Chapter Summaries

Ye Xunzhi trapped Lin Ranran in an iron cage and continued through the chamber to reunite with Zheng Fangxing and Shi Yao. The group opened a cursed coffin, recovered three ancient coins, and tossed their enemies’ business cards inside.

• Ye Xunzhi tricked Lin Ranran into switching places at the mechanism, dropped the iron cage around her, and left her behind.
• Ye Xunzhi reached a golden Buddha statue and found Zheng Fangxing and Shi Yao waiting there after they had slid straight to the chamber.
• Zheng Fangxing showed Ye Xunzhi a black coffin inscribed with a warning to die if it was opened.
• Ye Xunzhi and Zheng Fangxing lit incense, bowed to the coffin, and opened it together.
• Ye Xunzhi took three ancient coins from the coffin, and she and Zheng Fangxing stuffed their enemies’ business cards inside.

Ye Xunzhi and Zheng Fangxing were interrupted while closing a coffin by two groups of thieves who each took a hostage and demanded antiques. Meanwhile, Wu Chengshan discovered Wu Jia missing from the theatre academy, and Shi Che tracked him and Shi Yao to a distant location.

• Ye Xunzhi and Zheng Fangxing tricked Shi Yao into praying, then left a note for the tomb occupant blaming the Buddha and advising against self-reflection.
• Vajra grabbed Shi Yao at gunpoint and demanded the ancient coins, while Hu San and his companions entered with Wu Jia as their hostage and demanded antiques.
• Ye Xunzhi suggested that the two groups release their hostages and fight over the antiques.
• Wu Chengshan found Wu Jia missing and learned from Ye Lan that Ye Xunzhi had gone after him with Shi Yao.
• Shi Che tracked Shi Yao's location, and Director Mi told the others to call emergency services before collapsing and demanding an ambulance.

Ye Xunzhi and the bearded man tried to escape the collapsing tomb as floodwaters surged through it. They shut the main doors to protect the others, leaving themselves trapped in the chamber as the water swallowed them.

• Ye Xunzhi's taunts upset Wu Jia, and a fight broke out when Vajra aimed his gun at Hu San; Ye Xunzhi struck Vajra's wrist with Master Zheng's compass, allowing Shi Yao and the others to subdue him.
• The underground structure began collapsing as rushing water rose, and the group ran toward the main doors.
• Ye Xunzhi and the bearded man realized the doors had to be closed from inside and agreed to hold them shut while the others escaped.
• The bearded man stabbed Vajra to stop him, while Ye Xunzhi ushered the others through the doors.
• Ye Xunzhi and the bearded man shut the doors, exchanged a fist bump, and were engulfed by the flood.

Ye Xunzhi and the bearded man escaped the flooded underground passage by riding the current through an underground river. After they reached the bank, the bearded man offered to teach her his skills, but their conversation was interrupted when someone pressed a cold metal object to Ye Xunzhi’s head.

• Ye Xunzhi and the bearded man followed the torrent into the underground river, where Ye Xunzhi’s swimming skill let her lead them through the darkness.
• Ye Xunzhi found air pockets in the cave ceiling, and both surfaced briefly to breathe before pushing onward.
• As their strength and oxygen ran low, Ye Xunzhi kept adjusting their direction until they spotted light and reached the surface.
• The bearded man pulled Ye Xunzhi onto the bank, then offered to teach her his special skills, but she said her grandpa and brothers would not allow it.
• The bearded man asked whether the old gentleman was really Ye Xunzhi’s grandpa, then froze as someone pressed a cold metal object against her head.

Ye Lan and the rescuers searched for Ye Xunzhi after learning she had been swept into an underground river, while she and Beard encountered the surviving Vajra. Ye Xunzhi defeated Vajra and was rescued, but she collapsed in Ye Lan’s arms after telling him she had missed him.

• Ye Lan demanded to know where his sister was, and Shi Yao said Ye Xunzhi had been swallowed by the water.
• Zheng Fangxing asked the police for nearby river information so they could search for Ye Xunzhi and another missing person.
• Ye Xunzhi and Beard encountered Vajra, who demanded the ancient coins and insulted her family’s wealth.
• Ye Xunzhi broke Vajra’s wrist, and his gunshot alerted the approaching rescue team.
• Ye Xunzhi claimed Vajra had forced her to light a fire, and Ye Lan draped his jacket over her and carried her.
• Ye Xunzhi told Ye Lan she had missed him, then passed out, frightening him.

After Ye Xunzhi woke in the hospital, her brothers had a psychology professor assess her mental state. The professor’s questions and her answers left the brothers with a very unusual recording to hear.

• Ye Lan scolded Ye Xunzhi for passing out, while Ye Qi'an recalled her elaborate dreams about ruling an empire with her brothers.
• Ye Qi'an explained that he had brought in a psychology professor because the family worried Ye Xunzhi had self-destructive tendencies.
• The professor interviewed Ye Xunzhi about love, her values, and her moral values while her brothers waited outside.
• Ye Xunzhi told the professor that seeing a couple kiss made her realize mouths could be used for kissing, not only eating or cursing.
• Ye Xunzhi described sleeping and rolling over as hobbies and said she checked the World's Richest List every morning.

Ye Xunzhi’s family learned about her disturbing answers to a crime questionnaire, while she secretly sneaked food into the hospital. Outside, she found a boy escaping from a psychiatric hospital and agreed to help him for five million US dollars, warning him not to lie.

• Ye Lan, Ye Qi'an, and the elderly professor read Ye Xunzhi’s elaborate revenge plan and her answer that she would throw away her remaining decency.
• The elderly professor urged Ye Lan and Ye Qi'an to keep Ye Xunzhi well provided for and out of society’s corrupting influence.
• Ye Xunzhi secretly persuaded a delivery guy to hand over food, then left the hospital and began drinking it nearby.
• Ye Xunzhi spotted a boy climbing down from a psychiatric hospital and initially refused to help him escape.
• The boy offered five million US dollars, and Ye Xunzhi agreed to help him while warning him not to lie.

Ye Xunzhi rescued Allen from the psychiatric hospital and brought him to her family, claiming he would pay her five million US dollars. Her brothers doubted the story until her thoughts revealed that Allen’s adoptive father was wealthy and the hospital director was his maternal uncle.

• As hospital staff closed in, Ye Xunzhi asked Allen for money, then tricked the search party and threw him over the wall to safety.
• Allen apologized for doubting Ye Xunzhi and promised to repay her.
• Ye Lan questioned Ye Xunzhi’s story about Allen, while Ye Qi'an suggested handling the situation rationally.
• Ye Xunzhi thought that Allen’s adoptive father was rich and that the psychiatric hospital director was Allen’s maternal uncle, causing Ye Qi'an and Ye Lan to reconsider.

After learning Allen had been abandoned by his biological parents and imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital as part of a scheme to replace him with his twin, Ye Qi'an decided to help him return home. Allen offered to seek investment from his wealthy adoptive father, and Ye Qi'an arranged to leave immediately.

• Ye Lan and Ye Xunzhi learned that Allen's biological parents had abandoned him as a baby, reclaimed him years later for money, and sent him to a psychiatric hospital to make his twin replace him.
• Ye Qi'an learned Allen's adoptive father was a billionaire and eagerly offered to take Allen home.
• Ye Xunzhi called Allen's father her generous benefactor and transferred money to Ye Qi'an for the trip.
• Allen promised to ask his father to invest in Ye Qi'an's medical research.
• Ye Qi'an borrowed his eldest brother's private jet and announced they were leaving right away.

Ye Xunzhi saw Ye Qi'an off on his investment trip, then visited Beard in prison while Ye Lan accompanied her. She revealed that Beard’s boasts about robbing tombs were true, and recalled his extraordinary record and vow to quit if he ever encountered a trap.

• Ye Qi'an left by helicopter for the airport, while Ye Xunzhi urged him to fly safely and reminded him about the money he owed her.
• Old Master Ye questioned Ye Lan about the canceled livestream and Ye Qi'an’s sudden trip, but Ye Xunzhi helped conceal what had happened.
• Ye Xunzhi persuaded Ye Lan to take her to prison, where she met Beard and toasted him with milk.
• Ye Lan and Hu San visited at the same time, and Ye Lan remarked that Beard and his companions had claimed to rob more than three hundred tombs abroad.
• Ye Xunzhi confirmed that Beard’s claims were true and recalled that Zheng Fangxing had told her Beard stole goods worth eight or nine hundred million before vowing to change careers if he encountered a trap.

Ye Xunzhi reassured Ye Lan that the condemned tomb robbers would return as archaeologists, then persuaded him to take her to KFC. While waiting for him, she confronted young men who insulted women from Country Z and tried to shoo her away.

• Ye Lan comforted Ye Xunzhi, but she explained that Beard, Zhang Zuo, Hu San, and Li Dapang would return as archaeologists named Zhang You, Hu Si, and Li Xiaopang.
• Ye Xunzhi convinced Ye Lan to take her to KFC instead of returning to the hospital for a nutritious meal.
• While Ye Lan went upstairs to order food, Ye Xunzhi overheard young men disparaging women from Country Z to Japanese exchange students.
• The exchange students gathered around Ye Xunzhi, praised her appearance, and offered her a chicken wing.
• The young men complained that Ye Xunzhi was in their way, and she retorted that they should mind their own business.

Ye Xunzhi defended women from a misogynistic young man, then repaired a broken shared bicycle so she and Ye Lan could continue their trip. After Ye Lan rode off on it, the bicycle suddenly fell apart, leaving Ye Xunzhi devastated over her repair work.

• Ye Xunzhi rebuked a young man for insulting women, and the people around them attacked him after he threw a glass at her.
• A nearby manager unplugged the surveillance camera as the crowd joined the brawl, and Ye Lan carried Ye Xunzhi away before the police arrived.
• Ye Lan sent Ye Xunzhi to find a shared bike, and she discovered a broken one outside a hardware store.
• Ye Xunzhi repaired the bicycle with a toolbox, sent Ye Lan its location, and went to the public restroom.
• Ye Lan rode the bicycle toward the restroom, but it disassembled beneath him beside a white-haired young man, and Ye Xunzhi screamed over the ruined bike.

Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan exposed He Chen’s attempted accident scam, then recognized him as their former acting-school acquaintance. After Ye Lan returned the money and gave He Chen an autograph, he cheered up Ye Xunzhi with a 520-yuan red envelope.

• Ye Xunzhi pretended her bicycle had been wrecked and took two hundred yuan from the white-haired scammer while Ye Lan played along.
• The scammer recognized Ye Lan and Ye Xunzhi as his former acting partners and introduced himself as He Chen.
• He Chen explained that exam pressure had led him to fake an accident so a wealthy woman would pay his hospital bills.
• Ye Lan lectured He Chen about avoiding shortcuts, signed his autograph, and had Ye Xunzhi return the two hundred yuan.
• Ye Xunzhi sulked over giving up the money until Ye Lan sent her 520 yuan, prompting her to hug him.

After Ye Xunzhi returned to Old Master Ye’s home, Ye He took her to Magic City University, where she worked as a guest counselor. Ye Xunzhi recognized the student who would eventually ruin Ye He’s reputation and force her to leave Psychology just as the girl arrived for counseling.

• Ye Xunzhi reunited with Old Master Ye and Ye He, then delighted Rice the cat by petting it.
• Old Master Ye left for an overnight hiking trip, so Ye He took Ye Xunzhi out with her.
• Ye He explained that she was a guest counselor at Magic City University, prompting Ye Xunzhi to realize the school would damage her aunt’s career.
• Ye He brought Ye Xunzhi to the university counseling room after missing the campus entrance and circling the block.
• A student named Zou Yun came in for counseling, and Ye Xunzhi recognized her as the person who would ruin Ye He’s reputation.

Ye He counseled Zou Yun, who revealed that someone was spreading sexual rumors about her, while Ye Xunzhi uncovered the plot by Zou Yun’s father and stepmother to seize her inheritance. Ye He learned Zou Yun was at risk of taking her own life and resolved to keep checking on her.

• Ye He recorded her counseling session with Zou Yun after explaining that recordings were kept for records.
• Zou Yun told Ye He that boys had taken compromising photos of her in high school and that one of them was now spreading rumors about her.
• Ye Xunzhi revealed that Zou Yun’s father and stepmother had helped expose her to the rumors in hopes of driving her to suicide and inheriting her estate.
• Ye Xunzhi suggested disputing the photos or retaliating against the man, but Ye He decided to handle the matter herself.
• After counseling Zou Yun for two hours, Ye He agreed to keep the conversation secret and reassured her.
• Ye Xunzhi warned that Zou Yun might jump from a building, so Ye He resolved to contact her again and watch over her closely.

Ye He and Ye Xunzhi intervened when Zou Yun was about to jump from a rooftop, and Ye Xunzhi exposed the secrets and suspected crimes of Zou Yun’s parents. Zou Yun came down safely, but a broom thrown during her parents’ fight struck Ye Xunzhi and sent her flying.

• Ye He ran to the rooftop and urged Zou Yun to come down, while Ye Xunzhi revealed that Zou Yun’s father had been raising three sons who were not biologically his.
• Ye Xunzhi exposed more secrets about Zou Yun’s parents, prompting them to accuse each other of infidelity and plotting against Zou Yun.
• Zou Yun’s parents began fighting, and Ye He helped Zou Yun safely down from the rooftop.
• Ye Xunzhi jumped down after Ye He called her, but Zou Yun’s mother threw a broom at her husband and hit Ye Xunzhi instead.

After Ye Xunzhi survived her fall from the school rooftop by getting caught in a tree, she recovered at the Ye Family Villa with only a sprained foot. The next morning, Ye Yunhuai and Old Master Ye struggled to get her ready, leaving the old butler to do her hair and the family to swear her to secrecy.

• Old Master Ye confronted Ye Xunzhi about pretending to be badly injured, and she explained that her attempt to kick herself toward the lake had failed when a tree caught her.
• Ye He recovered from the shock of watching Ye Xunzhi fall, while Ye Yunhuai confirmed that Ye Xunzhi had only sprained her foot and agreed to take her to the office the next day.
• Ye Yunhuai found Ye Xunzhi asleep inside a rolled-up quilt and struggled to wake and prepare her for the day.
• Ye Yunhuai and Old Master Ye each failed to style Ye Xunzhi's hair, so the old butler quickly arranged it into a neat half-up bun.
• Old Master Ye and Ye Yunhuai warned Ye Xunzhi not to tell anyone about their failed attempts, and she promised to keep quiet.

Ye Yunhuai took Ye Xunzhi to a bar to sign a partnership contract with the Yang Group’s unreliable son, Yang Bai. When Yang Bai called on his girlfriend Jiang Jian to rescue him, Ye Xunzhi recognized her name and caught Ye Yunhuai’s interest.

• Ye Xunzhi lounged in Ye Yunhuai’s office while company executives speculated about who she was.
• Ye Yunhuai took Ye Xunzhi to a bar to meet Yang Bai and sign a contract for the Yang Group partnership.
• Yang Bai admitted he had left the contract at home and asked for half an hour to retrieve it.
• Yang Bai’s friends suggested he ask Jiang Jian to bring the contract, and he sent her a message.
• Ye Xunzhi asked who Jiang Jian was, and Ye Yunhuai perked up when she said she knew the name.

Ye Xunzhi recalled how Jiang Jian had agreed to date Yang Bai as part of a deal with Mrs. Yang, who wanted to teach her son a lesson. Yang Bai mistakenly believed Jiang Jian loved him and planned how to win her back, while Ye Xunzhi knew Jiang Jian was working toward her own future.

• Yang Bai said Jiang Jian was coming over, and Ye Xunzhi learned they had been dating for a year.
• Ye Xunzhi remembered that Mrs. Yang had offered to pay Jiang Jian’s mother’s medical bills and give her a hundred million to create an unforgettable romance before dumping Yang Bai, or to stay with him for three years if she could not.
• Ye Xunzhi recalled that Jiang Jian had pursued the east-side project for its promised thirty-percent cut, not out of love for Yang Bai.
• Yang Bai asked his friends how to coax Jiang Jian, and Ye Xunzhi thought a hefty transfer would work better than words of care.

Jiang Jian confronted Yang Bai with Shen Qing, her boyfriend, and ended their relationship after revealing how she had pretended to be his ideal stand-in. Ye Xunzhi realized that Shen Qing was Yang Bai’s long-lost first love, the boy who had once saved him while disguised as a girl.

• Yang Bai saw a photo of Jiang Jian arriving with a man and demanded to know who he was.
• Shen Qing introduced himself as Jiang Jian’s boyfriend, shocking Yang Bai and his friends with his resemblance to Yang Bai’s first love.
• Jiang Jian denounced Yang Bai, slapped him twice, and dumped him.
• Ye Xunzhi’s thoughts revealed that Shen Qing had been disguised as a girl when he saved Yang Bai at school, and that his mother had raised him under a new identity to escape his abusive father.
• Ye Yunhuai realized Shen Qing was Yang Bai’s first love and that he and Jiang Jian had gotten together.