Chapter Summaries

After Tang Yu repaired Liu Ruyan’s Jade Figure and left, she ordered Uncle Liu to find him so she could thank him. Tang Yu obtained a wristband that could control an enemy’s speech, then watched Ye Qiu confront Liu Shufen and messaged Han Mingxuan to prepare a way to make Ye Qiu miserable.

• Liu Ruyan asked Uncle Liu to locate the mysterious man who repaired her Jade Figure so she could thank him in person.
• Tang Yu received the Facial Close-up wristband, which could control an enemy’s tongue for five minutes once a day, and imagined using it to embarrass Ye Qiu.
• Tang Yu recognized Liu Shufen’s confrontation with Ye Qiu as one of Ye Qiu’s side plots, moved farther away, and messaged Han Mingxuan to set things up.
• Liu Shufen apologized to Ye Qiu and explained that her family’s company was collapsing after the Wuji Group pressured its clients and partners.
• Ye Qiu mocked Liu Shufen and refused to forgive her, while she feared for her family’s company and regretted having insulted him.

Liu Shufen’s business recovered after the Han Family intervened, so she scorned Ye Qiu and drove away, leaving him furious and confused. Tang Yu enjoyed Ye Qiu’s setback, then spent the next few days at home and continued treating Yang Zhilan, whose recovery remained incomplete.

• Liu Shufen answered a call from Bank President Zhou, who canceled the bank’s plan to call in her loan and offered her five billion in credit.
• Liu Shufen received more calls from former business partners and a major company under the Han Family, then mocked Ye Qiu and drove off.
• Ye Qiu raged over his repeated failures and rode his electric scooter to the market to buy groceries.
• Tang Yu watched Ye Qiu’s humiliation, ate at a Yanjing roast duck restaurant, and decided to stay home while no main plot was underway.
• Tang Yu treated Yang Zhilan twice over the next few days but wondered why her condition had not fully improved.
• Yang Zhilan asked Tang Yu to smoke on the balcony, and he left the bedroom to finish his cigarette there.

Tang Yu discussed Yang Zhilan’s father’s gu poisoning and worsening health, offering to send him medicine. When Yang Zhilan asked about people whose personalities changed suddenly, she thought of Tang Yu and found her feelings for him growing complicated.

• Yang Zhilan invited Tang Yu for a walk, and they teased each other before discussing her father’s condition.
• Tang Yu said Yang Zhilan’s father had been struck by a love gu but suspected the incident was a setup, and he advised her to ask her father what had happened.
• Tang Yu attributed her father’s declining health to years of drinking and womanizing, along with the gu poison, and promised to send him pills.
• Yang Zhilan asked whether a sudden personality change could be an illness, then thought of Tang Yu and felt her heart race.

Ye Qiu tried to regain Lin Wanxi’s trust after her company lost two major orders, but Hou Caichun angrily rejected his offer to help. Lin Wanxi remained distressed over her company’s crisis, while Ye Qiu kept his true identity and plans to himself.

• Tang Yu told Yang Zhilan to talk with her father about his sudden change, and she quietly accepted his response.
• Ye Qiu recalled how he had bankrupted his former class monitor’s company in minutes after the man insulted him at their reunion.
• Hou Caichun slipped on Ye Qiu’s freshly mopped floor, berated him, and warned Lin Wanxi to guard against his intentions.
• Lin Wanxi said two major orders had fallen through after she hired more staff and took out another loan, leaving her company in trouble.
• Ye Qiu offered to find Lin Wanxi another order, but Hou Caichun spat phlegm at him and shouted him down.

Lin Wanxi met with Hu Yunshan to discuss a potential renovation contract, while Ye Qiu followed her, convinced Hu was pursuing her. Tang Yu had arrived ahead of them and planned to disrupt the familiar scene in which Ye Qiu would show off and win Lin Wanxi’s favor.

• President Hu called Lin Wanxi and invited her to lunch to discuss a new project, and Hou Caichun urged her to use her looks to secure his support.
• Ye Qiu suspected Hu Yunshan wanted Lin Wanxi and secretly sent a text before following her to Caiyun Restaurant on his electric scooter.
• Tang Yu arrived at the restaurant, bribed a server for his uniform, and prepared to interfere with the plot he expected to unfold.
• Hu Yunshan greeted Lin Wanxi at the restaurant and leered at her as she sat down.

Lin Wanxi met Hu Yunshan to discuss a business deal, while Tang Yu’s thoughts revealed that Hu and Ye Qiu were both plotting to exploit her. The meal continued with Lin Wanxi wary of both men and longing to hear more from her mysterious Guardian Deity.

• Hu Yunshan flirted with Lin Wanxi and delayed discussing business so they could order food first.
• Tang Yu served Lin Wanxi and Hu Yunshan, and Lin Wanxi heard his thoughts about Hu Yunshan’s intentions and Ye Qiu’s scheme.
• Lin Wanxi struggled to believe Ye Qiu had sabotaged her company’s orders to stage a rescue and win her favor.
• Ye Qiu waited nearby, planning to confront Hu Yunshan and use the situation to get closer to Lin Wanxi.
• Hu Yunshan ordered an '82 Lafite, toasted Lin Wanxi, and continued trying to charm her while she forced a smile.

Lin Wanxi refused Hu Yunshan’s demand for a private arrangement, and Ye Qiu attacked him after he insulted her. Tang Yu posted an edited video that went viral, while Hu Yunshan’s company collapsed and he begged Ye Qiu and Lin Wanxi for mercy.

• Hu Yunshan tried to use the Sixth Ring project contract to lure Lin Wanxi into going home with him, but she refused and walked away.
• Hu Yunshan cursed Lin Wanxi, so Ye Qiu rushed in, punched him down, and poured scalding fish soup over him.
• Tang Yu filmed the confrontation, edited the video to make Ye Qiu look like an aggressor, and posted it; Qin Ming reposted it, helping it go viral.
• Hu Yunshan threatened Ye Qiu until a call from his company’s vice president revealed that the company was going bankrupt and its accounts had been frozen.
• Hu Yunshan realized Ye Qiu had arranged the downfall and tearfully apologized to Lin Wanxi and begged Ye Qiu to spare him.

Ye Qiu was arrested after a video of him assaulting Hu Yunshan went viral, while Lin Wanxi rejected his supposed help and sought comfort from the Guardian Deity. Tang Yu arranged a challenging business order for her, and the chapter left Lin Wanxi wondering who had put in a good word for her.

• Lin Wanxi rejected a major project offer, and Ye Qiu claimed the company’s general manager owed him a favor because he had saved the man’s father.
• Lin Wanxi questioned why Ye Qiu had not used that favor to find work, leaving him unable to answer.
• The police arrested Ye Qiu after Tang Yu’s video of the assault went viral, and Hu Yunshan was taken to the hospital after Tang Yu secretly poisoned him with a silver needle.
• Lin Wanxi felt alone after Ye Qiu and Hu Yunshan were taken away, and Tang Yu decided to arrange help while ensuring she could earn the money through her own work.
• Tang Yu called Zhou Ganghao, who arranged a challenging order for Lin Wanxi; she accepted it and asked General Manager Zhou whether someone had recommended her company.

Lin Wanxi learned that her Guardian Deity was a real person and suspected Tang Yu, while Tang Yu received a new combat technique. Ye Qiu was released from the police station and suspected someone had engineered the trouble surrounding his arrest.

• Zhou Ganghao refused to reveal the Guardian Deity’s identity, and Lin Wanxi returned home excited that someone was secretly helping her.
• Lin Wanxi learned that the Tang Family owned Dayue Real Estate and suspected Tang Yu was her Guardian Deity, then fell asleep while thinking about him.
• Tang Yu received the Blade Hail Combat Intent technique and realized it could strengthen his attacks alongside Intentional Bombing Fist.
• Ye Qiu left the police station with Steward Ye and a lawyer after they arranged his release.
• Steward Ye told Ye Qiu that the injured shopkeeper might be paralyzed and suspected someone had set Ye Qiu up, so Ye Qiu decided to investigate at the company.

Ye Qiu learned that the Han Family and Tang Family were supporting Liu Shufen and Dayue Real Estate, then hired Dark Night assassin Ge Ji to investigate a powerful man’s secret. The chapter left Ye Qiu eager to exploit Yang Zhilan’s arrival in Yanjing and take revenge on the Yang Family.

• Steward Ye reported that the Han Family backed Liu Shufen and that Dayue Real Estate was backed by the Tang Family of Suhang.
• Ye Qiu raged at Lin Fan for attacking Yang Zhilan and recalled that he had once tried to win Yang Zhilan over to take control of the Yang Family.
• Ye Qiu told Steward Ye about the blond man at the birthday banquet, and Steward Ye said he had arranged for someone to investigate the man’s secret.
• Ge Ji, the top-ranked assassin from Dark Night, arrived to discuss cooperation with the Dragon Soul Organization and agreed to investigate the man before Ye Qiu killed him.
• Steward Ye told Ye Qiu that Yang Zhilan had come to Yanjing, and Ye Qiu assumed she had come looking for him and plotted to destroy the Yang Family.

Tang Yu stopped the Empress’s assassination attempt and punished her by making her carry him downstairs while singing the theme song from Journey to the West. He played guitar as she carried him, and the chapter ended with their humiliating duet continuing down the stairs.

• Chi Yin and Ling Han celebrated after Tang Yu told them they could visit in a few days, then began packing their suitcases.
• The Empress climbed onto Tang Yu’s balcony, sneaked into his bedroom, and tried to stab him with a dagger.
• Tang Yu blocked the dagger with protective qi, kicked the Empress into a wall, pinned her down, and sealed her acupoints.
• Tang Yu offered to let the Empress go if she completed a task, then ordered her to carry him downstairs while singing the Journey to the West theme song.
• The Empress carried Tang Yu down the stairs as he sat on her back and accompanied her singing with his guitar.

Tang Yu made Empress carry him around his villa until she collapsed, then treated her hand and cooked seafood noodles while she escaped. Empress returned to the Dark Night Organization, where Ge Ji welcomed her with gifts and attention that only deepened her longing for Tang Yu’s crude, forceful behavior.

• Tang Yu ordered Empress to carry him downstairs, and she passed out from exhaustion, causing him to fall and hit his forehead.
• Tang Yu treated Empress’s injured hand, cooked seafood noodles, and found that she had fled through the open front door.
• Empress kept the bandage Tang Yu had put on her hand and drove back to the Dark Night Organization’s headquarters outside Yanjing.
• Empress returned to the organization, where Ge Ji gave her gifts and offered to cook for her.
• Huang Xiaoyun compared Ge Ji’s polished manner with Tang Yu’s vulgarity and found herself longing for Tang Yu instead.

Huang Xiaoyun learned that Ge Ji and the Dark Night Organization planned to target Tang Yu, and insisted that only she could kill him. After Ge Ji noticed an odd square tattoo on her, Huang Xiaoyun rejected her arranged marriage and thought about Tang Yu, who later treated Yang Zhilan and teased her.

• Ge Ji presented Huang Xiaoyun with gifts and discussed the Dark Night Organization's cooperation with the Dragon Soul Organization with Huang Sanqiu.
• Huang Xiaoyun recognized Tang Yu in Ge Ji's file and learned that Young Master Ye had asked the organization to deal with him.
• Huang Xiaoyun forbade Ge Ji from targeting Tang Yu, declaring that he was her prey and only she could kill him.
• Ge Ji spotted a square black tattoo below Huang Xiaoyun's tailbone as she tied her shoelace, and Huang Sanqiu later urged her to accept her arranged marriage to Ge Ji.
• Huang Xiaoyun rejected her father's pressure and thought about Tang Yu, while Tang Yu treated Yang Zhilan and offered to scrub her back, prompting her to tell him to get lost.

Tang Yu learned that Ye Qiu was investigating him and tried to uncover the emotional cause of Yang Zhilan’s androphobia. On a moonlit boat ride, Yang Zhilan fell silent when Tang Yu asked whether a painful past relationship had caused her illness.

• Tang Yu received an anonymous warning that Ye Qiu planned to hire a killer and investigate his secrets.
• Tang Yu reflected that Yang Zhilan’s illness had not fully responded to treatment and suspected an unresolved emotional knot.
• Yang Zhilan joined Tang Yu for a nighttime walk, and they boarded a swan-shaped pedal boat together.
• Yang Zhilan accidentally fell into Tang Yu’s lap when the boat rocked, then moved to the opposite seat.
• Tang Yu asked Yang Zhilan whether she had suffered a painful past relationship, and she fell silent before looking up at the night sky.

Tang Yu and Yang Zhilan shared a romantic moment on the lake, but their attempted treatment triggered her distress over a past love. After Yang Zhilan recounted how that romance ended and led to her androphobia, Tang Yu suggested the rescue might have been a setup, leaving her shocked.

• Yang Zhilan told Tang Yu she searched for Mercury as a child, and Tang Yu sang her a song inspired by her story.
• Tang Yu leaned in to kiss Yang Zhilan as part of her treatment, but she pulled away and broke down, saying she had promised to wait for another man.
• Tang Yu calmed Yang Zhilan and accidentally fell into the lake while teasing her, making her laugh through her tears.
• Yang Zhilan told Tang Yu that six years earlier a man had rescued her from kidnappers, but her father later separated them and she discovered the man had married someone else.
• Tang Yu asked Yang Zhilan whether her meeting with the man had been arranged as a setup, and she reacted with shock.

Tang Yu used the Soul-Capturing Eye to help Yang Zhilan let go of her obsession and cure her Androphobia, while she later felt sad remembering he was dating Wang Yixue. The story then shifted to Liu Ruyan, whose father-in-law Wei Yangcheng visited her bedroom before arguing with his wife Li Youlan about his attention to her.

• Tang Yu concluded that a man had manipulated Yang Zhilan into becoming obsessed with him, then used the Soul-Capturing Eye to help her accept that the relationship had been a trap.
• Yang Zhilan thanked Tang Yu and returned with him to the villa, where she asked whether she still needed treatment and felt a renewed sense of loss when she remembered he was dating Wang Yixue.
• Liu Ruyan woke to find her father-in-law, Wei Yangcheng, beside her bed, and resolved to lock her door after he left.
• Li Youlan confronted Wei Yangcheng about visiting Liu Ruyan's room and blamed her for their son's death, while Wei Yangcheng defended his daughter-in-law and warned Li not to insult her.
• Wei Yangcheng ignored Li Youlan's threat and went downstairs to leave with his driver.

Lin Wanxi was summoned to a dinner with Wei Yangcheng, while Ye Qiu and Tang Yu separately headed to the restaurant with plans involving the Wei Family. Tang Yu watched as the Lin Family welcomed Wei Yangcheng, and Lin Wanxi heard his thoughts and realized her Guardian Deity was nearby.

• Lin Shengxi told Lin Wanxi that Lin Tiancheng had invited her to a dinner, and she agreed to go.
• Ye Qiu learned that Lin Tiancheng had arranged dinner with Wei Yangcheng and planned to use the meeting to win over the Wei Family and embarrass the Lin Family.
• Tang Yu disguised himself as a waiter and arrived at the restaurant before the Lin Family.
• Lin Tiancheng welcomed Wei Yangcheng and urged Lin Wanxi to greet him, while Wei Yangcheng leered at her.
• Tang Yu silently resolved to make Wei Yangcheng eat shit, and Lin Wanxi heard his inner voice and searched excitedly for her Guardian Deity.

Ye Qiu arrived at the restaurant and learned the Lin Family was entertaining Wei Yangcheng, so he arranged to cook for them and planned to win Wei Yangcheng over. As the meal began, Lin Wanxi sat beside Wei Yangcheng, who admired her beauty.

• Ye Qiu arrived at the restaurant as the Lin Family prepared to dine with Wei Yangcheng, and he said he was there to apply for a chef job.
• After the Lin Family entered a private room, Ye Qiu told the general manager to get him chef's clothes and learned Wei Yangcheng favored Nine-Turn Intestines.
• Ye Qiu explained that he planned to use his cooking to befriend Wei Yangcheng and later exploit the old man's wishes for his own ends.
• Steward Ye questioned whether Ye Qiu could match the restaurant's famous chef, but Ye Qiu insisted his years of cooking for the Lin Family had made him skilled.
• Lin Tiancheng seated Lin Wanxi beside Wei Yangcheng, who admired her beauty and offered her the menu.

Tang Yu tried to sabotage Wei Yangcheng’s banquet by making Nine-Turn Intestines without cleaning them, while Ye Qiu and Chef He prepared their own versions. The chapter ended with all three dishes nearly finished.

• Wei Yangcheng made a lewd joke toward Lin Wanxi, and Tang Yu resolved to disgust the guests with his cooking.
• Wei Yangcheng ordered more than twenty dishes, including his favorite Nine-Turn Intestines, and Tang Yu carried the order to the kitchen.
• Chef He claimed the Nine-Turn Intestines as his signature dish, while Ye Qiu arrived intending to outshine him with his cooking.
• Tang Yu moved to a neighboring kitchen and followed a video tutorial, skipping the step of turning the intestines inside out and cleaning them.
• Tang Yu finished his uncleaned Nine-Turn Intestines, then checked on Ye Qiu and Chef He as they neared the end of their cooking.

Ye Qiu tried to impress Wei Yangcheng with his Nine-Turn Intestines after secretly sabotaging Chef He’s dish, while the Lin family switched from insulting Ye Qiu to praising him. Tang Yu’s thoughts made Lin Wanxi suspect that the masked server was the Guardian Deity she had been seeking.

• Tang Yu switched Ye Qiu’s plate of Nine-Turn Intestines with his own before serving both dishes to Wei Yangcheng and the Lin family.
• Ye Qiu entered the private room, faced the Lin family’s insults, and persuaded Wei Yangcheng to taste both plates.
• Wei Yangcheng spat out Chef He’s overly salty dish and angrily complained, while Ye Qiu revealed that Chef He had made it.
• Ye Qiu urged Wei Yangcheng to try his plate, and the Lin family changed sides and praised Ye Qiu’s cooking.
• Tang Yu silently condemned the Lin family in his thoughts, and Lin Wanxi recognized his eyes and wondered if he was the Guardian Deity.