As the Gu family’s cherished eldest daughter, Gu Nian had grown up adored by everyone. But then her father suddenly died in an accident, and her status plummeted. She unexpectedly learned that he had been murdered. In the end, she never found the killer, and died with her eyes still open.
Gu Nian was reborn. This time, she returned consumed by rage, but also saw clearly the vicious relatives she had failed to recognize in her previous life. Every one of them wanted her to fail, so she was determined to live brilliantly. Huo Xin was the prime suspect, yet he insisted on sticking by her side and wouldn’t leave no matter how often she tried to chase him off. In the end, Gu Nian decided to keep him where she could watch him. But she wasn’t going to let him freeload! Then, by a twist of fate, Huo Xin became her bodyguard.
At first, people described Gu Nian as frail, sheltered, and an easy target, a pretty ornament. Later, they called her a wolf in sheep’s clothing, with a fierce, loyal knight at her side. She was someone not to be trifled with, and best left alone.
