A Concubine's Daughter Travels to the 1980s: No Feelings, Just Acting Skills

In her previous life, Jiang Zhi was the daughter of a high-ranking family’s concubine. She spent her whole life treading carefully, only to be sent back to her hometown by her stepmother with the accusation that she was “lacking in virtue.”

She tried to defend herself, but in that filthy estate, everyone covered their ears and closed their eyes, believing only the mistress of the household.

She was the most insignificant person in the whole estate. Only then did she understand: people could be shameless and vicious, but they had to rise high enough. Only then would no one dare bully them, and only then could they survive.

When she opened her eyes again, she became Jiang Zhi in a new world, an independent woman of the modern age.

She craved the warmth of this world and longed for the power she had never been able to obtain in her previous life. Yes, in this life she had come to understand everything: only power could give her a sense of security. She trusted no one but herself.

In both her lives, she had always understood herself clearly: selfish and hypocritical, with little ability to empathize with others. Her saving grace was that she knew how to put on an act.

So in this life, she plotted at every turn, using an innocent, kindhearted persona as her shield. She schemed and scrimped, dreaming of climbing the ladder to success without having to put in any effort.

Xie Shiyan was no good man. He was a businessman through and through, but he had two powerful families behind him, so he always appeared refined and dignified in public.

He was used to wearing that mask. After all, if you keep up an act long enough, even you start to believe it.

Then he met Jiang Zhi, a very unusual woman. Her eyes were full of ambition and scheming, yet she still tried to make herself look like a naive little rabbit. It was fascinating.

Her tricks were clumsy, nothing clever. Compared with the women Xie Shiyan had met, her intentions were simply too easy to read.

But he didn’t call her out. He just played along, never realizing that acting meant getting personally involved.