He Xiaoyin was watching the short drama Pear Blossoms Fall Across the City, where a reborn heroine and her rival swapped prospective husbands. Seeing the heroine marry into a wealthy family, with a husband who never came home, money to spend every month, and no need to have children or fulfill her marital duties, He Xiaoyin was insanely jealous.
“Oh my gosh, when will I ever get a life that good? I’m not greedy. I don’t need to be in a sham marriage forever. Even six months of marriage for six months’ pay would be fine! Two thousand yuan in the 1980s was a huge fortune. With that kind of money, I could buy a little house and start a small business. Wouldn’t life be wonderful?”
He Xiaoyin fantasized about it. She really wished she could have that dream life: Boss Number One, her husband in name only, had a home elsewhere and someone to have his baby, while they each slept in separate beds. Boss Number Two, her mother-in-law in name only. If she kept her happy, there’d be gold bangles, pearl necklaces, jade bracelets... All worth money... More money than she could count.
So caught up in her fantasy was He Xiaoyin, clutching her phone, that she tripped over her own feet, twisted her ankle, and slammed her head against the hard floor, passing out...
When she woke again, she found herself in a completely unfamiliar place...
