After the Jump

Watch After the Jump — 23 vertical romance episodes about Jiang Jin, Gu Qiran, and Jiang Niannian — then chat with the cast.

  1. Episode 1: Episode 1. My childhood sweetheart, who promised to marry me right after college, proposed to the fake heiress Jiang Niannian at my graduation ceremony. Meanwhile, Gu Qiran—known to everyone as the untouchable Buddhist disciple of Beijing's elite circle—publicly declared his love for me right after her proposal was accepted. For five years of marriage, he treated me with endless tenderness and devotion. Until I accidentally overheard his conversation with a friend. “Qiran, Niannian has already made a name for herself. Are you still going to keep up this act with Jiang Jin?” “It doesn't matter anyway—I could never marry Niannian. Besides, as long as I'm around, she'll never disturb Niannian's happiness.” And the scriptures he treasured—every single page bore Jiang Niannian's name. Five years of a foolish dream, shattered in a single moment of clarity. I secured a fake identity and plotted my own drowning. From this moment on, we shall never meet again—not in this life, nor any life to come.
  2. Episode 2: Episode 2. Gu Qiran marries Jiang Jin. For five years he is endlessly tender—until a whispered conversation cracks the dream.
  3. Episode 3: Episode 3. A friend asks if the act with Jiang Jin is still worth it now that Niannian has made her name.
  4. Episode 4: Episode 4. Gu Qiran admits he could never marry Niannian—and that he stays only to keep Jiang Jin from disturbing her happiness.
  5. Episode 5: Episode 5. Jiang Jin finds Gu Qiran's treasured scriptures: every prayer is written for Jiang Niannian.
  6. Episode 6: Episode 6. Five years of devotion collapse into one moment of clarity. The marriage was never hers.
  7. Episode 7: Episode 7. Jiang Jin begins to plan her exit—quietly, carefully, with a fake identity waiting.
  8. Episode 8: Episode 8. She stages her own drowning. From this life on, she will not look back.
  9. Episode 9: Episode 9. The elite circle mourns. Gu Qiran keeps his calm Buddhist face.
  10. Episode 10: Episode 10. Jiang Niannian's path stays clear. That was always the point.
  11. Episode 11: Episode 11. Whispers follow the 'widow.' Jiang Jin is already someone else.
  12. Episode 12: Episode 12. A new name. A new city. No more scriptures, no more soft lies.
  13. Episode 13: Episode 13. Gu Qiran reaches for a ghost. The woman who answered him is gone.
  14. Episode 14: Episode 14. Old friends ask questions Jiang Jin will never answer as herself.
  15. Episode 15: Episode 15. Tenderness without truth is just another cage. She refuses the key.
  16. Episode 16: Episode 16. Beijing's elite circle keeps spinning. She watches from outside it.
  17. Episode 17: Episode 17. Niannian thrives. Qiran performs peace. Jiang Jin chooses silence.
  18. Episode 18: Episode 18. The fake heiress never needed to know who paid for her happiness.
  19. Episode 19: Episode 19. A chance encounter almost breaks the new identity. Almost.
  20. Episode 20: Episode 20. She will not be the sacrifice that keeps someone else's love story neat.
  21. Episode 21: Episode 21. No reunion. No forgiveness scene. Only the life she takes for herself.
  22. Episode 22: Episode 22. The past tries one last soft pull. She does not take the hand.
  23. Episode 23: Episode 23. Not in this life, nor any life to come—the vow she keeps is her own.