Recaps

At Ji the Old Master's birthday banquet, Yan Xianjue realized Ji the Eldest had returned to cause trouble and watched the Ji brothers compete in dramatic displays of filial devotion. The spectacle escalated when Ji the Seventh crawled toward Ji the Old Master and begged him to take his side against Ji the Second.

• Yan Xianjue concluded that Ji the Eldest had returned to disrupt the banquet after being removed from the list of heirs.
• Ji the Second kowtowed, and Ji the Third followed with an elaborate, tearful speech that made Shen Fangli laugh.
• The other Ji sons awkwardly followed suit, while Yan Xianjue learned that Uncle Lu had revived Ji the Seventh using a military technique.
• Ji the Seventh shouted for his father, crawled toward Ji the Old Master, and accused Ji the Second of going too far.

At Ji the Old Master's birthday banquet, Ji the Seventh accused Ji the Second of drugging and framing him, while Yan Xianjue suspected Ji the Eldest had helped orchestrate the confrontation. The old master tried to postpone the dispute, but Ji the Seventh suddenly lunged at Ji the Second.

• Ji the Seventh clung to Ji the Old Master and accused Ji the Second of drugging him, while Ji Heng confirmed that he had pinched Ji the Seventh awake.
• Ji the Second denied the accusation and blamed Ji the Eldest, who calmly said there was nothing to explain if the old master had already made up his mind.
• Ji the Old Master asked Ji the Eldest whether he resented him, and Ji the Eldest denied knowing anything about Ji the Seventh being drugged.
• Ji the Second suggested discussing Ji the Seventh's accusations privately after the banquet, and Ji the Old Master agreed.
• Ji the Seventh saw that the old master was displeased, shouted, and lunged at Ji the Second.

A brawl among the Ji family members erupted at Ji the Old Master’s birthday banquet, while the guests watched and recorded the chaos. Ji the Old Master finally stopped the fighting by smashing a wine bottle, and Ji the Second’s attempt to explain faltered when he noticed someone beside his father.

• Yan Xianjue helped Mother Yan and Yan Wan retreat from the fight as Ji family members joined the brawl.
• Ji the Old Master shouted for the fighting to stop, while Ji Heng tried to mediate and protect himself.
• The guests crowded back and filmed the fight, and Shen Fangli kept peeking out from behind President Shen to watch.
• Ji the Old Master hurled a wine bottle off the stage, silencing the venue and freezing the fighters.
• Ji the Second tried to explain himself to Ji the Old Master, then saw the person beside him and changed expression.

At the Ji Household banquet, Ji Yue switched her support to Ji the Old Master to secure money from him, while the Old Master tried to regain control after his sons’ fight. His public appeal left the family scandal unresolved, and Shen Fangli wondered whether the banquet could continue.

• Ji Yue comforted Ji the Old Master and reminded him to calm the guests, having decided to rely on him for money rather than side with her brothers.
• Yan Xianjue judged that the Old Master would never pass the Ji Household to Ji Yue and noted that he still favored Ji Heng as a potential heir.
• Ji Heng took the Old Master's disappointed glare as a sign that no heir would be announced yet, giving him more time before a succession decision.
• Ji the Old Master asked the banquet guests not to spread the family scandal and presented himself as a victim.
• Shen Fangli quietly told President Shen that it was fortunate they had only one child, while President Shen worried about the consequences of favoritism between siblings.
• Shen Fangli wondered whether the Ji Household's birthday banquet could continue.

After the Ji Household’s chaotic birthday banquet was paused, Yan Xianjue learned that Ji the Seventh had been knocked unconscious by a brick and went to check on Zhou Ye. Meanwhile, the Yan Household speculated about Yan Xianjue’s personality, and Shen Fangli worried that she might be blamed for giving Zhou Ye the drugged wine.

• Ji the Old Master paused the birthday banquet, while guests shared videos of the scandal in their group chats.
• Yan Yi'an told Yan Xianjue that Ji the Seventh had mainly fainted after being hit by a brick, and Ji Heng had arranged for the substance in the drink to be tested.
• Yan Xianjue told his family he was going to check on Zhou Ye, and Yan Wan wondered whether he hid his lively personality around other people.
• Shen Fangli told President Shen she was worried the Ji Household would blame her for handing Zhou Ye the wine, and President Shen reassured her that they were searching for the waiter who drugged it.
• Yan Xianjue entered the lounge, where Zhou Ye eagerly asked him what had happened at the banquet.

Yan Xianjue, Zhou Ye, and Shen Fangli discussed the chaos at the Ji Household’s birthday banquet and compared what they knew about the brawl and Ji the Seventh being knocked unconscious. They ended by wondering why the Ji Household’s Old Madam had not appeared at the banquet.

• Yan Xianjue persuaded the family doctors to remove Zhou Ye’s IV and leave, then explained that Zhou Ye’s uncle had frightened them into staying.
• Yan Xianjue recounted how Ji the Seventh dragged Ji the Second into trouble and how Ji the Second drew the rest of the Ji Household into the mess.
• Shen Fangli visited Zhou Ye and explained that he had been caught in the crossfire because of her; Zhou Ye then learned her account of Ji the Seventh being knocked unconscious by a flying brick.
• Yan Xianjue wondered why the Ji Household’s Old Madam had been absent from the birthday banquet, and Shen Fangli said she had not seen her either.

After Shen Fangli was drugged at the Ji Household’s birthday banquet, Yan Xianjue and Zhou Ye tried to work out who might have targeted her, and they began to suspect Su Su. The conversation revealed that Su Su came from a financially disadvantaged family and that Lin Shi likely knew about it.

• Yan Xianjue asked Shen Fangli whether she had a particularly bad relationship with anyone at the banquet, but she said everyone there acted like a fake friend.
• Zhou Ye insisted he was innocent and suspected the Ji Household member who had kept his uncle talking might have played a part in the incident.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli guessed Su Su might be responsible, and Zhou Ye offered to ask around through an anonymous gossip group.
• Zhou Ye said Lin Shi had given Su Su an invitation to the banquet, and Yan Xianjue explained that Su Su was among the financially disadvantaged students at school.
• Shen Fangli asked whether Lin Shi knew about Su Su’s circumstances, and Yan Xianjue said the Lin Household likely had the same list of disadvantaged students as the Yan Household.

Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli left the banquet to check on Ji Heng’s investigation and encountered Yan Ci with Lin Lang in the garden. Yan Ci revealed that his investment had accidentally ruined Lin Lang’s attempt to acquire a company cheaply, and he left Lin Lang furious while directing him to complain to Yan Xianjue.

• After Zhou Ye left to seek gossip, Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli went to the garden to find out how Ji Heng’s investigation was going.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli encountered Yan Ci and Lin Lang, who had run into each other outside.
• Lin Lang recalled how Yan Ci’s large investment in a troubled company had thwarted his plan to buy up its shares cheaply and cost him money.
• Yan Ci thanked Lin Lang for yielding, while Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli wondered about their strange exchange.
• Lin Lang threatened Yan Ci, who claimed the investment had been a coincidence and told him to take the matter up with Yan Xianjue.

Yan Ci confronted Lin Lang and defended the Yan siblings’ loyalty, then explained how he had outmaneuvered Lin Lang in business. Yan Xianjue was astonished by his brother’s actions and asked what he was doing in the garden.

• Yan Xianjue stepped between Yan Ci and Lin Lang, rebuked Lin Lang, and urged Yan Ci to leave.
• Yan Ci told Lin Lang that the Yan siblings stood united and that Yan Xianjue would support rather than fear him.
• Lin Lang stormed away under the family’s pitying stares, and Yan Xianjue asked Yan Ci how he had provoked him.
• Yan Ci explained that he had learned a stock had a problem, investigated it, and beaten Lin Lang to a planned purchase.
• Yan Xianjue doubted that Yan Ci had become so capable, then asked what Yan Ci was doing in the garden.

Yan Xianjue, Shen Fangli, and Yan Ci joined Ji Heng after he caught the waiter suspected of drugging Shen Fangli. They decided to call the police despite Ji Heng’s concerns about the Ji Household’s reputation, and Yan Xianjue warned him to pay attention to his mother.

• Ji Heng used nearby surveillance footage and elimination to identify a waiter who had returned to the champagne-serving area, and the security captain caught him.
• Shen Fangli said she did not recognize the waiter, while Ji Heng revealed that messages recovered from the waiter’s phone showed someone had paid him to teach her a lesson.
• Yan Xianjue ordered Uncle Lu to question the waiter and challenged Ji Heng’s conflicting duties as a police officer and the Ji Household’s heir.
• Shen Fangli insisted that she had the right to report the drugging, and Ji Heng reluctantly accepted that they should call the police.
• Yan Xianjue told Ji Heng that his mother had claimed she was unwell and skipped the banquet, then suggested Ji Heng look into her.

Yan Xianjue had Uncle Lu reveal a recording showing that a wealthy woman at the banquet had hired the waiter to target Shen Fangli. The evidence cleared Su Su of suspicion for the moment, but Yan Xianjue concluded that she had become even more suspicious.

• Ji Heng asked whether someone was trying to harm his mother, and Yan Xianjue questioned who in the Ji Household might do so.
• Uncle Lu brought back the waiter, and Ji Heng warned Yan Xianjue that a confession obtained through private torture could not be used as evidence.
• Yan Xianjue assured Ji Heng that the waiter had not been harmed and had Uncle Lu play a recording of the waiter's account.
• The recording revealed that a wealthy woman at the banquet had paid the waiter to repeatedly position a wineglass for Shen Fangli to reach.
• Yan Xianjue reviewed footage showing Su Su was not in Ji Household Hall when Shen Fangli reappeared, clearing her suspicion in this incident while making her seem more suspicious overall.

Yan Xianjue, Shen Fangli, Yan Ci, and Ji Heng investigated the suspicious waiter and learned the name of the person connected to the call. They prepared to return to the banquet, where Yan Xianjue hinted that Ji Xi’s situation had become interesting.

• Yan Xianjue suspected Su Su had deliberately stayed within camera view to create an alibi, while Shen Fangli resolved to enter the entertainment industry and compete with her.
• A colleague reported that the call to the waiter had been traced, and Shen Fangli recognized the name of the person involved.
• Yan Ci noticed Yan Xianjue’s brooch on Shen Fangli, and Yan Xianjue avoided explaining why she had it.
• Shen Fangli asked whether the information could be used as evidence, and Ji Heng agreed to contact colleagues because he needed to recuse himself from the case.
• Yan Ci suggested they return to the banquet, and Yan Xianjue urged Ji Heng to change clothes before going back.
• Yan Xianjue thought about how Ji Xi’s situation might have progressed, leaving Yan Ci and Shen Fangli eager to hear more.

Yan Ci hurried Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli back to the main hall, where Mother Yan kept them close until Ji Xi and Ji the Old Madam arrived. Yan Xianjue suspected that the true and fake heiress plot was about to begin.

• Yan Ci took Yan Xianjue away from Ji Heng, while Uncle Lu followed and rearranged the Yan Household bodyguards' assignments.
• Shen Fangli followed the brothers, and Yan Ci told Mother Yan that she had called them over; Mother Yan backed up his lie and warned them to avoid secluded areas.
• Mother Yan greeted Shen Fangli and let Yan Xianjue stay with her as the birthday banquet continued.
• Ji Xi entered the hall supporting Mother Ji, and Yan Xianjue admired his appearance while Shen Fangli resolved to work harder.
• Ji the Old Madam arrived, and Yan Xianjue wondered why she seemed to be glaring at Mother Ji.

Ji Zhi confronted Ji the Old Madam at the Ji Household, while Ji the Eldest hinted that he had evidence exposing the truth behind Ji Xi’s past. Yan Xianjue’s thoughts revealed that Ji the Old Madam had staged the true-and-fake-heiress affair and that Ji Xi’s father had underworld ties, but the chapter left the details of the evidence and Ji Xi’s broken leg unresolved.

• Ji Zhi challenged Ji the Old Madam for driving her out of the Ji Household, and Ji the Old Madam called her immoral in front of the guests.
• Yan Xianjue revealed in his thoughts that Ji the Old Madam had staged the true-and-fake-heiress affair herself.
• Ji the Eldest confronted Ji the Old Madam, denying that he had harmed Ji Zhi and hinting that she had harmed her own daughter to protect her status.
• Ji Zhi said she wanted to clear Ji Xi’s name and explained that his father had let him take her surname because he cherished her.
• Ji Xi rebuked Ji the Old Madam for abandoning his mother, while Ji Yue worried that she was bound to share the consequences.
• Yan Xianjue inferred that Ji Zhi had returned to hide from her late partner’s underworld enemies and wondered whether Ji Xi had inherited his father’s resources after his leg was broken.

At the Ji Old Madam’s birthday gathering, she accused Ji Zhi of returning to the Ji Household to cause trouble, but Ji Heng began to recognize how his mother had mistreated his eldest sister. Ji Heng defended Ji Zhi and confronted Ji Yue, then pleaded to settle the family dispute in private as the guests watched.

• Ji the Old Madam scolded Ji Zhi and accused her of trying to drive out Ji Yue, seduce Ji the Eldest, and return with her son and lover to cause trouble.
• Ji Heng questioned his mother’s accusations, realized Ji Zhi had protected him while enduring years of slander, and released Ji the Old Madam’s arm.
• Ji Heng told Ji the Old Madam that Ji Zhi was his eldest sister and a daughter of the Ji Household, not an outsider.
• Ji Yue tried to make Ji Heng apologize, but he rejected her familiar address and said she could not use the Ji family identity to throw her weight around.
• Ji Heng asked the family to discuss the matter privately, directing his pleading gaze toward Ji Zhi.

At Ji the Old Master's birthday banquet, Ji Zhi prepared to expose how Ji the Old Madam had arranged for her to be swapped out as a baby and mistreated her to improve her own fortune. Ji the Old Madam turned the accusation against Ji Zhi, and Ji the Old Master sided with his wife, leaving the confrontation poised to worsen.

• Ji the Eldest challenged Ji Heng for defending Ji Zhi, and Ji Heng could not answer or meet her gaze.
• Ji Yue realized the gathering had been arranged to pressure her, while Ji Zhi took an old kraft paper envelope from Ji Xi.
• Ji the Old Master came out to investigate the commotion, and Ji Zhi waited until he was seated before preparing to reveal her evidence.
• Yan Xianjue's thoughts revealed that Ji the Old Madam had used a fortune-teller's advice to mistreat Ji Zhi and arrange for her to be exchanged for Ji Yue.
• Ji the Old Madam claimed she had sent Ji Zhi away for her own good, and Ji the Old Master accused Ji Zhi of resenting him.

Ji Zhi presented evidence of the Ji Old Madam’s past actions, prompting Ji the Old Master to demand an explanation. The Old Madam denied wrongdoing and blamed Ji Zhi, but Ji the Eldest challenged her account and prepared to expose more.

• Ji Zhi reassured Ji the Old Master that she had no designs on him or the Ji Household, then said she wanted to confirm something with her mother.
• Ji Zhi handed Ji the Old Master a detailed document, and he grew furious as he read it before confronting Ji Heng and Ji the Old Madam.
• Ji the Old Madam denied abandoning Ji Zhi and claimed she had been heartbroken when Ji Zhi returned pregnant, then blamed the person who had stolen her.
• Ji the Eldest said the person who stole Ji Zhi had already been punished and insisted he would never harm his own sister.
• Ji the Eldest challenged Ji the Old Madam over whether she and Ji Yue had truly covered up their actions, then asked Ji Zhi to let him speak first.

Ji Yue admitted that she and Ji the Old Madam had conspired against Ji Zhi, while Ji the Eldest revealed that he had recorded Ji Yue’s role in the plan. Ji Heng snapped a chair armrest as the accusations left the Ji family facing further conflict.

• Ji the Old Master questioned Ji the Old Madam, and Ji Yue confirmed that the allegations against her were true.
• Ji Yue knelt before Ji the Old Master and said Ji the Old Madam had pressured her into helping conceal the truth about Ji Zhi.
• Ji Yue revealed that Ji the Old Madam had been transferring money to a spiritual master who had helped her steal Ji the Old Madam’s daughter.
• Ji the Eldest said he had recorded Ji Yue arranging his return to the old residence and preparing water and a guest room for him.
• Ji Yue admitted that she and Ji the Old Madam had planned it together, and Ji Heng snapped half an armrest off his chair.

Ji Zhi confronted the Ji family over Ji the Old Madam’s abandonment and crimes, while Ji Yue pleaded that she had been forced to betray her. Ji Heng chose to call the police, but Ji Zhi revealed she had already done so and expected them to arrive shortly.

• Ji Yue begged Ji the Old Master to believe she had been forced into betraying Ji the Old Madam.
• Ji Zhi said she could not forgive Ji the Old Madam for abandoning her and pointed to the documents as evidence that she intended to make her pay.
• Yan Xianjue played a recording of Ji the Old Madam’s words, making the guests laugh and enraging her.
• Ji Heng confronted Ji the Old Madam for deceiving him and called for the police.
• Ji Zhi told Ji Heng there was no need because she had already called the police, who were nearly there.

Ji the Old Madam lashed out at Ji Zhi, prompting Ji Heng to slap her and Ji the Old Master to challenge her threats with evidence that the police report might keep the case within the statute of limitations. As Ji Yue tried to fade into the crowd, an unexpected event began.

• Ji the Old Madam cursed Ji Zhi for calling the police, and Ji Heng slapped her when she insulted his sister.
• Ji the Old Madam wailed and invoked the statute of limitations, but Ji the Old Master rebuked her and insisted the Ji Household would not shield her.
• Ji the Old Madam threatened to expose secrets about the Ji Household, while Yan Xianjue privately questioned her judgment and Yan Yi'an scolded him for suggesting a way to silence her.
• Ji the Old Master revealed that he had filed a police report when Ji Zhi returned, which could mean the statute of limitations had not expired.
• Ji Yue tried to make herself inconspicuous among the guests, but something unexpected happened.

At the Ji family birthday banquet, Ji Zhi exposed Ji Yue’s role in the past conspiracy, and Ji the Old Master began revealing what had really happened between Ji the Eldest and Ji Zhi. The chapter left Ji Heng hearing his father’s account of the buried incident.

• Ji the Old Madam accused Ji Yue of suggesting that Ji Zhi be kept from returning to the Ji Household.
• Ji Yue denied knowing what happened and called on Mother Yan to confirm that she had fainted back then, but Mother Yan exposed her attempt to take a doctor from the Yan Household.
• Ji Zhi apologized to Mother Yan, then told Ji Yue she would submit the evidence to the police because they had no relationship.
• Ji Yue pleaded with Ji the Old Master, who remained silent before calling Ji Heng to his side.
• Ji the Old Master told Ji Heng that Ji the Eldest had discovered he was drugged, smashed a window to escape the locked bedroom, left Ji Zhi inside, and jumped from the third floor.

At the Ji Household banquet, Ji the Old Master lamented the past and prepared to announce his will, while police arrived to arrest Ji the Old Madam. She attacked Ji Yue as the police took her away, leaving the guests with another public scandal.

• Ji the Old Master dismissed Ji the Eldest’s wrongful grievance as an old matter and appealed emotionally to Ji Heng, while the guests and Yan Xianjue criticized his blame-shifting.
• Ji the Old Master hinted that he could no longer manage the family, and Yan Xianjue and the guests suspected he was about to announce his will and name Ji Heng as heir.
• Police arrived and told Ji the Old Madam she was suspected of abandonment and money laundering, then moved to handcuff her.
• Ji the Old Madam pleaded with Ji Heng to save her, but he turned away as the police arrested her.
• Ji the Old Madam knocked Ji Yue down and attacked her as the police led her away, while the guests recorded the fight.
• Shen Fangli called the scene tragic, and Yan Xianjue warned Lin Shi that retaliation could not be used to justify harming his father.

After Ji the Old Madam and Ji Yue were taken away by the police, Ji the Old Master announced his will, revealing how he had divided the Ji family’s assets. The guests turned to congratulate Ji Heng and Ji Zhi, while Yan Xianjue and his family prepared to leave with cakes.

• Ji the Old Madam and Ji Yue fought until Ji the Old Master ordered the guards to separate them, and the police took them away.
• Ji the Eldest told the police that he had evidence Ji Yue purchased prohibited drugs, and the police took him with them as well.
• Ji the Old Master had his will read, leaving most of his shares to Ji Heng, a small amount to his other sons, and assets but no shares to Ji the Eldest.
• Guests crowded around Ji Heng, Ji Zhi, and Ji Xi with congratulations, while Ji Xi watched Yan Xianjue and his family prepare to leave with cakes.
• Yan Xianjue praised the cakes and offered one to Yan Yi'an, prompting Yan Wan to tease them about growing closer.

Yan Xianjue and the Yan family watched as Ji Heng was named the Ji Household’s person in charge, provoking the other Ji brothers. Yan Xianjue went upstairs with Yan Ci to see what would happen, still unsure whether Ji Xi would break his leg at the banquet.

• Yan Yi'an wondered whether Yan Xianjue had once felt detached from the novel’s world, but decided not to press him about it.
• Ji the Second and Ji the Third learned that Ji Heng had been named the person in charge and accused Ji the Seventh and Ji the Eldest of conspiring to keep them away.
• Ji the Second tried to shoulder-check Ji the Eldest, but misjudged the difference in their builds and nearly bounced himself away.
• Yan Xianjue laughed at the scene, and Yan Ci and their parents teased Yan Ci about his past mistakes.
• Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci went upstairs to investigate as the Ji brothers sought answers from Ji the Old Master; Yan Xianjue wondered whether Ji Xi would avoid breaking his leg at the banquet.

Ji the Old Master confirmed Ji Heng as his heir and ordered a divorce agreement sent to Ji the Old Madam, while his sons reacted to the decision. Outside the Old Master's room, Yan Xianjue found Shen Fangli and the Yan Household trailing behind him, and Ji Heng remained trapped socializing with the guests.

• Yan Xianjue reflected that Ji the Eldest's return had disrupted the balance among Ji Household's factions, and Yan Ci realized he had mocked Ji Heng's intelligence.
• Ji the Old Master ordered the butler to deliver a divorce agreement to Ji the Old Madam and took his medicine while resting in his bedroom.
• Ji the Second challenged the Old Master's choice of Ji Heng as heir, but backed down when the Old Master rebuked him; Ji the Third said he looked forward to the shareholders' meeting.
• Yan Xianjue complained that Ji the Old Master had shut the door on the family drama, then discovered Shen Fangli, Lin Shi, and the rest of the Yan Household had followed him upstairs.
• Yan Yi'an suggested that Ji Heng show the Yan Household around, but Ji Heng told them to go upstairs without him because he could not leave the guests.