Chapter Summaries

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.

Su Qiao continued pretending to be insane to frighten the Wen Family and carry out her plans. After demanding and taking Old Madam Wen’s phone, she called Jiang Jinghao, who answered at once and asked if she was Bao’er.

• Wen Congyuan told Old Madam Wen to cook while he considered how to deal with Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao noted that neighbors had heard the previous day’s disturbance and said this was only the first step in her plan.
• At dinner, Su Qiao tossed down her bowl and returned to her room while Wen Congyuan and Old Madam Wen stayed silent.
• The next day, Su Qiao intimidated Old Madam Wen into handing over her phone and threatened to smash or burn the house if she refused again.
• Su Qiao used 444 to find Jiang Jinghao’s number and called him, and he answered by asking if she was Bao’er.

Su Qiao arranged to meet Jiang Jinghao and decided not to divorce Wen Congyuan yet. While searching the storage room for the original host’s old phone, she found a small brown diary.

• Su Qiao remembered Jiang Jinghao and called him to arrange a meeting by the lake near Liu Ji Food Stall.
• Jiang Jinghao asked whether Wen Congyuan had been treating Su Qiao badly, but she said they would talk in person.
• Su Qiao told 444 she would not divorce Wen Congyuan for now and changed into casual clothes before leaving.
• Su Qiao deleted the messages and call history from her current phone, then searched the storage room for the original host’s old phone.
• Su Qiao found the old phone and noticed a small brown diary tucked into a suitcase compartment.

Su Qiao found Qin Li’s diary and phone hidden in the storage room and suspected Wen Congyuan had silenced his ex-wife after she discovered something about his former workplace. She backed up the original host’s phone and began hiding the evidence above the living room ceiling.

• Su Qiao found Qin Li’s diary and realized it described Wen Congyuan’s abuse, threats, and control over his ex-wife.
• Su Qiao questioned whether Qin Li’s reported gas-poisoning death had really been an accident, while 444 noted that evidence would be difficult to find after two years.
• Su Qiao found Qin Li’s broken phone and had 444 copy everything from the original host’s phone.
• Su Qiao noticed Qin Li’s diary mentioned the Aluminum Electrolysis Plant and suspected she had been silenced after discovering something.
• Su Qiao restored the storage room, took a roll of film, and moved a stool onto the dining table to hide the phone and diary above the suspended ceiling.

Su Qiao hid Qin Li’s diary and the original host’s phone, then disguised herself as badly injured so people would notice her. She left the house with money taken from the old woman and locked the old woman inside.

• Su Qiao hid the original host’s phone and Qin Li’s diary in a secluded corner, but kept Qin Li’s broken phone to have it repaired.
• Su Qiao applied exaggerated bruises and injuries to her face and body, then dressed to go out.
• Su Qiao demanded money from the old woman and took three hundred yuan from her wallet.
• Su Qiao locked the old woman inside with a copper lock and left the house.

Su Qiao showed her bruises to the neighborhood aunties before hurrying away, claiming she had fallen. Auntie Guo and the others suspected the Wen family had beaten her and began discussing their doubts about the family.

• Su Qiao went to the exercise area with her hat pulled low, and Auntie Guo noticed her bruises and injured mouth.
• Su Qiao claimed she had fallen and hurried away before Auntie Guo could question her further.
• Auntie Guo asked Liu Damei about the loud commotion she had heard at the Wen family's home the previous night.
• Liu Damei said the noise had sounded like someone beating another person, and the aunties concluded that Cong Yuan and his mother had likely beaten Su Qiao.
• Liu Damei hinted that the Wen family had concealed troubling behavior before, and the aunties questioned their respectable public image.