Recaps

Song Yutang defended Jiang Zhixia’s decision to leave Ji Chengyu and secured promises of three homes for her and Tuantuan. As they prepared to go, Ji Chengyu confessed that Lin Lu’s family had suffered because of him and explained why Lin Lu had married his brother instead.

• Song Yutang used Butler Wang’s testimony to rebut Ji Chengyu’s threats about Jiang Zhixia returning to her family home.
• Jiang Zhixia declared she would find work and move out with Tuantuan, while Song Yutang demanded that Jiang Dingkun provide her with three homes as a dowry.
• Song Yutang told Ji Chengyu that the properties would be transferred within three days, and he reluctantly asked Jiang Zhixia whether she had to force him.
• Jiang Zhixia said Ji Chengyu was the one forcing her and Tuantuan, then started to leave with her daughter.
• Ji Chengyu confessed that he had caused Lin Lu’s family’s misfortunes and said he cared for Lin Lu and her child because he owed her.
• Ji Chengyu revealed that he and Lin Lu had been childhood sweethearts, but she had married his brother to help him after learning their father favored his brother.

Ji Chengyu told Jiang Zhixia that Lin Lu had sacrificed her family’s fortune and endured abuse to help him, but Jiang and Song Yutang challenged his account and the way he had repaid her. Jiang chose to divorce him and left the banquet hall with Tuantuan, while Song Yutang stayed beside her as she broke down crying.

• Ji Chengyu explained that Lin Lu had helped him regain his inheritance and suffered the loss of her family, her first baby, and nearly her life, while he had supported her and Guangguang out of gratitude.
• Song Yutang questioned whether Lin Lu had truly sacrificed herself, and Jiang Zhixia argued that Lin Lu’s family had revealed the story only after they needed Ji Chengyu’s help.
• Ji Chengyu said he had hidden the truth to spare Jiang Zhixia pain, but Song Yutang pointed out that he had acted as Lin Lu’s husband and Guangguang’s father while neglecting his own family.
• Jiang Zhixia told Ji Chengyu she still wanted a divorce, and Song Yutang said his conduct was cheating rather than repayment of a debt.
• Jiang Zhixia walked out carrying Tuantuan, who comforted her, and then sobbed against Song Yutang’s shoulder as Song promised to take her home.

Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang how Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu had endangered Tuantuan and decided to divorce him to protect her daughter. After seeing footage of Ji Chengyu attacking them, Jiang Muyan ordered Zhao Chuan to retaliate and investigate ways to secure Jiang Zhixia’s divorce and custody of Tuantuan.

• Jiang Zhixia explained that Lin Lu had arranged for Tuantuan to be sent abroad with a drug-using male nanny after Tuantuan sought Ji Chengyu’s attention.
• Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang that her family’s crises had left her unable to get help, and she resolved to divorce Ji Chengyu for Tuantuan’s sake.
• Song Yutang reassured Jiang Zhixia that she would support and teach her as she learned to protect Tuantuan.
• Zhao Chuan told Jiang Muyan that Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan had been harmed and sent him edited hotel surveillance footage.
• After watching Ji Chengyu attack Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan, Jiang Muyan ordered Zhao Chuan to repay him tenfold, review the companies’ joint projects, investigate Ji Chengyu’s finances, and notify Lin Lu’s family about her attempt to murder Old Madam Ji.

Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan arrived safely at the Jiang Family home, while Song Yutang cared for them and continued suspecting that Jiang Muyan’s coma was being prolonged deliberately. Jiang Muyan learned that money from the suspicious overseas accounts had flowed into a company owned by Jiang Sichen.

• Jiang Muyan cut ties with Ji Chengyu, withdrawing Hengxing’s support and the Gu Family’s help after learning how Ji Chengyu treated Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan.
• Butler Wang welcomed Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan to the Jiang Family home, where the staff and doctors tended to their injuries.
• Song Yutang wondered whether the medical team and the old man were concealing the truth about Jiang Muyan’s accident and planned to seek a more reliable examination.
• Jiang Muyan messaged Gu Zheng, who revealed that one company receiving money from the overseas accounts belonged wholly to Jiang Sichen.

Jiang Muyan investigated the Jiang second branch’s asset transfers and grew jealous after Song Yutang called Li Zerui her husband in her sleep. Meanwhile, Ji Chengyu left the hospital with Lin Lu and Guangguang, but their car was struck on a dark, secluded road.

• Jiang Muyan discussed the second branch’s suspected asset transfers with Gu Zheng and ordered further investigation into his third uncle’s car accident.
• Jiang Muyan agreed to contact Eldest Young Master Gu and resolved to wake from his vegetative state so he could protect Song Yutang.
• Song Yutang called Li Zerui her husband while asleep, prompting Jiang Muyan to ask Zhao Chuan to investigate him.
• Lin Lu persuaded Ji Chengyu to take her and Guangguang to the hospital and then drive them home, leaving Jiang Zhixia and her daughter behind.
• Ji Chengyu drove Lin Lu and Guangguang along a secluded road, where the streetlights went out and another vehicle struck the rear of his car.

Ji Chengyu was beaten by a group of men and suspected Song Yutang had arranged it, but Lin Lu convinced him the Jiang family could not truly support Jiang Zhixia. He agreed to let Lin Lu and Guangguang stay at his home and let her use his marital bed, telling her to keep it from Zhixia.

• A group of men beat Ji Chengyu after a minor traffic collision, and he suspected Song Yutang had hired them.
• Ji Chengyu refused to call the police, then blamed Lin Lu for provoking Jiang Zhixia and warned her about the Jiang family’s power.
• Lin Lu reminded Ji Chengyu of his promises to her, and he relented despite insisting that his relationship with her was over.
• Lin Lu persuaded Ji Chengyu that Jiang Zhixia lacked family support and was only pretending to consider divorce, so he decided not to pick her up immediately.
• Ji Chengyu agreed that Lin Lu and Guangguang could stay with him for a few days, and he gave in when Lin Lu asked to use his marital bed, telling her not to let Zhixia find out.

Song Yutang asked Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan whether they supported Jiang Zhixia divorcing Ji Chengyu, and they agreed she had to leave him. The chapter ended with her parents-in-law worrying that Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan would be unwelcome in their own home, while Song Yutang reassured them they could stay.

• Song Yutang told Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan that Jiang Zhixia planned to divorce Ji Chengyu, and they angrily condemned his abuse and betrayal.
• Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan worried about earning enough to support Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan, while Song Yutang reminded them their family was wealthy.
• Song Yutang asked whether Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan supported the divorce and would help Jiang Zhixia afterward.
• Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang agreed Jiang Zhixia had to divorce Ji Chengyu because he was violent and unfaithful.
• Li Xiulan offered Song Yutang her jewelry, and Jiang Guoqiang offered his ring in gratitude for helping Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan.
• Song Yutang told them Jiang Zhixia had every right to return to her parents' home, but Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang recalled divorced daughters being mistreated by their families.

Song Yutang reassured Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang that Jiang Zhixia belonged in the family and deserved their support. At lunch, Jiang Zhixia revealed Ji Chengyu’s abuse to Jiang Dingkun and declared she wanted a divorce, but he refused because he valued the Jiang family’s reputation.

• Song Yutang returned the jewelry to Li Xiulan and urged her and Jiang Guoqiang to stand by Jiang Zhixia as family.
• Song Yutang brought Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan to lunch in the main hall, where Tuantuan told Jiang Dingkun that Jiang Zhixia planned to divorce Ji Chengyu.
• Jiang Zhixia described Ji Chengyu’s favoritism toward Lin Lu and showed Jiang Dingkun the injuries he had inflicted on her and Tuantuan.
• Jiang Dingkun dismissed the abuse as a trivial matter and told Jiang Zhixia to stop talking about divorce.
• Song Yutang challenged Jiang Dingkun for putting the family’s reputation above Jiang Zhixia’s safety and confirmed she had arranged support for her divorce.
• Jiang Zhixia declared that she herself wanted the divorce, but Jiang Dingkun angrily rejected her decision.

Jiang Zhixia demanded a divorce from Ji Chengyu, but Jiang Dingkun and other relatives tried to make her stay, while Song Yutang and Wen Jingyan defended her. When Jiang Shiya pretended to have a suicidal episode to stop the divorce, Song Yutang ordered the butler to take her for emergency electroconvulsive therapy.

• Jiang Zhixia said she would divorce Ji Chengyu even if she and Tuantuan had to move out, but Song Yutang and Li Xiulan backed her and challenged Jiang Dingkun's refusal.
• Chen Ruyin argued that Song Yutang should not interfere in Jiang Zhixia's marriage, and Song Yutang slapped her for meddling in the Jiang family's affairs.
• Jiang Qingyu, Wu Caixia, and Jiang Sinian criticized divorce, while Wen Jingyan pointed out that Ji Chengyu had cheated and assaulted Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan.
• Jiang Dingkun agreed that Ji Chengyu should be warned but still opposed divorce, as Wu Caixia and Jiang Shiya pressured Jiang Zhixia by claiming divorce would disgrace the family.
• Jiang Shiya pretended her depression was worsening and threatened suicide, so Song Yutang told the butler to take her to the medical room for emergency electric shocks.

Jiang Shiya was dragged toward the medical room for treatment while the family argued over Jiang Zhixia’s divorce. When Jiang Dingkun forbade the divorce and threatened Song Yutang, Jiang Guoqiang stood up for his daughter and demanded that his kidney be returned if the family had to leave.

• Jiang Boyan covered Jiang Shiya’s mouth and dragged her toward the medical room for electric-shock treatment as Jiang Sinian tried to stop him.
• Song Yutang and Wen Jingyan argued that Jiang Shiya needed proper treatment, and Jiang Dingkun agreed she should be treated at home or in a psychiatric hospital.
• Chen Ruyin urged Jiang Zhixia to endure her marriage for the sake of the Jiang Family’s reputation, and Jiang Dingkun forbade her from divorcing or renovating a parent-and-child room.
• Jiang Zhixia insisted she would divorce for her daughter, and Song Yutang furiously confronted Jiang Dingkun for demanding that she tolerate humiliation.
• Jiang Guoqiang shielded Song Yutang and Jiang Zhixia, declared that his daughter would divorce, and offered to leave with his family while asking Jiang Dingkun to give back his kidney.

Jiang Zhixia and her family demanded their inheritance and supported her divorce, but Jiang Dingkun and Chen Ruyin defended Ji Chengyu and blamed Zhixia for his abuse. Song Yutang attacked Chen Ruyin and confronted Jiang Dingkun, accusing him of abandoning his own descendants for the sake of others.

• Li Xiulan, Jiang Guoqiang, and Jiang Boyan demanded the return of the belongings left to their family, while Xiao Tuantuan pleaded for Jiang Zhixia to divorce Jiang Chengyu.
• Jiang Dingkun questioned whether Jiang Zhixia truly wanted a divorce, but Zhixia said she would not risk another attempt on Tuantuan's life.
• Jiang Dingkun and Chen Ruyin defended Ji Chengyu's attention to Lin Lu and urged Zhixia to tolerate his behavior and apologize, even after he had abused her and Tuantuan.
• Song Yutang slapped Chen Ruyin for interfering and condemned her for blaming Jiang Zhixia for the violence.
• Song Yutang confronted Jiang Dingkun, accused him of favoring Chen Ruyin's descendants over his own family, and challenged him to examine what Jiang Sinian said and did behind his back.

Song Yutang exposed the second branch’s greed and defended Jiang Guoqiang’s family, forcing Jiang Dingkun to let Jiang Zhixia divorce. The second branch retreated, and Song Yutang urged Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan to make peace with Jiang Dingkun over a meal.

• Song Yutang slapped Jiang Sinian and Wu Caixia after they attacked her, and Jiang Guoqiang punched Jiang Qingyu when he threatened her family.
• Jiang Guoqiang demanded his kidney back and said he would leave with his family, while Li Xiulan demanded support for Jiang Muyan’s treatment and a share of the estate.
• Song Yutang mocked Jiang Dingkun’s self-deception, and Jiang Dingkun ordered the family to stop discussing moving out and allowed Jiang Zhixia to divorce.
• Chen Ruyin tried to dissuade Jiang Dingkun from letting Jiang Zhixia stay, but he told her to move out if she was afraid.
• After Jiang Dingkun left the table, Song Yutang told Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang to cook his favorite food and apologize to him.

Song Yutang stood by Jiang Zhixia as the family agreed she and Tuantuan could stay while they pursued a divorce. Jiang Muyan secretly arranged support for Song Yutang and prepared to improve his health, while Ji Chengyu woke beside Lin Lu after giving in to her the night before.

• Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang prepared food, while Song Yutang had Tuantuan cheer up Jiang Zhixia and promised to defend her.
• Song Yutang reassured Jiang Zhixia that she and Tuantuan could stay with the family and handle the divorce gradually.
• Jiang Muyan watched Song Yutang defend Jiang Zhixia, then asked Zhao Chuan for updates on the support he had arranged for Song Yutang.
• Zhao Chuan reported on Song Yutang's property, business plans, recruitment, family investigation, gifts, and Lin Lu's conduct toward the eldest young lady.
• Jiang Muyan took kidney-tonifying tablets and exercised because he wanted to be ready to have a child with Song Yutang.
• Ji Chengyu woke beside Lin Lu and recalled that he had ultimately given in to her the previous night.

Ji Chengyu was caught in an intimate moment with Lin Lu when his uncle demanded that he bring in the person who had harmed his sister. At the Jiang Family home, Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan appealed to Jiang Dingkun’s love for his family, and he asked Tuantuan to fetch her mother and aunt.

• Lin Lu seduced Ji Chengyu, but his uncle’s call interrupted them and revealed that Lin Lu was accused of pushing Jiang Dingkun’s sister down the stairs.
• Ji Chengyu’s uncle demanded that he bring the culprit to him within an hour or risk the companies’ partnership.
• Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan brought food to Jiang Dingkun, and Tuantuan coaxed him into eating noodles.
• Jiang Guoqiang apologized for standing up for Jiang Zhixia and explained that he could not ignore his daughter being wronged.
• Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan reminded Jiang Dingkun that he had donated a kidney and cared for his family, and Jiang Dingkun asked Tuantuan to fetch her mother and aunt.

Jiang Dingkun supported Jiang Zhixia's divorce and gave her three properties as her dowry, while Song Yutang arranged to secure custody of Tuantuan and continued investigating suspicious connections. Meanwhile, Song Yutang received footage of Song Mingzhe insulting Sun Meifang, leaving Song Jianye furious and Sun Meifang pleading for peace.

• Jiang Dingkun gave Jiang Zhixia the deeds to three properties and told her to let Song Yutang help with her divorce and other matters.
• Song Yutang instructed Butler Wang to investigate Ji Chengyu's finances and seek custody of Tuantuan, then reviewed designs for the private kitchen restaurant.
• Butler Wang reported that Cheng Yun had no known connection to the second branch, though Song Yutang told him to keep investigating.
• Butler Wang showed Song Yutang a video of Song Mingzhe confronting Song Jianye and Sun Meifang at home.
• Song Mingzhe said he would no longer call Sun Meifang his mother because people mocked him, prompting Song Jianye to angrily rebuke him.
• Sun Meifang tearfully urged Song Jianye not to blame Song Mingzhe.

Song Yutang learned that Song Ruowei was not Song Jianye’s biological daughter and that Wang Tianlong was her father, while evidence showed Sun Meifang and Wang Tianlong had been meeting secretly. Jiang Muyan also sent Song Jianye’s will, which left Song Yutang nothing, and warned her to protect his health.

• Song Mingzhe argued with Song Jianye, accused him of protecting Sun Meifang and Song Ruowei, then stormed out after Song Jianye ordered him to leave.
• Butler Wang told Song Yutang that Sun Meifang had been seeing her first love, Wang Tianlong, and Song Yutang promised to support Butler Wang’s daughter’s treatment.
• Song Yutang and Butler Wang reviewed household and business documents until she noticed three missed calls from Jiang Muyan.
• Jiang Muyan sent DNA reports showing Song Ruowei was not Song Jianye’s biological daughter and that Wang Tianlong was almost certainly her biological father.
• Song Yutang watched hotel footage of Sun Meifang and Wang Tianlong meeting, then learned Song Jianye’s will left her no inheritance.
• Jiang Muyan warned Song Yutang that if Song Jianye died, she would receive nothing, and told her to take care of his health.

Song Yutang discussed medical care, business school, and her growing reliance on Jiang Muyan’s mysterious brother, then finalized plans for the private kitchen restaurant and student aid fund. Exhausted after a busy day, she went to bed wishing only to rest and sleep.

• Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang he had found an overseas clinical-trial drug for Butler Wang and urged her to thank him by giving Jiang Muyan kisses each day.
• Song Yutang invited Jiang Muyan to her friend’s birthday and asked to meet him, but he changed the subject and sent her detailed information about business schools.
• Jiang Muyan promised to protect Jiang Zhixia and investigate Ji Chengyu, while Song Yutang reflected on how comforting it was to rely on him.
• Song Yutang worked with Jiang Guoqiang and Jiang Zhixia to finalize the private kitchen’s renovation plans, and Butler Wang prepared to start construction and recruit a manager.
• Song Yutang instructed Assistant Dong to prepare the student aid fund documents for her to sign the next day, then collapsed into bed exhausted.

Song Yutang cared for the comatose Jiang Muyan while thinking about how much she admired his helpful friend, Brother Yan, and privately imagining what their relationship might be like. Jiang Muyan listened to her thoughts and grew jealous, while Song Yutang hoped he would wake up and treat her well.

• Song Yutang fed Jiang Muyan his medicine, kissed him as promised, and admired his handsome face while he pretended to sleep.
• Song Yutang wondered whether Brother Yan had a girlfriend and what he looked like, leaving Jiang Muyan confused and jealous.
• Song Yutang watched male-model livestreams and sent gifts, while Jiang Muyan opened his eyes and reacted angrily to the streamers.
• Song Yutang decided Brother Yan deserved her money and praised how reliably he had helped her, making Jiang Muyan feel as if he had gone green with jealousy.
• Song Yutang hoped Jiang Muyan would wake up and love her, but she also considered pursuing Brother Yan if Jiang Muyan pursued her younger sister.

Jiang Muyan realized Song Yutang’s feelings for Top Star Brother came from exhaustion and a desire for support, and decided to care for her through that identity. He arranged beauty salon memberships for her, then acted cold when she thanked him.

• Jiang Muyan overheard Song Yutang thinking about relying on Top Star Brother and concluded that she mainly envied the support he offered.
• Jiang Muyan asked Gu Zheng where his sister went for treatments and secretly massaged Song Yutang’s sore shoulders.
• Song Yutang dreamed that Top Star Brother was massaging her, making Jiang Muyan jealous again.
• Jiang Muyan arranged annual beauty salon memberships for Song Yutang, Li Xiulan, and Jiang Zhixia, then sent Song Yutang the membership numbers.
• Song Yutang praised Jiang Guoqiang’s improved osmanthus milk curd and received the memberships from Top Star Brother.
• Song Yutang thanked Brother Yan, and Jiang Muyan replied coldly while privately feeling pleased she had used that name.

Song Yutang misread Jiang Muyan’s attempts to keep their relationship restrained, then gave his body a treatment while checking whether the Shenbao Tablets had helped him recover. The chapter ended with Jiang Muyan reacting intensely as she examined him, while Song Yutang concluded that the tablets were working.

• Song Yutang asked Jiang Muyan why he seemed cold, and he insisted they were ordinary friends while assuring her that he would help whenever she needed it.
• Jiang Muyan privately regretted distancing himself and sent Song Yutang another message urging her to rest and use the beauty salon card.
• Song Yutang booked a beauty salon appointment for herself, Li Xiulan, and Jiang Zhixia, then decided to give Jiang Muyan a care treatment.
• Song Yutang massaged Jiang Muyan with essential oil and wondered whether her earlier treatments had harmed his sexual function.
• Song Yutang examined Jiang Muyan and judged that the Shenbao Tablets had helped him recover, while he tensed under her touch.

Song Yutang mistook Jiang Muyan’s attempt to keep their relationship appropriate for a request to distance herself, while Jiang Muyan tried to arrange a massage for her and regretted his words. The chapter ended with Song Yutang treating their friendship as a business relationship and spending ten million at Lan Residence, leaving Jiang Muyan dismayed.

• Song Yutang checked Jiang Muyan’s recovery, and he arranged for her to get a beauty treatment after realizing she was exhausted.
• Song Yutang enjoyed the massage and wondered whether Top Star Brother was married, while Jiang Muyan listened to her thoughts and grew frustrated at her mistaken assumptions.
• Song Yutang decided to keep her distance from Top Star Brother and stop asking him for help outside business matters, and Jiang Muyan resolved to salvage their friendship.
• Song Yutang went to Lan Residence and spent ten million on her account, crediting the sales to Top Star Brother.
• Jiang Muyan learned about the purchase and feared their friendship had reverted to a cold, transactional relationship.

Jiang Muyan explained away his cold messages to Song Yutang and reassured her that she could keep relying on him. After she accepted his explanation, he reflected that being her husband was difficult, while Gu Zheng called to ask if Jiang Muyan believed in the occult.

• Jiang Muyan blamed his coworker’s gossip for his angry messages and told Song Yutang he had no girlfriend, wife, or fiancée.
• Song Yutang worried that helping her might cause trouble with Young Master Gu, so Jiang Muyan claimed Gu Zheng had apologized and encouraged him to help her.
• Jiang Muyan arranged for Song Yutang’s account top-up to be refunded and promised she could still come to him for help.
• Song Yutang thanked Jiang Muyan and decided to find another way to repay him, while he resolved to stop letting jealousy complicate things.
• Gu Zheng called Jiang Muyan, suspecting someone was cursing him with a doll, and Jiang Muyan told him to trust in science.

Song Yutang watched footage of Song Ruowei, Sun Meifang, and Wang Tianlong secretly reuniting, then ordered Butler Wang to help Sun Meifang conceive while rewarding him with treatment abroad for his wife and daughter. The chapter ended with Song Yutang asking three contacts for updates on their investigations.

• Butler Wang showed Song Yutang surveillance videos of Song Ruowei, Sun Meifang, and Wang Tianlong behaving like a family at a resort in Haicheng.
• Song Yutang deduced that Sun Meifang was rushing to have a child and told Butler Wang to keep watching them and help cover their tracks so Sun Meifang could get pregnant.
• Butler Wang explained that his wife had breast cancer and worried about her traveling abroad alone, so Song Yutang arranged for his daughter to accompany her for treatment and promised to cover the expenses.
• Song Yutang offered Butler Wang a week's leave after the arrangements were made, and he pledged to help her against the Song Family.
• Song Yutang logged into her encrypted social media account and asked three contacts how their investigations were going.

Song Yutang used private investigators to uncover evidence that Jiang Muyan’s crash had been deliberately arranged and ordered them to investigate the earlier crash that killed Third Uncle and his wife. After confronting Jiang Shiya, she went to celebrate Tuantuan’s birthday, where she unexpectedly encountered President Zhao and a tense family argument.

• Song Yutang received evidence that the truck driver in Jiang Muyan’s crash had been paid through a shell company and that the collision had been planned.
• Song Yutang paid the investigator to identify who was behind the shell company and to investigate Third Uncle and his wife’s fatal crash abroad.
• Song Yutang frightened Jiang Shiya by threatening to send her for electroconvulsive therapy, and Jiang Shiya fled upstairs.
• Song Yutang went to Tuantuan’s birthday party and learned that Youyou’s mother had paid the bill.
• Song Yutang encountered President Zhao leaving a private dining room, and a pregnant young woman rushed after her to complain about her behavior.

Zhao Cuifeng confronted Zhao Qiqi and Li Zifeng’s family over their demands for a lavish dowry and control of her company, but Qiqi sided with Zifeng and threatened to cut ties with her mother. The confrontation left Zhao Cuifeng distressed as Zifeng’s relatives pressed her to hand over her business and accept their marriage terms.

• Li Zifeng followed Zhao Cuifeng and apologized for his family, but Zhao Cuifeng rejected him as her son.
• Zhao Qiqi defended Li Zifeng’s demands for a thirty-million-yuan dowry, a car and home, and apartments for his nieces and nephews.
• Li Zifeng’s mother claimed she had raised Zhao Qiqi, and Qiqi threatened to disown Zhao Cuifeng if she kept opposing the marriage.
• Li Zifeng suggested breaking up and raising the baby himself, and Zhao Qiqi accused Zhao Cuifeng of treating her worse than his family did.
• Li Zifeng’s six older sisters insulted Zhao Cuifeng and demanded the dowry and her company, while Li Zifeng promised to take over the business and care for her.
• Zhao Qiqi declared that she would cut ties with Zhao Cuifeng unless she agreed to the marriage.