Recaps

Shen Shuyi told the family that her one-of-a-kind necklace had been stolen and replaced with a fake, then announced an inventory of the Shen Family property and gave anyone who had taken something a week to return it. After dinner, Shen Banxia persuaded Shen Jinyan to take her out, and they watched two women fighting in an apartment from his car.

• Shen Shuyi explained that a woman at Mrs. Xie's had worn her stolen genuine necklace while Shen Shuyi's own was a counterfeit.
• Shen Lingyun urged an investigation, and Shen Shuyi said the Shen Family property would be inventoried and gave the thief a week to return anything taken.
• Xu Junshan received a repeated phone call and hurriedly left the Shen Family home.
• Shen Banxia asked Shen Jinyan to take her out, and they drove around before stopping by Riverside Road.
• Shen Banxia spotted two women grappling in an apartment, and Shen Jinyan lowered the convertible roof so they could watch.

Shen Banxia and Shen Jinyan watched Xu Yanni confront Lin Xiyue, where they discovered that Xu Junshan was involved and seemed to be protecting his mistress. After Shen Banxia warned her brother not to interfere, Shen Jinyan asked her whether the woman was really their father’s mistress.

• Shen Banxia and Shen Jinyan watched two women fight while Shen Jinyan speculated about what had started it.
• Shen Shuyi received photos and videos of Xu Yanni confronting Lin Xiyue and asked a neighbor to call the police.
• Shen Jinyan recognized Xu Junshan at the scene and noticed that he appeared to protect Lin Xiyue rather than Xu Yanni.
• After the police arrived and the curtains closed, Shen Banxia stopped Shen Jinyan from going upstairs to intervene.
• Over a late-night snack, Shen Jinyan pressed Shen Banxia to confirm whether Lin Xiyue was their father’s mistress.

Shen Banxia kept Shen Jinyan from confronting Xu Junshan about his suspected affair, then gave her father a misleadingly innocent account of the necklace incident. Xu Junshan learned that Lin Xiyue’s stolen necklace had been exposed and that Shen Shuyi was not planning to pursue the matter, but Shen Banxia left him anxious about what might happen next.

• Shen Jinyan told Shen Banxia he suspected Xu Junshan was cheating, but she warned him not to act rashly and made him promise to keep quiet.
• Shen Banxia encountered Xu Junshan returning home late, and he transferred her a hundred thousand after she asked him for money.
• Xu Junshan questioned Shen Banxia about Shen Shuyi’s visit with Aunt Cui and the matching necklaces, hoping to learn whether Shen Shuyi suspected Lin Xiyue’s identity.
• Shen Banxia explained that Lin Xiyue’s necklace was identified as Shen Shuyi’s stolen property and that the compensation money went to Aunt Cui’s charity fund.
• Xu Junshan learned that Shen Shuyi had no plans to pursue the matter, while Shen Banxia went upstairs thinking he would not sleep that night.

Xu Junshan hid the source of his facial scratches while Shen Shuyi and the children suspected he had been involved in a fight. On a countryside outing, Shen Banxia learned Shen Ruogu had been offered a drama role that would lead to a false harassment accusation and his death, so he rejected it.

• Xu Junshan claimed he had walked into a door, but Shen Jinyan recognized his scratches as evidence that their father had been at the scene of a fight.
• Shen Shuyi suggested visiting her mother-in-law, but Xu Junshan said she was out and hurried away after rejecting a phone call.
• Shen Banxia persuaded Shen Ruogu and another brother to go on a countryside outing, then asked Shen Ruogu about his fight with Li-something.
• Xiao Bai called to say Shen Ruogu had been offered a second male lead in a period drama, and Shen Banxia's thoughts revealed that the role would bring a false harassment accusation and eventually his death.
• Shen Ruogu refused the role, hung up on Xiao Bai, and blocked his manager.

Shen Shuyi arrived at Xu Cuie's home with her children while Xu Junshan, Xu Yanni, and Xu Cuie argued about Yanni's injuries and Junshan's affair. She concealed that she had overheard them and played along, leaving Shen Banxia to realize her mother already knew something was wrong and was biding her time.

• Shen Jinyan and Shen Ruogu followed Shen Shuyi's car to Xu Cuie's home, where they heard Xu Junshan, Xu Yanni, and Xu Cuie arguing.
• Xu Junshan defended Xiyue, and Xu Cuie slapped Xu Yanni when Yanni threatened to tell Shen Shuyi about Junshan's affair.
• Shen Shuyi arrived with loquats and pretended she had only just reached the house, while Xu Junshan and Xu Cuie tried to conceal what had happened.
• Shen Shuyi asked Xu Yanni what had happened and then challenged Xu Junshan for failing to defend his sister after Xu Cuie blamed Wenchuan for Yanni's injuries.
• Shen Banxia realized her mother had likely discovered Xu Junshan's affair and was staying calm rather than confronting the Xu family immediately.

Shen Shuyi and her children left Xu Cuie's villa after confronting the family about Xu Wenchuan's abuse of Yanni. At Lakeside Leisure Manor, Shen Shuyi revealed that Xu Junshan had planned from the beginning to destroy the Shen family and take its assets, and that his side had begun acting now that the grandparents were gone and Mingyue's identity had been exposed.

• Shen Ruogu and Shen Jinyan mocked Xu Cuie's swollen face while Shen Shuyi pressed her to protect Yanni from Xu Wenchuan.
• Shen Shuyi and the children left the villa, and Shen Banxia laughed while Shen Ruogu struggled with the revelation that his father had been having an affair.
• Shen Ruogu reasoned that Xu Junshan might want more than half the assets in a divorce, and Shen Banxia's thoughts confirmed that he planned to transfer the family's assets and flee with his mistress.
• Shen Jinyan and Shen Ruogu took Shen Shuyi to Lakeside Leisure Manor, where they tried to comfort her.
• Shen Shuyi told her sons that Xu Junshan had always intended to wipe out the Shen family and take everything, and that he and his allies had begun acting after the grandparents died and Mingyue's identity was exposed.
• Shen Jinyan asked what Mingyue's identity was, since he thought she was only the child switched at birth.

Shen Shuyi told Shen Jinyan and Shen Ruogu that Xu Junshan had switched his newborn daughter with Mingyue and abandoned Shen Banxia, then urged her sons to keep their knowledge secret while she handled the Xu family. After Shen Banxia mistook a venomous snake for an eel, her brothers panicked and forbade her from touching wild creatures.

• Shen Shuyi revealed that Xu Junshan had switched Shen Banxia and Mingyue as newborns and left Shen Banxia in the wilderness.
• Shen Jinyan and Shen Ruogu admitted they could hear Shen Banxia's thoughts, and Shen Shuyi told them to hide that ability from her and Xu Junshan.
• Shen Shuyi insisted she would deal with Xu Junshan herself and warned her sons to act as though they knew nothing.
• Shen Banxia returned from the lake with a venomous snake she had mistaken for an eel, frightening Shen Shuyi, Shen Jinyan, and Shen Ruogu.
• Shen Jinyan and Shen Ruogu lectured Shen Banxia all the way back to the city and forbade her from touching wild creatures, even earthworms.

Xu Cuie scolded Xu Yanni for nearly exposing Xu Junshan’s affair, then urged him to find a way to kill the Shen family and seize their fortune. Meanwhile, the Shen siblings gathered at the Imperial Delicacy Pavilion after Shen Banxia mistook a venomous snake for an eel.

• Xu Cuie forced Xu Yanni to kneel and blamed her for risking Xu Junshan’s affair with Lin Xiyue being exposed.
• Xu Cuie and Xu Junshan discussed killing the Shen family together, while Xu Yanni secretly eavesdropped outside the door.
• Shen Jinyan and Shen Ruogu left the leisure resort and went to the Imperial Delicacy Pavilion with their siblings.
• Shen Jinyan retold how Shen Banxia had mistaken a venomous snake for an eel, and Shen Shenxing warned her not to touch dangerous animals.
• Shen Banxia mentioned her adoptive parents’ guard dog Wangcai, and the brothers teased Shen Jinyan over dinner.

Shen Ruogu asked Shen Zhishan to secretly monitor their father’s phone so they could learn what trouble he was hiding. After Shen Banxia’s thoughts warned Shen Shenxing that his car had been sabotaged, he stayed home to tutor her, only to be exhausted by her unusual questions.

• On the ride home, Shen Ruogu persuaded Shen Zhishan to listen in on their father’s phone without telling him.
• Xu Mingyue questioned Shen Banxia about the family outing, then fled when Banxia described catching an eel.
• Shen Banxia’s thoughts warned Shen Shenxing that his father’s people had tampered with his car, so he abandoned his plans to go out and decided to tutor her.
• Shen Shenxing began teaching Shen Banxia high-school material, and her questions led them into discussions far beyond the curriculum.
• Shen Shenxing finally ended the lesson after promising to open a stock-trading account for Shen Banxia, leaving exhausted and wondering if he could avoid tutoring her again.

Shen Banxia's thoughts warned her family that Shen Zhishan would be poisoned and Shen Shenxing's car had been tampered with. Shen Shenxing escaped serious injury after his brakes failed, and his brothers decided to investigate who had targeted him.

• Shen Banxia thought that Shen Zhishan would be poisoned at the lab and die after falling into a vegetative state, alarming him during breakfast.
• Shen Shenxing's brakes failed as he started his car, and he stopped against the garage wall before he could be seriously hurt.
• Shen Shenxing agreed to go to the hospital with Shen Jinyan, then explained that Shen Banxia had warned him someone had tampered with his car.
• Shen Jinyan urged Shen Shenxing to investigate the tampering and check his car, contacts, and dashcam footage.
• Shen Shenxing revealed that his dashcam had been broken for days, prompting Shen Jinyan to call him the family pig.

After Shen Zhishan discovered poison in his cup, Shen Ruogu took him to the hospital for a checkup, bringing Shen Banxia along in case her thoughts revealed further danger. At the hospital, Shen Ruogu fainted at the sight of blood, and Shen Banxia stumbled upon Shen Jinyan dodging an injection.

• Shen Zhishan found highly toxic poison smeared inside his drinking cup’s lid and told Shen Ruogu that someone had targeted him.
• Shen Banxia’s thoughts suggested Xu Junshan might have arranged for Shen Zhishan to be poisoned, and Shen Ruogu insisted on taking him to the hospital.
• Shen Ruogu brought Shen Banxia along as a precaution and disguised himself to avoid attention, but followed her advice to remove the conspicuous disguise.
• Shen Ruogu pushed Shen Zhishan around the hospital in a wheelchair, then fainted while watching him have blood drawn.
• Shen Banxia heard a commotion nearby and found Shen Jinyan hiding from a nurse and an injection, then called out to him.

Shen Shenxing and Shen Zhishan returned home safely after Shen Banxia’s warnings helped them evade danger, while Xu Junshan concealed his disappointment that his sons had survived. Shen Zhishan realized his father intended to kill him, and Shen Banxia’s thoughts made the painful discovery even harder to bear.

• Shen Jinyan panicked over getting a vaccine until Liang Xin arrived to give him the shot, while Shen Shenxing took Shen Banxia away from the room.
• Shen Shenxing and Shen Zhishan explained that they had come to the hospital for checkups, and the siblings left without serious incident.
• Xu Junshan returned home and hid his disappointment when he saw Shen Shenxing safe, but Shen Shenxing pretended to be traumatized by a brake failure and blamed his survival on luck.
• Shen Shenxing vowed to drive slowly, frustrating Xu Junshan’s plans to stage a fatal crash.
• Xu Junshan urged Shen Zhishan to rest and drink hot water, and Shen Zhishan understood from his father’s reaction and Shen Banxia’s thoughts that Xu Junshan wanted him dead.

Shen Banxia’s brothers learned the danger posed by their father and discussed how to protect their family without revealing that they could hear her thoughts. The chapter ended with Shen Banxia joining them in a game and killing every nearby player, friend or foe.

• Shen Banxia rejected Shen Jinyan’s offer of a sports car and urged him to marry Liang Xin, prompting Shen Shenxing to take her off for tutoring.
• Shen Shenxing told his brothers to keep their ability to hear Shen Banxia’s thoughts secret and warned that their father might target her if he found out.
• The brothers agreed to protect their family and take action against their father and the Xu Family instead of waiting for danger to reach them.
• Shen Banxia finished Shen Shenxing’s assignment in under half an hour and came to ask him to check it.
• Shen Jinyan invited Shen Banxia to play a game, where she attacked every nearby player because they were easier to find.

Shen Banxia brought a baby crocodile home and upset Xu Mingyue, prompting Shen Shuyi to mediate their argument. After making Xu Mingyue apologize to Banxia, Shen Shuyi left the dispute hanging when Banxia demanded an apology for her crocodile brother.

• Shen Banxia showed Shen Shuyi the baby crocodile she had befriended, and Shen Shuyi ordered Uncle Liang to secure it while she investigated where it came from.
• Shen Shuyi defended Banxia after Xu Junshan scolded her and Xu Mingyue complained that the crocodile had frightened her.
• Shen Shuyi made Banxia apologize to Xu Mingyue for frightening her, and Xu Mingyue accepted without shaking Banxia's hand.
• Shen Shuyi then made Xu Mingyue apologize for misunderstanding Banxia's good intentions, warning that the Shen Family's rules could punish anyone who refused to repent.
• Shen Banxia refused to forgive Xu Mingyue unless she also apologized to the crocodile, and Xu Mingyue reacted in disbelief.

At dinner, Shen Banxia’s seemingly innocent retorts angered Xu Junshan and Xu Mingyue, while Shen Shuyi weighed how to protect her family and gather evidence against Xu Junshan. On Shen Banxia’s first day at International High School, she declined special attention and set out to blend in while keeping her options open.

• Shen Banxia defended her crocodile Lucky and countered Xu Mingyue’s complaints, prompting Xu Junshan to leave dinner in anger.
• Shen Shuyi learned from a lawyer that Xu Junshan could not be forced to surrender his share in a divorce, so she resolved to return to the Shen Corporation and seek evidence against him and the Xu family.
• Xu Mingyue endured Shen Banxia’s morning reading and privately planned to make her regret arriving at school.
• Shen Banxia declined Shen Shuyi’s offer to accompany her to the principal, said Xu Mingyue would look after her, and agreed to change into her school uniform.
• Shen Banxia planned to keep a low profile at school, find ways to earn money, and improve her combat strength.

Shen Banxia faced down school bully Xu Ziming with a frying pan after he tried to intimidate her, then demanded compensation for the dent. Pei Yu intervened, and Xu Ziming asked how much the pan cost.

• Teacher Zhang introduced Shen Banxia to her new class, where Xu Ziming mocked her as trash.
• Xu Ziming sat on Shen Banxia's desk, then tried to hit her and struck the frying pan she had brought to school.
• Shen Banxia demanded Xu Ziming pay for the dented pan and called Xu Mingyue over to witness it.
• Xu Mingyue introduced Shen Banxia as her older sister, while Shen Banxia decided to keep her true intentions hidden for now.
• Pei Yu offered to pay to quiet the dispute, but Xu Ziming demanded the price from Shen Banxia, who asked for ten thousand.

Shen Banxia collected ten thousand from Xu Ziming for the broken pot and refused to back down despite his threats. Xu Mingyue spread rumors about her at school, and Shen Banxia left another classmate fuming after foiling a deliberate attempt to trip her in the cafeteria.

• Xu Ziming transferred Shen Banxia ten thousand for the pot, then vowed to make her pay for crossing him.
• Xu Mingyue told classmates that Shen Banxia was not related to her by blood and encouraged them to look out for her, prompting rumors that Shen Banxia was an illegitimate daughter.
• Ruyi warned Shen Banxia that Xu Ziming would retaliate, then quickly walked away to avoid being associated with her.
• Shen Banxia stayed behind to organize her math notes instead of going to lunch with Xu Mingyue.
• A student stuck out a foot to trip Shen Banxia in the cafeteria, but she stepped on it and calmly exposed the student's lie before going to eat.

Shen Banxia searched for a way to earn money and learned more about her new school before challenging Xu Ziming to a bet on their exam scores. After Pei Yu helped her with math, he began to suspect she was far sharper than she appeared, and he heard a voice despite Shen Banxia not speaking.

• Shen Banxia rejected taking a cafeteria job and went to the library to learn about the school's classes and Xu Mingyue's plan to place her in an international class.
• Shen Banxia challenged Xu Ziming to compete on the monthly exam, wagering that the loser would owe the winner a forfeit.
• Xu Ziming accepted and promised his friends a reward if they scored higher than Shen Banxia, while agreeing not to trouble her before the exam.
• Pei Yu came across Shen Banxia in the classroom, and she asked him to explain two math problems.
• Pei Yu realized Shen Banxia was quick-minded and wondered if she was hiding her abilities, then heard her unspoken thought and was startled.

Shen Banxia was framed by Cheng Li and Yang Danya for stealing an expensive pen, but she calmly turned their accusation into a joke and called the police. The officers arrived as Cheng Li and Yang Danya doubled down on their claims.

• Shen Banxia returned to class after scouting the school grounds and found her classmates accusing her of stealing Cheng Li's diamond-studded pen.
• Yang Danya searched Shen Banxia's desk and produced a velvet pouch with the pen, while Xu Mingyue pretended to defend Shen Banxia in a way that reinforced the accusation.
• Shen Banxia challenged the classmates' claims and joked that a ghost must have put the pen in her drawer, while Pei Yu realized she was toying with them.
• Cheng Li threatened to call the police over the pen's value, and Shen Banxia revealed that she had already contacted the officers and challenged the group to admit they had framed her if she was innocent.
• Two police officers arrived, and Cheng Li and Yang Danya continued accusing Shen Banxia of stealing the pen.

Shen Banxia called the police after Cheng Li and her classmates accused her of stealing a pen, and she demanded a fingerprint investigation to prove her innocence. When Xu Ziming revealed that the classroom camera had been repaired, Yang Danya and Cheng Li admitted they had planted the pen, but Shen Banxia still pressed them to honor their promise to confess publicly.

• Shen Banxia told the officers she had not touched Cheng Li's pen and suggested checking fingerprints on it, its case, her desk, and her drawer.
• Yang Danya and Xu Mingyue tried to pressure Shen Banxia into admitting to the theft, while Pei Yu confirmed he had been the last person to leave the classroom and agreed to a fingerprint check.
• Xu Ziming revealed that the classroom camera had been repaired the night before, prompting Yang Danya and Cheng Li to claim they had accidentally left the pen in Shen Banxia's drawer.
• The officers said the report could not be withdrawn and that Shen Banxia would have to sign a public security mediation agreement, which she refused to do until the accusers apologized.
• Cheng Li and Yang Danya apologized, but a classmate reminded them they had promised to confess publicly if Shen Banxia was innocent, and Cheng Li finally agreed to apologize.

After Shen Banxia cleared her name in the staged pen-theft accusation, Miss Charlotte turned class into a crime-solving exercise, where Shen Banxia's unusual answer and teasing unsettled her classmates. Xu Ziming then worried that Shen Banxia had tricked his group and remembered their upcoming exam bet.

• Cheng Li, Yang Danya, and another girl apologized to Shen Banxia in front of the police, Miss Charlotte, and the class, and Shen Banxia signed the mediation agreement.
• Miss Charlotte gave the students crime-solving clue cards, and Shen Banxia joined a group with Xu Ziming and two classmates.
• Cheng Li threatened Shen Banxia, who frightened her by claiming the classroom camera had not been repaired.
• Shen Banxia named Vivian as the killer during the exercise, while the other students identified Vivian's husband, Robert.
• Dong Yulin told Xu Ziming that none of them knew the classroom camera had been fixed, making Xu Ziming suspect Shen Banxia had tricked them.
• Xu Ziming approached Shen Banxia, who wished him luck on the exam two days away, and he walked off in frustration.

Shen Banxia settled into her new school and returned home with Xu Mingyue, where Shen Shuyi investigated the Shen Family’s stolen antiques. At dinner, Xu Mingyue tried to embarrass Shen Banxia, but Shen Banxia turned the exchange around, while Shen Shuyi silently plotted against Xu Junshan; the chapter ended with Shen Banxia explaining her reasoning about a murder mystery.

• Xu Ziming turned away from Shen Banxia without confronting her, leaving Xu Mingyue disappointed and baffled.
• Shen Shuyi ordered Uncle Liang to investigate the Shen Family’s antiques after learning that originals had been replaced with fakes.
• Xu Mingyue questioned Shen Banxia’s answer in English class, but Shen Banxia calmly asked Xu Mingyue to tutor her, making Xu Mingyue flustered.
• Shen Shuyi thought about Xu Junshan selling the family’s valuable artworks and resolved to make him pay while pretending to accept Xu Mingyue’s concern for him.
• Shen Banxia explained to Shen Shuyi why she believed Vivian had arranged the murder, citing the clues and a Sherlock Holmes quote.

Shen Banxia warned Shen Lingyun that Fu Ya was deceiving him, so he took her along to dinner and discovered Fu Ya with Liu Ziyan. Shen Lingyun hid his anger and waited to see what trap Fu Ya had planned.

• Shen Banxia praised Shen Shuyi for thinking independently, and Shen Shuyi described how well her first day at the Shen Corporation had gone.
• Shen Lingyun told Shen Banxia he was meeting Fu Ya for dinner, but her thoughts warned him that Fu Ya was cheating on him.
• Shen Lingyun invited Shen Banxia to join him, and she changed into a tracksuit in case the evening turned dangerous.
• At the Lotus Pavilion, Shen Lingyun saw Fu Ya leave the neighboring private room, where Liu Ziyan had walked her to the door.
• Shen Lingyun clenched his fists but held back his anger so he could find out what trap Fu Ya had set.

Shen Banxia joined Fu Ya and Shen Lingyun for dinner, where Fu Ya tried to fleece the Shen family through a rigged Mahjong game. Shen Banxia took over the game and won nearly ten million from Fu Ya, leaving Fu Ya unable to sit still.

• Fu Ya met Shen Banxia in the private room and learned she was Shen Lingyun’s younger sister, then paid for the expensive meal Shen Banxia ordered.
• Fu Ya discussed the LP Project funding with Shen Lingyun while Shen Banxia criticized the food.
• Fu Ya invited Jiali and Zhao Jie to join them, and the group proposed playing Mahjong.
• Shen Lingyun recognized that Fu Ya and her friends were taking turns winning, but Shen Banxia asked to play in his place.
• Shen Banxia won almost every hand, including a 104-fan hand that cost Fu Ya nearly ten million.

Shen Banxia won a fortune from Fu Ya at gambling, then followed Shen Lingyun back into the restaurant and helped him catch Fu Ya cheating with Liu Ziyan. The siblings escaped the ensuing confrontation, and Shen Banxia tried to comfort Shen Lingyun by offering him half her winnings.

• Shen Banxia won twenty million from Fu Ya, while Jiali and Zhao Jie left after losing money.
• Fu Ya refused Shen Lingyun's offer to take her home, and Shen Lingyun left with Shen Banxia.
• Shen Lingyun returned to the restaurant and recorded Fu Ya kissing Liu Ziyan in a private room.
• Shen Banxia appeared as Fu Ya tried to explain herself, and Shen Lingyun punched Liu Ziyan when he called the affair a misunderstanding.
• Fu Ya collapsed after Shen Banxia pretended she had been attacked, then Shen Banxia stunned Liu Ziyan as he tried to strike Shen Lingyun from behind.
• Shen Banxia and Shen Lingyun fled the restaurant, laughed together in the car, and Shen Banxia offered him half her winnings to console him.