Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao mocked Wang Zhiyao and his family for claiming he was a promising man, then reminded them that they had rejected her and the wealth and comfort she could have brought them. Wang Lingxi lost her temper and swung at Su Qiao.

• Wang Lingxi and Mother Wang praised Wang Zhiyao as a potential stock and said Su Qiao would be happy supporting him.
• Su Qiao ridiculed Wang Zhiyao's career and said he had become the general manager's assistant by selling himself to Cen Yue.
• Wang Lingxi and Mother Wang threatened Su Qiao with the possibility that her business could fail and she would need a man to support her.
• Su Qiao taunted the Wang family for having pushed away the wealthy life they could have shared with her.
• Wang Lingxi rushed toward Su Qiao and swung her hand at Su Qiao's face.

Su Qiao slapped Wang Lingxi twice and warned the Wang family that she could report them to the police. After the family insulted Su Qiao and Starry Sky Group, a striking woman from the group confronted Wang Lingxi.

• Su Qiao slapped Wang Lingxi twice and invited her to fight, while Mother Wang and Wang Zhiyao restrained her.
• Su Qiao threatened to report the Wang family for trespassing, attempted robbery, and murder, and to have police investigate a stolen sapphire.
• Mother Wang and Wang Lingxi insulted Su Qiao and claimed her connection to Starry Sky Group would bring her bad luck.
• A beautiful woman pushed through the neighbors and asked Wang Lingxi whether she had just said Starry Sky Group was going bankrupt.

Cen Xingyuan met Su Qiao and discovered that she shared her passion for racing, while Cen Mohan tried to keep his sister from pulling Su Qiao into dangerous races. The chapter ended with Cen Xingyuan hugging Su Qiao excitedly and Cen Mohan stepping in to protect her.

• Cen Xingyuan questioned whether Starry Sky Group was vulnerable, and Cen Mohan explained its growth and Su Qiao’s expected dividends.
• Cen Xingyuan grabbed Su Qiao’s hand and wanted to give her a sports car, while Cen Mohan revealed one had already been ordered.
• Cen Mohan warned Su Qiao not to join Cen Xingyuan’s races because she and her companions could risk their lives when carried away.
• Su Qiao said she liked racing and could assemble cars, exciting Cen Xingyuan and alarming Cen Mohan.
• Cen Xingyuan hugged Su Qiao and said she wanted to steal her away, so Cen Mohan pulled Su Qiao behind him.

Cen Xingyuan visited Su Qiao and teased her about finding a relative to pair with Cen Mohan, then verbally attacked the Wang family. Wang Zhiyao fled in humiliation, while Cen Xingyuan turned her attention to Wang Lingxi.

• Su Qiao warned Cen Xingyuan that Cen Mohan could not be beaten and explained that people who tried to take things from him met terrible fates.
• Cen Xingyuan asked whether Su Qiao had any sisters or brothers, then decided her older male cousin could count and eagerly asked when they could meet the parents.
• Cen Mohan pushed Cen Xingyuan away from Su Qiao, while Cen Xingyuan praised Su Qiao and insulted Wang Zhiyao as a petty freeloader.
• Cen Xingyuan insulted Mother Wang and called Wang Zhiyao useless, leaving Mother Wang furious and prompting Wang Zhiyao to flee the living room.
• Cen Xingyuan began berating Wang Lingxi for not working honestly and raising her child after her divorce.

After Wang Lingxi left, Cen Xingyuan proposed visiting Su Qiao’s family to ask for her hand, while Cen Mohan quietly positioned himself as Su Qiao’s future partner. Su Qiao said she would move into her newly furnished house soon, where her parents planned to visit, and Cen Mohan suggested connecting his neighboring home to hers.

• Su Qiao rebuked Wang Lingxi, who left with her mother rather than risk being thrown out by the bodyguards.
• Cen Xingyuan asked when she could visit Su Qiao’s family with betrothal gifts, and Su Qiao suspected she mainly wanted to meet her cousin.
• Cen Xingyuan said she loved pearls after learning Su Qiao’s cousin raised them with her father, while Cen Mohan promised to keep an eye on his sister.
• Cen Mohan took Su Qiao’s agreement to move as permission to visit her family, and she explained that her parents planned to come when she moved into her new house.
• Cen Mohan suggested opening a doorway between their neighboring houses, and Su Qiao said they could consider adding one later.

Su Qiao accepted Cen Xingyuan’s invitation to celebrate with a seafood feast, then called Cen Yue. The next day, Cen Yue took Wang Zhiyao to register their marriage after promising his family money and an apartment.

• Cen Xingyuan invited Su Qiao to a seafood feast and suggested they go shopping, but Cen Mohan reminded her that Su Qiao needed to study.
• Su Qiao went to the balcony and called Cen Yue instead of changing clothes right away.
• Cen Yue, already furious that the Wang Family had gone to Su Qiao’s home to beg, accepted that she could not seek revenge against Cen Mohan or Su Qiao.
• The next day, Cen Yue took Wang Zhiyao to register their marriage after offering to pay his family’s debts and transfer a city-center apartment to them.
• The Wang Family agreed because they were desperate to leave their cramped, rundown rental on the outskirts.

Su Qiao's parents rushed to her new home after learning that Wang Zhiyao's family had bullied her, and they checked that she was unharmed. They arrived at her residential community and began carrying her luggage inside.

• Su Qiao's parents drove through the night to meet her at the residential community entrance.
• Su Mama hugged Su Qiao and cried, while Su Qiao's Father checked her for injuries.
• Su Qiao's parents said Wang Zhiyao's older sister had told them the family was still troubling Su Qiao and had come to her home.
• Su Qiao's Father and Su Mama urged her to call the police if she faced trouble again.
• Su Qiao guided her parents' pickup truck to her building, where Su Qiao's Father praised the community and unloaded the luggage.

Su Qiao introduced her parents to her boyfriend, Cen Mohan, and explained how they met and why he lived next door. Her parents grew more comfortable with him after learning he cooked for her, leaving the family ready to share a meal and talk.

• Su Qiao brought her parents to her home, where Cen Mohan greeted them at the door.
• Su Qiao introduced Cen Mohan as her boyfriend, who ran a company connected to one of her investments.
• Su Mama privately asked Su Qiao whether Cen Mohan was a celebrity and whether they lived together.
• Su Qiao explained that Cen Mohan had bought the house next door and stayed close so he could cook for her.
• Su Qiao's father praised Cen Mohan's cooking, and both parents' impressions of him improved.

Cen Mohan shared dinner with Su Qiao’s parents, and his polite manner won over Su Qiao’s Father. After learning Cen Mohan ran the Starry Sky Group, Su Qiao’s Father realized how wealthy his family was and began a frank conversation about the difference between their circumstances.

• Cen Mohan served dinner and modestly told Su Qiao’s Father he was still learning to cook Chinese food.
• Su Qiao’s Father warmed to Cen Mohan and offered to teach him cooking and share his business experience.
• After dinner, Cen Mohan brewed tea and chatted with Su Qiao’s Father while Su Qiao helped Su Mother organize their luggage.
• Su Qiao’s Father recognized the name Starry Sky Group and learned Cen Mohan’s family owned it.
• Su Qiao’s Father acknowledged the vast gap between their families and began speaking frankly to Cen Mohan.

Su Qiao revealed that her investments and stake in Starry Sky Group could be worth around one billion renminbi by the end of the year, leaving her parents stunned. Cen Mohan reassured her father that he would settle down nearby after their marriage, while Su Qiao's parents retreated to the bedroom to discuss the news.

• Su Qiao's Father explained that he wanted his daughter to marry an honest man nearby and live an ordinary life.
• Cen Mohan said he would settle in the country after marrying Su Qiao and argued that her wealth and personality made an ordinary life unlikely.
• Su Qiao's Father asked how many investments Su Qiao had and how much money she possessed.
• Su Qiao listed her investments and estimated her wealth at around one billion renminbi by the end of the year.
• Su Qiao's parents were shocked by her fortune and went to the bedroom to lie down and discuss it.
• Cen Mohan offered to make Su Qiao her usual fruit salad while her parents recovered.

Su Qiao's parents discussed whether to accept Cen Mohan as their daughter's partner, then heard him offer to marry into their family and let their children take the Su surname. They became more impressed with him, but froze when he asked whether they agreed to his marrying Su Qiao.

• Su Qiao's Father and Su Mama praised Su Qiao's success and agreed to let her date Cen Mohan, while deciding to test him carefully.
• Su Qiao winked at Cen Mohan from the dining table as her parents came out to speak with him.
• Cen Mohan offered to marry into the Su family and have their children take the Su surname.
• Su Qiao's Father and Su Mama told Cen Mohan they did not want to pressure him and wanted to consider what Su Qiao wanted.
• Cen Mohan asked whether they agreed to his marrying Su Qiao, and Su Qiao's parents froze at how quickly matters had progressed.

Cen Mohan told Su Qiao’s parents that his sister had already prepared for their wedding, but Su Qiao persuaded them to agree to an engagement first. After a lavish engagement ceremony in Haishi, Su Qiao and Cen Mohan took her parents home and returned to Haishi.

• Cen Mohan explained that his sister had prepared betrothal gifts and a bridal home, prompting Su Qiao’s parents to question whether marriage was happening too soon.
• Su Qiao proposed getting engaged first and marrying in a year or two, and Cen Mohan immediately called his sister to change the plans.
• Cen Mohan privately told Su Qiao that he had never been nervous before and that the conversation had made his palms sweat.
• Cen Mohan and Su Qiao showed her parents around Haishi while Cen Xingyuan discussed the engagement arrangements with them.
• Su Qiao’s family and Cen Mohan held a large engagement ceremony attended by relatives, business associates, company executives, and gym acquaintances.
• Su Qiao and Cen Mohan took her parents home, then returned to Haishi after saying goodbye.

After nearly a month of work, Su Qiao heard how Cen Yue’s marriage to Wang Zhiyao had unraveled into constant family quarrels. The Wang family was left dependent on Cen Yue, while Su Qiao suspected the man at home had secretly caused Wang Zhiyao’s father to lose his job and Wang Zhiyao’s earlier car collision.

• Su Qiao refused 444’s offer to watch the Wang family’s drama, saying they would fall into chaos without her help.
• Cen Yue drove Wang Lingxi out of the newlywed home and secured the city-center house with a notarized will that would eventually return it to the couple.
• Wang Zhiyao’s father was fired after an anonymous report exposed his misconduct, and he and Mother Wang began quarrelling with Cen Yue regularly.
• Su Qiao wondered whether the man at home had reported Wang Zhiyao’s father and caused Wang Zhiyao’s car collision, while 444 suspected he had done both.
• Cen Yue made Wang Zhiyao stay home to do housework and care for their daughter, and threatened to cut off his parents’ support whenever Mother Wang objected.
• After Cen Yue’s difficult childbirth left her unable to have more children, she cut off the family’s food allowance, water, and electricity until they gave in.

Su Qiao ran into Wang Zhiyao secretly shopping for a woman at a mother-and-baby store, confirming that his family was plotting to have him father a child outside his marriage to Cen Yue. Their awkward conversation ended when Cen Mohan arrived and draped a shawl over Su Qiao’s shoulders.

• Su Qiao spotted Wang Zhiyao sneaking around with a woman after they left a mother-and-baby goods shop.
• Wang Zhiyao hurriedly spoke to Su Qiao, while the woman pretended not to know him and left.
• Su Qiao told Wang Zhiyao that she was doing well and reminded him that life would be better if he worked steadily and did not covet what belonged to others.
• Cen Mohan arrived, put a shawl over Su Qiao’s shoulders, and told her to bring one next time.

Cen Mohan picked Su Qiao up after needling Wang Zhiyao, and the two decided to travel together before she started graduate school. They discussed Su Qiao’s sister and Cen Mohan’s cousin, then Cen Mohan explained how people had misunderstood him as a child.

• Wang Zhiyao left after Cen Mohan arrived, and Cen Mohan insulted him before leaving with Su Qiao.
• In the car, Su Qiao called out Cen Mohan for provoking Wang Zhiyao, and he admitted he disliked the man trying to stay in touch with her.
• Su Qiao suggested traveling before graduate school, and Cen Mohan asked whether they should invite her parents; she said they were busy.
• Su Qiao said her sister was learning pearl farming from Cen Mohan’s cousin, and Cen Mohan explained that his sister had been hurt by nearly being forced into becoming an old man’s mistress at sixteen.
• Su Qiao asked about Cen Mohan’s childhood, and he said people had thought he was introverted, dim-witted, and unlike a child of the Cen Family.

Cen Mohan reflected on his bond with Su Qiao as he drove, and their later life together brought them twins and a happy family. Meanwhile, Cen Yue reclaimed her house after divorcing Wang Zhiyao, whose family fell into hardship.

• Cen Mohan told Su Qiao how he had vowed to protect his twin sister after saving her from an older man, and he realized that his bond with Su Qiao brought him happiness.
• Su Qiao later gave birth to a boy and a girl after graduating from graduate school, while Cen Mohan became skilled at housework and caring for their children.
• Cen Yue divorced Wang Zhiyao after his cheating and forced the Wang Family to return the house registered in her name by threatening to expose his pregnant mistress and sue him.
• The Wang Family moved back to a small rental apartment after the mistress aborted the child, took money from Wang Zhiyao, and disappeared.
• Wang Zhiyao stayed home without working while his elderly parents sold breakfast, and he eventually married a woman with hearing problems in his late thirties.

As Su Qiao neared death, Cen Mohan revealed that he had dreamed for ten years about a heartless woman and believed the dream came from their previous life. When Su Qiao rebuked him, Cen Mohan drank the poison he had brought, leaving her stunned.

• The Wang Family stopped hoping for grandchildren and only wished for a child to be born alive.
• After divorcing Wang Zhiyao, Cen Yue paid her debt to Xingyu, sold her house, and moved to Hong Kong with her daughter.
• As Su Qiao neared death, she confronted Cen Mohan about the secret he had kept from her.
• Cen Mohan described the dreams he had experienced since age fifteen and asked whether the woman in them could have been Su Qiao.
• Cen Mohan said he believed the dream showed their previous life, when Su Qiao had rejected him, and that their life together fulfilled it.
• Cen Mohan drank the liquid in a small bottle he had prepared, and Su Qiao stared at him in shock.

Su Qiao left Cen Mohan’s side after he revealed his reckless choice, while 444 wondered if their dream pointed to a past connection between them. Cen Mohan died before finishing what he wanted to tell her, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Cen Mohan said his family thought he was strange, and Su Qiao angrily accused him of hiding the truth and acting recklessly.
• Cen Mohan used Su Qiao’s hand to hit his own face, prompting her to have 444 extract her soul.
• In the space, Su Qiao argued with 444 about whether she and Cen Mohan had known each other before these planes.
• Cen Mohan watched Su Qiao’s hand fall, lamented that she had left before he finished speaking, and quietly closed his eyes while holding her hand.

Su Qiao woke in the body of Su Xiaomei, who had just been emotionally hurt, and began sorting through the original owner’s memories. She learned that Su Xiaomei had been left to raise her younger sister after her father died, her mother disappeared, and her grandmother passed away.

• Su Qiao asked 444 why her chest felt tight and learned the body had minor chronic ailments; 444 used a Basic Enhancement Potion on her.
• Su Qiao sat in an empty stairwell behind a restaurant and began reviewing the original owner’s memories.
• Su Qiao learned that the original owner was named Su Xiaomei and had grown up in a poor village with her family.
• Su Xiaomei’s father died in a fall, and her mother disappeared three years later, leaving her and her younger sister with their grandmother.
• Su Xiaomei’s grandmother died after years of overwork, and Su Xiaomei took responsibility for raising Su Xiaoni while continuing her schooling.
• Su Xiaomei finished middle school with excellent grades but tearfully left school because she could not afford to continue.

The older sister left home at seventeen in 1983 and endured years of hard work and hardship to support her younger sister’s education. By 1993, she had built up enough money to consider buying a modest home, with a typical two-bedroom apartment costing about forty thousand yuan.

• At seventeen, the older sister left her hometown for a southern coastal city to earn money for her younger sister’s future.
• She worked at a small processing factory until it went bankrupt in the early 1990s, while her sister began high school.
• The older sister took exhausting jobs, endured poverty and exploitation, and learned to protect herself and make money.
• She began selling goods at markets and on the street, gradually saving money and wanting a home of her own.
• In 1993, she considered buying an apartment as a typical sixty-seven-square-meter home cost around forty thousand yuan.