Chapter Summaries

Li Yi and Shi Yan took shelter from the rain at the marathon’s final refreshment station, where their teasing over cotton candy left Li Yi flustered. While waiting, Li Yi saw netizens connect him to Lu Xingluo and spread accusations against her and the Lu family, advancing his plan to raise his sister’s profile.

• Su Xia and Qiao Qianqian finished eating at the noodle station and joked with Li Yi and Shi Yan about their appetites and public images.
• Qiao Qianqian noticed the rain, and Shi Yan pulled Li Yi under a distant canopy rather than the crowded nearby ones.
• A vendor gave Li Yi and Shi Yan two animal-shaped cotton candies, and their teasing left both of them embarrassed.
• Li Yi opened Weibo and found netizens linking him to Lu Xingluo’s fan account, None of Your Peace, and speculating that she was his biological sister.
• Netizens circulated claims about Li Yi’s treatment by the Lu family and attacked Lu Xingluo, while Li Yi felt satisfied that their theories were helping his plan.

After accidentally brushing Shi Yan’s cheek with his lips, Li Yi became flustered and argued with him, then said he could handle his plans against the Lu family himself. Li Xu leaked videos of Lu Xingluo humiliating Li Yi, causing an online backlash against her.

• Li Yi accidentally kissed Shi Yan’s cheek, and Shi Yan teased him while Li Yi insisted it had been an accident.
• Li Yi showed Shi Yan what he had been reading and hinted that he had prepared a major surprise for the Lu family, but declined help.
• Li Xu, hoping Li Yi would replace Lu Junjia as the Lu family’s young master, leaked videos of the family bullying Li Yi to a gossip account.
• The videos showed Lu Xingluo splashing hot tea on Li Yi while others laughed, and the footage spread online.
• Angry viewers flooded Lu Xingluo’s social media and livestream with abuse over her treatment of Li Yi.

After videos of Lu Xingluo and Li Yi leaked, Zhou Xuanze grew jealous of Li Yi’s closeness with Shi Yan, while Lu Xingluo’s manager urged her to blame Li Yi publicly. Lu Xingluo enlisted her parents to film a tearful accusation video, leaving the family preparing to turn public opinion against Li Yi.

• Lu Junjia told Zhou Xuanze that someone in their group had leaked the videos, and Zhou offered to invest in the show to replace Lu Xingluo and Li Yi.
• Lu Junjia and Zhou Xuanze failed to identify the leaker, while Lu Xingluo panicked and feared Li Yi would expose more of her past.
• Lu Xingluo’s manager advised her to deny that Li Yi was her younger brother or None of Your Peace and to portray him as an ungrateful schemer.
• Lu Xingluo persuaded Lu Hongshen and Qiao Xinyue to help film a clarification video blaming Li Yi.
• Lu Xingluo, Qiao Xinyue, and Lu Hongshen recorded accusations that Li Yi had exploited their family, damaged their home, and angered Lu Hongshen into fainting.

Online opinion shifted against Li Yi after Lu Xingluo's family released transfer screenshots, while Lu Junjia secretly promoted their accusations during a livestream. In the hospital, Wen Chi continued pursuing Qi Feiyu and coaxed him into sharing a meal, while a disturbance in the neighboring VIP room was silenced by Wen Chi's bodyguards.

• Online commenters debated whether Li Yi had taken 300,000 from the Lu family and whether he was an ungrateful wretch.
• Lu Junjia used an alternate account in his hospital room to support Lu Xingluo's accusations against Li Yi.
• Qi Feiyu was pressured by Wen Chi's bodyguards to visit Wen Chi, who again begged him to date and marry him.
• Qi Feiyu rejected Wen Chi but accepted the meal Wen Chi had ordered from Tea Origin House.
• Wen Chi sent his bodyguards to quiet the people smashing things and cursing in the neighboring VIP room.

Li Yi publicly exposed the Lu family's mistreatment and answered their accusations with evidence, then vented to Shi Yan after the posts went online. Shi Yan offered him a place to stay at his villa, and Li Yi agreed.

• Li Yi posted proof of his parentage, the Lu family's small monthly allowance, his donation of Qiao's 300,000 yuan, and videos and recordings documenting their abuse and threats.
• Li Yi described how he had supported the Lu family and Lu Xingluo, then condemned them for calling him ungrateful and threatened to keep exposing them.
• After the shoot, Shi Yan offered to have Huanxing Group act against the Lu Corporation, but Li Yi refused because he stood to gain from his grandfather's gift if the company remained intact.
• Shi Yan asked where Li Yi would stay, and Li Yi said he planned to live at the nursing home before renting a room near school.
• Shi Yan invited Li Yi to stay at his villa, and Li Yi agreed after hearing that rent, utilities, and meals were included.

After Li Yi exposed evidence against the Lu family on Weibo, public opinion turned against them, and Qiao Xinyue, Lu Hongshen, and Lu Xingluo were injured in a family fight. Lu Junjia feared Lu Hongshen would invite Li Yi back to protect the company, while Lu Xingluo’s career appeared to be in trouble.

• Li Yi's Weibo post prompted netizens to defend him and criticize the Lu family and Lu Xingluo.
• Qiao Xinyue confronted Lu Hongshen over Li Yi's evidence, and the couple argued about the damage to Lu Group.
• Lu Hongshen slapped Qiao Xinyue, who bit his ear; Lu Xingluo rushed in and was injured as the three fought.
• The butler and servants separated the family, and a doctor treated Lu Hongshen, Qiao Xinyue, and Lu Xingluo.
• Zhou Xuanze and Lu Junjia reacted with shock to Li Yi's post, and Lu Junjia worried that Lu Hongshen would bring Li Yi back to save the company.

Li Yi settled into Shi Yan’s villa after leaving the Lu family, while his online friends rallied around him and prepared to expose Lu Xingluo. Yingjun welcomed Li Yi so enthusiastically that he sprouted two mechanical legs.

• Zhou Xuanze warned Lu Junjia to stop defending Lu Junjia’s third sister, then promised he would never give up on him while thinking about Li Yi.
• Li Yi reassured his online friends that he had a place to stay with Shi Yan and offered them dirt on Lu Xingluo to use against her.
• Shi Yan and Li Yi were thrown into each other’s arms when Xiao Liu took a sharp turn, and Shi Yan steadied Li Yi.
• Li Yi arrived at Shi Yan’s villa, where Yingjun greeted him and said he had supported him during the livestream.
• Shi Yan told Yingjun to prepare a room for Li Yi, and Yingjun grew two mechanical legs in excitement.

Li Yi stayed overnight at Shi Yan’s villa, where Yingjun arranged a lavish candlelit dinner to celebrate Li Yi’s victory. Shi Yan reassured Li Yi that he would not have to pay, and the evening ended with Yingjun secretly taking commemorative photos.

• Yingjun prepared a downstairs room for Li Yi, who agreed to stay at the villa with Shi Yan.
• Li Yi visited Sheriff, teased him about being fat, and refused to let Shi Yan give the cat more food.
• Yingjun served an extravagant candlelit dinner and explained that he had planned it to celebrate Li Yi’s victory.
• Li Yi worried about the cost of the dinner, but Shi Yan assured him that room and board were included and offered him food.
• Yingjun secretly photographed Li Yi and Shi Yan during dinner, and Shi Yan saved the pictures on his phone.

Li Yi worried that Shi Yan’s unusual generosity might mean he was being coerced, then reassured himself that Shi Yan had no need to force anyone. That night, Li Yi discovered Yingjun secretly wrote popular domineering-CEO romance stories inspired by their household.

• Li Yi found new pajamas and underwear prepared for him, and Yingjun explained that Shi Yan had picked the underwear while Yingjun preferred colorful cartoon designs.
• After Yingjun revealed that Shi Yan had arranged to have the underwear washed, Li Yi panicked and searched online for signs of workplace sexual coercion, then decided he had nothing to fear.
• While Shi Yan and Li Yi slept, Yingjun posted another installment of its romance story, drawing on the candlelit dinner and imagining the CEO carrying the gardener to a bedroom.
• Li Yi interrupted Yingjun to borrow a phone charger, and Yingjun saved its draft and claimed its red glow came from charging.
• After Li Yi returned to bed, Yingjun resumed writing, finished its update, and read its fans’ enthusiastic comments.

Li Yi accepted an invitation to the variety show Island Love after realizing that changes in this life had made him famous enough to attract the producers. At the nursing home, Lu Xingluo’s departure improved the atmosphere, and the elderly residents surprised everyone by winning a video game match.

• Li Yi awkwardly greeted Shi Yan in his pajamas, then joined him for breakfast after washing up.
• Shi Yan asked Li Yi whether he wanted to join Island Love, and Li Yi reacted by spraying milk when he heard the show’s name.
• Li Yi recalled how Lu Chuzhou, Lu Junjia, and Zhou Xuanze had appeared on Island Love in his previous life and wondered why the show was recruiting guests early.
• Shi Yan secretly paid his assistant to investigate the guest list and noticed a team that seemed to explain Li Yi’s reaction.
• Li Yi and Shi Yan went to the last day of filming, where Lu Xingluo was absent after withdrawing from the show.
• Xu Hong, Wang Song, and Pei Ling teamed up with Su Xia and Cheng Qing in the nursing home’s gaming room and won against their opponents.

Shi Yan told old Mr. Pei Ling about his dreams of Li Yi being bullied and promised to protect him. After learning Li Yi had lived in Miao'an Town, Shi Yan grew certain the child in his dreams was Li Yi, then spent a carefree hour pushing him on a swing.

• Li Yi exchanged WeChat contacts with Su Xia, Qiao Qianqian, and Cheng Qing after filming ended, while Shi Yan visited old Mr. Pei Ling.
• Shi Yan explained his dreams of Li Yi being abused and asked whether Li Yi had lived in Miao'an Town; Mr. Pei Ling revealed the Lu family had mistreated Li Yi despite the old men's support.
• Shi Yan promised to protect Li Yi, and Mr. Pei Ling confirmed Li Yi had lived in Miao'an Town before the orphanage and described his childhood there.
• Shi Yan found Li Yi waiting on a swing, pushed him for an hour, and watched him laugh freely.
• Li Yi bought Shi Yan an iced Coke and said he was easily satisfied, leaving Shi Yan unexpectedly sad.

Shi Yan and Li Yi returned home for dinner, while the Lu family’s business troubles convinced Lu Hongshen that Li Yi had brought them good fortune. Qiao Xinyue tried to coax Li Yi back, but he rejected her calls and blocked her.

• Shi Yan teased Li Yi about his business, sent Li Yi’s dinner requests to Yingjun, and concealed that Yingjun had sent him photos of Li Yi.
• Li Yi and Shi Yan ate dinner at home while Yingjun prepared juice.
• Lu Hongshen told Qiao Xinyue that the Lu Group and Xingluo were suffering after Li Yi left, and insisted that a fortune-teller had said Li Yi attracted wealth.
• Qiao Xinyue called Li Yi to persuade him to return, but he hung up before she could speak.
• Li Yi answered Qiao Xinyue’s second call, insulted her, and blocked her number.

Li Yi received his Beiqing University admission letter and went to the orphanage to celebrate with Dean Li and the elderly residents. He left Dean Li’s office carrying the letter to show the grandpas and grandmas at the nursing home.

• Yingjun told Li Yi that “Sounding Future” would premiere the following Friday, and Li Yi thought about Lu Chuzhou’s return and the liquor he planned to use.
• Dean Li called to tell Li Yi his Beiqing University admission letter had arrived, and Li Yi hurried to the orphanage to collect it.
• Yingjun congratulated Li Yi and gave him a handheld fan to take on his trip.
• Dean Li told Li Yi that he had rejected donations with ulterior motives, including money from the Lu family, and agreed to keep them away from Li Yi.
• Li Yi asked Dean Li not to entertain the Lu family, then took his admission letter to show the elderly residents.
• Xu Hong saw Li Yi’s letter and led him away from the security booth to share the news with everyone.

After Li Yi received his Beiqing admission letter, he accepted the elderly residents’ gifts and stopped them from vacationing in Nanwan, where he remembered they had died in a plane accident. Shi Yan welcomed him home with roses and a new phone, and the chapter ended with Li Yi buying pinhole-camera equipment and collecting liquor from Starlight Bar.

• The elderly residents celebrated Li Yi’s admission to Beiqing and offered him gifts, which he happily accepted.
• When the residents suggested a trip to Nanwan, Li Yi remembered their fatal plane accident from his previous life and persuaded them to postpone the trip until October.
• After Li Yi left, the residents discussed his forceful reaction and approved of how he had learned to speak up for himself.
• Shi Yan celebrated Li Yi’s admission with roses and gave him a new Pear Phone, which Li Yi eagerly began using.
• The next day, Li Yi bought pinhole-camera equipment and collected the liquor he had left at Starlight Bar.

Li Yi arranged for Lu Chuzhou to believe Zhou Xuanze had bought him an expensive bottle of liquor, then watched as Lu and Mu Xue met in the private room to discuss their planned dating-show pairing. The gathering was still underway when Lu Chuzhou asked his manager Xu Xing to help him to the bathroom.

• Li Yi installed a camera, paid the server to credit the room and bottle to Zhou Xuanze, and waited at the bar.
• Lu Chuzhou arrived with Mu Xue and their associates, learned that Zhou Xuanze had invited them to share the liquor, and assumed it was a gesture to celebrate his return.
• Lu Chuzhou led the group to room 288, where they found the bottle partly consumed and poured themselves drinks.
• Mu Xue and Lu Chuzhou's managers, Sun Hong and Xu Xing, discussed plans and restrictions for the celebrities' on-screen couple arrangement.
• Lu Chuzhou grew impatient as Xu Xing talked with Sun Hong and asked Xu Xing to help him to the bathroom.

Lu Chuzhou forced Xu Xing into a restroom stall, but an outsider’s interruption stopped him before he could continue. Li Yi secretly recorded the incident and reflected on Xu Xing’s past before messaging Zhou Xuanze.

• Mu Xue resented being paired with Lu Chuzhou, while Sun Hong reminded her that her company needed his popularity.
• Lu Chuzhou dragged Xu Xing into a restroom stall and forced himself on him, threatening to stop paying his brother’s medical bills if Xu Xing resisted.
• An unseen person pounded on the restroom door and threatened to call the police, giving Xu Xing time to dress and leave before Lu Chuzhou followed.
• Li Yi secretly photographed Lu Chuzhou and Xu Xing and recorded what happened, recalling how Xu Xing had given up his debut after Lu Chuzhou took him for himself.
• Li Yi considered how Xu Xing might help him make Lu Chuzhou suffer, then sent Zhou Xuanze a message on WeChat.

Zhou Xuanze went to Starlight Bar believing Li Yi had invited him and prepared a surprise, but he found Lu Chuzhou and others waiting instead. After Li Yi erased their chat and removed the QR code, Zhou Xuanze struggled to prove that Li Yi had contacted him and headed back to the front desk with Lu Chuzhou.

• Zhou Xuanze received Li Yi’s invitation to Starlight Bar and told Lu Junjia he was staying home before driving to the bar.
• Zhou Xuanze scanned Li Yi’s QR code and saw cheeky Little Bitter Melon memes, while Li Yi used the code’s Trojan virus to erase their WeChat conversation and then removed the QR code.
• Zhou Xuanze entered Room 288 and found Lu Chuzhou, Mu Xue, Sun Hong, and Xu Xing there, where Lu Chuzhou said he had thought Zhou Xuanze invited them.
• Zhou Xuanze asked where Li Yi was, but Lu Chuzhou said Li Yi could not afford the membership or the million-yuan liquor and insisted that the chat history was blank.
• Zhou Xuanze insisted Li Yi had invited him and led Lu Chuzhou toward the front desk to show him the QR code.

Zhou Xuanze discovered that Li Yi had tricked him into paying for an expensive bottle of liquor and told Lu Chuzhou that Li Yi had left the Lu family. After leaving the bar, Li Yi finished his coffee and ran into someone at the entrance.

• Xu Xing left the bar to wait for Lu Chuzhou in the car.
• Zhou Xuanze could not find the panda sticker and doubted his memory after Lu Chuzhou suggested he had imagined it.
• The bar staff charged Zhou Xuanze thirty thousand for the Rémy Martin Louis XIII Black Pearl, and he realized Li Yi had played him again.
• Lu Chuzhou questioned Zhou Xuanze about inviting Li Yi and learned that Li Yi had left the Lu family.
• Li Yi closed his laptop after finishing his coffee and bumped into someone at the entrance.

Li Yi ran into Qi Feiyu and Wen Chi together and watched their flirtatious, bickering relationship unfold. After Wen Chi revealed he had Lu Junjia beaten up, Li Yi changed his opinion of him, leaving Wen Chi to ask whether he and Dr. Qi were a good match.

• Li Yi encountered Qi Feiyu and Wen Chi at a café, where Wen Chi openly acted affectionate toward Qi Feiyu.
• Li Yi wondered whether Wen Chi’s feelings for Qi Feiyu meant the novel’s characters and their fates had changed.
• Qi Feiyu denied being with Wen Chi, while Wen Chi insisted they were almost together and teased him about their examination.
• Qi Feiyu asked Li Yi about staying at Shi Yan’s villa, and Wen Chi mocked him for calling his work there a summer job.
• Li Yi declared Wen Chi was not good enough for Qi Feiyu, but reconsidered after Wen Chi said he had his bodyguards beat up Lu Junjia.
• Wen Chi asked Li Yi to say again whether Dr. Qi and he were a good match.

Li Yi asked Qi Feiyu about treatment for osteomyelitis and said he would find a way to pay for it. After returning home, he learned more about Yingjun’s self-learning and nail-art obsession, while Shi Yan came home with a gift for the robot.

• Li Yi asked Qi Feiyu whether his hospital treated osteomyelitis, and Qi explained the costs and extensive care involved; Li Yi said he would find the money.
• Wen Chi returned with cakes, and Li Yi teased him while Qi Feiyu stopped him from taking Li Yi’s cake.
• Li Yi retrieved his camera from the bar and returned home to find Yingjun admiring red-and-green press-on nails on its mechanical fingers.
• Shi Yan came home, scolded Yingjun for wearing the nails, and explained that the robot had taught itself nail art after its self-learning program developed unexpectedly.
• Shi Yan gave Yingjun a box of press-on nail toys, and the robot happily declared its love for him.