Return to the Village, Romance Never Ends

At twenty-eight, Liu Lin's company went bankrupt, his partner ran off, and even the girlfriend he'd been seeing for a few months broke up with him. With his career and love life both at zero, he had only 32,000 yuan left and returned in disgrace to his hometown, Guofu Village. The villagers sneered at him, and his parents, who ran a small grocery store in town, were no help. He moved into his ancestral home, next door to a young woman named Liu Shu—a single mother, a volunteer teacher, gentle and resilient, with stories in her eyes. Liu Lin had no time for self-pity. Starting from a small grocery store, he helped villagers sell local products, set up cooperatives, built a processing plant, and created a brand. Along the way, he was looked down upon, suppressed, and tripped up, but he was quick-witted and ruthless, crushing one opponent after another. He thought this would be his life. Unexpectedly, as his career took off, women began appearing one after another—a proud city girl who went from enemy to lover, a capable female village official who grew close over time, and a strong-willed female investor who sparked fireworks at the negotiation table.