Chapter Summaries

Jiang Muyan tried to explain why he wanted boundaries in his friendship with Song Yutang, but her thoughts repeatedly turned his explanations into increasingly bizarre misunderstandings. He finally clarified that he was a straight man and his affectionate male friend was engaged, leaving Song Yutang unsure whether to believe him.

• Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang that they should keep sensible boundaries despite being close friends, and she assumed he was protecting his boyfriend from jealousy.
• Song Yutang mistakenly concluded Jiang Muyan wanted to be her sister and believed he was attracted to men.
• Jiang Muyan explained that the man she had seen was his longtime friend, whose younger brother he had helped in college, but Song Yutang imagined their relationship had become romantic.
• Jiang Muyan clarified that he and his friend were both straight, that his friend had a fiancée, and that his overly affectionate behavior had prompted the warning about boundaries.
• Song Yutang listened to Jiang Muyan's explanation and asked uncertainly whether that was really the case.

Jiang Muyan reassured Song Yutang that they were good friends, accepted her luxury watch, and helped her walk after she injured her feet. When she yearned to try crayfish, he brought her into a restaurant for a late-night meal.

• Jiang Muyan explained that his friend’s careless words had caused a misunderstanding and promised Song Yutang she could always rely on him.
• Jiang Muyan cleaned Song Yutang’s wound and put a slipper on her foot, while she gave him an expensive watch as thanks.
• Jiang Muyan decided to stop trying to force distance between them, then supported Song Yutang as they walked toward the intersection.
• Song Yutang smelled garlic crayfish and thought about how she had never tasted it, so Jiang Muyan took her into the restaurant for a late-night snack.

Jiang Muyan took Song Yutang out for crayfish, touched by how little she had experienced, and promised to help her with the Song Family. The meal was interrupted by Eldest Young Master Gu, who agreed to look out for her and asked them to visit him.

• Jiang Muyan ordered an extravagant spread of crayfish and other dishes after bringing Song Yutang to an upscale restaurant.
• Song Yutang eagerly watched the food arrive and admitted she had never tried crayfish before, prompting Jiang Muyan to promise he would help her with the Song Family.
• Jiang Muyan gave Song Yutang gloves and peeled crayfish for her while pretending his allergy prevented him from eating.
• Song Yutang suggested they pack up so Jiang Muyan could return to his waiting friend, but he told her Eldest Young Master Gu was enjoying himself alone.
• Eldest Young Master Gu called, teased Jiang Muyan for putting romance before friendship, then agreed to look out for Song Yutang and asked her to visit him.

Jiang Muyan treated Song Yutang to crayfish and skewers, then arranged to take the leftovers home for her husband, Jiang Muyan. After they walked together through the lively streets, Song Yutang reflected on her past heartbreak and felt an unwanted closeness to Jiang Muyan.

• Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang that his older brother would help her if she needed anything, and she felt grateful for his protection.
• Jiang Muyan ordered a large platter of skewers and persuaded Song Yutang to take the leftovers home for her husband, Jiang Muyan.
• A neighboring couple mistook Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan for lovers, but Jiang Muyan calmly continued peeling crayfish for her.
• After dinner, Jiang Muyan slowed his pace so Song Yutang could walk off her full stomach.
• Song Yutang remembered how a man had betrayed her in the past and swallowed the feelings she was beginning to develop for Jiang Muyan.

Jiang Muyan pretended to be drunk and faked an alcohol allergy to keep Song Yutang from returning to the Lan Residence. After Song Yutang brought him barbecue and privately considered Brother Yan as a possible future father for her child, Jiang Muyan resolved to wake up as soon as he could, while Song Yutang reaffirmed her loyalty to the Jiang Family; then her phone rang with an unexpected caller.

• Jiang Muyan asked Song Yutang to wait in the private room, then had Zhao Chuan delete nearby surveillance footage before going home with Doctor Fang.
• Jiang Muyan called Song Yutang pretending to be drunk, and the manager told her he had gone to the hospital with a mild alcohol allergy.
• Song Yutang brought leftover barbecue home for Jiang Muyan and privately began thinking Brother Yan might be a suitable candidate if Jiang Muyan could not father a child.
• Jiang Muyan overheard Song Yutang's thoughts and decided he needed to wake up before her attraction to Brother Yan grew further.
• Song Yutang resolved to remain loyal to the Jiang Family, then received a call from an unexpected person.

Song Yutang refused Cheng Yun’s invitation to a high school reunion because she suspected he was plotting against her, and Jiang Muyan ordered Zhao Chuan to watch him closely. Zhao Chuan then revealed that the Li Zerui Jiang Muyan had asked him to investigate might be the crown prince in a wuxia drama, played by a once-popular idol.

• Cheng Yun invited Song Yutang to a reunion and tried to persuade her by recalling her old schoolmates’ kindness.
• Song Yutang declined the invitation but offered to cover the reunion costs, while agreeing to meet Cheng Yun another time.
• Jiang Muyan suspected Cheng Yun was using a genuine reunion as cover for an attack and told Zhao Chuan to keep watch on him.
• Zhao Chuan sent Jiang Muyan a video of a crown prince named Li Zerui, whom Jiang mistook for the actor playing the role.
• Zhao Chuan explained that the crown prince was Li Zerui and suggested Song Yutang might be referring to the actor as a former schoolgirl crush.

Song Yutang tested her new assistant, Dong Ying, while building her own circle of trusted aides, and rewarded Jiang Boyan for winning first place in a competition. The chapter ended when Butler Wang announced that Ji Chengyu had arrived to take the eldest young lady and Miss Tuantuan back.

• Jiang Muyan asked Zhao Chuan to keep investigating who Li Zerui was after Zhao Chuan admitted the character was unlikely to attract fans.
• Dong Ying offered to help Song Yutang investigate Mr. Ji, and Song Yutang told her that trust would depend on results and that capable work would be rewarded.
• Jiang Boyan told Song Yutang he had won first place in a competition, and she arranged to buy him a drone and increase his allowance with conditions tied to his grades.
• Butler Wang told Song Yutang that Ji Chengyu had arrived to take the eldest young lady and Miss Tuantuan back.

Song Yutang and Jiang Zhixia discussed Ji Chengyu’s arrival, while Tuantuan revealed how frightened she was of returning to him and recounted the abuse Jiang Zhixia suffered at her in-laws’ home. Jiang Zhixia remained determined to divorce, and Song Yutang reassured mother and daughter that they could stay with her family.

• Song Yutang ordered the household bodyguards to throw Ji Chengyu out and break one of his hands if he came to take Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan home.
• Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang she had decided to divorce Ji Chengyu and wanted to explain it to him face-to-face.
• Song Yutang asked Tuantuan whether she wanted to go home with her father, and Tuantuan pleaded not to be sent away.
• Tuantuan said she would go with Ji Chengyu if needed but feared he would hurt Jiang Zhixia again and make her bleed.
• Song Yutang promised that Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan could stay with her family, and Tuantuan described how Ji Chengyu’s sister had mistreated Jiang Zhixia while Ji Chengyu blamed her.

Jiang Zhixia decided to divorce Ji Chengyu after Tuantuan recalled how he had dismissed the abuse she suffered. As Ji Chengyu arrived at the Jiang estate expecting to take them home, the household staff marched out to confront him.

• Song Yutang comforted Tuantuan, and Tuantuan described how Ji Chengyu had blamed her after Guangguang and Eldest Auntie hurt her.
• Jiang Zhixia declared she would divorce Ji Chengyu and promised Tuantuan they would no longer put up with him.
• Song Yutang called on Captain Liao, Maid Sun, Master Ding, Auntie Wen, and Butler Wang, who armed themselves and marched toward the gate.
• Jiang Zhixia asked Song Yutang why the staff were so loyal, and Song Yutang explained that she had promoted and rewarded them.
• Ji Chengyu arrived with lilies and a Barbie princess gift, assuming Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan would eagerly forgive him and return home.
• Seeing Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan surrounded by the staff, Ji Chengyu mistakenly thought they were being thrown out and hurried forward to greet them.

Ji Chengyu came to retrieve Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan, but Song Yutang and the household staff beat him after learning he had abused them. Jiang Zhixia refused to reconcile despite his claims that he had sent Lin Lu and Guangguang abroad, and Ji Chengyu ended by blaming her for being cruel to them.

• Maid Sun, Master Ding, Auntie Wen, Captain Liao, and the others attacked Ji Chengyu, while Song Yutang told Jiang Zhixia to let others stand up for her.
• Jiang Zhixia told Ji Chengyu she wanted a divorce and custody of Tuantuan, and she said he had only realized he could not win rather than that he was wrong.
• Ji Chengyu claimed he had sent Lin Lu and Guangguang abroad and promised to focus on Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan, but Jiang Zhixia recalled how he had repeatedly put them last.
• Tuantuan rejected Ji Chengyu's Barbie gift and described how Guangguang had destroyed her doll and Ji Chengyu had punished her for it.
• Jiang Zhixia refused to return with Ji Chengyu, who shifted from pleading to anger and accused her of trying to make Lin Lu and Guangguang suffer.

Jiang Zhixia rejected Ji Chengyu’s insincere apology, exposed his repeated betrayals through Tuantuan’s words, and demanded a divorce before beating him and walking away. Ji Chengyu chased after her in panic, but the Jiang Family’s gate closed and shocked him when he tried to push it open.

• Tuantuan called Ji Chengyu a liar, and Jiang Zhixia ordered him to leave as the Jiang Family’s servants and bodyguards threatened to remove him.
• Song Yutang and Butler Wang confronted Ji Chengyu, while Captain Liao warned him that his actions could lead to legal trouble.
• Tuantuan explained that Jiang Zhixia had bought lilies because Ji Chengyu liked them and rejected his gifts, recalling how he had favored Lin Lu and Guangguang and hurt her.
• Jiang Zhixia demanded a divorce, kicked Ji Chengyu, and beat him with a rolling pin before warning him never to approach her and Tuantuan again.
• Jiang Zhixia walked back inside, and Ji Chengyu chased after her, only for the gate to close and shock him with an electric current.

Jiang Zhixia remained determined to divorce Ji Chengyu despite his repeated attempts to win her back, but she struggled with sympathy when she saw him standing in the rain. Song Yutang reassured her that she could remain kind while learning to protect herself, and Jiang Zhixia decided to have the gatekeeper give Ji Chengyu an umbrella.

• Ji Chengyu left after the gatekeeper warned him away, determined to find a way to make Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan change their minds.
• Jiang Zhixia told Song Yutang that Ji Chengyu had knowingly ignored their suffering and reaffirmed that she wanted a divorce.
• Ji Chengyu repeatedly appeared outside the Jiang Family's gate with gifts and apologies, but Jiang Zhixia blocked his calls and messages.
• Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan saw Ji Chengyu standing in a storm, but both said they did not want to return to him.
• Jiang Zhixia admitted that she still felt sorry for Ji Chengyu, and Song Yutang encouraged her to keep her kind heart while protecting herself.
• Jiang Zhixia asked whether the gatekeeper could give Ji Chengyu an umbrella so he would stop pestering them.

Song Yutang and Jiang Muyan examined Ji Chengyu’s finances and discovered that he had structured his marriage to leave Jiang Zhixia with no assets and potentially 60 million yuan in debt. They also learned that he had given Lin Lu and her son extensive financial support, though a paternity test showed Guangguang was Ji Chengyuan’s son, not Ji Chengyu’s.

• Jiang Muyan received records showing Ji Chengyu had arranged for Jiang Zhixia to waive claims to property and take on half of a 120-million-yuan marital debt.
• Song Yutang found that Ji Chengyu’s salary was listed as 10 yuan a year, their home belonged to his parents, and jewelry and clothes bought during the marriage were registered to Lin Lu.
• Song Yutang discovered that Ji Chengyu had bought numerous properties for Lin Lu and sent her one million yuan monthly, with his spending on her exceeding 200 million yuan over six years.
• Song Yutang noticed the payments began while Ji Chengyuan was still alive, and she and Jiang Muyan found a paternity test confirming Guangguang was Ji Chengyuan and Lin Lu’s son.
• Song Yutang concluded that Ji Chengyu had carefully protected his own assets while leaving Jiang Zhixia with nothing and burdening her with debt, and Jiang Muyan focused on protecting Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan.

Song Yutang found hope in Jiang Muyan’s legal strategies for challenging Zhixia’s agreements, debt, and Ji Chengyu’s asset transfers, then gathered more evidence while keeping the truth from Zhixia and her in-laws. As she cared for Jiang Muyan that night, she kept thinking admiringly about Top Star Brother, leaving her husband silently jealous.

• Jiang Muyan explained how Zhixia could challenge the signed agreements, dispute Ji Chengyu’s debt, and seek recovery of his gifts to Lin Lu, then offered to arrange a team of divorce lawyers.
• Song Yutang thanked Jiang Muyan for helping her find a way forward, and they agreed that lawyers would need to assess the case.
• Song Yutang reviewed Butler Wang’s investigation and learned it matched the findings Top Star Brother had uncovered about Ji Chengyu.
• Song Yutang kept the revelations from Zhixia and her parents-in-law, worked late, and returned to her bedroom exhausted.
• While feeding Jiang Muyan his medicine and settling into bed, Song Yutang privately thought about Top Star Brother’s lips, scent, and reliability, while Jiang Muyan grew jealous.

Jiang Muyan arranged divorce lawyers and jewelry for Song Yutang to win her favor, while Song Yutang helped Jiang Zhixia confront the financial agreements and property Ji Chengyu had concealed. The chapter left Jiang Zhixia realizing that jewelry and gifts she believed were hers and Tuantuan’s had been registered under Lin Lu’s name.

• Jiang Muyan called Zhao Chuan to have divorce lawyers contact Song Yutang and arrange bids on jewelry suited to his wife.
• Song Yutang received advice from several lawyers and learned that the Gu Family would support her divorce case.
• Song Yutang found Jiang Zhixia watching Ji Chengyu outside the gate, and Jiang Zhixia admitted she still pitied him but insisted she would divorce him.
• Song Yutang showed Jiang Zhixia the prenuptial agreement, marital property agreement, and records of Ji Chengyu’s ten-yuan annual salary.
• Jiang Zhixia explained that Ji Chengyu had presented jewelry and gifts as compensation, then learned that ownership of the items—including gifts for Tuantuan—was registered under Lin Lu’s name.

Song Yutang showed Jiang Zhixia how Ji Chengyu had given Lin Lu her jewelry and other assets while leaving her with a loan guarantee. She ended by revealing evidence of Ji Chengyu’s lavish spending and apparent family life with Lin Lu and Guangguang.

• Jiang Zhixia recounted how Ji Chengyu repeatedly let Lin Lu take her jewelry and restricted her and Tuantuan to five hundred yuan a month.
• Song Yutang explained that Jiang Zhixia’s agreements separated her from Ji Chengyu’s assets, while her signature on a loan guarantee could make her liable for the debt.
• Jiang Zhixia realized she might owe half the loan despite having no claim to Ji Chengyu’s assets and broke down in tears.
• Song Yutang showed Jiang Zhixia records of more than two hundred million in spending on properties, jewelry, cars, and living expenses.
• Song Yutang presented photographs of Ji Chengyu with Lin Lu and Guangguang at a villa and in Europe, appearing like a family.

Song Yutang showed Jiang Zhixia that Ji Chengyu had spent heavily on Lin Lu and Guangguang while neglecting her and Tuantuan, prompting Jiang Zhixia to stop focusing on his love and demand what she and her daughter were owed. Jiang Zhixia resolved to fight for Tuantuan, while Song Yutang hinted that Lin Lu’s supposed kindness to Ji Chengyu might not have been genuine.

• Song Yutang told Jiang Zhixia that Ji Chengyu had taken Lin Lu and Guangguang to Europe and bought them property, hired staff, and arranged an expensive private school for Guangguang.
• Song Yutang explained that Ji Chengyu had sent Lin Lu abroad to protect her from retaliation after the birthday banquet scandal, and that his uncle’s threats had forced him to return.
• Jiang Zhixia broke down as she recalled supporting Ji Chengyu through his illness and rehabilitation while he prioritized Lin Lu and her son.
• Song Yutang urged Jiang Zhixia to focus on her and Tuantuan’s future and claim their rightful share of marital funds rather than accept debts that were not hers.
• Jiang Zhixia realized that Tuantuan had lived worse than Lin Lu’s dog and vowed to fight Ji Chengyu for her daughter’s sake.
• Song Yutang said that whether Lin Lu had truly saved Ji Chengyu remained in doubt.

Jiang Zhixia resolved to divorce Ji Chengyu and recover what he owed her and Tuantuan, while Song Yutang arranged an investigation and legal support. At the Jiang residence, Li Xiulan demonstrated her knowledge of the Han family's birthday gifts as Chen Ruyin and Wu Caixia tried to undermine her.

• Jiang Zhixia rejected Ji Chengyu's debt-of-gratitude excuse and told him she would pursue the money he had spent on Lin Lu and her child.
• Song Yutang arranged for people to investigate Lin Lu and Ji Chengyu's past and coordinated with divorce lawyers as Ji Chengyu continued bringing gifts.
• Jiang Zhixia rebuffed Ji Chengyu whenever she saw him, and news of her divorce spread through Cloud City's legal circles.
• Song Yutang silenced the second branch's snide remarks, while Jiang Dingkun avoided intervening to prevent another confrontation.
• Chen Ruyin and Wu Caixia criticized Li Xiulan's preparations for Old Madam Han's birthday, and Li Xiulan explained which gifts suited the recipients.

Li Xiulan imitated Song Yutang’s sharp style to reprimand Chen Ruyin and Wu Caixia and assert her authority over the Jiang household. When the two women retaliated by trying to force her to seek the old master’s judgment, Li Xiulan faltered until an elegant voice interrupted them.

• Li Xiulan called Chen Ruyin an old mistress, smashed a teacup, and warned her to stop meddling in household affairs.
• Li Xiulan rebuked Wu Caixia, slapped her when she tried to strike first, and ordered Butler Wang to dock her allowance for three months.
• Li Xiulan also ordered Chen Ruyin’s allowance docked, while Song Yutang watched from the stairs and approved of her mother-in-law’s growing confidence.
• Wu Caixia urged Chen Ruyin to take Li Xiulan to the old master, and Chen Ruyin pretended to cry before Wu Caixia grabbed Li Xiulan and challenged her authority.
• Li Xiulan considered calling the bodyguards, but an elegant voice from outside asked what was happening.

Jiang Baozhu arrived at the Jiang residence and turned on Chen Ruyin, slapping her and ordering her bodyguards to beat her for bullying Li Xiulan. As Chen Ruyin was left badly injured, Wu Caixia called for help.

• Jiang Baozhu entered with three young men, and Song Yutang recognized her as Jiang Muyan's paternal aunt.
• Chen Ruyin tried to recruit Jiang Baozhu to her side, but Jiang Baozhu slapped her and declared Li Xiulan her only sister-in-law.
• Jiang Baozhu slapped Chen Ruyin again when she claimed elder status, then settled onto the sofa as the young men served and attended to her.
• Chen Ruyin mocked Jiang Baozhu for being accompanied by several men, and Jiang Baozhu ordered her bodyguards to slap Chen Ruyin.
• Jiang Baozhu's bodyguards beat Chen Ruyin until her face swelled and she could no longer scream, while Wu Caixia called for help.