Recaps

Qin Yan’s fear of winter reminded the Fu Family of the abuse she had suffered, and Fu Yunting comforted her while discussing their revenge against her abusers. When a suspected Contamination outbreak appeared in their villa complex, Fu Yunting prepared to investigate with help from Jixiang and the dogs.

• Qin Yan became frightened by the snow, and Fu Yunting comforted her until she felt safe at home.
• Fu Yunting showed Old Master Fu a video of Shen Fu’s confinement and described how he had cut off her payments to the Shen Family.
• Fu Yunting said Shen Fu’s parents were suffering from their violent grandson, while Qin Yan’s adoptive parents were being tormented by nightmares of her past abuse.
• Qin Yan stayed indoors for several days as her fear lingered.
• Fu Yunting warned the family about a suspected Contamination outbreak in the villa complex and said the Special Administration Bureau was investigating.
• Jixiang agreed to accompany Fu Yunting, and Jinbao said the dogs could handle Anomalies below C-Rank.

Worried about Eldest Uncle, Qin Yan decided to venture outside to find him, overcoming her fear of the winter cold with help from her companions. Jinbao carried her away from the Fu Family villa, unaware that Jelly had also slipped out after her.

• Qin Yan watched Fu Yunting leave, then received photos and a video from Fu Wenzi before replying that she missed him.
• Fu Wenzi and Gu Ze fought during class and were punished by their elder for disrupting the lesson.
• Qin Yan chose a warm panda outfit and packed protective talismans and Grandpa Turtle's scale armor before setting out to find Eldest Uncle.
• Meimei and the others comforted Qin Yan as she faced the cold, and Jinbao caught her when she jumped from the window.
• Jinbao carried Qin Yan outside the Fu Family villa while Jelly flew out of the fish tank after her.

Fu Yunting and the Special Administration Bureau fought a sudden outbreak of venomous snakefish in Hengshan Villa District, where contaminated people erupted with eggs that hatched into the creatures. Qin Yan and her companions helped defeat an evolved B-Rank snakefish, leaving the agents stunned by Jinbao’s strength.

• Fu Yunting found a husband and wife dead after snakefish eggs burst from their bodies and hatched, then joined the agents fighting the rapidly multiplying creatures.
• Fu Yunting went to the Gu family home, where Jixiang helped save Gu Lin from a snakefish and tore through the swarm while Gu Lin led his grandfather and relatives to safety.
• Qin Yan searched for her uncle with Jinbao and Lingti as they fought snakefish and followed the sound of gunfire.
• A snakefish evolved to B-Rank and attacked the agents, but Jinbao pinned it beneath a paw and crushed it into the ground.
• Jixiang cut down a snakefish that nearly attacked an agent, and Qin Yan praised Jinbao for killing the B-Rank creature.

Qin Yan reunited with Fu Yunting at the Gu Family’s home after Jinbao and the others helped kill the anomalous snakefish. Fu Yunting then took the animals to clear more of the infestation, while Qin Yan and her grandfather checked that each other was safe.

• After Jinbao and the others killed most of the snakefish in the area, Qin Yan asked Captain Zheng where Fu Yunting was, and he told her Fu Yunting had gone to the Gu Family’s home.
• Captain Zheng explained that wealthy residents had eaten a strange fish that caused parasitic anomalous Contamination, and he sent his team to reinforce other areas.
• Qin Yan arrived at the Gu Family’s home and reunited with Fu Yunting, who praised Jixiang and received a spirit stone from her.
• Gu Lin begged Fu Yunting to sell him two of the cats or dogs, and Qin Yan told him she was the one raising them.
• Fu Yunting left a cat with the Gu Family and took Qin Yan, Jixiang, and the others to help clear more snakefish from Hengshan Villa District.
• Fu Yunting called Old Master Fu, who said Maomao and the other animals had killed two snakefish near their home; Qin Yan and her grandfather reassured each other that they were safe.

Qin Yan and the Special Administration Bureau lured the anomaly snakefish hiding underground into a drained pond using the corpses of their kind. As a B-Rank snakefish emerged and a swarm filled the pond, Lingti summoned a giant Yin Soldier to fight the B-Rank threat.

• Qin Yan passed food to Fu Yunting and the exhausted responders, then told Fu Yunting that Lingti had sensed many anomaly snakefish underground, including several large ones.
• Fu Yunting and Captain Zheng organized the responders to collect snakefish corpses, drain the northern pond with pumps, and pile the corpses inside to attract the hidden snakefish.
• A B-Rank anomaly snakefish emerged and sprayed venom, so Lingti summoned a giant Yin Soldier that attacked it while Qin Yan explained to Fu Yunting that it was Lingti's underling.
• Captain Zheng led the responders to the pond, where they found it nearly covered in smaller snakefish and ordered everyone to throw bombs.

Fu Yunting, Qin Yan, and their companions helped the Special Administration Bureau defeat a nest of Anomaly snakefish, though several people were poisoned and infected by parasites. After videos of the Fu Family's cats and dogs fighting the snakefish spread, frightened residents flocked to Old Master Fu to ask for animals of their own.

• Jixiang carried Qin Yan above the pond while bombs killed many low-rank snakefish and the survivors attacked the Special Administration Bureau team.
• Fu Yunting used his gold coin to freeze five B-Rank snakefish for thirty seconds, allowing the fighters to kill two and badly injure three before he collapsed.
• Jixiang cut down the remaining B-Rank snakefish as the exhausted humans faced their attack, and the survivors thanked the Griffin-like Anomaly.
• The Special Administration Bureau and other organizations began treating injured people who had been poisoned and infected with removable parasites.
• Qin Yan woke at lunchtime and learned that videos of Fu Yunting's cats and dogs killing snakefish had spread, prompting residents and Gu Family members to visit the Fu Family and ask for animals.

Qin Yan agreed to let the Special Administration Bureau and the military borrow the Fu Family’s mutated cats and dogs for missions, and Fu Yunting brought rescued strays home to join their household. In the greenhouse, Qin Yan discovered that Sunflower’s golden seeds could purify impurities, and Fu Yunting realized they might cleanse Contamination.

• Qin Yan received gifts from visiting elders, while Old Master Fu explained that the cats and dogs belonged to her and could not be given away without her approval.
• Director Nangong Su and Admiral Rong asked to borrow the Fu Family’s mutated cats and dogs to track dangerous Snakefish and help with missions.
• Qin Yan consulted the animals, then told Fu Yunting and Old Master Fu that Maomao and the others were willing to go earn money; Nangong Su promised they would return home after each mission.
• Fu Yunting brought rescued stray cats and dogs to the villa, where they settled in and gathered around Qin Yan.
• Qin Yan saw golden seeds forming in Sunflower and appraised them, learning that they held the sun’s power and could purify impurities; Fu Yunting wondered if they could purify Contamination.

Fu Yunting discovered that Qin Yan’s mutated sunflowers might purify contamination and that the peanuts could improve ability users’ meridians. After Jelly disappeared, the animals revealed it was an Anomaly, while the Special Administration Bureau found that something had drained the flesh and blood from Snakefish corpses; Jelly returned by evening.

• Fu Yunting asked Meimei whether the sunflowers could purify contamination, and Qin Yan learned that the nearly ripe mutated peanuts could widen and strengthen meridians.
• Qin Yan noticed Jelly was missing, and Jinbao, Jixiang, and Lingti revealed that Jelly was an Anomaly that had escaped on its own.
• Fu Yunting searched the house and checked surveillance footage but found no sign of Jelly, so the family waited for it to return.
• The Special Administration Bureau found that five B-Rank Snakefish and several others had been drained of flesh and blood, but surveillance revealed nothing about what had done it.
• The Bureau’s teams and the Fu Family’s cats and dogs tracked down and killed Snakefish hiding around Hengshan Villa District.
• Jelly suddenly appeared before Qin Yan as she carried strawberries, startling her.

Jelly revealed its origins as a wounded former SS-Rank Anomaly from the Abyssal Ocean and began regaining strength by eating energy-rich food and other Anomalies. After Jelly left to forage and failed to return overnight, Qin Yan worried, but Fu Yunting took her outside to dig up peanuts.

• Jelly told Qin Yan it had come from another world through a spatial rift, where it had been an SS-Rank boss before fleeing two attackers in a weakened form.
• Qin Yan warned Jelly not to eat people, and Jelly ate a strawberry before explaining that Qin Yan’s presence could help Anomalies improve their aptitude.
• Jelly revealed to Old Master Fu and Fu Yunting that it was B-Rank and could turn invisible, while Qin Yan explained that only she could hear its voice through its tentacles.
• Jelly left to hunt Anomalies and grow stronger, promising Qin Yan it would return soon, but it had not come back by morning.
• Old Master Fu and Fu Yunting brushed off requests from visitors for cats and dogs, then Fu Yunting took Qin Yan to dig up peanuts in the snow.

Qin Yan and Fu Yunting harvested a crop of enormous, mutated peanuts at their optimal ripeness and discovered the kernels were delicious and nourishing. They finished filling two baskets and decided to save some for planting, sell some, and keep the rest for the family.

• Meimei explained that harvesting spirit plants at the right time preserved their quality, and Qin Yan's ability revealed the peanuts would be ready at noon.
• Qin Yan, Fu Yunting, and Jinbao dug up huge golden peanuts, while Fu Yunting joked with Jinbao, Lingti, and Jixiang about who Qin Yan belonged to.
• Fu Yunting and Qin Yan tasted the round, milky-white peanut kernels, which were too large for Qin Yan to bite until Fu Yunting cut one in half.
• After harvesting about three thousand peanuts into two baskets, Fu Yunting proposed keeping five hundred for seeds, selling a thousand, and saving the rest for the family.

Qin Yan and Fu Yunting prepared to sell her peanuts while Jelly grew stronger, and the Special Administration Bureau investigated the unseen creature hunting Snakefish. As the New Year approached, Qin Yan eagerly awaited the family celebration and was overjoyed when Fu Wenli returned home.

• The visitors left without any mutated cats or dogs after Old Master Fu refused to give them away.
• Fu Yunting and the family washed and dried Qin Yan’s peanuts, then planned to divide them among several organizations and sects for trade.
• Jelly returned from hunting larger and stronger, revealed it was already B-Rank, and promised to take Qin Yan flying once it grew more.
• The Special Administration Bureau examined a Snakefish drained of its flesh and blood and ordered an investigation into the invisible attacker.
• With fifteen days until the New Year, Qin Yan began counting down the days and welcomed her returning Fourth Uncle, Fu Wenli.

Fu Wenli returned home and Qin Yan showered him with affection, then spent the next few days following him around. When she asked to sleep in his room, Fu Yunting complained that she had been neglecting her eldest uncle.

• Qin Yan welcomed Fu Wenli home, and he carried her into the living room to greet Old Master Fu.
• Qin Yan ate wontons with Fu Wenli, praised Auntie Sun’s cooking, and gave flowers to her and Uncle Butler.
• Uncle Butler gave Qin Yan matching Lion Dance hats for herself and the animals, and Old Master Fu took photos of them.
• Qin Yan followed Fu Wenli around and asked to sleep in his room each evening.
• Fu Yunting saw Qin Yan at Fu Wenli’s door and asked if she no longer loved her eldest uncle, and Qin Yan assured him that she loved him too.

Qin Yan sweet-talked Fu Yunting and Fu Wenli before falling asleep, then spent the morning with her grandfather visiting the greenhouse and animals. The mutant peanuts she had grown were in high demand, and the chapter ended with the abbot asking Fu Nanshan to secure more for Hanshan Temple.

• Qin Yan kissed Fu Yunting goodnight and fell asleep in Fu Wenli's arms, while the Clown inside him longed to eat her.
• Qin Yan strolled with her grandfather and visited the greenhouse and the rapidly growing mutant cats and dogs.
• Nangong Su asked Fu Yunting to reserve more peanuts for District One and again proposed that Qin Yan join its Special Administration Bureau.
• Fu Yunting and Fu Wenli explained that the family had no peanuts left to distribute and planned to keep the next harvest in mind for their own needs.
• The abbot stopped Fu Nanshan as he prepared to leave Hanshan Temple and asked him to obtain more peanuts for the temple.

Fu Wenzi fled Hundred Feather Palace with Gu Ze after their master caught them taking his belongings, while Fu Yunting learned that a powerful invisible Anomaly was preying on creatures in the city. The chapter left Fu Yunting suspecting the Anomaly was not Jelly and trading peanuts to Xiao Zhen for Five Emperor Coins and a promise of future supplies.

• Fu Wenzi’s master chased him for taking tea, cinnabar, writing tools, a stool, and materials, and then threw a shoe at Gu Ze after Fu Wenzi blamed him too.
• Daoist Master Chenguang’s sect leader teased him for having been just as troublesome and fond of borrowing things when he was young.
• Fu Wenzi tried to escape down the mountain, but Gu Ze followed and persuaded him to come home with him for New Year.
• Xiao Zhen told Qin Yan and Fu Yunting that the returning cats and dogs had helped kill escaped Snakefish and warned them about an invisible, strangling Anomaly that drained flesh and blood.
• Fu Yunting learned the Anomaly might be A-Rank or higher and suspected it was not Jelly, while Xiao Zhen persuaded him to trade five peanuts for ten Five Emperor Coins and a promise of future produce.

Xiao Zhen took his team back to the Special Administration Bureau while Qin Yan stayed behind with the cats and dogs. Fu Wenzi and Fu Nanshan returned home with Gu Ze, who quickly joined the Fu Family and caused a chaotic chase with Fu Wenzi the next morning.

• Xiao Zhen found his men at the cattery and kennels, where they tearfully said goodbye to the animals before he made them leave.
• Qin Yan told the cats and dogs to look after the newcomers, and they barked and meowed as if agreeing.
• Fu Wenzi surprised Qin Yan by arriving home during their video call, then Fu Nanshan scooped her out of his jacket and reunited with her.
• Gu Ze arrived with Fu Wenzi and introduced himself to Old Master Fu, who welcomed him and his bamboo wine gift.
• Gu Ze accidentally sprayed Fu Wenzi with a hose while watering flowers, and Fu Wenzi chased him through the villa with a hammer.

Gu Ze’s energetic antics led Fu Wenzi to send him to help with the Fu Family’s dogs and cats, where the two disciples decided to take Qin Yan sledding. At the ski resort, their imposing animals drew a crowd, and Gu Lin hurried over after hearing they had arrived.

• Fu Wenzi hit Gu Ze with his hammer, but Gu Ze quickly got back up and insisted he could take the beating.
• Qin Yan gave Gu Ze a peanut, and Fu Wenzi suggested he feed and walk the Fu Family’s dogs.
• Gu Ze showed Qin Yan a video of dogs pulling a sled, and Fu Wenzi took her to find a place to go sledding.
• Fu Wenli and Fu Nanshan joined the group, and they brought the family’s cats and dogs, Jinbao, and the others to a nearby ski resort.
• Fu Wenli told the resort staff the animals were sled dogs, and Gu Lin decided to come after learning Qin Yan and the others had arrived.
• Fu Wenzi and Gu Ze harnessed the cats and dogs to sleds as curious visitors gathered to take photos.

Fu Wenli, Fu Nanshan, and Gu Ze took Qin Yan and the mutated cats and dogs on an exhilarating sled ride across the snow, drawing a crowd of wealthy spectators. After nearly two hours, they stopped, and a dizzy Qin Yan was passed from Fu Wenli to Fu Wenzi.

• Fu Wenli set off first with Qin Yan on a sled pulled by Border Collie Doudou, while Fu Nanshan and Gu Ze followed with sleds pulled by cats and dogs.
• The wealthy spectators chased after the sleds, and Chu Xuehuan caught up on skis before joining Gu Ze's sled behind the Samoyed Snowball.
• Qin Yan delighted in the ride as the sleds raced side by side across the snowfield.
• After nearly two hours, the group stopped, and Fu Wenli caught Qin Yan when she nearly fell from dizziness.
• Fu Wenzi hurried over to hold Qin Yan, and she leaned toward him, quickly easing his anger.

Qin Yan reunited with the Fu brothers at Gu Ze’s club, where the cats and dogs crowded around her and Chu Xuehuan got to take photos with them. The group returned indoors, where adults questioned Fu Wenzi about the animals while Chu Xuehuan warned the other rich kids not to approach them on their own.

• Gu Ze introduced Chu Xuehuan to Fu Wenzi, who recognized Chu Mo as his former high school classmate and learned that Chu Xuehuan was Chu Mo’s nephew.
• Fu Nanshan took Qin Yan from Fu Wenzi, and she ran over to the cats and dogs, who surrounded her and nearly made her fall before Doudou caught her.
• Fu Wenli carried Qin Yan away from the crowd, and she agreed to let Chu Xuehuan take photos with the animals.
• The group returned to the club, where Gu Lin greeted them and brought Qin Yan a cake; Fu Nanshan stayed with her while Fu Wenzi and Fu Wenli spoke with visiting adults.
• Fu Wenzi refused to reveal information he could not share or sell any animals, while Chu Xuehuan posted his photos and told the other rich kids not to approach the animals without permission.

Qin Yan returned from skiing with her uncles and later welcomed Jelly, whose colorful glow delighted her during bath time. After her bath, her uncles competed to dry her hair, and Fu Wenli won the first turn.

• Qin Yan told Old Master Fu about skiing with her uncles, and he promised to join her another time.
• Qin Yan drank Auntie Sun's ginger soup, then bathed and played with Meimei and Tuantuan.
• Jelly returned larger than before and showed Qin Yan its colorful glow in the dark bathroom.
• Jelly wrapped Qin Yan in a towel and dried her after her bath.
• Fu Yunting, Fu Wenzi, Fu Wenli, and Fu Nanshan rolled dice to decide who would dry Qin Yan's hair, and Fu Wenli won.

Qin Yan traveled with the Fu family to Cloudtop Miao Village to visit her great-grandmother, the former clan leader. Her arrival moved the elderly woman to tears because Qin Yan looked so much like her late daughter, Qing Huan.

• Qin Yan traveled with Old Master Fu and her uncles by plane and car to visit relatives in Qianling City.
• Fu Yunting told Qin Yan that her great-grandmother's family lived in Cloudtop Miao Village, where women held high status and her great-aunt was the current clan leader.
• The Fu family met Uncle Li Zheng and walked through the village during a lively bonfire celebration.
• Old Master Fu introduced Qin Yan to her great-grandmother and the other relatives gathered in the house.
• Qin Yan's great-grandmother recognized her resemblance to Qing Huan and began to cry, so Qin Yan gently wiped her tears.

Qin Yan spent time with her great-grandmother before joining her uncles at Cloudtop Miao Village’s bonfire party, where Fu Yunting told her how Old Master Fu had met Wen Boya. The party left Qin Yan laden with gifts while her uncles fended off the village girls’ questions about whether they had partners.

• The old clan chief became furious after hearing how Qin Yan had been switched at birth, and Fu Yunting told her that Shen Fu was suffering from nightmares while the older Shen relatives faced hardship.
• The old clan chief invited Qin Yan and her uncles to attend the bonfire party, while Old Master Fu stayed behind to keep her company.
• Fu Yunting recounted how Old Master Fu had fled a marriage alliance, gotten lost in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and fallen in love with Wen Boya at a bonfire party in Cloudtop Miao Village.
• Several girls approached Fu Yunting and his brothers, and they gave excuses about being engaged, abstaining from women, being mentally ill, or following Buddhism.
• Qin Yan received food, treats, a flower crown, and a silver bracelet from the villagers, who admired her beauty and remembered her grandmother, Wen Boya.

Qin Yan enjoyed the bonfire party and spent the next morning being dressed in traditional Southern Xinjiang outfits by her cousin-aunts. Fu Wenzi collected her after the photo session, and the family continued their visit with the women delighted by the little girl.

• Qin Yan received many presents at the bonfire party while Fu Nanshan and the other brothers attracted attention from local women.
• Fu Wenzi took Qin Yan to bed, and she fell asleep while chatting with Third Uncle.
• Fu Wenzi showed Qin Yan the green mountains outside the next morning, and Li Zhu'er greeted her as her cousin-aunt.
• Li Zhu'er dressed Qin Yan in a red traditional outfit and silver accessories, then Wen Boyu and another cousin brought purple and black outfits for her to try.
• The three women took many photos of Qin Yan in the different outfits before Fu Wenzi carried her away.

Qin Yan spent a lively New Year with the Fu family in the Southern Border, where she learned about dangerous snake gu and enjoyed a village wedding and fireworks. Meanwhile, Fu Yunshen saved photos of her in the wilderness, and his comrades mistook her for his daughter.

• Great-Great-Grandmother affectionately questioned Qin Yan, who later attended a village wedding feast with her relatives.
• Li Zhu'er rescued Qin Yan from approaching a snake maiden flower, and Wen Boyu destroyed it, revealing several dangerous red snake gu.
• Li Zhu'er explained that the snake gu were venomous, held grudges, and had killed a villager's family, then went to discuss them with her mother.
• Fu Yunting carried Qin Yan on his shoulders during the village fireworks, while Fu Wenli photographed her enjoying the New Year.
• Fu Yunshen saved photos of Qin Yan in the Fu Family group chat, and his returning comrades saw them and asked whether she was his daughter.

The Fu family visited District Five’s Special Administration Bureau so Qin Yan could meet Fu Yunshen, and Jelly’s rapid growth surprised them. They arrived to find Black Tiger’s squad fighting foreigners, leaving Fu Yunting worried that trouble was about to escalate.

• Fu Yunshen told the family group chat that he had completed his mission and was preparing to return to Qianling City.
• Qin Yan showed the Fu family that Jelly had reached A-Rank, and they learned he had killed the Snakefish in the capital.
• Fu Wenzi planned to take Qin Yan to District Five’s Special Administration Bureau to meet Fu Yunshen, who was due back the next day.
• Qin Yan spent the day caring for her great-grandmother with honey water and snacks, then rode with her uncles to the bureau the next morning.
• Director Lin told the Fu family that Fu Yunshen had not returned yet, then hurried outside after hearing Black Tiger’s squad had fought foreigners.
• Fu Nanshan dodged a flying combatant with Qin Yan in his arms, while Fu Wenzi kicked the person away, and the family saw Black Tiger’s masked squad fighting several foreigners.

Fu Yunting tried to leave the Special Administration Bureau with Qin Yan, but Director Lin stopped him while Fu Yunshen fought the foreign Ability Users and wrecked the plaza. Fu Yunshen reunited with his family, nearly crushed Qin Yan in a hug, and discovered that his little niece thought he stank.

• Fu Yunting picked up Qin Yan and tried to leave, but Director Lin stopped him and listed the damage Fu Yunshen had caused.
• Fu Yunshen defeated the foreign Ability Users, and Director Lin scolded him for wrecking the bureau plaza and reminded him of his debts.
• Fu Yunting and his brothers tried to slip away, but Fu Yunshen caught them and hugged Fu Yunting.
• Fu Wenzi, Fu Wenli, and Fu Nanshan pulled Fu Yunshen off Qin Yan, who complained that he stank.
• Fu Yunshen looked at Qin Yan and realized she was his little niece.