[1970s] [Awakening] [Grandma] [Raising Kids] [No System, No Golden Finger]
On the day of her eldest granddaughter's three-day celebration, Han Yuhua, the "Iron Lady" respected by everyone in the military compound, had a vivid, lucid dream that revealed the truth.
She was actually living inside a sweet romance novel about arranged partner swaps in a military compound, and she and all her children and grandchildren were a hapless foil, there to pave the way for the original heroine's family:
To prove how selfless she was, she gave the heroine her chance to return to the city, leaving her own daughter to be tormented in the countryside until she went mad;
Her eldest son covered up the heroine's problems with her class background, losing his military merit and receiving a disciplinary penalty;
Even the newborn eldest granddaughter before her would one day have her fiance and recommendation for university stolen by the original heroine's scheming daughter, and die by suicide in despair.
And Han Yuhua herself, who had spent her whole life holding herself to strict standards and keeping her hands clean, would end up with her entire family scattered and gone, spending her final years lonely and helpless!
"I followed principles all my life, only to let others push me around until I ended up with no family to carry on my name?!"
Han Yuhua whipped off her reading glasses. Whoever wanted to be a self-sacrificing saint could play one. If she was going to be anything, she would be a demon king who fiercely protected her own!
The return-to-city slot? She was taking it back! First, she would bring her own daughter home to the city for treatment!
Military merit? She wouldn't give up an inch! The eldest son's family would get every bit they deserved!
And as for the original novel's protagonists, who came knocking under the guise of "family duty" to leech off them?
Han Yuhua yanked open a drawer and slapped decades of service records and leads on her network of contacts onto the table. "Come on, let's go through it all, one thing at a time, and settle every old score!"