Chapter Summaries

Ye Xunzhi and Ye Xiao recovered at Ji Woyu’s Research Base, where they learned about his work and his reasons for living on Snow Mountain. Professor Beijie arrived with his assistant Ganso, whom Ye Xunzhi recognized as Ji Woyu’s son.

• Ye Xunzhi woke to Ye Xiao tending Ji Woyu’s wound and mistook the scene for a forced-romance encounter before learning Ji Woyu had saved them.
• Ji Woyu explained that he lived on Snow Mountain because he feared crowds and bugs, and that he had moved there after people repeatedly invaded his base in Country Z.
• A small robot announced that Professor Beijie had arrived with another visitor, and Ji Woyu welcomed them in.
• Professor Beijie introduced his assistant Ganso as a fellow Country Z native who researched drone technology and might work with Ji Woyu.
• Ye Xunzhi recognized Ganso as Ji Woyu’s son.

Ji Woyu learned that Ganso was the father who had abandoned him and his brother, and rejected Professor Beijie’s offer to collaborate with Country J. He reaffirmed his loyalty to Country Z and had Little Jiujiu escort the guests out.

• Ye Xiao listened as Ye Xunzhi recounted how Ganso had abandoned his wife and sons, and how the brothers had escaped their buyers and built successful lives.
• Ji Woyu asked Ganso about his former name and marriage, while Professor Beijie praised Ganso as a devoted husband.
• Ye Xunzhi revealed that Ganso had pursued his wife while pretending to be a plumber, and Professor Beijie urged Ji Woyu to join Country J with promises of resources and funding.
• Ji Woyu recognized Ganso as his father and told him he looked down on and disliked him.
• Ji Woyu refused Professor Beijie’s offer, declared his loyalty to Country Z, and asked Little Jiujiu to see the guests out.

After Zhan Tang woke in Ye Xunzhi’s staged underworld interrogation, Ye Xunzhi threatened her mother until she agreed to explain why she had tried to hurt her. Zhan Tang began recounting a family history stretching back to her grandfather’s generation, and Ye Xunzhi emerged twenty minutes later satisfied with the story.

• Ji Woyu learned that the rescued girl, Zhan Tang, would soon wake, and Ye Xunzhi asked him and Ye Xiao for help.
• Ye Xunzhi tied up Zhan Tang and pretended to be an underworld judge interrogating her about the attempted attack.
• When Zhan Tang refused to speak, Ye Xunzhi threatened to harm her mother, then claimed she might kill Zhan Tang and show her mother the body.
• Zhan Tang agreed to talk if Ye Xunzhi promised not to trouble her mother, and she began explaining the events behind the conflict.
• Ye Xunzhi listened eagerly to Zhan Tang’s account, which reached back to her grandfather’s generation, while Ye Xiao and Ji Woyu could not hear the latter part.

Ye Xunzhi told Ye Xiao and Ji Woyu the tangled family history that made Zhan Tang both Ye Xunzhi’s husband and her child’s father-in-law. After Homeroom Teacher Cui confirmed everyone was safe, Ye Xunzhi continued explaining how Zhan Tang’s biological parents were half-siblings.

• Ye Xunzhi gathered Ye Xiao and Ji Woyu to share gossip about Zhan Tang’s grandparents swapping children between households.
• Ye Xunzhi explained that Zhan Tang’s grandfather, his wife, his first love, and her husband all knew about the arrangement and even celebrated New Year’s together.
• Ji Woyu returned Ye Xiao’s repaired phone, and Homeroom Teacher Cui called in a panic to check whether Ye Xiao, Ye Xunzhi, and Zhan Tang were safe.
• Ye Xiao learned that it would be safer for the group to leave the next morning after the snowstorm ended.
• Ye Xunzhi revealed that Zhan Tang’s biological father discovered his mistress was his half-sister, and that their daughter was Zhan Tang.

Ye Xunzhi learned that Zhan Tang had targeted her because someone had paid Zhan Tang’s mother to switch the babies at the hospital, and she sent Feilanz to confront the mother. After Zhan Tang was exposed to her classmates, Ye Xunzhi returned safely, only to panic about her homework and recruit older students to help.

• Ye Xunzhi privately recalled that Zhan Tang’s mother had switched her and Lin Ranran at birth for money, and that Zhan Tang had later agreed to target Ye Xunzhi in exchange for money and her family’s safety.
• Ye Xunzhi contacted Feilanz, who found Zhan Tang’s mother while she was selling barbecue and confronted her about Zhan Tang’s attempted murder and the hospital switch.
• On the helicopter, Ye Xunzhi promised Zhan Tang she would leave her mother alone, while secretly hoping Feilanz would deal with them; Ye Xiao realized she was acting two-faced.
• After the helicopter landed, Zhuang Yuehan accused Zhan Tang of tying her up, and Zhan Tang admitted that Ye Xunzhi had been her intended target, prompting Zhuang Yuehan to report her to Homeroom Teacher Cui.
• Xi Rongrong told Ye Xunzhi that the students had to return home early, and Ye Xunzhi cried out over her unfinished homework before asking the older students to do some of it for her.

After returning home, Ye Xunzhi tried to explain away the homework she had made others do, but Old Master Ye punished Ye Xiao instead. The next day, Ye Xunzhi went back to school and encountered a haughty girl who ordered her to carry her luggage.

• Old Master Ye questioned Ye Xunzhi about the many different kinds of handwriting in her workbooks, and she invented excuses while accidentally revealing Ye Xiao's involvement.
• Old Master Ye sent Ye Xunzhi away and beat Ye Xiao, while his brothers refused to rescue him.
• After hearing Ye Xiao's account of the trip, Old Master Ye let Ye Xunzhi sleep in and extended her leave by an hour.
• Ye Xiao drove Ye Xunzhi to school, where she reluctantly went inside after complaining about school and homework.
• A fashionably dressed girl pointed to her three suitcases and ordered Ye Xunzhi to carry them.

Ye Xunzhi mistook Fu Mu’s luggage order for a chance to earn the young lady’s favor, while Ye Xiao and Yu Yuan watched from the bushes. When Fu Ze arrived with Zhao Chuchu and accused Fu Mu of mistreating her, Ye Xiao stayed to watch the family dispute, and Ye Xunzhi began searching her memories about Fu Mu.

• A girl ordered Ye Xunzhi to carry her luggage, and Ye Xunzhi eagerly agreed after the girl gave her an expensive Hermès bag.
• Ye Xiao and Yu Yuan hid in the bushes and watched Ye Xunzhi become the girl’s self-appointed servant.
• Fu Ze confronted Fu Mu and accused her of insulting Zhao Chuchu, who claimed Fu Mu hated her because she was adopted.
• Fu Mu accused Zhao Chuchu of provoking her at the airport and using her email to go there in Fu Ze’s place.
• Fu Ze defended Zhao Chuchu’s explanation, while Ye Xunzhi searched her memories about Fu Mu.

Ye Xunzhi exposed the Fu Family’s history and stood up for Fu Mu when Fu Ze and Zhao Chuchu mistreated her. Fu Mu left with Ye Xunzhi as her ally, while Ye Xunzhi redirected Fu Ze’s anger toward her brother Ye Xiao.

• Ye Xunzhi recalled that Fu Mu had been raised by her wealthy maternal grandfather while the Fu Family favored their adopted daughter, Zhao Chuchu, and imagined the family’s violent future.
• Fu Ze defended Zhao Chuchu and scolded Fu Mu, who threatened to have her grandfather withdraw his investment.
• Ye Xunzhi stepped in to defend Fu Mu, and Fu Mu gave her an expensive watch and asked her to stay by her side.
• Ye Xunzhi mocked Zhao Chuchu and Fu Ze, while Fu Mu declared Ye Xunzhi her Chief Little Follower and walked away with her.
• Ye Xunzhi told Fu Ze to challenge her brother Ye Xiao if he wanted a fight, leaving Ye Xiao to realize she had pointed Fu Ze toward him.

Ye Xunzhi returned to class with Fu Mu, who asked to sit beside her and learned she was top of the class. After Ye Xunzhi fell asleep during biology, she woke to find Fu Mu beside her with a biology question beneath her hand.

• Ye Xunzhi ended her leave with Teacher Shi, who welcomed her back to school.
• Fu Mu asked Teacher Shi to sit next to Ye Xunzhi and learned that Ye Xunzhi ranked first in the class and the year.
• Ye Xunzhi returned to class and struggled to stay awake during a biology lecture.
• Ye Xunzhi dreamed about her brother Ye Qi'an forcing her to study, then jolted awake under the biology professor's gaze.
• Ye Xunzhi found Fu Mu sitting beside her and a biology question beneath her hand.

Ye Xunzhi accidentally earned her classmates’ admiration by solving a biology question, then claimed she had a second personality to avoid being asked more. Wen Ruchu tested her claim with money and discovered that a hundred yuan brought out her eager, helpful side.

• Shi Dashang secretly watched Ye Xunzhi wake from her nap and mistakenly believed she had been thinking deeply during class.
• Ye Xunzhi explained why primary phloem was the answer to Fu Mu’s biology question, impressing Fu Mu and reassuring Shi Dashang that she had paid attention.
• After class, Ye Xunzhi’s classmates crowded around to ask questions, so she claimed her brilliant second personality was the one that solved them.
• Wen Ruchu questioned Ye Xunzhi about her supposed personality switches and arranged to sit nearby so he could observe her.
• Wen Ruchu offered Ye Xunzhi a hundred yuan, and she accepted it eagerly before agreeing to answer his question.

Wen Ruchu told his parents he had given away his valuables to pay for answers from Ye Xunzhi, and his family teased him about his newfound lack of money. Ye Xunzhi then accepted an invitation from Feilanz to visit Zhan Tang’s mother, while Ye Lan let her go despite knowing what was really happening.

• Madam Wen and Wen Dad picked Wen Ruchu up and discovered he had given away nearly everything valuable he owned.
• Wen Ruchu explained that he needed money to awaken Ye Xunzhi’s second personality and asked when he could inherit his father’s company.
• Wen Dad joked that Wen Ruchu should marry into Ye Xunzhi’s family, while Madam Wen teased him and offered to answer his questions for free.
• Ye Lan questioned Ye Xunzhi about the electronics she had received from Wen Ruchu, and she explained that she had earned them by answering his questions.
• Ye Xunzhi received Feilanz’s message saying Zhan Tang’s mother wanted to meet her, then asked Ye Lan if she could go to dinner.
• Ye Lan agreed to let Ye Xunzhi visit Feilanz and reminded her to return before eight because guests were coming.

Ye Xunzhi visited Zhan Tang’s mother and learned how Eileen had paid her to switch Madam Lin’s and Madam Ye’s babies. She left without filing a complaint against Zhan Tang, then paid Feilanz to investigate the contract and chased him for pretending to be her older brother.

• Feilanz told Ye Xunzhi that Zhan Tang’s mother had asked to meet her after hearing that her daughter might be taken into police custody.
• Zhan Tang’s mother confessed that Eileen had paid her to switch the babies and explained that she had used the money for Zhan Tang’s treatment.
• Ye Xunzhi told Zhan Tang’s mother that she did not regret her choices, but said Zhan Tang was facing the consequences of harming others and that Ye Xunzhi had never filed a complaint against her.
• Feilanz showed Ye Xunzhi the contract signed by Zhan Tang’s mother and Eileen and offered to investigate it for more clues.
• Ye Xunzhi transferred money to Feilanz, teased him about posing as her older brother, and chased him when he tried to back away.

Ye Xunzhi returned home and discovered that Feng Ruoxue and the Wen family were visiting Ye Qi'an. Her thoughts revealed that Ye Qi'an and Feng Ruoxue still had an unresolved misunderstanding, which she found as dramatic as a love triangle.

• Ye Xunzhi teased Feilanz before heading home with her schoolbag.
• Ye Xunzhi arrived to find Feng Ruoxue, Dad Wen, and Wen Ruchu visiting Ye Qi'an.
• Feng Ruoxue and Dad Wen explained that Wen Ruchu wanted to pay a classmate for help with biology questions.
• Ye Xiao and Ye Lan quietly discussed Ye Qi'an's distant manner toward Feng Ruoxue.
• Ye Xunzhi hid behind the sofa and realized that the misunderstanding involving Feng Ruoxue, Dad Wen, and Ye Qi'an resembled a love triangle.

Ye Qi'an refused Feng Ruoxue’s invitation to a meal alone, while Ye Xunzhi revealed a series of frightening childhood incidents caused by Feng Ruoxue’s attempts to care for him. The chapter left Ye Qi'an’s childhood ordeal continuing with a deer carrying him away as his mother gathered herbs.

• Ye Xiao and Ye Lan listened to Ye Xunzhi’s thoughts while sharing sunflower seeds and fruit.
• Feng Ruoxue invited Ye Qi'an to have a meal with her, but excluded Wen Ruchu and Wen Dad.
• Ye Qi'an tried to decline the invitation, and Ye Xunzhi guessed he might agree if Feng Ruoxue brought her husband along.
• Ye Lan explained that Ye Qi'an had been raised by Feng Ruoxue until she married and sent him to live with Grandpa.
• Ye Xunzhi recalled how Feng Ruoxue frightened Ye Qi'an with recordings of his dead cat, cooked a fish he had caught, and brought him on a research trip.
• Ye Xunzhi recounted how a deer mistook the brown-clad Ye Qi'an for its fawn and carried him away while Feng Ruoxue gathered herbs.

Ye Qi'an learned that Feng Ruoxue had misunderstood his feelings about her marriage, but before he could explain, Wen Ruchu confessed to Ye Xunzhi. Ye Qi'an rejected him and threw him out, leaving Wen Dad to console his son.

• Ye Qi'an realized Ye Xunzhi's account of Feng Ruoxue's past was mostly accurate, including how her antics had made Third Brother eager for her to marry Wen Dad.
• Ye Qi'an tried to show Feng Ruoxue that he accepted Wen Dad by offering to help Wen Ruchu with his questions.
• Wen Dad learned that Ye Xunzhi was Ye Qi'an's sister, and Wen Ruchu reasoned that they could still marry because they were not blood-related.
• Wen Dad told Wen Ruchu to pursue someone he liked, so Wen Ruchu confessed to Ye Xunzhi.
• Ye Qi'an answered for Ye Xunzhi, rejected Wen Ruchu, and threw him out of the house.
• Wen Dad comforted Wen Ruchu, then learned Ye Xunzhi was his class's top student and told his son to find someone less exceptional.

Feng Ruoxue reassured Ye Xunzhi that Wen Ruchu’s hurtful remarks should not affect their friendship, then praised the virtues of befriending him. Her family and the Wen men watched her efforts and reacted with amusement.

• Feng Ruoxue took Ye Xunzhi aside and asked her not to take Wen Ruchu’s words to heart, claiming his brain and personality had flaws he could not help.
• Ye Xunzhi promised she would not ignore Wen Ruchu, and Feng Ruoxue celebrated her success from across the room.
• Ye Qi'an and Ye Xiao noticed Wen Ruchu and Wen Dad pressed against the window, laughing at their reactions.
• Feng Ruoxue urged Ye Xunzhi to befriend Wen Ruchu, calling him simple, wealthy, and easy to handle, then began recalling how Wen Dad had pursued her.

Ye Xunzhi recalled the three schemes Wen Dad used to win Mom Feng, while Ye Yunhuai, Ye Lan, Ye Xiao, Ye Qi'an, and Old Master Ye recognized memories connected to those attempts. The chapter ended with Ye Yunhuai wondering whether Ye Xunzhi needed more pocket money.

• Ye Xunzhi remembered Wen Dad’s first scheme, broadcasting a romantic confession on Magic City’s giant screens, which Ye Yunhuai and Ye Lan recalled seeing as children.
• Ye Xunzhi described Wen Dad’s failed rose-petal helicopter plan, which the police halted before he scattered petals by car and Mom Feng rejected him.
• Old Master Ye remembered reporting a helicopter that had blocked his wife’s view of the moon during their own rooftop date.
• After his friends rallied when Wen Dad called them Dad, one friend proposed funding Mom Feng’s project team, and the money offensive won her over.
• Ye Qi'an recalled how money had defeated his research, while Ye Yunhuai wondered whether Ye Xunzhi needed a larger allowance.

Ye Xunzhi struggled through school after staying up late, then got swept into a teachers’ tug-of-war when Teacher Xu tried to recruit her for the high school division. After enduring a barrage of academic questions, she heard Fu Mu calling from the infirmary and rushed to find out what had happened.

• Ye Yunhuai confiscated Ye Xunzhi’s phone when she stayed up late, and she went to school exhausted the next morning.
• Fu Mu tried to motivate Ye Xunzhi with a necklace and a promised gift, while Ye Xunzhi struggled to focus in class.
• Teacher Xu lured Ye Xunzhi away with a hundred-yuan note, and Shi Dashang chased after them before the vice principal stopped him.
• Ye Xunzhi reached the high school division, distracted Ye Xiao and Lu Nan, and was kept busy answering questions for several teachers.
• Ye Xunzhi heard Fu Mu crying in the infirmary, recognized her voice, and rushed inside to ask who had hurt her.

Ye Xunzhi comforted Fu Mu after learning that Fu Mu’s grandfather was trapped by the war in Country X, where Country Z had begun an evacuation operation. After helping Fu Mu rest, Ye Xunzhi recruited Feilanz for a dangerous job and set out to go somewhere with him.

• Ye Xunzhi brought Fu Mu wontons and listened as she explained that her grandfather was trapped in Country X amid a war.
• Fu Mu told Ye Xunzhi that Country Z had sent special forces to evacuate overseas Chinese, including her grandfather.
• Ye Xunzhi distracted Fu Mu with school gossip, then helped her return to the dorm to rest.
• Ye Xunzhi called Feilanz and offered him a well-paid extra job that would take them somewhere dangerous.

Ye Xunzhi traveled toward Country X to investigate her brother Ye Chuyan’s death and bait Eileen into revealing herself. After learning Ye Xunzhi was headed there, Eileen decided to go and kill her, setting the two on a collision course.

• Ye Xunzhi recalled how she had searched Country X for Ye Chuyan after his unit died during an evacuation, finding only his named military cap.
• Ye Xunzhi boarded Kafka’s family helicopter with Feilanz and learned that someone may have secretly pushed Country X toward war over many years.
• Ye Xunzhi told Feilanz she suspected Eileen was behind the plot and instructed Wade to tell Eileen she was heading to Country X.
• Eileen struggled to explain Ye Xunzhi’s sudden trip to Country X, then decided she had to eliminate her and arranged to fly there.