Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting returned to their room after dinner, where they shared a bed for warmth and protection. As Zhao Jingting struggled to fall asleep beside her, Su Qiao thought about making a heated bed for the coming winter and Little Qingyang.

• Su Weixue resented Su Qiao for succeeding at gathering food and taking the attention she wanted for herself.
• Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting ate dinner, washed by the river, and returned to their room.
• Zhao Jingting made a bed beside Su Qiao and explained that he was staying so outsiders would not suspect a relationship between them.
• Su Qiao insisted Zhao Jingting sleep on the inside, then let him cover her with extra clothing.
• Zhao Jingting suggested Su Qiao move closer, but denied being cold when she noticed his padded jacket.
• Su Qiao considered building a heated bed for winter and Little Qingyang as Zhao Jingting lay awake with a slight fever.

Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting shared a bed in the cold hut, and the next day they joined a camp expedition to gather winter supplies. The system warned Su Qiao that Su Weixue would soon gain influence by predicting and repelling attacks, and that Li Bingyi would develop feelings for her.

• Su Qiao told Zhao Jingting they would hunt wild boars the next day, then invited him to hug her if he was cold.
• Zhao Jingting quickly pulled Su Qiao into his arms, and they slept beneath their padded jackets.
• At a camp meeting about winter shortages, Su Qiao volunteered to collect supplies, and Zhao Jingting joined her while Uncle Ya stayed to watch Qingyang.
• Su Qiao considered settling in an abandoned village but concluded that villagers would distrust them and official records could expose them as outsiders.
• The system told Su Qiao that Su Weixue would propose defenses against bandits and government troops, win the group's praise, and attract Li Bingyi's feelings.

Su Qiao warned that bandits could threaten the refugees, but Su Weixue dismissed the danger and outlined how to resist imperial troops and expand their forces. Li Bingyi praised Su Weixue’s strategy, leaving Su Qiao frustrated that her attempt to challenge her had instead helped her shine.

• Su Qiao urged the group to guard against roaming bandits, but Su Weixue argued the refugees had nothing worth stealing, and the others dismissed the warning.
• Su Weixue explained that imperial reinforcements would take months to arrive and suggested using guerrilla warfare against them.
• Li Bingyi asked Su Weixue to explain guerrilla warfare, and she described using ambushes and traps before seizing small towns to gather weapons, silver, and recruits.
• Li Bingyi said Su Weixue’s plan matched his own, and the group praised her while Su Qiao wondered how her challenge had backfired.

Su Qiao warned the group that bandits could attack, but Su Weixue persuaded everyone to dismiss her concerns. After the meeting, Su Qiao took Zhao Jingting, Uncle Ya, and Little Qingyang into the woods to hunt and prepare extra food before winter.

• Su Qiao asked what had happened to the fortifications and defenses, then warned that the bandits might target their large group.
• Su Weixue mocked Su Qiao and argued that the bandits would not dare attack them, while Li Bingyi tried to reassure her.
• Su Qiao accepted that the group would not heed her warning, and 444 worried that everyone had believed Su Weixue.
• Li Bingyi kept Su Weixue behind to plan against the court and its troops, while the others left the meeting.
• Su Qiao took Zhao Jingting, Uncle Ya, and Little Qingyang into the woods to hunt for meat before winter, and told Zhao Jingting that the bandits might attack after raiding the Taoist Temple.

Su Qiao warned Zhao Jingting that Li Bingyi and Su Weixue might use the turmoil to target him if they discovered he was the Twelfth Prince. The chapter ended with Zhao Jingting pretending to be frightened, then teasing Su Qiao until she chased him through the woods.

• Zhao Jingting asked whether they should leave, but Su Qiao told him to stay alert and look for concealed caves as hiding places.
• Su Qiao explained that Su Weixue wanted them gone and Li Bingyi might expose Zhao Jingting’s identity to establish his authority.
• Zhao Jingting hugged Su Qiao and pretended to feel wronged and scared because of his imperial surname.
• Uncle Ya led Little Qingyang away after the child asked whether Zhao Jingting was sick.
• Zhao Jingting admitted he had tricked Su Qiao, and she chased him through the woods.

Su Qiao caught up with the man she recognized as Jiang Han, but he believed she had abandoned him with broken legs in a cave to pursue another lover. Their conflicting memories left Su Qiao confused as they headed toward the tomb.

• Uncle Ya led someone aside to focus on finding bamboo shoots while Su Qiao caught up with Zhao Jingting, who had stopped running.
• The man claimed his legs had recovered and accused Su Qiao of thinking he had died in the cave.
• Su Qiao realized that the man was Jiang Han, nicknamed Ah Gou, from a past Republic of China Era plane.
• Jiang Han accused Su Qiao of abandoning him for another man and asked why she had come if not for the tomb’s contents.
• Su Qiao remembered rescuing Jiang Han and entering the tomb with him, while he grew angrier at her lack of reaction.

Su Qiao tried to remind Jiang Agou of their past and their marriage, but his confused memories made him accuse her of being heartless. Their argument ended with him insisting she belonged to him as Su Weixue and Li Bingyi watched nearby.

• Jiang Agou accused Su Qiao of being heartless and blamed her for returning only after her beloved lover abandoned her.
• Su Qiao recounted how she rescued him, nursed his injuries, survived the tomb with him and Old Master Su, and later married him.
• Jiang Agou refused to believe her, declared he was no longer her bodyguard, and started walking into the woods.
• Su Qiao asked whether she could marry someone else and have children, so Jiang Agou grabbed her hand and forbade it.
• Jiang Agou challenged anyone else to pursue Su Qiao, and Su Qiao spotted Su Weixue and Li Bingyi nearby before pointing out his claim that they were married.

Su Qiao and Jiang Han ran into Li Bingyi and Su Weixue in the woods, where Jiang Han insisted that Li was Su Qiao’s old lover and threatened him. After Li left, Jiang Han grew jealous and demanded that Su Qiao pay attention to him.

• Su Qiao told Li Bingyi that she and Jiang Han were gathering supplies and preparing to hunt for the winter.
• Jiang Han accused Li Bingyi of trying to get fresh with Su Qiao and warned him to stay away from her.
• Su Qiao explained that Jiang Han believed Li was her old lover and asked Li to leave.
• Li Bingyi left with Su Weixue, unwilling to argue with Jiang Han.
• Jiang Han accused Su Qiao of flirting with Li and demanded to know what he had to do to make her look at him.

Drunk Jiang Han pinned Su Qiao against a tree and threatened to force himself on her, but backed down when she let him proceed. After she told him to sort out his confused memories, he became sober and followed her out of the bamboo grove, apologizing as she walked away.

• Jiang Han shoved Su Qiao against a tree and declared that he would make her his woman.
• Su Qiao let Jiang Han choose whether to proceed, and he released her, claiming he did not want her to suffer trauma.
• Su Qiao told Jiang Han to sort out his jumbled memories and invented a story about their son to distract him.
• Jiang Han crouched outside the bamboo grove until he regained consciousness, then watched Su Qiao leave with Qingyang and Uncle Ya.
• Zhao Jingting apologized to Su Qiao and called her his wife, but she snorted and walked away.

Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting helped their camp prepare for winter by gathering warm clothes, food, and game. After a sudden cold snap, Su Qiao built a simple Heated Kang Bed, inspiring the camp to make their own.

• Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting searched abandoned farmhouses with the group and brought back spare quilts and clothes for the camp.
• Little Qingyang and the others received warm clothing, and the camp began storing wild plants, fruit, and river food for winter.
• Heavy rain and a sharp drop in temperature brought frost, prompting everyone to prepare for the cold.
• Su Qiao hunted game with Zhao Jingting, Uncle Ya, and Little Qingyang, while Zhao Jingting stopped her from trying to trap wolves.
• Su Qiao built simple Heated Kang Beds for her and Uncle Ya’s rooms, and other people in the camp began collecting stones to copy her method.

Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting woke to bandits attacking the camp and arranged for Uncle Ya to carry Little Qingyang to safety. As the camp fell into chaos, they saw the attackers overwhelming the defenders and prepared to leave.

• Su Qiao woke Zhao Jingting and sent Uncle Ya with Little Qingyang toward a secluded cave, giving them medicine and instructions to avoid fighting.
• Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting went outside with Wood Chopping Knives as the patrolmen's shouts awakened the camp.
• Dozens of armed bandits stormed the camp and killed or wounded people they encountered.
• Li Bingyi led some of his men toward the woods while retreating and fighting.
• Su Qiao recognized that the attackers were ruthless bandits and told Zhao Jingting to go.

Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting escaped Su Weixue and the pursuing bandits, then reunited with Uncle Ya and Qingyang in a hidden cave. By dawn the bandits had left the camp in ruins, and Li Bingyi returned just as screams rang out from a nearby mountaintop.

• Su Weixue screamed and drew bandits toward Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting, then attacked Su Qiao with a knife when she was grabbed.
• Zhao Jingting kicked Su Weixue down and fled with Su Qiao into the woods, where they killed five pursuers and dissolved their bodies.
• Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting reached the hidden cave and reunited with Uncle Ya and Qingyang, then waited until dawn before returning to the camp.
• They found the camp burned and looted, with their food, clothing, and supplies gone, and the survivors emerged from hiding later that day.
• Li Bingyi returned with more than a dozen subordinates, and shrill screams from a nearby mountaintop interrupted him as birds scattered into the sky.

Su Qiao, Zhao Jingting, Uncle Ya, and Qingyang fled deeper into the forest as danger approached, then returned days later to find the rebel camp destroyed and its survivors scattered. The survivors blamed Su Weixue for assurances that the bandits and government troops would not strike so soon, while she hid behind a rock.

• Xiao Si warned Su Qiao that a large group was approaching, so Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting abandoned their supplies and fled with Uncle Ya and Qingyang.
• After crossing three mountains, Su Qiao and her family found a cave and hid there for five days.
• On their way back, Su Qiao and her family encountered camp survivors who had escaped the bandits and government soldiers.
• Su Qiao learned that the government soldiers had planned to eliminate the rebels, but arrived after the bandits had burned the camp and scattered its people.
• A survivor angrily challenged the promises that the bandits and imperial troops would not come so soon, while Su Weixue hid behind a rock.

After the refugees scattered, Su Qiao found Su Weixue hiding an injured Li Bingyi in a mountain cave. Su Qiao and her companions decided to shelter in the mountains through winter and gathered supplies from the abandoned camp.

• The remaining refugees split into pairs and groups after Li Bingyi's fate became uncertain.
• Su Qiao followed Su Weixue to a cave and saw her caring for the badly injured Li Bingyi.
• Su Qiao returned to Zhao Jingting, Uncle Ya, and Qingyang and decided they should stay in the mountains until spring.
• The group chose a hidden cave for shelter and planned to gather food, firewood, and materials to keep warm.
• Su Qiao and her companions searched the burned camp and found household supplies, clothes, quilts, salt, and dried meat.

Su Qiao and her family survived the winter in the mountains, then prepared to deal with Su Weixue and Li Bingyi before leaving. The chapter ended with Li Bingyi stabbing Su Weixue and blaming her for destroying the group he had built, revealing that he had stayed alive to avenge his family.

• Su Qiao and the others used Li Bingyi’s emergency supplies to settle in the mountains and spent the winter gathering food and building shelter.
• Su Qiao learned that Su Weixue had told Li Bingyi that she and Zhao Jingting were supplying them from a nearby cave.
• After the snow melted, Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting planned to deal with Su Weixue and Li Bingyi before their journey onward.
• Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting found Su Weixue bleeding on the ground while Li Bingyi held a dagger.
• Li Bingyi declared that he wanted revenge for his dead family and blamed Su Weixue for causing his group to fall apart.

Su Weixue discovered Li Bingyi had only pretended to care for her, and she retaliated by severing his legs again. As Su Qiao took control of Su Weixue’s first-aid kit, Su Weixue demanded to know who she was.

• Li Bingyi cursed Su Weixue and kicked her, revealing his hatred and admitting he had wanted to get rid of her.
• Su Weixue drew a Great Machete from her space and severed both of Li Bingyi’s legs.
• Su Weixue prepared to treat her abdominal wound, but Su Qiao snatched away her first-aid kit.
• Su Qiao found only ordinary medical supplies in the kit and handed it to Zhao Jingting.
• Su Weixue asked who Su Qiao was, and Su Qiao replied that she should be asking Su Weixue the same question.

Su Qiao confronted Su Weixue about their past and exposed that Li Bingyi had lost his chance to have his legs healed. After Su Weixue killed Li Bingyi, Su Qiao stabbed her from behind and declared that their grudge ran deep.

• Su Weixue admitted she had long suspected Su Qiao was not who she seemed and proposed that they coexist peacefully.
• Su Qiao pointed out Li Bingyi, and Su Weixue said she would kill him for learning her secret.
• Su Qiao told Li Bingyi that Su Weixue could have healed his legs, but he had acted too soon.
• Li Bingyi begged Su Weixue to save him, but she rejected him and killed him with her blade.
• As Su Weixue turned to negotiate with Su Qiao, Su Qiao stabbed her in the chest and said they had a deep grudge.

Su Qiao obtained the Spatial Grid and left the mountains with Zhao Jingting, avoiding the cities because they lacked identity documents. Days later, she robbed a group of bandits and took identity papers from the merchants they had attacked, preparing disguises so the group could travel safely.

• Su Qiao moved useful food and extracts into the Spatial Grid, while 444 suggested saving space for gold and jewelry.
• Zhao Jingting chose a machete, and Su Qiao gave him a dagger for self-defense; he asked whether it was a token of love.
• Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting climbed three mountains and found an abandoned house near the main road, avoiding the city because they had no identity documents.
• A few days later, Su Qiao ambushed seven or eight bandits who had attacked merchants, took their silver, and found identity documents among the merchants' belongings.
• Su Qiao disposed of the bodies, made medicinal powder, and disguised Zhao Jingting and Uncle Ya as a traveling merchant and his servant.

Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting left the city after living there briefly, and she asked whether he would let her seal away his memories to restore him to normal. Zhao Jingting agreed to erase everything from his first eighteen years and told Su Qiao he was not afraid of her, leaving them to continue their journey together.

• Su Qiao and Zhao Jingting entered the city disguised as ordinary travelers and stayed at an inn with their companions.
• As they left, Su Qiao laughed at the crude wanted portrait of Zhao Jingting displayed by the city gate, but he said he had no intention of returning to his mother or the capital.
• Su Qiao suggested they go overseas, and Zhao Jingting agreed while telling her his headaches had eased with her medicine.
• Su Qiao asked whether Zhao Jingting would accept having some memories sealed to restore him, and he said he was willing to forget everything from his first eighteen years.
• Su Qiao asked if Zhao Jingting feared her, and he said he trusted her because she had never feared or rejected him.

Su Qiao hypnotized Zhao Jingting and sealed away his memories from the first eighteen years of his life, but he woke up claiming to be her husband. She realized the man was Ding Jihan, who had somehow followed her into this world, and he accused her of cheating on him.

• Su Qiao decided to seal away some of Zhao Jingting's memories before they traveled overseas, and she and Zhao Jingting returned to the Small Wooden House with Uncle Ya and Qingyang.
• With 444's help, Su Qiao hypnotized Zhao Jingting and sealed away his memories from his first eighteen years, then gave him a rough life history.
• Zhao Jingting woke and called Su Qiao his wife, leaving her and 444 confused about the result of the operation.
• The man pinned Su Qiao down and spoke with the familiar shamelessness of Ding Jihan, who said he was her husband.
• Su Qiao recognized Ding Jihan, and he bit her finger and accused her of cheating on him.