Chapter Summaries

Gu Wenze discovered that Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen had never reached the airport and realized they had left together by choice. He was left furious and devastated after understanding that Qiao Hua had planned to leave him.

• Gu Wenze returned home with refreshments for Qiao Hua and learned she had gone to see Shen Zhen off.
• When Qiao Hua did not return and her phone was switched off, Gu Wenze sent Lin Chao to the airport and rushed there himself.
• Lin Chao found no sign of either Qiao Hua or Shen Zhen in the airport surveillance footage.
• Gu Wenze called You Xiaonian, who denied taking them and was shocked to hear that Shen Zhen was missing.
• Gu Wenze concluded that Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen had left of their own accord and recalled Qiao Hua's earlier hints that she planned to go.
• Gu Wenze realized Qiao Hua had deceived him, then smashed his phone on the airport floor.

Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen fled to a new city, rented a home, and planned to open a milk tea shop under fake identities. After doctors warned Qiao Hua that aborting her nearly seven-month pregnancy could put her life at risk, Shen Zhen urged her to have the baby and promised they would raise it together.

• Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen settled in an urban village and decided to open a milk tea shop to support themselves.
• Qiao Hua obtained fake IDs for them, and they rented a storefront near the university district.
• Qiao Hua visited several hospitals to seek an abortion, but doctors said her pregnancy was too far along for a safe termination.
• Qiao Hua returned home distressed, and Shen Zhen told her they would raise the child together.

Qiao Hua decided to keep her baby and opened a milk tea shop with Shen Zhen, while Gu Wenze searched for them after learning they had likely escaped to a distant city. On the shop’s busy opening day, Qiao Hua became nauseated while serving customers.

• Qiao Hua accepted Shen Zhen’s advice not to risk an abortion and decided to raise the baby herself.
• You Xiaonian confronted Gu Wenze over Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen’s escape, and Lin Chao traced them to an illegal boat route leading to a distant city.
• Gu Wenze learned that finding Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen would be difficult, then smashed a glass in frustration.
• After half a month of renovations, Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen opened their milk tea shop, which drew a crowd on its first day.
• Qiao Hua worked through the rush despite being pregnant, then braced herself against the counter and dry-heaved while making a drink.

Shen Zhen discovered she was pregnant with You Xiaonian’s child and decided to have an abortion, while Qiao Hua accompanied her to the hospital. As Shen Zhen went in for the procedure, Qiao Hua wondered why her own attempt to abort her baby had been so difficult.

• Shen Zhen remembered that You Xiaonian had not used protection on his birthday and rushed out of the milk tea shop.
• Shen Zhen returned with a positive pregnancy test and told Qiao Hua she intended to abort You Xiaonian’s child.
• Qiao Hua accepted Shen Zhen’s decision, and their milk tea shop grew busy enough to hire two assistants.
• Qiao Hua accompanied Shen Zhen to the hospital, where Shen Zhen overheard a young couple arguing about an abortion.
• Shen Zhen insisted she would not regret her decision and followed the nurse toward the operating room, while Qiao Hua wondered why she could not abort her own baby.

After Shen Zhen recovered from her abortion under Qiao Hua’s care, the two women returned to their relaxed life running the shop. A photography student secretly posted a picture of them online, unknowingly setting the stage for trouble.

• Qiao Hua cared for Shen Zhen after her abortion and brought her nourishing soup while she recovered.
• Qiao Hua learned that Gu Wenze and You Xiaonian were searching for the women, while Gu Wenze hid his nightly drinking and You Xiaonian devoted himself to the search.
• Shen Zhen was discharged after half a month and returned to help at the shop, where she considered giving love another chance.
• A photography student secretly took a picture of Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen at the shop and posted it to her Weibo account.

After Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen’s photo went viral, Qiao Hua feared Gu Wenze and You Xiaonian might recognize them, so the women left town to lie low. Gu Wenze and You Xiaonian both saw the trending post, revealing that Qiao Hua’s disappearance might soon end.

• A photo of Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen made Weibo’s trending list and brought a surge of customers to their milk tea shop.
• After learning that the photo had gone viral, Qiao Hua worried Gu Wenze and You Xiaonian would recognize them, but Shen Zhen argued they should not close the shop.
• Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen decided to leave for a while and asked an employee to alert them if anything unusual happened.
• Lin Chao showed Gu Wenze the trending post, and Gu Wenze recognized the missing Qiao Hua in the photo.
• You Xiaonian also saw the Weibo post at the villa.

Gu Wenze and You Xiaonian tracked Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen to their milk tea shop, but learned the women had left town. While Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen lay low at a family friend’s home, Qiao Hua checked the shop’s security footage and concluded nothing unusual had happened.

• After seeing an online photo of Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen, You Xiaonian called Gu Wenze, and they drove to the milk tea shop.
• Gu Wenze sent his driver to buy drinks and ask about the women, and the employee said they had left the previous night without saying when they would return.
• Gu Wenze decided to wait for Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen to come back, while You Xiaonian reacted angrily to their absence.
• Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen visited Shen Zhen’s mother’s close friend, who welcomed them and urged them to stay the night.
• Qiao Hua told a shop employee to say they were away for training, then reviewed the security footage and found nothing unusual.

After returning to town, Shen Zhen was abducted by You Xiaonian, who refused to accept their breakup. Qiao Hua later discovered Shen Zhen was missing, and Gu Wenze’s possible involvement left her in danger.

• Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen left the nanny’s home and returned to their rented apartment in town.
• Shen Zhen went out to the shop while Qiao Hua slept, but You Xiaonian stopped her with his Bentley and dragged her into the car.
• Shen Zhen told You Xiaonian they had broken up and tried to warn Qiao Hua, but he restrained her and ordered the driver to leave.
• Qiao Hua woke at noon, went to the shop, and learned from the employees that Shen Zhen had not arrived.
• Qiao Hua called Shen Zhen, found her phone switched off, and heard someone behind her say her name.

Gu Wenze found Qiao Hua at her shop after waiting a week, then took her back to his villa and decided to confine her at Hillside Manor until she gave birth. Qiao Hua remained worried about Shen Zhen, who had been taken by You Xiaonian.

• Gu Wenze embraced Qiao Hua at her shop and admitted he had tracked her down through Weibo and waited there for a week.
• Qiao Hua asked whether Gu Wenze had taken Shen Zhen, and he said You Xiaonian had done so.
• Gu Wenze dragged Qiao Hua away, promised to arrange for someone to manage her shop, and warned her not to provoke him again.
• During the drive, Qiao Hua asked Gu Wenze to help Shen Zhen, but he warned Qiao Hua that her escape was not over and threatened consequences if she angered him.
• After they reached the villa, Gu Wenze ordered Lin Chao to take Qiao Hua to Hillside Manor and have someone watch her until the baby was born.

Qiao Hua remained confined at Gu Wenze’s isolated estate, where he confronted her about escaping and insisted she belonged with him. The chapter ended with Gu Wenze kissing her forcefully and pushing her onto the sofa.

• Qiao Hua spent several lonely days under house arrest, unable to contact Shen Zhen or escape the guarded estate.
• Gu Wenze returned and warned Qiao Hua that he would not let her leave again.
• Qiao Hua told Gu Wenze they could not be together, but he declared that she was his and demanded that she stay by his side.
• Qiao Hua asked Gu Wenze to help Shen Zhen, but he said he regretted helping her before because it had given Qiao Hua a chance to escape.
• Gu Wenze kissed Qiao Hua fiercely, pushed her onto the sofa, and slid a hand beneath her top.

Gu Wenze stopped himself from forcing Qiao Hua, then learned she had kept to herself and that her prenatal checkup showed she and the baby were healthy. Lin Chao also revealed Shen Zhen had secretly aborted a two-month pregnancy, while hiding that Qiao Hua had once gone to the hospital intending to do the same.

• Gu Wenze stopped when Qiao Hua resisted, warned her not to provoke him again, and left the villa.
• Lin Chao told Gu Wenze that Qiao Hua had mostly gone between her home and milk tea shop without contacting anyone else.
• Lin Chao reported that Qiao Hua's prenatal checkup showed both her and the baby were healthy, making Gu Wenze happy.
• Lin Chao said You Xiaonian had smashed things at the hospital after learning something about Shen Zhen.
• Lin Chao told Gu Wenze that Shen Zhen had secretly aborted her two-month pregnancy, while withholding Qiao Hua's own past visit to the hospital to seek an abortion.

You Xiaonian confronted Shen Zhen after learning she had aborted their child, and demanded she give him another. Meanwhile, Gu Wenze kept Qiao Hua confined in the Manor and arranged for her prenatal checkup at home, where the doctor confirmed the fetus was healthy.

• You Xiaonian pinned Shen Zhen down and confronted her about aborting their child after learning of it from the doctor who performed the surgery.
• Shen Zhen insisted she had the right to end the pregnancy because she and You Xiaonian had broken up and their relationship had been a paid arrangement.
• You Xiaonian accused Shen Zhen of aborting his child without permission and said she had to give him another one.
• After a month of confinement in the Manor, Qiao Hua hoped her prenatal checkup would let her leave, but Gu Wenze arranged for the doctor to examine her at home.
• The doctor told Gu Wenze that Qiao Hua's fetus was healthy, and Gu Wenze asked when she was due.

With Qiao Hua due to give birth in less than two months, Gu Wenze warned her to keep the baby safe and refused to let her contact Shen Zhen, though he reassured her that Shen Zhen was with You Xiaonian. Later, Zhou Qiwen visited the villa to collect something and insulted Qiao Hua before leaving.

• The doctor told Gu Wenze and Qiao Hua that she was expected to give birth in the middle of the month after next and recommended hospital examinations.
• Gu Wenze threatened Qiao Hua to ensure she gave birth safely, and she admitted she was worried about Shen Zhen and asked to call her.
• Gu Wenze refused to let Qiao Hua contact Shen Zhen but reassured her that Shen Zhen was fine and that You Xiaonian was with her.
• Gu Wenze replied to a designer about the nursery and planned to take Qiao Hua and the baby home after the birth.
• Zhou Qiwen arrived at the villa to collect something, called Qiao Hua Gu Wenze's little mistress, and left when a bodyguard asked him to go.

Qiao Hua was confined to the Manor and unable to borrow the bodyguard’s phone, then woke to find Zhou Qiwen trying to assault her. She tricked him into lowering his guard and struck him over the head with a vase.

• Qiao Hua asked the bodyguard to lend her his phone, but he refused without Gu Wenze’s permission.
• Qiao Hua went to bed, and Zhou Qiwen secretly climbed into the Manor and entered her bedroom.
• Zhou Qiwen grabbed Qiao Hua and dismissed her claim that she was Gu Wenze’s wife, believing she was his mistress.
• Qiao Hua pretended to agree to keep Zhou Qiwen’s attack secret, then seized a vase and smashed it against his head.

Zhou Qiwen broke into the Manor and attacked Qiao Hua, but Gu Wenze stopped him and ordered the Zhou Family to answer for his actions. After Gu Wenze apologized for allowing Zhou Qiwen in, Qiao Hua said she would calm down only if he let her call Shen Zhen.

• Zhou Qiwen struck Qiao Hua with a vase, but bodyguards subdued him after he collapsed.
• Gu Wenze arrived at the Manor and heard Zhou Qiwen accuse Qiao Hua of seducing him.
• Gu Wenze exposed Zhou Qiwen's lie, injured him, and ordered the Zhou Family to answer for his actions.
• Gu Wenze asked whether Qiao Hua was hurt and apologized for letting Zhou Qiwen into the Manor.
• Qiao Hua said she would calm down only if Gu Wenze let her call Shen Zhen.

Qiao Hua spoke with Shen Zhen by phone after Gu Wenze arranged the call, then Gu Wenze had her examined and finally answered Zhou Qiwen’s father. He rejected the plea for mercy after Zhou Qiwen tried to harm Qiao Hua.

• Gu Wenze agreed to let Qiao Hua speak to Shen Zhen and persuaded You Xiaonian to allow a ten-minute call.
• Qiao Hua learned that Shen Zhen was safe, and Shen Zhen urged her to build a life with Gu Wenze.
• Gu Wenze ignored repeated calls from the Zhou Family and arranged for a doctor to examine Qiao Hua.
• After the doctor confirmed Qiao Hua was unharmed, Gu Wenze answered Zhou Qiwen’s father, who asked him to show Zhou Qiwen mercy.
• Gu Wenze challenged Zhou Qiwen’s father for asking him to spare the man who had gone after his woman.

Gu Wenze threatened Zhou Qiwen’s father into punishing his son, then stayed with Qiao Hua and increased security around the Manor. As Qiao Hua grew accustomed to Gu Wenze’s daily visits, he failed to arrive during a violent storm, and she woke at three in the morning from a frightening dream that he was badly injured.

• Gu Wenze told Zhou Qiwen’s father to leave Zhou Qiwen without descendants and warned him of the consequences if the victims testified against him.
• Gu Wenze stayed beside Qiao Hua overnight, and she fell asleep feeling safe in his arms.
• Afterward, Gu Wenze doubled the bodyguards at the Manor, and Qiao Hua complained that the increased security made her feel like a prisoner.
• Gu Wenze promised to take Qiao Hua home after the baby was born and continued visiting her every day.
• During a night of torrential rain, Gu Wenze did not arrive as usual, and Qiao Hua dreamed that he was covered in blood before waking at three in the morning.

Qiao Hua learned that Gu Wenze had been badly injured in a car accident while driving to see her, and spent the night anxiously waiting for news. When he appeared at breakfast with a wound on his head, she examined it and told him not to risk driving in heavy rain again, and he asked whether she was worried about him.

• Qiao Hua called Gu Wenze using a bodyguard’s phone and learned from Lin Chao that Gu Wenze had crashed his car and was unconscious in the hospital.
• Qiao Hua stayed awake all night worrying about Gu Wenze, then called Lin Chao again when she still had no news by breakfast.
• Gu Wenze arrived at the Manor, and Qiao Hua was startled to see him injured rather than still in the hospital.
• Qiao Hua removed the gauze from Gu Wenze’s head and saw the serious cut caused by shattered windshield glass.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua he had driven through the storm because he wanted to see her, then asked if she was worried about him.

Qiao Hua cared for Gu Wenze while he recovered at the Manor, and he revealed that Zhou Qiwen had been punished and that Zhou Qiwen's illegitimate half-brother might become his ally. Just as they believed the matter was settled, a bodyguard announced that a fire had broken out.

• Qiao Hua fed Gu Wenze breakfast and let him stay at the Manor to recover, then fell asleep in bed beside him.
• Gu Wenze watched over Qiao Hua as she slept and stayed at the Manor until his injuries healed.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua that Zhou Qiwen could no longer have sex and that Zhou Qiwen's father had brought home his illegitimate son.
• Qiao Hua realized the illegitimate son might work with Gu Wenze, and saw how dangerous Gu Wenze could be to those who crossed him.
• A bodyguard shouted that there was a fire, disrupting Gu Wenze's plans.

Zhou Qiwen set a fire to distract Qiao Hua’s guards, then knocked her unconscious and abducted her. Gu Wenze discovered she was missing and recognized Zhou Qiwen when he called.

• Qiao Hua saw Zhou Qiwen enter her room while the bodyguards rushed to put out a fire in the backyard.
• Zhou Qiwen admitted he had started the fire to clear the guards away, then used ether to incapacitate Qiao Hua.
• Gu Wenze arrived after the fire was extinguished and realized no one had been guarding Qiao Hua.
• Gu Wenze found a handkerchief smelling of ether and concluded that Qiao Hua had been abducted.
• An unfamiliar caller addressed Gu Wenze as President Gu, and Gu Wenze identified him as Zhou Qiwen.