Recaps

Jiang Muyan arranged for a neurologist to treat Butler Wang’s daughter and delighted in Song Yutang calling him Brother Yan. He tried to attract her with rose scents and his physique, but Song Yutang remained focused on his care and browsing pictures of male college students.

• Jiang Muyan introduced a neurologist to Song Yutang for Butler Wang’s daughter and persuaded her to call him Brother Yan.
• Jiang Muyan sent Gu Zheng an 88,888 red packet, then explained that Song Yutang now called him Brother Yan and that they were already married.
• Jiang Muyan bathed in rose-scented products and asked Doctor Fang to claim the medical team had used aromatherapy to stimulate his sense of smell.
• Song Yutang returned to a rose-scented bedroom, checked Jiang Muyan’s condition, and wondered whether he might be gay.
• Jiang Muyan exposed his chest to attract Song Yutang, but she buttoned him up, planned to look at male college students online, and remembered to give him his medicine.

Song Yutang fed Jiang Muyan his medicine mouth-to-mouth, then fell asleep without trying to conceive, while Jiang Muyan resolved to strengthen himself and avoid another embarrassing accident. The next day, Doctor Fang brought him the tea and dumbbell he requested, and improvised an excuse to explain the tonics to his assistant.

• Song Yutang abandoned the syringe and fed Jiang Muyan his bitter medicine mouth-to-mouth, briefly touching his tongue before pulling away in embarrassment.
• Song Yutang went to sleep without attempting to make a baby, and Jiang Muyan heard her drowsy thoughts about Muzong, Song Lian'er, and unrelated topics.
• Jiang Muyan decided to increase his weight training and drink chrysanthemum and goji berry tea to prevent another accident.
• Jiang Muyan messaged Doctor Jiang to bring him the tea and an abs-strengthening dumbbell during the examination.
• Doctor Fang brought the requested items and told his assistant he needed daily tonics, prompting the assistant to misunderstand his situation.

Jiang Muyan secretly exercised and drank chrysanthemum and goji berry tea while remaining in a vegetative state, but Song Yutang’s suspicion nearly exposed his efforts. After Doctor Fang’s cover story convinced her, Song Yutang arranged for a neurologist to examine Butler Wang’s daughter.

• Jiang Muyan drank the tea and lifted dumbbells after the medical team left, determined to prepare his body for having a child.
• Song Yutang found the cup, checked the surveillance footage, and summoned Doctor Fang to identify it.
• Doctor Fang pretended he had prostate and rectal problems, and Song Yutang gave him kidney-tonifying tablets and reassured him.
• Jiang Muyan realized Song Yutang might regard him as dangerous if he suddenly woke, so he resolved to hide his tea and dumbbells better.
• Song Yutang told Butler Wang she had arranged for a neurologist recommended by the Gu Family to examine his daughter at the nursing home that weekend.

Song Yutang rewarded Butler Wang for his loyalty and learned more about the Song Family’s vulnerabilities as she plotted to destroy them. After Butler Wang left her room, he found Jiang Dingkun waiting outside.

• Song Yutang gave Butler Wang time off and money to support his wife’s cancer treatment and his daughter’s care.
• Butler Wang told Song Yutang that Sun Meifang had tried to have a son and had once plotted to make Song Mingzhe take responsibility for her niece’s pregnancy.
• Butler Wang proposed using Sun Meifang’s friends to persuade her to pursue IVF, while Song Yutang insisted that she wanted the entire Song Family destroyed.
• Butler Wang revealed that Sun Meifang had reconnected with a former lover who had recently been released from prison, raising doubts about Song Ruowei’s parentage.
• Song Yutang told Butler Wang to spend time with his family before returning to work, and he found Jiang Dingkun outside her room as he left.

Jiang Dingkun confronted Butler Wang about his loyalty to Song Yutang, then told him to follow her instructions while reporting important matters to him. Song Yutang continued copying recipes and asked Top Star Brother to arrange a breast cancer specialist.

• Jiang Dingkun asked Butler Wang why he had begun obeying Song Yutang, and Butler Wang said she understood human nature and treated the family well.
• Jiang Dingkun reminded Butler Wang that the Jiang Family was his employer and ordered him to report important matters while continuing to carry out Song Yutang’s instructions.
• Butler Wang recalled how the second branch had mistreated him while his wife needed cancer treatment and his daughter was struggling with schizophrenia.
• Butler Wang told Jiang Dingkun that Song Yutang wanted him to investigate the Song Family and stir up conflict between Sun Meifang and Song Mingzhe.
• Jiang Dingkun approved the investigation, and Song Yutang later messaged Top Star Brother to ask for help arranging a breast cancer specialist.

Song Yutang received surveillance footage showing Song Mingzhe facing public scorn over his relationship with Sun Meifang, and considered how to exploit tensions in the Song Family while waiting for Jiang Muyan’s investigation. The chapter ended with Tuantuan inviting her to a birthday party next Saturday.

• Jiang Muyan told Song Yutang he would look into better breast cancer treatments for Butler Wang’s wife and said the Song Family investigation needed a few more days.
• A private investigator sent Song Yutang findings that largely matched Butler Wang’s, while Butler Wang sent her two surveillance clips.
• At a golf course, Song Mingzhe fought a wealthy young man who insulted him for treating Sun Meifang like his mother.
• At a reception, Sun Meifang’s presence prompted a young woman and her mother to shun Song Mingzhe, who then publicly clarified that Sun was his father’s second wife, not his mother.
• Song Yutang saved the footage, paid the investigator, and considered how a pregnancy and paternity revelations could pit the Song Family against itself.
• Tuantuan called Song Yutang and invited her to her birthday party next Saturday.

Song Yutang helped Jiang Zhixia plan Tuantuan’s princess birthday party and encouraged Jiang Boyan to prepare for his physics competition. She also urged Li Xiulan to claim money from the Jiang Family fund for household expenses and the food she raised, then went upstairs to show her in-laws something.

• Song Yutang promised Tuantuan she would attend her birthday party and helped Jiang Zhixia choose a hotel venue and an ice princess theme.
• Jiang Guoqiang and his wife declined to attend the party, so the family agreed Song Yutang would represent them.
• Jiang Boyan remembered his physics competition, and Song Yutang offered him a ten-thousand-yuan bonus and a drone if he won a prize.
• Song Yutang told Li Xiulan that Boyan’s drone could be paid for from the family education fund and encouraged her to charge the family for her homegrown food.
• Jiang Guoqiang reassured Li Xiulan that she deserved support while recuperating, and Song Yutang went upstairs to show her in-laws something.

Song Yutang showed Jiang Guoqiang the copied God of Cooking's Cookbook and encouraged him to open a private dining restaurant serving imperial cuisine. Jiang Guoqiang agreed to become the cookbook’s successor and take on apprentices, then asked what to do next.

• Song Yutang gave Jiang Guoqiang a copy of the God of Cooking's Cookbook, and he eagerly studied its recipes.
• Song Yutang suggested opening a private dining restaurant, explaining that it would serve a few guests each day at high prices with a set menu.
• Jiang Guoqiang worried that his missing kidney and ordinary cooking background would keep him from succeeding, but Song Yutang and Li Xiulan encouraged him.
• Jiang Guoqiang agreed to open an imperial cuisine restaurant and eventually take on apprentices.
• Jiang Guoqiang asked whether they should find a storefront, mentioning one he had seen available for transfer.

Song Yutang planned to help her parents open a private kitchen restaurant and improve their family’s fortunes, while Jiang Muyan watched over her and struggled to restrain his growing desire for his sleeping wife. The chapter left him tense and flustered as Song Yutang nestled against him in her sleep.

• Song Yutang reassured Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang that she would handle the restaurant, while Jiang Guoqiang studied the old cookbook and considered how to adapt its recipes.
• Song Yutang researched private kitchen restaurants and planned to take Jiang Guoqiang to sample their food and enter cooking competitions.
• Jiang Muyan overheard Song Yutang’s plans for the restaurant and her hopes for the rest of the family, and realized how much she had helped them.
• Jiang Muyan apologized to the sleeping Song Yutang, kissed her, and stopped himself from going further.
• Song Yutang rolled into Jiang Muyan’s arms and kept brushing against him as she slept, leaving him struggling to control himself.

Jiang Muyan secretly took advantage of Song Yutang while she slept, while Song Yutang blamed the soreness in her palm on her old fish-cutting work. As she researched a private kitchen restaurant and imagined visiting clubs to meet male celebrities, Jiang Muyan’s jealousy boiled over, and he bit her lips.

• Jiang Muyan secretly handled Song Yutang’s hand while she slept, leaving her palm sore the next morning.
• Doctor Fang visited with herbal tonic and joked about his weak masculinity, while Song Yutang took his story at face value.
• Song Yutang researched private kitchen restaurants with Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan and shortlisted possible locations.
• Song Yutang messaged Young Master Gu for business advice, unaware that Jiang Muyan was pretending to be unconscious and listening to her thoughts.
• Song Yutang fell asleep after imagining visiting clubs to meet male celebrities, and Jiang Muyan bit her lips in a jealous rage.

Song Yutang woke with a bleeding bite on her lip and blamed an unseen bug, while Jiang Muyan secretly felt guilty for biting her. The Jiang household launched pest control, and Doctor Fang realized what had happened; later, Song Yutang received an offer of help with Jiang Guoqiang’s private kitchen restaurant.

• Song Yutang searched the room for the bug that had bitten her lip, sprayed floral water everywhere, and went back to sleep while Jiang Muyan quietly apologized.
• At breakfast, Song Yutang told Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang that a bug had bitten her, prompting Li Xiulan to arrange pest control across the estate.
• Doctor Fang recognized Jiang Muyan’s role in the bite, teased him about his teeth, and kept the truth from Song Yutang.
• Song Yutang received a message from Top Star Brother offering help with opening Jiang Guoqiang’s private kitchen restaurant.

Song Yutang worried that Jiang Muyan’s busy work was physically demanding, but he clarified that he handled management and investments at the Lan Residence. When she asked him to help choose a location for her father’s private kitchen restaurant, Jiang Muyan proposed using Jiang Family property and acquiring nearby land before Cloud City’s development plans raised its value.

• Song Yutang advised Jiang Muyan to take care of his health, and he explained that he did management work at the Lan Residence rather than selling his talents or body.
• Song Yutang sent Jiang Muyan several possible storefronts for the private kitchen restaurant, and he rejected them in favor of a Jiang Family courtyard house.
• Jiang Muyan urged Song Yutang to ask for the nearby parking lot and vacant land as well, suggesting they turn the area into a garden for restaurant guests.
• Jiang Muyan revealed that a new subway and expressway were planned for the area, making the land likely to become far more valuable.
• Song Yutang praised Jiang Muyan’s foresight and thanked him for helping plan the restaurant and secure the property for her father.

Jiang Muyan reflected on how his family had to fight for fair treatment and resolved to keep reclaiming what belonged to them. He helped Song Yutang with the restaurant, then suspected Cheng Yun had been sent by his second uncle to approach her and ordered Zhao Chuan to investigate further.

• Jiang Muyan recalled how he had forced Jiang Dingkun to give Jiang Guoqiang and his sons equal shares by refusing to donate a kidney otherwise.
• Jiang Muyan reassured Song Yutang that she owed him nothing and asked her to treat him to a meal when the restaurant opened.
• Jiang Muyan asked Zhao Chuan to help prepare Jiang Guoqiang's private kitchen restaurant.
• Zhao Chuan reported that Cheng Yun was the godson and kept companion of Mrs. Lin, and that he had no known dealings with Jiang Qingyu or his son.
• Jiang Muyan suspected his second uncle had sent Cheng Yun to get close to Song Yutang and told Zhao Chuan to keep investigating and send him Cheng Yun's videos and photos with wealthy wives.

Song Yutang investigated Cheng Yun after Jiang Muyan warned her that he preyed on wealthy women, then suspected the second branch had arranged his approach. She asked Jiang Dingkun for a courtyard house and parking lot for her father’s restaurant and began confronting him with details about the family inheritance.

• Jiang Muyan sent Song Yutang photos and videos of Cheng Yun and warned her that he targeted wealthy women for money.
• Song Yutang thanked Jiang Muyan, then suspected Cheng Yun’s appearance at the auction had been orchestrated by Jiang Qingyu’s side and asked Butler Wang and a private detective to investigate him.
• Butler Wang returned from leave and resumed work, while his daughter improved through therapy and his wife softened toward him.
• Song Yutang brought Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan to ask Jiang Dingkun to transfer a courtyard house and nearby parking lot for the private kitchen restaurant.
• Jiang Dingkun offered other storefronts, but Song Yutang insisted on the courtyard and parking lot and began citing the will of Jiang Guoqiang’s biological mother.

Song Yutang pressured Jiang Dingkun into transferring property to Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan by threatening to expose the fraud behind Grandma’s will and challenging his family’s favoritism. She left determined to build her family’s strength and pursue the assets they could not yet recover.

• Song Yutang confronted Jiang Dingkun over Grandma’s estate and threatened a criminal case if he refused to transfer the courtyard house and parking lot to Jiang Guoqiang.
• Li Xiulan and Jiang Guoqiang recounted a cautionary tale about a man who favored another woman’s son, and Song Yutang alluded to suspicious deaths in the Jiang family; Jiang Dingkun agreed to transfer the property.
• Song Yutang demanded shops for herself and rewards for Li Xiulan’s children, bluffing Jiang Dingkun into agreeing to give her three shops and Li Xiulan five homes and five shops.
• Song Yutang explained to Li Xiulan that overturning Grandma’s will would be difficult, while Jiang Guoqiang urged her not to shoulder the family’s troubles alone.
• Song Yutang privately resolved to grow stronger so her family could eventually recover what the second branch had taken and protect themselves from further harm.

Song Yutang secured property transfers for Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan, then sought advice from Top Star Brother about building a team to manage their growing assets. Jiang Muyan avoided meeting her by claiming complications from plastic surgery, and the chapter ended as he asked for a moment to consider her request.

• Song Yutang had legal teams check and notarize the property transfers, while Jiang Dingkun allowed Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu to keep their place in the family after Chen Ruyin fainted and later appealed to him.
• Chen Ruyin and Jiang Qingyu blamed Song Yutang for Jiang Dingkun's decision, and Chen Ruyin told Jiang Sinian to have Cheng Yun ruin Song Yutang and drive her out of the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Guoqiang and Li Xiulan gave their property documents to Song Yutang and left her to manage the assets.
• Song Yutang called Top Star Brother to ask for advice on building a core team, but Jiang Muyan refused to meet her and claimed he was recovering from a second plastic surgery procedure.
• After Song Yutang expressed concern about his recovery and explained her plans, Jiang Muyan asked her to give him a moment.

Jiang Muyan helped Song Yutang plan her recruitment while insisting she build her own team, promising to act as her safety net. Song Yutang attended Tuantuan’s lavish fifth birthday party, where the celebration was interrupted by a sudden bang just as Tuantuan was about to blow out her candle.

• Song Yutang received Jiang Muyan’s detailed recruitment plan and asked Butler Wang to recruit according to its requirements.
• Jiang Muyan told Gu Zheng to guard against Jiang Qingyu’s people joining Song Yutang’s team, explaining that Song Yutang needed to learn by building it herself while he would support her if she fell.
• Gu Zheng complained about being Jiang Muyan’s tool and threatened to claim a place of honor at their wedding, then went to handle the follow-up matters.
• Song Yutang attended Tuantuan’s birthday party, gave her a custom diamond bunny bracelet, and mingled with the other parents.
• Song Yutang pulled Tuantuan and her friend Youyou away from a server’s trolley, then joined the guests in singing as Tuantuan prepared to blow out her candle.
• A sudden bang interrupted Tuantuan’s birthday celebration.

Lin Lu and Guangguang disrupted Tuantuan’s birthday banquet by accusing Jiang Zhixia of abusing and expelling them, and Ji Chengyu struck his wife while defending Lin Lu. Tuantuan exposed what Lin Lu had done to Ji Chengyu’s mother, but Ji Chengyu then struck Tuantuan, who was injured when she fell beside the cake cart.

• Lin Lu and Guangguang knelt before Jiang Zhixia at the banquet and claimed she was making them live in misery and trying to drive them out.
• Ji Chengyu arrived, slapped Jiang Zhixia, and accused her of mistreating Lin Lu and Guangguang.
• Tuantuan called her father a liar and recounted hearing that Lin Lu had pushed Ji Chengyu’s mother down the stairs after an argument.
• The guests stopped sympathizing with Lin Lu and condemned her, while Lin Lu denied Tuantuan’s account and cried.
• Ji Chengyu slapped Tuantuan and sent her into the cake cart, where she cut her hand on broken glass.

At Tuantuan’s birthday party, Ji Chengyu tried to protect Lin Lu by silencing Tuantuan and forcing Jiang Zhixia to take the blame. Song Yutang reminded Jiang Zhixia that her family stood behind her, and Jiang fought back to save her daughter.

• Lin Lu pretended to attempt suicide while Guangguang pleaded for her, but the guests dismissed their performance.
• Ji Chengyu slapped Tuantuan for accusing Lin Lu, then struck Jiang Zhixia when she shielded her daughter.
• Tuantuan revealed that Ji Chengyu had asked Jiang to take the blame for Lin Lu pushing his mother down the stairs.
• Ji Chengyu grabbed Tuantuan by the throat and demanded Jiang confess and kneel to Lin Lu and Guangguang.
• Song Yutang reminded Jiang that she had family support, and Jiang smashed a wine bottle against Ji Chengyu’s forehead to make him release Tuantuan.

Jiang Zhixia defended Tuantuan after Ji Chengyu choked her and Lin Lu questioned whether she was his daughter. The birthday gathering descended into violence as Jiang Zhixia confronted Ji Chengyu and attacked Lin Lu, vowing to protect her daughter.

• Jiang Zhixia struck Ji Chengyu with a wine bottle, rescued Tuantuan, and comforted her as she cried that her neck hurt.
• Lin Lu insinuated that Tuantuan was not Ji Chengyu's daughter, and Ji Chengyu demanded to know whether the child was his.
• Song Yutang defended Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan, while Ji Chengyu shielded Lin Lu and excused her accusations.
• Jiang Zhixia slapped Ji Chengyu and condemned him for repeatedly abandoning Tuantuan on her birthdays and allowing others to slander her.
• Guangguang threatened Tuantuan, and Jiang Zhixia grabbed Lin Lu by the hair and slapped her, warning that she would kill her if Tuantuan was harmed.

Jiang Zhixia defended Tuantuan and exposed Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu in front of the birthday guests, while Song Yutang and the other mothers backed her. As the guests left, Youyou’s mother reminded Jiang Zhixia that Song Yutang was supporting her and she had nothing to fear.

• Jiang Zhixia attacked Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu after they insulted and threatened Tuantuan, recounting the sacrifices she had made while caring for Ji Chengyu.
• Ji Chengyu shielded Lin Lu from Jiang Zhixia’s thrown dishes, then claimed Jiang Zhixia was mentally ill to excuse the scene.
• Tang Yuan and the other mothers condemned Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu, and Tang Yuan threatened to bar Lin Lu’s son from schools in her family’s education group.
• Song Yutang accepted the guests’ support, and Jiang Zhixia saw them out and promised a spring outing for Tuantuan and Youyou.
• Youyou’s mother told Jiang Zhixia that Song Yutang was backing her and asked what she had to fear.

After the banquet guests left, Jiang Zhixia confronted Ji Chengyu and Lin Lu, demanded a divorce, and finally fought back when Lin Lu threatened her daughter. Ji Chengyu tried to excuse the past attempt to send Tuantuan abroad, leaving Jiang Zhixia facing the man who had endangered her child.

• The other mothers comforted Jiang Zhixia and left the banquet hall, while Song Yutang exchanged contact information with several guests.
• Lin Lu cried in Ji Chengyu's arms, and Ji Chengyu blamed Jiang Zhixia for exposing their family troubles.
• Jiang Zhixia slapped Ji Chengyu and demanded a divorce because he had hurt her daughter.
• Lin Lu insulted Jiang Zhixia and tried to hit her, but Jiang Zhixia hurled a plate at her and warned her not to touch Tuantuan.
• Lin Lu threatened to send Tuantuan abroad again, prompting Jiang Zhixia to throw nearby objects at Lin Lu and Ji Chengyu.
• Ji Chengyu shielded Lin Lu and told Jiang Zhixia the previous incident had been a misunderstanding, claiming the butler had acted on his own.

Jiang Zhixia confronted Ji Chengyu over his protection of Lin Lu and demanded a divorce, revealing that he had forced himself on her and that she had married him because she was pregnant. Ji Chengyu begged her to stay, but Jiang Zhixia recalled how he repeatedly put Lin Lu and Guangguang ahead of her and Tuantuan.

• Jiang Zhixia accused Ji Chengyu of ignoring Lin Lu's deliberate attacks and of trying to strangle Tuantuan to protect her.
• With Song Yutang's encouragement, Jiang Zhixia loudly demanded a divorce, and Ji Chengyu refused while claiming she had once pursued him.
• Jiang Zhixia revealed that Ji Chengyu had forced himself on her, leaving her pregnant, and explained she married him to spare her struggling family worry.
• Ji Chengyu apologized and begged Jiang Zhixia to stay, but she said she regretted marrying him and was divorcing him for Tuantuan's sake.
• Lin Lu insulted Jiang Zhixia and tried to attack her, but Jiang Zhixia raised a plate and warned her off.
• Ji Chengyu offered to make up Tuantuan's birthday and take Jiang Zhixia out, while Jiang Zhixia listed how he had indulged Lin Lu and Guangguang but neglected her and Tuantuan.

At Tuantuan’s birthday party, Lin Lu exposed Ji Chengyu’s years of neglecting Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan while caring for her and Guangguang. Jiang Zhixia demanded a divorce, but Ji Chengyu refused and threatened that she would never leave him.

• Ji Chengyu arranged a restaurant, movie theater, and birthday party after Jiang Zhixia confronted him about years of broken promises.
• Lin Lu revealed that Ji Chengyu had spent his supposed work nights with her and Guangguang, including when Tuantuan was sick and when Jiang Zhixia needed him.
• Ji Chengyu slapped Lin Lu, and she disclosed his promises to support her and spend far more on her than on Jiang Zhixia.
• Jiang Zhixia demanded a divorce, and Ji Chengyu ordered bodyguards to remove Lin Lu and Guangguang.
• Ji Chengyu knelt and pleaded with Jiang Zhixia, but Tuantuan recalled how Guangguang had called her a fatherless child and how Ji Chengyu had chosen Guangguang over her.
• Jiang Zhixia repeated her demand for divorce, and Ji Chengyu angrily declared that she could not leave him unless he died.

Song Yutang helped Jiang Zhixia resist Ji Chengyu’s threats by reminding her of her professional qualifications and arranging legal support. When Ji Chengyu used the Jiang family home to make her hesitate, Song Yutang secured Jiang Dingkun’s promise to provide for Jiang Zhixia and Tuantuan.

• Song Yutang reminded Jiang Zhixia that her medical education and years rehabilitating Ji Chengyu gave her strong qualifications to find work.
• Ji Chengyu threatened to fight a divorce in court and claimed Jiang Zhixia would have no lawyer or home if she left him.
• Song Yutang said Jincheng Law Firm’s Lawyer Zhu could represent Jiang Zhixia, and Jiang Zhixia declared she would pursue the case.
• Song Yutang called Jiang Dingkun and obtained his agreement to prepare a fully equipped parent-and-child suite and provide for a child from the Jiang bloodline.
• Song Yutang told Ji Chengyu that Jiang Dingkun was Tuantuan’s great-grandfather and invited him to ask the Jiang family about the arrangements himself.