Recaps

Qi Chao rescued Lan Luo from abuse and began caring for him while seeking a way to repair his cracked body and become a puppet maker. As Lan Luo grew attached to Qi Chao, Qi Chao arranged for Doctor to visit and left the arc preparing to buy Mother Stone.

• Qi Chao broke the regulator, recovered the original owner’s memories, and flew to the villa, where he freed Lan Luo from a cage and began treating him gently.
• Qi Chao fed Lan Luo Energy Blocks, destroyed the original owner’s torture implements, and promised he would not hurt him again.
• Qi Chao took Lan Luo to a Mental Power test and an amusement park, where Lan Luo enjoyed being carried and Li Yueya recognized him as Doctor’s third doll.
• Qi Chao researched puppet repair, contacted Doctor, and learned that the original maker should repair Lan Luo’s cracks.
• Qi Chao defended Lan Luo when Little Fatty pulled him from a swing and made Little Fatty apologize, leading Lan Luo to ask for a friend.
• Qi Chao sold his clothing designs for 798,000 Star Coins, completed a design for a new doll, and ordered specialized dollmaking tools.
• Qi Chao reported two men who were blackmailing Qi Feng and Qi Ye, took his brothers home, and told them he had resigned to become a puppet maker.
• Qi Chao returned home, tucked Lan Luo into bed, and prepared to shop for Mother Stone while Lan Luo stayed behind watching cartoons.

Qi Chao awakened a Mother Stone, grew closer to Shen Yuxi and his sons, and learned more about the Puppeteer Competition. At an auction, Qi Chao tried to save the S-Rank dolls Twin Mirrors but stopped when warned of the consequences, then confronted Shen Yuxi about why he had put them up for auction.

• Qi Chao bought a heart-shaped Mother Stone and unknowingly fed it with his powerful Mental Power while Lan Luo watched it absorb the energy.
• Qi Chao welcomed Moss into his home, and Shen Yuxi later repaired Lan Luo’s cracks while Qi Chao waited anxiously.
• Qi Chao and Shen Yuxi became friends, and Shen Yuxi advised Qi Chao on his puppet model and ordered Moss to help him win the Puppeteer Competition.
• Qi Chao’s Mother Stone cracked open and revealed a red heart-shaped stone, and he invited Moss to a diamond auction to choose a gift for Shen Yuxi.
• Qi Chao won Moss’s chosen diamond, then tried to buy Twin Mirrors after the host introduced the malformed S-Rank dolls.
• The auction house owner warned Qi Chao that the Puppeteer Association had reserved Twin Mirrors and that continuing to bid could endanger his father’s company, so Qi Chao stopped.
• Qi Chao confronted Shen Yuxi about auctioning Twin Mirrors, and Shen Yuxi grabbed his hair before realizing Qi Chao was crying and apologizing.