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- 51 Cuihua's World 翠花的人世间 In the early 1980s, Old Zhang of Zhangjia Village had eight children: six sons and two daughters. Dayong, Eryong, and Cuilan all got married on the same day. The Zhang family married off two children and welcomed one bride into the family. Eryong became a live-in son-in-law. Being a live-in son-in-law is great. He earned that for himself. With five more children still waiting to marry, Old Zhang was gored to death by an ox. His wife was beside herself with worry. Sanyong went off to work, Siyong 4.3kReads8.2Score31114d adds
- 52 Military Wife in the 1970s: Island Life Is the Sweetest 七零随军：海岛日常美滋滋 The new novel, The Scholar and the Joyful Life in the Mountains, is now underway. It's a historical farming story, so head to the author's page to read it~ . [Cozy daily life, family and neighborhood affairs, simple and peaceful ☞ beachcombing + food, mainly Cantonese cuisine + farming + adorable kids. Includes educational tidbits and lots of pictures. Complete.] [Content warnings: This is not a power fantasy, and the heroine isn't strong ☞ no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, no fac 630Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 53 The Rugged Man Relentlessly Pursues His Lovely Wife, Beating Every Other Suitor Flat 糙汉猛追娇媳妇，捶扁所有野男人 [Period setting + 1980s + rugged man + everyday family life + sweet romance + road to prosperity + no System or pocket dimension] Ever since his wife stopped acting like a fool, every man around wanted to steal her away. Jiang Ye spends every day figuring out new ways to beat up all kinds of would-be rivals. If anyone so much as shows an interest in Lin Wan, Jiang Ye is there to give him a beating. Lin Wan can't believe she has a child with the very man who used to tug her braids, copy her homew 1.1kReads8.3Score10314d adds
- 54 The Third Year After I Divorced the Tycoon 和大佬离婚的第三年 Transmigrate into a book + Both are inexperienced + Sweet + Satisfying + Raising a child + Becoming a mom with no labor pains + Simp + Cute kid Liang Han transmigrated into a book, landing in the third year after the villainess had abandoned her husband and child. Her son was three years old. The villainess had a fiancé, but the day before their wedding, an accident left her with a child by Zhou Mob ei. After they married, she discovered that Zhou Mobei truly loved her and started walking all ov 694Reads7.1Score10314d adds
- 55 Lotus Shadows over the Capital 莲影京华 Village beauty Shi Cailian has had a life bitter enough to pickle vegetables, but she's blessed with a face of unparalleled beauty. Educated youth Wan Changce falls for her at first sight and takes the college entrance exam four times. When the results come out, Shi Cailian has just fallen out with her biased family, so she packs her bags and goes with him to make it in the capital. He studies hard and becomes a top student, while she uses her beauty to land a secure job at the Friendship Store. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Ever Since I Raised a Little Pig, I've Never Lost at Life 自从养了小猪猪，从此人生没有输 Period Setting + Raising Kids + Gossip-Watching + Lie Flat + Twins Twice, Five Kids Total Jiang Meiya only wanted to lie flat. She went on a blind date and married the son of her mother's friend, never imagining she'd never be able to lie flat again. First came triplets, then twins. Raising kids sure was fun... The oldest blinked his long, curly lashes. “Mommy, a stick!” The second held up the colorful candy wrapper in his hand. “Mommy, shiny!” After knocking something over, the youngest darted 3kReads7.6Score18314d adds
- 57 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, 192Reads—Score10214d adds
- 58 The 1980s: She Flees with Her Child, but the Commander Won't Let Her Go 八零：携崽潜逃，首长他坐不住了 [Rekindled love + adorable child + one-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced + powerful couple] [Heiress from Hong Kong X cold-faced military chief] Five years ago, Song Yanning appeared before Liang Shaoye under someone else’s identity. She thought the lies she had woven were seamless, but the man before her had already seen through her act. He watched coldly and guarded against her at every turn, waiting for the “little spy” to lose her composure and show her true colors. Yet a few 905Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 59 The Wealthiest Mogul Spoils His Sweetheart Rotten, and She Has Triplets 首富大佬太能宠，娇美人一胎三宝 (Everyone's darling + adorable kids + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life) Song Kexia had a dream that she had been switched at birth and raised in the city in luxury for eighteen years. In her previous life, the real daughter returned, and her fate took a sudden turn. Every stitch of clothing, every meal, every sip of water from the Song family became a debt of gratitude, a shackle around her. To repay them, she gave up her university admission letter. To repay them, at her adoptive mo 1.1kReads8.6Score10514d adds
- 60 The 1970s Military Marriage: What Do I Do About My Husband's Boundless Energy? 七零军婚：老公精力旺盛怎么办 (The author really has no idea what to put in the blurb.) Lu Wan transmigrated from the apocalypse to the 1970s. She had a terrible father and a stepmother, but that was no problem. She sent her stepsister off to the Great Northwest countryside, then made sure everyone learned about her father and stepmother’s ugly secrets. Free from the pressure of making a living, she enjoyed a leisurely life in the countryside of the 1970s. An unexpected incident brought her into contact with Qin Shaochuan, a 1.1kReads8.2Score10914d adds
- 61 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Clung to the Male Supporting Character 穿书后我抱上了男配大腿 When Song Yingwan wakes up, she finds herself in the 1970s. Looking at a face in the mirror that resembles hers by seventy or eighty percent, it takes her a while to accept the truth. She looks at her loving parents and lively, clever younger brother and thinks life here seems pretty good. But after only a few days of enjoying it, she has no choice but to pack up and head to the countryside. Fine, then. She can go to the countryside! The college entrance exams will be reinstated in a few years a 9.5kReads8.7Score73914d adds
- 62 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 672Reads7.7Score10414d adds
- 63 After Our Marriages Were Swapped, I Became the Apple of My Soldier Boyfriend's Eye 被换亲后，我成了兵哥哥的心尖宠 Jiang Wan inexplicably became reborn in the body of a pitiful young woman in the 1970s who shared her name. The moment she was reborn, she faced pressure from her uncle’s family to take her cousin’s place and marry a man who was paralyzed in both legs and unconscious. When her uncle’s family tried to force her, Jiang Wan went berserk. Then, for no apparent reason, she was bound to a System designed to save a villain. And the villain she had to save was the very man she was supposed to marry. 460Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Gorgeous Educated Youth Was So Irresistible, the Rugged Man Carried Her Home to Spoil Her 娇美知青太招人，被糙汉扛回家宠 [No Golden Finger] After finishing middle or high school, educated youths struggle to find jobs. To address unemployment in the cities, the leaders make the important decision to send young people to the countryside. Under this policy, Xu Jinan is sent to Lujiagou to join the rural workforce. There, she meets Lu Zhouye, a taciturn man destined to be alone forever. But who is this person acting like a doting housewife now? In a nutshell: an old house catching fire, nothing can be done about it. W 1.1kReads8.7Score10814d adds
- 65 The 1970s: I Keep Dying in Stories Set in Different Eras 七零：我在各个年代文里死了又死 [No Romance] She opens her eyes to find her parents, who favor boys over girls, pressuring her to get a job so her cousin can afford a wife. Her cousin, a good-for-nothing who claims he’ll “bring honor to the family,” is also the male lead of a period novel! And Xu Youyou has transmigrated into a cannon-fodder supporting female character who gets a job for the scheming heroine! Looking at the job the original owner risked her life to get, and her “family,” who want the job but also want to marry 1.8kReads8.2Score14814d adds
- 66 She Gives Birth Upon Transmigrating Into a Book, and the Cold, Beautiful Officer Takes Her to Join the Army 穿书就生产，冷艳军官接我去随军 [Military marriage in the 1970s + heroine transmigrates into a book + hero is reborn + heroine falls in love after marriage + hero's secret crush comes true + everyday family life + raising kids] Yuan Man, a twenty-two-year-old college graduate unemployed and living at home, stays up late reading a novel. When she wakes, she finds herself in a period novel she'd read before, as the male lead's first wife, who died young in childbirth. Looking down, Yuan Man realizes her stomach is cramping and h 680Reads6.3Score10214d adds
- 67 The Rugged 1970s Husband and His Sweet Wife 七零糙汉娇妻甜蜜蜜 Military marriage + sweet romance + devoted couple + fraternal twins Lin Xiaoran transmigrates to the 1970s by accident. From the start, her family wants to sell her to an illiterate hooligan from the neighboring village in exchange for a bride price. To escape her predicament, Lin Xiaoran immediately heads into the city to find a match for herself, where she unexpectedly meets Shen Li, a gruff man who appears to have left the military. Everyone in the residential compound knows Shen Li is im 7.1kReads9.0Score83714d adds
- 68 Top Talent Agent! She Ran Off with the Movie Emperor's Baby! 顶级经纪人！她揣着影帝崽跑了！ Unable to find a suitable job after graduation, Shu Yan went to work at a film and television studio to support herself. To her surprise, she discovered she had a talent for makeup. Once she had saved enough money, she enrolled in a makeup academy to learn the craft. After that, she moved between film studios, working as a makeup artist. Clever and capable, with a knack for makeup, she was lucky enough to become the assistant to movie emperor Du Ruo. When Du Ruo became embroiled in a contract 888Reads7.9Score10114d adds
- 69 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 4.2kReads8.4Score23314d adds
- 70 Back to the 1980s, She Marries a Fierce, Rugged Man and Builds a Fortune While Raising Kids 重回八零，嫁凶戾糙汉致富养崽 [Period + Adorable child + Marriage first, love later + Rough-and-tough man] A pretty, timid sweetheart × a fierce, burly man In her previous life, Lin Zhaodi (Shen Songge) was set up. After she became pregnant, she was forced to marry the ugliest, meanest man in the village, the one everyone avoided. After falling into depression, she drowned herself in a reservoir when the man had been away for months and her son died in an accident. Given another life, she saves her son's life in time and vow 13.9kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 71 Forced to the Countryside, the Educated Youth Catches the Eye of a Rough-Hewn Mute 被迫下乡后女知青被糙汉哑巴盯上 Period setting + coy charm + magical space + everyday family life + healing + transmigration A case of mistaken identity sends Zhong Jiajia to the 1970s, where she tears into her awful relatives and heads to the remote Heiliao region to work in the countryside as an educated youth. There, she gets stuck with a sickly mute man whom everyone avoids, nicknamed the “Ghost's Dread.” From pity, to being unable to shake each other off, to standing by one another wholeheartedly, two lonely souls find su 3.7kReads9.0Score40414d adds
- 72 Blind Date in the Seventies: I Met the Strongest War God Officer 七零相亲：相亲到了最强战神军官 Female lead: Yu Qiao Male lead: Zheng Xiangguo The female lead transmigrates to the 1970s in an alternate parallel world. The male lead is a top soldier, and their military marriage is sweet and loving. Yu Qiao inexplicably transmigrates to the 1970s in a parallel world. At home, she’s a well-behaved, sensible girl with a little talent. Outside, she’s the clever and polite, delicate youngest daughter of the Yu family. As the well-behaved girl of the family, she thinks she’s doing a pretty good j 4.7kReads9.1Score54414d adds
- 73 Back to the 1980s, I Marry a Cold-Faced Officer in a Flash with My Kids 重回八零，带崽崽闪婚冷面军官 [Period Setting + Adorable Child + Food + Mutual Secret Crushes + Married First, Love Later] Ji Shutong was the most beautiful woman in the surrounding villages, and well educated too. Yet after graduating, she returned to her village pregnant. The villagers whispered that she was shameless and immoral. Ji Shutong was too afraid to go out or face her son, who didn’t even know who his father was. After years of torment, she jumped into a river. After her death, the child she had rejected ran to h 1.1kReads8.4Score10214d adds
- 74 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—14d adds
- 75 Reborn in the 1970s: Captain, Your Wife Ran Off Again! 重生七零：队长，你媳妇又跑了！ [Rebirth, sweet romance, rugged man, educated youth, adorable child] In her previous life, Ruan Wei was blinded by a scumbag and a shameless woman. She fell into their trap and became the stepping stone to their fortune. Reborn, Ruan Wei tears the scumbag to shreds and kicks the shameless woman to the curb. All she wants is to cling to her demobilized husband's strong arm. Everyone says He Laosan is a rough man who doesn't understand romance or know how to care for anyone. They say Ruan Wei is b 1.6kReads9.0Score13714d adds
- 76 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 951Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 77 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 18.2kReads8.3Score2.4k14d adds
- 78 Aloof as a Chrysanthemum? The Commander Clearly Loves to Compete for Everything! 人淡如菊？首长他分明又争又抢！ [Both leads are virgins + military marriage + reborn face-slapping + sweet romance] A radiant beauty with fair skin and stunning looks vs. the chaste Commander Zhou, broad-shouldered and slim-waisted In her previous life, Xu Zhihuan married Yuan Qing'an, ran his household, looked after his younger siblings, and honored his parents. Her only regret was that they never had a child. It wasn't until her cousin's husband's funeral that Xu Zhihuan learned why Yuan Qing'an had refused to consummate 1.1kReads7.8Score12314d adds
- 79 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—14d adds
- 80 Transmigrated into the Wedding Night in the 1970s, I Get the Fierce Roughneck Hooked 穿进七零洞房夜，凶戾糙汉上瘾了 The 1970s + Everyday Family Life Jiang Wantong is a wealthy young woman with a fortune of a billion, but her cousin is jealous of her and writes her into a novel set in the 1970s as a universally hated supporting character. Furious, Jiang Wantong goes to confront her, only to be pushed off a cliff. She unexpectedly transmigrates into the book, and when she wakes after days of high fever, it's her wedding night. Her husband has been written by Jiang Yingchun as cold-blooded and cold-hearted, inca 5kReads8.4Score43914d adds
- 81 The 1970s’ Laid-Back Genius: The Overbearing Officer Spoils Her Rotten 七零佛系天才：霸道军官狠狠宠 [Reborn in the womb in the 1960s + no pocket dimension + love at first sight + both leads' first love + seven-year age gap] Genius funny girl * cold, rugged military officer After graduating from college, Zhang Xiaomin spent a year lounging around at home. She then won a million yuan in the lottery and used half of it to turn her home into a small supermarket. The day before it opened, she died after being hit by a runaway car while rescuing a child. Reborn in the womb in the 1970s, she went fro 2.2kReads6.2Score18014d adds
- 82 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 2.3kReads7.1Score13914d adds
- 83 Baby on Board: The Movie Emperor's First Love Is Cold and Adorable 萌宝出没，影帝的白月光又冷又娇 [Adorable child + older woman-younger man romance + healing + doting pursuit of his wife + cool and aloof heroine] A three-time award-winning actor was exposed as having a three-year-old illegitimate son. Rumors swirled about the child's mother, until an insider revealed that she was Fu Shiyan's college girlfriend, now a famous violin virtuoso and the girl his aunt had sponsored. Someone even dug up photos of the two kissing on the street. “Dad, has Mom abandoned Zining?” “No.” The man's heart c 930Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 84 The Rugged 1980s Hunk Is a Beast, and He Spoils His Frail Little Wife to Tears 八零糙汉猛如虎，宠哭病弱小娇妻 [Period setting + rough-and-tumble man with a lovesick streak + transmigrate into a book + doting husband + mutual devotion] [Quiet, ruthless, and wild Eighties roughneck vs. sweet-voiced, delicate, sickly little flower] Reader beware: The heroine is delicate but not self-sacrificing. This is not a strong-female-lead story, and she isn't a career-driven powerhouse. No golden finger or System at first; those only appear later!! Pei Yan was a notorious ruffian for miles around. No woman in the cou 296Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 85 Down-and-Out Heiress in the 1990s Marries a Rugged Man and Has His Baby! 九零落魄千金，嫁个糙汉生崽崽！ A devoted couple + period setting + forced marriage + loyal puppy-like male lead + farming + not a sweet romance + not a wish-fulfillment story! When Wen Jing was eighteen, she discovered that she wasn't the Wen family's daughter and returned to her biological parents. The village's resident troublemaker, Lu Yanshen, took one look at her and set his sights on her. He forced her to marry him, and they had a son. “You're my mother, and you and my dad are truly in love.” “No, no, no. It wasn't forc 2.8kReads8.3Score16114d adds
- 86 An Educated Youth in the 1970s, His Little Wife Since Childhood 年代知青，自少时的小妻子 When Xu Mingzhen was thirteen, she received an old-fashioned marriage contract. The other party was a “third-generation military family” heir she had never met. What century is this? An arranged marriage? She picked up her pen and wrote back, “I don’t agree!” Then she saw his photo… handsome, poised, and radiant! Actually, good traditions deserve to be passed down! Wei Zhou didn’t learn he had a young fiancée from the countryside until he was eighteen. He wrote to test the waters, only to receiv 2.2kReads8.6Score19414d adds
- 87 I Became the Villain’s Mom, and His Dad Turned Himself In to Protect the Family 穿成反派妈娃他爹上交自己护全家 This story has a couple, and the child’s biological father is involved. [Not everyone is a good person, and things don’t always go smoothly.] Lin Zhiyao transmigrates into a book, becoming the doomed young mother of the villainous big shot in a period novel. In the story, her son is fated to have the miserable childhood typical of a redemption tale. She is the root cause of it all, the sort of villain people drag out to condemn even after she’s dead. Lin Zhiyao is stunned, but she thinks there’ 9.2kReads8.6Score1k14d adds
- 88 In the 1970s, a Young Lady from Ancient Times Transmigrated and Got Pregnant Right Away 七零，古代闺秀刚穿越就怀孕啦 [One-on-one romance + 1970s setting + rugged man + sweet romance + lovestruck hero + raising a child] The legitimate daughter of the prime minister transmigrates to the poverty-stricken 1970s, where people can only afford cornmeal buns. Her mother doesn't dote on her, and her father doesn't love her. When she opens her eyes, she's still in a man's arms. Luckily, he has some conscience and lets her escape through the window. In her haste, she falls into a river, but a village woman rescues her. W 576Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 89 Transmigrated into a Book as a Cannon-Fodder in the 1970s, the Cold-Faced Regiment Commander Can't Get Enough of Her 炮灰穿书七零，冷面团长日日馋 [Period] [Marriage Before Love] [No Space System] [Never Go Hungry] [Alluring, flirtatious heroine VS wolf-like, rugged hero] Lin Zhi never imagined that after spending her previous life single and treating men as beneath her notice, she’d transmigrate into a book and find herself in a scene straight out of “That’s one huge bed!” Now she has to scheme to steal a man, and not just any man, but the man of the “beautiful, rich, and powerful” heroine? This is insane! “Comrade, do you want a wife 265Reads—Score1414d adds
- 90 The 1980s: A Fisherman's Little Life in Southern Guangdong 八零：南粤渔家小日子 [Period Piece] [Shore Foraging Golden Finger] [Fishing and Hunting] [Everyday Child-Rearing] [Family Life] [Cozy] [A Complete Guide to Seafood, Food, and Livelihood] [Later Development in the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong] Chen Lizhen had spent half her life working at a fish stall. At last, she got to stay with her daughter for a few days, but after falling asleep, she woke up in a small fishing village in Nanyue in 1985. She was only twenty-five again, and her daughter was a four-year-old li 569Reads—Score10314d adds
- 91 Book Transmigration: The Villain's Son and His Substitute Mother 穿书：反派儿子替身娘 [Everyday life raising kids among the stars + lighthearted + two male leads + happy ending + full-dive game] A story about raising a child and shipping him with someone. A ditzy, beautiful stand-in mom * a clever little villainous son The charming, handsome gentleman Gu Cheng * the ruthless, obsessive Emperor Pei Mingxu After a car accident, elementary school teacher Gu Pan wakes up in the body of the female lead, a stand-in in a sci-fi romance novel set among the stars. The author suddenly rewr 501Reads7.3Score10114d adds
- 92 Taking a Million Supplies Back to the 1970s: The Beautiful Mom Raises Her Kids 百万物资穿七零：漂亮妈妈养崽崽 [Period setting, transmigration, a pocket dimension, raising a child in the early chapters, sweet romance later] Fang Nuo, an orphan from 2053, had just finished handling the funeral of her only family member, her grandmother, when she found a silver bracelet among her belongings. She assumed it was a keepsake and kept it close as a memento. But a few days after returning to the city, she began having the same dream every night. In it, she saw a shabby home and a baby crying beside her, hungry a 1.5kReads8.7Score10414d adds
- 93 The Nonhuman Soft-Rice-Eating Husband of a Factory Heiress in a Period Novel 年代文厂二代的软饭男老公非人类 Native heroine + transmigrated hero + married first, fell in love later + no golden finger + mutual growth + sweet romance [Note: The heroine is selfish] * Lin Miao is the villain's disposable ex-wife in a novel set in a bygone era, but she doesn't know it. Unwillingly married off to a poor laborer, she discovers after the wedding that he's an “odd one.” The ill-tempered young woman immediately starts criticizing everything, but the man refuses to indulge her. She loses, then tries again. Loses 758Reads6.9Score10314d adds
- 94 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 30Reads—Score21914d adds
- 95 The Forced Child-Rearing Handbook 被迫养娃手册 [One-on-one romance + devoted couple + wealthy families + adorable child + showbiz] Meng Ranyi woke up one morning to find herself with a two-year-old child. No System, no golden finger: she was in a hopeless situation from the start, already in debt before she’d earned a penny. To raise the child, she took a job at a dessert shop, but the money she made wasn’t nearly enough. Just as she was thinking of quitting, she unexpectedly landed a role as an extra. Before long, she entered the entertainm 2.7kReads8.4Score18914d adds
- 96 A Lone Star Meets the Warm Sun 孤星遇暖阳 [Native-born leads, no pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger, age gap, family and village life, slow-paced, cozy daily life, sweet romance] A word of caution: The leads have vastly different social status. This is not a wish-fulfillment story, and there is no strong female lead. Please don’t read if that bothers you! As Jiang Wenyi nears high school graduation, her unusual family background puts her at risk of being sent to the countryside. Her grandfather wants her to marry a handsome s 6.5kReads8.2Score63714d adds
- 97 Alone in an Empty Room, While the Factory Director Next Door Holds Me Close at Night 守空房，隔壁厂长夜揽小蛮腰 [Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Both Pure in Love + Sweet Romance + Traditional Story, No Rebirth or Transmigration] [Pretty Widow + Untamed Steel Mill Director, With a Striking Difference in Build and Skin Tone, and Chemistry Through the Roof] After her husband dies in an underground accident, He Xiaohe becomes the “jinx widow” everyone at the steel mill thinks they can bully. Her vicious mother-in-law wants to seize her house, then sell her off to the countryside for a bride price. Her shamele 2.4kReads—Score10814d adds
- 98 A Woman Named Chunxiu 一个叫春秀的女人 [Period drama + everyday family life + marriage + building a career + personal growth] I married a state-owned enterprise worker, and after years of trying, I finally had a son. Then, just as my husband was sent to prison, my mother-in-law branded me a bringer of bad luck and threw me out of the house. Qiu Yue, widowed and bullied, and Wang Feng, tormented by domestic abuse, shared my fate. The three of us hard-done-by women joined forces, working, doing business, and opening a factory. We neede 9.3kReads8.1Score78414d adds
- 99 My Husband Cheated, So I Swapped Husbands with His Mistress to Change Our Fates 老公出轨，我和小三换夫改命 A new novel currently being serialized, with its rating just posted! [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [Period setting + remarriage + devoted husband + marriage first, love later] [Some ensemble cast elements] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [Realistic everyday life] In the height of summer in 1977, Xu Nan, a temporary worker at a machinery factory, caught her husband, Cheng Peng, having an affair with Liang Yan Min, an employee at the same factory. To protect his reputation and prospects, Cheng 16.9kReads8.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 100 A Noble Lady's Tender Charm: The 1970s Abstinent Factory Director Falls for Her 贵女娇软，七零禁欲厂长沦陷了 [Ancient-to-modern era transmigration + aloof, delicate heiress vs. celibate factory director + sweet romance + period setting + alternate history + love after marriage + includes an ancient-era arc] The old master gave Fu Dongchuan a painting and told him to hang it in his room to attract romance and bring him a wife soon. In the middle of the night, the woman in the painting began to speak. She was both coquettish and good at playing the victim. Before long, Fu Dongchuan seemed to have fallen 312Reads8.6Score—14d adds
