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- 1 Reborn as a Hunter: Pampering My Wife and Daughter as We Build a Fortune 重生打猎：宠着妻女发家致富 After repenting before the Buddha for the sake of his wife and daughter, Su Tong returned to a time when they were still alive. Seeing his wife, bruised all over and terrified, and his gravely ill daughter lying in bed, Su Tong, a grown man, wept tears of regret! Reborn, the prodigal son turned over a new leaf. He vowed to use the memories of his past life to seize every opportunity! He would reach the pinnacle of life! He would make his wife the happiest woman in the world! He would make his da 55Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn in the Nineties: I Spoil My Wife Rotten 重生九十年代，我把媳妇宠上天 Philanthropist Gu Chuan once spent his days eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling, piling up an enormous gambling debt that drove his wife and daughter to jump into a well and end their lives. He spent the rest of his life consumed by regret. Unexpectedly, he is reborn before his wife and daughter take their lives. It is never too late for a prodigal son to turn over a new leaf. “Wife, daughter, give me one more chance. Let me give you the wonderful future you deserve.” “Gu Chuan, women are li 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Reborn in 1984: I Spoiled My Wife and Daughter Rotten 重生1984，我把妻女宠上天 After transmigrating to the 1990s, Yang Yu can accept having nothing to his name, but his sweet, adorable daughter has come down with a painful case of shingles and urgently needs money. With his sister and neighbors sneering at him, Yang Yu can only take drastic measures against his former drinking buddies... His wife and daughter are stunned. Is this really the same Yang Yu who used to do nothing but gamble, drink, and beat his wife and daughter? Years later, no one can figure it out: How 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 4 Restarting in 1959: I Fattened My Wife Up During the Famine 重启1959：饥荒年我把媳妇养的白胖 (Period piece + reborn + punishing scumbags + devoted husband + raising children + comeback) Reborn on the day his wife and daughter died, this irredeemable brute finally came to his senses! In the bitter winter of 1959, Chen Jiandong had just gotten out of prison when a pheasant caught his eye. He even allowed a gang of thugs to bully his wife, He Dongmei. It was only when he opened the door that he saw it: His wife’s lifeless body lay on the kang, and beneath the bed, his daughter’s spirit cur 616Reads7.2Score10314d adds
- 5 Reborn: Hunting in the Mountains and Spoiling My Wife and Daughter 重生归来：跑山打猎，把妻女宠上天 In his old age, billionaire Wang Aiguo returns to his rural hometown to retire. After his death, he is reborn in the 1970s. When he opens his eyes, he sees his wife and daughter, who were killed years ago when a leopard came into their village at night, and tears stream down his face. With a second chance at life, he won’t let the tragedy happen again! Drawing on his past-life experience, he hunts in the mountains to support his family. From small wild boars, pheasants, and rabbits to leopards, 184Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 6 Back to 1977: First Things First, Divide Up the Family Property 重回1977，先从分家开始 [1970s + Reborn + One Female Lead + Building Wealth + Adorable Kids + Fake and Real Young Masters + Medical Skills] Back in 1977, he starts by marrying his younger brother's wife and splitting from the family. This time, the Ye family can forget about using Ye Jingchuan as their human blood bank. Dream on! But how does his utterly ordinary wife know medicine? And how did the birthmark she had since birth disappear? Ye Jingchuan thinks Mu Nanzhi has plenty of secrets, but he has no idea that he's 18.7kReads8.5Score89214d adds
- 7 The Fake Young Master Hunts and Digs for Ginseng, Then Turns His Life Around with His Wife and Children 假少爷打猎挖参，携妻儿逆袭人生 In his previous life, Lin Yu thought only of returning to his adoptive parents. Unfortunately, they treated him like dirt. He blamed all his misfortunes on the wife who truly loved him. Only after driving her to despair and forcing her to jump into a river with their twin daughters in her arms did he finally come to his senses. Unfortunately, it was too late. For the rest of his life, no matter how many good deeds he did, he could never ease the guilt in his heart. Regret tormented him until the 9.3kReads8.1Score62214d adds
- 8 We Met Through Transmigration, and I'll Stay by Your Side for Life 穿越遇到你，我愿伴你一生 Business magnate Lin Xuan is struck by lightning and suddenly transmigrates into the past. He now has a beautiful wife, an adorable daughter, and a large family. Life is difficult, but with the memories from his previous life, Lin Xuan has nothing to worry about. He's confident he can give his family a happy life. Before he knows it, Lin Xuan has built another business empire of his own. But in an era of unrest, plagued by war and banditry, money alone isn't enough. Lin Xuan builds an invincible 164Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Cai Yu's Second Book 蔡鱼的第2本书 City life + Dad life + Twin daughters + Everyday life Four years later, his sister-in-law shows up at his door. She actually brings him twin daughters. Can Qin Mo, a college dropout at the bottom of society, give his two daughters a happy life? The all-purpose Dad System has finally come online. Subscribe! The starter pack is open, and the reward is a bottle of delicious seasoning! System, are you messing with me? The guy next door got an entire street! 3kReads8.8Score26114d adds
- 10 My Wife Doesn’t Love Me After All 我的老婆居然不爱我 Fang Yuan discovers that his wife has a lover on the side. If you don’t love someone, don’t hurt them, so Fang Yuan decisively divorces Xu Ya. Xu Ya soon announces that she’s marrying the man and invites Fang Yuan and their child to the wedding... Xu Ya’s lover keeps pushing Fang Yuan’s limits, until at last he can’t take it anymore. 1.7kReads6.2Score10014d adds
- 11 I Transmigrated Into a Book Set in 1974, and Got a Wife from the Start 穿书1974，开局送老婆 Li Shuyang inexplicably finds himself in a strange new world. Before he can figure out what’s going on, he’s forced to split up the family. Once he gets the story, he realizes he has transmigrated into a book. At first, he’s terribly disappointed with life here, but then he discovers he’s been given a wife. For a lifelong bachelor in his thirties, that’s an offer he simply can’t refuse. 6.9kReads8.9Score30214d adds
- 12 Reborn in 1982: The Foolish Village Guardian's Hunting Life 重生82：傻子守村人的赶山生涯 Every village has one or two “village guardians.” They're often slow-witted, but kindhearted. The elders say village guardians come to the human world to endure hardship and cultivation. They ward off disasters and misfortune for the village, taking the bad luck upon themselves. After Chen Wang, a modern-day wage slave, suddenly died, his soul returned to the 1980s and possessed a fool who had just died in Chenjia Village, a village guardian from the Chen family. He has nothing but four bare wal 5.9kReads8.6Score38214d adds
- 13 Transmigrating to 1960: Marrying a Beautiful Bride for Good Fortune 穿越1960：迎娶冲喜美娇娘 The playboy rich second-generation heir Li Mingqing transmigrated. He transmigrated into the body of a man in a vegetative state. His family traded half a sack of cornmeal for a wife, claiming it was to bring him good luck. He was bound to the Good Man System. Unfortunately, his body was frail, so all he could do was look at his delicate, sweet wife. 8.2kReads8.0Score56314d adds
- 14 Back to 1960: I Actually Became a Farm Owner! 回到1960：我竟成了农场主！ [Period setting, daily life, farming, a pocket dimension, stockpiling supplies, family and neighborhood life] Li Zhiyuan, a young man from modern times, transmigrates back to the 1960s, when people don't have enough to eat or wear. Luckily, the farm he manages comes along with him, and even undergoes all kinds of miraculous changes. Life slows down. His extended family gets along, and there is none of that exhausting scheming and infighting. More and more, he feels that this era... might actuall 18.5kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 15 The Sixties: I Feed My Brothers and Sisters Meat Every Day 六零：我带兄弟姐妹天天吃肉 [Transmigrate + 1960s + from the start + parents gone + everyday life + family matters + siblings + family bonds + spiritual spring space] Shu Tianci transmigrates to the 1960s. His parents are both dead, but he still has five siblings. His eldest brother, Shu Tianyou, became mentally impaired after an accident in childhood, so the whole family’s hopes rest on Shu Tianci. His second older sister, Shu Xianglian, was left with the reputation of bringing bad luck to husbands after her fiancé die 72.6kReads8.5Score3.5k14d adds
- 16 Reborn in 1988: I Have a Farm That Goes Everywhere with Me 重生1988，我有个随身农场 Reborn in 1988, Li Changsheng watched as his wife cooked a pot of highly poisonous pufferfish, while their daughter gazed at it eagerly, drooling. He could only smile with delight... Reborn for a second life, he gained a portable farm. It had not only Life Potion, which sped up the growth of crops and poultry, but also an ever-expanding area of cultivable land. [Li Changsheng’s Farmland]: Cultivable area: 2.83 million square meters. Sown: Guitang No. 50 sugarcane Sugarcane ready for harvest: 29, 5.9kReads8.6Score53814d adds
- 17 Reborn: Back in 1977 to Be a Dad 重生：回到1977当奶爸 When he wakes up, his luxury cars are gone, and so are the beautiful women. Chen Fugui, a billionaire, has been reborn in the 1970s. Will he drift aimlessly through life, or live it to the fullest? For his sweet wife and adorable daughter, he’s going to build a business empire of his own. 11.1kReads9.0Score97514d adds
- 18 Back to 1949: The Whole Changbai Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 重回1949长白山都是我的猎场 (No System, no pocket dimension, hunting + major events of the era) Xie Yicheng is reborn in early 1949, in a village in the Changbai Mountains of Andong Province, Northeast China, just after liberation. In an era of scarce supplies and a country waiting to be rebuilt, where the mountains are rich in treasures yet fraught with danger, the entire Changbai range becomes his family’s hunting ground. Jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, bears, roe deer, and martens; deer, sheep, musk deer, badgers, fo 20.6kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 19 1974: The White Moonlight's Simp? No, No, No! 1974：白月光的舔狗？退退退 [Short drama released] [Animated series released] In his previous life, Zhou Liwei spent his whole life acting like a lovesick puppy for the woman he adored. A lovesick puppy gets nothing in return. That was the truth of Zhou Liwei’s past life. He gave her all his money, took the blame for her, and ended up behind bars... He spent nearly twenty years in prison, never once visited by the woman he loved. Instead, her man came to mock him by revealing the truth. “The boy isn’t yours. Thanks for bei 12.8kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 20 I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and Now I'm a Refugee? 穿越六零，我成难民了？ Drop your personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Reject pointless self-torment and go completely off the rails when something happens. Better to make trouble for others than suffer in silence. That was Su Tianci in 2026. He’d only joined a cycling club and wanted to talk about cycling technique. Who could have guessed he’d somehow fall off a cliff? When he opened his eyes, he found himself in the materially deprived 1960s. 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Before My Treasure of a Desk Mate Is Exposed, I'll Convince Her to Be My Wife 趁宝藏同桌没曝光，忽悠她做老婆 Chen Sheng, now middle-aged, is reborn at the age of eighteen. It is the summer of 1998, the day before the college entrance exam, and the rusted gears of fate begin to turn slowly… This book: rebirth ☞ one heroine ☞ period setting ☞ business (don’t criticize me) ☞ tycoon fantasy (it won’t help if you do) ☞ pure urban life ☞ career + romance 12.2kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 22 Reborn: Back in 1991 to Become a Tycoon 重生：回到1991当首富 Li Minyang, a high-ranking government official, unexpectedly returns to 1991, an era just beginning its transition from a planned economy to a market economy. A wave of entrepreneurship is sweeping the country, and countless future tycoons are just beginning to make their mark. Facing a treacherous wife and family members struggling to make ends meet, watch as he turns the tides, conquers the business world, and reshapes the future! 29.3kReads8.8Score2.9k14d adds
- 23 Reborn: My Golden Age, 1988 重生：我的黄金年代1988 Some people call the years from 1985 to 2000 the golden age, the best of times. The tide of economic growth came rolling in, and fortunes were made one after another. Zhong Yuanchao, who had spent his previous life working in education, returned to 1988 and found himself in a run-down civil affairs bureau, with divorce papers right before him. Standing once more at a crossroads of fate, he decisively chose to cut his losses while he still could! Now free again, Zhong Yuanchao wanted to do just t 28kReads9.2Score2.4k14d adds
- 24 The 1960s: From the Start, I Led the Village Through Famine to Feast on Meat 60年代：开局荒年，我带着全村吃肉 [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Transmigration + Hoarding Supplies + Lighthearted + No Harem] Li Youfu transmigrates into the body of a man with the same name in 1960, a year of famine, and sees the man's entire life. In his previous life, he was the apple of his family's eye, but he was blind to the truth and married a woman who drained him to support her younger brother. His entire family was bled dry and met a tragic end. As he lay dying, all he wanted was to make up for his regrets and 1.7kReads8.7Score33314d adds
- 25 Reborn in a Year of Famine: Saving the Capitalist Heiress from the Start 灾年重生：开局拯救资本家大小姐 Xu Feng is a notorious bastard in the village. He drinks heavily and constantly beats and berates his wife. When his sister-in-law Lin Xixue racks up a huge debt, his wife Lin Xiyue begs him for help, but Xu Feng ignores her. In the end, Lin Xixue is hounded to death by her creditors, causing his heartbroken wife to miscarry and completely give up on him. Only when the sisters' family comes looking for them does Xu Feng learn that they are both heiresses of the Lin family! When the Lin family fi 24.1kReads8.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 26 She Ran After Her First Love at Our Wedding 婚礼上她追着白月光跑了 She ran after her first love at our wedding. 188Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Betrayed Without Mercy, I Tore Apart the Illusion of Happiness with My Own Hands 无情背叛，我亲手撕碎幸福假象 Betrayed without mercy, I tore apart the illusion of happiness with my own hands. 283Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Outsmarting My Wife's First Love: Father and Son Join Forces 智斗老婆白月光，我们父子齐上阵 Outsmarting My Wife's First Love: Father and Son Join Forces 199Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Reborn in a Northeastern Mountain Village: Fishing and Hunting Across Two Rivers and Two Nations 重生东北小山村渔猎两江两国 Please give this five stars. Please give this five stars. I don't have much education or skill, and I can't write fancy prose. I use ordinary people's language to tell an ordinary story. If you like it, I thank you for your support with a clasped-fist salute. If you don't, please be kind and don't flame me. An artist can't make a living without noble-minded patrons. I offer my thanks to all of you, my dear supporters. 43.6kReads8.2Score3k14d adds
- 30 After I Won the Lottery, My Wife and Daughter Forced Me to Leave with Nothing! 中奖后，妻女逼我净身出户！ After I Won the Lottery, My Wife and Daughter Forced Me to Leave With Nothing! 245Reads—Score214d adds
- 31 The Prodigal Returns: I Can See the Future 浪子回头：我能预见未来 The short drama of the same name, I Can See the Future: The Prodigal's Return, premieres on Hongguo on December 6. On his way to get a divorce, Lin Ming finally realized what a bastard he'd been his whole life! He couldn't change the fact that he was getting divorced, but he unexpectedly gained the ability to foresee the future! Rising prices, volatile real estate, stock market fluctuations, global trends... he can handle them all with ease! Years later, a reporter interviews Lin Ming: “You're n 19.2kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 32 Double Crossing to the Sixties, Hauling in 2026 双穿六零，搬运2026 Set aside your personal standards and enjoy a life without scruples. Refuse to wear yourself down with overthinking; when something happens, just lose it. Better to inconvenience others than make yourself miserable. Su Tianci from 2026 unexpectedly transmigrates to the materially deprived 1960s. Two vast eras now lie before him. 555Reads—Score3314d adds
- 33 Two People Transmigrate to 1949, and from the Start We Meet Lou Zhenhua 双穿一九四九，开局遇到娄振华 Forget personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. No more emotional self-torment; when something happens, just lose it: better to inconvenience others than make yourself suffer. That was Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrated to Beiping just after its liberation. He also awakened a pocket dimension that could take him back to 2026. The economically booming year 2026 and the war-torn year 1949, two vastly different eras, now lay before him. 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Reborn: I Doted on My Wife and Kids and Shocked the Whole Village 重生：我宠老婆孩子震惊全村 [Reborn Romance + Regretful Scumbag + 1980s Dad Life + Devoted Husband, One Heroine + Satisfying Read + Cozy Daily Life + Healing] Chen Sanye, the village's notorious hooligan, suddenly changed after a night of heavy drinking! The idle, foul-mouthed delinquent became polite. He was not only hardworking, but even learned how to make money! He stopped barking orders at his pretty, mute wife and began speaking to her softly and treating her with the utmost tenderness. The neighbors were baffled. Ha 38.9kReads9.6Score4.3k14d adds
- 35 Love Makes No Promises, and My Beloved Never Comes Home 爱不期许，良人不归 Love Makes No Promises, and My Beloved Never Came Back 165Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 You Want to Split 60,000 with Me? I Started Out Worth 50 Million! 分我六万？我开局身价五千万！ You Only Want to Give Me Sixty Thousand? I'm Worth Fifty Million from the Start! 509Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 In the ’80s, Pretending to Be a Returnee Tycoon 在八零，伪装归国神豪 Su Tianci, an overworked office drone in 2026, accidentally transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1980s. Fortunately, he can still return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 24Reads—Score314d adds
- 38 Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九年 No morals + a little cruelty to beasts + everyday life at the heart of it Su Tianci transmigrates to Beiping in 1948, where his daily life revolves around tormenting beasts. Our protagonist has no manners and often does things without playing fair. The main idea is simple: if I have no morals, you can't morally blackmail me... [Putting the facts aside, is the author wrong to want to earn a little more tuition money? We shouldn't think only of ourselves; we need to consider the author too. I've m 3.4kReads—Score21114d adds
- 39 Crossing Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九 Drop the pretense of being a decent person and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to waste your energy on inner turmoil; if something’s wrong, just lose it. Rather than make yourself suffer, make life difficult for someone else. That’s Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrates to Beiping on the eve of liberation. The booming economy of 2026 and the war-torn year of 1949: two vastly different eras lie before him. 5.1kReads5.8Score22214d adds
- 40 You Turned Away, So I Learned Not to Love You! 你选择转身，我学会不爱！ You chose to walk away, so I learned how not to love you! 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Love Isn't Gentle, and I Won't Lick My Wounds 爱不温柔，我不舔舐伤口 Love isn't gentle, and I won't lick my wounds. 449Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 If You Love Your First Love So Much, Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Gone? 既爱白月光，我走了你哭啥？ If you love your first love so much, why are you crying now that I've left? 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 43 You Chose Your First Love, So I Let You Go on the Spot (Late Love Won't Save You) 你选白月光，我当场成全（晚情不渡） You chose your first love, so I let you have him right then and there (Late Love Finds No Ferry). 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Crossing Between Two Worlds: From the Start in 1952, I Was Already a County-Level Cadre 双穿一九五二开局就是正科级 In 2026, Su Tianci accidentally transmigrated to the war-torn Korean battlefield. Fortunately, he had brought along a pocket dimension. The System grabbed a bucket and ran. To return to 2026, he had to reach the siheyuan. Two vast eras lay before him. 29kReads5.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 45 The Hell My Wife Hid in the Receipts 妻子藏在收据里的地狱 The Hell My Wife Hid in the Receipts 519Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 A Backup Plan? I'm Done Putting Up with This! 备胎？老子不伺候了！ A Backup Plan? I'm Done Putting Up With This! 366Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 My Wife Insisted on Staying with Her First Love, So I Buried Our Marriage with My Own Hands 妻子执意陪白月光，我亲手埋葬了婚姻 My wife insisted on staying by her first love's side, so I buried our marriage with my own hands. 6.5kReads—Score12214d adds
- 48 After She Cheated, She Lost the Love of Her Life Forever 她出轨后永失所爱 After She Cheated, She Lost the One She Loved Forever 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 49 From the Start, I'm an Emperor: Building an Ancient Divine Sect 开局大帝境，打造太古神宗 After Wang Yi became sect leader, he activated a System and was rewarded with the cultivation of a Great Emperor. He vowed to build the greatest divine sect of the ancient era. Looking at the many prodigies hoping to join his sect... “What? You have a Supreme Bone and want to become a Holy Son? Sorry, in our sect, people with Supreme Bones are only good enough to guard the gate!” “You have the bloodline of a Heavenly Phoenix? Not bad! The kitchen needs a chef who can produce phoenix fire, so the 19kReads8.4Score96314d adds
- 50 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 181.5kReads9.3Score10.9k14d adds
