After I Transmigrated, My Mother-in-Law Was Reborn [The Sixties]

In her previous life, Fang Huifen spent her whole life shackled by a so-called debt of gratitude. She doted on her stepchildren and neglected her own son, driving him further and further away until they were estranged. When she finally became unable to work, her stepchildren threw her out, leaving her homeless.

Only after she died did she discover that her husband had always treasured his first wife above all else. He couldn't bear to make his beloved moonlight raise children, so he reluctantly married Fang Huifen and made her a free nanny.

Her stepchildren only cared about their real mother, too. Once the eyesore Fang Huifen was dead, their family could finally be reunited.

She watched the old man living happily with his stepchildren and their mother. They spoke of her with contempt, as if she were no more than an insignificant speck of dust. Fang Huifen's eyes reddened. She mourned the way she'd wasted her life and felt anguish for her son.

When she opened her eyes again, Fang Huifen had been reborn on the day the old man and his ungrateful children forced the two kids to hand over their wedding gifts and split up the family. It was where it had all begun.

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Yao Shuyue transmigrated into the wife brought home with an exorbitant bride price by the Wang family's most doted-on youngest son.

She hadn't even had time to process the nightmare of becoming a married couple with her nemesis, Wang Zechuan, when the whole family started demanding that she hand over the bride price to buy her brother-in-law a job.

Ha! Money in my pocket isn't leaving it!

Yao Shuyue rubbed her hands together, ready to make a splash. But before she could put on a show, she realized:

Her mother-in-law had divorced her scheming father-in-law. Her hypocritical, vicious eldest brother-in-law seemed to have been cheated on. Her short-tempered second brother-in-law, who liked to throw punches, had become a cripple. Her snobbish, sharp-tongued third sister-in-law had been thrown out by her husband's family for failing to give birth to a son. And her father-in-law's beloved mistress had been caught having an affair with him and kicked out with nothing. Now she was crying and begging her children to take her in.

Yao Shuyue: "?"

She hadn't even started stirring up trouble!

And why were there so many scandals in this courtyard compound?

Today, she watched the man from the household next door fail to father a child, while the old father-in-law stepped in to do the job. Tomorrow, she watched the sisters from the household across the way fight over the same man. Oh, and a new little lucky charm had just moved into the south wing!

With one arm around her mother-in-law and a handful of sunflower seeds in the other, Yao Shuyue watched it all unfold. There was so much to gossip about, she couldn't keep up!

Coming soon: The Drag-Along Child in a Blended Family Sees Comments from the Future [1960s]

They say that having a stepmother means having a stepfather, and having a stepfather means having a stepmother. But Sun Yingzi's parents were both alive, and she had a worse life than children with neither parent.

In her blended family, her parents favored the children they'd had with their true loves. Sun Yingzi's only purpose was to keep the family together.

Her older siblings were all good-looking and capable. By comparison, she was like a dusty little pebble, so ordinary that no one would take a second look at her in a crowd.

*

Then one day, Sun Yingzi saw a mysterious comment floating across her vision.

It said her four older siblings were the protagonists of four different books, and she was the stepping stone on each of their romantic journeys.

Her eldest brother was the hero of a reborn redemption story. After her sister-in-law was reborn, she married off Sun Yingzi, the troublesome sister-in-law in her way, to her eldest brother's elderly widower boss, so she could get a promotion.

Her second brother was the hero of a sent-down youth story. When he returned to the city with his wife and child, Sun Yingzi gave up the job she'd worked hard to earn so her brother's family could live in harmony.

Her third sister was the heroine of a military marriage story. Sun Yingzi was the little nanny who helped her sister and brother-in-law look after their children. Her sister and brother-in-law kept having children, and even after years of marriage, they were as sweet and loving as newlyweds.

Her fourth sister was the heroine of a story about reforming a delinquent. The good girl and the delinquent went through a passionate, angsty romance. Sun Yingzi, who was assaulted by the delinquent's rival, became the catalyst that reignited their relationship.

Sun Yingzi: "? Author, do you have any manners?"

Fine, so these people can't get by without ruining her life!

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After gaining the ability to see the comments, Sun Yingzi used the information they revealed to snatch the protagonists' opportunities one by one. She secretly landed a job, then decisively left this suffocating family and escaped her fate as a disposable side character.

Without her selfless sacrifice as their "stepping stone," her siblings' lives turned into a complete mess, and they were no longer as loving as they had been in their previous lives.

Themes: Gossip every day and live well