Recaps

After realizing he had been reborn as the sickly fake young master in a wealthy family’s story, Shen Yu panicked about his dangerous fate. His second brother Shen Xingshuo came home to retrieve his ID, while Shen Yu’s unspoken thoughts reached him and provoked a tense encounter.

• Shen Yu celebrated his new wealthy family before realizing he remembered almost nothing about the story he had entered.
• The butler carried Shen Yu to the sofa and told him his stitches would come out in half a month.
• Shen Yu recalled that the Shen family’s youngest son was a sickly fake young master and despaired over his hell-mode situation.
• Shen Xingshuo arrived by motorcycle and searched the house for his ID, alarming the butler, who suspected he was running away.
• Shen Yu silently mocked Shen Xingshuo, who heard his thoughts and approached him as Shen Yu trembled in fear.

Shen Yu tried to mend his relationship with Shen Xingshuo while his family gathered at home, but his odd behavior and apparent mind-reading continued to unsettle his brother. When Shen Yu tried to explain himself to his parents, Lin Yujing accidentally made his injured leg hurt, leaving him worrying about how to save his family from falling apart.

• Shen Xingshuo teased Shen Yu for calling him a molester in his thoughts, and Shen Yu apologized, but Shen Xingshuo did not accept it.
• Shen Xingshuo stayed for dinner after Uncle Liu said Shen Changgeng and Lin Yujing were coming home to celebrate Shen Yu's recovery.
• Shen Yu recalled how his past accusations after nearly drowning had damaged Shen Xingshuo's relationship with their parents.
• Lin Yujing and Shen Changgeng arrived, and Lin Yujing checked Shen Yu while Shen Changgeng asked Shen Xingshuo about university.
• Shen Yu tried to explain that he was fragile and that Shen Xingshuo had not bullied him, but Lin Yujing squeezed his neck and his injured leg hurt when he jolted upright.

The Shen family reunited around Shen Yu, whose cheerful inner thoughts revealed his fear of his brothers and his love of food, while the family struggled to process the strange ability to hear him. After dinner, they gathered in the study to discuss whether they had found any trace of the people involved.

• Lin Yujing and Shen Changgeng reassured Shen Yu and arranged for a doctor to check his foot while Shen Xingshuo and his father went to the study.
• Shen Xubai returned home and, after hearing Shen Yu’s thoughts, joined the family for dinner.
• Shen Yu’s enthusiastic praise of the food distracted the Shen family, and Shen Xingshuo cautioned him against overeating.
• Shen Xubai gave Shen Yu a drumstick, Shen Yu shared food with his brothers, and Shen Changgeng took back Shen Xingshuo’s chicken wing.
• Lin Yujing tucked Shen Yu into bed before Shen Changgeng, Shen Xubai, and Shen Xingshuo gathered in the study to ask whether anyone had found a trace of them or learned anything.

The Shen family discussed Shen Yu’s apparent mind-reading and possible predictions, while investigating the people connected to his disappearance. At breakfast, Shen Yu worried that he was not Lin Yujing’s biological son and resolved to find out more, then happily planned how to fleece his family.

• Shen Xubai concluded that Shen Yu’s thoughts could be heard only by certain family members and suggested checking whether his prediction about Shen Xingshuo’s future was true.
• Shen Xingshuo admitted he wanted to sign with an entertainment agency, and Shen Changgeng told the family to keep Shen Yu’s abilities quiet and give him more pocket money.
• Shen Yu asked Lin Yujing whether he might not be her biological son and suggested checking for a genetic mutation because he believed her real son was still suffering elsewhere.
• Shen Xingshuo sulked as Shen Yu passed him unwanted tomato slices, while Shen Xubai removed Shen Yu’s greens and arranged his preferred breakfast for the next day.
• After breakfast, Shen Yu covertly watched the family and wondered whom to fleece first.

Shen Yu led the Shen family on an uncertain search for their biological younger brother, guided by fragments from the novel he remembered. They found a boy being bullied in a dark alley, but his claim that he had a missing older sister left the family’s hopes shaken.

• Shen Yu urged the Shen family to search nearby schools and neighborhoods, though he could not remember where his friends lived.
• Shen Xubai drove the family around for two hours before Shen Yu’s vague directions brought them to a cramped residential neighborhood.
• The family heard boys shouting in a dark alley, and Shen Xingshuo stepped in to confront the bullies.
• Shen Xingshuo fought the thugs, while Shen Xubai and Shen Changgeng joined in and helped drive them away.
• Shen Yu approached the bullied boy and offered him tissues, while the boy claimed he had a missing older sister.

Shen Yu and Shen Xubai suspected Cheng Jin was the Shen Family’s biological child, but Cheng Jin left before they could take him home. Back at his impoverished home, Cheng Jin reunited with his twin brother Cheng Jun and considered whether the Shen Family might offer them a way out.

• Shen Yu comforted Cheng Jin and tried to persuade him to come home with the Shen Family, but Cheng Jin declined and slipped away while the others focused on Shen Yu’s injured leg.
• Shen Xubai collected two of Cheng Jin’s hairs and decided the Shen Family should not follow him, while Cheng Jin watched their car leave from a dark corner.
• Cheng Jin returned to a squalid room and waited through his drunken father Cheng Yong’s arrival and demands for money.
• Cheng Jun came home with money, which Cheng Yong seized before leaving after threatening the brothers.
• Cheng Jin and Cheng Jun shared a meal, and Cheng Jin wondered whether anything strange had happened recently without telling his brother about the Shen Family.

Shen Yu tried to dissuade Shen Xingshuo from pursuing show business, while Shen Xubai investigated Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin’s past. The chapter ended as Shen Yu remembered the danger awaiting the biological child and collided with Shen Xingshuo in the study doorway.

• Shen Yu questioned Shen Xingshuo about his show-business ambitions, but Shen Xingshuo insisted he would become a star.
• Shen Xubai returned home, noticed his younger brothers bickering, and brought Shen Xingshuo into the study.
• Shen Xubai explained that Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin had been mistaken for Cheng Yong’s sons after their mother’s stillborn baby, and described their childhood of abuse and hardship.
• Shen Xubai reminded Shen Xingshuo that the boys needed schooling, household registration, and a guardian, leaving him shaken by their circumstances.
• Shen Yu remembered that Cheng Yong would later injure the biological child’s leg while demanding money, then rushed toward the study and collided with Shen Xingshuo.

Shen Yu and his brothers found Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin being abused by Cheng Yong, rescued them, and took Cheng Jun to the hospital. As Cheng Jin and Cheng Jun recovered in the car, Cheng Jin silently vowed revenge on Cheng Yong.

• Shen Yu persuaded Shen Xubai and Shen Xingshuo to take him back to the alley where he had seen Cheng Jin.
• The brothers found Cheng Yong beating Cheng Jun, while Cheng Jin fought back by throwing a bottle and stool at him.
• Shen Xingshuo struck Cheng Yong with a stool as Shen Xubai carried the injured Cheng Jun to the car.
• Cheng Jin steadied Shen Yu, then followed Shen Xubai as he took Cheng Jun to the hospital.
• Cheng Jun reassured Cheng Jin that he was there for him, while Cheng Jin resolved to make Cheng Yong suffer if he ever gained power.

After Cheng Jun’s fractured shinbone was treated, Shen Yu and Shen Xubai stayed with Cheng Jin and his brother at the hospital. Shen Yu’s comment about their injured legs left the brothers together as an awkwardly matched pair.

• Shen Xubai took Cheng Jun to the Shen Family’s private hospital, where doctors found a crack in his shinbone.
• Shen Yu tried to comfort Cheng Jin while they waited, and Shen Xubai made sure both boys ate.
• Han Rong confirmed Cheng Jun’s fracture was not severe and said Shen Yu still needed time to recover.
• Shen Xubai arranged for Cheng Jun to leave the hospital, and Shen Yu eagerly introduced himself to him.
• Shen Yu joked that he and Cheng Jun were a match because one had an injured left leg and the other an injured right leg.

Shen Xubai brought Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin to the Shen Family's villa to recover, while Shen Yu eagerly welcomed them as his little brothers. Shen Xingshuo returned home and immediately switched from defending Shen Yu to scolding him after learning Shen Yu had tattled on their eldest brother.

• Shen Xubai told Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin they could recover at home, and the brothers agreed to work toward a better future and repay the expenses.
• Shen Xubai carried the injured Cheng Jun while Cheng Jin supported Shen Yu, who celebrated being called big brother.
• Shen Xubai brought the boys to the Shen Family's villa, where Uncle Liu showed them their prepared room and the brothers settled in.
• Shen Yu excitedly imagined sharing clothes and a room with his new little brothers, but Shen Xubai told him to give them personal space.
• Shen Xingshuo arrived home, asked who had bullied Shen Yu, then put on his drama king act and scolded him when Shen Yu named Shen Xubai.

Shen Yu awkwardly reunited with Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin after Shen Xingshuo’s fall, then tried to make the injured brothers feel welcome. He left them sharing a quiet, playful moment together, though Cheng Jin continued to grumble at Shen Yu’s chatter.

• Shen Xingshuo introduced himself to Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin, and Shen Xubai sent the brothers away so the two could rest.
• Shen Xubai learned Cheng Yong was detained on domestic abuse charges and told Shen Xingshuo to consider the brothers’ feelings while handling the matter.
• Shen Yu sneaked into Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin’s room, stumbled inside, and asked whether they were hungry.
• Shen Yu offered Cheng Jun a wheelchair and kept boasting about his hopping skills until Cheng Jun agreed to use it.
• Shen Yu invited the brothers to make wishes with a basketball and answered Cheng Jin’s teasing with a corny joke.

The Shen family welcomed Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin into their home while waiting for test results, and Shen Yu tried to make amends for nearly worsening Cheng Jun’s injury. At dinner, the family watched the brothers closely, and Cheng Jun’s smile revealed how much he resembled Lin Yujing.

• Cheng Jun’s doctor confirmed that his injury had not worsened and warned him to avoid moving recklessly, leaving Shen Yu ashamed of his carelessness.
• Shen Xingshuo invited Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin to dinner, and Shen Yu brought a powered chair while Cheng Jin reminded him to be careful.
• Lin Yujing restrained her excitement as Cheng Jin stayed close to Cheng Jun and the family ate together.
• Shen Yu tried to serve Cheng Jun a rib, but Shen Xingshuo took it and mistook a piece of ginger for another rib.
• Cheng Jun laughed at Shen Yu and Shen Xingshuo’s bickering, and the family noticed how closely his smile resembled Lin Yujing’s.
• Shen Yu tried to serve Cheng Jun tomato and pork, but the pieces repeatedly slipped back into the pot as Shen Xingshuo teased him.

During dinner, Shen Yu warmly served the Cheng brothers, and Shen Changgeng privately reassured Cheng Jin that he had searched for him and would let him decide Cheng Yong’s fate. Cheng Jin and Cheng Jun began to suspect they belonged to the Shen family, while Shen Yu’s cheerful thoughts eased some of their fears.

• Shen Yu served the family overflowing bowls of soup, helping the Cheng brothers feel more at ease during dinner.
• Shen Changgeng met privately with Cheng Jin, confirmed he had never stopped searching for him, and offered him a chance to decide what should happen to Cheng Yong.
• Shen Changgeng told Cheng Jin that Shen Yu had been adopted and had gone looking for someone two days earlier, but Cheng Jin remained unsure of Shen Yu’s motives.
• Cheng Jin returned to Cheng Jun, who revealed that he already knew they might be connected to the Shen family and worried they could face new hardships there.
• Cheng Jun heard Shen Yu’s thoughts about the missing little rib and relaxed, suspecting their situation might not be as bad as he feared.

Shen Yu woke late and schemed to get Shen Xingshuo out of bed so he would not have to face the family alone. Shen Xingshuo carried him to breakfast, where their awkward reconciliation continued and he promptly scolded Shen Yu for behaving worse than the Cheng brothers.

• Shen Yu missed breakfast after sleeping until eight thirty and sneaked out to see what the family was doing.
• Shen Yu climbed upstairs to wake Shen Xingshuo and admitted he had wanted to bring him downstairs as company.
• Shen Xingshuo carried Shen Yu downstairs, and Shen Yu apologized for their strained relationship.
• Shen Changgeng and Shen Xubai criticized Shen Xingshuo for skipping breakfast and setting a bad example.
• Shen Xingshuo told Shen Yu to behave and compared him unfavorably with Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin.

The Shen family received the paternity test confirming Cheng Jin was Shen Changgeng’s biological son, and Shen Changgeng welcomed Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin home. Shen Yu’s anxious inner commentary filled the wait, and the chapter ended with him urging his father to comfort the brothers more warmly.

• Shen Xingshuo teased Shen Yu over breakfast while the family waited for the hospital’s paternity test results.
• Shen Yu nervously narrated everyone’s expressions until Han Rong arrived with the sealed report.
• Cheng Jin opened the report, which confirmed a biological parent-child relationship between him and Shen Changgeng with 99.99% similarity.
• Cheng Jin asked whether the test could be wrong, and Shen Changgeng assured him the results were reliable and offered to repeat the test.
• After Han Rong left, Shen Changgeng apologized for losing Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin when they were young, while Shen Yu silently urged him to hug and kiss them.

Shen Xubai told Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin that Cheng Yong was being detained for domestic violence and that they could join the Shen Family if they agreed. Cheng Jin chose to see Cheng Yong, while Cheng Jun stayed home with Shen Yu and Shen Xingshuo, beginning to feel at ease among his new family.

• Shen Xubai explained the DNA results, Cheng Yong's detention, and the brothers' option to transfer their household registrations to the Shen Family.
• Cheng Jin asked to see Cheng Yong, and Shen Changgeng, Lin Yujing, and Shen Xubai prepared to take him there.
• Shen Changgeng revealed that Shen Xingshuo had beaten Cheng Yong and nearly been mistaken for the culprit by the police.
• Shen Changgeng told Shen Xingshuo and Shen Yu to stay home, leaving Shen Yu to keep Cheng Jun company.
• Shen Yu and Shen Xingshuo bickered while Cheng Jun tried to comfort them, and their playful exchange made him feel included in the family.

The Shen Family confronted Cheng Yong about his abuse of Cheng Jin and the circumstances surrounding the children’s birth ten years earlier. Cheng Yong began recalling how he had been distracted during the birth, but the identities of the people involved remained unclear.

• Shen Changgeng, Shen Xubai, Lin Yujing, and Cheng Jin confronted Cheng Yong at the police station, where Cheng Yong demanded money and threatened Cheng Jin.
• Shen Xubai questioned Cheng Yong about Ms. Liu giving birth, while Shen Changgeng warned that Cheng Yong would remain in prison if he did not remember what happened.
• Cheng Yong insulted Liu Meng and Cheng Jin, prompting Cheng Jin to lash out and blame him for his mother’s death and his brother’s suffering.
• Shen Xubai protected Cheng Jin when Cheng Yong shoved him, and Shen Changgeng and Lin Yujing comforted the boy.
• Under pressure from the family and police, Cheng Yong recalled that he had sent a girl away after hearing the baby was a boy, then went drinking and gambling with Old Chen during the birth.
• Shen Xubai asked why the others had invited Cheng Yong and whether he knew them, but Cheng Yong said he gambled with anyone who had money.

After learning that Cheng Yong had no useful answers, the Shen family brought Cheng Jin and Cheng Jun home and discussed their fresh start. Shen Yu realized that he was the adopted child, and his family confirmed the truth while reassuring him in their own teasing way.

• Shen Changgeng comforted Cheng Jin after the family left Cheng Yong, whose actions would bring legal punishment.
• Shen Xingshuo overwhelmed Shen Yu and Cheng Jun with his grand plans until Shen Changgeng told him to rein it in.
• Cheng Jun spoke to Shen Yu and corrected his hand, while Cheng Jin grew jealous of the attention between them.
• Shen Changgeng asked Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin whether they wanted to change their surname, and Cheng Jun agreed.
• Shen Yu realized he might be the fake child, so Lin Yujing admitted that she and the family already knew he was adopted.
• Shen Changgeng explained that Shen Yu had been abandoned at an orphanage and adopted by Lin Yujing, then joked that his personality was unlike anyone in the Shen or Lin families for three generations.

Shen Yu celebrated becoming the older brother of Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin after they were added to the Shen household register. Cheng Jun chose to catch up on his studies at home and declined a welcoming banquet, while the family prepared rooms for the brothers.

• Shen Yu playfully sat between Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin and eagerly sought to be called their older brother.
• Shen Changgeng discussed Cheng Jun's schooling, and Cheng Jun chose to catch up at home rather than repeat a grade so he could stay close to Cheng Jin.
• The Shen Family learned that Liu Meng had found the brothers by accident and that Cheng Yong had been sentenced to three years for organizing gambling and abusing children.
• After the household register was updated, Shen Xingshuo suggested a banquet, but Cheng Jun declined because he disliked crowds, and Shen Xubai reassured the brothers that the family would protect them.
• Shen Xubai explained that Cheng Jun and Cheng Jin would stay downstairs temporarily while their rooms upstairs were prepared.
• Shen Yu's muddled explanation about who lived downstairs amused Shen Jin, who offered him fruit and felt reassured that Shen Yu posed no threat to his bond with Cheng Jun.

The Shen family welcomed Shen Jun and Shen Jin into their home, teasing and carrying the boys as they showed them their rooms. Shen Jin called Lin Yujing “Mom” after seeing the gifts and care prepared for him, while Shen Yu realized he had forgotten to prepare gifts for his younger brothers.

• Shen Yu demanded milk tea as compensation for his family teasing him, and Shen Changgeng agreed to buy it.
• Shen Xubai carried the injured Shen Jun upstairs, while Shen Xingshuo carried Shen Yu and Shen Changgeng put Shen Jin on his shoulders.
• Lin Yujing photographed the family’s playful reunion and posted it on Moments, thinking that people should know the boys’ identities.
• Lin Yujing showed Shen Jin his carefully prepared room and gifts, and he thanked her by calling her “Mom,” bringing her to tears.
• Shen Yu noticed the gifts and complained that nobody had reminded him to prepare presents for his little brothers, so Shen Xingshuo teased him about being broke.

Shen Yu discovered that his brothers had prepared gifts and an allowance for him, while Shen Jun and Shen Jin asked to resume their studies. The brothers agreed to study together, and Shen Yu’s attempt to tutor them collapsed when he struggled to understand an English book.

• Shen Yu sulked after Shen Xingshuo called him a little broke brat, but Shen Xubai told him his allowance had been transferred and promised to deduct any shortfall from Shen Xingshuo’s allowance.
• Shen Yu found that his room contained gifts prepared for him too, and happily thanked Shen Xingshuo for including him.
• Shen Jun asked Shen Xubai when he could start studying, and Shen Xubai offered to arrange a tutor.
• Shen Jin asked to study with Shen Jun and Shen Yu, and Shen Xubai agreed that all three could learn together.
• Shen Yu volunteered to tutor his brothers, but he could not understand the sentences in Shen Jin’s English book and gave up.
• Shen Xingshuo told Shen Yu that hardship would end once he reached college, and Shen Yu replied that hardship was constant.

Shen Yu, Shen Jun, and Shen Jin began tutoring with Zhang Ting, whose lessons revealed that all three were learning quickly despite their uneven foundations. After class, Shen Yu traded insults with Shen Xingshuo, then divided the older brother’s abandoned strawberries among the boys.

• Shen Xubai hired Zhang Ting to tutor Shen Yu, Shen Jun, and Shen Jin, and the boys listened attentively to their first lesson.
• Zhang Ting praised Shen Jin’s problem-solving and noted that Shen Jun and Shen Yu were also learning quickly, though Shen Yu struggled with English pronunciation.
• Shen Xingshuo teased Shen Yu about his English, but Shen Yu retorted with a joke about Shen Xingshuo once ordering two pieces of music at a restaurant.
• Shen Jun covered Shen Yu’s mouth to stop the brothers’ argument from escalating, and Shen Xingshuo left in a huff.
• Shen Yu took the abandoned fruit platter and tried to divide the strawberries evenly, but Shen Jin settled the matter by eating one.

Shen Yu struggled through lessons with his younger brothers, then worried when Shen Xingshuo announced he was joining a talent competition. After the family discussed hobbies, Shen Xubai agreed that the boys could learn boxing or sanda, while Shen Jun was prompted to choose an activity of his own.

• Shen Yu took an elementary-level exam with Shen Jun and Shen Jin, but lost marks after mixing up his multiplication tables.
• Shen Xingshuo teased Shen Yu about his mistake, then announced that he would join a talent competition and leave for three months.
• Shen Yu worried that Shen Xingshuo would meet the protagonist at the competition, while Shen Jun tried to comfort him.
• Shen Xubai asked the boys what hobbies they wanted to pursue, and Shen Yu suggested learning to fight.
• Shen Xubai agreed that Shen Jin and Shen Yu could learn sanda or boxing, then asked Shen Jun to choose a hobby.

Shen Yu settled into a lazy summer routine while trying to figure out how to protect his brothers and steer Second Brother away from trouble. When he admitted he missed Shen Xingshuo, Shen Xubai offered to take him to visit the competition and revealed Shen Yu had become a small investor in Second Brother’s career.

• Shen Jun chose to study at his own pace, while Shen Jin practiced sanda and Shen Yu lounged around during the brothers’ summer routine.
• Shen Yu worried about Shen Jin and offered to accompany him to class, but Shen Jin said there was no need and urged Shen Yu to study with Shen Xubai instead.
• Shen Xubai returned to the family home and reunited with his younger brothers, while Shen Jun playfully indulged Shen Yu’s demand for a proper greeting.
• Shen Yu admitted he missed Shen Xingshuo, and Shen Xubai offered to send him to visit Second Brother during the talent competition.
• Shen Xubai told Shen Yu that the additional investment in Shen Xingshuo’s career was made in Shen Yu’s name, making him a small investor, and Shen Yu joked that he was Second Brother’s financial backer.

Shen Xingshuo arrived at the auditions for “Chase Your Dreams, Boys!” and met the friendly Qiao Luo, while Shen Yu watched the livestream from home. The four were assigned to a group, and Shen Yu realized Qiao Luo was the protagonist.

• Shen Xingshuo arrived alone at the audition site and was surprised by the crowd of applicants.
• Qiao Luo introduced himself to Shen Xingshuo, and they learned that later rounds would require dancing.
• Jiang Can mocked Qiao Luo for bringing food, and Shen Xingshuo defended him.
• The organizers announced that auditions would take several days, assigned applicants to groups of four, and began livestreaming the process.
• Qiao Luo formed a group with Shen Xingshuo, Jiang Can, and Lin Yan, then led them to their dorm room.
• Shen Yu watched the livestream, spotted his second brother, and recognized Qiao Luo as the protagonist.