Chapter Summaries

Yan Tingshen punished the executives who helped Yan Lihui interfere with Qin You, while Qin You prepared for a charity banquet held in a mountain pavilion despite the danger flagged by his mission. The chapter left Qin You inside the venue, where Cui Ling told him the chairman had not come.

• Yan Tingshen learned that Yan Lihui had used the company to suppress Qin You and ordered cooperation resumed and the responsible executives to compensate for the losses.
• Qin You brought Yan Tingshen fruit, arranged to finish his training, and later asked whether he had liked the fruit.
• Qin You told Cui Ling to arrange an emergency medical helicopter and stay alert at the charity banquet because he feared dying.
• Qin You arrived with Cui Ling at the mountain pavilion, inspected the elaborate venue, and learned that the chairman was absent.

Qin You went to the banquet’s fixed-time disaster to rescue Yan Tingshen, but the collapse and darkness caused him to carry off the wrong man first. He returned for Yan Tingshen and carried him out as the injured man asked why Qin You had not called to him.

• Qin You hid in a private room to play a game while waiting for the banquet’s scheduled event.
• Qi Xinwei introduced Qin You to Meng Yunzhe, and Qin You noticed a faint cracking sound overhead before heading toward the target.
• The venue’s ceiling collapsed, plunging the hall into darkness, and Qin You pushed through the crowd toward Yan Tingshen’s location.
• Qin You mistakenly carried the protagonist out and handed him to Cui Ling, then turned back when he realized he had left Yan Tingshen behind.
• Qin You found Yan Tingshen injured beside a display stand and lifted him into his arms.

Qin You rescued Pei Sheng from the freezing wreckage, then returned for Yan Tingshen and carried him out despite his protests. Afterward, Qin You explained why he had prioritized Pei Sheng, and Yan Tingshen quietly acknowledged his concern.

• Pei Sheng woke aboard the aircraft and learned from Cui Ling that Qin You had rescued him and then gone back for Yan Tingshen.
• Rescuers reported that Qin You had carried an injured Yan Tingshen out, surprising Cui Ling and Pei Sheng.
• Yan Tingshen insisted he could stand, but Qin You gave him a down jacket and persuaded him to sit in a wheelchair.
• Yan Tingshen noticed Qin You's reopened wound and scolded him, while Qin You told him not to struggle next time.
• Qin You asked why Yan Tingshen had stayed silent at the venue and explained that Yan Tingshen mattered more to him, then Yan Tingshen quietly acknowledged him.

After Qin You was injured rescuing Yan Tingshen, he returned with him to Zeshui Bay and tried to keep Yan’s affection from rising. Yan Tingshen continued helping him with rehabilitation and work, while the affection score stayed unchanged.

• Cui Ling told Qin You that investigators were examining the attic collapse and acknowledged that Qin You’s safety precautions had helped protect people.
• Qin You warned Cui Ling not to mention Yan Tingshen or people connected to him again, threatening to cut his bonus if he did.
• The system reported that Qin You’s rescue had raised Yan Tingshen’s affection from 10% to 19%, and Qin You resolved to prevent it from rising further.
• After Qin You was discharged, he sent Cui Ling a simplified proposal that astonished him, then took Yan Tingshen back to Zeshui Bay.
• Qin You planned to avoid anything that might increase Yan Tingshen’s affection, but Yan kept handling Qin You’s documents and told him to send confidential papers to his room.
• Qin You saw that Yan Tingshen’s affection had not changed and concluded that he was warmhearted beneath his cold exterior.

Qin You left Yan Tingshen to attend Qi Xianghe’s apology at the Qin Residence, where Qin Hengzhong removed Qi Xianghe from the Qin Group. After the family left, Qi Xianghe and Qi Hailiang discovered that a video of the birthday banquet had become a trending topic, while Qin Hengzhong spoke privately to Qin You about his years abroad.

• Qin Hengzhong summoned Qin You to the residence so Qi Xianghe could apologize, and Qin You told Yan Tingshen he would be going out.
• At the Qin Residence, Qi Xianghe apologized while kneeling, and Qin Hengzhong barred him from the Qin Group and warned Qin Yi against further trouble.
• Qin You left the decision to Qin Hengzhong, who ordered Qin Yi, Qi Hailiang, and Qi Xianghe to leave.
• Outside, Qi Hailiang told Qi Xianghe to rely on the entertainment industry and his older brother, and Qi Xianghe vowed to defeat Qin You.
• Two boys told Qi Hailiang and Qi Xianghe that a video of the birthday banquet was trending; they tried to have it removed but learned they could not.
• Back inside, Qin Hengzhong told Qin You that he knew Qin You must have hated him and Qin You’s father during his years abroad.

Qin Hengzhong praised Qin You’s recent performance and hoped he would take over the family business, while Qin You later learned Yan Tingshen was visiting Pei Sheng in the hospital. Yan Tingshen’s favorability rose to twenty percent, unlocking a task for Qin You to confess to him within seventy-two hours; Qin You suspected the increase was caused by Yan Tingshen’s changed opinion of him.

• Qin Hengzhong admitted he had misjudged Qin You and urged him to consider taking over the Qin Group.
• Qin You left the company and messaged Yan Tingshen, who said he was at the hospital visiting Pei Sheng.
• Pei Sheng wondered whether Qin You had accompanied Yan Tingshen, and Yan Tingshen said Qin You would visit if he wanted to thank him.
• Qin You discovered Yan Tingshen’s favorability had reached twenty percent and received a seventy-two-hour task to make a forceful confession.
• Qin You reasoned that the favorability increase likely came from Yan Tingshen’s changed view of him after being saved twice.

Qin You considered the forced confession mission and continued trying to keep Yan Tingshen from becoming involved with Pei Sheng. When Qin Hengzhong arranged a family dinner to welcome him back, Qin You agreed to attend and told Cui Ling to stop giving him company documents to review.

• Qin You questioned the system about the confession mission, then decided to put it off despite its seventy-two-hour countdown.
• Yan Tingshen told Qin You that a doctor would remove his stitches on Wednesday, and Qin You supported him upstairs and promised to take him for a walk on a sunny day.
• Cui Ling told Qin You that Qin Hengzhong had arranged a family dinner to welcome him back; Qin You agreed to go rather than feign illness.
• Qin You joked with Yan Tingshen about working for the Yan Family, then left Zeshui Bay for the old residence.
• In the car, Qin You refused to review the company materials Cui Ling handed him and told him to make those decisions himself.

Qin You returned to the Qin Residence and attended a family dinner where Qi Hailiang asked him to forgive Qi Xianghe and Qi Xinwei. Qin You discovered that the scandal damaging Qi Xinwei’s career—and the continued spread of Qi Xianghe’s video—appeared to have been orchestrated by the protagonist.

• Qin You told Cui Ling to handle the chairman’s documents himself, offered him a larger bonus, and said he would not return to the company for three months.
• Qin Hua accompanied Qin You into a family gathering at the Qin Residence, where Qin You noticed Qi Hailiang and Qi Xianghe sitting uneasily together.
• Qi Hailiang apologized for Qi Xianghe and asked Qin You to spare both Qi Xianghe and Qi Xinwei from consequences.
• Qin You learned from the system that Qi Xinwei faced online allegations of accepting gifts from fans and having sexual relations with fans, including underage fans.
• The system traced the marketing company spreading the allegations to the protagonist, and Qin You suspected the protagonist had also kept Qi Xianghe’s video trending.

Qin You rejected Qi Hailiang’s plea at the family dinner, endured the relatives’ false warmth, and was assigned to sign the Kaiqiang acquisition contract. After returning home, he hesitated outside Yan Tingshen’s room but went in, where Yan cared for him after noticing he had been drinking.

• Qin You refused Qi Hailiang’s request to punish the people involved in Xinwei’s affairs and dismissed him.
• Qin You accepted several toasts at the family dinner until Qin Hengzhong stopped the others from giving him more wine.
• Qin Hengzhong told Qin You to sign the Kaiqiang acquisition contract in a couple of days, and Qin You left the banquet early.
• The system urged Qin You to stop delaying his mission, but Qin You fell asleep in the car and went home without starting it.
• Qin You knocked at Yan Tingshen’s door, and Yan brought him inside and arranged for him to drink sobering soup.
• Qin You finished the soup and accidentally knocked the bowl against the bedside table as he stood up.

After Qin You confessed that he liked Yan Tingshen, Yan questioned whether his feelings came from childhood gratitude, then helped him deal with the Qi Household. Qin You fell asleep in Yan’s arms, and the next morning he learned Yan had left for a driver and hurried to catch up.

• Qin You pulled Yan Tingshen onto the bed, caught his fall, and confessed that he liked him while Pei Sheng listened on their still-connected call.
• Yan Tingshen told Qin You to let go, but his injured arm failed to support him, so Qin You held him still and Yan asked why he liked him.
• Qin You said Yan did not need to remember their childhood accident, and Yan confirmed that he had dealt with the Qi Household to prevent them from causing more harm.
• Qin You fell asleep, and Yan Tingshen eventually left him in bed and slept on the study sofa.
• The next morning, the system told Qin You that Yan had called for a driver and was downstairs, so Qin You hurried to catch him.

After Qin You confessed to Yan Tingshen, Yan left the villa, but his favorability rose to 23%. Concerned that the mission was advancing too quickly, Qin learned Yan’s dislikes and later messaged him about their usual exercise, leaving Yan reading the message during a meeting.

• Qin You found Yan Tingshen preparing to leave and asked whether he would return, but Yan denied remembering the previous night and drove away.
• Qin You saw Yan’s favorability had risen from 20% to 23%, despite Yan distancing himself after the confession.
• Qin You asked the system for Yan’s likes and dislikes, learning that Yan disliked connections to the past and had formerly liked several things.
• Qin You reasoned that Yan’s favorability must not rise too quickly and used space energy to obtain information about the target.
• At three in the afternoon, Qin You messaged Yan Tingshen to remind him to do something, and Yan opened the message during a meeting.

Yan Tingshen received Qin You’s thanks after arranging a doctor to treat his wound, while Qin You later accepted a blind date arranged by Qin Hengzhong after a danger mission triggered. At the Tongsheng Hotel, Qin You arrived with Miss Liu and came face to face with Yan Tingshen.

• Yan Tingshen ended a meeting early, read Qin You’s messages about the doctor removing his stitches, and returned to his emails without replying further.
• Qin You kept the rehabilitation room set up, stayed home for several days, and used Cui Ling as his stand-in at the company.
• Cui Ling told Qin You that Qin Hengzhong had arranged dinner with Miss Liu, and a system alert warned that Yan Tingshen would face danger in three hours and thirty-six minutes.
• Qin You agreed to attend the dinner, picked up Miss Liu, and explained that he had no plans to start a family and was only completing a task.
• At the Tongsheng Hotel, Qin You noticed Yan Tingshen, and Miss Liu instinctively moved behind him when Yan Tingshen looked toward her.

At a hotel, Yan Tingshen saw Qin You arrive with Miss Liu, while Qin You chose not to introduce them before Yan Tingshen left. Later, Qi Yan briefed Yan Tingshen and Pei Sheng on evidence that might connect Yan Lihui to the car accident, and the chapter ended when the hotel manager hurried over with a private message for Qi Yan.

• Yan Tingshen saw Qin You with Miss Liu at the hotel entrance and went inside without speaking to him.
• Qi Yan and Pei Sheng noticed Qin You and Miss Liu were seated across from Yan Tingshen, and Qi Yan learned that Qin You was the newly announced heir of Qin Group.
• Qi Yan reported that the car accident investigation had uncovered possible links to Yan Lihui and Yan Tingshen's father's accounts, but the evidence remained uncertain.
• Yan Tingshen agreed to wait for Qi Yan to investigate further, then kept glancing toward Qin You during the meal.
• The hotel manager hurried to Qi Yan and whispered about an issue.

At a hotel, Qin You saved Yan Tingshen when a chandelier fell, and Yan Tingshen was taken to the hospital with nerve pain. After the examination, Qin You joked with him at his bedside, then received a call from Qin Hengzhong asking about Miss Liu.

• Qi Yan left his meal to meet Qin You and Miss Liu, and offered them gold VIP cards on Yan Tingshen's behalf.
• Qin You reasoned that Yan Tingshen's unchanged favorability showed he regarded him as an ordinary friend, while the system urged him to keep lowering it.
• Yan Tingshen let the elevator doors close on Qin You, who called out a warning when he noticed the lobby chandelier swaying.
• Pei Sheng pushed Yan Tingshen clear of the falling chandelier, and Qin You caught Yan Tingshen as they fell; Yan Tingshen then collapsed, while Pei Sheng fainted beside the debris.
• Qin You took Yan Tingshen to the hospital, where doctors found his injury had not worsened and attributed his pain to nerve trouble.
• Qin You teased Yan Tingshen at his bedside, then answered Qin Hengzhong's call and paused when he was asked about Miss Liu.

Qin You avoided entering Pei Sheng’s hospital room while Yan Tingshen was there, then returned the next morning and arranged to visit. Qi Yan and Pei Sheng discussed Qin You’s repeated rescues as Qin You arrived at the hospital.

• Qin You refused Qin Hengzhong’s arranged meetings and said he wanted to focus on learning the company’s business.
• Qin You left the hospital after Yan Tingshen replied that he could do as he pleased, then returned the next morning.
• Qin You overheard Yan Tingshen and Qi Yan speaking with Pei Sheng and chose not to enter the room.
• Yan Tingshen remembered Qin You’s story about Qingning Road but asked Qi Yan whether he had found investigative leads instead.
• Qi Yan learned from Pei Sheng that Qin You had saved him three times, and Qin You appeared in the hallway.

Qin You visited Yan Tingshen in the hospital, brought him flowers, and insisted on overseeing his rehabilitation despite Yan Tingshen’s resistance. He then tried to lower Yan Tingshen’s favorability by probing into his childhood, but Yan Tingshen rejected the conversation.

• Qin You ignored Qi Yan and went into Yan Tingshen’s room with a bouquet, while Qi Yan complained that Qin You was hard to get along with.
• Qin You offered Yan Tingshen flowers and asked about his injury, but Yan Tingshen brought up Miss Liu and refused to discuss her further.
• Yan Tingshen said he would be discharged that afternoon, so Qin You demanded that he attend daily rehabilitation and arranged to pick him up from work.
• Qin You helped Yan Tingshen take his medicine and dabbed water from his lips, while Yan Tingshen insisted he could manage by himself.
• Qin You asked Yan Tingshen about his childhood, but Yan Tingshen denied wanting any relationship with him and said he had nothing to discuss.

Qin You tried to prompt Yan Tingshen to recall his difficult past, but Yan Tingshen showed no reaction, and Qin You learned that Qin Hengzhong had come to visit his father. After Cui Ling explained Qin You’s conversation with Miss Liu to Yan Tingshen, Qin You reassigned Cui Ling, and Yan Tingshen recognized Qin You’s ruthless side.

• Qin You tried to make Yan Tingshen think about his past, but Yan Tingshen said he was used to his life and showed no distress.
• Cui Ling warned Qin You that Qin Hengzhong was at the hospital, and Qin You left Yan Tingshen to meet him.
• Qin You followed Qin Hengzhong to visit his father, while Cui Ling remained near Yan Tingshen’s room.
• Cui Ling told Yan Tingshen that Qin Hengzhong had come to see Qin You and the president, then tried to explain Qin You’s meeting with Miss Liu.
• Qin You caught Cui Ling leaving Yan Tingshen’s room and ordered him to hand over some of his duties to a new hire.
• Yan Tingshen told Qin You he had heard the conversation, and Qin You confirmed he had not meant to hide what he said to Miss Liu.

Qin You explained why he had reprimanded Cui Ling and reassured Yan Tingshen that the assistant would return. After Qin You teased Yan Tingshen about his blind date and their past confession, Yan Tingshen learned that Qin You had bruised himself while helping him and went to check on him.

• Qin You told the system that he was correcting Cui Ling's work habits, while Yan Tingshen warned that Qin You would need help navigating the Qin Group.
• Qin You explained Cui Ling's loyalty to the original owner and said he expected Cui Ling to come back after learning to set aside personal feelings at work.
• Yan Tingshen revealed that Cui Ling had arranged the roses and repeated Qin You's words about his blind date with Miss Liu.
• Qin You told Yan Tingshen he would not date anyone Old Qin introduced and teased him by referring to what happened the night of the confession.
• After Qin You left, a nurse told Yan Tingshen that Qin You had extensive bruising on his right arm, shoulder, and back.
• Yan Tingshen went to Qin You's room, saw his bruises, and raised a hand toward him.

Qin You stayed beside Yan Tingshen during a work meeting, and their growing closeness troubled Pei Sheng. The system reported that Yan Tingshen’s favorability toward Qin You had fallen by two percent.

• Yan Tingshen treated Qin You’s bruises, then told him he did not want to see him again, but Qin You insisted they would meet at two thirty each afternoon.
• Qin You followed Yan Tingshen into the next hospital room and played a game quietly on the sofa while Yan Tingshen attended a meeting.
• Pei Sheng heard Qin You’s voice during the meeting and realized Yan Tingshen was allowing him a closeness Pei Sheng had never shared with him.
• The system told Qin You that Yan Tingshen’s favorability had dropped from thirty-three percent to thirty-one percent.

Qin You encouraged the injured Yan Tingshen to stop working and walk with him, while quietly managing the target’s affection so it would not fall below the threshold for story events. Their walk grew warm and personal, leaving Qi Yan stunned when he saw them chatting together.

• Qin You decided that keeping the target’s affection above thirty percent was enough and stayed beside Yan Tingshen rather than leaving.
• After Yan Tingshen continued working for another hour, Qin You closed his laptop and persuaded him to take a walk for his health.
• Qin You threatened to carry Yan Tingshen out unless he walked on his own, and Yan Tingshen agreed to go with him.
• As they walked, Yan Tingshen asked about Qin You’s injuries, and Qin You urged him to remain hospitalized for observation.
• Qi Yan saw Qin You and Yan Tingshen walking and talking together, then tried to leave Pei Sheng’s room to find out what they were saying.
• Pei Sheng stopped Qi Yan from disturbing them.