Recaps

At a farewell dinner, Li Lanxiang and Zhou Qiang picked a date for their wedding, and Wang Xiaoliang wondered about a warning in the Book of Fate as she asked for an extravagant celebration. The next day, Wang Xiaoliang helped Zhou Qiang and Kong Xiuyun buy a used Wuling Hongguang for the company, then learned Zhou Qiang needed to move out because his mother-in-law would not live with her son-in-law.

• Li Lanxiang planned a lawn wedding with Zhou Qiang for September 12 after ruling out dates that conflicted with Xiaoying’s and Wei Zijin’s weddings.
• Li Lanxiang said she wanted everything other people had for her wedding and anything they did not have, prompting Wang Xiaoliang to recall the Book of Fate’s warning about using wealth.
• Wang Xiaoliang joined Zhou Qiang and Kong Xiuyun at a used-car market, where the company bought a silver Wuling Hongguang for thirty thousand yuan.
• Wang Xiaoliang drove the newly purchased car to Old Sichuan and told Zhou Qiang it suited a beginner, though its steering felt stiff.
• Zhou Qiang explained that his mother-in-law had insisted on returning home because she could not live with her son-in-law, and he planned to move out; Wang Xiaoliang declined to let him stay in his single-bed rental room.

Wang Xiaoliang drove across town to pick up Wei Zijin from the TV Station, overcoming his nerves on the elevated expressway. He surprised her with his company-assigned car, and they set off together for The Ends of the Earth and Till the End of Time.

• Wang Xiaoliang drove cautiously through rush-hour traffic, then gained confidence while navigating the elevated expressway.
• Wang Xiaoliang called Wei Zijin when he reached the TV Station and watched her mistake a passing bus for his ride.
• Wang Xiaoliang surprised Wei Zijin by pulling up beside her in his company-assigned Wuling Hongguang.
• Wei Zijin praised Wang Xiaoliang's driving, and he invited her to choose where they would go.
• Wei Zijin chose The Ends of the Earth, and Wang Xiaoliang added Till the End of Time as they drove into the city.

Wang Xiaoliang researched fruit sales and launched a trial stall outside Store One, where students quickly bought out the stock. Convinced the business could boost supermarket traffic, he wanted to expand to the other stores, but Kong Xiuyun warned that recruiting and training safe, experienced staff would take time.

• Wang Xiaoliang studied Anyang Snacks and wholesalers, then chose watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapple, and oranges for his fruit stall.
• Wang Xiaoliang brought Chen Kai to work at Store One and coached him through preparing and selling cut fruit.
• Students crowded around the stall during the first day of the semester and bought all the fruit by mid-afternoon.
• Wang Xiaoliang called Kong Xiuyun to propose stalls at Store Two and Store Three, but she cautioned that they needed to recruit and train staff to avoid knife accidents.
• Wang Xiaoliang accepted that expansion would take time and resolved to proceed step by step.

Wang Xiaoliang expanded his fruit-stand operation by hiring Li Le, whose knife skills impressed him, and began planning professional refrigerated equipment. The chapter ended with Zhou Qiang sick in bed when Wang called to ask about the equipment.

• Sun Ting complained that Store Two had not received a fruit stand, and Wang Xiaoliang explained that he was testing the business and lacked trained staff.
• Li Fengying offered her relative Li Le for the job, and Wang agreed to interview him and provide a contract and social insurance if he proved suitable.
• After a month of sales, Wang reviewed the fruit stand’s profits, learned to avoid overstocking, and added bananas, apples, and pears.
• Li Le demonstrated exceptional skill peeling and cutting a pineapple, so Wang hired him and assigned him to prepare to run Store Three’s stand.
• Kong Xiuyun found another candidate for a position, and Wang decided to contact Zhou Qiang about professional refrigerated equipment.
• Zhou Qiang answered Wang’s call while ill with a fever and asked him to wait, but Wang joked about him going to the toilet himself.

Wang Xiaoliang cared for Zhou Qiang through a fever, then threw himself into the fresh-cut fruit business after its counters arrived. At dinner, Huang Xueli announced that he had transferred to the Logistics Division’s General Management Section and been promoted to deputy chief.

• Wang Xiaoliang rushed to Zhou Qiang’s hotel room, found him recovering from a fever, and helped him get fresh air and food.
• Kong Xiuyun brought Zhou Qiang plain porridge and side dishes, which he ate while Wang Xiaoliang looked after him.
• Three refrigerated prep counters arrived three days later, and the fresh-cut fruit business officially opened.
• Wang Xiaoliang began hauling fruit from the wholesale market every morning in his Wuling.
• At Old Sichuan, Huang Xueli toasted his transfer and promotion to deputy chief of the General Management Section, while Zhou Qiang and Wang Xiaoliang congratulated and teased him.

After learning Huang Xueli had become Deputy Section Chief thanks to Song Yi’s recommendation, Wang Xiaoliang realized the three friends needed to keep their relationship discreet around outsiders. Back in his room, he imagined how Huang’s future influence might help his shop contracts, then opened the Book of Fate.

• Huang Xueli told Zhou Qiang and Wang Xiaoliang that Song Yi had recommended him to the New Principal, who promoted him to Deputy Section Chief.
• Huang Xueli recounted Song Yi’s advice to focus on his work and improving students’ lives, and urged the three friends to be more careful around one another.
• Wang Xiaoliang remembered Zhou Qiang introducing Huang Xueli as a classmate he had not seen in ages and realized they had deliberately concealed their closeness.
• On the walk home, Wang Xiaoliang considered how Huang Xueli’s rising influence might help him renew his three shop contracts.
• Wang Xiaoliang tried to curb his excitement, then took out the Book of Fate and opened it to the latest page.

Wang Xiaoliang interpreted a warning in the Book of Fate about risking his fortune for thrills, then saw how Li Le’s knife skills transformed Store Three’s business. The chapter ended with Li Le happily explaining that he loved the job because pretty girls cheered for him.

• Wang Xiaoliang read the Book of Fate’s warning against seeking dangerous thrills and concluded that reckless deeds could exhaust a person’s fortune and cost them their life.
• Wang Xiaoliang found Store Three packed with customers who had come to buy fruit and watch Li Le’s impressive knife skills.
• Li Le’s fruit-cutting performances made him a Jiang University internet celebrity, and Store Three’s sales surged until its fruit regularly sold out.
• Wang Xiaoliang asked Li Le about his past, and Li Le explained that a jealous kitchen master had gotten him fired before his aunts told him to apply for work at the store.
• Wang Xiaoliang asked whether Li Le liked his job, and Li Le said he loved it because pretty girls watched and cheered for him.

Wang Xiaoliang trained Li Le to handle wholesale pickups and promised Cheng Huan that he would take her and Tian Jiayi to dinner. That evening, he told Wei Zijin about Luo Bisheng’s request to help him get together with Cheng Huan and asked her to come along this weekend.

• Wang Xiaoliang let Li Le drive the van to the wholesale market and began introducing him to the regular wholesalers so Li Le could eventually take over the buying trips.
• Wang Xiaoliang helped unload goods at Store One and Store Two, where Cheng Huan confronted him about his promised dinner; he agreed to treat her and Tian Jiayi on their next open day.
• Wei Zijin told Wang Xiaoliang that she missed the New Year's Eve meal with her aunt and uncle, and he offered to learn how to cook their dishes for her.
• Wang Xiaoliang reassured Wei Zijin that his business was improving and that Li Le would soon ease his workload, then told her he had agreed to help Luo Bisheng pursue Cheng Huan three times.
• Wang Xiaoliang asked Wei Zijin to accompany him this weekend, then teased her about buying him black stockings.

Wang Xiaoliang invited Tian Jiayi, Cheng Huan, and Luo Bisheng to lunch and learned that Luo Bisheng had been studying for an exam partly because Cheng Huan motivated him. On Saturday morning, Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin prepared to collect goods at the market before heading to lunch.

• Wang Xiaoliang invited Tian Jiayi, Cheng Huan, and Luo Bisheng to lunch at Hongbin Little Tower on Saturday.
• Tian Jiayi offered to recommend Wang Xiaoliang for a job, but he declined and said he was not planning to take the postgraduate entrance exam.
• Luo Bisheng told Wang Xiaoliang that he had been studying and working evening shifts, and that meeting Cheng Huan had encouraged him to keep studying.
• Cheng Huan created a group called “Huan Luo Jia Liang” and joked about drinking baijiu and beer with everyone on Saturday.
• Wei Zijin got up early to accompany Wang Xiaoliang to collect goods at the market, and Wang Xiaoliang teased her about dressing up.

Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin met Luo Bisheng, Tian Jiayi, and Cheng Huan for lunch, where Cheng Huan recognized Wei Zijin as the creator of Little Wei Interviews and praised her videos. After Tian Jiayi asked about Nono, the group’s mood briefly dimmed, and Wei Zijin unexpectedly encouraged the women to drink while Wang Xiaoliang abstained because he was driving.

• Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin arrived at Hongbin Little Tower, where Luo Bisheng had prepared snacks and drinks for their gathering.
• Tian Jiayi and Cheng Huan arrived, and Wei Zijin introduced herself as Wang Xiaoliang’s fiancée before Cheng Huan recognized her from her interview videos.
• Cheng Huan excitedly praised Wei Zijin’s videos, and Luo Bisheng searched for Little Wei Interviews and declared that it deserved to go viral.
• Tian Jiayi asked how Nono was doing, and Wei Zijin said Nono had not answered her messages or calls.
• Tian Jiayi brought baijiu, Wang Xiaoliang refused to drink because he was driving, and Wei Zijin set her glass in front of Cheng Huan and invited the women to drink.

Over drinks, Cheng Huan shared the long list of things she wanted to do after growing up under her strict father, and the group planned to go bungee jumping. Wang Xiaoliang forbade Wei Zijin from going because he feared the danger, leaving the gathering awkward before Cheng Huan changed the subject to appearing on Wei Zijin’s interviews.

• Cheng Huan listed her wishes, including dyeing her hair, getting drunk with friends, finding close girlfriends, dating, and bungee jumping, and explained that her strict father had restricted her since middle school.
• Luo Bisheng suggested that he and Cheng Huan go bungee jumping together, and Cheng Huan proposed that the group go during the university’s open day next month.
• Wang Xiaoliang remembered the Book of Fate’s warning about dangerous amusements and insisted that he and Wei Zijin would not go bungee jumping.
• Wei Zijin agreed to stay back, while Cheng Huan glared at Wang Xiaoliang and then asked whether she and Tian Jiayi could appear on Wei Zijin’s interviews.
• Tian Jiayi teased Cheng Huan about being able to talk all day, and Wei Zijin said Cheng Huan’s college bucket list would make good interview material.

On the drive home, Wei Zijin told Wang Xiaoliang that Tian Jiayi seemed attracted to him and warned him about other women, drawing on Li Lanxiang’s family history. The conversation ended with Wei Zijin asking Wang Xiaoliang to honestly say whether he liked Tian Jiayi, and he denied it.

• Wang Xiaoliang noticed Wei Zijin acting unusually cheerful and asked what was wrong.
• Wei Zijin said Tian Jiayi liked him and described how Tian Jiayi had kept glancing at him during dinner.
• Wei Zijin vowed to cut off potential rivals and shared the warning Li Lanxiang had learned from her mother’s experience with her unfaithful father.
• Wei Zijin told Wang Xiaoliang that Li Lanxiang had praised his calligraphy as captivating and advised him not to show it off to too many women.
• Wei Zijin asked whether Wang Xiaoliang liked Tian Jiayi, and he said he did not.

Wang Xiaoliang celebrated his rising income as Zhou Qiang and Huang Xueli praised his success adding fruit to their business. Zhou revealed he had opened Hongbin Little Tower’s second branch alone, then explained why Huang’s political judgment would help keep their expanding business within the authorities’ boundaries.

• Wang Xiaoliang’s monthly income exceeded forty thousand yuan, and Zhou Qiang raised his base salary by three thousand yuan because of his fruit proposal.
• At Old Sichuan, Zhou Qiang and Huang Xueli praised Wang Xiaoliang’s work and celebrated his success.
• Zhou Qiang said he had signed a lease and paid six months’ rent for Hongbin Little Tower’s second branch, but would open it alone to repay a favor.
• Huang Xueli offered to invest in a future shop, but Zhou Qiang insisted they should keep working together and said Huang’s political intelligence would help guide the business.
• Huang Xueli explained that businesses operate under government oversight, and Wang Xiaoliang realized the team needed Huang to help them avoid crossing a red line.

Wang Xiaoliang was entrusted with full responsibility for the supermarket as Zhou Qiang and Huang Xueli prepared for a second store. On his birthday, Wei Zijin took him to the BMW dealership and revealed she had bought him a car as a present and part of her dowry.

• Zhou Qiang told Wang Xiaoliang he would take over all the supermarket work Manager Kong had handled, including its finances, and that he would receive her share.
• Wang Xiaoliang woke on April 11 to Wei Zijin wishing him a happy birthday and calling him "hubby" for the first time.
• Wei Zijin took Wang Xiaoliang out for longevity noodles, following his mother's birthday tradition, then brought him to an auto mall.
• Wei Zijin led Wang Xiaoliang through luxury-car showrooms and, at the BMW dealership, revealed a new white BMW as his birthday present and part of her dowry.

On his birthday, Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin completed the purchase of a BMW, which Wei Zijin had saved up to afford as a down payment. After Wang Xiaoliang helped her learn to drive, the couple headed to their celebratory meal with Wei Zijin at the wheel.

• Wang Xiaoliang accepted the BMW's paperwork, learned its basic controls, and drove it around the dealership.
• Wei Zijin explained how she had negotiated the price and saved enough for the down payment, saying she wanted to give Wang Xiaoliang a better life.
• Wang Xiaoliang reassured Wei Zijin, agreed to pay the remaining registration tax, and suggested they exchange bank cards.
• Wang Xiaoliang took Wei Zijin to a quiet road, where she learned to drive and practiced for three hours.
• Wei Zijin drove them toward the restaurant while Wang Xiaoliang encouraged her.

Wang Xiaoliang learned that Li Lanxiang was pregnant and agreed to keep the news secret from Brother Qiang. After struggling with the cost and worry of driving his new BMW, he decided to take his old Wuling Miracle Vehicle to work instead.

• Wei Zijin answered Li Lanxiang's call and learned that Lanxiang was pregnant.
• Li Lanxiang warned Wang Xiaoliang not to tell Brother Qiang because she wanted to surprise him.
• Wang Xiaoliang drove his new BMW toward Jiang University but parked at a paid lot rather than risk leaving it in the crowded residential community.
• Wang Xiaoliang considered having Li Le take over purchasing so he could spend less time managing the store.
• After paying forty-two yuan to park and worrying all day about his BMW, Wang Xiaoliang told Wei Zijin he would drive his Wuling Miracle Vehicle to work next week.

Wang Xiaoliang watched Li Le attract a crowd with his fruit-cutting performance, then handled Li Xiaoman’s request for Wei Zijin to host his May 10 wedding. After checking her schedule and rate, Wang Xiaoliang agreed on a classmate price, and Li Xiaoman asked her to sing as well.

• Li Le dazzled the crowd outside Store Three with his fruit-cutting tricks and earned the nickname “Black Horse Prince.”
• Li Xiaoman told Wang Xiaoliang he was getting married on May 10 and asked him to have Wei Zijin host the wedding.
• Liu Xinyu warned Wang Xiaoliang not to let Wei Zijin work for free and said she should charge at least a fair fee.
• Wei Zijin confirmed she had a May 10 opening ceremony in the morning but could host afterward, with a minimum rate of three thousand.
• Wang Xiaoliang offered Li Xiaoman a classmate rate of four thousand, and Li Xiaoman agreed before asking Wei Zijin to sing a song too.

Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin skipped the May Day family visit because Zijin had work, then attended the rehearsal dinner for Wang Xiaoliang’s cousin Li Xiaoman’s wedding. Li Xiaoman bragged about his fortunate marriage until Wang Xiaoliang revealed that Zijin had given him a BMW 5 Series as her dowry.

• Zhao Xiuqin told Wang Xiaoliang to stay with Wei Zijin and focus on work, then urged him to learn to cook and take good care of her.
• Wang Xiaoliang picked up Wei Zijin and took her to Li Xiaoman’s wedding rehearsal, where wedding planner Dong Hao praised Zijin and asked for her work contact information.
• At dinner, Li Xiaoman and his childhood friends discussed his home, car, pregnant fiancée Chu Qian, and a character divination that had supposedly led him to her.
• Wang Xiaoliang reflected that Qishan’s earlier readings had been accurate, including predictions involving Fang Dongxu, He Runya, Xiao Weijin, and Li Lanxiang.
• When Li Xiaoman offered them a ride, Wang Xiaoliang said Zijin had given him a car and used the key to reveal a white BMW 5 Series.

Wang Xiaoliang rushed home after Wei Zijin urgently summoned him and learned that her director had replaced her as the host of her popular show with Xie Hui. Unable to think of a way to fight the station’s decision, he called Zhou Qiang and said they were coming over for help.

• Huang Xueli, Zhou Qiang, and Wang Xiaoliang began celebrating their recent good fortune over drinks.
• Wei Zijin called Wang Xiaoliang and urgently ordered him to come home, so he raced back to her.
• Wei Zijin explained that her colleagues had ganged up on her and that her director had criticized her work and named Xie Hui as the show’s new host.
• Wang Xiaoliang realized the station intended to keep Wei Zijin as producer while gradually replacing her, and he grew furious.
• Wang Xiaoliang called Zhou Qiang and said he and Wei Zijin were coming over for help.

After Xie Hui took over Wei Zijin’s show, Wei Zijin refused to quit and considered competing with her for the audience. Huang Xueli warned that Xie Hui had an expert advising her, leaving Wei Zijin and Wang Xiaoliang uncertain about the contest ahead.

• Wei Zijin recounted how Xie Hui took over her show, and Wang Xiaoliang asked Zhou Qiang and Huang Xueli for advice.
• Huang Xueli suggested Wei Zijin quit, while Zhou Qiang offered to fund a media company and give her forty percent ownership; Wei Zijin declined both options.
• Wei Zijin said she would stay at the station, and Wang Xiaoliang asked his friends to help her find better terms.
• Huang Xueli proposed a head-to-head contest with Xie Hui based on video performance, with Wei Zijin staying if she won or leaving without penalty if she lost.
• Wei Zijin agreed to compete, but Huang Xueli warned that Xie Hui had superior resources and an expert advising her.

Wang Xiaoliang supported Wei Zijin as she confronted the TV Station director over her show and Xie Hui’s promotion. Wei Zijin secured a fair competition and flexible working hours, then decided to ask Zhao Nan to come out of retirement.

• Wang Xiaoliang coached Wei Zijin to demand a comparison of their shows’ numbers and threaten to resign if the station refused.
• Wei Zijin told Wang Xiaoliang that the director had berated her and threatened legal action, but she stood firm and challenged the station to face her publicly.
• Wang Xiaoliang met Wei Zijin for lunch and reassured her when she wondered whether being honest had made her easy to exploit.
• The director called Wei Zijin back for a meeting, where she and Xie Hui agreed to compete over three videos, with posting frequency based on the results.
• Wei Zijin secured flexible working hours and signed competition and breach-of-contract agreements with the meeting attendees.
• Wei Zijin credited Wang Xiaoliang and his friends for helping her, then decided to ask Zhao Nan to come out of retirement.

Wei Zijin welcomed Zhao Nan to Jiangcheng to help film a video, while Wang Xiaoliang worried about his uncles’ investment money. Later, he spotted Li Le walking hand in hand with a girl whose hand bore a distinctive black rose tattoo.

• Wei Zijin invited Zhao Nan to Jiangcheng, and Zhao Nan arrived eager to help with the video shoot.
• Zhao Nan drove Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin from the airport and shared her views on marriage, inspiring Wei Zijin to plan to record her words for the video.
• Zhao Nan revealed that her family was receiving twenty thousand yuan in monthly interest on money entrusted to Wang Xiaoliang’s uncle, and Wang Xiaoliang worried that the principal might still be at risk.
• After welcoming Zhao Nan, Wang Xiaoliang checked his supermarket and then drove across the university campus.
• Wang Xiaoliang saw Li Le holding hands with a girl and recognized a black rose tattoo on the back of her hand.

Wang Xiaoliang tried to warn Li Le that dating a college student could be risky, but learned Li Le viewed their relationship as casual and already knew plenty about sex and romance. Their conversation ended with Li Le explaining what he had seen on long-haul trips with his cousin and insisting he had never visited roadside prostitutes.

• Wang Xiaoliang picked Li Le up near the women's dormitory and asked whether stocking more fruit would interfere with his dating.
• Wang Xiaoliang warned Li Le that dating the college student could be dangerous, but Li Le laughed and said they were just fooling around.
• Li Le showed Wang Xiaoliang explicit photos and said the girl had agreed to sleep with him when the opportunity came.
• Li Le asked why men cried in public after breakups, and Wang Xiaoliang explained that they had genuinely fallen in love.
• Li Le told Wang Xiaoliang that he had seen roadside prostitutes during trips with his cousin, but said he had never gone to them.

Wang Xiaoliang watched Wei Zijin’s newly posted interview with Zhao Nan, who explained why she had left nursing after a young patient died. The interview was still unfolding as Zhao Nan began describing how she eventually coped and why she did not transfer.

• Wang Xiaoliang found Wei Zijin anxiously waiting for him to check the analytics on her newly posted videos.
• Wang Xiaoliang opened Little Wei Interviews and watched Wei Zijin’s interview with Zhao Nan before Xie Hui’s competing video.
• Zhao Nan introduced herself as a 28-year-old nursing graduate who was unemployed and living at home despite having found hospital work after graduation.
• Zhao Nan described becoming attached to a seven-year-old leukemia patient who died during resuscitation, leaving her overwhelmed with grief.
• Wei Zijin asked whether Zhao Nan had left nursing because she could not face death and why she had not transferred; Zhao Nan said transferring was difficult for a newcomer and that she later began to cope.

Wang Xiaoliang watched Wei Zijin interview Zhao Nan about leaving nursing, losing money to a professional-organizer training and franchise scheme, and eventually being able to stop working after her family received demolition compensation. The chapter ended with Zhao Nan explaining that her family had kept most of the 2.2 million yuan compensation in the bank.

• Wei Zijin explained that Zhao Nan resigned from the hospital after it blamed her for a medical incident, and Wang Xiaoliang noted the similarity to Wei Zijin's experience.
• Zhao Nan said she left nursing because she feared working at unscrupulous medical facilities could lead to accusations of medical fraud.
• Zhao Nan described paying for professional-organizer training and a franchise, then failing to find clients and losing nearly 50,000 yuan.
• Zhao Nan recounted how her father learned about her failed business attempt and joked that it had pushed their family back into poverty.
• Zhao Nan said her family's old apartment was demolished, bringing them 2.2 million yuan in compensation; they bought a Golf, traveled to Yunnan, and saved the remaining money.