Recaps

Qiao Hua continued to hide her pregnancy while Gu Junxing unexpectedly softened toward her and urged her to have a child with Gu Wenze. At dinner, Jiang Nan arrived to see Gu Wenze, leaving the uneasy household facing her presence.

• Qiao Hua returned home and traded barbed remarks with Gu Junxing, who showed her a clean medical report and said he had been tested.
• Gu Junxing suggested Qiao Hua get checked and have a child with Gu Wenze to secure her place in the Gu family, but she refused to discuss it.
• Gu Wenze told Gu Junxing he had spoken to their mother and asked him to return to the family residence to make amends.
• At dinner, Gu Junxing noticed the distance between Qiao Hua and Gu Wenze, but the doorbell interrupted him.
• Jiang Nan arrived at the Gu home while Qiao Hua, Gu Wenze, and Gu Junxing were eating.

Qiao Hua invited Jiang Nan to stay for dinner, hoping to create time alone for her and Gu Wenze, while Gu Junxing grew worried about the tense situation. Qiao Hua and Gu Junxing left the table, and Gu Junxing called after her as she headed upstairs.

• Jiang Nan visited Gu Wenze's house to see Gu Junxing, and Gu Wenze questioned how she knew he was there.
• Gu Junxing invited Jiang Nan to dine elsewhere, but Qiao Hua persuaded her to stay for dinner.
• Jiang Nan learned that Gu Junxing had broken up with his girlfriend and tried to draw Gu Wenze into conversation.
• Qiao Hua teased Gu Wenze about Jiang Nan's presence, then left the table early to give them time alone.
• Gu Junxing also left the table and hurried after Qiao Hua, calling to her as she reached the corner.

Qiao Hua told Gu Junxing she no longer loved Gu Wenze and wanted a divorce, while Jiang Nan tried to turn Gu Wenze against her over dinner. After Gu Junxing urged his brother not to divorce Qiao Hua, Gu Wenze confronted her about inviting Jiang Nan to dinner.

• Gu Junxing warned Qiao Hua that Jiang Nan might rekindle Gu Wenze's old feelings, but Qiao Hua said she wanted a divorce and her share of the assets.
• At dinner, Jiang Nan asked Gu Wenze if she had upset him, then suggested Qiao Hua was unhappy about her visit; Gu Wenze defended Qiao Hua's invitation.
• After Jiang Nan left, Gu Junxing told Gu Wenze that Qiao Hua seemed changed and wanted to set him up with Jiang Nan, then urged him not to divorce her.
• Gu Wenze caught Qiao Hua as she left her room and demanded to know why she had invited Jiang Nan to dinner.

Qiao Hua told Gu Wenze she wanted a divorce, but he continued to suspect she was acting out of jealousy over Jiang Nan. After Yan Yu drove Qiao Hua home through heavy rain, Gu Wenze saw them together and asked who Yan Yu was.

• Qiao Hua insisted to Gu Wenze that she wanted a divorce so he could be with Jiang Nan, but Gu Wenze accused her of scheming and refused to believe her.
• Qiao Hua waited outside work in heavy rain because she had no umbrella, and Yan Yu offered her a ride home.
• During the drive, Yan Yu asked why Qiao Hua's husband had not picked her up, and she said Gu Wenze was busy and she did not want to trouble him.
• Yan Yu walked Qiao Hua to her villa under his umbrella and agreed to accept her offer of a meal as thanks.
• After Yan Yu drove away, Qiao Hua turned and found Gu Wenze at the entrance; he asked who the man was.

Qiao Hua presented Gu Wenze with a divorce agreement, but he tore it up and refused to let her initiate their divorce. After ignoring her messages, Gu Wenze called her and heard another man speaking beside her, leaving him demanding to know who it was.

• Qiao Hua told Gu Wenze that Yan Yu was her boss and explained that he had driven her home because she lacked an umbrella.
• Qiao Hua gave Gu Wenze a divorce agreement, but he accused her of having another backer and tore the document in half.
• Gu Wenze left home for several days, while Qiao Hua sent him messages offering to accept a smaller settlement so he could be with Jiang Nan.
• Yan Yu asked Qiao Hua to honor her offer to treat him to a meal, and she agreed to go to a French restaurant with him.
• Gu Wenze read Qiao Hua's messages, called her, and heard Yan Yu speak in the background before demanding to know who was beside her.

Qiao Hua rejected Gu Wenze’s attempt to question her about Yan Yu and insisted that she would only discuss their divorce. She went to dinner with Yan Yu, where their easy conversation brought them closer, until an unexpected voice interrupted them.

• Yan Yu told Qiao Hua he had booked a restaurant, and she dismissed Gu Wenze’s call as a nuisance call.
• Gu Wenze questioned Qiao Hua about Yan Yu and whether they were having dinner, but she refused to discuss anything except their divorce and hung up.
• Gu Wenze canceled his plan to accompany Jiang Nan to the hospital, leaving her worried that Qiao Hua was involved.
• Qiao Hua and Yan Yu shared dinner, and Qiao Hua realized they had been close during university and were growing closer again.
• An unfamiliar voice interrupted Qiao Hua and Yan Yu’s dinner, saying it was a coincidence to find them there.

Qiao Hua had dinner with her boss and college friend Yan Yu when her husband, Gu Wenze, arrived and became jealous of their closeness. After dragging her from the restaurant, Gu Wenze questioned how she had joined Yan Yu’s company and ordered her to resign the next day.

• Gu Wenze introduced himself to Yan Yu as Qiao Hua’s husband and joined their dinner after claiming his business partner had canceled.
• Yan Yu peeled shrimp for Qiao Hua, prompting Gu Wenze to slam down his chopsticks and demand that she come home.
• Qiao Hua refused to leave, but Gu Wenze took her phone and dragged her out of the restaurant despite Yan Yu asking him to let her go.
• Outside, Gu Wenze confronted Qiao Hua about working for Yan Yu, and she said she had applied without knowing it was his company.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua to resign from Yan Yu’s company the next day.

Gu Wenze demanded that Qiao Hua quit her job because he suspected Yan Yu was interested in her, but she refused unless he fired Jiang Nan and made her his secretary. After Qiao Hua reminded him they were getting divorced, Gu Wenze kissed her, while Jiang Nan secretly contacted his cousin Gu Jinman to help keep Qiao Hua away from him.

• Gu Wenze ordered Qiao Hua to quit her job, claiming Yan Yu had ulterior motives toward her, and offered to arrange another position at his company.
• Qiao Hua demanded that Gu Wenze fire Jiang Nan and make her his secretary, then refused to quit when he declined.
• Qiao Hua told Gu Wenze to sign the divorce agreement, and he shoved her against the car and kissed her while restraining her attempts to fight back.
• Jiang Nan witnessed Gu Wenze kissing Qiao Hua, feared he had fallen for her, and called Gu Jinman to arrange a meal.
• Gu Wenze touched Qiao Hua's exposed skin as she struggled to recover from the kiss.

Qiao Hua resisted Gu Wenze’s advances and refused to quit her job unless he fired Jiang Nan, while Gu Junxing told Gu Wenze that Qiao Hua had saved their mother and questioned whether Gu Wenze had misunderstood the incident that led to their marriage. Gu Wenze remained suspicious of Qiao Hua and challenged his brother for defending her.

• Qiao Hua stopped Gu Wenze from going further by invoking Jiang Nan, and Gu Wenze declared that she would never get a divorce without his permission.
• Qiao Hua again refused to quit her job unless Gu Wenze fired Jiang Nan, and Gu Wenze assumed she was staying because of another man.
• Gu Junxing arrived at the villa after apologizing to his mother, and Gu Wenze warned him not to make the same mistake again.
• Gu Junxing told Gu Wenze that Qiao Hua had warned their mother about a dangerous clinic and that Jiang Nan had known of the danger but said nothing.
• Gu Junxing suggested that a misunderstanding might have caused Gu Wenze to believe Qiao Hua had drugged him, but Gu Wenze cited the waiter’s confession and questioned why his brother was defending her.

Qiao Hua told Yan Yu she was going through the divorce process, then rejected Gu Wenze’s demand that she cut off contact with Yan Yu. Gu Wenze asked when she would return to the master bedroom and accused her of wanting a divorce because of Yan Yu.

• Qiao Hua apologized to Yan Yu for their interrupted dinner and admitted she and Gu Wenze were going through the divorce process.
• Yan Yu said he supported Qiao Hua and regretted not confessing his feelings after graduation.
• Gu Wenze confronted Qiao Hua about helping Weng Fenghua, then offered to let her keep her job if she stayed away from Yan Yu outside work.
• Qiao Hua reluctantly agreed, while privately intending to decide for herself how to follow through.
• Gu Wenze stopped Qiao Hua from closing the door and asked when she would move back into the master bedroom.
• Qiao Hua said she would move out after their divorce, and Gu Wenze asked if she wanted the divorce because of Yan Yu.

Qiao Hua tried to persuade Gu Wenze to accept their divorce, but he refused because he suspected she wanted to be with Yan Yu. The next day, Yan Yu comforted Qiao Hua about her marriage and privately wondered whether her divorce would give him a chance with her.

• Qiao Hua told Gu Wenze their marriage problems had nothing to do with Yan Yu and urged him to sign the divorce agreement, but Gu Wenze refused and warned her to give up on Yan Yu.
• Qiao Hua tried to bring up the divorce again the next morning, but the nanny told her Gu Wenze had already left.
• Qiao Hua met Yan Yu in the elevator on her way to work, and he asked whether she and Gu Wenze had argued after dinner.
• Qiao Hua told Yan Yu she was divorcing Gu Wenze because he loved someone else, and Yan Yu said Gu Wenze had terrible taste for failing to appreciate her.
• After Qiao Hua left the elevator, Yan Yu watched her and wondered whether her divorce would give him a chance with her.

Jiang Nan and Gu Jinman discussed Qiao Hua over dinner, while Qiao Hua repeatedly called Gu Wenze to negotiate their divorce. Gu Wenze defended Qiao Hua, then left Jiang Nan with the driver after she pretended to injure her ankle, and Gu Jinman secretly photographed them embracing.

• Jiang Nan met Gu Jinman, who comforted her and promised to protect her from Qiao Hua, while Jiang Nan hinted that Qiao Hua had mistreated her.
• Qiao Hua repeatedly called Gu Wenze to discuss their divorce, but Gu Jinman answered his phone and insulted her while Jiang Nan pretended to defend her.
• Gu Wenze returned, rebuked Gu Jinman for disparaging Qiao Hua, and later called Qiao Hua back after seeing her missed calls.
• Qiao Hua offered to give up the house in exchange for money, but Gu Wenze angrily hung up and threatened to deal with her when he got home.
• Jiang Nan pretended to stumble into Gu Wenze's arms, and Gu Jinman secretly photographed them before Gu Wenze offered to have a driver take Jiang Nan to the hospital.

Jiang Nan tried to reconnect with Gu Wenze, but he left their meal early and returned to confront Qiao Hua over her phone call about divorce. Their argument ended when Qiao Hua splashed water in Gu Wenze’s face as he approached her.

• Jiang Nan declined Gu Wenze’s offer to take her to the hospital after twisting her ankle and returned to the restaurant with him.
• Gu Wenze left the meal early, and Gu Jinman sent Qiao Hua a photo of him embracing Jiang Nan before learning that her boyfriend and best friend could not meet her.
• Gu Wenze confronted Qiao Hua at the villa about her divorce request, and she demanded a reason to stay married.
• Qiao Hua showed Gu Wenze the photo and threatened to sue him for adultery, but he warned that the Gu Family’s lawyers could leave her with nothing.
• Gu Wenze advanced on Qiao Hua, and she splashed the water from her glass in his face.

After Qiao Hua stopped Gu Wenze from taking advantage of her, he warned Gu Jinman to stay out of their relationship. The next morning, Gu Jinman confronted Qiao Hua, heard her thoughts about being betrayed and sold by her boyfriend and best friend, and began to doubt them when neither answered her calls.

• Qiao Hua splashed water on Gu Wenze and fled, while he called Gu Jinman and warned her not to interfere with him and Qiao Hua.
• Gu Jinman told Jiang Nan that Gu Wenze had scolded her for sending Qiao Hua a photo of him helping Jiang Nan.
• The next morning, Gu Jinman confronted Qiao Hua at her office and urged her to divorce Gu Wenze so he could be with Jiang Nan.
• Gu Jinman heard Qiao Hua's thoughts predicting that her boyfriend and best friend would betray her and sell her to human traffickers.
• Gu Jinman called her boyfriend and best friend, found both lines busy, and wondered whether Qiao Hua's warning was true.

Gu Jinman confronted Song Zixuan about his call with Xu Peiya, then believed his excuse that he was planning an anniversary gift. Qiao Hua accepted Yan Yu’s invitation to a business banquet, while Gu Wenze asked her to attend one with him and insulted her after she refused.

• Gu Jinman accused Song Zixuan of cheating with Xu Peiya, but he claimed he had called Xu Peiya to ask about an anniversary gift, and Gu Jinman believed him.
• Qiao Hua told Yan Yu that Gu Family members looked down on her, then agreed to accompany him to a business banquet the next evening.
• Gu Wenze received an invitation to a business gala and thought of a smiling face before putting the invitation away from Jiang Nan.
• Gu Wenze asked Qiao Hua to accompany him to a banquet, but she refused because she had other plans.
• Gu Wenze angrily told Qiao Hua she was unfit to appear in public and would disgrace the Gu Family.

Gu Wenze left after Qiao Hua showed no jealousy about his dinner with Jiang Nan. The next evening, Qiao Hua attended a banquet with Yan Yu, where her striking appearance drew attention away from Jiang Nan.

• Gu Wenze accepted Jiang Nan's dinner invitation after noticing Qiao Hua listening, then stormed out when she seemed indifferent.
• Gu Wenze stayed away overnight, while Qiao Hua hoped he and Jiang Nan would get together so her mission could end.
• Yan Yu picked Qiao Hua up for a banquet and gave her an expensive black evening gown to wear.
• Yan Yu praised Qiao Hua's appearance, and they entered the banquet together as guests began asking about their relationship.
• Gu Jinman complimented Jiang Nan, but the guests' attention shifted to Qiao Hua when she appeared in the hall.

At a business banquet, Qiao Hua was confronted by Gu Jinman and Jiang Nan, who assumed she had arrived without an invitation. Yan Yu revealed that he had invited Qiao Hua as his date, and the chapter ended when they ran into Gu Wenze.

• Gu Jinman and Jiang Nan criticized Qiao Hua's dress and demanded to know how she had entered the banquet.
• Qiao Hua challenged Gu Jinman to leave if she had organized the event, while Jiang Nan pretended to offer a gentle warning.
• Yan Yu arrived and said he had invited Qiao Hua as his date, leaving Gu Jinman humiliated and Jiang Nan displeased.
• Yan Yu and Qiao Hua walked away together, and Qiao Hua told him Jiang Nan was her husband's first love.
• Qiao Hua and Yan Yu came face-to-face with Gu Wenze, whose expression turned icy when he saw them.

Qiao Hua attended a business banquet with her boss, Yan Yu, provoking Gu Wenze's jealousy and a confrontation. Gu Wenze dragged her into a room and demanded she quit her job with Yan Yu, but Qiao Hua refused, leaving him furious.

• Gu Wenze confronted Qiao Hua and Yan Yu at the banquet, while Gu Jinman accused Qiao Hua of seducing Yan Yu and Qiao Hua retorted that Yan Yu was her boss.
• Yan Yu left Qiao Hua to mingle, and she went upstairs to get some air before Gu Wenze pulled her into a dim room.
• Gu Wenze accused Qiao Hua of getting too close to Yan Yu and demanded to know whether she liked him.
• Qiao Hua explained that Yan Yu had asked her to accompany him at the last minute, but Gu Wenze refused to believe her.
• Gu Wenze ordered Qiao Hua to quit working for Yan Yu, and she refused, prompting him to say she had really angered him.

Gu Wenze cornered Qiao Hua and suspected she was pregnant, but she escaped before he could press her further. After Jiang Nan led him away, Gu Wenze texted Qiao Hua a threat demanding that she quit her job.

• Gu Wenze pinned Qiao Hua against a wall and demanded that she quit her job and cut contact with Yan Yu, while she insisted she would not keep him away from Jiang Nan.
• Gu Wenze felt Qiao Hua's swollen abdomen and asked if she was pregnant, but she denied it and refused to have a child with him.
• People outside the storage room interrupted Gu Wenze, allowing Qiao Hua to escape and return downstairs to Yan Yu.
• Gu Wenze approached Qiao Hua, but Jiang Nan stopped him to take him back to meet the head of the Facheng Group.
• Gu Wenze texted Qiao Hua that she had to tell Yan Yu she was quitting before the end of the day or face consequences.

Qiao Hua attended a business banquet with Yan Yu, then clashed with Gu Wenze over her job and his attempt to resign on her behalf. The next morning, Gu Wenze ordered her to stay home, and the nanny stopped her from leaving.

• At the banquet, Gu Wenze considered transferring Jiang Nan because of Qiao Hua, then abandoned the idea.
• After Yan Yu drove Qiao Hua home, Gu Wenze confronted her about ignoring his text telling her to quit.
• Gu Wenze sent Yan Yu a resignation text from Qiao Hua's phone and insisted he could resign on his wife's behalf.
• When Qiao Hua told Yan Yu she would come to work, Gu Wenze hung up and smashed her phone.
• The next morning, Qiao Hua prepared to go to the office, but the nanny told her Gu Wenze had ordered her to stay home.

Qiao Hua was confined to the villa by Gu Wenze, and her attempt to escape left her with severe stomach pain. After a doctor examined her without discovering her pregnancy, she pretended to agree to resign from Yan Yu's company so Gu Wenze would let her out.

• Qiao Hua tried to leave the villa but two bodyguards blocked her under Gu Wenze's orders.
• Gu Wenze returned and said he would keep Qiao Hua confined until she agreed to resign from Yan Yu's company.
• Qiao Hua tried to run past Gu Wenze, who caught and flung her onto the sofa, leaving her with stomach pain.
• Gu Wenze called You Xiaonian, who examined Qiao Hua and said her pain was probably caused by a stomach condition.
• Gu Wenze offered to release Qiao Hua if she promised not to return to Yan Yu's company, and she pretended to agree.
• Gu Wenze gave Qiao Hua his phone and told her to call Yan Yu and say she had quit.

Qiao Hua tried to regain contact with Yan Yu and return to work, but Gu Wenze kept her under surveillance. She secretly went to the hospital to arrange an abortion, and Gu Wenze overheard her thoughts as she lied about the visit.

• Gu Wenze made Qiao Hua call Yan Yu and quit her assistant job, then warned her not to return to Yan Yu's company.
• Qiao Hua planned to visit Yan Yu, but Gu Wenze insisted a bodyguard accompany her as she looked for work.
• Qiao Hua spent the day submitting résumés while a bodyguard monitored her and reported back to Gu Wenze.
• Qiao Hua went to the hospital after Gu Wenze left, shook off the bodyguards, and obtained an appointment slip for an abortion.
• Gu Wenze called to ask why Qiao Hua was at the hospital, and she claimed she was having a routine blood test.
• Gu Wenze heard Qiao Hua think that she had come to abort his child.

Gu Wenze discovered that Qiao Hua was pregnant and learned she had gone to the hospital to terminate the pregnancy without telling him. He reached the operating room in time to halt the procedure and confronted her about lying.

• Gu Wenze overheard Qiao Hua thinking that she was about to have an abortion and realized she was pregnant.
• Gu Wenze asked his assistant to investigate Qiao Hua’s hospital visit and learned she had collected a pregnancy test confirming she was one month pregnant.
• Gu Wenze realized the pregnancy had resulted from the night he slept with Qiao Hua and called his bodyguards to find her hospital.
• Qiao Hua entered the operating room and agreed to terminate the pregnancy, but the medical staff halted the procedure.
• Gu Wenze arrived at the hospital and confronted Qiao Hua, accusing her of planning to have an abortion behind his back.

Gu Wenze stopped Qiao Hua from having an abortion after learning she was pregnant, and she insisted he would never have wanted the child. He took her from the hospital, confronted her about her plans to divorce him and possibly be with Yan Yu, then kissed her furiously and vowed to make sure she kept the baby.

• Gu Wenze stopped Qiao Hua's abortion procedure and confronted her, but she admitted she wanted to end the pregnancy.
• Gu Wenze suspected the child might be Yan Yu's until he remembered Qiao Hua's pregnancy report and realized she could not have been with Yan Yu.
• Gu Wenze dragged Qiao Hua from the hospital and ordered the driver to take them away, ignoring her demands to be released.
• Qiao Hua told Gu Wenze she planned to abort the child and divorce him because she assumed he would not want it.
• After hearing Qiao Hua's thoughts about being with Yan Yu, Gu Wenze pinned her down, kissed her, and vowed to prevent her from aborting the child.

Qiao Hua refused to keep Gu Wenze’s baby, but Gu Wenze insisted she carry it and ordered the nanny to move her belongings back into the master bedroom. The chapter left Qiao Hua facing Gu Wenze’s attempt to control where she lived.

• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua she had to keep the baby, and she argued that he should have a child with Jiang Nan instead.
• Qiao Hua accused Gu Wenze of crossing the line with Jiang Nan, while Gu Wenze assumed she wanted a divorce because she was jealous.
• Qiao Hua claimed she had fallen for Yan Yu, and Gu Wenze threatened her not to abort the baby.
• Back at the villa, Gu Wenze ordered the nanny to prepare pregnancy-supporting soup, but Qiao Hua repeated that she would not have the baby.
• Gu Wenze followed Qiao Hua to the guest room and ordered the nanny to move Qiao Hua’s things back into the master bedroom.