Chapter Summaries

You Xiaonian accused Qiao Hua of helping Shen Zhen escape, but Gu Wenze defended her and You Xiaonian later learned Shen Zhen had left a note with Xia Feiyan. Qiao Hua remained worried about Shen Zhen’s disappearance, then heard that Xia Feiyan had spoken with You Xiaonian.

• You Xiaonian confronted Qiao Hua and accused her of hiding Shen Zhen, but Gu Wenze vouched for Qiao Hua and argued she could not have helped Shen Zhen escape.
• You Xiaonian recalled that Shen Zhen vanished during a prenatal checkup after asking to use the restroom, and he feared she would abort their child.
• Xia Feiyan told You Xiaonian that Shen Zhen had visited Qiao Hua and left a note, then admitted she helped because she disliked Qiao Hua.
• Qiao Hua spent the day distracted by Shen Zhen’s disappearance, and Assistant Du told her Xia Feiyan had been talking with You Xiaonian in the corridor.

Qiao Hua worried that You Xiaonian knew something about Shen Zhen’s disappearance, so she asked Gu Wenze to have him watched. The surveillance revealed that You Xiaonian had left the province, and the chapter ended with him returning alongside Shen Zhen.

• Qiao Hua learned that Xia Feiyan had given You Xiaonian a note and wondered what connected them.
• Qiao Hua worried that Shen Zhen had not contacted her and dreamed that You Xiaonian had caught her at the airport.
• Qiao Hua asked Gu Wenze to watch You Xiaonian for news of Shen Zhen, and he agreed.
• Gu Wenze’s people reported that You Xiaonian had left the province, prompting Qiao Hua to suspect his departure was linked to Shen Zhen’s disappearance.
• A bodyguard told Gu Wenze that You Xiaonian had returned with Shen Zhen.

Qiao Hua discovered that Xia Feiyan had given You Xiaonian a note revealing where Shen Zhen was hiding, leading to Shen Zhen’s capture. She confronted Xia Feiyan and slapped her after Xia Feiyan admitted what she had done.

• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua that You Xiaonian had caught Shen Zhen, and he persuaded Qiao Hua not to rush to intervene.
• Qiao Hua learned from the security guards that a young woman had waited outside the company the previous morning and reviewed the footage.
• Qiao Hua saw Shen Zhen give Xia Feiyan a note, which Xia Feiyan then handed to You Xiaonian.
• Qiao Hua confronted Xia Feiyan, who admitted the note revealed Shen Zhen’s hiding place and that she had given it to You Xiaonian.
• Qiao Hua slapped Xia Feiyan.

Qiao Hua confronted Xia Feiyan over passing Shen Zhen’s note to You Xiaonian, and Gu Wenze believed Qiao Hua and warned Xia Feiyan. After leaving the office with Qiao Hua, Gu Wenze returned with her to his office, where she braced for him to scold her.

• Qiao Hua slapped Xia Feiyan and accused her of giving You Xiaonian Shen Zhen’s note.
• Gu Wenze arrived, stopped Xia Feiyan from striking back, and said he believed Qiao Hua.
• Gu Wenze proposed asking Shen Zhen and You Xiaonian to confirm what happened, and Xia Feiyan’s reaction exposed her guilt.
• Qiao Hua said Xia Feiyan had wanted her to leave Gu Wenze, prompting him to warn Xia Feiyan not to meddle again.
• Gu Wenze led Qiao Hua away, and Xia Feiyan shut the office blinds before sweeping everything off her desk.
• Qiao Hua shook off Gu Wenze’s hand in his office and insisted she would not admit she was wrong, but he asked why he would scold her.

Qiao Hua learned that Gu Wenze did not blame her for slapping Xia Feiyan, and he promised to arrange a visit with Shen Zhen. Meanwhile, Xia Feiyan used You Xiaonian’s favor to pursue a plan she claimed would help Gu Wenze secure a deal, still determined to win him away from Qiao Hua.

• Gu Wenze reassured Qiao Hua that he did not blame her for hitting Xia Feiyan and promised to find a chance to take her to see Shen Zhen.
• Qiao Hua kissed Gu Wenze to persuade him to help, and he passionately kissed her before promising to keep his word.
• Company employees spread gossip that Xia Feiyan had tried to seduce Gu Wenze, and Xia Feiyan overheard them in the restroom.
• Xia Feiyan called You Xiaonian to collect on his promised favor and asked to meet someone so she could help Gu Wenze secure a deal.
• You Xiaonian warned Xia Feiyan that Gu Wenze and Qiao Hua were happy together, but Xia Feiyan insisted she still had a chance and vowed to make Gu Wenze hers.

Qiao Hua decided to stay home instead of joining Gu Wenze at the office, where Xia Feiyan tried to win his favor by securing a major client. Gu Wenze demanded that Xia Feiyan apologize to Qiao Hua, but she refused and left harboring resentment.

• Qiao Hua told Gu Wenze she would stay home with their son, and he accepted her decision after kissing her.
• Gu Wenze arrived at the office alone and found Xia Feiyan waiting with documents about a new partnership.
• Xia Feiyan explained that she had spent three nights drinking with the client to secure the deal, but Gu Wenze only praised her work and dismissed her.
• Xia Feiyan apologized to Gu Wenze for her earlier actions, but he told her to apologize to Qiao Hua instead.
• Xia Feiyan refused, left Gu Wenze's office, threw the documents to the floor, then picked them up and walked away resentfully.

Qiao Hua and Gu Wenze grew closer at home, though he warned her he would press the issue of their relationship at Gu Jinyang’s first birthday if she still refused. The next day, while looking for Shen Zhen near You Xiaonian’s home, Qiao Hua was surrounded by several thugs.

• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua that Xia Feiyan had secured a major client, and he promised to give her a bonus but not take her to dinner.
• Gu Wenze entered Qiao Hua’s bathroom and kissed her, then asked whether she had made up her mind about their relationship.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua he would give her another year before forcing the issue at Gu Jinyang’s first birthday banquet.
• Qiao Hua went out to look for Shen Zhen near You Xiaonian’s home and felt that someone was following her.
• Several men dressed like thugs appeared from an alley and surrounded Qiao Hua.

Qiao Hua was cornered by a gang of thugs, but a stranger intervened and helped her defeat them. After the gang fled, the man steadied Qiao Hua and asked if she was all right.

• Qiao Hua tried to give the thugs money and warned them that her husband, Gu Wenze, would punish them, but the blond ringleader attacked her anyway.
• Qiao Hua slapped the blond, then ran toward an intersection before the thugs caught and dragged her back.
• As the blond prepared to strike Qiao Hua, an unfamiliar man caught his arm and challenged the gang.
• The blond attacked the stranger, who fought back, while Qiao Hua grabbed a stick and struck one of the thugs.
• The stranger beat the gang, and the blond fled with his men after threatening Qiao Hua and the stranger.
• The stranger steadied the shaken Qiao Hua and asked if she was all right.

After Qiao Hua escaped an attack by thugs with help from Chen Xingjian, she returned home injured and told Gu Wenze what had happened. Gu Wenze took her to the hospital and ordered his assistant to identify the men who hurt her.

• Chen Xingjian helped Qiao Hua after she fought off a thug, and they exchanged names and contact details before parting.
• Qiao Hua returned to the villa, where Auntie Feng noticed her bleeding arm and brought her a first-aid kit.
• Gu Wenze came home after Auntie Feng reported the incident, questioned Qiao Hua, and learned that thugs had attacked her.
• Gu Wenze took Qiao Hua to the hospital, then called his assistant from the corridor to track down the thugs.

After Qiao Hua returned from the hospital, Gu Wenze cared for her and secretly set out to confront the men who had attacked her. At the warehouse, he learned the attack had been planned and demanded to know who had ordered it.

• Gu Wenze urged Qiao Hua not to hide her injuries from him, and she followed the doctor's instructions before falling asleep.
• Lin Chao told Gu Wenze that they had tracked down the thugs, and Gu Wenze ordered him to gather them discreetly.
• Gu Wenze went to an abandoned warehouse, where the thugs recognized him as the president of the Gu Group.
• The thugs revealed that their blond-haired boss had told them to teach a woman a lesson, and Gu Wenze questioned the boss about targeting Qiao Hua.
• Gu Wenze asked the blond-haired man who had told him to lay a hand on Qiao Hua.

Gu Wenze discovered that Xia Feiyan had arranged for the blond thug to attack Qiao Hua, and he confronted them with proof of her involvement. He punished the thug and fired Xia Feiyan, leaving her future uncertain.

• Gu Wenze had the blond thug tortured until he confessed that someone had sent him after Qiao Hua.
• Xia Feiyan tried to call the thug at work, then denied knowing him when Gu Wenze brought him to her office.
• The blond thug revealed that he had recorded Xia Feiyan asking him to teach Qiao Hua a lesson, and Gu Wenze played the recording.
• Gu Wenze ordered his bodyguards to take the blond thug away and cut off the hand he had used to hurt Qiao Hua.
• Gu Wenze told Xia Feiyan she did not need to come to work starting the next day.

Gu Wenze fired Xia Feiyan for arranging the attack on Qiao Hua, then told Qiao Hua that she and their child mattered more than anyone else. Xia Feiyan left his home furious, while Qiao Hua learned how far Gu Wenze had gone to protect her.

• Gu Wenze fired Xia Feiyan and ordered her to leave the company after confronting her about targeting Qiao Hua.
• Xia Feiyan followed Gu Wenze home, discovered he had a child, and begged him to give her another chance, but he refused.
• Xia Feiyan accused Gu Wenze of changing because Qiao Hua had given him a child, and he said he would love Qiao Hua even if she could not have children.
• Qiao Hua woke beside Gu Wenze and learned he had tracked down and punished the thugs who attacked her.
• Gu Wenze told Qiao Hua that Xia Feiyan had sent the thugs and that he had fired her.
• Gu Wenze reassured Qiao Hua that no one mattered more than her and their child.

Qiao Hua kissed Gu Wenze and grew more comfortable with their marriage, then met Chen Xingjian to thank him for rescuing her. Chen Xingjian revealed that he had investigated the thugs who attacked her and confessed that he had fallen in love with her at first sight.

• Qiao Hua kissed Gu Wenze, and he asked whether she had accepted him as her husband; she told him she was not planning to run away again.
• Gu Wenze asked Qiao Hua not to go out alone and offered to accompany her, but she arranged to meet Chen Xingjian after he left.
• Qiao Hua met Chen Xingjian for lunch at the Sea Tide Restaurant and told him her arm had only been scraped.
• Chen Xingjian gave Qiao Hua a file showing that a senior executive at the Gu Group had put the thugs up to attacking her.
• Qiao Hua said Gu Wenze had already found out and asked Chen Xingjian not to involve himself in her affairs again.
• Chen Xingjian asked whether Qiao Hua would believe he had fallen in love with her at first sight.

Qiao Hua had dinner with Chen Xingjian, the man who had saved her, until Gu Wenze arrived and angrily took her away. In the car, Gu Wenze confronted her about meeting Chen Xingjian and asked whether she was interested in him.

• Chen Xingjian flirted with Qiao Hua and served her food while she explained that she was married.
• Gu Wenze spotted Qiao Hua dining with Chen Xingjian, confronted them, and introduced himself as Qiao Hua's husband.
• Gu Wenze dragged Qiao Hua from the restaurant despite her unfinished meal, while Chen Xingjian said he would wait to hear from her.
• In the car, Gu Wenze questioned Qiao Hua about hiding Chen Xingjian's identity and dining with him.
• Qiao Hua said she had only wanted to thank Chen Xingjian, and Gu Wenze asked whether she was interested in him.

Gu Wenze warned Qiao Hua to avoid Chen Xingjian and gave her a tracker ring before taking her to his office, where they discussed Xia Feiyan’s departure. Days later, someone kidnapped Qiao Hua’s baby at a mall, and Qiao Hua was knocked unconscious after chasing the abductor into an alley as a familiar figure approached.

• Gu Wenze warned Qiao Hua that Chen Xingjian seemed suspicious, gave her a tracking ring, and insisted she accompany him to work.
• Assistant Du told Qiao Hua that Xia Feiyan was leaving, and Gu Wenze said he cared more about his wife than losing a talented employee.
• A few days later, Qiao Hua took her baby to a mall with the nanny and went to the restroom while the nanny watched him.
• A masked man ran off with Qiao Hua’s baby, and she told the nanny to call the police before chasing him into an alley.
• After losing sight of the abductor, Qiao Hua was struck in the neck and passed out as a familiar figure approached.

Qiao Hua and Gu Jinyang were abducted by a hired kidnapper who intended to kill them by sending their container out to sea. Qiao Hua realized her tracking ring might lead Gu Wenze to them, but water began leaking into the container.

• Qiao Hua woke in a shipping container and found Gu Jinyang unharmed beside her.
• A masked man told Qiao Hua that someone had paid him to kill her and Gu Jinyang, then locked them inside.
• The container lurched and began moving across the ocean, revealing that the kidnapper had sent them out to sea.
• Qiao Hua failed to force open the door and hoped Gu Wenze could track her using the ring he had given her.
• Qiao Hua noticed water leaking into the container.

Qiao Hua struggled to keep herself and Gu Jinyang alive as seawater flooded their shipping container. Gu Wenze arrived just as she lost consciousness and pulled her from the water.

• Qiao Hua failed to open the container door, plugged a leak with her jacket, and searched for food and water while waiting for Gu Wenze.
• Qiao Hua fed Gu Jinyang soaked bread and climbed onto shelving as the container filled with seawater.
• Qiao Hua became feverish and kept Gu Jinyang above the rising water until she was nearly submerged.
• Gu Wenze burst open the container doors after Qiao Hua heard a helicopter and rescued her from the water.
• Qiao Hua asked Gu Wenze why he had come so late, urged him to check on Gu Jinyang, and then lost consciousness.

After waking in the hospital, Qiao Hua told Gu Wenze she had accepted their son and no longer held a grudge against him. Gu Wenze revealed that the police had identified the person behind her kidnapping, and Xia Feiyan was arrested at the airport.

• Qiao Hua woke in the hospital and learned that she and Gu Jinyang were being treated after the kidnapping.
• Gu Wenze asked whether Qiao Hua had accepted their son, and she admitted that she had.
• Qiao Hua told Gu Wenze she no longer held a grudge against him, and he happily took her hand.
• Gu Wenze confirmed that the police had caught the kidnapper and were making an arrest.
• At Ronghe Airport, police arrested Xia Feiyan on suspicion of involvement in a kidnapping and murder case.

Qiao Hua and Gu Wenze confronted Xia Feiyan in the detention center, where she confessed to hiring someone to attack Qiao Hua and her baby. After returning to the hospital and learning Gu Jinyang was unharmed, they were interrupted by Chen Xingjian.

• Gu Wenze brought Qiao Hua to the detention center to visit Xia Feiyan.
• Qiao Hua accused Xia Feiyan of targeting her, and Gu Wenze revealed that the police had traced Xia Feiyan's overseas account.
• Xia Feiyan admitted to hiring someone to attack Qiao Hua and her baby, then blamed Qiao Hua for her own choices.
• Gu Wenze told Xia Feiyan she would spend the rest of her life repenting in prison, and she begged him to let her go.
• At the hospital, Qiao Hua learned Gu Jinyang's examination showed nothing serious and held him in her arms.
• Chen Xingjian entered the hospital room, and Gu Wenze's expression turned thunderous.

Chen Xingjian visited the injured Qiao Hua, provoking Gu Wenze with pointed remarks about his poor judgment in hiring Xia Feiyan. After Chen Xingjian left, Gu Wenze accused Qiao Hua of secretly contacting him and forbade her from seeing him or having dinner with him.

• Chen Xingjian arrived at the hospital with gifts, and Gu Wenze questioned how he had learned Qiao Hua was injured.
• Chen Xingjian asked whether Xia Feiyan's attack was connected to the earlier attempt on Qiao Hua, then criticized Gu Wenze for hiring her.
• Qiao Hua defended Gu Wenze, and Chen Xingjian left after reminding her that she had promised to treat him to dinner.
• Gu Wenze pulled Qiao Hua into his arms and accused her of secretly contacting Chen Xingjian, but she pointed out she had been with him and had no phone.
• Gu Wenze held Qiao Hua tighter and ordered her not to see Chen Xingjian or have dinner with him.