Chapter Summaries

Qiao Hua planned to escape with Yan Yu’s help while concealing their arrangement from Gu Wenze. Gu Wenze learned that Jiang Nan had been using her late mother’s phone number to send Qiao Hua details about his meetings, leaving him with a new suspicion about Jiang Nan.

• Gu Wenze checked Qiao Hua’s messages, found the meeting tips, and asked his assistant to identify the sender’s number.
• Yan Yu told Qiao Hua that he had prepared an escape and offered to rescue her, but Qiao Hua said she would find her own way out with help from Gu Jinman.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua he would hear her out and stop doubting her, but refused to let her leave the house.
• Gu Wenze’s assistant reported that the number used to tip off Qiao Hua belonged to Jiang Nan’s late mother and was now used by Jiang Nan.

Gu Wenze learned Jiang Nan had sent Qiao Hua the messages and began investigating whether Qiao Hua had really drugged him three years earlier. Qiao Hua got permission to leave the villa for a shopping trip with Gu Jinman, then left a signed divorce agreement behind as she went out.

• Gu Wenze confirmed Jiang Nan had sent Qiao Hua the messages and asked his assistant to investigate everyone who had contact with them at the bar three years earlier.
• Gu Wenze rejected Jiang Nan's call and told Qiao Hua he would keep his promise to stay away from her, but Qiao Hua remained indifferent.
• Qiao Hua asked Gu Jinman to take her shopping, claiming Gu Wenze had wrongly suspected her of having an affair with her former college classmate.
• Gu Wenze allowed Qiao Hua to go shopping with Gu Jinman on the condition that bodyguards accompany them and Gu Jinman keep her in sight.
• Qiao Hua changed, took her ID and bank cards, and left the signed divorce agreement on the table before leaving the villa.

Qiao Hua went shopping with Gu Jinman and used a staged confrontation to distract the bodyguards guarding her. She escaped through a staff passage, leaving Gu Jinman and the bodyguards unable to find or contact her.

• Qiao Hua reassured Gu Jinman that Jiang Nan’s past schemes were not her fault, and Gu Jinman grew angry after learning Jiang Nan had framed Qiao Hua before.
• At a Chanel store, Qiao Hua provoked two men who were ogling her, prompting them to attack and the bodyguards to intervene.
• While Gu Jinman watched the bodyguards subdue the men, Qiao Hua slipped away through a staff passage.
• Gu Jinman realized Qiao Hua was gone, but her phone was switched off, and the bodyguards searched the mall without finding her.

Gu Wenze confronted Jiang Nan after learning she had framed Qiao Hua, fired her, and rejected her attempt to win him back. He then learned that Qiao Hua had gone missing after an argument at a store with Gu Jinman.

• Gu Wenze confronted Jiang Nan with evidence that she had used her mother's phone to provoke Qiao Hua, then fired her and ended their contact.
• Jiang Nan admitted she had targeted Qiao Hua out of jealousy and offered to become Gu Wenze's wife, but he rejected her and left.
• Gu Wenze asked his assistant about the investigation into what had happened in the past.
• During a meeting, Gu Wenze answered repeated calls from his bodyguards and learned that Qiao Hua had disappeared after arguing with customers alongside Gu Jinman.

Qiao Hua escaped while shopping with Gu Jinman, and Gu Wenze mobilized people to find and bring her back. He discovered her signed divorce agreement at the villa and vowed not to let her go.

• Gu Wenze arrived at the mall and learned that Qiao Hua had disappeared while Gu Jinman and the bodyguards were distracted.
• Gu Wenze reviewed the mall surveillance and saw Qiao Hua leave through a staff passage with no cameras.
• Gu Wenze ordered his assistant to check every transportation passenger list and sent Gu Jinman home under guard.
• Gu Wenze returned to the villa and learned that Qiao Hua appeared on none of the passenger lists.
• Gu Wenze found Qiao Hua's signed divorce agreement, tore it up, and vowed to catch her.

Qiao Hua escaped the Gu Family with Yan Yu’s help and settled into a secluded apartment, determined to leave Gu Wenze behind. Yan Yu asked whether he would have a chance with her once she and Gu Wenze separated.

• Qiao Hua slipped away from the bodyguards and climbed into Yan Yu’s waiting minivan.
• Yan Yu gave Qiao Hua a new SIM card, and they fled the area while she slept during the drive.
• Yan Yu found Qiao Hua a secluded apartment, and she agreed to stay there and pay the rent and utilities.
• Qiao Hua told Yan Yu she no longer had feelings for Gu Wenze and would be single once he signed the divorce agreement.
• Yan Yu asked Qiao Hua whether he would have a chance with her after she and Gu Wenze separated.

Yan Yu confessed his feelings to Qiao Hua, who declined to start a relationship, while Gu Wenze searched for his missing wife. Suspecting Yan Yu had helped her disappear, Gu Wenze confronted him and demanded to know whether he had taken Qiao Hua away.

• Yan Yu asked Qiao Hua for a chance, but she said she was not ready for a new relationship after separating from Gu Wenze.
• Gu Wenze failed to find Qiao Hua, and Weng Fenghua and Gu Junxing confronted him about her disappearance and his closeness to Jiang Nan.
• Gu Wenze told Gu Junxing that Qiao Hua intended to divorce him and began suspecting someone had helped her escape.
• Gu Wenze went to Yan Yu's company and grabbed him by the collar, demanding to know whether he had taken Qiao Hua away.

Yan Yu confronted Gu Wenze over Qiao Hua, and the two men fought before Gu Wenze left to search for her. Back at the villa, Gu Wenze revealed that Qiao Hua had disappeared with a divorce agreement, prompting You Xiaonian to suspect Gu Wenze had fallen for her.

• Yan Yu admitted he loved Qiao Hua, and he and Gu Wenze fought in Yan Yu's conference room.
• Yan Yu refused to tell Gu Wenze where Qiao Hua was, and Gu Wenze warned him not to hide her before leaving.
• Gu Wenze ordered his assistant to watch Yan Yu, then returned to the villa and found You Xiaonian waiting.
• Gu Wenze told You Xiaonian that Jiang Nan had framed Qiao Hua and said his feelings for Jiang Nan were in the past.
• Gu Wenze revealed that Qiao Hua had left a divorce agreement and disappeared, and You Xiaonian asked if he had fallen for her.

Gu Wenze learned that Jian Xiling had drugged him three years earlier and framed Qiao Hua after Qiao Hua unexpectedly intervened. He realized Qiao Hua had told the truth, while she remained in hiding as he searched for her.

• You Xiaonian suggested that Gu Wenze's anxiety over Qiao Hua meant he liked her, but Gu Wenze denied it and said he would decide about divorce after finding her.
• Yan Yu warned Qiao Hua that Gu Wenze suspected him of helping her escape, so they agreed not to meet for a while.
• Gu Wenze ordered his assistant to keep watching Yan Yu and learned that a former secretary, Jian Xiling, had bribed a waiter to drug him three years earlier.
• Gu Wenze confronted Jian Xiling, who admitted that she had planned to sleep with him and force him to marry her.
• Jian Xiling revealed that Qiao Hua had entered Gu Wenze's room and that she had sent bed photos to the paparazzi, leaving Gu Wenze to realize Qiao Hua had been innocent all along.

Gu Wenze learned Jian Xiling had drugged him and regretted wrongly blaming Qiao Hua, while growing anxious that Yan Yu was hiding her. Yan Yu secretly visited Qiao Hua, and Gu Wenze confronted him afterward, offering to accept any terms to get Qiao Hua back.

• Gu Wenze ordered Jian Xiling sent to work at a nightclub and regretted not trusting Qiao Hua or investigating her claims.
• Gu Wenze dreamed that Qiao Hua had aborted the baby and married Yan Yu, then ordered his assistant to monitor Yan Yu's supposed business trip.
• Yan Yu sent his secretary to attend the meeting and secretly flew to visit Qiao Hua at her rental apartment.
• Yan Yu and Qiao Hua spent half a day talking before he returned, keeping his visit hidden from Gu Wenze.
• Gu Wenze confronted Yan Yu at his apartment and offered to agree to any terms if Yan Yu handed Qiao Hua over.

Yan Yu refused to reveal Qiao Hua’s whereabouts to Gu Wenze and later discussed her pregnancy with her, agreeing to handle her plan to end it. After noticing Yan Yu’s unusually frequent business trips, Gu Wenze discovered that all four had taken him to Hua City, where Qiao Hua might be hiding.

• Gu Wenze confronted Yan Yu and demanded that he reveal where Qiao Hua was, but Yan Yu refused.
• Yan Yu told Qiao Hua that Gu Wenze had offered any terms in exchange for her return, and Qiao Hua said she planned to seek an abortion at an unlicensed clinic.
• Yan Yu warned Qiao Hua that the clinic was dangerous, then agreed to take care of the matter himself.
• Gu Wenze learned that Yan Yu had taken four business trips since Qiao Hua disappeared and ordered his assistant to investigate them.
• An airline employee told Gu Wenze that Yan Yu’s trips had all included connecting flights to Hua City.

Gu Wenze discovered Yan Yu had secretly traveled to Hua City and sent someone to investigate, while Yan Yu gave Qiao Hua a fake ID and offered to accompany her to the hospital for an abortion. The chapter ended when Gu Wenze learned that Qiao Hua had moved into the apartment Yan Yu visited.

• Gu Wenze ordered his assistant to have Yan Yu followed after suspecting his business trip to Hua City was a cover.
• Gu Wenze refused to see Jiang Nan and told her to leave after completing her handover.
• Yan Yu traveled to Hua City and gave Qiao Hua a fake ID so she could seek medical care and work without being found by Gu Wenze.
• Qiao Hua planned to go to the hospital the next day, and Yan Yu insisted on accompanying her before they shared dinner.
• A man following Yan Yu reported to Gu Wenze that Qiao Hua had moved into the apartment Yan Yu visited.

Qiao Hua went to the hospital with Yan Yu to terminate her pregnancy, but Gu Wenze tracked them down and stopped the procedure. He abducted Qiao Hua and, furious that she cared about Yan Yu, began to undo his zipper in the car.

• Qiao Hua and Yan Yu went to the hospital, where Yan Yu told the doctor the baby was her ex’s so he would approve the abortion.
• Gu Wenze’s bodyguards restrained Yan Yu, and Gu Wenze beat him before having the men drag him away.
• Gu Wenze found Qiao Hua in the corridor and stopped the abortion after learning she was carrying his child.
• Gu Wenze seized Qiao Hua and dragged her out of the hospital despite her calling for help.
• In the car, Qiao Hua asked what Gu Wenze had done to Yan Yu, and Gu Wenze angrily began to undo his zipper.

Gu Wenze brought Qiao Hua back to the villa after stopping himself from forcing himself on her in the car, but he remained furious over her escape attempt and her ties to Yan Yu. He restrained her in the master bedroom and took a chain from a bag, leaving his next move unclear.

• Gu Wenze tore Qiao Hua's shirt, but stopped when she reminded him she was carrying his child; he punched the car window instead.
• Gu Wenze took Qiao Hua back to the villa and threatened her when she considered escaping and asked what he had done to Yan Yu.
• Gu Wenze kissed Qiao Hua and demanded to know whether Yan Yu had touched her, warning her that he would make Yan Yu regret it if he had.
• Qiao Hua tried to run when they reached the villa, but Gu Wenze caught her and dragged her upstairs.
• Gu Wenze ordered Auntie Feng to fetch a bag, had the bodyguards hold Qiao Hua down, and took a chain from the bag.

Gu Wenze chained Qiao Hua to the bed, took away her phone, and ordered her confined after she tried to escape with Yan Yu. Qiao Hua refused to eat until he freed her, and Gu Wenze threatened to feed her through a tube.

• Gu Wenze dismissed Qiao Hua's promise not to run away and chained her ankle to the bed.
• Gu Wenze ordered a bodyguard to take Qiao Hua's phone and told the nanny to bring her meals.
• Qiao Hua refused dinner and worried that her escape attempt had put Yan Yu in danger.
• The nanny told Gu Wenze that Qiao Hua was refusing food, and he angrily ordered her to be left alone.
• Gu Wenze found Qiao Hua's dinner untouched and threatened to use a feeding tube when she refused to eat unless he freed her.

Qiao Hua tried to bargain with Gu Wenze for her freedom after he admitted she had not caused the incident three years earlier. Gu Wenze refused to release or divorce her and said she would be free only after giving birth.

• Qiao Hua ate congee to avoid being force-fed through a tube, but Gu Wenze refused to unlock the chain around her ankle.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua that his secretary had drugged him three years earlier and that she had nothing to do with it.
• Qiao Hua asked to leave and then proposed divorce, but Gu Wenze rejected both requests and said he wanted to make amends.
• Gu Wenze said he had fired Jiang Nan and promised to treat Qiao Hua better, but Qiao Hua insisted she did not care about him or Jiang Nan.
• Gu Wenze grew upset when Qiao Hua asked when he would let her leave and said she would regain her freedom after giving birth.

Gu Wenze kept Qiao Hua chained in his villa, insisting he would release her only after she gave birth. When he revealed Yan Yu had been arrested, Qiao Hua agreed to cut off contact with him in exchange for Gu Wenze arranging his release; the chapter ended with Gu Wenze reminding her that her prenatal checkup was the next day.

• Gu Wenze refused to release Qiao Hua before the baby was born and threatened her to prevent her from harming the pregnancy.
• Gu Wenze held Qiao Hua close in bed and said they could live together as a family after the birth.
• Over the following days, Qiao Hua remained imprisoned in the villa and avoided speaking to Gu Wenze.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua that Yan Yu had been arrested on suspicion of illegal activities, and she accused him of causing Yan Yu's troubles.
• Qiao Hua sent Yan Yu a message ending their contact, and Gu Wenze arranged for him to be released that night.
• Gu Wenze warned Qiao Hua not to contact Yan Yu again and told her that her prenatal checkup was scheduled for the next day.

Gu Wenze took Qiao Hua to the hospital for her first prenatal checkup while keeping her imprisoned and using Yan Yu to prevent her from escaping. At the ultrasound, Gu Wenze saw their developing baby and demanded that Qiao Hua look at the monitor, but she refused.

• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua he would take her for a prenatal checkup but would return her to the villa afterward, and he threatened Yan Yu if she tried to escape.
• Yan Yu called Qiao Hua after being released from the police station, and she pretended she wanted to cut ties with him so Gu Wenze would leave him alone.
• Yan Yu offered Qiao Hua a wealthy life with him, but she claimed she preferred Gu Wenze's wealth, and Yan Yu ended the call in disappointment.
• Gu Wenze pulled Qiao Hua into his arms and told her she only needed him, while she silently focused on a plan of her own.
• The next morning, Gu Wenze took Qiao Hua to a private hospital examination, where the doctor showed them the fetus on an ultrasound monitor.
• Gu Wenze asked Qiao Hua to look at their baby, but she kept her eyes closed, so he threatened to kiss her until she opened them.

During Qiao Hua's prenatal checkup, Gu Wenze caught her attempted escape and threatened to punish her at home. At the hospital, they ran into Jiang Nan, who asked Gu Wenze for another chance while Qiao Hua privately thought about Jiang Nan's hidden past.

• Gu Wenze asked Qiao Hua to look at the ultrasound and asked the doctor whether the fetus's sex could be determined.
• While Gu Wenze spoke with the doctor, Qiao Hua tried to escape through the emergency stairwell but found his bodyguards waiting there.
• Gu Wenze revealed he had anticipated Qiao Hua's escape attempt, grabbed her, and threatened to deal with her when they got home.
• Gu Wenze warned Qiao Hua not to involve Yan Yu, but she said she no longer cared what happened to him.
• Jiang Nan confronted Gu Wenze at the hospital and asked him to give her another chance; Qiao Hua privately reflected on Jiang Nan's concealed history.

Gu Wenze made Jiang Nan apologize to Qiao Hua, who refused to forgive her, and then took Qiao Hua home and chained her up to prevent her from ending the pregnancy. After learning Qiao Hua was pregnant, Jiang Nan resolved to break them up, while Gu Wenze ordered his assistant to investigate Jiang Nan’s years abroad, especially her private life.

• Gu Wenze rejected Jiang Nan’s attempt to take his hand and demanded that she apologize to Qiao Hua.
• Jiang Nan apologized publicly and knelt, but Qiao Hua said she would not forgive her.
• Gu Wenze told Jiang Nan their relationship was over and left with Qiao Hua.
• Jiang Nan learned from a doctor that Qiao Hua was pregnant and decided the couple had to divorce.
• Gu Wenze chained Qiao Hua in the villa and asked his assistant to investigate Jiang Nan’s private life abroad.