Chapter Summaries

Jiang Zhixia delayed responding to the hospital while caring for her mother-in-law, then arrived to find Ji Chengyu critically injured and clashed with Lin Lu over who had the right to sign for his treatment. After Ji Chengyu died, Jiang Zhixia arranged to donate his organs and portrayed herself and Tuantuan as a helpless widow and orphan.

• Jiang Zhixia kept her phone off while she cared for her mother-in-law, then switched it on the next day and learned Ji Chengyu needed another emergency intervention.
• Jiang Zhixia brought Tuantuan to the Jiang Family home before going to the hospital, where she fought Lin Lu and the doctor explained that Lin Lu had falsely claimed to be Ji Chengyu's spouse.
• Jiang Zhixia fainted before signing the critical condition notice, and the doctor refused to let Lin Lu sign because she had no legal authority.
• A nurse told Jiang Zhixia that Ji Chengyu had died, and Jiang Zhixia grieved before asking the hospital to donate his organs.
• Jiang Zhixia summoned Jiang Baozhu and Tang Yuan as several wealthy families sought Ji Chengyu's organs, then lamented that she and her orphaned daughter would struggle as a widow and child.

After Ji Chengyu’s death, Jiang Zhixia donated his organs and appeared to grieve while the police exposed his plot with Lin Lu to kill her and Tuantuan. Lin Lu was arrested, and Jiang Zhixia began reclaiming the money Ji Chengyu had spent on her and arranging for Guangguang to face the same mistreatment he had inflicted on Tuantuan.

• Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang learned that Ji Chengyu’s will left his assets to Tuantuan, and they realized Jiang Zhixia had donated his organs to help Lin Lu’s son Guangguang receive a transplant.
• At Ji Chengyu’s funeral, Lin Lu demanded a share of his estate, but Jiang Zhixia showed a video of Lin Lu’s affair and accused her of causing his accident.
• Police arrested Lin Lu after revealing that Ji Chengyu had ordered a car’s brakes cut and that Lin Lu had encouraged him to murder Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan for Tuantuan’s heart.
• Jiang Zhixia told her lawyer to recover every cent Ji Chengyu had spent supporting Lin Lu and her son, and later replaced Ji Chengyu’s ashes in his urn with powdered milk after a dog knocked it over.
• With Lin Lu detained and no family available to care for him, Guangguang was placed in an orphanage, where Jiang Zhixia donated money and he was bullied by the other children.

At the Jiang Group shareholders' meeting, Jiang Muyan exposed Jiang Qingyu and his son’s years of embezzlement and sabotage, then won the vote to become president. As the meeting ended, Jiang Dingkun collapsed.

• Jiang Muyan presented evidence that Jiang Qingyu and Jiang Sinian had sold company secrets, sabotaged projects, and transferred billions in assets, then proposed removing them and auditing the company.
• Jiang Qingyu denied the accusations, but a recording of him negotiating a patent sale and an overseas account was played.
• Song Yutang distributed a paternity test showing Jiang Qingyu was not Jiang Dingkun’s biological son, and Jiang Muyan called for an immediate vote.
• More than two-thirds of the shareholders voted to remove Jiang Qingyu and appoint Jiang Muyan as president, while Song Yutang formally joined the board with voting rights.
• After the meeting, Jiang Dingkun swayed, dropped his cane, and collapsed with bluish-purple lips and weak breathing.

Jiang Dingkun died after suffering sudden multiple organ failure, and Jiang Qingyu used the death and the will to seize control of the Jiang Family. Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang challenged the official account and tried to stop the cremation, but Jiang Qingyu had them surrounded and ordered them sent to a psychiatric hospital.

• Jiang Dingkun collapsed at the family meeting and was taken to the hospital, where Dr. Lin later announced that he had died from transplant rejection and multiple organ failure.
• Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang questioned Dr. Lin’s diagnosis, but Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu dismissed their objections and Jiang Qingyu claimed the will gave him most of the estate.
• Jiang Qingyu surrounded Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang with bodyguards, struck Song Yutang, and threatened Jiang Muyan into surrendering his shares.
• Song Yutang accused Jiang Qingyu of causing Jiang Dingkun’s death, and Jiang Qingyu privately admitted it while daring her to prove it.
• Jiang Qingyu ordered the death paperwork and cremation arranged, while bodyguards smashed both phones when Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang tried to call the police.
• Jiang Muyan examined Jiang Dingkun’s medical records and found no obvious abnormalities, but Jiang Qingyu ordered the bodyguards to take him and Song Yutang to a psychiatric hospital.

Jiang Dingkun came out of the operating room alive, exposing Chen Ruyin’s attempt to poison him, have him cremated, and frame Jiang Muyan as mentally ill. As Jiang Dingkun broke down and confronted her, he suddenly slumped, and Jiang Qingyu realized the doctor was not Dr. Lin.

• Jiang Baozhu, Butler Wang, and Zhao Chuan arrived with reinforcements and surrounded Jiang Qingyu’s bodyguards.
• Jiang Dingkun emerged from the operating room alive and challenged Chen Ruyin over her plan to cremate him.
• Jiang Baozhu slapped Chen Ruyin and accused her of poisoning Jiang Dingkun and trying to send Jiang Muyan to a psychiatric hospital.
• Jiang Dingkun broke down, admitted his indulgence had enabled Chen Ruyin, and then slumped after Jiang Baozhu struck him.
• Song Yutang signaled the unfamiliar doctor to examine Jiang Dingkun, and Jiang Qingyu demanded to know where Dr. Lin was.

Jiang Dingkun exposed Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu’s crimes and ordered their assets recovered and the two held legally accountable. As Chen Ruyin was beaten and taken down, she taunted Jiang Dingkun over the family he had sacrificed and the damage she had done.

• Jiang Muyan revealed that Dr. Lin had been arrested and that Director Liu would treat Jiang Dingkun, while Song Yutang said the setup had exposed Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu.
• Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu begged Jiang Dingkun for forgiveness, but he rejected their excuses and ordered the evidence sent to the police station.
• Chen Ruyin turned on Jiang Dingkun, and Jiang Baozhu rebuked him for sacrificing his family to indulge her.
• Jiang Dingkun told the butler to notify the lawyer and recover the assets he had given Jiang Qingyu and his son under false pretenses.
• Jiang Muyan ordered Zhao Chuan to repay Jiang Qingyu’s slap a hundredfold, and Jiang Baozhu struck Chen Ruyin on behalf of her late mother.
• Pinned down after the assaults, Chen Ruyin taunted Jiang Dingkun for the damage to his family and called him a joke.

Jiang Dingkun learned that Chen Ruyin had secretly switched his medication, while Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang explained why they had let the scheme unfold under their control. After Jiang Dingkun conceded that Jiang Muyan had won and named him president of Jiang Group and future heir, Jiang Baozhu asked what would happen to Jiang Sichen.

• Butler Wang agreed to take the evidence and have Chen Ruyin and her son sent to prison because Song Yutang had saved his family.
• Director Liu explained how cyclosporine had been secretly substituted for Jiang Dingkun’s medication, and Song Yutang showed a video of Chen Ruyin switching the bottles.
• Jiang Muyan and Jiang Baozhu accused Jiang Dingkun of enabling Chen Ruyin and explained that they had arranged medical care to keep him alive.
• Jiang Muyan called in the legal team after Jiang Dingkun asked what his family wanted from him.
• Jiang Dingkun praised Jiang Muyan, declared him president of Jiang Group and future heir, and Jiang Baozhu asked what would happen to Jiang Sichen.

Jiang Dingkun accepted the evidence against the second branch and signed a fair will, while learning his kidney was failing and he had limited time to live. Jiang Muyan took control of the company and the police advanced the kidnapping investigation, but Jiang Dingkun later accused Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang of treating him like a puppet.

• Jiang Muyan and Zhao Chuan showed Jiang Dingkun evidence linking the second branch to the murders, car accident, and other crimes, and Jiang Baozhu urged him to protect the family’s rightful heirs.
• Jiang Dingkun called in the lawyer and signed a will dividing his assets among his three children’s branches while excluding the second branch.
• Director Liu told the family that Jiang Dingkun’s transplanted kidney was failing and that he might have six months to a year to live; Jiang Baozhu’s family refused to donate a kidney.
• Jiang Muyan took over as company president the next morning, and the audit team began sweeping changes as evidence against Chen Ruyin and her son went to the police.
• The Li brothers confessed that they had strangled their mother on Jiang Sinian’s instructions, advancing the kidnapping investigation, while evidence involving Jiang Sichen and the third uncle’s family remained undisclosed.
• Wu Caixia made a scene at Jiang Dingkun’s hospital, and after bodyguards threw her out, Jiang Dingkun accused Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang of turning him into a puppet.

Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang pressured Jiang Dingkun into luring Jiang Sichen back by appealing to his favoritism and promising forgiveness. After Jiang Sichen agreed to return, Jiang Dingkun began explaining the old resentments that had shaped his choices.

• Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan revealed that they had withheld evidence against Jiang Sichen and urged Jiang Dingkun to summon him home.
• Jiang Muyan confronted Jiang Dingkun about favoring Jiang Sichen and the second branch despite their refusal to save him.
• Song Yutang showed Jiang Dingkun a compatibility report and suggested he promise to forgive Jiang Sichen if he donated a kidney.
• Jiang Dingkun called Jiang Sichen, claimed he was near death, and persuaded him to come home.
• As Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang left, Jiang Dingkun described his resentment toward his wife and son and began recounting Chen Ruyin's claim about Jiang Qingyu's birth.

Jiang Muyan reassured Jiang Dingkun that he would continue to honor him as his grandfather, while making clear he resented what he had done. After Zhao Qiqi began recovering and planning a new life, Jiang Sichen returned and met Song Yutang.

• Jiang Muyan told Jiang Dingkun that he would fulfill his duties as a grandson, though he held a grudge against him, then left with Song Yutang.
• Jiang Muyan explained that his plan would keep Jiang Sichen confident that the family scandals could not yet implicate him.
• Secretary Dong told Song Yutang that Li Zifeng kicked Zhao Qiqi, causing her to lose the baby, and Song Yutang ordered that Qiqi receive medical and psychological care.
• Zhao Cuifeng told Song Yutang that Qiqi had been discharged, was no longer seeking help from Li Zifeng, and planned to find work and start over.
• Jiang Sichen arrived at Song Yutang's home and introduced himself as the grandson who had been told since childhood that she was his fiancée.

Jiang Sichen returned to the Jiang residence claiming he wanted to visit his sick grandfather and offer a kidney, but Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan exposed his criminal schemes. Police arrested him as Wu Caixia tried to shield him.

• Song Yutang refused Jiang Sichen's request to see Jiang Dingkun and challenged his claims that he had not known he was a kidney match.
• Jiang Sichen suggested he and Song Yutang might have ended up together, but Jiang Muyan rejected the idea and refused to let them meet socially.
• Song Yutang revealed that she and Jiang Muyan had submitted evidence of Jiang Sichen's crimes to the police.
• Jiang Muyan accused Jiang Sichen of plotting murder, transferring nearly ten billion in company assets, selling core technology overseas, and arranging kidnappings and killings.
• SWAT officers surrounded and arrested Jiang Sichen while Jiang Dingkun watched from the stairs.
• Wu Caixia rushed in and tried to protect Jiang Sichen, insisting the officers arrest her instead.

After Jiang Sichen was arrested, Wu Caixia attacked Jiang Muyan with a flowerpot, leaving him unconscious in the hospital. Song Yutang stayed by his side as doctors worried he might have suffered nerve damage.

• Wu Caixia tried to stop the SWAT officers from arresting Jiang Sichen, but Song Yutang's bodyguards restrained her and Jiang Sichen was handcuffed.
• Jiang Muyan warned Jiang Dingkun not to interfere in the family's cases and said Jiang Sichen would face the death penalty for murder-for-hire.
• As Jiang Muyan left for the station, Wu Caixia dropped a flowerpot from the balcony and struck him on the head, then tried to attack Song Yutang before Butler Wang restrained her.
• Doctor Fang examined Jiang Muyan and found no serious injury, but he remained unconscious, prompting the doctor to suspect possible nerve damage.
• Song Yutang held Jiang Muyan's hand and fell asleep beside his hospital bed without letting go.

Jiang Muyan, now living as Wei Xun, found Song Yutang being abused at Water Moon Nunnery and learned that she had no memory of him. After discovering her connection to the imperial court and her betrothal, he resolved to protect her, then froze when his grandmother named the crown prince.

• Jiang Muyan awoke as Wei Xun and accompanied his grandmother to Water Moon Nunnery to escape pressure to marry.
• He stopped two nuns from whipping Song Yutang and realized she shared the name and face of his wife but did not recognize him.
• Jiang Muyan learned Song Yutang was the daughter of Song Huaiyuan and Princess Danyang, whose family had fallen from power after the Zhenbei Army was wiped out.
• He found Song Yutang in a ruined meditation room, treated her wounded hands, and decided he would not let her suffer alone.
• Jiang Muyan's grandmother explained that Song Yutang had been betrothed to Crown Prince Li Zerui, and he interrupted her in shock at hearing the name.

Jiang Muyan realized Song Yutang might be the crown princess reborn and tried to protect her while courting her at Water Moon Nunnery. After saving her from a wild wolf, he carried her down the mountain, and she accepted his promise of marriage.

• Jiang Muyan proposed marrying Song Yutang, but his grandmother refused because her status was too sensitive.
• Jiang Muyan visited Song Yutang, brought her pastries, and declared that he was courting her, but she refused his gifts and advances.
• After learning Song Yutang had been accused of stealing pastries, Jiang Muyan confronted the nuns and placed her under his grandmother's protection.
• Jiang Muyan found Song Yutang injured on the mountain and fought off a wild wolf, suffering serious wounds himself.
• Jiang Muyan carried Song Yutang down the mountain, and she quietly agreed to marry him after he promised to wed her openly and take no concubines.

Jiang Muyan tried to rescue Song Yutang after discovering seven years had passed during his blackout, but she rejected him and had him beaten. As he lay injured in the street, a beggar recognized that he was not of this world.

• Song Yutang told Jiang Muyan she would wait for him to marry her, and he vowed to protect her while visiting her at Water Moon Nunnery.
• After Song Yutang was appointed crown princess, Jiang Muyan tried to take her away, but his grandmother knocked him unconscious; he awoke seven years later and learned Song Yutang had married the crown prince and borne a child.
• Jiang Muyan entered the Eastern Palace as a prospective tutor and told Song Yutang he had tried to rescue her, but she rejected his explanation and claimed to value wealth and power.
• Song Yutang ordered guards to beat Jiang Muyan with thirty strokes and throw him into the street.
• An old beggar recognized Jiang Muyan as someone who was not of this world and asked what he had come there for.

Jiang Muyan woke from his coma, and Song Yutang explained how his crossings between their lives had shaped their past and brought them together. After they reaffirmed their love and left the hospital, Song Jianye stopped their car and begged Song Yutang to save her brother from prison.

• Jiang Muyan woke up to find Song Yutang beside his bed and learned that she had witnessed his visits to the Jing Dynasty in a dream.
• Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan realized that he had briefly occupied Wei Xun's body and that Daoist Xuan yang's gift had let Jiang Muyan hear her thoughts.
• Jiang Muyan and Song Yutang embraced, affirmed their love, and shared a kiss after he clarified that he had been the man who rescued her in the nunnery.
• Zhao Chuan told Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan that Wu Caixia had been handed over to the police and Li Xiulan had sent Jiang Shiya back for treatment.
• Song Jianye blocked the couple's car at the old residence and begged Song Yutang to save her brother from prison.

Song Yutang revealed that Sun Meifang’s daughter and unborn child were Wang Tianlong’s, not Song Jianye’s, and confronted Song Jianye with evidence that his family had deceived him for decades. She used his son Song Mingzhe’s arrest and the fate of the Song fortune to pressure him into reconsidering his will, leaving him to decide whether to protect his own son or benefit Wang Tianlong’s family.

• Song Jianye told Song Yutang that Song Mingzhe had killed Wang Tianlong while defending himself from a gang attack.
• Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan recognized Wang Tianlong’s name, then Song Yutang showed Song Jianye evidence that Wang Tianlong was Song Ruowei’s biological father.
• Song Yutang revealed that Sun Meifang’s miscarried fetus was also Wang Tianlong’s, and Song Jianye passed out from rage.
• Song Jianye blamed Song Yutang for destroying his family, but she argued that the family had already been divided by mutual suspicion and deception.
• Song Yutang warned Song Jianye that his current will could leave the Song fortune to Sun Meifang and Song Ruowei while Song Mingzhe remained imprisoned.
• Song Yutang threatened to secure Song Mingzhe a harsher sentence if Song Jianye left his fortune to her, then challenged him to choose between his son and Wang Tianlong’s family.

Song Yutang secured an equal share of the Song family fortune and arranged for the guilty members of the Jiang family to face their sentences. As Jiang Dingkun’s health declined, the family reunited for his eightieth birthday and took a portrait together, welcoming Jiang Shiqing and Jiang Siyu home.

• Song Yutang demanded an equal division of Song Jianye’s estate, and he agreed after Jiang Muyan promised to help manage the company.
• Song Yutang sent lawyers to protect her inheritance and instructed Butler Wang to steer Sun Meifang and her daughter into bad investments after their divorce.
• Lin Lu received a life sentence, while members of the Jiang family’s second branch received sentences ranging from death to twenty years; Wu Caixia was sentenced to two years.
• Jiang Dingkun’s worsening health led Song Yutang to organize a family gathering for his eightieth birthday.
• Jiang Shiqing and Jiang Siyu returned home, and the family gathered for a portrait after making longevity buns.

After the Jiang Family confronted Jiang Dingkun about his treatment of Jiang Shiqing, Song Yutang tried to coax the withdrawn girl into going out with her. Jiang Siyu arrived hungover and warned Song Yutang that associating with Jiang Shiqing would bring misfortune.

• The Jiang Family gathered for breakfast, where Jiang Shiqing sat silently with her head lowered.
• Jiang Dingkun reprimanded Jiang Shiqing, and Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan defended her by blaming him for her suffering.
• Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan reminded Jiang Dingkun that Jiang Shiqing's illness was not an act, and Jiang Dingkun offered to give her and Jiang Siyu more shares.
• Song Yutang invited Jiang Shiqing to shop for autumn clothes and explore restaurants, but Jiang Shiqing did not respond.
• Jiang Siyu arrived smelling of alcohol and warned Song Yutang that anyone who associated with Jiang Shiqing would meet an unlucky end.

Jiang Siyu blamed Jiang Shiqing for their parents’ deaths and defended Jiang Sichen despite the evidence, prompting Song Yutang to slap him twice. Jiang Siyu demanded his parents’ inheritance, and Jiang Muyan questioned what he had been spending his money on.

• Jiang Muyan, Jiang Guoqiang, Li Xiulan, Jiang Boyan, and Jiang Shiqing tried to explain that Jiang Qingyu and Jiang Sichen had plotted the parents’ murder, but Jiang Siyu continued blaming Jiang Shiqing.
• Song Yutang slapped Jiang Siyu twice after he threatened her and insulted the Jiang family.
• Jiang Muyan stepped between Jiang Siyu and Song Yutang when Jiang Siyu tried to punch her.
• Jiang Siyu insulted Jiang Dingkun and demanded the share of his parents’ fortune that Jiang Dingkun had been managing for him.
• Jiang Muyan asked Jiang Siyu why he needed so much money and what he had been spending it on.