Jiang Yan loathed Chen Li and even suspected that the child wasn't his. For the sake of his beloved Yan Xin, Jiang Yan asked Chen Li for a divorce. After the divorce, Chen Li took the child up on the suggestion to clear her head in the suburbs, where she unexpectedly saw Jiang Yan and Yan Xin. Then, by chance, a fire broke out, and she watched Jiang Yan rescue Yan Xin with her own eyes. After her death, Chen Li remained by Jiang Yan's side as a spirit. When Jiang Yan planned to get engaged to Yan Xin, he asked Chen Li for the family heirloom, the Heart of the Ocean, and only then gradually learned that Chen Li was dead. He began to remember Chen Li and recognize his feelings, and discovered that the child really was his. Overcome with regret, he investigated the truth behind Chen Li's death and learned that their marriage had been plotted from the start. He avenged her.