Tong Shixi is incredibly lucky. Everyone who knows her says so.
Maybe it’s because she was so brilliant as a child that every time she took an exam to skip a grade, she threw the education system into chaos. Maybe it’s because she has a knack for making money, becoming a slumlord in the service of wicked capitalism at just twelve or thirteen. Or maybe it’s because she has suitors galore: after she started college, there were enough men chasing her to fill several poker tables...
Miss Tong, the object of everyone’s admiration, listens to the rumors about herself, some true and some false. Her expression shifts from embarrassed to numb. She waves her hands again and again, denying it all, and people praise her modesty.
She sighs, then smiles to herself. “What is there to brag about? Isn’t this just the basic skill set of a reborn woman?” Turning a rotten hand in life into a winning one might be hard for a young girl, but it can’t be that hard for an old lady.
Oh, right. Even lucky Miss Tong doesn’t get everything her way. Choosing someone to marry has always been a problem she can’t solve.
It’s not that she lacks admirers. It’s that all the men in her “backyard” whom she can’t afford to offend want to be her boyfriend, while she only wants to be their mother.
Miss Tong theatrically wipes away nonexistent tears, her heart full of sorrow.
Someone save this old lady who just wants to become a mom without the pain!
In her previous life, the female lead, Dong Xi, did her best to be a useful tool for others. In the end, she had nothing but money. What a tragic life (not really). Fortunately, she met a very special young man;
The young man is a little rascal who is awful in every way except for one wonderful quality: once he sets his mind on something, he never lets go.
Fortunately, at an age when he was bristling with thorns, the little rascal met a girl who made him want to learn to put away every sharp edge and treat her with all the tenderness in his heart.
He would even pretend to be the pure and harmless type she liked.
Female lead: A flamboyant socialite and master of the art of Versailles, forced by survival to clutch her little Oscar statuette.
Male lead: A beautiful, unhinged young man who, after being widowed, does his best to steer clear of psychiatric hospitals, yet can’t break free of love and hate for years.
There are quite a few men in the story, but the one-on-one romance rule is absolute.
A younger man and an older woman, a May-December romance that turns into a golden-years romance (there is an age gap, but they don’t actually reach their golden years).
Some parts of the plot may be silly just for laughs, with little substance; other parts may be heartbreaking because fate demands it, with no guarantees. I’ll try to keep things lighthearted.
Theme: Do good deeds, help struggling young men, make friends far and wide, and build a brighter future.
