Recaps

Yan Xianjue exposed the Lin Household’s effort to keep Lin Rui’s critical condition quiet, then discussed his investment and variety-show plans with the Yan Household. After struggling to name his new company, he decided to call it Random Investment Co., Ltd.

• Yan Xianjue explained that the Lin Household would not dare deny Lin Rui’s condition while it investigated the leak, then went swimming with Yan Ci and splashed around with him.
• At dinner, Yan Xianjue claimed he had helped Lin Shi spread Lin Rui’s critical condition notice for free, and the Yan Household questioned his explanation.
• Yan Xianjue discussed filming his variety show at Cloud Summit and proposed livestreaming his furniture choices.
• Yan Yi'an reminded Yan Xianjue to name his new company, but Yan Xianjue spent the night failing to come up with an idea.
• After the physics quiz, Yan Xianjue took Zhou Ye’s suggestion to choose a random name literally and settled on Random Investment Co., Ltd.

Yan Xianjue and Zhou Ye discussed the Lin Household scandal, Lin Shi’s response, and the fate awaiting Lin Shuo. The chapter ended with Shen Fangli questioning the forgiving endings of redemption-novel heroes.

• Yan Xianjue defended the company name he had chosen, and Zhou Ye accepted that Ji Xi would have to live with it.
• Zhou Ye confronted Yan Xianjue for failing to meet him at the Lin Household, and they discussed Lin Rui’s scandal and how he had brought it on himself.
• Yan Xianjue told Zhou Ye that Lin Shi would know what had happened to Lin Rui, while they speculated about the families backing Lin Shi’s school lackeys.
• Yan Xianjue recalled the original plot, in which Lin Shuo and Mother Lin ended up in a psychiatric hospital, and suspected Lin Shi planned to send both his parents to the police.
• Shen Fangli reflected that the redemption novels she had read made male leads forgive those who had harmed them, which she found implausible.

Yan Xianjue discussed his physics quiz and plans to attend university close to home, then told Shen Fangli and Zhou Ye he wanted them to help pick furniture for a company tied to their investment in a struggling variety show. He left Zhou Ye unwilling to join the recording, though Zhou agreed to invest when asked.

• Yan Xianjue surprised Zhou Ye by saying he thought he might pass the physics quiz after studying Shen Fangli's memorization materials.
• Yan Xianjue explained that he planned to attend university in Shenzhen so he could stay close to his parents and live comfortably.
• Yan Xianjue invited Shen Fangli and Zhou Ye to shop next week because the variety show's poor reception had made its director eager for investment.
• Shen Fangli complained that the three recorded episodes were so dull they had improved her sleep, while Yan Xianjue said he would help pick furniture for the new company.
• Zhou Ye declined to attend the recording but agreed to invest when the time came.

Yan Xianjue and Ji Xi dealt with the variety show's unexpected filming in their classroom while Yan Xianjue struggled with his physics test. The chapter ended with Yan Xianjue reacting to Yan Ci's teasing messages by sending him knife stickers.

• Yan Xianjue wondered whether Su Su would come looking for Ji Xi, but Ji Xi said she would not and reminded him the variety show was filming.
• The director brought the crew into the classroom, hoping to improve the show's weak audience engagement, while viewers commented on the students' classroom routine.
• Yan Xianjue sent red packets to the class group and explained that Ji Xi was filming a variety show, drawing more curious looks toward Ji Xi.
• Ji Xi pointed out that Yan Xianjue had confused the Right-Hand Rule with Ampère's Rule and scored only 59 on his physics test.
• Shen Fangli reassured Yan Xianjue that he had improved, but Yan Ci teased him about failing and missing the promised celebration, so Yan Xianjue sent him two kitchen-knife stickers.

Yan Xianjue received lavish gifts and reassurance from his family after scoring fifty-nine on his physics test, leaving Shen Fangli and Ji Xi unable to comfort him. Ji Xi objected to the crew filming Yan Xianjue’s private messages and said the legal department would contact the director.

• Shen Fangli gave up trying to find another point on Yan Xianjue’s physics paper, and Ji Xi joined her in telling him to try harder next time.
• Yan Xianjue received messages from his father, mother, older brother, and older sister offering a celebratory dinner, a seaside villa, money, and a choice of jeweled tie pins.
• Ji Xi began correcting Yan Xianjue’s paper while the livestream viewers reacted to the family’s extravagant gifts.
• Ji Xi covered the camera and told the director that filming Yan Xianjue’s private messages violated his privacy.
• Yan Xianjue agreed with Ji Xi, and Shen Fangli explained that the legal department would contact the director.

Ji Xi confronted the director for secretly filming his classmates and insisted the crew treat him like the other guests. He then took the production crew to film the school promotional video, leaving Shen Fangli to correct Yan Xianjue’s papers and wondering whether Ji Xi filming with Su Su would be all right.

• The director offered Ji Xi’s classmates an appearance bonus to justify filming them, but Ji Xi rejected the idea and criticized the director for secretly capturing private moments.
• Ji Xi told the director he was not entering the entertainment industry and demanded to be filmed like everyone else.
• Yan Xianjue suggested that Ji Xi take the crew to film the school promotional video while Shen Fangli corrected his papers, and Shen Fangli eagerly agreed.
• Ji Xi arranged the filming location and time with the vice principal, informed Yan Xianjue, and led the crew out of the classroom.
• Shen Fangli asked Yan Xianjue whether Ji Xi filming the promotional video with Su Su would be all right, and Yan Xianjue dismissed her concern.

Ji Xi returned to Yan Xianjue after confronting Su Su about his past, while Yan Xianjue took him to Prestige to choose furniture for his office. As the livestream chat argued over Ji Xi’s background, Lei Xuan arrived to advise them on the furniture.

• Su Su tried to shame Ji Xi over his poverty, but Ji Xi asked whether he had been the only poor student in the Top Student Class, and she fled.
• Yan Xianjue noticed Ji Xi’s sour mood and handed him a furniture catalog for his new office at Prestige.
• The livestream viewers recognized Prestige and argued over Ji Xi’s family and past, prompting the director to plan a discreet warning.
• Lei Xuan arrived at Prestige after recommending the store, saying he wanted to experience working upstairs from his dad.

Yan Xianjue, Shen Fangli, and Ji Xi were stunned when Lei Xuan arrived at the livestream in garish rainbow hair and clothes, bringing along the newly restyled director Yao Weiran. After the group decided to choose furniture instead of going out, the viewers began speculating that Ji Xi might be working for the wealthy Yan Xianjue.

• Yan Xianjue had signed Lei Xuan and Yao Weiran, and the livestream chat continued arguing about Ji Xi’s finances and hardship subsidies.
• Lei Xuan arrived with rainbow-colored hair, shocking Yan Xianjue, Shen Fangli, Ji Xi, the production crew, and the livestream viewers.
• Lei Xuan read the chat, joked with viewers about his outfit, and called Yan Xianjue his boss.
• Yan Xianjue asked why Yao Weiran’s hair had been changed, and Lei Xuan explained that he had wanted the director to look more suited to the entertainment industry.
• Yan Xianjue ended the outing early because they had school the next day, and a manager led them to view furniture sets.
• Viewers discussed Yan Xianjue’s apparent wealth and pointed out the high cost of the disposable towels he wore on his wrist.

Yan Ci entered Ji Xi’s livestream and spent heavily to defend Yan Xianjue’s towel, while Lei Xuan’s supporters flooded the comments with praise for his taste. Meanwhile, Lin Shi secretly injected an unknown medication into the unconscious Lin Rui and waited for him to wake.

• Yan Ci saw viewers call Yan Xianjue’s custom towel fake and angrily sent a wave of gifts to clear the livestream comments.
• Yan Ci used his verified account to call the commenters idiots and revealed that the livestream platform belonged to his family.
• The director worried that viewers had stopped watching the furniture segment, but new accounts flooded the stream to defend Lei Xuan’s taste.
• Lei Xuan laughed at the comments, and Yan Xianjue realized his second brother had sent the gifts to insult the viewers.
• Lin Shi entered Lin Rui’s ICU room, injected him with an unknown medication, and sat down to wait for him to wake.

Lin Shi taunted his dying father, Lin Rui, with the fallout from the scandal and admitted that he had engineered it. After threatening to destroy the Lin Household, Lin Shi left Lin Rui in the ICU with the doctor who had arranged for him to be a test subject.

• Lin Shi told Lin Rui that his mother would not go to prison, Li Shuo had been sent abroad, and the family had arranged their divorce and burial plots.
• Lin Shi revealed that Lin Lang would become CEO of Lin Corporation and that the Lin Household's shares had been divided among Lin Shi, Lin Lang, and the Yan Household.
• Lin Rui recognized Lin Shi's role in the scandal, and Lin Shi admitted he had caused it to ensure Lin Rui would be remembered.
• Lin Rui asked whether Lin Shi hated him, and Lin Shi said he hated the Lin Household and would make it accompany him to the grave.
• Lin Shi left the ICU and told the doctor he had forgotten to observe the drug's effects, while the doctor went in to examine Lin Rui.

Lin Shi learned that Lin Rui had died after enduring the effects of the drug Lin Shi developed, then discovered a livestream where Yan Ci and Lei Xuan were flooding the comments with boastful messages. Yan Xianjue tried to rein in Yan Ci by threatening to tell their mother, leaving Shen Fangli and the others stunned.

• Lin Shi waited outside the ICU while the doctor recorded Lin Rui's condition and explained that the experimental drug was keeping him awake in pain.
• Lin Rui died, and Lin Shi confirmed his death with the doctor before leaving the hospital.
• Lin Shi checked his phone in his car and opened a trending topic about Yan Ci, which led him to a livestream.
• Yan Ci and Lei Xuan overwhelmed the livestream comments with messages praising Lei Xuan's taste, frustrating the director.
• Yan Xianjue called Yan Ci and threatened to tell their mother if he kept causing trouble, while Shen Fangli realized he genuinely thought of that as a way to handle his brother.

Yan Xianjue and Lei Xuan’s phone calls filled the livestream with their fathers’ antics, while the show’s comments and broadcast effects overwhelmed the director. Ji Xi quietly signed off on expensive furniture as Lin Shi responded to a viewer questioning Ji Xi’s wealth by sending gifts and pinning a comment.

• Yan Xianjue refused Yan Ci’s request, then learned Yan Ci had bought promotion for the show, prompting the director to restart the broadcast.
• Lei Xuan called Boss Lei, who admitted hiring trolls and complained about insults before Lei Xuan begged him to rein in his powers.
• The director’s assistant reported that the comments had returned to normal, and viewers noticed Ji Xi signing documents for a costly bed and lounge furniture.
• Lin Shi saw a comment questioning whether Ji Xi was really poor, sent forty spaceship gifts, and pinned the message, “Ji Xi is an impoverished student.”

Ji Xi clarified during the livestream that he received a scholarship, not financial aid, and answered viewers’ questions about his job and pay. After he rejoined Yan Xianjue at the furniture store, Yan Xianjue remarked that Shen Fangli and Yao Weiran were still his least troublesome companions.

• Lin Shi posted a comment implying Yan Ci had something to reveal, and the livestream viewers speculated about Ji Xi’s finances.
• Shen Fangli showed Ji Xi the viewers’ questions about whether he was a student in financial need, prompting him to address them on camera.
• Ji Xi explained that he received a scholarship and that his school did not offer financial aid.
• Ji Xi told viewers that Yan Xianjue was paying for furniture for their new office and described his demanding job and salary.
• Yan Xianjue handed the payment card to the store manager, and after Ji Xi returned, he told Shen Fangli that she and Yao Weiran were still the least troublesome.

After the livestream, Yan Xianjue and Ji Xi discussed the successful recording, while business figures debated Yan Xianjue’s new venture and underestimated his resources. Old Wang privately explained that Yan Xianjue had strong ties to the Ji Household and President Yan, and warned his nephew not to get involved in any schemes.

• Ji Xi received his wrap-up bonus, and Yan Xianjue teased him about filming another variety show.
• Several entertainment-industry figures discussed Yan Xianjue’s livestream and doubted that his small operation could succeed.
• Old Wang reminded the group that Yan Xianjue had spent far more than a million on furniture and that they would still need to show him respect.
• After the others left, Secretary Wang asked why Old Wang had defended Yan Xianjue, and Old Wang scolded him for missing Yan Xianjue’s connections to the Ji Household and President Yan.
• Old Wang told Secretary Wang that he would not get involved in anyone’s schemes against Yan Xianjue and considered hiring a professional manager to run the family business.

After attending Lin Rui’s memorial service, Yan Wan showed Yan Xianjue that his variety show was trending again because netizens had linked Lei Xuan to Boss Lei and uncovered his company’s paid commenters. The insurance company responded with a giveaway featuring Lei Xuan’s selfies, leaving the Yan family stunned and netizens willing to praise him for cash.

• Yan Wan found a trending post revealing that an employee had earned extra pay by using alternate accounts to act as paid commenters for her boss’s son.
• Netizens connected the post’s clues to Boss Lei and Lei Xuan, then speculated about Lei Xuan’s wealth and Yan Xianjue’s background.
• Yan Wan showed Yan Xianjue the trending discussion while the Yan family waited after Lin Rui’s memorial service.
• The insurance company posted nine selfies of Lei Xuan and offered cash prizes to commenters who praised him sincerely.
• Yan Wan read comments from netizens admitting that the ten-thousand-yuan prize could change their taste and conscience.

Yan Xianjue tried to use the show’s brief burst of attention to connect with other top students, while Ji Xi handled recruitment plans and explained that he was visiting the Ji Household. Yan Xianjue learned that Ji Heng had already posted a statement defending Ji Xi, but almost nobody had believed it.

• Yan Xianjue dismissed the show’s sudden attention as temporary and asked Ji Xi to contact the other top students, sending him money for a red packet.
• Yan Wan questioned why Yan Xianjue had to pay Ji Xi directly, and Yan Xianjue realized he had never checked whether the company had an accountant or staff.
• Ji Xi called Yan Xianjue and said hiring would begin after the Gaokao, once they moved to Cloud Summit, and that the other guests would learn the workflow at Yan Corporation headquarters.
• Ji Xi told Yan Xianjue he was at the Ji Household, surprising him because Ji Xi and his mother had been living near Cloud Summit.
• Yan Xianjue learned that viewers had reported Ji Xi after Lin Shi’s livestream comment raised doubts about his background, prompting Ji Heng to issue a statement that few people took seriously.
• At the equestrian grounds, Yan Xianjue asked Ji Xi why he had gone to the Ji Household.

Yan Xianjue heard that Ji the Old Master was brain-dead, then visited a horse ranch with his family and met Zhou Ye. Zhou Ye told him how Lin Shi had humiliated Lin Lang at Lin Rui’s memorial service, leaving Lin Lang injured and the guests suspecting him of involvement in Lin Rui’s death.

• Yan Xianjue told his family that Ji the Old Master was brain-dead, and they discussed the Ji Household’s likely decision to continue treatment and the consequences for Ji Yue’s youngest son.
• Yan Xianjue arrived at the ranch, where Little Gold Ingot and her mother competed for his attention, while Yan Wan stayed behind because she was not riding.
• At Lin Rui’s memorial service, Lin Lang made business deals with Lin Rui’s former partners and excluded Lin Shi, who quietly watched from the sidelines.
• Lin Shi tapped his fingers, causing the lights to go out and Lin Rui’s portrait to glow green; in the confusion, Lin Lang was shoved into the platform and injured his forehead.
• Zhou Ye told Yan Xianjue that Lin Lang stayed until the guests had left and that people suspected he had caused Lin Rui’s death; Yan Xianjue regretted leaving the service early.

Yan Xianjue and Zhou Ye joked while riding horses, and Zhou Ye learned that Yan Xianjue had tamed Goldie through their long bond. Meanwhile, Lin Lang suspected Lin Shi had caused the memorial portrait incident and ordered an investigation into who had pushed him, though surveillance showed him falling alone.

• Yan Xianjue and Zhou Ye agreed not to bring up each other's embarrassing childhood stories, then joked about Yan Xianjue bringing his family along to ride.
• Yan Xianjue called out to Goldie, who chased Zhou Ye around the ranch before settling at his command.
• Zhou Ye asked whether Yan Xianjue had tamed a fierce horse with his looks, and Yan Xianjue's reaction confirmed the rumor.
• Lin Lang found his living room in disarray and told his assistant to clean it up.
• Lin Lang's assistant suggested Lin Shi might have caused the memorial portrait incident, and Lin Lang said he already knew.
• Lin Lang ordered his assistant to investigate who had pushed him, though surveillance footage showed him falling without anyone behind him.

Yan Xianjue joked with the Yan Household, helped Ji Xi recruit for their company, and watched as exam pressure and work piled up. When dirt about Yao Weiran resurfaced online, Yan Xianjue asked Ji Xi to register him a verified account so he could respond.

• Yan Xianjue shared the Lin Household's latest scandal with the Yan Household, and Yan Wan praised Lin Shi for being decisive.
• Ji Xi focused on building the company and told Yan Xianjue that two prospective recruits hesitated over the salary and on-call demands; Yan Xianjue offered travel reimbursement and accommodation.
• Yan Xianjue grew restless about the approaching Gaokao, while Ji Xi made him study physics and took notes on his workplace demands.
• Yan Xianjue suggested that Lei Xuan recruit Top Student guests for his travel variety show and hire more staff to ease the workload.
• Ji Xi told Yan Xianjue that dirt about Yao Weiran had appeared online and that the school's plagiarism-expulsion notice remained posted; Lei Xuan was already arguing with critics online.
• Yan Xianjue asked Ji Xi to register him a verified account, while Ji Xi recalled Ji Heng's earlier stunt and grew annoyed.

At the Yan household dinner, Yan Ci explained the backlash he faced after arguing with fans, while Yan Xianjue revealed his plans for the Youth Training Camp and discussed the trouble involving Yao Weiran. Elsewhere, Yao Weiran’s former mentor and the mentor’s son considered a paid article, leaving their next move unresolved.

• Yan Ci told the Yan family that he had sold all three players on his team and explained that he had spent the night trading insults with fans, losing over five hundred thousand followers and offending much of the esports circle.
• Yan Xianjue worried that Yan Ci might have sold the Youth Training Camp’s lottery tickets, then asked to join the trainees at summer tournament preliminaries; Yan Ci agreed.
• Yan Xianjue reassured his family that Yao Weiran’s trouble was minor and privately regretted that the attack had not generated more publicity to exploit later.
• In another city, a young man asked his father whether buying a paid article would work, and his father argued that Yao Weiran could not be silenced with money.

Zhao Jiazheng urged Zhao Siji to accept the entertainment industry's compromises and let Yao Weiran be suppressed. Meanwhile, Ji Xi helped Yan Xianjue launch an account, and Yan Xianjue publicly accused Zhao Jiazheng of buying paid articles, drawing online attention.

• Zhao Jiazheng told Zhao Siji that people without family backing could not survive in the industry by keeping their hands clean.
• Ji Xi declined the special assistant's imagined offer of a lifetime contract and returned to the apartment Yan Xianjue had provided.
• Ji Zhi offered Ji Xi tremella and goji berry soup, then invited him to watch a variety show with her.
• Ji Xi opened Yan Xianjue's newly registered account and saw a post accusing Zhao Jiazheng of buying paid articles and stealing.
• Yan Ci reposted Yan Xianjue's accusation and tagged Zhao Jiazheng, prompting netizens to speculate about the director.

Yan Xianjue directed Lei Xuan to provoke Zhao Jiazheng into responding online while he sought evidence against him and a way to expose his wrongdoing. He pressured Lin Shi into lending him a hacker, and Lin Shi agreed on the condition that the request go through him.

• Lei Xuan reposted Yan Xianjue’s post identifying Zhao Jiazheng and called to ask about Yao Weiran’s past.
• Yan Xianjue told Lei Xuan to keep provoking Zhao Jiazheng online and ask Yao Weiran whether he wanted public revenge.
• Yan Xianjue called Lin Shi and ordered him to lend a hacker.
• Yan Xianjue threatened to reveal that Lin Shi had killed his father, and Lin Shi admitted it while denying that the death had benefited him.
• Lin Shi agreed to lend Yan Xianjue a hacker, provided Yan Xianjue dealt with him through Lin Shi.

Yan Xianjue delegated Yao Weiran’s case to Lei Xuan and Hacker Lord while focusing on his Gaokao studies. After school, Shen Fangli’s cousin Fang Zhiyuan attacked them and demanded that she support him, so Yan Xianjue ordered Uncle Lu to silence him and move him away from the school entrance.

• Yan Xianjue and Lin Shi traded barbs over the demands Yan Xianjue had prepared and whether he could protect his companions.
• Yan Xianjue entrusted Yao Weiran’s matter to Lei Xuan and Hacker Lord as he prepared for the Gaokao.
• Yan Xianjue studied with Shen Fangli and Zhou Ye, then kicked down a tall man who lunged at them outside the school.
• Shen Fangli recognized the attacker as her cousin Fang Zhiyuan, who blamed her for his mother’s imprisonment and demanded she support him.
• Yan Xianjue told Uncle Lu to make Fang Zhiyuan shut up, and Uncle Lu forced him to his knees and dislocated his jaw.
• Yan Xianjue directed Uncle Lu to take Fang Zhiyuan into a nearby alley.

Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli questioned Fang Zhiyuan after he tried to make her pay his gambling debts. Yan had Fang Zhiyuan’s wrist broken, while Shen Fangli refused to help him.

• After Zhou Ye left, Shen Fangli told Yan Xianjue she barely knew Fang Zhiyuan and wondered how he had found her at school.
• Uncle Lu told Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli that Fang Zhiyuan owed money and had approached her to pay his gambling debts.
• Shen Fangli explained that Fang Zhiyuan had taken more than a million from her second aunt, and Yan Xianjue suspected he had gambled it away and borrowed more.
• Fang Zhiyuan insulted Shen Fangli and threatened her with family pressure, so Yan Xianjue ordered Uncle Lu to punch him.
• Fang Zhiyuan admitted he needed money to repay people threatening his life, but Shen Fangli refused to pay his debts.
• Yan Xianjue stepped on Fang Zhiyuan’s wrist and broke it, and Shen Fangli remarked that the rule of law had saved him from being killed.

Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli restrained Fang Zhiyuan and uncovered that Su Su had sent him to find Shen Fangli for money. They called the police, and Yan Xianjue urged Fang Zhiyuan to tell them how Su Su had tried to redirect trouble toward Shen Fangli.

• Yan Xianjue broke Fang Zhiyuan's other hand, and Shen Fangli asked how they should deal with him.
• Yan Xianjue suggested handing Fang Zhiyuan over to his creditors, but Shen Fangli rejected the idea and called for conventional methods.
• Yan Xianjue had Uncle Lu remove the towel, and Fang Zhiyuan confessed that Su Su had told him where and when to find Shen Fangli.
• Yan Xianjue realized Su Su may have sent Fang Zhiyuan to redirect trouble toward Shen Fangli after he asked her for money.
• Shen Fangli told Yan Xianjue to call the police, and he sent his phone recording to an officer.
• Yan Xianjue kicked Fang Zhiyuan down and told him what to say to the police about Su Su's scheme.