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The Jilted Embroideress's Business Rise

share time: 2026-02-25 12:36:04

Su Wan, the legitimate daughter of a Su embroidery family in Jiangnan, was renowned for her exceptional "double-sided embroidery". Engaged to her childhood sweetheart Chen Xiuyuan for three years, she was dumped on the eve of their wedding—he showed up with his new lover and declared, "A mere embroideress holding a needle isn't worthy of me, who's about to enter officialdom." In front of a crowd, she clutched the torn wedding invitation without a tear—since love failed, she'd fight for her career! Starting with selling embroidered handkerchiefs on the street, her exquisite skills attracted noble ladies to custom-make her works. By chance, she won a tribute order from the capital. In just three years, she founded "Wan Xiu Tang" and sold Su embroidery to Southeast Asia. When Chen Xiuyuan, frustrated in his official career and with his family in ruin, came begging for help, she held a teacup and smiled: "Mr. Chen, you said I wasn't worthy of you back then—now, who's not worthy of whom?"

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