Chapter Summaries

Jiang Mingxi recalled a little boy searching for his mother and learned that the memory matched the circumstances of Bai Zheming’s missing younger brother. The two considered the possibility that Jiang Mingxi was that brother, but left the question unresolved pending a DNA test.

• Song Lan gently prompted Jiang Mingxi to revisit his memories of the original host looking for his mother.
• Jiang Mingxi recalled that the little boy had been three or four and had stayed in a hotel where he soaked a bathrobe.
• Song Lan pointed out that Bai Zheming’s three-year-old brother had disappeared in a hotel fire in Rongcheng.
• Jiang Mingxi objected that Bai Zheming had not recognized his birthmark, while Song Lan suggested he might have forgotten after the trauma.
• Jiang Mingxi told Bai Zheming that he had been in a hotel room fire at age three, and Bai Zheming described how his family had been declared dead.
• Jiang Mingxi suggested they settle whether they were brothers with a DNA test.

Bai Zheming and Jiang Mingxi agreed to take a paternity test, as Bai Zheming began to fear that Jiang Mingxi might be his long-lost younger brother. Mr. Gong sent a private research team to conduct the test, and his messenger told Song Lan that he was borrowing Special Assistant Su from Song Bai for a few days.

• Bai Zheming accepted Jiang Mingxi's suggestion to take a paternity test, while the director tried to delay it until filming ended.
• Gao Le proposed conducting the test on-site, and Bai Zheming, Song Lan, Zhao Ke, and Chen Chong went to ask the crew for their phones to make calls.
• Seven black cars arrived, and a suited man told Jiang Mingxi that Mr. Gong had sent him.
• The man explained that Mr. Gong had already flown in his private research team because of concerns about the Jiang Family's falsified paternity test.
• The man said Mr. Gong asked Song Lan to tell Song Bai that he was borrowing Special Assistant Su for a few days.

Jiang Mingxi nervously prepared for a paternity test while Song Lan stayed by his side, and Zhao Jiayuan and Zhao Ke took a Rolls-Royce for a drive. Gu Yanchu arrived as the test team leader and gave Jiang Mingxi a box from Mr. Gong; the results were announced, leaving Jiang Mingxi and Bai Zheming anxious.

• Jiang Mingxi grew nervous about the paternity test and went to the restroom with Song Lan.
• Zhao Jiayuan and Zhao Ke got into the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and accepted a ride from the suited man.
• Gao Le asked Chen Chong why he turned his head whenever he smiled, but Chen Chong did not answer before the car drove away.
• Gu Yanchu introduced himself as the paternity test team leader, gave Jiang Mingxi a red velvet box from Mr. Gong, and avoided discussing their earlier meeting with Song Lan.
• Jiang Mingxi opened the box to find two buttons, and a staff member announced that the paternity test results were ready.
• Song Lan embraced Jiang Mingxi from behind as Jiang Mingxi tightened his grip on a button and Bai Zheming trembled.

Jiang Mingxi and Bai Zheming learned that their DNA results confirmed they were biological brothers, and Bai Zheming tearfully reunited with his younger brother. Jiang Mingxi then recalled the original owner's childhood at the orphanage and asked why Bai Zheming had not come to find him.

• Gao Le misunderstood the DNA result and announced that Jiang Mingxi and Bai Zheming were not biological brothers.
• Gu Yanchu explained that the 49.87 percent match confirmed they were biological brothers.
• Bai Zheming tearfully reached for Jiang Mingxi and apologized for arriving too late and letting him suffer.
• Jiang Mingxi recalled the original owner crying at the orphanage and insisting that his big brother would come for him.
• Jiang Mingxi asked Bai Zheming why he had not come after the orphanage posted missing-person notices, and Bai Zheming asked whether Xixi had searched for him.

Jiang Mingxi struggled to remember why he had called someone his big brother and became distressed when Bai Zheming asked whether he had searched for him. As Song Lan took him away to rest, Bai Zheming was left with unanswered questions, while Bai Zhonghui realized Jiang Mingxi had survived his attempt to have him killed.

• Jiang Mingxi recalled being taken as a child to the Bai Family home, where a teenage boy denied that it was his home and he cried that the boy was his big brother.
• Jiang Mingxi tried to remember what he had said about the boy not being his biological brother, but the memory caused him pain and he could not recover it.
• Song Lan carried the distressed Jiang Mingxi away to rest while Chen Chong kept Bai Zheming from following.
• Bai Zheming asked Gu Yanchu about Xiaoxi, but Gu Yanchu said he was only responsible for the paternity test and left.
• Bai Zhonghui watched the livestream and realized Jiang Mingxi was still alive despite having sent people to silence him at the orphanage.

Inside the tent, Song Lan comforted Jiang Mingxi, whose grief over memories of his childhood had led him to seek distraction through intimacy. Song Lan recognized that Jiang Mingxi was avoiding painful memories about Bai Zheming and gently encouraged him to face them, ending with a suggestion that they ask Bai Zheming what happened.

• Jiang Mingxi threw himself into Song Lan's arms, and Song Lan tried to comfort him by calling himself Mommy.
• Jiang Mingxi smacked Song Lan, then demanded a kiss and began kissing him passionately.
• Song Lan stopped things from going further after remembering Gu Yanchu's advice about emotional triggers and avoidance.
• Song Lan brought up Bai Zheming, and Jiang Mingxi tried to distract him with renewed advances.
• Song Lan asked whether Bai Zheming had mistreated Jiang Mingxi when he was little, and Jiang Mingxi angrily asked if the past pain had been his fault.
• Song Lan urged Jiang Mingxi to seek justice for his younger self by asking Bai Zheming directly what had happened.

Song Lan helped Jiang Mingxi overcome his distress and speak to Bai Zheming about being turned away from the Bai Family as a child. Bai Zheming promised to find the person responsible, while Zhao Jiayuan raised the possibility that Jiang Mingxi’s parents might also be alive.

• Song Lan encouraged Jiang Mingxi to stop bottling up his feelings, and Jiang Mingxi said Director Mom had once taken him to the Bai Family, where an older brother denied he belonged there.
• Song Lan led Jiang Mingxi out of the tent to clear things up with Bai Zheming.
• Jiang Mingxi told Bai Zheming what he remembered, and Bai Zheming insisted he would never reject his little brother.
• Bai Zheming promised to find the person who had turned Jiang Mingxi away.
• Zhao Jiayuan asked whether Jiang Mingxi’s parents might still be alive, and someone in the Bai Corporation president’s office dropped a cup.

Bai Zheming recalled that he had signed papers claiming his parents’ bodies without ever seeing them, while Jiang Mingxi questioned what had happened to the family’s longtime staff. The group suspected Bai Zhonghui and Bai Zheming’s eldest uncle had concealed the truth, and Zhao Jiayuan wondered whether the housekeeper had secretly rescued the family.

• Zhao Jiayuan and the others questioned whether Bai Zheming’s parents had really died, while Zhao Ke and Chen Chong doubted Bai Zhonghui would hand him control of the Bai Corporation.
• Bai Zheming recalled being taken from school to Rongcheng, then signing papers to claim the bodies without seeing them.
• Chen Chong reasoned that Bai Zheming’s signature could have confirmed the deaths and allowed the company handover to proceed.
• Jiang Mingxi asked who had picked Bai Zheming up and learned it was Uncle Zhao, not the usual driver or housekeeper.
• Bai Zheming realized he did not know when Uncle Wang and Uncle Xiao Liu had left, and Zhao Jiayuan suggested they might have secretly rescued his family.

Bai Zheming shared what he remembered about his family’s former staff so Jiang Mingxi and their friends could help find them. When a viewer contacted Wang Yuan, Bai Zhonghui ordered him killed, but A-Wang chose to wait and watch.

• Jiang Mingxi comforted Bai Zheming and urged him to look for Uncle Wang and Uncle Xiao Liu, prompting Bai Zheming to share their names and what he remembered about them.
• Gao Le, Zhao Jiayuan, and Zhao Ke offered to help contact the former staff, and a viewer said they had reached Wang Yuan, Uncle Wang’s son.
• Bai Zhonghui learned that Wang Yuan was alive and planned to visit the filming location, then ordered his people to kill him at Fenghe Residential Community.
• A-Wang learned that Bai Zhonghui had sent people to act, but told his men to keep watching and let the situation develop.

The Song Family connected a former Bai Family cook, Auntie Su, to the accidents involving Bai Zheming’s parents and alerted Bai Zheming while the investigation was broadcast live. As Bai Zhonghui heard the suspicion on the livestream, he dropped another glass.

• The Song Family worried that Bai Zheming’s public questions could alert Bai Zhonghui and considered stopping the livestream.
• Old Master Song recalled that a cook surnamed Su had worked for the Bai Family and had appeared at Bai Zhonghui’s house after the family’s accident.
• Song Bai called Bai Zheming to ask about Auntie Su, and Bai Zheming confirmed she had cooked for his family three months before the accident.
• Bai Zheming remembered that Auntie Su’s husband was a gambling addict and that she had been good at making food for children and poached fish in chili oil.
• Song Bai told Bai Zheming that Auntie Su had appeared at Bai Zhonghui’s house after the accident, prompting Bai Zhonghui to drop a glass as he watched the livestream.

Bai Zheming and Song Lan connected Auntie Su’s identity to Su Hui, prompting Bai Zhonghui to order Su Hui killed. A-Wang instead arranged to keep Su Hui alive and gather evidence, while the others called for further investigations into Zhang Lin, Jiang Ke’s family, and the Bai Corporation Group.

• Bai Zheming recalled that Su Zhang Lin had worked for his family and had a child, leading him and Song Lan to suspect Su Hui was her son.
• Bai Zhonghui ordered an accomplice to dispose of Su Hui and send him to his dead mother.
• A-Wang learned of the order and told his subordinate to let Bai Zhonghui’s side act while collecting evidence and keeping Su Hui alive.
• Gao Le wondered whether Su Hui was connected to Bai Zheming’s family, and Mr. Gong’s man offered to arrange a paternity test.
• Song Bai asked for Zhang Lin to be investigated again, Song Lan called for a new investigation into Jiang Ke’s family, and Gao Le suggested investigating former Bai Corporation Group insiders and who controlled the company.

Bai Zheming revealed that Su Zhang Lin had learned about his father’s travel plans before the hotel fire, and he said the driver, Guan Yuntao, was still alive. As the livestream exposed hints of A-Wang’s involvement and Bai Zhonghui’s panic, Zhao Jiayuan speculated that A-Wang had planted an ally inside the Bai Corporation.

• Bai Zheming recalled that his father had called to promise he would return for his birthday, and Su Zhang Lin had asked which driver would accompany him.
• Bai Zheming realized the livestream was on, then confirmed that he had found Guan Yuntao alive.
• Bai Zhonghui panicked when he heard Guan Yuntao was alive, remembering that he had watched the driver die after the hotel fire.
• A man in a suit asked whether Guan Yuntao was the person Bai Zheming had asked Mr. Gong to send to the hospital, and Bai Zheming confirmed it.
• Jiang Mingxi explained that A-Wang had given Bai Zheming a major project because Bai Zheming had once saved his life.
• Zhao Jiayuan suggested that A-Wang had deliberately won over Bai Corporation employees and that its project director might be his ally.

Bai Zhonghui discovered that Du Wei had betrayed him and ordered him to find Guan Yuntao, while also directing his men to eliminate potential witnesses. After learning Su Hui had been taken in for questioning and Wang Yuan had reached the Survival Challenge filming site, Bai Zhonghui heard apparent gunfire on the livestream and watched in horror as the camera rushed toward the commotion.

• Bai Zhonghui confronted Du Wei over his secret contact with Gong Wang, but Du Wei denied meeting him or accepting gifts.
• Bai Zhonghui revealed that Guan Yuntao was alive and ordered Du Wei to investigate his whereabouts, then learned Du Wei's father-in-law had received a villa as a gift.
• Bai Zhonghui ordered his men to follow Du Wei and kill him if they could not locate Guan Yuntao by dawn.
• Bai Zhonghui learned that Su Hui had been taken in for questioning and that Wang Yuan had reached the Survival Challenge filming site.
• Bai Zhonghui ordered his men to attack Wang Yuan, then heard what sounded like gunfire on the livestream as the cameraman ran toward the scene.

Jiang Mingxi and the others witnessed two men sent by Bai Zhonghui attack an empty car while searching for Wang Yuan, exposing their attempt to silence him on the livestream. As the men tried to flee, Zhao Jiayuan, Chen Chong, Song Lan, and Gao Le charged after them.

• A pickup rammed a car and overturned it as Jiang Mingxi and the others watched from nearby.
• The two men found the car empty and admitted they had been trying to catch Wang Yuan for President Bai.
• The men revealed that they had helped silence Butler Wang's family, and viewers linked Bai Zhonghui to the deaths of Bai Zheming and Jiang Mingxi's parents.
• Bai Zhonghui failed to reach his men, then warned them by message that they were being livestreamed and urged them to flee the country.
• The two men ran for the pickup, but Chen Chong and Song Lan threw bricks at them as Zhao Jiayuan and Gao Le charged after them.

Bai Zheming’s group captured the armed men who had attacked them, and evidence linked the men to Bai Zhonghui surfaced during the livestream. As police were called, one captive offered to reveal how Butler Wang was silenced, while Bai Zhonghui began looking for a way to shift the blame onto Bai Jing.

• Gao Le charged out carrying a box, distracting the armed men while Chen Chong and Song Lan threw bricks and rocks at them.
• Two hidden anesthetic electric needles struck the men, allowing Chen Chong, Song Lan, and Bai Zheming to pin them down and recover their guns.
• Bai Zheming called the number in the men’s call log and showed that it matched a contact saved as “Eldest Uncle” on his phone, exposing Bai Zhonghui’s connection to them.
• Bai Zhonghui panicked and decided to call Bai Jing’s mother, hoping to pin the plot on Bai Jing and gain the Pei Family’s help.
• Jiang Mingxi called the police, and Bai Zheming asked the captives how they had silenced Butler Wang.
• One captive offered to tell Bai Zheming everything and asked to be spared.

The men revealed that Bai Zhonghui had trapped Butler Wang’s family in the basement and buried their bodies beneath Bai Zheming’s mother’s favorite flowers, driving Bai Zheming into a rage until Jiang Mingxi stopped him. After the police arrived and the livestream ended, Song Chengmo’s sister confronted Bai Zhonghui about his past attack on Xiaojing.

• The captured men said Bai Zhonghui had lured Butler Wang away, used his phone to deceive the driver, and arranged for Butler Wang’s family to be locked in the basement.
• The men revealed that Butler Wang’s family had died there and that their bodies were buried beneath the flower bed planted with Bai Zheming’s mother’s favorite hydrangeas.
• One man said Bai Zhonghui had wrongly insisted someone had survived, and Bai Zheming attacked him before Zhao Jiayuan and Jiang Mingxi tried to restrain him.
• Jiang Mingxi called Bai Zheming his big brother, prompting memories of his childhood and Butler Wang’s care as police sirens approached and the livestream cut off.
• Song Chengmo’s sister entered Bai Zhonghui’s office and reminded him that her brother had beaten him after Bai Zhonghui insulted Xiaojing.

The newcomer threatened Bai Zhonghui with grenades and made him watch a livestream, where Du Wei revealed his plan to kill Guan Yuntao. After Bai Zhonghui collapsed, Du Wei attacked Special Assistant Su, who knocked him down and called the police.

• The newcomer confronted Bai Zhonghui, threatened him for targeting Xiaojing, and revealed grenades hidden inside her coat.
• The newcomer opened a livestream on her tablet and ordered Bai Zhonghui to answer Du Wei's call.
• Special Assistant Su began livestreaming a tour of Yunyao Hospital and explained he was there to counter rumors about the hospital.
• Du Wei entered Guan Yuntao's ward and told Bai Zhonghui that he planned to kill Guan Yuntao, not realizing the call was being broadcast.
• Bai Zhonghui heard Du Wei's words through the livestream, spat blood, and passed out.
• Du Wei noticed the livestreaming phone and attacked Special Assistant Su, who kicked him down and called the police.

The paternity test confirmed that Su Hui was Bai Zhonghui’s son, and the group learned Bai Zhonghui had tried to kill Jiang Mingxi as a child and again as an adult. As the revelations turned the livestream into a frenzy, the director came up with a plan to keep filming Survival Challenge.

• A man in a suit told Jiang Mingxi that Su Hui and Bai Zhonghui’s DNA match was over 99.9 percent, and Bai Zheming realized Bai Zhonghui had likely ordered Su Hui to run Jiang Mingxi over.
• The man in the suit revealed that Bai Zhonghui had tried to drown Jiang Mingxi as a child, but six-year-old Gong Wang rescued him before the orphanage director renamed him Jiang Mingxi.
• The man in the suit said Bai Zhonghui began suspecting Jiang Mingxi’s identity after the first episode of Survival Challenge and secretly arranged a DNA test.
• Song Lan held Jiang Mingxi close as the revelations reminded him of Jiang Mingxi’s recent trauma and the people who had helped him reach Gu Yanchu.
• Zhao Jiayuan and Zhao Ke teased Song Lan about his past breakup with Jiang Mingxi and his fight with Bai Zheming.
• The director held the pig’s head, saw a viewer’s comment, and came up with a plan for the show.

After the police uncovered the remains of Butler Wang’s family beneath the Bai residence flower bed, Bai Zheming and Jiang Mingxi faced the grief of what had happened and the years of keepsakes Bai Zheming had preserved for his younger brother. The chapter ended with A-Wang calling from Bai Corporation to discuss transferring equity because Bai Zheming could not attend in person.

• Bai Zheming received a call from the police, and he and the other guests traveled by helicopter to Yun City to search the flower bed at his home.
• The police unearthed the bones of Butler Wang and his family, including a tiny set of remains, and Bai Zheming collapsed in grief.
• Jiang Mingxi saw the family portrait and the rows of toys and books Bai Zheming had collected for him at every age.
• Gao Le, holding the treasure chest, asked whether Bai Zheming had also bought clothes for Jiang Mingxi year by year, and Bai Zheming’s secretary described how he maintained his brother’s room and wardrobe.
• A-Wang called Jiang Mingxi from Bai Corporation and said they were meeting to discuss transferring equity because Bai Zheming could not attend.

Bai Zheming and Gong Wang confronted Bai Corporation’s shareholders over Bai Zhonghui’s crimes and attempts to seize control of the company. After exposing and having Vice President Gao Qifa arrested for embezzlement, Bai Zheming revealed evidence against Bai Yunyu, whom Jiang Mingxi recognized as the man who had once told him he was not part of the family.

• Gong Wang warned Bai Corporation’s shareholders that he would oversee a fair redistribution of Bai Zhonghui’s shares, despite their objections.
• Bai Zheming challenged the shareholders’ plan to divide Bai Zhonghui’s thirty-percent stake equally and accused Vice President Gao Qifa of trying to take control of the company.
• Bai Zheming presented evidence that Gao Qifa had embezzled company funds, and police arrested Gao Qifa.
• Bai Zheming announced that Bai Yunyu had sold company secrets to competitors and displayed evidence of his dealings.
• Jiang Mingxi recognized Bai Yunyu as the man who had once stood at their door and said Jiang was not a child of the family.