Although Pei Daozhu possessed both beauty and nobility, her family's downfall led to the annulment of her engagement to a fellow noble. Surprisingly, she later found out that Xiao Heng, the impoverished man who had previously proposed to her, was actually the wealthy and remarkable ninth child of the Xiao household. To add to the complexity, he was also the uncle that her former fiancé revered greatly. This fact was emphasized in the original webcomic and has been confirmed by official translations.
