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Yan Xianjue, Shen Fangli, and Yan Ci found Ji Xi and his mother upstairs after a crash, where Zhang Lei had summoned them under false pretenses and broken a large vase. Zhang Lei insulted Ji Xi and his mother, while Yan Xianjue realized the boy might not know Ji Yue had been taken away by the police.

• Shen Fangli nearly fell on the stairs after a loud bang, and Yan Xianjue caught her before she could tumble backward.
• The Yan family followed the noise upstairs and encountered Ji the Old Master, who came out to investigate.
• Yan Xianjue, Shen Fangli, and Yan Ci went to check on Ji Xi and found broken porcelain near him and his mother.
• Zhang Lei mocked Ji Xi and his mother, and Ji Xi rebuked him for breaking the vase and trying to drive them away.
• Ji Xi explained that Zhang Lei had falsely claimed Ji the Old Master summoned them before pushing the vase toward him and his mother.
• Yan Xianjue suspected Zhang Lei did not know Ji Yue had been taken away by the police.

Ji Xi threw Zhang Lei onto the floor after Zhang Lei insulted Ji Zhi, and Yan Xianjue mocked Zhang Lei’s claim to the Ji Household. The chapter ended with Ji Xi telling Zhang Lei that the police had taken his mother away.

• Zhang Lei acted arrogantly toward Ji Zhi, while Yan Xianjue took photos and laughed at him.
• Ji Xi grabbed Zhang Lei’s pointing finger and threw him onto the floor, where vase shards cut him.
• Yan Xianjue suspected Ji Xi had learned the Shoulder Throw from watching him and had received self-defense training from Ji Heng.
• Zhang Lei threatened to tell his mother and grandfather and have Ji Xi kicked out, but Yan Xianjue called him a fake grandson and Ji the Old Master did not intervene.
• Ji Xi revealed that Zhang Lei’s mother had been taken away by the police.

Ji Xi and Ji Zhi faced Zhang Lei’s accusations as Ji the Old Master ordered Zhang Lei expelled from the Ji Household and Lin Shi revealed that Ji Xi was the old master’s biological grandson. Zhang Lei blamed Ji Xi and Ji Zhi for his troubles, then charged past them and knocked Ji Zhi off balance, leaving Ji Xi to catch her.

• Zhang Lei accused Ji Xi of spreading rumors and destroying the family vase, but Ji Xi mocked him and prepared to leave with Ji Zhi.
• Ji the Old Master ordered Ji the Second to throw Zhang Lei out and ban the Zhang Household from entering the Ji Household.
• Lin Shi told Zhang Lei that his mother was adopted, that he had no blood relation to Ji the Old Master, and that Ji Xi was the old master’s biological grandson.
• Ji the Old Master repeated his order, and Zhang Lei glared at Ji Xi and Ji Zhi, blaming them for his mother’s arrest and his grandfather’s rejection.
• Zhang Lei charged toward Ji the Old Master and slammed into Ji Zhi, but Ji Xi caught her before she fell.

Yan Xianjue pulled Shen Fangli and Ji Xi out of the way when Zhang Lei toppled an antique display shelf at the Ji Household birthday banquet. Ji the Old Master was trapped beneath it, and the chapter ended with Ji the Eldest arranging emergency care while Zhang Lei remained under guard.

• Yan Xianjue pulled Shen Fangli and Ji Xi away as Zhang Lei rammed into the antique display shelf and knocked it over.
• Uncle Lu pinned Zhang Lei, while Yan Xianjue and the others saw that Ji the Old Master had been struck by the falling shelf.
• The Yan Household members helped lift the shelf and called for an ambulance as the Ji Household butler arrived in shock.
• Ji the Eldest ordered someone to notify Ji Heng, summon the family doctor, and send Ji the Old Master to the hospital.
• Ji the Eldest left Zhang Lei for Ji Heng to deal with.

After Ji the Oldest took charge of the response to Ji the Old Master’s collapse, Yan Xianjue and the Yan family left the Ji Household. Ji Xi comforted Ji Zhi as she worried over him, while Ji the Oldest offered to escort them away and said Ji Heng would notify them if the old man woke.

• Ji the Oldest directed the butler to handle the aftermath, and the butler hesitated before asking the Yan family to leave.
• Yan Xianjue agreed to go, reminded Uncle Lu to hand Zhang Lei over to the Ji Household, and left with the Yan family and Lin Shi.
• Ji Xi asked whether he and Ji Zhi should return home, then comforted her as she worried that he had been hurt.
• Ji the Oldest watched his brothers avoid approaching Ji the Old Master and reflected on the old man’s treatment of his family.
• Ji the Oldest asked Ji Zhi and Ji Xi if they wanted to leave, saying Ji Heng would inform them if Ji the Old Master woke.

Ji Xi took Ji Zhi home after Ji the Eldest gave them permission, while Ji the Old Master was treated after Zhang Lei attacked him. As the guests departed, Yan Xianjue learned that Ji the Old Master was paralyzed.

• Ji Xi called Ji the Eldest "Uncle" and left the banquet with Ji Zhi, warning Zhang Lei that he could face legal consequences.
• Zhang Lei struggled against the Ji Household's security captain after Ji Xi and Ji Zhi left.
• The family doctor checked Ji the Old Master, found him alive despite broken ribs, and arranged to take him to the hospital.
• Ji Heng saw off the departing guests alone as they noticed the Ji Household's hosts were absent.
• Yan Xianjue told Mother Yan he was exhausted by the banquet, then thought that Ji the Old Master was paralyzed.

The Yan family discussed Yan Xianjue’s uncanny knowledge and learned how Yan Ci had profited from Lin Lang’s stock dealings. Yan Ci revealed that Lin Lang may have taken control of several Lin Corporation subsidiaries, leaving Yan Yi'an to consider what to do next.

• Yan Yi'an wondered how Yan Xianjue had learned that Ji the Old Master was paralyzed before the Ji Household sent an update.
• Yan Yi'an asked Yan Ci about the stocks, and Yan Ci admitted he had sold his shares after Yan Xianjue warned him about them.
• Yan Ci explained that Lin Lang had likely transferred several Lin Corporation subsidiaries into his own control and used that influence to win the heir assessment.
• Yan Wan suggested asking Yan Xianjue about the plot, but Mother Yan and the others agreed that his way of thinking was different from theirs.

Yan Wan persuaded the Yan family to consider helping Old Master Lin deal with Lin Lang, while they decided to learn more about the plot through Yan Xianjue’s usual warnings. Shen Fangli later told Yan Xianjue that Ji the Old Master was paralyzed and had traces of prohibited drugs in his body.

• Yan Wan explained that the Lin heirs’ subsidiaries belonged to the Lin Household and proposed helping Old Master Lin deal with Lin Lang.
• Yan Yi'an agreed that the idea was feasible and asked Yan Wan to prepare a proposal, so Yan Wan assigned the task to Yan Ci.
• Mother Yan suggested that the family simply listen for Yan Xianjue to bring up dangers involving them, as he usually did.
• After her call with Shen Fangli, Yan Xianjue learned that Ji Heng had told Father Shen the waiter had been taken by police and that the investigation was ongoing.
• Shen Fangli overheard the Ji Household's butler report that Ji the Old Master was paralyzed and had taken prohibited drugs that day.

Yan Xianjue told the Yan family that Ji the Old Master had been paralyzed after taking a banned drug, and they discussed the likely consequences for the Ji Household. The chapter left Ji Heng facing a challenge from his brothers at the next day’s board meeting.

• Yan Xianjue suspected members of the Ji Household of drugging Ji the Old Master, while Yan Ci and Yan Wan joked about his detective-style deductions.
• Yan Xianjue told the Yan family that Ji the Old Master had suffered paralysis from a banned drug that damaged his spinal nerves.
• Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci bickered after Yan Xianjue splashed water on him with his damp hair, and Yan Wan took Yan Xianjue’s side.
• Yan Yi'an redirected the siblings’ quarrel by predicting that Ji the Second, Ji the Third, and the other brothers would challenge Ji Heng at the board meeting.
• Father Yan and Yan Yi'an said Ji the Old Master had planned to bring Ji Heng to the meeting to help him control the challenge, but his paralysis left the brothers an opening.

Yan Xianjue considered the danger Ji Heng faced from Ji the Eldest, then dredged up Yan Ci’s absurd imagined character setting for him. After fearing Ji the Eldest might be a Dragon King protagonist, Yan Xianjue recalled no such plot and decided to help Ji Heng stay in power.

• Yan Xianjue warned the Yan family that Ji the Eldest was a dangerous rival and an enemy of Ji Heng.
• Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci bickered until Mother Yan reprimanded them, while Yan Yi'an held Yan Ci back.
• Yan Xianjue recalled Yan Ci’s imagined description of Ji the Eldest as a venomous adopted son who planned to seize the family business.
• Yan Xianjue wondered whether Ji the Eldest had a Dragon King’s Return script, and Yan Ci recoiled at the thought.
• Yan Xianjue recalled no such plot and declared that they had to help Ji Heng remain in charge.

Yan Xianjue and Yan Yi'an discussed Ji Household's power struggle while Ji Zhi and Ji Xi left the estate and returned home. Ji Zhi revealed a hidden black-and-white photograph and began explaining Ji Xi's name, ending with the revelation that she and his father had never planned to have a child.

• Yan Xianjue suspected Ji the Eldest might be trying to put Ji Xi in power, and Yan Ci argued that Ji Xi would never cooperate with him.
• Ji Xi watched Ji Zhi recover after they left Ji Household and warned her that Ji the Eldest seemed calculating.
• Ji Zhi and Ji Xi walked back to their tenement building, ignoring their neighbors' curious stares.
• Ji Zhi asked Ji Xi to take down a framed picture, then cut it open and revealed a hidden black-and-white photograph.
• Ji Zhi explained that Ji Xi's name was meant to be read together with hers, recalling that his father had misunderstood a phrase about kindred spirits.
• Ji Zhi told Ji Xi that she and his father had never planned to have a child.

Ji Zhi told Ji Xi how his father came from the underworld, died before Ji Xi could know him, and how she had brought Ji Xi to the Ji Household for safety. She explained that her work with Ji the Eldest was a mutual arrangement and ended by revealing that he was not the old master's son.

• Ji Zhi told Ji Xi that his father had been an underworld figure and that they had kept Ji Xi after he was conceived unexpectedly.
• Ji Zhi explained that her father had left evidence and a backup plan for her to seek shelter at the Ji Household if danger arose.
• Ji Zhi said Ji Xi's father had died, and she had brought his ashes to the Ji Household while heavily pregnant with help from his underworld brothers.
• Ji Xi asked whether Ji Zhi wanted revenge, but she said she had focused on raising him and did not know who had killed his father.
• Ji Zhi reassured Ji Xi that Ji the Eldest had no connection to his father and that they were using each other for their own purposes.
• Ji Zhi revealed that Ji the Eldest was not the old master's son.

Yan Xianjue and Zhou Ye discussed Ji Xi’s absence from school, the Ji Household’s troubles, and the upcoming variety show, then Yan Xianjue received a message from Ji Xi about its script. On the way to the company, Yan Xianjue worried that the altered events at the Ji Household’s banquet might affect the story’s future plot.

• Yan Xianjue told Zhou Ye that Ji Xi had taken proper leave and was likely handling Ji Household affairs, while Zhou Ye shared rumors about Ji the Old Master and Ji the Old Madam.
• Yan Xianjue said that if Ji Xi did not return in time for filming Straight-A Students' Daily Life, he would replace him with the second-ranked student, Lin Shi.
• Ji Xi messaged Yan Xianjue to ask if he had time and said he had obtained the variety show's script, prompting Yan Xianjue to invite Zhou Ye to join them.
• Zhou Ye left for a board meeting at the Zhou Clan, and Yan Xianjue went to the Yan Corporation in his family car.
• Yan Xianjue told Uncle Lu to drive to the company and considered how the changed events at the Ji Household's banquet might affect the later plot.

Ji Xi arranged a proper grave for his father and met Yan Xianjue to review a variety show script written for them as investors. Meanwhile, Yan Yi'an's department heads tried to claim Ji Xi as an intern, but the special assistant reminded them that Ji Xi belonged to Yan Xianjue.

• Ji Xi obtained a cremation certificate with help from the Ji Household and chose a double burial plot with Ji Zhi.
• Ji Xi met the variety show director and read a script that he later brought to Yan Xianjue at Yan Corporation.
• Yan Xianjue and Ji Xi discussed the script, which had been specially written for them because they were investors.
• Yan Yi'an stopped berating his department heads and told them to redo their work.
• The special assistant told the department heads that Ji Xi belonged to Yan Xianjue, but one senior employee still argued that his department needed staff.

Yan Xianjue sought help finding a scriptwriter, and the special assistant recommended Lei Xuan, whose wealthy father funded his scripts despite their repeated failures. The chapter ended with Yan Xianjue preparing to learn more about Lei Xuan’s work.

• Supervisor Liu tried to approach Yan Xianjue, but the special assistant blocked him and sent him away while the other supervisors distanced themselves from Liu.
• Yan Yi'an confirmed Yan Xianjue was at Chairman Yan’s office and told the special assistant to say he would go home with him after work.
• Yan Xianjue asked the special assistant to recommend someone who could write scripts, and Ji Xi clarified what he meant.
• The special assistant recommended Lei Xuan, explaining that Boss Lei financed every script his son wrote, though each production flopped.

Yan Xianjue asked Yan Yi'an to investigate whether the special assistant had ties to the Lin Household, then agreed to meet the unlucky screenwriter Lei Xuan over the weekend. At home, Yan Wan’s thoughts revealed that Ji the Eldest was not Ji the Old Master’s biological son, shocking the family.

• Yan Xianjue suspected the special assistant was a Lin Household spy but agreed to meet Lei Xuan after hearing that his scripts had repeatedly suffered bad luck.
• Yan Xianjue asked Yan Yi'an to check the special assistant’s connection to the Lin Household, and Yan Yi'an explained Lei Xuan’s history of failed investments and projects.
• Ji Xi talked at length about the Ji Household and promised to tell Yan Xianjue more when school started the following week.
• Yan Xianjue arrived home with Yan Yi'an and found Yan Ci there, while Yan Wan’s thoughts about Ji the Eldest startled the family.
• Yan Wan blamed Yan Ci for showing her and Father Yan a funny video after they choked and stumbled in reaction to her revelation.

Yan Xianjue’s family learned more about Ji Zhi’s intervention in the Ji family and the secrets surrounding Ji the Eldest. At dinner, Yan Xianjue revealed that Ji the Eldest had arranged for Ji the Old Master to be drugged, leaving the Yan family eager to hear more.

• Yan Ci and Yan Yi'an covered for their reactions to Yan Xianjue’s gossip, and Mother Yan sent him to wash his hands so they could recover.
• Yan Xianjue explained that Ji Zhi had used Ji the Eldest’s secrets to make him support Ji Heng, while a DNA report linking Ji the Eldest to the butler kept him from exposing his own parentage.
• Father Yan and Mother Yan realized Ji the Old Master had raised the butler’s son as his own and had paid Ji the Eldest’s expenses for years.
• At dinner, Yan Xianjue speculated that Ji Heng might need a paternity test, while Yan Yi'an noted that Ji Heng had handled the Ji Household crisis well.
• Yan Xianjue revealed that Ji the Eldest had planned for the butler to drug Ji the Old Master through Ji Yue, then had the butler do it after Ji Yue was taken away by police.

After Yan Ci explained that he had accepted a large settlement in the esports coach’s lawsuit, he gave Yan Xianjue five million and the Yan brothers offered him company shares. Yan Xianjue saw a new path to wealth, while Yan Wan asked them to include her next time.

• The Yan family discussed Ji Zhi’s clever counterattack and why Ji the Eldest had sided with Ji Heng rather than Ji Zhi.
• Yan Ci explained that the coach’s former teammate had agreed to settle the match-fixing lawsuit for money, so he stopped pursuing the case after making the coach pay heavily.
• Yan Ci told Yan Xianjue he had transferred him five million as compensation for helping uncover Li Yang’s addiction and the coach’s wrongdoing.
• Yan Yi'an offered Yan Xianjue shares in the solid-state lithium battery subsidiary, and Yan Ci offered him shares in a company he had taken from Lin Lang.
• Yan Xianjue reluctantly accepted the offers, while Yan Wan praised their new path to wealth and asked them to think of her next time.

Yan Wan questioned how much money the family gave Yan Xianjue, while Yan Yi'an defended the spending and encouraged her to stay in Shenzhen. Yan Yi'an’s warning about Yan Xianjue’s prediction of her broken leg gave Yan Wan the idea of finding someone else to suffer the injury in her place.

• Yan Wan pointed out that the family had given Yan Xianjue an excessive amount of pocket money, and Yan Ci agreed with her.
• Yan Yi'an defended giving Yan Xianjue money, arguing that the boy needed to build confidence and should not be seen as petty.
• Yan Ci returned to his training base after losing five million and receiving a packed fruit platter from the household staff.
• Yan Wan told Yan Yi'an that the family had changed, and he suggested she stay in Shenzhen while respecting her decision to think it over.
• Yan Yi'an reminded Yan Wan that Yan Xianjue's warning about her broken leg had come true, prompting her to consider having someone else break their leg in her place.

Yan Xianjue met screenwriter Lei Xuan to discuss a script, but Lei Xuan opened by confronting him about trying to push his father off Cloud Summit's top floor. The meeting began on an awkward note after Yan Xianjue mistook Lei Xuan's flamboyant outfit for a rainbow.

• Yan Xianjue worried that he had too much cash sitting idle and resolved to focus again on earning money so he could support his family if the Yan Household went bankrupt.
• Ji Xi contacted Lei Xuan to ask him to help write a script and arranged their meeting for Sunday, taking Yan Xianjue's physics homework schedule into account.
• Yan Xianjue arrived early after struggling with physics homework and ordered an extra-ice cold brew while waiting for Lei Xuan.
• When Lei Xuan arrived in bright, clashing clothes, Yan Xianjue said he saw a rainbow coming toward him, and Ji Xi corrected him that it was a person.
• Ji Xi introduced Lei Xuan to Young President Yan, and Lei Xuan immediately accused Yan Xianjue of wanting to start a company and force his father off Cloud Summit's top floor.

Yan Xianjue and Ji Xi met screenwriter Lei Xuan to discuss commissioning a script for Straight-A Students' Daily Life. Lei Xuan questioned the investment and suggested livestreaming Ji Xi's classes instead, while Yan Xianjue revealed he planned to use the show to advertise Yan Corporation.

• Lei Xuan ignored his assigned seat, sat beside Yan Xianjue, and praised his work before they began discussing the project.
• Ji Xi showed Lei Xuan the proposal and explained the script requirements, but Lei Xuan dismissed the idea as a likely industry joke.
• Yan Xianjue said he was investing only a million as a rich second-generation heir fooling around, leaving Lei Xuan unable to argue.
• Lei Xianjue learned that Ji Xi was eighteen and would become the company's CEO, then declined Yan Xianjue's assistant position after hearing its salary and demands.
• Lei Xuan suggested livestreaming Ji Xi's classes without a script, and Yan Xianjue explained that he wanted the show to promote Yan Corporation.

Yan Xianjue discussed how to promote Yan Corporation through a variety show with Lei Xuan, who suggested expanding the cast and using a sitcom format. Ji Xi read Lei Xuan’s script and praised its subject matter, leaving Yan Xianjue wondering whether it connected to the plot characters he kept encountering.

• Yan Xianjue explained that he wanted the show to promote Yan Corporation’s recruitment to the Top Students participating in it.
• Lei Xuan suggested adding more people and blending school scenes with a light sitcom about Ji Xi’s work at the company.
• Yan Xianjue rejected the idea of making Ji Xi perform comedy, and Ji Xi argued with Lei Xuan over his proposal.
• Lei Xuan presented the script he had brought along, and Ji Xi judged its format outdated but its subject matter well written.
• Yan Xianjue read the script and wondered whether it was connected to another plot character.

Yan Xianjue called Shen Fangli to invite her to consider playing the female lead in Lei Xuan’s script, then returned to the private room to tell Lei Xuan she was coming. Lei Xuan apologized after carelessly suggesting Yan Xianjue’s mother could appear in the production.

• Yan Xianjue left the private room and called Shen Fangli about Lei Xuan’s script and its female lead.
• Yan Xianjue told Shen Fangli to bring sunglasses when she came to Imperial Garden.
• Shen Fangli agreed to come meet them, and Yan Xianjue returned to the private room.
• Yan Xianjue told Lei Xuan that a classmate suited the female lead, and Lei Xuan eagerly agreed.
• Lei Xianjue realized his remark about Yan Xianjue’s mother was inappropriate, apologized, and Yan Xianjue accepted.

Shen Fangli met screenwriter Lei Xuan and read his script about a high school girl whose online fame leads her to consider burning her college admission notice. Yan Xianjue suggested she study Su Su to prepare for the role, leaving Shen Fangli wondering what had happened to Su Su and privately realizing Lei Xuan faced a grim future.

• Shen Fangli arrived at Yan Xianjue’s private room and found Lei Xuan waiting with Ji Xi.
• Shen Fangli read Lei Xuan’s script and recognized why Yan Xianjue thought the heroine suited her.
• Lei Xuan advised Shen Fangli to study Su Su for the role, while Yan Xianjue hinted that Lei Xuan would suffer after working with her.
• Shen Fangli recalled sending her second aunt to the police station with Fang Qin and wondered whether Su Su was another victim of the original novel.
• Shen Fangli wore her father’s sunglasses after Yan Xianjue laughed at her excuse, then heard his thoughts predicting Lei Xuan would be burned by one of Su Su’s fans.

Yan Xianjue questioned Lei Xuan’s budget and investment needs for his series, then continued considering working with him despite Ji Xi’s doubts. As Lei Xuan went to call his father, Yan Xianjue revealed through his thoughts that Lei Xuan would later become a successful variety-show producer, though Su Su would bring him trouble.

• Ji Xi asked Lei Xuan about his budget, and Lei Xuan estimated the series would cost five million.
• Yan Xianjue explained that five million would leave too little for each episode and promotion, and asked whether Lei Xuan could find other investors.
• Shen Fangli’s stomach growled, so Yan Xianjue handed her an iPad to order food before returning to the investment discussion.
• Lei Xuan said he would call Boss Lei to ask how much money he needed.
• After Lei Xuan left, Ji Xi questioned Yan Xianjue’s confidence in him, and Yan Xianjue thought about Lei Xuan’s future success in variety shows.