After Rebirth, I Dazzled the World

Shen Qingci was once the brightest design prodigy under the spotlight, but she retired at the height of her career to devote herself to the home. For seven years, she poured out her talent and dignity to raise a daughter who was ashamed of her, support a husband who thought she was useless, and care for two sets of elders whose demands could never be satisfied.

Until, on her birthday, her daughter smashed the cake Shen had saved up to buy: “My classmates' moms drive Porsches. You only know how to embarrass me!”

Until her husband threw her living expenses in her face: “You useless freeloader, living off me at home!”

Until she checked her bank balance: 37.62 yuan.

That night, as she stood over the last crushed crumb of cake, a cold mechanical voice rang out:

[Thousandfold Cashback System successfully bound]

[Rule: Every penny you spend on yourself will be returned to you a thousandfold]

[But only if you spend it on yourself]

Shen Qingci smiled.

She tossed the discounted lip balm she'd bought at the supermarket and ordered her first lipstick in seven years.

299 yuan in, 299,000 yuan back.

Later...

At the International Design Awards, the long-vanished genius designer “Sylvia Shen” made her triumphant return.

Her ex-husband, teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, begged her for help. She raised her glass elegantly. “Mr. Chen, you can't afford my hourly rate anymore.”

Their daughter sobbed as she watched the livestream from her dorm: “That's my mom! That's my mom!”

Her in-laws blocked the door, demanding support payments. She smiled and showed them the transfer records. “Seven years, 840,000 yuan in total. Want me to pay you back?”

And the gentle neighbor who always fed cats late at night was now kneeling before her. “Sis, I've looked up to you for nine whole years, ever since I saw you light up the runway.”