Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiaoliang reunited with Wei Zijin after surviving an armed home invasion, and they celebrated the news that he could come home and that they would both start trying for a baby. Over dinner, Nuomi and Xiao Mo explained how they had recognized that Wang Xiaoliang was in danger and called the police.

• Wei Zijin comforted Wang Xiaoliang over his injuries, and Xiao Mo and Nuomi welcomed him home.
• Wang Xiaoliang told Wei Zijin that Qishan had said he could come home, and they agreed to start trying for a baby.
• The five shared a belated New Year meal, where Nuomi and Wei Zijin declined liquor because they planned to try for a baby.
• Nuomi explained that Wang Xiaoliang's overly polite phone manner and muted responses made her suspect he was being threatened.
• Xiao Mo said he had urged Nuomi to report an armed home invasion so the police would respond quickly, and Huang Xueli praised their teamwork.

Wang Xiaoliang reunited with Liu Xinyu, who offered him a 20 percent stake in Chengyu Group, and Wang agreed on the condition that Liu invest in Xiaosheng Media. The next morning, Wang joined Liu and Yang Qingyu for the reopening of Grandpa Liu’s beef offal shop, where Yang handed Sister Hua responsibility for running it and announced plans to expand.

• Chen Zhifei invited Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin to New Year dinner, and Wei later received Jiangcheng Television Station’s recommendation for the CCTV Host Competition, so Wang told her to return to Jiangcheng ahead of him.
• Wang Xiaoliang welcomed Liu Xinyu, Yang Qingyu, and their daughter Jiaojiao at the airport, then listened as Liu apologized for concealing Qishan’s warning about the danger Wang had faced.
• Liu Xinyu offered Wang Xiaoliang a 20 percent stake in Chengyu Group, and Wang accepted while asking Liu to take a stake in Xiaosheng Media.
• Wang Xiaoliang accompanied Liu Xinyu and Yang Qingyu to the beef offal shop’s reopening, where Yang entrusted Sister Hua with managing the shop and planned to expand to Mendong Night Market.
• Sister Hua distributed reopening lucky-money envelopes to the kitchen staff and raised the roller shutter to open the shop.

Liu Xinyu and Wang Xiaoliang discussed Third Uncle’s ideas about life while driving to collect Luo Bisheng, then reunited with him at the airport. Later, Yang Qingyu arranged to share the shop with Wang Xiaoliang and revealed that Jiahui was her half-sister and had been asked to keep watch on him.

• Wang Xiaoliang told Liu Xinyu that Third Uncle had described life’s meaning as animal nature and human nature, with wisdom, compassion, or tolerance distinguishing people from animals.
• Liu Xinyu and Wang Xiaoliang agreed they would focus on being happy and laughed together.
• Liu Xinyu and Wang Xiaoliang collected Luo Bisheng at the airport, where he mentioned his parents pressuring him to marry and asked whether Wang Xiaoliang had been kidnapped.
• Wang Xiaoliang took Yang Qingyu to inspect the shop, and they agreed to split the rent after she officially opened her business.
• Yang Qingyu apologized to Wang Xiaoliang and revealed that Jiahui was her half-sister and that she had asked Jiahui to report on him.

Yang Qingyu explained why she had kept track of Wang Xiaoliang and shared how Zijin had confided her fears and gratitude to her. She left Wang Xiaoliang knowing how deeply Zijin valued him and how Liu Xinyu had begun opening up to her.

• Yang Qingyu admitted that she had initially watched Wang Xiaoliang at Liu Xinyu’s request, then continued out of curiosity and concern for Zijin.
• Yang Qingyu told Wang Xiaoliang that Zijin had called her daily while he was unconscious and had come to rely on their conversations.
• Yang Qingyu explained that Zijin feared losing Wang Xiaoliang, reconsidered her success as a result of his support, and saw him as her greatest benefactor.
• Yang Qingyu said Zijin had chosen her as a confidante because she could not safely share her worries with Wang Xiaoliang or Sister Nan.
• Wang Xiaoliang thanked Yang Qingyu for supporting Zijin, and Yang Qingyu told him Liu Xinyu had shared the truth about Qishan’s prediction and Singapore.
• Yang Qingyu said Liu Xinyu was becoming more open and told Wang Xiaoliang that Zijin deserved the way he treated her.

Liu Xinyu reorganized the group's leadership and businesses before joining a gathering at the renovated Doorway Starlight Night Market. Wang Xiaoliang watched a video about a young caregiver and received an urgent call from Xiao Mo directing him to another video.

• Yang Qingyu told Wang Xiaoliang that she had encouraged Yi Jiahui to pursue Luo Bisheng, but the match had not worked out.
• Liu Xinyu announced leadership changes, merged Fucheng Chengyou Construction Labor Company into Fucheng Chengyu Property Management Company, and transferred Yi Jiahui to the group's human resources department.
• Yi Jiahui hosted a meal at Doorway Starlight Night Market to welcome Liu Xinyu and Yang Qingyu back.
• Luo Bisheng showed Wang Xiaoliang a video of a young man caring for his mother and working at Li Le's stall, then warned that Ma Yuanyuan risked backlash over such content.
• Yi Jiahui proposed that everyone reunite every Spring Festival, and Liu Xinyu supported the idea.
• Xiao Mo called Wang Xiaoliang and told him to watch a video he had sent and call back afterward.

Wang Xiaoliang learned that a viral street video had exposed Huang Xueli and Zeng Haiyan’s relationship, then called Huang to discuss the fallout. Huang planned to face the consequences but suspected Haiyan might have arranged the video, leaving their future uncertain.

• Wang Xiaoliang watched a viral video of Zeng Haiyan and Huang Xueli holding hands, while Xiao Mo warned that commenters had exposed Huang’s identity and accused Haiyan of seducing a married man.
• Wang Xiaoliang called Huang Xueli, who admitted he felt embarrassed and said he might face disciplinary action or lose his job, while his divorce was now certain.
• Wang Xiaoliang suggested Huang resign and join the Media Company, but Huang said he needed to face the situation and finish what he had started.
• Huang Xueli said he had originally planned to make things official with Zeng Haiyan but now wanted to wait and see whether she had deliberately caused the video to spread.
• Wang Xiaoliang warned Huang that Haiyan might have gambled with his future without consulting him, then reflected that her attempt to push their relationship forward had made the outcome uncertain.

Wang Xiaoliang used the Book of Fate’s advice to identify Huang Xueli’s refusal to divorce as the root of his troubles and devised a plan to present the separation as mutual and peaceful. He called Huang Xueli at dawn, and Huang Xueli agreed to speak with his wife.

• Wang Xiaoliang reflected on the Book of Fate’s instruction to look inward and concluded that Huang Xueli’s decision to remain in a loveless marriage had led to the affair and its exposure.
• Wang Xiaoliang devised a plan for Huang Xueli and his wife to publicly explain that they had already agreed to divorce, with President Xiao clarifying Zeng Haiyan’s relationship with Huang Xueli.
• Wang Xiaoliang waited until five in the morning before calling Huang Xueli with his plan.
• Huang Xueli admitted he had considered a similar approach but had hesitated because he felt he had wronged his wife.
• Wang Xiaoliang argued that appearing calm and reasonable could benefit Huang Xueli’s wife, and Huang Xueli agreed to go talk to her.

Wang Xiaoliang helped Huang Xueli persuade the school to publicly clarify rumors about his marriage and alleged affair. As Xu Zixiong’s overlapping relationships became a major online scandal, Wang prepared to return to Jiangcheng, where Wei Zijin called him in tears, saying she was being framed.

• Wang Xiaoliang advised Huang Xueli to let his wife speak first when they met with school leaders, and Huang later reported that the school would issue a clarification video.
• The school released a statement confirming Huang Xueli’s divorce agreement and denying the affair rumors, and Xiao the Great Chatterbox posted a matching explanation.
• Xiang Yirou and two other women presented evidence of relationships with Xu Zixiong, while an actress also claimed to be his real girlfriend.
• Luo Bisheng filmed Wang Xiaoliang writing calligraphy videos as Wang prepared to return to Jiangcheng and reunite with Wei Zijin.
• Wei Zijin called Wang Xiaoliang crying and said that people were framing her.

Wang Xiaoliang recognized that Xu Zixiong’s press conference was designed to make Wei Zijin’s silence look like an admission, while fabricated implications spread online. After reassuring Zijin that he trusted her, he told her they needed to fight back and proposed reporting the rumors to the police.

• Zhao Nan reassured Wang Xiaoliang that Wei Zijin was innocent and sent him a video of Xu Zixiong’s press conference.
• Xu Zixiong admitted to or denied past relationships, then refused to answer when a reporter asked whether he had dated Wei Zijin.
• Wang Xiaoliang realized Xu Zixiong’s silence was calculated to fuel suspicion, and he urged Luo Bisheng to stay calm.
• Luo Bisheng showed Wang Xiaoliang hotel surveillance images of Wei Zijin and Xu Zixiong arriving at the same hotel on the same day, prompting online accusations.
• Wang Xiaoliang recalled that Wei Zijin had been staying at that hotel with him and recognized the images as a misleading coincidence.
• Wang Xiaoliang told Wei Zijin that he trusted her completely and suggested they report the slander to the police.

Wang Xiaoliang urged Wei Zijin to report the rumors to the police and livestream the process, helping her regain her resolve. As Wei Zijin and Zhao Nan prepared to act, Wang Xiaoliang analyzed Xu Zixiong’s press conference and suspected He Rumeng and her husband had helped frame Wei Zijin, though he had no proof.

• Wang Xiaoliang told Wei Zijin to file a police report in person and livestream it, while Zhao Nan checked the reporting procedures.
• Wei Zijin agreed to face the public herself after Wang Xiaoliang reminded her that hosting was her strength.
• Wang Xiaoliang told Luo Bisheng to wait rather than post a public defense, trusting Wei Zijin to handle the situation.
• Wang Xiaoliang reviewed Xu Zixiong’s press conference and concluded that the reporters’ questions had been staged, while the question about Wei Zijin had disrupted the script.
• Wang Xiaoliang suspected He Rumeng and her husband had leaked the hotel photos to shift attention from Xu Zixiong’s scandal, but he acknowledged he had no evidence.
• Wang Xiaoliang waited for news as he suppressed his anger and resolved to retaliate against whoever was responsible.

Wang Xiaoliang arranged for Wei Zijin to report the fabricated scandal to the police while livestreaming, and she confronted reporters who tried to question her on the way. The stream gained support online as Wei Zijin entered the station to file her report.

• Wang Xiaoliang told Zhao Nan to take Wei Zijin to the police, livestream the process, and let Wei Zijin show her swollen eyes without hiding them.
• Wang Xiaoliang asked Xiao Mo to have fans boost supportive comments and discussed whether He Rumeng and her husband might be behind the attacks.
• Wei Zijin began livestreaming, explained that fabricated rumors had cost her work, and set out for the police station.
• Wei Zijin confronted reporters who questioned her about Xu Zixiong and challenged a female reporter to consider how it felt to be slandered.
• Wei Zijin arrived at the police station and continued the stream as she spoke with officers, while supportive comments overwhelmed the remaining haters.

Zeng Haiyan watched Wei Zijin clear her name and reflected on her own past with Huang Xueli, realizing she had lost him because she had kept their relationship undefined. After reconnecting with him as friends, she invited him to dinner at the Mi Mo Livestreaming base, and their meeting turned intimate again.

• Zeng Haiyan wanted to contact Wei Zijin after seeing her win, but Huang Xueli told her not to bother her.
• Zeng Haiyan recalled falling for Huang Xueli, growing jealous when he went on a blind date, and leaving after he told her he would marry someone else.
• Zeng Haiyan realized she had held back because she thought Huang Xueli was beneath her, and regretted losing him through calculation.
• When a client withheld her payment, Zeng Haiyan followed Huang Xueli's advice and recovered the outstanding balance, then began meeting him regularly as a friend.
• Zeng Haiyan invited Huang Xueli to dinner at the Mi Mo Livestreaming base, and after he joined her in her car, the two did more than eat together.

Zeng Haiyan spent a happy Spring Festival trip in Chengdu with Huang Xueli, then deliberately let their relationship be filmed and exposed online. After his university confirmed his divorce, she hoped they could be together openly, but Huang Xueli distanced himself and ended their relationship by message.

• Zeng Haiyan invited Huang Xueli to Chengdu for the Spring Festival, and he agreed to meet her there after the second day.
• Zeng Haiyan and Huang Xueli spent several happy days together in Chengdu, where she wondered whether she could be part of his future.
• Zeng Haiyan took Huang Xueli to Chunxi Road and held his hand, hoping a street video would force him to acknowledge their relationship.
• After the video sparked online attacks, Huang Xueli's university stated that he had divorced a year earlier, and Xiao Mo helped shift attention to Xu Zixiong's scandal.
• Zeng Haiyan tried to celebrate Huang Xueli's divorce with him, but he declined to meet and later told her to end their relationship.

Zeng Haiyan tried to hide her heartbreak over Huang Xueli’s breakup message by livestreaming, but hostile comments provoked her into insulting a customer who questioned the pan’s price. The clip spread within minutes, and Xiao Mo confirmed that someone was deliberately targeting them.

• Zeng Haiyan read Huang Xueli’s message ending their relationship, then began her livestream and promoted a pan while hiding her distress.
• As viewers mocked her relationship with Huang Xueli, Zeng Haiyan tried to keep selling and told a joke to avoid crying.
• Zeng Haiyan defended her relationship as true love, then snapped at a viewer who said the pan was too expensive and told them to ask why they could not afford it.
• Jin Huaqi told Xiao Mo and Nuomi about Zeng Haiyan’s outburst, and Nuomi showed her a rapidly spreading clip that had been posted by coordinated accounts.
• Xiao Mo called Xiaoliang and said it was confirmed that they were being targeted.

Wei Zijin learned that Zeng Haiyan had been targeted by an organized smear campaign after Huang Xueli broke up with her. Wang Xiaoliang suspected He Rumeng and her associates were retaliating against Mimo, and Wei Zijin agreed to go to Fucheng after the Host Competition to help him.

• Wei Zijin reflected on the legal consequences of online defamation while reading the passage Wang Xiaoliang had copied into her notebook.
• Zhao Nan showed Wei Zijin a trending clip in which Zeng Haiyan appeared to insult fans during a livestream.
• Zeng Haiyan told Wei Zijin that Huang Xueli had broken up with her before the livestream and that coordinated commenters had provoked her into snapping back.
• Wei Zijin called Wang Xiaoliang, who said he, Xiao Mo, and Nuomi suspected He Rumeng and her associates had arranged the attacks on both Zeng Haiyan and Wei Zijin.
• Wang Xiaoliang said Mimo had paused its livestreams and videos, and Wei Zijin agreed to visit him in Fucheng after the Host Competition.

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.

• An anti-counterfeit blogger reported that liquor sold in Wei Zijin’s livestream was counterfeit, and Mimo Media faced a potential compensation bill of 120 million to 330 million yuan.
• Wei Zijin returned to Jiangcheng, where Wang Xiaoliang reassured her and joined her, Zhao Nan, and Huang Xueli at Mimo Media.
• Xiao Mo and Nuomi explained that they suspected the liquor manufacturer had deliberately supplied inferior goods as part of a trap arranged by Jin Huaqi’s contact.
• Xiao Mo said he and Nuomi would handle the compensation under their contract, while Wei Zijin insisted she should share responsibility.
• Xiao Mo revealed that Nuomi was He Rumeng’s biological daughter and that He Rumeng and Li Zhenglu had targeted them after Nuomi refused to donate a kidney to He Rumeng’s son.
• Wang Xiaoliang proposed revealing that He Rumeng had abandoned Nuomi, arguing that the scandal might force He Rumeng and Li Zhenglu to back down.

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.

• Xiao Mo and Nuomi warned that exposing He Rumeng might help her husband settle his grudge against her.
• Nuomi learned that the distillery’s sales manager and boss would meet them the next morning to discuss a solution.
• Huang Xueli advised paying compensation, apologizing, and issuing refunds quickly, though the cost could reach 120 million.
• Wang Xiaoliang, Wei Zijin, and Zhao Nan returned home, where Wang Xiaoliang noticed Wei Zijin had kept the furniture as it was.
• Nuomi told Wang Xiaoliang that Jin Huaqi had likely skimmed money and disappeared, and Wang Xiaoliang wondered how He Rumeng had convinced her to betray them.

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.

• Wang Xiaoliang and Wei Zijin agreed that they should share the compensation costs rather than leave them entirely to Xiao Mo and Nuomi.
• Wang Xiaoliang proposed paying ten times the purchase price to turn the crisis into an opportunity to build credibility for Wei Zijin and Mimo.
• Wang Xiaoliang calculated that they would need to borrow about 50 million from Third Uncle, and Wei Zijin agreed to follow his plan.
• Wang Xiaoliang lay awake, thinking about how to persuade Nuomi and Xiao Mo to accept the plan.
• Wei Zijin cried and admitted she could not bear to lose the money she had earned, while Wang Xiaoliang comforted her and told her that giving something up was necessary to gain.

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.

• Nuomi brought the ailing Mr. Yan and sales manager Wang to meet Xiao Mo’s team about the distillery’s counterfeit liquor.
• Mr. Yan said his son had sold bulk liquor as premium product, taken nearly all the sales proceeds, and left him willing to sell the distillery and repay customers but unwilling to pay triple compensation.
• Manager Wang said the distillery had once been valued at just over thirty million, and Nuomi arranged for him and Mr. Yan to rest at a nearby hotel.
• After Mr. Yan left, Xiao Mo’s team questioned whether he and Manager Wang were trustworthy and agreed they could not rely on the distillery to cover the losses.
• Huang Xueli argued that the team should pay customers first and pursue the distillery later, while Wang Xiaoliang proposed honoring their tenfold counterfeit-compensation promise.

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.

• Wang Xiaoliang argued that paying tenfold compensation would restore consumer trust and turn the crisis into publicity, and Xiao Mo confirmed that he and Nuomi had reached the same conclusion.
• Wei Zijin insisted that her side and Xiao Mo's side each cover half, and Wang Xiaoliang agreed to borrow money for his half of the projected shortfall.
• Wang Xiaoliang called Hu Yang to explain the counterfeit liquor scandal and ask to borrow the money.
• Hu Yang pointed out that the projected 330 million yuan assumed every buyer would claim compensation, and estimated the actual cost might be within the funds already available.
• Hu Yang advised Wang Xiaoliang to wait for the blogger's attacks to intensify, then pay compensation during a livestream and help consumers request refunds.
• Hu Yang told Wang Xiaoliang to take over the distillery.