A Fierce Woman Raises Three Kids in the 1970s, Remarries an Officer, and Takes Off

(Period drama + building a career + punishing villains and face-slapping + adorable kids + no saintly heroine + domineering military officer)

Lin Chunxiao is a sanda champion who transmigrates into a book and becomes a widow with three children.

As if that weren't miserable enough, she also has a whole bunch of awful relatives.

Other people's husbands are military officers who are alive and kicking, with eight-pack abs and movie-star good looks.

But Lin Chunxiao's military officer husband is dead, having died in the line of duty. His family received a substantial pension, and her vicious mother-in-law, younger brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law are all eyeing the money, hoping to get their share.

Her mother-in-law was already cruel, and the original owner's timid nature meant she could never fight back against the bullying.

The wicked mother-in-law also went around telling the villagers that the original owner was a shrew. After transmigrating, Lin Chunxiao decides to live up to that reputation.

She makes the whole family steer clear of her, until every one of them is afraid of her. She punishes the villains and makes them get down on their knees and beg for mercy.

Then she turns around and remarries her husband's comrade, Li Yaoguang.

He's handsome and aloof. He left the military because of an injury, has never married, and has no plans to do so.

Back in his hometown, he remembers his comrade's request and helps take care of Lin Chunxiao and the children. The two also build a career together, and in time, they fall in love.

And just like that, the good life begins.

“Can you be a good dad to the three kids?”

“Of course! You bet I can.”

After they marry, Lin Chunxiao realizes she's been had. This man had planned it all from the start!