In the hazy glow of dawn, Lu Yuyan found herself entwined with Yan Qinghe—the lame second son of the Yan family. Upon waking, she confronted him, only to discover Xu Lan had drugged them both. Summoned before Patriarch Yan for judgment, Qinghe willingly accepted punishment… until Yuyan intervened, declaring she would marry him. But Xu Lan had other plans. She schemed to wed Yuyan to her own son, Yan Wei, and seize the family fortune. Qinghe’s counterstrike was swift: “Yuyan carries my child—three months along.” With Xu Lan’s plot thwarted (for now), the Yan father and son met in secret. They’d anticipated her next move. And so, careful not to startle the snake, they set their own trap—a revenge years in the making...