Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao and Cen Mohan shared a meal while discussing domestic men, work, and children. Cen Mohan decided to learn to like the things Su Qiao liked.

• Su Qiao enjoyed the Chinese food and said she preferred rich, meaty dishes.
• Cen Mohan peeled shrimp for Su Qiao and told her Chris had said men in Haishi were attentive and skilled at housework and childcare.
• Su Qiao said she disliked self-important men, and Cen Mohan agreed with her.
• Cen Mohan asked whether Su Qiao liked children, and she said she felt indifferent toward them.
• Cen Mohan said he shared Su Qiao's preferences and decided to treat them as his own.

Su Qiao rejected Cen Mohan’s earnest attempt to give their relationship a chance, while he continued flirting and reassuring her that they were a perfect match. Their conversation turned to his reading habits and a debate about the cutest height difference.

• Cen Mohan pushed peeled shrimp toward Su Qiao and asked her to give him a chance to stand on equal footing with her.
• Su Qiao refused, joking that Cen Mohan was too tall and blocked the sunlight.
• Cen Mohan said her height was just right for them and suggested she could sit on his shoulders or arms to be taller than him.
• Su Qiao asked what kinds of books and online material Cen Mohan read.
• Cen Mohan described an online post claiming a forty-four-centimeter height difference was the cutest, and Su Qiao asked why he thought it was unrealistic.

Cen Mohan explained the practical drawbacks of a height difference while trying to reassure Su Qiao that being together would be easy. After dinner, Su Qiao discovered his car was gone and realized his sister had taken it, leaving Cen Mohan to rely on her for a ride.

• Cen Mohan brushed Su Qiao’s mutton and analyzed the inconveniences of a tall man dating a shorter woman.
• Su Qiao asked whether their twenty-centimeter height difference would cause those problems, and Cen Mohan argued that their height made affection easy.
• Su Qiao gave up on the conversation and told Cen Mohan she was full and ready to leave.
• Cen Mohan paid the bill and followed Su Qiao to the parking area, where she noticed his Porsche was missing.
• Cen Mohan explained that his sister had urgently taken his car, and Su Qiao sighed as she accepted that she would have to give him a ride.

Su Qiao drove to the gym and was confronted by Mother Wang and Wang Lingxi, who demanded the money Cen Yue had given her. The chapter ended with Su Qiao asking what money Wang Lingxi meant.

• At the Wang residence, Wang Zhiyao shut himself in his room, and his family concluded Su Qiao would not return what they wanted.
• The next day, Su Qiao drove to the gym after meeting Pan Junxi and found Mother Wang and Wang Lingxi waiting by her car.
• Wang Lingxi insulted Su Qiao over her new car and bag, and Su Qiao mocked her in return.
• Mother Wang stopped Wang Lingxi from hitting Su Qiao and politely asked to discuss something with her.
• Wang Lingxi demanded the money Cen Yue had given Su Qiao, and Su Qiao asked what money she meant.

Su Qiao confronted Mother Wang and Wang Lingxi over money from her breakup with Wang Zhiyao, mocking their demands and exposing the family’s dependence on Cen Yue. The argument escalated as Wang Zhiyao showed off gifts from Cen Yue, and Su Qiao accused his family of treating him like a son for sale.

• Mother Wang told Su Qiao that she should not take money she was not entitled to, and Su Qiao mocked her over her daughter’s miscarriages and marriage.
• Su Qiao admitted she had received a substantial sum from Wang Zhiyao and threatened to expose his family for living off a wealthy woman.
• Mother Wang nearly struck Su Qiao, but Wang Lingxi restrained her and accused Su Qiao of trying to avoid paying.
• Su Qiao suggested Wang Zhiyao had been dumped by Cen Yue, but Wang Lingxi insisted they were doing well and listed the expensive gifts Cen Yue had given them.
• Wang Zhiyao displayed his jewelry and designer clothes, and Su Qiao mocked the family for treating his relationship like a sale.

Su Qiao challenged Mother Wang and Wang Lingxi over the expensive gifts Cen Yue gave Wang Lingxi’s brother and the family’s demand for money. The argument ended with Su Qiao revealing that she had recorded their threats and asking whether to report them for extortion or sue them.

• Su Qiao argued that accepting gifts worth tens of thousands of yuan without returning anything of comparable value was not a normal exchange of courtesies.
• Wang Lingxi defended her brother’s relationship with Cen Yue, while Su Qiao pointed out that Cen Yue was more than ten years older, had a child, and had changed boyfriends every six months.
• Mother Wang grew uneasy when Su Qiao described Cen Yue’s dating history, but Wang Lingxi insisted that the family hand over all the money.
• Su Qiao showed them her phone and said she had recorded their demands and threats, then asked whether to report them for extortion or sue them.

Su Qiao refused to return the money to Wang Lingxi and her mother, telling them that Cen Yue would have to collect it herself. Cen Mohan arrived to check on Su Qiao and insulted her ex-boyfriend, leaving the Wang women stunned and furious.

• Wang Lingxi and her mother accused Su Qiao of being vicious and warned her not to go too far.
• Su Qiao mocked the Wang women and told them that Cen Yue would have to come collect the money herself.
• Cen Mohan hurried downstairs after seeing Su Qiao with the Wang women and asked whether she needed help.
• Su Qiao explained that she had missed Cen Mohan’s call because she had put her phone on silent.
• Cen Mohan called Su Qiao’s ex-boyfriend stupid and useless, then said she had been deceived because she was inexperienced.

Su Qiao and Cen Mohan left after he insulted Mother Wang and promised to cook her a seafood feast, while Wang Lingxi and her mother speculated about his wealth and status. Mother Wang recognized that Cen Mohan knew Cen Yue and feared the consequences, a premonition that came true the next day.

• Su Qiao linked arms with Cen Mohan and teased him as he mocked Mother Wang and Wang Lingxi.
• Cen Mohan warned that Cen Yue should retire, then took Su Qiao away and promised to prepare her favorite seafood.
• Cen Mohan told Su Qiao he was learning to be considerate and suggested adopting a child so he could practice caring for one.
• Wang Lingxi grew jealous and accused Su Qiao of becoming a rich man's mistress, while Mother Wang told her to stop and noted Cen Mohan knew Cen Yue.
• Mother Wang's bad feeling came true the next day.

Starry Sky Group held a shareholders' meeting to welcome its new chairman, Cen Mohan, while Cen Yue worried about his return. Wang Zhiyao was shocked when Su Qiao entered the meeting with a professional-looking young man.

• Starry Sky Group gathered its shareholders and senior executives for a meeting after Cen Mohan returned to the country.
• Wang Zhiyao prepared for the meeting while thinking about showing Su Qiao how successful he had become, and Cen Yue reminded him to stay focused.
• Cen Yue worried about Cen Mohan, recalling the disastrous fates of other Cen Family descendants and his history of recognizing only his sister.
• An assistant ushered Su Qiao and a young man in a dark gray suit into the meeting room, prompting Wang Zhiyao to rise and ask why she was there.

Su Qiao interrupted an important Starry Sky Group meeting and revealed that she had acquired an eight percent stake in the company. She presented the share documents to the shareholders, leaving Cen Yue and the executives to confront her new position.

• Cen Yue reprimanded her assistant for letting Su Qiao and Pan Junxi into the meeting, but Su Qiao sent the assistant away herself.
• Wang Zhiyao tried to take Su Qiao outside, but Pan Junxi blocked him and said she was his boss.
• Pan Junxi presented documents showing that Su Qiao owned eight percent of Starry Sky Group's shares.
• Su Qiao sat beside Pan Junxi at the conference table as the shareholders examined her documents.

Su Qiao established her right to eight percent of Starry Sky Group after Pan Junxi explained that the other shareholders had waived their right of first refusal by failing to respond to transfer notices. She revealed she had invested in Hengli Biotechnology, leaving the shareholders surprised that its production line and technology project were back on track.

• The shareholders questioned how Su Qiao had acquired shares without their approval, and Pan Junxi explained that notices had been sent a month earlier and their silence counted as waiving their right of first refusal.
• The shareholders checked with their homes and confirmed the notices had arrived, while Pan Junxi concealed that he had temporarily removed them from the mailboxes before returning them ahead of the meeting.
• The shareholders accepted that Su Qiao held eight percent of Starry Sky Group and asked which projects she had invested in.
• Su Qiao named Hengli Biotechnology and said she had bought its production line along with its new technology project.
• CEO Wang and CEO Wu expressed surprise that Su Qiao had resolved technical problems Starry Sky's researchers had considered impossible, and Su Qiao said she did not undertake things without confidence.

Su Qiao confronted Cen Yue at a Starry Sky shareholders’ meeting after quietly acquiring shares, hinting that Cen Yue’s own actions would soon have consequences. The newly appointed chairman, Cen Mohan, arrived and went straight to Su Qiao, then looked at Pan Junxi behind her.

• CEO Wu praised Su Qiao for secretly acquiring Starry Sky shares, and Cen Yue admitted she had underestimated her.
• Su Qiao warned Cen Yue that this was only the beginning and hinted that Cen Yue’s own actions would catch up with her.
• The shareholders realized that Su Qiao and Cen Yue were at odds and speculated about Wang Zhiyao’s connection to them.
• Cen Mohan entered the conference room with two aides, and the shareholders recognized him as Starry Sky’s new chairman and the Cen Family’s current leader.
• Cen Mohan asked Su Qiao why she had not called him before leaving, and then looked at Pan Junxi behind her.

Su Qiao admitted that Pan Junxi had been helping her acquire company shares, and Cen Mohan explained how he had traced the purchases to her. The confrontation left Cen Yue humiliated after Cen Mohan criticized her for hiring Wang Zhiyao as her assistant.

• Su Qiao accused Cen Mohan of hiding things from her, and he swore he had not sent anyone to follow her after promising not to.
• Cen Mohan explained that he had discovered the secret share purchases while investigating the company and traced them through Pan Junxi.
• Wang Zhiyao accused Su Qiao of relying on a wealthy man, and Cen Yue tried to stop him from making a scene.
• Cen Mohan asked who Wang Zhiyao was and learned that Cen Yue had hired him as her assistant.
• Cen Mohan condemned Cen Yue's judgment and blamed her hiring decision for the company's declining performance, leaving her furious and unable to defend herself.

At the shareholders’ meeting, Cen Mohan confronted the executives and shareholders with evidence of misconduct at the subsidiaries. Su Qiao added evidence against Cen Yue, leaving her facing furious shareholders and accusations of embezzlement.

• Cen Mohan warned the shareholders and executives to stop their misconduct and said he had reviewed the subsidiaries’ reports.
• Cen Mohan handed Cen Yue documents detailing her embezzlement, falsified accounts, and misuse of company funds.
• Su Qiao submitted property-purchase contracts and demanded an explanation from Cen Yue as a shareholder.
• Su Qiao accused Cen Yue of embezzling ninety million in one year and accepting villas and cars from suppliers, prompting the shareholders to glare at her.
• Cen Yue accused Su Qiao of using company matters to settle a personal grudge, and Su Qiao asked what grudge they had after their earlier dispute was settled for one million.

Su Qiao insulted Wang Zhiyao and Cen Mohan had him thrown out after he tried to intervene. Cen Yue then begged Cen Mohan to forgive her for harming the company, but he left the decision to the shareholders and made clear he felt no familial affection for her.

• Su Qiao dismissed Wang Zhiyao as garbage and accused him of living off women.
• Wang Zhiyao confronted Su Qiao, and Cen Mohan ordered bodyguards to throw him out.
• Cen Yue asked Cen Mohan to forgive her, promised to repay the company, and offered to resign from Xingyu.
• Cen Mohan asked the shareholders whether they agreed to let Cen Yue off, while they stayed silent.
• Cen Yue appealed to their family ties, but Cen Mohan said he barely knew her and felt no familial affection.

Su Qiao negotiated with Cen Yue to avoid prison by having her repay the company’s embezzled funds, while asking her to marry Wang Zhiyao. Cen Yue resigned and was given three months to repay the money, leaving the meeting room in awkward silence.

• Cen Yue asked Su Qiao to help her and promised to fulfill any condition.
• Su Qiao demanded that Cen Yue marry Wang Zhiyao as soon as possible, and Cen Yue agreed.
• Su Qiao and Cen Mohan discussed whether Cen Yue’s assets could cover the money she had taken from the company.
• Cen Mohan gave Cen Yue three months to repay the funds, and she resigned to avoid going to prison.
• After Cen Yue left, the meeting room fell silent, and Su Qiao felt the atmosphere was strange.

Su Qiao left the shareholders’ meeting with Cen Mohan while Pan Junxi got to know the group’s shareholders and executives. In the car, Su Qiao explained why she had arranged Cen Yue’s marriage to Wang Zhiyao, expecting the couple and the Wang Family to clash over their difficult circumstances.

• Cen Mohan invited Su Qiao to eat with him, and she left the meeting with him after saying goodbye to Pan Junxi.
• Pan Junxi exchanged contact information and chatted with the shareholders and executives after the meeting ended.
• Cen Xingyuan’s assistants gave Pan Junxi their business cards and offered their help to him and Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao drove Cen Mohan in her own car after his car supposedly broke down and went in for repairs.
• Su Qiao told the system she had matched Cen Yue with Wang Zhiyao so they would face poverty, debt, and conflict with the Wang Family.

The Wang family tracked down Su Qiao and barged into her home, where Mother Wang pretended they were close and called her Zhiyao’s sister-in-law. Su Qiao was left confronting their shameless behavior as Mother Wang tried to excuse her past actions as a joke.

• Cen Yue’s discovery of Su Qiao’s address led the Wang family to learn where she lived.
• The Wang family used the key Cen Yue had given them to enter the residential complex and go to Su Qiao’s building.
• Su Qiao opened the door in her pajamas and was startled to find the Wang family there.
• Wang Lingxi questioned whether Su Qiao was really wealthy, while Su Qiao warned them that entering without permission was trespassing.
• Mother Wang stopped Wang Lingxi and called Su Qiao her sister-in-law, then claimed she had only been testing Su Qiao and Wang Zhiyao’s feelings.

Su Qiao listened as Wang Lingxi and Mother Wang laid out their demands for marrying Wang Zhiyao, including a villa, monthly payments, a café for Wang Lingxi, and a son. She sarcastically reminded Wang Lingxi how she had given her former husband's family her home and savings after her divorce.

• Su Qiao stepped back from Wang Lingxi and advised her to see a psychiatrist.
• Wang Zhiyao urged Mother Wang to leave, but she silenced him and continued arguing with Su Qiao.
• Wang Lingxi demanded a villa for her parents and monthly living expenses of one hundred thousand yuan.
• Mother Wang asked Su Qiao to fund a café for Wang Lingxi and help raise her daughter.
• Wang Lingxi insisted that Su Qiao bear a son for the family, and Su Qiao mocked her past divorce settlement.

Su Qiao rejected the Wang family's demand for her money and mocked Wang Zhiyao’s lack of maturity and ability. Mother Wang kept defending her son and insisting he could change, while Su Qiao remained unconvinced.

• Wang Lingxi lunged at Su Qiao after she insulted her, but Mother Wang pulled her back onto the sofa.
• Su Qiao told Wang Lingxi that her failed marriages and repeated pregnancies did not entitle her to Su Qiao’s money.
• Su Qiao criticized Wang Zhiyao as an irresponsible mama’s boy and said he was unworthy of her or her financial support.
• Mother Wang urged Su Qiao to forgive Wang Zhiyao, arguing that he was still young and could learn from his mistakes.
• Su Qiao challenged Mother Wang’s excuses about Wang Zhiyao’s immaturity and asked when he would finally grow up.
• Mother Wang claimed Wang Zhiyao would become responsible once he had a child or started a family, and cited Cen Yue’s past interest in him as proof of his potential.