Chapter Summaries

After Su Lili learned that Su Zhenxing had expelled her from the Su Family and stopped paying for her sanatorium stay, she blamed Su Chen and tried to rely on Liu Yanran. Liu Yanran confronted Su Zhenxing about the expulsion, but he seized her and threw her onto his desk.

• Su Lili accused Liu Yanran of causing Su Zhenxing to expel her from the Su Family, and Liu Yanran rushed to confront him.
• A nurse told Su Lili that she had one hour to leave the sanatorium because Su Zhenxing had stopped covering her expenses.
• Su Lili blamed Su Chen for her predicament and repeatedly called Liu Yanran, who rejected the calls.
• Liu Yanran accused Su Zhenxing of mistreating Su Lili and demanded that he bring her back to the Su Family.
• Su Zhenxing caught Liu Yanran as she tried to flee his office, threw her onto his desk, and began his promised tour there.

Su Zhenxing beat Liu Yanran in his office, while Su Chen refused to help her and left them alone. After Liu Yanran learned Su Lili had been expelled from the sanatorium and rescued her, she turned to He Mu for advice, and He Mu came up with another plan.

• Su Zhenxing made Liu Yanran inspect his office and continued beating her until Su Chen walked in.
• Su Chen declined to intervene, left the office, and told curious coworkers that Su Zhenxing and Liu Yanran were enjoying themselves.
• Four hours later, Liu Yanran left Su Corporation and discovered more than a hundred missed calls from Su Lili.
• Liu Yanran learned Su Lili had been thrown out of the sanatorium, picked her up, and arranged an apartment and living money for her.
• Liu Yanran complained to He Mu that their plan to pressure Su Zhenxing had failed, and He Mu came up with a new plan.

He Mu proposed sending Su Lili to America under the pretense of helping her build a career, while secretly planning to make her suffer as he had. Liu Yanran hesitated after suspecting that America was where He Mu had been harmed, leaving him intent on persuading her.

• He Mu resented Su Lili and decided she should not have a future after learning Liu Yanran still wanted to support her.
• He Mu offered to help Su Lili rise again, and Liu Yanran praised him and asked for his plan.
• He Mu suggested arranging for Su Lili to go to America and later return as a Meisheng China Region Head.
• Liu Yanran hesitated because she suspected He Mu had suffered physical harm in America.
• He Mu interpreted her silence as concern for Su Lili and secretly resolved to send Su Lili to America to suffer the same pain he had endured.

He Mu persuaded Liu Yanran to send Su Lili to America by promising the sisters would become powerful and support her. After seeing He Mu’s success and deciding she could use the trip to gain influence and avenge herself on Su Chen, Su Lili was tempted to go.

• He Mu reassured Liu Yanran that he would protect Su Lili in America and promised they would both become powerful enough to support her.
• Liu Yanran remembered Su Zhenxing and Su Chen’s abuse, agreed that Su Lili should go to America, and entrusted her to He Mu.
• Liu Yanran visited Su Lili the next morning and persuaded her to consider going abroad to improve her prospects.
• Su Lili distrusted He Mu because she suspected he had helped expose her past to provoke Su Zhenxing into expelling her.
• Su Lili saw He Mu’s prestigious position at Meisheng and decided she could use her remaining beauty to gain power and connections, then take revenge on Su Chen.

Liu Yanran persuaded Su Lili to accept He Mu’s offer to go to America by appealing to her hopes of reuniting with Yang Siwen and avenging him. He Mu arranged to send Su Lili to the Upright Angel, intending to subject her to abuse.

• Liu Yanran urged Su Lili to find a new backer and pursue a future in America rather than become a Beast of Burden.
• Su Lili agreed to go after Liu Yanran suggested success might reunite her with Yang Siwen and let her avenge him.
• Liu Yanran told He Mu that Su Lili had accepted, and He Mu offered to arrange her trip abroad.
• He Mu recalled Su Lili’s past mistreatment of him and decided to send her to the old pervert known as the Upright Angel.
• He Mu emailed the Upright Angel that a high-quality bitch would soon arrive, then anticipated Su Lili’s ordeal.

Su Chen learned that Su Lili had gone to America with He Mu and arranged to keep watch on her. After Su Zhenxing summoned him over Su Chen’s Optical Module design, he urged Su Chen to patent the blueprint under Su Corporation’s name.

• Su Chen read Detective Xie’s report that Su Lili had flown to America with He Mu and asked Detective Xie to monitor her movements abroad.
• Su Chen advised the R&D Department, whose staff grew confident that his Optical Module design could beat Meisheng’s technology.
• Su Zhenxing heard that the R&D Department believed Su Chen’s blueprint could surpass American technology and decided to secure a patent for Su Corporation.
• Su Zhenxing praised Su Chen and offered to have Administration handle the patent application, asking Su Chen only to complete the paperwork.

Su Chen revealed that he had registered the Optical Module patent under his own name, thwarting Su Zhenxing’s plan to secure it for Su Corporation. He agreed to transfer it only in exchange for 30% of the company’s shares, and the chapter left Su Zhenxing bargaining with an offer of 10%.

• Su Chen told Su Zhenxing that he had already registered the patent under his own name.
• Su Zhenxing asked Su Chen to transfer the patent to Su Corporation, and Su Chen agreed in exchange for another 30% of the company’s shares.
• Su Zhenxing objected that the patent was not worth that many shares and accused Su Chen of refusing to contribute to the company.
• Su Chen ended the discussion and prepared to leave, while Su Zhenxing anxiously called him back and offered 10% instead.

Su Chen negotiated with Su Zhenxing over his patent and accepted ten percent of Su Corporation shares in exchange for an exclusive license. He Mu learned that Su Chen now held thirty-one percent of the company and resented how quickly he had become a major shareholder.

• Su Chen returned to the negotiating table and agreed to ten percent of Su Corporation shares, but specified that the deal would grant only an exclusive patent license.
• Su Zhenxing tried to pressure Su Chen into selling the patent outright, but Su Chen calmly agreed with his complaints while holding firm to the licensing terms.
• Su Zhenxing accepted the deal, transferred ten percent of the shares to Su Chen, and arranged for an exclusive patent licensing agreement with Su Corporation.
• He Mu saw that Su Chen held thirty-one percent of Su Corporation and resented that Su Chen had gained shares despite only recently joining the company.

He Mu plotted to ruin the Su Family and turned his attention to Su Qiqi, whom he now considered an enemy for siding with Su Chen. As he checked in with Liu Yanran, he learned she was still worried that Su Qiqi had no suitable marriage prospect.

• He Mu vowed to ruin the Su Family and Su Corporation, planning to use Su Lili’s downfall to damage the family’s reputation.
• He Mu considered Su Qiqi’s past kindness but decided she was his enemy after she did not defend him when the Su Family cast him out.
• He Mu messaged Liu Yanran about her injuries, then assured her that Su Lili was adjusting well and would soon become her support.
• Liu Yanran asked about Su Qiqi’s marriage prospects and worried that she still had not found a suitable match.

Liu Yanran accepted He Mu’s offer to arrange promising overseas-connected suitors for Su Qiqi, unaware of his mocking motives. Meanwhile, Su Chen planned to make He Jingtian pay for arranging his childhood abduction and decided that tormenting him was not enough; he wanted him to disappear.

• He Mu offered to introduce Su Qiqi to suitable men from outside Hai City, and Liu Yanran eagerly praised him.
• He Mu named a Telala branch head and a Baosheng Greater China president as potential matches, and Liu Yanran asked him to arrange meetings.
• Su Chen acquired another 31% of Su Corporation’s shares and felt confident that the R&D team was on track for its competition with Meisheng.
• Su Chen decided He Jingtian had served his purpose and recalled that He Jingtian had orchestrated his childhood abduction.
• Su Chen saw a report of He Jingtian injured with an arm in a sling, believed He Mu had attacked him, and resolved to make He Jingtian disappear.

He Mu persuaded Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting to accept blind dates with Su Qiqi, planning to use their shared disgraceful backgrounds to damage the Su Family. Meanwhile, Liu Yanran told Su Qiqi that she would arrange a blind date for her.

• He Mu offered to introduce Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting to Su Qiqi, the daughter of Hai City's wealthiest family.
• Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting hesitated because they feared a powerful partner might uncover their secrets.
• He Mu described Su Qiqi as foolish and unintelligent, easing their concerns about dating her.
• Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting agreed to the blind dates, unaware that He Mu intended to use their backgrounds against the Su Family.
• Liu Yanran told Su Qiqi that she would arrange a blind date for her.

Liu Yanran arranged a blind date for Su Qiqi with two candidates introduced by He Mu, while Su Qiqi reluctantly agreed despite distrusting He Mu. After learning the candidates’ scandalous backgrounds, Su Chen realized He Mu was targeting the Su Family and went to observe the date, where Su Qiqi had also arrived early to watch from hiding.

• Liu Yanran told Su Qiqi that He Mu had introduced two promising blind date candidates and urged her to remember his kindness, and Su Qiqi reluctantly agreed to meet them.
• Tao Ma reported the blind date details to Su Chen, who doubled her bonus and praised her spying.
• Su Chen recognized Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting as men whose careers were tied to scandals and realized He Mu was targeting the Su Family.
• Su Chen went early to 39 Heping Street to watch the blind date, and Su Qiqi arrived early and hid nearby to observe the candidates.

Su Chen exposed a shocking video of Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting at the Tea Restaurant while Ji Langting was on a blind date with Su Qiqi. Su Qiqi recognized the men in the video and recoiled in disgust, leaving Ji Langting humiliated.

• Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting arrived at the Tea Restaurant and hid in a corner while Su Qiqi secretly watched them.
• Ji Langting met Su Qiqi, flattered her, and boasted about himself until she became smitten and let him stroke her hand.
• Su Chen decided to intervene before Su Qiqi could become more intimate with Ji Langting, then arranged a projector and played a shocking video on the restaurant wall.
• The video showed two Chinese men and a white man, drawing the restaurant's customers into an uproar as they recorded it.
• Su Qiqi recognized Ji Langting and Huo Wanzhou in the video, began dry-heaving, and left Ji Langting's face dark with embarrassment.

Su Chen exposed Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting during Su Qiqi’s blind date, then defeated them when they tried to stop the video. Su Qiqi fled in humiliation, while the two men realized they had been caught in the feud between Su Chen and He Mu.

• Ji Langting and Huo Wanzhou rushed Su Chen to stop the video, but Su Chen kicked them both to the floor.
• People at the Tea Restaurant recognized Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting in the video and mocked them as the men shown in it.
• Su Qiqi recognized Su Chen as the one behind the exposure and blamed him for ruining her prospects again.
• Su Qiqi slipped away, intending to confront Mom and He Mu.
• Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting identified Su Chen as the Su Family’s biological son and understood they were caught in his conflict with He Mu.

Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting left the Tea Restaurant in disgrace after Su Chen exposed their explicit video, while Su Qiqi returned home furious and blamed He Mu for arranging the disastrous blind date. Liu Yanran insisted Su Chen had fabricated the video to turn Qiqi against He Mu, but Qiqi refused to believe her.

• Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting left the crowd, blaming He Mu for their humiliation and deciding to settle things with him first.
• Su Qiqi returned to Su Family Villa crying and accused Liu Yanran and He Mu of bullying her by arranging the blind date.
• Su Qiqi told Liu Yanran that Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting were gay and that Su Chen had shown their explicit video at the Tea Restaurant.
• Liu Yanran suggested Su Chen had used an AI-made video to sabotage the blind date and turn Su Qiqi against He Mu.
• Su Qiqi insisted the video was genuine, but Liu Yanran continued to claim Su Chen was deliberately trying to harm her.

Liu Yanran defended He Mu after Su Qiqi blamed him for setting up her disastrous blind dates, and Su Qiqi threw a tantrum until Liu Yanran agreed to ask him about it. Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting’s scandal hit Trending before He Mu could use it against the Su Family, leaving him furious that someone had exposed it too early.

• Liu Yanran argued that Su Chen had humiliated Su Qiqi, but Su Qiqi blamed He Mu for arranging the blind dates and demanded that Liu Yanran scold him.
• Liu Yanran insisted He Mu had meant well, so Su Qiqi rolled on the floor and shouted until Liu Yanran said she would ask He Mu what had happened.
• Li Ma and Tao Ma watched Su Qiqi’s tantrum and remarked that the family was getting crazier.
• People who disliked Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting spread their scandal online, and it hit Trending about an hour later.
• Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting hurried toward the He family residence to confront He Mu as their reputations and positions came under threat.
• He Mu saw the Trending scandal and realized it had appeared before he could pin it on the Su Family, so he kicked a table and raged over his ruined plan.

He Mu confronted Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting after their scandals were exposed, then learned Su Chen had sabotaged his plans again. Liu Yanran saw the news and decided to check on He Mu.

• Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting blamed He Mu for their scandals and demanded that he help them keep their positions with Demon.
• He Mu realized Su Chen had exposed the scandals and erupted in anger, cursing Su Chen and kicking over a table.
• He Mu agreed to speak to Demon for Huo Wanzhou and Ji Langting, though he had no intention of doing so, and sent them away.
• Liu Yanran saw the Trending scandal, felt sorry for He Mu, and began messaging him on WeChat.

He Mu exploited Liu Yanran’s trust after she defended him, persuading her that Su Chen had deliberately humiliated Su Qiqi. At dinner, Liu Yanran confronted Su Qiqi about covering for Su Chen, leaving the family conflict poised to escalate.

• He Mu read Liu Yanran’s messages defending him and laughed that she still trusted him despite his deliberate scheme against Su Qiqi.
• He Mu pretended he had been tricked, blamed Su Chen for humiliating Su Qiqi, and urged Liu Yanran to punish Su Chen.
• Liu Yanran believed He Mu, exchanged messages condemning Su Chen with him, and began planning how to go after Su Chen.
• At dinner, Su Zhenxing asked why Su Qiqi had been crying, and she concealed her blind date by claiming she had argued with a girlfriend.
• Liu Yanran angrily accused Su Qiqi of covering for Su Chen and told her to tell Su Zhenxing that Su Chen had deliberately made her lose face.

At dinner, Liu Yanran accused Su Chen of humiliating Su Qiqi, but Su Chen admitted he had deliberately ruined the two men He Mu introduced to her because he considered He Mu’s allies enemies. Su Zhenxing turned his anger toward Su Qiqi and demanded to know whether she was still in contact with He Mu.

• Liu Yanran brought up Su Chen’s treatment of Su Qiqi, and Su Zhenxing demanded an explanation.
• Su Qiqi denied that Su Chen had harmed or embarrassed her, but Liu Yanran insisted he had publicly exposed the two men she arranged for Qiqi to meet.
• Su Chen admitted that he had deliberately ruined the men’s reputations because He Mu had introduced them.
• Su Chen blamed Su Qiqi for going on blind dates with He Mu’s introductions, and Su Zhenxing angrily asked her if it was true.
• Su Qiqi cried instead of answering Su Zhenxing’s demand to speak.

Su Zhenxing punished Su Qiqi for her involvement with He Mu and confronted Liu Yanran over her continued contact with him. As Su Chen enjoyed dinner amid the upstairs commotion, He Mu considered how to target the Su Family next, knowing Su Qiqi had grown wary of him.

• Su Zhenxing cut off Su Qiqi's living expenses for a year and threatened to expel her if she contacted He Mu again.
• Su Qiqi blamed Liu Yanran for arranging her blind dates and denied contacting He Mu, but Su Zhenxing kept her punishment in place.
• Su Zhenxing pursued Liu Yanran upstairs after accusing her of contacting He Mu, and she collapsed in fright when he forced open her bedroom door.
• Su Chen ate happily while Su Qiqi knelt and cried, and Liu Yanran's screams came from upstairs.
• He Mu thought about how to smear the Su Family and make Su Chen lose face, recognizing that Su Qiqi no longer trusted him as much as Liu Yanran did.