Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao took down the remaining attackers with golden needles while Zhang Jingyu and Zhang Jingchen struggled over control of their shared body. She then treated the wounded Zhang Ruohan, warning him not to move or risk bleeding to death.

• Zhang Jingyu saw Zhang Ruohan lying in a pool of blood, and Su Qiao told him his younger brother had been shot in the shoulder and leg.
• Zhang Jingyu tried to stop Su Qiao from going out, while Zhang Jingchen urged him to let Su Qiao handle the attackers.
• Su Qiao used Xiao Si’s directions to shoot golden needles at the hidden attackers and confirmed that Butler Lu and the others had dealt with the rest.
• Zhang Jingchen took control of the body and praised Su Qiao’s skill after watching her defeat the attackers.
• Su Qiao inserted golden needles into Zhang Ruohan and warned him to keep still so he would not bleed to death.

Su Qiao stopped Zhang Ruohan’s bleeding with golden needles, and Zhang Jingchen ordered the household to recognize her as the First Young Mistress. Zhang Jingchen left to let his other personality handle the aftermath, while Butler Lu realized Su Qiao knew his secret and was a formidable martial artist.

• Su Qiao used Golden Needle Hemostasis to stop Zhang Ruohan’s bleeding and told the others to take him to the hospital without removing the needles.
• Zhang Jingchen ordered Butler Lu and the men to stop calling Su Qiao the Second Young Mistress and recognize her as the First Young Mistress.
• Lin Qiuchi apologized to Zhang Ruohan, but Butler Lu had the car door shut and sent Zhang Ruohan to the hospital.
• Zhang Jingchen told Su Qiao that Zhang Ruohan was afraid of blood, and Su Qiao told him to return so his other personality could deal with his brother’s injury.
• Butler Lu concluded that Su Qiao knew about Zhang Jingchen’s different personalities and silently feared offending her martial arts skills.

Zhang Ruohan woke to learn that his left leg was ruined, while Su Qiao confronted him with his past actions and asked him to sign a divorce agreement. Zhang Jingyu arrived and told him to sign, revealing that he had asked Su Qiao to spare Zhang Ruohan and the Zhang family the indignity of a legal fight.

• Zhang Ruohan woke and recognized Su Qiao, then asked about Lin Qiuchi.
• Su Qiao told Zhang Ruohan that Lin Qiuchi was safe but too guilty to visit, and warned him that his left leg was ruined.
• Zhang Ruohan panicked at the news that he would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
• Su Qiao brought out a divorce agreement and reminded Zhang Ruohan how he had treated her.
• Zhang Jingyu entered and ordered Zhang Ruohan to sign, explaining that he had asked Su Qiao to give him and the Zhang family some dignity.

Su Qiao secured Zhang Ruohan’s signature on the divorce agreement and arranged for Lin Qiuchi to repay him for what she had done. On the drive home, Su Qiao teased Zhang Jingchen about her feelings for Zhang Jingyu, then told him to help her move.

• Su Qiao gave Zhang Ruohan the divorce agreement, and he signed it.
• Su Qiao promised Zhang Ruohan that Lin Qiuchi would repay him, while Zhang Jingyu offered to handle the matter.
• Zhang Jingyu joined Su Qiao in the car, and she asked whether he still fainted at the sight of blood.
• Zhang Jingchen took control of the body and grew jealous when Su Qiao said she liked Zhang Jingyu.
• Su Qiao reassured Zhang Jingchen that she liked his personality even more, then told him to help her move.

Su Qiao moved into her new home with Zhang Jingchen agreeing to visit whenever he wanted, and she became famous after newspapers revealed her identity and Lin Qiuchi’s actions. As visitors sought her out, Su Qiao stayed busy preparing her clothing business and decorating the Shopping Mall.

• Su Qiao refused to let Zhang Jingchen move in but allowed him to visit, including at night.
• Su Qiao moved to her new home the next morning with help from others.
• Zhang Jingchen showed Su Qiao a newspaper that featured her photograph and praised her.
• A newspaper exposed Lin Qiuchi dragging Zhang Ruohan in front of her during the shooting, and public outrage led the school to persuade Lin Qiuchi to withdraw.
• Su Qiao’s identity as the writer Listening to Rain became public, and people praised her beauty, language skills, and decision to seek a divorce.
• Su Qiao turned away most visitors while she searched for fabrics, revised designs, decorated the Shopping Mall, and interviewed staff.

Su Qiao’s shopping mall opened successfully, and she learned that the Lin Family had been ruined and moved away, apparently because of Zhang Jingyu. On the day of the Chamber of Commerce President election, Zhang Jingyu prepared for a potentially violent meeting while Su Qiao waited at home.

• Su Qiao opened her shopping mall with a runway show, and customers quickly bought all the clothing.
• Su Qiao trained female employees to produce clothes and handed the smoothly running mall to a trusted person.
• Su Qiao discovered that Lin Qiuchi had been taken to the Little White Building, where Zhang Ruohan now lived, and that the Lin Family had sold its shops and moved away.
• Before the election, Zhang Jingyu kissed Su Qiao on the cheek and left for the Chamber of Commerce Hall.
• Butler Lu told Zhang Jingyu that his people were ready to surround the venue if anyone made a move.
• When Zhang Jingyu arrived, the meeting hall’s members stood up as an old man urged them to show respect and avoid causing trouble.

Zhang Jingyu attended the Haicheng Chamber of Commerce election and was unanimously re-elected after the members became terrified of opposing him. On the way back, he suspected Zhang Jingchen had intervened, but Zhang Jingchen denied it.

• Old Huang warned the members not to cause trouble when Zhang Jingyu arrived at the meeting hall.
• The members praised Zhang Jingyu's leadership and unanimously voted for him to remain President.
• The members privately recalled how a woman had threatened them and their families, making them too afraid to seek the presidency.
• Zhang Jingyu accepted re-election and later asked Zhang Jingchen whether he had arranged the members' behavior.
• Zhang Jingchen denied doing anything and reminded Zhang Jingyu that he had wanted to handle the election himself.

Zhang Jingchen confronted Su Qiao for helping Zhang Jingyu and grew jealous, insisting that she could only care about him. He rejected her hesitation about intimacy and carried her away, leaving Su Qiao unsure how to handle him.

• Zhang Jingchen accused Zhang Jingyu of being a coward and became furious when he realized Su Qiao had helped him.
• Zhang Jingchen confronted Su Qiao and asked why she had helped Zhang Jingyu, while she explained that helping him also helped Zhang Jingchen.
• Zhang Jingchen demanded that Su Qiao belong to him alone and not like or help Zhang Jingyu.
• Zhang Jingchen tried to kiss Su Qiao, but she reminded him that they were not married yet.
• Zhang Jingchen refused to wait, picked Su Qiao up, and carried her away.

After Zhang Jingyu took control of their shared body and spent the night with Su Qiao, Zhang Jingchen confronted him over the betrayal. The two men argued over their claim to her and the other suitors circling her, while Zhang Jingyu threatened to marry another woman.

• Zhang Jingchen accused Zhang Jingyu of pushing him off the bed and touching Su Qiao during the night.
• Zhang Jingyu warned Zhang Jingchen that several powerful men, including Gu, Duan Jiarui, a man from the Jiang Family, and Andrei, were interested in Su Qiao.
• Zhang Jingchen argued that Zhang Jingyu touching Su Qiao was not the same as him touching her, and threatened to kill him.
• Su Qiao told the men to stop disturbing her, and Zhang Jingchen soothed her back to sleep.
• Zhang Jingchen warned Zhang Jingyu not to touch Su Qiao again, but Zhang Jingyu insisted she was his wife and threatened to marry another woman.

Zhang Jingyu and Zhang Jingchen negotiated over taking turns being intimate with Su Qiao, while concealing their rivalry from her. Su Qiao realized Zhang Jingyu had transformed during the night and decided to take things slowly as the two personalities remained unwilling to merge.

• Zhang Jingyu warned Zhang Jingchen that Su Qiao would drive them away if she discovered their fight, and the two agreed that Zhang Jingchen would get two days for every one day Zhang Jingyu got.
• Su Qiao woke in the afternoon, and Zhang Jingchen brought her soup and porridge before wiping her mouth and hands.
• Zhang Jingchen asked whether Su Qiao had noticed anything unusual the previous night, then denied that he had transformed.
• 444 told Su Qiao that Zhang Jingyu and Zhang Jingchen had argued and negotiated while she slept.
• Su Qiao realized Zhang Jingyu had taken over during the night and decided to be patient while the two personalities refused to merge.

Su Qiao continued her writing and painting while an essay on current affairs won her recognition at home and abroad. At Zhang Mansion, Lin Qiuchi begged her for help, but Su Qiao refused and Lin returned to Zhang Ruohan, where she finally shouted back at him.

• Su Qiao published a widely discussed essay on global affairs and translated it into English, French, German, and Italian at the newspaper's request.
• Su Qiao entered Zhang Mansion with her kitten and found Lin Qiuchi kneeling and begging her to let her go.
• Su Qiao told Lin Qiuchi that she had to take responsibility for her actions and revealed that Lin's parents had lost their money and disappeared.
• Lin Qiuchi returned to the Little White Building, where Zhang Ruohan berated her and threw a teacup near her feet.
• Lin Qiuchi called herself and Zhang Ruohan blind for choosing each other, saying only Su Qiao had seen clearly.

Su Qiao’s first solo art exhibition opened to a crowd of admirers, where Zhang Ruohan came to see her and her paintings. Zhang Jingyu joined them, and Su Qiao played piano for the guests.

• Lin Qiuchi told Zhang Ruohan that Su Qiao was thriving and holding an art exhibition, and he angrily threw a bowl at her.
• Su Qiao opened her first solo art exhibition at the Art Exhibition Center, attracting students, prominent guests, and influential figures.
• Zhang Ruohan arrived and asked Su Qiao whether she had painted the works; she confirmed that it was her exhibition.
• Zhang Jingyu arrived, put an arm around Su Qiao’s waist, and apologized for being late.
• Su Qiao played Wedding in a Dream, drawing the guests’ attention as they listened in silence.

Zhang Ruohan accepted that Su Qiao was the woman Zhang Jingyu loved and left the exhibition, where Su Ying admitted she might be pregnant. Su Qiao learned that Su Ying’s mother wanted her to abort the baby and marry a butcher.

• Zhang Jingyu told Zhang Ruohan that Su Qiao was the most dazzling woman he had ever met and arranged for him to be taken home.
• Zhang Ruohan encountered Su Ying and said they had all been wrong about Su Qiao’s talent.
• After the art exhibition ended, Su Qiao waited for Zhang Jingyu and found Su Ying trembling nearby.
• Su Ying begged Su Qiao for help and said she might be pregnant.
• Su Ying told Su Qiao that her mother knew and wanted her to abort the baby and marry a butcher.

Su Ying sought Su Qiao’s help after hiding her pregnancy, and Su Qiao offered to care for the child while Su Ying made her own way in the world. Zhang Jingyu agreed to take them in, and the chapter ended with him tenderly caring for Su Qiao as Su Ying watched enviously.

• Su Ying told Su Qiao that she had concealed the child’s father from their mother because she feared being forced to marry Zhang Ruohan.
• Su Qiao told Su Ying to forget about Zhang Jingyu, offered to raise the baby or help her give birth in secret, and let her choose her own future.
• Su Ying chose to leave home and make her own way rather than raise the child alone or marry the old butcher her mother had chosen.
• Zhang Jingyu arrived and readily agreed when Su Qiao said she wanted the child, then invited Su Ying to come home with them.
• Zhang Jingyu warmed Su Qiao’s hands and fed her pastries while Su Ying sat in the passenger seat, envying her sister.

Su Qiao took in Su Ying and her baby, then supported Zhang Jingyu through war and a forced merger of his two personalities. After secretly sending weapon-making machines to a trusted person, Su Qiao returned to China twenty years later and donated the Imperial Seal to the National Museum.

• Su Qiao arranged for Su Ying to live near Aunt Liu and persuaded Zhang Jingyu to accept the baby as their only child.
• Su Qiao's war film became a great success and later inspired remakes commemorating her.
• After Su Ying gave birth to a boy, Su Qiao gave her money, taught her useful skills, and sent her abroad.
• When war broke out three years later, Su Qiao and Zhang Jingyu sold their property and donated the proceeds to the front lines.
• Zhang Jingyu suffered a severe head injury in battle, forcing his First Personality and Second Personality to merge, and Su Qiao took him abroad for treatment.
• Su Qiao secretly sent a set of weapon and ammunition manufacturing machines to a trusted person, then returned to China twenty years later and donated the Imperial Seal to the National Museum.

Su Qiao woke up in a shabby living room and learned that Yue Feng was one of the original owner’s boyfriends, while another man watched from behind a door. She tried to discourage Yue Feng’s invitation by criticizing her looks and asking him for money for plastic surgery.

• Yue Feng invited Su Qiao to travel with him to The Island and described its scenery, food, and customs.
• Su Qiao learned from 444 that Yue Feng was one of her boyfriends and that her man was watching from a crack in the door.
• Su Qiao moved away from Yue Feng and asked whether he thought her features were ugly.
• Yue Feng praised Su Qiao’s beauty and recalled being captivated when he first saw her through his camera.
• Su Qiao insisted she was ugly and asked Yue Feng to lend her one million for plastic surgery.

Su Qiao told Yue Feng she had undergone plastic surgery, then accused him of shallow love and drove him out. After calming down, she wondered whether the man she cared about was still peeking through the door crack.

• Su Qiao said she was considering liposuction and breast implants, and Yue Feng tried to dissuade her.
• Su Qiao revealed that a doctor had already altered her appearance, shocking Yue Feng.
• Su Qiao accused Yue Feng of loving only her face and pushed him out, declaring that they had nothing to do with each other.
• Su Qiao sat down to drink water and asked whether the man she cared about was still peeking through the door crack.

Su Qiao settled into the apartment and began sorting through the Original Avatar’s memories. She learned that the room across from hers belonged to the female lead, Chen Jue, while Lu Han wondered whether Su Qiao had found a better target.

• 444 confirmed that the man had left, and Su Qiao joked that he had only been tempted by her beauty.
• 444 told Su Qiao that she, Lu Han, and Chen Jue were living in the three-bedroom apartment together.
• Lu Han wondered why Su Qiao had not gone traveling with the man as expected, then decided she was ambitious and entertaining.
• Su Qiao inspected her bedroom and her reflection, then asked 444 to watch the door while she reviewed the Original Avatar’s memories.
• Su Qiao began recalling that the Original Avatar had grown up in a southern village and lost her parents in a landslide before living with her uncle.

After reviewing Su Qiao’s memories, she learned how her family’s abuse, Chen Jue’s betrayal, and a disastrous marriage had led to her death. In her new life, she asked 444 to gather jewelry information and planned to pursue her wish of becoming a top-tier jewelry designer while dealing with the people who had wronged her.

• Su Qiao recalled how she had worked her way through school and entered a jewelry design company, but began dating several men because she wanted wealth and no longer trusted love.
• Chen Jue exposed Su Qiao’s relationships, stole and destroyed her competition design, and caused her to be fired and pay heavy compensation.
• Su Qiao returned home, where her relatives forced her to marry a drunken man who later beat her to death; they accepted compensation and buried her without reporting the death.
• After sorting through the memories, Su Qiao asked 444 to collect information about jewelry so she could work toward becoming a top-tier designer.
• Su Qiao resolved to deal with her relatives, the drunken man, and Chen Jue in time, then asked 444 about the man living next door.

Su Qiao met her new coworker, Lu Han, and found him much cuter and more charming than 444’s vague warning had suggested. After sharing a cup of water with him, she watched him return to his room, still amused by his shy act.

• Su Qiao asked 444 what was strange about the new coworker, but 444 only said he liked playing with people.
• Su Qiao discovered she could not cultivate in her current body and looked around her room.
• Su Qiao saw Lu Han peeking out of the room next door and teased him for sneaking around.
• Lu Han claimed he had come out for water, and Su Qiao poured him a cup and handed it to him.
• Lu Han called Su Qiao “Sister Su,” thanked her, and returned to his room to read materials.
• Su Qiao admired Lu Han’s appearance and forgot she had gone out to use the bathroom.