Recaps

Su Qiao challenged Zhang Ruohan’s ideas about love and sacrifice in a newspaper article that sparked public debate and cooled his popularity. She then arranged to rent a storefront and encountered Su Ying, whose hostile response ended Su Qiao’s concern about her family.

• Su Qiao wrote “Educate People Before Teaching Books,” arguing that character and values should be taught before knowledge and criticizing students who abused their talents.
• Su Qiao’s article caused widespread discussion, prompted educators and readers to reflect, and turned Zhang Ruohan into a target of criticism.
• Su Qiao inspected a storefront, signed a rental contract, and planned to publish a recruitment notice seeking women.
• Su Qiao ran into Su Ying with several female students and asked whether things at home were all right.
• Su Ying angrily asked why Su Qiao had come out, and Su Qiao wondered why her family had not considered how she would survive when they urged her to leave the Zhang family.

Su Qiao confronted Su Ying and the students who insulted her, then offered help to a German visitor at the newspaper office. Lin Qiuchi challenged Su Qiao’s ability to translate a technical manual, leaving Su Qiao’s response unresolved.

• Su Qiao realized that Su Ying and the other students were waiting for Lin Qiuchi and questioned Su Ying about still associating with her.
• The female students accused Su Qiao of separating Zhang’s Second Young Master from people who loved each other, and Su Qiao scolded them for their poor manners and judgment.
• Su Qiao advised Su Ying to choose more upright and ambitious friends, then walked into the newspaper office without acknowledging Lin Qiuchi.
• Su Qiao greeted a tall German man in fluent German, surprising the young man beside him and prompting Lin Qiuchi to recognize her.
• Lin Qiuchi pointed to a technical manual for new textile machinery and challenged Su Qiao to translate its obscure German terms.

Su Qiao used her German and mechanical knowledge to help Changyuan Textile Factory understand its new machinery manuals, while Lin Qiuchi ended her friendship with Su Ying over her deception. Zhang Jingyu watched from a car as Su Qiao entered the newspaper office, and Andrei was delighted by her translation.

• Su Qiao spoke fluent German with Andrei and learned that Changyuan Textile Factory had halted operations because its new machinery manuals were difficult to understand.
• Su Ying’s classmates were astonished by Su Qiao’s German, and Lin Qiuchi blamed Su Ying for deceiving her and ended their friendship.
• Zhang Jingchen urged Zhang Jingyu to intervene because he distrusted Andrei and Gu Junting, but Zhang Jingyu chose to wait rather than appear to follow Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao examined the machinery blueprints and translated the manual’s circled sections, adding her own notes in under half an hour.
• Andrei was delighted when he saw Su Qiao’s German and Chinese translation side by side.

Su Qiao finished translating a German machinery manual for Zhang Jingyu’s textile factory and revealed her knowledge of several foreign languages. The others learned that she was Zhang Jingyu’s Second Young Mistress, while Andrei’s interest in her remained unspoken.

• Andrei praised Su Qiao’s German and invited her to dinner, but she declined because she had something to do.
• Zhang Jingyu arrived and explained that a textile factory under his chamber of commerce had bought Andrei’s machinery.
• Su Qiao handed over the translated manual and offered to translate English, French, German, Italian, or Japanese for Zhang Jingyu in the future.
• Butler Lu and Gu Junting were surprised when Butler Lu called Su Qiao the Second Young Mistress and Gu Junting realized she was married.
• Su Qiao explained that her grandfather had arranged language lessons and encouraged her interest in machinery.

Su Qiao impressed Gu Junting with her language skills, arranged to advertise for her fashion house, and began designing clothes. Zhang Jingchen grew jealous after seeing her interact with Andrei, and confronted her late that night.

• Su Qiao gave Gu Junting a recruitment notice for Xiangyun Fashion House and declined Zhang Jingyu’s offer of a ride home.
• Su Qiao visited upscale dress shops, then drew more than twenty clothing designs at home.
• Lin Qiuchi told Zhang Ruohan that she had encountered Su Qiao, and he angrily threatened to teach Su Qiao a lesson.
• Lin Qiuchi realized she needed to keep Zhang Ruohan from learning that Su Qiao spoke German.
• Zhang Jingchen interrupted Su Qiao’s late-night design work and accused her of chatting and laughing with Andrei and agreeing to dine with him.

Zhang Jingchen confronted Su Qiao about Andrei and urged her to keep away from other men, while Su Qiao pushed back against his controlling attitude. When she said she would write a divorce announcement, Zhang Jingchen eagerly insisted she do it immediately, only to learn she also planned to file a divorce lawsuit seeking emotional-distress compensation.

• Zhang Jingchen accused Su Qiao of nearly agreeing to have dinner with Andrei, and she insisted she had planned to refuse.
• Zhang Jingchen warned Su Qiao to stay away from men outside, but she challenged his old-fashioned attempt to limit her freedom.
• Su Qiao returned to her design work and said she still needed to write a divorce announcement before the clothing Shopping Mall opened.
• Zhang Jingchen urged Su Qiao to write the announcement immediately and promised to take it to the newspaper office the next morning.
• Su Qiao clarified that she intended to file a divorce lawsuit too, and Zhang Jingchen realized she planned to claim emotional-distress compensation from Zhang Jingyu.

Su Qiao insisted on pursuing a divorce from Zhang Ruohan and making him pay, despite Zhang Jingchen’s objections to her accepting another man’s money. Zhang Jingchen rushed to publish her divorce notice and told Zhang Jingyu that she intended to sue the Zhang family.

• Zhang Jingchen tried to persuade Su Qiao to give up the compensation, saying he could support her, but she maintained that she wanted Zhang Ruohan to pay for what he had done.
• When Su Qiao threatened to stay married rather than endure the hassle, Zhang Jingchen pressed her to write a divorce notice and hurried it to the newspaper office for overnight publication.
• After publishing the notice, Zhang Jingchen returned and told Zhang Jingyu that he was getting married.
• Zhang Jingchen announced that Su Qiao also wanted to file a divorce lawsuit against Zhang Ruohan, but Zhang Jingyu objected.
• Zhang Jingchen insisted that the lawsuit would go ahead because Su Qiao had suffered grievances in the Zhang family.

Zhang Jingyu and Zhang Jingchen argued over Su Qiao and the approaching presidential election, while Butler Lu realized their recent irritability came from competing for her. The next morning, Su Qiao dressed carefully and found Zhang Jingyu waiting outside, where he said he had something to tell her.

• Zhang Jingyu warned Zhang Jingchen that their family's public image and the upcoming presidential election made Su Qiao's divorce risky.
• Zhang Jingchen offered to deal with the old rivals who threatened Zhang Jingyu, but Zhang Jingyu insisted on handling them himself.
• Zhang Jingchen accused Zhang Jingyu of trying to win Su Qiao's affection, and Zhang Jingyu admitted he wanted to marry her too.
• Zhang Jingchen and Zhang Jingyu threatened each other over Su Qiao before parting on bad terms, while Butler Lu listened nearby.
• Su Qiao slept in, dressed up, and left home around ten; Zhang Jingyu waited outside and told her he had something to say.

Zhang Jingyu asked Su Qiao not to go to the law firm, proposing an out-of-court settlement with Zhang Ruohan and tentatively raising the prospect of marrying her. Su Qiao accepted the proposal and went with Zhang Jingyu to view a house he had chosen for her, while Butler Lu arranged for guards to follow them.

• Zhang Jingyu asked Su Qiao to avoid taking the divorce lawsuit to the law firm and explained that he feared the public attention could lead to gossip if they married.
• Zhang Jingyu suggested that Zhang Ruohan publish an apology and compensate Su Qiao, and Su Qiao agreed to give him face.
• Zhang Jingyu told Su Qiao that a nearby two-story house was compensation for her, and she teased him for being nervous.
• Zhang Jingyu invited Su Qiao to inspect the house, and she agreed to go with him.
• Butler Lu arranged for four people to follow them from a distance because assassinations had become more frequent.

Su Qiao and Zhang Jingyu inspected a residence before Zhang Ruohan confronted them over their divorce and Zhang Jingyu’s demand for a public apology. When gunmen fired at them, Su Qiao shielded Zhang Jingyu and prepared to fight back from behind the courtyard’s stone lions.

• Su Qiao approved of the clean, newly furnished residence Zhang Jingyu showed her.
• Zhang Ruohan confronted Su Qiao and demanded that she withdraw the divorce announcement, while she mocked his hypocrisy about equality and free love.
• Zhang Jingyu said he had agreed to the divorce and ordered Zhang Ruohan to publish an apology for his mistreatment of Su Qiao.
• When Zhang Ruohan reached toward Su Qiao, she pulled Zhang Jingyu down as two bullets struck Zhang Ruohan in the shoulder and leg.
• Zhang Jingyu carried Su Qiao behind the stone lions and checked that she was unharmed, while she took golden needles from her spatial storage and prepared to take out the attackers.

Su Qiao took down the remaining attackers with golden needles while Zhang Jingyu and Zhang Jingchen struggled over control of their shared body. She then treated the wounded Zhang Ruohan, warning him not to move or risk bleeding to death.

• Zhang Jingyu saw Zhang Ruohan lying in a pool of blood, and Su Qiao told him his younger brother had been shot in the shoulder and leg.
• Zhang Jingyu tried to stop Su Qiao from going out, while Zhang Jingchen urged him to let Su Qiao handle the attackers.
• Su Qiao used Xiao Si’s directions to shoot golden needles at the hidden attackers and confirmed that Butler Lu and the others had dealt with the rest.
• Zhang Jingchen took control of the body and praised Su Qiao’s skill after watching her defeat the attackers.
• Su Qiao inserted golden needles into Zhang Ruohan and warned him to keep still so he would not bleed to death.

Su Qiao stopped Zhang Ruohan’s bleeding with golden needles, and Zhang Jingchen ordered the household to recognize her as the First Young Mistress. Zhang Jingchen left to let his other personality handle the aftermath, while Butler Lu realized Su Qiao knew his secret and was a formidable martial artist.

• Su Qiao used Golden Needle Hemostasis to stop Zhang Ruohan’s bleeding and told the others to take him to the hospital without removing the needles.
• Zhang Jingchen ordered Butler Lu and the men to stop calling Su Qiao the Second Young Mistress and recognize her as the First Young Mistress.
• Lin Qiuchi apologized to Zhang Ruohan, but Butler Lu had the car door shut and sent Zhang Ruohan to the hospital.
• Zhang Jingchen told Su Qiao that Zhang Ruohan was afraid of blood, and Su Qiao told him to return so his other personality could deal with his brother’s injury.
• Butler Lu concluded that Su Qiao knew about Zhang Jingchen’s different personalities and silently feared offending her martial arts skills.

Zhang Ruohan woke to learn that his left leg was ruined, while Su Qiao confronted him with his past actions and asked him to sign a divorce agreement. Zhang Jingyu arrived and told him to sign, revealing that he had asked Su Qiao to spare Zhang Ruohan and the Zhang family the indignity of a legal fight.

• Zhang Ruohan woke and recognized Su Qiao, then asked about Lin Qiuchi.
• Su Qiao told Zhang Ruohan that Lin Qiuchi was safe but too guilty to visit, and warned him that his left leg was ruined.
• Zhang Ruohan panicked at the news that he would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
• Su Qiao brought out a divorce agreement and reminded Zhang Ruohan how he had treated her.
• Zhang Jingyu entered and ordered Zhang Ruohan to sign, explaining that he had asked Su Qiao to give him and the Zhang family some dignity.

Su Qiao secured Zhang Ruohan’s signature on the divorce agreement and arranged for Lin Qiuchi to repay him for what she had done. On the drive home, Su Qiao teased Zhang Jingchen about her feelings for Zhang Jingyu, then told him to help her move.

• Su Qiao gave Zhang Ruohan the divorce agreement, and he signed it.
• Su Qiao promised Zhang Ruohan that Lin Qiuchi would repay him, while Zhang Jingyu offered to handle the matter.
• Zhang Jingyu joined Su Qiao in the car, and she asked whether he still fainted at the sight of blood.
• Zhang Jingchen took control of the body and grew jealous when Su Qiao said she liked Zhang Jingyu.
• Su Qiao reassured Zhang Jingchen that she liked his personality even more, then told him to help her move.

Su Qiao moved into her new home with Zhang Jingchen agreeing to visit whenever he wanted, and she became famous after newspapers revealed her identity and Lin Qiuchi’s actions. As visitors sought her out, Su Qiao stayed busy preparing her clothing business and decorating the Shopping Mall.

• Su Qiao refused to let Zhang Jingchen move in but allowed him to visit, including at night.
• Su Qiao moved to her new home the next morning with help from others.
• Zhang Jingchen showed Su Qiao a newspaper that featured her photograph and praised her.
• A newspaper exposed Lin Qiuchi dragging Zhang Ruohan in front of her during the shooting, and public outrage led the school to persuade Lin Qiuchi to withdraw.
• Su Qiao’s identity as the writer Listening to Rain became public, and people praised her beauty, language skills, and decision to seek a divorce.
• Su Qiao turned away most visitors while she searched for fabrics, revised designs, decorated the Shopping Mall, and interviewed staff.

Su Qiao’s shopping mall opened successfully, and she learned that the Lin Family had been ruined and moved away, apparently because of Zhang Jingyu. On the day of the Chamber of Commerce President election, Zhang Jingyu prepared for a potentially violent meeting while Su Qiao waited at home.

• Su Qiao opened her shopping mall with a runway show, and customers quickly bought all the clothing.
• Su Qiao trained female employees to produce clothes and handed the smoothly running mall to a trusted person.
• Su Qiao discovered that Lin Qiuchi had been taken to the Little White Building, where Zhang Ruohan now lived, and that the Lin Family had sold its shops and moved away.
• Before the election, Zhang Jingyu kissed Su Qiao on the cheek and left for the Chamber of Commerce Hall.
• Butler Lu told Zhang Jingyu that his people were ready to surround the venue if anyone made a move.
• When Zhang Jingyu arrived, the meeting hall’s members stood up as an old man urged them to show respect and avoid causing trouble.

Zhang Jingyu attended the Haicheng Chamber of Commerce election and was unanimously re-elected after the members became terrified of opposing him. On the way back, he suspected Zhang Jingchen had intervened, but Zhang Jingchen denied it.

• Old Huang warned the members not to cause trouble when Zhang Jingyu arrived at the meeting hall.
• The members praised Zhang Jingyu's leadership and unanimously voted for him to remain President.
• The members privately recalled how a woman had threatened them and their families, making them too afraid to seek the presidency.
• Zhang Jingyu accepted re-election and later asked Zhang Jingchen whether he had arranged the members' behavior.
• Zhang Jingchen denied doing anything and reminded Zhang Jingyu that he had wanted to handle the election himself.

Zhang Jingchen confronted Su Qiao for helping Zhang Jingyu and grew jealous, insisting that she could only care about him. He rejected her hesitation about intimacy and carried her away, leaving Su Qiao unsure how to handle him.

• Zhang Jingchen accused Zhang Jingyu of being a coward and became furious when he realized Su Qiao had helped him.
• Zhang Jingchen confronted Su Qiao and asked why she had helped Zhang Jingyu, while she explained that helping him also helped Zhang Jingchen.
• Zhang Jingchen demanded that Su Qiao belong to him alone and not like or help Zhang Jingyu.
• Zhang Jingchen tried to kiss Su Qiao, but she reminded him that they were not married yet.
• Zhang Jingchen refused to wait, picked Su Qiao up, and carried her away.

After Zhang Jingyu took control of their shared body and spent the night with Su Qiao, Zhang Jingchen confronted him over the betrayal. The two men argued over their claim to her and the other suitors circling her, while Zhang Jingyu threatened to marry another woman.

• Zhang Jingchen accused Zhang Jingyu of pushing him off the bed and touching Su Qiao during the night.
• Zhang Jingyu warned Zhang Jingchen that several powerful men, including Gu, Duan Jiarui, a man from the Jiang Family, and Andrei, were interested in Su Qiao.
• Zhang Jingchen argued that Zhang Jingyu touching Su Qiao was not the same as him touching her, and threatened to kill him.
• Su Qiao told the men to stop disturbing her, and Zhang Jingchen soothed her back to sleep.
• Zhang Jingchen warned Zhang Jingyu not to touch Su Qiao again, but Zhang Jingyu insisted she was his wife and threatened to marry another woman.

Zhang Jingyu and Zhang Jingchen negotiated over taking turns being intimate with Su Qiao, while concealing their rivalry from her. Su Qiao realized Zhang Jingyu had transformed during the night and decided to take things slowly as the two personalities remained unwilling to merge.

• Zhang Jingyu warned Zhang Jingchen that Su Qiao would drive them away if she discovered their fight, and the two agreed that Zhang Jingchen would get two days for every one day Zhang Jingyu got.
• Su Qiao woke in the afternoon, and Zhang Jingchen brought her soup and porridge before wiping her mouth and hands.
• Zhang Jingchen asked whether Su Qiao had noticed anything unusual the previous night, then denied that he had transformed.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Zhang Jingyu and Zhang Jingchen had argued and negotiated while she slept.
• Su Qiao realized Zhang Jingyu had taken over during the night and decided to be patient while the two personalities refused to merge.

Su Qiao continued her writing and painting while an essay on current affairs won her recognition at home and abroad. At Zhang Mansion, Lin Qiuchi begged her for help, but Su Qiao refused and Lin returned to Zhang Ruohan, where she finally shouted back at him.

• Su Qiao published a widely discussed essay on global affairs and translated it into English, French, German, and Italian at the newspaper's request.
• Su Qiao entered Zhang Mansion with her kitten and found Lin Qiuchi kneeling and begging her to let her go.
• Su Qiao told Lin Qiuchi that she had to take responsibility for her actions and revealed that Lin's parents had lost their money and disappeared.
• Lin Qiuchi returned to the Little White Building, where Zhang Ruohan berated her and threw a teacup near her feet.
• Lin Qiuchi called herself and Zhang Ruohan blind for choosing each other, saying only Su Qiao had seen clearly.

Su Qiao’s first solo art exhibition opened to a crowd of admirers, where Zhang Ruohan came to see her and her paintings. Zhang Jingyu joined them, and Su Qiao played piano for the guests.

• Lin Qiuchi told Zhang Ruohan that Su Qiao was thriving and holding an art exhibition, and he angrily threw a bowl at her.
• Su Qiao opened her first solo art exhibition at the Art Exhibition Center, attracting students, prominent guests, and influential figures.
• Zhang Ruohan arrived and asked Su Qiao whether she had painted the works; she confirmed that it was her exhibition.
• Zhang Jingyu arrived, put an arm around Su Qiao’s waist, and apologized for being late.
• Su Qiao played Wedding in a Dream, drawing the guests’ attention as they listened in silence.

Zhang Ruohan accepted that Su Qiao was the woman Zhang Jingyu loved and left the exhibition, where Su Ying admitted she might be pregnant. Su Qiao learned that Su Ying’s mother wanted her to abort the baby and marry a butcher.

• Zhang Jingyu told Zhang Ruohan that Su Qiao was the most dazzling woman he had ever met and arranged for him to be taken home.
• Zhang Ruohan encountered Su Ying and said they had all been wrong about Su Qiao’s talent.
• After the art exhibition ended, Su Qiao waited for Zhang Jingyu and found Su Ying trembling nearby.
• Su Ying begged Su Qiao for help and said she might be pregnant.
• Su Ying told Su Qiao that her mother knew and wanted her to abort the baby and marry a butcher.

Su Ying sought Su Qiao’s help after hiding her pregnancy, and Su Qiao offered to care for the child while Su Ying made her own way in the world. Zhang Jingyu agreed to take them in, and the chapter ended with him tenderly caring for Su Qiao as Su Ying watched enviously.

• Su Ying told Su Qiao that she had concealed the child’s father from their mother because she feared being forced to marry Zhang Ruohan.
• Su Qiao told Su Ying to forget about Zhang Jingyu, offered to raise the baby or help her give birth in secret, and let her choose her own future.
• Su Ying chose to leave home and make her own way rather than raise the child alone or marry the old butcher her mother had chosen.
• Zhang Jingyu arrived and readily agreed when Su Qiao said she wanted the child, then invited Su Ying to come home with them.
• Zhang Jingyu warmed Su Qiao’s hands and fed her pastries while Su Ying sat in the passenger seat, envying her sister.

Su Qiao took in Su Ying and her baby, then supported Zhang Jingyu through war and a forced merger of his two personalities. After secretly sending weapon-making machines to a trusted person, Su Qiao returned to China twenty years later and donated the Imperial Seal to the National Museum.

• Su Qiao arranged for Su Ying to live near Aunt Liu and persuaded Zhang Jingyu to accept the baby as their only child.
• Su Qiao's war film became a great success and later inspired remakes commemorating her.
• After Su Ying gave birth to a boy, Su Qiao gave her money, taught her useful skills, and sent her abroad.
• When war broke out three years later, Su Qiao and Zhang Jingyu sold their property and donated the proceeds to the front lines.
• Zhang Jingyu suffered a severe head injury in battle, forcing his First Personality and Second Personality to merge, and Su Qiao took him abroad for treatment.
• Su Qiao secretly sent a set of weapon and ammunition manufacturing machines to a trusted person, then returned to China twenty years later and donated the Imperial Seal to the National Museum.