Chapter Summaries

Su Chen refused Wang Bo’s offer of money and rejected Michael’s threats about their ties to America’s Secretary of Defense. He dragged the six helpless men into his bathroom and began torturing Wang Bo, who begged him to spare his life in exchange for all his property.

• Su Chen told Wang Bo that he wanted the lives of all six men, and Wang Bo wet himself in fear.
• Michael claimed the men served Cruise, America's Secretary of Defense, and Wang Bo threatened Su Chen with their influence.
• Su Chen said the connection made him even less willing to let them go and dragged all six men into his bathroom.
• Su Chen took out a dagger and began preparing to torture Wang Bo in the bathtub.
• Wang Bo begged Su Chen to spare his life and offered him all his property.

Su Chen rejected Wang Bo’s offer of all his assets and tortured him while Michael and the others watched in horror. Wang Bo passed out and could not be revived, so Su Chen turned toward the remaining five, who begged him for a quick death.

• Michael accepted that Su Chen would kill him and refused to beg for mercy.
• Su Chen rejected Wang Bo’s offer of his assets and cut off Wang Bo’s fingers and toes until he passed out.
• Su Chen cut off Wang Bo’s ears, but Wang Bo fainted again and would not wake despite Su Chen splashing him with water.
• Su Chen gave up on Wang Bo and approached Michael and the other five.
• Michael and the others begged Su Chen to spare them from being tortured and asked him for a quick death.

Su Chen disposed of the six people he had killed and went to sleep as dawn approached. At Haishi First Mental Hospital, Liu Yanran decided that she would kill Su Chen herself so she could escape.

• Su Chen used Corpse Dissolving Powder to dissolve the six bodies and washed the remains down the drain.
• Su Chen cleaned up the traces, saw that dawn was near, and took a short nap.
• Liu Yanran spent two days trying to figure out how to kill Su Chen and escape the mental hospital.
• Liu Yanran decided to kill Su Chen herself.

Liu Yanran plotted to lure Su Chen to the Ghost mental hospital and kill him, while He Jingtian endured another night of torture in Haishi First Prison. Liu Yanran refined her plan as Meng Ge took over from Fei Ge to electrocute He Jingtian.

• Liu Yanran planned to obtain a weapon and sedatives, lure Su Chen to the Ghost mental hospital with an explanation for her past behavior, and kill him without being discovered.
• Fei Ge and Meng Ge entered He Jingtian’s cell after he fell asleep, muffled his scream, and restrained him.
• Fei Ge pressed an electric baton to He Jingtian’s chest and electrocuted him until he nearly passed out.
• Meng Ge asked Fei Ge for the electric baton, then watched for He Jingtian to recover enough for another round of torture.

He Jingtian begged Fei Ge and Meng Ge to stop torturing him, but they rejected his offer of five hundred thousand and nearly electrocuted him to death. The next morning, Su Chen received a message reporting that He Jingtian’s torture had escalated.

• He Jingtian woke to find Fei Ge and Meng Ge ready to shock him again, then tearfully begged them to spare him.
• Fei Ge and Meng Ge demanded three million each, and He Jingtian offered only five hundred thousand because He Mu had taken most of his money.
• Meng Ge shocked He Jingtian with increased power while Fei Ge urged him on, and He Jingtian collapsed but remained alive.
• Fei Ge and Meng Ge stopped for the day, worried that He Jingtian might die before they completed the torture promised to their client.
• Su Chen woke the next morning and read a message saying He Jingtian’s torture was escalating.

Liu Yanran schemed to steal the security guard’s Electric Baton and kill Su Chen, while hiding an aluminum spoon as another weapon. She endured Electric Shock Magnetic Therapy without resisting, leaving the Nurses astonished by her sudden obedience.

• Liu Yanran seduced the security guard into trusting her, and he planned to approach her during his nighttime patrol so he could make a move on her.
• Liu Yanran plotted to take the guard’s Electric Baton and use it against Su Chen, whom she blamed for her suffering.
• Liu Yanran forced herself to finish her meal, hid an aluminum spoon in her underwear, and concealed it under her bedboard as a weapon.
• The two Nurses arrived to take Liu Yanran to Electric Shock Magnetic Therapy, but she followed them quietly instead of resisting or cursing.
• Liu Yanran endured the full-strength treatment without complaining, and the astonished Nurses returned her to her ward while she stayed still to protect her plans.

Su Chen eagerly awaited new attackers while Liu Yanran planned to escape Haishi First Mental Hospital and obtain an Electric Baton to kill him. She used her charms to distract a Security Guard, who recognized her as Hai City's richest man's wife and became lustfully interested in her.

• Su Chen regretted sending away his previous attackers and hoped more would come so he could experiment on them.
• Liu Yanran watched patients fight in the cafeteria and grew more determined to escape and get revenge on Su Chen.
• Security Guards used Electric Batons to break up the fight and force the patients back into line, giving Liu Yanran an idea for how to kill Su Chen.
• Liu Yanran timed her approach to a Security Guard, pretended to stumble, and used her seductive eyes to distract him.
• The Security Guard recognized Liu Yanran as Hai City's richest man's wife and lustfully considered taking advantage of her.

Liu Yanran secretly collected sedatives while pretending to refuse her medication, despite being beaten and forcibly made to swallow a fresh dose. After the Nurses left, she planned to repeat the trick and steal an Electric Baton so she could use the drugs against Su Chen.

• Liu Yanran planned to hide the sedatives in her medicine and save enough to make Su Chen sleep.
• Liu Yanran hid a white pill and scattered the other pills while pretending to have a breakdown.
• The Nurses beat Liu Yanran for scattering the medicine, then forced her to swallow a newly prepared dose.
• Liu Yanran noticed that some pills were missing, including several sedatives, and secretly celebrated after the Nurses left.
• Liu Yanran decided to collect more medicine and steal an Electric Baton from a security guard.

He Jingtian failed to bribe the prison guard into transferring him away from Fei Ge and Meng Ge, so he paid to use the guard’s phone and urged Demon to kill Su Chen. Late that night, a man and a woman grappled in Liu Yanran’s hospital room.

• He Jingtian begged the prison guard to move him to another Prison Block, but the guard said he lacked the authority.
• He Jingtian offered the guard five hundred thousand for a transfer, then settled for paying one hundred thousand to send an email.
• He Jingtian urged Demon to kill Su Chen as soon as possible, claiming Su Chen had become arrogant and was targeting him.
• The prison guard took back his phone and let He Jingtian remain by the bars while he returned to his office.
• Late at night, a man and a woman grappled in Liu Yanran’s hospital room for about half an hour.

Su Chen guessed Liu Yanran had lured him to the psychiatric hospital for a malicious reason, but decided to go anyway. After he told Su Zhenxing about her message, Su Zhenxing lost his appetite and offered to accompany him.

• Su Chen recalled that Liu Yanran had paid people who tried to assassinate him, and suspected her invitation was a trap.
• Su Chen decided to visit the psychiatric hospital despite suspecting Liu Yanran was up to no good.
• At breakfast, Su Chen told Su Zhenxing that Liu Yanran had invited him to hear why she liked He Mu instead of him.
• Su Zhenxing became upset and said he would go with Su Chen to hear what Liu Yanran had to say.

Liu Yanran defended her past neglect of Su Chen by blaming his disappearance for the abuse she suffered from his grandmother. She left the conversation insisting that Su Chen could not blame her for resenting him.

• Liu Yanran reacted to Su Chen's implied threat and privately convinced herself that he deserved to die.
• Liu Yanran hid her resentment and told Su Chen that she still felt grief over their strained relationship.
• Liu Yanran claimed that seeing Su Chen reminded her of how his grandmother had mistreated her.
• Liu Yanran blamed Su Chen's disappearance for her suffering and asked whether he could really blame her for not liking him.

Liu Yanran tried to make Su Chen drink the water by apologizing and then forcing the cup toward him, but Su Chen knocked it away. As Liu Yanran accused him of refusing to forgive her, Su Chen’s eyes rolled back, and she reacted in alarm.

• Liu Yanran blamed Su Chen and his Grandmother for her predicament and grew furious when he refused the water.
• Liu Yanran got out of bed, picked up the cup, and apologized while trying to force Su Chen to drink.
• Su Chen knocked the cup away, prompting Liu Yanran to accuse him of refusing to forgive her.
• Su Chen’s eyes rolled back, and Liu Yanran stared at him in shock.

Su Chen, possessed by his mother-in-law, confronted Liu Yanran over the ways she had harmed her grandson. He accused her of paying He Mu to hire assassins to kill Su Chen.

• Su Chen demanded that Liu Yanran confess to any other ways she had wronged his grandson.
• Liu Yanran feared he had discovered her plan to kill Su Chen, but denied doing anything else to hurt him.
• Su Zhenxing agreed that Liu Yanran seemed too powerless to harm Su Chen further.
• Su Chen slapped Liu Yanran and accused her of giving He Mu money to hire assassins to kill Su Chen.

Su Zhenxing punished Liu Yanran as she blamed Su Chen for her confinement and torture. Su Chen confronted Liu Yanran about why she had summoned him and what she had put in the water she gave him.

• Liu Yanran cursed Su Chen and accused him of locking her in the Ghost Mental Hospital and having Doctor Liu torture her.
• Su Zhenxing grew enraged and lashed Liu Yanran with a whip.
• Su Chen told Liu Yanran that he had tried to treat her and accused her of repaying his kindness with hostility.
• Su Chen asked Liu Yanran why she had summoned him, whether she had planned to kill him, and what was in the water she gave him.

Su Chen exposed Liu Yanran’s attempt to drug him with a lethal dose of sleeping pills, leaving Su Zhenxing devastated by his wife’s betrayal. Su Zhenxing gave Su Chen full authority over Liu Yanran and said he would never ask for her release from the psychiatric hospital.

• Su Zhenxing demanded that Liu Yanran explain what she had put in the water she offered Su Chen.
• Su Chen tried to force Liu Yanran to drink the water, and she confessed that she had drugged it.
• Su Zhenxing collapsed in grief, then knelt before Su Chen while mistaking him for his dead mother.
• Su Chen’s eyes and voice returned to normal, and he told Su Zhenxing that he had known the water was drugged and had not drunk it.
• Su Zhenxing told Su Chen to decide Liu Yanran’s fate and said she did not deserve to be released from the psychiatric hospital.

After Liu Yanran tried to kill Su Chen, Su Zhenxing finally ended their relationship and announced he would divorce her. He left Liu Yanran’s care to Su Chen, while Liu Yanran broke down and Su Chen watched in astonishment.

• Su Chen was surprised and pleased when Su Zhenxing said he had let go of Liu Yanran.
• Liu Yanran panicked and demanded that Su Zhenxing keep taking care of her, but he said her attempt to kill Su Chen had crossed the line he could not forgive.
• Liu Yanran begged Su Zhenxing not to divorce her, but he said he could no longer tell whether she was telling the truth.
• Su Zhenxing announced he would divorce Liu Yanran and leave decisions about her illness to Su Chen, then walked out of the hospital room.
• Liu Yanran wept and chased after Su Zhenxing while Su Chen stared at the scene in astonishment.

After Su Zhenxing abandoned Liu Yanran, she attacked Su Chen with an electric baton, but he overpowered her and used it to shock her under the pretense of treating her illness. The treatment was underway when someone entered her hospital room.

• Liu Yanran blamed Su Chen for Su Zhenxing leaving and charged at him with an electric baton.
• Su Chen kicked Liu Yanran down, took the baton, and taunted her about losing Su Zhenxing and her former status.
• Liu Yanran kept attacking and cursing Su Chen, while he knocked her down again and began shocking her with the baton.
• Someone entered Liu Yanran's hospital room as Su Chen continued the so-called treatment.

Su Chen demanded a new treatment for Liu Yanran after electric shock therapy stopped affecting her. Doctor Liu said a lobotomy was the only stronger option and left Su Chen facing that recommendation.

• Su Chen pressed Doctor Liu to find a new treatment for his mother, Liu Yanran.
• Doctor Liu explained that electric shock magnetic therapy was the strongest psychiatric treatment and was banned in some countries because it was too aggressive.
• Doctor Liu said electric shocks no longer worked for Liu Yanran and recommended a lobotomy to calm her.

Su Chen exploited Liu Yanran’s fear of a frontal lobotomy to force her to comply with treatment, then arranged for the surgery to be expedited. As he left with the hospital’s Electric Baton, Doctor Liu realized Liu Yanran had likely obtained the weapon through the hospital’s Security Department.

• Su Chen asked Doctor Liu to explain the effects of a frontal lobotomy while Liu Yanran listened.
• After hearing that the surgery could impair her intellect and abilities, Liu Yanran panicked and refused to consent.
• Su Chen claimed that, as Liu Yanran’s son and guardian, he could approve the treatment and told Doctor Liu to arrange the surgery.
• Doctor Liu agreed to expedite the required procedures, estimating that they would take two or three days.
• Su Chen left with the Electric Baton and revealed that it had come from Liu Yanran; Doctor Liu noticed Liu Yanran’s guilty reaction and suspected the Security Department was involved.

Su Chen returned home and confronted Su Zhenxing for leaving work early, then told him Liu Yanran had planned to use an Electric Baton on him. Su Chen revealed that he had arranged a lobotomy for Liu Yanran, leaving Su Zhenxing stunned.

• Su Chen found Su Zhenxing resting at home and scolded him for leaving Su Corporation early.
• Su Zhenxing apologized and explained that he was too upset about cutting ties with Liu Yanran to work.
• Su Chen told Su Zhenxing that the Electric Baton had come from Liu Yanran, who had intended to use it on him.
• Su Zhenxing said he would not plead for Liu Yanran and warned Su Chen to stay away from her.
• Su Chen announced that Doctor Liu was arranging a lobotomy for Liu Yanran and that the Su Family would visit the hospital to support her.
• Su Zhenxing froze, knowing the operation could turn Liu Yanran into an idiot.