Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Yan Wen returns home to find a wealthy couple waiting. His parents explain that they are his biological parents, Mu Xingfeng and Xie Yunshu, and that they are taking him back to the Mu family after sixteen years apart.
• Yan Wen’s adoptive mother explains that she took him in as a hungry, unidentified child when she believed she could not have children. Though stunned, Yan Wen promises to visit her after leaving.
• That night, a “Gossip System” called Xiao Qi binds itself to Yan Wen. It reveals that the Mu family adopted Mu Huai’an after Yan Wen disappeared, and that the family is currently consoling Huai’an, who feels threatened by Yan Wen’s return.
• The next day, Yan Wen travels with his biological parents to the Mu family’s villa. His two eldest brothers are away; his sister, Mu Xu Xi, and Huai’an are at home.
• On arrival, Huai’an tearfully suggests he should leave because Yan Wen has returned. Yan Wen challenges him for assuming he hates him. Xu Xi comforts Huai’an and declares him the only younger brother she acknowledges, prompting an immediate glare-off with Yan Wen.
• As Yan Wen’s internal comments about Huai’an and the family are somehow heard by his biological parents, Xiao Qi announces it has detected more gossip.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Wen moves from disbelief and confusion to curiosity and confidence. The system’s revelations make him eager to meet the family and observe its drama. He remains attached to his adoptive parents, especially his mother, and assures her their home will always be his.
• Xie Yunshu and Mu Xingfeng are eager to welcome Yan Wen, while recognizing that returning to them may be difficult for him. They unexpectedly discover they can hear his thoughts.
• Mu Huai’an presents himself as self-sacrificing and distressed, fearing he has no place in the family now that Yan Wen has returned.
• Mu Xu Xi openly sides with Huai’an and treats Yan Wen with hostility, while Yan Wen refuses to accept her declaration without question.
• Yan Wen’s adoptive parents show affection and sadness at his departure, and he responds with gratitude and reassurance.

Significant themes

• Biological versus chosen family: Yan Wen’s return raises questions about whether blood ties outweigh the loving home that raised him.
• Belonging and displacement: Both Yan Wen and Huai’an face uncertainty about their place in the Mu family.
• Family favoritism and rivalry: Xu Xi’s loyalty to Huai’an foreshadows conflict between the returned heir and the adopted son.
• Secrets and public/private thoughts: The Gossip System—and the parents’ ability to hear Yan Wen’s inner commentary—turns private family tensions into potential revelations.

Key plot points

• Yan Wen learns through his gossip system that Mu Xu Xi’s boyfriend, Lin Qi, has been cheating for six months. Lin Qi plans to meet his affair partner, “Little Sweetie,” at a hotel the following night.
• Yan Wen arranges to go out, ostensibly to handle a personal matter. Mu Huai’an tries to discourage him, but Mu Xingfeng provides a driver.
• The Mu family follows Yan Wen to the Hot Spring Hotel, which they own. The system reveals Lin Qi is already in a room with his lover, and hotel staff bring them a key.
• Mu Xu Xi catches Lin Qi in bed with He Tian. Lin Qi begs for forgiveness and blames He Tian, but Mu Xu Xi rejects him, and her father has him and He Tian taken away.
• The system reveals He Tian’s history of using wealthy men for money, making Lin Qi her fifth target.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Wen uses his system’s gossip to help his newly acquired older sister, though his excitement about the scandal gives the effort a mischievous, voyeuristic edge. He works with Mu Xu Xi and their parents to expose Lin Qi.
• Mu Xu Xi struggles to believe the accusation but keeps her composure until she sees the truth. She then confronts Lin Qi, slaps him, and decisively ends the relationship.
• Xie Yunshu quietly restrains and supports her distressed daughter, then invents a plausible reason for the family’s presence at the hotel.
• Mu Xingfeng supports Xu Xi, helps secure access to the room, and uses the family’s influence to deal with the pair.
• Mu Huai’an resents being left out when Xu Xi turns her attention to Yan Wen and her own plans.

Significant themes

• Trust and betrayal: Xu Xi’s love for Lin Qi has kept her from recognizing his prolonged infidelity.
• Family loyalty and protection: The Mu family quickly unites to support Xu Xi and confront the people who hurt her.
• Truth revealed through hidden knowledge: Yan Wen’s system exposes secrets that ordinary observation had missed, turning gossip into a tool for accountability.

Plot points and events

• After returning home, Mu Huai’an plays the abandoned, self-sacrificing son, suggesting he should leave because Yan Wen has returned. Yan Wen calmly rejects the idea, saying Huai’an was also a child and bears no blame for the past.
• Mu Xu Xi says the family will not abandon Huai’an, though she plans to keep watching Yan Wen before fully trusting his claims about him. Mu Xingfeng rewards Yan Wen with a million in spending money.
• Xie Yunshu announces a welcome banquet for Yan Wen in three days. Huai’an questions the timing and implies Yan Wen may be unprepared and embarrass the family. Yan Wen and his system, Xiao Qi, recognize the subtle sabotage; Xiao Qi warns Huai’an may interfere with the banquet but is temporarily limited to predicting events only a day ahead.
• The next day, Xie Yunshu takes Yan Wen and Mu Xu Xi shopping. She buys Yan Wen several outfits, including two suits, spending over two million. Yan Wen is stunned by the prices.
• Yan Wen thinks of his adoptive parents and wonders whether he can visit them. Xiao Qi detects that their background is unusually significant but cannot yet discover who they are. It explains that witnessing juicy drama earns points to upgrade the system, prompting Yan Wen to look for some.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Wen shows confidence and restraint: he refuses to let Huai’an’s provocation turn him against the family, while privately recognizing Huai’an’s manipulative tactics. Despite his new wealth and status, he remains attached to his adoptive parents.
• Mu Huai’an maintains a wounded, humble façade, but his remarks about the banquet reveal an effort to undermine Yan Wen. He is unsettled when Yan Wen refuses to condemn him.
• Xie Yunshu openly expresses love and guilt toward Yan Wen, eagerly preparing his welcome and spoiling him while shopping.
• Mu Xingfeng warmly accepts Yan Wen and rewards him generously. Mu Xu Xi is protective of the family but increasingly open to Yan Wen after he helped expose Lin Qi’s deception.
• Yan Wen’s private exchanges with Xiao Qi provide comic commentary and reveal the system’s limits and its need for drama to upgrade.

Significant themes

• Family and belonging: The Mu family tries to include both sons, while Yan Wen’s thoughts remain connected to the parents who raised him.
• Manipulation versus sincerity: Huai’an uses apparent self-sacrifice to shape the family’s view of Yan Wen, but Yan Wen sees through the performance.
• Wealth and class contrast: Yan Wen is shocked by luxury prices and the ease with which the Mu family spends millions.
• Hidden identities and future intrigue: The system’s discovery about Yan Wen’s adoptive parents foreshadows a larger mystery, while Huai’an’s possible banquet scheme sets up conflict.

Key plot points and events

• Yan Wen, Xie Yunshu, and Mu Xu Xi encounter Zhao Jing, the Wen Family’s new mistress, berating a handbag-shop assistant over a bag already reserved by another customer.
• Xie Yunshu rebukes Zhao Jing for her public behavior and reminds her that she has been married to Chairman Wen for less than three months. Zhao Jing backs down and leaves.
• Yan Wen learns through Xiao Qi that Zhao Jing engineered her marriage to Wen Haidong: she bribed a hotel attendant to put the heavily intoxicated chairman in her room, though he was too drunk to do anything. Wen Haidong mistakenly believes the encounter happened as others claimed.
• Meanwhile, Mu Huai’an calls his second brother and Qingyan, portraying the Mu Family’s planned reunion banquet for Yan Wen as proof that they will discard him. Qingyan promises to support him.
• Huai’an privately reveals his real aim: to make Yan Wen embarrass himself at the banquet and prevent him from reclaiming his place in the family. He eats dinner alone while the rest of the household is out, deepening his anxiety about losing his privileged life.
• At dinner out, Yan Wen recalls that his adoptive parents treated him lovingly despite having little money. Mu Xu Xi reflects on her earlier hostility toward him when he first returned to the Mu Family.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Wen remains cheerful and grounded, appreciating both his adoptive family and his wealthy biological family. His inner commentary adds humor as he observes Zhao Jing and reacts to the expensive restaurant.
• Xie Yunshu confidently intervenes on the sales assistant’s behalf and uses Zhao Jing’s precarious standing in the Wen Family to silence her.
• Zhao Jing appears domineering in public but is wary of jeopardizing her new position. Her calculated marriage scheme is exposed through Xiao Qi.
• Mu Huai’an acts hurt and vulnerable in calls to his brother and Qingyan, while privately plotting against Yan Wen. His fear of losing his status drives his deception.
• Mu Xu Xi shows growing interest in Yan Wen’s past and recognizes that he was raised with genuine affection. She remembers that she once treated him coldly because she favored Huai’an.

Significant themes

• Deception and insecurity: Zhao Jing’s marriage and Huai’an’s emotional appeals both rely on manipulating others.
• Family and belonging: Yan Wen’s loving upbringing with the Yan Family contrasts with Huai’an’s fear that his place in the Mu Family is conditional.
• Status and entitlement: Zhao Jing abuses her perceived influence, while Huai’an clings to the privileges of being the Mu Family’s youngest son.
• Love as the basis of family: Yan Wen’s warmth and confidence reflect the care he received, regardless of wealth or biological ties.

Key plot points and events

• At the Mu Family’s banquet welcoming Yan Wen, the guests speculate about the family’s newly returned biological son. Yan Wen appears composed beside Mu Xingfeng and Xie Yunshu, though he is privately nervous.
• Mu Huai’an arrives with Fang Qingyan, who resents the attention Yan Wen receives and argues that the Mu parents are treating Huai’an unfairly.
• Yan Wen politely but pointedly rebukes Fang Qingyan for failing to greet him, reminding him that basic respect is expected even at another family’s banquet.
• Yan Wen learns through his system, Xiao Qi, that Huai’an and Fang Qingyan have arranged to frame him for stealing a necklace: a bribed waiter will plant it in his clothes, and the banquet’s cameras have been disabled.
• Yan Wen lets the setup proceed, then uses Xiao Qi to transfer the necklace from his clothes onto Fang Qingyan.
• A guest soon reports her necklace missing. With the cameras unusable, Huai’an and Fang Qingyan urge the guests to be searched. Xie Yunshu realizes events are unfolding exactly as Yan Wen predicted.

Character developments

• Yan Wen shows confidence and social poise despite his anxiety. He recognizes the plot against him and turns it back on its planners rather than panicking.
• Mu Huai’an struggles with losing his former position as the center of the family’s attention. He appears to orchestrate the theft accusation against Yan Wen.
• Fang Qingyan openly disdains Yan Wen and acts as Huai’an’s devoted defender, helping with the scheme.
• Mu Xingfeng, Xie Yunshu, and Mu Xu Xi are uneasy about Yan Wen’s warnings but have difficulty believing Huai’an and Fang Qingyan would stoop to such a plan.

Significant themes

• Family belonging and displaced affection: Yan Wen’s return changes the family’s dynamics, unsettling Huai’an, who was formerly the favored son.
• Appearance versus reality: Yan Wen’s confident public manner hides his nerves, while the seemingly respectable banquet conceals a deliberate frame-up.
• Favoritism and loyalty: Fang Qingyan’s loyalty to Huai’an overwhelms his judgment, while Huai’an appears willing to exploit that devotion.
• Revenge and reversal: Yan Wen uses the conspirators’ own scheme against them, setting up a public exposure of their actions.

Character interactions

• Yan Wen and Fang Qingyan clash over Fang’s disrespect; Yan Wen counters his contempt with polished, cutting remarks.
• Huai’an tries to present himself as the wronged party, while Fang Qingyan speaks on his behalf and pressures the Mu parents.
• The Mu parents warmly introduce Yan Wen to the guests, contrasting with Fang Qingyan’s cold reception.
• Yan Wen privately coordinates with Xiao Qi, while the family watches anxiously as the suspected plot begins to unfold.

Key plot points and events

• After Mrs. Lin’s valuable necklace disappears at a Mu Family banquet, Fang Qingyan proposes searching the guests, arguing that it would be less embarrassing than involving the police. Despite objections, most guests agree, and Xie Yunshu reports the theft.
• The first searches turn up nothing. Mu Huai’an urges that Yan Wen still be searched, but Yan Wen points out that Fang and Huai’an have not yet been checked. Both resist, prompting the police and guests to question their reluctance.
• Fang finally agrees, betting that if the necklace is found on him, he will bark three times and crawl around the banquet. A bodyguard searching him discovers the necklace.
• Yan Wen demands that Fang honor the bet. When Fang refuses and insults him, Yan Wen slaps him and confronts him for repeatedly trying to cast suspicion on him.
• Mu Xu Xi suggests checking the necklace for fingerprints. The results show prints belonging only to Mrs. Lin and Fang, confirming Fang had handled it. Huai’an insists the test must be wrong, while Xie Yunshu is left questioning the character of the son she raised.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Wen remains composed and strategically turns Fang and Huai’an’s own demand for searches against them. His confidence becomes open defiance when he exposes Fang, though he also resorts to physical force.
• Fang Qingyan shifts from confidently accusing others to panicking when the necklace is found on him. He refuses to accept responsibility for losing the bet and lashes out at Yan Wen.
• Mu Huai’an helps steer suspicion toward Yan Wen, then defends Fang once evidence implicates him. His behavior deepens Xie Yunshu’s doubts about whether his earlier manners were genuine.
• Mu Xingfeng and Xie Yunshu try to protect the family’s dignity while cooperating with the investigation. Mu Xingfeng firmly rejects Fang’s attempt to criticize Yan Wen.
• Mu Xu Xi offers a practical way to settle the dispute through fingerprint evidence.
• The guests’ suspicion shifts from Yan Wen to Fang as the evidence emerges; Mrs. Lin is relieved to recover her necklace.

Significant themes

• Hypocrisy and accountability: Fang and Huai’an advocate searching everyone but resist being searched themselves.
• Appearance versus character: Huai’an’s apparent politeness is questioned, while Fang’s status as an heir offers no protection from scrutiny.
• Public reputation and justice: The characters worry about scandal, but the search and forensic evidence make the truth public.
• Power and defiance: Yan Wen challenges the assumption that Fang’s family influence makes him untouchable.

Plot points and events

• Fang Qingyan tries to defend Mu Huai’an, but his father, Fang Ming, slaps him and orders him home. Fearing for his position as heir, Fang Qingyan leaves Mu Huai’an behind.
• The banquet resumes. Mu Xingfeng formally introduces Yan Wen as his biological son and announces that he will now be called Mu Yanwen, the Mu Family’s fourth young master. The guests congratulate the family, though Mu Huai’an does not join them.
• Mu Xu Ci arrives and objects to Yan Wen’s recognition, questioning whether he is truly related to the family and worrying that Mu Huai’an will be hurt. Xie Yunshu says a paternity test confirmed Yan Wen’s identity and assures him Mu Huai’an will still be treated as a son.
• After the guests leave, Yan Wen’s system, Xiao Qi, reveals that Mu Xu Ci is about to be framed in a false pregnancy scandal. His friend Gao Zhen drugged him months earlier and arranged for Bai Qianqian—Gao Zhen’s girlfriend—to claim Mu Xu Ci got her pregnant and extort him.
• Mu Xu Ci realizes the warning may be true. Mu Xu Xi confirms Yan Wen’s previous predictions have come true, and Mu Xu Ci collapses in despair. The family excuses his distress as exhaustion and prepares to go home.

Character developments and interactions

• Fang Qingyan proves unable to stand up for Mu Huai’an when his father threatens his inheritance. His devotion to Mu Huai’an is outweighed, at least in this moment, by fear of losing his place in the Fang family.
• Yan Wen is publicly welcomed as the Mu Family’s biological son. He remains irreverent and skeptical, but his apparent gossip exposes a danger facing Mu Xu Ci—even though Yan Wen is unsure whether he wants to help him.
• Mu Xu Ci begins as a hostile defender of Mu Huai’an, but the revelation about Gao Zhen leaves him shaken and vulnerable. His family tries to support him while concealing the source of his panic from Yan Wen.
• Mu Xingfeng and Xie Yunshu affirm Yan Wen’s place in the family while insisting that Mu Huai’an will not be cast aside. Mu Xu Ci challenges their decision, especially his mother, but she stands by it.
• Mu Xu Xi acts as a bridge between her brothers, warning Mu Xu Ci that Yan Wen’s predictions have been reliable.

Significant themes

• Loyalty versus self-interest: Fang Qingyan abandons Mu Huai’an when his inheritance is at risk.
• Belonging and family: Yan Wen’s return changes the family’s public identity, while the parents try to reassure Mu Huai’an that he still matters.
• Betrayal and manipulation: Gao Zhen’s apparent friendship hides a plan to ruin Mu Xu Ci, and Bai Qianqian participates for the promise of marriage.
• Foreknowledge and responsibility: Yan Wen’s system gives him information that could prevent harm, but he is reluctant to help someone he dislikes.

Key plot points and events

• Xiao Qi’s upgraded search reveals that, in three days, Bai Qianqian will publicly accuse Mu Xu Ci of getting her pregnant at his celebration banquet. She will show photos and pregnancy evidence, triggering a major scandal and costing the company tens of billions.
• Mu Xu Ci reacts in shock, while Yan Wen plans to attend the banquet—not from kindness, but to watch the spectacle.
• Yan Wen discovers two Mu Family employees kissing in the garden. Xiao Qi reveals they are a man and his wife’s younger sister, and that Mu Huai’an has been keeping their affair secret in exchange for half of each employee’s wages.
• Xie Yunshu dismisses the employees. Yan Wen then learns that his mother has transferred him five million yuan, and Mu Xu Xi and Mu Xu Ci give him two hundred thousand and five million, respectively.
• Motivated by the money—and the chance to avert disaster—Yan Wen asks Xiao Qi for a detailed account of the events behind Bai Qianqian’s accusation.

Character developments

• Yan Wen remains amused by gossip and highly motivated by money, but agrees to help Mu Xu Ci once he has been paid. His growing influence in the family is also clear.
• Mu Xu Ci shifts from stunned resignation to desperate hope that Yan Wen can help him.
• Mu Huai’an is exposed as greedy and manipulative: he exploits the employees’ secret for personal profit.
• Xie Yunshu acts decisively when she learns of the employees’ misconduct, while Mu Xu Xi shows support for Yan Wen and urges Mu Xu Ci to win his help.

Significant themes

• Gossip and foreknowledge: Xiao Qi’s searches let Yan Wen uncover secrets and anticipate crises.
• Family loyalty and influence: Mu Xu Ci depends on Yan Wen’s goodwill, while other relatives use gifts and persuasion to secure it.
• Greed and moral conduct: Mu Huai’an’s extortion contrasts with the Mu Family’s stated standards.
• Money as leverage: Yan Wen treats financial gifts as both a source of joy and a reason to intervene.

Character interactions

• Yan Wen teases Mu Xu Ci’s misfortune, then eventually agrees to help him.
• Mu Xu Xi shares chips with Yan Wen and later encourages Mu Xu Ci to give him money.
• Xie Yunshu confronts and dismisses the employees after their secret affair and Mu Huai’an’s extortion are exposed.
• Mu Huai’an’s treatment of the employees reveals his resentment toward Yan Wen and his desire to preserve his favored position in the family.

Key plot points

• The Mu family waits for Yan Wen to judge the evidence against Mu Xu Ci. After watching the recording, Yan Wen recognizes that Gao Zhen and Bai Qianqian set Xu Ci up. Xiao Qi points out a key inconsistency: Bai Qianqian’s pregnancy report says she is four months pregnant, but the incriminating photos were taken three months earlier. Yan Wen begins thinking about how to prove the report was faked.
• Mu Huai’an announces that Shengyuan University is inviting students to tour campus with their parents. He appears to expect Xie Yunshu to accompany him, but the family learns that Yan Wen will attend Shengyuan too—and earned its highest admissions score.
• Xie Yunshu invites Yan Wen’s adoptive parents to join the visit and thanks them for raising him. Yan Wen is touched, and at dinner she shows increasing care for him, remembering his favorite foods and serving him attentively.
• Feeling displaced by the family’s growing affection for Yan Wen, Mu Huai’an resolves to make them distrust him. Xiao Qi reveals that Huai’an plans to steal Mu Xu Ci’s prized figurine and hide it in Yan Wen’s room. Yan Wen anticipates the trap and instructs Xiao Qi to move the figurine under Huai’an’s bed instead.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Wen remains observant and playful, using Xiao Qi’s information to spot schemes and prepare countermeasures. He also reflects on how much he owes his adoptive parents and welcomes the chance to include them in his university plans.
• Mu Huai’an grows increasingly jealous as his family’s attention shifts toward Yan Wen. His polite enthusiasm about attending the same university masks resentment, and he plans to frame Yan Wen.
• Xie Yunshu becomes more openly caring toward Yan Wen, balancing her concern for both sons and making space for Yan Wen’s adoptive parents.
• Mu Xu Xi helps ease the tension by pointing out that she and Yan Wen will attend the same university. She also supports her brother Mu Xu Ci, whose innocence remains in question to the family until Yan Wen can expose the setup.
• Mu Xu Ci is anxious about the evidence but insists the family wait for Yan Wen’s assessment.

Significant themes

• Family, belonging, and loyalty: Yan Wen’s gratitude toward the parents who raised him contrasts with his tentative place in the Mu family, which is beginning to accept him.
• Jealousy and insecurity: Huai’an fears losing his status and responds to the family’s affection for Yan Wen with manipulation.
• Deception and evidence: The chapter highlights both the conspiracy against Mu Xu Ci and Huai’an’s planned framing, while Yan Wen relies on inconsistencies and foresight to counter them.
• Recognition and fairness: Yan Wen’s admission to Shengyuan challenges Huai’an’s assumption that someone from a small town could not qualify.

Plot points and events

• The family waits to see whether Yan Wen’s prediction will come true. With Mu Xu Xi’s help, Mu Xu Ci returns to his room and discovers his prized figurine missing.
• Mu Huai’an suggests searching Yan Wen’s room, apparently expecting the figurine to be found there. Yan Wen agrees, but insists that everyone’s rooms be searched. Nothing is found in Yan Wen’s room.
• The figurine is discovered under Mu Huai’an’s bed. He denies planting it and accuses Yan Wen of framing him, but Yan Wen beats him, and Xie Yunshu later strikes his palms with a ruler. The rest of the family leaves Mu Huai’an alone while they laugh downstairs.
• Three days later, at Ci Li Group’s celebration, Xiao Qi warns Yan Wen that Bai Qianqian will appear when Mu Xu Ci speaks. During Mu Xu Ci’s presentation, Bai bursts in and claims he got her pregnant three months earlier.
• Bai produces a pregnancy report and photos, and the audience begins to doubt Mu Xu Ci. Some business partners threaten to end their relationships with Ci Li, putting the group’s reputation at risk. Yan Wen steps in to challenge Bai, but the chapter ends before he can resolve the accusation.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Wen remains confident and enjoys exposing Mu Huai’an’s scheme. He counters the search proposal by demanding that everyone be searched, then retaliates physically when the evidence turns up under Mu Huai’an’s bed.
• Mu Xu Xi supports Yan Wen’s plan, while Mu Xu Ci initially follows her lead and later reacts angrily when his figurine is found.
• Xie Yunshu backs Yan Wen’s fair-search condition and punishes Mu Huai’an after the discovery. The family’s solidarity with Yan Wen contrasts with their treatment of Mu Huai’an.
• At the banquet, Mu Xu Ci is caught off guard by Bai Qianqian’s public accusation. Yan Wen moves to the stage and positions himself between them, taking charge of questioning her evidence.

Significant themes

• Deception and accountability: Mu Huai’an’s attempt to frame Yan Wen is exposed, while Bai’s accusation threatens Mu Xu Ci with public judgment before the truth is established.
• Family loyalty and exclusion: The family cooperates against Mu Huai’an, who is left isolated after his punishment.
• Reputation and public perception: At the banquet, rumors and apparent evidence quickly turn business partners against Mu Xu Ci, showing how easily scandal can endanger both personal standing and a company.

Key plot points

• Yan Wen exposes videos showing Mu Xu Ci being taken to a hotel while drunk, followed by café footage in which Bai Qianqian and Gao Zhen admit they planned to frame him. Bai says she is carrying Gao’s child, and Gao promises to marry her after Mu is ruined.
• Yan Wen presents hospital surveillance footage showing Bai had prenatal examinations over four months earlier, contradicting her claim that she was only three months pregnant and that Mu was the father. The evidence convinces the guests that the pair fabricated the accusation.
• Gao arrives and publicly accuses Mu of assaulting his girlfriend. After watching the café video, he denies its authenticity, then panics when Mu says the evidence will go to the police and the Mu family will end its business ties with the Gao family.
• Gao kneels and blames Bai. They fight; Gao shoves her down, and she begins bleeding. Mu calls for the police and an ambulance.
• Once the scheme is exposed, Mu rewards Yan Wen with ten million for obtaining the evidence.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Wen controls the confrontation with calm, strategic showmanship, using Xiao Qi’s footage to dismantle Bai and Gao’s story. He jokes privately with Xiao Qi but stays focused on clearing Mu.
• Mu Xu Ci shifts from being the target of the accusation to confronting Gao with evidence and consequences. He trusts Yan Wen’s work and shows gratitude through the reward.
• Bai Qianqian and Gao Zhen are revealed as collaborators plotting to destroy Mu. When exposed, each tries to deny the evidence or escape blame; Gao ultimately turns on Bai, and their alliance collapses.
• The guests move from speculation to outrage, openly condemning Bai and Gao once the recordings establish their deception.
• Xiao Qi supplies crucial footage and alerts Yan Wen that Gao is coming, helping him anticipate the confrontation.

Significant themes

• Truth overcoming manipulation: Recorded evidence dismantles a carefully staged false accusation.
• Ambition and betrayal: Gao’s resentment of Mu drives the scheme, while his self-preservation leads him to abandon Bai.
• Power and accountability: The Mu family’s influence makes Gao realize his family cannot shield him from consequences.
• Public shame and consequences: The plot turns the pair’s attempt to humiliate Mu into their own public disgrace.

Key plot points and events

• The family credits Yan Wen with helping Mu Xu Ci avoid a trap. Mu Xu Ci apologizes for having treated him poorly, and Yan Wen accepts.
• Back home, Mu Huai’an resents Yan Wen’s growing popularity and the attention he receives from the family. His bruises and bandaged hand stem from being punished by Xie Yunshu for wrongdoing.
• Mu Xu Xi warmly treats Yan Wen as her younger brother and encourages him to work hard so he can eventually qualify to study from home.
• At dinner, Xiao Qi reveals that Mu Xingfeng’s secretary, Liu Tianzhong, is a rival company’s mole, linked to an earlier billion-yuan project failure and a crisis expected in three months. Yan Wen warns his father by pretending to have read his fortune. Mu Xingfeng believes him and agrees to investigate Liu.
• Yan Wen also warns Mu Xu Xi not to go out hiking the next day. The reason is not yet explained.
• Overseas, an unnamed man learns about Yan Wen and decides to return to China next month to meet the younger brother he has never seen.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Wen’s place in the family strengthens: Mu Xu Ci apologizes, Mu Xu Xi openly includes him, and Xie Yunshu and Mu Xingfeng credit him with bringing good fortune.
• Mu Xingfeng trusts Yan Wen’s warning and takes the possibility of a company threat seriously.
• Mu Huai’an grows more jealous and insecure as Yan Wen gains affection and attention, though he conceals his resentment.
• Mu Xu Ci is chastened by his near-mistake and promises to be more careful.
• Mu Xu Xi’s close bond with Yan Wen is evident in her concern for his education and her reaction to his warning.

Significant themes

• Belonging and family: Yan Wen increasingly earns a place in the Mu family through his care and insight.
• Trust versus jealousy: The family’s growing trust in Yan Wen contrasts with Mu Huai’an’s envy.
• Hidden threats and foreknowledge: Xiao Qi’s revelations let Yan Wen anticipate danger, but he must disguise what he knows as fortune-telling.
• A looming mystery: The overseas man’s planned return hints at a significant future connection to Yan Wen.

Key plot points and events

• Yan Wen’s system, Xiao Qi, reveals that Mu Xu Xi is meant to be lured onto a deserted mountain path by her best friend, Xu Qingyan, and Lu Shengjun. In the original timeline, Lu attempts to force himself on Mu, and he and Xu abandon her after she falls.
• Mu overhears the warning and decides to protect herself. When Xu invites her hiking, Mu accepts but says Yan Wen will come too. He agrees after she promises him crayfish.
• Xiao Qi explains that Xu accepted Lu’s money because her mother needs costly surgery and the family is in financial trouble, but jealousy of Mu’s wealth also plays a part. Xu believes Lu only wants another chance to confess.
• At Cloudmist Mountain, Lu leads the group onto a little-used trail. Xu leaves Mu alone with him, then watches from behind a tree.
• Lu tries to force a kiss on Mu. Yan Wen confronts Xu about what is happening; when she sees Mu struggling and hears her call for help, Xu rushes in, pushes Lu away, and protects Mu.

Character developments

• Mu Xu Xi shifts from trusting her friend to alert and cautious, but still gives Xu a chance to intervene rather than immediately treating her as an enemy.
• Yan Wen uses the foreknowledge to accompany Mu and challenge Xu, acting as her protector while relying on Xiao Qi’s guidance.
• Xu Qingyan is conflicted: financial desperation and resentment led her to accept Lu’s money, but she has not fully abandoned her care for Mu. Seeing Lu attack her forces her to act.
• Lu Shengjun is exposed as entitled and dangerous, disregarding Mu’s rejection and his promise to Xu.

Significant themes

• Jealousy and inequality: Resentment over Mu’s wealth helps undermine a long friendship.
• Betrayal, guilt, and moral choice: Xu’s compromised decision is tested when she witnesses the harm it enables.
• Foreknowledge and agency: Mu and Yan Wen use knowledge of a future tragedy to change the present.
• Trust and protection: The chapter questions whether friendship can survive wrongdoing, while showing that Xu still chooses to protect Mu at a crucial moment.

Character interactions

• Yan Wen and Mu coordinate their response, with his presence disrupting Lu’s planned isolation of her.
• Xiao Qi informs Yan Wen about the danger and Xu’s motives, shaping how he interprets her actions.
• Xu urges Mu to consider dating Lu, then leaves them alone; Yan Wen confronts Xu while she secretly watches.
• When Lu attacks Mu, Xu intervenes and challenges him over breaking his promise.

Key plot points and events

• Xu Qingyan reveals that Lu Shengjun pressured her into luring Mu Xu Xi to meet him by promising money for her mother’s liver surgery. Yan Wen intervenes and sends Lu away, while keeping a video of his threats as potential leverage.
• Mu Xu Xi learns that Xu Qingyan’s mother needs surgery and offers to lend her 100,000 yuan—this time with an IOU, since Xu Qingyan feels uncomfortable accepting help without repaying it.
• The system reports that Xu Qingyan’s prospects have improved: she and Mu Xu Xi will graduate successfully, and Xu Qingyan will land a well-paid job.
• At home, Mu Huai’an makes a pointed remark about Yan Wen being out late with Mu Xu Xi. Mu Xu Xi defends Yan Wen, and he ignores Mu Huai’an’s forced apology.
• At the Gao residence, Gao Zhen is punished by his father after his scheme against the Mu Family costs their company nearly two billion yuan and leads the Mu Family to cancel business cooperation. The family plans to apologize, while Bai Qianqian messages Gao Zhen demanding support and threatening to implicate him.
• Mu Huai’an, shaken by a dream in which the family rejects him and sides with Yan Wen, resolves to prevent that outcome. When the family plans a visit to the company, everyone—including Mu Huai’an—decides to go.

Character developments and interactions

• Xu Qingyan admits her jealousy and desperation but is remorseful about deceiving Mu Xu Xi. Their seven-year friendship is strained but reaffirmed through Mu Xu Xi’s compassion and practical help.
• Mu Xu Xi shows loyalty and generosity, offering assistance without making her friend feel indebted, while insisting the loan be repaid someday.
• Yan Wen protects Mu Xu Xi and Xu Qingyan, saves evidence against Lu Shengjun, and remains unimpressed by Mu Huai’an’s insinuations.
• Mu Huai’an grows increasingly threatened by Yan Wen’s acceptance within the family and begins thinking in terms of preemptive action.
• Gao Zhen faces the consequences of his failed plan and turns his anger toward Bai Qianqian, who is now pressuring him.

Significant themes

• Friendship, trust, and the difference between accepting help as a gift and borrowing it with dignity.
• The damage caused by jealousy, manipulation, and coercion.
• Family loyalty and belonging, contrasted with Mu Huai’an’s fear of being displaced.
• The consequences of schemes and the shifting balance of power between the Mu and Gao families.

Key plot points and events

• Mu Xingfeng brings Yan Wen and the children to tour the Mu Group offices. While they wait in his office, Yan Wen plays Go with him and hears from Xiao Qi that a scandal is about to unfold on the twentieth floor.
• The group goes to CEO Gu Siyan’s office, where Gu is berating his wife, Qin Yue, and siding with his first love, Ran Zhizhi. Qin has been accused of throwing coffee at Ran and is being pressured to apologize.
• Mu Xingfeng breaks into the office and challenges Gu’s conduct. Yan Wen calls out Ran for being Gu’s mistress and questions Gu’s version of how he and Qin married.
• Xiao Qi’s account—and Yan Wen’s thoughts—reveal that Qin is pregnant and that Gu and Ran’s abuse could cause her to miscarry. Qin realizes she can hear Yan Wen’s thoughts and learns of her pregnancy.
• Qin demands a divorce. Gu refuses and insists she must remain with him to atone for what he claims she did. Yan Wen finally kicks Gu and condemns his behavior.

Character developments

• Yan Wen shifts from playful curiosity to fierce anger, intervening to defend Qin and confront Gu and Ran.
• Mu Xingfeng begins the visit in a relaxed, affectionate mood but turns protective and outraged once he sees his CEO mistreating Qin.
• Qin Yue moves from silently enduring humiliation to recognizing she is pregnant and decisively demanding a divorce.
• Gu Siyan is shown as cruel, entitled, and unfaithful, blaming Qin for their marriage while treating her as disposable.
• Ran Zhizhi openly claims her status as Gu’s first love and shows little concern for Qin’s suffering.

Significant themes

• Abuse of power and domestic abuse: Gu uses his position and threats to intimidate his wife, even at work.
• Victim-blaming and accountability: Yan Wen challenges Gu’s attempt to blame Qin for circumstances he refuses to take responsibility for.
• Self-respect and escape: Qin’s demand for divorce marks a turning point from submission toward reclaiming control of her life.
• Hidden truth and protection: Yan Wen’s private thoughts expose the danger Qin faces, giving her and the Mu family vital information.

Character interactions

• Yan Wen and Mu Xingfeng share a warm, playful father-son dynamic, including a Go match, before joining forces to confront Gu.
• Mu Xingfeng asserts his authority as chairman, while Yan Wen directly challenges Gu and Ran.
• Mu Xu Xi helps Qin to her feet and reassures her that she will receive justice.
• Yan Wen’s thoughts unexpectedly reach Qin, alerting her to her pregnancy and prompting her to act.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Siyan accuses Qin Yue of causing trouble after Yan Wen kicks him for mistreating her. Qin Yue, backed by Mu Xu Xi and Yan Wen, says she wants an immediate divorce.
• Ran Zhizhi tries to discredit Qin Yue, suggesting she is pursuing a wealthy man. Gu Siyan accepts the accusation and insults his wife.
• Qin Yue remembers that she concealed her identity as the Qin family’s eldest daughter, supported Gu Siyan early in their relationship, and helped him gain his position. She calls her eldest brother and demands a divorce and repayment of what Gu owes her.
• Mu Xingfeng warns Gu Siyan that his conduct could cost him his job. Xiao Qi reveals that Ran Zhizhi is pregnant and describes a grim future in which she frames Qin Yue for a miscarriage, Gu Siyan abuses Qin Yue, and Qin Yue eventually dies during childbirth.
• Qin Yue’s brother, Qin Yu, arrives. When Gu Siyan accuses Qin Yue of having an affair, Qin Yu strikes and threatens him, then promises to make him answer for her suffering. Qin Yue asks for the divorce, Gu Siyan’s resources from the Qin family to be withdrawn, and evidence of his affair to be gathered.
• The Mu Group prepares a divorce agreement, and Yan Wen offers to help collect evidence. Qin Yue accepts, determined to make Gu Siyan pay.

Character developments

• Qin Yue shifts from a long-suffering, self-effacing wife to someone resolved to protect herself and pursue justice.
• Gu Siyan is shown as unfaithful, abusive, and quick to believe Ran Zhizhi over his wife; his authority at the Mu Group is now threatened.
• Ran Zhizhi continues manipulating events and attacking Qin Yue, while Xiao Qi’s revelations expose the danger she poses.
• Yan Wen openly defends Qin Yue and offers practical help. Mu Xu Xi supports her emotionally, while Mu Xingfeng uses his authority to warn Gu Siyan.
• Qin Yu arrives as a fierce protector, reinforcing Qin Yue’s family backing and power.

Significant themes

• The consequences of betrayal and abuse, and the importance of refusing to excuse or endure them.
• Hidden power and identity: Qin Yue’s concealed family status had enabled Gu Siyan’s rise.
• Female solidarity and family support as a counterforce to manipulation.
• The contrast between Qin Yue’s imagined tragic future and her chance to change course before it happens.

Character interactions

• Yan Wen confronts Gu Siyan directly, while Mu Xu Xi reassures Qin Yue.
• Ran Zhizhi tries to turn Gu Siyan against Qin Yue; his ready acceptance deepens their conflict.
• Qin Yue and Qin Yu reunite as allies, with Qin Yue directing what she wants done rather than simply relying on him.
• The Mu Group’s leadership and staff join the effort to address Gu Siyan’s misconduct, while Yan Wen offers to help secure evidence for the divorce.

Key plot points

• Yan Wen urges Qin Yue to stand up to Gu Siyan, and she slaps him after he insults her. Mu Xu Xi then kicks him when he demands an apology for Ran Zhizhi.
• Yan Wen sends Qin Yue evidence of Gu Siyan and Ran Zhizhi’s misconduct. Qin Yue trusts it, and her brother Qin Yu promises to handle the fallout.
• The Mu Group dismisses Gu Siyan from his position as president. Qin Yu later confirms that Gu also received nothing in the divorce settlement.
• Xiao Qi tells Yan Wen that the company has no suitable current candidate for president, but predicts that new hire Song Jing’an will become a highly capable, long-serving employee. Mu Xingfeng quietly remembers the name.
• At the Qin villa, Qin Yue reveals she is pregnant and plans to visit the hospital. Qin Yu says Gu was arrested after a fight with Ran Zhizhi: he slapped her, she was hospitalized, and she lost the baby. The family regards their downfall as deserved.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Yue moves from regret and uncertainty to confidence and resolve. She rejects Gu’s plea for another chance and looks forward to raising her child.
• Gu’s arrogance collapses into desperation when he loses his job and begs Qin Yue to help him.
• Mu Xu Xi openly defends Qin Yue, while Yan Wen supports her with evidence and encouragement. Qin Yu takes charge of the legal and practical consequences.
• Qin Xiao learns that Qin Yue is expecting and eagerly offers support, though he is left confused by the family’s references to Yan Wen’s “inner voice.”

Significant themes

• Consequences and justice: Gu and Ran’s betrayal and cruelty lead to personal and professional ruin.
• Self-respect and support: Qin Yue breaks free of Gu’s influence with help from family and allies.
• Family and responsibility: Qin Yue chooses to protect and raise her child, while her brothers rally around her.
• Foreknowledge and opportunity: Xiao Qi’s predictions may shape the Mu Group’s future leadership.

Plot points and events

• Yan Wen begins university at Shengyuan, accompanied by the Mu Family and the adoptive parents who raised him for sixteen years. He happily reunites with Yan Lin and Su Huilan, and both families agree to tour the campus together.
• Mu Xu Xi and Mu Xu Ci notice that Yan Wen’s adoptive parents seem unusually poised and refined. Curious about their background, the brothers decide to investigate quietly.
• The group tours Shengyuan’s luxurious single-occupancy dorms and large dining halls. Yan Wen is especially excited by the chance to eat crayfish with new friends.
• Mu Huai’an claims to fear that the Mu family will no longer accept him now that Yan Wen has returned. His brothers reassure him, though his private thoughts reveal resentment and suspicion about their changed attitude.
• At dinner, Mu Xingfeng and Yan Lin share drinks while Xie Yunshu and Su Huilan grow closer. Yan Wen’s affection for his adoptive parents is clear, and Xie Yunshu acknowledges that, although she feels some jealousy, she has plenty of time to build a relationship with him.
• Xiao Qi alerts Yan Wen to gossip outside the restaurant. Yan Wen slips out to investigate, followed secretly by Mu Xu Xi and Mu Xu Ci. They find a woman caught between her ex-lover and her arranged-marriage fiancé: she loves the ex, while the fiancé views her as his possession despite having feelings for someone else.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Wen is openly affectionate toward both sets of parents and feels no need to choose between his biological and adoptive families. His curiosity and enthusiasm for gossip remain strong.
• Xie Yunshu shows warmth toward Yan Wen’s adoptive parents and accepts that they are deeply important to him, despite some understandable jealousy.
• Mu Xu Xi and Mu Xu Ci begin treating Yan Wen as a brother and show curiosity about his adoptive parents, while secretly following him to the restaurant’s commotion.
• Mu Huai’an presents himself as vulnerable and worried about losing his place in the family, but inwardly feels contempt and distrust toward the Mu brothers.
• Yan Lin and Su Huilan are welcomed by the Mu family and maintain an affectionate bond with Yan Wen.

Significant themes

• Family is built through care as well as blood: Yan Wen’s adoptive and biological parents can both be his family.
• Belonging and insecurity: The Mu brothers’ acceptance of Yan Wen contrasts with Mu Huai’an’s growing suspicion about his own status.
• Appearance and hidden histories: Yan Wen’s adoptive parents seem to have more to their background than they reveal.
• Arranged marriage and possession: The outside lovers’ conflict illustrates how family interests and possessiveness can override genuine choice.

Key plot points

• Xiao Qi reveals Jiang Tang’s original fate: her stepmother pushes her into an arranged marriage with Wen Junchi, who later throws her out to die and ruins the Jiang Family. Wen resents Jiang because he loves another woman, while Jiang and her first love, Wei Heng, still care for each other.
• Armed with this knowledge, Jiang confronts Wen, rejects the marriage, and takes Wei Heng with her to see her father. Xiao Qi confirms that Jiang’s fate has changed: she can use her own abilities to save the company.
• Jiang urges her father, Jiang Jun, to trust her instead of sacrificing her to the Wen Family. When he dismisses her and slaps her, she confronts him over favoring her stepmother and stepsister, Jiang Xinyao. Her threat to marry Wen and take her own life finally persuades him to let her try to resolve the crisis.
• Yan Wen returns to his meal, unaware that Mu Xu Ci and Mu Xu Xi narrowly avoided being discovered nearby.
• Later, Mu Xingfeng and Xie Yunshu question whether Yan Wen’s adoptive family is truly as modest as they claim. His education, his adoptive mother’s appearance, and her costly bracelet suggest a hidden background, so they decide to investigate.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang shifts from frightened and constrained to assertive, rejecting Wen and taking charge of the company’s crisis. She directly challenges both Wen’s possessiveness and her father’s willingness to sacrifice her.
• Jiang Jun’s slap exposes his distrust and favoritism, but Jiang’s fierce confrontation makes him give her an opportunity to prove herself.
• Yan Wen reacts strongly against arranged marriage and celebrates Jiang’s defiance, then returns to his food once Xiao Qi confirms her improved future.
• Mu Xingfeng and Xie Yunshu move from curiosity to suspicion about the Yan family, considering both the possibility of danger and a potential business alliance.

Significant themes

• Agency versus arranged marriage: Jiang refuses to let family pressure determine her future.
• Family duty and favoritism: The Jiang crisis reveals how easily parents can treat a daughter as a sacrifice while protecting another child.
• Changing fate through action: Knowledge of Jiang’s tragic future helps her take control and alter the outcome.
• Trust and appearances: The Mu couple’s suspicions suggest that the Yan family’s modest image may conceal greater wealth or influence.

Key plot points and events

• Yan Wen and Mu Huai’an begin university at Shengyuan after their mother, Xie Yunshu, tearfully sends them off. A placement exam will determine students’ class assignments.
• Yan Wen settles into his dorm and, after gaming, goes to the cafeteria. He meets Tang Yun, a talkative student from the neighboring room, who quickly declares himself Yan Wen’s “big brother” and pays for his meal.
• Mu Huai’an comes looking for Yan Wen, claiming he is only following their mother’s instructions to look after him. His concern comes across as patronizing: he reminds Yan Wen that he is from a small town and warns him not to disgrace the Mu family.
• Yan Wen ignores Mu Huai’an and leaves with Tang Yun. Privately, Mu Huai’an resents Yan Wen and insists that he alone should be the Mu family’s young master.
• Tang Yun later brings Yan Wen homemade desserts from his mother and stays to chat. When Mu Huai’an appears again, Tang Yun sends him away, confidently asserting his new role as Yan Wen’s big brother.
• Before bed, Yan Wen learns from Xiao Qi that an intriguing love-triangle drama will unfold on the sports field the next afternoon and decides to watch it in person.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Wen is relaxed and self-assured about university and the placement exam. He is reserved with strangers but handles Tang Yun’s exuberance with amused patience. He clearly resists Mu Huai’an’s unwanted supervision.
• Tang Yun is instantly warm and overfamiliar, eagerly embracing the chance to be an older brother after a lifetime as the youngest child. His friendliness becomes a source of support—and comic relief—for Yan Wen.
• Mu Huai’an presents himself as a caring older brother, but his condescension and jealousy reveal insecurity about Yan Wen’s place in the family. Tang Yun’s easy bond with Yan Wen further sidelines him.
• Xie Yunshu and Mu Xingfeng show contrasting parental reactions: Xie Yunshu worries over the boys leaving home, while Mu Xingfeng urges her not to fret.

Significant themes

• Family belonging and rivalry: Mu Huai’an’s fear of losing his status contrasts with Tang Yun’s uncomplicated desire to be an older brother.
• Independence and control: Yan Wen’s move to university gives him space to manage his own life, while Mu Huai’an’s “care” feels intrusive.
• New connections: The university setting quickly creates friendships and hints at coming drama.