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- 1 Reborn in the 1960s: Fleeing to Hong Kong from the Start 重生六零：开局逃港 Reborn in the shabby brick house she lived in before fleeing across the border, Lu Manjun feels her little brother's sunken, hungry belly and smells the spoiled porridge steaming on the stove. Tears fall onto the drafty earthen wall. In her previous life, they died in a flood. This time, she is determined to turn their dead end into a way to survive! She overhears the snakehead planning to change their route through the reeds, so she dyes her brother's ragged jacket the color of mud. When she se 1.1kReads—Score105Shelves
- 2 In 1970s Hong Kong, My Technology Is Decades Ahead 在七零香江，我的科技遥遥领先 [Golden finger, entrepreneurship, one-on-one romance, equally matched leads, satisfying read] Zhou Manqing wakes up one morning in the 1970s. The good news: she’s the daughter of a wealthy Hong Kong tycoon, with no worries about food or money. The bad news: she’s attending her father’s funeral. She gets no inheritance, and from now on, she’ll receive only thirty thousand dollars a month. Thirty thousand? What the heck! Zhou Manqing rolls up her sleeves and gets to work: opening factories, tradin 644Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 3 Taking on Hong Kong: Mom Says I Won’t Be Anyone’s Stepping Stone 勇闯香江，我妈说不做垫脚石 (Period setting + golden finger + stockpiling + explosive growth in the later stages) She transmigrated. She’d landed in a melodramatic male-oriented novel! According to the story, the male lead, Lu Shixun, fled to Hong Kong with his parents as a child because of the turbulent times. They brought $100,000, a hundred gold bars, and seven or eight pieces of jewelry. As the eldest son, he was groomed by his family. When he grew up, he opened factories and companies, entered politics, and became a r 2.2kReads7.8Score112Shelves
- 4 The 1990s: A Beautiful Big Sister-in-Law Protects Hong Kong with Feng Shui 九零：漂亮大嫂靠玄学守护香江 (The rating just came out, but it'll gradually rise.) [Modern-day fantasy] Su Qingyun, a formally appointed exorcist from the Underworld, is reborn in Hong Kong and wakes up in the body of the daughter-in-law of the wealthiest man in 1990s Hong Kong. From the start, she and her new husband, Fu Yansheng, the tycoon's eldest son, are held hostage by pirates aboard a ship. Using her knowledge of the occult, Su Qingyun wins over one of the pirates, takes down the pirate leader, and impersonates him. 251Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 5 Transmigrating to the 1980s: My Years Making It in Hong Kong 穿越80我在香江混迹的那几年 “This is a light, easy read.” “There aren't too many fight scenes, and there's more everyday family life.” After Chen Ke was killed by her own clan in her previous life, her soul transmigrated to another world and entered a woman with the same name but a different age. Just after transmigrating, she was sold in Xiangjiang, then tossed into the sea in a sack and nearly drowned. Fortunately, her ancient martial arts skills and little pocket dimension came with her. After saving herself, she rescue 1.4kReads8.7Score105Shelves
- 6 Escaping the Yihong Brothel: Making It on Our Own in Hong Kong 逃离怡红院，我们在香江自力更生 [No golden finger + 1950s setting + romance later on] After finally making it into college and escaping her awful parents, Cheng Jiao opens her eyes to find she has transmigrated into the body of a servant sold to the Yihong Brothel. The Qing Dynasty has fallen, but its rotten customs remain. Chiang, you’ve really outdone yourself. There’s no way she’s staying here and accepting her fate. She’ll escape with the brothel’s top courtesan! Hong Kong is the perfect place for three women to build a li 550Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 7 Harbor City's Top Socialite Joins Forces with a Tycoon to Start a Business Back Home 港城第一名媛，携手霸总回乡创业 [1980s, Hong Kong, entrepreneurship, building wealth, power couple] After waking up, Lin Yuyan finds herself the daughter of a wealthy Hong Kong tycoon's original wife, a woman from the mainland. She is treated coldly for years and eventually dies by suicide after falling into depression. Looking up at the luxurious crystal chandelier, Lin Yuyan decides right then that after finally getting to be rich, she might as well make good use of her resources. Who cares if they treat her coldly? As long 1.4kReads7.2Score130Shelves
- 8 Hong Kong's 1990s Elite Circle: A Mainland Auntie Crashes the Party 九零港圈，闯进一位大陆姑奶奶 [1990s setting] [Hong Kong tycoon's heir] [Devoted husband] [One-on-one romance] [Sweet romance] [No angst] A core member of an organization was reborn while carrying out a mission! She transmigrated into the heroine of a period novel and married the heir to Hong Kong's richest family from the start. But her husband was missing, and no one knew if he was alive or dead. Influenced by the political climate, Hong Kong's four major mainstream media outlets spread wildly false reports that mainland w 3kReads6.6Score352Shelves
- 9 The Golden Age! The Eighties' Hong Kong Antique-Appraisal Queen 黄金年代！八零港城鉴宝女王 1980s Hong Kong scene + antique appraisal + mystical insight + business tycoon Wen Jin'an thought her life had nothing left but hardship and setbacks. Who knew it could be so colorful? While others chase stars and dreams, living in a drunken haze, she can see at a glance whether ancient texts are genuine and uncover the secrets of antiques. History buried by time, rare treasures lost to memory, and mysterious legacies hidden in forgotten corners all unfold before her eyes! She appraises treas 3.6kReads8.8Score446Shelves
- 10 The Fifties: Taking My Landlord Father to Make It in Hong Kong 五零，带着地主老爹闯香江 Ming Zhaozhao wakes up as a pampered young landowner's daughter in the 1950s. Her family owns a thousand mu of fertile land, and she is her landlord father's only child. In stories of the era, she's the perfect scapegoat: a wealthy only child whose assets are ripe for the taking, and the daughter of a big landowner. With death flags piling up, she decides to take all the family wealth and flee with her father to Hong Kong. 1.9kReads7.3Score133Shelves
- 11 Transmigrate to the 1980s: A Sweet Romance with a Hong Kong Superstar 穿越八零：与香港巨星甜蜜恋爱 [Transmigration + entertainment industry + sweet romance + devoted couple + mutual affection + everyday life in Hong Kong] On the first night of the new year, Zhong Wenjun transmigrates in the most tragic way. Back on the streets of 1980s Hong Kong, penniless, she decides to use her skills to make her fortune. After giving it some thought, she picks up her makeup brushes and unleashes one of Asia’s four legendary “sorceries”: makeup, dazzling everyone around her! Wherever she goes, no one is ugl 1.8kReads7.4Score125Shelves
- 12 Escaping to Hong Kong in the 1970s: Taking Down Gangsters to Become the Top Female Boss 七零逃港，杀古惑仔做第一女大佬 [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s setting + comedic ensemble cast + face-slapping and putting villains in their place + running with the gangs in Hong Kong + no romance] “Dalang, time for your medicine.” Ji Shulang wakes up to find that her birth mother is treating her like Wu Dalang! Only later does she learn that she has transmigrated into the crazy daughter of a wealthy family's true-born son in the 1970s. When she wakes, her whole family has taken their fake son and their fortune to Hong Kon 2.3kReads7.5Score241Shelves
- 13 After Breaking Off My Engagement to Hong Kong’s Richest Man, I Became His Eldest Sister-in-Law 和香江首富退婚后，我成了他长嫂 A feel-good elite romance, 1v1, both leads are pure, strong leads. Everyone knows being the original wife in a wealthy family is a high-risk job. The moment a man makes it big, he dumps the wife who stood by him through thick and thin! Gu Mingzhen returned from the apocalypse only to transmigrate into the original wife of an 1980s Hong Kong tycoon, the sort of character who wouldn’t survive past three episodes. Looking at the delicate, pitiful heroine standing beside her fiancé, Gu Mingzhen wave 4.5kReads9.0Score490Shelves
- 14 A Cherished Beauty in 1970s Hong Kong: Mrs. Xie in Her Prime 年代港岛有娇宠：谢太她风华绝代 Lin Xi worked her way from a small-town exam grinder to a powerhouse in the workplace, only to die suddenly and be born into 1948 Shanghai as Wen Jianning, the daughter of Wen Hongyuan, a textile tycoon, and his fifth concubine. The emotional coldness of her previous family taught her early to read people and keep a low profile to protect herself. The mysterious space on her wrist is her greatest secret. Nurtured by its spirit spring, she becomes breathtakingly beautiful and quietly amasses weal 7.2kReads6.6Score692Shelves
- 15 After Being Abandoned by a Man, I Took My Daughter to Hong Kong Island 被男人抛下后，带着女儿闯香江 (Alternate History + Period Setting + Pocket Space + Stockpiling) Wu Xiangyun transmigrated into a book, becoming a concubine abandoned by a gang boss. In the novel, the heroine, An Qingzhu, was the eldest wife's daughter and the family's lucky star. She fled with her parents to Hong Kong to escape disaster, and because her family brought along gold, silver, and jewels, they went on to live in great wealth. After Wu Xiangyun, from the twenty-first century, transmigrated, the original owner was r 1.9kReads5.8Score102Shelves
- 16 Transmigrated to the 1950s: I Became a Big Shot in Hong Kong 穿越五零，我在港岛当大佬 [Transmigration + space + gangs + battles of capital; the heroine is lustful but not promiscuous, the hero is a scheming, dark-hearted wolfdog] This novel is pure fiction. Please don’t relate it to real life or overthink it. Just sit back and enjoy. Qiao Luo transmigrates from the apocalypse to 1953. Before she can even celebrate, she finds out that her grandfather was a traitor, her father is a landlord, and her uncle fled overseas with the Nationalist Party. Not one person in her family is any 4.3kReads7.9Score337Shelves
- 17 Kidnapped to Hong Kong, the Taoist Maiden Goes on a Killing Spree 被拐香江后，小道姑她杀疯了 [1980s + Hong Kong + metaphysics + supernatural + cultivation + romance + strongest female lead] Song Ruoyi, young mistress of the Wentian Palace, transmigrates into the body of a young Taoist nun at Qingyun Temple in the 1980s. Kidnapped and taken to Hong Kong from the start? What to do? Got a toddler of a junior fellow disciple to look after? What to do? Not a penny to her name? Oh well, she’ll make do! With a fortune-telling table, she solves Hong Kong’s cold cases! With a handful of yellow t 4kReads8.1Score532Shelves
- 18 Reborn in 1970: Hong Kong's Rich Heiress Is Fierce and Fabulous 重生70，香江大小姐又飒又辣 Abused, deceived, and robbed of everything in her past life. Reborn in the 1970s, she awakens a Spirit Spring Space and binds the ancient divine beast Bi'an as her spirit pet. [Ding! Your poker-faced, tough-as-nails husband Lu Ya is online. Devotion: MAX] His facial nerves were damaged after he was kidnapped as a child, and he has been unable to smile ever since. But for her, this taciturn man is willing to pick up a gun and slaughter every last enemy. Lu Ya wiped the blood from his gun barrel. 13.3kReads8.3Score2kShelves
- 19 Hong Kong in the 1970s: The Heiress Has 1.7 Billion at HSBC 七零香江，大小姐在汇丰有17亿 [Transmigration + period setting + older woman/younger man romance + weapon shop + devoted to each other + he pursues her + romance begins after the male lead comes of age] Shu Ran, the heiress to a financial empire, was in a car accident on her eighteenth birthday and was on the brink of death when she was fortunate enough to encounter the System. The System could send her to 1970s Hong Kong in a parallel world, and came with a large villa in Deep Water Bay, a luxury car, and a weapon-shopping 12.1kReads6.1Score1.8kShelves
- 20 Reborn in the Nineties: The Alluring Beauty Snares the Cold, Abstinent Tycoon 重生九零，钓系美人拿捏禁欲大佬 [Power Couple Showdown] [Extreme Push and Pull] [科技 Strong Nation] [Business Warfare in a Bygone Era] [Alternate Universe] The Untouchable Ice Queen VS the Master Manipulator This is an evenly matched battle of wits, and a legend about the rise of a great power's industrial technology. In 1992, with nowhere left to turn, Jiang Wan set her sights on Shen Yichuan, a technical expert with formidable financial backing. What began as mutual exploitation and wariness evolved amid the surging tides of 122Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Transmigrating to 1990s Hong Kong: The Underworld Heiress Clears Her Name Through Food 穿九零港城：黑道千金靠美食洗白 [Transmigrate to 1990s Hong Kong] [Daughter of a crime boss] [Food and business] [Turning gangsters into honest workers] Transmigrated as the daughter of a Hong Kong crime boss in the 1990s, she's got a gang of underlings who know nothing but fighting. While everyone else is fighting over territory, she picks up a spatula and gets into the food business! She trains street thugs to become food delivery riders and errand couriers. With the help of her cha chaan teng's delicious food, she gradually 1.9kReads—Score217Shelves
- 22 Period: Hong Kong Tycoon 年代：香江大亨 That year, the three siblings chose to head south and sneak into Hong Kong, all just to survive... This is just to fill out the synopsis. There’s nothing much to it, heh, hahahahahaha. 24.6kReads7.5Score1.7kShelves
- 23 A Flash Marriage to a Hong Kong Tycoon in the 1970s! Three Adorable Babies on the Way 七零闪婚港商！一胎三只小萌宝 [Strongwoman Qiao You'an Marries a Hong Kong Businessman at First Sight] [Marriage Before Love] [Sweet Daily Life] [Devoted Husband] [Triplets] One day, office drone Qiao You'an transmigrates and becomes the third daughter of Qiao Gensheng’s family in the 1970s, with a seemingly boundless strength to boot! Her family may be poor, but her mother dotes on her, her father loves her, and her brothers and sisters are all devoted to their little sister! At the scene of a car accident, she grabs the re 877Reads7.2Score107Shelves
- 24 Reuniting with My Family: The Gorgeous Heiress Is Doted on to Bits by Hong Kong's Powerful Elite 认亲港圈大佬，绝色千金被宠麻了 [1980s + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + easy pregnancies, multiples, and babies + Hong Kong elite circle + building a fortune + beloved by all + stunning heiress] Shen Wancheng opens her eyes and finds herself in the body of a tragic supporting character in a period novel. Put up with injustice and die halfway through? No way! She splits up the family and collects debts, reports them for burning down her house, and sends the Shen family, who had been trying to inherit everything b 9.8kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
- 25 Transmigrated as the Cannon Fodder True Heiress, I Go Crazy at the Drop of a Hat 穿成炮灰真千金，一言不合就发疯 The rating has just come in, but it’ll rise later. "The Real and Fake Heiress Switched in a Pig-Butchering Scam, Making a Fortune in 1960s Hong Kong", also known as "Transmigrated as the Doomed Real Heiress, She Goes Wild at the Drop of a Hat" Yang Heqing transmigrates into a book. She doesn’t know what happens next and doesn’t want to go home and farm. A handsome military officer, Wen Zeyang, suddenly proposes to her. She can follow the army, so she agrees without a second thought. But the long 694Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 26 The Nineties: A Short-Lived Girl Tells Fortunes at a Street Stall in Hong Kong! 九零：短命女在香江摆摊算命！ [Mysticism + fortune-telling + feel-good power fantasy + no ghosts or gods + heroine with a golden finger + sweet romance] The day Gu Lingxi received her college acceptance letter, she was crushed to death by someone who jumped from a building and transmigrated to Hong Kong in the 1990s. Her parents and maternal grandparents had just been murdered, and she was the sole survivor. She also stumbled upon her family’s only treasure: a pair of white gloves. The gloves could tell fortunes, so to supp 7.4kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
- 27 Pearl of Hong Kong: The Fu Family's Cousin Is a Money-Making Machine 香江明珠：傅家的表小姐太能赚了 [Alternate-History Rebirth | Ambitious Heroine x Territorial-Minded Hero | Plot-Driven | No Saintly Characters | Flexible Morals | Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment | Realistic Leaning | Slow Burn] Synopsis: After waking up, Lin Jiao found herself holding the script of a disposable supporting character. From the start, she swiped a million in cash from her scumbag father and headed for Hong Kong. Hong Kong in 1960 was just lighting up with neon. Gold lay everywhere, but so did traps. Luckily, she r 50.2kReads8.9Score6.3kShelves
- 28 In 1960, I Stole Away to Hong Kong and Rose to the Top by Selling Fish 1960偷渡香江从卖鱼开始逆袭 [Fishing for seafood + underworld intrigue + business battles + feuds among the wealthy + a rise from the bottom + an ensemble period drama + the heroine can hold her breath underwater for 12 minutes + a powerful heroine + the hero has a smaller role later on] Reborn on the very day her family planned to trade her in marriage to a fool. In her previous life, he had risked his life to protect her. In this life, she would take him with her as they defied fate and rose to the top. Starting out on t 123.5kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
- 29 Hong Kong: Just Arrived from the Start 香江：开局刚到岸 In 1980s Hong Kong, a glitzy world of fame and fortune, Wang Zhiyuan came to his senses and realized he had just landed on a beach in Hong Kong. He secretly vowed to conquer it and make sure this era of Hong Kong would remember his name. 1.3kReads6.6Score104Shelves
- 30 1960: Clearing Out My Family's Home and Taking a Spirit Spring to Hong Kong 六零，搬空全家带着灵泉闯香江 (Transmigration + rebirth + pocket dimension + special abilities + transmigrate into a book + the 1960s) This book has quite a few supporting characters who transmigrate or are reborn. If you don't like that, don't read it. This is not a strong female lead story! Please read the content warnings! Lin Susu, from the 22nd century, had lived to a ripe old age and passed away, but somehow got the chance to open her eyes again. Oh, no. Her whole life had gone smoothly, and she'd been able to lie flat 9.1kReads8.5Score826Shelves
- 31 Hong Kong Entertainment: From Extra to Master of Starlight! 港娱：从跑龙套到掌控星光！ [Reborn in Hong Kong entertainment + shining in the spotlight + underworld mastermind] Reborn in 1979, he starts out playing a corpse on a Shaw Brothers film set. In his previous life, he was a frustrated screenwriter. This time, he refuses to become anyone's apprentice and settle for empty promises. Instead, he decides to write his own book! The Qins' Moon takes the world by storm, and sales of the Oriental Daily soar, stunning all of Hong Kong: “One man saved a newspaper!” He had hoped to quie 29.2kReads7.2Score3.8kShelves
- 32 Building Dreams in Hong Kong 香江筑梦 The novel has been partially adapted into a comic drama, now streaming on Hongguo under the title The Port City Comeback: From a Down-and-Out Youth to the King of Watches. Please give it a watch, and thank you for your support! [From Rags to Riches + Industrial Empire + Feuds Between Great Families + Brotherhood and Honor + Beauty Pageants and Film + Based on Real Events] In 1978, a young man from Chaodong crawled ashore in Hong Kong from the jaws of a shark. Later, one of the brothers climbed i 2.6kReads8.5Score158Shelves
- 33 A Hong Kong Island Native 香江本地人 The story focuses on the rhythm of everyday life. The protagonist starts out as an athlete, makes a fortune in horse racing and earns a silver medal in the financial markets, then studies finance and law at university. He succeeds in both his career and family life. In 1974, Hong Kong had just weathered a stock market crash, and the economy was beginning to recover. Of course, the protagonist isn’t in a position to save the economy at this point. So he studies hard, trains in weightlifting, goes 1.6kReads6.9Score103Shelves
- 34 No One Can Stop Me from Living Well in the 1950s and 1960s 五零六零谁都不能阻挡我过好日子 The heroine refuses to take a loss or put up with mistreatment. There is tentatively no male lead. The focus is on cozy everyday life and family squabbles, with a very minor golden finger. Aside from the beginning, you can pretty much read it as if there were no golden finger at all. She went to great lengths to reach Hong Kong, but her family wouldn’t accept her. After a lifetime of conflict, she died a tragic death. Unexpectedly, heaven gave her the chance to start over. When she opened her ey 3.2kReads8.9Score182Shelves
- 35 The 1970s: Skipping Every Heartbreak, I Cheat My Way to the Top 七零：跳过所有虐点，我一路开挂 One second, Tang Liqing was fighting zombies in a brutal battle. The next, someone smacked her hard across the face. She was not the sort to let a grudge go unanswered, so she hit back on the spot. When she came to, she received the original host's memories and learned that the woman before her was her adoptive younger aunt, who planned to marry her off to a bachelor in the village named Da Niu. She also planned to take all of Tang Liqing's property. Enough was enough. She would not only fight b 879Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 You Can Raid My Home, but Let Me Go Make a Fortune in Hong Kong 你们抄我家，我去香江捡钱可以吧 [Transmigration, historical era, sweet romance, one-on-one, devoted couple, pocket dimension, entrepreneurship and wealth] Su Manman transmigrated into the body of a pampered young lady from the Su family, someone with the same name but a very different fate. From the start, she was told that someone had reported her family for hiding gold and silver treasures. Looking at the boxes upon boxes of antique paintings and calligraphy, antique ornaments, antique jewelry, and more, Su Manman thought… 29.8kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
- 37 The 1980s: My Dad Lives Off His Wife, and I Return Home as a Tycoon 八零：我爸靠吃软饭我回国成神豪 Tang Zhixia transmigrates to 1983, where she's just about to be fed to the fish. [Aww~ Bind yourself to me and I'll save you, but you have to take me home!] A Chinese dragon egg crashes into the space between her brows. Only after escaping certain death does Tang Zhixia discover that her “golden finger,” which saved her, can only hatch with the help of China's national fortune! And her legendary father, who made his fortune after four wealthy wives died, has just left her billions in assets and 38.8kReads8.3Score6.3kShelves
- 38 Roy's Cousin: The White Paper Fan of the Gangster World Roy表妹古惑世界做白纸扇 Shen Guannan unexpectedly dies during an exam, but fate gives her a new test. Heaven’s will traps her in a time-loop script set in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, with every scene written in advance: She is expected to look on indifferently as the streets are slaughtered, the Japanese army commits atrocities, civilians are displaced, and resistance fighters struggle on. She struggles and fights back, refusing to bow her head as she tries to overturn the predetermined ending. Deep down, she is certa 3.7kReads—Score403Shelves
- 39 I Return to the 1970s as a Hong Kong Tycoon and Lead My Whole Family to Wealth 回七零当香江大少，带全家暴富 [No romance] Ye Lin arrived in Xianggang in 1978. Fortunately, he had transmigrated into the body of a Xianggang tycoon’s only son, who shared his name. Unfortunately, Ye Lin couldn’t spend the money. He could only unlock the fortune by fulfilling the tycoon’s dying wish. There’s big news in Xiahe Village lately. The second son of the Ye family, who’d been dead for decades, has been found. And he’s a tycoon from Xianggang! Oh, it’s the second son Ye’s grandson who’s come back. The second son him 3.6kReads7.9Score228Shelves
- 40 Soul Returns to Hong Kong: From Tailor Shop to Richest Woman 魂归香江：从裁缝铺到女首富 [1980s + strong heroine + academic ace + business warfare + Hong Kong] In her previous life, she had a photographic memory, but her heart could stop at any moment. As her heart stopped beating, she thought, “Next life, I don’t want to be human.” When she opened her eyes again, she was Lin Ying, nine years old, having spent nine years in a daze. Today, her soul had finally returned. The spirit medium had divined it three times: “She won’t leave again. You were always yourself. You were just put i 204.6kReads8.6Score36kShelves
- 41 I Forced a Kiss on My Target, and Got Arrested? 我强吻对象，居然被捕了？ [Top student + tough guy + pocket dimension + face-slapping and taking down scumbags + sweet, satisfying romance + self-interest above all] After overworking herself to death, top student Qin Yu transmigrates into the body of Qin Duoyu in the 1970s. Given a second chance at life, she refuses to wear herself out for anyone. Her whole family abuses her, so she gives as good as she gets. They expect hardship in the countryside? She has skills to fall back on. Better to wear other people down than l 9.9kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
- 42 Glamorous Hong Kong: The Secrets of Victoria Harbour 靓港之维多利亚港的秘密 The rise of a Hong Kong socialite! [Climbing the social ladder + high society + comeback + class mobility + marriage + Hong Kong style + powerful families + Hong Kong police + A-sir + Madam + business wars + realistic ensemble cast + reunion after years apart] Years ago, she was an innocent little bunny. Now she has shed her naivety, wrapping the ambition of an aspiring power player in a gentle exterior! She steadily accumulates power, wealth, fame, and social status. She used to be a pawn. Now 2.4kReads—Score155Shelves
- 43 The 1950s: Starting Out as an Apprentice 五零：从学徒工开始 [Period setting + native protagonist + daily life + career + no golden finger] [An ordinary story about ordinary people] Her parents wanted Baolan to take her eldest brother's place in an arranged marriage. Baolan refused. Baolan passed the worker recruitment exam. Starting as an apprentice, Baolan attended night school, got promoted, bought a watch, bought a bicycle... Little by little, she built herself a good life. 34.7kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves
- 44 Reborn in Hong Kong: I Want to Become a Land Baron 重生香江要做大地主 [Satisfying power fantasy] + [self-serving and willing to harm others] + [cunning] + [power behind the scenes] + [Villain] Zhong Tianwen came from the mainland to Hong Kong with just one goal: to become a small-time businessman. It was a fine ambition, but things rarely go as planned. As the tides of a great era swept everything along, did changing times make heroes, or did heroes shape their times? PS: The story moves at a measured pace and prioritizes logical consistency. 4.7kReads6.8Score178Shelves
- 45 The System Wants Me to Be Kind in the 1970s. Are You Sure? 系统让我在七零向善，你确定？ [Historical Era · Strong Female Lead · System · Spatial Dimension · Romance Near the End] [PS: The early part is a fairly traditional period drama. Later on, there are storylines abroad and in Hong Kong. The female lead really does kill people!] Host: Today, we’re honored to interview Ms. Shi Qiyu, who was an orphan in her previous life and is unloved by both parents in this one! Let’s give her a round of applause! Shi Qiyu (calm and elegant): Hello, dear readers. I’m Shi Qiyu, the female lead o 8.7kReads8.6Score749Shelves
- 46 Irrational Choice 非理性选择 [Hong Kong Tycoon Romance] [Reunion After Years Apart] [Flash Marriage with a Child] [A Battle of Equals] [Cold, ruthless power broker x sweet, scheming genius heiress] Handcrafted newcomers + writing for love + a long-running hidden plot Five years ago, Chen Yanchuan took in a girl with nowhere to go. She stayed in his old house, ate his late-night snacks, and couldn't bring herself to buy a necklace that cost just over six hundred yuan. Three months later, she left without a word, leaving beh 252Reads—Score161Shelves
- 47 The 1970s: The Short-Lived Couple Reborn to Slaughter Their Enemies 七零：短命鬼夫妇重生后嘎嘎乱杀 [Beautiful, tragic, and powerful heir + Herculean flower + pocket dimension + putting scumbags in their place] Song Jinhe woke up as a love-struck, short-lived cannon-fodder character in a period novel. Rejected after confessing to the male lead, she starved herself to death, making way for the protagonists’ great love... Song Jinhe, who would eat anything but a loss... Scumbags deserve to die, homewreckers deserve to die, and anyone who bullies her deserves to die. Just as Song Jinhe joined for 25.2kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves
- 48 The 1960s: The Heiress Back from Abroad Is Untouchable 六零，留洋归来的大小姐高不可攀 [Alternate-Era Setting + No Golden Finger + Few Villainous Characters + Work and Daily Life] He Shuyao is a young lady who has returned from studying abroad. Her family gave their lives for their country, leaving her as their only child. The state provides her with a home and a job, making sure she wants for nothing and keeping her safe. If anyone dares to bully her, the military will back her up and the police will come to her aid. The only problem is that one shameless young man is always hang 1.4kReads5.9Score101Shelves
- 49 After the Wicked Darling Toyed with the Hong Kong Tycoon's Heir, She Became Everyone's Darling! 恶娇玩弄港圈太子爷后，被团宠！ [Feel-Good 1990s Romance + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Pampered by the Whole Family + Building Wealth] [Unhinged, Alluring, and Cunning Beauty × Scheming, Ruthless Young Master of Hong Kong] Su Miaomiao died, then came back to life. When she opened her eyes again, she had traveled to Beishan City in 1989. From the start, her fake best friend drugged her and bundled her off to Wansinian's bed. Who was Wansinian? Hong Kong's top tycoon's heir, infamous for being a ruthless madman. Any woman w 3.2kReads8.5Score394Shelves
- 50 The Young General’s Sassy Instructor Teases the Enemy Agents Until They’re in Tears 军少娇痞教官戏耍敌特颤泪三行啊 [Alternate-history 1960s + strong leads facing off + hilarious face-slapping wish fulfillment + bickering couple + farming during famine + getting rich through research] Rebellious, cocky, and charming instructor VS calm, cool, and calculating young master from the capital In her previous life, Nan Fengyun was known as Phantom, the world's strongest international assassin. But her arrogance got the better of her, and she was killed when her target ambushed her during a mission. Then she was rebo 781Reads—Score—Shelves
