Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao watched people online viciously attack her and kept Yu Shengan from getting involved. After he went to bed, Lan Jiaye called in a fury to accuse Su Qiao of causing the online backlash.

• Su Qiao observed that online commenters blamed her and justified Lan Jiaye’s actions, while Yu Shengan realized someone had bullied his sister.
• Yu Shengan asked who had hurt Su Qiao and vowed to grow strong enough to protect her, but she told him she would handle it herself.
• Su Qiao had Little Four cut off Yu Shengan’s internet access and sent him to bed.
• Su Qiao answered her vibrating phone, and Lan Jiaye angrily demanded to know whether she had caused the online attacks.
• Su Qiao silently took satisfaction in Lan Jiaye’s anger and panic.

Su Qiao confronted Lan Jiaye over the harm she had caused and warned that she would take Lan Jiaye with her if she died. Lan Jiaye realized Su Qiao had been behind the attacks on her, while Su Qiao blamed her for risking her life and family for Ji Guiyun.

• Su Qiao calmly told Lan Jiaye that she would take her along if she died, frightening Lan Jiaye despite her threats of protection from the Lan Family.
• Lan Jiaye claimed she had recorded their conversation, but Su Qiao doubted the recording could be used against her.
• Lan Jiaye accused Su Qiao of arranging the online photos, hacking her devices, and sending her evidence of Ji Guiyun with other women.
• Su Qiao admitted her involvement and said she had exposed Ji Guiyun before he could ruin Lan Jiaye's father and take over the family company.
• Su Qiao called Lan Jiaye foolish for sacrificing her future for Ji Guiyun and warned that she had gambled her life against an ordinary person.

Lan Jiaye feared Su Qiao’s revenge and sought her father’s help. Su Qiao’s parents then called to order her home and discuss her return to school, while Su Qiao questioned how they intended to resolve the school’s actions.

• Lan Jiaye blamed Ji Guiyun for her predicament and hurried to discuss a countermeasure with her father.
• After the scandal became public, Su Qiao went out without facing the hostility she had encountered before.
• Su Qiao’s father ordered her to come home, and her mother urged her to return for safety.
• Su Mingchao said the school should restore Su Qiao’s right to attend and compensate her for the harm it caused.
• Su Qiao coldly asked how her family planned to resolve the school matter.

Su Qiao rejected her family’s attempt to bring her home so they could demand money from her former school, and revealed she had moved her household registration out of their home. The Su family decided to keep searching for her rather than sue, hoping she would eventually give in.

• Su Qiao accused her parents of wanting her to return so they could extort money from the school, and her father threatened to disown her if she stayed away.
• Su Mingchao claimed the family was worried and offered to pick Su Qiao up, but she reminded them of their previous threats to sever ties.
• Su Qiao told the family she had moved her household registration out and established her own household, enraging her father.
• Su Qiao warned her family that she would expose how they had treated her in court, then ended the call.
• The Su family admitted they did not know where Su Qiao lived and agreed to keep looking for her rather than sue, fearing public gossip.

Su Qiao rejected the idea that her parents would sincerely apologize and reassured Yu Shengan about the house’s security. She left him to sleep before their planned trip to the zoo and amusement park the next day.

• Su Mingchao failed to reach Su Qiao again and realized she had blocked the family, angering Su Qiao's Father.
• Su Mother urged the family to find Su Qiao before the school changed its mind, while 444 predicted the school would apologize to her rather than demand an apology from them.
• Su Qiao explained that her parents and neighbors would likely dismiss her hurt and excuse her parents because they were family.
• Su Qiao found Yu Shengan awake at his computer, but let him keep his secret and told him to sleep before their outing.
• Su Qiao warned Yu Shengan not to sleep in the wardrobe and said the house’s top-level security system would keep him safe.

After Hu Yueshan called to harass Su Qiao, Yu Shengan worried about the people bullying her and began investigating Hu Yueshan. The next day, Su Qiao fell ill with a fever and refused Yu Shengan’s offer to take her to the hospital.

• Su Qiao recognized Hu Yueshan as one of Ji Guiyun’s lackeys, threatened him, and hung up.
• Yu Shengan reflected on how others bullied Su Qiao and wondered whether his distress meant he loved her.
• Su Qiao and Yu Shengan spent the day at the zoo, amusement park, and night market.
• After Su Qiao fell asleep on the sofa, Yu Shengan covered her with a quilt and searched online for Hu Yueshan’s company and address.
• Su Qiao developed a fever the next day, and Yu Shengan anxiously offered to take her to the hospital, but she refused.

After Su Qiao fell sick, Yu Shengan stayed by her bedside and refused to leave, worrying over her. He insisted on making her porridge instead of buying the treats she requested, while the system reminded her that her recent overexertion had caused the illness and that medicine was costly.

• Su Qiao took her homemade medicine and fever medicine, but Yu Shengan stayed beside her bed to watch over her.
• Su Qiao tried to persuade Yu Shengan to leave so she could sleep, but he insisted on staying and studying nearby.
• Su Qiao asked Yu Shengan to buy milk tea and KFC, but he refused because she was sick and decided to make porridge instead.
• Yu Shengan promised to buy Su Qiao the treats once she recovered, and the system blamed her illness on her recent overexertion and warned that her medicines cost many Points.

Su Qiao answered Hu Yueshan’s call and learned that he wanted compensation after Yu Shengan beat him. She threatened to use the money to buy one of his legs, leaving Hu Yueshan protesting that it was illegal.

• 444 worried that Su Qiao’s health was worsening and that the system’s strong medicines might harm her.
• Yu Shengan tucked Su Qiao into bed and went to make porridge while she waited.
• Su Qiao answered Hu Yueshan’s call and heard that Yu Shengan had beaten him in a garage the previous evening.
• Hu Yueshan demanded 200,000 yuan for his injuries and threatened to call the police if Su Qiao refused.
• Su Qiao asked why she should pay him and threatened to spend the money on buying one of his legs.

Su Qiao intimidated Hu Yueshan into giving up his demand for compensation and learned how badly he had exploited and blackmailed women. She then confronted Yu Shengan about attacking Hu Yueshan, and he admitted he was wrong.

• Hu Yueshan threatened Su Qiao, but she answered with threats of her own and offered to pay two million to have his hands chopped off.
• Su Qiao revealed that Hu Yueshan had filmed pornographic videos and used compromising material to coerce women into providing him with sexual services.
• Hu Yueshan gave up on getting compensation and ended the call, cursing.
• 444 warned Su Qiao that Yu Shengan was outside the door, and Su Qiao confronted him as he tried to sneak away.
• Yu Shengan admitted he was wrong, and Su Qiao asked how he had found Hu Yueshan's home and entered his residential complex.

Su Qiao confronted Yu Shengan about his failed attempt to attack someone and ordered him to stay out of her affairs. She then found evidence concerning Hu Yueshan and contacted his wife, Wang Qiuyu, leaving Wang stunned after she opened the materials.

• Yu Shengan admitted that he had looked up a name and phone number and brought a sack when he tried to attack a man, but he had not managed to use it.
• Su Qiao told Yu Shengan to intensify his physical training and forbade him from meddling in her affairs; he reluctantly agreed.
• Su Qiao searched her computer and learned that Hu Yueshan's wife, Wang Qiuyu, was a philanthropist.
• Su Qiao called Wang Qiuyu, told her to check her email, and invited her to meet by the lake at noon the next day.
• Wang Qiuyu opened the email and saw photos, videos, and timestamps that contradicted her trusting view of her husband.

Wang Qiuyu searched her husband’s belongings and found items matching those in explicit videos, then met Su Qiao to learn how her husband was connected to the abuse of aspiring actresses. She was left reeling as Su Qiao revealed his secret work making pornographic films and named Ji Guiyun as his financier.

• After her husband stayed away overnight, Wang Qiuyu searched his luggage and found a bag of items matching those in the videos she had watched.
• Wang Qiuyu took her daughter to kindergarten and met Su Qiao at a park pavilion, where she asked whether Su Qiao had called her.
• Su Qiao told Wang Qiuyu that her husband’s situation was connected to Su Qiao’s own.
• Wang Qiuyu denied that her husband had any ties to the dubbing industry, saying he was only a minor director of web dramas.
• Su Qiao revealed that Wang Qiuyu’s husband made pornographic films funded by Ji Guiyun and coerced and assaulted aspiring female students.
• Wang Qiuyu stared at Su Qiao in disbelief, unable to reconcile the revelations with the decent husband and father she thought she knew.

Su Qiao revealed the extent of Wang Qiuyu’s husband’s abuse and infidelity, leaving Wang Qiuyu to face the painful decision of leaving him. Wang Qiuyu worried about supporting herself and protecting her daughter from the truth, but recognized that delaying could hurt her child more.

• Su Qiao gave Wang Qiuyu documents about the women her husband had harmed and warned her about his chaotic private life.
• Su Qiao explained that she had contacted Wang Qiuyu because of her support for orphanages and children in poor mountain regions.
• Wang Qiuyu said she had no relatives nearby, little savings, and no work experience from the six or seven years she had stayed home to raise her daughter.
• Wang Qiuyu worried that divorce would devastate her daughter, who admired her father, but acknowledged that learning the truth later could hurt her even more.

Su Qiao urged Wang Qiuyu to leave Hu Yueshan before his crimes brought danger to her daughter, and Wang Qiuyu decided to divorce him and take the child away. Su Qiao offered to help her secure assets, use evidence of his affair to force a divorce, and start over in another city.

• Su Qiao warned Wang Qiuyu that Hu Yueshan would eventually face consequences and advised her to leave with her daughter.
• Wang Qiuyu decided to divorce Hu Yueshan and take her daughter away to protect her.
• Su Qiao offered to help Wang Qiuyu transfer assets and use evidence of Hu Yueshan's affair to secure a divorce.
• Su Qiao promised to arrange tickets, housing, and a school for Wang Qiuyu and her daughter in another city.

Su Qiao persuaded Wang Qiuyu to accept a house for herself and her child, then secretly moved most of Hu Yueshan’s money into an overseas account. The next morning, Wang Qiuyu resolved to face the future as a loving mother, even though her dream of a complete family had failed.

• Su Qiao offered Wang Qiuyu a house as compensation, and Wang Qiuyu reluctantly accepted it for her child.
• Su Qiao told Wang Qiuyu to act normally at home and wait for news the next day.
• That night, Su Qiao transferred most of the money from Hu Yueshan’s accounts to an overseas account in small installments.
• The next morning, Su Qiao messaged Wang Qiuyu with the result.
• Wang Qiuyu held her child and resolved to keep going as a loving mother despite losing the family she had hoped for.

Wang Qiuyu left her daughter with Su Qiao and Yu Shengan while she confronted Hu Yueshan. She forced Hu to divorce her and surrender custody, then left determined to build a better life with her daughter.

• Wang Qiuyu dressed for business and entrusted her sleeping daughter to Su Qiao and Yu Shengan.
• Su Qiao took the children to the zoo, where she helped the girl feel safe by arranging a video call with Wang Qiuyu.
• Su Qiao and Yu Shengan entertained the girl at the zoo, a buffet, and an amusement park.
• Wang Qiuyu used Hu Yueshan’s past actions to force him to divorce her and surrender custody of their daughter.
• Outside the Civil Affairs Bureau, Hu Yueshan insulted Wang Qiuyu, and she told him she and her daughter would be better off without him.

Wang Qiuyu confronted Hu Yueshan with evidence of his abuse, forced him to agree to a divorce and give up custody, then left for the airport. She reunited with her daughter there, where Su Qiao and Yu Shengan were waiting.

• Wang Qiuyu rejected Hu Yueshan’s excuses and threats, and used a baseball bat and a call to 110 to make him agree to divorce and surrender custody of their daughter.
• Wang Qiuyu left Hu Yueshan, who threatened that she would have to beg him before seeing their daughter again.
• Wang Qiuyu went straight to the airport, where Su Qiao and Yu Shengan were waiting with her daughter.
• Little Sweetie spotted Wang Qiuyu, and Wang Qiuyu rushed over and hugged her daughter.

Su Qiao helped Wang Qiuyu and Little Sweetie start a new life in the south while arranging for evidence against Hu Yueshan to reach the police and a suicide victim’s parents. As Ji Guiyun moved to protect Hu Yueshan, Su Qiao crippled his company’s systems and hacked the computers connected to his secret pornographic websites.

• Wang Qiuyu told Little Sweetie that her father was away on a long business trip, then boarded a plane with her and Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao had Xiao Si send the evidence against Hu Yueshan to the police and the parents of a girl who had died by suicide, and Hu Yueshan was arrested.
• Su Qiao found Wang Qiuyu a house and school in a prosperous southern city, then took Xiao An to the seaside before leaving.
• Lan Chenshan sent people to search for Su Qiao, but they could not find her, and she ignored their efforts.
• Ji Guiyun learned of Hu Yueshan’s arrest and hired a lawyer to help him, hoping to keep him from talking.
• Su Qiao infected Ji Guiyun’s company system and the computers tied to his secret pornographic websites with viruses.

Su Qiao exposed Ji Guiyun’s secret filming operation, which led to his arrest, the shutdown of his company, and a prison sentence. After traveling for more than three months while her health worsened and then improved, she returned to the city and learned Lan Chenshan had hired a voice actress to take the blame for Lan Jiaye’s online voice-over.

• Su Qiao revealed evidence that Ji Guiyun’s websites used footage secretly filmed in hotels, inns, and public restrooms, prompting victims to sue him and authorities to investigate his company.
• The police found intimate photos and videos of Ji Guiyun and Lan Jiaye, and Lan Chenshan used his connections to have them destroyed.
• Lan Chenshan searched for Su Qiao to recover any remaining footage, but she traveled across the country and did not return until Ji Guiyun had been sentenced.
• Su Qiao’s health deteriorated during the trip, worrying Yu Shengan, but her condition gradually improved after more than three months on the road.
• After returning to the city, Su Qiao learned that Lan Chenshan had found a voice actress to claim responsibility for the online voice-over and shield Lan Jiaye from its fallout.

Su Qiao planned to expose Lan Jiaye during a public variety-show rehearsal while her illness continued to worsen. She refused surgery and began preparing lessons and financial guidance so the boy next door could manage on his own after she was gone.

• Su Qiao told 444 not to let Lan Jiaye get away with what she had done and asked it to check Lan Jiaye's schedule and rehearsal location.
• 444 reported that Lan Jiaye was preparing for a variety show sponsored by her father, and Su Qiao decided to use the rehearsal as an opportunity to expose her publicly.
• 444 worried as Su Qiao's late-stage illness worsened, but Su Qiao said she could still hold on.
• Su Qiao asked 444 to prepare computer, English, and investment lessons for the boy next door so he could become self-reliant.
• 444 suggested trying surgery, but Su Qiao refused because she feared the risks and lay down to rest.

Su Qiao reflected on how deeply Yu Shengan depended on her and hoped to help him become more independent before she died. Meanwhile, Lan Jiaye’s variety-show rehearsal went wrong when she was given a bedroom scene that exposed her resemblance to a viral dubbing clip, and her father rushed her away.

• Su Qiao admitted to 444 that she should have kept more distance from Yu Shengan and worried that her death would devastate him.
• Su Qiao grew drowsy and went to nap, while 444 resolved to finish its tasks quickly so she would leave the plane without regrets.
• Lan Jiaye attended the variety show’s final rehearsal, where she was assigned to dub a scene from a foreign movie.
• Lan Jiaye began dubbing an unexpected bedroom scene and realized from the audience’s reaction that her voice sounded like the viral recording.
• Lan Jiaye’s father suspected someone had tampered with the rehearsal, gave his subordinates instructions, and hurriedly took her away.