Recaps

Gu Wenze brought his wife, Qiao Hua, to visit the Ruan Family, where they met Ruan Hanli and her parents. In Ruan Hanli’s room, an old photo and a childhood promise revealed how close she and Gu Wenze had once been.

• Qiao Hua resisted visiting the Ruan Family, but Gu Wenze persuaded her to come by teasing that they could stay home and do something else.
• Gu Wenze introduced Qiao Hua as his wife to Mr. and Mrs. Ruan, who had heard rumors about how she married into the Gu Family.
• Ruan Hanli greeted Gu Wenze affectionately, then took Qiao Hua upstairs after Qiao Hua agreed to let her use her name in private.
• When Mrs. Ruan hinted at rumors about Qiao Hua, Gu Wenze said Qiao Hua was the woman he loved.
• Ruan Hanli showed Qiao Hua a childhood photo of herself with Gu Wenze and said he had promised to marry her.

Qiao Hua visited Ruan Hanli and learned that Gu Wenze had never promised to marry her, while Ruan Hanli tried to probe Qiao Hua about her relationship with him. As Qiao Hua and Gu Wenze prepared to leave, a servant bumped into Qiao Hua, and the visit ended with news that Ruan Hanli's necklace was missing.

• Qiao Hua and Ruan Hanli looked through childhood photographs, and Qiao Hua dismissed Ruan Hanli's claims that Gu Wenze had once promised to marry her.
• Ruan Hanli asked Qiao Hua about Jiang Nan, and Qiao Hua said she did not know whether Gu Wenze liked her.
• Gu Wenze arrived, denied ever saying he would marry Ruan Hanli, and took Qiao Hua home.
• A servant accidentally bumped into Qiao Hua, and Gu Wenze checked whether she was hurt while Qiao Hua assumed he was concerned about the baby.
• As Qiao Hua and Gu Wenze were about to leave, a servant reported that Ruan Hanli's necklace was missing.

At the Ruan family villa, Qiao Hua was framed for stealing Ruan Hanli’s diamond necklace, but Gu Wenze defended her and prevented a search. After leaving, Qiao Hua revealed the necklace had been planted in her pocket, and Gu Wenze said he trusted her.

• The Ruan family discovered Ruan Hanli’s necklace was missing, and a maid said Qiao Hua was the only person who had entered her room.
• Gu Wenze challenged the maid to produce proof and threatened to sue her for defamation if a search found nothing, so the maid backed down.
• Mr. Ruan confronted Ruan Hanli, suspected she had framed Qiao Hua, then accepted her denial and told the family to keep looking for the necklace.
• After leaving the villa, Qiao Hua found the missing necklace in her pocket and concluded the maid had planted it there.
• Gu Wenze tossed the necklace into the bushes, and when Qiao Hua asked whether he trusted her, he assured her that he did.

Qiao Hua confronted Ruan Hanli after the necklace incident, while Gu Wenze surprised her by keeping his distance from Ruan Hanli. He insisted Qiao Hua join him for a business dinner, but she learned he mainly wanted her to try a renowned chef’s cooking.

• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua he trusted her and promised to investigate the necklace incident, though she doubted he would challenge the Ruan Family.
• At work, Qiao Hua rejected Ruan Hanli’s apology, accused her of acting, and warned her to stay away.
• Gu Wenze rebuked Ruan Hanli when she tried to take his arm, reminding her to keep her distance from a married man.
• Qiao Hua questioned Gu Wenze about his harshness toward Ruan Hanli, but he instead ordered her to accompany him to a business dinner.
• Gu Wenze explained that he wanted Qiao Hua to try food prepared by a nationally renowned five-star chef.

Gu Wenze took Qiao Hua to a business dinner, where the clients noticed their closeness and President Luo made an unwelcome advance on her. Gu Wenze returned and stopped him, snapping his wrist after warning him that he had crossed the line.

• Gu Wenze took Qiao Hua to a private dining room and introduced her to the clients as his secretary.
• Gu Wenze let Qiao Hua choose the dishes and refused to make her drink for him when President Li offered a toast.
• After Gu Wenze left to take a call, President Luo offered Qiao Hua a job and touched her thigh.
• President Luo reached toward Qiao Hua's clothes, and Gu Wenze grabbed his wrist when he returned.
• Gu Wenze warned President Luo that he had crossed the line, then snapped his wrist.

Gu Wenze attacked President Luo after he groped Qiao Hua, then confronted her about not fighting back. Qiao Hua fell asleep on the ride home, and Gu Wenze arranged for President Luo to receive special treatment at the hospital.

• President Luo groped Qiao Hua, so Gu Wenze broke his wrist and threatened him before taking Qiao Hua away.
• Qiao Hua asked Gu Wenze to let President Luo go, and President Luo apologized and begged her to intervene.
• In the parking garage, Gu Wenze scolded Qiao Hua for not fighting back, while she teased him and avoided his attempted kiss.
• Qiao Hua got into the car and fell asleep beneath Gu Wenze's jacket during the drive home.
• After they arrived at the villa, Gu Wenze called Lin Chao and told him to make sure President Luo's hospital care was thorough.

Qiao Hua learned that an anonymous person had exposed her relationship with Gu Wenze at the company, reigniting rumors that she had used connections to get her job. She suggested resigning, but Gu Wenze refused and accused her of wanting to work at Yan Yu's Company.

• Qiao Hua asked Gu Wenze whether he had carried her to the car, then rode with him to work while keeping their relationship discreet.
• At the company, Qiao Hua heard coworkers whispering about her and learned that an anonymous email had shared a video and photo of her with Gu Wenze.
• Qiao Hua confirmed her relationship with Gu Wenze to Assistant Du, who told her people were accusing her of using connections and causing Jiang Nan to be fired.
• Qiao Hua told Gu Wenze about the leaked footage, and he denied exposing their relationship himself.
• Qiao Hua suggested resigning to escape the gossip, but Gu Wenze grabbed her arm and accused her of wanting to return to Yan Yu's Company.

Qiao Hua faced office gossip accusing her of being Gu Wenze’s mistress, while she rejected Ruan Hanli’s attempt to comfort her. Gu Wenze publicly declared Qiao Hua his wife and left the cafeteria with her, warning the staff to stop spreading rumors.

• Qiao Hua refused to let Gu Wenze prevent her from resigning and heard employees gossiping about her in the restroom.
• Ruan Hanli told Qiao Hua she believed the rumors were meant to target her, but Qiao Hua accused her of pretending to care.
• Qiao Hua ate lunch with Assistant Du while coworkers called her Gu Wenze’s mistress, and she stopped Assistant Du from confronting them.
• Gu Wenze arrived and told the cafeteria that Qiao Hua was his wife, then insisted she return to the office with him.
• Qiao Hua went along with Gu Wenze’s public display of affection, and he warned the employees not to spread rumors about his wife.

After Gu Wenze publicly confirmed that he and Qiao Hua were married, the company’s rumors about her being his mistress faded, and Qiao Hua continued working for him. While delivering a document for Assistant Du, Qiao Hua became dizzy and weak, and President Zhu grabbed her, revealing that someone had arranged for her to be brought to him.

• Gu Wenze announced that he and Qiao Hua were married and threatened to fire whoever had spread the rumors, leaving Ruan Hanli distressed.
• Qiao Hua confronted Gu Wenze about revealing their marriage, but he warned her not to plan to divorce him and forbade her from resigning.
• News of the marriage spread through the company, shifting coworkers’ opinions of Qiao Hua and allowing her to ride home openly with Gu Wenze.
• Assistant Du asked Qiao Hua to deliver a document while she rushed to the hospital, and Qiao Hua agreed.
• At President Zhu’s office, Qiao Hua waited for half an hour, then became dizzy and weak as she tried to leave.
• President Zhu caught Qiao Hua from behind and called her an exquisite beauty, suggesting she had been deliberately sent to him.

Drugged and trapped in Zhu Dejie’s office, Qiao Hua fought to protect herself while Gu Wenze searched for her. Gu Wenze found her injured in the locked resting room and shouted her name.

• Zhu Dejie lunged at Qiao Hua, but she shoved him away and escaped into the resting room, locking him outside.
• With her phone missing and the drug affecting her, Qiao Hua smashed a lamp and held a shard to stay alert.
• Gu Wenze noticed Qiao Hua was missing and learned she had gone to Warm Sun Technology to deliver a document for Assistant Du.
• Gu Wenze rushed to Warm Sun Technology, where Zhu Dejie denied that Qiao Hua was there.
• After hearing something fall inside the locked resting room, Gu Wenze kicked the door open and found Qiao Hua curled in a corner with a shard in her bleeding hand.

Gu Wenze rescued Qiao Hua after Zhu Dejie drugged her and took her to the hospital, where a doctor treated her and warned that the drug could have endangered her pregnancy. Gu Wenze confronted Zhu Dejie afterward and learned that someone had instructed him to target Qiao Hua.

• Gu Wenze found Qiao Hua injured and drugged, then punched Zhu Dejie and rushed her to the hospital.
• A doctor treated Qiao Hua and said the drug’s effects would wear off, but it could have endangered her pregnancy.
• Gu Wenze left Qiao Hua resting and ordered Lin Chao and the bodyguards to bring Zhu Dejie to him.
• Gu Wenze questioned Zhu Dejie about targeting Qiao Hua and ordered his hands broken when he suspected Zhu Dejie was lying.
• Zhu Dejie admitted that an unknown caller had told him Qiao Hua would deliver documents and encouraged him to assault her.

Gu Wenze punished Zhu Dejie for drugging and hurting Qiao Hua, then stayed beside her as she recovered in the hospital. Qiao Hua suggested Ruan Hanli might be behind the setup, and Gu Wenze insisted he believed her.

• Gu Wenze stabbed Zhu Dejie through the palm, then ordered the bodyguards to take him to the police station.
• Qiao Hua woke in the hospital and realized Gu Wenze had saved her and stayed by her bedside.
• Gu Wenze explained that Assistant Du had told him Qiao Hua went to deliver documents, and Qiao Hua learned Zhu Dejie claimed someone had put him up to it.
• Qiao Hua defended Assistant Du and recalled that Ruan Hanli had originally been meant to deliver the documents.
• Qiao Hua doubted Gu Wenze would believe her about Ruan Hanli, but he told her he did believe her.

Qiao Hua recovered in the hospital while Gu Wenze promised to investigate the attack and gave her a new phone. After Lin Chao identified the suspected attacker as Ruan Hanli, Gu Wenze confronted her at the Gu Group.

• Qiao Hua learned that her baby was doing well, accepted a new phone from Gu Wenze, and asked whether he would defend her even if someone close to him had hurt her.
• Gu Wenze promised to protect Qiao Hua and left to investigate the person who attacked her.
• Lin Chao showed Gu Wenze surveillance footage and a file containing the attacker’s identity, which angered Gu Wenze.
• Gu Wenze summoned Ruan Hanli to his office and told her Qiao Hua was in the hospital.
• Gu Wenze coldly asked Ruan Hanli whether she knew why Qiao Hua had been hurt.

Gu Wenze exposed Ruan Hanli’s schemes against Qiao Hua, including the attack that left Qiao Hua injured and pregnant. After Ruan Hanli confessed, Gu Wenze spared her and said he would let her parents deal with her.

• Gu Wenze showed Ruan Hanli surveillance footage proving she overheard Assistant Du’s family emergency and anticipated that Qiao Hua would deliver the documents.
• Gu Wenze confronted Ruan Hanli with photographs showing her at a public phone booth and accused her of contacting Zhu Dejie to target Qiao Hua.
• Gu Wenze revealed that Ruan Hanli had spread photos and videos of him and Qiao Hua and had arranged to plant a necklace in Qiao Hua’s bag.
• Ruan Hanli admitted she framed Qiao Hua because she believed Qiao Hua had taken Gu Wenze from her.
• Gu Wenze told Ruan Hanli that Qiao Hua was pregnant and nearly died with her unborn child, then released Ruan Hanli and said he would leave her punishment to her parents.

Gu Wenze told Ruan Hanli’s parents about her schemes against Qiao Hua and showed them the evidence. After her father struck her and she defended her actions, he asked Gu Wenze to avoid calling the police, but Gu Wenze left to visit Qiao Hua and postponed the discussion.

• Ruan Hanli begged Gu Wenze not to tell her parents, but he called them and they came to his office.
• Gu Wenze gave Ruan Hanli’s parents evidence gathered by Lin Chao and explained how she had targeted Qiao Hua, including arranging for Zhu Dejie to drug her.
• Ruan Hanli’s father confronted her, struck her, and condemned her actions as criminal.
• Ruan Hanli accused her parents of promising she could marry Gu Wenze and claimed Qiao Hua had no right to be with him.
• Ruan Hanli’s father asked Gu Wenze not to call the police and offered to discipline her and arrange compensation, but Gu Wenze said he was going to the hospital to see Qiao Hua.

Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua that Ruan Hanli had drugged and hurt her, then left the decision about how to punish Ruan Hanli to Qiao Hua. The next morning, Ruan Hanli's parents brought gifts to the hospital and made their daughter come apologize.

• Gu Wenze confronted Ruan Hanli and informed her parents that she had hurt Qiao Hua, then returned to the hospital with congee for Qiao Hua.
• Qiao Hua learned Ruan Hanli was responsible, and Gu Wenze assured her she could choose how to respond without worrying about his family ties.
• Gu Wenze fed Qiao Hua and told her he would support whatever punishment she chose for Ruan Hanli.
• The next morning, Ruan Hanli's parents arrived at the hospital with gifts and brought Ruan Hanli to Qiao Hua's room.
• Ruan Hanli's father ordered her to apologize to Qiao Hua.

Qiao Hua rejected Ruan Hanli’s apology and demanded that the Ruan family keep her out of the city permanently. Ruan Hanli’s father accepted the condition, while Gu Wenze stood by Qiao Hua’s decision.

• Ruan Hanli apologized for framing Qiao Hua, spreading rumors, and arranging an attack, but Qiao Hua refused to accept her apology.
• Qiao Hua reminded Ruan Hanli’s parents that she had nearly been raped and lost her baby, and said the police could handle the case if Ruan Hanli still denied wrongdoing.
• Gu Wenze left the decision to Qiao Hua and pretended to be affectionate with her so the Ruan family would not suspect their relationship was strained.
• After Ruan Hanli protested, her father kicked her and tried to win Qiao Hua’s sympathy, but Qiao Hua demanded that Ruan Hanli never return to the city.
• Ruan Hanli’s father agreed to Qiao Hua’s condition.

Mr. Ruan ordered Ruan Hanli to leave the country for further studies after her plot against Qiao Hua, and Gu Wenze reassured Qiao Hua that he supported her decision. After Assistant Du visited and left, Qiao Hua noticed the date was the eighteenth and wondered why it seemed familiar.

• Mr. Ruan had Ruan Hanli taken home and said he would send her abroad for further studies.
• Gu Wenze told Weng Fenghua that Ruan Hanli had plotted against Qiao Hua and that the Ruan Family would send her out of the city.
• Assistant Du visited Qiao Hua to apologize for asking her to deliver the documents, while Gu Wenze blamed her for Qiao Hua getting hurt.
• Qiao Hua defended Assistant Du, and Gu Wenze agreed to stop blaming her.
• Qiao Hua noticed the calendar showed the eighteenth and wondered why the date seemed familiar.

Gu Wenze discovered that Ruan Hanli planned to steal confidential data from the Gu Group and set a trap for her. After catching her in his office with the documents, he refused her parents’ plea to let her go and said he would handle the matter himself.

• Qiao Hua remembered that Ruan Hanli was planning to steal Gu Wenze’s company documents, and Gu Wenze secretly asked Lin Chao to investigate her whereabouts.
• Lin Chao confirmed that Ruan Hanli was missing, so Gu Wenze left Qiao Hua and went to the Gu Group.
• Ruan Hanli broke into Gu Wenze’s office and found confidential experimental data, but Gu Wenze, Lin Chao, and the Ruan family caught her.
• Mr. Ruan rejected Ruan Hanli as his daughter, while Mrs. Ruan pleaded with Gu Wenze to spare her.
• Gu Wenze refused to overlook Ruan Hanli’s crime and said he would settle it his own way.

After Gu Wenze caught Ruan Hanli stealing confidential documents, Qiao Hua wondered how he had learned of her plan and struggled with the approaching birth of her baby. Once Old Master Gu left, she asked Gu Wenze to let her leave after she gave him the child.

• Gu Wenze had Lin Chao prepare a trap, caught Ruan Hanli trying to steal company documents, and called the police.
• Gu Wenze questioned how Qiao Hua had known Ruan Hanli would come, then asked her about it when she woke at the hospital.
• Qiao Hua learned Ruan Hanli had been arrested and felt relieved that the company had escaped losses.
• After Qiao Hua was discharged, Old Master Gu visited and spoke happily about meeting his great-grandson in four months.
• Qiao Hua privately asked Gu Wenze to let her leave after the baby was born in exchange for giving him the child.

Gu Wenze confessed that he liked Qiao Hua and insisted she stay with him, while Qiao Hua struggled to reconcile his feelings with her mission to bring him and Jiang Nan together. At a hospital follow-up, Qiao Hua encountered You Xiaonian as he stopped a woman from colliding with her.

• Qiao Hua proposed having Gu Wenze's child so she could leave, and Gu Wenze angrily grabbed her wrist and confessed that he liked her.
• Qiao Hua wondered how Gu Wenze's feelings for her fit with her mission involving Jiang Nan, and Gu Wenze threatened to make her have children one after another if she talked about leaving again.
• The nanny told Qiao Hua that Gu Wenze had carefully cared for her while she was hospitalized, and he returned that evening to apply medicine to her wounds.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua that he no longer had feelings for Jiang Nan and would prove that Qiao Hua was the only woman he wanted, but Qiao Hua turned away to sleep.
• A few days later, Qiao Hua went to the hospital for a follow-up, where You Xiaonian caught the wrist of a woman who barreled into her.

At the hospital, Shen Zhen broke up with You Xiaonian, while Gu Wenze warned him not to take her for granted. After Qiao Hua's checkup, she and Gu Wenze found Shen Zhen soaked in the rain outside their villa, and Qiao Hua invited her inside.

• Shen Zhen told You Xiaonian she wanted to break up, but he refused and dragged her out of the hospital.
• Gu Wenze called You Xiaonian and advised him to make things right with Shen Zhen if he cared about her.
• The doctor confirmed Qiao Hua's examination results were normal, easing Gu Wenze's worries about her and the baby.
• On the way home, Gu Wenze and Qiao Hua saw Shen Zhen arrive at the villa in the pouring rain with a suitcase.
• Shen Zhen asked whether Qiao Hua was still angry with her, and Qiao Hua invited her inside after Gu Wenze reluctantly agreed.

Qiao Hua welcomed Shen Zhen into Gu Wenze’s home after learning about her breakup with You Xiaonian, but Gu Wenze initially refused to let her stay. He changed his mind when Qiao Hua threatened to leave for a hotel, and Shen Zhen settled into the guest room, where she declined You Xiaonian’s call.

• Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen reconciled as they discussed their past misunderstandings and Shen Zhen’s breakup with You Xiaonian.
• Qiao Hua invited Shen Zhen to stay the night because she feared she might be harassed on the way to a hotel.
• Gu Wenze refused to let Shen Zhen stay, so Qiao Hua threatened to leave with her for a hotel.
• Gu Wenze relented and had the nanny prepare the guest room for Shen Zhen.
• Shen Zhen settled in and declined a call from You Xiaonian.

Qiao Hua helped Shen Zhen find a rental while seeking a chance to escape Gu Wenze’s control, and Shen Zhen confirmed her breakup with You Xiaonian after learning her grandfather had died. Shen Zhen returned to her new home, where You Xiaonian appeared at the door.

• Gu Wenze initially refused to let pregnant Qiao Hua go house hunting with Shen Zhen, but relented after Qiao Hua insisted she would go.
• Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen found a well-priced rental, and Shen Zhen signed the lease.
• At the restaurant, Shen Zhen answered You Xiaonian’s repeated calls and told him she had moved out and wanted to break up.
• You Xiaonian revealed his anger after Shen Zhen confronted him about concealing her grandfather’s death and said she owed him nothing.
• After Qiao Hua and Shen Zhen exchanged phone numbers and parted, You Xiaonian appeared at Shen Zhen’s new door.

Qiao Hua arranged to flee by boat, then hid her plans from Gu Wenze with a watch she bought as a gift. When Shen Zhen stopped answering her calls, Qiao Hua went to find her with Gu Wenze and sought access to the apartment complex’s surveillance footage.

• Qiao Hua learned that the harbor’s next boat would not leave for a month and gave a man her number so he could contact her.
• Gu Wenze confronted Qiao Hua about returning late, but she covered her visit to the harbor by claiming she had gone shopping for his watch.
• Qiao Hua noticed Shen Zhen had not replied to her message and found that Shen Zhen’s phone was switched off.
• Qiao Hua insisted on checking Shen Zhen’s apartment that night, and Gu Wenze went with her.
• After finding Shen Zhen’s apartment empty, Qiao Hua asked property management to show her the surveillance footage, and Gu Wenze challenged the manager to contact his boss.