Chapter Summaries

Key plot points

• Jun Wangchen returns to Jinling City after visiting someone he loves, then heads home for the Dragon Boat Festival.
• Qiu Ya, now destitute after losing her parents and wealth, reflects on how her former best friend betrayed her and how her own choices led her to trust Qin Shou, who abused and exploited her.
• The taxi carrying Qiu Ya plunges into the river after the driver collapses. Trapped inside, she drowns and experiences disjointed memories before being pulled from a surreal whirlpool.
• Jun Wangchen has rescued her. He calls an ambulance and leaves her a contact who may help her find work as a livestreamer.
• Qiu Ya apologizes and thanks him as he walks away, overwhelmed by guilt and regret.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen appears composed and compassionate. Though Qiu Ya once rejected him, he rescues her and offers practical help without asking for anything in return. He explains that their breakup indirectly set his present life in motion.
• Qiu Ya confronts the consequences of her past decisions and the cruelty of those she trusted. Her reunion with Jun Wangchen intensifies her remorse, while his help gives her a possible path toward rebuilding her life.
• Their brief exchange is marked by Qiu Ya’s shame and gratitude, and Jun Wangchen’s restrained kindness.

Significant themes

• Regret and consequence: Qiu Ya recognizes how her choices and misplaced trust contributed to her downfall.
• Compassion without resentment: Jun Wangchen helps someone who once hurt him, without reproach.
• Self-reliance and solitude: His reflection that people may have to comfort themselves captures both resilience and the sadness of facing hardship alone.
• Second chances: The job referral offers Qiu Ya a tentative opportunity to start over.

Key plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen returns home at noon after more than twenty days away. His mother, Shen Luoying, is delighted and prepares a lavish meal; Ji Ruyu, now stronger and more confident, helps her.
• Shen Luoying and Ji Ruyu question Jun about Beijing. He gives them a largely fabricated account because his work involving the Mythic Heavenly Palace is secret.
• After lunch, Jun visits Zi Hanyan. She has been missing him and anxiously wondering when he would return.
• Qian Rumo reveals that Jun has come back, prompting Zi Hanyan to rush into his arms. He explains that he has a difficult mission in a week and returned to see everyone, while assuring her it is not dangerous.
• When Zi Hanyan leaves to fetch a pair of bracelets, Jun asks Qian Rumo how he can make her happier. Rumo stages an increasingly emotional, tearful monologue about the “lives” and families of the zombies in Plants vs. Zombies—only to reveal that her sympathy is an act meant to demonstrate the importance of dramatic acting. After reaching round fifty-eight, she loses to Balloon Zombies and abruptly drops the performance.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen remains secretive about his work and confident in his abilities, but recognizes that his ambition and recent responsibilities have caused him to neglect Zi Hanyan. He seeks advice on how to treat her better.
• Zi Hanyan appears more mature and feminine, yet her longing for Jun has made her withdrawn. His return quickly restores her joy, and she is openly affectionate.
• Ji Ruyu has advanced to the late Black Tier and seems more at ease and happy than before, suggesting that protecting Jun’s mother has benefited her.
• Qian Rumo is playful and perceptive, teasing the couple while also pointing out Jun’s neglect of Zi Hanyan. Her mock grief over the game’s zombies showcases her flair for melodrama.

Significant themes

• Longing and reunion: Zi Hanyan’s time apart from Jun underscores the emotional cost of separation.
• Duty and intimacy: Jun’s secret work and ambition pull him away from loved ones, forcing him to confront the need to maintain personal relationships.
• Comedy through exaggeration: Rumo’s elaborate compassion for video-game zombies turns ordinary play into an absurd performance and lightens the reunion scene.
• Care and personal growth: Ji Ruyu’s increased strength and confidence suggest that responsibility and companionship can help someone flourish.

Character interactions

• Shen Luoying and Ji Ruyu welcome Jun warmly and question him about Beijing, while he protects confidential information with a cover story.
• Zi Hanyan’s reunion with Jun is affectionate, with Rumo playfully interrupting and teasing them.
• Rumo criticizes Jun for making Zi Hanyan pine for him, then gives him an eccentric demonstration of the “acting skills” she says he needs to make his cousin happy.

• Plot points: Jun Wangchen jokes with Qian Rumo as she gives him advice on winning a woman’s heart: make her feel safe. When Zi Hanyan returns with bracelets and notices Rumo has been crying, Rumo blames Jun. He claims he told her a touching story and persuades her to retell it. The story follows three princesses whose tears turn to diamonds. While the eldest and middle princesses marry men who pursue conquest and wealth, the youngest chooses a poor shepherd who promises he would rather remain poor than make her cry. The king ultimately gives the shepherd his throne. Rumo adds a sexually explicit ending, prompting Hanyan to scold and hit both her and Jun.
• Character developments: Jun tries to dodge blame with jokes and feigned innocence, but his teasing repeatedly gets him in trouble. Rumo acts dramatically, redirects responsibility onto Jun, and mischievously embellishes the story. Hanyan shows that she is both compassionate and quick to anger when she thinks Jun has told Rumo something inappropriate.
• Character interactions: Jun and Rumo trade barbs throughout, with Rumo trying to make him take her advice seriously and Jun deliberately irritating her. When Hanyan arrives, the two shift the blame between each other. Hanyan first reprimands Jun, then recognizes that Rumo invented the crude ending and hits her too; she also hits Jun for his suggestive remarks.
• Themes: The embedded tale contrasts status, wealth, and grand ambitions with quiet, everyday happiness. Its central idea is that genuine love means cherishing someone and protecting their emotional well-being—not exploiting their suffering for profit. The chapter’s comic framing undercuts the sentiment with teasing, misdirection, and bawdy humor.

Plot points and events

• After spending nearly two hours catching up with Zi Hanyan, Jun Wangchen is sent out to buy crayfish for Qian Rumo.
• On his return, he unexpectedly meets Zhou Shun, a childhood friend he has not seen in seven or eight years. Zhou, now a successful marketing general manager, invites Jun to accompany him to meet his company chairman.
• Zhou’s girlfriend, Luo Xiaoyun, looks down on Jun’s clothes and assumes he is seeking to exploit Zhou’s connections. Zhou defends his friend and insists he come along.
• At the chairman’s villa, Steward Liu notices Jun and quietly probes his strength. Though Steward Liu is a powerful black-tier martial artist, he senses an overwhelming, kinglike presence from Jun and realizes Jun is an extraordinary expert.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains relaxed and courteous despite Luo Xiaoyun’s insults. His calm response—and the power he conceals—contrasts with the modest errand he is running.
• Zhou Shun is delighted to reunite with Jun and shows loyalty by repeatedly defending him, even against his girlfriend’s criticism.
• Luo Xiaoyun is portrayed as judgmental and status-conscious, judging Jun by his appearance and refusing his polite greeting.
• Steward Liu shifts from polite curiosity to alarm after sensing Jun’s immense strength.
• Jun and Zhou reconnect through warm teasing and memories of childhood, while their differing circumstances reveal the strength of their old friendship.

Significant themes

• Friendship and loyalty: Zhou’s fondness for Jun persists despite years apart and their different social positions.
• Appearance versus reality: Luo Xiaoyun judges Jun by his worn clothes, while Steward Liu recognizes the formidable person beneath his unassuming appearance.
• Hidden power and status: Jun’s casual demeanor and simple errand conceal a level of ability that even an elite martial artist fears.

Plot points and events

• Zhou Shun brings his old friend Jun Wangchen to meet his chairman, Duan Lianghong. Zhou’s girlfriend, Luo Xiaoyun, assumes Jun is a jobless opportunist trying to benefit from Zhou’s connections and repeatedly disparages him.
• Duan praises Zhou’s strong sales performance and agrees that he deserves a raise or promotion. Zhou then tries to introduce Jun and explains that he brought him along as a friend.
• When Duan finally sees Jun, he recognizes him as the remarkable young man from the Jinling Manor auction, where Jun defeated a Yin Ghost and impressed the city’s leading feng shui master.
• Luo continues insulting Jun, but Duan abruptly tells her to stop. He apologizes to Jun with a deep bow and explains Jun’s reputation, leaving Zhou and Luo stunned.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains composed despite Luo’s repeated insults, though her provocations begin to anger him.
• Zhou Shun shows loyalty to Jun by defending him and trying to present him positively to the chairman. He is surprised to learn how highly Duan regards his friend.
• Luo Xiaoyun is ambitious and status-conscious: she hopes Zhou’s success will bring a raise she can boast about, while treating Jun as an embarrassment. Even after Duan praises Jun, she privately dismisses his supernatural abilities as impossible.
• Duan Lianghong shifts from casual host to deferential admirer once he recognizes Jun. His respect for Jun leads him to rebuke Luo and apologize on her behalf.
• Steward Liu recognizes Jun’s significance after hearing Duan recount the Jinling Manor incident.

Significant themes

• Appearances versus hidden worth: Luo judges Jun by his apparent lack of status, while Duan knows his extraordinary abilities.
• Respect and social status: Luo tries to protect conventional status and connections; Duan’s reverence reveals a different hierarchy based on genuine power and reputation.
• Irony and dramatic reversal: The person Luo treats as an unwanted hanger-on turns out to be someone the chairman has long hoped to meet.

Key plot points and events

• Luo Xiaoyun dismisses ghosts and Jun Wangchen’s feng shui abilities, arguing that the famous master Qi Shi is far more credible. Duan Lianghong angrily defends Jun, citing his extraordinary past demonstration and warning Luo not to insult him.
• Zhou Shun intervenes to calm the argument and apologizes for Luo. Jun also eases the tension, partly out of consideration for Zhou, his childhood friend.
• Duan apologizes to Jun for failing to recognize him and for Luo’s behavior. Jun accepts the apology, says there is no need to dwell on others’ opinions, and asks Duan to support Zhou in his career.
• At Luo’s suggestion, Duan asks Jun to inspect the feng shui of his villa. Jun agrees as a favor to Zhou and begins examining the house, while Luo remains openly skeptical and plans to test him.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains calm and magnanimous despite Luo’s insults. He prioritizes his long-standing bond with Zhou and offers to help him indirectly by gaining Duan’s goodwill.
• Duan Lianghong shows strong respect for Jun and is eager to receive his advice. He also hopes Jun will help Zhou advance.
• Zhou Shun is moved to realize that his friendship with Jun has endured their seven or eight years apart. He tries to protect both Jun and his girlfriend from further conflict.
• Luo Xiaoyun stays convinced Jun is a fraud. Her challenge is presented as a deliberate test, and her contempt grows into suspicion that she can expose him.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and enduring friendship: Jun’s actions reaffirm his bond with Zhou despite years of separation.
• Respect versus skepticism: Jun’s reputation divides those who trust his abilities from those who dismiss them.
• Humility and restraint: Jun refuses to retaliate against Luo and treats his inspection as a modest favor.
• Fate and perspective: Jun frames their meeting as a matter of fate and suggests that life is too short to be ruled by others’ opinions.

Plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen evaluates Duan Lianghong’s villa, praising its feng shui and explaining that its layout attracts prosperity. However, he says Duan’s fortune remains subordinate to the owner of the complex’s central “dragon vein”: the Purple Jade Into Mist Villa.
• Duan reveals that Master Zi, leader of the East District’s underworld and head of the powerful Zi Family, owns that villa. Jun suggests that entering it could let Duan absorb its dragon energy and free him from owing tribute to its owner.
• When Duan doubts he could gain entry, Jun offers to help, saying he knows Zi Hanyan, the Zi Family’s eldest daughter, from school. Luo Xiaoyun openly mocks the claim and doubts Jun’s status.
• Jun explains that he encountered Zhou Shun because he was delivering crayfish takeout for a cousin of Zi Hanyan. He then invites Duan to visit the villa and leads the group there.
• At the entrance, Jun tries calling Qian Rumo and then Zi Hanyan, but both lines are busy. He wonders whether they are ignoring him because he is late with the food.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains composed despite Luo’s insults, using his feng shui knowledge to help Duan and offering to make good on his promise. His ordinary delivery job contrasts with his claimed connections and unusual abilities.
• Duan Lianghong is impressed by Jun’s assessment and eager to improve his fortune, but initially hesitates because of the Zi Family’s influence. He ultimately trusts Jun enough to follow him.
• Luo Xiaoyun becomes increasingly scornful, treating Jun as a dishonest delivery boy and challenging his claims. Her attitude strains the group’s mood.
• Zhou Shun defends his old friend and rebukes Luo for her disrespect, though he struggles to answer her objections. Steward Liu follows the group out of concern for Duan’s safety.
• Jun’s casual mention of being on good terms with Zi Hanyan is met with disbelief, setting up a contrast between his actual connections and how others judge him.

Significant themes

• Fate, fortune, and hierarchy: The chapter frames prosperity through feng shui, while suggesting that wealth and status are governed by larger forces and powerful people.
• Appearance versus reality: Jun’s modest delivery work leads Luo to underestimate him, even as his expertise and connections may be genuine.
• Power and access: The Zi Family’s influence makes even entering their home seem difficult, highlighting the social hierarchy surrounding Duan.
• Trust and skepticism: Duan cautiously accepts Jun’s help, while Luo rejects his claims outright.

Plot points and events

• At the Purple Jade Into Mist Villa, Qian Rumo admits she has likely blacklisted Jun Wangchen’s number to make him wait. Zi Hanyan thinks she is being too hard on him, but Qian plans to undo it after five minutes.
• Outside the villa, Jun’s companions begin doubting his claim that he can get them inside. He explains that Qian is being mischievous and says he will contact Master Zi.
• Before he can call, Brother Eight, a powerful enforcer of the Zi Family, arrives. When Luo Xiaoyun accuses Jun of impersonating the heiress’s classmate, Brother Eight slaps her.
• Brother Eight then bows respectfully to Jun and welcomes him back to Jinling City, stunning everyone. Jun asks him not to be so harsh with Luo, since she is his friend Zhou Shun’s girlfriend.
• At Jun’s request, Luo apologizes. Brother Eight opens the gate and takes the crayfish Jun brought upstairs to Qian Rumo. Jun leads his companions into the villa.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains calm while others doubt him. Despite his immense status, he shows restraint and asks Brother Eight to spare Luo, then brushes off her apology.
• Brother Eight reveals his deep respect for Jun and his readiness to defend him, while also accepting Jun’s correction.
• Luo Xiaoyun shifts from mocking Jun to fear and remorse once she learns his standing.
• Zhou Shun is caught between his girlfriend and his friend; after Brother Eight’s greeting, he urges Luo to apologize.
• Qian Rumo is portrayed as playful and deliberately teasing Jun, while Zi Hanyan is more sympathetic toward him.

Significant themes

• Appearances versus reality: Jun seems like an unemployed drifter to his companions, but is in fact a figure of extraordinary influence.
• Status and respect: The group’s understanding of Jun changes instantly when Brother Eight bows to him.
• Restraint and loyalty: Jun’s concern for Zhou Shun’s relationship leads him to protect Luo despite her insults, and his friends’ presence shapes how he responds.

Chapter summary

• At Purple Jade Into Mist Villa—the Central Dragon Fortune Land—the group experiences an immediate sense of warmth and vitality. Duan Lianghong admires the villa, and Jun Wangchen explains that the central dragon fortune has already recognized Duan and will improve the fortune at his own home.
• Steward Liu wonders why fortune gathers at the villa without a visible formation. Jun explains that the villa’s Geomantic Eye activated on its own, giving it a consciousness and drawing fortune inward.
• Jun distinguishes the Geomantic Eye from a residence’s feng shui aura, which must be expansive enough to hold fortune. He describes feng shui as the search for auspicious qi and says a home’s environment and inhabitants must achieve “unity of heaven, earth, and man.”
• Jun demonstrates by performing Tai Chi footwork. He appears to vanish, then expands the villa’s aura: the air and humidity change, plants flourish, dead wood sprouts, dry ground releases water, and jasmine blooms. The spectators are stunned by the transformation.
• When Duan calls Jun’s abilities divine, Jun dismisses the praise. He then commands the surrounding plants to respond to him, and grass rises into a ten-meter platform beneath his feet, leaving him standing above the group like a sovereign.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen reveals himself as far more than a knowledgeable feng shui practitioner: his mastery seems supernatural, and he remains calm and modest in the face of awe.
• Duan Lianghong shifts from envy of the villa to deep admiration for Jun, recognizing the scale of his abilities.
• Steward Liu asks thoughtful questions and grows increasingly impressed.
• Zhou Shun is surprised by Jun’s knowledge and reflects that his childhood friend has become difficult to understand. He also tries to smooth things over when Duan rebukes Luo Xiaoyun.
• Luo Xiaoyun openly doubts Jun’s explanations, drawing Duan’s irritation and Zhou’s reprimand. She is then shocked by Jun’s apparent disappearance and demonstration.

Significant themes

• Harmony between people and nature: good feng shui depends on the alignment of heaven, earth, and human life.
• Qi, fortune, and vitality: the chapter presents fortune as something that can gather and be held by a home’s aura.
• Mastery and awe: Jun’s display blurs the boundary between technical knowledge and godlike power, while the onlookers struggle to comprehend what they have witnessed.

Summary

• Jun Wangchen’s display of power: Jun uses the dragon vein’s vitality to make plants flourish and bring dead wood back to life, astonishing Duan Lianghong, Steward Liu, Luo Xiaoyun, and Zhou Shun. They interpret his feats as proof of extraordinary feng shui and martial abilities. Jun reflects on the gulf between cultivators and ordinary people, then ends the spectacle and shows his visitors around.
• Reconnecting with Zhou Shun: Zhou thanks Jun for helping him, recognizing that it has improved his standing at work. Jun gives him his phone number and address, inviting him to visit. Zhou mentions that Sister Xia—who cared for their childhood group and sacrificed her education to support them—may work at the Ginza 4S Store. Jun decides to look for her. He also tells Zhou that Xu Youyue is in Beijing and gives him her WeChat contact, prompting Zhou to celebrate the trio’s reunion.
• At the dealership: Jun arrives at the Ginza 4S Store and overhears employees discussing Meng Xi. They recount how a powerful harasser was punished after discovering that Jun backed her, and say Meng Xi may soon become the store’s boss. Jun realizes they are talking about him and reflects that the Groundhog Phone transformed his life from an ordinary one into something extraordinary.
• The reunion begins: Jun calls Meng Xi to come down and confirm whether Sister Xia works there. Before she arrives, a cleaner asks him to move his feet. Her voice feels familiar; when Jun turns and sees her, he is stunned—the chapter ends before revealing what happens next.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun is treated with awe by the visitors, but remains mindful of his childhood bonds and grateful for the life-changing role of the Groundhog Phone. Memories of Sister Xia stir strong emotion in him.
• Zhou expresses gratitude, reconnects with Jun, and hopes to reunite their childhood circle with Xu Youyue.
• Sister Xia is remembered as protective and self-sacrificing: she stood up for the children and gave up school for their sake. Her appearance at the dealership promises a reunion.
• Meng Xi’s reputation and career prospects are shown to have risen because of Jun’s protection, though she does not appear in person in this chapter.

Significant themes

• Power and ordinary life: Jun’s supernatural abilities set him apart from mortals, while the dealership employees’ conversation shows how influence shapes people’s fortunes.
• Loyalty and gratitude: Jun and Zhou’s friendship, and their shared debt to Sister Xia, connect present success to childhood bonds.
• Fate and transformation: Jun credits the Groundhog Phone with redirecting his life, suggesting that a single extraordinary change can make an ordinary future impossible.

Plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen reunites with Wang Xia, his childhood friend, after more than ten years apart. He recalls how she protected him as children and learned that she had secretly sent money to help his mother.
• They share an emotional reunion. Wang Xia explains that financial hardship forced her to work away from home; Jun tells her his mother is well and invites her to Jinling City. Wang Xia declines, joking that he should wait until he has truly made money.
• When Jun tries to show her photos of his home, Wang Badan, the dealership’s deputy general manager, interrupts and accuses Wang Xia of choosing a “pretty boy.”
• Wang Xia is visibly frightened and moves close to Jun. He realizes Wang Badan has likely mistreated or pressured her, pulls her behind him, and tells Wang Badan to leave her alone.
• Wang Badan insults Jun and threatens Wang Xia with dismissal unless she becomes his woman, revealing that he has been trying to coerce her into a sexual relationship.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen is affectionate and grateful toward Wang Xia, remembering her kindness and defending her decisively when she is threatened.
• Wang Xia remains self-sacrificing and reserved about her hardships, but shows clear trust in Jun by staying close to him and accepting his protection. She also firmly objects when Wang Badan insults him.
• Wang Badan is exposed as arrogant and predatory, using his position at the dealership to intimidate Wang Xia and demand compliance.
• Jun and Wang Xia’s reunion is warm and intimate; Wang Badan’s arrival abruptly turns it into a confrontation, with Jun placing himself between them.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and enduring affection: Wang Xia’s childhood care and years of financial help have kept their bond alive.
• Protection and gratitude: Jun seeks to repay her past kindness by standing up for her.
• Workplace abuse of power: Wang Badan exploits his authority to threaten a vulnerable employee and pressure her sexually.
• Pride and hardship: Wang Xia bears her family’s burdens quietly, while Jun tries to reassure her that he can now offer support.

Plot points and events

• At the Ginza 4S Store, deputy general manager Wang Badan uses his rank to threaten cleaner Wang Xia, demanding that she sleep with him in exchange for keeping her job.
• He exploits her family’s poverty and her hospitalized father’s need for gallstone surgery, offering to pay the medical costs if she becomes his woman. Believing she has no other way to help her father, Wang Xia reluctantly agrees.
• Jun Wangchen intervenes, kicking Wang Badan across the lobby and injuring him. He tells Wang Xia he will cover her father’s medical expenses and warns that giving in would leave her vulnerable to further abuse—and that Wang Badan might not honor his promise.
• Wang Badan calls for security and rages at Jun. Jun instead phones Meng Xi, orders her to reach the lobby within a minute, and threatens the store if she is late. Meng Xi rushes downstairs, realizing Jun is furious.

Character development and interactions

• Wang Xia shifts from resisting Wang Badan to despairing acceptance under pressure to save her father. Jun’s intervention makes her reconsider and recognize how much he has grown from the boy who once depended on her.
• Jun Wangchen shows a protective, decisive side. He acts to stop the coercion, offers practical help, and uses his influence to summon Meng Xi.
• Wang Badan is exposed as predatory and vindictive: he turns workplace authority and Wang Xia’s family crisis into tools of coercion, then responds to being attacked with threats and demands for violence.
• Meng Xi, though absent from the confrontation at first, is shown to respect and fear Jun’s power. Her hurried response underscores his standing and the seriousness of his anger.

Significant themes

• Abuse of power and workplace coercion: Wang Badan uses his position to exploit an employee with little security.
• Poverty and impossible choices: Wang Xia’s concern for her father makes her vulnerable to manipulation.
• Protection and loyalty: Jun steps in for someone who once cared for him and refuses to let her face the crisis alone.
• Power and fear: Meng Xi’s reaction highlights how far Jun’s influence extends—and how dangerous it may be when provoked.

Key events

• Jun Wangchen confronts deputy general manager Wang Badan after intervening when Badan tried to take advantage of Wang Xia. He injures Badan, who mocks him and turns nearby employees against him.
• Badan’s relatives, who make up much of the security team, prepare to attack Jun. Their captain threatens him, while Badan urges them to strike and promises to take responsibility.
• Wang Xia steps between Jun and the guards, urging him to flee and offering to stall them herself. Jun refuses to leave her behind and calmly insists the guards cannot hurt him.
• Just as the guards raise their batons, general manager Meng Xi arrives and orders them to stop. Badan tries to sway her by claiming Jun attacked him without cause, and his allies echo the accusation.
• Wang Xia counters that Badan threatened her first, but Badan twists the story again, falsely alleging that she and Jun demanded ten million from him.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains composed despite the crowd’s hostility and the threat of violence. He recognizes the employees’ eagerness to flatter authority and appreciates Wang Xia’s willingness to protect him.
• Wang Xia shows courage and loyalty, risking injury to shield Jun even while frightened. She becomes angry when Badan lies about what happened.
• Wang Badan reveals himself as vindictive and manipulative: he abuses his authority, mobilizes his relatives, and fabricates a story to make himself the victim.
• Meng Xi’s sudden arrival interrupts the impending attack, but her position and intentions have not yet been clarified.
• The employees and guards mostly side with Badan, illustrating how power and personal ties shape their behavior rather than a search for the truth.

Significant themes

• Abuse of power and corruption: Badan uses his position and family connections to threaten others and control the security team.
• Opportunism and injustice: Employees rush to please the powerful, while Jun is condemned before anyone investigates.
• Loyalty and courage: Wang Xia stands by Jun despite the personal risk.
• Truth versus manipulation: Badan’s lies escalate as he tries to discredit Jun and Wang Xia.

Plot points and events

• Wang Badan and his supporters falsely accuse Wang Xia and Jun Wangchen, while intimidating a short-haired employee who tries to tell the truth.
• Meng Xi ignores the crowd’s claims and asks Jun Wangchen what should be done. He orders Wang Badan punished and the employees who backed him dismissed.
• Meng Xi reveals Jun’s standing by obeying him and explaining that even the store’s powerful owner respects him. Wang Badan is beaten, loses his position, and faints when he realizes who Jun is.
• Meng Xi has the implicated staff removed and promises to take greater care with hiring. Jun warns her that character matters more than simply getting results.
• Jun invites Wang Xia to work at his mother’s successful Auspicious Restaurant and offers to take her to see her father. Before leaving, he recommends the honest short-haired employee for a management role; she is appointed manager.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains calm and trusting toward Meng Xi, but uses his authority decisively to punish wrongdoing and reward honesty. He shows kindness toward Wang Xia and the employee who tried to speak up.
• Wang Xia is distressed that people are lying and fears Jun will be treated unfairly. Once his influence becomes clear, she is reassured and accepts his offer.
• Meng Xi acts swiftly once she understands Jun’s expectations, though her fearful deference underscores the power he holds. She promises to personally oversee recruitment.
• Wang Badan shifts from smug confidence to panic and disbelief as his lies collapse and his status fails to protect him.
• The short-haired employee risks speaking the truth despite Wang Badan’s threats and is rewarded with promotion. The other supporters regret siding with him.

Significant themes

• Character over competence or expediency: Jun insists that ethical conduct must guide hiring and management.
• Truth and courage: The employee who speaks up is ultimately recognized, while the group’s coordinated dishonesty brings consequences.
• Power and accountability: Jun’s influence reverses the lobby’s apparent power imbalance and enables swift punishment, while also revealing how readily people follow whoever holds authority.
• Loyalty and care: Jun’s concern for Wang Xia extends beyond the workplace, as he offers her a new job and reconnects with her family.

Plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen accompanies Wang Xia to Jinling Central Hospital to visit her father, bringing clothes and nutritional supplies he bought for her.
• While they stop at the cafeteria to get dinner, Wangchen jokes about the surroundings but is actually admiring the women there. Wang Xia catches him and scolds him.
• Waiting while Wang Xia goes to the restroom, Wangchen overhears women trading risqué wordplay, then checks the “Strongest Chat Group in History,” where the immortals share ridiculous, darkly literal jokes.
• Group owner Primordial Heaven Venerable announces a sharing mini app for renting items in exchange for merit points. Wangchen sees a way to earn the points he needs to buy a powerful Puppet Warrior and lists several popular mobile games for rent at 100 merit points for three days.

Character developments and interactions

• Wangchen is playful, shamelessly flirtatious, and quick to turn an opportunity into a scheme. His goal of acquiring a Puppet Warrior gives him a practical motive for joining the sharing app.
• Wang Xia is comfortable teasing Wangchen but also readily calls him out; their banter makes them seem close, almost like siblings.
• The immortals’ chat reveals their comically extreme, literal-minded humor. Other members immediately imagine sharing weapons, pets, clothes, or even girlfriends, while Wangchen focuses on games as a source of income.

Significant themes

• Humor through wordplay and exaggeration: The cafeteria banter, suggestive jokes, and immortals’ absurd reactions drive the chapter’s comedy.
• Resourcefulness and opportunity: Wangchen spots a way to turn ordinary entertainment into merit points.
• Modern life crossing into the supernatural: A mortal-world sharing app becomes a new service for immortals, blending everyday technology with the fantasy setting.

Plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen falls asleep and wakes from a bizarre, sexual dream in which a woman makes an unsettling remark and pokes his face with an unidentified object.
• Wang Xia checks whether he is ill. Their conversation turns to his lack of a romantic partner; he jokes that he is straight but claims the only two women in his class are dating each other.
• As they walk to bring food to Wang Xia’s father in the hospital, Jun relentlessly teases Wang Xia with mock confessions, suggestive jokes, and wordplay. She alternates between scolding, hitting, and laughing at him.
• They choose lightly seasoned food for her father. Jun suggests Wang Xia buy papaya, joking that it might improve her figure. She angrily shoves him away.
• Jun then asks the vendor the papaya’s price, reacting with exaggerated shock when told the small one costs fifty and the large one costs twice as much.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen is energetic, irreverent, and fond of provoking people with flirtatious innuendo, absurd logic, and bad singing. Though he claims to be tired, he quickly becomes animated around Wang Xia.
• Wang Xia shows concern for Jun when he wakes sweating, and their easy familiarity suggests a close relationship. She is exasperated by his teasing but enjoys their banter and eventually laughs at his flustered attempts to explain himself.
• Their dynamic is affectionate and combative: Jun playfully casts her as secretly in love with him, while Wang Xia responds with mock threats and playful blows. They remain focused on bringing food to her father.

Significant themes

• Affection expressed through teasing: Their mock arguments and physical play suggest warmth beneath Wang Xia’s annoyance.
• Humor and wordplay: Jun uses jokes, misdirection, and deliberately outrageous remarks to keep the exchange lively.
• Everyday companionship: The chapter’s comic banter unfolds during an ordinary errand to care for Wang Xia’s father.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen visits Wang Gengzhi, who is hospitalized with painful gallstones, bringing nutritional supplements. Wang Xia and her mother, Huang Ying, welcome him warmly.
• Jun recalls how Wang Gengzhi acted as a father figure when he was young and feels distressed seeing him frail. He is about to offer to treat Wang Gengzhi himself.
• An attending physician, Li Qingshou, summons Wang Xia to his office. He claims her father needs surgery costing more than 500,000 yuan and demands an advance payment of 300,000 yuan.
• When Wang Xia says she cannot afford it, Li falsely presents sexual compliance as a way to secure treatment without payment. He grabs and attacks her, claiming the room is soundproof and that hospital staff will protect him.
• As Wang Xia loses hope, someone kicks the office door off its hinges. The chapter ends with an enraged figure—implied to be Jun—threatening to cripple Li.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen is shown as grateful, affectionate, and protective: he remembers Wang Gengzhi’s kindness and is deeply upset by his illness.
• Wang Xia is devoted to her father and willing to do anything legitimate to save him, but firmly refuses Li’s assault despite his coercion.
• Li Qingshou is exposed as corrupt and predatory, exploiting Wang Xia’s fear for her father’s survival.
• Huang Ying is warm and welcoming, pleased to see Jun and grateful for his concern.

Significant themes

• Family devotion and gratitude: Jun’s visit reflects a lasting bond with the man who helped raise him, while Wang Xia’s desperation comes from her love for her father.
• Abuse of power: Li uses his medical authority and control over treatment to extort and assault a vulnerable family member.
• Vulnerability and injustice: The family’s medical and financial crisis leaves Wang Xia exposed to exploitation.
• Protection and retribution: The abrupt intervention promises that Li’s abuse may finally be challenged.

Character interactions

• Jun and Huang Ying reconnect warmly, while Wang Xia explains how she encountered him.
• Jun watches over Wang Gengzhi with affection and concern, though the older man remains asleep.
• Li isolates Wang Xia under the pretense of discussing her father’s treatment, then threatens her when she refuses him.
• The chapter’s final confrontation is set up by Jun’s apparent intervention as Wang Xia is being attacked.

Key events

• Jun Wangchen arrives at the hospital office just as Li Qingshou is threatening and assaulting Wang Xia. Enraged, Wangchen knocks Li away and comforts Wang Xia.
• Li claims Wang Xia can pay her father’s medical bills with her body. When she threatens to expose his past misconduct, he retaliates by threatening to withhold her father’s treatment and prevent other doctors from helping.
• Wangchen grabs Li by the throat and lifts him, but releases him when Wang Xia warns that he could kill him. Li vows revenge and waits for security to arrive.
• In a VIP elevator, renowned physicians Bai Ren and Gu An praise a young doctor’s extraordinary medical abilities. Each describes the same techniques and accomplishments, and both independently name Jun Wangchen. A photograph confirms they mean the same person.

Character developments and interactions

• Wang Xia is shaken by Li’s abuse but finds comfort in Wangchen’s protection. Despite her anger, she intervenes to stop Wangchen from killing Li, showing concern for the consequences.
• Jun Wangchen responds fiercely to Wang Xia’s suffering, confronting Li without hesitation. He shows both protective tenderness toward her and dangerous anger toward her abuser.
• Li Qingshou is revealed as corrupt and predatory, using his position over Wang Xia’s father’s care to intimidate her. After being overpowered, he shifts to threats of retaliation.
• Bai Ren and Gu An, initially comparing the talents of two different young physicians, discover with mutual astonishment that both have been speaking about Wangchen. Their recognition establishes his exceptional reputation among medical masters.

Significant themes

• Abuse of authority: Li exploits his medical position and control over treatment to coerce and threaten Wang Xia.
• Protection and restraint: Wangchen’s loyalty drives him to violence, while Wang Xia’s plea checks him before he goes too far.
• Hidden greatness and recognition: The elevator conversation reveals that Wangchen’s remarkable skill is admired by leading physicians, even as he remains caught in a local hospital crisis.

Plot points and events

• Bai Ren and Gu An discover that the young doctor they both admire, Jun Wangchen, is the same person. They praise his extraordinary medical skill, especially his role in saving everyone injured in a major traffic accident.
• The hospital dean and the two elders learn that Jun Wangchen has been accused of causing trouble at the hospital—and that the person he confronted is the dean’s nephew, Li Qingshou.
• They hurry to Li’s office and find Jun slapping Li while Li threatens him with the arrival of security and his influential uncle.
• Gu An and Bai Ren learn that Li had exploited his position as a doctor to pressure a patient’s family and behave shamefully toward a woman. They condemn him.
• Li insults the elders, assumes his uncle and the security captain will protect him, and orders them to punish Jun. Instead, the dean angrily slaps his nephew and rejects him.
• Li tries to leave, but the elders block the doorway, remove their masks, and reveal their identities. Li recognizes them and is left stunned.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen is established as a brilliant, highly respected doctor who does not tolerate abuse; his calm, icy response contrasts with Li’s bluster.
• Bai Ren and Gu An move from admiration of Jun’s reputation to defending him and condemning misconduct in their profession.
• The dean shifts from anxious uncertainty to decisive action, choosing accountability over his usual indulgence of Li.
• Li Qingshou remains arrogant and entitled, convinced that family connections will shield him. His confidence collapses when the elders reveal themselves.
• Yang Longjian recognizes the danger of opposing the respected elders and does not act against them.

Significant themes

• Medical ethics and abuse of power: Li’s misuse of his position is presented as a betrayal of the medical profession.
• Reputation and accountability: Li expects connections to protect him, but the elders’ authority and the dean’s intervention challenge that impunity.
• True ability versus appearances: Jun’s youth initially seems hard to reconcile with his reputation, while his extraordinary record proves his worth.
• Arrogance meeting consequences: Li’s insults and entitlement steadily worsen his predicament.

Character interactions

• Bai Ren and Gu An share mutual admiration for Jun, then unite to defend him.
• Li repeatedly threatens Jun and appeals to his uncle and Yang Longjian for support, only to find they will not protect him.
• The dean publicly rejects Li’s entitlement and slaps him, while Gu An and Bai Ren confront Li directly.
• The chapter ends with the elders’ reveal, leaving Li stunned and the confrontation unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• Li Qingshou realizes that the two men he insulted are Gu An and Bai Ren, Jinling’s most respected doctors. He panics and apologizes, while his uncle, the hospital director, tries to protect him and placate the elders.
• Bai Ren condemns Li’s conduct. The director promises to remove him from his attending physician position, then signals that Li should plead for mercy. Li apologizes to the elders, Jun Wangchen, and Wang Xia, but his repentance is insincere.
• The director offers to cover Wang Xia’s father’s medical expenses. Jun distrusts the hospital after Li’s behavior and decides to treat her father himself.
• Li doubts Jun’s ability, but Gu An and Bai Ren praise Jun’s extraordinary medical skill. Reassured, Wang Xia takes Jun to her father’s ward.
• The elders order the director to make Li submit a written self-criticism, demote him one rank, and bar him from promotion for a year. The director warns him not to repeat his misconduct.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingshou shifts from arrogance to fear and public contrition, but his thoughts reveal that he remains predatory and resentful. He continues to doubt Jun even after the elders’ praise.
• The director tries to shield his nephew while also appeasing the elders and imposing a limited punishment. His support for Li is compromised by his awareness of the nephew’s wrongdoing.
• Wang Xia remains shaken by Li’s abuse but responds compassionately to his apology and the hospital’s offer. She is initially skeptical of Jun’s abilities, then gains confidence in him.
• Jun Wangchen stays calm and modest, but firmly rejects the hospital’s care and takes responsibility for treating Wang Xia’s father.
• Gu An and Bai Ren defend Jun, condemn Li, and demonstrate their respect for Jun by treating his skill as greater than their own.

Significant themes

• A doctor’s duty and ethics: Doctors should offer care and hope, not exploit patients’ families or abuse their authority.
• Accountability versus insincere remorse: Li’s apologies do not match his intentions, making his apparent repentance suspect.
• Trust and reputation: Jun’s decision to treat Wang Xia’s father reflects how misconduct can undermine confidence in an entire institution.
• Humility and merit: Jun downplays his talent, while the elders’ praise establishes his exceptional ability despite his youth.