Gu Wenze

Biodata

Background / History

Gu Wenze married Qiao Hua after a hotel scandal threatened his company’s stock price. He believes she drugged him and arranged for compromising photographs to reach the media, forcing him into marriage. Qiao Hua previously maintained her innocence, but he rejected her explanations. When Gu Junxing later suggests that the incident may have been misunderstood, Wenze continues to cite the waiter’s confession and the circulated photographs as proof against her 1 11 34.

Their marriage has lasted three years when Jiang Nan returns from abroad. During that period, Wenze excludes Qiao Hua from family gatherings and important social occasions and treats their physical relationship as separate from emotional commitment. After learning that Jiang Nan’s family has gone bankrupt, he pays her debts and transfers a property worth tens of millions into her name. Qiao Hua’s attempts to stop their contact only bring him closer to Jiang Nan 1 2 17 40.

Wenze eventually reopens the investigation into the incident that led to the marriage. He orders his assistant to find everyone who encountered him and Qiao Hua at the bar on the night Jiang Nan went abroad. The investigation locates a waiter who admits that a woman instructed him to drug Wenze’s drink and take him to a room; the waiter identifies Wenze’s former secretary, who also resigned shortly after the incident. By the time Wenze confronts You Xiaonian over Jiang Nan’s later drugging attempt, he explicitly describes the circumstances of his marriage to Qiao Hua as a misunderstanding 62 69 86.

His relationships with the Ruan family date to childhood, when the families were neighbors and Ruan Hanli followed him around. The Ruan family moved away seven years before his later visit with Qiao Hua, after which contact became infrequent, although ties between the older generations continued. Hanli possesses childhood photographs of them together and claims that he once promised to marry her 144 151.

Wenze tells his mother that he previously experienced the kind of hardship he imposes on Junxing by sending him away to manage a company. He uses this explanation to present Junxing’s reassignment to Haicheng as necessary training, without revealing their conflict over Qiao Hua 114.

Original-Novel Storyline

The following events belong to the original plot Qiao Hua remembers, not the altered events unfolding after her transmigration:

• After Qiao Hua announces her pregnancy, Jiang Nan congratulates Wenze but says she will leave the city. Wenze refuses to lose Jiang Nan and forces Qiao Hua to abort the child 2.
• While trying to protect Jiang Nan, he shoves Qiao Hua into a wall, causing a threatened miscarriage. He never visits during her subsequent half-month hospitalization, remaining with Jiang Nan instead 2.
• Ruan Hanli successfully steals confidential company documents, causing substantial losses. In the altered storyline, Wenze acts on Qiao Hua’s thoughts and prevents the theft from succeeding 169 170.
• He does not intervene in You Xiaonian and Shen Zhen’s relationship, and his friendship with Xiaonian does not break down over that issue. His later assistance to Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen departs from this remembered plot 178.

Appearance

Gu Wenze is described as handsome, tall, and physically imposing, with a polished bearing associated with wealth and privilege 1 12 24 32.

• Eyes: Deep, dark eyes, frequently described through their cold or intense gaze 3 13.
• Build: A tall, straight figure and broad, solid back 17 32.
• Clothing: Often wears suits; his dark suit and composed posture emphasize his distinguished public appearance 30 32.
• Hands: Long fingers 24.
• Childhood appearance: A photograph shows him at approximately eight or nine years old; Qiao Hua finds his childhood features handsome and almost mixed-race in appearance 151.
• Appearance during Qiao Hua’s disappearance: When he finds her at her shop, he has lost weight and appears sleep-deprived, with bloodshot eyes, stubble, and a crooked tie 189.
• Injuries: Sustains wounds to his back while protecting Qiao Hua from Jiang Nan’s attack, and later suffers a gunshot wound to the back while shielding her from Chen Xingjian 136 139 253 255.

Personality

Wenze habitually interprets Qiao Hua’s actions as manipulation. Her earlier jealousy and desperate attempts to preserve their marriage become his explanation for almost everything she does, including her newfound indifference and sincere requests for divorce. Even hearing thoughts that contradict his assumptions does not immediately make him abandon them 1 3 12 30.

His treatment of marriage is controlling and coercive. He asserts that intimacy is Qiao Hua’s marital duty, makes unwanted sexual advances, and tries to dictate her employment and movements. Although he previously rejected her place as his wife, he increasingly invokes his authority as her husband when she seeks distance or spends time with Yan Yu 13 23 25 33 43 45.

His loyalty to Jiang Nan initially makes him excuse conduct he condemns in Qiao Hua. That loyalty gradually weakens as he notices inconsistencies in Jiang Nan’s behavior. At the same time, he begins defending Qiao Hua against relatives’ insults, without accepting her wish to end the marriage 19 25 28 37 39.

After exposing Jiang Nan’s provocative messages, Wenze recognizes that she manipulated his perception of Qiao Hua and regrets his earlier treatment of his wife. He subsequently trusts Qiao Hua during the Ruan family’s necklace accusation and refuses to let childhood connections excuse Ruan Hanli’s attempted theft of company secrets 64 153 154 169.

His growing affection does not initially bring respect for Qiao Hua’s autonomy. He uses surveillance, electronic restraints, bodyguards, basement confinement, and an isolated estate to prevent her from leaving. He also threatens Yan Yu to deter her from harming herself and removes Junxing from the city after discovering his romantic interest in her 87 113 114 189 190.

Wenze is capable of tenderness and emotional vulnerability, particularly when Qiao Hua’s feelings become important to him. He treats her wound, stays beside her in hospital, seeks reassurance that her care is motivated by love rather than obligation, and sincerely promises Junxing that he will treat her well. Nevertheless, jealousy persists even after Qiao Hua confesses her love 114 162 258 261 262.

His protectiveness can become ruthless retaliation. He stabs Zhu Dejie’s hand, threatens the Zhou family with exposure unless they punish Zhou Qiwen, threatens Jiang Nan with the sexual violence she had planned for Qiao Hua, and orders a harassing guest’s legs broken 140 162 197 292.

Later, Wenze shows greater insight into the distinction between love and possession when advising You Xiaonian to let Shen Zhen leave if remaining with him threatens her life. He acknowledges his own previous failures to protect Qiao Hua and takes practical action on her behalf, although he continues monitoring her and reacting possessively to other people’s attention 275 283.

Abilities & Skills

Hearing Qiao Hua’s Thoughts

Wenze can hear Qiao Hua’s unspoken inner voice. His first documented experience occurs at the hospital, where he hears her criticize him despite seeing that she has not spoken 1.

• Reveals hidden motives: He hears that she genuinely wants him and Jiang Nan together rather than wanting to compete for his affection 3 11 28.
• Provides otherwise unknown information: Her thoughts alert him to a prediction about his car accident and expose Tan Ruiyu’s motives and history 3 18.
• Does not guarantee correct judgment: He repeatedly dismisses what he hears as nonsense or continues interpreting Qiao Hua through her former behavior 1 3 12.
• Kept secret: He deliberately withholds the ability from You Xiaonian, fearing his friend would think he was mentally unwell 13.
• Not established as general mind-reading: The documented ability concerns Qiao Hua’s thoughts; the context does not establish that he can hear everyone’s inner voice 1 13.
• Continues during their workplace arrangement: He hears the mockery concealed behind Qiao Hua’s polite behavior after she becomes his secretary 94.
• Prevents corporate losses: Her thoughts reveal Ruan Hanli’s intended theft of confidential documents. He orders an investigation, catches Hanli, and conceals the true source of his advance knowledge from Qiao Hua 169 170.
• Exposes concealed mistreatment: He learns that Xia Feiyan confronted Qiao Hua even though Qiao Hua refuses to complain aloud, allowing him to connect her distress with Xia’s behavior 218.
• Prompts questions about her identity: Her unexplained knowledge of future events and altered personality increasingly trouble him. These suspicions later contribute to his recognition that she is a transmigrator 169 190 259.

Corporate Authority and Financial Resources

As Gu Group president, Wenze controls hiring decisions and has substantial financial resources 1 12.

• Hires Jiang Nan as his personal secretary, citing her overseas training in human resource management 12.
• Can offer Qiao Hua a position at his company, though she repeatedly chooses outside employment 15 33.
• Directs his assistant to investigate Qiao Hua’s hospital visit 23.
• Gives Gu Junxing a black card and intervenes with their mother to help restore family relations 25 26.
• Dismisses Jiang Nan after proving that she used her mother’s phone to send messages provoking Qiao Hua 64.
• Later employs Qiao Hua as his personal secretary, with an agreement that they act like strangers at work 94 144.
• Orders Junxing to manage a Gu Group subsidiary in Haicheng and forbids him to return without permission 113 114.
• Hires Ruan Hanli as an intern after pressure from his mother, while assigning her to work with Lin Chao and the other staff rather than sharing Qiao Hua’s office 144.
• Recruits Xia Feiyan from overseas and pursues expansion into the medical market. He acknowledges her successful negotiation with a difficult foreign client but refuses to treat that achievement as compensation for her mistreatment of Qiao Hua 226 240.
• Uses his standing to obtain access to residential security footage and threatens legal action against a maid who accuses Qiao Hua of theft 153 176.

Investigation and Security Operations

Wenze employs Lin Chao, other assistants, and bodyguards to investigate past events, monitor people, and locate Qiao Hua 62 111 183.

• Protective deployment: Takes Qiao Hua’s warning about Fang Yuqing seriously and sends men to protect his grandfather, preventing a fatal fall from a cliff 97.
• Surveillance: Has Junxing followed after connecting his hospital visits, rental of the adjoining room, and Wenze’s missing phone to Qiao Hua’s escape 110 111.
• Search coordination: Investigates transport records, surveillance footage, taxi movements, and boat passenger lists when Qiao Hua disappears with Shen Zhen. A Weibo photograph eventually provides a lead 183 186 189.
• Threat response: Orders Lin Chao to trace Zhou Qiwen’s call after Qiao Hua is kidnapped, then recognizes her location signal and directs him to find Wanlong Factory 201 203.
• Locating Qiao Hua without her ring: Reaches Chen Xingjian’s hideout despite Chen having removed the tracking ring he believes would allow Wenze to find her 253.

Physical Intervention

Wenze repeatedly uses force to interrupt attacks on Qiao Hua. He kicks away the man assaulting her at You Xiaonian’s party, intervenes during Jiang Nan’s kidnapping plot, and stops Zhou Qiwen’s assault before carrying Qiao Hua away 127 128 135 203.

His protection also involves placing himself between Qiao Hua and weapons. He takes a knife wound during the confrontation with Jiang Nan and later shields Qiao Hua from Chen Xingjian’s gunfire 136 253 255.

Equipment / Items

• Audi: Its hood is badly dented in a minor collision while Wenze is traveling to see Jiang Nan. He is uninjured, but cancels the visit because the car needs repairs 3.
• Gift necklace: Gives Jiang Nan an expensive necklace that she later uses in an unsuccessful attempt to frame Qiao Hua for damaging it 14 19.
• Electronic ankle monitor / Electronic Shackles: Keeps Qiao Hua under electronic monitoring and refuses to remove the device for his grandfather’s birthday gathering. Junxing’s hospital escape plan depends on preventing Wenze from receiving its alert on his phone 87 100 106.
• Forged divorce certificate: Uses a false certificate to deceive Jiang Nan; later confirms to Qiao Hua that they were never actually divorced 137.
• First-aid kit: Uses it to apply ointment to Qiao Hua’s untreated wrist wound after returning her to confinement 114.
• Hillside Manor: An isolated, heavily guarded estate where he orders Qiao Hua confined until the baby is born. Security is later doubled after Zhou Qiwen’s attempted assault 189 190 197.
• Tracking ring: A ring used to track Qiao Hua is removed during Chen Xingjian’s captivity of her. Chen assumes its absence will prevent Wenze from locating her, but Wenze still reaches them 253.

Relationships

• Qiao Hua — Wife of three years. He believes she engineered their marriage, while she now seeks independence and divorce. Her withdrawal increasingly unsettles him, and he refuses to release her from the marriage 1 30 34. He later recognizes the marriage scandal as a misunderstanding, declares his love, and repeatedly rescues her, but also confines and monitors her during her attempts to leave 86 113 114 189 203. After he is shot protecting her, Qiao Hua openly admits that she loves him. He accepts that she is a transmigrator rather than the original Qiao Hua and tells her that she is the only person he loves 253 259 261. Their later family life retains his intense jealousy; in the extras, an apparent return of the original Qiao Hua causes him to demand the whereabouts of the woman he loves 301 303 304.
• Jiang Nan — Former classmate and long-standing first love, later his personal secretary. He initially protects and financially supports her, but eventually tells Junxing that his past love has faded and they have no future together 1 6 12 25. He dismisses her after exposing her messages, rejects her offer to become his wife, and sends her away after she drugs him 64 86. Her kidnapping and attempted killing of Qiao Hua end any remaining sympathy; he refuses forgiveness and later refuses to visit her in prison before her suicide 140 301.
• Weng Fenghua — Mother. Her shift from rejecting Qiao Hua to defending her puzzles him. She criticizes his attachment to Jiang Nan and urges him to devote attention to his wife 8 11 19. She questions his decision to send Junxing to Haicheng but accepts his stated explanation that his brother needs experience. She later supports Qiao Hua while Wenze undergoes surgery and tearfully welcomes his recovery 114 255 258.
• Gu Junxing — Younger brother. Wenze comforts him after Tan Ruiyu’s betrayal, provides financial assistance, and helps him reconcile with their mother. Junxing subsequently challenges Wenze’s judgment of Qiao Hua 24 25 26 34. Their relationship becomes a romantic rivalry after Wenze discovers that Junxing helped Qiao Hua escape and hears his confession of love. Wenze sends him to Haicheng and repeatedly warns him away from Qiao Hua 111 113 114 207. After Wenze survives being shot, Junxing accepts Qiao Hua’s love for his brother and gives up his pursuit; Wenze sincerely promises to treat her well 258 261 262.
• Gu Jinman — Gu-family relative who favors Jiang Nan and attacks Qiao Hua. Wenze reprimands her insults and warns her against interfering in his marriage. She is identified as his cousin in one passage but calls him her brother in later dialogue 37 39. A later passage explicitly identifies her as his younger cousin. He comforts her after her relationship troubles but initially refuses her request to take Qiao Hua shopping because he fears Qiao Hua may seek an abortion 55 62.
• You Xiaonian — Friend and doctor. Treats Wenze’s injury after Qiao Hua resists his unwanted advance and later comes to examine Qiao Hua at his request 13 46. Wenze reprimands him for arranging the meeting at which Jiang Nan drugged him and rejects his accusations against Qiao Hua 86. Their friendship temporarily breaks down when Wenze helps protect Shen Zhen from him, although they later resume contact. Wenze eventually urges Xiaonian to prioritize Shen Zhen’s survival over keeping her by his side 177 178 196 262 275.
• Yan Yu — Qiao Hua’s boss and former university classmate. Wenze regards his attentiveness as romantic interest and repeatedly tries to separate Qiao Hua from him 16 30 32 43. When he finds Qiao Hua preparing to terminate her pregnancy with Yan’s assistance, he has Yan restrained, destroys his phone, and punches him. He later threatens to harm Yan if Qiao Hua injures herself and remains hostile toward him even after establishing a family with her 73 74 114 289 292.
• Old Master Gu — Grandfather. Initially treats Qiao Hua with contempt and openly favors Fang Yuqing over Wenze. Despite their tension, Wenze arranges protection after Qiao Hua’s warning, preventing Fang from killing him, and insists that his grandfather undergo a hospital examination 87 97. The Old Master later supports Qiao Hua during Wenze’s surgery and celebrates his awakening 255 258.
• Fang Yuqing — Longtime Gu-family ward favored by the Old Master. Wenze questions his presence at the birthday gathering and later acts on Qiao Hua’s warning about him. His men rescue the Old Master when Fang attempts to push him from a cliff 87 97.
• Ruan Hanli — Childhood neighbor and later Gu Group intern. Her affectionate familiarity and claimed childhood marriage promise contrast with Wenze’s insistence that he is married to Qiao Hua. He rebukes her attempts to take his arm, defends Qiao Hua from the necklace accusation, and refuses family appeals for leniency after catching Hanli stealing confidential documents 144 151 153 154 169.
• Lin Chao — Assistant who carries out investigations, coordinates bodyguards and searches, and executes Wenze’s security instructions. Wenze relies on him to follow Junxing, investigate Qiao Hua’s disappearance, oversee her transfer to Hillside Manor, and trace Zhou Qiwen’s kidnapping call 111 183 189 201.
• Shen Zhen — Qiao Hua’s friend and You Xiaonian’s partner. Wenze initially discourages Qiao Hua from intervening in their relationship, but helps her take Shen away and refuses to disclose Shen’s location to Xiaonian. After the women escape together, he resents that his assistance enabled Qiao Hua’s departure. He later supports Qiao Hua’s warning about Shen’s suicide risk and advises Xiaonian to let her leave 176 177 178 190 262 275.
• Zhou Qiwen — A man who previously ran errands for Wenze. His attempted assault on Qiao Hua prompts Wenze to demand punishment from the Zhou family. Zhou subsequently kidnaps Qiao Hua and plans to kill Wenze and his own half-brother in revenge 196 197 201 203.
• Zhou Yanze — Zhou Qiwen’s estranged half-brother, whom Wenze works with after Zhou Qiwen targets Qiao Hua. He accompanies Wenze in the rescue, and his men restrain Zhou Qiwen 199 201 203.
• Xia Feiyan — College classmate and talented employee whom Wenze recruits from overseas. He rebukes her interference in his marriage and insists that she apologize to Qiao Hua, regardless of her professional achievements. He later regrets hiring her after learning that her actions nearly killed Qiao Hua and their child 218 226 240.
• Chen Xingjian — Wealthy businessman who initially appears as Qiao Hua’s rescuer and later pursues her. Wenze distrusts his attention and unexplained knowledge of Qiao Hua’s situation. Chen ultimately holds Qiao Hua hostage, and Wenze is shot while shielding her. Chen’s declaration that he is a transmigrator confirms Wenze’s suspicions about Qiao Hua’s identity 234 240 243 253 259.
• Gu Jinyang — Son with Qiao Hua. Wenze’s attachment to both wife and child becomes part of his stated reason for surviving his unconsciousness. He later hosts Jinyang’s first birthday celebration and gives the boy a blunt account of how his parents met 258 289 301.
• Gu Tiantian — Appears alongside Gu Jinyang among Wenze and Qiao Hua’s children in the extras. Both children are unable to reach Wenze during his absence following the apparent identity change 304.
• Assistant Du — Employee whose safety matters to Qiao Hua. Wenze later arranges action against her abusive former boyfriend, explaining that he did so for Qiao Hua’s sake 283.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Qiao Hua’s Withdrawal

• At the hospital, Wenze encounters a Qiao Hua who no longer objects to his accompanying Jiang Nan. He hears her thoughts but concludes that her calm departure is another attempt to play hard to get 1.
• Her refusal to cook his usual meals and her move into the spare room disrupt his routines. He becomes restless without her beside him while still claiming to want distance 4 6 10.
• When Jiang Nan stages a fall, Qiao Hua’s thoughts prompt him to question the accusation for the first time. He nevertheless returns to comforting Jiang Nan and confronting Qiao Hua 4.
• He insists that Qiao Hua attend a family gathering despite her objections, then becomes jealous when she calls Junxing handsome 17.
• During Tan Ruiyu’s introduction, he objects to her ignoring Qiao Hua and makes Junxing identify Qiao Hua properly as his sister-in-law 18.

Office Conflict and Physical Resistance

• Wenze publicly defends Jiang Nan against his mother and denies recognizing Qiao Hua as his wife. Qiao Hua’s private enthusiasm for their apparent romance leaves him irritated rather than reassured 11.
• After refusing to employ Qiao Hua as his secretary, he later forces his way into her room and makes an unwanted sexual advance. She kicks him in the groin; You Xiaonian confirms that the resulting injury is minor and will not impair his sex life or fertility 12 13.
• In a later confrontation, he forces a kiss on Qiao Hua. She bites his lip to escape, and her lack of concern for his injury further exposes the change in their relationship 23.

Doubts About Jiang Nan

• Jiang Nan admits that she deliberately used the necklace to cause trouble for Qiao Hua. Wenze accepts her explanation of wounded feelings and tells her not to repeat it, rather than breaking with her 19.
• He later discovers Qiao Hua’s missed call and realizes Jiang Nan was the only person near his phone who could have rejected it. This leads him to suspect that she concealed the call 24 25.
• At dinner, he notices Jiang Nan repeatedly portraying Qiao Hua as hostile despite Qiao Hua having invited her to stay. He directly challenges that characterization 28.
• Junxing tells him that Qiao Hua saved their mother from an unsafe cosmetic clinic and that Jiang Nan knew of the danger without warning her. Wenze no longer immediately defends Jiang Nan, but still refuses to reconsider the marriage scandal 34.

Divorce and Conflict Over Yan Yu

• Qiao Hua presents a signed, lawyer-drafted divorce agreement with terms favorable to Wenze. He accuses her of finding another powerful backer, tears up the agreement, and insists that only he may initiate divorce 30.
• After encountering Qiao Hua dining with Yan Yu, he demands that she leave her job. She offers to become his secretary only if he dismisses Jiang Nan, a condition he rejects 32 33.
• He defends Qiao Hua against Jinman’s insults and refuses to personally accompany Jiang Nan to the hospital, offering a driver instead. Nevertheless, Qiao Hua’s renewed divorce proposal still provokes his anger 37.
• At the business banquet, seeing Qiao Hua with Yan Yu intensifies his jealousy. He confronts Yan as her husband, silences Jinman’s accusations, and privately restrains Qiao Hua while questioning whether she likes her boss 42 43.

Pregnancy Suspicion and Forced Resignation

• During unwanted touching, Wenze notices a slight swell in Qiao Hua’s abdomen and asks whether she is pregnant. She denies it and reminds him that they used protection; his thoughts reveal that he had deliberately prevented conception throughout their marriage 44.
• He considers whether having a child would stop her from seeking divorce. Her pregnancy is not confirmed to him in the provided scene 44.
• He briefly considers transferring Jiang Nan out of her secretary position to satisfy Qiao Hua’s employment condition, then retracts the proposal 45.
• When Qiao Hua still refuses to resign, he takes her phone and sends Yan Yu a resignation message on her behalf. After Qiao Hua becomes unwell, he summons You Xiaonian to examine her 45 46.
• By the later investigation into Jiang Nan’s messages, he knows Qiao Hua is pregnant and restricts her outings because he fears she will obtain an abortion 62.

Exposing Jiang Nan and Reinvestigating the Marriage

• Wenze proves that Jiang Nan sent provocative messages to Qiao Hua and orders an investigation into the incident three years earlier. He begins questioning whether Qiao Hua was really responsible for drugging him 62.
• At the hospital, Jiang Nan admits using her mother’s phone out of jealousy. Wenze dismisses her, rejects her offer to become his wife, and refuses her attempt to seduce him 64.
• A report that Qiao Hua disappeared during a shopping trip makes him abandon a business meeting. During the search, he insists that his feelings for Jiang Nan belong to the past, while You Xiaonian identifies his anxiety as evidence that he loves Qiao Hua 64 67 68 69.
• The investigation uncovers the waiter’s confession identifying Wenze’s former secretary as the woman who ordered the drugging 69.
• Wenze finds Qiao Hua with Yan Yu while she is preparing to terminate the pregnancy. He has Yan restrained, punches him, retrieves Qiao Hua, and forcibly kisses her while interrogating her about their relationship 73 74.
• Jiang Nan later drugs Wenze. Qiao Hua’s warning that forced intimacy could endanger their child helps restore his restraint. He recovers, sends Jiang Nan away, and confronts You Xiaonian over arranging the meeting 85 86.

Family Recognition and Preventing the Old Master’s Death

• Wenze brings Qiao Hua to his grandfather’s birthday gathering but refuses to remove her electronic ankle monitor. When the Old Master objects to her presence, Wenze identifies her as his wife 87.
• Qiao Hua joins Gu Group as his secretary, replacing Jiang Nan’s former workstation and role. Wenze tries to make her eat lunch with him, but she invokes their agreement to act like strangers at work and refuses 94.
• After learning of Fang Yuqing’s attempted murder of the Old Master, Wenze explains that he took Qiao Hua’s warning seriously and stationed men nearby. His intervention saves his grandfather 97.
• Hearing Qiao Hua’s thoughts about a private deal with the Old Master makes Wenze suspect another escape plan. He later confronts her about seeking help first from his grandfather and then from Jiang Nan 97 100.

Hospital Escape and Conflict With Gu Junxing

• While Qiao Hua is hospitalized, Wenze tells her she will be returned to the basement after discharge. Junxing secretly arranges her escape through a rented adjoining room and invites Wenze drinking to distract him and gain access to his phone 106.
• Qiao Hua disappears, and Wenze’s search yields no useful leads for half a month. He refuses Junxing’s suggestion that he divorce her, insisting she is the only woman he wants 110.
• Reports of Junxing’s repeated hospital visits lead Wenze to connect the escape with the drinking invitation, his missing phone, and the adjoining room. He orders Junxing followed and arrives outside Qiao Hua’s apartment as Junxing confesses his love 111.
• Qiao Hua threatens to injure herself and endanger the baby if Wenze advances. He backs off and takes away the knife, but subsequently returns her to the villa’s basement and orders her isolated from outside contact 113.
• Wenze tells Junxing that Qiao Hua is pregnant with his child. When Junxing offers to care for both her and the baby, Wenze sends him to manage a subsidiary in Haicheng 113.
• During their confrontation, Wenze says aloud for the first time that he loves Qiao Hua. He then tells her that Junxing is gone, treats her wrist wound, and threatens Yan Yu if she harms herself again 114.

Public Acknowledgment and Jiang Nan’s Kidnapping Plot

• Wenze takes Qiao Hua to You Xiaonian’s birthday party, publicly introduces her as his wife, and prevents her from drinking alcohol. He remains concerned that she may escape and keeps guards at the exits 126.
• When a blond guest follows Qiao Hua and attempts to assault her, Wenze arrives and kicks him away 127 128.
• After Qiao Hua vanishes from the company restroom, Wenze searches the security footage and questions whether Junxing is involved 130.
• He reaches Qiao Hua during Jiang Nan’s kidnapping plot, interrupts the attack on her, and takes a knife wound while protecting her 135 136.
• Qiao Hua learns that the divorce certificate used during the confrontation was forged and that she and Wenze remain married 137.
• During his hospitalization, Junxing returns and renews his offer to help Qiao Hua leave. Wenze interrupts and warns that he will not spare anyone who takes her away, including his brother 139 140.
• After discharge, Wenze brings Qiao Hua to the detention center. He rejects Jiang Nan’s appeals to their past, tells her that hurting Qiao Hua is worse than hurting him, and threatens to arrange the same gang-rape she had intended for Qiao Hua. The supplied account records the threat, not its fulfillment 140.

Ruan Hanli’s Schemes

• Wenze reluctantly allows Ruan Hanli to intern at Gu Group after his mother intervenes. He rejects Qiao Hua’s offer to surrender her office and keeps Hanli assigned to the other staff 144.
• He openly identifies Qiao Hua as his wife when Hanli visits the villa, and later tells the Ruan parents that Qiao Hua is the woman he loves 150 151.
• When a missing necklace is used to accuse Qiao Hua of theft, Wenze threatens a defamation suit if a search finds nothing. After leaving, Qiao Hua reveals that the necklace was planted in her pocket; he throws it into the bushes for the Ruan family to find 153.
• He promises to investigate and publicly rebukes Hanli for trying to take his arm, reminding her to keep her distance from a married man 154.
• After rescuing Qiao Hua from Zhu Dejie, Wenze obtains information about the person who arranged the attack, stabs Zhu’s hand, and orders him taken to the police. He remains beside Qiao Hua overnight and listens when she identifies Hanli’s place in the chain of document-delivery assignments 162.
• Qiao Hua’s thoughts alert him to Hanli’s intended theft of experimental data. He arranges to catch her at the company in front of her parents and refuses to let family ties excuse the offense 169.
• Wenze gives Qiao Hua an alternative explanation for how he discovered the theft, concealing his ability to hear her thoughts 170.

Shen Zhen’s Escape and Qiao Hua’s Recapture

• Wenze helps Qiao Hua review footage showing You Xiaonian forcibly taking Shen Zhen. Although he initially warns her not to interfere, he follows her to the You residence and helps her take Shen away 176 177.
• He tells Qiao Hua that she matters more than his best friend and refuses Xiaonian’s demand to surrender Shen. Their friendship breaks down over his support for Qiao Hua and Shen 177 178.
• After spending hours buying refreshments for Qiao Hua, Wenze returns to learn that she has gone to see Shen off and has not returned. An airport search finds neither woman, and Xiaonian denies taking them. Wenze realizes they left together voluntarily and reacts by smashing a trash can and his phone 181.
• Further investigation traces the women’s taxi to Bay Harbor and suggests they left on an illegal passenger boat. The distance and lack of records obstruct the search 183.
• A trending Weibo photograph reveals Qiao Hua’s whereabouts. Wenze waits near her shop for a week before confronting her 186 189.
• He conditionally agrees to hire someone to manage her shop but threatens to destroy it if she provokes him again. He then orders Lin Chao to take her to Hillside Manor and keep her watched until childbirth 189.
• At the isolated estate, he refuses Qiao Hua’s appeals to help Shen Zhen, resenting that his earlier assistance made their escape possible. Their argument ends in another forced kiss and physical restraint 190.

Zhou Qiwen’s Attacks and the Warehouse Rescue

• Following Zhou Qiwen’s attempted assault on Qiao Hua, Wenze arranges a medical examination and pressures Zhou’s father to punish him. He threatens both disabling violence and exposure of testimony from Zhou’s other victims 196 197.
• Wenze doubles the Manor’s security, promises to bring Qiao Hua home after the baby’s birth, and begins visiting daily. Despite resenting confinement, she grows accustomed to his presence 197.
• After recovering from another injury, Wenze tells Qiao Hua that Zhou Qiwen will never be able to commit the same kind of assault again. He also indicates that he has begun working with Zhou’s estranged half-brother 199.
• A deliberately set fire draws the guards away from Qiao Hua. Wenze arrives after the fire is extinguished and realizes that no one remained on guard 200.
• Zhou calls with demands involving his half-brother and threats against Qiao Hua and the unborn child. Wenze orders the call traced and gives each negligent bodyguard thirty strokes of the rod 201.
• Recognizing Qiao Hua’s signal identifying Wanlong Factory, Wenze avoids the tunnel where hired killers are waiting. He and Zhou Yanze reach the warehouse, stop Zhou Qiwen’s attack, and secure him 203.
• Wenze carries Qiao Hua away but discovers that she is suffering severe abdominal pain and bleeding, turning the rescue into a medical emergency 203.

Parenthood and Xia Feiyan’s Interference

• By the later workplace arc, Wenze and Qiao Hua are caring for their son. Wenze returns home early after sensing that something is wrong and learns through her thoughts that Xia Feiyan confronted her 218.
• He reprimands Xia for prying into private affairs, asks Qiao Hua to confide in him, and arranges another meeting with Xia when Qiao Hua refuses to explain her distress 218.
• Wenze promises that no one will be allowed to bully Qiao Hua. In the office rest area, she rejects unwanted touching and insists on mutual willingness; he ultimately agrees to let her sleep 220.
• Qiao Hua chooses to stay home with their son rather than face workplace gossip. Wenze calls her the only person who can be “the boss’s wife” and accepts her decision 226.
• Xia secures a major foreign partnership, but Wenze keeps the exchange professional and insists that she apologize to Qiao Hua rather than him. He later tells Qiao Hua that he will reward Xia financially, not with a personal dinner that could misrepresent their relationship 226 227.
• After Qiao Hua is attacked and her hand injured, Wenze has Lin Chao round up the thugs and interrogates them at an abandoned warehouse about who ordered the assault 230.
• When Xia’s responsibility for attacks on Qiao Hua becomes known, Wenze regrets recruiting her. Chen Xingjian’s criticism of his judgment intensifies the confrontation, but Qiao Hua distinguishes Wenze’s hiring mistake from Xia’s deliberate violence 240.

Chen Xingjian, the Shooting, and Recovery

• Wenze meets Chen Xingjian as the man who rescued Qiao Hua in an alley and immediately treats him with suspicion. He later forbids Qiao Hua from meeting Chen for dinner 234 240.
• Qiao Hua rejects Chen’s attempts to undermine her marriage and his romantic advances, but conceals their dinner from Wenze. Chen’s subsequent roses and card expose the meeting 243.
• Chen later holds Qiao Hua captive and pressures her to leave for the Real World. Despite the removal of her tracking ring, Wenze locates them and enters the room 253.
• When Qiao Hua escapes Chen’s grip and runs toward him, Wenze shields her from a gunshot. He is rushed into surgery with severe internal injuries 253 255.
• Surgery succeeds, but doctors warn that failure to regain consciousness within seventy-two hours could leave him in a vegetative state 255.
• Wenze eventually wakes mentally intact. He comforts his mother, warmly receives Junxing, and tells Qiao Hua that he survived because she and their son were waiting for him. He also recalls her promise not to leave if he woke 258 259.
• He reveals that Chen’s admission of being a transmigrator confirmed his suspicions about Qiao Hua. He accepts her identity and says that he would not have fallen in love with her if she were the original Qiao Hua 259.
• Qiao Hua admits she loves him rather than caring for him only out of obligation. Junxing subsequently gives up his own pursuit, and Wenze promises to treat her well 261 262.

Accepting Qiao Hua’s Chosen Future

• Wenze’s encounter with the detained Chen leaves him shaken. Their discussion exposes him to information about Qiao Hua’s situation that she later recognizes he has already heard from Chen 266 269.
• When Wenze raises the possibility of her leaving, Qiao Hua angrily rejects his apparent attempt at selflessness and tells him that she took a great risk to remain with him. Her tears make him realize how deeply his proposal hurts her 268.
• Wenze asks Qiao Hua how You Xiaonian and Shen Zhen’s story ends and then asks about their own ending in the novel, demonstrating that he now understands her knowledge in relation to the original storyline 269.

Later Marriage, Protection, and Family Life

• Wenze supports Qiao Hua’s urgent warning that Shen Zhen may attempt suicide and tells You Xiaonian to take it seriously. After Shen survives emergency surgery, he comforts Qiao Hua and credits her warning with helping save Shen 262 264.
• He later urges Xiaonian to let Shen leave if doing so gives her a chance to live, contrasting that advice with his continued jealousy when another man approaches Qiao Hua 275.
• Wenze has Qiao Hua followed during her time away, explaining that his earlier failure to protect her motivates the surveillance. He also resolves Assistant Du’s problem with her abusive former boyfriend for Qiao Hua’s sake 283.
• At Gu Jinyang’s first birthday celebration, Wenze remains wary of Yan Yu and receives a private message confirming that unspecified orders have been carried out. When a drunk guest harasses Qiao Hua and attempts to strike her, Wenze intervenes and orders security to break the man’s legs and throw him out 289 292.
• He later denies responsibility for an incident involving Yan Yu’s girlfriend, Shi Yin. The supplied account does not establish the precise nature of his concealed actions involving Yan Yu 292 294.
• A young assistant’s love confession renews his jealousy. Wenze identifies Qiao Hua as his wife, warns the assistant to abandon his pursuit, and reassures her that she is the only woman he loves 300 301.
• He refuses Jiang Nan’s requests for a prison visit. Her failed escape, solitary confinement, and eventual suicide do not significantly disrupt his family life 301.

Extra Chapters: Apparent Return of the Original Qiao Hua

• In the extras, Wenze notices Qiao Hua addressing him as “Wenze” rather than using his full name. Her timid manner also resembles the original Qiao Hua, leading him to ask who she is 303.
• He grips her shoulders and declares that she is not Qiao Hua, demanding to know where the woman he loves has gone 304.
• The woman is kept in the basement, and bodyguards prevent Gu Jinyang and Gu Tiantian from entering under Wenze’s orders. Wenze stays away from home for several days, ignores his children’s attempts to contact him, and is shown in his office surrounded by smoke and accumulated cigarette butts 304.
• The supplied passages do not establish the resolution of this apparent identity change 304.

Trivia

• Qiao Hua changes his phone contact name from “Hubby” to “Gu Dog” after transmigrating 30.
• Qiao Hua jokingly tells the housekeeper that Wenze has become a monk to explain her request for vegetarian meals. He learns of the claim later and angrily confronts her 9 22 23.
• Qiao Hua repeatedly wonders whether his increasingly supportive behavior means he has been possessed, especially when he brings her to You Xiaonian’s birthday party 126.
• Wenze’s forged divorce certificate makes Qiao Hua temporarily believe they are divorced, but he later confirms that their marriage never ended 137.
• When Gu Jinyang asks how his parents met, Qiao Hua offers a softened explanation; the boy replies that Wenze told him they met in bed 301.
• In the extras, Wenze regards the way Qiao Hua addresses him as an important identity clue: the transmigrated Qiao Hua uses his full name, whereas the original addresses him as “Wenze” 303.

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