In her previous life, Su Jinli was like Wang Baochuan, who gave her heart to the wrong man. She stood by the Jicheng warlord Lu Chengzhou as he rose from regional power broker to ruler of a unified nation. She watched helplessly as he married several more wives for the sake of his ambitions, demoting her, his first wife, to a lowly concubine and subjecting her to endless humiliation. At last, on the night of his wedding to yet another bride, she died in bitterness, carrying his child.
Reborn, Su Jinli has finally come to her senses. What man is as dependable as real gold and silver? She devotes herself to making money and building a business, amassing a vast fortune. In her spare time, she admires handsome young gentlemen, determined to be a carefree, wealthy woman who never marries, and especially never marries a cold-blooded warlord!
Then, by chance, she saves a sweet-faced, puppy-like young man. Little does she expect him to climb over her courtyard wall night after night and sneak into her bedroom, clinging to her with red-rimmed eyes as he begs her to marry him and take responsibility. Su Jinli had only meant to keep him as a pretty plaything, but then she discovers that he is Gu Yanchen, the young marshal who rules over six provinces in Jiangbei!
Su Jinli: What? The puppy was supposed to be a little puppy, so how did he turn into the warlord I hate most? I would rather die than marry him!
A cool-headed, money-loving heroine versus a calculating, obsessive young marshal: a thrilling Republican-era romance of pursuit and escape is about to begin.
