Chapter Summaries

Ye Lan accompanied Ye Xunzhi to the Ying Family banquet, where her thoughts exposed Caesar’s crimes and led Ye Lan to avoid working with him. Ye Xunzhi then recognized Basha as someone who would soon go to prison, leaving Ye Yunhuai wondering what she had done.

• Ye Yunhuai met Ye Lan and Ye Xunzhi at the banquet and assigned Ye Lan to assess potential business partners.
• Ye Lan spoke with Caesar about a possible collaboration, but Ye Xunzhi’s thoughts revealed Caesar’s criminal activities, so Ye Lan declined to work with him.
• Ye Xunzhi joined Ye Yunhuai as he spoke with Mrs. Joseph, chairwoman of Monayer, and met her goddaughter Basha.
• Basha tried to chat with Ye Xunzhi, who recognized her as someone soon destined for prison, alarming Ye Yunhuai.

Ye Xunzhi learned how Basha had bluffed and schemed her way into high society before being led toward a staged incident at the gala. She ignored the waiter’s directions and entered lounge 10, where Meiwada had hidden the stolen research data and an unconscious waiter.

• Mrs. Joseph explained how Basha had warned her about a deceitful boyfriend, while Ye Xunzhi recalled how Basha had built her status through bluffing and betrayal.
• Basha led Ye Xunzhi to the dessert table, where a waiter spilled wine on her and offered to take her to lounge 09.
• Meiwada found the waiter who had been sent to frame Ye Xunzhi, knocked him unconscious, and moved him with the stolen data to lounge 10.
• Ye Xunzhi refused to let the waiter escort her, chose lounge 10 instead of lounge 09, and entered the room as Meiwada prepared to silence the unconscious man.
• Ye Xunzhi found the room empty, noticed its wardrobes, and opened one to look for something to clean her wine-stained clothes.

Ye Xunzhi stumbled into Meiwada’s secret mission, calmly cleaned up after him, and then uncovered the political stakes behind the stolen medical data. With government agents closing in on the banquet, she took charge of getting the data and the unconscious man out of danger.

• Ye Xunzhi found the unconscious man in the wardrobe, put him back inside, and cleaned away her fingerprints while Meiwada hid nearby.
• Meiwada retrieved the USB Drive, but Ye Xunzhi returned and caught him; Old Master Ying stopped Meiwada from attacking her after recognizing her as the child of an important friend.
• Ye Xunzhi deduced that Meiwada was passing information and learned that the stolen medical research could help Old Master Ying’s candidate challenge the incumbent president.
• Ying Ci reported that government agents had arrived to search the charity banquet, and Old Master Ying ordered Meiwada to get Ye Xunzhi out.
• Ye Xunzhi took charge, asked Meiwada for a grappling gun, and instructed Old Master Ying to send the data and arrange a contact outside the hotel.

Ye Xunzhi escaped the banquet hall with an unconscious man and a USB Drive, then enlisted Ye Lan to help get them out past the police. Ying Ci arrived with the requested equipment while Ye Xunzhi interrogated the captive waiter.

• Ye Xunzhi rappelled down from the banquet hall window carrying an unconscious man while Meiwada distracted the police.
• Ye Xunzhi met Ye Lan in the restroom, gave him the USB Drive, and persuaded him to help her escape with the man.
• Ye Xunzhi asked Ye Lan to send an address so someone could bring the equipment, then prepared to wake the captive with silver needles.
• Ying Ci brought the equipment to the restroom and found Ye Xunzhi frightening the gagged waiter during her interrogation.

Ye Xunzhi and Ying Ci interrogated a Luo Faction investigator, then put a disguise and escape plan into action while police sealed the Triangle Building. Ye Yunhuai caught Ye Xunzhi trying to drive away and took the wheel, asking her to explain the plan as they sped off.

• The investigator told Ye Xunzhi and Ying Ci that a broker had paid him to move a USB drive, which contained the intelligence the Luo Faction sought, to private room 09.
• Ye Xunzhi knocked the investigator unconscious, gathered supplies from Ying Ci, and prepared disguises with Ye Lan.
• Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan disguised themselves as a mother and child pushing a cart of bloodstained tissues, and the guards let them leave after Ye Xunzhi warned them the blood was infectious.
• Ye Xunzhi left Ye Lan with the garbage cart and went to the underground garage to find a car without a license plate.
• Ye Yunhuai stopped Ye Xunzhi from driving, took the driver’s seat, and asked her to explain her plan as they drove away.

Ye Lan and a garbage truck driver exchanged documents and hid an unconscious person, but a police chief nearly discovered them before a fleeing car drew the officers away. Ye Yunhuai drove Ye Xunzhi through a high-speed police chase, revealing that he had once enjoyed racing.

• Ye Lan exchanged documents with the garbage truck driver and helped conceal an unconscious person behind the garbage truck.
• The police chief stopped Ye Lan and the driver to question them and inspect the truck, but an officer reported that a car had broken through the cordon.
• Ye Lan and the driver slipped away as the police pursued the fleeing car carrying the Medical Data.
• Ye Yunhuai evaded the pursuing police cars with daring maneuvers while Ye Xunzhi joked about his endurance and driving.
• Ye Yunhuai told Ye Xunzhi that he had liked racing at eighteen but had stopped when Old Master Ye called him home to inherit the family fortune.

Ye Xunzhi and Ye Yunhuai escaped a police pursuit by driving off the Cross-Sea Bridge and detonating their car to cover their fall into the sea. As they sank underwater, Ye Xunzhi saw something that shocked her.

• Feilanz warned Ye Xunzhi that an armed vehicle was approaching, and mercenaries hired by Eileen attacked them.
• Ye Xunzhi assembled a sniper rifle and disabled the mercenaries’ vehicle with precise shots.
• Feilanz directed Ye Xunzhi and Ye Yunhuai toward the Cross-Sea Bridge, and Ye Yunhuai revealed that he could swim.
• Ye Yunhuai drove through the bridge’s guardrail, and Ye Xunzhi jumped with him before shooting the car’s fuel tank to create an explosion that concealed their escape.
• Ye Yunhuai pulled Ye Xunzhi underwater, where she saw something astonishing.

Ye Xunzhi and Ye Yunhuai escaped the explosion underwater, freed a trapped orca, and headed for shore while police searched for survivors. Kafka warned them that police were approaching their landing beach, so the siblings continued swimming discreetly.

• Ye Xunzhi mistook an orca for a shark, then discovered a net tangled around its tail and cut it free with her folding knife while Ye Yunhuai held it steady.
• The Deputy Chief ordered police and soldiers to search the sea and monitor nearby beaches and the harbor, fearing the siblings might have survived.
• Ye Xunzhi and Ye Yunhuai surfaced far from the bridge, checked that they were unharmed, and Ye Yunhuai returned Ye Xunzhi’s phone, which he had rescued from the water.
• Ye Xunzhi spoke with Kafka, and Ye Yunhuai took over to say they were nearing the beach; Kafka warned them that police were heading there and advised them to stay inconspicuous.
• Ye Xunzhi ate the Snickers bars from her pocket, and she and Ye Yunhuai submerged again and continued toward shore.

Ye Xunzhi and Ye Yunhuai befriended two orcas, received a jeweled coral ornament and an old iron chest, then met Feilanz and tried to leave the beach in disguise. They were stopped by Country F guards checking identities, leaving them stuck without Feilanz's computer.

• Ye Xunzhi rescued a black-necked crane the little orca had brought her, and Ye Yunhuai helped it recover before it flew away.
• The big orca gave Ye Xunzhi a gold-and-jewel coral ornament and later brought her a locked iron chest, then it and the little orca swam away.
• Ye Xunzhi and Ye Yunhuai met Feilanz, who warned them that Country F's police were searching for them and supplied clothes for their escape.
• The three changed into flashy vacation outfits and blended into the crowd, but encountered guards checking passersby's identities.
• Feilanz said he could not alter their identity information without the computer he had left in his car, and Ye Xunzhi spotted something and tugged Ye Yunhuai's shirt.

Ye Xunzhi reunited with Ye Rong and KLC at the beach, where she bonded with the players while Ye Yunhuai borrowed a computer for urgent company work. Ye Rong learned that KLC’s new mid laner, Ju Yan, was secretly a spy for rival team CLY.

• Ye Yunhuai and Feilanz recognized KLC’s players on the beach, and Ye Rong introduced Ye Xunzhi as his niece.
• Ye Yunhuai borrowed the head coach’s computer, while Ye Xunzhi signed autographs and advised a player how to accept hush money without risking an extortion charge.
• Ye Rong recalled that Ye Xunzhi had anonymously reported KLC’s former mid laner, whose match-fixing ties were later confirmed and punished by the league.
• Ye Rong offered Ye Xunzhi coconut water, and Youzi introduced KLC’s new mid laner, Ju Yan, as an exceptionally devoted fan of Ye Rong.
• Ye Rong overheard Ye Xunzhi think that Ju Yan was a spy sent by rival team CLY and was stunned by the revelation.

Ye Rong realized Ju Yan had sabotaged a talented rival and later leaked KLC’s strategies to CLY for his girlfriend’s sake. After Ju Yan returned with coconuts and showed concern for Ye Rong, Ye Rong resolved to investigate and potentially kick him out.

• Ye Rong recalled that Ju Yan had befriended his most talented rival, arranged for thugs to cripple the boy’s hands, and then pretended to rescue him.
• Ye Rong realized Ju Yan later volunteered to spy for his girlfriend’s family and leaked KLC’s strategies to CLY.
• Ye Rong remembered KLC had barely beaten CLY after their coach resorted to an unpracticed strategy, and decided to verify his suspicions about Ju Yan.
• Ju Yan returned with three coconuts and asked Ye Rong if he felt unwell.
• Ye Rong smiled at Ju Yan and thought he was about to be in trouble.

Ye Xunzhi returned safely to the embassy after warning Ye Yunhuai about the team's mid laner, while Eileen learned that Ye Xunzhi was alive and Merlot captured the information broker Wade. Ye Xunzhi reunited with her brothers, ending with Ye Lan greeting her and noticing the treasure chest she had brought back.

• Ye Xunzhi asked Ye Yunhuai to warn Ye Rong that the team's mid laner might be dangerous, then left with the others.
• Eileen told Wade to check Ye Xunzhi's Weibo posts, proving that Ye Xunzhi had survived the car crash.
• Merlot punched Wade and ordered a team member to take him away.
• Ye Xunzhi and the others returned safely to the embassy, where Zhu Ya'an greeted Ye Yunhuai.
• Ye Lan joyfully hugged Ye Xunzhi, and she showed him the treasure chest she had brought back.

Ye Xunzhi opened the treasure chest recovered from the sea and found priceless cultural relics instead of gold. She agreed to donate them to Country Z, asking that the painting of the female general be prominently displayed in the National Museum, and Zhu Ya'an pledged to escort the treasures home.

• Ye Xunzhi opened the treasure chest with wire and found three smaller boxes inside.
• Ye Xunzhi and the others uncovered a preserved Dian Cui Phoenix Crown, a Phoenix Robe, and a painting of a female general and an emperor.
• Curator Shang recognized the objects as priceless treasures that may have been lost when a Country F ship sank while carrying plunder from Country Z.
• Ye Xunzhi gloomily agreed to donate the cultural relics, requesting that the painting of the armored woman be displayed prominently in the National Museum.
• Zhu Ya'an saluted Ye Xunzhi and promised that the First Unit would escort the relics home that day.

Ye Xunzhi celebrated with her brothers after recovering artifacts, then secretly went out to confront the people targeting her. She captured information broker Wade and pressured him to reveal his employer and cooperate.

• Country Z’s officials sent Zhu Ya'an and the First Unit home with the recovered artifacts, and approved displaying Ye Xunzhi’s ancient painting in the National Museum.
• Ye Yunhuai treated Ye Xunzhi to food and amusement park fun, and Ye Lan took a photograph of the three siblings together.
• Ye Xunzhi received a message that Wade had been caught, then set out secretly to strike back against the people targeting her.
• Ye Yunhuai tried to follow Ye Xunzhi, but Ye Lan stopped him and said she could handle herself.
• Ye Xunzhi confronted Wade in an abandoned warehouse and threatened him until he agreed to discuss cooperating.

Ye Xunzhi interrogated Wade and learned that Eileen had been targeting her and was connected to Lin Ranran and earlier investigations involving Ye Qi'an and the Ancient Coins. After Wade offered to work for her to avoid punishment, Ye Xunzhi ran into Ye Lan outside the hotel, where he had been waiting to take her away.

• Wade told Ye Xunzhi that his employer was Eileen, a dangerous woman who had Lin Ranran investigate Ye Xunzhi before him.
• Wade revealed that Eileen had also ordered him to investigate Ye Qi'an, monitor the Ancient Coins, and follow Ye Xunzhi.
• Ye Xunzhi threatened to have Wade castrated, so he begged to join her squad and work for free, and she agreed to believe his offer.
• Ye Lan explained that Ye Yunhuai had thrown him out after criticizing him for indulging Ye Xunzhi and giving her money.
• Ye Lan waited outside the hotel and stopped Ye Xunzhi as she tried to walk past him unnoticed.

Ye Lan and Ye Xunzhi accompanied Director Mi to comfort his eldest daughter, Mi Jia, after he learned her husband was cheating. They discovered that Mi Jia and the woman had an arrangement, and Director Mi fainted when he walked in on them together.

• Ye Lan and Ye Xunzhi met Director Mi, who asked Ye Lan to visit his daughter Mi Jia because her husband was cheating.
• On the drive, Ye Xunzhi recalled that Mi Jia had confronted the woman and that the two had become close, with Mi Jia accepting money in exchange for the affair.
• Ye Lan realized Mi Jia likely did not need comforting, while Ye Xunzhi privately imagined becoming a matchmaker for women like them.
• At Mi Jia’s villa, Ye Lan warned Director Mi to prepare himself after Ye Xunzhi spotted Mi Jia with another woman upstairs.
• The woman kissed Mi Jia and mentioned arranging a business trip for her husband, Nado, and Director Mi fainted upon seeing them together.

Ye Xunzhi accidentally summoned forensic doctors instead of an ambulance for Director Mi, then returned from Country F with a coral and an orca-delivered treasure chest that she had donated to the country. The donation earned her a national commendation and reward, and the chapter ended with her and Ye Lan being sent to squat in a corner by Old Master Ye.

• Ye Xunzhi called emergency services for Director Mi but misunderstood the call and summoned forensic doctors, who arrived to perform an autopsy.
• The guests and crew ended their trip to Country F, and Ye Xunzhi slept on the plane with her Golden Coral.
• A Country F blogger posted footage of an orca delivering a treasure chest to Ye Xunzhi and demanded that she return its antiques to Country F.
• Country Z netizens mocked the blogger, while the foreign ministry defended Ye Xunzhi and the National Museum awarded her a commendation banner and fifty-thousand cash reward.
• Old Master Ye learned that Ye Xunzhi had donated the treasure chest's artifacts, then scolded her and Ye Lan for laughing at him and ordered them to squat in a corner.

Ye Xunzhi and her family prepared to spend New Year in the countryside, only for her to discover that the Ye family’s country estate was a lavish mansion. Ye Xiao took her to meet Second Grandpa, and someone called out to Ye Xunzhi from behind.

• Ye Chuyan returned home, and Old Master Ye sent him, Ye Lan, and Ye Xunzhi to crouch in a corner after teasing and scolding them.
• Ye Xiao told the family he had used Ye Xunzhi’s debate tactic by kissing his opponent, who had challenged him to prove his love.
• Ye Yunhuai arrived and reminded Old Master Ye that the family’s cars were ready to leave for the countryside for New Year.
• The family reached their sprawling country estate, and Ye Xunzhi was shocked by its grandeur.
• Old Master Ye sent Ye Xiao to take Ye Xunzhi to meet Second Grandpa at the village’s north entrance; as they passed a lotus pond, an excited voice called to Ye Xunzhi.

Ye Xunzhi and Ye Xiao met Allen and his wealthy father, who had come to celebrate the Spring Festival after Ye Qi'an invited them. They learned Ye Qi'an had spun elaborate stories about his siblings to secure lavish gifts for Ye Xunzhi, while he stayed behind to handle the plane’s parking.

• Ye Xunzhi recognized Allen, whom she had rescued, and learned that Ye Qi'an had invited him and his father to Country Z as family.
• Ye Xiao greeted Allen’s father and awkwardly confirmed Ye Qi'an’s invented claims about his school routine and long walk to school.
• Allen’s father explained that Ye Qi'an had described Ye Xunzhi as withdrawn and especially fond of Pixiu, then gave her a solid-gold Pixiu and a three-percent stake in a major gaming company.
• Ye Xunzhi accepted the gifts and praised Ye Qi'an, while privately realizing he had bluffed his way into securing them.
• Allen’s father said he had bought the house next door after paying its occupants to move out, and that Ye Qi'an had stayed behind to deal with the plane’s parking.
• Ye Xunzhi and Ye Xiao said goodbye to Allen and his father and continued on their way.

Ye Xunzhi tried several schemes to steal the New Year’s snacks, while Old Master Mo Ye confided in Old Master Ye about worrying that his daughter Ye Xi was being mistreated by her boyfriend’s family. The chapter ended when Ye Xunzhi’s private thought revealed that Ye Xi’s boyfriend’s family was trouble.

• Ye Xunzhi eagerly welcomed Old Master Mo Ye, hoping to earn a large red envelope, and later tried to break into the locked room of New Year’s supplies.
• Ye Xunzhi recruited a border collie and a golden retriever to distract the old butler, then slipped through a window into the supplies room.
• Old Master Mo Ye told Old Master Ye that Ye Xi had changed her New Year’s plans and was staying with her boyfriend’s family, which made him fear she was being mistreated.
• Ye Xunzhi thought that everyone in Ye Xi’s boyfriend’s family was a problem, and both old men turned toward her.