Recaps

After dying with regrets, Lin Chao Ci was reborn in 2000 and set out to prevent the fraud that would ruin his father’s career. He arranged to gather evidence against the swindler and was interrupted by a call from a woman he had loved in his previous life.

• Lin Chao Ci died in the hospital as the five women he loved mourned him.
• Lin Chao Ci awoke in his younger body in Haikou City on January 13, 2000, and recalled how his father’s old classmate had swindled him out of a fifty-million loan.
• Lin Chao Ci resolved to expose the political rival who had arranged the scam and change his family’s fate.
• Lin Chao Ci called Uncle Li and ordered him to install listening devices and voice recorders in President Wang of the Tonghai Group’s car.
• A woman called Lin Chao Ci and scolded him for keeping her waiting downstairs.

Lin Chao Ci reunited with Qin Chi Chi in a new life and resolved to treat his former wife better than he had before. After a playful, affectionate drive, they arrived at the supermarket to buy ingredients for Laba porridge.

• Lin Chao Ci remembered that he and Qin Chi Chi had planned to shop for Laba Festival ingredients and hurried downstairs to meet her.
• Lin Chao Ci recalled how he had neglected Qin Chi Chi in his previous life and promised himself not to let her down again.
• Lin Chao Ci held Qin Chi Chi’s hand in the car, teased her, and pretended to be hurt until she agreed to hug him.
• Lin Chao Ci embraced Qin Chi Chi while Uncle Chen watched from the driver’s seat.
• Lin Chao Ci and Qin Chi Chi realized they had arrived at the supermarket and prepared to get out.

Lin Chaoci and Qin Chi Chi enjoyed shopping together before returning to the car, where Qin Chi Chi shyly agreed to let him kiss her. Lin Chaoci kissed her, bringing their relationship closer.

• Lin Chaoci held Qin Chi Chi’s hand as they browsed the shopping center and bought many things.
• Qin Chi Chi picked out snacks and ingredients for Laba porridge before returning to the car with Lin Chaoci.
• Lin Chaoci teased Qin Chi Chi by asking for a kiss as a reward for accompanying her shopping.
• Qin Chi Chi hesitantly gave Lin Chaoci permission to kiss her, then tried to deny having said it.
• Lin Chaoci gently cupped Qin Chi Chi’s cheeks and kissed her.

Lin Chao Ci shared evidence that Wang Defa planned to frame his father, Lin Jianguo, and urged him to face the threat decisively. Lin Jianguo learned that his longtime classmate had betrayed him, leaving him to consider how to respond.

• Qin Chi Chi and Lin Chao Ci shared an intimate kiss before parting awkwardly.
• Uncle Li gave Lin Chao Ci a recording of Wang Defa ranting about Lin Jianguo and plotting to frame him.
• Lin Chao Ci thanked Uncle Li and promised to help enroll Xiao Hua in the Imperial Capital Affiliated Elementary School.
• Lin Chao Ci played the recording for Lin Jianguo, who recognized Wang Defa's voice and asked whether it could be fake.
• Lin Chao Ci told his father about Wang Defa's suspicious background and rebuked him for dwelling on the betrayal instead of handling his enemies.

Lin Chao Ci persuaded Lin Jianguo to regain his composure and pursue those who had tried to frame him through lawful means. Back in his room, Lin Chao Ci read messages from Qin Chi Chi and Liu Shuang'er and recalled how Liu Shuang'er had fallen for him and how he rejected her after she got into his university.

• Lin Jianguo calmed down, vowed to deal with those who framed him within the law, and decided his son had political talent.
• Lin Chao Ci left his father's study, pleased that Lin Jianguo would remain in power and handle the matter.
• Lin Chao Ci replied to Qin Chi Chi's and Liu Shuang'er's messages before bed.
• Lin Chao Ci remembered saving Liu Shuang'er from thugs and how she fell in love with him after seeing him in the sunlight.
• Lin Chao Ci recalled that Liu Shuang'er studied hard, entered Haikou University, and asked him to be her boyfriend when they reunited.
• Lin Chao Ci remembered pulling Liu Shuang'er aside and rejecting her request.

Lin Chaoci welcomed Qin Chi Chi over to make Laba porridge, growing bolder with her after his father left them alone. Qin Chi Chi worried the porridge was too sweet, but Lin Chaoci happily ate the whole bowl.

• Liu Shuang'er rejoiced when Lin Chaoci messaged her, while Lin Chaoci reflected on his feelings for her and his new plans for life.
• Lin Chaoci woke refreshed, went for a morning run, and marveled at his improved health after being reborn.
• Lin Jianguo teased and struck Lin Chaoci while telling him to look after Qin Chi Chi, then left the two alone at home.
• Lin Chaoci hugged Qin Chi Chi from behind in the kitchen, and she blushed before they continued making Laba porridge together.
• Qin Chi Chi blamed Lin Chaoci for making the porridge too sweet, but Lin Chaoci ate the entire bowl without complaint.

Lin Chao Ci and Qin Chichi went to the Haikou City zoo, then ate at a restaurant, where Qin Chichi grew jealous after he exchanged messages with Liu Shuang'er. Lin Chao Ci went to get flowers from a neighboring guest to try to comfort her.

• Lin Chao Ci and Qin Chichi visited the zoo, and Qin Chichi accepted his embrace in public.
• At a restaurant, Lin Chao Ci replied to Liu Shuang'er, who thanked him for caring about her health.
• Qin Chichi guessed that Lin Chao Ci was chatting with Liu Shuang'er and grew upset when he admitted it.
• Lin Chao Ci asked a neighboring guest for his bouquet so he could cheer up Qin Chichi.

Lin Chao Ci cheered Qin Chi Chi up with a bouquet after she pretended to cry, then went to Wind Bamboo Garden to pursue an investment in Penguin Company. He introduced himself to the representatives and announced his interest in funding the company.

• Qin Chi Chi secretly saw Lin Chao Ci buy flowers and realized he had not abandoned her.
• Lin Chao Ci gave Qin Chi Chi the bouquet, and she pretended to forgive him after making him promise not to repeat his mistake.
• Lin Chao Ci received a message and changed their destination to Wind Bamboo Garden to meet representatives of a company seeking funding.
• Lin Chao Ci entered private room number six and announced to the gathered representatives that he wanted to invest in Penguin Company.
• The older man who had given Lin Chao Ci flowers recognized him and warmly took his hand.

Lin Chao Ci attended Penguin Company's funding meeting and used his family connections and lavish offer to seize the room's attention. He left the businessmen stunned by offering $2.5 million for the entire 40% stake.

• Wu Daojun introduced Lin Chao Ci to Smith and the assembled businessmen, and Chen Minghao revealed Lin Chao Ci was the son of Haikou City's municipal Party secretary.
• The businessmen crowded around Lin Chao Ci and tried to curry favor with him, leaving Smith isolated at the head of the table.
• Lin Chao Ci told the businessmen his newly registered company focused on the internet and real estate, then took a seat beside Smith.
• Wu Daojun announced Penguin Company's $5 million valuation and its request for $2 million in exchange for a 40% stake.
• Lin Chao Ci offered $2.5 million for the entire 40% stake, stunning the room and making Smith's mouth twitch.

Lin Chao Ci outbid Smith for a forty-percent stake in Penguin, then negotiated with Brother Ma to reduce the price to $2.3 million. After signing a letter of intent with Wu Daojun, Lin Chao Ci reflected that he had caught the first wave of the internet boom.

• Lin Chao Ci raised his bid for Penguin to $2.7 million, causing Smith to abandon the investment.
• Chen Minghao introduced himself to Lin Chao Ci, who then invited Wu Daojun to his company to discuss the deal.
• Lin Chao Ci and Wu Daojun arrived at Galaxy Group, where Wu Daojun received a call from Brother Ma.
• Lin Chao Ci spoke with Brother Ma, who lowered the price of the forty-percent stake to $2.3 million.
• Lin Chao Ci and Wu Daojun signed a letter of intent, and Wu Daojun left after they agreed to arrange the formal contract later.

Lin Chaoci focused on finding Fang Miaoke and investing in promising companies, then ended the workday by banning unnecessary overtime and offering triple pay for overtime that was necessary. He left for home as his employees celebrated their unusually generous boss.

• Lin Chaoci recalled several future-successful companies and arranged to contact the founders of Qiandu, Wangzhu, and Soumao about investing.
• Lin Chaoci remembered Fang Miaoke and her late father, then made finding her at Political Science and Law University his top priority so he could save her father.
• Lin Chaoci finished handling the company matters that needed his attention and decided to leave work before evening.
• Lin Chaoci told his employees to stop working overtime unless necessary and promised triple pay for any overtime they did.
• Lin Chaoci watched the employees clock out excitedly, then rode home in Uncle Li's car.

Lin Chao Ci helped Lin Jianguo strengthen his plan against Ding Qiushan and warned him to prepare for retaliation. The next morning, Lin Chao Ci went to Haikou University, where a student questioned why his car was allowed through the gate.

• Lin Jianguo told Lin Chao Ci that he had submitted evidence of Ding Qiushan's crimes to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and had people watching the con artist.
• Lin Chao Ci advised Lin Jianguo to report Ding Qiushan's minor offenses first, keep him isolated, and use the time to gather stronger evidence.
• Lin Chao Ci urged Lin Jianguo to increase security and monitor Ding Qiushan's faction, then left the study after discussing other matters.
• Lin Chao Ci exercised the next morning, teased Lin Jianguo about his health, and reminded him to exercise more.
• Uncle Li drove Lin Chao Ci to Haikou University, where a student complained that his car had been allowed through the gate.

Lin Chao Ci returned to university and learned that his class had to prepare a performance for the school’s thirtieth anniversary. Remembering how their previous attempt had failed, he decided to use songs from his future life to earn money, leaving the class with a possible way to meet the assignment and himself with a new source of funds.

• Lin Chao Ci arrived at university and reflected on returning to his carefree student days after decades of exhausting work.
• Lin Chao Ci entered Business Administration Class One, where his classmates admired his appearance and confidence.
• Wang Erbao told the class that every class had to prepare a creative, patriotic performance for the school’s thirtieth anniversary or risk failing their finals.
• Lin Chao Ci recalled how his classmates had struggled to prepare a performance that the head director ultimately rejected.
• Lin Chao Ci remembered popular songs from his previous life and decided to use them to make money for his family’s planned investments.

Lin Chao Ci arranged for his class to perform an original patriotic song at the school's thirtieth anniversary celebration. Liu Shuang'er reunited with him in class, and Li Si Han appeared at the doorway, leaving the story poised for their reunion.

• Lin Chao Ci proposed that his class perform an original patriotic song and promised to provide it by the next day.
• Yu Guang and the class welcomed Lin Chao Ci's plan and agreed to rehearse the song once it arrived.
• Liu Shuang'er slipped into the classroom, greeted Lin Chao Ci, and quietly watched him after he answered her.
• Li Si Han appeared at the classroom doorway, drawing the students' attention.

Lin Chao Ci remembered Li Si Han’s coming tragedy and decided to use evidence hidden in Ding Qiushan’s villa to accelerate the case against him. He left school to arrange a covert retrieval of the evidence, while reassuring Liu Shuang'er that he had not rejected her.

• Lin Chao Ci recalled how Li Si Han’s father’s workplace injury would lead to her assault, fall, and lasting trauma, and resolved to act before it happened.
• Lin Chao Ci decided to help expose Ding Qiushan by retrieving the criminal evidence and cash hidden in the villa registered to a dead person.
• Lin Chao Ci left school, and Liu Shuang'er mistakenly thought he was avoiding her until his message explained that an urgent matter had come up.
• Liu Shuang'er replied that she understood and looked forward to the soda Lin Chao Ci had promised to buy her.
• Lin Chao Ci called Qiangzi to arrange recording the villa operation and removing everything from its safe, keeping himself away from the dirty work.

Lin Chao Ci secured evidence against Ding Qiushan while protecting Li Si Han, then expanded his business plans by producing songs and buying website domains. He ended the chapter realizing he needed to build a loyal team of his own.

• Lin Chao Ci received account books, drives, tapes, and photographs taken by Ding Qiushan, then selected evidence to submit to investigators without implicating too many powerful officials.
• Lin Chao Ci learned that Li Si Han had gone to the hospital and ordered his subordinates to protect her and her family after arranging her father's medical care.
• Ding Qiushan was detained by the provincial discipline inspection commission but dismissed the bribery investigation and arranged for evidence and testimony to be altered.
• Lin Chao Ci instructed his staff to register a music subsidiary, wrote over a hundred songs, and arranged to register their copyrights.
• Lin Chao Ci decided to stockpile valuable website domains and recognized that he needed to cultivate a team loyal to him personally.

Lin Chao Ci received good news that Wangzhu, Qiandu, and Soumao agreed to funding, while Fang Miaoke accepted his offer and would travel to Haikou City. However, after calculating the cost of his investments, he realized he needed at least thirty million yuan and had almost no money available.

• Lin Chao Ci learned that his father was being questioned by provincial officials after Ding Qiushan was taken away by the disciplinary commission.
• Lin Chao Ci’s subordinates got the Copyright Bureau to register about a hundred songs in a few hours by revealing his identity.
• Wangzhu, Qiandu, and Soumao offered Lin Chao Ci shares at discounted prices, and he told their bosses to come to Haikou City to sign preliminary agreements in two days.
• Lin Chao Ci’s subordinate paid Fang Miaoke’s father’s medical bills and arranged treatment, and Fang Miaoke agreed to work for Lin Chao Ci and fly to Haikou City.
• Lin Chao Ci realized that funding Tencent and the three companies would require at least thirty million yuan, far more than he had.

Lin Chao Ci arranged for the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to receive conclusive evidence against Ding Qiushan, while reflecting on his complicated relationships with five girls. The investigation team found the evidence in its leader Gao Hua’s hotel room and realized Ding Qiushan’s case was already thoroughly documented.

• Lin Chao Ci planned to use his powerful backing to secure shares in four companies without investing his own money.
• Lin Chao Ci worried that bringing the five girls into his life early would accelerate their romantic rivalry, then woke from a nightmare about them stabbing him.
• Lin Chao Ci reviewed company documents and received Qiangzi’s message that the brown paper envelope had been placed in Gao Hua’s room.
• Gao Hua and his teammates opened the envelope and found photographs, documents, and USB drives containing evidence against Ding Qiushan.
• Gao Hua examined the evidence and concluded that it was comprehensive enough to ensure Ding Qiushan would go to prison.

Gao Hua's team began verifying the evidence against Ding Qiushan, while Lin Chao Ci met Fang Miaoke and made her his personal secretary. Fang Miaoke told him that her father was recovering after surgery as Lin Chao Ci took her out to buy clothes.

• Gao Hua’s team examined the evidence against Ding Qiushan and decided to investigate further and interview people to confirm it was authentic.
• Fang Miaoke arrived at Lin Chao Ci’s office, where he teased her and told her she would work as his personal secretary.
• Lin Chao Ci took Fang Miaoke out to buy more suitable clothes, explaining that she would represent him as his secretary.
• Lin Chao Ci asked Fang Miaoke about her father, and she said he was recovering from surgery and should be almost fully recovered in a little over three months.

Lin Chao Ci took Fang Miaoke shopping for work clothes and bought her an expensive phone, insisting that his secretary should look the part. Fang Miaoke gradually accepted his generosity and learned to follow his lead as she settled into her new role.

• Lin Chao Ci reassured Fang Miaoke about her diploma and told her to seek advice from Ms. Li as she began working for him.
• Lin Chao Ci took Fang Miaoke to an upscale clothing shop and arranged work outfits and casual clothes for her despite her protests about the expense.
• Fang Miaoke quickly chose a new work outfit and returned, earning Lin Chao Ci’s approval when he said she looked like his secretary.
• Lin Chao Ci gave Fang Miaoke an expensive new phone, and she reluctantly accepted it after he refused to exchange it for a cheaper one.
• Fang Miaoke followed Lin Chao Ci’s lead at an expensive restaurant and resolved to stop questioning him and focus on her duties.

Lin Chao Ci signed a US$2.3 million investment contract with Tencent CEO Ma, trusting his reputation despite his company’s empty accounts. After Ma left, Lin learned Ding Qiushan’s men had discovered the Investigation Team and angrily blamed the investigators for compromising his plan.

• Lin Chao Ci met Tencent CEO Ma at Baifu Teahouse and welcomed him with friendly conversation.
• The legal teams reviewed the contract, and Ma’s lawyers raised concerns that Tencent would transfer its shares before receiving payment.
• Lin Chao Ci admitted his company lacked cash but assured Ma that his reputation guaranteed payment, and Ma agreed to sign.
• Lin Chao Ci and Ma signed the contract, shook hands, and Ma departed Haikou City soon after arriving.
• Lin Chao Ci returned to work, then received a message that Ding Qiushan’s men had discovered the Investigation Team.
• Lin Chao Ci cursed the Investigation Team for being careless and undermining his plan.

Lin Chao Ci ordered Qiangzi to circulate evidence against Ding Qiushan to isolate him before he could retaliate. Ding Qiushan learned the investigation team had arrived and prepared to flee and strike back, while the deputy secretary received evidence that revealed his own bribery was not included.

• Lin Chao Ci ordered Qiangzi to mail copies of evidence against Ding Qiushan to provincial and municipal leaders, aiming to reassure those not implicated and leave Ding isolated.
• A director told Ding Qiushan that the higher authorities' investigation team had arrived, and Ding blamed Lin Jianguo for setting him up.
• Ding Qiushan arranged to leave the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, send gifts to the investigators, and investigate Lin Jianguo.
• The deputy secretary approved Ding Qiushan's departure on the grounds of insufficient evidence, despite being blackmailed over a past bribe.
• The deputy secretary opened an envelope of evidence against Ding Qiushan and read a note saying it contained no evidence against anyone not named in it.

Ding Qiushan discovered that his political allies had abandoned him and that his secretary had been arrested, leaving him isolated as the authorities renewed their investigation. He lost his nerve and went with the officials who came to take him away.

• The deputy secretary ordered Ding Qiushan kept in custody after receiving new evidence, and the Division One director stopped treating him deferentially.
• Ding Qiushan called several influential contacts, but none answered.
• A Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection official told Ding Qiushan that his secretary had been arrested for embezzlement on the commission secretary's orders.
• Ding Qiushan realized his allies had abandoned him and that his downfall was complete.
• The Division One director ordered Ding Qiushan to come with them, and Ding Qiushan followed after his calls went unanswered.

Ding Qiushan confessed after learning investigators already had the evidence against him, while powerful officials suspected an unseen mastermind had taken evidence implicating them. The scandal brought down his faction, cleared the way for Lin Jianguo to join the provincial leadership, and left Lin Chao Ci relieved.

• Ding Qiushan tried to expose other officials, but the director of Division One showed him that investigators already had the evidence from his villa and that it implicated only him and a few minor figures.
• Ding Qiushan realized the evidence against powerful officials had been removed, abandoned his resistance, and confessed to his crimes.
• Several powerful figures discussed the mysterious person who had taken evidence against them, unaware that Lin Chao Ci was behind it.
• Authorities announced the scandal’s results within days: Ding Qiushan received life imprisonment, most of his faction’s leaders received life sentences, and Wang Defa was sentenced to twenty years.
• The deputy governor implicated in the case retired early, and Lin Jianguo was slated to join the provincial leadership as Lin Chao Ci welcomed the news.

Lin Chao Ci arranged contracts with Wangzhu, Qiandu, and Soumao, then used his newly acquired 20% stake in Tencent to secure a bank loan. He left with 20 million yuan in financing, more than Tencent needed, and expected the shares to rise when the company went public through a reverse merger.

• Lin Chao Ci's father turned away visitors while waiting for his new rank to clear its public notice period.
• Lin Chao Ci signed contracts with the heads of Wangzhu, Qiandu, and Soumao, who agreed to transfer shares before receiving funding.
• After Ma transferred 20% of Tencent's shares to Lin Chao Ci, Lin Chao Ci went to the bank to borrow against them.
• Bank Manager Li initially approved Lin Chao Ci's request for 25 million without checking the documents, then revised the offer after Lin Chao Ci insisted on a legitimate assessment.
• Bank Manager Li valued the stake as security for a 20 million loan at 5.3% annual interest, and Lin Chao Ci signed the contract.