Chapter Summaries

Wen Ning’s friend told her about the novel’s villain Bo Yan and warned that Wen Ning might transmigrate into the story because its vicious wife shared her name. Wen Ning dismissed the idea, but after falling asleep, she heard a cold voice ask what she was trying to do.

• Bo Yan tortured Wen Ning, then kicked her into the sea after she admitted scheming against him and tampering with his car.
• Wen Ning returned from making coffee while her friend excitedly celebrated the death of the novel’s vicious female supporting character.
• Wen Ning’s friend summarized Bo Yan’s tragic role and warned Wen Ning that she might transmigrate into the novel because the wife had the same name.
• Wen Ning joked that she would investigate Bo Yan if she ever transmigrated, but dismissed the possibility as unlikely.
• After Wen Ning fell asleep, an unfamiliar voice asked her what she was trying to do.

Wen Ning woke in the body of a vicious female supporting character and recognized the battered man before her as the novel’s villain, Bo Yan. As Bo Yan prepared to kill her, she surprised him by kissing him and declaring she would love him properly.

• Wen Ning woke in a shabby room beside an injured man and realized she had struck him with a whip.
• Wen Ning recognized the man as Bo Yan, the villain from the novel, and understood that she had transmigrated into the female supporting character.
• Wen Ning taunted Bo Yan with the whip as he secretly reached for a military knife and considered killing her.
• Wen Ning looped the whip around Bo Yan’s neck, pulled him close, kissed him, and promised to love him properly.

Wen Ning tried to survive Bo Yan’s knife by claiming she loved him, then escalated into shameless advances when he doubted her. Bo Yan threw her aside and rose despite his injuries, but Wen Ning crawled after him and fixated on his tear mole.

• Bo Yan pressed a dagger to Wen Ning’s neck, and she realized she could really die in the novel.
• Wen Ning grabbed Bo Yan’s hand and claimed she was mad about him, insisting she had married him because she liked him.
• When Bo Yan remained unconvinced, Wen Ning tackled him and kissed him repeatedly while professing her love.
• Bo Yan shoved Wen Ning away and tried to stand, but his injuries made him stagger.
• Wen Ning crawled toward Bo Yan and asked whether she could taste his tear mole.

After Wen Ning frightened Bo Yan into leaving, she treated her neck wound and resolved to keep acting like his devoted admirer to protect herself. She then remembered why the original Wen Ning had attacked Bo Yan that night, just as Bo Yan encountered Bo Xubai outside the annex.

• Wen Ning recovered from her confrontation with Bo Yan and hid the combat knife under the bed.
• Wen Ning recalled the original owner's cruelty toward Bo Yan and the plot that would lead him toward ruin.
• Wen Ning treated her neck wound, removed her makeup, and decided not to seek a divorce from Bo Yan.
• Wen Ning planned to maintain her persona as Bo Yan's crazed admirer and suddenly remembered the reason for that night's attack.
• Bo Yan left the annex and ran into Bo Xubai, who was heading toward it.

Bo Yan accepted Bo Xubai’s demand to return a gift to Wen Ning, then provoked him by claiming Jiang Tingwan had come to him. Bo Xubai attacked Bo Yan, who fell to the ground laughing.

• Bo Xubai approached Bo Yan and ordered him to return a costly gift to Wen Ning, and Bo Yan agreed.
• Bo Xubai berated Bo Yan and warned him to stay away from Jiang Tingwan, saying she had only pitied him.
• Bo Yan mocked Bo Xubai by saying Wen Ning had married him for Bo Xubai’s sake and that Jiang Tingwan had come to him herself.
• Bo Xubai seized Bo Yan by the collar and punched him when Bo Yan said Jiang Tingwan had told him to call her Wanwan.
• Bo Yan collapsed and laughed uncontrollably beneath the moonlight.

Bo Xubai nearly beat Bo Yan to death while the man watching from the main building did nothing to intervene. As Bo Yan lost consciousness, Wen Ning rushed in and called out that she was there to protect him.

• Bo Xubai recalled Bo Yan's dangerous past and feared he would take his place as head of the Bo Family.
• Bo Xubai realized he had beaten Bo Yan nearly to death, but Bo Yan's words reignited his fury and he struck him again.
• Bo Yan saw a figure watching from the main building and accepted that he had been rejected once more.
• Bo Yan heard someone calling his name and struggled to open his eyes.
• Wen Ning ran toward Bo Yan and declared that his mighty one was there, and Bo Yan promptly passed out.

Wen Ning explored the Bo Family mansion and discovered servants watching as the eldest young master beat Bo Yan. She feared Bo Yan might die, then ordered the onlookers to shut up.

• Wen Ning left Bo Yan’s basement room to explore the mansion and worried about how poorly the Bo Family treated him.
• Wen Ning overheard servants say the eldest young master was beating Bo Yan because of Jiang Tingwan and their years-long connection.
• Wen Ning found Bo Yan pinned beneath the eldest young master and being beaten while the servants watched.
• Wen Ning considered letting Bo Yan die so she would not have to fear him, but panicked when he vomited blood.
• Wen Ning gritted her teeth and told everyone to shut up.

Wen Ning stopped Bo Xubai from beating Bo Yan, threatened him with the police, and helped the unconscious Bo Yan. As Bo Yan was taken for help, he secretly opened his eyes and watched her.

• Wen Ning revealed her bare face and warned the servants not to gossip about Bo Yan.
• She slide-tackled Bo Xubai off Bo Yan, then kicked him away and accused him of attempted murder.
• Wen Ning dismissed Bo Xubai’s claim that she was trying to win his affection, saying his dislike would bring her good fortune.
• Police arrived after Wen Ning had called them, and she helped the badly injured Bo Yan up from the ground.
• Bo Yan seemed to chuckle while unconscious, then opened his bloodstained eyes and stared at Wen Ning when she looked away.

When Father Bo arrived after Bo Xubai beat Bo Yan, Wen Ning told him that Bo Xubai had struck first, forcing Bo Xubai to apologize. Wen Ning took the badly injured Bo Yan back to the basement, where she noticed his crushed little finger could not bear weight.

• Father Bo arrived with the police, and Bo Yan claimed he had deliberately provoked Bo Xubai.
• When Father Bo asked who struck first, Wen Ning said Bo Xubai had done it.
• Father Bo made Bo Xubai apologize to Bo Yan, and Bo Yan apologized in return.
• Father Bo said Doctor Xie would treat Bo Yan, so Wen Ning supported him back to the basement.
• Wen Ning saw Bo Yan's injured little finger twist out of alignment as he opened the door and remembered it had been damaged when he was seven or eight.

Wen Ning confronted Bo Yan’s painful memories of childhood abuse and tried to defuse his threat by declaring that she liked monsters. Bo Yan turned her challenge back on her, offering to try to like her if she broke one of her fingers.

• Wen Ning recalled how Bo Yan’s stepfather and childhood bullies repeatedly injured his right pinky, while his mother offered him only a tin of candy.
• Bo Yan accused Wen Ning of calling him a monster, and she denied it before claiming monsters were her favorite.
• Wen Ning tried to kiss Bo Yan, but he dodged her and warned her by gripping her right pinky.
• Wen Ning asked whether Bo Yan liked her and said she would become a monster with him if he did.
• Bo Yan agreed to try to like Wen Ning, tossed a combat knife at her feet, and told her to break a finger.

Wen Ning tried to convince Bo Yan that she would hurt herself if he refused to love her, but he grabbed the knife and cut his own hand. After Doctor Xie treated him, Wen Ning threatened to kiss Bo Yan to death if he called her sick in the head again, then moved toward him.

• Wen Ning pressed a military knife to her little finger to make her bluff convincing, but Bo Yan grabbed the blade and cut his hand.
• Wen Ning let go of the knife, brought out first-aid supplies, and went to fetch Doctor Xie after Bo Yan refused to let her touch his wound.
• Doctor Xie treated Bo Yan's hand, and Bo Yan claimed he had accidentally bumped into something.
• Wen Ning called Bo Yan honey and urged him not to get hurt again, leaving Doctor Xie stunned.
• Bo Yan called Wen Ning sick in the head, so she threatened to kiss him to death and puckered her lips as she moved toward him.

Wen Ning teased Bo Yan by calling him “hubby,” provoking his anger while Doctor Xie noticed that she had stirred more emotion in him than usual. After Wen Ning left, Doctor Xie asked whether Bo Yan was involved with Jiang Tingwan, and Bo Yan replied, “What if I said yes?”

• Wen Ning kissed Bo Yan’s palm, and he told her to stay away and stop calling him “hubby.”
• Wen Ning continued teasing Bo Yan with different pet names until his anger made her leave to get water.
• Doctor Xie suggested that Bo Yan see his psychologist friend Old Qiu, but Bo Yan said he was too busy.
• Wen Ning brought water and went out to make a call, leaving Doctor Xie alone with Bo Yan.
• Doctor Xie asked whether Bo Yan and Jiang Tingwan were involved, and Bo Yan answered, “What if I said yes?”

Doctor Xie questioned Bo Yan about Jiang Tingwan, while Jiang Tingwan regretted her actions and resolved to change the future by helping him. Back at home, Wen Ning insisted Bo Yan take the bed, then unknowingly pulled him close and kissed both his cheeks in her sleep.

• Bo Yan told Doctor Xie he had lied about liking Jiang Tingwan and said she had approached him first, though he did not understand what she wanted.
• Jiang Tingwan regretted confronting Bo Xubai and worried that her actions had caused Bo Yan’s fight with him.
• Jiang Tingwan recalled her past life and decided she had to heal Bo Yan, though she still feared him and resented having to save him.
• Jiang Tingwan dreamed again of the fire and the tune Bo Yan had hummed, then woke unable to sleep.
• Wen Ning told Bo Yan to take the bed, and he reminded her that she had made him sleep on the sofa before; she blamed his refusal on his being a blockhead.
• While Wen Ning slept, Bo Yan approached her, but she grabbed him and kissed both his cheeks, mistaking him for her friend’s pets.

After waking in the Bo residence basement, Wen Ning recalled how the original owner’s scheme against Jiang Tingwan and Bo Yan had led to Bo Yan whipping her and taking her to the mountain. Unsure when the original owner had planned to drug them, Wen Ning resolved to stay vigilant and got ready to join the family for breakfast.

• Wen Ning woke late, mistook the basement’s darkness for blindness, and remembered she had transmigrated into the book.
• Wen Ning recalled that the original owner had photographed Jiang Tingwan visiting Bo Yan, tattled to Bo Xubai, and then drugged Jiang Tingwan and Bo Yan after becoming angry.
• Wen Ning remembered that Bo Xubai had taken Jiang Tingwan to his room, while Bo Yan had dragged the original owner to the mountain after the drugs wore off.
• Wen Ning searched the original owner’s WeChat for clues about the planned drugging but found none, and decided to be especially careful.
• A servant summoned Wen Ning and Bo Yan to breakfast with Bo Xubai and Madam, and Wen Ning prepared to get up.

Wen Ning tried to check on Bo Yan and change his bandages, but he woke and attacked her, accusing her of trying to kill him. After she convinced him to let go and stormed out, Bo Yan wondered why she had not killed him, while Wen Ning returned to the main building and learned that a servant had prepared everything for her plan.

• Wen Ning found Bo Yan still asleep, checked that he had no fever, and approached him with a medical kit to change his dressings.
• Bo Yan suddenly grabbed Wen Ning by the throat and accused her of trying to kill him.
• Wen Ning showed him the medical kit and said she had only meant to change his bandages, so Bo Yan loosened his grip.
• Wen Ning threw the medical kit onto the sofa, angrily accused Bo Yan of misjudging her, and left the room.
• Bo Yan noticed blood on his right palm, wondered whether Wen Ning had treated her injured neck, and questioned why she had not killed him.
• Wen Ning reached the main building, where a servant told her everything was ready as she had instructed.

Wen Ning joined the Bo family for breakfast while trying to uncover the drugging scheme she suspected Nanny Wang had prepared. When Bo Xubai insulted Bo Yan, Wen Ning defended her husband, and Bo Yan arrived in time to hear her challenge his brother.

• Wen Ning failed to catch Nanny Wang before Bo Xubai called her to the dining table.
• Wen Ning met Jiang Tingwan and Bo Zhizhi, then moved Bo Yan's prepared glass of water in front of herself while wondering whether it could be drugged.
• Wen Ning told Bo Xubai about the harsh conditions in the annex and needled him by addressing Bo Yan as “Yanyan.”
• Jiang Tingwan noticed Bo Yan's prayer beads on Wen Ning's wrist and wondered what had changed.
• Bo Xubai called Bo Yan a bastard, and Wen Ning rebuked him and dared him to insult his own father instead.
• Bo Yan heard Wen Ning defend him as she called him her husband and confronted Bo Xubai.

Wen Ning defended Bo Yan against Bo Xubai, and Bo Yan arrived at the tense family meal. She discovered that the household maid had gone ahead with a scheme to drug the food and water, leaving both Bo Yan and Jiang Tingwan at risk.

• Bo Yan realized Wen Ning’s words meant he was not to blame for his birth, and he laughed as he processed the revelation.
• Wen Ning insulted Bo Xubai when he demanded she repeat her accusation, shocking everyone at the table.
• Bo Yan joined the meal, while Jiang Tingwan noticed his prayer beads on Wen Ning’s wrist and resolved to win him over.
• Bo Xubai stayed at the table after his daughter Bo Zhizhi asked him to eat with her, and Wen Ning left to look for Mama Wang.
• Mama Wang messaged Wen Ning that Bo Yan had drunk the switched water and asked whether to drug Jiang Tingwan’s water too.
• Wen Ning discovered Bo Yan had already drunk much of the water and Jiang Tingwan had picked up the drugged bird’s nest soup.

Wen Ning stopped Jiang Tingwan from drinking the drugged bird's nest soup by creating a scene and taking her bowl, then threw it away. She left breakfast with Bo Yan as the drug began to affect him, intending to deal with his situation back at their room.

• Wen Ning shouted at Jiang Tingwan and demanded that Nanny Wang give her Jiang Tingwan's bowl of bird's nest soup.
• Bo Xubai confronted Wen Ning for making a scene, but Jiang Tingwan offered her untouched bowl to Wen Ning.
• Wen Ning threw the bird's nest soup into the trash, shocking Jiang Tingwan and Bo Xubai.
• Wen Ning urged Bo Yan to leave breakfast, and he agreed as a flush spread across his face from the drug taking effect.
• Bo Yan said goodbye to Bo Xubai and Jiang Tingwan, then followed Wen Ning out.

Wen Ning took the drugged bird's nest congee and brought Bo Yan back to their room, where the drug began to overwhelm him. She pinned him against the door and used intimate contact to keep him from attacking her, telling him she would help him.

• Jiang Tingwan realized Wen Ning's actions toward Bo Yan had changed and wondered why she had taken the drugged congee.
• Bo Xubai mistook Jiang Tingwan's distracted stare for longing for Bo Yan and grabbed her by the throat, starting another argument.
• Wen Ning noticed Bo Yan's condition worsening as they returned to the basement and decided to act.
• Bo Yan realized he had been drugged, accused Wen Ning of putting something in his water, and tried to attack her.
• Wen Ning caught Bo Yan's hand, pressed it against her chest, exposed her shoulder, and whispered that she would help him.

Bo Yan resisted Wen Ning while under the drug’s effects, and after she left, he struggled to stay conscious until Doctor Xie treated him. He learned Wen Ning had summoned help and gone back to her parents’ house, and he asked whether she had been badly hurt.

• Bo Yan shoved Wen Ning away, reopening his palm wound, and told her that she made him sick and that he would kill her one day.
• Wen Ning left without answering, and Bo Yan endured the drug’s effects under a cold shower while thinking about her recent actions.
• Bo Yan heard someone approach, armed himself with a dagger, and opened the bathroom door to find Doctor Xie instead of Wen Ning.
• Doctor Xie treated Bo Yan’s injuries and explained that Wen Ning had contacted him for help, then left for her parents’ house with injuries of her own.
• Bo Yan wondered whether Wen Ning had been badly hurt.