Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao secretly claimed her lottery winnings and evaded detection before going to Autumn Memory Restaurant for a date with Gu Wenxuan. Lu Han was already inside, apparently following her, as Su Qiao met Gu Wenxuan and settled in for dinner.

• Liu Yan grew angry when Lu Han refused her gift and insulted Su Qiao after he left.
• Su Qiao disguised herself, claimed the lottery prize, and left with a bank card containing 8.96 million yuan after taxes.
• Su Qiao implanted hypnotic suggestions in the redemption-center staff and changed vehicles several times on her way back to work.
• Su Qiao noticed Lu Han was absent from his desk and left the company without seeing him.
• At Autumn Memory Restaurant, Little Four told Su Qiao that Lu Han was there too, and she suspected he had followed her.
• Su Qiao met Gu Wenxuan, who welcomed her warmly and had already ordered her favorite dishes.

Su Qiao used her concerns about dogs and cleanliness to unsettle Gu Wenxuan, a surgeon who doted on his puppies. After she ate food that had fallen on the table, Gu Wenxuan lost his appetite, and Su Qiao remembered something from her childhood.

• Gu Wenxuan introduced his puppy Little Wang to Su Qiao, who complained that dogs were dirty and might carry parasites.
• Gu Wenxuan suggested sending his puppies to his aunt when they had children, then bringing them back when the children were older.
• Su Qiao dropped a piece of meat on the table, picked it up, and ate it before Gu Wenxuan could stop her.
• Su Qiao explained that she had often eaten food dropped on tables and floors as a child, making Gu Wenxuan feel sick.
• Su Qiao secretly enjoyed seeing Gu Wenxuan's reaction and said she had suddenly remembered something from her childhood.

Su Qiao deliberately unsettled Gu Wenxuan by enthusiastically describing old-fashioned childcare and wound remedies until he hurriedly left the restaurant. She then acted surprised when her Little Friend approached her.

• Su Qiao told Gu Wenxuan about her grandmother’s plans to raise her future children and reuse her old clothes and diapers.
• Su Qiao described using spiderwebs and charcoal ash to treat wounds, making Gu Wenxuan increasingly uncomfortable.
• Gu Wenxuan tried to leave, but Su Qiao urged him to take the uneaten food home for his dogs.
• Gu Wenxuan refused and rushed out, while Su Qiao lamented that her image was ruined.
• Su Qiao’s Little Friend approached her, and she pretended their meeting was a coincidence.

Su Qiao treated Lu Han to a feast after celebrating that she had shaken off another persistent man. Their conversation turned to her decision not to have children, and Lu Han unexpectedly begged her not to die.

• Lu Han joined Su Qiao at her table, and she ordered the leftovers cleared before asking for the restaurant’s signature dishes and desserts.
• Su Qiao told Lu Han she was celebrating because she had finally shaken off the last Sticky Candy.
• Lu Han asked whether she meant the man from earlier, and Su Qiao joked that her beauty was to blame for attracting him.
• Su Qiao said she liked children but would never have any because childbirth was troublesome and dangerous.
• Lu Han imagined Su Qiao dying during childbirth and blurted out, “Don’t die,” leaving her confused.

After dinner, Su Qiao and Lu Han walked home together, drawing closer as Lu Han realized he had fallen for her. Near their rental, three thugs demanded the prize money Su Qiao had won, and she prepared to face them while sending Lu Han to hide.

• Lu Han admitted to himself that Su Qiao had stolen his heart and agreed that they were compatible.
• Su Qiao and Lu Han finished dinner and decided to walk home together.
• Three men blocked Su Qiao and Lu Han near a small park and demanded the money Su Qiao had won.
• Su Qiao pushed Lu Han behind her and told him to find somewhere farther away to hide while she dealt with the men.

Su Qiao beat three men who tried to extort her over her lottery winnings, while Lu Han watched in disbelief. After learning Chen Jue had deliberately spread the information, Su Qiao warned the men away, leaving Lu Han unconvinced by her tough talk.

• Lu Han offered the three men money, but Su Qiao took back his wallet and attacked them.
• Su Qiao knocked all three men down, impressing Lu Han with her fighting skills.
• Su Qiao demanded to know who had told the men about her lottery win, and they said they had overheard women discussing it.
• Su Qiao learned from Little Four that Chen Jue had deliberately let the men overhear her information.
• Su Qiao warned the men to stay away from her, then told Lu Han that her threat sounded cooler.

Su Qiao warned Lu Han about men’s vulnerabilities and recalled the first love who had hurt her, then suspected neighbor Chen Jue of spreading rumors about her winnings. She and Lu Han followed the neighbor through a park, but found no sign of wrongdoing and headed home.

• Su Qiao told Lu Han that the best way to intimidate someone was to strike where it hurt, and he resolved to behave himself around her.
• Su Qiao remembered the scumbag who had been her first love and said she would punish whoever spread rumors that she had won 1.8 million.
• Su Qiao recognized the neighbor carrying a swaddled baby and pulled Lu Han along to follow her through the park.
• Su Qiao and Lu Han watched the neighbor talk with another woman beside a tree, decided they had probably been mistaken, and prepared to return home.

Su Qiao realized the newborn next door had disappeared and suspected Old Lady Li had sold her to human traffickers. She rushed out with Lu Han to search for the child as Lin Mei confronted her mother-in-law and tried to call the police.

• Su Qiao heard the neighbors making a racket and learned from Xiao Si that their newborn was missing.
• Su Qiao recalled seeing a middle-aged woman meet an old lady in the park and asked 444 to investigate where the woman had gone.
• Su Qiao suspected the child’s grandmother had sold her and hurried outside to search, taking Lu Han by the hand.
• Old Lady Li blocked Lin Mei from leaving to call the police, claiming the baby had been sent to stay with her grandaunt.
• Lin Mei pleaded for her week-old, breastfeeding daughter and explained that she had vanished while Lin Mei was washing clothes and shoes.

Su Qiao learned that Old Lady Li and Zhang Shizhong planned to send baby Nini away, and suspected they had sold her to human traffickers. She confronted them and had Lu Han prepare to call the police, while Nini’s whereabouts remained to be confirmed.

• Old Lady Li insisted Nini should be sent to her great-aunt’s home, and Zhang Shizhong supported her despite Lin Mei’s protests.
• Su Qiao learned from 444 that a woman had Nini at a hotel with a man, and they planned to leave on the eleven o’clock train.
• Su Qiao accused Old Lady Li of selling Nini to human traffickers, prompting Lin Mei to panic and Zhang Shizhong to threaten to call the police.
• Several neighbors criticized Su Qiao for interfering, but she told Lu Han to report that a baby had been abducted.
• Old Lady Li lunged at Lu Han and shrieked for him not to call the police.

Su Qiao accused Old Lady Li of arranging to sell Lin Mei’s newborn daughter, Nini, and urged Lin Mei to go with her to rescue the baby. Lin Mei chose to leave, but Zhang Shizhong sided with his mother and demanded that Lin Mei apologize.

• Su Qiao shoved Old Lady Li and said she had seen her meeting a middle-aged woman in the park, whom Su Qiao suspected was a human trafficker.
• Lin Mei asked Su Qiao where Nini was, and Su Qiao said someone was watching the baby and promised to bring her back.
• Old Lady Li threatened to disown Lin Mei if she left, while Zhang Shizhong questioned whether Lin Mei trusted his mother.
• Su Qiao warned Lin Mei that her weakness could harm Nini’s future, and Lin Mei resolved to go with Su Qiao to get her daughter.
• Old Lady Li sat on the floor wailing, and Zhang Shizhong defended her before ordering Lin Mei to apologize.

Su Qiao helped Lin Mei leave Zhang Shizhong and his mother, and Lin Mei agreed to divorce her husband as they went to find her missing daughter. At a hotel near the train station, they recovered Nini, but Lin Mei realized her daughter was unresponsive.

• Su Qiao freed Lin Mei from Zhang Shizhong, and Lin Mei accepted his demand for a divorce.
• Su Qiao, Lu Han, and Lin Mei went to a hotel near the train station and forced their way into a room.
• Su Qiao subdued a middle-aged man while Lu Han restrained a woman.
• Lin Mei found Nini asleep on the bed and held her, then cried out when Nini did not wake up.

Su Qiao stopped two kidnappers from escaping after they drugged Lin Mei’s week-old daughter, and the police took the infant to the hospital. The child was found to be safe, while Lin Mei stayed beside her in the observation room.

• Su Qiao checked Lin Mei’s daughter and urged her to take the infant to the hospital after finding she had been given sleeping medicine.
• One kidnapper tried to flee, but Su Qiao stopped him with two golden needles and held him until the police arrived.
• Su Qiao told the officers that the kidnappers had drugged the child, and they took Lin Mei and her daughter to the hospital.
• The doctor found that the infant had received only a small amount of sleeping medicine, and Su Qiao and Lu Han later gave their statements at the police station.
• Su Qiao and Lu Han returned to the hospital, where Lin Mei watched over her daughter in the observation room.

After Nini recovered, Su Qiao asked Lin Mei about her plans and learned she had nowhere to turn for support. Su Qiao offered her money to secure a home and care for herself and Nini, leaving Lin Mei deeply grateful.

• Lin Mei told Su Qiao that Nini had taken medicine, drunk some milk, and gone back to sleep.
• Su Qiao asked what Lin Mei planned to do, and Lin Mei explained that her distant parents would reject her for being divorced and raising a child.
• Su Qiao offered Lin Mei fifty thousand yuan to rent a place and settle in, while Lu Han also offered to help with his savings.
• Su Qiao transferred money to Lin Mei and urged her to hire a postpartum nanny and take care of herself and Nini.
• Lin Mei promised to repay Su Qiao, but Su Qiao told her to focus on being kind to herself and her daughter.

Su Qiao encouraged Lin Mei to leave her abusive husband so her daughter could grow up safe and loved. After Lin Mei promised not to turn back, Lu Han tried to learn what Su Qiao thought of him.

• Su Qiao told Lin Mei that her painful childhood had left her afraid of marriage and children, and urged her to protect Nini from the same fate.
• Lin Mei resolved not to return to her husband and decided that raising Nini alone would be better than keeping her in an abusive family.
• Su Qiao gave Lin Mei a bag of supplies for her and Nini before leaving with Lu Han.
• Lu Han praised Su Qiao's kindness and promised that he would love his future wife and children, then awkwardly admitted he still did not want children.
• Lu Han stopped Su Qiao from pressing the elevator button and nervously asked what she thought of him; she said he was pretty good.

Lu Han asked Su Qiao to be his girlfriend, and she accepted after teasing him about being younger and immature. She made clear that she would never want children, and Lu Han happily promised he would respect that.

• Lu Han asked Su Qiao to be his girlfriend, and she called him passable but said she preferred mature men.
• Su Qiao teased Lu Han about his love of desserts and milk tea, while he defended his hobbies and insisted he was mature.
• Su Qiao agreed to temporarily make Lu Han her boyfriend and told him she would not have children.
• Lu Han excitedly promised to treat Su Qiao well and accept having no children, then held her hand all the way there.

Su Qiao and Lu Han returned home after finding the missing child, who was recovering in the hospital. Neighbors told them the police had taken away the mother-in-law accused of selling the child, then admired Su Qiao and Lu Han as a successful couple.

• In the taxi, Su Qiao teased Lu Han for staring at her, and he hurried to shield her head when they got out.
• Su Qiao and Lu Han reached their twelfth-floor apartment, where neighbors asked about the child.
• Su Qiao told the neighbors the child was in the hospital after being drugged but would be fine once they woke up.
• The neighbors said the police had taken the old woman away after the trafficker confessed she had sold the child, and they criticized the family for mistreating the child's mother.
• A neighbor asked whether Lu Han was Su Qiao's boyfriend, and Su Qiao said they were a couple and both worked as jewelry designers.
• Su Qiao told the neighbors they made some investments and hoped to buy a larger place downtown, prompting them to remark on their branded clothes and accessories.

Su Qiao returned home and introduced Lu Han as her boyfriend, openly accepting his serious declarations of love. Chen Jue questioned whether he could support Su Qiao, leaving their conversation tense.

• The neighbors praised Su Qiao for rescuing a child and condemned the rumors about her.
• Su Qiao confronted Chen Jue about staying home and heard that she planned to move in with Duan Ruifeng.
• Lu Han gave Su Qiao honey water, and she introduced him to Chen Jue as her boyfriend.
• Lu Han declared that he intended to marry Su Qiao and wanted to be with her forever, which pleased her.
• Chen Jue challenged Su Qiao's choice, pointing out that Lu Han was a newly graduated designer who could barely support himself.

Su Qiao used Lu Han’s devotion and her supposed lottery winnings to make Chen Jue jealous, then learned from 444 that his gold card held more than a billion yuan. The chapter ended with Su Qiao wondering if she could still take back her offer to support him.

• Su Qiao asked whether Lu Han would stay with her if she became seriously ill, and he promised to remain by her side even if she could not be cured.
• Su Qiao kissed Lu Han and told Chen Jue that she would not trade him for money, then claimed she had won first prize in the lottery.
• Su Qiao said she had won around ten million yuan and invested it in stocks, then returned Lu Han’s gold card and offered to support him.
• Lu Han accepted Su Qiao’s offer, while 444 revealed that his card held more than a billion yuan.
• Su Qiao silently regretted giving the card back and wondered if it was too late to take back her offer.

After Lu Han and Su Qiao agreed they could earn the money themselves, Su Qiao explained why she disliked Chen Jue and teased Lu Han about making him wait before he could move in with her. Lu Han left her room wanting to become official as soon as possible, while Su Qiao went to bed.

• Su Qiao returned to her room, and Chen Jue sat alone, wavering between jealousy and glee.
• Lu Han asked whether Su Qiao disliked Chen Jue, and Su Qiao said Chen Jue had badmouthed and tripped her up since childhood.
• Lu Han offered to get rid of Chen Jue, but Su Qiao said she preferred watching Chen Jue envy her and suffer.
• Lu Han called Su Qiao wicked and confessed that he liked her, then asked when she would let him stay in her room.
• Su Qiao told Lu Han he would have to perform well before she let him move in, and he left after kissing her cheek near the corner of her lips.
• Su Qiao told 444 she had rewarded Lu Han with a kiss to motivate him, then washed up and went to bed.

Lu Han and Su Qiao spent their day off cooking together, but a call from Su Qiao’s former college boyfriend made Lu Han jealous. After she explained how the man had cheated on her, Lu Han comforted her, and she chose to leave the past behind and focus on their life together.

• Lu Han and Su Qiao went to the supermarket to buy ingredients for their days off and began cooking at home.
• Su Qiao blocked a caller, and Lu Han pressed her about whether the man was one of her former suitors.
• Su Qiao explained that the caller was a college boyfriend who had once helped her but later cheated on her for a richer woman.
• Lu Han wished he had met Su Qiao sooner so he could have spared her hardship.
• Su Qiao told Lu Han she wanted to look forward, and he promised not to let anyone bully her again.