Arc 2Wen Ning Stands by Bo Yan

Wen Ning grew closer to Bo Yan as she defended him from Bo Xubai, rescued him from kidnappers, and learned more about his painful past. The arc ended with her finding Bo Yan badly injured after his father forced him to kneel in the storm and urging him not to blame himself.

  • Jiang Tingwan brought Bo Yan medicine and food, but he discarded them and suspected she was hiding a secret about him.
  • Wen Ning welcomed Bo Yan back, filled her bedroom with his merchandise, and shared increasingly intimate moments with him at the Wen Family home.
  • Wen Ning stood up for Bo Yan at the Bo Group, exposed He Cheng’s insults, and left with Bo Yan for lunch as his coworkers watched.
  • Wen Ning was kidnapped, and Bo Yan tracked her down, infiltrated the kidnappers’ hideout, and fought them until she stopped him.
  • The police arrested the kidnappers, and Bo Yan carried Wen Ning from the station while she reassured him and promised to investigate why she had been targeted.
  • Wen Ning dreamed that Bo Yan would lose his sense of taste and die by suicide at twenty-eight, then learned he was kneeling in the rain under his father’s punishment.
  • Wen Ning and Wen Jing found Bo Yan bleeding from whip wounds, and Wen Ning held him and told him that no one had the right to beat him or make him hate himself.
Chapters 26–50 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 26Jiang Tingwan Seemed to Be Hiding a Secret

Jiang Tingwan visited Bo Yan with medicine and food, believing her kindness would make him fall in love with her and prevent him from turning against her. Bo Yan rejected her gifts and grew more convinced that she knew a secret about him, leaving him curious enough to play along.

  • After discovering Xie Luping had treated Bo Yan at Wen Ning's request, Jiang Tingwan decided to visit Bo Yan with medicine and a late-night meal.
  • Jiang Tingwan apologized to Bo Yan for his injuries and offered him the medicine and noodle soup, claiming she wanted to help because he was her only friend in the Bo Family.
  • Bo Yan gently questioned Jiang Tingwan's motives while watching her nervously, then listened as she promised to stand by him.
  • Jiang Tingwan left believing she had gained Bo Yan's favor and could prevent him from turning against her during a future kidnapping.
  • After Jiang Tingwan left, Bo Yan threw away the medicine and food, wondered when she had failed to stand by him, and concluded she was hiding an enormous secret about him.

Ch. 27Tell Ma I'm No Coward!

Wen Ning tried to steer Wen Jing away from his unrequited love for Jiang Tingwan while filling her bedroom with Bo Yan merchandise and a wedding photo. When she returned home, she learned Bo Yan was waiting in her bedroom and headed upstairs to face him.

  • Wen Ning messaged Bo Yan good morning and checked on the custom posters and body pillows she had ordered.
  • Wen Jing saw Wen Ning's wedding-photo wallpaper and questioned her sudden affection for Bo Yan, while Wen Ning teased him about his feelings for Jiang Tingwan.
  • Wen Ning told Wen Jing that Jiang Tingwan loved Bo Xubai and urged him to confess or move on, but he continued to lament his one-sided love.
  • Wen Ning spent the next two days stockpiling Bo Yan merchandise and went with Wen Jing to pick up an enlarged wedding photo.
  • Auntie Zhao told Wen Ning that Bo Yan was waiting in her bedroom, so Wen Ning handed the wedding photo to Wen Jing and went upstairs.

Ch. 28His wanted posters covered the walls

Wen Ning returned to the bedroom and tried to win Bo Yan’s forgiveness with an apology and exaggerated displays of affection. As she decorated the room with his posters and their wedding photo, Bo Yan began to feel an unfamiliar warmth and thought of the room as home.

  • Wen Ning greeted Bo Yan with a hug, but he dodged her and pointed out that he had only just recovered enough to get out of bed.
  • Wen Ning apologized for drugging him, and she realized his earlier WeChat message meant he had already put the incident behind them.
  • Bo Yan recalled how Wen Ning had humiliated him on their wedding day, then found her bedroom covered with his posters and a body pillow bearing his likeness.
  • Wen Jing brought in Wen Ning’s wedding photo and greeted Bo Yan as his brother-in-law.
  • Wen Ning asked Bo Yan to help hang the photo, and as they stood together in the sunset-lit room, Bo Yan thought of it as home.

Ch. 29A kiss!

Wen Ning and Bo Yan hung a wedding photo, then argued over whether he had read her diary until she kissed him to get back at him. Their private moment ended when Wen Jing and Wen Ning’s parents caught them and called them out to dinner.

  • Wen Jing directed Wen Ning and Bo Yan as they hung a wedding photo, then wondered when Bo Yan had started falling for his sister.
  • Wen Ning defended the altered wedding photo, while Bo Yan privately disliked its depiction of her.
  • Wen Ning questioned Bo Yan about her diary, and he admitted he had read it and teased her about backfilling it.
  • Wen Ning kissed Bo Yan and claimed her diary said she had long lusted after his body, leaving him flustered and silent.
  • Wen Jing and Wen Ning’s parents interrupted them and called them to dinner, and Bo Yan asked Wen Ning if she could get up.

Ch. 30Your sister calls the shots in this family

Wen Ning welcomed Bo Yan at her family’s dinner table, showing that she knew about his seafood allergy and openly caring for him while her family accepted him as her husband. Bo Yan remained uneasy amid their warmth, but he acknowledged that Wen Ning called the shots in her family.

  • Bo Yan apologized to Wen Ning’s parents and said he had come to ask Wen Ning to forgive him and return home with him.
  • Wen Ning moved the garlic-fried shrimp away from Bo Yan, explained that he was allergic to seafood, and served him soup.
  • Wen Jing complained about losing the shrimp, but Wen Ning and their parents sided with Bo Yan and told Wen Jing to eat.
  • Wen Ning’s parents welcomed Bo Yan and offered support with his new work at headquarters, while Bo Yan remained distracted and uncomfortable.
  • Wen Jing asked Bo Yan to help rein in Wen Ning, and Bo Yan said that Wen Ning called the shots in the family.

Ch. 31Bo Yan's hand paused on his belt

Wen Ning discovered that the Buddhist beads she had worn since childhood had come with her into the novel and wondered whether they were connected to her transmigration. After Bo Yan agreed to stay overnight at the Wen Family home, Wen Ning rushed to warn him to protect his wound from water and accidentally burst into the bathroom while he was undressing.

  • Mother Wen invited Bo Yan to stay overnight, and Wen Ning insisted he remain because she had not forgiven him yet.
  • Mother Wen asked about Wen Ning's Buddhist beads, prompting Wen Ning to remember receiving them as a child and wonder if they had brought her into the novel.
  • Wen Jing gave Bo Yan clothes, and Wen Ning resolved to rewrite her family's fate and keep them alive.
  • Wen Haichuan and Mother Wen praised Bo Yan as a worthy match for Wen Ning, while Wen Jing complained that his parents never praised him.
  • Wen Ning complimented Bo Yan's smile, then realized his wound could not get wet and went to bring him a waterproof dressing.
  • Wen Ning tripped and knocked open the unlocked bathroom door, crashing into Bo Yan as his hand paused on his belt.

Ch. 32Trying to Out-Pervert Her? She'd Pervert Him to Death!

Wen Ning teased Bo Yan while trying to give him waterproof dressings, but he pulled her into the bathroom and pinned her against the door. She turned the tables with shameless flirtation until he tossed her out again, leaving her determined to out-pervert him.

  • Bo Yan waited in the bathroom, wondering why Wen Ning had stayed at the Wen Family home and becoming curious about her sudden change.
  • Wen Ning stumbled into Bo Yan, felt his abs, and handed him waterproof dressings while teasing him about licking his lips.
  • Bo Yan took the dressings, tossed Wen Ning out, and locked the bathroom door.
  • Wen Ning kept calling through the door until Bo Yan pulled her inside and pinned her behind it.
  • Bo Yan challenged Wen Ning to explain what she wanted now that the door was open, and she suggested they shower together.
  • Wen Ning continued teasing Bo Yan about undressing her, so he picked her up and tossed her out of the bathroom again.

Ch. 33If You Don't Want to Sleep on Yourself, Sleep on Me, Okay?

Wen Ning and Bo Yan tended each other’s injuries, then shared a bed after Wen Ning insisted he stop sleeping in the hanging chair. Bo Yan struggled to sleep while Wen Ning clung to him, and the chapter ended with the Bo Family in turmoil over the two of them.

  • Wen Ning teased Bo Yan after his shower and left him the medical kit to change his own dressings.
  • Bo Yan carefully treated the wounds on Wen Ning’s arm and neck, then went to sleep in the hanging chair.
  • Wen Ning persuaded Bo Yan to sleep in the bed, and when he objected to sleeping on himself, she tossed him onto the bed and told him to sleep on her.
  • Wen Ning fell asleep and clung to Bo Yan, who considered leaving but stayed and gently traced the scar on her neck.
  • The Bo Family was thrown into turmoil because of Wen Ning and Bo Yan.

Ch. 34This time, she was kissing his forehead instead of his lips?

Bo Xubai’s jealousy and suspicions fueled a fight with Jiang Tingwan, while Wen Ning and Bo Yan grew closer after spending the night together. Bo Xubai confronted Bo Yan at the estate, but Wen Ning returned and kicked him back into his car.

  • Jiang Tingwan accused Bo Xubai of lying about visiting the Wen Family, then withdrew to sleep with Zhizhi.
  • Bo Xubai recalled his friends’ advice to sweet-talk Wen Ning and grew furious when she let Bo Yan stay overnight at the Wen Family estate.
  • Wen Ning woke up in Bo Yan’s arms, and Bo Yan pretended to be asleep as she retrieved her phone from beneath his pillow.
  • Wen Ning and Bo Yan returned to the Bo Family estate, where Bo Xubai mocked Bo Yan for supposedly failing to bring Wen Ning home.
  • Bo Xubai blamed Bo Yan for the Wen Family suspending its project with Bo Group, and Wen Ning rushed in and kicked Bo Xubai back into his car.

Ch. 35He Caught Her Steadily in His Arms

Wen Ning humiliated Bo Xubai and ran from him with Bo Yan, then shared a rare laugh with her husband before he caught her when she tripped. Jiang Tingwan received word that a dangerous group was near the Bo Family estate and began considering Wen Ning as a scapegoat.

  • Wen Ning insulted Bo Xubai, slapped him, and trapped his head in the car window after he confronted her and Bo Yan.
  • Wen Ning and Bo Yan ran around the Bo Family estate while Bo Xubai chased them, until Bo Xubai received a work call and left.
  • Wen Ning praised Bo Yan's smile and encouraged him to smile more, making him turn away with his ears warming.
  • Bo Yan caught Wen Ning when she tripped, then slowed his pace as they walked shoulder to shoulder.
  • Jiang Tingwan learned that a group linked to danger in her previous life was near the estate and considered using Wen Ning as a scapegoat.

Ch. 36Let the Show Begin

Wen Ning drove Bo Yan to the Bo Group, where coworkers gossiped that she was an older, wealthy woman keeping him. After He Cheng sent her the rumor, Wen Ning realized they meant her and set off to save her female lead.

  • Wen Ning insisted on driving Bo Yan to work, teasing him with a near-kiss before they left.
  • Wen Ning drove Bo Yan to the Bo Group in a silver Ferrari and promised to bring him lunch.
  • Bo Yan's coworkers saw him arrive with Wen Ning and spread rumors that he was being kept by a rich older woman.
  • He Cheng heard the gossip and messaged Wen Ning that Bo Yan was supposedly meeting a married, sixty-year-old rich woman at noon.
  • Wen Ning realized the rumor referred to her, called Tian Xinxin to cancel their meeting, and headed back to save her female lead.

Ch. 37A Slap in the Face

Wen Ning brought lunch and blue tulips to Bo Yan at the Bo Group, where a team leader had tried to proposition him and he had forcefully rejected her. Her arrival revealed to the office that she was Bo Yan’s wife, while Bo Xubai and He Cheng headed toward the spectacle.

  • Wen Ning dressed up, collected the lunch Nanny Wang had prepared, and rushed to the Bo Group.
  • Bo Yan’s team leader lured him into the break room, offered him a room key, and claimed she would pay double what the older woman supposedly keeping him paid.
  • Bo Yan rejected the team leader’s advances and grabbed her when she tried to kiss him; he later returned to work while she was left frightened and unable to speak.
  • The team leader offered to buy lunch for Team Three, but men in black arrived with food from Su’s and a bouquet of blue tulips for Bo Yan.
  • The men identified the flowers as a gift from Wen Ning, his wife, shocking Team Three.
  • He Cheng pulled Bo Xubai from his office to watch the spectacle, and Bo Xubai agreed to go while heading to lunch.

Ch. 38Her fragrance reached him before Wen Ning did

Wen Ning sent Bo Yan lunch and publicly rebuked the coworkers who had spread rumors about him, then came downstairs to meet him. Bo Xubai saw Wen Ning run toward Bo Yan and realized she had come to lunch with him, while Bo Yan reacted to her closeness with a quickened heartbeat.

  • A man in black identified Xu Lin, Hu Liankai, Zhu Shenghui, Meng Zhang, and others as people Wen Ning had named, then told them they would receive no lunch and repeated her insult.
  • The man in black told Bo Yan that his wife was waiting downstairs, and Bo Yan left the office with the bouquet and went to meet her.
  • Xu Lin and his companions slumped in fear, while the team leader and several coworkers followed downstairs to see whether Wen Ning was truly standing up for Bo Yan.
  • He Cheng told Bo Xubai that Bo Yan was being kept and that Wen Ning had come to catch him cheating, leaving Bo Xubai puzzled.
  • Wen Ning ran toward Bo Yan, linked her arm through his, and whispered for him to give her face when he tried to pull away.

Ch. 39My wife

Bo Yan remembered his abusive childhood and the moment his mother tried to poison him, then returned to the present as Wen Ning publicly exposed He Cheng’s insulting messages at the Bo Group. The chapter ended with Bo Yan stopping Bo Xubai from slapping Wen Ning and calling her his wife.

  • Bo Yan recalled how his mother had once protected him from his uncle, then later tried to poison him when he was eighteen.
  • Bo Yan held Wen Ning’s hand and agreed to keep up their act, despite disliking the scent of perfume.
  • Wen Ning read He Cheng’s insulting WeChat messages aloud in the Bo Group lobby and revealed that she was the woman in the Ferrari he had mocked.
  • Bo Xubai confronted Wen Ning, and she insulted him for trying to smooth things over.
  • Bo Xubai raised his hand to slap Wen Ning, but Bo Yan caught his wrist and warned him not to hit his wife.

Ch. 40Bo Yan: I wanted to spend more time with Ningning

Wen Ning defended Bo Yan against He Cheng and Bo Xubai at the Bo Group, then took Bo Yan to lunch and excitedly told him how much she had enjoyed standing up for him. Bo Yan kept his obedient facade in public but found Wen Ning’s lively, unguarded side increasingly appealing.

  • Bo Yan restrained Bo Xubai when he tried to confront him, but Wen Ning coaxed Bo Yan into letting go and leaving with her for lunch.
  • Bo Yan addressed Bo Xubai respectfully and said he wanted to spend more time with Wen Ning, forcing Bo Xubai to swallow his anger.
  • Wen Ning and Bo Yan left together as employees gossiped, while He Cheng fled after hearing them criticize him.
  • Xu Lin and the others saw Wen Ning and Bo Yan drive away in her Ferrari and collapsed in fear of the consequences.
  • Wen Ning drove to a secluded spot, praised her own defense of Bo Yan, and asked whether he had enjoyed it.
  • Bo Yan handed Wen Ning her chopsticks and admitted through his dry reply that he found her excitement and acting pleasing.

Ch. 41"The Delicate Male Lead's Eyes Turn Red, and the CEO Heiress Spoils Him Rotten"

Wen Ning helped Bo Yan feel safe enough to eat lunch by tasting his food first, then spent the afternoon teasing him and standing up for him. After Bo Yan had Xu Lin and the others fired, he received Wen Ning’s messages and found himself looking forward to her waiting outside to take him home.

  • Wen Ning ate first and chatted with Bo Yan until he felt safe enough to try the lunch she had brought.
  • Bo Yan reluctantly tried the dishes, and he and Wen Ning joked and teased each other throughout lunch.
  • When Xu Lin and the others begged Bo Yan to ask Wen Ning to spare them, he told them to go die instead.
  • HR fired Xu Lin and the others, while the team leader worried that Bo Yan might turn against her too.
  • Bo Yan replied to Wen Ning’s messages after finishing work and left the building when he heard her Ferrari honking outside.

Ch. 42How Was This Any Different from Dating?

Wen Ning and Bo Yan grew closer, and Xie Luping realized Wen Ning was no longer the original person. The next day, Wen Ning was kidnapped, while Bo Yan sensed something was wrong and began to panic.

  • At dinner, Wen Ning teased Bo Yan with affectionate remarks, and Xie Luping confronted him about whether they were dating.
  • Bo Yan began to tell Xie Luping that Wen Ning was not the same, but Wen Ning returned before he could finish; Bo Yan then confirmed Xie Luping had noticed the change.
  • Jiang Tingwan visited the Bo Family home with cakes and apologized for A-Xu, but Bo Yan later threw the cakes away.
  • The next morning, Wen Ning gave Bo Yan the Ferrari and left to meet the original owner's best friend for lunch.
  • A group of people grabbed Wen Ning in an underground parking lot, and she was knocked unconscious.
  • At work, Bo Yan's glass shattered, and he felt sudden panic as Wen Ning failed to message him about lunch.

Ch. 43Worried about her

After Wen Ning disappeared, Bo Yan used a tracker on her phone and rushed to find her, while Wen Jing and Tian Xin waited anxiously. Wen Ning woke in the kidnappers’ hideout, where they mistook her for Bo Xubai’s woman, just as Bo Yan called to ask where she was.

  • Wen Jing told Bo Yan that Wen Ning had failed to meet Tian Xin and could not be reached, and Bo Yan promised to find her.
  • Bo Yan tracked Wen Ning’s phone and hurried toward its location in the eastern suburbs, while Tian Xin sought surveillance footage and set a half-hour deadline.
  • Bo Xubai rejected a kidnapper’s ransom threat and blocked his number, leaving the kidnappers shocked.
  • Wen Ning pretended to wake as the kidnappers threatened her, then learned they had targeted Bo Yurong’s son to avenge the boss’s brother.
  • The kidnappers answered Wen Ning’s ringing phone, and Bo Yan asked where she was and why she had not brought lunch.

Ch. 44Wen Ning, be good

Wen Ning was kidnapped by mistake, and Bo Yan infiltrated the warehouse to rescue her. After the kidnappers discovered his disguise, Bo Yan put himself between them and Wen Ning, telling her to hide as the fight began.

  • The kidnappers called Bo Yan for ransom, and Wen Ning used their phone call to signal that she had been kidnapped.
  • Bo Yan taunted the kidnappers over the phone while Wen Ning secretly told him how many men there were and what weapons they had.
  • Bo Yan climbed into the abandoned factory, knocked out the lookout called Fourth, and stole his clothes as a disguise.
  • Bo Yan entered the warehouse, freed Wen Ning's hands, and reassured her through gestures.
  • The kidnappers realized Bo Yan was not Fourth and charged at him, so he pulled Wen Ning behind him, handed her his baseball bat, and told her, "Wen Ning, be good."

Ch. 45I won't let anything happen to you

Wen Ning hid while Bo Yan fought off the kidnappers, then discovered his note promising that she would be safe and that Wen Jing had already called the police. As Bo Yan’s violent attack brought back memories of his brutal past, Wen Ning stopped him from going too far, only to take her own turn beating the musclehead.

  • Bo Yan gave Wen Ning his phone and attacked the musclehead, while Wen Ning hid and found his note saying Wen Jing had called the police and telling her to stay hidden and not be afraid.
  • Bo Yan defeated the musclehead’s lackeys and pinned their leader down, consumed by memories of his childhood abuse, underground fights, and his mother’s attempt to poison him.
  • Wen Ning ran out and grabbed Bo Yan’s hand when he kept beating the musclehead, and Bo Yan came to himself and fell back in alarm.
  • Wen Ning reassured Bo Yan, then took off her heels and began striking the musclehead for pulling her hair, while Bo Yan moved aside.

Ch. 46Holding hands

After Wen Ning was rescued from the kidnappers, she reunited with her family and agreed to give the police a statement. When her injured foot hurt, Bo Yan let her hold his hand and crouched down to carry her.

  • Wen Ning mocked the kidnappers as the police arrived and arrested them.
  • Wen Jing and Tian Xin rushed to embrace Wen Ning, and Bo Yan steadied her when they made her stumble.
  • Wen Ning told Bo Yan she thought she had twisted her foot, and she agreed to go with the police to give a statement.
  • Wen Jing clung to Wen Ning until Mrs. Wen scolded him, making Wen Ning and the others laugh.
  • Wen Ning held Bo Yan's hand and told him her foot hurt, and Bo Yan crouched down and told her to climb onto his back.

Ch. 47My baby's pretty good at this

After Wen Ning’s kidnapping, her parents confronted Bo Xubai at the police station while Wen Ning and her companions watched. On the ride home, Wen Ning comforted Bo Yan, whose emotional reaction left him hiccuping in embarrassment.

  • Bo Xubai arrived at the police station after Wen Ning and Bo Yan had given their statements and anxiously apologized to Wen Ning’s parents.
  • Bai Rong and Wen Haichuan indirectly accused Bo Xubai of taking his grievances against the Wen Family too far, then invited Wen Ning and her family home.
  • Wen Ning, Wen Jing, Tian Xin, and Bo Yan watched from behind a wall and gave Wen Ning’s parents thumbs-up; Wen Ning made Bo Yan raise his thumb too.
  • Bo Yan carried Wen Ning past Bo Xubai, who struggled to apologize and watched them leave with resentment.
  • In the car, Wen Ning returned Bo Yan’s phone only after telling him not to be afraid because she was there.
  • Bo Yan began hiccuping after Wen Ning praised him, and he turned toward the window in embarrassment as she laughed.

Ch. 48Carrying Her Upstairs, Coaxing Her to Sleep

After Wen Ning suspected the kidnapping had been aimed at Jiang Tingwan, Bo Yan agreed to help investigate and let her fall asleep against him. He left the Wen home after receiving a call from his father, while Wen Ning dreamed of an old monk telling her about a gifted boy who died by suicide at twenty-eight.

  • Wen Ning asked Bo Yan whether the kidnappers had targeted Jiang Tingwan, and he agreed to help her investigate.
  • Wen Ning linked her arm with Bo Yan's and fell asleep on his shoulder during the ride home.
  • Bo Yan carried Wen Ning upstairs and gently patted her back until she fell asleep again.
  • Bo Yan declined the Wen family's invitation to dinner after his father called, and the family thanked him for protecting Wen Ning.
  • Wen Ning dreamed that an old monk had once told her about a boy who became a top science student but later jumped off a building at age twenty-eight.

Ch. 49The butterfly landed on his shoulder

After dreaming about Bo Yan’s possible future, Wen Ning woke and recovered among her loving family and best friend. At the Bo household, Bo Yan’s father made him kneel in the pouring rain until he collapsed, and Wen Ning rushed to catch him.

  • Wen Ning dreamed that Bo Yan might lose his sense of taste and die by suicide at twenty-eight, then woke unsettled by the dream.
  • Wen Ning joined her family and Tian Xin downstairs, where they cared for her injuries and cursed the kidnappers and Bo Xubai.
  • Bo Yan’s father refused the butler’s request to move Bo Yan out of the rain, insisting he keep kneeling until he admitted his mistake.
  • While kneeling in the rain with his injuries bleeding, Bo Yan thought about Wen Ning and hoped she was safe at home.
  • Bo Yan collapsed, and Wen Ning rushed to catch him in the rain.

Ch. 50She held him

Wen Ning rushed to the Bo Family's house after Bo Yan stopped answering her calls and found him badly injured from his father's punishment. She comforted him and prepared to confront Bo Yurong, leaving Bo Yan to recognize that he did not deserve the blame or abuse.

  • Wen Ning failed to reach Bo Yan by phone, so she and Wen Jing drove through the storm to the Bo Family's house.
  • Wen Ning and Wen Jing found Bo Yan kneeling outside the main house, bleeding from severe whip wounds.
  • Bo Yan collapsed into Wen Ning's arms, and she discovered he had a fever before covering him with Wen Jing's jacket.
  • Wen Ning told Wen Jing to stay with Bo Yan while she went inside to speak with Bo Yurong.
  • Bo Yan stopped Wen Ning and begged her not to go, but she told him he should not accept punishment for someone else's wrongdoing.
  • Wen Ning hugged Bo Yan and told him that no one, not even his father, had the right to beat him and that he should not hate himself.
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