Recaps

Lin Lang’s attempt to contain Lin Corporation’s crisis failed as banks demanded early loan repayment and his assistant resigned after being berated. Meanwhile, Shen Fangli learned from Father Shen that Yan Xianjue’s large loan was a strategic signal to other businessmen, leaving her still unconvinced that he might take advantage of her.

• Evidence of Lin Corporation’s inferior materials and harmful emissions returned to trending searches, and all four main lending banks demanded early repayment.
• Lin Lang learned that Lin Shi had used the funds from the Lin Household to stabilize the company’s stock and accused his assistant of taking Lin Shi’s side.
• Lin Lang’s assistant resigned, and Lin Lang ordered HR to let him leave immediately.
• Yan Ci signed a sizable loan agreement with a bank that day.
• Shen Fangli asked Father Shen about the loan, and he explained that Yan Xianjue was using bank support to signal other businessmen whom they should follow.

Old Master Lin punished Lin Lang for misusing his personal assets and warned him to learn from the loss. He prepared to negotiate with the banks to protect Lin Corporation’s shares, suspecting the Yan Household had chosen sides against the Lin Household.

• Old Master Lin ordered Lin Lang to cover the loss with his personal assets and reduced him to the minimum living allowance.
• Old Master Lin reminded Lin Lang that the Lin Household rewarded strength and warned him not to let small profits undermine his position against Lin Rui’s son.
• After Lin Lang left, Old Master Lin coughed uncontrollably and told the butler that the banks had chosen the Yan Household over the Lin Household.
• Old Master Lin judged Lin Shi ruthless but difficult to control, while Lin Lang’s selfishness could be kept in check, and noted that his grandson seemed close to the Yan Household.
• Old Master Lin decided to meet the banks the next day to prevent Lin Corporation’s shares from being auctioned, and Yan Xianjue thought so too.

Yan Xianjue and Lin Shi prepared a plan against Old Master Lin, while Shen Fangli supported Yan Xianjue and dressed him for the day. They went to watch fireworks, but an explosion near the restaurant where Old Master Lin was meeting bank presidents drew everyone’s attention.

• Yan Xianjue confirmed with Lin Shi that Lin Shi would handle the plan and refused to give him the address of a burial plot.
• Shen Fangli braided Yan Xianjue’s hair, fixed his collar pin, and told him she would not stop him from helping Lin Shi.
• Yan Xianjue invited Shen Fangli to watch fireworks and make up for ones they had missed thirteen years earlier.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli chatted with the bank presidents and their wives near the restaurant where Old Master Lin was meeting them.
• A massive explosion sounded nearby, and one of the bank presidents told the others to call emergency services and the police.

After Lin Lang died in the fire, Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli left the scene and went for milk tea, while Lin Shi handled the aftermath and lamented that Lin Lang had died before he could personally take revenge. The chapter left Lin Shi reflecting on the revenge he had planned for Lin Lang.

• Yan Xianjue calmed the bank presidents after the fire and arranged for a doctor to examine President Lu's wife.
• Shen Fangli suggested that she and Yan Xianjue get couple's milk tea instead of having their planned candlelit dinner.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli visited the busy milk tea shop, where a girl recognized them and asked for their autographs.
• Lin Shi handled the aftermath of the fire and told Yu Bai that he had wanted Lin Lang to watch the Lin Household fall before killing him himself.

Lin Shi explained that he had helped bring about Old Master Lin’s death because he was tired and preferred a shortcut, while Lin Lang’s disappearance left the Lin Household in chaos. As Ji Xi pressured Lin Corporation’s minor shareholders to sell, the company’s vice presidents came to Lin Shi for help, but he told them to wait until after the funeral.

• Lin Shi told Yu Bai he had changed course because he was tired of the situation and was not a perfectionist, and Yu Bai suggested watching Lin Lang’s reaction before deciding when Lin Shi should return.
• Lin Lang failed to appear after Old Master Lin’s accident, leaving the Lin Household without clear leadership.
• Ji Xi persuaded Lin Corporation’s minor shareholders to sell their shares as Wang Peter and other traders drove down the company’s stock price.
• Ji Xi offered the shareholders less than he had the day before, and several agreed to sell rather than risk further losses.
• The Lin Household’s vice presidents told Lin Shi that Lin Lang had disappeared and that they needed to hold a board meeting, but Lin Shi urged them to wait until after Old Master Lin’s funeral.

Lin Shi agreed to help the vice presidents but delayed the shareholders' meeting, believing Lin Corporation was too weakened for the timing to matter. He sought Yan Xianjue’s help to improve public opinion and the stock price, while Ji Xi kept the online criticism going.

• Lin Shi agreed to return to Lin Corporation that afternoon after the vice presidents asked for his help.
• Lin Shi told Yu Bai to schedule the shareholders' meeting for the following week, citing Lin Corporation's weak position and his suspicion that Lin Lang might interfere.
• Lin Shi planned to improve public opinion and Lin Corporation's stock price before the meeting without using his own money.
• Lin Shi messaged Yan Xianjue, who replied with an OK sticker.
• Ji Xi refused to end the online criticism after Lin Shi appeared at Lin Corporation.

Lin Shi sought the chairmanship of Lin Corporation at a board meeting, but Lin Lang arrived and challenged his position. Lin Lang’s companion, Wang Peter, recognized Lin Shi as the boy who had once given him half a hot dog and three thousand dollars.

• Lin Shi asked the board to appoint a new chairman and argued that the company needed a fixed public representative to restore shareholder confidence.
• A director argued that Lin Lang should become chairman because he had inherited shares, and Lin Shi asked where Lin Lang was.
• Lin Lang entered the meeting in a wheelchair, pushed by Wang Peter, a manager recently recruited by Yan Xianjue.
• Wang Peter approached Lin Shi and recalled that Lin Shi had given him half a hot dog and three thousand dollars when they were young.
• Lin Lang interrupted their exchange and explained that he had met Wang Peter after being injured in the gas explosion that killed Old Master Lin.
• Lin Lang had recognized Wang Peter as Yan Xianjue’s right-hand man and had taken him to a private hospital, but Lin Shi denied remembering him.

Lin Shi explained how Old Master Lin’s shares and the Lin Household’s stake in Lin Corporation were divided, then challenged Lin Lang to compete for leadership of the household. Lin Lang suspected Lin Shi had destroyed Old Master Lin’s decision about the next head, but Lin Shi claimed copies of the will were held in three places and waited to see what Lin Lang would do.

• Lin Shi and Lin Lang ignored Wang Peter’s attempts to get their attention, and Yu Bai escorted Wang Peter out of the conference room.
• Lin Shi told the directors that the Lin Household held fifty-seven percent of Lin Corporation, including Old Master Lin’s twenty percent, which the will divided among Lin Lang, Lin Shi, and others.
• Lin Shi said the Lin Household’s remaining thirty-seven percent would be managed by the new head of the household, preserving its controlling interest.
• Lin Lang asked whether Lin Shi wanted to compete with him, and Lin Shi accepted the challenge.
• Lin Lang accused Lin Shi of destroying Old Master Lin’s decision about the next household head, but Lin Shi said copies of the will were held by the lawyer, the household safe, and the bank.

Yan Xianjue used the Yan Household’s shares to claim a place in Lin Corporation’s director selection meeting, weakening Lin Lang’s attempt to outvote Lin Shi. Lin Lang then accused Lin Shi of involvement in Lin Rui’s death and revealed that he had called the police, leaving the boardroom in turmoil.

• Ji Xi let Yan Xianjue into the meeting and arranged documents for him, while Lin Lang objected to the Yan Household’s involvement.
• Yan Xianjue listed his and the Yan Household’s combined shares and asked whether he had the right to sit in on the meeting.
• Lin Shi argued that the Lin and Yan Households should pursue business interests together, while Lin Lang reconsidered his plan to challenge him by vote.
• Lin Lang questioned whether Lin Rui had really died of heart disease and said the autopsy found traces of drugs that should not have been in his system.
• Lin Lang accused Lin Shi of being connected to Lin Rui’s death and said he had called the police, alarming the directors.

At Lin Corporation’s meeting, Yan Xianjue nominated himself for chairman and challenged Lin Lang’s claim to control the company. With Ji Xi revealing the Ji Household’s shares would back Yan Xianjue, Lin Shi was urged to cooperate with the police investigation.

• Yan Xianjue nominated himself as chairman, pointing out that he currently held more Lin Corporation shares than any individual shareholder.
• Lin Shi laughed at Lin Lang and said he would tell Old Master Lin about Yan Xianjue’s bid for the company.
• Lin Lang revealed that he personally held another 4.7 percent of the shares and challenged Yan Xianjue’s advantage.
• Yan Xianjue said Lin Lang’s shares were still insufficient, and Ji Xi disclosed that the Ji Household had acquired 0.9 percent and entrusted its shares to Random Investment.
• Ji Xi hinted that the Yan and Ji Households would soon announce a happy event, darkening Yan Xianjue’s expression.
• Director Lin urged Lin Shi to cooperate with the police investigation after Lin Lang had called the police.

After the board meeting collapsed without choosing a chairman, Yan Xianjue stayed in Lin Shi’s office and challenged him to a real fight. They exchanged blows before stopping, leaving them to turn to business.

• Yan Xianjue sent Ji Xi to deal with Wang Peter and asked Yu Bai to leave them alone with an order for orange juice.
• Lin Shi asked Yan Xianjue why he had abandoned his plan to catch Lin Lang off guard, and Yan Xianjue said catching Lin Shi off guard would be interesting.
• Yan Xianjue removed his jacket and watch, then punched Lin Shi’s shoulder, prompting Lin Shi to defend himself and fight back.
• Yan Xianjue and Lin Shi traded blows while avoiding each other’s faces, until Lin Shi called a halt.
• Yan Xianjue teased Lin Shi for running away from the hospital, and Lin Shi redirected the conversation to business.

Yan Xianjue confronted Lin Shi about Yu Bai’s identity before revealing that the Yan Household and Ji Household had agreed to provide their shares. Lin Shi accidentally learned that Yan Xianjue had regained his memories, then changed the subject to ask about Lin Lang.

• Wang Peter offered to help Lin Shi after confirming he had found the person he was looking for, but Lin Shi refused and Yan Xianjue sent him back to the company.
• Yan Xianjue questioned why Yu Bai had seemed nervous and suspected that Yu Bai was hiding something.
• Yan Xianjue gave Lin Shi a folder containing shares from the Yan Household and Ji Household, and Lin Shi guessed the families were forming a marriage alliance.
• Yan Xianjue teased Lin Shi about pretending to be his son at an amusement park thirteen years earlier, and Lin Shi blurted out that Yan Xianjue had regained his memories.
• Lin Shi asked Yan Xianjue what he thought of Lin Lang, and Yan Xianjue let the change of subject pass.

Yan Xianjue remembered that he had once helped shape Lin Shi’s tragic life by advising the novelist who created him, then warned Lin Shi that Lin Lang might target him. Lin Shi showed evidence that Shen Fangli’s mother was meeting with one of Lin Lang’s men, but Shen Fangli soon told Yan Xianjue that her mother had been kidnapped.

• Yan Xianjue asked whether Lin Shi would hate an author who wrote his life, and Lin Shi said he did not care whether the world had been created by an author.
• Yan Xianjue recovered memories of his former life and realized that his conversations with his boss’s daughter had helped inspire many of Lin Shi’s tragic experiences.
• Yan Xianjue warned Lin Shi to watch out for Lin Lang, while Lin Shi told him to focus on Shen Fangli’s mother.
• Yu Bai showed surveillance footage of Shen Fangli’s mother meeting a man who worked for Lin Lang, and Lin Shi questioned what use she could have to them.
• Shen Fangli called Yan Xianjue and said someone had told her that her mother was kidnapped and ordered her to go alone to West City Wharf.

Shen Fangli worried that her mother might have deliberately lured her into a trap, so Yan Xianjue arranged to investigate while keeping her safe. The surveillance footage showed her mother arriving at West City Wharf willingly, as Yan Xianjue and Lin Shi began tracing the scheme to Lin Lang and a cruise ship.

• Shen Fangli told Yan Xianjue she suspected her mother had not been kidnapped but had acted on purpose, and Yan Xianjue told her to stay home while he arranged protection.
• Lin Shi warned Shen Fangli not to call the police and teased her, while Yan Xianjue reassured her and told her to change into unfamiliar clothes before someone picked her up.
• Lin Shi urged Yan Xianjue to investigate Lin Lang, and Yu Bai showed footage of Lin Lang making a call and a cruise ship docking at West City Wharf.
• Uncle Lu reported that Shen Fangli's mother had left the villa after a routine call from a friend, and Lin Shi suggested anonymously reporting the cruise ship for carrying contraband.
• Surveillance showed Shen Fangli's mother getting out of a taxi at the wharf without looking kidnapped, and Lin Shi suggested sending someone aboard to search the ship.

Yan Xianjue arranged for Shen Fangli to be rescued and tracked Lin Lang to a seafood restaurant owned by Yu San. He confronted Lin Lang there and declared that dragging an opponent’s family into business was his bottom line.

• Yan Xianjue told Ji Xi to have Shen Fangli taken to President Shen and ordered Yu Bai to locate Lin Lang.
• Yu Bai found Lin Lang in the western part of the city, while Yan Xianjue learned that Shen Fangli had been taken to his villa.
• Yan Xianjue and Uncle Lu went to Yu San’s seafood restaurant, where Yu San welcomed them upstairs.
• Yan Xianjue found Lin Lang in Yu San’s private room and sat beside him.
• Yan Xianjue told Lin Lang that involving an opponent’s family in business crossed his bottom line.

Yan Xianjue confronted Yu San over his alliance with Lin Lang, then forced Lin Lang to leave with him despite Yu San's objections. He left Yu San with a warning about his docks and suggested that he and Lin Lang continue their conversation aboard Lin Lang's cruise ship.

• Yan Xianjue questioned Yu San about backing Lin Lang, but Yu San said he chose business partners according to his interests and was not afraid of a sinking ship.
• Yan Xianjue identified Yu San's Red-Glazed Chicken-Cup and reminded him of its connection to a eunuch, upsetting him.
• Yan Xianjue splashed wine in Lin Lang's face, and Uncle Lu restrained Lin Lang before he could retaliate.
• Yan Xianjue threatened Yu San by smashing the wine cup and warned him to watch the goods passing through his docks.
• Yu San let Yan Xianjue and Lin Lang leave, and Yan Xianjue invited Lin Lang to continue their discussion on his cruise ship.

Yan Xianjue confronted Mrs. Fang aboard Lin Lang’s cruise ship after she refused to leave and accused the crew of kidnapping her. He demanded that the person behind the scheme spend three hours soaking in the water, leaving Lin Lang to decide how to respond.

• Yan Xianjue followed Lin Lang onto the cruise ship after Uncle Lu reported that Mrs. Fang had refused to leave.
• Mrs. Fang claimed Lin Lang’s people had kidnapped her, but Lin Lang pointed out that surveillance showed she had boarded voluntarily.
• Yan Xianjue watched Mrs. Fang complain about Shen Fangli before having someone cover her mouth.
• Yan Xianjue asked Lin Lang to handle Mrs. Fang and pretend he had never come, but Lin Lang refused to take the blame.
• Yan Xianjue demanded that whoever devised the scheme spend three hours soaking in the water, and Lin Lang told him not to go too far.

Yan Xianjue confronted Lin Lang over the smuggled goods aboard his yacht, secured Ms. Fang, and left with her. At the dock, he learned President Shen was returning and asked Uncle Lu to call maritime rescue after an alarm sounded from Lin Lang’s departing yacht.

• Yan Xianjue had Uncle Lu take Ms. Fang away and challenged Lin Lang over the smuggled goods aboard the yacht.
• Yan Xianjue refused Lin Lang’s invitation to stay, then told Ms. Fang to behave and ordered her sent back.
• Lin Lang ordered his men to pull the person thrown into the water from the sea and take him to the hospital.
• At the dock, Yan Xianjue handed Ms. Fang to Ji Xi, who said President Shen was on his way back.
• After hearing a cry of alarm from the distance, Yan Xianjue told Uncle Lu to help President Lin call maritime rescue.

Ji Xi ensured Yan Xianjue left the sinking cruise ship without trouble, while Lin Lang was rescued and left to face an investigation. Yan Xianjue comforted Shen Fangli as she grieved over her mother, then carried her into their villa.

• Ji Xi sent Yan Xianjue home to Shen Fangli while the cruise ship sank, and Yan Xianjue teased Ji Xi for calling him Uncle.
• Lin Lang was rescued, confronted Ji Xi about Yan Xianjue, and had to cooperate with an investigation into the sinking.
• Ji Xi left with Ms. Fang after deciding the cruise ship's sinking would not implicate Yan Xianjue.
• Shen Fangli welcomed Yan Xianjue home and cried as she recalled how her mother had once treated her lovingly.
• Shen Fangli said she would stop answering her mother's calls and bar her from their home, and Yan Xianjue agreed before carrying her inside.

Yan Xianjue brought Shen Fangli to his villa, cared for her, and teased her while preparing a bath. Meanwhile, Ji Xi reported that President Shen had decided to send Ms. Fang abroad, and Ji Xi remembered how Lin Shi’s mother had once tried to pay him to score lower than her son.

• Yan Xianjue carried Shen Fangli into the villa, sent the servants away, and prepared a strawberry-scented bath for her.
• Shen Fangli pushed Yan Xianjue out of the bathroom after he teased her about offering companion services, and he returned to shower and wait for her.
• Yan Xianjue heard from Ji Xi that President Shen had arranged for Ms. Fang to recover at a sanatorium abroad.
• Ji Xi recalled Ms. Fang begging President Shen to trade her own departure for Fang Zhiyuan, which strengthened President Shen’s decision to send her away.
• Ji Xi remembered Lin Shi’s mother offering him money to score lower than Lin Shi during their first year of high school.

Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue shared a tender moment before discussing her mother's move to a sanatorium and New Year plans. As New Year approached, Yan Xianjue returned to the Yan Household, where Yan Shan learned why he had stayed away and led him out to hear the family's confession.

• Yan Xianjue fed Shen Fangli ginger soup, then held her as they discussed Ms. Fang recuperating abroad and his suggestion that her father celebrate New Year with the Yan family.
• Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue rested together under a blanket, and he teased her about once calling him big brother.
• Yan Xianjue returned to the Yan Household for New Year and learned that Yan Shan had come back after finding inspiration in their grandfather's Book of Changes.
• Yan Shan asked Yan Xianjue why he had stayed away, and he admitted he had not known how to tell the family the truth about his role in their fated ending.
• Yan Shan calmly acknowledged that Yan Xianjue had experienced two lives, then took his hand and led him outside to share the family's confession.

Yan Xianjue learned that his family already knew he had come from another world and had changed the story’s events after hearing his thoughts. He confessed that he had always been himself and blamed himself for the family’s tragedies, but Yan Yi'an and the others reassured him and welcomed him home.

• Mother Yan told Yan Xianjue that the family knew he had come from another world because they once heard his thoughts.
• She explained that the family learned they were villains in a world formed from several novels and had worked to change the plot.
• Yan Xianjue knelt before his parents, then explained that he was always himself and had crossed into another world after being kidnapped before his soul was summoned back by his grandfather.
• Yan Xianjue confessed that he had advised the novels’ author on the plot, including Uncle and Auntie's deaths, and blamed himself for the family’s losses and downfall.
• Yan Yi'an pulled Yan Xianjue up and said there was no definitive answer about whether authors created worlds or merely wrote their stories.
• Yan Wan and Yan Ci teased Yan Xianjue as the family eased the tension, and Mother Yan reassured him that she knew he was still her son.

Yan Xianjue could not sleep and joined Yan Yi'an by the pool, where they talked about their family and the parents Yan Yi'an had lost. Yan Yi'an asked who had caused the fatal car accident, revealing that his investigation had ruled out the Lin Household.

• Yan Xianjue went to the pool to exercise because he could not sleep and found Yan Yi'an there.
• Yan Xianjue and Yan Yi'an sat together, smoked, and talked about why neither of them could sleep.
• Yan Yi'an recalled that his biological parents were career-focused and that he had seen them only a few times each year.
• Yan Yi'an told Yan Xianjue that he had forgotten he had another set of parents until Yan Father told him on his coming-of-age day.
• Yan Yi'an asked Yan Xianjue who caused the car accident and said his investigation had ruled out the Lin Household.

Yan Xianjue explained that Uncle and Aunt’s deaths and Yan Yi'an’s romance with Lin Lang’s fiancée had been arranged by the plot. Yan Yi'an struggled to accept the revelation, then decided not to target the fiancée and focused his anger on her father.

• Yan Xianjue told Yan Yi'an that Uncle and Aunt had been killed by the fiancée’s father, whom the Lin Household helped evade justice.
• Yan Xianjue explained that the fiancée had been sent to the Lin Household as a bride for Lin Lang, fled after learning the truth, and joined Yan Yi'an’s company because the plot required them to fall in love.
• Yan Yi'an asked to be left alone while he tried to process the revelation, and Yan Xianjue went swimming.
• Yan Yi'an decided not to take revenge on the fiancée because she had also been a victim and had paid for stealing, but he remembered her father’s smugness at a business banquet.
• Yan Xianjue splashed Yan Yi'an while practicing flips in the pool, and Yan Yi'an left after warning him to be careful.
• Yan Xianjue swam several laps, showered, returned to bed, and fell asleep.

Yan Xianjue visited the Shen Household with New Year’s gifts while Ji Heng headed to the Yan Household, and the family teased him about his relationship with Shen Fangli. Shen Fangli took his little finger and said she had something to tell him, and Yan Xianjue asked what it was.

• Yan Wan styled Yan Xianjue’s hair and picked a festive outfit for his visit to the Shen Household, while the siblings bickered on the way upstairs.
• Yan Shan remarked that Yan Ci had become the sort of person drama-loving people enjoyed watching, making the family laugh.
• Yan Xianjue passed Ji Heng at an intersection, greeted him with a pointed “Goodbye,” and continued to the Shen Household.
• Yan Xianjue personally unloaded his New Year’s gifts for Father Shen, who noticed his unusual thoughtfulness.
• Shen Fangli hooked her little finger around Yan Xianjue’s and told him she had something to say, and he asked what it was.