The Daqian dynasty crumbles under tyranny and endless warfare, leaving its people desperate and starving. When Chen Jie awakens after transmigration, he discovers he's become a dissolute gambler shackled to poverty—with a wife named Su Yunjin and her five-year-old sister Su Yunrui depending on his every move. Their household survives on scraps. One morning, Su Yunjin approaches with a gentle smile, offering him a steaming bowl of porridge. "Husband, forgive me for yesterday. Eat while it's warm." But the bruises marking her face tell a different story. Ding~ [Daily Intelligence Updated] [1. Last night, you gambled away three acres of fertile land. You struck Su Yunjin in your drunken rage and schemed to sell young Su Yunrui to cover your debts.] [2. The Su sisters are bound by survival. Su Yunrui represents Su Yunjin's sole reason to live.] [3. Three days prior, Su Yunjin bartered her mother's hairpin for arsenic—a final escape.] Arsenic. The word echoes through Chen Jie's mind as he stares at the porridge, then at his wife's lowered eyes and the fingerprints of violence on her skin. "Honey?" "Mm?" "You're not planning to poison me, are you?!"