"Gu Nian, if you want a divorce, fine. Give up custody of the child."
"If you can't bear to part with the child, then in return for the four years of good sleep you've given me, I can renew this marriage of convenience for another four years."
Four years ago, the Gu family was ruined.
Her mother jumped from a building, her father was thrown in prison, and her fiance disappeared without a trace. Newly pregnant, Gu Nian went from a wealthy heiress to a beggar overnight.
"I need a marriage. Marry me, and I'll raise the child you're carrying."
When she had nowhere else to turn, Pei Huaian took her in.
For four years, they acted like a loving couple in public and kept their distance in private. They were passionate together at night and polite strangers by day.
When their agreement expired, she thought a divorce would be a foregone conclusion. To her surprise, he refused and instead demanded her day and night.
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Gu Nian accidentally discovers that Pei Huaian used all sorts of despicable means to win her.
Feeling deeply deceived, she declares, "Pei Huaian, this time I'm getting a divorce, no matter what!"
When he refuses, she files for divorce herself and even tells people he's impotent.
Everyone in the capital's elite circles says she's thoroughly enraged Pei Huaian, and that he'll take revenge on her until she's dead.
But at the awards ceremony where Gu Nian wins Best Designer, he kneels before her in front of everyone. "Niannian, if you'll marry me again, I'll give you everything. And... I've had a checkup. The doctor says I can have a second child."
