Lan Hupo - is your typical abuse victim. Her personality is very weak. I feel sorry for her, but I don’t like her as a character. Her relationship with Ke Beichen is pretty dull. They may have some sentimental memories together, but that’s where it ends. I don’t ship them at all. It’s not until a certain character gets introduced that KBC’s character starts to shine.

Ke Beichen - he’s not a straightforward character.

• To his lover, he was controlling, unfeeling, and volatile.
• To his mother, he was a filial and attentive son.
• To his daughter, he was an affectionate and indulgent father. (Personally, I believe that it’s his relationship with his daughter that makes this novel shines. Not with Lan Hupo)

Meng Qinqin - Kei Beichen’s fiancé and the illegitimate daughter of KBC’s father (in other words, KBC’s half-blooded sister. Yup, their parents set up an in*estuous marriage)

Ke Beichen‘s mother - she barely appears in the novel, but her situation is what ignited the plot of the novel. From her brief appearance, I get the sense that she’s not fully in touch with reality (likely her cooping mechanism from her prolonged captivity)

Lan Beibei - probably my favorite character. She really brings out all the good sides of her father with her childish charms. I particularly enjoyed the cute interactions between the ML and his daughter. She actually figured out that the ML was her biological father which is impressive for a 4-5 yr old child.

This stoic, possessive CEO practically becomes a street thug who treats his daughter to some ice cream and plays along with her childish rambles.

1. He rammed his car through the gates of Li Wenzhou’s villa and “kidnapped” his daughter
2. He got arrested twice. His secretary had to bail him out
3. His car got towed away due to traffic violations
4. He stole a police car, lol

In truth, these behaviors are not to dissimilar to what Lan Hupo experienced during her captivity. It’s the addition of their daughter that kind of makes it look more comical. I feel like her presence really does adds some brightness to the situation