You Pretend to Be Poor, I Pretend to Die. My Ex Wants the Child Back, and You’ve Lost It

[Male lead pretends to be poor + female lead fakes her death + winning her back + rekindled love + powerful man bows his head + love rivals] Jiang Qingli returns home to visit her family and discovers that her daughter is being bullied. She decides to stay and fight Qi Jin for custody of their daughter. Five years after faking her death, she changed her name and became a renowned neuroscientist, no longer resembling the impoverished student she once was. He doesn’t recognize her. Taking her for a woman who had plastic surgery to climb the social ladder, he treats her coldly and remains on his guard. - Years ago, they were a perfect couple at S University, both poor but with bright futures ahead of them. Only when she found out she was pregnant did she discover that he was the heir to the Qi family. Through a door, she heard his cold voice: “I won’t let some girl from the bottom of society latch onto me.” She turned and left. After giving birth to their daughter, she faked her death and disappeared. When they met again, she concealed her identity and schemed at every turn, all so she could take her daughter away. - After Lu Yuqiao died, the light went out of Qi Jin’s world. He drifted through life with their daughter. When Jiang Qingli appeared, he couldn’t help being drawn to her, though he stubbornly refused to admit it. She takes a job as a maid in the Qi household. He thinks: She’s trying to get close to me! Her identity as a scientist comes to light. He thinks: She’s trying to attract me! She joins a wilderness survival show. He thinks: She’s trying to get my attention! She spends time with another man. He thinks: She’s trying to make me jealous! She accepts another man’s proposal, and Qi Jin finally panics. Later, when he learns that everything she did was to win custody of their daughter, he breaks down. “If you want our daughter, take me with you too!” “I’m engaged, and I won’t let some materialistic man latch onto me.” Qi Jin completely loses it and declares in front of everyone, his eyes red: “You’re not leaving me. Either dump him, or the three of us live together!”