Reborn in the 1970S: The Laid-Back Beauty’s Everyday Life Raising Her Child

After waking up, overworked office drone Song Jianshu finds herself in 1970s Hong Kong. Her childhood betrothed sends her to work as a servant for the Xie family. Then she is framed and bound by a contract to Third Master Xie, the wealthy heir rumored to go mad every month, becoming the secretly married wife of the Xie family’s young master. By day, she’s the stepmother of a child with autism. By night, she’s a secret-marriage prop for the Xie family. She sees the three-year-old cowering and trembling inside a wardrobe, then looks at the shattered porcelain Third Master Xie broke during one of his episodes and the wounds covering her own body. Lazy, socially anxious office drone and part-time social media blogger Song Jianshu: Thanks for asking. I’m tearing up this abusive rich-family romance script. On the day the Xie family’s butler brings over a contract to transfer the family fortune, Song Jianshu is helping the child with a craft project. “Mrs. Xie, sir would like to know when you’ll be coming home.” Song Jianshu gently draws the child behind her. “When the contract expires, remind Mr. Xie to sign the divorce papers.” Everyone says that when Third Master Xie has an episode, he recognizes no one. But nobody knows that whenever a bloody haze fills his eyes, he buries his face in the crook of her neck and breathes in her scent. A gentle smile from Song Jianshu is all it takes for his trembling back to slowly relax.