[Rebirth in a Bygone Era] [A Strong Female Lead's Comeback] [Face-Slapping Satisfaction] [Mystery and Evidence Gathering]
In her previous life, Shen Zhihe got into college, but her half-sister stole her acceptance letter.
Her sister went to the provincial capital in Shen Zhihe's name, while Shen Zhihe was labeled a failed candidate and married off to a remote mountain village. At forty, someone locked her inside an earthen house, where she burned to death.
When she opened her eyes again, it was a snowy night in 1977.
Her stepmother brought her a jar of brown sugar water, while her half-sister hid in the east room, secretly practicing Shen Zhihe's signature over and over.
This time, she didn't cry or fight. She let the acceptance letter fall into her stepmother's pocket and said just one thing to her sister:
"Go on. Study in my place."
Anything she reclaimed could be stolen again. What she wanted was for every signature and every page of her file to leave behind evidence for her.
She had gained a new ability: when her fingertips touched an old photograph, she could see the truth of the twenty-four hours before it was taken.
The price was that each time she used it, she permanently forgot one day from her previous life.
The following summer, Shen Zhihe's name appeared on the top-scorer list.
And a student named Shen Zhihe was also listed in the provincial capital university's register.
When two identical files landed on the admissions office's desk, the sister who had taken her place finally panicked.
But when the final old photograph developed, Shen Zhihe discovered that the fire that had killed her in her previous life and her birth mother's death were the work of the same person.
