Recaps

Lin Shi took the woman to meet her son, Li Shuo, and left them together. As Li Shuo apologized and thanked Lin Shi, Lin Shi departed without accepting his gratitude.

• The assistant agreed to accompany Lin Shi, and they drove with the woman to an open stretch of land.
• Li Shuo rushed over to embrace his mother, who wept as she reunited with him.
• The woman told Lin Shi that a monk had once advised Lin Lang and caused Lin Rui to suffer losses, then said she and Li Shuo owed Lin Shi nothing.
• Lin Shi prepared to leave, but Li Shuo ran back, knelt, apologized to him, and thanked him for returning his mother.
• Lin Shi left with the assistant, who warned Li Shuo not to bother him again.

Lin Shi and his assistant Yu Bai discussed Lin Lang’s unlikely recoveries and investigated whether a monk might be helping him, while also reviewing Old Master Lin’s formidable security. They left the shooting club with plans to investigate the monk further and a clearer picture of the protection around Old Master Lin.

• Lin Shi spent the afternoon shooting until Yu Bai took the gun away and urged him to stop.
• Yu Bai reminded Lin Shi that an earlier investigation had found the monk he sought was dead, then suggested Lin Lang might have inherited a connection to him.
• Lin Shi ordered Yu Bai to investigate the woman’s claim further and see whether they could recruit the monk if the connection proved real.
• Yu Bai revealed that he no longer used the Lin surname and asked Lin Shi to call him Yu Bai, but Lin Shi called him David instead.
• Lin Shi explained that Old Master Lin had at least six guards per shift and two doctors working around the clock.

Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli video-called about their mismatched college schedules, upcoming holidays, and the restored Taoist temple. They planned for Shen Fangli to come home for Mid-Autumn Festival and join Yan Xianjue at the temple, but the chapter ended by noting that plans could change.

• Yan Xianjue showed Shen Fangli the paired ceramic figurines he had moved beside his bed and said he missed her.
• Shen Fangli teased Yan Xianjue about his military training and encouraged him to take leave if he needed rest, but he said he was not tired.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli planned for her to come home for Mid-Autumn Festival, and he offered to have someone pick her up.
• Yan Xianjue invited Shen Fangli to visit the restored Taoist temple during his break, and she agreed after he explained its purpose.

Yan Wan and Yan Yi'an suspected Lin Shi’s assistant was more than a subordinate, so Yan Wan arranged to investigate them after the assistant was injured in a car accident. Yan Xianjue flew to Beijing and found Ji Xi and Lin Shi bickering in the hospital, where he made them stay overnight and fined them for fighting.

• Yan Yi'an pointed out that Lin Shi’s assistant acted too casually around him and asked Yan Wan to arrange DNA tests for both men.
• Yan Wan learned the next day that the assistant had been in a car accident, while Yan Xianjue took leave and flew to Beijing.
• Yan Xianjue took Ji Xi’s assistant’s phone so he could not warn Ji Xi, but the assistant retrieved it later and sent Ji Xi a frantic warning.
• Yan Xianjue arrived at the hospital and questioned Ji Xi and Lin Shi, who blamed each other for petty workplace disputes that had led to their fight.
• Yan Xianjue ordered Ji Xi and Lin Shi to share a hospital room overnight, fined each of them one hundred thousand, and required them to write self-criticisms.
• Ji Xi paid his fine and mocked Lin Shi for having to pay a fine on behalf of another company’s boss.

Yan Xianjue told Shen Fangli how he made Lin Shi pay a fine and submit a self-criticism, then returned to her home to play a game with her. The chapter left Shen Fangli wondering whether to delete her carefully prepared account after an author’s comment exposed her as background scenery, while Yan Xianjue suggested matching couple names.

• Yan Xianjue told Shen Fangli that Lin Shi had paid the fine and agreed to send a self-criticism before Monday.
• Yan Xianjue arranged for caregivers to watch Lin Shi and Ji Xi overnight because he worried they might fight again in the hospital.
• Yan Xianjue went to Shen Fangli’s home, carried her to the gaming room, and offered to level up with her.
• Shen Fangli showed Yan Xianjue her new game character, but an author’s comment about her being background scenery made her consider deleting the account.
• Yan Xianjue studied Shen Fangli’s game ID, “Breaking Pear Blossoms with the Moon,” and asked whether she wanted to change it to a couple’s name.

Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue discovered that her roommate Unwilling to Follow Spring Flowers was the female lead, and Shen Fangli considered moving off campus to avoid getting caught up in the plot. Yan Xianjue dressed up his game character, planned to profit from the game’s future popularity, and the pair continued their quests on a disappointing phoenix mount.

• Shen Fangli decided that changing her name was cheaper than replacing her account, and Yan Xianjue supported her choice to keep it.
• Shen Fangli showed Yan Xianjue her roommates’ IDs, and he recognized Unwilling to Follow Spring Flowers as the female lead.
• Shen Fangli considered applying to live off campus, and Yan Xianjue encouraged her to discuss it with her father.
• Yan Xianjue bought flashy outfits for his character and messaged Ji Xi about investing in the game before the male lead made it popular.
• Ji Xi and Lin Shi agreed that they wanted to beat Yan Xianjue after his message led to orderlies fussing over them in the hospital.
• Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue rode a phoenix through their quests, then decided to switch mounts because it was slow and kept running out of energy.

Yan Xianjue agreed to stay with Shen Fangli until the Mid-Autumn Festival and went with her to class despite wanting to sleep in. Their attempt to attend quietly drew a crowd, and Yan Xianjue discovered Shen Fangli’s university forum had invited students to come watch him.

• Shen Fangli questioned Yan Xianjue about taking leave, but he showed her his light class schedule and explained how he had arranged to miss some classes.
• Shen Fangli insisted Yan Xianjue attend class with her the next day instead of sleeping in.
• Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue arrived at Legal History to find the classroom packed with students who had come to see him.
• Yan Xianjue offered to leave and cook for Shen Fangli, but she refused and worried he would ruin the kitchen.
• Shen Fangli found a university forum post inviting people to watch Yan Xianjue, and he discovered that people could register on the forum without attending the university.

After Yan Xianjue kept Lin Shi and Ji Xi in the hospital overnight, he ordered them to watch morality lectures and submit reflections with their self-criticisms. Lin Shi left the hospital still resisting, but Yu Bai warned him that defying Yan Xianjue could bring worse trouble.

• Lin Shi and Ji Xi learned that Yan Xianjue had arranged their discharge but had not yet authorized it, and agreed they should not call him to mediate again.
• Uncle Lu arrived to discharge them, then gave each a disc of Morality and the Rule of Law lectures and instructed them to send Yan Xianjue a reflection and written self-criticism.
• Ji Xi accepted the discs while Lin Shi refused, and Uncle Lu warned Lin Shi that he would relay his complaints to Yan Xianjue.
• In the car, Lin Shi complained to Yu Bai about Yan Xianjue and Ji Xi, and Yu Bai advised him to watch the lectures rather than risk provoking Yan Xianjue further.

Lin Shi left Yu Bai to handle his disciplinary review and registration, then went to a warehouse where he interrogated the Little Monk, who had been following Lin Lang. The Little Monk denied knowing Lin Shi, but Lin Shi questioned how long he had worked with Lin Lang and what he had done.

• Lin Shi handed Yu Bai the disc and planned to register on Thursday, while Yu Bai realized he had no intention of attending school over the holiday weekend.
• An assistant told Yu Bai that Lin Shi had left early, and Yu Bai looked for a feather duster to beat him with.
• Lin Shi drove to a warehouse, where his bodyguard woke the bound Little Monk with ice water.
• The Little Monk denied knowing Lin Shi, who asked whether he had a monk certificate and how long he had followed Lin Lang.
• Lin Shi called out the Little Monk's kidnapping and asked how much he had participated in Lin Lang's actions.

Lin Shi interrogated Little Monk about his supposed ability to foresee the future and learned that his master had left him a pouch and timed clues to find. After revealing that Lin Lang had secretly watched Little Monk, Lin Shi recruited him, leaving him to prepare a cover story before Lin Shi's brother arrived.

• Lin Shi questioned Little Monk about how he had helped Lin Lang, then ordered his bodyguard to use water torture until Little Monk explained that his master had left him a pouch and instructions to open it at a specified time.
• Little Monk insisted he could not foresee the future and had only been following clues his master left behind, while Lin Shi doubted his account.
• Lin Shi told Little Monk that Lin Lang had secretly assigned people to follow him, and Little Monk realized he could not return to Lin Lang.
• Lin Shi offered Little Monk a job, and Little Monk accepted after realizing he had no choice.
• Lin Shi told Little Monk to clean himself up and claim he had joined out of admiration for Lin Shi before Lin Shi's brother arrived.

Yu Bai caught Lin Shi after his encounter with a monk and took him to enroll in school, keeping his rebellious behavior in check while considering how to support him. Lin Shi planned to return to the Lin Household for Mid-Autumn Festival and expose Lin Lang’s financial misconduct to Old Master Lin, then flee before anyone could stop him.

• Yu Bai arrived with a feather duster, and Lin Shi hurriedly placated him and let his bodyguard take the monk away.
• Yu Bai insisted Lin Shi enroll in school immediately, and Lin Shi obediently went with him in the car.
• Yu Bai asked whether Lin Shi wanted to live on campus, and Lin Shi refused after Yu Bai threatened to discipline him if he bullied his roommates.
• Lin Shi said he would return to the Lin Household for Mid-Autumn Festival and expose the bad debts Lin Lang had allowed his subordinates to create.
• Yu Bai offered to accompany him, but Lin Shi told him to stay in Beijing and said he would flee after confronting Old Master Lin.

Lin Shi and Yu Bai prepared to disrupt Lin Lang’s plans during the Mid-Autumn Festival, while Shen Fangli returned home for the holiday and spent the evening gaming with Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci. The chapter ended with Zhou Ye explaining that Yan Ci and Yan Xianjue were close despite rumors that they did not get along.

• Yu Bai agreed to support Lin Shi remotely and help him access the Lin Household's surveillance system.
• Yan Xianjue accompanied Shen Fangli home and arranged to take her to a Taoist temple after the holiday.
• Shen Fangli asked Yan Xianjue to invite Zhou Ye to their online game, and Yan Xianjue instead had Yan Ci lead their dungeon run.
• Yan Ci joined the voice chat and argued with Yan Xianjue, prompting the other players to wonder whether the brothers disliked each other.
• Zhou Ye told the group that Yan Ci spent generously on Yan Xianjue despite their frequent bickering at home.

Yan Shan and Yan Yi'an uncovered their grandfather’s instructions for destroying the Lin Household’s feng shui, and the Yan family decided Yan Yi'an would deliver the pellet needed to kill the trees on the Lin estate. The family then concealed their late-night return from Yan Xianjue, who declined their invitation to go hiking.

• Yan Ci struggled through an all-night dungeon run with Yan Xianjue and his classmates while Yan Wan told him the rest of the family would return the next day.
• Yan Shan stopped Yan Yi'an from touching a wooden box, and they opened its inner jade box with the key pendant to find a wax pellet and another letter from their grandfather.
• Yan Yi'an and Yan Shan learned from the letter that their grandfather had been a feng shui master who arranged a life-extending formation for the Lin Household and left them a way to undo it.
• The Yan family concluded that the pellet would make the trees at the Lin ancestral residence die, and Yan Yi'an volunteered to get it into the Lin Household.
• Yan Xianjue woke to find his family home and, after hearing Yan Wan and Yan Shan invite him hiking, refused to go.

The Yan family discussed their Mid-Autumn plans, and a simple gift exchange turned into a competition among the siblings to impress Father Yan. The chapter ended with Father Yan and Mother Yan reflecting on the family’s lively home and the trouble brewing in the Lin Household.

• Yan Xianjue suggested making mooncakes, but the family rejected the idea after recalling his childhood kitchen explosion, so they agreed to watch a movie instead.
• Yan Yi'an gave Father Yan a famille rose tea set and realized Yan Xianjue had secretly bid against him for it at auction.
• Yan Yi'an presented pink diamonds to Mother Yan, Yan Wan, and Yan Shan, while Yan Xianjue gave Father Yan handmade teacups made with Shen Fangli.
• Yan Ci offered a purple clay teapot, and the brothers argued over which teapot should be used to make milk tea until Yan Xianjue revealed he had bid ten million on Yan Yi'an’s teapot.
• Father Yan and Mother Yan sent the children away and discussed their family’s liveliness and Old Master Lin’s decision to place two uncles under Lin Shi at the company.

Yan Xianjue picked up Shen Fangli for the Mid-Autumn Festival trip with the Yan family, and they drove to the village where Mai Mai and Chubby lived. Although Yan Xianjue planned to avoid the troublesome children, Chubby immediately hugged his leg, leaving him asking Shen Fangli for help.

• Mother Yan loaded Yan Xianjue's car with gifts, while Yan Yi'an reminded him to drive safely before he set off.
• Mother Yan teased Yan Yi'an for being snubbed again, and she and Yan Yi'an discussed Yan Xianjue's lack of urgency.
• Yan Xianjue picked up Shen Fangli, and they chatted on the drive about Father Shen's worries and the salty village food.
• When they arrived, Yan Xianjue tried to stay out of the way to avoid Mai Mai and Chubby, but Chubby came over and hugged his leg.
• Yan Xianjue quietly asked Shen Fangli to stop laughing and help him.

Yan Xianjue struggled to deal with Chubby clinging to him, and accidentally made the toddler cry by claiming Carefree Master had liked him best. Yan Mother reassured Chubby that the Village Chief still loved him most, while Yan Xianjue was left watching the adults comfort him.

• Shen Fangli tried to lure Chubby away with candy, but he clung more tightly to Yan Xianjue.
• Yan Xianjue learned that Chubby was attached to him because Mai Mai had said he was the last person the Village Chief saw.
• Yan Xianjue told Chubby that Carefree Master had liked him most, and Chubby burst into tears.
• Mai Mai's mother explained that Chubby had been close to the Village Chief since he was a baby and offered to take him to the Taoist temple.
• Yan Mother comforted Chubby by saying Yan Xianjue had been teasing and the Village Chief had liked Chubby best.

Yan Xianjue took Chubby to the Taoist temple while he and Shen Fangli explored the grounds together. Yan Xianjue explained that the temple had been renovated but was no longer intended to operate, and Chubby eagerly began cleaning it.

• Yan Xianjue pointed out to Chubby that the village chief had treated him as a grandson and left him an inheritance, leaving the child visibly upset.
• Yan Yi'an told Yan Ci he was considering the possibility of prizing a child away from Yan Xianjue, and said he would wait.
• Mother Yan sent Yan Xianjue to take Chubby to the Taoist temple and asked him to show Shen Fangli the nearby scenery.
• Yan Xianjue carried Chubby to the temple while he and Shen Fangli walked there hand in hand and talked about picking dates.
• Yan Xianjue explained that his parents had renovated the temple but that it had no name and was now only a resting place for travelers.
• Chubby skillfully began wiping down the temple, and Yan Xianjue joked that he could inherit it after college.

Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue picked dates at the Taoist temple, then returned with Mai Mai and Chubby for lunch. Yan Wan and Yan Shan spotted them together at the entrance, and Yan Wan confronted the others after hearing them talk about her.

• Yan Xianjue climbed a date tree and picked a basket of dates while Shen Fangli waited below.
• Mai Mai called Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue back for lunch, and they shared dates with her and Chubby.
• Yan Xianjue gave Chubby the basket, then picked him up and held Shen Fangli's hand as they walked back.
• Shen Fangli held Mai Mai's hand too, while Mai Mai nearly revealed that Yan Xianjue had once hidden from his mother.
• Yan Wan and Yan Shan saw the group together at the entrance, and Yan Wan asked if they were talking badly about her.

During the Yan family’s visit to the Taoist temple, Yan Xianjue revealed in his thoughts that he had made explosives and wanted his deceased grandfathers to help him find a way to use them against the Lin Household. After the family returned to their lodgings, Yan Yi'an suspected Lin Shi had helped Yan Xianjue and planned to meet him, while Shen Fangli kept Yan Xianjue from learning that the family had discovered his plan.

• Yan Xianjue dragged Shen Fangli away from Yan Wan, then washed up and ate with the family.
• The Yan family followed the temple’s procedures to set up a memorial tablet for Old Master Yan and offer incense.
• During the incense offering, Yan Xianjue thought about making explosives, targeting the Lin Household, and sending notebooks with requests to his two deceased grandfathers.
• After returning to the village house, the Yan family debated whether Yan Xianjue was serious and agreed Mother Yan should guide him away from dangerous research.
• Yan Yi'an told the family that Lin Shi’s assistant might be his cousin and hacker, then decided to meet Lin Shi and test his suspicions about Yan Xianjue’s time in Beijing.
• Shen Fangli led Yan Xianjue away from the family and kept quiet about his explosives project being exposed.

Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue went to admire the moon, but Yan Ci interrupted their date with an astronomical telescope. As they watched the moon, Yan Xianjue reflected on how gaining authority had changed the way the Yan Household’s staff treated him.

• Yan Xianjue told Shen Fangli that his parents had helped the village recover by taking over the school and bringing people back to build it.
• Yan Ci arrived with an astronomical telescope, interrupting Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue as they admired the scenery.
• Yan Xianjue drove Yan Ci away and told Shen Fangli she did not need to be so polite to him.
• Shen Fangli set up the telescope, while Yan Xianjue arranged for tea, snacks, and a tent to be brought to them.
• Yan Xianjue reflected on the deference he received after taking over the family security company and compared it with the Lin Household’s power struggles.
• Someone suddenly sprang up behind Yan Xianjue.

Shen Fangli reunited with Yan Xianjue and shared tea with him in their tent. The next day, Lin Shi defended his purge of corrupt employees to Old Master Lin, who agreed with his goals but criticized his aggressive methods.

• Shen Fangli surprised Yan Xianjue by covering his eyes, told him she had grown thirteen millimeters, and said she had stopped drinking the traditional medicine.
• Yan Xianjue carried Shen Fangli into their tent and brewed tea for her instead of serving milk tea.
• Lin Shi presented Old Master Lin with evidence of fraud and corruption in the Beijing branch, arguing that Lin Corporation needed a thorough internal investigation.
• Lin Lang urged Old Master Lin to suppress the scandal and handle the matter gradually, while Lin Shi argued that doing so would endanger Lin Corporation.
• Old Master Lin agreed that the corrupt employees had to go but said Lin Shi's methods were too aggressive, and Lin Shi defended himself as the blade the Lin Household needed.

Lin Shi met Yan Yi'an after the Yan Household surrounded the Lin Household with a car and summoned him over his fight with Ji Xi. Yan Yi'an revealed a paternity test involving Lin Shi and his assistant, leaving Lin Shi wondering what Yan Yi'an wanted from him.

• Old Master Lin ordered Lin Shi to meet Yan Yi'an after learning the Yan Household had summoned him over a fight with someone from a Yan subsidiary.
• Lin Lang told Old Master Lin that Lin Shi had fought Ji Xi, the young master recently acknowledged by the Ji Household.
• Lin Shi met Yan Yi'an in a tea room and challenged his attempt to question him indirectly.
• Yan Yi'an pushed Lin Shi a paternity test report and said it concerned Lin Shi and his Asian assistant.
• Lin Shi realized Yan Yi'an had arranged for Ji Xi to be involved, then asked what Yan Yi'an wanted him to do.

Yan Yi'an tried to recruit Lin Shi into a plan involving the Lin Household’s feng shui and a giant pill he called powerful herbicide. Lin Shi realized Yan Yi'an wanted the explosives formula and accused him of trying to make Lin Shi take the blame, refusing to be controlled.

• Yan Yi'an showed Lin Shi a feng shui diagram of the Lin Household and explained that its trees benefited lifespan, but admitted he had zero confidence that harming one would affect Old Master Lin.
• Yan Yi'an placed a wax-sealed pill before Lin Shi, who assumed he was being asked to drug Old Master Lin and rejected the idea.
• Yan Yi'an called the pill powerful herbicide and asked Lin Shi for the explosives formula, which Lin Shi had obtained.
• Lin Shi challenged Yan Yi'an for monitoring him and acting without Yan Xianjue's knowledge, but Yan Yi'an said the bodyguards around him had been arranged by Yan Xianjue.
• Lin Shi pushed the documents toward Yan Yi'an and accused him of trying to make Lin Shi shoulder the matter while Yan Yi'an reaped the benefits, declaring that he would not be controlled.

Lin Shi negotiated with Yan Yi'an over helping sabotage Old Master Lin’s trees, agreeing after Yan Yi'an threatened to expose his identity. Yan Yi'an also drew Lin Shi into investigating the Little Monk’s mysterious information and promised to keep Lin Lang occupied.

• Lin Shi claimed he could handle Yan Yi'an’s request but demanded a benefit in return.
• Yan Yi'an threatened to reveal that Lin Shi had secretly returned to Lin Corporation under a changed identity, forcing Lin Shi to consider the danger to himself and Yu Bai.
• Lin Shi agreed to cooperate in exchange for conveniences from Yan Corporation or the Yan Household.
• Yan Yi'an explained that the pill would slowly weaken the trees and proposed using Yan Corporation’s gardening team as cover for bringing explosives into the Lin Household.
• Lin Shi asked about the Little Monk, and he and Yan Yi'an agreed to share information while investigating whether the strange metaphysical claims were real.
• Lin Shi asked Yan Yi'an to distract Lin Lang, and Yan Yi'an agreed to find trouble for him while Lin Shi handled the plan.

Lin Shi formed an alliance with Yan Yi'an, who burned the evidence against him and warned him not to help Yan Xianjue make dangerous items. Meanwhile, Yan Xianjue saw Shen Fangli off to school and claimed his unfinished homework would somehow complete itself.

• Lin Shi trusted Yan Yi'an's promise to cause Lin Lang trouble, and Yan Yi'an burned the information and photographs in the folder.
• Yan Yi'an told Lin Shi to keep their meeting from Yan Xianjue and warned that their cooperation would end if Lin Shi helped with more dangerous experiments.
• Lin Shi rode back to the Lin Household with Lin Wei, who introduced himself as Lin Shi's dedicated contact and added him on WeChat as AAA Car-Sharing Driver Lin.
• Yan Xianjue sent Shen Fangli off with local specialties and reminded her to ask her father about living off campus.
• Shen Fangli reminded Yan Xianjue to finish his assignment, and he joked that homework would sprout from the ground after the holiday.