I Won 300 Million, Now I Lie Flat in a Small County Town

[This is wish fulfillment, so plenty of things won’t make sense. Best not to overthink it.] Lin Wan, a drifter in Shanghai, worked 996 until she collapsed from stomach problems. She had planned to save up 500,000 yuan, then return to her hometown in Jiangnan to open a bookshop and enjoy her retirement. But a lottery ticket she bought on a whim won her 300 million yuan!

Without telling anyone, she quietly quit her job and slipped away, returning to Qingxi County, a backwater town. At last, she could live like a queen: no alarm clocks, no worrying about her boss’s moods.

Her taciturn neighbor Lu Ze was a carpenter with almost unbelievably skillful hands, but he harbored secrets that didn’t fit in with the small town. Two souls who just wanted to lie flat were drawn to each other, until greedy relatives came knocking and his wealthy family showed up to force him back to inherit the family business.

Now that I have money, I just want to live an ordinary life and grow old with you, keeping our little bookshop together.