Just because of that one unintentional sigh from Lu Jiarou, Chi Yanqing—a mere background extra who barely got half a chapter of description in the original script—was slapped with the heavy label of a "deeply scheming and malicious female supporting character with ulterior motives." Before long, she was forced to exit the story, serving as a catalyst for the emotions of the "male and female leads."
[What kind of toxic plot is this, where the legitimate wife turns into the mistress?! Clearly, it was Xi Yanjia who recognized Chi Yanqing's true identity, terrified that if she kept lingering under Lu Chengzhang's nose, he would discover something was amiss and ruin all her past plotting and scheming. That was why she struck first, hiring people to get Chi Yanqing out of the way, only to frighten the poor girl into fleeing blindly until she finally got into a car accident and died young.
Yet the author glossed over it with a biased brush, turning it entirely into a scheming female supporting character plotting to climb the social ladder. After being seen through and warned by the female lead, she supposedly staged a self-directed act trying to play the victim and drive a wedge between the male and female leads. Who would have thought she would overact and reap what she sowed, inadvertently causing the male lead to misunderstand the female lead? After a wave of angst and melodrama, the misunderstandings were cleared up, leaving the male lead feeling guilty toward the female lead…
Chapter 470