Chapter Summaries

Gu Wenze kept Qiao Hua imprisoned and told her he no longer loved Jiang Nan, while Qiao Hua searched for a way to escape. When Weng Fenghua and Gu Junxing came to ask about Qiao Hua, Gu Wenze hid the truth, and Qiao Hua knocked a glass lamp from the bedside table to get their attention.

• Qiao Hua tried to persuade Gu Wenze to let her go by offering to reunite him with Jiang Nan, but he insisted he only wanted a child with her and said he no longer loved Jiang Nan.
• Gu Wenze explained that Qiao Hua had made him see Jiang Nan's true character, though Qiao Hua denied having any part in his change of heart.
• The nanny told Gu Wenze that Weng Fenghua and Gu Junxing had arrived, so he tied Qiao Hua's hands, gagged her, and went downstairs.
• Gu Wenze told Weng Fenghua and Gu Junxing that Qiao Hua was still missing, and Gu Junxing wondered why his brother seemed unconcerned.
• Qiao Hua feared she would lose her chance to be rescued, so she kicked the glass lamp off the bedside table.

Gu Wenze kept Qiao Hua imprisoned despite her attempt to alert his mother and brother, and she grew increasingly thin and anxious in isolation. Seeing her condition, he finally told her he could stop locking her up, though he had not yet freed her.

• Qiao Hua smashed a lamp to attract Weng Fenghua and Gu Junxing, but the nanny restrained her and concealed her from them.
• After Weng Fenghua and Gu Junxing left, Gu Wenze confronted Qiao Hua and warned that he would imprison her somewhere even more isolated if she tried to escape again.
• Over the following days, Qiao Hua became anxious and visibly thinner while remaining confined to the bedroom.
• Gu Wenze noticed Qiao Hua's deteriorating condition, but she dismissed his attempt to question her about it.
• Gu Wenze returned to the villa that night and told Qiao Hua he could stop locking her up from then on.

Gu Wenze freed Qiao Hua from her chains but fitted her with an electronic ankle monitor, while Qiao Hua resolved to push him and Jiang Nan together so she could escape her fate. Gu Wenze then learned from his assistant that Jiang Nan had a scandalous past and several children abroad.

• Gu Wenze fitted Qiao Hua with an electronic ankle monitor, released her chains, and treated the marks on her ankle with medicated oil.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua he had planned to free her before she fled with Yan Yu, and said he might remove the monitor if she behaved.
• The next day, Qiao Hua was allowed into the courtyard and persuaded Gu Wenze to return her phone.
• Qiao Hua texted Jiang Nan, urging her to pursue Gu Wenze before Qiao Hua won his heart.
• Gu Wenze's assistant reported that Jiang Nan had frequent one-night stands abroad and had given birth to several children.

After learning more about Jiang Nan’s past and her child’s death, Gu Wenze met her at a hotel and rejected her attempts to rekindle their relationship. He drank the wine she offered, then realized she had drugged him as he tried to leave.

• Gu Wenze’s assistant told him Jiang Nan had given birth to a baby who died immediately, and that police had investigated her for suspected infanticide before dropping the case.
• You Xiaonian lured Gu Wenze to a hotel, where he found Jiang Nan waiting and learned she had arranged the meeting because she was leaving the country.
• Gu Wenze told Jiang Nan he no longer loved her, confirmed Qiao Hua had not drugged him in the past, and admitted he wanted to make amends to Qiao Hua.
• Jiang Nan returned the documents for the house Gu Wenze had given her, then offered him wine before her departure.
• After drinking the wine, Gu Wenze became dizzy and overheated, recognized that Jiang Nan had drugged him, and confronted her.

Jiang Nan tried to exploit Gu Wenze’s drugged state, but he rejected her and returned to Qiao Hua. After Qiao Hua stopped him from losing control by reminding him she was pregnant, Gu Wenze identified Jiang Nan as the one behind the drugging and ordered his assistant to keep her out of his sight.

• Jiang Nan tried to undress Gu Wenze and begged him to let her help, but he shoved her away and left the hotel.
• Gu Wenze returned to the villa in a drugged state and tore Qiao Hua’s pajamas, but stopped when she warned him that forcing himself on her could harm their child.
• Gu Wenze stayed in the bathroom until the drug’s effects subsided, then told Qiao Hua that Jiang Nan had arranged the hotel meeting and drugged him.
• Gu Wenze asked whether Qiao Hua was disappointed that he had not touched Jiang Nan, and she denied wanting him to do so.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua he would only ever touch her, then texted his assistant to ensure he never saw Jiang Nan in the city again.

Gu Wenze confronted You Xiaonian for helping Jiang Nan drug him, then defended Qiao Hua against accusations that she had trapped him into marriage. He returned to work and kept the nanny watching Qiao Hua before his mother called to remind him of his grandfather’s birthday.

• Gu Wenze stopped Qiao Hua from leaving their bedroom, and she used her pregnancy to insist he keep his distance; they slept through the night without incident.
• Gu Wenze visited You Xiaonian and learned he had helped Jiang Nan arrange their meeting, then warned him not to interfere with her again.
• You Xiaonian questioned Gu Wenze about settling down with Qiao Hua and accused her of trapping him, but Gu Wenze said their past had been a misunderstanding and defended her.
• Gu Wenze returned to the office and told the nanny to keep watch after hearing Qiao Hua had spent the day watching television.
• Weng Fenghua called Gu Wenze and told him to attend his grandfather’s birthday that evening.

Gu Wenze brought Qiao Hua to his grandfather’s birthday gathering, where Old Master Gu insulted her and openly favored Fang Yuqing. Qiao Hua recognized Fang Yuqing from the original novel and realized Old Master Gu was destined to be betrayed and killed by him.

• Gu Wenze took Qiao Hua to his family’s small birthday celebration and refused to remove her ankle monitor.
• Weng Fenghua and Gu Junxing warmly welcomed Qiao Hua, while Gu Jinman confronted her about using her to escape.
• Old Master Gu reacted with disgust at Qiao Hua and questioned why Gu Wenze had brought her.
• Fang Yuqing greeted Gu Wenze, and Old Master Gu defended him as if he were his own grandson.
• Qiao Hua recalled that Fang Yuqing would push Old Master Gu off a cliff and leave his body missing.

At the old man's birthday celebration, Qiao Hua's thoughts warned him that Fang Yuqing's antique gift was fake and that a future hiking trip could lead to his death. After Fang Yuqing asked to borrow fifty million and invited him hiking, the old man began to suspect Qiao Hua could predict the future.

• The old man realized he could hear Qiao Hua's thoughts, including her warning that he would die after falling from a cliff and his body would be shattered.
• Fang Yuqing gave the old man a supposedly Qianlong-era vase, and Qiao Hua's thoughts revealed it was a counterfeit.
• Gu Wenze advised the old man to have the vase appraised, while the old man stopped the argument and learned Gu Wenze had brought no gift.
• At dinner, Qiao Hua's thoughts predicted Fang Yuqing would request fifty million and invite the old man hiking, warning that refusing the loan would make the trip fatal.
• Fang Yuqing asked the old man for a fifty-million loan, and the old man delayed his answer before Fang Yuqing invited him hiking that weekend.

Qiao Hua warned Gu Wenze that Fang Yuqing might harm his grandfather, and Gu Wenze grew unexpectedly affectionate toward her on the way home. The chapter ended with him leaning close and saying they could be intimate once she reached three months of pregnancy.

• Gu Junxing admitted to himself that he wanted Qiao Hua to be single, but hid the thought when Gu Wenze questioned him.
• After Fang Yuqing left, the old man asked his butler to find an expert to verify whether the vase was fake.
• On the way home, Qiao Hua warned Gu Wenze that Fang Yuqing might harm his grandfather, and Gu Wenze wondered why she cared about someone who disliked her.
• Gu Wenze pulled Qiao Hua into his arms and told her to stay by his side and behave herself.
• Gu Wenze leaned close to Qiao Hua and said the doctor had told them they could be intimate once she was three months pregnant.

Qiao Hua rejected Gu Wenze’s attempt to sleep with her and told him she no longer loved him because of how he had treated her. After recalling his past cruelty, Gu Wenze offered to stop restricting her freedom if she agreed not to abort the baby, leaving Qiao Hua torn between the offer and the condition.

• Qiao Hua refused Gu Wenze’s advances, saying she no longer liked him and was tired of his cold treatment and confinement.
• Gu Wenze arrived at the villa and later watched Qiao Hua sleep, remembering how he had thrown away the birthday cake she made for him and made her cry.
• The next morning, Gu Wenze offered to stop restricting Qiao Hua’s freedom if she agreed not to abort the baby.
• Qiao Hua hesitated over Gu Wenze’s condition, and he asked whether she no longer wanted to go out.

Qiao Hua secured her release from Gu Wenze’s villa by agreeing to carry the baby to term, but he forced her to take the vacant secretary position at his company. Once free to leave, she headed to the Old Master’s residence, hoping he could help her divorce Gu Wenze.

• Qiao Hua agreed to Gu Wenze’s demand to carry the baby to term, and he warned her not to seek an abortion.
• Gu Wenze refused to let Qiao Hua choose another job and ordered her to work as his company’s secretary after firing Jiang Nan.
• Qiao Hua demanded that their relationship stay secret at work, that they act like strangers, and that she receive an annual salary of one million; Gu Wenze accepted.
• Qiao Hua left the villa with her electronic ankle monitor and decided not to attempt an abortion.
• Qiao Hua took a taxi to the Old Master’s residence, hoping he would help her divorce Gu Wenze.

Qiao Hua persuaded the old man to help arrange her divorce from Gu Wenze and leave the Gu Family, while her thoughts revealed that Fang Yuqing would kill the old man. The old man learned that Fang Yuqing’s vase was a forgery, and Gu Wenze arrived just as Qiao Hua was leaving, asking what they had discussed.

• Qiao Hua told the old man she wanted to divorce Gu Wenze and asked him to help arrange it.
• The old man agreed to help, and Qiao Hua asked him to send her away as soon as possible.
• The butler reported that an expert had identified Fang Yuqing’s vase as a high-quality fake.
• Qiao Hua thought Fang Yuqing had deliberately commissioned the forgery to deceive the old man into investing.
• Gu Wenze arrived and asked Qiao Hua and the old man what arrangements they had been discussing.

Qiao Hua concealed her scheme with the Old Master from Gu Wenze, then made an excuse for visiting him and faced Gu Wenze's threats in the car. The next day, she arrived at Gu Wenze's company to complete her onboarding, where someone called her “Sister-in-law!”

• Qiao Hua told Gu Wenze that the Old Master wanted to hold an appraisal gathering because Fang Yuqing had given him a fake vase, and the Old Master played along.
• Gu Wenze revealed that he had tracked Qiao Hua to the Old Master's place and questioned why she had gone there.
• In the car, Qiao Hua claimed she had asked the Old Master to dissuade Gu Wenze from making her work at his company, and Gu Wenze warned her not to tell on him again.
• The next day, Qiao Hua went to Gu Wenze's company to fill out her onboarding paperwork, and an excited man called her “Sister-in-law!”

Qiao Hua started work as Gu Wenze’s secretary while keeping their relationship secret, and resisted his attempt to make her eat lunch with him. At lunch, Gu Junxing joined her and asked whether she and Gu Wenze were still planning to divorce.

• Gu Junxing ran into Qiao Hua at the company, and she asked him not to call her sister-in-law at work.
• Qiao Hua completed her onboarding and met executive assistant Liao Anna at her new workstation outside Gu Wenze’s office.
• Gu Wenze arrived and questioned Qiao Hua about being the new secretary, while she privately mocked his act.
• Lin Chao asked Qiao Hua to deliver Gu Wenze’s lunch, and she refused Gu Wenze’s demand that she stay and eat with him.
• Gu Junxing joined Qiao Hua in the cafeteria and asked whether she and Gu Wenze were still planning to divorce.

Qiao Hua tried to make Gu Wenze fire her by botching his meeting minutes, but he confronted her and made her redo them. She called the Old Master about his divorce arrangements, then the Old Master ignored her warning that Fang Yuqing would cause his death and went hiking with him.

• Qiao Hua told Gu Junxing she wanted a divorce, got the Old Master's contact information from him, and asked him to keep it secret from Gu Wenze.
• Gu Wenze ordered Qiao Hua to take meeting minutes, and she turned in illegible, rambling notes in hopes he would fire her.
• Gu Wenze pinned Qiao Hua to the desk and warned that he would teach her himself, but she promised to redo the minutes and escaped.
• Qiao Hua called the Old Master, who said he was arranging the details needed for her to leave, and told her to wait for his call.
• The Old Master heard Qiao Hua's warning that Fang Yuqing would cause his death, dismissed it, and left with Fang Yuqing to go hiking.

Fang Yuqing tried to push the Old Master off a mountain cliff after the Old Master refused to lend him money, but Gu Wenze’s bodyguards rescued him and arrested Fang Yuqing. The Old Master spared Fang Yuqing from the police, then learned that Qiao Hua had warned Gu Wenze and was left ashamed of how badly he had treated her.

• While hiking, the Old Master told Fang Yuqing that his company was beyond saving and advised him to sell it instead of lending him money.
• At the summit, Fang Yuqing shoved the Old Master toward a cliff, but a bodyguard caught him while other guards restrained Fang Yuqing.
• The Old Master confronted Fang Yuqing, called his parents, and let them take him away without turning him over to the police.
• The Old Master called Gu Wenze and learned that Gu Wenze had secretly sent bodyguards to protect him.
• Gu Wenze told the Old Master that Qiao Hua had warned him Fang Yuqing might try to hurt him, leaving the Old Master filled with guilt and regret.

After the Old Master survived Fang Yuqing’s attempt to push him off a cliff, Qiao Hua worried that their plan to help her escape would be delayed. She secretly called the Old Master to ask when he would send her away, but he denied ever agreeing to do so.

• Gu Wenze thanked the Old Master and urged him to get checked at the hospital after his legs had gone weak.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua that Fang Yuqing had tried to push the Old Master off a cliff, but his men had rescued him in time.
• Gu Wenze warned Qiao Hua not to try running away again, then nearly touched her cheek before Liao Anna interrupted them.
• Qiao Hua obediently completed her assigned work for several days while she waited for the Old Master to contact her.
• Qiao Hua secretly called the Old Master during her lunch break and asked when he planned to send her away, but he said he had never agreed to it.

Qiao Hua discovered that the Old Master had abandoned their agreement to help her divorce Gu Wenze, while he secretly decided to keep her in the Gu Family after learning she had saved his life. The Old Master summoned Gu Wenze to discuss their marriage, and Gu Wenze learned that Qiao Hua had asked the Old Master to send her away.

• The Old Master denied promising to help Qiao Hua divorce Gu Wenze and refused to change his mind, citing the effect on the company's stock price.
• Qiao Hua went to the Old Residence but learned that the Old Master had supposedly left town for at least two weeks.
• After Qiao Hua left, the Old Master revealed that he wanted to keep her in the Gu Family because she had saved his life, and he summoned Gu Wenze.
• The Old Master questioned Gu Wenze about Qiao Hua, his intentions toward Jiang Nan, and whether he planned to stay with his wife.
• Gu Wenze told the Old Master that Qiao Hua had nothing to do with the incident he had investigated and that he had rejected Jiang Nan.
• The Old Master told Gu Wenze to end improper relationships and give Qiao Hua a child, then revealed that she had asked him to send her away, prompting Gu Wenze's angry reaction.

After failing to find Jiang Nan, Qiao Hua returned to the villa and was confronted by Gu Wenze, who learned she had tried to leave him. He dragged her into the basement and chained her to a bed, ordering her to stay there until she gave birth.

• Qiao Hua went to Jiang Nan's apartment hoping to enlist her help, but a neighbor told her Jiang Nan had moved out weeks earlier.
• Qiao Hua returned to the dark villa, where Gu Wenze confronted her about visiting Jiang Nan's apartment.
• Qiao Hua denied her intentions, but Gu Wenze accused her of asking the Old Master to send her away and planning to work with Jiang Nan.
• Gu Wenze dragged Qiao Hua into the basement and chained her to a bed, declaring she would not leave until she gave birth.

Gu Wenze imprisoned Qiao Hua in the basement after discovering her escape plans, and refused to release her despite her pleas. When he later confronted her about seeking help from Jiang Nan, he revealed that he had driven Jiang Nan out of the city, leaving Qiao Hua stunned.

• Gu Wenze chained Qiao Hua in the basement and said she would stay there until she gave birth, while the nanny failed to persuade him to let her out.
• Qiao Hua spent days trapped in the basement, and Gu Junxing learned she had resigned when he asked Gu Wenze whether she would return to the company.
• Gu Wenze questioned Gu Junxing about how much he cared about Qiao Hua, then dismissed him.
• Gu Wenze visited Qiao Hua in the basement and rejected her claim that she would not try to escape again.
• Gu Wenze accused Qiao Hua of seeking Jiang Nan's help and told her he had driven Jiang Nan out of the city permanently.