Recaps

Lei Xuan arranged a livestream for Zhao Rongjin and Zhao Rongxuan to check their Gaokao scores, while Jiang Xinyi said her province’s results would come out later. As the group ate breakfast and joked with viewers, Lei Xuan asked the brothers whether they planned to enter the entertainment industry.

• Lei Xuan asked Zhao Rongjin and Zhao Rongxuan to livestream checking their scores, and Zhao Rongxuan suggested inviting Jiang Xinyi too.
• Jiang Xinyi said her province’s scores would not be released until four in the afternoon, and Lei Xuan told everyone to gather for the morning livestream.
• The guests ate breakfast while the livestream comments teased Yan Xianjue, Shen Fangli, and Lei Xuan.
• Lei Xuan explained that the group would check scores live, and Zhao Rongxuan joked that the brothers could beat 99.9 percent of test takers.
• Lei Xuan asked Zhao Rongjin and Zhao Rongxuan whether they planned to enter the entertainment industry.

On Ji Xi’s livestream, Zhao Rongjin and Zhao Rongxuan mocked the boredom of their previous variety show and bluntly said they would not return. While the viewers waited for their exam results, Yan Xianjue defended the brothers against jeering commenters, and the chapter left the livestream audience arguing over their scores and his sharp replies.

• Zhao Rongjin and Zhao Rongxuan joked that they had come only to meet the legend who livestreamed selling self-criticisms, and Yan Xianjue teased them for delivering a stand-up routine.
• Lei Xuan asked whether the brothers would appear on Straight-A Students' Daily Life again, and Zhao Rongjin and Zhao Rongxuan said the show had been boring and its long study livestreams felt like a paid job.
• The viewers waited for the crowded results website to load while chatting about the variety show, Yan Xianjue's investment, and the guests' scores.
• The results showed Zhao Rongjin and Zhao Rongxuan had each scored 634 points, prompting some commenters to call their marks unimpressive.
• Yan Xianjue challenged a commenter to share an exam number and mocked the haters who criticized the brothers and their decision not to enter entertainment.

Yan Xianjue pushed back against hostile livestream comments, while Lei Xuan accidentally let the audience hear him joke about Shen Fangli. The chapter ended with the guests teasing Lei Xuan as Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli jokingly threatened him.

• Yan Xianjue dismissed the hostile commenters, joked about checking for paid trolls, and said he could not stand dirty things.
• Lei Xuan joked to Yao Weiran that Shen Fangli had arsenic on her lips, unaware his microphone was live.
• Yao Weiran warned Lei Xuan that he had not muted himself, and Lei Xuan realized the livestream audience had heard him.
• Lei Xuan apologized to Yan Xianjue, who joked that he had already chosen where to bury him.
• Shen Fangli told Lei Xuan that a lifetime passed quickly, prompting the guests and chat to joke about her ominous emphasis.

After Lei Xuan made an inappropriate joke on the livestream, Yan Xianjue fined him and required a written self-criticism. A discussion of salaries and company benefits followed, and the chapter ended with Shen Fangli openly acknowledging that Yan Xianjue had handpicked her.

• Yan Xianjue fined Lei Xuan fifty thousand yuan and ordered him to write a self-criticism, while Lei Xuan accepted responsibility and paid Ji Xi and Shen Fangli.
• Shen Fangli kept her compensation and gave Yan Xianjue thirty thousand yuan as their jokingly described share of the loot.
• Ji Xi revealed that his internship pay was three thousand yuan a month, while his full-time bonus had recently been under a hundred thousand yuan.
• Jiang Miaomiao explained that she was still an intern and would receive room and board, prompting Good and Zhao Rongjin to ask about benefits at Yan Xianjue's companies.
• Ji Xi said compensation depended on the value employees created and that resources were fairly competed for, while Shen Fangli admitted Yan Xianjue had handpicked her and said she did not mind people knowing.

Ji Xi’s recruitment pitch prompted a discussion about bringing the Zhao brothers into Yan Xianjue’s company, while the livestream learned they were Olympic athletes. Yan Xianjue then suggested they study IT and develop firewall technology, matching a plan the brothers had already made.

• Ji Xi told Good he had invited him to join the company, and Good questioned the benefits and recruitment scheme.
• Yan Xianjue explained that new hires without a clear career goal would rotate through jobs before settling into a role.
• Lei Xuan asked whether Zhao Rongjin and Zhao Rongxuan were athletes, and the brothers confirmed they were selected for the swimming and shooting teams.
• Yan Xianjue revealed that his second brother, Yan Ci, had also been selected for the Olympic esports event.
• Yan Xianjue suggested Zhao Rongjin and Zhao Rongxuan study IT and work together on firewall technology, and the brothers said it was already one of their future plans.

Yan Xianjue and the others finished breakfast and prepared for a relaxed horseback-riding outing, while Yan Xianjue called Zhou Ye from the yurt. They discussed Zhou Ye’s strict family and a possible class reunion, which Yan Xianjue postponed until the following week.

• The group teased Yan Xianjue about Ji Xi working for him for life, and Yan Xianjue redirected attention to the day’s plans.
• Lei Xuan announced that the group would go horseback riding without extra requirements, though the others doubted his credibility.
• Yan Xianjue went into the yurt, covered the camera, and called Zhou Ye after noticing his comment online.
• Zhou Ye told Yan Xianjue that his second uncle had enrolled him in the same major and sent him to the company to learn, while his father had blocked his complaints.
• Zhou Ye invited Yan Xianjue to a weekend class reunion, but Yan Xianjue suggested holding it the following week because exam results were due Friday.

Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli prepared to take classes together again, while Lei Xuan and Yao Weiran handled the livestream chat. The chapter ended with Shen Fangli wondering what major Yan Xianjue would choose.

• Yan Xianjue learned from Zhou Ye that they would probably be classmates again and said he would ask Shen Fangli whether she wanted to take classes.
• Lei Xuan muted hostile livestream comments, and viewers discussed the show's popularity and rumors about Zhao Jiazheng, Yao Weiran, and Tourmaline Entertainment.
• Yao Weiran used an alternate account to steer the chat away from Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue's relationship, but the discussion shifted to Yan Ci.
• Shen Fangli met Yan Xianjue outside the yurt and noticed their matching blue outfits; Yan Xianjue admitted he had arranged them deliberately.
• Shen Fangli asked what major Yan Xianjue would take and considered which classes would suit him.

Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue joked during their horseback outing while Lei Xuan teased them about their mismatched ponies. Meanwhile, Lin Shi brought Yan Yi'an a recording of Su Su's claims about being the protagonist, leaving Yan Yi'an intent on meeting her fortune-teller master.

• Yan Xianjue teased Shen Fangli about a secret and said he would have time to visit her after his classes.
• Lei Xuan interrupted Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue's date to joke that their horses ruined the romantic look, and Shen Fangli told him not to talk if he could not speak properly.
• Lin Shi visited Yan Yi'an's office and played a recording of Su Su talking about being the protagonist.
• Yan Yi'an dismissed Su Su's claims as delusions but decided to meet the fortune-teller master who had made predictions about her.
• Yan Yi'an questioned whether Lin Shi believed Su Su's story and wanted to become her male lead, prompting Lin Shi to wonder if cutting remarks were hereditary in the Yan Household.

Lin Shi negotiated with Yan Yi'an over information about Su Su and agreed to keep her away from Yan Xianjue in exchange for a pharmaceutical company. On the grasslands, Lei Xuan asked Yan Xianjue about his scar, and his casual explanation left Lei Xuan suspecting that something about the injury did not add up.

• Lin Shi offered Yan Yi'an a recording and questioned whether he believed Su Su's claim that the Yan Household had only four children.
• Yan Yi'an agreed to use a pharmaceutical company among Lin Lang's assets to settle Xian Jue's debt, on the condition that Su Su stay away from Xian Jue and his girlfriend; Lin Shi accepted.
• After Lin Shi left, Yan Yi'an read the family group chat and arranged for Uncle Lu to watch Yan Xianjue more closely and for him to have an examination.
• On the grasslands, Lei Xuan asked Yan Xianjue whether he planned to have the scar on his hand removed.
• Yan Xianjue said he had probably gotten the injury in a childhood fight, but Lei Xuan doubted that explanation because the wound was too severe and no one had heard of him being kidnapped.

The Yan family worried that Yan Xianjue might ask about his injury after viewers noticed it, while Jiang Xinyi enjoyed the grassland sunset and learned she had scored 724. After two days of sightseeing, the group gathered for their final-night bonfire, where Lei Xuan asked Ji Xi how he wanted the remaining scores announced.

• The Yan family discussed meeting the mysterious master, and Yan Ci urged Mother Yan to find a way to talk Yan Xianjue around before he asked about his injury.
• Jiang Xinyi sketched the sunset by the lake and said drawing was a hobby she used to relieve stress.
• Yao Weiran announced that Jiang Xinyi had scored 724 and was the liberal arts top scorer.
• The guests toured the grassland for two days, then gathered with the production staff and herders for a final-night bonfire party.
• Lei Xuan announced that three scores remained and asked Ji Xi whether he wanted them revealed from lowest to highest or highest to lowest.

At the bonfire, Lei Xuan revealed Ji Xi's score and built suspense over Yan Xianjue's and Shen Fangli's results. The chapter ended with Lei Xuan calling Shen Fangli a prophet after her score guesses matched the sheets.

• Ji Xi chose to reveal the scores from highest to lowest, and the others guessed that he had scored above 730.
• Lei Xuan announced that Ji Xi had scored 734, the highest known score in the country so far.
• Yan Xianjue claimed he deserved half the credit for Ji Xi's score, while Shen Fangli fed him honeydew and then sour blueberries.
• Lei Xuan asked Shen Fangli to guess Yan Xianjue's and her own scores, and she estimated 550 or 560 for him and around 630 for herself.
• After checking the score sheets, Lei Xuan gave Shen Fangli a thumbs-up and called on everyone to kill the prophet.

After the Gaokao results came out, Shen Fangli and their friends learned Yan Xianjue had scored 579 and pressed him about his university plans. Yan Xianjue revealed he would attend Shallow Sea University to study Entrepreneurship Management, a niche major intended to train successors to family businesses.

• Yan Xianjue and his friends joked through a werewolf game before Shen Fangli asked what major he planned to study.
• Shen Fangli saw that Yan Xianjue had scored 579, including 201 in science comprehensive, and his friends discussed his uneven subject grades.
• Yan Xianjue said he planned to apply to Shallow Sea University, where his chosen major had a lower cutoff.
• Yan Xianjue revealed that his major was Entrepreneurship Management, which his eldest brother's application team had selected.
• One of the friends checked Shallow Sea University's admissions brochure and found that the major trained successors to family businesses.

During the variety show, Yan Xianjue teased Ye You and revealed that Jiang Miaomiao had agreed to work for him after graduation, while Ji Xi joked that he needed a lenient major to cope with his workload. After filming ended, Yan Xianjue said Ji Xi had made him oversee artist interviews at the company that weekend, and Shen Fangli offered to beat Ji Xi up for him.

• Jiang Miaomiao asked Yan Xianjue why he had chosen his major, and he answered that it had few classes.
• Ji Xi decided to choose a major with lenient exemption rules because his workload was too heavy, while Yan Xianjue told him to optimize his workflow.
• Yan Xianjue told Ye You that Jiang Miaomiao had signed a contract to work for him for at least five years after graduation and challenged Ye You to return as the top scorer.
• The livestream ended, and Yan Xianjue told Shen Fangli that Maoning was considering an internship at Random Investment.
• Yan Xianjue said Ji Xi had arranged artist interviews for the weekend and ordered him to oversee them, prompting Shen Fangli to offer to beat Ji Xi up.

After returning from the grasslands, Shen Fangli received an unexpected live sheep from Yan Xianjue, while her father tried to adjust to their relationship and their very different spending habits. Zhuang Yushu pointed out that Shen Fangli had gained weight and told her to slim down before filming began in ten days.

• Yan Xianjue arranged for the admissions teachers to travel home and left Ji Xi to handle the resulting work alongside company duties and collecting Lin Lang's debt.
• Jiang Miaomiao went home with Ye You to tell her parents about their relationship, while Shen Fangli avoided getting pulled into work by staying silent.
• Yan Xianjue gave Shen Fangli a live sheep as a souvenir, and President Shen hauled it into his car and asked whether she planned to raise it or eat it.
• President Shen decided to increase Shen Fangli's allowance after she insisted that she and Yan Xianjue were both practical spenders.
• Zhuang Yushu told Shen Fangli to lose weight before joining a production in ten days, and she promised that next week's strenuous exercise would slim her down.

Shen Fangli attended acting lessons while Yan Xianjue interviewed prospective entertainers for Random. Yan Xianjue’s parents arrived to see him at work, just as Shen Fangli overheard scandalous gossip about Zhuang Yushu.

• Zhuang Yushu began Shen Fangli’s acting lesson and decided to ask Director Yao and Lei Xuan to keep an eye on her during filming.
• Yan Xianjue struggled through interviews with prospective entertainers and asked his assistant to bring Lei Xuan and Yao Weiran to help.
• Shen Fangli heard Yan Xianjue complain about the applicants and then learned through his thoughts that a Best Actress allegedly wanted to steal Zhuang Yushu’s sperm.
• Shen Fangli sprayed water during class, leaving Zhuang Yushu confused about why she had laughed.
• Father Yan and Mother Yan arrived at Random Investment to watch Yan Xianjue work, and Ji Xi directed them to his office.

Yan Xianjue discovered that a top star at his company was a wanted criminal and contacted the police while keeping the man occupied. After Zhuang Yushu came to report on the charity funds, Yan Xianjue told the top star his contract troubles would soon be over.

• Father Yan and Mother Yan found a refrigerator full of cola in Yan Xianjue's office and wondered whether the coconut water was for his girlfriend.
• Yan Xianjue learned that a top star was a wanted criminal and messaged the police officer his eldest brother had recommended.
• Shen Fangli lost focus during Zhuang Yushu's lesson as Yan Xianjue's muttering about the wanted star distracted her.
• Yan Xianjue recalled that Lin Shi had exposed the top star's plastic surgery history in the original plot and considered having the police check his fingerprints and DNA.
• Zhuang Yushu visited Yan Xianjue to report how the Yan Household's charity donation had been used, then waited in Yan Xianjue's office.
• Yan Xianjue kept the top star talking while the police headed out, and told him his contract troubles would soon be over.

Yan Xianjue rejected Best Actress Lin and revealed that he had called the police over Chen Qixing, whom he suspected was a wanted criminal using plastic surgery. Ji Xi arranged to keep Chen Qixing at the company while Yan Xianjue hurried back to face his parents.

• Chen Qixing comforted a newcomer after Best Actress Lin mocked her, signed her notepad, and hinted that Random Entertainment planned to sign him.
• Yan Xianjue told Ji Xi to reject Best Actress Lin because he suspected she had mental health issues, and Ji Xi marked her off the list.
• Ji Xi asked Yan Xianjue about Chen Qixing, and Yan Xianjue said he suspected the star was a wanted criminal who had undergone plastic surgery and had called the police.
• Ji Xi arranged to keep Chen Qixing at the company and warned Yan Xianjue that the police visit could create damaging news.
• Ji Xi reminded Yan Xianjue that Chairman Yan and Madam Yan were waiting in his office, and Yan Xianjue rushed back after remembering the cola in his fridge.

Yan Xianjue reviewed the charity donations, fended off questions about his cola, and helped keep Zhuang Yushu away from Yao Weiran's office by inventing a script discussion. After Yan Xianjue identified a suspected wanted criminal by the shape of his skull, the police believed him and even invited him to attend the police academy.

• Yan Xianjue reviewed the charity expenditure report Zhuang Yushu brought and approved the donations to hospitals and mountainous areas.
• Zhuang Yushu warned Yan Xianjue to stop feeding Shen Fangli because her face had grown rounder, and Yan Xianjue promised to exercise with her.
• Yan Xianjue sent Zhuang Yushu to Yao Weiran's office under the false pretense of discussing the script so he would not meet the Best Actress.
• Mother Yan told Yan Xianjue that she and Father Yan had come to check how he was adapting to his first day at work.
• Yan Xianjue explained that he had reported a suspected wanted criminal because the man's skull resembled one he'd seen on a wanted list.
• A police officer accepted Yan Xianjue's explanation and suggested he attend the police academy, noting that he had reported another case as well.

After the police took statements about Zhao Jiazheng and Chen Qixing, Yan Xianjue suggested investigating Zhao’s plastic surgery and asked to leave work. He then invited Shen Fangli to dinner with his parents, leaving her at Cloud Summit as Mother Yan asked to hear the latest gossip.

• Yan Xianjue and his parents declined a commendation banner, and Yan suggested the police investigate Zhao Jiazheng’s history of plastic surgery.
• Ji Xi told Yan Xianjue that Chen Qixing had also been taken away by the police, and Yan asked whether he could leave work.
• Yan Xianjue called Shen Fangli and invited her to dinner with his parents, joking that his mother would not offer her five million to leave him.
• Yan Xianjue brought Shen Fangli to Cloud Summit Hotel, where Mother Yan welcomed her and asked to hear the latest gossip.

At dinner with Yan Xianjue’s parents, Shen Fangli shared gossip about Actress Lin and accidentally triggered Yan Xianjue’s disgust and jealousy. The conversation then turned to Lin Lang’s plan to settle his debt to Yan Xianjue with assets, and Father Yan noted how difficult it would be to produce 750 million in cash.

• Shen Fangli tried to escape Mother Yan’s questions by repeating gossip about Actress Lin, prompting Yan Xianjue to dry-heave at the mention of placentas.
• Shen Fangli shared more gossip from Zhuang Yushu, and Yan Xianjue’s thoughts revealed that Zhuang Yushu ranked first on Actress Lin’s private list of potential genetic donors.
• Mother Yan remarked that Zhuang Yushu seemed to like Shen Fangli, and Yan Xianjue reacted with a cool snort before the waiter brought dinner.
• Yan Xianjue complained that Lei Xuan’s variety-show schedule had been exhausting, and Shen Fangli backed him up as his parents served a meal of his favorite dishes.
• Father Yan asked about Lin Lang, and Yan Xianjue explained that Lin Lang planned to settle a debt of more than 700 million with assets.
• Father Yan pointed out that even Yan Xianjue’s eldest brother could not produce 750 million in cash immediately.

Yan Xianjue’s family discussed Lin Lang and Old Master Lin, while Mother Yan realized Shen Fangli could hear Yan Xianjue’s thoughts. The next day, Lin Lang confronted Yan Xianjue at work with an envelope, and Lin Shi suggested Lin Lang might be taking the blame for him.

• Father Yan explained how Yan Yi'an could raise ransom money if Yan Xianjue were kidnapped, while Yan Xianjue privately wondered about Old Master Lin’s treatment of Lin Lang.
• Mother Yan noticed Shen Fangli reacting to Yan Xianjue’s thoughts and realized someone else could hear them.
• Shen Fangli asked Yan Xianjue whether she had upset his mother, and he reassured her that Mother Yan liked her.
• Yan Xianjue saw a haggard Lin Lang at the company, where Lin Lang accused him of being underestimated and handed him an envelope.
• Yan Xianjue asked Lin Shi what had happened, and Lin Shi replied that Lin Lang might be taking the blame for him.

Yan Xianjue received Lin Shi’s update about Lin Lang’s punishment and learned that Lin Shi wanted an expedite fee to transfer a pharmaceutical company. After Ji Xi confirmed the IOU was valid, Yan Xianjue returned it to Lin Lang and traded barbs with him about their positions and family ties.

• Lin Shi told Yan Xianjue that Old Master Lin had punished Lin Lang after hearing about the casino investigation, and sent him a video of the family punishment.
• Lin Shi asked for an expedite fee involving a pharmaceutical company among Lin Lang’s assets, and Yan Xianjue agreed to transfer it to him later.
• Lin Lang accused Yan Xianjue of cheating at the casino, but Yan Xianjue denied it and said he had already used his one permitted casino visit.
• Ji Xi finished checking the IOU, and Yan Xianjue told him to return it to Lin Lang.
• Lin Lang mocked Yan Xianjue for trusting Ji Xi with the IOU, and Yan Xianjue told him to worry about keeping his own position secure.

Yan Xianjue collected Lin Lang’s laminated IOU and watched him leave after a tense exchange. He then went out with Shen Fangli to practice driving, choosing the Southern Suburbs and concluding that he ranked among his family’s three most worthwhile kidnapping targets.

• Yan Xianjue mocked Lin Lang over the laminated IOU, and Ji Xi praised the idea as Lin Lang grew furious.
• Lin Lang threatened Yan Xianjue and stormed out, leaving his assistant to handle the transfer procedures.
• Ji Xi allowed Yan Xianjue to leave work, and Yan Xianjue joined Shen Fangli in her car.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli decided to practice driving in the Southern Suburbs, despite the Lin Household being nearby.
• Yan Xianjue joked that he ranked among his family's three most worthwhile kidnapping targets, leaving Shen Fangli speechless.

The Yan family suspected Shen Fangli could hear Yan Xianjue’s inner thoughts and debated how to protect him from being exploited. Yan Ci opposed arranging an engagement and revealed that Yan Xianjue still seemed to judge people by how close or distant they were to him.

• Yan Shan returned home and asked who Shen Fangli was, prompting Yan Wan to remind her that Shen Fangli was Yan Xianjue’s girlfriend.
• Yan Yi'an and Yan Ci recalled that Shen Fangli had rushed to grab a bag after Yan Xianjue mentioned birth dates and the Eight Characters.
• Yan Ci warned that Shen Fangli might be dating Yan Xianjue to gain access to his spoilers, and Yan Wan proposed controlling her through incentives and cooperation with the Shen Household.
• Mother Yan suggested binding the Shen Household to them through an engagement, but Yan Ci objected.
• Yan Ci revealed that as a child Yan Xianjue had secretly drawn favorability ratings for everyone he met, and said he believed Yan Xianjue still kept such judgments in his heart.

The Yan family discussed Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli’s relationship and decided to observe them rather than interfere, while reflecting on how dangerous their own ideas could become. Yan Shan proposed that who counted as a protagonist or villain depended on who ultimately won, and Yan Ci suggested examining their grandfather’s paintings alongside the books Yan Yi'an was searching through.

• Yan Ci guessed Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli had only reached the lovers stage, and Yan Wan and Yan Shan opposed their engagement.
• Yan Yi'an and Yan Wan briefly considered staging another Zhuang Yuefeng incident but rejected the idea because Yan Xianjue would investigate Shen Fangli’s disappearance.
• Father Yan told the family to observe the couple and reminded them of the Yan Household’s precept to be decent people.
• Yan Shan said she had finished Yan Ci’s novels and argued that a person’s status as protagonist or villain depended on who had the last laugh.
• Yan Yi'an said he had found no clues among their grandfather’s books, and Yan Ci proposed looking through the paintings as well.