She gave her whole life to raise a nest of ungrateful ingrates! On her deathbed, Gu Yingxi learned of her husband's affair with her cousin. Her children had handed over her savings to someone else, and even refused to give her the money she needed to survive. She died of sheer rage.
Heaven finally opened its eyes and let her be reborn in 1980, just as the ingrates were pressuring her to sell her iron rice bowl job!
Was she timid in her last life? This time, she awakens with a vengeance! Sell her job? Dream on! Her unfilial children owe her years of support money. They'll pay every cent, with interest! Her daughter-in-law dares to curse her? A slap will teach her some manners! The first lesson in taking charge: everyone takes turns with the chores. No one gets to sit around like a lord!
What hurts her most is that her youngest daughter, whom she sacrificed in her last life and who was beaten to death at just forty, is standing at the door, covered in bruises... Gu Yingxi's heart shatters. Wanwan, don't be afraid. Mom's here to save you!
She rolls up her sleeves to show the bruises and reports him to the women's committee! Faced with her violent, knife-wielding widower son-in-law, Gu Yingxi becomes a lioness protecting her cub, refusing to yield an inch. "You want to touch my daughter? You'll have to step over my dead body first!"
Divorce! Compensation! Send the scumbag to prison! In this life, she vows to tear apart everyone who ever bullied them, give her daughter a safe haven, and become a tough-as-nails mom no one dares to mess with!