Chasing Jade: You, Between Uneven Odds and Yu

Original ending: Qi Min drinks the poisoned wine and meets death with a smile. The premise of this book: There was no poison in that bowl of soup. When Qi Min wakes up, she finds herself locked in a secret chamber, an iron chain fastened around her ankle. He imprisoned her back then; now she has imprisoned him. Yu Qianqian walks in carrying a food box, her expression blank. “I was afraid you’d die in there.” But then things gradually take an unexpected turn Every day, she brings him a spray of magnolia blossoms, and he remembers all her little preferences, even the ones she mentions in passing. He secretly writes annotations in Bao’er’s copy of The Analects, and is punished by having to spend the night copying books in a child’s handwriting. He puts on a human-skin mask and becomes “Shen Wangchun.” He learns tenderness, respect, and letting go, and even kneels to swear, “I’ll be absolutely obedient.” From “I hate you” to “I love you,” from imprisonment in chains to watching the sunset side by side. A deranged prince chasing his wife through a fiery trial? No, this is a deranged prince changing careers to become a dad. A clear-headed transmigrated woman building her career? No, she builds her career while coming around and getting her face slapped. Reading guide: A continuation of the secondary couple from the TV drama Jade’s Fateful Love, turning a BE into an HE Angst first, then sweetness: imprisonment in a secret chamber → healing daily life → a family of three A madman turns into a devoted puppy; clear-headed surrender, raising a child and falling in love In a nutshell: He once imprisoned her, she locked him up, and in the end they raise a child together.