Chapter Summaries

Ye Xunzhi rescued the group from a charging bear with a tranquilizer gun after Wu Chengshan fought it off, and the production crew escorted everyone down the mountain. Lin Ranran pretended she had tried to help, but Ye Xunzhi slapped her across the face.

• Shi Che and Wu Chengshan distracted the bear, but it charged at Shi Yao and Wu Jia, prompting Wu Chengshan to knock it back with a punch and a flying kick.
• Wu Chengshan drew the bear’s attacks away from the others until Ye Xunzhi swung in on a vine and shot it with a tranquilizer dart.
• The production crew and a forest ranger arrived, learned that Ye Xunzhi had subdued the bear, and escorted the guests off the mountain after Director Mi reported Jiang Qi had been taken to the hospital.
• Lin Ranran arrived later and claimed she had been lost and had tried to get help, but the others challenged her account.
• Ye Xunzhi suddenly slapped Lin Ranran and sent her flying.

Ye Xunzhi confronted Lin Ranran over using Wu Jia as a shield, while fans reviewed footage that supported Ye Xunzhi and condemned Lin Ranran. As Ye Lan and Ye Xunzhi prepared to rest at the village chief’s home, Ye Lan remembered that the village chief was involved in a drug deal that would be exposed during a bear attack that night.

• Ye Xunzhi slapped and threatened Lin Ranran, accusing her of throwing Wu Jia into the bear’s jaws to save herself.
• Wu Chengshan backed Ye Xunzhi, and fans shared footage showing Lin Ranran’s actions and arguing over Jiang Qi’s fall.
• The others stopped the confrontation, and the village chief invited Ye Lan and the others to rest and have dinner at his home.
• Ye Lan remembered that a bear would attack the village on December 28 and that the village chief was secretly involved in a drug deal exposed during the ensuing police operation.
• Ye Lan realized that he and Ye Xunzhi had escaped one danger only to enter another.

Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan stayed with the village chief, unaware to him that they knew he was an impostor and a criminal. When the chief tried to learn about the guests and decide whom to target, Ye Lan collapsed after one drink, leaving Ye Xunzhi to face his questions.

• Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan moved their luggage into the courtyard house while Jiang Qi returned after hearing that Lin Ranran had been hurt.
• The impostor village chief spoke with his criminal associates, agreed to consider targeting two celebrities, and prepared a lavish meal and liquor to pry for information.
• Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan recognized the danger but acted as if they trusted the chief, with Ye Lan taking precautions before eating.
• The village chief offered Ye Lan Moutai and asked about the celebrities, but Ye Lan abruptly collapsed after one drink.
• The village chief turned to Ye Xunzhi and asked whether her celebrity friends were rich, while Ye Lan remained slumped over the table, pretending to be unconscious.

Ye Xunzhi misled the village chief into targeting Lin Ranran and Jiang Qi, then left her lodging to warn someone about the drug deal. Instead, she found a captured Anti-Drug Police officer and freed him from a basement.

• Ye Xunzhi described the other guests to the village chief in ways that made him dismiss her family and choose Lin Ranran and Jiang Qi as targets.
• After dinner, Ye Xunzhi decided to stop the drug dealers from escaping and left through a back window while Ye Lan secretly packed to flee.
• Ye Xunzhi followed a muddy path toward Shi Che’s place and discovered a bloodied, bound Anti-Drug Police officer in a basement.
• The officer urged Ye Xunzhi to run, but she returned, unlocked the basement door, and untied him.

Ye Xunzhi rescued the tortured Officer Lu and brought him to his fellow anti-drug officers, who mobilized to protect the village and arrest the drug dealers. Officer Lu was taken away for treatment, leaving Ye Xunzhi with his secret name and a promise to keep it.

• Ye Xunzhi carried the injured Officer Lu out of the basement and explained how she had found him, showing him her special consultant credentials when he questioned her.
• Two undercover anti-drug officers worried that Officer Lu had been captured, then opened the door when Ye Xunzhi arrived with him and demanded ransom money over WeChat.
• Ye Xunzhi stayed with the officers as they exchanged information, called headquarters for backup, evacuated residents, and arranged arrests; she also warned her second brother to leave.
• A doctor treated Officer Lu as he prepared to leave under escort, and he told Ye Xunzhi he would reveal his name when a shooting star crossed the sky.
• Ye Xunzhi traced Officer Lu's name on his palm and promised to keep his secret as he was taken away.

Ye Xunzhi learned that the police had rescued the hostages after an overnight battle, while Jiang Qi was badly injured protecting Lin Ranran. When Mu Tong broke down during a livestream, Ye Xunzhi secretly directed her to the Ruined Temple and challenged Lin Ranran for blaming her.

• Director Mi and Ye Lan crawled through gunfire to reach the police perimeter, and the battle ended at dawn with the Village Chief dead.
• Ye Xunzhi learned that Lin Ranran and Jiang Qi had been rescued, and that Jiang Qi had suffered a completely broken leg after Lin Ranran used him as a shield.
• During the restarted livestream, Mu Tong rejected Mu Yang, while Lin Ranran backed him and pressured Mu Tong to calm down.
• Mu Tong fled after Ye Xunzhi quietly told her to run to the Ruined Temple.
• Lin Ranran accused Ye Xunzhi of failing to stop Mu Tong, and Ye Xunzhi mocked her blame-shifting.

Mu Tong fled from Mu Yang to the Ruined Temple, where he attacked and threatened her while pretending to be a loving father in front of others. Ye Xunzhi revealed that the abuse had been captured during a livestream, leaving Mu Yang exposed and viewers calling for an investigation.

• Mu Tong ran toward the Ruined Temple, and Mu Yang struck her with a charred branch before pursuing her inside.
• Mu Yang kicked Mu Tong and threatened her, then acted like a concerned father when Ye Xunzhi and the others arrived.
• Lin Ranran tried to pull Mu Tong away and defended Mu Yang, while Mu Tong rejected her as a friend who would not take her side.
• Ye Lan asked everyone to hear Mu Tong's account, but Mu Yang and Lin Ranran dismissed her words as unreliable.
• Ye Xunzhi revealed that a phone in the Ruined Temple had livestreamed Mu Yang's abuse, and the viewers condemned him and called for an investigation.

Ye Xunzhi exposed Mu Yang's abuse during a livestream and helped Mu Tong plan a future beyond her father’s control. After Mu Tong reunited with her grandparents, Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan headed back to Magic City, where a shared ride full of strawberries tested her self-control.

• Mu Yang tried to stop the livestream after viewers saw his behavior, but the crew restrained him while Ye Xunzhi watched his public image collapse.
• Ye Lan asked how Ye Xunzhi had predicted the incident, and she explained in thought that she had left a livestreaming phone at the ruined temple and relied on Mu Tong to seize her chance to expose Mu Yang.
• Ye Xunzhi offered Mu Tong legal support and a place in the Ye Group, and Mu Tong said she wanted to study piano and eventually join the Phantom Music Orchestra.
• The police and Mu Tong's maternal grandparents arrived, and Mu Tong broke down as she reunited with them; Jiang's Mother also dragged Lin Ranran away.
• Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan booked a shared ride to the airport, and Ye Lan warned her not to eat the strawberries belonging to another passenger.

Ye Lan and Ye Xunzhi escaped his agent at the airport, then Ye Xunzhi was chased by two motorcycle snatch thieves and turned the tables on them. She and Ye Lan recovered their bag and taunted the thieves as they rode away.

• Ye Lan fled the airport with Ye Xunzhi after learning his agent had placed people at every exit to catch him.
• Ye Xunzhi helped Ye Lan disguise himself and escape past his agent, then the two walked into the city and stopped for food.
• Two thieves tried to steal Ye Xunzhi's bag, but she dodged them, took their motorcycle, and rode off with it.
• Ye Xunzhi returned with Ye Lan, and they snatched their bag back from the thieves.
• Ye Xunzhi rode past the thieves again and mocked them before she and Ye Lan drove away.

Ye Xunzhi returned safely to the Ye Family Villa, then spent the next day helping Ye Xiao prepare for a debate. She devised two ruthless strategies for his team, leaving Ye Xiao stunned by her tactics.

• Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan handed the stolen motorcycle over to the police, and Old Master Ye checked Ye Xunzhi for injuries before taking Ye Lan aside.
• Ye Xunzhi asked Old Master Ye to make Ye Lan tell her stories, but Old Master Ye sent her to hear Ye Yunhuai's business stories instead.
• After waking late, Ye Xunzhi teased Ye Xiao and was pulled into helping him prepare for a debate on whether loving or being loved brought greater happiness.
• Ye Xunzhi proposed sowing discord by exploiting an opposing speaker's crush and forgotten confession.
• Ye Xunzhi suggested Ye Xiao confessing to Lu Nan during the debate, and Ye Xiao was shocked by how vicious the plans were.

Ye Xunzhi was told to earn money during her summer vacation, but Old Master Ye lowered the target after hearing her consider dangerous ways to make it. She began by walking Special Assistant Zhou’s dogs, where the Border Collie Lao Liu outsmarted the Husky Erhuo to monopolize her affection.

• Ye Xunzhi declined Ye Xunzhi’s proposed ways to deal with her problems, then learned from Third Brother that Captain Shi had nearly completed his treatment.
• After a week of sleeping late and staying indoors, Ye Xunzhi was dragged out of bed by Old Master Ye, who said she had to earn money during the vacation.
• Ye Yunhuai explained that fourteen-year-olds in the Ye Family had to earn thirty thousand in a month, but Old Master Ye reduced Ye Xunzhi’s target to three thousand after hearing her thoughts about Macau, scamming, and undercover work.
• Ye Yunhuai arranged for Ye Xunzhi to walk Special Assistant Zhou’s Border Collie, Lao Liu, and Husky, Erhuo, for pay.
• Erhuo rushed to greet Ye Xunzhi, while Lao Liu distracted him with a ball and snuggled up to her; Erhuo returned to find Lao Liu had claimed her attention.

Ye Xunzhi took two dogs for a walk, then caused a kitchen fire while trying to cook for them before Ye Chuyan arrived and put it out. Ye Chuyan recruited her for a potentially dangerous mission with Shi Che and Shi Yao, and they reached the beach to board a cruise ship.

• Ye Xunzhi took the Border Collie and Husky to the Ye Family Villa after they refused to walk around the park, then tried to make them fried pork chops.
• The hot oil caught fire when Ye Xunzhi put thawed pork into the pan, but the Border Collie pulled her away and the Husky used a pot lid as a shield.
• Ye Chuyan and the chef returned and controlled the fire, while the dogs refused to eat Ye Xunzhi's charred cooking and the chef made them lunch.
• Ye Chuyan told Ye Xunzhi that he had a way for her to make money by joining a potentially dangerous mission with Shi Che, and she eagerly agreed.
• Ye Chuyan explained that Shi Che was returning to duty and taking Shi Yao along, then drove Ye Xunzhi to the beach to meet them and board a cruise ship.

Ye Xunzhi realized the cruise ship Zhenlimar was headed for a disaster involving a bomb, pirates, and stolen weapons data, and she considered how to prevent it. Ye Chuyan learned the danger through her thoughts and joined her in plotting to deal with the people behind it.

• Director Mi encountered Ye Xunzhi aboard the cruise ship and guessed he was dreaming.
• Ye Chuyan told Ye Xunzhi that he was on a covert protection assignment for a high-ranking official from Country Z.
• After hearing the ship’s name, Ye Xunzhi remembered that the Zhenlimar would sink in an explosion after spies and pirates targeted a young man carrying weapons research data.
• Ye Xunzhi suggested escaping the ship, but admitted they had no way to leave and began considering how to avert the disaster.
• Ye Chuyan proposed throwing Director Mi overboard, while Ye Xunzhi thought about gathering the culprits and using the research materials to bargain.

Ye Xunzhi escaped Ye Chuyan and went to the bar, where she defended Ian from a persistent man and befriended him. She ran into Ye Chuyan afterward and tried to explain her absence with a joke about the man’s bruised feelings.

• Shi Che arrived and lectured Ye Chuyan for joking about throwing someone overboard while Ye Xunzhi slipped away.
• Ye Xunzhi entered the bar and heard a suited man harassing Ian, who was posing as a woman named Amy.
• Ye Xunzhi mocked the man for expecting women to clean, making Ian laugh and driving the man away.
• Ye Xunzhi shared a drink of milk with Ian, flirted with him, and exchanged WeChat contacts before his burly maid called him away.
• Ye Chuyan caught Ye Xunzhi leaving the bar, and she claimed she had witnessed a J type getting his feelings hurt.

Ian learned that foreign spies were investigating his identity, so he decided to attend the ship’s grand ball as camouflage while protecting his mother’s hidden chip. On the lower deck, Ye Xunzhi helped Ye Chuyan stop two bomb installers, while Shi Yao found a possible way into the sealed room.

• Ian heard that spies had boarded the cruise ship to investigate him and decided to blend in with the guests at the grand ball, bringing the maid along for emergencies.
• Ian remembered that his mother had hidden her real research on a chip inside his pocket watch and vowed not to let anyone take her life's work.
• Ye Chuyan and Shi Che found impostor crew members installing bombs, but an iron door dropped and trapped them on the other side.
• Ye Xunzhi provoked the bomb installers by mocking their Heavenly Faith and boasting about the Money Faith, giving Ye Chuyan a chance to knock them unconscious.
• Shi Yao found a ventilation duct and told Shi Che it might be another entrance.

Ye Chuyan learned about Shi Yao’s painful childhood and her devotion to Shi Che while the siblings dealt with the danger aboard the ship. As the banquet began, mercenary Feilanz was confronted from behind by someone threatening him.

• Ye Chuyan and Shi Che crawled through a ventilation duct, while Shi Che stopped Shi Yao from following them and told her to wait in her cabin.
• Ye Xunzhi’s thoughts revealed how Shi Yao’s mother was killed and how Shi Che became the source of nearly all Shi Yao’s affection.
• Ye Chuyan asked Ye Xunzhi whether she would help him in a crisis, and she joked about pulling his breathing tube and taking his place at school.
• Ye Xunzhi led a dejected Shi Yao away and told her they were going to help their brothers cause trouble.
• At the cruise ship banquet, mercenary Feilanz complained about his vague assignment before someone pressed a hard object against his back and threatened to cluck-beep him.

Shi Yao convinced Feilanz to help deal with the bomb aboard the ship by destroying his escape options. Meanwhile, Ye Xunzhi intervened when a thug attacked Ian, striking him with a frying pan.

• Shi Yao told Feilanz there was a bomb on the ship and showed him photos as proof.
• Feilanz tried to leave, but Shi Yao revealed she had disabled the speedboat and hovercraft, so he agreed to help.
• Feilanz asked how Shi Yao had recognized him, and she credited her sister’s description and claimed her brother taught her to disable the boat.
• A burly man cornered Ian and demanded the USB drive, threatening to hurt him when Ian refused.
• Ye Xunzhi struck the burly man with a frying pan before he could hit Ian.

Ye Xunzhi offered to protect Ian in exchange for the data he carried, and agreed to help him recover his stolen pocket watch. They reached the suspected thief’s room, preparing to confront him.

• Ye Xunzhi recognized Ian, offered him protection in exchange for a copy of his data, and Ian accepted while asking her to recover his pocket watch.
• Ian explained that a man at the ball had stolen the watch, and Ye Xunzhi suspected he was also after the flash drive.
• Ye Xunzhi returned Ian’s necklace and told him to get ready to retrieve the watch by confronting the man directly.
• Ian changed into plain clothes, and Ye Xunzhi learned he had just turned eighteen before taking him to the man’s room.
• Ye Xunzhi led Ian through the night to the room without incident.

Ian and Ye Xunzhi recovered the pocket watch from the man who stole it, then learned that armed pirates had boarded the cruise ship and were likely after Ian’s weapons data. With Ye Chuyan’s team needing at least an hour, Ye Xunzhi led Ian toward the banquet hall to face the threat.

• Ian and Ye Xunzhi searched the man’s cabin, recovered the pocket watch, and beat him unconscious before leaving.
• Ye Xunzhi examined the watch and concluded that it contained a hidden chip, while planning to copy its contents for her homeland.
• Dozens of armed pirates boarded the ship, and Ye Xunzhi reported their numbers and the signal jammer to Shi Che and Ye Chuyan.
• Ye Chuyan suspected that someone had arranged the attack to seize Ian’s weapons data, while his team worked to disable threats elsewhere on the ship.
• When Ian asked where to hide as the pirates searched the ship, Ye Xunzhi took his hand and pointed toward the banquet hall.

Ye Xunzhi hired Merlot to retake the bridge while pirates searched for Ian and staged a card game to distract the passengers. Ye Xunzhi maneuvered Ian and herself to the table, where she took the dealer’s position and prepared to begin her plan.

• Ye Xunzhi paid Merlot at least ten million to retake the bridge, and Merlot signaled her team before slipping away.
• Ian asked Ye Xunzhi about the payment, and she told him to have his father reimburse her.
• The pirate leader ordered his men to keep searching for someone and started a card game to distract the passengers.
• When the pirate leader selected a woman, Ian volunteered to take her place after Ye Xunzhi urged him to step forward.
• Ye Xunzhi pleaded to join Ian as the dealer, and the pirate leader let them both sit at the table.