Novels like The Young Detective of Republican-Era China
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- 101 I Transformed into a Succubus on Doomsday and Became a Big Shot's Woman 末日变身魅魔成为大佬的女人 Su Yao decided to slip him a sleeping pill first, then sneak into his room in the middle of the night and have a little taste. Afterward, she would quietly slip away without anyone being the wiser. What she didn't know was that the person inside had been waiting for her all along. 5kReads6.9Score32314d adds
- 102 Heroes in a Troubled Age: Dawn of the Revolution 乱世群英之革命破晓 Assassinate the Qing emperor? Storm the imperial palace? Beat up traitors and confiscate the estates of corrupt officials and landlords. Sneak into Japan to wage a spy war? Bomb the emperor's palace? Adapted from real history, with explosive new plotlines and vividly drawn characters. Dedicated to the eightieth anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan. It celebrates patriotism, honors heroes, and promotes a people-centered view of history. 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Reborn as a Young Landlord in Republican-Era China 重生民国小地主 Reborn in the twenty-fourth year of the Republic of China. Bai Zhu had only one thought: keep the Bai family alive through these chaotic times. A severe drought, the Yellow River bursting its banks, waves of refugees, an invasion by the Japanese... A few brief lines in a history book meant the despair of people dying every day for him. He had a pocket dimension, but he couldn’t risk letting anyone find out. Outwardly unruly, he secretly used its water to fight the drought and save the fields, wh 4kReads6.2Score18014d adds
- 104 Nuclear Peace from the Start: Reborn in 1945 to Build a Nation in the East 开局核平：重生1945东洋建国 Ji Hanchang, determined to make up for the regrets of his homeland. With a series of clever moves, he gets his revenge. Reborn in 1945, he becomes the commander of an advance force, leading 1,500 elite soldiers on a march to the East. He outmaneuvers the United States and intercepts aid from the Marshall Plan, then gathers overseas Chinese from across the world to build a paradise abroad. From the East to the South Seas, millions of overseas Chinese pledge their loyalty. Using the East as his ba 268Reads—Score34814d adds
- 105 Transmigrating Back to Republican-Era China to Raise My Little Brother 穿越回民国养弟弟 [Main story complete] Transmigration + two male leads + older top + mutually devoted + period setting + Republican era + history + patriotism + coming-of-age + historical storytelling Gentle, cultured top x naive, scatterbrained shut-in from the 21st century Transmigrate into a penniless life? Compulsory education saves my hide! The moment Lin Jin opens his eyes, the stench of a ramshackle hut nearly knocks him out. Would you look at that, he’s transmigrated straight into 1930 on hard mode! Wher 630Reads8.9Score11014d adds
- 106 I Don't Want to Jump into a Well: Raising a Family in Republican-Era China 我不想跳井，民国养家 [Fictional Setting, Wholesome, Not a Feel-Good Power Fantasy, System Is Not the Main Focus, Serving the Country and Its People] P.S. This story takes place in a fictional setting. Please don’t compare it to real history. Content warning: Slow-paced, with many awful characters and plenty of melodrama early on. … After Lin Xuetang died, she didn’t go to hell. Instead, she arrived in the Republic of China era and awakened a Well-Jumping System. The trouble was, this Well-Jumping System only made h 45Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 107 Abandoned by the Hero's Party, I Became the Demon King's Fiancé 被勇者小队遗弃后成了魔王未婚夫 Every chapter ends with a beautifully rendered, cover-quality illustration. [Swords and Magic] + [One Heroine] + [Sweet Romance] + [Engineering] After transmigrating as a magicless good-for-nothing, Lu Jiu is publicly humiliated by the hero and kicked out of the party. Then the Demon King, Isabella, takes a liking to him! A general of the Demon King's castle: "The Demon King is marrying a worthless guy with no magic? I challenge him to a duel!" When the human holy army reaches the gates, Lu Jiu 1.1kReads6.9Score12814d adds
- 108 My Years in Intelligence Work 我干谍报工作的那几年 Born at the wrong time and adrift for half her life, should she accept her fate or fight back? If transmigration were a lottery, Zhang Huaiyue must have drawn the very worst ticket. After living an ordinary life for over twenty years, she couldn’t understand why, among all the transmigrators, she had been thrown into this war-torn era. To survive, she planned and schemed painstakingly. Just as she finally glimpsed a chance to break free from her shackles, fate seemed to play a cruel joke and pus 2.9kReads8.6Score27014d adds
- 109 The Bizarre Murder at the Roadside Inn 大车店诡异命案 Bizarre murders, men and women in turbulent times, tangled love and hate, and the legend of the resistance. During the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, on the northern Manchurian frontier, stood a mountain called Big Butt Mountain. Two semicircular peaks joined together, and the locals were plainspoken: they named things exactly as they looked. For forty li in every direction, it was the only horse-cart inn around: the Big Butt Mountain Inn. Men and women shared the big northeastern kang beds 406Reads—Score10014d adds
- 110 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
- 111 Republican Era: The Shanghai Tycoon 民国：上海滩枭雄 1. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, with a sharp mind. 2. He starts out in the martial world, builds a business, establishes a base of operations, and saves the country and its people. Han Kaijia's soul travels back to old Shanghai in 1915. When others scheme against him, he seizes the opportunity and strikes back with razor-sharp precision. From then on, he understands one thing: When you're out in the world, you make your own name and status. The powerful figu 1.2kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 112 Snatching Treasures in Republican-Era China: From the Start, I Steal Leng Qingqiu 民国捡漏，开局截胡冷清秋 Antique appraisal and treasure hunting + TV and film fan fiction + multiple heroines + portable space + fighting Japanese invaders. In the turbulent years of the late Qing and early Republic, China is impoverished and weak, surrounded by foreign powers while its people suffer in misery. Antique appraiser Lu Xiuyuan arrives through transmigration with a portable space, makes a name for himself in the antiques trade, and rides boldly into the world of beautiful women. He seizes a hundred tons o 40.7kReads7.3Score3.8k14d adds
- 113 Republican Era: The Divination Was a Disaster! 民国，卦了！ [Entirely handwritten] [No System] [No harem] [A story for readers who like to think] [A panoramic portrait of Republican-era China] By Heaven’s decree, may he live long and prosper. His destiny belonged to Heaven. Yuan Fan took a furtive peek at it, only to stir up chaos across the Republic of China. Our story begins in 1923. That spring was quite lively… 48.7kReads8.9Score4.9k14d adds
- 114 Memories of Xiaoxiang: The Golden Branch Rises from the Ashes 潇湘忆之涅槃金枝 [Late Qing to early Republic | Strong female lead seeks revenge | Family intrigue and political schemes | Completed] On a blood-red autumn night, the entire Qian family is slaughtered, and Luan Ci, the pampered second young lady, becomes a lone fugitive overnight. She escapes over a pile of corpses and takes refuge in the Ling residence, her sworn enemy's home, carefully plotting each step as she endures humiliation to survive. Everyone thinks she is a pawn they can manipulate, but none suspect 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Living as a Model Citizen in Republican-Era China 活在民国当顺民 From the start, it's 1945. The war against Japan is over, and the times are in turmoil. After Yang Fuping's grandfather closes his eyes for the last time, he leaves behind a letter of prophecy and a coffin no one can touch. His family tends to daily life in their little courtyard, ignoring the shifting tides of history and simply keeping their corner of the world warm and peaceful. Ensemble cast + Republican-era setting + not a wish-fulfillment story + miniature storage space 38.6kReads8.9Score2.3k14d adds
- 116 Whoever Wants to Be the Villain Can Have the Job. I Passed the Civil Service Exam 这反派谁爱当谁当，我考公上岸了 [Subverting Tropes + Cathartic + Righteous to a Fault + Arrests Whole Families at the Drop of a Hat + Even Lawyers Get Locked Up] He transmigrates into a world where short dramas have merged, becoming the second young master of a wealthy family, and a major villain at that? Nope. Zhou Cheng activates the Police God System and passes the civil service exam! Every act of merit earns him a reward! So Zhou Cheng keeps an eye on the male and female leads and all the supporting characters. Anyone who 4.3kReads7.3Score39514d adds
- 117 Wanwan Bends the Green Pine 婉婉折青松 The Cold-Blooded Warlord and His Lovely Wife, a companion novel to Snowy Parasol Tree [Republican-Era Romance + A Love Lost in Bitterness + Love at First Sight] Word has it that Zhou Songyu met with disaster in Beiping. Zhou Songyu was dead. On the day of her wedding, Duan Yiwan was supposed to marry Shen Zhuqing, but her stepmother and older sister, Duan Yibao, switched the marriage and sent her to the Zhou family instead. Unexpectedly, Zhou Songyu returned three years later. It turned out She 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Brooding CEO, Don't Turn Evil: Your Wicked Ex-Wife Is Back to Cling to You 阴湿霸总别黑化，恶毒前妻来贴贴 [Rental-apartment fiction + a bankrupt heiress making money + a gloomy puppy with a secret crush] Bankrupt from the start, with tens of millions in debt. Cornered in an alley, Zhang Yue thinks she's done for, but Jiang Yuanci, the poor boy she once trampled underfoot, rushes out and takes three vicious blows for her! As the distance between them closes to a meter, glowing comments suddenly flash wildly above his head: [Poor thing! The future trillionaire will be left lame tonight and turn compl 31kReads8.8Score3.3k14d adds
- 119 War of Resistance: Old Li Laughs at the Bookish Fool, So I Take the Huangpu Exam in a Rage 抗战：老李笑书呆子，我怒考黄埔 [Drawing Sword, Whampoa Military Academy, Republican era, fighting through the entire war, no System] Lin Zheng transmigrates to 1924. Mocked as a coward by his childhood friend Li Yunlong, he resolutely joins a military academy! From the first graduating class all the way to Lake Changjin! He forges unparalleled glory through his military achievements! This synopsis doesn’t do it justice, so head straight to the story. I recommend starting from Chapter 7, when he enters Whampoa! 1.3kReads7.9Score16014d adds
- 120 The Fox of the Far East 远东之狐 In 1884, amid the upheavals of the Sino-French War, Han Zikun is born in the Han family’s courtyard in Shanxia County, Jinghai Prefecture. A transmigrator, he brings modern marketing skills, mechanical engineering knowledge, and fluency in several languages, but has no System or golden finger. He can rely only on his ingenuity and determination to face the chaos of the late Qing. The family has had only one son for three generations. His grandfather, Han Shoushu, puts aside his scholar’s gown to 2Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 121 1953: The Brigade Commander Lured Me into Harbin Institute of Technology 1953，旅长把我拐进哈工大 Also known as From Top Student to Defense Industry Tycoon. After transmigrating to Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, in 1953, Lin Yan binds to the Great Power Top Student System. As long as he studies, he can earn System points and purchase all kinds of technological achievements and even items from the System shop. As it happens, that same year, the brigade commander is ordered to bring a group of Soviet advisers and experts to build a military engineering academy. The students studying Soviet 238.7kReads8.8Score27k14d adds
- 122 Transmigrate to Republican-Era China: I’m a Descendant of the Guanzhong Knifemen 穿越民国我是关中刀客的后人 After an accident, a rock-climbing instructor transmigrates back to the Guanzhong region during the Republican era. On his very first day, he discovers that bandits have slaughtered his family. It is the year the Japanese invade China, when the nation is broken and families are torn apart. The Xi’an Incident brings the Nationalists and Communists to an understanding: brothers may fight among themselves, but together they must resist foreign aggression. Against this backdrop, family vengeance and 73Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 123 The Warlord's Ninth Concubine 军阀家的九姨太 [Republic era + tragic romance + white moonlight + love and hatred + household intrigue + faked death] [Older, cold, domineering warlord × seemingly innocent Ninth Concubine] Nanjing has a bustling commercial street, and on that street stands the most respectable Governor's Residence, home to the famous Northern warlord, Governor Huo. Governor Huo became famous for his nine outstanding military victories ten years ago, and ten years later, his nine concubines kept his banner flying high. And I, 679Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 124 Beauty and Hairdressing in Republican-Era China 我在民国美容美发 Spy thriller [No romance + entrepreneurship + espionage + not a power fantasy + no arrogant, all-conquering hero or Mary Sue + kindhearted, not malicious + everyday street life + no romantic melodrama + slow-paced] [Author's note: Feel free to read two or three chapters before deciding whether to continue. Don't blindly follow the reviews when judging a book's worth; decide for yourself.] Zheng Xiaohe brings modern skills with her when she transmigrates into the granddaughter of a barber in Ji 2.8kReads9.0Score24814d adds
- 125 The Phoenix-Eyed Agent: I Tear My Rotten Enemies Apart in Republican-Era China 凤眼女特工：我在民国手撕渣敌 I, Su Wanqing, am a small-time female thug at the bottom of the heap at Jiangcheng Wharf. My only talent is hearing other people’s thoughts. For three years, I used that ability to dodge countless assassination attempts, until I met a coachman who was nearly beaten to death. My heart skipped a beat: this man’s thoughts were actually pure. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 I Helped the Ice-Cold CEO Catch Her Cheating Husband, and Got Caught Up in It Myself 帮冷艳总裁捉奸，把自己搭进去了 [Urban Imagination] [Everyday Urban Life] [Youthful Campus] [Icy CEO] [Transmigration] [System] [Campus Beauty] [Food Delivery] [Transmigrated in Body] I can't write a blurb. I really don't get why everyone says their health gets worse and worse after reading this... (The new animated series is now available to reserve. It's called the same thing.) Ye Yi transmigrates into a poor student in a parallel world and binds himself to the strongest wage-slave System. Even delivering takeout lets him 20.6kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 127 Saintly, Zero IQ, Infinite Combat Power 圣母，智商为0，战力无限 [Saintly heroine]+ [Brain-dead protagonist]+ [Invincible]+ [Single]+ [Horror instances that aren't scary at all]+ [A saintess from another world goes shopping and survives a horror game] Just as humanity was despairing over the demons, Maria, the strongest saintess in history, appeared out of nowhere. Master of every school of magic and physically stronger than a Titan, she carved her way straight from the imperial capital to the Demon King's castle. Even the Demon King could only shout, "Stay a 3.2kReads8.6Score38214d adds
- 128 The Savvy Little Soldier 小兵油子 Beacon Bones Beyond the Great Wall: Twenty-Five Years of Fighting Japanese Invaders on the Grasslands [Warlords, War of Resistance, Searching for Family, No Overpowered Cheats, Spy Warfare, Logic and Intelligence, Ruthless] 1921–1945: The land is in turmoil, and China is engulfed in endless flames of war. Adopted as a child by a top undercover spy, the young man is meticulously trained for over a decade to become his other hand. There is no System and no mindless overpowered cheat. Every struggl 238Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The 1970s: A House Full of Descendants, Starting With the Countryside 年代，子孙满堂从下乡开始 After transmigrating, Jiang Lin plunges headfirst into the Northeast countryside during a fervent era and becomes an educated youth sent down to the countryside. While everyone else suffers through hard labor, his cheat turns him into a capable man beloved by the villagers. He starts hunting in the mountains and fishing in the rivers, enjoying this rare chapter of his life. All kinds of lovely girls stay by his side, leaving him unsure which one to choose. When the country opens up, he takes off 135.3kReads8.1Score15.1k14d adds
- 130 Quick Transmigration: The Green Apricot Space 快穿之青杏空间 [Republican Era] [Period] [Apocalypse] [Cultivation] Four stories that stand alone yet are connected, following the female lead’s gradual growth. If you’re looking for a power fantasy, this one isn’t for you. Lin Zizai taught herself to cultivate from a young age and developed a cubic spatial dimension. She had an extraordinary memory, but no one to teach her how to handle people and navigate the world. One day, her supposedly beloved grandmother, who had ulterior motives, possessed her, setting 2.6kReads8.7Score25614d adds
- 131 The Gunshots of the Republic of China 民国的枪声 The gunfire that rang out across the three towns of Wuhan in October 1911 tolled the death knell of the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Hu, from the Dragon Nation of a later age, grips the rifle in his hands. What will he choose? To remain an obscure nobody, or to ride the crest of a great era? Reclaim our lands and restore the golden age of the Han and Tang dynasties? 52.9kReads7.2Score4.2k14d adds
- 132 Are All My Wives Spies? Come On, I Just Want to Live 媳妇全是特务？别搞啊，我想活着 [Espionage] [Republican Era] [Scheming] [Mind Games] [Vengeful] [Dancing on the Edge of a Blade] Li Yundong transmigrates to Beiping in 1948, code-named Vulture. From the start, he gathers the heir of a capitalist family, a Kuomintang major, and a top Secret Service official… The difficulty of survival is off the charts! Fortunately, he has a 100,000-cubic-meter space and a wife he got for free: a Qing Gang bigwig's beloved daughter, a wealthy merchant's heiress, a lieutenant colonel and spe 52.4kReads6.9Score4.6k14d adds
- 133 The Male Guard of Nian Ci An 念慈庵的男护院 [Multiple Female Leads] Enter at Your Own Risk if You Mind [Treasure Hunt] [Jade Maiden Heart Sutra] [Bizarre Curiosities] [Fighting the Japanese] Nian Ci An is a nunnery that accepts only young widows. Wang Erniu's woman, Chun Xing, was sent inside. In a fit of rage, he joined the nunnery's guard force, just so he could stay close to her. Who could have guessed that once you enter the convent, you find yourself in a bottomless sea of trouble! The mayor's concubine asks him to deliver a letter, 1.5kReads8.6Score11714d adds
- 134 A Junior Banner Soldier in the Late Qing 清末小旗兵 Transmigrating to the late Qing was bad enough. To make matters worse, I became a soldier in the Eight Banners! Fu Ning thought he'd reached the end of the road, but since he was here, he might as well leave something behind. This is the story of a university student in an obscure field struggling to survive in a time of chaos, and of an ordinary person striving to change things in that era. 12.1kReads8.7Score94814d adds
- 135 Republican Era: As a Doctor, I Just Want to Stay Alive 民国：作为医生，我只想苟活 Female lead + no CP + no System + ensemble cast (Republican-era War of Resistance / a touch of espionage / medical fiction / slow pace / long realistic story!) [Synopsis] A promising young person from the modern era unexpectedly travels to a parallel version of Republican-era China, becoming the third daughter of the Yang family, a medical student who studied in France. As soon as she returns to China, the Battle of Shanghai breaks out. Amid the relentless shellfire: Everyone else: We will give 15.2kReads8.8Score2.3k14d adds
- 136 Republican Era: The Young Marshal's Wife Is Dangerous and Alluring 民国：少帅夫人危险又迷人 There’s no such thing as a chance encounter or love at first sight. It’s all the result of someone’s carefully laid plans... [Marriage First, Love Later + Two Strong Leads + Each with Their Own Agenda + Both Inexperienced in Love + One-on-One] Also known as: “After My Childhood Sweetheart Broke Off Our Engagement, I Turned Around and Married the Young Marshal” [The author is letting loose and writing whatever comes to mind. Feel free to read it casually. Having fun is what matters most, so don’t 219Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Republican Era: All My Kids Are Emperors for the Ages 民国：我家崽崽都是千古一帝 [A mother’s love saves all + Republican era + transforming emperors in their later years + redemption + livestreams across the dynasties] In Great Qin, the dying First Emperor sees a prompt before his death: [Enter the year 1915 and become a baby. Grow up under your mother’s protection.] To stay alive, Ying Zheng takes part. As for the mother, he couldn’t care less. In the Great Han, Emperor Wu, now in his later years and having issued an edict accepting blame, reads a prompt: [Enter the 1.3kReads8.7Score18914d adds
- 138 King of Thieves in Chaotic Times 乱世贼王 The Rongmen thieves are despised by all, yet even thieves have their code of honor! He mastered a legendary skill as soon as he joined the Rongmen. A phantom hand and a thousand faces: he reached the peak the moment he entered the scene and was unbeatable whenever he struck! And so began his legendary life: Slaying Japanese invaders, robbing the rich, and dominating the Rongmen... Born in the chaotic years of the Republic, he chose to be a chivalrous thief! 15.3kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 139 My Soul Traveled to 1903 Republican China 魂穿民国1903 Transmigration, a pocket dimension, resistance against Japan. After transmigrating as Zhang Damao, he uses his pocket dimension to seize weapons, raid Japanese banks, stockpile food, and train soldiers, all to wipe out more Japanese invaders during the War of Resistance. 15.7kReads7.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 140 Shaking as I Work as an Assassin in the Republic of China 民国之抖着手当杀手 Shen Wenjiao was just an ordinary girl who had grown up doted on by her parents. A sudden accident separated her from them and sent her to the Republic of China era. An old-fashioned household, conservative and ignorant grandparents, and a mother caught up in feudal thinking. Faced with a nation torn apart, even she, who had always lived in peacetime, picked up a gun with trembling hands and tears in her eyes. She would become one of those who shouldered the burden and pressed on~ An ordinary, t 1.2kReads8.0Score11714d adds
- 141 Back to the 1970s as an Educated Youth 穿回70年代当知青 [No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no female lead, slow burn] Beneath the waves of grain lies a struggle for survival deeper than the harvest itself. The land and agriculture need more devoted protection to yield a bumper crop. In this world of cooking smoke rising into the sky, there is a group of silent guardians. They are not gilded clay idols in the halls of power, but farmers bent over the fields, craftsmen working amid roaring flames, and brave souls guarding the frontier. With cracke 30Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 142 Modern High Martial: I Become the Strongest Through My Sister-in-Law's Imagination 现代高武：我靠小姨子脑补成至强 Zhuang Lin transmigrated to another world five years ago. Everyone here practiced martial arts, and martial skills were deeply woven into daily life. Each person’s aptitude for martial arts was decided at birth. His aptitude was the worst possible, Yellow rank, which meant he was destined to live an ordinary life. After accepting his fate and following his family’s arrangements to get married, his dull, ordinary life changed when his eleven-year-old sister-in-law came to visit. “Big Sis, Brother 12.2kReads8.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 143 Back to the 1940s: Fleeing Famine to Shanghai 穿回四十年代逃荒去上海 In 1942, Wang Li woke up in a cellar and discovered she had transmigrated into the body of a landowner’s wife. From the start, she was fleeing famine, and along the way she got separated from her companions. Well, if she had to flee, she had to flee! Life hadn’t been great in the modern world either. Now it was just her and a simple-minded girl. After enduring all kinds of hardships, they finally made it to Shanghai and bought a house. In her spare time, she even helped herself to the belongings 2.7kReads8.2Score13614d adds
- 144 The Beipingside Barber: From the Start, I Opened the Ghost Gate for the Japanese 北平剃头匠，开局给鬼子开天门 Unable to afford a haircut, university student Wen Pan, who works at a construction site, decides to buy some clippers and cut his own hair. At a street stall, he buys a pair of vintage clippers and a dragon-patterned razor. While trying to shave himself, he accidentally nicks a pimple and is sent straight to the moment when the Japanese invaders breached Beiping. He becomes a barber there and, in order to survive, takes over his predecessor’s work. Then he discovers that the dragon-patterned ra 18.5kReads8.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 145 Republican Era: I'm a Professor at Peking University 民国：我在北大当教授 After transmigrating to the seventh year of the Republic of China, Shen Zhixing goes from being a librarian at Peking University to the young master of a remittance house, newly returned from studying in Germany. In a turbulent age of warring warlords and encroaching foreign powers, he refuses to inherit a fortune worth billions and vows to save the country with his pen. He buys the second-largest newspaper in Beijing and Tianjin and serializes the martial arts classic The Legend of the Condor H 581Reads5.8Score10014d adds
- 146 Espionage: After All This Time, I Finally Get to Use the Honey Trap 谍战：熬这么久，总算到美人计了 “You damn spy, you’re hurting me!” Just after transmigrating to the Republic of China era, Lu Chen is caught up in a massive conspiracy and tortured in prison. One day, a female officer stands before him with a whip in hand and asks, “Do you have a faith?” Lu Chen: “Not really... I guess.” The female officer says coldly, “Torture him! What’s the difference between someone without faith and a walking corpse?” Lu Chen: “???” I just transmigrated here. How am I supposed to have any faith? Female of 15.1kReads7.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 147 Winter Melody of Beicheng 北城冬曲 [Alternate Republican-era setting + love of country and family + ensemble cast in troubled times + mystery and espionage + two devoted first loves + happy ending] [Gentle, proud opera beauty x quiet, guileless student who speaks her mind] A single “reform order” put an end to Su Yige’s long road of study. But just as she faced this predicament, everything changed the moment she opened the file folder. The folder her professor gave her pointed to the hidden sparks inside the theater, and to the 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Those Who Know How to Die Well Never Truly Die 善死者不亡 [Espionage] [Family ties, friendship, and love of country among the elite] [Family rules and discipline] [Lightly cerebral] [Romance kept in the background] The youngest sister always remembers those words: "Those who fight well do not die; those who die well do not perish. If you are an undercover agent, your disguise must be flawless!" Her eldest brother strokes her head and says, "Love is precious, but freedom is worth more. For the sake of our family and country, we can give up both." Most 211Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 149 Warlord: From Bandit to Marshal, I Will Defend the Northeast to the Death 军阀：土匪到大帅，我必死守东北 [Warlords] [Invincible] [System] [War of Resistance] [Not a brainless power fantasy] Northeast China in the late Qing dynasty: to the north, the Russian Empire watches hungrily; to the east, Japanese pirates wait for their chance. The imperial court is rotten, officials and bandits run rampant, the land lies desolate, and the people wail in misery. In Sanjie Gou, Qingmakan, Northeast China, Du Jieda is lost in thought. Just a few days ago, he was running a small company. In a daze, he somehow tr 2.8kReads8.4Score14014d adds
- 150 Transmigrated as a Villainous Young Lady in Republican-Era China 穿成民国反派大小姐 Qin Wanyi transmigrated into a book The good news: She became the daughter of a powerful warlord. The young lady was beautiful and rich, pampered by her Marshal father and Young Marshal brother, and free to do whatever she pleased. The bad news: She was the male lead's villainous fiancée, constantly helping the hero and heroine get together. Her father and brother couldn't beat the male lead, and her own ending was miserable. Fortunately, she had transmigrated early enough to help her father ref 3.4kReads8.7Score36814d adds
