Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao and Du Muhan settled into married life while she built schools for children and advanced her work as a psychological profiler. Their careers and philanthropy flourished, and they continued solving difficult cases together.

• Su Qiao made breakfast for Du Muhan and spent their vacation overseeing construction of a school, setting up computers and online lessons for the children.
• Su Qiao reported Ding Wencheng's past human-organ trafficking crimes, sending him back to prison until he was nearly seventy.
• Tao Junhui and Su Xiyan grew apart after their transfers and eventually married other people, while Su Qiao gained recognition for solving major cases.
• Su Qiao and Du Muhan became renowned for cracking difficult cases together, and Su Qiao built special schools across the country with Du Muhan's support.

Su Qiao woke in a frontier tent where Crown Prince Xi Hanzhou had killed two men, and learned that he was destined to be imprisoned for life and die in a fire. She considered escaping into the woods while watching the ruthless prince and the people scheming around him.

• Su Qiao woke kneeling among frightened people beside the bloody bodies of two men.
• Xi Hanzhou drank from a wine jug with his bloodied Great Machete after killing the two men.
• Su Qiao asked 444 what had happened, and 444 identified Xi Hanzhou as Xilin Kingdom's Crown Prince, attending negotiations in place of his ill father.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Xi Hanzhou would be imprisoned for life over his crimes and alleged rebellion, then die in a great fire.
• Su Qiao judged Xi Hanzhou and his scheming opponents ruthless, and thought about escaping into the woods.

Su Qiao recovered enough to face Xi Hanzhou, the Crown Prince, but found herself unable to understand why he had singled her out. The chapter ended with her cautiously asking him to stop killing people.

• Su Qiao asked 444 for Reinforcement Agent and felt better after it used a tube on her.
• Xi Hanzhou approached Su Qiao with a bloody knife and asked whether she was afraid of him.
• Su Qiao discovered that the bone in her right leg was crooked and wondered whether the original owner was crippled.
• Xi Hanzhou watched Su Qiao space out, and his anger unexpectedly faded as he studied her.
• Su Qiao pushed the knife away and asked Xi Hanzhou not to kill anyone anymore.

Xi Hanzhou forced Su Qiao to take the knife, then left her unharmed and ordered the gathering to continue. He confronted Prime Minister Su over his treatment of Su Qiao, leaving her father terrified and regretting that he had brought her to the event.

• Xi Hanzhou put the knife in Su Qiao's hand and told her to kill, but she did not act.
• Xi Hanzhou left and ordered Eunuch Yu to send Su Qiao back, then had the bodies removed and the gathering resumed.
• The ministers and tribal chieftains became cautious after witnessing Xi Hanzhou's violence.
• Xi Hanzhou accused Prime Minister Su of failing to provide for Su Qiao and offered to support her himself.
• Prime Minister Su knelt, promised to take good care of Su Qiao, and regretted bringing her beyond the frontier.

Su Qiao learned that a mysterious man may have placed a black Soul Mark on her in an earlier plane, allowing him to find her across worlds. She ordered 444 to scan Xi Hanzhou and investigate the mark, but its nature remained unknown.

• Prime Minister Su withdrew after speaking with Xi Hanzhou, who remained dissatisfied.
• Su Qiao surveyed the grassland and learned she was the prime minister's Eldest Legitimate Daughter, who had once saved the Crown Prince.
• Su Qiao told 444 to inspect its memory spheres and identify whether Xi Hanzhou was the man who had appeared in her previous planes.
• 444 revealed that a black Soul Mark had appeared on Su Qiao's soul when she changed planes and that it seemed to be a contract.
• Su Qiao recalled meeting the man in the Supernatural Plane and seeing him again in later planes, then ordered 444 to scan Xi Hanzhou and investigate the mark.

Su Qiao questioned whether a mysterious contract was influencing her feelings toward the Crown Prince, then entered her tent and reviewed the original body's past. She uncovered suspicious details about her stepmother's marriage to Prime Minister Su and the timing of Su Yuxin's birth.

• Su Qiao dismissed the palace maids' concerns and followed them to the tent on the outskirts.
• 444 reminded Su Qiao that the contract might be nothing more than a contract.
• Su Qiao learned that the rough bed belonged to her while the refined side belonged to her half-sister, Su Yuxin.
• Su Qiao recalled that Prime Minister Su had married her mother's younger half-sister shortly after her mother's death.
• Su Qiao noted that Su Yuxin had been born supposedly premature but seemed unusually sturdy and energetic.

Su Qiao pieced together suspicious details about Su Yuxin’s birth and reflected on how the seemingly beloved second miss fit into a story that favored Xi Muyan. She recalled that Su Qiao had been informally betrothed to Xi Muyan two years earlier.

• Su Qiao suspected that Su Yuxin’s mother had become pregnant before marrying into the Prime Minister’s residence and questioned the circumstances of Su Yuxin’s birth.
• Su Qiao recalled that Su Yuxin acted like a carefree modern woman, befriending servants and winning the favor of princes and nobles.
• Su Qiao recognized that Su Yuxin’s story cast her as the heroine who helped Xi Muyan defeat the Crown Prince and claim the throne, while portraying Su Qiao as a villain.
• Su Qiao recalled that Imperial Noble Consort Yun had obtained an informal betrothal between thirteen-year-old Su Qiao and Xi Muyan two years earlier.

The chapter recounts Su Qiao’s neglected upbringing and how the Fourth Prince manipulated her into spying on the Crown Prince. It also explains Xi Hanzhou’s position and temperament, and how the original Su Qiao once saved him after he was ambushed.

• Imperial Noble Consort Yun proposed that Su Qiao become the Fourth Prince’s Primary Consort after her fall left her crippled, while the Fourth Prince secretly resented the match.
• The original Su Qiao grew up neglected by her father and stepmother and blamed by her maternal family, then came to trust the Fourth Prince when he treated her kindly.
• The Fourth Prince persuaded Su Qiao to approach the Crown Prince and gather information, though she was only a decoy and accomplished nothing.
• After the Crown Prince was imprisoned and died in a fire, his subordinates killed Su Qiao as a spy and left her with a reputation for being unchaste.
• Xi Hanzhou remained the Emperor’s favored heir despite his unpredictable, violent temper, and the Emperor never considered removing him as Crown Prince.
• After Xi Hanzhou was ambushed and fled into Su Manor, Su Qiao stopped his bleeding and helped him contact his searching subordinates, earning rewards from the Emperor and his care.

Su Qiao pieced together why Madam Su had crippled her and tried to clear the way for Su Yuxin to marry Fourth Prince Xi Muyan. She asked to heal her leg quickly so she could practice martial arts, but the required medicine would cost one hundred Points and mean breaking and resetting the bones.

• Su Qiao recognized that Su Yuxin had not been involved in injuring her leg and considered the girl’s timid, simple nature.
• Su Qiao recalled that Madam Su wanted Su Yuxin to marry Fourth Prince Xi Muyan and had treated Su Qiao as an obstacle to that plan.
• Su Qiao reflected that her injury had freed the position of Fourth Prince’s Primary Consort and left her as his Secondary Consort.
• Su Qiao asked for a fast-acting medicine to heal her leg so she could practice martial arts.
• The system told Su Qiao that the medicine cost one hundred Points and required her broken bones to be broken and reset, which would hurt greatly.

Su Qiao went into the deepest part of the forest to reset her crooked leg and heal it with medicine. She left the leg properly set inside a cave, though it would still take time to recover.

• Su Qiao took a hidden silver saber from her chest and rode a horse away from the camp.
• With 444's help, Su Qiao found a cave beneath a cliff deep in the forest.
• After failing to find anesthetic herbs, Su Qiao blocked the cave entrance and prepared to treat her leg herself.
• Su Qiao broke the crooked bone again, endured the pain, and set it straight.
• 444 injected medicine to help Su Qiao's bone heal quickly.

After recovering from her leg injury, Su Qiao used a wish to try to restore Xi Hanzhou’s memories of his previous life. The system revealed that the wish required intimate contact, specifically a kiss, leaving Su Qiao reluctant to approach the dangerous Crown Prince that way.

• Su Qiao tested her healed leg and decided to avoid running or jumping while it continued to recover.
• Su Qiao drew a wish from the Newcomer Gift Pack, but the reward could not alter the system or affect anything outside the plane.
• Su Qiao wished for Xi Hanzhou to recover his memories of his previous life, believing his changed temperament and alleged treason were caused by outside interference.
• The system clarified that Su Qiao had to name Xi Hanzhou and revealed that restoring his memories required intimate contact.
• Su Qiao and 444 discovered that the required intimate contact meant a kiss, and Su Qiao balked at kissing Xi Hanzhou.

Su Qiao learned that Xi Hanzhou could regain his memories through a kiss and planned to arrange it secretly, hoping to protect him and gain his support. After discovering she could cultivate, she washed up and searched the forest for food, but found no prey.

• Su Qiao discussed with Little Four the risks of kissing Xi Hanzhou to restore his memories and decided they would have to do it secretly.
• Su Qiao confirmed that she could cultivate in her current body and that her cultivation progressed quickly.
• Su Qiao moved the stones blocking the cave entrance, went to the river to wash, and returned to the woods.
• Su Qiao searched the forest for game, gathered medicinal herbs, and ate a few sour fruits when she found no prey.

Su Qiao fought and killed a tiger in the forest despite her injured leg, securing food while ruining its hide. She licked the tiger’s blood and regretted that its pelt had been damaged.

• A hungry tiger leaped from the Dense Forest and attacked Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao dodged the tiger’s charges and struck it with her saber while using trees and rocks for cover.
• Su Qiao climbed a tree, leaped onto the tiger’s back, and stabbed its neck and belly.
• Su Qiao split the tiger’s belly open and killed it, then severed its head.
• Su Qiao tasted the tiger’s blood and regretted ruining its hide.

After killing a tiger, Su Qiao was approached by Xi Hanzhou and his companions. Xi Hanzhou noticed her injured leg and carried her away, asking whether she usually went without food.

• Su Qiao scolded the dead tiger, then noticed four people watching from the edge of the woods.
• Xi Hanzhou dismounted and approached Su Qiao, offering her better tiger pelts.
• Xi Hanzhou noticed Su Qiao's right leg hurt and asked if it was injured.
• Su Qiao admitted that her leg ached, and Xi Hanzhou lifted her into his arms.
• Xi Hanzhou carried Su Qiao away and remarked that she was too thin, asking whether she normally did not eat.

Xi Hanzhou took Su Qiao away from the woods after accusing her of lying about secretly looking at him. Su Qiao jumped down before they left the woods and challenged his arrogance, while Xi Hanzhou promised to let her see him take power.

• Xi Hanzhou accused Su Qiao of deceiving him and secretly glancing at him during the banquet, but she denied it.
• Xi Hanzhou carried Su Qiao onto his horse and summoned guards, while she asked him to take the tiger meat and her horse with them.
• As Xi Hanzhou rode toward the edge of the woods, Su Qiao pushed him away and jumped down from the horse.
• Su Qiao told Xi Hanzhou not to act arrogant before he held power, and he promised to let her see the day he did.

Su Qiao returned to her tent after killing the great beast and hiding her abilities from Xi Hanzhou’s guards. Xi Hanzhou vowed to take both the throne and Su Qiao, while she rested and brushed off 444’s regret that she had not kissed him.

• Xi Hanzhou raged at Su Qiao’s contemptuous glance and vowed to claim her and the throne, despite his guards warning that she belonged to Xi Muyan.
• Xi Hanzhou ordered his subordinates not to speak of what happened, while they worried over Su Qiao’s calmness and skill in killing the great beast.
• Su Qiao slipped out of the woods, resumed her limp and quiet demeanor, and returned to her tent.
• Su Qiao hid her curved blade, washed the blood from her face and neck, and lay down to rest.
• Su Qiao told 444 she had not kissed Xi Hanzhou because his nearby guards would have attacked her.

Su Qiao received food and clothes personally sent by Xi Hanzhou, including an outfit for the next day’s banquet, while she noticed a faint, familiar medicinal smell on Eunuch Yu. Su Yuxin then arrived and eagerly joined her for dinner.

• Su Qiao sensed a faint, familiar medicinal smell on Eunuch Yu but could not identify it.
• Eunuch Yu delivered roasted meat, milk wine, and several outfits and accessories that Xi Hanzhou had chosen for Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao accepted the gifts and thanked Xi Hanzhou through Eunuch Yu before beginning her meal.
• Su Yuxin entered Su Qiao’s tent, poured herself Milk Fruit Wine, and invited her two maids to share the food.

Su Qiao stopped Su Yuxin from sharing the tiger meat the Crown Prince had bestowed on her with two maids. The frightened maids left to stand guard, while Su Yuxin challenged Su Qiao for treating them harshly.

• Su Qiao warned Su Yuxin that the tiger meat had been bestowed on her by the Crown Prince.
• Su Yuxin called Xiao Tao and Xiao Yu over to eat with her, but they refused after hearing who had bestowed the meat.
• Xiao Tao and Xiao Yu knelt before Su Qiao and asked her to protect them from Su Yuxin's insistence.
• Su Qiao told the maids to leave and stand guard at the tent entrance.
• Su Yuxin accused Su Qiao of being harsh to the maids, and Su Qiao reacted with a twitch of her mouth.

Su Qiao warned Su Yuxin to stop taking unnecessary risks and chose to avoid the evening bonfire party. As she walked alone across the grassland, she reflected on her absent maid and the neglect she had suffered in the Su residence.

• Su Qiao told Su Yuxin not to talk while eating and warned her that reckless actions could get people killed.
• Su Yuxin went out with two maids after dinner to attend the bonfire gathering, while Su Qiao stayed behind.
• Su Qiao walked across the nearby grassland instead of joining the party.
• Su Qiao explained that the maid Gu Qirou had assigned her might be spying on her and was better off staying away.
• Su Qiao recalled how the original owner had been neglected in the residence, left to manage chores alone despite others still troubling her.

Su Qiao encountered Xi Muyan during a nighttime walk, and he questioned her about the Crown Prince’s banquet invitation. She rejected his false concern and said she did not know or care how the Crown Prince was doing.

• Xi Muyan approached Su Qiao and offered to accompany her on her walk.
• Xi Muyan asked whether his elder brother had invited her to a noon banquet, and Su Qiao confirmed it.
• Xi Muyan began explaining how he had entered the woods with his brothers, but Su Qiao cut him off and said she was going back to sleep.
• Xi Muyan asked how the Crown Prince was, and Su Qiao replied that she did not know and did not want to know.
• Xi Muyan noticed Su Qiao’s unusual indifference and wondered whether she had been frightened.