Chapter Summaries

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.

Jiang Cheng and the police used Song Shiwei’s thoughts to discover that the Heart-to-Heart Welfare Institute director contacted buyers through the dark web. After finding the director’s account and evidence linked to the institute, they posted an offer and waited for him to respond.

• Father Jiang agreed to act like a pervert to help the investigation, while Jiang Cheng and the officers turned to finding the institute director.
• Song Shiwei realized the director used the dark web and knew he appeared after ten to message people offering large sums for girls.
• Jiang Cheng and the officers logged onto the dark web and found an account under the name Professional Caring Person.
• Jiang Cheng saw listings of girls and photographs of the institute’s interior, then posted an offer to buy a little girl.
• The police watched the screen and waited for Professional Caring Person to reply.

Jiang Cheng’s police team waited for a suspicious seller to respond, then received a reply and planned to continue their psychological game the next morning. Meanwhile, the Jiang family prepared for an undercover operation, and Jiang Xun resolved to support Song Shiwei if she wanted to adopt Tongtong.

• Jiang Cheng rejected the officers’ suggestion to send another message and waited until the seller replied with a request for proof of funds.
• After the seller responded, Jiang Cheng decided to leave him waiting until morning, while Mother Jiang arranged rooms for the police officers.
• Father Jiang and Mother Jiang practiced their undercover lines as Song Shiwei kept them company and Jiang Zhuxin prepared props.
• Jiang Xun watched his family rehearse and decided he would help Song Shiwei adopt Tongtong if that was what she wanted.
• Father Jiang and Mother Jiang called Jiang Ye, who taught them how to act and received their praise.

Jiang Xun's parents practiced the dramatic roles Jiang Ye had coached them for, while Song Shiwei told Jiang Xun she wanted to adopt Tongtong and would divorce him if that was the only way. Jiang Xun refused to accept a divorce and promised they could adopt Tongtong without separating, leaving Song Shiwei flustered by his insistence.

• Jiang Ye encouraged Father Jiang and Mother Jiang as they resumed rehearsing their roles.
• Song Shiwei told Jiang Xun she wanted to adopt Tongtong and offered to divorce him to protect the Jiang Family and its company.
• Jiang Xun accused Song Shiwei of not trusting him, and she explained her fears about the adoption affecting the family and the company's stock price.
• Song Shiwei said she wanted to save Tongtong and the person she had once been, and feared Tongtong would suffer in an orphanage.
• Jiang Xun insisted that he would not divorce Song Shiwei and promised they could find a way to adopt Tongtong together.

Song Shiwei feared her adoption plans would ruin Jiang Xun’s career and offered to leave him, but he insisted he loved her and wanted to adopt Tongtong. After revealing that he had already had a vasectomy and did not want children, Jiang Xun learned from Song Shiwei’s thoughts that she now wanted to stay married to him.

• Song Shiwei told Jiang Xun she did not want him to sacrifice his career for her, while Jiang Xun insisted that he was willing to bear the consequences because he loved her.
• Jiang Xun asked Song Shiwei what he meant to her, and she apologized, admitted she had assumed he would not be too hurt by a separation, and embraced him.
• Song Shiwei wondered whether Jiang Xun would want children and thought they might have to divorce, so Jiang Xun explained that he had undergone a vasectomy and wanted to adopt Tongtong instead.
• Jiang Xun told Song Shiwei he did not want children and hoped to spare her childbirth, and Song Shiwei inwardly decided she would never divorce him.

Song Shiwei and Jiang Xun discovered they both did not want children, then went to bed together as Jiang Xun promised to handle Tongtong’s matter. The next day, Jiang Cheng and the others continued baiting a suspected criminal online, and the man began sending them information about little girls.

• Song Shiwei asked whether Jiang Xun’s family would accept their decision not to have children, and Jiang Xun said other relatives could provide heirs.
• Song Shiwei removed the bedding from the sofa, and Jiang Xun took it as an invitation to sleep beside her.
• Jiang Xun promised to handle Tongtong’s matter, while Song Shiwei silently wished him a good ending.
• Jiang Cheng delayed replying to Professional Caring Person, then posed as a buyer seeking a little girl to draw out the suspected criminal.
• After Jiang Cheng sent a jumble of personal information, Professional Caring Person asked for details about Xu Chengfeng’s wife and grew increasingly impatient.
• Professional Caring Person sent personal information about little girls and claimed there was even more explosive material to discuss.

Jiang Cheng and the police prepared a sting to catch the director who arranged illegal transactions, while Jiang Xun reassured Song Shiwei by preparing an inheritance for Tongtong. The next day, Father Jiang and Mother Jiang headed to the village where the trap would begin.

• Jiang Cheng verified the adoption inquiry, learned the time and location of the transaction, and organized the team to move in the following night.
• Little Tongtong noticed the tense atmosphere, and Jiang Xun gently took her to bed.
• Jiang Xun showed Song Shiwei the notarized inheritance he had prepared for Tongtong, and she thanked him, hopeful they could adopt her.
• Father Jiang and Mother Jiang rehearsed their roles and drove in a police-prepared luxury car to the village specified by the director.

Father Jiang and Mother Jiang posed as buyers to infiltrate Lin Lang’s child-trafficking operation while police monitored them through a concealed camera. They reached the Heart-to-Heart Welfare Institute, where Lin Lang promised to take them to the children they sought, but insisted on following additional procedures.

• Mother Jiang wore a concealed camera as she and Father Jiang traveled to a village outside the capital, while Jiang Cheng and the police monitored them.
• Father Jiang threatened Mother Jiang and pretended to be a depraved buyer to convince Lin Lang of their intentions.
• Jiang Cheng told the police to begin the operation when Lin Lang arrived to meet Father Jiang and Mother Jiang.
• Mother Jiang gave Lin Lang a twenty-million deposit, and Lin Lang drove them to the Heart-to-Heart Welfare Institute.
• Father Jiang complained that the children at the institute did not meet his requirements, and Lin Lang promised to arrange a suitable meeting within an hour.
• Father Jiang offered Lin Lang another bank card to hurry things along, but Lin Lang insisted they follow the procedures.

Jiang Cheng’s team exposed Lin Lang’s crimes at the Heart-to-Heart Welfare Institute and arrested him and the teachers who helped him. The institute’s sudden closure sparked public confusion, including concern over where Tongtong would go.

• Lin Lang led Father Jiang and Mother Jiang into a basement where they found drugged, abused girls, while a hidden camera transmitted the scene to the Jiang Family’s villa.
• Song Shiwei urged Jiang Cheng to move in and bring clothes for the children, and Jiang Cheng ordered the police to arrest everyone and prioritize capturing Lin Lang.
• Police stormed the institute, arrested Lin Lang and the teachers, and revealed that they had spent more than half a year investigating them.
• A video of the police raid went viral, and the public questioned why the award-winning Heart-to-Heart Welfare Institute had been shut down.
• Online commenters worried that Tongtong, who had been expected to enter the institute, now had nowhere to go.

After the police exposed Lin Lang’s trafficking crimes, online opinion turned against Song Shiwei and the Jiang Family, accusing them of seeking Tongtong’s inheritance. Song Shiwei and Jiang Xun insisted on adopting Tongtong and presented proof that her assets would be protected, but Captain Liu said their ages did not meet the adoption requirements.

• Jiang Cheng asked the internet affairs office to publish a police announcement crediting Jiang Hongzhe, Fu Lanjun, and Song Shiwei with helping expose Lin Lang’s criminal organization.
• Netizens condemned Lin Lang and praised Song Shiwei, while others accused her of arranging the takedown to gain access to Tongtong’s inheritance.
• Captain Liu warned Song Shiwei that the online rumors could harm her and the Jiang Family if they adopted Tongtong.
• Song Shiwei and Jiang Xun reaffirmed their intention to adopt Tongtong, and Jiang Xun handed Captain Liu a notarized statement showing her assets exceeded a billion and would be professionally managed until she turned eighteen.
• Captain Liu acknowledged that the Jiang Family met the financial requirements but said Song Shiwei and Jiang Xun did not meet the age requirements.

Song Shiwei and Jiang Xun learned they were too young to adopt Tongtong, but Zhang Leyao and Chen Jingxian arrived with documents and offered to take her in. Captain Liu left the decision to Tongtong, while Song Shiwei thanked the two women for helping her.

• Captain Liu told Song Shiwei that she and Jiang Xun did not meet the legal age requirement to adopt Tongtong, and the Jiang parents were also ineligible.
• Zhang Leyao arrived with notarized financial and family documents and offered to adopt Tongtong.
• Chen Jingxian also offered to adopt Tongtong, explaining that she met the requirements and had no interest in the child's assets.
• Zhang Leyao agreed that Chen Jingxian might be better suited to adopting Tongtong because of her bond with Song Shiwei.
• Captain Liu decided to ask Tongtong what she wanted, and Song Shiwei bowed to thank Zhang Leyao and Chen Jingxian.