Novels like The First Heroine of Republican-Era China
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- 1 Extreme Crimes in China 中国极端罪案 Uncover the bloodstained files and stare into the abyss of human nature. China’s Most Extreme Crimes: a shocking work of true crime that cuts through appearances and gets to the darkest heart of criminality. These are no ordinary cases: This book delves into extreme crimes that once shocked the nation and challenged the limits of what we thought human nature could bear. The author meticulously examines sealed case files and interviews people connected to the cases, striving to reconstruct the ho 9.2kReads7.5Score44014d adds
- 2 Republican Era: I, Maiqi Tusi, Order the Yanks to Die 民国：我！麦琪土司，请鹰酱赴死 533Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Judge Bao: Three Guillotines to Judge Heaven, Earth, and the Underworld 包青天：三口铡刀铡三界 Bao Zheng, courtesy name Xiren, was a native of Luzhou. He rose to become Prefect of Kaifeng and Grand Academician of the Dragon Diagram Pavilion. He is the celestial ruler of the Star of Literary Brilliance, Tianquan. The Emperor has bestowed upon him three executioner's blades: the Dragon, Tiger, and Dog. Each may be used to execute first and report later. The Dog-Head Blade is for tyrants and local bullies. The Tiger-Head Blade is for corrupt officials and venal clerks. The Dragon-Head Blade 5.6kReads7.0Score21914d adds
- 4 Our Love Lives On 我们的爱在延续 Revisit a classic! Fei Yunfan and Wang Ziling, the couple we loved back then, are back, and he spoils his wife without limits! 670Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 5 My Nine Masters Died, So I Went Down the Mountain for Revenge 九位师父身死，我下山报仇 “My name is Ye Zunlong!” Seven years ago, he was the youngest business prodigy in the Ye family of Haizhou. But after the Ye family's matriarch believed slanderous rumors, she cast him and his family of four out. His parents were then brutally murdered. Fortunately, nine masters saved him, and Ye Zunlong narrowly escaped death. Seven years later, Ye Zunlong had mastered his skills, only to learn that his nine masters had been killed while he was in seclusion! He must repay the kindness that gave 9.4kReads8.7Score83514d adds
- 6 Tiezhu and His Women 铁柱和他的女人花 Divine doctor + making a fortune + farming + entrepreneurship Zhao Tiezhu, a country doctor from a small village, just wanted to live quietly as a village physician. But the local tyrant bullied him, nearly killing him. At death's door, Zhao Tiezhu unexpectedly gains an inheritance, and from then on begins his life of turning the tables! 3.6kReads8.7Score40114d adds
- 7 The Fool's God-Tier X-Ray Vision 傻子的神级透视眼 Li Fan got into Imperial University, but a woman got him beaten into an idiot. All he could do was work the front desk at a little hotel outside the university district, watching young couples come and go. Until one day, the beautiful proprietress took him away... 4.5kReads8.7Score61614d adds
- 8 Reborn in the Republican Era: From the Start, I Was Kidnapped by Bandits and Dragged Up a Mountain 重生民国：开局被土匪绑上山 [Republican Era] [Warlord Warfare] [Pocket Dimension] [Multiple Heroines] [Modern Supplies] [A Common Soldier's Rise] [Watch a scumbag from the 21st century charm his way across the Republican Era.] Xu Lang, a top personal trainer, unexpectedly dies in a wealthy woman's mansion! Was it a distortion of human nature, or the collapse of morality? When he opens his eyes again, Xu Lang finds himself in the Republican Era, a hostage kidnapped by bandits and taken up their mountain! The bandits are now 2.7kReads6.9Score12214d adds
- 9 After Her Son Sold Her Off, the Old Woman Starved to Death and Was Reborn in the Seventies 儿子卖亲妈，老太饿死后重生七零 [Putting scumbags in their place + satisfying revenge + rebirth in a rural period setting + country life + family squabbles] When Xu Chunlan was 65, her deranged youngest son sold her for 200 yuan to pay off his gambling debts, sending her to the old gatekeeper's bed... Later, she caught her eldest son keeping a mistress. To keep her quiet, he beat her, and in her fury and distress, she suffered a stroke on the spot. Though she had four sons, not one cared for Xu Chunlan when she was bedridden a 1.9kReads7.7Score23014d adds
- 10 The Sequel to The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber 倚天屠龙记后传 A sequel to The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. Adapted from The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, this novel tells what happens next to Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min, as well as the story of the Yellow-Dressed Maiden. A descendant of Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü, she is extraordinarily skilled in martial arts and exceptionally beautiful... This novel not only tells a captivating story, but also makes everything feel remarkably real. Its characters are richly developed, making readers feel as though they have 1.5kReads6.9Score12714d adds
- 11 Republican Era: I Have a Little World of My Own 民国：我有个小世界 Su Chen, a powerhouse in the post-apocalyptic world with a spatial ability, dies alongside the Zombie King in a fight to the death. Fate has a cruel twist in store: his soul transmigrates to Republican-era China and inhabits the body of a destitute little beggar. By chance, Su Chen saves Chen Yu, an agent of the Military Statistics Bureau, and joins the Bureau, plunging into the tide of resistance against Japan. From a green rookie to an elite agent who strikes fear into the Japanese army, he d 328Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 War of Resistance: The Independent Field Regiment 抗战之野战独立团 Li Hongyang was an outstanding special forces soldier in the Lone Wolf Special Operations Brigade of the Southeast Military Region of the Republic of Huaxia. Patriotic and merciless toward the Japanese, he was decisive and rebellious, and familiar with all kinds of military skills. During a mission in South Africa, terrorists destroyed his vehicle with a rocket launcher, killing him. His soul then transmigrated into the body of one of dozens of prisoners captured by Japanese troops in 1938. It w 856Reads5.6Score10014d adds
- 13 The Flying Dagger Heroine: A Hero of the War Against Japan 抗日英雄之飞刀女侠 A flying-dagger hero appeared in the county town, repeatedly killing Japanese soldiers caught alone with willow-leaf throwing knives. This hero could scale walls and leap across rooftops, appearing and vanishing without a trace. People knew she existed only from the bodies of the Japanese soldiers and the daggers left in them. Before long, turmoil swept the town and countryside. Japanese and puppet agents laid a vast net across the county, while plainclothes spies roamed everywhere, asking after 2.2kReads8.7Score29114d adds
- 14 Urban Black Card: From the Start, I Bought a Mansion 都市黑卡，开局买栋楼 Sixteen years ago, the Wang family, Asia’s richest, was wiped out overnight in a “gas explosion.” Of the family’s seventy-three members, only its three-year-old child survived. The police ruled it an accident. The headline in the global business press read: “The Accidental End of a Business Empire.” Sixteen years later, that child came back. His name is Wang Tianlong. He carries a black card with no spending limit and a “death notice” listing 108 names. On the first day, he bought the entire bui 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 A Romance in the Northwest 西北恋 In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China (1937), Japanese invaders trampled China beneath their boots, leaving the land shattered. Tianshui, a strategic city in the northwest, was also overshadowed by both the threat of war and a severe drought. Newlywed peasant girl Qiuping tearfully bids farewell to her husband Mang'er, whose full name is Chen Tiemang, as he is drafted into the army. On a hill above the dry Wei River and parched land stretching for miles, her “brown tears” become the 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Female CEO's Live-In Son-in-Law Goes on a Rampage 女总裁的上门狂婿 The legendary God of War Lin Fei returns and becomes a live-in son-in-law. He endures humiliation and constant bullying, while the stunning female CEO misunderstands him at every turn. They even sleep in separate rooms. Everyone walks all over him and throws their weight around, but he just laughs and chats as if none of it matters! For the sake of the friendship forged in battle, he can endure any hardship! Power struggles, grudges, love and hate! “I don’t understand your world, but I’ll carry 14.9kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 17 Love Tribulation: My 28-Year-Old Boss Lady 情劫：我的28岁老板娘 Chen Tiezhu came to the city and got a job as a security guard at a big company. Who could have guessed he’d run into the boss’s wife while working the night shift... “Tiezhu, you’re strong. Come to my place and help me move some things.” “Tiezhu, don’t you know medicine? Take a look at me.” 916Reads7.9Score21314d adds
- 18 The Police Chief: Storm of the Anti-Crime Campaign 公安局长之扫黑风暴 The three successive magistrates of Gaoshan County all met bizarre and tragic deaths. Lin Ying, a demobilized soldier, is entrusted with the mission in the hour of danger and becomes the new director of the Gaoshan County Public Security Bureau. Will she become the protective umbrella of the criminal forces, or govern for the people and restore a clean land to the region? Thus begins a series of dramatic events. Let us see how a female police chief unleashes an unprecedented campaign against org 739.5kReads8.9Score46.1k14d adds
- 19 The Countryside's Peerless Miracle Doctor Leads the Villagers to Wealth and Prosperity 乡村绝品神医带领乡亲们发家致富 Daqingshan Village is blessed with beautiful scenery and plenty of beauties! Zhou Erlang was framed and left with a childlike mind, becoming the village’s second fool. But misfortune turned into fortune when he gained the legacy of a Medical Sage and acquired a divine eye that could see through things! From then on, he led the villagers to prosperity, building roads, gambling on jade, starting a school, and growing crops, all while living a carefree life... 495Reads9.0Score15714d adds
- 20 Women Are Trouble 女人不坏 On the morning of the sixth day of the seventh month in 1987, Liu Xiaoying caused a huge commotion in Shawan Village. After breakfast each day over the past few days, Liu Xiaoying had gone to the fields to weed. After an hour or two of work, it was already past ten in the morning, and the weather had turned hot... 35.7kReads7.7Score71514d adds
- 21 The Village's Finest Little Immortal Doctor 山村极品小仙医 Li Dazhu is the village fool of Taohua Village. Though a little dim-witted, he is kindhearted and honest, and is often bullied by the local tyrant. By a twist of fate, he receives his ancestors’ legacy. From then on, he takes on the village bullies, makes money, and builds his fortune, living as if he has a cheat code for life. 1.6kReads7.8Score22614d adds
- 22 The Conscience of an Official 良心官路 Jiang Huai’an was born to a rural family and knows the value of hard work, but life rarely goes the way he hopes. After years of taking the civil service exam, he is assigned to a remote village at the age of thirty. Everyone tells him that he’ll spend the rest of his life there... 352Reads8.8Score25114d adds
- 23 A Pocket Dimension: After Dying of Illness, I Arrived in the 1940s 空间：病死后来到了四十年代 Just a few years after graduating from college, Gu Wanyue went to the big city of Shanghai to work. She earned five thousand yuan a month, yet still sent half of it back home. Because of hardships she endured in childhood, she developed stomach cancer. Then, in a dream, she saw the life of a young girl in an era ravaged by war, when all industries were waiting to be rebuilt. It was also the era in which she would embark on her own journey. 96Reads8.3Score14714d adds
- 24 Beloved: Gun's Pursuit of Love 亲爱的热爱的Gun的追爱记 Starting from their second breakup, this story follows Gun God as he tries to win Tong Nian back. Angst first, then sweetness… 1.5kReads6.8Score10014d adds
- 25 The Guan Family Estate 关家大院 He was a servant in the prince's manor, yet he married a Gege... After the Qing Dynasty fell, he and his family settled in Yiling City, their ancestral home, and built the Guan family compound. Our story takes place in that compound... 18.6kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 26 A Blackstone Immortal Estate in the Republic-Era Famine 民国荒年随身黑石仙府 In 1938, the Huayuankou flood, compounded by famine and the ravages of war, utterly shattered Sanzhu's life. After losing his home and family, he fled with his older brother, escaping war, famine, and the Japanese army's iron heel, each step bringing them to the brink of death. But fate had other plans. Just as he forced open the gates of the Xuan Yang Immortal Estate in his desperate hour, his brother, left behind in a straw hut, did not live to see him return. This inheritance ground, home to 3.7kReads5.8Score41614d adds
- 27 Blood Demon Sword 血魔剑 The little beggar Chou Ba, a homeless street urchin who survives by begging, stumbles upon an extraordinary opportunity after a single act of kindness. From then on, he defies fate and stirs up the blood-soaked martial world once more. Is it a blessing or a curse? A hero or a demon...? 15.8kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 28 War God, Reborn to Slay the Gods 武神，重生弑神 He was once the supreme ruler at the summit of the Nine Heavens, but at the instant he reached for the divine realm, three close friends betrayed him. His imperial body shattered, and his soul perished in the heavenly tribulation! Yet he was also a good-for-nothing, the shame of his family. His martial meridians were destroyed, he endured endless scorn, and even his fiancée publicly came to break off their engagement, leaving his father and him in a precarious position. When the consciousness of 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Sun Wukong Returns to the Celestial Realm 孙悟空重返天仙 [Journey to the West] [Primordial Chaos] [No Romance] [Dark Journey to the West] [Smart Characters] The Three Realms are merely a barren region within the Primordial Chaos. All the gods and immortals are trapped here, and only by devouring the Primordial Dao Fruit and attaining the Dao as a Primordial Chaos Heavenly Emperor can they leave the Three Realms. Yet in countless years, not a single Primordial Dao Fruit had ever appeared in the Three Realms. Then the immortal stone on Flower-Fruit Moun 1.4kReads8.7Score10014d adds
- 30 Reaching the Summit: Starting with an Anti-Corruption Campaign 问鼎：从反腐行动开始 The Way of Power is the righteous way! Hold justice in your heart and act justly! Only then can you forge ahead through political struggles and remain undefeated! There are no shortcuts on the path to power. Only those with integrity can reach the summit! 66.8kReads8.3Score4.6k14d adds
- 31 The Republic of China in My Pocket 民国空间 During the Republican era, the protagonist uses spatial powers to turn the tables, build up a small town, triumph in business battles in Qing'ao, make his name in Shanghai, dominate the foreign powers, and venture into distant lands overseas. He wipes out bandits and spies, takes on old monsters, and seizes rare treasures, with one twist following another. 683Reads9.1Score14114d adds
- 32 The Revered Healer of Guigu 鬼谷医尊 Fang Tianchou was framed and sent to prison. Six years later, he returns to the city with overwhelming power, only to discover that his wife has abandoned their daughter, leaving her homeless on the streets, while his wife is about to marry the very man who framed him... 15.6kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 33 The Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside as a Live-In Son-in-Law 下乡知青做赘婿 Shen Weidong answered the call to go to the countryside and married into a widow’s family. He thought they could support each other and make a life together. Little did he know she would treat me this way, do something so unforgivable, and even try to... 16.6kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 34 After Dark, Letting Loose 入夜，放纵 Also known as: Yin Yang Harmony Art [Country Doctor] [Fool's Rise to Power] [Invincible Immortal Cultivation] [Nonstop Wish Fulfillment] Chen Yang, a top university student, was beaten into a fool and sent back to Peach Blossom Village, where he depended on his adoptive older sister for support. Then, as if things weren't bad enough, the village bully set him up and knocked him unconscious at a ruined temple in the wilderness. Fortunately, he awakened an immortal cultivation legacy. From then on 47.8kReads8.4Score4.6k14d adds
- 35 A Whirlwind Marriage, and Four Babies for the Powerful Man Who Couldn't Have Children 闪婚甜炸了，为绝嗣大佬生了四宝 [Six-year age gap + marriage first, love later + whirlwind marriage + contract marriage + a powerful family alliance + quadruplets + two strong leads, both devoted to each other] The male lead is an abstinent CEO who believes he cannot have children. At first, he is an arrogant puppy; later, he becomes a lovesick, crazed, fiercely loyal big dog. The female lead starts out a pitiful little thing, but later turns her life around and becomes the beloved true heiress of a top financial dynasty. Rum 31.2kReads8.8Score3.5k14d adds
- 36 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
- 37 Across the Heavens, Starting in the Republic of China: Every Punch Makes Me Stronger 民国开始的诸天，打人就变强 Transmigrate + System + Films and TV Across the Heavens + Satisfying Power Fantasy Ding... Hitting your father is a grave act of filial impiety. Host, you’ve earned one point. Republican-era fantasy world: completed Hong Kong cinema world: completed Eight-Nation Alliance world: completed Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties world: completed Xianxia world: complete Siheyuan world: complete The Great Era from the Republican Period Ding... You hit a female ghost. Host, you’ve earned two points. 1.4kReads7.7Score10214d adds
- 38 Reborn: A Rising Star in Officialdom 重生：官场新贵 Being an official is a skill! It takes emotional intelligence, intellect, and, above all, ability. Do big things in a small position; make a small position count; make a hollow post useful; make a real post look inconsequential. Whether or not you understand, Guo Yunfeng does. Having grasped the philosophy of officialdom, he wins at every step on his path after being reborn. 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Little Miracle Doctor of Peach Spring Mountain Village 桃源山村小神医 An apparently ordinary village doctor actually has an incredibly powerful identity! A peerless genius, he has the world’s greatest doctor as his medical master, the ultimate champion in one-on-one fights as his martial arts master, and a diviner blessed by fate as his strategist! Beautiful women chase after him, wealthy tycoons kneel to offer him money, and powerful figures compete to curry favor with him! I only wanted to keep a low profile, tend my fields, flirt with pretty girls, and enjoy 8.8kReads9.0Score63214d adds
- 40 Feng Shui Master Lai Xuan 风水大师赖玄 In a bustling city's noisy corner, an antique shop called Xuan Zhai always closes early. Its owner, Lai Xuan, is a laid-back, mild-mannered young man. He usually either turns his old antiques over in his hands or dozes on a reclining chair. Only the few customers who have ventured into the abyss know that when he occasionally opens his eyes, he can see what ordinary people cannot: baleful energy between buildings, people's fortune and misfortune, and even the "qi" flowing deep beneath the earth. 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Fifth Miss of the Republic 民国五小姐 In her first life, Lin Xiaoxiao was childhood friends with Zhao Heng. She was a student, and he was a businessman. Just because he was all lovey-dovey with the young marshal's younger sister, Lin Xiaoxiao lost her life. In her second life, reborn, she broke off her engagement ahead of time and left home. She found true love, but was killed by enemy agents while giving birth. In her third life, Heaven tried to make it up to her by giving her a storage space. It had meant for her to live a happy l 195Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 One Meeting with This Lord, and a Lifetime of Peace 一遇斯君，一世苡安 In the seventeenth year of the Republic, three powers stand in uneasy balance in the north, while undercurrents swirl beneath the surface. Young Marshal Pei Sijun has no desire to fight for supremacy. He only wants to uncover the truth about his father’s death and the death of his closest friend, Su Qingyan. Doctor Su Yi'an wants nothing to do with the world beyond her door. All she wants is to preserve the peace of that little corner of Qingzhu Lane. A set of missing blueprints for a modern can 117Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Dragon Emerges from Prison: Ye Chen 强龙出狱叶辰 Six years ago, Ye Chen’s parents were both murdered, and the Ye family fell into ruin. It was all because of the Tang family of the capital. The Tangs even sent Ye Chen to Shenzhou Prison, a place so feared that both the living and the dead turned pale at its name. Inside were people the world called devils: top assassins, miracle doctors, the Medicine King, the God of War of the Northern Frontier, and others. Yet these thirty-six masters of extraordinary skills not only left Ye Chen alone, they 9.6kReads8.7Score88014d adds
- 44 Yao Ganxian Ganxian 姚赶先赶先 Yao Ganxian is the director of the Investment Promotion Bureau in Qinghe City’s Economic Development Zone. He is full of ideas and knows how to get things done, and he has earned a stellar reputation for attracting and supporting businesses. But when the zone’s administrative committee needs to appoint a deputy director in charge of investment promotion, the self-serving incumbent director, Sun Dongfeng, refuses to recommend Yao for all sorts of reasons, often setting traps to undermine his work 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 A Warlord's Life in Republican-Era China 民国之军阀生涯 A modern military doctor transmigrates to 1922 and suddenly finds himself the leader of a bandit stronghold. With the Three Eastern Provinces divided among various warlords and the War of Resistance against Japan looming, what can he do? Of course, seize territory from the warlords and fight the Japanese invaders to the death! Snatch supplies, fight for territory, carry out assassinations, and deal with traitors! In his spare time, he even visits the Soviet Union, Korea, and Japan, building an i 2.6kReads6.6Score10414d adds
- 46 The Passionate Legend of Shangqiao 商桥热血传 Qin Hui is killed, Zhao Gou is overthrown, and Jin Wuzhu is soundly defeated at the Yellow River crossing. Wanyan Wuzhu falls in love with Yang Jijiu! His hatred pierces his heart, while love makes his very bones go weak! Will he finally be able to drink his fill of victory? Stay tuned...! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 King of Gambling 赌王 Macau, a city where gambling is legal. You think gambling is all about luck? Actually, it isn't. Skill, probability, cheating… Often, a game is already decided before it even begins. And that means one thing: you lose! Anyone who comes here and gets hooked on gambling will never get back on their feet! Gambling isn't a game for ordinary people to dabble in. In the hands of those with an agenda, it's a blade that kills without drawing blood! 11.9kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 48 Life as a Rickshaw Puller After Transmigrating to an Age of Famine 穿越饥荒年代当板儿爷的日子 [Non-fanfiction] [Period piece] [Farming] [A sly, unconventional protagonist] An unconventional narrative style. The story begins in 1942, moves into a Beijing courtyard compound in 1951, and reaches its grand climax in 1965. A brand-new courtyard-compound tale, a century-spanning dream of family and country. [Name: Yang Chaosheng] [Identity: Transmigrator] [Golden finger: The Suffering Is a Blessing System] [Portable space: Ten cubic meters] Never wears out. Cannot be upgraded. The widowed, the 2.1kReads7.6Score10214d adds
- 49 The Taoist Descends the Mountain and Enters the Mortal World 道士下山入红尘 After twenty years of secluded cultivation deep in the Zhongnan Mountains, the young Taoist Ye Xiaobei is sent down the mountain at his master’s behest. His task isn’t to slay demons or exorcise evil, but to repay his master’s romantic debt, a love affair from sixty years ago. He expects a simple “lesson in human relationships,” but instead steps into a bizarre modern world: business rivalries are battlefields, people’s hearts are more cunning than demons, wealthy families conceal lineages of e 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Her Husband Is Ten Years Older, and He Begs Her for Cuddles Every Night 老公大十岁，夜夜求她要贴贴 When Sang Yu was at the end of her rope, she rescued a five-year-old girl. The girl's father wanted to repay her, but Sang Yu asked him for 288,000 yuan in bride price. After they married, Sang Yu saw how cold her husband was toward her and accepted it without complaint. She worked hard to save money, hoping to pay him back and leave once she had enough. In Fu Shilü's eyes, Sang Yu was just like every other vain woman. He married her for his daughter's sake. In their first year of marriage, Fu S 624.1kReads8.7Score39.8k14d adds
