Chapter Summaries

Song Yutang uncovered a setup meant to tarnish her reputation and decided to pursue whoever had arranged it. The paparazzo could not identify the person behind the WeChat messages, leaving the mastermind unexposed.

• Song Yutang showed Wen Jingyan the secret photos, and Wen Jingyan denied helping Jiang Sinian or Jiang Shiya and agreed to support Song Yutang in pursuing the matter.
• Song Yutang asked the club manager to obtain security footage and recorded confessions from the paparazzo and the man who had harassed her.
• Jiang Muyan ordered the harasser beaten and later brought back the paparazzo, whose confession revealed that an unknown person had paid him to collect evidence of Song Yutang supposedly cheating.
• Gu Zheng offered Song Yutang and Wen Jingyan complimentary club privileges as an apology, while Song Yutang tipped Jiang Muyan and he asked to add her on WeChat.

Song Yutang returned to the Jiang Family residence with Wen Jingyan and exposed a plot to frame her for cheating. The evidence prompted Jiang Sinian to lash out at her, leaving the family confrontation unresolved.

• Jiang Muyan and Gu Zheng argued about Song Yutang after she declined Gu Zheng’s request for her contact information and added Jiang Muyan on WeChat.
• Song Yutang and Wen Jingyan returned to the Jiang Family residence, where Jiang Muyan had already slipped back to his room.
• At Wen Jingyan’s urging, Song Yutang set off the fire alarm to gather the Jiang household in the living room.
• Song Yutang confronted Chen Ruyin and told Old Master Jiang that the family faced serious trouble.
• Song Yutang played videos showing that a paparazzo had been paid to manufacture evidence of her cheating, a man had been encouraged to harass her, and she had been rescued at the club.
• Jiang Sinian accused Song Yutang and Wen Jingyan of behaving indecently and making a public fuss after being filmed.

Song Yutang turned the accusations against her and Wen Jingyan into a warning that someone was conspiring against the Jiang Family, prompting the old master to order an investigation. As Jiang Qingyu and Jiang Sinian feared exposure, Jiang Muyan played a recording that revealed their plot against Song Yutang.

• Song Yutang and Wen Jingyan rebuffed Jiang Sinian and Chen Ruyin’s accusations, and Wen Jingyan challenged the family elders to behave properly.
• Song Yutang told the old master that she and Wen Jingyan had been targeted at a club through secret filming, harassment, and a fabricated scandal.
• Wen Jingyan named the Gu Family connection to the club, and Song Yutang warned that the plot might threaten the Jiang Family and its legacy.
• Song Yutang claimed the man in the footage was Young Master Gu and said he would pursue the matter, persuading the old master to order Butler Wang to investigate.
• Jiang Muyan played a recording in the living room of someone arranging to collect evidence that Song Yutang was behaving improperly.

Song Yutang exposed Jiang Sinian’s plot to frame her, forcing him and Chen Ruyin to admit wrongdoing before the Jiang family. The old master punished Chen Ruyin but had not yet decided how to punish Jiang Sinian.

• A recording played Jiang Sinian arranging to have Song Yutang photographed in a compromising situation, and Wen Jingyan recognized his voice.
• Jiang Sinian denied the recording was real, but Song Yutang suggested Butler Wang verify the chat logs, bank transactions, and call records.
• Chen Ruyin took the blame for Jiang Sinian, and he admitted he had devised the scheme after seeing her upset.
• Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan defended Song Yutang, who reminded the old master that her father had donated a kidney to save him.
• The old master ordered Chen Ruyin to clean the ancestral hall for seven days, and Song Yutang demanded that Jiang Sinian also face consequences as a member of the Jiang family.

Song Yutang turned Jiang Sinian’s scheme against him and secured the promise of Jiang Family shares if she bore Jiang Muyan a child. After watching her handle the family, Jiang Muyan continued pretending to be unconscious and wondered what it would be like to stand beside her once he woke up.

• Song Yutang persuaded the old man to punish Jiang Sinian with thirty lashes and promise her 1% of his shares if she gave Jiang Muyan a child.
• The old man ordered Jiang Qingyu to give the child 1% of his own holdings, and Butler Wang had Jiang Sinian dragged away.
• Song Yutang told the old man she intended to stay with the Jiang Family and said she acted for the family’s good.
• Li Xiulan’s historical drama upset the old man, and Song Yutang secretly praised her after he stormed upstairs.
• Jiang Muyan watched surveillance footage of Song Yutang, then saw her thank him for the help and send him a six-figure red packet.
• Song Yutang went to sleep after deciding to wait until her next ovulation window, while Jiang Muyan opened his eyes and watched her sleeping.

After Jiang Sinian was punished for his scheme against Song Yutang, Wen Jingyan treated his wounds and urged him to stop using her to hurt his sister-in-law. Song Yutang began preparing for pregnancy while studying business and finance, and she ended the chapter by messaging the club’s top host for help with a difficult case study.

• Wen Jingyan cleaned Jiang Sinian’s wounds and challenged his resentment over the family shares and his treatment of her.
• Jiang Sinian suggested Jiang Shiya had planted the panties, and Wen Jingyan agreed to move on but told him not to use her against Song Yutang again.
• Song Yutang received the top host’s reply, went for a fertility checkup, and began studying business so she could manage money and a future stake in the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Muyan shared business books and videos through his alternate account, and Song Yutang followed the recommendations without realizing he was helping her.
• Song Yutang struggled with a case study on consolidated financial statements and messaged the top host to ask for his insight.

Jiang Muyan confirmed Jiang Shiya had taken Jiang Sinian’s car herself, then used their shared interest in accounting to grow closer to Song Yutang. When Boyan got into trouble at school, Song Yutang rushed to help, prompting Jiang Muyan to decide it was time to wake up.

• Jiang Muyan learned from Zhao Chuan’s investigation that Jiang Shiya had taken Jiang Sinian’s car and that Jiang Sinian had not been with her.
• Jiang Muyan answered Song Yutang’s accounting question with a detailed diagram, and she invited him to dinner, but he declined because his face had not healed.
• Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan agreed to be study buddies, and he offered to leave his annotated books and notes at the Lan Residence front desk.
• Li Xiulan told Song Yutang that Boyan had injured a classmate in a school fight, and Song Yutang hurried to go with her.
• Jiang Muyan heard Song Yutang worry that her savings might not cover compensation and decided to find a chance to wake up in front of her.

Song Yutang challenged the school's accusations that Jiang Boyan had bullied six classmates, while the principal and their parents pressured him to accept blame. The frightened witness Su Wanqing finally began to contradict the boys' story.

• Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan apologized to the parents and teachers, but Song Yutang pointed out that Jiang Boyan was more badly injured than the other boys.
• Song Yutang demanded evidence and an investigation, but the principal said there were no cameras or witnesses besides the boys involved.
• Jiang Boyan refused to explain why he fought and claimed he simply wanted a fight, while secretly watching the office door.
• The boys taunted Su Wanqing when they noticed her outside the office, and Jiang Boyan stepped in to protect her.
• Su Wanqing gathered her courage and said Jiang Boyan had not bullied anyone; the boys had done it.

Song Yutang intervened when Jiang Boyan was beaten and the principal and other parents tried to pin the incident on him. After inspecting the storeroom, she ordered the family to shut everyone inside and began striking the bullies and their allies in the dark.

• Jiang Boyan claimed responsibility for the fight to protect Su Wanqing, then attacked a boy who insulted her and was beaten by the others.
• Song Yutang stopped the boys from beating Jiang Boyan and demanded evidence before accepting the accusations or punishment.
• Song Yutang followed the principal and the boys to the secluded storeroom, where she noticed their smug reactions and signs that the scene had been tampered with.
• Song Yutang ordered the door locked, the lights turned off, and the curtains drawn, while Jiang Guoqiang, Li Xiulan, and Jiang Boyan helped secure the room.
• Song Yutang used a baseball bat to beat the principal, the parents, and the boys as bodyguards struggled to break into the storeroom.

Song Yutang beat the principal, parents, and bodyguards who had attacked her family, then used the lack of evidence to turn their accusations back on them. The principal finally called the incident a misunderstanding and promised stronger school supervision.

• Song Yutang claimed the injured adults had fallen in the dark, and the parents decided to attack her family because there were no cameras.
• Song Yutang shielded Jiang Guoqiang, Li Xiulan, and the child with an old javelin, then drove back the bodyguards who charged her.
• The principal and parents threatened to call the police, but Song Yutang challenged them to produce evidence and argued that Jiang Boyan had acted in self-defense.
• Song Yutang warned the adults against threats and slander, and they fell silent as the principal called the incident a misunderstanding.

Song Yutang took Jiang Boyan and his family away after the principal agreed to handle the school dispute without punishing him. On the ride home, she explained why she would not let the other families’ accusations go unanswered.

• Song Yutang warned the parents to stop making groundless accusations, then left with Jiang Boyan and his family.
• The parents learned Jiang Boyan might be the Jiang Family’s acknowledged grandson, but several refused to believe it and vowed to investigate.
• The principal recalled the Jiang Family’s connection to Jiang Boyan’s enrollment and decided to investigate before the dispute reached him.
• In the car, Jiang Boyan praised Song Yutang’s spear skills, but balked when she told him martial arts training would eventually take six to ten hours a day.
• Song Yutang recalled how Li Zerui abandoned her during an assassination attempt, driving her to learn martial arts and rely on herself.
• Song Yutang reassured Jiang Boyan’s parents that the other families had no evidence, then declared that she would not let the matter go.

Song Yutang learned why Jiang Boyan had beaten the six students and praised him for protecting Su Wanqing. As Jiang Boyan revealed how bullying had driven him to act like a school bully, Song Yutang asked what he needed to focus on his studies at his current school.

• Song Yutang explained that she had recognized the six students’ guilt from their behavior and the buttons matching those missing from Su Wanqing’s clothes.
• Jiang Boyan revealed that the students had tried to assault Su Wanqing, whose scholarship supported her ailing grandmother, and said he had intervened to protect her.
• Song Yutang praised Jiang Boyan for his courage and asked whether he had adopted a tough appearance to scare off bullies.
• Jiang Boyan admitted that classmates had bullied him after he transferred, and that his family had dismissed his earlier efforts to seek help.
• Jiang Boyan said he wanted to remain at the school because most classmates were decent, he valued Teacher Zhang’s support, and the school had strong resources.
• Song Yutang asked Jiang Boyan what would help him settle down and focus on his studies.

Jiang Muyan watched surveillance footage showing Song Yutang beating the bullies, their parents, and the principal after they targeted Jiang Boyan, and struggled to reconcile her actions with her gentle image. He ordered Zhao Chuan to preserve evidence of their wrongdoing but erase the footage of the beating, while deciding to see how Song Yutang would handle the aftermath and preparing to act himself.

• Jiang Boyan told Song Yutang he wanted the bullying to stop and for the principal and homeroom teacher to treat him fairly, and she promised to resolve the problems if he stopped facing trouble alone.
• Jiang Muyan received Zhao Chuan’s investigation and surveillance footage, then watched footage of Song Yutang and the Jiang family leaving the storage room as injured boys were carried out.
• Zhao Chuan reported that Song Yutang had beaten the rich students, their parents, and the principal, and Jiang Muyan questioned whether the footage and her identity were genuine.
• Jiang Muyan concluded that the others must have provoked Song Yutang and ordered Zhao Chuan to preserve their misconduct while deleting all footage of the beating.
• Jiang Muyan decided to wait and see how Song Yutang handled the aftermath, then devised his own plan and sent a message.

Song Yutang considered how to handle Jiang Boyan’s school trouble and received an offer of help from the Lan Residence, but stayed wary of its motives. While caring for unconscious Jiang Muyan, she realized he might recover and began to imagine a good life with him, leaving him wondering whether he should wake up.

• Song Yutang planned to tell Old Master Jiang about Jiang Boyan’s trouble, but a message from Top Star Brother revealed that the Lan Residence knew about the incident and offered assistance.
• Song Yutang learned that her diamond VIP black-gold status was an apology for the club’s previous mistake and politely declined to use its services for now.
• Jiang Muyan watched from the bedroom as Song Yutang postponed telling Old Master Jiang and went to the study.
• While undressing Jiang Muyan, Song Yutang noticed his rose-scented shower gel and then massaged him using a technique she had researched.
• Song Yutang thought Jiang Muyan might recover and that they could have a good marriage, prompting him to wonder whether he should wake up immediately.

Jiang Muyan’s physical therapy with Song Yutang stirred his desire to reveal that he was awake, but her attention shifted to watching a dance stream. He continued hiding his recovery while pursuing a plan against Jiang Qingyu, then blocked the streamer Xuanxuan and bit Song Yutang’s neck as she slept.

• Song Yutang continued Jiang Muyan’s physical therapy, and his body reacted as he struggled to hide that he was conscious.
• Jiang Muyan nearly opened his eyes to tell Song Yutang he was awake, but her phone distracted her with a message about Xuanxuan’s livestream.
• Song Yutang watched the dance stream and worried that Top Star Brother’s offer might be a trap, while Jiang Muyan listened from bed.
• After Song Yutang fell asleep, Jiang Muyan messaged Gu Zheng to arrange compensation for Wen Jingyan and explained that he was waiting for the investigation into Jiang Qingyu and his son to progress before waking.
• Jiang Muyan used Song Yutang’s phone to block Xuanxuan, then leaned over and bit her neck as she slept.

Wen Jingyan endured Jiang Sinian’s neglect and his intimate, boundaryless relationship with Jiang Shiya while reflecting on the career and wealth she had gained from their marriage. After receiving an offer from Gu Zheng to resolve personal troubles, she clashed with Jiang Sinian over her phone, leaving her exhausted and uncertain whether he loved her or whether their marriage could be saved.

• Jiang Sinian ignored Wen Jingyan in bed while doting on Jiang Shiya through his phone, and he dismissed Wen Jingyan’s wish to have a baby by blaming her fertility.
• Wen Jingyan saw Jiang Shiya rush into Jiang Sinian’s arms in revealing nightwear, then focused on her couture studio and blocked a male model who contacted her.
• Gu Zheng offered Wen Jingyan the Lan Residence’s super VVVIP services, including help with infidelity, mistresses, and marital assets.
• Jiang Sinian returned, demanded to know who Wen Jingyan was chatting with, and grabbed for her phone; when she resisted, he pinned her down, leaving her questioning their marriage.

Song Yutang mistook the marks Jiang Muyan had left on her neck for mosquito bites and visited Wen Jingyan, who warned her to hide them from the Jiang family. They discussed whether the Lan Residence and Young Master Gu could be trusted, and Song Yutang ended by joking about finding male models together again.

• Song Yutang noticed red marks on her neck and blamed mosquitoes, while Jiang Muyan silently celebrated having left a mark on his wife.
• Wen Jingyan pulled Song Yutang into her room, mistook the marks for hickeys, and helped her cover them to avoid gossip from her mother-in-law and Concubine Chen.
• Song Yutang told Wen Jingyan that the Lan Residence had contacted her, and Wen Jingyan described Young Master Gu's connections and suggested trying him with a small request.
• Song Yutang thanked Wen Jingyan and offered to help her in return, then joked about going to find male models together again.

Song Yutang handled the mosquito problem at Lan Residence, then defended Jiang Boyan when Chen Ruyin insulted him at lunch. She drove Chen from the main dining room and scolded the old master for neglecting Boyan’s education, leaving him asking what had happened at school.

• Song Yutang told the servants to treat the room, including under Jiang Muyan’s bed, for mosquitoes.
• Chen Ruyin criticized Jiang Boyan for missing school and blamed his parents for his supposed poor behavior.
• Song Yutang slapped Chen Ruyin and ordered Jiang Boyan to escort her to the side dining room.
• When the old master objected, Song Yutang challenged his concern for the family ancestors and Boyan’s education.
• Song Yutang lectured the old master about worthy successors and demanded to know why he had trusted Chen Ruyin’s account.
• The old master, feeling guilty, asked what had happened to Boyan at school.

Song Yutang confronted Jiang Dingkun over Jiang Boyan’s bullying and neglected education, then arranged support for Boyan and promised to handle the bullies herself. Jiang Dingkun accepted responsibility and backed her plan, while the family reconciled over dinner and Chen Ruyin watched resentfully from outside.

• Jiang Boyan and Jiang Guoqiang told Jiang Dingkun about Boyan’s bullying and the hardships facing their family, prompting Jiang Dingkun to recognize how he had neglected them.
• Song Yutang criticized Jiang Dingkun for allowing Old Great-Aunt’s influence to cloud his judgment and insisted Boyan receive the same educational support as the other Jiang children.
• Song Yutang proposed an assessment and one-on-one tutoring for Boyan while keeping him at his current school, and Jiang Dingkun agreed.
• Jiang Dingkun asked how Song Yutang would deal with the bullies, and she said she would handle it herself if he backed her with the family’s resources.
• Jiang Guoqiang, Jiang Boyan, Li Xiulan, and Song Yutang served Jiang Dingkun food, and he felt warmth at being surrounded by family.
• Chen Ruyin watched the family through the doorway and grew furious.

Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu plotted to discredit Song Yutang, while Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan quietly agreed to target the students bullying Jiang Boyan and expose their school's principal. The chapter ended with someone downstairs furiously confronting Jiang Boyan about something.

• Chen Ruyin warned Jiang Qingyu that Song Yutang threatened their position and urged him to find a way to get rid of her by making her appear to cheat.
• Song Yutang left the education specialists' session and messaged Top Star Brother about moving after nearly being hit by a dump truck.
• Jiang Muyan understood Song Yutang's hints and suggested that danger could drive the students bullying Jiang Boyan to transfer schools.
• Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang that the principal had allegedly taken bribes, altered student records, and committed a serious crime, and said the matter would soon come to light.
• Song Yutang arranged to collect Jiang Muyan's old notebooks, then someone downstairs angrily demanded that Jiang Boyan explain what they had found.