Recaps

Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu confronted Shen Chengan outside his calligraphy and painting exhibition to demand money they said he had taken from Shen Huaiyu's family. Cheng Lang's public accusations drew attention to Shen Chengan's conduct, and the confrontation continued as Shen Chengan threatened to call the police.

• Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu were denied entry to Shen Chengan's exhibition without an invitation, and Shen Huaiyu could not reach his uncle by phone.
• Cheng Lang arranged for a shopping plaza's LED screen to display accusations that Shen Chengan had underpaid for a family house and skimmed money from funeral arrangements.
• Shen Chengan came outside and accused Shen Huaiyu and Cheng Lang of disgracing the family and extorting him.
• Cheng Lang presented account records and price lists and demanded the difference from the house sale and the funeral money.
• Shen Chengan threatened to call the police, while Cheng Lang challenged him to explain how they had caused trouble when security had kept them outside.

At Shen Chengan’s art exhibition, Cheng Lang publicly accused him of profiting from Shen Huaiyu’s apartment and withholding funeral funds, using records and a looping presentation to support his claims. Shen Chengan tried to justify his actions and shame Shen Huaiyu, while Cheng Lang challenged him to return the profits and expenses; the crowd began to turn against Shen Chengan.

• Cheng Lang confronted Shen Chengan with evidence that he had bought Shen Huaiyu’s apartment cheaply, resold it for a large profit, and asked Shen Huaiyu for funeral money.
• Shen Chengan claimed he had bought the apartment to help Shen Huaiyu and had intended to make up the difference, citing Old Yu as a witness to his efforts to sell paintings.
• Cheng Lang offered to return Shen Chengan’s purchase payment if Shen Chengan handed over the apartment-sale proceeds, making the crowd question Shen Chengan’s explanation.
• Shen Chengan insinuated that Shen Huaiyu’s connection with President Lu and White Jade Capital disgraced the family.
• Cheng Lang explained that Shen Huaiyu needed money for his family’s funerals and medical bills, then challenged Shen Chengan to return the profit from the funeral funds as well.
• With the LED presentation and financial records drawing a crowd, Shen Chengan offered to transfer the apartment proceeds and the full one million in funeral expenses to Shen Huaiyu.

Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu confronted Shen Chengan in public over the money he had taken from his nephew. Cheng Lang threatened to broadcast the recording around Shen Chengan’s family and workplaces, and Shen Chengan finally agreed to return the 5.6 million yuan.

• Shen Chengan claimed there had been a misunderstanding, but Cheng Lang explained that Shen Huaiyu had tried to spare him the funeral costs before he inflated them.
• Cheng Lang refused Shen Chengan’s offer to reimburse the screen rental and demanded the 5.6 million yuan taken from Shen Huaiyu.
• Shen Chengan asked for time and claimed he had never meant to keep the money, but Cheng Lang pointed out that the house had already been sold for 7.8 million yuan.
• Cheng Lang threatened to play the recording near Shen Chengan’s home, studio, relatives’ workplaces, and child’s school if he did not repay the money that day.
• Shen Chengan gave in and agreed to return the money, then told Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu to leave.

Cheng Lang confronted Shen Chengan over the money from Shen Huaiyu’s family home and secured his agreement to stop his family from causing trouble. Shen Chengan offered additional funeral money, which Cheng Lang refused, then Cheng Lang warned him that his twin children would soon attend the same school.

• Cheng Lang recorded Shen Chengan confirming that the house-sale dispute had been a misunderstanding and warned him against trying to reclaim the money.
• Cheng Lang entered the gallery office with Shen Chengan, who signed him a cash check for 5.6 million.
• Shen Chengan wrote Cheng Lang a second check for 6 million as funeral expenses for Shen Huaiyu’s parents, but Cheng Lang refused it.
• Cheng Lang told Shen Chengan and his family to stop speaking ill of Shen Huaiyu and warned that he would watch over Shen Chengan’s twin children at school.

After Cheng Lang helped Shen Huaiyu recover 5.6 million, he returned Shen Huaiyu’s half and told him to keep the money for his brother’s hospital care. As they left to get lunch, Cheng Lang explained that he had bluffed Shen Chengan with the rented LED screen and would have exposed the family if Shen Chengan had refused to pay.

• Shen Huaiyu saw the recovered money in his bank account and cried with relief.
• Shen Huaiyu transferred 2.8 million to Cheng Lang, but Cheng Lang sent it back and told him to use it for his brother’s medical bills.
• Cheng Lang reassured Shen Huaiyu that he had helped him as a friend, and Shen Huaiyu agreed to treat him to barbecue.
• Shen Chengan called Shen Huaiyu and asked Cheng Lang to take down the plaza LED screen before his exhibition.
• Cheng Lang told Shen Huaiyu that he had rented the screen for only two hours and had bluffed Shen Chengan into paying.

Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu ate together after Cheng Lang warned him about the online rumors from the art gallery incident. Shen Huaiyu decided to keep working at White Jade Capital, and Cheng Lang continued looking for a better place for him at the milk tea shop.

• Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu joined the long queue at a barbecue restaurant, and Cheng Lang went to buy them fruit teas.
• A milk tea shop employee told Cheng Lang that his defense of Shen Huaiyu outside the art gallery had gone viral online.
• Cheng Lang warned Shen Huaiyu about the rumors online and advised him to stay off the internet.
• Shen Huaiyu said he would keep working at White Jade Capital to save money for his little brother's treatment, while Cheng Lang offered him a role at the milk tea shop.
• After they finished eating, Cheng Lang asked Shen Huaiyu how his Tea Whisking practice was going, and Shen Huaiyu said he had practiced whenever he could.

Cheng Lang prepared Shen Huaiyu to promote their milk tea shop by filming him performing Tea Whisking in traditional clothing. Shen Huaiyu completed an elegant tea painting on camera, giving their planned shop promotion its first distinctive video.

• Cheng Lang explained that Shen Huaiyu's Tea Whisking would help the shop stand out and had him change into a white ancient-style robe.
• Cheng Lang brought Shen Huaiyu to the milk tea shop and explained that they would use the grace period to establish a stylish, distinctive brand.
• Cheng Lang set up a camera while Shen Huaiyu prepared to perform Tea Whisking with the tools they had gathered.
• Shen Huaiyu whisked the tea into a foamy drink and painted a small boat riding the waves, then inscribed a poem beside it.

Cheng Lang encouraged Shen Huaiyu to develop Tea Whisking designs for the milk tea shop, then interviewed Liang Yanyan for a staff position. After she made a cup of milk tea, Cheng Lang offered her generous pay and benefits in exchange for signing a contract that protected the shop’s special skills.

• Cheng Lang praised Shen Huaiyu’s Tea Painting and suggested adapting Tea Whisking into milk tea art for the shop.
• Cheng Lang drank Shen Huaiyu’s tea, while Shen Huaiyu wondered whether Cheng Lang truly understood Tea Whisking.
• Liang Yanyan arrived to apply for a job and told Cheng Lang that she had experience making milk tea.
• Cheng Lang asked Liang Yanyan to prepare a drink, and she efficiently made Original Milk Tea that both he and Shen Huaiyu found decent.
• Cheng Lang offered Liang Yanyan a higher salary, more days off, and shorter shifts, while explaining that employees would sign contracts protecting the shop’s special skills.
• Liang Yanyan asked what special skill Cheng Lang planned to teach her.

Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu hired Liang Yanyan to manage their milk tea shop and agreed to open it for a trial run the next day. That evening, they arrived at White Jade Capital after a video of them collecting a debt from Shen Chengan's exhibition went viral and began changing how the employees viewed Shen Huaiyu.

• Liang Yanyan signed a contract with Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu, then suggested opening the milk tea shop before Shen Huaiyu invented his special technique.
• Cheng Lang agreed to let Liang Yanyan run the shop alone during its trial opening, record customers' preferences, and hire compatible staff.
• Cheng Lang reassured Shen Huaiyu that they would build the business step by step and encouraged him not to doubt his own abilities.
• Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu returned items to a photo studio, ate together, and went to White Jade Capital that evening.
• After their video from Shen Chengan's exhibition went viral, White Jade Capital's employees began changing their attitude toward Shen Huaiyu.

After Cheng Lang helped Shen Huaiyu recover 5.6 million, he faced jealousy from Cen Xiaobei and was summoned by Chen over a video of his sharp-tongued performance spreading online. Cheng Lang returned to the stage, where the guests teased him about his newfound fame.

• Cen Xiaobei resented Shen Huaiyu for drawing Cheng Lang’s attention, while Cheng Lang defended Shen and traded barbs with Cen.
• Yao Liangsheng and Yao Liangjing approached Cheng Lang to ask for guidance after hearing Grand View Stage audiences praise his cursing.
• Chen warned Cheng Lang to keep a lower profile because White Jade Capital needed to protect its guests’ safety and privacy.
• White Jade Capital’s publicity manager suggested Cheng Lang might have talent for the publicity department, but Chen said Cheng Lang wanted to earn a hundred million there.
• Cheng Lang performed onstage at nine, confronted a guest who had used his jokes at Grand View Stage, and was teased by the crowd about making a living off his looks and shamelessness.

Cheng Lang turned the crosstalk performers from Grand View Stage into the butt of his jokes during his performance at White Jade Capital. Qin Mu agreed to bring Cheng Lang to the Qin Family patriarch’s eightieth birthday next month, while Yao Liangsheng challenged Cheng Lang over his insults.

• Cheng Lang pointed out Yao Liangsheng and Yao Liangjing in the crowd and teased the crosstalk performers, drawing laughter and cheers from the bar patrons.
• Cheng Lang used his orphanhood and the crosstalk performers’ sharp tongues to joke about his absent parents and the gang’s supposed insults.
• Chu Suiyi questioned Qin Mu’s choice of Cheng Lang as White Jade Capital’s new star performer, but Qin Mu refused to replace him.
• Chu Suiyi suggested bringing Cheng Lang to the Qin Family patriarch’s birthday to test him, and Qin Mu agreed.
• Yao Liangsheng challenged Cheng Lang, asking what it was called when Cheng Lang made the crosstalk performers the butt of jokes, and Cheng Lang innocently denied doing so.

Cheng Lang explained his plan to provoke the Yao brothers and their crosstalk troupe into beating him so he could claim compensation and earn one hundred million. He left the Yao brothers stunned by his argument that taking a beating for money was a noble way to entertain the public.

• The Yao brothers, Yao Liangsheng and Yao Liangjing, accepted the audience’s challenge and joined Cheng Lang onstage to test his abilities.
• Cheng Lang insisted their contest stay verbal, then joked that he could take on both brothers and set earning one hundred million as his goal.
• Cheng Lang questioned how the crosstalk troupe handled members being bullied, while Yao Liangjing insisted they valued unity and won people over with virtue.
• Cheng Lang laid out a plan to provoke the troupe into attacking him so he could lie in the hospital and claim enough compensation to reach his goal.
• The Yao brothers realized Cheng Lang was planning to scam them, and Cheng Lang defended the idea as self-sacrifice for the public’s entertainment.

Cheng Lang turned the Yao brothers’ challenge into a joke, then bantered with the audience at Grand View Stage before choosing a song. He ended the chapter preparing to sing “Cold Wind Blows” while General Manager Lü’s teasing drew more heckling.

• Cheng Lang exposed the Yao brothers’ provocation by asking why they had not demanded compensation after getting hurt, winning the audience’s approval.
• Cheng Lang thanked the Yao brothers for helping set the stage and joked that he made a living off his face, prompting the crowd to praise his talent.
• Cheng Lang traded jokes with Wang and the guests, who mocked his shameless self-praise.
• A guest requested “Men Cry, It's Not a Crime,” and General Manager Lü teased Cheng Lang by saying he could not become a man.
• Cheng Lang resisted the audience’s heckling and announced that he would sing “Cold Wind Blows.”

Cheng Lang entertained White Jade Capital’s rowdy customers, then turned down General Manager Lü’s offer to join Qin Dynasty Records as a crisis PR agent. Wang asked him to persuade Tianye to sign with the company, but Cheng Lang advised Wang to understand Tianye’s need for leverage; afterward, Yao Liangsheng and Yao Liangjing followed Cheng Lang, apparently wanting to talk.

• The customers demanded songs from Cheng Lang, who played a guitar arrangement of “Moon Reflected on the Second Spring.”
• General Manager Lü offered Cheng Lang personal mentorship and a future as a star agent at Qin Dynasty Records, but he declined because he wanted to stay at White Jade Capital.
• Wang asked Cheng Lang to persuade Tianye to return and sign with Qin Dynasty Records, and Cheng Lang told Wang that Tianye needed leverage before negotiating.
• Cheng Lang said Wang’s concern for Tianye clouded his judgment, and Wang accepted the point.
• Yao Liangsheng and Yao Liangjing followed Cheng Lang, who asked whether they wanted a heart-to-heart too.

Cheng Lang was summoned by Chen and learned that President Qin wanted him to perform crosstalk at his grandfather’s eightieth-birthday banquet. He negotiated his appearance fee up to one hundred thousand yuan, then prepared to raise his other questions.

• Cheng Lang complained to Chen that his colleagues had stopped him from using the restroom, and Chen sent him to go first.
• Cheng Lang met purchasing manager Chen Hai, who confirmed that his goods would be delivered to his milk tea shop on Monday at noon.
• Chen told Cheng Lang that President Qin wanted him to perform crosstalk at his grandfather’s birthday banquet next month.
• Cheng Lang asked about the appearance fee and negotiated Chen’s initial offer of twenty thousand yuan up to one hundred thousand yuan.
• Chen asked Cheng Lang to bring up his remaining questions.

Cheng Lang realized he had missed the original plot in which Lu Chengxuan rejected him and took Shen Huaiyu away, then learned from Wang that the big boss's connection to the Qin family was complicated. After work, General Manager Lü offered Cheng Lang a ride back to school.

• Chen told Cheng Lang that Wang Liu'an would prepare a costume for him before the birthday banquet.
• Cheng Lang learned from the system that he had missed the planned encounter with Lu Chengxuan and could not reach Shen Huaiyu by phone.
• The shift supervisor warned Cheng Lang to stay out of Lu Chengxuan and Shen Huaiyu's affairs, but Cheng Lang said he felt responsible for bringing Shen Huaiyu to White Jade Capital.
• Wang took Cheng Lang's measurements and warned him to watch what he said at Old Master Qin's birthday banquet because the big boss's ties with the Qin family were complicated.
• General Manager Lü stopped beside Cheng Lang after work and offered him a ride back to school, while eyeing his roasted sweet potatoes.

Cheng Lang declined General Manager Lü’s invitation to join Qin Dynasty Records, though she left the door open for a future internship. The next morning, he defended Shen Huaiyu against his roommates’ questions and persuaded them to blame Shen Chengan for the scandal.

• Cheng Lang told General Manager Lü he lacked the time to work as an agent, and she invited him to consider an internship at Qin Dynasty Records during a school break.
• Cheng Lang got out of General Manager Lü’s car at the school gate, leaving the roasted sweet potatoes behind.
• After Shen Huaiyu returned to the dorm, a roommate asked where he had been, and Shen Huaiyu looked anxiously at Cheng Lang.
• Cheng Lang blamed Shen Chengan for withholding the money from Shen Huaiyu’s family home and smearing Shen Huaiyu, winning the roommates’ agreement.
• The roommates promised to tell anyone who asked about Shen Huaiyu what Shen Chengan had done.

Cheng Lang helped Shen Huaiyu’s roommates understand his hardships and stand up for him, then took Shen Huaiyu to their milk tea shop, where they discovered Liang Yanyan had nowhere to stay. Cheng Lang and the others arranged for beds and considered turning the shop into a late-night study space, leaving Liang Yanyan grateful for their help.

• Cheng Lang told Shen Huaiyu’s roommates about his brother’s medical expenses and the money Cheng Lang had recovered, prompting them to offer Shen Huaiyu their support.
• Cheng Lang brought Shen Huaiyu and their roommates to the milk tea shop before opening and found Liang Yanyan cleaning there early.
• Liang Yanyan explained that she had lost her previous room and had slept on the shop floor after cleaning late into the night.
• Cheng Lang proposed buying foldable bunk beds for the shop, and the roommates suggested using it as a late-night study space with drinks for sale.
• Cheng Lang asked Liang Yanyan to choose two bunk beds for the shop, and she accepted, moved by their consideration.

Shen Huaiyu continued developing his milk tea products while Cheng Lang handled the shop’s business and encouraged him to see their project as a partnership. When Shen Huaiyu worried Cheng Lang would judge him for going out with Lu Chengxuan, Cheng Lang reassured him and urged him to challenge rumors instead of accepting blame.

• Shen Huaiyu explained that he was developing Milk Tea Paste and a Tea Whisking method, while Cheng Lang would handle marketing and business matters.
• Cheng Lang offered the two roommates work-study jobs helping expand the market once the Milk Tea Paste was ready.
• After lunch, Cheng Lang registered official accounts for the shop while Shen Huaiyu practiced Tea Whisking.
• Shen Huaiyu told Cheng Lang that he had gone out with Lu Chengxuan and asked whether Cheng Lang would look down on him.
• Cheng Lang said Shen Huaiyu had been coerced and was not to blame, then advised him to clarify rumors and stop accepting blame for things that were not his fault.

Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu drew a crowd to their milk tea shop when Shen demonstrated his prototype Milk Tea Paste and Tea Whisking. The free samples attracted more customers, though the shop ran out of time to make Tea Whisking for those who arrived later.

• Cheng Lang promoted Shen Huaiyu’s unfinished Milk Tea Paste and Tea Whisking to customers at the shop.
• Shen Huaiyu demonstrated Tea Whisking, creating flowers, plants, and an inscription in a tea bowl.
• Cheng Lang offered free samples to the customers in the shop, and two girls praised the tea’s rich fragrance and refreshing taste.
• Customers placed orders and waited while Shen Huaiyu prepared samples, with Cheng Lang explaining that Tea Whisking took time.
• After the samples were handed out, social media posts brought in more customers, but Shen Huaiyu could not make any more Tea Whisking.

Cheng Lang promoted the milk tea shop and encouraged Shen Huaiyu to develop its Tea Whisking and guqin performances. After the two men shared a meal at a neighboring noodle shop, the shop owners learned of their hardships and agreed to recommend the milk tea shop in return for referrals.

• Cheng Lang announced a 20% opening discount, and Shen Huaiyu agreed to teach employees simplified Tea Whisking patterns.
• Cheng Lang asked Shen Huaiyu to record himself playing guqin music for a promotional video, and Shen Huaiyu chose "Flowing Water."
• Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu ate at a nearby Sichuan-style noodle shop, whose owner waived their bill as a gesture between neighbors.
• Cheng Lang sent milk tea to the noodle shop, and its owners discussed the students' claims that he and Shen Huaiyu were orphans facing financial hardship.
• The noodle shop owner told his wife to recommend the milk tea shop, hoping Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu would return the favor.

Shen Huaiyu and Cheng Lang discussed a noodle shop owner’s kindness before Cheng Lang went to work at White Jade Capital, where he learned more about accompanying Qin Mu to Old Master Qin’s birthday banquet. Lu Chengxuan taunted Cheng Lang about Shen Huaiyu and threatened him, but Cheng Lang struck him and challenged him to continue.

• Shen Huaiyu praised the noodle shop owner’s generosity, and Cheng Lang encouraged his positive outlook while hiding his amusement.
• Cheng Lang arrived early at White Jade Capital and confirmed that Chen had chosen him to accompany the boss to Old Master Qin’s eightieth birthday banquet.
• The shift supervisor advised Cheng Lang to use the banquet to make useful connections, but Cheng Lang expected trouble and focused on getting through it safely.
• Lu Chengxuan questioned why Qin Mu had chosen Cheng Lang and boasted that he had kept Shen Huaiyu from ending their relationship by threatening to sleep with Cheng Lang.
• Lu Chengxuan grabbed Cheng Lang by the collar, and Cheng Lang punched him in the stomach before warning that there were no cameras nearby.

Cheng Lang provoked Lu Chengxuan by claiming he would seek Qin Mu’s protection, only to discover Qin had overheard him. He then confronted Shen Huaiyu about sacrificing himself and warned him not to ruin his life for someone who might not appreciate it.

• Cheng Lang told Lu Chengxuan he would seduce Qin Mu for protection, and Qin Mu overheard him from inside the restroom.
• Qin Mu left without responding to Cheng Lang or Lu Chengxuan, and Cheng Lang taunted Lu Chengxuan about Qin hearing his threats against Shen Huaiyu.
• Cheng Lang found Shen Huaiyu delivering drinks and told him that Lu Chengxuan had bragged about forcing him to stay by his side.
• Shen Huaiyu insisted he had chosen to stay and said he did not want to drag Cheng Lang down.
• Cheng Lang told Shen Huaiyu he was angry that he had sacrificed himself without considering Cheng Lang’s feelings, then warned him not to give up his life for someone who might call him worthless.

Cheng Lang comforted Shen Huaiyu after he broke down over Lu Chengxuan’s threats, then was summoned to prepare for his crosstalk performance at Old Master Qin’s birthday banquet. The chapter ended with Chen insisting that Cheng Lang write out his routine for review.

• Shen Huaiyu apologized to Cheng Lang and admitted he feared Lu Chengxuan would hurt him.
• Cheng Lang reassured Shen Huaiyu that he could end his relationship with Lu Chengxuan and urged him to treat himself better.
• The floor manager brought Cheng Lang to Chen, where he found Qin’s assistant and Gu Yong waiting.
• Chen asked Cheng Lang about his crosstalk script for Old Master Qin’s birthday banquet, and Cheng Lang admitted he planned to improvise.
• Gu Yong accused Cheng Lang of slacking off, but Cheng Lang promised to perform well for the appearance fee.
• Chen told Cheng Lang to write down his routine so they could check that it would suit Old Master Qin.

Cheng Lang learned that Qin’s side wanted him to prepare a performance, then returned to the banquet and turned his late arrival into jokes about Chen. He left the guests laughing and refused a request for a song from Breathless.

• Cheng Lang told Chen he would choose classic routines for Old Master Qin, then joked that his good looks might make the old man enjoy them.
• Assistant Hu asked Cheng Lang if he would change jobs, and Cheng Lang hinted that he had encountered Qin without revealing what happened.
• Cheng Lang returned downstairs and joked with the audience about Chen repeatedly summoning him to the office at night.
• Wang Liu'an pointed out that Cheng Lang did not work during the day, so Cheng Lang explained that he was attending school.
• A guest teased Cheng Lang about his demanding schedule and requested a song from Breathless, but Cheng Lang said he could not play it.