Novels like Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s, best match first.
- 1 An '80s Flash Marriage to a Sweet, Gentle Beauty: Her Husband Spoils Her Rotten 八零闪婚娇软美人，男主宠上瘾 [Period Setting + Transmigration + Marriage First, Love Later + Beloved Wife + Golden Finger + One-on-One Sweet Romance + Building Wealth + Adorable Baby] Su Liyu has just won a beauty pageant when she gets drunk and transmigrates back to the 1980s. From the start, she's in one crisis after another: a mysterious person plots to kidnap and sell her. Though a tall, broad-shouldered stranger rescues her in time, malicious gossip ruins her reputation. How could her family stand by while Su Liyu face 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Make a Comeback by Selling Lunch Boxes 穿书后我靠卖盒饭逆袭 [Gourmet] [A Love That Goes Both Ways] [Sweet Romance] Su Tian transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious older sister who meets a tragic end. She immediately decides to treasure her life and stay out of trouble. Why not sell boxed meals and enjoy her own little life? Except... Why does the original male lead’s uncle keep hanging around her? One day, Uncle Huo gives Su Tian a handbag, only to discover it listed on a secondhand marketplace app moments later. Uncle Huo: Care to explain? S 338Reads7.5Score103Shelves
- 3 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
- 4 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
- 5 After I Transmigrated, I Used Food to Save a Kindergarten 穿越后，我用美食拯救幼儿园 After transmigrating as the principal of a bankrupt kindergarten, Lin Xiaoxia takes one look at the rundown courtyard and nearly blacks out. She’s a Michelin-level backup chef, and now she has to look after kids, clean, and sing nursery rhymes? Then she hears, “Ding! You have been bound to the Chinese Little Chef Pro Max System.” Three months later “Mommy, I used the molecular gastronomy machine to make rainbow cloud marshmallows today!” The adorable four-year-old pulls out a piping bag. “The p 69Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 6 My Ancestor Is a Pot 我的祖宗是口锅 Xu Jingqing accidentally awakened the spirit of an ancestor who had been sleeping inside the family heirloom, an iron wok. Under the old ancestor's “loving” tutelage, Xu Jingqing honed extraordinary cooking skills and opened a humble little eatery. At first, people were skeptical of a restaurant run by a college girl who had never lifted a finger around the house. Then came the verdict: “It's so good!” “Mom, I want to eat big sister's cooking every day.” “What smells so good in the middle of the 414Reads8.7Score106Shelves
- 7 Week One of My Random Street Stall: Selling Beer Duck at a Driving School 随机摆摊第一周：驾校卖啤酒鸭 [Gourmet] + [Random Street Stalls] + [Perfect with Rice] + [Healing] + [No Romance] The warmth of everyday life is what soothes the human heart most. Lin Chuan, an overworked office worker who died suddenly from exhaustion, unexpectedly awakens the Gourmet Healing System. Every week, he sets up a stall at a random location and serves random dishes. Completing tasks earns him amazing rewards. But the System's very first weekly task leaves Lin Chuan completely dumbfounded (⊙_⊙) Selling beer-braise 1.4kReads6.0Score132Shelves
- 8 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
- 9 How Did I, Heir to a Legendary Chef, End Up as a Suffering International Student? 我堂堂神厨后人竟沦为命苦留子？ [Don’t make me cook!! → Cooking is so satisfying] [Gourmet fiction + System + farming pocket dimension + hilarious and heartwarming] Ning Tangtang comes from a family of master chefs, but she has no desire to inherit the family business. Her lifelong dream is to escape the kitchen. What good is a perfect knife technique when milk tea smells so good? No matter how brilliant your cooking is, nothing beats lying flat! Her family thinks she’s “neglecting her proper duties,” so they pack her off abro 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 After I Bound Myself to a Gourmet Game, Diners Started Chasing Me Down 绑定美食游戏后食客狂狂追 [Food System] + [Pop-Up Stalls in Random Locations] + [No Romance] + [Heartwarming] Xu Youyou had just graduated from college and was unemployed from day one. After striking out with company after company, she was at her wit's end and decided to post online looking for work. She wasn't expecting much. But to her surprise, she actually found a job. The other person said, “Type 1 and I'll give you a job that pays a million a month.” At first, she didn't believe it. She thought some elementary scho 358Reads—Score135Shelves
- 11 Random Food Stalls: Boss, Don’t Run! 美食随机摆摊，老板不要跑！ [Gourmet] [Great with a meal] [System] [Street vending] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Romance] Gu Muxi finally completes the System's ten-lifetime mission and earns the chance to return to the modern world. But the System unexpectedly malfunctions, trapping her in a black hole with no one to talk to. Then one day, she hears a voice calling her. It turns out to be the Main System. To make it up to her, the Main System binds her to a new System and gives her the chance to return to the modern world. 1.3kReads—Score100Shelves
- 12 Back to the 1990s: A Life of Sudden Wealth 重回九零之暴富人生 Zhou Muzhen died. She died on the operating table. In the final moments before her death, as she thought back over her life, one thing had always baffled her: Why had she worked so hard her whole life, staying busy from dawn till dusk, wanting only to be a good wife, mother, and daughter, yet never managed it before she died? Her husband resented her for devoting all her attention to the children and neglecting him. Her two children blamed her for being a terrible mother. Her family back home sc 1.4kReads8.1Score106Shelves
- 13 The 1990s: This Hoodlum Has a Sweet Side 九零年代，这个混混有点甜 [Good Girl VS Big Gangster] Gu Pan is a household name as a top student in the making, while Luo Chuan is a notorious local hoodlum. Only Gu Pan dares to get close to Luo Chuan, but being close to him comes at a steep price. The clothes, watch, flashlight, pager, and all the other things the gangster gives her are things Gu Pan would never dare show her parents. She's at her wit's end, repeatedly trying to refuse him. “Brother Luo Chuan! We're just neighbors. Neighbors don't act like this. I nee 350Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 14 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
- 15 Gourmet System: A Street Food Stall from the Start 美食系统：开局一个路边摊 [You have activated the Gourmet System. Would you like to bind it? Yes; No] During graduation season, Jiang Tiantian, an ordinary university student, hadn’t received a single suitable job offer and had only her last 500 yuan left. As she wondered what to do, she activated the [Gourmet Business System]. -New User Starter Pack-: Congratulations, Host! You’ve received a shop and unlocked your starting dish, sweet-and-sour cold noodles. Sell 10 portions to unlock the next dish. -Special Rewards-: Ev 3.4kReads—Score406Shelves
- 16 A Chef Who Can’t Grow Vegetables Isn’t a Good Landlady 不会种菜的厨师不是好包租婆 At the crucial moment of his training, Zhu Ganglie crashes into Jiang Qingxi. Her vision goes black, then white, and... closes again. When she opens her eyes, she’s back in her life before last? In that life, she had land, a house, and a car in the countryside, but insisted on heading to the big city to make her way in the world. Before she could get anywhere, she died and woke up in another world. Her master brought her into the trade, and after twenty years she was about to succeed. Who would 1.1kReads6.9Score104Shelves
- 17 Eat, Eat, Eat! Come and Eat! 吃吃吃，都来吃 [Unconventional Food Story + Improving the Nation’s Health + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + System Pocket Dimension. Chasing Dreams, and the Heroine Means Business!] Wu Shuang, who grew up in an orphanage, had just graduated from college when a speeding car sent her flying. The good news: she was in great shape and wasn’t hurt. Even better news: she got a food System and a pocket dimension! Wu Shuang sighed: at last, the thread of her fate had grown thicker!!! From then on, Wu Shuang’s hot pot res 228Reads—Score106Shelves
- 18 Reborn in 1970: My Rough-and-Ready Family Dotes on Me 重生70年：糙汉一家都宠我 After enduring the most horrific abuse, she finally understood how absurd her life had been. As she lay dying, she watched the rough-hewn man she'd wronged rush in. She had been wrong about everything. Given another chance, she would never again pin her hopes on her birth family. She didn't have to treat the people who had ruined her life as her closest kin. Heaven had given her a chance to make things right, and she couldn't let it slip by. She would be a good daughter-in-law, a good mother, an 783Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 19 The Spicy Girl of the 1980s: I Made My Fortune with Food 八零小辣媳：我靠美食发家致富 [Period Drama + Rebirth + Food + Feel-Good + Fiery Wife + Love After Marriage] A spirited food blogger who transmigrates into the past VS a calculating, loyal-dog hero who was once a technical whiz and later becomes a powerful tycoon Su Ning transmigrated to the 1980s and became a young wife with a terrible reputation. Her husband treated her with indifference, the neighbors gossiped about her, and her birth family kept finding ways to bleed her dry. Make a fortune, take down scumbags, deal with 518Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 20 Nourishing the Land with Food: My Fruits and Vegetables Have Come to Life 靠美食养地：我的瓜果通灵了 [Urban fantasy + food + slice of life + no romance + random street stalls + perfect mealtime reading] Fresh out of college and already unemployed, Gao Lin unexpectedly binds to a Food System and decisively heads home. Each week, he randomly sets up a stall to sell food, and in return his fruits and vegetables receive a huge upgrade. Tiny tomatoes can be prepared in a hundred different ways. A whole field of rotten tomatoes gets a new lease on life, and even college students who can't live withou 986Reads7.4Score102Shelves
- 21 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 1kReads8.6Score106Shelves
- 22 A Prosperous Era's Chef: Too Bad My Husband Lives to Eat 盛世厨娘：奈何夫君是吃货 An accident sent Lin Jiu, a twenty-four-year-old Chinese chef, transmigrating into the body of a dim-witted fourteen-year-old girl in Jiangzhou City, Great Qi. It was a strange dynasty, but it was just as full of food lovers. So Lin Jiu drew on her excellent modern cooking skills to spark a food craze in Great Qi and lead an entirely new culinary trend. What Lin Jiu didn't expect was that as her fame grew, she would also catch the eye of a certain scheming foodie… 396Reads8.3Score106Shelves
- 23 What? My Thuggish Husband Is Actually a Hidden Big Shot 惊，混混老公竟是隐藏大佬 [Rugged Hero + Beloved by Everyone + Heartwarming + Having a Baby + Marriage Before Love] Everyone says the Fang family's man is a crude, troublesome rascal who picks fights and annoys everyone. But somehow, he struck it lucky and married the only female university student for miles around. Everyone praises the Wu family's adopted daughter for making something of herself. She's the only female university student for miles around. Too bad her adopted parents are so blackhearted that they've been 272Reads6.9Score115Shelves
- 24 Bound to a Gourmet System, I Become the God of Food by Opening a Restaurant 绑定美食系统，我靠开店成食神 The rating just came out! Feel free to start reading~ (Food + no romance + System + lighthearted comedy + everyday healing) Boss Xie will never get a partner!! Your System and my System don’t seem to be the same~ Other people’s food Systems: max level with one click, instant culinary godhood, become the God of Food without lifting a finger! Xie Yan’s food System: start from scratch and unlock things one step at a time. Xie Yan spread his hands. It’s fine, it’s fine. Having one is better than hav 24kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves
- 25 Crown Prince, Your Crown Princess Says Hot Pot Is Ready! 太子，太子妃喊你吃火锅了！ Food blogger Tang Xiao transmigrated into the daughter of an imperial chef in the Great Xia Kingdom. That day, the Crown Prince's eating disorder worsened. The Emperor flew into a rage and threatened to execute the imperial chef's entire clan. In a desperate move, Tang Xiao grabbed two copper pots and charged straight into the palace. The aroma of hotpot wafted through the palace, and the Crown Prince's carefully cultivated image completely fell apart. A servant came to report, "Miss, the Cr 2.5kReads6.9Score321Shelves
- 26 Quick Transmigration: Selling Gourmet Food in Ancient Times to Build My Fortune 快穿：我在古代卖美食发家致富 Synopsis: [Foodie fiction + transmigration + ancient farming + alternate setting + comeback] Song Qingge is a popular food blogger who unexpectedly transmigrates to ancient times and into the poor Song family. Her fiancé breaks off their engagement, and she struggles to get by in a leaky thatched hut. Though the Song family is poor, her parents dote on her, her eldest brother looks out for her, and her younger siblings are sweet and well-behaved. After transmigrating here, she discovers she has 159Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 27 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
- 28 Goodbye, I'm Going Home to Run a Stall 拜拜了您，我回家摆摊了 [Gourmet + Slice of Life + No Romance + Heartwarming] Shen Huan was an ordinary office worker. The company was rife with cutthroat competition, and her direct boss kept making things difficult for her. After working diligently overtime for half a year, she'd finally had enough of his torment and quit. Who cared about this lousy job? In a fit of anger, Shen Huan quit without another job lined up, packed her things, and went back to her hometown. When she decided to start a street food stall, she 3.3kReads8.6Score243Shelves
- 29 Wow! The General’s Wife’s Tea Treats Were Snatched Up Again 哇趣！将军夫人做的茶点又抢光了 [Transmigration + food + cozy vibes + adorable kids + love that grows over time] Yang Chuxue and her younger brother, Yang Chudong, depend on each other. They both die in a car accident! When she wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated to ancient times, into the family of a farming household that has just gone bankrupt in business. She has a strange illness and already has two children from the start. Fortunately, her family dotes on her. She used to work as a dim sum chef in a Cantonese t 1.1kReads8.7Score113Shelves
- 30 Transmigrated into a Book: The Drama Queen Ex-Wife of a 1990s Street Tough 穿书九零，街溜子的戏精前妻 A not-so-kind, melodramatic heroine × a not-so-gentle street punk hero The sky falls: Chi Li transmigrates into a script, and not as the heroine, but as the male lead’s insignificant ex-wife. Wait, is this punk-haired guy really the decisive yet refined and easygoing big shot Li Shu will become? Chi Li suspects she got the wrong story. The two reach an agreement early on: one wants a child, the other a place to stay, and once the time is right, they’ll go their separate ways. But why is he look 1.1kReads9.0Score102Shelves
- 31 Transmigrated into a 1970s Novel, I Have a Gruff and Clingy Husband at Home 穿书七零，家有糙汉很黏人 One moment, Nan Xiyue was admiring a handsome guy, and the next she had transmigrated into a novel set in a bygone era, where she became a stepping stone for a man who lived off women. Luckily, she arrived early, just as they were sent down to the countryside. The freeloader liked pretending to be a good person, so she let him keep up the act to his heart's content. But you, little hoodlum, could you stop following me? I'm still young, and I really don't want a boyfriend. Before meeting Nan Xiyu 1.9kReads8.3Score143Shelves
- 32 Gourmet: Touring the City with My Food Stall, Making Diners Drool 美食：全市巡摆，馋哭食客 [Gourmet + System + No Romance + No Female Lead + Heartwarming + Hard Work] Yan Qing, a minor actor who had spent his career playing corpses, quit the entertainment industry. To his surprise, he accidentally became bound to a Chef God Gourmet System. Before long, strange sights began appearing all over the streets of S City: the CBD, university gates, outside the film studio, by the cemetery... The lines stretched as far as the eye could see... A top star became his loyal customer and shamelessl 10.4kReads7.5Score825Shelves
- 33 The 1970s: A Sweet Young Educated Woman Catches the Eye of the Toughest Country Boy 七零，娇娇知青惹上最猛糙汉 [Pampered female educated youth × rugged country man] Su Yanrou is the cherished daughter of a wealthy city family, spoiled and doted on by everyone at home. For the sake of her secret crush, she defied her family and insisted on going to the countryside. In the village, she quickly became notorious as a troublemaker and a spoiled brat. She was delicate and dainty, with soft, unblemished skin, and couldn't endure the slightest hardship. All she did was complain. She couldn't be asked to lift 1.9kReads7.3Score115Shelves
- 34 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
- 35 Reborn in the Eighties: No More Being a Doormat! This Is So Satisfying 重生八零，不再当受气包！爽翻天 [1980s setting + plot-driven + slow burn + reborn + making money + entrepreneurship + daily life + heartwarming + steady and gradual + family matters + building wealth + one-on-one romance + happy ending] In her previous life, Chen Baorong worked herself to the bone to support her family. Eventually, she fell ill from overwork. She had no children, and only before she died did she discover her scumbag husband’s affair with her younger sister. When she opened her eyes again, Chen Baorong had retu 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Mobile Food Stall: My Customers Are Wild About the Food 移动美食摊：我的食客太疯狂 [Reader's guide: No CP, not a romance. The Tomato app's tags are wrong, so romance fans should take note before reading.] [Gourmet][Comfort food][Lighthearted][Cozy][Healing][Everyday life][No CP] Sun Xiaoting accidentally binds herself to the Gourmet System and gains unparalleled cooking skills. She also triggers random street-stall missions. She sells jianbing at the night market for 15 yuan a serving, leaving grease shining on her customers' lips; She sells 100-yuan boxed meals outside a luxu 298Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 37 The Rough-Heewn Man’s Chubby Sweetheart 糙汉家的胖心肝 The timid and unlucky Nan Wan was trapped underground during an earthquake, until a cute little grass plant brought her to the 1970s. Fat? So what if I'm fat? Am I eating your rice or spending your money? My man likes me just the way I am, so be jealous! But what if my weight affects my health? Then... I'll lose a little! Han Yang loves how cute his little chubby girl is. Even when she's angry, she's irresistible. He follows his wife's lead: her word is law, and listening to her brings good fort 998Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 38 Forced to Leave Showbiz, I Inherited a Food System 被迫退圈后，我继承了美食系统 [Food-focused, no melodrama, lighthearted, one-on-one romance] As a little-known actress, Jiang Ran has always worked diligently and conscientiously. But then disaster struck. She was disfigured and blacklisted across the internet, leaving her no choice but to slink home and inherit her grandfather’s estate. A desolate courtyard and a crumbling apartment building nearly made Jiang Ran’s eyes roll back. Luckily, she got bound to a Food System and began her climb to the top. She started with a str 1.5kReads8.4Score184Shelves
- 39 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Sell Bento: The Wicked Sister-in-Law’s Road to Riches 穿到古代卖盒饭：恶毒寡嫂致富路 [Transmigrate into a book + food + business + building wealth + slow-burn development] Food blogger Meng Zhao woke up one day to find herself transmigrated into a novel aimed at male readers, as the vicious sister-in-law. Faced with the future “Dragon-Proud-Heaven” male lead, destined to wield power over the world, Meng Zhao had to choose between eliminating him while she had the chance and currying favor with him early. Instead, she chose to become the one worth currying favor with. Starting 3.5kReads8.6Score349Shelves
- 40 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
- 41 In the Seventies, the Young Ruffian Pursuing Me Is Handsome and Rich 七零之追我的小混混有颜又有钱 1970s setting + Sweet romance + Fast-paced relationship + Straightforward leads + No nasty characters + A touch of everyone’s darling A sweet modern high school girl transmigrates to the late 1970s and learns she’s the family’s fake heiress. She volunteers to return to her village home and live on her own. The rascal next door, the brigade leader’s son, is known around the village for being lazy, short-tempered, and vengeful. But he falls in love with her at first sight. After the two get tog 4.1kReads8.7Score483Shelves
- 42 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 319Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 43 After a Rugged Man Held Me Tight and Spoiled Me, I Had Twins 被糙汉掐腰猛宠后，我龙凤胎了 [A taciturn, flirtatious veteran rugged man vs. a beautiful, cunning, pampered wife] [Period setting + personal dimension + doting husband + acting skills + high emotional and intellectual intelligence + building wealth and prosperity] (Author’s heads-up: The male lead suffers a period of amnesia due to an accident early in the story. If you dislike amnesia plots, please don’t read.) Song Yan is bungee jumping in the modern era when she closes her eyes and opens them again to find herself the fi 491Reads9.2Score105Shelves
- 44 Gourmet: My Restaurant Is Anything but Normal 美食：我家餐馆不正常 When Lin Zhixin was thirteen, she received the legacy of the Old Ancestor of the God of Cookery and began learning to cook in her dreams. On the day she graduated from college, the Old Ancestor told her there was an inheritance waiting for her. But there was one condition: she had to open a restaurant! She opened one, but Lin Zhixin felt there was something off about it. The prep cook was a koi spirit on the verge of ascending through a tribulation. The food runner was a Taotie who was never ful 163Reads8.1Score204Shelves
- 45 Reborn in the Eighties: My Rugged Husband Keeps Flirting with Me 八零重生夜：糙汉老公撩妻忙 [Main story: sweet romance and everyday life. Side story: career and making money] [More family and village life in the early chapters] “Are you going to run away again?” Her rugged husband grabbed her by the waist and threatened her. Wen Yuan could only plead for mercy. “I won't run, I won't run…” Song Jingnian was the only university student in the surrounding villages, and he doted on his newlywed wife. Even though Wen Yuan was indifferent to him, he was more than happy to keep loving her 1.7kReads8.5Score117Shelves
- 46 Unwavering Love: A Food Blogger in the 1970s 深情不渝：美食博主在七零 Gu Yu is a nighttime food blogger. All she did was try out a popcorn machine, and it sent her to the 1970s, a place where everything is in short supply! Luckily, her giant supermarket came along too, complete with a spring of spirit water. Gu Yu can’t tell if this is heaven’s way of making it up to her. From then on, the Gu family’s table, where they used to be so poor they could only eat coarse rice porridge, is laden with delicious dishes: braised wild rabbit, fish with pickled cabbage, garlic 2.1kReads7.2Score168Shelves
- 47 The State Banquet Chef of the 1980s 国宴大厨在八零 [Imperial banquet chef + unbeatable cuisine + satisfying wish fulfillment] Tang Xi died, then returned to age fifteen with the wordless book of secrets her master had given her: The World’s Finest Cuisine. That year, the Tang family’s biological daughter was finally found, and Tang Xi was left behind by her adoptive parents. Out of guilt toward the true daughter, Tang Xi gave in to her at every turn, but all she got in return was her adoptive parents’ dislike and her childhood sweetheart fiancé’ 935Reads8.2Score120Shelves
- 48 One Wild Night, and Now I'm Having a Baby with My Childhood Friend's Younger Brother 一夜荒唐，和竹马弟弟有崽了 One summer night in 1980, an unexpected encounter leaves Ji Rou pregnant. The father is He Chen, who used to follow her around as a child, calling her “big sister.” He's unruly and wild, and he was never the “good man” Ji Rou imagined. He had only been hiding and restraining himself around her. At first, she doesn't want to marry him, but he goes to great lengths to make it happen, and they marry because of the baby. Three years into their marriage, Ji Rou finally learns the truth and wants a di 5kReads8.6Score405Shelves
- 49 Reborn in the 1970s: The Big Shot’s Original Wife Becomes More and More Despicable 重生七零：大佬原配越发可恶了 In her previous life, Li Chunlan followed her husband, a young intellectual who had been admitted to a prestigious university, back to the city. Her in-laws treated her like a servant, her husband gave her the cold shoulder, and her adopted son was an ungrateful wretch. After decades of dutifully shouldering the burden, she was killed by her adopted son. Her husband became a tycoon and lived happily ever after with his true love, while her adopted son turned out to be the biological heir... Rebo 241Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 50 The Prosperous 1970s Wife: I Raised Three Kids to Greatness 七零旺家媳：我把三个崽养出息了 [A rugged man dotes on his wife in the 1970s; raising children, building wealth, and playing the pig to eat the tiger. The heroine plays innocent while the hero is a loyal, rugged sweetheart] Jiang Yue unexpectedly returns reborn to 1975. She knows she's the unlucky one whose fortune was stolen by her cousin. Soon she'll bleed to death, and the shock will leave her twin sons mute and foolish. Her husband will be devastated, then die in a mining accident. Her family will meet a tragic end, while 1.3kReads8.9Score108Shelves
