Recaps

Yu Xue learned that commenters had helped her land two revenge dramas, then prioritized recovering the farmers’ stolen money. After Xu Yan blamed Chen Nannan for being raped, Yu Xue confronted her and vowed to ensure she received a fitting sentence.

• Yu Xue’s manager told her she had landed two dramas inspired by the commenters’ teasing, leaving Yu Xue mortified by her newfound notoriety.
• The police tracked down Guo Tianyou’s transferred money, began recovering it, and promised Yu Xue that the farmers would get their savings back.
• Chen Nannan accused Xu Yan of arranging her rape, while Xu Yan said Chen had brought it on herself by seducing her boyfriend.
• Yu Xue slapped Xu Yan, condemned her for blaming another woman for a man’s wrongdoing, and said she would hire the best lawyer to secure Xu Yan’s punishment.

After the police resolved Xu Yan’s widespread fraud case, Song Shiwei and Jiang Xun left Yu Xue’s home together. Song Shiwei apologized for hitting Jiang Xun during her plan, and he reassured her affectionately as Yu Chen and Jiang Zhuxin followed behind.

• The police officer said Xu Yan would face a serious rape charge, and she broke down sobbing.
• The officer asked Yu Xue to star in an anti-fraud video, and Yu Xue agreed to help warn people about scams.
• Zhou Baobao said he planned to work at the factory and offered Song Shiwei and her companions his help before leaving with his underlings.
• The police announced that Xu Yan had scammed victims across the country, including elderly people and impoverished households.
• Song Shiwei and the others stayed with Yu Xue until evening, then left after she promised she would be safe.
• Song Shiwei apologized to Jiang Xun for hitting him, and he reassured her with an affectionate joke as Yu Chen and Jiang Zhuxin overheard them.

Jiang Xun and Song Shiwei’s affectionate banter continued as Yu Lihuai arrived to take Yu Chen home and claim an official relationship with her. Yu Lihuai and Yu Chen left holding hands, while he thanked Song Shiwei and invited her to sit at their wedding’s head table.

• Jiang Xun openly told Song Shiwei that he believed anything she said, while she privately worried about keeping up with his intensity.
• Yu Lihuai appeared by a car and told Yu Chen he had come to take her home and get an official status with her.
• Yu Chen teased Yu Lihuai about courting gently, and he responded by interlacing their fingers as they held hands.
• Yu Lihuai thanked Song Shiwei and invited her to sit at the head table when he and Yu Chen married.
• Jiang Xun said he would sit with Song Shiwei at the head table, prompting Yu Lihuai to resentfully recognize that Jiang Xun had already married his wife.

Jiang Zhuxin and Song Shiwei brought Little Tongtong to the Jiang Family estate, where the family eagerly welcomed her. After seeing the cake they had prepared and hearing Mother Jiang promise to care for her until her parents were found, Little Tongtong burst into tears.

• Jiang Zhuxin escaped the affectionate couples by climbing into the car with Song Shiwei, and they drove to the Jiang Family estate with Little Tongtong.
• The Jiang Family rushed out to welcome Little Tongtong, but she hid from Jiang Ye and accepted Jiang Chao's cookie without letting him hold her.
• Little Tongtong reached for Mother Jiang, who carried her into the living room while Song Shiwei scolded Jiang Ye and Jiang Chao for frightening her.
• The Jiang Family presented Little Tongtong with a welcome cake, and she asked in disbelief whether it was for her.
• Mother Jiang promised that the family would care for Little Tongtong until they found her parents, and Little Tongtong began to cry.

The Jiang Family comforted Little Tongtong after she cried from happiness at being treated kindly, and promised to care for her. Song Shiwei remembered her promise to Jiang Xun, but made him sleep on the sofa, leaving his attempt to share her bed thwarted.

• Little Tongtong cried harder when Jiang Ye and Jiang Chao gave her toys, then explained she was overwhelmed because no one had ever treated her so well.
• The Jiang Family learned that Little Tongtong had gone hungry and been made to do chores, and they vowed to give her a loving home.
• Jiang Lanxin gave Little Tongtong a house that would become hers when she turned eighteen, and the family showered her with gifts until she fell asleep.
• Jiang Xun reminded Song Shiwei that she had promised him something, and she agreed on the condition that he follow her instructions.
• Song Shiwei directed Jiang Xun to sleep on the sofa, and he realized she had no intention of sharing the bed.

Jiang Xun respected Song Shiwei’s wish to take their relationship slowly, and they shared a warm morning together before joining the Jiang Family for breakfast. Little Tongtong’s affection for Song Shiwei sparked a playful contest among the family to win the child’s attention.

• Jiang Xun gave Song Shiwei the bed and slept on the sofa, then heard her decide to accept him gradually.
• Song Shiwei woke to find Jiang Xun had prepared warm water and toothpaste, and she thought they looked well matched as they brushed their teeth together.
• Little Tongtong interrupted them, then rushed to hug and kiss Song Shiwei, who carried her downstairs.
• The Jiang Family greeted Tongtong and set aside their disagreements to impress her.
• Mother Jiang offered Tongtong piglet buns and bunny-shaped steamed buns, prompting the others to regret not thinking of treats first.

Tongtong won over the Jiang Family with her affection, while Song Shiwei’s inner thoughts reassured them that their fate had not changed for the worse. Jiang Xun was delighted that Song Shiwei had saved him breakfast, and the family’s lively day continued as Tongtong played everyone into exhaustion.

• Jiang Lanxin offered Tongtong bread, and Tongtong kissed her before hugging the rest of the Jiang Family and asking them to stop competing for her favor.
• Song Shiwei thought that Tongtong’s affection had brought the Jiang Family together, and the family resolved to cherish the child.
• Jiang Xun came downstairs to find breakfast Song Shiwei had saved for him, and he was moved that she had remembered him.
• Jiang Xun ate the breakfast happily and decided to work hard to earn money for Song Shiwei, while his family teased him for acting lovestruck.
• Tongtong spent the morning playing around the manor with Song Shiwei, Jiang Zhuxin, and Mother Jiang, until Mother Jiang exhaustedly sent her to find Jiang Zhuxin.

Song Shiwei realized that Little Tongtong’s fear of being sent away came from her family’s threats and cruelty. As Mother Jiang comforted them both, Tongtong sobbed that she was afraid the Jiang family would hit her, shout at her, and withhold food.

• Jiang Zhuxin tried to hand Little Tongtong over to Song Shiwei, who suggested Tongtong push her swing instead.
• Little Tongtong pushed Song Shiwei’s swing until she grew tired, then panicked and insisted she would keep helping when she feared being sent away.
• Song Shiwei and the Jiangs recognized Tongtong’s people-pleasing behavior and realized she had learned it from her family.
• Song Shiwei told Tongtong she could rest and did not need to please anyone, but Tongtong said her mother had warned she would be thrown out if she did not please Grandma.
• Song Shiwei cried, and Mother Jiang embraced her and Tongtong as Tongtong sobbed that she feared being hit, yelled at, and denied food.

Song Shiwei comforted Tongtong and helped her feel safe with the Jiang family. Then Officer Xiao Rong called to say the police had found a couple claiming to be Tongtong’s parents, and they had provided birth records and a paternity test.

• Jiang Zhuxin and Mother Jiang reassured Tongtong that she could stay and did not need to please them.
• Tongtong asked Song Shiwei to hold her while she slept, and Song Shiwei soothed her until she fell asleep.
• Song Shiwei left Tongtong asleep in her princess bedroom and told Mother Jiang and Jiang Zhuxin that Tongtong lacked a sense of security.
• Officer Xiao Rong called Song Shiwei and said the police had found a couple claiming to be Tongtong’s parents.
• The couple showed the police Ren'ai Hospital birth records and a paternity test certificate.

Song Shiwei discovered through the Gossip Compendium that the couple identified as Little Tongtong’s parents were impostors who had murdered her real parents and other family members. She and the Jiang family prepared to protect Little Tongtong, and the impostors arrived to take her away.

• The police found a couple whose information matched Little Tongtong’s and said DNA testing confirmed they were her biological parents.
• Song Shiwei questioned how quickly the couple had been found and noticed details about their reaction and DNA test seemed suspicious.
• The Gossip Compendium revealed that Little Tongtong’s real parents had died and the couple claiming to be them had murdered them and taken over the Lü Family’s estate.
• Song Shiwei asked Officer Xiao Rong to send police officers to witness the handover, while Mother Jiang ordered the bodyguards to stand by.
• The supposed parents arrived at the Jiang Family’s home, and Song Shiwei stood up, ready to face them.

Mother Jiang, Jiang Zhuxin, and Song Shiwei received Lü Beitong’s former kidnappers, who were now posing as Lü Yong and Xu Tuan. The couple’s reflexive response to their old names strengthened the women’s suspicion, but Mother Jiang covered for them and had tea served.

• Chen Dashan and Wang Erni criticized the Jiang family’s furnishings as they slowly made their way to the living room.
• The couple saw the Jiang family’s wealth and envied the life Lü Beitong now had with them.
• Song Shiwei called out Chen Dashan and Wang Erni, and the couple answered before denying those were their names and showing their identity cards.
• Song Shiwei claimed she had meant to call the butler and housekeeper, while Mother Jiang asked that tea be served to the two guests.

Chen Dashan and Wang Erni tried to pose as desperate parents searching for Tongtong while ingratiating themselves with Mother Jiang, but Jiang Zhuxin and Song Shiwei challenged their act. The couple objected when Song Shiwei insisted that the police be present before they could take Tongtong.

• Chen Dashan and Wang Erni cozied up to Mother Jiang before claiming they had come to collect Tongtong.
• Wang Erni knelt and delivered an emotional performance about how much she and Chen Dashan had suffered while searching for their daughter.
• Jiang Zhuxin mocked the couple's apparent performance and questioned whether they were really Tongtong's parents.
• Chen Dashan accused the Jiang family of being scammers who wanted the reward for finding Tongtong.
• Jiang Zhuxin offered to call the police, and Song Shiwei said they would hand Tongtong over only with the police present.
• Chen Dashan and Wang Erni objected, saying they could not call the police.

Chen Dashan and Wang Erni tried to pressure the Jiang Family into handing over Tongtong by staging a public online tantrum, while privately revealing their motive was to secure an inheritance and save their hospitalized son. Their plan faltered when Officer Xiao Rong arrived with other police officers at Song Shiwei’s request.

• Chen Dashan and Wang Erni demanded that the Jiang Family return Tongtong, and Wang Erni staged a tantrum while Chen Dashan filmed them for an online audience.
• Netizens questioned why the couple appealed to viewers instead of the police and began to suspect they were trying to pressure Song Shiwei.
• Chen Dashan and Wang Erni grew uneasy when the Jiang Family did not react to their public threats, but resolved to take Lü Beitong away to secure the inheritance and save their son.
• The couple recalled that Lü Beitong’s grandfather had left his fortune to her and that they had disposed of him after learning of his arrangements.
• Officer Xiao Rong arrived with several police officers after Song Shiwei asked them to serve as witnesses, leaving Chen Dashan and Wang Erni stunned.

Chen Dashan and Wang Erni accused Song Shiwei and the police of stealing Lü Beitong, hoping to sway livestream viewers into helping them reclaim the child. Chen Dashan revealed Lü Beitong had a huge inheritance, and Song Shiwei and the officers began to suspect that this was why the couple wanted her back.

• Wang Erni threw herself on the floor and accused the police of helping Song Shiwei steal Lü Beitong.
• Song Shiwei challenged Chen Dashan and Wang Erni for slandering the police, while Officer Xiao Rong quietly drew his gun after hearing they were murderers.
• Chen Dashan and Wang Erni followed their adviser’s plan and livestreamed tearful accusations against Song Shiwei and the officers.
• Chen Dashan claimed the others wanted Lü Beitong because she would inherit a huge fortune.
• Song Shiwei questioned why the inheritance had been left to Lü Beitong instead of Chen Dashan and Wang Erni, and the officers began to understand the couple’s motive.

Song Shiwei exposed Chen Dashan and Jiang Zhuxin as murderers who wanted to seize Little Tongtong’s inheritance and use her blood to treat their son. Chen Dashan panicked as Song Shiwei confronted him with details about poisoning Tongtong’s grandfather.

• Song Shiwei accused Chen Dashan and Jiang Zhuxin of pretending to be Tongtong’s parents so they could take her inheritance.
• Song Shiwei learned that the couple’s son needed blood treatment and that Tongtong’s blood type matched his.
• Song Shiwei realized the couple intended to exploit Tongtong for her inheritance and her blood.
• Song Shiwei and Jiang Zhuxin accused Chen Dashan of poisoning Tongtong’s grandfather for his inheritance.
• Chen Dashan panicked and denied killing his father, while Jiang Zhuxin also denied that they had done so.

Song Shiwei exposed the impostors’ identities and challenged them to prove their parentage of Tongtong with a DNA test. Officer Xiao Rong arrested Chen Dashan and Wang Erni on suspicion of murdering the real couple, but Wang Erni’s panicked denial revealed her identity.

• Song Shiwei challenged Chen Dashan and Wang Erni to take a DNA test with Tongtong, knowing it would expose them.
• Officer Xiao Rong said the police would return Tongtong to them only if the DNA results matched.
• Chen Dashan and Wang Erni refused the test, and Officer Xiao Rong announced they were suspects in the murders of Chen Dashan and Wang Erni from Dayaokou Village.
• Chen Dashan denied being anyone but Lü Yong, but Officer Xiao Rong handcuffed him and Wang Erni.
• Wang Erni panicked and shouted that she was Wang Erni, leaving Chen Dashan stunned.

Wang Erni confessed to helping Chen Dashan kill Lü Yong and Xu Tuan and later poison Old Master Lü, believing their crimes had brought illness upon her son. As she began to reconsider helping Chen Dashan find the Lü family’s granddaughter, the hospital called to say her son had died.

• Officer Xiao Rong challenged Wang Erni’s claim to her identity and urged her to confess to killing Wang Erni.
• Wang Erni recalled how she and Chen Dashan killed Lü Yong and Xu Tuan, then took their identities through plastic surgery.
• Wang Erni recalled that Chen Dashan poisoned Old Master Lü and that they later sought the Lü family’s granddaughter to obtain the inheritance for their sick son.
• After police handcuffed Wang Erni, she reconsidered her crimes as retribution and resolved not to keep making mistakes.
• Officer Xiao Rong answered a call from the hospital, which reported that Wang Erni’s son had died after resuscitation failed.

Wang Erni confessed that she and Chen Dashan had murdered Lü Yong, Xu Tuan, and Old Mr. Lü, while Song Shiwei stopped Chen Dashan from attacking her. After the police arrested the pair, Song Shiwei realized that Little Tongtong had no family left, leaving her future uncertain.

• Wang Erni identified herself to Officer Xiao Rong and confessed that she and Chen Dashan had killed Lü Yong and Xu Tuan, taken their money, and impersonated them.
• Wang Erni admitted that Chen Dashan had also killed Old Mr. Lü after he failed to receive an inheritance.
• Chen Dashan tried to attack Wang Erni, but Song Shiwei kicked him away while police restrained him.
• Wang Erni revealed the crime details and the location of the remains, and Officer Xiao Rong arrested her and Chen Dashan.
• Mother Jiang, Jiang Zhuxin, and Song Shiwei felt relieved that Little Tongtong had not been taken away, then Song Shiwei wondered what would happen to her now that she had no relatives.

Song Shiwei comforted Little Tongtong after she woke, reassuring her that she could ask for food without being punished. When the Yanjing Police called, Song Shiwei sent Tongtong off with Jiang Zhuxin, fearing the case’s resolution would mean Tongtong could no longer stay with the Jiang Family.

• Song Shiwei, Mother Jiang, and Jiang Zhuxin worried that Tongtong might be sent to a welfare home.
• Tongtong woke and happily told Song Shiwei that she had missed her.
• Tongtong timidly admitted she was hungry, and Song Shiwei took her to enjoy the afternoon tea prepared for her.
• Song Shiwei received another call from the Yanjing Police and asked Jiang Zhuxin to take Tongtong away while she answered it.
• Mother Jiang and Jiang Zhuxin heard Song Shiwei’s inner voice and worried about Tongtong’s fate.

Captain Liu told Song Shiwei that Little Tongtong’s parents and grandfather were dead, leaving her with no relatives and a large inheritance. Song Shiwei tried to arrange a safer, gentler transition for Tongtong, but the police planned to transfer her to a children’s welfare home within days.

• Captain Liu told Song Shiwei that Chen Dashan and Wang Erni had killed Little Tongtong’s parents and that her grandfather had also died.
• Captain Liu explained that Tongtong would have to go to a children’s welfare home because she had no relatives, and her inheritance made adoption risky.
• Song Shiwei asked whether Tongtong could be adopted, but Captain Liu warned that prospective adopters might seek her inheritance.
• Captain Liu said the police were processing the handover and expected Tongtong to leave within the next couple of days.
• Song Shiwei asked for more time so Tongtong could adjust, but Captain Liu said regulations required the transfer and suggested an earlier move might help her settle in.

Song Shiwei learned that Tongtong was slated to go to the Heart-to-Heart Welfare Institute and resolved to keep caring for her. The Gossip Compendium revealed that the institute’s celebrated director was exploiting and abusing girls, while Jiang Zhuxin and Mother Jiang prepared to investigate him.

• Captain Liu warned Song Shiwei that adopting Tongtong could bring public backlash and told her the child would go to the Heart-to-Heart Welfare Institute.
• Song Shiwei insisted that Tongtong would remain her little sister and asked which welfare institute would take her.
• The Gossip Compendium revealed that the Heart-to-Heart Welfare Institute’s director had been exploiting girls and training them to serve wealthy men.
• Jiang Zhuxin and Mother Jiang became furious and planned to use an inspection as a pretext to investigate the director.
• Song Shiwei’s inner voice revealed that the cautious director restricted access, requiring prospective adopters to be married, at least thirty-five, identity-verified, and blindfolded during the journey.

Song Shiwei and the Jiangs realized they could infiltrate the corrupt Heart-to-Heart Welfare Institute by posing as a couple, with Father Jiang playing a perverted husband. They planned to use false identities and disguises to gather evidence and rescue the children, but had not yet begun the operation.

• Song Shiwei worried that the institute would only admit a couple if the husband was at least thirty-five, and she thought Father Jiang might fit the requirement.
• Mother Jiang told Father Jiang that Tongtong's supposed parents were impostors who had killed her real parents and planned to kill her grandfather.
• Mother Jiang explained that Tongtong might be sent to the corrupt Heart-to-Heart Welfare Institute and proposed infiltrating it to gather evidence for the police.
• Father Jiang agreed to pose as a perverted husband and suggested that they prepare false identities and disguises.
• Mother Jiang praised Father Jiang for thinking along the same lines as Song Shiwei.

Song Shiwei and the Jiang family planned to investigate the suspicious Heart-to-Heart Welfare Institute by having Father Jiang and Mother Jiang enter under fabricated identities. Jiang Cheng confirmed the institute was already under suspicion, and he eagerly considered helping them go undercover.

• Song Shiwei realized Jiang Cheng could arrange convincing false identities through the police technical division.
• Song Shiwei recalled that Jiang Cheng had long suspected the welfare institute but lacked evidence and a way to get inside.
• Father Jiang and Mother Jiang pretended to discuss changing identities, and Song Shiwei welcomed the idea of their undercover plan.
• Mother Jiang called Jiang Cheng and explained that she and Father Jiang wanted to investigate the institute after Tongtong was due to be sent there.
• Jiang Cheng confirmed their suspicions matched the police's and learned that Father Jiang and Mother Jiang wanted to go undercover.

Jiang Cheng and his uncle and aunt planned to investigate the orphanage undercover and gather evidence against its director. After Jiang Cheng arrived with his team, the family kept the investigation from Tongtong and settled her down to sleep.

• Father Jiang and Mother Jiang agreed to go undercover at the orphanage with Jiang Cheng's help.
• Song Shiwei and the others decided to keep Tongtong from learning about the plan and asked Jiang Zhuxin to take her out to play.
• Jiang Cheng and his team arrived at the Jiang Family home in casual clothes, and Jiang Cheng joyfully reunited with Tongtong.
• After dinner, Tongtong grew tired and climbed into Song Shiwei's arms, saying she wanted to sleep.

Song Shiwei resolved to try to keep Tongtong with the family, while Jiang Cheng prepared Father Jiang and Mother Jiang to infiltrate the Heart-to-Heart Welfare Institute. The family began memorizing their false identities and planned to use them to expose the director’s secret base.

• Song Shiwei put Tongtong to bed and decided she would still try to keep her, even if she and Jiang Xun could not adopt her.
• Jiang Cheng gave Father Jiang and Mother Jiang fabricated profiles for Xu Chengfeng and Li Min, two criminals whose identities they would assume.
• Jiang Cheng explained that the institute’s director was suspected of running a secret base where girls were imprisoned and exploited.
• Jiang Cheng warned the family that the director was cunning and told them to memorize their identities and cover story.
• Mother Jiang agreed that she and Father Jiang would become Xu Chengfeng and Li Min, while Song Shiwei thought Father Jiang would need to act convincingly to gain the director’s trust.