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  1. 101 An Encounter with a Perfumer 邂逅调香师 Modern Romance380k WordsCompleted A heartwarming love story. Perfume-making, horseback riding, an internet connection, and a beautiful accident. 0Votes661.6kRecs74.9kFans
  2. 102 The Steward 掌事 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted She was a craftsperson’s daughter, just a little higher in status than a merchant, and just a little better at shipbuilding. She hid away in a mansion as a maid, working hard to become a steward. She thought her ambitions were modest and the task wouldn’t be too difficult, but then she met someone And so, as she walked this road, it suddenly branched off... Her completed VIP novels, The Feng Family’s Daughter and Reborn to Build the Perfect Home, are proof of her reliable writing record. 1Votes471.9kRecs171.2kFans
  3. 103 The Gemstone Guide 珠光宝鉴 Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted Abandoned by my wealthy fiancé? So what? I have my own dazzling life! Every treasure in the world, genuine or fake, is all within my grasp! I sell knowledge and supernatural abilities, but I do not sell regret medicine! *********Thanks to Mu Shuiyou for the cover. Pinning you down and kissing you wildly******** (Katong Ling helped set up a group for anyone who wants to chat. This is a group for readers with legitimate subscriptions. You must verify using your Qidian account name, and you need to 0Votes207.2kRecs291.9kFans
  4. 104 The Ordinary Days of a Qing Dynasty Transmigrator 平凡的清穿日子 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted This is a world that has already been visited by many famous transmigration predecessors. Beneath the brilliance of the eleventh male lead, the Powerful Court Minister, and the Qing-transmigrated heroine, the capital's pearl, the Earl's Third Young Lady cautiously chose to merge into the entire era... This novel is dedicated to all the classics of transmigration! 0Votes809.5kRecs1.1MFans
  5. 105 The Tough Wife’s Guide 悍妻攻略 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Li Hengqing is a celebrated scholar in Tongzhou and the ideal husband in every woman's eyes. Unfortunately, not a single woman is willing to marry him now. His beautiful, delicate fiancée was snatched away and replaced with a wild girl from the mountains. He can only accept it in silence. After all, he can't even stand. But this girl seems very different from the others? In her previous life, Rong Bai died carrying her younger brother on her back as she blew herself up. Her greatest dream was to 0Votes28.5kRecs36.5kFans
  6. 106 A Wife Cherished Above All 倾世宠妻 Ancient Romance2.9M WordsCompleted In her previous life, gentle, kind, virtuous, and gracious Situ Yingxiu waited ten years for her fiancé, only to be framed and thrown into prison at the final moment. After unexpectedly being reborn, Situ Yingxiu faced layer upon layer of mysteries around her. To break free from the unhappy ending of her previous life, she firmly declared that she would take a different path: After being reborn, this big sister is going to become a strong, independent woman! I am a tough woman, and I am proud of 0Votes646.5kRecs156.9kFans
  7. 107 Fake Song Assassin's Journal 伪宋杀手日志 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Overnight, she becomes a young lady of a prestigious family. Should she seek a new path, or sink into a life of wealth and comfort? The Mei family has a century-old reputation and limitless riches. She thought her luck had finally turned, only to discover that every Mei child dies young! The clan school has strict rules: do poorly, and life is miserable; do well, and it’s even worse? No problem. Find a big tree to shelter under. (Published under the title The Great Song’s Female Assassin, 0Votes162.3kRecs62.7kFans
  8. 108 Even Cheats Can Run Wild 外挂也疯狂 Competitive Gaming1.1M WordsCompleted Shui Ling is reborn from the era of full-dive online games back to the keyboard-and-mouse era. Faced with a penniless girlhood, Shui Ling has no special abilities, no pocket dimension, and no talent for music, chess, calligraphy, or painting. All she has is a head full of advanced knowledge from the future, so she develops a game cheat that no one can crack! 0Votes146.7kRecs74.7kFans
  9. 109 A Bond Forged by Medicine 药结同心 Ancient Romance987k WordsCompleted Shen Liumei, an unemployed herbal pharmacist, wakes up in ancient times after a fatal accident. She has become the daughter of a disgraced official, fallen on hard times. In this second life, can she fulfill her wishes and find a happy, beautiful life? 0Votes224.3kRecs242.6kFans
  10. 110 The Water Town Folk 水乡人家 Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted The mute Guo Qingya transmigrates to a farmhouse in a water town in another world. It’s a wonderful and perfectly matched family. So the mute girl, who spent twenty-four years of her previous life in silence, finds her life taking one unexpected turn after another, with the clouds parting to reveal the sun at every turn. Her story begins with a love stolen by force... 1Votes313.6kRecs124.8kFans
  11. 111 The Swallow Returns to the Hall 堂前燕归来 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted See how she uses her skills to help her family grow wealthy and prosper! 0Votes168.2kRecs51.1kFans
  12. 112 A Good End 善终 Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The Du family had a daughter. Three months after their wedding, her husband received an imperial order, donned his armor, and set off for war. From then on, they spent more time apart than together. Five years after their marriage, her husband died on the battlefield, wrapped in his armor as his burial shroud. She wept away all her tears, adopted a clansman’s son, and devoted herself to the Buddha beneath a solitary lamp, earning a chastity 1Votes285kRecs274.8kFans
  13. 113 The Joys of Being a Supporting Character in Quick Transmigration 快穿之龙套好愉快 Space Sci-Fi3.1M WordsCompleted Drama queen Ning Dai keeps derailing the plot and getting banished to ancient times. Luckily, she still has a magical phone, which has a red-envelope group called “Extras Are Such a Joy.” The group owner sends out a red-envelope task every day: “Five yuan to hire one cannon-fodder extra, any gender. First come, first served.” They say that once you save up enough pocket money, you can buy a plane ticket back to the m 0Votes143.6kRecs53.9kFans
  14. 114 The Beauty’s Legal Strategy 美人谋律 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Watch as a modern female lawyer is reborn as a woman who argues cases in ancient times. Though she has no money or power and faces discrimination, she’s cunning, silver-tongued, and quick-witted enough to build a fortune. (66’s supergroup: 72189398. To join, answer with the male supporting character from any of 66’s books.) 0Votes442.1kRecs135.5kFans
  15. 115 Might Cannot Marry 威武不能娶 Ancient Romance2.3M WordsCompleted New book, “Drunk Golden Cup,” is now online. In her previous life, Gu Yunjin was born into a military family but longed for a life of books and refinement. Even after molding herself into the very picture of grace and gentleness, she still died of illness at a country estate. When she opens her eyes again, she gets to start all over! 0Votes341.8kRecs130.8kFans
  16. 116 Ugly Girl Ju 丑女如菊 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the body of Juhua, an ugly farm girl, she pays no heed to the scornful or sympathetic looks people give her. Like a wild chrysanthemum blooming with abandon, she quietly blossoms in the fields, flaunting her vigorous life in the bleak autumn wind! When youth grows as reserved as a chrysanthemum, love, too, quietly watches from the sidelines... 0Votes261.5kRecs260.1kFans
  17. 117 The Empress's Life 女帝生涯 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The Great Zhou dynasty lasted 347 years and had two empresses: one who founded the dynasty and one who saw it fall. The founding empress, Emperor Taizu of Zhou, excelled in both civil and military affairs and was a heaven-sent prodigy. She reigned for 32 years under the era name Xizhao. The last empress, Emperor Suzong of Zhou, ascended the throne at the age of ten under the era name Jingfeng, with her husband, the Prince Regent, governing on her behalf. In the fifteenth year of Jingfeng, the em 0Votes152.6kRecs122kFans
  18. 118 Reborn: Wen Wan 重生之温婉 Ancient Romance5.8M WordsCompleted After being reborn in ancient times, she not only became mute and unable to speak, but was also disliked by her grandmother, unloved by her father, tormented by her stepmother, and branded an inauspicious person who brought misfortune to her father, mother, and entire family. Faced with all kinds of hardships and difficulties, she rose to the challenge and resolved them one by one. Poisoning, assassinations, and framing followed one after another, yet she remained fearless. She had originally wa 0Votes339kRecs131.5kFans
  19. 119 Nine Out of Ten 九全十美 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted She falls into an unfamiliar dynasty, where old grudges from a previous generation begin to repeat themselves, forcing her to flee. But she has superb medical skills and a sharp mind, so she can make a good life for herself anywhere! But did she actually manage to escape, or not? 0Votes191.6kRecs221.9kFans
  20. 120 The Phoenix's Glory 将门凤华 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The new novel "Clothes That Hide the Sky" is now out... Reborn once more, all she wants is a pound of beef and three bowls of wine, and to have even the dogs tremble when she glares at them. [The author has already completed three historical romance novels, so dive in with confidence.] 1Votes176.3kRecs116.9kFans
  21. 121 The Lost Jade of the New Tang Dynasty 新唐遗玉 Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted Without a father, I still have a mother. Life goes on, and Chang'an is mine to roam! (Transmigrate into an alternate historical setting; no painstaking historical research required.) For my new project, head over to The Princess Consort Has Returned. 0Votes533.7kRecs210.7kFans
  22. 122 The Lord Has Returned 君归矣 Ancient Romance600k WordsOngoing This book began in May 2017 and was rewritten in April 2025. A note: This book has no romance pairing, no female emperor, a huge cast, and many long-running clues and plot threads. It's an unconventional, eclectic fantasy with a high barrier to entry...and all kinds of potentially frustrating elements rolled into one book. Also, the book is set against the backdrop of the Two Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties. The events and characters are all drawn from old records that Xiao Xian dug up. 25Votes705.6kRecs89.7kFans
  23. 123 The Medical Classic of a Delicate Lady 娇娘医经 Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted Cheng Jiaoniang’s simpleminded son has recovered. But she can’t help feeling that she is and isn’t Cheng Jiaoniang. Strange memories have appeared in her mind. As the daughter abandoned by the Cheng family, she still has to return to them. But she’s there to recover her memories, not to be scorned and bullied. [Romance] 1Votes930.3kRecs455.6kFans
  24. 124 A Capital Full of Nobles 冠盖满京华 Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Reborn into a marquis household in the capital, with a wicked uncle in charge and an orphaned girl and her younger brother forced to depend on others, how hard can life get? In this brand-new dynasty founded by people reborn into the past, the days of driving the Yuan barbarians north, sailing the seas, and inventing all sorts of things are already over. Chen Lan thought that once she turned her fortunes around and settled her marriage, she could finally rest easy, but trouble kept coming. Since 0Votes969.8kRecs225.2kFans
  25. 125 The Phoenix Imprisoned by the Phoenix 凤囚凰 Ancient Romance809k WordsCompleted It was an age of tall hats and broad sashes, flowing robes and wide sleeves, and singing with abandon. A faint fragrance drifted through the air, mingling with the music of mountains and streams. The world was a chessboard. Who was the player moving the pieces? Though she had transmigrated as a princess, Chu Yu’s version of the role was unlike anything anyone had ever seen, and utterly astonishing. The completed novels Dragon Dragon Dragon and Lady Floating Fist, and the new no 2Votes281.1kRecs706.6kFans
  26. 126 The Concubine's Rise to Legitimacy 庶庶得正 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Fu Jun feels rather out of her depth. Life in the marquis's household is both easy and hard. The dignity of a legitimate daughter is there one moment and gone the next. No life is easy. She doesn't want to be confined to the inner quarters, yet she has no choice but to struggle forward behind the household gates. Whether the twilight grows eve 0Votes80.4kRecs106.4kFans
  27. 127 A Dai 阿黛 Ancient Romance762k WordsCompleted Wang Dai transmigrated! Next door, Ning Caichen has just brought Nie Xiaoqian home. Across the way, Xu Xian's older sister is calling for him to buy soy sauce. Their meeting at Broken Bridge will have to wait for another day. At home, her father is gravely ill in bed, her mother is full of complaints, her older brother is idle, her sister-in-law is greedy and lazy, and her second older sister is constantly at odds with her. She looks up at the sky. From this day forward, her fierce life needs no 0Votes154.5kRecs44.3kFans
  28. 128 The Phoenix Alliance 凰盟 Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Completed] As the eldest princess of Chu, Mi Huang only wanted to stay alive. But in her previous life, she was force-fed to a snake and swallowed alive... When someone tore open the gates of the Ninefold Underworld and her soul returned, everyone's fate was turned upside down! After the twists and turns of fate, no one would be content to spend two lifetimes forever beneath someone else's heel! Those who stand at the top are destined to have others try to trample them underfoot! After ten year 0Votes678.9kRecs97.8kFans
  29. 129 Peace Above All 以和为贵 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Gu Xiyan, an ordinary office worker, transmigrates to an unfamiliar era after an accidental rescue. She has no power to change the world, nor any ambition to rule it. All she wants is an ordinary life with a husband, children, and a warm home, but life never goes as planned. Fate has its own arrangements... We’ve moved, everyone! 0Votes118.5kRecs737.7kFans
  30. 130 A Decree of Tender Love 娇宠令 Ancient Romance2.3M WordsCompleted The same dynasty, the same names, but different immediate family members. She could only hold her forehead and sigh, blissfully drunk on happiness. A specialized military-officer father: Protecting his daughter requires fists. The heroine tried helplessly to persuade him: Father, the inner household is not that simple. A highborn, brilliant, and strategic mother: I swear to leave my daughter everything best in the world. The heroine was speechless: Mother, what you are giving me is not what I wa 0Votes481.2kRecs175.6kFans
  31. 131 A Record of Growing Old Together 偕首录 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Wanwan was full of resentment. According to the rules of transmigration, shouldn't a woman like her, after awakening in a new body, be lying comfortably in a soft bed, with a young maid or beautiful older woman at her side calling out to her with concern? What on earth was this situation? It didn't follow the rules of transmigration at all! When Wanwan figured out who this body belonged to, she threw her head back and roared, “Author, you've got the wrong script! This whole brooding, imperial-gu 0Votes76.1kRecs45.2kFans
  32. 132 The Future: Being a Mom Isn't Easy 未来之当妈不易 Space Sci-Fi1.3M WordsOngoing What should you do if you transmigrate into the role of the gorgeous mother of the male lead's top henchman in a sci-fi novel, a woman who died long before the story even began? And what if your son's cheap excuse for a father is the villainous boss who gets killed off? Ye Zhenzhen: The male lead is a real piece of work, and his wife is a handful. Stay away from the male lead and live in peace. Damn it, stay away from my genius son! Ahem, and stay away from my son's father, too... Disclaimer: Th 0Votes248.3kRecs55.8kFans
  33. 133 Everything Goes as It Should 万事如易 Ancient Romance2.5M WordsCompleted Fortune and misfortune are easy to calculate, but the human heart is hard to fathom. Good and evil are easy to discern, but right and wrong are hard to judge. Life and death are easy to overcome, but love and hatred are hard to resolve. The world is easy to claim, but who can say who will win or lose? A signpost to a new story: The Princess Bride Has Returned. 0Votes559.7kRecs195.2kFans
  34. 134 The Golden Husband 金夫 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Like other women who transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty, Feng Jiwen doesn't face vicious palace intrigue or exhausting household battles. Instead, she's expected to marry Heshen, the most handsome man in the empire, Qianlong's favorite minister, and one of history's most notorious corrupt officials! At this point, Lord He is still a penniless young man studying at the Xian'an Palace School. Forced by her grandfather's threat to take his own life, Feng Jiwen grits her teeth as she's carried to t 0Votes158.4kRecs88.3kFans
  35. 135 Noble Lady Doctor 名门医女 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Qi Yue stumbles into a strange era. Her hair is styled like a married woman’s, but her husband is nowhere to be seen. She lives alone in a separate courtyard, with cold pots, cold stoves, and cold stares. What kind of joke is this? Since I’m the principal wife of this household, then what I say goes. Good food, comfortable lodging, and we’ll all mind our own business. Keep picking fights with me, just you try. I’m a master surgeon. I’ll scare you out of your wits! 4Votes381.9kRecs367.2kFans
  36. 136 The Tender Lady of Brocade Court 锦庭娇 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted She came seeking revenge, never expecting that this life would hold more than vengeance: it would also bring her a brilliant story all her own... Just as she finally returned to her rightful place as a highborn young lady, someone suddenly whispered darkly in her ear: “You’re not getting out of what you owe me!” There are no supernatural powers in this story, just so you know... 0Votes157.2kRecs129.3kFans
  37. 137 The Young Master with the Fan 怀扇公子 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Gentle and generous have nothing to do with her, and she has no connection whatsoever to brilliance and talent. She is big-breasted and brainless, saying and doing whatever she pleases. Spoiled by his favor and relying on his protection, she does not even take the current emperor seriously. She has no lofty ambitions. Her only dream is to win him over. What troubles her greatly is that the man she yearns for is nothing but a blockhead. To win him over, she brought every trick she had learned in 0Votes82.3kRecs11.7kFans
  38. 138 Slay the Sand 诛砂 Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted When it comes to wishes, perhaps no one would believe her. But Xie Rouhui's greatest wish was simply to be able to say no. Starting one summer when she was twelve years old, if she had said no back then, her sister would not have been swept away by the water, she would not have been rejected by her family, she would not have abandoned her own child, she would not have been married off by her father to Prince Zhenbei as his second wife, she would not have been humiliated by her stepson, and she w 0Votes648.3kRecs281.7kFans
  39. 139 The Splendid Flowers 花开锦绣 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The Fu family was renowned for its generations of scholars. Its most famous distinction wasn't an imperial title as Crown Prince's Grand Tutor or producing a top-ranking graduate, but the three chastity arches at its gate. Fu Tingyun, the Fu family's ninth young lady, was said to be blessed with both wisdom and good fortune. She never imagined that her cousin would solemnly claim they were lovers, leaving her with nowhere to turn... When one door closes, another opens. She finally understood tha 1Votes372.3kRecs209.7kFans
  40. 140 A Quiet Life in the Boudoir 闺宁 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Xie Shuning died. She and her young son died together in the third month of spring. But when she opened her eyes, she had returned to the day she first entered the capital with her mother. The sky was white with snow, and the road lay under a thick blanket of it. Her mother, who had died of sorrow in her previous life, and her brother, who had died young, sheltered her on either side. The carriage rocked beneath them, carrying them toward the nightmare of her past… 0Votes209.4kRecs302.4kFans
  41. 141 Enchantress 娥媚 Xianxia Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [A dazzling transformation from country bumpkin to celestial beauty, a guide to playing the fool and getting the better of arrogant young masters] Completed and published My master looks like an immortal sage, but inside he’s a hundred-percent seasoned scoundrel. My senior brother has the face of an adorable young immortal, but a sleazy heart. My second senior brother seems gentle and refined, but can’t hide his flirtatious and devious nature. My third senior sister is a bewitching beauty who ca 0Votes560.5kRecs280.4kFans
  42. 142 A Flourishing Age of Enchanting Beauty 盛世妖颜 Ancient Romance2.5M WordsCompleted Sheng Siyan, reborn in the Great Xia Dynasty, looks like a harmless little white rabbit. Who could have guessed that underneath, she is a cunning, intelligent little fox who never lets herself suffer a loss? Naturally, when a little fox chooses a husband, she has an exceptional eye for men. And so Sheng Siyan discovers that after carefully selecting from countless possibilities, she has picked up a husband with an innate aura of invincibility in household rivalry... O(∩_∩)O Haha~ Life is going t 2Votes639.5kRecs288.9kFans
  43. 143 The Tang Dynasty's Female Coroner 大唐女法医 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A renowned forensic examiner who once commanded the battlefield is reborn as the disowned daughter of a prestigious family during the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty. Published under the title The Tang Dynasty's Female Forensic Examiner, in two parts and four volumes. Adapted into the television drama The Tang Dynasty's Female Forensic Examiner. 1Votes374.3kRecs206.6kFans
  44. 144 Reborn as a Little Landlord 重生小地主 Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the hit drama Farming Life] She wants to protect her loved ones from being bullied again, help her family work hard and prosper together, and live a cheerful, happy, comfortably well-off life! Book group 18162717 (full). Two more groups have opened. Group name: Reborn Little Landlord, group number 37443900. All readers are welcome to join. To get in, use the name of any character from any of Ruoyan's works as your password. Group name: Reborn Little Landlord 2, group n 0Votes674.2kRecs908.9kFans
  45. 145 The Brocade Spring 折锦春 Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted Qin faces spring, but spring turns away from Qin. In her previous life, the entire Qin family was executed. Qin Su was covered in filth and endured humiliation for half her life. She always believed that was fate. Only after being reborn did she understand: it wasn’t fate, but a trap. Can she break free and survive, turning the spring she has broken into a tapestry of beauty? In a nutshell: This is a story about redemption. A special note: This is a 3Votes241.4kRecs137.1kFans
  46. 146 The Seven Provinces' Divinations by Lamplight 灯下炽之七州卦事 Ancient Romance472k WordsCompleted A half-burned candle, shadows flickering. The soup is murky, but no murk can match the chill of a human heart. One divination determines the fate of the world; life and death hang on a single thought. Courtly strife, rebel uprisings, and the betrayal of family and friends place sharp blades at the throats of all who tread this path. Wei Bu, living under a dual identity, and the separation between Yin Ming, his confidant, and the living awaken in Wei Xian an unparalleled power of feng shui. Beari 0Votes31.2kRecs5.1kFans
  47. 147 Interstellar Painter 星际画师 Space Sci-Fi1.1M WordsCompleted Other people use guns to kill. I kill with paintings! Other people use medicine to save lives. I save lives with paintings! Her father is dead, her family destroyed, and she is exiled to a penal star. Reborn as a vicious little girl, she sets out on a bloody path of revenge. What? Her enemies have a m 0Votes132.2kRecs37.8kFans
  48. 148 Second to None 不二臣 Ancient Romance833k WordsOngoing The daughter of a madman and a sycophant. Qi Taiwei fled an arranged marriage, set fires, killed people, and died alone in a foreign land, with nowhere to call home. The person she had loved with all her heart was nothing more than a beautiful dream. Now that she has woken from that dream and gotten a second chance, she wants no more of these men who bow at her feet. “Take my hand, and you can live.” “Like hell I will.” There’s just no damn point in being alive… 0Votes238.8kRecs125.3kFans
  49. 149 Splendor in the Palm of Her Hand 覆手繁华 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted She was blind, and had lived in darkness for twenty years. In the end, she was framed for adultery and killed. When she opened her eyes again, she saw a world full of color. With a turn of her hand, she could summon desolation; with another, she could bring forth splendor. Everything depended on a single thought. P.S. He knew that to marry that decisive woman, he would have to snatch her away, make a scene, and shamelessly refuse to take no for an answer. Still not enough? Then he could only pla 7Votes1.1MRecs620kFans
  50. 150 The Most Beautiful Spring 最春风 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Luo Jinyan has been reborn, but ten years too early! Luo Jinyan looks at her devoted father and thinks, Now that I'm back, plenty of people's fates are going to change in this life. 1Votes211.6kRecs126.3kFans

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