Chapter Summaries

Song Yutang confronted Jiang Dingkun and Jiang Qingyu over Jiang Sinian’s plot against her, demanding compensation and control of Jiang Muyan’s shares and the Jiang Group presidency. She threatened to take the case to the law unless the family offered a sincere apology.

• Song Yutang condemned Jiang Dingkun for favoring his mistress and adopted son, while Jiang Dingkun stayed silent.
• Song Yutang rebuked Jiang Qingyu and demanded that he and Jiang Sinian each give her a five-percent stake for framing her.
• Song Yutang demanded to hold Jiang Muyan’s shares and become president of the Jiang Group, but Jiang Qingyu and Jiang Dingkun objected.
• Song Yutang threatened to report Jiang Sinian’s alleged abduction, drugging, and attempted assault, and warned Jiang Qingyu that he could also face consequences for covering it up.
• Jiang Dingkun called Song Yutang’s demands too harsh and asked her to request something else, but she insisted on a sincere apology or a fight to the bitter end.

Song Yutang forced Jiang Dingkun and Jiang Qingyu to grant her the Jiang Family foundation chairmanship and demanded compensation in shares, threatening to release her evidence if they failed to complete the transfer. Jiang Dingkun agreed to the arrangement while privately promising Jiang Qingyu that the shares would eventually be returned to him and his son.

• Song Yutang raised her demands until Jiang Dingkun agreed that she would receive 1% of the shares and that 3% would be set aside for her future children, while Jiang Qingyu handed over the foundation chairmanship.
• Song Yutang gave Jiang Qingyu one week to complete the share transfer and notarization, warning that she would release her evidence if they failed.
• After Song Yutang left, Jiang Dingkun told Jiang Qingyu to placate her because she had leverage and connections with the Gu Family.
• Jiang Dingkun urged Jiang Qingyu to leave a share of the family fortune for Guoqiang, and Jiang Qingyu agreed.
• Jiang Dingkun promised to send lawyers the next day, then privately told Jiang Qingyu they would give Song Yutang only 1% and later reclaim the 3% reserved for her future children.

Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan pieced together Jiang Dingkun’s hidden motives behind his apparent favoritism toward the second branch and his redistribution of shares. They concluded that he had quietly supported their family’s rise to protect his blood relatives from being stripped of the Jiang Clan’s wealth, though he still felt attached to the son he had raised.

• Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan watched footage of Jiang Dingkun agreeing to redistribute shares and questioned why he had conceded so readily.
• Jiang Muyan described how the second branch had gained control over the Jiang Group, its overseas markets, charitable foundation, and family assets.
• Song Yutang reasoned that Jiang Dingkun had once intended to leave the family fortune to his adopted son, but later grew disillusioned with the second branch and sought out his biological son and grandson.
• Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang inferred that Jiang Dingkun had used his kidney failure and Jiang Muyan’s bargaining to divide the second branch’s power and give the eldest branch a chance to take control.
• Song Yutang concluded that Jiang Dingkun had also allowed her to enter the family and weaken the second branch, while leaving them some wealth in case their efforts failed.
• Jiang Muyan wondered whether understanding Jiang Dingkun’s scheme made Song Yutang feel she had accomplished little.

Song Yutang explained that she used Jiang Dingkun’s influence as pragmatically as he used her, while Jiang Muyan apologized for arriving too late and urged her to trust and rely on him. She kept her feelings guarded, and the chapter ended with Jiang Muyan accidentally falling off the bed after moving aside to ease her discomfort.

• Song Yutang told Jiang Muyan that she used Jiang Dingkun to secure her position while letting him believe he was using her.
• Jiang Muyan revealed that he and Song Yutang had been the ones meant to marry, and apologized for failing to protect her sooner.
• Jiang Muyan promised to support Song Yutang and asked her to trust him, but she insisted their marriage should remain a partnership focused on living well.
• Song Yutang reflected that she would welcome love if it came but would not force it, then felt awkward sharing a bed with Jiang Muyan.
• Jiang Muyan shifted toward the bed’s edge to give Song Yutang space, moved too far, and fell with a thud.

Song Yutang took over the Jiang Charity Foundation, settled into her role with help from Dong Ying, and invited Li Xiulan to join the foundation’s board. The chapter ended with Li Xiulan quietly asking whether Song Yutang liked Little Gu.

• Jiang Muyan slept on the sofa to give Song Yutang space, and the two kept a polite distance over the following days.
• Jiang Dingkun arranged the transfer of 4% of the shares, with 1% going to Song Yutang and 3% held for her and Jiang Muyan’s biological child.
• Song Yutang took over as chair of the Jiang Charity Foundation, while Wu Caixia and Chen Ruyin lost their leadership roles.
• Dong Ying offered Song Yutang emergency contraceptives and proposed managing paternity tests, but Song Yutang denied having an affair and rewarded Dong Ying with a raise and a bank card.
• Song Yutang invited Li Xiulan to become a board member of the foundation, and Li Xiulan asked whether she liked Little Gu.

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.