Her birth mother died young, and when her father remarried, Su Nianwei became an unwanted extra in the Su family.
Her stepmother doted on her legitimate younger sister, Su Xueyuan, who took everything from her: her clothes, her food, and her family's affection. She wanted everything else Su Nianwei had, too.
As Su Nianwei's coming-of-age ceremony approached, her stepmother and sister schemed together to steal the marriage promise that should have been hers: a match with the heir to a marquis's estate.
They ruined her reputation and personally pushed her into marriage with a penniless scholar.
In her previous life, she endured it all in silence. To her surprise, the scholar made good, rising from top scorer in the imperial examinations to grand secretary. After years of hardship, she finally enjoyed a life of wealth and honor.
Meanwhile, Su Xueyuan had stolen her place and married into the marquis's household, only to suffer a tragic fate. After several years of marriage, her husband suddenly died, leaving her a young widow.
Watching Su Nianwei, whom she had once trampled underfoot, flourish, jealousy consumed Su Xueyuan's reason.
One day, while boating on the lake, she clung tightly to Su Nianwei and dragged them both into the icy water.
Reborn, Su Nianwei returned to the year she was to be married. Her engagement had not yet been stolen, and the schemes had yet to unfold.
So she made a bold decision. This time, she would put aside her weakness, cast off her meekness, and reclaim everything that had once been hers.
But to her surprise, her younger sister, who had been dead set on marrying the heir, suddenly changed her mind and wanted to marry the poor scholar: the very man who had been Su Nianwei's husband in her previous life.
Su Nianwei's gaze turned cold.
Could it be that Su Xueyuan had also returned, carrying memories of her previous life?
