When her relatives find out about the stabbing, they send Mei Bao to a boarding school where she meets Mi Li and Xiao Ling. Later the school gets closed and Yong Yuan finds Mei Bao. She goes on the run and in order to keep Yong Yuan off Ah Jun's track, she does not contact them. She works at a cafe and secretly follows her brother's success from afar until Madam Ye finds her. On Mo Li's wedding night, she sees the cafe space in Horizon tower and decides to open her own cafe near her friends. Madam Ye tells Ah Jun about where she is. Back in the present timeline, Yong Yuan survives the stab but Yan Jun is in trouble for it, anyway. They ask Yong Yuan about his whereabouts in the past year and he says he was imprisoned by Mei Bao and she had two accomplices. Li Mo Li and Ding Xiao Ling. The women tell the police that Yan Jun's fingers became injured due to overworking to pay the hush money to Yong yuan. Mei Bao gives him the money he wanted but he exposes Madam Ye. He tells them he will speak for her if they give him 10 million yuan. They get into a fight. Yong Yuan gets injured. They decide to hide him in Mei Bao's house and plan everything around this. According to Yong Yuan, Mei Bao tried to kill him and herself. He also placed Mo Li and Xiao Ling at the scene. The women refuse to admit to the truth and Mo Li begs Yang to let Yan Yong Yuan be the murderer in the case. Yang comes to the harsh conclusion that Yan Yong Yuan will get away with everything and everyone else will be punished. (Source: Autumn carrot at MyDramaList)