Recaps

Nan Xingyu tried to end her secret relationship with Xi Jin, while his jealousy and possessiveness kept drawing her back into his life. Their past and family troubles emerged, and the arc ended with Jiang Yu catching Xi Jin kissing Nan Xingyu at the cinema.

• Nan Xingyu received Xi Jin’s message after trying to break up with him, and he took her to his apartment and refused to let her go.
• Nan Xingyu recalled meeting Xi Jin as a child, while Xi Jin continued pressing her to elope and she worried about her mother and their lack of a future.
• Xi Jin’s birthday dinner at Haili Lao became a public spectacle when Nan Xingyu arranged for the staff to celebrate him in front of the restaurant.
• At dinner with Jiang Yu and Lin Piaopiao, Xi Jin revealed that his girlfriend was a Peking University student he had known since they were seven, then took Nan Xingyu home and confronted her about Jiang Yu.
• Xi Jin demanded that Nan Xingyu marry him, threatened to expose their relationship to her mother, and assaulted her when she tried to break up.
• Nan Xingyu learned from Liu Meili about Xi Jin’s troubled family history, including the death of his older brother Xi Song and the rumor that Xi Jin had pulled out his oxygen tube.
• Nan Xingyu remembered rescuing Xi Jin from the overpass railing when they were younger, while in the present he continued to pursue her despite her efforts to keep their relationship hidden.
• After Xi Jin confessed that he wanted to stay together forever and Nan Xingyu agreed, he kissed her at the cinema, where Jiang Yu saw them.

Nan Xingyu tried to escape Xi Jin’s possessive control while he fought his family over their relationship and marriage plans. After learning her fertility chances were nearly zero, Xi Jin hid the diagnosis, and Nan Xingyu secretly pursued a transfer arranged by Song Shuchen.

• Xi Jin revealed to Jiang Yu that he had known Nan Xingyu since childhood and planned to marry her, while Nan Xingyu began worrying about their relationship and met Jiang Yuexi.
• Nan Xingyu learned she was not pregnant, planned to leave Jingzhou, and tried to transfer schools, but Xi Jin discovered her application and withdrew it.
• Song Shuchen found a tracker in Nan Xingyu’s phone, and Xi Jin threatened her by driving toward the river before stopping when she promised not to leave.
• Nan Xingyu received her transfer documents through Jiang Yuexi, while Xi Jin’s jealousy of Song Shuchen grew and Nan Xingyu repeatedly told him she wanted to escape his control.
• Xi Jin cared for Nan Xingyu and Liu Meili during Liu Meili’s hospitalization, then took Nan Xingyu home for New Year and insisted they marry on February 14.
• Xi Jin continued opposing Nan Xingyu’s attempts to leave and rejected Xi Kun’s demand that he marry Jiang Yuexi, while Xi Jin’s grandfather died and Xi Jin summoned Nan Xingyu to Jingzhou.
• Xi Jin attacked Hua Jinyao for insulting Nan Xingyu and refused Xi Kun’s demand that he give her up, while Xi Kun revealed that Nan Xingyu might be infertile.
• Xi Jin remembered that doctors had told him Nan Xingyu was unlikely to become pregnant and had concealed it from her, while Nan Xingyu secretly confirmed her transfer with Song Shuchen and resolved to leave.