Chapter Summaries

Qi Si and Bo Yanqi enjoyed a peaceful day together while Lin Weiwei’s public downfall spread online. Xiao Chou grew anxious about Bo Fuyu’s hold on the Bo Household, unaware that Bo Yanqi already held Bo Yonghao’s shares.

• Qi Si teased Bo Yanqi at the hotel, and the two laughed together before settling down to watch a movie.
• A secretly filmed video of Lin Weiwei falling out with the Bo and Zhou household heirs went viral, and no one intervened to suppress the scandal.
• Lin Weiwei failed to reach Bo Fuyu or Zhou Linzhe and realized she had lost her chance at a comeback.
• Xiao Chou asked Bo Fuyu whether Bo Yanqi could regain power, and Bo Fuyu vowed to keep control of the Bo Household.
• Xiao Chou asked whether Bo Yonghao had given Bo Fuyu his shares, but Bo Fuyu said he would handle the matter himself.
• The chapter revealed that Bo Yonghao had given all his shares to Bo Yanqi years earlier, though Bo Yanqi had kept the transfer secret.

Qi Wang began his counterattack by bringing down the Xiao Household, leaving Xiao Chou to discover that Bo Fuyu had abandoned him. Xiao Chou warned Bo Fuyu that Qi Wang would come after him too.

• Qi Wang launched his counterattack with Bo Yanqi's people and targeted Xiao Chou first after learning he had provoked Qi Si.
• The Xiao Household collapsed rapidly, surprising Xiao Chou and the people who had dismissed Qi Wang's move as a last struggle.
• Xiao Chou sought help from Bo Fuyu, who offered sympathy but did nothing to save the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Chou accused Bo Fuyu of abandoning him after he had risked the Xiao Household to support Bo Fuyu.
• Bo Fuyu blamed Xiao Chou for provoking Qi Si and ordered security to throw him out.
• As he was dragged away, Xiao Chou warned Bo Fuyu that Qi Wang would come for him and that he would suffer even worse.

Qi Wang acquired control of Xiao Corporation after exposing Xiao Qiren’s tax evasion and buying up its shares. He left Xiao Chou powerless as he joked that the company would be renamed Dog Corporation.

• Bo Fuyu ordered his assistant to investigate Qi Wang, but the assistant secretly contacted someone else for instructions.
• Xiao Qiren was arrested for tax evasion, and Xiao Corporation’s stock plunged as the company struggled to cover its financial shortfall.
• Qi Wang arrived at Xiao Corporation’s shareholders’ meeting and declared that the company might have to change its surname to Dog.
• Qi Wang presented documents showing he held fifty percent of Xiao Corporation’s shares, making him its largest shareholder and giving him the final say.
• Xiao Chou questioned how Qi Wang had raised the money, and Qi Wang explained that he had kept resources in reserve and bought shares as Xiao Corporation’s price fell.

Bo Fuyu and his allies debated how to respond after Qi Wang took over Xiao Corporation, then learned the Jiang Family in G City was embroiled in scandal and might not be able to help them. The group was left without a clear countermeasure as they discovered the news through their phones.

• Bo Fuyu's allies argued over whether to attack Qi Corporation or first discover where Qi Wang got his money.
• Bo Fuyu said Qi Wang's funds had come from an account in G City, prompting the group to suspect the White Family was backing him.
• Bo Fuyu agreed to contact the Jiang Family, while an ally warned that the Jiang Family was already overwhelmed by trouble.
• A man revealed that Jiang Honghu and his son had been arrested after Jiang Honghu's mistress reported his violations.
• The decision-makers checked Weibo and found the Jiang Family news buried among entertainment trends and their phones' distasteful recommendations.

Qi Wang gave Qi Si Xiao Corporation to manage after Qi Corporation acquired it, while Xiao Qiren learned of the loss and became paralyzed after suffering a stroke. Jin Yao blamed Xiao Chou and confronted Xiao Qiren over their past, until Xiao Chou entered the hospital room.

• Qi Wang gave Qi Si Xiao Corporation as a business to practice managing, and Bo Yanqi told him not to put too much pressure on himself.
• Xiao Qiren fainted when he learned Qi Corporation had acquired Xiao Corporation, then suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed and unable to speak clearly.
• The Xiao family arranged medical parole for Xiao Qiren, who woke in the hospital enraged over the loss of Xiao Corporation.
• Jin Yao blamed Xiao Chou for offending Qi Si and accused Xiao Qiren of favoring him and betraying her and Xiao Xiong.
• Xiao Chou opened the hospital room door and faced Xiao Qiren and Jin Yao.

Xiao Chou confronted Jin Yao and Xiao Qiren in the hospital, revealing their past deceptions and threatening Jin Yao before leaving. Later, Qi Si learned that Xiao Chou had transferred his shares and disappeared after visiting the hospital.

• Xiao Chou accused Jin Yao and Xiao Qiren of deceiving his mother and smearing her and him, while Jin Yao denied knowing Xiao Qiren was married.
• Jin Yao insulted Xiao Chou's dead mother, so Xiao Chou slapped and kicked her, then warned her not to plot against him and threatened to expose her lover.
• Xiao Chou told Jin Yao that he had intended to bring down Xiao Corporation himself and left the hospital room as Jin Yao cowered and Xiao Qiren raged.
• Qi Wang gave Qi Si a share transfer agreement from Xiao Chou and reported that Xiao Chou had disappeared after visiting Xiao Qiren at the hospital.

Qi Wang and Qi Si learned that Xiao Chou had disappeared after giving Qi Si his assets and shares, and Yu Zhen tracked him to his mother’s hometown, where he appeared to be farming. As the family prepared hot pot and played a game, Chen Chen revealed that the Zhou Household had once lost and recovered a child who looked different before and after her disappearance.

• Qi Si questioned why Xiao Chou had vanished after donating his movable assets and transferring his Xiao Corporation shares to Qi Si.
• Yu Zhen traced Xiao Chou to his mother’s hometown near H County, where he was living like a local and reclaiming fields.
• Qi Si claimed Bo Yanqi had told him the location, and Bo Yanqi backed up the explanation when Yu Zhen asked.
• Qi Wang offered to cook hot pot, while Bo Yanqi ordered the ingredients and Qi Si and Yu Zhen played a game with Chen Chen.
• Chen Chen told them the Zhou Household had lost its young miss, Zhou Linzhe and Zhou He’s younger sister, then recovered a girl whose appearance suggested she was not the same child.

While playing a game, Qi Si and Yu Zhen learned that Zhou Pingting had been deliberately placed in the Zhou Household after the family driver secretly altered her appearance and planned to switch her with Zhou Xuxu. The chapter ended as Zhong Ming delivered hotpot ingredients and an unknown voice challenged his claim that he was strong.

• Chen Chen explained that Zhou Pingting had hired the agency to investigate Zhou Xuxu after noticing their resemblance.
• Qi Si suspected Zhou Xuxu's disappearance and Zhou Pingting's identity were connected, and Chen Chen revealed that the Zhou family driver had planned to replace Zhou Xuxu with his own daughter.
• Chen Chen said the driver and his wife had arranged subtle facial adjustments for Zhou Pingting, and the driver had later claimed his wife and daughter died in a car accident.
• Chen Chen confirmed he had already given the findings to Zhou Pingting in exchange for her payment.
• Zhong Ming arrived carrying a large load of hotpot supplies, and an unfamiliar voice questioned whether he was really strong.

Zhong Ming left the Qi Household after claiming his brother was waiting for him, only to find Zhong Li was still working and unimpressed by his call. Later, Zhong Ming spotted someone dragging away the man Zhong Li had brought home and followed the van into a remote area, despite Zhong Li ordering him to go home.

• Bo Yanqi caught Zhong Ming talking back, and Zhong Ming declined Qi Si's dinner invitation by saying Zhong Li was waiting for him.
• Zhong Ming called Zhong Li, who was confused when his younger brother said he wanted to eat his cooking, then hung up on him.
• Zhong Li returned to work, reflecting that Bo Yanqi had become distracted since starting a relationship.
• Zhong Ming called Zhong Li again to report that someone had dragged the man Zhong Li brought home into a van.
• Zhong Li demanded the van's license plate number and ordered Zhong Ming to go home, but Zhong Ming continued following the vehicle into a remote area.

Zhong Ming followed the van carrying Ning Jia until Zhong Li ordered him to turn back, while Zhong Li borrowed men from Bo Yanqi in exchange for extending his contract by five years. Ning Jia woke bound in a dark place and, seeing Zhao Qiang approach, relived the trauma of six years earlier.

• Zhong Ming followed the van toward the western outskirts, then obeyed Zhong Li's order to leave after sending him the van's location.
• Bo Yanqi agreed to lend Zhong Li men in exchange for a five-year contract extension and sent him a contact number.
• Bo Yanqi told the Qi Household that Zhong Li had renewed his contract because he needed help, and the group returned to their hotpot dinner.
• Ning Jia woke bound on a cold floor after Zhao Qiang kidnapped him, and he remembered hiding from Zhao Qiang and enduring his mother's rejection.
• Ning Jia saw Zhao Qiang approach and heard his humiliating words as memories of the assault six years earlier overwhelmed him.

Ning Jia recalled how stress, bullying, and his mother's distrust led to Zhao Qiang assaulting him and to years of abuse and isolation. His father eventually took him away, and psychiatric care helped him regain his sanity, though his memories of his mother remained altered.

• Six years earlier, Ning Jia's grades fell, and his mother enrolled him in an exam intensive course where classmates spread his nickname and bullied him.
• After a teacher and classmates falsely claimed Ning Jia was dating, his mother believed them, confiscated his phone, and isolated him further.
• Zhao Qiang followed Ning Jia into a bathroom and tried to assault him, but a student who had bullied Ning Jia intervened and was injured.
• Zhao Qiang claimed Ning Jia had seduced him, and Ning Jia's mother believed him, publicly slapped and berated Ning Jia, and accused him of dating his rescuer.
• After Zhao Qiang was arrested, Ning Jia's mother kept him at home and abused him until he developed hallucinations.
• Ning Jia's father took him away, and psychiatric treatment helped him recover, though he had replaced some memories of his mother with Zhao Qiang's face.

Zhao Qiang tortured Ning Jia while recording, and Ning Jia was overwhelmed by memories of his mother condemning him. Zhong Li arrived in time to rescue Ning Jia and took the recording, determined to make Zhao Qiang pay.

• Zhao Qiang poured icy water on Ning Jia, tied him up, and beat him while accusing him of seducing men.
• As Zhao Qiang attacked him, Ning Jia heard memories of Mother Ning calling him disgusting and wishing he were dead.
• Ning Jia vomited on Zhao Qiang, who responded by beating and kicking him until he could barely respond.
• Zhong Li and his people burst in, and Zhong Li picked up the injured Ning Jia and wrapped him in his coat.
• Zhong Li ordered his people to keep the recording private and vowed to make Zhao Qiang pay.

After Zhong Li borrowed Bo Yanqi’s people to find Ning Jia, Qi Si learned that Ning Jia, a Qi Corporation employee, had been hospitalized after being nearly beaten to death. Qi Si and Bo Yanqi speculated about Ning Jia’s relationship with Zhong Li, leaving the full truth to be revealed later.

• Bo Yanqi reassured the sleepy Qi Si that the problem from Zhong Li’s search had been handled, then teased him until he woke up.
• Qi Si and Bo Yanqi got out of bed at lunchtime and found Qi Wang was away, possibly at the company or taking Yu Zhen home.
• While making scallion oil noodles, Bo Yanqi told Qi Si that Zhong Li had borrowed people to find Ning Jia, who had been badly injured.
• Qi Si learned Ning Jia worked for Qi Corporation and worried about his condition, but Bo Yanqi explained the attack stemmed from a personal grudge and the attacker had been caught.
• Qi Si guessed Zhong Li had feelings for Ning Jia and wondered how they had met, while Bo Yanqi said the truth would emerge without Qi Si needing to pry.

Qi Wang went to the hospital to see Ning Jia after learning Zhong Li had rescued him from Zhao Qiang, while Yu Zhen investigated Ning Jia’s background. They uncovered Zhao Qiang’s history of targeting minors and other crimes, leaving Yu Zhen convinced he had only pretended to reform.

• Qi Wang learned that Ning Jia was seriously injured and that Zhong Li had rescued him, then requested leave for Ning Jia and checked his company file.
• Qi Wang visited the hospital and asked Yu Zhen to investigate whether Ning Jia had any enemies.
• Yu Zhen found that Ning Jia had been involved in a lawsuit six years earlier and looked up Zhao Qiang’s case.
• Yu Zhen and Chen Chen read Zhao Qiang’s record and became furious at his history of targeting minors, theft, extortion, robbery, and other offenses.
• Yu Zhen concluded that Zhao Qiang had only disguised himself as reformed until he encountered Ning Jia again.

Zhong Li learned that Ning Jia remained unconscious because he was unwilling to wake up, and he brought Ning Jia’s father to the hospital. Ning Jia’s father learned Zhao Qiang was under Zhong Li’s control and planned to confront him.

• Qi Wang showed Zhong Li Ning Jia’s file, and Zhong Li thanked him after eagerly receiving it.
• Zhong Li told Qi Wang that Ning Jia’s injuries were minor but that psychological distress kept him from waking up.
• Ning Jia’s father traveled from C City to A City, and Zhong Li picked him up at the station.
• Ning Jia’s father erupted in anger when Zhong Li told him Zhao Qiang had hurt Ning Jia, then demanded to see Zhao Qiang.
• Zhong Li agreed to take Ning Jia’s father to the hospital first and described himself as Ning Jia’s friend.

At Ning Jia’s hospital bedside, Ning Jia’s father recalled how his relationship with his current same-sex partner had driven Ning Jia’s mother to cut him off from their son. He told Zhong Li that Ning Jia’s mother’s abuse had hurt Ning Jia even more deeply than what Zhao Qiang had done.

• Zhong Li brought Ning Jia’s father to the hospital, where the caregiver confirmed that Ning Jia had not woken up.
• Ning Jia’s father rushed to Ning Jia’s bedside and remembered finding him abused by his mother years earlier, then regretted allowing him to move to A City alone.
• Zhong Li asked Ning Jia’s father whether something involving Zhao Qiang had caused Ning Jia to refuse to wake up.
• Ning Jia’s father explained that after his divorce he began a relationship with a man, prompting Ning Jia’s mother to accuse him of deceiving her and cut off contact between him and Ning Jia.
• Ning Jia’s father recalled that six years earlier Ning Jia’s mother’s conflict with him had left Ning Jia depressed before his college entrance exams, and that Ning Jia met Zhao Qiang at a crash course.

Zhong Li learned that Ning Jia’s psychological collapse stemmed from his mother’s abuse and his distorted memories of it, and suspected Zhao Qiang’s return had brought those memories back. As Ning Jia remained unconscious, Zhong Li sought an expert while Qi Si considered whether he could help.

• Father Ning told Zhong Li that Mother Ning had disbelieved Ning Jia after Zhao Qiang attacked him, then abused and confined him until Father Ning rescued him.
• Father Ning explained that Ning Jia replaced memories of his mother’s abuse with memories of Zhao Qiang, while Mother Ning was sent to a sanatorium for treatment.
• Zhong Li suspected Zhao Qiang’s return had restored Ning Jia’s memories of his mother’s abuse and warned Father Ning that Ning Jia might be giving up on himself.
• Zhong Li left the hospital to seek an authoritative psychologist to help Ning Jia, who had not woken up.
• Qi Wang told Qi Si that Ning Jia was still unconscious, and Bo Yanqi said Zhong Li was searching for a psychologist.
• Qi Si thought of a doctor he disliked, dismissed the idea, and considered treating Ning Jia himself.

Qi Si and Bo Yanqi learned that Jiang Zhijie had a terminal illness and was rapidly approaching death, raising fears that he would die before facing judgment. After Jiang Zhijie’s condition worsened and he was placed on medical parole, Qi Si decided to go to G City.

• Bo Yanqi told Qi Si that Zhong Nantian had confirmed Jiang Zhijie was dying from a long-standing terminal illness.
• Qi Si worried Jiang Zhijie might be faking his illness to escape, but Bo Yanqi explained that authorities had secured the hospital and controlled Jiang Zhijie's associates.
• Bo Yanqi said he had asked Zhong Nantian to move up the final trial so Jiang Zhijie would receive a verdict before he died.
• Jiang Zhijie's condition rapidly worsened, and Zhong Nantian visited him in the hospital and sent Bo Yanqi a video.
• After seeing the video and accepting that Jiang Zhijie was truly near death, Qi Si told Bo Yanqi to take him to G City.

Qi Si traveled to G City with Bo Yanqi to visit Li An and check on Jiang Zhijie, while Qi Wang reluctantly let them go after deciding not to join them. In G City, they learned Li An still could not see and arranged to stay at Bai Hanzhou’s home, despite Bai’s reluctance to host them.

• Qi Si told Qi Wang he wanted to visit Li An in G City, and Qi Wang agreed to let him go after learning Bo Yanqi would accompany him.
• Qi Si and Bo Yanqi arrived in hot G City, where Bai Hanzhou picked them up and drove them to his home.
• Bai Hanzhou told Qi Si and Bo Yanqi that Li An was doing well but still could not see, and that Li An lived with him.
• Qi Si teased Bai Hanzhou about his unrequited feelings for Li An, while Bo Yanqi mocked his lack of progress.
• Qi Si decided that he and Bo Yanqi would stay at Bai Hanzhou’s home, and Bai reluctantly agreed.

Bai Hanzhou brought Bo Yanqi and Qi Si home, where Li An’s obvious excitement at seeing Bo Yanqi left Bai Hanzhou feeling neglected. After dinner, Qi Si and Bo Yanqi confirmed they planned to meet Jiang Zhijie, then left to stay at Qi Si’s uncle’s home.

• Bai Hanzhou brought Bo Yanqi and Qi Si home and discovered Li An had arranged food for their visit.
• Li An warmly greeted Bo Yanqi and Qi Si, asked after Bo Yanqi, and barely acknowledged Bai Hanzhou.
• At dinner, Qi Si asked Li An about his health while Bai Hanzhou felt stifled by Li An’s contrasting manner toward them.
• Bai Hanzhou questioned whether Qi Si should meet the terminally ill Jiang Zhijie, but Qi Si said Bo Yanqi would accompany him.
• Bo Yanqi and Qi Si left for Qi Si’s uncle’s home, and Li An’s reluctance eased after Qi Si explained their plans.