Chapter Summaries

Jiang Zhixia defended Tuantuan and exposed Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu in front of the birthday guests, while Song Yutang and the other mothers backed her. As the guests left, Youyou’s mother reminded Jiang Zhixia that Song Yutang was supporting her and she had nothing to fear.

• Jiang Zhixia attacked Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu after they insulted and threatened Tuantuan, recounting the sacrifices she had made while caring for Ji Chengyu.
• Ji Chengyu shielded Lin Lu from Jiang Zhixia’s thrown dishes, then claimed Jiang Zhixia was mentally ill to excuse the scene.
• Tang Yuan and the other mothers condemned Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu, and Tang Yuan threatened to bar Lin Lu’s son from schools in her family’s education group.
• Song Yutang accepted the guests’ support, and Jiang Zhixia saw them out and promised a spring outing for Tuantuan and Youyou.
• Youyou’s mother told Jiang Zhixia that Song Yutang was backing her and asked what she had to fear.

After the banquet guests left, Jiang Zhixia confronted Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu, demanded a divorce, and finally fought back when Lin Lu threatened her daughter. Ji Chengyu tried to excuse the past attempt to send Tuantuan abroad, leaving Jiang Zhixia facing the man who had endangered her child.

• The other mothers comforted Jiang Zhixia and left the banquet hall, while Song Yutang exchanged contact information with several guests.
• Lin Lu cried in Ji Chengyu's arms, and Ji Chengyu blamed Jiang Zhixia for exposing their family troubles.
• Jiang Zhixia slapped Ji Chengyu and demanded a divorce because he had hurt her daughter.
• Lin Lu insulted Jiang Zhixia and tried to hit her, but Jiang Zhixia hurled a plate at her and warned her not to touch Tuantuan.
• Lin Lu threatened to send Tuantuan abroad again, prompting Jiang Zhixia to throw nearby objects at Lin Lu and Ji Chengyu.
• Ji Chengyu shielded Lin Lu and told Jiang Zhixia the previous incident had been a misunderstanding, claiming the butler had acted on his own.

Jiang Zhixia confronted Ji Chengyu over his protection of Lin Lu and demanded a divorce, revealing that he had forced himself on her and that she had married him because she was pregnant. Ji Chengyu begged her to stay, but Jiang Zhixia recalled how he repeatedly put Lin Lu and Guangguang ahead of her and Tuantuan.

• Jiang Zhixia accused Ji Chengyu of ignoring Lin Lu's deliberate attacks and of trying to strangle Tuantuan to protect her.
• With Song Yutang's encouragement, Jiang Zhixia loudly demanded a divorce, and Ji Chengyu refused while claiming she had once pursued him.
• Jiang Zhixia revealed that Ji Chengyu had forced himself on her, leaving her pregnant, and explained she married him to spare her struggling family worry.
• Ji Chengyu apologized and begged Jiang Zhixia to stay, but she said she regretted marrying him and was divorcing him for Tuantuan's sake.
• Lin Lu insulted Jiang Zhixia and tried to attack her, but Jiang Zhixia raised a plate and warned her off.
• Ji Chengyu offered to make up Tuantuan's birthday and take Jiang Zhixia out, while Jiang Zhixia listed how he had indulged Lin Lu and Guangguang but neglected her and Tuantuan.

At Tuantuan’s birthday party, Lin Lu exposed Ji Chengyu’s years of neglecting Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan while caring for her and Guangguang. Jiang Zhixia demanded a divorce, but Ji Chengyu refused and threatened that she would never leave him.

• Ji Chengyu arranged a restaurant, movie theater, and birthday party after Jiang Zhixia confronted him about years of broken promises.
• Lin Lu revealed that Ji Chengyu had spent his supposed work nights with her and Guangguang, including when Tuantuan was sick and when Jiang Zhixia needed him.
• Ji Chengyu slapped Lin Lu, and she disclosed his promises to support her and spend far more on her than on Jiang Zhixia.
• Jiang Zhixia demanded a divorce, and Ji Chengyu ordered bodyguards to remove Lin Lu and Guangguang.
• Ji Chengyu knelt and pleaded with Jiang Zhixia, but Tuantuan recalled how Guangguang had called her a fatherless child and how Ji Chengyu had chosen Guangguang over her.
• Jiang Zhixia repeated her demand for divorce, and Ji Chengyu angrily declared that she could not leave him unless he died.

Song Yutang helped Jiang Zhixia resist Ji Chengyu’s threats by reminding her of her professional qualifications and arranging legal support. When Ji Chengyu used the Jiang family home to make her hesitate, Song Yutang secured Jiang Dingkun’s promise to provide for Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan.

• Song Yutang reminded Jiang Zhixia that her medical education and years rehabilitating Ji Chengyu gave her strong qualifications to find work.
• Ji Chengyu threatened to fight a divorce in court and claimed Jiang Zhixia would have no lawyer or home if she left him.
• Song Yutang said Jincheng Law Firm’s Lawyer Zhu could represent Jiang Zhixia, and Jiang Zhixia declared she would pursue the case.
• Song Yutang called Jiang Dingkun and obtained his agreement to prepare a fully equipped parent-and-child suite and provide for a child from the Jiang bloodline.
• Song Yutang told Ji Chengyu that Jiang Dingkun was Tuantuan’s great-grandfather and invited him to ask the Jiang family about the arrangements himself.

Song Yutang defended Jiang Zhixia’s decision to leave Ji Chengyu and secured promises of three homes for her and Tuantuan. As they prepared to go, Ji Chengyu confessed that Lin Lu’s family had suffered because of him and explained why Lin Lu had married his brother instead.

• Song Yutang used Butler Wang’s testimony to rebut Ji Chengyu’s threats about Jiang Zhixia returning to her family home.
• Jiang Zhixia declared she would find work and move out with Tuantuan, while Song Yutang demanded that Jiang Dingkun provide her with three homes as a dowry.
• Song Yutang told Ji Chengyu that the properties would be transferred within three days, and he reluctantly asked Jiang Zhixia whether she had to force him.
• Jiang Zhixia said Ji Chengyu was the one forcing her and Tuantuan, then started to leave with her daughter.
• Ji Chengyu confessed that he had caused Lin Lu’s family’s misfortunes and said he cared for Lin Lu and her child because he owed her.
• Ji Chengyu revealed that he and Lin Lu had been childhood sweethearts, but she had married his brother to help him after learning their father favored his brother.

Ji Chengyu told Jiang Zhixia that Lin Lu had sacrificed her family’s fortune and endured abuse to help him, but Jiang and Song Yutang challenged his account and the way he had repaid her. Jiang chose to divorce him and left the banquet hall with Tuantuan, while Song Yutang stayed beside her as she broke down crying.

• Ji Chengyu explained that Lin Lu had helped him regain his inheritance and suffered the loss of her family, her first baby, and nearly her life, while he had supported her and Guangguang out of gratitude.
• Song Yutang questioned whether Lin Lu had truly sacrificed herself, and Jiang Zhixia argued that Lin Lu’s family had revealed the story only after they needed Ji Chengyu’s help.
• Ji Chengyu said he had hidden the truth to spare Jiang Zhixia pain, but Song Yutang pointed out that he had acted as Lin Lu’s husband and Guangguang’s father while neglecting his own family.
• Jiang Zhixia told Ji Chengyu she still wanted a divorce, and Song Yutang said his conduct was cheating rather than repayment of a debt.
• Jiang Zhixia walked out carrying Tuantuan, who comforted her, and then sobbed against Song Yutang’s shoulder as Song promised to take her home.

Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang how Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu had endangered Tuantuan and decided to divorce him to protect her daughter. After seeing footage of Ji Chengyu attacking them, Jiang Muyan ordered Zhao Chuan to retaliate and investigate ways to secure Jiang Zhixia’s divorce and custody of Tuantuan.

• Jiang Zhixia explained that Lin Lu had arranged for Tuantuan to be sent abroad with a drug-using male nanny after Tuantuan sought Ji Chengyu’s attention.
• Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang that her family’s crises had left her unable to get help, and she resolved to divorce Ji Chengyu for Tuantuan’s sake.
• Song Yutang reassured Jiang Zhixia that she would support and teach her as she learned to protect Tuantuan.
• Zhao Chuan told Jiang Muyan that Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan had been harmed and sent him edited hotel surveillance footage.
• After watching Ji Chengyu attack Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan, Jiang Muyan ordered Zhao Chuan to repay him tenfold, review the companies’ joint projects, investigate Ji Chengyu’s finances, and notify Lin Lu’s family about her attempt to murder Old Madam Ji.

Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan arrived safely at the Jiang Family home, while Song Yutang cared for them and continued suspecting that Jiang Muyan’s coma was being prolonged deliberately. Jiang Muyan learned that money from the suspicious overseas accounts had flowed into a company owned by Jiang Sichen.

• Jiang Muyan cut ties with Ji Chengyu, withdrawing Hengxing’s support and the Gu Family’s help after learning how Ji Chengyu treated Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan.
• Butler Wang welcomed Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan to the Jiang Family home, where the staff and doctors tended to their injuries.
• Song Yutang wondered whether the medical team and the old man were concealing the truth about Jiang Muyan’s accident and planned to seek a more reliable examination.
• Jiang Muyan messaged Gu Zheng, who revealed that one company receiving money from the overseas accounts belonged wholly to Jiang Sichen.

Jiang Muyan investigated the Jiang second branch’s asset transfers and grew jealous after Song Yutang called Li Zerui her husband in her sleep. Meanwhile, Ji Chengyu left the hospital with Lin Lu and Guangguang, but their car was struck on a dark, secluded road.

• Jiang Muyan discussed the second branch’s suspected asset transfers with Gu Zheng and ordered further investigation into his third uncle’s car accident.
• Jiang Muyan agreed to contact Eldest Young Master Gu and resolved to wake from his vegetative state so he could protect Song Yutang.
• Song Yutang called Li Zerui her husband while asleep, prompting Jiang Muyan to ask Zhao Chuan to investigate him.
• Lin Lu persuaded Ji Chengyu to take her and Guangguang to the hospital and then drive them home, leaving Jiang Zhixia and her daughter behind.
• Ji Chengyu drove Lin Lu and Guangguang along a secluded road, where the streetlights went out and another vehicle struck the rear of his car.

Ji Chengyu was beaten by a group of men and suspected Song Yutang had arranged it, but Lin Lu convinced him the Jiang family could not truly support Jiang Zhixia. He agreed to let Lin Lu and Guangguang stay at his home and let her use his marital bed, telling her to keep it from Zhixia.

• A group of men beat Ji Chengyu after a minor traffic collision, and he suspected Song Yutang had hired them.
• Ji Chengyu refused to call the police, then blamed Lin Lu for provoking Jiang Zhixia and warned her about the Jiang family’s power.
• Lin Lu reminded Ji Chengyu of his promises to her, and he relented despite insisting that his relationship with her was over.
• Lin Lu persuaded Ji Chengyu that Jiang Zhixia lacked family support and was only pretending to consider divorce, so he decided not to pick her up immediately.
• Ji Chengyu agreed that Lin Lu and Guangguang could stay with him for a few days, and he gave in when Lin Lu asked to use his marital bed, telling her not to let Zhixia find out.

Song Yutang asked Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan whether they supported Jiang Zhixia divorcing Ji Chengyu, and they agreed she had to leave him. The chapter ended with her parents-in-law worrying that Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan would be unwelcome in their own home, while Song Yutang reassured them they could stay.

• Song Yutang told Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan that Jiang Zhixia planned to divorce Ji Chengyu, and they angrily condemned his abuse and betrayal.
• Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan worried about earning enough to support Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan, while Song Yutang reminded them their family was wealthy.
• Song Yutang asked whether Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan supported the divorce and would help Jiang Zhixia afterward.
• Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang agreed Jiang Zhixia had to divorce Ji Chengyu because he was violent and unfaithful.
• Li Xiulan offered Song Yutang her jewelry, and Jiang Guoqiang offered his ring in gratitude for helping Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan.
• Song Yutang told them Jiang Zhixia had every right to return to her parents' home, but Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang recalled divorced daughters being mistreated by their families.

Song Yutang reassured Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang that Jiang Zhixia belonged in the family and deserved their support. At lunch, Jiang Zhixia revealed Ji Chengyu’s abuse to Jiang Dingkun and declared she wanted a divorce, but he refused because he valued the Jiang family’s reputation.

• Song Yutang returned the jewelry to Li Xiulan and urged her and Jiang Guoqiang to stand by Jiang Zhixia as family.
• Song Yutang brought Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan to lunch in the main hall, where Tuantuan told Jiang Dingkun that Jiang Zhixia planned to divorce Ji Chengyu.
• Jiang Zhixia described Ji Chengyu’s favoritism toward Lin Lu and showed Jiang Dingkun the injuries he had inflicted on her and Tuantuan.
• Jiang Dingkun dismissed the abuse as a trivial matter and told Jiang Zhixia to stop talking about divorce.
• Song Yutang challenged Jiang Dingkun for putting the family’s reputation above Jiang Zhixia’s safety and confirmed she had arranged support for her divorce.
• Jiang Zhixia declared that she herself wanted the divorce, but Jiang Dingkun angrily rejected her decision.

Jiang Zhixia demanded a divorce from Ji Chengyu, but Jiang Dingkun and other relatives tried to make her stay, while Song Yutang and Wen Jingyan defended her. When Jiang Shiya pretended to have a suicidal episode to stop the divorce, Song Yutang ordered the butler to take her for emergency electroconvulsive therapy.

• Jiang Zhixia said she would divorce Ji Chengyu even if she and Tuantuan had to move out, but Song Yutang and Li Xiulan backed her and challenged Jiang Dingkun's refusal.
• Chen Ruyin argued that Song Yutang should not interfere in Jiang Zhixia's marriage, and Song Yutang slapped her for meddling in the Jiang family's affairs.
• Jiang Qingyu, Wu Caixia, and Jiang Sinian criticized divorce, while Wen Jingyan pointed out that Ji Chengyu had cheated and assaulted Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan.
• Jiang Dingkun agreed that Ji Chengyu should be warned but still opposed divorce, as Wu Caixia and Jiang Shiya pressured Jiang Zhixia by claiming divorce would disgrace the family.
• Jiang Shiya pretended her depression was worsening and threatened suicide, so Song Yutang told the butler to take her to the medical room for emergency electric shocks.

Jiang Shiya was dragged toward the medical room for treatment while the family argued over Jiang Zhixia’s divorce. When Jiang Dingkun forbade the divorce and threatened Song Yutang, Jiang Guoqiang stood up for his daughter and demanded that his kidney be returned if the family had to leave.

• Jiang Boyan covered Jiang Shiya’s mouth and dragged her toward the medical room for electric-shock treatment as Jiang Sinian tried to stop him.
• Song Yutang and Wen Jingyan argued that Jiang Shiya needed proper treatment, and Jiang Dingkun agreed she should be treated at home or in a psychiatric hospital.
• Chen Ruyin urged Jiang Zhixia to endure her marriage for the sake of the Jiang Family’s reputation, and Jiang Dingkun forbade her from divorcing or renovating a parent-and-child room.
• Jiang Zhixia insisted she would divorce for her daughter, and Song Yutang furiously confronted Jiang Dingkun for demanding that she tolerate humiliation.
• Jiang Guoqiang shielded Song Yutang and Jiang Zhixia, declared that his daughter would divorce, and offered to leave with his family while asking Jiang Dingkun to give back his kidney.

Jiang Zhixia and her family demanded their inheritance and supported her divorce, but Jiang Dingkun and Chen Ruyin defended Ji Chengyu and blamed Zhixia for his abuse. Song Yutang attacked Chen Ruyin and confronted Jiang Dingkun, accusing him of abandoning his own descendants for the sake of others.

• Li Xiulan, Jiang Guoqiang, and Jiang Boyan demanded the return of the belongings left to their family, while Xiao Tuantuan pleaded for Jiang Zhixia to divorce Jiang Chengyu.
• Jiang Dingkun questioned whether Jiang Zhixia truly wanted a divorce, but Zhixia said she would not risk another attempt on Tuantuan's life.
• Jiang Dingkun and Chen Ruyin defended Ji Chengyu's attention to Lin Lu and urged Zhixia to tolerate his behavior and apologize, even after he had abused her and Tuantuan.
• Song Yutang slapped Chen Ruyin for interfering and condemned her for blaming Jiang Zhixia for the violence.
• Song Yutang confronted Jiang Dingkun, accused him of favoring Chen Ruyin's descendants over his own family, and challenged him to examine what Jiang Sinian said and did behind his back.

Song Yutang exposed the second branch’s greed and defended Jiang Guoqiang’s family, forcing Jiang Dingkun to let Jiang Zhixia divorce. The second branch retreated, and Song Yutang urged Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan to make peace with Jiang Dingkun over a meal.

• Song Yutang slapped Jiang Sinian and Wu Caixia after they attacked her, and Jiang Guoqiang punched Jiang Qingyu when he threatened her family.
• Jiang Guoqiang demanded his kidney back and said he would leave with his family, while Li Xiulan demanded support for Jiang Muyan’s treatment and a share of the estate.
• Song Yutang mocked Jiang Dingkun’s self-deception, and Jiang Dingkun ordered the family to stop discussing moving out and allowed Jiang Zhixia to divorce.
• Chen Ruyin tried to dissuade Jiang Dingkun from letting Jiang Zhixia stay, but he told her to move out if she was afraid.
• After Jiang Dingkun left the table, Song Yutang told Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang to cook his favorite food and apologize to him.

Song Yutang stood by Jiang Zhixia as the family agreed she and Tuantuan could stay while they pursued a divorce. Jiang Muyan secretly arranged support for Song Yutang and prepared to improve his health, while Ji Chengyu woke beside Lin Lu after giving in to her the night before.

• Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang prepared food, while Song Yutang had Tuantuan cheer up Jiang Zhixia and promised to defend her.
• Song Yutang reassured Jiang Zhixia that she and Tuantuan could stay with the family and handle the divorce gradually.
• Jiang Muyan watched Song Yutang defend Jiang Zhixia, then asked Zhao Chuan for updates on the support he had arranged for Song Yutang.
• Zhao Chuan reported on Song Yutang's property, business plans, recruitment, family investigation, gifts, and Lin Lu's conduct toward the eldest young lady.
• Jiang Muyan took kidney-tonifying tablets and exercised because he wanted to be ready to have a child with Song Yutang.
• Ji Chengyu woke beside Lin Lu and recalled that he had ultimately given in to her the previous night.

Ji Chengyu was caught in an intimate moment with Lin Lu when his uncle demanded that he bring in the person who had harmed his sister. At the Jiang Family home, Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan appealed to Jiang Dingkun’s love for his family, and he asked Tuantuan to fetch her mother and aunt.

• Lin Lu seduced Ji Chengyu, but his uncle’s call interrupted them and revealed that Lin Lu was accused of pushing Jiang Dingkun’s sister down the stairs.
• Ji Chengyu’s uncle demanded that he bring the culprit to him within an hour or risk the companies’ partnership.
• Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan brought food to Jiang Dingkun, and Tuantuan coaxed him into eating noodles.
• Jiang Guoqiang apologized for standing up for Jiang Zhixia and explained that he could not ignore his daughter being wronged.
• Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan reminded Jiang Dingkun that he had donated a kidney and cared for his family, and Jiang Dingkun asked Tuantuan to fetch her mother and aunt.

Jiang Dingkun supported Jiang Zhixia's divorce and gave her three properties as her dowry, while Song Yutang arranged to secure custody of Tuantuan and continued investigating suspicious connections. Meanwhile, Song Yutang received footage of Song Mingzhe insulting Sun Meifang, leaving Song Jianye furious and Sun Meifang pleading for peace.

• Jiang Dingkun gave Jiang Zhixia the deeds to three properties and told her to let Song Yutang help with her divorce and other matters.
• Song Yutang instructed Butler Wang to investigate Ji Chengyu's finances and seek custody of Tuantuan, then reviewed designs for the private kitchen restaurant.
• Butler Wang reported that Cheng Yun had no known connection to the second branch, though Song Yutang told him to keep investigating.
• Butler Wang showed Song Yutang a video of Song Mingzhe confronting Song Jianye and Sun Meifang at home.
• Song Mingzhe said he would no longer call Sun Meifang his mother because people mocked him, prompting Song Jianye to angrily rebuke him.
• Sun Meifang tearfully urged Song Jianye not to blame Song Mingzhe.