Chapter Summaries

Jiang Jian and Shen Qing left after Mrs. Yang intervened to stop Yang Bai from pursuing them. Ye Xunzhi silenced Yang Bai with a string of cutting remarks, then received two bottles of Lafite from Mrs. Yang, including a rare 1982 vintage.

• Shen Qing recognized Yang Bai from their school days and denied that they had ever been close.
• Mrs. Yang arrived with bodyguards, ordered Yang Bai to stop disturbing Jiang Jian and Shen Qing, and let them leave.
• Mrs. Yang blamed Ye Yunhuai for Yang Bai’s questions about her quick arrival, then resumed discussing contract details with him.
• Ye Xunzhi mocked Yang Bai’s failed love triangle until he fell silent, earning Mrs. Yang’s approval.
• Mrs. Yang gave Ye Yunhuai a 1999 Lafite and Ye Xunzhi a 1982 Lafite, and Ye Yunhuai was shocked that his sister’s bottle was more valuable.

Eileen learned that Ye Xunzhi had handed the three ancient coins to a museum and decided to pursue them when they traveled to Country F. Meanwhile, Ye Yunhuai and Ye Lan took Ye Xunzhi on a shopping spree, leaving her exhausted enough to fall asleep at the company.

• Eileen learned that Lin Ranran had died, Vajra had been imprisoned, and Ye Xunzhi had donated all three ancient coins to a Country Z museum.
• Eileen learned that the coins would travel to Country F for an exhibition and called a man to discuss a commission.
• Ye Yunhuai refused to let Ye Xunzhi drink the Lafite, then arranged for Magic City's largest central mall to close for her shopping trip.
• Ye Lan and Ye Yunhuai persuaded Ye Xunzhi to buy a traditional dress and a large pile of clothes.
• After the shopping spree, Ye Xunzhi returned to the company and promptly fell asleep in Ye Yunhuai's office.

After escaping Old Master Ye’s punishment, Ye Xunzhi joined Ye Lan for the next episode of Burn Bright, Family Bonds, which began filming in Country F. The guests reunited, while Ye Lan’s possessive protectiveness made Wu Jia and Wu Chengshan nervous.

• Old Master Ye ordered Ye Xunzhi to write a thousand-word reflection, but she slipped out of her room and left him a goodbye note.
• Ye Lan met Ye Xunzhi outside, and they packed up and headed to the airport together.
• After a nearly seventeen-hour journey, Ye Xunzhi and the other guests arrived in Country F for episode five of Burn Bright, Family Bonds.
• Ye Lan joked with Director Mi about filming abroad, and Director Mi claimed the show clashed with Country Z’s feng shui.
• Wu Jia, recovered from his earlier distress, offered Ye Xunzhi nourishing food, while Shi Yao hugged her and asked to share a bed.
• Wu Jia said he wanted to sleep with Ye Xunzhi too, prompting Ye Lan to glare at him until Wu Chengshan slapped his son and warned him to stop talking.

Ye Xunzhi and the others stayed at the Kloss Opera House after winning a room-draw challenge, then discovered a hidden tunnel beneath their room. The tunnel led them to an underground cavern where they found a person locked in an enormous birdcage and another playing the cello.

• Director Mi gave the guests a riddle to determine who would draw rooms first, and Ye Xunzhi won with her answer.
• Ye Xunzhi, the Wu Family Father and Son, and Ye Lan entered a tunnel beneath a lifted bathroom tile to cause trouble for Director Mi.
• Wu Chengshan explained that the opera house was originally called the Moose Opera House, prompting Ye Xunzhi to try to turn back.
• Wu Jia ran ahead through the tunnel and found an opening into a lavish underground cavern.
• Ye Xunzhi and the others saw a person inside a huge birdcage while someone outside it played the cello, and Ye Xunzhi recognized the captive.

Ye Xunzhi recognized her former boss Merlot, who was trapped in a cage by Perlos, the obsessive owner of the Moose Opera House. As Ye Lan learned the opera house was rigged with bombs, he and Ye Xunzhi watched Merlot reject Perlos, then saw his disfigured face.

• Ye Xunzhi recognized Merlot and recalled how Merlot had recruited her after their first meeting in Country Z.
• Perlos played the cello for Merlot and refused to release her until she accepted him, despite offering her his fortune.
• Ye Xunzhi realized bombs had been planted beneath the Moose Opera House, shocking Ye Lan.
• Merlot tried to persuade Perlos to part peacefully, while Ye Xunzhi revealed she had flirted with him before and then fled after seeing his face.
• Perlos removed his mask, and Ye Lan and Wu Jia were stunned by his severely pitted and uneven face.

Ye Xunzhi and her companions freed Merlot after discovering Perlos had planted bombs around her cage. They fled through the tunnels, got lost, and escaped into a noodle shop, where they discovered the owner was from Guangdong.

• Ye Xunzhi warned Merlot that Perlos might detonate the bombs if he discovered she had escaped, then opened her cage with Ye Lan's help.
• After learning Perlos had returned, Ye Xunzhi, Ye Lan, Wu Chengshan, and Wu Jia ran off, but took the wrong tunnel.
• Wu Chengshan punched through the tunnel ceiling, and Wu Jia poked his head into the kitchen of a noodle shop.
• The noodle shop owner greeted Wu Chengshan after realizing they were both from Guangdong, while his wife arrived to find a hole in her kitchen floor.

Ye Xunzhi’s discovery of bombs beneath Kloss Opera House forced an evacuation and brought the production team unexpected online fame. The team began a visit to the Dafa Museum, where Ye Xunzhi shared an unusual take on unofficial history.

• Ye Xunzhi told Director Mi that she had found a tunnel, a fake imprisonment scene, and bombs beneath Kloss Opera House, then shamelessly asked him for more pay.
• Police removed the bombs, and the production team relocated to a hotel before filming resumed the next day.
• The show’s live broadcast took first place on the platform after news spread that Kloss Opera House had nearly blown up following the production team’s arrival.
• Director Mi took the team to the Dafa Museum, using tickets provided by Country Z’s officials.
• Ye Lan prepared to sneak away and play games with Ye Xunzhi, but overheard her claim that study attendants had been beautiful young boys.

During a museum tour, Ye Xunzhi amused herself with irreverent versions of historical stories before overhearing two men discuss targeting her three ancient coins. She decided to retrieve at least one coin for her safety after unclogging the toilet.

• A young guide explained a wine cup supposedly used by Li Bai, while Ye Xunzhi imagined Wang Lun as a wealthy fan who showered the poet with gifts.
• In the modern history section, Ye Xunzhi dismissed Lu Xun’s manuscripts and entertained herself with unofficial stories about him, leaving Ye Lan baffled by her jokes.
• Ye Xunzhi went to the restroom, found the toilet clogged, and entered the men’s restroom supply closet to fetch a plunger.
• Ma’erlie and Cheff entered the restroom and discussed photographs they had taken, along with a client’s interest in three ancient coins.
• After the men left, Ye Xunzhi realized they were future thieves who had singled out her coins and resolved to retrieve one for safekeeping.

Ye Xunzhi took six million from Ye Lan while secretly planning to drug him so she could steal the Ancient Coins. She called Feilanz to recruit him, recalling how they had first teamed up after an avalanche left them both injured.

• Ye Lan gave Ye Xunzhi six million, hoping the money would keep her from carrying out her plans, while she decided to buy sleeping pills for him.
• Ye Lan recorded Ye Xunzhi declaring him her favorite brother and shared the audio in the Family Group Chat.
• Ye Xunzhi called Feilanz to ask whether he was taking jobs.
• Ye Xunzhi recalled meeting Feilanz on a snowy mountain after an avalanche separated them from their companions and left him temporarily blind and her leg injured.
• Ye Xunzhi and Feilanz agreed to team up as the Disabled Duo while searching for an international fugitive.

Ye Xunzhi hired Feilanz and Merlot to help her steal an ancient coin from the Dafa Museum before another group could take it. After laying out a detailed plan for that night, she insisted she was a good, law-abiding citizen.

• Ye Xunzhi called Feilanz and hired him to help retrieve an item from the Dafa Museum for at least one million.
• Ye Xunzhi called Merlot, who agreed to help and suggested bringing in more people.
• Ye Xunzhi introduced Feilanz during a video conference, and Merlot warned her about his paranoia and distrust of teammates.
• Ye Xunzhi explained that another group might target one of the museum's three ancient coins soon and said they would act that night.
• Ye Xunzhi showed Merlot and Feilanz her museum schematic and assigned them tasks, including asking Kafka to hack the security system.
• When Feilanz asked if she belonged to a Thief Family, Ye Xunzhi declared herself a good, law-abiding citizen.

Ye Xunzhi and Merlot infiltrated the Dafa Museum to find an ancient coin, while Ma'erlie's crew entered on Eileen's commission to steal the collection. Their separate searches collided in the verification chamber, where the security system trapped Ye Xunzhi and Ma'erlie together as the infrared sensors activated.

• Merlot scouted the museum and told the group that exhibits from Country Z had been moved elsewhere.
• Ye Xunzhi drugged Ye Lan into a light sleep, then entered the museum with Merlot and Feilanz's remote guidance.
• Ma'erlie and Cheff broke into the museum on Eileen's accelerated commission, and both teams independently targeted the third-floor storeroom.
• Ye Xunzhi and Ma'erlie learned that the verification chamber required the museum director Miro's palm, while Merlot and Cheff ran into each other and began fighting.
• Ye Xunzhi entered the chamber as Ma'erlie was inside; the door shut, and the system activated its infrared sensors after detecting two people.

Ye Xunzhi and Ma'erlie were trapped in an infrared security grid while their hackers fought over control of the system. As the beams grew denser, Ye Xunzhi called to Merlot and Cheff for an update, but both sounded preoccupied with fighting.

• Ye Xunzhi and Ma'erlie spotted the infrared beams and dodged them together, trading insults as they tried to survive.
• Ye Xunzhi asked Feilanz for support, but he said he needed two more minutes to hack the infrared controls.
• Ma'erlie called on Luke for help, but Luke was busy fighting Feilanz and refused to surrender.
• Ye Xunzhi said they still had a fallback plan and asked Merlot how things were going.
• Merlot and Cheff answered with cries about fighting, leaving Ye Xunzhi and Ma'erlie still facing the infrared grid.

Ye Xunzhi and Ma'erlie escaped the Museum's security room by blowing open doors, but their cooperation collapsed over the three Ancient Coins. Ye Xunzhi grabbed the coins and tried to flee as military boots approached.

• Ye Xunzhi and Ma'erlie planted explosives, warned their teams to cooperate, and blew open the doors, triggering the Museum's alarm.
• Merlot drugged the Museum director and impersonated him over the radio while Luke and Feilanz worked to disable the alarm and surveillance systems.
• Ye Xunzhi and Ma'erlie argued over the Ancient Coins, and Ma'erlie said someone had hired him to retrieve them.
• Ye Xunzhi refused to hand over the coins, attacked Ma'erlie with a low blow, and took the bag.
• Ye Xunzhi headed for the exit but heard military boots approaching.

During the cultural artifact theft, Ye Xunzhi escaped with the Ancient Coins while Feilanz stayed behind to fight for control of the surveillance system. When Ma'erlie threatened Feilanz's life in exchange for the coins, Ye Xunzhi chose to save him, intending to gain a powerful mercenary friend.

• Zhu Ya'an arrived at the embassy after an alarm sounded and ordered her team to pursue the two fleeing thieves and list the missing artifacts.
• Ma'erlie met up with Cheff and learned that Luke was still fighting another hacker for control of the surveillance system.
• Ye Xunzhi reunited with Merlot and told Feilanz to withdraw, but he stayed behind and sent them a safe escape route.
• Ye Xunzhi refused to leave when she suspected Feilanz was in danger, and Ma'erlie demanded the Ancient Coins in exchange for his life.
• Ye Xunzhi agreed to save Feilanz, explaining to Merlot that his gratitude and friendship could be more valuable than the coins.
• Ye Xunzhi handed the money pouch to Merlot and asked her to wash it before they handed it over.

Ye Xunzhi rescued Feilanz, then used his hacking skills to help the police pursue Ma'erlie and protect the Ancient Coins. Eileen discovered the coins had been destroyed by a chemical reagent, while Ye Xunzhi returned to the hotel exhausted and Director Mi was woken by news of a museum robbery.

• Ye Xunzhi exchanged the Ancient Coins for Feilanz and learned he had already tipped off the police about the enemy Hacker.
• Ye Xunzhi had Feilanz hack the surveillance system to locate the thieves and send their whereabouts to the police, then they returned safely to the hotel.
• Ma'erlie escaped the police, delivered the coins to Eileen, and complained that Ye Xunzhi had interfered with his plans.
• Eileen watched the Ancient Coins crumble into sand and realized Ye Xunzhi had coated them with a chemical reagent.
• Ye Xunzhi rested at the hotel, while Director Mi received a midnight call about the Dafa Museum robbery.

Ye Lan woke Ye Xunzhi and took her to breakfast after she rushed toward a commotion involving Director Mi and the museum robbery. He then introduced her to Zhu Ya'an, their Fourth Brother’s mother, who worried that Ye Xunzhi was unusually quiet.

• Ye Lan found Ye Xunzhi asleep and listened to her dream thoughts about school and historical gossip before shaking her awake.
• Ye Xunzhi ran into the hotel corridor after hearing Director Mi refuse to hand over his show footage to officers investigating the Dafa Museum robbery, but Ye Lan carried her away.
• Ye Lan took Ye Xunzhi to the breakfast buffet and said he would introduce her to someone.
• Ye Xunzhi met Zhu Ya'an and feared she had been recognized from the museum, but Zhu Ya'an instead asked Ye Lan why Ye Xunzhi spoke so quietly and whether he had raised her to be autistic.

Ye Xunzhi reunited with Zhu Ya'an at the embassy and revealed that she had stolen genuine Dafa Museum antiques as souvenirs, then proposed a way to return them. The group set out to visit Country F's sights, but found Zhu Ya'an's car blocked by a stone bollard.

• Zhu Ya'an told Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan that thieves had stolen their country's artifacts from the museum, and she suspected Country F had staged the robbery.
• Curator Shang arrived with genuine Dafa Museum antiques that Ye Xunzhi had secretly stolen and mailed to him.
• Ye Xunzhi proposed anonymously auctioning the antiques, having a trusted wealthy buyer purchase them, and then donating them back home.
• Curator Shang agreed to handle the antiques and offered to pay for Ye Xunzhi, Ye Lan, and Zhu Ya'an to go sightseeing.
• Ye Lan failed to move the stone bollard blocking Zhu Ya'an's car, so Zhu Ya'an called someone and angrily demanded that they clear it.

Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan joined Zhu Ya'an's colleagues for an outing by the Seine, where they discovered Qin Wan's fiancé cheating on her. After Qin Wan confronted him, a stranger recognized Ye Xunzhi and asked if she remembered him.

• Zhu Ya'an asked Dong Wen and Qin Wan to take Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan sightseeing while she waited at the embassy.
• Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan went with Qin Wan, who revealed she planned to surprise her fiancé near the Seine.
• Ye Lan spotted Qin Wan's fiancé kissing another woman and sent Ye Xunzhi a picture; Qin Wan saw it and hurried back to confront him.
• Qin Wan told Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan not to look back as she confronted her fiancé, who ended up flying into the lake.
• A stranger approached Ye Xunzhi, asked if she remembered him, and she recognized him.

Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan met Ying Ci and his grandfather, who invited them to the Ying family charity gala and offered them free purchases at Ying Group businesses. The siblings headed to have formalwear made, though Ye Xunzhi tried to convince Ye Lan that their stained clothes would be enough for the banquet.

• Ye Xunzhi recognized Ying Ci as the man she had slapped back to life, while Ye Lan initially wondered what was going on.
• Old Master Ying arrived and recognized Ye Lan as his old friend’s grandson; Ying Ci explained that Ye Xunzhi had saved him by calling an ambulance.
• Ying Ci and Old Master Ying mistook Lin Ranran for the person who had slapped Ying Ci, and Ye Xunzhi played along with their misunderstanding.
• Old Master Ying invited Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan to the Ying family charity gala, and Ying Ci offered them free purchases at Ying Group businesses and to pay for their formalwear.
• After the Ying grandfather and grandson left, Ye Lan explained the Ying Group’s connections, then dragged Ye Xunzhi to get formalwear made while she argued that their current outfits would impress everyone.

Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan discovered they were being followed, and the information broker told Eileen that the Ying Family had given them invitations to a charity gala at the Triangle Towers. Eileen planned to lure Ye Xunzhi to lounge 09, but Ye Xunzhi learned of the scheme and still decided to attend the gala for the money.

• Ye Lan and Ye Xunzhi split up to shake off a man following them, but the man lost Ye Xunzhi and called Eileen.
• The information broker told Eileen that the Ying Family's young master had given Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan invitations to the Triangle Towers charity gala.
• Eileen instructed the broker to lead Ye Xunzhi to lounge 09 at the gala, and Ye Xunzhi overheard the plan from a tree.
• Ye Lan arranged a car and offered to skip the gala, but Ye Xunzhi changed her mind after hearing that their eldest brother had an important business deal there.
• Ye Xunzhi and Ye Lan headed toward the gala while she played a game and repeatedly failed to outguess an enemy camping in the same spot.