In her previous life, Pei Zhizhi married Qi Suyou, the village heartthrob. As soon as they wed, he went to the city to do business and make money, returning home only a few times a year. Pei Zhizhi was left behind in the village to care for his parents and his disabled younger brother.
Fifteen years later.
After caring for her in-laws until their deaths and laying them to rest, Pei Zhizhi planned to take her son to the city to join Qi Suyou.
That was when she discovered that Qi Suyou had long since married another woman in the city and obtained a marriage license with her. They had a whole brood of children, and the eldest was several months older than Pei Zhizhi’s son.
Qi Suyou had abandoned his wife and child and betrayed his family. When Pei Zhizhi demanded an explanation, he teamed up with his disabled younger brother to turn the blame back on her.
They accused Pei Zhizhi of having an affair with his brother and cuckolding him, claiming that her son was an illegitimate child. They smeared her name with their filthy lies.
Qi Suyou and his brother ruined Pei Zhizhi’s reputation, then plotted to murder her.
After Pei Zhizhi dragged Qi Suyou and his brother down with her, she opened her eyes again and discovered she had returned to the night she married Qi Suyou at nineteen.
Reborn, the first thing Pei Zhizhi did was make Qi Suyou sterile so he could never have children. The second thing…