Reborn at Thirty-Eight: This Time, I'll Protect You All

Name: Reborn at Thirty-Eight: This Time, I'll Protect You All
Author: Lu Tingwan

三十八岁重生：这次换我护你们

by Lu Tingwan (鹿听晚)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 325k Words
Genre: Modern Romance
Subgenre: Period Fiction
Updated: 9h ago
Source: Fanqie

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Zhou Yuan, thirty-eight years old, had suffered through a life of hardship.

Her father died when she was young, and after her mother remarried, her grandfather struggled to raise her.

Desperate for a child, she spent three years undergoing IVF, endured a hundred injections to stimulate ovulation, suffered two miscarriages, and went deep into debt. She risked half her life to give birth to her son, Youzi.

But she had nothing and no one to rely on. Her husband was away for work most of the year, and her in-laws were cold and uncaring.

Her greatest regret was that when her grandfather fell gravely ill and passed away, she was in the late stages of a high-risk pregnancy, trying to keep the baby safe.

Everyone hid the truth from her. By the time she found out, he was already gone, leaving her with a lifelong regret.

One night, as her young son convulsed with a high fever, she broke down alone and made a wish: if she got another life, she would protect her loved ones and keep her child safe and happy.

When she woke reborn, she was thirteen again, and none of the tragedies had happened yet.

In this life, she studies hard, becomes a math-olympiad legend, wins first place in the national college entrance exam, and goes on to earn a doctorate.

She stays by her grandfather's side, devoting herself to him and keeping him company in his peaceful later years, making up for all she owed him.

She saves her future husband before tragedy can touch him. They choose each other, and from then on, stay together year after year.

She starts a business with her best friend, seizes the opportunities of the times, and rises to the top, building a fortune.

Her previous life was a whirlwind of hardship, ending in utter defeat.

In this life, hardship gives way to happiness, her family is whole, and every year is worry-free.

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