Name: Golden Eyes: A Midlife Comeback
Author: Sexy Black-Stocking Mother Monkey from Flower-Fruit Mountain

Synopsis

This book's animated adaptation is now streaming on Fanqie.

At 45, Lin Jianguo was a failed middle-aged man, the sort you could find anywhere in the city.

He had been unemployed for three years. His wife had lost all hope and was about to divorce him, his daughter had no money for tuition, his mortgage payments were overdue, and his parents were bedridden.

At the lowest point in his life, he unexpectedly awakened the Golden Eyes ability inside his family's ancestral jade pendant, allowing him to see through objects, gamble on jade, and identify antiques.

After a lucky find at the jade market, Lin Jianguo used his supernatural ability to turn his life around, growing from a good-for-nothing middle-aged man into a legend in the world of antique appraisal. He not only solved all his financial problems, but also reclaimed his dignity, family, and control over his own life.

Other names

From Hard Stone to Gold: A Middle-Aged Man's Legendary Comeback顽石变金：中年逆袭传奇Alternate title on Fanqie

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1.5kReads · 30 days

84.2kReads · all time

209Shelf adds, last 14 days

7.0Score

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