Recaps

The Ji Household’s banquet ended with Ji the Old Master paralyzed and Ji Heng facing a family power struggle, while Ji Xi learned more about his parents and helped Yan Xianjue develop a variety show. The arc left Yan Xianjue preparing to invest in Lei Xuan’s series and Shen Fangli considering a role in it.

• Ji Xi exposed Zhang Lei’s lies and fought back, and Ji the Old Master ordered Zhang Lei and the Zhang Household barred from the Ji Household.
• Zhang Lei knocked over an antique shelf that struck Ji the Old Master, who was hospitalized with broken ribs and paralysis.
• Yan Xianjue warned his family that the Ji brothers would challenge Ji Heng, and that Ji the Eldest posed a particular danger.
• Ji Zhi told Ji Xi about his father’s underworld past, the reason they had sought shelter at the Ji Household, and Ji the Eldest’s true parentage.
• Yan Xianjue concluded that Ji the Eldest had arranged for Ji the Old Master to be drugged, while Ji Zhi used his secrets to make him support Ji Heng.
• Yan Xianjue met Lei Xuan with Ji Xi to discuss a variety show, and Lei Xuan proposed adapting his script and featuring Shen Fangli as its heroine.
• Shen Fangli read Lei Xuan’s script and considered whether its heroine was connected to Su Su, while Yan Xianjue discussed the series’ five-million budget with Lei Xuan.

Yan Xianjue helped build Lei Xuan’s projects and recruited the disgraced director Yao Weiran, while the Lin Household’s banquet exposed Lin Shuo’s true parentage and a plot against Lin Rui. The arc ended with Lin Rui hospitalized, Lin Corporation’s stock plunging, and Yan Xianjue questioning whether his critical condition was genuine.

• Yan Xianjue arranged investment for Lei Xuan’s sitcom and variety-show plans, then recruited Yao Weiran to direct a project written by Lei Xuan.
• Yan Xianjue agreed to attend the Lin Household’s banquet after learning Lin Rui planned to recognize an illegitimate son, and he discovered transfer student Lin Shuo was that son.
• Lin Shi revealed that Lin Shuo believed he was Lin Rui’s son and Lin Shi’s younger brother, while Lin Shi invited Yan Xianjue to consider partnering with him.
• At the banquet, Lin Rui presented Lin Shuo with meager gifts before a paternity test revealed that Lin Shuo was the assistant’s son, and a recording exposed Lin Rui’s wife’s affair with Li Chenkai.
• Lin Shi confronted Lin Lang, and further footage and recordings revealed that Lin Rui’s wife and Li Chenkai had plotted to kill Lin Rui, who collapsed and was taken to the hospital.
• Yan Xianjue forgot to pick up Zhou Ye after taking Shen Fangli home, then helped Yan Ci respond to public backlash over transferring three players.
• Yan Xianjue had Ji Xi obtain the night’s video and use Yan Corporation’s PR team to redirect attention from Yan Ci’s trending topic to Lin Rui’s reported heart attack.
• Yan Xianjue learned that Lin Rui’s condition had become the top trending topic and Lin Corporation’s stock had hit its daily limit down, then asked Yan Ci whether Lin Rui was really critical.

Yan Xianjue launched Random Investment Co., Ltd. while dealing with the Lin Household’s fallout, the variety show, and Yao Weiran’s online attack. As the Gaokao approached, he exposed Fang Zhiyuan’s attempt to extort Shen Fangli and learned Su Su had directed him to her.

• Yan Xianjue named his new company Random Investment Co., Ltd. and discussed its plans while Zhou Ye and Shen Fangli reacted to his studies and the Lin Household scandal.
• Ji Xi challenged the variety show crew over filming private moments, then helped Yan Xianjue choose furniture for the company office as Lei Xuan joined them and Yan Ci disrupted the livestream.
• Lin Shi confronted Lin Rui in the ICU, revealed how he had engineered the scandal, and watched Lin Rui die after receiving an experimental drug.
• Lin Shi and Yan Ci stirred up arguments during the furniture livestream, while Ji Xi explained his scholarship and Yan Xianjue’s company work to viewers.
• Lin Shi caused chaos at Lin Rui’s memorial service, where Lin Lang was injured, and later ordered an investigation into who had pushed him.
• Yan Xianjue and Ji Xi prepared for company hiring and the Gaokao while Yan Xianjue urged Lei Xuan to recruit guests and expose Zhao Jiazheng’s attack on Yao Weiran.
• Yan Xianjue asked Lin Shi for a hacker and entrusted Yao Weiran’s case to Lei Xuan and Hacker Lord before returning to study for the Gaokao.
• Yan Xianjue and Uncle Lu subdued Shen Fangli’s cousin Fang Zhiyuan, who confessed that Su Su had told him when and where to find her, and Yan Xianjue sent a recording to the police.

Yan Xianjue and the Yan family used Zhao Jiazheng’s charity gala to help expose him and position themselves against his entertainment company. After the gala, Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci attacked Zhuang Yuefeng, who woke in the hospital to find his parents more concerned with compensation than his injuries.

• Lin Shi bailed Su Su out, but Yan Xianjue warned her and later ordered Ji Xi to sue her for defamation.
• Yan Xianjue’s family discussed Lin Shi’s political maneuvering, while Lin Shi stood up to Old Master Lin and refused to break up with Su Su.
• The Yan family accompanied Yan Xianjue through the Gaokao, and he agreed to attend Zhao Jiazheng’s charity gala as Zhao’s reputation faced scrutiny.
• At the gala, Yan Wan confronted Zhuang Yuefeng over his treatment of her and Ruan Baibai, and Yan Xianjue slapped him before Yan Wan invited Ruan to join her planned ballet company.
• Zhao Jiazheng donated two vehicle convoys and two million, but Zhao Siji then accused him of multiple crimes and both men were taken away by police.
• Ji Xi and the Ji Household moved against Tourmaline Entertainment, while Yan Xianjue and Yan Ci confronted Zhuang Yuefeng and left him badly injured.
• Yan Xianjue arranged for Zhuang Yuefeng to be taken to the hospital where Lin Rui had stayed, and Zhuang Yushu later found Yuefeng arguing with parents who planned to settle for two million.