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- 51 Transmigrate to Republican-Era China and Get a Daily Sign-In System 穿越民国，获得每日签到系统 [Spy thriller + no romance + System + strong female lead + multiple identities + pocket dimension] Ye Jingshu transmigrated into the body of an orphan in Republican-era Beiping. With no parents, dressed in rags, she failed to survive that winter, dying of cold and hunger. When she opened her eyes again, the frail body held a soul from a hundred years in the future. The troubled times seethed, spies lurked everywhere, and Japanese soldiers and secret agents ran rampant, with human lives worth les 814Reads6.4Score10314d adds
- 52 The Young Marshal’s Cherished Darling, Spoiled and Teased 独宠掌中娇，少帅轻点撩 The first thing Shen Junjun did after transmigrating was eat ten roast ducks. Raised in the countryside, her mother dead, nearly assassinated, and then jilted: the original owner sure had bad luck, Shen Junjun thought as she ate. She used to be a mukbang streamer with a huge appetite. When she transmigrated, the heroine’s mother had just died, and she was being bullied. Shen Junjun clung to the trousers of her savior, managing to keep her newly acquired life. How was a young woman like her suppo 1.9kReads9.4Score24414d adds
- 53 The Poppy Has No Tears 虞美人没有眼泪 A young lady in Republican-era China: no CP, no golden finger, no transmigration, but plenty of money and brains. The heroine is the daughter of a Huizhou merchant, a mental arithmetic prodigy fluent in four languages. She excels at lightning-fast connections across fields (smell perfume → chemical formula → business conspiracy), has a gift for languages (six dialects and four foreign languages), and possesses keen powers of observation (she can tell someone's profession from the wear on their 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Gulp, Gulp! This Empress Is Seriously Hardcore! 吨吨吨！这女帝画风太硬核了！ Ye Fengzhen opens her eyes and finds herself cast as a miserable cultivation furnace in a melodramatic novel?! ╯‵□'╯‵□′╯︵┻━┻ “Damn it! This script is a complete mess!” Her Muscle Barbie Plus form activates. The Dongfang family? Demolished! The Ximen family? Crushed! The world core? Gulp, gulp, swallowed! She reaches the peak at Emperor rank, 16 stars, and unlocks the freedom to switch between two forms: muscles that make people crumble, a queenly beauty who takes them all down. She’s the poster —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Republican Era: Beginning as a Disciple of Kong Yiji 民国：从拜师孔乙己开始 [Not a wish-fulfillment story, slow-paced from the start] [A tragic core] [No System] [Everyday life] [Not a goody-two-shoes hero] [Partially omniscient point of view] [Kong Yiji] [The True Story of Ah Q] [Teahouse] [Rickshaw Boy] [...] Fan Senxi was a college student in the twenty-first century who had chosen to lie flat. One day, while delivering takeout, he ran a red light and had an unexpected accident. He transmigrated into Lu Xun’s novel Kong Yiji, becoming the child of a poor laborer. Thu 385Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 56 Republican-Era Detective: Fourth Master Qiao Thrives in Turbulent Times 民国奇探：乔四爷，乱世逢生 Synopsis One: Qiao Chusheng always says he’s doomed to a miserable life, while Lu Yao will live to be ninety-nine. Lu Yao thinks that if this is fate, then he’ll have to change Qiao Chusheng’s. Who says no one can survive in troubled times? The Republic of China is a world in flux, and such times are bound to produce heroes. From police detective to warlord, Shanghai to Chongqing to Yan’an... If the gods answer his prayers, Qiao Chusheng will live to a hundred, blessed with both fortune and pros 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Fallen Camellia 那跌落的山茶花 In her previous life, she was a wage slave. In this life, she is one again. A working soul has lived two lifetimes as an overworked beast of burden, but along the way, the little sprouts growing between the bricks and the snapped, withered branches have all blossomed without her noticing. Sigh, she can spend a little less on herself. How could she help it when the flowers were so beautiful when they bloomed? (I have no idea how this got tagged as romance, but the author doesn’t consider it roman 280Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 58 Fragrance of Fallen Blossoms 落花馥 Set in an alternate Republican-era China, with marriage first and love later. A warlord’s young master falls for a wealthy young female doctor. One refuses to be drowned in a corrupt world, yet has nowhere to pursue his ambitions. The other is guided by compassion and conviction, saving lives and praying for peace. Amid the turmoil and displacement of a chaotic era, misunderstandings abound. Fortunately, their sincerity never wavers, and their love never fades. 126Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 59 Chronicle of Submission 俯首称臣记 A powerful man in the turbulent Republic of China era and a student fleeing war, with an age gap and a sweet romance as they choose each other. A loosely fictionalized setting. Don't scrutinize the time, place, or events for historical accuracy. When seventeen-year-old Chen Yang fled to Kunming, she met a man. She thought he was an ordinary person, but he turned out to be the moon in the heavens. She realized she had no ladder to reach the sky. They said the marriage of Third Master Meng was a 3.2kReads8.9Score40814d adds
- 60 From the Start, All I Had Was a Cage: A Lone Star Shining Over the Wildfire 开局一口笼孤星照野火 [Hardcore survival in Republican-era China: From the start, she’s in a bamboo cage, a white lotus on the surface and a bulldozer at heart!] Top materials scientist Shen Xinglan opens her eyes to find herself trapped in a bamboo cage, about to be drowned in a pond! Her crimes: being an ill-fated star and committing adultery. On the surface, she’s a weak, helpless, teary-eyed drama queen. Inside, she’s a cool-headed, ruthless modern mind with overwhelming intelligence. After escaping the beginner 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Transmigrated into a Republic-Era Novel as the Female Supporting Character Who Dies Young 穿成民国文里早死的女配 Yan Ran is a surgeon, but after an accident, she transmigrates into a book and becomes the second male lead's ill-fated first wife. In this unfamiliar world, she feels like a mere passerby, until she falls in love with Huo Huaiyuan. She watches him put justice before family and clear the people's names; She watches him defy his grandmother's orders for her sake; She watches him open a path to education for students from poor families. Little by little, Yan Ran falls in love with him and lets Hu 421Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 62 Transmigrating to the Republic of China: The Secret War 穿越民国之密战 [Transmigration] + [Space] + [Infiltration] + [War of Resistance] Liu Qingru transmigrates to the Republic of China, before the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression breaks out. She poses as the fiancée of an officer cadet at the Central Military Academy, then is injured and loses her memory before joining the Eighth Route Army. She marries a regimental political commissar, treats the sick and wounded, supports the resistance, and goes undercover to steal intelligence... 299Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 63 Farewell, Immortal Sword: May We Meet Again as We Did at First 再见仙剑，此生只如初见 Synopsis: [Republican-era setting + Sword and Fairy fanfiction + Three-thousand-year vigil + Reincarnated, but strangers + A nation engulfed in war + Heart-wrenching romance] Li Xiaoyao waited for Zhao Ling'er for three thousand years. She was reincarnated in one life after another. Each time, he found her, only to watch her die just beyond his reach. The laws of Heaven allowed him to seek her out and protect her, but forbade him from telling her who she was, or who he was. In the second yea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Golden Light, It’s Flickering, Flickering, Flickering Its Way Here 金光，它一闪一闪一闪地来啦 No wish-fulfillment fantasy + slower pacing + warm and healing + devoted male lead + one-on-one romance. The heroine has a golden finger, but her abilities develop slowly over time as she accumulates good fortune. It doesn’t appear often in the early chapters. The romance sweetens in the middle and later parts, with all the sweetness found in the little details. In the turmoil of the Republican era, when human lives were worth less than grass, she was determined to make flowers bloom amid the r 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Shocking! I Transmigrated Into a Book as the Heroine Cherished by a Tyrant 震惊！穿书成暴君掌心娇的女主 I transmigrated into a book as the heroine of The Tyrant's Beloved. Watch me turn this peaceful world upside down! Bully me? I'll hit you! Bully my husband? I'll hit you too! Bully… 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Dr. Lu, How About a Contract Marriage? (1) 陆医生，合约婚姻了解一下？（1） Dr. Lu, How About a Marriage of Convenience? (1) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Startling Tang in His Palm 掌中惊棠 On the day I was reborn, I was drinking the poison my stepmother had given me. When I opened my eyes, I was back on the night before I was sent in a substitute bride’s place to the Prince of Jingbei’s manor. In this life, a strange power appeared in my palm: touching an object revealed secrets from the past three days, but left me unconscious in return. The nuptial wine is poisoned? I splash it right onto the maid who came with my stepsister! The jade bracelet from the Princess Consort is soaked —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 I Embrace the Moon Reflected in the Clear Huai 挽月映清淮 In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, foreign invaders’ iron hooves shattered the land. Beiping fell, Nanjing was under threat, and flames of war spread across the nation. He told her, “I want to be someone who lives to see tomorrow with you.” 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Love in the Turmoil of the Republic, a Red-Haired Beauty's Tribulation in the Thousand Gates 民国乱世情，千门红颜劫 (The rating has only just opened and will rise. If you like it, leave a review; if you don't, please don't flame me.) [New-style Republican-era setting + Tortured Romance + Revenge + Suspense + Qianmen's Eight Roles + Schemes + Gangs + Espionage + War of Resistance] (Not a power fantasy, not mindless, no rebirth, no transmigration, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Volume One: Heroines (1929–1932), tortured romance/revenge/b 22Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 70 Ye Tinglan 夜听澜 Mu Wanting asked Jiang Yu what kind of partner she hoped to find. Jiang Yu thought it over carefully, picturing a vague silhouette in her mind. She couldn’t quite put into words what that person would be like. After meeting Yi Shiheng, she thought, it must be someone like him. Ten years later, they met again, but he stood on the other side. They had once held fast to the belief that ideals mattered more than anything, even each other, yet neither had imagined they would one day become strangers 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Bamboo Congratulations 竹贺 Mutual devotion + slow burn + secret crush + strong heroine + strong hero + one-on-one romance They first meet one morning, when Song Wanzhu saves He Jingzhi. After that, their fates become intertwined. Each of them has their own ideals and ambitions. But they do not belong to the same side. Song Wanzhu saves He Jingzhi's life, but she also kills him with her own hands. He Jingzhi returned from studying abroad. He is also a patriot who wants to save his broken, battered country, the land that ra 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Ghostly Path Across the Heavens 鬼道诸天 The cultivation world is dominated by four great families: the Xuan clan of Mount Tianxuan upholds orthodox immortal cultivation; the Mo clan of Netherworld Valley commands secret arts of the ghost path; the Xie clan of Blazing Heart City excels at political intrigue; and the Yun clan of Mirror Lake is skilled in medicine, gu, and forbidden arts. For a century, their open and covert struggles have never ceased. On the day of the scholarly gathering at Mount Tianxuan, Mo Guhong, the Mo clan's le —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Shengyuan Rice Shop 盛源米行 During the War of Resistance against Japan, Lin Yu, a refugee orphan, was taken in by the owner of Shengyuan Rice Shop and inherited the business. Against all odds, he became a well-known local rice merchant. With help from his girlfriend Su Yao, he was later recruited by Wang, an underground Communist Party member, to infiltrate the Japanese military as a so-called collaborator. After fully awakening to the cause, he sold the entire Shengyuan Rice Shop and devoted himself to the war effort… 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 From the Start, the Number One Beauty in Jiangcheng Blows My Head Off 开局被江城第一美女爆头 [Republican Era] + [Alternate history] + [System] + [War of Resistance against Japan] + [Ruthless and decisive] After transmigrating to the Republican Era, he becomes Jiangcheng's biggest playboy, a young marshal! From the start, Jiangcheng's number-one beauty knocks him out with an ashtray, activating the [God-Tier Sign-In System]! On the surface, I'm still the same Jiangcheng playboy, spending my days in dance halls and throwing money around. Behind the scenes, I quietly sign in, build weapons 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 After Reincarnating as a Warlord's Vicious Daughter, She Turns Her Reputation Around in No Time 穿成恶毒军阀千金后，她嘎嘎洗白 [Spy thriller + no romance + superhuman intellect + blend of Chinese and Western medicine] [The book was just rated, and its score will gradually rise. Feel free to dive in!] Jiang Yuan, heir to a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, fell asleep one night while watching a drama. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the spy drama The Lamplighter. To her horror, the character she'd transmigrated into was Jiang Shiyuan, the vicious warlord's daughter she'd been furi 45Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 76 The Delicate Shadow of Republican-Era China 民国娇影 You shouldn’t read spy novels. One careless moment, and you could end up inside one. Qiu Shan, a cutesy, melodramatic young woman, wakes up in the Shanghai of the Republican era. But what the heck? Why is she on all fours? And why has she turned into a cat? On top of that, she’s embarked on an entirely different kind of spy career as Miss Meow? 35Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 77 Transmigrated to 1940 穿到1940 (Espionage + pocket dimension + tomb raiding + no romance + transmigration) Shen Zhizhen follows her teacher into a tomb, where a group of tomb raiders who suddenly break in gets her killed. When she opens her eyes again, she has not only become the descendant of tomb raiders, but has also been branded a little traitor... 4.7kReads8.3Score34614d adds
- 78 Late Rain and Fireworks 落雨烟花迟 The young policewoman Ding Nuo woke up one day as Fang Feiyan, wife of Yuan Bohuan, the military governor of Jiangbei. But the governor was cold toward his wife, and he also had a beloved confidante. So she decided to graciously let them be together. But was there something wrong with the governor’s head? He refused to let go, wouldn’t let her leave, and showered her with affection. Just as she began to fall for him, the governor decided to take a second wife and blew her up in the river. She su 3kReads8.8Score14414d adds
- 79 Reborn in 1928 Shanghai 重生民国1928大上海 Zhuang Zichen was carrying out a mission without a care in the world when he woke up and found himself transmigrated to a bandit stronghold in 1928, during the Republican era. A bandit stronghold was one thing, but who could have guessed that the head bandit would die right away, leaving the second-in-command to take over and try to kill Zhuang Zichen? After the infighting, the gang was in no shape to carry on, so Zhuang Zichen took two bandits with him and made a name for himself in Shanghai: f 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 A Grand Feast in Shanghai 沪江盛宴 Shanghai is a city where fortunes can change in the blink of an eye. Who will rule the roost today? A slow-burn gang story, not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy! A Green Gang boss × a cool, aloof doctor. Love and hate, passion and heartbreak, twists and turns. He is a notorious Green Gang boss, unruly and impossible to tame. He says, “I’m a devil who crawled out of hell. I’ve never cared whether anyone lives or dies. Crushing you would be as easy as crushing an ant!” To him, human life is the c 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 She Tore Up the Hand She Was Dealt in Love 她把爱的烂牌撕了 The fourteenth year of the Republic, a rainy night. The young marshal’s wife watches her husband carry his sworn sister into the bridal chamber. He gently reassures her, “Don’t be afraid. This is our home.” “Our home? I’m the outsider now.” She neither cries nor makes a scene. She does only three things… Within three days, every step is marked by blood, and she backs the young marshal into a corner. He signs the divorce papers in tears. Pregnant, she boards a ship south with a rising star. At se 59Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 82 What! The Warlord’s Wife Can Even Buy Tanks at the Mall 惊！军阀夫人的商城连坦克都能买 [Fictional period setting + transmigration + warlord’s young marshal + household intrigue + married first, love later + a mix of sweetness and angst] When Feng Yuqing wakes up, she has transmigrated into the role of the principal wife of Xiao Chiyuan, a warlord in Republican-era China. When she opens her eyes, three concubines are waiting for her to lay down the law. The second concubine comes from a prominent family, the third is a talented woman educated overseas, and the fourth is as delicate 229Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The Phoenix Returns to Its Nest: From Fighting Back in a Cave 凤还巢：从山洞反杀开始 [Reborn + Fake and Real Princesses + Strong Female Lead + Intelligent Characters + Court Intrigue] Lin Wan has already died once, pushed into international waters by her husband and best friend. When she opens her eyes again, she has become the eldest princess of the Great Lin Empire. The same name, an even more miserable death. Abandoned in the wilderness, she is about to be “disposed of” by two soldiers. She kills them both, then says one thing to the crown prince's confidant, who has arrived —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Divorce! Free Her Feet! The Republic-Era Matriarch Becomes a Millionaire 离婚！放足！民国主母摇身变首富 An alternate-history Republic of China. Traditional woman vs. modern woman. No rekindling the old romance. Reborn + matriarch of a Republic-era household + divorce + ensemble cast + comeback Her husband, Qin Ronglian, was always criticizing her for being uneducated. He especially hated her bound feet, so he left for five years. When he returned, he brought another woman with him: Shen Yiping. Qin Ronglian said, “She and I have always behaved properly. We’re kindred spirits, and I’ve brought her 271Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 85 All Living Things: The Joyful Life of a Landlord 生万物之我的地主快乐生活 Early July 1926, Tian Niu Temple Village in southern Shandong. The Northern Expedition is steadily advancing, local warlords are locked in a chaotic struggle for power, and banditry is rampant throughout the region. Now look at Ma Dapao: how will he grow up in this turbulent world and begin his life as a landlord? Ning Xiuxiu is still at the Ning family home in Tian Niu Temple Village, awaiting marriage, and the main plot has yet to begin. Ning Xiuxiu's wedding date is December 8, 1926. Ma Dapao 940Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Beloved Wife: The Young Marshal Thinks I'm Always Sweet and Gentle 权宠暖妻：少帅总以为我乖巧柔弱 (A Republican-era young marshal + a mysterious healer, a formidable 1v1 pairing) Yun Nuan, who came from the apocalypse, only wants to live in peace in this chaotic world. But the original owner left behind a pile of messes, so she has no choice but to step in, punish scumbags, deal with wicked women, and build a career along the way. The man she once saved corners her at the mouth of an alley. “Ma Hong?” Yun Nuan: “My childhood nickname.” Fourth Young Master: “Li Xiaohua?” Yun Nuan: “My stage n 1.6kReads9.1Score17414d adds
- 87 The Righteous Path of the World Is One of Vicissitudes: Adrift Across the Four Seas 人间正道是沧桑之四海飘零 Meng Jia wakes up one day in the body of a young student from a century ago, who opposed an arranged marriage and starved herself to death. To keep escaping marriage, she follows her cousin to Guangzhou to study. By chance, she meets Chu Cai, a secretary in the principal's office at the Whampoa Military Academy. He is a shadow operative behind the KMT's Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, a powerful division chief who pulls the strings. Cold, calculating, obsessive, and willing to do 21.4kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 88 Knowing You in the North 北地知意 [Alternate-history Republic of China setting + marriage first, love later] [Local warlord × heiress returned from overseas + renowned anti-Japanese general × agent for the cause] Lin Zhiyi, newly returned from studying abroad, marries Gu Shijun, a warlord of the northern lands, at her father’s behest, all to find conclusive proof that he is a traitor to his country. After several brushes with death, she sees not a man selling out his country for wealth and glory, but one secretly working behind 293Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 I Got Sent to 1931 with the Annoying People from Work 和单位的烦人精们穿到1931 One day, I transmigrated with a group of awful coworkers into the war-torn world of 1931. Other transmigrators get cheat abilities. I was bound to a System from the start: I had to attract the attention of Tokko Section Chief Shimami Kazuya and use him to complete one near-impossible anti-Japanese mission after another. Shimami Kazuya: “You belong to me.” Yin Jiu: Sorry, I’m Chinese. He was as gentle as moonlight, yet when he turned ruthless, the whole city trembled. I hid a blade behind my fei 71Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 90 The Cool Fourth Young Lady: Beautiful Days, Yet What Can I Do? 清冷四小姐：良辰美景奈何天 In the Shanghai of the Republic of China, the storm clouds gathered. A family bargain and a fateful marriage contract forcibly bound Song Shujin, the aloof and quiet young lady of the Song family, to Xie Liangchen, a ruthless and cold-blooded warlord. After their marriage, he made one thing clear to Song Shujin: “You don’t need to worry. I, Xie Liangchen, kneel to only one ancestor, and I’ll take only one wife: you.” She was the only one he had ever loved, the only one he would protect. She fel 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Young Marshal, Your Wife and Her Two Little Devils Just Blew Up the Residence 少帅，夫人带俩小魔头把帅府炸啦 Republican Era + Adorable Kids + Cursed Mouth + Lucky Charm Fortune + Stripping the Family Bare Su Wantang went to sleep and woke up transmigrated to the Republican era, dealt a terrible hand from the start! Her biological father drained her maternal grandfather's fortune. After her mother died, he turned around and brought three concubines into the house. The mistress's daughter was even older than her! For more than a decade, he ignored the original owner and was nothing like a father. Su Want 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Transmigrated to the 1970s as the Village Belle, and the Villain Keeps Fighting for Me 穿到70当村花，反派他又争又抢 [Transmigrate Into a Book + Sweet Romance + 1970s + The Whole Family Gets Rich + Love-Struck Male Lead] (A heroine who grows over time, no instant face-slapping. The story is a slow burn, so please be patient ˃ʍ˂) Lin Ying transmigrates into a 1970s novel about a man pursuing his wife. The good news: she's the male lead's fiancée. The bad news: she's not the heroine. She's just a vicious supporting female character who bullies the heroine at every turn, relying on her status as the male lead's f 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Republican Era: Ten Silver Dollars a Day, One Man, and the Rise of Nanhua 民国：一人一天十大洋，南华崛起 [The Ultimate Path of Chinese Martial Arts] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Army-Building Tycoon] Lu Chen transmigrates to Jinmen, a city torn apart by warlords and overrun by evil spirits. He inherits a shabby martial arts school on the verge of going bankrupt, with pockets even emptier than his face. In this brutal world where books are for the poor and martial arts are for the rich, just one dose of medicinal training broth costs five silver dollars. Without money to practice martial arts, you're as 182Reads5.9Score24714d adds
- 94 Rule Horror: I’m Learning to Archive Things in the Haunted Tales 规则怪谈：我在怪谈里学归档 Li Muxi had long since realized that the world was secretly lying. The supermarket lights would flash three times without warning, and the bags of chips on the shelves would turn into discontinued old versions. A desperate note, written in a six-year-old girl’s wobbly handwriting, would suddenly appear on the door of the neighbor’s apartment, which had been empty for four months. People who should have died in fires would smile, offer her a piece of chocolate, and ask if she wanted some candy. N —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Zhou Yi Can Be Compared 周易可拟 [Bold, high-spirited young warlord × modern history graduate student] A story of mutual salvation One fleeting glimpse of him in a history book, and she was captivated by his striking features and bearing. Alas, there would never be another man like him in all the world. More than ten years later, she finally got to come to his side under another identity, accompany him through the hardest years, and give herself a glimpse of a golden age. I have seen countless chapters of history, but you alone 85Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 96 The Long Night Shines Across Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers 长夜照山河万里 [Strong Female Lead + Political Intrigue + Mystery + Two Powerful Leads + Clearing a Family's Name] Twelve years ago, Yan Tingshan, Vice Minister of Revenue, was framed for keeping false accounts to aid the enemy, and the entire Yan family was destroyed. Young Yan Wuyou narrowly escaped death, assumed a false identity, and made a living writing legal petitions for others in Jiangling. Twelve years later, a secret letter from a dead man drags her back to Yujing. From missing relief grain to il 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Captive Love: The Young Marshal's Possession 囚爱，少帅的掌中之物 [Marriage first, love later + unhinged male lead + possessive coercion] An accident involving her boyfriend and her family's betrayal turned Shen Wanqing into a prisoner in Fu Sihan's cage. What made Fu Sihan so obsessed with her? Was it because he couldn't have her? But hadn't he already claimed her before they married? He had made her completely his. 24.4kReads—Score2.7k14d adds
- 98 An Orphan Girl from the Late Qing Ventures into Republican China 清末孤女闯民国 This is a long novel about a woman struggling to survive and take revenge amid the chaos of war, fleeing, standing up to gangsters and warlords, and finding love. Today, she happily sets out to seek refuge with her older sister in another city. The next day, she risks everything to save her sister by storming an execution ground alone. Within two days, she kills the prefect and the county magistrate, along with their daughters, becoming a wanted criminal for murdering officials of the imperial c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Transmigrated to the Republican Era, the Young Marshal Falls for Her 穿越民国，少帅为她动了心 [Republic of China-era romance + young marshal + heiress + sweet, doting love + mutual devotion] The famous Pei Yuanqing is known throughout the Republic of China era as a celibate young marshal, and as a man who is ruthless to the core. Cold-blooded and merciless, he is feared by everyone. Yet he falls for a cloth-shop owner who transmigrated from another time… When they first meet, Gu Ruonan takes an immediate dislike to him. Circumstances force her to save him, but she accidentally loses he 419Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 100 Where the Clouds Rise Over the Ferry 云起津渡 The “past-life arc” following His South of the Clouds. The rating has only just come in and will keep rising. All my published books are rated above 9, so feel free to dive in. He is a ruthless Green Gang boss in Tianjin, a favorite of the Japanese. Those who fear him in the underworld respectfully call him “Master Jiu”; those who hate him curse him behind his back as a “traitor” and a “lackey.” Every step is fraught with danger and fear. He perseveres through bloodshed and painstakingly plots b 1.1kReads8.5Score19614d adds
