Episode 9 recap: Gao Xia Jing is arrogant and domineering.

Fei Niao Gallery successfully signed Mr. Yan Li. During the photoshoot, Yan Li deliberately embraced Gu Mo Li for the photos. Gu Mo Li informed her mother, Wu Yu Lan, about this good news, and Wu Yu Lan was very happy to finally hear some good news. On their seventh anniversary, Zhu Jing Cao and Gu Mo Li celebrated this hard-earned holiday together.

Zhang Shan Ya warned Gao Xia Jing to stay away from Zhu Jing Cao in the future. Regardless of whether Gu Mo Li divorces Zhu Jing Cao or not, she is Coco's biological mother. Zhang Shan Ya saw it clearly that Gao Xia Jing is not desirable because she comes with a son. So when she encountered a good opportunity, she shamelessly tried to get close to Zhu Jing Cao, who is one of her targets.

Gu Mo Li found a countryside place for Yan Li and transformed a room with a constant temperature to store Yan Li's paintings. However, Yan Li was not entirely satisfied and asked Gu Mo Li why she brought him and Li Rui here. Gu Mo Li admitted that it was Li Rui's idea. Li Rui didn't want to go abroad; she just wanted to find a suitable place in China to recuperate, so that Yan Li could continue to paint in this poetic and rich land.

Going abroad had always been Yan Li's unilateral idea, but Li Rui had a different opinion. After careful consideration, Yan Li announced in front of Li Rui and Gu Mo Li that he decided to give up going abroad and stay here to paint. Li Rui was very happy, and since he decided to stay, Yan Li formally invited Gu Mo Li to be his agent, and Gu Mo Li gladly accepted.

Wang Ling Xiao invited Shen Liu Liu to dinner and also asked Huang Qian Niu to come along, mainly to make up for the mistake Huang Qian Niu almost made before. Shen Liu Liu also realized that Wang Ling Xiao is talkative and enthusiastic after several encounters, completely different from his initially cold demeanor.

Fei Niao Gallery officially signed a contract with Yan Li. During the photoshoot, Li Rui specifically reminded Yan Li to get closer for the photo, and Yan Li put his arm around Gu Mo Li's shoulder. Later, Gu Mo Li sent this photo to Wu Yu Lan, informing her about this good news.

Wu Yu Lan immediately wanted to annoy Zhang Shan Ya, so she posted on her Moments (social media) and intentionally tagged Zhang Shan Ya.

Zhang Shan Ya was angry and told her son that she believed the Zhu family might be planning something big. After the divorce, they bought a house and then got involved with an artist. It must be premeditated. Zhu Jing Cao was upset by this and didn't go to the seventh anniversary banquet on time, keeping Gu Mo Li waiting for a long time. Soon, an anonymous article was published with a picture of Yan Li embracing Gu Mo Li, although their faces were blurred, people who were familiar with them could recognize them.

Zhu Jing Cao couldn't help but send this article to Gu Mo Li, who demanded a face-to-face explanation. After explaining and calling Wu Yu Lan to clarify that Gu Mo Li had no knowledge of the social media incident, Zhu Jing Cao realized that he was being petty.

But not long after the misunderstanding was explained, Gao Xia Jing happened to see the news leak online. She posted comments to defend Zhu Jing Cao and also posted the picture of Gu Mo Li and Yan Li having physical contact in the gym. Gu Mo Li and Zhu Jing Cao saw it too. Shen Liu Liu and Huang Qian Niu separately messaged them. At this moment, they were sitting face to face, and the romantic atmosphere vanished, with different thoughts in their minds.

Zhu Jing Cao's jealousy surged up again, and Gu Mo Li had no defense. She also got up angrily and left. Gao Xia Jing inadvertently came across Zhu Jing Cao's membership information on a dating website and called to confirm if Zhu Jing Cao was really divorced. Upon being informed that the member's information undergoes strict verification, Gao Xia Jing intentionally tried to be friendly towards Zhu Jing Cao.

Since the gallery didn't intervene, Gu Mo Li investigated on her own. She first went to a yoga studio with Shen Liu Liu and found a used voucher that originally belonged to her, which she had left in Zhu Jing Cao's car. Gu Mo Li directly asked Zhu Jing Cao for the car keys without revealing the truth, and she accessed the car's dashcam footage. It was discovered that Gao Xia Jing, Coco's mother, had taken the voucher. So she was undoubtedly the one who took the secret photos.

From the conversations recorded in the dashcam footage, it was clear that Zhu Jing Cao had always been sensible. So Gu Mo Li decided to confront Gao Xia Jing. However, she didn't expect that Gao Xia Jing would candidly admit that she was the one who took the gym photos, and she also knew that Gu Mo Li had already divorced Zhu Jing Cao. Therefore, Gao Xia Jing expressed her favorable impression of Zhu Jing Cao, and Gu Mo Li couldn't blame her for being Zhu Jing Cao's ex-wife.

Zhang Shan Ya appeared and extinguished Gao Xia Jing's arrogant demeanor, stating that Mo Li had been Coco's biological mother from the beginning, and she would not accept Gao Xia Jing into the Zhu family. In the community park, Zhang Shan Ya scolded Gu Mo Li, believing that her divorce from Zhu Jing Cao was too impulsive. There were no fundamental issues between them, and furthermore, even after the divorce, they were still clinging to each other, which truly puzzled her. She couldn't understand whether they wanted to remain close or separate.