Lin Yi wasn’t a fortunate woman, or at least that’s what she thought until she was forty.

She had been beautiful since she was a child. Because her family was poor, she didn’t get much of an education before she had to go out and work. When it was time to marry, she followed her family’s wishes and married a man of similar social standing, giving birth to her daughter, Tang Mo.

While he was alive, Lin Yi’s husband was very good to her and their daughter. He was a very family-oriented man.

As for her husband, Lin Yi didn’t have any strong feelings. Love? Dislike? Neither seemed to fit.

It was only after her daughter was born that Lin Yi felt her life had truly begun, that it finally had meaning.

Momo was a child who never gave her cause for worry. From a young age, Lin Yi never had to worry about her, whether it was her studies or her daily life.

Lin Yi had always felt that no one loved her daughter more than she did. Her daughter was her life.

After her husband passed away, Lin Yi raised Momo on her own. Thanks to Tang Mo’s maturity and obedience, the two of them—a widow and her fatherless child—were just barely able to get by.

Later on, Lin Yi started dating again. The man came from a very wealthy family.

To be honest, Lin Yi hadn’t planned on remarrying. She thought spending the rest of her life with just her daughter would be fine, but fate had other plans.

The story of how they met was rather cliché. Wen Jianshu often passed by Lin Yi’s supermarket. Every time he saw her, a lone woman drenched in sweat from moving and organizing goods yet still poised and beautiful, he found her incredibly charming. He had never met a woman like her.

Faced with the advances of such a suave and charming man, Lin Yi felt insecure. She rejected him at first, but she couldn’t withstand his relentless persistence and finally agreed.

Ultimately, Lin Yi had her own selfish considerations. If the man’s circumstances had been poor, she wouldn’t have wanted to create more trouble for her daughter.

As for Wen Jianshu, calling it love at first sight was just a more pleasant way of saying it was lust.

He had seen plenty of young, beautiful girls, but the ones who truly attracted him were women who were beautiful both in appearance and in spirit.

It’s not unusual for adult relationships to be mutually beneficial. In fact, it would be strange for someone of their age to pursue a love that was completely pure and sought nothing in return.

After they got together, they were surprised to find they had plenty to talk about. Although Lin Yi wasn’t highly educated, she had read many books over the years while managing her shop to create a better environment for her daughter. Coupled with her naturally perceptive nature, she had no trouble holding her own in conversations with Wen Jianshu.

Tang Mo’s father had been a quiet and honest man. Aside from her beauty, Tang Mo had inherited her intelligence from her mother.

Then the apocalypse came, and Lin Yi felt that something about her daughter was different.

As a mother and daughter who spent every day together, she could sense it in the smallest details.

That day, she returned to the supermarket and was surprised to see her daughter had cut her hair short. Her expression and words were all very strange.

She desperately wanted to ask what was wrong, but her daughter seemed to be resisting. It was as if she was suddenly hiding a secret, carrying a great weight on her shoulders.

Lin Yi didn’t press the issue. She knew her Momo was a sensible child. If she didn’t want to talk, Lin Yi wouldn’t ask.

After the apocalypse began, she naturally assumed the role of Wen Jianshu’s wife, living with him under his protection.

It was only when the apocalypse started that Lin Yi began to realize what Momo’s secret was.

Thinking of this, she actually felt relieved.

Since Momo was prepared, she should be relatively safe, even if she was trapped at school. That child knew what she was doing.

What could she do? The best thing was to not cause her daughter any trouble.

Lin Yi knew, of course, that she was getting older. With the apocalypse making everywhere dangerous, it was by no means a good time to have a child.

However, in her current situation, only by giving Wen Jianshu a child could she truly secure her footing in the Wen Family.

And so, Yangyang was born.

In the eyes of Wen Jianshu, and even Tang Mo, Yangyang was the product of their love.

But in Lin Yi’s heart, the most important thing about Yangyang’s birth was that he was born when he needed to be.

After having Yangyang, Lin Yi’s life indeed became much easier. Although Wen Jianshu was good to her, the Wen Family was, after all, a large and powerful clan.

Later, as Tang Mo became successful and increasingly powerful, Lin Yi’s own status rose higher and became more secure, until eventually, even the Wen Family came to rely on her.

Lin Yi’s life had truly become good.

But she always worried, worried that Momo might encounter danger out there.

She was afraid every day, but she could never bring herself to say the words asking Momo to stay and not go out.

She had to think about the future. If Momo stayed and lived the life of a caged bird, Lin Yi knew she would be even more heartbroken.

When Momo was injured, and everyone said she would never wake up again, Lin Yi seemed to age ten years in an instant.

She stayed by Momo’s side for many days, thinking to herself, ‘If Momo doesn’t make it, I’ll follow her.’

‘Yangyang has his father, so his life won’t be bad.’

There were some things Lin Yi had never said to her daughter—that in her heart, no one was more important than her.

Not her former husband, not Wen Jianshu, not even her own son.

She and Momo had gone through those difficult times together. During the days when she felt she couldn’t go on, it was Momo who took her hand and pulled her through.

They were each other’s salvation. No, she was saved by her daughter. She couldn’t live without her daughter.

There are many beautiful women in this world, but not every beautiful woman gets to live well.

You need either brains or brawn to get by, and Lin Yi relied on her brains.

Every step she took was carefully considered, planned for the sake of her daughter and herself, whether it was her marriage or having a child.

Fortunately, in the end, she lived very well.

Lin Yi had noticed early on that Momo seemed to be dating Qin Ling—the grandson of the Qin Family, the same man who would later take charge of the entire base.

Actually, Lin Yi hadn’t been too keen on them being together. Their family backgrounds were a mismatch, and she was afraid Momo would be bullied.

After all, having married into such a powerful family herself, she knew how difficult it was to gain a foothold. A man’s protection alone was not enough.

But various events later on showed her just how much that boy, Qin Ling, liked Momo and how well he treated her, and Lin Yi’s heart gradually settled.

Of course, more importantly, Momo was becoming more and more powerful—so powerful that she was the strongest person Lin Yi had ever seen.

Once a woman becomes powerful in her own right, she gains more say in a relationship. No one can bully you then.

When Lin Yi was alone, she would often sigh with emotion, thinking she had come to her senses too late. If she had been a bit smarter when she was younger, perhaps her life would have been even better.

But because she had her daughter, even as she lamented, Lin Yi never once felt regret.

Because in her heart, her daughter, her treasured Momo, was the greatest gift life had ever given her.

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