Strong Female Leads, Career-Focused and Independent 大女主文 事业线 独立

1. 1 炮 A Cannon Fodder’s Struggle [Qing Dynasty] 炮灰奋斗史[清] Xuan Bei玄北Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Upcoming novel: I'm Collecting Trash for My Country. Ever since inheriting the family business, Wu Xian felt that everything had gone off track. He collected gold, antiques, and ore from the 1960s and 70s; books from ancient times; discarded robots and obsolete game pods from the interstellar age; and baldness treatments and fireproof fabric from cultivation worlds... The country received a large number of genuine antiques donated by private citizens, my boyfrien 19.2kFavorites100.9kClicks/ch36.5kGifts

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   Light up the technology tree

2. 2 修 After Reaching Max Level in Cultivation [Quick Transmigration] 修仙满级之后[快穿] The Eighth Day of the First Lunar Month正月初八No CP1.0M WordsCompleted Su Feiyin successfully completed thirty thousand years of cultivation, overcame her tribulation, and ascended to immortality. But she did not become an immortal. Instead, the Heavenly Dao sent her to experience the myriad aspects of life in three thousand worlds. Heavenly Dao: "Across three thousand worlds, the mortal realm stretches without end, with neither beginning nor conclusion. Can your path withstand the trials?" Su Feiyin: "I will do good, punish evil, and keep my heart clear. I fear n 15.6kFavorites29.2kClicks/ch4.9kGifts

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   No-romance female protagonist novels, feel-good stories, read without thinking.

3. 3 戏 A Drama Queen Enters a Tragic Romance 戏精穿进苦情剧 Fu Hua扶华No CP350k WordsCompleted A misery drama: A story in which the heroine receives a happy ending as long as she is tolerant and kind enough to forgive, gives selflessly without regret, and keeps yielding and enduring until even the villains who bullied her grow old and can no longer make trouble. When Shuiyin transmigrates into the heroines of one misery drama after another… endure it? My foot. A life-threatening heroine, changing her fate online. Theme: 268kFavorites693.2kClicks/ch299.2kGifts

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   The female lead transmigrates into a melodramatic drama, changing the original ending and bringing great satisfaction.

4. 4 祝 Did Miss Zhu Fall into a Trap Today? 祝姑娘今天掉坑了没 I Want to Eat Meat我想吃肉No CP4.0M WordsCompleted Zhu Ying is someone who does whatever she wants, with no regard for law or heaven. If you look closely, in her youth she was just a little charlatan who wanted to live a quiet, comfortable life. Born into a dirt-poor family of charlatans, Zhu Ying was dealt hard mode from the start. To keep her biological daughter from being drowned, her mother, Zhang Xiangu, had to claim she’d given birth to a boy. As outsiders in the village, the Zhu family struggled to get by. Then her charlatan father got c 295.4kFavorites297.1kClicks/ch1.6MGifts

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   No cheat codes or system-based growth stories

5. 5 一 Cutting Through the Love Rivals with One Slash (Quick Transmigration) 一刀劈开修罗场（快穿） Fate Is on My Side天命在我No CP435k WordsCompleted That year, a drought demon roamed south of the Tuo River. The State of Bai suffered a terrible drought, and the land was strewn with corpses. When Qianjin was eighteen, her mother died before her eyes, blood mist settling on her brows and in her eyes. Qianjin took up a blade to seek revenge. Along the way, she encountered a System, hypocrites who wore a veneer of righteousness, a general who kept bandits around to cause trouble, sinister and cunning officials, and a blood-soaked battlefield of 9.9kFavorites15.8kClicks/ch20.1kGifts

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   Just like the title suggests, it's a story of cleaving through a battlefield with a single stroke and leveling up.

6. 6 放 I Gave Up the Imperial Exams to Become the Best Matchmaker 放弃科举成为最强中介 Ying Hesi应何似No CP214k WordsOngoing VIP chapter unlocked. Don't read. Blurb: One day, Qian Sisi wakes up and discovers she's transmigrated into the body of Qian Siqi, a woman in the Great Jing Dynasty. Her father, Qian Fugui, is a gang leader who deals with all kinds of shady characters. Her mother, Sun Xiuqin, is the delicate, scholarly daughter of a licentiate. Qian Fugui's greatest hope for his son is that he will pass the imperial exams, become an official, and raise the family's status. Qian Sisi touches the original owner 892Favorites1.4kClicks/ch1.2kGifts

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   The story of a woman transmigrating into a man is still ongoing and hasn't been updated in a long time. But I still recommend it as a good read.

7. 7 我 [Quick Transmigration] Me Against the World 我跟世界对着干[快穿] A Speck of Firefly Light一点萤No CP503k WordsCompleted Her father cheated, her mother remarried. Qin Yilan seemed to have lived in a melodrama since childhood, but after half a lifetime of hard work, she'd finally achieved a comfortable life with a home and money to spend. Then a medical checkup revealed she had breast cancer!!! All that effort had gone to waste. Qin Yilan laughed in fury. Damn fate! You want me to die of illness? Not a chance! Qin Yilan fought against fate and didn't fall to her death. But because she was determined to defy the H 9kFavorites22.5kClicks/ch6.7kGifts

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   The female protagonist in a romance novel doesn't have a smooth life from the start; she also has to work hard and struggle.

8. 8 买 Buying Life 买活 Yu Jing Peng Xiang御井烹香Romance6.6M WordsCompleted Food is paramount to the people, and Heaven is indifferent, treating all things like straw dogs. Yet there are always those with hearts devoted to the people, working day and night and overcoming every obstacle to secure their livelihood. *1+ Basic setup, updated every day at noon 2+ Infrastructure development + food + ensemble cast Theme: Strive tirelessly and reach for the heights. Human determination can overcome fate. 206.4kFavorites246.1kClicks/ch2.6MGifts

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   The infrastructure-building story is complete. It's written from different angles and perspectives. The author has a truly broad knowledge base; I learned about many famous figures from ancient China through this story. It's a very good leveling-up story.

9. 9 女 A Woman Has to Be Ruthless 女人就要狠一点 Fu Congfu傅丛弗No CP278k WordsCompleted Ning Shuyan transmigrates to a magical otherworld. This place is bizarre. There are blond-haired, blue-eyed white people named Zhang San, and black-haired, black-eyed Asian people named Sharon. They can even sit together on a field ridge and discuss how to make fermented tofu taste good. The only thing that fits her understanding is the vast gap between rich and poor. The nobles throw their weight around and treat commoners like they're not human, while mages lord it over everyone else. Whoeve 1.8kFavorites1.3kClicks/ch859Gifts

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   Completed, looking forward to the next sequel: Incredible feminine charm and female friendship.

10. 10 现 Now, I’ve Thrown Away My Golden Finger 现在，我扔了金手指 Little Snow on the Seventh Day of the Twelfth Month腊七小雪No CP1.4M WordsCompleted You Buzui once had a golden finger. Like everyone else with a golden finger, she wanted to use it to make a name for herself, climbing step by step until she stood above everyone. But when her "best friend" died right in front of her, You Buzui's reliance on her golden finger had become such a habit that she couldn't save her. After being reborn, You Buzui made a decision. She would never use her golden finger again. Without the divine weapons provided by the System, You Buzui has nothing but a 11.5kFavorites14.3kClicks/ch37.6kGifts

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    Unlike traditional system novels, it's more like The Truman Show, making me wonder if the system novels I've read before also had a hidden controller behind the scenes.

11. 11 女 Female Machinist [1960s] 女钳工[六零] Yu Yue Yuan Fei渝跃鸢飞Romance740k WordsCompleted They were revered and held in high esteem. They were synonymous with master artisans, the workers of their era who enjoyed star-like fame, and the backbone of the nation’s industrial rise. “Eighth-Grade Craftsmen” “So why can’t I be one of them?” “She’s just a wild girl, fierce as can be!” Lin Qiaozhi never dreamed that her speed, strength, and sturdy build would lead to her dying young, writhing in pain on a dirt bed while giving birth. “Ha!” Lin Qiaozhi jolted awake, drenched in cold 85kFavorites107.3kClicks/ch485.6kGifts

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    The captivating copywriting is what drew me in; it's truly beautiful, with delicate writing that embodies the kind of woman I aspire to be.

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