Recaps

After Su Su was detained over the incident involving Fang Zhiyuan, Lin Shi bailed her out and brought her back to school. Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli suspected Lin Shi had helped her, and Su Su approached Shen Fangli claiming there might be a misunderstanding between them.

• Su Su was taken away from school after the police acted on the recording Yan Xianjue had sent them, and Shen Fangli hoped she would stay away until the Gaokao.
• A few days later, Yan Xianjue learned that Su Su had been bailed out, while Zhou Ye suggested Lin Shi might have arranged it.
• Lin Shi arrived with Su Su and told Yan Xianjue he had bailed out his girlfriend, while Su Su privately resented having been detained for nearly seven days.
• Shen Fangli arrived, laughed at Su Su's self-satisfied expression, and joked with Zhou Ye about missing tennis.
• Su Su approached Shen Fangli and said there might be a misunderstanding between them.

Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue confronted Su Su over her accusations and Fang Zhiyuan’s recording, while Lin Shi stayed back and watched. After Yan Xianjue left, Lin Shi warned Su Su not to provoke him and threatened to end their relationship if she did.

• Shen Fangli challenged Su Su to repay Fang Zhiyuan’s gambling debts and alluded to how Su Su’s mother had once paid her debts.
• Yan Xianjue played Fang Zhiyuan’s recording and warned Su Su that the Yan Household’s legal department would act against her if she spread rumors.
• Yan Xianjue left with Shen Fangli and Zhou Ye, telling Lin Shi to keep Su Su under control.
• Su Su complained to Lin Shi about Yan Xianjue, but Lin Shi mocked her assumptions about his status and her loyalty to him.
• Lin Shi warned Su Su not to provoke Yan Xianjue and threatened to break up with her, leaving Su Su pleading with him not to end their relationship.

Yan Xianjue returned to class with Shen Fangli and later ordered Ji Xi to have Su Su sued for defamation and to challenge the school's failure to punish her. He recognized that Lin Shi had provoked him deliberately, but decided to play along for his own benefit, leaving Ji Xi to figure out how to counter Lin Shi.

• Shen Fangli regretted letting Su Su go, but Zhou Ye and Yan Xianjue assured her they would retaliate.
• Yan Xianjue told Shen Fangli not to break character and reassured her that he would handle Lin Shi's maneuvering.
• Yan Xianjue returned late to physics class, where Ji Xi passed him his completed notes without asking why.
• After class, Yan Xianjue ordered Ji Xi to sue Su Su for defamation and confront the school over her lack of punishment.
• Ji Xi pointed out that Lin Shi had deliberately provoked Yan Xianjue, and Yan Xianjue admitted he would play along because it served their interests.

The Yan siblings discussed Lin Shi’s strategy to convince Old Master Lin that he had no ties to the Yan Household, while Yan Xianjue refused to follow the script Lin Shi had set for him. Yan Yi'an observed that the Lin Household’s members all seemed to play similar political games.

• Yan Yi'an praised Yan Xianjue for suing Su Su and resisting Lin Shi without acting impulsively, while Yan Ci struggled to understand the situation.
• Yan Wan, Yan Xianjue, and Yan Yi'an explained that Lin Shi was deliberately provoking Yan Xianjue to make himself appear loyal to Old Master Lin and estranged from the Yan Household.
• Yan Xianjue said he would not cooperate with Lin Shi’s plans and argued that the Yan Household and Yan Corporation should also distance themselves from Lin Shi.
• Yan Ci reasoned that Su Su might benefit from playing along with Lin Shi, but Yan Xianjue said Lin Shi would turn against anyone who tried to use him.
• Yan Yi'an remarked that the people in the Lin Household all loved playing political games, prompting his siblings to stare at him.

Yan Yi'an explained how Lin Lang had been raised by Lin Rui before turning against him to seize control of two subsidiaries. After Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci left, Yan Wan teased Yan Yi'an about treating Xianjue like a son, and he admitted he could not imagine starting a family.

• Yan Yi'an told Yan Xianjue, Yan Ci, and Yan Wan that Lin Rui had raised Lin Lang like a son and felt especially betrayed when Lin Lang challenged him.
• Yan Yi'an explained that Lin Lang had seized two important subsidiaries from Lin Rui after joining Lin Corporation, believing that following Lin Rui would leave him with no future.
• Yan Yi'an ended the family conversation and reminded Yan Xianjue to keep a regular schedule before the Gaokao.
• Yan Wan reminded Yan Ci that he had once nearly been beaten for wanting to drop out and pursue professional esports, so Yan Ci left with Yan Xianjue.
• Yan Wan teased Yan Yi'an about treating Xianjue like a son, and Yan Yi'an said he could not imagine starting a family.

Yan Wan joked with Yan Yi'an about fantastical novel-like events and learned their parents had refused to arrange a blind date for him. Yan Xianjue monitored the case against Zhao Jiazheng and received a potentially useful video from Lin Shi, who showed up at the Yan Household.

• Yan Yi'an told Yan Wan that their mother had refused to arrange a blind date for him when he was eighteen.
• Yan Xianjue checked his post about Zhao Jiazheng and replied to a commenter that works did not equal character.
• Yan Xianjue noted that Su Su had settled down after warnings from him and Lin Shi.
• Lin Shi met Yan Xianjue during his jog and gave him a USB drive containing a video of Zhao Jiazheng at a niche outdoor group activity.
• Yan Xianjue refused Lin Shi’s request to enter the Yan Household and sent him back to his car.

Lin Shi confronted Old Master Lin after returning home and discovered that his grandfather had learned about Su Su and wanted him to break up with her. Lin Shi rejected his grandfather’s matchmaking plans and ended the argument by declaring that he liked Su Su.

• Lin Shi deflected Old Master Lin’s questions about his trip south and suspected that his movements were being monitored.
• Old Master Lin ordered Lin Shi to break up with Su Su, offering her a severance payment.
• Lin Shi mocked his grandfather by recalling the Lin family’s failed arranged engagement and challenged him about his parents’ marriage.
• Old Master Lin dismissed Lin Shi’s mother as a servant and claimed Su Su’s birth characters were incompatible with Lin Shi’s.
• Old Master Lin revealed that he had prepared young maids as potential matches for Lin Shi and told him to choose two from a list.
• Lin Shi stood up to his grandfather, insisted that he already had a girlfriend, and declared that Su Su had the right to join the family because he liked her.

Lin Shi learned that Old Master Lin planned to pressure Shen Fangli’s father into marrying his daughter to Lin Shi, then escaped after agreeing to keep quiet and considered visiting his mother in the psychiatric hospital. Meanwhile, Yan Xianjue’s family briefly cared for a rescued baby sloth before the Forestry Bureau collected it.

• Old Master Lin urged Lin Shi to accept an arranged marriage and revealed that Shen Fangli’s father’s daughter had been considered as a match, with plans to pressure her family through business dealings.
• Lin Shi realized Old Master Lin had reached a final decision about Lin Rui, then excused himself and resolved to lie low while considering selling information to Yan Xianjue.
• Lin Shi decided he should visit his mother at the psychiatric hospital.
• Yan Xianjue and his parents examined a rescued baby sloth, and Mother Yan explained it would stay only until the Forestry Bureau arrived.
• The Forestry Bureau collected the baby sloth and its supplies before dinner, relieving Yan Xianjue.

Yan Xianjue's family accompanied him to his Gaokao exam, teasing him with Yan Shan's photograph and encouraging him to borrow her academic genius halo. They arrived early at the test center, where Yan Xianjue waited calmly until someone knocked on the car window.

• Yan Xianjue came downstairs to find his family gathered for breakfast and learned that they planned to accompany him to the test center.
• Yan Ci placed a photograph of Yan Shan in her empty seat, startling Yan Xianjue and making him feel watched throughout breakfast.
• Yan Wan handed Yan Xianjue Yan Shan's photograph and told him to borrow her academic genius glow.
• Father Yan and Yan Yi'an rode separately while the rest of the family took Yan Xianjue to the test center, bringing an RV for his lunch breaks during the exams.
• Yan Xianjue waited in the car as Mother Yan reassured him and Father Yan handed him his exam documents, then someone knocked on the window.

Yan Xianjue took his Gaokao exams with his family waiting anxiously outside, then finished his final English paper. The Yan family began looking for an easy university major near home that would not require physics.

• Yan Xianjue entered the exam hall after his family saw him off and teased him about the possibility of retaking the Gaokao.
• Yan Wan asked whether they should tell Yan Xianjue that Shanshan was coming back, but Yan Yi'an said Shanshan wanted to surprise him.
• After his first exam, Yan Xianjue told Mother Yan that the essay topic came from Chapter Four of the Laozi and that he had seen it in Grandpa's handwritten notes.
• The Yan family waited outside for each exam, and Mother Yan celebrated when Yan Xianjue finished English.
• Yan Yi'an arranged for his special assistant to research universities and majors that were close to home, had few classes, and required no physics.

Yan Xianjue learned that Zhao Siji’s exposed alt account had fueled suspicion around him, while Zhao Jiazheng stayed silent as he prepared for a charity gala. Yan Xianjue decided to attend the gala and told Lei Xuan to let Yao Weiran’s evidence spread naturally online.

• Lei Xuan told Yan Xianjue that Zhao Siji’s alt account had been exposed and deleted, making more netizens believe the accusations.
• Lei Xuan revealed that Zhao Jiazheng planned to donate two million at a charity gala in two days to repair his reputation.
• Yan Xianjue agreed to attend the gala, hoping Zhao Jiazheng’s donation would fail to restore public opinion.
• Lei Xuan explained that Yao Weiran lacked strong legal evidence but had social media records showing he scouted the locations used in Zhao Siji’s graduation project.
• Yan Xianjue told Lei Xuan not to suppress the story or buy trending searches, and to let netizens uncover Yao Weiran’s evidence themselves.

Yan Xianjue announced he would attend a charity gala, prompting his family to make excuses to join him while hiding their real reasons. He planned to protect Yao Weiran from the fate that had made him a stepping stone in the novel.

• Yan Xianjue told his family he would attend the charity gala at Cloud Summit Hotel, and Yan Ci, Yan Yi'an, and Yan Wan each gave reasons they would be there too.
• Yan Xianjue grew suspicious of his family's behavior, but Mother Yan diverted his attention by criticizing Yan Ci's shaky grip on his chopsticks.
• Yan Ci warned Yan Xianjue that Yao Weiran might get banned after being signed, and Yan Xianjue said he already had a plan.
• Yan Xianjue recalled that Yao Weiran's posthumous work had once boosted Su Su's career and thought she would not get that opportunity this time because he was still alive.

At a charity gala, Yan Xianjue’s family met Yan Wan’s former dance partner, Zhuang Yuefeng, who had brought Ruan Baibai and tried to explain their relationship. Yan Xianjue’s thoughts revealed that Zhuang Yuefeng had caused Yan Wan’s career-ending injury, and the family braced for Yan Wan to confront him.

• The Yan family arrived at the charity gala, where host Zhuang Yushu warmly welcomed them.
• Yan Xianjue looked for Zhao Jiazheng, then noticed Zhuang Yushu bringing his cousin Zhuang Yuefeng to meet Yan Wan.
• The Yan family reacted with displeasure when Zhuang Yuefeng called Yan Wan “Wanwan” and begged her to hear his explanation.
• Zhuang Yuefeng claimed Ruan Baibai was only a junior schoolmate, leaving her shocked and hurt.
• Yan Xianjue’s thoughts revealed that Zhuang Yuefeng had caused Yan Wan to fracture her leg and had later blamed her for the injury.
• Yan Ci nearly punched Zhuang Yuefeng, but Yan Yi'an stopped him and urged him to trust Yan Wan.

Yan Wan confronted Zhuang Yuefeng at a charity gala, revealed she had left their dance company, and challenged his claim that Ruan Baibai was only a younger sister. When Zhuang Yuefeng dismissed the accusations and told Yan Wan to be the bigger person, she ordered Yan Xianjue to slap him, and Yan Ci helped clear the way.

• Yan Wan told Zhuang Yuefeng to stop calling her intimately and said she had ended her dance company contract and planned to start her own company.
• Yan Wan praised Ruan Baibai's appearance, while warning Zhuang Yuefeng that his social climbing could offend people on his behalf.
• Ruan Baibai claimed Zhuang Yuefeng had pursued her for years, but Zhuang Yuefeng avoided answering Yan Xianjue's question about their relationship.
• Zhuang Yuefeng called Ruan Baibai a younger sister and urged Yan Wan to be the bigger person, so Yan Wan told Yan Xianjue to slap him.
• Yan Ci pulled Zhuang Yushu aside as Yan Xianjue struck Zhuang Yuefeng, and Yan Yi'an promised the Yan Household would double the gala's donations.
• Mother Yan defended her family, and Yan Wan mocked Zhuang Yuefeng's swollen face by telling him to be the bigger person.

At a charity gala, Zhuang Yuefeng’s pursuit of Ruan Baibai was exposed, and the Yan family helped end the situation. Yan Wan offered Ruan Baibai a chance to join her planned ballet company, while Yan Xianjue left with Zhuang Yushu to explore entertainment investments and meet Zhao Jiazheng.

• Zhuang Yushu praised Yan Xianjue’s martial virtue, and Father Yan told Zhuang Yuefeng that he and Yan Wan were only colleagues.
• Ruan Baibai slapped Zhuang Yuefeng and called him out for treating her as a child while pursuing her, then tried to leave.
• Zhuang Yushu called security to remove Zhuang Yuefeng, and Yan Yi'an gave him a check for the medical expenses.
• Yan Wan gave Ruan Baibai her business card and invited her to send a résumé for a planned ballet company.
• Yan Yi'an asked Zhuang Yushu to show Yan Xianjue potential entertainment investments, and Yan Xianjue sent a message and left with him.

At a charity gala, Yan Xianjue watched Lei Xuan recruit actors for his script and learned Shen Fangli had joined him to explore the entertainment industry. Zhao Jiazheng confronted Yao Weiran over their past, insisting he had acted for Yao Weiran’s own good.

• Yan Xianjue and Zhuang Yushu encountered Lei Xuan, who awkwardly recalled withdrawing his investment from a drama starring Zhuang Yushu.
• Shen Fangli explained that her father had brought her to the gala to meet people in the industry, but she had left to look for actors with Lei Xuan after telling her father Yan Xianjue was backing Lei Xuan’s script.
• Yao Weiran told Yan Xianjue he was ready to expose Lei Xuan’s fake facade, while Yan Xianjue suspected he would only need to watch what happened.
• Lei Xuan praised Zhuang Yushu’s outfit and tried to recruit him for his script, claiming Yan Xianjue was a reliable producer.
• Zhao Jiazheng and Zhao Siji approached the group, and Zhao Jiazheng told Yao Weiran that he had truly acted for his own good.

Yan Xianjue and his companions confronted Zhao Jiazheng and Zhao Siji at the charity dinner, where Yao Weiran stood up to them. After Zhuang Yushu revealed the Yan family owned the building, Yan Xianjue sent Lei Xuan and Yao Weiran away and stopped to ask Shen Fangli what was wrong.

• Yan Xianjue introduced himself and Lei Xuan to Zhao Jiazheng, who dismissed them and tried to persuade Yao Weiran to join him.
• Yan Xianjue told Zhao Jiazheng that Yao Weiran would surpass him, while Shen Fangli suspected Zhao Jiazheng had begun his career as a ghostwriter.
• Zhao Siji accused Yao Weiran of ingratitude, and Yao Weiran retorted that Zhao Siji had stolen other people's ideas.
• Lei Xuan added Zhuang Yushu as a contact before leaving with Yan Xianjue, while Zhao Jiazheng asked Zhuang Yushu who they were.
• Zhuang Yushu revealed that the building belonged to the Yan family, and Zhao Jiazheng and Zhao Siji reacted with shock.
• Yan Xianjue sent Lei Xuan and Yao Weiran away, then stopped; Shen Fangli bumped into him, and he asked what had happened.

Shen Fangli avoided explaining her worries about her mother as Yan Xianjue brought her to dinner with the Yan family. At the banquet, the family watched the auction conclude and turned their attention to the upcoming on-site donations.

• Yan Xianjue noticed Shen Fangli was distracted, asked about her mother, and changed the subject when she refused to explain.
• Zhuang Yushu told his agent to return Director Zhao's script and asked the hotel manager to begin serving appetizers.
• Yan Xianjue brought Shen Fangli to the Yan family’s table, where Mother Yan welcomed her into the empty seat beside him.
• Shen Fangli and Yan Xianjue discussed the fox brooch he had donated, while Yan Ci protested that his gift was being auctioned.
• The Yan family stopped bickering and focused on the stage when the host announced the on-site donations.

Zhao Jiazheng made a large charity donation while planning to undermine Yao Weiran and his wealthy supporters, and he reprimanded Zhao Siji for hiding their identities. The Yan Household watched the banquet livestream in person and mocked the online praise of Zhao Jiazheng as virtuous in character and art.

• Zhao Siji admitted he had known Yao Weiran’s companions were rich and recalled stealing Yao Weiran’s ideas to outshine him and accuse him of plagiarism.
• Zhao Jiazheng called Zhao Siji an idiot, ruled out reconciliation, and planned to limit the young men’s progress in the industry.
• Yan Xianjue explained that Zhao Jiazheng would donate a large amount, while the Yan Household watched and waited for the announcement.
• Zhao Jiazheng announced a donation of two vehicle convoys and two million in cash.
• Yan Ci showed Yan Xianjue the trending praise for Zhao Jiazheng, and Yan Xianjue laughed at the comments calling him virtuous in character and art.

Police officers arrived at Zhuang Yushu’s charity banquet to question Zhao Siji, who abruptly exposed his father Zhao Jiazheng’s alleged crimes and volunteered to testify. As the police took both men away, Yan Xianjue sent a message telling someone to get to work.

• Zhuang Yushu learned that the police had come to question Zhao Siji over alleged criminal activities.
• Zhao Jiazheng told Zhao Siji to cooperate quietly with the police while promising to find a way to get him released.
• Zhao Siji announced that he wanted to be a state's witness and accused Zhao Jiazheng of bribery, embezzlement, tax evasion, sexual coercion, and money laundering.
• The banquet guests and the Yan Household reacted with shock as the police took Zhao Jiazheng and Zhao Siji away.
• Yan Xianjue sent a message saying, "Time to get to work!"

Ji Xi and Yan Xianjue drew the Ji Household into a plan to take down Tourmaline Entertainment, while Yan Xianjue’s family continued funding his schemes. After the banquet, Yan Xianjue left to visit Ji Xi, and Yan Ci made an excuse to follow him.

• Ji Xi sent a lawyer’s letter in Yao Weiran’s name and promoted a trending topic about Zhao Siji’s company before calling Ji Heng.
• Ji Heng agreed to let the Ji Household work with Ji Xi against Tourmaline Entertainment, though Ji Xi admitted he was representing Yan Xianjue’s interests.
• Yan Xianjue reasoned that the Yan and Ji Households, with Lin Shi’s technical help, could seize Tourmaline Entertainment and its assets.
• Zhuang Yushu calculated the proceeds from the Yan Household’s donations and auction items at the charity banquet.
• Shen Fangli declined Yan Xianjue’s offer to take her home and went to meet her father, who checked that she was well.
• Yan Xianjue announced he was going upstairs to see Ji Xi, while Yan Ci used training as an excuse to head in the same direction.

After the charity gala scandal, Zhuang Yushu worried about the fallout as Random Entertainment offered his studio a partnership and protection. Meanwhile, Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci confronted Zhuang Yuefeng, who begged them to leave Yan Wan alone.

• Zhuang Yushu asked his manager which temple he had recommended after the chaotic gala left him exhausted and shaken.
• The manager told Zhuang Yushu that the company suspected their studio had acted as a middleman after Ji Entertainment and Random Entertainment contacted its artists and managers.
• The manager revealed that Random Entertainment belonged to Yan Xianjue and wanted a stable partnership with the studio, offering to help handle the fallout.
• Zhuang Yushu dismissed the manager's report of muffled thuds outside their Cloud Summit room, insisting the hotel was too secure for anyone to be knocked out there.
• Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci confronted Zhuang Yuefeng in a hotel room, and Yan Xianjue took a check from him while Yan Ci offered to add money for medical expenses.
• Zhuang Yuefeng begged the brothers for mercy and promised to stay away from Yan Wan.

Yan Ci beat Zhuang Yuefeng and regained a sense of reality by feeling that he had protected his family. Yan Xianjue returned carrying a metal baseball bat, and Yan Ci asked why he had not been given a weapon.

• Yan Xianjue gagged Zhuang Yuefeng and kept his check while Yan Ci lifted him and began beating him.
• As Yan Ci fought Zhuang Yuefeng, he recalled his fear that his past recklessness might have endangered the Yan Household and realized that protecting his family grounded him.
• Yan Ci knocked out Zhuang Yuefeng's front tooth, and Zhuang Yuefeng lost consciousness after wetting his suit.
• Yan Xianjue left and told Brother Wang to wake Zhuang Yuefeng while Brother Wang persuaded Yan Ci to treat his injured fingers.
• Yan Xianjue returned with a metal baseball bat, and Yan Ci asked why he had not been given a tool.

Yan Xianjue crippled Zhuang Yuefeng’s kneecaps and arranged for him to be sent to the hospital where Lin Rui had stayed. After leaving the hotel with Yan Ci, the brothers discussed the beating, and the chapter ended with Zhuang Yushu’s manager growing suspicious that something was wrong nearby.

• Yan Xianjue entered Zhuang Yuefeng’s room with a baseball bat and returned less than five minutes later.
• Yan Ci learned from Brother Wang that Zhuang Yuefeng had passed out and that both his kneecaps were likely shattered.
• Yan Ci paid the promised two million, and Yan Xianjue arranged to send Zhuang Yuefeng to the hospital where Lin Rui had stayed.
• Yan Ci confronted Yan Xianjue about his impulsive actions, then realized he had deliberately chosen the hospital.
• Yan Xianjue asked Yan Ci why he had brought binoculars to the banquet, but Yan Ci could not answer.
• At the Cloud Summit Hotel, Zhuang Yushu’s manager reported hearing something strange and called the front desk to investigate.

Zhuang Yushu visited Zhuang Yuefeng in the hospital and discovered that Yuefeng's parents wanted him to accept money rather than seek accountability for the person who injured him. Yuefeng erupted in anger after learning his parents planned to give up the case for two million, and the doctor sedated him.

• Zhuang Yushu's agent saw Cloud Summit guards carry a blanket-wrapped guest out on a stretcher, and Xiao Wang said the guest had injured his leg in a shower fall.
• Zhuang Yushu visited Zhuang Yuefeng and advised his parents to call the police and obtain an injury assessment, suspecting they wanted to extort money from him.
• Zhuang Yuefeng woke and begged Zhuang Yushu to call the police, but his mother and father argued that compensation would be limited and they needed to keep the money for his future.
• Zhuang Yuefeng's mother jabbed his forehead, and Zhuang Yushu pulled her away before Yuefeng began throwing objects and ripped out his IV.
• Zhuang Yuefeng accused his parents of caring only about money, and his father revealed they planned to give up the case for two million.
• The doctor sedated Zhuang Yuefeng and told the nurse to check for damaged equipment so the family could pay for it.