Chapter Summaries

Liu Yanran was restrained and abused by a nurse at the psychiatric hospital, where she vowed to take revenge on everyone who had wronged her. Su Zhenxing and Su Qiqi pleaded with Su Chen to bring her home, but Su Qiqi began to wonder whether Liu Yanran had mistreated Su Chen because she had recognized his vicious nature.

• The nurse slapped Liu Yanran and threatened to keep restraining her until she obeyed, so Liu Yanran stayed silent and remained tied up.
• Liu Yanran hoped He Mu would rescue her and swore to kill Su Chen, Su Zhenxing, the nurse, and everyone else she resented.
• Su Zhenxing worried that the psychiatric hospital would kill Liu Yanran or drive her insane, so he pleaded with Su Chen to bring her home.
• Su Qiqi joined Su Zhenxing in asking Su Chen to release Liu Yanran and wondered whether Liu Yanran had treated him badly because she had seen through his vicious nature.

Su Chen demanded another 10% of Su Corporation's shares in exchange for bringing Liu Yanran home, but Su Zhenxing refused and left with Su Qiqi. He Mu consulted Lawyer Zhang about getting Liu Yanran discharged, but learned that normal procedures would fail while Su Chen and the hospital doctors opposed it.

• Su Chen reminded Su Zhenxing that he had previously secured Liu Yanran's return by giving him 10% of Su Corporation's shares.
• Su Zhenxing refused to give Su Chen more shares, and Su Chen said he would not bring Liu Yanran out of the psychiatric hospital without them.
• Su Zhenxing left angrily, and Su Qiqi hurried after him.
• He Mu asked Lawyer Zhang how to get Liu Yanran discharged from the psychiatric hospital.
• Lawyer Zhang explained that He Mu had the legal right to discharge Liu Yanran, but Su Chen's opposition and influence over the doctors blocked normal procedures.

He Mu asked Lawyer Zhang how to get Liu Yanran out of Haishi First Mental Hospital, and Zhang proposed a costly second diagnosis from a rival hospital. As Doctor Liu prolonged Liu Yanran’s electric shock treatment, He Mu arrived with a lawyer and doctors from Kyoto Wangfujing Mental Hospital, threatening to sue.

• Lawyer Zhang advised He Mu to have Kyoto Wangfujing Mental Hospital reassess Liu Yanran and use its diagnosis to pressure Haishi First Mental Hospital into releasing her.
• He Mu agreed to spend up to a hundred and ordered Lawyer Zhang to arrange the reassessment and accompany him to the hospital.
• Lawyer Zhang privately looked forward to splitting the remaining money with his childhood friend at Kyoto Wangfujing Mental Hospital.
• Doctor Liu watched Liu Yanran undergo electric shock treatment and ordered the nurse to extend it by another ten minutes.
• A nurse told Doctor Liu that He Mu had arrived with a lawyer and doctors from Kyoto Wangfujing Mental Hospital to accuse him of misdiagnosis and threaten a lawsuit.

He Mu confronted Doctor Liu at the psychiatric hospital and demanded that Liu Yanran be released, accusing the hospital of falsely diagnosing and mistreating her. Doctor Liu refused and insisted that Su Chen’s consent was required, leaving He Mu’s next move unresolved.

• Doctor Liu left Liu Yanran’s Electric Shock Therapy to confront the person waiting in his office.
• He Mu revealed that he was Liu Yanran’s adopted son, formerly known as Su Mu, and reminded Doctor Liu that they had met before.
• He Mu demanded that Doctor Liu release Liu Yanran and threatened to sue over her treatment and reputation.
• Doctor Liu claimed Liu Yanran had several severe mental disorders and refused to discharge her without agreement from both He Mu and Su Chen.
• He Mu recognized that Doctor Liu was relying on Su Chen’s influence and thought that he had come prepared.

He Mu brought Doctor Wang and Lawyer Zhang to confront Doctor Liu over Liu Yanran’s hospitalization. Faced with their professional and legal pressure, Doctor Liu agreed to let He Mu take her out of the hospital.

• Doctor Wang introduced himself to Doctor Liu and declared that Liu Yanran had no mental illness, warning that the case could damage Doctor Liu’s reputation and career.
• Doctor Liu resisted Doctor Wang’s pressure because he did not want to lose the money associated with Su Chen.
• He Mu signaled Lawyer Zhang, who warned Doctor Liu that he would lose if He Mu sued him.
• Doctor Liu decided to give up Liu Yanran as a patient and agreed to let He Mu take her out of the hospital.

He Mu forced Doctor Liu to arrange Liu Yanran’s immediate discharge, while Doctor Liu tried to prepare for He Mu’s arrival after sending Su Chen a warning. Liu Yanran woke after electric shock treatment and threatened Doctor Liu and the nurses, leaving them to face her anger as He Mu came to take her out.

• He Mu pressured Doctor Liu to discharge Liu Yanran immediately and threatened to take the dispute to court.
• Doctor Liu agreed, then messaged Su Chen that He Mu had arrived with a doctor and lawyer and that he could not resist his demands.
• Doctor Liu ordered two nurses to clean Liu Yanran up and change her clothes before He Mu saw her.
• Liu Yanran woke, mistook He Mu for the son coming to collect her, and threatened Doctor Liu and the nurses.
• Su Chen saw Doctor Liu’s WeChat message.

Su Chen learned that He Mu was trying to take Liu Yanran from the hospital and suspected he wanted her assets, so he planned to stop him by confronting Doctor Wang. The chapter ended with Su Chen asking to speak to Wang Defa and telling Doctor Liu to use Lü Jieyun’s name if Wang refused.

• Su Chen suspected He Mu was helping Liu Yanran leave because he wanted her assets and decided to intervene.
• Su Chen recalled Wang Defa’s abuse of Lü Jieyun and resolved to scare him off while leaving her the chance to pursue revenge herself.
• Doctor Liu called Su Chen and explained that Liu Yanran had become energetic after hearing He Mu was coming to collect her.
• Su Chen assured Doctor Liu that no one could take Liu Yanran without his consent and asked to speak to Wang Defa.
• Su Chen told Doctor Liu to mention Lü Jieyun if Wang Defa refused the call.

Su Chen challenged He Mu’s plan to remove Liu Yanran from Haishi First Mental Hospital and demanded to speak to Doctor Wang. The chapter ended as Doctor Wang answered the phone and heard Su Chen say, “Lü Jieyun.”

• Doctor Liu hesitated to let Su Chen speak to Doctor Wang after He Mu threatened to sue him, so Su Chen told him to hand the phone to He Mu.
• He Mu insisted that he would take Liu Yanran away and mocked Su Chen’s claim that he could stop him.
• Su Chen challenged He Mu to give the phone to Doctor Wang, taunting him that he was afraid to do so.
• Angered by the taunts, He Mu handed the phone to Doctor Wang, who heard Su Chen say, “Lü Jieyun.”

Su Chen forced Doctor Wang to abandon He Mu’s commission by threatening to expose his abuse of female patients. Doctor Wang left Haishi First Mental Hospital, leaving He Mu’s plan to pressure Doctor Liu in ruins.

• Su Chen named Lü Jieyun and other women Doctor Wang had abused, making Doctor Wang panic and offer to meet his demands.
• He Mu tried to take Doctor Wang’s phone, but Doctor Wang stopped him and pleaded with Su Chen not to hold He Mu’s interruption against him.
• Su Chen demanded that Doctor Wang refuse He Mu’s commission and leave Haishi First Mental Hospital, and Doctor Wang agreed.
• Su Chen told Doctor Wang he had no standing to negotiate, then said he wanted no trouble as long as Doctor Wang did not provoke him.
• Doctor Wang ended the call, rejected He Mu’s offers to raise his payment, and left the hospital; Doctor Liu was left in awe of Su Chen, while He Mu blamed Su Chen for ruining his plan.

After Doctor Wang left, He Mu failed to take Liu Yanran out of the psychiatric hospital and left with Lawyer Zhang. Doctor Liu returned to Liu Yanran’s ward and told her that He Mu had gone and she would remain under his care.

• Doctor Liu mocked He Mu after Doctor Wang left, and He Mu realized he could not take Liu Yanran away that day.
• He Mu claimed he would return to take his mother out and then hurried away with Lawyer Zhang.
• Doctor Liu entered Liu Yanran’s ward and found her ordering two nurses around.
• Liu Yanran threatened Doctor Liu, but he told her He Mu had left and she would stay in the hospital under his care.

Liu Yanran was forcibly taken for electric shock treatment while He Mu blamed Lawyer Zhang for failing to get her out of the mental hospital. He Mu then received a video call from the Demon and answered, afraid of being sent back to Small Island.

• Doctor Liu ordered the Nurses to take Liu Yanran to the electric shock room after she insisted He Mu had come to collect her.
• The Nurses strapped Liu Yanran into the electric chair and began a thirty-minute shock treatment on Doctor Liu's orders.
• He Mu berated Lawyer Zhang, struck him with file holders, and demanded that he find another way to get his mother out of the hospital.
• He Mu received a video call from the Demon and answered with a sweet, seductive expression because he feared returning to Small Island.

He Mu was pressured by the Demon to steal Su Corporation’s confidential Optical Module documents, and agreed despite fearing prison. Meanwhile, Liu Yanran woke after repeated electric shocks and resented both Su Chen and He Mu for leaving her in the psychiatric hospital.

• He Mu flirted with the Demon over a video call to protect his standing in the organization.
• The Demon blamed He Mu for helping Su Corporation develop advanced Optical Modules and ordered him to steal its confidential documents.
• He Mu feared being imprisoned for espionage but agreed to carry out the task when the Demon threatened his status and promised rewards.
• After the call, He Mu vomited from disgust and dreaded returning to America.
• Liu Yanran woke late at night after repeated electric shocks and learned that He Mu had come for her before Su Chen drove him away.
• Liu Yanran hated Su Chen for defeating He Mu and resented He Mu for abandoning her despite knowing about her suffering.

Liu Yanran pleaded with He Mu to get her out of the psychiatric hospital, while he struggled to balance her demands against the Demon’s task and his desire for her wealth. Su Chen spent the night with Fang Qingqing, then went to Su Corporation intending to check whether Lü Jieyun had dealt with Wang Defa.

• Liu Yanran messaged He Mu, accusing Su Chen and Doctor Liu of leaving her to suffer electric shocks at the psychiatric hospital.
• He Mu apologized and blamed Su Chen, then promised Liu Yanran he would keep trying to get her discharged.
• Liu Yanran hid her resentment toward He Mu and coaxed him to help her, while He Mu worried about her wealth and the Demon’s task.
• Su Chen spent the night with Fang Qingqing and decided to order a larger bed for them.
• The next day, Su Chen went to Su Corporation and checked the news to see whether Lü Jieyun had dealt with Wang Defa.

Su Chen called Lü Jieyun and persuaded her to report Wang Defa by warning her that he had recorded videos of her and other female patients. Lü Jieyun agreed to seek justice, and Su Chen said he had obtained the videos and would send them to her for the report.

• Su Chen found that Wang Defa's scandal had not been exposed and called Lü Jieyun.
• Lü Jieyun denied that Wang Defa had assaulted her, fearing the damage to her reputation.
• Su Chen told Lü Jieyun that Wang Defa had recorded a video of her, convincing her that she needed to report him.
• Lü Jieyun asked who Su Chen was and what he wanted, and Su Chen said he wanted Wang Defa punished by law.
• Su Chen revealed that he had obtained videos of Wang Defa with Lü Jieyun and other female patients and promised to send them to her.

Su Chen sent Lü Jieyun the video of Wang Defa molesting her and trusted her to report him. Wang Defa expected to blackmail Lü Jieyun at her next appointment, but police arrived first and arrested him after receiving a report.

• Lü Jieyun thanked Su Chen, and Su Chen sent her the compressed video of Wang Defa.
• Wang Defa returned to Kyoto Wangfujing Mental Hospital and secretly planned to molest more female patients, believing his private videos kept them from reporting him.
• Wang Defa watched his video with Lü Jieyun and looked forward to showing it to her during her appointment.
• Three Police Officers entered Wang Defa's office and announced his arrest on suspicion of molesting multiple female patients.
• Wang Defa denied the accusations and claimed a colleague had made a false report.

Wang Defa was arrested after police confronted him with videos of his crimes, and Lü Jieyun felt empowered to stand up to other people who had mistreated her. She wanted to thank Su Chen but held back, while He Mu remained unable to figure out how to get Liu Yanran out of the psychiatric hospital.

• Wang Defa assumed the police had no evidence, but a female police officer showed him videos of him abusing female patients.
• Wang Defa fell silent and allowed the police to handcuff him and take him away as hospital staff looked on with contempt.
• Lü Jieyun rejoiced at Wang Defa's arrest and realized she could also report the people trying to force her into unspoken rules.
• Lü Jieyun opened her chat with Su Chen to thank him, then put down her phone because she wanted to recover before meeting him.
• After a day and night of agonizing thought, He Mu still could not figure out how to get Liu Yanran out of the psychiatric hospital.

He Mu decided to kill Su Chen and tried to make Liu Yanran pay for it by convincing her that killing Su Chen was the only way to escape the psychiatric hospital. Liu Yanran hesitated to agree, and He Mu accused her of still caring about Su Chen.

• He Mu decided Su Chen had to die and planned to use Liu Yanran's money to hire someone.
• He Mu messaged Liu Yanran, promised to get her out of the psychiatric hospital, and warned that Su Chen would stop him.
• Liu Yanran worried that He Mu was abandoning her but deleted her message before sending it.
• He Mu told Liu Yanran they had to kill Su Chen, and Liu Yanran froze at his proposal.
• When Liu Yanran did not reply, He Mu accused her of being reluctant to let Su Chen die.

Liu Yanran agreed to have He Mu arrange Su Chen’s death so she could leave the mental hospital, but He Mu demanded that she pay for the killing. She concealed her anger and offered five million, deciding to play along until she was discharged.

• Liu Yanran told He Mu she wanted Su Chen dead and urged him to arrange the killing so she could leave the hospital.
• He Mu asked Liu Yanran to pay the several million needed to hire someone to kill Su Chen.
• Liu Yanran hesitated over spending her remaining money, and He Mu threatened to leave her in the hospital if she would not pay.
• Liu Yanran cursed He Mu privately for being ungrateful but hid her anger in her messages.
• Liu Yanran offered He Mu five million to arrange Su Chen’s death, resolving to confront him only after she got out.

He Mu took five million from Liu Yanran to arrange Su Chen’s assassination, then chose foreign mercenaries over the Dark Web despite the risk that Demon would learn about it. He called Mike, who greeted him flirtatiously.

• He Mu told Liu Yanran that hiring someone to kill Su Chen would cost several million and persuaded her to transfer him five million.
• Liu Yanran sent He Mu the money, hoping he would kill Su Chen soon and rescue her from the hospital.
• He Mu reflected on how little money Liu Yanran had given him before and decided she would have to pay him upfront for future favors.
• He Mu weighed hiring Dark Web assassins against foreign mercenaries and chose the mercenaries despite the risk of having to answer to Demon.
• He Mu called Mike, who teased him as a little beauty and asked whether he had missed him.

He Mu hired Mike and his foreign mercenaries to kill Su Chen, convinced the eighteen-year-old could not survive their attack. After arranging the contract, He Mu planned to report Mike to the police once the job was done, while Su Chen learned that someone had hired assassins to kill him.

• He Mu swallowed his anger at Mike's mockery and offered him three million yuan to eliminate someone.
• Mike accepted the job and asked for the target's identity and address.
• He Mu identified Su Chen, the eighteen-year-old son of Hai City's richest man, and urged Mike to kill him quickly.
• Mike said his group would arrive in Hua Country the next day and again made suggestive remarks about He Mu.
• He Mu decided to anonymously report Mike to the Chinese police after Su Chen was killed and believed the mercenaries would succeed.
• Su Chen learned that He Mu had hired someone to kill him.