[Building wealth + political intrigue + food and business + childhood sweethearts + an unbeatable feel-good story]
Tang Li, who comes from the apocalypse, encounters a vicious grandmother from the start, one who demands that her mother take on the responsibility of continuing the family line for two branches. Faced with such shameless, black-hearted relatives, Tang Li rolls up her sleeves and lays into them.
What?
They’re trying to swindle her father’s compensation too?
Then she’ll beat them until they cough it all up, principal and interest.
What now?
They’re calling Tang Li an evil spirit?
Then she’ll play up the supernatural until the whole family can’t sleep a wink.
After squeezing every last bit out of those black-hearted relatives, Tang Li takes her mother and younger sister and walks away from the family.
But not long after they split off, her beautiful mother gets a glamorous second chance at love, this time with a sickly young man in tow.
Luckily, the tagalong is handsome, well-behaved, and knows how to keep his mouth shut.
When Tang Li sets a fire, the tagalong helps pile on the wood.
When Tang Li kills someone, the tagalong digs a hole and helps bury them.
Years later, that inconspicuous tagalong grows into a wickedly charming man, and Tang Li finally starts to feel threatened.
