Episode 1 recap: Jiang Xiaoyuan caught her boyfriend and best friend having an affair.
In 2025, Jiang Xiaoyuan (played by Liu Haocun) was driving her car on the road. As she drove faster and faster, she had a collision while overtaking another vehicle, causing her car to lose control and crash into an oncoming car. The car eventually flipped off a bridge and fell down. Jiang Xiaoyuan was terrified by the unexpected accident. Instinctively, she turned her face and shielded herself from the shattered windshield to avoid getting injured. She didn't notice her phone making a sound, saying, "Lighthouse system activated."
In 2012, Qi Lian (played by Lin Yi) rushed to the hospital with the injured Xu Jingyang (played by Li Tiannuo). While pushing the wheelchair, he pleaded with the doctor to save Xu Jingyang. Although he claimed that Xu Jingyang was injured from falling off a building, he knew in his heart that Xu Jingyang was injured while saving him, taking a blow from their opponent and falling from the building. Qi Lian paid no attention to the blood on his face. Learning that Xu Jingyang was seriously injured, he begged the doctor to think of a solution. Considering that Xu Jingyang was an athlete, the doctor suggested rehabilitation training.
Qi Lian made a phone call to his father, promising to arrange everything for Xu Jingyang before leaving the country. However, after hanging up the phone, he discovered that Xu Jingyang, who was sitting in the wheelchair on the rooftop, had disappeared. Qi Lian quickly rushed up to search for him, finding untouched food and an intact phone. Qi Lian instinctively worried that Xu Jingyang might have jumped off the building. He hurriedly searched around the rooftop but found nothing. At that moment, the system prompt sounded, indicating that User 001 had exited the system.
In 2025, Jiang Xiaoyuan, a wealthy daughter, had already skipped work for the thirteenth time this month. Her father's assistant, Xu Special Assistant, called to remind her to go to work, but Jiang Xiaoyuan simply ignored him. After hanging up the phone, she continued to enjoy herself, dancing wildly in the dance floor. Jiang Xiaoyuan was a regular at the bar, and she had a group of friends who loved to hang out with her. When they learned that Jiang Xiaoyuan had a new boyfriend, they insisted on meeting him.
Jiang Xiaoyuan called Huo Boyu (played by Wanyan Luorong) to the bar. Huo Boyu wasn't accustomed to this kind of place and couldn't drink due to alcohol allergy, which made Jiang Xiaoyuan's friends look down on him. Feeling embarrassed, Huo Boyu got up and went to the restroom, unknowingly falling into a trap set by Jiang Xiaoyuan's friend. It turned out that a woman was waiting for Huo Boyu near the restroom, and as soon as she saw him, she approached him, indicating that their relationship was not simple.
Jiang Xiaoyuan was pulled over by her friend to witness the scene and noticed someone secretly taking pictures of Huo Boyu. She suspected that someone had set a trap and immediately went to help Huo Boyu out of the situation. Afterwards, Huo Boyu explained to Jiang Xiaoyuan that things were not as she had thought. Jiang Xiaoyuan realized that 70% of Huo Boyu's company's orders relied on her connections, and she believed that Huo Boyu wouldn't betray her. She then turned and went to her own invested store.
Feng Ruixue (played by Fan Shiran) is a close friend of Jiang Xiaoyuan. She received investment from Jiang Xiaoyuan and successfully managed her store, which has been quite profitable. She wants to open another branch, and when Jiang Xiaoyuan offers to provide funding immediately, Feng Ruixue refuses. She intends to raise funds by getting afternoon tea orders. Upon learning this, Jiang Xiaoyuan takes over the rejected project and deliberately helps Feng Ruixue by giving her all the afternoon tea orders.
While delivering pastries, Feng Ruixue overhears people criticizing her pastries, claiming that she only got the orders because of her relationship with Jiang Xiaoyuan. Feeling upset, she even leaves behind the silk scarf that Jiang Xiaoyuan specifically bought for her and returns home with the farewell from Huo Boyu. Jiang Xiaoyuan notices that Feng Ruixue didn't take the scarf and visits the store to find her, only to discover that Huo Boyu and Feng Ruixue were having an affair behind her back. Their approach to her was merely for orders and funding.
Jiang Xiaoyuan feels deeply hurt and sits in the store waiting for Feng Ruixue. When she sees her, she directly confronts her and exposes the truth, demanding the withdrawal of the funding. Feng Ruixue believes that the store has flourished due to her own hard work and refuses to let Jiang Xiaoyuan withdraw the funding. She follows Jiang Xiaoyuan and pleads with her, even resorting to threatening to jump into the river to force Jiang Xiaoyuan not to withdraw the funding. However, Jiang Xiaoyuan is already disappointed in her and allows her to leave as she wishes.
Jiang Xiaoyuan ignores Huo Boyu's calls for several days, but finally answers one day, only to learn that Feng Ruixue has gone missing. She puts aside her anger and quickly goes out to look for her, sending a distress message to her father for help. Unexpectedly, Xu Special Assistant becomes aware of all this. Xu Special Assistant comes specifically to find Jiang Xiaoyuan and asks her to use the phone he provided to make contact. Concerned about Feng Ruixue, Jiang Xiaoyuan returns home, and at that moment, Xu Special Assistant connects the call, instructing Jiang Xiaoyuan to come to the cross-river bridge within fifteen minutes. Jiang Xiaoyuan has a car accident on the bridge and the car, along with Jiang Xiaoyuan, flies off the cross-river bridge. That's when the Lighthouse system connection is established.
In 2018, Qi Lian discovers a response on Xu Jingyang's abandoned phone. He picks up the phone and sees a navigation map, wanting to see where the destination is and if it's really Xu Jingyang.
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