Recaps

After discovering she was pregnant, Qiao Hua tried to leave Gu Wenze and build an independent life while his mother began supporting her and Jiang Nan’s schemes repeatedly faltered. The arc left Qiao Hua unable to reach her planned abortion appointment, while Gu Wenze began to suspect Jiang Nan had hidden her call.

• Qiao Hua learned she was pregnant and decided to end the pregnancy, but Gu Wenze’s car accident and their repeated clashes delayed her plans.
• Qiao Hua moved into the guest room, stopped cooking for Gu Wenze, and told him she wanted a divorce and a life of her own.
• Weng Fenghua heard Qiao Hua’s thoughts, learned of her pregnancy, and began defending her after Mrs. Fang was injured in a cosmetic procedure.
• Jiang Nan tried to turn Gu Wenze against Qiao Hua, but her staged necklace accusation was exposed, and Gu Wenze grew more doubtful of her.
• Qiao Hua met her former classmate Yan Yu, got a job as his assistant, and refused to depend on Gu Wenze for support.
• Gu Junxing defied Weng Fenghua to be with Tan Ruiyu, then lost the family’s financial support after Tan Ruiyu left him.
• Gu Wenze continued visiting Jiang Nan, but told Gu Junxing that he now saw Jiang Nan only as a friend and their relationship had no future.
• Gu Junxing arrived at Qiao Hua’s home, and Gu Wenze prevented her from leaving for her abortion appointment before realizing Jiang Nan might have rejected her call.

Qiao Hua repeatedly pushed Gu Wenze to divorce her while growing closer to Yan Yu, and Gu Wenze tried to control her work and relationships. After discovering Qiao Hua was pregnant and had sought an abortion, Gu Wenze stopped the procedure and insisted she keep the baby, leaving her back at the villa under his control.

• Gu Junxing returned to the Gu family residence after speaking with their mother, while Jiang Nan arrived at dinner and Qiao Hua tried to give her and Gu Wenze time together.
• Qiao Hua gave Gu Wenze a divorce agreement, but he tore it up, grew jealous of her closeness with Yan Yu, and forced a kiss on her when she refused to quit her job.
• Gu Junxing told Gu Wenze that Qiao Hua had warned their mother about a dangerous clinic and questioned the accusation that she had drugged him, while Qiao Hua continued demanding a divorce.
• Gu Jinman sent Qiao Hua a photo of Gu Wenze embracing Jiang Nan, and Qiao Hua threatened to sue him for adultery before splashing water in his face.
• Yan Yu invited Qiao Hua to a business banquet as his date, where Gu Wenze confronted them and later demanded that she quit Yan Yu’s company.
• Gu Wenze used Qiao Hua’s phone to resign from her job for her, confined her at the villa, and made her tell Yan Yu she had quit.
• Qiao Hua went to the hospital for an abortion, but Gu Wenze learned she was one month pregnant and stopped the procedure.
• Gu Wenze took Qiao Hua back to the villa and insisted she keep the baby, while she argued that he should have a child with Jiang Nan and refused to move back into his bedroom.

Qiao Hua tried to end her pregnancy and escape Gu Wenze, with Yan Yu helping her hide. Gu Wenze uncovered the truth about the past and found Qiao Hua at a hospital, then brought her back to the villa and chained her to the bed.

• Gu Wenze moved Qiao Hua into his bedroom and insisted she continue the pregnancy, while she secretly sought abortion pills.
• Gu Jinman discovered that Song Zixuan and Xu Peiya were having an affair and planned to sell her to traffickers, and Qiao Hua helped security restrain them.
• Gu Wenze caught Qiao Hua with abortion pills and confined her to the villa, while Yan Yu offered to help her escape.
• Jiang Nan framed Qiao Hua, but the household nanny exposed her lie, and Gu Wenze found that Jiang Nan had sent Qiao Hua the messages that led her to suspect him.
• Qiao Hua escaped from the mall with Yan Yu’s help and hid in a secluded apartment, leaving Gu Wenze a signed divorce agreement.
• Gu Wenze learned that Jian Xiling had drugged him three years earlier and sent bed photos to the paparazzi, confirming Qiao Hua had been innocent.
• Yan Yu took Qiao Hua to Hua City with a fake ID, but Gu Wenze tracked them to a hospital and stopped her abortion.
• Gu Wenze took Qiao Hua back to the villa, chained her to the bed, and threatened to force-feed her when she refused dinner.

Gu Wenze kept Qiao Hua confined while trying to repair their marriage, but she continued seeking freedom and warned the Gu family about Fang Yuqing. After Qiao Hua’s warning saved the Old Master, he refused to help her leave, and Gu Wenze chained her in the basement until the baby was born.

• Gu Wenze refused to release Qiao Hua, explained that she had not drugged him years earlier, and promised to make amends, but insisted she would remain confined until the baby was born.
• Qiao Hua tried to contact Yan Yu and escape during a prenatal visit, but Gu Wenze’s bodyguards stopped her, while Jiang Nan’s attempt to win him back ended with him demanding an apology and ending their relationship.
• Gu Wenze allowed Qiao Hua limited freedom with an ankle monitor, then learned Jiang Nan had a troubling history and that she had drugged him again, but he left her and returned to the villa.
• At Old Master Gu’s birthday, Qiao Hua’s thoughts revealed Fang Yuqing’s counterfeit vase and plan to kill the old man, and Gu Wenze arranged protection that stopped Fang Yuqing from pushing him off a cliff.
• Gu Wenze let Qiao Hua leave the villa on the condition that she carry the baby to term, hired her as his secretary, and accepted her demands to keep their relationship secret at work.
• Qiao Hua asked the Old Master to help her divorce Gu Wenze, but after he refused, she went to Jiang Nan’s apartment seeking help and discovered Jiang Nan had moved away.
• Gu Wenze confronted Qiao Hua about trying to leave with the Old Master’s help and seeking Jiang Nan, then chained her in the basement until she gave birth.
• Qiao Hua remained imprisoned in the basement, while Gu Wenze told Gu Junxing she had resigned and insisted she would not be released or allowed to escape.