I Won't Be a Good Girl in the 1980s

Shen Ran had been a tool ever since she was born.

Her mother got pregnant with her to escape being sent to the countryside.

She gave birth to her to get a job.

She raised her for the monthly living expenses sent from out of town.

Once Shen Ran was old enough to understand, she knew her mother and stepfather had been childhood sweethearts. They had broken up and gotten back together several times, but in the end, the lovers were reunited and had their own precious daughter.

Shen Ran was the odd one out in that family.

After the college entrance exam, Shen Ran dreamed that her mother had changed her university application, sending her to a junior college in a remote province despite her being able to get into a prestigious university.

Meanwhile, her family used a huge sum of money sent by her biological father to start the most profitable trading business of the time, becoming some of the first people to get rich.

Afterward, they used all sorts of methods to keep her from coming home.

In the dream, her stepsister, now a rich young lady, mocked her as a stupid pig.

Her biological mother gave an interview and acknowledged having only one daughter: her stepsister.

Her stepfather said that the first pot of gold that made them rich had been earned by him.

When she woke up, Shen Ran really did hear her stepfather telling her mother to go to the school and change her application.

Shen Ran acted at once, securing her acceptance letter from the prestigious university. Then she intercepted the uncle who was bringing money from her biological father in the alley by her home.

When the young uncle learned about her predicament, he took her away and settled her in his home, where she stayed for the rest of her life.

Theme: Knowledge changes your destiny.