Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao blamed Shen Biwei for mistreating her and prompted Pei Yulou to confront her, then returned to the apartment with Du Jingzhou. Du Jingzhou grew jealous over her conversation with Pei Yulou and carried her into the bedroom, where he declared he was doing what he should have done long ago.

• Su Qiao accused Shen Biwei of targeting her and having her removed from the production, prompting Pei Yulou to promise to get justice for her.
• Su Qiao and Du Jingzhou entered the apartment, where Du Jingzhou pressed her against the door and demanded to know whether she liked Pei Yulou.
• Su Qiao called her relationship with Du Jingzhou pure friendship, provoking him to bite her and carry her into the bedroom.
• Du Jingzhou tossed Su Qiao onto the bed and approached her as she warned him not to do anything reckless.

Du Jingzhou tried to control who Su Qiao saw and insisted she return to Du Mansion or let him move in with her. Su Qiao refused, and he proposed they get married right away.

• Su Qiao warned Du Jingzhou not to come closer, but he teased her and said he would test her fighting skills.
• Du Jingzhou told Su Qiao to stop seeing Pei Yulou, then massaged her calf after moving her onto the sofa.
• Su Qiao reminded Du Jingzhou that she could use the methods he had once used on her against him.
• Du Jingzhou refused to leave unless Su Qiao went home with him, and Su Qiao firmly declined.
• Du Jingzhou said he would move in with her, then proposed they get married right away.

Du Jingzhou insisted that he and Su Qiao marry before getting to know each other, but Su Qiao refused because she wanted to keep filming and pursue her acting career. He left after warning her to stay away from Pei Yulou, leaving Su Qiao frustrated by his possessiveness.

• Du Jingzhou proposed that he and Su Qiao marry immediately, but she said they should date first and refused to marry before achieving her acting goals.
• Su Qiao told Du Jingzhou that she planned to keep filming until she achieved her dream of becoming the Movie Empress.
• Du Jingzhou asked whether she would return with him after reaching her goal, but Su Qiao refused to promise anything and told him to leave before people gossiped.
• Du Jingzhou warned Su Qiao not to approach or speak to Pei Yulou, threatening that Pei Yulou might be dead the next day if she disobeyed.
• After Du Jingzhou left, Su Qiao regretted admitting their connection and worried about how she could film while obeying his demand.

Du Jingzhou arranged to move beside Su Man and took control of funding and casting for Peerless Beauty so she could return to the production. The chapter ended with him deciding to play the male lead himself, leaving Director Yu and An Jin stunned.

• An Jin told Du Jingzhou that Pei Yulou rented the house beside Su Man’s and that the other neighboring house would soon be available.
• Du Jingzhou decided to choose clothes and jewelry for Su Man himself and planned to move into the vacant house beside her.
• Du Jingzhou summoned Director Yu and offered to fund Peerless Beauty, while ordering him to replace the female lead, Jiang Aiyun.
• An Jin warned Director Yu that his fortune-teller predicted Jiang Aiyun would suffer a bloody disaster, and Director Yu agreed to follow Du Jingzhou’s orders.
• Du Jingzhou declared that he would play the male lead, shocking Director Yu and An Jin.

Su Qiao learned she had been made the female lead and went to the film set, where Jiang Aiyun warned her that Du Jingzhou only saw her as a substitute for his secret lover. The chapter left off as Du Jingzhou arrived and Jiang Aiyun approached him.

• An Jin persuaded Director Yu to accept Du Jingzhou taking over the production, and Director Yu prepared to welcome him.
• Director Yu told Su Qiao that she had been promoted to female lead and could change the script as she wished, so she decided to join the production.
• Jiang Aiyun confronted Su Qiao, accused her of being Du Jingzhou’s temporary toy, and claimed he had a secret lover who had been murdered.
• Su Qiao wondered whether Su Man resembled Du Jingzhou’s lost lover and searched her memories, finding that Su Man had never known her mother.
• Du Jingzhou arrived at the filming courtyard, and Jiang Aiyun hurried over to greet him.

Du Jingzhou arrived on Su Qiao’s film set and revealed that he had come to act alongside her. After they finished filming and returned to Renhua Apartment, he surprised Su Qiao by saying he lived there too.

• Du Jingzhou took Su Qiao’s tote bag and told her he had come to the set to act.
• Director Yu revealed that Du Jingzhou would be filming, leaving Jiang Aiyun and the crew shocked.
• Su Qiao and Du Jingzhou filmed their scenes, with nearly all of them passing in one take.
• Du Jingzhou accompanied Su Qiao to Renhua Apartment and said he lived there, surprising her.

Du Jingzhou told Su Qiao that he lived next door and accompanied her home, introducing himself to the neighbors as her husband. He followed her into her apartment for lunch, where Nanny Wu recognized him as Second Master Du.

• Du Jingzhou took Su Qiao's bag and told her he lived next door.
• The Liu couple recognized Du Jingzhou, and he introduced himself as Su Qiao's husband, leaving them shocked.
• Su Qiao brought Du Jingzhou to her apartment after he hinted that he wanted to try Nanny Wu's cooking.
• Nanny Wu recognized Du Jingzhou as Second Master Du and nervously invited him and Su Qiao to eat.

Su Qiao teased Du Jingzhou after he told Nanny Wu they were getting married. At the Pei family home, Pei Yulou insisted that Su Man was the woman he loved, but Pei Zhuoyun said a recording showed she had already given up on him.

• Nanny Wu hurried to leave after realizing Du Jingzhou was Second Master Du, but he stopped her and invited her to their wedding.
• Su Qiao accused Du Jingzhou of flaunting his status, and he said he was flaunting his status as her man.
• Pei Yulou returned home to face his family’s anger over the cohabitation announcement with Shen Biwei.
• Pei Yulou said Shen Biwei had arranged the announcement without his consent and declared that Su Man was his true girlfriend.
• Madam Pei criticized Su Man for being an actress, and Pei Zhuoyun told Pei Yulou that a recording showed Su Man had given up on him.

After seeing footage of Su Qiao and Shen Biwei, Madam Pei confronted Pei Yulou over defending Su Man and rejected his wish to marry her. Pei Yulou stormed out, while Pei Zhuoyun warned their mother that her contempt for actresses was outdated and best kept to herself.

• Pei Zhuoyun showed Madam Pei footage of Su Qiao and Shen Biwei at the press conference.
• Madam Pei berated Pei Yulou for defending Su Man and threatened to drive Shen Biwei out of Haishi.
• Pei Yulou praised Su Man's kindness and talents, declared he would marry her, and rejected marrying Shen Biwei.
• Madam Pei refused to accept Su Man into the Pei Family because she was an actress without a powerful background.
• Pei Yulou stormed out of the Pei Family's gates, and Pei Zhuoyun cautioned Madam Pei against insulting actresses.

Pei Zhuoyun persuaded his parents to invite Su Man to Madam Pei’s birthday banquet after praising her talents. Meanwhile, Su Qiao learned that her paintings had won awards and sold for a large sum, and she took the money Pei Yulou brought her.

• Pei Zhuoyun praised Su Man to Madam Pei, and Father Pei decided to invite her to the birthday banquet.
• Pei Yulou returned but could not meet Su Qiao, who deliberately kept her door closed.
• The next morning, Pei Yulou told Su Qiao that her paintings had won first and second place at the exhibition.
• Su Qiao asked about the prize money and sales, and Pei Yulou said they totaled 3,100 silver dollars.
• Su Qiao opened the bag of money and was dazzled by the golden light.

Su Qiao earned gold bars from an art exhibition and declined Pei Yulou’s offer of money. At the film set, Du Jingzhou used a kissing scene to get close to her, and she warned him she could act the same way with someone else.

• Su Qiao said painting earned money faster than submitting novels and locked her gold bars in a safe.
• Pei Yulou invited Su Qiao to Madam Pei’s birthday banquet, saying his father had ordered the invitation, but she gave no firm answer.
• Su Qiao spent the day painting and writing before going to the film set, where Du Jingzhou arrived around two-thirty.
• Du Jingzhou kissed Su Qiao for a scene and insisted that no one else could touch her.
• Director Yu called for the scene to be filmed the same way again.

Su Qiao finished filming with Du Jingzhou and prepared to attend the Pei Family banquet to photograph documents in their safe. Du Jingzhou confronted her about going to meet Pei Yulou and threatened to make him disappear.

• Du Jingzhou teased Su Qiao during filming, and they eventually finished the shoot.
• Su Qiao went home, got dressed for the banquet, and asked Xiao Si to photograph every document in the Pei Family safe.
• Du Jingzhou was waiting outside her door and angrily questioned her about attending the Pei Family banquet.
• Du Jingzhou accused Su Qiao of relying on Pei Yulou and said he might make him disappear.

Su Qiao confronted Du Jingzhou over his jealousy about her taking Pei Yulou’s painting to an exhibition, then rejected his demand that she move in with him. Du Jingzhou remained afraid he might do something rash, while Su Qiao refused to give in to his controlling behavior.

• Su Qiao argued that Du Jingzhou had no grounds to object to her speaking with men when he met and talked with women.
• Du Jingzhou admitted he was upset that Su Qiao had gone to Pei Yulou for help instead of coming to him.
• Su Qiao reassured Du Jingzhou that she had never liked Pei Yulou, whom she called selfish, womanizing, and immature.
• Du Jingzhou said he hated Pei Yulou’s closeness with Su Qiao and asked her to come live with him, warning that he might do something if she stayed away.
• Su Qiao refused to move in with Du Jingzhou right now because she did not want him to become more controlling.

Du Jingzhou confronted Su Qiao over her continued ties to Pei Yulou and admitted he had long struggled to restrain his possessiveness. When he tried to take her home, Su Qiao fought back and tied him up, leaving him stunned by her skill.

• Du Jingzhou accused Su Qiao of staying close to Pei Yulou and demanded to know whether she still had feelings for him.
• Du Jingzhou confessed that he had repeatedly fought the urge to lock Su Qiao away and keep other people from seeing her.
• Du Jingzhou tried to pick Su Qiao up and take her to their real home, but she knocked him to the floor and attacked him.
• Du Jingzhou grabbed Su Qiao's leg and pinned her down, but she escaped, twisted his arm, and bound his hands and feet with a telephone cord.
• Su Qiao scolded Du Jingzhou for frightening and touching her, while he lay restrained and marveled at her fighting skills.

After Su Qiao tied Du Jingzhou up and left him to reflect, Du Jingzhou accepted defeat and prepared to go to the Pei Family residence to pick her up. Su Qiao arrived late to the Pei Family banquet, expecting no one to care, but she was mistaken.

• Su Qiao refused to release Du Jingzhou, told him to reflect, and left to handle something important.
• Du Jingzhou admitted defeat and began working to untie the telephone cords around his hands and feet.
• An Jin arrived with a suit, saw Du Jingzhou's scratches and tied wrists, and learned that Su Qiao had attacked him.
• Du Jingzhou changed clothes and told An Jin he was going to the Pei Family residence to pick up Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao arrived at the Pei Family residence at seven o'clock, after the banquet had begun, and wrongly assumed no one would care that she was late.

Su Qiao attended Madam Pei’s birthday banquet, where Madam Pei insulted her and Pei Yulou tried to defend her. While the family confrontation unfolded, Su Qiao had 444 scan the Pei Mansion and discovered two safes.

• Su Qiao entered the banquet hall and headed toward the spiral staircase so 444 could scan the upper floors.
• Pei Yulou greeted Su Qiao and introduced her to Madam Pei and Pei Zhuoyun.
• Madam Pei disparaged Su Qiao, who calmly answered that she would not get angry over a stranger’s remark.
• Pei Yulou tried to apologize for his mother and reach for Su Qiao’s hand, but she moved aside.
• Madam Pei scolded Pei Yulou for lowering himself to an actress, and he threatened to leave with Su Qiao.
• 444 reported finding two safes and began scanning them for documents while Su Qiao urged it to hurry.

Su Qiao rejected Pei Yulou’s attempt to win her back, explaining that she had left because he treated her like a servant rather than a partner. After 444 finished scanning, she pulled away from him and criticized his paintings.

• Pei Zhuoyun told Pei Yulou to control his temper and apologized to Su Qiao for Madam Pei’s rudeness.
• Pei Yulou told Su Qiao he wanted to marry her, but Madam Pei opposed the match and insulted Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao explained that Pei Yulou had neglected her needs and made her act like his nanny, so she had failed him as a boyfriend.
• Pei Yulou admitted he was wrong and asked Su Qiao to understand his focus on painting.
• 444 told Su Qiao the scan was complete, and she stepped away from Pei Yulou and mocked the quality of his paintings.

Su Qiao confronted Pei Yulou over his relationship with Shen Biwei and rejected Madam Pei’s accusations. Pei Zhuoyun then questioned her about her recent closeness to Second Master Du.

• Su Qiao accused Pei Yulou of forgetting her film press conference and going to pick up Shen Biwei, comparing his behavior to keeping secondary wives.
• Pei Yulou denied his intentions and insisted that he loved Su Qiao, but Madam Pei defended him and praised Shen Biwei as a suitable match.
• Su Qiao told Madam Pei that she had not known Pei Yulou’s identity when they met and had wanted to break up after learning it.
• Su Qiao said she wanted only a peaceful life and was unwilling to risk entanglement with the powerful Pei Family.
• Pei Zhuoyun remarked that Su Qiao seemed bold and asked about rumors that she had grown close to Second Master Du.

Su Qiao told Pei Zhuoyun that she and Du Jingzhou were a good match, and Du Jingzhou arrived to claim her and give her an extravagant necklace. The chapter ended with Pei Zhuoyun asking whether Su Qiao resembled the woman Du Jingzhou had treasured for three years.

• Su Qiao told Pei Zhuoyun she was unsure whether Du Jingzhou was safer than the Pei Family, but said they seemed compatible as minor actress and businessman.
• Du Jingzhou arrived and agreed with Su Qiao that he was only a small-time businessman and that they were a compatible pair.
• Du Jingzhou told Pei Zhuoyun he had come to pick up Su Qiao, then presented her with an emerald and diamond necklace.
• Du Jingzhou fastened the necklace around Su Qiao’s neck and said it was barely worthy of her.
• Pei Zhuoyun asked Du Jingzhou whether Su Qiao looked like the woman he had treasured for three years.

Su Qiao and Du Jingzhou revealed that she was Su Man’s sister and declared their relationship, leaving Pei Yulou furious and Du Jingzhou warning the Pei family to keep him away from her.

• Du Jingzhou explained that he had treated Su Qiao well to find her sister, Su Man, and kissed Su Qiao’s hand while declaring that he would cherish her.
• The gathered guests realized Su Qiao and Su Man were sisters because they looked remarkably alike.
• Pei Yulou confronted Su Qiao about their relationship, and she told him Du Jingzhou was no longer merely an ordinary friend.
• Pei Yulou offered to fund Su Qiao’s acting career, but Du Jingzhou insisted that he would provide for his wife and ordered Pei Yulou to stop pestering her.
• Du Jingzhou threatened Pei Zhuoyun that Pei Yulou would get hurt if he continued interfering.