Recaps

Wang Xiaoliang inspected and prepared his three new campus shops, relying on Kong Xiuyun, Sister Li, and Sun Ting to organize the work and plan their merchandise. After a productive day, he received a blunt message from Kong Xiuyun demanding an expense report.

• Wang Xiaoliang asked Zhou Qiang to install surveillance cameras in all three shops, and Zhou arranged for Kong Xiuyun to handle their finances.
• Kong Xiuyun brought a crew from Hongbin Tower that cleaned all three shops before five in the afternoon.
• Sister Li introduced Sun Ting as a prospective shop manager, and Wang Xiaoliang offered her a month-long trial with the same pay, benefits, and insurance as the other managers.
• Sister Li and Sun Ting helped Wang Xiaoliang plan detailed merchandise layouts tailored to the campus shops and their student customers.
• Wang Xiaoliang secured his important business documents, then accepted Kong Xiuyun's WeChat request and received her demand to report the day's expenses.

Wang Xiaoliang accepted Kong Xiuyun’s strict expense controls and followed the Book of Fate’s warning as he prepared three supermarkets. Just as preparations neared completion, a woman arrived at Store One, and Wang Xiaoliang greeted her with surprise and affection.

• Kong Xiuyun told Wang Xiaoliang to separate personal and business expenses and proposed checking the stores’ accounts and collecting their takings each evening; he agreed.
• Wang Xiaoliang read the Book of Fate’s advice to recognize good fortune and avoid arrogance or extravagance, then felt calmer.
• Li Fengxia signed an employment contract with insurance, and Wang Xiaoliang was impressed by Sun Ting’s organized work as they prepared their assigned stores.
• Wang Xiaoliang selected nine employees with Kong Xiuyun’s input, and the teams assembled shelves, sorted goods, and labeled prices.
• At Store One, Wang Xiaoliang struggled to learn the secondhand cash register when a woman asked to buy coffee; he stood up and greeted her warmly, saying, “You’re here.”

Wang Xiaoliang reunited with Wei Zijin, reassured her about a female employee, and joined her for dinner with Li Lanxiang and Zhou Qiang. Zhou Qiang advised him to hire a manager and focus on growing his business, while the supermarket prepared to open a day early; Huang Xueli arrived but could not celebrate with a drink because of a dorm inspection.

• Liang Yanni recognized Wei Zijin as the woman Wang Xiaoliang was holding hands with.
• Wei Zijin asked Wang Xiaoliang about the female employee, and he promised to transfer her to another store.
• Wei Zijin and Wang Xiaoliang went to Hongbin Tower, where Li Lanxiang and Zhou Qiang were waiting.
• Wang Xiaoliang told Zhou Qiang the supermarket was ready to open the next day and said he still planned to oversee the store himself.
• Zhou Qiang advised Wang Xiaoliang to hire a manager and devote his time to coordinating the stores and planning expansion.
• Huang Xueli arrived late and declined to drink because a surprise dorm inspection was scheduled that night.

Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin shared a meal with Zhou Qiang, Li Lanxiang, and Huang Xueli, where they discussed their successful supermarket venture and Zhou praised their contributions. Wang spent a romantic afternoon and night with Wei before turning his attention to the supermarkets’ openings the next morning.

• Huang Xueli warmly praised Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin, and Wei answered confidently that she had chosen well.
• Li Lanxiang told Huang that Zhou Qiang admired his supermarket plan and also praised Wang’s experience and reliability.
• Zhou explained that competing bids confirmed the supermarket venture could be profitable and credited both Huang’s strategy and Wang’s research.
• After the meal, Wang arranged the next day’s openings with Li Fengxia, Feng Ting, and Liang Yanni, then spent the afternoon shopping and watching a movie with Wei.
• Wang and Wei spent the night together, and the next morning Wei reminded him to focus on the supermarket openings before he followed her into the bathroom to shower together.

Wang Xiaoliang oversaw the busy first day at all three campus supermarkets, hired part-time student workers, and coordinated staffing and financial reporting. The stores earned over seventy-three thousand yuan in sales, and he ended the night both touched by Wei Zijin’s note and calculating how much profit he might make.

• Wang Xiaoliang arrived late at Store One, observed strong breakfast sales, and restocked popular items across the three stores.
• He called financially disadvantaged students about part-time work, interviewed the applicants, and selected six to help at the stores during peak hours.
• Wang Xiaoliang and Li Fengxia arranged employee shifts and agreed that the managers would work longer hours for the first three days.
• Kong Xiuyun learned to retrieve register records and reported total sales of 73,502 yuan across the three stores, with snacks and drinks making up over sixty percent.
• Wang Xiaoliang found Wei Zijin’s note and snacks in his room, then stayed awake wondering how much he would earn from his thirty-percent stake.

Wang Xiaoliang's store passed a school inspection and drew heavy business, prompting him to arrange for three additional cash registers. He learned that Liu Xinyu was getting married and, after a playful misunderstanding with Wei Zijin, found out that she had already arranged for them to attend together.

• Song Yi led the inspection team through Wang Xiaoliang's store, where inspectors found its permits, prices, products, and fire safety arrangements in order.
• Song Yi praised Wang Xiaoliang for opening on time and keeping his promise not to sell cigarettes, alcohol, or betel nuts.
• After long lines formed at the checkout counters, Wang Xiaoliang called Zhou Qiang, who arranged to add three cash registers, one for each store.
• Liu Xinyu called Wang Xiaoliang and invited him to be his best man at his October 2 wedding, asking him to arrive by September 30.
• Wang Xiaoliang told Wei Zijin about the wedding, and she revealed that Lanxiang had already arranged flights for the four of them to go together.

Wang Xiaoliang managed his growing supermarket business while Liang Yanni asked to be interviewed by Wei Zijin, and he tried to avoid provoking his girlfriend's jealousy. He later reunited with Wei Zijin and friends for lunch, where they discussed Hongbin Tower's closure, an upcoming wedding trip, and university students' holiday rules.

• Wang Xiaoliang asked Li Fengxia and Sun Ting to identify promising part-timers for store-manager training and told Liang Yanni she could switch to part-time work while studying for exams.
• Liang Yanni asked Wang Xiaoliang whether Wei Zijin was his girlfriend, then messaged him saying she was willing to do an interview and asked him to contact Wei Zijin.
• Wang Xiaoliang declined to contact Wei Zijin, citing their agreement not to interfere with each other's work or contact each other during the workweek.
• Wei Zijin arrived at Supermarket One on Saturday, and Wang Xiaoliang took her to lunch with Zhou Qiang, Li Lanxiang, and Huang Xueli at Hongbin Tower.
• Zhou Qiang told the group Hongbin Tower would close the following week, and Wang Xiaoliang explained that he and Wei Zijin planned to attend Liu Xinyu's National Day wedding.
• Huang Xueli described the university's strict holiday duty rules and dorm inspections, then teased Zhou Qiang and Wang Xiaoliang about having children.

Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang bought proper outfits for their roles as best men, and Wang Xiaoliang bought Wei Zijin an expensive dress. Later, he studied the Book of Fate and realized that his supermarket partnership already met its conditions for success, leaving him confident in the venture.

• Li Lanxiang and Wei Zijin insisted that Zhou Qiang and Wang Xiaoliang buy formal outfits for the wedding, and the two men reluctantly agreed.
• Wei Zijin bought Wang Xiaoliang a coordinated outfit, while Li Lanxiang secured a similar purchase for Zhou Qiang.
• Wei Zijin admired a pale purple dress but rejected it after seeing its price, so Wang Xiaoliang bought it for her.
• Back at the Rental Room, Wang Xiaoliang read a new passage in the Book of Fate about planning well, using everyone's strengths, and setting aside self-interest.
• Wang Xiaoliang understood that setting aside self-interest meant sharing responsibility and risks without keeping score, and concluded that the supermarket partnership fulfilled the passage's conditions.

Wang Xiaoliang wrapped up his deliveries and arranged for the shops to run while he and Wei Zijin traveled out of town. As they packed, he urged Wei Zijin to replace her careless assistant, and she asked what he meant by doing well with her show and short videos.

• Luo Bisheng told Wang Xiaoliang that Bugbug Internet Cafe would stop buying his goods after that day, and Wang recorded the 11,530 he had earned from the cafe.
• Wang Xiaoliang instructed the managers to watch the shops while he was away and gave the employees holiday bonuses.
• Wang Xiaoliang went to Wei Zijin's home to pack for their early flight, and he teased her by tossing a box of Durex into her suitcase.
• Wei Zijin described her past trouble with airline baggage rules, prompting Wang Xiaoliang to worry about her assistant and urge her to replace her.
• Wei Zijin said she could not dismiss the assistant because someone was backing her, then explained that she wanted to focus on her show and short-video account.
• Wei Zijin asked Wang Xiaoliang what counted as doing a good job with her show and short videos.

Wei Zijin talked with Wang Xiaoliang about her interview series before they traveled with Zhou Qiang and Li Lanxiang to Liu Xinyu’s wedding. At the airport, they ran into old college friends who were stunned that Wei Zijin was Wang Xiaoliang’s wife, and another familiar voice called to the women as boarding approached.

• Wei Zijin told Wang Xiaoliang she felt her interview series had plateaued and considered interviewing successful people next.
• Wang Xiaoliang cheered Wei Zijin up by asking her to wear her dress again, and they shared an intimate moment.
• Wang Xiaoliang, Wei Zijin, Zhou Qiang, and Li Lanxiang drove to the airport for their trip to Liu Xinyu’s wedding.
• At the airport, they met Zeng Haiyan, Li Xiaoman, and Fang Dongxu, and Wang Xiaoliang introduced everyone.
• Li Xiaoman and Fang Dongxu were shocked to learn Wei Zijin was Wang Xiaoliang’s wife.
• As boarding time neared, an unseen person called out to Wei Zijin and Li Lanxiang.

On the flight, Zhou Qiang explained Liu Xinyu’s rare ability to earn people’s trust and reassured Wang Xiaoliang that Liu Xinyu considered him a friend. The chapter left Wang Xiaoliang learning that Liu Xinyu had been having a hard time, though Zhou Qiang would not reveal the private details.

• Chen Xiaoying and Zhao Shengkai greeted Li Lanxiang and Wei Zijin warmly at the airport, while Chen Xiaoying barely acknowledged Zeng Haiyan and Zhao Shengkai ignored Wang Xiaoliang and Li Xiaoman.
• Chen Xiaoying and Zhao Shengkai boarded early in business class, and Zeng Haiyan mocked Chen Xiaoying’s showy manner after they left.
• Wang Xiaoliang experienced his first flight and joked with Zhou Qiang about flying and Zhou Qiang’s past.
• Wang Xiaoliang asked about Liu Xinyu, and Zhou Qiang praised Liu Xinyu’s natural gift for making people feel close and trusted.
• Wang Xiaoliang worried that Liu Xinyu did not truly consider him a friend, but Zhou Qiang reassured him that Liu Xinyu did.
• Zhou Qiang said Liu Xinyu had been having a hard time lately, but would not discuss the private family matters behind it.

Wang Xiaoliang and the others arrived in Fucheng, where Liu Xinyu arranged their hotel and a private lunch with fellow Jiang University alumni. The chapter left Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang waiting in the lavish dining room as the guests gathered, while they kept quiet about what they had heard concerning Zhao Shengkai.

• Wang Xiaoliang and his group met Fu at the airport, then boarded a Coaster with four other Jiang University alumni.
• Zeng Haiyan chatted with the alumni on the way to the hotel and introduced everyone.
• Fu gave most of the guests hotel key cards but told Wang Xiaoliang, Zhou Qiang, and two women that Liu Xinyu had made other arrangements; Zeng Haiyan pulled Wei Zijin and Li Lanxiang upstairs.
• Fu took Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang to the Lotus Pond private dining room, where they chose seats away from the places of honor.
• Chen Xiaoying and Zeng Haiyan told Zhao Shengkai not to smoke, and he put out his cigarette.
• Zhou Qiang asked whether Wang Xiaoliang had told Wei Zijin what Huang Xueli had said about Zhao Shengkai, and Wang Xiaoliang said he had not.

Wang Xiaoliang and his friends reunited with Xiao Weijin and other Jiang University alumni over a meal before introducing themselves and catching up. Liu Xinyu arrived looking transformed, warmly greeted the group, and asked Wei Zijin for help with something important.

• Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang quietly joked about Chen Xiaoying while Wei Zijin and Zeng Haiyan sat with them.
• Xiao Weijin arrived with He Runya and two other alumni, greeted Wang Xiaoliang, and joined the meal.
• Zeng Haiyan suggested that everyone introduce themselves, and the guests shared their jobs and relationships, including that Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin were dating.
• The introductions eased the atmosphere, and the alumni began chatting about places to visit in Fucheng.
• Liu Xinyu arrived, greeted his university friends, told Wei Zijin he needed her help with something important, and embraced Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang.

At his wedding banquet in Fucheng, Liu Xinyu hosted his Jiang University classmates lavishly before revealing to the friends who stayed behind that his glasses were only for show. He invited Zeng Haiyan to join their outings and arranged for Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang to stay at his home and meet his family.

• Liu Xinyu thanked his classmates for attending, announced more alumni would arrive the next day, and invited everyone to enjoy the hotel and Fucheng over the next three days.
• After the other classmates left, Zeng Haiyan teased Liu Xinyu about his wealthy family, glasses, and mustache, and Liu Xinyu admitted his glasses had no lenses and were just for show.
• Zhou Qiang brought Liu Xinyu egg fried rice, and the friends joked together as Liu Xinyu ate.
• Zeng Haiyan asked to join the group during her stay in Fucheng, and Liu Xinyu agreed and told her to meet them in the lobby in twenty minutes.
• Liu Xinyu told Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang he had arranged for them to stay at his home and invited them to meet his family over dinner.

Liu Xinyu brought his friends to a secluded villa in Fucheng, where they met his childhood friend Fan Qishan, a bald man absorbed in reading the Diamond Sutra. Fan Qishan greeted Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang and thanked them for bringing him good luck.

• Li Lanxiang asked Liu Xinyu what Zeng Haiyan had said when they hugged, and Liu Xinyu promised to explain another time.
• Zeng Haiyan came down with her suitcase, and Liu Xinyu led the group from the hotel to a villa near the summit of a mountain.
• Liu Xinyu showed the women the guest rooms and called to Fan Qishan, who was reading the Diamond Sutra on a sofa.
• Fan Qishan sat up and shouted about the book, then introduced himself politely to Zhou Qiang and Wang Xiaoliang.
• Fan Qishan thanked Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang for bringing him good luck.

Liu Xinyu welcomed his old friends to his family’s villa and explained the three adjoining houses his grandfather had bought to support each generation of the family. Zeng Haiyan revealed she had quit her job to sell stinky tofu, then reignited a dispute with Wang Xiaoliang over whether he deserved Wei Zijin.

• Liu Xinyu invited Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang to explore the villa and serve themselves tea while Fan Qishan stayed downstairs.
• Liu Xinyu explained that his grandfather had bought three adjoining houses so the family could remain united and each generation could support the next, though he had died before living in his own house.
• Zeng Haiyan joined the tea gathering and told Liu Xinyu she had quit her job and returned home to sell stinky tofu.
• Zeng Haiyan said she regretted not speaking more badly about Wang Xiaoliang to Wei Zijin, then insisted Wang was not good enough for her.
• Wang Xiaoliang challenged Zeng Haiyan over her repeated criticism, and Zhou Qiang remarked that only the people in a relationship could truly know whether they were right for each other.

Wang Xiaoliang and his friends prepared to meet Liu Xinyu’s parents at the villa, while Wei Zijin showed her affection and gave him clothes she had chosen for the occasion. Liu Xinyu introduced his fiancée, Yang Qingyu, and called Fan Qishan to dinner.

• Wei Zijin urged Wang Xiaoliang to shower before dinner, while Li Lanxiang tried to persuade Zhou Qiang to freshen up too.
• Wei Zijin led Wang Xiaoliang to an upstairs room, where he embraced and kissed her before she handed him clothes she had picked out for the visit.
• Yang Qingyu arrived and invited Liu Xinyu’s friends to dinner, then Liu Xinyu introduced her as his fiancée.
• Liu Xinyu called Fan Qishan to join them for dinner, and Fan Qishan eagerly agreed.

Liu Xinyu brought Wang Xiaoliang, Wei Zijin, and his other close friends to dinner with his parents in Fucheng. After Liu Xinyu's father asked Fan Qishan to read the guests' faces and judge whether their destinies clashed with Liu Xinyu's, Fan reluctantly agreed under threat of losing access to his favorite cooking.

• Liu Xinyu introduced Wang Xiaoliang, Wei Zijin, Zhou Qiang, Li Lanxiang, and Zeng Haiyan to his parents as his closest friends.
• Liu Xinyu's father welcomed the guests and toasted them, while Yang Qingyu revealed that she was his goddaughter and kept his drinking in check.
• The group enjoyed Liu Xinyu's mother's cooking as Fan Qishan ate quietly beside Liu Xinyu's father.
• Liu Xinyu's father asked Fan Qishan to read the guests' faces and determine whether their destinies clashed with Liu Xinyu's.
• Fan Qishan denied having genuine fortune-telling skills, but Liu Xinyu's father threatened to replace his mother's cooking with terrible food until Fan agreed to proceed.

Fan Qishan read the guests’ luck and relationships at dinner, startling Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin by revealing their feelings had lasted nearly four years. He left Zeng Haiyan with a warning that her mouth could ruin her prospects, then resumed eating as Liu Xinyu’s family teased him about their closeness.

• Fan Qishan said Zhou Qiang and Wang Xiaoliang had good luck, identified Zhou Qiang and Li Lanxiang as a married couple, and said Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin had been together a long time.
• Fan Qishan warned Zeng Haiyan that her mouth would make or break her, then ignored her questions about marriage prospects.
• Li Lanxiang said Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin had only been together for a few months, but Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin revealed they had had feelings for each other for almost four years.
• Fan Qishan said Zhou Qiang had brought him good fortune and shared the line, “Let the mind arise without abiding in anything.”
• Fan Qishan praised Liu Xinyu’s ability to read people, refused to call Liu Xinyu’s dad “Dad,” and affectionately called Liu Xinyu’s mom “Mom.”
• When Zeng Haiyan pressed Fan Qishan about her love life again, he warned that it would not work out if she kept this up.

Liu Xinyu explained how Zhou Qiang’s wife had signaled trust by asking about private matters, prompting Wang Xiaoliang to deduce that Zeng Haiyan had once been involved with Liu Xinyu. Liu confirmed it, then read Wang and Zhou’s personalities and began explaining Zhou’s guarded nature.

• Yang Qingyu invited Liu Xinyu’s mother, Zeng Haiyan, and another woman to inspect the bridal home, leaving the men together.
• Zhou Qiang asked Liu Xinyu what he meant by telling him to learn from Lanxiang, and Liu explained that Zhou’s wife had treated him as one of her own by asking about his private affairs.
• Wang Xiaoliang connected Liu Xinyu’s past questions and Zeng Haiyan’s remarks, then asked whether she had been the woman who had been intimate with Liu and later asked about his family.
• Liu Xinyu confirmed that he and Zeng Haiyan had been involved, and Wang Xiaoliang asked how Liu had become sure he could befriend Zhou Qiang so quickly.
• Liu Xinyu described Wang Xiaoliang’s and Zhou Qiang’s personalities, then said Zhou was overly shrewd and guarded, leaving Wang and Zhou asking how he had figured that out.

Liu Xinyu told Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang how his grandfather built a fortune by gathering information through his Early Morning Wine stall and turning struggling factories around. He also explained how his grandfather raised him, Fan Qishan, and Qingyu together, ending with a story about how Fan Qishan got his name.

• Liu Xinyu explained that his grandfather quietly saved a hundred thousand yuan by selling beef offal soup and homemade rice wine at his Early Morning Wine stall.
• Liu Xinyu described how his grandfather used information from fishermen, customers, and drivers to trade scarce goods and eventually take over a struggling state-owned cannery.
• Liu Xinyu said his grandfather transformed the cannery by producing canned bananas and lychees for northern markets, then took over several more factories before handing the businesses to Liu Xinyu's father.
• Liu Xinyu explained that his grandfather raised him, Fan Qishan, and Qingyu together while their parents worked at the factories.
• Liu Xinyu told Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Qiang that his grandfather named Fan Qishan after joking that he was a little Jia Baoyu and choosing a name meaning a mountain full of jade.

Liu Xinyu recounted his childhood with Fan Qishan and Qingyu, their life with their perceptive, affectionate grandfather, and the circumstances of the old man's death. After Grandpa died, Fan Qishan left with a Taoist priest to learn from him, leaving Wang Xiaoliang wondering why Liu Xinyu had shared the story.

• Liu Xinyu described how Grandpa read people and recalled Fan Qishan's blunt childhood remark to a woman that her bottom was bleeding.
• Liu Xinyu recalled the three children listening to Grandpa's stories over meals and at night, and how Grandpa rejected the idea of a rebellious phase.
• Liu Xinyu said that he and Fan Qishan attended Fucheng No. 1 High School while Qingyu went to vocational school and cared for Grandpa.
• After Grandpa collapsed from a heart attack, Liu Xinyu and Fan Qishan reached the hospital, where Grandpa gave them parting advice and died.
• Liu Xinyu recounted how Fan Qishan chose to follow the Taoist priest and left without turning back or kowtowing to Grandpa.
• Wang Xiaoliang wondered why Liu Xinyu had told them the story.

Liu Xinyu explained that his skill at reading people came from years of practice, while Fan Qishan's focused mind let him master whatever he pursued. After Fan Qishan admitted he had been wrong, Liu Xinyu began to confide what had truly been troubling him.

• Zhou Qiang reasoned that Liu Xinyu was better at reading people because he had more experience, and Liu Xinyu agreed.
• Liu Xinyu said Fan Qishan had a pure, undistracted mind that helped him excel, but Fan Qishan called him dishonest and prompted him to admit he wanted someone to talk to.
• Liu Xinyu recounted how Fan Qishan had gone to Donglei Temple to study Buddhism, then left after deciding its monks had no ability.
• Fan Qishan said the problem had been with himself, not his teachers, and declared, "I was wrong."
• Fan Qishan asked Liu Xinyu to talk about Uncle Liu, and Liu Xinyu admitted that he had hated his dad since childhood.

Liu Xinyu recounted how his father’s ambition and infidelity fractured the family, while his grandfather tried to protect them by securing the factories and the Early Morning Wine shop. He ended his story by revealing that his father had eventually been kidnapped.

• Liu Xinyu told Wang Xiaoliang, Zhou Qiang, and Fan Qishan that his father had been mostly absent during his childhood and tried to make up for it with expensive gifts.
• Liu Xinyu recalled that when he was eight, his grandfather drove his father and his pretty female secretary out of the house after discovering the affair.
• Liu Xinyu explained that his mother returned to work without showing emotion, and he realized that the family had already fallen apart.
• Liu Xinyu said his grandfather transferred the three factories to the mothers and gave Qingyu the Early Morning Wine shop to protect the family from financial ruin.
• Liu Xinyu described how his father ignored his grandfather’s warnings, pursued fast money, and kept expanding his business and network of friends.
• Liu Xinyu revealed that his father was eventually kidnapped.

Liu Xinyu explained how his grandfather’s encouragement and his father’s expectations shaped his plans to stay in Jiangcheng, until his father’s sincere request convinced him to return home. The conversation ended when Yang Qingyu and her friends arrived, and Liu Xinyu joked that his wife’s praise was a restaurant owner’s sales skill.

• Liu Xinyu recalled that his grandfather let him and Qingyu choose their own paths, while his father’s advice often amounted to orders.
• Liu Xinyu described how he cultivated connections in college and was offered a chance to stay at the university after graduation.
• Liu Xinyu said his mother asked him to return and take over the family business, but he suggested hiring a professional manager.
• Liu Xinyu recounted how his father gently asked him to come home for a heart-to-heart, and how he decided to return after the call.
• Yang Qingyu arrived with Li Lanxiang, Wei Zijin, and Zeng Haiyan, and announced plans to take the women out for late-night congee.
• Liu Xinyu dismissed the women’s praise of Yang Qingyu as a sales skill, and Zeng Haiyan teased him for being an even better deceiver.