Novels like Reborn: I Left My Wretched Husband and Chose the Light
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- 1 The Ewe Had Lambs, and My Ma Had a Baby 母羊下羔了，俺娘生娃了 (Period setting + adorable child + family of all women) Transmigrating into the 1980s before birth, Qiao Maisui became the seventh child of the Qiao family, with six older sisters whose lives had been battered by fate. The eldest sister was drained of her worth by her in-laws and even bartered away as a replacement bride. The second sister had skilled hands but could never get rich. The third sister nearly fell into a scumbag's trap and had her life stolen by someone else... Faced with her famil 5.5kReads8.6Score61614d adds
- 2 Born in the 1970s, After Marrying the Short-Lived Technician Instead 胎穿七零，换嫁短命技术员后 Bai Anning was born into the 1970s as a baby who had somehow retained memories from another life. In her little mountain village, there was barely enough food to last from one meal to the next. She had no grand ambitions; all she wanted was to eat her fill. It wasn't until the day she and her older sister got married that she suddenly realized her own sister had been reborn. On her wedding day, her sister switched brides. Bai Anning, who was supposed to marry into the impoverished Xu family in t 51.2kReads8.0Score7.7k14d adds
- 3 I Empty the Family Estate, Then the Capitalist Heiress Meets a Living Yama 搬空祖产，资本家小姐遇上活阎王 [Period setting + dazzling, scheming young heiress vs. stoic, devoted military officer + punishing villains and face-slapping + love at first sight + military marriage + adorable baby + transmigrate into a book + space] Tang Yueling, a modern medical prodigy, opened her eyes to find herself a fair-skinned, beautiful heiress in a novel set in the 1960s. Her biological father didn't care about her, her aunt had usurped her home, her cousin had stolen her engagement, and even her younger brother's 11.2kReads8.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 4 A Sweet Southern Girl Arrives at the Military Compound 军区大院来了一个南方乖乖女 1970s setting + sweet, well-behaved girl from the south + rugged, paternal northern man + height and build difference + 11-year age gap + sweet romance Qiao Lanshu comes from a family of two state-sector employees in a provincial capital in the south. She is quiet and well-behaved, with a pretty face, and her family worries about sending her to the countryside. So her parents put a marriage certificate in her hands, send her off on a train, and dispatch her thousands of kilometers north to find 60kReads8.5Score5.1k14d adds
- 5 The Capitalist's Daughter Is Sweet and Soft, and Her Rugged Husband Can't Stop Stealing Kisses 资本家小姐娇又软，糙汉老公偷亲上瘾 [A Mongolian soldier in a production and construction corps x a pampered young Shanghai intellectual sent down to the countryside] Seven-year age gap, striking difference in build, rugged man and delicate wife with an irresistible contrast - Bai Zhitao has fair skin and dazzling beauty, but after the Bai family is raided, she is sent to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia in a worn-out padded coat. When her train is delayed, the corps refuses to take her in, and Bai Zhitao is so anxious she bursts 1.4kReads8.9Score15814d adds
- 6 The Little Sister Went to Find Her Family but Mistook Her Brother, and the Chaste Officer Fell for Her 妹宝投亲认错哥，禁欲军官沦陷了 Completed. Also known as My Little Sister Went to Find Her Family but Mistook the Wrong Man for Her Brother, and the Ascetic Officer Fell for Her [Alternate History + Pocket Dimension + Six-Year Age Gap + Guiding Lover + Gourmet Food and Foraging by the Sea + Ancient-to-Modern Transmigration + Pure Love + Everyone’s Darling] Sweet and Delicate Little Sister vs. Wise, Ascetic Young Officer After observing three years of mourning for her mother, Shen Man followed her late mother’s final wish an 44.5kReads8.2Score3.8k14d adds
- 7 After My Biological Brother Was Reborn, the Real Heiress Returned 亲哥重生后，真千金回归了 Lin Yanhui is miserable. Her paternal grandparents favor boys over girls, her father is taciturn, and her mother has a sharp tongue and a sharper heart. And now her name is Huang Zhaodi. In the middle of her chaotic life, she never imagined that one day a group of people would show up at her home and tell her she was their biological daughter! Lin Yanhui: !!! - It wasn’t until three days before Lin Rui died in the line of duty that he learned his family had raised someone else’s child. When they 36.4kReads9.0Score4.2k14d adds
- 8 You’re Marrying a City Girl? Fine, I’ll Marry the Commander of the Military District 你娶城里姑娘？行，我嫁军区首长 Originally titled: “Divorced in the Sixties Without a Worry, My Ex-Husband Plays Matchmaker for Me” Career arc: From child bride to female military doctor [The Sixties + remarriage + joining the army + devoted husband + medical skills + cozy everyday life + no needless angst] Zhu Linlang woke up one day to find she had landed in the 1960s. The good news: the world was at peace, and she still had all her arms and legs. The bad news: her husband, who had just been promoted, wanted a divorce. Her b 16.5kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 9 The 1970s: The Meng Family's Foolish Daughter Gets Smart! 七零：孟家的傻闺女变聪明了！ [Transmigration + sweet romance] Meng Qining, from the twenty-first century, had no parents and was frail, spending more than half the year bedridden. She had every miserable card stacked against her. But ever since she was five, she’d had the same dream. In it, she might have been foolish, but she had a healthy body, parents who cherished her, and Brother Ting’an, who had taken care of her since childhood. The more miserable Meng Qining’s real life was, the happier she was in her dreams. At eig 12.6kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 10 The Capitalist's Daughter Awakens and Sells the Family Fortune to Join the Army 资本家小姐觉醒，掏空家产去随军 [Military marriage + transmigration into a book + bargain-hunting System + punishing scumbags + powerful team-up + sweet-on-the-outside, ruthless-on-the-inside heiress vs. muscular, stone-faced team leader] Lu Rao was a socialite in Shanghai who had influence in both the underworld and the legitimate world. After an unexpected awakening, she discovered she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel. Her second uncle had schemed against her whole family. Her father was missing, her mother 39.9kReads8.9Score5.3k14d adds
- 11 The 1970s: A Martyr's Orphaned Daughter Is Reborn, Enlists, and Marries a Commander 七零：烈士孤女重生参军嫁首长了 [Military marriage] [Strong female lead] [Military life] [Two equally strong leads] [Sweet romance] [Female soldier] (15,000 readers gave it a 9.5 rating. Enjoy with confidence!) (Also known as: To the Mountains and Rivers, and to You. The short drama of the same name is now streaming.) In her previous life, Lin Xianan spent seventy-three lonely years waiting for the truth to come too late. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to 1970, just three days before she was to be forced into 120.6kReads9.4Score13.3k14d adds
- 12 After Joining the Army in the 1970s, the Psychological Expert Shakes Up the Family Compound 七零随军后，心理大佬轰动家属院 [Joining the army in the 1970s + solving cases with psychology + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + no awful relatives + no space or System] [Gentle psychology expert vs. a ruthless jade-faced soldier with foxlike eyes] In her previous life, Shen Mingyu was a PhD in psychology. An expert in microexpressions, criminal psychology, and more, she solved countless major cases and was known as a human lie detector. After transmigrating, she found that her father was a factory director, her mother a 18.6kReads9.0Score2.8k14d adds
- 13 Commander, Your Kid’s Charged to the Front Lines Again! 首长，你家崽崽又冲上前线了！ After blowing herself up, 5188 landed in the 1970s. She carefully hid the System still running in her mind and pretended to be a human toddler. To get Grandma to take her home, 5188 volunteered that her parents were dead. Once she learned that changing the fate of a member of the old Jiang family would let her retrieve things from her apocalyptic storage space, 5188 became all the more eager to help. Big Brother wants to improve his physical fitness? Easy! “Granny Jiang, something terrible has h 7.9kReads9.3Score48114d adds
- 14 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 13.1kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 15 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 238Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 15.8kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 17 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 15.2kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
- 18 The Capitalist's Daughter Liquidated Her Family Fortune and Joined the Army to Find Her Husband 掏空家产，资本家小姐去部队寻夫 Original title: “Emptying the Family Fortune: The Capitalist's Daughter Goes to the Army to Find Her Husband” [Military marriage + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket dimension + Putting scumbags in their place + Love grows over time + Exceptionally fit military officer, her childhood betrothed VS dazzling capitalist's daughter] Jiang Si was fair-skinned, beautiful, and radiant. Who would have thought that after waking up, she would find herself in a period novel, as a well-known capitalist's daug 45.8kReads9.2Score5.7k14d adds
- 19 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 86.6kReads9.4Score5.2k14d adds
- 20 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 53.1kReads9.3Score4.5k14d adds
- 21 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 56.1kReads9.0Score6.4k14d adds
- 22 After Transmigrating to the 1980s and Becoming a Substitute Bride, I Became the Army Officer's Most Beloved 穿越八零替嫁后我成了军官心尖宠 [Transmigration + Substitute Marriage + Military Marriage + Stepmom + Mutual First Love] (Fictional Military Marriage + Everyday Life as a Military Wife) Yang Niannian, a college student, was so furious after losing ten ranked matches in a row in Honor of Kings that she blacked out and transmigrated to the 1980s. The moment she opened her eyes, her mother was pressuring her to marry, sobbing and sniffling all over her. “Lu Shishen is a soldier with a secure government job. If you marry him, you’ 109.3kReads9.2Score14.2k14d adds
