Qiao Tan Yuan secretly paid Gu Jiao Wu’s ex-girlfriend to leave Gu Jiao Wu. Gu Jiao Wu’s family and Qiao Tan Yuan’s family are close, and arranged Gu Jiao Wu to marry Qiao Tan Yuan. During Gu Jiao Wu and Qiao Tan Yuan’s marriage they have a baby after Gu Jiao Wu’s drugged by an enemy. Qiao Tan Yuan lies to Gu Jiao Wu she aborted their baby, and agrees to divorce him. After a series of events, Gu Jiao Wu and Qiao Tan Yuan are trapped together in an elevator, and Gu Jiao Wu unknowingly helps Qiao Tan Yuan give birth to their baby. Gu Jiao Wu demands a DNA test and finds out the truth. Gu Jiao Wu and Qiao Tan Yuan make a compromise, and agrees to live together to raise their baby. They bond as a family. At first Gu Jiao Wu wants to remarry Qiao Tan Yuan for the sake of their baby, but Gu Jiao Wu slowly falls in love with Qiao Tan Yuan. Note: The Reluctant Bride Book I & Book II are independent stories of each other.