Chapter Summaries

Ji Hanxing told Yan Jinyue that Old Master Ji had accepted their relationship and invited him home for dinner, after briefly pretending the opposite to test his reaction. Ji Hanxing planned to take Yan Jinyue to meet his grandfather that weekend, and turned down a work meeting because he was going on a date.

• Ji Hanxing falsely told Yan Jinyue that Old Master Ji opposed their relationship and threatened to disown him, prompting Yan Jinyue to insist he would fight for their future.
• Ji Hanxing apologized and revealed that Old Master Ji had accepted them and invited Yan Jinyue to dinner; Yan Jinyue teased him back after realizing he had been joking.
• Ji Hanxing and Yan Jinyue agreed that Ji Hanxing would take him home to meet Old Master Ji that weekend, then worked overtime after ending their call.
• Ji Hanxing declined a weekend meeting and told Xue Hui that he was going on a date with Yan Jinyue.

Ji Hanxing worked overtime on an orphanage project, and Yan Jinyue arrived to praise him and massage his shoulders before taking him to dinner. Yan Jinyue brought Ji Hanxing to University A’s night market to try a classmate of Xie Baotan’s egg fried rice, leaving Ji Hanxing visibly shocked.

• Ji Hanxing defended his hard work to the system, arguing that it fit the CEO’s Little White Flower Female Lead profile.
• Yan Jinyue arrived while Ji Hanxing was working and massaged his shoulders as he praised how captivating Ji Hanxing looked.
• Ji Hanxing thought about his past part-time job at a wellness center, revealing he had learned massage techniques there.
• Yan Jinyue invited Ji Hanxing to dinner and drove him to University A’s night market.
• Yan Jinyue said they were there to try egg fried rice made by a classmate of Xie Baotan, and Ji Hanxing reacted with shock.

Ji Hanxing visited Jiang Qianling’s new egg fried rice shop with Yan Jinyue and was stunned to find its sign identical to one he had designed in his previous life. Yan Jinyue admitted he had arranged the shop’s name and sign, and brought Ji Hanxing inside to explain.

• Yan Jinyue took Ji Hanxing to the trial opening of his classmate’s egg fried rice shop, where Xie Baotan greeted them.
• Xie Baotan led Ji Hanxing and Yan Jinyue to Jiang Qianling’s shop and praised her egg fried rice.
• Ji Hanxing recognized the “Little Star Golden Egg Fried Rice” sign as an exact copy of one he had designed in his previous life.
• Yan Jinyue said he had chosen the shop’s name and commissioned the sign, leaving Ji Hanxing shocked and confused.
• Yan Jinyue suggested they go inside so he could explain the sign to Ji Hanxing.

Ji Hanxing learned that Yan Jinyue had invested in and named the shop with him in mind, then tasted Jiang Qianling’s egg fried rice and discovered how much she had improved. The chapter ended with Xie Baotan realizing Ji Hanxing was Jiang Qianling’s mysterious master.

• Jiang Qianling guessed that the shop’s name, Little Star, referred to Ji Hanxing, and Xie Baotan told her Ji Hanxing was his brother’s boyfriend.
• Yan Jinyue explained that he had invested in the shop, chosen its name, and recognized Ji Hanxing when he ate his egg fried rice.
• Ji Hanxing learned that Yan Jinyue had known his identity for some time and teased him about looking after Jiang Qianling.
• Ji Hanxing ordered egg fried rice from Jiang Qianling, who recognized him as her master by his voice.
• Ji Hanxing praised Jiang Qianling’s improved cooking, and she thanked Yan Jinyue for investing in the shop.
• Xie Baotan realized that Ji Hanxing was the mysterious master Jiang Qianling had mentioned.

Ji Hanxing brought Yan Jinyue to meet Old Master Ji, who warmed to Yan Jinyue after receiving a thoughtful portrait of himself and his late wife. Their pleasant visit was interrupted when an angry newcomer arrived and Old Master Ji demanded to know who had let him in.

• Ji Hanxing welcomed Yan Jinyue, who had arrived early, and they went together to the Ji Family Mansion after breakfast.
• Yan Jinyue brought Old Master Ji many gifts and greeted him respectfully, while Old Master Ji initially treated him coolly.
• Yan Jinyue gave Old Master Ji a commissioned portrait of Old Master Ji and Old Madam Ji, moving him to tears.
• Old Master Ji praised Yan Jinyue and encouraged Ji Hanxing to learn from him, and the three chatted happily.
• An angry newcomer appeared, and Old Master Ji demanded to know who had given him permission to come.

Ji Changhe confronted Ji Hanxing over his relationship with Yan Jinyue, then tried to install his younger son as the Ji Family heir. Old Master Ji rejected him and struck him with his cane, just as Ji Hanxing's long-absent mother, Luo Fei, arrived.

• Ji Changhe tried to strike Ji Hanxing, but Yan Jinyue stopped him and Old Master Ji ordered him to leave.
• Ji Hanxing rejected Ji Changhe's authority, while Old Master Ji defended his relationship with Yan Jinyue.
• Old Master Ji questioned how Ji Changhe knew about the visit, and Ji Changhe evaded the question before claiming he had another son, Jinchen.
• Ji Changhe proposed bringing Luo Fei and Jinchen home to make Jinchen the Ji Group heir, and Old Master Ji struck him on the leg with his cane.
• Luo Fei arrived, and Ji Hanxing identified her to Yan Jinyue as Ms. Luo.

Luo Fei returned to the Ji Family, challenged Ji Changhe’s claim to the family assets, and transferred her Ji Group shares to Ji Hanxing. She then took Ji Hanxing for a walk and began explaining her reason for returning by asking about Yao Yue.

• Luo Fei greeted Ji Hanxing and Yan Jinyue, then confronted Ji Changhe over his attempt to have his illegitimate son inherit the Ji Family assets.
• Old Master Ji said he had severed his relationship with Ji Changhe and named Ji Hanxing as the heir to his assets and Ji Group shares.
• Luo Fei gave Ji Hanxing a signed agreement transferring the shares she had received from Old Master Ji, and Ji Hanxing accepted them at the old master's urging.
• Old Master Ji drove Ji Changhe out and resolved to investigate who had encouraged him to come.
• Luo Fei asked Ji Hanxing to walk with her; when she asked whether he had met Yao Yue, he confirmed it and said Yao Yue was her good friend.

Luo Fei told Ji Hanxing that Yao Yue had returned to avenge her murdered daughter, who had been killed by Ye Chongyun after Ye Xun deceived Yao Yue and stole the child. Luo Fei also revealed that Ye Chongyun was behind the Ji Family’s mole and Ji Changhe, leaving Ji Hanxing to guess that Ye Zuixi was their informant.

• Luo Fei explained that Yao Yue had searched for her missing daughter for years before learning the girl had died at age two.
• Luo Fei revealed that Ye Xun had deceived Yao Yue and that Ye Chongyun had killed her daughter.
• Luo Fei said Yao Yue had returned to bring down Ye Chongyun and had approached Ji Hanxing after learning Ye Chongyun targeted him.
• Ji Hanxing identified Butler Wang Zhong as the mole, and Luo Fei confirmed his suspicion.
• Luo Fei revealed that Ye Chongyun was behind both Wang Zhong and Ji Changhe, then hinted that Ji Hanxing knew their informant.
• Ji Hanxing guessed that Ye Zuixi was the informant.

Ji Hanxing told Old Master Ji that Butler Wang was the mole, and Old Master Ji admitted he suspected him and vowed to handle the betrayal. After Ji Hanxing shared Luo Fei’s news about Yao Yue and the plans involving Ye Zuixi, the story left Ye Chongyun confronting Ye Zuixi at the Ye Corporation Group’s Jewelry Exhibition Hall.

• Ji Hanxing told Yan Jinyue that he had earth-shattering gossip and took him to find Old Master Ji.
• Ji Hanxing revealed that Luo Fei had identified Butler Wang as the mole, and Old Master Ji said he suspected him too.
• Old Master Ji explained that Butler Wang may have betrayed the Ji Family to help his gambling-addicted son, then said he would handle the matter.
• Old Master Ji promised Ji Hanxing that Ji Changhe’s illegitimate son would not return to the Ji Family and declared Ji Hanxing his only grandson.
• Ji Hanxing told Old Master Ji and Yan Jinyue what Luo Fei had said about Yao Yue, prompting them to reconsider their plans with Ye Zuixi.
• Ye Chongyun went to see Ye Zuixi at the Ye Corporation Group’s Jewelry Exhibition Hall and beckoned her to come closer.

Ye Chongyun told Ye Zuixi that Ji Hanxing was dating Yan Jinyue and manipulated her into helping with a plan to make Ji Hanxing hers. After Ye Chongyun left, Ye Zuixi revealed that her grief had been an act and called Ji Hanxing.

• Ye Chongyun told Ye Zuixi that Ji Hanxing and Yan Jinyue were a couple and claimed Ji Hanxing had used her as a cover.
• Ye Zuixi appeared devastated and said she wanted Ji Hanxing, while Ye Chongyun encouraged her resentment and offered to help.
• Ye Chongyun told Ye Zuixi to pretend she knew nothing and invite Ji Hanxing shopping, promising that he would arrange everything.
• Ye Chongyun left, and Ye Zuixi dropped her distressed facade, then called Ji Hanxing.

Ji Hanxing met with Ye Zuixi to discuss Ye Chongyun’s plans against him and learned that Ye Chongyun intended to drug him and make Ye Zuixi the scapegoat. Ye Zuixi also revealed evidence that Ye Chongyun was trafficking drugs through imported and exported jewelry, leaving Ji Hanxing asking what she planned to do next.

• Ji Hanxing and Yan Jinyue met Ye Zuixi, Luo Fei, and Yao Yue at the closed Sichuan Restaurant to discuss Ye Chongyun.
• Ye Zuixi said Ye Chongyun knew about Ji Hanxing and Yan Jinyue’s relationship and had sent Ji Changhe back to contest control of the Ji Group.
• Ye Zuixi warned that Ye Chongyun planned to lure Ji Hanxing out, drug him, and use public opinion to bind him to her while blaming her if the scheme went wrong.
• Ye Zuixi revealed that Ye Chongyun was trafficking drugs hidden in jewelry shipments and that she had recently found clues while working with the Ye Corporation Group’s jewelry.
• Ji Hanxing asked Ye Zuixi what she planned to do next.

Ye Zuixi proposed using Ji Hanxing as bait to draw Ye Chongyun into revealing evidence of his drug trafficking, and Ji Hanxing eagerly agreed after learning this was the story’s final plot point. As the group prepared the plan, Ji Hanxing discovered that Ye Zuixi’s hacker was Ruan Xin, the original plot’s female lead, and the system assured him her appearance would not affect the mission.

• Ye Zuixi asked Ji Hanxing to play along with Ye Chongyun’s scheme so she could gather more evidence against him.
• Ji Hanxing accepted the plan immediately, despite Yan Jinyue’s concern, because the system told him that only one final plot point remained.
• Ye Zuixi explained that she would lure Ji Hanxing out and gave him a sapphire anklet containing a listening device and tracker made to resist jamming.
• Ye Zuixi named Ruan Xin as the hacker behind the devices, and Ji Hanxing confirmed with the system that she was the original female lead.
• Ji Hanxing trusted Ye Zuixi and Ruan Xin’s work, and the group agreed to proceed with their collaboration.

Ye Chongyun lured Ji Hanxing into an alley, where he was abducted, while Yan Jinyue monitored his location and relied on technician Ruan Xin to keep the signal stable. The chapter left Ji Hanxing unconscious in his captors’ hands as Yan Jinyue and Ruan Xin watched for trouble.

• Yao Yue asked Ye Zuixi how she could help, and Ye Zuixi told her to wait while their plan dealt with Ye Chongyun.
• Ji Hanxing worried that Yan Jinyue blamed him for his decision, but Yan Jinyue reassured him and promised to protect him.
• Ye Chongyun instructed Ye Zuixi to lure Ji Hanxing to a designated alley and assured her that everything was under control.
• Ye Zuixi met Ji Hanxing and led him into the alley, where someone smothered him with a cloth and pulled a sack over him.
• Yan Jinyue monitored Ji Hanxing’s location while technician Ruan Xin worked to keep the signal stable.

Ji Hanxing was held captive by Ye Chongyun, who tried to force Ye Zuixi to inject him with a drug, but Ye Zuixi turned against her brother and the police arrived. Yan Jinyue rescued Ji Hanxing and held him close.

• Yan Jinyue tracked Ji Hanxing’s location and called the police when the marker stopped on the outskirts.
• Ye Chongyun confronted the tied-up Ji Hanxing and pressured Ye Zuixi to make him obedient with a drug.
• Ye Zuixi refused to inject Ji Hanxing, kicked Ye Chongyun down, and injected him with the drug instead.
• Police entered after Yan Jinyue’s people subdued Ye Chongyun’s men, and Yan Jinyue untied Ji Hanxing and embraced him.

Ji Hanxing and Yan Jinyue celebrated the end of Ye Chongyun’s crimes and the completion of Ji Hanxing’s mission, after which the system unlinked and left Ji Hanxing in this world permanently. Ji Hanxing learned Yan Jinyue had been hearing his thoughts, and the two shared their histories before affirming they would stay together.

• Ji Hanxing thanked Ruan Xin for helping rescue him, and Ye Zuixi kept Yan Jinyue from poaching her technician.
• Ye Chongyun was sentenced to death with immediate execution, and the system announced that Ji Hanxing had completed his mission and would remain in the world.
• Ji Hanxing said goodbye to the system as it unlinked, then learned Yan Jinyue had heard the system and could hear Ji Hanxing’s thoughts whenever they touched.
• Yan Jinyue apologized for eavesdropping and thanked Ji Hanxing for letting him know the real him.
• Ji Hanxing told Yan Jinyue about his past life, his arrival in the book’s world, and his mission with the 004 CEO System.
• Yan Jinyue embraced Ji Hanxing, who confirmed he could stay forever, and they joked about having met in a dream.

Ji Hanxing surprised Yan Jinyue with a private tour of his new amusement park, a meal of his signature egg fried rice, and a marriage proposal. Yan Jinyue accepted, and Ji Hanxing revealed that the park was named Star-Moon Amusement Park.

• Ji Hanxing picked Yan Jinyue up in his newly licensed car and drove him to the amusement park he had built.
• Ji Hanxing showed Yan Jinyue the illuminated park and shared stories about his difficult past and dream of owning an amusement park.
• Ji Hanxing took Yan Jinyue to the egg fried rice shop he had opened with Qian Ling and cooked him a meal.
• Ji Hanxing turned off the lights, presented Yan Jinyue with a star lamp containing a ring, and proposed to him.
• Yan Jinyue accepted Ji Hanxing's proposal, and Ji Hanxing revealed the park's name and their matching star-and-moon rings.

After completing his mission, 004 rejected becoming a full system and chose exile to a small world. The Main System recalled how it recruited him and arranged for him to experience another man's life; 004 arrived in exile identifying himself as Ji Hanxing.

• 004 received his mission reward and declined the upgrade to a full system, accepting exile instead.
• The Main System remembered that 004 had once been a self-aware Child of Fortune who resisted the fate imposed by the World Laws.
• The Main System offered 004 a wager: he would contribute his Fortune Power to help another man pursue his greatest wish, and gain energy to leave if that man maintained the world's order.
• 004 viewed the man's life and learned that his strongest wish was for his younger siblings to have healthy bodies and happy families.
• 004 agreed to the wager without changing his choice to reject the world's order, then became trainee system 004.
• After 004 arrived in the world of exile, he told the Main System that his name was Ji Hanxing.