Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiaoliang spoke with Lu Sining about her former name and paused the videos and advertising while waiting for news from Jiangcheng. After Luo Bisheng asked him to call Tian Jiayi, Wang Xiaoliang reached her and invited her to cry.

• Wang Xiaoliang called Lu Sining, who explained that Huang Xueli had once praised her former name, Lu Hongqiu, and reflected on appreciating people only after losing them.
• Wang Xiaoliang told Luo Bisheng to stop posting videos and cancel their advertising plans until there was an outcome in Jiangcheng.
• Wang Xiaoliang explained to Luo Bisheng how affection and business interests should be handled in relationships.
• Luo Bisheng asked Wang Xiaoliang to call Tian Jiayi because she was hurting and he did not know how to comfort her.
• Wang Xiaoliang called Tian Jiayi and gently asked whether she wanted to cry for a while.

As Hibernation spread, Zhou Qiang fell asleep, and Kong Xiuyun arranged for her family to stay at Suiyun Residence. Wang Xiaoliang struggled to apply the Book of Fate’s teachings to his fear and helplessness, and Kong Xiuyun began to tell him something important.

• Kong Xiuyun found Zhou Qiang unresponsive, confirmed he was breathing, and called emergency services to arrange his transfer to Suiyun Residence.
• Kong Xiuyun told Wang Xiaoliang that she and her child would stay at the restaurant, and that the managers would contact him if anything happened.
• Wang Xiaoliang reflected on the Book of Fate’s teachings about detachment and observing his own thoughts, but admitted he could not yet put them into practice.
• Wang Xiaoliang called Kong Xiuyun and tried to comfort her by saying Zhou Qiang might wake up tomorrow.
• Kong Xiuyun laughed at Wang Xiaoliang’s offer to buy her a bag, then said there was something she had to tell him.

Kong Xiuyun told Wang Xiaoliang that Zhou Qiang had been hurt when he sensed Wang Xiaoliang and Dahuang treating him with suspicion, then revealed what Zhou Qiang discovered about Li Lanxiang. Her hidden notebooks showed that she had planned and tracked schemes for years, including targeting Zhou Qiang for his money before she ever knew him.

• Kong Xiuyun told Wang Xiaoliang that Zhou Qiang had felt hurt because he thought Wang Xiaoliang and Dahuang had changed and no longer trusted him.
• Kong Xiuyun explained that Zhou Qiang found five notebooks hidden inside hollowed-out books at home while looking for the Book of Changes.
• Kong Xiuyun said the notebooks contained Li Lanxiang's detailed plans, revisions, and results, rather than personal diary entries.
• Kong Xiuyun revealed that one notebook recorded Li Lanxiang's plan to pursue the wealthy man who collected junk, whom Wang Xiaoliang recognized as Zhou Qiang.

Kong Xiuyun told Wang Xiaoliang how Li Lanxiang had used carefully planned schemes to profit from school bullying and secure admission to a prestigious university. The account left off as Li Lanxiang began pursuing a wealthy man and an excellent job in parallel, with the wealthy-man plan taking priority, and her notes mentioned Zijin.

• Kong Xiuyun explained that Li Lanxiang and her mother planned how to gather evidence of high-school bullying and obtained ninety thousand from the five families involved.
• Kong Xiuyun described how Li Lanxiang staged a fainting spell and cultivated her PE teacher to help earn admission to a Project 985 university as a sports recruit.
• Li Lanxiang gave the teacher a thank-you card after receiving her admission letter, then recorded in her notebook that his disappointment made her laugh.
• Kong Xiuyun said Li Lanxiang wrote separate plans to find an excellent job and a rich man, while prioritizing the rich-man plan.
• Kong Xiuyun began recounting Li Lanxiang's university plans and said her notes mentioned Zijin.

Kong Xiuyun told Wang Xiaoliang how Li Lanxiang methodically manipulated people, beginning with sabotaging Zijin’s papers and later targeting Zhou Qiang for his wealth. Li Lanxiang married Zhou Qiang after making family and a child seem like what she wanted, while secretly postponing pregnancy until she could learn more about his finances.

• Kong Xiuyun explained that Li Lanxiang poured cola on Zijin’s papers to eliminate a rival, starting the chain that led Zijin to meet Wang Xiaoliang.
• Kong Xiuyun said Li Lanxiang reviewed more than twenty men before identifying wealthy graduate Zhou Qiang as a suitable target.
• Li Lanxiang engineered a meeting with Zhou Qiang, won his trust, and adjusted her tactics when she found him more capable and cautious than expected.
• Li Lanxiang used sympathy and carefully studied seduction to become Zhou Qiang’s girlfriend, but she still could not discover the extent of his wealth.
• Li Lanxiang told Zhou Qiang she wanted a complete family and his child, then secretly took a contraceptive pill because she wanted marriage before pregnancy.
• Zhou Qiang registered his marriage with Li Lanxiang, whose notebook described the result as an interim goal achieved.

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.