Sold into the Gu household at nine, Su Wanqing rose from laundry maid to trusted confidante of heir Gu Jingchen. He fell deeply in love, breaking his engagement to offer her the position of second wife. But the constraints of a noble house suffocate her—she dreams of freedom. Choosing independence over status, she leaves everything behind. Five years later, she runs a successful glassware shop by the sea, raising her daughter alone, living exactly as she pleases—a woman who refused to be defined by her origins.
