Chapter Summaries

Mo Li and Chai Yi recalled how Chai Yi had learned wood carving through Mo Li’s abandoned hobbies while they chatted on a livestream. In Jiang City, Li Duo recovered Yunxi’s money and declared him free, but Yunxi was abducted again after returning to the city.

• Mo Li asked Chai Yi when he had learned to carve wood, and Chai Yi said Mo Li had once gotten bored of carving.
• Mo Li admitted he did not remember, while Chai Yi continued carving a figure of him.
• Yunxi got the police to take him from Li Duo’s club, but Li Duo told the officers Yunxi could leave once he repaid the money he owed.
• After Yunxi paid back Li Duo’s 200 million, Li Duo gave him a bank card with 500 yuan left and declared him free.
• Yunxi returned to Jiang City, where Cen Min’s abductors seized him near the train station.

Shao Chongsi's men tracked Yunxi back to the Capital, where the Cen Family and other rivals abducted him again. Meanwhile, Gu Chengyuan struggled with his awkward feelings for Shao Chongsi, and Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun prepared to carve an oversized piece of red sandalwood together.

• Shao Chongsi told his bodyguards to keep watching Yunxi after they reported his whereabouts.
• Gu Chengyuan recalled the kiss, worried about their relationship, and avoided discussing the dating manual Shao Chongsi had found.
• Gu Chengyuan rejected the available wood and asked his assistant to arrange more.
• Chi Yining asked Yan Guiyun for a square block of wood about half a person's height, and Yan Guiyun had a piece of red sandalwood taller than a person delivered.
• Chi Yining rolled his eyes at Yan Guiyun's extravagant choice, then discussed what to carve with him.

The seven teams’ wood carvings went viral, and Crimson Flame Courtyard’s Azure Dragon received the most praise. After voting ended, Chi Yining saw the super grand prize and his excitement disappeared.

• Yan Guiyun told Chi Yining that Grandpa Yan would like any gift Chi Yining made, and Chi Yining came up with a carving idea.
• The production team posted all seven teams’ carvings, including Crimson Flame Courtyard’s lifelike Azure Dragon and Chi Yi’s team’s Four Divine Beasts.
• Viewers praised the carvings online, and experts reposted the entries with critiques that put the Azure Dragon far ahead.
• Voting ended after one day, and Chi Yining’s smile vanished when he saw the super grand prize at Crimson Flame Courtyard.

Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun decided to enter a costly competition with a hundred-million-yuan prize, and Chi Yining planned to use it to draw out potential enemies. After a stormy night together, Chi Yining woke sore and suspected Yan Guiyun had arranged the weather.

• Yan Guiyun showed Chi Yining two competition entry cards, which cost five million yuan each, and explained that first place won one hundred million yuan.
• Chi Yining decided he and Yan Guiyun would enter, partly to avoid wasting the production team's ten-million-yuan expense and partly to draw out prey.
• Yan Guiyun agreed to accompany Chi Yining and resolved to protect him.
• After a stormy night, Chi Yining woke sore and glared at the refreshed Yan Guiyun, suspecting he had summoned the storm.
• Yan Guiyun offered to carry Chi Yining to wash up and gently tried to coax him.

Bai Chongxuan reassured jealous Wang Xinyang that his call with his cousin was strictly about work, while Wang reflected on his robotics research and family expectations. Bai Chongxuan then warned him that unusually powerful attackers might be targeting them and urged him not to go out alone.

• Wang Xinyang grew jealous after Bai Chongxuan spent half an hour talking to his cousin, and Bai Chongxuan explained that their conversation had been about work.
• Bai Chongxuan promised Wang Xinyang that he was faithful and that Wang was the first person he had fallen for.
• Wang Xinyang thought about his mother's expectations and the surgical robot project that could earn him funding for a research team.
• Bai Chongxuan touched Wang Xinyang beneath his shirt, then asked him to tell him whenever he went out.
• Bai Chongxuan warned Wang Xinyang that a recent group of attackers was unusually capable and said they should be careful.

Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun tied for first in the competition at Longming Water Crazy Park, while their friends waited at the hotel as the Chi Family’s former subordinates watched from nearby. The chapter left Chi Yining noticing that several people were distracted because they missed their absent partners.

• Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun broke the obstacle-course record and tied for first in the knowledge competition, each winning two hundred million.
• Chi Yining asked Yan Guiyun to have someone watch over the fans as they left, and Yan Guiyun agreed.
• Chen Shiyu quietly asked Chi Yining what Yan Guiyun had sent Li Qingmi to do, and Chi Yining teased him about missing Li Qingmi.
• Wang Xinyang felt dejected about being assigned to the vulnerable group while others led teams.
• Gu Chengyuan came to cheer Chi Yining on and wanted to talk to the dazed Shao Chongsi but hesitated.
• Chi Yining noticed that Chen Shiyu, Mo Li, Wang Xinyang, and Gu Chengyuan all seemed distracted.

Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun prepared to confront the Chi Family’s former retainers at Dragon Cry Building while their allies took ambush positions. After a blade flew at them in the lobby, they split up to leave through the side doors, and Bai Chongxuan’s squad moved in.

• Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun left the others upstairs and went to the first-floor lobby, where Chi Yining sensed danger.
• Yan Guiyun and Chi Yining armed themselves as their allies coordinated over a live call and prepared to ambush the attackers.
• The Chi Family’s former retainers attacked as Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun stepped toward the main entrance, sending a blade between them.
• Yan Guiyun and Chi Yining dodged behind the doors and headed for separate side exits.
• Bai Chongxuan told his squad to protect themselves and leave some attackers alive.

Chi Yining and the other squads fought the Chi Family’s forces at the Dragon Cry Building and the mountain perimeter, using quick takedowns and gas to subdue their opponents. The fighting continued as Chai Yi’s team overwhelmed another group of Chi Family elites.

• Bai Chongxuan’s family fighters advanced while Jia Mingchuan and Su Ziqian joined forces and ordered their bodyguards into action.
• Chi Yining knocked two Chi Family members unconscious, suspected they had taken Demonization Pills, and ordered his squad to cuff them.
• Yan Guiyun rapidly took down drugged opponents on the first floor of the Dragon Cry Building as his squad watched.
• Li Qingmi’s squad used gas to incapacitate the Chi Family elites at the mountain wall, then tied them up and went to support the other squads.
• Chai Yi and his elite squad defeated the Chi Family fighters, leaving many with broken bones or knocked-out teeth.

Chai Yi, An Yan, and the other wealthy contestants used their strength and expensive equipment to deal with their opponents during the competition. Shao Chongsi avoided fighting to protect his face, but a Chi Family man attacked him with a knife.

• Chai Yi knocked out the Chi Family men who challenged him, while his bodyguards stopped the last two from escaping.
• An Yan's family used gold-thread nets to capture their opponents, and Li Qingmi admired the costly equipment.
• Jia Mingchuan and Su Ziqian stayed out of the fight as their teams faced a smaller group, and a bodyguard knocked out a man who interrupted their affectionate moment.
• Shao Chongsi dodged a Chi Family man's punch and put away his phone, but the man charged at him with a knife, threatening to disfigure him.

Shao Chongsi and Bai Chongxuan subdued the Chi Family elites who attacked them. Bai Chongxuan learned that Second Uncle Chi had ordered Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun killed, but the attackers passed out before revealing where he was hiding.

• Shao Chongsi kicked down an attacker, slashed his cheek, and used a stun baton to knock out three more Chi Family elites.
• Bai Chongxuan beat the remaining Chi Family elites and demanded to know why they had targeted Chi Yining.
• Bai Chongxuan whipped the leader until he confessed that Second Uncle Chi had ordered them to kill Yan Guiyun and Chi Yining and bring back Chi Yining's head.
• The leader said Second Uncle Chi controlled their identity documents and that they had been fitted with listening devices, but he passed out before he could explain more.
• The other attackers also lost consciousness, and Bai Chongxuan called for an ambulance.

Chi Yining found signs that the fallen attackers had been trained and sent by Second Uncle Chi, while Yan Guiyun confronted a blue-robed assailant who attacked him. Yan Guiyun crushed the attacker’s assault and left him bloodied, warning that he would be sent to prison.

• Chi Yining searched the fallen attackers and found old-fashioned phones and mottled scars, concluding they seemed prepared to die and might be only one group sent by Second Uncle Chi.
• Yan Guiyun found Chi Yining after the attackers had fallen and told him the situation was different from what they had expected.
• Yan Guiyun sent Chi Yining upstairs while he arranged to deal with the attackers.
• A blue-robed man appeared and attacked Yan Guiyun with a flying needle, then tried to tear out his heart.
• Yan Guiyun caught and broke the blue-robed man’s wrist, kicked him into a wall, and broke his nose with a punch.
• Yan Guiyun warned the blue-robed man that people who acted arrogantly before him ended up in prison.

After Yan Guiyun and the others captured the enemies hiding in the hotel, the guests reunited with their partners upstairs. Chi Yining watched the couples seek each other out and ended the chapter delighted by the affectionate reunions.

• Yan Guiyun's bodyguards pinned down the last man in green when he tried to attack Yan Guiyun with a dagger.
• The guests returned to Longming Hotel and discovered that nearly half the enemies had been hiding inside, including more than fifty people Yan Guiyun had captured.
• Chen Shiyu asked Li Qingmi for water, and Bai Chongxuan teased him for really wanting to say that he missed Li Qingmi.
• Chi Yining told Shao Chongsi that Gu Chengyuan was in room three and pointed An Yan toward the person he was looking for.
• Bai Chongxuan asked Wang Xinyang to shower with him, and Wang Xinyang agreed while Chi Yining happily watched them.

After the group returned, Jia Mingchuan and Su Ziqian grew more intimate, while Chai Yi reflected on his feelings for Wang Xinyang and encountered Mo Li. At dinner, Yan Guiyun announced that he and Chi Yining had registered their marriage, startling the guests.

• Jia Mingchuan pinned Su Ziqian against a wall and kissed him passionately after they returned to their room.
• Yan Guiyun teased Chai Yi about Wang Xinyang, and Chai Yi said he had found a way out of what had been troubling him.
• Mo Li saw Chai Yi in the elevator lobby and hurried back to the top-floor hall, while Chai Yi followed him in silence.
• Yan Guiyun treated everyone to dinner and announced that he and Chi Yining had registered their marriage the previous week.
• Chen Shiyu reacted in shock, while Li Qingmi congratulated Yan Guiyun and Chi Yining on their marriage.

Yan Guiyun reassured Gu Chengyuan and Hu Bing of his devotion to Chi Yining, then revealed that Bai Chongxuan and his partner had registered their marriage. After the gathering, Chai Yi flirted with Mo Li at the pool and invited him to touch his body.

• Gu Chengyuan asked Yan Guiyun whether he could love Chi Yining forever, and Yan Guiyun confidently promised that he could.
• Gu Chengyuan wished Yan Guiyun and Chi Yining a lifetime together, and Hu Bing asked Yan Guiyun to take good care of Chi Yining.
• Yan Guiyun announced that Bai Chongxuan and his partner had registered their marriage, causing an uproar among the guests.
• Yan Guiyun and Chi Yining returned to their room and played games after the meal, while Yan Guiyun later gave the police leads for their investigation.
• Mo Li watched Chai Yi at the pool, and Chai Yi invited him to touch his body.
• Mo Li accepted Chai Yi's invitation and eagerly touched him.

Mo Li learned from Chen Shiyu that Chai Yi had bought him an expensive necklace as a birthday present years ago, though Mo Li did not remember receiving it. Meanwhile, Chen Shiyu and Li Qingmi left the pool together after Li Qingmi teased him about flirting with others.

• Chai Yi stopped Mo Li from touching him and went swimming while Mo Li joined Chen Shiyu by the pool.
• Chen Shiyu told Mo Li that Chai Yi had bid a hundred million for the Tear of the Aurora Borealis necklace as Mo Li's birthday present.
• Mo Li's confusion made Chen Shiyu realize that Chai Yi might never have given him the necklace, and Chen Shiyu worried that he had revealed too much.
• Li Qingmi came over and took Chen Shiyu's hand, then teased him for hitting on people while he was away.
• Chen Shiyu reassured Li Qingmi that he only had eyes for him, and Li Qingmi reflected that love had made him insecure.

Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun watched Jia Mingchuan lavishly stock up on breakfast for someone at home while discussing how normal they were by comparison. Yan Guiyun nagged Yan Zhibei into going to work, and Yan Zhibei reflected on how he had hidden his intelligence for years, leaving Yan Guiyun amused and hurt that kidnappers had targeted him instead.

• Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun noticed Jia Mingchuan filling a serving cart with breakfast and joked that they were more normal than he was.
• Yan Zhibei messaged Yan Guiyun that he did not want to go to work, and Yan Guiyun urged him to keep working and write more for his readers.
• Yan Zhibei recalled how people had mistaken him for a good-for-nothing because he spent his time gaming and reading, while he had concealed his academic ability until the college entrance exams.
• Yan Zhibei thanked Yan Guiyun for being outstanding all these years, and Yan Guiyun thought about how kidnappers had targeted him rather than his brother.

Yan Guiyun reflected on his past kidnappings before sharing breakfast with Chi Yining, while Mo Li struggled with guilt over how he had treated Chai Yi. The chapter left Mo Li noticing Chai Yi’s oily breakfast and wondering if it was too greasy.

• Yan Guiyun snapped out of his thoughts when Chi Yining fed him a shrimp dumpling, then teased Chi Yining about calling him “hubby.”
• Chi Yining noticed Chai Yi and Mo Li seemed more reserved with each other than they had the day before.
• Mo Li remembered learning that Chai Yi had once bought him a birthday present and regretted pushing his old friend away.
• Mo Li struggled to apologize to Chai Yi, then offered to share his food with him.
• Chai Yi declined and chose stir-fried rice noodles, prompting Mo Li to ask whether they were too greasy.

Mo Li struggled to hide his attraction to Chai Yi during breakfast, while their friends turned the table into an awkward spectacle. Wang Xinyang revealed that Chai Yi had saved a roomful of gifts for Mo Li, leaving both of them stunned.

• Chai Yi explained that Cantonese dishes were normal breakfast food in his family, and Mo Li tried to hide his embarrassment as he admired Chai Yi's exposed chest.
• Chai Yi noticed Mo Li staring, buttoned his shirt, and joked that the air conditioning was cold.
• Bai Chongxuan called out Mo Li for staring, while he and Wang Xinyang took seats beside Mo Li and Chai Yi.
• Chi Yining watched the tense gathering with curiosity as Yan Guiyun quietly arranged follow-up work with the bodyguards.
• Wang Xinyang asked Chai Yi whether he had given Mo Li the gifts he had saved up in a whole room, shocking Mo Li and prompting Chai Yi to recall Wang Xinyang's old reaction.

Chai Yi fled after Mo Li thanked him sweetly, while Mo Li offered to help Wang Xinyang borrow the Mo family’s light metals research team as compensation. From afar, Chi Yining and Yan Guiyun discussed Wang Xinyang’s covert tactics and Bai Chongxuan’s hidden schemes.

• Mo Li thanked Chai Yi for the gifts, and Chai Yi blushed and hurried away.
• Bai Chongxuan admitted Chai Yi had given him the chance to meet Wang Xinyang, while Mo Li apologized to Wang Xinyang on Chai Yi’s behalf.
• Wang Xinyang asked Mo Li to arrange access to the Mo family’s light metals research team, and Mo Li agreed to speak with his father.
• After Bai Chongxuan and Wang Xinyang left, Mo Li resolved to help make the collaboration happen.
• Chi Yining remarked on Wang Xinyang’s covert schemes and Bai Chongxuan’s overt ones, and Yan Guiyun revealed that Bai Chongxuan had supplied disappearing ink and secret-message pens.

Chi Yining watched the other guests discuss their relationships, ambitions, and family responsibilities over breakfast. As more people gathered, An Yan challenged Li Qingmi over the future of his relationship with Chen Shiyu, and the conversation turned tense.

• Yan Guiyun explained that he had kept quiet about Bai Chongxuan because he considered him a rival and thought Chi Yining had pursued Gu Chengyuan.
• Chi Yining watched An Yan and Hu Bing arrive together and thought their long-standing bond made them seem like an old married couple.
• Chen Shiyu sat beside Hu Bing, who urged him to return to violin concerts and keep pursuing his other interests.
• Li Qingmi argued that people did not need to push themselves to be outstanding, and An Yan questioned how he and Chen Shiyu would handle their families' busy businesses.
• Li Qingmi told An Yan that their future was none of his concern as Chi Yining watched the exchange grow tense.
• Shao Chongsi and the others arrived as Chi Yining noticed it was almost nine.