Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao learned that the island was cut off from the outside world by a Spatial Wall and warned that a dangerous group opposed her father. She searched for the injured Ji Hanfeng and found him sitting behind the reefs, struck by how beautiful he looked.

• 444 explained that the island connected to the outside world only briefly and from specific locations, and that Su Qiao's father had spent years trying to escape.
• 444 warned Su Qiao to beware of the group led by Old K, and she vowed to make them regret provoking her.
• Su Qiao anxiously asked where Ji Hanfeng was, and 444 said he was injured behind the reefs but could not explain his abnormality.
• Su Qiao followed 444's directions to the reefs and found Ji Hanfeng sitting there, admiring his delicate appearance.

Su Qiao found Ji Hanfeng on the island, unaware that he had regained memories of his previous life and now distrusted her. After learning how young he looked, she worried she might have been touching a minor.

• Su Qiao found Ji Hanfeng sitting blankly by a millstone and asked 444 what had happened to him.
• 444 explained that Ji Hanfeng had lost his memories after washing ashore, while concealing that he had also regained memories of his previous life.
• Ji Hanfeng recognized Su Qiao from his previous life and decided he would not help her, despite remembering that she had once protected him.
• Su Qiao relaxed when she thought Ji Hanfeng was not stupid and reached out to touch his face.
• Su Qiao wondered whether Ji Hanfeng was an adult and guiltily withdrew her hand.

Su Qiao teased and treated Ji Hanfeng’s leg injury after he woke, while he resolved not to trust her because of memories from his previous life. When Lu Yizhi and An Ya approached, Ji Hanfeng recognized Lu Yizhi and grew cold and jealous, believing Su Qiao had abandoned him for the man before.

• 444 told Su Qiao that Ji Hanfeng was nineteen, and she realized he was a year younger than her.
• Ji Hanfeng woke and spoke, while Su Qiao teased him and ruffled his hair, causing his Darkening Value to rise.
• Ji Hanfeng tried to stand, but Su Qiao noticed his injured calf and made him sit back down.
• Ji Hanfeng decided to follow events as they had in his previous life and vowed not to trust Su Qiao again.
• 444 warned Su Qiao that Lu Yizhi and An Ya were approaching, and Ji Hanfeng recognized Lu Yizhi and recalled Su Qiao leaving him for him.

Su Qiao denied having any relationship with Lu Yizhi and called Ji Hanfeng her friend after Lu Yizhi and An Ya questioned them. Lu Yizhi tried to pull her aside, but someone suddenly slammed him away.

• Lu Yizhi and An Ya approached Su Qiao and Ji Hanfeng and demanded to know who Ji Hanfeng was.
• Su Qiao called Ji Hanfeng her friend, and Lu Yizhi grew suspicious and displeased.
• Su Qiao told Lu Yizhi that they had no relationship and that she was not fooling around with him.
• Lu Yizhi reached for Su Qiao's arm, but a tremendous force slammed him aside.

Su Qiao defended Ji Hanfeng from Lu Yizhi and An Ya, declaring that she would protect him. The confrontation ended with Lu Yizhi accusing Su Qiao of being unreasonable.

• Ji Hanfeng stood between Su Qiao and Lu Yizhi, refusing to move when Lu demanded he leave.
• Su Qiao pulled Ji Hanfeng behind her and told Lu that she would protect him from anyone who bullied him.
• An Ya questioned whether Ji Hanfeng had been aboard the ship and claimed he could threaten everyone's safety.
• Su Qiao challenged An Ya's assumptions and rejected her claims that she was acting for Su Qiao's good.
• Lu Yizhi accused Su Qiao of being unreasonable and complained that she was involved with another man in front of him.

Su Qiao confronted Lu Yizhi and An Ya, accusing them of hypocrisy, jealousy, and secretly having an affair. The chapter ended with Lu Yizhi insisting that his drunken encounter with An Ya was an accident and that he had always loved Su Qiao.

• Su Qiao told Lu Yizhi he was cowardly and self-righteous, and called him and An Ya a perfect match.
• Su Qiao accused An Ya of envying her and pretending to be her close friend while coveting Lu Yizhi.
• Su Qiao revealed that she knew about the affair between Lu Yizhi and An Ya.
• Lu Yizhi reached for Su Qiao, but she stepped away, and he claimed the encounter with An Ya happened only because they were drunk.

Su Qiao rejected Lu Yizhi’s promises and recalled how he would betray her on The Island, while Ji Hanfeng wondered whether his memories were wrong. She left with Ji Hanfeng, still intent on avenging her father.

• An Ya overheard Lu Yizhi confessing that he loved Su Qiao and ran away in tears.
• Su Qiao rejected Lu Yizhi’s vow to make their relationship public after he inherited Lu Corporation, accusing him of deceiving her and recalling his future betrayal on The Island.
• Lu Yizhi stormed away after insisting he would obtain Lu Corporation, while Su Qiao watched him with killing intent and thought he would never leave the island.
• Ji Hanfeng questioned whether his memories had changed because Su Qiao’s relationship with Lu Yizhi differed from what he remembered.
• Su Qiao called Ji Hanfeng a fool, took his hand, and ruffled his hair, prompting him to glare at her.

Su Qiao uncovered Du Muhan’s childhood connection to Ding Peixin and suspected he had protected himself and his mother from Ding Wencheng. She confronted Du Muhan by video call, and he admitted that he knew Ding Peixin.

• Su Qiao discovered that Du Muhan had been listed as Ding Wencheng’s son in school records and matched him to the boy who ran away from home at eight.
• Su Qiao traced Du Muhan’s growing annual payments to a sanatorium and inferred that he had been protecting himself from Ding Wencheng and supporting his bedridden mother.
• Su Qiao concluded that Du Muhan had likely reported Ding Wencheng for drug use and trafficking, then wondered whether his mother had truly fallen down the stairs.
• Su Qiao called Du Muhan while he was working in the autopsy room and asked whether he and Ding Peixin had once been siblings.
• Du Muhan’s expression froze, but after a long silence he confirmed that he had known Ding Peixin.

Su Qiao and Ji Hanfeng walked back to the beach, where stranded people fought over belongings washed ashore. Old Jin lost his temper over the delay, but Lucy reassured him that help would soon arrive, leaving the group still stranded on The Island.

• Su Qiao told Ji Hanfeng to stay close because his striking appearance could put him in danger, and he followed her while rejecting his own feelings of trust toward her.
• Su Qiao and Ji Hanfeng passed stranded people arguing over a gold watch and clothes.
• Old Jin ordered everyone to stop arguing and complained that being stranded had jeopardized his lucrative contract.
• Lucy soothed Old Jin by saying the coast was nearby and the company would soon come for them, then smugly grinned at the furious middle-aged wealthy woman.

Su Qiao watched Lin Xiaohua humiliate Da Biao before discovering that Lin Xiaohua had taken her backpack. She reached the beach too late to stop Lin Xiaohua from rummaging through it and confronted her to get it back.

• Lin Xiaohua mocked Da Biao and ordered him to fetch water and a towel for Old Jin.
• Da Biao called Lin Xiaohua by her old name, and she threatened to have Old Jin fire him before taking the towel and water.
• Old Jin dismissed Da Biao as useless and asked whether Lin Xiaohua still had feelings for him; she denied it and teased Old Jin about being jealous.
• Lin Xiaohua ordered Da Biao to find her a hat, and he clenched his fists before obeying.
• Su Qiao told Ji Hanfeng to stay beneath a coconut tree and searched for her bag, but found Lin Xiaohua rummaging through it.
• Su Qiao told Lin Xiaohua that the backpack was hers, and Lin Xiaohua handed it back after finding mostly unhelpful items inside.

Su Qiao confronted Lin Xiaohua over stolen chocolate, but Ji Hanfeng stopped her when he noticed her injured ankle. Su Qiao tried to send him back to rest, then challenged Da Biao to question his obedience as she prepared a plan.

• Lin Xiaohua refused to return Su Qiao's chocolate and ordered Da Biao to teach her a lesson.
• Da Biao reluctantly approached Su Qiao and apologized, but Ji Hanfeng grabbed her hand before she could attack.
• Su Qiao worried about Ji Hanfeng's untreated leg wound and told him to return with her backpack, but he stayed behind her.
• Su Qiao told Da Biao that survival on the island depended on strength and asked whether he wanted to keep submitting to humiliation.

Su Qiao told the stranded group that rescue might never come because their island did not appear on the map, and explained that they were likely trapped in an isolated four-dimensional space. The others were left struggling to believe her claim that their surroundings were cut off from the outside world.

• Da Biao questioned Su Qiao after she warned that they might never be able to leave.
• Yao Yu and An Ya criticized Su Qiao, insisting that rescue would come and the group should stay united.
• Su Qiao showed Lu Yizhi a map of the waters near Country X, and the group found no nearby island marked on it.
• Lu Yizhi asked Su Qiao what was happening, and she said they were inside an isolated four-dimensional space.
• Yao Yu challenged Su Qiao’s explanation, asking whether she thought the sky, sun, and sea were fake.

Su Qiao warned the survivors that the island was trapped behind a Spatial Wall and might only connect to the outside at a specific time and place, but most of them dismissed her. After returning to the reef with Ji Hanfeng, she gave him chocolate and searched through a suitcase, leaving 444 baffled.

• Su Qiao explained that the island was separated from the outside by a Spatial Wall and that the chaotic magnetic field could have blocked the distress signal.
• Yao Yu accused Su Qiao of lying, while Lin Xiaohua handed over only three bars of chocolate and denied keeping any more.
• Su Qiao took Ji Hanfeng and left as the others dismissed her warning and resumed searching for valuables and supplies.
• An Ya told Lu Yizhi that Su Qiao's father was a famous physics professor, and Lu Yizhi acknowledged Su Qiao's intelligence.
• Su Qiao gave Ji Hanfeng two bars of chocolate and searched a suitcase in the reef, puzzling 444.

Su Qiao cared for Ji Hanfeng after finding him clean clothes, treating his injuries and worrying about a blood clot from his head wound. Ji Hanfeng asked whether she knew him, while he secretly remembered more than he let on.

• Su Qiao searched for food and water while explaining to 444 that she was raising Ji Hanfeng and trying to find him clean clothes.
• Su Qiao dressed Ji Hanfeng's scrapes and warned him to avoid strenuous activity so his wounds would not reopen.
• Ji Hanfeng pointed out the back of his head, and Su Qiao examined and disinfected a scrape there before worrying about a possible blood clot.
• Ji Hanfeng asked Su Qiao whether she knew him, and she asked whether he remembered his name or what had happened before.

Su Qiao learned that Ji Hanfeng had been chased and injured on the island, while he hid his memories and resentment toward those who had mistreated him. She gave him the nickname A-Han and promised to heal him and help him remember.

• Ji Hanfeng pretended not to remember his past and said he had been chased before falling and injuring his leg.
• Su Qiao learned from 444 that Lu Yizhi’s cousin, Lu Hongyu, had led people from Ji Hanfeng’s ship in chasing and beating him.
• Su Qiao promised to protect Ji Hanfeng if his pursuers returned and tried out several names for him.
• Su Qiao settled on A-Han, and Ji Hanfeng silently endured her teasing while hiding his true feelings.
• Su Qiao promised to heal Ji Hanfeng and restore his memory, but he recoiled from her sandy hand.

Su Qiao confronted An Ya over her affair with Lu Yizhi and demanded the return of her father’s notebook. An Ya denied knowing about it, leaving Su Qiao’s accusation unresolved.

• Su Qiao took Ji Hanfeng to look for a drink, but they ran into An Ya.
• An Ya claimed she liked Lu Yizhi, said their night together had been an accident, and apologized while defending him.
• Su Qiao mocked An Ya’s hopes of joining the Lu Family and boasted about her own abilities.
• An Ya dropped her act and argued that Su Qiao was no better than her if they could not escape.
• Su Qiao said she would let An Ya have Lu Yizhi, then demanded that An Ya return her father’s notebook.
• An Ya denied knowing what notebook Su Qiao meant.

Su Qiao confronted An Ya over her missing notebook, which held clues to the island and her missing father. Lu Yizhi offered to help retrieve it, but Su Qiao refused his help, while Ji Hanfeng watched their exchange with growing coldness.

• Su Qiao grabbed An Ya's chin and demanded that she return the missing notebook.
• Lu Yizhi approached and asked whether An Ya had taken Su Qiao's notebook; An Ya denied it, and Lu Yizhi urged her to return it if she had.
• Su Qiao recalled that Avatar Su Qiao brought the notebook while searching for her missing father, and that its drawings and markings recorded the island's location.
• Su Qiao told An Ya and Lu Yizhi to stay away from her, then rejected Lu Yizhi's offer to retrieve the notebook.
• Ji Hanfeng's expression grew colder as he watched Su Qiao and Lu Yizhi interact.

Su Qiao gave Ji Hanfeng her last piece of chocolate despite being hungry herself, then set out to find food and resources on the island. She learned from 444 that she could check the reefs for seafood, though her asthma might limit her efforts.

• Su Qiao gave Ji Hanfeng her last piece of chocolate after Lu Yizhi left in a jealous mood.
• Ji Hanfeng offered the chocolate back, but Su Qiao refused and searched for a shorter coconut tree.
• Su Qiao stroked Ji Hanfeng's hair when he silently followed her, while 444 revealed that his Darkening Value was 9/10.
• Su Qiao asked 444 to look for food, water, and shelter, and 444 suggested checking the reefs for fish or shrimp while warning her not to overexert herself because of her asthma.

Su Qiao climbed a coconut tree despite her still-sore foot and got coconuts for herself and Ji Hanfeng. As she planned to find a safe place to stay before nightfall, Ji Hanfeng questioned whether his memories of her were accurate and wondered if she was treating him well because of his appearance.

• Ji Hanfeng prepared to throw a large stone at a coconut tree, but Su Qiao stopped him and climbed the tree herself.
• Su Qiao knocked down coconuts, climbed down, and noticed that her right foot hurt more than before.
• Ji Hanfeng worried about Su Qiao's foot and wondered why she seemed healthier and more capable than the girl he remembered from his past life.
• Su Qiao opened a coconut with her Fruit Knife, handed it to Ji Hanfeng, and told him to drink before they searched for a safe place to stay for the night.

Su Qiao and Ji Hanfeng spent the night safely with a fire and coconuts, while the other survivors struggled with hunger, thirst, and fear. After catching fish and shrimp the next day, Su Qiao suffered a severe breathing reaction, leaving 444 searching the shop for medicine.

• Su Qiao checked her supplies and chose a beach-and-woods boundary camp with Ji Hanfeng, where they spent the night with fire and coconuts.
• The other survivors endured a miserable night without enough food or water, then split into groups to search the reefs and forest.
• Su Qiao and Ji Hanfeng went to distant reefs and caught fish and shrimp, while Lu Yizhi and An Ya secretly watched them.
• Su Qiao began struggling to breathe after discovering she could not eat seafood, and Ji Hanfeng rushed to support her.
• 444 urged Su Qiao to take deep breaths and searched the shop for asthma medicine.