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Reborn in the 70s: Ditching the Toxic Family short-drama poster

Reborn in the 70s: Ditching the Toxic Family

78 episodes · Mu Qing, the daughter of a capitalist in Jiangcheng, was betrayed by her husband, leading to her parents' death. She then discovered that her daughter was adopted. In anger, she died tragically with her two children, but unexpectedly was reborn! In this life, she awakened mind-reading ability, saw through everyone, and cut off all ties. After taking revenge, she found her biological daughter, restored the Mu family's glory, and became the focus of the world.

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The Fiery Beauty of the 1970s

79 episodes · Sang Yanyan unexpectedly transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s, becoming a cannon fodder ex-wife. To avoid an early death, she uses her beauty and wit to seduce the male lead, military rogue Si Liye, aiming to tame him into the perfect husband. Si Liye is first attracted by her looks, then impressed by her personality. Sang Yanyan outwits the original female lead and finds her own happiness.

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Royal Favor 1: The Royal Uncle Is Not Easily Seduced

72 episodes · The director of the Heavenly War Medical Bureau transmigrates into the Great Yan Dynasty as the orphan Luo Jinshu. She is immediately suspected of murdering the Shu princess and hunted throughout the city, while the Shu king and a scheming woman plot to harm her. She decides to fight back with modern ruthlessness and seeks power and favor. Strangely, despite her fierceness, a royal uncle wants to marry her. Adapted from the tomato novel 'The Royal Uncle Is Not Easily Seduced' by author June.

Reborn as a Consort: The Jade Lady Can't Reach Me Now short-drama poster

Reborn as a Consort: The Jade Lady Can't Reach Me Now

79 episodes · Gu Mingchu, a Southern Dynasty war god, is betrayed and killed. His soul returns to find his new wife Shen Qinghan is actually the daughter of a different king who conspired with his brother to kill him. Reborn the night before the wedding, he breaks the engagement and volunteers to marry the princess. He returns to the battlefield to thwart the Northern Dynasty's plot. When Shen Qinghan discovers the truth, it's too late for regrets.

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The Stepmother Villainess and Her Kids Feast on Meat

70 episodes · Double Best Actress Ye Qian transmigrates into a drama she starred in, becoming the evil stepmother Ye Lin. As the children's affection towards her increases, she activates the 'Only Mom Is Good' system. Using the system, she ensures the kids eat meat every meal during a famine. After repeated suspicions and misunderstandings, the children finally accept Ye Lin as their mother. Together with the kids, she faces hardships and crises until the children's father returns.

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Mr. Fu's Little Troublemaker

71 episodes · Li Qingqing, a top socialite, is abandoned on her wedding night by jerk Gu Ze. Drunk, she goes to a club and mistakes Fu Yanzhou, the heir, for a male model. They sleep together, then Fu threatens her with videos, making her his lackey. He asks daily: 'Divorced yet?'

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Farm with a Spirit Spring: Becoming a Big Shot in Ancient Times

80 episodes · Modern youth Wang Chuan travels back in time, trapped in a toxic family. He awakens a spirit spring space and turns the tables. Using wisdom, he punishes greedy relatives, farms to build wealth, studies medicine to save lives and relieve disasters, gaining fame. His achievements earn imperial favor and an official position, freeing him from the past to live happily with his beloved.

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Across Mountains and Rivers, Hard to See You

56 episodes · Farm girl Lu Wanqing saves young marshal Li Beichen, and they pledge their love over a month. After he returns to seize power, Lu is forced to marry a wealthy merchant. Eight years later, her son's paintings gain fame but are stolen by the Zhou family. Li Beichen notices the style resembles his old flame and investigates in Suzhou, unveiling a sealed past and the truth about blood ties.

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The Princess Is Beautiful and Fierce, the Short-Lived Prince Courts Her Daily

71 episodes · After rebirth, the princess goes on a killing spree! Wei Fu returns from the dead, aiming to punish the scumbag, divorce, and protect her family. She accidentally saves a handsome powerful minister who turns out to be the future emperor? The scumbag wants to step on her to rise? The mother-in-law wants to ruin her chastity? The mistress wants to take her place? She sneers and sends them all to hell. But the handsome prince she saved won't leave. By day he's a ruthless minister, by night he climbs her wall: 'Fu'er, when can I become your proper husband?' Adapted from Tomato Novel 'The Powerful Minister Steals a Wife' by Qin Nanshu.

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Princess with a Scalpel, Regent King Shivers

73 episodes · A female med student transmigrates into a fallen woman, unlocks a healing space, and saves the poisoned regent king. With her surgical skills, she cures him, gains his support, and takes revenge on her ex-fiancé. They return to the capital to thwart political enemies, and she ultimately proposes marriage to him.

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Without You, All Years Are Barren

71 episodes · In the Republican era, Qiao Yueshu discovers on her deathbed that her husband had swapped her college acceptance letter with her sister's. She dies in resentment. Reborn, she first retrieves her own letter and decides to leave. Lu Yuanzhou mistakes her tantrum, taking a fake letter and going to university with Qiao Jingyi.

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Reborn: Changing Fate for the Original Body

80 episodes · Yun Zhizhi travels back in time and ends up abused by her in-laws for three years. She takes her twins to the military base to find her husband Qin Shiyu and divorce him. Upon arrival, she quickly fits into military life, uses her medical skills to save patients, and foils a Japanese army's insect plot. Together with her husband, she uncovers a baby-swapping truth and punishes evil relatives. Eventually, she gains a position and a pharmaceutical factory, achieving both family and career success.

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Reborn in 1957: Trading Two Pounds of Pork for a Wife

81 episodes · Li Qingshan is reborn in 1957 and immediately exposes a plot by Zhao Gui to frame him. Using memories from his past life, he protects Wang Naixiang and starts his comeback. He breaks away from his oppressive grandfather and scheming cousin, hunts wild beasts, digs rare ginseng, and earns his first fortune. Then he leads villagers to farm herbs and keep bees, becoming a national model. He defeats enemies, brings prosperity to his village, and punishes all villains.

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Thanks to My Baby, I Become a Fortune Flower

62 episodes · Rural girl Su Feifei, during a hotel internship, accidentally has a relationship with drugged Gu Qishan, the heir of the Beijing elite circle. With a highly fertile constitution, she becomes pregnant. Her best friend Lin Weiwei urges her to abort, but Su Feifei accidentally hears the voice of her unborn baby, learning that in the previous life, she followed Lin's advice, refused the Gu family's help, and ended up dead with her child. This time, she resolves to change her fate and make her child the happiest princess. With the baby's voice guiding her, she rises to become a blooming rich flower, gains happiness, and stays with Gu Qishan, achieving a perfect family life.

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The Marquis's Wife Wants to Die a Natural Death

77 episodes · Chen Yuhu, a history major from University A, dies from staying up late reading a novel and transmigrates into the main wife of a marquis. The original owner suffered from a biased mother-in-law, a husband who took a concubine while stationed at the border, and died in resentment. To return to reality by dying a natural death, Chen Yuhu changes her weak nature, outwits the evil mother-in-law, wins over children and concubines, revitalizes the household, deals with the pregnant concubine Jiang Yusun brought back by her husband, and plans her children's future. After many twists, she secures her position as the main wife, arranges for Jiang Yusun to remarry, reconciles with her husband, and lives a stable life in ancient times, steadily moving toward her goal of a natural death.

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Undercurrents

60 episodes · An undercover couple's mission is high-risk from the start! A sniper and a top agent pretend to be lovers for a covert operation, and amidst dangerous tasks, they develop real feelings. In 1940, ace sniper Tong Xue and top undercover agent Shen Shaochen are forced to live together as a fake couple. On the surface, they are a perfect match, but in reality, they are seamless comrades, jointly defusing crises, transmitting intelligence, and sniping enemy agents. They complete high-difficulty missions at death's door. Amidst blades and bullets, their feigned intimacy grows into genuine affection, intertwined with tests and protection. As their identities are threatened, can they hold onto their faith and the budding love in the enemy's den?

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Divorced in '94, I Possess Myriad Beasts and Roam the Countryside

102 episodes · After retiring from the military, Fang Ye is divorced by his ex-wife Wang Yun due to injury. He saves Qin Xiangling and gains the Ten Thousand Beasts Soul Seal, healing his injuries and gaining the ability to control animals. He uses this to get rich, develops feelings for Qin Xiangling and Shi Xueqi, and retaliates against Wang Yun and Qi Yulin. He cures mute girl Yaya with a small rejuvenation technique, the villains are punished, and Fang Ye succeeds; Yaya grows up to become a billionaire.

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After Transmigrating as a Workhorse, I Aim to Be a Master

99 episodes · Li Feng accidentally transmigrates into a widower treated as a blood bag by his family. Awakening a system, he uses modern knowledge and the system to secretly accumulate wealth, successfully separates from his family, and gains respect by benefiting the village. Facing repeated frame-ups from his family, he resolves them all, eventually receives an official position and rises swiftly. His son passes the imperial exam, and his once-exploitative parents and brothers end up in misery.

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Ruan Ruan, My Wife

79 episodes · Ruan Nansheng, a mafia heiress, marries into the Yan family incognito to fulfill her mother's dying wish. She becomes the seemingly virtuous owner of Xinghua Department Store, but secretly controls both underworld and legitimate forces. In three years, she turns the failing store into the city's top retailer. When her husband Yan Qingpei returns from abroad with his pregnant stepsister Ruan Yingying, they conspire to force her out of the company and marriage. After betrayal, her beloved cat's death, and her mother's memorial tablet destroyed, she awakens, allies with the new military commander Yan Ting'an, and publicly divorces to seize power.

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Feasting on Hotpot During Exile

80 episodes · Sheng Wanning, a doomsday hoarder, dies and transmigrates into a general's love-crazed daughter. She wakes up as her family faces execution. With a system space, she defies fate: hotpot, AK-47, cola for morning sickness, super rice to fight famine. She turns exile into a culinary and military triumph, eventually challenging the emperor.