Recaps

Su Qiao uncovered the plot against Chairman Cheng’s family, dealt with threats inside Xianle Mansion, and killed Third Master Zhu. She destroyed an opium shipment to save Chu Yihan, then left him behind in an alley.

• Tang Meina persuaded Third Master Zhu to leave Xianle Mansion, while Chu Yihan pulled Su Qiao onto the dance floor and offered to teach her.
• Su Qiao learned that Manager Qian, Third Master Zhu, Chairman Tian, Deputy Director Ge, and two foreigners had conspired to kill Chairman Cheng’s family, then killed Manager Qian and displayed his body with the stolen money.
• Sister Jin urged Su Qiao to marry Third Master Zhu for security, but Su Qiao refused and later found evidence that he had assaulted a girl who fell to her death at Xianle Mansion.
• Yingzi tried to poison Su Qiao with a Muting Potion, but the attempt was exposed, after Amber confessed and died by suicide, Su Qiao let Yingzi leave with two gold bars.
• Su Qiao studied the patrols at Zhu Residence, then broke in, accused Third Master Zhu of conspiring against Su Hu and Cheng Wenmo, and killed him before taking his hidden wealth and account books.
• Su Qiao used the account books to investigate a dock warehouse, where she found Chu Yihan secretly following Chu Qingyun, Ninth Master Tian, Deputy Director Ge Zhihao, and two foreigners.
• Su Qiao set the warehouse crates alight to save Chu Yihan when his pursuers discovered him, escaped with him from the dock, and then ran off after calling him an idiot.

Chu Yihan confronted his family about his birth and turned to Su Qiao, while she navigated the investigation into the dockside deaths and prepared to leave Haicheng with Nanny Wu. After Yu Old Four took over the Hong Gang and then apparently died, Su Qiao postponed retrieving her Bond of Indenture as Chu Yihan promised to return for her.

• Su Qiao told Chu Yihan that Chu Qingyun was smuggling opium, but Marshal Chu and Madam Chu dismissed the accusation and defended Chu Qingyun.
• Chu Yihan challenged Marshal Chu about his birth, learned that Madam Chu claimed his mother had been a dancer who left with a merchant, and left Chu Manor determined to clear her name.
• After Third Master Zhu was killed, Chu Yihan told Su Qiao about his mother and his resentment toward Madam Chu, while Su Qiao secretly collected his hair and blood for a paternity test.
• Chu Yihan confessed that he liked Su Qiao, but she rejected him, and he later offered to fund treatment for her eyes and take her abroad.
• Deputy Director Ge investigated Su Qiao over Third Master Zhu’s death, but Chu Yihan arrived with a foreign doctor, and the doctors said surgery abroad might partly restore her sight.
• After Ge Zhihao died from insects emerging from his body, Chu Yihan proposed leaving Haicheng with Su Qiao and Nanny Wu, while Su Qiao planned to retrieve her Bond of Indenture first.
• Yu Old Four became the Hong Gang’s leader and took over Xianle Mansion, but Su Qiao learned he had likely died during the banquet and suspected Tang Meina meant to frame her.
• Su Qiao returned to her apartment instead of retrieving her Bond of Indenture, and Chu Yihan promised to return for her after the turmoil settled.

Su Qiao avenged her father and godfather by killing Ninth Master Tian and exposing his criminal network, then fled Haicheng with Chu Yihan’s help. The evidence she left behind exposed Chu Qingyun’s crimes and Madam Chu’s past, while Marshal Chu exiled Qingyun and confined his wife.

• Su Qiao replaced Sister Jin’s bond, broke into Ninth Master Tian’s residence, uncovered his smuggling ledger and palace relics, and killed him after revealing her identity.
• Su Qiao displayed Ninth Master Tian’s body at a market with a list of his crimes, then saved Chu Yihan from attackers and confessed her revenge to him.
• Su Qiao left Xianle Mansion with Chu Yihan and Nanny Wu, but Chu Yihan was detained by Marshal Chu while she investigated the foreigners who had harassed her.
• Chu Qingyun brought Su Qiao to Chu Manor, where Marshal Chu confined her as bait, but Chu Yihan escaped and helped her flee with tickets and a diversion.
• After Su Qiao escaped, Chu Yihan killed Wei Hong for betraying him and accused Chu Qingyun and Madam Chu of conspiring against him.
• Nanny Wu brought Marshal Chu Su Qiao’s photographs, accounts, and documents exposing Chu Qingyun’s smuggling, along with a paternity test confirming Chu Yihan was his son.
• Madam Chu confessed that she had used Chu Yihan to disgrace his mother and drive her to suicide, while Chu Qingyun admitted other crimes but denied plotting to kill Marshal Chu.
• Marshal Chu ordered Chu Qingyun to leave the country and confined Madam Chu after she blamed Su Qiao and Chu Yihan.

Su Qiao returned to Chu Yihan after surviving an explosion, then built a new life with him before waking in a remote village where trafficked women were held. After discovering a corpse pit and cremating Xiao Lian, she encountered a strange boy who may also have been kidnapped.

• Su Qiao killed Chu Qingyun overseas, survived an explosion that left her presumed dead, and returned to Haicheng, where Chu Yihan recognized her and reunited with her.
• Su Qiao opened an art gallery and a free school, while Chu Yihan created a record company devoted to her songs and the two later traveled together.
• Su Qiao woke chained in a village after traffickers sold her to the Hu family, escaped her restraints, and learned that the original owner had died after being abducted.
• Su Qiao witnessed Xiao Lian die after giving birth, took her family’s contact information, and decided to punish the village’s traffickers rather than leave or report them.
• Su Qiao overpowered Hu Dalong, forced Wang Guizhi to feed her and prepare a room, and ignored warnings that Old Hu Er was seeking a way to deal with her.
• Su Qiao found a pit containing the remains of trafficked women and a boy, cremated Xiao Lian, and buried her ashes beneath a chestnut tree.
• Su Qiao drove away children who were tormenting a boy on the riverbank, joined him in drawing a castle, and heard him ask, “Lake?”