Chapter Summaries

Qi Muhan worried over Su Qiao’s health after learning she had suffered chest pain while he was away, and urged her to put herself first and stay optimistic. He remained anxious about leaving her with the Cheng Family, but hoped his work at the International Symposium would help him cure her heart condition.

• Su Qiao told Qi Muhan that she had woken from a nightmare with chest pain and that Cheng Haoming had given her medicine.
• Qi Muhan scolded Su Qiao for not calling him and insisted that she tell him immediately if anything happened to her.
• Qi Muhan told Su Qiao she could be willful and selfish, and said that any man who could not accept her that way did not love her.
• Su Qiao reassured Qi Muhan that she would stay optimistic and keep her emotions from affecting her health.
• Qi Muhan reflected that he had left only because the International Symposium involved research related to heart transplant surgery, which he hoped would help cure Su Qiao.

Su Qiao reassured Qi Muhan that she was doing well, then joked with 444 before asking whether it had gathered evidence of Cheng Tianhao and Mei Yuxin’s secret dealings. The chapter ended with the details of Mei Yuxin using Cheng Tianhao’s money to settle her family’s debts and arrange her father’s operation.

• Qi Muhan checked on Su Qiao and urged her to drink warm water and rest, relieved when she said she was fine.
• Su Qiao teased 444 about Qi Muhan’s doting behavior, and 444 got angry before forgiving her.
• Su Qiao asked 444 whether it had collected photos and transaction records of Cheng Tianhao and Mei Yuxin meeting secretly.
• Mei Yuxin met Cheng Tianhao, who gave her money, a house deed, and keys.
• Mei Yuxin paid her brother’s gambling debts and her father’s surgery fees, then arranged the operation.

Mei Yuxin returned to the Cheng Family after half a month away, and Cheng Haoming confronted her privately. He apologized for misjudging her, leaving their strained relationship unresolved.

• Someone asked whether to send prepared material to Madam Cheng and Cheng Haoming, but was told to wait until the child was born and monitor Mei Yuxin in case she ended the pregnancy.
• Mei Yuxin stayed away from the Cheng Family for half a month despite reminders from Cheng Haoming and pressure from Madam Cheng.
• Cheng Haoming left work early and dragged Mei Yuxin upstairs when she returned home.
• Mei Yuxin privately resolved to hide the money and house she had received from Cheng Tianhao from her family.
• Cheng Haoming pulled Mei Yuxin onto his bed and said he had missed her, but she pushed him away.
• Cheng Haoming apologized for assuming Mei Yuxin had sold herself for money, explaining that he had not known about her father's illness and her brother's gambling debts.

Mei Yuxin pressed Cheng Haoming about their relationship and the future of their child. He offered to provide for them but refused to give her a title, admitting that he still felt tied to Su Qiao even as he confessed he missed Mei Yuxin.

• Mei Yuxin asked Cheng Haoming what their relationship meant and challenged his plans for her and their child.
• Cheng Haoming promised to pay her father's medical expenses and her brother's gambling debts, then said he could settle Mei Yuxin and the child elsewhere.
• Cheng Haoming offered to raise the child as his adopted son and heir, while allowing Mei Yuxin to visit, but said she would have to leave if she rejected the arrangement.
• Mei Yuxin accused Cheng Haoming of threatening her and asked why he wanted her to stay when he had once despised her.
• Cheng Haoming admitted he felt he had betrayed Su Qiao and confessed that he missed Mei Yuxin after she left.

Cheng Haoming confessed that he had fallen for Mei Yuxin, and she admitted through her actions that she wanted to stay, though she could not yet give him an answer. Su Qiao and 444 discussed the couple’s growing attachment and their plan to make them suffer for what they had done to the original host.

• Cheng Haoming told Mei Yuxin that his feelings for Su Qiao had been different and that he could no longer forget Mei Yuxin.
• Mei Yuxin embraced Cheng Haoming but asked about Su Qiao, then said she could not answer whether she was willing to stay.
• Su Qiao exercised while 444 remarked that she and Cheng Haoming seemed to have fallen for each other.
• Su Qiao reminded 444 that the Cheng Family had beaten and berated the original host before driving her out, after Mei Yuxin had framed her.

Su Qiao planned to leave Cheng Haoming and Mei Yuxin alone together while she pursued a relationship with Qi Muhan. She also considered restarting her short-video work from home because of her weak heart.

• Su Qiao decided to spend time alone with Qi Muhan and give their relationship a push when he returned.
• Su Qiao planned to let Cheng Haoming, Mei Yuxin, and Cheng Tianhao deal with one another before she returned to clean up the mess.
• Su Qiao dismissed 444’s warning that Qi Muhan was a confirmed bachelor and said he could still date.
• Su Qiao remembered that she had previously worked as a short-video blogger and considered making videos again to support herself from home.

Su Qiao planned to leave the Cheng Family when Cheng Haoming returned the next day. Meanwhile, Mei Yuxin told Cheng Tianhao she might be pregnant, and he insisted the child could not be kept.

• Su Qiao told 444 she intended to become financially independent and leave the Cheng Family the next day.
• Cheng Tianhao confronted Mei Yuxin after dinner and asked why she had returned.
• Mei Yuxin explained that Su Qiao and her family had forced her back, and that she stayed to care for her father after surgery.
• Mei Yuxin said she suspected she was pregnant, and Cheng Tianhao demanded that she not keep the child.
• Mei Yuxin insisted the child would be Cheng Haoming's.

Cheng Tianhao demanded that Mei Yuxin abort her pregnancy to prevent a scandal in the Cheng Family, but she agreed only if he let her marry Cheng Haoming. She insisted Haoming loved her, leaving Cheng Tianhao to confront her ambitions.

• Cheng Tianhao told Mei Yuxin that the child might be his and offered her money to have an abortion.
• Mei Yuxin argued that the child could remain secret and belong to the Cheng Family, but Cheng Tianhao refused to let her marry his son.
• Mei Yuxin agreed to abort the child on the condition that she could marry Cheng Haoming.
• Cheng Tianhao said Haoming already had a wife and did not like her, but Mei Yuxin claimed Haoming had confessed his love and promised to provide for her.
• Cheng Tianhao asked whether Mei Yuxin loved Haoming or his status, and she admitted she loved both.

Mei Yuxin told Cheng Tianhao about her desire for security and money, then demanded that he let her marry Haoming, and he agreed while insisting she abort the child and keep their affair secret. Su Qiao remained determined to stop them and began speaking gently with Mei Yuxin the next morning.

• Mei Yuxin explained her hardships and said she wanted money and a chance to marry Haoming.
• Cheng Tianhao agreed to let Mei Yuxin marry Haoming, but told her to abort the child and conceal their relationship.
• Su Qiao reassured 444 that she would not let Cheng Tianhao and Mei Yuxin end her plan.
• Su Qiao asked Mei Yuxin to bring her chicken soup, then asked about her father's health and offered to help if she faced difficulties.

Su Qiao teased Mei Yuxin about finding a suitable man and offered to introduce her to Doctor Qi Muhan, while Cheng Haoming and Madam Cheng watched from upstairs. As Su Qiao and Xiao Si waited for Mei Yuxin to react, Su Qiao flicked more powder toward her.

• Su Qiao praised Mei Yuxin and pressed her to admit whether she had met a promising man.
• Su Qiao offered to introduce Mei Yuxin to Doctor Qi Muhan, but Mei Yuxin refused and said she was not good enough for him.
• Madam Cheng watched from the stairs and mocked Su Qiao for trying to find a partner for her own love rival.
• Cheng Haoming overheard the conversation after grooming himself to go downstairs and see Mei Yuxin.
• Su Qiao and Xiao Si wondered why Mei Yuxin had not reacted, and Su Qiao flicked more powder toward her.

Mei Yuxin's sudden dry-heaving led Madam Cheng and Cheng Haoming to suspect she was pregnant, despite Mei Yuxin trying to deny it. They took her to the hospital for an examination, while Su Qiao and Xiao Si watched, expecting the secret to come out.

• Cheng Haoming joined Su Qiao downstairs, but Mei Yuxin began dry-heaving before Su Qiao could speak.
• Madam Cheng helped Mei Yuxin upstairs, and Cheng Haoming took Su Qiao back to her room before leaving to check on Mei Yuxin.
• Madam Cheng urged Mei Yuxin to take a pregnancy test, but Cheng Haoming insisted they go to the hospital for an examination.
• Mei Yuxin went with Cheng Haoming and Madam Cheng to the hospital, while Su Qiao and Xiao Si watched from the room.

Su Qiao learned that Mei Yuxin’s pregnancy had been confirmed and prepared for the chance to retaliate against her. She cornered Mei Yuxin on the stairs, pressing her about marriage and the child’s father just as Qi Muhan arrived.

• The Cheng Family’s doctors confirmed that Mei Yuxin was pregnant, delighting Madam Cheng and Cheng Haoming.
• Su Qiao packed her ID card, bank card, and Medicine Packet, keeping the first two with her and hiding the packet in a closet.
• Su Qiao waited in the courtyard until 444 warned her that Mei Yuxin was leaving and Qi Muhan was about to arrive.
• Su Qiao met Mei Yuxin on the stairs and pretended to congratulate her while asking about her pregnancy, marriage, and boyfriend.
• Mei Yuxin grew flustered and tried to explain that the child’s father wanted the baby, as 444 warned that Qi Muhan’s car had entered the gate.

Su Qiao provoked Mei Yuxin about her pregnancy, then fell down the stairs and was caught by Qi Muhan. Qi Muhan carried the unconscious Su Qiao away from Cheng Haoming, blaming him for her condition.

• Su Qiao accused Mei Yuxin of becoming a mistress and asked what she would do about the baby.
• Mei Yuxin tried to argue, and Su Qiao leaned back and fell down the stairs.
• Qi Muhan caught Su Qiao and checked her injuries while she tried to point out Mei Yuxin and then fainted.
• Qi Muhan confirmed Su Qiao had only fainted and picked her up to take her to the hospital.
• Cheng Haoming demanded that Qi Muhan return his wife, but Qi Muhan told him to get away and blamed him for Su Qiao's suffering.

Qi Muhan took the injured Su Qiao away and threatened to end the Qi Corporation’s business with the Cheng Corporation if anything happened to her. Cheng Tianhao learned how severely the threat could damage his company and questioned why Madam Cheng hated Su Qiao.

• Madam Cheng argued with Qi Muhan over Su Qiao’s injury, and he threatened to make the Qi and Cheng families enemies if she was harmed.
• Qi Muhan carried Su Qiao to his car and drove away, while Cheng Haoming hesitated to follow her.
• Cheng Tianhao urged Cheng Haoming to go after them, and Madam Cheng dismissed Su Qiao’s injury.
• Cheng Tianhao told Madam Cheng that losing the Qi Corporation’s business could cost the Cheng Corporation tens of billions and shrink it by a third.
• After Madam Cheng cursed Su Qiao, Cheng Tianhao asked what she had done to make Madam Cheng hate her so much.

Cheng Tianhao defended Su Qiao against Madam Cheng’s accusations, then confronted Mei Yuxin over her pregnancy and Su Qiao’s fall. Su Qiao was examined at the hospital and returned to the emergency ward with only minor scrapes.

• Cheng Tianhao criticized Madam Cheng for judging Su Qiao by her grandmother and insisted Su Qiao was sincere toward Haoming.
• Madam Cheng continued preparing nourishing soup for Mei Yuxin while Cheng Tianhao took Mei Yuxin upstairs and accused her of deliberately revealing her pregnancy and causing Su Qiao to fall.
• Mei Yuxin denied pushing Su Qiao, but Cheng Tianhao did not believe her, and she stormed downstairs.
• Madam Cheng comforted Mei Yuxin and blamed Cheng Tianhao for upsetting her while she carried their grandchild.
• Qi Muhan arranged a full-body examination for Su Qiao, which found no serious injuries, and the hospital treated her scrapes before sending her back to the emergency ward.

After Su Qiao was hospitalized, Qi Muhan confronted Cheng Haoming over the harm he had caused her and urged him to let her go. Cheng Haoming denied wanting to abandon Su Qiao, but Qi Muhan remained furious with him.

• Cheng Haoming waited outside Su Qiao’s ward and asked Qi Muhan how she was.
• Qi Muhan blocked Cheng Haoming from entering and took him to the courtyard to talk.
• Qi Muhan beat Cheng Haoming and accused him of being unworthy of Su Qiao’s love.
• Qi Muhan blamed Cheng Haoming for giving Mei Yuxin the chance to hurt Su Qiao and told him to let Su Qiao go.
• Cheng Haoming insisted he had never meant to abandon Su Qiao, and Qi Muhan grabbed his collar in anger.

Cheng Haoming confronted Mei Yuxin over Su Qiao’s fall, but he did not believe her denial, and she threatened to leave the Cheng Family. Madam Cheng stopped Mei Yuxin and revealed that Qi Muhan liked Su Qiao, leaving Cheng Haoming stunned by her claim that Su Qiao was keeping Qi Muhan interested.

• Qi Muhan called Cheng Haoming fickle and unworthy of Su Qiao’s love before leaving to buy porridge for her.
• Cheng Haoming returned home and accused Mei Yuxin of pushing Su Qiao, but Mei Yuxin denied touching her.
• Cheng Haoming warned Mei Yuxin to stay away from Su Qiao, and Mei Yuxin angrily threatened to leave the Cheng Family.
• Madam Cheng stopped Mei Yuxin and rebuked Cheng Haoming for upsetting her while she was carrying his child.
• Madam Cheng said Qi Muhan liked Su Qiao and accused Su Qiao of keeping him interested, prompting Cheng Haoming to question her.

Su Qiao chose to return to the sanatorium to recuperate, while Qi Muhan used the move to help separate her from the Cheng Family. She returned to the Cheng home to collect her belongings, including a hidden Medicine Packet, and Qi Muhan followed her.

• Madam Cheng accused Su Qiao of pursuing multiple men, but Cheng Haoming defended her and said she had avoided disturbing Qi Muhan even when she felt unwell.
• Qi Muhan blocked Cheng Haoming from taking Su Qiao home and said she needed to recuperate at the sanatorium; Su Qiao agreed.
• Cheng Haoming accepted the plan, thinking it would keep Su Qiao from discovering his affair with Mei Yuxin while giving Mei Yuxin time to give birth.
• Su Qiao, Qi Muhan, and Cheng Haoming returned to the Cheng home so Su Qiao could collect her belongings, and Qi Muhan followed her when she went to pack.

Cheng Haoming argued with Madam Cheng about Su Qiao and his plan to stay with her at the convalescent home. Madam Cheng pushed him to acknowledge Mei Yuxin and her unborn child, while he insisted the matter stay hidden from Su Qiao because her condition was unstable.

• Madam Cheng speculated that Su Qiao was leaving to move in with Qi Muhan, and Cheng Haoming told her to stop talking nonsense.
• Cheng Haoming said he would take Xiao Qiao to the convalescent home and stay with her for a few days.
• Madam Cheng objected, asking what would happen to Xiao Xin and her unborn child, and demanded that her grandson not be treated as adopted or illegitimate.
• Cheng Haoming reminded Madam Cheng that he had agreed to give her a grandson only if she acknowledged Xiao Qiao's identity, not to drive Su Qiao away.
• Madam Cheng pressed Cheng Haoming to consider Mei Yuxin and her child's right to be recognized, but he insisted they had already discussed it.
• Cheng Haoming warned Madam Cheng not to reveal anything to Xiao Qiao because her condition was unstable, and Madam Cheng stopped pressing him for the moment.

Su Qiao left the Cheng home with Qi Muhan for the sanatorium after warning Cheng Haoming to watch the household servants. Her departure left Cheng Haoming arguing with his mother, who continued to blame Su Qiao for his marriage.

• Cheng Haoming prepared to accompany Su Qiao, but Su Qiao refused and Madam Cheng insisted that he stay home.
• Qi Muhan took Su Qiao’s luggage and led her out, while Cheng Haoming tried to stop her.
• Before leaving, Su Qiao warned Cheng Haoming and Madam Cheng to be cautious of the servants because appearances could be deceiving.
• Madam Cheng stopped Cheng Haoming from following Su Qiao and accused her of sowing discord.
• Cheng Haoming defended Su Qiao, but Madam Cheng claimed Su Qiao had schemed to marry into the Cheng Family.