Recaps

Long Jingyuan mourned Su Qiao’s departure and wondered why she refused to stay with him. Remembering her words about a man called A-Han, he ordered an investigation into the man’s identity and demanded that he be brought to the palace.

• Long Jingyuan left Xuanzheng Hall in a gloomy mood, and the ministers quietly departed.
• Long Jingyuan remembered Su Qiao drinking beneath the moon in the pavilion and lamented that she had left him.
• Eunuch Quan assured Long Jingyuan that he had treated Su Qiao well, but Long Jingyuan questioned whether she had ever loved him.
• Eunuch Quan reminded Long Jingyuan of Su Qiao’s words at the Qionglin Banquet about a man called A-Han who wanted to roam the world with her.
• Long Jingyuan ordered a guard to search the Imperial Family princes across the kingdoms for someone with “Han” in his name and bring him back to the palace.

Long Jingyuan learned that Su Qiao might have left because she believed he had been intimate with other women, and he decided to explain himself to her. After locating her in Yan Kingdom, he traveled there and told the Yan Emperor that he had come to bring his Empress home.

• Eunuch Quan told Long Jingyuan that Su Qiao disliked the thought that neither his body nor his heart belonged solely to her, and Long Jingyuan insisted he belonged only to her.
• Eunuch Quan suggested Su Qiao might believe Long Jingyuan had been intimate with women in his harem, and Long Jingyuan ordered more men to find her so he could explain.
• Three days later, Xie Ruida reported that Su Qiao had crossed the border using the identity of a recently deceased man, and Long Jingyuan decided to go after her himself.
• Five days later, Long Jingyuan met the Yan Emperor and claimed his mischievous Empress had traveled to Yan Kingdom and forgotten to return.

Long Jingyuan searched for Su Qiao after she fled, while Emperor Yan mocked him for pursuing a woman. Long Jingyuan found Su Qiao in a courtyard in Yan Kingdom and brought her back after she tried to escape again.

• Long Jingyuan told Emperor Yan that he needed no help and left to find Su Qiao, while Emperor Yan dismissed him as a ruler ruled by a woman.
• Su Qiao hid in a secluded courtyard in Yan Kingdom’s capital, but discovered that hidden guards had surrounded it.
• Long Jingyuan entered the courtyard and confronted Su Qiao about fleeing, accusing her of using elaborate tricks to evade him.
• Long Jingyuan restrained Su Qiao and kept her in the room for a day and a night until she fainted.

Su Qiao woke in Longhua Imperial Palace, where Long Jingyuan kept her close and confronted her about running away. As he questioned her about the mysterious A-Han, Su Qiao realized he meant Duanmu Han, and Long Jingyuan demanded to know who he was.

• Su Qiao woke in the palace and learned Long Jingyuan had cared for her during the journey from the Yan Kingdom.
• Long Jingyuan dressed and fed Su Qiao, then carried her to the Dragon Bed.
• Su Qiao asked whether Long Jingyuan had surrounded the Marquis's Residence and imprisoned her father.
• Long Jingyuan accused Su Qiao of escaping because she loved A-Han and asked whether he was her lover.
• Su Qiao recognized that Long Jingyuan meant Duanmu Han, and Long Jingyuan asked whether the man came from overseas.

Su Qiao confronted Long Jingyuan about imprisoning her and explained why she had refused to enter the palace: she wanted a love without concubines or humiliation. Long Jingyuan listened as she lay on his chest, but he did not release her.

• Long Jingyuan claimed Su Qiao loved him and said he had framed her letter as a bond of indenture.
• Su Qiao demanded that Long Jingyuan stop visiting and release her, threatening to cut him off if he kept her captive.
• Long Jingyuan said he had guarded Longqian Hall and sent many people to find her because he feared she would run away again.
• Su Qiao explained that she had always refused to enter the palace and would not accept a relationship that included wives and concubines.
• Su Qiao asked Long Jingyuan whether he would accept her keeping male companions, then said that in her world strength, not gender, determined power.
• Long Jingyuan lay down with Su Qiao on his chest and asked whether she was finished.

Long Jingyuan explained that he had always loved Su Qiao and revealed the truth about the First Prince, clearing up her suspicions. After reconciling, Su Qiao visited her father and later ran into a haggard Prince Jin at a teahouse.

• Long Jingyuan told Su Qiao that he had planned to make her Empress and had intended to send the other women in the palace away.
• Long Jingyuan explained that his childhood trauma had made him disgusted by relations between men and women, and revealed that the First Prince was Long Hongyuan's son.
• Su Qiao embraced Long Jingyuan and promised she had no interest in any other man.
• Long Jingyuan told Su Qiao that he had released her father and arranged for Su Jingya to marry into Huang Manor.
• After spending two days in Longqian Palace, Su Qiao returned to the Marquis's residence and then encountered a haggard Prince Jin at a teahouse.

Prince Jin confronted Su Qiao about her past, but she rejected his excuses and told him not to seek her out again. After reuniting with Long Jingyuan, Su Qiao discovered that her meal contained infertility medicine and Poppy Powder.

• Prince Jin asked Su Qiao why she had hidden that she was the person who saved him in the south, and she accused him of caring only for Su Jingya and never having genuine feelings for her.
• Su Qiao left Prince Jin and told him not to come looking for her again.
• Long Jingyuan grew jealous of Prince Jin and said he would send him away, but Su Qiao said she wanted Prince Jin's son.
• Long Jingyuan and Su Qiao returned to the Dragon Bed, and later woke to eat together.
• Su Qiao tasted the food, warned Long Jingyuan that it contained infertility medicine, and identified Poppy Powder in the fried crucian carp.

Su Qiao and Long Jingyuan confronted the danger of Poppy Powder and the Empress Dowager’s betrayal. After learning she had tried to harm him and Su Qiao, Long Jingyuan found comfort in Su Qiao and resolved not to give in again.

• Long Jingyuan ordered Eunuch Quan to investigate Poppy Powder after Su Qiao explained its addictive and deadly effects.
• Su Qiao told Eunuch Quan to investigate the powder with Su Jingya, who could identify it because she understood medicine and came from another world.
• Two days later, Eunuch Quan told Su Qiao that Long Jingyuan had smashed things, locked himself in his study, and refused to eat after discovering the Empress Dowager’s actions.
• Su Qiao comforted Long Jingyuan as he grieved over the woman who had raised him and admitted she had tried to cut off his bloodline by giving Su Qiao Sterilization Drug.
• Long Jingyuan vowed not to give in again, and Su Qiao led him out to eat with her.

Su Qiao confronted the Empress Dowager over her treatment of Long Jingyuan and demanded custody of the First Prince. The Empress Dowager resisted, but Su Qiao warned that handing him over was the best way to protect him.

• The Empress Dowager summoned Su Qiao and accused her of disrupting the imperial court and harem by making Long Jingyuan cancel the concubine selection and consider dismissing the harem.
• Su Qiao declared that Long Jingyuan was the only man she loved and defended his decision to let the imperial concubines choose whether to stay or leave.
• Su Qiao demanded that the Empress Dowager hand over the First Prince, her grandson.
• The Empress Dowager refused, but Su Qiao revealed that Long Jingyuan knew about her past actions and warned that only she could protect the First Prince.

Su Qiao took the First Prince and helped Longhua Kingdom prosper, while the other kingdoms submitted to its supremacy. After resting in her space, she set out for a new world, still hoping to meet the mysterious man she loved.

• The Empress Dowager gave the sleeping First Prince to Su Qiao, who took him away to raise.
• Su Qiao kept the imperial concubines in the palace, while Su Jingya eventually died by suicide and Prince Jin was sent to guard the Imperial Mausoleum.
• The South-to-North Water Diversion project was completed, and Su Qiao's innovations helped Longhua Kingdom flourish as the other three kingdoms submitted.
• Su Qiao returned to her space, rested from the emotions accumulated across many lifetimes, and refused Xiao Si's suggestion to store those feelings away.
• Su Qiao entered a new world, determined to seize every chance to be with the mysterious man.

Su Qiao woke up hungover with swollen eyes and learned that online users were accusing her of bullying Bai Zhilan, stealing a song, and taking Bai Zhilan’s boyfriend. After deciding to review the duplicate’s memories and delete the videos, Su Qiao left the matter for later; meanwhile, Bai Zhilan and Lu Jingwen discussed the recording posted online and Lu Jingwen said Su Qiao should face consequences.

• Su Qiao woke up with swollen eyes and asked 444 how much she had drunk.
• Su Qiao checked the computer and discovered online accusations that she had bullied people, stolen a song, and taken someone’s boyfriend.
• Su Qiao told 444 to delete the videos and decided to sort through the duplicate’s memories first.
• At the Lu Corporation, Bai Zhilan told Lu Jingwen she regretted publicly exposing Su Qiao after a recording of the incident appeared online.
• Lu Jingwen comforted Bai Zhilan and said Su Qiao should bear the consequences of her actions.

Su Qiao reviewed the memories of her past life and learned how Bai Zhilan and Lu Jingwen’s betrayal led to her family’s ruin and her own death. The chapter left her facing the truth of the tragedy that had befallen the original Su Qiao.

• Lu Jingwen told Bai Zhilan he had decided to break off his engagement with Su Qiao, and Bai Zhilan secretly vowed to take everything that belonged to her.
• Su Qiao recalled that Bai Zhilan had stolen her song, accused her of plagiarism, and turned her fiancé and the company against her.
• Su Qiao remembered refusing Lu Jingwen’s request to end their engagement out of resentment.
• The Su family company went bankrupt, and Su Qiao’s father killed himself after arranging a way out for her.
• Su Qiao blamed herself for her father’s death and, unable to take revenge on Lu Jingwen and Bai Zhilan, committed suicide.

Su Qiao recovered from drinking and learned more about her past and Bai Zhilan’s hostility toward her family. The chapter ended with Su Qiao discovering that Bai Zhilan was her half-sister and that Bai Zhilan’s Mother had indirectly caused Su Mama’s death.

• Su Qiao asked 444 to locate Lu Jingwen and investigate Bai Zhilan’s background.
• After bathing, Su Qiao examined her appearance and reflected on her talent, her difficult childhood, and her relationship with Lu Jingwen.
• Su Qiao vowed to deal with Lu Jingwen and Bai Zhilan, but 444 revealed that Bai Zhilan was her half-sister.
• 444 explained that Bai Zhilan’s Mother had drugged Su Qiao’s Father and later appeared at the Su family home while pregnant.
• Su Mama argued with Su Qiao’s Father and ran outside, where a car hit her.

Su Qiao learned that Lu Jingheng, who might be the Great Demon King, had liked Bai Zhilan and never married in his previous life. She feared her guess might be true, then felt reassured by a caring call from her father.

• 444 told Su Qiao that Lu Jingwen's cousin Lu Jingheng had liked Bai Zhilan and might be the Great Demon King.
• Su Qiao threatened to punish Lu Jingheng if he had pursued Bai Zhilan and threatened to pluck 444's fur for making the guess.
• Su Qiao asked what Lu Jingheng's fate had been in the previous life, and 444 said he had never married.
• Su Qiao's Father called from his business trip, reminded her to drink milk and go to bed, and Su Qiao told him not to overwork himself.

Su Qiao asked 444 to check the Su family's company and went to Hengyuan Group to get a close-range scan of Lu Jingheng. After waiting two hours, she entered his office, where 444 confirmed his identity as she prepared to speak.

• Su Qiao asked 444 to check whether anything had gone wrong with the Su family's company, and 444 connected to the network.
• Su Qiao arrived at Hengyuan Group and waited in the reception area for two hours.
• Lu Jingheng's male assistant escorted Su Qiao into his office.
• Lu Jingheng impatiently told Su Qiao to speak quickly and not waste his time.
• 444 confirmed Lu Jingheng's identity, and Su Qiao knitted her brows as she began to speak.

Su Qiao visited Lu Jingheng's office with soup for Lu Jingwen, but Lu Jingheng insulted her and warned her to stay away from Bai Zhilan. She left after learning Lu Jingwen had already gone, secretly vowing to make Lu Jingheng regret his words.

• Lu Jingheng mocked Su Qiao for bringing Lu Jingwen soup and told her to stay away from Bai Zhilan.
• Su Qiao controlled her anger and pretended she had mistaken Lu Jingheng for Lu Jingwen because they looked alike.
• Lu Jingheng asked whether Su Qiao knew Lu Jingwen had fallen for Bai Zhilan, and Su Qiao insisted they were only ordinary friends.
• Lu Jingheng told Su Qiao that Lu Jingwen had left and that she should look for him at his own company.
• Su Qiao left the office carrying the thermos and warned Lu Jingheng to remember what he had said.

After leaving Lu Jingheng’s office, Su Qiao decided to act like a weak, devoted woman who trusted him despite his betrayals. She went to Lu Jingwen’s entertainment company and headed straight for his office.

• Lu Jingheng wondered about the meaning of Su Qiao’s final glance, but Liu Yuan could not explain it.
• Su Qiao told 444 she would pretend to trust Lu Jingwen and play the role of a weak, infatuated woman.
• Su Qiao arrived at Lu Jingwen’s entertainment company and bypassed her assigned recording studio to go to his top-floor office.
• The company’s assistants hesitated to stop Su Qiao because she was Lu Jingwen’s fiancée and the heiress of Su Group.

Su Qiao visited Lu Jingwen to explain herself, but he insisted on ending their engagement and offered to compensate her. He then revealed that Bai Zhilan was Su Qiao’s half-sister and asked her to treat Bai Zhilan kindly, leaving Su Qiao stunned by his demand.

• Su Qiao brought Lu Jingwen a thermos of leftover soup while the system warned that it could make him sick.
• Lu Jingwen told Su Qiao he had no romantic feelings for her and would explain the broken engagement to his parents.
• Su Qiao raised concerns about the damage the broken engagement would cause her family, and Lu Jingwen promised compensation.
• Su Qiao asked whether Lu Jingwen was protecting Bai Zhilan, and he revealed that Bai Zhilan was her half-sister.
• Lu Jingwen asked Su Qiao to be tolerant and kind toward Bai Zhilan, leaving Su Qiao incredulous.

Su Qiao pretended to be shocked by Lu Jingwen’s claim that Bai Zhilan was her sister, then left after agreeing to ask her father. She planned to use the time to prepare against the Lu Family and collect compensation from Lu Jingwen for breaking their engagement.

• Lu Jingwen asked Su Qiao to persuade her father to welcome Bai Zhilan into the Su Family and treat her as a sister.
• Su Qiao claimed her father had never taken another woman after her mother’s death and pretended to go home to ask him about Bai Zhilan.
• After leaving the Lu Corporation, Su Qiao joked about creating an illegitimate younger brother for Lu Jingwen’s family.
• Su Qiao told 444 she had acted to keep Lu Jingwen from immediately targeting the Su Family’s company while she prepared her next moves.
• Su Qiao decided Lu Jingwen owed her compensation for breaking their engagement, and 444 encouraged her to fleece him.

Su Qiao transformed her appearance with a handsome short haircut and stylish gender-neutral clothes, leaving onlookers convinced she was a wealthy young man. She returned home in the car while considering what to do next, and 444 wondered whether her remark about cutting off unnecessary things meant more than her hair.

• Su Qiao went to International Building, where she got a short haircut and bought gender-neutral clothes.
• Su Qiao emerged in a silver-gray suit and drew admiring attention from girls passing by.
• Su Qiao told Old Li not to call her Miss when they were outside and asked him to receive her purchases at home.
• Old Li grew concerned about Su Qiao's sudden change and decided he needed to report it to Mr.
• Su Qiao scrolled through her phone in the car and told 444 that extra things should be cut off.

Su Qiao practiced singing and decided to use her money to set up her own studio after learning that her company had shelved her. She called Assistant Zhang to ask whether her father had received the package she sent him, but the answer was still pending.

• Su Qiao decided to become a famous singer and asked 444 to collect popular songs from previous planes so she could register their copyrights.
• Su Qiao returned home, went to her recording studio, and tested her singing voice.
• 444 told Su Qiao that the company had shelved her, but Su Qiao said she would start her own studio using her money.
• Su Qiao called Assistant Zhang to ask whether her father had received the package she sent him, and Assistant Zhang admitted he had forgotten to check.

Su Qiao worked on a song and reassured Su Qiao's Father that she had cut her hair for her album, not because she was heartbroken. She told him she had dumped Lu Jingwen and planned to use their breakup to extort money from him, while warning her father that Lu Jingwen might target their company.

• Su Qiao told Assistant Zhang to return the recording without opening it, then revised its lyrics and sheet music until dinner.
• Su Qiao's Father video-called her and anxiously asked why she had cut her hair and whether Lu Jingwen had bullied her.
• Su Qiao said she had cut her hair for her album and had already dumped Lu Jingwen.
• Su Qiao warned her father that Lu Jingwen had bad intentions toward their family and might secretly move against their company.
• Su Qiao told her father she planned to demand a large breakup settlement from Lu Jingwen, and he agreed to let her handle it while urging her to be careful.

Su Qiao spoke with her father, who encouraged her to pursue piano studies abroad and prepared financial safeguards for her. After their call, she suspected Lu Jingwen had already begun targeting her family’s company and asked Little Four to investigate.

• Su Qiao's Father praised her clever plan to take advantage of Lu Jingwen, and she reassured him that she had missed him.
• Su Qiao's Father offered to send Su Qiao abroad to study piano, and she said she would compete in the B-Paris International Piano Competition to earn admission herself.
• Su Qiao's Father told Su Qiao he had mailed her an education fund card and arranged high-value insurance policies for her.
• After ending the call, Su Qiao suspected the company was already in trouble and asked Little Four to check whether Lu Jingwen had made his move.

After learning that Lu Jingwen was pressuring the Su Family to force her father to cancel the engagement, Su Qiao retaliated by attacking his company’s game server. Lu Jingwen rushed back to find the server down and his technicians unable to restore it or trace the hacker.

• 444 discovered that Lu Jingwen had led the Lu Family’s efforts to suppress Su Qiao’s father’s company.
• Su Qiao realized Lu Jingwen was using the pressure to make her father give in over Bai Zhilan and decided to retaliate.
• Su Qiao attacked the server for the Lu Family’s popular game, Wilderness Frontline, while 444 helped hide her traces.
• The computers at Lu Jingwen’s company went black, and technicians found that the game server had been shut down by a mysterious attacker.
• Lu Jingwen returned from his date with Bai Zhilan and demanded that the technicians restore the server, but they said the hacker had outmatched them and left no traces.

After Lu Jingwen’s company servers crashed, Su Qiao and 444 planned to develop a holographic online game and raise money through foreign stocks. Su Qiao later met Lu Jingheng at a café after he unexpectedly called her, leaving him stunned when he recognized her.

• Lu Jingwen ordered his assistant to recruit Tom, the leaderboard’s second-ranked person, at a high price.
• Su Qiao decided to create a holographic online game and assigned 444 to handle its programming while she worked on the equipment.
• Su Qiao told 444 to invest her money in foreign stocks to build capital before the Su family’s company faced a cash-flow crisis.
• Su Qiao spent the next few days recording songs and working on the game, then went to meet Lu Jingheng at a café.
• Lu Jingheng recognized Su Qiao and began to respond in surprise.