Back to the 1990S: A Life of Sudden Wealth

Zhou Muzhen died. She died on the operating table. In the moment before her death, as she looked back on her life, there was one thing she could never understand: Why, after working so hard all her life, always rushing around and doing her best to be a good wife, mother, and daughter, had she failed at all of it by the time she died? Her husband resented her for focusing all her attention on the children and neglecting him. Her two children blamed her for being a terrible mother. Her birth family berated her as an ungrateful daughter who refused to help her younger brother. Who could have imagined that when she opened her eyes again, Zhou Muzhen would be back at age twenty-six? Her two children were by her side, her husband was working hard away from home, and her family had yet to demand an exorbitant sum of money. Looking around the cramped rental with its bare walls, Zhou Muzhen made up her mind. This time, she would not let her children grow distant from her. She would make it up to her daughter and not let her become a left-behind child. She would stop controlling her son so much that he felt suffocated and ultimately settled overseas. She would no longer let her birth family leech off her. She would give what she ought to, but if they reached for what they had no right to, she’d chop their hands off! As for her husband, she’d leave him to his own devices. Their feelings had long since been worn away, and treating each other with polite respect was just fine! This time, she would live life on her own terms.