Chapter 1: Starting Off by Stealing My Stepsister’s Fiancé!

Qian Family Village.

Inside a brand-new house of blue bricks and red tiles.

A man looked at the woman who had thrown herself onto him, her hand impatiently reaching toward his chest. Breathing heavily, he mocked, “Tsk tsk… Zhao Qianqian, who would’ve thought you were this shameless, even seducing your stepsister’s fiancé.”

The woman’s soft, boneless hand gently caressed his chest. “But aren’t you enjoying it? Otherwise, why didn’t you push me away?”

“Hiss…” The man’s voice was full of desire. “When a woman delivers herself to your door, you’d be a fool not to take her!”

As he said this, he went from passive to active, flipping over to press Zhao Qianqian beneath him.

But before he could make a move—

The sound of a door opening and a sharp female voice rang out: “Ah… you two… ahhh… you shameless things!”

Caught red-handed cheating by his fiancée, Zeng Cheng not only felt no guilt or shame, but even looked at Zhao Qianqian with a trace of malicious amusement.

Hmph.

What did it matter to him?

It was this wicked woman Zhao Qianqian who seduced him.

Immediately after, Zeng Cheng’s fiancée, Qian Sanya, charged at Zhao Qianqian, yanking her hair and slamming her head against the wall.

Until Zhao Qianqian was knocked bloody and unconscious…

Throughout it all, Zeng Cheng didn’t stop her. He even folded his arms, watching with great interest, as if he were just an outsider!

But only he himself knew—

His heart was far from calm.

When Zhao Qianqian seduced him, he had allowed it, even indulged it…

But people are selfish!

When it came to his reputation and interests, Zeng Cheng still chose to put all the blame on Zhao Qianqian.

As if that made him clean.

Even as he watched his fiancée beat Zhao Qianqian, he felt distressed.

But outwardly, he still had to pretend like he didn’t care!

The commotion startled the entire Qian Family Village!

The three people involved were all brought to the Qian household.

By then, Zhao Qianqian had woken up—but she was no longer the same person!!!

The villagers, who should’ve been busy working the fields to earn work points, all crowded into Old Qian’s house to watch the spectacle.

…“Zhao Qianqian, you really are shameless, stealing even your stepsister’s man.”

…“Aiya, such a disgrace! And to think you even went to school. I heard you had good grades too, yet you did something so shameless.”

…“Old Qian usually treats this stepdaughter Qianqian quite well. Who would’ve thought she’d turn out to be an ungrateful white-eyed wolf, even stealing her stepsister’s fiancé.”

Amidst everyone’s one-sided accusations, an old woman lowered her voice: “Qingshan’s wife, you’re new here to Qian Family Village, so you don’t know. Old Qian only pretends to treat his later wife and her three children well. In reality, he doesn’t care for them at all. His house and property—none of it will go to his three stepchildren.”

…“But Old Qian hasn’t even divided the household yet. How do you know that?” asked a young married woman.

…“Anyone a little older knows. When his later wife married in, she was forced to sign a contract: all of the Qian family’s property and house would never go to her two children from her previous marriage.”

…Another older aunt chimed in: “Not only that! After forcing his later wife to sign the contract, once they married, he spent all their savings to build an eight-room, two-courtyard house of blue bricks and red tiles, and wrote only his three sons’ names on the deed. He even racked up over three hundred yuan in debt. Double calculation!”

…“Tsk tsk, never thought Old Qian was such a man. No wonder this stepdaughter would try to steal Qian Sanya’s fiancé.”

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Hearing the villagers’ gossip, Zhao Qianqian rubbed her aching forehead.

So annoying!

What annoyed her wasn’t that she had transmigrated, nor that she had stolen her stepsister’s fiancé, but that she had landed such an unreliable mother.

Her mother—the original owner’s mother—was this much of a love-brained fool?

Seriously, a beautiful middle-aged widow, and you chose to follow an old man? For what?

Wasn’t it just because he could help raise your kids?

But what happened?

You didn’t want a house, didn’t want a share of the family property, and still slaved away for your stepfather’s entire big family without pay.

If that’s not outright throwing yourself away, what is?

As a modern office worker who had nearly worked herself to death with overtime, transmigrating to the 1970s should’ve been considered lucky—after all, it was another chance at life.

But with such an unreliable mother, Zhao Qianqian could already foresee that her days ahead wouldn’t be easy!

After all, in this era, filial piety outweighed everything.

With her mother being so weak and easily bullied, no matter how capable Zhao Qianqian was, she wouldn’t be able to stand tall.

And on top of that—

She had just transmigrated and ended up in bed with her stepsister’s fiancé.

Her reputation was already ruined!

No matter how you looked at it, this was a hell-mode beginning!

At this moment—

Old Qian’s face was dark. After a full minute of silence, he finally looked at Zhao Qianqian and his old comrade’s son with hostility. “Explain what happened. Why did you steal your stepsister’s fiancé? And Zeng Cheng, don’t you remember you’re engaged to my daughter Qian Sanya? Why are you messing around with Zhao Qianqian?”

As soon as he spoke—

The noisy scene immediately went quiet.

After all, in this situation, he was the one most qualified to uphold justice.

Qian Sanya was his biological daughter.

Zeng Cheng might be a sent-down educated youth, but he was also his old comrade’s son—and his future son-in-law.

And Zhao Qianqian was his stepdaughter.

Originally, Zhao Qianqian had just been lamenting her mother’s pitiful fate after hearing the gossiping aunts.

Now, hearing the names Zeng Cheng, Qian Sanya, and Zhao Qianqian together, she was certain—

She had transmigrated into a novel.

Specifically, into a 1970s rebirth story called Rebirth in the Seventies: Marrying an Educated Youth and Rising to the Peak of Life.

The heroine, Qian Sanya, was born into the wealthy Qian Family Village. Pampered since childhood, she later married the son of a deputy factory director. One could say the first half of her life was full of glory, always pressing her stepsister Zhao Qianqian beneath her.

Why did she constantly compare herself to her stepsister, even taking pride in surpassing her?

Because this stepsister had once stolen her fiancé, Zeng Cheng.

But later, Qian Sanya got her revenge.

Not only did she sow discord and cause Zhao Qianqian and Zeng Cheng to divorce, she also branded her stepsister as promiscuous, forcing her into a second marriage with a poor educated youth, Zhou Wen, who couldn’t lift a sack or carry a bucket. They could barely put food on the table.

But later, the poor educated youth Qian Sanya looked down upon returned to the city, even becoming an official, and Zhao Qianqian became the wife of a high-ranking cadre.

Meanwhile, Qian Sanya had to deal with her husband’s endless scandals and guard against his illegitimate children fighting for inheritance.

And once her beauty faded, she lost his heart, unable to compete with the flocks of mistresses.

In the end, just to keep her only remaining house, she had to beg the very people she had despised the most—her once “poor” brother-in-law Zhou Wen and her most hated stepsister Zhao Qianqian.

After being reborn, Qian Sanya swore to steal Zhao Qianqian’s second husband Zhou Wen. But because he had been too poor during his days as a sent-down youth, she first found two “suckers” to help her in the early stage.