Recaps

Ji Ting tried to stay out of the Ji family’s conflicts while his scientific skill, unusual condition, and secret robot drew Ji Yanzhi’s attention. After Ji Zhenting’s household accused Ji Ting of embezzlement and Ji Shilei injured him, Ji Yanzhi brought him to the hospital, where Xu Ren learned he was hurt.

• Ji Ting recognized the Ji family’s smuggling plot, and Ji Yanzhi sent Ji Liping to the police after refusing to save Ji Rui.
• Ji Yanzhi confined Ji Ting and imposed lessons, but Ji Ting impressed tutor Xu Ren with his scientific insight and later underwent medical examinations that revealed unusual intelligence and a changed blood type.
• Ji Ting exposed doubts about Dai Xiangqiang’s L3 chip research, then helped Xu Ren develop a new probe and secretly built a game room with a spy robot called Unit One.
• Ji Ting ended his friendships with Xu Tianhao’s group and taught them stock analysis, while Ji Yanzhi searched for the missing robot vacuum and discovered Xu Ren had it.
• Ji Ting refused Ji Yanzhi’s attempt to use Xu Ren to identify Unit One’s developer, and Ji Yanzhi later negotiated with Xu Ren about the technology.
• Ji Zhenting summoned Ji Ting and accused him of embezzlement, but Ji Ting challenged the evidence and exposed Ji Zhenting’s own financial crimes.
• Ji Yanzhi took Ji Ting away from Crane Garden, where Ji Shilei had injured him, and Ji Ting received stitches and a blood transfusion before Ji Yanzhi told Xu Ren he needed time to recover.

Ji Ting and Lu Yanchu investigated a plot to sabotage Lu’s film while Ji Yanzhi’s jealousy strained his relationship with Ji Ting. When Xu Ren was framed after his research was stolen, Ji Ting uncovered evidence that helped Ji Yanzhi expose the scheme, and Ji Yanzhi brought Xu Ren home after his release.

• Ji Ting recognized Lu Yanchu’s Wind's Edge script and realized the film’s scandalous plot had moved ahead, then Lu Yanchu learned from Ji Ting’s thoughts that his reputation was in danger.
• Ji Ting agreed to help Lu Yanchu investigate a plan to frame him through Edge of the Wind, and Lu Yanchu staged a dinner with Ji Ting to explain their public photos as a family connection.
• Ji Yanzhi ordered Ji Ting to leave the family residence after seeing him with Lu Yanchu, but Ji Ting explained the film investigation and arranged a meeting between them and Xu Ren.
• Lu Yanchu presented Ji Yanzhi with evidence linking Mengli to outside financing, but the men argued over Ling Xi after Ji Yanzhi demanded that Lu hand him over.
• Xu Ren arrived at Ji Yanzhi’s home after his computer and research materials were stolen, and Ji Yanzhi sent him to the police while promising he could join Shili.
• Ji Ting revealed that the monitoring program was written by Unit One’s creator, and Ji Yanzhi learned that the creator had completed it in forty-three minutes.
• Ji Yanzhi confronted Wang Jianming at the police station and reported the theft of Shili’s trade secrets, while Ji Ting uncovered signs that Wang and his wife had framed Xu Ren.
• Ji Yanzhi received evidence exposing Wang Jianming’s crime, learned Xu Ren had been released, and told the dazed Xu Ren that Ji Ting had already sorted things out for him.

Ji Ting and Xu Ren moved out after Ji Yanzhi ordered Ji Ting to leave the Ji Family, while Ji Ting helped Lu Yanchu investigate Peng Zekun. The arc ended with Ji Ting secretly searching Peng’s villa as Lu Yanchu kept the others distracted.

• Ji Ting gave Ji Yanzhi a gift on the anniversary of Madam’s death, and the two later spent time together in the theater before Ji Yanzhi questioned whether Ji Ting liked Lu Yanchu.
• Ji Ting learned that Ji Yanzhi had discovered his supercomputer, while Ji Yanzhi realized Ji Ting had built it and feared Ji Shize would exploit him.
• Ji Ting helped Xu Ren confront Director Wu over Wang Jianming’s stolen research, and Ji Ting’s technical evidence and Zhiheng Technology Company’s investment pressured Wu to relent.
• Ji Yanzhi took Ji Ting to Shen Mu Lan’s restaurant, then told him to leave the Ji Family after asking him not to stand against him.
• Ji Ting and Xu Ren moved their equipment to Xinxin Garden, and Ji Yanzhi offered Xu Ren three million to report on Ji Ting.
• Ji Ting investigated Peng Zekun’s coded conversation and social media, then agreed to pose as a prospective Shangya Pictures signing so Lu Yanchu could get close to him.
• Lu Yanchu and Ji Ting met Peng Zekun and President Zeng, secretly tracked Peng’s devices, and went to Peng’s villa after a power outage interrupted dinner.
• At Peng’s villa, Ji Ting found records of Peng’s visits to Zijin Apartments, faked stomach trouble to leave the table, and used a laptop upstairs while Lu Yanchu distracted the others.

Ji Ting exposed Peng Zekun as a spy, but Qin Zaiye’s harsh interrogation left him with psychogenic aphasia and deep trauma. As Ji Yanzhi cared for him and learned what happened in the Isolation Room, Ji Ting began relying on him for sleep and sought to bargain with him for something he wanted.

• Ji Ting uncovered Peng Zekun’s concealed papers, helped trace his accomplice, and identified him as Peng Lu after police arrested him for stealing military information.
• Qin Zaiye took charge of the case, transferred Ji Ting and Lu Yanchu to the garrison, and subjected Ji Ting to coercive searches and prolonged questioning.
• Ji Ting collapsed during the interrogation and was hospitalized, where doctors suspected trauma-induced aphasia and Ji Yanzhi confronted Qin Zaiye over his treatment.
• Ji Ting left the hospital and returned to research while Ji Yanzhi arranged support for him, then brought him back to the family home and played games with him until he fell asleep.
• Qin Zaiye came to see Ji Ting, but Lu Yanchu challenged him outside the estate while Ji Yanzhi kept Ji Ting away from him.
• Ji Ting found that he could sleep when Ji Yanzhi was nearby, and Ji Yanzhi later watched classified footage of Ji Ting breaking down in the sensory-deprivation room and refused Zheng Guodong’s request for missile technology.
• Ji Ting cooked dinner for Ji Yanzhi and offered Unit Two and an L3-level large-model algorithm chip in exchange for something, but Ji Yanzhi asked him to tell a joke first.