Recaps

Kong Xiuyun told Wang Xiaoliang how Li Lanxiang deliberately injured her volleyball teammate, then carefully tested Zhou Qiang’s wealth by asking him to buy a marital home. Wang Xiaoliang stopped their call when Nuomi called and learned that she had awakened, leaving them both crying together over the phone.

• Kong Xiuyun revealed that Li Lanxiang had deliberately injured her volleyball teammate so she could take her place in a State Grid tournament and win her trust.
• Kong Xiuyun explained that after marrying Zhou Qiang, Li Lanxiang waited for a chance to learn his real wealth and asked her mother to meet him.
• Li Lanxiang’s mother demanded an elder’s involvement and a marital home that Li Lanxiang could choose, and Zhou Qiang bought a downtown apartment for several million in cash.
• Li Lanxiang recorded that Zhou Qiang’s assets far exceeded expectations and that she needed to accelerate her plans.
• Wang Xiaoliang answered Nuomi’s call and heard her say that she was awake, then the two cried without speaking or hanging up.

Nuomi woke from her prolonged sleep and believed her unborn baby had called her back, easing Wang Xiaoliang’s fear. He then resumed questioning Kong Xiuyun and learned how Li Lanxiang had cultivated ties with Wei Zijin and assessed the value of Wang Xiaoliang’s social circle.

• Nuomi told Wang Xiaoliang that she had heard her hungry baby calling in her dream and joked that the baby had saved them both.
• Zhao Nan urged Nuomi to eat and rest, and Wang Xiaoliang felt his fear and inner chill lift after hearing that she was awake.
• Wang Xiaoliang called Kong Xiuyun again and decided her account was true because Li Lanxiang’s notebook mentioned the spilled cola, a secret only he and Wei Zijin knew.
• Kong Xiuyun explained that Li Lanxiang befriended Wei Zijin by asking intimate questions and sharing her attraction to Zhou Qiang.
• Kong Xiuyun described how Li Lanxiang reassessed Zhou Qiang after the supermarket partnership and, after visiting Fucheng, set a plan to secure her place among Wang Xiaoliang, Wei Zijin, Liu Xinyu, and Yang Qingyu.
• Kong Xiuyun said Li Lanxiang viewed Zhou Qiang as a promising catch and valued the connections in their circle more than his bank balance.

Kong Xiuyun told Wang Xiaoliang that Li Lanxiang’s notes detailed her plans to manipulate Zhou Qiang and cultivate connections, while naming three people she feared. She also revealed that Zhou Qiang’s account of their relationship was fabricated: they had begun seeing each other only after he decided to divorce Li Lanxiang, though they had secretly loved each other for years.

• Kong Xiuyun described how Li Lanxiang planned to stop taking birth control, become pregnant, and use the pregnancy to learn the extent of Zhou Qiang’s wealth.
• Kong Xiuyun explained that Li Lanxiang cultivated Wei Zijin and Zeng Haiyan, but saw Wang Xiaoliang’s influence over Wei Zijin as an obstacle.
• Kong Xiuyun revealed that Li Lanxiang feared Fan Qishan, Hu Yang, and An Peiwen, and planned to speak little and answer only what they asked.
• After reading Li Lanxiang’s notes, Zhou Qiang planned to move his money and retrieve the notebook, but Dong Hongmei’s unexpected presence made him suspect she knew about his visit.
• Kong Xiuyun admitted that Zhou Qiang’s story about their relationship was a lie and said that she and Zhou Qiang had secretly loved each other for years before getting together after he decided to divorce Li Lanxiang.

Kong Xiuyun recounted how she met Zhou Qiang, became his most trusted business partner, and developed feelings for him. After Zhou Qiang transferred his company into her name, he said he planned to divorce Li Lanxiang and admitted he had loved Kong Xiuyun since she helped him fend off three scrap collectors.

• Kong Xiuyun described meeting Zhou Qiang while they worked at a restaurant, where he began collecting scrap and she helped him avoid trouble and a bad loan.
• Kong Xiuyun realized she loved Zhou Qiang, but believed she was not good enough for him and felt hurt when he introduced Li Lanxiang as Manager Kong.
• After Zhou Qiang saw a notebook, he asked Kong Xiuyun to transfer company funds, then backed down and took her to inspect a storefront.
• Zhou Qiang asked Kong Xiuyun whether she was trustworthy, offered her most of the new restaurant's profits, and tearfully confessed that he liked her.
• The next day, Zhou Qiang asked Kong Xiuyun to take ownership of his company, and she helped complete the legal and financial transfers.
• Zhou Qiang told Kong Xiuyun he would divorce Li Lanxiang and confirmed he had loved her since she helped him confront the scrap collectors.

Kong Xiuyun told Wang Xiaoliang how she and Zhou Qiang planned to confront Li Lanxiang and divide his assets, but Li Lanxiang’s pregnancy forced them to abandon their plan. She revealed how Li Lanxiang uncovered Zhou Qiang’s deception and ended with Zhou Qiang waking up bound in ropes.

• Kong Xiuyun explained that she confessed her love to Zhou Qiang, then cared for him through a fever while he showed her the evidence against Li Lanxiang.
• Kong Xiuyun said she and Zhou Qiang transferred his assets and planned to confront Li Lanxiang after she returned, but they kept the scheme from Wang Xiaoliang and Zijin.
• Kong Xiuyun recalled that Zhou Qiang saw Li Lanxiang’s pregnancy at the airport and called off their plan, deciding to wait until the child was born before pursuing a divorce.
• Kong Xiuyun explained that Zhou Qiang’s distance from Li Lanxiang made her suspicious, and Li Lanxiang questioned him about other women and their finances while he was drunk.
• Kong Xiuyun revealed that Zhou Qiang woke in pain to find his entire body tied up, and Wang Xiaoliang recalled that two people had been needed to bind him with one rope.

Kong Xiuyun explained how Dong Hongmei had trained Li Lanxiang and outmaneuvered Zhou Qiang, then recounted Dong Hongmei’s story of coercing her corrupt former husband. The chapter ended with Zhou Qiang asking whether Dong Hongmei planned to force him to drink, and her insisting she wanted him and Li Lanxiang to live well together.

• Kong Xiuyun told Wang Xiaoliang that Dong Hongmei had caught Li Lanxiang keeping evidence and confronted her while Zhou Qiang was tied up nearby.
• Kong Xiuyun explained that Zhou Qiang realized Dong Hongmei, not Li Lanxiang, had been the real force behind their plans.
• Dong Hongmei told Zhou Qiang how she had drugged and bound her corrupt former husband, threatening to make him drink until he was brain-damaged unless he surrendered his hidden money.
• Dong Hongmei said she had taken the money, divorced her husband, and left with Li Lanxiang after ensuring he would not report her.
• Zhou Qiang asked Dong Hongmei whether she intended to force him to drink, and she said she wanted him and Li Lanxiang to have a good life together.

Kong Xiuyun revealed how Dong Hongmei and Li Lanxiang had discovered Zhou Qiang's plans and negotiated his disappearance in exchange for money, property, and his departure from their circle. Zhou Qiang had agreed to the arrangement to protect the child and his friends, and the story left Wang Xiaoliang understanding why he had pushed them away.

• Dong Hongmei explained that she had found Li Lanxiang's hidden notebooks and replaced them after Zhou Qiang discovered them.
• After Li Lanxiang became pregnant, Dong Hongmei used the child as leverage and negotiated with Zhou Qiang, who agreed to give them thirty million and most of his businesses and properties.
• Li Lanxiang demanded that Zhou Qiang leave their circle, and he agreed to help stage his disappearance and make his friends believe he had abandoned them.
• Kong Xiuyun said Zhou Qiang had agreed only if Li Lanxiang cooperated with the divorce and let him see the child regularly.
• Kong Xiuyun explained that Zhou Qiang had pushed Wang Xiaoliang and Dahuang away to protect them and Zijin from Li Lanxiang and Dong Hongmei.

After hearing Kong Xiuyun’s account, Wang Xiaoliang realized Zhou Qiang had deliberately kept his friends away from Li Lanxiang and Dong Hongmei while choosing to disappear. Over the following days, Wang Xiaoliang grew alarmed as one friend after another stopped answering, while Wei Zijin’s phone remained switched off.

• Wang Xiaoliang reflected on how he had unknowingly helped Li Lanxiang conceal her pregnancy and trap Zhou Qiang, and realized Zhou Qiang had kept Huang Xueli out of danger by pushing his friends away.
• Wang Xiaoliang suspected Zhou Qiang had not told Kong Xiuyun everything and might still be planning something, but decided to wait until Zhou Qiang and Dahuang woke up.
• Wang Xiaoliang repeatedly called Huang Xueli’s wife, Zhao Nan, Tian Jiayi, and Kong Xiuyun, but increasingly found them asleep or unreachable.
• Wang Xiaoliang could still reach Nuomi, who answered his calls, while Wei Zijin’s phone remained switched off every time he called.

Wang Xiaoliang learned to observe his emotions while standing in meditation, then watched The Truman Show as news came that hibernation had reached Fucheng. The film left him thinking of Zijin, and the chapter ended with her name appearing on his ringing phone.

• Wang Xiaoliang stood with Fan Qishan and discovered he could watch his fear and longing without trying to suppress them.
• Liu Xinyu told the household that hibernation had reached Fucheng and suggested they stay home and go out less.
• Luo Bisheng set up a movie in the basement, and the group watched The Truman Show while Yang Qingyu stayed with Jiaojiao.
• Wang Xiaoliang connected Truman’s escape from a designed reality to Zhou Qiang’s situation and cried while thinking of Zijin.
• Wang Xiaoliang heard his phone ringing, rushed upstairs, and saw Zijin’s name on the screen.

As the antibody woke his friends one by one, Wang Xiaoliang kept calling Wei Zijin, whose phone remained off. After a week of growing dread, he finally received a call from her.

• Tian Jiayi told Wang Xiaoliang that the antibody had worked and she and her parents had awakened, but Wei Zijin's phone was still off.
• Over the next several days, Xiao Mo, Zhou Qiang, Zhao Nan, Kong Xiuyun, Lu Sining, and Huang Xueli called Wang Xiaoliang after waking.
• Zeng Haiyan told Wang Xiaoliang she had awakened and asked why she could not reach Wei Zijin; Wang Xiaoliang admitted he missed her too.
• Wang Xiaoliang continued calling Wei Zijin through the night, unable to sleep as worry about her grew.
• Wei Zijin finally called Wang Xiaoliang, and he answered, calling her “Honey.”

Wang Xiaoliang learned that Wei Zijin had not woken up fifteen days after receiving the antibody injection and was unlikely to recover. He opened her Cloud Drive and read her notes about the fate-changing arts, including her reflections on their marriage and the people around her.

• Xie Hui told Wang Xiaoliang that Wei Zijin was still asleep and that the fifteenth day after the injection marked a low chance of waking.
• Xie Hui said Wei Zijin was at Seventh People's Hospital under military-level quarantine and had left a message for Wang Xiaoliang on her Cloud Drive.
• Wang Xiaoliang entered the passwords to open Wei Zijin's Cloud Drive and found three numbered folders.
• Wang Xiaoliang read Wei Zijin's notes on the fate-changing arts, including her suspicions about Lanxiang and He Rumeng and her gratitude for their shared trust as husband and wife.
• Wang Xiaoliang read that Wei Zijin had finished the Book of Fate but still felt that something was missing.

Wang Xiaoliang found Wei Zijin’s instructions, love letter, and recordings of ten songs she had made for him. After listening to her final recordings, he broke down and vomited blood.

• Wang Xiaoliang opened Wei Zijin’s instructions and learned she had put their important documents, jewelry, and gold bars in a safe for him.
• Wang Xiaoliang read Wei Zijin’s requests to care for their family and friends, then read her letter describing her love and regret.
• Wang Xiaoliang opened the file about Wei Zijin’s ten songs and began listening to her recordings.
• Wang Xiaoliang listened through all ten songs and heard Wei Zijin say she feared she would not get the chance to say goodbye.
• Wang Xiaoliang imagined reaching for Wei Zijin, then rushed to the bathroom and vomited blood.

After realizing the Book of Fate described the world as his own, Wang Xiaoliang publicly revealed his identity and vowed to spend seven days copying the Chinese Classics to help his wife Wei Zijin wake from Hibernation. He began livestreaming as viewers watched and offered support, while Tian Jiayi followed his plea with tears.

• Wang Xiaoliang reread the Final Art of Fate Change and confronted the idea that the world was his own.
• Tian Jiayi opened Tang Heihu's new video and watched Wang Xiaoliang reveal his identity and show his marriage certificate with Wei Zijin.
• Wang Xiaoliang explained that Wei Zijin had not awakened after Hibernation and vowed to share his lifespan with her if necessary.
• Wang Xiaoliang announced a seven-day livestream copying the Chinese Classics to pray for Wei Zijin's awakening.
• Tian Jiayi watched the livestream as Wang Xiaoliang began copying the Tao Te Ching and viewers posted messages of support and skepticism.

After learning that Zijin might never wake up, Wang Xiaoliang began a seven-day calligraphy livestream, and those close to him gathered to support him. The chapter ended with Liu Xinyu joining Wang Xiaoliang and Fan Qishan in the room, while Yang Qingyu and Yi Jiahui went to buy groceries.

• At breakfast, Wang Xiaoliang asked Luo Bisheng to film a video and Fan Qishan to let him livestream calligraphy for seven days, and Fan agreed to stay with him.
• Yi Jiahui told Yang Qingyu that Wang Xiaoliang had pledged to trade his life for Zijin waking up, so Yang left work to go to the villa with her.
• After watching Wang Xiaoliang's video, Liu Xinyu canceled his meeting and headed to the villa.
• Luo Bisheng told Liu Xinyu, Yang Qingyu, and Yi Jiahui that the experts feared Zijin might never wake up, and Liu decided to stay with Wang Xiaoliang for seven days.
• Yang Qingyu and Yi Jiahui went to buy groceries, while Liu Xinyu joined Wang Xiaoliang and Fan Qishan as Wang continued writing calligraphy.

Xiao Mo defended Wang Xiaoliang’s prayers for Wei Zijin during a livestream as he and Nuomi traveled to Fucheng with Zhao Nan. After seeing the video, Huang Xueli and Lu Sining decided to go to Fucheng, while Wang Keqin persuaded Zhao Xiuqin not to visit or call their son so he would not have to comfort them.

• Xiao Mo warned viewers not to mock or spread rumors about Wang Xiaoliang’s livestream, then ended the broadcast to leave with Nuomi.
• Zhao Nan broke down over Wei Zijin’s condition in the car, and Xiao Mo reassured her that Wei Zijin would wake up.
• Huang Xueli learned from Luo Bisheng that Wei Zijin had not woken up more than fifteen days after receiving antibodies, and he planned to travel to Fucheng with Lu Sining.
• Wang Keqin and Zhao Xiuqin watched Xiao Mo’s video, and Wang Keqin convinced her not to visit or call Wang Xiaoliang so he would not have to comfort them.

Wang Xiaoliang continued writing and meditating as his companions watched over him, while Fan Qishan’s explanation of the Returning Hexagram helped Wang Xiaoliang understand why the Fate-Changing Art’s Seventh Art followed its Thirtieth. He realized that changing fate began with changing the heart, and that his and Zijin’s starting point was her new life.

• Yang Qingyu and Yi Jiahui brought bedding for Wang Xiaoliang, and Yang Qingyu reassured Yi Jiahui that he could endure his long writing session.
• Wang Xiaoliang continued writing and reading for more than a day, pausing to eat when Yang Qingyu, Yi Jiahui, and Luo Bisheng brought him food.
• Liu Xinyu asked Fan Qishan about Instructions for Practical Living, and Fan Qishan answered, “The unity of knowledge and action is knowledge,” which Wang Xiaoliang copied down.
• Nuomi visited Wang Xiaoliang and asked why he needed to write for seven days; Fan Qishan explained the Returning Hexagram’s seven-step cycle.
• Wang Xiaoliang connected the Returning Hexagram to the Seventh Fate-Changing Art and realized that changing fate began with changing the heart, while his and Zijin’s starting point was her new life.

Xiao Mo sat drinking with Wang Xiaoliang while telling him about a one-time beggar who used his skill at reading people to target wealthy passersby for a gang. Wang Xiaoliang listened and kept writing, and Xiao Mo finished the bottle of Jiuqing Liquor without getting drunk.

• Xiao Mo brought liquor, cups, and snacks into Wang Xiaoliang's room and invited him to drink.
• Xiao Mo told Wang Xiaoliang about a handless beggar at a train station who selectively asked people for money and had followers target those who refused.
• Xiao Mo explained that the beggar's operation was a gang that used begging to judge people's compassion before stealing from or robbing those who refused to help.
• Xiao Mo revealed that the beggar belonged to the Thousand Gates and had lost his hands for cheating; after Xiao Mo uncovered his secret, the beggar left the station.
• Wang Xiaoliang resumed writing while Xiao Mo drank the remaining Jiuqing Liquor and remained sober.

Wang Xiaoliang continued writing and meditating while friends and family visited, as he waited for Wei Zijin to wake. The livestream drew millions of viewers, who increasingly focused on whether Zijin would recover and whether Xiaoliang could endure four days without sleep.

• Huang Xueli visited Wang Xiaoliang, shared his plans to quit his job and make a philosophy show, and said he believed in him.
• Lu Sining thanked Wang Xiaoliang for supporting her during Huang Xueli's hospital stay and told him she believed he would succeed.
• Huang Xueli told Liu Xinyu and the others that Seventh People's Hospital was under military management and that he had found no news about Zijin.
• Chen Zhifei, Cui Wanqiu, and Xie Hui visited Wang Xiaoliang; Xie Hui noticed white strands in his hair and broke down after learning he had gone four days without sleep.
• Tang Heihu's livestream reached 4.37 million viewers, and commenters increasingly hoped Zijin would wake and urged Wang Xiaoliang to keep going.

On the sixth day, Wang Xiaoliang kept writing while friends and family visited or watched his livestream, unable to bring themselves to disturb him. The chapter ended with those who stayed in Jiangcheng agreeing to go to Fucheng immediately if they heard that Zijin had woken up.

• Kong Xiuyun visited Wang Xiaoliang and reminded him to buy her the bag he had promised, then cried silently after leaving the room.
• Zhou Qiang spent hours telling Wang Xiaoliang his plans for a restaurant chain and cultural business, then asked him to promise to help; Wang Xiaoliang faintly agreed.
• Liu Xinyu's mother arrived with Fu Zhaojun, but she could not bring herself to enter Wang Xiaoliang's room and instead planned to cook for everyone the next day.
• Cheng Huan watched Tang Heihu's livestream and asked Tian Jiayi to go to Fucheng with her, but Tian Jiayi said she could not bear to cry in front of Wang Xiaoliang.
• Zeng Haiyan watched the livestream and asked Chen Zhifei for updates, while Li Lanxiang messaged her that they should both go to Fucheng if they heard that Zijin had woken up.

As Wang Xiaoliang continued his seventh day without sleep to pray for Wei Zijin, his friends and supporters worried about both of them and tried to keep him going. Hu Yang and Fan Qishan discussed death as a state of waiting for a chance to live, while Xiaoliang kept writing without responding.

• Zeng Haiyan explained in the group chat that Zijin was being watched over by doctors, while Xiaoliang needed company to help him sleep and avoid danger.
• Wang Fen posted a video revealing her friendship with Xiaoliang and Zijin, then sang a warm song wishing them both safety and recovery.
• On the afternoon of the seventh day, Hu Yang and An Peiwen joined Fan Qishan in the room while Xiaoliang continued writing with an unsteady grip.
• Hu Yang asked Fan Qishan about death, and they described it as waiting for a chance to live, like a northern tree waiting for spring.
• Hu Yang invited Fan Qishan to visit their home, but Fan Qishan refused unless Hu Yang had figured something out.

Wang Xiaoliang finished writing after the seven-day countdown ended, then collapsed and slept for two days while his friends watched over him. After waking, he ate, learned Zijin had not woken, and decided to return to Jiangcheng the next day to bring Zijin home.

• Wang Xiaoliang continued writing past the countdown, bowed to the livestream audience, and collapsed after completing the final words.
• Luo Bisheng, Liu Xinyu, and Zhou Qiang carried Wang Xiaoliang to bed, and Fan Qishan told everyone to let him sleep.
• Wang Xiaoliang woke two days later and found Yang Qingyu and Yi Jiahui keeping watch in shifts.
• Yang Qingyu brought Wang Xiaoliang food, and he learned that Zijin had not woken up.
• Wang Xiaoliang went upstairs to rest, planning to return to Jiangcheng the next day and bring Zijin home.

Wang Xiaoliang recovered enough to leave for the hospital where Wei Zijin remained unconscious, dyeing his graying hair before traveling. He reunited with Huang Xueli and held on to the belief that Wei Zijin would wake after thirty-one days, with six days left.

• Wang Xiaoliang woke in Luo Bisheng's care and learned that twenty-five days had passed since Wei Zijin received the antibodies.
• Luo Bisheng gave Wang Xiaoliang hair dye from Yang Qingyu, and Wang Xiaoliang dyed his graying hair before reading messages of support.
• Wang Xiaoliang thanked Luo Bisheng, asked him to manage things, and flew to meet Huang Xueli.
• Wang Xiaoliang reunited with Huang Xueli at the airport and said he had returned to take his queen home.
• Wang Xiaoliang believed Wei Zijin would wake on the thirty-first day, six days away.

Wang Xiaoliang arranged a car to bring Zijin home comfortably and reunited with Zhou Qiang, Kong Xiuyun, Nuomi, and Xiao Mo in Jiangcheng. Nuomi told him she was expecting twins, and Wang Xiaoliang guessed they would be a boy and a girl.

• Luo Bisheng worried about Wang Xiaoliang, and Liu Xinyu reassured him that the livestream had gathered people’s sincere wishes for Zijin.
• Liu Xinyu urged Luo Bisheng to pursue Yi Jiahui, and Luo Bisheng called her to invite her to lunch.
• Wang Xiaoliang decided to buy a vehicle with a flat-folding rear seat so he could drive Zijin home, and he ordered the only suitable SUV in stock.
• Wang Xiaoliang visited Suiyun Residence, where Zhou Qiang and Kong Xiuyun welcomed him with an emotional reunion.
• Nuomi and Xiao Mo arrived, and Nuomi told Wang Xiaoliang that she was expecting twins.
• Wang Xiaoliang smiled and predicted that Nuomi’s twins would be a boy and a girl.

Wang Xiaoliang arranged round-the-clock caregivers for Wei Zijin and agreed to buy Zhao Nan an apartment as Zijin had requested. Unable to get past a military roadblock to reach Zijin at Seventh Hospital, he stocked his SUV and settled into a parking lot nearby to wait.

• Wang Xiaoliang persuaded Zhao Nan to hire two professional caregivers for Wei Zijin and told her to take over Nuomi's work at Mimo while Nuomi rested during her twin pregnancy.
• Wang Xiaoliang told Zhao Nan that Wei Zijin had left instructions for him to buy her an apartment, and Zhao Nan agreed to look for one near his home.
• Four days later, Wang Xiaoliang picked up his SUV and converted its back into a place where he could sleep.
• Wang Xiaoliang drove toward Seventh Hospital but turned back when soldiers blocked the road and would not let him pass.
• Wang Xiaoliang packed supplies and the Book of Fate, parked less than a kilometer from the roadblock, and decided to wait near Wei Zijin.

Wang Xiaoliang waited anxiously for news of Wei Zijin near Seventh People's Hospital, but Zeng Haiyan was also turned back and Wei’s phone remained off. On the thirty-second day, a military convoy passed from the hospital, and Wang realized the martial law had been lifted and drove toward the hospital.

• Wang Xiaoliang recognized Zeng Haiyan driving back from the direction of Seventh People's Hospital and watched her leave without calling to her.
• Wang spent the day waiting for news of Wei Zijin, repeatedly checking his phone and finding no calls or messages.
• Wang called Wei Zijin several times, but heard that the number was powered off, then spent the night unable to sleep.
• On the thirty-second day, Wang saw three military jeeps and six covered trucks pass from the direction of Seventh People's Hospital.
• Wang understood that martial law had been lifted, drove east without encountering a roadblock, and headed for Jiangcheng Seventh People's Hospital.