Chapter Summaries

After returning home from the hospital, Qiao Hua convinced Gu Wenze to let Auntie Feng return to work and spent several days resting with Gu Jinyang. Chen Xingjian then arrived at the villa to collect on Qiao Hua’s promised dinner.

• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua he had fired Auntie Feng, but Qiao Hua persuaded him to give her another chance.
• Auntie Feng returned to the villa, apologized to Qiao Hua, and promised to be more careful; Gu Wenze warned her not to make the same mistake again.
• Qiao Hua reassured Auntie Feng and asked her to make cold noodles with shredded chicken.
• Qiao Hua stayed home to recover and spent time playing with Gu Jinyang.
• Chen Xingjian arrived at the villa and reminded Qiao Hua that she still owed him dinner.

Qiao Hua reluctantly went to dinner with Chen Xingjian to repay him for saving her, while keeping her distance from his obvious attentions. Chen Xingjian revealed that he had asked about her lingering health complications and offered to arrange a specialist, but Qiao Hua said Gu Wenze had already done so.

• Chen Xingjian showed up at Qiao Hua’s villa and insisted that she repay her promise by having dinner with him.
• Qiao Hua persuaded Auntie Feng not to report her dinner plans to Gu Wenze, explaining that Chen Xingjian had saved her and she owed him a meal.
• Chen Xingjian drove Qiao Hua to a private restaurant, where his attentive manners made her uncomfortable.
• At dinner, Chen Xingjian said he had learned about Qiao Hua’s lung complications and offered to arrange a specialist for her.
• Qiao Hua declined Chen Xingjian’s offer because Gu Wenze had already arranged for an overseas doctor to see her.

Qiao Hua rejected Chen Xingjian’s advances and returned home after their dinner, believing their favor was settled. The next morning, Gu Wenze discovered that Chen Xingjian had sent Qiao Hua red roses with a note asking to dine with her again.

• Chen Xingjian urged Qiao Hua to leave Gu Wenze for him, but Qiao Hua refused and said she trusted Gu Wenze’s actions over Chen’s promises.
• Qiao Hua paid for their dinner and rejected Chen Xingjian’s request to be friends, explaining that she wanted to avoid anything improper while married.
• Qiao Hua returned to the villa and the nanny told Gu Wenze that she had stayed home all day, as Qiao Hua had instructed.
• The next morning, a bouquet of red roses arrived for Qiao Hua, and Gu Wenze read Chen Xingjian’s note inviting her to dine with him again.

Gu Wenze confronted Qiao Hua after Chen Xingjian sent her flowers, then learned she had gone to dinner with him to repay a favor. After Qiao Hua insisted she would not see Chen Xingjian again, Gu Wenze apologized for losing his temper and admitted he feared she would run off with another man.

• Gu Wenze saw Chen Xingjian's flowers and card, questioned Qiao Hua about meeting him, and forced the nanny to reveal that she had gone out the previous day.
• Qiao Hua admitted she had treated Chen Xingjian to dinner to repay a favor, while Gu Wenze accused her of wanting to see him and asked whether she had fallen for him.
• Qiao Hua insisted she was not interested in Chen Xingjian, said they had only eaten dinner, and argued that Gu Wenze had no right to control whom she saw.
• Qiao Hua told Gu Wenze she had made clear she would not see Chen Xingjian again, and Gu Wenze kissed her and told her not to hide things from him.
• Gu Wenze followed Qiao Hua into the bathroom, apologized for losing his temper, and admitted he was afraid she would run off with another man.

Qiao Hua and Gu Wenze reconciled, but after he left for work, she called Chen Xingjian to reject his unwanted advances. Chen Xingjian ended the conversation by asking whether she wanted to complete the mission and leave sooner.

• Gu Wenze admitted he feared Qiao Hua would leave him, and she reassured him before they made up.
• Qiao Hua and Gu Wenze shared breakfast, and he left for work after she said she still felt unwell.
• After Gu Wenze left, Qiao Hua called Chen Xingjian and told him she disliked the flowers he had sent.
• Qiao Hua accused Chen Xingjian of deliberately sending the flowers before Gu Wenze left, and Chen Xingjian admitted he had his own motives because he wanted to be with her.
• Qiao Hua rejected Chen Xingjian and warned him not to send flowers or cause trouble again.
• As Qiao Hua prepared to hang up, Chen Xingjian asked whether she wanted to complete the mission and leave sooner.

Chen Xingjian revealed that he was a transmigrator and told Qiao Hua that she had become the novel’s female lead because Gu Wenze and his family could hear her thoughts. He then offered to help Qiao Hua leave by asking her to be with him.

• Chen Xingjian told Qiao Hua that he was a transmigrator and had known she would be in danger in the alley.
• Chen Xingjian revealed that Qiao Hua had replaced Jiang Nan as the female lead because she had her own will and changed the story.
• Chen Xingjian told Qiao Hua that Gu Wenze and his family could hear her thoughts, explaining why events from the original story had changed.
• Chen Xingjian admitted that he had been tasked with winning Qiao Hua over and offered to help her leave if she would be with him.

Chen Xingjian offered Qiao Hua a chance to leave the world by completing her mission with him, but she hesitated as she considered leaving Gu Wenze and the body’s original owner. As Gu Wenze comforted her and suggested a family trip, Qiao Hua asked what he would do if she were gone.

• Chen Xingjian told Qiao Hua that working with him to make her date him would complete their missions and let them leave together.
• Qiao Hua hesitated and asked whether the body’s original owner would return if she left, and Chen Xingjian said he thought she probably would.
• Qiao Hua considered the possibility of leaving Gu Wenze and her son, then went upstairs and lay down, troubled by the choice.
• Gu Wenze came home, noticed Qiao Hua seemed distracted, and suggested taking her and their son on a trip.
• Qiao Hua wondered how Gu Wenze would react if she disappeared and asked him what he would do if she were gone.

Qiao Hua worried that she might have to leave Gu Wenze and Gu Jinyang, while Gu Wenze grew anxious about her strange question and secretly arranged for the nanny to watch her. The chapter ended with Qiao Hua holding Gu Jinyang and telling him to listen to his father if she ever left.

• Gu Wenze accused Qiao Hua of considering running away and vowed he would find her if she left.
• That night, Gu Wenze pressed Qiao Hua about her question, while she concealed what Chen Xingjian had told her about Gu Wenze hearing her thoughts.
• Gu Wenze pulled Qiao Hua close and promised to treat her well, and she lay awake after he fell asleep.
• After leaving for work, Gu Wenze instructed the nanny to report where Qiao Hua went and whom she met.
• Qiao Hua visited Gu Jinyang and told him to listen to his father if she left someday, and he grabbed her clothes.

Qiao Hua grew more attached to Gu Jinyang while preparing to leave, and Gu Wenze panicked when she briefly disappeared to help Assistant Du. After he begged her never to leave him, Qiao Hua asked what he would do if she were no longer the same person.

• Qiao Hua told Gu Jinyang that his real mother would care for him when she returned, even as she held him close.
• Gu Wenze came home early and joined Qiao Hua in playing with Gu Jinyang, while Qiao Hua resisted the thought of staying with them.
• Over the next few days, Gu Wenze noticed he could no longer hear Qiao Hua's thoughts and felt that he was losing control of something important.
• Assistant Du called Qiao Hua for help with her harassing ex-boyfriend, and Qiao Hua left the villa without telling the nanny.
• When Qiao Hua returned, Gu Wenze rushed to embrace her and asked her to promise she would never leave him.
• Qiao Hua asked Gu Wenze what he would do if she were no longer the same person he used to know.

Qiao Hua reflected on Gu Wenze’s devotion and decided not to leave with Chen Xingjian. She told Chen her choice over the phone, while Gu Wenze believed she would still be home when he returned.

• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua that the person before him was all that mattered to him.
• Qiao Hua remembered Gu Wenze’s desperate search for her and Gu Jinyang’s reluctance to let her go, then decided to stay.
• Gu Wenze asked whether Qiao Hua would be home when he returned from work, and she reassured him that she would.
• Qiao Hua stopped Auntie Feng from answering the phone and took Chen Xingjian’s call herself.
• Qiao Hua told Chen Xingjian that she was sorry but would not go with him.

Qiao Hua rejected Chen Xingjian’s plea to leave with him, choosing to stay with Gu Wenze and Gu Jinyang until the original owner returned. After Assistant Du visited to thank Qiao Hua, a familiar voice called her from behind.

• Chen Xingjian urged Qiao Hua to leave with him for the real world, but she refused and promised to help him in other ways.
• Qiao Hua spent time outside with Gu Jinyang, and Gu Wenze returned early and held her, relieved she was still there.
• Assistant Du visited to thank Qiao Hua for helping her get rid of her ex-boyfriend.
• Gu Wenze warned Assistant Du to call the police next time and not put Qiao Hua in danger.
• After Assistant Du left, someone familiar called out to Qiao Hua.

Chen Xingjian kidnapped Qiao Hua after she refused to leave with him, hoping to force her to accept his offer. Qiao Hua realized her tracking ring was gone, leaving her without an obvious way for Gu Wenze to find her.

• Qiao Hua refused Chen Xingjian's offer to leave with him and said she had decided to stay.
• Chen Xingjian injected Qiao Hua with a syringe, and she collapsed before losing consciousness.
• Qiao Hua woke in an unfamiliar room with her arms and legs bound, and Chen Xingjian demanded that she agree to be with him.
• Qiao Hua rejected Chen Xingjian and hoped Gu Wenze would locate her through the tracking ring he had given her.
• Chen Xingjian told Qiao Hua that he had thrown away her tracking ring on the way to the room.

Chen Xingjian forced Qiao Hua to choose between leaving with him and dying, but Gu Wenze found their hiding place before she could answer. Qiao Hua refused Chen Xingjian and escaped into Gu Wenze’s arms, only to discover that Gu Wenze had been shot.

• Chen Xingjian gave Qiao Hua until morning to agree to return to the Real World with him, threatening to take her down if she refused.
• Qiao Hua questioned whether leaving Gu Wenze would fail her mission, while Chen Xingjian insisted she had no choice but to decide.
• As Chen Xingjian counted down, Gu Wenze kicked open the door, and Chen Xingjian aimed a hidden handgun at Qiao Hua.
• Qiao Hua told Chen Xingjian she would not go, bit his arm, and ran toward Gu Wenze.
• Gu Wenze lunged to shield Qiao Hua when Chen Xingjian fired, and Qiao Hua found blood on her hand.

After Chen Xingjian was arrested, Gu Wenze lay gravely wounded after taking a bullet for Qiao Hua and admitted that he knew she was not the original Qiao Hua. He promised to stay alive for her, but his heart stopped in the ambulance, leaving Qiao Hua waiting at the hospital in shock.

• Police officers arrested Chen Xingjian as he tried to shoot Qiao Hua again.
• Qiao Hua rode with Gu Wenze in the ambulance, told the paramedic she was his wife, and urged him to stay awake.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua he knew she was not the original Qiao Hua and revealed that he had realized she could hear his thoughts.
• Qiao Hua begged Gu Wenze to stay alive for her, and he promised he would.
• Gu Wenze lost consciousness, and the doctor announced that his heart had stopped.
• At the hospital, Qiao Hua sat dazed and thought she would never leave Gu Wenze if he survived.

Qiao Hua waited anxiously while Gu Wenze underwent surgery and learned that Gu Junxing had been hearing her thoughts, which had helped change the Gu Family’s fates. Gu Wenze’s surgery succeeded, but the doctor warned that he might become a vegetative state if he did not wake within seventy-two hours.

• The Old Master and Weng Fenghua arrived at the hospital, and Qiao Hua blamed herself for Gu Wenze being shot.
• Gu Junxing arrived and comforted Qiao Hua as they waited for news of his brother.
• Qiao Hua asked Gu Junxing if he could hear her thoughts, and he admitted he had been hearing them since bringing his ex-girlfriend home.
• Qiao Hua realized the Gu Family had learned their fates through her thoughts and that she had changed their original story.
• The doctor announced that Gu Wenze’s surgery had succeeded but that he needed intensive care for seventy-two hours.
• The doctor warned Qiao Hua and the family that Gu Wenze might become a vegetative state if he failed to wake within seventy-two hours.

After Gu Wenze was shot protecting Qiao Hua, doctors warned he might never wake up, and Qiao Hua stayed by his side as she realized how much she cared for him. After seventy-two hours without a response, the doctor said Gu Wenze would most likely remain in a vegetative state for the rest of his life.

• The doctor warned Qiao Hua and Gu Wenze's family that he might never regain consciousness, and Qiao Hua stayed at the hospital.
• Qiao Hua arranged for the nanny to care for Gu Jinyang while she remained beside Gu Wenze's intensive care unit.
• Gu Junxing told Qiao Hua he understood that Gu Wenze was the better match for her and admitted he might not have risked his life to protect her.
• Qiao Hua visited Gu Wenze in intensive care and promised she would stay with him and their son if he woke up.
• After seventy-two hours passed without Gu Wenze waking, the doctor told Qiao Hua that he would most likely remain in a vegetative state.

Qiao Hua stayed by the unconscious Gu Wenze for more than half a month and tried to reach him through their son, Gu Jinyang. When she threatened to leave him for Chen Xingjian, Gu Wenze finally spoke, begging her not to go.

• After Gu Wenze's condition stabilized, doctors said he might never wake, but Qiao Hua kept visiting and asked how she could help him regain consciousness.
• Qiao Hua brought Gu Jinyang to the hospital and urged Gu Wenze to respond to their son, but he remained unconscious.
• For more than half a month, Qiao Hua continued caring for Gu Wenze despite Weng Fenghua's pleas that she go home.
• After overhearing nurses say she should remarry, Qiao Hua threatened to leave with Chen Xingjian and never return.
• As Qiao Hua turned to leave, Gu Wenze hoarsely told her not to go.

Gu Wenze woke from his long unconsciousness, and Qiao Hua and the Gu Family rejoiced as doctors confirmed he was well. Left alone with Qiao Hua, Gu Wenze held her close and reminded her of a promise she had made while he was asleep.

• Qiao Hua saw Gu Wenze open his eyes and hurried to his bedside, where he confirmed he had woken up.
• Qiao Hua cried and scolded Gu Wenze for sleeping so long, and he apologized and comforted her.
• The Gu Family and medical staff rushed into the ward, and doctors examined Gu Wenze and confirmed his memory was intact.
• Gu Wenze reunited warmly with Weng Fenghua and Gu Junxing before the family left him alone with Qiao Hua.
• Gu Wenze held Qiao Hua's hand and told her he had missed her, while she teased him about finding another man.
• Gu Wenze vowed not to let anyone take Qiao Hua away and reminded her that she had promised not to leave him if he woke up.

Qiao Hua and Gu Wenze reconciled after his recovery, discussed how he had discovered her identity as a transmigrator, and promised to stop worrying each other. As Gu Wenze teased her about repaying him for taking a bullet, Qiao Hua became dizzy and the chapter ended with her vision spinning.

• Gu Wenze asked whether Qiao Hua had promised not to leave while he was unconscious, and she admitted it but warned him not to fall into a coma again.
• Qiao Hua asked how Gu Wenze found her after Chen Xingjian kidnapped her, and he explained that his people searched properties belonging to Chen Xingjian and his friends.
• Gu Wenze confessed that he knew Qiao Hua was not the original Qiao Hua and told her he loved her as she was.
• Qiao Hua confronted Gu Wenze about hearing her thoughts, and he agreed to stop listening; they also promised to avoid worrying their son, Gu Jinyang.
• While his wound dressing was changed, Gu Wenze suggested Qiao Hua could repay him another way, but she teased him by refusing strenuous activity until he recovered.
• Qiao Hua hopped off the bed and suddenly became dizzy as the world spun around her.

Qiao Hua developed a fever and nearly collapsed, so Gu Wenze insisted that she be examined and treated while they stayed in the same hospital bed. After learning she had cared for him throughout his two weeks unconscious, Gu Wenze held her close as she slept; when she woke, he warned her that touching his face was arousing him.

• Gu Wenze caught Qiao Hua when she nearly fell and discovered she had a fever, then insisted that the doctor examine her first.
• The doctor found that Qiao Hua had low blood sugar and a fever from exhaustion, and Gu Wenze ordered an IV despite her objection.
• Gu Wenze refused to let Qiao Hua move to another room and teased her while the doctor treated his reopened wound.
• After Qiao Hua fell asleep, Gu Wenze learned from the doctor that she had cared for him every day during his two weeks unconscious.
• Qiao Hua slept for a day, woke beside Gu Wenze, and carefully traced his face before he warned her that he could not promise what he would do.