第1章 出生

born

[Strong female lead with a focus on her career + no romantic partner in the early stages + a romantic storyline later on]

An unexpected event led Lin Shuyao, who had been enduring the hardships of being a corporate slave, to open her eyes in the nursery of the Howard Estate, a top-tier luxury estate in New York.

He became the 27th child of Raymond Howard, the head of the family.

Her mother was a Chinese-American lover who, while she was still in the womb, had already agreed on a price—one million US dollars—to sever their blood ties and elope.

The father is a wealthy man in his fifties with many children. His fatherly love is like a chip on a finely balanced scale, paid only to the final winner.

The manor is like a gladiatorial arena, where 26 half-siblings are competitors. Warmth is a luxury, and siblings are potential rivals. Resources and affection must be seized amidst invisible swords and shadows.

She started with nothing.

On the day of the full moon, there were no blessings, only the butler's cold handover and the nanny's proper care.

The mother absconded with the money and disappeared without a trace; the father lived high in the main house, out of reach of anyone.

Even as an infant, she understood that the Howard family had no fairy tales, only the laws of survival and conquest.

But no one knew that inside this small body was a soul from the future, a soul that had endured countless trials.

She once crawled on the dust, and now she has descended to the clouds—also on the edge of a cliff.

Watching his siblings scheme and plot against each other in the power struggles of the wealthy family; watching his father coldly observe as he selects the strongest bloodline.

【女强事业为主+前期无CP+后期有感情线】
一场意外，让饱尝社畜辛酸的林舒垚，在纽约顶级豪门霍华德庄园的婴儿房中睁开了眼。
成为家族掌舵人雷蒙德·霍华德第27个孩子。
母亲是华裔情人，在她尚在腹中时，已谈妥价码——一百万美金，买断血缘，远走高飞。
父亲是年过半百的巨富，子女成群，父爱是精密天平上的筹码，只付给最后的赢家。
庄园如斗兽场，26位异母兄姐是竞争者。温情是奢侈品，手足是潜在敌手。资源与宠爱，需在无形的刀光剑影中夺取。
她的开局，一无所有。
满月之日，没有祝福，只有管家冰冷的交接和保姆得体的照料。
母亲携款离去，音讯全无；父亲高居主宅，遥不可及。
襁褓之中，她已明了，霍华德家没有童话，只有生存与征服的法则。
但无人知晓，这具幼小身躯里，装着一個來自未来的、历尽磨砺的灵魂。
她曾匍匐于尘埃，如今降临在云端——亦是悬崖之边。
看兄姐们汲汲营营，上演豪门倾轧；看父亲冷眼旁观，遴选最强血脉。