After My Husband Died, I Became Filthy Rich (Reborn)

A money-obsessed young lady consumed by ambition x a loyal, obliging minister who grants every wish

Lin Jianyue has been reborn.

She only remembers that when she was on the brink of death, someone traded the chance to return home for the chance to give her another life.

When she opens her eyes, she has returned to her childhood.

Her past flashes before her like scenes from a play. She realizes she has been widowed, lost her father, become a servant, and become a concubine. She has experienced both wealth and glory, and a life as lowly as mud.

All of it has taught her one thing: when a woman has no wealth to rely on, beauty is her greatest curse.

So the first thing she does every morning is ask herself: Am I worth a fortune today?

The noblewomen of the capital all assume that a woman like her could never find a good husband. Yet within six months, Second Miss Lin gets engaged, becomes a widow, and ultimately stays at her parents’ home to manage the family business.

They all say, “Life as a widow can’t be easy!”

It really isn’t easy. Before anyone can react, she has already become a happy little widow. She takes over the family affairs and turns the Lin family business from loss to profit. Praised by the Noble Consort, she becomes famous throughout the capital.

People can only say, “The Lin family finally has someone who knows how to do business.”

Who could have guessed that six months later, Second Miss Lin would disappear for over a month in Longxi while accompanying her brother to his new post? The Lin family searches all across Dayin to no avail, even alarming the Noble Consort in the imperial palace. Then, one moonlit night, someone returns her safe and sound, without so much as a pound of flesh missing.

No one knows where she went during that time. She simply keeps her head down, managing affairs and quietly playing the role of a household manager.

Until the war between Dayin and the Xiongnu ends, and General Xue, a great hero who has won countless military honors, uses his achievements in battle to ask for the hand of this Lin daughter with such a terrible reputation.

Only then do people learn that years ago, Young Master Xue refused his title to focus on the imperial examinations, and later charged into battle, all for her sake.

“You are my every selfish desire, the matter I can never speak of in my heart.”

Content warnings:

1. In this life, both leads are inexperienced; in their past lives, the male lead was inexperienced, while the female lead was not. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

2. The heroine has a golden finger. Very Mary Sue. The story is centered on the heroine, and the setting is largely imagined.

3. The early chapters are slow-paced. An important supporting character transmigrates and trades the chance to return home for the leads to be reborn, so this is categorized as an ancient-style transmigration story.

The first draft of the blurb was written on April 21, 2022, and revised on June 27.

Theme: Making money is the primary productive force (certainly)