Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shiya ran Wen Jingyan down with her car, causing her to lose the baby and fall unconscious, while Song Yutang had Jiang Shiya taken away for electroshock treatment. As Wen Jingyan remained in the hospital, Song Yutang concluded that Jiang Shiya was dangerous and had to be dealt with.

• At breakfast, Chen Ruyin and Wu Caixia rebuked Jiang Shiya for making a scene, and Jiang Sinian told Wen Jingyan to hand over her studio, but she refused.
• After the meal, Song Yutang went upstairs to tell Jiang Muyan what had happened, then saw Wen Jingyan lying injured on the courtyard path.
• Jiang Shiya claimed Wen Jingyan had run in front of her car, but Chen Ruyin slapped her and accused her of deliberately driving into Wen Jingyan.
• Song Yutang ordered the guards to take Jiang Shiya to the medical room for electroshock treatment, then accompanied Wen Jingyan to the hospital.
• After six hours of emergency treatment, doctors said Wen Jingyan had lost the baby and remained unconscious, though they had saved her uterus.
• Jiang Sinian apologized to Wen Jingyan at her bedside, while Song Yutang decided Jiang Shiya was a threat who needed to be stopped.

Song Yutang confronted Jiang Dingkun and his family over Jiang Shiya’s attack on the pregnant Wen Jingyan, then demanded that Jiang Shiya be sent to a psychiatric hospital. The family pleaded for another solution, but Jiang Shiya’s fate remained unresolved.

• Song Yutang returned to the Jiang Family estate and found Jiang Shiya acting like a victim while Chen Ruyin and Wu Caixia defended her.
• Song Yutang smashed the tea set, confronted Jiang Dingkun, and accused him of tolerating Jiang Shiya’s behavior for the family’s benefit.
• Song Yutang pulled Jiang Shiya away from Chen Ruyin, slapped Wu Caixia, and warned Jiang Dingkun that Jiang Shiya might threaten him over inheritance.
• Song Yutang tossed a fruit knife in front of Jiang Shiya, who pretended to faint when challenged to die.
• Jiang Dingkun asked what Song Yutang wanted, and she demanded that Jiang Shiya be taken to a psychiatric hospital for treatment.
• Jiang Shiya sprang up and protested, while Wu Caixia and Chen Ruyin pleaded with Song Yutang to spare her.

Jiang Dingkun had Jiang Shiya removed and confronted Chen Ruyin and Wu Caixia over their treatment of Sinian’s death. Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan planned to use the second branch’s schemes to expose the old man’s unchanged will, while Wen Jingyan woke in the hospital and asked about her baby.

• Jiang Dingkun ordered the bodyguards to take Jiang Shiya away, then condemned Chen Ruyin and Wu Caixia for their attitude toward the child Jiang Shiya had killed.
• Song Yutang warned Jiang Dingkun that Chen Ruyin and Wu Caixia put their interests above loyalty, and Chen Ruyin threatened Jiang Guoqiang’s family after Jiang Dingkun left.
• Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang he had installed cameras in the house and explained that the second branch might target Jiang Dingkun because his will still favored them.
• Song Yutang planned to fire two caregivers and arrange for the old man to learn that the second branch stood to inherit everything, while Jiang Muyan tried to win her favor.
• Song Yutang heard that Wen Jingyan had awakened after three days, visited her in the hospital, and heard her ask whether her baby was gone.

After losing her baby, Wen Jingyan confronted Jiang Sinian over his defense of Jiang Shiya and decided to divorce him. Song Yutang supported her and offered to connect her with Lawyer Zhu, then heard a woman screaming about Zhao Cuifeng pursuing IVF.

• Wen Jingyan told Song Yutang that Jiang Sinian had poor sperm motility and that she had kept his condition secret to avoid being pressured into IVF.
• Jiang Sinian came to the hospital and demanded Wen Jingyan apologize to Jiang Shiya, but Song Yutang defended her and threatened to press charges.
• Wen Jingyan confronted Jiang Sinian about his cruelty and declared that she agreed to divorce him.
• Wen Jingyan explained that the family had treated her as a means to gain wealth and influence, and asked Song Yutang to introduce her to Lawyer Zhu.
• Song Yutang agreed to help Wen Jingyan and left the hospital room, then heard someone shouting at Zhao Cuifeng about getting IVF and having another baby.

Zhao Cuifeng rejected Zhao Qiqi and Li Zifeng, entered the reproductive medicine department with Du Yu, and declared that she had severed ties with her daughter. Left behind, Zhao Qiqi watched other pregnant women receive loving support and began to realize that Li Zifeng and his mother did not truly care for her.

• Zhao Cuifeng dismissed Zhao Qiqi and Li Zifeng, ordered her bodyguards to remove them, and entered the department with Du Yu to pursue IVF.
• Song Yutang called Zhao Cuifeng her mother and spoke of a future little brother, prompting Zhao Qiqi to chase after them and demand an explanation.
• Du Yu had the bodyguards restrain Zhao Qiqi, while Zhao Cuifeng instructed her legal department to formally sever ties with her daughter.
• Li Zifeng received a phone call, ignored Zhao Qiqi's request to attend her prenatal checkup, and left in the elevator.
• Sisi comforted Zhao Qiqi while other families cared for pregnant women around them, and Zhao Qiqi cried as she compared their support with her own family's indifference.

Song Yutang helped Zhao Cuifeng prepare to protect Zhao Qiqi, then supported Wen Jingyan as she confronted Jiang Sinian with a divorce agreement. Wen Jingyan agreed to leave with nothing, while Jiang Qingyu revealed that the studio’s brand and patents belonged to his company and would be taken back after the divorce.

• Zhao Cuifeng thanked Song Yutang for helping her reach Zhao Qiqi and named her as her goddaughter, while Song Yutang promised to protect Qiqi once she was strong enough.
• Song Yutang arranged a lawyer for Wen Jingyan, who was discharged from the hospital a week later.
• At a dinner organized by Song Yutang, Wen Jingyan presented Jiang Sinian with a divorce agreement and agreed to return his gifts and bride price.
• Jiang Sinian accused Wen Jingyan of cheating, but she reminded him that cameras had recorded him with Jiang Shiya and threatened to release the footage.
• Wen Jingyan rebuked Chen Ruyin, Jiang Sinian, and Jiang Qingyu for protecting Jiang Shiya and allowing the family’s behavior to continue.
• Jiang Qingyu accepted the divorce and told Wen Jingyan that his company owned the studio’s trademark and patents, which Jiang Sinian would lose access to when the marriage ended.

Wen Jingyan accepted Jiang Sinian’s divorce agreement and agreed to repay the Jiang Family’s outrageous list of expenses. Song Yutang and Jiang Dingkun confronted the family over their treatment of her, leaving Jiang Dingkun facing the damage their greed could do to the Jiang Family’s reputation and company.

• Jiang Qingyu offered to keep funding Wen Jingyan’s studio if she stayed married, but Wen Jingyan rejected him and said she could leave and choose a career she liked.
• Jiang Sinian signed the divorce agreement, then demanded repayment for Wen Jingyan’s living expenses, wedding costs, and other household expenses before granting the divorce.
• Wen Jingyan agreed to pay and let Wu Caixia add more charges, including banquet gifts, hotel points, utilities, Wi-Fi, and dead potted plants.
• Jiang Dingkun swept the tableware to the floor and condemned the second branch for treating Wen Jingyan like a slave.
• Song Yutang slapped Chen Ruyin and warned Jiang Dingkun that the family’s greed could ruin the Jiang Family’s reputation and harm its company.

Jiang Dingkun ordered Jiang Sinian and Wen Jingyan's divorce and set compensation for Wen Jingyan, condemning the second branch's greed. Wen Jingyan gave Song Yutang evidence of the family's schemes and revealed she had made secret investments; she planned to pursue a civil service career.

• Jiang Dingkun ordered the divorce and awarded Wen Jingyan her belongings, property, and compensation, while Jiang Sinian reluctantly accepted his decision.
• Wen Jingyan thanked Jiang Dingkun and Song Yutang before secretly handing Song Yutang a USB drive containing evidence against Jiang Sinian, Jiang Sichen, Chen Ruyin, and Jiang Qingyu.
• Wen Jingyan told Song Yutang that her hidden investments meant she had not lost out financially in the divorce.
• Wen Jingyan said she wanted to take the civil service exam and had received help from Wei, whom Song Yutang suspected was Gu Zheng in disguise.

Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan reviewed evidence against Jiang Sinian, Chen Ruyin, and her sons, then agreed to wait until the second branch betrayed Jiang Dingkun before exposing it. Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan reconciled, but his attempt to persuade her to have a child for the frozen shares left her startled.

• Song Yutang gave Jiang Muyan the USB drive, and he found secret recordings that completed his evidence against the second branch.
• Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan agreed to let Chen Ruyin and her sons turn against Jiang Dingkun before revealing the evidence, so he would finally sever ties with them.
• Jiang Muyan apologized for his impulsiveness and lack of respect, and Song Yutang admitted she had also contributed to their misunderstanding and forgave him.
• Jiang Muyan embraced Song Yutang and joked that he preferred it when she hit and scolded him, then carried her to bed.
• Jiang Muyan asked Song Yutang to have a child so she could inherit frozen shares and help him face the second branch.

Song Yutang humored Jiang Muyan’s efforts to please her, then grew closer to him and explained that Li Zerui was her mortal enemy, not a former love. Jiang Muyan accepted her explanation and embraced her as she affirmed that he was all she needed.

• Song Yutang let Jiang Muyan massage her, bring her water and fruit, and fuss over her until she laughed and stopped him.
• Jiang Muyan kissed Song Yutang, and they shared a tender night together.
• Afterward, Jiang Muyan asked why Song Yutang had not kicked him out of bed, and she playfully kicked him while he kissed her calf.
• Song Yutang told Jiang Muyan that Li Zerui was her mortal enemy and described their mutual hatred in her dreams.
• Jiang Muyan offered to kill Li Zerui, and Song Yutang claimed he had died from kidney deficiency after overindulging himself.
• Jiang Muyan held Song Yutang and said he was all she needed, and she agreed.

Song Yutang used evidence of Song Mingzhe causing Sun Meifang’s miscarriage to turn Sun against him, then forced Sun to return the jewelry and property deed. Sun and Song Ruowei concluded they could not rely on Song Jianye and vowed to make Song Mingzhe pay.

• Butler Wang told Song Yutang that Song Mingzhe had arranged Sun Meifang’s miscarriage, and she ordered him to send Sun the evidence and have her friends stir up resentment against Song Mingzhe.
• Song Yutang visited Sun Meifang after her discharge, slapped and insulted her, and demanded the jewelry and property deed she had given her.
• Song Ruowei objected, but Song Yutang’s bodyguards restrained her while Song Yutang threatened Sun with the Jiang Family’s influence.
• Sun Meifang made Song Ruowei return the jewelry and property deed, and Song Yutang took them away.
• Song Ruowei blamed Song Mingzhe for the miscarriage and offered to call Song Jianye, but Sun Meifang said he would not protect them and vowed to make Song Mingzhe pay.

Song Yutang comforted Li Xiulan after she learned her mother had died by suicide, and helped her decide to attend the funeral. After Butler Wang confirmed the death, the family discussed Old Madam Li’s favoritism and the consequences it had brought.

• Li Xiulan cried after her brother told her that Old Madam Li had hanged herself, and Song Yutang reassured her that she was not to blame.
• Li Xiulan decided she wanted to attend the funeral to say goodbye to her mother, but worried the Li family might be trying to trap her and demand money.
• Song Yutang agreed to have Butler Wang verify the death, and villagers confirmed that Old Madam Li had died and funeral preparations were underway.
• Li Xiulan watched a video of the mourning hall and cried, while Song Yutang and Jiang Guoqiang reminded her that Old Madam Li’s choices had led to her fate.
• Jiang Boyan compared the Li family’s ties to mismatched car badges, prompting Jiang Guoqiang to tell him to stop mocking the dead.

Song Yutang and her family were ambushed and kidnapped while traveling to Li Xiulan’s grandmother’s funeral. The kidnappers demanded ten kilograms of gold from Jiang Zhixia and ordered her to bring Tuantuan, leaving Jiang Guoqiang pleading for help.

• Jiang Boyan played a mocking video for Li Xiulan, and Jiang Guoqiang joined in criticizing Jiang Dingkun’s choices.
• Song Yutang offered to accompany Li Xiulan to the funeral, and the next morning the family set out with bodyguards.
• A flock of sheep stopped their car on a mountain road, and armed kidnappers surrounded it after the bodyguard cars disappeared and their phones lost service.
• The kidnappers hooded and forced Song Yutang, Li Xiulan, Jiang Guoqiang, and Jiang Boyan into vans, then took them to an abandoned guesthouse.
• The kidnappers demanded ten kilograms of gold from Jiang Zhixia within twelve hours and threatened to harm the hostages if she contacted the police.
• Jiang Guoqiang called Jiang Zhixia and told her to come with Tuantuan to rescue the family.

Jiang Zhixia received a ransom call demanding ten kilograms of gold, but secretly contacted Jiang Muyan, who traced her kidnapped family and reported the crime to the police. While she waited at home with Tuantuan, an automatically sent recording revealed Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu plotting against her and her daughter.

• A kidnapper called Jiang Zhixia, threatened her parents, and ordered her to bring Tuantuan and ten kilograms of gold alone.
• Jiang Zhixia pretended to comply, then called Jiang Muyan and warned him that she suspected her second uncle had arranged the kidnapping.
• Jiang Muyan told Jiang Zhixia to secure her home and protect Tuantuan, then used tracking data and surveillance footage to locate the kidnappers at an abandoned mountain guesthouse.
• Jiang Muyan reported the kidnapping to the police, citing armed kidnappers, signal jamming, and the possibility of overseas terrorist involvement.
• Jiang Zhixia received an audio recording of Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu discussing their plans to use Tuantuan to save Guangguang and to deal with Jiang Zhixia.

Jiang Zhixia used a hidden phone virus to monitor Ji Chengyu and learned that Lin Lu's son Guangguang had entered a heart transplant waiting list. She then brought Tuantuan to the abandoned guesthouse for a hostage exchange, where Song Yutang and the family fought back before snipers shot the kidnappers.

• Jiang Zhixia uploaded a recording and received files showing Ji Chengyu had brought Lin Lu and her son back and that Guangguang had joined a heart transplant waiting list.
• Jiang Zhixia encountered Ji Chengyu, who made excuses for his injuries and accused her of driving Lin Lu and her son overseas.
• Jiang Zhixia arrived at the abandoned guesthouse with Tuantuan and money, where kidnappers held Jiang Guoqiang's family hostage.
• Song Yutang attacked the kidnappers, while Jiang Zhixia freed Jiang Boyan and he untied Jiang Guoqiang.
• Song Yutang escaped through a window and fired at the kidnappers as Jiang Zhixia's family took cover.
• A sniper shot the kidnappers' leader, and further shots brought down the remaining kidnappers as one accused the family of calling the police.

Jiang Muyan rescued his family from the kidnappers, revealed that he had been awake and disguised as Little Gu, and reunited with Song Yutang. Meanwhile, Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu discussed their plot and feared that the kidnapping might arouse the Jiang patriarch’s suspicions.

• Song Yutang freed Li Xiulan, and Jiang Zhixia explained that she and Tuantuan had helped the police lure the kidnappers into a trap.
• Jiang Muyan rushed into the guesthouse, checked that his family was safe, and embraced them in relief.
• Jiang Muyan stopped an escaped kidnapper from shooting his family, and Gu Zheng knocked the attacker unconscious.
• Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang mistook Gu Zheng for Jiang Muyan and suggested marrying Song Yutang to him, so Song Yutang revealed that Jiang Muyan had been posing as Little Gu while pretending to remain unconscious.
• SWAT officers arrived and arrested the surviving kidnappers as Jiang Muyan reassured his family that the danger was over.
• At Jiang Clan Manor, Jiang Qingyu worried that the kidnapping would make the patriarch suspicious, but Chen Ruyin insisted their remaining plans would secure the family fortune.

Jiang Muyan returned to the Jiang Family estate with Jiang Guoqiang, Song Yutang, and Li Xiulan, shocking Chen Ruyin, Jiang Qingyu, and Jiang Sinian. Police arrested Jiang Sinian over alleged terrorist activity, kidnapping, and attempted theft of national defense technology, while the others faced the consequences of their plot.

• Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu celebrated their plan while Jiang Sinian worried that something had gone wrong.
• Police cars arrived at the Jiang Family estate, and Chen Ruyin tried to reassure Jiang Sinian that they had not been exposed.
• Chen Ruyin, Jiang Qingyu, and Jiang Sinian were stunned when Jiang Muyan appeared alive and fully recovered.
• Song Yutang slapped Chen Ruyin, and Li Xiulan struck her twice after hearing her hypocritical claims.
• Jiang Muyan told Jiang Sinian to explain himself to the police, and officers handcuffed him.
• The lead officer presented an arrest warrant and said kidnappers had named Jiang Sinian as a mastermind and investigators had records linking him to an overseas criminal organization.

Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang confronted the Jiang family over Jiang Sinian’s arrest and the kidnapping, while Jiang Dingkun struggled to accept the second branch’s involvement. The couple planned to expose the second branch’s intentions, and learned that Jiang Dingkun had ordered Butler Wang to investigate the case.

• The police arrested Jiang Sinian, and Jiang Dingkun welcomed the newly awakened Jiang Muyan before learning that the arrest was connected to the kidnapping.
• Jiang Dingkun rejected Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu’s excuses and ordered them to leave after Jiang Muyan pointed out that the kidnappers had confessed and evidence linked Jiang Sinian to them.
• In private, Jiang Dingkun suggested that Jiang Sinian might have acted alone, but Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang said they would let the police investigate and warned that Secretary-General Gu’s family was watching the case.
• Song Yutang told Jiang Muyan that Jiang Dingkun was unwilling to face the second branch’s wrongdoing, and Jiang Muyan treated her rope burns while planning to provoke the second branch into revealing itself.
• Butler Wang secretly messaged Song Yutang that Jiang Dingkun had ordered him to investigate the kidnapping and monitor developments at the police station.

Jiang Muyan revealed that he had been awake for six months and prepared to challenge the second branch while keeping Jiang Sinian detained. After overhearing Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu plot to kill Jiang Dingkun, he and Song Yutang began gathering support, while Ji Chengyu made a pointed remark to Jiang Zhixia about her car.

• Jiang Muyan told the second branch he had secretly investigated them for six months and announced he would convene a shareholders’ meeting in half a month.
• After the meal, Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu discussed killing Jiang Dingkun so he could not change his will, unaware that Jiang Muyan was listening through a hidden bug.
• Jiang Sinian’s case remained under review, and the second branch failed to get him released on bail despite seeking help from lawyers and influential contacts.
• Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang met Director Yang and other shareholders to prepare for the coming meeting.
• Ji Chengyu offered to accompany Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan to visit her family, but Jiang Zhixia declined, and he suggested she repair her car so Tuantuan would not be teased.

Jiang Zhixia sent Ji Chengyu a video exposing Lin Lu’s affair and her plan to exploit him, and he raced back toward the hospital before a sabotaged car crashed. After several callers reported that Ji Chengyu was critically injured, Jiang Zhixia dismissed them as another trick.

• Jiang Zhixia arranged to have every car in the household serviced, then agreed to go to Ji Chengyu’s mother’s nursing home during a violent storm after he threatened divorce.
• Jiang Zhixia sent Ji Chengyu an encrypted video in which Lin Lu admitted that her eldest son was not his and that she wanted his daughter’s heart for the boy.
• Ji Chengyu watched Lin Lu mock him and confess to using him, then turned his car around to confront her.
• Ji Chengyu’s front tire blew, his brakes failed, and his car crashed through a guardrail and rolled down a hillside.
• Hospital staff and a traffic officer called Jiang Zhixia to report Ji Chengyu’s critical condition, but she rejected their warnings as a ruse.