Chapter Summaries

Rong Chao discovered Jiang Xuefu cheating on him and later exposed her mentor Yi Chen, leading to Yi Chen’s dismissal. Rong Chao married Jiang Xuefu and became a househusband, but five years later they still had no child because his reproductive cells could not match hers, frustrating her father, Liu He.

• Rong Chao learned from a phone call that Jiang Xuefu was being intimate with Yi Chen, then fainted and was hospitalized.
• Jiang Xuefu apologized to Rong Chao and promised not to repeat the incident, and he forgave her while blaming Yi Chen.
• Rong Chao identified Yi Chen as Jiang Xuefu’s mentor and anonymously accused him on the University A forum of seducing his student.
• Yi Chen admitted the accusation to the university president and was dismissed from the university.
• After graduation, Rong Chao married Jiang Xuefu, stayed home to raise their daughter, and spent five years unable to produce a viable match for her reproductive cells.
• Liu He repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction that Jiang Xuefu and Rong Chao still had no child.

Rong Chao concealed the lipstick and joined Jiang Xuefu for lunch at her office, where he met Meng Yun, the young employee who had brought her food. After Rong Chao left, Meng Yun demanded that Jiang Xuefu keep him away, and she warned him to stop complaining or stop seeing her.

• Rong Chao hid the lipstick from Jiang Xuefu and told her his brother Rong Feng would bring lunch the next day.
• Meng Yun arrived at Jiang Xuefu's office with homemade food and found her eating with Rong Chao, her husband.
• Rong Chao invited Meng Yun to join them for lunch and drew information out of him while Jiang Xuefu watched.
• After Rong Chao left the company, Meng Yun complained that Jiang Xuefu should not let him visit again.
• Jiang Xuefu rebuked Meng Yun and told him not to come to her again if he could not behave.

After Rong Chao forced Meng Yun’s family to leave City A, Rong Feng considered pursuing the married Jiang Xuefu, while Jiang Xuefu learned Meng Yun had resigned. She then went to meet Xie Jinhua, the president of Zhixing.

• Meng Yun returned home to find it ransacked, and his parents told him Rong Chao had retaliated against them and cost them their jobs.
• Mrs. Meng tied Meng Yun up and took him with his parents to their hometown, while Rong Chao paid her and deleted her number.
• Rong Chao encouraged Rong Feng to pursue the woman he loved despite her marriage, and Rong Feng considered his advice while thinking of Jiang Xuefu.
• Jiang Xuefu learned Meng Yun had resigned but decided not to investigate his departure.
• Xiao Peng told Jiang Xuefu that Xie Jinhua wanted to see her, and she went to his office.

Jiang Xuefu agreed to tutor Xie Ning in advanced mathematics for a fee of one million a month, then visited the Xie estate for their first lesson. Xie Ning slept through her arrival, but woke after she and Xie Jinhua left his room and reacted with embarrassment when he saw her.

• Xie Jinhua asked Jiang Xuefu to tutor Xie Ning once a week for one million a month, and Jiang Xuefu accepted.
• Xie Jinhua felt pleased that tutoring would give him time alone with Jiang Xuefu, though he worried about their age difference.
• Jiang Xuefu brought a cake for Xie Ning to the Xie estate, and Xie Jinhua felt disappointed that she had not brought it for him.
• Xie Jinhua and Jiang Xuefu found Xie Ning asleep in his messy room, and he apologized when they could not begin the lesson.
• Xie Ning woke and called Jiang Xuefu back, then blushed when he saw her and hid beneath the covers after she noticed his rumpled clothes.

Jiang Xuefu tutored Xie Ning in advanced mathematics, then left after giving him cake. Xie Ning guessed that his father, Xie Jinhua, liked Jiang Xuefu and encouraged him to pursue her.

• Jiang Xuefu told Xie Ning to call her teacher or big sister and had him read her notes and work through math problems.
• Xie Ning lost focus, complained when Jiang Xuefu smacked his head, and refused to study until she asked if he was ready to continue.
• After Jiang Xuefu explained a problem, she ended the lesson and sent Xie Ning downstairs to eat the cake she had bought.
• Jiang Xuefu declined Xie Jinhua's invitation to stay for dinner because her husband, Rong Feng, was waiting at home.
• Xie Ning asked Xie Jinhua if he liked Jiang Xuefu and told him he would support him dating her.
• Xie Ning recalled that Xie Jinhua had fled an arranged engagement, used a reproductive-cell procedure abroad to have him, and returned home with him three months after his birth.

Rong Feng grew increasingly unhappy watching Jiang Xuefu and Rong Chao together, while Jiang Xuefu’s parents arrived to stay with them. Liu He bullied Rong Chao in the kitchen, and Jiang Xuefu chose to ignore it.

• Rong Feng cooked for Jiang Xuefu but grew jealous as he watched her and Rong Chao share dinner.
• Jiang Xuefu told Rong Chao that her parents were coming to City A, and Rong Chao worried about their visit.
• Jiang Xuefu picked up Jiang Yinghua and Liu He, while Liu He criticized Rong Chao for not coming to help and complained about him on the way home.
• Liu He inspected the apartment, sent away the part-time cook, and ordered Rong Chao to help him make dinner.
• Liu He pinched Rong Chao hard while berating him, and Jiang Xuefu heard them but accepted Liu He’s explanation and stayed out of it.

Jiang Xuefu comforted Rong Chao over his injury, while Liu He arranged for Chen Yu to join her as a second husband. Rong Chao rejected the arrangement and ordered Liu He to leave the house, ending the chapter in a confrontation.

• Jiang Xuefu saw Rong Chao's bruised arm, comforted him, and told him she loved him.
• Rong Chao stayed at his own family's home while Jiang Xuefu worked, avoiding Liu He.
• Liu He brought Chen Yu home and announced that he had arranged for Chen Yu to be with Jiang Xuefu.
• Chen Yu introduced himself to Jiang Xuefu as her husband, and Rong Chao objected.
• Liu He dismissed Rong Chao as an outsider, so Rong Chao told Liu He to get out of his house.

After Rong Chao confronted Liu He and the Jiang family, Jiang Xuefu left his home with her parents and Chen Yu, planning to give Rong Chao the cold shoulder. Liu He then arranged for Chen Yu to enter Jiang Xuefu’s bedroom, and she welcomed his advances, while Liu He listened outside and hoped for a granddaughter.

• Rong Chao told Liu He and the Jiang family to leave, and Jiang Xuefu took her parents and Chen Yu to a hotel rather than stay with him.
• Jiang Xuefu brought them to her city-center apartment and decided to give Rong Chao the cold shoulder for a while.
• Liu He whispered to Chen Yu that he should approach Jiang Xuefu, and Chen Yu agreed.
• Chen Yu got into Jiang Xuefu’s bed, and she recognized him before giving in to her desire.
• Liu He listened outside the bedroom and smiled, hoping Jiang Xuefu would have his granddaughter.

Rong Chao learned that Jiang Xuefu had known about his condition and that Rong Feng wanted to help conceive a child with her, leaving him devastated and furious. Meanwhile, Jiang Xuefu enjoyed her time with Chen Yu before agreeing to resume work and tutor Xiao Ning the next day.

• Mother Rong repeatedly called Jiang Xuefu, but she did not answer, and Rong Chao became more distraught.
• Rong Feng told Rong Chao that he and Jiang Xuefu had learned about his condition years earlier, then offered to provide reproductive cells so Jiang Xuefu could have a child.
• Rong Chao slapped Rong Feng and ordered him to leave, and Father Rong reacted with shock when Rong Feng explained what had happened.
• Jiang Xuefu stayed away from work and changed her phone number while spending nearly a week with Chen Yu.
• Xie Jinhua called Jiang Xuefu, and she said she would return to work the following week and attend Xiao Ning's tutoring session the next day.

Jiang Xuefu’s tutoring brought her closer to Xie Ning, who began developing feelings for her despite knowing she was the woman his father loved. Xie Jinhua noticed the attraction, and Xie Ning was left horrified after dreaming about Jiang Xuefu.

• Xie Ning studied diligently and tried to persuade Jiang Xuefu to grant him a request, but her beauty distracted him.
• Jiang Xuefu ignored and blocked Rong Chao’s family, then teased Xie Ning into calling her “Sister” in exchange for cake.
• Xie Jinhua walked in on Jiang Xuefu covering Xie Ning’s mouth, and Xie Ning pushed her away while Xie Jinhua recognized his son’s attraction to her.
• Xie Jinhua told Xie Ning that Xu Guiyu might join the lessons, and Xie Ning felt uncomfortable at the thought of Jiang Xuefu giving her attention to someone else.
• Xie Ning dreamed of Jiang Xuefu that night and woke to a suspicious patch on his bedsheet.

After Rong Chao was injured at a bar, he woke with amnesia, and his family decided to use the opportunity to seek a divorce from Jiang Xuefu. Jiang Xuefu received Rong Chao’s signed divorce agreement and agreed to sign it.

• Rong Chao drank alone at a bar, slapped a woman who harassed him, and was followed into a restroom, where she struck him and knocked him unconscious.
• Xu Zhu found Rong Chao injured in the restroom and drove him to the hospital, where his family gathered around him.
• Rong Chao woke unable to recognize his family, and the doctor diagnosed stress-induced amnesia.
• Rong Chao’s mother suggested using his amnesia to ask Jiang Xuefu for a divorce, and his father agreed.
• Jiang Xuefu received Rong Chao’s signed divorce agreement and asked whether he truly wanted a divorce.
• Rong Chao confirmed he wanted to divorce, and Jiang Xuefu agreed.

After divorcing Rong Chao, Jiang Xuefu moved in with Chen Yu and planned to pursue a pregnancy match with him. Meanwhile, Rong Chao grew closer to Xu Zhu, while Rong Feng defied his parents and insisted on being with Jiang Xuefu.

• Jiang Xuefu received the divorce certificate and moved her belongings into the apartment she shared with Chen Yu.
• Jiang Xuefu told Chen Yu they were divorced, and Chen Yu asked whether her parents knew.
• Jiang Xuefu told Liu He about the divorce, and he asked when she and Chen Yu would go to the hospital for matching.
• Xu Zhu visited Rong Chao, and Rong Chao's father watched them together, hoping they would become a couple.
• Rong Feng knelt before his parents and demanded they let him be with Jiang Xuefu, but Mother Rong refused and they parted unhappily.

Rong Feng confessed to Jiang Xuefu, and they began dating, while Rong Chao’s family pushed him toward marrying Xu Zhu. As Rong Chao remained unsure about the engagement, Rong Feng showed him a photo of Jiang Xuefu, but Rong Chao recognized her only as his beautiful sister-in-law.

• Rong Feng confessed his feelings to Jiang Xuefu, and they began a relationship.
• Rong Chao asked Rong Feng about dating, then admitted he did not know whether he liked Xu Zhu.
• Father Rong told Xu Zhu that Rong Chao might like her, and she agreed to treat him well and offer him her property if they married.
• Rong Chao eventually agreed to get engaged to Xu Zhu, and their families quickly arranged the ceremony.
• Rong Chao asked Rong Feng whether he should marry Xu Zhu, and Rong Feng showed him a photo with Jiang Xuefu.
• Rong Chao called Jiang Xuefu beautiful but showed no sign of recognizing her.

After Rong Chao married Xu Zhu, his unexplained grief over a lost love persisted, while Jiang Xuefu returned from abroad unaware of the wedding. Xie Ning confessed to Jiang Xuefu on his birthday, but after she refused to pick him up, his friends urged him to drug her and fake an encounter.

• Rong Feng investigated Xu Zhu, approved of her, and went abroad with Jiang Xuefu rather than attend Rong Chao's wedding.
• Rong Chao married Xu Zhu, but he felt distressed when she tried to kiss him and remembered losing someone he had loved.
• Jiang Xuefu returned from abroad and gave Xie Ning a birthday gift and Xie Jinhua another present, then declined Xie Jinhua's invitation to dinner.
• Xie Ning called Jiang Xuefu from a bar and awkwardly asked her to date him, but she teased him and the call ended.
• After Xie Ning's friend called to say he was drunk, Jiang Xuefu refused to pick him up and told them to contact his father.
• Xie Ning's friends suggested drugging Jiang Xuefu and pretending they had slept together so she would feel obliged to take responsibility for him.

Xie Ning drugged Jiang Xuefu, and the two slept together before arguing over who should take responsibility. Jiang Xuefu warned him about Xu Yi and left their relationship open to continuing, while Xie Ning secretly celebrated.

• Xie Ning gave Jiang Xuefu water laced with an aphrodisiac, and she realized what he had done before kissing him.
• Afterward, Jiang Xuefu challenged Xie Ning's demand that she take responsibility and made him call her "big sister."
• Jiang Xuefu asked who had supplied the drug, and Xie Ning identified Xu Yi of the wealthy Xu Family in City A.
• Jiang Xuefu warned Xie Ning to stay away from Xu Yi and said their future depended on how he performed.
• Jiang Xuefu left, and Xie Ning hid under the blanket and laughed excitedly.

After Xie Jinhua caught Xie Ning and Jiang Xuefu together, he sent Xie Ning to Switzerland and impersonated him in messages with Jiang Xuefu. When Jiang Xuefu came to the house expecting Xie Ning, she found Xie Jinhua waiting beneath the quilt instead.

• Xie Jinhua overheard Xie Ning and Jiang Xuefu together and watched in pain as they continued.
• Xie Jinhua told Xie Ning that Old Madam Xie wanted to see him and sent him to Switzerland without his phone.
• Xie Jinhua used Xie Ning's phone to message Jiang Xuefu, agreeing to stay home with her and asking for matcha cake.
• Jiang Xuefu arrived at the house, found someone beneath the quilt in Xie Ning's darkened room, and began touching Xie Jinhua without recognizing him.

After discovering that Xie Jinhua had pretended to be Xie Ning, Jiang Xuefu rejected him but reconsidered when she thought about his wealth. Xu Zhu confronted her over Xu Yi’s broken leg and left after Jiang Xuefu dismissed her; then Chen Yu called.

• Jiang Xuefu pushed Xie Jinhua away after he pleaded to stay by her side, but later considered accepting him if he changed his ways.
• Xu Zhu entered Jiang Xuefu’s office and demanded an explanation for Jiang Xuefu having Xu Yi’s leg broken.
• Jiang Xuefu said Xu Yi had sold the banned drug Arousal to Xie Ning and told Xu Zhu to take her complaint to Xie Jinhua.
• Xu Zhu accused Jiang Xuefu of acting out of jealousy over Rong Chao, and Jiang Xuefu denied it and ordered her to leave.
• Xu Zhu threatened Jiang Xuefu and left, and Chen Yu called Jiang Xuefu shortly afterward.

Liu He visited Jiang Xuefu and found Rong Feng staying with her, while Jiang Xuefu’s business rivalry with Xu Zhu escalated over the Firmament acquisition. After Xu Zhu framed Jiang Xuefu for stealing trade secrets, Xie Jinhua rescued her from the police station and revealed that a hospital pairing using what remained from their encounter had succeeded, leaving Jiang Xuefu stunned by the news of their child.

• Liu He arrived at Jiang Xuefu’s apartment, met Rong Feng, and served dinner to Jiang Xuefu and Chen Yu.
• Jiang Xuefu signed the proposal for Xie Corporation’s acquisition of Firmament while Xie Jinhua was away in Switzerland.
• Xu Zhu beat Jiang Xuefu to the Firmament deal, then Jiang Xuefu slapped her outside the building.
• Police took Jiang Xuefu in for questioning after Xu Zhu arranged to frame her for stealing trade secrets.
• Xie Jinhua returned from Switzerland and got Jiang Xuefu out of the police station.
• Xie Jinhua told Jiang Xuefu that the hospital pairing had succeeded, and she was left wondering what this meant for Xie Ning.

After Xu Zhu was arrested for suspected involvement in stealing Xie Corporation trade secrets, Rong Chao begged Jiang Xuefu to drop the matter. Jiang Xuefu called him her ex-husband, triggering Rong Chao’s lost memories to return.

• Jiang Xuefu let Xie Jinhua and Xie Ning remain at the manor, while Xie Jinhua handed the company’s affairs over to her.
• Police arrested Xu Zhu at the Xu Family home over suspected involvement in Xie Corporation’s trade secrets, and Rong Feng brought Rong Chao back to the Rong Family home.
• Mother Rong asked Rong Feng to persuade Jiang Xuefu to stop pursuing Xu Zhu, but Rong Feng refused and said Xu Zhu had brought it on herself.
• Rong Chao overheard the conversation and memorized Jiang Xuefu’s name.
• Rong Chao blocked Jiang Xuefu’s car the next morning and begged her to let Xu Zhu go.
• Jiang Xuefu called Rong Chao her ex-husband, and he suddenly remembered his past.

Rong Chao reunited with Jiang Xuefu, but she rejected him and reaffirmed their divorce. He turned against the Rong Family, while Jiang Xuefu later expanded her family and wealth before dying at eighty.

• Rong Chao found Jiang Xuefu and pleaded with her to forgive him, but she refused to reconcile and told him not to seek her out again.
• Rong Chao returned to the Rong Family home, smashed the furnishings, and accused his family of arranging his divorce and marriage to Xu Zhu without his consent.
• Rong Chao demanded that Rong Feng leave the family, and after Mother Rong told Rong Feng to yield to his younger brother, Rong Feng stopped coming home.
• Ten years later, Rong Chao sold the family restaurants and donated the proceeds to an orphanage, where he spent the rest of his life.
• Jiang Xuefu later took two more young lovers, lived to eighty surrounded by descendants, and left the Jiang Family prosperous and powerful.