A Soldier's Story in the 1990S

Li Mei had spent twenty years as a wandering ghost before being reborn at eighteen. Her adoptive younger sister, Li Jiajia, had already been living with the family for three years, and her parents had long since been swayed into looking at Li Mei with prejudice. Now her sister was secretly plotting to sabotage her college applications. In an ordinary family, there were only so many resources to go around, and Li Jiajia was greedy. But Li Mei had long since stopped caring. In her previous life, she fought Li Jiajia for their parents’ love and her childhood sweetheart’s affection, only to die under mysterious circumstances. It just wasn’t worth it. She glanced at the solemn school she’d happened upon in a college guide. It was somewhere she’d never dared to dream of attending in her previous life. Her eyes lit up, and her heart raced. Ever since she was little, seeing green military uniforms made her want to smile. She’d always envied and admired the people who wore them. Now she had a chance to pursue a different life. If she couldn’t hold on to family affection and romance, then she’d give up those little loves for a greater love and devote herself to her country. Li Mei overcame every obstacle to pursue her dream, working her way up from an administrative post to a battle-hardened soldier, pouring in unimaginable effort and sweat. She went on missions with the men in her unit, endured trials of blood and fire, and returned covered in medals. Her parents regretted their choices, and her childhood sweetheart came back to her, but by then she had a much wider world to call her own. Xiao Haidong was a rich kid. One day he’d be into stand-up comedy, the next extreme sports, and the day after that horse racing... Then he was rescued in an accident by a female soldier, and from that day on, the only thing he cared about was Li Mei. At twenty-six, he started working hard to prove that the Xiao family’s only son wasn’t just a pretty-faced playboy, but a business prodigy who could help the family expand its empire. Everyone said he’d turned over a new leaf for the sake of the family business. Only he knew he was doing it so he could be worthy of her. “Meimei, you’ve got the rank for it. When are you going to file the paperwork and let me follow you to your post?” Xiao Haidong didn’t want to spend every day alone at home. He missed his wife and wanted to see her and hold her at least every few days. Comrades: Li Mei must’ve been born into the wrong body. With a temper like a cannon, how could she be a woman? Enemies: What? You’re saying the person on the other side is a woman? She fights this viciously and fiercely? No way! Parents: Xiaomei, you’re outstanding, but that’s a man’s world. You’ve done well for a young woman. Retire from the military and come home to get married. Liming has waited for you for years. Childhood sweetheart: Xiaomei, I’ve finally understood my own heart. It turns out you’re the one I love most. Adoptive sister: Li Mei, you’ve left, so don’t come back. Otherwise, I won’t let you off. So what if you’ve made something of yourself? I haven’t been sitting idle back home all these years, either. Coming soon: Building the Nation in the 1950s Zhao Wenying opened her eyes in the late 1940s, having become the true love of a certain professor who was opposing an arranged marriage and pursuing free love. Never mind how pitiful his wife was. The original owner’s soul told her that she was even more pitiful. In three years of marriage, she’d given birth to two children. When she was over six months pregnant with her second, her husband found a new true love. She and her daughter became obstacles in his pursuit of love, and he abandoned them without a penny to their names. Wasn’t this just a scumbag who used the pursuit of freedom and progress as a cover for falling in love with every woman he met? After finally escaping that mess, she looked at the devastation all around her and the country in desperate need of rebuilding. How could she pass up the chance to help build her country? How could the original owner, an engineering graduate, have been such a lovesick fool? That scumbag had feared her talent would outshine him, so he’d manipulated her into going home to have babies and trying again and again for a son. The original owner had worked in a world-renowned scientist’s lab overseas, and Zhao Wenying had also studied under an excellent advisor in her modern life. No tools? She’d make them by hand. No blueprints? She’d work them out herself. No theory? She’d still give it a try. Tang Xianghua, originally named Tang Erzhuang, had joined the army in his teens and fought countless battles, big and small. Later, he picked up a bit of education in the military, but still thought of himself as a rough man. He was nearly thirty and still a bachelor. He couldn’t stand men who moved to the city, divorced their original wives back home, then insisted on marrying a female student or a rich heiress. He never expected he’d end up with the leader of the female students. At her core, she was a rich young lady, too, and she was exceptionally capable. Before marriage: Women are narrow-minded and short-sighted. Of course the man should be head of the household. After marriage: Wenying knows best. Ask your sister-in-law about it. She’s the one who makes the decisions in our family. Theme: Work hard and defend your home and country