• Aired:2023-10-20, Last updated: 2023-10-29 10:30

Episode 15 recap: Wan Wan died by suicide.

Upon learning that Wan Wan was the murderer, Li Canglang was very perplexed. Wan Wan explained to him the events of that year. Mr. Jiang, as a local official, embezzled the imperial disaster relief funds, and he deserved to be punished. However, Li Canglang firmly believed that regardless of her reasons, she should not have taken a life. Wan Wan had thought that meeting Li Canglang would be a turning point in her life, but seeing his serious expression, she realized that she had been mistaken.

Wan Wan also recounted to everyone how she killed Mr. Jiang. It was just as Jiang Li had speculated. She first drugged Mr. Jiang and then drove a heated iron nail into his head. With a resentful tone, she added that since he enjoyed tormenting innocent spirits, she fulfilled his wishes by killing him. After his death, she dressed him in red clothes and red shoes and hanged him.

Wan Wan believed that Mr. Jiang's embezzlement of the imperial disaster relief funds was deserving of punishment, but Li Canglang believed that regardless of her reasons, she should not have taken a life. Wan Wan had thought that meeting Li Canglang would be a turning point in her life, but seeing his serious expression, she realized that she had been mistaken. After finishing her account, she picked up a vial and drank the poison inside.

Jiang Li couldn't understand why Wan Wan had killed Doctor Wang and Cui Lan. Wan Wan frankly revealed that she had gone to see Doctor Wang for treatment, but he discovered that she had an allergic reaction to her disguise. Although he prescribed medicine, he extorted and blackmailed her. As for Cui Lan's death, it was an act of revenge. On the day she was violated by Mr. Jiang, Cui Lan did not come forward to help her. While it wasn't entirely Cui Lan's fault, Cui Lan had revealed to Mr. Jiang that she had hidden herself in the Old Li household, resulting in the Old Li couple being killed. Therefore, Cui Lan's death was self-inflicted.

Seeing blood flowing from Wan Wan's mouth, Li Canglang hurriedly embraced her. Before her death, Wan Wan asked Li Canglang if he had a place for her in his heart. When Li Canglang nodded, she fell into his arms.