Serenading a New Heart

Episode 1

It's Kayla Tate's birthday—and her fifth wedding anniversary to Daniel Payne. She spends the morning cooking a feast, convinced her husband and son Ziting are planning a surprise. Instead, the surprise is a wedding dress: Daniel is throwing a ceremony for his first love, Vera Keller, inside their own home.

Guests marvel that Daniel, a famously cold man, is marrying his "white moonlight." Worse, young Ziting calls Vera "Mommy" and asks her to be his mother. When Vera admires a necklace—Kayla's late mother's keepsake—Kayla's world tilts. She's not the bride. She's the outsider at her own anniversary.

Episode 2

Kayla walks in on the celebration and refuses to play along. Daniel tells her not to be selfish, insisting Vera is unwell and only wants the wedding she never had. Kayla fires back that she's hidden their marriage for five years, and now he's brought Vera into their home.

Vera offers to leave, playing the fragile guest, and Daniel cancels the ceremony—not for Kayla, but to protect Vera's feelings. Ziting takes Vera's side too, calling his mother cruel. Cornered, Kayla says the words that change everything: she's done. She wants a divorce.

Episode 3

Before leaving, Kayla gives Ziting a protective charm, then tells him he can have what he wants—Vera as his mother. She asks if he's truly sure about the divorce; he doesn't stop her. She walks away from the family she served like a housekeeper.

Then the story shifts. A mentor reminds her who she really is: Serena, the youngest international Tchaikovsky competition winner, a violinist whose playing was called heavenly—wasted on a marriage. Five years ago she sold her treasured violin, "Summer Night Star," to fund Daniel's business. Now it's surfaced in a shop, and someone wants to buy it.

Episode 4

Kayla finds Daniel and Vera at the music shop—they're there to buy Summer Night Star. She refuses to sell. Vera pleads that she needs it for the Starry River Concert in three days.

Kayla isn't moved. She points out that Vera doesn't even understand the instrument, then reveals its history: crafted ten years ago by an international master for his daughter, its red lacquer and warm tone perfect for Baroque. Vera accuses her of parroting facts. Ziting piles on, telling his mother she can't even play and shouldn't take Vera's violin. Daniel orders Kayla home—but she reminds him they're about to divorce, so he has no say. Then Mr. Shen appears.

Episode 5

Mr. Shen backs Kayla completely. When Daniel tries to buy the violin anyway and demands a price, Shen refuses—Kayla said no, so the answer is no. Daniel is stunned that his wife knows someone like Shen so well.

Shen coldly invites Daniel to leave before he becomes tabloid fodder. Outside, Vera worries about the concert and representing her company; Daniel promises to find her another violin. He insists he and Kayla won't actually divorce—she's just throwing a tantrum and will calm down. Ziting agrees: his mother will come back, because they're her whole world. But Summer Night Star has waited five years for her.

Episode 6

Mr. Shen reveals the truth: five years ago, he was the one who bought Summer Night Star. Now he formally invites Kayla to represent Shen Group at the Starry River Concert, held once every four years, where the winning group takes the grand prize.

He offers more than a stage—a custom global tour, a path to becoming a world-class performer. Kayla hesitates; she says she's getting married. But the trust in his voice moves her. For the first time, she feels what it's like to be believed in. She accepts, promising she won't fail this time. The concert awaits.

Episode 7

A car accident changes everything. Kayla wakes in a hospital, where Daniel has apparently kept vigil all night. The police explain that the other driver insists Kayla hit them, and there's no surveillance on that stretch of road.

The accusation points toward Vera. With the concert only days away, someone seems determined to keep Kayla from performing. But Kayla refuses to be derailed, telling herself she won't be stopped. Then Ziting appears at the hospital—and the confrontation she's been dreading begins.

Episode 8

Ziting demands to know why Kayla is pressing charges against Vera, who claims Kayla hit her. Kayla insists Vera was the one who crashed into her. Daniel arrives furious, ordering Kayla to apologize—Vera is sick, with only a year left, and Kayla should stop targeting her.

But Kayla has changed. She says she's already signed the divorce papers, and she will no longer apologize just to keep the peace. Her old habit was to give in whenever Vera played the victim; now she sees that yielding only made them push harder. Vera offers to die if it would end things. Kayla tells her to go ahead.

Episode 9

Vera turns the moment into theater, climbing as if to jump, while Daniel panics and blames Kayla. Kayla isn't fooled—she calls out Vera's performance, saying even a twelve-year-old could act better.

Daniel threatens her: apologize to Vera, and he'll smooth over the car accident for her. Kayla refuses, stating flatly that she didn't cause the crash and won't apologize. She tells him the only thing she still wants from him is the divorce. He warns her not to come crying back—and she swears she never will. Mr. Shen arrives with food, quietly steadying her.

Episode 10

Over a meal from a familiar shop, old memories surface—someone still remembers what Kayla loves to eat. But the peace doesn't last. Vera claims a sudden allergy, and Daniel lashes out at Kayla for cooking something that could hurt her, ordering the food thrown away.

Kayla realizes the dish was her own favorite all along—proof of how thoroughly she's been erased. Meanwhile, gossip paints her as a bitter housewife who wants a dying woman dead, while Vera looks like the saint. Daniel promises to "handle" everything. Kayla braces herself: this is just another of his manipulations, and she won't fall for it again.

Watch how Kayla trades a broken marriage for a stage—and see whether Serena's comeback silences everyone who wrote her off.