Chapter Summaries

Su Zixuan learned that Su Haoqian had been found and planned to meet his uncle while keeping his own claim to the Su Family inheritance in mind. The next day, Su Chen's family arrived at the Su Family's old residence on Fragrant Mountain, where a butler welcomed them for lunch.

• Su Zixuan warned Su Liang and Su Yuanzhong that Su Jianqing was preparing the old residence for Su Haoqian's return and said they should visit to meet him.
• Su Chen's family arrived at the Imperial Capital airport, where Su Zhe greeted them and drove them toward Fragrant Mountain.
• Tuantuan and Lele admired the maple forest, and Su Chen promised Tuantuan they could return to see the red leaves in autumn.
• Su Chen's family entered the grand Su Family estate and reached its castle-like old residence.
• An elderly butler welcomed the family at the entrance and told them lunch was ready.

Su Chen and his family settled into the lavish old residence, where the Minor Su Family arrived after learning of their return. Su Zixuan came face to face with Su Chen’s family at dinner, leaving his ambitions and the strained family relationship in view.

• The butler showed Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, Tuantuan, and Lele to a spacious suite before escorting them downstairs for lunch.
• After the butler announced the Minor Su Family’s arrival, Su Jianqing, Second Master Su, and Old Mrs. Su agreed to let them enter.
• Su Liang, Su Yuanzhong, and Su Zixuan arrived at the old residence, and Su Zixuan privately vowed that it would one day belong to him.
• Su Chen’s family and the others continued their warm meal while Su Zixuan’s family walked from their car to the residence.
• Su Zixuan greeted Su Jianqing and then asked about the unfamiliar guests seated at the table.

Su Haoqian and his family confronted members of the Minor Su Family at the old residence, where Su Haoqian and Second Master Su reminded them of their subordinate status and old family etiquette. Su Zixuan and the others bowed to Su Haoqian, Su Chen, and Yan Bingxue, then left, while Su Zixuan remained puzzled by how familiar Su Chen’s face seemed.

• Su Liang and Su Zixuan approached Su Haoqian, who challenged them for failing to use the proper honorifics.
• Second Master Su pointedly described the second branch as the Minor Su Family and explained that its members were outsiders to the main family.
• Su Yuanzhong asked who had returned with Su Jianqing, and Second Master Su introduced Su Haoqian, Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, and the children.
• Second Master Su told the Minor Su Family members to bow and pay their respects, and Su Zixuan led Su Liang and Su Yuanzhong in doing so.
• Su Jianqing dismissed the visitors, and Su Zixuan departed while still wondering where he had seen Su Chen before.

After leaving the old residence, Su Zixuan recognized Su Chen as the man from the Mecha Wedding Procession video and realized he might be a serious contender in the Su Family heir dispute. He remained determined to treat Su Chen as a formidable opponent, though the mecha’s authenticity and creator were still unconfirmed.

• Su Liang and Su Yuanzhong complained about the old residence, while Su Zixuan worried that Su Chen looked familiar.
• Su Zixuan searched Douyin for the Mecha Wedding Procession and recognized Su Chen as its male lead.
• Su Zixuan told Su Liang and Su Yuanzhong that Su Chen’s wife and children had also appeared in the video, suggesting he was connected to the mecha.
• Su Liang and Su Yuanzhong worried that Su Chen’s achievements and family background could strengthen his claim to the Su Family inheritance.
• Su Zixuan dismissed the mecha claims as unconfirmed but resolved to treat Su Chen as a formidable opponent.

As the Su family prepared to settle its inheritance dispute, Second Master Su told the Old Clan Leader that Su Haoqian had returned with his family. The Old Clan Leader joyfully reunited with Su Haoqian and Lin Xiu at the family assembly.

• Su Liang and Su Yuanzhong agreed to push for a quick inheritance decision at the next family meeting and prevent Su Haoqian from returning easily.
• Su Jianqing and Second Master Su planned to add Su Chen, Lin Xiu, and their children to the family genealogy and hold a grand ceremony.
• Second Master Su told the Old Clan Leader that Su Haoqian had returned with his wife, children, and grandchildren.
• Second Master Su brought the Old Clan Leader to meet Su Haoqian's family at the old residence.
• The Old Clan Leader recognized Su Haoqian and warmly greeted him and Lin Xiu.

At the Su Family meeting, the Old Clan Leader welcomed Su Haoqian’s return and planned to add Su Chen’s family to the genealogy. Su Liang objected and demanded a DNA test, leaving the family meeting tense and the question of their recognition unresolved.

• The Old Clan Leader celebrated Su Haoqian’s return and agreed to add Su Chen, Yan Bingxue, and the children to the Su Family genealogy.
• The family meeting began with the Old Clan Leader announcing the newcomers’ return to pleased elders and displeased members of the Second Branch.
• Su Liang objected to adding Su Chen’s family to the genealogy without first confirming their Su Family descent.
• Su Liang proposed a DNA test, and the Old Clan Leader struggled to respond as the family reacted with displeasure.

Su Chen agreed to DNA tests for his family, then turned the Minor Su Family’s demand back on them and insisted that everyone be tested. The reports confirmed the blood ties, and the Old Clan Leader prepared to add Su Haoqian’s family to the genealogy.

• Su Chen agreed to DNA testing and asked Second Master Su to bring enough doctors and equipment for the whole family.
• Su Chen argued that Su Liang, Su Yuanzhong, and Su Zixuan should also prove their Su Family blood ties, leaving the Minor Su Family unable to object without losing face.
• Second Master Su called the family doctors, who collected samples from both branches while the meeting was postponed.
• The DNA reports confirmed Su Chen was Su Haoqian’s son, the children belonged to the Su Family, and the Minor Su Family also had valid blood ties.
• The Old Clan Leader announced that Su Haoqian’s wife, son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter would be added to the Su Family genealogy.

Su Zixuan challenged the decision to make Su Chen the Su Family heir, arguing that the position should be decided through a test of ability. He proposed a competition in which Su Chen would have to defeat anyone who challenged him.

• Su Chen gave the Minor Su Family’s DNA reports to the Old Clan Leader as proof of their identities.
• Su Zixuan endured lunch with the distant branches before raising the heir question at the afternoon meeting.
• Second Master Su announced that Su Chen should become the Su Family heir now that he had returned and been entered into the family genealogy.
• Su Zixuan objected that the decision was too hasty, and Su Jianqing rebuked the Minor Su Family for seeking the position.
• Su Zixuan proposed that the heir be chosen through contests, with Su Chen facing any challengers.

Su Chen accepted the Minor Su Family’s challenge to compete for the Su family heir position, and Su Zixuan chose a Free Combat match for the first test. Su Zixuan and his parents prepared to use the duel to avenge their humiliation, leaving the fight set for the next morning.

• Su Chen accepted the challenge to defend his heir position, and the Old Clan Leader set three tests across three days for anyone in the Su family to challenge him.
• Su Zixuan volunteered for the first test, a Free Combat duel with Su Chen the next morning.
• After returning home, Su Liang and Su Yuanzhong celebrated Su Chen’s acceptance and praised Su Zixuan’s combat record and training.
• Su Zixuan vowed to avenge the paternity-test humiliation and defeat Su Chen, while his parents urged him to show no mercy.

Su Chen’s family celebrated his victory at the family meeting and expressed confidence in his upcoming fighting match against Su Zixuan. At the martial arts venue the next morning, Su Zixuan tried to impress the crowd, but Su Chen drew the cheers before the match began.

• At dinner, Second Master and Su Jianqing praised Su Chen for humiliating the Minor Su Family, and Su Chen assured them he could beat Su Zixuan.
• The Su Family arrived at the martial arts venue the next morning to watch the first of the three matches, with Old Clan Leader present.
• Su Zixuan admired his own physique while changing and expected the girls to cheer for him.
• Su Zixuan emerged to find the crowd cheering Su Chen, whose lean, defined muscles impressed him.
• Su Zixuan leaped into the ring with a showy move, while Su Chen effortlessly cleared the ropes and received more cheers.
• Tuantuan kissed Su Chen and cheered him on as Yan Bingxue and their son joined in; the match had not yet begun.

Su Chen faced Su Zixuan in a family match, dodging his attacks before fighting him to a near standstill. As the crowd questioned Su Zixuan’s reputation, he lost focus, took two punches, and called for a timeout, ending the chapter after spitting out a tooth.

• Su Zixuan attacked Su Chen ruthlessly, while Su Yuanzhong rebuked a spectator who questioned the violence.
• Su Chen evaded Su Zixuan’s attacks, then swept his leg and punched him after learning his patterns.
• Su Chen and Su Zixuan fought evenly for over ten minutes as the spectators watched in silence.
• The crowd praised Su Chen and questioned whether Su Zixuan was as formidable as his family claimed, distracting him.
• Su Chen struck Su Zixuan in the cheek and eye socket, and Su Zixuan called for a timeout before spitting out a tooth.

Su Chen upgraded his combat skill during halftime and returned to overwhelm Su Zixuan. Su Zixuan realized he could not win but hesitated to concede, leaving the fight still underway.

• Su Zixuan told Su Liang and Su Yuanzhong that he had been distracted, though he privately feared Su Chen was a formidable opponent.
• Su Chen celebrated with Tuantuan and taught Lele to punch, triggering a system reward that let him upgrade to Advanced Combat Skill.
• Su Chen activated the upgrade and returned to the ring with greater strength, while Su Zixuan struggled to avoid his attacks.
• Su Chen struck Su Zixuan and sent him crashing into the railing, prompting Su Zixuan to realize he had lost.
• Su Zixuan hesitated to concede because of his pride, and Su Chen resumed attacking him after the timeout.

Su Chen defeated Su Zixuan in their martial arts match, winning the first contest over the Su family’s leadership. The Minor Su Family left in defeat, but Su Liang confidently prepared to challenge Su Chen in a financial contest the next morning.

• Su Chen battered Su Zixuan until he could no longer fight, and the referee declared Su Chen the winner as the crowd cheered.
• The Su family and other onlookers congratulated Su Chen, while Su Liang and Su Yuanzhong helped the injured Su Zixuan leave the stage.
• Su Yuanzhong challenged Su Chen to compete against Su Liang in financial skills the next morning, and Su Chen agreed to meet him.
• In the car, Su Liang and Su Yuanzhong blamed Su Chen’s victory on luck and encouraged Su Zixuan, who remained wary of Su Chen’s abilities.
• Su Liang said he had studied finance for years and vowed that the Minor Su Family would win the remaining contests to prevent Su Chen from becoming the Su family heir.

After Su Chen won the first inheritance match, the Old Clan Leader and the imperial capital's Xu and Huo Families acknowledged his strength and considered approaching him. The second match began with Su Chen and Su Liang analyzing Su Family financial statements, and Su Chen appeared to rely on his Super Brain as the audience watched.

• The Old Clan Leader congratulated Su Chen on winning the first match and urged him to perform well in the remaining contests to secure the heir position.
• News of Su Chen's victory spread, and the Xu and Huo Families discussed meeting him if he became head of the Su Family.
• Su Chen and Su Liang began the second match, which required them to summarize three financial statements within half an hour.
• Su Liang counted rapidly with his fingers while Su Chen quickly read the statements without using a calculator or abacus, prompting the audience to speculate about his approach.

Su Chen and Su Liang competed to analyze three Su family financial statements, and both produced calculations that exactly matched the reports. Su Chen then identified the subsidiaries’ business problems and proposed strategic shifts, leaving the clan leaders impressed by his business ability.

• Su Liang finished his calculations and announced results that matched the financial report exactly.
• Su Liang claimed he had won and challenged Su Chen to avoid embarrassing the Su family.
• Su Chen recited the exact results for all three financial statements without using notes or tools.
• Su Chen analyzed the subsidiaries’ profits, losses, and business directions, astonishing the Su family members.
• The Old Clan Leader called subsidiary leaders to assess whether Su Chen’s analysis was correct.

Su Chen exposed an accounting error Su Liang had missed, showing that he understood the financial statements more thoroughly. The Old Clan Leader left the second contest’s result to the audience to decide.

• Su Liang objected that he and Su Chen had both reached correct conclusions, so the first contest should be a tie.
• Su Chen pointed out that the second financial statement listed office expenses nearly ten times higher than usual without explanation.
• Su Liang argued that a large-scale replacement could explain the expense increase, but Su Chen cited the missing year-end note and the following year’s figures as evidence of an accounting error.
• The company leader admitted that the expense had been entered incorrectly and that the amount had been made up the following year.
• Su Liang slumped in defeat as the Old Clan Leader asked the audience to decide the contest’s result.

Su Chen won the second heir competition after exposing errors in Su Liang’s financial reports and gaining the clan’s support. Su Yuanzhong then challenged Su Chen to a contest of interpersonal skills, and Su Zixuan asked his father and grandfather about the result from his hospital bed.

• The Old Clan Leader declared Su Chen the winner after nearly everyone voted for him, while Su Liang accepted the loss with resentment.
• Su Yuanzhong reassured Su Liang, and they agreed that they could not lose the final competition.
• The Su Family members praised Su Chen and affirmed their support for him as heir, while Su Liang and Su Yuanzhong remained displeased.
• Su Yuanzhong proposed testing Su Chen’s interpersonal skills, and Su Chen agreed to set the rules later.
• Su Yuanzhong and Su Liang visited the injured Su Zixuan, who asked whether Su Liang had beaten Su Chen; Su Yuanzhong replied that Su Liang had not won but had not exactly lost either.

After Su Chen’s side won the second match, both families chose to settle the third match by counting the invitations each side secured for a banquet announcing Su Chen’s return to the Su clan. The Minor Su Family confidently prepared to use its Imperial Capital connections, while Su Chen’s family believed his victories had already made him known.

• Su Zixuan, Su Yuanzhong, and Su Liang blamed their losses on bad luck and resolved to win the third match through their connections in the Imperial Capital.
• Su Chen’s family celebrated his victories and discussed resolving the final match quickly.
• Second Master Su proposed that each side invite guests to Su Chen’s clan-return banquet, with the winner determined by who brought more invitations.
• Old Mrs. Su worried that Su Chen would be disadvantaged because he had only just arrived, but Su Chen and Su Jianqing trusted that his victories had made him known.
• The Su family agreed on the banquet contest, and the Old Clan Leader informed the Minor Su Family, which accepted the format.
• Su Yuanzhong’s family began preparing to contact its allies and offer gifts, confident that its connections would secure the most guests.

Su Chen learned that the Imperial Capital Military Region had approved transporting his completed mecha to the capital for weapons testing and live combat drills, and the mecha’s arrival sparked widespread excitement online. Meanwhile, Su Yuanzhong tried to secure Xu Yongsheng’s support for the Minor Su Family’s final contest, but Xu Yongsheng declined to commit to attending the banquet.

• Elder Yuan told Su Chen that the Imperial Capital Military Region wanted to meet him and transport the mecha for testing.
• Su Chen agreed to the transport and gave Elder Yuan the password to his work bay.
• The mecha was transported from Zhonghai to the Imperial Capital, and videos of it caused a stir online.
• People in the Imperial Capital speculated that Su Chen had built the mecha and considered the implications for the Su Family.
• Su Yuanzhong presented Xu Yongsheng with a banquet invitation, but Xu Yongsheng said the Su Family had not given him a definite answer.

Su Yuanzhong tried to win Xu Yongsheng’s support for the Minor Su Family by offering him the Fragrant Mountain commercial property rights, but Xu changed his mind after a phone call and refused the invitation. Su Zixuan explained that news of the mecha linked to Su Chen had likely made the Xu Family wary, leaving the Minor Su Family scrambling before Su Chen’s identity was confirmed.

• Su Yuanzhong offered Xu Yongsheng a check and promised the Xu Family the Fragrant Mountain commercial property rights in exchange for attending the Minor Su Family’s banquet.
• Xu Yongsheng took a phone call, then refused the invitation and warned Su Yuanzhong that the Minor Su Family should mind its words and actions if Second Master Su was in charge.
• Su Yuanzhong returned to the hospital and learned that Su Liang had also failed to win over the Huo Family.
• Su Zixuan showed Su Yuanzhong and Su Liang a Douyin post featuring the mecha linked to Su Chen and said Xu Yongsheng had likely heard the news.
• Su Zixuan warned that if officials confirmed Su Chen as the mecha’s creator, people would flock to support him and the Minor Su Family’s efforts would become useless.