Gu Wenze

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Gu Wenze (顾闻泽)
Alias(es)	President Gu; Mr. Gu; “Gu Dog,” Qiao Hua’s private nickname and phone contact name for him 30 35
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Gu family; Gu Group 10 12
Occupation/Role	President of the Gu Group; male lead of the original novel known to Qiao Hua 3 12
Marital Status	Married to Qiao Hua; refuses her requests for divorce 30 34
Status	Alive 46
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

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.

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.