After Rebirth, I Chased After My Cinnabar Mole.

Xia Wanying, a woman trapped in a mental hospital for nearly eight years, endures the cruelty of her husband Li Wenzhuo and his mistress Fang Zhaodi. On New Year's Eve 1995, they visit her to force a confession transferring her family's inheritance to Li Wenzhuo. Fang Zhaodi reveals that Li Wenzhuo poisoned Xia Wanying's father over a decade and drove her mother to suicide. Overcome with regret and hatred, Xia Wanying consumes a lifetime supply of saved medication. Just as she dies, Zhang Shiye, the man she loved secretly for twenty years, arrives. He had rescued her from the hospital, but she had already passed away. Consumed by grief, Zhang Shiye murders Li Wenzhuo, Fang Zhaodi, and their daughter Li Xiaoxian, then commits suicide at Xia Wanying's grave. Her soul watches helplessly as he dies.

Xia Wanying awakens in her childhood home in Shanghai, April 1974. She has returned to her eighteenth year, ten days before her scheduled deportation to the countryside. Realizing she has been given a second chance, she discovers the jade pendant Zhang Shiye buried her with has accompanied her back in time. Upon touching it, she enters a spatial dimension containing a fully furnished villa, a Volga car, vast warehouses stocked with modern goods, and fertile land. A system entity named 007 explains that the space is now bound to her bloodline. Her mother, Gu Ning, is also brought into the space after Xia Wanying reveals the truth about her past life. Together, they uncover a hidden family fortune consisting of gold, jewelry, and hundreds of thousands of yuan left by Gu Ning's late mother.

Prepared for her new life, Xia Wanying spends her remaining days in Shanghai procuring supplies. She buys food, clothing, bicycles, and watches, storing them in the spatial dimension to ensure she has resources far beyond the reach of ordinary sent-down youth. She also uses her knowledge of future events to help her father, Xia Qingshan, by stealing incriminating letters from his rival, Xu Zhengguo, who is plotting to undermine him for a political promotion. Her family supports her decision to go to the countryside willingly, providing her with tickets, money, and advice on navigating rural politics.

Xia Wanying departs for Liaoning Province on a sleeper train. During the journey, she confronts Qian Guilan, a notorious bully and military dependent who tormented her in her previous life. Xia Wanying outsmarts Qian Guilan, forcing her to pay compensation for a fabricated incident and humiliating her in front of other passengers. She also befriends Wang Xiuxiu, a kind woman traveling with her family, exchanging addresses for future support. Upon arrival at the Dongfanghong Brigade in Shen City, she is greeted by Zhou Su, a friend of Zhang Shiye. She immediately notices that Zhang Shiye is now the brigade's accountant, a deviation from his role in her past life.

At the youth base, Xia Wanying encounters familiar faces from her previous life, including Wang Jing and Xu Jiaojiao, who are already hostile toward her. She secures private lodging by paying five months' rent upfront, denying Xu Jiaojiao the same opportunity. She discreetly bribes the brigade leader, Zhang Heping, with cigarettes provided by her mother to ensure favorable treatment. The story concludes with Xia Wanying settled in her new home, equipped with wealth and knowledge from her past life, ready to rewrite her fate and seek out Zhang Shiye, who is now alive and waiting in the same village.