Chapter Summaries

Wang Yue's matchmaking left He Minhong trapped in a troubled relationship with David, who fled abroad rather than face marriage. After learning the full story, Yu Chuhui and Zhu Zhe worried that He Minhong did not know David never intended to marry her, and Ye Zhenzhen offered to help tell her.

• Yu Chuhui returned from home and explained how she had brought her parents together for a family meal, while Zhu Zhe revealed that David had gone abroad and He Minhong was distressed.
• Zhu Zhe explained that He Minhong had mishandled a dispute over Song Li's royalties, prompting Song Li to post online and bringing unwanted attention to David.
• David's and He Minhong's mothers approved of each other, and their families began discussing an engagement, so David left the country for a long-term posting.
• Wang Yue told Yu Chuhui, Zhu Zhe, and Ye Zhenzhen that David had pursued Ye Zhenzhen before Wang Yue redirected him toward He Minhong, and he described David's parents' long-separated relationship.
• Yu Chuhui and Zhu Zhe worried that He Minhong would waste her time with David, and Ye Zhenzhen offered to accompany Zhu Zhe to tell her.

Wang Yue helped Zhu Zhe escape her greedy family, and she gave birth to his daughter while Ye Zhenzhen had twins. Years later, Ye Zhenzhen discovered that Wang Yue was Zhu Zhe’s daughter’s father, and the Transmigration System returned him to his original world.

• He Minhong argued with Zhu Zhe and Ye Zhenzhen about David, then left for David’s home as Wang Yue explained how the online feud was profiting the authors and Zhengya Media.
• Wang Yue blocked the Zhu Family’s attempt to reach Magic City, learned Zhu Zhe was pregnant, and arranged for her to leave work and have her parents kept at a guesthouse.
• Zhu Zhe’s parents abandoned her after she gave birth to a girl and took most of the money Wang Yue had provided; Zhu Zhe returned to 2202 with her daughter.
• David returned to China after He Minhong’s pregnancy led his parents to cut him off, and he married He Minhong; Ye Zhenzhen gave birth to twins.
• When their children were in kindergarten, Wang Tuantuan fought a boy who bullied Zhu Yuanyuan, and Ye Zhenzhen discovered that Zhu Zhe’s daughter was Wang Yue’s child.
• Ye Zhenzhen confronted Wang Yue, who gained the Acting skill and triggered the Transmigration System’s return to his original world.

Wang Yue picked up Luo Youyou from the police station and learned why her brother, Luo Peng, kept tattling on him to Old Master Luo. Wang Yue and Luo Youyou reconciled over their early courtship, and Wang Yue left determined to wait until Luo Peng and Liu Yanyan were firmly together before getting even.

• Wang Yue stopped watching the show and drove to pick up Luo Youyou, where he overheard her arguing with Luo Peng about his lateness.
• Wang Yue learned that Luo Peng had been tattling to Old Master Luo and privately planned to get even when Luo Peng started dating Liu Yanyan.
• Luo Youyou explained that Luo Peng had thought Wang Yue flirted with her and then abandoned her, and later resented that she had to pursue Wang Yue herself.
• Wang Yue understood how their courtship had unfolded and comforted Luo Youyou, assuring her he did not blame either her or Luo Peng.
• After Luo Youyou warned him not to interfere with Luo Peng and Liu Yanyan's new relationship, Wang Yue promised to wait until things were settled before making Luo Peng kneel on a washboard.

Wang Yue transmigrated into a starving boy from a noble family whose parents were murdered, and learned he needed to reach Kyoto to seek refuge with Empress Xuan. As he ate unripe wheat to survive, a woman and child confronted him about stealing it.

• Wang Yue joked with Luo Youyou about tormenting Luo Peng with a wake-up call and a drone, then prepared a drone design with her help.
• Wang Yue postponed meeting Luo Youyou's parents because her father was occupied with an official investigation into a serious local incident.
• Wang Yue selected Love Like the Galaxy, triggering the system to transmigrate him into the drama's world.
• Wang Yue discovered that his parents had been murdered after his father learned of a spy in Prince An's household, and that he had suffered abuse in Wang Chun's home before fleeing toward Kyoto.
• Wang Yue ate unripe wheat in a field, and a child accused him of stealing before the child's mother defended him.

Wang Yue reunited with Empress Xuan and was raised in the palace alongside Ling Buyi. After their first successful campaign, the Emperor gave them troops to suppress bandits, letting Wang Yue begin building his own following.

• Wang Yue met Huo Junhua and her son on the road, then revealed to Cui You that he was Empress Xuan's nephew.
• Cui You brought Wang Yue, Huo Junhua, and Ling Buyi to the palace, where the Empress confirmed Wang Yue's identity and took him in.
• Ling Buyi moved into Changqiu Palace, and Wang Yue and he spent several years studying and training there with the princes.
• Wang Yue and Ling Buyi distinguished themselves on campaign with Cui You, who credited them with the victory over the bandits.
• The Emperor rewarded Wang Yue and Ling Buyi with estates and troops, and they set out separately to clear bandit strongholds around Kyoto.
• Wang Yue recruited promising men from smaller bandit groups, while Ling Buyi focused on the stronger gangs.

After years of campaigning, Wang Yue and Ling Buyi returned to the capital after defeating the last rebels and received imperial rewards. Wang Yue declined a political marriage and planned to leave the capital to repay people who had helped him as a child.

• Wang Yue and Ling Buyi expanded their forces, earned promotions, and spent years helping pacify the realm.
• After the final rebel force was defeated, Ling Buyi received command of the Imperial Forest Guard and Wang Yue was granted Dongmou County as his fief.
• Ling Buyi left the capital gates to pursue a lead in a weapons case, while Wang Yue accompanied the eunuch back to the palace.
• Wang Yue went to Changqiu Palace to seek Empress Xuan's help explaining Ling Buyi's absence, then reassured the Emperor that Ling Buyi had urgent business.
• The Emperor proposed that Wang Yue marry the Fourth Princess, but Wang Yue said he wanted a bride who loved him as much as he loved her.
• Wang Yue declined palace funds and asked permission to visit the people who had helped him as a child.

Wang Yue returned a favor from his wandering years, then encountered Ling Buyi while the latter pursued Thief Dong. Cheng Si Niang exposed the fugitive hiding in a haystack, and the chapter ended with Thief Dong claiming a family connection to Captain Cheng.

• Wang Yue left gold with the couple whose barley had once helped him survive, and his soldiers warned the village head not to bully them.
• Wang Yue stopped near a carriage after hearing Cheng Si Niang’s babyish voice, then sensed approaching cavalry and recognized Ling Buyi’s unit.
• Ling Buyi explained that he was pursuing Thief Dong in an imperial arms case, while Wang Yue explained that he had come to repay an old kindness.
• Cheng Si Niang directed Wang Yue and Ling Buyi to a haystack, where Wang Yue’s flaming arrow exposed and injured the hidden fugitive.
• Ling Buyi’s soldiers seized Thief Dong and let Cheng Si Niang’s carriage leave; Thief Dong then claimed he was Captain Cheng’s maternal uncle.

Wang Yue investigated Cheng Shaoshang’s past, watched Steward Dong’s disgrace, and grew increasingly interested in her. After encountering her alone in the snow, he asked Cheng Shi whether she had been promised in marriage, leaving Cheng Shi stunned.

• Wang Yue joked that showing respect for Captain Cheng meant taking Steward Dong to the Court of Judicial Review, easing the tension between his troops and Ling Buyi’s.
• Wang Yue ordered Ji Yu to investigate whether Cheng Shaoshang had been sent to an estate when she was about two, and learned that Ling Buyi had visited the Cheng family to warn Cheng Shi about the case.
• Wang Yue went with Ji Yu to watch Steward Dong’s exile and learned more about Cheng Shaoshang’s difficult childhood and Ge Shi’s schemes.
• Wang Yue greeted Cheng Shi and Xiao Yuanyi outside their residence, then noticed Ling Buyi watching from a pavilion and left after exchanging courtesies.
• Wang Yue found Cheng Shaoshang standing alone in the snow as Ge Shi departed, shielded her from the wind, and asked Cheng Shi whether she had been promised in marriage.

Wang Yue sought the Empress’s help to marry Cheng Shaoshang, but Emperor Wen made him wait until Ling Buyi found a bride. After explaining the delay to Cheng Shaoshang, Wang Yue took her to the Lantern Festival and tried to comfort her over Xiao Yuanyi’s favoritism; as the two grew closer, he realized his fondness for her was becoming genuine.

• Wang Yue asked the Empress to arrange his marriage to Cheng Shaoshang, and Emperor Wen agreed only if Wang Yue helped Ling Buyi marry first.
• Wang Yue explained the delay to Cheng Shi and Cheng Shaoshang, then entered the household during a dispute between Cheng Shaoshang and Xiao Yuanyi over a desk.
• Wang Yue reassured Cheng Shaoshang and arranged to join the Cheng family at the Lantern Festival, where Xiao Yuanyi agreed to let him accompany them.
• Wang Yue pressed Ling Buyi to find a bride or ask Emperor Wen to arrange Wang Yue’s marriage, and Ling Buyi reluctantly agreed to act soon.
• Wang Yue found Cheng Shaoshang alone at the lantern fair, gave her a pearl hairpin, and suggested that getting engaged to him could give her more time with her mother.
• Wang Yue guided Cheng Shaoshang to a lantern-riddle stall and realized he was growing fond of her as she openly admitted she could not read many characters.

Wang Yue took Cheng Shaoshang to the lantern festival, where they competed with Yuan Shen in riddles and exposed Princess Yuchang’s staged drowning meant to ensnare Ling Buyi. A fire broke out at Tian Family Restaurant, and Wang Yue caught Cheng Shaoshang as she fell in the panicking crowd.

• He Zhaojun mocked Wang Yue, and he discussed Lou Ben’s talent with Lou Yao before solving a lantern riddle and tying Yuan Shen in their contest.
• Wang Yue invited Cheng Shaoshang to answer Yuan Shen’s well-measuring riddle, and she correctly calculated the water’s depth, impressing the crowd.
• Yuan Shen tossed an embroidered ball toward Cheng Shaoshang, and Wang Yue pulled her aside as she kicked it back toward him.
• Cheng Shaoshang recognized that Princess Yuchang was pretending to drown to force Ling Buyi to rescue her, then kicked one of the servants into the shallow river and exposed the scheme.
• Wang Yue warned Ling Buyi that his plans were being watched, and Ling Buyi hurried away after the servants freed him from the bridge.
• A fire spread through Tian Family Restaurant as Cheng Shaoshang ran toward her searching family, and Wang Yue caught her when a passerby knocked her down.

Wang Yue investigated the fire at Tian Family Restaurant with Ling Buyi, helped him pursue the case, and arranged to drain Young Master Xiao’s treasury. At Princess Yuchang’s birthday banquet, Wang Yue and Ling Buyi both claimed to love Cheng Shaoshang, and Wang Yue chased after her when she left.

• Wang Yue carried Cheng Shaoshang away from the fire and later joined Ling Buyi at Tian Family Restaurant, where they discussed the suspected arson.
• Wang Yue suggested expanding the investigation and agreed to make Young Master Xiao lose his money in exchange for Ling Buyi’s help with his marriage plans.
• Wang Yue’s Secret Guards impersonated Young Master Xiao and emptied the treasury, prompting him to punish his servants and recover some hidden money.
• Wang Yue received an invitation to the Cheng family’s housewarming celebration but could not meet Cheng Shaoshang, so he planned to see her at Princess Yuchang’s birthday banquet.
• When Wang Ling and Lou Li mocked the Cheng sisters, Cheng Shaoshang claimed she had no interest in Shiyilang, only for Ling Buyi to reveal that he was the man she meant.
• Wang Yue and Ling Buyi argued over Cheng Shaoshang, and Wang Yue said he had already asked for a marriage decree before following her out of the banquet.

Wang Yue and Cheng Shaoshang watched Young Master Xiao try to win He Zhaojun away from Lou Yao, while Yuan Shen asked Shaoshang to deliver a literary message and learned that she had never been taught to read. Wang Yue praised Shaoshang as one of a kind, and the chapter ended with Lou Yao confronting He Zhaojun and telling her to marry Young Master Xiao.

• Wang Yue gave Cheng Shaoshang a hairpin and told her that he had asked Ling Buyi to help discourage Ling Buyi from pursuing her.
• Cheng Shaoshang and Wang Yue hid behind a pillar and watched Young Master Xiao use flattering words to draw He Zhaojun away from her engagement to Lou Yao.
• Wang Yue explained that Young Master Xiao wanted Lou Yao to overhear their conversation and end the engagement himself.
• Yuan Shen asked Cheng Shaoshang to pass a message from his teacher to Madam Sang, but Wang Yue explained that Shaoshang had only just begun learning to read.
• Yuan Shen asked whether Wang Yue wanted to marry Shaoshang for her beauty, and Wang Yue replied that her interesting soul made her one of a kind.
• Lou Yao confronted He Zhaojun and Young Master Xiao, then told He Zhaojun to marry Young Master Xiao because he had never valued their engagement.

He Zhaojun and Lou Yao argued over their engagement, and Wang Yue warned Lou Yao that Young Master Xiao might be pursuing He Zhaojun for political reasons. Lou Yao decided to leave the capital and improve himself, while Yuan Shen asked Cheng Shaoshang to pass a message to Lady Sang.

• He Zhaojun and Lou Yao quarreled and each agreed to end their engagement, while Cheng Shaoshang and Wang Yue watched nearby.
• Wang Yue called Lou Yao aside and warned him that Young Master Xiao might be using He Zhaojun to gain General He's favor for Prince Yong.
• Lou Yao agreed to stay with relatives and keep the engagement intact after Wang Yue advised him and recited a poem about childhood sweethearts.
• Cheng Shaoshang laughed at Wang Yue for steering Lou Yao, and Wang Yue explained the Lou family's obligations to the He family and their treatment of Lou Ben.
• Yuan Shen asked Cheng Shaoshang to tell Lady Sang that an old friend missed her and wanted a reply, then warned Cheng Shaoshang to read more so Wang Yue could not outmaneuver her.

At the Ru Yang Prince’s Mansion, Wang Yue rescued Cheng Shaoshang from a trap targeting the Cheng sisters, but Lou Li and Wang Ling fell into the pond instead. Shaoshang fought them and injured herself to obscure what had happened; the chapter ended as Wang Yue and Ling Buyi entered the hall where the young ladies’ dispute was being judged.

• After Yuan Shen left, Wang Yue encouraged Cheng Shaoshang to keep reading, and she stormed off in annoyance.
• Hearing that Cheng Jia had fallen into the pond, Wang Yue rushed to intercept Cheng Shaoshang and spotted a trip rope set for the sisters.
• Wang Yue pulled the rope, sending Lou Li and his cousin Wang Ling into the water, then rescued Cheng Jia and slipped away across the rooftops.
• Cheng Shaoshang denied pushing Lou Li and Wang Ling, argued with them, and beat them when they charged at her.
• Realizing they were at the Ru Yang Prince’s Mansion, Cheng Shaoshang struck herself to make her injuries look worse, while Princess Ruyang and Marquise Chengyang’s wife took Wang Ling’s side.
• Wan Qiqi and Xiao Yuanyi challenged the women’s accusations, and Wang Yue and Ling Buyi entered as Wang Ling called Shaoshang a lunatic.

Wang Yue rescued Wang Ling, helped settle the dispute at Princess Ruyang’s gathering, and made clear that he was interested in Cheng Shaoshang. Back at his residence, he urged Wang Ling to distinguish herself and oppose her mother’s protection of the Gan'an Prince An family if she hoped to attract Ling Buyi.

• Wang Yue carried Wang Ling out of the gathering, dropped medicine for Cheng Shaoshang, and let Ling Buyi handle Princess Ruyang’s objections.
• Ling Buyi declared the matter settled and rejected Princess Ruyang’s attempt to use Marquise Chengyang’s wife and the Empress to pressure him.
• Princess Ruyang fell to the floor and pretended to faint, while Cheng Shaoshang left with Wan Xiqi and Cheng Jia, unaware that Wang Yue had helped her.
• Wang Yue brought Wang Ling to his residence and warned her that Wen Xiujun was obstructing his investigation into the Gan'an Prince An family.
• Wang Yue told Wang Ling not to provoke Cheng Shaoshang because he had his eye on her, then offered to help Wang Ling attract Ling Buyi.
• Wang Yue advised Wang Ling to stand out from other young ladies and openly oppose her mother’s protection of the Gan'an Prince An family.

Wang Yue kept Wang Ling at his home and used her visit with Cheng Shaoshang to bring the girls together for martial arts and archery training. After half a month of practice, Wang Yue demonstrated his archery just as Ling Buyi arrived, and an arrow landed in front of him.

• Wang Yue persuaded Wang Ling to stay at his home, then took her to Cheng Mansion to apologize and invite Cheng Shaoshang to visit.
• Wang Yue arranged a sparring match between Wang Ling and Cheng Shaoshang, then recruited female guards to train them in martial arts.
• Xiao Yuanyi worried about Shaoshang visiting Wang Yue's home, so Cheng Shi arranged for Wan Xiqi to accompany her.
• Wang Yue trained Wang Ling, Cheng Shaoshang, Wan Xiqi, and later Cheng Song in martial arts, archery, and horsemanship.
• Wang Yue shot a walnut from a hundred and fifty paces, and the arrow landed in front of Ling Buyi as he entered the courtyard.

Wang Yue secured the Map of Shu Prefecture for Ling Buyi, who began drawing out the people behind the stolen military equipment by targeting Prince Yong. Meanwhile, Xiao Yuanyi arranged for Cheng Shaoshang to leave the capital with Cheng Zhi for Hua County, hoping to separate her from Wang Yue and have her properly educated.

• Wang Yue agreed to obtain the map after Ling Buyi revealed that stolen military equipment might have reached unstable Shu Prefecture.
• Wang Yue collected the map from Old Madam, explaining that the Cheng and Wan families could be suspected of involvement in treason, and admitted that he intended to marry Cheng Shaoshang.
• Wang Yue delivered the map to Ling Buyi, who later led the Black Armored Guard to search Prince Yong's Mansion and spoke with Young Master Xiao.
• Wang Yue realized that Ling Buyi was using the emperor's western tour and his raid on Prince Yong's Mansion to make the conspirators believe an attack was imminent.
• Old Madam tried to encourage Xiao Yuanyi to mend her relationship with Cheng Shaoshang, but Xiao Yuanyi decided to send Shaoshang to Hua County with Cheng Zhi for education and to keep her apart from Wang Yue.

Wang Yue rushed to Hua County and crushed the rebels who had seized it, then rescued Cheng Shaoshang and her companions from a besieged stockade. After the fighting, Shaoshang asked Wang Yue about his life, and he welcomed the question as a promising start to their conversation.

• Wang Yue discovered that rebels had captured Hua County and led his cavalry in a sudden charge that routed them.
• Cheng Shaoshang fled an ambush with Lady Sang and hid in an abandoned stockade while Ji Dong's soldiers came to their aid.
• Fan Chang returned with nearly five thousand rebels and besieged the stockade until Wang Yue arrived and captured him.
• Cheng Shaoshang helped tend the wounded, and Wang Yue found her in the camp after the fighting.
• Cheng Shaoshang asked Wang Yue whether he had spent all these years living as a soldier, and he began telling her about his past.

Cheng Shaoshang and Wang Yue entered devastated Hua County, where the new magistrate Cheng Zhi learned that the old magistrate had died defending the city. Cheng Zhi grieved over his friend and blamed himself for arriving too late, while Shaoshang and Wang Yue remained outside to give him time.

• Cheng Shaoshang agreed to see the aftermath of the fighting in Hua County, but Cheng Zhi arrived first and rushed to find Sang Shunhua.
• A servant revealed that Cheng Zhi had fainted three times during a day and night of searching for Shaoshang, while he and the servants escaped the bandits unharmed.
• Wang Yue led the party into Hua County, promised a devastated resident that the rebels would be punished, and agreed to leave his personal troops to help.
• Cheng Zhi reached the county office and learned that Old County Magistrate Cheng and his descendants had died defending the city, leaving only a young girl alive.
• Cheng Zhi fainted, then woke and wept, blaming himself for delaying his journey and leaving the old magistrate to face the enemy alone.

Cheng Shaoshang visited the wounded in Hua County and urged them to keep living, while Wang Yue treated Little Sister Cheng’s grave injuries. After Little Sister Cheng stabilized, Shaoshang challenged Wang Yue to rebuild Hua County together.

• Fu Deng told Cheng Shaoshang that Old County Magistrate Cheng’s granddaughter, Little Sister Cheng, was badly injured, and Shaoshang hurried to the clinic with Wang Yue.
• Cheng Shaoshang comforted Little Sister Cheng, then rebuked wounded patients who wanted to give up and inspired them to accept treatment.
• Wang Yue used acupuncture and a bamboo tube to stabilize Little Sister Cheng, and the physician confirmed that she was likely to recover.
• Cheng Shaoshang learned that Wang Yue could design buildings and proposed that they rebuild Hua County, with her managing the clinic and him handling the city.