Novels like Reborn Against the Current
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- 1 The Campus Belle Had Never Been in Love, Until After I Broke Up 校花学姐从未恋爱，直到我分手后 [Urban Life + Everyday Romance + Daily Life + Sweet Romance + System + Tycoon Fantasy] [Long-Planned Pursuit VS Totally Clueless] “Lin Tian, you’re a good person, but I deserve someone better.” In his previous life, Lin Tian cherished Chen Shiyu and granted her every request. He had offered his heart to the moon, only for the moon to shine on a ditch. Chen Shiyu broke up with him and immediately moved on to someone else, then teamed up with her new boyfriend to mock Lin Tian. Grieving, he agreed 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 A New Life: Returning to My Wife and Daughter to Atone 新的人生，回到老婆女儿身边赎罪 After his wife divorced him and his daughter despised him, Yi Bo died of illness one day, consumed by endless regret. Just before the end, he heard his daughter and ex-wife weeping. In the darkness, Yi Bo shouted desperately. He didn't want to die; he wanted to atone. A cold voice rang out in the dark, granting him a new life. 1.1kReads7.1Score106Shelves
- 3 The Strongest Rising Star 最强红人 At nearly thirty, Zhang Chengguang had terrible luck. His career was plagued by setbacks, and his superiors humiliated and oppressed him. Even his beloved wife chose that moment to ask for a divorce! Zhang Chengguang had reached the darkest point of his life. Then, an accident changed everything. After rescuing an old man on the roadside who was close to death, he suddenly became director of the General Office of Dongjiang Iron and Steel Group. From then on, he rose steadily, enjoying success at 256Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 4 Reborn as a Real Estate Mogul 重生之地产王者 [The Ultimate Real Estate Novel] Guo Tao, a rookie at work, lost his girlfriend because he couldn't afford an apartment in Kyoto. When his company laid him off, he was so devastated that he chose to jump to his death. But when he woke up, he discovered that he had been reborn, back on the road to further education, just after graduating from middle school! Thus begins the story of a real estate tycoon on the rise. Guo Tao goes on to become the biggest property developer in the world. Buying home 302Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Back to 1983: Spoiling My Wife and Raising the Kids to Wealth 回档1983：宠妻养崽当富翁 [One female lead + devoted dad + doting husband + building a fortune!] When Lu Zheng opens his eyes, he has reborn on the very day his cousin falsely accuses his wife of being a loose woman. In his previous life, Lu Zheng believed his cousin, and his wife, unable to bear the humiliation, jumped into a river and killed herself. From then on, Lu Zheng lived in regret, consumed by pain. This time, without a moment’s hesitation, Lu Zheng grabs a brick and smashes it into his cousin! Everyone says L 10Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 6 Reborn: I Make the Rules in My Own Era 重生，我的时代我做主 Nothing in this world can be perfect. Choose the bear’s paw, and you lose the fish. Choose hell, and heaven slips away. Before he was reborn, Gao Yang believed this. After being reborn, he thought it was all nonsense. This time, he wouldn’t give up anything that belonged to him. He would fight heaven and man alike, all to protect the people who loved him and the people he loved. In this life, not a single one would be left behind! You call me a womanizer? No, no, no. I’m just a lover of 968Reads7.4Score101Shelves
- 7 Reborn to Farm: Starting Out as a Laid-Back Stay-at-Home Dad 重生种田：从悠闲的奶爸身份开始 [Reborn in a bygone era + dad life + farming] Lin Yan was reborn in a small mountain village in 1999. Looking at his impoverished home and his wife and daughter being bullied, Lin Yan swore that in this life, he would be a good husband and father. He caught fish, started a breeding business, and opened a farmstay and tourist attraction. His once-barren family gradually grew prosperous. When Lin Yan moved into the only Western-style villa in the entire township, everyone in the village was ut 1Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 8 Reborn in 1996: I Teach Mr. Huang How to Make Graphics Cards 重生1996：我教黄老板做显卡 Period setting + rebirth + urban life + no System + single heroine + chips (The rating just came out, and it’ll rise later.) (The author has completed a million-word novel, so read with confidence.) In 1996, at an all-hands meeting at N Company, Mr. Huang was reading out the layoff list. When he got to Lin Zhe, everyone turned to look at the corner of the last row. In his previous life, Lin Zhe had stood up and walked out. For the next thirty years, he dreamed of that scene again and again. This 12.9kReads6.7Score804Shelves
- 9 Reborn: Training My Own Campus Belle Is Really Rewarding 重生：自己培养校花，真的香 [Lighthearted daily life + Reborn + Urban + Rise to Power] Reborn in 2001, Tang Que is in the middle of confessing his feelings outside the women’s dormitory when he abruptly changes course. He gives up on the campus belle Zhou Shanshan and chooses instead to confess to her roommate, Xia Qingluan. 135Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 10 Reborn in the 1980s: The Village Guardian and Bane of Wild Women 重生八零年代守村人之野妇克星 Wang Erleng transmigrates into the body of a fool in 1981. In a production team in these remote southern mountains, he works the fields to earn work points and heads into the mountains to chop timber. 244Reads8.7Score137Shelves
- 11 Back to 1991: Building a Business Empire 重回1991做豪门 Chen Yang had spent most of his life achieving nothing, and now he was terminally ill. Then one night, he dreamed himself back to 1991, where he found his sweet, adorable little daughter and his gorgeous, sexy wife... What was going on? He and his wife had clearly divorced thirty years ago. Overcome with excitement, Chen Yang realized he had returned to the past. In this era, where gold lay everywhere, even a pig could take off. What’s more, Chen Yang had the memories of two lifetimes. He set ou 1.2kReads8.4Score103Shelves
- 12 One More Chance: The Day Before My Wife and Child Died 重来一次：回到老婆孩子死前一天 [Reborn + turning over a new leaf + farming + sweet romance + period setting + building a career + revenge] Lin Ye is reborn on the day before his wife and children die in 1985. He had bought his wife, a female college student, from a human trafficker. In his previous life, Lin Ye lived with guilt. Now he finally has the chance to make amends. He'll make sure the mother and child can eat well, live in a good home, and enjoy a good life. (The male lead isn't a bleeding heart. He uses brains when 219Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 13 I Just Woke Up! My Adoptive Parents Want to Ruin My Life Again. No Way! 才醒！养父母又想蹉跎我，没门！ Traditional Chinese style + no golden finger + face-slapping wish fulfillment + sweet romance + building a career + everyday life After spending fifty years alone in his previous life, he never expected to be reborn. Luck was finally on his side, and he married the prettiest girl in the village. Lu Haoran was reborn in 1990, on the fifth day after his college entrance exams. When he was fifty in his previous life, he only learned as he lay dying that he was not their biological son. So the two p 651Reads8.4Score100Shelves
- 14 I'm a Little Panicked: I Just Reborn and I'm Already Going to Be a Dad 有点儿慌，刚重生就要当爹了 [Reborn in a Bygone Era] [Dad] [Farming] [Sweet Romance] [System] In his previous life, Song Ye never did a decent thing. When his wife, eight months pregnant, went into early labor, he was dead drunk. Neither she nor the baby survived. His father died of anger, his mother fell ill from grief, and through his own efforts he destroyed his family. He regretted it! Decades passed. He was riddled with illness, with not a single relative by his side. Before he died, he donated all his wealth to child 303Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 15 Restarting in 1990: How Did I Die, Anyway? 重启90，我到底是怎么死的？ [Period] [Crime Investigation] [Comedy] [Everyday Life] After transmigrating to 1990, Wang Jianjun has no interest in any damn romance, and he's in no rush to make money. He just wants to figure out how he ended up with no way out. With fate luring him astray again and again and life driving him into a corner time after time, how can he stay true to himself? 82kReads9.1Score11.2kShelves
- 16 Back to 1987 重返1987 By a twist of fate, wage slave Zhou Weiguo returned to 1987. All the regrets from his previous life were gone: the house he had been too late to decide to buy, and later couldn’t afford; his fear of starting a business; and the fact that he couldn’t get married because he had no money. With a second chance at life, he chose a different way to live. Riding the tide of reform and opening up with his forward-thinking outlook, he made a roaring success of both love and career. There was just one com 1.6kReads8.1Score149Shelves
- 17 Back in 1983: Starting Out as a Devoted Husband and Dad 重回1983：从宠妻当奶爸开始 [Urban Life + Farming + Rebirth + Dad Life + Scumbag’s Redemption + Devoted Husband + Career and Wealth] In his twenties, Lin Ergou was so poor he couldn’t scrape together a penny. He had nothing except a wonderful wife and child. But in his sixties, Lin Jianzhou had billions in assets, luxury homes and cars, fame and prestige. He had everything except a wonderful wife and child. At his hospital bedside, his biological son glares at him and demands to know why he abandoned his wife and child, wh 282Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 18 Reborn: My 1990s 重生：我的九零年代 Business tycoon Liu Haoyang is reborn in the 1990s, a turbulent era teeming with talent, and an incredible golden age. Amid the tide of reform and opening up, the reborn Liu Haoyang becomes a trailblazer of his time, standing at the crest of the waves with a red flag in hand. He seizes the pulse of the era and gradually builds a world of his own in the 1990s. 1.2kReads6.3Score100Shelves
- 19 Reborn in 1997 重生1997 I woke up to find a stunningly beautiful wife beside me, along with an adorable little daughter. My wife wanted to… 1997: the memories of those born in the ’90s, the childhood of those born in the ’80s, and the youth of those born in the ’70s. 125Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 20 Back to 1988 with 100,000 Zimbabwean Dollars 带着十万津巴布韦币回到1988 While collecting a debt, he received 100,000 Zimbabwean dollars and unexpectedly entered a time tunnel, traveling back to 1988. Starting with exchanging foreign currency certificates, he ventured into Hainan's real estate market, shorted the island nation's stock index, and entered Hong Kong to take on the four major families and acquire British-owned companies. He also invested in the computer and mobile phone industries while they were still in their infancy. 4.6kReads7.8Score345Shelves
- 21 The King Returns: Reborn 王者归来：从重生开始 In his previous life, Lin Xiao was betrayed by his unattainable first love and died. Reborn, he takes complete control of everything and becomes the uncrowned king of both the business world and the underworld. Standing at the top of the world, he makes everyone who betrayed or looked down on him kneel and submit. He tries to bring Su Wanli back to life, but ultimately understands that people must look forward. In the end, he sits atop his business empire, with the women who have stood by him al 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Reborn in the 1990s to Save My Wife and Daughter 重生回90年代救回老婆和女儿 Reborn + doting dad + farming + period setting + building a fortune from nothing + no golden finger In his previous life, Tang Guangyao was obsessed with the idea that children would look after him in old age. When his wife couldn't give him a son, he gave up on life completely. He spent his days drinking, gambling, and beating his wife. He abandoned his wife and daughter, then ran off with his mistress, who could bear him a son. Not long after he left, his daughter died of illness. Grief-strick 247Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 23 Reborn: My 1990 重生：我的1990 In middle age, Zhang Xin drinks some counterfeit liquor and dreams himself back to the 1990s, where he must face the events he already lived through once in his previous life! “Patriarch, this is terrible! Zhang Xin has acquired every company under your name!” “What? That bastard has no respect for the rules!” Zhang Xin grins sheepishly. “Sorry, just a friendly tip: I think I’m the one who made the rules you’re talking about...” This book is also known as Reborn, So Surely I Can Make the Rul 2.3kReads8.9Score231Shelves
- 24 Reborn: I Became a Big Shot in Every Industry 重生：我成了各行业大佬 [One female lead + 2004 + developing both the internet and traditional industries] Su Chen is reborn. If his family uses their money to treat his father's illness, he won't be able to go to college. If he goes to college, his father won't receive treatment and will be left permanently disabled. Su Chen doesn't want his father's lifelong disability from his previous life to happen again. He joins his mother in selling boxed meals at a street stall and helps her build a career in the food industry 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Reborn: Seeing My Wife and Kids Again, I First Bash My Own Head In 重生：再见妻儿我先给自己开个瓢 [Reborn + doting dad + farming + sweet romance + career] “Don’t go, honey!” That night, a drunken Yang Xuan was reborn at the very moment before his wife, Ning Wanqiu, left home with their children and died. “Get out!” Ning Wanqiu roared. Yang Xuan knew he had to work hard if he wanted to win back this woman whose heart he had broken! First, he had to stand up to the awful relatives in his family… 321Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 26 Special Forces Dragon King 特种龙王 The nation's sharpest weapon, the famed Huaxia God of War, Blood Dragon King, is infected by an unknown virus during a mission. His physical abilities decline sharply, forcing him to retire to the city. But the virus unexpectedly transforms his body, allowing him to rise to power in the city once more! From then on, the dragon roams the city, its might soaring above all! 3.3kReads8.4Score380Shelves
- 27 Back to 1991: I Became Invincible Starting with Baby-Formula Money 重返91：从赚奶粉钱开始无敌 Reborn in 1991 by a twist of fate, Lu Yao discovers that he now has everything he lacked in his previous life: a wife and a child! What a wonderful era: the people are honest and gold lies everywhere. He never imagined fate would give him such a great opportunity. He vows to build a fortune and reach the pinnacle of life! 893Reads7.6Score101Shelves
- 28 I Just Want to Retire Early 我就想早点退个休 Urban life + reborn + campus belle + multiple heroines + lighthearted Office worker Jiang Zheng is reborn after a car accident on his way home from working overtime. With a second chance at life, he sets himself a goal: by the time he graduates from college, he needs to have his diploma, property deed, retirement pension, and birth permit. Why is there no marriage certificate? Naturally, because he's not good enough… 1.8kReads7.0Score101Shelves
- 29 Tycoon of the Times 时代大亨 Liu Bei unexpectedly returns to 1990, just as China's economy is boarding the fast train. He can't afford to miss a single booming sector: finance and securities, import-export trade, real estate, the internet, and more! Since he's been given another life, he'll turn the tide and reach the pinnacle of success! 993Reads7.7Score100Shelves
- 30 After Sobering Up, I Returned to the Moment Before Something Happened to My Wife 酒醒之后，重回媳妇出事的前一刻 In his previous life, Su Jie was a good-for-nothing who never achieved anything and spent every day muddling along. His wife's death dealt him a devastating blow, leaving him consumed with regret. Before he died, he risked his life to save someone, hoping to atone for a lifetime of sins. But fortunately, he got the chance to be reborn, returning to 1986, the very day his wife had her accident. Given another chance at life, all he wants is to make good money and cherish his wife and children. 707Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 31 Now That We're Reborn, Who'd Still Start a Business! 都重生了谁还创业啊！ [Reborn + entrepreneurship + everyday life + campus beauty + making up for past regrets] [The first 200,000 words are slow-paced and slice-of-life. If that's not your thing, feel free to skip ahead to Chapter 100!~] As the saying goes: “A simp can simp and simp, only to end up with nothing!” In his past life, Yu Chengjiang was exactly that kind of guy. After his startup took off, his campus-beauty wife betrayed him, driving his company into bankruptcy and saddling him with millions in debt. Back 255Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 What?! You Want Me to Be a Dad Before I’ve Even Graduated? 天！还没毕业你就让我当爸了？ “I took our daughter back to my hometown!” “Mm, I know. The trip was bumpy. Did Qian Bao have a hard time?” “Wasn’t I the only one who suffered?” “That’s good!” “...” He’s a student of traditional Chinese medicine. He seems ordinary, but he can read people’s aura and see their fortune! She’s the heiress to a top-tier wealthy family, with a beautiful face, a great figure, and an elegant air! They had never crossed paths until an accident brought them together! Ten months later, their newborn daug 7.2kReads8.9Score525Shelves
- 33 The Hero's Hunting Tale 英雄赶山记 In 1979, on the southern frontier of the motherland, Guan Yongshan, a decorated combat hero, was reborn on the battlefield. This time, he did the unthinkable: he decisively left the army and went home to care for his parents. And so, beneath the Great White Mountains of Northeast China, a mountain-going “hero” appeared, hunting wild boars and black bears, and fighting wolves and tigers. 81Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 34 The Bad Guy: I Transmigrated into Xie Wendong, but I Won’t Join the Underworld 坏蛋：穿越谢文东，我不混黑道了 Xie Wendong opened his eyes and discovered that he had become the younger version of the future underworld kingpin. Looking at his youthful yet ruthless face in the mirror, he smiled. “Run with the underworld? That’s way too low-tech.” Armed with modern business thinking, he founded the Dongsheng Group. San Yan became chairman of the security group, Li Shuang took charge of logistics, and Jiang Sen switched careers to become 705Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 After My Daughter Jumped to Her Death, I Was Reborn 女儿跳楼后，我重生了 After my daughter jumped to her death, I was reborn in the year she turned three. On this day, my wife hadn't gone missing yet, and my daughter still looked up to me with hope… 488Reads8.4Score100Shelves
- 36 Making a Fortune from the Start: My Relatives Envy Me, and the Campus Beauty Goes Crazy 开局发财，亲戚眼馋了，校花癫了 [Reborn + period setting + multiple heroines + first love + unforgettable beauty + making money + feel-good story] Qin Fan, a lifelong bachelor in his thirties from the capital, was reborn in 2002. At the time, he was a junior at Beijing Jiaotong University. The girl he had always loved was his classmate Tian Ya, the daughter of a university administrator... From the start, his family was drowning in loan-shark debt and preparing to sell their courtyard house in Chaoyang, Beijing. Drawing on his 37Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 37 Reborn: Settling Scores with My Cheating Wife and Betraying Best Friend 重生：清算出轨妻子与背叛挚友 Nothing in life is more painful than betrayal, especially betrayal by the person who shares your bed. Liang Kun suffered even worse: he wasn't just betrayed by his partner, but double-crossed and schemed against after they cheated on him with his closest friend. After discovering the truth, Liang Kun was driven into a corner. He lived up to his fearsome nickname, Handsome Kun, and decisively took up arms to settle every score with his own hands. He was reborn, given another chance by fate, and t 1.5kReads—Score123Shelves
- 38 Against the Current, Toward a Perfect Life 逆流完美人生 Reborn in the past, Jiang Hua must save his kidnapped daughter and turn his family’s tragic fate around. More importantly, he must seize the opportunity and be a pig waiting to take flight! 22Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 39 Now That I'm Reborn, I Really Want to Be a Playboy 都重生了，真想做个渣男啊 On his way to see his ex-girlfriend one last time after she took her own life, Jiang Mo was unexpectedly reborn. Being devoted to just one woman is out of the question. He really wants to have one woman in each arm and be a proper playboy! But it seems harder than he thought. Every one of them is precious to him. Who should he choose? Being a playboy is tough. Maybe making money is easier. 91Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 40 You Want Me to Take the Fall? Take This Slap Instead 要我顶罪，反手一个大逼斗 [No System + Streetwise Troublemaker + Ruthless Tough Guy + One Female Lead...] Wang Xun, an ordinary young man, returns to the year 2000. He is just seventeen and a half, has dropped out of school, and has been poisoned by gangster movies. Full of youthful passion, he sets out to make a name for himself in the underworld. He puts brotherhood first, would take a knife for his good friends, and isn’t afraid to fight! After being persuaded by his biased grandfather and others, he is about to take 416Reads7.3Score104Shelves
- 41 Reborn as the Golden Tycoon 重生之黄金大财阀 In his previous life, Li Xinghe married a gold digger, lived a miserable and destitute life, was cheated on, and died by suicide after falling into depression. By a stroke of luck, he was reborn ten years in the past. In this life, Li Xinghe dumped the gold digger without hesitation and vowed to make something of himself, live life to the fullest, earn money and chase women, climb to the top, and become the richest man in the world! 197Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 42 Reborn in 1990: The Village Beauty Is in Her Prime 重生1990：村花老婆正青涩 [Reborn + finding hidden treasures + entrepreneurship + high-speed success + beautiful women pictured] Also known as: Returning to 1990 to Become a Tycoon and Reborn in 1990: Taking the Village Beauty Along for the Ride Ye Feng, a wealthy bachelor who owns a publicly listed company worth tens of billions, is unexpectedly reborn in 1990 in Furong Town, a place full of beautiful women. In this golden age, watch as he leads the villagers in building a business empire of their own... 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Restarting My Life, I Take Control of the Global Economy 重启人生，主宰全球经济 Chen Hao is reborn and returns to 1993. He is eighteen that year and about to take the college entrance exam. A disaster is also about to befall him and his parents. In an age when gold lies everywhere, what path will he take? 58Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 44 My Wife and Daughter's Death Anniversary: I Was Reborn 老婆女儿忌日，我重生了 Synopsis: [Rebirth + Golden Finger + Dad Life + Farming + System + Devoted to Wife and Daughter] In his previous life, Zhao Xinghang grew tired of married life not long after getting married and treated his wife coldly in every way. He was lazy and ignorant, mixed with the wrong crowd, addicted to gambling, and drowning in debt! He only cared about having fun outside, neglecting his wife and daughter! From the day his daughter was born until she turned three, he never once held her! And the firs 2Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 45 Reborn in 1999 重生1999 A washed-up man in his thirties from the post-80s generation was reborn in 1999. Since I've returned to my youth, let me... Run wild in the darkness, shine beneath the light, and roam through the shadows. A novel leading the way in a wave of passionate rebirth stories. Let's get fired up! 112Reads8.4Score137Shelves
- 46 I Can See 24 Hours Into the Future, and I'm on Top of the World 预知24小时，我走上人生巅峰 On the day he graduated from high school, Zhao Dezhu, a poor young man, was beaten unconscious. His parents borrowed money to pay for his treatment, but because their family was so poor, no one was willing to lend them anything. Instead, they subjected his parents to the worst insults. What no one expected was that Zhao Dezhu awakened the ability to foresee the future in the accident. From then on, he began his mad dash to make money... 3.8kReads8.1Score389Shelves
- 47 This Makes No Sense: Why Was I Reborn?! 不应该啊：我为什么会重生！ [Easygoing, lots of romance, no System, campus belle, laid-back daily life, comedy] Xu Beilin was a successful young man, riding high on life and living the life of a diamond bachelor. Then, on his twenty-ninth birthday, he unexpectedly became reborn. Back ten years in the past, should he follow the path of his previous life and enjoy the same carefree, comfortable existence? Or make a little more money? Or perhaps date a little more... No, no, he should say, make up for a few regrets from the p 30Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 48 Immortals' Chat Group 仙人聊天群 A country boy joins a chat group of immortals. He wields his knife and charges them without mercy: The Grand Supreme Elder loves novels? Hand over ten Heavenly Creation Pills in exchange. No haggling! Zhenyuan Daxian is crazy about baijiu? Bring me some Ginseng Fruits, and hurry up! The Bull Demon King loves cigars? One box for a Banana Fan! The Queen Mother wants a son-in-law, and her dowry requirements are face masks and facial cleanser? Only Chang’e is a tough nut to crack, so he begs her ove 3.6kReads8.7Score348Shelves
- 49 Reborn in the 1990s 重生之九零年代 After waking up, Chen Qingyun found himself reborn in the 1990s. It was an age of upheaval, with society swept up in a great tide of change. Standing at the crest of the times, with the wheel of fate in his hands, he would start over from scratch... Chen Qingyun said, “I’ll earn all the money I missed out on before. I’ll make the campus belle I couldn’t win over regret looking down on me. Every regret from my past life, I’ll make up for in this one.” 124Reads8.6Score135Shelves
- 50 I Opened My Eyes to Find My First Love, the Campus Belle, Right in Front of Me 睁开眼，校花初恋在面前 Xu Sizhe, a low-ranking office worker, returned to 1999. His first love and deskmate was still innocent, his father had yet to suffer a misfortune, and his mother had yet to grow old. Now, watch him make up for the regrets of his previous life, start from scratch, build a business empire that would shake the world, and protect his loved ones and family! 474Reads8.5Score—Shelves
