Step aside, let me take charge!.

Summary

The shopkeeper's wife rebels against an arranged marriage to Gong Cheng, expressing her desire to marry for love instead. Despite warnings about her lover's dangerous family ties, she decides to elope with him. Their escape is fraught with challenges, as they face the consequences of their actions, including the downfall of their families. Over a decade, they endure hardships and eventually cross paths again, but their fates remain intertwined with political turmoil. Gong Cheng learns of her past and they share a bond, yet they are both entangled in a web of manipulation and danger. Their relationship deepens, but the chapter ends with the shopkeeper's wife mysteriously disappearing after a robbery at her tea house.

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