
She’s a mafia heiress with zero interest in rules. He’s a genius scientist with zero interest in romance. A fake marriage was supposed to keep their worlds apart—but she’s about to crash into his perfectly logical life.

Researcher Lu Yunzheng stumbles upon Xu Zhuoning being cornered by a group of thugs led by their boss. To save Xu Zhuoning, Lu Yunzheng steps forward and, in a moment of quick thinking, pretends a blank USB drive contains top-secret national research data. He then engineers a situation where the thugs "crush" it, successfully scaring them away with threats of "treason" and a staged call to the police. Impressed by Lu Yunzheng's wit and charm, Xu Zhuoning develops feelings for him and promises to repay his kindness. Lu Yunzheng seizes the opportunity, proposing that Xu Zhuoning repay him by marrying him, catching her completely off guard.

To cope with family pressure to marry, researcher Lu Yunzheng enters into a contractual marriage with Xu Zhuoning, the rebellious eldest daughter of Xing Sheng Group. As they take their wedding photos, Xu Zhuoning's mother, the formidable gang leader Xu Lanqiao, learns of the arrangement. She deeply despises "scholars" like Lu Yunzheng and immediately dispatches her subordinate, Big Tiger, to find her daughter. Meanwhile, Lu Yunzheng asks Xu Zhuoning to change her unruly image to meet his grandmother, leading to their first confrontation over fashion choices in a clothing store.

In a high-end clothing store, Xu Zhuoning asks Lu Yunzheng to help her with her zipper. However, Lu Yunzheng accidentally discovers scars on her back and mistakenly believes her family is responsible. The ambiguous atmosphere between them intensifies, only to be interrupted by a store employee. At this moment, Da Hu and others, sent by Xu Zhuoning's mother to find her, suddenly appear. Xu Zhuoning panics and hides in Lu Yunzheng's arms. Lu Yunzheng recognizes them as the people who pursued Xu Zhuoning last time and immediately becomes alert, protecting her. The episode ends in a tense standoff.

To evade her subordinate Da Hu's search, Xu Zhuo Ning and Lu Yun Zheng pretend to be intimate in a luxury store, successfully fooling Da Hu. Afterwards, they arrive at Lu Yun Zheng's mansion. As Lu Yun Zheng hasn't been home in a long time, the facial recognition lock fails. Just as he is about to call for help, Xu Zhuo Ning, using a bent paperclip she found, effortlessly picks the lock on the door, which uses advanced iris recognition technology. Her hidden lock-picking skills greatly shock Lu Yun Zheng and the butler who came to greet them. Lu Yun Zheng immediately becomes suspicious of Xu Zhuo Ning's true identity.

Xu Zhuoning explains to Lu Yunzheng that she learned her lock-picking skills from an old locksmith, not from being a thief. Lu Yunzheng understands and takes her back to the Lu family home. At the Lu residence, Lu Yunzheng's aunt and grandmother are enthusiastically trying to set him up with his junior fellow student, Chen Ying, who specifically returned to China for him. They reminisce about the past, praising them as a match made in heaven. Just as the atmosphere becomes lively, Lu Yunzheng publicly announces that he is already married and presents his marriage certificate with Xu Zhuoning, leaving everyone present, especially his aunt and Chen Ying, in shock.

Lu Yunzheng and his newlywed wife, Xu Zhuoning, visit Lu family elders for the first time. Unexpectedly, due to their hasty marriage, they face strong opposition and humiliation from his aunt, Lu Shuying. Although his father, Lu Chongping, eventually accepts Xu Zhuoning and presents a gift, the aunt, instigated by Lu Yunzheng's admirer Chen Ying, continues to make things difficult for Xu Zhuoning at the family dinner, mocking her background using table manners. Lu Yunzheng bravely defends his wife, intensifying the family conflict. Under the aunt's relentless verbal attacks, Xu Zhuoning can no longer bear it and pulls out a dagger, shocking everyone present.

At the Lu family's banquet, Xu Zhuoning is repeatedly insulted and humiliated by Madam Lu, Lu Yunzheng's grandmother, and Lu Shuying, his aunt, because she brought her own cutlery and had calluses on her hands. They conclude that Xu Zhuoning comes from a humble background and is a fraud trying to "climb the social ladder." Faced with their accusations, Xu Zhuoning quickly improvises, fabricating a story about practicing martial arts to defend herself from enemies, thus turning her perceived flaws into proof of a powerful background. Although she temporarily resolves the crisis, her aunt still suggests that Lu Yunzheng divorce Xu Zhuoning and remarry his rival, Chen Ying. The episode ends with Lu Yunzheng's ambiguous remark, "It's not impossible," adding further suspense to the already tense atmosphere.

At the Lu family's dinner, Lu Yunzheng, to protect his marriage with Xu Zhuoning, cleverly uses his patent shares, which could financially support his aunt Lu Shuying, as leverage. This successfully forces his aunt, who advocated for their divorce, to compromise. However, the Lu family matriarch is cold towards her granddaughter-in-law Xu Zhuoning, showing favoritism towards Lu Yunzheng's junior fellow apprentice, Chen Ying, and lets her stay at their home. Subsequently, Chen Ying openly provokes Xu Zhuoning by the poolside, claiming to be Lu Yunzheng's true love, and splashes water on Xu Zhuoning. Xu Zhuoning, undeterred, retaliates forcefully, pushing Chen Ying into the water. Just as the conflict escalates, Lu Yunzheng, the Lu matriarch, and others arrive at the scene.

She’s a mafia heiress with zero interest in rules. He’s a genius scientist with zero interest in romance. A fake marriage was supposed to keep their worlds apart—but she’s about to crash into his perfectly logical life.