Chapter Summaries

Song Shiwei’s family celebrated Jiang Ye and Jiang Chao’s successful bids and Jiang Ye’s cleared name, while her scolding unexpectedly prompted the brothers to agree to reconcile. The family ended on a hopeful note, though Jiang Zhuxin complicated things by declaring herself Song Shiwei’s marital property if she and Jiang Ye divorced.

• Mother Jiang was astonished when Song Shiwei announced that the family had won the bid, and Jiang Ye revealed that he had passed his audition and cleared his name.
• Jiang Chao and Jiang Ye competed to boast about their victories, then refused to work together despite Father Jiang and Mother Jiang urging them to support each other.
• Song Shiwei called the brothers childish, and Jiang Chao and Jiang Ye exchanged a look before laughing and deciding to forgive each other.
• Jiang Chao and Jiang Ye promised their parents they would get along, while Father Jiang and Mother Jiang expressed remorse for the brothers’ past suffering.
• Jiang Zhuxin told Song Shiwei that she would listen to her from then on and pleaded to stay with her if Song Shiwei and Jiang Ye divorced.

Jiang Xun agreed to give Song Shiwei half his shares, and she proposed jointly exercising their rights so he would manage them. The Jiang family settled into a warmer mood, and that night Jiang Xun began reviewing the signed contract.

• Jiang Zhuxin urged Jiang Xun to treat Song Shiwei well and insisted he hold her hand, so he clasped Song Shiwei’s hand and reassured her he had no plans to divorce.
• The Jiang family urged Jiang Xun to give Song Shiwei the promised shares, and he presented her with a contract for fifty percent.
• Song Shiwei proposed an acting-in-concert agreement so she and Jiang Xun could jointly exercise the shares’ rights, and the family considered asking Jiang Xun to manage their own shares too.
• Jiang Xun refused to manage his siblings’ shares, saying he would manage only Song Shiwei’s, while the family’s mood grew warmer.
• That night, Song Shiwei asked Jiang Xun to review the contract, and he carefully read it.

Song Shiwei accepted a contract and a card from Jiang Xun, then spent several quiet days at home after Lin Xi’s reputation collapsed. When she learned her in-laws were meeting her mother-in-law’s first love, she took Jiang Zhuxin to the restaurant to witness the gossip.

• Jiang Xun checked Song Shiwei’s contract, gave her a card as a betrothal gift and thank-you, then tucked her in with a hand warmer.
• Lin Xi’s public image collapsed, and his fans were shunned by the Chinese entertainment scene.
• Song Shiwei and Jiang Zhuxin grew bored at home while the rest of the Jiang family was out.
• Song Shiwei realized the old friend her in-laws were meeting was her mother-in-law’s first love.
• Jiang Zhuxin suggested they go out to eat, and Song Shiwei took her to the restaurant where her parents were meeting their old friend.

Song Shiwei and Jiang Zhuxin joined Mother Jiang, Father Jiang, and Gao Changyi for dinner, where the two men competed for Mother Jiang’s attention. The meal ended with Gao Changyi coughing blood and Mother Jiang asking if he was all right.

• Jiang Zhuxin invited Song Shiwei to eat with her parents, and Mother Jiang came out to meet them.
• Mother Jiang recalled that Father Jiang had insisted on joining her dinner with Gao Changyi, despite her fear that the two men would fight.
• Gao Changyi hugged Mother Jiang and teased Father Jiang about being jealous and failing to make her happy.
• Father Jiang held Mother Jiang’s hand and urged her to return with him, while Gao Changyi coughed blood and insisted he was fine.
• Mother Jiang lowered her voice to ask Gao Changyi if he was all right and offered to get him water.

Gao Nianjun returned and provoked Father Jiang by renewing his old pursuit of Lanjun, then used suggestive remarks and gifts to sow suspicion in the Jiang family. Song Shiwei recognized his manipulations, but the family was left stunned by her thoughts about their future.

• Father Jiang challenged Gao Changyi for asking Lanjun for water, and Gao Changyi revealed that he had changed his name to Gao Nianjun and still regretted losing her.
• Mother Jiang left to welcome Jiang Zhuxin and Song Shiwei, while Gao Nianjun hinted that his death might make Lanjun remember him for life.
• Song Shiwei silently identified Gao Nianjun as a scheming older male green tea, and Father Jiang and Mother Jiang heard her thoughts.
• Gao Nianjun greeted Jiang Zhuxin, claimed he had held her as a child, and gave her a red envelope, prompting Song Shiwei to suspect he was implying she was his daughter.
• Gao Nianjun complimented Song Shiwei and offered her a red envelope, and Song Shiwei thought his insinuations had contributed to the Jiang couple's later estrangement.

Song Shiwei uncovered Gao Nianjun’s revenge scheme during a dinner with the Jiang family, while Father Jiang and Mother Jiang learned that his fake illness and planned death were meant to drive them apart. The chapter ended with the family alarmed that Jiang Minru would return to worsen the conflict.

• Gao Nianjun welcomed Lanjun and the children, ordered their favorite dishes, and implied that Hongzhe had not been taking good care of his wife.
• Song Shiwei recalled that Gao Nianjun’s family had once been enemies of the Jiang Family and that he had pursued Mother Jiang to get revenge on Father Jiang.
• Song Shiwei realized Gao Nianjun planned to fake his death at dinner, after locking the doors and arranging to leave his ashes to Mother Jiang.
• Song Shiwei learned that Gao Nianjun would later bring Jiang Minru back to exploit the couple’s tensions and help complete his revenge.
• Father Jiang and Mother Jiang panicked when they learned Jiang Minru was returning after they had sent her abroad.

Gao Changyi staged a dramatic death in front of Mother Jiang, hoping to make her remember him and worry that Jiang Hongzhe would mistreat her. Mother Jiang rejected his pleas, and he appeared to die before the Jiang family, who were left stunned.

• Gao Nianjun offered Mother Jiang food while Father Jiang prepared to take her away, but Song Shiwei warned that Gao Changyi was about to stage his death.
• Gao Changyi coughed up blood and claimed he had come to see Mother Jiang one last time, while she stood back and called an ambulance.
• Gao Changyi said he was faking a crisis to keep Jiang Hongzhe from bullying Mother Jiang, and Jiang Zhuxin mocked his plan.
• Gao Changyi asked for his ashes to remain beside Mother Jiang and protect her, but she rejected his declaration and reminded him she had a husband.
• Gao Changyi declared that he wanted to be unforgettable, then appeared to die in front of the Jiang family as Song Shiwei wondered if they should take him to the crematorium.

Mother Jiang and Father Jiang bluffed that they would cremate Gao Changyi, forcing him to reveal that he was alive. After he was taken away, Mother Jiang thanked Song Shiwei for warning her and resolved to take revenge on him.

• Mother Jiang and Jiang Zhuxin suggested cremating Gao Changyi and scattering his ashes in the sea, while Song Shiwei noticed the corpse move.
• Doctors declared Gao Changyi dead, but Mother Jiang and Father Jiang insisted on sending him to the crematorium instead of resuscitating him.
• Crematorium employees arrived and asked for proof of Gao Changyi's identity, prompting him to cough and get up.
• The doctors called Gao Changyi's survival a medical miracle and rushed him to an ambulance as Song Shiwei laughed at his failed plan.
• Mother Jiang recovered from the shock, told Jiang Zhuxin she no longer liked Gao Changyi, and thanked Song Shiwei by warmly asking whether she liked the food.

Song Shiwei received a restaurant from Mother Jiang and a bank card from Father Jiang, then learned that Jiang Minru had returned to China and was trying to reach him. Jiang Zhuxin confronted Jiang Minru over the phone, refusing to let her claim a place in the Jiang Family.

• Mother Jiang gave Song Shiwei ownership of a restaurant, and Song Shiwei eagerly accepted.
• Father Jiang gave Song Shiwei a bank card, prompting her to suspect that he was trying to buy her silence about his returning stepsister.
• Jiang Zhuxin answered Father Jiang's call and heard Jiang Minru ask him to pick her up at Yanjing International Airport.
• Jiang Zhuxin rebuked Jiang Minru for calling Father Jiang her brother and insisted he had no biological younger sister.
• Jiang Minru asked Jiang Zhuxin to pass the phone to her brother, but Jiang Zhuxin refused and called her Ms. Li.

As Jiang Minru tried to explain why she had asked Jiang Hongzhe for a ride, Jiang Hongzhe recalled her abuse disguised as redemption and the trauma of his mother’s death. He remembered how Fu Lanjun had protected him and helped him speak again, leaving his gratitude and attachment to her clear.

• Jiang Minru gently told Zhuxin that she had asked her brother for help because she had just returned to the country and had no one to pick her up.
• After hearing Song Shiwei’s thoughts, Father Jiang remembered his affair with Li Minru’s mother, his pregnant wife’s death, and how he had abandoned Jiang Hongzhe during the funeral.
• Jiang Hongzhe recalled how Jiang Minru’s so-called redemption subjected him and the rest of the Jiang Family to repeated abuse.
• Fu Lanjun stood up for Jiang Hongzhe when classmates bullied him, and she promised to protect him despite both of them being targeted.
• Fu Lanjun caught a hundred fireflies for Jiang Hongzhe, and he spoke his first words to thank her.
• Jiang Hongzhe gradually began talking more, eventually becoming a chatterbox while Fu Lanjun listened.

Jiang Hongzhe recalled how he built his power after Jiang Minru sabotaged his friendship with Fu Lanjun, and how he refused Gao Changyi’s attempt to use Fu Lanjun as a bargaining chip. When Jiang Minru pushed Old Master Jiang to acquire the struggling Fu Group, Jiang Hongzhe openly joined Fu Lanjun to fight for its survival.

• Jiang Minru sabotaged the Fu Family’s business, driving Fu Lanjun away and making Jiang Hongzhe realize she was his enemy.
• Jiang Hongzhe studied relentlessly, rose through □□, and took control of the company after stripping Old Master Jiang of power.
• Jiang Hongzhe returned subsidiaries to the Fu Family and rejected Gao Changyi’s offer to hand Fu Lanjun over in exchange for funding.
• After Gao Changyi and his family fled with the Fu Group’s liquid funds, Jiang Minru urged Old Master Jiang to acquire the Fu Group and demanded that Jiang Hongzhe marry her.
• Jiang Hongzhe openly joined Fu Lanjun in opposing Old Master Jiang and fighting to save the Fu Group.

Jiang Hongzhe recalled how Li Minru had once caused chaos for his family before being sent abroad, and the Jiang family learned that she had returned. They decided to bring her home and reunite her with her husband, but Father Jiang hesitated when she called again.

• Jiang Hongzhe remembered Li Minru's past schemes and the turmoil they had caused his family.
• Li Minru called Father Jiang and pleaded with him to pick her up, while Song Shiwei realized Li Minru's husband was Gao Changyi.
• Jiang Zhuxin told Li Minru she was not welcome at home and ended the call.
• Song Shiwei suggested letting Li Minru into the house and bringing her husband to confront her, and the Jiang family warmed to the plan.
• Li Minru called Father Jiang again, and Mother Jiang urged him to answer while he nervously hesitated.

Jiang Zhuxin and her family went to pick up Li Minru, whose attempt to act close to Father Jiang was repeatedly thwarted. The family drove away with Li Minru, while Mother Jiang kept her from talking to Father Jiang.

• Father Jiang handed his phone to Jiang Zhuxin after Song Shiwei’s thoughts warned him not to answer Mother Jiang carelessly, then silently held Mother Jiang’s hand.
• Jiang Zhuxin answered Li Minru’s call and arranged to pick her up after Li Minru claimed she was lost.
• Father Jiang gave Song Shiwei the keys to a Maserati when she recognized Li Minru’s white-dressed appearance as a threat.
• Li Minru tried to hug Father Jiang when they met, but he dodged her and Mother Jiang and Jiang Zhuxin took hold of her.
• Song Shiwei claimed the front passenger seat, and the family drove off with Li Minru as Mother Jiang repeatedly stopped her from speaking to Father Jiang.

Li Minru moved into the Jiang Family estate, where the family planned to keep her and Gao Changyi from escaping after uncovering their telecom fraud. The next morning, Li Minru caused chaos by catching Father Jiang’s prized red arowana and picking the butler’s daughter’s graduation project to cook.

• The butler directed Li Minru to a separate villa, and Jiang Chao warned her to leave if she refused to stay there.
• The Jiang Family discovered that Li Minru and Gao Changyi were telecom fraud ringleaders and planned to watch Li Minru closely.
• Jiang Ye asked Jiang Zhuxin to keep an eye on Li Minru, while Song Shiwei joined in and playfully patted Jiang Zhuxin’s head.
• Li Minru woke the household early by banging around in the kitchen, where Father Jiang found her preparing his red arowana for soup.
• The butler’s daughter rushed in crying after discovering that Li Minru had picked and eaten her graduation project.

After Li Minru ate what she thought was the butler’s daughter’s graduation project, a chaotic confrontation sent the Jiang Family to the hospital, where they found Gao Changyi healthy and forced him to explain himself. The chapter left Gao Changyi caught between his devoted-lover act and Li Minru’s demand to know what she meant to him.

• The butler’s daughter attacked Li Minru for eating her reishi mushroom graduation project, while Jiang Ye rushed in to defend his turtle.
• Father Jiang scolded Li Minru, and Song Shiwei revealed in her thoughts that the mushroom she ate was only an offspring and the original still existed.
• The Jiang Family took Li Minru to the hospital, where they found Gao Changyi speaking energetically in his ward.
• Gao Changyi claimed he had awakened because he loved Lanjun and feared she would be bullied, prompting Li Minru to demand to know what she meant to him.
• Mother Jiang asked whether Gao Changyi and Li Minru knew each other, leaving him unable to answer.

Gao Changyi tried to hide his relationship with Li Minru while professing his devotion to Fu Lanjun, but Li Minru became jealous and attacked him. The chapter ended with her repeatedly slapping him as the Jiang family watched.

• Gao Changyi told the Jiang family that he and Li Minru knew each other only because she was Fu Lanjun's younger sister.
• Mother Jiang questioned whether Gao Changyi and Li Minru had kept in touch abroad, and Gao Changyi insisted that Fu Lanjun had always been the only one in his heart.
• Li Minru grew jealous and accused Gao Changyi of refusing to admit their relationship.
• Mother Jiang challenged Li Minru's claim, and Father Jiang added that Gao Changyi had changed his name to Gao Nianjun.
• Li Minru grabbed Gao Changyi by the hair and slapped him several times, demanding that he tell the truth.

Li Minru heard Song Shiwei's thoughts and learned that Gao Changyi planned to use and kill her, so she turned against him and prepared to expose his identity. She left the confrontation poised to reveal more about Gao Changyi to the crowd.

• Song Shiwei read that Gao Changyi intended to exploit Li Minru, sell her to his scam syndicate, and have her killed, while the Jiang Family feared for Jiang Chao.
• Li Minru heard Song Shiwei's thoughts and recalled how Gao Changyi had recruited her to help seize the Jiang Family's assets.
• Li Minru believed her system had returned and decided she no longer needed Gao Changyi.
• Li Minru called Gao Changyi by his new name, Gao Nianjun, and declared that they were husband and wife.
• Li Minru considered reporting Gao Changyi with evidence she possessed and asked the crowd whether Fu Lanjun would still care for him after learning his identity.

Li Minru exposed Gao Changyi as a scam ringleader by playing a recording of him discussing murder and fraud. The Jiang Family realized Jiang Chao had been targeted as a wealthy victim, while Gao Changyi faced the evidence against him.

• Li Minru declared that she would defeat Fu Lanjun, and Song Shiwei’s thoughts revealed that Li was a spy as well as a scammer.
• Song Shiwei retreated from the brewing confrontation, and Jiang Xun took her hand and shielded her behind him.
• Gao Changyi accused Li Minru of slander, but Li prepared to reveal evidence against him.
• The Jiang Family set up a projector, and Li played a video in which Gao ordered his men to kill police officers and described targeting Jiang Chao in a scam.
• Li told Gao that she had installed cameras where she lived, while Jiang Chao realized he had been treated as a target to swindle.

Li Minru exposed evidence that Gao Changyi led an overseas scam syndicate and killed a police officer, but Song Shiwei suspected Li Minru was also a spy and called the police. Officer Xiao Rong arrived to arrest them both, and Gao Changyi offered to report Li Minru in exchange for a lighter sentence.

• Li Minru showed evidence of Gao Changyi’s crimes, including footage of him shooting a victim near a mass grave.
• Song Shiwei recalled that Li Minru was a spy and resolved to have her arrested before she could harm the country.
• Officer Xiao Rong arrived with a squad, and Song Shiwei identified Gao Changyi as a scam leader and Li Minru as a suspected spy.
• Li Minru demanded to know what evidence Song Shiwei had and tried to redirect the officers toward Gao Changyi.
• Gao Changyi asked Officer Xiao Rong whether reporting Li Minru could earn him a lighter sentence.

Gao Changyi exposed Li Minru as a spy by handing the police evidence he had found on her computer, and the two criminals attacked and accused each other. Gao Changyi then tried to bribe Officer Xiao Rong before Captain Jiang and a squad of officers arrived.

• Gao Changyi asked Officer Xiao Rong whether evidence could reduce his sentence before agreeing to provide it.
• Gao Changyi showed the officers photographs and recordings that implicated Li Minru in espionage for the Moon Country Intelligence Bureau.
• Li Minru attacked Gao Changyi, and the two grappled while the police and Jiang Family watched.
• Gao Changyi offered Officer Xiao Rong access to the scam syndicate’s accounts in exchange for help, and Xiao Rong called it bribery.
• Captain Jiang arrived with a squad of police officers as Li Minru continued beating Gao Changyi.