Stepdaughter of a wealthy family? The little darling of a Beijing tycoon

After the snow cleared, the cold wind, carrying shards of ice, stung my face.

At the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau, several figures stood in the cold wind, the atmosphere so oppressive it was hard to breathe.

"Lin Wanqing, are you really sure you want a divorce today?"

Shen Mobai's voice carried a hint of impatience, "Your parents are long gone, and now you're all alone, divorced. How can you, a woman, survive? What's wrong with being a dutiful Mrs. Shen? Why do you have to act like this?"

Lin Wanqing raised her eyes, her gaze filled with only icy mockery: "Shen Mobai, even if I, Lin Wanqing, am all alone, I will never set foot back in that filthy place of the Shen family! You are nothing but a hypocrite, and I am determined to divorce you."

"Fine, since you insist," Shen Mobai said indifferently, with a condescending air of condescension, "Your three sons will all remain in the Shen family. You can't take any of them with you. As for your daughter, you can choose one to take with you."

He paused, his tone casual, as if bestowing something: "I'm only leaving you a daughter out of consideration for our past as husband and wife, so that someone will take care of you in the future."

Shen Jingshu felt a constant buzzing in her head, and a wave of dizziness washed over her. She instinctively closed her eyes tightly, trying to adjust to the sudden chaos.

When she opened her eyes again, the familiar yet chilling scene around her made her freeze instantly—she had been reborn.

Years after her death, she returned to the day her parents divorced.

Her fingertips unconsciously touched her wrist, and she felt a cool and warm touch. The space jade bracelet that her master had given her was still on her wrist.

Thankfully, it's still there.

Before Lin Wanqing could ask her two daughters which one wanted to stay with her, the three brothers spoke up in unison:

"Xinyi stays here, and Jingshu goes with her mother."

"Jing Shu has been sensible and obedient since she was a child, and she knows how to take care of others."

"Xinyi is still young. If she leaves the Shen family and stays with you, she will definitely suffer."

Every word and phrase was exactly the same as in the previous life.

Shen Jingshu felt nothing but irony.

Her brothers, as always, showed favoritism, to the point that it was as if she, their younger sister, was not even a child of the Shen family.

That's right. In their eyes, Shen Xinyi has always been the only real younger sister.

Shen Xinyi is gentle, obedient, and pitiful; she was born to be cherished.

Shen Xinyi is the youngest child in the Shen family, and she has been the apple of everyone's eye since she was born.

Shen Jingshu, who was only two years older than her, had always been like a nanny to accommodate and take care of her younger sister since childhood.

Just then, Shen Xinyi, standing beside me, spoke timidly, still with that gentle, pitiful look:

"Mom, I want to go with Dad and my brothers... I'll let my sister go with you."

Shen Jingshu's heart skipped a beat.

No, it's different from my previous life.

In her previous life, she actually wanted to leave the Shen family with her mother, but she couldn't bear to leave her father and three brothers behind.

Moreover, she had heard that her mother was going to remarry into the Li family.

The Li family is a truly prestigious and established family in Beijing, deeply rooted in the city for many years.

In contrast, the Shen family was nothing more than a second-rate nouveau riche family, and could not be compared at all.

In her previous life, her father and three older brothers had also decided to keep Shen Xinyi in the Shen family.

But later, she secretly told them something, and they all let it go. In the end, Shen Xinyi went to the Li family with her mother, Lin Wanqing, while they stayed at the Shen family.

How could this life be completely reversed?

Could it be... that Shen Xinyi has also been reborn?

Shen Jingshu stared intently at the person beside her, feeling increasingly alarmed the more she looked.

Upon hearing that her brothers wanted to keep her in the Shen family, Shen Xinyi could barely contain her excitement.

She wasn't like this in her previous life—back then, Shen Xinyi couldn't wait to get rid of the Shen family and follow her mother into the Li family to enjoy a life of leisure.

What kind of family is the Li family? They are a truly top-tier wealthy family in Beijing.

As long as she marries into her mother's family, even as a stepdaughter, she will rise to the top in one step.

Everything she ate, wore, and used was from top-tier designer brands, and she had hundreds of thousands of yuan in pocket money every month to spend as she pleased. In her past life, Shen Xinyi had flaunted her wealth and status in front of her countless times, living a life of unparalleled luxury.

But later...

The Li family seemed to have encountered some bad luck, as one misfortune after another struck.

The eldest son of the Li family worked in the police station. While arresting a criminal, he was shot in the leg and had to have his leg amputated in order to save his life.

The second son of the Li family is the head of the group. Several of his core projects were leaked one after another, which severely damaged the company and caused it to fall into a slump.

The third son of the Li family was a recognized genius in the medical field, but he was stabbed in both hands by a patient during a medical dispute and could no longer hold a scalpel.

The fourth son of the Li family attended the same school as her and was a well-known computer genius at Peking University. However, it was later revealed that his grades and works were all secretly manipulated by the Li family. Even his proud game software was proven to be plagiarized.

Under a series of heavy blows, the once-envied Li Group rapidly declined.

By the time Shen Jingshu passed away, the Li family was already heavily indebted and had completely declared bankruptcy.

As soon as the Li family fell, Shen's father and three older brothers immediately took Shen Xinyi back from the Li family.

At that time, Shen Xinyi was taken back to the Shen family in a disheveled state. As soon as she entered the door, she threw herself into the arms of her father and three brothers, crying uncontrollably and tearfully recounting how miserable her life was in the Li family.

She said that the Li family never treated her as a proper young lady. They only gave her a superficial life because of her mother, but behind her back they ostracized and mistreated her. She was given leftovers and worn-out clothes. Even the servants in the house dared to give her attitude in secret.

She cried as she said that she had wanted to go back to the Shen family for a long time, but her mother, Lin Wanqing, had stopped her, scolding her for not appreciating the wealth and status of the family, forcing her to stay in the Li family and not letting her come back to find her relatives.

This distorted and fabricated account completely struck a nerve with the four members of the Shen family.

They were already dissatisfied with Lin Wanqing's insistence on divorcing and remarrying into the Li family. After Shen Xinyi's instigation, they blamed all their resentment over the Li family's downfall and their heartache for Shen Xinyi on Lin Wanqing. They hated their ex-wife from the bottom of their hearts, feeling that she had ruined their daughter.

But they never imagined that the hardships Shen Xinyi spoke of were all fabricated lies.

What's even more ridiculous is that the Shen family, which they see as thriving, didn't achieve its success through their own hard work.

The reason why Shen Yifan was able to secure that huge investment that turned the company's fate around was because Shen Jingshu stayed up all night with him in his previous life to revise the plan, braved the cold wind to accompany him to meet investors, secretly helped him build connections and avoid investment traps, and paved the way for him step by step. Only then was he able to succeed and allow the Shen family company to shed its nouveau riche reputation and officially enter the circle of wealthy families in Beijing.

Second brother Shen Yifei's path to medical studies went smoothly. At a young age, he was hailed as a future genius in the medical field. It was Shen Jingshu who saw his talent at a glance and repeatedly urged him to concentrate on his studies. She asked around and used her connections to help him find a master in the medical field to be his apprentice. He was taught medical skills by hand, which led to his current achievements.

Third Brother Shen Yichen was playful all day long and loved to immerse himself in games. It was Shen Jingshu who discovered his extraordinary potential in game development. She patiently encouraged and guided him, secretly providing him with creative ideas and avoiding market risks, which made his first game a hit as soon as it was launched, making him an instant game genius admired by everyone.

All of this was achieved through Shen Jingshu's silent planning and tireless efforts, which led to the Shen family's meteoric rise.

After divorcing his mother, the father, Shen Mobai, became even more unscrupulous, with scandals flying everywhere. He kept countless mistresses outside the marriage and even openly brought these women back to the Shen family home, brazenly declaring that it was only natural for a successful man to have a few women around him.

The three older brothers are just like their father, blinded by Shen Xinyi's gentleness and obedience. They think that Shen Jingshu is calculating, petty, and just like her mother Lin Wanqing, jealous and narrow-minded, not gentle and generous enough, and unworthy of being a daughter of the Shen family, and does not know how to think about the Shen family.

In her past life, she treated her family with all her heart, giving all her tenderness and strength to the Shen family, but in the end, she was despised, sacrificed, and ignored, and no one even cared about her death.

Thinking of this, Shen Jingshu clenched her hand hidden in her sleeve, her fingertips digging into her palm, a sharp pain shooting through her, which brought her completely awake.

In this life, Shen Xinyi's unusual behavior is too strange. If she has also been reborn, she must know the fate of the Li family, which is why she tries every means to stay in the Shen family.