[A Mash-Up of Dynastic Customs] [The heroine spent three years in the modern era after transmigrating from ancient times; from the start, she returns to the past]
Xie Ming thought she might, probably, perhaps, maybe have been played for a fool.
When she had just transmigrated into Xie Mingming,
Xie Mingming’s soul had joyfully welcomed her from feudal antiquity into the new century,
and neatly sorted all her memories for her,
then happily went off to be reborn,
leaving Xie Ming to spend three months studying those memories day and night
and inherit Xie Mingming’s career: a community grid worker.
Three years.
She had dutifully endured three years of a job so miserable that death seemed preferable.
Just when she had finally adapted to her new life, an overzealous member of the public stabbed her and sent her back to ancient times.
Forced to transmigrate back, Xie Ming discovered that she had actually only been unconscious with a high fever for three days: …
Her father was still the same low-ranking sixth-grade official,
her stepmother was still the same greedy woman,
her younger siblings were still just as foolish,
nothing had changed, and only the newly awakened Xie Ming was left feeling melancholy and heartbroken.
Fortunately, though, her three years on the job had changed her true nature.
Once quiet and timid, then meek and submissive in the modern world, now she was full of pent-up resentment.
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Her cold-hearted father: “I’ve arranged a marriage for you. Once you’re married, you must observe wifely virtue, respect your in-laws, and care for your husband. Oh, and leave your mother’s dowry behind.”
Xie Ming grabbed her father’s inkstone and chased him around the estate, beating him seven times over.
Her greedy stepmother: “Ming’er, though you’re not my own child, the love between mother and daughter is real. It’s safest to leave your dowry with me!”
That night, Xie Ming took every piece of her stepmother’s jewelry and gold and sold it all!
“Have you heard? The eldest legitimate daughter of the Xie family went mad after recovering from her illness. Every day she beats her father and mother and bullies her younger siblings!”
Her scheming fiancé: “My household needs exactly this kind of capable mistress!”
Xie Ming: “Your harsh words are music to my ears.”
