Chapter Summaries

Bai Le woke after a night with Xi Yan and remembered that he had transmigrated into the cannon-fodder who had drugged the male lead. As he recalled Xi Yan’s tragic past, he recognized that the feared Fourth Master Xi was far more formidable than his frail appearance suggested.

• Bai Le woke sore and remembered regaining consciousness in the middle of an encounter with the man he recognized as Xi Yan, the male lead.
• Bai Le realized he had transmigrated into the cannon-fodder who had drugged Xi Yan and tried to take control of their encounter.
• Bai Le recalled that Xi Yan’s mother, Tan Lianxin, had concealed her pregnancy and married a civil servant, but Xi Yan’s childhood changed after his adoptive father discovered the truth.
• Xi Yan was sent to a psychiatric hospital at eighteen, then taken out and acknowledged by his biological father after the legitimate eldest son died.
• Bai Le knew Xi Yan had trained and managed his health despite his reputation for frailty, and that he had become a ruthless figure within the Xi Family.

After waking beside Xi Yan, Bai Le questioned why the events differed from the novel and tried to avoid the consequences of drugging him. Bai Le admitted he had ordered the drugging and prepared to explain why.

• Bai Le recalled that the college student who was supposed to be the female lead had fled, leaving him to wake beside Xi Yan.
• Bai Le wondered why Xi Yan seemed able to walk despite the original owner's memories that he was disabled.
• Xi Yan woke, questioned Bai Le, and dismissed his claim that he could not remember the night.
• Bai Le admitted that he knew Xi Yan and had arranged for him to be drugged.
• Xi Yan asked why Bai Le had done it, and Bai Le steeled himself to answer.

Bai Le persuaded Xi Yan to let him leave after admitting he had drugged him, but Xi Yan secretly arranged to investigate him. Later, Bai Le went to the company, where his father scolded him and his sister asked for more money.

• Bai Le apologized to Xi Yan for drugging him and promised to stay away, and Xi Yan agreed to let him go.
• Bai Le hurried to leave, realized he had forgotten to put on his underwear, and joked that he had meant to leave it as a keepsake.
• After Bai Le left, Xi Yan called someone to investigate him and watched him limp into a car outside the hotel.
• Bai Le arrived at the company and greeted employees and female entertainers on his way to his father's office.
• Bai Huizhang scolded Bai Le for neglecting the company, and Bai Le claimed he had been bedridden after injuring his buttocks.
• Bai Yin asked Bai Huizhang to transfer her money so she could support her idol's comeback.

After Bai Le and Bai Yin were summoned to the Xi Family’s birthday banquet, Bai Le asked about Ye Feifei and resolved to help the story’s leads get together. At a lavish pool party, he unexpectedly encountered Ye Feifei working as a waitress and drew a slip requiring him to confess to someone.

• Bai Huizhang ordered Bai Le and Bai Yin to attend Old Master Xi’s birthday celebration, which was intended to help Fourth Master Xi find a match.
• Bai Le asked Bai Yin about Ye Feifei and learned she was their classmate who worked part-time.
• Bai Le accepted Wu Hua’s invitation to a pool party at a wealthy acquaintance’s villa.
• Bai Le recognized Ye Feifei among the party’s waitresses when she handed him a drink.
• Bai Le drew a party-game slip that called for President Bai to confess to someone.

At a party at Zhou Kun’s villa, Bai Le’s drunken confession to a girl was interrupted by the arrival of Xi Yan, leaving Bai Le worried that Xi Yan had heard him. Xi Yan then headed inside with Zhou Kun, but Ye Feifei spilled champagne on him, setting off the scene Bai Le recognized from the original story.

• Bai Le confessed to a girl during a party game, and the crowd fell silent when Zhou Kun and Xi Yan arrived.
• Zhou Kun scolded Xiaozhouzi for the mess in the courtyard, while Xi Yan told everyone to leave.
• Bai Le hid behind his champagne glass and hoped Xi Yan had not noticed him.
• As Xi Yan and Zhou Kun headed toward the villa, Ye Feifei accidentally spilled champagne on Xi Yan’s shirt.
• A girl insulted Ye Feifei, while Bai Le recognized the spill as part of the original story.

Xi Yan rejected Ye Feifei after she accidentally ruined his blanket, while Bai Le unexpectedly rescued her from the swimming pool. Xi Yan watched Bai Le save her and admitted to Zhou Kun that he was also interested in Ye Feifei.

• Xi Yan ordered Ye Feifei thrown out after she apologized for soaking his blanket, then greeted Bai Le as President Bai.
• Xi Yan and Bai Le both denied knowing each other when Xiaozhouzi asked about them.
• Bai Le watched the rich beauty and other women surround Ye Feifei, then saw her fall into the pool while Xi Yan observed from a window.
• Bai Le pulled Ye Feifei out of the pool when no one else helped her.
• Xi Yan told Zhou Kun that he was also somewhat interested in Ye Feifei.

Xi Yan learned that his second uncle was arranging a marriage to test whether his leg injury was real, while Xi Yan remained wary of his succession scheme. Meanwhile, Bai Le resumed his routine, accepted Wu Hua’s invitation to see a luxury car, and arrived at the club.

• Zhou Kun told Xi Yan that his second uncle had urged the old master to arrange a banquet so Xi Yan could choose a wife, and Xi Yan suspected the plan was meant to expose whether he was faking his disability.
• Xi Yan explained that his second uncle wanted to secure the family position through a child, and he warned Zhou Kun that he still could not let down his guard.
• When Zhou Kun asked whether Xi Yan would marry and have children after dealing with his uncle, Xi Yan said he hated children because they lied, and his expression darkened.
• Bai Le gave Bai Yin a small check and told her that Xi Yan was good-looking but frightening, then worried that Xi Yan might retaliate against him.
• Bai Le initially refused Wu Hua’s invitation to a club, but changed his mind when Wu Hua offered to let him try a limited-edition Maybach, and he hurried into the club lobby after arriving.

Bai Le encountered Xi Yan in an elevator, where Xi Yan questioned him about Ye Feifei and confronted him with surveillance footage from the night they met. Xi Yan said he would not seek revenge, but the elevator suddenly malfunctioned and left them in darkness, with Xi Yan breathing hurriedly.

• Bai Le entered the elevator and found Xi Yan waiting inside in his wheelchair.
• Xi Yan asked Bai Le whether he knew Ye Feifei, and Bai Le denied knowing her before teasing Xi Yan about being interested in her.
• Bai Le argued that Xi Yan had not lost out during their night together, and Xi Yan revealed he had watched the hotel surveillance footage.
• Xi Yan told Bai Le he would not investigate why Bai Le had set him up or take revenge on him.
• The elevator shook, lost power, and trapped Bai Le and Xi Yan in darkness; Bai Le tried the emergency phone and button, then noticed Xi Yan breathing hurriedly.

Bai Le comforted Xi Yan when the elevator stalled, then parted from him once it started moving again. He rejoined Wu Hua and the others at their private room, where they played cards and arranged for girls to join them.

• Bai Le remembered Xi Yan's childhood trauma and took his hand while Xi Yan was trapped in the dark elevator.
• Xi Yan woke and saw Bai Le, who teased him about being afraid of the dark and reassured him that he was not alone.
• The elevator restarted, and Bai Le and Xi Yan went their separate ways after Bai Le said goodbye.
• Bai Le joined Wu Hua and the others, agreed to pay for their outing, and played cards while asking about Wu Hua's new car.
• Xiaozhouzi arranged for a group of girls to join them and warned the club manager not to tell his brother.
• Bai Le told Xiaozhouzi to advise his brother to maintain the elevator, then asked him not to mention Bai Le's suggestion.

Bai Le spent the evening at a club with Wu Hua and Xiaozhouzi, then saw Zhou Kun arrive and warn his brother about the danger of careless remarks. After the group left, Bai Le happily prepared to drive one person home.

• Bai Le chose a quiet woman who studied ballet and politely told her she did not need to toast him.
• Zhou Kun entered the room, addressed Bai Le as President Bai, and reprimanded Xiaozhouzi for his behavior.
• Zhou Kun warned Xiaozhouzi not to call women like those filthy, and Bai Le realized Xi Yan might have overheard and been hurt by the remark.
• After Zhou Kun left, Xiaozhouzi threatened to punish the club staff, but Bai Le told him they had feared Zhou Kun more than him.
• Bai Le and the others left the club after eleven, and Bai Le eagerly got into his car and offered one person a ride.

Bai Le accidentally rear-ended Xi Yan’s van and found him suffering a sudden medical episode. After they exchanged contact information, Xi Yan received a report identifying Bai Le as a struggling college student with a large family.

• Bai Le hit Xi Yan’s parked van while leaving the club and went over to confront its owner.
• Bai Le saw that Xi Yan was pale, sweating, and struggling to focus, while Secretary Xing searched for medicine.
• After recovering, Xi Yan agreed to bill Bai Le for the damage and had Secretary Xing exchange their contact information.
• Bai Le drove off with Wu Hua and offered to replace Wu Hua’s damaged new car with an identical one, agreeing to get him a black one.
• Secretary Xing told Xi Yan that Bai Le was a college student from a poor family who supported himself with scholarships and part-time work.

Xi Yan had Secretary Xing keep watch on Bai Le, while Bai Le learned that his company’s partnership with the Xi Family would involve Xi Defeng. After Bai Huizhang confronted him over a bill from the Xi Family, Bai Le joined his father for a meeting with Xi Defeng, where negotiations began with polite conversation.

• Xi Yan told Secretary Xing to keep an eye on Bai Le and the people around him.
• Bai Le reviewed his company’s talent-show partnership proposal with Xi Defeng, Xi Yan’s second uncle.
• Bai Huizhang stormed into Bai Le’s office and scolded him after the Xi Family sent the company a bill for the car accident.
• Bai Le reassured Bai Huizhang that the accident was minor and promised not to jeopardize the partnership.
• Bai Huizhang and Bai Le met Xi Defeng at a restaurant, where the men exchanged pleasantries and Xi Defeng asked Bai Le about his age and whether he had a girlfriend.

After reaching a verbal contract agreement with Xi Defeng, Bai Le spotted Xi Yan meeting Ye Feifei in a pavilion and hoped they were becoming a couple. Xi Yan said he did not know Ye Feifei, leaving Bai Le curious about their meeting as the group departed.

• Bai Le and Xi Defeng negotiated for over an hour and reached a verbal agreement on the contract amount.
• Bai Le saw Xi Yan and Ye Feifei together in a moonlit pavilion and revived his hopes of pairing them.
• Xi Defeng led Bai Huizhang toward the pavilion to greet Xi Yan and Ye Feifei, while Bai Le hesitated before following.
• Xi Yan said he did not know Ye Feifei and revealed that he already knew Bai Le, who explained that he had once crashed into Xi Yan's car.
• Ye Feifei told Bai Le she worked part-time at the venue and thanked him for his earlier help.
• Xi Defeng left with Bai Huizhang and Bai Le, who looked back and saw Ye Feifei speaking to Xi Yan with a troubled expression.

Xi Yan confronted Ye Feifei about Xi Defeng’s scheme, then warned Bai Le not to work with Xi Defeng without explaining why. Bai Le refused, and after returning home with Bai Huizhang, he found a familiar white sports car outside the villa.

• Xi Yan accused Ye Feifei of being sent by Xi Defeng, and she denied knowing he would be there.
• Bai Le returned to the pavilion for his phone, where Xi Yan asked whether he was working with Xi Defeng and told him to stop.
• Bai Le refused to cancel the deal, then joked that Xi Yan had made him nauseous because he had eaten too much braised pork knuckle.
• Bai Le told Bai Huizhang he had done nothing to offend Xi Yan, and the two argued about Xi Yan’s reputation and Bai Yin’s matchmaking banquet.
• Bai Le arrived home after eleven and saw a familiar white sports car parked outside the villa.

Bai Le returned home to find his mother, Wu Xueying, arguing with Bai Huizhang, while Bai Yin sat between them. After escaping upstairs, he read his friends’ group chat, where they began betting on who would marry first.

• Bai Le learned that Wu Xueying had come home and found her confronting Bai Huizhang in the living room.
• Wu Xueying and Bai Huizhang argued about Bai Le’s work at the company, his lifestyle, and his lack of a girlfriend.
• Bai Yin noticed that Bai Le was eating grapes, which he normally disliked, and Bai Le nervously claimed he wanted a change of taste.
• Bai Le went upstairs to shower, leaving Bai Yin with her mother, Chen Suqiu, and the others downstairs.
• Bai Le read messages from his friends about marriage, and Wu Hua bet that Bai Le would be the first to marry.

Bai Le decided to contact Xi Yan to ask about his relationship with Ye Feifei, while Xi Yan faced accusations from his mother, Tan Lianxin, over her gambling-addicted younger son. The chapter ended with Xi Yan accepting Bai Le’s WeChat friend request.

• Bai Le dismissed his friends’ teasing about his love life and learned that the Xi Family had invited people to meet Fourth Master Xi as potential marriage partners.
• Bai Le found Xi Yan’s number, sent him a WeChat friend request, and followed up with a text.
• Tan Lianxin asked Xi Yan to let her go out and accused him of causing her younger son’s gambling debts.
• Xi Yan refused to let Tan Lianxin use his money to help her son and warned her about her table manners.
• Xi Yan received Bai Le’s message, opened WeChat, and accepted his friend request.

Xi Yan struggled with insomnia and memories of his childhood after receiving Bai Le’s question about Ye Feifei, then sent Bai Le a message before he woke. Bai Le headed to work without seeing it.

• Bai Le asked Xi Yan whether he liked Ye Feifei, but Xi Yan did not reply that night.
• Xi Yan woke before dawn, read while a woman screamed downstairs, and learned from the butler that Madam had come home drunk.
• Xi Yan dreamed of being trapped in a dark cabinet as a child and imagined someone taking his hand.
• Xi Yan woke late, reflected on the dream, and sent Bai Le a message.
• Bai Le woke after ten, missed the message among his notifications, and hurried to work.

Bai Le settled into his company role while trying to understand Xi Yan’s hostility toward him and promoting his company’s trainees. He traveled to Japan to negotiate an investment, and the chapter left him about to begin a meal with Saito and other business partners.

• Bai Le’s father assigned Ye Xiaosi as his secretary, but Bai Le’s request for a shoulder massage was refused.
• Bai Le asked his special assistant to interpret Xi Yan’s hostile behavior, and she said his actions sounded mentally ill rather than romantic.
• Bai Le watched the survival show’s first episode and noted that his three trainees received average screen time, with Pei Shen as his favorite.
• Bai Le traveled to Japan to negotiate an investment in exchange for an equity stake in a shopping-mall chain.
• Bai Le met Saito and other business partners at a hotel, exchanged greetings, and was about to eat when the chapter ended.

Bai Le met Xi Yan at a business dinner, where the two acted like old acquaintances while Saito discussed plans to expand into S City. After drinking, Bai Le rode with Xi Yan to a nearby hot spring and playfully hinted that he knew things about Xi Yan’s past, leaving Xi Yan coldly curious about what Bai Le was hiding.

• Saito stopped Bai Le from eating before all the guests arrived, and Xi Yan entered in a wheelchair, surprising Bai Le.
• Xi Yan confirmed that he and Bai Le knew each other, while Saito welcomed Bai Le as a future business partner.
• Bai Le drank too much, asked for “'82 Garfield,” and Xi Yan redirected Saito into discussing the company’s plans for S City.
• Bai Le joined the group’s trip to a nearby hot spring and rode in Xi Yan’s car, chattering about Mount Fuji and the cold wind.
• Xi Yan pulled Bai Le away from the open window, and Bai Le hinted that he knew about Xi Yan’s past but refused to explain.

After Bai Le drunkenly wished Xi Yan a happy birthday, he woke at a hot spring and tried to deny remembering his behavior. Xi Yan confronted him and blocked his attempt to leave, leaving Bai Le cornered in the pool.

• Bai Le leaned against Xi Yan in the car and wished him a happy birthday, saying their birthdays fell on the seventeenth of different months.
• Two hours later, Bai Le woke in the hot spring and awkwardly apologized after Saito reminded him that he had clung to Xi Yan while drunk.
• Saito left the pool area, leaving Bai Le alone with Xi Yan.
• Xi Yan accused Bai Le of lying when he claimed to have forgotten what happened.
• Xi Yan stood and approached Bai Le, then blocked him as he tried to leave the pool.