Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao released Li Sang from the Imperial City and gave Huang Ying a royal title, explaining that future rulers would be chosen from the most capable descendants. She then enacted reforms and began a water diversion project, before setting out to search for mineral deposits to replenish the treasury.

• Su Qiao told Li Sang she would release him but keep Huang Ying in the Imperial Family and grant her the title of The King.
• Su Qiao explained that the throne would pass to whoever was capable, including a qualified descendant of Huang Ying.
• Su Qiao gave Huang Ying a residence and had guards escort Li Sang out of the Imperial City.
• Su Qiao granted a general amnesty, reduced taxes, and began the South-to-North Water Diversion project in drought-stricken areas.
• Su Qiao led a survey into the wilderness to search for possible gold and silver mines.

Huangming Kingdom prospered under Su Qiao’s new policies, and as she prepared to move the capital, Eastern Jin’s envoys arrived with betrothal gifts for her. The exchange ended with Su Qiao sending gifts to Eastern Jin and Ye Lihan happily claiming them for his private treasury.

• Su Qiao’s trade policies and construction plans helped Huangming Kingdom’s economy flourish, and commoners from disaster-stricken areas volunteered to work on the new capital.
• Eastern Jin’s envoys presented Su Qiao with lengthy betrothal-gift lists, prompting Huangming’s ministers to protest that the custom insulted their country.
• Su Qiao accepted Eastern Jin’s tradition and ordered Huangming to send generous betrothal gifts in return, warning Eastern Jin’s ministers through the gesture.
• News of Huangming’s betrothal gifts spread through the Four Kingdoms, and Ye Lihan gleefully placed them in his private treasury.

After a long life together, Su Qiao and Ye Lihan retired from ruling and settled at the Summer Resort Villa, where Su Qiao died first. Back in the space, Su Qiao watched Ye Lihan grieve and wondered how much longer she would have to travel before returning to her original plane.

• Su Qiao and Ye Lihan handed the government to their chosen heirs at fifty and spent their later years traveling before settling at the Summer Resort Villa.
• As Su Qiao was dying, Ye Lihan recalled their first meeting and told her he had found them a beautiful place to rest in peace.
• Su Qiao squeezed Ye Lihan's fingers before closing her eyes, and Ye Lihan held her body and begged her to wait for him.
• Su Qiao returned to the space and watched the scene with Xiao Si, then asked how much longer they would have to wander.

Su Qiao wondered what would happen after she collected the remaining Soul Fragments, then traveled to a modern world and found herself facing a wealthy woman and her daughter’s condescension. The chapter left her silently assessing the people around her while Xiao Si was asked to explain the situation.

• Su Qiao worried whether collecting the remaining Soul Fragments would return her to her original world or take her somewhere else, and whether she would see the man again.
• Xiao Si admitted it was unsure what would happen but recalled that even the Beast God Golden Dragon had been wary of Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao told Xiao Si to stop thinking about her origins and send her to the next plane.
• In a modern home, a wealthy woman offered Su Qiao durian while masking her contempt behind a practiced smile.
• A young woman mocked Su Qiao’s rural background, while a bespectacled man remained absorbed in his phone.
• Su Qiao ignored the insults and asked Xiao Si to tell her what was going on.

Su Qiao visited her boyfriend's home and recognized the contempt hidden beneath his mother and sister's polite words. She kept her composure through their passive-aggressive treatment, while her boyfriend remained absorbed in his game.

• Su Qiao learned that Wang Lingxi was divorced and asked what city women did without husbands, angering Wang Lingxi.
• Mrs. Wang rebuked Wang Lingxi for shouting at a guest, and Wang Lingxi stormed off to check on Duoduo.
• Mrs. Wang reassured Su Qiao and directed her to the bathroom, telling her she could leave her shoes on because she would mop afterward.
• Su Qiao insisted on changing shoes, and Mrs. Wang offered her a new pair reserved for guests, emphasizing that Su Qiao was being treated as one.

Su Qiao examined her youthful body and reviewed the original owner’s memories of enduring insults from her boyfriend’s family. She learned that her boyfriend had cheated on her and blamed his mother and sister after being caught.

• Su Qiao noticed the cold distance between the family members in the living room and went to wash her hands.
• Su Qiao asked 444 about her body’s age, height, and appearance, and learned that the Reinforcement Agent might bring slight changes.
• Su Qiao inspected the old-fashioned bathroom and began sorting through the original owner’s memories.
• Su Qiao learned that the original owner had endured contempt from her boyfriend’s mother and sister while he repeatedly urged her to give in.
• Su Qiao learned that the boyfriend had cheated and then blamed his mother and sister when he was caught.

Su Qiao recalled the original host’s tragic death and resolved to fulfill her wish by staying alive and supporting her parents. She prepared to go out, but 444 startled her with the discovery that cameras were installed in the living room and Wang Zhiyao’s room.

• Su Qiao reviewed how the original host died after arguing with her married lover, who fled without calling an ambulance, and decided to honor the host’s wish to care for her parents.
• Su Qiao asked 444 why she could find no trace of the clingy man from her past lives, and 444 said he would appear eventually.
• Su Qiao happily decided to enjoy being single and got ready to go out.
• 444 warned Su Qiao that cameras were installed in the family’s living room and Wang Zhiyao’s room.
• Su Qiao wondered why the cameras were there and dismissed 444’s joking suspicion that she was eyeing the family’s safe.

Su Qiao planned to leave her chaotic, low-paying job and use her savings to start an online detective agency, while remembering how Wang Zhiyao had let Cen Yue drive her out in her previous life. As Su Qiao prepared to leave Wang Zhiyao’s family home, Wang Lingxi returned to the living room and criticized his girlfriend.

• Su Qiao agreed to let the Host invest the money in her account and considered setting up a professional online detective agency.
• Su Qiao decided she had no future at her current company and recalled how Cen Yue had schemed to force her out while Wang Zhiyao stayed silent.
• Su Qiao saw Wang Zhiyao’s family holding a meeting in the living room and exchanged irritated thoughts with the Host about him and his family.
• Wang Lingxi returned to the living room and objected to her brother’s relationship, disparaging his girlfriend as a country girl wearing cheap clothes and a fake bracelet.

Wang Lingxi and Mrs. Wang criticized Su Qiao and tried to persuade Wang Zhiyao to reconsider their relationship, while Su Qiao remained in the bathroom. Wang Zhiyao defended Su Qiao, but his family continued to question her background, gifts, height, and the bride price.

• Wang Lingxi mocked Su Qiao's appearance, fake pearl necklace, gifts, and rural background.
• Wang Zhiyao defended Su Qiao, explaining that she had excelled at school and bought the gifts with her first month's salary.
• Wang Lingxi accused Wang Zhiyao of siding with an outsider and warned that Su Qiao might bully their parents after marrying into the family.
• Mrs. Wang told Wang Zhiyao to consider Su Qiao's height and the possible effect on their future children.
• Mrs. Wang and Wang Lingxi doubted that Su Qiao's family would return the bride price as part of her dowry.

The Wang family discussed buying Wang Zhiyao an apartment and debated how to make Su Qiao accept their conditions. Su Qiao overheard their conversation and joined them, leaving Wang Zhiyao unsure what she had heard.

• Mrs. Wang told Wang Zhiyao that his parents would buy him an apartment but register it under their own names at first.
• Wang Lingxi suggested that Su Qiao should pay the mortgage as rent and hoped she would reject the arrangement.
• Father Wang warned Wang Lingxi that the apartment would eventually belong to Wang Zhiyao.
• Wang Lingxi proposed confronting Su Qiao directly to make her accept or leave the family.
• Su Qiao emerged from the bathroom and asked what the family had been discussing.
• Mrs. Wang invited Su Qiao to sit and have tea as Wang Zhiyao hesitated to speak.

Su Qiao listened as Mrs. Wang laid out the Wang family's marriage terms, including refusing to give a bride price and offering to buy the couple a city-center apartment. The chapter left Mrs. Wang continuing her proposal while Su Qiao waited to hear the rest.

• Su Qiao sat down and invited Mrs. Wang to speak frankly about her relationship with Zhiyao.
• Mrs. Wang said she and Zhiyao's father had preferred a local city girl but would accept Su Qiao.
• Mrs. Wang explained that the Wang family would not give a bride price because it was not customary in their area.
• Su Qiao pointed out that without a bride price, her family would not provide a dowry, but she did not press the issue.
• Mrs. Wang offered to have the family buy Su Qiao and Zhiyao a two-bedroom apartment in the city center, with his parents paying the down payment.

Su Qiao realized the Wang family expected her to help pay for a house that would remain in Mrs. Wang and her husband's names, while Wang Lingxi was promised their old home. She rejected the family’s assumptions and suggested that buying a house was not required for marriage.

• Mrs. Wang said the new house would stay in the old couple’s names until Wang Zhiyao and Su Qiao had children, and that the family’s property would eventually go to their only son.
• Su Qiao considered the mortgage and household expenses and realized the arrangement could leave her supporting Wang Zhiyao and their future child without owning the house.
• Mrs. Wang offered Wang Lingxi the old family home, then asked Su Qiao to understand because Wang Lingxi’s situation was special.
• Wang Zhiyao agreed that his mother could arrange the property as she wished and sought Su Qiao’s agreement, but she ignored him.
• Su Qiao told Mrs. Wang that she did not have to buy a house in order to get married.

The Wang family tried to lay out their expectations for Su Qiao’s future marriage to Zhiyao, including buying a house, leaving her job, and having children. Su Qiao stayed unimpressed and challenged Mrs. Wang’s insistence that she produce a male heir.

• Wang Lingxi argued that the family needed to buy a house before prices rose further.
• Mrs. Wang claimed Zhiyao needed a wedding house and described how he had never done housework, implying Su Qiao would have to care for him.
• Mrs. Wang suggested Su Qiao quit her job after marriage to focus on her husband, children, and household.
• Mrs. Wang revealed the Wang family had four generations of only sons and said Su Qiao should have children early so she could have room to choose.
• Su Qiao asked whether they could choose a child’s sex and whether a second child would be allowed if the first was a girl.

Su Qiao challenged Mrs. Wang and Wang Lingxi over their plans for her to quit work, bear a son, and support the Wang family’s housing costs while neglecting her own parents. Mrs. Wang proposed that Su Qiao’s family pay for renovations and appliances, but Su Qiao recognized that the arrangement would leave her with no claim to the home.

• Mrs. Wang told Su Qiao that she should get pregnant soon and suggested aborting a girl to ensure her first child was a boy.
• Su Qiao asked whether the Wang family would support her, their child, and her parents if she quit work, and Wang Lingxi rejected any responsibility for her parents.
• Mrs. Wang explained that the Wang family would pay the mortgage for the first two years but expected Su Qiao’s family to pay for renovations and appliances.
• Su Qiao calculated that she would eventually shoulder the mortgage while the home remained in the names of the Wang elders.
• Mrs. Wang argued that Su Qiao’s parents were young and healthy and that supporting them could wait until they were in their seventies.

Su Qiao turned the Wang Family’s marriage demands back on them by offering to buy a house and cover expenses if Wang Zhiyao married into her family. She left the Wang home after enraging his parents, while Mrs. Wang suffered chest pain.

• Su Qiao offered to pay for the house, renovations, mortgage, and wedding costs, but demanded that the house be registered in her parents’ names, Wang Zhiyao marry into her family, and their child take her surname.
• Su Qiao told the Wang Family that her proposal followed the conditions Mrs. Wang had made and even added benefits for them.
• Wang Zhiyao tried to stop Su Qiao from speaking, but she defended her proposal and called Mrs. Wang a hypocrite with double standards.
• Mrs. Wang ordered Su Qiao to leave, and Wang Zhiyao grabbed her hand and tried to drag her outside.
• Su Qiao freed herself, picked up her bag, and left the Wang home as Mrs. Wang grew angrier and complained of chest pain.

Su Qiao rejected the Wang family’s demands and left, but Wang Zhiyao chased her down to demand an apology. Their argument ended with Su Qiao dismissing his claims about the house and realizing the original owner had been attracted to his looks.

• Wang Lingxi blamed Su Qiao for upsetting Madam Wang, and Wang Zhiyao rushed out to bring Su Qiao back to apologize.
• Su Qiao left the residential complex and asked 444 about her improved height and appearance.
• Wang Zhiyao grabbed Su Qiao’s hand and demanded that she return and apologize to his mother.
• Su Qiao argued that she also needed to support her parents and pointed out that Wang Zhiyao could keep his salary under her proposed arrangement.
• Wang Zhiyao refused to become a live-in son-in-law and insisted that his parents’ house would eventually belong to him.
• Su Qiao reflected that the original owner had fallen for Wang Zhiyao’s handsome face and melancholy aura.

Su Qiao rejected Wang Zhiyao’s assumptions about marriage and challenged his family’s claim that she should bear a son. She left him stung by her blunt comparison of their homes and his inability to provide the spacious life she wanted.

• Wang Zhiyao argued that his mother was reasonable to expect Su Qiao to give birth to a son because his family had only one son for four generations.
• Su Qiao told Wang Zhiyao that she had not agreed to marry him and that her parents opposed her marrying into the city.
• Wang Zhiyao accused Su Qiao of looking down on his family, and the host explained that Su Qiao’s family had several relocation apartments and a large home.
• Su Qiao said she wanted a villa with a courtyard like her hometown, where she could grow plants and keep animals.
• Wang Zhiyao accused Su Qiao of being materialistic and said he had misjudged her.

Su Qiao rejected Wang Zhiyao’s family’s demands and proposed that he marry into her family instead, knowing he would refuse. After ending their relationship, she left him behind and went home.

• Su Qiao questioned Wang Zhiyao’s double standards as 444 alerted her that Cen Mohan had arrived.
• Cen Mohan warned Su Qiao and Wang Zhiyao that standing in the road was dangerous, and Su Qiao hurried away.
• Wang Zhiyao followed Su Qiao, who said she could not accept his mother’s demands about aborting daughters and forbidding her to support her parents.
• Su Qiao offered to cover their housing, wedding, and other expenses if Wang Zhiyao married into her family, but he refused.
• Su Qiao pointed out that Wang Zhiyao’s divorced older sister could support their parents, then told him not to contact her unless necessary and left.

Su Qiao rejected Wang Zhiyao and left after telling him she would only marry into his family if he covered the wedding and housing expenses. The Wang family dismissed her and tried to persuade Wang Zhiyao to find someone else, but he insisted that he liked her.

• Su Qiao told Wang Zhiyao that she had once wanted only his affection, then left to get something to drink.
• Wang Zhiyao returned to his family without Su Qiao, and Mother Wang demanded to know why he had not brought her back to apologize.
• Wang Zhiyao explained that Su Qiao had offered to cover the expenses if he married into her family, and Mother Wang and Wang Lingxi rejected the idea.
• Wang Lingxi and Mother Wang insulted Su Qiao and urged Wang Zhiyao to find a more suitable woman.
• Wang Zhiyao said he still liked Su Qiao, while Wang Lingxi accused Su Qiao of wanting the family's money and house.

Su Qiao returned home after rejecting Wang Zhiyao’s family over their prejudice against her and their insistence on having a son. She told her parents what had happened, and they reacted angrily as they asked whether Wang Zhiyao had defended her.

• Wang Zhiyao remained silent while the Wang family saw that he was determined, and Mother Wang blamed Su Qiao for upsetting her.
• Wang Lingxi tried to take Mother Wang inside and warned that marrying Su Qiao would anger her further, but Father Wang told her to leave.
• Su Qiao returned to her rented apartment, showered, and answered a call from her worried mother.
• Su Qiao told her parents that Wang Zhiyao’s family looked down on her rural background and said they would abort a girl, so she had left.
• Su Qiao’s parents condemned the family, and Su Mama asked whether Wang Zhiyao had stood up for her.