Su Nian's life was divided into two parts: before she turned fifteen, and after.
Before fifteen, she was the Su family's beloved jewel, doted on by everyone and treated like a princess of a prominent family.
After fifteen, the Su family found Su Wan, their biological daughter who had been missing for eighteen years. Overnight, Su Nian became the most superfluous person in the family.
Her parents tried to reassure her. They'd only gained an older sister, they said. Nothing would change.
But things were never that simple. Su Wan was sensitive, suspicious, and suffered from depression. She constantly feared that Su Nian would take her place in the family.
Not wanting to put her parents and older brothers in a difficult position,
Su Nian decided to leave home on her own. She began living alone at sixteen.
From then on, outsiders only knew her as Su Nian, a student working her way through school. They had no idea she'd once been the Su family's heiress, whose jewelry alone could buy someone a house.
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So what if she was poor?
Su Nian didn't think it was a big deal. She was happy earning her own living.
Until her high school boyfriend, the most popular boy in school, dumped her because of Su Wan.
Then, after she met an actor at university whom she believed was her true love and helped him rise from obscurity to fame, he dumped her too, because of Su Wan.
Su Nian finally understood.
This world wouldn't give an inch just because she gave up a foot. On the contrary, her tolerance only emboldened bad people to push their luck.
So the gentle, sensible girl began playing the villain.
What's mine, I'll take back.
What's not mine, I'll snatch anyway. From now on, she wouldn't give an inch.
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Word was that the Su family had found Su Wan the perfect husband: the heir to the Jiang family, the richest family in A City.
Su Wan went to great lengths to win the young master's favor.
When Su Nian found out, she decided to give her a taste of her own medicine. She would get close to the Jiang heir and let Su Wan experience what it felt like to be abandoned.
After all her efforts, Su Nian finally caught Jiang Zhan's eye.
She became the first woman at his side.
Su Nian wanted the Linjiang project, and Jiang Zhan gave it to her.
Su Nian wanted her place in the Su family back, and Jiang Zhan helped her get it.
Su Nian wanted revenge on Su Wan and the people who had abandoned her, and Jiang Zhan gave her that, too.
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The world knew Jiang Zhan, young master of the Jiang family, as cold and heartless, the most unattainable beauty in A City.
But no one knew he'd secretly loved someone for more than a decade.
It was for her that he had agreed to the marriage alliance with the Su family.
Su Nian thought she had drawn Jiang Zhan into her trap. Only at the end did she realize that he was the one who had been closing the net.
She plotted and schemed for power, status, and family affection. Jiang Zhan carefully planned every step, all for the sake of one woman: her.
A villainess's revenge story. Sensible and strong at first, she turns dark later.
Theme: Learn to love yourself