After Divorcing My Ex-Husband, I Rose to the Top [The Nineties]

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In her previous life, Shen Liqiu was a complete sucker.

On the surface, everyone said she was lucky. When she was young, she had a secure government job and wanted for nothing. Later, Yang Youbin took unpaid leave to go into business and made a fortune, joining the ranks of the wealthy.

When the average salary was only a few hundred yuan, she wore a fur coat worth 18,000 yuan and lived in a mansion worth over a million. She was the picture of a nouveau riche.

But behind her back, everyone mocked her for being a fool: she couldn't keep her philandering husband in line, she'd raised a daughter with severe depression who was treated like an idiot, and she still put on a brave face, pretending they were a happy family in public.

Shen Liqiu forced a smile and pretended not to hear, until she became gravely ill with no hope of treatment and lay in bed waiting to die. Only then did she truly regret it.

She closed her eyes, then opened them to find her seven-year-old daughter waking her up. Her first decision was to divorce the gold-digging man she'd married.

She started by selling marinated crayfish and making spicy duck, then grew a small workshop into a landmark business, selling agricultural products all over the country.

In this life, she wouldn't be the wealthy man's foolish first wife. She'd become a rich woman!

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On the first day after the divorce, Yang Youbin yelled at Shen Liqiu, "Shen Liqiu, you won't have a good life after divorcing me! You'll regret this. Even if you kneel and beg me, I won't take you back!"

Three months after the divorce, when he heard Shen Liqiu had taken unpaid leave to go into business, Yang Youbin sneered. "Heh, let her mess around all she wants. Starting a business? Does she really think she's that capable? When she loses all her money, she'll have to go back to teaching at school. And even then, she'll have to see if I let her come back!"

A year after the divorce, Yang Youbin confidently took unpaid leave to start a business himself. "Money is as easy for me to pick up as bending down. Just wait. I'll come back to see you all in my own car one day."

Years after the divorce, Yang Youbin's business had failed, and he'd slunk back to the school to teach. In a crowd, he didn't dare meet Shen Liqiu's eyes. The ex-wife he'd once looked down on had become the president of a major corporation, wearing a beautifully tailored designer outfit and priceless jewelry as she smiled and delivered a speech at a donation ceremony.

She looked young, beautiful, and elegant, like a lofty flower he could never reach in this lifetime.

He couldn't understand how Shen Liqiu had become a big-shot businesswoman just by selling spicy duck, while he'd accomplished nothing.

"Damn, she's so lucky."

Shen Liqiu, passing by, heard his jealousy and turned to raise an eyebrow. "Yes, my luck really did improve after I divorced you."

It's hilarious. That delusional gold-digging loser is such a turnoff.

P.S.

1. There will be a divorce, and they will not get back together.

2. The story starts slowly.

3. Please add it to your favorites~ I really need the support.

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The Mute Heiress, Cheating Her Way to the Top

Song Miqiu transmigrated into a book, becoming the mute wife in a melodramatic abuse novel.

Following the absurd plot, Song Miqiu was supposed to be manipulated by all kinds of ridiculous supporting characters and repeatedly misunderstood and punished by the male lead.

After enduring a series of physical and emotional abuses, she would die on the operating table, completing the tragic ending.

Song Miqiu crossed her hands: No way, no way!

Just as Song Miqiu was about to grab her things and run, the System stopped her.

System: If you can max out the male lead's affection for you, your muteness can be cured. Are you sure you don't want to try?

Cure her muteness?

Well, that's...

Song Miqiu hesitated. Putting up with things for a while in exchange for a lifetime of speaking freely was a deal even a pig would know to take.

Song Miqiu rolled up her sleeves, ready to outsmart the malicious supporting characters, when she unexpectedly gained the ability to read minds. Every time, she could hear the villains plotting against her.

Huo Jiaojiao: [Today I'll pretend Song Miqiu pushed me over, so Big Brother will give her a good beating!]

Song Miqiu nodded to show she understood, then made her move before Huo Jiaojiao could, tearing up her 108,000-yuan designer dress in the process.

Song Miqiu clutched the scraps and looked ready to cry. "I didn't mean to~"

The male lead's first love returned from abroad. Seeing the man she once loved marry someone else, she congratulated him on the surface, but was consumed with jealousy inside.

His first love: [I've already put something special in this champagne. She can't refuse a drink from me. Once Jingchen finds out his wife is a loose, wanton tramp, he'll divorce her in a heartbeat!]

Song Miqiu's hand trembled slightly as she drank her beverage.

Lady, that's way too vicious.

His first love came over as planned to offer her the drink. Song Miqiu secretly switched the glasses while she wasn't looking, making her drink the doctored champagne, then very "thoughtfully" escorted her to a lounge.

When enough time had passed, she led a group of people over, pretending to look for someone, and watched a truly painful-to-look-at scene unfold.

Little did she know that Huo Yubai, Huo Jingchen's uncle, had seen everything.

He gave her a meaningful smile. "Interesting."

Her mother-in-law despised Song Miqiu for being mute and poor, and was always finding ways to make her suffer. Whenever Huo Jingchen wasn't home, she would either order Song Miqiu to do housework or make her massage her shoulders and back, while throwing out cutting remarks.

Song Miqiu smiled on the outside and cursed on the inside.

She smashed an antique tea set worth hundreds of thousands and cut up a rose worth 50,000 US dollars, sending her mother-in-law's blood pressure through the roof.

Song Miqiu was about to make her escape as planned when Huo Yubai appeared out of nowhere and caught her red-handed.

Song Miqiu signed at lightning speed, like she was making hand seals from Naruto, just begging Huo Yubai to let her go.

Huo Yubai gave her a malicious grin. "Sorry, I can't understand sign language."

Song Miqiu paused, then angrily raised both fists, middle fingers held high.

Fuck you! Fuck you! Do you understand now?!

Song Miqiu used her mind-reading ability to avoid traps and punishments while frantically making money. After finally maxing out the male lead's affection and curing her muteness, the first thing she did was slam a divorce agreement onto Huo Jingchen's desk.

Huo Jingchen: ?

Song Miqiu cleared her newly restored voice and said proudly, "I'm done playing along with you!"

Huo Jingchen grabbed her arm, his eyes red like a villain's. "You told me you loved me yesterday, and now you want a divorce? Song Miqiu, forget it! I won't let you leave the Huo family!"

Huo Yubai pulled her back to his side. "Who said she's leaving the Huo family? Remember to call her Auntie from now on."

Theme: Strive to improve yourself and be your own person.