The Beautiful Stepmother of the 1980s Strikes Gold

[Sweet and Heartbreaking + One-on-One Romance + Two Powerful Leads + Period Setting + Business Rivalry + Big Shots]

Her stepmother cheats, and her father dies of a stroke brought on by rage. Planning to take all the family’s assets, the stepmother drugs Han Qing and tries to marry her off to a lame old man in exchange for a huge bride price.

On the seventh day after her father’s death, Han Qing catches the adulterous couple in the act, decisively sends them to prison, and reclaims the family’s assets.

With only a year left before graduation, she packs her bags and follows in her father’s footsteps, heading to the mine to take over his job.

At the train station, Long Jiang falls head over heels for Han Qing at first sight.

At the mine, surrounded by men, Han Qing struggles to survive amid mockery and exclusion, baseless suspicions, and all manner of cutting remarks.

The tough fear the fiercer, and the fiercer fear those who don’t care if they die.

When Han Qing gets angry, she’s ready to fight them to the death.

Seeing someone set their sights on Han Qing, Long Jiang thinks, This girl’s not bad. Better make the first move.

Before they marry, Long Jiang constantly sets traps for her and presses her at every turn. Even he doesn’t know when he fell for her.

Long Jiang: "Be with me, and I’ll make you the big boss’s woman."

Han Qing scoffs: "I just want to become the big boss I see in my own eyes."

After they marry, Long Jiang resorts to threats and seduction.

Long Jiang: "Wife, I’m the only man in this world you can rely on. I’ll give you my money and my life. Come into my arms."

Han Qing: "Only by relying on yourself can you keep from losing at life."

Long Jiang looks at her tenderly, full of love, his expression pitiful: "Wife, trust me. I won’t let you lose."

United, husband and wife are an unstoppable force. Facing the wave of reform and opening up and the sweeping changes in society, they press forward hand in hand, leading a band of roughnecks to carve out a place for themselves in the gold industry and ultimately rise to its very top...