Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao and Lu Jingheng discussed his claim that she owed him a meal, while 444 recognized that he was pursuing her. After an online video exposed Bai Zhilan’s confrontation with Su Qiao, her father learned she had been bullied and tried to reach her.

• Lu Jingheng told Su Qiao she owed him a meal for the hot pot that had given him a stomachache, then sent her home because he had an urgent meeting.
• Su Qiao asked 444 what Lu Jingheng meant, and 444 said he was pursuing her.
• Su Qiao found online outrage over a video of Bai Zhilan confronting her and asked 444 to delete the posts.
• Su Qiao’s father saw the video while following her live press conference, became furious, and called her repeatedly.
• Aunt Zhang told Su Qiao that her father had called, and Su Qiao went upstairs to call him back.

Su Qiao comforted her father after he watched her emotional performance and admitted his guilt over her mother’s death. She reassured him that her mother had never truly hated him and urged him to stop tormenting himself over the past.

• Su Qiao's Father apologized for missing her album launch and promised to return the next day.
• Su Qiao's Father admitted that her song had made him realize how much sorrow she had hidden.
• Su Qiao's Father broke down and blamed himself for her mother's death.
• Su Qiao told him that her mother had been angry at herself and had never truly hated him.
• Su Qiao urged her father to let go of his guilt because watching him suffer hurt her too.

Su Qiao learned that the Lu Family had sabotaged her father’s company and resolved to retaliate against Lu Jingwen. She ordered 444 to target his company and find evidence of tax evasion.

• Su Qiao told her father to let her handle the woman who had hurt her, and he agreed while urging her to stay safe.
• Su Qiao asked 444 to investigate her father’s company and learned that a major shareholder had withdrawn investment, poached technical staff, and stolen the copyright to its core game technology.
• 444 revealed that the Lu Family was responsible and that Lu Jingwen had wanted the Su family’s business to fail so he could cancel their engagement.
• Su Qiao suspected Lu Jingheng was waiting to profit from the company’s collapse, though 444 said he had not been involved.
• Su Qiao ordered 444 to take down Lu Jingwen’s new servers and find evidence that his company was evading taxes.

Su Qiao went to the Su Group meeting to support her father and present him with a birthday gift. She revealed that she had made two holographic games, surprising Lu Jingheng and the other attendees.

• Su Qiao learned her father had returned home but left for the company before she woke, so she asked 444 to check the company's situation.
• Su Qiao arrived at a meeting between the Su Group and Hengyuan, where Lu Jingheng and her father were present.
• Su Qiao insisted that her father mattered more to her than the meeting and reminded him that he had forgotten his birthday.
• Su Qiao connected her computer to the meeting room screen and showed footage of a holographic game she had made.
• Su Qiao told her father that she had made him two birthday gifts: a cultivation game and a future interstellar game.

Su Qiao revealed her true holographic game technology to her father, Lu Jingheng, and the company’s shareholders, who doubted her claims. She forced three minority shareholders to sell their shares and instructed Assistant Zhang to secure their confidentiality about the games.

• Su Qiao explained that her holographic technology used helmets and pods to reproduce every sense of the real world, and said she had adapted it from a novel from the Future Tech Plane.
• Liu Yuan, Assistant Zhang, and the minority shareholders doubted the technology, while Su Qiao’s Father hesitated despite saying he believed his daughter.
• Su Qiao told the three minority shareholders they could leave only if they sold their shares to her at the current market price.
• Su Qiao threw documents at the shareholders, and after reading them and being intimidated by her warning, they agreed to sell.
• Su Qiao gave Assistant Zhang a card containing ten billion and told him to buy the shares and have the shareholders sign confidentiality agreements about the two holographic online games.

Su Qiao secured control over her game designs and negotiated with Lu Jingheng over a potential investment. She revealed that she had sent DL's CTF a blueprint and had also caused problems for the Lu family's servers, leaving Lu Jingheng wary of her anger.

• Su Qiao threatened the minor shareholders and ordered Zhang to add a clause forbidding anyone from revealing who designed the game.
• Su Qiao's Father agreed to follow his daughter's wishes, and Assistant Zhang escorted the three minor shareholders out.
• Lu Jingheng offered five billion to develop Su Qiao's games, and Su Qiao demanded a better profit split, threatening to work with DL's CTF instead.
• Lu Jingheng guessed that Su Qiao had sent DL's CTF the design, and Su Qiao confirmed it while warning him she could have sent many more blueprints.
• Liu Yuan asked whether Su Qiao had caused the Lu family's server problems, and Su Qiao implied that she had before scolding Lu Jingheng for his past actions.

Su Qiao revealed that she had prepared the core technology for a mainframe server, Game Helmet, and Game Pod, and agreed to split the profits with Lu Jingheng. Afterward, Lu Jingheng praised Su Qiao and ingratiated himself with her father by claiming to be her fan.

• Lu Jingheng proposed giving Su Qiao sixty percent and taking forty percent, and she agreed.
• Su Qiao reassured her father and explained that she had prepared the blueprints and manufacturing methods for the server and gaming devices.
• Su Qiao told Lin Bai the products could be tested after she registered the patents.
• Liu Yuan suggested a celebration, and the group went to a Western restaurant.
• Lu Jingheng praised Su Qiao to her father and admitted he was her fan, leaving Lin Bai incredulous.

Su Qiao and Lu Jingheng worked together on the company’s new project, while Lu Jingheng tried to look after her and win her favor. After he went to buy her milk tea, Su Qiao swiftly defeated a foreign man who attacked her in a park.

• Su Qiao’s father told Lu Jingheng that Su Qiao would soon compete in a world-class piano competition in Bali, and Lu Jingheng promised to cheer her on.
• Su Qiao worked at the Su Corporation on the new project, building a helmet and Game Pod and modifying a computer with Little Four, while Lu Jingheng stayed nearby as a partner.
• Lu Jingheng repeatedly urged Su Qiao to rest, then took her to dinner and went to buy her room-temperature vanilla milk tea.
• A foreign man lunged at Su Qiao in a roadside park, and she quickly knocked him to the ground.
• Su Qiao lectured the frightened man until he admitted that she was formidable and promised not to attack her again.

After a foreigner tried to steal Su Qiao’s bag, Lu Jingheng urged her to stay cautious and began picking her up from work. Their closeness grew, and he persuaded her to let him into her home for dinner, where they continued teasing each other about her poisoning him and his being her husband.

• Su Qiao told Lu Jingheng she had beaten a foreigner who tried to steal her bag, and he suspected the incident might have had an ulterior motive.
• Lu Jingheng warned Su Qiao to be careful and insisted on taking her to work, using her father’s worry to persuade her.
• After several days of growing closer, Lu Jingheng asked to come to Su Qiao’s house for dinner despite Auntie Zhang being away.
• Su Qiao threatened to poison Lu Jingheng, but he strode into her courtyard anyway and joked that she would be murdering her husband.

Su Qiao warned Lu Jingheng after discovering someone had searched her home, then helped the Su Corporation recover by launching two successful games. At the company’s celebration banquet, Lu Jingwen congratulated her, and Su Qiao asked what he was congratulating her for.

• Su Qiao and Lu Jingheng flirted while preparing a meal together.
• Su Qiao found that someone had searched her study and bedroom, told Lu Jingheng, and sent him several blueprints.
• Su Qiao launched two games that became hits and rescued the Su Corporation; she had also used viruses to ruin the major shareholder who stole her father’s work.
• Lu Jingwen appeared at the celebration banquet with Bai Zhilan and congratulated Su Qiao.
• Su Qiao, dressed elegantly, asked Lu Jingwen what he was congratulating her for.

Su Qiao met Lu Jingwen and Bai Zhilan, who revealed that they planned to marry because Bai Zhilan was pregnant. Su Qiao taunted Bai Zhilan about using pregnancy to secure a place in the Lu Family, and Bai Zhilan tried to strike her.

• Lu Jingwen told Su Qiao he was surprised she was leading Su Corporation’s game project and sought to learn the game designer’s whereabouts.
• Su Qiao teased Lu Jingwen for never caring about her, while Bai Zhilan stopped him from responding and announced their upcoming wedding.
• Lu Jingwen explained that Bai Zhilan was already pregnant, and Su Qiao called it a shotgun wedding.
• Su Qiao reminded Bai Zhilan that Auntie Lu had rejected women without family background or ability, then suggested Bai Zhilan had used pregnancy to gain entry to the Lu Family.
• Bai Zhilan grew furious and raised her hand to hit Su Qiao, who stepped back and warned her not to fall and blame her.

Su Qiao and her father confronted Bai Zhilan and Lu Jingwen at a gathering, where Bai Zhilan accused them of abandoning her. Su Qiao rejected her claims and blamed Bai Zhilan’s mother for the past, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Bai Zhilan accused Lu Jingwen of failing to defend her, and he apologized to Su Qiao before offering to take Bai Zhilan away.
• Su Qiao's Father left his business acquaintances and comforted Su Qiao, then told Lu Jingwen to remove Bai Zhilan from her life.
• Bai Zhilan claimed Su Ruidong was her father too, but he declared Su Qiao his only daughter and condemned Bai Zhilan and her mother.
• Bai Zhilan said Su Qiao owed her support and resented her comfortable life, while Su Qiao denied owing her anything and blamed Bai Zhilan’s mother.

Su Qiao learned that she had once rescued Lu Jingheng, while Bai Zhilan had falsely claimed credit. Lu Jingheng took Su Qiao to his home and showed her drawings, pointing out the eyes and ceremonial attire for her to examine.

• Su Qiao's Father comforted Su Qiao as Lu Jingheng confronted Bai Zhilan over her behavior and false claim that she had saved him.
• Lu Jingwen took Bai Zhilan away, and Su Qiao went to the lounge before Lu Jingheng joined her.
• Su Qiao asked Lu Jingheng when she had saved him, and 444 explained that she had stopped his bleeding in an alley before leaving to get a car.
• Su Qiao recognized Lu Jingheng as the man in black from the alley and asked whether he had pursued Bai Zhilan because she saved him; he denied it.
• Lu Jingheng brought Su Qiao to his house, opened a safe, and showed her drawings, directing her to inspect the eyes, Phoenix Robe, and Golden Phoenix Crown.

Lu Jingheng told Su Qiao that he had dreamed of her as an empress since childhood and had searched for her for years. Su Qiao confirmed that they had been emperor and empress in her memories, but insisted that their past life did not determine their present relationship.

• Su Qiao recognized the woman in Lu Jingheng’s paintings as her empress-crowning appearance and asked if he had copied her singing video.
• Lu Jingheng said he had dreamed of a veiled woman in a Phoenix Robe since childhood and had searched for her before moving back to the country.
• Su Qiao told Lu Jingheng that her dreams were clearer and longer than his, while 444 warned her not to reveal memories from past planes.
• Lu Jingheng asked whether he had been an emperor, and Su Qiao confirmed that he had and that she had been his empress.
• Su Qiao admitted that they had lived together for over sixty years in the dream, but pushed Lu Jingheng away when he declared they were destined to be together.

Lu Jingheng reassured Su Qiao that he would never have mistaken Bai Zhilan for her or pursued Bai Zhilan instead. He explained his ruthless nature and recalled the hardships that had taught him to fight back, leaving Su Qiao with a clearer picture of his past.

• Su Qiao reminded Lu Jingheng of his insulting words when they first met, and he apologized, saying he would pursue her again.
• Su Qiao asked whether Lu Jingheng would have mistaken Bai Zhilan for her if she had never appeared, and he insisted Bai Zhilan's gaze was different from hers.
• Su Qiao wondered whether Lu Jingheng would have chased Bai Zhilan and refused to marry, but Lu Jingheng said he would never have yielded to Lu Jingwen if he wanted to take her.
• Lu Jingheng told Su Qiao that he had fought through blood and violence overseas and would eliminate anyone who stood in his way.
• Lu Jingheng recalled being bullied and going hungry as a child, and how he learned to become stronger and colder to survive.

Lu Jingheng confessed how long he had been searching for Su Qiao and how far he would go to keep her, while Su Qiao agreed to let him pursue her. He immediately pushed for marriage, and she made her answer depend on getting her father’s approval.

• Lu Jingheng told Su Qiao that he would have stolen her away even if she had been married, and revealed that he had searched for her since he was young.
• Su Qiao shrank from Lu Jingheng’s intense gaze, but he reassured her that he would never hurt her.
• Su Qiao straightened up and agreed to give Lu Jingheng a chance to pursue her, and he happily kissed her cheek.
• Lu Jingheng pulled Su Qiao into his arms, compared holding her to holding the world, and asked her to marry him.
• Lu Jingheng offered to hand over his assets and finances, while Su Qiao said she would agree to marry him if he could win her father’s approval.

Lu Jingheng won Su Qiao's Father's approval to marry Su Qiao by transferring most of his assets to her, and Su Qiao learned that their wedding was being prepared. She began planning to undermine Bai Zhilan and Lu Jingwen before the wedding, while Bai Zhilan and Lu Jingwen planned their own wedding first.

• Lu Jingheng transferred his movable and immovable assets, except for JH's overseas business, into Su Qiao's name, and Su Qiao's Father agreed to their marriage after asking Su Qiao how she felt about him.
• Su Qiao learned about the wedding preparations while trying on wedding dresses and told Little Fourth to post videos of Bai Zhilan ostracizing and framing newcomers.
• After the videos damaged Bai Zhilan's reputation, she accused Su Qiao, but Lu Jingwen defended Su Qiao and criticized Bai Zhilan's jealous behavior.
• Bai Zhilan blamed her pregnancy for her changing temper, and Lu Jingwen comforted her by promising they would marry and take a honeymoon.
• At a formalwear shop, Lu Jingheng watched Su Qiao try on suits and asked whether she really had to attend Bai Zhilan's wedding.

Su Qiao attended her ex-boyfriend Lu Jingwen’s wedding with Lu Jingheng, while Bai Zhilan tried to keep the ceremony on track. Just as Lu Jingwen and Bai Zhilan were about to exchange rings, a pregnant woman arrived and claimed Lu Jingwen was the father of her child.

• Su Qiao chose a mint green outfit and agreed to attend Lu Jingwen’s wedding with Lu Jingheng.
• Bai Zhilan confronted Su Qiao at the wedding, but Lu Jingwen pulled Bai Zhilan away to calm her and fix her makeup.
• A pregnant woman interrupted Lu Jingwen and Bai Zhilan’s vows, prompting the Lu family to order the bodyguards to remove her.
• The woman claimed she was carrying Lu Jingwen’s child, and Lu Jingwen denied knowing her.
• The pregnant woman sat on the floor and wailed that Lu Jingwen and his family were rejecting her and her unborn child.

At Lu Jingwen’s wedding, a heavily pregnant woman claimed he was the father of her child, while Su Qiao persuaded the guests to stop the Lu Family from handling her roughly. Bai Zhilan confronted Lu Jingwen, whose silence left her doubting whether he had married her only because she was pregnant.

• Lu Jingwen ordered someone to take away the pregnant woman, but Su Qiao urged him and the Lu Family to handle the matter calmly.
• Su Qiao warned that the woman was five or six months pregnant and that the wedding guests could be implicated if she and her unborn child were harmed.
• The pregnant woman said Lu Jingwen was the father and offered to take an amniocentesis and paternity test.
• Bai Zhilan accused Lu Jingwen of lying, while he claimed he did not know the woman and tried to calm her.
• Bai Zhilan asked whether Lu Jingwen would have married her if she had not become pregnant, and his silence left her heartbroken.
• Lu Jingwen told Bai Zhilan that he loved her and asked whether she could not feel it.

Bai Zhilan confronted Lu Jingwen over his pregnant mistress and demanded he choose between them. As Lu Jingwen’s parents considered accepting the child into the Lu Family, Su Qiao challenged Bai Zhilan, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Bai Zhilan accused Lu Jingwen of regretting their relationship, neglecting her, and lying about his affair with a pregnant woman.
• Lu Jingwen insisted that he had loved Bai Zhilan and had not lied, while acknowledging his regret over losing Su Qiao had grown.
• Bai Zhilan demanded to know what Lu Jingwen would do about the pregnant woman and her child.
• The pregnant woman begged Mr. Lu and Madam Lu to give her unborn child a legitimate identity in the Lu Family.
• Madam Lu urged Lu Jingwen not to leave his child outside the family, and Bai Zhilan threatened to end their relationship if he accepted the child.
• Su Qiao questioned Bai Zhilan’s ultimatum, and Bai Zhilan told her to shut up.