Yunduo sat in front of her mother's dressing table, staring at the antique two-tiered rosewood makeup box for almost ten minutes. She had always known that there was a dowry box passed down from her great-grandmother, but she had never seen it before and didn't know if it was such a precious one.

Yúnfēi wants to join the army and has already registered, but because he doesn't meet the requirements of each family to send out a Young Pioneer (zhiqing), despite passing all his physical examinations, he hasn't received any notice.

In order to help his brother realize his dream, Yun Fei had already registered for the educated youth program before his rebirth. It was approved, and in half a month, he would be leaving. Yun Fei was about to become a new soldier!

However, the decline of the Yun family began from the moment he left home in his past life.

Having been plotted against, someone brought people to find this makeup box. As a result, grandfather's parents and younger brother were forced to leave their home and become displaced. In less than two years, one after another, they met with misfortunes.

He died without ever knowing who was behind the destruction of the Yun family.

I always thought it was the jade pendant I'd worn around my neck since I was a child.

This jade pendant was stolen before the family received news of their murder.

What's so special about this jade pendant? I don't know. I asked my mom, and she just said that Dad carved it himself when I was born. The jade is just ordinary Hetian jade, the material is average and even has impurities, it clearly doesn't look like a valuable thing. Is it really worth killing the whole family for this jade pendant? That can't be right.

Their most valuable possession was probably this makeup box. But if it was just for the sake of getting the makeup box, those who came originally could have just taken it and left. Why did they have to kill every member of the Yun family?

What is in this makeup box? And the jade pendant, we must find out. We can't let the tragedy of the previous life happen again. Heaven has given us a chance to start over, so we must protect our family.

I racked my brain for a nightmare excuse to explain knowing about the makeup box. With some wheedling and Dad's help, I finally managed to get it from Mom.

Yun's parents were just ordinary high school teachers. His grandfather had been injured on the battlefield and limped after returning home on medical leave. Grandpa Yun was a flower market person, and his family ran a clinic, so he also learned some traditional Chinese medicine. He was then appointed as the director of Huashi People's Hospital.

Vice-Dean Guo was a man of great power, yet he remained principled. When Old Master Yun made the bold decision to relinquish control, he was initially skeptical. However, seeing that Old Master Yun truly had no desire to meddle in hospital affairs, he gradually put his doubts aside. Without conflicts of interest, the two surprisingly found common ground and developed a harmonious relationship.

The old man could stay safely in this position and worry about nothing thanks to Dr. Guo, the deputy director. Although Grandpa Yun knows some Traditional Chinese Medicine, he doesn't really practice it and has never formally treated patients. He stays out of any conflicts as the director, just enjoying his retirement. Moreover, during the Anti-Japanese War, the Yun family clinic helped wounded soldiers. Now, there is only Grandpa Yun left from the Yun family. The family's ancestral home no longer has any descendants, and the clinic is long gone. Yun Dad, Yun Changzheng, teaches math at No. 2 Middle School in the city. The house where the Yun family lives now was built by renovating the old clinic address.

Yun Mom Chen Hongyu's world was simpler. She came from a small village outside the flower market. Once, she helped Yun Grandpa at a gathering and caught his eye. He arranged for her to marry his son. The two got along well. With the help of Yun Dad, Yun Mom taught herself high school knowledge and later got into City Second Middle School as a temporary teacher teaching literature.

The only problem is that no one knows Chen Hongyu's great-grandmother was a maidservant of the last dynasty. Because during the chaos, she was saved by Chen Hongyu's great-grandfather and took refuge as a farmer.

My maternal great-grandfather was saved from the massacre by my mother. The sword that pierced her heart also wounded him in the shoulder. Everyone in the convoy perished, including his parents and siblings. This makeup box was the only thing I managed to salvage at that time. From then on, it has been passed down through generations as a dowry for the eldest daughter, along with the words—never to be sold.