The Strange Adventure of a Substitute Bride

In the autumn of 1976, in a rural village in northern Jiangsu, Su Wanqing, an adopted daughter living under someone else’s roof, is forced to take her younger sister’s place in an arranged marriage to the eldest son of the Gu family in the provincial capital, a man everyone considers an idiot. As she desperately tries to escape, she falls from a cliff and is badly injured. Her blood accidentally activates the jade pendant she wears, granting her the inheritance of an ancient medical sect. Medical arts, martial arts, and cultivation techniques flood her mind.

To protect herself, she pretends to be foolish as she enters the wealthy Gu family, biding her time amid suspicion and scheming. She expects nothing more than a marriage of convenience, but unexpectedly discovers that her husband, Gu Jingchen, was not born an idiot. He was poisoned for a long time after someone tried to harm him.

With a healer’s compassion, she secretly uses her skills to cure him and rid him of the poison. While pretending to be foolish and hiding her strengths, she carefully moves against her stepmother’s schemes. From an overlooked bride who took her sister’s place to a hidden master with astonishing medical skills, she treats the sick, saves lives, builds connections, and turns the tide during a turbulent era.

As Gu Jingchen gradually regains his senses, he transforms from a pitiable man who pretended to be foolish to protect himself into a devoted, fiercely protective husband and the head of his family. They fall in love after marriage, moving from mutual suspicion to standing by each other through life and death. Riding the waves of the times, they turn their fortunes around and use their inherited skills to heal the world, writing a legendary life where period fantasy, face-slapping satisfaction, and passionate romance intertwine.