Recaps

Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang encouraged Song Yutang to leave Jiang Muyan and pursue a relationship with Little Gu, offering her the family’s support and assets. Song Yutang refused, insisting that she and Jiang Muyan were happy and that Little Gu was only helping as Jiang Muyan’s friend.

• Li Xiulan suggested that Song Yutang divorce Jiang Muyan because Little Gu might like her and had helped her repeatedly.
• Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang offered Song Yutang the assets in her name and said they would welcome her as their daughter if she chose to pursue Little Gu.
• Jiang Guoqiang suggested that Song Yutang could date Little Gu and return to Jiang Muyan if the relationship did not work out.
• Song Yutang glanced toward Jiang Muyan’s room and privately realized that becoming his younger sister was impossible after they had slept together.
• Song Yutang denied having romantic feelings for Little Gu and told Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang that she had no wish to divorce Jiang Muyan.
• Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang remained unconvinced but reassured Song Yutang that they would support her happiness, and she said she was already happy.

Song Yutang appreciated the warmth of Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan’s bickering, while Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu plotted to eliminate Jiang Guoqiang’s family and seize the Jiang Family’s assets. The plotters considered arranging another overseas killing, and Chen Ruyin vowed to kill every last member of the Jiang Family.

• Jiang Guoqiang prepared another snakehead fish meal for Song Yutang while he and Li Xiulan bickered over the menu.
• Song Yutang felt grateful for her parents-in-law’s warmth and resolved to build a good life with Jiang Muyan as long as he did not hurt her financially.
• Jiang Qingyu told Chen Ruyin that the old man had transferred shares to Song Yutang, and Chen Ruyin accused him of favoring Jiang Guoqiang’s branch while moving assets to them.
• Jiang Qingyu suggested killing the old man and Jiang Guoqiang, but Chen Ruyin urged him to arrange a foolproof overseas killing instead.
• Jiang Qingyu reported that Jiang Shiqing and Jiang Siyu had resisted the schemes meant to ruin them, and Chen Ruyin vowed to kill every last member of the Jiang Family.

Jiang Zhixia learned that her divorce case offered little chance of overturning Ji Chengyu’s marital agreements, though she could pursue assets he transferred to Lin Lu, custody, and child support. Song Yutang comforted her, while Jiang Muyan vowed to use his own methods to challenge the agreements, leaving Song uneasy about his protectiveness and their marriage.

• Jiang Zhixia’s lawyers said she could obtain custody of Tuantuan, child support, and the assets Ji Chengyu transferred to Lin Lu, but had little chance of claiming his company shares or inherited property.
• The lawyers estimated Jiang Zhixia might receive about 126 million yuan from the recovered assets, but warned that a valid marital property agreement could leave her with none of it.
• Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang she had signed the agreements willingly to reassure Ji Chengyu and his mother, and said Ji had given his heart and money to Lin Lu and her son.
• Jiang Zhixia questioned whether karma existed, citing the fortunes of Jiang Dingkun and the Ji family’s grandfather, then left to answer a phone call.
• Jiang Muyan said he had ways to overturn Ji Chengyu’s agreements and would handle the dirty methods himself, while Song Yutang questioned whether he trusted her and remained silent when he called himself her husband.
• Jiang Muyan regretted helping Ji Chengyu reclaim the family assets and said he should have let Ji Chengyu’s illegitimate older brother inherit them.

Song Yutang learned that Jiang Muyan, not Lin Lu, had helped Ji Chengyu recover his family assets and that Ji Chengyu had knowingly credited Lin Lu for the help. Jiang Muyan decided to wait until Zhixia's assets were divided before bankrupting Ji Group Corporation, just as someone knocked and asked to speak with Song Yutang.

• Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang that he had exposed Ji Chengyu's relatives, helped him become heir, and fixed the project that had threatened the Lin Family's finances.
• Song Yutang discovered that Ji Chengyu had claimed Lin Lu made those sacrifices, even though Jiang Muyan said he had told Ji Chengyu and Zhixia the truth.
• Jiang Muyan realized Zhixia may not have heard his earlier explanation and that Ji Chengyu had deliberately concealed his help while using Lin Lu's supposed kindness to win Zhixia back.
• Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan concluded that Ji Chengyu had knowingly favored Lin Lu and her son while avoiding the truth about his debt to Zhixia.
• Jiang Muyan said he would bankrupt Ji Group Corporation after Zhixia's share of the assets had been divided.
• Someone knocked and called for Song Yutang, saying they had something to tell her.

Jiang Zhixia showed Song Yutang secret videos proving Ji Chengyu’s affair with Lin Lu and revealing that Lin Lu had deliberately tried to kill Tuantuan. The videos left Jiang Zhixia confronting the truth while Ji Chengyu continued comforting Lin Lu and excusing her actions.

• Jiang Zhixia showed Song Yutang and the secretly awakened Jiang Muyan a video of Ji Chengyu having sex with Lin Lu while claiming they were innocent.
• Jiang Zhixia retched as she realized her suspicions about Ji Chengyu had been justified, then continued watching the recordings.
• A second video showed Lin Lu demanding Jiang Zhixia’s violet jade jewelry and Ji Chengyu promising her everything Jiang Zhixia had.
• A third video showed Lin Lu admitting she had deliberately endangered Tuantuan out of jealousy, while Ji Chengyu scolded her briefly before comforting and excusing her.
• Lin Lu urged Ji Chengyu to have sex with her in the pool even as Tuantuan was being treated at the hospital.

Jiang Zhixia learned Ji Chengyu had known Lin Lu and Guangguang were harming Tuantuan, and that his supposed debt of gratitude was a lie. After watching footage of Ji Chengyu's affair and his European weekend with Lin Lu, she told Song Yutang she would not divorce him.

• Jiang Zhixia watched footage showing Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu having sex after Guangguang tried to drown Tuantuan, and recalled Ji Chengyu had blamed her and Tuantuan despite knowing what happened.
• Song Yutang told Jiang Zhixia there had never been a debt of gratitude, and Jiang Zhixia remembered Ji Chengyu interrupting her brother's attempts to explain the truth.
• Jiang Zhixia said she would not divorce Ji Chengyu and showed Song Yutang footage of him spending a weekend in Europe with Lin Lu and Guangguang.
• Jiang Zhixia explained that Ji Chengyu had visited her with flowers and cake on Friday before flying to Europe and spending hundreds of thousands of US dollars on Lin Lu.

Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang she would stay married to Ji Chengyu only if he secured her and Tuantuan’s financial future through strict legal agreements. She explained that she had already gathered evidence and ended by insisting Ji Chengyu would agree to her terms.

• Jiang Zhixia explained that divorcing Ji Chengyu would not protect Tuantuan from being left with little while Lin Lu and her son benefited from his wealth.
• Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang that she had sacrificed her health and years of her life to save and care for Ji Chengyu, but he credited Lin Lu with those kindnesses.
• Jiang Zhixia said she had bribed former Jiang Family servants to obtain videos and had identified a weakness through which she could learn about Ji Chengyu’s actions abroad.
• Jiang Zhixia decided not to divorce and demanded a will and irrevocable trust for Tuantuan, a new marital property agreement, board representation, access to accounts, and greater compensation for herself and Tuantuan.
• Song Yutang warned that Ji Chengyu might refuse, but Jiang Zhixia insisted he would agree.

Jiang Zhixia explained why she believed Ji Chengyu was trying to win her back and why she no longer wanted to keep giving in after he and Lin Lu endangered Tuantuan. Song Yutang accepted that Jiang Zhixia might choose not to divorce, and Jiang Muyan questioned whether she should let her sister-in-law remain entangled with Ji Chengyu.

• Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang that Ji Chengyu depended on her Jiang Family connections and was afraid a divorce would cost him both her and the benefits she brought.
• Jiang Zhixia concluded that Ji Chengyu wanted to keep her as a useful wife while giving his affection and resources to Lin Lu and her son.
• Jiang Zhixia said she would no longer tolerate Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu after they bullied Tuantuan and wanted her dead.
• Song Yutang clarified that she had encouraged Jiang Zhixia to leave the person hurting her, not necessarily to divorce, and promised the family would support her either way.
• Jiang Zhixia thanked Song Yutang through tears, and Jiang Muyan sat up and asked whether Song Yutang would let her stay entangled with Ji Chengyu.

Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan agreed to communicate as equals and let Jiang Zhixia make her own decisions about Ji Chengyu. They decided to support Zhixia without taking over her choices, while Song Yutang would help her review the situation and plan with the lawyers.

• Song Yutang explained to Jiang Muyan that they could help Jiang Zhixia but should not decide how she lived her life.
• Jiang Muyan assured Song Yutang that they could discuss disagreements openly, and she agreed to trust him and work through problems together.
• Jiang Muyan suggested sending servants and bodyguards with Zhixia, but Song Yutang argued that Zhixia had shown she could handle problems herself.
• Jiang Muyan agreed to let Zhixia manage the situation for now and step in only if she could not resolve it.
• Song Yutang agreed to review Zhixia's options with the lawyers and warned that Zhixia needed to stay alert to Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu's schemes.

Song Yutang accepted Jiang Muyan’s support in learning business and accounting, and Jiang Zhixia secured a notarized marital agreement with Ji Chengyu. Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan returned to the Ji Family home, where Tuantuan remained wary of her father.

• Jiang Muyan urged Song Yutang to study business and accounting so she could protect her interests, and he assured her he would support her ambitions.
• Song Yutang realized Jiang Muyan had been the same person as Brother Yan and had quietly helped her for a long time.
• Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang she had already begun taking online courses, while lawyers drafted detailed supplementary clauses for her marital agreement.
• Jiang Zhixia gave Ji Chengyu the choice to accept the agreement or divorce, and he agreed after several days of hesitation.
• Ji Chengyu signed the agreement before a notary, and Jiang Zhixia took Tuantuan back to the Ji Family home.
• Tuantuan clung to Jiang Zhixia and watched Ji Chengyu warily as he offered to lift her into the car.

Jiang Zhixia took control of the Ji household and enforced distance from Ji Chengyu while he continued spending money on Lin Lu. Three days later, she demanded triple compensation for Lin Lu’s 8.6-million-yuan sports car, leaving Ji Chengyu stunned by her knowledge of the purchase.

• Jiang Zhixia brought Tuantuan home with bodyguards, then dismissed disloyal servants and appointed Aunt Zhen as housekeeper.
• Jiang Zhixia refused Ji Chengyu’s attempts to resume their old domestic routine and told him she had hired a chef.
• Ji Chengyu assumed Jiang Zhixia was only temporarily upset, then approved Lin Lu’s request to buy a sports car costing over eight million yuan.
• Three days later, Jiang Zhixia demanded a car worth at least 25.8 million yuan or its cash equivalent under their triple-compensation agreement.
• Ji Chengyu asked how Jiang Zhixia knew about Lin Lu’s purchase, and Jiang Zhixia cited her right to obtain his account statements and threatened court or divorce.

Jiang Zhixia confronted Ji Chengyu over his spending on Lin Lu and refused to resume her old role in their marriage, using their divorce as leverage. Ji Chengyu continued to justify his devotion to Lin Lu, while Jiang Zhixia remained determined to claim more for herself and Tuantuan.

• Jiang Zhixia warned Ji Chengyu to stop giving Lin Lu money or face divorce, and told him Hengxing Technology was considering ending its agreements with Ji Group.
• Ji Chengyu refused to buy Lin Lu an expensive car, then stormed out after Jiang Zhixia sarcastically urged him to spend even more on Lin Lu and her son.
• Jiang Zhixia ignored Ji Chengyu’s message asking for her cooking and continued her business classes.
• Jiang Zhixia demonstrated her new business knowledge, then told Chef Zhou to stop preparing food for Ji Chengyu.
• Jiang Zhixia said she wanted to live as Lin Lu had, and told Ji Chengyu they could divorce; she resolved to demand three times whatever he gave Lin Lu.
• Ji Chengyu accused Jiang Zhixia of being ungrateful and insisted that everything she had came from Lin Lu.

Jiang Zhixia stood firm against Ji Chengyu, who began to fear he had driven her away and cut Lin Lu and her son's allowance. Meanwhile, Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan grew flustered after an accidental kiss, and he cautiously brought up trying for a baby as the chapter ended.

• Jiang Zhixia threatened to decide what happened to Ji Chengyu's ashes and went upstairs, leaving him to question whether he had wronged her.
• Ji Chengyu told his assistant to limit Lin Lu and her son's allowance and require approval for larger purchases.
• Song Yutang sent Jiang Muyan the bodyguard's reports about the Ji Family, and he thanked her for helping Jiang Zhixia.
• Song Yutang stumbled and fell into Jiang Muyan's arms, and their lips accidentally brushed before she fled beneath the covers.
• Jiang Muyan put away the Shenbao Tablets after Song Yutang told him not to take more, then asked whether her injuries had healed and mentioned her ovulation period.

Song Yutang tried to persuade Jiang Muyan to conceive a child before her ovulation window ended, then awkwardly attempted to seduce him using techniques she had learned from watching concubines. Jiang Muyan remained bewildered as she persisted in her clumsy flirtation.

• Song Yutang decided that she and Jiang Muyan should try to conceive before her ovulation window ended.
• Song Yutang dimmed the lights, applied perfume, and invited Jiang Muyan to bed, but he found her matter-of-fact approach strange.
• Song Yutang guessed Jiang Muyan preferred seductive behavior and imitated Consort Liu by flirting and calling herself his humble consort.
• Song Yutang stumbled into Jiang Muyan, bumped her head against his chin, and insisted that she was seducing him.
• Song Yutang tried again by nestling against Jiang Muyan and tracing circles on his chest while asking him to punish her.

Jiang Muyan tried to get intimate with Song Yutang, but her focus on conceiving a child and her remarks about his past performance left him angry and embarrassed. Unable to understand the distance between them, he called Gu Zheng late at night and asked him to help figure out what was wrong.

• Song Yutang rubbed Jiang Muyan's chest and asked whether he felt anything, while he tried to explain that he wanted intimacy rather than a child or a business arrangement.
• Song Yutang suggested several tonics and pills, and Jiang Muyan angrily insisted he did not need them.
• Song Yutang admitted she thought he could not perform again because of what had happened while he pretended to be in a vegetative state, and Jiang Muyan stormed off to sleep on the sofa.
• Song Yutang fell asleep while Jiang Muyan lay awake, worrying that she saw him only as an ally and that their relationship had grown distant since he revealed his identity.
• Jiang Muyan called Gu Zheng to complain about his marriage, and Gu Zheng teased him before Jiang Muyan reminded him of the times he had rescued him from trouble.

Jiang Muyan realized Song Yutang might not love him yet and asked Gu Zheng how to court her. Gu Zheng urged him to respect her needs and show sincerity, while Jiang Muyan decided to give her the jewelry he had bought.

• Gu Zheng explained that Song Yutang had known Jiang Muyan as Brother Yan for only a little over a week and had no obligation to love him immediately.
• Jiang Muyan admitted he wanted more than a mutually beneficial marriage and hoped to become Song Yutang’s true life partner.
• Gu Zheng told Jiang Muyan to court Song Yutang sincerely instead of assuming their marriage entitled him to her affection.
• After Gu Zheng suggested expensive gifts, Jiang Muyan insisted Song Yutang was not shallow but decided she should have whatever other wives had, including the jewelry he had bought.
• Jiang Muyan asked Gu Zheng how to court Song Yutang, whom he considered above worldly concerns.

After Gu Zheng’s advice, Jiang Muyan searched for ways to win Song Yutang’s affection but found none that suited her. He secretly made a chibi desktop pet based on her sleeping photo, complete with personal reminders, and went to business school class still wondering how to pursue her.

• Gu Zheng angrily hung up on Jiang Muyan, then called back and advised him to show sincerity by paying attention to Song Yutang’s needs.
• Jiang Muyan decided their transactional marriage needed feelings if he wanted them to become a true couple, and researched ways to strengthen their bond.
• Jiang Muyan noticed Song Yutang sleeping with her shoulder exposed, secretly photographed her, and stored the picture in a program.
• Jiang Muyan named the program Sweetheart Baby and added Song Yutang’s information, birthday and period reminders, and preferences.
• Jiang Muyan turned the program into a chibi desktop pet that responded to reminders and interactions, then spent half the night playing with it.
• Jiang Muyan kept thinking about how to pursue Song Yutang, but his business school class began before he found an answer.

Song Yutang and Jiang Zhixia continued their studies, while Jiang Zhixia coolly rejected Ji Chengyu’s attempt to take her and Tuantuan to an amusement park and warned him that visits to Lin Lu and Guangguang would cost him. As Song Yutang started a difficult accounting problem, she went to Jiang Muyan for help.

• Song Yutang reassured Jiang Zhixia about her coursework, and Jiang Zhixia said she had signed up for extra introductory classes.
• Ji Chengyu invited Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan to an amusement park, but Jiang Zhixia refused because they already had weekend plans.
• Ji Chengyu threatened to visit Lin Lu and Guangguang, so Jiang Zhixia warned him that he would owe triple compensation for the trip and its expenses.
• Jiang Zhixia hung up on Ji Chengyu, and Song Yutang was astonished by how indifferent she had become toward him.
• Song Yutang made friends through her classes and later brought Jiang Muyan a difficult question about switching accounting methods for long-term equity investments.

Jiang Muyan helped Song Yutang understand an accounting problem, while Dong Ying prepared detailed hiring and safety plans for Song Yutang’s private dining restaurant. As Song Yutang left work, Zhao Cuifeng invited her over for dinner.

• Jiang Muyan explained how to account for changes between the cost and equity methods, and Song Yutang grasped the problem.
• Song Yutang visited the foundation, then reviewed Dong Ying’s recruitment plans for the private dining restaurant.
• Dong Ying described her plans to check the restaurant’s wiring and thoroughly screen prospective servers, and Song Yutang trusted her to handle the work and promised appropriate pay.
• Song Yutang left the office after Dong Ying stayed late to investigate unclear foundation accounts.
• Zhao Cuifeng called Song Yutang and invited her to dinner to try fresh food from her eco-farm.

Song Yutang visited Zhao Cuifeng, thanked her for supporting Guoqiang and Xiulan, and secured her promise to attend the opening of their private kitchen restaurant. Their dinner was interrupted when a servant announced the arrival of Zhao Cuifeng's eldest young miss, leaving the reason for the meal unresolved.

• Song Yutang brought Zhao Cuifeng moth orchids and low-sugar pastries, and the two bonded over flowers before dinner.
• Zhao Cuifeng thanked Song Yutang for saving her and for arranging visits from Guoqiang and Xiulan during her hospital stay.
• Zhao Cuifeng condemned Jiang Dingkun and the Jiang Family's second branch for their treatment of Song Yutang's grandmother and parents-in-law.
• Song Yutang invited Zhao Cuifeng to support Guoqiang and Xiulan's upcoming restaurant opening, and Zhao Cuifeng promised to attend.
• A servant interrupted dinner to announce that Zhao Cuifeng's eldest young miss had arrived again.

Zhao Qiqi, Li Zifeng, and Auntie Li confronted Zhao Cuifeng to demand back the property and money she had reclaimed, but Zhao Cuifeng refused to take Zhao Qiqi back as her daughter. After Song Yutang slapped Zhao Qiqi and Li Zifeng recoiled from her, Zhao Cuifeng linked arms with Song Yutang and told Zhao Qiqi to leave.

• Zhao Qiqi, Li Zifeng, and Auntie Li barged into Zhao Cuifeng's home and accused her of abandoning her pregnant daughter.
• Zhao Qiqi and Auntie Li complained that Zhao Cuifeng had reclaimed Zhao Qiqi's property, cars, cards, and other gifts after Zhao Qiqi demanded the transfer of her mother's assets to Li Zifeng.
• Zhao Cuifeng rejected their pleas for money and reminded them that Zhao Qiqi had said she wanted nothing to do with her.
• Zhao Qiqi threatened to cut her neck with a fruit knife, but Song Yutang slapped her and knocked the knife away.
• Zhao Qiqi lunged at Song Yutang, while Li Zifeng stepped aside rather than protect her.
• Zhao Cuifeng linked arms with Song Yutang and told Zhao Qiqi to leave because she was no longer her daughter.

Song Yutang helped Zhao Cuifeng stage a break with Zhao Qiqi to expose Li Zifeng and his mother's motives. After discussing how to make the deception more convincing, Song proposed that Zhao Cuifeng create the prospect of a new male heir.

• Zhao Cuifeng said she would leave most of her assets to Song Yutang and ordered Zhao Qiqi, Li Zifeng, and Auntie Li removed from the villa.
• Once they were alone, Song Yutang revealed that she had acted as Zhao Cuifeng's supposed illegitimate daughter as part of their plan.
• Zhao Cuifeng explained that she wanted Zhao Qiqi and Li Zifeng to believe she favored Song and had cut Zhao Qiqi out of her inheritance.
• Song suggested having a wealthy woman tempt Li Zifeng, but Zhao Cuifeng doubted he would be fooled.
• Song proposed that Zhao Cuifeng pursue a new boyfriend and have another child, potentially a son, to make Li Zifeng's family reveal their true intentions.

Song Yutang encouraged Zhao Cuifeng to find a young boyfriend and have an heir, and Zhao Cuifeng revealed she was ready to surround herself with new companions rather than give in to Zhao Qiqi. Meanwhile, Zhao Qiqi suffered in poverty while Li Zifeng and Auntie Li counted on Zhao Cuifeng eventually relenting, though Auntie Li feared Song Yutang might take her money.

• Zhao Cuifeng showed Song Yutang saved photos of dozens of male celebrities and said she could have a son and heir if she wanted.
• Zhao Qiqi rejected Auntie Li’s moldy steamed buns, and Li Zifeng slapped her after Auntie Li pretended she would sell her blood for food.
• Auntie Li ran out sobbing, while Li Zifeng blamed Zhao Qiqi and chased after his mother.
• At an expensive Japanese restaurant, Auntie Li worried Zhao Cuifeng was serious about leaving her assets to Song Yutang.
• Li Zifeng insisted Zhao Cuifeng’s will was a bluff meant to make Zhao Qiqi return, but Auntie Li feared Song Yutang might swindle her.

Li Zifeng and Auntie Li plotted to pressure Zhao Qiqi into forcing her mother to hand over her assets, while Zhao Cuifeng asked Song Yutang to protect Qiqi and prove her ability. The chapter ended with fake debt collectors confronting the pregnant Zhao Qiqi at her apartment.

• Li Zifeng and Auntie Li decided to send thugs posing as debt collectors to terrorize Zhao Qiqi.
• Zhao Cuifeng told Song Yutang that Li Zifeng was targeting Qiqi and asked what she should do.
• Song Yutang advised Zhao Cuifeng to arrange protection and agreed to handle the matter alongside finding male models.
• Zhao Cuifeng explained that she wanted to assess Song Yutang's ability before entrusting her with assets for charity.
• Song Yutang called Dong Ying to arrange a psychologist and a bodyguard for Qiqi.
• A bald man and more than a dozen thugs confronted Zhao Qiqi, claiming that Li Zifeng owed them money.

Zhao Qiqi was beaten and humiliated by debt collectors until her pregnant neighbor Sisi rescued her and offered her food. As Zhao Qiqi ate in Sisi’s warm home, she listened to how Sisi’s poor husband and mother-in-law cared for her.

• The bald man showed Zhao Qiqi an IOU from Li Zifeng and demanded repayment, then his thugs ransacked her home and burned her clothes and shoes.
• When Zhao Qiqi tried to call the police, the bald man knocked away her phone and his men shoved her head into a toilet.
• Sisi arrived with a phone call to the police in progress, forcing the bald man and his thugs to leave, then helped Zhao Qiqi up.
• Sisi took Zhao Qiqi next door, introduced herself, and served her dumplings, chicken soup, vegetables, and shrimp.
• Sisi explained how her husband and mother-in-law worked hard and cared for her during her difficult pregnancy, leaving Zhao Qiqi reflective.