Novels like Reborn in 1995: My Years in Dongguan
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- 51 A Carefree Married Life in the 1990s 九零年代婚后闲散日常 [Radiant beauty X rugged construction foreman] Complete In 1993, Fang Li became pregnant. Standing there with her belly out, she thought for a long time and realized that the comment she'd seen online, “You were born in a good era,” didn't tell the whole story at all! There was no internet, no food-delivery wars, no evil capitalists. There was only a child born without a mother, kidnapped at three, and a man about to break his leg while working to earn money, miss his wife's pregnancy and childb 7.6kReads8.4Score59314d adds
- 52 Reborn in the 1990s: Becoming a Wealthy Slacker 重生九零：做富贵咸鱼 Lin Jing spent her whole life estranged from her family. Her marriage fell apart, and her stepson turned against her, hating her so much he wished he could kill her. So what if she had billions in assets? So what if she was the head of a corporation? All that hard work left her with no one to rely on and no one to love. She thanks the heavens for letting her be reborn. This time, she’ll prevent tragedy, protect her loved ones, and safeguard her home. She can earn money and handle anything tha 2.3kReads8.7Score15714d adds
- 53 Love Affairs in the Big City 大城情事 After my girlfriend and my best friend gave me a spectacular set of horns, I gritted my teeth and left my small town to make it in the big city. But as soon as I arrived at my new company, my coworkers started ostracizing me and setting me up... The big city is no paradise! It's a world of its own, full of all kinds of people and endless deception! As a nobody, I had to start out as a lowly network administrator, stumbling along until I finally built a small business of my own! But she was an ex 1.4kReads8.3Score13314d adds
- 54 A Working Girl’s Life Through Wind and Rain 打工女孩的风雨人生路 In the 1990s, a wave of migrant workers swept across the country, and countless young people left their hometowns for the big cities. The dazzling neon lights of the metropolis conjured one fantasy after another, while burying the youth of so many. Longing for a fresh start, the naive young Zhou Jie joined the great wave heading south. From getting a factory job to running away, from falling on hard times to fighting her way forward, she had to tread carefully at every step. She thought that a 259Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 55 Reborn, I Wish My Husband and Best Friend a Long and Happy Marriage 重生后，我祝老公和闺蜜百年好合 (Rebirth + revenge on scumbags + inspiration + the turn of the millennium + quietly building wealth + heart-melting romance) Tan Mingxin’s previous life was miserable. While pregnant, she was pushed down the stairs by her husband and best friend. She died and was reborn at seventeen, before any of the tragedies had happened. She remakes her mother, dumps her scumbag father, destroys her traitorous friend, takes revenge on the scumbag man, and builds her fortune step by step. Men and romance can 6.7kReads9.1Score77014d adds
- 56 The Young Madam Rules the 1990s 少奶奶制霸九零年代 In her past life, Wen Nian was constantly exploited by her biological parents. They needed her money to build a new house, to pay for her older brother’s wedding, and to help her younger brother find a job by making her curry favor with her in-laws. They even schemed to borrow the household money her husband gave her every month. Her family was hopeless, so naturally her in-laws looked down on her too. And her husband… She’d had enough of being pushed around! In this life, Wen Nian is reborn in 889Reads8.3Score10214d adds
- 57 The Black-and-White Workplace 黑白职场 The book has three main female leads: Meng Hong, a wealthy, beautiful daughter of a powerful family; Han Yiran, warm and down-to-earth; and Xi Wenni, a tragic figure. I was swept up in Han Yiran's happiness, grieved over the fate that left Meng Hong with no control over her own life, and blamed myself for giving kind and beautiful Xi Wenni such a tragic fate. I felt as though I had committed a sin by brutalizing and destroying a pure rose… This is a love story about one man and three women —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Back to the 1990s: I Lead My Whole Family to Become Rich 重回九零：带着全家卷成首富 Chen Yan, who had thrived in the education industry in her previous life, was left deeply in debt and on the brink of bankruptcy after the relevant policies were announced. Just after paying off all her debts, she was reborn and returned to 1990. At this point, her parents were still alive, and her little brother was still healthy in their mother's womb. With the soul of her previous life, Chen Yan refuses to lie flat in an era where fortunes are there for the taking and settle for being an ordi 2.2kReads8.9Score17714d adds
- 59 The Story of Three Working Girls 三个打工女孩的故事 Three young women of the same age, each from a different family background and with a different personality, head to Guancheng to find work. Set in the 1990s, their experiences capture the memories of an entire era. When their birth families are thrown into turmoil, should they stand by and do nothing, lend a hand, or sacrifice their dignity to help them through it? Some come to repay their parents' kindness, while others only cause their parents trouble. The three girls each have a different an 5.8kReads9.0Score49114d adds
- 60 A Temporary Romance at the Factory 工厂的临时爱情 Work + Romance + Plot + A Large Supporting Cast Xu Yanhui, a young man from a rural village who has just left the army, comes to the city alone to find work. By chance, he meets his fellow villager Duan Li, who introduces him to a job at a textile factory. There, he witnesses and experiences the joys and sorrows, warmth and cruelty of the lives of working women. Set in the 1990s, this story uses simple prose to tell the stories of ordinary migrant workers. I hope you enjoy it. 12.8kReads8.6Score99114d adds
- 61 The Golden Age: From the Start, I Was Forced to Drop Out and Work to Support My Family 黄金年代：开局被逼辍学打工养家 This was a golden age, with opportunities everywhere and money just waiting to be picked up. Liang An was a corporate drone who somehow returned to 1991, becoming a young man from a rural village in a remote region. As soon as he arrived, he was forced to drop out of school and work to support his family... 12.1kReads7.6Score77214d adds
- 62 My Love in Dongguan 我的东莞爱情 In 1998, I was still young when I packed my bags and headed off to Guangdong to find work, dreaming of earning enough to go home, get married, have children, and live a quiet, stable life. But the bustling little city in the south ultimately threw all my plans for a settled life into disarray. Here, I met all kinds of people and encountered all kinds of things. 90.9kReads7.9Score4.8k14d adds
- 63 The Shoe Factory Worker Holds Forth, and She Knows So Much! 鞋厂女工论道，她知道那么多！ [Urban slice of life + romance] The heroine is beautiful and works at a factory. She takes care of looking lovely while the hero works hard to get ahead. He climbs the factory's management ranks and even puts in time on the production line, all so the two of them can tie the knot and enjoy a long, happy life together. But things aren't that simple... 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 A Temporary Romance at the Factory! 工厂里的临时爱情！ Wang Dali had just left his rural hometown to find work in the city. After his night shift, he returned to his rented room. As he snapped the key in the lock, he heard a woman's cries from inside. From that day on, life opened up an entirely new world for him. Every day that followed was an adventure. 297Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 65 Dongguan: My Years as a Migrant Worker 东莞，我的打工岁月 One city, one story, a stretch of youthful days. Who hasn’t felt lost in their youth? Come see the things I experienced in this city, the people I met, and the girls who once crossed paths with me! 4kReads8.9Score36814d adds
- 66 My Years Working at a Securities Firm 我在证券打工那些年 2004. Shenzhen. Securities account manager. Only later did Li Xingyun realize that the so-called A-share floor price was a lie told to rookies. Below the floor was hell, and below hell were eighteen more levels. He had seen every one of them. No connections, no influential friends, and no Cantonese. Find clients. Fail, and you're out. A veteran told him: In this line of work, no results means no respect. An account of a fresh graduate working in Shenzhen. No inspirational triumphs, no melodrama, 5.5kReads—Score46914d adds
- 67 Reborn in 1996: Helping My Adoptive Parents' Whole Family Live Well 重生九六，带养父母全家过好日子 [Reborn in 1996 + Business + Academic Prodigy + No Forgiveness] (The story begins with her early struggles, then moves into the later stages of the demolition boom.) Xia Mengsi was given away as soon as she was born. Her biological parents rejected her because she was a girl, but her adoptive family cherished her like a treasure. She got into the best high school, and her adoptive father sold blood while her adoptive mother worked herself to the bone to pay for her education. But Xia Mengsi fail 469Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 68 Back to the ’90s: A Mother’s Strength 重回九零之为母当自强 A flowerpot falling from upstairs sent Lin Qiu back thirty-two years. Her worldview changed, her appearance changed, and her attitude changed. When life gives you a chance to start over, can a life in shambles finally soar? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 I'm Done Being a Housewife 这家庭主妇我不当了 Her husband is gambling with online loans, her daughter is ill, and her son is still young. At thirty-five, this housewife is mired in financial crisis. Li Yu hasn’t had a good night’s sleep in three years. On the night of her thirty-fifth birthday, she finally scrapes together enough to repay this month’s online loan. Lying in bed, she keeps wondering: If she got another chance, would her life still turn out this way? When she wakes up, she discovers that she really has gone back in time! 3.5kReads8.6Score28614d adds
- 70 The Women I Met in Dongguan Back in the Day 那些年，我在东莞遇到的女人们 [Urban underworld + no System + nostalgia + beauties + power struggles + ruthless action + pure wish fulfillment, no self-torture] Back in Dongguan in 2004, he rises from bodyguard to nightclub beauties to the godfather of Dongguan's underworld. Li Zhan moves to Dongguan for work and meets A-Zhen, who works at a nightclub. After an unexpected incident, Li Zhan drives away a customer harassing A-Zhen, only to find himself at odds with the local underworld. To survive, he's forced into the crimina 21kReads8.6Score1.5k14d adds
- 71 Reborn at Fourteen, I Made 99 Buildings 重生十四岁我挣了99栋楼 [Reborn + strong female lead + business + top student + realism + independent heroine] He Wenlin, the daughter of migrant workers, is reborn in the year 2000! She has not dropped out of school yet, her father has not been scammed, and her family is debt-free! Given a fresh start at life, she is determined to change her fate and leave no regrets! She sells boxed lunches, opens a food factory, sells holiday goods, and trades in shoes and clothing. Whatever makes money, she does it. At seventeen, w 1.6kReads8.3Score15514d adds
- 72 Chang'an Road Is Long 长安路远 [Urban daily life + romance + campus + friendship + work + emotional journey] Lin Da cherishes friendship, loves life, and longs for a beautiful future. He had a wonderful childhood and a colorful youth, and chose the love he wanted. Then, for the sake of making a living, he went far from home to work, and before he knew it, half his life had passed... Every encounter in life is part of its journey, and every encounter brings another story... 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Dongguan Memories: The Girls Who Loved Me Back Then 东莞往事：那些年爱过我的女孩 [Urban Slice of Life + Multiple Heroines + Underdog’s Rise + Workplace] In 2006, Lin Yu arrives in Dongguan just after graduating from college. The city is said to be full of opportunities and romantic adventures. There, he meets the women who warm and support him as he grows, while he slowly rises from a rookie who can’t even tighten a screw to a workplace elite. He struggles and fights for his dreams in the face of reality, but growth always comes at a price. No System giving him cheat powers, 988Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Back to College: A Tough Girl Embarks on the Road to Wealth 重回大学，彪悍女生开启成豪之路 Strong heroine + reborn + entrepreneurship No System, no golden finger, just a wealth of skills and street smarts. The focus is on her career, with a romance: she pursues the male lead, who is an untouchable beauty, unmarried in his previous life, and nine years younger than the heroine. Jiang Yue woke up one morning completely bewildered. At forty, she had returned to the age of nineteen. A wonderful era, the best years of her life. She had to put her skills to work and make money, money, money 2.4kReads8.7Score20914d adds
- 75 A Romance at a Shenzhen Factory 深圳工厂情缘 My new story is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads8.9Score22514d adds
- 76 Reborn in 1990: I Strike It Rich with My Pocket Dimension 重生九零，带着空间逆袭暴富 Xia Chutang is reborn in the 1990s. She awakens a pocket dimension and gains extraordinary stamina and hearing. She studies hard, turns from a hopeless student into a top scholar, and gets into the best university in the capital. She persuades her mother to leave her lazy, abusive father and start over. She uses her grandmother’s secret recipe to start a factory and go into business. Her aunt’s family, who ruined her family in her previous life, gets what they deserve. Want her help? Sorry, she’ 1kReads8.6Score14514d adds
- 77 Reborn: My Boyfriend Is the Son of a Demolition Millionaire 重生之我的男朋友是拆二代 [A slow-burn farming story] Also known as My Sweet Little Life with My Demolition-Windfall Husband After nearly twenty years of twists and turns, Li Yan and Chen Quan found their way back to each other. At last, they were ready to take their honeymoon, but then a plane crash happened. Li Yan suddenly found herself back in her junior year of college. The moment she stepped off the bus, she saw her down-to-earth boyfriend waiting to pick her up. She was used to seeing her polished, professional 1.8kReads9.0Score17114d adds
- 78 My Years as a Migrant Worker in Shenzhen 我在深圳打工那些年 Two AI comic adaptations of this book are already online, and a third is in production. In 1997, I was 17, carrying 300 yuan as I left my hometown in Hunan and headed south to Shenzhen alone. With no skills and no temporary residence permit, I was chased by security patrols, turned away by factories, left hungry, and forced to spend nights hiding in a cemetery. I went from a penniless kid to a sewing-machine operator at a handbag factory, then seized the opportunities of the times, opened a shop 18.8kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 79 Reborn in the 1980s: From the Start, I Took a Factory Job 重生八零，开局进厂打工 Ji Yunxi transmigrates into the role of a universally loathed supporting character, the female foil to the heroine. The heroine endures endless hardships without giving in, while Ji Yunxi lives in comfort, spoiled and cruel. During the 1987 wave of migrant labor, the heroine gets into college and finally holds her head high, while Ji Yunxi uses connections to land a job on an assembly line. The heroine lives out a romantic drama straight from real life every day, while Ji Yunxi seethes with jeal 47.5kReads8.4Score4.9k14d adds
- 80 Mother and Daughter in the 1980s: Mom Makes Money, I Win by Taking It Easy! 母女穿八零，我妈赚钱，我躺赢！ [The short drama is now streaming] [Transmigrate into a book in the 1980s + mother and daughter transmigrate together + face-slapping + sweet romance + academic achiever + building wealth] After transmigrating into the 1980s as the real daughter, Lan Xia takes down all her awful relatives from the start. The family reunion that was supposed to happen two months later is suddenly brought forward. It turns out her mother, a powerhouse who runs a publicly listed company, has transmigrated too! Moth 1.2kReads8.4Score10314d adds
- 81 Dumping My Scumbag Ex, I Snatched the 1980s' Most Promising Stock 摆脱渣男，我叼走八零最强潜力股 Xia Meng: Founder of the country’s largest food service company and a formidable businesswoman renowned throughout the business world. Her journey has been nothing short of legendary. No one knows what she went through or how she rose from the ashes and weathered the tides of the times. People love to talk about her career, and her love life draws even more attention. Everyone knows that Zhao Ling and President Xia supported each other throughout their careers. Years later, one became the founde 2kReads9.0Score17714d adds
- 82 The Rise and Fall of Boss Fan 范老板的沉浮人生 This story follows 1980s entrepreneur Fan Chenhui through the ups and downs of the business world in Shenzhen. It explores real-world issues including financial crises, family conflicts, workplace rivalries, and tangled relationships, portraying human nature and the changes of the times in vivid detail. 116Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 83 Husband and Wife at the Factory 工厂里的夫妻 Chen Yishan’s husband, Sun Hai, was good for nothing, leaving her to shoulder the entire financial burden of the family. To improve their circumstances, she decided to leave her six-year-old son, Sun Dabao, in the care of her parents-in-law, then go to Guangdong with her cousin to work in a factory. 7.8kReads9.1Score52514d adds
- 84 Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Takes the Business World by Storm 重生八零：营销女王横扫商界 Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Conquers the Business World 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Leaving on the Journey South 南下归途离开 Every so often, a generation leaves home to make a living, leaving its youth behind on construction sites and streets far from home. Our fathers left the mountains with worn-out woven-plastic bags on their backs, heading south to find work. They knew nothing of polished talk. They only knew to keep their heads down and work hard, relying on brute strength to feed their families. They lived in cramped shacks, endured grueling day and night shifts, and swallowed their homesickness and grievances. 27Reads—Score214d adds
- 86 The Comeback: From Wage Slave to CEO 逆袭！从打工仔到总裁 This book tells the story of Lin Qiang, an 18-year-old from a rural village in northwest China. When his family was struck by sudden hardship, with his father seriously ill and debts piling up, he had no choice but to give up his place at a prestigious university. With just 200 yuan in his pocket, he set off alone for the prosperous coastal city of Donghai to make a living. He started out hauling bricks at construction sites, then seized opportunities to learn new skills and struggle through the 13Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 87 Dongguan, Dongguan: The Blossoming '90s 东莞，东莞，90繁花年代 This story is based on real life. One day, Er Gou said mysteriously to Li Minghui, “Ah Hui, did you know? I heard a new Taizi Bathhouse opened nearby. They say it offers a service imported from Thailand.” The story follows a protagonist who turns his fortunes around in the electronics business of the Pearl River Delta. In 1990s Dongguan, KTVs, nightclubs, and bathhouses offered a different kind of splendor. There were also pure-hearted romances between migrant workers over beef brisket rice nood 937Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 88 After Getting Rich, the 1980s Factory Director's Wife Starts Disciplining Her Husband 八零厂长夫人赚钱后开始训厂长了 Good heavens! When Ye Wen opens her eyes, she’s become a married woman in her thirties with a fourteen-year-old son. Her husband is the thirty-six-year-old head of a clothing factory. Ye Wen wakes up at her aunt’s house. The moment she steps into her own home, she sees her son wearing a pink apron and stir-frying wild greens with a spatula. Sitting at the table, Ye Wen stares blankly at the watery porridge and the painfully green stir-fried vegetables. Didn’t they say her husband was a factory d 2.4kReads8.1Score14014d adds
- 89 Love at the Electronics Factory 电子厂打工妹的爱情 Love at an Electronics Factory 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 She Works as a Maid for a Shenzhen Tycoon 她在深圳豪门做保姆 After her husband divorces her, a nurse from a small county town heads south to Shenzhen to support her child and put her younger brother through school. After losing her job, she is hired as a nanny by Miss Chen, a wealthy heiress. She goes through being framed, misunderstood, dismissed, earning her first savings, suffering a miscarriage after being beaten, and heartbreak. In the end, she marries a local bachelor and becomes the leading lady of a wealthy family. As Miss Chen’s nanny, she witnes 6kReads9.2Score72314d adds
- 91 The Only Daughter of the 1980s 八十年代独生女 Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news was that both her parents worked at state-owned factories. The bad news was that they gave up their secure jobs and headed south to find work. Her mother got a factory job, and her father started working on construction sites. Later, they started a small business and brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them. Little by little, she realized she’d become a rich kid. Told from the heroine’s perspective, this is the story of her parents starting a business in th 12.6kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 92 The Secret of the Dongguan Sisters 东莞姐姐的秘密 "Roaming the Martial World" "Multiple Heroines" Chen Yang and Wang Tao grew up together. By chance, they became disciples of a great master and headed north to Guancheng to seek out Chen Yang’s older sister, Xu Chunhua. When they arrived, they discovered things were nothing like they had imagined. From then on, they chose different paths, and each of their lives changed beyond recognition… 505Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Hai Nange's Second Book 海楠哥的第2本书 [Work + romance + plot + personal growth + lighthearted everyday life] Xu Liangfeng had just graduated from high school when he went to the big city to look for work. He ran into setback after setback, but he didn't lose heart and kept working hard. As he changed jobs frequently, he learned plenty of practical skills. Still, at every workplace, his managers both loved and hated him. They loved his competence and his humble, sincere nature, but hated how argumentative he could be. “Liangfeng, can 298Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Dongguan Years 东莞岁月 Set in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this novel tells the story of migrant workers represented by a group of young men and women from the countryside in southwestern Henan. It paints a sweeping picture of their arduous struggle to make a living in the unfamiliar city of Dongguan, vividly recreating the bitterness and sweetness, hardships and joys, love and heartbreak experienced by young factory workers during that fiery era. 2.1kReads7.7Score16114d adds
- 95 Reborn: Speculating and Making a Fortune in the 1980s 重生，我在八十年代投机倒把 When she woke up, Jiang Xiaoxi had returned to 1987, to the age of eighteen. Her grandmother was still alive, her parents were young, her sister wasn’t sick, and she hadn’t married a jerk. Everything was wonderful. Given a second chance at life in an era ripe for rebuilding, how could she not make something of herself? See how Jiang Xiaoxi, reborn, uses every opportunity to make money and change her life. 4.7kReads8.9Score40814d adds
- 96 Sweet Military Marriage: The 1980s Army Wife Gets Rich and Wins Her Husband's Heart 军婚甜：八零军嫂致富撩夫两不误 (The new novel, The Abstinent Young Officer of the Seventies Begs Me to Marry Him in Private, is currently being serialized. Come check it out!) (Military marriage, punishing scumbags, no System, no pocket dimension, mutual devotion, strong female lead, sweet and satisfying, adorable babies, boy-girl twins, devoted couple.) Ye Jinyu had worked hard for more than ten years. While driving to the opening ceremony of a new hotel, she was caught in a pileup and transported to the 1980s, where she bec 4.2kReads9.3Score61314d adds
- 97 Home in the 1990s, Scavenging in the Modern Era 家在九零，我在现代捡垃圾 [A slow-burn business story] [Everyday life in a bygone era] She transmigrates between the 1990s and the modern day. There's no getting rich overnight, just honest hard work, small businesses operating across two eras by taking advantage of price differences, and a gradual improvement in life, all set against the simple, lively backdrop of the 1990s... A gambling father, a mother who died young, little brothers and sisters to look after, and a girl who dropped out of school at fifteen. In 1997, 2.5kReads8.9Score26414d adds
- 98 In 1990, She Was a Good Big Sister 九零年，她是好姐姐 (Not a power fantasy with an all-conquering heroine, and definitely not a rebirth-and-revenge story. It’s just a quiet, everyday tale with some odd conflicts.) Chen Xihua, a rich kid from the twenty-first century who had become a wage slave, was about to turn thirty and inherit the family business when she suddenly transmigrated into the body of Chen Xihua, a seven- or eight-year-old village girl in the 1990s. She realized she had transmigrated into a book, and was a minor cannon-fodder characte 7kReads9.0Score59014d adds
- 99 Reborn in 2007 as an Early Internet Celebrity 重生07成为初代网红 [Reborn + grounded realism + escaping a toxic family + making money] Jiang Xue was reborn, returning to 2007. Her father didn't care for her, her mother didn't love her, and they expected her to work in a factory tightening screws! There was no way she was going to work in a factory. The internet was still wide open in 2007, and WeChat and Weibo hadn't even launched yet. Using her makeup skills, she became a celebrity on Tianya, a makeup artist for stars, a renowned photographer, one of the firs 9.5kReads9.0Score99414d adds
- 100 The Rise of a Clan 崛起的家族 This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel. There's no transmigration, and no golden finger. It's a story about a family, or rather, about our ancestors. I wanted to write down what they went through. The stories in this book are all things I heard my elders talk about in casual conversation, so there may inevitably be omissions. The family records have also been lost, and some things can't be verified. I want to portray the stories as truthfully and objectively as possible, but my abilities are limite 7.2kReads9.3Score88114d adds
