Ye Zhen's father was a useless second generation son. Once the Ye family's wealth was passed down to him, it was on its way to being utterly wasted down to nothing. He was selfish and loved to gamble.

After Old Master Lu promised that he would help the Ye family's debt-ridden company if Ye Qing married his grandson, the Ye family prepared to marry off Ye Zhen's older sister, Ye Qing, without reservations.

However, Ye Qing had already fallen deeply in love with the male lead. Once she heard about her parents' arrangement for her, she resolutely ran off with the male lead. She abandoned her life as a daughter from a wealthy family to live an arduous life with a poor young man that had an unblemished integrity.

Although the older sister was gone, the younger sister was still here. Anyways, these sisters looked identical, even their parents couldn't tell them apart, much less members of Lu family. And so, the Ye family married Ye Zhen over without any qualms.

The transmigrated Ye Zhen didn't have a problem being married to a comatose person. But, one year after Lu Beichuan fell unconscious, which was to say that in one month from now, he would wake up.

Perhaps, it was because he had experienced one year of being a comatose person. In the novel, after Lu Beichuan woke up, his personality drastically changed. He dealt with people using unconscionable methods. He treated his wife with contempt. Under the workings of fate, he eventually met Ye Zhen's warm and generous older sister and found out the Ye sisters had switched places.

When he compared the inarticulate and mediocre younger sister to her skillful and efficient older sister, Lu Beichuan felt cheated. And when Lu Beichuan found out that the male lead was his half brother - they had the same father, but different mothers - he went down the villain's path of trying to seize power and his enemy's wife.

Of course, as her older sister's substitute, Ye Zhen naturally didn't have any good days left once Lu Beichuan found out about the truth. The villain used her a substitute for her older sister to vent his frustrations and resentment.

Because of the resentment that had accumulated over the years, Ye Zhen repeatedly flaunted her status as Lu Beichuan's wife in front of her older sister. Later on, she gave birth to Lu Beichuan's son. Of course, because the son grew up in such an environment, his morals weren't very good. Father and son colluded together to do plenty of deceitful, sinister, and crafty schemes. Their high intellect was solely used to commit crimes. For a long time, they amused themselves by tormenting the male lead.

However, a villain's fate couldn't be avoided, and the family eventually suffered the consequences of their actions. After the villain suffered crushing defeat in the hands of the male lead, Ye Zhen, who was the villain's wife, naturally wouldn't be to escape the law's pursuit. She spent the rest of her life in jail.

The novel's Ye Zhen was Ye Zhen, and she was herself. They were two different people. Although she was Lu Beichuan's wife, he was comatose right now. The immense sea allowed the fish to leap freely. The vast sky allowed the birds to fly freely. As long as she figured out a way to leave Lu family within one month, she would be free. After that, she could live out the rest of her life happily.

As for what would happen to Ye family after she left, why should she care?

If they had ability, they should go find Ye Qing and bring her back.

The knocking on the other side of the door interrupted her train of thought.

"Good morning, Miss Ye." An old butler, who had been serving the Lu family for many years, was respectfully standing right outside the door. A small cart was pushed inside. There were all sorts of tools that were used to clean Lu Beichuan on the cart.

The Lu family had a long history. Not only did their ancestors leave behind an enormous fortune, they also left behind old-fashioned and pedantic rules.

She was Lu Beichuan's wife, so when she woke up every day, her first duty was to clean her husband's body.

Ye Zhen accepted the towel from the butler and dampened it in the basin of warm water, then she pushed aside the quilt that was covering Lu Beichuan. She untied the top part of his pajamas and wiped his arms, shoulders, abdomen, and other areas.

This task had to be done every day, but the Lu family insisted that only she could do it.

In the past, a professional caretaker would come to wipe and wash Lu Beichuan's body. However, after Ye Zhen married into the Lu family, they repeatedly told her that only she could have intimate skin contact with Lu Beichuan's body.

... What year did they think they were in? Why did they still observe so many rotten ideas from the feudal era?

Under the butler's attentive eyes, Ye Zhen truly didn't have any leeway for laziness. She was extremely careful and conscientious as she wiped Lu Beichuan's body. She cleaned his body like she was cleaning a piece of art. When she first came here, her entire face would flush, and she had no idea what to do. But now, she remained calm, and her expression didn't even change when she did this task. It was all thanks to her hard work in looking at so many naked Greek statues. Moreover, Lu Beichuan's body wasn't any worse than those statues.

Ye Zhen turned around, washed the towel in the warm water, and wrung it mostly dry. Then, she softly wiped Lu Beichuan's cheek. The silhouette of his facial features was distinct and deep. This man's appearance was simply flawlessly handsome. She just didn't know what his eyes would like once he opened them. Would it look the eyes in last night's dream? Brooding and deeply cold.

Using the towel, she cleaned Lu Beichuan's ear. When she gently pinched his earlobe, she suddenly saw Lu Beichuan's eyelids moving and could clearly see his eyeballs moving underneath his eyelids. It looked as if he was going to open his eyes in the next second. Ye Zhen noticed this, but she still nonchalantly continued cleaning his ear.

In the beginning, Ye Zhen thought Lu Beichuan was really about to wake up, but the family's doctor told her it was a normal nerve reflex for his fingers as well as eyes to twitch occasionally.

When she thought about it, the doctor's words made sense. In the novel, Lu Beichuan wouldn't wake up for another month. It wasn't time yet.

After she finished cleaning him, Ye Zhen warmed up lotion in her hands, then her warm palms rubbed the lotion all over Lu Beichuan's body. Ye Zhen saw that Lu Beichuan's pinky finger on his right side was roused.

It was strange. Although other people that were comatose for a year hadn't deteriorated to the level of being emaciated, their physical condition wasn't good. No matter what, the state of their bodies weren't as well preserved as Lu Beichuan's.

After the cleaning and moisturizing was done, Ye Zhen was so tired the she couldn't even keep her back straight. She put Lu Beichuan's clothes back on and pulled up the quilt.

The sixty-plus-year-old butler, who had served the Lu family his entire life, respectfully said to Ye Zhen, "You've worked hard."

Ye Zhen docilely smiled. She didn't say anything and went into the bathroom to wash up.

Right after she entered the bathroom, a specialized doctor and nurse came into the room to check Lu Beichuan as well as using medical tools to feed him.

This procedure wasn't within the scope of Ye Zhen's abilities.

After washing up, Ye Zhen glanced at him from a distance, then she went downstairs.

In the dining room, Lu Beichuan's parents as well as young man were siting at the dining table. The head seat wasn't empty. Old Master Lu hadn't come.

"Dad, mom, good morning."

Father Lu glanced at Ye Zhen and nodded.

Ye Zhen looked at the empty head seat and casually asked, "Where's grandfather?"

"Old Master went back to the ancestral home for a few day. How is Beichuan today?" Mother Lu was neatly dressed with exquisitely done makeup. It was absolutely impossible to guess her real age. Presenting a magnificent appearance was Mrs. Lu's last way of maintaining her status as the legitimate wife in front of the illegitimate son.

To maintain her surface appearance of being someone that was inarticulate and mediocre, Ye Zhen lowered her head slightly and said, "Everything is still good."

Mother Lu put down her bowl and chopsticks. In a worried tone, she said, "You have to do your best and be more thoughtful."

Mother Lu hadn't been happy with her son's marriage to begin with. Beichuan and Ye Qing were mismatched in social status, and her son's wife was also timid and cowardly. She was someone that didn't have her own opinions. If it wasn't because Old Master Lu had said this marriage would bring her son good luck, she would have never agreed to this marriage!

Moreover, these two had already been married for month, but Beichuan was still unconscious. It was obvious that this "good luck marriage" wasn't effective at all!

Father Lu's eyebrows furrowed. "Enough, it's so early in the day. Isn't the doctor upstairs and checking on him right now?

Mother Lu was silent for a moment. She lowered her voice as she spoke to her daughter-in-law, "Ye Qing, you need to remember all of Beichuan's matters, regardless of their importance. If any issue comes up, you have to immediately inform the doctor and me. You should also learn more about medical massage techniques from the professional caretaker. Sooner or later, Beichuan will wake up. If you massaged him more often, it'll help with his future recovery period."

Ye Zhen had already lost count the number of times that Mother Lu had said these type of words to her. These words went in one ear and went out the other. "Okay, I'll remember."

"Let's eat first." Father Lu glanced at Mother Lu, then he gestured for Ye Zhen to sit down.

Ye Zhen sat down next to Mother Lu. The young man across the table looked at her with an enigmatic smile.

This improper young man had shifty-eyes and a face that was displeasing to look at.

Lu Beichuan's father, Lu Shaoren, wasn't a good person. He had a wife at home and fooled around with other women. He had plenty of illegitimate sons that were eager to climb up in social status. But, with a legitimate son like Lu Beichuan and a father like Old Master Lu, Lu Shaoren hadn't dared to actually bring these sons home.

A year ago, Lu Beichuan had been in a car accident. The hospital had sent a written notice that Lu Beichuan was critically injured. Although Lu Beichuan's life was saved, his mother almost died from the shock of hearing this news. Later on, when Lu Beichuan's was diagnosed as a comatose person by the doctors, Father Lu brought home an illegitimate son he had with a lover, which was the young man sitting across from her today, Lu Beifan.

From Lu Beifan's perspective, his half-brother was unconscious. A family as influential as the Lu family needed a successor to take on the heavy responsibilities. He thought that Old Master Lu could only turn a blind eye and accept him as a substitute.

However, based on his appearance, temperament, and general ineptness, he was merely a self-deluded fool. Being acknowledged as the Lu Family's second young master wasn't the same as becoming its successor.

Since Ye Zhen had married into this family, those narrow eyes hadn't looked away from Ye Zhen's body. He lusted after the beautiful Ye Zhen. Once, right in front of Lu Beichuan’s bed, Lu Beifan had even forcibly hugged Ye Zhen and called her unseemly endearments like sweetheart. Fortunately, Lu Beichuan was comatose and couldn't feel or hear anything. Otherwise, if he had witnessed his wife and half-brother acting out this erotic scene so freely before him, he would have been angered to death.

However, in the novel, after Lu Beichuan woke up, this second young master's ending was quite awful.

With Lu Beifan's limited intelligence, he simply wasn't a match for the ruthless villain.

As a servant was bringing over Ye Zhen's breakfast, the servant heard Father Lu saying, "I've given you two months to familiarize yourself with the company's business. You should be done with that task by now. After breakfast, come with me to the company." Obviously, these words were said to Lu Beifan.

Lu Beifan beamed with joy. Being able to go to the company with Lu Shaoren meant that he was officially being recognized as his son as well as an acknowledgment that he was being training to become the company's successor.

He suppressed his excitement. "Okay, dad."

From her peripheral vision, Ye Zhen saw that Mother Lu was trembling, but trying her best to repress her reaction. Ye Zhen lowered her eyes.

During such a public scene, Mother Lu had to be magnanimous. She had to show understanding and be considerate of Lu family's needs. More importantly, she had to uphold her husband's dignity. Unlike a woman from a normal family, she couldn't quarrel with her husband in front her daughter-in-law and her husband's illegitimate son.

A wealthy and powerful family had many problems. Right now, Lu Beifan was immeasurably self-satisfied. But, once Lu Beichuan woke up, not just Lu Beifan, even Lu Shaoren wouldn't be able to keep a foothold in the Lu family.