After Dressing Up as a Vicious Sister, the System Asked me to Raise it

Su Qingqing, a top university student from modern China, dies in an accident and transmigrates into the body of a twelve-year-old girl with the same name in the Qingyun Dynasty. The original host was an orphan raised by her abusive paternal family in the impoverished Jixiang Village. After her mother disappeared and her father left to search for her, she was subjected to relentless physical and emotional abuse by her grandmother and aunt for failing to produce a male heir. The story begins with Su Qingqing waking up in the mountains after being drugged and abandoned by her relatives, only to discover she has inherited not only the broken body but also supernatural physical strength and speed granted by a lightning strike.

Her immediate priority is survival and protecting her six-year-old younger brother, Su Zijin, whom the original host had previously sold to a butcher out of desperation. Using her new strength, she hunts a giant grey wolf and travels to Xiahe Town to find him. She encounters a mysterious masked man whose carriage Zijin accidentally bumps into; this man orders his subordinate to return the boy to his sister, inadvertently reuniting the siblings. In town, Su Qingqing sells the wolf to Jiang Li, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, establishing her first business connection and earning ten taels of silver. She also encounters Butcher Hu, the man who bought her brother, and decisively cripples him in self-defense after he threatens a kind local couple, earning the respect of the townspeople and clearing her reputation as a victim of circumstance rather than a cruel child-seller.

A significant turning point occurs when Su Qingqing connects mentally with the Yuanbao System, revealed to be the consciousness of her modern computer. The system informs her that it brought her to this world to recharge its energy, which requires her to earn money. If she fails to generate sufficient wealth within three years, both she and the system will disappear. This adds a ticking clock to her survival, forcing her to build a sustainable income source beyond hunting. She moves back to her father’s ruined ancestral home, leaving the Su household, and begins to systematically dismantle the lies her relatives told her about her parentage and her own worth.

The core conflict escalates when Su Qingqing returns to the Su family to reclaim what is rightfully hers. She publicly exposes her grandmother’s and aunt’s cruelty in front of the villagers, revealing that they manipulated her into believing her mother died because of her brother and that she was not truly part of the family. This act clears her name completely in the village. She then locates the hidden stash of silver and jewelry that belonged to her mother, which her grandmother had stolen over the years. The narrative follows her efforts to establish herself as a independent provider, leveraging her embroidery skills and new business relationships while navigating the political and social hierarchies of the dynasty. She also begins to investigate the whereabouts of her father, Su Wenyuan, whose disappearance remains a central mystery tied to her mother’s past.

As the story progresses, Su Qingqing faces opposition from local bullies and the lingering threats of the Su family, who refuse to accept her departure and the loss of their free labor. She relies on her divine strength and the strategic support of her new allies, including Jiang Li and the Zhang couple, to protect herself and her brother. The plot introduces elements of court intrigue and hidden identities through the mysterious masked man, suggesting that Su Qingqing’s life is becoming entangled with larger forces beyond her village. Her journey shifts from mere survival to building a secure future, as she seeks to uncover the truth about her parents’ disappearance while establishing a prosperous life for herself and Zijin in a world that initially sought to destroy them.