Chapter Summaries

Yu Han attended Shen Nian’s birthday party with An’an and Shen Yanchuan, where guests taunted her about being Gu Hansheng’s ex-wife and her connection to Shen Yanchuan. Gu Hansheng called Yu Han someone who did not matter, and the chapter ended with Yu Han trying to get a drunken An’an to leave while Shen Yanchuan kept drinking.

• An’an pulled Yu Han into the party, where Shen Nian welcomed her and Gu Hansheng demanded to know why she needed a personal invitation.
• Shen Yanchuan and An’an began a drinking contest as guests mocked Yu Han and suggested she and Shen Yanchuan were dating.
• Yu Han explained that Shen Yanchuan had brought her after they ran into each other, and Shen Yanchuan said he had sent his original date away for offending her.
• Shen Nian apologized for not inviting Yu Han sooner, but Gu Hansheng said Yu Han was someone who did not matter.
• Yu Han watched Gu Hansheng’s attention remain on her and noticed his diamond watch gift on Shen Nian’s wrist.
• An’an became drunk during the contest, and Yu Han urged her to leave while Shen Yanchuan continued drinking with an unchanged expression.

At a party, Yu joined a King's Game after Shen Nian persuaded her to stay, but she avoided a bridal carry with Gu Hansheng by choosing to drink. The next round paired her with Shen Yanchuan for an intimate challenge, leaving him visibly embarrassed as Gu Hansheng reacted coldly.

• Shen Yanchuan proposed the King's Game, and the players agreed that anyone who refused a challenge would have to drink two glasses.
• Shen Nian drew the king and ordered number three to carry number eight bridal-style; Yu drew number three, while Gu Hansheng was number eight.
• When Shen Nian pretended to feel dizzy and leaned against Gu Hansheng, Yu chose to drink rather than carry him, and Shen Yanchuan took her second glass and drank it himself.
• A later challenge paired numbers one and five to touch noses and hold hands, and Shen Yanchuan announced that he was number five while looking at Gu Hansheng.
• Shen Nian urged Shen Yanchuan to hurry, and he looked embarrassed as Yu wondered if he was afraid to do the challenge.

At karaoke, the narrator teased Shen Yanchuan, then watched Gu Hansheng leave with Shen Nian and tried to convince herself not to compare herself to his white moonlight. Gu Hansheng returned and ordered her into his car, but she rode with Shen Yanchuan to make sure An'an got home safely, ending the night troubled by Gu Hansheng’s cold stare and his tenderness toward Shen Nian.

• The narrator challenged Shen Yanchuan to drink four glasses after he brought up her feelings for Gu Hansheng, and Shen Yanchuan drank them.
• Shen Nian said she felt unwell, so Gu Hansheng left with her while the narrator stayed behind with the sleeping An'an and Shen Yanchuan.
• Shen Yanchuan told the narrator that she and Shen Nian held different places in Gu Hansheng’s heart, but An'an woke before he could explain further.
• When Gu Hansheng returned and told the narrator to get into his car, she chose to ride with Shen Yanchuan so she could see An'an safely to her door.
• After Shen Yanchuan’s driver dropped off An'an and took the narrator home, she dwelled on Gu Hansheng’s cold look and the way he had treated Shen Nian gently.

Yu Han returned to the villa with Shen Yanchuan and found Gu Hansheng waiting in her room, furious and jealous. After she denied that she liked him, Gu Hansheng threw her onto the bed and pinned her wrists, warning her about her position.

• As Yu Han and Shen Yanchuan neared the villa, Shen Yanchuan remarked that Gu Hansheng must be going crazy.
• Yu Han entered her dark room and found Gu Hansheng waiting with a cigarette; when she tried to leave, he blocked her and confronted her.
• Gu Hansheng accused Yu Han of being interested in Shen Yanchuan and kissed her forcefully, but she pushed him away and challenged his right to care whom she liked.
• Yu Han told Gu Hansheng that she owed him money and had already suffered for how she had treated him before.
• Gu Hansheng asked whether Yu Han had meant what she said at the KTV about liking him, and she replied that an unthinking remark revealed the truth.
• Gu Hansheng called Yu Han heartless, threw her onto the bed, pinned her wrists, and asked if he should remind her of her current position.

Gu Hansheng told her he was sleeping with her for revenge and mocked her while she cried. He forbade her from getting close to Shen Yanchuan, then refused to let her leave the arrangement until he got tired of sleeping with her.

• Gu Hansheng said he was using her as a lover to get revenge and insulted her by comparing her unfavorably to Shen Nian.
• She broke down crying, and Gu Hansheng wiped her tears before kissing her to silence her sobs.
• Gu Hansheng demanded that she stay away from Shen Yanchuan and from other men.
• She asked whether repaying her debt would let her leave, and Gu Hansheng asked what she could pay him with after she mentioned finding a job.
• Gu Hansheng told her to wait until he got tired of sleeping with her, then kissed her.

On her first day at work, the narrator was delayed by Gu Hansheng’s jealousy and possessiveness, then left alone at a subway station when Shen Yanchuan called about Shen Nian. The chapter ended with Gu Hansheng rushing off to help Shen Nian while the narrator was upset and unsure how to get to work.

• Gu Hansheng kept the narrator up late, and she woke sore on the morning of her first day at work.
• The narrator hurried to get ready, but Gu Hansheng teased her and argued that she should stay home instead of working.
• Gu Hansheng drove the narrator toward her workplace and questioned whether her new job was connected to Shen Yanchuan.
• Shen Yanchuan called Gu Hansheng, who became anxious and told him to have Shen Nian wait.
• Gu Hansheng stopped at a subway station and ordered the narrator to get out before rushing off, leaving her upset and uncertain how to reach work.

After Gu Hansheng left her stranded, the narrator struggled through her first subway commute and arrived at work with an injured leg. She began her new job at the secretarial office, where coworkers questioned how she had been hired and mocked her beauty.

• Gu Hansheng drove away, so the narrator took the subway, rode in the wrong direction, and hurried to the office on foot.
• A handsome man pointed out that the narrator's leg was bleeding, and she treated the wound before reporting to HR.
• Qiao Na sent the narrator to the twenty-fifth-floor secretarial office to begin work.
• A coworker handed the narrator documents to deliver to customer service on the third floor.
• Two women in the restroom speculated about the narrator's hiring and said her face could bring a nation to ruin.

Yu Han started her first day at a new job and was left with little to do before the CEO helped her change the water bottle and asked her to make coffee. Her colleagues suspected she had a special connection with him, and Yu Han finally answered their insinuations sharply.

• Yu Han found her assigned desk cluttered and spent her first hours with almost no work.
• After a colleague told her to change the water bottle, Yu Han nearly fell because of her injured leg, but the CEO caught her and replaced the bottle.
• The CEO confirmed Yu Han was the new hire and asked her to bring coffee to his office.
• Gu Hansheng called repeatedly, but Yu Han rejected the call when two colleagues entered the break room.
• Two colleagues insinuated that Yu Han had used tricks to get the CEO's attention, and Yu Han retorted that she did not help women who wagged their tongues.

On her first day, the narrator confronted coworkers who gossiped about her knowing the CEO, then was tripped by a female coworker while bringing coffee to his office. The CEO defended her, assigned her project materials, and as she entered the elevator for lunch, Gu Hansheng called with a frightening voice.

• The narrator warned two coworkers not to spread rumors that she knew the CEO after they mocked her.
• A female coworker tripped the narrator in the CEO's office, spilling the coffee, then denied doing it.
• The CEO ordered the coworker to clean up the spill and removed her from the project.
• The CEO gave the narrator project documents to study and told her she might help organize or participate in the project.
• As the narrator entered the elevator for lunch, Gu Hansheng called, and his voice sounded terrifying.

Yu Han’s phone broke on her first day at work, leaving her unable to answer Gu Hansheng’s calls. When she returned to the villa, he accused her of seducing another man and dragged her into the bedroom, asking what Gu Mingze had said to her.

• A coworker bumped into Yu Han, knocking her phone to the floor and cracking its screen.
• Yu Han ate lunch with Qiao Na and spent the afternoon reading project materials without further trouble at work.
• Yu Han repaired her phone after work and discovered more than a dozen missed calls from Gu Hansheng.
• Gu Hansheng waited for Yu Han in the dark villa and dismissed her explanation that her phone had broken.
• Gu Hansheng grabbed Yu Han’s wrist, accused her of seducing men, and dragged her into the bedroom.
• Gu Hansheng pinned Yu Han on the bed and asked what Gu Mingze had said to her.