Recaps

Shi Zheng faced a school scandal and used her ties with Hua Jinchen and Gu Yanshen to avoid expulsion, while Su Qingqing’s role in the exposé emerged. The arc ended with Hua Jinchen and Gu Yanshen competing over Shi Zheng at Yunding Club as Su Qingqing prepared to expose their encounter.

• Shi Zheng woke in Gu Yanshen's suite, saw that his favorability was -99, and learned her scandal had been exposed.
• Shi Zheng resisted an immediate suspension by demanding a Student Council review, and the school allowed her to remain while the Disciplinary Committee investigated.
• Shi Zheng drew Hua Jinchen’s attention, became his girlfriend, and persuaded him to help protect her from expulsion.
• Gu Yanshen led a hearing that gave Shi Zheng a warning, then confronted her about Hua Jinchen and claimed an intimate connection with her.
• Shi Zheng suspected Su Qingqing had arranged the forum exposé, while Su Qingqing decided to drive Shi Zheng out of school.
• At Yunding Club, Shi Zheng struck Zhang Hao with a bottle, and Hua Jinchen arrived to protect her and claim her as his girlfriend.
• Gu Yanshen followed Shi Zheng at the club, and Su Qingqing secretly photographed them together as Hua Jinchen confronted him.
• Gu Yanshen joined Hua Jinchen’s group despite Hua Jinchen’s demand that he leave, and Shi Zheng joined their plans for an amateur race as Gu Yanshen stiffened at an unseen contact beneath the table.

Shi Zheng exposed Su Qingqing’s campaign against her, while her relationships with Hua Jinchen and Gu Yanshen grew more complicated. After Hua Jinchen proposed, his mother paid Shi Zheng to leave him, and Shi Zheng turned to Gu Yanshen instead.

• Hua Jinchen publicly confirmed that Shi Zheng was his girlfriend, while Shi Zheng confronted Su Qingqing and gave Gu Yanshen a recording linking Su Qingqing to the rumors.
• Hua Jinchen and Gu Yanshen fought after Hua Jinchen learned that Shi Zheng and Gu Yanshen had slept together, but Shi Zheng told Hua Jinchen the truth and asked him to decide whether to stay with her.
• Shi Zheng cared for Hua Jinchen at his villa, and their relationship deepened as she stayed with him and he took on the household chores.
• Gu Yanshen admitted he had delayed Su Qingqing’s case to keep Shi Zheng coming to him, then later informed her that Su Qingqing would be expelled for her misconduct.
• Su Qingqing confronted Shi Zheng at school, but Hua Jinchen protected her as Student Council members escorted Su Qingqing off campus.
• Three months later, Hua Jinchen proposed to Shi Zheng, then brought her to meet his parents, who welcomed her warmly.
• Hua Jinchen’s mother offered Shi Zheng money to leave him, and Shi Zheng accepted thirty million before telling Hua Jinchen they were breaking up and blocking him.
• Shi Zheng asked Gu Yanshen to be her boyfriend, and he agreed, promising that his family would not make things difficult for her.