Recaps

Ji Hanxing attended the Yan Family charity auction dinner, where he admired the Tomorrow Charitable Foundation’s work and encountered his former classmate Sun Yushan. He settled into a quiet corner to avoid the crowd and enjoy the desserts, but someone came to find him.

• Ji Hanxing recognized Yan Jinyue in a photograph helping children at an orphanage and admired the foundation’s charitable work.
• Sun Yushan confronted Ji Hanxing, but Xue Hui blocked him from grabbing Ji Hanxing, who warned him against making a scene.
• Sun Yushan backed down when he noticed people watching, while Ji Hanxing left with suspicions about his reaction.
• An attendant showed Ji Hanxing the seat President Yan had arranged, but Ji Hanxing asked for the lounge area and chose a quiet corner instead.
• Ji Hanxing sent Xue Hui to mingle, then reached for the little cakes before someone asked why he was hiding there.

Ji Hanxing attended the Yan Family gathering and was brought by Jiang Yuzhuo to Yan Jinyue’s office, where he rested while Yan Jinyue handled work. After Yan Jinyue covered him with a blanket, Ji Hanxing recognized the moment as a familiar romance-novel scene and pretended to stay asleep.

• Jiang Yuzhuo drew attention to Ji Hanxing at the gathering and persuaded him to leave the crowd for Yan Jinyue’s office.
• Guests discussed Ji Hanxing’s rare appearance and speculated about his ties to the Yan and Jiang families.
• Yan Jinyue welcomed Ji Hanxing, poured him tea, and sat beside him while Ji Hanxing privately complained that he was showing off.
• Ji Hanxing moved away from Yan Jinyue and pretended to doze while Yan Jinyue returned to work.
• Yan Jinyue covered Ji Hanxing with a blanket, and Ji Hanxing kept his eyes closed while thinking the scene resembled a romance novel.
• Ji Hanxing opened his eyes after Yan Jinyue returned to his desk and noticed the lemon-scented blanket.

Ji Hanxing attended Yan Jinyue’s banquet, while Yan Jinyue continued to doubt that Ji Hanxing had drugged him and quietly accommodated his preferences. The system revealed that Ye Zuixi was Ji Hanxing’s future fiancée, leaving him shocked by his role in the original plot.

• Yan Jinyue watched Ji Hanxing sleep and reflected that he trusted him despite evidence suggesting he was the drugging suspect.
• Ji Hanxing woke, thought about the cakes he had missed, and followed Yan Jinyue toward the banquet.
• Yan Jinyue told Fu Fangxi to move Ji Hanxing’s seat aside and have little cakes served before the main course.
• Ji Hanxing took his new seat and overheard guests discussing Ye Zuixi’s beauty and her unrequited interest in someone.
• The system told Ji Hanxing that Ye Zuixi was his future fiancée and a supporting female character whose love for him went unrequited.

Ji Hanxing learned the full original plot and resolved to follow the system’s missions while finding loopholes that would let him survive on his own terms. He discovered that Ruan Xin was the girl in Yan Jinyue’s photograph and learned she would meet him in just over a year, before happily eating a charity event’s cake.

• Ji Hanxing questioned whether the original owner would have accepted the Ye Family’s marriage alliance, and the system told him that only his agreement mattered as the male lead.
• Ji Hanxing persuaded the system to share the full plot after it admitted it had been assessing him and found his mission results satisfactory.
• Ji Hanxing learned the plot in which he fell for Ruan Xin, broke off his engagement, defeated Yan Jinyue, and ultimately ended up with Ruan Xin.
• Ji Hanxing questioned the plot’s portrayal of Yan Jinyue and learned that Ruan Xin was twenty and would meet him at twenty-two.
• Ji Hanxing recognized Ruan Xin in a photograph of Yan Jinyue at an orphanage, then ate his cake at the charity event and avoided drawing a lucky bag.

At the charity gala, Yan Jinyue invited Ji Hanxing onto the stage for a group photo, drawing unwanted attention to him. Yan apologized afterward and explained that he wanted Ji Hanxing to feel present beside him rather than distant and liable to disappear.

• Yan Jinyue delivered an unscripted address at the charity auction gala while Ji Hanxing watched, admiring his confidence and imagining a brighter future for himself.
• After the address, Yan Jinyue left the stage and invited Ji Hanxing to join him for the group photo, calling him the honored guest he had invited.
• Yan Jinyue firmly led the nervous Ji Hanxing to the center of the stage, where he reassured him as the crowd and cameras focused on them.
• After the photo, Ji Hanxing questioned Yan Jinyue's decision to single him out, and Yan admitted he had acted without asking and apologized.
• Yan Jinyue explained that he had watched Ji Hanxing sitting alone in the dark and wanted him beside him, where he could feel Ji Hanxing was truly there.

At the charity banquet, Yan Jinyue tried to ease Ji Hanxing’s discomfort and explained that he wanted to work with him, though he did not know on what. After Xu Fengming greeted them, Yan Jinyue led Ji Hanxing to his table, where Ji Hanxing discreetly arranged to enjoy more of the cake without damaging his CEO persona.

• Yan Jinyue apologized to Ji Hanxing, who asked whether he would still have brought him to the banquet; Yan Jinyue said he would and explained he wanted to work with him.
• Ji Hanxing wondered why Yan Jinyue wanted to cooperate, while Yan Jinyue admitted he did not know what they might work on.
• Xu Fengming introduced herself to Ji Hanxing, praised him, and teased Yan Jinyue about having persuaded him to attend before returning to her duties.
• Yan Jinyue stopped Ji Hanxing from returning to his seat and invited him to sit at his table so others would not bother him.
• Ji Hanxing admitted he had enjoyed the cake, then agreed to take another serving home after Yan Jinyue said cake was included in the take-home gifts.

Ji Hanxing met Yan Jinyue’s relatives and the heirs of City A’s elite families at a charity auction banquet, where Ye Chongyun’s familiarity with him raised his suspicions. As Jiang Yujing and Jiang Yuzhuo traded barbs, Jiang Yuzhuo challenged his brother over a project.

• Yan Jinyue introduced Ji Hanxing to Cheng Jiuyang, Ye Zuixi, and his cousins Xie Baotan and Xie Beiyan.
• Ji Hanxing recognized Ye Zuixi, while she said she had known about him for a long time.
• Ye Chongyun and Jiang Yujing arrived after the meal, and Ye Chongyun questioned how Yan Jinyue had invited Ji Hanxing.
• Jiang Yujing teased Jiang Yuzhuo about having plenty of free time, and Ji Hanxing inferred that he was implying Jiang Huai favored Jiang Yujing.
• Jiang Yuzhuo slapped the table and challenged Jiang Yujing, asking if he was showing off over the Cloudwater Villa project.

At a charity auction, Ji Hanxing completed the system’s second acceptance assessment by bidding five hundred million for Yan Jinyue’s purple jadeite. After learning the proceeds would go to orphanages, Ji Hanxing asked Yan Jinyue about a girl in a foundation photo, and Yan Jinyue challenged him to consider whether charity auctions were hypocritical.

• Jiang Yuzhuo accepted Yan Jinyue’s guidance on managing Grand Prosperity and taunted Jiang Yujing.
• Ji Hanxing found the early auction lots absurdly expensive and struggled to bid on anything.
• Ye Chongyun revealed that the purple jadeite belonged to Yan Jinyue and offered Ji Hanxing a similar rough stone, which Ji Hanxing declined.
• Ji Hanxing bid five hundred million for Yan Jinyue’s purple jadeite, won the lot, and completed the system’s assessment, earning two achievements and one day of life.
• Yan Jinyue told Ji Hanxing the auction money would go to orphanages, then asked whether charity auctions were hypocritical when people might have other motives.

After Ji Hanxing drew attention at the charity gala, he overheard Sun Yuqiong ordering Sun Yushan to cultivate a relationship with him. Sun Yushan attacked Ji Hanxing to silence him, but Ji Hanxing escaped and Yan Jinyue and the security guards stopped Sun Yushan from fleeing.

• Ji Hanxing declined to bid on more auction items, then socialized with guests who approached him at the charity gala.
• Ji Hanxing went to the terrace to find quiet and overheard Sun Yuqiong tell Sun Yushan to use their high school connection to build a relationship with him.
• Sun Yushan spotted Ji Hanxing and grabbed his throat, accusing him of hearing their conversation.
• Ji Hanxing struck Sun Yushan, broke free, and ran for the terrace exit.
• Yan Jinyue caught Ji Hanxing as he called for help, and Ji Hanxing warned him that Sun Yushan was trying to kill someone.
• Fu Fangxi and the security guards seized Sun Yushan as he tried to escape by jumping off the terrace.

At the Yan Family charity banquet, Sun Yushan choked Ji Hanxing, prompting Yan Jinyue to restrain him, call the police, and arrange medical care for Ji Hanxing. The police arrived and reviewed surveillance footage as Sun Yushan tried to portray himself as the victim.

• Yan Jinyue had security guards gag Sun Yushan and take him to a private room after Sun Yushan choked Ji Hanxing.
• Ji Hanxing silently wanted to call the police, and Yan Jinyue understood and had Fu Fangxi contact the police and the banquet’s emergency medical team.
• A doctor examined Ji Hanxing, found no major injuries, and advised him to speak as little as possible; Yan Jinyue applied medicine to his bruised neck.
• Guests discussed the incident and identified Sun Yushan as the attacker, while Luo Qing declined to check on his cousin Ji Hanxing.
• Yan Jinyue and Ji Hanxing met the police in Sun Yushan’s room, where Yan Jinyue explained what happened and presented surveillance footage.

Ji Hanxing rejected Sun Yushan’s attempt to portray the assault as a drunken brawl and presented evidence of self-defense to the police. Sun Yuqiong apologized and offered compensation, but Ji Hanxing insisted the case follow legal procedure.

• Sun Yushan claimed he and Ji Hanxing had been drinking, arguing, and fighting mutually, while Ji Hanxing recalled how drunken thugs had once injured him and destroyed his night-market stall.
• Ji Hanxing told the officers he had not been drinking, had not argued with Sun Yushan, and had acted in self-defense after Sun Yushan grabbed his neck; surveillance footage backed him up.
• Yan Jinyue and Fu Fangxi spoke with the police as Sun Yushan grew panicked upon realizing Yan Jinyue was helping Ji Hanxing.
• Sun Yuqiong arrived, slapped Sun Yushan, then apologized to Ji Hanxing and offered to cover his medical expenses and let him punish her brother.
• Ji Hanxing refused Sun Yuqiong’s offer and said they should follow the normal legal procedure.

Sun Yuqiong negotiated with Ji Hanxing over Sun Yushan’s attack, offering compensation and exile to South Africa in exchange for a private settlement. Ji Hanxing demanded a public apology, and Yan Jinyue revealed that she had begged him to attend the banquet.

• Ji Hanxing rejected Sun Yuqiong’s appeal to their families’ history and insisted that Sun Yushan’s intentional injury and attempted murder could not be excused by drink.
• Yan Jinyue urged Sun Yuqiong to offer genuine compensation, and Sun Yuqiong offered to pay the required costs, give Ji Hanxing a row of storefronts, and send Sun Yushan to oversee mining operations in South Africa.
• Sun Yushan protested being sent abroad, but Sun Yuqiong threatened to disown him and let him face prison instead.
• Ji Hanxing accepted the terms on condition that Sun Yushan apologize in person, write a letter, and publish it in a newspaper.
• Sun Yushan lunged at Ji Hanxing and accused him of hypocrisy, but officers restrained him.
• Yan Jinyue told Sun Yushan that she had begged Ji Hanxing to come to the banquet.

At the banquet, Sun Yushan’s insults reopened Ji Hanxing’s painful memories, while Yan Jinyue showed concern and the two became friends. After taking Ji Hanxing to the hospital and giving him cake, Yan Jinyue ordered Fu Fangxi to erase information about Ji Hanxing’s drug incident and conceal its source.

• Sun Yushan insulted Ji Hanxing, and Sun Yuqiong had security guards restrain him before taking him away.
• Ji Hanxing felt the pain of the original owner’s memories, while Yan Jinyue worried about him and misunderstood his past.
• Ji Hanxing checked with the system and learned that the plotline had not collapsed, then admitted to himself that Yan Jinyue was his type.
• After the banquet, Yan Jinyue took Ji Hanxing to the hospital, where his examination showed only bruising and inflammation requiring treatment and a restricted diet.
• Yan Jinyue gave Ji Hanxing a cake, and Ji Hanxing agreed to be his friend after teasing him about using his name.
• Yan Jinyue told Fu Fangxi to deal with the source of information about Ji Hanxing’s drug incident and leave no traces.

Ji Hanxing reassured Old Master Ji about his injuries and the settlement with the Sun Family, then returned home to recover and follow the system’s fitness plan. Frustrated by the bland fat-loss meals and his lack of visible abs, he decided to find himself some enjoyment.

• Ji Hanxing answered Old Master Ji’s call, confirmed he was unharmed, and explained that the Sun Family had compensated him with a street of shops while Sun Yushan was sent to South Africa.
• Old Master Ji praised Ji Hanxing for settling matters wisely, asked about his connection with Yan Jinyue, and wondered whether he had seen anyone from the Luo Family.
• Ji Hanxing returned to the old residence and spent several days recovering, during which the Tomorrow Charitable Foundation sent him an unfinished purple jadeite piece worth five hundred million.
• Ji Hanxing complained to the system that its fat-loss meals left him hungry and unable to enjoy his food, then decided to find some pleasure for himself.

Ji Hanxing visited a night market in disguise and found Jiang Qianling running an egg fried rice stall despite struggling to learn how to cook it. When he approached her, two classmates, He Xue and Song Qi, mocked her and Ji Hanxing, then Song Qi demanded that Jiang Qianling cook for her.

• Ji Hanxing dressed in cheap clothes, a cap, and a mask, then headed to the night market behind University A.
• Ji Hanxing bought several snacks and sat near Jiang Qianling's egg fried rice stall, where he noticed she was watching a cooking tutorial.
• Ji Hanxing remembered how he had learned to make egg fried rice and built a successful night-market business.
• Ji Hanxing approached Jiang Qianling, but He Xue and Song Qi interrupted to mock her for selling food to pay her tuition and insult the masked Ji Hanxing.
• Jiang Qianling told He Xue and Song Qi they were getting in the way of her business, and Song Qi said she would buy food and ordered Jiang Qianling to cook.

Jiang Qianling served Song Qi and He Xue egg fried rice at her night-market stall, but her first attempt turned into a mess and frightened the two girls away. Ji Hanxing offered to teach her how to cook it properly, and she immediately accepted him as her master.

• Song Qi filmed Jiang Qianling at her stall and sent a video to their class group chat while He Xue paid for two servings.
• Jiang Qianling tried to make egg fried rice as Song Qi insulted her and mocked her chances with Young Master Xie.
• Jiang Qianling's first serving became a sticky mess, and Song Qi and He Xue fled when she insisted they take it after paying.
• Ji Hanxing teased Jiang Qianling about her cooking and asked why she had chosen to sell egg fried rice.
• Ji Hanxing offered to teach Jiang Qianling if she took him as her master, and she accepted without hesitation.

Xie Baotan explained to Yan Jinyue that he had fought Yue Feng after trying to help the academic genius in his class, Jiang Qianling. When Yan Jinyue saw a video of Jiang Qianling at the night market, he recognized the masked Ji Hanxing beside her and went there, where he confirmed Ji Hanxing’s identity through his familiar inner voice.

• Yan Jinyue agreed to hide Xie Baotan’s fight from his uncle but pressed him to explain what had really happened.
• Xie Baotan said he had offered to pay Jiang Qianling’s debt so she might team up with him for a simulated investment competition, and Yue Feng had attacked him.
• After a classmate showed Xie Baotan a video of Jiang Qianling at a night-market stall, Yan Jinyue recognized Ji Hanxing in the footage and asked to be taken there.
• Ji Hanxing taught Jiang Qianling how to make egg fried rice while she took notes, and Xie Baotan arrived at the stall with Yan Jinyue and a friend.
• Yan Jinyue steadied Ji Hanxing’s plate and heard his familiar inner voice wonder whether Yan Jinyue had seen him making egg fried rice.

At a night market, Yan Jinyue encountered Ji Hanxing in disguise teaching Jiang Qianling to make egg fried rice. Ji Hanxing slipped away, while Yan ate his fried rice and Jiang revealed that she had only just met her unnamed master.

• Yan Jinyue arrived at Jiang Qianling's stall and saw Ji Hanxing helping her make egg fried rice.
• Xie Baotan thanked Jiang Qianling for helping her, while his chubby friend asked to buy the fried rice.
• Ji Hanxing handed the plate to Jiang Qianling and hurried away before Yan could expose his identity.
• Yan bought the plate of cold fried rice, sat at a nearby table, and was impressed by its taste.
• Xie Baotan ordered two servings and learned that Jiang Qianling's master was someone she had met moments earlier and whose name she did not know.

Jiang Qianling practiced making egg fried rice at her stall, accepted Xie Baotan’s offer of help with Yue Feng, and agreed to enter the competition. Afterward, Yan Jinyue invited Ji Hanxing to dinner, and Ji Hanxing accepted.

• Jiang Qianling served Xie Baotan and the chubby boy her egg fried rice, and both praised its taste.
• Yan Jinyue paid Jiang Qianling for the serving Ji Hanxing had made, and Jiang Qianling said Yue Feng was slandering her.
• Jiang Qianling agreed to enter the competition Xie Baotan had mentioned.
• Ji Hanxing discussed the system’s limits and concluded that the other people in the world had independent thoughts.
• Yan Jinyue messaged Ji Hanxing to invite him to dinner the next day, and Ji Hanxing accepted.

Ji Hanxing returned to the Ji Group and rejected Deputy General Manager Wang’s attempt to pressure him over Aston and Huang Wei. He left Wang with no prospect of getting Huang Wei reinstated and made clear he had already spared him from prosecution.

• Ji Hanxing reviewed the new supplier contract with Xue Hui and learned Deputy General Manager Wang had been waiting to see him.
• Deputy General Manager Wang criticized Ji Hanxing for ending the Aston deal and claimed the decision could harm the Ji Group’s reputation.
• Ji Hanxing defended switching to cheaper ice and turned Wang’s claims about Huang Wei’s wrongdoing against him.
• Deputy General Manager Wang asked Ji Hanxing to give Huang Wei another chance, admitting Huang had worked for the company for years.
• Ji Hanxing said he had fired Huang Wei without prosecuting him for misappropriating company property, and asked Wang if he had anything else to say.

Ji Hanxing rejected Deputy General Manager Wang’s attempt to restore ties with Aston after securing a contract with another company. After finishing work, he joined Yan Jinyue for dinner, and they arrived at a traditional restaurant that Ji Hanxing suspected would serve bland food.

• Ji Hanxing showed Deputy General Manager Wang the signed contract with another company, ending his attempt to restore the Ji Group’s connection with Aston.
• Ji Hanxing reflected that he had arranged for Director Zhang to find domestic ice manufacturers and intended for Huang Wei and Deputy General Manager Wang to turn against each other.
• Ji Hanxing noticed Yan Jinyue’s message that he had been waiting in the parking garage and hurried downstairs to meet him.
• Yan Jinyue drove Ji Hanxing to dinner and noticed he had lost weight; Ji Hanxing privately lamented that he had not gotten to eat his fill at the night market.
• Yan Jinyue brought Ji Hanxing to a traditional two-story restaurant, assuring him he would like it despite Ji Hanxing’s doubts.

Ji Hanxing joined Yan Jinyue for hot pot, where he learned that Yao Yue was a longtime friend of his mother, Luo Feiluo. Although Ji Hanxing pretended not to like the food to maintain his domineering CEO image, Yan Jinyue asked him to share the meal, and he accepted inwardly.

• Ji Hanxing delighted in the smell of hot pot after Yan Jinyue brought him to Yao Yue's restaurant.
• Yao Yue recognized Ji Hanxing as President Ji and revealed that she had grown up with his mother, Luo Feiluo.
• Ji Hanxing reflected on the orphanage director who had raised him and reassured Yan Jinyue that Yao Yue's connection to Luo Feiluo was unsurprising.
• Yao Yue served hot pot and spicy crayfish, while Ji Hanxing's system warned him to maintain his domineering CEO image.
• Yan Jinyue cooked beef tripe for Ji Hanxing and asked him to keep him company because he had no one else to eat hot pot with.
• Ji Hanxing claimed he was only agreeing to eat because Yan Jinyue had begged him, and prepared to enjoy the food.

Ji Hanxing worried that Yan Jinyue had recognized him as the masked egg-fried-rice cook from University A, while Yan Jinyue concealed his suspicions. After dinner, they headed to Crescent Lake for a walk, and Ji Hanxing wondered about a future with Yan Jinyue before reminding himself he had to follow the plot.

• Ji Hanxing ate the hot pot dinner and tried Yan Jinyue's egg fried rice, which reminded Yan Jinyue of a delicious dish he had eaten at a night market stall behind University A.
• Yan Jinyue described the masked cook, making Ji Hanxing fear that he had been recognized, but he relaxed when Yan Jinyue said he had not seen the cook's face.
• Ji Hanxing asked why Yan Jinyue had gone to University A, and Yan Jinyue explained that he had gone to bail out his younger cousin, Xie Baotan, after a fight over Jiang Qianling.
• After finishing dinner, Ji Hanxing accepted Yan Jinyue's invitation to walk near Crescent Lake and privately wondered what it would be like if they were a couple.

After leaving Yao Yue’s restaurant, Ji Hanxing and Yan Jinyue discussed why Yao Yue had approached him and agreed to face whatever trouble came. Their walk turned playful when Yan Jinyue suddenly held Ji Hanxing’s hand, leaving Ji Hanxing unconvinced by his excuse that he had been protecting him from a vehicle.

• Ji Hanxing asked Yan Jinyue about Yao Yue, and Yan Jinyue explained that her background was mysterious despite her successful private-dining restaurant and strong connections.
• Yan Jinyue apologized for bringing Ji Hanxing into a possible scheme, but Ji Hanxing said Yao Yue would have found another way to approach him.
• Ji Hanxing teased Yan Jinyue for claiming he had no one to eat hot pot with, and Yan Jinyue said Ji Hanxing was different from everyone else.
• Yan Jinyue caught Ji Hanxing silently criticizing him and suddenly took his hand, asking whether Ji Hanxing had been saying bad things about him.
• Yan Jinyue let go and claimed he had held Ji Hanxing’s hand to protect him from a vehicle, but Ji Hanxing privately doubted the excuse.

After overeating spicy food, Ji Hanxing developed acute gastroenteritis and called an ambulance instead of asking Xue Hui for help. Yan Jinyue rushed to the hospital and stayed beside him as he slept through his IV treatment.

• Ji Hanxing suffered severe stomach cramps and nausea after two days of spicy, oily food, and the system suggested there should be medicine at home.
• Ji Hanxing found the medicine blister pack empty, ignored the system's suggestion to wait for the female lead, and called 120 for an ambulance.
• At A City First Hospital, Ji Hanxing received pain relief and an IV drip while the system scolded him for ignoring its healthy meals.
• Yan Jinyue arrived after Si Mu told him Ji Hanxing had been brought to City First Hospital, covered him with his clothes, and warmed his hand as he slept.