Chapter Summaries

Jiang Baozhu returned to the Jiang household, drove Chen Ruyin and Wu Caixia away, and warmly welcomed Li Xiulan and Song Yutang. She praised Yutang for standing up to the family’s enemies, then explained how Chen Ruyin had manipulated Jiang Dingkun for years; the account left her describing how Jiang Qingyu and Wu Caixia had defended him.

• The household staff avoided helping Chen Ruyin, and Jiang Baozhu’s bodyguards released her after she ran off sobbing with Wu Caixia.
• Jiang Baozhu greeted Li Xiulan warmly and praised Jiang Guoqiang’s improved health, while Li invited her to stay for dinner.
• Jiang Baozhu said she had come to see Zhixia and Yutang, and Song Yutang introduced herself.
• Jiang Baozhu gave Song Yutang a valuable ruby brooch and praised her for standing up to Jiang Dingkun and Chen Ruyin.
• Jiang Baozhu recounted Chen Ruyin’s past relationships and how she repeatedly coaxed Jiang Dingkun into sending her money.
• Jiang Baozhu said Jiang Qingyu and Wu Caixia had dismissed the family’s criticism of Jiang Dingkun as pettiness.

Jiang Baozhu visited Song Yutang and checked on Jiang Muyan, then offered Song Yutang advice on handling the Jiang family and its patriarch. When Jiang Zhixia arrived, Jiang Baozhu began preparing to discuss her divorce in private.

• Jiang Baozhu told Song Yutang she had worried about Jiang Guoqiang’s family and promised to help them if needed.
• Jiang Baozhu asked about Jiang Zhixia’s divorce, and Song Yutang explained that Zhixia was supervising restaurant renovations with her father.
• Jiang Baozhu examined Jiang Muyan and said she had investigated his medical team, so Song Yutang agreed to wait before changing it.
• Song Yutang and Jiang Baozhu discussed managing household staff and dealing with the suspicious Jiang patriarch.
• Jiang Zhixia hurried back, and Jiang Baozhu asked whether Song Yutang’s study had any extra eyes or ears.

Jiang Baozhu gave Jiang Zhixia a fortune in assets so she and her daughter could survive after divorcing Ji Chengyu, and explained that the inheritance was meant to protect the Jiang Family’s daughters. She traced the money’s origins through generations of women who had suffered abusive marriages, leaving Song Yutang to understand why Jiang Baozhu had preserved it.

• Song Yutang assured Jiang Baozhu that their conversation in the study could not be overheard, and they discussed how Jiang Dingkun’s favoritism had led to Song Yutang marrying into their family instead of Jiang Sichen.
• Jiang Baozhu gave Jiang Zhixia a safe-deposit key, photographs of valuables and medicinal ingredients, property deeds, and a bank card containing years of rental income and investment returns.
• Jiang Zhixia cried and tried to refuse, but Jiang Baozhu told her the assets were for the Jiang Family’s daughters and could be passed down if Zhixia did not need them.
• Jiang Baozhu explained that the inheritance had passed between generations to help women escape abusive marriages, beginning with a woman whose husband abused and ultimately killed her.
• Jiang Baozhu said her aunt had later used the inherited money, along with her own funds, to support Jiang Baozhu’s divorce when her family would not help her.

Jiang Baozhu explained the inheritance she was giving Jiang Zhixia and why it was meant to help the women of the Jiang Family live securely, not burden them. She then began recounting how she stayed married to protect her sons’ inheritance, leaving Song Yutang and Jiang Zhixia listening to the shocking story of her husband’s misfortunes.

• Jiang Baozhu clarified that her aunt’s gifts had grown into properties and investments, and she planned to divide them between Jiang Zhixia and Shiqing while excluding Jiang Shiya.
• Jiang Zhixia worried she could not manage the inheritance, but Jiang Baozhu told her to use it to live well and explained that the family legacy was meant to give women security if they divorced.
• Jiang Zhixia accepted the inheritance and promised to care for herself and her daughter, learn to manage the assets, and help other mothers in need.
• When Jiang Zhixia mentioned picking up Tuantuan, Jiang Baozhu arranged for someone else to do it and began explaining why she had never divorced her husband.
• Jiang Baozhu said she had stayed married partly to protect her two sons’ share of the family property, then recounted how her husband’s affair, diseases, and a botched laser treatment prevented him from fathering more children.

Jiang Baozhu told Song Yutang and Jiang Zhixia how her husband and his family abused and humiliated her, driving her into severe depression. She described the rooftop incident that ended with a firefighter catching her, and left off as she overheard her husband speaking to his mother in the hospital.

• Jiang Baozhu explained that a doctor involved in her medical malpractice case later won a scratch-card jackpot and emigrated with his family.
• Jiang Baozhu recounted how her husband betrayed her on their wedding night, treated his secretary as his wife, and abused her during a difficult childbirth.
• Jiang Baozhu described her family rejecting her when she sought a divorce and her husband and secretary humiliating her in public.
• Jiang Baozhu recalled going to the company rooftop, where her husband insulted her and threatened their children; after her son was injured, she jumped and a firefighter caught her.
• Jiang Baozhu told Song Yutang and Jiang Zhixia that she woke in the hospital and overheard her husband talking to his mother.

Jiang Baozhu explained how her husband and his family had planned to kill her and her children for her assets, and how she chose to recover and divorce him. Her account ended with her discovering that her young sons had been abused and forced to serve her husband’s pregnant secretary.

• Song Yutang and Jiang Zhixia learned that Jiang Baozhu’s husband had planned to provoke her into suicide so he could claim her assets and eliminate their children.
• Jiang Baozhu explained that her husband’s financial troubles and resentment of her status had driven his family to manipulate her and plot against her.
• Jiang Baozhu realized that her husband’s remorse after her death would only be a performance to escape blame, so she cooperated with treatment and resolved to start over with her sons.
• Jiang Baozhu’s aunt gave her an inheritance and a courtyard house, giving her the means to seek a divorce.
• When Jiang Baozhu left the hospital to collect her sons, she found they had been made to sleep in a storage room and were slapped and forced to serve her husband’s secretary.

Jiang Baozhu explained how she protected her sons and rebuilt her life, inspiring Jiang Zhixia to fight back and Song Yutang to support abused women and children. Song Yutang later realized she had forgotten Jiang Muyan’s kidney tonic tablets for two days.

• Jiang Baozhu told Song Yutang and Jiang Zhixia how she stayed married to protect her sons, then reached an understanding with her husband’s family.
• Jiang Baozhu confronted Jiang Dingkun during dinner, and Song Yutang’s family welcomed her while Jiang Dingkun was left out.
• After Ji Chengyu sought reconciliation, Jiang Zhixia threw a water bottle at him and began actively pursuing evidence and a fair division of assets.
• Song Yutang entrusted the divorce case to lawyers and planned an aid program for abused women and children through the foundation.
• Song Yutang noticed the kidney tonic tablets by her bed and realized she had forgotten to give Jiang Muyan his medicine for two days.

Song Yutang decided to try for a baby with her vegetative husband, Jiang Muyan, while he secretly remained conscious and reacted to her touch. The chapter ended with her beginning to inspect him and Jiang Muyan shuddering.

• Song Yutang fed Jiang Muyan his medicine, and he secretly licked her lip, making her wonder if he was conscious before she dismissed the idea.
• Song Yutang decided that having a baby was urgent and calculated that she was in her ovulation window.
• Song Yutang touched Jiang Muyan's chest and admired his physique while he secretly resented her crediting the nursing team for it.
• Song Yutang decided to check whether Jiang Muyan could perform normally, and he shuddered when she touched him.

Song Yutang prepared for her and Jiang Muyan’s long-awaited wedding night, but her inexperience led her to consult online videos and shop for sexual products while Jiang Muyan pretended to be unconscious. The chapter left them still trying to figure out how to consummate their marriage.

• Song Yutang inspected Jiang Muyan, decided he was healthy, and prepared for their wedding night while he silently objected to being treated like a manual laborer.
• Song Yutang brushed up, perfumed herself, and put on a sheer pink nightdress; Jiang Muyan got a nosebleed when he saw her.
• Song Yutang struggled to consummate the marriage, and Jiang Muyan stayed still rather than reveal that he was conscious.
• Song Yutang watched online videos for guidance, then searched for advice on how a woman could have intercourse with an immobile man.
• Song Yutang browsed a shopping app, justified buying various sexual products as a form of learning, and excluded one item because she considered herself virtuous.

Jiang Muyan struggled with whether to reveal that he had been awake while Song Yutang ordered intimate toys and accidentally exposed them to him. The chapter ended with Song Yutang blushing as she read instructions for a red ribbon meant for her husband, while Jiang Muyan blamed his nosebleed on the heat.

• After Song Yutang left to shower, Jiang Muyan used her discarded nightdress to relieve his arousal, then grew jealous when she murmured another man's name in her sleep and bit her lips.
• Jiang Muyan debated whether to stop pretending to be in a vegetative state, but feared both confessing that he had witnessed everything and waking as a stranger to Song Yutang.
• Song Yutang's intimate purchases arrived after only three days, and Jiang Muyan saw her drop a black lace set and panties while a cat-ear-and-bell toy meowed.
• Song Yutang hurriedly hid the toys, then examined the other items and blushed after reading that the red ribbon was intended for her husband.
• Jiang Muyan got a nosebleed and insisted to himself that it was caused by the July heat.

Jiang Muyan anticipated trying the intimate items Song Yutang had found, while Doctor Fang teased him about being worked up as he pretended to be in a vegetative state. After Song Yutang finalized a domestic abuse support fund, she ran into Wang Yaru, who revealed that Cheng Yun had asked her to persuade Song Yutang to attend a reunion.

• Song Yutang put away the intimate items and left for work after telling Jiang Muyan she would come home that night to make babies with him.
• Doctor Fang examined Jiang Muyan, diagnosed him as overheated from unsatisfied desires, and teased him about his nosebleeds while Jiang Muyan insisted he was merely bleeding from the nose.
• Jiang Muyan worked faster than usual at Hengxing while Song Yutang finalized the domestic abuse fund plan.
• Song Yutang met Wang Yaru in the lobby, recognized her as a supportive senior from high school, and grew wary when she mentioned Cheng Yun.
• Wang Yaru said Cheng Yun had asked her to persuade Song Yutang to attend the class reunion and described his questionable behavior at recent reunions.

Song Yutang agreed to consider funding aid for impoverished students at her old school after Wang Yaru presented a detailed proposal. After confirming Wang Yaru had no connection to Cheng Yun, Song Yutang accepted the materials for the foundation to review and promised further help when her finances allowed.

• Wang Yaru asked Song Yutang to have her foundation support students in poverty in their hometown, and Song Yutang agreed because she remembered the help she had received at school.
• Song Yutang secretly asked Butler Wang and Assistant Dong to investigate Wang Yaru, especially her possible ties to Cheng Yun, then went to dinner with her to discuss the request.
• Wang Yaru described the hardships of soliciting donations and gave Song Yutang a detailed report on local poverty and education, while Song Yutang urged her not to treat the meal like a business negotiation.
• Butler Wang and Assistant Dong reported that Wang Yaru had no contact with Cheng Yun and was pursuing a promotion that could benefit from a successful aid project.
• Song Yutang accepted Wang Yaru's materials for the foundation to review and said she would personally sponsor students once her finances were stable.

Song Yutang took care of Wang Yaru after she passed out drunk, but later realized Wang Yaru had drugged her with an aphrodisiac. As Song Yutang collapsed, Wang Yaru photographed her and sent the picture to someone, saying she had delivered the person they wanted.

• Wang Yaru got drunk while confessing that she hoped Song Yutang’s influence would help her advance at work.
• Song Yutang brought Wang Yaru to a hotel, where Wang Yaru vomited on her and rambled after waking up.
• Song Yutang drank mango juice, noticed Wang Yaru’s allergic reaction, and gave her delivered allergy medicine.
• Song Yutang began experiencing the effects of an aphrodisiac and tried to escape the room.
• Wang Yaru watched Song Yutang collapse, took her picture, and sent it to someone with the message that she had gotten them the person they wanted.

Jiang Muyan learned that Jiang Sinian had arranged for Cheng Yun to seduce Song Yutang, then raced to rescue her after receiving a photo that placed her in a hotel. Song Yutang woke to find Cheng Yun preparing to frame her on camera, while her phone remained within reach.

• Jiang Muyan received Zhao Chuan's report that Jiang Sinian had recruited Cheng Yun, whose real name was Zhang Yun, to use a honey trap against Song Yutang.
• Zhao Chuan told Jiang Muyan that Wang Yaru had sent Cheng Yun a photo of Song Yutang drugged in a hotel room.
• Jiang Muyan decoded the photo's location, disguised himself, disabled surveillance cameras, and drove to the hotel to retrieve Song Yutang quietly.
• Song Yutang woke in the hotel room to find Cheng Yun preparing to assault her while several cameras and a phone recorded them.
• Cheng Yun mocked Song Yutang and warned her not to struggle, while Song Yutang secretly checked that her phone was still nearby.

Song Yutang fought off Cheng Yun after he drugged and blackmailed her, then called Brother Yan for help when the drug’s effects overwhelmed her. He did not answer, and she began to lose consciousness while waiting for her driver and bodyguards.

• Cheng Yun threatened to release recordings of Song Yutang unless she cooperated with him.
• Song Yutang attacked Cheng Yun with objects from the hotel room and wounded herself with broken glass to stay lucid.
• Song Yutang beat Cheng Yun with a floor lamp, then called her driver and bodyguards for help.
• Song Yutang called Brother Yan twice, but he did not answer.
• Song Yutang struggled against the drug’s effects and began losing consciousness, wondering where Brother Yan was.

Jiang Muyan rescued Song Yutang from Cheng Yun as the drug in her system grew stronger. After ordering Cheng Yun taken to the Lan Residence for interrogation, Jiang Muyan caught Song Yutang as she collapsed, and she clung to him while struggling with the drug’s effects.

• Song Yutang resisted Cheng Yun’s attempted assault with a glass shard, but Jiang Muyan and his bodyguards burst in before she could attack him.
• Jiang Muyan beat Cheng Yun, who blamed Jiang Sinian, then ordered Cheng Yun taken to the Lan Residence and handed over to Gu Zheng for questioning.
• Jiang Muyan noticed the wound on Song Yutang’s thigh and ordered Cheng Yun stabbed in the thigh ten times, each blow reaching bone.
• Song Yutang asked how Jiang Muyan had found her, and he vaguely credited his abilities.
• Song Yutang told Jiang Muyan she was glad he had been there all along, then collapsed into his arms as the drug’s effects intensified.

Song Yutang and the masked Jiang Muyan nearly crossed a line while she was drugged, but she insisted she could not betray her comatose husband. Jiang Muyan coaxed her into removing his mask, and she froze when she saw a face identical to her husband’s.

• Zhao Chuan turned away Song Yutang’s driver and bodyguards, telling them the problem had been settled and that Song Yutang and Dong Ying were occupied.
• Song Yutang touched Jiang Muyan’s masked face, kissed his eyes, and admitted she liked him before kissing him through the mask.
• Jiang Muyan carried Song Yutang to the bed and kissed her, but she pushed him away and said she could not betray her husband.
• Song Yutang refused to look beneath Jiang Muyan’s mask, while he held her close and coaxed her to remove it.
• Jiang Muyan guided Song Yutang’s hand to his mask, and she pulled it off to reveal a face identical to Jiang Muyan’s.

Song Yutang discovered that Jiang Muyan had awakened and learned he had been conscious through much of her caretaking. Jiang Muyan kissed her, saying he owed her a wedding night and a child, and began unbuttoning her blouse.

• Song Yutang mistook Jiang Muyan for someone who had undergone plastic surgery until he showed her familiar features and the scar on his chest.
• Jiang Muyan revealed that he had awakened the morning Song Yutang visited her family after hearing the movies she played for him.
• Jiang Muyan teased Song Yutang about her massages, kidney tonic pills, and plans to try scandalous toys, then admitted he had been aware while unable to wake.
• Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang he owed her a wedding night and a child, then kissed her and began unbuttoning her blouse.

Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan spent the night together, but Wang Yaru soon arrived at the hotel with reporters, accusing Song Yutang of seducing her fiancé. Jiang Muyan remained confident that someone would handle the accusation as Song Yutang realized Cheng Yun had helped arrange the scheme.

• Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang became intimate, and he teased her into calling him “hubby.”
• Song Yutang woke to Wang Yaru shouting outside their hotel room that Song Yutang had seduced her fiancé.
• Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang to keep resting, confident that someone would deal with the commotion.
• Reporters and livestreamers gathered outside the room to publicize the alleged scandal.
• Song Yutang recognized the setup as a scheme involving Cheng Yun and admitted she had underestimated Wang Yaru.
• Jiang Muyan held Song Yutang close and began counting after she refused to kiss him for his help.

Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang stayed together in the hotel room while Zhao Chuan dealt with the people causing trouble outside. A second accusation brought Jiang Dingkun and the family to the corridor, where Wang Yaru claimed Song Yutang was having an affair with her fiancé.

• Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang that Zhao Chuan had handled the trouble outside, then kissed her and insisted on making up for their wedding night.
• Song Yutang reminded Jiang Muyan that he was supposed to be in a vegetative state, but he said someone would cover for him and continued kissing her.
• Zhao Chuan saw Jiang Dingkun, Chen Ruyin, Wu Caixia, Jiang Sinian, Li Xiulan, and Jiang Guoqiang arrive in the elevator.
• Wang Yaru bit a bodyguard, escaped, and shouted that Song Yutang was in room 8866 with her fiancé, Cheng Yun.
• Wang Yaru told the family that Song Yutang had seduced Cheng Yun, while Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang defended Song Yutang and denied the accusation.
• Chen Ruyin questioned why Wang Yaru would accuse Song Yutang, and Li Xiulan slapped her and told her to stay out of it.