Chapter Summaries

Su Chen and Da Wang captured He Mu and Mike after their assassination attempt, and Su Chen took He Mu into his bedroom to settle their old score. Mike offered money to buy his freedom, prompting He Mu to discover that his hired assassin was willing to betray him.

• Da Wang complained that his sedative had not incapacitated Mike immediately, while Su Chen reassured him and dragged He Mu into his bedroom.
• Su Chen picked up Mike's Silver Handgun, locked the bedroom door, and silenced He Mu with a rag as he declared he would not let him go.
• Mike offered Su Chen and Da Wang the mission's one million deposit in exchange for his freedom and warned that his organization might retaliate.
• Su Chen removed the rag from He Mu's mouth, and He Mu furiously accused Mike of betraying him.
• Mike ignored He Mu's curses and offered Su Chen more money if one million was not enough to secure his release.

Su Chen considered Mike’s offer to buy his life, but decided that ten million was not worth the risk of letting him go. He gave Da Wang the signal to proceed, leaving Mike’s fate in Da Wang’s hands.

• Mike offered Su Chen one million to spare his life, and Su Chen asked how much more he could pay.
• He Mu mocked Su Chen and urged him not to trust Mike, hoping they would both die.
• Mike raised his offer to five million, then ten million, but Su Chen rejected both amounts.
• Su Chen decided that Mike would seek revenge if released and told Da Wang to begin.
• Da Wang eagerly awaited Su Chen’s approval, and Su Chen signaled that Mike should not be spared.

Su Chen rejected He Mu’s offer of money and killed him, then had Da Wang dissolve He Mu’s body along with Mike’s. Liu Yanran and He Jingtian both woke with sudden dread, leaving the danger surrounding them unresolved.

• He Mu offered Su Chen fifty million to spare his life, but Su Chen refused because of He Mu’s betrayal in his previous life.
• Su Chen shot He Mu dead, and He Mu appeared to regret his actions before dying.
• Da Wang silenced the terrified Mike and took him to the bathtub with He Mu’s corpse.
• Da Wang sprinkled Corpse Dissolving Powder over Mike and He Mu, making both disappear.
• Liu Yanran woke drenched in sweat with a wave of panic, while He Jingtian woke in prison with a sharp pain in his heart.

Su Chen discovered that Liu Yanran had paid He Mu to assassinate him and destroyed He Mu’s phone. At the mental hospital, Liu Yanran received no reply from He Mu and called the police to report him missing.

• Liu Yanran messaged He Mu at night, asking whether he had completed the job.
• Su Chen opened He Mu’s phone, read Liu Yanran’s messages, and learned she had hired He Mu to kill him.
• Su Chen crushed He Mu’s phone and disposed of the pieces.
• Liu Yanran received no reply the next morning and sent He Mu dozens of messages.
• Liu Yanran called the police to report He Mu missing, then shouted when an officer questioned whether she was having an episode.

After He Mu was confirmed missing, Liu Yanran accused Su Chen of harming him and demanded that the police arrest Su Chen without evidence. The police said they would summon Su Chen for questioning, then went to Su Corporation to notify Su Zhenxing.

• The police verified that He Mu was missing after searching the He Family Villa and failing to contact him.
• Liu Yanran learned He Mu was missing, blamed Su Chen, and told the police that Su Chen must have harmed him.
• The police asked Liu Yanran for evidence, but she insisted that Su Chen be arrested based on her suspicions.
• The police told Liu Yanran they would summon Su Chen for questioning and continue looking for He Mu.
• The police went to Su Corporation to notify Su Zhenxing before questioning Su Chen, and Su Zhenxing welcomed them into his office.

Police officers came to Su Corporation to question Su Chen about He Mu’s disappearance after Liu Yanran reported him. Su Chen arrived calmly, confident that his alibi would protect him.

• Two police officers told Su Zhenxing they needed to question Su Chen about He Mu, and Su Zhenxing grew nervous.
• Su Zhenxing showed grief when he learned something had happened to He Mu, so the older officer reconsidered him as a suspect.
• The older officer revealed that Liu Yanran had reported Su Chen for harming He Mu, and Su Zhenxing angrily condemned her.
• Su Chen entered the office, having come to find the officers himself, and remained confident that his alibi would clear him.

Police arrived at Su Corporation to question Su Chen about He Mu’s disappearance, while Su Zhenxing tried to get his son to leave and avoid scrutiny. Su Chen agreed to cooperate, and the old officer pressed him to say where He Mu was.

• Su Zhenxing tried to push Su Chen out of the office before the police officer could question him.
• Su Chen refused to leave and said he would help the police with their work.
• Su Zhenxing praised Su Chen as a good citizen and urged the officer to go easy on him.
• The old police officer said the police needed Su Chen’s cooperation in a missing-person case connected to him.
• Su Chen promised to answer the officer’s questions honestly.
• The old police officer asked Su Chen if he knew where He Mu was.

The old police officer questioned Su Chen about He Mu’s disappearance, but Su Chen calmly denied knowing anything and gave an alibi. Unable to find a breakthrough against Su Chen, the officer turned to question Su Zhenxing about where he had been the previous night.

• The old police officer told Su Chen that He Mu had gone missing and pressed him to confess, while Su Zhenxing angrily defended his son.
• Su Chen calmed Su Zhenxing and said he had not been in contact with He Mu, then explained that He Mu had long opposed the Su Family and Su Corporation.
• Su Zhenxing echoed Su Chen’s account and insisted that neither of them had anything to do with He Mu’s disappearance.
• The old police officer asked Su Chen where he had been the previous night, and Su Chen said he had stayed at the Su Family residence and ordered takeout at eight o’clock.
• After realizing Su Chen’s alibi left him with no immediate lead, the old police officer asked Su Zhenxing where he had been the previous night.

Police questioned Su Zhenxing and Su Chen about He Mu’s disappearance, then used a sudden mention of He Mu to test their reactions. After leaving empty-handed, the officers returned to the Police Station, and Su Zhenxing asked Su Chen whether he was connected to the case.

• Su Zhenxing claimed he had been staying at the Jingyang Grand Hotel, giving the police an alibi for the past two days.
• The old police officer accepted Su Zhenxing and Su Chen’s alibis and prepared to leave Su Corporation.
• The old police officer suddenly called out He Mu’s name to provoke a reaction, but Su Chen appeared genuinely surprised and Su Zhenxing looked confused.
• The old police officer concluded that Su Chen and Su Zhenxing were not suspects and left with his companion to seek another lead.
• Su Zhenxing angrily smashed objects in his office after realizing the officer had tested them, then asked Su Chen whether He Mu’s case was connected to him.

After the police confirmed Su Chen had an alibi, Liu Yanran refused to accept the results and tried to leave the mental hospital to report him. The hospital staff decided to intensify her treatment, while He Jingtian heard that He Mu had gone missing.

• Su Chen left Su Zhenxing's office without answering his question, and police surveillance footage confirmed that neither Su Zhenxing nor Su Chen could have harmed He Mu.
• Liu Yanran insisted Su Chen was responsible and repeatedly called the police, but the old police officer hung up and the station stopped answering her calls.
• Liu Yanran tried to leave Haishi First Mental Hospital, but Security Guards dragged her back into her room and locked her inside.
• Doctor Liu ordered Liu Yanran's electric shock treatments increased from three sessions a day to five, including two overnight sessions, and the Nurses resolved to make her suffer more.
• In Hai City Prison, He Jingtian heard a news report that He Mu had gone missing and that police were offering a reward for information.

After seeing a news report that He Mu had gone missing, He Jingtian collapsed in prison from shock. He woke to learn his heart was at risk and blamed Liu Yanran for failing to protect He Mu.

• He Jingtian saw He Mu's photo on the Noon News and fainted after realizing his son had gone missing.
• Prison guards took He Jingtian to the Medical Office, where a doctor said he had fainted from anger and warned that further shocks could cause his heart to stop.
• He Jingtian heard the doctor's warning and realized he believed something serious had happened to He Mu, possibly even that he was dead.
• He Jingtian recalled sending He Mu to the Small Island in America to gain power and wealth, and thought the Demons' reconstructive surgery had cut off his way back.
• He Jingtian blamed Liu Yanran for not taking care of He Mu and slammed his fists against the hospital bed.

He Jingtian pretended to grieve over his missing son to persuade a prison guard to contact Liu Yanran. He left the guard with Liu Yanran’s name, address, and phone number, intending to draw her into his misery.

• He Jingtian opened his eyes when the prison guard ordered him to, then began sobbing after the guard scolded him.
• He Jingtian claimed that the Noon News had reported his son He Mu missing, and the prison guard sympathized with him.
• He Jingtian blamed Liu Yanran for his suffering and decided to make her suffer too.
• He Jingtian told the prison guard that He Mu’s mother was Liu Yanran, wife of Su Zhenxing, and gave her address and phone number.

He Jingtian tried to persuade a prison guard to contact Liu Yanran by claiming she was his son’s biological mother, but the guard beat him and rejected his story. He then offered the guard 100,000 yuan, and the guard accepted the payment and went to deliver the message.

• He Jingtian told the prison guard that Liu Yanran had been his college lover and was the biological mother of his son, He Mu.
• The prison guard disbelieved He Jingtian, slapped and kicked him, and ordered him back to his cell.
• He Jingtian offered the prison guard 100,000 yuan to deliver a message to Liu Yanran.
• The prison guard accepted the money after He Jingtian transferred it, then asked the doctor to treat him and went to contact Liu Yanran.

A prison guard went to the Su Family Villa to deliver He Jingtian’s message to Liu Yanran, but Su Zhenxing intercepted him. The guard revealed that He Mu was Liu Yanran’s biological son and that He Jingtian wanted her to arrange He Mu’s funeral.

• The prison guard failed to reach Liu Yanran by phone, so he went to the Su Family Villa to deliver He Jingtian’s message in person.
• Li Ma learned the guard was there on He Jingtian’s behalf and called Su Zhenxing, who told her to keep the guard waiting and doubled her salary for the month.
• Su Zhenxing brought Su Chen back to the villa, and they confronted the prison guard in the living room.
• Su Zhenxing asked the guard to give him the message because Liu Yanran was hospitalized and unwell.
• The prison guard told Su Zhenxing that He Jingtian said He Mu was Liu Yanran’s biological son and asked her to arrange He Mu’s funeral.

A prison guard delivered He Jingtian’s claim that He Mu was Liu Yanran’s biological son, enraging Su Zhenxing. After Su Chen calmed him down, Su Zhenxing decided to bring Liu Yanran from Hai City Psychiatric Hospital to explain everything to He Jingtian.

• The prison guard relayed He Jingtian’s claim that Liu Yanran had borne his son, He Mu, and Su Zhenxing angrily insisted He Mu was adopted.
• Su Zhenxing nearly attacked the prison guard, but Su Chen restrained him and politely sent the guard away.
• After the guard left, Su Chen rebuked Su Zhenxing for losing his composure, and Su Zhenxing regained his calm.
• Su Zhenxing said he would find ways to make He Jingtian behave and asked Su Chen to accompany him to Hai City Psychiatric Hospital the next day.
• Su Zhenxing planned to bring Liu Yanran to the prison to explain that He Mu was not her biological son.

Su Chen agreed to help Su Zhenxing take Liu Yanran from the mental hospital temporarily so she could confront He Jingtian. After a tense breakfast, Su Chen and Su Zhenxing reached Doctor Liu’s office, where Doctor Liu began preparing the discharge paperwork.

• Su Chen agreed to accompany Su Zhenxing to the mental hospital so Liu Yanran could clear things up with He Jingtian.
• Su Zhenxing spent a restless night worrying, while Su Chen slept well and ate breakfast at his own pace.
• Su Zhenxing scolded Su Qiqi when she asked for fried dough sticks and beef, making her cry and run upstairs.
• Su Zhenxing drove Su Chen to Haishi First Mental Hospital, and they went to Doctor Liu’s office.
• Su Chen asked Doctor Liu to register Liu Yanran for a temporary discharge, and Doctor Liu began filling out the assessment and registration forms.

Su Chen and Su Zhenxing came to the hospital to arrange Liu Yanran’s temporary discharge, but Su Zhenxing nearly gave in when she pleaded with him. After Su Chen reminded him why they had come, Su Zhenxing confronted Liu Yanran about bearing a son for He Jingtian, and she denied it while taunting him about Su Chen.

• Doctor Liu completed the forms for Liu Yanran’s temporary discharge, and Su Chen and Su Zhenxing signed them.
• Liu Yanran saw Su Chen and Su Zhenxing enter and begged Su Zhenxing to take her out of the hospital.
• Su Zhenxing softened and helped Liu Yanran up, but Su Chen’s cough reminded him to stay firm.
• Su Zhenxing shoved Liu Yanran away and accused her of bearing a son for He Jingtian.
• Liu Yanran denied having a child with He Jingtian and mocked Su Zhenxing for suggesting Su Chen was his son.
• Su Zhenxing clarified that he meant He Mu and told Liu Yanran to stop playing dumb.

Su Zhenxing learned that Liu Yanran denied He Mu was her son and insisted on confronting He Jingtian. Liu Yanran agreed to go only if Su Zhenxing first got her released from the psychiatric hospital, leaving Su Zhenxing to seek Su Chen’s approval.

• Liu Yanran mocked Su Zhenxing’s suspicion and said she wished He Mu were her son because He Mu treated her better than Su Chen did.
• Su Chen threatened to transfer Liu Yanran to another hospital, and Doctor Liu explained that her outburst had been provoked.
• Liu Yanran argued that He Mu was her age-mate and that she could not have secretly borne him as a twin; Su Zhenxing believed her and concluded He Jingtian had lied.
• Su Chen urged Su Zhenxing to stop wasting time, and Su Zhenxing insisted that they confront He Jingtian.
• Liu Yanran demanded that Su Zhenxing get her out of the hospital before she would confront He Jingtian, so Su Zhenxing pleaded with Su Chen to agree.

Su Zhenxing and Liu Yanran asked Su Chen to let her leave the mental hospital, but Su Chen refused and told Doctor Liu to intensify her treatment. The chapter left Su Zhenxing worried that Liu Yanran’s outburst would prevent her from visiting He Jingtian in prison.

• Su Zhenxing pleaded with Su Chen to let Liu Yanran leave the mental hospital, while Liu Yanran watched hopefully.
• Su Chen told Doctor Liu that Liu Yanran’s apparent improvement was misleading because she had reported him to the police the previous day.
• Su Chen instructed Doctor Liu to increase the intensity of Liu Yanran’s treatment.
• Liu Yanran jumped off the bed, cursed Su Chen, and accused him of harming He Mu.
• Su Zhenxing grew anxious that Liu Yanran’s accusations would make Su Chen refuse to let her visit He Jingtian in prison.

Su Chen used Liu Yanran’s fear of the mental hospital’s Electric Shock Magnetic Therapy to persuade her to go to prison and confront He Jingtian. Liu Yanran agreed, though she resented giving Su Chen what he wanted.

• Su Zhenxing tried to reconcile Liu Yanran and Su Chen, but Liu Yanran threatened to keep reporting Su Chen unless he let her out.
• Su Chen dismissed Liu Yanran’s threats and asked Doctor Liu to increase her treatment, prompting Doctor Liu to play along.
• Su Chen revealed he had planned to let Liu Yanran leave the hospital temporarily to confront He Jingtian, then said she would receive treatment instead.
• Liu Yanran weighed her hatred of Su Chen against her fear of another Electric Shock Magnetic Therapy session.
• Liu Yanran agreed to go to prison with Su Chen and confront He Jingtian.