As the hardest-working small-town exam star, Shen Qinghe got into the nation's top civil engineering university as the provincial top scorer, right when the construction industry was booming.
She poured her heart and soul into opening her own architecture studio. Who knew the real estate market would suddenly collapse? Not only did her projects fall through, but the presale apartment she had bought with her entire life's savings was left unfinished!
After dying suddenly, she found herself back in the 1980s, when infrastructure construction was just getting started and opportunities were everywhere!
From the start, her fiance, Zhou Shiyu, looked down on her and coldly broke off their engagement. Shen Qinghe was delighted.
Who had time for romance? This was the golden age of civil engineering, a time when you could make a fortune doing nothing!
She tore up the engagement contract on the spot and headed straight to the university cafeteria, where she started out flipping food in a wok.
Zhou Shiyu was sure she was playing hard to get. He took the initiative to have his parents acknowledge her as their adopted daughter, putting an end to her hopes once and for all.
Who knew the country girl in his eyes would make a stunning comeback from the kitchen and amaze everyone?
The construction plans she casually drew up outclassed him, the top student in his department.
The components she improved made city construction bosses treat her like a goddess, their arms full of cash.
She was even taken on as the last personal student of a master architect, becoming the youngest expert at the design institute!
As she shone brighter and brighter, major engineering executives and the sons of high-ranking officials competed to marry her. The warmth he had once spurned became a dream he could never reclaim.
Zhou Shiyu was consumed by jealousy, but because he had personally made her his sister, he had no right even to feel jealous!
The once-proud darling of heaven fell to his knees, his pride shattered, his eyes red as he begged desperately for her to take him back in the cold wind.
Zhou Yi'an, the celibate uncle he revered, pulled her into his arms. "Shiyu, behave yourself. You should call her Auntie."
I really like the female lead's self-reliance.