Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin joined Zhao Xiuqin's relatives for a Lunar New Year meal, where the family welcomed Wei and discussed the couple's upcoming wedding. Youngest Uncle then revealed that he needed working capital for a government construction project and invited the relatives to invest.

• Wang Xiaoliang struggled to park until his cousin Zhao Nan maneuvered his car into the tight space.
• Zhao Xiuqin introduced Wei Zijin to the relatives, who welcomed her and gave her red envelopes.
• Wei Zijin gave New Year money to Hongshu and Li Zikun before joining the family meal.
• Eldest Aunt asked about Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin's wedding, and Zhao Xiuqin said they were looking at dates.
• Youngest Uncle announced that he had nearly secured a major development-zone construction project but lacked enough working capital.
• Youngest Uncle offered the relatives a one-percent monthly return if they invested in his project.

Wang Xiaoliang practiced reversing with Wei Zijin, then tried to have a heart-to-heart with Wang Keqin. His father explained why he had fallen out with Wang Xiaoliang’s youngest uncle, leaving Wang Xiaoliang troubled by what he learned about his relative.

• Wang Xiaoliang practiced reversing in the residential community while Wei Zijin gave him instructions.
• Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin returned home, and Wei Zijin went to rest while Wang Xiaoliang sat with Wang Keqin.
• Wang Xiaoliang asked Wang Keqin why he and Wang Xiaoliang’s youngest uncle had fallen out.
• Wang Keqin said his youngest brother-in-law had asked him to enlist Uncle Wu’s help over a labor complaint, claiming workers were extorting him.
• Wang Keqin explained that the workers had not been paid despite the project payments being settled, and that his youngest brother-in-law had turned against him after Wang Keqin challenged him at a family gathering.
• Wang Xiaoliang recalled the Book of Fate’s warning about untrustworthy people and wondered what to do when the person was family.

Wang Xiaoliang and Wang Keqin agreed to keep their distance from the uncle’s risky investment scheme while maintaining family courtesies, and Wang Keqin explained why he had refused to use connections to secure his son a job. A story about Wang Xiaoliang’s wealthy classmate’s family led Wang Keqin to recall his own parents and reveal that death stood behind the classmate’s grandfather.

• Wang Keqin told Wang Xiaoliang to avoid the uncle himself but continue visiting him to keep up appearances.
• Wang Xiaoliang warned that his uncle wanted the family to invest in a construction project, and Wang Keqin firmly refused to risk their savings.
• Wang Keqin explained that favors from influential relatives could become dangerous debts and said he believed Wang Xiaoliang should gain experience in the real world.
• Wang Xiaoliang described how his wealthy classmate’s grandfather, father, and marital home occupied three villas arranged as successive generations’ backing.
• Wang Keqin praised the family’s idea, then said he missed Wang Xiaoliang’s grandparents and answered that death stood behind the classmate’s grandfather.

Wang Xiaoliang used the Book of Fate’s warning about risky investments to decide his family should stay out of Zhao Jianhua’s venture. At Zhao Jianhua’s new home, he clashed with his younger cousin Zhao Zikun, then watched Zhao Nan eagerly volunteer to go out in Zhao Jianhua’s Land Rover.

• After thinking about his parents standing between him and death, Wang Xiaoliang reread the Book of Fate and resolved not to risk his family’s essential savings on investments.
• On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin visited Zhao Jianhua’s new villa, while Wang Keqin stayed away.
• Zhao Xiuqin invited Wei Zijin to take her place at mahjong, and Zhao Nan stepped in instead.
• Zhao Zikun showed Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin his sneaker collection, then snapped at Wang Xiaoliang for sounding like an old man and returned to his game.
• When Zhao Zikun refused to go out for fruit, Zhao Jianhua invited Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin, but Zhao Nan rushed over and asked to drive his Land Rover.

Zhao Jianhua took Wang Xiaoliang, Wei Zijin, and Zhao Nan for a drive in his Range Rover, then hosted them for a family dinner. As Zhao Jianhua described a construction project as completely reliable, Wang Xiaoliang worried that the Book of Fate marked him as a fraud.

• Zhao Jianhua teased Zhao Nan about driving his Range Rover and asked Wang Xiaoliang what his dream car was; Wang Xiaoliang named a Magotan, prompting Zhao Nan and Zhao Jianhua to laugh.
• Zhao Jianhua offered Wei Zijin a turn driving, but Zhao Nan protested until he let her take the wheel instead.
• After a long drive and a fruit-shopping stop, Zhao Jianhua's family gathered for a lavish dinner, where Wei Zijin and Zhao Nan chatted while Zhao Zikun went upstairs to continue his game.
• Zhao Jianhua reassured the family that his construction project had government support, ample funding, and reliable progress payments, after which the aunts and Zhao Xiuqin stopped questioning him.
• Wang Xiaoliang remembered that the Book of Fate treated claims of certain success as fraudulent and worried that Zhao Jianhua's assurances meant the project was risky.

Wang Xiaoliang reassured himself that his mother would not invest in his youngest uncle’s project, while Wei Zijin considered interviewing Zhao Nan. A discounted apartment promotion prompted the family to plan a trip to Jiangcheng to view homes.

• On the drive home, Wang Xiaoliang warned Zhao Xiuqin not to invest in his youngest uncle’s project, but she said their money was needed for his home and wedding.
• Wei Zijin told Wang Xiaoliang she wanted to interview Zhao Nan about choosing to live off her parents, and they discussed whether a public video might upset Zhao Nan’s parents.
• A sales consultant from Ruijing Meiyuan called Wang Xiaoliang about a promotion offering a 50,000-yuan credit for a 20,000-yuan deposit.
• Zhao Xiuqin brought the promotion to Wang Keqin, who agreed the family should visit Jiangcheng and look at apartments.
• Wei Zijin offered to book the family’s flights, and Zhao Xiuqin happily accepted after Wei Zijin said she wanted to be treated as family.

Wang Xiaoliang showed his parents around Jiangcheng and introduced them to his work, friends, and plans with Wei Zijin. After they chose Ruijing Meiyuan and paid a deposit, Zhou Qiang welcomed the family to lunch at his restaurant.

• Wei Zijin hosted Wang Keqin and Zhao Xiuqin at her apartment and credited Wang Xiaoliang with keeping it clean.
• Wang Xiaoliang took his parents and Wei Zijin on a tour of his three stores, where the employees greeted him as their boss.
• Wang Xiaoliang told Zhou Qiang that his parents were visiting and that they planned to look at apartments, so Zhou Qiang arranged to pick them up.
• Zhou Qiang, Li Lanxiang, and Li Lanxiang's mother joined Wang Xiaoliang's group to visit Ruijing Meiyuan's sales office.
• Wang Keqin and Zhao Xiuqin agreed to buy at Ruijing Meiyuan, and the family paid a deposit to reserve the promotion.
• Zhou Qiang led everyone past the queue into Hongbin Little Tower, where he had reserved a table for them.

Wang Xiaoliang asked Hu Yang for help buying an apartment at Ruijing Meiyuan Phase Two, and Hu Yang arranged an internal price through the project manager. At the sales office, Wang Xiaoliang also unexpectedly ran into his university classmate Zhao Shengkai, who worked there.

• Zhao Xiuqin chose a 156-square-meter apartment on the sixteenth floor, but its price of about 3.02 million exceeded the family's budget.
• Zhou Qiang urged Wang Xiaoliang to call Hu Yang, who told him to secure the apartment and promised to contact the project team.
• Jia Dong invited Wang Xiaoliang and his family to the VIP reception room and arranged an internal employee price with the chairman's approval.
• Wang Xiaoliang recognized Zhao Shengkai, his university classmate, while Zhao Shengkai served tea in the reception room.
• Jia Dong showed Wang Xiaoliang a note listing the apartment's internal price as 2.8 million.

Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin bought an apartment, celebrated their engagement with their families, and prepared to marry the following year. Before Wang Keqin and Zhao Xiuqin returned home, Wang Xiaoliang revealed how the Book of Fate had changed his life, and his parents left Wei Zijin tearfully promising to visit again.

• Liu calculated the apartment’s mortgage, and Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin agreed to repay it together before Wang Keqin paid the deposit; Wei Zijin then won a Casarte double-door refrigerator in the golden egg promotion.
• Wei Zijin became Li Lanxiang’s mother’s goddaughter, and Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin held their engagement banquet at Zhou Qiang’s home, where the families tentatively set their wedding for next year’s National Day Golden Week.
• Zhao Xiuqin took Wei Zijin to buy three pieces of gold jewelry, while Wang Keqin asked Wang Xiaoliang how his life had changed so dramatically.
• Wang Xiaoliang told Wang Keqin about his experiences and the Book of Fate, but Wang Keqin declined to read it until his son had finished it.
• On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Zhou Qiang drove Wang Keqin and Zhao Xiuqin to the airport, where Zhao Xiuqin tearfully told Wei Zijin to visit whenever she missed them.

After signing the home loan, Wang Xiaoliang worried about the mortgage and planned to expand his business by selling fresh-cut fruit. That night, the Book of Fate warned him that using wealth wisely mattered as much as earning it, leaving him unsure what danger the message foretold.

• Wei Zijin returned to work early to save leave for their wedding, while she and Wang Xiaoliang joked about their plans for the fifteenth.
• Wang Xiaoliang completed the property purchase paperwork and, after seeing the nearly two million yuan in loan interest, resolved to increase his income before the supermarket contract expired.
• Wang Xiaoliang called Zhou Qiang and proposed selling Anyang Snacks' fresh-cut fruit at their supermarket; Zhou Qiang approved and offered to help him find a used Wuling Hongguang after the fifteenth.
• Wang Xiaoliang cleaned his Rental Room and resumed practicing calligraphy and recording videos.
• Unable to sleep, Wang Xiaoliang read a new message in the Book of Fate about using wealth wisely and wondered whether it warned him about his mortgage or some other impending hardship.

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.