Period: My Stepmother Stole Money? I Slapped the Cuffs on Her

After being born into a period novel, the female protagonist Nan binds herself to a gossip System. With the property and savings her late mother left her, as well as a reserved job in the public security bureau, she is determined to tear up the original story's script for her as a villainous stepsister destined to be a disposable character. Her stepmother Li Chun and stepsister Guan Qianqian's family covet her job and money, repeatedly stealing from her, scheming against her, and setting her up. With her position in public security and rewards from the System, Nan strikes back at every turn. She exposes Li Chun's greed and her attempts to funnel money to her family, foils their plans to arrange a marriage alliance, uses the Guan family to root out future threats, takes down a human-trafficking gang, and protects everything she has. In the end, she builds a safe and comfortable life for herself.