Recaps

Xie Yuan introduced his husband, Mu Ze, to Xie Mo, while Xia Yunrou’s nausea raised suspicions that she might be pregnant. The chapter ended with Xia Yunrou breaking down in tears as Xie Mo questioned whether her illness was really a stomach problem.

• Xie Yuan introduced Mu Ze as the person he had married, and Xie Mo struggled to accept that his younger brother had married a man.
• Xia Yunrou repeatedly glanced at Mu Ze, prompting Xie Yuan to warn her not to fall for him.
• Mu Ze and Mu Xiao bickered over cake while Xie Yuan and Xie Ran teased them.
• At dinner, Xia Yunrou recoiled from the ginseng chicken soup and claimed she had an ordinary stomach condition.
• After Xia Yunrou dry-heaved, Auntie Wang remarked that her symptoms looked like pregnancy, and Xie Ran called a doctor.
• Xie Mo questioned Xia Yunrou about her illness, and she covered her face and sobbed.

Xia Yunrou revealed that she was pregnant, and Xie Yuan and the others prevented Xie Mo from accepting the baby as his own by knocking him unconscious. They planned to bring in a man Xia Yunrou could not refuse as the baby’s father, while Xie Yuan and Mu Ze shared an affectionate moment upstairs.

• Xia Yunrou told Xie Mo that someone had taken advantage of her while she was drunk two months earlier and that she feared an abortion could leave her unable to have children.
• Xie Yuan knocked Xie Mo unconscious as he began to promise support, and Mu Ze carried him to his room and locked the door from outside.
• Mu Ze proposed finding or creating a father for Xia Yunrou’s baby to stop Xie Mo from trying to claim the child, and Xie Ran entrusted the plan to him.
• Xie Yuan went upstairs to fetch skin cream, and Mu Ze followed him and embraced him, saying they had been apart for eleven hours and twenty-five minutes.
• Mu Ze asked for skin care products because Xie Yuan looked so young beside him, and Xie Yuan teased that they were not many years apart.

Xie Yuan gave skin-care ointment to Mu Ze, Xie Ran, and Mu Xiao, then asked Uncle Wang to keep people away from the study. Xia Yunrou secretly messaged someone about the baby, and Xie Yuan woke from a nightmare about his previous life, determined to protect his family and Mu Ze.

• Xie Yuan gave Mu Ze two jars of ointment and told Xie Ran and Mu Xiao how to use theirs.
• Mu Xiao asked for more ointment, so Xie Yuan offered to write down the formula for her to produce and sell.
• Xie Yuan told Uncle Wang to keep people away from the study, where confidential company documents and Xie Mo's experiment materials were stored.
• Xia Yunrou messaged someone that others knew about the baby, then deleted the messages and wondered whether the baby would blame her if she acted against it.
• Xie Yuan woke from a nightmare of people being killed in his previous life, and Mu Ze comforted him as he vowed not to let his loved ones be hurt again.

After a nightmare about his previous life, Xie Yuan stayed awake and learned that Su Wanyue had arranged to kidnap his older sister and Gu Dewang had tried to damage his reputation. He decided to retaliate by helping Gu Dewang’s mistress leave him, while keeping his own involvement secret.

• Xie Yuan told Mu Ze he would explain his painful memories when the time was right, then left their bedroom because he could not sleep.
• Xie Yuan encountered Xia Yunrou wandering through the house at night and warned her to be careful while pregnant.
• Xie Yuan asked the Wicked System about Su Wanyue and Gu Yanzhou, learning that Su Wanyue had arranged to kidnap his older sister.
• The Wicked System revealed that Gu Dewang had hired trolls to smear Xie Yuan and Mu Xiao to help him seize the Xie Group.
• Xie Yuan learned that Gu Dewang’s mistress wanted to leave him and ordered the Wicked System to offer her help without revealing his identity.

Xie Yuan arranged for the Wicked System to help Zhao Zhiyu escape Gu Dewang by disabling his surveillance and removing trackers, while Zhao Zhiyu weighed the offer. After a day of hesitation, she agreed to leave, and the chapter ended with Mu Ze's phone ringing at dawn.

• Zhao Zhiyu received an offer to escape Gu Dewang, but deleted the message because she feared for the sender's safety and knew Gu Dewang monitored her phone.
• Xie Yuan told the Wicked System to block the surveillance on Zhao Zhiyu's phone, remove trackers from her and her son, and erase their tracks after sending them abroad.
• The Wicked System warned Xie Yuan that Mu Ze was coming, and Mu Ze carried him back upstairs after finding him downstairs.
• Zhao Zhiyu learned that the stranger could resolve her worries, then asked for a day to think about leaving Gu Dewang.
• Gu Dewang returned home, and Zhao Zhiyu concealed her distraction before watching him leave after dinner.
• Zhao Zhiyu accepted the offer to leave, and Mu Ze's phone rang early the next morning.

Mu Ze brought his childhood friend Feng Leyao to the Xie Family Villa to help investigate Xia Yunrou’s child’s father. After Xia Yunrou watched surveillance footage, Feng Leyao said he had been drunk and woke to find her gone.

• Mu Ze agreed to send Uncle Wang to pick up Feng Leyao, who had come to help with the Xie Family matter and hoped to see Xie Ran.
• Feng Leyao told Xie Ran he was helping voluntarily, while Mu Ze warned him to focus on the information about the case.
• Xie Mo mistook Feng Leyao for the child’s father, and Feng Leyao said he would take responsibility for what had happened.
• After breakfast, Xie Ran stopped Xia Yunrou from leaving, and Mu Ze showed her surveillance footage concerning the child’s father.
• Xia Yunrou turned pale and protested that the footage was impossible, while Feng Leyao said he had been drunk and woke up after she had left.

Feng Leyao exposed Xia Yunrou's attempt to claim his child and marry into the Feng Family, revealing that the surveillance video was AI-generated and presenting evidence about her past. Xia Yunrou was left cornered as everyone watched Xie Mo, whose unexpected calmness unsettled her.

• Feng Leyao offered to marry Xia Yunrou after learning she was pregnant, and she agreed while Xie Mo watched helplessly.
• Mu Xiao noticed that the woman in the surveillance footage did not quite look like Xia Yunrou, and Xie Mo confirmed the difference.
• Feng Leyao received a call revealing that the footage had been generated with AI as a prank, then challenged Xia Yunrou for claiming it was her and agreeing to marry him.
• Xia Yunrou accused the Xie Family of scheming against her, but Feng Leyao began listing evidence of her past, and Xie Ran and Mu Xiao restrained her.
• Feng Leyao revealed that Xia Yunrou's examination two months earlier had confirmed she was already two months pregnant, and Xia Yunrou turned to Xie Mo for help.
• Xie Mo swallowed the grape Xie Yuan had put in his mouth and remained unexpectedly calm, leaving Xia Yunrou and the others staring at him.

After Xia Yunrou fainted, Xie Mo sent Xie Ran to take her to the hospital and withdrew to his study, shaken by what he had learned. Xie Yuan discovered Feng Leyao had loved Xie Ran for years but remained wary of him because he did not know where Feng had been during the events of the original novel; the chapter ended as Xie Yuan went to tell Xie Mo that Xia Yunrou was safe.

• Xia Yunrou fainted after Feng Leyao exposed her, and Xie Ran and Mu Xiao took her to the hospital at Xie Mo's request.
• Xie Mo admitted he had never truly known Miss Xia and went to work alone in his study.
• Feng Leyao told Xie Yuan he had loved Xie Ran for about ten years, and Xie Yuan allowed him to pursue her only if he accepted her answer.
• Xie Yuan wondered where Feng Leyao had been when Xie Ran was bullied and sold into the remote mountains in the original novel, while Mu Ze promised to explain Feng's story later.
• Xie Ran called to report that Xia Yunrou had fainted because of early pregnancy and agitation but would recover after a few days in the hospital.
• Xie Yuan went to the study to tell Xie Mo the news, and Xie Mo finally invited him inside.

Xie Mo explained that he had dated Xia Yunrou out of a sense of responsibility rather than love, prompting Xie Yuan and Mu Ze to worry about his future relationships. Later, Xie Yuan urged Xie Ran to take bodyguards after learning she had seen Gu Yanzhou with Su Wanyue, and the family questioned whether Gu Yanzhou might pose a threat.

• Xie Yuan told Xie Mo that Xia Yunrou and her baby were safe, then questioned why Xie Mo seemed so calm.
• Xie Mo admitted he had seen Xia Yunrou more as a friend and had stayed with her because he felt responsible as her boyfriend.
• Xie Yuan warned Xie Mo not to date someone he did not love, then told Mu Ze that the family should watch over Xie Mo's future relationships.
• Mu Ze assured Xie Yuan that he had prepared to resolve the danger on his end, and the two reaffirmed their plans to stay together.
• Xie Ran told the family that she and Mu Xiao had waited for Xia Yunrou to wake before leaving the hospital and had run into Gu Yanzhou.
• Xie Yuan learned Gu Yanzhou had been with Su Wanyue and urged Xie Ran to take bodyguards, leaving Mu Xiao and Xie Mo questioning whether Gu Yanzhou would really act recklessly.

The Xie family agreed to take bodyguards after Mu Ze and Xie Yuan warned that the Mu Family and Su Wanyue might target them. The conversation turned to Xie Yuan’s marriage to Mu Ze and Xie Mo’s past relationship with Xia Yunrou, ending with Xie Yuan teasing his brother about having better taste.

• Xie Yuan insisted that the family, including Mu Xiao, take bodyguards because trouble might come from the Mu Family and Su Wanyue.
• Xie Ran contacted security companies to hire bodyguards after learning Su Wanyue might target her.
• Xie Mo questioned whether Xie Yuan was serious about marrying Mu Ze, and Xie Yuan said they could separate if things did not work out.
• Xie Yuan told Xie Ran and Mu Xiao that Xie Mo had casually agreed to date Xia Yunrou, prompting them to criticize him.
• Mu Xiao said Mu Ze was transferring his assets to Xie Yuan, and Xie Yuan insisted Mu Ze would not regret their marriage.
• Xie Yuan teased Xie Mo for his poor judgment and said he had better taste.

Xie Yuan and Mu Ze discussed Feng Leyao’s past loyalty to Xie Ran and reassured each other that the tragic events of their previous life could be changed. After Xie Yuan suffered another nightmare, the family learned that someone had been following Xie Ran, and Xie Yuan decided to have the pursuers watched.

• Mu Ze told Xie Yuan that Feng Leyao had searched for Xie Ran after she disappeared in their previous life and had suspected Gu Yanzhou and Su Wanyue were involved.
• Xie Yuan agreed not to interfere with Xie Ran’s feelings for Feng Leyao, and Mu Ze said Feng Leyao accepted that her husband would marry into her family.
• Xie Yuan woke from a nightmare, and Mu Ze comforted him and promised the previous life’s ending could be changed.
• Xie Ran and Mu Ze began taking five bodyguards whenever they went out, while Xie Yuan, Xie Mo, and Mu Xiao stayed home.
• Xie Ran’s bodyguards reported that a careful group in a black car had followed her, and Xie Yuan ordered them to stay alert and said he would have someone watch the pursuers.
• Xie Yuan told Xie Mo to stay home, and Xie Ran urged him to stop going out as well.

Xie Yuan kept watch over the people hired by Su Wanyue while Xie Ran continued working under bodyguard protection. When masked attackers ambushed Xie Ran in an underground parking garage, Xie Yuan and Mu Ze arrived as the bodyguards fought back.

• Xie Yuan told Xie Ran to stay alert and never be alone, while Mu Ze arranged for Mu Xiao to return to Hai City and develop their skincare business with Xie Yuan.
• Xie Yuan instructed the Wicked System to monitor Su Wanyue's hired men, explaining that he wanted to use them to find the human traffickers who had sold his sister.
• Xie Yuan kept checking on Xie Ran's safety and delayed arranging for Zhao Zhiyu to leave.
• After a business meeting, Xie Ran entered an underground parking garage, where masked attackers surrounded her and her five bodyguards.
• An attacker drew a gun, but someone arriving by car struck his wrist with a thrown object, allowing a bodyguard to seize the weapon.
• Xie Yuan and Mu Ze rushed to Xie Ran as the bodyguards fought the attackers, and Xie Yuan asked whether she was all right.

Xie Yuan helped Xie Ran after armed men were captured and insisted he would still go to her aid if she were in danger. Back at the villa, he made calming decoction for his shaken siblings and found Xie Ran with reddened eyes.

• Xie Yuan and Mu Ze stayed with Xie Ran as her bodyguards subdued and bound the men, and the group went to the police station to give statements.
• Xie Ran scolded Xie Yuan for risking himself, while he insisted he could not ignore her danger and promised to be more careful.
• Xie Mo welcomed Xie Yuan home and warned him how much his actions had frightened Xie Ran.
• Xie Yuan brewed calming decoction for Xie Ran and Xie Mo, while Mu Ze questioned how he had known the attackers would act that day.
• Xie Yuan brought medicine to Xie Mo, then went to Xie Ran's room and saw that her eyes were reddened.

Xie Yuan learned that Su Wanyue’s remaining female-lead halo was fading, but Gu Yanzhou’s secret dealings with the Cui Family still threatened Xie. After news of the attack on Xie Ran spread, she rejected Gu Yanzhou’s attempt to reconnect, insisting she did not make friends with her exes.

• Xie Yuan questioned the Wicked System about the attackers’ gun and learned it had evidence of Su Wanyue arranging Xie Ran’s kidnapping, though the system warned that the leads’ halos could complicate prosecution.
• The Wicked System told Xie Yuan that Gu Yanzhou was secretly working with the Cui Family and that one person still posed a threat to Xie; Xie Yuan ordered it to keep watch.
• A media outlet reported Xie Ran’s attack, and Su Wanyue panicked when she saw that the attackers had been arrested, then reassured herself that her accomplice would not betray her.
• Xie Ran told Xie Yuan not to respond to online comments and decided to stay home with him while Mu Ze handled other matters.
• Gu Yanzhou called Xie Ran to ask if she was hurt and suggested they could remain friends, but she told him she wanted no further involvement and did not make friends with her exes.

Xie Ran and Xie Yuan learned that the kidnappers had taken the blame themselves, leaving Su Wanyue untouched despite Xie Yuan’s evidence against her. Mu Ze advised them to watch her and wait for another move, while Su Wanyue learned the confession had not implicated her.

• Xie Ran hung up on Gu Yanzhou and blocked him, then Xie Yuan asked the Wicked System to argue with netizens while he stayed offline.
• Su Wanyue questioned Gu Yanzhou about Xie Ran’s attack, and he promised to look into the investigation after she persuaded him it could help repair his reputation with Xie Ran.
• Police officers told Xie Ran that the attackers claimed they had kidnapped her for personal reasons, and Xie Yuan noticed the ringleader had not mentioned Su Wanyue.
• Xie Mo asked why Xie Yuan would not present his evidence against Su Wanyue, and Xie Yuan said the Gu Family could shield her while the ringleader took the blame.
• Mu Ze advised Xie Ran and Xie Yuan to keep the evidence and watch Su Wanyue, and Xie Yuan agreed.
• Gu Yanzhou told Su Wanyue that the kidnappers had confessed to acting for personal reasons, and she privately said he had not given her up but regretted losing a useful pawn.

Xie Yuan learned that Su Wanyue was plotting another attack on Xie Ran and arranged to gather evidence and report her to the police. After warning his family that Su Wanyue might strike again, Xie Ran decided to bankrupt the Gu Corporation, and Xie Yuan rebuked Xie Mo for calling that excessive.

• Su Wanyue, feeling threatened by Gu Yanzhou's attention to Xie Ran, made a call to set another plan in motion.
• The Wicked System told Xie Yuan about Su Wanyue's plot, and he ordered it to preserve evidence, monitor her, and anonymously report her to the police when she acted.
• Xie Yuan learned that Su Wanyue had been livestreaming regularly while pregnant and told the Wicked System to notify him when she livestreamed again.
• At dinner, Xie Yuan warned Xie Ran and Xie Mo that another attack could happen, and Xie Ran blamed Gu Yanzhou for Su Wanyue's jealousy.
• Xie Ran decided to bankrupt the Gu Corporation to stop Su Wanyue from targeting her, and Xie Yuan supported her decision.
• When Xie Mo questioned whether bankrupting the Gu Corporation was too much, Xie Yuan reminded him that Xie Ran had repeatedly been endangered and told him he could leave the Xie family if he disagreed.

Xie Yuan rejected Xie Mo’s defense of the Gu Family, insisting that the Xie Family had repaid its old debt and that Gu Yanzhou’s actions had ended their families’ friendship. Later, Xie Yuan watched Su Wanyue’s livestream as viewers challenged her about her pregnancy and relationship with Gu Yanzhou, and she said she would not mind their insults.

• Xie Mo apologized to Xie Yuan and promised to support him and Xie Ran, while Xie Yuan told him to reflect on his excessive loyalty to the Gu Family.
• Xie Ran and Xie Yuan left Xie Mo alone in the living room; Uncle Wang teased him before Xie Mo went upstairs.
• Mu Ze comforted Xie Yuan, who said he was fine and opened Su Wanyue’s livestream.
• Su Wanyue told viewers she was in early pregnancy and described the baby as a repayment of kindness, prompting fans to praise her and argue with curious viewers.
• Viewers accused Su Wanyue of becoming Gu Yanzhou’s mistress and getting pregnant before his engagement ended, and she said she would not mind being insulted.

Su Wanyue turned her livestream into a sales pitch for the Gu Corporation’s formula, using emotional appeals and her fans’ devotion to promote a discounted bulk offer. Xie Yuan and Mu Ze recognized the tactic, and Xie Yuan dismissed it as an old sales trick.

• Su Wanyue cried and asked her fans not to insult people on her behalf, while her top fans removed casual viewers and critics from the livestream.
• A viewer asked about Su Wanyue’s pregnancy formula, and she said Brother Yanzhou had brought home samples from the Gu Corporation.
• Mu Ze told Xie Yuan the formula was ordinary and that sales had been mediocre, leading Xie Yuan to realize the Gu family was using Su Wanyue to sell it.
• Su Wanyue announced a limited offer of fifty thousand orders with a buy-five-get-one-free discount and assured viewers the formula was freshly produced.
• Su Wanyue said children’s, high-calcium, and middle-aged and elderly formulas would also be listed, while Xie Yuan called her sales routine a tired old tactic.

Su Wanyue promoted the Gu Family’s formula during a livestream, then announced that she and Gu Yanzhou would hold an engagement banquet soon. Xie Yuan learned that the Gu Family had made no such plans and wondered how Gu Yanzhou would react to her announcement.

• Xie Yuan and Mu Ze recognized Su Wanyue’s formula sales livestream as an attempt to help Gu Corporation clear stock and recover losses.
• Su Wanyue’s fans placed orders, but many newcomers left after learning about her celebrity gossip and the formula’s high price.
• Su Wanyue tried to steady the livestream and answered a fan’s question by saying her wedding to Gu Yanzhou would be delayed.
• Su Wanyue announced that she and Gu Yanzhou would hold an engagement banquet in a few days and livestream it for fans.
• Xie Yuan asked Xie Ran about the banquet, and she said she had heard nothing and doubted Old Master Gu would approve it.
• Xie Yuan told Xie Ran she might be disappointed, hinting that Su Wanyue’s announcement could cause trouble.

Xie Yuan watched Su Wanyue blame Xie for the attack and urge her to forgive the attackers during a livestream. He confronted Su on camera, ending by declaring that he was naming names.

• Xie Yuan and Mu Ze realized Su Wanyue had arranged the engagement banquet without approval and planned to use her unborn child as leverage.
• Su Wanyue told her viewers that Xie had provoked the attack and should issue the attackers a letter of forgiveness.
• Xie Yuan entered Su Wanyue's livestream from his main account and repeatedly requested a video call.
• Su Wanyue declined Xie Yuan's first call but accepted after her fans urged her to answer.
• Xie Yuan joined the livestream with Mu Ze, insulted Su Wanyue's supporters, and challenged Su to stand by her remarks.
• When Su Wanyue said they had not named anyone, Xie Yuan replied that he was naming names.

Xie Yuan confronted Su Wanyue for urging Xie’s family to forgive people who had broken the law, then announced he would pursue legal action against fans insulting him. After he sent Su Wanyue an unknown item, she was terrified, leaving the livestream viewers to misunderstand what had happened.

• Xie Yuan challenged Su Wanyue’s arguments for forgiving the people who attacked President Xie, and she insisted the law could not be influenced.
• Su Wanyue’s fans attacked Xie Yuan in the livestream comments, so he told Mu Ze to preserve screenshots for court.
• Xie Yuan warned the commenters they would be held responsible, while Mu Ze grew angry and Xie Yuan comforted him by holding his hand.
• A commenter claimed one attacker was desperate because his family depended on him, prompting viewers to demand that the Xie Family issue a letter of forgiveness.
• Xie Yuan asked Su Wanyue whether the attackers were connected to her, then sent her something that made her drop her phone in terror.

Xie Yuan confronted Su Wanyue during her livestream and threatened to send someone to explain his message to her. After smoothing things over with Gu Yanzhou and persuading him to agree to an engagement banquet, Su Wanyue decided Xie Yuan was her biggest threat, then was startled by a sudden string of voices.

• Xie Yuan challenged Su Wanyue to reveal his message during her livestream, then asked for her address and threatened to send someone to explain it.
• Su Wanyue ended the livestream and answered Gu Yanzhou's angry call about her announcement of an engagement banquet.
• Su Wanyue argued that the banquet would help the Gu Corporation's reputation, and Gu Yanzhou agreed to proceed with it.
• Su Wanyue asked Gu Yanzhou about formula sales, then privately resolved to deal with Xie Yuan and keep his secret hidden.
• A sudden string of voices startled Su Wanyue.

Su Wanyue told Gu Yanzhou that Xie Yuan was tormenting her, prompting Gu Yanzhou to head to the Xie Family Villa to confront him. Xie Yuan waited for Gu Yanzhou, who immediately asked where Xie Ran was, and challenged him about why he had come looking for her.

• Su Wanyue called Gu Yanzhou in tears about noise upstairs and claimed Xie Yuan had sent people to frighten her.
• Gu Yanzhou promised to confront Xie Yuan, then discovered Xie Ran had blocked him and left his company for the Xie Family Villa.
• Xie Yuan told Mu Ze he had a plan and sent the Wicked System to Su Wanyue's apartment to leave things for her.
• The Wicked System reported that property management found no one upstairs, Su Wanyue called the police, and Gu Yanzhou was driving to the Xie Family Villa.
• Xie Yuan told Xie Ran that Gu Yanzhou was coming to get back at him for Su Wanyue; Xie Ran returned to her bedroom while Xie Yuan waited downstairs.
• Gu Yanzhou arrived and immediately asked where Xie Ran was, so Xie Yuan questioned whether Su Wanyue knew he had come looking for her.

Gu Yanzhou confronted Xie Yuan over the disturbance at Su Wanyue’s residence, but Xie Yuan mocked him and beat him while Xie Ran made clear she hated him. After police questioned Xie Yuan and found no evidence linking him to the noise, they asked Gu Yanzhou whether he was accusing Xie Yuan of intentional assault.

• Gu Yanzhou accused Xie Yuan of sending people to frighten Su Wanyue, but Xie Yuan denied it and taunted him about the livestream.
• Xie Yuan punched and kicked Gu Yanzhou, saying he would take Su Wanyue’s place because she could not be hit.
• Xie Ran told Gu Yanzhou she hated him and did not want to see him.
• Uncle Wang brought two police officers to speak with Xie Yuan about Su Wanyue’s noise complaint, and Xie Yuan denied sending anyone.
• The officers said they had found no one disturbing the peace, then asked Gu Yanzhou whether he was accusing Xie Yuan of intentional assault.

Xie Yuan used his ability to hide the marks from the blows he had dealt Gu Yanzhou, leaving the police unable to confirm Gu Yanzhou’s accusation. After the officers left, Xie Yuan punished Gu Yanzhou for repeatedly saying Xie Ran’s name.

• Gu Yanzhou asked the police to charge Xie Yuan with intentional injury, but an officer found no marks on his stomach or leg.
• The officers suggested Gu Yanzhou seek a hospital assessment and left, while Xie Yuan admitted he had known his injuries would leave no marks.
• Gu Yanzhou accused Xie Yuan of deliberately hiding the evidence and complained that Xie Ran had changed, but she defended her brother.
• Xie Yuan reminded Gu Yanzhou that he would punch him every time Gu Yanzhou said Xie Ran’s name, then repeatedly punched him in the abdomen.