Chapter Summaries

Fu Jingyao discovered that Su Qiao was hiding in Willow Bend and vowed to confront her, while Su Qiao harvested wild ginseng and traveled to the city to sell a fifty-year-old plant. The chapter left Su Qiao with money from the sale and Fu Jingyao closing in on her.

• Fu Jingyao recognized Su Qiao in a photo taken in Willow Bend and confirmed that his subordinate had found the woman he had searched for over many years.
• Su Qiao found a twenty-year-old Two Jiazi Wild Ginseng and several older ginseng plants nearby, then carefully dug them up.
• Su Qiao spent the night in a cave, roasting a rabbit, and returned to her Small Wooden House the next morning with herbs and two wild rabbits.
• Su Qiao changed clothes, took her identification card and small change, and carried a fifty-year-old Wild Ginseng plant to town by a back path.
• Su Qiao traveled to the city and sold the ginseng at a large century-old shop.

Su Qiao sold her wild ginseng, bought supplies, and arranged to bring electricity to her home and have it repaired. The next morning, the Old Village Chief arrived with two bricklayers while she practiced swordsmanship.

• Su Qiao sold her wild ginseng for 380,000 yuan and took several detours before returning to the village.
• Su Qiao bought food and household supplies, then met Grandma Liu, who noticed her skin had healed and tried to find her a husband.
• Su Qiao asked Grandma Liu to contact the Old Village Chief about installing electricity and hiring villagers to repair her house.
• Grandma Liu agreed to speak to the village chief and arrange workers for the next day.
• The Old Village Chief arrived with two bricklayers while Su Qiao practiced swordsmanship in the courtyard.

Su Qiao arranged for her village house to be rebuilt, then went to the city to buy supplies and take the Adult College Entrance Examination. After more than half a month away, she returned in a secondhand pickup to find the house finished and invited the villagers to a meal to thank them.

• Su Qiao showed two bricklayers her blueprints and agreed on the house's layout and price with a local construction foreman.
• Su Qiao left Old Village Chief money for emergencies and went to the city to stay while her house was rebuilt.
• Su Qiao bought books and medicinal herbs and took the Adult College Entrance Examination so she could pursue the qualifications needed to practice medicine.
• Su Qiao returned to the village in a used pickup truck, handed candy to the children, and gave Old Village Chief liquor and cigarettes.
• Su Qiao learned that the house and a path were finished, then invited the villagers to a meal to celebrate her new home and thank them for their care.

Su Qiao thanked Old Village Chief and the villagers for helping her, then explained that she had gone to the city to take the Adult College Entrance Examination and had bought many books. The villagers admired her ambitions, and Uncle Ming rode with her to inspect the repaired house.

• Old Village Chief urged Su Qiao to save her money, but she asked him to use some of it to arrange a village banquet.
• Old Village Chief agreed to organize the feast and promised to return any money left over.
• Su Qiao told Old Village Chief she had gone to the city for the Adult College Entrance Examination and bought truckloads of books.
• Su Qiao said she planned to keep taking exams until she earned a doctorate, impressing the villagers.
• Uncle Ming told Su Qiao he had built a small road to her house and joined her in the pickup truck to inspect it.

Su Qiao admired the newly built wooden house and praised Uncle Ming for his work. After he warned her that people in the village had been watching her, she was left to consider the risks of living alone in the mountains.

• Su Qiao inspected the enlarged wooden house, its courtyard, and its rooms, and praised Uncle Ming's craftsmanship.
• Uncle Ming said he had built villas before and was leaving with village workers in a couple of days for another job.
• Uncle Ming praised Su Qiao for finding Wild Ginseng, and Su Qiao explained that years of searching had yielded only one small root and little money remained after her expenses.
• Uncle Ming warned Su Qiao that several suspicious men had been watching her and suggested buying an apartment in town or the city instead.

Su Qiao finished renovating and organizing her mountain home after paying Uncle Ming, then drove off three thieves who climbed into her courtyard. The thieves fled injured, while Su Qiao warned them not to return.

• Su Qiao reassured Uncle Ming that she could protect herself, paid him the agreed money plus extra, and saw him off with a promise to look for a dog in town.
• Su Qiao showed 444 her renovated house, then cleaned and furnished the home, stocked her study and pharmacy, and made herself a meal.
• After hearing someone at the courtyard gate, Su Qiao grabbed a wooden stick and confronted three petty thieves who had climbed over the wall.
• The three thieves ran into the darkness, complaining that Su Qiao had split one man's scalp and dislocated another's arm.
• Su Qiao warned the thieves that she would break their legs if they returned.

Su Qiao finished furnishing her home and planned how to earn money for costly medical equipment and medicinal materials. Director Lu from Leqiao Entertainment asked to lodge two celebrity guests at her house, but she refused, and he returned to the village gathering to speak with a tall, thin man.

• Su Qiao grew closer to the villagers after the village chief helped her host a banquet, then bought furniture, appliances, and a sewing machine for her home.
• Su Qiao made comfortable clothes, prepared medicine to strengthen her body, and calculated that most of the money from selling ginseng had been spent.
• Director Lu offered Su Qiao three hundred a day to host two people from a live-streamed farming program, but she turned him away and shut her gate.
• Director Lu returned to the village entrance, where villagers gathered around the production crew and competed to host the guests.
• Director Lu quietly spoke to a tall, thin man at the edge of the field.

Fu Jingyao insisted on staying at Su Qiao’s house alone, leaving Xia Yao to find another place. When Su Qiao opened her gate to the unexpected guest, Xia Yao recognized her and was shocked that she was still alive after ten years.

• Fu Jingyao told Director Lu to raise the offer for lodging and arrange a separate place for Xia Yao.
• Xia Yao questioned Fu Jingyao’s behavior, but he coldly ordered Director Lu to find her another place to stay.
• 444 alerted Su Qiao that Fu Jingyao was outside, and Su Qiao hurried to the courtyard gate.
• Su Qiao agreed to let one person stay in her house and ushered the group inside.
• Xia Yao recognized Su Qiao and wondered how she had survived and whether her illness had been cured.

Su Qiao recognized Fu Jingyao as the Great Demon King, whose Darkening Value rose when he saw her, and let him stay in her newly renovated courtyard. The chapter ended with Fu Jingyao demanding that she make his bed for him.

• Su Qiao questioned Xia Yao, who denied knowing her, while Fu Jingyao watched them with a hidden trace of disappointment.
• Su Qiao learned from 444 that Fu Jingyao was the Great Demon King and that his Darkening Value had risen from 8% to 9% after seeing her.
• Director Lu asked to film in Su Qiao's courtyard, and she allowed it after explaining that she lived alone and was cautious about safety.
• Su Qiao suggested Fu Jingyao find another place to stay, prompting him to dismiss Director Lu and ask where he would sleep.
• Su Qiao showed Fu Jingyao an unused bedroom and told him to put on the new bedding himself, but he insisted that she do it for him.

Su Qiao clashed with Fu Jingyao over making his bed and then confronted Xia Yao about the events that had separated her from him. The chapter ended with Su Qiao suggesting Xia Yao feared Fu Jingyao learning the truth.

• Su Qiao told Fu Jingyao to make his own bed, and he went to the bedroom to do it.
• Xia Yao offered to help Fu Jingyao, but he refused and went inside alone.
• Su Qiao ignored Xia Yao while fans in the livestream argued over Su Qiao's treatment of the guests.
• Xia Yao asked whether Su Qiao remembered her, and Su Qiao accused her of urging her to leave Fu Jingyao.
• Su Qiao suggested Xia Yao had driven her away to get close to Fu Jingyao and feared he would discover what happened.

Su Qiao refused Xia Yao’s request to share her bed, while Fu Jingyao watched their tense exchange and wondered whether Su Qiao recognized him. The livestream audience recognized Su Qiao from a viral photo, and Fu Jingyao left for his room rather than get involved.

• Xia Yao asked Su Qiao if she could stay, and Su Qiao allowed it only on the condition that Xia Yao sleep on the couch.
• Xia Yao asked to share Su Qiao’s bed, but Su Qiao refused and warned that she dreamed of hunting wild animals.
• Livestream viewers argued over Su Qiao’s treatment of Xia Yao, and some recognized Su Qiao from a viral photo.
• Su Qiao asked Fu Jingyao whether he would give Xia Yao the house and sleep on the couch, and he returned to his room.
• The cameraman followed Fu Jingyao into the bedroom as viewers speculated that he was pretending to sleep.

Su Qiao clashed with Xia Yao over her relationship with Fu Jingyao, and the two ended their old ties on hostile terms. After Xia Yao left, Su Qiao began working with fabric and told her host to prepare clothing designs for an upcoming online upload and production run.

• Su Qiao refused to let Xia Yao stay and challenged her claim that she could compensate Su Qiao and dictate her relationship with Fu Jingyao.
• Xia Yao declared that she was no longer powerless and threatened Su Qiao, who warned her to leave and vowed to put her back in her former circumstances.
• Xia Yao and Su Qiao fell out completely, and Xia Yao left Su Qiao's home.
• Su Qiao began measuring and marking fabric, then asked her host to process clothing design drafts for an online upload and future production.

Su Qiao refused to cook for Fu Jingyao, arguing that he had come to the countryside to experience life and should learn to use the stove. She eventually offered him food if he helped start the fire, leaving Fu Jingyao to decide whether to work for his meal.

• Fu Jingyao appeared in Su Qiao’s doorway and said he was hungry, but she told him to cook for himself.
• Fu Jingyao complained that he was paying Su Qiao five hundred yuan a day and did not know how to use her stove.
• Xia Yao offered to cook for Fu Jingyao, but he ignored her and tried to provoke Su Qiao by offering her money.
• Su Qiao dismissed Fu Jingyao’s complaints, while livestream viewers mocked her and praised Xia Yao.
• Su Qiao told Fu Jingyao he could eat if he came to start the fire.

Su Qiao told Fu Jingyao to go hungry after he refused to help, then rejected Xia Yao when she followed them into the kitchen. Fu Jingyao also turned Xia Yao away, leaving Su Qiao suspicious of how close Xia Yao seemed to be to him.

• Fu Jingyao refused to help, and Su Qiao went to the kitchen and told him to go hungry.
• Xia Yao offered to cook for Fu Jingyao, but Su Qiao told her to learn or leave because only one person lived there.
• Fu Jingyao asked Xia Yao why she had come back and said he had come to experience life, not to be her partner.
• Xia Yao listed Fu Jingyao's food preferences and habits, prompting Su Qiao to ask whether she was his girlfriend, wife, or nanny.
• Fu Jingyao said Xia Yao was none of those and ordered her to leave; Xia Yao departed with a heartbroken expression.

Su Qiao cooked lunch while Fu Jingyao lingered in the kitchen, then made him help with the dishes and scolded him for being helpless and picky. The argument ended with Fu Jingyao insisting he was strong enough to handle several opponents.

• Su Qiao lit the stove, prepared pork belly, and quickly cooked four dishes as the camera focused on her cooking.
• Su Qiao carried the food to the table and ate by herself before Fu Jingyao served himself rice and sat across from her.
• Su Qiao told Fu Jingyao he would wash the dishes, arguing that he had come to experience life and should learn to take care of himself.
• Fu Jingyao protested that he could wash dishes, then rejected the bok choy Su Qiao put in his bowl.
• Su Qiao called Fu Jingyao a picky child and mocked his thin build, prompting him to claim that three to five people would not be a match for him.

Su Qiao made Fu Jingyao eat his greens and then ordered him to wash the dishes, while their livestream viewers debated whether she was being cruel or caring. After Fu Jingyao broke several bowls, Su Qiao swept up the shards and warned him he would have to eat from a washbasin if he broke any more.

• Su Qiao threatened Fu Jingyao into eating greens, then gave him pork belly that improved his mood.
• Fu Jingyao ate three bowls of rice while livestream viewers argued about Su Qiao's treatment of him.
• Su Qiao told Fu Jingyao to wash the dishes, and he cleared the table in a huff.
• Fu Jingyao broke several bowls while washing dishes, and Su Qiao finally entered the kitchen to sweep up the pieces and warn him.

Su Qiao and Fu Jingyao awkwardly shared the kitchen and her room while the livestream audience watched. When Old Lady Liu arrived in distress because Xiao Bao had fallen down the stairs, Su Qiao hurried to help and prepared to take him to the hospital.

• Su Qiao sent Fu Jingyao out of the kitchen after he blushed over his boast that he could handle washing dishes.
• Fu Jingyao asked Su Qiao about making clothes, but she told him to stop pacing and return to his room if he had nothing to do.
• Old Lady Liu rushed to Su Qiao's courtyard and said Xiao Bao had fallen down the stairs.
• Su Qiao agreed to help take Xiao Bao to the hospital and asked Fu Jingyao to bring the white first-aid kit from her pharmacy.

Fu Jingyao searched Su Qiao’s home for medicine and found a large medical laboratory stocked with equipment and bottles. He discovered a lupus analysis report and hospital medication receipts, leaving him with questions about what they revealed.

• Fu Jingyao checked the study, found it was filled with books, and continued to the room next door.
• Fu Jingyao entered a spacious room set up like a medical laboratory, and the cameraman and livestream viewers reacted with shock.
• Livestream viewers debated Su Qiao’s medical knowledge, books, and expensive equipment, wondering whether the production crew had staged the setup.
• Fu Jingyao picked up papers beside the medicine cabinet and found a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus analysis report and hospital medication receipts.

Su Qiao rushed to help Xiao Bao, but realized his ribs were fractured and warned that moving him carelessly could endanger his life. As the villagers and crew pressed to take him to the hospital, she tried to stop them and planned to immobilize his chest first.

• Su Qiao arrived with Grandma Liu and found the villagers gathered around the injured Xiao Bao.
• After examining Xiao Bao, Su Qiao warned that his fractured ribs could pierce his organs if he was moved recklessly.
• Su Qiao said she would immobilize Xiao Bao's chest before taking him to the hospital, despite the villagers' doubts and Grandma Liu's pleas.
• Xia Yao and viewers criticized Su Qiao for delaying the trip, and the crew returned with a vehicle.
• Su Qiao blocked the crew from moving Xiao Bao and pointed out that the gravel road to town could worsen his injuries.

Su Qiao tried to stabilize Xiao Bao before the long trip to the hospital, but her use of a silver needle alarmed Xia Yao, the villagers, and livestream viewers. The chapter ended with Su Qiao preparing to insert the needle as everyone doubted her intentions.

• The Old Village Chief agreed to let Su Qiao stabilize Xiao Bao so the bumpy journey would not worsen his injuries.
• Xia Yao confronted Su Qiao, but Su Qiao pushed her away and examined Xiao Bao's chest.
• Su Qiao comforted Xiao Bao and promised him a trip and a toy after he recovered.
• Su Qiao secretly took a silver needle from her space to block Xiao Bao's pain before stabilizing him.
• The Old Village Chief, Xia Yao, the villagers, and livestream viewers reacted with alarm and accused Su Qiao of recklessness as she prepared to use the needle.