Reborn Recap, Plot, Synopsis

Reborn Synopsis

Transfer student Qiao Qingyu, who, with the help of rebellious school heartthrob Ming Sheng, gradually uncovers the truth behind her sister's "murder" by the entire village six years prior. As they navigate this journey, the two find mutual redemption and grow together. This narrative not only offers audiences a touching core of multifaceted emotional guardianship, but the young protagonists in the drama also challenge the survival rules of the adult world, imparting pure courage and genuine strength to today's youth.

Reborn Recap

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In 2007, in Nanqiao Village, Shunyun County, a worn-out bus was bumping along a winding path. Qiao Qingyu’s mother was squeezed onto the bus with the family and their luggage, preparing to head to the city to open a restaurant. The bus was packed with passengers, some even carrying live ducks, and the air was thick with the smell of duck droppings. Qiao Qingyu didn’t understand what the future would be like.

She pushed open the window to stick her head out and breathe. When she was young, she wanted to grow up, but now that she had grown up, she started to miss those little moments from childhood. The noodle shop finally opened, but business didn’t seem to be good on the first day. Although her father and Qiao Qingyu stood at the entrance handing out flyers, very few customers came in.

The only one who did was a woman who tried to dine and dash. Qiao Qingyu’s mother struggled to control her temper and quickly forced a smile. That night, due to the lack of rooms, Qiao Qingyu had to share a room with her younger brother. When the lights were out, he asked her if she regretted coming to the city with their mother.

She could’ve gone to a top middle school back in their hometown, but now she had to start all over in a completely unfamiliar place. Finally, on a day off, Qiao Qingyu went alone to a nearby park to write a letter. She had a close friend named Ma Mingkai, who had left his contact information when they parted.

After finishing the letter, Qiao Qingyu picked up a leaf beside her and tucked it into the envelope, just as she was about to get up and leave. Suddenly, a street punk jumped down from a tree and snatched the letter she had just written, claiming the leaf she picked up belonged to his tree. Qiao Qingyu was speechless—the sign on the tree clearly stated that it belonged to the local environmental bureau.

Faced with such a weirdo, Qiao Qingyu quickly walked away. The boy wasn’t ready to give up and kept chasing after her, asking if she was Beiyu’s younger sister. Beiyu’s death had cast a heavy shadow over the entire family. That night, her younger brother couldn’t help asking Qiao Qingyu if she missed their sister. Even though their mother had brought them to this city, the pain of losing a loved one hadn’t gone away.

On her first day after transferring schools, Qiao Qingyu arrived at the classroom to see two students putting up a notice criticizing a student named Ming Sheng. Qiao Qingyu immediately realized this Ming Sheng was the same punk who had jumped out of the tree and accused her of stealing his leaf.

Nearby students Qiao Jinyu and Ye Zilin found out Qiao Qingyu was a new transfer student and tricked her into helping with classroom duties, then led her to clean the swimming pool. It was Qiao Qingyu’s first time at the pool, and with no experience, she accidentally slipped into the water. Ming Sheng reached out to pull her out, but Qiao Qingyu refused and immediately grabbed a life ring tossed over by another girl and climbed ashore.

After school, Ming Sheng followed Qiao Qingyu again, asking her to help him with his homework. At first, Qiao Qingyu firmly refused, but when she heard that Ming Sheng knew the truth behind Beiyu’s death, she no longer refused and agreed to help him with the homework. In fact, her sister’s untimely death had saddened everyone, and Qiao Qingyu had always wanted to find out how exactly her sister died.

When Qiao Qingyu’s school handed out books on puberty self-protection, her mother blacked out certain sections that contained knowledge about adolescent health. As a result, Qiao Qingyu couldn’t clearly read the text during class. When she got home, she asked her mother why she did that, but her mother insisted it was all for her own good. Unable to win the argument against her mother’s absurd behavior, Qiao Qingyu felt upset deep down.

Ming Sheng kept calling Qiao Qingyu “Beiyu’s little sister,” which made some people start to wonder if Qiao Qingyu actually had a sister. According to the gossip from her deskmate, Qiao Qingyu originally thought Ming Sheng was just a delinquent who never did homework or took anything seriously. But in the deskmate’s description, Ming Sheng was actually a handsome, multi-talented, naturally gifted student who didn’t do homework simply because he didn’t need to.

He had even won first place in physics and chemistry competitions and was adored by many girls. Anyone who got too close to Ming Sheng would draw envious looks. Although Qiao Qingyu helped Ming Sheng with his homework, it was only because she wanted to investigate the real cause of her sister’s death. On the sports field, Ming Sheng was sprinting around playing basketball, making almost every shot and drawing countless cries of admiration.

One ball, intended for Ming Sheng, was accidentally thrown off course and hit Qiao Qingyu on the head. The boy who made the bad pass didn’t apologize; instead, he mocked Qiao Qingyu for being unlucky. Ming Sheng was displeased to see Qiao Qingyu being laughed at, but given his personality, he couldn’t openly defend her and could only force a laugh with the crowd. During breaks, Qiao Qingyu would sometimes chat with Ming Sheng about her sister.

Later, she learned from her mother that her sister had died from appendicitis, and so she decided not to help Ming Sheng with his homework anymore. But Ming Sheng seriously told Qiao Qingyu that her sister had been treated at Renmin Hospital, and that his father was the director of that hospital. After speaking, Ming Sheng shoved the homework notebook back into Qiao Qingyu’s hands, urging her to finish it soon.

Qiao Qingyu was skeptical of what Ming Sheng said, so she borrowed a classmate’s phone and looked up the director of Renmin Hospital. The name listed was “Ming Qiuxin”—sure enough, the surname was Ming. It seemed Ming Sheng was telling the truth. Qiao Qingyu’s cousin Jinrui came to visit from their hometown, bringing along his fiancée. Qiao Qingyu’s mother, Li Fanghao, had a complicated expression and hid in the kitchen slicing fruit, not coming out for a long time.

Qiao Qingyu wanted to ask her cousin about her sister’s illness. Her cousin also said it was appendicitis, but when Qiao Qingyu pressed further, confused as to why villagers said Beiyu had AIDS, her cousin became saddened and claimed that it was because he hadn’t taken good care of Beiyu, which led her further astray. The explanations didn’t add up, and Qiao Qingyu faintly felt there was more to the story.

In class, a classmate even secretly asked Qiao Qingyu whether her sister had died of AIDS. Qiao Qingyu was stunned. Why was there gossip about her sister spreading throughout the entire school? It felt like she was right back in the village again, being judged and pointed at. Panic-stricken, Qiao Qingyu pulled Ming Sheng aside after class and asked whether he had revealed her sister’s condition. Ming Sheng had no idea what was going on. However, rumors in school only intensified, and Qiao Qingyu began to be ostracized by her classmates.

That day, Ming Sheng waved an envelope in front of Qiao Qingyu’s face, claiming it contained Qiao Beiyu’s medical records. He said he wouldn’t let her see it because he was afraid she wouldn’t be able to handle the truth. Qiao Qingyu, nervous and anxious, tried to grab it, but accidentally fell into the swimming pool. Qiao Qingyu couldn’t swim at all, yet without hesitation, she jumped into the pool to retrieve the envelope that had fallen in.

Ming Sheng was startled by Qiao Qingyu’s reaction. Knowing she couldn’t swim, he immediately jumped in after her, trying hard to pull her out. But Qiao Qingyu ignored him and struggled toward the envelope. In the end, everyone managed to pull Qiao Qingyu to safety. When she opened the envelope, she saw there were only two blank sheets of paper inside—there was no medical record at all. Once again, Ming Sheng had tricked her. Qiao Qingyu felt mocked and humiliated.

Wanting to get to the truth, she went to Renmin Hospital and asked the doctors if someone could really die from appendicitis surgery. Both doctors said it was highly unlikely—appendicitis was a simple and routine operation. This left Qiao Qingyu even more confused. Why did her sister die from something so minor? Maybe there was more to it than anyone had told her. At the hospital, Qiao Qingyu ran into Ming Sheng again.

She pleaded with him to help her obtain her sister’s medical records. Ming Sheng explained that hospitals have strict confidentiality policies regarding patient files, and that his relationship with his father was very tense—they barely spoke to each other. After parting with Qiao Qingyu, Ming Sheng went to see his father. This time, it wasn’t to ask for living expenses, but to get his signature on his college application form.

His father directly altered Ming Sheng’s application, hoping he would switch to science and study medicine like him. Ming Sheng disagreed. He reminded his father that the reason he had entered biology competitions and won awards wasn’t because he lacked effort or talent, but to prove that he was capable. He simply didn’t want to study medicine—he didn’t want to become like his father. Ming Sheng angrily questioned his father: didn’t he have anything to do with Beiyu’s death?

At school, Qiao Qingyu was being ostracized and had assumed Ming Sheng was the one who revealed her sister’s illness. But Ming Sheng never explained himself. Even though he felt sorry for Qiao Qingyu, sometimes he felt helpless and unable to help her. Qiao Qingyu knew that Qiao Beiyu had once lived with their grandmother, so during the holidays, she went to Nanqiao Village. There, she pieced together bits of information from the neighbors.

They said Beiyu used to go to school alone, had great talent in dance, but for unknown reasons ended up at a junior college. Because of her beauty, she often became the subject of gossip. While tidying up Beiyu’s desk, Qiao Qingyu found a jar of candies labeled with her own name. It was clear her sister had always thought of her and had saved the treats for her.

Her sister was not the disgrace others made her out to be. Qiao Qingyu was determined to find out what really caused Qiao Beiyu’s death. Ming Sheng was still conflicted about his college choices. He didn’t actually dislike the idea of being a doctor, but his resentment toward his father made him reject the profession out of spite.

On his way to hand in his application to the homeroom teacher, he suddenly remembered his father’s words: if you make a decision on impulse, you’ll regret it for life. Ming Sheng finally turned around, picked up his application form again, and decided to make changes. Back in her hometown, Qiao Qingyu met Aunt Qin.

Aunt Qin usually seemed mentally scattered, but when she saw Qiao Qingyu, she became emotional and hugged her tightly, calling out Beiyu’s name over and over. Qiao Qingyu was startled by her enthusiasm. Later, people around her said Beiyu had been very close to Aunt Qin, and the two had a good relationship.

Thinking back to Aunt Qin’s excitement and joy at mistaking her for Beiyu, Qiao Qingyu felt that her sister must have been a very kind and gentle person. Qiao Qingyu wanted to obtain her sister’s medical records and even wrote a letter of authorization, hoping that Ming Sheng could use some connections to get a copy of the diagnosis report.

The village doctor went to treat Qiao Qingyu’s relative, Aunt Qin. Everyone within miles sought out this doctor. As Qiao Qingyu walked the doctor out, she immediately asked if she knew anything about Qiao Beiyu. The doctor said that right after summer break started, Beiyu had a miscarriage and was treated at the village clinic. The doctor had even contacted Beiyu’s mother for help, but as soon as the mother arrived, she slapped Beiyu.

At first, Beiyu was full of hope when she saw her mother, as if seeing her lifeline. But without asking anything, her mother slapped her, leaving Beiyu heartbroken and in tears. Ming Sheng received a text from his father, asking him to come to the hospital after school. Ming Sheng had originally planned to help Qiao Qingyu get Beiyu’s medical records, so he went to the hospital. This time, his father unusually invited him to a nearby burger place.

Ming Sheng scoffed—it was something from his childhood; he didn’t even like burgers anymore. He remembered how happy it looked when other kids’ parents ate and played with them, but his father was always too busy to come home and take care of him and his mom. Eventually, his mother couldn’t take it anymore and left him with his grandfather before leaving the family.

Ming Sheng grew up with his grandfather, but when his grandfather was near the end of his life, his father didn’t even discuss the treatment plan with him and decided everything on his own. Ming Sheng couldn’t accept that and still held a grudge. After leaving the hospital, Ming Sheng went to sit in his usual spot on the big banyan tree, quietly staring into the distance.

The reason he liked climbing that tree was because his mother used to climb up with him. She told him that whenever he felt upset, sitting in the tree would help calm his heart. That evening, Qiao Qingyu went to the village internet café, logged into her QQ account, and found an electronic medical report Ming Sheng had sent her. It showed Qiao Beiyu’s test result: HIV positive. So it was true—Beiyu had died of AIDS.

Qiao Qingyu felt incredibly sad. So the rumors in the village were actually true. As for why Beiyu had a miscarriage and how she contracted such a terrifying disease, it seemed to be connected to that boy. Before going to bed, Qiao Qingyu told her younger brother Qiao Jinyu what she had seen in the report. The school wasn’t in session for a few days, so Qiao Qingyu and her family stayed in their hometown.

During the day, Aunt Qin once again mistook Qiao Qingyu for Beiyu and, like the wind, dragged her outside the village, saying they could run away together. Qiao Qingyu noticed Aunt Qin was holding a notebook with Beiyu’s name on it—it was her sister’s notebook. How did Aunt Qin end up with it? Questions filled her mind. That night at dinner, Aunt Qin and Uncle didn’t eat together.

Qiao Qingyu overheard Uncle scolding Aunt Qin, while Aunt Qin was crying nonstop. That night, Qiao Qingyu and her brother quietly left home and went to Qiao Beiyu’s grave. Beiyu, who was so beautiful in life, was now buried beneath a small, low mound of earth. The siblings saw traces of burned paper nearby—it seemed someone else still remembered their sister. On the way back from burning joss paper for their sister, they saw Uncle’s house on fire.

It looked like Aunt Qin had set the fire. Qiao Qingyu, her brother, and their parents helped Uncle clean up the burned house. The entire place was scorched black. In the rubble, Qiao Qingyu found a half-burned diary. In it, Beiyu had written about a boy from the village she once deeply loved. That boy meant a lot to her. Qiao Qingyu read about a girl’s longing and pure feelings for love.

Her sister Beiyu was not the promiscuous person people made her out to be. Qiao Qingyu began to sympathize with her and swore to herself that she would find out the truth. School resumed in the city, and Qiao Qingyu returned with her parents. During the school health check, just as she took off her shoes to measure her height, a classmate played a prank and hid them.

Qiao Qingyu couldn’t find her shoes anywhere and had no choice but to return to class barefoot. Ming Sheng saw what happened. After school, worried she would have to ride the bus barefoot, he took off his own shoes and gave them to her. When her mother saw Qiao Qingyu come home wearing a boy’s shoes, she harshly questioned her. Qiao Qingyu didn’t want to explain that she had been bullied at school, but her mother wouldn’t let it go.

At that moment, her brother Qiao Jinyu came home and told their mother that because of what had happened to Beiyu, both he and Qiao Qingyu were being bullied at school every day. Hearing this, their mother’s anger vanished. She felt heartbroken and apologized to Qiao Qingyu. That evening, Qiao Qingyu saw her mother locking an important notebook in a drawer. There had to be a secret in it. She asked her brother to help her get it out—they had to find out as soon as possible who the boy was that Beiyu had once been involved with.

Qiao Jinyu was feeling a little guilty—if their mother found out he had stolen the drawer key, he’d surely get a beating. Qiao Qingyu reminded him that even if something happened, she wouldn’t let him take the blame. During a class break, Qiao Qingyu returned to school and happened to see three or four boys stuffing trash into her backpack. Furious, she immediately took the trash and stuffed it into Ming Sheng’s backpack instead.

Qiao Qingyu wasn’t afraid of any retaliation from Ming Sheng, but she knew that if she kept silent and tolerated it, the bullies would only escalate their behavior. Feeling uneasy, she told her deskmate Wang Mumu about her worries. Mumu, who had known Ming Sheng since childhood and lived nearby, said that Qiao Qingyu might have misunderstood him—Ming Sheng had always been cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and he had a strong sense of justice.

Mumu was right. Although Qiao Qingyu had put the trash in Ming Sheng’s backpack, there was no retaliation. Ming Sheng made the boys who had stuffed trash into Qiao Qingyu’s bag clean his own backpack and warned them never to bother her again. To make them apologize, he even took a cooking pot from the school kitchen and made the bullies frog-jump across campus while apologizing repeatedly. Seeing Ming Sheng stand up for her, Qiao Qingyu finally felt relieved.

When she got home, she even cleaned the shoes he had lent her earlier. Ming Sheng arrived late to class and snuck into the classroom. Seeing his sneakers in the drawer freshly cleaned put him in a great mood. When Qiao Qingyu asked to borrow his phone, he handed it over generously. But when she mentioned wanting to return the letter she had taken, she lied and said she needed time to search for it at home.

After school, Ming Sheng ran into Mumu. Since they were childhood friends, he asked her why a boy would keep avoiding returning something to a girl. Mumu casually replied, “That must mean he likes her.” Ming Sheng’s face instantly turned red all the way to his neck. Mumu was puzzled by his reaction. Qiao Qingyu gave the phone she borrowed from Ming Sheng to her younger brother, then the two of them staged a little act.

Her brother claimed the school needed the household register to verify student records. When their mother opened the drawer, Qiao Qingyu deliberately scalded her arm with hot water. As their mother rushed to check the burn, her brother quickly snapped a photo using the phone. That night, the siblings flipped through the photos. Beiyu had spent a lot of money on hospitalization and treatment.

Qiao Qingyu was puzzled why their cousin Qiao Jinrui kept sending money to their family—he had been doing it every month, even up until now. Her brother explained that their cousin had always been good to them. The last time he visited, he had secretly slipped them pocket money. Hearing that, Qiao Qingyu didn’t think more of it. Suddenly, their mother noticed Qiao Qingyu had a mobile phone and urgently questioned where it came from.

Knowing how sensitive her mother was about her being close to boys, Qiao Qingyu didn’t dare say she borrowed it from Ming Sheng and instead claimed she had picked it up at the library. Unconvinced, her mother brought her back to school and personally handed the phone over to the teacher. From other classmates, Ming Sheng learned that Qiao Qingyu and her mother had gone to see the homeroom teacher about something she supposedly picked up.

He immediately went to find Mumu and asked her to go to the teacher and admit that the phone was hers. Seeing that it was a female classmate who claimed the phone, Qiao Qingyu’s mother finally felt at ease.

Qiao Jinrui’s friend, He Feihai, came to dine at Qiao Qingyu’s family restaurant. Upon hearing that He Feihai had been in the same class as Qiao Beiyu and knew her quite well, Qiao Qingyu quietly passed him a note, asking to meet at a dessert shop. That day, Qiao Qingyu’s class announced a basketball game, but since she was focused on meeting He Feihai, she didn’t take part in the group activity, which drew some criticism from her classmates.

At the dessert shop, He Feihai told her that when they were young, Beiyu had been obedient and well-behaved. But after she got into a junior college and came to the city, they ran into each other again, and he felt she had changed—she seemed a bit frivolous. At the time, she was with a rich businessman at a KTV. Later, He Feihai went abroad to study and lost contact with Beiyu.

When he next heard about her, it was unfortunate news. He had always felt a bit guilty for not checking in on her during their college years and regretted not learning more about her situation. Before leaving, He Feihai gave Qiao Qingyu a video of Beiyu dancing during her arts exam years ago. Watching it, Qiao Qingyu felt her sister looked stunning, but she couldn’t understand why her personality changed so drastically later on.

As He Feihai handed over the disc, Ming Sheng happened to pass by with his friend. His friend couldn’t help but mutter that while Qiao Qingyu looked quiet and shy, she seemed to be quite popular with boys. One time during computer class, Qiao Qingyu thought of checking the school’s intranet and logged into her sister Beiyu’s campus account. Sure enough, in Beiyu’s friend circle, there was a photo of her with another girl.

Qiao Qingyu quietly left a message for that girl, asking to meet, and the girl readily agreed. Qiao Qingyu did meet the girl, who had been Beiyu’s close friend and roommate. She said that Beiyu was naturally beautiful and instantly attracted many boys in college. Although she had a stunning face, she was also very naïve. The boys who pursued her were mostly drawn to her looks.

Beiyu had once dated a man who drove a luxury car, but when she realized he was a playboy, she broke up with him and later got involved with a male hairdresser. The rich guy couldn’t forget Beiyu and went to the hair salon to cause trouble for her boyfriend, even threatening to smash up the shop.

The hairdresser, afraid of getting caught up in the mess, quickly caved and begged for mercy, even falsely claimed that Beiyu had come on to him. Beiyu ended up being beaten badly by the wealthy man and cried for a long time after returning to the dorm. Because Qiao Qingyu’s family ran a restaurant, some boys at school played pranks by deliberately ordering takeout from her family. When Qiao Qingyu personally delivered the food, she was bullied again.

Ming Sheng saw it happen and felt upset, but for various reasons, he couldn’t step in. Later, he deliberately threw his basketball at the boy who had bullied her. On Beiyu’s school intranet page, Qiao Qingyu saw a man called “Hei Ge” (Brother Hei). In their photo together, Beiyu was smiling sweetly. Qiao Qingyu wanted to know if this was the man her sister had written about in her diary.

She began looking into this “Hei Ge,” and soon, this man unexpectedly showed up outside Qiao Qingyu’s school waiting for her. He was exactly like Beiyu’s former friend had described—he drove a luxury car, had once doted on Beiyu, pursued her with flowers and gifts, but after hearing that she was close to a hairdresser, he took revenge on the man and even beat Beiyu up.

Qiao Qingyu was very cautious and refused to get in his car, instead suggesting they go to a milk tea shop nearby. However, “Hei Ge” quickly started to get handsy, saying he and Qiao Qingyu were fated to meet. He claimed he had seen her years ago while waiting for Beiyu and now was forcing Qiao Qingyu to be his girlfriend.

Qiao Qingyu realized that Hei Ge didn’t know Qiao Beiyu from Nanqiao Village, so she lost all interest in learning more from him. What she truly wanted now was to find the person who had taken away her sister’s innocence. Qiao Qingyu immediately tried to leave, but Hei Ge refused to let her go. As Qiao Qingyu struggled to get away from him, luckily, a classmate named Wang Mumu quietly snuck in through the back door and pulled her away.

The two of them ran for a long time until they finally shook off that thug. From then on, a pure friendship was formed between them. Hei Ge later found Qiao Qingyu’s family restaurant and waited there all afternoon. Fortunately, that day Qiao Qingyu had schoolwork and didn’t go to help at the restaurant.

Hei Ge, unwilling to give up, handed a hundred-yuan bill to Qiao Qingyu’s mother and even introduced himself as Qiao Beiyu’s former boyfriend, asking why Qiao Qingyu wasn’t helping at the restaurant. Hearing this, Qiao Qingyu’s mother was startled. She could tell at a glance that Hei Ge was no good. To prevent her daughter from being harassed, she quickly found someone from their hometown to help at the restaurant and no longer let Qiao Qingyu come work there.

Besides waiting at the restaurant, Hei Ge also sent flowers to the school. The girls in class began whispering among themselves. Qiao Qingyu felt nauseated at the sight of the flowers and threw them straight into the trash. After school, she sprinted all the way home, afraid Hei Ge might tail her again.

Ming Sheng noticed Qiao Qingyu’s strange behavior, and after hearing from others that she had gotten into trouble with a gangster, he quietly started walking her home every day, only leaving once she was safe. Qiao Qingyu was deeply grateful for his help. That night, Qiao Qingyu asked her younger brother Qiao Jinyu if he knew why Qiao Beiyu had run from Nanqiao Village to Shunyun—was she trying to avoid someone?

And why did she go back to the village later? Her brother said that yes, he had seen their sister. Back then, she said she didn’t want to continue high school in their hometown, that it was enough to just stay close to their parents. But their mother believed a girl at the very least needed a diploma. She hadn’t even finished high school—how would she find a job in the future?

Their father agreed that she should return to school. With no other choice, Qiao Beiyu stayed in Shunyun for just two days before going back. Qiao Qingyu wanted to confront her mother about why she hadn’t let Beiyu stay in Shunyun. But when she arrived at the restaurant, she saw Hei Ge with a few street thugs causing trouble. Hei Ge sat alone in the center of the restaurant, slowly eating noodles with an air of provocation.

Qiao Qingyu dumped a basin of water on him. Enraged, Hei Ge threw his bowl of noodles. Luckily, someone had already called the police. When Hei Ge heard the sirens, he and the thugs quickly fled. Ming Sheng’s neighbor Wang Mumu knew it was Ming Qiuxin’s birthday that day, so she helped Ming Sheng prepare a small cake to give to his father, hoping to ease their strained relationship.

Ming Sheng went to the hospital, where his father was urgently preparing for surgery in his white coat. Since he had no choice, Ming Sheng waited in his father’s office. While flipping through books on the desk, he found a photo of his father and a nurse standing very close together—it turned out his father was in a relationship. Furious, Ming Sheng tossed the cake into the trash and left without saying a word.

After finishing the surgery, Ming Qiuxin returned to his office, saw the cake in the trash and the photo on the desk, and immediately understood. He had been dating the nurse for over three years, but hadn’t told Ming Sheng out of concern it would distract him. He had planned to reveal it only after the college entrance exams. Unable to find Qiao Qingyu, Hei Ge showed up outside her school, spreading rumors that he was her boyfriend.

Unable to endure it any longer, Qiao Qingyu heard that Hei Ge was waiting again at the school gate. She hid a fruit knife in her pocket—she’d tolerated this man long enough. Thinking of how this scum had hurt her sister, Qiao Qingyu was furious. She tried to talk to Hei Ge calmly, but it was useless. He continued to touch her inappropriately, and Qiao Qingyu pulled the fruit knife from her pocket and stabbed him.