Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into the body of the original owner, Qi Si learned that the owner’s infatuation with Lin Weiwei had put him and his brother at risk. He promised Qi Wang he would stop acting foolishly, but Qi Wang remained skeptical as food arrived at the hospital.

• Qi Si woke in a club and collapsed after the original owner’s memories overwhelmed him.
• At the hospital, Qi Si recognized Qi Wang as his older brother and learned he had died in his original world before entering the body of a novel’s cannon-fodder character.
• Qi Si recalled that the original owner had targeted Shen Shuyu to please Lin Weiwei, prompting Bo Fuyu to retaliate and putting the Qi family in danger.
• Qi Wang reminded Qi Si that he had once made himself ill to force Qi Wang to give Lin Weiwei an opportunity.
• Qi Si promised Qi Wang he would never do anything so foolish again, then blushed when his stomach growled as a meal arrived.

Qi Si stayed in the hospital under Qi Wang’s watch and puzzled over differences between the book’s plot and his memories. Qi Wang accidentally called him by the same childhood nickname used in Qi Si’s former life, leaving him wondering who had written the book and how they knew him.

• Qi Wang threatened to break Qi Si’s legs if he left the hospital, then arranged for someone to watch him.
• Qi Si noticed that his memories of Bo Fuyu and Shen Shuyu did not match the book’s account and decided to avoid provoking them.
• After a day in the hospital, Qi Si woke to find Qi Wang calling him Dun Dun, the same nickname he had in his former life.
• Qi Si wondered whether the book’s author had known him personally, while Qi Wang pinched his cheek to snap him out of his thoughts.
• Qi Wang privately pitied Qi Si as part of a vulnerable group because he thought his younger brother was foolish.

After leaving the hospital, Qi Si returned home with his protective older brother, Qi Wang, and settled into his new life in the novel. The chapter ended with Qi Si looking forward to eating the leftover soup as late-night noodles.

• Qi Si waited outside the parking lot and moved aside when a tall man told him he was blocking the way to his car.
• Qi Wang picked Qi Si up, made him wear a coat, and took him home to recover after his hospital stay.
• Qi Si reflected that he would avoid the novel’s leads and try to live peacefully in his new life.
• Qi Wang cooked dinner and insisted that Qi Si eat soup, which Qi Si found delicious.
• Qi Wang said they could save the remaining soup for noodles later, and Qi Si eagerly agreed.

Qi Wang made Qi Si a late-night bowl of noodles, and Qi Si tried to act like the original owner while hiding that he was different. The next morning, Qi Si reflected on his former life and his decision to give away his wealth, determined not to work himself to death again.

• Qi Si woke hungry in the middle of the night and found Qi Wang cooking noodles for him.
• Qi Wang explained that Qi Si usually got up for a late-night snack, and Qi Si ate the noodles he had made.
• Qi Wang grew suspicious when Qi Si agreed to wash his bowl, but relaxed after Qi Si complained and left the dishes for him.
• Qi Si worried that Qi Wang might suspect something, then fell asleep and woke at ten in the morning.
• Qi Si recalled how overwork had ruined his former life and sneered at the thought of his former associates discovering he had donated his assets and sold his shares.

Qi Si took Lin Weiwei’s call during a variety-show borrowing challenge and refused to give her money without repayment terms. The guests and fans were left stunned when he asked her to write an IOU.

• Qi Si ate the breakfast Qi Wang had prepared and answered Lin Weiwei’s call.
• Lin Weiwei asked Qi Si to lend her five hundred thousand during a variety-show challenge, expecting him to transfer the money as he had before.
• Qi Si remembered that the original owner had once given Lin Weiwei one million, which she never repaid, and grew angry on Qi Wang’s behalf.
• Qi Si asked when Lin Weiwei would repay the loan, then insisted that she write him an IOU.
• Lin Weiwei, the guests, and the fans were stunned by Qi Si’s change in attitude, while the guests reconsidered how much influence Lin Weiwei really had over him.

Qi Si refused to lend Lin Weiwei money without an IOU, then exposed her attempt to use him as a stepping stone during a filmed borrowing challenge. He ended the call with Lin Weiwei unable to continue the task and resolved to remain content under Qi Wang's care, thwarting her plans to divide the brothers.

• Lin Weiwei became angry when Qi Si insisted she write an IOU, and Qi Si challenged her for expecting him to coax her while she asked to borrow money.
• The host and guests explained the show’s borrowing challenge, and Qi Si greeted them politely while describing himself as a good-for-nothing who relied on his brother.
• Qi Si said he would have given Lin Weiwei money he earned himself and mentioned that she had told him her family circumstances were poor.
• Lin Weiwei cut off the call before Qi Si could reveal more, then asked the host to confirm that she had failed the task.
• Qi Si was unsurprised by the disconnection and decided Lin Weiwei would no longer be able to use him to drive a wedge between him and Qi Wang.

Qi Si’s remarks about Lin Weiwei during a livestream sparked online backlash, but he explained the situation to Qi Wang and let his brother handle the controversy. Qi Si then went to Qi Wang’s office to collect on the promised dinner, where he waited for him to finish a meeting.

• Qi Si’s comments about Lin Weiwei spread online, and her fans attacked him on Weibo.
• Qi Wang called Qi Si, learned Lin Weiwei had asked to borrow five hundred thousand and refused to write an IOU, and apologized for scolding him.
• Qi Wang told Qi Si he had done the right thing and promised to handle the trending topic, then ordered his assistant to create trouble for Lin Weiwei without crushing her.
• Qi Si ignored the online controversy and went to Qi Wang’s office early to wait for their promised meal.
• Qi Wang returned from his meeting and asked why Qi Si was there, and Qi Si said he had come to take him out for dinner.

Qi Si spent time with Qi Wang at the company and went out to eat hairy crabs with him. When Qi Si revealed he had night blindness, Qi Wang grew concerned that it might be connected to his unexplained headaches and planned to take him to the hospital.

• Qi Si played Minesweeper on Qi Wang's computer and asked him to install it on his own computer.
• Qi Wang took Qi Si out to dinner, while employees secretly photographed the brothers and joked about them in a company group chat that Zhou Zhi monitored.
• Qi Si rode with Qi Wang to a restaurant and hinted that he wanted to eat hairy crabs.
• In the dark parking garage passage, Qi Si told Qi Wang he had night blindness, and Qi Wang realized this was new.
• Qi Wang planned to take Qi Si to the hospital the next day and worried that the night blindness might be related to Qi Si's unexplained headaches.

Qi Si unexpectedly encountered Bo Fuyu in the restroom, and Bo Fuyu later told his uncle, Bo Yanqi, about the meeting before asking him to give a friend a role in The Wind Rises. Bo Yanqi challenged Bo Fuyu over the request, leaving him anxious about whether his friend would get a substantial part.

• Qi Si ran into Bo Fuyu in the restroom and said he had recovered after fainting.
• Bo Fuyu studied Qi Si, who looked different to him, then returned to the table with his uncle, Bo Yanqi.
• Bo Fuyu told Bo Yanqi that he had encountered the Qi Household’s young master and recalled Qi Si fainting during their previous outing.
• Bo Fuyu asked Bo Yanqi, who had acquired the rights to The Wind Rises, to give a role to a friend.
• Bo Yanqi pointed out that Bo Fuyu had said any role would do, and Bo Fuyu insisted that his friend should get at least the second or third female lead.

Bo Yanqi turned down Bo Fuyu’s request to secure a role for his friend, insisting she audition on her own merit. After dining with Qi Wang, Qi Si reminisced about their school days, and Bo Yanqi grew curious about the young man he had seen at the restaurant.

• Bo Yanqi told Bo Fuyu that his friend could audition for a role in The Wind Rises and would have to earn it herself.
• Qi Wang served Qi Si a plate of crab meat, and the brothers talked about sharing meals more often.
• After seeing Qi Si and Qi Wang leave the restaurant, Bo Yanqi asked Bo Fuyu whether Qi Si was well-behaved.
• Bo Fuyu described Qi Si as a troublemaker and recalled that they had been high school classmates.
• Bo Fuyu remembered Qi Si as a frail, striking student who rarely attended school yet earned excellent grades, which had spurred Bo Fuyu to study harder.
• Bo Yanqi listened to the memories and took a greater interest in Qi Si.

After Lin Weiwei’s team edited the show to make Qi Si look like he had been joking, Qi Si reposted the original livestream recording and exposed the distortion. Lin Weiwei’s manager demanded that she make amends with him, leaving Lin Weiwei reluctantly aware that his support was no longer assured.

• Lin Weiwei’s team released an edited video that downplayed her IOU and made Qi Si appear to be teasing her knowingly, while suppressing the livestream recording.
• Qi Si reposted the original livestream with a confused emoji, prompting viewers to question the edited version and criticize Lin Weiwei’s team.
• Lin Weiwei’s manager asked whether she had apologized to Qi Si, and Lin Weiwei admitted nothing but realized he might no longer be devoted to her.
• Lin Weiwei’s manager urged her to win Qi Si over, warning that the company could withdraw her resources if she stopped bringing in profits.
• Lin Weiwei reluctantly said she understood, while her manager began to doubt her judgment of Lin Weiwei.

After posting on Weibo, Qi Si left the response to Qi Wang and reflected on Xiao Chou’s tragic past, deciding to treat him like a younger brother. Xiao Chou invited Qi Si to West Mountain Racetrack, and Qi Si got his hair trimmed before heading there.

• Qi Si recalled that Xiao Chou was the Xiao Household’s legitimate son, though they treated him as an illegitimate child, and that he had been killed before getting revenge in the original plot.
• Qi Si accepted Xiao Chou’s invitation to meet their usual friends at West Mountain Racetrack.
• Qi Si told Qi Wang he was going out, and Qi Wang asked him to come home for dinner and reminded him to be careful.
• Qi Si asked Qi Wang to prepare crispy fish and sweet and sour ribs for dinner, then visited his usual salon.
• Qi Si had his bangs and sideburns trimmed shorter, admired his youthful appearance, and drove to West Mountain.

Qi Si took Xiao Chou to the West Mountain racing club, where a race offered ten percent of the Wangjiang development rights as its prize. When Xiao Chou admitted he wanted the rights to gain a foothold in the Xiao Household, Qi Si warned him that winning them might only benefit his younger brother and make his own life worse.

• Qi Si arrived at the West Mountain racing club and invited Xiao Chou to ride in the front passenger seat of his car.
• Xiao Chou told Qi Si that Young Master Zhang, Young Master Lin, Bo Fuyu, and possibly the club's star racer would be at the races.
• Xiao Chou revealed that the race's prize was ten percent of the development rights for the Wangjiang land.
• Qi Si considered competing to keep Bo Fuyu from gaining an advantage, then dismissed the idea because his driving skills were mediocre.
• Qi Si asked whether Xiao Chou wanted the Wangjiang rights, then warned him that winning them might strengthen his younger brother's position instead of securing his own.

Qi Si persuaded Xiao Chou not to risk racing, then watched the crowded event from the VIP stands. After learning Bo Fuyu and Bo Yanqi were present, Qi Si left for the restroom and collided with someone while returning.

• Qi Si warned Xiao Chou that racing could cost him his life, and Xiao Chou decided not to compete.
• Qi Si invited Xiao Chou to sit beside him in the VIP stands, where they discussed Bo Fuyu arriving with an unfamiliar woman.
• Qi Si overheard spectators discussing the valuable Wangjiang development rights offered as the race prize and dismissing him as a good-for-nothing.
• Qi Wang messaged Qi Si to stay off the track and avoid trouble, mentioning that Bo Yanqi from the Bo Household had also come.
• Qi Si left the restroom while replying to his phone and collided with someone entering.

Qi Si met Bo Yanqi again and, attracted to him, tried to recruit him before learning that he raced for the Bo Household. He got Bo Yanqi’s Green Bubbles contact and denied liking Lin Weiwei, leaving Bo Yanqi amused by his apparent interest.

• Qi Si bumped into Bo Yanqi, recognized him from the hospital parking lot, and followed him into the restroom.
• Qi Si learned Bo Yanqi was a racer and tried to recruit him, but Bo Yanqi said he worked for the Bo Household.
• Qi Si asked to add Bo Yanqi on Green Bubbles, and Bo Yanqi scanned his QR code.
• Qi Si called him Mr. Number 17, then blurted that Bo Yanqi was his only option.
• Bo Yanqi teased Qi Si about his public pursuit of Lin Weiwei, and Qi Si insisted he did not actually like her.

Qi Si openly told Bo Yanqi that he liked men and asked to pursue him, while Bo Yanqi tried to dissuade him with teasing questions. Their conversation left Qi Si stunned when Bo Yanqi revealed that he had graduated ten years earlier.

• Qi Si told Bo Yanqi he did not like women and asked whether he could pursue him.
• Bo Yanqi agreed to talk in a private lounge, where Qi Si insisted he had little to lose by trusting him.
• Qi Si confidently argued that Bo Yanqi should be attracted to his looks, and Bo Yanqi found his boldness amusing.
• Bo Yanqi asked Qi Si to guess his age and revealed that he had graduated ten years earlier.

Qi Si learned that Bo Yanqi was much older than he had assumed, but boldly continued pursuing him, mistaking him for the club racer Augus. At the competition, Qi Si cheered for Bo Yanqi as Number Seventeen, who won with a daring drift on the final turn.

• Bo Yanqi teased Qi Si about pursuing him, and Qi Si asked whether he would be beaten up if he kissed him; Bo Yanqi sent him out without clearly rejecting him.
• Qi Si told Xiao Chou he had invited nobody else, then learned that the Bo Household's racer was the club star Augus and mistakenly identified Bo Yanqi as him.
• Qi Si messaged Bo Yanqi good luck and watched Number Seventeen lead the race, cheering for him instead of the Qi Household's racer.
• On the final turn, Number Seventeen accelerated through a dangerous drift, crossed the finish line first, and Qi Si celebrated by hugging Xiao Chou.

After the race, Qi Si spotted Bo Fuyu and Lin Weiwei together and realized the novel’s plot had diverged from its original course. He picked up Qi Wang and went with him to the supermarket, while Cao Yu and Zhou Zhi arranged to meet in the parking lot after Qi Wang finally left work.

• Qi Si waited for Augus to answer his dinner invitation, then left the club when Qi Wang called him home.
• Qi Si saw Bo Fuyu with Lin Weiwei and watched them leave together, concluding that the main plot had begun despite its altered timing.
• Qi Si worried that Shen Shuyu might still suffer the tragic fate from the original novel but decided not to involve himself.
• Qi Si arrived late to pick up Qi Wang, waited briefly in his office, and left with him to buy groceries.
• After Qi Wang left, Cao Yu called Zhou Zhi, who told him to meet in the parking lot.

Qi Si told Qi Wang about meeting Augus at the race, and the brothers discussed Bo Yanqi’s puzzling role in the competition. After they returned home, Qi Si found a new message from Augus waiting on his phone.

• Qi Si told Qi Wang that he had met Augus, chatted with him, and gotten his contact information.
• Qi Wang explained that Qi Corporation had little reason to pursue the development rights and learned that Augus had won the race after Bo Yanqi hired him.
• Qi Si claimed Augus had mentioned Bo Yanqi, then joked with Qi Wang as they went to buy groceries and returned home.
• Qi Wang began cooking while Qi Si showered, then Qi Si noticed an unread message from Augus on Green Bubbles.

Qi Si learned that the variety show slot he had once arranged for Lin Weiwei was still available and insisted that she would not get it. Qi Wang warned him that Lin Weiwei had dated several men connected to Qi Corporation, and Qi Si said he might take the slot himself.

• Qi Si happily texted Augus, then went downstairs to eat dinner with Qi Wang.
• Qi Wang noticed Qi Si watching Go! All-Round Charge! and asked if he still planned to give Lin Weiwei a slot on the show.
• Qi Si remembered that the original owner had requested the slot to please Lin Weiwei and vowed not to give it to her.
• Qi Si told Qi Wang he had seen Lin Weiwei getting handsy with Bo Fuyu in a parking lot.
• Qi Wang revealed that his people had photographed Lin Weiwei dating several men, including men who had worked with Qi Corporation.
• Qi Si insisted he no longer liked Lin Weiwei and said he might appear on the show himself.