1960s setting + senior officials’ compound + family squabbles + raising kids + dark transformation and comeback against the odds
In her previous life, Wang Xiyue lived to the age of forty-eight.
Her family background was considered politically suspect, and the whole family stayed safe only because her father-in-law, a senior official surnamed Li, and her husband, Li Yunfei, stood up for them.
To repay them, she devoted herself wholeheartedly to being the Li family’s eldest daughter-in-law. She raised her sisters-in-law’s children, handled the household chores for her younger siblings-in-law, and bailed everyone out whenever they needed it.
But fate treated her unfairly. The son she risked her life to give birth to died of a serious illness at six. One of her younger siblings went off to war and never came back, while the other ended their life with a rope from a roof beam.
Her niece, whom she had raised with her own hands, served the homecoming tea only to her birth mother. And once her nephew made something of himself, he complained she was too controlling...
Only as she worked herself to death did she realize that you can’t change what’s in people’s hearts.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back at twenty-five.
This time, Wang Xiyue was done serving the Li family!
She would embrace her dark side!
Her sister-in-law fakes an illness and expects her to babysit? She’ll send the kid away. Let whoever wants them raise them. Her sister-in-law treats her like a free nanny? Not a chance.
If anyone says something out of line, she’ll slap them. One smack, and you’ll shut right up!
Her space has food, medicine, and books, and supplies automatically replenish when used up. She can enjoy a comfortable, carefree life.
She only has three things to do: raise her son well, secure a bright future for her younger siblings, and reclaim everything she was denied in her previous life.
This time, she’ll be her own rock. Anyone who disagrees can get on their knees and say it!
