Reborn in 1985, I found my mother-in-law holding out a bowl of abortion pills and forcing me to drink.
Looking at the old woman who had thrown me out in my previous life, I smiled. I drank the medicine, and my System awakened.
[Reverse Windfall System: Every time the Host accepts malice, a reverse critical-hit reward is triggered. Say the meekest words, do the most satisfying things.]
From then on, whenever my mother-in-law called me a jinx, I bowed and thanked her. The System rewarded me with a gold bar. When my awful relatives tried to claim my family’s assets, I smiled and signed the papers. Then their bank accounts were wiped clean.
Later, my ex-husband knelt at my door and begged to get back together. I handed him an acquisition contract. “I bought your family’s ancestral home. Want to see the deed?”