Chapter Summaries

Tantai Yaoyue dressed and styled herself to resemble Qiu Qianwei, then enjoyed comparing their appearances with the other sisters. She offered Qiu Qianwei her largest bedroom and asked her not to resent her if she upset her in the future.

• Liu Yue helped Tantai Yaoyue put on Qiu Qianwei’s clothes and makeup, and quickly praised the sweet style after Tantai Yaoyue challenged her earlier criticism.
• Qiu Qianwei returned from grocery shopping with the other sisters, who praised her improving cooking skills.
• Luo Qingqian noticed that Tantai Yaoyue and Qiu Qianwei looked alike from behind, so the sisters repeatedly tried to guess which was which after they changed clothes.
• Tantai Yaoyue offered Qiu Qianwei her Room Number One bedroom, and Qiu Qianwei thanked her for being so kind.
• Tantai Yaoyue asked Qiu Qianwei not to hold it against her if she made her unhappy in the future, while Qiu Qianwei assumed her eldest sister’s scolding was for her own good.

Wang Haoran attended dinner at Liu Yue's villa, where Qiu Qianwei and her sisters cooked for him. After Qiu Qianwei asked him to stay the night, he received her message saying she could not sleep and quietly entered her room.

• Liu Yue welcomed Wang Haoran and told him Qiu Qianwei was cooking with the other sisters.
• Wang Haoran mistook Tantai Yaoyue for Qiu Qianwei and hugged her before realizing his mistake; Qiu Qianwei hurried to shield him.
• Wang Haoran secretly used his alternate account to message Liu Yue, cheering her up while she waited for her online husband's reply.
• Wang Haoran shared dinner with the sisters, then agreed to stay overnight when Qiu Qianwei worried about him walking home after drinking.
• Qiu Qianwei messaged Wang Haoran that she could not sleep, and he quietly entered Room Number Seven.

Wang Haoran mistakenly entered Tantai Yaoyue's room, and she let him believe she was Qiu Qianwei after recalling her master's prediction about a coming romance. When he realized who she was, Tantai Yaoyue demanded he choose between living with the consequences or dying, and Wang Haoran chose to feign remorse and ask her to kill him.

• Tantai Yaoyue recognized Wang Haoran in the dark but stayed silent, believing the encounter might fulfill her master's prediction.
• Tantai Yaoyue pulled Wang Haoran toward her, and he mistakenly believed he had found Qiu Qianwei.
• After the encounter, Wang Haoran realized the woman was Tantai Yaoyue and worried about Qin Fan discovering what happened.
• Tantai Yaoyue pretended she had thought she was dreaming and asked Wang Haoran whether he wanted to live or die.
• Wang Haoran apologized theatrically and urged Tantai Yaoyue to kill him, freezing her triumphant smile.

Wang Haoran avoided Tantai Yaoyue’s anger by pretending to hurt himself, then returned to his usual carefree manner. Several days later, Qin Fan anxiously waited for Tantai Yaoyue to contact him, unaware that she had not acted on his expectations.

• Wang Haoran pretended to blame himself and tried to injure himself, but Tantai Yaoyue stopped him and told him to leave.
• Wang Haoran saw Qiu Qianwei’s messages the next morning and replied that he had fallen asleep after drinking.
• Liu Yue recommended three stocks to Qiu Qianwei, and several of the sisters gathered around to learn which ones to buy.
• Tantai Yaoyue snapped her chopsticks when Qiu Qianwei mentioned switching rooms, then decided to return to her cold, commanding style.
• Wang Haoran left for class, and Tantai Yaoyue restrained herself from hitting him.
• Several days later, Qin Fan worried because Tantai Yaoyue had not called the landline number he had given her.

Qin Fan called Tantai Yaoyue hoping she would confess her feelings, but learned she had feelings for someone else and had been hurt. Later, Yun Churan confronted Wang Haoran about the false pregnancy diagnosis and exposed the contradiction that she had gotten her period.

• Qin Fan called Tantai Yaoyue and asked whether she had met her True Destiny's Son.
• Tantai Yaoyue said she had missed her chance at love and refused to explain what had happened.
• Qin Fan realized Tantai Yaoyue liked someone else, then felt reassured when she said she wanted to focus on cultivation.
• Qin Fan worried that Cheng Rui still had not prepared the five hundred million and chose to wait two more days rather than call.
• Yun Churan confronted Wang Haoran, who denied responsibility for her supposed pregnancy.
• Yun Churan told Wang Haoran that she was not pregnant because she had gotten her period, revealing the flaw in his deception.

Yun Churan confronted Wang Haoran after discovering she was never pregnant, and he convinced her that Bian Suwen had staged the incident to protect her innocence. When Yun Churan tried to force him to take her to Bian Suwen, an unseen expert restrained her, and Wang Haoran ordered her to abandon her planned marriage alliance and marry his supposed protector instead.

• Yun Churan accused Wang Haoran and Bian Suwen of drugging and violating her, then framing Lu Chen.
• Wang Haoran claimed Bian Suwen had only applied medicine that caused redness and swelling, and Yun Churan began to believe him.
• Yun Churan demanded that Wang Haoran take her to Bian Suwen, but an unseen force immobilized her when she tried to restrain him.
• Yun Churan mistook the force for a supreme expert protecting Wang Haoran and asked him to have the expert release her.
• Wang Haoran asked about Yun Churan's plans after returning to her sect, then ordered her to abandon a marriage alliance and marry his supposed protector.

Wang Haoran forced Yun Churan to agree to stay under his control, while Lin Mo arranged to teach a class that afternoon. Liu Yue summoned Wang Haoran to discuss Lin Mo’s lesson, and he entered her office without knocking.

• Wang Haoran threatened Yun Churan and her sect with the hidden expert’s power until she agreed to his terms.
• Yun Churan asked which Hidden World sect Wang Haoran belonged to, then left to report what had happened in Qingling.
• Lin Mo asked Liu Yue to arrange a teaching opportunity, and she assigned him to teach Class 113 that afternoon.
• Lin Mo reminded Liu Yue that Wang Haoran was in Class 113, so Liu Yue summoned Wang Haoran to her office to speak with him.
• Wang Haoran entered Liu Yue’s office without knocking, and Liu Yue reprimanded him for ignoring the setting.

Wang Haoran told Liu Yue he could bring his master to meet her, using the promise to negotiate a halt to Lin Mo’s teaching. Liu Yue agreed to wait for the meeting, while Lin Mo misunderstood her plan and left reassured that she would settle things with Wang Haoran’s family.

• Liu Yue warned Wang Haoran not to disrupt Lin Mo’s class, but Wang Haoran insisted he would and demanded that Lin Mo be prevented from teaching.
• Wang Haoran offered to bring his master to Liu Yue, and she agreed to negotiate after meeting him, provided Lin Mo did not teach in the meantime.
• Lin Mo asked Liu Yue whether he could teach that afternoon, and she told him to wait until after she met Wang Haoran’s elder.
• Lin Mo apologized for accusing Liu Yue of accepting a bribe, then assumed she planned to resolve the dispute through Wang Haoran’s parents.
• Liu Yue imagined meeting her online lover in person while Lin Mo thanked her for helping him.

Wang Haoran planned to use the Campus Masquerade Ball to deal with Liu Yue, while Liu Yue mistook his invitation for a scheme to prepare a surprise involving her husband. The chapter ended with Liu Yue eagerly agreeing to attend and Wang Haoran looking forward to her reaction.

• Lin Mo left Liu Yue's office, and Liu Yue tried to suppress her hopes that Wang Haoran could bring her husband back.
• Wang Haoran agreed to attend the Campus Masquerade Ball after learning that guests could wear masks, and he joked with Mu Zhaozhao about dressing as a carrot to her rabbit costume.
• Wang Haoran invited Liu Yue to the ball, but she grew suspicious of his motives.
• Liu Yue concluded that her husband had arranged a surprise through Wang Haoran and agreed to attend the ball.
• Wang Haoran saw Liu Yue excitedly bouncing in her office and anticipated her reaction to his planned surprise.

Wang Haoran attended class, discussed Masquerade Ball costumes with Yu Shiqing, Qin Yunhan, and Xu Muyan, then visited Liu Yue’s villa for dinner. While gaming with Qin Yunhan, he encountered Xiao Ye’s frozen account and learned that Xiao Ye had suffered severe brain damage and lost his protagonist status.

• Liu Yue taught her afternoon class in a cheerful mood, and Yu Shiqing asked Wang Haoran what costumes they should wear to the Masquerade Ball.
• Qin Yunhan and Xu Muyan invited Wang Haoran to dinner, asked about costumes, and agreed to play mobile games with him afterward.
• Wang Haoran arrived at Liu Yue’s villa, where Liu Yue practiced yoga with a newly styled hairstyle as she prepared to meet her online lover.
• Wang Haoran joined Qin Yunhan’s Chicken Dinner game, and the random teammate Little Noob landed nearby but did not move.
• A system notification revealed that Xiao Ye had suffered a severe electric shock, sustained brain nerve damage, lost much of his intelligence, and ceased to be a protagonist.

Wang Haoran ordered Jiang Gaoxuan to carry out a plan and spread rumors about an outlaw targeting women near Qingling University. After a night at the villa and the start of the Campus Masquerade Ball, the story left with the freshman School Belles drawing the crowd’s attention.

• Jiang Gaoxuan told Wang Haoran that Xiao Ye seemed to have become an idiot, and Wang Haoran assigned him a new task for the night after next.
• Wang Haoran told Liu Hua, Lü Ming, and Wei Zhihang to spread rumors about an outlaw targeting women near Qingling University.
• Wang Haoran played games with Qin Yunhan and Xu Muyan, then accepted Qiu Qianwei’s invitation to stay overnight after dinner.
• Bian Suwen offered to massage Wang Haoran’s head and privately invited him to her room; the next morning, Luo Qingqian, Bian Suwen, and Qiu Qianwei looked radiant at breakfast.
• At the Campus Masquerade Ball in Qingling University’s gymnasium, Qin Yunhan, Xu Muyan, Mu Zhaozhao, and Yu Shiqing attracted the most attention.

At the Masquerade Ball, Wang Haoran kept the matching Little Rabbit disguises from exposing his connection to the girls while Liu Yue waited anxiously for the man she knew as Husband. The chapter ended as she turned to face the man who had invited her to dance.

• Mu Zhaozhao, Qin Yunhan, Xu Muyan, Yu Shiqing, and Wen Jing gathered at the gymnasium dressed as Little Rabbits, drawing attention from the other students.
• Wang Haoran arrived wearing a Big Bad Wolf hat, greeted the girls from a distance, and avoided approaching them.
• Liu Yue asked Wang Haoran where his master was, and Wang Haoran told her to wait because he would arrive soon.
• The Masquerade Ball began, and Liu Yue turned down several male teachers' invitations while searching the crowd.
• A man whose voice Liu Yue recognized as Husband invited her to dance, and she turned around to see a tall figure.

Wang Haoran, disguised in a mask, danced with Liu Yue and made her heart flutter. Their dance drew attention from the five Little Rabbits, who noticed the masked man's resemblance to Wang Haoran but dismissed the possibility that it was him.

• Wang Haoran approached Liu Yue in a mask, and she recognized him by his voice and accepted his invitation to dance.
• Wang Haoran led Liu Yue onto the dance floor and reassured her that he would guide her.
• Liu Yue told Wang Haoran that he was the first man she had danced with, and he stirred her heart, earning 800 Villain Points.
• Liu Yue asked to see Wang Haoran's face, but he explained that he could not reveal it in public.
• Qin Yunhan, Xu Muyan, Mu Zhaozhao, Wen Jing, and Yu Shiqing noticed that the masked dancer looked like Wang Haoran, but they concluded it was only a resemblance.

Wang Haoran led Liu Yue to a quiet campus road so he could reveal his face and stage a hero-saving-beauty scheme. After Jiang Gaoxuan attacked them, Wang Haoran pretended to be fatally wounded and told Liu Yue to remove his mask, leaving her stunned by his familiar face.

• Wang Haoran took Liu Yue outside the gymnasium and guided her along the dim Red Maple Road.
• Liu Yue tried to remove Wang Haoran's mask, but he stopped her and delayed revealing his face.
• Jiang Gaoxuan appeared with a knife, and Wang Haoran told Liu Yue to flee while he fought the attacker.
• Wang Haoran collapsed with a knife and blood visible, and Jiang Gaoxuan pretended to flee.
• Wang Haoran stopped Liu Yue from calling emergency services and urged her to remove his mask, and she froze when she saw his familiar face.

Wang Haoran revealed to Liu Yue that he was her online lover, and his staged sacrifice transferred her affection for the Peerless Stock God to him. Liu Yue returned to the villa and concealed from Qiu Qianwei and Tantai Yaoyue that her boyfriend was actually nearby, leaving her concerned about keeping the truth from Seventh Sister.

• Wang Haoran pretended to be gravely wounded, and Liu Yue forgave him before he kissed her.
• Liu Yue discovered the knife had struck Wang Haoran's belt buckle and realized he was unharmed; his scheme raised her affection for him to 70.
• Wang Haoran and Liu Yue continued their walk along Red Maple Road after he pretended to report the masked attacker to the police.
• Qiu Qianwei guessed that Liu Yue had met her online lover, and Liu Yue admitted it had gone fairly smoothly but hid their photo.
• Tantai Yaoyue offered to meet Liu Yue's boyfriend, so Liu Yue lied that he was flying abroad the next morning.

Wang Haoran secured Liu Yue’s promise to keep Lin Mo from teaching and received a compromising video of Qin Fan from Cheng Rui. He planned to use Ma Hongsheng to disrupt Qin Fan’s support network, and Cheng Rui suggested she knew a way to turn the two against each other.

• Wang Haoran left Liu Yue’s office after she promised Lin Mo that his teaching assignment would be postponed, earning Villain Points and reducing Lin Mo’s Protagonist Halo.
• Wang Haoran told Cheng Rui to keep delaying the five hundred million owed to Qin Fan.
• Cheng Rui sent Wang Haoran a video of Qin Fan secretly recorded in his room, and Wang Haoran praised her for obtaining it.
• Wang Haoran considered driving Ma Hongsheng and Qin Fan apart rather than killing Ma Hongsheng with poison.
• Cheng Rui told Wang Haoran that she could find a way to make Ma Hongsheng and Qin Fan fall out.

Cheng Rui laid out a plan to turn Ma Hongsheng against Qin Fan, and Wang Haoran prepared the medicine she needed. He then went with Tantai Yaoyue to visit Ma Hongsheng, realizing Qin Fan might have arranged for them to meet.

• Cheng Rui proposed using Ma Hongsheng’s lingering poison and a staged scene to drive a wedge between him and Qin Fan, and Wang Haoran agreed to help.
• Wang Haoran prepared medicine to briefly wake Ma Hongsheng without letting him move or speak, then set out to deliver it to Cheng Rui.
• Tantai Yaoyue called Wang Haoran to drive her to visit her sick senior brother, and Liu Yue showed jealousy when she saw them together.
• Wang Haoran recognized the address Tantai Yaoyue showed him as the Ma family mansion and suspected Qin Fan had told her about Ma Hongsheng to bring them together.

At the Ma family mansion, Cheng Rui planted doubts in Ma Hongsheng’s mind about Qin Fan’s intentions toward her while Qin Fan treated Ma Hongsheng and checked on Tantai Yaoyue. During a tour of the mansion, Qin Fan recognized a Bugatti Veyron that belonged to Wang Haoran, leaving Wang Haoran concerned that Cheng Rui might expose their connection.

• Cheng Rui questioned Ma Hongsheng about Qin Fan and insinuated that Qin Fan looked at her like a man interested in a woman.
• Tantai Yaoyue and Wang Haoran arrived at the mansion, where Ma Hongsheng and Cheng Rui greeted them before Qin Fan arrived.
• Qin Fan asked Tantai Yaoyue about her relationship, and she insisted that she considered the man dead and wanted nothing more to do with him.
• Qin Fan cleared the remaining toxins from Ma Hongsheng, then joined the others on a tour of the mansion.
• In the garage, Qin Fan inspected a Bugatti Veyron, and Ma Hongsheng asked Cheng Rui whether the car belonged to him.
• Wang Haoran recognized the Bugatti as his and worried Cheng Rui might reveal their connection.

Cheng Rui explained the Bugatti purchase, and Ma Hongsheng gave the car to Qin Fan along with a promise of cash the next morning. On the drive home, Wang Haoran’s praise stirred Tantai Yaoyue’s feelings, but he pretended not to understand and she angrily told him to go home.

• Cheng Rui claimed she had bought the Bugatti Veyron for her son, and Ma Hongsheng accepted her explanation.
• Ma Hongsheng offered the Bugatti to Qin Fan, who accepted it, while Cheng Rui said the car and five hundred million in cash would be ready the next morning.
• Ma Hongsheng invited Qin Fan to stay overnight, and Tantai Yaoyue declined his invitation to stay as well.
• After dinner, Wang Haoran and Tantai Yaoyue left the Ma family mansion, and Wang Haoran stopped by the river so she could enjoy the night view.
• Wang Haoran praised Tantai Yaoyue’s beauty, earning Villain Points, but dodged her hopes of a deeper meaning by insisting on calling her his elder sister.
• Tantai Yaoyue grew angry and told Wang Haoran to go home.

Cheng Rui manipulated Ma Hongsheng into believing Qin Fan had violated her, then hid the truth about what happened during the night. Ma Hongsheng confronted Qin Fan in the garden, furious despite Qin Fan’s ignorance of the accusation.

• Cheng Rui told Ma Hongsheng that a man had peeped at her bathing, then showed him surveillance footage of Qin Fan pleasuring himself while calling out Tantai Yaoyue’s name.
• Ma Hongsheng believed Cheng Rui’s account, warned her to avoid Qin Fan, and invited her to sleep in his room before the residual poison made him unconscious.
• During the night, Ma Hongsheng heard someone interacting with Cheng Rui but could not move or wake fully; the next morning, Cheng Rui claimed she had slept through the night and had only dreamed of intimacy.
• Ma Hongsheng concluded Qin Fan had used his mind-bewitching method on Cheng Rui and kept his suspicion from her, then accepted the five hundred million and Bugatti Veyron transfer documents she offered.
• Ma Hongsheng approached Qin Fan in the garden with a dark expression, while Qin Fan remained unaware and asked whether he was feeling unwell.