The 80s: My Ex-Husband Comforted His Childhood Sweetheart All Night, and I Was Reborn!

Song Jinhe awakens in her body after dying by suicide, finding herself back at a critical confrontation in 1983. She stands before her husband, Lu Guoheng, and his supposed friend, Liu Qingying, a widow who has been systematically undermining Song Jinhe’s marriage and life. In her previous existence, Song Jinhe had tolerated Liu Qingying’s manipulations, only to be blamed for her own jealousy while her husband neglected his duties. Now reborn with the memories of her tragic end, Song Jinhe resolves to change her fate and expose the truth.

The core conflict centers on Liu Qingying’s exploitation of Lu Guoheng’s sense of duty. Liu Qingying frequently uses her sick daughter, Ya Ya, as an excuse to demand Lu Guoheng’s time and financial resources. Song Jinhe confronts the pair publicly, revealing that Liu Qingying’s brother was present at her home, contradicting Liu Qingying’s claim that she had no other help. When Liu Qingying attempts to play the victim, Song Jinhe turns the village gossip against her by suggesting that the neighbors who criticized Song Jinhe should now help Liu Qingying instead. The villagers, unwilling to entangle themselves, abandon Liu Qingying, marking Song Jinhe’s first victory.

Back at home, Song Jinhe faces hostility from her five-year-old son, Lu Xiaoran, who has been influenced by Liu Qingying to despise his mother. Lu Xiaoran accuses Song Jinhe of being jealous and threatens her, prompting Song Jinhe to physically discipline him for the first time. This act shocks her mother-in-law, Zhou Yufen, who rushes home and accuses Song Jinhe of abuse. Zhou Yufen and Lu Xiaoran attempt to turn the village against Song Jinhe by fabricating a narrative of a cruel daughter-in-law. However, Song Jinhe counters their manipulation by revealing the truth to the crowd: Lu Xiaoran stole her family heirloom, a jade pendant, and traded it to Ya Ya for candy. She also exposes that Lu Guoheng has been giving more than half of his salary to Liu Qingying for years.

The revelation about the missing money changes the dynamics significantly. Zhou Yufen, initially protective of her son, becomes enraged upon learning that Liu Qingying has been draining their family’s finances. She grabs a shovel and storms to Liu Qingying’s house to demand the money back. Lu Guoheng, caught between his mother’s fury and his loyalty to Liu Qingying, follows them. Song Jinhe joins the confrontation, not to mediate, but to reclaim her pendant. Liu Qingying, realizing her scheme is unraveling, attempts to hide the pendant, but Song Jinhe watches closely, prepared to recover what was stolen from her. The story moves toward a climax where Song Jinhe seeks to dismantle the web of deceit that destroyed her previous life, asserting her agency against her husband, mother-in-law, and the manipulative widow.