Novels like The ’70s: The Beloved Second Wife
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The ’70s: The Beloved Second Wife, best match first.
- 1 Reborn in 1990: Factory Director Gu's Love Is Headed for the Crematorium 重生90，顾厂长他火葬场了 Reborn in 1990: Director Gu's Road to the Crematorium —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 In the Eighties, I Stole My Ex-Husband's Fortune as the Richest Man 八零之我抢走了前夫的首富 [Small business + Mutual devotion + Farming + Family life + Easygoing daily life + Face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place + No golden finger] The overall style is a slow-paced slice of life. If you're looking for a novel packed with constant face-slapping and drama, don't get your hopes up too high. Lin Wentang transmigrates into the body of a married woman in the 1980s. Her husband has someone else in his heart. They've been married for three years and never consummated their marria 11Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 3 The First Wife Awakens, Divorces Decisively, and Marries a Commander with Her Child 原配觉醒后，果断离婚带崽嫁首长 [Military Romance + Sweet Romance + Face-Slapping the Scumbag + No Golden Finger + Chaste Male Lead, Non-Chaste Female Lead] Just a few days after finishing her postpartum confinement, Su Yuwei received a letter from her officer husband. The good news: He had been promoted, and she could join him at his post. The bad news: The scumbag wanted a divorce! So furious that she fainted, Su Yuwei woke up with the memories of a strange woman in her mind. From those memories, she discovered that she was 35Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 4 I'll Drag You Into My Den, So Don't Even Think of Running 叼你进窝，还想跑 [Faithful to one another + military marriage + sweet romance + rekindled love] A dazzling, refined beauty versus Commander Qi, the cold-faced King of Hell. In her previous life, Su Yao married Gu Yun’an, keeping house for him and devoting herself to raising his stepdaughter. She never had a child of her own, and in the end, she died alone in a hospital bed. When she opened her eyes again, she was reborn at twenty-one. Determined to change her fate, she secretly studied for the college entrance e 2.4kReads8.5Score223Shelves
- 5 Seventies Beauty Counts Down to Divorce, While Her Scumbag Husband Weeps at Her Feet! 七零美人离婚倒计时，渣男跪地痛哭！ In her previous life, Jiang Yining spent her whole life fighting over a man, only to finally see how miserable her ending would be. Reborn in the 1970s, she opens her eyes to find her husband still entangled with Mu Yan'er, the widow of his comrade. She quietly chooses to divorce him and starts counting down the days until she leaves. By the time Gu Yuchen finally comes to his senses and wants to explain himself to his “sweet, understanding” wife, Jiang Yining has vanished. When they meet again, 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I Made a Hundred Million from Demolition in the 1990s 我在90年代靠拆迁分到一个亿 Shen Baoying wakes up to find she has transmigrated into the body of a 1990s housewife who shares her name. It’s a prosperous era of reform and opening up, and Shen Baoying’s husband has followed the times by going into business. As the saying goes, a man with money turns bad, and Shen Baoying’s husband is no exception. And so a divorce agreement lands on the table in front of Shen Baoying. She looks at the divorce settlement: 5,000 yuan in cash and a street-facing bungalow inside the capital’s 3.4kReads8.1Score238Shelves
- 7 Back to the Era, I Want a Divorce 重回年代，我要离婚 An Beining, a seventy-year-old woman, is reborn at the age of twenty. She isn’t happy about it at all. Instead, she feels cheated. It took so long to finally enjoy a happy retirement, and now she’s been sent back to the hard times of her past. This must be some kind of joke from Heaven. For her child and her own happiness, An Beining decisively gets a marriage certificate in one hand and a divorce certificate in the other. Once she’s taken care of these two major life events, she runs off with a 1.2kReads7.4Score—Shelves
- 8 In the 1970s, She Was Rejected and Threw Herself into the Second Male Lead's Arms 年代，被嫌弃后转身扎进男配怀抱 [Timid sweetheart vs. sharp-tongued, scheming straight man] Qiao Yue, a college student who loved eating and taking it easy, transmigrated into the body of the cannon-fodder female side character who shared her name. No pocket dimension, no golden finger, and no way to escape the heroine’s halo. For a while, she became the most miserable transmigrator of all. Living by the lazy-fish motto that if you can’t beat them, you can avoid them, Qiao Yue turned and threw herself into the arms of the man 323Reads8.5Score103Shelves
- 9 Reborn in 1988: Divorced from the Start 重生1988：开局就离婚 Ji Lanxiang spent her whole life being virtuous and foolish. Only after her daughter died did she discover that the adopted son she'd raised was actually her husband's illegitimate child. Now that they wanted to reunite as a family, she was expected to be sensible and divorce him. Driven to despair, Ji Lanxiang set the Zhang family home ablaze, taking everyone in the Zhang family with her. When she opened her eyes again, the Zhangs were discussing adopting a boy with her so he could carry on the 82Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 10 Reborn in the 1970s: This Old Lady Wants a Divorce 重生年代，老娘要离婚 Every chapter is exciting, with no filler. The moment Gu Xiangnuan woke up in the 1970s, she smashed the big cooking pot her in-laws used for meals. Once she received the original owner's memories, she decided to divorce Song Laosan, leaving him with the child but taking nothing else... 240Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 11 Remarrying the Commander, I Have Multiple Babies, While My Ex's Family Regrets Everything 再嫁首长多胎了，前夫一家悔断肠 [Both pure + military marriage + seven-year age gap + love at first sight + sweet romance] After winning the Grand Slam of China's three major film awards, Li Qingge accidentally transmigrated into the period novel Military Marriage Sweet as Honey. In ten years in the industry, she'd never played a supporting role. This time, she was the male lead's villainous ex-wife, destined to be cannon fodder. The original Li Qingge's marriage to the male lead had been arranged by their parents. She devo 2kReads8.9Score210Shelves
- 12 Reborn in the 1980s: My Ex-Husband Begs Me to Remarry Every Day 重生八零：前夫天天跪求复婚 In her previous life, Xia Qingshu thought marrying Qiao Hongchen, the man she'd long dreamed of, was the happiest thing in the world. Little did she know it was the beginning of a nightmare. She was a village woman who had barely finished elementary school; he was a military doctor and university graduate who had ranked first in every subject. She was hot-tempered and loved to fight, while he was the most distinguished man in Qingcheng. Beside him, she felt as insignificant as dirt. After their 34Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 13 The 1970s: Divorce? No Problem, the Next One Will Be Even More Obedient 七零：离婚？没关系，下一个更乖 [Apocalypse + reborn + supernatural abilities + spatial storage + educated youth + no fixed pairing] When the frail educated-youth girl in the village, who took a dose of medicine every three days and spat blood as easily as she drank water, got divorced for the first time… Everyone: “She’s a sickly thing. If I could go back to the city, I wouldn’t want her either!” Ji Chu: I can’t believe my good-for-nothing husband left me so much money! I’m rich, I’m rich! When the supposedly heartbroken sick 217Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 14 A Second Marriage, a Child, and a Better Match: The Mad Beauty Gets Her Waist Rubbed Every Day 二婚带娃高嫁，疯批美人每天揉腰 Unhinged heroine + second marriage + kids in tow + divorce, crushing the scumbags, and never looking back + her second husband always keeps her scumbag ex in check Lin Qian, an unhinged beauty from the interstellar era, became a wronged wife in the 1970s after an experiment exploded. She transmigrated right into the scene where the heroine was being forced to eat poisonous mushrooms. Following her rule of settling scores on the spot, Lin Qian stuffed poisonous mushrooms into the mouths of every 3.9kReads8.5Score342Shelves
- 15 The Pig-Raising Prodigy Transmigrates to the 1970s 养猪小能手穿七零 [Period setting + transmigration + divorce and remarriage + face-slapping and punishing scum + whoever she touches has twins] After transmigrating into the body of a young wife in the 1970s who can’t have children and is forced to raise her husband’s mistress’s child, Tang Shiyu angrily divorces him. Who knew that after remarrying her childhood sweetheart, a discharged soldier, she would have triplets? While shopping at the market, she runs into her scumbag ex-husband, who is still with his mist 949Reads8.8Score103Shelves
- 16 Reborn in a Bygone Era: My Story with My Ex-Husband 重生年代，我与前夫的那些事 [Period setting + face-slapping + golden finger + devoted couple + ex-husband regrets losing her] [Rugged military officer vs. delicate, gentle ex-wife] Su Xinmi was reborn, returning to the time when the Su family fell into crisis. In her previous life, when Su Xinmi married Jiang Qiandu, he was the most promising young man in the residential compound. But they hadn't even spent a single day as husband and wife when, on their wedding night, he received a message and apologized, leaving her to w 80Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 17 Rejected by Her Own Mother in the Seventies, She Remarries 七零亲妈被嫌弃：她转身二婚了 1970s, second marriage, everyday life, face-slapping, raising a child, marriage first and love later When Du Yao wakes up, she has been reborn. Only then does she learn that she is the male lead’s disposable ex-wife in a novel. According to the plot, her husband will divorce her and her son will despise her. In an attempt to save her marriage, she will work like a beast of burden for father and son, giving them her whole heart. But the first thing her husband does after achieving success is get 102Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 18 Divorced From the Start, Raising a Baby! My Seventies Ex Begs Me to Remarry 开局离婚养崽！七零前夫哭求复婚 [Historical setting, spatial storage, transmigrating into a book, farming, reborn, supplies, rugged man, sweet romance] Shen Qiuqiu transmigrates into a male-oriented power fantasy novel and becomes the male lead's disposable ex-wife. They were supposed to divorce right from the start, so how did that end with the rugged man begging her to remarry him? Her cousin-in-law: “Our Qiuqiu is going to become the richest woman in the country.” Her older brother: “I've found Qiuqiu all kinds of suitors. 308Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 19 After My Divorce, I Led My Family to Make a Comeback in the 1980s 离婚后我带全家在八零逆袭了 [Set in an alternate world, so don't nitpick the history!!!] After years of fighting as a superpowered survivor in the apocalypse, Zhao Ningxin saw a new empire rise. She had just retired to enjoy her peaceful old age when she transmigrated into the body of another Zhao Ningxin, a woman whose life had been stolen from her. The original owner was depressed and wanted to die, but Zhao Ningxin saved herself. She kindly rescued someone, only to have them take advantage of her. A month after getting 177Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 20 Dumped in the 1970s, Her Military Officer Husband Regrets It Too Late 七零弃夫，军官老公追悔莫及 Eighteen years ago, she was Xu Anhao, kidnapped and forced to struggle for survival in the mud. Eighteen years later, she had been found and brought home, but as Song Yunqing, she could not fit in with her wealthy family. A surging tide of fate intertwined her destiny with that of Zhou Yunji, the favored son of heaven. Yet their marriage contract had already been claimed, quite properly, by his gentle, understanding first love. To seize a light that had never belonged to her, she was willing 35.7kReads8.5Score2.8kShelves
- 21 Fine, Then We’re Done! My Next Husband Will Be Even Better! 拜拜就拜拜，下个老公他更乖！ (Heroine: Shu Yan; hero: Huo Huaichuan) The only daughter of a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in the city transmigrates into a book and becomes the troublesome wife of a rough soldier in a period novel! And not just any wife: the kind who dies young and leaves behind a terrible reputation. When Shu Yan opens her eyes, she sees her tough husband, who has the exact same face as the man of her dreams. Her heart starts racing. Who cares if she’s troublesome? First, she’ll win h 1.4kReads8.6Score155Shelves
- 22 The 1970s: He Panicked After I Asked the Stoic Factory Director for a Divorce 七零：和闷骚厂长提离婚后他急了 [Transmigrate to a bygone era + taking down scumbags + pocket dimension + sweet romance + one-on-one, both leads are virgins] The happy everyday life of a sweet, clearheaded little bunny and a sly old wolf with layers of tricks! On her wedding night, Gu An'an transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder supporting character who has managed to ruin a winning hand. According to the story, after getting married, Gu An'an will become estranged from her parents, be disliked by her husband, and be d 921Reads8.1Score103Shelves
- 23 I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Had the Four Most Ambitious Babies in One Go 穿越七零，我一胎四个最卷宝宝 [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Strong Heroine + Big Shot + Food] Fu Ying was once the beloved daughter of the head of a secret national military unit, the little princess of the base. While buying pastries for her mother, she accidentally ran into two groups in the middle of a shootout. A bomb went off, and she found herself in another world resembling the 1970s. As soon as she arrived, she had to face the disappearance of both her parents and a baby brother who was only a few months old a 1.8kReads8.4Score163Shelves
- 24 Forced Out of Work: The Heiress Takes Her Child to Join the Army 被迫下岗：资本小姐带崽随军去 (Set in an indigenous era, with no transmigration or golden finger; realistic in style. The heroine joins the military in the middle of the story.) The fallen capitalist heiress Ding Yaoxiang was forced into an arranged marriage with Lu Jian, the son of her family’s former hired hand. Lu Jian was a celebrated rising star in the military district hospital’s surgery department, a man with a heart colder than his scalpel. Forced to marry Ding Yaoxiang at seventeen, he left to study elsewhere for fi 990Reads7.6Score100Shelves
- 25 The Translator of the 1980s 八十年代翻译官 The completed book’s title cannot be changed, and it doesn’t match the content. My apologies! [Period] [Alternate history] [1v1] [This story is set in an alternate world. Please don’t scrutinize the historical details.] Mr. Zhou once said: “Study for the rise of China.” With the knowledge she gained in her previous life and the excellent schooling available to her in this one, Jiang Mingxia is determined to live up to his words and do her part to help revive China. In the fourteenth year of the 341Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 26 Reborn in the 1980s: After My Divorce, I Became a Street Vendor and Made a Fortune 重生八零：离婚后我摆地摊成首富 [The 1980s + Rebirth + Making a Fortune + Mutual Healing] Su Qing's previous life could be summed up in one word: miserable! Her parents and older sister died one after another. Her dream-guy husband never even touched her, then wanted a divorce. One of her two nieces died, and the other disappeared because of her. Before she died, a young man even swindled her out of the only hundred thousand yuan she had. Reborn in 1982, she agrees to the divorce without hesitation, then hugs her two nieces an 3.1kReads9.0Score298Shelves
- 27 Sent to the Countryside: What Kind of Dad Do You Want, Son? I'll Pick One for You 下乡：儿砸想要啥样爹？娘给你挑 Su Yan has a miserable transmigration to the 1970s. Her husband returns to the city, but she is left behind in the countryside forever. A few years later, she becomes the richest person in the country, with her child by her side. A few years after that, he makes a name for himself on the battlefield and returns home in glory. The man waves a divorce agreement at her. She lifts her red lips into a smile and answers brightly, “We can divorce, but I want half your assets!” Later, he says, “We’ve be 691Reads7.7Score104Shelves
- 28 Transmigrated into an 1980s Novel, I Became the Phoenix Man’s Long-Suffering Wife 穿书八零我成了凤凰男的糟糠之妻 Feel-good power fantasy + sweet romance + redemption! The formidable Li Yan transmigrates into the body of the downtrodden first wife of the male lead in a period novel. In the book, her husband, a contemptible man who married into a wealthy family, despises her for being uneducated and narrow-minded, and barely speaks to her. His family bullies her, knowing her stepmother is cruel, her scummy father won't protect her, and she has no powerful family to rely on. They make life difficult for her a 440Reads9.0Score101Shelves
- 29 Reborn in the 1970s: The Big Shot’s Original Wife Becomes More and More Despicable 重生七零：大佬原配越发可恶了 In her previous life, Li Chunlan followed her husband, a young intellectual who had been admitted to a prestigious university, back to the city. Her in-laws treated her like a servant, her husband gave her the cold shoulder, and her adopted son was an ungrateful wretch. After decades of dutifully shouldering the burden, she was killed by her adopted son. Her husband became a tycoon and lived happily ever after with his true love, while her adopted son turned out to be the biological heir... Rebo 241Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 30 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: I Married My Ex-Husband’s Younger Brother 穿书七零，我嫁给了前夫亲弟弟 [Completed + Period drama + 1970s + Transmigrate into a book + System + Punish scumbags + Raise kids + Make money + Mutual devotion to one another] (The male lead is not her biological child! Not her biological child! Not her biological child!) Su Mang was a seasoned novel fan. After complaining about the plot of a book, she transmigrated into it. She became the cannon-fodder ex-wife of the male lead, who shared her name... The original Su Mang learned she was getting divorced, slammed her head 2.6kReads8.9Score237Shelves
- 31 Transmigrating to the 1980s: After My Divorce, I Make My Family Rich 穿越八零：离婚后，我带娘家暴富 Period novel + reborn + family life + adorable child + male lead in the background Xiao Jin, a college graduate born in the 2000s, had barely graduated when she somehow transmigrated to the resource-scarce 1980s, where there were no cell phones, telephones and computers weren’t yet widespread, and even eating a piece of meat was a luxury. The body she transmigrated into was also called Xiao Jin. They were both 22, but one had just graduated from college in 2023, while the other had just given bi 2.6kReads8.9Score203Shelves
- 32 The 1980s: I Refuse to Be the Dutiful Wife of a Novel’s Male Lead 八零：我不当小说男主的贤惠妻子 (No CP.) The heroine isn't particularly saintly and loves herself most of all. Please don't give this book one star because of her characterization. If this book isn't for you, you can look for one that suits your taste. Honestly, comparing the heroine's parents, don't you think she handled things pretty well? Gu Yue accidentally dies from electrocution. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself alone inside a novel she read not long ago. The novel is titled My Life in the Eighties. It t 1.7kReads7.8Score101Shelves
- 33 The 1980s: Your Childhood Sweetheart Lives in My Bridal Home, So Why Don’t You Marry Her? 八零：青梅住我婚房，那换你娶她 [1980s, reborn, comeback, ex-husband regrets losing her, second male lead wins] After being reborn, the first thing she does is tear up the pregnancy report she had meant as a surprise, then slap the other woman right in front of her ex-husband. In her previous life, she married a scumbag. Only after they married did Chen Jianxing tell her that his sperm count was low and that he would never have children of his own. She took the blame for him for a year, while his parents looked down on her and 1.4kReads7.5Score101Shelves
- 34 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 7kReads9.2Score617Shelves
- 35 After Five Years as a Wife in Name Only, I’m Reborn, Taking My Child, and Getting Divorced. It Feels So Good 守活寡五年，重生带崽离婚真香了 (Military romance + period setting + regretful pursuit + rival suitors, second male lead gets the girl. Come on in!) In her previous life, Jiang Suisui ignored everyone’s objections and married Song Yun’an, the aloof flower of the military. She always thought that falling in love after marriage could be lovely. After all, you had to take a bite to find out whether a forcibly picked melon was sweet. She never expected that some people were cold-hearted by nature, impossible to warm no matter what 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 I Became the Cannon Fodder Ex-Wife of the Male Lead in an Era Novel 穿成年代文男主的炮灰前妻 Shen Yi’an was an orphan who made a living writing web novels. She never expected a stroke of incredible luck to win her five million yuan. After buying a house, she still had four million left. Just as Shen Yi’an was ready to lie flat, she woke up to find herself in the middle of childbirth. What kind of nightmare was this? Not only was she giving birth, it was the 1970s. Unmarried and in labor, she experienced the agony of being torn apart, then realized she had transmigrated into a book. The 65.3kReads8.2Score5.7kShelves
- 37 I Bring an RV to 1950 and Raise Kids While Making Money 我带房车穿50，养崽赚钱两不误 [No romance. The heroine is focused entirely on her career.] Zhou Rong, a middle-aged single woman, is driving her RV on a road trip when she unexpectedly transmigrates into a book set in the 1950s. Her ex-husband wants a divorce? Fine! As long as I get the money! Some people say her life will be difficult after the divorce. She’ll show them: she has money, a car, and a house, and her life is great! If anyone spreads rumors or picks on her family, she’ll beat them up. If they still don’t behave, 3.3kReads9.0Score319Shelves
- 38 Reborn in 1975, I Send My Nephew to College 重生七五年扔掉外甥上大学 The rating has only just come in and will gradually rise. [Reborn] + [space] + [spirit spring] Shen Yun is reborn in the year of her high school entrance exams: When she wakes up, it's the day she just disturbed a hornets' nest. Her head is swollen like a giant winter melon, but that doesn't stop her from giving her sister-in-law a thorough beating as soon as she gets back. In her previous life, she raised her sister-in-law's child and cared for her sister-in-law's mother after she broke her leg 49kReads7.9Score7.8kShelves
- 39 Taking Care of My Widowed Sister-in-Law While Staying Chaste? I Was Reborn and Married a Commander Instead 照顾寡嫂还守身？我重生改嫁首长 Original novel of the short drama Reborn in 1980: My New Bride Wants a Divorce In her previous life, Han Xinrui failed her college entrance exams, lost her job to someone else, and was separated from her parents. She even married a man who only knew how to raise his sister-in-law’s children! After fifty years of marriage, the stress and resentment gave her breast cancer. As she lay dying, her husband proudly showed off his sister-in-law, his arm around her. “I gave Qingqing your university admis 7.8kReads7.9Score852Shelves
- 40 Five Years of Marriage Without Sharing a Bed: My Ex-Husband Regrets Our Divorce Bitterly 军婚五年未同房，离婚前夫悔断肠 [Transmigrate Into a Book + Invincible Heroine + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead (Appears a Little Later) + Two Powerful Leads in a Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple + Powerful Cast Transmigrates Together + Special Abilities and Cunning + Special Forces + Love of Country + System Inventory Space for Stockpiling Supplies + Never Forgive + Punish the Scumbags] In her previous life, Jiang Su waited over forty years for the scumbag. When they met again, he had come to have her old family home demolishe 3.5kReads9.0Score347Shelves
- 41 Married Again in the Seventies: My Scumbag Ex-Husband Loses Control 七零二婚高嫁，渣前夫他失控了 [Military marriage in a bygone era + second marriage, both partners untouched + golden finger takes down the reborn woman + ex-husband’s long road to winning her back] Ruan Qiaoqiao spent three years clinging to Su Mai, refusing to divorce him. Then an accident robbed her of all memories of their three years of marriage. She remembered everyone else, but forgot the husband she had once loved deeply. They said she was cruel-hearted, that she had kept her husband and his childhood sweetheart apart 6.2kReads8.9Score591Shelves
- 42 They Were Both Reborn, but He Filed for Divorce 夫妻俩双重生，他提交了离婚申请 [Couple reborn + never forgive + personal space + System + max-level powerhouse + max-level mastery of medicine and poison + remarriage + regrets too late + female general and supporting heroine + light fantasy] The couple loved each other all their lives. After they were reborn, the husband, Jiang Yunshen, took the initiative to submit a divorce petition, because in his previous life there was a woman he had spent his whole life feeling guilty toward. Jiang Yunshen: Liuli, I had a dream. You an 6.8kReads8.5Score787Shelves
- 43 Years After Becoming a Stepmom, I Realized I Had Transmigrated into a Book 当后妈几年后才发现自己穿书了 Wang Qingyao dies suddenly on her way to work overtime and becomes a third-year university student in the 1980s. She is quite pleased with this wonderful era: university graduates are assigned jobs, with secure positions and generous pensions after retirement. After all, Wang Qingyao had died on her way to work. Unfortunately, before she can enjoy herself for two days, her new body's father falls off a mountain and lapses into a coma. The hospital can't treat him, but recommends a renowned doct 1.5kReads7.9Score113Shelves
- 44 The Pampered Wife Awakens and Goes Berserk in a Period Novel 年代文包子原配觉醒后发疯了 Reborn + face-slapping + going berserk + getting rich Only after Meng Jiao awakened did she realize she was the meek, ill-fated first wife in a period novel. In the book, her mother-in-law abused her, her sister-in-law bullied her, and her brother-in-law slandered her. Yet she kept working without complaint, giving everything to the family. She exhausted herself holding up the Song family, but never earned their respect. In the end, after her brother-in-law accused her of having an affair with a 2.1kReads8.4Score173Shelves
- 45 A Family Meltdown! The Divorced Wife Remarries an Officer and Becomes Everyone's Darling 父子火葬场！改嫁军官弃妇成团宠 [Alternate-Era Setting] [Military Marriage] [Raising Kids] [Various Men Beg the Heroine to Take Them Back] Whenever Jiang Yao's first love, my stepsister Qiao Yueshan, came over to provoke me, again and again, Jiang Yao told me to stop being paranoid and called me a shrew. My little sons rolled on the ground, each begging Qiao Yueshan to be his mother. One thought I was nowhere near as gentle and considerate as Qiao Yueshan. My mother-in-law kept finding ways to force Jiang Yao and me to divorce 651Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 46 The Curvy Cutie Goes Looking for Her Brother, Only to Catch the Eye of a Chaste Officer 丰腴妹宝去寻哥，被禁欲军官馋上 [Military Marriage + Mystical Ghost-Hunting + Upgradable Pocket Dimension + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Love at First Sight] Su Yuqing, a young master of the occult arts, is working part-time at her school as a fortune-teller when she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, into the body of a village girl who shares her name. Her mother died young, her father is hopelessly clueless, her stepmother has taken over the household, and her stepbrother does nothing but mooch... The original own 15.4kReads8.0Score2.7kShelves
- 47 I Went to the Military Base to Divorce Him, but the Cold-Faced Young Officer Kissed Me to Tears 到部队离婚，被冷面军少亲哭了 [1980s + Military Marriage + Family Life + Devoted Husband + Raising Kids + Farming in the Mountains] (The male lead appears later; cozy everyday life following her husband to his post) Wang Ziru, a renowned obstetrician, is transported to the 1980s. Less than half a day after opening her eyes, she finds out her son nearly drowned. To protect her young son, she stands up to her husband’s family. At long last, they split the household. The very next day, her soldier husband returns home on leave. 3.4kReads9.0Score950Shelves
- 48 Second Marriage to a Soldier: I Torment My Ex and Marry the Toughest Soldier in a Flash 二嫁军婚：虐翻前夫闪嫁最猛兵哥 Era, rebirth, and a military marriage. In her previous life, Yan Zhen was looked down on by Wang Wenzhi. After their wedding banquet, he left for the provincial capital without even consummating their marriage. From then on, Yan Zhen looked after his bedridden mother and his young siblings. Wang Wenzhi then used the excuse that adopting an orphan of a fallen soldier would help him get promoted, and dumped a baby on her. She raised the child with endless toil. After her mother-in-law passed away, 704Reads8.8Score151Shelves
- 49 Reborn in the Nineties: The Alluring Beauty Snares the Cold, Abstinent Tycoon 重生九零，钓系美人拿捏禁欲大佬 [Power Couple Showdown] [Extreme Push and Pull] [科技 Strong Nation] [Business Warfare in a Bygone Era] [Alternate Universe] The Untouchable Ice Queen VS the Master Manipulator This is an evenly matched battle of wits, and a legend about the rise of a great power's industrial technology. In 1992, with nowhere left to turn, Jiang Wan set her sights on Shen Yichuan, a technical expert with formidable financial backing. What began as mutual exploitation and wariness evolved amid the surging tides of 122Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Eighties Villainess Is Done: The Male Lead Insists on Having Me Bear His Child 八零女配绝了：男主非要哄我生崽 After nine years engaged to the Zhu family’s eldest son, Xu Qiao was cruelly dumped. In a fit of rage, she slammed her head against a wall and died! After transmigrating into an eighties novel, she could only sneer at the situation. They called her a disposable supporting character, an ugly, dull, ignorant child bride whose life was as bland as plain water? Please. She was young and beautiful, and could make her own money. It wasn’t that she couldn’t flirt; she was just afraid they wouldn’t be a 3.8kReads9.1Score295Shelves
