Shen Moxi

Biodata

Power Progression

Shen Moxi’s documented advancement comes through system upgrades, not cultivation. Song Qi tells her she cannot cultivate because their current world lacks spiritual energy 15.

Background / History

Previous Life and Transmigration

In her previous life, Shen Moxi was her family’s only daughter. Trained from childhood to support the family’s development, she eventually took over its company and managed numerous businesses. The pressure left her exhausted; novels, television dramas, and small games became private ways to unwind. She contrasts her scheming former relatives with the affection she encounters in her new family 1.

She awakens in an adobe house in Shanghe Village and inherits the memories of another Shen Moxi. The original woman had skipped grades, entered university after the college entrance examination resumed in 1977, and graduated in accounting at nineteen. Called home before choosing a workplace, she was married to the unconscious Song Qi in an attempt to bring him good fortune 1.

The marriage fulfilled a promise made after Huang Yushan and Song Yongjun helped Ye Yunjuan during a dangerous pregnancy. Although her brothers objected and her parents were distressed, the family felt bound by gratitude, their longstanding agreement, and village expectations. The original Shen Moxi fled before dawn, accidentally fell into the river, and drowned. Uncle Zhang recovered her body, but the soul inhabiting it afterward was the modern Shen Moxi 1.

A New Household

Shen Moxi initially refuses to regard the marriage as an obligation to sacrifice her entire life. She considers helping Song Qi obtain better treatment and supporting his parents financially if he never recovers, rather than remaining indefinitely beside an unconscious husband 2.

When Song Qi awakens, she discovers that he is also a transmigrator: the cultivator Mo Chen. Unlike her, he has inherited none of his host’s memories. She suggests claiming amnesia, promises to teach him about the era, and explains both their nominal marriage and her expectation of monogamy. She subsequently tells his parents that she will stay and care for the household 3 4.

Reconciliation with the Shen Family

Her first visit to the Shen family brings both anxiety about being exposed and resentment over the marriage that killed the original owner. Her brothers’ unconditional support and her father’s concern gradually dispel that resentment. She accepts the family as her own and resolves to earn money to improve their lives 18 19.

She later admits that meeting them felt unexpectedly natural despite her different soul. Song Qi reassures her that they can care for both families together 20.

Appearance

• Fair, youthful skin: Her inherited body is described as having soft, fresh skin 41.
• Slender build: Song Qi considers her too thin, despite her own worries about gaining weight 26.
• Opening-day styling: She wears a red dress and curls her hair into large waves. The result is compared to a fairy-tale princess, while Shen Yuan says she resembles a star 41.
• Previous-life clothing preferences: She usually wore long dresses or lightweight trousers in summer because sunlight made her exposed legs hurt 10.

Personality

Shen Moxi is independent and practical. She sympathizes with the original owner’s opposition to an arranged marriage and draws a clear distinction between helping others and surrendering her own future. She also directly explains her expectations about marriage to Song Qi rather than assuming they share the same customs 2 3.

Her business confidence coexists with occasional uncertainty: she recognizes the opportunities of the 1980s but admits that running a street stall is new to her. She bargains aggressively with Xiao Tao over undisclosed fees, securing a week-long purchasing discount, and refuses to reveal the source of Song Qi’s treasures because she does not fully trust the system’s unseen operators 5 6 10.

Affectionate and playful, she teases Song Qi about his age, bites his arm to prove he is not dreaming, and enthusiastically shares her favorite snacks with him. Her generosity extends to family members through meals, clothing, comfortable rooms, and business shares, though his romantic teasing can still leave her blushing 6 7 30 31 39 40.

Abilities & Skills

Trading System

Xiao Tao gives her access to an auction platform and a shop supplying food, clothing, household goods, and technology 5.

• Auctioning: Converts valuables into account funds that support purchases and upgrades 5 6.
• Mental access: Commands can be issued silently through their soul connection 2.
• Fees and restrictions: Auctions charge a twenty-percent handling fee; additional functions can require separate point payments 6 15.
• Concealment: She uses secluded collection points, supplier cover stories, and packaging disposal to hide the system from relatives 14 18 40.

Design and Workshop Production

Shen Moxi supplies the designs; the workshop performs the manufacturing 6 15.

• Designs women’s dresses and coats, men’s outfits, children’s clothing, and performance costumes 9 26 46.
• Produces garments by submitting drawings with colors, measurements, and production settings 6.
• Must purchase all workshop materials through the system; real-world materials cannot be substituted 6.
• Creates a red choir dress and a scarlet-and-yellow phoenix dance costume that impress Sun Xibai’s troupe 46 47.

Business and Marketing

Her previous management experience and knowledge of later consumer habits inform her new ventures 1 34.

• Coordinates complete outfits to encourage customers to buy matching shoes and leggings 11 42.
• Uses mannequins, family members modeling stock, flyers, prize draws, and red-envelope promotions 26 34 36 41.
• Draws detailed shop-renovation plans praised by contractor Hong Jin’an 23.
• Recognizes potential investments, including commemorative stamps, and explores reselling scarce goods 30 50.

Cooking

She prepares varied family meals with practiced knife work, including braised pork, hot-and-sour shredded potatoes, Sichuan boiled pork slices, pancakes, and pumpkin porridge 15 28 49.

• Adapts meals to family visits and the shop’s work schedule 19 28 43.
• Uses modern appliances discreetly when they would otherwise be difficult to explain 49.
• Initially does not know how to use the era’s dough starter and plans to learn from Huang Yushan 24.

Modern Knowledge and Practical Arts

• Teaches Song Qi about modern goods, food preparation, and entertainment; buys him a dictionary to learn simplified characters 11 13 26 35.
• Rides a bicycle and initially carries him before he learns to ride 10 17.
• Paints a landscape over the shop’s concealed storeroom entrance to disguise its keyhole 37 38.
• Can write with a brush, though she considers her calligraphy only average beside Song Qi’s 34.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Personal storage: Used to secure valuables and carry money after its upgrade 25 37.
• Commemorative stamps: Acquires four sets of stamps and thirty Year of the Monkey sets, intending to preserve them as future wealth for her children 30.
• iPad and Bluetooth earpieces: Uses them to introduce Song Qi to television dramas without disturbing the household 35.
• Electric griddle: Purchases it for faster pancake preparation, planning to put it away before anyone sees it 49.

Relationships

• Song Qi / Mo Chen — Nominal husband, fellow transmigrator, and business partner. His treasures finance system development, while she helps him adapt to modern life. Their affection grows through mutual reassurance, teasing, and kisses 3 5 21 25 33.
• Xiao Tao — Soul-bound system. She relies on its services but frequently disputes its fees and withholds information about Song Qi’s resources 2 6 15.
• Shen Xiao and Ye Yunjuan — Parents of her inherited body. Initially resented for arranging the marriage, they become family she sincerely wants to support 1 19 20.
• Shen Tao and Shen Yuan — Elder brothers and shop partners. They leave their cooperative jobs to help her; each ultimately receives twenty percent of the shop’s profits 18 31 34.
• Wang Xiaoxia — Eldest sister-in-law. Helps with meals and family life at the shop; Shen Moxi recognizes her fieldwork and childcare responsibilities 19 40 43.
• Shen Zhixuan / Xiao Xuan — Young nephew. She gives him food and snacks, cares for him, and proposes using him as a children’s-clothing model 19 34 40 45.
• Huang Yushan and Song Yongjun — Song Qi’s parents. They pay her medical expenses after the rescue and welcome her into their household; she helps restore their depleted standard of living 1 4 7 14.
• Song Zhitao — Song Qi’s younger sister. Offers to help at the shop during school breaks and receives several outfits designed especially for her 27 30.
• Sun Xibai — Performing-arts-troupe leader and costume client. Their successful collaboration develops into friendship with the troupe 43 47 48.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notable Quotes

“In our world, everyone practices monogamy. We don't have what you ancient people call three wives and four concubines.” 3

“Everything from the past has already gone with the wind. Now you're just Song Qi, a Song Qi with family and someone he loves. Whoever you were before doesn't matter anymore.” 25

“Only when we have the ability ourselves will we have the means to help someone we want to help in the future.” 32