Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao told her parents about Wang Zhiyao and his family’s outrageous demands, and they urged her to end the relationship. She agreed to break up, while her parents encouraged her to come home and leave her unhappy job.

• Su Qiao's Father angrily condemned Wang Zhiyao for following his mother's every word and mistreating Su Qiao.
• Su Mama calmed Su Qiao's Father and warned her that marrying into Wang Zhiyao's family would be like jumping into a pit of fire.
• Su Qiao told her parents she had decided to break up with Wang Zhiyao.
• Su Qiao's parents supported the breakup and suggested she quit her job and return home to rest.

Su Qiao reassured her worried parents that she was coping after leaving her company and breaking up with Wang Zhiyao. Her parents encouraged her to travel and promised to arrange her trip, while Su Qiao left the decision open.

• Su Qiao told her parents she did not plan to return to her current company and had other plans.
• Su Qiao's parents offered to visit her and keep her company, but she assured them she was fine.
• Su Mama suggested Su Qiao travel to clear her head, while Su Old Man worried about her going alone and considered secretly following her.
• Su Qiao agreed to think about traveling and promised to tell her parents if she chose a destination.
• Su Qiao ended the call after telling her parents to take care of themselves and saying she would support them in the future.

Su Qiao reassured her parents during a call, and they promised to support her while sending her money. Afterward, she started researching online as 444 explained how it had put her existing funds to use and warned that the Wang family might try to take her money.

• Su Qiao's parents praised her for worrying about their health and insisted they could keep earning money to support her.
• Su Qiao ended the call after her mother promised her parents would always stand by her.
• Su Qiao went to the living room for water, then sat down to research information on her computer.
• 444 told Su Qiao that her parents had sent her sixty thousand yuan and that it had received the money for her.
• 444 explained that it had used Su Qiao's existing one hundred and fifty thousand yuan for betting and had registered a detective agency, while warning the Wang family might try to seize her funds.

Su Qiao blocked Wang Zhiyao, resigned from her job, and changed her appearance to look more imposing. She left the chapter with a new style and plans to build muscle and find work.

• Su Qiao decided to find a gym and look for a suitable job or way to earn money.
• Su Qiao told 444 to block Wang Zhiyao and delete his messages.
• Su Qiao completed her resignation at the company without encountering Wang Zhiyao.
• Su Qiao went shopping at the World Trade Center Building and replaced her clothes, cosmetics, bags, accessories, and shoes.
• Su Qiao changed her brown curls to a sleek black bob and returned home in a sharp new style.

Su Qiao moved away from Wang Zhiyao, began preparing for the graduate school entrance exam and working out, and made money with Xiao Si. By the end, they had built up funds and identified several investment opportunities.

• Su Qiao ignored Wang Zhiyao at her door and decided to fulfill the original host’s wish to take the graduate school entrance exam.
• After deciding to move and begin working out, Su Qiao asked Xiao Si to help find a new home and investment opportunities.
• Su Qiao moved into a secure two-bedroom apartment, changed her phone, and cut off contact with the Wang Family.
• Su Qiao began training and studying according to Xiao Si’s plan while they looked into investing in the struggling biotechnology company Hengli.
• Xiao Si grew their starting capital through competitive event and horse-race bets, invested in two stocks, and helped Su Qiao earn fees by selling information overseas.

Su Qiao hired Pan Junxi to manage her money and pursue an acquisition, targeting technology from struggling Hengli Biotechnology. She explained why she believed Hengli’s German production line was worth acquiring, while Pan Junxi remained concerned about the risks.

• Su Qiao hired Pan Junxi, a capable manager in debt after a business partner betrayed him, and gave him an employment contract, an acquisition plan, and a check for thirty-five million.
• Su Qiao told Pan Junxi that twenty-five million was startup capital and that she wanted Hengli Biotechnology’s imported German production line and its new technology.
• Pan Junxi warned Su Qiao that Hengli had suffered years of losses, poor product quality, and a severe cash-flow shortage.
• Su Qiao explained that problems with Hengli’s recently developed technology and delays in fulfilling orders had caused its troubles.

Su Qiao hired Pan Junxi to negotiate for a production line and its technology, and advanced him two million to help with his debts. Pan Junxi accepted her support and reflected on how he had been betrayed by someone he trusted.

• Su Qiao told Pan Junxi to negotiate for the production line and technology at a reasonable price, offering more funds if necessary.
• Pan Junxi signed the employment contract and prepared to inspect the acquisition opportunity.
• Su Qiao gave Pan Junxi a bank card with a two-million salary advance, explaining that she knew about his financial trouble.
• Pan Junxi accepted the money and wondered whether Su Qiao feared he would run off with it.
• Su Qiao said she could recover the money if needed and advised him that life’s setbacks could be endured as long as he remained alive.

Su Qiao reassured Pan Junxi and sent him to pursue a business project before heading to the gym to practice boxing. There, she unexpectedly saw Cen Mohan, who had also returned from abroad and worked out at the same gym.

• Su Qiao told Pan Junxi that staying alive mattered most, and he left determined to secure the project.
• Su Qiao explained to 444 that earning her own money gave her dignity, freedom, and the ability to leave whenever she wanted.
• Su Qiao went to her gym and planned to practice boxing after warming up.
• Su Qiao spotted Cen Mohan by the boxing ring and questioned 444 about why he was there.
• 444 insisted that Cen Mohan's presence was a coincidence, and Su Qiao stayed to work out.

Su Qiao worked out at the gym while Cen Mohan tried to guide and protect her, despite her clear lack of interest in him. When she insisted on boxing, Cen Mohan followed her to see what she could do and keep her from getting hurt.

• Su Qiao ignored the system and exercised, and Cen Mohan stepped in to correct her posture during strength training.
• Cen Mohan noticed Su Qiao seemed not to recognize him and wondered whether he had revealed too much while pretending to be a good person.
• Su Qiao collected boxing gloves and headed to the punching bag, startling nearby gym-goers with her delicate appearance.
• Cen Mohan warned Su Qiao that her muscles were too weak for boxing, but she pushed him aside and challenged his assumptions.
• Cen Mohan put on his own gloves and followed Su Qiao, intending to spar with her or protect her from injury.

Su Qiao reluctantly agreed to spar with Cen Mohan, one of the gym’s owners, and the two discovered they were evenly matched. Afterward, they apologized and exchanged a little about their training before Su Qiao went to rinse off and change.

• Cen Mohan told Su Qiao he was one of the gym’s owners and offered to spar with her for free.
• Su Qiao agreed, and they practiced against punching bags before their sparring grew competitive.
• Su Qiao and Cen Mohan fought to a draw, and Cen Mohan recognized her skill.
• Cen Mohan apologized for his earlier remark, but Su Qiao brushed off his questions about her training.
• Cen Mohan urged Su Qiao to rinse off and change, and she heard someone introduce himself as Chris.

Su Qiao impressed Crissie with her boxing, but Cen Mohan stepped in when Crissie became overly familiar. Crissie suspected Cen Mohan had feelings for Su Qiao, and his warning that Crissie must not touch her strengthened that suspicion.

• Crissie praised Su Qiao's boxing and introduced herself, then pulled Su Qiao close while expressing a desire to be friends.
• Cen Mohan freed Su Qiao from Crissie's arm, and Su Qiao quickly left to wash up.
• Crissie complimented Su Qiao to Cen Mohan, who reacted coldly and asked if she was bored.
• Crissie guessed that Cen Mohan liked Su Qiao and had been coming to the public gym to see her.
• Cen Mohan warned Crissie that Su Qiao was not someone she could lay a hand on, and Crissie concluded he was claiming Su Qiao as his own.

Cen Mohan worried that Su Qiao’s boyfriend was a better match for her, while Crissie teased him about his feelings. The chapter ended with Su Qiao learning that Wang Zhiyao and Cen Yue were nearby on a date.

• Cen Mohan told Crissie that Su Qiao had a boyfriend who seemed close to discussing marriage.
• Crissie praised Su Qiao’s taste in beautiful people and declared that she and the cutie were perfectly suited, making Cen Mohan’s expression darken.
• Cen Mohan insisted that Su Qiao merely liked looking at beautiful people, then drove Crissie out of the break room.
• Su Qiao finished showering and dried her hair as her system reported that Wang Zhiyao and Cen Yue were having a candlelit dinner nearby.

Su Qiao tracked down Wang Zhiyao and Cen Yue at a restaurant, while Cen Mohan quietly arranged to move near her. The chapter ended with Wang Zhiyao rushing over as Su Qiao turned to leave, drawing attention to Cen Yue.

• Su Qiao decided to go see Wang Zhiyao and Cen Yue, then left the gym after saying goodbye to Crissie and Cen Mohan.
• Cen Mohan checked Su Qiao's registration information and arranged to buy a home near her suite so he could move in by the next day.
• Su Qiao arrived at a Western restaurant where Wang Zhiyao and Cen Yue were dining together.
• Wang Zhiyao recognized Su Qiao, hurried over, and watched as she coldly turned to leave.
• Su Qiao's reaction led the restaurant's patrons to look toward Cen Yue at the corner table.

Su Qiao confronted Wang Zhiyao after finding him at a candlelit dinner with Cen Yue, and he chased after her to demand explanations for her disappearance. She accused him of deceiving both her and Cen Yue, while Wang Zhiyao angrily blamed her for cutting off contact.

• Wang Zhiyao caught up with Su Qiao outside the restaurant and demanded to know why she had cut her hair, quit her job, moved, and blocked him.
• Su Qiao pointed to Cen Yue and asked whether she was Wang Zhiyao's new girlfriend.
• Wang Zhiyao claimed Cen Yue was only a coworker and said he had accepted dinner to avoid offending her and risking his job at Guangtai.
• Su Qiao accused Wang Zhiyao of letting Cen Yue pursue him instead of rejecting her and telling her he already had a girlfriend he intended to marry.
• Wang Zhiyao angrily asked Su Qiao to stop making a scene and challenged her about disappearing and cutting off contact.

Su Qiao confronted Wang Zhiyao and rejected his assumption that she needed to marry into wealth. She revealed her family’s substantial assets and explained that her father had planned to buy her a larger home in Hai City before Wang Zhiyao’s family’s behavior changed her mind.

• Su Qiao told Wang Zhiyao she intended to break up with him, and he insisted she would struggle to find a better match.
• Su Qiao challenged Wang Zhiyao’s belief that she wanted to marry into the city and explained that her family could provide a house, an expensive car, and a generous dowry.
• Wang Zhiyao was stunned when Su Qiao revealed her family owned farms and eight city apartments worth millions.
• Su Qiao told Wang Zhiyao her father had planned to sell two apartments and use about four million to buy her a larger home, but his family had ruined that plan.

Su Qiao revealed that her family was wealthy and left Wang Zhiyao after rejecting his belated regret. Wang Zhiyao returned home dejected, and the Wang Family struggled to believe what he told them.

• Su Qiao told Wang Zhiyao that he had never given her a chance to explain her family circumstances and left in a taxi.
• Wang Zhiyao chased after Su Qiao but lost her, with no phone number or address to find her again.
• Wang Zhiyao returned home and forgot that Cen Yue was waiting for him at the restaurant.
• Mother Wang questioned Wang Zhiyao, and the Wang Family learned that Su Qiao's family could afford to provide four million yuan for a marital home.
• The Wang Family doubted Su Qiao's wealth because of her ordinary clothes and inexpensive-looking jewelry.

Wang Zhiyao insisted that he still wanted to be with Su Qiao, while his family argued over whether she could be trusted. His parents decided they would have to coax her back rather than pressure their son, leaving the Wang family with no clear plan.

• Wang Lingxi dismissed Su Qiao’s houses as worthless and praised Cen Yue’s status and influence, until Father Wang ordered her to stop.
• Wang Zhiyao told Mother Wang that he could not forget Su Qiao, and she let him decide whether to pursue her.
• Wang Lingxi criticized Su Qiao and warned Wang Zhiyao that love was unreliable, drawing on her own experience of divorce.
• Wang Zhiyao defended Su Qiao, regretted dining with Cen Yue, and speculated that Su Qiao had hidden her circumstances to test him.
• Father Wang and Mother Wang struggled to respond as Wang Zhiyao remained determined to be with Su Qiao.

Wang Lingxi urged Wang Zhiyao to pretend to date Cen Yue to make Su Qiao jealous, while Su Qiao listened to the Wang family’s plans over dinner. As she washed the dishes, she asked 444 how to punish Wang Zhiyao, and it suggested paying him back in kind.

• Wang Lingxi suggested that Wang Zhiyao pretend to be with Cen Yue so Su Qiao might come back, and he wondered whether it would work.
• Father Wang and Mother Wang stayed silent, hoping Cen Yue might help bring Su Qiao back or help their son move on, though they opposed him marrying Cen Yue.
• Su Qiao returned home, ate dinner while listening to the Wang family’s meeting, and said Wang Zhiyao did not even qualify as a backup.
• 444 questioned whether Su Qiao planned to let Wang Zhiyao off, and she asked what punishment would satisfy it.
• 444 suggested paying Wang Zhiyao back in kind, and Su Qiao asked whether that meant finding a man and cheating on him.

Su Qiao refined her plan to humiliate Wang Zhiyao and his family, then agreed to meet him the next day. She left the meeting location at Jiade Gym, keeping her new address secret.

• Su Qiao considered turning the tables on Wang Zhiyao and his family, while also planning to make Cen Yue experience being fired.
• After dinner, Su Qiao removed Wang Zhiyao’s number from her blacklist and answered his call.
• Wang Zhiyao asked where Su Qiao worked and suggested meeting at Riverside Park or a café.
• Su Qiao told Wang Zhiyao to find her at Jiade Gym on Second Road the following afternoon.

Wang Zhiyao arranged to meet Su Qiao after she unblocked him, while Wang Lingxi and Mother Wang discussed whether Su Qiao was hiding her family's wealth. The next morning, Su Qiao studied for the graduate entrance exam and checked the markets and Detective Agency message board.

• Wang Zhiyao learned Su Qiao had unblocked him and agreed to meet the next afternoon, then asked Mother Wang for money to take her out to eat.
• Wang Lingxi warned Wang Zhiyao not to trust Su Qiao completely and doubted that her family was well-off.
• Mother Wang told Wang Zhiyao to observe Su Qiao and sound her out during their meeting, and he nodded without paying much attention.
• Su Qiao studied for the graduate entrance exam, then checked the stock and fund markets and the Detective Agency's message board.