Chapter Summaries

Wang Haoran’s scheme made Ma Hongsheng suspect Qin Fan and develop murderous intent, while Ma delayed paying him and planned to use a private video against him. Cheng Rui reported the plan’s success to Wang, then asked about her reward as he challenged her claim that she was aloof.

• Ma Hongsheng suppressed his anger at Qin Fan, claimed the promised money and car were delayed by a company crisis, and sent Qin away without taking back the house, car, or driver.
• Ma Hongsheng asked Cheng Rui for Qin Fan’s private video and planned to release it online while disguising his involvement.
• Cheng Rui pulled over on her way to work and told Wang Haoran that their plan had worked and his Bugatti Veyron was safe.
• Wang Haoran praised Cheng Rui, then asked why she had acted so unlike the aloof person she had claimed to be.
• Cheng Rui insisted she had been aloof before but admitted she did not know why Wang’s touch had affected her.

Wang Haoran trusted Cheng Rui and agreed to let Ma Hongsheng expose Qin Fan’s video. With Ma Hongsheng’s company in trouble, Qin Fan turned to quick ways of making money and decided to demonstrate his cooking skills at the Grand Hotel.

• Cheng Rui reminded Wang Haoran that Ma Hongsheng intended to expose Qin Fan’s video, and Wang Haoran approved.
• Qin Fan decided to earn money by treating wealthy patients and asked Ma Hongsheng to introduce him to some, but Ma Hongsheng denied knowing anyone seriously ill.
• Qin Fan went to the Grand Hotel for lunch, found the food unsatisfactory, and asked to meet the head chef.
• Qin Fan persuaded the head chef to take him into the kitchen so he could show off his God-level Cooking Skill and pursue a business opportunity.
• Qin Fan recalled his beautiful former cooking disciple and wondered where she was now.

Wang Haoran learned that Zhen Li’s birthday banquet would bring together Qiu Qianwei, Tang Bingyun, and Qin Yunhan, so he tried to keep Qiu Qianwei away and took Qin Yunhan out instead. He also learned that Song Zhihui had seen him for the first time, triggering his Super Peach Blossom Halo.

• Zhen Li reminded Wang Haoran that it was her birthday and invited him to dinner, mentioning that Tang Bingyun and Qin Kai’s daughter Qin Yunhan would attend.
• A passing car carried Song Zhihui, whose first sight of Wang Haoran triggered the Super Peach Blossom Halo and earned him Villain Points.
• Wang Haoran realized he could avoid a clash by keeping Zhen Li’s birthday from Qiu Qianwei, then called Qin Yunhan and asked her to skip class for a movie.
• Wang Haoran took leave from school, drove his Lamborghini to pick up Qin Yunhan, and sped away with her.

Feng Anna reconnected with her best friend Song Zhihui, who revealed she had fallen for a handsome stranger at first sight. After twice failing to reach Wang Haoran, Feng Anna waited to ask him for leave while he met Tang Bingyun and later drove to the Wang Family mansion.

• Feng Anna video-called Song Zhihui, and they arranged to meet after Song finished preparing a birthday banquet for Wang Xiang’s wife.
• Song Zhihui learned Feng Anna was working as a maid for Wang Haoran and considered sabotaging the banquet, but Feng Anna talked her out of it.
• Song Zhihui told Feng Anna she had fallen for a handsome man at first sight, though she worried she might never see him again.
• Feng Anna tried twice to video-call Wang Haoran, but he declined both calls, so she decided to wait until he returned.
• Wang Haoran called Tang Bingyun and invited her to a movie, then drove from the Love Hotel to the Wang Family mansion that evening.

Wang Haoran attended Zhen Li’s birthday banquet and gave her a bouquet concealing 300 million yuan, which he said he had earned through stock trading. After learning he had not invited Qiu Qianwei, his parents encouraged him to pursue both her and Qin Yunhan and have many children.

• Wang Haoran arrived at the Wang family estate with flowers for Zhen Li’s birthday and revealed that the bouquet contained a bank card with 300 million yuan.
• Wang Haoran showed Zhen Li and Wang Xiang his stock trading profits, reassuring them that the money was legitimate.
• Zhen Li gave Wang Haoran a jade necklace to pass to Qiu Qianwei, who she believed could not attend because of class.
• Tang Bingyun told Zhen Li she could not attend because she felt unwell, then asked her assistant to bring her medicine.
• Zhen Li realized Wang Haoran had not told Qiu Qianwei about the banquet and asked him to choose between Qiu Qianwei and Qin Yunhan.
• Zhen Li and Wang Xiang urged Wang Haoran to pursue both women and produce many heirs for the Wang family.

Wang Haoran reunited with his cousin Zhen Wei, who offered to help him find beautiful women at universities in Shanghai. Meanwhile, Zhen Wei approached chef Song Zhihui at the Wang Family mansion, but she rejected him and he angrily demanded to know if she knew who he was.

• Wang Haoran accepted Wang Xiang and Zhen Li's family education, then avoided the guests and wandered around the mansion.
• Zhen Wei greeted Wang Haoran and crudely asked whether he had recorded videos of Qin Yunhan, prompting Wang Haoran to kick and warn him.
• Wang Haoran asked Zhen Wei about attractive women at his Shanghai university district, and Zhen Wei offered to notify him if he found someone like Qin Yunhan.
• Zhen Wei spotted Song Zhihui preparing Bluefin Tuna in the mansion's kitchen and decided to introduce her to Wang Haoran if he could not pursue her himself.
• Song Zhihui refused Zhen Wei's request to add her on WeChat and told him not to disrupt the kitchen, so he angrily asked whether she knew who he was.

Zhen Wei mistook Song Zhihui’s cold response for an insult to Wang Haoran, but Wang Haoran learned that she was the acclaimed chef preparing Zhen Li’s birthday banquet. After Qin Kai asked about Wang Haoran’s relationship with Qin Yunhan, Wang Haoran claimed they were only slightly closer than ordinary friends.

• Song Zhihui mistook Zhen Wei for Wang Haoran, while Zhen Wei left the kitchen after failing to identify himself.
• Zhen Wei found Wang Haoran at the banquet and exaggerated Song Zhihui’s response, then admitted she had only given him a cold look.
• Wang Haoran tasted Song Zhihui’s food and heard Wang Xiang identify her as the internationally acclaimed Beauty Chef God.
• Wang Haoran realized Song Zhihui was the woman he had been trying to find and suspected she was the long-legged beauty Zhen Wei had seen.
• Qin Kai said Qin Yunhan had skipped the banquet because she felt unwell and asked Wang Haoran to check on her at school.
• When Qin Kai asked about their relationship, Wang Haoran said Qin Yunhan barely paid attention to him and they were only slightly closer than ordinary friends.

Wang Xiang invited Song Zhihui to dinner after she finished working at the Wang Family banquet, but she initially refused and prepared to leave. When Wang Haoran arrived at the mansion gates, Song Zhihui changed her mind and agreed to stay, while avoiding his gaze.

• Qin Kai encouraged Wang Haoran to pursue Qin Yunhan, and Wang Haoran privately thought about replenishing his Keep Safe Items.
• Qin Kai asked Wang Xiang to introduce him to the Beauty Chef God, so Zhen Wei went to invite Song Zhihui to dinner.
• Song Zhihui refused the invitation and headed for the mansion gates, while Wang Xiang and Wang Haoran left the banquet hall after her.
• Wang Xiang offered to transfer Song Zhihui the remaining payment, and her Female Assistant arrived to pick her up.
• Wang Haoran approached the gates, and Song Zhihui changed her mind, telling Wang Xiang she would stay for dinner.

Wang Xiang hosted Song Zhihui at the banquet, where she politely kept his earlier lies hidden and accepted his offer to stay the night. Alone in the guest room with Wang Haoran, Song Zhihui openly pursued him, but he rejected her by claiming he already had a girlfriend, leaving her undeterred.

• Wang Xiang introduced his son Wang Haoran to Song Zhihui, and the two shook hands as Song Zhihui nervously concealed her attraction.
• Song Zhihui attended Wang Xiang's banquet and did not expose his boasts, maintaining a polite relationship with him and Zhen Li.
• After the guests left, Wang Xiang invited Song Zhihui to stay overnight and sent Wang Haoran to show her to a guest room.
• Song Zhihui learned Wang Haoran was a freshman at Qingling University and asked whether he had a girlfriend.
• Wang Haoran pretended to be shy, then claimed he already had a girlfriend to avoid drawing Qin Fan's hostility.
• Song Zhihui dismissed his excuse and teased him by asking whether he would mind having another girlfriend.

Wang Haoran pretended to be shy and constrained by his strict parents so Song Zhihui would suggest secretly dating him. Song Zhihui became his girlfriend, and Wang Haoran gained Villain Points while weakening Qin Fan’s Protagonist Halo.

• Song Zhihui offered to cook for Wang Haoran again if he became her boyfriend or paid one million per meal.
• Song Zhihui cornered Wang Haoran and demanded an answer, but he claimed his strict parents forbade him from dating.
• Song Zhihui asked whether Wang Haoran liked her, then suggested they date in secret and act like ordinary friends in public.
• Wang Haoran accepted Song Zhihui’s proposal, and they shook hands as she announced she was his girlfriend.
• Wang Haoran gained 1,800 Villain Points, while Qin Fan’s Protagonist Halo decreased by 90 and Wang Haoran’s Villain Halo increased by 90.

Wang Haoran approved Feng Anna’s leave to meet her best friend, Song Zhihui, and Song became even more convinced that her new boyfriend was kind and trustworthy. Meanwhile, Qin Fan planned to pursue Tantai Yaoyue, ignored a blackmail call, and arranged lunch with her, though she said Wang Haoran would join them.

• Wang Haoran told Wang Xiang and Zhen Li about his relationship with Song Zhihui, then approved Feng Anna’s request for a day off to meet her friend.
• Song Zhihui called Feng Anna and learned that Wang Haoran treated her fairly, which reassured Song that her boyfriend was a decent man.
• Qin Fan admired the money he had made selling recipes and decided to pursue Tantai Yaoyue while she was emotionally vulnerable.
• A caller demanded ten million to keep Qin Fan’s secret from being exposed, but Qin Fan dismissed it as a scam and blocked the number.
• Qin Fan invited Tantai Yaoyue to lunch alone, but she said Wang Haoran would come with her.

Wang Haoran spent the night gaming and arranged to have lunch with Tantai Yaoyue, while Song Zhihui arrived at the Golden Grand Hotel and unexpectedly reunited with her master, Qin Fan. Qin Fan invited Song Zhihui and her best friend to join the lunch, unaware of her relationship with Wang Haoran.

• Tantai Yaoyue called Wang Haoran and arranged to have lunch with him the next day, then talked with him for over an hour.
• Wang Haoran played games with Qin Yunhan and Xu Muyan before ordering a box of the largest Keep Safe Items.
• Wang Xiang arranged for Wang Haoran to drive Song Zhihui to the Golden Grand Hotel, where she asked him for a hug before getting out.
• Qin Fan approached Song Zhihui at the hotel, and she introduced Wang Haoran as the son of one of her clients while concealing their relationship.
• Qin Fan invited Song Zhihui to lunch with Tantai Yaoyue and Wang Haoran, and Song Zhihui asked to bring her best friend along.

Song Zhihui told Qin Fan she had a boyfriend, while Wang Haoran realized Qin Fan was pursuing both her and Tantai Yaoyue. Wang Haoran spread Qin Fan’s video across the internet, then arrived at the Golden Grand Hotel with Tantai Yaoyue, where she met Song Zhihui and Feng Anna.

• Song Zhihui told Qin Fan she had a boyfriend but concealed that Wang Haoran was the man, and Qin Fan privately planned to sabotage the relationship.
• Wang Haoran decided to expose Qin Fan’s video to make Tantai Yaoyue see his true nature, then found that Ma Hongsheng had already uploaded it.
• Wang Haoran hacked several media platforms and rapidly spread the video while Qin Fan remained unaware and prepared a luncheon for Tantai Yaoyue.
• Wang Haoran picked up Tantai Yaoyue and brought her to the Golden Grand Hotel, where Song Zhihui and Feng Anna were waiting.
• Song Zhihui greeted Tantai Yaoyue as her junior sister and was struck by her beauty, while Feng Anna also admired her.

At a dinner hosted by Qin Fan, he used poetic dish names to hint that he loved Tantai Yaoyue, but Wang Haoran exposed him with an embarrassing voice clip. Qin Fan was left under the suspicious gaze of Tantai Yaoyue, Song Zhihui, and Feng Anna.

• Tantai Yaoyue introduced Wang Haoran to Song Zhihui as her younger brother, and Wang Haoran insisted they were like real siblings.
• Qin Fan arrived and, before dinner began, gave several dishes names containing references to Yaoyue as a hint of his feelings for Tantai Yaoyue.
• Tantai Yaoyue understood Qin Fan's implication but pretended not to notice because she loved someone else and did not want to embarrass him publicly.
• As everyone began eating, Wang Haoran played a short video containing a voice clip of Qin Fan calling out Yaoyue.
• Qin Fan failed to stop the clip, and Tantai Yaoyue, Song Zhihui, and Feng Anna turned suspicious, shocked gazes toward him.

Wang Haoran exposed Qin Fan’s embarrassing behavior to Tantai Yaoyue, Song Zhihui, and Feng Anna, ruining Qin Fan’s reputation and earning Villain Points. At Liu Yue’s villa, Tantai Yaoyue showed Wang Haoran the bedsheet she had kept to prove her innocence, and his tearful reaction softened her anger.

• Tantai Yaoyue, Song Zhihui, and Feng Anna saw the video on Wang Haoran’s phone, and Tantai Yaoyue smashed it in disgust.
• Tantai Yaoyue left the restaurant with Wang Haoran, Song Zhihui, and Feng Anna, while Qin Fan was recognized and mocked by passersby before fleeing the hotel.
• In the Lamborghini, Tantai Yaoyue condemned Qin Fan and vowed to stay away from him, while Wang Haoran questioned her about their past.
• At Liu Yue’s villa, Tantai Yaoyue took Wang Haoran to Room Number Seven and showed him the bedsheet she had secretly kept as proof.
• Wang Haoran apologized with red eyes, and Tantai Yaoyue’s anger faded as she watched him.

Wang Haoran persuaded Tantai Yaoyue to keep their relationship secret, while Song Zhihui tried to reassure him about her past with Qin Fan. Qin Fan returned to his mansion, discovered hidden cameras, and confronted Ma Hongsheng about them.

• Wang Haoran acted remorseful, and Tantai Yaoyue agreed to help him take responsibility while keeping their relationship secret from Qin Fan and, for now, Qiu Qianwei.
• Tantai Yaoyue served Wang Haoran rice at the villa, drawing suspicious looks from Qiu Qianwei and the others.
• Song Zhihui called Wang Haoran to insist that Qin Fan had only taught her cooking and that Wang Haoran was her First Love.
• Qin Fan fled the hotel, returned to his mansion, and crushed the hidden cameras he found inside.
• Qin Fan called Ma Hongsheng and demanded to know why so many hidden cameras had been installed in the mansion.

Qin Fan asked Ma Hongsheng to remove videos of his hidden-camera footage, while Wang Haoran learned that Gu Yurou had damaged an expensive painting and decided to investigate the woman she accused of pushing her. Wang Haoran pursued the Female Protagonist Genre storyline after the system revealed it could earn him rewards.

• Qin Fan asked Ma Hongsheng to identify who installed cameras in his mansion and remove the videos of his martial arts display from the internet.
• Ma Hongsheng pretended to help Qin Fan while privately hoping the scandal would ruin him, and Qin Fan stayed home rather than go shopping.
• Shao Wanwan told Wang Haoran that Gu Yurou had damaged a painting worth five hundred thousand at an art exhibition.
• Wang Haoran considered ignoring Gu Yurou's trouble, but the system warned him that abandoning the impersonated male lead's role would cost him Villain Points and Villain Halo points.
• Wang Haoran learned that completing Gu Yurou's main storyline could earn rewards, then asked Shao Wanwan to investigate the woman Gu Yurou said had pushed her.

Gu Yurou worried that she could not pay the five hundred thousand in compensation for the damaged painting, and briefly considered asking the man she could not forget for help. After Chen Linlin taunted her and left her fearing prison, Chen Linlin rejected a boy who brought her birthday roses.

• Gu Yurou considered borrowing money from the man she had not seen since their meeting, but resolved to go to prison rather than seek his help.
• Chen Linlin confronted Gu Yurou outside the teaching building and mocked her over the painting and its compensation.
• Gu Yurou accused Chen Linlin of causing the accident, but left after she could neither strike back nor win their argument.
• Chen Linlin celebrated the thought that Gu Yurou would go to prison and that she would reclaim the title of the university's most beautiful girl.
• A boy brought Chen Linlin roses for her birthday, but she trampled them and told him to get lost.

Wang Haoran learned that Chen Linlin, who had been targeting Gu Yurou, was the daughter of a wealthy hotel owner. After Chen Linlin refused to back down and her father rejected Wang Xiang’s request, Wang Haoran drove to Normal University to deal with her himself.

• Shao Wanwan told Wang Haoran that Chen Linlin was a third-year student whose father owned the Golden Grand Hotel chain.
• Wang Haoran asked Wang Xiang to contact Chen San and persuade Chen Linlin to stop targeting Gu Yurou.
• Chen Linlin refused her father’s request, and Chen San told Wang Xiang he could not make her stop.
• Wang Xiang threatened Chen San and offered to kidnap Chen Linlin, but Wang Haoran told him to stay out of it.
• Wang Haoran left class and drove his Pagani to Normal University to confront Chen Linlin.

Wang Haoran went to Normal University to find Chen Linlin, but she initially refused to meet him while playing a game. After learning his identity and hearing his threat to drag her out, Chen Linlin prepared to confront him with her team.

• Wang Haoran drove his Pagani onto campus and asked students to help him find Chen Linlin.
• A student union girl found Chen Linlin playing Honor of Kings in a dormitory and told her a handsome man was waiting downstairs.
• Chen Linlin refused to meet Wang Haoran, saying she was busy and dismissing his interest in her.
• Wang Haoran told the girl he would wait ten minutes before going into the dormitory to drag Chen Linlin out.
• Chen Linlin recognized Wang Haoran's name, learned he had come alone, surrendered her game, and began calling her team of strong girls.