My Mother-in-Law Is the Boss Lady of Hong Kong [The 1970s]

Liang Xinxin was an abandoned baby. When she turned eighteen, the mother-in-law who had raised her gave her an address and told her to go to Xiangjiang to find her maternal grandparents.

But the boat crossing the river capsized.

She thought she was as good as dead, but a pair of hands pulled her out of the water.

A beautiful woman in a qipao and high heels, with a cigarette in her mouth, had rescued her.

The flames of the explosion behind them could not compare to the woman's vivid red lips, which were forever etched in Liang Xinxin's memory.

After reaching shore, Liang Xinxin planned to work as the woman's maid to repay her kindness.

Instead, the woman slapped a stack of bills into her hand. "Help your sister-in-law put on an act. The He Shantang people want to chop off my son's paw. In a minute, pretend to be his wife. Cry loudly and say your husband is dead, and if they want to chop off his paw, they can do it in the underworld!"

Liang Xinxin: ???

Fine. She owed the woman her life, so she had to repay her!

She changed into mourning clothes and wept as if the sky were falling.

She fooled the rival gang into believing it, so they had no choice but to settle the score after the funeral.

But could someone explain why she woke up sitting in a wedding car?

This wasn't how things were supposed to go!

Liang Xinxin frantically pounded on the car door. Let me out!

Then a familiar voice came from the passenger seat: "Don't be scared. My son works at the Office of Yin and Yang. He asked me to bring you over so he could take a look at you. If you're willing, you can marry him. If not, I'll give you some money to help you get settled."

She had planned to go along with it and leave, but the man was so handsome that Liang Xinxin was stunned.

By the time her child was old enough to run errands, Liang Xinxin still couldn't figure out how she'd somehow agreed to the marriage back then.

Going on dates with your husband in the world between Yin and Yang every day is terrifying!

But it was too late for regrets!

Look, that guy's gone off to work the night shift again!

Sigh. It's too lonely staying home alone, so she can only go play cards with her mother-in-law.

By accident, she wins a storefront.

By accident, she wins another building.

By accident, she wins...

By the time she comes to her senses, she has become the landlord everyone in Xiangjiang fears.

She does business in both the world of the living and the world of the dead!

And so Liang Xinxin's life turns into this:

"Hey, Landlady, ask the underworld if there are any vacancies. My son is so lazy, he says he'd rather die than go to work. Why not let him live down there?"

"Hey, Landlady, ask if there are any low-rent apartments available in Kowloon. My wife, who died young, is coming back to see me. I can't let her find me sleeping on the street."

"Hey..."

[PS: The male lead is very much alive.]

Theme: A family should get along and prosper together.