Recaps

Shen Fangli told Yan Xianjue that she had once been able to hear his thoughts, explaining that his thoughts had prompted her to approach him when they first met. Yan Xianjue was surprised but accepted the revelation without anger.

• Shen Fangli took Yan Xianjue to her sitting room to tell him something privately.
• Shen Fangli sat on Yan Xianjue's lap and made him promise not to get angry before confessing that she used to hear his thoughts.
• Shen Fangli explained that she had first noticed his thoughts when he met Zhou Ye and that they had led her to approach him at the private restaurant.
• Yan Xianjue realized Shen Fangli had been coordinating with his mother and teased her for keeping the secret.
• Yan Xianjue said he was surprised but not angry, and agreed that he had mistaken their connection for being truly in tune.

Yan Xianjue returned home and found Ji Heng discussing an engagement date with Yan Wan. Ji Heng reassured Yan Xianjue that Yan Wan would be respected in the Ji Household, but Yan Xianjue remained unconvinced.

• Yan Xianjue arrived home after a playful phone call with Shen Fangli about the matching clothes she had arranged for him.
• Yan Wan told Yan Xianjue that Ji Heng wanted to discuss the date for their engagement.
• Ji Heng explained that his sister would not attend because she was not officially part of the Ji Household, and Yan Xianjue challenged his reasoning.
• Yan Xianjue accused Ji Xi of preparing notes for Ji Heng, while Yan Wan laughed and Yan Yi'an and Yan Ci avoided intervening.
• Ji Heng promised Yan Xianjue that Yan Wan would be the Ji Household's sole mistress and would not be treated unfairly, but Yan Xianjue dismissed his assurances as pretty words.

Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci spent New Year’s Eve playing a holiday quest while the Yan Household prepared dinner. After completing their quest, Yan Xianjue planned to do Shen Fangli’s with Yan Ci’s help.

• Yan Xianjue agreed to set the engagement banquet for a year later, treating the year as Ji Heng’s probationary period.
• The Yan Household turned down Yan Xianjue’s offer to help with New Year’s Eve dinner, and he dragged Yan Ci upstairs to play the game’s holiday quest.
• Yan Ci guessed that Yan Xianjue had helped plan the Qixi Festival quest, but Yan Xianjue denied it.
• Yan Xianjue found most of his guild online and heard Qi Tianchou and Ni Qiu waiting at a monster spawn point to attack whoever arrived.
• Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci completed the New Year quest’s five-minute QTE and prepared to do Shen Fangli’s quest next.

Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci prepared for the New Year, and Yan Xianjue later met Lin Shi for drinks. Lin Shi suggested that Yan Xianjue should propose to Shen Fangli first, and Yan Xianjue agreed.

• Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci put up Spring Festival couplets and found the plaque Lin Shi had once given the Yan Household.
• Yan Xianjue messaged Lin Shi to arrange drinks, then completed the family’s New Year rituals with the Yan Household.
• Yan Xianjue met Lin Shi at a bar, where Lin Shi complained about the Lin Household and suggested Yan Xianjue marry Shen Fangli to take leave from school.
• Yan Xianjue offered to make Lin Shi their future child’s godfather, and Lin Shi happily accepted.
• Lin Shi pointed out that Yan Xianjue needed to propose to Shen Fangli first, and Yan Xianjue agreed.

Yan Xianjue told the Yan family he wanted scar removal surgery so his hands would look flawless in proposal photos, then revealed he planned to propose to Shen Fangli. He planned to recover before proposing during summer vacation, while his family supported the match and ruled out Yan Ci’s ideas for the proposal.

• Yan Wan brought Yan Xianjue hangover soup, and he joined the family for dinner after recovering from his hangover.
• Yan Xianjue announced that he wanted scar removal surgery, surprising the Yan family.
• Yan Xianjue explained that he wanted his hands to look flawless in proposal photos and admitted he intended to propose to Shen Fangli because he feared Lin Shi might die before the wedding.
• Yan Xianjue said he would get surgery first and propose after recovering, while Yan Ci’s proposal suggestions drew criticism from Yan Wan and Yan Xianjue.
• Yan Xianjue decided to have Ji Xi contact professionals for proposal plans, and Father Yan and Mother Yan approved of Shen Fangli as his partner.

Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue discussed his planned scar-removal surgery and her next acting role as school was about to resume. Shen Fangli agreed to audition for a cameo in a Pear Garden drama, while the couple faced being apart during the school term.

• Yan Xianjue told Shen Fangli he wanted surgery because Yan Ci’s reaction to his scar annoyed him.
• Yan Xianjue told Shen Fangli not to travel back to care for him after school started, and she agreed to wait until the weather warmed before visiting.
• Yan Xianjue suggested Shen Fangli consider a cameo in a Pear Garden drama, and she agreed to audition.
• Yan Xianjue reasoned that working with another crew would help Shen Fangli build a standing apart from his support.
• Yan Xianjue complained that school had to start again, and Shen Fangli said the vacation was too short.

A year and a half later, Yan Xianjue prepared to propose to Shen Fangli after her first major acting award and a long stretch of filming apart. He asked her to come home with him, and her head nodded before she could hide her excitement.

• Yan Xianjue brushed off Zhou Ye's questions about being nervous while Lin Shi and Ji Xi bickered at the villa.
• Yan Xianjue recalled delaying his proposal while recovering from his wrist injury and supporting Shen Fangli through an arthouse film shot on location.
• Shen Fangli won the Best Newcomer Award, while Yao Weiran won Director of the Year at the entertainment industry ceremony.
• Yan Xianjue collected the roses and went to pick up Shen Fangli, leaving the others to finish preparing the villa.
• Yan Xianjue asked Shen Fangli to come home with him, and she nodded before she could stop herself.

Yan Xianjue brought Shen Fangli to a dark villa for a surprise proposal, while their friends hid nearby and bickered over the plan. The chapter ended with Yan Xianjue trying to get the arguing group’s attention as Shen Fangli laughed at him.

• Yan Xianjue teased Shen Fangli in the car, and Uncle Lu drove them safely to the villa.
• Shen Fangli mistook the dark villa for a place with unpaid electricity, disrupting the surprise and making the hidden group argue over whose idea it was.
• Yan Xianjue joked with Shen Fangli about romance and her makeup while Lin Shi, Ji Xi, Zhou Ye, and Han Xu watched from hiding.
• Lin Shi called Shen Fangli foolish but spoke with affectionate exasperation, then argued with Ji Xi and Zhou Ye about who would be Yan Xianjue’s child’s godfather.
• Yan Xianjue tried twice to get the hidden group’s attention, but they ignored him, and he pinched Shen Fangli’s cheek when she laughed.

Yan Xianjue surprised Shen Fangli with a villa covered in roses and led her through a proposal celebration with their invited guests. He knelt to show her the custom diamond ring, and Shen Fangli took his side when Ji Xi complained about the designer.

• Yan Xianjue lit up the villa, revealing roses covering its grounds and walls, and Shen Fangli admired the display.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli walked beneath a rose-covered arch as rose-shaped sky lanterns rose and their guests gathered around them.
• Yan Xianjue led Shen Fangli into a Möbius Ring of vines, where their guests teased them and the music shifted.
• Yan Xianjue knelt and opened a box containing the custom diamond ring he had commissioned.
• Ji Xi told Lin Shi that Yan Xianjue had argued with the designer repeatedly, and Shen Fangli defended Yan Xianjue by calling the designer awful.

Yan Xianjue proposed to Shen Fangli with a ring inspired by their story, and she accepted, relieved that they had escaped the novel’s fate. After they celebrated with their family and guests, Lin Shi gave them red envelopes.

• Yan Xianjue explained the ring’s design and proposed to Shen Fangli, promising they would stay together in every world.
• Shen Fangli accepted, and Yan Xianjue put the ring on her finger and kissed her.
• Yan Wan and Yan Shan expressed relief that the family’s fate had changed, while Yan Ci complained that Yan Xianjue had his own little world with Shen Fangli.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli shared cake with their guests and brought a piece to Lin Shi, who gave them each a red envelope.

At the engagement banquet, Lin Shi gave Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue agreements transferring Lin Corporation shares, leaving them surprised by the scale of his gift. After the guests departed, Yan Xianjue revealed that the roses would be handed out across Shenzhen the next morning, and the couple announced their engagement online.

• Lin Shi gave Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue red envelopes containing share transfer agreements, with Shen Fangli holding a second copy in trust for Lin Shi's godson.
• Yan Xianjue accepted the agreements after asking why the envelopes were different thicknesses, and Lin Shi explained the extra copy was for his godson.
• Lin Shi left the banquet, and Shen Fangli later asked Yan Xianjue why Lin Shi had transferred Lin Corporation shares to them.
• Yan Xianjue suggested Lin Shi wanted to end his conflict with Lin Lang and told Shen Fangli that the roses would be distributed throughout Shenzhen the next morning.
• Yan Xianjue sent Shen Fangli engagement photos, and they posted the caption, "Good night, fiancée/fiancé."

After secretly posting about their proposal, Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue prepared to travel together, but Shen Fangli overslept and missed their planned morning flight. As they finally set out with Han Xu, Shen Fangli and Han Xu caught up over breakfast and joked about Shen Fangli’s relationship with Yan Xianjue.

• Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue posted about their proposal without warning anyone, then switched off their phones and laughed together.
• Shen Fangli woke late the next day and learned from Yan Xianjue’s recording that she had repeatedly asked to sleep for five more minutes, delaying their flight.
• Shen Fangli found Han Xu watching television and joined her for a late breakfast while Yan Xianjue prepared their luggage.
• Shen Fangli told Han Xu about her mother, and Han Xu recalled that Shen Fangli’s mother had once blamed her for affecting Shen Fangli’s grades.
• Han Xu teased Shen Fangli about Yan Xianjue giving away the proposal flowers, then Yan Xianjue arrived and the group left for their trip.

After their honeymoon, Shen Fangli returned to school while Yan Xianjue went to confront the Lin Household. Yan Xianjue and Lin Shi prepared to deal with Lin Lang and the stranded shareholders, ending with an invitation for several of them to dine on deck.

• Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue watched the aurora together before saying goodbye at the airport the next day.
• Yan Xianjue told Shen Fangli he had to resolve matters between the Yan Household and the Lin Household, then traveled by cruise ship.
• Lin Shi watched Lin Lang and the shareholders panic aboard another cruise ship and ordered Yu Bai to remove their food and water.
• Yan Xianjue joined Lin Shi and learned that Lin Shi had cut off the trapped passengers' supplies.
• Yan Xianjue told Uncle Lu to invite several of the passengers to dine on deck.

Lin Shi and Yan Xianjue forced Lin Lang and the shareholders to confront their plan to acquire the shares in their hands. Yan Xianjue shot Lin Lang after he challenged the offer, leaving Lin Shi to pretend to check whether Lin Lang was still alive.

• Lin Shi confronted the directors and shareholders aboard Lin Lang's cruise ship, and they eventually took their seats under his threat.
• Lin Shi announced that he wanted to acquire the shareholders' shares, while Yan Xianjue ate and ignored the argument.
• After a shareholder smashed a plate and challenged him, Yan Xianjue shot the man's arm and warned the others not to waste food.
• Lin Lang agreed to the acquisition but criticized Lin Shi's offer of one-tenth of market value.
• Yan Xianjue shot Lin Lang through the spleen, and Lin Shi crouched beside him and claimed he was still alive.

Yan Xianjue and Lin Shi forced Lin Lang and the shareholders to sign over their shares, then left Lin Lang behind as pirates approached. Song Lingling confronted Lin Lang aboard the ship, shot him, and used her final bullet on herself.

• Yan Xianjue had a doctor treat Lin Lang and ordered Yu Bai to have the directors sign the contracts.
• Lin Shi revealed that he controlled the people Lin Lang had brought aboard, and the shareholders signed the contracts at a price thirty percent below market value.
• After the cruise ship was struck, Lin Shi claimed pirates had attacked, and Yan Xianjue sent the shareholders to lifeboats while Lin Shi and Yan Xianjue escaped by yacht.
• Lin Shi took Yan Xianjue's gun before he could shoot Lin Lang, then blocked Lin Lang's distress signal and left him aboard the ship as pirate vessels approached.
• Song Lingling confronted Lin Lang, shot him in the knee, and then fired her final bullet at herself.

Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue learned that Song Lingling had been released from prison and discussed Lin Shi’s schemes while rehearsing her script. The story left them surprised that Lin Shi had agreed to liver donation surgery, with Yan Xianjue arranging for Ni Qiu’s family hospital to handle it.

• Yan Xianjue told Shen Fangli that Song Lingling had been released from prison after Lin Shi and Yan Yi'an helped secure her release.
• Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue speculated that Lin Shi had arranged Song Lingling’s release so she and Lin Lang could kill each other, then returned to rehearsing Shen Fangli’s script.
• Ji Xi learned from Wang Peter that Lin Shi had agreed to undergo liver donation surgery and approved Wang Peter’s annual leave.
• Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue wondered why Lin Shi had suddenly agreed to surgery, and Yan Xianjue called Ni Qiu to arrange for his family’s hospital to handle it.

Yan Xianjue put Ni Qiu in charge of Lin Shi while Lin Shi was hospitalized, then waited with Shen Fangli and Yu Bai outside the operating room as Lin Shi underwent surgery. The chapter left them anxious for the outcome, while Yan Xianjue insisted the operation would go smoothly.

• Yan Xianjue assigned Ni Qiu to manage Lin Shi's affairs during his hospitalization, and Ni Qiu accepted the work.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli took leave from school to wait outside the operating room on the day of Lin Shi's surgery.
• Yan Xianjue learned that Lin Shi had agreed to surgery after experimenting on himself with drugs he had developed under a medical tutor's guidance.
• Yu Bai argued that Lin Shi would not have listened if anyone had tried to stop him, while the tutor clarified that he was a qualified medical PhD.
• Shen Fangli admitted she was worried, and Yan Xianjue reassured her that the surgery would go smoothly.

After recovering from surgery, Lin Shi returned to lead the Lin Household and prepared to carry out the plan he and Yu Bai had pursued for years. He ordered every family member to attend the New Year's Day gathering at the old residence, including the old master's concubines.

• Lin Shi told Yan Xianjue that his experimental drug had unexpectedly helped prevent rejection reactions and suggested Yan employ his teacher, but Yan refused because the pharmaceutical factory was a state joint venture and the teacher was not suitable.
• Months after surgery, Lin Shi returned to the company and secured his position as chairman at a board meeting.
• Lin Shi dismissed his uncles' attempts to profit from Lin Lang's death and ordered Yu Bai to require every family member to attend the annual gathering.
• Lin Shi threatened to remove absentees from the family register and strip them of their benefits.
• Lin Shi ordered Yu Bai to bring every member of the Lin Household to the New Year's Day gathering, including the old master's concubines, and Yu Bai agreed to ensure they attended.

Lin Shi gathered the Lin family under the pretense of dividing their assets and set a deadly contest in motion, while refusing Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli’s attempts to see him. Months later, he called Yan Xianjue after the family gathering had begun, leaving Su Su and a monk bound nearby to witness the violence.

• Lin Shi arranged for word to spread that the Lin family would divide its assets, drawing family members to a gathering at the old residence.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli received Lin Shi’s message refusing to see them, and learned that he had arranged medical parole for Su Su.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli discovered Lin Shi had blocked them, and Yan Xianjue told Ji Xi to cooperate with Lin Shi if he needed anything.
• Several months later, Lin Shi called Yan Xianjue while the Lin family members gathered at the old residence and began a deadly contest for the assets.
• After one family member organized resistance and was killed on Lin Shi’s orders, Su Su watched in fear from the surveillance room as the monk looked at her.

Lin Shi spent his final moments saying goodbye to Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli before choosing to die rather than live with the Lin Household's blood in his veins. He triggered the explosives beneath the old residence, destroying it as distress signals spread.

• Lin Shi called Yan Xianjue and, with Shen Fangli listening, refused their hopes of saving him and asked them to call him big brother one last time.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli bid Lin Shi goodbye, and Lin Shi rejected Yu Bai's offer of a key to escape.
• Lin Shi and Yu Bai watched the survivors turn against one another, then Lin Shi handed the victors their rewards.
• As armed people surrounded them, Lin Shi aimed a pistol at his own heart and asked Yu Bai if he was afraid; Yu Bai said he was looking forward to it.
• Su Su managed to shout just before Lin Shi's heart stopped, triggering explosives beneath the Lin Household Old Residence and sending distress signals outward.

After dying in an explosion, Lin Shi woke up as a child in the Lin Household Old Residence and found himself face-to-face with young Yan Xianjue. Yan Yi'an then accused Lin Shi of having an ulterior motive for approaching Xianjue, leaving Lin Shi indignant and confused.

• Lin Shi realized he had returned to his childhood after waking in the Lin Household Old Residence with a knife, a hamster, and small hands.
• Young Yan Xianjue invited Lin Shi to play, but Lin Shi gave him a cold look, and Xianjue ran off angrily.
• Yan Xianjue returned with Yan Yi'an and asked him to make Lin Shi play with him.
• Yan Yi'an asked Lin Shi how much he would cost, prompting Lin Shi to reject the idea that he could be bought.
• Yan Xianjue ran out again, and Yan Yi'an confronted Lin Shi about his purpose in getting close to Xianjue.

After Yan Xianjue invited Lin Shi to stay at the Yan Household, Lin Shi accepted to avoid spending more time with Lin Rui and his wife. He settled into the noisy household, where Yan Xianjue's siblings kept bickering with him and each other.

• Yan Xianjue brought Lin Shi to meet Father Yan, Mother Yan, and Lin Rui, then asked his parents to let Lin Shi stay at their house.
• Mother Yan invited Lin Shi to visit, and Father Yan persuaded Lin Rui to agree by mentioning that his own father could meet the boy.
• Lin Shi agreed to stay at the Yan Household, where Yan Ci blocked the doorway and argued with Yan Xianjue about how many older siblings he had.
• Father Yan carried Yan Ci and Yan Xianjue inside, while Mother Yan welcomed Lin Shi and offered to have the chef prepare him food.
• Yan Xianjue asked for pineapple meat, but Yan Ci and Yan Yi'an refused, prompting him to declare that he hated his big brother most.

Lin Shi joined Yan Xianjue and the Yan siblings at the pool, where he realized Yan Xianjue had genuinely recognized him as his big brother despite his scarred wrist. The family’s swimming race left Lin Shi stranded in a duck swim ring while everyone else swam.

• Yan Yi'an carried Yan Xianjue to the pool, and Lin Shi noticed the scar on Yan Xianjue’s wrist and understood why he had called him Big Brother.
• Yan Xianjue asked Lin Shi to referee as he raced Yan Ci down the waterslide, while Yan Ci warned Lin Shi to keep his little brother happy.
• Yan Ci reached for Lin Shi’s collar after Lin Shi teased him, but Yan Xianjue stopped him and Lin Shi explained that Yan Ci had not bullied him.
• Yan Wan suggested a swimming race, and Yan Yi'an rescued Lin Shi when his child-sized body struggled in the water.
• Yan Shan put Lin Shi in a duck swim ring, and Lin Shi watched the rest of the Yan family swim away.