他刚回家，就又成了一颗棋子

Qingyi spent three years in prison.

Today, he finally comes home.

But no one at home asked how those three years had been.

They only told him one thing.

The two families will hold a joint engagement. Your marriage to Huo Minxian can't wait any longer.

I just got back, and the first thing you say to me is to get married?

This isn't just your marriage.

The Murong family and the Huo family have business to do.

You're a son of the Murong family, so you should work for this family.

When I was in prison, you said I was the Murong family's shame.

Now that you need me to marry, I'm a Murong son again.

Qingyi, don't forget what your status is now.

The Huo family is willing to keep this marriage. That's already doing you a favor.

So I've come out of a prison with a door, only to return to a prison with no door.

Three years later, Qingyi is home, but still can't decide what life he wants to live.

His family already chose his wife, and already calculated how much money this marriage would bring.

Murong Qingyi.

Miss Huo.

Listen carefully. I will not marry you.

What a coincidence. I don't want to marry you either.

Then go tell them the marriage is off.

Why don't you go?

Because my father's death is tied to you. You owe the Huo family.

You can hate me. But you should know, neither of us gets the final say.

Stop playing the victim. You're the one who went to prison, not me.

But there are two people being pushed into this marriage.

I'm not like you.

Really? They want me to obey, and they want you to obey. Neither of us can choose, yet all we do is blame each other.

Neither of them wants to marry, and neither of them is free.

But instead of standing against both families together, they treated each other as enemies first.

Isn't that Miss Huo?

Look at the screen!

Turn it off! Turn it off now!

On the cinema screen, an image of Minxian and another man suddenly appeared.

Every guest saw it, and the reporters raised their cameras too.

Minutes ago, she was the bride the two families arranged; now, she's the one everyone is talking about.

The Huo family felt humiliated.

They want to call off the marriage.

For Qingyi, this was the easiest chance to walk away.

Are you satisfied?

You think I did this?

Does it matter who did it now? You're free. Everyone will only remember that I made both families lose face.

I didn't want to leave this way.

But you still can. What about me?

The Huo family has decided to cancel the marriage. Qingyi, don't make things any uglier.

Who said I'm canceling?

Haven't you always not wanted to marry?

I don't want to be arranged by you, and I don't want to leave only when you allow it.

What exactly do you want?

There's a problem with the Huo family's military supply business. I have a witness, and photos they don't want anyone to see.

The cinema matter can end today.

The reporters won't get new photos, and the witness won't talk.

But the marriage goes ahead.

How things proceed from here, I decide.

You're threatening both families?

Three years ago, you didn't need to listen to me. Today is different.

Qingyi didn't walk out the open door.

He took the secret the Huo family feared and turned it into his own leverage.

When he first came home, he was someone who could be arranged at will.

Now, both families have to sit down and listen to him.

You win.

At least from today, they can't decide everything for me anymore.

They can't decide for you, but they can still decide for me.

You said we're both pawns. Now you don't want to be a pawn, so you decided to be the one moving the pieces.

If I do nothing, they'll never listen to me.

I know. But you made them hear your voice by using my marriage.

Qingyi gained power, but he didn't answer Minxian.

He won back some of his own choices, and took away another person's choices.

After the chaos, the film reel in the cinema was gone.

The one who took it was a young woman.

She left no name, only a gentian flower.

Susu...

Ren Susu was someone Qingyi once loved.

Three years ago, he believed she was dead.

But the gentian flower made him doubt for the first time: maybe the past hadn't truly gone.

Keep searching. I want to know who took the film reel.

The joint engagement ceremony began.

Qingyi and Minxian stood together; Qingyi's older brother was also waiting for his own fiancée.

When Fang Mulan walked in, Qingyi forgot everyone around him.

Because she had a face he could never mistake.

Susu?

Second Young Master Murong, hello. My name is Fang Mulan, your brother's fiancée.

Who exactly are you?

I just told you. Fang Mulan.

The cinema film reel, you took it?

Just a gift for our first meeting.

Do you know Ren Susu?

Today is a good day for an engagement. From now on, we'll have plenty of time to get to know each other slowly.

Qingyi just used one secret to make two families listen to him.

Now, a woman wearing Susu's face has walked into the Murong family, carrying his secret too.

Why is she called Fang Mulan?

Why become Qingyi's future sister-in-law?

The first episode doesn't answer.

Qingyi only knows that this time, the one who chose the identity, the relationship, and the time of meeting first, was not him.