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- 51 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
- 52 The Disguiser: Shu Xiang 伪装者之舒香 A young woman named Shu Xiang had just graduated and found a job when disaster struck in broad daylight. When she opened her eyes again, she had somehow become A Xiang, a maid in the Ming household from the hit TV drama The Disguiser! In Shu Xiang's eyes, the best thing about A Xiang was undoubtedly that she had good luck and survived to the end! Once Shu Xiang realized she had become A Xiang, she was satisfied. Shu Xiang: “I don't ask for much. I have just one goal: to stay alive!” But the youn 750Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 53 Pinduoduo in the Republic of China 带着拼夕夕在民国 Protagonist: Li Yue (Jian Sixuan) Li Yue accidentally transmigrates to 1938, less than two months after the Nanjing Massacre. The owner of the body she inhabits is just an ordinary little beggar. At first, Li Yue sees nothing but darkness ahead. She might not survive even three days in this era. But soon she discovers that her phone has come along with her, and the only app on it, Pinduoduo, gives her the courage to carry on. She decides to head for Yan’an and lie low in the base area until libe 5.4kReads7.4Score49514d adds
- 54 Su Xi, the Female Physician 女医苏溪 Su Xi, a surgeon, transmigrates to the early Republican era with her medical equipment and her own body. Who says women are inferior to men? Who says women cannot be doctors? Watch as her astonishing skills make her famous across Jiangnan, win the admiration of Jiangzhou City's three young masters, and have them vying to marry her. Through the twists and turns of life, she repeatedly escapes danger, turns ill-fated relationships into happy ones, and joins forces with those around her to keep the 114Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 55 Transmigrated to the Republican Era: A Young Lady and an Unsung Hero 穿越民国:是大小姐也是无名英雄 [This is an alternate setting, an alternate setting, an alternate setting. Important things must be said three times. No System, no golden finger, and this is not a pure wish-fulfillment novel. There is a couple.] Feng Jing, whose brain had been chewed on by zombies, never expected to wake up in 1934 as a pampered young lady who had returned from studying abroad. Her brother was missing, her parents were dead, and her two uncles wanted to seize the family estate. Feng Jing had no choice but to c 140Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 56 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 324Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 This Doctor Is a Little Crazy 这个医生有点疯狂 On the first morning after the lockdown is lifted, a red-topped official notice is posted outside the emergency department. Lin Ran, the hospital’s sharpest-tongued and most skilled “troublemaker,” stares at the steamed bun in his hand, still warm, and the appointment letter naming him acting director of the emergency department. He falls into deep thought. A System notification drifts by: “Congratulations, Host. You have earned the God-Tier title: Scapegoat (Legendary).” From that day on, Lin R 198Reads6.3Score1914d adds
- 58 Resistance War System: The Hidden Butterfly's Flower 抗战系统:隐蝶之花 After Zhong Yuyan was bound to an Anti-Japanese War System, she was reborn in a parallel universe. She never expected, though, to be reborn as a female traitor who had been targeted for assassination by the Military Statistics Bureau. Only after barely escaping with her life did she learn from the original host’s memories that... The original host wasn’t a female traitor at all. She was a triple agent who had returned from studying abroad, and also the Party’s most secretive butterfly hidden dee 21.9kReads8.4Score2.5k14d adds
- 59 This Resident Doctor Is Far Too Cautious 这个住院医生太稳健了 After spending three years recovering from the side effects of his hyperthymesia, medical student Chen Qingfeng put on his white coat again. Just when everyone thought he had become a good-for-nothing, he began performing miracle after miracle. General surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, orthopedics, baffling illnesses... Is there anything he can’t do? Chen Qingfeng said, “Professors, I’m just a resident. Why do you keep learning surgical techniques from me?” 8.2kReads8.7Score88414d adds
- 60 Espionage: Cleaner by Day, Assassin by Night 谍战:白天清洁工,夜晚变杀手 [Republic of China-era espionage + strong heroine + pocket dimension + multiple identities + no romance] Li Yun, an ordinary office worker, gets into a car accident. When she wakes up, she finds herself in the Republic of China era, and has somehow aged twenty years overnight, becoming a fifty-year-old cleaning lady. Watch as she cleans by day and transforms into an assassin by night, taking the heads of treacherous collaborators and Japanese invaders who have committed every kind of evil. 3kReads8.7Score32114d adds
- 61 I Transmigrated to Republican-Era China and Changed the Fate of the Untouchable Beauty 穿越民国,我为高岭之花逆天改命 When the Seven Stars aligned, Liang Jinxia clutched her compass and plunged into the flames of war in Licheng in 1944. In her moment of despair, geologist Gu Qingwu held out a hand. “Come with me, or stay here and wait to die.” To survive, she became his assistant. Her uncanny “predictions” repeatedly saved him from danger, but also made him increasingly suspicious of her. “Who are you, really?” As artillery fire tore through the night, should she follow the course of history and save hersel 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 I'm a Deserter: My War of Resistance 我是逃兵我的抗战 His soul transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking soldier, while his own soul comes from his previous life. He was basically good for nothing, and when he is suddenly reborn, he is afraid of hardship. Separated from his unit, he becomes a deserter who is as good as dead, yet somehow still alive. Because he knows how history unfolds, he spends the early days hiding and running for his life. Through a twist of fate, he ends up as an intelligence agent for the Nationalists. With no connections —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Espionage: One Poisonous Scheme After Another, Leaving the Japanese Calling Me a Living Yama 谍战:毒计连连,鬼子直呼活阎王 Gu Nan transmigrates to 1936 and becomes an ace “torture spy.” He awakens an ability to obtain intelligence. As long as he tortures the Japanese and makes them suffer, he can extract the intelligence they possess. Special Higher Police Section: We must never let Gu Nan get his hands on us. No one can keep a secret from him. Nan Zao Yun Zi: I didn’t say anything, really. Chief of the Special Higher Police Section: He just beat me up, and every top-secret agent hiding in China was exposed. Head of 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 I Transmigrated to the Republic of China and Fight Japan from Behind the Lines 穿越民国,我在后方抗日 Zhu Ze was an air-conditioning installer who fell from the 18th floor after a young delinquent girl cut his safety rope. His soul transmigrated to Shanghai in 1937. To his surprise, his new body belonged to a live-in son-in-law who had been kicked out of the family home. He had no money to his name and was also a drug addict. He had to kick the habit from the start, then begin building a new life in Republican-era China… 1.6kReads7.0Score—14d adds
- 65 Fuzhou: Blades and Bloodshed in 1949 福州:刀光血影一九四九 A few words in a local dialect, as indistinguishable as the wind. Once their eyes meet, the hunt and counterhunt begin. Messages whispered on the wind, blood and chaos, a fight to the death... At the end of February 1949, the Huacha secret team, entrusted with a vital mission, encountered an accident on its way to Rong. Team leader Hu Dayi vanished without a trace, and his guard, Wu Erzhu, was captured. At the same time, the Kuomintang's Secrecy Bureau System was carrying out its covert Thunder 127Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Returning to the Republic of China with a System 带着系统回民国 Synopsis [Republican era + espionage + System + War of Resistance] Zhao Manman is brought by the System to the Republic of China in 1933, to the region beyond the Great Wall already occupied by the Japanese. Her task is to complete the missions issued by the System and return to her own world. At first, she truly does work hard just to get back. But gradually, she realizes that the stories she once read about in history books and watched on television are unfolding right here. She no longer thin 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 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 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Famine of 1940: The Tycoon Brings His Granary and Orchard as Dowry 四零饥荒,大佬带粮仓果园做陪嫁 [Beast World × 1940s, Space for Traveling Between Worlds and Trading Goods, One-on-One Romance] When Tang Su was starving to death, a black mamba beastman forcibly bonded with her and brought her back to the beast world. Soon afterward, she unlocked a space that allowed her to travel between two worlds. Endless spring water, mushrooms and medicinal herbs she could pick to her heart's content, and countless fish, shrimp, crabs, and beast meat became the supplies she stockpiled in bulk. Every time 257Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 69 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
- 70 The Whirlwind of Shanghai Kisses My Cheongsam 上海滩的漩涡吻过我的旗袍 The Republic of China is in turmoil, shrouded in storms and darkness. Han Yuge, once a daughter of the Aisin Gioro imperial clan, steps into the dazzling yet perilous world of Shanghai, dressed in a qipao. There, she meets three people whose fates intertwine with hers: Xia Yan, a ruthless, hard-edged business tycoon who rose from nothing at the docks, yet gives her all his tenderness; Lin Yifeng, a passionate revolutionary devoted to his country, sincere and pure-hearted, ready to risk his life 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Fifth Book by Chu He Jian Jian 初荷尖尖的第5本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 331Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 72 Snow Falls in the Republican Era, but No One Returns 民国落雪,不见归人 Snow Falls in the Republic of China Era, but No One Returns 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 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 1.1kReads8.0Score11714d adds
- 74 Heaven Threw Me into the 1940s to Set Things Right 老天把我扔四十年代收割不平事 [Transmigrating to the Republic of China era + both virgins + resistance-war espionage + chicken-dinner System + strong heroine + mutual devotion + multiple identities] Lu Xiangxiang is timid and easily frightened, but she loves martial arts and has trained with her father in the mountains since childhood. She’s majoring in foreign languages, so why insist on joining a film crew as a stunt double? Timid and easily frightened, she spent college as a complete nobody. And now… this? All Lu Xiangxia 375Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 75 A Food Blogger Transmigrates Into a Book Set in the Republic of China and Just Wants to Make Money 美食博主穿书民国只想搞钱 Food + Baking + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + No Romance Food blogger Jiang Hongyao transmigrates into a book, becoming Jiang Hongyao, a minor character who serves as a casualty in the romance between the leads in the novel A Lady of the Republic. She's not the second female lead or the third. She doesn't even qualify as the fourth. She's just a passerby with barely any lines, the kind who doesn't even get an ending. Since she's here, there's no going back. At least the spacious 1.7kReads8.6Score17614d adds
- 76 Trade Japanese Invaders' Heads for Rewards? I'm Great at This 鬼子人头换奖励?这题我超会 [A growing heroine + no romance or ambiguity in the main story + not a spy thriller] After mysteriously transmigrating back to the War of Resistance era, Tong Yuelan, a total weakling in a fight, could only think how hard her life was. She was facing death right from the start, and just when she managed to turn the tables against all odds, she discovered she’d been bound to a useless cannon-fodder System. She began by cautiously sneaking up on the Japanese invaders and killing them. After growin 2.6kReads8.8Score30714d adds
- 77 Transmigrating into The Story of a Noble Family: A Maid's Life 穿越金粉世家之丫鬟生涯 Other people transmigrate into a life of luxury and fine food. I transmigrated into a life on the run. Bai Xiaolian wanted to slap herself twice. She’d known something was wrong, but hadn’t been able to stop herself from taking the shortcut. And now look at her: totally screwed. Ever since transmigrating, she hadn’t had a single good day. Every day was spent fleeing and going hungry. At long last, she met a kind-hearted young lady, only to discover that she herself was Xiao Lian from The Story o 389Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 78 The Spirit Hidden Beneath an Old Qipao 旧旗袍下藏风骨 A Backbone Beneath the Old Qipao 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Beacon Fires: Whether the Capital Falls into Chaos Is Up to Master Wen 狼烟:四九城乱不乱文爷说了算 Wen San, the little top from Beiping, makes a comeback as Master Wen and stirs up the chaos of a turbulent age! Light power fantasy + multiple female leads + a moderate golden finger + plot-focused + genuine patriotic spirit A crossover with the anti-Japanese war universe: Zhou Weiguo and Chen Yi from Snow Leopard; Mu Wanchu and Cuiping from Lurking; Tian Jiatai and Ding Yujiao from Eight Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moon; Li Dashiben, Sai Diaochan, and Camel Xiangzi... Wen San rises to become a 2.5kReads—Score19014d adds
- 80 Transmigrated into a Slave: Watch Me Rise to Become the Female Lead 穿越为奴看我如何翻身成女主 A white-collar worker on a trip gets into a car accident. She thinks she’s had all the bad luck she can take, then wakes up after a nap to find she’s transmigrated through time and turned into a child. And that’s not all: she’s sold straight to a pleasure boat. She figures she should focus on staying alive, but then she’s sold again to bandits. This is way too intense! Fortunately, she’s rescued and taken into the wealthy Song family. They say entering a rich household is like plunging into a se 582Reads8.1Score11314d adds
- 81 Those Who Fight Well Do Not Die 善战者不死 The grand estate of a powerful family is a place where man-eating beasts prowl the front courtyard, while the back courtyard is a cold well surrounded by high walls. For one woman… getting out is incredibly difficult. But with a group of women by my side, I’m not alone! One of us will surely make it out and see the world! Sis, do you like some other girl now? What other girl? I’ve got my hands full worrying about you, you little troublemaker! 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Slacking Off in the ER, While the Whole Hospital Begs Me to Step In 我在急诊室摸鱼,全院跪求出手 The short dramas Emergency Room Slacker King and Standing at the Pinnacle of Surgery, I Slacked Off Like Crazy in the ER have been adapted from this novel. [Urban + Doctor + Slacking Off + Face-Slapping + Real Medical Skills + Feel-Good + Not a Saint] He Zhizhou was once a man who stood at the pinnacle of surgery worldwide. Tired of relentless, high-intensity operations, he concealed his identity and settled into the emergency department of Jiangcheng First People's Hospital as an ordinary resid 221kReads8.7Score15.6k14d adds
- 83 Alternate Republic of China: Fleeing Famine With a Pocket Dimension 架空民国:带着空间去逃荒 [Transmigration] [Flight from Famine] [Republican Era] Su Bailu transmigrated to a famine-stricken era in the Republican Era and became a girl abandoned by her parents. To stay alive, she headed north with the masses. An unexpected encounter changed the course of her life completely. [Golden finger: A 20-cubic-meter space.] The real troublemakers: The elder brother and sister-in-law were never meant to cross paths, but their little sister insisted on meddling. 978Reads7.9Score10514d adds
- 84 Espionage: I Have a Double Possession, and You Want Me to Be an Informant? 谍战:我双重附体,让我做线人? [Humorous and funny] [No romance, no do-gooder heroine] [Self-interest above all] [Feel free to dive in] Gou Dadan is timid and afraid of trouble. The chaos of wartime turns him into a fastidious egoist. From the start, he transmigrates to Shanghai in 1937, just before the nationwide resistance against Japan begins, and becomes an ordinary soldier. [Early story] Forced to become a secret agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, he brings along his blind younger sister. Military Statistics Burea 34Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 85 Undercover at the Secret Service Bureau 潜伏在特务处 A traditional spy thriller: no golden fingers and no transmigration. Please don’t read if that’s not your thing. Spring 1941, Jiangcheng. Lin Yanzhou, a technician at Hanyang Ironworks, draws the attention of Japanese spy Nanzou Yun Zi after repairing a German diesel engine at the docks. Then Zhao Bingjun, deputy director of the Secret Service, coerces him into joining their ranks. As his three identities near exposure and the “Jiaogang Plan” sets its sights on Jiangcheng, he makes patience his 817Reads6.5Score11114d adds
- 86 A Big Shot Becomes a Spy in the Republic of China 大佬在民国当间谍 She was Zero Nine, a formidable mercenary from the interstellar age. But during her final mission, she was betrayed and killed. Unexpectedly, her soul crossed into another world, where she became Zhou Wenjun, a refined young lady from a prominent family. Now the enemy runs rampant, but brave souls rise to strengthen the nation. Everyone bears the duty to restore the country, charging fearlessly through fire and blade. The land may fall, but the heroic spirit endures. In this chaotic and tragic e 110Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 87 Fighting the Japanese: I'm the God of Medicine in the Republic of China 抗日:我在民国当药神 [War of Resistance + Jianghu + Political Intrigue + Passion] Medicine can save lives. Zhang Wei firmly believes that enough medicine can also save a country and a people. So after transmigrating, he sets out to save the country through medicine, while matching wits with street thugs, Japanese spies, the Wang Jingwei regime, and corrupt officials. Before he knows it, he has become the Republic of China’s Medicine God. 227Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Transmigrated as the Villainess: My Whole Family Has a Secret Identity 穿越成恶毒女配:我全家都有马甲 Qin Yan transmigrates into a book set during the chaotic warlord era of the 1930s. The original owner is a vicious cannon-fodder female supporting character. Her whole family are lackeys of the Japanese, and she herself is a despicable, universally hated bully: a traitorous collaborator who used her power to abduct civilian women and men. Qin Yan? But soon, she realizes something is off. Her father: a secret intelligence agent Her stepmother: an undercover spy in Japan Her third uncle: a Communi 1.1kReads7.1Score10214d adds
- 89 Deep Love and Heavy Rain: I’ve Taken the Spy Chief 情深深雨蒙蒙之特务头子我收了 The new book has just received its first rating, so the score will rise over time. This is a fanfiction crossover between the TV dramas The Right Way of the World and Romance in the Rain. It focuses on romance rather than politics, telling the sweet-and-sour love story of a secret service chief and a charming young lady. Yang Liren is the intelligence chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation's Shanghai office. Lu Mengping is the Lu family's youngest daughter, a spoiled, sharp-tongued girl wh 1.3kReads8.8Score10114d adds
- 90 Merit System: Laying Low and Delivering Supplies in the Republican Era 功德系统:我在民国苟着送物资 When Lin Wanxing woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated to Shanghai in 1940, where she had become a penniless university student whose parents were both dead. To make matters worse, war was raging and supplies were scarce. Even sanitary pads were a luxury. Luckily, the Taobao app on her phone had mutated into a [Merit System]. Do good deeds, earn merit points, and exchange them for modern supplies! Rescue a little girl who nearly gets run over by a rickshaw? [Merit +100! Portable storage 1.8kReads6.2Score15014d adds
- 91 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 20.9kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 92 Transmigrated to the Republican Era: The Young Lady's Harem Is on Fire 穿越民国:小姐的后院着火了 Fictional Republican Era + Multiple Male Leads + Male Leads Are Pure + Female Lead Has Special Abilities + No Saintly, Naive Goody-Two-Shoes Luo Lan is the Luo family’s adopted fourth daughter. Her older brother adores her, the young marshal bows to her, a young gentleman loves her deeply, and even a warlord submits to her. She refuses to be a vine that clings to someone else, choosing instead to be a queen who controls everything. As the world descends into chaos, she advances one careful step 1.9kReads8.3Score20514d adds
- 93 Rose of the Battlefield: Yiping Enlists to Serve Her Country 战地玫瑰,依萍投军报国 [Military academy + devoted to one another + restrained romantic tension + Sparrow + Romance in the Rain + The Disguiser] Lu Yiping was once a piano prodigy at a music conservatory. Her hands were meant to dance across the black and white keys. But with the country in ruins, she resolutely cut off her long hair, donned a rough military uniform, and entered Whampoa Military Academy. “An indulged young lady can’t take hardship. I bet she’ll be crying to drop out within three days!” Facing the whol 1kReads—Score11414d adds
- 94 Espionage: This Little Spy Is Only Three 谍战:这个小特务才3岁 A thrilling novel of resistance and espionage during the war against Japan. Meet the youngest and most badass secret agent in history. He risks his life time and again for his country. This blurb doesn't do it justice, so head to the story itself! 6.3kReads6.0Score64714d adds
- 95 Republican Era: From Patrol Captain to Regional Warlord 民国:从巡警队长,成为一方军阀 [Warlords + raising a massive army + gangs + ruthless and decisive] Su Mingze was an ordinary wage earner who transmigrated to Shanghai in the Republic of China era and became a dockworker. After awakening the Step-by-Step Promotion Lottery System, he began drawing prizes. He rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a warlord in his own territory. The underworld, the authorities, the foreign powers, and the Japanese bandits all trembled at his name. 175Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Doomsday War God Fights in the War of Resistance 末世战神在抗日 [War of Resistance + Espionage + Republican Era + Strong Female Lead + Spatial Ability + Earth and Wood Dual Powers + Sniper Rifle at Her Side] The more she thought about swallowing her anger, the angrier she got, so she went to get revenge that very night. She lives by one rule: never let a grudge carry over to the next day! 1.1kReads7.1Score11014d adds
- 97 The Warlord’s Wife Knows Just How to Flirt 督军夫人好会撩 Lin Wan, a top-tier star in the modern era, transmigrates into the Republican era as the spoiled, vulgar, gambling-addicted wife of Governor-General Huo Hengxu. From the start, the governor-general wants a divorce. The once-reckless, good-for-nothing wife transforms in spectacular fashion, becoming clever and perceptive and astonishing everyone. She wins the handsome man’s heart. After an accident sends her back to the modern era, she is torn between two worlds: her modern homeland on one side 623Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Grand Mansion: The Rebellious Concubine Turns the Tables 大宅门:刁蛮小妾反了天 Yang Hongyan, born into a humble family, is unexpectedly chosen by the wealthy Bai family to marry their foolish eldest son and bring him good fortune. But not long after she joins the household, the young master dies in an accident! The Bai family is a sprawling mansion with a vast fortune, many heirs, and a harem of concubines. Because Yang Hongyan is beautiful and voluptuous, the concubines resent her and each plots against her. She finds herself living in constant fear, with wolves at her he 693Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 99 Espionage: You Were Told to Go Undercover, So How Did You Become the Boss of Shanghai? 谍战:让你潜伏,你成淞沪大佬? [Espionage + no System + no brainless plot + loyal revolutionary roots + multiple identities] In the twentieth year of the Republic of China, the head of the Red Party's Third Special Section was arrested and immediately defected. Overnight, around a hundred outstanding Red Party comrades were arrested. Within a year, spies had uncovered nearly all of the Red Party's secret safe houses in Shanghai. Whenever the nation is in peril, heroes always step forward. Zhang Mingxue, only twenty-five years 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 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 2.7kReads9.0Score23914d adds

















































