Tragic Death on the Wedding Night: Reborn in the '80s to a Family in Ruins

Yan Qingqing lived a life of exploitation, sold by her birth family at one month old and raised by adoptive parents who treated her as a servant. On her wedding night, after splitting her eight-hundred-yuan bride price between her birth mother, Qin Hongying, and adoptive mother, Yang Zhaodi, both families conspired to kill her because they were greedy for more money. Beaten to death in a field, Yan Qingqing watched in her final moments as her body was desecrated and her soul nearly destroyed. However, she was reborn moments before the beating began, retaining all memories of her past life. Armed with hatred and a will to survive, she fought back with a brick, injuring both women and forcing them to flee. She then rushed to her new home, the Gu household, to prevent her husband, Gu Chi, from suffering the same fate as her previous life.

Gu Chi had been in a coma for a month after being attacked while hunting. The Gu family, impoverished and desperate, had married Yan Qingqing to him as a "lucky bride" to ward off bad luck. Upon arriving, Yan Qingqing found Gu Chi on the verge of death. In a moment of despair, her blood and tears fell onto a peach pit given to her by a white fox she had freed earlier. This triggered a supernatural ability, transporting her to a mystical space containing a pharmacy, a library, and a healing lake. Using medicine from the space, she revived Gu Chi. The experience also granted her the ability to travel to this space at will, where she could heal her own wounds, eat to fullness, and acquire goods to help her new family. She used spiritual water to cure her mother-in-law’s failing eyesight and her father-in-law’s chronic back pain, stabilizing the Gu household.

With Gu Chi awake and recovering, Yan Qingqing’s primary goal became severing ties with her abusive families and reclaiming what was stolen from her. She confronted her birth family, the Sun household, exposing their scheme to sell her and steal her money. By creating a public scene and threatening suicide, she forced the villagers to intervene. The truth came out when Sun Taohua’s hidden stash of Yan Qingqing’s money was discovered. Yan Qingqing recovered four hundred yuan and publicly declared her separation from her birth family. Simultaneously, she discovered that her adoptive brother, Yan Dahai, had stolen her job offer at the textile factory and used her bride price to buy a bicycle. She resolved to take back her job and her money, planning to collect his wages while he performed the labor.

Gu Chi, though initially cold and taciturn, began to show care for Yan Qingqing. He defended her against her adoptive brother in town, physically assaulting Yan Dahai to protect his wife. He also investigated his own attack, discovering that his estranged elder brother, Gu Shan, had colluded with a butcher to steal his hunted boar and knock him unconscious. Gu Chi confronted Gu Shan, beating him and cutting off all familial ties, recovering the stolen money in the process. He used these funds to buy Yan Qingqing warm clothes and ensure she was well-fed, marking a shift from a marriage of convenience to a genuine partnership. Yan Qingqing, touched by the Gu family’s kindness and Gu Chi’s protective nature, began to accept her role as his wife, finding a sense of belonging she had never known.

The story follows Yan Qingqing as she navigates her new life, using her supernatural space to improve the Gu family’s fortunes while systematically dismantling the networks of her abusers. She faces opposition from her adoptive family, who spread rumors about her character, and from her birth sister, who resents her success. Gu Chi’s recovery allows him to reclaim his strength and status in the village, while Yan Qingqing establishes herself as a capable and resilient woman. The narrative focuses on her revenge against those who wronged her, her growing bond with Gu Chi, and her determination to build a life free from exploitation. As she deals with the consequences of her actions, including the fallout from her brother-in-law’s betrayal and her adoptive family’s continued greed, Yan Qingqing asserts her independence and secures her future within the Gu household.