Shen Tan lived for twenty-three years. He was used as a pawn by his aunt, was married by his aunt, was abandoned by his husband's family, was driven into a nunnery, and finally died in a cold wind that no one knew about.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back to the age of sixteen - the point where all the nightmares began.
This time, she didn't want tears, patience, or mercy from anyone. She wanted evidence, ledgers, and every deed of sale written in her eldest mother's hand.
She went from being the most inconspicuous concubine in the Shen family to becoming the number one businesswoman in the capital. In three years, she doubled the Lin family's inheritance that her aunt had devoured tenfold. She ruined the marriage that her eldest sister was proud of. She turned everyone in the Shen family into her pawns.
And when everyone thought she wanted family property, she handed an account book to the desk of the Ministry of Justice - that was not a list of family property, but Mrs. Shen's 127 counts of human trafficking, poisoning relatives, and forging official documents over the past 20 years.
"You are crazy!" Mrs. Shen screamed in the court, "I am your legitimate mother!"
Shen Tan stood on the witness stand, his voice as calm as if he was reading a letter of divorce:
"Before the law, there are no legitimate mothers, only criminals."
