Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao reviewed photos 444 had taken of Yu Aiwei and decided they could ruin the perfect-goddess image Yu Aiwei had cultivated. The chapter ended with Su Qiao questioning whether the uncouth behavior in the photos was real or fabricated.

• Online commenters argued over rumors that Su Qiao was a kept mistress, while a few defended her.
• Su Qiao told 444 to post Yu Aiwei's private photos online and expose her.
• 444 showed Su Qiao photos of Yu Aiwei behaving crudely in private, with mocking captions.
• Su Qiao was stunned by the photos and asked 444 whether it had fabricated them.

Su Qiao retaliated against Yu Aiwei’s abusive fans by posting photos of Yu Aiwei’s private behavior and accusing her family’s skincare products and Bird’s Nest of being dangerous. The post first silenced the comment section, then triggered a flood of worried questions and harsher attacks.

• Su Qiao read the abusive comments on her video account and became angry that Yu Aiwei’s fans were insulting her family.
• Su Qiao uploaded Xiao Si’s collected photos of Yu Aiwei and described her behavior, her mother’s past, and alleged hazards in the Yu Family’s products.
• Su Qiao admitted she had not planned to expose the product claims yet but posted them because the fans had angered her.
• The comment section went quiet for more than ten minutes as viewers reacted to the photos and accusations.
• Viewers then flooded the comments, with some asking whether the products were dangerous and many others attacking Su Qiao more viciously.

After Yu Aiwei’s supporters attacked Su Qiao online, Su Qiao arranged for companies to buy and document large quantities of the disputed products. Test results revealed dangerous contamination, and Su Qiao told He Jianhui that the bird’s nest virus was very likely connected to the influenza outbreak.

• Yu Aiwei’s supporters cursed Su Qiao and defended Yu Aiwei after she posted certificates for her skincare products and bird’s nest.
• Su Qiao pinned comments dismissing the attackers, then logged off.
• Su Qiao told He Jianhui to have their companies and business associates buy large quantities of products from the Gu Family, the Yu Family, and Yu Aiwei, while collecting evidence of the purchases.
• He Jianhui received test results showing that a skincare ingredient exceeded safe limits and that the bird’s nest contained a virus.
• He Jianhui asked whether the bird’s nest virus was linked to the spreading influenza, and Su Qiao said she was over ninety percent sure they were connected.

Su Qiao and He Jianhui discussed evidence that Bird's Nest and skincare products were linked to the epidemic, and agreed to collect patient blood samples and report their findings to the authorities. After He Jianhui left to contact his friends, Su Yunyang arrived at Su Qiao's door.

• He Jianhui reacted with alarm when Su Qiao said more than ninety percent of patients were linked to Bird's Nest or skincare products, and planned to send his family to the countryside.
• Su Qiao proposed building a research lab and collecting patient blood samples to investigate the connection.
• He Jianhui agreed to send samples to an official institution and left to contact friends who could help gather them.
• Su Qiao resumed drawing, but Su Yunyang arrived at her door and asked to come inside.

Su Qiao confronted Su Yunyang after he came to see her, rejecting his attempts to invoke their family bond and question her about her mother. She revealed that her mother had died and condemned him for abandoning the family who had supported him, leaving their argument unresolved.

• Su Qiao let Su Yunyang into her home but treated him coldly and told him to change his shoes.
• Su Yunyang asked whether Su Qiao remembered him and tried to appeal to their blood relationship.
• Su Qiao demanded that Su Yunyang state his purpose and challenged him for failing to show concern for her and her mother.
• Su Qiao told Su Yunyang that her mother had died, which surprised him.
• Su Yunyang claimed he had given her mother enough money to raise her, and Su Qiao accused him of abandoning his wife and exploiting her sacrifices.

Su Yunyang visited Su Qiao and urged her not to interfere with Yu Aiwei and Gu Hualei’s engagement. Su Qiao rejected his appeal and confronted him about the past, and he defended how he had treated her mother.

• Su Qiao told Su Yunyang to leave and said she wanted nothing to do with him.
• Su Yunyang asked Su Qiao not to disrupt Yu Aiwei and Gu Hualei’s relationship now that they were engaged.
• Su Qiao pointed out that Yu Aiwei had betrayed Gu Hualei before she and Gu Hualei got together.
• Su Qiao compared her mother to Yu Aiwei’s mother, accusing the latter of pursuing a married man and getting pregnant before his divorce.
• Su Yunyang lost his temper, defended his past actions toward Su Qiao’s mother, and said he was acting for Su Qiao’s own good.

Su Qiao challenged Su Yunyang’s account of her breakup with Gu Hualei and rejected his claim that he was acting in her best interests. She said Gu Hualei and Yu Aiwei were the ones who would not leave her alone, and offered to stay away if Su Yunyang could make Gu Hualei stop pursuing her.

• Su Qiao told Su Yunyang that her thirty thousand yuan in support and thirty thousand yuan in divorce compensation could not make their breakup amicable or secure her and her children’s future.
• Su Qiao questioned why Su Yunyang assumed Gu Hualei had kept searching for her and pointed out that she and Gu Hualei had never agreed to break up.
• Su Yunyang reconsidered the rumors that Su Qiao had ruined Gu Hualei’s face, then urged her to let go of the past and find someone more suitable.
• Su Qiao replied that Gu Hualei and Yu Aiwei were the ones refusing to leave her alone, and said she would stay away from Gu Hualei if Su Yunyang could make him stop pursuing her.

Su Qiao warned Su Yunyang that she would not tolerate any more tricks from Xiao Wei and rejected his offer of help. As netizens investigated the leaked photos and the family’s past, they uncovered Su Qiao and Yu Aiwei’s relationship and began questioning the accusations against Su Qiao.

• Su Qiao told Su Yunyang to leave and warned that she would make Xiao Wei pay if she pulled more tricks.
• Su Yunyang offered to help Su Qiao in the future, but she dismissed him and he left, choosing his current family and career over reconnecting with her.
• Netizens found no signs that the photos of Su Qiao had been edited and dug into her connections with Yu Aiwei and Su Yunyang.
• Online discussion revealed that Su Qiao and Yu Aiwei were half-sisters and that Gu Hualei had once been Su Qiao’s boyfriend.
• Netizens began suspecting that Yu Aiwei had fabricated the mistress story and that Su Qiao might have bought her house with money she earned herself.

Online viewers began questioning Yu Aiwei’s products after Su Qiao’s past relationship with her was exposed, while Yu Aiwei and her family faced a wave of public backlash. Su Yunyang discovered that his past actions had been revealed online and feared the damage to his standing at work and with his in-laws.

• Viewers connected Su Qiao’s disappearance to her breakup with Gu Hualei and began worrying that Yu Aiwei’s skincare products and Bird’s Nest might be unsafe.
• Su Qiao realized 444 had exposed her relationship with Yu Aiwei, and 444 admitted it wanted to make the people who had attacked Su Qiao panic.
• Yu Aiwei saw indecent photos and mocking comments spreading online, while people questioned the products she sold.
• Su Yunyang returned home to find Yu Aiwei threatening suicide and his wife unconscious, so he calmed his daughter and sent his wife to the hospital.
• Su Yunyang learned that public opinion had turned against his family and that his past treatment of Su Qiao had been exposed, damaging the image he had built.

Su Qiao prepared for her afternoon plans, but Gu Hualei came to her home to confront her about the pictures she posted of Yu Aiwei. She insisted the pictures were real and left him to face the possibility that Yu Aiwei was not the person he thought she was.

• Su Qiao planned to read and rest before setting up her street stall, but someone rang her doorbell.
• Su Qiao found Gu Hualei outside and refused to let him into her home.
• Gu Hualei accused Su Qiao of fabricating pictures and captions to defame Yu Aiwei.
• Su Qiao challenged Gu Hualei to have the pictures professionally examined, and he admitted he had already had them authenticated.
• Su Qiao asked whether Gu Hualei could accept that Yu Aiwei behaved differently in private than he had believed.

Su Qiao mocked Gu Hualei and rejected his offer to resolve the lawsuits against her, suspecting his motives. Gu Hualei confessed that he still loved her and asked to start over, but Su Qiao remained wary of him.

• Su Qiao insulted Gu Hualei and the woman he admired, and Gu Hualei told her not to go too far.
• Gu Hualei warned Su Qiao that the Yu Corporation and Gu Corporation planned to sue her over her public accusations about their products.
• Gu Hualei offered to resolve the matter for the sake of their past relationship, but Su Qiao questioned what he wanted in return.
• Gu Hualei said he had searched for Su Qiao for two years and still could not forget her.
• Gu Hualei tried to take Su Qiao's hand and asked to start over, but she moved away and suspected he was plotting something.

Su Qiao rejected Gu Hualei’s proposal to keep her as his lover while remaining engaged to Yu Aiwei, and the two men clashed when Chu Jingchen arrived. The chapter ended with Gu Hualei preparing to fight Chu Jingchen.

• Gu Hualei promised Su Qiao he would treat her well, but admitted he was still engaged to Yu Aiwei for the sake of their families’ interests.
• Su Qiao accused Gu Hualei of wanting her as his mistress and rejected his excuses about marriage and feelings.
• Gu Hualei threatened Su Qiao with a court summons, so she attacked him and kicked him in the abdomen.
• Chu Jingchen arrived, handed Su Qiao a pastry box, and punched Gu Hualei.
• Gu Hualei accused Chu Jingchen of interfering with his search for Su Qiao and rolled up his sleeves to fight.

Su Qiao watched Chu Jingchen fight Gu Hualei, then let Chu Jingchen know she was on his side. Chu Jingchen revealed that Su Qiao owned the entire floor and had assets worth over a hundred million, leaving Gu Hualei stunned.

• Chu Jingchen and Gu Hualei began fighting in the corridor while Su Qiao ate pastries and watched.
• Su Qiao stopped the fight after Chu Jingchen repeatedly knocked Gu Hualei down.
• Gu Hualei offered Su Qiao gifts and help with the Yu Corporation and Gu Corporation lawsuits if she chose him.
• Su Qiao declined to delete a neighbor's secret livestream, deciding she could use it, and asked whether Chu Jingchen had damaged Gu Hualei's brain.
• Chu Jingchen mocked Gu Hualei and revealed that the entire floor, including four other apartments, belonged to Su Qiao and that her assets exceeded a hundred million.

Chu Jingchen confronted Gu Hualei and warned him to stop bothering Su Qiao, while Su Qiao revealed the history of her family’s betrayal and made clear she would not be bullied again. Gu Hualei left after Chu Jingchen declared he intended to pursue Su Qiao for marriage, but he asked her whether she had ever liked him as he went.

• Chu Jingchen told Gu Hualei that Su Qiao had earned over a hundred million and warned him not to bother or harm her again.
• Chu Jingchen put his arm around Su Qiao and said he planned to pursue her with marriage as his goal.
• Su Qiao told Gu Hualei about her mother’s suffering and warned him to tell Yu Aiwei and her family that she would fight back if they schemed against her.
• Chu Jingchen blocked Gu Hualei and told him to leave, while Gu Hualei vowed he would not give Su Qiao to him.
• Gu Hualei prepared to leave and asked Su Qiao whether she had ever liked him.

Gu Hualei tried to win Su Qiao back, but she rejected him and went inside with Chu Jingchen. Chu Jingchen resolved to keep Gu Hualei from bothering her again, and asked why Su Qiao had arrived earlier than planned.

• Gu Hualei admitted he had been wrong but insisted he had not known Su Qiao and Xiao Wei were half-sisters, and asked Su Qiao to forgive him.
• Su Qiao rejected Gu Hualei, recalling his deception, control, and attempt to remake her into another woman.
• Chu Jingchen threatened Gu Hualei, and Su Qiao pulled Chu Jingchen inside without engaging further.
• Chu Jingchen sulked over Su Qiao’s past suffering and resolved to deal with Gu Corporation so Gu Hualei could not harass her.
• Su Qiao teased Chu Jingchen about acting like a child, then asked why he had come earlier than planned.

Chu Jingchen visited Su Qiao with biscuits and offered to help her fight the online backlash and lawsuits from the Yu and Gu corporations. Su Qiao revealed that she already had agents and solid evidence in place, and she was eager for the companies to sue so she could expose their products and damage their businesses.

• Chu Jingchen became jealous when Su Qiao mentioned Gu Hualei, then explained that his grandmother had made the biscuits for her.
• Su Qiao praised the biscuits and reminded Chu Jingchen to make sure his elderly grandmother stayed safe while baking.
• Chu Jingchen said he had come early because he was worried about Su Qiao and planned to investigate the Yu and Gu corporations’ products for problems.
• Su Qiao told Chu Jingchen that her agents had already obtained solid evidence and that she could win if the corporations sued her.
• Su Qiao said she welcomed a lawsuit because it would let her publicize inspection reports and seek government inspections of the companies.

Chu Jingchen felt relieved after Su Qiao explained that she had anticipated the fallout from her public accusations, but another attempt to confess was interrupted when she turned to their contract. After they finalized the details, shared dinner, and set up Su Qiao’s street stall together, they teased each other about their conspicuous looks and her relaxed way of selling.

• Su Qiao told Chu Jingchen that she had already considered the consequences of publicly calling the skincare products and Bird's Nest poisonous, and he offered to help her if she needed anything.
• Chu Jingchen tried to confess his feelings, but Su Qiao interrupted him to retrieve the contract she had drafted for their cooperation.
• Su Qiao and Chu Jingchen discussed the contract, cooked dinner, and ate together, leaving Chu Jingchen pleased despite his failed confession.
• Chu Jingchen dressed plainly and helped Su Qiao pull her cart to her street stall, where their good looks drew lingering attention.
• Chu Jingchen teased Su Qiao for sitting quietly instead of attracting customers, and Su Qiao insisted that she had welcomed customers enthusiastically before he arrived.

Su Qiao explained to Chu Jingchen that she kept setting up her stall because it reminded her of selling things with her mother. She recalled her guilt over their last argument and her resentment toward her father, Su Yunyang, and her biological older brother, who had both failed her mother.

• Su Qiao told Chu Jingchen that customers had mocked her and tried to bargain her accessories down to ten yuan a pair.
• Chu Jingchen admitted he had misunderstood why she set up her stall and asked if she did it because of pressure.
• Su Qiao said she missed going out to sell things with her mother, despite the hardships they had faced.
• Su Qiao recalled that the original owner had argued with her mother about finding Su Yunyang and her biological older brother, then regretted their final month of silence after her mother died.
• The original owner later felt an even greater blow when she met her biological father and older brother and saw their expressions.

Su Qiao recalled her regrets over her mother, and Chu Jingchen comforted her and promised to stay by her side. She changed the subject to their street stall, challenged him to sell a pair of shoes, and started a livestream with him beside her.

• Su Qiao remembered arguing with her mother and felt guilty about her past.
• Chu Jingchen took Su Qiao's hand and promised to protect her, while she reassured him that she was fine.
• Chu Jingchen told Su Qiao she could act spoiled around him, and she joked that he might get tired of it.
• Su Qiao pushed Chu Jingchen to help attract customers and promised him a grand meal if they sold a pair that night.
• Chu Jingchen suggested starting a livestream, and Su Qiao opened one as he set up the phone to show them and the stall.

Online discussions about Su Qiao continued as commenters argued over Yu Aiwei’s family and Su Qiao’s wealth. A neighbor’s video and Li San’s claims revealed more about Su Qiao’s properties, businesses, and invention, leaving commenters wondering how she had built her fortune.

• Commenters argued over Yu Aiwei’s products and Yu Manwen and Su Yunyang’s past, while others questioned how Su Qiao had become wealthy.
• People discussed a neighbor’s video showing Su Qiao running a street stall despite owning many properties.
• Li San said Su Qiao owned eighteen shops and still had more than a hundred homes available for rent.
• Li San explained that Su Qiao had hired Manager He for a salary of tens of millions to manage her businesses.
• Li San said Su Qiao invented the Smart Alarm Device and had secured a worldwide agency deal with the Second Young Master of the Chu Family.