Chapter Summaries

Qin You left the hospital to handle a problem at Kaiqiang, while Yan Tingshen asked Qi Yan to investigate what had happened in the Qin Household. At the Qin Group, Qin You learned that the Chairman expected him to take charge of Kaiqiang independently as company factions tested him.

• Qi Yan backed out of approaching Yan Tingshen and Qin You, then agreed to investigate the Qin Household for Yan Tingshen.
• Qin You and Yan Tingshen planned to walk in the garden, but Cui Ling called Qin You to the company about a problem at Kaiqiang.
• Qin You left Yan Tingshen at the hospital and said he would seek his help if he ran into difficulties.
• At the Qin Group meeting, Qin Hengzhong asked where Qin You was, and Cui Ling explained that he was coming despite being injured and still hospitalized.
• Cui Ling met Qin You in the parking garage and told him Qin Hengzhong wanted him to handle Kaiqiang independently.
• Cui Ling warned Qin You that the two Vice Presidents Qin from the board were attending the meeting.

Qin You took charge of the Kaiqiang Technology defect scandal and faced resistance from Qin Group executives who doubted his authority. He ordered the company to report verified findings, control public opinion honestly, and address every user complaint, then left the executives to work out the details.

• Qin Hengzhong assigned Qin You to handle complaints about defects in Kaiqiang Technology's products, which had sparked a fast-growing online backlash.
• After Qin Hengzhong left the meeting, Qi Hailiang and Qin Andong challenged Qin You's approach, while Qin You realized the Qin Group's internal politics differed from the original owner's memories.
• Qin You questioned President Zhang Chongwei about the defects and demanded the results of completed checks.
• Qin You directed Qi Hailiang to share only verifiable facts and told Zhang Chongwei to investigate and fix defects and contact every user who reported a problem.
• Zhang Chongwei sent a file to the group chat, and Qin You left the executives to handle the details and report back when new developments arose.

Qin You dismissed Qin Andong’s attempt to assert influence at the Qin Group, chose Peng Ying as his new secretary, and received a vague mission to clear up a misunderstanding between the target and the protagonist. He then directed Cui Ling to pressure the public relations department and handle the remaining work, before remembering something he had yet to tell him.

• Qin You ignored Qin Andong at the meeting, leaving Qin Andong angry about being snubbed despite his influence among the board’s shareholders.
• Qin You rejected an overly attentive new secretary and chose Peng Ying, whose capable, no-frills manner suited him better.
• The system notified Qin You that the target and the protagonist had a misunderstanding and asked him to resolve it, but no deadline was given.
• Cui Ling brought Qin You Kaiqiang’s records and reported that the public relations department had not issued its first statement.
• Qin You told Cui Ling to demand a statement from Vice President Qi Hailiang within ten minutes and regular updates afterward, then instructed Cui Ling to handle the other matters himself.

Qin You planned to retrieve information from the Liu Family’s wedding and kept his promise to help Yan Tingshen with rehabilitation before taking him back to work. The chapter ended with Zhang Ming witnessing Qin You support Yan Tingshen out of the car and reacting with shock at their closeness.

• Qin You learned that his mission involved attending the Liu Family wedding and visiting the Pei Family former residence, and the system offered to disable electronic devices for ten minutes.
• Qin You messaged Yan Tingshen, returned to the hospital for their rehabilitation session, and found that Yan Tingshen was also invited to the wedding.
• After rehabilitation, Qin You offered to drive Yan Tingshen to work, while Yan considered whether Qin You had sought him out as an ally and resolved to repay his past help.
• Zhang Ming followed Qin You and Yan Tingshen to the company, then watched Qin You hold Yan’s hand and support him as he got out of the car.

Qin You attended the Liu family banquet, secretly photographed a file, and overheard Meng Yunzhe discussing a hidden identity and plans to reclaim what he believed was his. After a mission prompted him to find the intoxicated Yan Tingshen, Qin You took him away from the banquet, while Meng Yunzhe and Qi Xinwei spotted them from the terrace.

• Qin You told Yan Tingshen to focus on recovering, then went to the Liu family banquet.
• Qin You spilled wine on his jacket, used the attendant's directions to reach the study, and photographed a mission-marked file.
• Qin You overheard Meng Yunzhe say his plan was going smoothly and that he would eventually take back everything that belonged to him.
• A random affection mission directed Qin You to take the intoxicated target away, and he found Yan Tingshen drinking at the banquet.
• Qin You gripped Yan Tingshen's hand, put an arm around his waist, and led him out despite Yan Tingshen's protests.
• From the terrace, Meng Yunzhe and Qi Xinwei noticed Qin You leaving with Yan Tingshen.

At the Liu Family gathering, Meng Yunzhe questioned Qi Xinwei about Qin You and planned how to approach him through his hedonistic reputation. Qin You took the drunk Yan Tingshen home, while the random mission failed because Qin You had not carried him as its precautions required; the chapter ended with Qin You leaving Yan Tingshen at his residence.

• Meng Yunzhe asked Qi Xinwei about Qin You’s return and his connection to Yan Tingshen, then decided Qin You’s supposed taste for fun offered a way to befriend him.
• Qin You took Yan Tingshen away from the Liu Family gathering, but the system reported that the random mission had failed because Qin You had not picked him up and carried him.
• Qin You concluded that Yan Tingshen was troubled by a past misunderstanding involving the Pei Family’s shares, but chose not to ask about it directly.
• Yan Tingshen told Qin You that Qi Yan was investigating Qin Andong, and Qin You thanked him for arranging the help.
• Qin You accompanied Yan Tingshen to his residence, saw him to his room, and left after the butler escorted him out.

Qin You completed the second part of his mission by retrieving documents from Pei Family’s former home, while bringing plum blossoms he hoped Yan Tingshen would like. Yan Tingshen accepted the flowers but gave no clear reaction, and his favorability remained unchanged.

• Qin You visited the neighbor’s courtyard beside the target’s former home, picked plum branches, and then took the mission documents from a safe.
• Qin You returned to Zeshui Bay after asking the driver to find a flower shop on the way.
• Zhang Ming saw an employee’s photo of Qin You waiting outside with flowers and suspected Qin You had romantic intentions toward Yan Tingshen.
• Qin You gave Yan Tingshen the plum blossoms and asked whether he liked them.
• Yan Tingshen stayed silent as he looked at the flowers, and Qin You’s system reported that his favorability had not changed.

Qin You brought Yan Tingshen plum blossoms from Qingning Road and tried to keep the documents that could resolve their misunderstanding from raising Yan Tingshen’s favorability. Meanwhile, Pei Sheng showed Qi Yan a share transfer contract and asked whether Yan Tingshen could truly have known nothing about it.

• Qin You decided not to show Yan Tingshen the two Cehai Group share transfer contracts yet, hoping to complete the task without increasing Yan Tingshen’s favorability.
• Qin You told Yan Tingshen he had visited Qingning Road and brought back plum blossoms as a souvenir from the place where they had met as children.
• Yan Tingshen realized the blossoms must have come from the Yan Family Former Residence and recalled that their childhood meeting had really happened.
• Qin You left Yan Tingshen in the rehabilitation room to review urgent documents with Cui Ling.
• Pei Sheng showed Qi Yan an email containing a Cehai share transfer contract signed by Elder Yan and said he had not dared ask whether Yan Tingshen knew about it.
• Pei Sheng asked Qi Yan to guarantee that Yan Tingshen had known nothing about the contract.

Pei Sheng confided his fears to Qi Yan about the Pei Family’s possible ties to the Yan Family’s past, while deciding not to ask Yan Tingshen about it. Qin You then sent Pei Sheng documents about the Pei Family to help reassure Tingshen, leaving Qi Yan surprised to learn that “A-Sheng” meant Tingshen.

• Pei Sheng told Qi Yan he feared the Yan Family might have been involved in the past and could not bring himself to ask Tingshen about it.
• Qi Yan agreed to keep their conversation private and offered to pick Pei Sheng up when he transferred hospitals the next morning.
• Pei Sheng and Qi Yan overheard Cui Ling apologizing to Qin You for mentioning Pei Sheng and being told not to do it again.
• Qin You emailed Pei Sheng two documents about the Pei Family and asked him to explain the misunderstandings to A-Sheng without revealing their meeting or the documents’ source.
• Pei Sheng agreed to keep the information secret, and he told Qi Yan that A-Sheng was Tingshen.

Pei Sheng learned that the Pei, Liu, and Yan families had transferred shares at the same time, giving him evidence that the Yan Family might not have caused Cehai's bankruptcy. Qin You had given him the contracts to help clear up his misunderstanding with Yan Tingshen, while Qin You and Yan Tingshen left the hospital together after rehabilitation.

• Pei Sheng read Qin You's email and learned that the Liu Family and his grandfather had signed share-transfer contracts on the same date as the Yan Family.
• Qi Yan concluded that the contracts could clear Yan Tingshen of responsibility for Cehai's bankruptcy and urged Pei Sheng to discuss them with him.
• Qi Yan warned Pei Sheng to investigate who had sent the earlier email and to consider why Qin You possessed the contracts and had given them to him.
• Qin You told the system that he had given the information to Pei Sheng because explaining its source to Yan Tingshen could damage his trust.
• Qin You helped Yan Tingshen finish rehabilitation, then offered to take him home; Yan Tingshen said Qin You could return to work, and Qin You replied that he was busy after his two o'clock quitting time.