On her wedding day Wen Li — who woke up in the book's world as a side character — finds Gu Yanzhi absent with Song Xuening. She vows to rewrite the story and be the female lead. At the wedding gathering relatives apologize; Mdm. Gu offers to fetch Yanzhi but elders warn against forcing him. They say canceling the match would disgrace the Wen family and insist Wen Li stay at Marquis Manor as eldest granddaughter-in-law so they can care for her. The episode ends with Wen Li pressured to choose whether to call off the marriage or remain.
Wen Li kneels before Mdm. Gu to ask blessing to marry the marquis, praising Gu Ting and promising to care for him. Mdm. Gu accepts; Wen Li is named marchioness and daughter-in-law despite servants warning that Wen Li is Yanzhi's legitimate wife. Attendants protest but Wen Li insists she will protect the marquis. They go to his chamber and find rumors true: Gu Ting is disfigured, paralyzed, bedridden and has lost bladder control, shocking the household. A servant urges Wen Li to flee instead of marrying Gu Yanzhi or the ailing marquis, leaving her decision and Gu Ting's fate unresolved.
Lord Gu has burned with fever for three days and his attendants panic when the high fever finally begins to drop—doctors warn a falling fever can be dangerous. The household stalls over basic care until a woman who says she transmigrated and brought a private medical space steps forward. She seizes the medical kit and prepares a fever‑reducing injection. Lord Gu resists—"Stop"—but she replies, "Don't stop? Alright, then," and moves to treat him. The episode ends as she is about to inject him, his recovery and his reaction left unresolved.
The marquess lies weak and hidden; An, his lone attendant, reveals Mrs. Gu kept others away to conceal his condition. A summoned genius physician inspects the prescriptions and declares the medicines useless — the man has been poisoned for three years. She says the poison can be cured but it will take time. The marquess's wife insists she'll save her husband and orders An to pack his things. She demands moving him to the main courtyard for proper care, even though Gu Yanzhi lives there, and snaps, "They'll just have to move out!"
Song Xuening, newly recovered from fever, tells Wen Li she discovered the world is a storybook and claims to be the female lead while Gu Yanzhi is the male lead; she says he doesn't love his wife Wen Li and calls Wen Li a stepping stone and sacrifice. The madam brings Song Xuening into the manor and declares her "part of us." Newlywed Wen Li is mocked. Gu Yanzhi says he can divorce her; Wen Li fires back, "Divorce me? You think you're worthy?" Her marriage is threatened as Song Xuening settles in, leaving the household unsettled.
At a tense family gathering, Gu Yanzhi publicly vows to divorce Wen Li after relatives accuse her of disrespect, jealousy, and an affair with Song Xuening. His mother and other elders trade bitter accusations about honor and shamelessness while Wen Li is attacked. Yanzhi insists he won't keep her and orders a divorce letter. The confrontation halts when Grandma reveals that Wen Li has already married Gu Ting—making her an aunt by marriage and Gu Ting's wife. The revelation shocks the room and leaves Yanzhi's declaration and the family's next move unresolved.
Wen Li wakes inside a novel and discovers she is the doomed side character. On her wedding day the male lead, Gu Yanzhi, abandons her for his true love, reducing her to a public joke. He later exploits and humiliates her to elevate his lover, even driving her toward suicide. This time Wen Li refuses the scripted fate. She marries Gu Yanzhi's younger uncle and becomes their aunt—an unexpected position she will use to overturn the story and teach them both a lesson. Meanwhile Song Xuening, the capital's famed miracle doctor, claims to cure the incurable—until Wen Li revives someone he could not. When her true identity is exposed, Song's fragile reputation collapses and the novel's power dynamics are thrown into chaos.
Wen Li wakes inside a novel and discovers she is the doomed side character. On her wedding day the male lead, Gu Yanzhi, abandons her for his true love, reducing her to a public joke. He later exploits and humiliates her to elevate his lover, even driving her toward suicide. This time Wen Li refuses the scripted fate. She marries Gu Yanzhi's younger uncle and becomes their aunt—an unexpected position she will use to overturn the story and teach them both a lesson. Meanwhile Song Xuening, the capital's famed miracle doctor, claims to cure the incurable—until Wen Li revives someone he could not. When her true identity is exposed, Song's fragile reputation collapses and the novel's power dynamics are thrown into chaos.
Wen Li wakes inside a novel and discovers she is the doomed side character. On her wedding day the male lead, Gu Yanzhi, abandons her for his true love, reducing her to a public joke. He later exploits and humiliates her to elevate his lover, even driving her toward suicide. This time Wen Li refuses the scripted fate. She marries Gu Yanzhi's younger uncle and becomes their aunt—an unexpected position she will use to overturn the story and teach them both a lesson. Meanwhile Song Xuening, the capital's famed miracle doctor, claims to cure the incurable—until Wen Li revives someone he could not. When her true identity is exposed, Song's fragile reputation collapses and the novel's power dynamics are thrown into chaos.
Wen Li wakes inside a novel and discovers she is the doomed side character. On her wedding day the male lead, Gu Yanzhi, abandons her for his true love, reducing her to a public joke. He later exploits and humiliates her to elevate his lover, even driving her toward suicide. This time Wen Li refuses the scripted fate. She marries Gu Yanzhi's younger uncle and becomes their aunt—an unexpected position she will use to overturn the story and teach them both a lesson. Meanwhile Song Xuening, the capital's famed miracle doctor, claims to cure the incurable—until Wen Li revives someone he could not. When her true identity is exposed, Song's fragile reputation collapses and the novel's power dynamics are thrown into chaos.