Reborn in the 1980s: Marrying My Ex's Uncle

Generational status gap + Abstinent, powerful official + Sweet indulgence and flirtation + Raising a child + Business comeback + Face-slapping and crushing scumbags

In her previous life, Ye Zhenzhen was deceived by the sweet talk of Chen Zhiqiang, a young educated man. She broke with her family and drained their savings to help him return to the city and attend university.

But after returning to the city, Chen Zhiqiang quickly attached himself to the factory director’s daughter. He even smeared Ye Zhenzhen as a crazy woman who wouldn’t leave him alone, turning everyone against her until she died miserably on the streets.

As she lay dying, the only person who came to claim her body was Chen Zhiqiang’s stern, powerful uncle, Chen Jingyan.

Reborn the day before her engagement to Chen Zhiqiang, she sees Chen Jingyan arrive with a gift and comes up with a plan.

Right in front of Chen Zhiqiang, she pretends to slip into the water, then clings to Chen Jingyan’s hand and begs him to save her.

In that conservative era, physical intimacy was enough to make an engagement binding.

With tears in her eyes, she says, “Uncle, my reputation... I can’t go on living...”

As she tearfully laments that her reputation is ruined, Chen Jingyan, known as the “Living Yama,” somehow blurts out, “I’ll take responsibility.”

With a marriage certificate, she becomes Chen Zhiqiang’s aunt by marriage, forcing him to respectfully call her “Aunt” every time they meet. It drives him mad with humiliation.

As she enjoys the thrill of outranking him, she uses her warmth to melt the stern, abstinent Chen Jingyan. She makes him meals with love, mends his clothes, and gradually wins his heart.

Chen Jingyan, too, goes from marrying her out of a sense of duty to awkwardly doting on her.

Meanwhile, drawing on the business acumen she gained in her previous life, she opens a clothing store and invests in property, building a thriving business and becoming a wealthy woman.

After marriage, Chen Zhiqiang suffers at the hands of his in-laws, and is eventually dumped by the factory director’s daughter. Down on his luck, he comes crawling back to Ye Zhenzhen.