Qian Guihua lost her husband when she was young, leaving her with three sons and two daughters.
Her eldest son died in the line of duty, causing her eldest daughter-in-law to give birth prematurely and die. They left behind a frail granddaughter, who passed away at two, just after learning to call her Grandma.
Her second son was taken away for profiteering and never heard from again.
Her third son did establish a family and career, but he spent his days loafing around with a bunch of no-good friends, neglecting his wife and children. In the end, he went to prison for injuring someone while standing up for a so-called good buddy.
Her eldest daughter was blinded by love and threw herself at a sent-down youth. She had five children, and when the college entrance exams were reinstated, the young man simply walked away.
Her youngest daughter was obedient, but she was kidnapped by human traffickers while trying to earn money to support all her nieces and nephews.
When she was found fifteen years later, all that remained was a pile of bones.
Qian Guihua couldn't understand what sin she had committed for none of her five children to meet a good end.
After one blow after another, she drifted through life in a daze and failed to raise her grandchildren well either. Only on her deathbed did she learn that the disasters in her family had not been coincidental.
She was not some ill-fated harbinger of doom, either.
It had all been done by human hands.
They were characters in a book, and their family's suffering was necessary for the plot, so the heroine and her mother could be shown as kind, clever, and persistent.
Given another chance, Qian Guihua is determined to prevent the tragedy.
Qin Shuangshuang transmigrated into a book, as the heroine's neighbor.
The heroine's father died in the line of duty, and her eldest brother joined the army, earning one military honor after another and rising through the ranks.
Her second brother became a business tycoon, earning the country a great deal of foreign currency after reform and opening up.
Her third brother was an excellent student who later became a professor at a top Chinese university.
Her eldest sister was lucky, too, and happened to obtain the medical texts of an imperial physician's successor hiding in a labor camp.
And the heroine didn't have to do a thing. Born into a good family, she could simply lie flat for the rest of her life.
Qin Shuangshuang, on the other hand, was saddled with the identity of a corrupt official's daughter. Even her mother was frail and less capable than the heroine's mother next door, Qian Guihua.
But it didn't matter. She had read the whole book, and now it was her turn to be the heroine.
First, she got her hands on the ring in Qian Guihua's dowry. It was a spiritual spring space, which the heroine's family didn't discover until near the end of the book.
What fools!
After dripping blood on it to claim it as her own, Qin Shuangshuang's life took off. The spiritual spring not only made her beautiful and improved her memory, but also gave her exceptional fighting skills.
Then she smoothly cut off the promising futures of the heroine next door's brothers and sisters.
Years later, she became a renowned philanthropist and wealthy businesswoman, admired by everyone.
She was very satisfied. All those years of effort had paid off.
Sometimes she even felt a little sorry for the heroine next door, but the strong prey on the weak. That's just how the world works, no matter the era.
Theme: Live well