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- 1 Reborn in 1990: Turning My Life Around by Selling Mountain Goods 重生90年：从卖山货开始逆袭 Ge Jinbao was reborn in 1990 in a cornfield near his rural hometown, where he ran into the village beauty, Yao Chunxiao! Now that he had been reborn, he faced once more the woman who had died because of him in his previous life. He resolved to cherish his wife and make up for all the regrets of his past life! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Keeping a Low Profile in the 1990s, I Became a Billionaire 苟在90年代，我当首富了 He opens an instant-noodle factory, leaving no room for the foreign-backed Master Kong; develops Chinese-language software, making Microsoft’s Chinese localization struggle to gain a foothold in the country; and invests in Tencent and Alibaba, becoming the biggest power behind them. Wealth floods in like a raging river. Fang Xing, lying low in the 1990s, sets his sights on becoming the richest man in the world. After all, he’s the greatest bug of the 1990s. 51Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 3 Back to 1977: A Drunkard’s Comeback to Rule the Blue Ocean 重返1977：酒鬼逆袭蓝海称王 In his previous life, he was a brawler and a drunk who loved his liquor so much people called him “the man who could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk.” In the end, his wife and children left him, and he died alone. After an accidental avalanche, he was reborn in 1977. He gave up drinking, stopped singing, and quit bragging, but he still got into fights. In this era, state-owned, private, and foreign companies rose and fell in turn. There were endless ways to affiliate, subcontract, an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Reborn in a Warm Spring: Is the Village Beauty Really My Wife? 重生暖春，乡村美女是我老婆？ “For real?” After being single for over thirty years, he got a country girl for a wife for free after being reborn. Ten years as an internet addict and overworked wage slave, then a sudden death and rebirth in 1987. A decade of life as an overworked wage slave after college left Ma Dong utterly exhausted. In the end, he died suddenly from staying up too late. But when he opened his eyes again, he found himself reborn in a parallel world much like the TV drama Warm Spring, which he had watched a 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn in the ’80s, I’m Everyone’s Darling, Hands in My Pockets, Unbeatable 重生八零成团宠，双手插兜无敌手 [Historical Setting + Reborn + Two Strong Leads and Sweet Romance + Devoted 1v1 + Cozy Daily Life + No Pocket Dimension] [The heroine is clever and mischievous, sweet or feisty as the mood strikes, never lets a grudge go unanswered, and isn’t a self-sacrificing saint] * On her 29th birthday, Lin Xuqiu unexpectedly won eighty million yuan. Wow! So this is what it feels like to get hit by a huge windfall! A villa, a luxury car... And most importantly, two adorable dogs... A golden retriever? A bor —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Reborn in 1995: From the Start, Grandpa Took Over My Eight-Year-Old Body 重生95，开局爷爷上身8岁的我 [Reborn] [No-Brainer] [No System] [Revenge] [Domestic Abuse] [Business Warfare] [Making Money] After dying a miserable death in prison, Liu Chan is reborn in 1995 as his eight-year-old self. His grandfather has been dead for only fourteen days when his gambling-addict father, Liu Shoucai, loses everything. To pay off a fifty-yuan gambling debt, he plans to force Liu Chan’s mother to sleep with the creditor and sell Liu Chan to human traffickers. In his previous life, he cowered in a corner, trem 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Reborn in 1985: From Street Vendor to Fortune Maker 重生1985从摆摊开始发家致富 Reborn in 1985, the first thing Lin Xiangyang does is protect his childhood sweetheart, determined not to let the tragedy of his previous life happen again! A bamboo switch across the backside hurts, but it puts his mind at ease. This time, he'll start with a street stall, selling mushrooms and game from the black bamboo forest, and lead his whole family to prosperity. Going to college, making a fortune, marrying Zhiqiu: he won't miss out on a single one! Watch this reborn powerhouse rise from a 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 I'm Done! I Won't Be the One to Take Over in This Reborn 1980s Life 麻了！重生八零这接盘侠我不当了 [Period setting + urban life + reborn + no System + one heroine + building a fortune + everyday face-slapping] Lin Zihong was forced to marry someone he didn’t love. Thinking that once she was his wife, he should treat her well, he spent decades groveling at her feet like a lovesick fool. Little did he know, she had only married him to find a sucker to raise the child in her belly! After decades of unwavering devotion, all Lin Zihong got in return was a wife who cheated on him! Not long after th 379Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn in the 1990s: I Open My Eyes to Find My Father-in-Law Wants Me Dead 重生90年代：睁开眼，岳父要取我狗命 [Urban + Rural + Reborn + Feel-good + Romance] A generation’s overlord, alone until the end. Looking back on the past, he was filled with regret. Lin Tian would finally close his eyes, carrying that regret with him. Unexpectedly, he was reborn and returned to that very day! Lin Tian stared at the girl in bed, both shocked and overjoyed. In this life, I’ll make you my wife! 27Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 10 Reborn: A Life Without Regrets 重生：我的一生不再留遗憾 Entertainment mogul Han Chufeng, hailed as a “wealth-harvesting machine,” is reborn in 1980. This year, his wife and daughter are still alive. In this life, he will make up for the regrets of his past life. To keep them safe, he sends the street thug Wang Ergou to the execution ground right from the start. Given a new lease on life, he sets a few modest goals: Make sure his family never wants for food or clothing; help his little sister fulfill her dream of becoming a star; lift the people of hi 1Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 11 Reborn in 2004: A Flood of Fortune 重生2004之财源滚滚 Reborn in 2004: A Fortune That Keeps Growing 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn in 1981: I Started by Selling Bullfrogs and Went on to Crush the Richest Man 重生1981，从卖牛蛙开始吊打首富 In his previous life, he lived by the motto that as long as he was fed, nothing else mattered. In the end, it led to disaster: his wife and daughter died, and his family was destroyed. In this life, Zhang Cheng has come to his senses. He'll be a good husband to his wife and a good father to his daughter, a hero in their eyes. He's determined to build his wealth, vowing to make his wife the richest and happiest woman in the world. He'll seize the opportunities brought by reform and opening up, ri 12Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 13 Turning Back Time: Returning to 1990 to Conquer the Three Gorges 逆转时光：回到1990闯三峡 A person gets three chances to change their fate in life: being born into a family, taking the college entrance exam, and getting married. In his previous life, Zhou Zhengyang missed all three. After fainting from low blood sugar, he finds himself back in 1990. Faced with the twin opportunities of the reform wave of the 1990s and the Three Gorges resettlement, he starts by taking over a small paper mill. Before he knows it, he has become a leading figure of the 1992 faction. Before he knows it, 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Reborn: It Starts with Tricking My Little Sister into Eating Egg Custard 重生：从骗妹妹吃鸡蛋羹开始 Some things only become worth remembering after enough time has passed. Some people only make you feel utterly devastated once they're gone. In a dream, Zhang Wenyuan returned to thirty years ago, to that poor and struggling home. His father was still young, his younger sister still a child, and there were uncles and aunts everywhere, along with a crowd of brothers and sisters. That backward little mountain village was the home he cared about most. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Redemption in the Eighties: My Seven Daughters Are No Longer Villains 八零救赎，我七个闺女不再是反派 Urban slice of life + business wars in the 1980s + quietly making a fortune + everyday child-rearing + never forgiving rotten relatives + ruthless street smarts One morning, the richest man in the country, Gao Yan, wakes up in the body of another Gao Yan in a parallel 1989. They share a name, but not a fate. The good news: He's transmigrated and been reborn. The bad news: He brought himself, but not his money. From the start, Gao Yan has to deal with a greedy, stupid, vicious, ignorant, wife-bea 39Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 16 Reborn in 1979 重生1979 [Rags-to-riches rise] + [Sister-obsessed doting brother] This is the story of Chu Ge, who had finally made it into the top 100 of the global rich list, dreaming himself back to 1979. (The plot unfolds slowly, so please be patient.) 332Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 17 Reborn in the 1980s: My Mechanical Age 重生八零之我的机械时代 Chen Yilong is reborn in the 1980s. In this turbulent era, he charges forward, building a mechanical age of his own and rising to the pinnacle of life! 423Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 18 Reborn in 1983: It All Started When I Was Forced to Take a Wife 重生1983，从被迫娶媳妇说起 Lu Chuan is reborn, returning to a small mountain village in 1983. When the Xiao family comes asking for him to marry into their household, he makes them a promise: “In this life, we won't divorce. The only way we'll part is if one of us dies!” In his previous life, his hesitation led to his younger brother becoming an idiot, his younger sister hating him, and his parents dying young. Xiao Ya, too, was left miserable by his “soft rejection.” She never married, became an old maid, and eventually 1.1kReads5.6Score—14d adds
- 19 Back to 1975: The Stunning Educated Youth Begs Me to Take Her In 重回1975：绝美知青求我收留 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 42Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn in 1987, I Set Up a Street Stall and Become the World's Richest 重生1987，摆地摊成世界首富 Chen Yong transmigrates and is reborn, rising from a good-for-nothing to a trailblazer of his age! When the pathetic Chen Yong catches his wife betraying him, he leaps from a high-rise in despair, only for a soul from another world to arrive by chance: another Chen Yong, with the same name but great ambitions! Reborn in 1987, a golden age full of opportunity and challenge, he vows to rewrite his fate and leave the humiliations of the past behind. Divorce is the first spark of his new life. It se 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Road to Becoming a Tycoon Begins with Working in Reborn Singapore 首富从重生新加坡打工开始 A senior white-collar worker from the city unexpectedly returns to 1994, to his days working overseas in Singapore. He suddenly realizes that he’s on the eve of an era about to sweep across the world, with opportunities everywhere and a royal flush in his hand! He had planned to make his first fortune in women’s lingerie, but never expected it to come from one of his own pillowcases. He also runs headlong into a wealthy Nanyang Peranakan family and gets caught up in an ambiguously romantic story 49Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 22 Reborn in 1990: Making Things Right with My Wife and Daughter 重生1990：重新做人弥补妻女 [One Female Lead + Adorable Child + No System + Farming + Business] Xu Yang, a business tycoon, is reborn in 1990, just before his wife and daughter die. In this life, all he wants is to be a good husband and father. But fate has other plans: a casual investment once again turns him into a renowned business magnate across China... 968Reads6.3Score17514d adds
- 23 Reborn in 1976: Turning My Life Around by Refusing to Go to the Countryside 重生76：逆袭从拒绝下乡开始 (Period setting + going to the countryside + pocket dimension + writing by copying works + entrepreneurship) The rating is low because of malicious reviews. The early chapters are great, the middle goes wild, and the later chapters take off! A Chinese person wouldn't lie to another Chinese person. Trust the author! Business tycoon Li Xu woke up to find that he had become Li Weimin, an invisible teenager in a Beijing courtyard compound in 1976! Faced with his parents' favoritism, his siblings' sc 24.1kReads7.2Score2.5k14d adds
- 24 My Village Is Dirt Poor, but I Have a Beautiful Wife and a House 全村穷的叮当响，我有娇妻也有房 [Reborn in a Bygone Era + Tangled Romance + Building a Business and Raising Kids + Everyday Family Life] Shen Zhuo, CEO of a publicly listed company, unexpectedly returns to his twenties. Back then, everyone in the village would hurry to avoid him. Even after he had passed, they’d spit in his direction. Given a second life, he turns his fate around, keeps his beautiful wife by his side, and helps his daughter land an army officer as her husband. Burying the hatchet, he leads the whole village to 197Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 25 Meat at Every Meal, and Grandma's Family Is Furious! 顿顿吃肉，奶奶一家气疯了！ In his previous life, he became a sucker just to marry the woman of his dreams. His family was ruined, and he ended up raising another man's son. Given a second chance at life, he refuses to be a sucker again. He dumps the gold-digging woman and decides to help his whole family make money, build a fortune, and create a better life. 399Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn: I'm Done Being a Simp, and I Avoid the Class Beauty 重生不再做舔狗，见了班花绕着走 (Period piece + reborn with no System + no simping + entrepreneurship + hard work + making a fortune + defying fate) At 55, the spineless Yang Jianfeng is standing on a rooftop with his coworkers, demanding their unpaid wages, when he is knocked off the building. He unexpectedly gets reborn in 1993. Since he has a chance to start over, he certainly won't repeat his past mistakes. He'll stay away from the class beauty, choose true love, and save his sister, who died young. He'll join forces w 1.2kReads7.2Score10214d adds
- 27 Back to 1982: The Real Young Master Turns His Family's Fortunes Around 重返82,真少爷带老小逆袭人生 The night he was thrown out by a wealthy family, he pushed a wooden cart and carved out a future of his own! Lin Moyang, the Su family's biological son, returns after being missing for years, only to be framed by the impostor. His biological father looks on coldly as he casts him out of the house. Back at the leaky earthen house, his adoptive father is about to fall off a mountain while hauling coal and die without a body to bury. His younger siblings are so hungry they're chewing tree bark, and 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Reborn in 1986: From Speculator to Mogul 重生86从投机倒把开始当大佬 447Reads7.1Score10214d adds
- 29 The Period: First, I'll Make Sure My Family Has Enough to Eat 年代：先带家人吃饱饭 Lin Bei unexpectedly transmigrates to a remote mountain village in a special era, one mired in natural disasters and extreme shortages, where people struggle just to feed themselves. He takes over the body of a young man with the same name. His family is destitute, his little brother is still young, and the burden of survival weighs heavily on him. Lin Bei decides to start by making sure his family has enough to eat. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 After I Was Reborn and Gave Up, My Beastly Family Went Crazy 重生后摆烂，禽兽家人们全都疯了 [Reborn]+ [Revenge]+ [No Saintly Goodness]+ [Building a Career] My own mother sold me for a fortune, and my in-laws treated me like an animal! I endured every humiliation, only to be exploited even more mercilessly! Zhou Liuping had completely lost hope in life... When she opened her eyes again, she discovered that she had been reborn, on the very day of her wedding! In this life, she would never suffer another indignity! She outwits her wicked in-laws and kicks her abusive husband to the curb.. 91Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 31 Reborn, I Bid Farewell to My Ex-Wife 重生了，告别前妻 In his previous life, he married Yang Caifeng, a beautiful widow, and became the laughingstock of the Fen Dou Forest Farm. After spending half his life helping her support another man, she ran off with someone else. He lost everything and met a tragic end at the hands of his adopted son, who beat him with a wooden stick. He never expected Heaven to take pity on him and give him a second life. Reborn in 1981, he is in the middle of divorcing Yang Caifeng. Yang Caifeng: “This time around, you're m 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Reborn in 1978: My Scumbag Dad Finds His Conscience 重生1978：渣爹良心发现了 The deadbeat Chen Sanliang is reborn in 1978, on the day he divorces his wife. But the members of the production team at Heixialing are astonished to discover that the bastard team leader has changed. Once a male chauvinist who hated work, he now dotes on his wife and daughter and works hard. He even dares to slam his fist on the table with the commune leaders to defend the team members’ interests. Has this guy finally found his conscience? 257Reads7.2Score10514d adds
- 33 I Sign In and Farm in the 1970s 我在七零年代签到种田 Life is like a dream, and dreams are like life. Wang Fugui was shot in the head and transmigrated to the 1970s. It was an era when supplies were scarce. As the saying goes, chickens lay eggs and eggs hatch into chickens, their descendants multiplying endlessly. He farmed, raised chickens and rabbits, and filled the world with students. With his own hard-working hands, he built a fortune and supported his young wife. As the saying goes, there’s nothing like the warmth of everyday life to accompan 76Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 34 Reborn as a Village Girl in the 1980s 重生八零小村嫂 In her previous life, Chen Lixia looked down on Zhao Guonian for being disabled and devoted herself to a pretty, useless playboy. In the end, he betrayed her, her older sister schemed against her, and she died after falling into their trap. Given another life, she resolves to mend her ways and take the initiative, determined to become a daughter-in-law of the Zhao family. She treats illnesses, takes down scumbags, builds wealth, and pursues both her career and love. 86Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 35 Transmigrate Into a Book: I Earn Supplies with Affection Points 穿书年代：我靠好感值挣物资 [Transmigrated into a 1960s novel + System space + one heroine + love grows over time + raising children + family life] As soon as Gu Zhao opened his eyes, his 300-square-meter luxury apartment had become a shabby old house from the 1960s. Before he could recover, he was suddenly beaten with a stick and forced to kneel and apologize to someone by a crotchety old man. Only then did he realize that he had transmigrated, and into a period novel he had read not long ago, at that. In the book, the or 684Reads7.1Score10414d adds
- 36 Reborn in 1975: Marrying a Young Intellectual and Rising to the Top 重生75：从娶知青开始走上巅峰 In his previous life, Jiang Chao's cousin married a gentle, demure city girl who was soft and delicate, while Jiang Chao married the village beauty he had grown up with. Everyone envied his cousin for marrying a woman from the city, but after the wedding, she threatened to kill herself rather than sleep with him. Meanwhile, just a month after Jiang Chao's wedding, he became a father, and he rode the spring breeze to make his fortune. A fire took the lives of both Jiang Chao and his cousin, and t 497Reads5.6Score11314d adds
- 37 Back to 1975: The Kingdom of Materials 重回1975：材料王国 Rebirth + industry + the internet + the integrated circuit industry chain + Period setting + sent-down youth + business strategy + capital battles + love and hate... A carefully planned car accident sent materials expert Mo Zheng back to the passionate era of the Down to the Countryside Movement. Yet he never expected fate to mock him again and again. The dust of history lay as heavily as a mountain along its inevitable course... Capital is like an invisible hand, using the industrial chains it 38Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 38 Reborn into Financial Freedom 重生后财务自由 [Starting a business + rural markets + no System + no pocket dimension + one heroine + devoted father + fishing] Chen Chen never dreamed he could be reborn at the age of seventeen. It is the summer of 1984. He has just graduated from junior high and failed to get into high school. After a falling-out with his family, he storms out of the house with his childhood friend Chen Xi, who also failed to get into high school. The two take a long-distance bus north to the capital to find work. A fellow v 886Reads6.6Score10014d adds
- 39 Reborn in 1990: My Everyday Life 重生90年：我的日常生活 [Everyday life after an ordinary person’s rebirth, no over-the-top villains, feel-good story, campus life] Reborn in 1992, Jiang He only wants to live a happy life, facing the sea with spring blossoms all around. 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Transmigrate to 1970 穿越1970 One heroine, a pocket dimension, no System This is the story of a post-90s generation person who transmigrates to the 1970s. Armed with memories of the future, they use their foresight to rise to the top in this perilous era. 421Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 41 Hooliganism? My Innocence Must Not Be Defiled 流氓罪？我的清白不容玷污 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Reborn in 1963: I Became My Own Great-Uncle 重生1963：我成了我大伯 [Rebirth + Period Setting + Taking His Own Uncle’s Place + Single Female Lead + Everyday Life + No Angsty Drama + Has a Pocket Space] Reborn in 1963 and taking his own uncle’s place, Sun Tong looks at the large brood of “children” crying to be fed and decides to shoulder the burden of supporting his family. In this life, he won’t just change his family’s fate. He’ll also seize the chance Heaven has given him and live a life without regrets! 804Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 43 Back to the 1980s: The Rise of a Business Tycoon 重回八零之巨商崛起 After being reborn, Ding Liguo rewrites his future. He makes up for what he owed his wife and daughter in his previous life through real action. Starting with nothing, he launches a business using his extraordinary commercial instincts. Amid the wave of reform in the 1980s, what kind of butterfly effect will Ding Liguo create? Watch as he turns the tide at will and brings about one business miracle after another. 98Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 44 1980: From Nothing to a Trillion-Dollar Fortune 1980：从一无所有到万亿身家 [Period] [business management] [mountain foraging] [leisure] [lighthearted] Zhou Xia, a modern livestreamer who played games for a living, worked himself to death in front of his computer. When he awoke, he had been reborn in 1980 as a sickly man who shared his name. Looking at the quiet, peaceful mountain village, Zhou Xia knew that from this year onward, all of China would undergo earth-shaking changes. In an era full of opportunity, with everything waiting to be rebuilt and gold lying everywh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Reborn in 1990: I Become a Legend by Leveraging Information Gaps 重生1990：我靠信息差封神 Wang Wenwu was an honest, frugal, 40-year-old truck driver in his previous life who loved listening to the news. Reborn in 1990 with his memories of the times intact, he seizes every major opportunity, from stamps and subscription certificates to the internet and real estate. He gives his family a comfortable life, brings glory to his benefactors, and makes his enemies regret everything, using immense wealth and foresight to forge his path to legendary status. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Reborn in 1999: Does Third Uncle Want a Wife or Not? 重生1999之三叔要不要老婆 [Period] [Reborn] [Scheming Male Lead] [One Female Lead] [Black Market] [Rural Revitalization] [Open Strategy] Reborn in the summer of 1999, Zhou Hao decides to save the life of the third uncle who once saved his, then find him a wife. You gossipy women in the village, since you have so much free time, why not help me clean out the cesspit? The new road through the village is supposed to pass in front of your house, but you don’t want it there? Fine, we’ll redraw the plans. From now on, whenever 15Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 47 Reborn in 1983: Sister-in-Law, I'm Back 重生1983：嫂子，我回来了 Synopsis: Song Fei is reborn in 1983, when he is 21. Matchmaker Sun comes to his door to propose that he marry a simple-minded village girl, but he flatly refuses! Liu Nong comes to collect a debt from his sister-in-law, Ma Yueying, and Song Fei immediately promises to repay it for her. Riding the wave of reform, he builds a thriving business and gives his sister-in-law a taste of warmth. His sister-in-law won't marry, and Song Fei won't take a wife. Rumors spread throughout the village. Ma Yuey 200Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 48 Reborn in the 1990s: My Brother and I Scavenge Our Way Into a New Era 重生90年代咱兄弟捡破烂踏时代 If you could live your life over, what would you do? Reborn in the 1990s: Brothers Pick Up Scrap and Ride the Tide offers every reader a “regret-removing pill.” In 1989, Li Xing is reborn with the regrets of his previous life. With no System and no cheats, he relies only on his eyes, his hands, and his brains. He finds old coins at a salvage yard and makes 300 yuan, then brings his buddy Ling Junjie along to Guangzhou to find suppliers and build a transport network by riding the wave of the 199 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Landlord's Life 生活系房东 He was sitting at home when a building came crashing down from the sky! Shen Yun, a poor loser, unexpectedly gets a rent-collecting System. From then on, he lies back and collects rent until he becomes the richest man! Shen Yun: I have a dream! May we build ten million mansions, so that all the poor scholars beneath heaven can smile beneath their roofs! 400Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 1992: Dad Ran Off with the Money and His Mistress 1992：老爹带小三卷钱跑路了 Fang Ming should have been a rich second-generation heir, living a carefree life and envied by everyone. But fate played a cruel joke on him. His own father ran off with his mistress, leaving Fang Ming and his mother with a debt of 200,000 yuan. Back in 1992, Fang Ming has just one thing to say: 200,000? That’s nothing! —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
