Novels like The Second Wife in the Seventh-Decade Compound
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Second Wife in the Seventh-Decade Compound, best match first.
- 1 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
- 2 A Whirlwind Wedding in the 1970s: I Won Without Even Trying 七零闪婚后，一不小心躺赢了 Qin Niannian never thought she was unlucky, until she closed her eyes... She transmigrated in the middle of a trend. Everyone else got a golden finger, or at least some kind of pocket dimension. She got absolutely nothing. Fine, she’d just have to make the best of it. It wasn’t like she was going to drop dead! But as soon as she arrived, she was faced with a choice: go to the countryside or get married. She wanted to go to the countryside and stand her ground, but she just couldn’t do it. She mi 181Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Mr. Gu's Second Wife 顾先生的二婚妻子 The two-year marriage between Su Xi and Zhong Li finally came to an end. One was gentle and considerate, the other polite and refined. To outsiders, they seemed like a perfect match. But Su Xi eventually realized that the closer someone is to you, the less they care about your feelings. They save their pleasant smiles for others, while giving you only indifference and coldness. Zhong Li’s apathy was the final straw that broke their marriage. Later, Su Xi suddenly came to understand: she and Zhon 6.3kReads9.0Score504Shelves
- 4 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
- 5 My Officer Husband Chose His Childhood Sweetheart. Now I Want a Divorce, and He's Panicking 军官丈夫选青梅，我要离婚他急了 Pei Leyu opened her eyes and discovered she had become a married woman in the 1980s. Four years earlier, the original owner’s husband had brought home his childhood sweetheart, explaining that her husband had saved his life. From then on, he would take care of her in her husband’s place. The original owner refused and made a huge scene. In a fit of anger, her husband took his childhood sweetheart with him to his army posting, leaving her alone at home. From then on, the original owner’s nightmar 560Reads6.9Score101Shelves
- 6 After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Married the Poorest Man in the Village 退婚后，我嫁给了全村最穷的男人 After Shen Xiulan’s engagement was broken off, an acquaintance arranged for her to marry Zhao Dajiang, a farmer from the neighboring village who was too poor to find a wife. She was a mild-mannered young woman her family considered an embarrassment. He was an honest, inarticulate man whose parents had died when he was young. They had no whirlwind romance or grand ambitions. They simply learned to make a life together in a shabby earthen house. Shen Xiulan cooked, mended clothes, grew vegetables, 10.2kReads7.5Score828Shelves
- 7 The World’s Unluckiest Couple Reborn in the 1970s 大冤种夫妻重生在七十年代 In her previous life, Zhao Zhenzhu's husband, an army officer, did something wrong, and even after his death, he brought shame on the whole family. To atone for her husband's sins, Zhao Zhenzhu did the hardest chores at home and ate the worst food. She lived in constant fear with her son and daughter. Zhao Zhenzhu thought that once her children were grown, her hard days would finally be over. She never imagined that her son would grow up to become a murderer, while her daughter-in-law's family w 1.7kReads8.9Score146Shelves
- 8 The Wrong Baby Swap of 1980: Two Lives Under One Roof for Eighteen Years 八零抱错：屋檐下的两份十八年 [Switched at Birth + Period Setting + College Entrance Exam] Eighteen years ago, a mix-up at birth meant she raised pigs and sheep in the countryside in the other girl’s place, while the other girl lived as a pampered young lady in the city. Eighteen years later, the real heiress returned to the city, and overnight, the impostor became the talk of the whole residential compound. Her biological mother cried for three days, and her biological father smoked until the ground was littered with cigare 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 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
- 10 Liu Xiaocui, the Village Girl of the 1980s 八零村妹刘小翠 She has barely gotten over a scumbag who deceived her in love when her own father sells her to an old widower. What should she do? Beat the scumbag senseless. And I'm done being your daughter. She heads to the city, but gets harassed by hooligans along the way and almost loses her life. As long as I'm still alive, Liu Xiaocui, you'd all better watch out. Once she reaches the city, local bullies try to crush her business as soon as she starts out. You've got powerful connections, do you? I 159Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Reborn in the 1970s: I Want the Capitalist Heir, Not the Chief 重生七零：不要首长要资本家少爷 [Marriage first, love later + faithful to each other + pocket dimension + family life + building wealth + getting even with nasty people] In her previous life, Gu Ajiu spent a night trapped in a pit with Song Wenjin, the son of a capitalist sent to the countryside, and her reputation was ruined. Sun Jianfeng, the finest young man in their production team, didn’t hold it against her and married her. Gu Ajiu was deeply moved. On their wedding day, Sun Jianfeng left to join the army, where he rose 3kReads8.2Score326Shelves
- 12 Lazy Family? I Slack Off with the System 全家懒货？我靠系统摆烂 [System # Period Setting # Devoted Couple # Comedy] The Mao family is so lazy it makes everyone furious, yet somehow they live better than anyone else. Not only that, they’ve visibly put on weight. In an era when people can barely get enough to eat, how is that even possible? Mao Er’ya is a master at slacking off and cutting corners. After accidentally binding herself to a System, she leads her whole family in eating their fill and taking it easy. When the villain tricks her into giving the male 7Reads—Score128Shelves
- 13 Jilted Eight Times, She Became a Tycoon on Her Own 被退亲八次的她，靠自己成为首富 [Period setting + personal growth + two strong leads + devoted couple + farming + raising children + lost and found again + reuniting at the top] She is the village's shame, a woman who “can't find a husband.” Eight engagements have been called off, all because she has a younger brother. She wants to escape this village that devours people, even if the road ahead is uncertain. He is a bright moon fallen into the mud. Once a refined young master from a scholarly family, now all he has left is his 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 I Refuse to Move to the Countryside! I Marry a Quietly Passionate, Rugged Man and Have Three Daughters 拒下乡！我嫁闷骚糙汉生三朵金花 Wen Ning, a pampered young woman from the 21st century, transmigrates to the hardship-filled 1970s. As soon as she arrives, she is schemed against by a scumbag man and a vicious woman, while also facing the threat of being sent to the countryside. Wen Ning promptly puts the pair in their place. To secure her place in the city, she endures rumors spread by her future brother-in-law, then gets her wish and becomes a temporary worker at a machinery factory. Unwilling to remain a temporary worker, s 761Reads8.9Score102Shelves
- 15 The Mortician Married an Officer, and I Became the Scumbag’s Aunt by Marriage 入殓师嫁军官，我成了渣男的小婶 Just before the end of her shift, Su Nianchu received the last corpse scheduled for cremation. To her surprise, the deceased had the same name as her. Su Nianchu's heart skipped a beat. She had a bad feeling! Sure enough, an accident happened during the cremation. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the body of a village girl in the 1980s. She was lying on a kang, giving birth! Nearby, her malicious husband watched her, planning to trick her into taking sleeping pills so he and 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 After I Transmigrated Into a Book Set in the 1980s, I Just Wanted a Divorce and to Make Money 穿书八零后，我只想离婚认真搞钱 [Military romance in the 1980s + sweet doting romance with an influential family + marriage before love + the heroine is saved by the hero] Shu Ran, who is against marriage, transmigrates into a book set in the 1980s. She doesn’t take her arranged marriage to the male lead, Zhou Ye, seriously. Other than thinking about how to get a divorce, she focuses on making money. Men only slow her down when it comes to earning money. The farther away they are, the better! Zhou Ye gradually falls in love wi 435Reads9.0Score107Shelves
- 17 A Tough Wife Brings Her Child to the City, and Her Amnesiac Officer Husband Clings to Her 悍妻带崽进城，失忆军官太粘人 [1980s Setting + Both Leads Are Each Other’s First + Rebirth and Comeback + Revenge on the Scum + Marriage First, Love Later + Cooking and Raising Kids + Scheming Husband + Strong Female Lead] To get back to the city, her educated youth father forces her to sleep with a man from the provincial capital, who becomes her husband. She gives birth to an adorable little girl, but her husband vanishes without a trace. For 200 yuan, her father forces her to marry Qin Laoshan, a lazy and lecherous man. S 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Marriage Before Love: A ’70s Rough-Hewn Husband’s Everyday Devotion 先婚后爱：七零糙汉宠妻日常 [Marriage First, Love Later] [Northeastern China in the 1970s] [Family Life] [College Entrance Exam Comeback] [Sweet Daily Romance] 1976, a small county town in Northeast China. Lin Wanxing opened her eyes and found herself in the body of a second daughter whom her father didn't love and her mother didn't care for. Her older brother was the apple of her father's eye, while her younger twin siblings were the apple of her mother's. Caught in the middle, she slept in the storage room, ate leftove 25.1kReads—Score1.9kShelves
- 19 At Forty, I Remarried a Commander. My Ex and His Mistress Are Both on Their Knees 40岁二嫁首长，前夫小三全跪了 The rating has only just come in, and it’ll rise later! [Second-chance military marriage + era-set comeback + two powerful, devoted leads + rugged man spoils his wife] Lying on the operating table, Jiang Wanning finally learned that her marriage had been a trap: her husband had tried to kill her for the insurance money, and the son she had raised with so much effort was actually the illegitimate child of her scumbag husband and cousin! To survive, she climbed into the bed of Commander Gu Yuanzhe 283.8kReads8.6Score13.5kShelves
- 20 My Adoptive Sister Moves In with a Baby, So After Being Reborn, I Break My Ex-Husband's Legs 养姐带球占我家，重生打断前夫腿 [Reborn + 1970s + sent to the countryside + pocket dimension + light hoarding + farming + a steady, prosperous life] With snow swirling outside, Song Zhiyi lay paralyzed in a freezing bed. Her adoptive sister, Luo Wanying, and her husband, Zhao Ziqiang, came through the door. Luo Wanying deliberately rested a hand on her lower back and said in a soft, delicate voice: “Zhiyi, I’m pregnant. The father is Ziqiang.” To make room for the baby, Luo Wanying told her everything, and Song Zhiyi died with 16Reads—Score219Shelves
- 21 After the Seventies-Era Officer Returned, He Had a Son and a Daughter 七零军官回来后，儿女双全了 [1970s + military marriage + space] Hua Jiuling transmigrated to the 1970s overnight. Her husband, Gu Beiming, was called away on an urgent mission right after their wedding. Months passed with no word from him. Her parents-in-law gave her a hard time, her sister-in-law cursed her, and her sisters-in-law schemed against her. With her pregnant belly, Hua Jiuling picked up a kitchen knife, fought back, split the family, and moved into the hunter’s little house by the village committee. Fortunately 18.3kReads8.3Score2.4kShelves
- 22 The 1970s: The Counterpart Villainess Is Roughly Embraced by a Rugged Man 七零：对照组女配被糙汉掐腰狂宠 435Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 23 Sweet Little Wife of the 1960s: The Educated Youth Dotes on Me Without Hesitation 六零小甜妻：知青宠我没商量 [Steady Educated Youth vs. Beautiful Village Girl / Entire Cast Are Locals, No Golden Fingers or Black Markets / Everyday Life / Marriage First, Love Later / Flawed Characters / Leads Grow Together / Sweet Romance] Lin Yuan goes to the countryside at eighteen. As the youngest child in his family, he gets first pick of all the food and drink, giving him a broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, long-legged frame that stands six feet tall. It doesn’t take long for someone to set their sights on him as s 65.3kReads8.9Score10.1kShelves
- 24 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
- 25 Unable to Take the Hardship of Rural Life, I Go Home to Find a Match and Marry an Army Officer 吃不了下乡的苦，回家相亲嫁军官 Shu Yun spent more than twenty years pinching every penny. She finally got a huge payout when her hometown was demolished, but before she could spend a cent, she drowned and died. Even her rotten luck seems to come with a touch of good fortune. She died, but not completely. Her soul returned in another body, and she transmigrated! Now she's a pitiful, unlucky girl with parents who died in an accident and wolves circling, eager to prey on her! When her aunt suggests an arranged marriage, Shu Yun 907Reads7.4Score108Shelves
- 26 Shocking! I Woke Up in a Novel Set in the Era, but I’m Not in It 惊！穿到年代文小说，里面没有我 Have you ever gone to sleep, opened your eyes, and found yourself somewhere else? Niu Xiabing has. It’s a terrible experience. Her newly renovated, spacious apartment was ready, and today was her first day moving in! She was tired that afternoon, so she took a nap. When she woke up, she had somehow transmigrated into the 1970s. Wait, no, she hadn’t transmigrated. She had transmigrated into a book! She’d become a minor cannon-fodder character in a period novel, the kind who doesn’t survive past t 169Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 27 The Clear-Headed Wife of the 1980s: Commander, Stop Playing Games! 八零软妻人间清醒，首长别茶了！ [1980s, reborn, devoted couples, punishing scumbags, daily life, second marriage to a soldier] Ji Li married into the Zhou family and spent herself caring for three generations of them, until she lost sight of who she was. In the end, her scumbag ex-husband and the ungrateful son she had raised from childhood cast her aside like garbage. Ji Li was filled with hatred and regret. When she woke again, she was twenty years old, in her second year of marriage to the Zhou family. It wasn't too late to 425Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 28 Taking It Easy in the Fifth-Year Military Factory Compound 五零军工厂大院儿摆烂生活 [Everyday life in a military factory compound + a young stepmother tames the kids and charms her husband + ensemble cast + marriage first, love later + sweet romance + devoted couple] Jiang Suian transmigrates into the role of the Jiang family's troublemaker! She's even pregnant with a “love child”! And to top it all off, she's bound to an “evil against evil System” that demands she commit wholeheartedly to being wicked! Her eldest brother begs everyone he can think of to help her find a chance 2.4kReads7.1Score142Shelves
- 29 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
- 30 Reborn in 1978: Don't Even Think About Stealing My Life Again 重生1978，别再想偷我的人生 [This is a long novel about fated cycles of reincarnation across several lifetimes. No transmigration with memories, no System. Each volume is a complete story of its own: Volume One: Years Like a Song, a 1978 college entrance exam rebirth story. Later volumes include the flames of war in the Republican era.] In her previous life, she studied day and night beneath a kerosene lamp, tirelessly preparing for the college entrance exam. In the end, the acceptance letter went to someone else. In 1978, 189Reads—Score102Shelves
- 31 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
- 32 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
- 33 The Female Lead Not Only Speaks Her Mind, She Also Spreads Rumors 女主不光长了嘴，她还会造谣 Xie Longxi grew up in the countryside. At sixteen, her biological parents claimed her, and she successfully made the transition from the countryside to the city, then back to the countryside. Her birth parents had claimed her so she could take her two-years-younger full sister, Xie Weihong's, place when she was sent down to the countryside. Forced to go down to the countryside, she finally endured countless hardships to return to the city. First, she broke up with her boyfriend, then her ex-boyf 5.5kReads8.4Score635Shelves
- 34 Transmigrating into a Book: The Stepfather in a Period Novel 穿书之年代文里的继父 (The new book’s rating just opened, everyone. It’ll go up!) 1970s setting + sign-in System + raising kids + mutual devotion. The moment I open my eyes, I’ve transmigrated into a period novel and become the cannon-fodder stepfather who abused his stepchildren and eventually died miserably in a cowshed. I look at the three thin, malnourished children staring at me in fear, and their gentle, resilient but distant teacher wife. I silently activate the Daily Sign-In System. Today, a pound of meat. 98Reads6.0Score118Shelves
- 35 Transmigrated into a Book: The Whole Village’s Cannon Fodder Hear My Thoughts and Change Their Fates 穿书七零：全村炮灰听我心声改命 An alternate setting [Transmigrate into a book + ensemble cast + controllable inner thoughts + period setting + adored by all] After working overtime for a full month, Xie Yao drops dead. Before losing consciousness, she thinks she’s done for. But who would have thought she’d get another chance at life? When she wakes up, someone has pulled her out of a river. She’s arrived inside the period novel she was reading. Worse, it’s an angst-filled story, and she isn’t the heroine or even a supporting 119Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 My Mom Is Reborn 我妈是重生的 The new book, "Transmigrated into the Foil? The Villainous Male Supporting Character Insists on Spoiling Her Rotten", is now under contract. Readers, head on over and check it out! (Period setting + no sent-down youth assignment + military marriage + no awful relatives + doted on by the whole family + boy-girl twins) This is a slice-of-life story, so don't read it if that's not your thing! Good. She was back in the modern world again. Yes, “again”! Yang Mei never expected the System to dump her 788Reads9.0Score103Shelves
- 37 The Suffering Heroine of a Period Tragedy Gets Possessed 年代虐文的苦情女主被穿了 [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + both leads have only ever been with each other + traditional Chinese medicine + childbirth + transmigrate into a book + everyday life] Medical student Xia Songlan dies in an earthquake relief effort and transmigrates into an early melodramatic novel as its tragic heroine, who happens to share her name. Determined to change the heroine’s fate, she flatly rejects the unreasonable demand that she go to the countryside in her cousin’s place and s 139Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Everyday Life in a 1960s Compound 六零年代大院生活日常 (Taking down awful relatives + traditional Chinese medicine + System + sign-in + daily life) After graduating from Jiangnan Medical College, Chen Wanru is assigned to work at the hospital affiliated with the Red Star Steel Mill and is also given housing. The housing is in a large residential compound with a dozen or so households. Let’s see how she makes life better and better for her family through these difficult times. 3kReads8.6Score140Shelves
- 39 A Young Couple’s Struggle in the 1970s 小夫妻奋斗在七零 [Proud man in government service x Clear-eyed, calculating woman] The transmigrated female leads of the 1970s shine brightly, and the reborn female supporting characters thrive, but none of that has anything to do with them. Li Wenzheng is the only unmarried man for miles around. He's picky and obsessively neat, and on top of that, he's sharp-tongued. Every time he opens his mouth, he wastes a face that handsome. Lin Jing can't find a good match, but isn't willing to settle for a bad one. Her fa 1.6kReads7.0Score149Shelves
- 40 The 1970s Scheming Girl Has a Little Conscience, But Not Much 七零心机女有点良心但不多 [Alternate-history period setting + works in the city instead of being sent to the countryside + family life + watching the drama unfold + no golden finger + male lead appears much later] After an accident, Song Qi was lucky enough to recover her memories of a past life. As it turned out, she had transmigrated from a world decades in the future. Thinking back to the period novels she had read in her previous life, then looking at the time she was now living in, she realized it was already 1970. 201Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 What! The Model Educated Youth Is Marrying a Landlord's Son? 什么！知青标杆要嫁给地主崽了？ [Devoted to each other + reborn in the 1970s + solving crimes + earning commendations + finding salvation in each other] He Yulan died in the old house that held her warmest memories. When her consciousness returned and she opened her eyes again, she discovered that she had been reborn. She had returned to the scorching summer of 1974, before she went to the countryside at seventeen. After waking, she unexpectedly bonded with a Justice System and began earning commendations one after another.. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Fiery Stepmom of the 1970s: After They Said I Was Infertile, I Had Several Babies 七零辣后妈：被传不孕后我多胎了 [Military Marriage + Sassy Stepmom + Raising Kids + Taking Down Scumbags + Marriage Before Love + Cozy Everyday Life] At eighteen, Shen Fenghua plunged into the water in the bitter chill of early spring to retrieve vital documents and save her factory from losses. The ordeal damaged her health and left her unlikely to have children. After years of blind dates, by the age of twenty-three Shen Fenghua had seen every kind of weirdo and lost all hope. She sent away her last date, propped her chin on 252Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 43 The Beautiful Educated Youth and Her Stylish Mom 漂亮知青，时髦妈 [Period Setting + Educated Youth + Sweet Romance + Everyday Family Life] In 1979, Jiang Jingshu returns to the city with the last group of educated youths, going back to Tongxiang County, a place both familiar and strange. After years away from home, she expects an emotional reunion. Instead, she is met by awkward, distant parents, an indifferent older brother, and a younger sister who treats her with hostility... There is no place for her in the family anymore. Even her room has been taken over 4.5kReads8.4Score244Shelves
- 44 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
- 45 Transmigrated into a 1970s Cannon Fodder Foil 穿成七零炮灰对照组 In every period novel, the heroine has a tragic foil to contrast against. She comes from a good family, is beautiful and well-educated, and marries a capable, responsible man. Yet she looks down on everyone, is never satisfied with what she has, and refuses to stay faithful. She squanders a winning hand until it’s in tatters. That way, the heroine can shine as clever, emotionally intelligent, and well-liked... Hu Xiang transmigrates into the story as that cannon-fodder foil. On her wedding day, 1.3kReads8.6Score104Shelves
- 46 Life in a Little Courtyard 小院儿生活 When Taohua married into the family, her mother told her that the Xiao family would most likely split up. But Taohua never expected it to happen so soon. (No rebirth, no transmigration, no golden finger: just working hard to live and striving to make a life.) 19.4kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
- 47 The 1970s: After Awakening, the Female Supporting Character Refuses to Be a Foil 七零：女配觉醒后拒当对照组 [Alternate-history period setting + no golden finger + family and neighborhood life + stays in the city to work instead of going to the countryside] After a bout of high fever, Jiang Ning awakened memories of her previous life. She thought she had simply been reborn in this world, but it turned out she had also transmigrated into a book. She wasn’t even the heroine, just the foil to the heroine in the story. She never got a moment in the spotlight and was constantly dragged out to be compared un 3.7kReads6.7Score211Shelves
- 48 The Fragrant Late Osmanthus of the 1980s 80年代香喷喷的迟桂花 Osmanthus usually blooms between September and October. The second son of the Chi family’s wife was due in September, but the baby showed no signs of coming. Half a month past her due date, she finally gave birth to a girl at the hospital. When Old Master Chi heard it was a girl, he said nothing. His wife chattered on over the phone, telling their son how to look after his wife and child. Over the call, Chi Jianguo asked his father what to name the baby. Old Master Chi tapped his pipe. “Call her 27.8kReads8.9Score3.8kShelves
- 49 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
- 50 Working in the 1960s to Earn Money and Support My Green Tea Girlfriend 我在六十年代工作赚钱养绿茶 Lin Qingyue transmigrated to the 1960s, only to find herself facing a marriage and a move back to the countryside from the start. Was that really going to happen? Before she could do anything, she found out her fiancé wanted to break off the engagement. Lin Qingyue: What a lucky break! She quickly called off the engagement, then studied hard and earned a place at the lumber mill, becoming a proud worker! After starting at the factory, she discovered that her position had been reserved for h 1.3kReads7.7Score103Shelves
