Chapter Summaries

After Yu Han’s family went bankrupt, Gu Hansheng divorced her and left her to face the fallout alone. When her father was hospitalized and her mother pressured her to seek help, Yu Han went to Gu Hansheng’s celebration banquet, hoping to ask him for money.

• Yu Han recalled how she had despised and humiliated Gu Hansheng throughout their four-year marriage, even as he quietly cared for her.
• After the Yu family went bankrupt, Gu Hansheng handed Yu Han a divorce agreement, which she signed before returning to her parents’ rented basement.
• Yu Han’s father took pills, and her mother threatened to jump from a hospital window unless Yu Han begged Gu Hansheng for help.
• Yu Han dressed up and went to Gu Hansheng’s celebration banquet at the Imperial Dynasty Club to ask him to help pay her father’s hospital bills.
• Yu Han approached Gu Hansheng, who watched her from the head of the banquet table with an amused, sharp gaze.

Yu Han went to Gu Hansheng to ask for money for her father's treatment, but he mocked her family's past cruelty and offered help in exchange for a night together. She slapped him and fled, returning to the hospital without the money as her mother urgently asked whether she had gotten it.

• Yu Han entered a private room where Gu Hansheng and several wealthy men mocked her.
• When Yu Han asked Gu Hansheng for money to pay for her father's treatment, the men urged her to kneel, but Gu Hansheng stopped her and sent them away.
• Gu Hansheng pulled Yu Han into his arms and reminded her of how her family had mistreated him.
• Gu Hansheng offered to help if Yu Han spent the night with him, and Yu Han slapped him before fleeing.
• Yu Han returned to the hospital, where her mother seized her hand and asked whether she had gotten the money.

Hanhan sold the emerald ring Gu Hansheng had given her to pay her father's hospital bill, then took a wine-sales job at a private winery. On her first shift, a customer offered to order ten cases of wine if she met him in a room that night.

• Hanhan's mother and younger brother failed to find money for their father's hospital bill, leaving Hanhan to promise she would find a way to pay it.
• Hanhan found her wedding ring from Gu Hansheng and learned that it was a genuine emerald worth at least five hundred thousand, but she sold it to a jewelry shop for a hundred thousand.
• Hanhan gave the money to her mother to pay the hospital bill and called one of her father's former business partners to ask for work.
• Hanhan began working as a wine saleswoman at a members-only winery and struggled to sell any wine during her first rounds.
• A potbellied middle-aged customer handed Hanhan a room key card and offered to order ten cases of Supreme wine if she visited him that night.

Yu Han returned to Gu Hansheng after her family’s financial crises left her with no way to refuse his help, and he arranged for her to become his secret mistress. At his villa, Gu Hansheng approached her in bed, and the chapter ended as he kissed her.

• Yu Han rejected a former business partner’s offer to pay for her company, and Gu Hansheng stopped him from hitting her before kissing her in a lounge.
• Yu Han fled after Gu Hansheng insulted her, then learned from her mother that her brother had been arrested and needed a large sum for compensation.
• Yu Han returned to Gu Hansheng and agreed to his arrangement, and he promised to send his driver for her the next day.
• Gu Hansheng paid Yu Han’s father’s medical expenses and her brother’s compensation, while Yu Han’s family believed he still loved her.
• Gu Hansheng’s driver took Yu Han to his villa, where she showered and fell asleep waiting for him.
• Gu Hansheng came to Yu Han’s bedroom and kissed her as she lay in bed.

After Gu Hansheng confronted her about Gu Mingze, Yu placated him and they slept together, leading her to realize it had been their first time. She rejected Gu Mingze’s call but later encountered him at the hospital, where he asked whether she despised him.

• Gu Hansheng accused Yu of still favoring Gu Mingze, and Yu reassured him that no one could compare to him before they slept together.
• Yu woke to blood on the sheets and realized that she and Gu Hansheng had not slept together during their drunken night four years earlier.
• Gu Mingze called to say he was back in the country and asked to meet, but Yu told him not to contact her again.
• Gu Hansheng arranged for clothes, jewelry, and bags to be brought to Yu, and he agreed that she could visit her father at the hospital before telling her to come home early.
• At the hospital, Gu Mingze caught Yu by the wrist and asked whether she was really going to treat him like a stranger and whether she despised him.

Hanhan met Gu Mingze for dinner, where their shared memories softened her resolve, until Gu Hansheng called and asked what she was doing. The chapter left Hanhan nervously answering Gu Hansheng from the restroom while hiding that she was with Gu Mingze.

• Hanhan rejected Gu Mingze's offer to help and said they could not return to their former relationship.
• Hanhan agreed to share a meal with Gu Mingze, who recalled their favorite dishes and memories from school.
• Hanhan and Gu Mingze reminisced until their conversation began to feel like their carefree youth again.
• Gu Hansheng called Hanhan and asked how her father was doing.
• Hanhan told Gu Hansheng her father was stable and claimed she had just woken up, but he asked what she was doing now.

Yu Han lied to Gu Hansheng about being home and asleep while she was at a restaurant with Gu Mingze. Gu Hansheng confronted her there, accused her of enjoying Gu Mingze’s attention, and dragged her home after forcibly kissing her.

• Yu Han told Gu Hansheng she was home and asleep, then asked the butler to confirm that lie if Gu Hansheng asked about her.
• The butler warned Yu Han that Gu Hansheng hated deception and betrayal.
• Yu Han left the restroom and found Gu Hansheng waiting for her, revealing that he had seen through her lies.
• Gu Hansheng accused Yu Han of letting Gu Mingze pull her close, and Yu Han insisted she had not had time to react.
• Gu Hansheng kissed Yu Han forcefully, told her she belonged to him, and dragged her home.

Gu Hansheng punished Yu Han for lying about meeting Gu Mingze by forcing her into an intimate encounter while Gu Mingze called. The next morning, Yu Han wondered if she still mattered to Gu Hansheng, but his tender response to Qin Feiran made her believe she was only his secret contract lover.

• Gu Hansheng answered Gu Mingze's repeated call on speaker and confronted Yu Han about her meeting him.
• Gu Hansheng kissed and forced himself on Yu Han while Gu Mingze listened, and Yu Han eventually hung up.
• Gu Hansheng carried Yu Han to the bedroom and kept her there through the night as punishment for deceiving him.
• The next morning, Yu Han woke to find Gu Hansheng still there and briefly wondered whether she still had a place in his heart.
• Gu Hansheng answered Qin Feiran's call tenderly and agreed to pick her up for a meeting.

Yu Han questioned Gu Hansheng about their marriage and learned that they had not slept together during the drunken night four years earlier. After Gu Hansheng left, Yu Han felt guilty toward him, but the housekeeper’s next delivery left her stunned.

• Gu Hansheng pinned Yu Han to the bed and teased her about going again before she urged him to visit his white moonlight instead.
• Gu Hansheng told Yu Han to blow-dry his hair, and she asked whether they had slept together four years earlier.
• Gu Hansheng said they had not, then challenged Yu Han to name anything he had gained from marrying into the Yu Family.
• Gu Hansheng left, and Yu Han curled up on the sofa feeling guilty toward him.
• The housekeeper brought Yu Han nourishing soup, which she drank, then presented a box that shocked her.

Yu Hui called Yu Hui's sister out to a bar after she spent the afternoon learning to cook for Gu Hansheng and waited in vain for him to come home. She arrived to find Gu Mingze with her brother and tried to leave, but someone grabbed her wrist.

• Auntie Zhang gave Yu Hui's sister revealing lingerie and advised her to please Gu Hansheng and learn to cook for him.
• Yu Hui's sister learned to cook with Auntie Zhang and prepared two dishes for Gu Hansheng.
• Gu Hansheng texted that he would not return that night, leaving Yu Hui's sister to suspect he was with his white moonlight.
• Yu Hui asked his sister to meet him, saying their father would leave the hospital the next day and he wanted to discuss renting a place for their parents.
• Yu Hui's sister went to the bar and found Gu Mingze sitting beside Yu Hui; when she turned to leave, someone grabbed her wrist.

The narrator rejected Gu Mingze’s attempts to win her back, while suspecting Yu Hui had accepted something from him. Gu Hansheng appeared just as Gu Mingze offered her a card and challenged him to pay her debts.

• Gu Mingze urged the narrator to leave Gu Hansheng and promised he could provide whatever Gu Hansheng could.
• Yu Hui encouraged his sister to leave Gu Hansheng, and she suspected Gu Mingze had given him money to start a business.
• Gu Mingze offered the narrator a card and promised to repay what Gu Hansheng had spent on her.
• Gu Hansheng took the card from the narrator and asked Gu Mingze whether he could afford to pay her debt.

Yu Han rejected Gu Mingze and warned Yu Hui not to meddle in her affairs before joining Gu Hansheng in his car. Gu Hansheng kissed her passionately, leaving their relationship tense and unresolved.

• Gu Mingze confronted Gu Hansheng for keeping Yu Han from accepting help, and the two argued about who had been there for her.
• Yu Han took Gu Hansheng's hand and explained that she had only just arrived and that nothing was happening between her and Gu Mingze.
• After Gu Hansheng left, Yu Han told Gu Mingze not to contact her again and said she belonged to Gu Hansheng.
• Yu Han warned Yu Hui not to accept help recklessly or use her for his own purposes, then left the bar.
• Yu Han found Gu Hansheng waiting in his car, and after he told her to get out, he pulled her back and kissed her until she could barely breathe.

Yu Han fought with Gu Hansheng over his suspicions about Gu Mingze, then returned to find him gone and spent the night worrying about him. The next morning, she discovered that her mother had lost the three million Gu Hansheng gave the family in a scam and borrowed from loan sharks, leaving them owing over ten million.

• Gu Hansheng accused Yu Han of choosing Gu Mingze if they had both helped her in the past, and Yu Han left him in anger.
• Yu Han returned to the villa and found Gu Hansheng absent, then spent the night troubled by the thought that he might be with another woman.
• Yu Han's mother called in tears, and Yu Han rushed to find her bruised amid the wreckage of the family home.
• Yu Han's mother admitted she had invested the three million from Gu Hansheng and lost it in a pig-butchering scam.
• Yu Han's father revealed that her mother had borrowed from loan sharks and owed over ten million, and her mother begged Yu Han to ask Gu Hansheng for help again.

Yu Han’s family faced another debt crisis, and her mother begged her to ask Gu Hansheng for more money while Yu Hui defended her and promised to help. Back at Gu Hansheng’s villa, Yu Han shared a quiet dinner with him and let herself relax in his arms, but his wandering hand led her to question whether he still wanted his white moonlight.

• Yu Han’s mother begged her to ask Gu Hansheng for ten million to save her from the loan sharks, while her father objected to making Yu Han beg for more.
• Yu Hui stopped their mother from pressuring Yu Han and promised to find a way to deal with the loan sharks himself.
• Yu Han warned Yu Hui not to trust Gu Hansheng or Gu Mingze too easily, then returned to Gu Hansheng’s villa exhausted.
• Gu Hansheng stayed beside Yu Han while she slept, and they later shared a quiet dinner prepared with her favorite dishes.
• Gu Hansheng pulled Yu Han into his arms after dinner and began touching her, prompting her to ask if he had not had enough of his white moonlight.

After Gu Hansheng and Hanhan spent the night together, Hanhan worried about her debts and tried to find work. She reunited with Qin An'an and told her about her family's troubles and her divorce, then was stunned when Qin An'an said Gu Hansheng had liked her.

• Gu Hansheng told Hanhan to please him, and they spent the night together.
• After Gu Hansheng went to work, Hanhan searched for a job and worried about the debt due in seven days.
• Qin An'an called Hanhan after returning to the country, and they arranged to meet at a café.
• Hanhan and Qin An'an reunited, talked for hours, and Hanhan told her about her family's troubles.
• Qin An'an asked about Gu Hansheng, and Hanhan revealed they were divorced.
• Qin An'an said Gu Hansheng had liked Hanhan, leaving Hanhan stunned.

After learning that Gu Hansheng had quietly helped her in school, Hanhan told Qin An'an about her desperate financial situation and decided to enter a beauty contest offering five million yuan. She went to register and was startled to find a suspiciously private-looking room and a familiar man waiting inside.

• Qin An'an reminded Hanhan that Gu Hansheng had secretly helped her back in school, and Hanhan regretted never paying attention to him.
• Hanhan told Qin An'an about her divorce, her contract relationship with Gu Hansheng, and the loan-shark debts she had to repay within seven days.
• Qin An'an told Hanhan about a Beijing beauty contest with a five-million-yuan first prize, and Hanhan decided to enter despite the gossip it might bring.
• Hanhan went to the registration venue and found the review room dimly lit and arranged like a private gathering.
• Hanhan entered the room and froze when she saw the familiar man sitting on the sofa.

Yu Han signed up for the Goddess Night selection to compete for the five-million prize, then returned to the villa and tried to hide it from Gu Hansheng. When Shen Yanchuan invited Gu Hansheng to the event, Gu Hansheng heard that old acquaintances had signed up, while Yu Han nervously listened.

• Yu Han recognized Shen Yanchuan at the Goddess Night application review and signed up, writing that she needed the prize money to stay alive.
• Shen Yanchuan told Yu Han to attend the preliminary banquet at the Dichen Hotel the next evening and teased her about Gu Hansheng finding out.
• Yu Han returned to the villa, where Gu Hansheng questioned where she had been and noticed she seemed to be hiding something.
• Shen Yanchuan called Gu Hansheng and invited him to Goddess Night, mentioning that old acquaintances had signed up.
• Gu Hansheng said he was busy, while Shen Yanchuan urged him to come for a feast for the eyes.

Yu Han decided to compete in Goddess Night while Gu Hansheng agreed to accompany his white moonlight on a business trip. She arrived backstage to prepare for the contest, determined to rely on herself for the prize money.

• Gu Hansheng declined an invitation to Goddess Night, then agreed to travel to Haicheng with his white moonlight after she called.
• Yu Han kept her hurt to herself and decided to compete while Gu Hansheng was away.
• Yu Han asked Shen Yanchuan what to prepare, and he told her the styling and outfits had already been arranged.
• Yu Han arrived at the venue and told Shen Yanchuan that Gu Hansheng did not need to know she was competing.
• Yu Han insisted she wanted to rely on herself, then took the dark red gown into the changing room to get dressed.

Yu Han entered Shen Yanchuan’s revealing “Goddess Night” contest to compete for the five-million prize, despite feeling uneasy about the outfit and the audience. After waiting backstage as the contestants performed, she was announced as the final entrant.

• Yu Han changed into a revealing red gown and asked Shen Yanchuan if she could wear something less exposed, but he said it was the most conservative option.
• Shen Yanchuan warned Yu Han that Gu Hansheng might react badly if he found out, and Yu Han replied that Gu Hansheng would not care about her.
• Shen Yanchuan arranged Yu Han’s makeup and told her she was contestant number twenty-seven, leaving her to wait through the other performances.
• Yu Han watched the contestants take the stage and reflected on how the event displayed women for wealthy spectators to choose.
• The host announced Yu Han’s name, and she tightened with nerves as her turn began.

Yu Han performed a modern dance at the competition, hoping to win prize money to help with her family’s debt, and tied for first place with contestant number 18. When she went onstage, she saw Gu Hansheng in the front row beside Shen Nian, his white moonlight.

• Yu Han thought she saw Gu Hansheng in the audience, then focused on her dance performance.
• Yu Han danced with extra sensuality, drawing loud applause from the audience.
• Shen Yanchuan praised Yu Han’s dance and teased her about how much Gu Hansheng might pay to see her perform.
• The audience vote ended in a tie between Yu Han, number 27, and contestant number 18.
• Yu Han went onstage and saw Gu Hansheng sitting beside Shen Nian, despite believing they were away on a business trip.