Chapter Summaries

Li Zhaoxi refused to donate blood to Tao Niannian and recorded Tao Jingxing admitting that Niannian was adopted. After she denied knowing Tao Jingxing at Shengyuan’s gate, he left to ask his parents to find another blood donor.

• At dinner, Tao Niannian expressed concern about Li Zhaoxi, and the Tao family blamed Li Zhaoxi while Yan Wen and Xiao Qi discussed a Family Severance Banquet.
• Mu Xu Xi told Yan Wen that Mu Huai'an had been made to kneel for over five hours, and Yan Wen thanked her for the punishment.
• Li Zhaoxi asked Yan Wen to obtain the DNA report proving her relationship to the Tao Family, and Xiao Qi retrieved the forgotten report for him.
• Tao Jingxing called Li Zhaoxi to demand that she donate blood to Tao Niannian, and she refused while recording him admitting Niannian was adopted.
• Tao Jingxing went to Shengyuan to collect Li Zhaoxi, but she told the security guard she did not know him, so he was turned away.
• Tao Jingxing told Tao Mother he had failed to bring Li Zhaoxi, and she agreed to arrange blood through the hospital.

Yan Wen helped Li Zhaoxi prepare to confront the Tao Family and arranged for her Family Severance Banquet to take place beside Tao Niannian’s birthday banquet. He left the chapter looking forward to the event, while Gao Yuyang reflected on whether he would become his family’s heir.

• Li Zhaoxi sent Yan Wen three recordings, and he said he would handle the rest.
• Tao Niannian’s family blamed Li Zhaoxi and planned to make her apologize at Tao Niannian’s birthday banquet.
• Xie Yunshu told Yan Wen that the Tao Family had invited them to the birthday banquet, and Li Zhaoxi agreed to hold her Family Severance Banquet that day.
• Yan Wen asked Xie Yunshu to arrange Li Zhaoxi’s banquet next door to the Tao Family’s event.
• Yan Wen exercised with Tang Yun and Gao Yuyang, then invited them to attend the banquets with him.
• Gao Yuyang said he did not want to become his family’s heir and would rather live carefree.

Li Zhaoxi attended Tao Niannian’s birthday banquet with friends from the Mu and Tang families, while the Tao family berated her and favored Niannian. After Niannian publicly insulted her and Tao Jingcheng shoved her, Li Zhaoxi challenged the family’s claim that they had raised her, just as Tao Father, Tao Mother, and Tao Jingxing arrived.

• Tao Jingxing arrived at the banquet without Li Zhaoxi, who came later with Xie Yunshu, Tang Yun, Yan Wen, and Gao Yuyang.
• Xie Yunshu defended Li Zhaoxi, and Tao Father revealed that she was Chairman Mu’s wife; Tang Yun then identified himself as a member of Yan Jing’s Tang Family.
• Tao Father celebrated Tao Niannian onstage while Li Zhaoxi’s companions promised to hold a birthday celebration for her before the Family Severance Banquet.
• Tao Niannian accused Li Zhaoxi of using sex to gain the Mu family’s favor, and Yan Wen and Xie Yunshu rebuked her.
• Tao Jingcheng shoved Li Zhaoxi while defending Tao Niannian, but Tang Yun caught her; Li Zhaoxi challenged Tao Jingcheng’s claim that the Tao family had raised her.
• Tao Father, Tao Mother, and Tao Jingxing hurried over as Li Zhaoxi confronted Tao Jingcheng.

At the Tao Family birthday banquet, Li Zhaoxi turned the event into a family severance banquet and exposed how the family had mistreated her and favored their adopted daughter, Tao Niannian. She left the Tao Family’s reputation in ruins by revealing proof of her parentage and superior school record.

• Yan Wen changed the stage display from “Birthday Banquet” to “Family Severance Banquet,” and Li Zhaoxi declared she was cutting ties with the Tao Family.
• Li Zhaoxi displayed photographs of the cramped storage room where she had lived and described eating leftovers and wearing cheap clothes.
• Yan Wen stopped Tao Jingcheng and Tao Jingxing from reaching the stage, then restrained Tao Jingcheng when he attacked.
• Li Zhaoxi played recordings proving she was the Tao Family’s biological daughter and that they had repeatedly favored Tao Niannian.
• Li Zhaoxi accused the Tao Family of forcing her into Class Thirteen despite her strong grades, and Yan Wen displayed report cards showing she had outperformed Tao Niannian.

At the Family Severance Banquet, Yan Wen exposed Tao Niannian’s fake faint, while Li Zhaoxi showed footage documenting the Tao Family’s abuse during her two years in their home. The Tao Family was left confronted with the evidence as Tao Jingcheng demanded to know whether Tao Niannian had framed Li Zhaoxi.

• Tao Niannian pretended to faint, but Yan Wen had a doctor examine her and used a flashlight to prove she was awake.
• Li Zhaoxi reminded the Tao Family that she was their biological daughter and announced that the banquet would end her connection to them.
• Li Zhaoxi played recovered surveillance clips showing Tao Mother’s contempt and the family’s mistreatment of her.
• Li Zhaoxi revealed the scars and health problems she suffered during her two years with the Tao Family and challenged them to name anything they had given her.
• Tao Mother apologized, and Tao Jingcheng grabbed Tao Niannian and demanded to know whether she had falsely accused Li Zhaoxi.

At the Family Severance Banquet, Yan Wen showed videos proving Tao Niannian had bullied Li Zhaoxi, and Li Zhaoxi rejected the Tao Family’s pleas to reconcile. After the banquet was exposed as livestreamed, Li Zhaoxi left with her supporters and planned to focus on school before pursuing a career overseas.

• Yan Wen played videos of Tao Niannian bullying Li Zhaoxi, while Tao Niannian claimed they were fake.
• After the videos revealed the Tao Family had blamed Li Zhaoxi for Tao Niannian’s abuse, Tao Mother apologized and Tao Father offered compensation to persuade Li Zhaoxi to return.
• Li Zhaoxi refused reconciliation and declared that she was severing ties with the Tao Family for good.
• Tao Jingcheng slapped Tao Niannian, and Tao Mother rejected her after Yan Wen revealed the banquet had been livestreamed.
• Outside the restaurant, Li Zhaoxi thanked Yan Wen, Tang Yun, and Gao Yuyang, then said she would focus on her studies and pursue a fashion design career overseas after graduation.

Li Zhaoxi discussed leaving the Tao Family and planned to visit her parents, while Mu Huai'an grew jealous of Yan Wen and arranged a secret job. Yan Wen learned that Secretary Liu planned to steal company research and warned Mu Xingfeng, who confirmed Liu's contact with a competitor; Tang Yun also learned his youngest uncle would soon visit Weicheng.

• Mu Xu Xi complained that Xie Yunshu and Xiao Wen had watched the Tao Family drama without her, and Xie Yunshu left for afternoon tea.
• Li Zhaoxi told Yan Xiaoqing she had cut ties with the Tao Family and planned to visit her parents and prepare her graduation materials.
• Mu Huai'an feared the Mu Family would favor Yan Wen over him, so he called an unnamed contact and offered payment for a job.
• Tang Yun and Gao Yuyang chatted with Yan Wen about visiting his home, and Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Secretary Liu planned to steal research materials in two days.
• Yan Wen warned Mu Xingfeng about Secretary Liu, and Mu Xingfeng learned from the R&D head that Liu had been contacting Shengshi Group.
• Tang Yun's parents asked him to show his youngest uncle around Weicheng when the uncle arrived in half a month, and Tang Yun agreed in exchange for spending money.

Yan Wen learned that a powerful person connected to him had helped bring down the rival company, then attended an auction with the Mu family and discovered that the handsome man he admired was Tang Yun’s youngest uncle. Mo Chengzhou noticed Yan Wen as the auction continued.

• Yan Wen learned from Xiao Qi that Secretary Liu had been arrested and the rival company was under investigation, with someone powerful connected to Yan Wen intervening.
• Tang Yun asked Yan Wen to help show his youngest uncle around Weicheng, and Yan Wen agreed.
• Yan Wen attended an auction with the Mu family and admired a Qing-dynasty folding fan before Mu Xu Xi bought it for him for five million.
• Yan Wen dismissed a porcelain vase as a reproduction after Xiao Qi identified it, then wondered whether he could leave the auction early.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that the handsome man he had been admiring was Mo Chengzhou, Tang Yun’s twenty-five-year-old youngest uncle.
• Yan Wen met Mo Chengzhou’s gaze and looked away, while Mo Chengzhou smiled faintly.

After the auction, Yan Wen met Tang Yun’s youngest uncle, Mo Chengzhou, and took him sightseeing and to a traditional restaurant. As they chose food and performances, Mo Chengzhou continued to hear Yan Wen’s thoughts and wondered why they were always about him.

• Yan Wen bumped into Mo Chengzhou at the auction venue, then watched him win an eight-hundred-thousand-square-meter plot of land for 1.2 billion.
• After the auction, Mu Xu Ci dropped Yan Wen off, and Yan Wen reunited with Tang Yun and Gao Yuyang before Mo Chengzhou arrived.
• Yan Wen pretended to meet Mo Chengzhou for the first time, and Tang Yun explained that Mo Chengzhou would stay in Weicheng for about a month.
• Yan Wen suggested a restaurant famous for French Fish Stew after Mo Chengzhou mentioned it, and Mo Chengzhou stopped Tang Yun from embarrassing Yan Wen with too much praise.
• At the restaurant, Yan Wen chose a tea ceremony and martial arts performance, while Mo Chengzhou wondered why he could hear Yan Wen’s thoughts and why they focused on him.

Yan Wen learned that Gao Zhen was poisoning Old Master Gao and plotting to kill Gao Yuyang, and he agreed to help find a doctor. After exchanging contact details with Mo Chengzhou, Mo Chengzhou pinned Yan Wen’s chat to the top of his messages.

• Yan Wen admired the tea art and martial arts performances with Tang Yun and learned that Mo Chengzhou owned an authenticated Zhou Dynasty longsword.
• Mo Chengzhou invited Yan Wen to his home to see the sword, and Yan Wen accepted.
• Xiao Qi revealed that Gao Zhen had poisoned Old Master Gao and planned to stage an accident that would kill Gao Yuyang.
• Gao Yuyang called his mother, learned Gao Zhen was caring for Old Master Gao, and asked Yan Wen to help find a doctor.
• Mo Chengzhou and Yan Wen exchanged contact details at the hotel, and Mo Chengzhou pinned Yan Wen’s chat.

Mo Chengzhou discussed his work with Mo Bei while Yan Wen brought Gao Yuyang home and asked Mu Xingfeng to find a doctor for Gao Yuyang’s poisoned grandfather. As the Mu family gathered, Xiao Qi revealed news about Mu Xu Ye and hinted that Mu Xu Ci might face romantic trouble.

• Mo Chengzhou told Mo Bei that the Weicheng land had been secured and mentioned Mu Yanwen as a good influence on A Yun.
• Yan Wen told Mu Xingfeng and Xie Yunshu about his exam plans and his wish to visit Yan Mom for her birthday.
• Yan Wen asked Mu Xingfeng to find a doctor for Gao Yuyang’s grandfather, and Mu Xingfeng promised to bring an experienced physician the next day.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Bai Qianqian had helped Gao Zhen poison Grandpa Gao and offered to gather evidence while they sought a cure.
• Xiao Qi revealed that Mu Xu Ye was staying at a hotel to look after the drunk Qi Shu Yu, then hinted that Mu Xu Ci might have romantic trouble.

Qi Shu Yu woke up in a hotel beside Mu Xu Ye after Mu Xu Ye picked him up while he was drunk, and they discussed their new relationship. Meanwhile, Dr. Qiu arrived at the Mu Family home and prepared to examine Old Mr. Gao, whose illness and succession decision had deepened tensions in the Gao Family.

• Mu Xu Ye helped the intoxicated Qi Shu Yu take hangover medicine, and Qi Shu Yu woke the next morning beside him with no memory of the previous night.
• Qi Shu Yu asked why Mu Xu Ye had picked him up, and Mu Xu Ye said it was normal because they were dating.
• Mu Xingfeng brought Dr. Qiu to the Mu Family home, where Dr. Qiu identified Mu Xu Xi's and Tang Yun's health concerns and reassured Gao Yuyang about his grandfather.
• Yan Wen told Mo Chengzhou he could not take him sightseeing the next day because he was visiting a friend's grandfather, and Mo Chengzhou told him not to worry.
• At the Gao Family home, Gao Jianjun explained that Old Mr. Gao had been ill for nearly a month, and Old Mr. Gao agreed to let Dr. Qiu examine him.
• Old Mr. Gao said he had made Gao Yuyang his successor after first choosing Gao Zhen, whom he had replaced following an unspecified incident.

Yan Wen and Gao Yuyang brought Old Physician Qiu to examine Old Master Gao, who was poisoned through the medicine Gao Zhen prepared for him. After finding the poisoned medicine as evidence, Yan Wen proposed gathering a video of Gao Zhen adding poison, leaving the family to plan how to expose him.

• Gao Yuyang returned to the Gao Family residence with Yan Wen, Tang Yun, and Old Physician Qiu to visit Old Master Gao.
• Old Physician Qiu diagnosed Old Master Gao with poisoning, while Yan Wen learned from Xiao Qi that Gao Zhen’s leftover medicine was beneath his bed.
• Yan Wen and Gao Yuyang secretly searched Gao Zhen’s room and recovered the half-full bowl of medicine.
• Old Physician Qiu confirmed that the medicine contained a slow-acting poison, and Yan Wen stopped Gao Jianjun from confronting Gao Zhen without proof.
• Yan Wen proposed recording Gao Zhen adding poison to the medicine, and Old Master Gao said Gao Zhen would be expelled and handed over to the police if guilty.
• Xiao Qi warned Yan Wen that using the system function to preserve the medicine had left him with three days of bad luck.

Yan Wen returned to the Mu Family with Tang Yun and Gao Yuyang, but his bad luck continued through a gaming match and nearly caused him to fall down the stairs. He accepted Mo Chengzhou’s invitation to see a musical in three days, when his streak of bad luck was expected to end.

• Old Master Gao told Gao Jianjun to keep the previous day’s events secret and watch Xiao Zhen closely.
• Yan Wen showered, slipped, and bruised his arm, while Xiao Qi warned that two days and eight hours remained in his bad-luck streak.
• Yan Wen’s character was killed after an incoming call disrupted the team’s game, and Tang Yun and Gao Yuyang won the match without him.
• Yan Wen accepted Mo Chengzhou’s invitation to see a musical in three days.
• Yan Wen nearly fell down the stairs but caught himself and stood upright.

Yan Wen’s bad luck ended, and he went with Mo Chengzhou to see Musical Theater. After enjoying the performance, Yan Wen agreed to have dinner with Mo Chengzhou, who asked whether he would visit Yan Jing after his exams.

• Yan Wen learned from Xiao Qi that his three days of bad luck had ended and told the Mu Family he was going out with Mo Chengzhou.
• Mo Chengzhou picked Yan Wen up, and the two went together to see Musical Theater.
• At the theater, Yan Wen admired Mo Chengzhou’s hand and enjoyed the performance while Mo Chengzhou watched him.
• After the show, Yan Wen accepted Mo Chengzhou’s invitation to dinner and talked about his hobbies and upcoming exams.
• Mo Chengzhou asked Yan Wen whether he would be interested in visiting Yan Jing after his exams.

Yan Wen and Mo Chengzhou went out to see Weicheng at night and shared a meal, where Mo Chengzhou’s grandfather asked whether he liked Yan Wen. Mo Chengzhou admitted Yan Wen made him feel different but said he needed to be certain before pursuing him, while Mu Huai’an arranged for someone to kill a person.

• Yan Wen and Mo Chengzhou visited a bridge at night, then drove to a restaurant to get food.
• Mo Chengzhou spoke with his grandfather, Mo Qingguo, who asked Yan Wen about their connection and invited him to visit Yan Jing.
• After Yan Wen returned the phone, Mo Qingguo asked Mo Chengzhou whether he liked Yan Wen.
• Mo Chengzhou admitted Yan Wen made him feel different but said he would not pursue him until he knew his feelings were real.
• At Shengyuan Academy, Mu Huai’an instructed someone to kill a person and promised the remaining payment after he saw the body.

Yan Wen returned to the Mu Family home and accepted Mu Huai'an’s promise to stop hurting him. Meanwhile, Mo Chengzhou investigated Mu Huai'an and wondered how to court Yan Wen, while Xie Yunshu recalled troubling details about Mu Huai'an’s origins.

• Mo Chengzhou brought Yan Wen home at dawn, and Yan Wen learned that Tang Zi and the others were staying at a hotel.
• Mu Huai'an knelt and begged Yan Wen to forgive him, swearing he would be cast out of the Mu Family if he hurt him again; Yan Wen warned him to behave.
• Mo Chengzhou learned that Mu Huai'an had caused trouble for Yan Wen and asked his assistant how to court someone he liked.
• Xie Yunshu and Mu Xingfeng discussed whether Mu Huai'an had truly changed and recalled that his supposed biological parents had later denied being related to him.
• Xie Yunshu remembered that the orphanage director had said someone left Mu Huai'an at the entrance.

Yan Wen returned to school after half a month away and showed he had kept up with his studies, while Gao Yuyang’s friends teased him about liking Li Zhaoxi. After work, Mu Xu Ye picked up Qi Shu Yu and went home with him, where he insisted they share a bed.

• Yan Wen answered his classmates’ challenge by explaining that he could still keep up with his lessons and aimed to place in the top three.
• Yan Wen, Tang Yun, and Gao Yuyang met Li Zhaoxi and Yan Xiaoqing on the sports field, where Li Zhaoxi thanked them and recalled Gao Yuyang’s fondness for food.
• Tang Yun teased Gao Yuyang about liking Li Zhaoxi, and Yan Wen told both friends he would teach them fighting moves after the exams.
• Mu Xu Ye arrived at Wansheng Group late at night to pick up Qi Shu Yu, and Qi Shu Yu’s colleagues teased them about their relationship.
• Mu Xu Ye followed Qi Shu Yu into his apartment and persuaded him to share the master bedroom bed.

Yan Wen finished his first-year exams and learned that Gao Zhen would be expelled from the Gao Family and face prison. After Yan Lin and Su Huilan affirmed their devotion to each other, Yan Wen watched a library fight and learned Zhang He had been targeted for an old grudge.

• Yan Wen, Tang Yun, and Gao Yuyang finished their morning exam, and Gao Yuyang said Gao Zhen had been exposed, reported to the police, and was to be expelled from the Gao Family.
• Gao Yuyang invited Yan Wen to stay with the Gao Family during vacation so his grandfather could thank him.
• Xie Yunshu and Su Huilan discussed arranging a trip together with their families, while Yan Lin said he had to leave on a mission and asked Su Huilan whether she resented him; she said she did not.
• After his afternoon exam, Yan Wen went to the library with Tang Yun and Gao Yuyang, where two students fought over noisy page-turning.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Zhang He had been beaten because he had offended the other student earlier, and the student had used the dispute as an excuse for revenge.

Yan Wen finished his swordsmanship exam and went home for the holidays with Tang Yun and Gao Yuyang, where he learned their families planned a trip together. He also heard about Gao Zhen’s expulsion from the Gao Family and learned that Mu Xu Ci was holding a company dinner the next evening, which Yan Wen was eager to attend.

• Yan Wen impressed Tang Yun and Gao Yuyang with his swordsmanship exam, then left school with them after Mu Xingfeng arrived with two Bodyguards.
• Mu Xingfeng told Yan Wen that their two families would take a trip together in three days, while Tang Yun said his family would collect him the next day and Gao Yuyang invited Yan Wen to visit his grandfather.
• Gao Yuyang told Yan Wen that Gao Zhen had been expelled from the Gao Family and publicly disowned, and Yan Wen described Gao Zhen’s family begging his second brother for leniency.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Mu Xu Ci was holding a company dinner, and Mu Xingfeng invited Yan Wen to attend it the following evening.
• Mu Xingfeng teased Mu Xu Ci for being single and recalled how he had brusquely rejected a girl’s love letter in high school.