The Mob Boss's 80s Sweetheart

Late at night in the wilderness, Jenna Foster witnesses a group of men in black chasing a wounded man. She gets caught up in the chaos and is mistaken for an accomplice. The men force her into a car along with the injured man.

Jenna Foster runs into Owen Chapman and his wife on the street. His wife reveals the marriage, and Jenna confronts Owen about his deception. Owen admits it and insults her, so Jenna slaps him and demands he repay every cent she spent on his college education.

Jenna Foster takes the money from Owen Chapman and his wife, who warns her to leave the city. In a car, Jenna recalls Owen's old promises, then gets out and encounters an injured Edmund Sinclair. Hunted and refusing to go to a hospital, Edmund asks Jenna for help.

Jenna Foster books a hotel room for the wounded Edmund Sinclair and treats his knife injury without anesthetic. The next morning, Edmund orders Jenna to buy him breakfast, and she protests that she has already spent quite a bit on him.

Jenna Foster offers her ring as collateral for the hotel room and plans to leave after buying breakfast. At the front desk, she runs into Owen Chapman and his wife, who humiliates Jenna and insists on searching the room, suspecting the man with her is a fugitive.

Owen Chapman's wife insists on searching the room while Jenna Foster publicly exposes Owen for abandoning her after she paid for his education. The wife threatens Jenna with a residency permit denial. Desperate to stay in the city and find her grandparents, Jenna agrees to Edmund Sinclair's marriage proposal to secure her household registration.

Jenna marries Edmund for her household registration but spots a photo of Edmund's subordinate in a newspaper and suspects her husband is the hunted mob boss Edmund Sinclair. She drags him away in a panic, then urges him to find honest work instead of living like a gangster.

Jenna moves into Edmund's place. A neighbor stops by with a winter melon and accidentally sees Edmund shirtless, teasing the couple. At dinner, Edmund turns cold and warns Jenna that if she ever grieves for Owen again, he will kill him.

Jenna passes her interview at the electronics factory clinic and is about to start work. Her rival appears and claims the factory belongs to her father, firing Jenna on the spot. Edmund arrives to inspect the new clinic, about to witness the confrontation.

Rival accuses Jenna of faking her residency permit and orders her restrained. Discovering Jenna is allergic to penicillin, she grabs a syringe and threatens to inject it, intending to punish Jenna for pursuing Owen. Jenna cries for help just as Edmund arrives.

At Edmund's establishment, Jenna is confronted by a woman who accuses her of using a fake ID and a forged county recommendation letter to get hired. After the letter is verified, Edmund steps in to defend Jenna and dismisses the woman's husband as unworthy of her attention.

A woman confronts Jenna about sharing a room with Edmund. Edmund arrives, hands Jenna a knife, and tells her to take revenge. After he disciplines the woman, the factory director begs Jenna not to spread the story, fearing damage to the factory's reputation.

Jenna brings Edmund to the electronics factory and introduces him as her husband, saying he is looking for a job. Edmund expresses interest in the security manager position, and Jenna vouches for his strength, telling the manager to put him to work.

Jenna slips the manager a hundred yuan to look after Edmund. Edmund is told to work hard and mind his temper. Meanwhile, Owen issues a notice at the factory clinic declaring it free from all departmental oversight, leaving the factory director taken aback by the order.

Jenna takes Edmund on a public bus after work. Having never ridden a bus before, Edmund is visibly uneasy in the crowded space. Jenna tells him to stay still as they stand close together on the swaying bus.

Owen tracks Jenna down using her factory address, accuses her of staying in the city to cause trouble, and demands she apologize to his wife. Jenna refuses, reveals she is already married, and orders him to leave. Owen persists, promising to divorce his wife and marry her, but Jenna shuts him down.

Edmund's grandmother fakes a pollen allergy to force him home, then exposes his subordinate's betrayal of placing Jenna and others into the factory. Owen and his wife seize the chance to accuse Jenna's husband of being a thug and urge her to apologize. Jenna insists she was hired properly and worries about Edmund's safety.

Edmund's grandmother and mother demand to know who Jenna is. Edmund announces that Jenna is his newly wedded wife and explains she barged in out of concern for him. His grandmother softens and asks to meet Jenna's family.

Learning Jenna lost her parents early, Edmund's grandmother insists on giving her a jade bracelet and gold as a welcome gift. Jenna tries to decline, but the grandmother declares her a beloved granddaughter-in-law and orders the kitchen to send her meals daily.

Jenna tours Edmund's large house, and he promises her a similar home, but she urges him to be practical. Edmund's grandmother walks in on their intimate moment. A young factory worker collapses, and Jenna is urgently called to help.

A factory worker collapses and Jenna rushes to help, but a supervisor blocks her, claiming Edmund's grandmother has fired her. Owen also urges her to back off. The grandmother arrives and publicly denies ever dismissing Jenna.

Jenna receives a 20,000-yuan bonus and her coworkers urge her to treat them. She agrees to host dinner that evening, followed by karaoke at Zero KTV, mentioning unused vouchers from the factory.

Jenna and her coworkers spot Owen at a KTV. They recognize Edmund and invite him to join. A drunk Owen questions why Edmund married Jenna and insults her, prompting Edmund to strike him.

Owen recognizes Edmund Sinclair and begs for mercy. Edmund rebukes him for cheating on Jenna since college and making her toil for four years. He orders Owen to stay away from Jenna and never look at her again.

Jenna finds Edmund injured outside the KTV. He confronted Owen after learning Owen had deceived Jenna for years, but Owen struck him. Jenna scolds Edmund for his recklessness and warns Owen to stay away.

Jenna and Edmund sing karaoke with friends, who urge them to duet. After Jenna sings, Edmund declines a drink due to his injury. Jenna drinks in his place and warns the others not to mess with Edmund again.

Jenna tells Edmund she signed up for the adult college entrance exam and will attend night school. Edmund orders Ray to prepare a bicycle to pick her up. Meanwhile, Rachel mocks Owen for backing down, but Owen begs her to stop investigating Edmund and to leave Jenna alone, warning of dire consequences.

Jenna attends night school and discovers Owen is the teacher. She confronts him in class. Afterward, she notices Owen is unusually afraid of Edmund and begins to suspect Edmund has a hidden identity beyond being a factory security guard.

Edmund asks Jenna whether she would fear him or divorce him if he had a more dangerous identity. Jenna does not answer directly, and they leave for a late-night snack. Elsewhere, Owen asks his wife to have her father find him a new job, but she warns him to stay put at the night school.

Jenna is accosted at night school by a man who makes crude advances and claims he can offer her more than her husband. When she threatens to call a teacher, he boasts that the principal is a relative of a local figure and that no teacher will intervene, hinting at a connection to Edmund's men.

When the teacher arrives, the man harassing Jenna claims she was the one pursuing him. The teacher tries to defuse the situation, but the man declares he is the law and has his associates pin Jenna down.

Edmund arrives at the classroom and comforts Jenna, who blames herself for hurting someone. He reassures her it was not her fault. The bully's associates threaten revenge, claiming his father and aunt are on their way and that their backer is Edmund Sinclair. Jenna urges Edmund to leave, but he hands her a knife for self-defense and promises to take responsibility.

The bully's father arrives with backup. Jenna steps forward and insists she alone hurt the bully, not her husband. The men recognize her husband as Edmund Sinclair and panic, declaring the family is finished. Overwhelmed, Jenna faints, and Edmund carries her away to rest.

Edmund Sinclair confronts the Rui family, accusing them of using the Sinclair name to bully others at school. They beg for mercy but then turn on Jenna, falsely claiming she had many men in the village and came to the city to seduce a husband.

The Rui family keeps begging Edmund Sinclair for mercy and is forced to apologize to Jenna. Unmoved, Edmund presents evidence of their long-term misdeeds under his name and orders them sent to the police.

Jenna wakes up in the hospital and learns Edmund Sinclair is watching nearby. She worries he was hurt, but finds out he did not resort to violence and instead handed the Rui family over to the police. Jenna hesitates to reveal her identity and leaves the hospital with Edmund in a hurry.

Jenna urges Edmund Sinclair to go to work. He leaves but soon returns, and a stranger appears at the door, claiming to be Edmund's fiancée and naming herself as an heiress.

Edmund Sinclair's grandmother and mother show up at the house, saying they came to see his wife Jenna. A neighbor remarks that the couple has no family support, and when Edmund's mother acts coldly, the neighbor accuses her of mistreating Jenna. Edmund says he will discipline his mother.

Edmund Sinclair's grandmother and mother learn that Jenna Foster's grandparents went abroad twenty years ago and lost contact, and that a rival's grandparents had a similar experience. The grandmother discovers the couple sleeps in separate beds and, eager for a great-grandchild, schemes with Edmund's mother to use the wine they brought to get them drunk and into the same bed.

Edmund Sinclair's grandmother and mother take turns pouring him tonic wine, claiming he needs a boost, then hastily leave him alone with Jenna. Left by herself, Jenna laments that even his grandmother is no help and begins to wonder if she should divorce Edmund.

Alone at home, Jenna reflects that she married Edmund only for household registration, yet the thought of divorce saddens her. When Edmund returns drunk, she tends to him, and in his daze he admits he likes her and leaves the decision to divorce up to her.

Alone, Jenna murmurs to herself, repeating that she will get Edmund back and will not be afraid. She notes that he is not married and resolves to act immediately, ending the current situation.

At the hospital, Jenna overhears colleagues talking about Edmund Sinclair being injured in a shootout. Fearing for his safety, she resolves to divorce him the next day. When a wounded man is rushed in, Jenna steps forward to help and discovers it is Edmund himself.

Edmund Sinclair's wound is too deep and needs stitching, so Jenna prepares to treat him herself. When a subordinate accidentally calls her 'boss's wife,' her identity is exposed, shocking everyone present. Edmund orders a warning to be sent to Director Zhang about Luna, threatening to take matters into his own hands.

Back at school, Jenna learns that Edmund Sinclair's electronics factory has donated new textbooks. A classmate tells her that since Edmund took charge, he has prioritized education, allowing many who couldn't afford school to return. Jenna begins to reconsider what kind of man Edmund really is.

Edmund learns from his subordinate that Jenna is burying herself in studies and shows no sign of missing him. His grandmother and mother urge him to swallow his pride and go after her. Despite his injuries, Edmund checks himself out of the hospital and shows up at home to face Jenna.

Jenna tells Edmund she is just a village doctor and not good enough for him, and asks for a divorce after the college entrance exam. Edmund refuses. Jenna notices Edmund has a fever and gives him medicine, and Edmund believes she still cares for him.

Jenna learns from a factory director that Edmund supposedly shot over a dozen people in a gunfight with the Lou family's daughter and forced doctors to treat his own bullet wound. Jenna doubts the rumor, but the director says it has spread and asks her to deliver special medicine to Edmund at the hospital.

Jenna finds a keepsake from her father, and Edmund offers to help find her grandparents. She confesses their worlds are too far apart and fears harming his collaboration with the hospital director. Edmund says he would change his name and doesn't need marriage to secure his family, making Jenna resolve to take the college exam.

Jenna is accused of hiding notes under her desk during an exam and is taken away by guards. Edmund insists she would never cheat. Owen appears and claims Jenna has a history of cheating since their college entrance exam five years earlier.

Owen and his wife demand that Jenna's alleged cheating be reported to the education bureau and her exam eligibility permanently revoked. Edmund arrives and publicly stops them, declaring that no one will touch his wife's file.

Owen's wife accuses Jenna of cheating and demands punishment. Edmund declares his wife is his bottom line and warns against framing her. Dean Zhang arrives, finds Jenna familiar, and Ray presents Jenna's night school papers as proof of her ability.

Jenna finishes her exam, and her results exceed last year's Peking University admission cutoff by twenty points. When Owen's wife questions her, Jenna insists she did not cheat, while a record reveals Jenna was already admitted to medical university five years ago.

Jenna insists she was admitted to medical university five years ago but never received the letter. Edmund investigates the delivery records, which prove Owen signed for it. Confronted with the evidence, Owen admits he hid the letter, and Jenna, furious that he destroyed her dream, decides to hand him over to the police.

Jenna arrives at the Sinclair residence with Edmund, where his men address her as the young madam. Edmund's grandmother showers her with lavish gifts and urges her to try on a wedding dress. Edmund mentions he still owes her a wedding, but Jenna declines.

Edmund declares his vows to marry Jenna and protect her for life. His men jokingly call her the boss's wife. News reports that Jenna and her grandmother's heart disease drug has officially launched.