Once the truth came to light, Gu Ning became the “wicked fake daughter” of the Gu family, despised by everyone. Even her fiancé, Shen Jinyan, with whom she supposedly shared a mutual affection, became entangled with the real daughter.
Knowing her place, Gu Ning decisively yielded the marriage and faked her death to seek refuge with her Eldest Senior Brother, who ran a medical clinic far away in Jiangnan. In truth, she had only approached Shen Jinyan to obtain the medicinal herbs needed to treat her senior brother’s illness.
Three years later, the clinic’s reputation has soared, attracting a constant stream of herb merchants and those seeking medical help.
Yet, Gu Ning remains deeply worried—the final medicinal herb is still missing, and her senior brother’s condition is deteriorating by the day.
In her state of desperation, Shen Jinyan’s mother arrives with the very herb Gu Ning has been searching for so fruitlessly. However, she demands that Gu Ning enter the manor to treat Shen Jinyan, who is now suffering from hysteria…
