[Period setting + military-marriage face-slapping + divine makeup artistry + absolutely no getting back together + powerful heroine standing alone + special intelligence operative]
Transmigrating into the 1970s, she starts in hell mode:
Forced to marry an officer, poisoning herself in a suicide attempt, and lying in a coffin while the whole village mourns her!
Li Jie, a top modern special-effects makeup artist, sneers and kicks the coffin lid open.
You think I'm immoral? Divorce!
You think I'm after your money? Split it!
In an era of scarcity, while others are fighting over half a yard of fabric coupons, Li Jie turns her makeup skills into a supernatural art.
With balsam flowers for color and clam oil for a base, she can transform a yellow-faced farmwife into a stunning beauty straight out of a pictorial. The whole military district clamors to get through her door!
With bone-structure contouring and special-effects prosthetics, she gives burned and disabled veterans a new lease on life, causing a sensation in the provincial capital!
With deep disguise and undercover work, she takes down a spy den single-handedly and becomes an indispensable behind-the-scenes ace in the military district's intelligence department!
From the ex-wife everyone despised to a first-class expert personally received by the commanding officer.
Her former husband, once a cold and abstinent military officer, panics. His eyes red, he blocks her doorway.
"Jie, I was wrong. Please, just look back at me..."
Li Jie coolly holds up her appointment letter.
"Colonel Lu, show some restraint. My special appointment codename is 'Soul Painter.' By military rank, you should be saluting me now!"
