Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo learned from Ouyang Ruo Xi that Han Junjie had vanished after the auction, while the Han Family investigated the disappearance and struggled to find evidence. The chapter ended with Han Siyuan suspecting that Han Junjie’s purchases and reckless spending had wasted resources that could have strengthened the family.

• Chen Mo decided he would treat sanatorium patients only if they came to him, rather than making house calls.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi called Chen Mo and told him that Han Junjie had gone missing after the auction.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi suspected Chen Mo might be involved because he had clashed with Han Junjie and could defeat powerful martial artists.
• Han Siyuan led the Han Family’s investigation, but surveillance footage and searches produced no firm leads.
• Han Siyuan considered whether someone had killed Han Junjie for the Hundred Fragrance Fruit, then lamented how Han Junjie had squandered the family’s medicinal resources.

Han Siyuan investigated the auction conflict and questioned Ouyang Ruo Xi about Han Junjie's disappearance, while learning about Chen Mo. Ouyang Ruo Xi warned Chen Mo that Han Siyuan, a Houtian Layer Nine Martial Artist, would likely question him next.

• Han Siyuan investigated the auction, the Han Family's failed Marriage Alliance with the Ouyang Family, and the people involved, but found little suspicious information.
• Han Siyuan reviewed Chen Mo's information and ruled him out as a likely attacker because he was only a Houtian Layer Three Martial Artist.
• After questioning Ouyang Ruo Xi, Han Siyuan learned that she had blamed herself for the auction conflict and said Chen Mo had only been a bystander.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi told Chen Mo she had concealed his involvement because she hated the Han Family and did not want to implicate him.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi warned Chen Mo that Han Siyuan was skilled and would likely come to question him about Han Junjie's disappearance.

Chen Mo met Han Siyuan, Han Junji’s uncle, who was investigating Han Junji’s disappearance after the auction. Han Siyuan questioned Chen Mo about that night, and Chen Mo began recounting his encounter with Ouyang Ruo Xi and Han Junji.

• Chen Mo dismissed the Han Family’s investigation and resolved to fight back if they tried to capture him.
• Han Siyuan approached Chen Mo after his morning workout and introduced himself as Han Junji’s uncle.
• Han Siyuan considered the Han Family’s failed marriage alliance with the Ouyang Family and suspected Ouyang Ruo Xi might be connected to Han Junji’s disappearance.
• Han Siyuan questioned Chen Mo about his contact with Han Junji at the auction.
• Chen Mo began describing what had happened when he met Ouyang Ruo Xi that night, focusing on Han Junji.

Han Siyuan questioned Chen Mo about Han Junji’s disappearance, then reported his fruitless investigation to Han Sicheng, who planned to pursue the case through the Traffic Bureau. Meanwhile, Chen Mo kept working and treating Nangong Xue’s mother, whose condition began to stabilize.

• Chen Mo gave Han Siyuan an account of his conflict with Han Junji that matched Ouyang Ruo Xi’s version, and Han Siyuan left after warning him to tell the truth.
• Han Siyuan told Han Sicheng that he had found no clues about Han Junji’s disappearance, and Han Sicheng ordered him to send the investigation records and remain in West City.
• Han Sicheng suspected someone might have coveted the Hundred Fragrance Fruit and planned to use the Traffic Bureau to trace Han Junji’s movements.
• Chen Mo continued his work, cultivation, Talisman drawing, and Formation Base refining while the Han Family pursued its investigation.
• Nangong Xue’s mother began recovering after several days of treatment, and Nangong Xue trusted Chen Mo’s Medical Skill but still resented his charges.

Nangong Xue watched her mother continue to recover under Chen Mo’s care, while Chen Mo allowed her mother to keep taking tonic medicine after she had already paid him. After checking on the other patients, Chen Mo was confronted at his villa by Wang Jie and a group of young men who had come looking for him.

• Nangong Xue visited her mother, who was awake for longer but still too weak to speak.
• Chen Mo treated Nangong Xue’s mother and instructed the nurse to begin feeding her small amounts of rice oil.
• Nangong Xue transferred Chen Mo one million yuan, and Chen Mo said her mother no longer needed tonic medicine but could keep taking it since she had paid.
• Chen Mo checked on the other patients and returned to his villa, where a group of more than ten young men came to the gate.
• Wang Jie introduced himself and made clear through his demeanor that he looked down on Chen Mo.

Wang Jie came to Chen Mo’s home after learning that the unusually delicious ingredients at a restaurant came from Chen Mo’s agricultural company. He intended to secure the supply for his own businesses, and the chapter ended as his companion’s claims stirred his ambition.

• Wang Jie’s followers mocked Chen Mo for not welcoming their group or offering refreshments.
• Wang Jie demanded that Chen Mo invite him inside, while the narration explained that he had come seeking the source of the restaurant’s ingredients.
• Wang Jie’s companion said an investigation had traced the restaurant’s vegetables and fish to an agricultural produce company.
• Wang Jie’s companion described secretly obtaining vegetables and confirming that they tasted just as good when cooked elsewhere.
• Wang Jie grew excited at the prospect of obtaining the ingredients for his club and improving his standing in the family.

Zhong Yuantao persuaded Wang Jie to target Chen Mo’s sanatorium and farmland, believing Wang Jie’s connections could take them over. After investigating, Wang Jie sent people to approach Chen Mo, but with Chen Mo away, Da Hai refused to sell.

• Zhong Yuantao gave Wang Jie a report showing Chen Mo supplied the vegetables and fish, then explained the influence of the retired elders at Chen Mo’s sanatorium.
• Zhong Yuantao admitted he wanted Wang Jie to seize control of Chen Mo’s land so he could obtain a share of the produce.
• Wang Jie agreed to pursue the sanatorium and farmland and sent people to investigate Chen Family Village.
• Wang Jie’s investigation confirmed Zhong Yuantao’s account, and Wang Jie planned to approach Chen Mo with an offer before using force.
• Wang Jie’s people found Chen Mo away at the Ouyang Family, and Da Hai refused their attempt to buy the place.

Shen Bowen revealed that he had secretly arranged for Zhong Yuantao to steer Wang Jie into targeting Chen Mo and his vegetable fields. He planned to use Wang Jie as a proxy because Chen Mo’s powerful connections made a direct attack too risky.

• Zhong Yuantao called Fourth Brother to report that Wang Jie had accepted the information and shown interest, and Fourth Brother promised him a reward for keeping watch.
• Fourth Brother reported the progress to Shen Bowen, who welcomed the news and hoped Wang Jie would cause trouble for Chen Mo.
• Shen Bowen regretted losing the chance to acquire Chen Mo’s vegetables and resented Port Area’s growing business and Shen Tingting’s close relationship with Chen Mo.
• Shen Bowen explained that he had chosen Wang Jie to lead the attack because Chen Mo’s ties to influential elders made it dangerous for Shen Bowen to act openly.
• Xiao Si had used Zhong Yuantao’s debt and prior acquaintance with Wang Jie to draw him closer, then passed along Shen Bowen’s selectively presented information about Chen Mo.

Shen Bowen planned to use Wang Jie to seize Chen Mo’s assets, but Chen Mo returned and met Wang Jie, who tried to buy Gourd Valley. Chen Mo refused every offer, and Wang Jie’s followers insulted him as the negotiations soured.

• Shen Bowen decided to encourage Wang Jie to take over Chen Mo’s assets and use them to secure vegetable quotas for his club business.
• Wang Jie repeatedly visited Chen Mo’s home, but Da Hai turned him away by saying Chen Mo was away on business.
• After Chen Mo returned, he welcomed Wang Jie to the courtyard gazebo and asked him to state his purpose.
• Wang Jie offered ten million, then twenty million and thirty million, to buy the leased land and everything on it, but Chen Mo refused.
• Wang Jie offered one hundred million, but Chen Mo said he would not transfer the property for any price.
• Wang Jie’s followers insulted Chen Mo, while Wang Jie stayed silent and appeared pleased by their words.

Chen Mo refused Wang Jie’s offer to buy his courtyard, and Wang Jie left planning to use legal and illicit pressure to take it. On the way to the parking area, Wang Jie and his men encountered Nangong Xue, whom they did not recognize.

• Chen Mo rejected Wang Jie’s offer to buy his courtyard and rebuffed his subordinates’ insults.
• Wang Jie handed Chen Mo his business card, then left intending to use connections and other methods to force him to surrender the property.
• Wang Jie considered taking over the courtyard while allowing its elderly residents to stay and hiring a Traditional Chinese Medicine Master if Chen Mo would not work for him.
• Wang Jie and his subordinates encountered Nangong Xue in the parking area, and one subordinate tried to approach her.
• Wang Jie rebuked his subordinate and apologized to Nangong Xue, who looked at him with contempt.

Chen Mo rescued Nangong Xue from Wang Jie and his thugs after they tried to seize her. After Chen Mo beat down Wang Jie’s men, Wang Jie invoked the Qinling Wang Family and revealed that its Clan Leader was his grandfather.

• Nangong Xue tried to leave when Wang Jie’s men blocked the road, but one of them stopped her and the group began insulting her.
• Wang Jie ordered his subordinates to take Nangong Xue, who twisted her ankle as she tried to get away.
• A thug knocked Nangong Xue’s phone away and reached for her, but Chen Mo arrived, kicked him aside, and told the others to leave.
• Wang Jie ordered more than a dozen men to break Chen Mo’s legs, but Chen Mo kicked them all down and beat them further.
• Chen Mo confronted Wang Jie about his order, and Wang Jie announced that he belonged to the Qinling Wang Family and that its Clan Leader was his grandfather.

Chen Mo tortured Wang Jie until he revealed that Zhong Yuantao had supplied him with information about Chen Mo, then let him go and decided to ask the Special Affairs Administration about Zhong Yuantao. He helped Nangong Xue back to his villa to treat her injured foot.

• Chen Mo slapped Wang Jie and used True Essence to torture him until he agreed to talk.
• Wang Jie said Zhong Yuantao had told him about Chen Mo and given him a detailed file, then handed the file over and explained what he knew about Zhong Yuantao.
• Chen Mo dismissed Wang Jie and his men, then resolved to ask the Special Affairs Administration how Zhong Yuantao had obtained his information.
• Chen Mo supported the injured Nangong Xue to his villa and retrieved medicinal wine and supplies.
• Nangong Xue removed her shoe and sock, and Chen Mo prepared to apply medicine and massage her foot.

Wang Jie returned to West City after being beaten by Chen Mo and planned how to investigate him and seek help from the Wang Family. Meanwhile, Chen Mo treated Nangong Xue’s injured ankle with Medicinal Wine and True Essence, easing her pain.

• Wang Jie rebuked his subordinates, had one buy medicine, and returned to West City while they tended his injuries.
• Wang Jie decided to investigate Chen Mo, question Zhong Yuantao, and seek his grandfather’s help after recovering.
• Chen Mo examined Nangong Xue’s swollen ankle and began massaging it with Medicinal Wine.
• Chen Mo used True Essence to soothe Nangong Xue’s injury, and she said the treatment felt comfortable and had eased the pain.

Chen Mo treated Nangong Xue’s injured foot while she grew flustered by his touch. Ouyang Ruo Xi arrived and found them together, leaving the two women facing off as Chen Mo went inside.

• Chen Mo carefully used medicinal wine and True Essence to reduce the swelling in Nangong Xue’s foot.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi entered Chen Mo’s yard and mistook the sounds from the pavilion before discovering him treating Nangong Xue.
• Nangong Xue pulled her foot away and put on her sock when Ouyang Ruo Xi approached.
• Chen Mo finished treating Nangong Xue, gave her the medicinal wine, and went inside to wash his hands.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi and Nangong Xue exchanged guarded questions about whether they were Chen Mo’s friends, then silently stared at each other.

Ouyang Ruo Xi and Nangong Xue recognized each other from a Kyoto auction four years earlier while they waited for Chen Mo. A phone call delayed Chen Mo as Hu Hai Tian asked for more wine, and the chapter ended with Chen Mo hurrying back to the two women.

• Nangong Xue and Ouyang Ruo Xi realized they had met at a Kyoto auction four years earlier with their fathers.
• Chen Mo took a call from Hu Hai Tian, who said his several thousand bottles of wine had sold out in two weeks and people were demanding more.
• Chen Mo agreed to provide Hu Hai Tian with another ten thousand bottles of wine the next day.
• Chen Mo hung up and hurried outside to the waiting Nangong Xue and Ouyang Ruo Xi.

Ouyang Ruo Xi and Nangong Xue waited awkwardly for Chen Mo, then traded pointed remarks before Nangong Xue left. After Chen Mo returned, Ouyang Ruo Xi told him the Han Family had offered a Small Returning Pill for information about Han Junjie, and he asked whether they had found him.

• Ouyang Ruo Xi and Nangong Xue questioned each other about how long they had known Chen Mo and what had happened with his treatment of Nangong Xue's ankle.
• Nangong Xue left after saying she would return that night, while Ouyang Ruo Xi stayed to wait for Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo came out after his phone call and said he would see Nangong Xue the next day to treat her mother and collect a fee for the Medicinal Wine.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi told Chen Mo that the Han Family had searched for Han Junjie and offered a Small Returning Pill for information about him.
• Chen Mo asked Ouyang Ruo Xi whether the Han Family had found Han Junjie.

Ouyang Ruo Xi told Chen Mo that the Han Family had found Han Junjie and Han Wei’s bodies, while trying to gauge Chen Mo’s connection to their deaths. Chen Mo concealed his involvement, and Ouyang Ruo Xi warned that the Han Family would seek revenge for its first-ranked heir.

• Ouyang Ruo Xi suspected Chen Mo’s hidden strength and wondered whether he had killed Han Junjie.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi told Chen Mo that Han Junjie had been found, and Chen Mo said the Han Family could locate him if they searched hard enough.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi explained that the Han Family tracked the car through traffic surveillance and found Han Junjie and Han Wei buried at a dump outside Li Family Village.
• Ouyang Ruo Xi said the investigation found that Han Junjie had been beaten and killed by a force that destroyed his heart, while Han Wei had been attacked from behind.
• Chen Mo pretended to celebrate Han Junjie’s death, and Ouyang Ruo Xi warned that the Han Family would seek revenge.
• Chen Mo asked whether the Han Family planned to kill everyone who had attended the auction.

Ouyang Ruo Xi warned Chen Mo that the Han Family suspected him of killing Han Junjie and might seek revenge, but Chen Mo refused to rely on her protection. That night, an intruder broke into his courtyard and kicked Big Yellow, prompting Chen Mo to rush out.

• Ouyang Ruo Xi explained that the Han Family would target Chen Mo because he had clashed with Han Junjie, and warned him about the Han elder with Houtian Layer Ten cultivation.
• Chen Mo thanked Ouyang Ruo Xi for offering protection but said he would face the Han Family himself; she left, and he later received payment from Hu Hai Tian for a liquor delivery.
• After midnight, an intruder entered Chen Mo's courtyard while he was Drawing Talismans in the Practice Room.
• Big Yellow and Big Gray confronted the intruder, but Chen Mo's attempt to stop them with Mental Power came too late to prevent the intruder from kicking Big Yellow.
• Chen Mo saw Big Yellow fall and rushed out to protect his dogs.

Chen Mo defeated an intruder sent by the Han Family and treated Big Yellow after the attacker broke his hind leg. The attacker remained unconscious while Chen Mo warned the animals to hide if another intruder came.

• The Black Clad Man stopped chasing the dogs and charged at Chen Mo, who broke his arm with a single punch.
• Chen Mo knocked the Black Clad Man unconscious and examined Big Yellow, finding a fracture in his hind leg.
• Chen Mo set Big Yellow's leg, gave him Stream Water mixed with Jingshi powder, and secured the injury with splints and gauze.
• Chen Mo told Big Gray, Little Red, and the other animals to hide and stay quiet if intruders came again.
• Chen Mo realized the Han Family had retaliated on the same night Ouyang Ruo Xi had warned him about them.

Chen Mo captured and tortured the black-clad man who had attacked his home until the man admitted he was sent by the Han Family. The attacker revealed that Han Siyuan had ordered him to kill Chen Mo, leaving Chen Mo with confirmation of the family’s involvement.

• Chen Mo took the unconscious attacker to his basement, paralyzed him with silver needles, and woke him with cold water.
• The black-clad man refused to answer Chen Mo’s questions and threatened that Chen Mo would regret keeping him captive.
• Chen Mo used silver needles to inflict unbearable numb, itching pain, and the attacker eventually pleaded for relief.
• Chen Mo removed the needles, and the attacker agreed to talk.
• The attacker identified himself as Han Weiming and confessed that Han Siyuan had sent him to kill Chen Mo, believing Chen was only at Houtian Layer Three.