Reborn: Choosing the Right Man

Clair finds herself reborn on the very day she chooses a husband. Remembering the betrayals of her past life, she decisively refuses to pick Vincent and prepares to choose a different future.

Clair shocks everyone by choosing Henry Caldwell as her fiancé. She tells her grandfather that Henry will build a tech empire and be a strong partner for the family business. Vincent then unexpectedly says he already loves someone else and asks her to choose another, making Clair wonder if he too has been reborn.

Clair confronts Vincent about his plan to run away with Vivian and demands he repay the Hart family for years of support, threatening legal action. Vincent accuses her of only knowing how to use money to coerce him, while Vivian kneels and apologizes, begging Clair not to take her anger out on Vincent.

Clair orders her maid Xiaoyu to discard all of Vincent's belongings, calling them trash. When she learns Vincent gave her late mother's pipa to Vivian without permission, she resolves to take it back herself.

Clair overhears Vincent promise Vivian they will fake his death and elope, and confess he fell for her at the welcome party. Clair reveals she was the one playing the pipa that night. She realizes Vincent mistook her for Vivian, and in her past life he gave up everything for the wrong woman.

Clair demands the return of her pipa, which Vincent gave away without permission. Vivian deliberately brings her dog close to Clair, triggering a severe allergy. As Clair collapses, Vivian steals her medication and threatens to expose the pipa truth unless Clair gives up Vincent at the engagement banquet.

Clair wakes in the hospital and learns Henry brought her there and left her specialized asthma medication. Vincent barges in and drags her away, insisting Vivian needs a blood transfusion after a fall. He forces a large amount of blood from Clair, ignoring her health. Xiaoyu later reveals Vincent took a thousand milliliters of Clair's blood for Vivian.

Vincent demands the only artificial heart left by Clair's father to save Vivian. Xiaoyu protests that he has already taken Clair's blood and now wants her lifesaving heart. Clair sets three conditions: kneel at the Hart ancestral hall for three days, never go back on his word, and attend the engagement banquet. Vincent accepts them all.

Clair casually tells Xiaoyu to store a rare jade, which Henry recognizes as a gift she painstakingly obtained. He says he cannot attend the engagement banquet, but Clair dares him to elope with her, and Henry finally agrees to come.

At the engagement banquet, Clair announces she will reveal her fiancé. Vincent publicly humiliates her, claiming she is forcing him into marriage with her family's wealth and declaring his love for Vivian. Clair then calls out Henry's name instead.

After Clair calls out a name at the engagement banquet, the crowd speculates in disbelief that she chose Henry. Vincent accuses her of putting on an act and insists she would never pick anyone else. Clair orders the marriage contract to be brought out.

Clair orders the marriage contract to be projected on the big screen, ready to reveal her fiancé's name publicly. Vincent and the crowd still doubt she would choose anyone else and press her to hurry. Clair insists on opening the contract herself to prove her choice.

Clair publicly declares she is no longer obsessed with Vincent and names Henry Caldwell as her fiancé. The crowd is shocked and dismisses it as a tantrum. Clair asks her grandfather to confirm it, and he announces that Henry will co-lead the Hart Group with Clair.

The guests still refuse to believe Clair has given up on Vincent, dismissing it as a tantrum. Vincent mocks her, but Clair produces the adoption contract, points out he broke his vows of loyalty and marriage, and tears it up in front of everyone, freeing him to be with Vivian.

Clair tears up the adoption contract in front of everyone. Vincent accuses her of being crazy and playing tricks, but Clair declares she will only marry Henry. Vincent mocks Henry as a playboy and warns her not to regret it, but Henry steps in to defend his fiancée.

Henry warns Vincent to stay away from Clair. Grandfather Hart entrusts Clair to Henry. In private, Henry assumes Clair chose him out of spite and offers to keep it secret, but Clair sincerely confesses that she has chosen a better man.

Clair and Henry register their marriage at the civil affairs bureau, where a clerk teases them. Clair admits that marrying Vincent in her past life was her true regret. Meanwhile, Henry's subordinate urges him to bring his wife home, revealing that Henry has hidden his identity as the Crown Prince of the Bo family for Clair's sake and has stayed away for twenty years.

Clair announces she will marry Henry in half a month, expressing confidence in his ability to lead the Hart Group forward. Vincent sees the trending news but dismisses it as Clair acting out of jealousy over his closeness to Vivian. He mocks Henry as a worthless man and predicts Clair will come back within three months.

Believing Clair has stepped aside, Vivian proposes to Vincent. He refuses to commit, claiming he fears Clair will change her mind and force him into marriage. Vivian accuses him of simply being unable to let Clair go.

Clair and Henry attend an auction and run into Vincent with Vivian. Vivian boasts that Vincent only has eyes for her, but Clair retorts that she has no interest in a secondhand man. Vincent announces his upcoming engagement to Vivian and declares he will bid on a ring for her.

The auction begins, and Vincent and Henry compete for the Rose Heart pink diamond. Vincent claims it is for his girlfriend, while Henry says it is for his fiancée Clair. Vivian mocks Henry for living off the Hart family, but Henry ignores her and raises the bid to one hundred million.

After Henry wins the Rose Heart for one hundred million, Vincent accuses him of spite-bidding. When the Everlasting Longing pipa, once owned by Clair's parents, goes up for auction, Vivian asks Vincent to bid for her. Vincent offers seventy million, and Clair counters with eighty million.

Clair wins her mother's pipa for eighty million. Vincent and Vivian mock her, claiming she cannot play. The auctioneer announces that under her mother's will, the winner must perform on the spot to claim the instrument, and the crowd awaits Clair's turn on stage.

Vivian publicly claims Clair cannot play the pipa, and Vincent urges her to give it up. Clair retorts that Vincent never truly knew her and insists on performing. Henry, as the one who lit the lamp, takes control of the auction and tells Clair to prove the instrument is hers.

Vivian worries that Vincent will discover she impersonated Clair to play the pipa. She suddenly complains of heart trouble, and Vincent rushes her to the hospital, interrupting the auction. In a memory, Henry recalls practicing pipa with Clair in their youth, where his strict coaching helped her improve.

Auction staff mistake Henry for the Crown Prince of the Bo family. Henry denies it and leaves with Clair. Meanwhile, Vincent tries to pay for Vivian's purchase but finds that the supplementary card from Clair and all his own accounts have been frozen.

Clair learns that Vincent used her money to spend lavishly on Vivian at the auction and orders Xiaoyu to cancel all his supplementary cards. Vincent finds his accounts frozen and assumes Clair is just throwing a tantrum. He decides to seek wealth through a connection to the Crown Prince of the Bo family.

Vincent is introduced to Mr. Cheng, a subordinate of the Crown Prince of the Bo family. Cheng offers a bet agreement requiring Vincent to repay triple the amount in one year. Urged by Vivian, Vincent signs. Clair learns of their upcoming engagement party and decides to attend with a special gift.

Clair arrives at Vincent and Vivian's engagement party with a special gift. Henry reminds her to remember she is a married woman. Guests gossip that Vincent has finally escaped Clair and that his destined love is Vivian.

Clair appears at the engagement party, where guests whisper she might still be hung up on Vincent. She reminds Vincent and Vivian that both were raised by the Hart family. She declares she has let them go but demands answers to a few questions.

Clair demands to know why Vincent fell for the maid Vivian. Vincent says it was her pipa playing at the Silver Star Gala. Clair then proposes Vivian perform on the spot so the guests can judge the music that supposedly captivated Vincent.

The guests egg Vivian on to play the pipa on stage, testing Vincent's claim about the music that moved him. Vincent and Lu Ming urge her to show her skill and put Clair in her place. Vivian hesitates, looking troubled.

Vivian plays the pipa on stage, but her clumsy technique and off-key notes draw ridicule from the guests, who question Vincent's claim of love at first sound. Clair points out the fingering and tuning errors. Vivian insists she is just nervous, but inwardly panics that Vincent will discover she cannot play at all.

Guests goad Clair into playing the pipa on stage. Vincent defends Vivian, but Clair challenges Vivian on how she stole her fiancé. Clair then announces she will play the very piece from the freshman welcome party that made Vincent fall in love at first sound, demanding he listen carefully.

After Clair finishes playing, guests recognize her as the pipa player from the freshman welcome party years ago. Vincent is stunned to realize the woman he has loved for two lifetimes is not Vivian, but Clair.

Vincent learns he mistook Vivian for Clair all these years and confronts Vivian about her deception. Vivian fires back, pointing out that Vincent never paid attention to Clair and his own inferiority prevented him from loving her.

Vincent finally confesses his love to Clair and begs to start over. Clair calmly reminds him that she is already engaged to Henry Caldwell and invokes the condition Vincent himself once agreed to—no matter who her fiancé is, he can never go back on his word.

Vincent begs for forgiveness again, claiming he now knows the truth and will make amends. Clair remains firm, insisting her engagement to Henry Caldwell is unshakable and wishing Vincent freedom. A flashback shows a young Clair giving Vincent a letter to open in ten years, promising to marry him at twenty.

Late at night, Vincent forces his way into the Hart residence, declaring he will not let Clair marry anyone else and demanding to see her. Grandfather Hart blocks him, rebuking Vincent for the promise he once made to treat Clair well and confessing his own heartbreak and disappointment.

Grandfather Hart severs ties with Vincent and orders him to leave the Hart residence immediately. Outside, Vincent confronts Vivian, who tries to explain her impersonation of Clair. He cuts her off coldly and announces he will schedule heart surgery, demanding she return Clair's heart.

Vivian accuses Vincent of being heartless and insists he has always been in love with Clair, calling their relationship a self-deception. When Vincent refuses to explain, Vivian begs Clair for forgiveness and offers to give up her position as his fiancée.

Clair blocks Vincent in front of Henry, claiming it's to cut off trouble for good. Henry points out she hesitated ten seconds over the confirm button. Clair teases him for being jealous, and when he denies it, she catches his ears turning red—his tell for lying.

Henry notices Clair has been gone for twenty minutes and her maid finds her phone at someone else's house. He orders Zhou Jun to search the entire property. Meanwhile, Vincent gets a call from a friend who spotted Clair being helped into a hotel elevator by a strange man.

Vivian's man reports that he has brought Clair to the hotel room and vows to torment her to death. A stranger corners Clair, ignoring her threats about the Hart family and her desperate struggles.

Henry arrives in time to stop the stranger from harming Clair and comforts her. He warns Vivian's man that no one may bully his wife. Clair is taken to the hospital, and after she wakes, family is allowed into the ward.

Vincent Hunt arrives at the hospital, claiming he will care for Clair and blaming Vivian Lin for the attack. He urges Clair to divorce Henry, insisting she only married him out of spite. Henry refuses to be dismissed, stating he will sign the papers the moment Clair asks, leaving the decision entirely to her.

Clair declares she will never divorce Henry. He offers to take her home to recover, and she asks him to cook her braised beef in red wine. Vincent barges in and appeals to their past, but Clair calls Henry her husband and tells Vincent he is the outsider, ordering him to leave.

Clair returns home from the hospital to find Henry has turned their marital home into a flower room and filled it with gifts. He blindfolds her and leads her into the bedroom, where every detail—from the dark green sheets to the walnut daybed—matches her tastes. Startled, she demands to know how he knows her so well.

Clair thanks Henry for the carefully arranged bedroom, then recalls how she alone prepared the wedding room for Vincent in her past life while he showed no interest. She realizes her rebirth is meant to make up for past regrets.

Clair asks Henry about the money he spent at the auction, but he brushes it off. She recalls how in her past life he became a powerful figure in the capital within three years and finally trusts his capability. Henry then declares he will handle all household chores, telling Clair to simply enjoy life.

While Henry is with Clair, he takes a call from his mother, who has arrived downstairs with a large entourage, insisting on meeting her daughter-in-law. Henry tries to stop her, but she is determined to see Clair.

Henry's mother arrives downstairs with lavish gifts, determined to meet Clair. Henry persuades her not to go up, arguing that his secret identity as the Crown Prince of the Bo family could frighten Clair away. His mother agrees to wait for a formal occasion.

Henry and his mother discuss the upcoming Hart family banquet in three days. She decides to formally reveal Henry's identity as the Crown Prince of the Bo family to Grandfather Hart, and prepares a rare bottle of Maotai worth over a hundred million as a betrothal gift to show their regard for Clair.

Vincent sees Henry with his arm around an older woman surrounded by bodyguards. Recalling Henry's extravagant bid at the auction, Vincent suspects he is being kept by a wealthy woman and resolves to tell Clair.

Vincent realizes that Clair now trusts Henry completely and would dismiss any photo as an attempt to sow discord. He decides to reveal the photos of Henry with an older woman at Grandfather Hart's birthday banquet in three days, believing this will make Clair see Henry's true character and return to him.