Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into Shen Banxia, the doomed biological daughter of the Shen Family, she arrived at the moment her parents were deciding whether to acknowledge her. Shen Shuyi chose to bring her home, while Xu Junshan left under a suspicious excuse and Shen Shuyi began to suspect him.

• Shen Banxia realized she had arrived more than six months before Xu Junshan's plot would bankrupt the Shen Family and learned that the original girl had already been killed by his people.
• Xu Junshan urged Shen Shuyi to leave Shen Banxia with her adoptive parents, but Shen Shuyi insisted on acknowledging their biological daughter.
• Shen Banxia's thoughts revealed to Shen Shuyi that Xu Junshan had switched the babies and was plotting to destroy the Shen Family with Mingyue and his mistress.
• Shen Shuyi concealed her shock and questioned Xu Junshan, who claimed he needed to attend an important meeting before leaving the family home.
• Shen Banxia thought Xu Junshan was going to meet his mistress, prompting Shen Shuyi to note his car and consider checking where he went.

Shen Banxia settled into the Shen family home and discovered that her natural beauty had been deliberately concealed while she lived with her adoptive parents. She decided to preserve her dowdy appearance for now and eventually visit them to learn why they had disguised her.

• Shen Shuyi comforted Shen Banxia, showed her the princess-themed bedroom, and promised to give her a good life.
• Shen Banxia asked to rest instead of touring the estate, then admired the mansion and worried about the Shen family's future troubles.
• Shen Banxia examined the expensive wardrobe and decided she could sell its contents while continuing to appear dowdy.
• After bathing, Shen Banxia saw her natural beauty and suspected her adoptive parents had disguised her to protect her, though she remained unsure of their motives.

Shen Shuyi grew suspicious that Xu Mingyue was Xu Junshan’s daughter with Lin Xiyue, while Shen Banxia kept her appearance disguised and began asserting herself in the Shen household. The chapter ended with Banxia bluffing Xiao Wu into promising not to bully her and resolving to find a way to get the maid removed.

• Shen Shuyi met Xu Mingyue and concealed her growing suspicion that the girl was Xu Junshan’s daughter with his mistress.
• Xu Mingyue privately gloated that Xu Junshan would take control of the company and ruin the Shen Family, then messaged Lin Xiyue that Shen Banxia posed no threat.
• Shen Banxia disguised her appearance before dinner because Xu Junshan and Xu Mingyue were still in the household.
• Xiao Wu insulted Shen Banxia for keeping the family waiting, and Banxia pretended to cry and threatened to complain to the butler.
• Shen Banxia tricked Xiao Wu into promising not to bully her again and decided to find a way to drive the maid out.

Shen Banxia met her brothers, whose thoughts revealed that they could hear her private judgments about themselves and their fates. After the brothers agreed to keep the strange ability secret, Banxia suggested that Shen Mingyue remain the family's daughter while she returned to her old home.

• Shen Banxia came downstairs, and her brothers were shocked by her appearance before Shen Qingfeng worried about Shen Mingyue being sent away.
• Banxia's thoughts predicted Shen Shenxing's, Shen Jinyan's, Shen Zhishan's, and Shen Qingfeng's tragic futures, and each brother reacted to hearing the thoughts about himself.
• The four brothers gathered outside the bathroom and realized they could hear Banxia's thoughts about themselves, but not about one another.
• Shen Shenxing told his brothers to watch Banxia, keep the ability secret, and not tell Shen Mingyue.
• Back in the living room, Shen Banxia suggested that Mingyue stay with Shen Shuyi while Banxia returned to her former home.

Shen Banxia stayed with the Shen Family after her brothers and Shen Shuyi rejected sending her away. Xu Mingyue tried to frame her with a broken-cup gift, but Shen Banxia turned the trick against her, leaving Shen Shenxing intrigued by his newly returned sister.

• Shen Shenxing and his three brothers objected to sending Shen Banxia away, and Shen Shuyi promised that her biological daughter would remain with the family.
• Xu Mingyue greeted Shen Banxia and dropped a gift box, but Shen Banxia caught it before it hit the floor.
• Shen Banxia opened the box, revealed the broken crystal cup, and returned it to Xu Mingyue while calling attention to the trick.
• Xu Junshan and Shen Shuyi moved everyone toward dinner, while Shen Qingfeng stayed briefly to comfort the embarrassed Xu Mingyue.
• Shen Banxia thought that Xu Mingyue planned to take Shen Qingfeng's kidney, startling him, and Shen Shenxing began to suspect both sisters were more than they seemed.

Shen Banxia settled into her first family dinner at the Shen home, winning Shen Shuyi’s affection while Xu Mingyue tried to preserve her place in the family. Shen Shuyi revealed that Shen Banxia would start at International High School next week, leaving Banxia regretting that she would have to return to school and prepare for exams.

• Xu Mingyue found Shen Banxia seated beside Shen Shuyi and sat elsewhere, resenting the biological daughter’s return.
• Shen Banxia ate heartily, asked for another serving, and earned praise from Shen Shuyi and Sister Lian.
• Xu Mingyue offered to show Shen Banxia around, but Banxia’s question about her Gaokao homework reminded her of an unfinished assignment.
• Shen Shuyi told Shen Banxia that her enrollment had been transferred to International High School and asked Xu Mingyue to look after her.
• Xu Mingyue agreed sweetly to guide Banxia, who realized she would have to attend school and prepare for exams.

Shen Banxia asked Shen Shenxing to tutor her and agreed to aim for Jinghua University in exchange for cash rewards from her parents and brothers. As Shen Shuyi prepared to take her to meet Old Mrs. Xu, Banxia recognized that the visit was meant to assert control over her place in the family.

• Shen Banxia asked Shen Shenxing to tutor her, and her unspoken thoughts about getting him out of jail made him trip and fall again.
• Shen Shenxing demanded that Shen Banxia get into Jinghua University, while Xu Junshan and Shen Shuyi promised rewards if she succeeded.
• Shen Shuyi challenged Xu Mingyue to compete with Banxia by Gaokao scores, and Xu Mingyue went upstairs to study.
• Xu Junshan told Shen Shuyi that his mother wanted to see Shen Banxia the next day, and Shen Shuyi decided to accompany her.
• Shen Shuyi warned Shen Banxia that Old Mrs. Xu could speak sternly, while Banxia privately recalled the older woman's prejudice and the plot to take the Shen Family fortune.

Shen Shuyi discovered that Xu Junshan had been plotting against her and the Shen family, while Shen Banxia tried to go out and inadvertently interrupted Shen Jinyan’s date. The chapter ended with Shen Jinyan driving Banxia home, unsettled by her mysterious thoughts about his future.

• Shen Shuyi heard Xu Junshan and a woman discuss Mingyue’s plans to go abroad and their fear that Shen Shuyi would discover Mingyue was their daughter.
• Shen Shuyi realized Xu Junshan had kept her occupied with childbearing so he could take control of her family’s company, and resolved to gather evidence before acting.
• Shen Banxia calculated that she had two million available to invest, but the family’s curfew stopped her from leaving the estate.
• Shen Banxia climbed into Shen Jinyan’s car as he met his new girlfriend, Lisa, and startled Lisa by appearing in the back seat.
• Shen Banxia’s thoughts warned that Lisa would lead Shen Jinyan into a disastrous public scandal, so Shen Jinyan ended the date and drove Banxia home.

Shen Jinyan took Shen Banxia out for a late-night meal and resolved to avoid Lisa after hearing Shen Banxia’s thoughts about him. The next morning, Shen Banxia woke Xu Mingyue with loud studying, while her thoughts also made Shen Jinyan change his outfit and left Shen Qingfeng embarrassed.

• Shen Jinyan took Shen Banxia out for food, promised to make sure she never went hungry, and heard her thoughts criticizing his interest in Lisa.
• Back at the Shen Family home, Shen Jinyan told Shen Banxia he would stay in for the night, and she went to bed satisfied.
• Shen Banxia woke Xu Mingyue at six thirty by reading aloud and insisted Xu Mingyue call her Big Sister.
• At breakfast, Shen Banxia thought Shen Jinyan’s blue-green suit made him look like a peacock, so he changed into a black suit.
• Shen Banxia wondered whether Shen Qingfeng had been doing something shady the previous night, and he blurted out a denial before greeting the family.

Shen Jinyan learned that Shen Banxia had accidentally spared him from being caught in a honey trap like Zhang Ziyang. Shen Banxia and Shen Shuyi visited Xu Cuie, where Banxia’s bold clothes and blunt demands for a red envelope upset Xu Cuie, who eventually handed one over.

• Shen Jinyan heard that Zhang Ziyang had jumped from a second-floor window after Lisa's husband caught them together, and realized Shen Banxia had interrupted his own similar encounter the night before.
• Shen Banxia changed into a bright red-and-green outfit before Shen Shuyi took her to visit Xu Cuie.
• Xu Cuie criticized Shen Shuyi for arriving late and lectured her about caring for her husband and managing the household.
• Shen Banxia asked Xu Cuie for a red envelope, and Xu Cuie denied that she was her granddaughter because of her appearance.
• Shen Banxia threatened to ask the neighbors whether Xu Cuie was right, then requested money for new clothes and reminded Xu Cuie that her father had promised her a big red envelope.
• Xu Cuie reluctantly gave Shen Banxia the red envelope she had prepared.

Shen Banxia exposed Xu Cui'e’s hostility during her first visit to the Shen villa, then revealed through her thoughts that Shen Shuyi was about to be tricked into guaranteeing a huge loan. Shen Shuyi recognized the threat and challenged Xu Junshan over his family’s treatment of her and Banxia.

• Shen Banxia called out Xu Cui'e for giving her only twenty yuan and teased her about the family’s red-envelope customs until Xu Cui'e left in anger.
• Shen Shuyi praised Shen Banxia after they left the villa, and Banxia said she only needed her mother and brothers to like her.
• Shen Banxia thought that Shen Shuyi’s secretary would bring a guarantee agreement for a shell company tied to Xu Junshan’s illegitimate son, and Shen Shuyi heard her thoughts.
• Xu Junshan called to blame Shen Shuyi for upsetting Xu Cui'e, but Shen Shuyi described the twenty-yuan red envelope and said they would stop visiting if they were unwelcome.

Shen Banxia bonded with her mother, met her handsome fourth brother Shen Ruogu, and interrupted a neighbors’ mother-in-law and daughter-in-law argument to spread a warning about a mistress. She returned home with Shen Ruogu while the Su Family women began worrying that the rumor might be true.

• Shen Shuyi stood up to Xu Junshan over his mother’s behavior, and Shen Banxia praised her for it.
• Shen Shuyi introduced Shen Ruogu on television and explained that he preferred second-lead roles and had once been blacklisted after beating up a director.
• Shen Banxia met Shen Ruogu and privately thought that his diva behavior would eventually lead to him being stabbed by a hater, shocking him when he heard her thoughts.
• Shen Banxia climbed an osmanthus tree to watch the Su Family’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law argue, then warned them that a mistress with a child might try to take the wife’s place.
• Shen Ruogu found Shen Banxia, told her not to climb trees, and took her home as the Su Family women worried about the mistress and joined forces.

Shen Ruogu returned home early and quickly showed his affection for Shen Banxia, while Shen Shuyi began carefully handling company documents after realizing Xu Junshan was plotting against her. The chapter left Shen Shuyi preparing to use a trusted friend to find reliable paparazzi contacts.

• Shen Ruogu came home early from filming, met Shen Banxia, and teased her while showing concern for her.
• Shen Ruogu carried the sleepy Shen Banxia upstairs, and Shen Shuyi felt comforted by their closeness.
• Shen Shuyi caught Secretary Chen presenting a blank sheet among documents, but concealed her suspicions and told her to bring future papers to the house.
• Shen Shuyi reviewed and signed the documents, then planned a dinner with a trusted friend to find reliable paparazzi contacts.

Shen Banxia listened cheerfully as two housekeepers gossiped about her and the possible Shen-Pei marriage alliance, then dismissed the idea of marrying Pei Yu. Later, she worried over Shen Jinyan’s allergic reaction, and Doctor Liang treated him with an injection that exposed his fear of needles to the whole household.

• Shen Banxia joined two housekeepers’ gossip about her looks, Shen Mingyue, and the Pei Family’s potential marriage alliance.
• Shen Banxia explained that the alliance involving Pei Yu and Shen Mingyue would collapse because Mingyue’s origins were unknown, then laughed off the suggestion that she might marry Pei Yu.
• Shen Banxia saw Shen Jinyan’s swollen, rash-covered face and asked the butler to call the family doctor.
• Doctor Liang insisted on examining Shen Jinyan and giving him an injection, while he resisted undressing and pleaded to avoid a shot in the butt.
• Shen Jinyan howled during the injection, and the household spread the story of his fear of needles the next day.

Shen Banxia let Xu Mingyue try to tutor her, then worked through the problems herself and saw through Xu Mingyue’s shallow grasp of schoolwork. The next morning, Shen Banxia’s reading woke Xu Mingyue, who realized she had overslept on the day of a monthly exam.

• Xu Mingyue waited outside Shen Banxia’s bedroom, offered her a cup, and agreed to tutor her when Shen Banxia asked for help with schoolwork.
• Xu Mingyue lost her temper while tutoring Shen Banxia, who recognized that Xu Mingyue could not explain the problem-solving methods clearly.
• Shen Banxia solved the practice paper correctly, reviewed the Gaokao mathematics syllabus, and went to bed after finishing her studies.
• Xu Mingyue secretly called her biological mother and said she planned to deal with Shen Banxia at school without giving anyone evidence against her.
• Shen Banxia’s morning reading woke Xu Mingyue, who rushed to get ready after learning that International High School had a monthly exam that day.

Shen Lingyun returned home and met Shen Banxia, whose thoughts revealed his doomed future and warned him that the LP investment would be seized through Fu Ya’s schemes. When Xu Junshan urged the family to abandon LP and move the corporation’s funds into another investment, Shen Lingyun challenged him, while Shen Shuyi delayed making a decision.

• Shen Lingyun gave Shen Banxia a gold watch and Xu Mingyue a limited-edition bracelet, and Shen Banxia teased Xu Mingyue about how the bracelet made her look.
• During breakfast, Shen Lingyun asked Xu Junshan about the LP project, and Shen Banxia’s thoughts warned that armed forces would seize it and Fu Ya’s family would take the profits.
• Xu Junshan recommended moving the money earmarked for LP into a supposedly safe investment, while Shen Banxia’s thoughts accused him of planning to transfer the Shen Corporation’s assets and flee.
• Shen Lingyun defended the LP project and its expected returns, and Shen Shuyi postponed judging it until she could review the details.

Shen Shuyi announced that she would return to work at the Shen Corporation, alarming Xu Junshan because she could uncover his financial crimes. After breakfast, Shen Banxia agreed to accompany her mother to tea with Aunt Cui, where Shen Shuyi had once met Xu Junshan’s mistress.

• Shen Shuyi told Xu Junshan and Shen Lingyun that she would return to work at the Shen Corporation, brushing aside Xu Junshan’s objections.
• Shen Shuyi recalled that Xu Junshan had forged her signature to divert company funds and planned to watch his next move.
• After breakfast, Shen Lingyun worried that Fu Ya had exploited him, while Xu Junshan schemed to transfer money before Shen Shuyi could investigate.
• Shen Banxia finally picked up a cherry tomato with her chopsticks, and Shen Shuyi praised her patience.
• Shen Shuyi invited Shen Banxia to tea at Aunt Cui’s house, and Shen Banxia accepted, eager to witness the gathering where her mother would meet the mistress.

Shen Banxia accompanied Shen Shuyi to Cui Yushu’s home for tea, where Cui welcomed her and gave her a valuable jadeite bangle. When Cui invited Wanzhi to join them, Shen Banxia’s thoughts revealed that Wanzhi’s husband was a scammer planning to trick Cui into investing, and Cui realized she could hear Banxia’s thoughts.

• Shen Shuyi brought Shen Banxia to the Book Garden, where Cui Yushu welcomed them and praised Banxia.
• Cui Yushu gave Shen Banxia a glass-grade Muna jadeite bangle, which Banxia accepted.
• Cui Yushu invited Wanzhi to join them for tea after learning she wanted to bring a friend.
• Shen Banxia thought that Wanzhi’s husband scammed wealthy people and that Wanzhi planned to persuade Cui Yushu to invest in their trust.
• Cui Yushu realized she could hear Shen Banxia’s thoughts and looked at Banxia with sudden interest.

Shen Banxia’s joke gave Cui Yushu an idea for helping her daughter Jingyan reconsider her relationship. At a gathering, Shen Shuyi recognized Lin Xiyue as Xu Junshan’s mistress, and Lin’s claim about their matching necklaces brought their first confrontation into the open.

• Shen Shuyi and Cui Yushu discussed Cui’s worries about Jingyan and her boyfriend, and Shen Banxia told a story that suggested Jingyan needed to lose hope in him herself.
• Cui Yushu understood Shen Banxia’s story as advice and praised her for the insight.
• Chen Wanzhi arrived with Lin Xiyue, and Shen Banxia recognized Lin as Xu Junshan’s mistress.
• Chen Wanzhi pointed out that Lin Xiyue and Shen Shuyi wore identical emerald necklaces, though Shen Shuyi’s necklace was a unique gift from her mother.
• Lin Xiyue claimed her husband had commissioned her necklace as an anniversary gift, and Shen Shuyi asked which designer had made it.

Shen Shuyi and Lin Xiyue disputed which of their identical emerald necklaces was genuine, and Dennis Lu’s assistant confirmed Shen Shuyi’s necklace was counterfeit. Shen Shuyi then asked Lin Xiyue to have hers authenticated, leaving the necklace’s true ownership unresolved.

• Lin Xiyue claimed her necklace was a unique anniversary gift, while Shen Banxia’s thoughts revealed Xu Junshan had swapped Shen Shuyi’s real necklace for a fake and given the original to Lin Xiyue.
• Shen Shuyi asked Cui Yushu to contact Dennis Lu, and Lin Xiyue said she would obtain her necklace’s certificate.
• Cui Yushu arranged for Dennis Lu’s assistant to authenticate the necklaces after the designer could not come himself.
• Assistant Wu examined Shen Shuyi’s necklace and declared it counterfeit because it lacked the identifying marks and contained imitation stones.
• Lin Xiyue celebrated her apparent vindication, but Shen Shuyi asked her to have her own necklace examined too.