Recaps

At the horror-themed park, Li Xu and Lu Junjia competed for Zhou Xuanze’s attention while Li Yi and Shi Yan grew closer during a nighttime outing. The chapter ended with Lu Junjia taking Zhou Xuanze out beneath the stars while Li Xu slept.

• Li Junjia feigned illness on arrival, and Zhou Xuanze carried Li Xu’s suitcase while Li Xu and Lu Junjia traded threats out of Zhou Xuanze’s sight.
• Li Xu suspected Li Yi planned to take revenge on Lu Junjia for years of bullying.
• Shi Yan claimed he was afraid of ghosts and arranged to share a room with Li Yi, who promised to protect him.
• At the horror park, Shi Yan pretended to spot a ghost, then laughed when Li Yi earnestly offered to subdue it; he took Li Yi’s hand as he apologized.
• Li Xu spent the afternoon exploring the forest while Lu Junjia slept and Zhou Xuanze brought him a meal.
• After Li Xu went to bed, Lu Junjia persuaded the sleepy Zhou Xuanze to join him for a romantic stargazing outing.

Hired thugs disguised as black bears drugged and beat Lu Junjia and staged him and Zhou Xuanze in a compromising, unclothed pose in the woods. The next morning, Li Xu found them before the livestream and warned that viewers were about to see them.

• Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze drew close in the woods, but they were interrupted by figures dressed as black bears and played dead.
• After the men lost consciousness, the thugs beat Lu Junjia, stripped both men, staged them together, and photographed them before leaving.
• Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze woke up naked and injured, and Lu Junjia suspected Zhou Xuanze had beaten him while asleep.
• Zhou Xuanze apologized and offered to get Lu Junjia clothes, while Lu Junjia remained angry.
• Li Xu arrived, mocked their predicament, and warned that the livestream was about to begin.

Shi Yan and Li Yi watched a video of Li Xu humiliating Lu Junjia and scheming to turn Zhou Xuanze against him. As Li Xu confessed his feelings and Zhou Xuanze agreed to consider dating him, Shi Yan and Li Yi prepared to visit Horror Park.

• Li Xu mocked Lu Junjia’s sheer lace underwear, then left with Zhou Xuanze while Lu Junjia hurt his foot and cried.
• Shi Yan and Li Yi watched the hired thugs’ video and predicted that Li Xu’s interference would ruin Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze’s relationship.
• Shi Yan and Li Yi teased each other over a green apple and shared it before setting out for Horror Park.
• After Zhou Xuanze took Lu Junjia home, Li Xu privately suggested that Lu Junjia was using him to secure a comfortable life because the Lu family was in trouble.
• Zhou Xuanze began to suspect that Lu Junjia had deceived him, while Li Xu confessed his feelings and offered a business alliance between their families.
• Zhou Xuanze agreed to spend the next few days getting to know Li Xu, who privately looked forward to making him his new lover.

While mushroom picking, Zhou Xuanze increasingly favored Li Xu and grew suspicious of Lu Junjia, who tried to reclaim his attention. Their argument ended with Zhou Xuanze telling Lu Junjia they needed time apart, and Lu Junjia throwing his basket at him.

• Li Xu reassured Zhou Xuanze that the black bear had likely escaped from a nearby base, and Zhou Xuanze became more interested in Li Xu.
• During mushroom picking, Zhou Xuanze gave his mushrooms to Li Xu and dismissed Lu Junjia's complaint that his hand hurt.
• When Lu Junjia offered to carry a basket, Zhou Xuanze handed him his own and took Li Xu's basket instead.
• Li Xu teased Lu Junjia for acting modest and passive-aggressive, causing Zhou Xuanze to look at him with displeasure.
• After Lu Junjia accused Li Xu of changing Zhou Xuanze, Li Xu pretended he would leave, and Zhou Xuanze told Lu Junjia they needed time to cool off.
• Lu Junjia threw his basket at Zhou Xuanze and warned him he would regret his choice.

Li Xu grew closer to Zhou Xuanze while Lu Junjia tried to warn him about Li Xu’s past. Zhou Xuanze rejected Lu Junjia’s accusations and questioned how he could betray a former friend like that.

• Li Xu told Zhou Xuanze to take Lu Junjia’s stories about him with a grain of salt, and Zhou Xuanze promised to judge for himself.
• Lu Junjia waited for Zhou Xuanze and Li Xu to return, then pulled Zhou Xuanze aside to talk privately.
• Li Xu encouraged Zhou Xuanze to hear Lu Junjia out, while Lu Junjia left feeling confident he could persuade him.
• Lu Junjia claimed Li Xu’s former boyfriends were afraid to discuss him and suggested he had a shameful fetish.
• Zhou Xuanze dismissed Lu Junjia’s suspicions, compared them unfavorably to Lu Junjia’s brother’s crimes, and asked how Lu Junjia could treat Li Xu that way.

After arguing with Lu Junjia, Zhou Xuanze turned to Li Xu, whose flirtation made him reconsider their relationship. Lu Junjia was left waiting upstairs before coming down to ask about dinner.

• Zhou Xuanze accused Lu Junjia of secretly investigating Li Xu, then softened when Lu Junjia became tearful and reassured him.
• Lu Junjia rejected Zhou Xuanze’s suggestion that he and Li Xu make up, accused Zhou Xuanze of wanting both of them, and stormed upstairs.
• Zhou Xuanze joined Li Xu on the sofa, and Li Xu shared amusing stories about his ex-boyfriends to put Zhou Xuanze at ease.
• Li Xu told Zhou Xuanze he wanted to pursue him fairly and squarely, and Zhou Xuanze said he would give the idea serious thought.
• After waiting upstairs, Lu Junjia rushed downstairs and asked what was for dinner.

Zhou Xuanze was lured out at night and beaten by masked attackers, then blamed Lu Junjia after waking in the hospital. Lu Junjia accused Li Xu of arranging the attack, and the two former friends turned on each other as Zhou demanded they leave.

• Li Xu, Zhou Xuanze, and Lu Junjia gathered mushrooms, but a guide discarded most of them, so they made mushroom noodles instead.
• Someone summoned Zhou Xuanze to the lawn using a note signed Lu Junjia, where masked attackers beat him and accused him of wanting multiple lovers.
• The production crew found Zhou Xuanze the next morning and took him to the hospital, where doctors found only superficial injuries.
• Li Yi and Shi Yan watched footage of the beating and joked about Zhou Xuanze, while Li Yi talked about starting his own company.
• Lu Junjia and Li Xu visited Zhou Xuanze in the hospital, where Zhou accused Lu Junjia of arranging the attack and Lu Junjia blamed Li Xu.

After the rope incident, Zhou Xuanze and Li Xu left the show and returned to Beicheng, while Lu Junjia followed them. Lu Junjia was then publicly condemned over footage of him throwing the rope into the sea and was taken to the police station for questioning.

• Li Xu drove Lu Junjia away from Zhou Xuanze, then cared for Zhou Xuanze as his injuries left him unable to continue filming.
• Zhou Xuanze and Li Xu withdrew from the show, and Lu Junjia separately asked to leave; the director announced all three were leaving for personal reasons.
• Zhou Xuanze and Li Xu flew to Beicheng, and Lu Junjia followed them; the other contestants reacted to their departure.
• Li Xu arranged for Zhou Xuanze to stay at a private hospital, while Lu Junjia searched for him after landing.
• Qiao Xinyue called Lu Junjia to berate him after footage of him throwing the rope made the hashtag #LuJunjiaMurderer trend online.
• Beicheng police officers took Lu Junjia to the station to assist with an investigation, and Lu Hongshen and Qiao Xinyue learned of his arrest.

Lu Hongshen sought help for the Lu Group’s financial crisis and welcomed a promising funding offer, while Qiao Xinyue tried to secure Lu Junjia’s release after meeting Huanxing Group lawyer He Yi. The chapter left Qiao planning to persuade Li Yi to withdraw the lawsuit, and He Yi asking Lin Mo out for a meal.

• Qiao Xinyue insulted Lu Hongshen, who then called Shi Xuan in Germany to ask when he would return and help the family.
• Shi Xuan refused to help Lu Xingluo and Lu Chuzhou, saying they deserved to reflect in prison and that Li Yi was his brother too.
• Lu Hongshen learned that a new company offered to fund half the cost of the Xizhou land in exchange for shares as collateral, and he arranged a meeting with its representative.
• Qiao Xinyue visited Lu Junjia at the police station, where Huanxing Group lawyer He Yi warned her that her son could face a serious sentence.
• Qiao Xinyue realized she could ask Li Yi to withdraw the lawsuit, while He Yi messaged Shi Yan for his bonus and then decided to invite Lin Mo to a meal.

Shi Yan and Li Yi shared a relaxed seaside confession, officially becoming a couple in front of the livestream audience. Shi Yan then surprised Li Yi with Yingjun and a spectacular fireworks display.

• Shi Yan welcomed Li Yi to a seaside dinner and ordered his favorite dishes.
• Li Yi asked when they would confess, but the two ate first and joked together before Shi Yan invited him to go out.
• Shi Yan and Li Yi casually agreed to be a couple, while Zhu Zhuxia and the crew ended the filming early and planned a celebratory meal.
• Shi Yan told Li Yi to look behind him, where Yingjun arrived carrying a small box and announced another surprise.
• Fireworks burst across the sky, astonishing the production team and delighting the livestream viewers.

Li Yi and Shi Yan shared a romantic moment on the beach, and Shi Yan gave him a treasured jade Buddha pendant from his family. After visiting Li Yi’s grandparents, Li Yi received a call from Qiao Xinyue, who demanded that he withdraw the charges against Lu Junjia and then claimed Li Yi was not her son.

• Shi Yan gave Li Yi his family’s jade Buddha pendant, and Li Yi promised to cherish it with him.
• Li Yi and Shi Yan walked along the beach after their livestream ended, while Shi Yan switched off Yingjun’s blaring music.
• Li Yi learned that Shi Yan had filed charges against Lu Junjia, who was out on bail and barred from leaving the city freely.
• Li Yi introduced Shi Yan to his grandparents at the Nursing Home, where they teased and praised him and invited him to visit again.
• Qiao Xinyue called Li Yi and ordered him to withdraw the charges against Lu Junjia, but Li Yi refused and said he had recorded her threat to kill him.
• Qiao Xinyue told Li Yi that he was not her son, leaving him asking what she meant before she hung up.

Li Yi began to suspect that Qiao Xinyue was not his biological mother, and Shi Yan promised to investigate his birth. Meanwhile, Yingjun earned money from its online writing, and Lu Hongshen revealed that the Lu Corporation faced ruin after the state requisitioned its overpriced Xizhou Plot.

• Li Yi told Shi Yan that Qiao Xinyue had let slip he might not be her biological son, and Shi Yan offered to investigate.
• Yingjun gave Li Yi three back-to-school gifts, then posted a new installment of its online story and earned enough from a tip to cover the gifts.
• Li Yi told Shi Yan that Qiao Xinyue had mistreated him since he returned to the Lu family, and Shi Yan agreed to look into what had happened.
• Qiao Xinyue worried that Li Yi would expose her secret, but relaxed after several days passed without incident.
• Lu Hongshen told Qiao Xinyue that an ancient tomb beneath the Xizhou Plot had led the state to requisition it, leaving the Lu Corporation two billion short and putting his shares at risk.

Lu Hongshen and Qiao Xinyue went to Beiqing University to reconcile with Li Yi, hoping to use his relationship with Shi Yan to get help for Lu Corporation. Li Yi exposed their past abuse and rejected their pleas, leaving them without his support.

• Lu Hongshen and Qiao Xinyue discussed Lu Corporation's two-billion crisis and decided to beg Li Yi for help through Shi Yan.
• On enrollment day, Shi Yan accompanied Li Yi to Beiqing University, where Lu Hongshen and Qiao Xinyue waited with a suitcase of supplies.
• Li Yi refused their gifts and declined their invitation to a family meal, saying his boyfriend had already taken care of him.
• When Qiao Xinyue criticized Li Yi in front of nearby families, Li Yi described how the Lu family had mistreated him and praised Shi Yan for caring for him.
• Lu Hongshen apologized and offered to take Li Yi home, but Li Yi guessed they wanted help with Lu Corporation and refused.

Li Yi rejected Lu Hongshen and Qiao Xinyue’s apology and refused to return to the Lu family, while Shi Yan reminded Lu Hongshen about his two-billion debt. As Li Yi enjoyed military training, Shi Yan told him that his eldest brother Lu Shixuan had returned and wanted to meet the two of them at Mid-Autumn Festival.

• Lu Hongshen realized Shi Yan had used the Xizhou Plot to pressure the Lu Corporation and forced Qiao Xinyue to apologize to Li Yi.
• Qiao Xinyue and Lu Hongshen apologized and offered to bring Li Yi home, but Li Yi rejected them and left with Shi Yan.
• Shi Yan reminded Lu Hongshen that he had one year to repay two billion, and Lu Hongshen and Qiao Xinyue argued as they returned home.
• The old butler was glad that Li Yi seemed happy with Shi Yan and remembered seeing him embrace Shi Yan on a variety show.
• During military training, Li Yi spoke with Shi Yan daily, and Shi Yan told him that Lu Shixuan had returned and requested a Mid-Autumn Festival meeting with both of them.
• Li Yi and Shi Yan discussed how distant Lu Shixuan had always been from Li Yi, including the educational website membership card he had once given him.

Shi Yan helped Li Yi realize Lu Shixuan had been trying to prepare him to survive and protect himself, and the brothers reunited at a Mid-Autumn Festival dinner. Lu Shixuan gave Li Yi his shares and explained Li Yi’s origins, then revealed he had delayed finding him to keep him safe.

• Shi Yan told Li Yi that Lu Shixuan’s Tree of Knowledge membership may have been intended to help him learn and protect himself, so Li Yi arranged to meet his eldest brother at Fulaixuan for Mid-Autumn Festival.
• At dinner, Lu Shixuan said he would not interfere in the family’s legal troubles and gave Li Yi his twenty-five percent of Lu Corporation’s shares, adding them to the twenty-five percent Grandpa had left him.
• Lu Shixuan confirmed that Li Yi was his biological younger brother but not Qiao Xinyue’s son, explaining that Dad had substituted Li Yi for his deceased premature newborn.
• Lu Shixuan told Li Yi that he learned about his origins when Li Yi was three, searched for him after he went missing, and later used Tree of Knowledge to learn before starting a company in Germany.
• Lu Shixuan said he delayed telling Dad about the inheritance because he discovered Mom had deliberately let Li Yi go missing and feared that finding him too soon would endanger him.

Lu Shixuan told Li Yi how he investigated his disappearance and uncovered Qiao Xinyue’s history with Lu Junjia’s father. He admitted transferring his shares to protect the Lu family from Li Yi’s revenge and Shi Yan’s pressure, leaving Li Yi to decide their fate.

• Lu Shixuan apologized to Li Yi for not realizing how badly the Lu family had treated him and explained that he went to Germany partly to gain power and investigate Li Yi’s disappearance.
• Lu Shixuan recounted how Qiao Xinyue and Lu Hongshen avoided calling the police after Li Yi vanished at a fireworks festival, while their explanations of how he got lost contradicted each other.
• Lu Shixuan explained that Lu Junjia was the son of Qiao Xinyue’s childhood lover, whom she brought into the Lu household after his parents died.
• Shi Yan accused Lu Shixuan of transferring his shares to protect the Lu family and stop Li Yi from taking revenge, and Lu Shixuan admitted he hoped to help them while leaving their punishment to Li Yi.

Lu Shixuan reconciled with Li Yi, shared his plans to settle in Germany, and returned there, while Li Yi continued his studies and heard how Zhou Xuanze’s life had changed. As Li Yi prepared to travel to Xijiang with Shi Yan and his grandparents, a drunk driver struck near him, and he was taken to the hospital unconscious despite having only superficial injuries.

• Lu Shixuan told Li Yi he would always be his big brother, then returned to Germany to propose to his girlfriend.
• Li Yi heard that Zhou Xuanze and Li Xu were dating and anonymously sent Li Xu a box of imported toys.
• Li Yi and Shi Yan planned a National Day trip to Xijiang with their grandparents, but Shi Yan had to attend an unexpected company meeting.
• As Li Yi waited for a taxi near school, a white van driven by a drunk driver sped toward him, and he dodged it before losing consciousness.
• Lin Mo told Shi Yan that Li Yi had been taken to Third People's Hospital, and Shi Yan rushed there.
• Doctors found that Li Yi had only superficial scrapes and normal bodily functions, but he remained unconscious for an unexplained reason.

Shi Yan stayed by the unconscious Li Yi’s hospital bed and dreamed of their childhood meeting beneath a bridge, when a young Li Yi was hit by a car while searching for food. Li Yi woke and recognized Shi Yan as the big brother from his dream of a previous life, and they realized they had met in that life despite missing each other in this one.

• Shi Yan refused food and stayed beside the unconscious Li Yi while Lin Mo reported that the driver appeared to have deliberately hit him.
• Shi Yan dreamed that, when he was eleven, five-year-old Li Yi left to find food in the rain and was struck by a car.
• In the dream, a scrap dealer took the injured Li Yi to the hospital, while Shi Yan returned to find only the broken umbrella.
• Shi Yan woke when Li Yi moved and heard him call him big brother.
• Li Yi said he had dreamed of their meeting in a previous life, and Shi Yan explained that he had avoided meeting him in this life because he had been forewarned.

After Li Yi woke in the hospital, Shi Yan found a notebook listing a future death date and tasks involving the Lu family, then connected Li Yi’s dreams to a fatal incident in their past life. He suspected the Lu family had caused Li Yi’s death and resolved to protect him in this life.

• Shi Yan called a doctor to examine Li Yi, and Lin Mo brought Li Yi’s backpack and a meal from the police station.
• While checking the backpack, Shi Yan found a notebook listing a date of death, tasks concerning the Lu family, and a fond note about Shi Yan as Li Yi’s boyfriend.
• Shi Yan recalled that his dream and Li Yi’s dream described their childhood meeting, and reasoned that the person who jumped from the car in the dream was Li Yi.
• Shi Yan recognized the black Bentley from his dream as belonging to the Lu family and suspected they had driven Li Yi to jump to his death in their previous life.
• Shi Yan comforted Li Yi and decided he would protect him from harm in this life.

After surviving Lu Junjia’s attempt to have him killed, Li Yi recovered and visited the Nursing Home, where he promised the grandparents he and Shi Yan would plan their New Year trip. He then visited Lu Hongshen, taunted him about Qiao Xinyue and Lu Junjia, and waited for him to ask why he had come.

• Lin Mo told Shi Yan that Lawyer He had found evidence against Lu Junjia and promised to handle the case, while Shi Yan suspected Qiao Xinyue had helped arrange the attack.
• Li Yi recovered in the hospital and visited the Nursing Home, where the grandparents secretly arranged bodyguards to protect him.
• Li Yi promised the grandparents that he and Shi Yan would plan a New Year trip and spend the holiday with them.
• Li Yi visited Lu Hongshen at the Lu Group and said Lu Junjia’s detention was a good thing for him.
• Li Yi mocked Lu Hongshen for being duped by Qiao Xinyue, then demanded a cola with ice before leaving.
• After Lu Hongshen had his secretary bring the cola, Li Yi drank it and challenged him to ask why he had come.

Li Yi told Lu Hongshen that Qiao Xinyue had arranged his disappearance so her former boyfriend’s son, Lu Junjia, could inherit the Lu family fortune. Lu Hongshen revealed that Li Yi’s biological mother was Xu Chutong, and Li Yi left determined to visit her grave and warning Lu Hongshen that Qiao Xinyue might target him next.

• Li Yi told Lu Hongshen that Qiao Xinyue had cheated on him and arranged Li Yi’s disappearance so Lu Junjia could take his place in the family.
• Lu Hongshen started to confront Qiao Xinyue, but Li Yi persuaded him to investigate for evidence first.
• Li Yi asked about his biological mother, and Lu Hongshen admitted he had met her during a business trip and concealed that he was married.
• Lu Hongshen said Li Yi’s mother was Xu Chutong, who had died and was buried at Datong Bay Cemetery in Huaicheng.
• Li Yi condemned Lu Hongshen for deceiving Xu Chutong and said he would visit her grave.
• Li Yi warned that Qiao Xinyue was calculating and might betray Lu Hongshen to secure the Lu family fortune, jolting him.

Lu Hongshen investigated Qiao Xinyue after Li Yi raised doubts about Lu Junjia’s adoption, while Qiao Xinyue blamed Li Yi for the family’s troubles and sought a better lawyer for Junjia. On her way to meet the lawyer, Qiao Xinyue was struck by a car and woke in the hospital, convinced the crash had been deliberate.

• Lu Hongshen asked his secretary to investigate Qiao Xinyue’s movements around Lu Junjia’s adoption.
• Qiao Xinyue dismissed Li Yi’s concerns about the adoption and argued with Lu Hongshen, who blamed her for spoiling the children.
• Lu Hongshen ordered his secretary to monitor the people Qiao Xinyue had placed in the company.
• Qiao Xinyue struggled to secure a lawyer for Lu Junjia after her first choice withdrew upon learning He Yi was opposing counsel.
• A novice driver hit Qiao Xinyue as she was getting out of her car on the way to meet the new lawyer.
• Qiao Xinyue woke in the hospital with fractures and chest compression, accused the driver of being part of a deliberate attack, and began coughing violently.

Li Yi and Shi Yan visited Xu Chutong’s grave, where Li Yi introduced himself and promised to live happily. They left with a daisy Li Yi kept as a keepsake and planned to make matching bookmarks.

• Qiao Xinyue was treated for her injuries and blamed Li Yi, but Assistant Liu dismissed her suspicion as a misunderstanding.
• Li Yi learned that Qiao Xinyue had suffered a fracture and said she deserved it.
• Li Yi and Shi Yan visited Xu Chutong’s grave, where Li Yi introduced himself, told her about Shi Yan, and complained about how Lu Hongshen had treated her.
• Li Yi and Shi Yan brought fruit and Coke to Xu Chutong’s grave, and Li Yi poured some Coke onto the ground for her.
• A daisy blew into Li Yi’s arms as he and Shi Yan left, and Li Yi decided to preserve it as a bookmark.
• Li Yi and Shi Yan planned matching couple bookmarks, while Peng Yuyan and Qi Feiyu blocked Shi Yan’s updates after seeing him show them off.

Li Yi and Shi Yan shopped for a wedding gift when they ran into Lu Xingluo and Song Li, who insulted Li Yi’s mother and provoked him. Li Yi warned that the Lu family’s fortunes would soon change and insisted he would claim what his grandfather had left him.

• Li Yi and Shi Yan chose a limited-edition watch as a possible wedding gift for Li Yi’s eldest brother.
• Li Yi confronted Lu Xingluo and Song Li after Song Li tried to cut in to see the watch.
• Lu Xingluo insulted Li Yi’s mother, and Li Yi slapped her and warned her not to do it again.
• Song Li identified himself as President Song’s younger son and offered Li Yi an apology gift, but Li Yi refused to forgive Lu Xingluo.
• Li Yi learned that the Song family was discussing a marriage alliance with the Lu family and warned that Lu Corporation would soon change hands.
• Lu Xingluo said her family would not oppose Li Yi claiming their grandfather’s bequest, but Li Yi rejected her assurances and said he would take back what belonged to him on December 25.

Li Yi and Shi Yan bought a limited-edition watch, while the Lu family’s troubles deepened after Lu Chuzhou and Lu Junjia were sentenced and the Song family withdrew its marriage alliance. At the Lu residence, Lawyer Song announced that Old Master Lu had left all twenty-five percent of his Lu Corporation shares to Li Yi.

• Li Yi bought the watch for Shi Yan, then agreed to shop for ordinary clothes with him.
• Lu Chuzhou and Lu Junjia received prison sentences of seven and nine years, and Song Li called off the marriage alliance after Li Yi’s warning.
• Lu Hongshen argued with Qiao Xinyue after discovering that Lu Junjia was the child of her ex-boyfriend, while Qiao Xinyue refused to divorce him.
• Li Yi arrived at the Lu family home with Shi Yan and Peng Yuyan to hear Lawyer Song announce Old Master Lu’s bequest.
• Lawyer Song stated that all twenty-five percent of Old Master Lu’s Lu Corporation shares would transfer to Li Yi, shocking Lu Hongshen, Qiao Xinyue, and Lu Xingluo.