Gu Minglian, the eldest daughter of the Gu family, should have been married off in style beneath a red bridal veil. Instead, one day she scrambles over a wall and runs away. All she wants is to seek refuge with her aunt and escape her father’s schemes. She never expects a rough-hewn man to appear along the way: stiff and dull, yet confidently calling her “wife” at every turn. Worse still, plants can talk, men in black keep trying to kill her, and rumors brand her a discarded wife, ruining her reputation. Gu Minglian stamps her foot in fury. “As if I care!” But as danger closes in and the rugged man silently shields her, his blade flashing coldly, her heart begins to race. She thought she was simply running away from her wedding. Who could have known she would stumble into a bond from which there was no turning back…
