Chapter Summaries

Shen Shuyi exposed Lin Xiyue wearing her stolen one-of-a-kind necklace, and Xu Junshan revealed that he had swapped the real necklace for a fake as part of their plan. Lin Xiyue returned the necklace and settled the matter by writing an apology and donating compensation to the Cui family's charitable foundation.

• Assistant Wu authenticated Lin Xiyue's necklace as the genuine, one-of-a-kind piece registered to Shen Shuyi.
• Shen Shuyi said she had never given or sold the necklace to Lin Xiyue, who accused Assistant Wu of conspiring against her.
• Xu Junshan told Lin Xiyue that he had swapped Shen Shuyi's real necklace for a fake and urged her to return it and apologize.
• Lin Xiyue returned the necklace and claimed that her husband had unknowingly bought stolen property from a friend.
• Shen Shuyi refused to call Lin Xiyue family and demanded a signed, fingerprinted apology and compensation donated to the Cui family's charitable foundation.
• Lin Xiyue wrote the apology and made the donation in two transfers.

At Cui Yushu’s tea gathering, Shen Shuyi reclaimed her jewelry and Lin Xiyue was pressured into donating a million, while Shen Shuyi planned to gather evidence against Xu Junshan. After lunch, Shen Banxia woke from her nap to find an unfamiliar, bare-chested man in her bed.

• Lin Xiyue claimed she had accidentally donated only one hundred thousand, then gave a million after Shen Banxia challenged her compassion and her right to wear Shen Shuyi’s necklace.
• Lin Xiyue realized Shen Banxia was Shen Shuyi’s biological daughter and remembered having arranged for the baby to be abandoned; Chen Wanzhi and Lin Xiyue soon left.
• Shen Shuyi told Cui Yushu that the jewelry theft pointed to a thief in her household and planned to inventory her assets and investigate Xu Junshan’s company dealings before confronting him.
• Shen Banxia explained that she had watched Lin Xiyue enter the donation amount, and Cui Yushu proposed making her and Xie Cheng Shen Banxia’s godparents.
• After lunch, Shen Banxia went upstairs for a nap, woke when someone got onto her bed, and demanded to know who the bare-chested man was.

Shen Banxia deliberately provoked Xie Moran and used his mother’s arrival to make him apologize and promise not to bully her. On the way home, she reassured Shen Shuyi that nothing had happened, then returned to find her sister-in-law Xu Yanni waiting at their home.

• Shen Banxia entered Xie Moran’s bedroom by mistake, and he stopped her from leaving to demand who she was.
• When Shen Shuyi and Cui Yushu arrived and saw Xie Moran shirtless, Shen Banxia pretended to cry and let Cui Yushu believe he had mistreated her.
• Xie Moran apologized to Shen Banxia and promised not to snap at or bully her, while she thanked him silently as she left.
• Shen Banxia told Shen Shuyi that Xie Moran had done nothing to her and revealed she had provoked him so he would remember her.
• Shen Shuyi warned Shen Banxia not to provoke Xie Moran again, but Shen Banxia joked that he might have fallen in love with her at first sight.
• Shen Banxia and Shen Shuyi returned home and found Xu Yanni sitting at the coffee table, eating fruit and snacks.

Shen Shuyi turned Xu Yanni’s criticism back on her by exposing the family’s unequal treatment of grandchildren and sowing suspicion about Xu Yanni’s earrings. Xu Yanni left in a fury, intent on confronting Lin Xiyue.

• Xu Yanni criticized Shen Shuyi for supposedly upsetting their mother, but Shen Shuyi explained how their mother had slighted Shen Banxia and favored other grandchildren with larger red envelopes.
• Shen Shuyi pointed out that Xu Yanni had not known their mother gave Xiaojie and Xiaokai more than Xiaoxin, deepening Xu Yanni’s resentment.
• Shen Shuyi claimed Xu Yanni’s earrings came from an ancient tomb and warned that they might drain her husband’s family of its blessings.
• Xu Yanni removed the earrings and angrily cursed the person who had given them to her, while Shen Shuyi urged her not to trust others’ words and discussed their mother’s prejudice against Shen Banxia.
• Xu Yanni ended the visit and left to confront Lin Xiyue.

Shen Shuyi used the stolen jewelry as a pretext to flush out Xu Junshan’s informants among the Shen Family staff while keeping Shen Banxia’s intelligence hidden. Xu Mingyue questioned Shen Banxia about her visit to Aunt Cui, but Shen Banxia’s replies left her frustrated and suspicious.

• Xu Yanni accepted cordyceps, ginseng, and imported fruit from Shen Shuyi, then promised not to reveal Shen Shuyi’s warning about the earrings.
• Shen Shuyi ordered the butler to give Shen Family staff a week to return anything they had stolen and prepared to compare the household inventory against archived records.
• Shen Shuyi planned to identify Xu Junshan’s informants by watching who sought his help after the warning and intended to dismiss anyone who approached him.
• Xu Mingyue found Shen Banxia talking to the flowers, and Shen Banxia claimed they had said there was a ghost in the house.
• Xu Mingyue asked about Shen Banxia’s visit to Aunt Cui, but Shen Banxia talked about osmanthus cake and called Xu Mingyue a gossip.

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.