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Where to watch The Ultimate Payback
Stream The Ultimate Payback free to start: the first 8 episodes are free on ShortMax, then episodes unlock with coins.
About The Ultimate Payback
The Ultimate Payback is a vertical micro-drama available on ShortMax only. After being told her newborn died, a wealthy heiress discovers her unfaithful husband secretly gave her baby and fortune to his mistress, sparking a relentless quest to reclaim her child and destroy him. The series runs to 52 episodes. The first 8 episodes are free on ShortMax. Its genres are Revenge, Billionaire & CEO and Family. It builds on cheating, face-slapping, inheritance war and secret child. It is set in Haicheng, in a contemporary setting. ShortMax showed 271K views on Nov 1, 2026.
- Episodes
- 52
Genre and tropes
Performance
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- ShortMax271K views · 90K saves · as shown Nov 7, 2026
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The story
After being told her newborn died, a wealthy heiress discovers her unfaithful husband secretly gave her baby and fortune to his mistress, sparking a relentless quest to reclaim her child and destroy him.
Wanqing's father furiously confronts her husband over the sudden, suspicious loss of her newborn child.
Expose an unfaithful husband and his arrogant mistress, reclaim a stolen newborn baby, and reclaim total corporate power.
- Setting
- Haicheng · corporate elite · contemporary
- Lead
- humiliated wife, betrayed
- Antagonist
- scheming gold-digger (mistress)
- Hook
- betrayal
- Tone
- melodramatic, tense
- Audience
- female gaze, adult
- Language
- Mandarin
- Content
- bullying humiliation
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- What is The Ultimate Payback about?
- After being told her newborn died, a wealthy heiress discovers her unfaithful husband secretly gave her baby and fortune to his mistress, sparking a relentless quest to reclaim her child and destroy him. It is set in Haicheng.
- How many episodes does The Ultimate Payback have?
- The Ultimate Payback has 52 episodes.
- Which app has The Ultimate Payback?
- It is available on ShortMax only.
- Is The Ultimate Payback free to watch?
- The first 8 episodes are free on ShortMax; the rest unlock with coins.
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