The day my family went bankrupt, I had just celebrated my eighteenth birthday.
In a dream, my great-grandmother from the Republic of China handed me a silver longevity lock. “The Shen family’s fortune has only three days left.”
When I woke, the silver lock was in my palm.
The next day, a mysterious family friend who had vanished a century ago suddenly showed up at our door. Their tone was respectful, but their gaze wary.
“We hear the Shen family has produced a fate-renewal master who can defy heaven and change destiny?”
I knew they wanted to use me.
But Great-Grandma chuckled in my dream. “Dear child, tell them...”
“If you want your fortune renewed, give me your entire family’s loyalty in exchange.”
