Chapter Summaries

Xie Yuan made clear that Xia Yunrou could not speak for Su Wanyue and insisted she address him formally until she married Xie Mo. He told Xie Ran he had not truly agreed to the marriage, then hinted that Xie Mo might be in for a shock before preparing something in the kitchen.

• Xie Yuan told Xia Yunrou that she must cut ties with Su Wanyue and that Su Wanyue herself had to apologize to Xie Ran; he also told Xia to call him Young Master Xie until she and Xie Mo registered their marriage.
• Xie Yuan explained to Xie Ran that he had not actually agreed to the marriage and had only avoided openly opposing Xie Mo; he questioned whether Xia truly loved his second elder brother.
• Xie Yuan hinted that Xie Mo might cry later, then asked Auntie Wang to prepare something while he finished filling jars of ointment.
• Xie Mo took Xia Yunrou for a walk, but Uncle Wang stayed nearby and reported their movements to Xie Ran; Xia called him funny.
• Xie Yuan called Xie Ran and learned that she and Mu Xiao were in the screening room with Xie Mo and Xia Yunrou, then said he would join them.

Xie Yuan watched Xie Mo and Xia Yunrou during a movie night, then served snacks while Xia Yunrou described her stomach trouble. After Xie Mo took her upstairs, Mu Xiao found their behavior strange.

• Xie Yuan told Mu Xiao and Xie Ran that he had prepared ointment for them, and they teased him about his relationship with Mu Ze.
• Xie Ran said she had never been jealous while dating Gu Yanzhou, and Xie Yuan redirected the conversation to the movie.
• Xie Mo told Xia Yunrou he felt Xie Ran and Xie Yuan had grown distant, while Xia Yunrou blamed herself and sought reassurance that they would accept her.
• Xie Yuan brought Xie Mo and Xia Yunrou snacks and drinks, prompting Xie Mo to believe Xie Yuan did not dislike her.
• Xia Yunrou refused candied hawthorn because her doctor had advised her to avoid it, and Xie Mo took her upstairs to rest.
• Mu Xiao watched Xie Mo and Xia Yunrou leave and said their behavior was strange.

Mu Xiao suspected Xia Yunrou was pregnant, and Xie Yuan confirmed it while telling the others not to inform Xie Mo. At lunch, the seafood feast made Xia Yunrou retch, leaving Xie Mo alarmed and asking what was wrong.

• Mu Xiao noticed Xia Yunrou resting her hand on her stomach like a pregnant woman, and Xie Yuan confirmed that Xia Yunrou was pregnant.
• Xie Yuan, Xie Ran, and Mu Xiao agreed not to tell Xie Mo about the pregnancy because they feared he might accept responsibility for another man's child.
• Xie Mo asked about Xie Yuan's wife, mistook Mu Ze for a woman, and gave Xie Yuan a ten-million bank card as a gift for her.
• Xie Mo advised Xie Yuan to hand over all his money, and Xie Yuan agreed while thinking Mu Ze would do so.
• At lunch, Xie Yuan said he had asked Auntie Wang to prepare a seafood feast, and Xie Mo served Xia Yunrou fish soup.
• Xia Yunrou retched repeatedly at the smell of the seafood, and Xie Mo asked what was wrong.

Xie Ran and her family suspected that Xia Yunrou was pregnant and intended to pass the baby off as Xie Mo’s, so they arranged to keep her under watch. When Xia Yunrou asked to see Xie Mo, Xie Ran agreed to take her to him.

• Xia Yunrou felt nauseous at the smell of fish soup, and Xie Mo helped her upstairs to rest.
• Xie Ran, Mu Xiao, and Xie Yuan discussed Xia Yunrou’s pregnancy and suspected she planned to claim Xie Mo was the baby’s father.
• Xie Ran hinted to Xie Mo that Xia Yunrou might be pregnant, but he dismissed the suggestion and asked his family to keep an eye on her.
• Xia Yunrou woke and found Auntie Wang waiting outside her room, then asked to see Xie Mo.
• Xie Ran told Xia Yunrou that Xie Mo was busy and offered to take her to him.

Xia Yunrou tried to undermine Xie Yuan and Mu Xiao’s closeness, but Xie Mo defended them and condemned people who spread malicious gossip. Xie Mo promised to stand up for Xie Yuan if anyone spoke against him.

• Xia Yunrou followed Xie Ran to the Xie Family study, but Xie Ran went inside alone and blocked her view of the room.
• Xie Mo stayed with Xia Yunrou, preventing her from acting alone, while she asked Xie Yuan whether he planned to work at the company.
• Xie Yuan refused the job and mocked Xia Yunrou for casting her net wide, prompting Xie Mo to soothe her and defend his brother.
• Xia Yunrou suggested Xie Yuan and Mu Xiao should keep their distance to avoid gossip, but Xie Mo called the gossipers filthy-minded and terrifying.
• Xie Mo promised Xie Yuan he would stand up for him if anyone spread nasty gossip and assured Mu Xiao that the Xie Family held no improper thoughts toward relatives.

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.