No Effort in a Period Novel 在年代文中不思进取 Clear Song Flow清越流歌Romance572k WordsCompleted Ye Shuhua, a rich second-generation heir who was content to coast through life, transmigrated to the 1970s. She could have had a cheat-enabled life, but she had no interest in getting rich. The villagers said that Song Qinghui, a male educated youth, came from a wealthy family and got money from home every month. He was also quite handsome, making him the perfect candidate to fund Ye Shuhua's food ration coupons... After relentless pursuit, she was just about to win over the aloof heartthrob and 70.7kFavorites262.2kClicks/ch102.8kGifts

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    It's alright, a Mary Sue story set in a bygone era, with a very obvious old-fashioned feel.

15. 15 穿 Reborn as the Sickly Ex-Wife of a Male Side Character in a Period Novel 穿成年代文男配的病弱前妻 Fourteenth Month of Winter冬十四月Romance764k WordsCompleted A new period novel is out: "The Short-Lived Tycoon's Beautiful Wife in the 1980s." A pampered, fiery rich beauty heroine versus a sharp-tongued, secretly sincere hero who insists he doesn't like her, then falls hard. Eight-year age gap. About this story: Wen Li is lazy and a natural homebody. If she can lie down, she won't sit up. One day, she gets transported into a period novel. She becomes the woman in the book who married the second male lead, but eventually ran off with a young intellectu 70.3kFavorites188.9kClicks/ch28.9kGifts

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    It's fairly interesting. Is the female lead being the most beloved by the group a bit too much? But it's alright, since they all confessed their transmigration into the book relatively early on.

16. 16 七 The Tender Stepmom and Her Cold Husband in the Seventies 七零之娇后妈与冷丈夫 Sang Xueqing桑雪青Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The main story is complete; bonus chapters are still being updated...] [Please add my upcoming novels, My Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Hero's Mom Is Bound to a Live-Comment Feed and Sweet Couple in the Seventies, to your reading lists~] Su Ting transmigrated into a book. She ended up in a period novel as the stepmother of a beautiful, strong, and tragic male lead. But while the male lead was born beautiful and strong, it was she, his stepmother, who made him tragic. In the novel, the original 60.1kFavorites224.1kClicks/ch52.1kGifts

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    Interesting, interesting. This is a story whose title doesn't do it justice. It's one of the few books where the romance between the transmigrated female lead and the original male lead progresses smoothly. There's no genius or cute baby setting. It's my favorite among island-era novels.

17. 17 七 A Sweet Couple in the Seventies 七十年代甜蜜夫妻 Sang Xueqing桑雪青Romance963k WordsCompleted [Please add my upcoming novel, Arranged Marriage in the 1970s, to your reading list!] 1. As a minor character in a period novel, Cheng Man was fairly satisfied with her life. She was born into a family where both parents worked. There were three children, and she was the only girl, so she got to finish primary school and go on to high school. After graduation, she landed a job as a waitress at a state-run restaurant. From then on, she had a respectable job and never had to worry about food or d 49.2kFavorites229.4kClicks/ch22.5kGifts

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    The transition in this book is a bit awkward because the female lead suddenly becomes incredibly powerful. It's by the same author as the previous book, and the character design is quite cute.

18. 18 在 A Cannon Fodder in a 1970s Lucky Carp Story 在七零锦鲤文当炮灰 Melon Month, Twenty-Third瓜月廿三Romance881k WordsCompleted [The lucky heroine is born with good fortune, while her scheming second aunt's family fails to frame her and suffers the consequences.] Liu Xiaomai discovers that she has transmigrated into a book. The wicked second aunt in the story is her own mother, and her branch of the family is the foil to the heroine's happy family. She doesn't need to fight the wicked relatives, because her own family is the worst of them all. Looking at her drama-loving mother, troublemaking father, stuttering younger 43.9kFavorites151kClicks/ch33.5kGifts

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    Generally speaking, the writing is a bit slow and drawn-out, and for some reason, it's hard to keep reading.

19. 19 一 Along the Dusty Road 一路凡尘 A Reed Leaf一叶苇Danmei (BL)3.4M WordsCompleted Liu Xia is the youngest child in a family that dotes on him. Although his home is deep in a remote, isolated, impoverished mountain region, he lives a carefree life. Aside from school, his favorite thing is to run wild across the mountains, raising such a ruckus that the whole household is turned upside down. Then the son of Liu Mao, whom Liu Xia considers his own older brother, is born, and a terrible upheaval befalls the family. Watching the villagers treat his newborn nephew like a bringer o 36.2kFavorites55.4kClicks/ch86.6kGifts

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    It's too long, I haven't read it yet.

20. 20 豪 The Heiress of a Wealthy Family in the 1960s 豪门娇女在六零 Hu Tu湖涂Romance689k WordsCompleted Lin Qiao, a rich young heiress who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, decides to take part in a life-transformation show to experience poverty and earn her family's inheritance. By a twist of fate, she joins an unknown world's "Recall Hardship and Cherish the Present" game and wanders into a parallel world in the 1960s, where she will learn the spirit of struggle in a difficult era. In the 1960s, Lin Qiao has three game roles to choose from: 1. A third-generation poor peasant girl with 23.3kFavorites87.4kClicks/ch30.3kGifts

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    It's great! The characters are well-developed, and I love that none of the villains are truly villains. It doesn't have a happy ending, but it's a happy one. The system is well-established, there are no forced missions, and the character development is very clear. A spoiled rich girl who just wants to live a life of leisure transforms into a hardworking and ambitious livestock farmer. The detective protagonist solves all the mysteries, and the relationship is wonderful—he raises and educates his wife but isn't a father figure to her at all. They're a really great couple. All the settings are very reasonable. I love it!

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