Arc 24Chapters 577–601
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Wei Zijin returned to Jiangcheng as a fake-liquor scandal threatened her reputation and Mimo Media with enormous compensation claims. Xiao Mo revealed that He Rumeng and Li Zhenglu had orchestrated the attacks, and Wang Xiaoliang proposed exposing He Rumeng’s abandonment of Nuomi to make them reconsider.
Xiao Mo and Nuomi suspected that exposing He Rumeng would serve her husband’s desire for revenge, while Huang Xueli advised paying compensation quickly to protect Wei Zijin. After the group went home, Wang Xiaoliang learned that their employee Jin Huaqi had likely betrayed them and wondered how He Rumeng had persuaded her.
Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin agreed to propose paying tenfold compensation for the defective products, even though it would require borrowing money. As they prepared to discuss the plan with Xiao Mo and Nuomi, Wei Zijin broke down over the fortune they stood to lose.
Xiao Mo’s team heard Mr. Yan accept responsibility for the distillery’s counterfeit liquor while refusing triple compensation, then discussed how to contain the fallout. Wang Xiaoliang proposed honoring their livestream promise of tenfold compensation, calling the scandal an opportunity.
Wang Xiaoliang and the others agreed to pay tenfold compensation for the counterfeit liquor and share the cost equally, but Hu Yang advised him that the actual bill would likely be lower and urged him to wait until the controversy peaked before paying out live. Hu Yang also told Wang Xiaoliang to take over the distillery.
Hu Yang advised Wang Xiaoliang to use the compensation crisis to promote Mimo, Wei Zijin, and the distillery, then take over the factory and build the Lasting Love baijiu brand. As Wang Xiaoliang’s friends and family offered money, Wei Zijin showed him Yang Qingyu’s offer of her ten million in savings, and he saw her tear up.
Xiao Mo and his team finalized their response to the counterfeit liquor crisis and negotiated a confidential takeover of the Liquor Factory. Boss Yan signed the transfer agreement, but the team still needed a reliable new legal representative with no public connection to them.
Specializes in Exposing Fakes fueled outrage over the fake-liquor incident by criticizing Mimo, Wei Zijin, and the distillery, while Mimo prepared Wei Zijin’s response and promised tenfold compensation. Wei Zijin and Wang Xiaoliang stayed upbeat amid calls and messages from concerned acquaintances, as the station’s deputy director confronted her about the scandal.
Hong Guodong, a counterfeit-exposing blogger, accepted money from an unknown person to target Wei Zijin and turned the liquor controversy into a lucrative campaign. As he urged viewers to sue Wei Zijin, Mimo Media, and the distillery, his audience began leaving for Wei Zijin's livestream.
Wei Zijin, Mimo Media, and the liquor factory apologized publicly and announced tenfold compensation for customers who bought misrepresented liquor. As the livestream showed buyers receiving their refunds and compensation, public support swung in their favor, leaving Hong Guodong with a suspicion about Luo Bisheng that he could not make anyone hear.
Hong Guodong livestreamed his refund and tenfold compensation, then publicly praised Wei Zijin and Lasting Love liquor. Xiao Mo explained Mimo Media’s response and the compensation plan, while Tang Heihu posted a viral couplet praising Wei Zijin’s promise.
Wei Zijin and her team continued processing refunds and compensation for the defective liquor while public support surged after Jiangcheng Television Station praised their response. The chapter ended with their follower counts and views soaring as Xiao Mo and the team celebrated their unexpected success.
Wei Zijin continued refunding customers while a prominent product-review blogger challenged the accusations against her liquor and accused Specializes in Exposing Fakes of manufacturing a shakedown. Hong Guodong panicked under the public challenge and decided to post a video.
Hong Guodong tried to defend himself against I'm Not the Fake God, but Du Xiaoman exposed him for extorting her over a false counterfeit claim. The police detained Hong, and two more creators came forward with similar allegations.
Cheng Xinhua followed Wei Zijin’s response to the liquor controversy and became interested in Xiao the Great Chatterbox’s videos. After seeing his daughter’s ex-boyfriend Luo Bisheng speak for the distillery, Cheng Xinhua tried to hide the video from Cheng Huan, unaware she was already watching it.
Xiao Mo and Wang Xiaoliang identified Li Zhenglu’s connection to the police report and discussed how to divide the liquor factory’s profits. After Wei Zijin’s ten-day refund livestream ended, the group gathered to mark the milestone, and Xiao Mo prepared to make an announcement.
Xiao Mo announced new Mimo shares for the team, while Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin discussed giving up control of other ventures and their worries after the crisis. Wei Zijin agreed to accompany Wang Xiaoliang to visit Fourth Brother the next day, then revealed her period had ended and he carried her home.
Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin tried to visit Zhao Weiqiang at Seventh People's Hospital but were turned away and learned that Zhao's father had also lost the right to visit him. After Wei Zijin left for a brand endorsement meeting in Beijing and Wang set off for Fucheng, Huang Xueli called to say he might have found Old Zhou.
Wang Xiaoliang and Huang Xueli traced the restaurant Suiyun Residence to Zhou Qiang and went there to confirm their suspicions. They found Zhou Qiang with Kong Xiuyun and their daughter, and the two men got out to confront him.
Wang Xiaoliang and Huang Xueli confronted Zhou Qiang and Kong Xiuyun over years of lies, and Zhou began explaining his history with her. He recounted their early relationship and how they built Hongbin Tower together, then started describing how he persuaded her to stay after the university took it back.
Zhou Qiang told Wang Xiaoliang and Huang Xueli how his relationship with Kong Xiuyun began, how she became pregnant, and how he confessed to Lanxiang that he had been involved with another woman. He left the story after Lanxiang stabbed him in the shoulder and her mother stopped her from going further.
Zhou Qiang told Wang Xiaoliang and Huang Xueli how Lanxiang demanded all his assets and that he disappear after discovering his affair. He gave up his property to preserve contact with his unborn daughter, and the chapter ended with the three men drinking together.
Zhou Qiang confessed that he had coached Lanxiang through the Confidential Organization story to keep her calm until their child was born, and apologized to Huang Xueli and Wang Xiaoliang for the harm his deception caused them. He explained that he still sees Guoguo regularly and accepted that Lanxiang may learn about his life with Xiuyun and Yuanyuan, but said he had no intention of repairing their relationship.
Wang Xiaoliang reunited with Zhou Qiang and Kong Xiuyun in Fucheng, shared the dangers he had survived, and learned that Zhou Qiang had first approached him because he admired his loyalty to a deceased friend. The conversation ended with Wang Xiaoliang asking what Zhou Qiang had learned while getting to know Lanxiang.
Wang Xiaoliang invited Zhou Qiang to join his media company, but Zhou refused and asked him and Huang Xueli not to contact Li Lanxiang, fearing she would take Guoguo away. Later, Wang and Huang discussed Zhou’s choices and the possibility that he was protecting Lanxiang and Guoguo, while Huang challenged Wang’s high expectations of their friend.