The Rest of My Life Burns Bright

When Shen Zhiyi was six, she was the brightest star in the Shen family. At a grand birthday party, she received a model mecha from Lu Hanzhou. Everyone treated her like a princess, and she believed their love would last forever.

When she was twelve, her older brother, Shen Zhixing, brought home Lin Weiwei. That “different” girl effortlessly took everything from her: her brother’s favoritism, her parents’ attention, even Lu Hanzhou’s cold remark, “You’re not even as good as her.”

At twenty, an accident in a stairwell left her blamed for causing the death of her sister-in-law’s unborn child. Abandoned by everyone, she was exiled overseas by her family.

Five years later, Shen Zhiyi returns.

The once-arrogant heiress has become a taciturn surgeon at a public hospital. Every day, she carries a thermos and leaves work on time, keeping everyone’s attempts at kindness at arm’s length.

Her relatives pity her for suffering abroad, her brother and sister-in-law treat her coldly, and when Lu Hanzhou tries to get close, she coolly tells him, “Mr. Lu, please show some restraint.”

No one knows she has already amassed a staggering fortune through savvy investments. Practicing medicine is her way of atoning; lying flat is her dream. All she wants is to live a quiet, peaceful life.

Until her sister-in-law finally reveals the truth about the miscarriage, until Lu Hanzhou awkwardly begins trying to win her back, until they discover that the girl they once discarded like trash has already risen from the ashes and...