Recaps

Su Qiao and Du Jingzhou went to a dance hall, where he struggled to dance and carried her home after she got tipsy. At home, Su Qiao drunkenly offered to take responsibility for him as he carried her toward the shower.

• Pei Zhuoyun left after watching Du Jingzhou and Su Qiao act affectionate, and Jiang Aiyun failed to catch up with him.
• Du Jingzhou suggested dancing, and Su Qiao led him onto the dance floor despite his lack of experience.
• After Du Jingzhou repeatedly stepped on her feet, he carried Su Qiao out and took her home.
• Su Qiao fell asleep in the car, then asked Du Jingzhou to carry her to the shower when they got home.
• Su Qiao drunkenly teased Du Jingzhou that she would take responsibility for him, while 444 realized she was drunk.

Su Qiao agreed to marry Du Jingzhou after filming, then faced her biological parents when they came to warn her against him. A system alert revealed that the Su family had sent them to recruit her as an inside agent.

• Su Qiao woke beside Du Jingzhou and agreed that she would marry him after finishing the drama, though they disagreed over who would marry whom.
• Su Qiao told Director Yu she would come to filming that afternoon.
• Su Zhongyun and Wu Fenglan arrived, but Su Qiao denied they were her parents and demanded to know why they had come.
• Su Zhongyun and Wu Fenglan warned Su Qiao that Du Jingzhou had killed her younger sister and urged her not to trust him.
• The system told Su Qiao that the Su family had sent her parents to recruit her as an inside agent and pass them information.

Su Qiao exposed the elderly couple’s attempt to drive her away from Du Jingzhou and revealed that Shen Jianhao had killed their daughter. She learned the Shen Family was targeting Du Jingzhou and insisted that Shen Jianhao be arrested for certain.

• Su Qiao challenged Wu Fenglan and Su Zhongyun after they urged her to distance herself from Du Jingzhou, then said she could leave Haishi instead.
• Du Jingzhou came out and threatened to wipe out the couple’s family if Su Qiao left him, then warned them to keep their son away from his wife.
• Su Qiao told the couple that Shen Jianhao had killed their daughter after she witnessed his secret meeting three years earlier, and that Du Jingzhou had once saved her.
• After the couple fled, Su Qiao told Du Jingzhou that the Shen Family was targeting him.
• Du Jingzhou said An Jin was helping obtain Shen Jianhao’s northern shipment list for Pei Zhuoyun’s people, and Su Qiao demanded certainty that Shen Jianhao would be arrested.

Su Qiao learned how the Shen Family had destroyed Du Jingzhou’s family and agreed to take revenge on Shen Jianhao. The couple planned to use Pei Zhuoyun to kill him and discussed a cruel punishment for his younger son.

• Su Qiao proposed using Pei Zhuoyun to kill Shen Jianhao at the Police Station, and Du Jingzhou agreed that it could set the two families against each other.
• Du Jingzhou told Su Qiao that Shen Jianhao’s men had robbed and murdered his father and uncle, then killed their accomplices and taken the family’s wealth.
• Du Jingzhou explained that his grandfather died from rage, his mother fell ill and died, and his brother was beaten to death while begging for food.
• Su Qiao said they should kill Shen Jianhao and proposed arranging for his younger son to be with women who had diseases.
• Du Jingzhou reassured Su Qiao that he did not think she was cruel and told her she looked beautiful.

Du Jingzhou teased Su Qiao about their bed scene and revealed that he had already arranged to deal with the man who had harmed her. Su Qiao learned that the Su couple had been driven out of the Shen Family and that Su Pinhan had fled, while Shen Shuting’s illness threw the Shen household into turmoil.

• Du Jingzhou told Su Qiao he had arranged everything to deal with the man who had crossed her boundaries, then teased her about their upcoming bed scene.
• Su Qiao and Du Jingzhou changed clothes, ate, and went to the film set together.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Shen Biwei had driven Su Zhongyun and his wife out of the Shen Family and that Su Pinhan had fled with the remaining valuables after Du Jingzhou’s men pursued him for repayment.
• Madam Shen discovered that Shen Shuting had festering sores and feared he would die without treatment.
• Shen Shuting begged his parents to save him, while Shen Jianhao blamed him for his reckless behavior and shouted at Madam Shen.

After Shen Jianhao’s illicit shipments were exposed, he died in prison and the Shen Family’s territory fell into chaos. Pei Yulou secretly freed Shen Biwei and sent her north, but she left still hating him.

• Madam Shen begged Shen Jianhao to save Shen Xiao Ting, and Shen Jianhao ordered a doctor to treat him and move him to the servants’ quarters.
• Pei Zhuoyun uncovered Shen Jianhao’s illegal shipments with Du Jingzhou’s help, and the Police Station surrounded the Shen Family.
• Du Jingzhou arranged for Shen Jianhao to be killed in prison, then annexed part of the Shen Family’s territory.
• Shen Biwei shot Pei Zhuoyun in an assassination attempt, but Pei Zhuoyun captured her.
• Su Qiao and Du Jingzhou spent their days together while Pei Yulou secretly released Shen Biwei and bought her a ticket north.
• Shen Biwei accused Pei Yulou of rejecting her for a woman who did not care about him.

Pei Yulou admitted that his feelings for Su Man had become an obsession, while Shen Biwei returned home after pretending to leave by boat. She found her family’s home abandoned and learned that her mother had fled, leaving her to find a way to save her younger brother and keep the house.

• Pei Yulou told Shen Biwei that he regretted getting involved with her because he had fallen deeply for Su Man.
• Shen Biwei boarded the boat, then secretly slipped off and returned home.
• Shen Biwei found the house empty except for her younger brother, Shen Shuting, who told her their mother had fled with the family’s valuables.
• Shen Shuting told Shen Biwei that the family owed a large debt and that creditors planned to seize the house and sell her if they were not paid within a month.
• Shen Biwei promised to find money and protect the house, then hurriedly ran back inside after reaching the door.

Shen Shuting injected Shen Biwei with his infected blood, insisting they should die together. Su Qiao arrived with Du Jingzhou and announced that the Shen house now belonged to her, then taunted the siblings and offered to take them to the hospital.

• Shen Biwei hid under a bed when people from the Police Station arrived, and Shen Shuting injected her with his blood.
• Shen Shuting blamed Shen Biwei and their absent mother, saying he would not face death alone.
• Su Qiao and Du Jingzhou appeared in the doorway, surprising the Shen siblings.
• Su Qiao said the Shen house was hers now and planned to turn it into a two-story Art Gallery.
• Su Qiao mocked the siblings about their illness, offered to send them to the hospital, and asked Shen Shuting whether he wanted her to bring back the women he liked.

Su Qiao confronted Shen Shuting and Shen Biwei at the ruined Shen Family residence, then learned Su Pinhan had been injured and ordered him sent back to his parents without treatment. In the car, she agreed to marry Du Jingzhou at a wedding held alongside the film premiere, then asked what he planned to do as turmoil approached.

• Shen Shuting accused Su Qiao of causing his condition, and she admitted she had acted for revenge over her sister’s death.
• Shen Biwei asked whether Su Qiao had caused the Su Family’s downfall, and Su Qiao condemned her family’s past.
• An Jin told Du Jingzhou that Su Pinhan had broken a leg while fleeing debt collectors, and Su Qiao ordered him returned to his parents without treatment.
• Du Jingzhou asked when he and Su Qiao would marry, and they agreed to hold the wedding alongside the film premiere the day after tomorrow.
• Su Qiao asked Du Jingzhou what he planned to do as the world seemed likely to descend into chaos within two or three years.

Su Qiao and Du Jingzhou chose to avoid the coming war by building a self-sufficient community on a remote island, then returned to the outside world after peace came. They settled near a port with two adopted children and remained devoted to each other in old age.

• Su Qiao rejected going abroad to hide and proposed that she and Du Jingzhou establish their own kingdom on an uninhabited island.
• Du Jingzhou agreed, and they planned to bring supplies and recruit people with skills needed to build and sustain the settlement.
• Over two years, Su Qiao and Du Jingzhou prepared the island with houses, crops, livestock, poultry, and machines, then moved there with about a thousand people.
• More than ten years later, they gradually resumed contact with the peaceful outside world, while some of their people chose to remain on the island.
• Su Qiao and Du Jingzhou settled near a port, adopted two orphaned children, and continued living together in old age.

Su Qiao woke up injured and learned from Little Four that her husband had abused her. Old Madam Wen pressured her to forgive him and stay married, leaving Su Qiao angry but silent as she lacked her memories.

• Su Qiao woke on the floor in pain while Old Madam Wen urged her to stop kneeling and endure her husband’s behavior.
• Little Four told Su Qiao that her spouse had abused her, and she stood up and sat on the bed.
• Su Qiao found a lump on the back of her head and realized her attacker had struck her cruelly.
• Old Madam Wen claimed Cong Yuan had acted under work stress and promised to stop him from hitting Su Qiao again.
• Old Madam Wen warned Su Qiao that divorce would burden her parents and siblings, angering Su Qiao and Little Four.

Su Qiao learned that she was married to Cong Yuan and began sorting through the original Su Qiao’s memories to understand her injuries and family situation. The memories revealed how illness in her parents’ household had placed a heavy financial burden on her after she married and moved to a coastal city.

• An old woman defended Cong Yuan for hitting Su Qiao, citing his financial support for her family and warning that divorce would bring trouble.
• Su Qiao sent the old woman away and asked 444 who she had married.
• Su Qiao’s injuries flared as 444 told her to sort through the original host’s memories.
• Su Qiao learned that the original host was a 23-year-old university graduate from a farming family whose father had uremia and whose mother had serious health problems.
• Su Qiao’s memories revealed that she had met a well-paid, considerate man during university, dated him for six months, and later married far from home.

The chapter recounts how the original owner’s kind, generous husband became an abusive and controlling tormentor after their marriage. Su Qiao arrived six months into the marriage, after the original owner had endured more than twenty beatings and was beaten again for demanding a divorce.

• The man had supported the original owner and her family before marriage, and she accepted his proposal.
• A month after the wedding, the man began beating her, then repeatedly apologized and persuaded her to forgive him.
• The man and his mother isolated and controlled the original owner, and the man threatened to kill her family if she reported him or left.
• The original owner secretly recorded the abuse, but the man discovered it and beat her more severely.
• After six months of marriage and more than twenty beatings, the original owner demanded a divorce and threatened to use the recordings, but the man beat her again.
• The older woman tried to coax and threaten the original owner into enduring the abuse as Su Qiao arrived.

After sorting through her memories, Su Qiao realized Wen Congyuan had hidden his twisted nature and history of abuse before marrying her. She dismissed the idea of documenting her injuries and resolved to confront him herself.

• Su Qiao asked 444 whether Wen Congyuan was impotent and recalled how he had concealed his first marriage before persuading her to marry him.
• 444 explained that Wen Congyuan had disguised himself as a respectable man and suggested his abusive behavior came from his violent upbringing.
• Su Qiao wondered what had happened to Wen Congyuan’s ex-wife, who neighbors said had died of gas poisoning, and questioned whether that account was true.
• Su Qiao told 444 not to preserve her injury or arrange an examination because she believed it would be useless.
• Su Qiao declared that she would face Wen Congyuan herself and climb back up wherever she fell.

Old Madam Wen concealed Su Qiao’s presence from a neighbor, then tried to persuade Wen Congyuan to stop abusing his wife. Wen Congyuan refused to change, leaving Old Madam Wen struggling to control the situation.

• Old Madam Wen blocked Sister Liu’s view and claimed the noise came from chasing rats out of the house.
• After Sister Liu left, Old Madam Wen warned Wen Congyuan that the neighbors might have heard him and urged him to treat Su Qiao well.
• Wen Congyuan said he could not always control himself and insisted that Su Qiao could not escape his grasp.
• Wen Congyuan defended his treatment of Su Qiao, smashed his phone, and complained that she had secretly recorded and threatened him.
• Old Madam Wen began warning Wen Congyuan that this was already his second wife.

Su Qiao secured herself in her room after confronting Wen Congyuan and prepared for the next day. She woke from a nightmare before dawn and gathered household items on the bedroom floor.

• Old Madam Wen left Wen Congyuan's room after he angrily told her to shut up.
• Su Qiao and 444 watched as Su Qiao reflected on how Wen Congyuan and Old Madam Wen controlled the original host's money and movements.
• Su Qiao blocked her bedroom door with bedside tables, and Wen Congyuan tried to push his way in before Old Madam Wen persuaded him to return to his room.
• Su Qiao woke around five after a nightmare and searched the room for useful items, piling them on the floor as dawn broke.

Su Qiao stayed in her room, disguised herself with bruises, and then confronted the old woman over the lack of meat in the kitchen. She ended by revealing that she knew the old woman had been beaten for years.

• Su Qiao dismantled things in her room and waited until the perverted man left for work.
• Su Qiao showered, dressed, and applied makeup to make bruises look visible across her body.
• Su Qiao rejected the old woman's offer to apply medicine and demanded to know why there was no meat.
• Su Qiao shoved the old woman aside and chose meat from the freezer herself.
• Su Qiao taunted the old woman about enduring years of beatings, leaving her stunned.

Su Qiao intimidated the old woman into buying seafood and cooking for her, then secretly prepared voice changers around the house. She stayed locked inside, leaving her next plan unclear.

• Su Qiao confronted the old woman and demanded fresh shrimp and seafood, frightening her into going to the market.
• After the old woman locked her inside and left, Su Qiao stayed home and installed voice changers near the window and doors.
• Su Qiao told 444 to compile recordings of women screaming as if they were being beaten.
• When the old woman returned, Su Qiao ordered her to cook, and the old woman served a table of seafood dishes.

Su Qiao intimidated the old woman into handling the cleanup while she stayed in her room. Wen Congyuan returned home with cakes and roses, appearing to the neighbors as a devoted husband.

• Su Qiao ordered the old woman to clean up after the meal, and the old woman agreed without protest.
• Su Qiao spent the afternoon working alone in her room while the old woman waited for Wen Congyuan to return.
• Wen Congyuan arrived home early carrying blueberry cakes and roses for Su Qiao on May 20th.
• Wen Congyuan helped a neighbor push her snack cart, then headed toward Building Five as the women praised him and gossiped about his marriage.

Wen Congyuan returned home and confronted Su Qiao after his mother claimed something was wrong with her. He grew angry over her makeup and revealing dress, accusing her of dressing up for another man.

• Neighbors gossiped that Su Qiao might be unable to have children and envied her marriage to Wen Congyuan.
• Wen Congyuan returned home with flowers and cake and asked where Su Qiao was.
• Wen Congyuan's mother told him that Su Qiao seemed wrong, though she could not explain why.
• Wen Congyuan ordered Su Qiao to come out, then questioned her makeup and clothes.
• When Wen Congyuan tried to grab Su Qiao, she stepped back and stared at him coldly.
• Wen Congyuan's mother tried to calm him, but he accused Su Qiao of dressing up for another man.

Su Qiao received a call from her childhood sweetheart, Jiang Jinghao, while Wen Congyuan grew jealous and tried to control the conversation. After Wen Congyuan cut off the call and attacked her, Su Qiao slapped him, leaving him and the old lady stunned.

• The system told Su Qiao that the caller was Jiang Jinghao, her neighbor and childhood sweetheart who had returned to look after her.
• Wen Congyuan grew suspicious when the old lady said the caller was Su Qiao’s brother, but Su Qiao took the phone and answered.
• Jiang Jinghao asked why Su Qiao’s phone was unreachable, offered to buy her a new one, and asked to meet; Su Qiao agreed to arrange a time.
• Wen Congyuan ripped the landline cord out, accused Su Qiao of flirting and planning a date, then swung at her.
• Su Qiao dodged Wen Congyuan’s blow and slapped him across the face, stunning him and the old lady.

Su Qiao brutally beat Wen Congyuan for hanging up on her, cursing at her, and deceiving her. After the old woman pleaded with her to stop, Su Qiao finally sat down and ordered her to bring water.

• Su Qiao slapped Wen Congyuan twice more for hanging up on her, then kicked him down and pinned him to the floor.
• Su Qiao repeatedly punched and kicked Wen Congyuan while accusing him of lying and deceiving her.
• The old woman tried several times to pull Su Qiao away, but Su Qiao shoved her toward the sofa.
• The old woman clung to Su Qiao's leg and begged her to stop as Wen Congyuan lay on the floor in pain.
• Su Qiao stopped beating Wen Congyuan, sat on the sofa, and ordered the old woman to bring her a glass of water.

Su Qiao made Wen Congyuan pour her water and used his excuse that he could not control himself to justify striking back at him. She left him and the old woman wary of her supposed loss of control.

• Su Qiao changed her mind and ordered Wen Congyuan to pour her water, threatening to beat him when he resisted.
• Wen Congyuan, afraid of the pain she had inflicted earlier, limped to the dining room to get her water.
• Su Qiao told the old woman that anger over their deception made her want to hit people, then crushed a grape and threw its skin at her.
• Wen Congyuan handed Su Qiao the water, and she drank it before saying that hitting people felt good.

Su Qiao used the Wen family’s own logic to intimidate Wen Congyuan and the old lady, then withdrew to her room after making them promise to call her for dinner. She left them fearful of provoking her again.

• Su Qiao confronted Wen Congyuan and reminded the old lady that she had said people could vent their anger by hitting others.
• Su Qiao offered to cook dinner, frightening the old lady, who tried to keep her out of the kitchen.
• The old lady persuaded Su Qiao to rest by claiming she looked tired and her skin had lost its radiance.
• Su Qiao threatened Wen Congyuan and the old lady if they ate without calling her, then slammed her bedroom door shut.
• Su Qiao reflected that the old lady had secretly enjoyed watching her son abuse her.

Su Qiao warned 444 that Wen Congyuan was cunning and that their revenge had only begun. After Wen Congyuan retreated to his room, he and his mother suspected Su Qiao was faking insanity to retaliate, but they did not know how to handle her.

• Su Qiao told 444 to keep watch on Wen Congyuan and said he would be difficult to deal with.
• Wen Congyuan shoved his mother away and went to bed, refusing her suggestion that he go to the hospital.
• Wen Congyuan's mother told him Su Qiao had smashed things and acted strangely since morning.
• Wen Congyuan concluded Su Qiao was pretending to be insane to get revenge on him.
• Wen Congyuan's mother worried that Su Qiao could overpower him when she acted wildly.