Chapter Summaries

After Fei Ge and Meng Ge tortured He Jingtian’s fingers, they attacked him in his sleep with wet paper torture. They removed the paper when he nearly lost consciousness, then began another round, leaving He Jingtian’s fate unresolved.

• He Jingtian rested after his fingers were injured, then went to eat despite the pain.
• Fei Ge and Meng Ge crept to He Jingtian’s bed and restrained him.
• Meng Ge placed wet paper over He Jingtian’s face until he could no longer breathe, then removed it as he neared unconsciousness.
• He Jingtian silently demanded to know why they were torturing him, while Fei Ge and Meng Ge said they had been paid to do the job.
• Fei Ge took over and placed another damp sheet of paper over He Jingtian’s face as Meng Ge restrained him.

Fei Ge and Meng Ge repeatedly suffocated He Jingtian with wet tissues, leaving him terrified and convinced that Su Zhenxing had ordered the torture. He Jingtian then took comfort in the email he had sent to Demon, believing Demon would target Su Chen and leave Su Zhenxing to mourn his child.

• Fei Ge and Meng Ge repeatedly covered He Jingtian's face with wet tissues, stopping each time he neared death and checking that he was still breathing.
• He Jingtian woke after Fei Ge and Meng Ge left, hid under his bed, then blocked the cell door in fear they would return.
• He Jingtian reasoned that Su Zhenxing must have ordered the torture because he had recently offended him.
• He Jingtian recalled that he had emailed Demon and believed Demon would retaliate against Su Chen for killing He Mu.
• He Jingtian smugly imagined that Su Zhenxing would have to bury his own child.

Su Zhenxing told Su Chen that Kyoto Guanghua’s Wang Bo had arrived with an American client seeking to cooperate with Su Corporation, but Su Chen suspected the meeting was a trap tied to Wang Bo’s coercive methods and Demon’s organization. When they entered the conference room, Su Chen recognized Wang Bo and suspected the foreign client was connected to Demon.

• Su Chen read a message reporting that He Jingtian’s torture had escalated and recalled that He Jingtian had contacted Demon.
• Su Zhenxing excitedly told Su Chen that Wang Bo of Kyoto Guanghua had brought an American client to pursue cooperation with Su Corporation.
• Su Chen remembered Wang Bo’s history of controlling business rivals and suspected he meant to use the same scheme against Su Corporation.
• Su Chen agreed to meet Wang Bo without warning Su Zhenxing that he believed the offer was a trap.
• Su Zhenxing greeted Wang Bo in the conference room, while Su Chen recognized Wang Bo and suspected the foreign client was connected to Demon.

Wang Bo and Michael visited Su Corporation with offers of cooperation, while Su Chen recognized their visit as part of a hostile scheme. Wang Bo invited Su Zhenxing and Su Chen to the Golden Light Club for an unusually early meal and a deeper discussion.

• Su Chen suspected Wang Bo’s ties to Devil Island and decided to deal with them together when Wang Bo arrived at Su Corporation with Michael.
• Wang Bo praised Su Corporation’s Optical Module technology and proposed cooperation, while privately resenting Su Zhenxing for refusing to sell it.
• Michael also expressed interest in cooperating, and Su Zhenxing eagerly welcomed both visitors.
• Wang Bo and Michael praised Su Chen as capable, pure, and filial, prompting Su Zhenxing to doubt their judgment and regain his business composure.
• Wang Bo stopped Su Zhenxing from arranging tea and invited him and Su Chen to the Golden Light Club, despite it being before ten in the morning.

Wang Bo and Michael tried to ensnare Su Zhenxing and Su Chen with women and drugged wine during a business dinner at the Golden Light Hotel. Su Zhenxing became trapped in the women’s advances, while Su Chen resisted; Michael still planned to steal Su Corporation’s technology and kill Su Chen.

• Su Zhenxing accepted Wang Bo’s invitation to dinner at the Golden Light Hotel and insisted on paying.
• Wang Bo brought in five scantily clad women to seduce Su Zhenxing and Su Chen, but both men initially pushed them away.
• Wang Bo ordered the women to press their advances, and Su Zhenxing became flustered as they surrounded him.
• Wang Bo and Michael watched smugly, intending to record a compromising scene and use it to control the Su father and son.
• Michael privately planned to take Su Corporation’s Optical Module Technology and kill Su Chen, and the women’s wine contained an aphrodisiac.

Su Chen rejected Wang Bo’s attempts to seduce him with Xiao Fen and Xiao Zi, then left the private room under the pretense of stomach trouble. Wang Bo shifted his attention to getting compromising footage of Su Zhenxing, who drank wine poured by Wang Bo’s women as they prepared to begin their scheme.

• Su Chen shoved Xiao Fen and Xiao Zi into the wall and brushed off the places they had touched, angering Wang Bo.
• Su Zhenxing tried to smooth things over with Wang Bo and embraced the three women assigned to him.
• Su Chen suppressed his urge to attack Wang Bo and pretended to suffer stomach trouble so he could leave the room.
• Su Zhenxing apologized for Su Chen and drank the wine the three women poured for him while Wang Bo watched with satisfaction.
• The three women began caressing Su Zhenxing, anticipating that their plan would soon begin.

Wang Bo ordered Xiao Fen and Xiao Zi to help stage and record a compromising scene with Su Zhenxing so he could blackmail him into handing over Su Corporation's Optical Module Technology. Su Chen secretly returned and used knockout smoke on everyone in the private suite, leaving Wang Bo unconscious as the chapter ended.

• Wang Bo ordered Xiao Fen and Xiao Zi to help the other women carry Su Zhenxing into the suite's inner room.
• Xiao Hong, Xiao Fen, Xiao Zi, and the other women began preparing the compromising scene while Wang Bo and Michael watched and Wang Bo started recording.
• Su Chen quietly returned to the suite and saw what Wang Bo was doing.
• Su Chen blew knockout smoke from Da Wang into the private suite, and Wang Bo collapsed, dropping and shattering his wine bottle.

Su Chen entered the private room after drugging Wang Bo, Michael, and the five women, then confronted Wang Bo over his plan to use the women against Su Zhenxing. Wang Bo claimed the women were a gift for Su Zhenxing, and Su Chen challenged him to enjoy the gift himself.

• Wang Bo, Michael, and the five women collapsed and found themselves unable to move.
• Su Chen entered the room, locked the door, and revealed that Wang Bo and Michael had been drugged.
• Wang Bo and Michael threatened Su Chen and demanded that he undo the drug, but Su Chen pretended not to understand.
• Su Chen accused Wang Bo of calling coercion and drugging a business partner cooperation.
• Wang Bo claimed the five women were a gift for Su Zhenxing, who had fainted from happiness.
• Su Chen crouched beside Wang Bo and challenged him to enjoy the gift himself.

Su Chen discovered videos Wang Bo had used to blackmail business partners and threatened to expose the five women who made them unless they used those methods on Wang Bo. The women obeyed, and they began undressing Wang Bo as he threatened them.

• Su Chen searched Wang Bo's phone and found videos documenting the compromising acts Wang Bo had used to control business partners.
• Su Chen realized the five women had been about to subject Su Zhenxing to the same treatment and said he had prevented it.
• Su Chen threatened to release the videos unless the women served Wang Bo using the methods shown in them.
• The women hesitated, fearing both Su Chen and Wang Bo, but agreed after Su Chen warned them.
• Su Chen gave the women pills that restored their ability to move and ordered them to serve Wang Bo.
• The women approached Wang Bo and began removing his clothes despite his threats.

Su Chen had Xiao Qing Five subject President Wang and Michael to the humiliating treatment President Wang had forced on them, and Xiao Qing Five turned their years of fear and anger against him. The chapter ended with Xiao Qing taunting President Wang as he was made to eat what she called “Top-Tier Fortune Excrement.”

• Xiao Qing Five dressed the immobilized President Wang in The Emperor's New Clothes, then did the same to Michael on Su Chen's orders.
• Su Chen told Xiao Qing Five to begin, and they divided up the work as President Wang threatened to kill them.
• President Wang's threats reminded Xiao Qing Five of his blackmail and abuse, stirring their suppressed anger.
• Xiao Qing let out a huge fart, stunning everyone and leaving President Wang unable to respond.
• Xiao Qing Five retaliated against President Wang, and Xiao Qing taunted him while making him eat excrement.

Su Chen used videos of Wang Bo and Michael being humiliated to force Wang Bo into negotiating, then demanded a hundred million in cash as compensation for the distress they caused him and his father. Wang Bo and Michael remained at Su Chen’s mercy, while Su Chen planned to help the Xiao Qing Five escape Wang Bo’s control.

• The Xiao Qing Five fed Top-Tier Fortune Powder to Michael until he joined Wang Bo in suffering, while Su Chen recorded them and copied the other videos from Wang Bo’s phone.
• After the Xiao Qing Five feared Wang Bo’s retaliation, Su Chen decided to help them escape his control.
• Su Chen showed Wang Bo and Michael the humiliating footage and threatened to upload it online.
• Wang Bo suppressed his anger and asked Su Chen what he wanted in exchange for settling the matter.
• Su Chen demanded a hundred million in cash from Wang Bo as compensation for the psychological harm caused to him and his father.

Su Chen forced Wang Bo to transfer 100 million and made him wake Su Zhenxing, while keeping Wang Bo under his control with the video. The chapter ended with Su Chen again refusing to remove Wang Bo’s drug, leaving Wang Bo furious and helpless.

• Wang Bo gave Su Chen his account details, and Su Chen transferred 100 million from Wang Bo’s account.
• Su Chen insisted Wang Bo wake Su Zhenxing before he would consider removing the drug or deleting the video.
• Xiao Qing splashed water on Su Zhenxing, who woke up unharmed and saw the humiliating scene around Wang Bo.
• Su Zhenxing realized Wang Bo had tried to set him up and watched as Su Chen continued dealing with him.
• Wang Bo asked Su Chen to remove the drug, but Su Chen again told him there was no rush.

Su Chen used Wang Bo’s recorded video to stop him from retaliating against Xiao Qing Five and secured their freedom, despite Wang Bo’s anger over the hundred-million-yuan payment. Xiao Qing Five pledged themselves to Su Chen, while Wang Bo asked him for the sedative’s antidote.

• Su Chen warned Wang Bo not to harm Xiao Qing Five or the video would be shared with Hua Country.
• Wang Bo insisted that Su Chen had agreed to take a hundred million and keep the video secret, but Su Chen denied making that agreement.
• Wang Bo reluctantly agreed to spare Xiao Qing Five and let them serve Su Chen, while secretly planning to retaliate later.
• Xiao Qing Five knelt and thanked Su Chen, saying they belonged to him from then on.
• Wang Bo asked Su Chen to give him the antidote for the sedative.

Su Chen left Wang Bo and Michael immobilized after escaping their attempt to obtain Su Corporation's Optical Module Technology, and the two men planned to retaliate by killing him. Back at the Su Family Villa, Xiao Qing and the other four declared their loyalty to Su Chen after he saved them.

• Su Chen told Wang Bo the drug would wear off within an hour, then left the private room with Su Zhenxing and the others.
• After Su Chen left, Michael blamed Wang Bo for their failure, and Wang Bo persuaded him to work together on killing Su Chen.
• Michael said he would take his men to the Su Family the following night to kill Su Chen.
• Wang Bo and Michael regained their mobility, cleaned themselves up, and moved to another hotel.
• Su Chen returned to the Su Family Villa with Su Zhenxing, then asked Xiao Qing and the other four why they were following him.
• Xiao Qing and the other four knelt before Su Chen and said they belonged to him because he had saved their lives.

Su Chen brought Xiao Qing Five into the Su Family Villa but refused to let them stay, despite their pleas that they feared Wang Bo. Fang Qingqing arrived after hearing that five beauties were at Su Chen’s home, and she was relieved to see him greet her happily.

• Su Chen invited Xiao Qing Five inside after their public kneeling attracted attention from passersby and his family.
• Su Chen told Xiao Qing Five he would not keep them and urged them to leave and live freely.
• Xiao Qing Five knelt again and begged Su Chen to protect them from Wang Bo.
• Su Zhenxing sympathized with Xiao Qing Five but held back from speaking up.
• Fang Qingqing arrived and questioned Su Chen about the five beauties, then relaxed when he greeted her warmly.

Fang Qingqing arrived at the Su Family and made clear her closeness with Su Chen, who explained why Xiao Qing Five had come to him. Fang Qingqing offered the five women a safe place to stay, and they gratefully accepted.

• Fang Qingqing sat in Su Chen's lap, while Su Zhenxing realized she would not let Xiao Qing Five stay by Su Chen's side.
• Xiao Qing Five saw Su Chen's warmth toward Fang Qingqing and understood that he had no romantic interest in them.
• Su Chen told Fang Qingqing how Wang Bo and Michael had exploited Xiao Qing Five, and Fang Qingqing grew relieved that Su Chen had no improper intentions toward them.
• Fang Qingqing offered Xiao Qing Five a safe place where Wang Bo could not find or persecute them.
• Xiao Qing Five turned to Fang Qingqing and gratefully accepted her offer.

Su Chen enjoyed time with Fang Qingqing while He Jingtian’s attempt to avoid Fei Ge and Meng Ge’s abuse failed. The two inmates cornered He Jingtian in the restroom and prepared to torment him by drowning him in urine.

• After Fang Qingqing sent the five people away, Su Chen and Fang Qingqing spent time together while Su Zhenxing and Su Qiqi stayed in their rooms.
• He Jingtian stayed near the prison guard all morning to avoid Fei Ge and Meng Ge, but went to the restroom during lunch to relieve himself.
• Fei Ge and Meng Ge locked the restroom door, confronted He Jingtian, and Fei Ge slapped him repeatedly.
• Fei Ge told Meng Ge to clog the urinal drain and urinate on He Jingtian, and Meng Ge eagerly agreed.

Fei Ge and Meng Ge repeatedly forced He Jingtian’s face into urine until he passed out, then left him in the restroom, intending to continue torturing him after he recovered. At Su Family Villa, Su Chen woke to a notification announcing the escalating torture.

• He Jingtian broke free from Fei Ge and nearly reached the restroom door, but Fei Ge caught him, slammed him down, and kicked him into the wall.
• Meng Ge finished filling the clogged urinal, and Fei Ge and Meng Ge dragged He Jingtian over and forced his face into the urine.
• Fei Ge and Meng Ge lifted He Jingtian out when he nearly suffocated, then repeatedly submerged him again for half an hour.
• He Jingtian passed out, so Fei Ge and Meng Ge left him on the restroom floor, planning to resume the torture after he recovered.
• Su Chen woke to a phone notification reporting the thirty-minute urine suffocation and promising more torture.

After learning that Wang Bo, Michael, and their accomplices planned to assassinate him, Su Chen eagerly prepared to capture and torture them, having embraced what he saw as his cruel nature. He released sleeping smoke through the Su Family Villa to make the attackers collapse as soon as they entered.

• Su Chen received Detective Xie's warning that Wang Bo, Michael, and up to five others planned to assassinate him that night.
• Su Chen decided to use the attackers to try out the torture methods he had learned from He Jingtian.
• Su Chen showed Su Zhenxing messages describing He Jingtian's torture, terrifying Su Zhenxing and Su Qiqi.
• Su Zhenxing spent the day acting warmly toward Su Chen, while Su Chen prepared for the attackers.
• After the Su Family Villa went dark, Su Chen released sleeping smoke throughout it to incapacitate the intruders.

Su Chen watched as Michael and Wang Bo led an assassination team into the Su Family Villa, unaware that he had filled the house with sleeping gas. The intruders collapsed on the second-floor stairwell, and Su Chen revealed that he had been waiting for them.

• Michael and Wang Bo arrived at the Su Family Villa with four of Michael's men, bickering over their past humiliation by Su Chen.
• Michael and Wang Bo stopped arguing long enough for the group to enter the villa and head quietly toward the main building.
• Michael's men used a Master Key to open the main building, and the six intruders went upstairs toward Su Chen's bedroom.
• The sleeping gas weakened the intruders, and Michael's group collapsed at the second-floor stairwell.
• Su Chen laughed and told the fallen intruders that he had been waiting for them.