Zhao Ling, a top modern-day assassin, was betrayed by her partner. After they both died in an explosion, she transmigrated into the body of Su Ling, a fifteen-year-old village girl in the Great Ze Dynasty.
The original owner had risked her reputation by throwing herself into the water to marry the scumbag Chen Zhiliang. In the end, he publicly refused to marry her, and she died in despair after throwing herself against a tree.
The moment Zhao Ling woke up, she was already a new bride in the Chen family. Her husband had made off with the money and food supplies overnight to join the army, and the family was so poor they didn't know where their next meal would come from.
There were her useless in-laws, her malnourished younger siblings, and domineering relatives who came around to freeload.
The System came online just in time and gave her a beginner skill: the ability to verbally destroy anyone.
Zhao Ling rolled up her sleeves. "I've never been this useless in either of my lives!"
From then on, Zhao Ling cursed, fought, farmed, and did business, becoming famous as a shrew for miles around.
She reclaimed wasteland, made money, made her in-laws stand on their own two feet, paid for her younger siblings' schooling, and took firm control of the Chen family.
A few months later, her husband, who had been reported killed in battle, returned with a beautiful young woman and immediately demanded a divorce so he could marry her instead.
Her in-laws slapped him across the face, and her younger siblings made him kneel and apologize.
Zhao Ling smiled. "You want a divorce? Too late!"
She had earned the title of shrew fair and square.
She built her career while taking down scumbags, unaware that the fool she partnered with in business was actually an unhinged man who was possessive and always fighting to claim her.
She only wanted to lie flat and enjoy her life, but he kept chasing after her.
It wasn't until her true identity was revealed that she realized the family affection and love she had in this life were all things she had fought to win back herself.
