The Abandoned Daughter's Reign: Wealth That Makes the Wicked Jealous

The Abandoned Daughter's Reign: Wealth That Makes the Wicked Jealous Plot:

Shen Zhaozhao was the "bastard" the Gu family abandoned in the countryside 18 years ago. Her mother died young, and she grew up with villagers' gossip stabbing her back. At 18, she stumbled upon a failing antique shop and, with her sharp eye, turned it into the town's most glamorous business in three years—even the prefect's wife queued for her jade hairpins. Then, her stepmother, who once kicked her out calling her "trash," arrived with her half-sister, yelling she "stole the Gu family's luck" and smashed her favorite celadon bowl. But Shen was no longer a pushover: she pulled out the old disownment letter, gave the jade bracelet her stepmother begged for months to the gatekeeper's wife, and smiled, "This wealth? I earned it. No one gets to take it from me." As the vile relatives' faces turned purple, she sipped tea, rubbing her mother's jade pendant—secretly, the shop's former owner was someone her mother saved years ago...