Chapter Summaries

Lu Xiaoxiao watched Ji Yunhuai leave with Old Master Ji after their rescue, feeling sorry for his lonely and strained relationship with his grandfather. On the flight home, Old Master Ji scolded Ji Yunhuai for taking risks and resisting his father and the family company, and Ji Yunhuai said he would consider joining the company.

• Old Master Ji arrived and ordered Ji Yunhuai to return with him, and Ji Yunhuai followed after glancing once at Lu Xiaoxiao.
• Lu Xiaoxiao felt sorry for Ji Yunhuai as he left with Old Master Ji, while Song Zhilan brought her back to the group and offered her food.
• Aboard the private jet, Ji Yunhuai asked Old Master Ji why he had come himself, prompting the old man to angrily explain that he feared Ji Yunhuai would not return otherwise.
• Old Master Ji reprimanded Ji Yunhuai for joining a dangerous show, resenting his father, abandoning his degree, and avoiding the company.
• Ji Yunhuai remained impassive through the lecture, then told Old Master Ji that he would consider joining the company.

After the deserted-island show was canceled, Lu Xiaoxiao learned that the small world's Vitality Score had already met the task requirements, with Ji Yunhuai’s influence helping drive the rise. She returned to the Lu family home and woke to a warm family reunion, then went upstairs to call Lu Bochen for dinner.

• Lu Xiaoxiao asked the system whether the canceled show meant she would miss her assessment, and it told her that the Vitality Score had already exceeded the task requirement.
• The system explained that Ji Yunhuai’s arrival had boosted the score because he was a key character with considerable influence in the original novel.
• Lu Xiaoxiao learned that Ji Yunhuai had proposed investing in the show and that He Mingchuan had provided the investment; the system charged her ten points for the information.
• Lu Xiaoxiao fell asleep on the heated private jet and woke after Song Zhilan had brought her back to the Lu family home.
• Song Zhilan told Lu Xiaoxiao that Lu Bochen was still sleeping upstairs and asked her to wake him for dinner, while the rest of the family gathered downstairs.

Lu Xiaoxiao discovered that Lu Bochen had overdosed on sleeping pills and found him barely breathing. His family waited outside the emergency room, where Lu Yubai asked the doctor for an update as the chapter ended.

• Lu Xiaoxiao entered Lu Bochen's dark room and found his empty sleeping-pill bottle beside him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and the Lu family rushed Lu Bochen to the hospital, where Lu Xunli called emergency services and Song Zhilan fainted.
• Lu Yubai blamed himself for Lu Bochen's condition, and Lu Yuan told him to stop blaming himself.
• Song Zhilan woke and asked to see Lu Bochen, while Lu Yuan comforted her as the family waited outside the emergency room.
• Lu Xiaoxiao worried that her actions had changed the story and prayed for Lu Bochen to survive.
• The emergency room doors opened, and Lu Yubai rushed to ask the doctor how his brother was.

After Lu Bochen survived a suicide attempt, Lu Xiaoxiao questioned whether Lu Yubai’s hurtful remark had been the only trigger and decided to consult Bochen’s psychologist. Later, an accidental nudge exposed her to Ji Yunhuai, who noticed she was upset and called to ask what had happened.

• The doctor told the Lu family that Lu Bochen was out of danger, and Lu Yuan went to complete his admission paperwork.
• Lu Yubai blamed himself for refusing to let Lu Bochen join the search and calling him a nuisance, but Lu Xiaoxiao doubted that was the only reason for the attempt.
• Lu Jiaoyue reminded Lu Xiaoxiao that Bochen’s psychologist usually visited on Fridays, and Lu Xiaoxiao said she would find a chance to speak with him.
• Unable to sleep, Lu Xiaoxiao accidentally nudged Ji Yunhuai and called him Daddy, then panicked when he noticed and messaged her.
• After Lu Xiaoxiao objected to Ji Yunhuai using the word “dead,” he recognized that she was in a bad mood and called to ask what had upset her.

While waiting for Lu Bochen to recover, Lu Xiaoxiao spoke with Ji Yunhuai, who comforted her by sharing his own loss and helped her reconsider her suspicions about her brother’s therapist. She decided to ask Lu Bochen about his treatment once he woke up, and ended the call finding Ji Yunhuai a little more likable.

• Lu Xiaoxiao told Ji Yunhuai what had happened to Lu Bochen and admitted she was worried about her brother.
• Ji Yunhuai shared that he had waited outside an emergency room when his mother died and told Lu Xiaoxiao she did not have to hide her fear.
• Lu Xiaoxiao teased Ji Yunhuai for breaking character when he comforted her, and he returned to his usual cutting manner.
• Lu Xiaoxiao wondered whether Lu Bochen’s therapist was responsible for his lack of improvement, and Ji Yunhuai suggested the treatment might be a poor fit despite the therapist’s good intentions.
• Lu Xiaoxiao decided to ask Lu Bochen about his therapist after he woke up and told Ji Yunhuai he was a little more likable than before.

Lu Xiaoxiao discovered that Weibo users were shipping her with nearly everyone, especially Ji Yunhuai, and planned to ask her second brother to suppress the rumors. Meanwhile, Ji Yunhuai's friends teased him about his feelings for her and concluded that he was head over heels, though he refused to admit it.

• Ji Yunhuai told Lu Xiaoxiao to browse Weibo before ending their call, leaving her puzzled.
• Lu Xiaoxiao found numerous shipping supertopics about herself, argued from an alternate account that she and Ji Yunhuai were sworn enemies, and decided to ask her second brother to suppress the rumors.
• He Mingchuan, Jiang Lei, and Shen Yufeng teased Ji Yunhuai about arranging to join Lu Xiaoxiao's variety show and helping her production team.
• Shen Yufeng asked Ji Yunhuai whether he thought about Lu Xiaoxiao, minded touching her, or felt upset imagining her with another man.
• Ji Yunhuai's reaction convinced Shen Yufeng that he was head over heels, but Ji Yunhuai glared at him and dismissed his friends as rotten.

Lu Bochen dreamed that his therapist condemned his self-harm and urged him to change, driving him to reach for sleeping pills. Lu Xiaoxiao called him back to consciousness, and he woke to her gaze.

• Lu Bochen woke in his bedroom and noticed the red heart Lu Xiaoxiao had painted into his portrait of his soul.
• Lu Bochen’s therapist entered the room, pointed out his wounds, and pressed him to become normal.
• The therapist’s words filled the room with darkness as Lu Bochen retreated, overwhelmed by guilt and fear.
• Lu Bochen reached for a bottle of sleeping pills, believing his death would free his family from worry.
• The painted heart began beating, and Lu Xiaoxiao called Lu Bochen’s name, waking him from the dream.

Lu Xiaoxiao comforted Lu Bochen after he woke from a nightmare and learned he felt pressured by his therapist but blamed himself for not improving quickly enough. She reassured him that his family valued him and explained the hopeful meaning of his name.

• Lu Xiaoxiao helped Lu Bochen drink warm water, and he worried that his suicide attempt had failed and that he might try again.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked whether Lu Bochen liked his therapist and whether he felt uncomfortable with him, and Lu Bochen nodded.
• When Lu Xiaoxiao suggested finding a new therapist, Lu Bochen apologized and blamed himself for improving too slowly.
• Lu Xiaoxiao hugged Lu Bochen, praised his kindness and artistic talent, and told him his name expressed a wish for his life to shine.

After Lu Bochen asked to change therapists, Lu Xiaoxiao confronted Zhou Qiming about his treatment and Lu Bochen’s suicide attempt. She fired him and threatened to sue unless he paid compensation.

• Lu Xiaoxiao promised Lu Bochen she would handle his request to change therapists.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Yuan agreed that Lu Bochen would switch therapists.
• Lu Xiaoxiao visited Zhou Qiming and told him Lu Bochen had swallowed a lethal dose of sleeping pills.
• Zhou Qiming defended his provocative treatment methods and claimed Lu Bochen’s overdose had been an attempt to threaten his family.
• Lu Xiaoxiao condemned Zhou Qiming, fired him, and demanded that he pay Lu Bochen’s medical expenses and emotional-distress compensation or face a lawsuit.

Lu Xiaoxiao forced Zhou Qiming to sign an agreement accepting responsibility and paying compensation for harming Bochen, then left to find a trustworthy replacement therapist. Before she could contact Xiao Yichen for a recommendation, kidnappers seized her and put her in a car, where she realized what had happened.

• Lu Xiaoxiao rejected Zhou Qiming's excuses and demanded full compensation for the harm he had caused Bochen.
• Zhou Qiming signed the agreement after Lu Xiaoxiao threatened legal action.
• Lu Xiaoxiao decided to vet Bochen's next therapist and thought Xiao Yichen might recommend someone reliable.
• As Lu Xiaoxiao tried to hail a taxi, kidnappers covered her head, restrained her, and carried her into a car.
• The kidnappers helped Lu Xiaoxiao sit upright, and she eagerly told the system she had been kidnapped.

Lu Xiaoxiao was kidnapped by two polite men and brought to Cui Anhe, who wanted to frighten her over an alleged lie. The encounter ended when Cui Anhe noticed a wound on Lu Xiaoxiao’s forehead and worried that Ji Yunhuai would be angry.

• Lu Xiaoxiao joked with system 037 about the kidnapping and calmly tried to negotiate with her captors.
• One kidnapper explained that Cui Anhe had ordered them to bring Lu Xiaoxiao over and make her experience the darkness of being kidnapped.
• The kidnappers escorted Lu Xiaoxiao into a room, where Cui Anhe removed her hood.
• Lu Xiaoxiao complimented Cui Anhe’s dress, but Cui Anhe accused her of flattery and threatened to teach her a lesson for lying.
• Cui Anhe spotted the wound on Lu Xiaoxiao’s forehead and demanded to know which kidnapper had hurt her, fearing Ji Yunhuai would be angry.

Lu Xiaoxiao joked her way into persuading Cui Anhe to pay her fifty million to stay away from Ji Yunhuai. Cui Anhe wrote a ten-million installment check, while Lu Xiaoxiao privately left room for Ji Yunhuai to approach her first.

• Cui Anhe accused her two kidnappers of injuring Lu Xiaoxiao, but Lu Xiaoxiao clarified that she had hurt herself in a fall.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked Cui Anhe for the bribe she assumed would follow the threats, then persuaded her that Ji Yunhuai was worth far more than five million.
• Cui Anhe offered fifty million for Lu Xiaoxiao to keep her distance from Ji Yunhuai and decided to pay ten million immediately.
• Lu Xiaoxiao promised not to approach Ji Yunhuai first as Cui Anhe wrote the check, then asked what Cui Anhe liked about him.
• Cui Anhe said Ji Yunhuai was handsome, and Lu Xiaoxiao replied that she had seen plenty of men just as handsome.

Lu Xiaoxiao collected a check from Cui Anhe, who had dressed extravagantly to meet her rival, before Cui Anhe’s brother Cui Anze arrived and questioned the suspicious scene. Cui Anze confronted Cui Anhe about the sack and asked her security guards what she had made them do.

• Cui Anhe insisted Ji Yunhuai was the handsomest man in the world, then gave Lu Xiaoxiao a check and exchanged contact details with her for the remaining payment.
• Cui Anhe admitted she had dressed up to meet Lu Xiaoxiao, her romantic rival, and ordered her to leave.
• Cui Anze arrived unexpectedly, and Lu Xiaoxiao learned from the system that he was Cui Anhe’s older brother.
• Cui Anhe claimed Lu Xiaoxiao was her friend, but Cui Anze pointed to the sack on the floor and questioned her explanation.
• Cui Anhe called the sack trash and snapped at her brother, who asked the security guards what she had made them do.

Cui Anze stopped Cui Anhe from kidnapping Lu Xiaoxiao, apologized, and escorted her home. He offered Lu a custom dress as an apology, while she kept worrying about the ten million Cui Anhe had given her.

• Cui Anze learned that Cui Anhe had ordered the guards to kidnap Lu Xiaoxiao and grounded her for a week.
• Cui Anze apologized to Lu Xiaoxiao and escorted her out while Cui Anhe continued shouting behind them.
• Cui Anze and Lu Xiaoxiao talked about their families and his work as they walked to his car.
• Cui Anze drove Lu Xiaoxiao home, and she privately worried that he might learn about the ten million check.
• Cui Anze gave Lu Xiaoxiao a designer's business card and offered to have Luna Devereaux make her a dress as an apology.

Lu Xiaoxiao accepted Cui Anze’s offer to keep the ten-million check and have a gown made, then returned to the Lu family residence. Lu Yubai mistook her meeting with Cui Anze for something improper, and she beat him while Lu Jiaoyue watched happily.

• Lu Xiaoxiao offered Cui Anze the ten-million check, but he told her to keep it as compensation and arrange a gown with Luna Devereaux.
• Cui Anze told Lu Xiaoxiao to ignore Cui An He's demand to stay away from Ji Yunhuai and clarified that Ji Yunhuai saw Cui An He as a younger sister.
• Lu Xiaoxiao said she and Ji Yunhuai were only probably friends, then watched Cui Anze leave and happily kissed the check and business card.
• Lu Yubai saw Lu Xiaoxiao with the check and assumed she was being kept by a rich man, so he urged her not to go down the wrong path.
• Lu Xiaoxiao struck Lu Yubai and threatened to tell their parents about his secret savings, while Lu Jiaoyue watched and enjoyed the scene.

Lu Xiaoxiao woke up for a cast lunch gathering and tried to protect Lu Jiaoyue from a future online smear campaign by urging her to dress up. When Lu Jiaoyue wondered if she could predict the future, Lu Xiaoxiao claimed she often had prophetic dreams and a strong sixth sense.

• Lu Jiaoyue woke Lu Xiaoxiao and reminded her about the lunch gathering for the cast of Desert Island Survival.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told Lu Jiaoyue to dress up, hoping to prevent fans from attacking her appearance as they had in the original plot.
• Lu Xiaoxiao recalled that Bai Xinyan had arranged unflattering photos of Lu Jiaoyue and intended to avoid a similar scandal.
• Lu Jiaoyue asked whether Lu Xiaoxiao could predict the future, then nervously explained that she had only been curious.
• Lu Xiaoxiao concealed her true circumstances by claiming she often had prophetic dreams and a strong sixth sense.

Lu Xiaoxiao encouraged Lu Jiaoyue to choose her own path instead of surrendering her fate to others. On the way to a team-building event, Lu Shiyan realized Xiaoxiao might know about his old unrequited love and asked whether she and Ji Yunhuai had known each other before filming.

• Lu Jiaoyue trusted Lu Xiaoxiao's claims about her dreams and offered to put her fate in Xiaoxiao's hands.
• Lu Xiaoxiao told Lu Jiaoyue to discover what she wanted and live as herself.
• Lu Shiyan returned to the Lu Family villa to drive Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Jiaoyue to the team-building event.
• Lu Xiaoxiao's thoughts revealed Lu Shiyan's past unrequited love, and he suspected she knew private details about him.
• Lu Xiaoxiao asked whether Ji Yunhuai would attend, and Lu Shiyan asked if she and Ji Yunhuai had known each other before the show.

Lu Xiaoxiao arrived at the team gathering with Lu Shiyan and Lu Jiaoyue, where she spotted Ji Yunhuai and tried to sneak past him. Ji Yunhuai caught her wrist and teased her, exposing her attempt to avoid him.

• Lu Shiyan warned Lu Xiaoxiao that Ji Yunhuai's complicated family and temperament might hurt her, but she agreed only halfheartedly.
• Lu Shiyan drove Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Jiaoyue to the luxurious Louvre Reverie restaurant and received an urgent call from his manager.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Jiaoyue entered the restaurant and saw Ji Yunhuai speaking with his butler and a group of bodyguards.
• Lu Xiaoxiao decided to sneak past Ji Yunhuai without greeting him, thinking she should keep her distance after accepting money from Cui Anhe.
• As Lu Xiaoxiao tried to slip by, Ji Yunhuai caught her wrist and mocked her for sneaking around like a petty thief.

Lu Xiaoxiao admitted that Cui Anhe had paid her ten million to stay away from Ji Yunhuai, then offered Ji a chance to outbid her. Ji rejected the deal and left for the elevator, his sudden coldness leaving Lu Jiaoyue confused.

• Ji Yunhuai teased Lu Xiaoxiao about stealing and cleaning toilets, then asked why she refused to speak to him.
• Ji Yunhuai realized Cui Anhe had visited and checked whether she had hurt Lu Xiaoxiao.
• Lu Xiaoxiao said she had accepted Cui Anhe's money willingly and revealed she had received ten million toward a fifty-million deal.
• Lu Xiaoxiao offered to keep Ji Yunhuai happy if he paid her more than Cui Anhe.
• Ji Yunhuai coldly refused to make a deal and walked toward the elevator.

Lu Xiaoxiao explained to System 037 why she had provoked Ji Yunhuai, insisting that he liked her and that she only wanted to vent while keeping some distance. She joined the Desert Island Survival crew’s dinner, where Su Miaohan had saved her the seat beside Ji Yunhuai.

• Lu Xiaoxiao told System 037 that Ji Yunhuai’s restraint when she provoked him suggested he liked her.
• Lu Xiaoxiao blamed Ji Yunhuai for the danger caused by Cui Anhe and said she wanted to keep him from thinking she was wrapped around his finger.
• Lu Xiaoxiao admitted she might have to leave this world someday and thought Ji Yunhuai staying away would not be so bad.
• Lu Xiaoxiao and Lu Jiaoyue arrived at the crew’s dinner for Desert Island Survival.
• Su Miaohan welcomed Lu Xiaoxiao and led her toward the seat she had saved beside Ji Yunhuai.