Chapter Summaries

Su Ya Ni realized Wu Haishan had been using her and that his family planned to sell her baby. After feeding her daughter, she decided to flee with her, but still needed money and an ID card to travel.

• Su Ya Ni understood that Wu Haishan had long been unfaithful and had never truly loved her.
• Su Ya Ni blamed herself for ignoring her sister’s warnings and losing the support of the person who had raised her.
• Su Ya Ni heard her baby cry and remembered that Wu Family intended to sell Little Ya.
• Su Ya Ni fed her daughter and resolved to take Yaya away from the Wu family.
• Su Ya Ni considered how she could get a bus ticket, an ID card, and money to escape.

Su Ya Ni regretted distrusting Su Qiao and fled the Wu Family with her daughter before Wu Haishan's parents could sell them. Su Qiao learned of the danger and asked Ding Jihan to arrange their safe return to Su Ya Ni's hometown.

• Su Ya Ni remembered her sister's advice to hide part of the money and felt ashamed for trusting Wu Haishan over Su Qiao.
• Su Ya Ni packed her belongings and secretly left the Wu home with her daughter before Wu Haishan's parents returned.
• 444 warned Su Qiao that Wu Haishan's parents had contacted human traffickers to sell Su Ya Ni and her daughter.
• Su Qiao called Ding Jihan and asked him to send people to escort Su Ya Ni and her daughter onto a long-distance bus home.
• Ding Jihan learned that Su Ya Ni was fleeing because the Wu Family planned to sell her and her daughter into the mountains.

Su Qiao decided to help Su Ya Ni and her infant sister escape danger, and Ding Jihan arranged for Third Brother to assist them. Su Qiao and Ding Jihan went mountain climbing, while Su Ya Ni reached her hometown and received money and instructions from Third Brother.

• Su Qiao insisted that the innocent infant should not be left to human traffickers, though she did not want to raise the child herself.
• Ding Jihan called Third Brother and gave him instructions, then changed the subject to mountain climbing when Su Qiao reminded him of their agreement.
• Su Qiao and Ding Jihan washed up, ate, changed into sportswear, and set out to climb a mountain.
• Su Ya Ni traveled by train and bus to her hometown, fearing pursuit and theft along the way.
• Third Brother gave Su Ya Ni thirty thousand yuan from Ding Jihan and told her not to seek out Su Qiao unless the child was in trouble.

Su Ya Ni and her infant daughter reached her uncle's village with help from Old Wai and began rebuilding their lives. After she left, the Wu Family elders and Wu Chunlian were arrested for their crimes.

• Su Ya Ni realized two men had been following her to protect her and asked them to thank her sister and brother-in-law.
• Old Wai arranged for Su Ya Ni and her daughter to travel to her uncle's home and warned village leaders not to let anyone bully them.
• Su Ya Ni recovered, hired her aunt to help care for her daughter, and opened a bookstore selling books, stationery, and practice papers.
• The Wu Family elders were arrested at Old Wai's place while Wu Chunlian was caught carrying out a robbery-and-extortion setup.

Wu Chunlian and the Wu Family were exposed for blackmail and human trafficking, while Zhuzhu learned the truth about Wu Haishan and left to continue her studies. After his release from prison, Wu Haishan searched for help and finally found Su Qiao, who had become a renowned reporter and crime investigator.

• 444 anonymously reported Wu Chunlian and her accomplices, and the police caught them committing a crime.
• Zhuzhu's father learned that Wu Haishan had a wife and child and that his family had tried to sell Su Ya Ni and her daughter to human traffickers.
• Zhuzhu's father took her to the Police Station and City Hospital, where she confirmed the truth about Wu Haishan, then sent her to Shanghai to continue her studies.
• After Wu Haishan was released from prison, he found that his family was jailed, Su Ya Ni and her daughter were missing, and Zhuzhu had moved away.
• Wu Haishan intercepted Su Qiao outside a department store, where she had become a respected reporter known for investigating old cases and helping police solve crimes.

Su Qiao confronted Wu Haishan for his mistreatment of Su Ya Ni and warned him not to look for her or her daughter. She explained why she despised his selfishness and foolish filial piety, leaving him with no answer to her accusations.

• Su Qiao told Wu Haishan that he had lost the right to ask about Su Ya Ni and her daughter, and warned him not to seek them out.
• Wu Haishan promised not to look for them, then asked why Su Qiao had always looked down on him.
• Ding Jihan insulted Wu Haishan, and Su Qiao explained that he had pursued shortcuts and lived off others despite his education.
• Su Qiao accused Wu Haishan of letting his family mistreat his wife and failing to protect her.
• Wu Haishan defended his duty to his parents, but Su Qiao blamed him for enabling their schemes and called his behavior foolish filial piety.

Su Qiao confronted Wu Haishan and left him trapped in self-doubt, then enjoyed two peaceful days before Ding Jihan was implicated in a drug-smuggling case. The evidence instead convicted Ding Shaofeng, who asked to see his uncle before being sent back to S Port for sentencing.

• Su Qiao criticized Wu Haishan for failing his family, and Ding Jihan offered to send him to Africa before they left.
• Su Qiao decided to build a nationwide chain of department stores with Ding Jihan.
• Wu Haishan watched them drive away and questioned whether he had caused his family’s downfall, while Su Qiao confirmed her psychological suggestion was working.
• Ding Jihan was briefly detained for drug smuggling but was released, while Ding Shaofeng was arrested and convicted on the evidence against him.
• Ding Shaofeng requested a final meeting with Ding Jihan, and Su Qiao accompanied her husband to see him under police supervision.

Ding Jihan corrected Ding Shaofeng’s account of his parents’ deaths and explained why he had taken him in, leaving Ding Shaofeng unable to accept that his revenge had been based on a false belief. Ding Shaofeng then clung to his claim that Ding Jihan had taken his father’s fortune.

• Ding Shaofeng accused Ding Jihan of causing his parents’ deaths and claimed he had acted to avenge them and reclaim what was his.
• Ding Jihan reviewed his memories and told Ding Shaofeng that he was mistaken.
• Ding Jihan explained that Ding Shaofeng’s father had chosen criminal dealings, that he had been injured trying to save Ding Shaofeng’s mother, and that he had escaped by jumping into the sea.
• Ding Jihan offered to bring forward the people involved in the trade and his father’s former subordinates to confirm what happened.
• Ding Jihan said he had taken Ding Shaofeng in because his mother had once given him two steamed buns when he was starving.
• Su Qiao pointed out that Ding Jihan had no reason to lie, but Ding Shaofeng insisted that Ding Jihan had taken his father’s fortune.

Ding Jihan explained why he had refused to take the dirty money left behind and said he had built his wealth to give Su Qiao a good life. After he and Su Qiao left Ding Shaofeng behind, Su Qiao claimed her ability was why Ding Jihan loved her so much.

• Ding Jihan told Su Qiao he had earned his wealth himself and would never use money that could bring trouble or soil her hands.
• Su Qiao praised Ding Jihan as cute, and Ding Shaofeng asked whether she was truly that important to him.
• Ding Jihan said Su Qiao mattered more than his life and revealed that her warning had led Third Brother to keep an eye on Ding Shaofeng.
• Ding Jihan dismissed Ding Shaofeng as a trivial matter and pulled Su Qiao away, despite Ding Shaofeng calling after them.
• Ding Shaofeng asked Su Qiao how she had realized something was wrong with him, and she answered that her ability was why Ding Jihan loved her so much.

Su Qiao pursued dangerous investigative reporting and helped police solve cases while Ding Jihan followed her everywhere to protect her. After three years, Su Qiao finally stopped running around.

• Ding Jihan moved his businesses to the mainland and expanded into many industries as Su Qiao began covering dangerous cases.
• Su Qiao repeatedly uncovered crucial clues and helped solve major cases, leading the police to bring her onto a specially organized team.
• Ding Jihan tried to keep Su Qiao safe, but when she refused to have children, he disguised himself and accompanied her on investigations.
• Su Qiao and 444 developed a DNA Gene Sequencer that passed national review and helped solve major and long-unsolved cases across the country.
• After three years of investigating, Su Qiao finally stopped.

A reporter interviewed Ding Jihan and Su Qiao about his business success, but Ding Jihan made clear that he did everything for his wife. The interview ended abruptly after Su Qiao disliked the bottled water, prompting Ding Jihan to order his company to develop better mineral water before taking her home.

• Ding Jihan told the reporter he opened supermarkets so Su Qiao could shop whenever she wanted.
• Ding Jihan left the interview to check on Su Qiao, who said the bottled water tasted rusty and made her nauseous.
• Ding Jihan threw away the water and ordered Third Brother to identify its maker and prepare to develop high-quality mineral water.
• Ding Jihan offered to cook for Su Qiao and started to leave with her.
• Ding Jihan told the reporter that his wife inspired his success and that his company aimed to satisfy all her needs.

A male reporter corrected his colleague’s assumptions about Ding Jihan and Su Qiao, revealing Su Qiao’s achievements and warning her to research interview subjects properly. Meanwhile, Su Qiao remembered a well in her hometown whose water tasted especially sweet.

• The male colleague told the female reporter to write truthfully about Ding Jihan’s devotion to Su Qiao.
• He explained that Su Qiao had developed many of Ding Jihan’s company’s products and that much of the business was under her name.
• The female reporter realized she had underestimated Su Qiao and felt ashamed of her assumptions.
• Su Qiao suddenly remembered the sweet, refreshing water from a well at the entrance to her hometown village.

Su Qiao and Ding Jihan built a philanthropic life together, using their wealth to improve communities before returning to their Leisurely Abode in old age. As Ding Jihan neared death, he shared a wish with Su Qiao, leaving her ready to hear it.

• Su Qiao returned to her hometown with Ding Jihan and water-quality experts to start a mineral water plant, helping transform the village and boost the local economy.
• Su Qiao traveled across the country building factories, roads, and schools and helping people in need, while Ding Jihan stayed by her side.
• Su Qiao and Ding Jihan donated most of their assets to their charitable foundation and returned to their Leisurely Abode after living a long life together.
• Ding Jihan grew weaker than Su Qiao and, before dying, held her hand and joked that no men were trying to court her anymore.
• Ding Jihan told Su Qiao that he had a wish, and she agreed to hear it as he gazed into her eyes.

Su Qiao and Ding Jihan faced their final farewell, promising to find each other in another life before they died. Yaya later grew into a successful entrepreneur and continued their charitable work, while Wu Haishan failed to claim her as his daughter.

• Ding Jihan asked Su Qiao to meet, fall in love, and grow old with him in their next lives, and she promised to pull him back if he fell into the black hole.
• Su Qiao arranged Ding Jihan's affairs, donated most of their assets, and then left this world.
• Su Ya Ni raised Yaya in their hometown and continued watching over the bookstore, while Yaya inherited a small portion of Su Qiao and Ding Jihan's assets.
• Su Qiao brought Yaya under her wing and taught her, and Yaya grew into a successful entrepreneur who built roads, schools, orphanages, and welfare homes.
• The Wu Family tried to extort Yaya, but she drove them away and refused to acknowledge Wu Haishan as her father; he returned to his hometown without suing her.

Su Qiao found herself in a famine-stricken valley among the Rebel Army, where she was assigned to scoop manure. Little Four warned her that a man she recognized as Zhao Jingting, a prince with a mental illness, was about to expose his identity and risk being killed.

• Su Qiao realized she had arrived in a poor mountain valley and was holding a manure scoop beside a bucket.
• She saw the Rebel Army training and decided to find somewhere quiet to sort through her memories.
• Little Four warned Su Qiao to stop Zhao Jingting before he caused trouble by revealing he was a prince.
• Su Qiao spotted Zhao Jingting in Taoist clothes as his mute guard tried to restrain him.
• Little Four explained that Zhao Jingting was the emperor’s twelfth son and had joined the group after he and his guard helped the original host’s injured father.

Su Qiao tried to conceal Zhao Jingting’s strange claims by telling the Refugee Group that he had a head injury and liked to perform stories. When Zhao Jingting nearly revealed his identity, she improvised another excuse and dragged him away, while the refugees’ shared hatred of the Imperial Family made the danger of his words clear.

• Zhao Jingting announced that he was the King, so Su Qiao covered his mouth and claimed he meant his surname was Wang.
• Su Qiao told the Refugee Group that Zhao Jingting had suffered a head injury and sometimes retold stories, prompting them to keep their distance from him.
• Zhao Jingting pulled Su Qiao’s hand away and began to reveal his name, but she covered his mouth again and tried to lead him away.
• When people questioned the word “Zhao,” Su Qiao claimed Zhao Jingting had proposed starving everyone surnamed Zhao by cutting off their grain supplies.
• 444 noted that the Refugee Group shared a common enemy in the Imperial Family.

Su Qiao dragged Zhao Jingting to their new home after locals mistook him for a mentally ill young man, while displaced people debated asking their commander to seize imperial provisions. The refugees faced a bleak winter with nowhere else to go.

• Several refugees supported a plan to ask their commander about seizing the imperial court's provisions.
• The people remaining pitied Zhao Jingting and urged Su Qiao to take him home.
• Su Qiao dragged Zhao Jingting toward the thatched huts at the foot of the northern mountain, with Uncle Ya following.
• The refugees recalled Su Qiao's father's death and discussed the clean water available at their new camp.
• Old Ironhead told the worried refugees that they had nowhere else to go before winter.

The refugees struggled to survive in a remote mountain valley, facing hunger, approaching winter, and wolves in the forest. Su Qiao brought Zhao Jingting into a hut and stayed behind to handle him while Uncle Ya left.

• Old Ironhead worried that the refugees lacked food and shelter and might not survive the winter.
• The refugees hid in the mountains after towns rejected them, while many of the old people and children died along the way.
• Su Qiao dragged Zhao Jingting into a thatched hut after he caused a disturbance.
• Zhao Jingting scolded Su Qiao for covering his mouth and telling people he had something wrong with his head.
• Uncle Ya tried to persuade Su Qiao to leave with him, but she refused and told him she would take care of Zhao Jingting.

Su Qiao tried to convince Zhao Jingting to keep their identities hidden, but he ordered her to serve him as a maid and accused her of flirting with him. The chapter ended with Su Qiao suggesting he visit an eye doctor.

• Su Qiao sent Uncle Ya out and warned Zhao Jingting that revealing their identities would put his life in danger.
• Zhao Jingting accepted her explanation but ordered her to stay beside him as a maid and attend to him.
• When Su Qiao refused to knead his shoulders and legs, Zhao Jingting shoved her against a pillar and accused her of flirting with him.
• Su Qiao denied flirting and told Zhao Jingting she knew a miracle doctor who specialized in treating eyes.

Su Qiao clashed with Zhao Jingting over his failure to understand her, then left him convinced she liked him. She returned to her crude shelter, where 444 warned her about the starving wolves nearby, but Su Qiao welcomed the chance to get meat.

• Zhao Jingting mistook Su Qiao’s concern about his eyesight for an insult, then claimed he might make her his Princess Consort.
• Su Qiao called Zhao Jingting’s head big and left the room, while he wondered whether his head really was big.
• Uncle Ya entered, and Zhao Jingting decided that Su Qiao liked him but was too hot-tempered to express it properly.
• Su Qiao reached her thatched shelter and complained about its poor condition.
• 444 warned Su Qiao that starving wolves roamed the mountain, and she looked forward to eating wolf meat.