Chapter Summaries

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.