Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Jiang Ze has a sudden vision of Meng Zhiyuan dying in a car crash caused by brake tampering. When Meng Zhiyuan is about to drive, Jiang Ze panics and stops him.
• Jiang Ze suspects a servant who hurried past them. Meng Zhiyuan trusts his warning and asks Meng Zhixing to check the garage surveillance.
• The footage identifies the servant, who is captured and tied up in a storage building. Meng Zhiyuan orders Jiang Ze to wait outside while he questions him.
• After hearing the servant’s cries, Jiang Ze returns and confronts him with a knife. The servant first claims that “Eldest Young Master Meng” paid him, then reveals a deeper grievance: he believes Shen Yun should control the Meng Corporation and says his wife died serving the Meng family, which gave him and his son only a small house in compensation.
• The servant becomes incoherent, and Meng Zhiyuan has him silenced. Jiang Ze wonders why the servant knows Shen Yun so well and suspects a connection between them.

Character developments

• Jiang Ze realizes how close Meng Zhiyuan came to dying and recognizes that he has relied too much on the system and underestimated the danger of the world he has entered. He remains shaken but acts decisively to protect Meng Zhiyuan.
• Meng Zhiyuan shows tenderness toward Jiang Ze, comforting him without demanding an explanation and trusting his warning immediately. He also reveals his ruthless side when interrogating the suspect.
• Meng Zhixing is alarmed by the attempted murder but familiar with his older brother’s brutality. He is surprised by Jiang Ze’s unexpectedly threatening behavior.
• The servant appears drugged or mentally unstable and exposes a personal grievance and possible ties to Shen Yun.

Character interactions

• Jiang Ze clings to Meng Zhiyuan and warns him not to enter the car; Meng Zhiyuan responds with reassurance and warmth.
• Meng Zhiyuan relies on Meng Zhixing to investigate, then shields Jiang Ze from the interrogation by sending him outside.
• Meng Zhixing jokes about his brother’s hidden cruelty, only to be startled when Meng Zhiyuan overhears him.
• Jiang Ze and Meng Zhiyuan both intimidate the servant, while the suspect’s outburst leaves Jiang Ze questioning his connection to Shen Yun.

Significant themes

• Fate versus intervention: Jiang Ze’s warning prevents a likely fatal event, but he fears that both characters remain vulnerable until he gains more Luck Value.
• Trust and protection: Meng Zhiyuan accepts Jiang Ze’s warning without question and tries to spare him from violence.
• Hidden brutality and loyalty: Both Jiang Ze and Meng Zhiyuan reveal a harsher side when protecting one another.
• Grievance and resentment: The servant’s claims suggest that perceived injustices within the Meng family may be fueling the conspiracy.

Key plot points

• Meng Zhixing’s father, Grandpa Meng, reveals that the restrained servant is Shen Tonghai, his longtime friend and former employee. Shen’s wife died saving Grandpa Meng during an attack, so the Meng family supported Shen and his young son, Shen Yun.
• Shen later became addicted to gambling—and apparently drugs—while neglecting his son and demanding more money. He raised Shen Yun to believe the Meng family’s wealth should be theirs because his mother had saved its patriarch.
• Grandpa Meng eventually cut off Shen’s extravagant allowance. Shen Yun returned from abroad and pursued Zimu, and Grandpa Meng now realizes he underestimated how far the situation would go.
• Grandpa Meng orders Shen Tonghai sent to drug rehabilitation and then prison. Jiang Ze remains angry that Shen nearly caused Meng Zhiyuan’s death.
• Back at the Villa, Jiang Ze breaks down, blaming himself for failing to prevent the danger despite knowing the story’s plot. The system reminds him that changed events can occur unpredictably.
• Meng Zhiyuan comforts him with affection and kisses. Jiang Ze’s distress gives way to their intimate reconciliation.

Character developments and interactions

• Grandpa Meng reveals the guilt and compassion behind his long support of Shen, while accepting that Shen’s greed has made him dangerous.
• Shen Tonghai is exposed as a neglectful, manipulative man whose entitlement grew despite years of generosity.
• Jiang Ze shifts from anger at Shen to guilt and fear for Meng Zhiyuan, showing how deeply he feels responsible for protecting him.
• Meng Zhiyuan gently reassures Jiang Ze, though his private, lustful thoughts cause his corruption value to rise even as he comforts him.
• The system offers Jiang Ze reassurance that the altered plot is no longer fully predictable.

Significant themes

• Greed and entitlement: Gratitude and generosity cannot satisfy someone who treats support as a right; unchecked desire becomes destructive.
• Inherited ambition and manipulation: Shen Tonghai’s beliefs shape his son’s expectations and choices.
• Guilt and responsibility: Grandpa Meng feels responsible for Shen, while Jiang Ze unfairly blames himself for events he could not fully control.
• Love as comfort: Meng Zhiyuan’s tenderness helps Jiang Ze regain a sense of safety after the crisis.

Key plot points and events

• Since their car was tampered with, Jiang Ze has been anxious about Meng Zhiyuan traveling alone and insists on accompanying him. He proposes taking the subway rather than driving or getting a taxi.
• Meng Zhiyuan agrees, but the crowded train makes him jealous and protective when passengers jostle Jiang Ze. He insists that only he should touch his boyfriend and teases Jiang Ze about being flustered.
• Jiang Ze bites Meng Zhiyuan’s arm in irritation, then notices a woman filming or photographing them. He finds a mask and urges Meng Zhiyuan to wear it, partly to prevent the woman from capturing him.
• Though the carriage gradually empties, Meng Zhiyuan refuses to give Jiang Ze more space and says he wants to ride the subway together again. Jiang Ze privately vows not to repeat the experience.
• Before they get off, Meng Zhiyuan asks the woman to delete her photos, claiming his boyfriend dislikes appearing on other people’s phones. He copies the images to his own phone first, then adds that he also dislikes his boyfriend appearing on others’ phones. Mortified, Jiang Ze grabs his hand and rushes off the train.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ze’s protectiveness follows naturally from the earlier attack on their car, but it is mixed with embarrassment and exasperation at Meng Zhiyuan’s possessive teasing.
• Meng Zhiyuan shows a softer, more openly affectionate side, enjoying their hand-holding and the closeness of the crowded train. His jealousy is playful but unmistakable.
• Their relationship is expressed through teasing, physical affection, and mock conflict: Jiang Ze protests and bites him, while Meng Zhiyuan shields, flirts with, and ultimately protects him from being filmed.
• The woman’s presence heightens Jiang Ze’s self-consciousness and prompts Meng Zhiyuan to intervene, while his cheeky handling of the photos leaves Jiang Ze both protected and deeply embarrassed.

Significant themes

• Protection and trust: Jiang Ze’s worry about travel reflects the lingering impact of the sabotage.
• Possessiveness and affection: Meng Zhiyuan’s jealousy is framed as playful devotion, while also revealing how strongly he regards Jiang Ze as his partner.
• Public versus private intimacy: The crowded train forces the couple into close contact, turning their private flirtation into a source of comic embarrassment.
• Humor in relationship dynamics: Their contrasting reactions—Jiang Ze’s protests and Meng Zhiyuan’s calm teasing—drive the chapter’s light, romantic comedy tone.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Ze and Meng Zhiyuan arrive at Meng Group after Jiang has run alongside him. Meng is called into an unexpected meeting, leaving Jiang to go upstairs alone.
• Jiang encounters Shen Yun, who boasts that he is now a company owner and is visiting to negotiate a partnership. The system briefly reappears, warning that the world’s order is unstable and its energy is low; it may fall dormant again.
• Shen Yun tries to order Jiang, the president’s secretary, to make him freshly ground coffee. Jiang refuses, joking that he is Meng’s exclusive personal secretary. Xiao Liu brings Shen instant coffee instead and quickly withdraws from the tension.
• Meng returns from negotiations with Young Master Chen, whose expression suggests the deal went badly for Shen Yun. Chen confronts Shen: the shareholder “dirt” Shen claimed to possess is useless, because those shareholders have already been removed and their shares bought by Meng.
• Shen suspects Jiang’s rebirth and information changed events. Chen, having lost patience with him, leaves. Shen blames Jiang for his worsening fortunes and makes a phone call to someone named Zimu.

Character developments

• Jiang Ze remains alert to Shen Yun’s intentions but handles his provocation with playful confidence. He also learns the system may be unreliable at a dangerous moment.
• Meng Zhiyuan stays focused on business and appears to have anticipated or neutralized the threat to his company.
• Shen Yun shifts from smug confidence to humiliation, paranoia, and renewed hatred as his plans fail. He increasingly fixates on Jiang as the cause of his setbacks.
• Young Master Chen reveals that his interest in Shen Yun was largely self-serving and abandons him once the partnership proves unsuccessful.
• Xiao Liu avoids taking sides, quietly managing the awkward encounter.

Significant themes

• Destiny and altered timelines: Shen’s apparent knowledge from a previous life no longer guarantees success, while Jiang may also be reborn.
• Power, loyalty, and self-interest: Chen’s support for Shen proves conditional, whereas Jiang and Meng’s close relationship is openly implied.
• Rivalry and resentment: Shen turns his failures into blame and hostility toward Jiang.
• Uncertainty and vulnerability: The unstable world and system’s impending dormancy threaten Jiang’s access to guidance.

Character interactions

• Jiang and Meng’s teasing, familiar exchanges contrast with Shen’s contemptuous assumptions about their relationship.
• Shen tries to assert status over Jiang, but Jiang deflects him with humor and refusal.
• Chen confronts Shen over his failed claims, then leaves when Shen becomes fixated on Jiang.
• Shen’s final call to Zimu hints that he may seek help or pursue another plan.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Zhiyuan tells Jiang Ze that he investigated the people Jiang had warned him about, uncovered their financial crimes, and forced them to sell their shares cheaply. Jiang is impressed by how quickly and decisively Meng acted.
• The system announces that Jiang has changed an important plot point, awarding him one million points. Jiang is accustomed to these rewards but remains uneasy about the system’s unexplained dormant state.
• Back at the company, they meet Mu Shaoxuan, who teases them about their romance and invites them to visit his new, not-yet-open hot spring resort. Seeing Jiang’s excitement, Meng agrees. Chu Chen will join them, and they plan to leave in two days.
• Meng works late for two nights to clear his schedule for the trip. Jiang, admiring Meng’s physique, heads to the new gym to try to regain his abs.
• Meng helps Jiang lift weights, but their closeness and his suggestive remarks leave Jiang flustered. When Jiang trips, Meng catches him, then carries him to the bathroom, turning Jiang’s attempted workout into an intimate encounter.

Character developments

• Jiang Ze is increasingly comfortable in this world and grateful to have met Meng, though he still worries the system is concealing something. He also shows a self-conscious, playful side when comparing his soft stomach to Meng’s muscular build.
• Meng Zhiyuan demonstrates both strategic competence and affection: he trusts Jiang’s warning, acts on it effectively, makes time for their trip, and uses his workout “help” to tease and care for Jiang.
• Mu Shaoxuan remains a joking, sociable friend, eager to invite the couple to his resort and amused by their relationship.

Significant themes

• Changing fate: Jiang’s warning alters a major plot event, earning a system reward and potentially redirecting Meng’s tragic future.
• Trust and partnership: Meng takes Jiang’s advice seriously, while Jiang’s confidence in staying in this world grows through their relationship.
• Romance and comedy: Jiang’s sincere fitness goals collide with Meng’s flirtation, turning an ordinary workout into a teasingly intimate scene.
• Unresolved uncertainty: Despite their happiness, Jiang’s concern about the system hints that the larger situation remains unsettled.

Character interactions

• Meng feeds Jiang and reassures him through quiet affection; Jiang’s thoughts reveal how deeply he values their relationship.
• Mu Shaoxuan jokes about their romance, while Jiang protests that he is a proper secretary and Meng impatiently asks him to get to the point.
• At the gym, Meng coaches and steadies Jiang, their physical closeness making Jiang lose focus. After catching Jiang from a fall, Meng carries him off, and Jiang ruefully abandons his hopes of getting abs.

Plot and events

• Shen Yun receives a desperate call from his imprisoned father, who begs to be rescued. Shen first demands to know whether his father betrayed him, then hangs up once assured he did not. His lover, Meng Zimu, accuses him of being heartless and briefly chokes him before ordering him to turn around and warning that he had better hope their plan succeeds.
• Jiang Ze, Meng Zhiyuan, Mu Shaoxuan, and Mu’s companion travel to a hot-spring resort. Mu arranges for Jiang and Meng to share a room with a large double bed.
• Jiang and Meng go to a nearly empty hot spring pool together. Jiang is embarrassed by Meng’s teasing, especially when Meng gets out of the water naked, though Meng soon wraps his towel around himself again.
• When Meng complains of a headache, Jiang offers a massage. Meng rests his head in Jiang’s lap, and their tender moment turns into a kiss.

Character developments and interactions

• Shen Yun appears calculating and self-protective: he checks that his father did not betray him but refuses to help him. He hides his hatred of Meng Zimu and placates him to avoid further harm.
• Meng Zimu is controlling and cruel toward Shen Yun, using both physical intimidation and threats.
• Jiang Ze is shy and easily flustered by Meng Zhiyuan’s bold behavior, but his concern wins out when Meng feels unwell. He responds with genuine care.
• Meng Zhiyuan teases and provokes Jiang, then allows himself to be cared for. He turns Jiang’s head massage into an intimate kiss.
• Mu Shaoxuan playfully engineers the couple’s shared room, nudging Jiang and Meng toward time alone together.

Themes

The chapter contrasts coercive, threatening intimacy in Shen Yun and Meng Zimu’s relationship with the growing tenderness between Jiang Ze and Meng Zhiyuan. It also explores vulnerability beneath teasing: Jiang’s concern softens their flirtation, while Meng’s kiss turns care into romantic closeness.

Plot points and events

• Jiang Ze wakes late after spending the previous night in the hot springs with Meng Zhiyuan. Mu Shaoxuan teases him, while Meng arrives with warm milk and warns Mu off with a cold look.
• Mu arranges for the group to attend a local bonfire party. Before they go, Jiang Ze receives an anonymous message inviting him to meet alone in two days to learn how Meng Zhiyuan’s fate might be changed.
• Jiang Ze suspects Shen Yun sent the message and recognizes it as a trap. The system urges him to go, claiming that changing the protagonists’ story could earn him Luck Value. Its unusual eagerness makes Jiang Ze more suspicious.
• At the party, Jiang Ze puts his worries aside for a while and sits with Meng Zhiyuan. He asks what Meng would do if their world were virtual and their fates already decided. Meng insists that people can change fate through their own efforts.
• Moved by Meng’s answer, Jiang Ze confesses that he likes him and kisses him. Meng embraces him, and the chapter ends with fireworks overhead. A system message reports that the target character’s Corruption Value has fallen by 30%, to 15%.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ze grows more wary of both Shen Yun and the system, but also becomes more emotionally open with Meng Zhiyuan, making his first clear confession.
• Meng Zhiyuan shows attentiveness and protectiveness toward Jiang Ze. His faith in people’s ability to shape their own future offers Jiang Ze reassurance.
• Mu Shaoxuan brings the group together for the party and playfully teases Jiang Ze and Meng. He and Chu Chen exchange approving remarks about the couple before joining the festivities.
• Chu Chen remains reluctant about the outing but goes along with Mu and joins the party.
• The message and the system’s pressure hint at a growing conflict involving Shen Yun, the world’s unstable plot, and Jiang Ze’s role in changing it.

Significant themes

• Free will versus predetermined fate: Jiang Ze questions whether anyone can escape a scripted world; Meng argues that choices and effort can change what happens.
• Trust and deception: Jiang Ze suspects the anonymous invitation is a trap and doubts the system’s motives.
• Love as reassurance and agency: Jiang Ze’s confession and Meng’s response give their relationship new clarity amid uncertainty.

Chapter summary

• Jiang Ze and Meng Zhiyuan grow closer. The morning after their intimate night, Meng openly dotes on Jiang, prompting teasing from Mu Shaoxuan and Chu Chen. On the drive home, Jiang asks whether they are dating. Meng is offended by the implication that their relationship was ever casual, reassures him by calling him his “wife,” and sends him home to rest while he returns to work.
• Jiang investigates the larger conflict. He contacts the system and asks it to look into something, then arranges preparations that are not explained yet. At school, he runs into Dong Jiansheng, who is grateful to him and hopes to treat him to a meal, but Jiang has to leave.
• Shen Yun draws Jiang into a trap. Shen messages Jiang, warning that gaining luck value may not change everything. The system insists that luck value is the only way to alter Jiang’s and Meng’s fates, and Jiang reassures it that he trusts it. Despite anticipating Meng’s anger, Jiang goes alone to meet Shen at an abandoned factory, believing he needs to uncover the truth himself.
• Shen Yun reveals what he knows—and turns violent. He identifies Jiang as a transmigrator and claims that Jiang stole the luck meant for him, the world’s “protagonist.” Shen also says he now has a system of his own. Jiang calls for his system but receives no response, while people begin gathering around them.
• The confrontation escalates. Meng Zimu arrives with armed-looking thugs and demands to know why Shen Yun has not dealt with Jiang. Shen, no longer deferential to Meng Zimu, shoots him in the leg, then orders the men to beat or rape Jiang.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ze feels more secure in his relationship with Meng, but remains secretive and determined to investigate the fate-and-luck system independently—even at the risk of angering Meng.
• Meng Zhiyuan expresses affection more plainly and protectively, though his insistence that Jiang stay home contrasts with Jiang’s decision to act alone.
• Shen Yun shifts from anxious persuader to openly hostile, presenting himself as a wronged protagonist and using violence to regain control.
• Meng Zimu appears to be working with Shen, but is abruptly shot and left helpless.
• The system strongly urges Jiang to trust its explanation about luck value. Its sudden silence at the factory raises doubts about how much protection or influence it really has.

Significant themes

The chapter explores trust and insecurity in romance, fate versus personal agency, and competing claims to the “protagonist’s” role. It also builds suspense around the system’s reliability, Jiang’s unexplained preparations, and the danger of pursuing truth alone.

Plot points

• Shen Yun reveals that Jiang Ze is a pawn and taunts him about Meng Zhiyuan’s fate. Jiang Ze hints that Shen may be a pawn too, then fights his way toward the exit.
• Shen Yun shoots at the door and traps Jiang Ze with his men. Jiang Ze waits for help, and police officers arrive with Meng Zhiyuan, who quickly has Shen Yun subdued.
• Jiang Ze realizes Meng had tracked him through his earring. After Meng presses on his injury, Jiang Ze loses consciousness; a system notification reports a major increase in the target character’s corruption.
• Jiang wakes restrained in Meng’s nearly empty room. He is left alone for three days, growing cold, isolated, and distressed.
• When Meng finally returns, Jiang breaks down and clings to him. Meng tells him to bathe, then reacts with renewed anger when Jiang admits Dong Jiansheng helped him call the police and that he had made other preparations. Meng puts him in the bath and warns that Jiang is making him angrier.

Character developments

• Jiang Ze remains resourceful and defiant under threat, but his relief at Meng’s arrival gives way to fear and loneliness during confinement. He eventually tries to placate Meng, while still protesting his treatment.
• Meng Zhiyuan reveals that he has secretly tracked Jiang and rescued him, but his controlling behavior intensifies after the rescue. The system’s corruption reading rises sharply, suggesting his feelings or actions have become increasingly dangerous.
• Shen Yun is confident and cruel, but his control collapses when the police arrive.
• Dong Jiansheng is shown to have helped Jiang by contacting the police.

Significant themes

• Control and captivity: Jiang escapes Shen Yun’s immediate threat only to be imprisoned by Meng.
• Protection blurred with possession: Meng saves Jiang, yet tracks, restrains, and isolates him.
• Loneliness and emotional dependence: Jiang longs for Meng even while resenting his treatment.
• Hidden manipulation: The pawn imagery and system notification imply that larger forces are shaping the characters’ actions.

Character interactions

• Jiang and Shen Yun trade threats before Jiang tries to escape; Shen’s men corner him.
• Meng arrives with the police and rescues Jiang, but the discovery of the tracker and Meng’s response expose the tension between them.
• During confinement, Jiang calls for Meng and later clings to him, while Meng responds coldly and keeps control.
• Jiang explains Dong’s involvement and his own preparations; Meng reacts with greater hostility, ending the chapter on a tense, unresolved confrontation.

Key plot points

• Jiang Ze remains confined by Meng Zhiyuan, who feeds him but threatens to restrain him if he refuses food. The two have little meaningful contact: Zhiyuan ignores Jiang Ze’s pleas to talk and kisses him despite his resistance.
• Jiang Ze suspects the system—or the World Consciousness—has been manipulating events to push him toward Zhiyuan and drive up the man’s corruption. He believes Meng Zhiyuan is its real target and resolves that the boss must not become more corrupt, though he cannot reach him.
• Over several days, Zhiyuan grows increasingly obsessive and unsettling. He says Jiang Ze will be safe soon, but his behavior and words frighten Jiang Ze. The corruption value rises to 90%.
• Zhiyuan visits Meng Zhixiong in prison and confronts him about their mother’s death. Under threat to his other children, Zhixiong admits he deliberately let her drown, motivated by resentment over being displaced as the family’s heir.
• Zhiyuan leaves him to face his prison sentence. Shortly afterward, the system announces Zhiyuan’s corruption has reached 100%.
• Jiang Ze, who has just freed his wrist from its restraint, is shocked by the sudden alert. Unsure what will happen, he wants to reach Zhiyuan and face whatever comes together.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ze shifts from feeling trapped and powerless to recognizing that the system may have a hidden agenda. Despite his fear of Zhiyuan’s worsening obsession, he remains committed to confronting events alongside him.
• Meng Zhiyuan becomes colder and more possessive, treating Jiang Ze with both careful tenderness and coercive control. His confrontation with Zhixiong reveals that he has uncovered the truth about his mother’s murder, though he offers no emotional reaction beyond a chilling composure.
• Meng Zhixiong is exposed as the murderer of Zhiyuan’s mother. His bitterness over inheritance and his cruelty turn his confession into a display of madness rather than remorse.
• Meng Cheng supports Zhiyuan during the prison visit, while Zhiyuan restrains him from reacting to Zhixiong’s taunts.
• Jiang Ze repeatedly tries to speak with Zhiyuan, but Zhiyuan silences him and withdraws, deepening their isolation and misunderstanding.

Significant themes

• Manipulation and hidden motives: Jiang Ze questions whether the system is using people to pursue an unknown goal.
• Obsession and coercion: Zhiyuan’s apparent care for Jiang Ze is inseparable from confinement and control.
• Family betrayal and inheritance: Zhixiong’s resentment culminates in murder and a bitter struggle over who deserved the family’s place and power.
• Uncertainty and loyalty: With Zhiyuan’s corruption at its maximum, Jiang Ze fears what comes next but chooses to face it with him.

Plot and key events

• After leaving Jiang Ze imprisoned at the villa, Meng Zhiyuan refuses Meng Cheng’s suggestion to have him killed, saying Jiang “can’t die.”
• Seemingly troubled, Meng Zhiyuan calls Mu Shaoxuan and asks him to collect Jiang and keep him safe. His ominous instructions sound like a farewell. He brushes off Meng Cheng’s offer to drive him and leaves alone.
• Mu Shaoxuan finds Jiang at the villa. Jiang is desperate to locate Meng Zhiyuan and apologize, while Mu assumes the two have had a serious relationship dispute.
• As they search, Jiang hears the system warn that an “outsider” who violates the world’s rules will ultimately be erased. He fears this refers to Meng Zhiyuan.
• Their car encounters Meng Zhiyuan’s familiar black sedan as it speeds toward an oncoming truck. The vehicles collide. Jiang tries to reach the wreck, but his door is jammed; Mu calls for help, and Jiang eventually stumbles toward the crash.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Zhiyuan shifts from cold control to ominous, self-sacrificing concern: he arranges for Jiang’s safety but refuses help and drives off alone. His claim that Jiang “can’t die” hints at hidden knowledge.
• Jiang Ze is frightened and guilt-ridden, focused on finding Meng and repairing their misunderstanding. The system’s warning intensifies his fear, and he rushes toward the crash despite his injury.
• Mu Shaoxuan is shocked to discover Jiang’s imprisonment and tries to comfort him, then reacts urgently to the collision.
• Meng Cheng senses that something is wrong with his boss and repeatedly tries to protect him, but Meng Zhiyuan sends him away.

Significant themes

• Separation and unspoken concern: Meng Zhiyuan’s cryptic arrangements suggest care he cannot or will not explain.
• Fate and erasure: The system’s warning frames Meng Zhiyuan’s danger as a consequence of breaking the world’s rules.
• Misunderstanding and urgency: Jiang and Meng appear separated by a conflict they have not resolved, while the crash turns their chance to reconcile into a life-or-death emergency.

Plot points and events

• After a severe car crash, Jiang Ze and Mu Shaoxuan struggle to free the badly injured Meng Zhiyuan. Jiang Ze finds the jade pendant he gave Zhiyuan, now cracked, and clings to it as a sign of hope.
• At the hospital, Jiang Ze insists he is Zhiyuan’s partner and signs the critical-condition and surgery forms. The Meng family arrives, and Meng Zhixing summons their medical specialists.
• After surgery, Elder Qian reports that Zhiyuan’s vital areas were spared, though he has lost a dangerous amount of blood and needs transfusions. Overcome by relief, Jiang Ze faints.
• When Jiang Ze wakes, he learns Zhiyuan remains unconscious. Doctors cannot explain why and fear an undetectable brain injury may keep him from waking.
• Just as Jiang Ze reaches Zhiyuan’s room, the medical staff rush in: Zhiyuan’s vital signs are falling again, and CPR is needed.

Character developments

• Jiang Ze moves from shock and helplessness to determined action: he identifies himself as Zhiyuan’s partner, signs the forms, and refuses to give up hope despite the possibility of lasting unconsciousness. His collapse reveals the strain he has been suppressing.
• Mu Shaoxuan stays composed for Jiang Ze’s sake, comforting him and supporting him through the crisis.
• Meng Zhixing is shaken by the danger to his brother. His usual confidence gives way to helplessness, and he tries to reassure both himself and Jiang Ze.
• Grandpa Meng responds urgently, directing the family to bring in the best medical team.

Significant themes

• Love and commitment: Jiang Ze’s insistence that he is Zhiyuan’s partner underscores their bond and his willingness to stand by him.
• Hope amid uncertainty: The successful surgery briefly offers relief, but Zhiyuan’s continued unconsciousness and failing vital signs show how fragile that hope is.
• Helplessness and resilience: The characters must confront events beyond their control, while continuing to fight for Zhiyuan.

Character interactions

• Mu Shaoxuan guides and comforts Jiang Ze, while Jiang Ze’s concern for Zhiyuan overrides concern for himself.
• Jiang Ze and Meng Zhixing share the vigil, each struggling with fear and trying to believe Zhiyuan will recover.
• The hospital staff and Meng family’s specialists work together to save Zhiyuan, though his condition remains unstable.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Zhiyuan’s condition worsens unpredictably while he remains unconscious, leaving him in critical danger despite earlier stabilization.
• Jiang Ze despairs because his system and its Exchange Interface are unavailable. Mu Shaoxuan’s mention of fruit gives him an idea: he rushes to Meng Zhiyuan’s villa.
• In the backyard, Jiang finds the spirit fruit that has grown on a plant he watered with Spirit Spring Water. He carefully takes the whole potted plant to the hospital.
• With help from Meng Zhixing and the others, Jiang receives permission to enter the ICU. He feeds the fruit to Meng Zhiyuan, and the man’s vital signs quickly improve.
• Meng Zhiyuan is moved to a regular ward. Jiang stays by his bedside, holding his hand and hoping he will wake.

Character developments

• Jiang Ze moves from helpless fear to determined action, trusting the spirit fruit despite the risk. After saving Meng Zhiyuan, he keeps the fruit’s role secret and remains devotedly at his bedside.
• Mu Shaoxuan and Meng Zhixing show concern for both men, support Jiang, and help secure access to the ICU.
• Meng Zhiyuan remains unconscious, but his recovery begins after Jiang gives him the spirit fruit.

Significant themes

• Love expressed through care: Jiang’s refusal to leave Meng Zhiyuan and his desperate efforts to save him reveal the depth of his attachment.
• Hope and resourcefulness: A seemingly incidental act—watering a plant—becomes the key to survival when familiar help is unavailable.
• Fate and defiance: Jiang believes they may have escaped the world’s consciousness and its punishment, suggesting a struggle against forces shaping their lives.
• Trust and secrecy: The others trust Jiang’s resolve, while he chooses not to explain the mysterious source of the cure.

Character interactions

• Mu Shaoxuan tries to comfort Jiang and unintentionally prompts his breakthrough by mentioning fruit.
• Jiang reassures the household steward, Elder Feng, with a gentle lie to spare him distress.
• Meng Zhixing and the group advocate for Jiang when hospital staff initially bar him from the ICU.
• After the rescue, Jiang declines to explain what he did, then stays alone with Meng Zhiyuan, holding his hand and waiting for him to wake.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Zhiyuan has been unconscious for seven days, despite having normal vital signs. Jiang Ze refuses to leave his bedside, personally washing and massaging him and insisting he will wake.
• While Zhiyuan lies unconscious, his drifting consciousness relives memories of being controlled by a mysterious force. He recalls how it compelled him to orbit Shen Yun and Meng Zimu and act against his own wishes.
• Before the car crash, Zhiyuan secretly moved company shares and assets to keep the Meng Group from falling into the wrong hands. His memories then seem to have been sealed, and his life began again with Jiang Ze—a person who should not have entered it.
• Hearing Jiang Ze’s voice and teasing threat that he might leave, Zhiyuan’s consciousness sharpens. After several more days, he finally wakes and grabs Jiang Ze’s wrist, asking him not to go.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ze remains devoted and hopeful, though fear and exhaustion weigh on him. He carefully tends to Zhiyuan, hiding his distress from visitors until Zhiyuan wakes; then he breaks down in tears and embraces him.
• Meng Zhiyuan remembers his past resistance to the force controlling him and recognizes Jiang Ze as someone precious who changed his life. His first words after waking reassure Jiang Ze and reveal how strongly he fears losing him.
• Meng Zhixing encourages Jiang Ze to rest and seek help rather than shoulder everything alone.
• The Meng family and Zhiyuan’s friends visit regularly. Grandpa Meng, impressed by Jiang Ze’s devotion, accepts him and promises to add him to the family genealogy.

Significant themes

• Love and steadfast care: Jiang Ze’s daily devotion sustains hope through Zhiyuan’s prolonged coma.
• Free will and control: Zhiyuan’s memories reveal a struggle against an external force that manipulated his actions.
• Fear, hope, and loyalty: Both men’s reunion shows how deeply they are attached and how much they have endured apart.

Plot points

• Meng Zhiyuan wakes from his coma, to the relief of the Meng family and his friends. His injuries have healed quickly thanks to a spirit medicine Jiang Ze gave him.
• Jiang Ze insists Meng Zhiyuan remain in the hospital to recover. Meng Zhiyuan teases him by openly calling him his wife, embarrassing Jiang while revealing how close they have become.
• Grandpa Meng arrives, urges Meng Zhiyuan to let his younger brother help instead of burdening Jiang Ze, and announces that the family should begin preparing for their wedding. Meng Zhiyuan agrees, while Jiang Ze is stunned by the sudden news.
• After the visitors leave, Meng Zhiyuan says he still owes Jiang Ze a proposal. He then raises Jiang Ze’s secrets—his system, transmigration into a book, and real identity. Jiang Ze is shocked that he knows.
• Meng Zhiyuan gently reproaches Jiang Ze for keeping the truth from him, but reassures him and lets the matter wait. Jiang Ze falls asleep in his arms, finally feeling safe and able to rest.
• Watching him sleep, Meng Zhiyuan reflects that the system and World Consciousness tried to erase him, yet he is grateful that the ordeal brought Jiang Ze into his life.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Zhiyuan is more openly affectionate than his usual cold reputation suggests. He accepts Jiang Ze’s care, jokes about their relationship, and looks toward marriage, while also showing that he has learned the truth about Jiang Ze’s identity.
• Jiang Ze remains shy and easily flustered by public displays of affection and the wedding announcement. His warmth and trust show in his quiet reciprocation of Meng Zhiyuan’s handhold and his ability to relax in Meng’s embrace.
• Grandpa Meng expresses gratitude and affection toward Jiang Ze, welcoming him into the family and promising to protect him from Meng Zhiyuan.
• Mu Shaoxuan and the others playfully tease the couple, then recognize when they should leave them alone.

Significant themes

• Love and gratitude: Meng Zhiyuan sees surviving his ordeal as worthwhile because it led him to Jiang Ze.
• Trust and truth: Jiang Ze’s secrets are now acknowledged, opening the way for a more honest relationship.
• Family and belonging: Grandpa Meng’s welcome and wedding plans mark Jiang Ze’s growing place in the Meng family.
• Recovery and safety: Jiang Ze’s final rest in Meng Zhiyuan’s arms contrasts with the exhaustion and danger they have endured.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Ze wakes beside Meng Zhiyuan, relieved to find him alive and apparently recovering well after his recent accident.
• Meng asks Jiang Ze to explain himself, but Jiang turns the question around: how did Meng know so much about his secrets?
• Meng reveals that he has been hearing Jiang’s thoughts since Meng Zimu’s birthday party—the same time Jiang admitted he liked him. Jiang is horrified to realize Meng may have heard his private thoughts and seen through his attempts to act innocent.
• Meng teases Jiang, then claims to feel wronged because Jiang approached him with an ulterior motive and could not explain the truth sooner. Jiang apologizes and is drawn into comforting him.
• Meng asks for a “massage,” citing Jiang’s care during his recovery. The massage turns into an intimate encounter, interrupted when medical staff arrive for a routine examination.
• After the examination, Jiang tries to leave, embarrassed and sore. Meng says he is in pain, prompting Jiang to rush to help—only for Meng to pull him back, revealing the complaint was another ploy.

Character developments

• Jiang Ze moves from relief to suspicion, then to mortification when he learns Meng has been hearing his thoughts. Despite recognizing Meng’s tricks, he remains easily swayed by his affection and concern.
• Meng Zhiyuan is revealed to have known Jiang’s inner thoughts for some time. He is affectionate and teasing, using his apparent vulnerability to draw Jiang closer, while showing that he is recovering better than Jiang assumes.

Significant themes

• Secrets and emotional transparency: Jiang’s private thoughts have made his feelings and motives far less hidden than he believed.
• Trust and honesty: Jiang regrets not being able to explain his circumstances, while Meng’s knowledge complicates the couple’s sense of what has been kept private.
• Affection expressed through teasing: Their intimacy is built on playful manipulation, mock complaints, and genuine care beneath the banter.

Character interactions

• Jiang and Meng trade questions and accusations, with each trying to make the other explain himself.
• Meng uses teasing, kisses, and feigned vulnerability to reassure and fluster Jiang.
• Jiang’s concern repeatedly overrides his embarrassment: he cares for Meng during recovery and immediately reacts when Meng claims to be hurt, even after realizing he has been fooled before.

Key plot points and events

• Meng Zhiyuan recovers remarkably quickly and is discharged. He and Jiang Ze return to the Villa, where Elder Feng welcomes them with relief.
• Meng Zhiyuan resumes work, convinced the Meng Corporation still needs to be cleaned up after Shen Yun and Meng Zimu’s schemes. Jiang Ze wants to accompany him but is persuaded to rest.
• Once alone, Jiang Ze hears from the system: his main quest is complete, his luck value is maxed, and he has earned ten million points. The system appears in a humanoid form and explains its true purpose.
• The world consciousness sent System 001 to recruit a human to fix a threatened book-world. Meng Zhiyuan’s self-awareness and changes to the story’s fates made him an “anomaly,” and the system had been trying to erase him. Its first attempt failed; another would require a successful conquest.
• Jiang Ze proposes a different solution: with the original protagonists imprisoned and unable to restore the story, he and Meng Zhiyuan could take their place as the world’s protagonists. He offers to give up the possibility of a second life. The system agrees to report the proposal, then vanishes.
• Jiang Ze is left hoping the plan will end the crisis and allow Meng Zhiyuan to live safely.

Character developments

• Jiang Ze moves from uncertainty and dependence on the system to openly challenging its agenda. He prioritizes Meng Zhiyuan’s safety over the promised reward of a second life.
• Meng Zhiyuan is restored to health and returns to his determined, work-focused manner. His affection for Jiang Ze is clear in their playful, intimate moments.
• System 001 becomes more coherent and reveals that it serves the world consciousness, though it remains awkward and partly error-prone.
• Elder Feng’s emotional welcome shows how deeply Meng Zhiyuan’s injury and absence worried him.

Significant themes

• Self-determination versus predetermined roles: Meng Zhiyuan’s awakening disrupts the book’s intended plot, raising the question of whether its characters can choose their own lives.
• Love and self-sacrifice: Jiang Ze is willing to relinquish a chance at another life to protect Meng Zhiyuan.
• Repair through change: Rather than erase the “anomaly,” Jiang Ze suggests that the world can survive by accepting new protagonists.
• Security and attachment: Jiang Ze’s unease when separated from Meng Zhiyuan underscores how central their bond has become.

Character interactions

• Jiang Ze and Meng Zhiyuan share affectionate domestic moments: Jiang Ze ties his tie, Meng Zhiyuan kisses his cheek, and they tease each other about work and rest.
• Elder Feng greets them tearfully, while Meng Zhiyuan reassures him and apologizes for the worry.
• Jiang Ze confronts System 001, questions its intentions, and negotiates a solution that protects Meng Zhiyuan.

Plot points and events

• Meng Zhiyuan learns that Shen Yun and Meng Zimu have both been sent to a psychiatric hospital after exhibiting similar breakdowns about a “Fate System.” His plan to deal with them personally is no longer possible.
• He has Xiao Liu finish terminating the shareholders’ hidden projects, then unexpectedly asks for advice on how to propose marriage. Xiao Liu suggests a romantic gesture with flowers.
• While jogging, Jiang Ze is approached by a talent agent who offers him a commercial. Jiang Ze accepts the agent’s card, later discovers the agency may soon go bankrupt, and suspects the encounter may not be quite as straightforward as it seemed.
• That evening, Meng Zhiyuan brings Jiang Ze cake and asks what flowers he likes, hinting at a future romantic surprise. Jiang Ze teases him about being clichéd.
• Later, Jiang Ze reveals the system to Meng Zhiyuan. It announces that they have escaped their original fates, earned the World Consciousness’s favor, and become the world’s new protagonists. Meng Zhiyuan’s erasure effect is lifted, and he gains half of the world’s fortune. They are tasked with restoring the world’s rules and preventing its collapse.
• The system grants Jiang Ze two free exchanges, then unbinds after noting that he has given up reincarnation and his points are reset. Jiang Ze and Meng Zhiyuan kiss as the system bids them farewell.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Zhiyuan shifts from dealing with the aftermath of the former protagonists’ downfall to planning a marriage proposal. He is openly affectionate with Jiang Ze and comforts him when the system delivers its important announcement.
• Jiang Ze feels refreshed after resting and jogging, and remains playful and teasing with Meng Zhiyuan. Though initially nervous about the system’s news, he is reassured by Meng Zhiyuan and responds with an impulsive kiss.
• Xiao Liu is relieved that his boss seems well, but is startled when asked for proposal advice.
• The system delivers the couple’s new status and mission, then disappears with a farewell blessing.

Significant themes

• Fate and agency: Jiang Ze and Meng Zhiyuan have escaped the roles and outcomes originally imposed on them.
• Love and reassurance: Their relationship offers comfort amid major changes, while their teasing and affection keep the tone warm.
• New responsibility: Becoming protagonists brings not just reward and freedom, but a duty to restore the world and prevent its collapse.

Plot points and events

• After the system disappears, Jiang Ze and Meng Zhiyuan lose their mind-reading abilities, but their everyday relationship remains affectionate.
• Jiang brings Meng lunch at the office. Meng admits he would rather keep Jiang at home, jealous of the attention Jiang gets from employees; Jiang remembers how possessive Meng has been before and placates him.
• At school, Jiang sees a student propose and decides he should propose to Meng first. He visits Meng’s office with lunch but leaves quickly to give Xiao Liu time with the President.
• Wanting to pay for the ring himself, Jiang takes a one-off commercial job. He signs with Guo Wen’s struggling company but makes clear he will not become a regular artist, and keeps the work secret from Meng.
• Separately, Meng asks Xiao Liu to prepare something important, promising to arrange the timing himself and give Xiao Liu half a day to set it up.

Character development and interactions

• Jiang Ze is increasingly proactive about their future: the public proposal inspires him to plan a proposal of his own, and he wants to earn the ring money independently. His secrecy is meant to preserve a surprise, not hide a conflict.
• Meng Zhiyuan remains loving but possessive, balancing tenderness with jealousy when others admire Jiang. He is also preparing a surprise of his own.
• Jiang and Meng share affectionate domestic moments, though their independent plans create dramatic irony: each appears to be arranging something significant without the other knowing.
• Jiang and Xiao Liu show mutual consideration: Jiang leaves the office so Xiao Liu can attend to Meng, while Meng responds with a cool glance at Xiao Liu before agreeing to let Jiang go.
• Jiang and Guo Wen negotiate a temporary commercial deal. Guo needs a suitable newcomer for a high-standard client, while Jiang needs money but refuses a long-term commitment.

Significant themes

• Commitment and initiative: Jiang decides not to wait for Meng to propose and takes action himself.
• Independence within love: Though Meng provides for him, Jiang wants to fund the ring with his own earnings.
• Affection and possessiveness: Meng’s devotion is warm but tinged with jealousy and a desire to keep Jiang close.
• Surprises and dramatic irony: Both men are secretly preparing something important for the other, setting up the chapter’s next developments.

Key events

• Jiang Ze secretly takes a perfume-ad shoot arranged by Guo Wen. The shoot goes smoothly, and the ad later earns a strong overseas response, leading the brand to offer him more work and pay.
• He misses dinner with Meng Zhiyuan, then lies about being kept late at school. Meng notices the unfamiliar perfume on him but doesn’t confront him directly; instead, he insists on washing him, and Jiang Ze takes this as a sign that Meng is angry. Jiang Ze keeps the job secret because he wants to propose first.
• After receiving his ad earnings, Jiang Ze decides to buy proposal rings. Meanwhile, Meng learns Jiang has been working for Chongming Entertainment and orders the Meng Corporation to acquire the struggling company, without explaining his motive.
• Meng tells Jiang that the next day is his birthday and that he has arranged a surprise. Jiang realizes his birthday is an ideal time to propose and plans a surprise of his own.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Ze is determined to fund and plan his proposal himself, even though he is already in a wealthy relationship. He is excited by the ad’s success but anxious about Meng discovering his secret work.
• Meng Zhiyuan is increasingly suspicious and possessive, noticing the perfume and investigating Jiang’s employer. He remains outwardly composed, however, and arranges a birthday surprise.
• Guo Wen supports Jiang’s modeling work and brings him the news of the brand’s renewed interest. Xiao Liu is puzzled by Meng’s sudden decision to acquire Chongming Entertainment.
• The chapter emphasizes the couple’s affectionate intimacy and playful secrecy: Jiang hides his proposal preparations and job, while Meng appears to be acting on information Jiang doesn’t know he has.

Significant themes

• Secrecy and surprises: Both men keep plans from each other, setting up a clash—or shared celebration—of surprises.
• Independence and devotion: Jiang wants to pay for the rings himself, treating the proposal as something personal despite his need for money.
• Possessiveness and trust: Meng’s suspicion contrasts with Jiang’s evasiveness, while their affection keeps the tension light rather than openly confrontational.