Chapter Summaries

Su Chen took five million from Liu Yanran in exchange for not releasing Su Mu’s video, while hinting that Su Mu’s biological father might still be alive. Su Zhenxing grew suspicious of Liu Yanran’s story and decided to investigate Su Mu’s origins himself.

• Su Chen suggested that Liu Yanran ask Su Mu’s biological father to pay the five million, unsettling her and confusing Su Zhenxing.
• Liu Yanran insisted that Su Mu’s biological father was dead, transferred five million to Su Chen, and demanded that he delete the video.
• Su Chen clarified that he had only promised not to release the video, not to delete it.
• Su Zhenxing dismissed Liu Yanran’s demand and pressed her for details about Su Mu’s biological parents.
• Liu Yanran insisted that Su Mu’s parents were dead and accused Su Chen of talking nonsense.
• Su Zhenxing said he would have Detective Xie investigate Su Mu’s parents and look for any surviving relatives.

Su Zhenxing pressured Liu Yanran to reveal Su Mu’s background, while Su Chen accepted Fang Qingqing’s invitation to meet at her hotel. Su Zhenxing approved of the meeting, hoping Su Chen could help secure a marriage alliance with the Fang Family.

• Su Zhenxing demanded that Liu Yanran tell him every detail about Su Mu’s background and warned that he would investigate regardless.
• Liu Yanran denied hiding anything, promised to prepare Su Mu’s information, and went upstairs to rest.
• Su Chen considered visiting Su Mu in the hospital, then answered a call from Fang Qingqing.
• Su Chen invited Fang Qingqing to visit Su Mu with him, but she asked him to meet her at the Golden Light Hotel instead.
• Su Chen agreed to go to the hotel, telling Fang Qingqing he needed to teach her a lesson.
• Su Zhenxing encouraged Su Chen to hurry, pleased at the prospect of a marriage alliance with the Fang Family.

Su Chen stayed with Fang Qingqing at the Golden Light Hotel, then took her to visit Su Mu at the hospital the next morning. When Su Mu attacked Su Chen, Fang Qingqing kicked him to the ground to protect Chen Gege.

• Su Chen went to Fang Qingqing's hotel room, and they spent the afternoon and night together while postponing their visit to Su Mu.
• Su Chen and Fang Qingqing went to the hospital the next morning and found Su Mu eating liquid breakfast while in pain.
• Su Mu blamed Su Chen for his suffering, grew enraged, and charged at him with his bowl.
• Fang Qingqing rushed in front of Su Chen, kicked Su Mu to the floor, and told him not to bully Chen Gege.

Su Mu attacked Fang Qingqing in the hospital but was kicked down by her and then sent flying into a wall by Su Chen. Covered in yellow porridge, Su Mu raged and tried to stop them from photographing him as Su Chen and Fang Qingqing kept taking pictures.

• Su Mu staggered toward Fang Qingqing and ignored a nurse's warning not to fight in the hospital.
• Fang Qingqing kicked Su Mu down when he tried to punch her, and Su Chen kicked him into a wall when he charged again.
• The nurse scolded Su Mu for fighting and leaving the hospital room in a filthy mess.
• Su Mu cursed Su Chen and Fang Qingqing while pounding the floor, and they laughed and began photographing him.
• Su Mu tried to grab their phones, but Su Chen dodged him and continued taking pictures while Fang Qingqing praised Su Chen.

Su Chen and Fang Qingqing escaped the filthy hospital ward after leaving Su Mu to face the furious nurse, then went to the Fang family home. Fang Zhen learned Su Chen had seventy million in cash and offered to teach him investing by choosing several projects for him.

• Su Chen and Fang Qingqing stopped taking pictures of Su Mu, blamed him for the ruined ward, and left while the nurse scolded him.
• Su Chen took Fang Qingqing home, where Madam Zhou welcomed him and Fang Zhen watched him with suspicion.
• Fang Zhen questioned Su Chen about his cash and was stunned when Su Chen said he had seventy million.
• Fang Zhen concluded the Su family valued Su Chen and decided to guide him in investing for Fang Qingqing's sake.
• Fang Zhen offered to select several investment projects for Su Chen and advised him to spread his money among them.

Fang Zhen tried to impress Su Chen with more than twenty investment projects and advice about controlling resources, but his jealousy over Su Chen’s wealth made him stumble over his words. Su Chen stopped Fang Qingqing from confronting her brother, leaving Fang Zhen nervously insisting that he had only been sharing his experience.

• Fang Zhen sent Su Chen a list of more than twenty investment projects because Su Chen’s seventy million in cash had provoked him.
• Fang Zhen tried to downplay Su Chen’s wealth, but Mother Madam Zhou and Fang Qingqing’s disapproving looks made him backtrack.
• Fang Zhen claimed that controlling resources mattered more than money and boasted that his projects could multiply Su Chen’s seventy million.
• Fang Qingqing prepared to use her tearful, aggrieved expression against Fang Zhen, but Su Chen held her hand and stopped her.
• Su Chen told Fang Qingqing that Fang Zhen was sharing his experience, and Fang Zhen hurriedly agreed and begged her not to misunderstand.

Su Chen recognized that Fang Zhen’s favored investment, the Zhi Zhi Reading Platform, was about to collapse after its founder Zhao Zhi Zhi was exposed for abusing students. The chapter ended with Fang Zhen reading the evidence as his face darkened.

• Fang Qingqing sat back down, expecting Su Chen to deal with her second brother Fang Zhen himself.
• Su Chen recognized the Zhi Zhi Reading Platform among Fang Zhen’s investment projects and recalled Zhao Zhi Zhi’s impending scandal.
• Fang Zhen recommended Zhi Zhi Reading and several other doomed projects while Su Chen praised his investment judgment.
• Su Chen agreed to invest thirty million in Zhi Zhi Reading, delighting Fang Zhen and Madam Zhou.
• Su Chen told Fang Zhen that a woman had posted evidence accusing Zhao Zhi Zhi of abusing students, and Fang Zhen read it with a darkening expression.

Su Zhenxing decided to cover Su Corporation’s funding gap with Su Chen’s idle money, while Liu Yanran’s brother planned to visit and demand control of Su Chen’s funds. Su Chen reviewed Fang Zhen’s project list and considered investing in the projects with the strongest potential.

• Su Zhenxing told Director Huo he would cover Su Corporation’s one-hundred-million funding gap using Su Chen’s money, and Director Huo accepted his assurance that the funds were clean.
• Liu Xingran demanded that Liu Yanran make Su Chen repay five million, then announced he would visit the Su Family to discuss managing Su Chen’s cash.
• Liu Yanran tried to stop Liu Xingran from visiting, but he hung up before she could finish and did not answer her callback.
• At the Fang Family residence, Fang Zhen called to ask whether Zhao Zhi Zhi had met with trouble, while Su Chen reviewed Fang Zhen’s project list and weighed its promising investments.

Fang Zhen warned Su Chen away from the failed Zhi Zhi Reading project, and Su Chen selected other investments before returning home. There, Su Zhenxing and Liu Xingran tried to borrow his seventy million, but Su Chen told them they were too late, leaving them anxious about where his money had gone.

• Fang Zhen confirmed that Zhi Zhi Reading had collapsed and urged Su Chen not to invest in it.
• Su Chen chose several promising projects from his memories, and Fang Zhen arranged a time to handle the investment procedures.
• Su Chen returned to the Su Family home and found Su Zhenxing and Liu Xingran arguing.
• Su Zhenxing asked Su Chen to give Su Corporation seventy million, while Liu Xingran offered to borrow it and pay bank-rate interest.
• Su Chen let Su Zhenxing and Liu Xingran argue before telling them they were too late, and they asked where his money had gone.

Su Chen refused to give Su Zhenxing and Liu Xingran any of his seventy million, and their argument over wasting money escalated into a contest of destruction. Su Zhenxing tackled Su Chen to stop him, but they brought down the curio shelf and shattered the Su Family's antiques, while Liu Xingran slipped away.

• Su Chen smashed his teacup and told Su Zhenxing and Liu Xingran that he already had plans for his seventy million.
• Su Zhenxing and Liu Xingran grew angry, smashed their teacups, and Liu Xingran flipped over the table.
• Su Chen smashed the teapot and shook the curio shelf, intent on breaking the antiques inside.
• Su Zhenxing tackled Su Chen, but their combined weight brought down the curio shelf and shattered the antiques.
• Su Chen blamed Su Zhenxing for the damage, and Liu Xingran quietly slipped out of the Su Family Villa.

Su Chen watched Su Zhenxing and Liu Xingran fight after their argument over the smashed antiques, then went upstairs to sleep. Su Zhenxing later woke him to demand results from his management of the Su Family's fixed assets, but quickly retreated when Su Chen silently glared at him.

• Su Zhenxing blamed Liu Xingran for the antiques Su Chen had smashed, and the two men began fighting.
• Su Chen cheered them on as Su Zhenxing and Liu Xingran wrestled until they were exhausted.
• Liu Xingran limped out after Su Zhenxing told him never to return to the Su Family.
• Su Zhenxing lamented the ruined antiques, then went upstairs and pounded on Su Chen's bedroom door.
• Su Zhenxing reminded Su Chen that the monthly inventory of the Su Family's fixed assets was approaching, then hurried away under Su Chen's glare.

Su Chen learned that painter He Jingtian had returned to Hai City and gone to his exhibition, where Su Chen deliberately stumbled into him. He Jingtian supported Su Chen in front of government officials, leaving Su Chen poised to confront him.

• At breakfast, Liu Yanran gave Su Zhenxing the prepared background documents about Su Mu, while Su Chen noticed her panic when the news announced He Jingtian's return.
• Su Chen memorized the address of He Jingtian's exhibition and decided to borrow something from him before confronting him.
• Su Chen arrived at the exhibition and saw He Jingtian introducing his paintings to Hai City officials.
• He Jingtian recalled how his wealthy former girlfriend had left him for an arranged marriage and angrily judged that she had never truly loved him.
• Su Chen deliberately staggered into He Jingtian, who suppressed his disgust and supported him in front of the officials.

Su Chen deliberately knocked He Jingtian down at the art exhibition and secretly plucked several hairs from his head while pretending to apologize. After leaving, Su Chen arranged a paternity test using He Jingtian’s hair and one he had saved from Su Mu.

• Su Chen feigned a low-blood-sugar episode and dragged He Jingtian to the floor, then secretly pulled several hairs from his head.
• He Jingtian suppressed his anger and acted kindly while officials showed concern for Su Chen, who mocked He Jingtian’s hearing.
• The officials laughed, and onlookers questioned the exhibition and reconsidered buying He Jingtian’s paintings.
• Su Chen left the exhibition, called the city’s paternity test center, and arranged to submit hair from He Jingtian and Su Mu.

After leaving the hospital, Su Mu attended a welcome-home banquet where Su Zhenxing and Liu Yanran reassured him that he would always be their son while they awaited Detective Xie's investigation. Su Mu realized Su Zhenxing might be looking into his birth family and decided he needed to stop the investigation.

• Su Zhenxing held a welcome-home banquet for Su Mu before Detective Xie had completed his investigation.
• Liu Yanran questioned Su Zhenxing about his findings, and he silently remained suspicious of her.
• Su Mu asked what his parents were investigating and tearfully sought reassurance that they still accepted him.
• Liu Yanran told Su Mu they hoped to find relatives from his former family, and Su Zhenxing agreed.
• Su Mu understood that Su Zhenxing might be trying to distance him from the Su Family, blamed Su Chen, and decided to make Su Zhenxing abandon the investigation.

Su Mu tried to convince Su Zhenxing not to investigate his biological family, but Su Chen interrupted him by sending Su Zhenxing a paternity test report. The report confirmed that He Jingtian was Su Mu’s father, leaving Su Zhenxing stunned.

• Su Mu tearfully declared that he recognized only Su Zhenxing as his father and wanted no contact with his biological relatives.
• Su Zhenxing was moved by Su Mu’s declaration and reconsidered whether to continue investigating his background.
• Su Mu swore that he would always belong to the Su Family, and Su Zhenxing believed him.
• Su Chen mocked Su Mu’s performance, then sent Su Zhenxing the paternity test report he had just received.
• Su Zhenxing read the report and saw that paternity between Su Mu and He Jingtian was confirmed.

Su Zhenxing discovered that Su Mu’s biological father was He Jingtian and realized He Jingtian might be the painter and Liu Yanran’s former lover Xiao Tian. He attacked Liu Yanran, who was left wondering how he had learned the truth.

• Su Zhenxing read the appraisal report confirming that Su Mu’s biological father was He Jingtian and slapped himself for nearly abandoning his investigation.
• Su Zhenxing recognized He Jingtian’s name as that of the painter Xiao Tian and realized Liu Yanran had lied about Su Mu’s parentage.
• Liu Yanran tried to calm Su Zhenxing by blaming Su Chen and promising to explain, while Su Chen waited for his reaction.
• Su Zhenxing grabbed Liu Yanran by the hair and slapped her, accusing her of smiling for He Jingtian.
• Liu Yanran demanded to know why Su Zhenxing was hitting her and was shocked that he knew about He Jingtian.

After seeing a paternity test report linking Su Mu to He Jingtian, Su Zhenxing attacked Liu Yanran and then struck Su Mu when he tried to intervene. He accused Liu Yanran of deceiving him, and she ended the chapter in shock, insisting Su Mu could not be Xiao Tian’s child.

• Su Mu and Su Qiqi tried to stop Su Zhenxing from beating Liu Yanran, but he slapped Su Mu and called him a bastard.
• Su Zhenxing recalled the paternity test report and despaired that Su Mu was another man’s son, while Su Mu and Su Qiqi reacted in confusion and fear.
• Liu Yanran called Su Zhenxing crazy, provoking him to charge at her, grab her hair, and beat her again.
• Su Zhenxing accused Liu Yanran of lying about Su Mu being an orphan from her poor relatives and said the report showed he was He Jingtian’s son.
• Liu Yanran shoved Su Zhenxing away and shouted that it was impossible for Su Mu to be Xiao Tian’s child.

Liu Yanran explained that she had adopted Su Mu after He Jingtian brought him to her, believing he was the child of He Jingtian’s sister, while Su Zhenxing confronted her with a paternity test proving Su Mu was He Jingtian’s son. She admitted she had favored Su Mu to repay her guilt toward He Jingtian, and said Su Chen had deserved to suffer on her behalf.

• Su Zhenxing showed Liu Yanran a paternity test confirming Su Mu was He Jingtian’s child, and Liu Yanran was shocked to learn the truth.
• Liu Yanran told Su Zhenxing that He Jingtian had brought Su Mu to her after Su Chen went missing, claiming the child was his sister’s and asking her to care for him.
• Liu Yanran admitted she had hidden Su Mu’s origins because she feared Su Zhenxing would suspect her and He Jingtian of rekindling their relationship.
• Liu Yanran explained that she had transferred her guilt over abandoning He Jingtian onto Su Mu and believed Su Chen should bear some of that debt.

After learning that Su Mu was Xiao Tian's son, Su Zhenxing beat Liu Yanran and decided to expel Su Mu from the Su Family. When Liu Yanran protested, Su Zhenxing dragged her toward the door and ordered her out too.

• Su Zhenxing struck Liu Yanran again after she revealed Su Mu's parentage, while Su Mu and Su Qiqi reacted in silence and disgust.
• Liu Yanran collapsed after Su Zhenxing continued beating her, and Su Zhenxing turned his attention to Su Mu.
• Su Mu pleaded to remain Su Zhenxing's son, but Su Zhenxing ordered him to leave the Su Family and ended their father-son bond.
• Liu Yanran protested that Su Mu should not be punished for the previous generation's mistakes, and Su Zhenxing seized her by the hair and dragged her toward the door.

Su Zhenxing tried to throw Liu Yanran out of the Su Family, but Su Chen intervened and offered to plead for her in exchange for thirty million. The chapter ended with Liu Yanran staring at Su Chen in fury.

• Liu Yanran panicked as Su Zhenxing dragged her toward the door and called on Su Qiqi to save her.
• Su Qiqi clung to Liu Yanran's legs and begged Su Zhenxing to forgive her, prompting Liu Yanran to apologize.
• Su Zhenxing kicked Su Qiqi away and continued dragging Liu Yanran out, while Su Qiqi refused to intervene again.
• Su Chen stopped Su Zhenxing and gently told Liu Yanran he would persuade his father not to throw her out.
• Su Chen told Liu Yanran that pleading for her would cost thirty million.