[Reincarnated as a baby + period setting + pseudo-siblings + growing-up romance + power trip + building wealth + no nasty characters] Content warning: the female lead isn't a paragon of virtue! She's a little unscrupulous.
Yu Xiao is reincarnated in the 1970s and opens her eyes to a disastrous start!
She's been brought back to the Yu family.
Her brother, Yu Jibai, stares at her by the bed for a long time, then finally blurts out, "So ugly."
Yu Xiao makes a mental note: Fine, kid. Just you wait!
Who knew she'd end up with the best big brother ever?
The days pass amid the aroma of zhajiangmian and the breeze blowing through the hutongs.
Yu Xiao grows into a striking beauty, becoming the most popular girl in the neighborhood. Love letters pile up, and young men keep loitering in front of the Yu family home.
Whenever Yu Jibai sees them, his face darkens.
Then he catches her dating someone. After nightfall, he pushes open her door, carrying the chill of the late night, his gaze burning as he says:
"Xiaoxiao."
"Where did that fool touch you?"
"Here... or here?"
His fingertips hover in the air, close enough for her to feel his breath.
After more than a decade as siblings, everything changes overnight.
During the summer after ninth grade, Yu Xiao secretly works as a tour guide for foreign backpackers and earns her first few dollars.
When the 1990s arrive, the two of them like to wander around outside the newly opened stock exchange. Before long, buying houses is as easy as buying vegetables...
This is a story about two clever people making money together and falling for each other in an era brimming with opportunity.
