Back to the 1990s: I Refuse to Play the Self-Sacrificing Saint

Xu Ran lost her daughter at forty-six, then her son at forty-seven.

At fifty, her husband passed away before her, too.

It all began with a moment of kindness, when she took in her ambitious younger in-laws and niece.

Given another life, Xu Ran keeps her eyes open and stops sympathizing with her ungrateful little niece. All she wants is to protect her children as they grow up and live peacefully with her reasonably dependable husband, staying by each other’s side until old age.

Yet life only gets smoother. Not only does her husband’s company grow bigger and bigger, but her chain of little restaurants also spreads across the country. Their children each achieve success in their own fields, and her husband even transforms into a thoughtful, loving partner who treats her with tenderness.