Chapter Summaries

Yan Wen learned that Lu Ting was about to cause a deadly car crash after seeing his ex-wife Wu Xingran with Xiao Yiheng. Wu Xingran overheard the warning and realized she had to keep Xiao Yiheng from getting into the car.

• Mu Xu Ci arrived late at Moon Perch Restaurant with Mu Xu Xi and Yan Wen, and the group began drinking together.
• Yan Wen and Mu Xu Xi followed Xiao Qi's directions to watch Wu Xingran argue with Lu Ting and Xiao Yiheng outside the restaurant.
• Xiao Qi explained that Lu Ting regretted divorcing Wu Xingran and planned to ram Xiao Yiheng's car after seeing them leave together.
• Yan Wen considered wrecking the car but realized the pair could take a taxi instead.
• Wu Xingran overheard Yan Wen and Xiao Qi's warning and resolved to stop herself and Xiao Yiheng from getting into the car.

Wu Xingran rejected Lu Ting’s attempt to win her back, and Xiao Qi revealed that Lu Ting would ruin Xiao Yiheng and the Xiao Family if left unchecked. Mu Xu Xi summoned Lu Ting’s mother to take him away, ending the confrontation and preventing the threatened retaliation.

• Lu Ting demanded that Wu Xingran return to him, but she reminded him of how he had treated her and held on to Xiao Yiheng.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Lu Ting had pursued Zhou Luo obsessively and would later destroy the Xiao Family and cause Xiao Yiheng’s death.
• Yan Wen learned that Lu Ting’s mother could control him, and Mu Xu Xi called her to the Moon Perch Restaurant.
• Lu Ting’s mother arrived, slapped him, and had her bodyguards drag him away after he refused to leave Wu Xingran.
• Wu Xingran apologized to Xiao Yiheng, who reassured her that Lu Ting’s actions were not her fault.
• Mu Xu Ci asked Mu Xu Xi if she had recorded the confrontation, and she confirmed that she had.

After leaving a dinner where Mu Xu Ci drank without getting tipsy, Yan Wen watched Mu Xu Ye and Qi Shu Yu settle into a domestic routine. On the ride home, Mo Chengzhou invited Yan Wen to a Music and Art Exhibition in Yan Jing next month, and Yan Wen accepted.

• Mu Xu Ci told Yan Wen and Mu Xu Xi to go home first, and they called a driver because neither could drive safely.
• While waiting for the car, Yan Wen watched a system clip showing Mu Xu Ye picking Qi Shu Yu up from work, sharing dinner with him, and washing the dishes.
• Mo Chengzhou messaged Yan Wen to thank him for looking after Tang Zi and asked whether he was applying to study off campus.
• Mo Chengzhou invited Yan Wen to a Music and Art Exhibition in Yan Jing next month, and Yan Wen accepted.
• Mu Xu Xi remarked that Mo Chengzhou seemed different from his cold reputation around Yan Wen, who said he had always been gentle with him.

Yan Wen prepared for a weeklong trip with the Mu family and Su Huilan, who bonded with Xie Yunshu and received a qipao as a birthday gift. The chapter ended with Xiao Qi warning Yan Wen that Yan Lin would face a major crisis, though he would ultimately be safe.

• Yan Wen checked the grassland destination’s weather with Xiao Qi and joked about wanting to make more money, while Su Huilan and Xie Yunshu overheard his thoughts.
• Xie Yunshu and Su Huilan discussed their ability to hear Yan Wen’s thoughts and agreed to keep it secret from outsiders.
• Xie Yunshu gave Su Huilan a custom jade-green qipao, which Su Huilan loved, and suggested holding a birthday party for Yan Wen.
• Xiao Qi told Yan Wen that Yan Lin would face serious danger but survive, though the system could not determine when the crisis would happen.

Mu Huai'an visited his biological family and offered them money to sever their ties, while Yan Wen relaxed on the Grassland with Mu Xu Ci and shared photos with Mo Chengzhou. The chapter ended with Mo Chengzhou saving a cropped photo of Yan Wen from the group picture.

• Mu Huai'an gave his biological mother a bank card with three million and refused her request to visit him, insisting they cut ties cleanly.
• Yan Wen and Xiao Qi lounged on the Grassland, where Mu Xu Ci joined them with iced drinks.
• Yan Wen posted landscape photos to Moments and exchanged messages with Mo Chengzhou, who asked why Yan Wen was not in the pictures.
• Mu Xu Ci wondered why Mo Chengzhou took an interest in Yan Wen, but Yan Wen said he was glad to have another friend.
• Yan Wen, Mu Xu Ci, and Mu Xu Xi joined Su Huilan and Xie Yunshu for a group photo on the Grassland.
• Mo Chengzhou cropped the group photo to keep only Yan Wen and saved it to his photo album.

Yan Wen learned that he ranked first in his year and celebrated with his family and friends. After Xiao Qi warned him that Yan Lin would face danger during a job next month, Yan Wen struggled to plan without knowing when it would happen, while Xie Yunshu and Su Huilan prepared to help.

• Yan Wen checked his final exam results, found he had ranked first, and celebrated with Xiao Qi and his friends.
• Xie Yunshu and Su Huilan congratulated Yan Wen, and Xie Yunshu recalled how Mu Huai'an had been left at an orphanage before the family adopted him.
• Yan Wen and Mo Chengzhou arranged to visit an exhibition in Yan Jing next month, and Mo Chengzhou told Mo Qingguo that he liked Yan Wen.
• Su Huilan invited Yan Wen to spend a few days at home for her birthday, and Xiao Qi warned him that Yan Lin would face danger during a job next month.
• Yan Wen learned Xiao Qi could not identify the exact timing, while Xie Yunshu contacted Xingfeng and reassured Su Huilan that Yan Lin would return safely.

Yan Wen returned to Old Moon County with Su Huilan and learned that Yan Lin would go missing in Zhuli on the seventeenth of next month. As Yan Wen prepared to find him, Mu Xingfeng arranged backup, while Mo Chengzhou tried to grow closer to Yan Wen and worked on plans for a car factory.

• Mu Xu Ci drove Yan Wen and Su Huilan to their home in Old Moon County, where Yan Wen asked Xiao Qi to search for Yan Lin.
• Xiao Qi found that Yan Wen would receive news of Yan Lin's disappearance on the seventeenth of next month and later traced the search results to Zhuli in Weicheng.
• Yan Wen learned from Su Huilan that Yan Lin had gone to work in Zhuli and reassured her that Yan Lin would come home safe.
• Mu Xingfeng and Xie Yunshu discussed Yan Lin's possible trouble, and Mu Xingfeng prepared people to help while Xie Yunshu planned to contact Yan Wen.
• Yan Wen told Mo Chengzhou he could not go to Yan Jing next month because he needed to go to Zhuli, and Mo Chengzhou offered to help.
• Mo Chengzhou reviewed a land inspection report, approved plans for a car factory, and looked through a hidden album of photos of Yan Wen.

Su Huilan celebrated her birthday with Yan Wen, who later learned from Xiao Qi that someone was coming to kill him. Meanwhile, Mo Chengzhou’s private messages left Yan Wen flustered and wondering whether he was beginning to like him.

• Yan Wen celebrated Su Huilan’s birthday with a small cake and learned that Xie Yunshu would send people to search for Yan Lin in Zhuli before the expected news arrived on the 17th of next month.
• As Yan Wen took out the trash, Xiao Qi warned that a dangerous person was coming to kill him and assessed the threat at 85%.
• Mo Chengzhou set a hidden-album picture as his chat background with Yan Wen and told him he wanted to talk because he felt at ease with him.
• Yan Wen blushed at Mo Chengzhou’s message, and Xiao Qi suggested he might be falling for him.
• Yan Wen worried about the age gap and whether Mo Chengzhou would return his feelings, then turned off his phone to calm down.

Mu Huai'an hired an assassin to kill Mu Yanwen, and Xie Yunshu and Mu Xingfeng began investigating the threat. Yan Wen decided to gather evidence against Mu Huai'an and prepare to defend himself.

• Mu Huai'an returned home, learned no one was there to welcome him, and hired an assassin to kill Mu Yanwen for a million.
• Song Jing'an reported company matters to Mu Xingfeng, who invited him to a business engagement.
• Xie Yunshu learned from Xiao Qi that Mu Huai'an had hired an assassin, then warned Mu Xingfeng and ordered someone to track Mu Huai'an.
• Mu Xingfeng asked Song Jing'an to investigate Mu Huai'an's movements and contacts during his vacation.
• Yan Wen decided to focus on collecting evidence against Mu Huai'an, while Xiao Qi went to find weapons for his defense.
• Yan Wen chatted with Mo Chengzhou late at night as Mo Chengzhou's secretary waited beside him during a financial report.

Yan Wen learned that Mu Xingfeng had sent people to search for Yan Lin near Zhuli, while Xie Yunshu investigated Mu Huai'an’s secret trip to Darong County. Yan Lin was found injured at the foot of a cliff and survived emergency surgery, but he faced at least six months of recovery.

• Mu Xingfeng's search teams spread through Zhuli County looking for Yan Lin, while Xiao Qi warned Yan Wen that Mu Huai'an had sent them early.
• Xie Yunshu confronted Mu Huai'an about how he had treated Yan Wen, then received a report that Mu Huai'an had visited a woman in Darong County and arranged to meet her.
• Yan Wen went out to draw out the people threatening him, while Xie Yunshu secretly assigned Security Company guards to protect him.
• Mu Xingfeng called Yan Wen to the hospital after his search team found Yan Lin at the foot of a cliff and brought him in for emergency treatment.
• The doctor said Yan Lin had survived despite stopping breathing twice, but had multiple injuries and would need six months or more to recover.

Yan Wen kept vigil as Yan Lin remained unconscious, while Xie Yunshu learned that Mu Huai'an had been stolen as an infant and later asked his birth mother to deny their relationship. At home, Yan Wen confided that he was worried about Yan Lin, and Mo Chengzhou offered to listen and said he would visit him.

• After Yan Lin's vital signs stabilized, Yan Wen stayed beside him in the hospital, unaware that Yan Lin briefly stirred and heard him speaking with Xiao Qi.
• Su Huilan sent Yan Wen home to rest, where he found Xie Yunshu troubled by her meeting with Mu Huai'an's biological mother.
• Mu Huai'an's biological mother told Xie Yunshu that his Third Uncle had stolen him as a baby to pay gambling debts, and that Mu Huai'an later asked her to deny their relationship so Xie Yunshu would stop investigating.
• The woman said Mu Huai'an had recently given her family three million and tried to sever ties, while Xie Yunshu promised to arrange another meeting after resolving other matters.
• Yan Wen messaged Mo Chengzhou, who noticed his worry and told him he was willing to listen.
• Yan Wen said Yan Lin's condition was troubling him, and Mo Chengzhou offered to visit Yan Lin; Yan Wen agreed.

Yan Lin woke from his coma while Yan Wen learned that Mu Huai'an had hired an assassin to target him. Yan Wen survived the assassin’s attempt to drown him and returned home soaked, while Xie Yunshu overheard that Mu Huai'an might be responsible.

• Yan Lin woke after three days unconscious, and the doctor said he could recover with rest and a liquid diet.
• Xie Yunshu told Su Huilan that Mu Huai'an had rejected his birth parents and would be expelled from the Mu Family, with legal consequences if he had broken the law.
• Yan Wen went to the river after Xiao Qi reported that Mu Huai'an was meeting an assassin, and White Wolf shoved him into the water.
• White Wolf left believing Yan Wen had drowned, but Yan Wen surfaced, learned the assassin’s alias from Xiao Qi, and made his way home.
• Xie Yunshu worried over Yan Wen’s soaked clothes, then overheard him wonder whether she would kill Mu Huai'an if she learned he had hired White Wolf.

Xie Yunshu learned that Mu Huai'an had hired White Wolf to kill Yan Wen and asked Su Huilan and Yan Lin to help investigate the assassin. Yan Wen’s system secretly tracked White Wolf and sent his location to Yan Lin, leaving Yan Lin preparing to act on the unexplained lead.

• Xie Yunshu brought Yan Wen ginger soup, then reviewed a video showing White Wolf had pushed him into the river and ordered her subordinates to keep protecting him.
• Xie Yunshu asked Su Huilan to investigate White Wolf, and Yan Lin said he would mobilize his people despite the assassin’s history of escaping them.
• Yan Wen looked up White Wolf’s record and discussed with Xiao Qi how the police might catch him.
• Mu Huai'an confronted White Wolf about failing to kill Yan Wen, then ordered him to abduct Yan Wen and take him to an abandoned factory within three days.
• Xiao Qi saved the evidence and secretly placed a location tracker on White Wolf, then sent his location to Yan Lin’s phone.
• Yan Lin’s team could not trace the tracking signal, but Su Huilan suspected Xiao Qi had provided it, and Yan Lin prepared to investigate the location without revealing that they knew about Yan Wen’s system.

Yan Wen was kidnapped by White Wolf after planning to use the attack to expose Mu Huai'an, while Mo Chengzhou and Yan Wen’s family realized something had gone wrong and followed his tracker. At an abandoned factory, Yan Wen’s blindfold was removed, revealing a familiar, repulsive face.

• Mo Chengzhou visited Yan Lin in the hospital, and Yan Lin and Su Huilan told him that Mu Huai'an had hired White Wolf to kill Yan Wen.
• Yan Lin and Su Huilan encouraged Mo Chengzhou to be more open about his feelings for Yan Wen.
• When Yan Wen failed to return from buying grapes, Yan Lin, Mo Chengzhou, and Su Huilan realized he was missing and mobilized to find him.
• White Wolf kidnapped Yan Wen and drove him to an abandoned factory, while Xiao Qi shared Yan Wen’s location with Mu Xingfeng and Xie Yunshu.
• Yan Wen’s arm was scraped and began bleeding after White Wolf threw him to the factory floor.
• White Wolf tore off Yan Wen’s blindfold, and Yan Wen saw a familiar, repulsive face.

Yan Wen survived Mu Huai'an's attempt to kill him at an abandoned factory after a rescue team arrived and Mo Chengzhou took him to the hospital. As Yan Wen recovered, his family gathered around him, while Mo Chengzhou arranged for Mu Huai'an to be sent to a prison on North City Island.

• White Wolf left Yan Wen alone with Mu Huai'an, who revealed his resentment toward the Mu Family and tried to kill Yan Wen as Yan Wen secretly cut his bonds.
• Yan Wen freed himself, fought Mu Huai'an, and learned from Xiao Qi that a rescue team was approaching the factory.
• Mu Huai'an drew a gun, but a rescue team shot his wrist through a window and surrounded him before Mo Chengzhou carried the wounded Yan Wen to the hospital.
• Xie Yunshu and Mu Xingfeng beat Mu Huai'an, while Mu Xu Ci, Mu Xu Xi, Mu Xu Ye, and Qi Shu Yu visited Yan Wen at the hospital.
• Yan Wen told Tang Yun that Mu Huai'an had been arrested, and Mo Chengzhou ordered that he be sent to the prison on North City Island.

Mu Huai'an was sentenced to North City Island Prison, while Yan Wen recovered and returned to the Mu Family villa. Mo Chengzhou grew closer to Yan Wen, and Mu Xu Ye brought Qi Shu Yu home to meet his parents before the two planned to travel together.

• At Mu Huai'an's trial, Xie Yunshu directed him to apologize to Yan Wen, but Yan Wen refused to give him another chance, and the Mu Family accepted Mo Chengzhou's decision to send him to prison.
• At North City Island Prison, Mu Huai'an was repeatedly beaten by his two cellmates and needed emergency treatment three times in his first week.
• After Yan Wen was discharged, Mo Chengzhou cared for him at the hospital and drove him home, while Yan Wen admired Mo Chengzhou's hands and wondered about holding them.
• Yan Wen returned to the Mu Family villa, where Qi Shu Yu gave him a custom cufflink engraved with his initials.
• Mu Xu Ye told Yan Wen that Qi Shu Yu had come to meet their parents and that they planned to travel together afterward.

Qi Shu Yu and Mu Xu Ye prepared to travel together while Yan Wen learned that Qi Ji might imprison Qi Shu Yu and send his illegitimate son, Qi Jiawang, to impersonate him. Mu Xu Ye promised to accompany Qi Shu Yu home, and the Mu family prepared to confront the danger.

• Xie Yunshu helped Mu Xu Ye and Qi Shu Yu prepare for their trip and teased them with a supply of condoms.
• At dinner, Yan Wen learned from Xiao Qi that Qi Ji favored Qi Jiawang and intended to imprison Qi Shu Yu and use Qi Jiawang to deceive Mu Xu Ye.
• Mu Xu Ye reassured Qi Shu Yu and said he would go with him to meet his parents.
• Xiao Qi revealed that Qi Shu Yu had once escaped the Qi Family to find Mu Xu Ye, who had been in danger, but their original story ended with their last meeting.
• Mu Xu Ye had already identified the mole at his company, leaving the Qi Family as the main threat to address.
• Mu Xingfeng offered gifts for Qi Shu Yu to bring when he visited his family with Mu Xu Ye.

Qi Shu Yu secretly photographed Mu Xu Ye while they relaxed by the sea. Yan Wen went out with Mo Chengzhou to explore Weicheng before Mo Chengzhou returned to Yan Jing, while Yan Wen’s parents wondered if Mo Chengzhou wanted more than friendship.

• Qi Shu Yu secretly took a photo of Mu Xu Ye, who returned the phone and rested beside him.
• Yan Wen learned that Mo Chengzhou would return to Yan Jing the following week and agreed to show him around Weicheng.
• Yan Wen packed a backpack and left after Xie Yunshu gave him five hundred thousand to spend.
• Mo Chengzhou’s assistant and driver prepared to carry Yan Wen’s shopping, and Yan Wen chose a lively night destination.
• Mo Chengzhou touched Yan Wen’s lips as he showed him pictures, leaving Yan Wen flustered.

Yan Wen bought Mo Chengzhou a custom suit and an expensive watch while they browsed Gilded Street, spending five or six million despite privately lamenting the cost. After Mo Chengzhou messaged the assistant, the assistant left the group and went to Starshine Garage to ask about the latest cars.

• Yan Wen ordered a custom black suit for Mo Chengzhou to be delivered to the Mu Family villa on Ruiai Mountain.
• Yan Wen chose a Patek Philippe watch for Mo Chengzhou and bought it after learning that the suit and watch together cost five or six million.
• Mo Chengzhou told Yan Wen he liked the watch and promised to wear it, while Yan Wen privately worried about how much money he had spent.
• Mo Chengzhou messaged the assistant, who handed the shopping bags to the driver and left the group unnoticed by Yan Wen.
• The assistant went to Starshine Garage and asked about its latest models.

Yan Wen and Mo Chengzhou shared dinner at a historical-themed restaurant, where Yan Wen learned about Mo Chengzhou’s strict childhood and promised to take him to an amusement park. After the wine left Yan Wen drunk, Mo Chengzhou cared for him at a hotel, where Yan Wen confessed that he liked Mo Chengzhou.

• Yan Wen and Mo Chengzhou listened to a storyteller and talked about their childhoods, and Yan Wen promised to take Mo Chengzhou to an amusement park.
• Yan Wen ordered Xiangyang Yellow Wine, which Xiao Qi warned was also known as Windfall Drunk.
• Yan Wen became dizzy, so Mo Chengzhou carried him from the restaurant to a hotel and arranged for his assistant and driver to help.
• Mo Chengzhou wiped Yan Wen’s face and tried to get him ready for bed while Yan Wen drunkenly asked him to stay and talk.
• Yan Wen said he already liked someone and secretly confessed to Mo Chengzhou that he liked him.