Recaps

Lin Shi confronted the Lin Household’s corruption and struck a bargain with Yan Yi'an to weaken its ancestral trees and smuggle explosives inside. Meanwhile, Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli spent the holiday together before she returned home, leaving Yan Xianjue with homework to finish.

• Lin Shi reunited Li Shuo with his mother, then investigated the Little Monk and forced him to join his side.
• Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli played their online game, attended class together, and visited his family during the holiday.
• The Yan family uncovered their grandfather’s letter about a life-extending formation at the Lin ancestral residence, and Yan Yi'an volunteered to take the wax-sealed pellet there.
• Yan Xianjue took Shen Fangli to the village and temple, where they spent time with Chubby and the Yan family honored Old Master Yan.
• Lin Shi presented evidence of corruption to Old Master Lin and argued against suppressing the scandal.
• Yan Yi'an showed Lin Shi a paternity test and proposed using herbicide and explosives against the Lin Household’s trees, while Lin Shi negotiated benefits and agreed to cooperate.
• Yan Yi'an agreed to distract Lin Lang and keep the plan from Yan Xianjue, while Lin Shi returned to the Lin Household with Lin Wei.
• Yan Xianjue sent Shen Fangli home with local specialties, and she reminded him to finish his assignment.

Yan Xianjue stepped in to steady his entertainment company while Yan Yi'an and Yan Wan uncovered Old Monk’s plans for the Yan and Lin families. Lin Shi survived Lin Lang’s ambush, but his recovery was complicated by a possible liver tumor as the threat of a future explosion remained.

• Yan Xianjue confronted the assistant directors interfering with casting, backed Lei Xuan and Yao Weiran’s authority, and recruited a promising opera-trained actor.
• Yan Yi'an sent his special assistant to pressure Lei Xuan, who improved his proposal with help from Boss Lei.
• Yan Yi'an, Yan Wan, and the Little Monk found a hidden site and recovered a parchment that revealed plans targeting Yan Corporation and linked to a warning about a future explosion.
• After Lin Lang’s ambush left Lin Shi badly wounded, Yu Bai brought him to Yan Xianjue, who arranged emergency surgery and learned scans showed a possible liver mass.
• Yan Xianjue ordered Yu Bai to keep Lin Shi’s hospitalization secret and assigned guards while Lin Shi prepared to use the planned explosion site to draw in Lin Lang.
• Yan Yi'an and Yan Wan learned that Yan Xianjue had already disrupted nearly all the plans against Yan Corporation, but rejected Old Monk’s attempt to decide Lin Shi’s fate.
• Lin Shi refused Yu Bai’s suggestion to seek a liver donation and accepted Ni Qiu’s recovery visit, while Yan Xianjue and Shen Fangli reunited at the drama’s opening ceremony.

Yan Xianjue uncovered memories of his childhood kidnapping and joined the Yan Household’s effort to bring down Lin Corporation. After a fire on the island prompted his memories to return, he confronted Uncle Lu and drew closer to Shen Fangli, while Lin Corporation remained under pressure.

• Shen Fangli’s childhood photo led Yan Xianjue to recognize himself, and Father Shen recalled that Shen Fangli had played with two boys at the amusement park.
• Yan Xianjue learned that the Lin Household had been involved in his kidnapping, took an acting vice president position, and joined Yan Yi'an’s plan against Lin Corporation.
• Yan Xianjue’s pressure on Lin Corporation helped send its shares tumbling, while Lin Shi secured support from the vice presidents and confronted Old Master Lin over the company’s finances.
• Yan Xianjue studied for his exams, then invited Shen Fangli, Zhou Ye, Lei Xuan, and others to his private island for a wilderness-survival show.
• When a fire broke out during preparations for the livestream, Shen Fangli helped evacuate the artists, and Yan Xianjue fainted after seeing the fire.
• Yan Xianjue remembered being trapped as a child and escaping with Lin Shi, then woke and asked Shen Fangli to call him brother.
• Yan Xianjue questioned Uncle Lu about the kidnapping and learned that his grandfather had erased Uncle Lu’s investigation records.
• Yan Xianjue continued attacking Lin Corporation and advised Shen Fangli to add bodyguards for her father, while Lin Shi and Yu Bai discussed the company’s troubles.

Lin Shi and Yan Xianjue maneuvered against Lin Lang as the Lin Household’s power faltered, while Shen Fangli’s mother’s scheme was exposed and dealt with. Yan Xianjue told his family the truth about his past life and ended the stretch at the Shen Household, where Shen Fangli had something to tell him.

• Lin Shi returned to Lin Corporation and challenged Lin Lang for control, while Yan Xianjue and Ji Xi brought their households’ shares into the contest.
• Lin Lang accused Lin Shi of involvement in Lin Rui’s death, and Yan Xianjue nominated himself as chairman before Lin Lang revealed his additional shares.
• Yan Xianjue and Lin Shi fought privately, then Yan Xianjue gave him the Yan and Ji Households’ share documents and revealed that he had regained his memories.
• Shen Fangli was lured toward West City Wharf, and Yan Xianjue and Lin Shi traced her mother’s scheme to Lin Lang and a cruise ship carrying smuggled goods.
• Yan Xianjue confronted Lin Lang aboard the ship, and the vessel sank during the ensuing events as Lin Lang was rescued and investigated.
• Shen Fangli decided to cut off contact with her mother, while President Shen arranged for Ms. Fang to recover at a sanatorium abroad.
• Yan Xianjue confessed to his family that he had helped inspire the novels’ plot and blamed himself for their losses, and Yan Yi'an later learned who had killed Uncle and Aunt.
• Yan Xianjue visited the Shen Household for New Year, where Shen Fangli took his little finger and said she had something to tell him.