The moment she opened her eyes, Lin Xiuqin was back in 1996, at a crossroads in her life.
In her previous life, her husband Zhao Jianguo and his mistress Liu Yanhong joined forces to take everything from her, and she died with hatred in her heart. This time, she rises with a cold laugh. “You’ll pay for what you owe me.” Using her knowledge of the future, she makes careful plans: her cheating husband is sent to prison for ten years, while his mistress is exposed in front of everyone. She wields the law and public opinion together, striking swiftly and decisively.
Revenge is satisfying, but becoming stronger matters more. By chance, she meets an inheritor of the art of tie-dyeing and uses her ingenuity with intangible cultural heritage to create a hit clothing line. With vats of indigo and rolls of homespun cloth, she turns a tradition on the verge of being forgotten into her sharpest business weapon.
But the real battle is only just beginning. Her former rival, Liu Yanhong, returns with a fortune, vowing to leave Lin Xiuqin with nothing. Price wars, talent poaching, patent disputes, media battles... The business world is thick with the smoke of war. Lin Xiuqin holds fast to the “craftsmanship” of tradition with one hand and wields the “wolfish ruthlessness” of capital with the other. Tie-dye is her root, e-commerce her wings, and the women and allies gathered around her are her strongest armor.
From a family workshop to a heritage craft studio, from a small county-town shop to a flagship store in Shanghai, she builds an empire of indigo and white under the name Qingjin Caomu.
When her nemesis is defeated, her daughter takes over, and honors finally come her way, Lin Xiuqin at last understands: the greatest meaning of being reborn is not just making her enemies kneel, but also giving overlooked traditional crafts and disregarded women the chance to prosper openly and proudly.
Intangible cultural heritage is her sword, and the business world her battleground. This time, she wants more than justice: she wants the whole world.
