Chapter Summaries

After waking in a locked bathroom stall with hearing loss in his left ear, Jiang Xun recognized Lin Jian and tried to get them out before they were rescued. When Zou Ruicheng and his lackeys returned to bully them, Jiang Xun retaliated with a mop soaked in toilet water, leaving them screaming for help.

• Jiang Xun woke to find Lin Jian beside him and realized he could no longer hear in his left ear.
• Jiang Xun recognized the bathroom stall and the plot involving Lin Jian being locked in an abandoned teaching building by Zou Ruicheng and his lackeys.
• Jiang Xun told Lin Jian to speak on his right side and tried to kick down the stall door.
• Zou Ruicheng and his three lackeys opened the door and poured cold water over Jiang Xun and Lin Jian.
• Jiang Xun plunged a mop into the toilet and swung it at Zou Ruicheng and his lackeys, who cried out for help.

Jiang Xun drove Zhou Ruicheng and his lackeys away with a mop, then encountered Chu Xingye, whom he recognized as Lin Jian’s canonical love interest. After Jiang Xun’s cold older brother, Jiang Huaijin, picked him up from campus, Jiang Xun reflected on his transmigration into the novel.

• Chu Xingye arrived at the old teaching building looking for Lin Jian and saw Zhou Ruicheng and his lackeys fleeing from Jiang Xun, who was carrying a mop.
• Chu Xingye mistook Jiang Xun’s actions for an attempt to get his attention, while Jiang Xun recognized him as Lin Jian’s male lead and threw the mop at him before leaving.
• Lin Jian found Chu Xingye and worried that Jiang Xun might be bullied, and Chu Xingye offered to take him back to his dorm.
• Jiang Xun received a call from his older brother, Jiang Huaijin, and took more than ten minutes to reach the Maserati waiting outside his dorm.
• Jiang Huaijin scolded Jiang Xun for being late, and Jiang Xun mockingly imitated him before riding home in silence.

Jiang Xun learned the original host’s painful history and discovered that he had unlocked two side quests: earning his family’s unconditional affection and winning Chu Xingye’s love. The chapter left him facing new goals alongside his mission to collapse the novel’s plot.

• Jiang Xun asked Six-Six-Six whether it could restore his hearing, but the system had no medicine for him.
• Jiang Huaijin brought Jiang Xun to the Jiang Family villa and went inside without acknowledging him.
• Jiang Xun recalled how the original host had been swapped at birth, abused by his adoptive parents, and left deaf in his left ear.
• After returning to the Jiang Family, the original host had grown jealous of Jiang Zixing and repeatedly bullied him until Jiang Father and Jiang Huaijin became disappointed in him.
• Six-Six-Six announced that Jiang Xun had unlocked side quests to gain his family’s unconditional affection and to win Chu Xingye’s love and get engaged before college graduation.

Jiang Xun settled into life with the Jiang Family, clashed with Jiang Shiyuan and Jiang Huaijin, and decided to attend the Ji Group charity gala after learning Chu Xingye would be there. At the gala, he approached Chu Xingye to pursue his side mission and saw President Fu arrive with a young woman whom Chu Xingye greeted as his uncle and aunt.

• Jiang Xun entered the Jiang home, rebuffed Jiang Zixing’s concern, and endured Jiang Shiyuan’s criticism before Deng Shu sent him upstairs to change.
• Jiang Xun examined his appearance, noticed his scar and poor styling, and decided he needed a makeover.
• The next day, Jiang Xun asked to attend the Ji Group charity gala because Chu Xingye might be there, and Deng Shu agreed despite Jiang Shiyuan and Jiang Huaijin’s objections.
• At the gala, Jiang Xun found Chu Xingye and flirted with him to advance his side mission, while Chu Xingye insulted him and Fu Sang reprimanded her son.
• President Fu arrived at the gala with a young woman, and Chu Xingye happily identified them as his uncle and aunt.

Jiang Xun followed Chu Xingye to greet Fu Yanli and Ye Jing at the banquet, where he drew attention by acting like Chu Xingye’s fiancé and openly complimenting Fu Yanli’s physique. Chu Xingye protested, while Ye Jing laughed and Fu Yanli looked at Jiang Xun with renewed interest.

• Jiang Xun recalled Fu Yanli’s success as a self-made tycoon and followed Chu Xingye to meet him and Ye Jing.
• Fu Yanli told Chu Xingye he had returned from a business trip, and Ye Jing teased him about whether anyone at school was pursuing him.
• Jiang Xun greeted Fu Yanli and Ye Jing, and Ye Jing playfully called him Chu Xingye’s little fiancé.
• Chu Xingye denied that he would ever get engaged to Jiang Xun, but Jiang Xun insisted that they would someday.
• Jiang Xun admired Fu Yanli’s physique aloud, then tried to appease Chu Xingye by saying Chu’s was the best.
• Ye Jing laughed at the exchange, and Fu Yanli looked at Jiang Xun again.

Jiang Xun witnessed Ji Ming bullying his wheelchair-bound half brother Ji Yuntian, but a random mission forced him to intervene. He challenged Ji Ming just as the mission began, leaving their confrontation about to escalate.

• Chu Xingye dragged Jiang Xun away and warned him to stop ingratiating himself with Chu Xingye's uncle.
• Jiang Xun ate dessert alone at the banquet while Jiang Zixing's friends mocked him and planned to teach him a lesson.
• Jiang Xun went to the rooftop garden and saw Ji Ming kick Ji Yuntian's wheelchair over.
• Six-Six-Six assigned Jiang Xun a mission to help Ji Yuntian and teach Ji Ming a lesson, with a Lightning Five-Whip Combo as the failure reward.
• Jiang Xun rushed out from behind the rockery and shouted at Ji Ming for bullying Ji Yuntian.

Jiang Xun rescued Ji Yuntian from Ji Ming and earned a mission reward, then discovered that Ji Yuntian’s gentle manner hid a disturbing cruelty. Ji Yuntian asked Jiang Xun to escort him back to his room, leaving Jiang Xun unsure how to refuse.

• Ji Ming insulted Jiang Xun, who distracted him by pretending to see Chairman Ji and kicked him into a fountain before helping Ji Yuntian escape.
• Fu Yanli told Ji Ming that Chairman Ji was looking for him, preventing him from pursuing Jiang Xun and Ji Yuntian.
• Jiang Xun received 500 points for completing a random mission and examined Ji Yuntian in a nearby stairwell.
• Ji Yuntian tore the wings off a moth and calmly said that a beautiful butterfly should be preserved at its most beautiful moment.
• Ji Yuntian asked Jiang Xun to take him back to his room and implied that Jiang Xun looked down on him when Jiang Xun hesitated.

Ji Yuntian trapped Jiang Xun in a dark hotel room with snakes to punish him for getting close to Lin Jian. Jiang Huaijin came to rescue Jiang Xun, who was still too terrified to get off the bed.

• Ji Yuntian revealed he had known Jiang Xun’s identity and locked him inside a room, warning him not to approach Lin Jian again.
• Jiang Xun discovered a snake in the dark room, then panicked as two more emerged from beneath the bed.
• Jiang Huaijin received Jiang Xun’s desperate call for help and left the banquet to find him.
• Jiang Huaijin and hotel security forced open the door and caught the nonvenomous snakes.
• Jiang Xun told Jiang Huaijin that his legs were too weak to walk.

After Jiang Huaijin left him to escape the snake-filled room on his own, Jiang Xun left the banquet and accepted a ride home from Ye Jing and Fu Yanli. Back at the villa, hungry Jiang Xun asked Liu Ma to make him noodles, but she ignored him.

• Jiang Huaijin refused to help Jiang Xun down from the bed and told him to go home, so Jiang Xun shakily left the hotel.
• Jiang Xun discovered his phone had died and, with only two coins and two chocolates, prepared to take the bus home.
• Ye Jing and Fu Yanli offered Jiang Xun a ride in their Bentley, and he chatted with Ye Jing on the way to the Jiang Family villa.
• Jiang Xun thanked Ye Jing and Fu Yanli with the chocolates before getting out at the villa.
• Jiang Xun returned to find Liu Ma cleaning and asked her to make him noodles with two eggs, but she continued mopping without answering.

Jiang Xun stood up to Liu Ma after she refused to serve him, then faced Jiang Shiyuan’s accusations the next morning and left the house in tears. Security footage proved Liu Ma had provoked him, leaving the Jiang family ashamed and prompting Jiang Zixing to go look for him.

• Jiang Xun rebuked Liu Ma for her disrespect and returned to his bedroom without eating.
• Ye Jing joked with Fu Yanli about Jiang Xun’s behavior while they drove together.
• Jiang Shiyuan accused Jiang Xun of mistreating Liu Ma, so Jiang Xun pretended to be hurt and ran off as Deng Shu tried to follow.
• Jiang Huaijin suggested checking the villa’s security footage, and the family saw that Liu Ma had shown Jiang Xun hostility first.
• Deng Shu blamed Jiang Shiyuan for driving Jiang Xun away, and Jiang Zixing left to find him, followed by Jiang Huaijin.

Jiang Xun improved his appearance, spent heavily on clothes and a watch, and returned to the Jiang Family home. Deng Shu welcomed him warmly but learned of his scar, while Jiang Xun remembered how his family had favored Jiang Zixing and missed the abuse he endured.

• Jiang Xun took a taxi to a salon and used his Points Shop to consider buying scar-removal cream or skin-brightening lotion.
• Jiang Xun got a short, neat haircut, rejected Tony's offer to connect him with an entertainment agent, and went shopping.
• Jiang Xun spent three million on a Patek Philippe watch, prompting Jiang Shiyuan to receive a stream of card notifications.
• Jiang Xun returned home, and Deng Shu was surprised by his new appearance before noticing the scar above his left eye.
• Jiang Xun claimed he had hurt himself as a child, while remembering how Deng Shu and the family had prioritized Jiang Zixing over him.
• Deng Shu apologized because the Jiang Family had investigated Mrs. Liu and learned she had mistreated Jiang Xun.

Jiang Xun tried to mend things with his new family by giving them gifts, while Jiang Huaijin resented being left out. At a dinner with the Chu family, Jiang Xun sat beside his reluctant fiancé, Chu Xingye.

• Jiang Shiyuan apologized for misunderstanding Jiang Xun, then criticized his spending until Jiang Xun gave him a Patek Philippe watch and gave Deng Shu perfume.
• Jiang Xun gave Jiang Zixing anime figurines but nothing to Jiang Huaijin, who privately suspected the slight was deliberate.
• Jiang Xun applied whitening lotion from the system shop, but Six-Six-Six told him its effects would take time to appear.
• Jiang Huaijin picked Jiang Xun up for dinner, and Jiang Xun teased him during the drive to the Chu Group hotel.
• At dinner, Jiang Xun greeted the Chu family and Fu Yanli, then sat beside Chu Xingye and called him "Brother Xingye."

Jiang Xun teased Chu Xingye at dinner and learned that they would both be staying at Fu Yanli’s home, despite Chu Xingye’s protests. Jiang Xun suspected Jiang Zixing wanted to move in because he had feelings for the married Fu Yanli.

• Jiang Xun teased Chu Xingye by insisting they were a perfect match, while Chu Xingye angrily tried to avoid him.
• Fu Sang announced that Jiang Xun and Chu Xingye would stay at Fu Yanli’s home, and Fu Yanli and the Jiang parents agreed.
• Jiang Zixing suggested Jiang Xun stay at school, then asked to move in too, but his family persuaded him to remain at home.
• Jiang Xun watched Jiang Zixing closely and suspected he was attracted to Fu Yanli, noticing how often he spoke to him and how he looked at him.

After getting drunk at the Chu family gathering, Jiang Xun woke up with Fu Yanli’s expensive watch and learned he had insisted that Fu Yanli return it. As Jiang Xun prepared to move into Fu Yanli’s home, he said goodbye to Lin Jian and warned him away from Chu Xingye.

• Fu Yanli caught Jiang Xun watching him, and Jiang Xun toasted him before drinking several glasses of fruit wine.
• When Fu Sang asked Chu Xingye to take the drunk Jiang Xun to rest, Chu Xingye refused, and Jiang Xun insulted him as a “scrawny mutt.”
• Jiang Zixing asked Fu Yanli if he could visit him with his second brother, but Fu Yanli told him to ask Jiang Xun.
• Jiang Xun woke up wearing Fu Yanli’s watch, and Jiang Huaijin explained that Jiang Xun had grabbed Fu Yanli and demanded it back while drunk.
• Jiang Xun prepared to move into Fu Yanli’s home and told Lin Jian he would miss him, then warned him away from Chu Xingye with a string of fabricated insults.

Jiang Xun moved into Fu Yanli's apartment, where Chu Xingye resisted sharing the space with him. Fu Yanli returned from his trip and quietly covered Jiang Xun with a blanket, leaving Jiang Xun to wake and wonder who had done it.

• Jiang Xun arrived at Fu Yanli's apartment and told Chu Xingye that Fu Yanli had agreed to let them move in together.
• Chu Xingye denied agreeing and tried to keep Jiang Xun out of the guest room, so Jiang Xun slept on the living room sofa.
• Chu Xingye showed Jiang Xun his six-pack, then returned to his room after Jiang Xun showed little interest.
• Fu Yanli returned early the next morning and found Jiang Xun asleep on the sofa.
• Fu Yanli covered Jiang Xun with a blanket and went to his room.
• Jiang Xun woke later, wondered who had covered him, and saw Fu Yanli emerge from the master bedroom.

Jiang Xun settled into Fu Yanli’s home and tried to return the watch he had taken while drunk, but Fu Yanli told him to keep it. After Fu Yanli made breakfast for Jiang Xun but forgot Chu Xingye’s, Chu Xingye went to find his uncle in the study.

• Fu Yanli unlocked the guest room for Jiang Xun, registered his fingerprint, and told him he could change the code.
• Fu Yanli made breakfast and told Jiang Xun that the watch he had brought back was his to keep.
• Jiang Xun ate breakfast with Fu Yanli and noticed the wedding-ring mark on his finger, believing that he and Ye Jing had a good relationship.
• Fu Yanli forgot to make breakfast for Chu Xingye, who left the table upset after seeing Jiang Xun eating.
• After Jiang Xun returned to his room, Chu Xingye knocked and went into Fu Yanli’s study.

Chu Xingye warned Fu Yanli about Jiang Xun, but Fu Yanli rebuked him and told him to end the engagement if he disliked Jiang Xun. Jiang Xun read the original owner's painful childhood diary, added an entry, and shared lunch with Fu Yanli, who noticed his preferences and offered him more fish soup.

• Chu Xingye told Fu Yanli that Jiang Xun smoked and drank in private, had bullied Jiang Zixing, and was trying to win Fu Yanli over.
• Fu Yanli challenged Chu Xingye for gossiping and told him to break off the engagement if he disliked Jiang Xun.
• Jiang Xun read the original owner's diary, which recorded years of abuse, hunger, and disappointment, then added a new entry in the original owner's handwriting.
• Jiang Xun came out of his room for lunch, and Fu Yanli brought in food after the delivery arrived.
• Jiang Xun enjoyed the fish soup, and Fu Yanli offered him another bowl before noticing his youthful, puppy-eyed appearance.

Jiang Xun added Fu Yanli on WeChat and continued trying to complete his missions while living with Fu Yanli and Chu Xingye. When Jiang Zixing came to take Jiang Xun back to the Jiang Family home for the weekend, Chu Xingye let him into the apartment.

• Jiang Xun added Fu Yanli on WeChat, and Fu Yanli saw Jiang Xun’s unusual display name and profile picture.
• Jiang Xun asked whether Fu Yanli could play piano, and Fu Yanli said he knew a little.
• Chu Xingye returned upset because Lin Jian kept running away from him, and he accused Jiang Xun of bad-mouthing him.
• Jiang Xun kept spreading rumors about Chu Xingye to Lin Jian and asked Fu Yanli whether his skin looked lighter.
• Fu Yanli saw Jiang Xun praying to the watch gift box and offering it chocolates.
• Jiang Zixing came to the apartment to take Jiang Xun home for the weekend, and Chu Xingye let him in before returning to his game.

Jiang Zixing visited Fu Yanli’s home to take Jiang Xun back and tried to get closer to Fu Yanli, who politely kept his distance. Jiang Xun left with Jiang Zixing and messaged Fu Yanli that he would see him the day after tomorrow.

• Jiang Zixing arrived at Fu Yanli’s home and nervously greeted him before explaining that he had come to take Jiang Xun home.
• Fu Yanli opened Jiang Xun’s room after he failed to answer a WeChat call, and Jiang Zixing woke his sleeping second brother.
• Jiang Xun told Jiang Zixing to wait outside, then explained to Fu Yanli that he had slept through their calls.
• Fu Yanli declined Jiang Zixing’s request to add him on WeChat and said he would contact Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang if anything happened.
• Jiang Xun left with Jiang Zixing, then messaged Fu Yanli that he was heading home and would see him the day after tomorrow; Fu Yanli replied with a smile emoji.

Jiang Xun challenged Jiang Zixing over the false accusation that he had pushed him down the stairs, then clashed with the Jiang family when they blamed him for Jiang Zixing’s mood. He left the dinner table in tears, saying his family had never truly treated him as one of their own.

• On the drive to the Jiang home, Jiang Xun told Jiang Zixing that Fu Yanli treated him well and made him breakfast, leaving Jiang Zixing visibly upset.
• Jiang Xun questioned Jiang Zixing about the old stairway incident, and Jiang Zixing insisted he had explained that he fell by accident.
• At the Jiang home, Jiang Xun rejected Liu Ma’s false show of warmth, while Liu Ma welcomed Jiang Zixing sincerely.
• Jiang Zixing left dinner early, and Jiang Huaijin accused Jiang Xun of upsetting him; Deng Shu tried to defuse the tension.
• Jiang Xun said he was tired of being falsely blamed and declared that he would leave because his family had never treated him as a son or brother.