Love After Marriage: Raising Mom [The 1970s]

Coming soon: How the Original Heroine Wins [The 1980s], in my author's collection.

An Ci never expected to meet her mother, Han Guiying, at the village where she was sent to work after transmigrating to 1972. Her mother was only five years old at the time.

To spare her mother the nightmares she'd once endured, An Ci married Jiang Qinyi, who was fond of her, and adopted Han Guiying, who had lost her guardians, giving her the name Jiang Guiying.

An Ci didn't understand love and had never been in a relationship. When she first got married, she thought that as long as there was no betrayal, two people getting by together was fine.

Later, An Ci: I think I've become totally lovestruck.

Jiang Qinyi, learning from An Ci what it meant to be lovestruck: Wait, have I always been lovestruck?

An Ci had turned the natural order upside down, becoming her own mother's adoptive mother. It was her first time being a mom, and she didn't seem to know how to raise a child, either.

An Ci: Guiying, can you read?

An Ci: Guiying, are you happy?

An Ci: Guiying, what do you want to learn?

An Ci: What do you want to be when you grow up, Guiying?

Jiang Qinyi: ...Hey, why don't you ask me, too?

Coming soon: They Stole My Golden Finger [The 1980s]

After losing her job and being kicked out by her landlord, Ye Lingling found herself at a critical turning point.

Then she awakened and received three scripts.

The original 1980s darling-of-the-family script.

After years of being raised in the countryside, she would return home and become the apple of her family's eye.

Her parents and brothers would dote on her. Her brother, raised in a military compound, would have a sworn brother who doted on her, and that sworn brother would become her future officer husband.

Her hardships would end when she returned to the capital, and her future would be filled with flowers and applause.

The adoptive father's reborn script: She was the real daughter who had been switched at birth.

With the fake daughter and the biological daughter's parents and brothers helping him, her adoptive father would advance smoothly from village head to town chief, then all the way to mayor, with a long list of achievements.

Meanwhile, the real daughter would be married off early to an abusive widower and suffer all her life.

The transmigration script: She was the foil to a resilient female supporting character.

Her biological brother would fall in love with his country-raised younger sister, who bravely jumped off a moving train to stay in the capital. The original male lead from the military compound would also fall at her feet, while she herself would be a vicious supporting character who threw her weight around thanks to her status.

After reading all three scripts, Ye Lingling pieced the information together. The one the Ye family had taken back was the fake daughter, and the one who jumped from the train was Ye Lingling herself, so this was a world where all three stories had merged.

The thought of going back to expose her adoptive father's scheme flashed through her mind, but Ye Lingling had no proof. She decided to keep her head down, then immediately figured out how to break the deadlock. She was going to take a huge gamble!

Ye Lingling used the flour she had left to make steamed buns, packed them in a basket, and carried them to the train station.

Sell buns and wait for a big shot. The fourth young master from Hong Kong City, who had been forced to slink back to the mainland after losing a family power struggle, would be easy to recognize. She was sure he had to be better-looking than the original male lead, who couldn't see what was right in front of him!

Later, Ye Lingling used her foreknowledge of the plot to seize every opportunity she could and grow stronger and stronger.

DNA testing exposed the schemes of the reborn people. Even after becoming powerful enough, Ye Lingling still took what was rightfully hers, made use of every resource she could, and grew even stronger.

Her sun was rising, and she was growing toward the light.

Theme: Work hard. As long as you work hard, you can find happiness.